00:00:00:00	00:11:46:00	IS ADJOURNED AND OH UH UH AND
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00:15:25:00	00:15:26:00	TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON
00:15:26:00	00:15:26:00	CITY COUNCIL VIEWERS CAN WATCH
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00:15:30:00	00:15:33:00	LAST CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV
00:15:33:00	00:15:34:00	AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
00:15:34:00	00:15:35:00	COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE
00:15:35:00	00:15:37:00	AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE
00:15:37:00	00:15:37:00	THEIR CELL PHONES AND
00:15:37:00	00:15:38:00	ELECTRONIC DEVICES ALSO
00:15:38:00	00:15:41:00	PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND
00:15:41:00	00:15:42:00	ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO
00:15:42:00	00:15:45:00	DEMONSTRATION OR APPROVAL OR
00:15:45:00	00:15:45:00	DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE
00:15:45:00	00:15:46:00	PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
00:15:46:00	00:15:50:00	THANK YOU MR CLERK.
00:15:50:00	00:15:50:00	WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
00:15:50:00	00:15:51:00	TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A
00:15:51:00	00:15:51:00	QUORUM?
00:15:51:00	00:15:54:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
00:15:54:00	00:15:55:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A DURKIN
00:15:55:00	00:15:57:00	DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN
00:15:57:00	00:16:00:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
00:16:00:00	00:16:01:00	COUNCIL A FITZGERALD
00:16:01:00	00:16:01:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN
00:16:01:00	00:16:04:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.
00:16:04:00	00:16:05:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:16:05:00	00:16:08:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
00:16:08:00	00:16:08:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN
00:16:08:00	00:16:12:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA HERE.
00:16:12:00	00:16:12:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
00:16:12:00	00:16:15:00	COUNCILOR WE'RE OUT HERE
00:16:15:00	00:16:16:00	QUORUMS BUT THANK YOU.
00:16:16:00	00:16:20:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE POPE
00:16:20:00	00:16:21:00	THAT A QUORUM AS PRESIDENT.
00:16:21:00	00:16:21:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE NOTE
00:16:21:00	00:16:23:00	THAT CASA CARLOTTA ZAPATA IS
00:16:23:00	00:16:23:00	ALSO WITH US?
00:16:23:00	00:16:24:00	YES.
00:16:24:00	00:16:24:00	THANK YOU.
00:16:24:00	00:16:27:00	NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
00:16:27:00	00:16:27:00	INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY
00:16:27:00	00:16:28:00	REVEREND DAVID WRIGHT INVITED
00:16:28:00	00:16:31:00	BY COUNCILOR.
00:16:31:00	00:16:32:00	AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL
00:16:32:00	00:16:32:00	ALL RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:16:32:00	00:16:33:00	OF ALLEGIANCE COUNCIL LGA
00:16:33:00	00:16:40:00	BEFORE.
00:16:40:00	00:16:44:00	GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU,
00:16:44:00	00:16:44:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:16:44:00	00:16:45:00	THE REVEREND WRIGHT IS AN
00:16:45:00	00:16:48:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BLACK
00:16:48:00	00:16:49:00	MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE OF GREATER
00:16:49:00	00:16:52:00	BOSTON WHICH AFTER MERGING WITH
00:16:52:00	00:16:52:00	A TEN POINT COALITION A FEW
00:16:52:00	00:16:55:00	YEARS AGO IS NOW BMA TEN POINT
00:16:55:00	00:16:55:00	A GRADUATE OF BOSTON LATIN
00:16:55:00	00:16:56:00	SCHOOL.
00:16:56:00	00:16:59:00	HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND HARVARD
00:16:59:00	00:16:59:00	LAW.
00:16:59:00	00:17:00:00	HE WORKED IN A PRIVATE PRACTICE
00:17:00:00	00:17:02:00	AND WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:17:02:00	00:17:03:00	OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
00:17:03:00	00:17:06:00	FEDERATION OF GREATER BOSTON.
00:17:06:00	00:17:07:00	HE WAS THE FORMER CHAIRMAN
00:17:07:00	00:17:10:00	OF THE LUNA PARK CDC AND SERVED
00:17:10:00	00:17:10:00	SERVED ON THE BOARD
00:17:10:00	00:17:11:00	OF DIRECTORS FOR ABCD.
00:17:11:00	00:17:14:00	HE WAS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR FOR
00:17:14:00	00:17:15:00	THE GORDON CONWELL THEOLOGICAL
00:17:15:00	00:17:18:00	SEMINARY AND IS AN ORDAINED
00:17:18:00	00:17:19:00	MINISTER IN THE AMERICAN
00:17:19:00	00:17:22:00	BAPTIST CHURCHES OF THE USA AND
00:17:22:00	00:17:22:00	SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PASTOR
00:17:22:00	00:17:23:00	AT PEOPLES BAPTIST CHURCH IN
00:17:23:00	00:17:26:00	ROXBURY.
00:17:26:00	00:17:26:00	HE'S A PROUD HUSBAND AND A
00:17:26:00	00:17:27:00	FATHER TWO SONS AND ONE
00:17:27:00	00:17:27:00	DAUGHTER.
00:17:27:00	00:17:30:00	NOW WELCOME UP REVEREND DAVID
00:17:30:00	00:17:33:00	WRIGHT.
00:17:33:00	00:17:33:00	GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
00:17:33:00	00:17:36:00	THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE
00:17:36:00	00:17:37:00	HERE TO ASK GOD'S BLESSING AS
00:17:37:00	00:17:38:00	YOU DO THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT
00:17:38:00	00:17:41:00	YOU DO FOR THE LEAST OF THESE
00:17:41:00	00:17:41:00	IN OUR CITY.
00:17:41:00	00:17:47:00	LET US PRAY.
00:17:47:00	00:17:48:00	GRACIOUS GOD, WE THANK YOU ONCE
00:17:48:00	00:17:52:00	AGAIN FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND
00:17:52:00	00:17:52:00	HONOR OF BEING BEFORE YOU.
00:17:52:00	00:17:55:00	I ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING ON THIS
00:17:55:00	00:17:56:00	COUNCIL AS THEY DO THE MOST
00:17:56:00	00:17:57:00	IMPORTANT WORK THERE IS THE
00:17:57:00	00:18:00:00	PROTECTION OF THOSE FOR WHOM
00:18:00:00	00:18:01:00	THERE IS NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK
00:18:01:00	00:18:01:00	FOR THEM.
00:18:01:00	00:18:04:00	WHAT I PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THEM
00:18:04:00	00:18:04:00	AS THEY LEAD THIS CITY THAT WE
00:18:04:00	00:18:08:00	CALL THE SANCTUARY CITY THAT
00:18:08:00	00:18:09:00	SEEMS TO NOW BE UNDER ATTACK.
00:18:09:00	00:18:12:00	GIVE THEM THE COURAGE THAT THEY
00:18:12:00	00:18:12:00	NEED.
00:18:12:00	00:18:13:00	GIVE THEM THE FORTITUDE, THE
00:18:13:00	00:18:16:00	WISDOM, THE STRENGTH THAT THEY
00:18:16:00	00:18:17:00	NEED TO DO THE WILL THAT YOU
00:18:17:00	00:18:20:00	WOULD HAVE THEM DO.
00:18:20:00	00:18:20:00	BLESS THEM.
00:18:20:00	00:18:20:00	KEEP THEM.
00:18:20:00	00:18:21:00	COVER THEM.
00:18:21:00	00:18:23:00	BLESSED THAT THEIR
00:18:23:00	00:18:24:00	CONVERSATIONS WIND UP WITH
00:18:24:00	00:18:27:00	THINGS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO
00:18:27:00	00:18:27:00	THE MEMBERS AND THE RESIDENTS
00:18:27:00	00:18:31:00	OF THIS CITY AND WITH RESPECT
00:18:31:00	00:18:31:00	TO EVERY RELIGION REPRESENTED
00:18:31:00	00:18:34:00	HERE WITH RESPECT TO THOSE WHO
00:18:34:00	00:18:35:00	MAY NOT HAVE A RELIGION.
00:18:35:00	00:18:38:00	I ASK THIS JESUS IN YOUR NAME
00:18:38:00	00:18:38:00	AMEN.
00:18:38:00	00:18:38:00	AMEN.
00:18:38:00	00:18:39:00	WHEN I RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:18:39:00	00:18:42:00	OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE
00:18:42:00	00:18:42:00	ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
00:18:42:00	00:18:46:00	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO
00:18:46:00	00:18:47:00	THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
00:18:47:00	00:18:49:00	STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
00:18:49:00	00:18:52:00	INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
00:18:52:00	00:19:06:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:19:06:00	00:19:10:00	THANK YOU, REVEREND WRIGHT, FOR
00:19:10:00	00:19:11:00	THAT INVOCATION AND FOR BEING
00:19:11:00	00:19:14:00	WITH US HERE TODAY AND MAYBE
00:19:14:00	00:19:17:00	LISTEN TO YOUR WORDS.
00:19:17:00	00:19:18:00	OKAY.
00:19:18:00	00:19:18:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:19:18:00	00:19:21:00	AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT
00:19:21:00	00:19:22:00	THAT COUNSELOR AT PENN IS NOW
00:19:22:00	00:19:22:00	PRESIDENT WITH US?
00:19:22:00	00:19:22:00	YES.
00:19:22:00	00:19:23:00	OKAY.
00:19:23:00	00:19:28:00	THANK YOU.
00:19:28:00	00:19:28:00	NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER
00:19:28:00	00:19:29:00	OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:19:29:00	00:19:31:00	APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
00:19:31:00	00:19:31:00	THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 5TH,
00:19:31:00	00:19:32:00	2025.
00:19:32:00	00:19:36:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I I ALSO SAY
00:19:36:00	00:19:36:00	NAY.
00:19:36:00	00:19:36:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:19:36:00	00:19:38:00	THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 5TH
00:19:38:00	00:19:39:00	MEETING ARE APPROVED.
00:19:39:00	00:19:39:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATION
00:19:39:00	00:19:40:00	FROM OUR HONOR.
00:19:40:00	00:19:42:00	THE MAYOR.
00:19:42:00	00:19:43:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
00:19:43:00	00:19:44:00	TALKING NUMBER 0448 DOCKING
00:19:44:00	00:19:46:00	NUMBER ZERO FOUR FOR A MESSAGE
00:19:46:00	00:19:47:00	IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:19:47:00	00:19:49:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:19:49:00	00:19:52:00	THE AMOUNT OF $14,400,000 IN
00:19:52:00	00:19:53:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:19:53:00	00:19:56:00	SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL
00:19:56:00	00:19:57:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
00:19:57:00	00:19:59:00	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
00:19:59:00	00:20:00:00	NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
00:20:00:00	00:20:00:00	ADMINISTRATION.
00:20:00:00	00:20:03:00	PASS THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS
00:20:03:00	00:20:04:00	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
00:20:04:00	00:20:07:00	BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:20:07:00	00:20:07:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
00:20:07:00	00:20:11:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND SYSTEMIC
00:20:11:00	00:20:11:00	SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC
00:20:11:00	00:20:14:00	SIGNALS AT 50 LOCATIONS ACROSS
00:20:14:00	00:20:14:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
00:20:14:00	00:20:15:00	THANK YOU.
00:20:15:00	00:20:17:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:20:17:00	00:20:18:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
00:20:18:00	00:20:19:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
00:20:19:00	00:20:19:00	FLOOR.
00:20:19:00	00:20:19:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:20:19:00	00:20:21:00	IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE FEDERAL
00:20:21:00	00:20:22:00	FUNDING FOR THE COMMONWEALTH
00:20:22:00	00:20:23:00	AND MUNICIPAL PROJECTS IS
00:20:23:00	00:20:25:00	PRECARIOUS AND FRAUGHT WITH THE
00:20:25:00	00:20:26:00	RISK OF POTENTIAL CLAWBACK OR
00:20:26:00	00:20:29:00	SUSPENSION, IT IS IMPERATIVE
00:20:29:00	00:20:30:00	THAT WE DO NOT INTRODUCE ANY
00:20:30:00	00:20:32:00	DELAY WHEN ACCEPTING GRANTS IN
00:20:32:00	00:20:33:00	THIS CATEGORY.
00:20:33:00	00:20:36:00	AND I HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF MY
00:20:36:00	00:20:37:00	COLLEAGUES WHO MAY HAVE
00:20:37:00	00:20:40:00	CONCERNS ABOUT PULLING THIS
00:20:40:00	00:20:41:00	DOCKET WITHOUT A HEARING AND I
00:20:41:00	00:20:42:00	JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
00:20:42:00	00:20:44:00	URGENT THREAT OF THE TRUMP
00:20:44:00	00:20:45:00	ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT IT
00:20:45:00	00:20:48:00	POSES TO OUR CITY.
00:20:48:00	00:20:49:00	THEY PROMISE TO CUT FUNDING FOR
00:20:49:00	00:20:53:00	STATES AND MUNICIPAL CITIES AND
00:20:53:00	00:20:53:00	A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THE
00:20:53:00	00:20:56:00	CURRENT UNITED STATES SECRETARY
00:20:56:00	00:20:57:00	OF TRANSPORTATION WROTE A MEMO
00:20:57:00	00:20:59:00	HIGHLIGHTING HOW FEDERAL
00:20:59:00	00:21:00:00	TRANSPORTATION FUNDING WOULD
00:21:00:00	00:21:00:00	AND SHOULD BE REDIRECTED TO
00:21:00:00	00:21:04:00	AREAS WITH CHARACTERISTICS THAT
00:21:04:00	00:21:04:00	PLACES LIKE BOSTON AND
00:21:04:00	00:21:04:00	MASSACHUSETTS.
00:21:04:00	00:21:08:00	CURIOUSLY SCORE LOW ON IN
00:21:08:00	00:21:08:00	RELATION TO OTHER STATES AND
00:21:08:00	00:21:12:00	CITIES THAT ELECTORAL ALIGN
00:21:12:00	00:21:12:00	WITH CURRENT THE CURRENT
00:21:12:00	00:21:13:00	FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
00:21:13:00	00:21:16:00	I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN IN GOOD
00:21:16:00	00:21:19:00	CONSCIENCE STAND BY OBJECTING
00:21:19:00	00:21:20:00	TO PULLING FEDERAL GRANTS AT
00:21:20:00	00:21:23:00	THIS TIME THIS PARTICULAR GRANT
00:21:23:00	00:21:27:00	BTD WILL IMPLEMENT UPGRADES IN
00:21:27:00	00:21:27:00	LINE IN BOSTON SIGNAL
00:21:27:00	00:21:31:00	OPERATIONS DESIGN POLICY WHICH
00:21:31:00	00:21:31:00	EMPHASIZED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BY
00:21:31:00	00:21:34:00	INCREASING CROSSING TIMES AND
00:21:34:00	00:21:35:00	REDUCING HIGH RISK TURNS.
00:21:35:00	00:21:38:00	THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE
00:21:38:00	00:21:39:00	TARGETED AT KEY INTERSECTIONS,
00:21:39:00	00:21:42:00	PARTICULARLY THOSE IN BOSTON'S
00:21:42:00	00:21:43:00	HIGH CRASH NETWORK WHERE DATA
00:21:43:00	00:21:43:00	SHOWS THE GREATEST NEED FOR
00:21:43:00	00:21:46:00	INTERVENTION.
00:21:46:00	00:21:47:00	THE UPGRADES WILL BE INFORMED
00:21:47:00	00:21:50:00	BY A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION
00:21:50:00	00:21:50:00	OF EACH LOCATION FOCUSING ON
00:21:50:00	00:21:54:00	SIGNAL ANALYSIS, SIGNAGE AND
00:21:54:00	00:21:54:00	STRIPING RE TIMING AND RE
00:21:54:00	00:21:54:00	PHASING.
00:21:54:00	00:21:57:00	THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT OUR
00:21:57:00	00:21:57:00	COUNCIL HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE
00:21:57:00	00:22:02:00	OF AND I WILL COMMIT TO DO A
00:22:02:00	00:22:02:00	POLICY BRIEFING WITH BTD ON
00:22:02:00	00:22:05:00	THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
00:22:05:00	00:22:06:00	BUT TODAY I'M ASKING FOR A
00:22:06:00	00:22:06:00	SUSPENDED PASS.
00:22:06:00	00:22:10:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN.
00:22:10:00	00:22:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:22:10:00	00:22:11:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSTABLE WHEN
00:22:11:00	00:22:12:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:22:12:00	00:22:16:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:22:16:00	00:22:21:00	THE $15 MILLION $14,000,014.4
00:22:21:00	00:22:25:00	MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY TO BE
00:22:25:00	00:22:26:00	PASSED THROUGH THIS
00:22:26:00	00:22:29:00	COUNCIL WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING
00:22:29:00	00:22:29:00	A HEARING OR KNOWING EXACTLY
00:22:29:00	00:22:33:00	THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE, WHAT
00:22:33:00	00:22:33:00	NEIGHBORHOODS IT WILL GO TO.
00:22:33:00	00:22:37:00	I WOULD NOT BE DOING MY DUE
00:22:37:00	00:22:40:00	DILIGENCE BY VOTING TO APPROVE
00:22:40:00	00:22:43:00	THIS WITHOUT HAVING A HEARING.
00:22:43:00	00:22:48:00	THE OTHER THE OTHER REASON I
00:22:48:00	00:22:49:00	THINK A HEARING IS NECESSARY IS
00:22:49:00	00:22:52:00	TO HAVE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION
00:22:52:00	00:22:55:00	DEPARTMENT COME DOWN TO THE
00:22:55:00	00:22:56:00	CITY COUNCIL IN THIS BODY
00:22:56:00	00:22:59:00	TALKED ABOUT CONCURRENT TRAFFIC
00:22:59:00	00:22:59:00	SIGNALS.
00:22:59:00	00:23:03:00	WE FILED A A RESOLUTION THAT
00:23:03:00	00:23:07:00	WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY
00:23:07:00	00:23:07:00	EVERY SINGLE CITY COUNCILOR IN
00:23:07:00	00:23:11:00	THIS $14.4 MILLION WILL HAVE AN
00:23:11:00	00:23:14:00	IMPACT ON SOME OF THOSE TYPES
00:23:14:00	00:23:14:00	OF ISSUES.
00:23:14:00	00:23:18:00	I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE
00:23:18:00	00:23:19:00	YET FROM THE CHIEF OF STREETS.
00:23:19:00	00:23:22:00	HE KNOWS THAT HE KNOWS THIS
00:23:22:00	00:23:22:00	ISSUE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE
00:23:22:00	00:23:25:00	RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.
00:23:25:00	00:23:30:00	I EXPECT BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS
00:23:30:00	00:23:34:00	TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
00:23:34:00	00:23:34:00	CONCURRENT TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN
00:23:34:00	00:23:35:00	OTHER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY RELATED
00:23:35:00	00:23:38:00	ISSUES ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY.
00:23:38:00	00:23:41:00	OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED
00:23:41:00	00:23:42:00	ME ALSO THEY WANT TO HAVE A
00:23:42:00	00:23:45:00	HEARING.
00:23:45:00	00:23:45:00	THEY WANT TO BE INFORMED
00:23:45:00	00:23:46:00	OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR
00:23:46:00	00:23:48:00	DISTRICT.
00:23:48:00	00:23:49:00	THEY WANT TO MAKE
00:23:49:00	00:23:50:00	RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
00:23:50:00	00:23:52:00	ADMINISTRATION OF WHAT
00:23:52:00	00:23:53:00	INTERSECTIONS SHOULD BE
00:23:53:00	00:23:53:00	PRIORITIZED.
00:23:53:00	00:23:56:00	WHAT ELSE IS IMPORTANT?
00:23:56:00	00:23:57:00	THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR
00:23:57:00	00:24:00:00	VOICES AS DISTRICTS AND
00:24:00:00	00:24:01:00	COUNCILS ARE HEARD AND THEY
00:24:01:00	00:24:01:00	WANT TO BE PART OF THE
00:24:01:00	00:24:01:00	DISCUSSION.
00:24:01:00	00:24:04:00	THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO BE AN
00:24:04:00	00:24:05:00	AFTERTHOUGHT.
00:24:05:00	00:24:05:00	I WOULD OBJECT TO THIS.
00:24:05:00	00:24:08:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:24:08:00	00:24:08:00	SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU ARE
00:24:08:00	00:24:11:00	OBJECTING TO COUNCILOR TO
00:24:11:00	00:24:12:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN'S AS A CHAIR
00:24:12:00	00:24:13:00	OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT
00:24:13:00	00:24:15:00	TRANSPORTATION.
00:24:15:00	00:24:16:00	YOU ARE OBJECTING TO A
00:24:16:00	00:24:16:00	SUSPENDED PASS?
00:24:16:00	00:24:16:00	YES.
00:24:16:00	00:24:16:00	OKAY.
00:24:16:00	00:24:19:00	I THINK YOU'RE DUCKING NUMBER
00:24:19:00	00:24:20:00	0448 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:24:20:00	00:24:20:00	COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
00:24:20:00	00:24:23:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
00:24:23:00	00:24:23:00	.
00:24:23:00	00:24:24:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:24:24:00	00:24:26:00	REPORT NUMBER 04490449
00:24:26:00	00:24:26:00	MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE
00:24:26:00	00:24:30:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND
00:24:30:00	00:24:35:00	EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $2,294,289
00:24:35:00	00:24:36:00	IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:24:36:00	00:24:39:00	WIOD YOUTH PROGRAM GRANT
00:24:39:00	00:24:40:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
00:24:40:00	00:24:40:00	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
00:24:40:00	00:24:43:00	PASS THROUGH THE MASAYA
00:24:43:00	00:24:44:00	DEVELOPMENT MASAYA DEPARTMENT
00:24:44:00	00:24:48:00	OF CAREER SERVICES IS TO BE
00:24:48:00	00:24:48:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:24:48:00	00:24:49:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:24:49:00	00:24:51:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND A
00:24:51:00	00:24:51:00	COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
00:24:51:00	00:24:55:00	PROGRAM TO SERVE ELIGIBLE YOUTH
00:24:55:00	00:24:59:00	AGES 14 TO 24 WHO FACE BARRIERS
00:24:59:00	00:25:00:00	TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND
00:25:00:00	00:25:00:00	EMPLOYMENT.
00:25:00:00	00:25:00:00	THANK YOU.
00:25:00:00	00:25:02:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU ACTUALLY
00:25:02:00	00:25:03:00	PLEASE READ THROUGH ZERO FOUR
00:25:03:00	00:25:09:00	OR FIVE TO SO I CAN HAVE A ZERO
00:25:09:00	00:25:10:00	FOR FIVE ZERO MESSAGE YOU ARE
00:25:10:00	00:25:11:00	NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY
00:25:11:00	00:25:14:00	OF BOSTON EXCEPT EXPEND THE
00:25:14:00	00:25:19:00	AMOUNT OF $1,761,212.70 IN THE
00:25:19:00	00:25:22:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WIO
00:25:22:00	00:25:23:00	ADULT ACTIVITIES AWARDED BY THE
00:25:23:00	00:25:27:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
00:25:27:00	00:25:27:00	OF LABOR.
00:25:27:00	00:25:31:00	PASS THROUGH THE MASK HIRE
00:25:31:00	00:25:31:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
00:25:31:00	00:25:32:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:25:32:00	00:25:34:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:25:34:00	00:25:34:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:25:34:00	00:25:35:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES TO
00:25:35:00	00:25:38:00	HELP JOBSEEKERS ACCESS
00:25:38:00	00:25:38:00	EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION, SKILLS
00:25:38:00	00:25:43:00	TRAINING, APPRENTICE SHIPS AND
00:25:43:00	00:25:44:00	SUPPORT SERVICES.
00:25:44:00	00:25:45:00	DR. NUMBER 0451 MESSAGE YOU'RE
00:25:45:00	00:25:48:00	NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY
00:25:48:00	00:25:49:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:25:49:00	00:25:54:00	THE AMOUNT OF $1,076,177 IN THE
00:25:54:00	00:25:55:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WAGNER
00:25:55:00	00:25:58:00	PEYSER PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE
00:25:58:00	00:25:59:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
00:25:59:00	00:25:59:00	OF LABOR.
00:25:59:00	00:26:02:00	AS TO THE MASS HIRED DEPARTMENT
00:26:02:00	00:26:03:00	OF CAREER SERVICES THAT BE
00:26:03:00	00:26:05:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:26:05:00	00:26:06:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:26:06:00	00:26:07:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND INDIVIDUAL
00:26:07:00	00:26:10:00	REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS
00:26:10:00	00:26:10:00	OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
00:26:10:00	00:26:13:00	CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT
00:26:13:00	00:26:13:00	AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT
00:26:13:00	00:26:14:00	PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION
00:26:14:00	00:26:17:00	ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND
00:26:17:00	00:26:18:00	EDUCATION RESOURCES AND
00:26:18:00	00:26:21:00	PROGRAMS.
00:26:21:00	00:26:22:00	IN TALKING THEM A0452 MESSAGE
00:26:22:00	00:26:26:00	YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:26:26:00	00:26:26:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:26:26:00	00:26:31:00	THE AMOUNT OF $983,445.30 IN
00:26:31:00	00:26:32:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:26:32:00	00:26:35:00	WIOD DISLOCATED WORKERS GRANT
00:26:35:00	00:26:36:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
00:26:36:00	00:26:39:00	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO PASS
00:26:39:00	00:26:40:00	THROUGH THE MASS HIRED
00:26:40:00	00:26:42:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
00:26:42:00	00:26:43:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:26:43:00	00:26:43:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:26:43:00	00:26:43:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:26:43:00	00:26:46:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND A PROGRAM
00:26:46:00	00:26:47:00	TO HELP DISLOCATED WORKERS GET
00:26:47:00	00:26:50:00	BACK TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS
00:26:50:00	00:26:51:00	POSSIBLE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS
00:26:51:00	00:26:54:00	TO EMPLOYMENT.
00:26:54:00	00:26:54:00	THANK YOU.
00:26:54:00	00:26:56:00	THESE DOCUMENTS DOCKET
00:26:56:00	00:26:57:00	044920452 WILL BE REFERRED TO
00:26:57:00	00:27:00:00	THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR
00:27:00:00	00:27:01:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:27:01:00	00:27:01:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:27:01:00	00:27:01:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:27:01:00	00:27:07:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0453 DARK ANIMAS
00:27:07:00	00:27:07:00	0453 MESSAGE IN HONOR
00:27:07:00	00:27:08:00	OF AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:27:08:00	00:27:11:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:27:11:00	00:27:12:00	THE AMOUNT OF $65,000 IN FORM
00:27:12:00	00:27:14:00	OF A GRANT FOR THE CHILD CARE
00:27:14:00	00:27:15:00	AND ENTREPRENEUR FUND GRANT
00:27:15:00	00:27:19:00	AWARDED BY THE DONOR GROUP TO
00:27:19:00	00:27:19:00	BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:27:19:00	00:27:23:00	OF EARLY CHILD EARLY CHILDHOOD
00:27:23:00	00:27:23:00	.
00:27:23:00	00:27:24:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND CHARITABLE
00:27:24:00	00:27:24:00	AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
00:27:24:00	00:27:27:00	RELATED TO CHILD CARE.
00:27:27:00	00:27:27:00	THANK YOU.
00:27:27:00	00:27:28:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:27:28:00	00:27:29:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE
00:27:29:00	00:27:30:00	FLOOR.
00:27:30:00	00:27:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:27:30:00	00:27:31:00	I AM ASKING THAT WE SUSPEND
00:27:31:00	00:27:34:00	THIS LOW DOLLAR $65,000 GRANT
00:27:34:00	00:27:37:00	WHICH WILL BE FUNDING
00:27:37:00	00:27:37:00	ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CHILD
00:27:37:00	00:27:38:00	CARE.
00:27:38:00	00:27:43:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:27:43:00	00:27:43:00	SEEK SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE
00:27:43:00	00:27:43:00	OF THIS DOCKET.
00:27:43:00	00:27:46:00	DOCKET NUMBER 045330453.
00:27:46:00	00:27:51:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL
00:27:51:00	00:27:51:00	OPPOSING IT.
00:27:51:00	00:27:52:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:27:52:00	00:27:52:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
00:27:52:00	00:27:54:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:27:54:00	00:27:57:00	THIS NUMBER 0454.
00:27:57:00	00:27:57:00	OKAY.
00:27:57:00	00:28:01:00	COUNCILOR MR. CLERK, COULD YOU
00:28:01:00	00:28:02:00	PLEASE UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE
00:28:02:00	00:28:02:00	RECORD TO PROVIDE THAT?
00:28:02:00	00:28:03:00	COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON IS
00:28:03:00	00:28:04:00	NOW PRESIDENT WITH US.
00:28:04:00	00:28:05:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:28:05:00	00:28:08:00	THIS NUMBER 0454 AND 0455
00:28:08:00	00:28:11:00	TOGETHER SO I CAN HAVE A0454
00:28:11:00	00:28:14:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:28:14:00	00:28:15:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:28:15:00	00:28:20:00	AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:28:20:00	00:28:21:00	OF $43,312.50 IN THE FORM OF A
00:28:21:00	00:28:21:00	GRANT FOR THE FAA.
00:28:21:00	00:28:24:00	WILL MLK SCHOLARS PROGRAM GRANT
00:28:24:00	00:28:25:00	AWARDED BY THE BOSTON
00:28:25:00	00:28:27:00	FOUNDATION PASS THROUGH THE
00:28:27:00	00:28:28:00	PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVE TO BE
00:28:28:00	00:28:31:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:28:31:00	00:28:32:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:28:32:00	00:28:34:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND SUMMER JOBS
00:28:34:00	00:28:35:00	, FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND
00:28:35:00	00:28:35:00	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
00:28:35:00	00:28:39:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOSTON YOUTH
00:28:39:00	00:28:42:00	AND DOCTOR NUMBER 0455 MESSAGE
00:28:42:00	00:28:42:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE
00:28:42:00	00:28:45:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND
00:28:45:00	00:28:48:00	EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $30,000
00:28:48:00	00:28:49:00	AND FORMER GRANT FOR THE CAREER
00:28:49:00	00:28:52:00	AND REGIONAL PLANNING GRANT
00:28:52:00	00:28:53:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
00:28:53:00	00:28:53:00	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASSED TO
00:28:53:00	00:28:56:00	THE MASS HIGHWAY AND DEPARTMENT
00:28:56:00	00:28:56:00	OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE
00:28:56:00	00:28:59:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:28:59:00	00:29:00:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:29:00:00	00:29:01:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND REGIONAL
00:29:01:00	00:29:03:00	PLANNING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE
00:29:03:00	00:29:04:00	CREATION OF REGIONAL PIPELINE
00:29:04:00	00:29:07:00	PROGRAMING FOR HIGH DEMAND
00:29:07:00	00:29:08:00	INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS IN
00:29:08:00	00:29:11:00	ALIGNMENT WITH REGIONAL
00:29:11:00	00:29:11:00	PLANNING PRIORITIES.
00:29:11:00	00:29:12:00	THANK YOU.
00:29:12:00	00:29:16:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 0454 AND 0455
00:29:16:00	00:29:17:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:29:17:00	00:29:18:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
00:29:18:00	00:29:20:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A
00:29:20:00	00:29:21:00	COLLABORATIVE PLEASE READ
00:29:21:00	00:29:23:00	DOCKET NUMBER 04560456 MESSAGE
00:29:23:00	00:29:23:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE
00:29:23:00	00:29:26:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND
00:29:26:00	00:29:29:00	EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 IN
00:29:29:00	00:29:30:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:29:30:00	00:29:30:00	VBS.
00:29:30:00	00:29:33:00	HORRIGAN START DONATIONS
00:29:33:00	00:29:34:00	AWARDED BY JOHN HORRIGAN PASS
00:29:34:00	00:29:37:00	THROUGH THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:29:37:00	00:29:38:00	TRUST FUNDS TO BE ADMINISTERED
00:29:38:00	00:29:40:00	BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION.
00:29:40:00	00:29:41:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND VARIOUS
00:29:41:00	00:29:44:00	EXPENSES AT THE VERONICA DE
00:29:44:00	00:29:45:00	SMITH SENIOR CENTER.
00:29:45:00	00:29:46:00	IN BRIEF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:29:46:00	00:29:48:00	COUNCILOR MORE FOR YOU ON THE
00:29:48:00	00:29:48:00	FLOOR.
