DENISOVICH FROM NEW WE CAN HELP WITH THE FINAL PUSH THIS AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY WE NAME IS AT THE UNITED. MY VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE BY VISITING BOSTON DOTCOM'S CITY COUNCIL THE TV. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD ALL BE RESPECTFUL AND DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING WHILE YOU WERE HERE. IF YOU ARE DISRUPTIVE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY YOU WILL BE ESCORTED OUT. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL RULES THERE ARE NO SIGNS ALLOWED IN THE CHAMBER . MR. CLARK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM LITERALLY AT YEAH. COUNCIL OF FLYNN. YEAH COUNCIL ALARA COUNCIL ILLUSION COUNCIL THE ME COUNCIL COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR WORLD WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE WORK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT INTRODUCTION OF TODAY'S CLERGY . IT IS ASSOCIATE PASTOR SAMUEL SALVATO FROM THE LION OF JUDAH WAS INVITED BY CITY COUNCILOR ARROYO. COUNCILOR ROYAL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE OUR CLERGY? GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. SAMBELL ACEVEDO'S AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT THE CHURCH OF LAY ON THE COUP THAT WHERE HE LEADS SEVERAL SOCIAL JUSTICE EFFORTS AIMED INFLUENCING LATINO SOCIETY IN NEW ENGLAND FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. TO THAT END, PASTOR SAM SERVES AS THE FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHURCH BASED BOSTON HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER, ALSO KNOWN AS HURK DEDICATED DEDICATED TO THE MINISTRY HELPING OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE GO TO COLLEGE. ACEVEDO HAS SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1999 AND IS THE FOUNDING CO-CHAIR OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S OPPORTUNITY ADVANCEMENT TASK FORCE AND RECENTLY SERVED ON SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH COMMITTEE ,WHICH HELPS ELECTRONIC AZALEA'S. HE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM STETSON UNIVERSITY'S UNIVERSITY AND A JD LAUDE FROM BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL. PRIOR TO HIS CURRENT ROLE, SAM SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNCILOR LITIGATING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CASES IN NEW YORK CITY FAMILY COURT UNTIL JOINING THE STAFF OF THE CONGREGATION LAY ON THE HOPE THAT IN 1999 SAM ALSO SERVES ON THE BOARD THE TEN POINT COALITION, THE BOSTON TRINITY ACADEMY AND THE GORDON CORNWELL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CENTER FOR URBAN MINISTRY IN EDUCATION HE AND HIS WIFE MARINA WERE MARRIED IN JULY OF 2001 AND I'M VERY HONORED TO HAVE HIM HERE TODAY AT THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR YOUR ESTEEMED CITY COUNCILORS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON LISTENING IN LET'S GO BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF GOD HEAVENLY FATHER WE LAID THE CITY OF BOSTON AT YOUR FEET. YOU'RE ALL TOO WELL AWARE OF WHERE IT'S HURTING. YOU SEE OUR SCHOOLS AND THE MANY CHILDREN WHO ARE HURTING WITH SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY CERTAINLY GOD THIS DESSY THING, ET CETERA, YOU SEE OUR OPIOID CRISIS AND OUR CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS. YOU HEAR THOSE SOULS CRYING OUT TO YOU NOW MOST OF US WHEN IT BECOMES MORE THAN WE CAN TAKE OR BEAR HAVE THE LUXURY OF TURNING OUR EYES AND TURNING OUR FACES AWAY FROM WHAT OVERWHELMS US. BUT THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS ROOM DO NOT HAVE THAT LUXURY. THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON HAVE LAID ON THEM THE BURDEN OF LIVING IN THIS CITY. THEY CANNOT PUT WHAT OVERWHELMS US BEHIND THEM AND SINCE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAD HEROICALLY I ASK YOU YES SURE. LET THEM LEAD THIS CITY AS YOU WOULD LET THEM BRING HEALING TO OTHERS AS YOU DID LET THEM LOVE ON OTHERS AS YOU DID LET THEM LOVE THEIR ENEMIES AND BLESS THOSE WHO PERSECUTE AS YOU DID LET THEM SPEAK THE TRUTH AND LOVE AND LOVE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AS YOU DID LET THEM HONOR THE FATHER AND HONOR YOUR WORD AS YOU DID THEY HAVE INVITED YOU TODAY THIS BODY AND I DO THAT I INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE HOLY SPIRIT OVER THIS CHAMBER, OVER EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND OVER THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT TODAY THIS ELEVENTH OF MAY TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO MAY BOSTON RESEMBLE HEAVEN A LITTLE MORE THAN IT DID YESTERDAY AND I PRAY IN JESUS NAME HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PASTOR AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO RISE AND JOIN IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND JUST STANDS ONE NATION UNDER. THANK YOU MR. THANK. THANK YOU PASTOR. FOR THOSE WORDS AND FOR THE PRAYERS AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP PASTOR AS WELL IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARROYO FOR BRINGING THE PASTOR FORWARD AT THIS TIME. PLEASE, MR. CLARK, PLEASE LET THE ATTENDANCE REFLECT THAT COUNCIL BARCA'S HERE AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL COUNCILOR'S BREADON FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION COUNCILOR AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COUNCILOR RADONSKI AS WELL AS AFTER THE PRESENTATION HERE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FLYNN FOR CONSIDERING MY REQUEST TO MAKE A PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF THE FINAL BRANCH LIBRARY IN BRIGHTNESS SQUARE. THE BUILDING ITSELF IS AN ART DECO BUILDING OF ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE WHICH WAS BUILT IN NINETEEN THIRTY ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION . THE FRIENDS OF THE VALLEY BRANCH LIBRARY GROUP WAS FORMED IN NINETEEN IDIOT IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY'S THREAT TO CLOSE THE LIBRARY DUE TO BUDGET CUTS AND THE LIBRARY, SUPPORTERS OF ALL AGES MOBILIZED THE COMMUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS IN ORDER TO TEMPORARILY KEEP THE LIBRARY OPEN AS A READING ROOM UNTIL OPERATING FUNDS WERE EVENTUALLY REINSTATED. AND IN 2009 10 AND THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE FINAL BRANCH LIBRARY WAS THREATENED BY BUDGET CUTS WHEN THIRTY EMPLOYEES WERE LAID OFF AND THE PEOPLE AND THE MAYOR MENINO PROPOSED CLOSING FOR BPL BRANCHES. NORMAL'S IN DORCHESTER, WASHINGTON VILLAGE, AN OLD COLONY IN SOUTHIE AND THE ORIENT HEIGHTS IN EAST. THE FRIENDS GROUP AND COMMUNITY PUT UP A COLOSSAL FIGHT AND MOUNTED OUR SAVE OUR LIBRARY CAMPEAN AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS HAD OVER 400 ATTENDEES AND STOOD UP TO MAYOR MENINO AND EVENTUALLY PEOPLE WAS CONVINCED THAT THE FINAL BRANCH LIBRARY WAS AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. THE FINAL BRANCH LIBRARY IS NOW FINALLY GETTING A MUCH NEEDED RENOVATION. IT HAS BEEN IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROJECT PORTFOLIO FOR RENOVATIONS SINCE 2006 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO REOPENING THE LIBRARY NEXT SPRING. THE COMMUNITY PROCESS AND STUDY FINALIST STARTED IN 2014 AND THE DESIGN PHASE IN TWENTY NINETEEN TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY AND THE LIBRARY HAS CLOSED RIGHT NOW IS CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS AND WE LOOK FORWARD AGAIN AS I SAID TO REOPENING NEXT YEAR AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN MARIA RODRIGUEZ, MARIA AND THE ENTIRE RODRIGUEZ RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH FAMILY. THEY WERE INCREDIBLY INVOLVED IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN TO SAVE OUR LIBRARY AND THEY HAVE BEEN FIERCE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE RODRIGUEZ FAMILY WHO WERE WITH US IN THE CENTRAL CHAMBER IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER THIS AFTERNOON AND AS WELL AS THOSE CURRENTLY WATCHING BY LIVESTREAM FROM BRAZIL TODAY I OFFER A RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF FORMALLY NAMING THE CHILDREN'S ROOM IN THE RENOVATED FINAL BRANCH LIBRARY OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AS JJ HAS ROOM AND MEMORY OF MARIA AND SON JAMES MCGILL RODRIGUEZ RO JEROME WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND MOBILIZING ON THE FRONT LINES AS AN ACTIVIST DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE OUR LIBRARY IN OAK SQUARE IN 2010 HIS PASSION FOR JUSTICE GREW AS HE DEVELOPED INTO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST. HE PLAYED DRUMS AND GUITAR AND WAS NOT AN AVID WOODWORKER, LOVE THE OUTDOORS AND WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THE JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE AT BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL REPRESENTING BOSTON AND WINNING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF LATIN CLASSICAL IN LATIN CLASSICAL TOURNAMENTS. HE WORKED WITH THE OLMSTEAD CENTER FOR LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION WHERE HE DEVELOPED HIS INTEREST FOR THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AND WHEN HE GRADUATED FROM BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL IN TWENTY NINETEEN HE WAS HEADED TO BE YOU TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. JERREMS LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY LOST ON JULY 2ND, 2009 ON A FAMILY TRIP TO BRAZIL WHILE PURSUING HIS PASSION FOR ADVENTURE AND ROCK CLIMBING FOR ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO KNEW HIM? WE HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED AND HEARTBROKEN AS A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH ON BOARD AND THE BOSTON STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL CLIMATE JUSTICE TEAM, HE PROVIDED POWERFUL TESTIMONY AT THE CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON MARCH TWENTY NINETEEN ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SENTENCING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT AND TAKING BOLD POLICY ACTIONS JUST THREE MONTHS BEFORE HE JANEK'S EFFECTIVELY PASSED. I WOULD AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CENTRAL STAFF TO PLEASE PLAY A RECORDING OF HIS TESTIMONY AT THAT HEARING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND PLEASE BE SACKED. SO YOU KNOW JEROME ROBBINS STANDING UP THERE GRAB A SEAT RIGHT UP HERE YOUR COLLEAGUE ONCE TO GET A PICTURE THEY CAN COME ON THE FLOOR TO ABSOLUTELY PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ORGANIZERS . MY NAME IS JAY UMRAO AND I'M A SENIOR