00:29:48:00	00:29:52:00	THANK YOU CHAIR I WOULD LIKE TO
00:29:52:00	00:29:53:00	ASK TO SUSPEND AND PASS THE
00:29:53:00	00:29:55:00	VERONICA DE SMITH SENIOR CENTER
00:29:55:00	00:29:56:00	DOES WONDERFUL WORK IN THE
00:29:56:00	00:29:59:00	BRIGHTON ALLSTON AREA AND THIS
00:29:59:00	00:29:59:00	SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT WILL HELP
00:29:59:00	00:30:02:00	SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE
00:30:02:00	00:30:02:00	DOING TO KEEP OUR SENIORS
00:30:02:00	00:30:03:00	ENGAGED.
00:30:03:00	00:30:04:00	SO I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT
00:30:04:00	00:30:07:00	US.
00:30:07:00	00:30:07:00	COUNTER MURPHY'S EXPANSION
00:30:07:00	00:30:09:00	OF THE ROLES AND PASSION DOCKET
00:30:09:00	00:30:10:00	NUMBER 0456 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
00:30:10:00	00:30:11:00	SAY I I OPPOSING IT I HAVE IT
00:30:11:00	00:30:14:00	THE STOCK IT HAS PASSED.
00:30:14:00	00:30:14:00	MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:30:14:00	00:30:18:00	THIS NUMBER 0458 AND 0459.0458
00:30:18:00	00:30:19:00	MESSAGE IN HONOR OF AUTHORIZING
00:30:19:00	00:30:22:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUBMIT A
00:30:22:00	00:30:22:00	STATEMENT OF INTEREST TO THE
00:30:22:00	00:30:23:00	MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING
00:30:23:00	00:30:26:00	AUTHORITY CORE PROGRAM FROM
00:30:26:00	00:30:26:00	MADISON PARK TECHNICAL
00:30:26:00	00:30:30:00	VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PURSUANT
00:30:30:00	00:30:32:00	TO MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 70
00:30:32:00	00:30:33:00	B SECTION FIVE THE STATEMENT
00:30:33:00	00:30:36:00	OF INTEREST DESCRIBES AND
00:30:36:00	00:30:36:00	EXPLAINS THE DEFICIENCIES
00:30:36:00	00:30:37:00	WITHIN THE SCHOOL FACILITY THAT
00:30:37:00	00:30:40:00	PREVENTS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:30:40:00	00:30:41:00	FROM DELIVERING THEIR DESIRED
00:30:41:00	00:30:44:00	EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
00:30:44:00	00:30:47:00	DUCK NUMBER 0459 MESSAGE YOU'RE
00:30:47:00	00:30:47:00	NOT AUTHORIZING FOR YOUR
00:30:47:00	00:30:50:00	APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:30:50:00	00:30:51:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUBMIT TO
00:30:51:00	00:30:51:00	THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL
00:30:51:00	00:30:54:00	BUILDING AUTHORITY STATEMENTS
00:30:54:00	00:30:55:00	OF INTEREST FOR THEIR
00:30:55:00	00:30:58:00	ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM FOR
00:30:58:00	00:30:59:00	THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS BOSTON
00:30:59:00	00:31:02:00	ADULT TECHNICAL ACADEMY CURLEY
00:31:02:00	00:31:03:00	K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL MILDRED
00:31:03:00	00:31:06:00	RFK THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL
00:31:06:00	00:31:06:00	MENDEL'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARY
00:31:06:00	00:31:10:00	LINE PILOT HIGH SCHOOL JOYCE
00:31:10:00	00:31:13:00	KILMER LOWER SCHOOL MARGUERITA
00:31:13:00	00:31:17:00	MUNIZ ACADEMY ORCHARD GARDENS
00:31:17:00	00:31:18:00	12 THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL TRY TO
00:31:18:00	00:31:21:00	K THROUGH SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
00:31:21:00	00:31:22:00	THE STATEMENTS OF INTEREST
00:31:22:00	00:31:22:00	DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN THE
00:31:22:00	00:31:26:00	DEFICIENCIES IN THE PRIORITY
00:31:26:00	00:31:28:00	CATEGORY CATEGORY THREE WHICH
00:31:28:00	00:31:29:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE
00:31:29:00	00:31:30:00	INVITED TO APPLY FOR THE
00:31:30:00	00:31:33:00	MASSACHUSETTS SINCE SCHOOL
00:31:33:00	00:31:33:00	BUILDING AUTHORITY IN THE
00:31:33:00	00:31:36:00	FUTURE PRIORITY FIVE
00:31:36:00	00:31:36:00	REPLACEMENT RENOVATION AND
00:31:36:00	00:31:39:00	MODERNIZATION OF THE SCHOOL
00:31:39:00	00:31:40:00	FACILITY SYSTEMS SUCH AS ROOFS,
00:31:40:00	00:31:43:00	WINDOWS, BOILERS, HEATING AND
00:31:43:00	00:31:44:00	VENTILATION SYSTEMS TO INCREASE
00:31:44:00	00:31:47:00	ENERGY CONSERVATION AND
00:31:47:00	00:31:47:00	DECREASE ENERGY RELATED COSTS
00:31:47:00	00:31:51:00	IN A SCHOOL FACILITY.
00:31:51:00	00:31:53:00	THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 0458
00:31:53:00	00:31:54:00	AND ZERO FOUR OR FIVE NINE WILL
00:31:54:00	00:31:55:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:31:55:00	00:31:57:00	WAYS AND MEANS.
00:31:57:00	00:31:58:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:31:58:00	00:32:01:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0460 STOCKING
00:32:01:00	00:32:03:00	NUMBER 0460 MESSAGE YOU KNOW
00:32:03:00	00:32:04:00	FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
00:32:04:00	00:32:07:00	REAPPOINTMENT OF DR. CARLO
00:32:07:00	00:32:07:00	VALDEZ AS A MEMBER OF THE
00:32:07:00	00:32:09:00	BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
00:32:09:00	00:32:10:00	COMMISSION'S BOARD OF HEALTH
00:32:10:00	00:32:13:00	FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 15,
00:32:13:00	00:32:13:00	2028.
00:32:13:00	00:32:14:00	THANK YOU.
00:32:14:00	00:32:16:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0460 WILL BE
00:32:16:00	00:32:16:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:32:16:00	00:32:19:00	PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND
00:32:19:00	00:32:19:00	RECOVERY.
00:32:19:00	00:32:21:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:32:21:00	00:32:25:00	REPORT THE NUMBER 04610461
00:32:25:00	00:32:25:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE
00:32:25:00	00:32:28:00	CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
00:32:28:00	00:32:29:00	OF JESSICA BOATWRIGHT AS A
00:32:29:00	00:32:29:00	MEMBER OF THE BUILDING
00:32:29:00	00:32:32:00	EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND
00:32:32:00	00:32:33:00	DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW
00:32:33:00	00:32:37:00	BOARD ALSO KNOWN AS BERTO FOR A
00:32:37:00	00:32:39:00	TERM EXPIRING APRIL 24, 2026.
00:32:39:00	00:32:42:00	THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 20461
00:32:42:00	00:32:42:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:32:42:00	00:32:43:00	COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
00:32:43:00	00:32:46:00	JUSTICE RESILIENCY IN PARKS FOR
00:32:46:00	00:32:47:00	SUPPORT WHEN YOU PLEASE REPORT
00:32:47:00	00:32:49:00	CARD NUMBER 04620462 MESSAGE IN
00:32:49:00	00:32:52:00	ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION
00:32:52:00	00:32:52:00	OF THE REAPPOINTMENT
00:32:52:00	00:32:53:00	OF LAWRENCE TO CARR AS A MEMBER
00:32:53:00	00:32:56:00	OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A
00:32:56:00	00:32:59:00	TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 9TH 2026
00:32:59:00	00:32:59:00	THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0462
00:32:59:00	00:33:00:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:33:00:00	00:33:02:00	COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT
00:33:02:00	00:33:02:00	GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY,
00:33:02:00	00:33:06:00	TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY
00:33:06:00	00:33:06:00	.
00:33:06:00	00:33:07:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:33:07:00	00:33:07:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICES IN OTHERS.
00:33:07:00	00:33:10:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:33:10:00	00:33:13:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0463 AND 0464
00:33:13:00	00:33:15:00	DOCKING OF 0463 NOTICE RECEIVED
00:33:15:00	00:33:16:00	FROM THE MIRROR OF THE
00:33:16:00	00:33:19:00	APPOINTMENT OF ERICA BRADLEY AS
00:33:19:00	00:33:20:00	THE FIRST ASSISTANT COLLECTOR
00:33:20:00	00:33:22:00	TREASURER EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER
00:33:22:00	00:33:25:00	30TH 2024 IN DOCUMENT NUMBER
00:33:25:00	00:33:25:00	0464 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
00:33:25:00	00:33:29:00	FROM COUNCILOR TO MURPHY AND
00:33:29:00	00:33:30:00	COUNCILOR OF FLYNN REGARDING
00:33:30:00	00:33:32:00	REQUEST TO IMPLEMENT A CITYWIDE
00:33:32:00	00:33:33:00	BAN ON NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS
00:33:33:00	00:33:37:00	AND EMPLOYMENT MATTERS.
00:33:37:00	00:33:38:00	THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 0463
00:33:38:00	00:33:41:00	AND 0464 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE
00:33:41:00	00:33:42:00	MR COURT WHEN YOU PLEASE READ
00:33:42:00	00:33:45:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 0465 AND 0466
00:33:45:00	00:33:45:00	DOCKING NUMBER 0465
00:33:45:00	00:33:49:00	COMMUNICATION IS FREE FROM
00:33:49:00	00:33:49:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT PLEASE
00:33:49:00	00:33:50:00	LOUIJEUNE CALLING FOR THE
00:33:50:00	00:33:53:00	ELECTION OF CITY CLERK FOR THE
00:33:53:00	00:33:56:00	CITY OF BOSTON ON FEBRUARY 12,
00:33:56:00	00:33:57:00	2025 AND ENDING ON FEBRUARY
00:33:57:00	00:33:59:00	3RD, 2028.
00:33:59:00	00:34:00:00	PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE NOMINATES.
00:34:00:00	00:34:05:00	ALEX JOINS US IN TALKING WITH
00:34:05:00	00:34:05:00	0466 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED
00:34:05:00	00:34:09:00	FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROSIE
00:34:09:00	00:34:09:00	LOUIJEUNE CALLING FOR THE
00:34:09:00	00:34:10:00	ELECTION OF AN ASSISTANT CITY
00:34:10:00	00:34:13:00	CLERK FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON ON
00:34:13:00	00:34:15:00	FEBRUARY 12, 2025 AND ENDING ON
00:34:15:00	00:34:16:00	FEBRUARY 3RD, 2028.
00:34:16:00	00:34:19:00	PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE NOMINATES
00:34:19:00	00:34:20:00	DOES HE BEAT YOU?
00:34:20:00	00:34:20:00	THANK YOU.
00:34:20:00	00:34:23:00	I NOW MOVE TO PROCEED WITH THE
00:34:23:00	00:34:24:00	ELECTION OF THE CITY CLERK I
00:34:24:00	00:34:27:00	NOMINATE TO REELECT CLERK ALEX
00:34:27:00	00:34:29:00	PRENTICE FOR A THREE YEAR TERM
00:34:29:00	00:34:30:00	PURSUANT TO SECTION 52 OF THE
00:34:30:00	00:34:32:00	CITY CHARTER ENDING ON FEBRUARY
00:34:32:00	00:34:32:00	SEVEN, 2028.
00:34:32:00	00:34:35:00	IS THERE A SECOND SECOND ARE
00:34:35:00	00:34:39:00	THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS?
00:34:39:00	00:34:43:00	ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS
00:34:43:00	00:34:43:00	?
00:34:43:00	00:34:43:00	NO.
00:34:43:00	00:34:44:00	OKAY.
00:34:44:00	00:34:46:00	PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 C OF THE
00:34:46:00	00:34:47:00	CITY CHARTER, MR CLERK, CAN YOU
00:34:47:00	00:34:48:00	PLEASE CALL THE ROLL SO THAT
00:34:48:00	00:34:50:00	EACH COUNCILOR CITY
00:34:50:00	00:34:51:00	COUNCILOR CAN STATE THE NAME
00:34:51:00	00:34:51:00	OF THE PERSON THEY WOULD LIKE
00:34:51:00	00:34:54:00	TO VOTE FOR AGAIN, THE ONLY
00:34:54:00	00:34:54:00	PERSON NOMINATED AND SECONDED
00:34:54:00	00:34:58:00	IS OUR CURRENT CLERK ALEX
00:34:58:00	00:34:58:00	JAUNDICE.
00:34:58:00	00:34:59:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL
00:34:59:00	00:35:02:00	THE ROLL COUNCILOR BREED
00:35:02:00	00:35:06:00	COUNCILOR BREADON ALEX CURTIS
00:35:06:00	00:35:07:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPOSED TO
00:35:07:00	00:35:10:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART
00:35:10:00	00:35:10:00	OF ALEX DURANT AS
00:35:10:00	00:35:13:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
00:35:13:00	00:35:14:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN ALEX
00:35:14:00	00:35:14:00	CHALLENGES
00:35:14:00	00:35:16:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
00:35:16:00	00:35:20:00	THE TASK GROUP
00:35:20:00	00:35:20:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES HANSON ALEX
00:35:20:00	00:35:24:00	JOINT COUNCIL THE FITZGERALD
00:35:24:00	00:35:28:00	COUNCIL OFFICIAL ALEX CHURCH AS
00:35:28:00	00:35:28:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:35:28:00	00:35:31:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN ALEX AS
00:35:31:00	00:35:32:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE ALEX
00:35:32:00	00:35:32:00	JAUNDICE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
00:35:32:00	00:35:35:00	ALEX DURANT IS CONCILOR MEJIA
00:35:35:00	00:35:35:00	HERE.
00:35:35:00	00:35:38:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:35:38:00	00:35:39:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:35:39:00	00:35:43:00	ALEX DURANT AS COUNCILOR PIPPIN
00:35:43:00	00:35:46:00	CALLS IT THE COUNCIL OF PEN.
00:35:46:00	00:35:46:00	ALEX DURANT IS
00:35:46:00	00:35:49:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA DISTRICT
00:35:49:00	00:35:50:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA ALEX DURANT
00:35:50:00	00:35:54:00	AS COUNCIL WEBER
00:35:54:00	00:35:55:00	COUNCILOR WEBER ALEX CHALLENGES
00:35:55:00	00:35:55:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL ALEX
00:35:55:00	00:35:59:00	JAMES COUNCILOR WORRELL ALEX
00:35:59:00	00:36:01:00	TRENT HAS 12 VOTES IN THE
00:36:01:00	00:36:03:00	AFFIRMATIVE DEBUT DOCKET NUMBER
00:36:03:00	00:36:04:00	0465 IS PASSED AND CLERK ALEX
00:36:04:00	00:36:08:00	DURANT IS HAS BEEN REELECTED AS
00:36:08:00	00:36:08:00	CITY CLERK.
00:36:08:00	00:36:09:00	CONGRATULATIONS, MR CLERK THANK
00:36:09:00	00:36:10:00	YOU.
00:36:10:00	00:36:14:00	YES, THERE'S NO CLAPPING BUT
00:36:14:00	00:36:15:00	YOU MAY SHAKE EVERYONE'S HAND.
00:36:15:00	00:36:20:00	MR CLERK RIGHT.
00:36:20:00	00:36:32:00	THANK YOU.
00:36:32:00	00:36:32:00	YES, SIR.
00:36:32:00	00:36:43:00	I SUPPOSE IT'S ABOUT TO SAY
00:36:43:00	00:36:44:00	WHAT AM I SHOULD COME TO YOU
00:36:44:00	00:36:44:00	FIRST.
00:36:44:00	00:36:46:00	OKAY.
00:36:46:00	00:36:47:00	AND I KNOW IF MICHAEL WERE HERE
00:36:47:00	00:36:47:00	HE WOULD WANT TO SHAKE YOUR
00:36:47:00	00:36:48:00	HAND AS WELL.
00:36:48:00	00:36:50:00	SO CONGRATULATIONS, MR CLERK.
00:36:50:00	00:36:51:00	AND NOW MOVE TO PROCEED WITH
00:36:51:00	00:36:51:00	THE ELECTION OF AN ASSISTANT
00:36:51:00	00:36:54:00	CITY CLERK I NOMINATE TO
00:36:54:00	00:36:56:00	REELECT ASSISTANT CLERK DARCY
00:36:56:00	00:36:57:00	BEACHUM FOR A THREE YEAR TERM
00:36:57:00	00:36:57:00	PURSUANT TO SECTION 52 OF THE
00:36:57:00	00:37:00:00	CITY CHARTER ENDING ON FEBRUARY
00:37:00:00	00:37:01:00	SEVEN, 2020.
00:37:01:00	00:37:03:00	IS THERE A SECOND ORDER?
00:37:03:00	00:37:06:00	ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS
00:37:06:00	00:37:07:00	PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 C OF THE
00:37:07:00	00:37:07:00	CITY CHARTER?
00:37:07:00	00:37:11:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL
00:37:11:00	00:37:12:00	THE ROLL SO THAT EACH CITY
00:37:12:00	00:37:12:00	COUNCILOR CAN STATE THE NAME
00:37:12:00	00:37:14:00	OF THE PERSON THEY WOULD LIKE
00:37:14:00	00:37:15:00	TO VOTE FOR AGAIN, THE ONLY
00:37:15:00	00:37:15:00	NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR THAT
00:37:15:00	00:37:18:00	HAS BEEN SECONDED IS THAT
00:37:18:00	00:37:19:00	OF DARCY BEECHER.
00:37:19:00	00:37:19:00	MR CLERK, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL
00:37:19:00	00:37:20:00	CALL VOTE.
00:37:20:00	00:37:23:00	COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BREADON
00:37:23:00	00:37:27:00	DOES HE BEAT YOU?
00:37:27:00	00:37:28:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
00:37:28:00	00:37:28:00	COUNCIL WITH COLETTE AS A
00:37:28:00	00:37:30:00	PARTNER DOES HE BEAT YOU?
00:37:30:00	00:37:31:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
00:37:31:00	00:37:34:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN DOES HE BEACH
00:37:34:00	00:37:37:00	COUNCIL FINANCES SANDERSON
00:37:37:00	00:37:38:00	COUNCIL FINANCES SANDERSON DOES
00:37:38:00	00:37:38:00	HE BEAT HIM?
00:37:38:00	00:37:41:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CITY
00:37:41:00	00:37:41:00	COUNCIL FITZGERALD DOES HE?
00:37:41:00	00:37:45:00	BEECHAM COUNCIL FLYNN CITY
00:37:45:00	00:37:46:00	COUNCIL THING DOES HE BEAT HIM?
00:37:46:00	00:37:49:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE DARCY BEECHAM
00:37:49:00	00:37:50:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE DOES HE BEAT
00:37:50:00	00:37:52:00	BEECHAM COUNCIL ME HERE
00:37:52:00	00:37:53:00	COUNCIL ON MURPHY
00:37:53:00	00:37:54:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY DOES HE BEAT
00:37:54:00	00:37:56:00	CATCH CHOP OPEN
00:37:56:00	00:38:00:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN DOES HE BEAT
00:38:00:00	00:38:00:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL SAID
00:38:00:00	00:38:03:00	TENA DOES HE BEAT
00:38:03:00	00:38:04:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER
00:38:04:00	00:38:07:00	DOES HE BEAT COUNCILOR WORRELL
00:38:07:00	00:38:08:00	CITY COUNCILOR WORRELL DOES HE
00:38:08:00	00:38:11:00	REGION 12 VOTES IN THE
00:38:11:00	00:38:11:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
00:38:11:00	00:38:12:00	THANK YOU.
00:38:12:00	00:38:16:00	DOCKET NUMBER 40467 HAS PASSED
00:38:16:00	00:38:16:00	AND IT'S JUST INCORRECT.
00:38:16:00	00:38:19:00	DARCY BEACHUM HAS BEEN
00:38:19:00	00:38:19:00	REELECTED AS ASSISTANT CITY
00:38:19:00	00:38:19:00	CLERK.
00:38:19:00	00:38:51:00	CONGRATULATIONS, DARCY AGAIN,
00:38:51:00	00:38:52:00	CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CLERK
00:38:52:00	00:38:55:00	INTO OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
00:38:55:00	00:38:55:00	THANK YOU.
00:38:55:00	00:38:56:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:38:56:00	00:38:57:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0467 DOCKING
00:38:57:00	00:39:00:00	NUMBER 0467 COMMUNICATION WAS
00:39:00:00	00:39:01:00	RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN
00:39:01:00	00:39:05:00	REGARDING EVE GRIFFIN OF THE
00:39:05:00	00:39:05:00	BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
00:39:05:00	00:39:07:00	THANK YOU, DR. NUMBERS 0460.
00:39:07:00	00:39:08:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN WOULD LIKE TO
00:39:08:00	00:39:11:00	SPEAK ON THIS COMMUNICATION
00:39:11:00	00:39:12:00	COUNCIL PLAY NOW THIS IS A
00:39:12:00	00:39:12:00	COMMUNICATION YOU HAVE LIMITED
00:39:12:00	00:39:15:00	TIME TO 2 MINUTES YOU HAVE
00:39:15:00	00:39:15:00	BEFORE THAT.
00:39:15:00	00:39:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:39:18:00	00:39:18:00	TAKE LESS THAN ONE MINUTE.
00:39:18:00	00:39:19:00	I JUST WANT TO INFORM MY
00:39:19:00	00:39:21:00	COLLEAGUES THIS DEDICATED
00:39:21:00	00:39:25:00	EMPLOYEE AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
00:39:25:00	00:39:28:00	HAS STAGE FOUR CANCER.
00:39:28:00	00:39:32:00	SHE USED UP HER SICK TIME.
00:39:32:00	00:39:35:00	SHE IS SEEKING TO PARTICIPATE
00:39:35:00	00:39:39:00	IN THE SIT BACK SO THAT SHE CAN
00:39:39:00	00:39:43:00	GET SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
00:39:43:00	00:39:46:00	THIS TIME AWAY AS SHE FIGHTS
00:39:46:00	00:39:50:00	WITH STAGE FOUR CANCER.
00:39:50:00	00:39:53:00	I SENT A LETTER TO DAVID
00:39:53:00	00:39:54:00	LEONARD AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC
00:39:54:00	00:39:56:00	LIBRARY.
00:39:56:00	00:39:58:00	I ALSO SENT A LETTER TO THE
00:39:58:00	00:40:06:00	UNION THAT REPRESENTS IF AND WE
00:40:06:00	00:40:07:00	MUST BE A CITY THAT RESPECTS
00:40:07:00	00:40:14:00	PEOPLE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE,
00:40:14:00	00:40:14:00	CITY WORKERS IN NEED OF SOME
00:40:14:00	00:40:16:00	FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS THEY
00:40:16:00	00:40:20:00	FIGHT FOR THE FIGHT OF THEIR
00:40:20:00	00:40:24:00	LIFE IN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
00:40:24:00	00:40:27:00	THAT THIS WOMAN IS TREATED WITH
00:40:27:00	00:40:27:00	RESPECT THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE
00:40:27:00	00:40:31:00	TO WORRY ABOUT FINANCIAL ISSUES
00:40:31:00	00:40:31:00	AS SHE DEALS WITH THE VERY
00:40:31:00	00:40:38:00	COMPLICATED MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS.
00:40:38:00	00:40:39:00	WOMEN'S HEALTH MUST BE A
00:40:39:00	00:40:41:00	PRIORITY.
00:40:41:00	00:40:42:00	WOMEN'S HEALTH MUST BE
00:40:42:00	00:40:46:00	IMPORTANT.
00:40:46:00	00:40:49:00	I WOULD ENCOURAGE DAVID LEONARD
00:40:49:00	00:40:50:00	TO REVIEW THE FACTS AND PROVIDE
00:40:50:00	00:40:53:00	A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT AND
00:40:53:00	00:40:56:00	DIGNITY TO THIS WOMAN THAT HAS
00:40:56:00	00:41:00:00	DEDICATED HER LIFE TO THE CITY
00:41:00:00	00:41:01:00	AND GREATER THAN NECESSARY
00:41:01:00	00:41:04:00	LEAVE SO THAT SHE CAN CONTINUE
00:41:04:00	00:41:08:00	FIGHTING THIS STAGE FOR
00:41:08:00	00:41:08:00	DIAGNOSIS.
00:41:08:00	00:41:12:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:41:12:00	00:41:13:00	THIS DOCKET WILL BE PLACED ON
00:41:13:00	00:41:13:00	FILE.
00:41:13:00	00:41:14:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:41:14:00	00:41:17:00	OF COMMITTEES.
00:41:17:00	00:41:18:00	MR POPE, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
00:41:18:00	00:41:18:00	TALKING TO MESEREAU TO THE SIX
00:41:18:00	00:41:19:00	TALKING MA0 TO THREE SIX THAT
00:41:19:00	00:41:19:00	COMMITTEE IN GOVERNMENT
00:41:19:00	00:41:22:00	OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS
00:41:22:00	00:41:25:00	REFERRED ON JANUARY 15, 2025
00:41:25:00	00:41:26:00	TALKING NUMBERS 0236 MESSAGE IN
00:41:26:00	00:41:29:00	ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL A NEW
00:41:29:00	00:41:30:00	HOME WILL PETITION TO THE
00:41:30:00	00:41:32:00	GENERAL COURT PETITION FOR A
00:41:32:00	00:41:36:00	SPECIAL LAW A RELATIVE TO ENACT
00:41:36:00	00:41:36:00	FOR RESIDENTIAL TAX RELIEF IN
00:41:36:00	00:41:40:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON SUBMITS A
00:41:40:00	00:41:41:00	REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE
00:41:41:00	00:41:44:00	DOCKET TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT
00:41:44:00	00:41:45:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:41:45:00	00:41:46:00	CONTACT AS A PART OF THE CHAIR
00:41:46:00	00:41:47:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
00:41:47:00	00:41:47:00	OPERATIONS.
00:41:47:00	00:41:47:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:41:47:00	00:41:48:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
00:41:48:00	00:41:51:00	PRESIDENT AND I APOLOGIZE IN
00:41:51:00	00:41:51:00	ADVANCE FOR HOW LONG THIS IS
00:41:51:00	00:41:52:00	GOING TO BE.
00:41:52:00	00:41:52:00	OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A REALLY
00:41:52:00	00:41:55:00	IMPORTANT TOPIC SO I'M GOING TO
00:41:55:00	00:41:55:00	GO THROUGH THE SEQUENCE
00:41:55:00	00:41:59:00	OF EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE AT
00:41:59:00	00:41:59:00	THE END, THE INFORMATION
00:41:59:00	00:42:00:00	RECEIVED AT THE HEARING.
00:42:00:00	00:42:03:00	SO APOLOGIES TO MY COLLEAGUES
00:42:03:00	00:42:04:00	FOR THIS THE LENGTH OF THIS
00:42:04:00	00:42:07:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND I CAN
00:42:07:00	00:42:08:00	IMAGINE THAT THERE WILL BE
00:42:08:00	00:42:08:00	SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION.
00:42:08:00	00:42:10:00	THE COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONS
00:42:10:00	00:42:11:00	HELD A JOINT HEARING WITH THE
00:42:11:00	00:42:12:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON
00:42:12:00	00:42:17:00	DOCKET 0236 ON JANUARY 27TH,
00:42:17:00	00:42:18:00	2025 ASHLEY ROBYN BURGER CFO
00:42:18:00	00:42:21:00	NICHOLAS R ANELLO COMMISSIONER
00:42:21:00	00:42:21:00	OF ASSESSING RAYMOND BOLEY
00:42:21:00	00:42:25:00	DIRECTOR OF VALUATION ASSESSING
00:42:25:00	00:42:25:00	DEPARTMENT AND SHAGUN ATWAL
00:42:25:00	00:42:29:00	CHIEF OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
00:42:29:00	00:42:29:00	INCLUSION TESTIFIED ON BEHALF
00:42:29:00	00:42:29:00	OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
00:42:29:00	00:42:32:00	THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED
00:42:32:00	00:42:33:00	THAT THE NEWLY PROPOSED
00:42:33:00	00:42:33:00	COMPETITION AIMS TO PROVIDE TAX
00:42:33:00	00:42:36:00	RELIEF BY ADJUSTING PROPERTY
00:42:36:00	00:42:37:00	CLASSIFICATION REGULATIONS.
00:42:37:00	00:42:37:00	IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE
00:42:37:00	00:42:40:00	PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW BOSTON TO
00:42:40:00	00:42:41:00	EXCEED THE STATE IMPOSED LIMIT
00:42:41:00	00:42:42:00	ON COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL
00:42:42:00	00:42:44:00	TAX RATIO.
00:42:44:00	00:42:44:00	THE ADMINISTRATION EMPHASIZED
00:42:44:00	00:42:45:00	THAT THE SHIFT IS INTENDED TO
00:42:45:00	00:42:48:00	PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO
00:42:48:00	00:42:48:00	RENT TO RESIDENTS WHILE
00:42:48:00	00:42:49:00	ENSURING THAT COMMERCIAL
00:42:49:00	00:42:52:00	PROPERTIES CONTRIBUTE A FAIR
00:42:52:00	00:42:53:00	SHARE OF THE TAX BURDEN.
00:42:53:00	00:42:56:00	THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO
00:42:56:00	00:42:56:00	ACKNOWLEDGED CONCERNS THAT
00:42:56:00	00:42:57:00	INCREASING COMMERCIAL TAX RATES
00:42:57:00	00:42:59:00	COULD IMPACT SMALL BUSINESSES
00:42:59:00	00:43:00:00	BUT NOTED THAT SAFEGUARDS SUCH
00:43:00:00	00:43:03:00	AS TARGETED EXEMPTIONS ARE
00:43:03:00	00:43:04:00	INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL.
00:43:04:00	00:43:04:00	THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO
00:43:04:00	00:43:05:00	EXPLAINED THAT THE TAX
00:43:05:00	00:43:08:00	CLASSIFICATION PROPOSAL IS PART
00:43:08:00	00:43:08:00	OF A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO
00:43:08:00	00:43:11:00	ADDRESS ECONOMIC DISPARITIES
00:43:11:00	00:43:12:00	THE CITY THE ADMIN HIGHLIGHTED
00:43:12:00	00:43:12:00	THE RISING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
00:43:12:00	00:43:15:00	ASSESSMENTS HAVE
00:43:15:00	00:43:15:00	DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS
00:43:15:00	00:43:15:00	CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS
00:43:15:00	00:43:18:00	PARTICULARLY IN COMMUNITIES
00:43:18:00	00:43:19:00	OF COLOR AND AMONG ELDERLY
00:43:19:00	00:43:19:00	HOMEOWNERS.
00:43:19:00	00:43:20:00	THE ADMINISTRATION ASSERTED
00:43:20:00	00:43:22:00	THAT THE PROPOSED PETITION
00:43:22:00	00:43:23:00	PROVIDES A MECHANISM TO OFFSET
00:43:23:00	00:43:26:00	THESE RISING COSTS WHILE
00:43:26:00	00:43:26:00	CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE
00:43:26:00	00:43:27:00	CITY'S INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC
00:43:27:00	00:43:30:00	SERVICES SCHOOLS AND
00:43:30:00	00:43:30:00	INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:43:30:00	00:43:31:00	THEY ALSO FURTHER STATED THAT
00:43:31:00	00:43:34:00	THE PROPOSED CLASSIFICATION
00:43:34:00	00:43:34:00	CHANGES ALIGNS WITH BOSTON'S
00:43:34:00	00:43:38:00	BROADER TAX STRATEGY WHICH
00:43:38:00	00:43:38:00	PRIORITIZES MAINTAINING
00:43:38:00	00:43:39:00	AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS
00:43:39:00	00:43:42:00	WHILE ENSURING A SUSTAINABLE
00:43:42:00	00:43:42:00	REVENUE STRUCTURE.
00:43:42:00	00:43:43:00	THE ADMINISTRATION NOTED THAT
00:43:43:00	00:43:43:00	OTHER CITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED
00:43:43:00	00:43:46:00	SIMILAR AND OBSERVED THAT
00:43:46:00	00:43:47:00	SHIFTING A PROPORTION OF THE
00:43:47:00	00:43:50:00	TAX BURDEN TO COMMERCIAL
00:43:50:00	00:43:50:00	PROPERTIES HAS HISTORICALLY
00:43:50:00	00:43:51:00	PROVIDED RELIEF TO OWNER
00:43:51:00	00:43:54:00	OCCUPANTS WITHOUT NEGATIVELY
00:43:54:00	00:43:54:00	AFFECTING BUSINESSES.
00:43:54:00	00:43:55:00	THEY ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THIS
00:43:55:00	00:43:58:00	DOCKET REPRESENTS A REVISED
00:43:58:00	00:43:58:00	APPROACH TO THE RESIDENTIAL TAX
00:43:58:00	00:43:59:00	RELIEF THAT DIFFER
00:43:59:00	00:44:02:00	SIGNIFICANTLY FROM.
00:44:02:00	00:44:03:00	THE MAYOR'S PREVIOUSLY FILED
00:44:03:00	00:44:03:00	FORMAL PETITIONS WHICH DID NOT
00:44:03:00	00:44:06:00	PASS AT THE STATE HOUSE.
00:44:06:00	00:44:06:00	THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED
00:44:06:00	00:44:07:00	THAT EARLIER PROPOSALS
00:44:07:00	00:44:07:00	PRIMARILY SOUGHT TO INCREASE
00:44:07:00	00:44:09:00	THEIR EARLIER PROPOSALS
00:44:09:00	00:44:10:00	PRIMARILY SOUGHT TO INCREASE
00:44:10:00	00:44:13:00	THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION AND
00:44:13:00	00:44:14:00	PROVIDE DIRECT TAX ABATEMENTS.
00:44:14:00	00:44:14:00	IT WAS STATED, HOWEVER, THAT
00:44:14:00	00:44:17:00	EFFORTS FACE EFFORTS FACE
00:44:17:00	00:44:18:00	CHALLENGES DUE TO CONCERNS OVER
00:44:18:00	00:44:21:00	REVENUE STABILITY AND THEIR
00:44:21:00	00:44:21:00	IMPACT ON THE BROADER TAX
00:44:21:00	00:44:25:00	STRUCTURE FURTHER, THEY
00:44:25:00	00:44:26:00	EXPLAINED THAT THE EARLIER
00:44:26:00	00:44:26:00	PETITIONS LIKE MECHANISMS TO
00:44:26:00	00:44:29:00	MITIGATE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE
00:44:29:00	00:44:29:00	CONSEQUENCES FOR SMALL
00:44:29:00	00:44:30:00	BUSINESSES AND THAT IN CONTRAST
00:44:30:00	00:44:33:00	THE NEWLY PROPOSED PETITION
00:44:33:00	00:44:33:00	INCLUDES PROVISIONS TO
00:44:33:00	00:44:34:00	SAFEGUARD SMALL COMMERCIAL
00:44:34:00	00:44:37:00	PROPERTY OWNERS BY STRUCTURING
00:44:37:00	00:44:38:00	THE TAX SHIFT IN A WAY THAT
00:44:38:00	00:44:41:00	WILL PRIMARILY IMPACT LARGER
00:44:41:00	00:44:41:00	COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
00:44:41:00	00:44:45:00	THE ADMINISTRATION REITERATED
00:44:45:00	00:44:46:00	THAT THE NEW PROPOSAL WAS
00:44:46:00	00:44:46:00	DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO
00:44:46:00	00:44:48:00	FEEDBACK FROM LEGISLATORS AND
00:44:48:00	00:44:49:00	STAKEHOLDERS WHO EXPRESSED
00:44:49:00	00:44:49:00	RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE BROADER
00:44:49:00	00:44:52:00	IMPACT A POLICY PROPOSALS.
00:44:52:00	00:44:53:00	THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO
00:44:53:00	00:44:56:00	HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE REVISED
00:44:56:00	00:44:57:00	REVISED PETITION EXCUSE
00:44:57:00	00:44:59:00	ME INCLUDES A SUNSET CLAUSE
00:44:59:00	00:45:00:00	MEANING THAT THE TAX
00:45:00:00	00:45:00:00	CLASSIFICATION CHANGE WOULD BE
00:45:00:00	00:45:03:00	SUBJECT TO PERIODIC REVIEW AN
00:45:03:00	00:45:04:00	ELEMENT NOT INCLUDED IN EARLIER
00:45:04:00	00:45:04:00	VERSIONS.
00:45:04:00	00:45:07:00	IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE
00:45:07:00	00:45:08:00	PROVISION WAS INCLUDED TO
00:45:08:00	00:45:08:00	ADDRESS CONCERNS FROM STATE
00:45:08:00	00:45:10:00	LEGISLATURES REGARDING
00:45:10:00	00:45:11:00	PERMANENT TAX SHIFTS AND TO
00:45:11:00	00:45:12:00	ALLOW FOR ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON
00:45:12:00	00:45:15:00	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
00:45:15:00	00:45:15:00	THEY STRESSED THAT THE NEW
00:45:15:00	00:45:16:00	PETITION ALIGNS MORE CLOSELY
00:45:16:00	00:45:19:00	WITH STATEWIDE TAX POLICIES,
00:45:19:00	00:45:19:00	MAKING IT MORE LIKELY TO GAIN
00:45:19:00	00:45:20:00	APPROVAL AT THE STATE HOUSE.
00:45:20:00	00:45:22:00	COUNCILORS QUESTIONED THE
00:45:22:00	00:45:23:00	ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE LONG
00:45:23:00	00:45:23:00	TERM EFFECTS OF SHIFTING MORE
00:45:23:00	00:45:27:00	TAX ONTO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
00:45:27:00	00:45:28:00	THEY NOTED THAT WHILE THE
00:45:28:00	00:45:31:00	PROPOSAL TEMPORARILY INCREASES
00:45:31:00	00:45:31:00	THE COMMERCIAL TAX RATE, IT
00:45:31:00	00:45:35:00	DOES NOT FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER
00:45:35:00	00:45:35:00	THE CITY'S LONG TERM REVENUE
00:45:35:00	00:45:35:00	STRUCTURE.
00:45:35:00	00:45:36:00	ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BOSTON
00:45:36:00	00:45:38:00	REMAINS HEAVILY RELIANT ON
00:45:38:00	00:45:39:00	PROPERTY TAXES DUE TO LIMITED
00:45:39:00	00:45:42:00	ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES,
00:45:42:00	00:45:43:00	COUNCILORS ALSO INQUIRED
00:45:43:00	00:45:43:00	WHETHER OR NOT THE INCREASE
00:45:43:00	00:45:46:00	OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAXES
00:45:46:00	00:45:47:00	COULD DETER BUSINESSES FROM
00:45:47:00	00:45:47:00	REMAINING IN BOSTON.
00:45:47:00	00:45:50:00	THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED
00:45:50:00	00:45:51:00	THAT THE COMMERCIAL TAX RATES
00:45:51:00	00:45:51:00	IN BOSTON ARE COMPETITIVE
00:45:51:00	00:45:54:00	COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR CITIES
00:45:54:00	00:45:55:00	AND THAT THE ADJUSTMENT IS
00:45:55:00	00:45:58:00	DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN THAT
00:45:58:00	00:45:58:00	BALANCE.
00:45:58:00	00:45:58:00	FURTHER, THEY ADDED THAT THE
00:45:58:00	00:45:59:00	CITY WOULD MONITOR ECONOMIC
00:45:59:00	00:46:02:00	IMPACTS TO ENSURE THAT SMALL
00:46:02:00	00:46:02:00	BUSINESSES ARE NOT
00:46:02:00	00:46:03:00	DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED.
00:46:03:00	00:46:05:00	DURING THE HEARING, COUNCILORS
00:46:05:00	00:46:06:00	PROPOSED SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO
00:46:06:00	00:46:06:00	PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF
00:46:06:00	00:46:10:00	FOR SENIORS, FOR SENIOR
00:46:10:00	00:46:10:00	HOMEOWNERS, SMALL BUSINESSES
00:46:10:00	00:46:11:00	AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.
00:46:11:00	00:46:13:00	SUGGESTED EXPANDING THE
00:46:13:00	00:46:14:00	ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SENIOR
00:46:14:00	00:46:17:00	TAX FOR THE SENIOR TAX
00:46:17:00	00:46:17:00	EXEMPTION PROGRAM.
00:46:17:00	00:46:17:00	PROPOSING THAT INCOME
00:46:17:00	00:46:21:00	THRESHOLDS BE ADJUSTED UPWARDS
00:46:21:00	00:46:22:00	OF THERE TO REFLECT THE RISING
00:46:22:00	00:46:24:00	COST OF LIVING HEALTH CARE
00:46:24:00	00:46:25:00	EXPENSES AND INFLATION.
00:46:25:00	00:46:28:00	SOME RECOMMENDED RAISING THE
00:46:28:00	00:46:29:00	CAP BETWEEN 60 AND 80% OF THE
00:46:29:00	00:46:32:00	AMOUNT TO ENSURE SENIORS
00:46:32:00	00:46:32:00	QUALIFY FOR RELIEF OR TO
00:46:32:00	00:46:33:00	IMPLEMENT A LONG TERM SENIOR
00:46:33:00	00:46:36:00	HOMEOWNER EXEMPTION EXEMPTION
00:46:36:00	00:46:36:00	WHICH WOULD PROVIDE INCREASED
00:46:36:00	00:46:40:00	TAX RELIEF TO SENIORS WHO HAVE
00:46:40:00	00:46:40:00	OWNED THEIR HOMES FOR AT LEAST
00:46:40:00	00:46:41:00	20 YEARS.
00:46:41:00	00:46:44:00	IN RESPONSE TO SUCH SUGGESTION
00:46:44:00	00:46:44:00	, THE ADMINISTRATION STATED
00:46:44:00	00:46:47:00	THAT SEPARATE PROPOSALS
00:46:47:00	00:46:48:00	INCLUDING EXPANDING EXEMPTIONS
00:46:48:00	00:46:48:00	FOR SENIORS AND LONG TERM
00:46:48:00	00:46:51:00	HOMEOWNER HOMEOWNERS ARE UNDER
00:46:51:00	00:46:52:00	REVIEW AND REITERATED THAT THIS
00:46:52:00	00:46:53:00	DOCKET IS PART OF A BROADER
00:46:53:00	00:46:55:00	STRATEGY TO ADDRESS RISING
00:46:55:00	00:46:56:00	PROPERTY TAXES WHILE
00:46:56:00	00:46:56:00	MAINTAINING WORK WHILE
00:46:56:00	00:46:59:00	MAINTAINING REVENUE
00:46:59:00	00:47:00:00	DISTRIBUTION.
00:47:00:00	00:47:03:00	REGARDING SMALL BUSINESSES.
00:47:03:00	00:47:03:00	SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE TO
00:47:03:00	00:47:04:00	INCREASE THE PERSONAL PERSONAL
00:47:04:00	00:47:07:00	PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION REFERRED
00:47:07:00	00:47:10:00	TO IN SECTION 5 TO $100000.
00:47:10:00	00:47:11:00	THE CURRENT EXEMPTION IS SET BY
00:47:11:00	00:47:13:00	STATE LAW AT $10,000.
00:47:13:00	00:47:16:00	THIS PROPOSAL WOULD INCREASE
00:47:16:00	00:47:17:00	THAT BY 90%.
00:47:17:00	00:47:17:00	THE ADMINISTRATION INFORMED THE
00:47:17:00	00:47:20:00	COMMITTEE THAT SETTING THE
00:47:20:00	00:47:23:00	NUMBER AT $30,000 WILL SUPPORT
00:47:23:00	00:47:23:00	OVER 5500 SMALL BUSINESSES
00:47:23:00	00:47:24:00	ACROSS BOSTON.
00:47:24:00	00:47:27:00	FURTHER THAT RAISING THE
00:47:27:00	00:47:28:00	EXEMPTION TO 100 $100,000 WOULD
00:47:28:00	00:47:31:00	BE A LARGE INCREASE TO THE
00:47:31:00	00:47:31:00	PROGRAMS OFFERED BY OTHER
00:47:31:00	00:47:32:00	CITIES.
00:47:32:00	00:47:34:00	CAMBRIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THE
00:47:34:00	00:47:35:00	HIGHEST IN THE STATE, ALLOWING
00:47:35:00	00:47:37:00	UP TO $20,000.
00:47:37:00	00:47:38:00	THEREFORE $30,000 WOULD BE THE
00:47:38:00	00:47:41:00	HIGHEST CAP IN THE STATE
00:47:41:00	00:47:41:00	OVERALL.
00:47:41:00	00:47:42:00	THIS WOULD REDUCE THE TAX
00:47:42:00	00:47:45:00	LIABILITY OF LARGER BUSINESSES
00:47:45:00	00:47:45:00	INCREASING COSTS ON OUR
00:47:45:00	00:47:46:00	RESIDENTS THROUGH INCREASED TAX
00:47:46:00	00:47:49:00	RATES.
00:47:49:00	00:47:50:00	REGARDING REBATES AND THIS WAS
00:47:50:00	00:47:53:00	THE NEW SECTION OF THE PROPOSAL
00:47:53:00	00:47:56:00	AND SO I WAS HAPPY TO ASK
00:47:56:00	00:47:56:00	SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
00:47:56:00	00:47:57:00	BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS THE ONLY
00:47:57:00	00:47:59:00	NEW PART OF IT THAT WE'VE
00:47:59:00	00:48:00:00	ALREADY VOTED ON THIS TWICE
00:48:00:00	00:48:00:00	ALREADY.
00:48:00:00	00:48:03:00	COUNCILORS FOR THE RECOMMENDED
00:48:03:00	00:48:04:00	STREAMLINING THE REBATE PROCESS
00:48:04:00	00:48:04:00	APPLICATION PROCESS BY
00:48:04:00	00:48:07:00	AUTOMATING ELIGIBILITY CHECKS
00:48:07:00	00:48:08:00	BASED ON TAX RECORDS THEREBY
00:48:08:00	00:48:08:00	REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE
00:48:08:00	00:48:12:00	BARRIERS AND ENSURING THAT ALL
00:48:12:00	00:48:12:00	ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS RELIEVED
00:48:12:00	00:48:15:00	RECEIVE RELIEF WITHOUT
00:48:15:00	00:48:16:00	BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES.
00:48:16:00	00:48:19:00	A PROPOSAL WAS ALSO MADE TO
00:48:19:00	00:48:20:00	ESTABLISH A PROPERTY TAX
00:48:20:00	00:48:20:00	EXEMPTION FOR LOW INCOME
00:48:20:00	00:48:22:00	MUNICIPAL WORKERS TO PROVIDE
00:48:22:00	00:48:23:00	RELIEF FOR FRONTLINE ESSENTIAL
00:48:23:00	00:48:24:00	CITY EMPLOYEES WHO FACE
00:48:24:00	00:48:27:00	FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
00:48:27:00	00:48:28:00	HOWEVER, AFTER MUCH
00:48:28:00	00:48:31:00	CONVERSATION AND RESEARCH THE
00:48:31:00	00:48:32:00	AMENDMENT COULD NOT BE INCLUDED
00:48:32:00	00:48:34:00	IN MY REPORT DUE TO
00:48:34:00	00:48:35:00	CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL
00:48:35:00	00:48:38:00	CONSTRAINTS UNDER MASSACHUSETTS
00:48:38:00	00:48:38:00	TAX LAW.
00:48:38:00	00:48:39:00	THE PRIMARY LEGAL CONCERN OR
00:48:39:00	00:48:42:00	PRIMARY LEGAL ISSUE RATHER
00:48:42:00	00:48:43:00	CONCERNS ARTICLE 112 OF THE
00:48:43:00	00:48:45:00	MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION
00:48:45:00	00:48:46:00	WHICH GOVERNS PROPERTY TAX,
00:48:46:00	00:48:46:00	TAXATION AND BENEFITS
00:48:46:00	00:48:50:00	PROPORTIONATE IN TAXATION.
00:48:50:00	00:48:50:00	THE PROPORTIONALITY
00:48:50:00	00:48:53:00	REQUIREMENTS DICTATES THAT ALL
00:48:53:00	00:48:54:00	PROPERTY WITHIN THE SAME
00:48:54:00	00:48:55:00	CLASSIFICATION MUST BE TAXED
00:48:55:00	00:48:57:00	UNIFORMLY WITH LIMITED
00:48:57:00	00:48:58:00	EXCEPTIONS UNDER ALLOWED UNDER
00:48:58:00	00:49:01:00	STATE LAW IN GENERAL.
00:49:01:00	00:49:02:00	COUNCILORS RECOMMENDED THAT THE
00:49:02:00	00:49:02:00	CITY SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION
00:49:02:00	00:49:05:00	PROCESS PROVIDE MULTILINGUAL
00:49:05:00	00:49:05:00	RESOURCES AND CONDUCT TARGETED
00:49:05:00	00:49:09:00	OUTREACH EFFORTS, ENSURE THAT
00:49:09:00	00:49:09:00	ALL ELIGIBLE SENIORS ARE AWARE
00:49:09:00	00:49:12:00	OF AND CAN EASILY ACCESS
00:49:12:00	00:49:12:00	AVAILABLE EXEMPTIONS AND RELIEF
00:49:12:00	00:49:13:00	PROGRAMS.
00:49:13:00	00:49:16:00	FINALLY, COUNCILORS ADVOCATED
00:49:16:00	00:49:16:00	FOR INCREASING TRANSPARENCY IN
00:49:16:00	00:49:17:00	THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS TO
00:49:17:00	00:49:20:00	ENSURE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND HOW
00:49:20:00	00:49:20:00	PROPERTY VALUES ARE DETERMINED
00:49:20:00	00:49:23:00	AND HOW RELIEF MEASURES ARE
00:49:23:00	00:49:23:00	APPLIED.
00:49:23:00	00:49:27:00	THERE WAS ONE AMENDMENT THAT IS
00:49:27:00	00:49:27:00	INCLUDED IN THE UPDATED DRAFT.
00:49:27:00	00:49:32:00	THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE REBATE
00:49:32:00	00:49:32:00	SECTION AND SO I'LL JUST READ
00:49:32:00	00:49:35:00	THE AMENDMENT IN WHOLE FOR
00:49:35:00	00:49:36:00	FOLKS AND FOR THE RECORD.
00:49:36:00	00:49:40:00	SECTION SIX LANGUAGE WAS ADDED
00:49:40:00	00:49:40:00	TO ENSURE A FISCALLY
00:49:40:00	00:49:42:00	RESPONSIBLE APPROACH TO TAX
00:49:42:00	00:49:43:00	RELIEF BY SPECIFYING THAT THE
00:49:43:00	00:49:44:00	AMOUNT OF THE REBATE SHALL BE
00:49:44:00	00:49:47:00	CALCULATED, REVIEWED AND
00:49:47:00	00:49:48:00	APPROVED BY THE CITY
00:49:48:00	00:49:48:00	COUNCIL WITH THE SUBMISSION
00:49:48:00	00:49:51:00	OF AN APPROPRIATION ORDER AND
00:49:51:00	00:49:51:00	ENSURING THAT REBATES WILL NOT
00:49:51:00	00:49:52:00	BE ISSUED SHOULD THE
00:49:52:00	00:49:54:00	APPROPRIATION CAUSED BY FISCAL
00:49:54:00	00:49:54:00	YEARS.
00:49:54:00	00:49:55:00	GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING
00:49:55:00	00:49:58:00	PRINCIPLES OR GAP UNASSIGNED
00:49:58:00	00:50:01:00	FUND BALANCE TO GO BELOW 50%
00:50:01:00	00:50:02:00	OF THE FISCAL YEARS GAP GENERAL
00:50:02:00	00:50:04:00	FUND OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND
00:50:04:00	00:50:05:00	OR CAUSE THE CITY STATUTORY
00:50:05:00	00:50:08:00	BUDGETARY UNASSIGNED FUND
00:50:08:00	00:50:09:00	BALANCE TO GO BELOW 10% OF THE
00:50:09:00	00:50:13:00	CITY E'S GENERAL FUND THAT IS
00:50:13:00	00:50:17:00	NOT CLASSIFIED AS RESTRICTED.
00:50:17:00	00:50:18:00	EXCUSE ME OVER THERE ON AN
00:50:18:00	00:50:19:00	ASIDE FUND BALANCE TO GO BELOW
00:50:19:00	00:50:20:00	10% OF THE CITY'S STATUTORY
00:50:20:00	00:50:23:00	BUDGETARY OPERATING EXPENSES.
00:50:23:00	00:50:24:00	BOSTON'S GAP ON UNASSIGNED FUND
00:50:24:00	00:50:27:00	BALANCE IS THE PROPORTION
00:50:27:00	00:50:27:00	OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND THAT
00:50:27:00	00:50:30:00	IS NOT CLASSIFIED AS RESTRICTED
00:50:30:00	00:50:30:00	, COMMITTED, ASSIGNED OR NON
00:50:30:00	00:50:30:00	SPENDABLE.
00:50:30:00	00:50:34:00	IT IS A RESIDUAL CLASSIFICATION
00:50:34:00	00:50:34:00	THAT CAN BE POSITIVE OR
00:50:34:00	00:50:35:00	NEGATIVE.
00:50:35:00	00:50:38:00	THE CITY USES ITS FUNDS BALANCE
00:50:38:00	00:50:39:00	TO HELP MANAGE CURRENT AND
00:50:39:00	00:50:41:00	FUTURE RISKS AND THAT WAS JUST
00:50:41:00	00:50:42:00	A SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT.
00:50:42:00	00:50:45:00	IT IS INCLUDED HERE IN THE
00:50:45:00	00:50:45:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND IS
00:50:45:00	00:50:48:00	REFLECTED IN THE NEW DRAFT.
00:50:48:00	00:50:49:00	AND SO BASED ON ALL OF THIS AS
00:50:49:00	00:50:50:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
00:50:50:00	00:50:53:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I AM
00:50:53:00	00:50:53:00	RECOMMENDING MOVING THIS LIST
00:50:53:00	00:50:54:00	TO DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE
00:50:54:00	00:50:55:00	FOR THE FULL COUNCIL FOR
00:50:55:00	00:50:57:00	DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION.
00:50:57:00	00:50:58:00	AND SO AT THIS TIME MY
00:50:58:00	00:51:00:00	RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
00:51:00:00	00:51:01:00	COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER
00:51:01:00	00:51:01:00	OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT
00:51:01:00	00:51:05:00	AND IF I CAN JUST SAY A FEW
00:51:05:00	00:51:05:00	OTHER WORDS BEFORE WE MOVE ON
00:51:05:00	00:51:08:00	SO I HAVE BEEN ALERTED THAT
00:51:08:00	00:51:09:00	THERE ARE A NUMBER
00:51:09:00	00:51:09:00	OF AMENDMENTS THAT ARE COMING
00:51:09:00	00:51:09:00	UP.
00:51:09:00	00:51:13:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
00:51:13:00	00:51:13:00	DISCUSSION AND ANSWERING ANY
00:51:13:00	00:51:13:00	QUESTIONS.
00:51:13:00	00:51:16:00	I THINK AS AS CHAIR IT IS UP TO
00:51:16:00	00:51:17:00	MY DISCRETION TO UNDERSTAND
00:51:17:00	00:51:20:00	WHERE MY COLLEAGUES ARE BASED
00:51:20:00	00:51:21:00	ON THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE
00:51:21:00	00:51:21:00	ASKED IN THE HEARING.
00:51:21:00	00:51:25:00	I DID PUT OUT A CALL FOR FOLKS
00:51:25:00	00:51:25:00	IF THEY HAD ADDITIONAL
00:51:25:00	00:51:28:00	QUESTIONS TO PLEASE SEND THEM
00:51:28:00	00:51:28:00	MY WAY OR AMENDMENTS.
00:51:28:00	00:51:32:00	WE DID SEND AN RFP TO THE
00:51:32:00	00:51:32:00	ADMINISTRATION.
00:51:32:00	00:51:33:00	THEY DID RESPOND AND THAT WAS
00:51:33:00	00:51:35:00	SENT TO MY COLLEAGUES.
00:51:35:00	00:51:36:00	AND SO I DO THINK AT THIS
00:51:36:00	00:51:39:00	POINT, GIVEN THAT 90% OF THIS
00:51:39:00	00:51:39:00	IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY
00:51:39:00	00:51:43:00	SEEN THE REBATE PORTION OF IT
00:51:43:00	00:51:43:00	IS IS NEW.
00:51:43:00	00:51:44:00	THIS IS MONEY THAT IS GOING
00:51:44:00	00:51:46:00	DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS
00:51:46:00	00:51:47:00	OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE
00:51:47:00	00:51:50:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION.
00:51:50:00	00:51:51:00	THE CITY HAS A VERY ROBUST
00:51:51:00	00:51:54:00	PROCESS TO TO TO UNDERSTAND WHO
00:51:54:00	00:51:58:00	IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL
00:51:58:00	00:51:58:00	EXEMPTION AND THAT WAS
00:51:58:00	00:52:01:00	SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT FORTH I
00:52:01:00	00:52:02:00	FORGET EXACTLY BY BY WHICH
00:52:02:00	00:52:05:00	COLLEAGUE BUT THEY WERE THEY
00:52:05:00	00:52:08:00	WERE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT SORT
00:52:08:00	00:52:09:00	OF AND ON WHAT TIMELINE THIS
00:52:09:00	00:52:10:00	WOULD PROVIDE FOR FOLKS
00:52:10:00	00:52:12:00	ULTIMATELY.
00:52:12:00	00:52:13:00	THE ADMINISTRATION MADE VERY
00:52:13:00	00:52:16:00	CLEAR THAT THIS WOULD GO
00:52:16:00	00:52:17:00	DIRECTLY TO HOMEOWNERS ON AN
00:52:17:00	00:52:20:00	EXPEDITED TIMELINE THROUGH THIS
00:52:20:00	00:52:20:00	REBATE PROCESS.
00:52:20:00	00:52:21:00	AND THESE ARE FOLKS THAT WE
00:52:21:00	00:52:24:00	HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM MY
00:52:24:00	00:52:24:00	OFFICE HAS BEEN HEARING FROM
00:52:24:00	00:52:28:00	SAYING I AM A SENIOR ON FIXED
00:52:28:00	00:52:28:00	INCOME.
00:52:28:00	00:52:29:00	I AM STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW AS IT
00:52:29:00	00:52:32:00	IS TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND I NEED
00:52:32:00	00:52:34:00	RELIEF AND I NEED RELIEF FAST.
00:52:34:00	00:52:38:00	AND SO IN MY OPINION THE REBATE
00:52:38:00	00:52:42:00	IDEA WHILE A BLUNT TOOL IS
00:52:42:00	00:52:43:00	NECESSARY AND I AGREE WITH IT
00:52:43:00	00:52:46:00	AND THAT'S WHY ULTIMATELY I
00:52:46:00	00:52:46:00	THINK GIVEN SOME OF THE FISCAL
00:52:46:00	00:52:49:00	RESPONSIBILITY LANGUAGE THAT WE
00:52:49:00	00:52:50:00	HAVE INCLUDED AND I WANT TO
00:52:50:00	00:52:50:00	THANK THE VENERABLE CHAIR
00:52:50:00	00:52:51:00	OF WAYS AND MEANS FOR
00:52:51:00	00:52:54:00	COLLABORATING WITH ME ON THIS
00:52:54:00	00:52:54:00	PROCESS AND AND REALLY MAKING
00:52:54:00	00:52:58:00	THIS DOCUMENT INTO INTO A
00:52:58:00	00:52:58:00	BETTER DOCUMENT.
00:52:58:00	00:52:59:00	THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
00:52:59:00	00:53:01:00	AND SO I APPRECIATE
00:53:01:00	00:53:01:00	PARTICIPATION.
00:53:01:00	00:53:02:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
00:53:02:00	00:53:02:00	CONVERSATION.
00:53:02:00	00:53:05:00	BUT MY MY RECOMMENDATION IS
00:53:05:00	00:53:06:00	THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO
00:53:06:00	00:53:09:00	PASSED IN THIS DRAFT.
00:53:09:00	00:53:10:00	THANK YOU.
00:53:10:00	00:53:13:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.
00:53:13:00	00:53:14:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR CLUB AS A
00:53:14:00	00:53:14:00	PARDON.
00:53:14:00	00:53:15:00	THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK
00:53:15:00	00:53:16:00	AND YOUR DILIGENCE ON THIS
00:53:16:00	00:53:17:00	MATTER BOTH THIS YEAR AND THIS
00:53:17:00	00:53:20:00	ITERATION AND LAST YEAR.
00:53:20:00	00:53:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:53:21:00	00:53:21:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:53:21:00	00:53:23:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:53:23:00	00:53:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:53:24:00	00:53:28:00	MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO
00:53:28:00	00:53:29:00	MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE HOME
00:53:29:00	00:53:31:00	RULE PETITION.
00:53:31:00	00:53:32:00	THE FIRST AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO
00:53:32:00	00:53:35:00	ALLOW FOR AN EXEMPTION FOR
00:53:35:00	00:53:36:00	FRONTLINE ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL
00:53:36:00	00:53:42:00	WORKERS AND THE SECOND
00:53:42:00	00:53:42:00	AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO ALLOW FOR
00:53:42:00	00:53:45:00	AN EXEMPTION FOR LONG TERM
00:53:45:00	00:53:46:00	RESIDENTS WHO HAVE OWNED A HOME
00:53:46:00	00:53:48:00	IN BOSTON FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS
00:53:48:00	00:53:51:00	AND ARE 55 YEARS AND OLDER.
00:53:51:00	00:53:54:00	OKAY, SO THOSE MOTIONS HAVE
00:53:54:00	00:53:55:00	BEEN SECONDED.
00:53:55:00	00:53:59:00	THE MOTIONS I THINK CENTRAL
00:53:59:00	00:54:00:00	STAFF THANK YOU IS PASSING OUT
00:54:00:00	00:54:03:00	THE LANGUAGE FOR THOSE MOTIONS
00:54:03:00	00:54:06:00	AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES SHOULD
00:54:06:00	00:54:06:00	HAVE THEM.
00:54:06:00	00:54:07:00	WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR
00:54:07:00	00:54:10:00	DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED
00:54:10:00	00:54:15:00	MOTIONS AND THEN.
00:54:15:00	00:54:15:00	CASWELL WELL I DID SEE YOUR
00:54:15:00	00:54:18:00	LIGHT ON AND SO AFTER THIS IS
00:54:18:00	00:54:19:00	COMPLETE WE WILL AFTER THE VOTE
00:54:19:00	00:54:22:00	ON THIS AMENDMENT I WILL THEN
00:54:22:00	00:54:22:00	GO TO YOU.
00:54:22:00	00:54:23:00	BUT COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE
00:54:23:00	00:54:26:00	THE FLOOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO
00:54:26:00	00:54:26:00	CONTINUE SPEAKING ON YOUR
00:54:26:00	00:54:29:00	AMENDMENT.
00:54:29:00	00:54:36:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:54:36:00	00:54:37:00	MADAM CHAIR, REGARDING THE
00:54:37:00	00:54:37:00	FIRST AMENDMENT, THE MUNICIPAL
00:54:37:00	00:54:42:00	ESSENTIAL THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
00:54:42:00	00:54:43:00	ALLOW FOR AN EXEMPTION FOR
00:54:43:00	00:54:47:00	ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL WORKERS.
00:54:47:00	00:54:47:00	THEY MIGHT BE FIRST RESPONDERS.
00:54:47:00	00:54:50:00	THEY MIGHT BE EMPLOYEES AT THE
00:54:50:00	00:54:51:00	PARKS DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS
00:54:51:00	00:54:54:00	DEPARTMENT, THE LIBRARY, A
00:54:54:00	00:54:55:00	STRONG BOSTON TRANSPORTATION
00:54:55:00	00:54:58:00	DEPARTMENT AND OTHER
00:54:58:00	00:54:59:00	DEPARTMENTS.
00:54:59:00	00:55:02:00	THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
00:55:02:00	00:55:02:00	EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY
00:55:02:00	00:55:05:00	TO LIVE IN.
00:55:05:00	00:55:06:00	AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR DEDICATED
00:55:06:00	00:55:09:00	CITY EMPLOYEES ARE UNDER A
00:55:09:00	00:55:09:00	RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT RISING
00:55:09:00	00:55:13:00	PROPERTY TAXES, THE COST
00:55:13:00	00:55:16:00	OF LIVING POST-PANDEMIC
00:55:16:00	00:55:17:00	INFLATION HAS IMPACTED THEM
00:55:17:00	00:55:20:00	ALSO THESE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
00:55:20:00	00:55:21:00	DIDN'T GO INTO GOVERNMENT TO
00:55:21:00	00:55:24:00	MAKE MONEY.
00:55:24:00	00:55:27:00	THEY BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SERVICE
00:55:27:00	00:55:27:00	.
00:55:27:00	00:55:28:00	THEY KEEP OUR CITY MOVING
00:55:28:00	00:55:31:00	FORWARD EVERY DAY TO CONTINUE
00:55:31:00	00:55:34:00	TO MAKE BOSTON A BETTER PLACE
00:55:34:00	00:55:35:00	IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
00:55:35:00	00:55:38:00	PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, LET'S ALSO
00:55:38:00	00:55:39:00	INCLUDE THOSE WHO ARE ON THE
00:55:39:00	00:55:41:00	FRONT LINES WHO ARE ESSENTIAL
00:55:41:00	00:55:42:00	TO MAKING OUR CITY A DESIRABLE
00:55:42:00	00:55:46:00	PLACE TO LIVE, VISIT AND DO
00:55:46:00	00:55:49:00	BUSINESS.