AT THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND YOUTH ON BOARD AN ORGANIZATION COMPOSED OF STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. I BEGIN WITH A BRIEF STORY THE ENVIRONMENT WAS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO I RECYCLED AND TURNED OFF THE TAP AND HELPED MY DAD INSTALL LED LIGHTS BUT THE ENVIRONMENT DIDN'T DOMINATE EVERY WAKING HOUR OF MY MIND IT DOES AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW OF MY AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CLASS. THE LIGHTS WERE OFF AND THE TITLE OF A FILM BURNED OLD AGAINST A PROJECTOR SCREEN BEFORE THE FLOOD. I REMEMBER MY TEACHER SAYING THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL YEAR I BELIEVED HIM TO AN EXTENT I THOUGHT PERHAPS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE NEW CHARTER GRAPH THAT WOULD HELP US FACE THE AP EXAM IN A FEW MONTHS BUT IT ENDED UP BEING A LOT MORE THAN THAT. IMAGES OF SMOG CHOKED CITIES, COASTAL FLOODING AND RIVERS ON FIRE STRUCK IN A WAY THAT THEY HADN'T BEFORE. ALL I COULD IMAGINE WAS SMOG SO THICK IT OBSCURED THE HANCOCK TOWER, THE AQUARIUM KNEE DEEP IN SEAWATER ON THE CHARLES RIVER SO CLOGGED WITH TRASH AND OIL THAT IT BURNS FOR DAYS THAT DAY EVERYTHING WE HAD STUDIED IN THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS BECAME VERY, VERY REAL IN FACT AND I DON'T SAY SLIGHTLY MY LIFE GAINED PURPOSE THAT DAY BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DAY BECAME ANGRY. I BEGAN TO LOOK IN MY OWN CITY FOR THOSE WHO PROFIT OFF THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND WHO DID I FIND BUT FOSSIL FUEL GIANTS LIKE EXXONMOBIL, BP AND SHELL ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ACCOUNT FOR 70 POINT SIX PERCENT OF CITYWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS NET ZERO BUILDINGS PLAN IS A REAL AND VIABLE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE CITY'S TOTAL EMISSIONS BY MILLIONS OF METRIC TONS PER YEAR. WE'D BE WELL ON TRACK TO MEET OUR EMISSIONS GOALS FOR THE COMING DECADES. YOU ALL HERE TODAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DENT IN OUR CITY'S CARBON EMISSIONS BY BRINGING EVERY NEW STRUCTURE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY BEFORE CONTRACTORS EVEN BREAK GROUND ZERO BUILDINGS PLAN IS MORE THAN JUST DESIRABLE IT'S NECESSARY. LUCKILY FOR US IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITH A MODICUM WILLPOWER ON YOUR PART AND THE RETURNS ON INVESTMENT WILL BE BOTH IMMEDIATE AND LONG LASTING FOR EVERY CITIZEN OF BOSTON SIX DAYS AGO HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND NEARLY ALL OF WHOM WILL BE VOTING IN 2020 DEMONSTRATED OUTSIDE THE STATE HOUSE FOR CLIMATE ACTION. OUR VOTES WILL SPEAK LOUDLY NEXT YEAR AND THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT OUR FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE IF ANYONE CAN DO IT A CITY OF SCIENTIFIC INNOVATORS, ENGAGED CITIZENS AND RESPONSIVE LEGISLATORS LIKE BOSTON CAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE HEADED AND YOUR PLANS ARE FOR NEXT YEAR? BOSTON UNIVERSITY. GOOD MAN. GOOD EXCELLENT. YOU COULD I JUST SAY I THINK YOU DID IT DID YOU PREPARE THAT JUST FOR HERE OR HAD YOU JUST ADDED SLIGHTLY SOME OF THE SUBMITTED AS AN OP ED SOMEWHERE? I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO READ IT AND I'D LOVE TO FOLLOW UP TO SUGGEST MAYBE PLACES THAT WILL PUBLISH IT IMMEDIATELY BUT YOU SHOULD PUT THAT IN. AND THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT THAT WE HAVE IS DON'T FORGET THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT 2020 THIS YEAR MATTERS A LOT FOR ELECTIONS TOO AND THAT THERE ARE NOW MULTIPLE OPEN SEATS ON THE COUNCIL AND OTHER PLACES. SO THESE RACES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR CLIMATE POLICY TOO. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CONSTABLE NJ MEMORY THE ANNUAL LECTURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND JUSTICE AND THE JRA MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ WROTE A PRIZE FOR WORK ON ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. JUSTICE WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS IN HIS HONOR. SO TODAY I. I WANT TO OFFER A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE NAMING OF THE CHILDREN'S ROOM IN THE FINAL BRANCH LIBRARY OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AS JERREMS JJ ROOM IN MEMORY OF MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ RALPH J. JUST KEEP OK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON FOR THE RECORD WE WILL ARRIVE OUT OF ORDER. WE WILL TAKE DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE FIVE MR. CLARK, IF YOU MAY WILL YOU PLEASE READ DORKBOT ZERO SIX ONE FIVE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE FIVE COUNSELOR BREADON OFF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE NAMING OF THE CHILDREN'S IN THE FANUC BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ROOM IN MEMORY OF JAMES MCGILL RODRIGUEZ RO THE THANK YOU MR. CLARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE RODRIGUEZ FAMILY. UH, TODAY I OFFER THE RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF NAMING THE CHILDREN'S ROOM IN THE RENOVATED FANEUIL BRANCH LIBRARY OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AS GYGES ROOM IN MEMORY OF J J. RAHM LIVED EVERY DAY AS IF IT WAS HIS LAST FIGHTING THE URGENCY OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND TOUCHING THE LIVES OF SO MANY NAMING THE CHILDREN'S ROOM IN HIS HONOR IS JUST ONE WAY OUR COMMUNITY WILL HELP KEEP US SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS AND IN A PUBLIC SPACE WHICH WILL SERVE YOUTH HE SO FIERCELY ADVOCATED FOR. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AND I REQUEST A ROLL-CALL VOTE IN THIS AS THIS WILL BE FOR THE NAMING OF A PUBLIC SPACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. BONGSOO GOLDSWORTHY'S ZERO THE ATTORNEY FOR NANJI E SAWAKI ONE CITY COUNCILOR CHRISSA WITH REGARD TO FINFISH WATERCOOLERS AND ALSO BEARDSLEY'S TOSTADA WE WE GOT A I JUST WANTED TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE COUNCIL BREEDEN'S OFFERING ON JAIDEN AND JUST A BRILLIANT THINKER I LOOKED HIM UP A ROCK CLIMBER JUST A PHENOMENAL STUDENT AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT YOU WITH REGARD WITHOUT THAT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR JOHN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. I KNOW HOW BAD BOTH OF YOUR HEARTS ARE AND HOW BIG YOUR FAMILY IS AND HOW MUCH OF A LOSS THIS WAS NOT ONLY TO YOU BUT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY MY HEART IS WITH YOU WHATEVER I CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE RENAMING VOTING YES HERE I DO THAT AND I'M SO GLAD THAT BOTH OF YOU ARE HERE TODAY. SO THANK YOU CONSERVATIVENESS BRING THEM TO CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. CONSUL GENERAL, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BALL COUNCIL FOR NAME IS INNOCENT CITY COUNCIL OF OUR CONSTITUTION COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL . WELL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCIL BRADIN IS SEEKING SUSPENSION OF RULES OF ADOPTION ZERO SIX ONE FIVE MR KIRK CAN WE TAKE A ROLL-CALL VOTE YES ROLL CALL AND I GET ZERO SIX ONE FIVE COUNCILOR ROYAL YES COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCILOR YES COUNCILOR BREADON YES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL AUTHORITY YES COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LARA COUNCILOR IS IN COUNCIL I MEAN HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR WERE YES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU MR AND TAKE A YES PLEASE COULD MY COLLEAGUES JOIN US FOR A PICTURE PLEASE. WHAT IS MY I GIVE YOU STACK ONE . THANK YOU SIR. YOU'VE GOT A PEN. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON AND THANK YOU TO THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR TO OUR CITY. MR CLARK WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO DOCKETED ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER ON AT THE MAYOR. MR CARR, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN? OK, I APOLOGIZE THAT I JUMPED THE GUN. WE NOW WANT TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SEEING AND HEARING NO DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER. THE CHAIR MOVES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING AS PRESENTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING SAY I OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK THE MEETING. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING STAND AS APPROVED. WE'RE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER ON TO THE MAYOR. MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN PLEASE? DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN MESSAGE IN ORDER AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON ORDINANCES SECTION NINE DASH NINE, SECTION TWELVE INSPECTION OF EXTERIOR WALLS AND TENDENCIES OF BUILDINGS REQUIRING PERIODIC INSPECTION. THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES THE INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS WITH AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO ENSURE THE ONGOING SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL INSPECTION OF BUILDING FACADES ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON MAY 9TH. TWENTY TWENTY TWO THANK MR CLARK AND DOCKET 06 07 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ZERO EIGHT FOUR ZERO SIX ONE ZERO TOGETHER DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ZERO EIGHT MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE RENEWAL APPOINTMENTS OF CONSTABLES AUTHORIZED TO SERVE SO PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF BONDS FOR A PERIOD COMMENCING MAY 1ST TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND ENDING APRIL 30TH TWENTY TWENTY FIVE DUKAN ZERO SIX ZERO NINE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW CONSTABLES AUTHORIZED TO SERVE WILL PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF THEIR BONDS FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING MAY 1ST TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND ENDING APRIL 30TH TWENTY TWENTY FIVE IN DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE ZERO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RENEWAL INSPECTION GENERAL SERVICES CONSTABLES AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF THEIR BONDS FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING MAY 1ST TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND ENDING APRIL 30TH TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. THANK YOU MR