00:55:49:00	00:55:53:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF MY
00:55:53:00	00:55:54:00	COLLEAGUES MAY VOTE AGAINST
00:55:54:00	00:55:57:00	THIS BASED ON THAT IT'S THAT
00:55:57:00	00:56:00:00	THERE'S NO PRECEDENT OR IT
00:56:00:00	00:56:01:00	MIGHT MIGHT NOT PASS MUSTER.
00:56:01:00	00:56:04:00	BUT IF IF THAT IS THE CASE I'D
00:56:04:00	00:56:05:00	LIKE TO SEE THAT IN WRITING.
00:56:05:00	00:56:11:00	SO WE COULD ALL BE INFORMED
00:56:11:00	00:56:12:00	OF AN ISSUE AND IT MIGHT MIGHT
00:56:12:00	00:56:15:00	IMPACT US, IT MIGHT NOT.
00:56:15:00	00:56:16:00	BUT IF THAT IS THE CASE I'D
00:56:16:00	00:56:17:00	LIKE TO SEE THAT IN WRITING AS
00:56:17:00	00:56:18:00	WELL.
00:56:18:00	00:56:19:00	BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY I
00:56:19:00	00:56:22:00	WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK MY TO
00:56:22:00	00:56:22:00	SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
00:56:22:00	00:56:26:00	LET'S ENSURE OUR CITY WORKERS
00:56:26:00	00:56:29:00	THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE
00:56:29:00	00:56:34:00	VALUED, THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS,
00:56:34:00	00:56:34:00	THEY ARE OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
00:56:34:00	00:56:37:00	THEY OUR YOUTH SPORTS COACHES
00:56:37:00	00:56:40:00	THEY'RE INVOLVED AND COMMUNITY
00:56:40:00	00:56:41:00	ORGANIZATIONS.
00:56:41:00	00:56:45:00	THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE
00:56:45:00	00:56:45:00	WEEKENDS ON HOLIDAYS TO KEEP
00:56:45:00	00:56:48:00	THIS CITY MOVING FORWARD
00:56:48:00	00:56:52:00	PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICES
00:56:52:00	00:56:53:00	THAT THEY CAN FOR THE RESIDENTS
00:56:53:00	00:56:53:00	OF BOSTON.
00:56:53:00	00:56:56:00	LET'S GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT
00:56:56:00	00:56:57:00	OF RESPECT.
00:56:57:00	00:56:57:00	THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
00:56:57:00	00:57:01:00	TO TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT AND
00:57:01:00	00:57:04:00	DIGNITY IN AND TO LET THEM KNOW
00:57:04:00	00:57:05:00	WE VALUE THEM, WE VALUE THEIR
00:57:05:00	00:57:05:00	FAMILY.
00:57:05:00	00:57:08:00	WE VALUE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO
00:57:08:00	00:57:11:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
00:57:11:00	00:57:14:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I'LL
00:57:14:00	00:57:15:00	HOLD OFF ON THE SECOND
00:57:15:00	00:57:15:00	AMENDMENT.
00:57:15:00	00:57:15:00	IS THAT SO?
00:57:15:00	00:57:18:00	OKAY.
00:57:18:00	00:57:19:00	YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING
00:57:19:00	00:57:19:00	SUBSTANTIVELY.
00:57:19:00	00:57:20:00	I'M ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
00:57:20:00	00:57:22:00	OKAY GREAT.
00:57:22:00	00:57:23:00	THANK YOU.
00:57:23:00	00:57:23:00	SO THERE'S A PROCEDURAL MATTER
00:57:23:00	00:57:26:00	I'M KNEE  CLARIFY FOR SO THE
00:57:26:00	00:57:26:00	MOTION WAS SECONDED.
00:57:26:00	00:57:27:00	WE DO NEED TO TAKE A VOTE
00:57:27:00	00:57:29:00	BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON
00:57:29:00	00:57:30:00	SUBSTANTIVELY ON WHETHER WE
00:57:30:00	00:57:33:00	WANT TO ACTUALLY VOTE IN FAVOR
00:57:33:00	00:57:34:00	OF IT JUST TO HAVE THE MOTION
00:57:34:00	00:57:34:00	PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.
00:57:34:00	00:57:37:00	SO WE'LL START WITH THAT A
00:57:37:00	00:57:40:00	MOTION IN FAVOR OF HAVING IT
00:57:40:00	00:57:41:00	BEFORE THE BODY.
00:57:41:00	00:57:41:00	WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST
00:57:41:00	00:57:44:00	AMENDMENT WHICH IS THE ONE FOR
00:57:44:00	00:57:45:00	REAL PROPERTY $4,000 FOR LONG
00:57:45:00	00:57:46:00	TERM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE OWNED A
00:57:46:00	00:57:48:00	HOME IN BOSTON FOR AT LEAST 20
00:57:48:00	00:57:51:00	YEARS AND ARE AGES 55 AND OLDER
00:57:51:00	00:57:52:00	ALL IN FAVOR OF HAVING THAT
00:57:52:00	00:57:57:00	MOTION BEFORE THE BODY.
00:57:57:00	00:58:00:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL
00:58:00:00	00:58:01:00	THAT IS ABOUT TO I APOLOGIZE
00:58:01:00	00:58:02:00	BUT I'M SURE I JUST HAVE A
00:58:02:00	00:58:03:00	QUESTION SO BEFORE I THINK A
00:58:03:00	00:58:04:00	RESPONSE TO THAT MIGHT HELP
00:58:04:00	00:58:07:00	INFORM THIS DECISION OF FROM MY
00:58:07:00	00:58:11:00	COLLEAGUES TO PUT IT BEFORE
00:58:11:00	00:58:11:00	THEM FOR A VOTE.
00:58:11:00	00:58:15:00	OKAY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
00:58:15:00	00:58:15:00	OKAY.
00:58:15:00	00:58:18:00	YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON YES SO I
00:58:18:00	00:58:19:00	BUT JUST SO I'M CLEAR THIS IS
00:58:19:00	00:58:22:00	NOT A VOTE ON THE SUBSTANCE
00:58:22:00	00:58:23:00	OF WHAT WHETHER YES OR NO, IT'S
00:58:23:00	00:58:26:00	ABOUT ALLOWING THE MOTION TO
00:58:26:00	00:58:26:00	EVEN BE BEFORE THE BODY.
00:58:26:00	00:58:26:00	RIGHT.
00:58:26:00	00:58:27:00	OKAY.
00:58:27:00	00:58:29:00	I HAVE MY MY POINT IS THAT I
00:58:29:00	00:58:30:00	THINK THE RESPONSE THAT I HAVE
00:58:30:00	00:58:30:00	MIGHT INFLUENCE MY COLLEAGUE'S
00:58:30:00	00:58:34:00	DECISION TO AT LEAST PUT IT IN
00:58:34:00	00:58:34:00	FRONT OF THEM.
00:58:34:00	00:58:37:00	BUT I'M SURE YOU MAY IF IT'S A
00:58:37:00	00:58:38:00	MOTION TO AMEND THERE IS DEBATE
00:58:38:00	00:58:39:00	ALLOWED FOR A MOTION TO AMEND
00:58:39:00	00:58:41:00	AND SO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:58:41:00	00:58:41:00	OKAY.
00:58:41:00	00:58:45:00	SO I THINK THE THANK YOU
00:58:45:00	00:58:45:00	COUNCILOR FINE.
00:58:45:00	00:58:46:00	I APPRECIATE IT.
00:58:46:00	00:58:46:00	I ALSO APPRECIATED OUR OUR
00:58:46:00	00:58:48:00	GREAT CONVERSATION OVER THE
00:58:48:00	00:58:49:00	WEEKEND WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING
00:58:49:00	00:58:50:00	THE CONTENTS OF THIS AT THE
00:58:50:00	00:58:53:00	BOTTOM LINE.
00:58:53:00	00:58:54:00	AND ONE THING I WANT YOU TO
00:58:54:00	00:58:55:00	TAKE AWAY IS THAT THE WHAT WHAT
00:58:55:00	00:58:57:00	WE PROPOSING HERE IS IT THROUGH
00:58:57:00	00:59:00:00	THIS AMENDMENT IS POTENTIALLY
00:59:00:00	00:59:04:00	ILLEGAL IT IS NOT MEANT TO SAY
00:59:04:00	00:59:05:00	THAT WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT OUR
00:59:05:00	00:59:07:00	MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.
00:59:07:00	00:59:08:00	I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT
00:59:08:00	00:59:11:00	I'M A CHAMPION FOR MUNICIPAL
00:59:11:00	00:59:11:00	WORKERS.
00:59:11:00	00:59:12:00	I'VE BEEN A CITY STAFF MEMBER
00:59:12:00	00:59:12:00	FOR EIGHT YEARS.
00:59:12:00	00:59:15:00	I HAVE DEEP RESPECT AND
00:59:15:00	00:59:16:00	ADMIRATION FOR FOLKS THAT WORK
00:59:16:00	00:59:16:00	HERE.
00:59:16:00	00:59:17:00	AND SO WHEN COUNCILOR FLYNN
00:59:17:00	00:59:19:00	PRODUCED THIS AMENDMENT OR
00:59:19:00	00:59:20:00	TALKED ABOUT IT, I PROACTIVELY
00:59:20:00	00:59:23:00	REACHED OUT TO HIM.
00:59:23:00	00:59:24:00	I CALLED HIM AND ASKED FOR MORE
00:59:24:00	00:59:24:00	INFORMATION.
00:59:24:00	00:59:26:00	MY STAFF WENT BACK.
00:59:26:00	00:59:27:00	WE LOOKED AT THE MERITS BECAUSE
00:59:27:00	00:59:28:00	I DO THINK THAT THIS COULD
00:59:28:00	00:59:30:00	POTENTIALLY BE A STRATEGY THAT
00:59:30:00	00:59:31:00	WE IMPLEMENT.
00:59:31:00	00:59:34:00	WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO DO
00:59:34:00	00:59:34:00	POTENTIALLY A CONSTITUTIONAL
00:59:34:00	00:59:34:00	AMENDMENT.
00:59:34:00	00:59:35:00	I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
00:59:35:00	00:59:36:00	IS STILL OUTSTANDING
00:59:36:00	00:59:38:00	OUTSTANDING.
00:59:38:00	00:59:39:00	BUT I'M TRYING TO CONDENSE IT
00:59:39:00	00:59:42:00	DOWN ULTIMATELY WE ARE WE ARE
00:59:42:00	00:59:42:00	ALLOWED TO CLASSIFY CERTAIN
00:59:42:00	00:59:46:00	CATEGORIES OF PROPERTY BUT NOT
00:59:46:00	00:59:46:00	DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTY
00:59:46:00	00:59:50:00	OWNERS AND SO THAT IN OF ITSELF
00:59:50:00	00:59:53:00	IT IT GOES AGAINST SECTION 112
00:59:53:00	00:59:54:00	OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO
00:59:54:00	00:59:57:00	SPEAK MORE BROADLY ON IT, THE
00:59:57:00	01:00:00:00	KEY CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE AT
01:00:00:00	01:00:01:00	ISSUE IS PROPORTIONALITY WHICH
01:00:01:00	01:00:01:00	MANDATES THAT PROPERTY WITHIN
01:00:01:00	01:00:04:00	THE SAME CLASS BE TAXED
01:00:04:00	01:00:08:00	UNIFORMLY UNLESS A REASONABLE
01:00:08:00	01:00:09:00	EXEMPTION IS GRANTED AND WE
01:00:09:00	01:00:10:00	HAVE NOT DEFINED WITH THAT
01:00:10:00	01:00:13:00	REASONABLE EXEMPTION IS AT THIS
01:00:13:00	01:00:16:00	POINT IN TIME.
01:00:16:00	01:00:17:00	YOU KNOW I DON'T SUPPORT THIS
01:00:17:00	01:00:20:00	AMENDMENT ON THAT BASIS.
01:00:20:00	01:00:21:00	I THINK NO MATTER WHAT WE DO
01:00:21:00	01:00:24:00	HAS TO BE VETTED LEGALLY.
01:00:24:00	01:00:24:00	WE DON'T WANT TO SEND SOMETHING
01:00:24:00	01:00:28:00	UP THAT IS A LEGAL AND WHILE I
01:00:28:00	01:00:31:00	APPRECIATE COUNCILOR FLYNN'S
01:00:31:00	01:00:31:00	EFFORTS HERE, I HAD COMMITTED
01:00:31:00	01:00:35:00	TO TO COUNCILOR FLYNN TO LOOK
01:00:35:00	01:00:35:00	AT THIS AND TO WORK ON IT
01:00:35:00	01:00:36:00	BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE MERITS
01:00:36:00	01:00:38:00	OF IT ARE GOOD.
01:00:38:00	01:00:39:00	IT JUST IT'S WE HAVE THE
01:00:39:00	01:00:42:00	POTENTIAL OF OPENING OURSELVES
01:00:42:00	01:00:46:00	UP TO A NUMBER A NUMBER OF OF
01:00:46:00	01:00:46:00	LEGAL CHALLENGES.
01:00:46:00	01:00:47:00	AND I THINK JUST AGAIN THE LAST
01:00:47:00	01:00:49:00	POINT I WANT TO MAKE ON THIS
01:00:49:00	01:00:50:00	SOME OF THE POTENTIAL LEGAL
01:00:50:00	01:00:53:00	CHALLENGES AND THERE'S THREE
01:00:53:00	01:00:53:00	HERE VIOLATION OF UNIFORMITY IN
01:00:53:00	01:00:56:00	TAXATION SINCE THIS EXEMPTION
01:00:56:00	01:00:57:00	IS BASED ON THE PROPERTY OWNER
01:00:57:00	01:01:01:00	STATUS RATHER THAN THE NATURE
01:01:01:00	01:01:01:00	OF THE PROPERTY IT COULD BE
01:01:01:00	01:01:04:00	DEEMED AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL
01:01:04:00	01:01:05:00	UNDER ARTICLE 112 PRECEDENT AND
01:01:05:00	01:01:07:00	SCOPE, MASSACHUSETTS COURTS
01:01:07:00	01:01:08:00	HAVE TYPICALLY UPHELD TAX
01:01:08:00	01:01:11:00	EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE NARROWLY
01:01:11:00	01:01:11:00	TAILORED TO SERVE
01:01:11:00	01:01:12:00	WELL-ESTABLISHED PUBLIC POLICY
01:01:12:00	01:01:14:00	INTERESTS.
01:01:14:00	01:01:15:00	EXEMPTING MUNICIPAL WORKERS
01:01:15:00	01:01:18:00	COULD BE SEEN AS FAVORING ONE
01:01:18:00	01:01:18:00	GROUP OF PROPERTY OWNERS OVER
01:01:18:00	01:01:22:00	OTHERS WITHOUT SUFFICIENTLY
01:01:22:00	01:01:23:00	WITHOUT A SUFFICIENTLY DISTINCT
01:01:23:00	01:01:26:00	PUBLIC BENEFIT LEGISLATIVE
01:01:26:00	01:01:27:00	AUTHORITY VERSUS HOME RULE.
01:01:27:00	01:01:27:00	THE AMENDMENT PROVIDES BOSTON
01:01:27:00	01:01:30:00	WITH BROAD DISCRETION IN
01:01:30:00	01:01:31:00	DEFINING WHO QUALIFIES AS A
01:01:31:00	01:01:34:00	FRONT LINE MUNICIPAL WORKER.
01:01:34:00	01:01:34:00	IF CHALLENGED, COURTS MAY
01:01:34:00	01:01:35:00	QUESTION WHETHER SUCH A
01:01:35:00	01:01:38:00	DELEGATION IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER
01:01:38:00	01:01:41:00	TEXAS UNDER STATE TAX LAW SO
01:01:41:00	01:01:41:00	AGAIN THANK YOU TO
01:01:41:00	01:01:42:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR INTRODUCING
01:01:42:00	01:01:42:00	IT.
01:01:42:00	01:01:44:00	THOSE ARE MY THAT'S MY AND I
01:01:44:00	01:01:45:00	WILL BE VOTING NO ON BRINGING
01:01:45:00	01:01:49:00	THIS FOR FURTHER DEBATE AND
01:01:49:00	01:01:53:00	JUST BASED ON THOSE POINTS
01:01:53:00	01:01:53:00	THANK YOU.
01:01:53:00	01:01:56:00	I WANT TO THANK YOU.
01:01:56:00	01:02:01:00	I HAVE A STRONG MEMBER ON HER
01:02:01:00	01:02:03:00	HUSBAND AND I DO THANK YOU.
01:02:03:00	01:02:04:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I AM JUST A
01:02:04:00	01:02:07:00	LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.
01:02:07:00	01:02:08:00	WE ARE HAVING A DISCUSSION ON
01:02:08:00	01:02:08:00	SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PROPERLY
01:02:08:00	01:02:11:00	ON THE FLOOR SO I UNDERSTAND
01:02:11:00	01:02:11:00	YOU ARE DOING YOUR BEST TO
01:02:11:00	01:02:15:00	BALANCE THIS OUT AND BEING
01:02:15:00	01:02:16:00	COURTEOUS TO YOUR COLLEAGUES.
01:02:16:00	01:02:19:00	HOWEVER IT'S NOT PROPERLY ON
01:02:19:00	01:02:20:00	THE FLOOR TOTALLY
01:02:20:00	01:02:20:00	UNPRECEDENTED.
01:02:20:00	01:02:20:00	NOT APPROPRIATE.
01:02:20:00	01:02:23:00	WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT IT ON
01:02:23:00	01:02:23:00	THE FLOOR.
01:02:23:00	01:02:24:00	THAT WAS NOT FAIR.
01:02:24:00	01:02:27:00	LET'S LET'S PUT IT PROPERLY ON
01:02:27:00	01:02:28:00	THE FLOOR PLEASE AND THEN WE
01:02:28:00	01:02:31:00	CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.
01:02:31:00	01:02:31:00	WE NEVER THAT HAS THAT HAPPEN
01:02:31:00	01:02:32:00	AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
01:02:32:00	01:02:35:00	THERE CAN BE DISCUSSION ON A
01:02:35:00	01:02:36:00	MOTION TO AMEND THE DISCUSSION
01:02:36:00	01:02:39:00	ON ALLOWING THEM TO AMEND.
01:02:39:00	01:02:40:00	IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO HAVE A
01:02:40:00	01:02:40:00	DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO
01:02:40:00	01:02:44:00	AMEND AND SO THAT IS WHAT IS
01:02:44:00	01:02:44:00	HAPPENING AT THIS MOMENT.
01:02:44:00	01:02:47:00	BUT IN LIGHT OF WHAT THE CHAIR
01:02:47:00	01:02:48:00	RECOGNIZES IT COUNTER BECAUSE
01:02:48:00	01:02:50:00	WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:02:50:00	01:02:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:02:50:00	01:02:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:02:50:00	01:02:56:00	WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO QUITE A
01:02:56:00	01:02:57:00	SHEEP, DO YOU HAVE A WHAT IS IT
01:02:57:00	01:02:58:00	A POINT OF ORDER WHICH MEANS
01:02:58:00	01:03:00:00	THAT THERE IS A RULE THAT IS
01:03:00:00	01:03:00:00	BEING VIOLATED.
01:03:00:00	01:03:01:00	WHAT IS THE POINT OF ORDER?
01:03:01:00	01:03:03:00	WELL, I.
01:03:03:00	01:03:04:00	I WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT BUT
01:03:04:00	01:03:07:00	THAT IS NOT A POINT OF ORDER.
01:03:07:00	01:03:08:00	I WANT TO GO TO THE POINT
01:03:08:00	01:03:08:00	OF IT.
01:03:08:00	01:03:09:00	MADAM CHAIR, AND THEN I WILL
01:03:09:00	01:03:09:00	RETURN TO YOU.
01:03:09:00	01:03:11:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, IS THERE
01:03:11:00	01:03:12:00	ANOTHER POINT OF ORDER AS A
01:03:12:00	01:03:13:00	CHAIR AND AS A COUNCILOR MURPHY
01:03:13:00	01:03:15:00	YOUR POINT OF ORDER ON A RULE
01:03:15:00	01:03:15:00	ISSUE?
01:03:15:00	01:03:15:00	YES.
01:03:15:00	01:03:19:00	SO THE DISCUSSION THAT
01:03:19:00	01:03:22:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA GAVE TO TRY
01:03:22:00	01:03:25:00	TO CLARIFY BEFORE A VOTE THEN I
01:03:25:00	01:03:26:00	THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO
01:03:26:00	01:03:29:00	REBUTTAL HER IS BECAUSE IF SHE
01:03:29:00	01:03:30:00	WAS ALLOWED TO SAY WHY SHE
01:03:30:00	01:03:30:00	THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE COME TO
01:03:30:00	01:03:33:00	THE FLOOR I HAVE REASONS TO SAY
01:03:33:00	01:03:34:00	I ABSOLUTELY CAN'T RIGHT NOW I
01:03:34:00	01:03:36:00	WANT TO KNOW THEN WHY THIS IS
01:03:36:00	01:03:37:00	DIFFERENT THAN THE STATUS
01:03:37:00	01:03:37:00	OF GOOD NEIGHBORS.
01:03:37:00	01:03:40:00	HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT?
01:03:40:00	01:03:41:00	THAT'S NOT A POINT OF ORDER.
01:03:41:00	01:03:43:00	IS THERE ANOTHER POINT OF ORDER
01:03:43:00	01:03:45:00	ON THE FLOOR IF YOU CAN SPEAK
01:03:45:00	01:03:48:00	SUBSTANTIVELY, YOU CAN SPEAK
01:03:48:00	01:03:48:00	SUBSTANTIVELY BUT THERE'S A
01:03:48:00	01:03:52:00	POINT OF ORDER SO IT COMES FROM
01:03:52:00	01:03:52:00	HERE.
01:03:52:00	01:03:53:00	DO YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER?
01:03:53:00	01:03:56:00	WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
01:03:56:00	01:03:58:00	POINT OF THE SECOND I WOULD
01:03:58:00	01:03:58:00	TAKE MY TIME EXACTLY.
01:03:58:00	01:03:59:00	SO I THINK IT'S REALLY
01:03:59:00	01:04:02:00	IMPORTANT AND SORRY THAT I'M
01:04:02:00	01:04:02:00	LATE.
01:04:02:00	01:04:03:00	I JUST GOT BACK FROM DC
01:04:03:00	01:04:05:00	DOMINICANS THE HILL MY FLIGHT
01:04:05:00	01:04:06:00	WAS CANCELED SO I'M HERE THOUGH
01:04:06:00	01:04:08:00	I WAS NOT GOING TO MISS WORK
01:04:08:00	01:04:14:00	FOR THE RECORD BUT I'M JUST
01:04:14:00	01:04:15:00	CURIOUS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ALL
01:04:15:00	01:04:18:00	OF THIS BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE
01:04:18:00	01:04:19:00	I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
01:04:19:00	01:04:22:00	WE WERE GOING TO WAIT YOU KNOW,
01:04:22:00	01:04:23:00	THIS WAS GOING TO COME UP FOR A
01:04:23:00	01:04:26:00	VOTE UNTIL RECENTLY I THINK I
01:04:26:00	01:04:26:00	FOUND OUT ABOUT IT IN THE
01:04:26:00	01:04:27:00	HERALD.
01:04:27:00	01:04:29:00	BUT OUR OFFICE ALSO ASKED FOR
01:04:29:00	01:04:33:00	SOME AMENDMENTS AND WE JUST
01:04:33:00	01:04:33:00	LEARNED RIGHT NOW IN REAL TIME
01:04:33:00	01:04:37:00	THAT THIS IS NOT A POINT OF I
01:04:37:00	01:04:38:00	DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT IT
01:04:38:00	01:04:38:00	IS.
01:04:38:00	01:04:39:00	HOLD ON A SECOND.
01:04:39:00	01:04:39:00	OKAY.
01:04:39:00	01:04:41:00	SO I'M JUST I DON'T KNOW I MEAN
01:04:41:00	01:04:42:00	I AS A CHAIR I AM RECLAIMING
01:04:42:00	01:04:44:00	THE MIC AND I AM SAYING THAT I
01:04:44:00	01:04:45:00	AM ALLOWING IF YOU WANT TO
01:04:45:00	01:04:45:00	SPEAK SPEAK SUBSTANTIVELY ON
01:04:45:00	01:04:48:00	THE MOTION TO AMEND THAT IS
01:04:48:00	01:04:49:00	BEFORE US WE CAN DO THAT AND
01:04:49:00	01:04:50:00	THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
01:04:50:00	01:04:52:00	IT IS NOT A POINT OF ORDER BUT
01:04:52:00	01:04:53:00	YOU DON'T DO THAT TO OTHER
01:04:53:00	01:04:53:00	PEOPLE.
01:04:53:00	01:04:54:00	BUT ANYWAYS BACK TO ME.
01:04:54:00	01:04:54:00	I GOT THE MIC.
01:04:54:00	01:04:56:00	YES YOU DO I SO FOR THOSE FOLKS
01:04:56:00	01:05:00:00	WHO MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE
01:05:00:00	01:05:01:00	LANGUAGE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR
01:05:01:00	01:05:02:00	THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IT WITH
01:05:02:00	01:05:03:00	SUBSTANCE HOW YOU SAY THE WORD
01:05:03:00	01:05:04:00	WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
01:05:04:00	01:05:05:00	THERE'S A MOTION TO AMEND ON
01:05:05:00	01:05:07:00	THE FLOOR THE SUBJECT MOTION I
01:05:07:00	01:05:08:00	UNDERSTAND THAT.
01:05:08:00	01:05:11:00	SEE THAT FINE SUBSTANCE THAT
01:05:11:00	01:05:12:00	MOTION WAS SECONDED.
01:05:12:00	01:05:13:00	SO NOW WHAT IS ON THE FLOOR FOR
01:05:13:00	01:05:15:00	DEBATE THERE ARE SOME MOTIONS
01:05:15:00	01:05:15:00	THAT AREN'T DEBATABLE.
01:05:15:00	01:05:18:00	WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT BEFORE BUT
01:05:18:00	01:05:19:00	THERE ARE SOME MOTIONS THAT ARE
01:05:19:00	01:05:22:00	DEBATABLE AND THERE'S A MOTION
01:05:22:00	01:05:23:00	TO AMEND THAT IS ON THE FLOOR
01:05:23:00	01:05:26:00	THAT IS OPEN TO DEBATE AND
01:05:26:00	01:05:26:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA
01:05:26:00	01:05:30:00	EXPRESSED HER OPINION AS TO WHY
01:05:30:00	01:05:31:00	THE MOTION TO AMEND SHOULD NOT
01:05:31:00	01:05:34:00	BE ALLOWED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
01:05:34:00	01:05:35:00	AND OTHER REASONS AND THAT IS A
01:05:35:00	01:05:38:00	FAIR DEBATE TO BE HAD AS WE
01:05:38:00	01:05:39:00	WERE DISCUSSING A MOTION TO
01:05:39:00	01:05:42:00	AMEND SO IT IS PROPERLY BEFORE
01:05:42:00	01:05:43:00	THE BODY HOW MUCH SHE KNEW
01:05:43:00	01:05:46:00	ABOUT AND OUR ABILITY TO BIT TO
01:05:46:00	01:05:46:00	DEBATE IT IS ALSO PROPERLY
01:05:46:00	01:05:48:00	BEFORE THE BODY RIGHT SO MY
01:05:48:00	01:05:49:00	QUESTION WAS AND FOR THE RECORD
01:05:49:00	01:05:50:00	MY QUESTION WAS YOUR USE OF THE
01:05:50:00	01:05:54:00	WORD SUBSTANCE WHAT DOES THAT
01:05:54:00	01:05:54:00	MEAN?
01:05:54:00	01:05:55:00	HOW DO YOU SAY IT IN AMERICA?
01:05:55:00	01:05:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:05:55:00	01:05:57:00	CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR OUR VIEWERS
01:05:57:00	01:06:00:00	WHAT THAT WORD MEANS AND HOW IT
01:06:00:00	01:06:01:00	IS AND HOW IT MANIFESTS IN THE
01:06:01:00	01:06:05:00	SPACE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW?
01:06:05:00	01:06:06:00	SO THEN THAT WAY I'M ABLE TO
01:06:06:00	01:06:06:00	SHOW UP AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU
01:06:06:00	01:06:08:00	MEAN BY THAT.
01:06:08:00	01:06:08:00	PLEASE.
01:06:08:00	01:06:09:00	THANK YOU.
01:06:09:00	01:06:09:00	IT MEANS THE CONTENT THE
01:06:09:00	01:06:12:00	CONTENT OF THE OTHER MATTER
01:06:12:00	01:06:12:00	THAT IT'S IMPORTANT.
01:06:12:00	01:06:15:00	OKAY YEAH BECAUSE THAT IT MAY
01:06:15:00	01:06:16:00	OKAY BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE TO
01:06:16:00	01:06:16:00	UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE
01:06:16:00	01:06:18:00	PRIVILEGE HERE OF PEOPLE WHO
01:06:18:00	01:06:19:00	KNOW HOW TO SHOW UP IN THIS
01:06:19:00	01:06:20:00	CHAMBER AND THOSE WHO ARE
01:06:20:00	01:06:22:00	LEARNING HOW TO BE IN THE SPACE
01:06:22:00	01:06:22:00	.
01:06:22:00	01:06:23:00	SO I JUST THINK THAT IT'S
01:06:23:00	01:06:24:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE MORE
01:06:24:00	01:06:27:00	ACCESSIBLE AND A LITTLE BIT
01:06:27:00	01:06:30:00	MORE YOU KNOW, JUST EASIER SAID
01:06:30:00	01:06:31:00	THANK YOU.
01:06:31:00	01:06:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:06:34:00	01:06:34:00	OKAY.
01:06:34:00	01:06:35:00	I DID NOT HEAR A POINT OF ORDER
01:06:35:00	01:06:36:00	FROM YOU COUNSELOR FOR
01:06:36:00	01:06:36:00	ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE A POINT
01:06:36:00	01:06:40:00	OF ORDER BUT MADAM PRESIDENT, I
01:06:40:00	01:06:41:00	THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS
01:06:41:00	01:06:44:00	THAT WHEN COUNCILOR COLETTA
01:06:44:00	01:06:47:00	ASKED A POINT OF ORDER YOU DID
01:06:47:00	01:06:47:00	NOT SET THE PRECEDENT.
01:06:47:00	01:06:48:00	SO ACROSS THE BOARD YOU DIDN'T
01:06:48:00	01:06:52:00	SAY COUNCILOR CLUTTER, YOU DO
01:06:52:00	01:06:52:00	NOT HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.
01:06:52:00	01:06:55:00	THIS IS A COMMENT YOU WANT TO
01:06:55:00	01:06:56:00	EXPRESS OR YOU WANT TO SHARE
01:06:56:00	01:06:58:00	FEEDBACK BUT YOU ALLOWED HER TO
01:06:58:00	01:06:59:00	GO ON AND THEN WHEN SOMEONE
01:06:59:00	01:06:59:00	ELSE FOR EXAMPLE
01:06:59:00	01:07:00:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN GETS UP AND
01:07:00:00	01:07:03:00	SAYS POINT OF ORDER IN THE BUT
01:07:03:00	01:07:03:00	HE WANTS TO EXPRESS HIMSELF YOU
01:07:03:00	01:07:06:00	DON'T SET THAT SAME PRECEDENCE.
01:07:06:00	01:07:06:00	IT'S NOT FAIR.
01:07:06:00	01:07:10:00	SO I'M ASKING IF THAT WAS IF
01:07:10:00	01:07:10:00	YOU'RE SETTING PRECEDENTS AND
01:07:10:00	01:07:11:00	THAT'S WE'RE ALWAYS DOING THIS
01:07:11:00	01:07:13:00	THING WHERE SOMETIMES AS
01:07:13:00	01:07:13:00	PRECEDENTS AND SOMETIMES IT'S
01:07:13:00	01:07:14:00	RULE AND SOMETIMES IT'S IT'S
01:07:14:00	01:07:17:00	FAIR IT'S NOT FAIR.
01:07:17:00	01:07:18:00	SO I'M ASKING YOU TO DO ACROSS
01:07:18:00	01:07:21:00	THE BOARD IF YOU IF THEY DON'T
01:07:21:00	01:07:21:00	KNOW THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY AS
01:07:21:00	01:07:22:00	COUNCIL LEADER DID NOT EXPRESS
01:07:22:00	01:07:25:00	IT IN THE RIGHT TERM THEN USE
01:07:25:00	01:07:25:00	THAT SAME USE THAT SAME
01:07:25:00	01:07:29:00	COURTESY ACROSS THE BOARD.
01:07:29:00	01:07:29:00	THANK YOU.
01:07:29:00	01:07:30:00	SO WHAT COUNCIL CUT AS A PART
01:07:30:00	01:07:32:00	OF DID CORRECTLY WAS REMIND
01:07:32:00	01:07:33:00	ME THAT WE CAN DEBATE A MOTION
01:07:33:00	01:07:36:00	TO AMEND AND THAT I WAS SEEKING
01:07:36:00	01:07:37:00	TO MOVE TO A VOTE ON THE MOTION
01:07:37:00	01:07:40:00	TO AMEND WHAT MOTION TO AMEND
01:07:40:00	01:07:41:00	ARE NOT LIKE OTHER MOTIONS THAT
01:07:41:00	01:07:44:00	ARE NOT DEBATABLE DEBATABLE THE
01:07:44:00	01:07:45:00	MOTION TO AMEND IS DEBATABLE.
01:07:45:00	01:07:48:00	I YES AND SO PEOPLE CAN SPEAK
01:07:48:00	01:07:51:00	ON THE MOTION THAT IS PROPERLY
01:07:51:00	01:07:52:00	BEFORE THE BODY BECAUSE IT IS
01:07:52:00	01:07:55:00	DEBATABLE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:07:55:00	01:07:59:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES IS IT
01:07:59:00	01:07:59:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY?
01:07:59:00	01:08:00:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE
01:08:00:00	01:08:03:00	FLOOR TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION
01:08:03:00	01:08:06:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY SO WHEN THE
01:08:06:00	01:08:07:00	WHEN SHE SPOKE SHE SAID THAT IT
01:08:07:00	01:08:10:00	COULD BE ILLEGAL IN MY OPINION
01:08:10:00	01:08:13:00	THAT SHE SCARED PEOPLE INTO
01:08:13:00	01:08:14:00	THINKING THAT IF WE VOTED ON
01:08:14:00	01:08:18:00	THIS EVEN TO ALLOW IT TO COME
01:08:18:00	01:08:18:00	TO THE FLOOR THAT WE'D BE DOING
01:08:18:00	01:08:19:00	SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT TO GET
01:08:19:00	01:08:21:00	OURSELVES INTO TROUBLE FOR.
01:08:21:00	01:08:22:00	AND I JUST WANT YOU TO BE CLEAR
01:08:22:00	01:08:25:00	THAT THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM AND
01:08:25:00	01:08:25:00	HER LEGAL TEAM MAKE SURE THAT
01:08:25:00	01:08:28:00	ANYTHING WE SEND OVER THAT MAY
01:08:28:00	01:08:29:00	NOT BE LEGAL BECAUSE OFTENTIMES
01:08:29:00	01:08:31:00	WE GET THINGS SENT BACK LIKE
01:08:31:00	01:08:32:00	THE FIRST YEAR WITH AMENDMENTS
01:08:32:00	01:08:35:00	MEMBER THEY ALL GOT SENT BACK
01:08:35:00	01:08:35:00	AND MANY THEY SAID WELL THEY
01:08:35:00	01:08:36:00	WEREN'T LEGAL SO THERE IS NO
01:08:36:00	01:08:39:00	WAY THIS WILL GO UP TO THE
01:08:39:00	01:08:39:00	STATE HOUSE IF IT'S NOT LEGAL
01:08:39:00	01:08:40:00	AND IF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:08:40:00	01:08:43:00	DECIDES THAT IT'S NOT LEGAL
01:08:43:00	01:08:44:00	THAT'S FOR THEM TO DECIDE.
01:08:44:00	01:08:47:00	SO I THINK THAT ALLOWING HER TO
01:08:47:00	01:08:48:00	SPEAK I THINK PEOPLE MAY BE
01:08:48:00	01:08:50:00	AFRAID TO EVEN ALLOW IT TO COME
01:08:50:00	01:08:51:00	TO THE FLOOR NOW.
01:08:51:00	01:08:52:00	AND SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE
01:08:52:00	01:08:54:00	CONSIDERED A POINT OF ORDER.
01:08:54:00	01:08:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:08:55:00	01:08:56:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:08:56:00	01:08:57:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:08:57:00	01:09:01:00	CATCH FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
01:09:01:00	01:09:01:00	.
01:09:01:00	01:09:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:09:01:00	01:09:05:00	I JUST BELIEVE THAT AFTER MY
01:09:05:00	01:09:05:00	PRESENTATION THAT AFTER
01:09:05:00	01:09:08:00	COUNCILOR CARTER'S PRESENTATION
01:09:08:00	01:09:09:00	THAT THE WELL HAS BEEN
01:09:09:00	01:09:09:00	POISONED.
01:09:09:00	01:09:12:00	EVERYONE THINKS THAT THIS IS AN
01:09:12:00	01:09:13:00	ILLEGAL AMENDMENT THAT WON'T
01:09:13:00	01:09:16:00	PASS MUSTER UP AT THE UP AT THE
01:09:16:00	01:09:17:00	STATE HOUSE BEFORE WE EVEN CAN
01:09:17:00	01:09:20:00	BRING IT ON THE FLOOR.
01:09:20:00	01:09:23:00	THAT'S THAT'S NOT FAIR.
01:09:23:00	01:09:24:00	PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE ON IT
01:09:24:00	01:09:27:00	WHETHER THEY BELIEVE IN IT.
01:09:27:00	01:09:28:00	BUT TO SAY IT'S ILLEGAL BASED
01:09:28:00	01:09:31:00	ON AND I ASKED IN MY OPENING
01:09:31:00	01:09:32:00	STATEMENT CAN I SEE THE
01:09:32:00	01:09:34:00	DOCUMENT?
01:09:34:00	01:09:34:00	I WANT TO RESPECTFULLY SEE THE
01:09:34:00	01:09:35:00	DOCUMENT PASSED OUT IN WRITTEN
01:09:35:00	01:09:38:00	FORM SO WE CAN SEE WHERE IT
01:09:38:00	01:09:41:00	SAYS IT'S IT'S ILLEGAL BUT IN
01:09:41:00	01:09:42:00	THE DAMAGE PROBABLY HAS BEEN
01:09:42:00	01:09:46:00	ALREADY DONE BECAUSE NOW MY
01:09:46:00	01:09:46:00	COLLEAGUES THINK THAT THEY'RE
01:09:46:00	01:09:49:00	VOTING ON AN AMENDMENT THAT I,
01:09:49:00	01:09:53:00	I PROPOSE THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S
01:09:53:00	01:09:56:00	ILLEGAL WE DON'T KNOW THAT BUT
01:09:56:00	01:09:57:00	MY COLLEAGUE HAS SAID IT IS
01:09:57:00	01:10:00:00	ILLEGAL NOW IT'S NOW MAKING IT
01:10:00:00	01:10:01:00	PUTS MY COLLEAGUES IN A BAD
01:10:01:00	01:10:01:00	POSITION.
01:10:01:00	01:10:04:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT NOW THAT THE
01:10:04:00	01:10:04:00	POTENTIALLY VOTING ON SOMETHING
01:10:04:00	01:10:05:00	THAT IS ILLEGAL, I DON'T I
01:10:05:00	01:10:08:00	DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
01:10:08:00	01:10:09:00	I THOUGHT IT WAS UNFAIR, MADAM
01:10:09:00	01:10:09:00	CHAIR.
01:10:09:00	01:10:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:10:10:00	01:10:13:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:10:13:00	01:10:14:00	COUNCILOR BUT AS A PARTNER YOU
01:10:14:00	01:10:14:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:10:14:00	01:10:16:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH AND YOU KNOW,
01:10:16:00	01:10:17:00	WE TALK ABOUT PRECEDENTS AND
01:10:17:00	01:10:17:00	ALL OF THAT.
01:10:17:00	01:10:20:00	I THINK THIS HAS PUT US INTO A
01:10:20:00	01:10:21:00	NEW TERRITORY AND SO MY
01:10:21:00	01:10:24:00	INTENTION WAS NEVER TO SCARE
01:10:24:00	01:10:24:00	ANYBODY.
01:10:24:00	01:10:25:00	IT JUST WAS TO INFORM YOUR
01:10:25:00	01:10:28:00	DECISION ULTIMATELY AS CHAIR IT
01:10:28:00	01:10:28:00	WAS TO INFORM YOUR DECISION TO
01:10:28:00	01:10:32:00	BRING IT FOR A VOTE.
01:10:32:00	01:10:33:00	I THINK THAT THAT IS WITHIN MY
01:10:33:00	01:10:35:00	RIGHT AND RESPECTFULLY
01:10:35:00	01:10:35:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN IT IS IN
01:10:35:00	01:10:36:00	WRITING IT'S IN THE COMMITTEE
01:10:36:00	01:10:37:00	REPORT THAT WAS FILED THAT WAS
01:10:37:00	01:10:39:00	AVAILABLE TO FOLKS ON MONDAY
01:10:39:00	01:10:40:00	AND I THINK I THINK THAT'S MY
01:10:40:00	01:10:40:00	LAST POINT.
01:10:40:00	01:10:43:00	BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO.
01:10:43:00	01:10:44:00	IT'S UP TO COLLEAGUES HOW THEY
01:10:44:00	01:10:44:00	WANT TO GO ON THIS BUT I JUST
01:10:44:00	01:10:46:00	WILL BE VOTING NO AND THAT'S
01:10:46:00	01:10:47:00	SIMPLY WHAT I SAID.
01:10:47:00	01:10:47:00	THANK YOU.
01:10:47:00	01:10:47:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:10:47:00	01:10:51:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:10:51:00	01:10:52:00	I KNOW THAT THE CHAIR
01:10:52:00	01:10:52:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR I'LL
01:10:52:00	01:10:53:00	CONSIDER ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
01:10:53:00	01:10:54:00	.
01:10:54:00	01:10:55:00	THANK YOU, CHAIR AND I HAVE A
01:10:55:00	01:10:55:00	COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
01:10:55:00	01:10:58:00	ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS IF WE
01:10:58:00	01:11:03:00	WERE TO INCLUDE MAYBE THIS IS
01:11:03:00	01:11:04:00	TO CASTLE FLYNN OR CASTLE
01:11:04:00	01:11:05:00	COLETTE AS OPPOSED TO IT'S KIND
01:11:05:00	01:11:05:00	OF DOVETAILING OFF A CASTLE.
01:11:05:00	01:11:06:00	MURPHY'S QUESTION IS IF WE WERE
01:11:06:00	01:11:09:00	TO INCLUDE COUNCILOR FLYNN'S
01:11:09:00	01:11:10:00	LANGUAGE ON THE HOME RULE
01:11:10:00	01:11:13:00	PETITION WITH THAT WHOLE HOME
01:11:13:00	01:11:16:00	RULE PETITION THEN BE
01:11:16:00	01:11:17:00	CONSIDERED ILLEGAL AND THEN
01:11:17:00	01:11:17:00	ALSO TO COUNCILOR FLYNN, HAVE
01:11:17:00	01:11:21:00	YOU DONE ANY RESEARCH TO TALK
01:11:21:00	01:11:22:00	TO ANY LAWYERS THAT SAYS THAT
01:11:22:00	01:11:24:00	YOUR LANGUAGE IS ILLEGAL IS
01:11:24:00	01:11:24:00	LEGAL?
01:11:24:00	01:11:27:00	THANK YOU.
01:11:27:00	01:11:28:00	YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.
01:11:28:00	01:11:28:00	THANK YOU.
01:11:28:00	01:11:32:00	I MEAN I RESPECT AND APPRECIATE
01:11:32:00	01:11:32:00	THE QUESTIONS COUNCIL WERE ALL
01:11:32:00	01:11:33:00	ASKED BUT WEREN'T WOULDN'T
01:11:33:00	01:11:36:00	THOSE BE THE QUESTIONS THAT
01:11:36:00	01:11:36:00	WOULD BE ASKED WHEN WE'RE OPEN
01:11:36:00	01:11:36:00	TO DEBATE?
01:11:36:00	01:11:37:00	I DON'T KNOW.
01:11:37:00	01:11:39:00	I JUST I DISAGREE.
01:11:39:00	01:11:40:00	I BELIEVE THAT THE DISCUSSION
01:11:40:00	01:11:44:00	THAT CASUAL THAT THE PARTIES
01:11:44:00	01:11:45:00	HAVING THE QUESTIONS THAT
01:11:45:00	01:11:45:00	COUNCIL RATHER HAVING ARE WELL
01:11:45:00	01:11:48:00	WITHIN THE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD
01:11:48:00	01:11:49:00	ABOUT WHETHER TO ALLOW A MOTION
01:11:49:00	01:11:49:00	WHETHER THE MOTION IS
01:11:49:00	01:11:52:00	CONSTITUTIONAL.
01:11:52:00	01:11:52:00	CAN WE ASK OUR ATTORNEY TO COME
01:11:52:00	01:11:53:00	AND GIVE US ADVICE PLEASE?
01:11:53:00	01:11:56:00	I HAVE AN ATTORNEY ON STAFF
01:11:56:00	01:11:59:00	THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HELP US AND
01:11:59:00	01:12:00:00	SHE WAS THE ONE WHO REMINDED
01:12:00:00	01:12:00:00	ME THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY
01:12:00:00	01:12:02:00	VOTE ON THE MOTION AND THEN
01:12:02:00	01:12:03:00	ALLOW IT TO BE OPEN TO DEBATE.
01:12:03:00	01:12:07:00	BUT WHEN THE CHAIR SAYS THAT
01:12:07:00	01:12:07:00	SHE'S AGAINST IT BEFORE THE
01:12:07:00	01:12:08:00	VOTE EVEN HAPPENS, IT JUST DOES
01:12:08:00	01:12:12:00	PUT BUT THEN WE DO THAT ALL
01:12:12:00	01:12:12:00	OF THAT IN MY MOUTH TO SAY THAT
01:12:12:00	01:12:15:00	UPCOMING AMENDMENTS ALSO SHOW
01:12:15:00	01:12:15:00	THAT THEY'RE NOT TRULY INVESTED
01:12:15:00	01:12:19:00	IN THE CONVERSATION THAT HAS TO
01:12:19:00	01:12:22:00	HAPPEN IF I KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT
01:12:22:00	01:12:23:00	I'M SAYING THE FEELING I GET AT
01:12:23:00	01:12:24:00	IT IS I DIDN'T SAY IT WASN'T
01:12:24:00	01:12:26:00	ANYTHING OTHER.
01:12:26:00	01:12:27:00	I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYONE EVER.
01:12:27:00	01:12:30:00	I'M JUST SAYING HOW I FEEL AS
01:12:30:00	01:12:31:00	ONE OF THE VOTING MEMBERS.
01:12:31:00	01:12:31:00	OKAY.
01:12:31:00	01:12:31:00	THANK YOU.
01:12:31:00	01:12:32:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:12:32:00	01:12:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:12:35:00	01:12:35:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA.
01:12:35:00	01:12:36:00	CASIMIR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:12:36:00	01:12:37:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:12:37:00	01:12:38:00	YOU KNOW NONE OF THIS WOULD BE
01:12:38:00	01:12:41:00	HAPPENING RIGHT NOW HAD WE HAD
01:12:41:00	01:12:42:00	A WORKING SESSION WHEN I ASKED
01:12:42:00	01:12:44:00	ABOUT HAVING ONE.
01:12:44:00	01:12:48:00	NOW WE'RE HAVING A DEBATE WHEN
01:12:48:00	01:12:48:00	WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE VOTING ON
01:12:48:00	01:12:49:00	SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT HAVE
01:12:49:00	01:12:51:00	THE FULL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
01:12:51:00	01:12:52:00	THESE DISCUSSIONS WHICH IS WHY
01:12:52:00	01:12:56:00	I SAID WHAT I SAID AND I'LL SAY
01:12:56:00	01:12:59:00	IT AGAIN THIS IS THE REASON WHY
01:12:59:00	01:13:00:00	PEOPLE QUESTION THE WAY WE SHOW
01:13:00:00	01:13:03:00	UP IN THIS PLACE BECAUSE THESE
01:13:03:00	01:13:04:00	ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT
01:13:04:00	01:13:07:00	CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN THIS
01:13:07:00	01:13:07:00	CHAMBER.
01:13:07:00	01:13:08:00	WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED ALL
01:13:08:00	01:13:11:00	OF THIS HAD WE HAD ONE WORKING
01:13:11:00	01:13:12:00	SESSION SO EVERYBODY COULD HAVE
01:13:12:00	01:13:15:00	HASH THINGS OUT.
01:13:15:00	01:13:19:00	WE SUGGESTED A AN AMENDMENT AND
01:13:19:00	01:13:20:00	WE DIDN'T EVEN GET ANY
01:13:20:00	01:13:22:00	COMMUNICATION BACK AND SO I'M
01:13:22:00	01:13:23:00	GOING TO CALL IT OUT AND I
01:13:23:00	01:13:26:00	THINK THAT IN TERMS
01:13:26:00	01:13:26:00	OF LEADERSHIP WE HAVE AN
01:13:26:00	01:13:29:00	OPPORTUNITY HERE TO REALLY
01:13:29:00	01:13:33:00	START DEMONSTRATING SOME SENSE
01:13:33:00	01:13:33:00	OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENCY
01:13:33:00	01:13:36:00	BECAUSE IT'S REALLY CONFUSING
01:13:36:00	01:13:40:00	IN HOW WE ARE MOVING IN THIS
01:13:40:00	01:13:41:00	CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAYS WHEN
01:13:41:00	01:13:41:00	WE'RE PULLING THINGS OUT
01:13:41:00	01:13:45:00	OF GREEN SHEETS, WHEN WE'RE NOT
01:13:45:00	01:13:46:00	HOSTING HEARINGS, WHEN WHEN
01:13:46:00	01:13:46:00	WHEN PEOPLE SAY YEAH, PEOPLE
01:13:46:00	01:13:49:00	DON'T SHOW UP WHATEVER THE FACT
01:13:49:00	01:13:50:00	OF THE MATTER IS IS THAT WE'RE
01:13:50:00	01:13:52:00	TAKING VOTES WITHOUT REAL
01:13:52:00	01:13:56:00	DEBATE AND THEN WHAT IT BECOMES
01:13:56:00	01:13:57:00	IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO
01:13:57:00	01:14:00:00	PROVIDE SENIORS RELIEF.
01:14:00:00	01:14:03:00	I'M HERE FOR ALL OF THAT BUT
01:14:03:00	01:14:04:00	FOR ME AND THIS IS WHY I MISS
01:14:04:00	01:14:05:00	MATT O'MALLEY FOR ME IT'S ABOUT
01:14:05:00	01:14:07:00	THE RULES.
01:14:07:00	01:14:08:00	OH NO, I'M JUST SAYING HE WAS
01:14:08:00	01:14:09:00	HE WAS ALWAYS A STICKLER FOR
01:14:09:00	01:14:11:00	THE RULES.
01:14:11:00	01:14:12:00	HE WASN'T MY MEMORY.
01:14:12:00	01:14:12:00	HE WAS A STICKLER.
01:14:12:00	01:14:13:00	IF YOU WERE HERE YOU WOULD KNOW
01:14:13:00	01:14:13:00	THAT.
01:14:13:00	01:14:15:00	BUT IN HIS TIME HE ALWAYS
01:14:15:00	01:14:16:00	TALKED ABOUT RULES.
01:14:16:00	01:14:18:00	HE ALWAYS CALLED
01:14:18:00	01:14:19:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT JANEY OUT ON
01:14:19:00	01:14:22:00	THE WAY WE WERE MOVING
01:14:22:00	01:14:23:00	PROCEDURALLY AND SO BECAUSE HE
01:14:23:00	01:14:26:00	WAS A STICKLER FOR THE RULES
01:14:26:00	01:14:26:00	I'M TRYING MY BEST TO BE A
01:14:26:00	01:14:27:00	STICKLER FOR BUT THE PROBLEM IS
01:14:27:00	01:14:30:00	IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE
01:14:30:00	01:14:31:00	IS THAT THE RULES CONTINUE TO
01:14:31:00	01:14:33:00	CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHO'S MIKE
01:14:33:00	01:14:34:00	GOES ON AND WE CAN REPLAY THE
01:14:34:00	01:14:37:00	TAPES BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IT AND
01:14:37:00	01:14:38:00	I'M JUST ASKING FOR SOME
01:14:38:00	01:14:41:00	CONSISTENCY BECAUSE WHAT IT
01:14:41:00	01:14:41:00	DOES IT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT
01:14:41:00	01:14:45:00	AND IT CREATES THE DISCOURSE
01:14:45:00	01:14:45:00	THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
01:14:45:00	01:14:46:00	SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR
01:14:46:00	01:14:48:00	EVERYTHING TO BE IN WRITING AND
01:14:48:00	01:14:49:00	SOME CONSISTENCY AND IF THERE'S
01:14:49:00	01:14:52:00	GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO
01:14:52:00	01:14:53:00	CHANGE THINGS UP THEN WE NEED A
01:14:53:00	01:14:56:00	FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHY
01:14:56:00	01:14:57:00	BECAUSE NOW THESE TWO OVER HERE
01:14:57:00	01:14:57:00	NOW MAKING ME QUESTION WHETHER
01:14:57:00	01:15:00:00	OR NOT MY AMENDMENT IS EVEN
01:15:00:00	01:15:00:00	GOING TO DIE.
01:15:00:00	01:15:01:00	WELL YOU CAN EVEN ALLOW ME TO
01:15:01:00	01:15:04:00	TALK ABOUT IT SO I NEED TO KNOW
01:15:04:00	01:15:08:00	WHAT I'M WALKING INTO SO THAT I
01:15:08:00	01:15:08:00	CAN DO MY JOB.
01:15:08:00	01:15:09:00	THANK YOU.
01:15:09:00	01:15:09:00	THANK YOU.
01:15:09:00	01:15:09:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:15:09:00	01:15:10:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:15:10:00	01:15:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE
01:15:11:00	01:15:11:00	FLOOR.
01:15:11:00	01:15:12:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
01:15:12:00	01:15:15:00	COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR ALL OF HER
01:15:15:00	01:15:15:00	WORK.
01:15:15:00	01:15:18:00	I THINK THAT I THINK THAT
01:15:18:00	01:15:18:00	OFTENTIMES WE FORGET SORT
01:15:18:00	01:15:22:00	OF THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BODY
01:15:22:00	01:15:23:00	WHICH IS THAT THE COMMITTEE
01:15:23:00	01:15:23:00	CHAIR BRINGS FORWARD THINGS
01:15:23:00	01:15:26:00	THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THEIR
01:15:26:00	01:15:26:00	COMMITTEE AND THEY MAKE
01:15:26:00	01:15:30:00	DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE
01:15:30:00	01:15:30:00	COUNCIL ON THOSE SUBJECTS AND
01:15:30:00	01:15:33:00	SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR A VOTE
01:15:33:00	01:15:37:00	ON THAT.
01:15:37:00	01:15:38:00	THAT MOTION HAS NOT BEEN
01:15:38:00	01:15:39:00	SECONDED AND SO THE CHAIR
01:15:39:00	01:15:42:00	RECOGNIZES THIS
01:15:42:00	01:15:43:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA THEN I
01:15:43:00	01:15:43:00	RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR BREADON
01:15:43:00	01:15:46:00	THEN COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU.
01:15:46:00	01:15:46:00	I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME
01:15:46:00	01:15:47:00	FLAHERTY TO SOME OF THE
01:15:47:00	01:15:49:00	COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
01:15:49:00	01:15:53:00	SO FIRST OF ALL THE AMENDMENTS
01:15:53:00	01:15:53:00	THAT I HAVE HEARD OF I HAVEN'T
01:15:53:00	01:15:54:00	NECESSARILY SEEN YET SO I HAVE
01:15:54:00	01:15:57:00	TO SEE THE SUBSTANCE OF IT.
01:15:57:00	01:15:58:00	BUT THOSE OTHER AMENDMENTS I
01:15:58:00	01:16:00:00	DON'T DEEM ILLEGAL OR
01:16:00:00	01:16:01:00	UNCONSTITUTIONAL BASED ON THE
01:16:01:00	01:16:04:00	RESEARCH THAT I HAVE DONE.
01:16:04:00	01:16:05:00	AND SO I THINK THAT IT IS
01:16:05:00	01:16:07:00	PRESUMPTUOUS TO SAY THAT ALSO
01:16:07:00	01:16:08:00	IN TERMS OF PROCESS OR RULES
01:16:08:00	01:16:12:00	THERE IS NO RULE OR PLAYBOOK AS
01:16:12:00	01:16:12:00	IT RELATES TO HOLDING HEARINGS
01:16:12:00	01:16:15:00	OR WORKING SESSIONS AT THAT
01:16:15:00	01:16:15:00	WORKING SESSION COUNCILORS HAD
01:16:15:00	01:16:19:00	THE FULL OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE
01:16:19:00	01:16:19:00	QUESTIONS THAT WERE AT THE
01:16:19:00	01:16:20:00	FOREFRONT OF THEIR MIND.
01:16:20:00	01:16:23:00	THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
01:16:23:00	01:16:24:00	COME AFTER IT COME TO
01:16:24:00	01:16:25:00	ME AFTERWARDS YOU HAVE ALSO THE
01:16:25:00	01:16:27:00	OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE
01:16:27:00	01:16:28:00	ADMINISTRATION AND ASK YOUR
01:16:28:00	01:16:28:00	QUESTIONS AS WELL TOO AND HAVE
01:16:28:00	01:16:31:00	DIALOG.
01:16:31:00	01:16:32:00	WE ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR THIS
01:16:32:00	01:16:34:00	CITY AND SO I THINK IT IS
01:16:34:00	01:16:38:00	ANOTHER FACTUAL OR DISCREPANCY
01:16:38:00	01:16:39:00	THAT I HEARD IS THAT FOLKS DID
01:16:39:00	01:16:42:00	NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
01:16:42:00	01:16:43:00	WE DID RESPOND AND IT IS IN
01:16:43:00	01:16:44:00	WRITING AND IT'S ALSO IN THE
01:16:44:00	01:16:47:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND SO YOU
01:16:47:00	01:16:50:00	KNOW, I'M GOING THROUGH THIS IS
01:16:50:00	01:16:50:00	HELPFUL SO I APPRECIATE
01:16:50:00	01:16:51:00	EVERYBODY AND I'M READING THE
01:16:51:00	01:16:54:00	ROOM AT THIS POINT AND I THINK
01:16:54:00	01:16:55:00	WHAT WHAT I'M HEARING IS FOLKS
01:16:55:00	01:16:58:00	WANT TO WANT TO AT LEAST HAVE A
01:16:58:00	01:16:58:00	DEBATE ON IT.
01:16:58:00	01:16:59:00	SO IF THERE IS FURTHER DEBATE I
01:16:59:00	01:17:02:00	SAY LET'S LET'S DO IT.
01:17:02:00	01:17:02:00	I'M GOING TO SWITCH FROM FROM
01:17:02:00	01:17:03:00	NO TO YES.
01:17:03:00	01:17:06:00	THAT'S I THINK THAT THAT'S
01:17:06:00	01:17:06:00	FINE.
01:17:06:00	01:17:07:00	AT LEAST I DID NOT MEAN TO SET
01:17:07:00	01:17:09:00	OFF THIS FIRESTORM OF FOLKS WHO
01:17:09:00	01:17:10:00	FELT OFFENDED THAT I WAS TRYING
01:17:10:00	01:17:10:00	TO STIFLE DEBATE OR ANYTHING
01:17:10:00	01:17:13:00	LIKE THAT.
01:17:13:00	01:17:14:00	I WAS JUST MERELY TRYING TO
01:17:14:00	01:17:14:00	INFORM FOLKS OF WHAT MY
01:17:14:00	01:17:17:00	RESEARCH WAS AND THEN SO FOLKS
01:17:17:00	01:17:20:00	WHERE I WAS GOING TO BE.
01:17:20:00	01:17:21:00	SO I THINK I'M READING THE ROOM
01:17:21:00	01:17:21:00	HERE I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE
01:17:21:00	01:17:24:00	WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON
01:17:24:00	01:17:24:00	THIS.
01:17:24:00	01:17:24:00	MY INTENTION WAS NOT TO STIFLE
01:17:24:00	01:17:25:00	DEBATE AND I APPRECIATE MADAM
01:17:25:00	01:17:28:00	PRESIDENT DILIGENCE IN ALL
01:17:28:00	01:17:28:00	OF THIS BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS
01:17:28:00	01:17:29:00	IMPORTANT FOR ME TO CLARIFY IN
01:17:29:00	01:17:31:00	THAT WAY AND NOT HAVE FOLKS
01:17:31:00	01:17:32:00	FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T SPEAK ON
01:17:32:00	01:17:35:00	DIFFERENT THINGS OR DIFFERENT
01:17:35:00	01:17:36:00	AMENDMENTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE
01:17:36:00	01:17:36:00	ENTERTAINED.
01:17:36:00	01:17:38:00	THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL.
01:17:38:00	01:17:39:00	THANK YOU.
01:17:39:00	01:17:39:00	THANK YOU.
01:17:39:00	01:17:40:00	YES, I WAS TRYING TO ALLOW FOR
01:17:40:00	01:17:43:00	THE DEBATE TO HAPPEN.
01:17:43:00	01:17:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:17:43:00	01:17:43:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND
01:17:43:00	01:17:44:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU HAVE
01:17:44:00	01:17:47:00	THE FLOOR COUNCILOR BREADON HAS
01:17:47:00	01:17:47:00	THE FLOOR.
01:17:47:00	01:17:47:00	NO OTHER COUNCILOR COUNCILOR
01:17:47:00	01:17:50:00	BREADON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:17:50:00	01:17:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:17:50:00	01:17:51:00	THANK YOU.
01:17:51:00	01:17:54:00	I THINK WE ARE WE'RE HAVING THE
01:17:54:00	01:17:54:00	DEBATE RIGHT NOW AND I REALLY
01:17:54:00	01:17:58:00	DO WISH WE'D JUST MOVE TO A
01:17:58:00	01:17:59:00	VOTE TO HAVE THE DEBATE AND I
01:17:59:00	01:18:01:00	AM NOT IN THE SECTION.
01:18:01:00	01:18:01:00	OKAY.
01:18:01:00	01:18:02:00	THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR
01:18:02:00	01:18:05:00	TO AMEND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
01:18:05:00	01:18:06:00	OF ALLOWING THE MOTION TO AMEND
01:18:06:00	01:18:09:00	SAY I I WAS OPPOSING THAT.
01:18:09:00	01:18:10:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:18:10:00	01:18:12:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
01:18:12:00	01:18:15:00	CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ON
01:18:15:00	01:18:21:00	THE MOTION TO AMEND WAS
01:18:21:00	01:18:21:00	DELIBERATE.
01:18:21:00	01:18:21:00	YES.
01:18:21:00	01:18:23:00	THE COUNCIL AGREED.
01:18:23:00	01:18:30:00	YES, YES, YES, YES YES YES.
01:18:30:00	01:18:31:00	YOU KNOW COUNCILOR FOR THE
01:18:31:00	01:18:31:00	INNOCENT?
01:18:31:00	01:18:34:00	YES.
01:18:34:00	01:18:35:00	COUNCILOR FINANCIAL SANDERSON
01:18:35:00	01:18:35:00	YES.
01:18:35:00	01:18:38:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
01:18:38:00	01:18:38:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:18:38:00	01:18:39:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:18:39:00	01:18:39:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:18:39:00	01:18:42:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:18:42:00	01:18:42:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:18:42:00	01:18:43:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:18:43:00	01:18:45:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES.
01:18:45:00	01:18:46:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:18:46:00	01:18:46:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
01:18:46:00	01:18:49:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL VAN
01:18:49:00	01:18:50:00	YES.
01:18:50:00	01:18:50:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:18:50:00	01:18:54:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:18:54:00	01:18:54:00	COUNCILOR WEBER
01:18:54:00	01:18:55:00	COUNCILOR COUNCIL BE YES IN
01:18:55:00	01:18:58:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES
01:18:58:00	01:18:58:00	COUNCILOR WU YES.
01:18:58:00	01:18:59:00	12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
01:18:59:00	01:18:59:00	OKAY.
01:18:59:00	01:18:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:18:59:00	01:19:01:00	THE MOTION AND THE MOTION TO
01:19:01:00	01:19:02:00	AMEND HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND THE
01:19:02:00	01:19:05:00	AMENDMENT IS BEFORE THE BODY.