QUIRKE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FLAHERTY, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FOR SUSPENSION PASSAGE ON THAT WHICH PRESIDENT COUNCIL ALREADY SEEK SUSPENSION. THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET. YOU'RE DOING ALL THE DOCKETS CORRECT? YES. ZERO SIX ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN ZERO SIX ZERO EIGHT ZERO SIX ZERO NINE IN ZERO SIX TEN PLAY A VITAL FUNCTION IN OUR CITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE THOSE ALONG EIGHT, EIGHT, NINE AND NINE, EIGHT, NINE AND TEN. CORRECT. OK COUNCIL FIVE SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKETED ZERO SIX ZERO EIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE OPPOSED SAY THE AYES HAVE THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED COUNCIL FLAHERTY SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND CONFIRMATION OF DAWKINS' SIX ZERO NINE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED COUNCIL FIVE SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE ZERO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WILL SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR CLARKE, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE ONE TWO ZERO SIX ONE FOUR DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE ONE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MIRROR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ALEXANDRA LAWRENCE AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. EFFECTIVE MEANING'S TWENTY TWENTY TWO DAQING MEMBERS ZERO SIX ONE TO NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SANTIAGO GRASS'S AS THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON EFFECTIVE TWENTY TWENTY TWO THE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE THREE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JOSé MANUEL AS CHIEF OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON EFFECTIVE NINTH TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE FOUR NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE OF CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE RELATIVE. THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPER IS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF APRIL 2007. TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THANK YOU MR CLARK. DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE ONE ZERO ZERO SIX ONE FOUR WILL BE PLACED ON FILE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN SIX WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR. CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO FOUR EIGHT ZERO TWO ZERO FOUR EIGHT TWO DOCKET ZERO FOUR EIGHT FOUR EIGHT NINE DOCKET ZERO FOUR EIGHT FOUR TWO ZERO FOUR EIGHT SIX TOGETHER DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FOUR EIGHT ZERO THROUGH ZERO FOUR EIGHT TWO ORDERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT MENTAL OPERATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOUR THE POST UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OPEN DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FOR EIGHT THREE OR FOUR CAPITAL FUND TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS AND DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FOUR EIGHT FOUR THREE ZERO FOUR EIGHT SIX ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDING LONG ORDERS AND LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL FERNANDES INNOCENT. YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS CONTINUE TO HOLD OUR CONTINUED TO HOLD HEARINGS THIS WEEK TO REVIEW THE FBI. TWENTY THREE BUDGET WE HAVE HELD FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS SO FAR THIS WEEK. ON MONDAY WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS FROM AS WELL AS INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT. YESTERDAY WE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THE OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING EQUITY AND AS WELL AS BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. JUST A QUICK NOTE TOMORROW WE WILL HEAR FROM BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE MORNING WE WILL HEAR FROM BOSTON POLICE COMMISSION OFFICE BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, BUREAU OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND BUREAU BUREAU OF FIELD SERVICES IN THE AFTERNOON WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THE BUREAU OF ADMIN AND TECHNOLOGY BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS AND THIS AFTERNOON FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST WORKING SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FBI. TWENTY THREE BUDGET AT THREE P.M. IN THE PIEMONTE ROOM OVER THE NEXT WEEKS WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW OUTFLY TWENTY THREE BUDGET AND WITH ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTAL HEARINGS AND COUNCIL WORKING SESSIONS I RECOMMEND THAT THESE MATTERS REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT DORKBOT ZERO FOUR EIGHT ZERO TWO ZERO FOUR EIGHT TWO ZERO FOUR EIGHT THREE FOUR FIVE ZERO FOUR EIGHT FOUR TWO ZERO FOUR EIGHT SIX WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE MOTIONS ORDERS IN RESOLUTIONS MR. READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE SIX DOG NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE SIX COUNCILORS ME HERE LAURA OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FOR CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES. THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ME HERE COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FOUR AND COUNCIL COUNCILOR WHICH ONE OF SEVERAL SO ORDERED COUNCILOR WERE ALL ADDED AS THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO CANCELLARA FOR SPONSORING THIS HEARING ORDER ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE AS WELL AS COUNCILOR . WELL FOR JOINING US. THE CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYS CLOSE TO TWENTY THOUSAND WORKERS AND MOST OF THEM ARE REQUIRED TO LIVE IN THE CITY. BUT AS HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE, WAGES REMAIN WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES AND WE HAVE TO START ASKING OURSELVES HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE IN OUR OFFICE? MANY OF OUR STAFF HAVE HAD TO LIVE IN SOCIETY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING OR LIVE WITH TWO, THREE AND EVEN FOUR ROOMMATES JUST TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD RENT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE FEDERAL POVERTY POVERTY LEVEL FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IN THE UNITED STATES IS TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY AND IN BOSTON A 70 PERCENT ARMY WHICH IS THE CAP FOR MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY . LOOKING THROUGH BOSTON'S PAYROLL WE FOUND THAT THERE ARE OVER SEVENTY FIVE HUNDRED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MAKING JUST BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES WITHOUT THE HELP OF SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS NOT FAIR FOR US TO REQUIRE THE CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES TO LIVE IN THE CITY AND NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE MEANS TO ACHIEVE HOUSING SECURITY. NOW I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO AWAY WITH HOUSING REQUIREMENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT YOU ARE TASKED TO SERVE BUT WE CLEARLY NEED TO BE DOING BETTER TO BOOST WAGES AND INCLUDE AND INCREASE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR EVERYONE BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO LIVE HERE. THIS IS THE HOUSING ISSUE AND IT'S ALSO A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE AND IT'S ALSO A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. NOBODY SHOULD EVER HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE BETWEEN FOOD OR HOUSING OR HEAT OR OR MEDICAL BILLS OR HOUSING. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION TO WORKING ALONGSIDE COUNCIL ON ALL THINGS HOUSING. I JUST I JUST WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY ALSO UPLIFT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ABOUT ALL OF THE DISCREPANCIES THAT EXIST HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. BUT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO LEAN INTO IT AND SAY WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MORE CAN WE DO THAN JUST HAVE A HEARING RIGHT WHERE THE INVESTMENTS AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO LEAN INTO THIS CONVERSATION IN A WAY THAT IS GOING TO UPLIFT THE VOICES THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING. THIS WAS REALLY INSPIRED THIS CONVERSATION IN PARTICULAR A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD SOMEONE ON MY INSTAGRAM LEIVE WHO WAS WHO IS THE CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEE AND HAS TO WORK TO TWO JOBS JUST TO BE ABLE TO TO STAY HERE AND SHE LOVES HER JOB AND WE SHOULD NOT BE CREATING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS FOR THOSE WHO ARE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO REALLY HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO TO ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE IN A WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO INVEST IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES AND TO DOING JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR COUNCIL OUR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS ON THIS MATTER A FACT THAT WILL SURPRISE ABSOLUTELY NO ONE. THE CITY OF BOSTON SITS AMONG THE TOP ONE PERCENT MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES GLOBALLY AND RANKS 26, THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THIS COUNTRY. WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES AN EQUITABLE RATE THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR NEEDS AND THE COST OF LIVING IN THE CITY WHICH PRESENTS AN ISSUE FOR NOT ONLY SECURING BUT RETAINING TALENT THAT CAN MEET OUR CITY'S RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. IT IMPACT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR WORKFORCE AND BY EXTENSION THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES THAT PROVIDE OUR CONSTITUENTS. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET CREATIVE AROUND SOLVING THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AND SHORT OF REQUIRING THAT THE CITY PAY A LIVING WAGE THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COST OF LIVING IN BOSTON EVERY EMPLOYEE WHERE'S THE CAMERA WINK WE HAVE TO EXPLORE OTHER SOLUTIONS ULTIMATELY I AM REALLY EXCITED TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE WITH COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL IN COUNCIL COUNCILOR HERE AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF OTHER CITIES IN SECURING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WU COUNCIL WELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS AS YOU ALL KNOW, HOUSING IS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES HERE IN BOSTON AND WE SEE THAT REFLECTED IN OUR WORK ON THE COUNCIL FOR MY IDEAS ON INCREASE IN IDP RENT TO OWN IN A HOME OWNERSHIP VOUCHER PROGRAM. WE ARE WORKING ON SOME SIGNIFICANT SUPPORTS TO INCREASE AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS TO HOUSING FOR OUR RESIDENTS. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE INTENTIONAL IN EQUIPPING OUR RESIDENTS WITH TOOLS TO ASSIST OUR FRIENDS, FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS AND COLLEAGUES WHO ARE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH A LACK OF AFFORDABLE OPTIONS OR REAL PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP BUT WHO ARE MAKING TOO MUCH FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENT FOR OUR ECONOMY. AND SHORT, LONG TIME RESIDENTS DO NOT BECOME DISPLAY'S. YOU MUST ACT TO MAKE HOME OWNERSHIP A REALITY AND HOUSING AFFORDABLE. WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO EXPLORE HOW WE CAN USE LOCAL OPTION AND WORK WITH FAIR HOUSING TO SEE HOW WE CAN CREATE EQUITY IN PRIORITY APPLICANTS AND OUR HOUSING PROCESS. I'M ENCOURAGED BY OUR MUTUAL PARTNERSHIP, CREATIVITY AND ATTENTION TO HOUSING. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF US ON THIS IMPORTANT MATTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL WERLE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES INNOCENT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES ME HERE COUNCILOR OUR CONSUL GENERAL FOR CREATING THIS IDEA. I WILL BE APPLYING AND THIS IS RIDICULOUS. SECOND OF ALL WE NEED TO CHANGE THOSE CRAZY CHAIRS. HOW ARE YOUR COLLEAGUES? MY PEOPLE LIKE IT'S BAD EVERYBODY'S BACK HURTS ON THOSE CHAIRS AND WE ARE JUST NOT HELPING OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEY'RE AWESOME AND THEY'RE THE BEST AND I SUPPORT THIS. I HAD A PRETTY FANCY SPEECH BUT YOU DON'T NEED YOU DON'T NEED ALL THAT. PLEASE PUT MY NAME ON THIS. I SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. FIRST SIGN SIGN MY NAME ON AND THANK THE SPONSORS FOR FOR THIS LEGISLATION. THIS IS GOOD LEGISLATION. COUPLE SUGGESTIONS WE NEED TO INVITE THE UNIONS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE IN GRANTS TO THE UNIONS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO TRICKLE DOWN TO THE TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND ALSO INVITE THE CREDIT UNION AND THE FIREFIGHTERS CREDIT UNION. I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGO IN NINETEEN NINETY FOUR OF COURSE THAT WAS WHEN NOBODY WANTED TO BE IN BOSTON. I THINK WE HAD TWO OR THREE ABANDONED HOUSES ON MY STREET THAT I GREW UP ON. I BOUGHT AN ABANDONED HOUSE WITH MONEY FROM THE CREDIT UNION REHAB MYSELF AND LIVED IN THERE FOR A WHILE WITH ROOMMATES BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS WHAT BASICALLY ALLOWED ME TO SUBSEQUENTLY, YOU KNOW, BUY THE HOUSE THAT I'M IN NOW THAT I RAISED MY FAMILY. BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME SOME GOOD IDEAS OR FIREFIGHTERS CREDIT UNION JUST DID SOME SOME CREATIVE PACKAGING WHERE THEY COME UP WITH A NEW PRODUCT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH BUT IT MAY BE A 40 YEAR 40 YEAR TERM BUT BASICALLY WHAT I FOUND THE MOST DIFFICULT THING IN HOMEOWNERSHIP IS THAT INITIAL THAT INITIAL DOWN PAYMENT YOU REALLY WANT TO GET 10 PERCENT, 20 PERCENT TO AVOID PMI, WHICH IS WHICH IS INSURANCE WHICH ADDS TO YOUR TO YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENT. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN GET THAT INITIAL PAYMENT AND THEN REALIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE HOUSE MAY COST FIVE FIFTY SIX FIFTY WHATEVER IT IS ,THE MONTHLY PAYMENT MIGHT ONLY BE TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED BUCKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO EDUCATE EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THAT BUT I THINK AGAIN NOT TO KEEP HAMMERING OPPA OPPA SOME OF THIS OPPA HOUSING MONEY SHOULD GO TOWARDS THE UNIONS WHERE WE DEMAND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING 30 GRAND STAY IN THE CITY. HOW DO THEY DO IT? HOW DO I BUY A HOUSE WHEN I WAS ONLY MAKING FIFTY GRAND AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I DID IT BUT I DID IT PROBABLY BECAUSE OF SHEER STUPIDITY AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I COULD HAVE PUT MYSELF IN THE IN THE POORHOUSE MY WHOLE LIFE WHICH I KIND OF DID. BUT ANYWAYS I'VE GOT I'VE GONE ON I'VE GONE ON LONG ENOUGH BUT THIS THIS IS GOOD LEGISLATION BUT I THINK IT HAS TO HAPPEN WITH REAL MONEY THAT GOES FOR THE UNIONS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE TO THEM TO GIVE THEIR MEMBERSHIP. HE HAD HIS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND FOUR DOWN PAYMENT FIFTY THOUSAND FOR A DOWN PAYMENT. THOSE ARE THAT'S THE TYPE OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GIVE TO DOWN PAYMENTS AND THAT'S NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE SUPPLY. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER CONVERSATION. BUT THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND THE SIGN ON SPONSORS. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BAKER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BAUK YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CHAIRMAN. THANKS AGAIN TO THE SPONSORS. I THINK THIS IS GREAT LEGISLATION AND I WOULD TO ME IT FEELS LIKE AS COUNCILOR BAKER SAYING SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY LINKS HOUSING BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYMENT AND ALSO I THINK LOOKS FOR WAYS TO LEVERAGE OUR PUBLIC LANDS BETTER. I KNOW THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING A SURVEY OF SORT OF ALL THE LAND WE HOLD BUT I KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP A FEW TIMES IS ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES WITH SOME OF THE EXCESS SPACES LIKE LAND AND PARKING LOTS THAT EPSO TO MAYBE PUT HOUSING FOR TEACHERS ON SITE? I THINK THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT PLACES WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY NOT ONLY PROVIDE CASH BENEFITS BUT ALSO ACTUALLY CREATE WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR OUR CITY WORKFORCE IS A DIRECTION I HOPE THIS WILL GO SO PLEASE SIGN MY NAME AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE SPONSORS . THANK YOU COUNCIL BAWK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL CONSULTATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR MR PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR THIS LEGISLATION. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. I ALSO THINK THAT WE ALSO JUST NEED TO BE PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES A LOT MORE MONEY. I HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, HAVING SO MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS OFFERING THEM POSITIONS THAT I KNOW THAT I'M I KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE TO BOSTON AND I TELL THEM WHAT THE POTENTIAL SALARY IS AND THEY'RE LIKE DO YOU THINK I CAN MAKE IT AS HONESTLY NO AND I DON'T AND I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE TELL YOU TO COME WORK IN MY OFFICE. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE ARE RESPECTING THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT MY STAFF DOES THAT I KNOW EVERYONE ELSE THE STAFF DOES BY MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN FIND HOUSING IN THIS VERY RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE CITY. SO ADD MY NAME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION. THANK YOU COUNCILOR JOHN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY, YOU HAVE THE THING MR PRESIDENT. PLEASE ADD MY NAME INTO THE MAKERS JUST WE HAD A HEARING ON RESIDENCY THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THE LAW DEPARTMENT CAME OUT SAYING THAT WE COULDN'T DO IT BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY CASE LAW TO SUPPORT IT. SO THROUGH THE CHAIR OF THE MAKERS IF THEY COULD DURING THE COURSE OF THIS HEARING BRING THE LAW DEPARTMENT DOWN SO THEY CAN'T GIVE US THE SWERVE AND IT'S A GREAT IDEA LONG OVERDUE. WE'VE GOT CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR CITY SCRATCHING AND CLIMBING AND SOME MEDICINES WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS JUST TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE CITY. WE KNOW A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND SO LONG OVERDUE. BUT WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO GET FLAHERTY BECAUSE WE RAISED THIS VERY ISSUE DURING THE RESIDENCY HEARING A FEW YEARS AGO AND KIND OF GOT A LITTLE STIFF ARM FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT. SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE LAW DEPARTMENT BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THAT HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. I WILL SPEAK ON THIS AS WELL. I ALSO IT'S A GREAT PROPOSAL. JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILOR FLAHERTY AND COUNCILOR BAKER MENTIONED JUST JUST JUST A SIDE STORY. I WAS VISITING A FRIEND UP AT THE GAVYN HOUSE YESTERDAY. IT'S A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR FOR FOR PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MEN THAT WAS LIVING THERE SAID TO ME, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU YOU PROPOSED THAT OFFICE RETURNING CITIZENS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A FAIR SHOT AT WORKING IN THE CITY THAT PUBLIC WORKS. THE CITY SHOULD BE MORE CARING, FRIENDLY AND I SAID YES, I DID SAY THAT I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. HE SAID WELL THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR TEN YEARS MAKING A SALARY OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY START OUT AT THIRTY THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN SAY THAT WE WANT TO HELP RETURNING CITIZENS. WE CAN HELP THEM WITH COREY COREY REFORM BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM LIVE IN BOSTON ON A SALARY OF THIRTY OR FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR AT THE MATH JUST DOESN'T ADD UP SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT MAYBE THAT'S AN ISSUE WE CAN ALSO FOCUS ON. BUT AGAIN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, THE MAKERS FOR THEIR THEIR IMPORTANT WORK ON THIS. THIS IS THIS WILL BE A GREAT THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK OR THE NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CORRA PLEASE AT COUNCIL AT ROYAL PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BRADIN COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FLORIDLY CONCLUSION COUNCILOR MURPHY THE CHAIR DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE SIX WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE IN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE SEVEN PLEASE. DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE SEVEN COUNCILOR HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS SERVICE PROVISION IN SPENDING ON EELLS STUDENTS THE CHAIR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ME HERE COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FULL I THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR I HOPE YOU AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SUPPORTED COUNCIL ARROYOS ADDED THANK YOU. AND BEFORE I DOVE INTO MY MY SPEECH I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND YOUR SUPPORT AND REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING ALL OF YOUR VOICES AND ALL OF THE FEEDBACK. I TOOK NOTES IN REGARDS TO THE PREVIOUS HEARING ORDER AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT AND I ALSO WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CHAMBER I'VE LEARNED A LOT AND ONE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED MORE RECENTLY IS REALLY THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS ADMIRE AND APPRECIATE FROM COUNCILOR BAKER IS HIS ABILITY TO REALLY HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE AND TO DEMAND TRANSPARENCY. AND I THINK THAT'S A LESSON THAT WE CAN ALL LEARN HERE AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE IN THE SPIRIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES TO THAT STANDARD. AND SO THE COMMITTEE THAT WE CREATED FOR THIS TERM WAS DESIGNED TO DO JUST THAT IS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE SERVICES, THE ACCESSIBILITY OF SOME OF OUR RESOURCES, HOW PEOPLE NAVIGATE CITY SERVICES, ACCOUNTABILITY. ARE WE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PROMISES THAT WE'VE MADE? WHAT IS THE TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING HERE IN THIS CITY? I THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE CREATED WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT TO GOOD USE AROUND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE ALL HAVE BEEN HERE FIGHTING ON AND ONE IN PARTICULAR FOR ME IS AROUND THE ISSUES AROUND L'ALPE WHICH WHICH ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. I MYSELF AM AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER. I LEARNED HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH WATCHING SESAME STREET AND HAD TO BE THE OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR FOR MY ENTIRE BLOCK. AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT AND I WAS ALSO APPOINTED TO THE TASK FORCE WHEN I WAS DOING ADVOCACY IN THE EDUCATION SPACE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS WE TEND TO VIEW IT AS FROM THE LENS OF EDUCATION. BUT TODAY I WANT TO LOOK AT HOW WE AS A CITY ARE PROVIDING CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS FROM THE LENS OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENT. SEE, BECAUSE WE'RE IN THIS BUDGET SEASON AND WE'RE SEEING ALL OF THESE NUMBERS COME IN ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING TO SUPPORT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND STUDENTS OR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. BUT HOW THAT MONEY REALLY IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS IS OFTEN A LOT HARDER TO IMPACT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THIS IN OUR BUDGET HEARINGS. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME FACTS. A DECEMBER REPORT IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE REPORTED REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FROM BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUND THAT MORE THAN 11000 ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 30 PERCENT ARE NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH OF THE RIGHT INSTRUCTION WITH A CERTIFIED TEACHER SURROUNDED BY THE RIGHT GROUP OF STUDENTS. AND IN BOSTON THERE ARE ROUGHLY 4000 ENGLISH LEARNERS WITH DISABILITIES WHO HAVE WHO OFTEN HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN RECEIVING SUPPORT FOR THEIR DISABILITY OR THEIR LANGUAGE NEEDS. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH SILOING OF ISSUES IN OUR CITY BUT WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT BREAKING DOWN SILOS TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE CHILD AND IT'S CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE TO SUPPORT OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENTS FROM AN ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY PERSPECTIVE. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE A WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND FROM ADVOCATES TO LEARN ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOVE BEYOND JUST THE CONVERSATION AROUND FUNDING AND REALLY LOOK AT THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JOHN MUDD WHO HAS BEEN A FIERCE ADVOCATE IN THE ENTIRE L'ISLE TASK FORCE FOR MEETING WITH OUR OFFICE AND BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO LIGHT. WE HOPE THAT DURING THIS YEAR WE WILL UNCOVER WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND HOW WE NEED TO MOVE ACCORDINGLY TO SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ARROYO COUNCIL . ARROYO, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT FLYNN. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR YOUR YEARS OF WORK FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND CONTINUING THAT WORK HERE ON THE COUNCIL I MYSELF BEGAN MY POLITICAL ACTIVISM AROUND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING. MY MOTHER WAS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING TEACHER NBP YES IN THE UN'S INITIATIVE CAME TO TOWN WHEN I WAS A CHILD. BUT IT'S A TRUTH THAT WE WEREN'T DOING RIGHT BY ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS EVEN BEFORE ONNES I WAS JUST DEVASTATE THE WAY IN WHICH WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK NOW SINCE TWENTY SEVENTEEN SINCE THE ACT HAS PASSED IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE GROUND AS RECENTLY AS THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS WE RANKED AS A STATE FORTY NINTH OUT OF FIFTY STATES WHEN IT CAME TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND 30 PERCENT OF BAPS IS MADE UP OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. IT'S ALSO TRADITIONALLY THOUGH COVID HAS IMPACTED THIS TRADITIONALLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS HAD BEEN THE LARGEST GROWTH PART OF BPS IN TERMS OF NEW ENROLLMENT AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO RIGHT BY ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF IT WE'VE SEEN THE INSTABILITY AT THE OFFICE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AT DP'S. WE'VE SORT OF SEEN HOW IN THE BUDGET IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO PIN DOWN EXACTLY WHERE AND HOW THIS MONEY SPECIFICALLY IMPACTS THAT 30 PERCENT. AND SO THIS KIND OF A HEARING I THINK IS APPROPRIATE CONSIDERING THE URGENCY OF THE ISSUE. THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND THE FACT THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO DO A LOT OF WORK TO GET THIS RIGHT AND TO DO RIGHT BY OUR KIDS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO ARE LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE, THAT SECOND LANGUAGE BEING ENGLISH AND GETTING GETTING THROUGH OUR TESTING THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INCREASING THE PASSING RATE OR THE RATHER THE SCORE REQUIRED TO PASS FOR MATH AND WE KNOW THAT THAT WOULD HAVE DEVASTATING RESULTS ON A LOT OF OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ALREADY. AND SO THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARING CHILDREN TODAY TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO PERFORM IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE SUPPORT OF UNSTABILIZED SINCE THEY NEED WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE WE ADVOCATE TO PROTECT THEM IN OTHER WAYS IN WHICH OUR SYSTEMS ARE DEALING WITH THEM. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. I THINK AGAIN COUNCILOR MEDIA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAVE STOOD UP FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS THROUGHOUT THEIR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ROYAL, WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES INNOCENT DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. UNLIKE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE HERE I CAME WHEN I WAS 10 SO I DID NOT LEARN ENGLISH TO SESAME STREET. IT WAS THE HONEYMOONERS AND THREE'S COMPANY TAUGHT ME ENGLISH BUT FOR ME ENGLISH IS MY FOURTH LANGUAGE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT. SO IT'S I MEAN I WAS JUST TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUE YESTERDAY ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF STUDENTS AND JUST THE SPIRIT OF REPRESENTING ALL THE KVI. I AM CAPE VERDEAN IN MY MY FIRST LANGUAGE IS CAPE VERDEAN CREOLE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAD TO LEARN PORTUGUESE YOU KNOW, AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND THEN COMING TO AMERICA AND ADAPTING AND NOT GOING TO SCHOOL FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR I HAD TO LEARN SPANISH TO MAKE FRIENDS AND THEN EVENTUALLY LEARN ENGLISH IN SCHOOL AND THEN TOOK FRENCH IN SCHOOL AND THEN BECAME MUSLIM AND LEARN ARABIC. SO ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONAL STUFF REALLY DOES NOT INTERPRET THE NUANCES AND THE FEELING OF ONE'S EMOTIONS OR CULTURAL CONTEXT WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. SO I WAS TELLING I WAS COMPLIMENTING ME HERE YESTERDAY AND SAYING YOU ARE YOU'RE DOING MATH RIGHT. SO YOU ARE CALCULATING AND MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING AND SUBTRACTING WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU STAND HERE AND YOU ARE REALLY BEING WHOLEHEARTEDLY YOURSELF AND BEING A TRUE SELF AND ALWAYS YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN YOU EXPLAIN LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY OR MY ENGLISH THIS OR MY ENGLISH THAT I ACTUALLY CONNECT WITH YOU ON THE SAME WAVE BECAUSE I FEEL YOUR HEART AND I'M ALSO DOING A LOT OF MATH AND INTERPRETING THINGS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES BEFORE I CAN ACTUALLY GET IT OUT. SO IN THE SPIRIT THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE IN THIS CHAMBER I LIKE TO SAY THIS IN MY LANGUAGE IF YOU GUYS WOULD ALLOW ME YOU KNOW MITANI FINANCIAL CONSCIENCE AND AMIRKABIR THE ADAM BINDY AFRICA THE PRESENT THE CNN CASATI ME COVID GHANA OSILI WELCOME NEWS MASTI CIOTTONE MEJIA COMMACK CONCILIATED IS REPRESENTING ELSMERE SORRY MENINAS KAESTNER STUDENT IN A SCHOLARSHIP TO LINGUA ETEMAD IMPORTANCE DETAIL COLONUS DADDY LOVE TO RATIFY THE NUZZLING WITH THE VISAS PUTTANESCA LINGUA SO IMMUTABLY BLESS YOU SHOULD BECOME A MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ INNOCENT WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR JAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST RISE IN SUPPORT. YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS BRING TO THE TABLE AND THAT WHAT THEY BRING IS A REALLY BIG ASSET. RIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS WHO CAN SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S BRINGING DIVERSITY TO A CLASSROOM INTO A DIFFERENT SETTING. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DUAL IMMERSION PROGRAMS, THEY ARE VERY LONG WAIT LISTS BECAUSE PARENTS RECOGNIZE THAT AS AN ASSET IF WE HAVE A POPULATION THAT IS 30 PERCENT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THEY SHOULD BE RECEIVING EQUIVALENT IF NOT MORE RESOURCES AND SO JUST RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE NUMBERS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BREAKFAST HERE ON FRIDAY TO CELEBRATE HAITIAN FLAG AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STUDENTS FROM THE DUAL IMMERSION CLASSROOM COME AND SHOW US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LIVE IN AND BE IN A CLASSROOM WHERE THOSE ASSETS ARE REALLY CELEBRATED. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WE REALIZE WHY NATIVE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IS IMPORTANT. WE REALIZE WHY WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH INTERRUPTED LEARNING AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS RESOURCES AND THAT WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY INTO THE PROGRAMS FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS WHETHER IT'S IN LANGUAGE CLASSES OR IN THE FACILITIES THAT THEY HAVE AND WE'RE JUST NOT DOING ENOUGH AND SO SUPPORT THIS HEARING ORDER JUST THAT WE CAN GET BETTER NUMBERS ON WHAT WE ARE AND ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS OR ADD THE NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BALL COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL FLAHERTY COUNCILOR A COUNCIL VISION COUNCIL ROLE COUNCILOR MURPHY PLEASE THE CHAIR AS WELL UM DWARKA ZERO SIX ONE SEVEN WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE. WELL LET LET ME STEP OUT ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO ASSIGN IT TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION SINCE THE HEARING DISCUSS BHP'S AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS BUT AFTER LISTENING TO COUNCILOR MARIA I CHANGED MY MIND AND I'M PUTTING IT IN THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY . MR CORRA PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE EIGHT PLEASE. KNOCKING NO ZERO SIX ONE EIGHT COUNCILOR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN END TO THE US EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA AND OPENING UP NEW TRAVEL AND COLLABORATIVE CULTURAL, MEDICAL AND ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF OUR COUNCIL ARE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLIN. I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION HERE TODAY. I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON FEBRUARY 3RD AND I'M SURE THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW THIS ON FEBRUARY 30, 1962 PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY IMPOSED THE U.S. EMBARGO ON CUBA, THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMBARGO IS A STARK REMINDER OF THE UNITED STATES POLICY FAILURES AND ONE OF THE LONGEST LASTING SERIES OF SANCTIONS IN ITS FOREIGN POLICY HISTORY TODAY MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY SINCE THE EMBARGO WAS PUT IN PLACE, THE BIODOME MINISTRATION CONTINUES TO UPHOLD WHAT IS ULTIMATELY A SYMBOL OF HOSTILITY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CUBA THE MOST CHALLENGING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ON THE ISLAND SINCE THE 1990S. IN 2009, THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ESTIMATED THAT THE EMBARGO COST THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY ONE POINT TWO BILLION PER YEAR IN LOST SALES AND EXPORTS. THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES THAT THE EMBARGO HAS COST THE ISLAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR BILLION AS OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE IN 2014. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION LIFTED RESTRICTIONS FOR CUBAN-AMERICANS TO TRAVEL AND SEND FAMILY DON'T DONATE REMITTANCES EXCUSE ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE SO SOMETIMES I PUT THE WRONG EMPHASIS ON THE WRONG SYLLABLES. REESTABLISH THE U.S. EMBASSY IN HAVANA, REMOVE CUBA FROM THE STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM LIST IT ALSO EXPANDED ACCESS TO THE INTERNET A LICENSE A RATE OF TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. COMPANIES AND BEYOND THESE SPECIFIC POLICIES THE SHIFT IN DISCOURSE BY US PRESIDENTIAL BY A US PRESIDENT EXCUSE ME REALLY SIGNAL WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN US CUBA POLICY IN 60 YEARS. IT ALSO LED TO TWENTY THREE BILATERAL ACCORDS ON ISSUES THAT THE UNITED STATES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA CONSIDER MUTUAL INTEREST. OF COURSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH A LIKE WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS UNDID ALL OF THAT PROGRESS AND IMPOSED NEW RESTRICTIONS. I AM FILING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY BECAUSE THIS EMBARGO PARTICULARLY COMPLICATES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO CUBA. THE COMPLEX LICENSING REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVELY PREVENT FOOD, MEDICINE AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FROM REACHING CUBANS AND IT DISCOURAGES MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SALES TO THE ISLANDS. ONE PARTICULARLY EGREGIOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THAT CUBA HAD A CANCELATION OF VENTILATOR'S BY A SWISS COMPANY DURING THE PANDEMIC THESE RESTRICTIVE POLICIES MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEND AID TO CUBA AND IT HAS DAMAGED THE CUBAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ABILITY TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO THE CUBAN NINETEEN PANDEMIC AND ULTIMATELY HAS HAD A TOLL ON HUMAN LIVES ALTHOUGH THEIR DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING THE RESEARCH PRODUCTION AND ROLLOUT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE PURCHASES OF NECESSARY SUPPLIES SHIPPING WERE COMPLICATED BY THE EMBARGO . CUBA MANAGED TO DEVELOP ITS OWN COVID-19 VACCINES. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SHOW OF EMPATHY WITH OTHER COUNTRIES DURING THE PANDEMIC LED THEM TO ISSUE EXEMPTIONS TO CERTAIN SANCTIONS THAT WERE ALREADY INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES IN IRAN, SYRIA AND VENEZUELA. BUT THESE SAME EFFORTS WERE NOTABLY ABSENT WITH CUBA. DESPITE ALL OF THESE OBSTACLES, CUBA HAS ACHIEVED A 90 PERCENT VACCINEES RATE WITH THE VACCINES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED THE CITY OF BOSTON IS HOME TO SOME OF THE LEADING MEDICAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND I THINK WE WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THE RESTORATION OF TRADE WITH CUBA BY PERMITTING THE SCIENTIFIC BIOPHARMACEUTICAL, MEDICAL AND PUBLIC COLLABORATION AND EXCHANGE INCLUDING THE IMPORTATION OF CUBAN PRODUCTS USEFUL TO BOSTON SUCH AS LIFESAVING MEDICINES LIKE HER REPORT P WHICH IS A MEDICINE THAT TREATS DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS AND SEEMA BACKS WHICH IS THE CUBAN DEVELOP A VACCINE AGAINST LUNG CANCER. I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CONSTITUENTS. I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO WORK TOWARDS DISPELLING MYTHS ABOUT CUBA, ABOUT THE EMBARGO, ABOUT SOCIALISM AND WHICH IS WHY I'M NOT REQUESTING A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TODAY FOR THIS RESOLUTION. I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD A HEARING INSTEAD I LOOK FORWARD TO ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS MATTER AND TO FURTHER BUILDING SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CANCELLARA. AS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSEN, COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ INNOCENT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ALEX, I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU SIT RIGHT ACROSS THE BECAUSE I ADORE YOU TOO. SO LAURA'S OFFERING US A RESOLUTION AND AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING RIDICULOUS, LET ME SAY THAT THE TRUE CITY COUNCILOR IS GUIDED BY GREAT FEELINGS OF LOVE FOR THIS OFFER TO PUT FORWARD BY COUNCILOR . I KNOW THOSE WHO HAVE VISITED MY OFFICE UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. IT IS PAST TIME THAT WE END THE EMBARGO ON CUBA. THE EMBARGO DOES NO GOOD WHILE CAUSING GREAT HARM TO THE PEOPLE OF CUBA. THE IDEA THAT THE EMBARGO IS MAINTAINED TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS IS PREPOSTEROUS AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SUPPORTED FAR MORE BRUTAL REGIMES OVER THE YEARS INCLUDING SOEHARTO IN INDONESIA ,PINOCHET IN CHILE, MOBUTU IN ZAIRE, CONGO AND MANY OTHERS. ADDITIONALLY, CUBA HAS WORLD CLASS HEALTH EDUCATION, SPORTS TOURISM THAT COULD MUTUALLY BENEFIT TO BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES. IN SHORT, I SUPPORT MY COUNSELOR LAURA IN BRINGING THIS FORTH AND THE EMBARGO ON CUBA. ADDITIONALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY CUBA ACTUALLY OFFERS WAY MORE SUPPORTS TO TINY LITTLE ARCHIPELAGO ARCHIPELAGO OF TEN ISLANDS IN CAPE VERDE AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. AND IT IS THE REASON WHY CAPE VERDE ACTUALLY HAS DOCTORS AND TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS AND LAWYERS. SO OUT OF ALL THE COUNTRIES CUBA, TINY LITTLE CUBA IS THE REASON WHY CAPE VERDE ACTUALLY HAS DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS. SO AGAIN, I SUPPORT THIS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FERNANDO IS INNOCENT AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER OR SIGN ON TO THE MATTER IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE MR. CLARK, PLEASE PLEASE. AND COUNCILOR OF ROYAL COUNCILOR ABAKAR COUNCILOR BOARD COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL OF FLORIDA COUNSELS YOUNG COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR WILL PLEASE THE CHAIR. THIS DOCKET WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. COROT PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE NINE PLEASE. DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE NINE COUNCILOR'S BRAYLON MURPHEY OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY SIX THROUGH TWELVE TWENTY TWENTY TWO AS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK. THANK YOU MR. CLARK. THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR RIGHT. ANY OTHER FOUR I MOVED TO UH FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN IS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. PLEASE COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ADDED I OFFER THIS RESOLUTION TODAY WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FLYNN AND RECOGNIZE TO RECOGNIZE A MAY SIX TO 12 AS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT I COME FROM A FAMILY OF NURSES. MY MOM WAS A NURSE. HER TWO SISTERS WERE NURSES AND I SPENT MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST WORKING ALONGSIDE INCREDIBLE CARING, DEDICATED NURSES IN HOSPITALS, IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN SCHOOLS AND IN NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO PRESIDENT REAGAN PROCLAIMED MYSELF AS NATIONAL NURSES DAY AND SINCE 1990 NATIONAL NURSES WEEK HAS RUN FROM MAY 6TH THROUGH MAY 12TH. THE BIRTHDAY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE WHO IS REGARDED AS THE FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING. IN ADDITION, MAY IF IS DESIGNATED AS THE NATIONAL STUDENT NURSES TODAY AND TODAY WEDNESDAY OF NATIONAL NURSES WEEK AS NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSE DAY TWO NURSES ARE EVERYWHERE. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE COUNCILOR MURPHY'S LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING US TO RECOGNIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK WHICH IS COMING UP. NURSES ARE PUBLIC HEALTH HEROES WORKING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER AND HEALTHIER DAY IN AND DAY OUT. BUT CERTAINLY THEY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE PANDEMIC AS WELL. THEY THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS WORKING AND DEALING WITH INCREDIBLE STRESS AND DELIVERING CARE TO THOSE MOST IN NEED DURING OUR PANDEMIC OVER TEN THOUSAND NURSES PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE AND HEALING IN HOSPITALS AND NURSING MEDICAL CENTERS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, MANY OF WHICH ARE CHARITABLE AND NONPROFIT HOSPITALS MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY COMMUNITIES WHILE OTHERS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO FROM NONPROFIT STATUS TO NONPROFIT ENTITIES FOR PROFIT ENTITIES. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS NURSES NURSES ASSOCIATION I WAS EXPECTING SOME BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO MISS THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK IN ADVOCATING FOR NURSES IN ALL OF OUR HOSPITALS AS WE CELEBRATED CELEBRATE NATIONAL NURSES WEEK AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE IN THE NURSING PROFESSION, WE MUST ALSO CALL ON HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES TO PROVIDE SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS AND SAFE STAFFING LEVELS FOR NURSES AND THEIR PATIENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON. THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU SO I AM HONORED TO CALL MANY NURSES THAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS NURSES AND AS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN TEACHER YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THAT WE SPENT MANY TIMES IN THE NURSE'S OFFICE AND IT WAS OFTENTIMES FOR A BAND-AID BUT ALSO A HUG AND A KISS AND THEY OFFER SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE MEDICAL SUPPORT THEY GIVE. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOL NURSES AND THE NURSES AROUND THE CITY AROUND THE WORLD. SO THIS YEAR'S THEME IS NURSES MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HONOR THE VARYING ROLES OUR NURSES PLAY IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT NURSES HAVE IN OUR LIVES. I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE OUR NURSES EVERY DAY AND RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE. WE KNOW THAT THEY SHOWED UP ON THE FRONT LINE THROUGHOUT THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES TO KEEP US ALIVE AND THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. SO I HOPE YOU ALL SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 6TH THROUGH 12TH AS NATIONAL NURSES BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLINDT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARROYO AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL BRADIN AND COUNCIL MURPHY FOR INCLUDING ME. I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT BOTH OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED THE INCREDIBLE ROLE NURSES PLAY IN OUR CITY AND OUR SOCIETY AND OUR COUNTRY ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC. THEY'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE HEALTH CARE AND PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT TO SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEED. ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE IN THIS BODY HAVE BEEN STRONG SUPPORTERS OF HELPING NURSES ACROSS OUR CITY MOST RECENTLY I WAS WITH COUNCILOR LOUISIANA, THE TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THEY WEAR THEIR CLOTHES AND BELIEVE THIS BELIEVE THIS OR NOT, THE CLOTHES IN THE PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL AT TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER IT'S IT'S MOVED FROM TUFTS OVER TO CHILDREN CHILDREN'S BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE LOSS OF JOBS FOR OUR NURSES. BUT THE NURSES MASS NURSES ASSOCIATION PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN MAKING SURE THAT NURSES ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT, THAT THEY HAVE SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS. IT'S A TOUGH JOB AND THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB AT IT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE NURSES SAY THANK YOU TO THE NURSES IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL AND I'M HONORED TO BE HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, I'M ON FIRE TODAY. I'M FOR EVERY BATTLE YOU NEED DIPLOMAT AND WARRIORS AND IN MY HUMBLE OPINION I THINK TEACHERS ARE THE DIPLOMATS, THE GUARDIAN ANGELS OF THIS WORLD AND NURSES ARE CERTAINLY THE WARRIORS AND SHOUT OUT TO JENNIFER CAVALLO, MY AUNTIE AND MY UNCLE, ALL THE NURSES IN MY FAMILY AND ALL TODAY BUT SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE NURSES IN MY FAMILY AND YOU GUYS ARE LIFESAVERS. I PERSONALLY HAVE WORKED WITH NURSES OVERNIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING AND THEY ARE THERE LIKE ROBOTS. THEY'RE LIKE NOT EVEN HUMAN. THEY JUST SAVE LIVES. THEY KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN. THEY WORK HARD, THEY'RE SLEEP DEPRIVED. THEY JUST DO IT HUMBLY WITHOUT COMPLAINING AND JUST KEEP GOING. AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND SAVING LIVES AND KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR BREADON FOR FILING THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER SEEING ANYBODY WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARK P PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BAKER PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BOK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FLAHERTY PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR LARA PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR LUI JAN PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR HERE PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ALLEN PLEASE ADD MY NAME COUNCILORS BRAYDEN MURPHY AND FLYNN SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE SIX ONE NINE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY THE AYES HAVE IT DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE NINE HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR CLARKE PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX TWO ZERO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX TWO ZERO. COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE BOSTON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND RECOGNIZED BOSTON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU OF THE FLOOR THANK YOU. AND PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR BREADON IF I COULD PLEASE. SO WHAT IF COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS ADDED? THANK YOU. SO THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS ONE OF THREE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES TO RESPOND TO NINE ONE ONE CALLS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THEY DEPARTMENT CARES FOR PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL PROFICIENCY, PROFESSIONAL AND COMPASSION AND IS A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN EMS AND THE LARGEST MUNICIPAL EMS IN NEW ENGLAND. MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON EMS WERE ON THE FRONT LINE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ANSWERED THE CALL FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND CLINICAL INCIDENCES IN ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN TOTAL VLS AND ALS RESPONSES AND MADE SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND TEN TRANSPORTS IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE ALONE. THEY SERVE RESIDENTS ACROSS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY AND ALWAYS SHOW UP PROFESSIONALLY WHEN NEEDED. THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL EMS THEME THIS WEEK'S THEME IS RISING TO THE CHALLENGE SOMETHING MEMBERS THE BOSTON EMS HAVE EXEMPLIFIED. I THINK ALWAYS BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. SO I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES I HOPE YOU JOIN ME IN HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE BOSTON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND RECOGNIZE MAY 15TH THROUGH THE TWENTY FIRST TO BE BOSTON EMS SERVICE WEEK. SO I HOPE YOU ALL JOIN ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING ME TO THIS RESOLUTION. I STAND TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF BOSTON EMS DAY IN AND DAY OUT ALL HOURS TWENTY SEVEN THEY DELIVER ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY. THE EMS WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS INCREDIBLE ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEARS PANDEMIC AND THE EMS PERSONNEL OF BOSTON HAVE BEEN AT THE FRONT LINE DELIVERING PROFESSIONAL CARE IN A TIMELY AND EFFICIENT WAY AND BASICALLY PRESENTING AS A BULWARK AGAINST THE AGAINST THE INCREDIBLE IMPACTS THAT THIS PANDEMIC HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY. SO I AM VERY PROUD TO JOIN YOU TODAY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, IN RECOGNIZING THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT OUR EMS PROFESSIONALS DO EVERY DAY. I ALSO WRITE AS I'M STANDING IN MY COMMENTS EARLIER I DID MENTION THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF THE MASSACHUSETTS NURSING NURSES ASSOCIATION AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MY DEAR FRIEND ELLEN MCGINNIS WHO IS AN M&A MEMBER AT ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL IN BRIGHTON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, ALAN. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL . WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR COUNCILOR IRA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I JUST WANTED TO RAISE ONE TO ASK TO ADD MY NAME. I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR BRITAIN HAVE PUT THIS RESOLUTION FORTH AS A LOT OF YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MY PREVIOUS WORK WAS AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND A PART OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT I WORKED IN OUR JOB WAS TO EDUCATE ALL ELEVEN HUNDRED EMPLOYEES AT SEE ON RACIAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH EQUITY VALUES AND HOW THAT WOULD TRANSLATE INTO THEIR WORK AND THAT INCLUDED THE CITY OF BOSTON'S EMPLOYEES. THEY WERE AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF COMMITTED CURIOUS AND JUST DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS THAT LIKE HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED WORK 24/7 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY ARE TAKEN CARE OF . I ALSO WANTED TO STAND TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ANDREW BROWN WHO WAS ONE OF OUR CAMPAIGN FATTAL'S EXCUSE ME OUR CAMPAIGN FELLOWS. HE IS ALSO AN EMT, AN INCREDIBLE ABOLITIONIST AND DID A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESEARCH FOR OUR CAMPAIGN. SO I WANTED TO TALK HIM OUT BECAUSE DOING HIS WORK AS AN EMT HE STILL FOUND TIME TO WORK ON OUR CAMPAIGN AND DO AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SIGN MY NAME ON VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND SHOW MY GRATITUDE TO ANDREW AND ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK CONSELHEIRO. MR KOURAKIS AT COUNCIL LAURA, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK PLEASE AT COUNCIL BREUGHEL COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BOK COUNCIL FERNANDES ANACIN COUNCIL FLORIDA COUNCIL JAN COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR BREADON SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF ZERO SIX TWO ZERO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SANEI THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE ON THE PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR QUIRK PLEASE READ DAWKINS' SIX TO ONE NUMBER ZERO SIX TO ONE COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCIL WHICH SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THE DOCKET IS PASSED MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX TUTTO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX TWO TWO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCIL FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO SIX TWO TWO WHILE THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET IS PASSED. WE'RE ON TO LEAVE FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE CORRECT THAT THERE IS ONE LATE FILE AT THE LATE FILE MATTER INCLUDES A SEVENTEEN ORDER SEVENTY F ORDER FROM COUNCILOR BAKER. THE LATE FILE SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S DESK WHEN IT'S NOT ON EVERYONE'S DESK. YEAH IT'S OK YOU WON'T SEE THE FILE IS NOW ON EVERYONE'S DESK. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE AT THE SITE AND INTO THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING A LATE FILE MADE IT INTO THE AGENDA SAY I HAVE DELAYED FILE MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED INTO THE AGENDA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR THE CLERK IS GOING TO READ THE SEVENTEEN F INTO THE RECORD MR OR ORDER OF COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER ORDERED THAT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVENTEEN F OF CHAPTER FOUR FIFTY TWO OF THE ACT OF NINETEEN FORTY EIGHT AS AMENDED IN ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISION OF LAW THE MAYOR BE HEREBY IS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN AND DELIVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE NEW CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES ONE WHO HAVE WHO HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEE SINCE NOVEMBER SIXTEEN TWENTY TWENTY ONE ESPECIALLY CHIEF'S DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL MAYORAL STAFF UP TO AND INCLUDING SPECIAL ASSISTANTS. AND NUMBER TWO WHAT ARE THE ADDRESSES OF CERT EMPLOYEES FILED IN THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL MAY ELEVEN TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER, COUNCILOR BAKER BEFORE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THIS IS A SIMPLE REQUEST AND IT'S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT RESIDENCY EARLIER. THESE ARE THE HIGHEST PAY I'M LOOKING MORE FOR THE HIGHEST PAID PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY WHO WE WERE GOING WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH DIRECTLY WHO WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO WORK POLICY DISCUSSIONS WITH OR A WHOLE NUMBER OF TASKS THEY COME ACROSS OUR DESK AND ALSO THIS IS ABOUT WE HAD TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE LOWER THE THE LOWER RUNG OF THE OF OUR WORKFORCE HAS TO LIVE HERE THE SAME IS SAID ABOUT THE THE HIRING OF OUR WORKFORCE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY ARE BECAUSE RESIDENCY IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I THINK IT WAS PUT IN PLACE YEARS AGO YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE WERE JUST TRAINING PEOPLE IN AND YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE EARNING MONEY HERE, I THINK YOU HAVE MORE SKIN IN THE GAME IF YOU LIVE IN THE GAME. IF YOU I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING WHAT DO YOU SAY FOR US ABOUT US WITHOUT US IF THEY ARE LIVING IF THEY'RE NOT LIVING IN OUR HOUSE, I DON'T WANT THEM MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT MY HOUSE SO. OH YEAH. SORRY . SO SO PRETTY SIMPLE PRETTY SIMPLE ARE PRETTY SIMPLE THERE MR PRESIDENT YOU'RE JUST LOOKING TO SEE WHO WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH ON THE HIGH LEVEL AND WHERE THEY LIVE. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE LIVING IN THE CITY. THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF THE LATE FAIL MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I HAVE OPPOSED SAY NAY THIS HAVE ON THE DOCKET WE'RE ON TO GREENSHIELDS. CAN I TAKE A QUICK BRIEF BRIEF RECESS SESSION? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FOUR OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO HAVE TO INCLUDE A FRIENDLY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHICS AND THEIR PAY SO THAT WE CAN IN THE INTEREST OF YOUR AND ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS TO DO A MOSTLY EMOTIONAL SUBSTITUTION NEW LANGUAGE. WELL THAT'S OK. THAT'S ALRIGHT. MAKE MOTION RIGHT. SO I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO INCLUDE IN MY SEVENTEEN F DEMOGRAPHICS AND SO SALARY SALARY YOU HAVE TO SAY I SECOND OK THOSE THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO INCLUDE I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A RECESS A BRIEF RECESS MR PRESIDENT IF THAT'S OK SO WE'RE GOING WITH THIS RIGHT WE COULD TAKE A BRIEF RECESS OK WE ARE BACK IN SESSION WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR BAKER AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FOR RECONSIDERATION. YEAH. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER FOR A LITTLE BIT OFF MY GAME. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATE FOR THE LATE FILING. I WOULD LIKE AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO RECONSIDER THE SEVENTEEN F ORDER FOR SOME NEW LANGUAGE. WE WILL NOW VOTE TO ACCEPT THAT WE NEED A SECOND SECOND WE WILL NOW VOTE TO ACCEPT THE RECONSIDERATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAY NAY. OK NOW NOW MR PRESIDENT I'D LIKE TO FILE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE LANGUAGE FOR THE SEVENTEEN F TO INCLUDE DEMOGRAPHIC AND SALARIES. IS THERE A SECOND NOW THAT WE HAVE A SECOND WE WILL VOTE ON A SUBSTITUTE DRAFT OF THE SEVENTEEN F ORDER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY I I OPPOSE NOW MR PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THE SEVENTEENTH. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THANK YOU COUNCIL VOTE COUNCILOR BAKER IS SEEKING SUSPENDING OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THE SUBSTITUTED VERSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH ORDER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THIS HOWEVER THE DOCKET IS PASSED. WE ARE ONTO GREEN SHOOTS ANYONE WISHING TO REMOVE A MATTER FROM THE GREEN SHEETS MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THE SHE MOVES FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME? MEMORIALS TODAY WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS COUNCILOR BREADON MAUREEN FLAHERTY WILL WORK. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY ISABELLE DOMINICAN COUNCILORS FLAHERTY AND FLYNN KOWA COWRITE JOAN MCDOUGLE COLLINS, MARILYN SULLIVAN AND FOR THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL . MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ, JEROME, A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT DOES SO AND THOSE MENTIONED AND WE ARE NOW SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 18TH AT 12:00 ON CALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT. PLEASE SAY HI. THE COUNCILOR IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND THANK YOU TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. THANK YOU