01:19:05:00	01:19:05:00	IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
01:19:05:00	01:19:09:00	ON THE AMENDMENT YOU MAY DO SO
01:19:09:00	01:19:09:00	NOW THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:19:09:00	01:19:12:00	COUNCILOR BREADON I BELIEVE I'M
01:19:12:00	01:19:12:00	GOING TO START WITH YOU BECAUSE
01:19:12:00	01:19:13:00	AND THEN WE'LL GO TO
01:19:13:00	01:19:14:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COME FROM
01:19:14:00	01:19:15:00	HERE.
01:19:15:00	01:19:16:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:19:16:00	01:19:19:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, WE'VE BEEN
01:19:19:00	01:19:20:00	TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A YEAR.
01:19:20:00	01:19:23:00	THIS IS NOT NEW NEWS.
01:19:23:00	01:19:24:00	WE HAVE BEEN ENDLESS
01:19:24:00	01:19:27:00	CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND
01:19:27:00	01:19:28:00	THEN WE WE WENT UP TO THE STATE
01:19:28:00	01:19:31:00	HOUSE.
01:19:31:00	01:19:32:00	THE HOME RULE WAS REJECTED.
01:19:32:00	01:19:32:00	IT WAS ACCEPTED IN THE HOUSE.
01:19:32:00	01:19:35:00	IT WAS REJECTED BY THE SENATE.
01:19:35:00	01:19:36:00	AND NOW WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR
01:19:36:00	01:19:36:00	CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY'RE
01:19:36:00	01:19:39:00	REALLY HORRIFIED AT THE
01:19:39:00	01:19:39:00	INCREASES IN THEIR REAL ESTATE
01:19:39:00	01:19:43:00	TAX BILL.
01:19:43:00	01:19:43:00	WE HAD A SOLUTION THAT WAS
01:19:43:00	01:19:44:00	REJECTED AT THE STATE HOUSE.
01:19:44:00	01:19:47:00	UNFORTUNATELY AND HERE WE ARE
01:19:47:00	01:19:49:00	COMING BACK TO TRY AND HAVE A
01:19:49:00	01:19:50:00	SECOND GO AT IT OR A THIRD GO
01:19:50:00	01:19:51:00	OUT AND I'VE LOST COUNT AT THIS
01:19:51:00	01:19:53:00	POINT TO TRY AND GET TO A PLACE
01:19:53:00	01:19:56:00	THAT GIVES OFFER SOME RELIEF TO
01:19:56:00	01:19:57:00	OUR RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS IN
01:19:57:00	01:20:00:00	THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO
01:20:00:00	01:20:04:00	ARE OLDER AND LIVE ON A TRY TO
01:20:04:00	01:20:07:00	LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME.
01:20:07:00	01:20:11:00	I DO WANT TO THANK OUR CHAIR
01:20:11:00	01:20:11:00	OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS FOR
01:20:11:00	01:20:15:00	HER DUE DILIGENCE ON TRYING TO
01:20:15:00	01:20:15:00	LOOK AT ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT
01:20:15:00	01:20:16:00	WERE OFFERED.
01:20:16:00	01:20:19:00	I AM SORRY I MISSED A LOT
01:20:19:00	01:20:19:00	OF THOSE HEARINGS DUE TO MY
01:20:19:00	01:20:22:00	RECENT SURGERY BUT BEEN
01:20:22:00	01:20:22:00	FOLLOWING ALONG FROM A DISTANCE
01:20:22:00	01:20:26:00	AND YOU KNOW I THINK WHEN IT'S
01:20:26:00	01:20:29:00	THE CHAIR'S PREROGATIVE WHEN WE
01:20:29:00	01:20:30:00	HAVE AN AMENDMENT, WHEN IT'S
01:20:30:00	01:20:33:00	EXAMINED LOOKS TO HAVE A
01:20:33:00	01:20:34:00	CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL
01:20:34:00	01:20:37:00	CONSTRAINTS UNDER MASSACHUSETTS
01:20:37:00	01:20:38:00	LAW, THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT
01:20:38:00	01:20:40:00	SERIOUSLY AND ALSO AS A BODY WE
01:20:40:00	01:20:41:00	HAVE TO LOOK LIKE WE ARE
01:20:41:00	01:20:42:00	SERIOUS ABOUT THIS WORK AND
01:20:42:00	01:20:45:00	SEND UP A HOME RULE PETITION TO
01:20:45:00	01:20:48:00	TO THE STATE HOUSE.
01:20:48:00	01:20:49:00	WE ARE THE LEGISLATIVE BODY.
01:20:49:00	01:20:50:00	WE HAVE TO TRY AND DO DUE
01:20:50:00	01:20:52:00	DILIGENCE ON ALL OF THIS AND
01:20:52:00	01:20:53:00	SEND UP A DOCKET OR A HOME RULE
01:20:53:00	01:20:56:00	PETITION TO THE STATE HOUSE.
01:20:56:00	01:20:56:00	IT HAS A CHANCE OF PASSING SO
01:20:56:00	01:20:59:00	THIS WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE TIME
01:20:59:00	01:21:00:00	IN THE WORLD TO DO THIS.
01:21:00:00	01:21:03:00	THERE'S DEADLINES TO MEET AND
01:21:03:00	01:21:04:00	ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LET'S
01:21:04:00	01:21:04:00	HAVE LET'S GET TOGETHER, GET
01:21:04:00	01:21:07:00	OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND GET THIS
01:21:07:00	01:21:10:00	DONE SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE
01:21:10:00	01:21:11:00	WATCHING THIS PROCESS REALIZE
01:21:11:00	01:21:14:00	THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS
01:21:14:00	01:21:15:00	AND THAT WE ARE DOING OUR JOBS
01:21:15:00	01:21:16:00	AND SENDING SOMETHING UP TO THE
01:21:16:00	01:21:18:00	STATE HOUSE THAT WILL PASS
01:21:18:00	01:21:21:00	HOPEFULLY AND THAT THESE
01:21:21:00	01:21:22:00	RESIDENTS WILL GET GET THE
01:21:22:00	01:21:25:00	RELIEF THAT THEY NEED WITH
01:21:25:00	01:21:29:00	REGARD TO YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT
01:21:29:00	01:21:32:00	PROPERTY AND CLASSIFICATION AND
01:21:32:00	01:21:33:00	THEN TRYING TO FIND SOME RELIEF
01:21:33:00	01:21:37:00	FOR THE FRONTLINE WORKERS AGAIN
01:21:37:00	01:21:37:00	, THAT IS A COMPLICATED
01:21:37:00	01:21:41:00	QUESTION AND I THINK IT'S NOT
01:21:41:00	01:21:44:00	SOMETHING IT'S SOMETHING THAT
01:21:44:00	01:21:45:00	WE SHOULD DISCUSS FOR NEXT
01:21:45:00	01:21:45:00	YEAR.
01:21:45:00	01:21:48:00	IT NEEDS IT IT NEEDS PROPER
01:21:48:00	01:21:50:00	TIME AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN
01:21:50:00	01:21:51:00	DO IT BEFORE MARCH 1ST.
01:21:51:00	01:21:51:00	SO I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY UP
01:21:51:00	01:21:52:00	FOR CONSIDERATION AND
01:21:52:00	01:21:54:00	DISCUSSION AND DEBATE.
01:21:54:00	01:21:55:00	BUT RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT WE
01:21:55:00	01:21:56:00	NEED TO SEND SOMETHING UP TO
01:21:56:00	01:21:58:00	THE STATE HOUSE THAT WILL GIVE
01:21:58:00	01:21:59:00	US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOME
01:21:59:00	01:21:59:00	RELIEF TO OUR HOMEOWNERS,
01:21:59:00	01:22:02:00	ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERS WHO ARE
01:22:02:00	01:22:02:00	ON FIXED INCOME.
01:22:02:00	01:22:06:00	SO THANK YOU AND I HOPE THAT WE
01:22:06:00	01:22:07:00	CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD.
01:22:07:00	01:22:07:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.
01:22:07:00	01:22:10:00	GREAT IN THE CHAIR AND HIS
01:22:10:00	01:22:11:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN KAUSHAL.
01:22:11:00	01:22:11:00	FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:22:11:00	01:22:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:22:13:00	01:22:13:00	ON MY AMENDMENT ON PROVIDING
01:22:13:00	01:22:17:00	TAX RELIEF FOR ESSENTIAL CITY
01:22:17:00	01:22:21:00	WORKERS, I THINK IT IS
01:22:21:00	01:22:24:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
01:22:24:00	01:22:28:00	THEM AND TO ENSURE THAT BOSTON
01:22:28:00	01:22:31:00	IS A PLACE FOR THEM AS WELL.
01:22:31:00	01:22:35:00	THEY DON'T MAKE MANY OF THEM.
01:22:35:00	01:22:36:00	MOST OF THEM DON'T MAKE THE
01:22:36:00	01:22:36:00	MONEY THAT WE MAKE HERE ON THE
01:22:36:00	01:22:39:00	BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
01:22:39:00	01:22:40:00	MANY OF THEM ARE LOW PAID
01:22:40:00	01:22:40:00	WORKERS.
01:22:40:00	01:22:43:00	THEY MIGHT BE CLEANING THE
01:22:43:00	01:22:44:00	STREETS, THEY MIGHT BE
01:22:44:00	01:22:47:00	SHOVELING THE SNOW, THEY MIGHT
01:22:47:00	01:22:48:00	BE SUPPORTING THE ELDERLY, THEY
01:22:48:00	01:22:51:00	MIGHT BE HELPING PERSONS WITH
01:22:51:00	01:22:54:00	DISABILITIES ONE ON ONE AND
01:22:54:00	01:22:57:00	THEY'RE THERE IN BOSTON.
01:22:57:00	01:23:00:00	THEY MIGHT MAKE 40 $50,000 A
01:23:00:00	01:23:00:00	YEAR.
01:23:00:00	01:23:03:00	THEY MIGHT OWN A HOME.
01:23:03:00	01:23:04:00	BUT ARE WE SAYING BOSTON IS NOT
01:23:04:00	01:23:07:00	A HOME FOR THEM?
01:23:07:00	01:23:08:00	IS IS BOSTON A HOME JUST FOR
01:23:08:00	01:23:11:00	THE WEALTHY ALL RIGHT.
01:23:11:00	01:23:15:00	OR FOR THE WORKING POOR AS
01:23:15:00	01:23:15:00	WELL?
01:23:15:00	01:23:19:00	I BELIEVE I BELIEVE WE SHOULD
01:23:19:00	01:23:19:00	TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
01:23:19:00	01:23:23:00	RECOGNIZE OUR DEDICATED AND
01:23:23:00	01:23:23:00	PROFESSIONAL CITY EMPLOYEES,
01:23:23:00	01:23:27:00	OUR ESSENTIAL CITY EMPLOYEES
01:23:27:00	01:23:27:00	FOR THE INCREDIBLE
01:23:27:00	01:23:30:00	CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE TO
01:23:30:00	01:23:31:00	OUR CITY WHEN WE'RE SITTING
01:23:31:00	01:23:35:00	DOWN HAVING THANKSGIVING DINNER
01:23:35:00	01:23:39:00	WITH OUR FAMILIES, MANY OF THEM
01:23:39:00	01:23:42:00	ARE CLEANING THE STREETS,
01:23:42:00	01:23:43:00	PUTTING OUT FIRES, SAVING A
01:23:43:00	01:23:48:00	HEART ATTACK VICTIM AND THEY'D
01:23:48:00	01:23:49:00	RATHER BE HOME WITH THEIR
01:23:49:00	01:23:49:00	FAMILIES.
01:23:49:00	01:23:52:00	TELL BUT IS THIS PARTY GOING TO
01:23:52:00	01:23:55:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SACRIFICE
01:23:55:00	01:23:59:00	THEY'VE MADE FOR THIS CITY AND
01:23:59:00	01:23:59:00	THEIR DEDICATION?
01:23:59:00	01:24:02:00	I THINK WE SHOULD.
01:24:02:00	01:24:03:00	I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS ILLEGAL.
01:24:03:00	01:24:06:00	I KNOW THAT THE WELL HAS BEEN
01:24:06:00	01:24:07:00	POISONED IN MY OPINION.
01:24:07:00	01:24:10:00	I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS THE
01:24:10:00	01:24:10:00	CASE.
01:24:10:00	01:24:13:00	I THINK THIS PARTY CAN
01:24:13:00	01:24:14:00	EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR
01:24:14:00	01:24:17:00	DEDICATED AND CITY EMPLOYEES
01:24:17:00	01:24:21:00	RECOGNIZE THEM, RECOGNIZE THEIR
01:24:21:00	01:24:25:00	CONTRIBUTIONS AND DON'T BE
01:24:25:00	01:24:29:00	INTIMIDATED OR SCARED BY VOTING
01:24:29:00	01:24:30:00	AGAINST IT BASED ON SOMEONE'S
01:24:30:00	01:24:33:00	OPINION THAT MIGHT BE ACCURATE,
01:24:33:00	01:24:36:00	THAT MIGHT BE INACCURATE.
01:24:36:00	01:24:40:00	BUT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
01:24:40:00	01:24:43:00	DISCUSS THIS AT A SECOND AT A
01:24:43:00	01:24:43:00	SECOND HEARING.
01:24:43:00	01:24:44:00	WE CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT.
01:24:44:00	01:24:47:00	WE CHOSE NOT TO HAVE A SECOND
01:24:47:00	01:24:47:00	HEARING.
01:24:47:00	01:24:50:00	WE HAD THE TIME TO DO IT.
01:24:50:00	01:24:51:00	BUT A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS
01:24:51:00	01:24:54:00	COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND I
01:24:54:00	01:24:55:00	KNOW OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE
01:24:55:00	01:24:58:00	AMENDMENTS TO BUT THAT'S WHERE
01:24:58:00	01:24:59:00	YOU THAT'S WHERE YOU REALLY
01:24:59:00	01:25:01:00	DEBATES DEBATE.
01:25:01:00	01:25:02:00	THE SUBJECT MATTER IS IN THE
01:25:02:00	01:25:06:00	HEARINGS I'M GOING TO WENT TO
01:25:06:00	01:25:09:00	THE SUBJECT PLATE BUT ON
01:25:09:00	01:25:09:00	REBATES THERE WAS SO MANY
01:25:09:00	01:25:10:00	OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS THAT ARE
01:25:10:00	01:25:13:00	STILL UNANSWERED THAT PEOPLE
01:25:13:00	01:25:16:00	WERE ASKING AT THE AT THE LAST
01:25:16:00	01:25:17:00	HEARING ONE CITY
01:25:17:00	01:25:20:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE CAME INTO THE
01:25:20:00	01:25:21:00	INTO THE MEETING AND SAID I
01:25:21:00	01:25:21:00	ALREADY KNOW I'M VOTING.
01:25:21:00	01:25:25:00	I'M VOTING FOR THE TAX FOR THE
01:25:25:00	01:25:25:00	TAX PLAN.
01:25:25:00	01:25:27:00	THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME.
01:25:27:00	01:25:29:00	I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS A WASTE
01:25:29:00	01:25:32:00	OF TIME.
01:25:32:00	01:25:32:00	I THINK RESIDENTS WANT US TO DO
01:25:32:00	01:25:36:00	OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO STUDY THE
01:25:36:00	01:25:39:00	PROPOSAL TO READ IT, ASK
01:25:39:00	01:25:46:00	QUESTIONS, DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE
01:25:46:00	01:25:47:00	AND BE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
01:25:47:00	01:25:50:00	ON IT.
01:25:50:00	01:25:51:00	BUT WE CAN'T SAY LET'S HURRY UP
01:25:51:00	01:25:53:00	AND GET THIS DONE IN THE
01:25:53:00	01:25:53:00	INTEREST OF TIME.
01:25:53:00	01:25:58:00	THAT'S WHEN MISTAKES ARE MADE.
01:25:58:00	01:25:59:00	LET'S HAVE AN HONEST DEBATE.
01:25:59:00	01:26:01:00	TAKE OUR TIME, DISCUSS THE
01:26:01:00	01:26:05:00	MATTER, PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH
01:26:05:00	01:26:05:00	PROFESSIONAL CONSTITUENT WORK
01:26:05:00	01:26:09:00	AND PROVIDE THEM WITH OUR BEST
01:26:09:00	01:26:09:00	AS CITY COUNCILS THINK ABOUT
01:26:09:00	01:26:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES TO
01:26:10:00	01:26:13:00	MEJIA ALSO I'D LIKE TO NOTE
01:26:13:00	01:26:14:00	THAT TO MR QUICK IF YOU CAN
01:26:14:00	01:26:17:00	AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT
01:26:17:00	01:26:17:00	THAT CUSTOMER HERE IS NOW
01:26:17:00	01:26:18:00	PRESENT IN WITH US.
01:26:18:00	01:26:18:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:26:18:00	01:26:19:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
01:26:19:00	01:26:21:00	FLOOR JUST FOR THE RECORD I'VE
01:26:21:00	01:26:24:00	BEEN HERE Y'ALL YOU HEAR SO
01:26:24:00	01:26:28:00	JUST REALLY QUICK I SAW THAT I
01:26:28:00	01:26:29:00	KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
01:26:29:00	01:26:32:00	I KNOW THIS WE'RE OPENING UP
01:26:32:00	01:26:35:00	FOR IS IT JUST HIS STAFF OR IS
01:26:35:00	01:26:36:00	WHAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS
01:26:36:00	01:26:36:00	HIS AMENDMENT OKAY.
01:26:36:00	01:26:41:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
01:26:41:00	01:26:41:00	TALK ABOUT THE COMPANY.
01:26:41:00	01:26:42:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:26:42:00	01:26:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:26:42:00	01:26:43:00	SO THEREFORE I WILL WAIT
01:26:43:00	01:26:46:00	BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE
01:26:46:00	01:26:47:00	DEBATING THE WHOLE OKAY THE
01:26:47:00	01:26:48:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM I
01:26:48:00	01:26:50:00	FORGET THE FLOOR.
01:26:50:00	01:26:50:00	YES.
01:26:50:00	01:26:51:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:26:51:00	01:26:55:00	I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE
01:26:55:00	01:26:59:00	ASSUMPTION THAT MAYBE HOW DO WE
01:26:59:00	01:26:59:00	CLARIFY ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND
01:26:59:00	01:27:02:00	HOW WOULD WE THEN DECIDE WHO
01:27:02:00	01:27:03:00	WOULD GET IT AND HOW IS THAT
01:27:03:00	01:27:06:00	DIFFERENT FROM HOUSING FOR
01:27:06:00	01:27:07:00	MUNICIPAL WORKERS OF A GOOD
01:27:07:00	01:27:10:00	LANDLORD OR DECISION?
01:27:10:00	01:27:11:00	HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO'S
01:27:11:00	01:27:11:00	ACTUALLY A GOOD LANDLORD WHO
01:27:11:00	01:27:13:00	ISN'T?
01:27:13:00	01:27:14:00	SO IF SOMEONE COULD CLARIFY IF
01:27:14:00	01:27:18:00	THERE WAS SOME DEBATE ON WHY IF
01:27:18:00	01:27:18:00	THIS WOULD BE ILLEGAL, WE
01:27:18:00	01:27:21:00	OFTENTIMES LOOK AT GROUPS
01:27:21:00	01:27:22:00	ACROSS THE CITY TO GIVE THEM
01:27:22:00	01:27:25:00	CERTAIN BENEFITS THAT ONLY SOME
01:27:25:00	01:27:25:00	GET.
01:27:25:00	01:27:28:00	SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
01:27:28:00	01:27:29:00	THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
01:27:29:00	01:27:32:00	ADDRESS BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER
01:27:32:00	01:27:33:00	THINGS COMING UP.
01:27:33:00	01:27:33:00	I KNOW THE GOOD NEIGHBOR IS
01:27:33:00	01:27:36:00	COMING UP LIKE HOW DO YOU
01:27:36:00	01:27:37:00	DECIDE WHO WE'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS
01:27:37:00	01:27:39:00	OR WHO A GOOD LANDLORD IS?
01:27:39:00	01:27:40:00	WHY WOULD THAT BE ANY
01:27:40:00	01:27:40:00	DIFFERENT?
01:27:40:00	01:27:41:00	AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THERE
01:27:41:00	01:27:43:00	HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE HAVE
01:27:43:00	01:27:47:00	SENT THINGS OVER TO THE MAYOR
01:27:47:00	01:27:48:00	AND THEY DO DO THEIR DUE
01:27:48:00	01:27:51:00	DILIGENCE AND THEY DO HAVE A
01:27:51:00	01:27:51:00	QUALIFIED STAFF THAT'S
01:27:51:00	01:27:52:00	DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT
01:27:52:00	01:27:55:00	NOTHING THAT COMES BACK TO US
01:27:55:00	01:27:56:00	ISN'T LOOKED AT AND MADE SURE
01:27:56:00	01:27:59:00	THAT IT IS LEGAL AND READY TO
01:27:59:00	01:28:03:00	GO TO THE STATE HOUSE.
01:28:03:00	01:28:03:00	THANK YOU.
01:28:03:00	01:28:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:28:03:00	01:28:04:00	COUNCIL CLAUDIA ZAPATA, YOU
01:28:04:00	01:28:05:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:28:05:00	01:28:06:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT.
01:28:06:00	01:28:06:00	GREAT QUESTION COMES FROM
01:28:06:00	01:28:07:00	MURPHY.
01:28:07:00	01:28:09:00	SO IT JUST GETS DOWN TO THE
01:28:09:00	01:28:13:00	SAME TO THE SAME FACT THAT WE
01:28:13:00	01:28:13:00	STILL CANNOT CATEGORIZE
01:28:13:00	01:28:14:00	DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTY
01:28:14:00	01:28:17:00	OWNERS AND THE GOOD LANDLORD
01:28:17:00	01:28:21:00	TAX ABATEMENT AND THANK YOU FOR
01:28:21:00	01:28:22:00	BRINGING THAT UP.
01:28:22:00	01:28:22:00	I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
01:28:22:00	01:28:25:00	IT'S A PROGRAM AND THERE WOULD
01:28:25:00	01:28:25:00	BE CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY THAT
01:28:25:00	01:28:28:00	WOULD BE SPELLED OUT.
01:28:28:00	01:28:29:00	SO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON I'M NOT
01:28:29:00	01:28:31:00	GOING TO REFERENCE THAT BUT IT
01:28:31:00	01:28:32:00	IS A GOOD QUESTION WHERE WE
01:28:32:00	01:28:36:00	STILL WOULD NOT BE UNDER THE
01:28:36:00	01:28:37:00	GOOD LANDLORD WE WOULD NOT BE
01:28:37:00	01:28:39:00	CATEGORIZING CERTAIN PROPERTY
01:28:39:00	01:28:43:00	OWNERS AS IT RELATES TO
01:28:43:00	01:28:44:00	EXEMPTIONS AND THAT IN
01:28:44:00	01:28:47:00	OF ITSELF IS WHERE WE GET INTO
01:28:47:00	01:28:50:00	THE LEGAL GRAY AREA OF SHOWING
01:28:50:00	01:28:50:00	PREFERENCE FOR ONE OVER THE
01:28:50:00	01:28:51:00	OTHER AS IT RELATES TO
01:28:51:00	01:28:53:00	EXEMPTIONS THE GOOD LANDLORD
01:28:53:00	01:28:54:00	TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM WOULD BE
01:28:54:00	01:28:55:00	A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY IS NOW
01:28:55:00	01:28:57:00	OPTING INTO WHICH HAS BEEN
01:28:57:00	01:28:58:00	PASSED BY THE STATE HOUSE
01:28:58:00	01:29:00:00	ALREADY LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS
01:29:00:00	01:29:00:00	AGO.
01:29:00:00	01:29:01:00	I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES IT.
01:29:01:00	01:29:01:00	THANK YOU.
01:29:01:00	01:29:04:00	THANK YOU.
01:29:04:00	01:29:04:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:29:04:00	01:29:05:00	COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL WHERE
01:29:05:00	01:29:07:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:29:07:00	01:29:11:00	OKAY, MY GUESS ON THAT IS I
01:29:11:00	01:29:12:00	THINK TO ADDRESS
01:29:12:00	01:29:15:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY'S QUESTION IS
01:29:15:00	01:29:18:00	WHERE WHERE'S THE THE THE GOOD
01:29:18:00	01:29:22:00	LANDLORD TAX YOU KNOW RELIEF OR
01:29:22:00	01:29:23:00	SOMETHING ELSE IS ATTACHED TO
01:29:23:00	01:29:27:00	THE STRUCTURE AND HOW MUCH
01:29:27:00	01:29:27:00	PEOPLE ARE PAYING OR I'M SURE
01:29:27:00	01:29:30:00	WE HAVE TAX PROGRAMS FOR
01:29:30:00	01:29:31:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ARE
01:29:31:00	01:29:31:00	DIFFERENT BUT WHERE IS THIS
01:29:31:00	01:29:34:00	PROPOSAL WHERE IT MIGHT RUN
01:29:34:00	01:29:35:00	INTO PROBLEMS IS WHERE YOU
01:29:35:00	01:29:37:00	KNOW, JUST IDENTIFYING THAT
01:29:37:00	01:29:38:00	IT'S THE PERSON IF THEY HAVE A
01:29:38:00	01:29:39:00	JOB IN A CERTAIN PLACE THEY
01:29:39:00	01:29:42:00	THEY THEY GET THIS TAX RELIEF I
01:29:42:00	01:29:43:00	GUESS I KNOW COUNSELOR WHERE L
01:29:43:00	01:29:45:00	ASKED A QUESTION TO THE FILER I
01:29:45:00	01:29:46:00	JUST I'D JUST LIKE TO FOLLOW UP
01:29:46:00	01:29:50:00	WITH THAT YOU KNOW AND MAYBE
01:29:50:00	01:29:53:00	YOU ANSWERED COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:29:53:00	01:29:54:00	ALREADY AND I APOLOGIZE IT JUST
01:29:54:00	01:29:56:00	DO YOU HAVE IT IS THERE
01:29:56:00	01:29:57:00	ANYTHING OTHER THAN DO YOU HAVE
01:29:57:00	01:30:00:00	ANY CASES OR ANY ANALYSIS THAT
01:30:00:00	01:30:03:00	SUGGESTS THAT THAT REBUTS
01:30:03:00	01:30:04:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA'S
01:30:04:00	01:30:08:00	STATEMENT THAT THIS COULD BE
01:30:08:00	01:30:08:00	ILLEGAL?
01:30:08:00	01:30:11:00	DO YOU KNOW IS IT DO YOU HAVE
01:30:11:00	01:30:12:00	ANYTHING TO SUPPORT THAT?
01:30:12:00	01:30:12:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.
01:30:12:00	01:30:16:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:30:16:00	01:30:17:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:30:17:00	01:30:17:00	COUNCILOR GLEN YOU EXPLORE I
01:30:17:00	01:30:18:00	DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING
01:30:18:00	01:30:19:00	SO I DON'T WANT TO PRESENT
01:30:19:00	01:30:19:00	SOMETHING NOW.
01:30:19:00	01:30:22:00	BUT I ON THE OTHER HAND I WOULD
01:30:22:00	01:30:23:00	LIKE TO ASK FOR SOMETHING IN
01:30:23:00	01:30:26:00	WRITING THAT SAYS THIS IS THIS
01:30:26:00	01:30:27:00	IS ILLEGAL BASED ON AN OPINION
01:30:27:00	01:30:30:00	FROM A LAWYER.
01:30:30:00	01:30:31:00	WE CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
01:30:31:00	01:30:34:00	COUNCILOR WELL THANK YOU
01:30:34:00	01:30:35:00	COUNCILOR AND I BELIEVE THAT
01:30:35:00	01:30:36:00	LANGUAGE IS IN THE COMMITTEE
01:30:36:00	01:30:38:00	REPORT BUT COUNCILOR WEBER I
01:30:38:00	01:30:38:00	WILL ALLOW YOU TO RESPOND IF
01:30:38:00	01:30:41:00	YOU WOULD LIKE.
01:30:41:00	01:30:45:00	YEAH, NO I WELL THE ISSUE IS
01:30:45:00	01:30:45:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK AS
01:30:45:00	01:30:46:00	COUNCILOR BREADON MENTIONED,
01:30:46:00	01:30:48:00	WE'VE DEBATING THIS FOR OVER A
01:30:48:00	01:30:52:00	YEAR NOW AND YOU KNOW, I THINK
01:30:52:00	01:30:55:00	EVERYONE HERE KNOWS HOW SERIOUS
01:30:55:00	01:30:56:00	THIS IS AND HOW WE YOU KNOW,
01:30:56:00	01:30:59:00	OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR RESIDENTS
01:30:59:00	01:31:00:00	NEED HELP AND IF WE DON'T GET
01:31:00:00	01:31:04:00	THIS UP SOON, YOU KNOW, WE'LL
01:31:04:00	01:31:08:00	BE, YOU KNOW, DENYING THEM THE
01:31:08:00	01:31:09:00	HELP THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IN
01:31:09:00	01:31:11:00	JANUARY.
01:31:11:00	01:31:12:00	BUT WE YOU KNOW, WE DELAYED
01:31:12:00	01:31:15:00	HERE FOR TOO LONG.
01:31:15:00	01:31:15:00	THE STATE HOUSE DELAYED.
01:31:15:00	01:31:19:00	I DON'T WANT TO FURTHER GIVE
01:31:19:00	01:31:19:00	ANYONE ANY MORE EXCUSES TO YOU
01:31:19:00	01:31:23:00	KNOW, TO TO HARM OUR RESIDENTS.
01:31:23:00	01:31:27:00	SO WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A
01:31:27:00	01:31:27:00	TIMELINE HERE.
01:31:27:00	01:31:30:00	SO I WAS JUST ASKING IF YOU
01:31:30:00	01:31:31:00	KNOW, IT'S UP TO US TO DECIDE
01:31:31:00	01:31:34:00	IF IF YOU HAD ANY ANYTHING THAT
01:31:34:00	01:31:35:00	WOULD WOULD HELP US MAKE THAT
01:31:35:00	01:31:35:00	DECISION.
01:31:35:00	01:31:38:00	IT'S SOUNDS LIKE THE ANSWER IS
01:31:38:00	01:31:38:00	NO.
01:31:38:00	01:31:41:00	I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU KNOW,
01:31:41:00	01:31:42:00	THAT SHOULD SWAY PEOPLE ONE WAY
01:31:42:00	01:31:45:00	OR THE OTHER BUT YOU KNOW, I
01:31:45:00	01:31:46:00	THINK I AGREE WITH
01:31:46:00	01:31:49:00	COUNCILOR BREADON IS WE NEED TO
01:31:49:00	01:31:54:00	ACT NOW RATHER THAN HAVE MORE
01:31:54:00	01:31:54:00	DELAY.
01:31:54:00	01:31:54:00	THANKS.
01:31:54:00	01:31:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:31:54:00	01:31:55:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:31:55:00	01:31:55:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.
01:31:55:00	01:31:59:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:31:59:00	01:31:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:31:59:00	01:32:01:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I GUESS FIRST
01:32:01:00	01:32:02:00	THING I MEAN I GUESS THANK YOU
01:32:02:00	01:32:06:00	FOR THE COURTESY OF ALLOWING US
01:32:06:00	01:32:06:00	TO DISCUSS THE MOTION BEFORE
01:32:06:00	01:32:09:00	THE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR.
01:32:09:00	01:32:10:00	THERE IS NO SUCH RULE BUT THANK
01:32:10:00	01:32:13:00	YOU FOR USING YOUR DISCRETION
01:32:13:00	01:32:13:00	TO DO THAT.
01:32:13:00	01:32:14:00	THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SUCH
01:32:14:00	01:32:15:00	RULE THAT SAYS SPECIFICS TO
01:32:15:00	01:32:17:00	TIME AND DISCUSSION BEFORE
01:32:17:00	01:32:17:00	THAT.
01:32:17:00	01:32:20:00	BUT EITHER WAY, AS FAR AS THE
01:32:20:00	01:32:23:00	LEGAL LANGUAGE BEING IN WRITING
01:32:23:00	01:32:24:00	CAN THROUGH THE.
01:32:24:00	01:32:28:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, IF YOU WOULD
01:32:28:00	01:32:28:00	ALLOW COUNCILOR THE LATTER TO
01:32:28:00	01:32:29:00	JUST POINT OUT WHICH SECTION OR
01:32:29:00	01:32:31:00	EXACTLY WHERE IN THE REPORT SO
01:32:31:00	01:32:32:00	THAT I CAN REFERENCE IT AND
01:32:32:00	01:32:38:00	CASTLE FLYNN I DO AGREE WITH
01:32:38:00	01:32:39:00	COUNCILOR.
01:32:39:00	01:32:40:00	I DO WANT HER TO PROVIDE IT
01:32:40:00	01:32:43:00	THOUGH AND A RESPONSE TO
01:32:43:00	01:32:43:00	COMMENT.
01:32:43:00	01:32:45:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, IN TERMS
01:32:45:00	01:32:46:00	OF OUR ATTORNEY SPEAKING TO
01:32:46:00	01:32:50:00	HER, I THINK COUNCILOR MURPHY
01:32:50:00	01:32:50:00	WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR
01:32:50:00	01:32:53:00	ADVOCACY ON HER BEHALF AND SO
01:32:53:00	01:32:54:00	IT PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO
01:32:54:00	01:32:57:00	GIVE HER THAT IF SHE WANTS SHE
01:32:57:00	01:33:00:00	NEEDS TIME A RECESS TO TALK TO
01:33:00:00	01:33:01:00	OUR OUR ATTORNEY AND GET THE
01:33:01:00	01:33:01:00	LANGUAGE.
01:33:01:00	01:33:05:00	IF COUNCIL FLYNN NEEDS IT IN
01:33:05:00	01:33:06:00	WRITING I THINK ALSO THE LETTER
01:33:06:00	01:33:08:00	IS PREPARING TO DELIVER THAT
01:33:08:00	01:33:12:00	AND THEN BECAUSE OF FLYNN WHAT
01:33:12:00	01:33:13:00	I WOULD SAY IS THAT DELINEATING
01:33:13:00	01:33:16:00	SPECIFICALLY WHAT TYPE
01:33:16:00	01:33:20:00	OF PEOPLE WE SHOULD IN TERMS
01:33:20:00	01:33:20:00	OF RESIDENTS WE SHOULD SHOULD
01:33:20:00	01:33:23:00	BENEFIT FROM THIS IS IN MY
01:33:23:00	01:33:24:00	OPINION FROM JUST FROM THE
01:33:24:00	01:33:27:00	LITTLE BIT THAT I KNOW WOULD BE
01:33:27:00	01:33:27:00	INCORRECT.
01:33:27:00	01:33:31:00	SO BUT OUTSIDE OF THIS I THINK
01:33:31:00	01:33:34:00	THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION
01:33:34:00	01:33:35:00	, COUNCILOR FLYNN, THAT PERHAPS
01:33:35:00	01:33:39:00	CREATING A PROGRAM THAT DOES
01:33:39:00	01:33:39:00	THAT SUPPORTS OUR YOU KNOW,
01:33:39:00	01:33:42:00	FRONT LINE IS ESSENTIAL
01:33:42:00	01:33:46:00	MUNICIPAL WORKERS AND SO FORTH.
01:33:46:00	01:33:49:00	SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU
01:33:49:00	01:33:49:00	FILE SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM
01:33:49:00	01:33:50:00	THIS SO THAT I CAN BE
01:33:50:00	01:33:50:00	OF SUPPORT.
01:33:50:00	01:33:54:00	BUT FOR NOW WAITING FOR ONE THE
01:33:54:00	01:33:57:00	OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO OUR
01:33:57:00	01:33:57:00	ATTORNEY BECAUSE.
01:33:57:00	01:33:58:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, WITH ALL DUE
01:33:58:00	01:34:00:00	RESPECT, I JUST THINK THAT IT
01:34:00:00	01:34:00:00	IS FAIR TO ALLOW INDIVIDUAL
01:34:00:00	01:34:01:00	COUNCILORS IF THEY ASK TO SPEAK
01:34:01:00	01:34:05:00	TO ATTORNEY THAT THEY DO THAT.
01:34:05:00	01:34:05:00	SINCE IT'S IN DISCUSSION RIGHT
01:34:05:00	01:34:08:00	NOW AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WAITING
01:34:08:00	01:34:09:00	FOR COUNCIL A LETTER TO
01:34:09:00	01:34:09:00	RESPOND.
01:34:09:00	01:34:09:00	THANK YOU.
01:34:09:00	01:34:12:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:34:12:00	01:34:12:00	COUNCILOR CUT AS A PARTNER.
01:34:12:00	01:34:13:00	IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU
01:34:13:00	01:34:13:00	MAY.
01:34:13:00	01:34:15:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH,
01:34:15:00	01:34:15:00	COUNCILOR COLLEAGUE.
01:34:15:00	01:34:19:00	IT'S ON PAGE FOUR AND I ALSO
01:34:19:00	01:34:20:00	HAD TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN I WAS
01:34:20:00	01:34:20:00	READING THE REPORT.
01:34:20:00	01:34:23:00	PAGE FOUR.
01:34:23:00	01:34:26:00	TWO PARAGRAPHS UP ABOVE SUMMARY
01:34:26:00	01:34:27:00	OF THE PRIMARY LEGAL ISSUE
01:34:27:00	01:34:30:00	CONCERNS ARTICLE 112 OF THE
01:34:30:00	01:34:30:00	MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION
01:34:30:00	01:34:33:00	WHICH GOVERNS PROPERTY TAXATION
01:34:33:00	01:34:34:00	AND MANDATES PROPORTIONALITY IN
01:34:34:00	01:34:34:00	TAXATION.
01:34:34:00	01:34:37:00	THE PROPORTIONALITY REQUIREMENT
01:34:37:00	01:34:38:00	DICTATES THAT ALL PROPERTY
01:34:38:00	01:34:38:00	WITHIN THE SAME CLASSIFICATION
01:34:38:00	01:34:42:00	MUST BE TAXED UNIFORMLY WITH
01:34:42:00	01:34:42:00	LIMITED EXCEPTIONS ALLOWED
01:34:42:00	01:34:42:00	UNDER STATE LAW.
01:34:42:00	01:34:45:00	AND AGAIN THIS WAS PRODUCED IN
01:34:45:00	01:34:46:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT WHICH
01:34:46:00	01:34:46:00	EVERYBODY GOT.
01:34:46:00	01:34:49:00	IF IF FOLKS.
01:34:49:00	01:34:50:00	UM YEAH I THINK I'LL JUST LEAVE
01:34:50:00	01:34:52:00	IT THERE BUT THEN ALSO THE
01:34:52:00	01:34:53:00	OTHER PART OF THIS TOO IS THAT
01:34:53:00	01:34:54:00	IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE
01:34:54:00	01:34:57:00	CONSTITUTION THERE IS A
01:34:57:00	01:34:57:00	DIFFERENT PROCESS.
01:34:57:00	01:35:01:00	IT WOULD NOT BE THIS IS NOT THE
01:35:01:00	01:35:05:00	CORRECT VEHICLE TO DO THIS AND
01:35:05:00	01:35:05:00	I DON'T KNOW.
01:35:05:00	01:35:08:00	OH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE REPORT.
01:35:08:00	01:35:09:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
01:35:09:00	01:35:12:00	IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
01:35:12:00	01:35:12:00	OKAY.
01:35:12:00	01:35:13:00	SO THE COUNCIL CUT AS A PARTY
01:35:13:00	01:35:17:00	HAS THE FLOOR HAS A CUT AS
01:35:17:00	01:35:17:00	OF YET.
01:35:17:00	01:35:18:00	THIS IS IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT
01:35:18:00	01:35:19:00	THAT WAS FILED ON THE AGENDA ON
01:35:19:00	01:35:19:00	MONDAY.
01:35:19:00	01:35:20:00	SO I DO HAVE A POINT
01:35:20:00	01:35:23:00	OF CLARIFICATION.
01:35:23:00	01:35:23:00	COUNCILOR TONY
01:35:23:00	01:35:24:00	FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE A
01:35:24:00	01:35:24:00	POINT OF CLARIFICATION
01:35:24:00	01:35:26:00	OF CLARIFICATION PLEASE AND
01:35:26:00	01:35:27:00	CORRECT ME THAT WAY BECAUSE I
01:35:27:00	01:35:28:00	DON'T SEE YOU CORRECTING OTHER
01:35:28:00	01:35:31:00	PEOPLE THAT WAY WHEN THEY MAKE
01:35:31:00	01:35:31:00	A MISTAKE.
01:35:31:00	01:35:34:00	YOU HAVE ALL OF THE COURTESY
01:35:34:00	01:35:35:00	AND PATIENCE AND ALL OF THE
01:35:35:00	01:35:36:00	COMPASSION TO BE ABLE TO
01:35:36:00	01:35:38:00	CORRECT THEM DIFFERENTLY.
01:35:38:00	01:35:39:00	DO NOT CORRECT PEOPLE ONE WAY
01:35:39:00	01:35:42:00	AND CORRECT OTHERS ANOTHER WAY.
01:35:42:00	01:35:43:00	YOU NEED TO SET THE PRECEDENTS
01:35:43:00	01:35:44:00	AND THE TONE HERE IN THE WAY
01:35:44:00	01:35:47:00	THAT YOU JUMP AND CORRECT MEJIA
01:35:47:00	01:35:48:00	IN THE WAY THAT YOU DON'T LET
01:35:48:00	01:35:50:00	HER FINISH HER HER HER HER
01:35:50:00	01:35:54:00	EXPRESSIONS OR WHEN SHE'S
01:35:54:00	01:35:54:00	SPEAKING ALLOW PEOPLE TO FINISH
01:35:54:00	01:35:54:00	TO SPEAK.
01:35:54:00	01:35:55:00	YOU'RE NOT DOING IT TO SOME AND
01:35:55:00	01:35:58:00	YOU'RE DOING IT TO OTHERS.
01:35:58:00	01:35:59:00	THANK YOU US AND YOU'RE WELCOME
01:35:59:00	01:36:01:00	SUPPORT OF CLARIFICATION I'M
01:36:01:00	01:36:02:00	TRYING TO FIND OUT WHETHER WE
01:36:02:00	01:36:05:00	GO ON RECESS OR WE TAKE A
01:36:05:00	01:36:06:00	MINUTE FOR ME TO FIND IT OUT.
01:36:06:00	01:36:08:00	MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IN THE I
01:36:08:00	01:36:09:00	UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS IN THE
01:36:09:00	01:36:09:00	AGENDA.
01:36:09:00	01:36:12:00	YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN.
01:36:12:00	01:36:12:00	YOU'RE INTERRUPTING ME BEFORE I
01:36:12:00	01:36:15:00	CAN EVEN FINISH MY SENTENCE.
01:36:15:00	01:36:16:00	IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE A MOMENT
01:36:16:00	01:36:19:00	TO LOCATE IT JUST BECAUSE IT IS
01:36:19:00	01:36:20:00	POIGNANT FOR HIM FOR ME TO BE
01:36:20:00	01:36:23:00	ABLE TO REFERENCE IT.
01:36:23:00	01:36:23:00	I'M AGREEING WITH HER BUT I
01:36:23:00	01:36:26:00	WOULD LIKE TO BE 100% SURE THAT
01:36:26:00	01:36:26:00	THAT IS THE POSITION.
01:36:26:00	01:36:29:00	SO IF WE CAN JUST HAVE A SECOND
01:36:29:00	01:36:29:00	JUST A SECOND FOR ME TO LOCATE
01:36:29:00	01:36:33:00	IT IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, YOU
01:36:33:00	01:36:33:00	MAY HAVE A MOMENT TO LOCATE IT.
01:36:33:00	01:36:37:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE, AS A MATTER
01:36:37:00	01:36:37:00	WOULD YOU LIKE TO INFORM US
01:36:37:00	01:36:41:00	WHERE IT IS OR TO PROVIDE THE
01:36:41:00	01:36:42:00	CHEMICAL AS A OF YOU HAVE THE
01:36:42:00	01:36:47:00	FLOOR THE THE VERY THE THIRD
01:36:47:00	01:36:50:00	PARAGRAPH ON PAGE FOUR OF THE
01:36:50:00	01:36:53:00	COMMITTEE REPORT IT EXPLAINS
01:36:53:00	01:36:58:00	THE LEGAL CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE
01:36:58:00	01:37:02:00	BASED ON MY OWN RESEARCH THERE
01:37:02:00	01:37:02:00	ARE THREE POTENTIAL LEGAL
01:37:02:00	01:37:05:00	CHALLENGES THAT I LISTED
01:37:05:00	01:37:06:00	BEFORE.
01:37:06:00	01:37:06:00	I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THEM
01:37:06:00	01:37:06:00	AGAIN.
01:37:06:00	01:37:09:00	AGAIN, I WAS JUST TRYING TO
01:37:09:00	01:37:10:00	INFORM MY COLLEAGUES IT IS UP
01:37:10:00	01:37:13:00	TO US TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE
01:37:13:00	01:37:14:00	TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE PUT FORTH
01:37:14:00	01:37:16:00	AS A BODY WILL WITHSTAND A
01:37:16:00	01:37:17:00	LEGAL CHALLENGE AND THAT'S JUST
01:37:17:00	01:37:20:00	MY JUDGMENT.
01:37:20:00	01:37:20:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:20:00	01:37:23:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:23:00	01:37:24:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:37:24:00	01:37:24:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:37:24:00	01:37:27:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR
01:37:27:00	01:37:27:00	.
01:37:27:00	01:37:27:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:27:00	01:37:28:00	THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE CHAIR
01:37:28:00	01:37:31:00	IS IT TRUE THAT I'M READING
01:37:31:00	01:37:32:00	THIS WHERE YOU'RE JUST
01:37:32:00	01:37:34:00	REFERENCING ARTICLE 112 OR DO
01:37:34:00	01:37:36:00	YOU ACTUALLY SPELLED THE WHOLE
01:37:36:00	01:37:41:00	SECTION ON OH WELL TAKE A
01:37:41:00	01:37:42:00	MOMENT BECAUSE I BELIEVE SHE'S
01:37:42:00	01:37:45:00	ALLOCATING THE MATTER FOR AN
01:37:45:00	01:37:45:00	HOUR.
01:37:45:00	01:37:48:00	DON'T I HAVE THE FLOOR?
01:37:48:00	01:37:49:00	BUT YOU ARE YOU'RE ASKING HER A
01:37:49:00	01:37:52:00	QUESTION AND SHE'S RIGHT NOW
01:37:52:00	01:37:53:00	RESPONDING TO ANOTHER THAT WE
01:37:53:00	01:37:53:00	NEED A RECESS.
01:37:53:00	01:37:56:00	SO DO YOU WANT TO REPEAT YOUR
01:37:56:00	01:37:56:00	QUESTION?
01:37:56:00	01:37:57:00	AND CAROL, THAT IS A PARDON.
01:37:57:00	01:38:00:00	SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THE WAY I
01:38:00:00	01:38:00:00	READ THE COMMITTEE REPORT THAT
01:38:00:00	01:38:03:00	YOU REFERENCE ARTICLE 112 BUT
01:38:03:00	01:38:04:00	YOU DON'T SPELL OUT THE FULL
01:38:04:00	01:38:07:00	ARTICLE, IS THAT CORRECT?
01:38:07:00	01:38:08:00	DO THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO
01:38:08:00	01:38:08:00	RESPOND TO COLETTE AS A PART
01:38:08:00	01:38:08:00	OF YOU?
01:38:08:00	01:38:10:00	ME THAT'S CORRECT.
01:38:10:00	01:38:11:00	OKAY.
01:38:11:00	01:38:11:00	I CAN READ I'M GOING TO READ
01:38:11:00	01:38:14:00	THE SECTION THAT IS IN THE
01:38:14:00	01:38:15:00	CONSTITUTION AND I DON'T LEARN
01:38:15:00	01:38:18:00	THIS WAY SO I DO BELIEVE LIKE I
01:38:18:00	01:38:19:00	SAY A GRINCHY TIME ANOTHER SO
01:38:19:00	01:38:21:00	READING TO YOU I HOPE NO ONE
01:38:21:00	01:38:22:00	FEELS DISRESPECTED BECAUSE BUT
01:38:22:00	01:38:25:00	I DO JUST WANT TO GET IT ON THE
01:38:25:00	01:38:26:00	RECORD.
01:38:26:00	01:38:27:00	I DO NOT FEEL LIKE THIS IS A
01:38:27:00	01:38:28:00	THOROUGH WAY OF MAKING SURE
01:38:28:00	01:38:29:00	PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAW
01:38:29:00	01:38:33:00	ACTUALLY STATES BUT IT DOES SAY
01:38:33:00	01:38:37:00	THAT PART CHAPTER ONE PART
01:38:37:00	01:38:37:00	OF THE SECOND OF THE
01:38:37:00	01:38:40:00	CONSTITUTION IS HEREBY AMENDED
01:38:40:00	01:38:41:00	BY INSERTING AFTER THE WORDS
01:38:41:00	01:38:44:00	AND TO IMPOSE AND LEVY
01:38:44:00	01:38:45:00	PROPORTIONAL AND REASONABLE
01:38:45:00	01:38:48:00	ASSESSMENTS RATES AND TAXES
01:38:48:00	01:38:52:00	UPON ALL THE INHABITANTS OF AND
01:38:52:00	01:38:52:00	PERSONS RESIDENT IN ESTATES
01:38:52:00	01:38:56:00	LYING WITHIN SAID COMMONWEALTH
01:38:56:00	01:38:56:00	THE WORDS EXCEPT THAT IN
01:38:56:00	01:38:59:00	ADDITION TO THE POWERS
01:38:59:00	01:39:03:00	CONFERRED UNDER ARTICLES SEVEN
01:39:03:00	01:39:03:00	AND ARTICLES OF THE AMENDMENTS
01:39:03:00	01:39:07:00	THE GENERAL COURT MAY CLASSIFY
01:39:07:00	01:39:07:00	REAL PROPERTY ACCORDING TO ITS
01:39:07:00	01:39:11:00	USE IN NO MORE THAN FOUR
01:39:11:00	01:39:12:00	CLASSES AND TO ASSESS RATE AND
01:39:12:00	01:39:15:00	TAX SUCH PROPERTY DIFFERENTLY
01:39:15:00	01:39:15:00	IN THE CLASSES SO ESTABLISHED
01:39:15:00	01:39:19:00	BUT PROPORTIONATELY IN THE SAME
01:39:19:00	01:39:20:00	CLASS AND EXCEPT THAT
01:39:20:00	01:39:23:00	REASONABLE EXEMPTIONS MAY BE
01:39:23:00	01:39:23:00	GRANTED.
01:39:23:00	01:39:24:00	SO IT DOES STATE THE WAY I READ
01:39:24:00	01:39:27:00	IT THAT THERE THERE IS LEGAL
01:39:27:00	01:39:30:00	ABILITY TO HAVE FOUR CLASSES
01:39:30:00	01:39:31:00	AND NOT TO IF THROUGH THE CHAIR
01:39:31:00	01:39:34:00	TO THE CHAIR IF WE KNOW WHICH
01:39:34:00	01:39:35:00	OF THOSE FOUR CLASSES THERE ARE
01:39:35:00	01:39:37:00	IN DOES IT CHANGE WHICH WHICH
01:39:37:00	01:39:38:00	EACH RULE USING THIS ARTICLE OR
01:39:38:00	01:39:43:00	IS IT BLANKET FOR ALL THROUGH
01:39:43:00	01:39:43:00	THE CHAIR COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT
01:39:43:00	01:39:44:00	IS A PART IF YOU'D LIKE TO
01:39:44:00	01:39:45:00	RESPOND YOU MAY THANK YOU FOR
01:39:45:00	01:39:45:00	THAT.
01:39:45:00	01:39:48:00	SO BASED AGAIN WE LOOKED INTO
01:39:48:00	01:39:49:00	THIS SO BASED ON THIS SO IT
01:39:49:00	01:39:53:00	REASONABLE EXEMPTIONS ARE FAIR
01:39:53:00	01:39:56:00	AND VALID AND THEY ARE ALLOWED
01:39:56:00	01:39:57:00	FOR EXAMPLE SOME REASONABLE
01:39:57:00	01:39:57:00	EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY LAW
01:39:57:00	01:40:00:00	AND THIS IS WHAT IS ON THE
01:40:00:00	01:40:01:00	BOOKS SO FAR CERTAIN NONPROFITS
01:40:01:00	01:40:04:00	SENIOR CITIZENS, VETERANS AND
01:40:04:00	01:40:05:00	INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
01:40:05:00	01:40:08:00	THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT SEEKS
01:40:08:00	01:40:08:00	TO EXEMPT A CATEGORY
01:40:08:00	01:40:12:00	OF PROPERTY OWNERS BASED ON
01:40:12:00	01:40:13:00	THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS MUNICIPAL
01:40:13:00	01:40:16:00	FRONTLINE WORKERS WHICH IS NOT
01:40:16:00	01:40:16:00	CURRENTLY A LAW.
01:40:16:00	01:40:17:00	A LEGAL CHALLENGE COULD ARGUE
01:40:17:00	01:40:19:00	THAT THIS CREATES AN ARBITRARY
01:40:19:00	01:40:20:00	DISTINCTION BETWEEN SIMILARLY
01:40:20:00	01:40:23:00	SITUATED PROPERTY OWNERS
01:40:23:00	01:40:24:00	VIOLATING THIS PROPORTIONALITY
01:40:24:00	01:40:27:00	PRINCIPLE.
01:40:27:00	01:40:28:00	AND SO THE CITY OF BOSTON IF
01:40:28:00	01:40:31:00	THIS WERE TO PASS WE NEED TO
01:40:31:00	01:40:31:00	JUSTIFY WHY THIS PARTICULAR
01:40:31:00	01:40:32:00	EXEMPTION SERVES AS A
01:40:32:00	01:40:34:00	COMPELLING STATE INTEREST.
01:40:34:00	01:40:35:00	BUT AGAIN THIS IS NOT LIKE THE
01:40:35:00	01:40:38:00	VEHICLE AND OF ITSELF THIS
01:40:38:00	01:40:38:00	BEING INCLUDED IN THIS MIGHT BE
01:40:38:00	01:40:39:00	CHALLENGED.
01:40:39:00	01:40:42:00	WE NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE
01:40:42:00	01:40:43:00	PROCESS TO CHANGE THE
01:40:43:00	01:40:43:00	CONSTITUTION TO MAKE IT LEGAL
01:40:43:00	01:40:46:00	AND SO THAT'S I THINK I'M GOING
01:40:46:00	01:40:49:00	TO END MY MY REASONING I HOPE
01:40:49:00	01:40:49:00	THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
01:40:49:00	01:40:53:00	IS NOT AN OPINION.
01:40:53:00	01:40:53:00	IT IS LAW.
01:40:53:00	01:40:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:40:54:00	01:40:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:40:54:00	01:40:57:00	THE IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND
01:40:57:00	01:40:58:00	HUDSON MURPHY TO THE CHAIR YOU
01:40:58:00	01:41:00:00	MAY SO THE WAY I READ IT THEN
01:41:00:00	01:41:01:00	IS THAT WE CAN CREATE NEW
01:41:01:00	01:41:04:00	EXEMPTIONS BUT WE DO HAVE THAT
01:41:04:00	01:41:05:00	POWER WHICH IS WHAT NONPROFITS
01:41:05:00	01:41:08:00	AND PEOPLE OF CERTAIN AGE DO
01:41:08:00	01:41:09:00	AND SO ANY IN ANYTHING CAN BE
01:41:09:00	01:41:11:00	CHALLENGED.
01:41:11:00	01:41:12:00	THINGS ARE CHALLENGED,
01:41:12:00	01:41:12:00	CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN TO BE
01:41:12:00	01:41:13:00	CHALLENGED.
01:41:13:00	01:41:15:00	I MEAN PEOPLE GO IN FRONT
01:41:15:00	01:41:16:00	OF COURTS AND ATTORNEYS ALL THE
01:41:16:00	01:41:19:00	TIME TO CHALLENGE THINGS.
01:41:19:00	01:41:20:00	THE WAY I'M READING IT IS
01:41:20:00	01:41:20:00	DIFFERENTLY AND IT'S SAYING
01:41:20:00	01:41:23:00	THAT WE DO HAVE THE POWER SO
01:41:23:00	01:41:26:00	MAKING UPLIFTING THE GOOD IDEA
01:41:26:00	01:41:27:00	THAT COUNCILOR OF FLYNN HAD
01:41:27:00	01:41:28:00	THAT WE SEEM TO ALL WANT TO
01:41:28:00	01:41:30:00	SUPPORT AH LOOK, I'M
01:41:30:00	01:41:31:00	SORRY YOU'RE MAKING A FACE THAT
01:41:31:00	01:41:34:00	MAKES ME SEEM LIKE NO, NO, NO,
01:41:34:00	01:41:34:00	NO.
01:41:34:00	01:41:35:00	I THINK I HAVE SOME COUNCILOR.
01:41:35:00	01:41:35:00	MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:41:35:00	01:41:38:00	IF YOU DO, THEN I'M SORRY I DID
01:41:38:00	01:41:39:00	TAKE IT AS COUNSELOR MURPHY
01:41:39:00	01:41:42:00	BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN I'M
01:41:42:00	01:41:43:00	SPEAKING YOU TAKE A SIGH OR YOU
01:41:43:00	01:41:45:00	MAKE A LOOK AND I JUST WANT TO
01:41:45:00	01:41:46:00	MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T FEEL
01:41:46:00	01:41:47:00	AS THOUGH I'M ANNOYING.
01:41:47:00	01:41:50:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY I ALLOW YOU
01:41:50:00	01:41:50:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:41:50:00	01:41:51:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:41:51:00	01:41:53:00	BUT WHEN I'M SPEAKING AND I'M
01:41:53:00	01:41:54:00	LOOKING RIGHT AT YOU IT'S
01:41:54:00	01:41:56:00	DISTRACT AND I'M SORRY.
01:41:56:00	01:41:57:00	I'M NOT REALLY SORRY.
01:41:57:00	01:42:00:00	I JUST WANT TO BE OKAY.
01:42:00:00	01:42:01:00	SO I DO THINK THAT WE DO HAVE
01:42:01:00	01:42:02:00	THE ABILITY SO IT'S HOW YOU
01:42:02:00	01:42:04:00	READ IT.
01:42:04:00	01:42:05:00	SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A
01:42:05:00	01:42:06:00	RECESS THEN AND ASK OUR
01:42:06:00	01:42:08:00	ATTORNEY TO WEIGH IN.
01:42:08:00	01:42:08:00	OKAY.
01:42:08:00	01:42:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:42:08:00	01:42:09:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY COUNSELOR
01:42:09:00	01:42:11:00	MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
01:42:11:00	01:42:11:00	PRESIDENT AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE
01:42:11:00	01:42:15:00	TUNING IN, I JUST WANT TO BE
01:42:15:00	01:42:16:00	REALLY CLEAR AND FOR THE RECORD
01:42:16:00	01:42:19:00	I AM IN SUPPORT BECAUSE PEOPLE
01:42:19:00	01:42:20:00	WHO I DON'T LIKE TO LEAD WITH
01:42:20:00	01:42:22:00	FEAR I THINK NOBODY WANTS TO BE
01:42:22:00	01:42:26:00	THE ONE THAT A PARENT SENIOR IS
01:42:26:00	01:42:29:00	FROM HAVING PEACE OF MIND.
01:42:29:00	01:42:30:00	SO FOR ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT
01:42:30:00	01:42:34:00	YOU ARE SEEING HERE FOR ME AND
01:42:34:00	01:42:37:00	I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF I'M
01:42:37:00	01:42:37:00	ALWAYS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE
01:42:37:00	01:42:38:00	PROCESS AND EVERY SINGLE TIME I
01:42:38:00	01:42:41:00	FIND MYSELF HERE I'M GOING TO
01:42:41:00	01:42:42:00	JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE
01:42:42:00	01:42:45:00	HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT AND SO
01:42:45:00	01:42:46:00	THIS IS WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS
01:42:46:00	01:42:48:00	DEBATE RIGHT NOW HERE AND IT
01:42:48:00	01:42:52:00	FEELS LIKE I THINK SENATOR
01:42:52:00	01:42:52:00	WARREN YESTERDAY IN OUR MEETING
01:42:52:00	01:42:56:00	WAS TALKING ABOUT FLOODING LIKE
01:42:56:00	01:42:56:00	HOW THE THE THE NEW
01:42:56:00	01:42:59:00	ADMINISTRATION HAS JUST
01:42:59:00	01:42:59:00	THROWING EVERYTHING AT US.
01:42:59:00	01:43:00:00	THAT'S HOW THIS ADMINISTRATION
01:43:00:00	01:43:03:00	HAS BEEN THIS THIS PARTICULAR
01:43:03:00	01:43:04:00	TERM THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE IN
01:43:04:00	01:43:07:00	THIS AND THE SEATS HAS BEEN A
01:43:07:00	01:43:08:00	SERIES OF THINGS THAT HAVE JUST
01:43:08:00	01:43:10:00	BEEN FLOODING US IN THIS
01:43:10:00	01:43:10:00	CHAMBER.
01:43:10:00	01:43:13:00	AND THEN WHAT IT DOES IS
01:43:13:00	01:43:14:00	CREATES THIS TYPE OF DISCOURSE
01:43:14:00	01:43:18:00	AND THEN WE ALL LOOK CRAZY
01:43:18:00	01:43:22:00	BECAUSE WE'RE OUT JUST TRYING
01:43:22:00	01:43:22:00	TO HAVE A VOICE WHICH IS VERY
01:43:22:00	01:43:23:00	REFLECTIVE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE
01:43:23:00	01:43:25:00	OUT ON THE STREET SAYING ABOUT
01:43:25:00	01:43:26:00	US.
01:43:26:00	01:43:30:00	SO THE WAY WE ARE BEHAVING HERE
01:43:30:00	01:43:33:00	AS A BODY IS THE SAME WAY A LOT
01:43:33:00	01:43:33:00	OF CONSTITUENTS FEEL ABOUT THE
01:43:33:00	01:43:37:00	DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
01:43:37:00	01:43:40:00	AND SO IT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
01:43:40:00	01:43:40:00	ME RIGHT AS WE DEBATE THIS FOR
01:43:40:00	01:43:44:00	US TO BE THOROUGH IN OUR
01:43:44:00	01:43:44:00	PROCESS.
01:43:44:00	01:43:47:00	AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT,
01:43:47:00	01:43:48:00	MADAM CHAIR, THAT IF THERE IS A
01:43:48:00	01:43:52:00	NEED TO HAVE LEGAL
01:43:52:00	01:43:54:00	COUNCILOR I'VE HEARD IT FOUR
01:43:54:00	01:43:55:00	TIMES AND I HAVE YET TO SEE IT
01:43:55:00	01:43:58:00	HAPPEN IF THIS IS GOING TO
01:43:58:00	01:43:58:00	SATISFY THOSE WHO NEED IT THEN
01:43:58:00	01:44:02:00	LET'S JUST GIVE IT TO THEM SO
01:44:02:00	01:44:02:00	THAT WE CAN MOVE ON.
01:44:02:00	01:44:02:00	THANK YOU.
01:44:02:00	01:44:04:00	CALLS FROM HERE I WANTED TO
01:44:04:00	01:44:05:00	GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO
01:44:05:00	01:44:06:00	SPEAK AND WE WILL BE GOING INTO
01:44:06:00	01:44:08:00	A FIVE MINUTE RECESS NOW THAT
01:44:08:00	01:44:09:00	YOU HAVE SPOKEN AND IF ANYONE
01:44:09:00	01:44:11:00	WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR
01:44:11:00	01:44:11:00	COUNCILOR QUESTIONS YOU MAY
01:44:11:00	01:44:12:00	WE'LL GO INTO A FIVE MINUTE
01:44:12:00	01:44:14:00	RECESS, PERHAPS TEN AS NEEDED
01:44:14:00	01:44:15:00	BUT WE ARE IN RECESS.
01:44:15:00	01:57:23:00	THANK YOU.
01:57:23:00	01:57:23:00	OKAY.
01:57:23:00	01:57:24:00	WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.
01:57:24:00	01:57:27:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE.
01:57:27:00	01:57:28:00	SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY
01:57:28:00	01:57:31:00	WANTED TO PUT ANYTHING ON TO
01:57:31:00	01:57:32:00	THE RECORD OR CLARIFY ANY
01:57:32:00	01:57:32:00	POINTS.
01:57:32:00	01:57:35:00	I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO
01:57:35:00	01:57:35:00	CONSULT OUR CITY
01:57:35:00	01:57:35:00	COUNCIL COUNCILS.
01:57:35:00	01:57:38:00	ARE THERE ANY OTHER POINT
01:57:38:00	01:57:39:00	OF DISCUSSION OR IF ANYONE
01:57:39:00	01:57:39:00	WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK YOU HAVE
01:57:39:00	01:57:40:00	THE FLOOR.
01:57:40:00	01:57:42:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:57:42:00	01:57:43:00	COUNCILMAN FLYNN.
01:57:43:00	01:57:43:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:57:43:00	01:57:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:57:44:00	01:57:46:00	THANK MADAM CHAIR.
01:57:46:00	01:57:47:00	I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LIKE MANY
01:57:47:00	01:57:48:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK WITH
01:57:48:00	01:57:50:00	THE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY AND
01:57:50:00	01:57:54:00	INFORMED BY THE CITY
01:57:54:00	01:57:54:00	COUNCIL ATTORNEY THAT THEY'RE
01:57:54:00	01:57:55:00	REALLY TAKING NO OPINION ON
01:57:55:00	01:57:58:00	THIS WHETHER IT'S LEGAL OR IT'S
01:57:58:00	01:57:58:00	ILLEGAL, IT'S BASED ON WHAT
01:57:58:00	01:58:01:00	YOUR INTERPRETATION IS.
01:58:01:00	01:58:02:00	IT'S UNCLEAR.
01:58:02:00	01:58:05:00	THAT'S WHAT I MENTIONED AT THE
01:58:05:00	01:58:06:00	VERY BEGINNING.
01:58:06:00	01:58:07:00	IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT I WHAT I DID
01:58:07:00	01:58:09:00	ASK FOR IS A WRITTEN
01:58:09:00	01:58:13:00	RECOMMENDATION OR A WRITTEN
01:58:13:00	01:58:16:00	RULING FROM US FROM A CITY
01:58:16:00	01:58:17:00	ATTORNEY WHICH WE DON'T HAVE
01:58:17:00	01:58:20:00	OBVIOUSLY OR FROM AN OUTSIDE
01:58:20:00	01:58:21:00	COUNCILOR BUT THE CITY
01:58:21:00	01:58:24:00	COUNCIL STAFF ATTORNEY
01:58:24:00	01:58:24:00	BASICALLY SAID THEY WERE NOT
01:58:24:00	01:58:28:00	ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S
01:58:28:00	01:58:29:00	LEGAL OR ILLEGAL.
01:58:29:00	01:58:32:00	SO IN THE INTEREST OF IN THE
01:58:32:00	01:58:32:00	INTEREST OF JUSTICE, LET'S
01:58:32:00	01:58:35:00	LET'S ASSUME IT'S IT'S LEGAL
01:58:35:00	01:58:39:00	AND LET'S LET'S BE RESPECTFUL
01:58:39:00	01:58:42:00	TO OUR CITY, OUR DEDICATED CITY
01:58:42:00	01:58:43:00	EMPLOYEES, OUR ESSENTIAL CITY
01:58:43:00	01:58:46:00	EMPLOYEES GIVE THEM AN
01:58:46:00	01:58:50:00	OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN THE
01:58:50:00	01:58:50:00	CITY.
01:58:50:00	01:58:53:00	THEY MIGHT BE MAKING $40,000 A
01:58:53:00	01:58:53:00	YEAR, $50,000 A YEAR.
01:58:53:00	01:58:56:00	THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY.
01:58:56:00	01:58:59:00	THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
01:58:59:00	01:59:03:00	PAY THEIR BILLS SOMETIMES AND
01:59:03:00	01:59:08:00	EVEN THESE CITY RETIREES THE
01:59:08:00	01:59:12:00	CITY RETIREES MAKE SMALL A
01:59:12:00	01:59:12:00	SMALL PENSION.
01:59:12:00	01:59:14:00	THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT MAKING
01:59:14:00	01:59:18:00	80 $90,000 A YEAR ON A PENSION
01:59:18:00	01:59:19:00	, MOST OF THEM MAKING 30
01:59:19:00	01:59:21:00	$40,000 A YEAR, $50,000 A YEAR.
01:59:21:00	01:59:25:00	SO I GUESS MY POINT IS WE HAVE
01:59:25:00	01:59:26:00	THE ABILITY RIGHT NOW TO STAND
01:59:26:00	01:59:29:00	UP AND VOTE FOR DEDICATED CITY
01:59:29:00	01:59:33:00	OR CITY AND CITY WORKERS, TREAT
01:59:33:00	01:59:37:00	THEM WITH RESPECT OR WE CAN
01:59:37:00	01:59:40:00	HIDE BEHIND SOME RULING THAT
01:59:40:00	01:59:41:00	DIDN'T ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE THAT
01:59:41:00	01:59:44:00	IT MAY BE LEGAL OR ILLEGAL BUT
01:59:44:00	01:59:45:00	I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO
01:59:45:00	01:59:47:00	STAND UP IN AND SUPPORT
01:59:47:00	01:59:48:00	ESSENTIAL CITY WORKERS.
01:59:48:00	01:59:51:00	DO WE KNOW ANY IN OUR
01:59:51:00	01:59:51:00	NEIGHBORHOODS?
01:59:51:00	01:59:52:00	DO WE KNOW THEM?
01:59:52:00	01:59:55:00	DO WE KNOW THEM BY NAME?
01:59:55:00	01:59:56:00	DO WE SEE THEM AT COACH AND
01:59:56:00	01:59:57:00	LITERALLY DO WE SEE THEM
01:59:57:00	01:59:59:00	COACHING, TEACHING, DANCE?
01:59:59:00	02:00:03:00	DO WE SEE THEM TO TUTORING
02:00:03:00	02:00:03:00	PEOPLE?
02:00:03:00	02:00:04:00	THOSE ARE THE CITY EMPLOYEES I
02:00:04:00	02:00:07:00	SEE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH
02:00:07:00	02:00:08:00	BOSTON.
02:00:08:00	02:00:11:00	THERE'S A LOT OF DEDICATED CITY
02:00:11:00	02:00:11:00	EMPLOYEES.
02:00:11:00	02:00:12:00	I THINK MANY OF MY DISTRICT
02:00:12:00	02:00:15:00	COUNCIL DOES FEEL THE SAME WAY.
02:00:15:00	02:00:19:00	THEY KNOW THEM BY NAME THAT
02:00:19:00	02:00:20:00	THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE
02:00:20:00	02:00:22:00	CITY FOR 30 YEARS FOR YEARS
02:00:22:00	02:00:23:00	MUCH LONGER THAN US AS CITY
02:00:23:00	02:00:23:00	COUNCILORS GIVE THEM AN
02:00:23:00	02:00:27:00	OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN BOSTON,
02:00:27:00	02:00:31:00	WE ARE THEIR HOPE.
02:00:31:00	02:00:31:00	THANK YOU.
02:00:31:00	02:00:32:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:00:32:00	02:00:32:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY
02:00:32:00	02:00:34:00	ON THE FLOOR.
02:00:34:00	02:00:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:00:35:00	02:00:36:00	I THINK JUST MY FINAL COMMENT
02:00:36:00	02:00:40:00	ON ALL OF THIS IS THAT THE
02:00:40:00	02:00:45:00	RESPONSE COUNCILOR COUNCIL
02:00:45:00	02:00:45:00	FOUND IS CORRECT THAT THE
02:00:45:00	02:00:46:00	CONSTITUTION THE MASSACHUSETTS
02:00:46:00	02:00:48:00	CONSTITUTION ALLOWS FOR
02:00:48:00	02:00:49:00	REASONABLE EXEMPTIONS WHICH HAS
02:00:49:00	02:00:49:00	ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND
02:00:49:00	02:00:51:00	THAT'S WHAT I MENTIONED WITH
02:00:51:00	02:00:52:00	SENIOR CITIZENS, VETERANS AND
02:00:52:00	02:00:55:00	INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
02:00:55:00	02:00:56:00	THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH TO DO
02:00:56:00	02:00:56:00	THIS.
02:00:56:00	02:00:59:00	THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO AMEND THE
02:00:59:00	02:00:59:00	MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION.
02:00:59:00	02:01:01:00	THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
02:01:01:00	02:01:02:00	AND I THINK JUST IN GENERAL WE
02:01:02:00	02:01:04:00	ARE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
02:01:04:00	02:01:05:00	MEETING THE DEFINITION
02:01:05:00	02:01:05:00	OF REASONABLE.
02:01:05:00	02:01:08:00	MY ARGUMENT IS THAT IT THIS
02:01:08:00	02:01:13:00	PARTICULAR DEFINITION WOULD NOT
02:01:13:00	02:01:13:00	BE SUFFICIENT.
02:01:13:00	02:01:14:00	AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
02:01:14:00	02:01:14:00	CONSTITUTIONALITY THAT THAT IS
02:01:14:00	02:01:17:00	WHAT I AND SO BASED ON THAT I'M
02:01:17:00	02:01:21:00	GOING TO RESPECTFULLY MOVE
02:01:21:00	02:01:22:00	MOTION FOR A VOTE ON THIS
02:01:22:00	02:01:25:00	MATTER.
02:01:25:00	02:01:25:00	OKAY.
02:01:25:00	02:01:27:00	THAT MOTION THAT MOTION TO
02:01:27:00	02:01:28:00	SECOND IT ALL IN FAVOR
02:01:28:00	02:01:31:00	OF EVOLVING TO A VOTE SAY I, I
02:01:31:00	02:01:31:00	ALSO SAY NAY.
02:01:31:00	02:01:32:00	MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
02:01:32:00	02:01:33:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE A
02:01:33:00	02:01:34:00	MOTION TO MOVE TO A VOTE
02:01:34:00	02:01:35:00	REQUIRES TWO THIRDS MAJORITY I
02:01:35:00	02:01:37:00	BELIEVE SO NINE TO VOTE IN
02:01:37:00	02:01:41:00	FAVOR.
02:01:41:00	02:01:41:00	90 VOTE IN FAVOR.
02:01:41:00	02:01:44:00	MR POPE, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
02:01:44:00	02:01:49:00	CALL VOTE COUNT CELEBRATE NO
02:01:49:00	02:01:50:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, NO
02:01:50:00	02:01:50:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER?
02:01:50:00	02:01:51:00	NO.
02:01:51:00	02:01:52:00	I CAN'T SEE COLETTE AS A
02:01:52:00	02:01:52:00	PARTNER.
02:01:52:00	02:01:53:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN
02:01:53:00	02:01:53:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN NO
02:01:53:00	02:01:56:00	COUNCILOR FOR NANCY ANDERSON OH
02:01:56:00	02:02:00:00	NO.
02:02:00:00	02:02:01:00	MR QUINN JUST ONE MOMENT AS
02:02:01:00	02:02:04:00	MR CLERK I THINK I DID NOT DO A
02:02:04:00	02:02:04:00	GOOD JOB.
02:02:04:00	02:02:05:00	THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT I'M
02:02:05:00	02:02:07:00	GOING TO INTERRUPT THE VOTE.
02:02:07:00	02:02:08:00	SO WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON RIGHT
02:02:08:00	02:02:11:00	NOW IS THE MOTION TO CLOSE
02:02:11:00	02:02:14:00	DEBATE WHICH REQUIRES A TWO
02:02:14:00	02:02:15:00	THIRDS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL.
02:02:15:00	02:02:18:00	SO A YES VOTE WILL CLOSE DEBATE
02:02:18:00	02:02:22:00	AND A NO VOTE WILL MEAN THAT WE
02:02:22:00	02:02:23:00	CAN CONTINUE HAVING A
02:02:23:00	02:02:23:00	DISCUSSION.
02:02:23:00	02:02:26:00	WE ARE NOT YET AT THE VOTE ON
02:02:26:00	02:02:26:00	THE SUBSTANTIVE MATTER.
02:02:26:00	02:02:30:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:02:30:00	02:02:31:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY WHAT IS THE
02:02:31:00	02:02:31:00	POINT OF ORDER ON THE ONE
02:02:31:00	02:02:33:00	SAYING THAT THERE WERE LIGHTS
02:02:33:00	02:02:34:00	ON SO THERE WERE COLLEAGUES WHO
02:02:34:00	02:02:34:00	STILL WANTED TO TALK?
02:02:34:00	02:02:35:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT.
02:02:35:00	02:02:38:00	OKAY MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
02:02:38:00	02:02:38:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE
02:02:38:00	02:02:41:00	MOTION TO MOVE TO CLOSE
02:02:41:00	02:02:42:00	DISCUSSION AND MOVE TO A VOTE
02:02:42:00	02:02:46:00	THAT DOES NOT IT IS NOT OPEN
02:02:46:00	02:02:46:00	FOR DEBATE THAT HAS BEEN
02:02:46:00	02:02:46:00	SECONDED.
02:02:46:00	02:02:49:00	WE ARE DOING A ROLL ROLL CALL
02:02:49:00	02:02:49:00	VOTE ON THE MOTION TO CLOSE
02:02:49:00	02:02:52:00	DEBATE AND MOVE TO A VOTE YES
02:02:52:00	02:02:53:00	VOTE MEANS IT DOES NOT MATTER.
02:02:53:00	02:02:57:00	WE ARE WE ARE THIS IS NOT
02:02:57:00	02:02:57:00	DEBATABLE.
02:02:57:00	02:03:00:00	WE ARE MOVING ON TO A MOTION
02:03:00:00	02:03:00:00	OF CLOSE DEBATE TO MOVE THE
02:03:00:00	02:03:01:00	PREVIOUS QUESTION.
02:03:01:00	02:03:03:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
02:03:03:00	02:03:04:00	CALL VOTE A YES VOTE MEANS
02:03:04:00	02:03:07:00	WE'RE CLOSING DEBATE A NO A NO
02:03:07:00	02:03:07:00	VOTE MEANS WE WILL CONTINUE
02:03:07:00	02:03:11:00	HAVING DISCUSSION ON THIS
02:03:11:00	02:03:12:00	AMENDMENT.
02:03:12:00	02:03:12:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:03:12:00	02:03:15:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN WHAT IS THE
02:03:15:00	02:03:15:00	POINT OF ORDER?
02:03:15:00	02:03:16:00	I THINK IT'S CONFUSING THAT WE
02:03:16:00	02:03:19:00	ALREADY VOTED SO I THINK WE
02:03:19:00	02:03:19:00	SHOULD HAVE TO CHANGE OUR VOTE.
02:03:19:00	02:03:23:00	I I INTERRUPTED THE VOTE AND
02:03:23:00	02:03:24:00	NULLIFIED THAT WE'RE NULLIFYING
02:03:24:00	02:03:27:00	THAT VOTE.
02:03:27:00	02:03:30:00	SO MR HYDE, I WANT TO I VOTED
02:03:30:00	02:03:31:00	YES BUT IT HAS BEEN THE DEBATE
02:03:31:00	02:03:34:00	HAS BEEN CLOSED.
02:03:34:00	02:03:35:00	SHE HAD A POINT OF ORDER THAT I
02:03:35:00	02:03:35:00	UNDERSTOOD.
02:03:35:00	02:03:38:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE TO
02:03:38:00	02:03:40:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE OKAY,
02:03:40:00	02:03:41:00	MR WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER
02:03:41:00	02:03:44:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN MADE MY POINT
02:03:44:00	02:03:48:00	OF ORDER, MADAM CHAIR AS OTHER
02:03:48:00	02:03:48:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAD THEIR
02:03:48:00	02:03:52:00	LIGHTS ON AND THEY THEY HAD THE
02:03:52:00	02:03:52:00	LIGHTS ON BEFORE SOMEONE
02:03:52:00	02:03:56:00	ACTUALLY CALLED FOR A VOTE.
02:03:56:00	02:03:56:00	I WANTED TO GIVE MY
02:03:56:00	02:03:59:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AN
02:03:59:00	02:03:59:00	OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
02:03:59:00	02:04:00:00	THANK YOU.
02:04:00:00	02:04:00:00	CATCH A PLANE.
02:04:00:00	02:04:03:00	THAT IS NOT A POINT OF ORDER.
02:04:03:00	02:04:04:00	THAT IS NOT A POINT OF ORDER.
02:04:04:00	02:04:04:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
02:04:04:00	02:04:07:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE TO
02:04:07:00	02:04:07:00	MOVE THE CLOSED DEBATE AND MOVE
02:04:07:00	02:04:08:00	THE PREVIOUS QUESTION?
02:04:08:00	02:04:11:00	COUNCIL OF BRITAIN YES.
02:04:11:00	02:04:12:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
02:04:12:00	02:04:14:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART AS
02:04:14:00	02:04:14:00	A PER COUNCILOR COLORS PARTY
02:04:14:00	02:04:14:00	YES.
02:04:14:00	02:04:17:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
02:04:17:00	02:04:18:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
02:04:18:00	02:04:21:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
02:04:21:00	02:04:22:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE STANCE AND
02:04:22:00	02:04:25:00	NOW COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND
02:04:25:00	02:04:25:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO.
02:04:25:00	02:04:28:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN NO
02:04:28:00	02:04:29:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN NO.
02:04:29:00	02:04:29:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
02:04:29:00	02:04:30:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
02:04:30:00	02:04:32:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
02:04:32:00	02:04:32:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NO
02:04:32:00	02:04:35:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:04:35:00	02:04:36:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY NO
02:04:36:00	02:04:36:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN
02:04:36:00	02:04:39:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES
02:04:39:00	02:04:39:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES
02:04:39:00	02:04:40:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
02:04:40:00	02:04:43:00	COUNCIL WHATEVER.
02:04:43:00	02:04:43:00	YES.
02:04:43:00	02:04:44:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
02:04:44:00	02:04:45:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES
02:04:45:00	02:04:49:00	COUNCILOR WU YES.
02:04:49:00	02:04:52:00	EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE
02:04:52:00	02:04:53:00	AND FIVE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE
02:04:53:00	02:04:56:00	YOU THAT MOTION HAS FAILED THE
02:04:56:00	02:04:56:00	AMENDMENT IS STILL OPEN FOR
02:04:56:00	02:04:56:00	DEBATE.
02:04:56:00	02:04:57:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE
02:04:57:00	02:04:59:00	THE FLOOR.
02:04:59:00	02:05:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:05:02:00	02:05:07:00	OKAY, SO JUST QUICK IS I CAN
02:05:07:00	02:05:11:00	DEBATE RIGHT THIS WHEN I SAID
02:05:11:00	02:05:12:00	OPEN FOR YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
02:05:12:00	02:05:14:00	YOU JOIN UP APPROPRIATELY SO
02:05:14:00	02:05:18:00	I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE DURING
02:05:18:00	02:05:19:00	COVID OUR OFFICE ESTABLISHED A
02:05:19:00	02:05:25:00	FUND AND IT WAS $750,000 FOR
02:05:25:00	02:05:26:00	MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND IT WAS
02:05:26:00	02:05:29:00	A RENTAL PROGRAM THAT WE
02:05:29:00	02:05:32:00	CREATED AND WHILE THAT MAY BE
02:05:32:00	02:05:32:00	DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE
02:05:32:00	02:05:35:00	TRYING TO DO HERE BUT THE CITY
02:05:35:00	02:05:39:00	FOUND A WAY TO IDENTIFY WHO WAS
02:05:39:00	02:05:40:00	WORTHY OF IT AND WHO WASN'T.
02:05:40:00	02:05:41:00	AND I THINK IF WE IF WE KNOW
02:05:41:00	02:05:43:00	WHO ARE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ARE
02:05:43:00	02:05:46:00	AND IF WE KNOW WHO WHICH ONES
02:05:46:00	02:05:47:00	MAKE UNDER A CERTAIN AMOUNT
02:05:47:00	02:05:47:00	OF DOLLARS.
02:05:47:00	02:05:47:00	RIGHT.
02:05:47:00	02:05:50:00	LIKE AND IT JUST WILL HELP
02:05:50:00	02:05:54:00	ME UNDERSTAND WHY YOUR MOTION
02:05:54:00	02:05:58:00	IS NOT VALID AND I'M ASKING YOU
02:05:58:00	02:05:59:00	SO THAT YOU CAN HELP
02:05:59:00	02:06:02:00	ME UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE I AM
02:06:02:00	02:06:02:00	LIKE UTTERLY CONFUSED RIGHT NOW
02:06:02:00	02:06:05:00	AND I JUST I NEED SOME
02:06:05:00	02:06:06:00	CLARIFICATION LIKE WE'VE DONE
02:06:06:00	02:06:09:00	IT WE'VE WE SUPPORT MUNICIPAL
02:06:09:00	02:06:10:00	EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE
02:06:10:00	02:06:13:00	SAYING IS LIKE IF WE VOTE
02:06:13:00	02:06:14:00	AGAINST IT THAT WE DON'T CARE
02:06:14:00	02:06:16:00	ABOUT OUR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
02:06:16:00	02:06:17:00	AND I DO SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE
02:06:17:00	02:06:18:00	SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE
02:06:18:00	02:06:20:00	RHETORIC THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
02:06:20:00	02:06:20:00	NOW.
02:06:20:00	02:06:21:00	I AM IN SUPPORT OF OUR
02:06:21:00	02:06:24:00	MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES FOR THE
02:06:24:00	02:06:25:00	RECORD, I'VE DONE YOU KNOW,
02:06:25:00	02:06:29:00	WE'VE ALREADY SET THE PRECEDENT
02:06:29:00	02:06:30:00	OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HELP
02:06:30:00	02:06:30:00	SUPPORT FOLKS WHO ARE
02:06:30:00	02:06:32:00	STRUGGLING DURING COVID SO WE
02:06:32:00	02:06:33:00	WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM
02:06:33:00	02:06:35:00	RENTAL RELIEF.
02:06:35:00	02:06:39:00	I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR AT LARGE
02:06:39:00	02:06:40:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA HAS A SOCIAL
02:06:40:00	02:06:44:00	MIX HOUSING HEARING ORDER
02:06:44:00	02:06:44:00	RIGHT?
02:06:44:00	02:06:45:00	I'M DOING I'M TRYING TO DO
02:06:45:00	02:06:48:00	WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING
02:06:48:00	02:06:48:00	FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES SO IT
02:06:48:00	02:06:51:00	SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE DIFFERENT
02:06:51:00	02:06:52:00	PATHWAYS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
02:06:52:00	02:06:55:00	MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND SO
02:06:55:00	02:06:58:00	MAYBE COUNCILOR FLYNN THIS MAY
02:06:58:00	02:06:59:00	NOT BE THE VEHICLE TO GET US
02:06:59:00	02:07:03:00	THERE SO WE DON'T HOLD
02:07:03:00	02:07:04:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS SUPPORTERS
02:07:04:00	02:07:06:00	HOLLOW PETITION HOSTAGE.
02:07:06:00	02:07:08:00	MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS FIND A
02:07:08:00	02:07:11:00	DIFFERENT PATHWAY TOWARDS SOME
02:07:11:00	02:07:12:00	OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
02:07:12:00	02:07:12:00	WORKING ON AS A BODY AND
02:07:12:00	02:07:14:00	DEMONSTRATE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
02:07:14:00	02:07:15:00	WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.
02:07:15:00	02:07:18:00	SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THAT
02:07:18:00	02:07:19:00	RECOMMENDATION TO MY COLLEAGUE
02:07:19:00	02:07:23:00	BECAUSE THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
02:07:23:00	02:07:26:00	WE CAN RALLY TO IN A DIFFERENT
02:07:26:00	02:07:27:00	FORMAT FOR US TO GET TO.
02:07:27:00	02:07:30:00	WE WANT TO BE SO I'M JUST GOING
02:07:30:00	02:07:31:00	TO OFFER THAT FOR CONSIDERATION
02:07:31:00	02:07:34:00	BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PAYING
02:07:34:00	02:07:34:00	ATTENTION AND I THINK IT'S
02:07:34:00	02:07:35:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE
02:07:35:00	02:07:38:00	THROUGH THE AGENDA.
02:07:38:00	02:07:39:00	WE HAVE LIKE 101 ITEMS TO GET
02:07:39:00	02:07:40:00	THROUGH AND I JUST WANTED TO
02:07:40:00	02:07:41:00	ASK MY COLLEAGUE
02:07:41:00	02:07:42:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, RESPECTFULLY,
02:07:42:00	02:07:43:00	WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO
02:07:43:00	02:07:46:00	ENTERTAIN SUCH A
02:07:46:00	02:07:46:00	RECOMMENDATION?
02:07:46:00	02:07:49:00	THANK YOU CALLS ME AND I DO
02:07:49:00	02:07:50:00	WANT TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING
02:07:50:00	02:07:51:00	YOU STATED BECAUSE THERE ARE A
02:07:51:00	02:07:51:00	LOT OF GREAT IDEAS.
02:07:51:00	02:07:53:00	ONE THING THAT I WOULD LOVE
02:07:53:00	02:07:54:00	ACTUALLY IS FOR US TO BE ABLE
02:07:54:00	02:07:57:00	TO MEANS TEST PROPERTY TAXES
02:07:57:00	02:07:57:00	FOR IT TO BE BASED ON WHAT
02:07:57:00	02:08:00:00	PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO PAY
02:08:00:00	02:08:01:00	TO BE BASED ON THEIR INCOME AND
02:08:01:00	02:08:04:00	ALL OF THAT AND I THINK THAT'S
02:08:04:00	02:08:05:00	A GREAT IDEA PERSONALLY I THINK
02:08:05:00	02:08:08:00	IT IS A GREAT IDEA TO MEANS
02:08:08:00	02:08:08:00	TEST PROPERTY TAXES BUT IT IS
02:08:08:00	02:08:09:00	UNCONSTITUTIONAL WHICH IS A
02:08:09:00	02:08:12:00	REASON WHY I HAVE NOT PRESENTED
02:08:12:00	02:08:13:00	THAT AS AN AMENDMENT SO THERE
02:08:13:00	02:08:16:00	CAN BE GREAT IDEAS TO SUPPORT
02:08:16:00	02:08:16:00	OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS
02:08:16:00	02:08:17:00	BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS THOSE
02:08:17:00	02:08:19:00	WHO ARE NOT FINANCIALLY ABLE TO
02:08:19:00	02:08:20:00	PAY BUT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO
02:08:20:00	02:08:23:00	MEANS TEST IN A WAY THAT I
02:08:23:00	02:08:24:00	WOULD LOVE RIGHT ME WE'VE HEARD
02:08:24:00	02:08:27:00	TESTIMONY HERE FROM PEOPLE WHO
02:08:27:00	02:08:27:00	LIVE IN DIFFERENT WEALTHY PARTS
02:08:27:00	02:08:28:00	OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY
02:08:28:00	02:08:31:00	WHO SAID PLEASE TAX ME MORE, I
02:08:31:00	02:08:31:00	CAN PAY MORE BUT OUR SYSTEM
02:08:31:00	02:08:32:00	DOESN'T ALLOW THAT EVEN THOUGH
02:08:32:00	02:08:34:00	I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE
02:08:34:00	02:08:35:00	TO DO THAT OUR SYSTEM IT IS
02:08:35:00	02:08:38:00	UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND WE DON'T
02:08:38:00	02:08:39:00	HAVE THAT ABILITY.
02:08:39:00	02:08:39:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:08:39:00	02:08:40:00	COUNCIL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
02:08:40:00	02:08:41:00	FLOOR.
02:08:41:00	02:08:41:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:41:00	02:08:42:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:08:42:00	02:08:45:00	AND THANK YOU TO
02:08:45:00	02:08:45:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA.
02:08:45:00	02:08:46:00	I JUST THINK THIS IS AN
02:08:46:00	02:08:49:00	OPPORTUNITY TO AS I SAID
02:08:49:00	02:08:49:00	BEFORE, TO SUPPORT OUR
02:08:49:00	02:08:52:00	ESSENTIAL CITY EMPLOYEES.
02:08:52:00	02:08:57:00	WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS
02:08:57:00	02:08:58:00	THERE IS A BOSTON FOR THEM MANY
02:08:58:00	02:09:00:00	OF THEM SPEAK TO US EVERY DAY
02:09:00:00	02:09:01:00	ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR
02:09:01:00	02:09:05:00	THEM TO STAY IN THE CITY, THEIR
02:09:05:00	02:09:07:00	HOME HOMEOWNERS MANY OF THEM
02:09:07:00	02:09:11:00	LIVE IN MY AREA.
02:09:11:00	02:09:12:00	MANY OF THEM LIVE IN IN
02:09:12:00	02:09:14:00	COUNCIL A HAPPENS DISTRICT TO
02:09:14:00	02:09:15:00	COUNCIL RULES DISTRICT.
02:09:15:00	02:09:19:00	BUT IS BOSTON GOING TO BE FOR
02:09:19:00	02:09:19:00	EVERYBODY FOR IS BOSTON JUST
02:09:19:00	02:09:23:00	GOING TO BE FOR THE WEALTHY?
02:09:23:00	02:09:23:00	IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
02:09:23:00	02:09:26:00	CITY WORKERS TO CONTINUE TO
02:09:26:00	02:09:27:00	LIVE HERE AND IF THERE IS GIVE
02:09:27:00	02:09:30:00	THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY
02:09:30:00	02:09:30:00	HERE, GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT
02:09:30:00	02:09:33:00	OF RESPECT AND THAT RESPECT
02:09:33:00	02:09:34:00	INCLUDES A LITTLE BIT OF TAX
02:09:34:00	02:09:34:00	RELIEF.
02:09:34:00	02:09:38:00	THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WIND UP
02:09:38:00	02:09:39:00	GETTING A LOT BUT MAYBE IT'S
02:09:39:00	02:09:41:00	THE DIFFERENCE OF THEM PAYING
02:09:41:00	02:09:42:00	THEIR ELECTRIC BILL THIS MONTH.
02:09:42:00	02:09:44:00	MAYBE IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF THEM
02:09:44:00	02:09:45:00	PAYING THE FOOD BILL OR SENDING
02:09:45:00	02:09:49:00	THEIR KID TO AN AFTER SCHOOL
02:09:49:00	02:09:49:00	PROGRAM.
02:09:49:00	02:09:50:00	MAYBE IT'S PUTTING FUEL IN THE
02:09:50:00	02:09:52:00	CAR.
02:09:52:00	02:09:53:00	THOSE THOSE DOLLARS ADD UP
02:09:53:00	02:09:57:00	THOSE PENNIES THAT UP AS I WAS
02:09:57:00	02:10:00:00	SAYING TO THIS PARTY A WHILE
02:10:00:00	02:10:04:00	BACK I WAS AT A STORE IN SOUTH
02:10:04:00	02:10:05:00	BOS ON THE CORNER OF F STREET
02:10:05:00	02:10:07:00	AND WEST FIFTH STREET AND A
02:10:07:00	02:10:10:00	CITY RETIREE WAS IN THERE
02:10:10:00	02:10:14:00	LOOKING AT A CAN OF SOUP AND
02:10:14:00	02:10:14:00	THEY THEY WERE STRUGGLING
02:10:14:00	02:10:17:00	WHETHER OR NOT TO BUY THAT
02:10:17:00	02:10:18:00	CAMPBELL'S SOUP BASED ON THE
02:10:18:00	02:10:22:00	PRICE WHETHER IT WAS A IN 99 OR
02:10:22:00	02:10:25:00	205 THAT'S $0.06 MADE A
02:10:25:00	02:10:28:00	DIFFERENCE SO THAT $0.06 MADE A
02:10:28:00	02:10:29:00	DIFFERENCE FOR THAT PERSON BUT
02:10:29:00	02:10:32:00	THAT'S THE TYPE OF RELIEF WE
02:10:32:00	02:10:33:00	ARE PROVIDING FOR ESSENTIAL
02:10:33:00	02:10:36:00	CITY SERVICE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
02:10:36:00	02:10:39:00	IS GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT
02:10:39:00	02:10:39:00	OF DIGNITY, REWARD THEM,
02:10:39:00	02:10:43:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
02:10:43:00	02:10:43:00	THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
02:10:43:00	02:10:46:00	SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR CITY
02:10:46:00	02:10:46:00	EMPLOYEES, ESSENTIAL WORKERS
02:10:46:00	02:10:50:00	THAT WE ASSIST ALL THE TIME.
02:10:50:00	02:10:51:00	THIS IS NO DIFFERENT AND IF IT
02:10:51:00	02:10:54:00	IS DIFFERENT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
02:10:54:00	02:10:58:00	AND THEIR LEGAL TEAM WILL
02:10:58:00	02:10:58:00	REVIEW IT AS WELL.
02:10:58:00	02:11:02:00	WE KNOW THEY WILL.
02:11:02:00	02:11:02:00	THEY'LL DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE
02:11:02:00	02:11:05:00	BUT DON'T SHUT OUT CITY
02:11:05:00	02:11:06:00	EMPLOYEES THAT NEED OUR HELP
02:11:06:00	02:11:09:00	NOW GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO
02:11:09:00	02:11:09:00	STAY IN BOSTON.
02:11:09:00	02:11:10:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:11:10:00	02:11:10:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:10:00	02:11:15:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
02:11:15:00	02:11:15:00	RECOGNIZES I BELIEVE I SAW
02:11:15:00	02:11:18:00	COUNCILOR WEBER
02:11:18:00	02:11:18:00	COUNCILOR EPIPEN.
02:11:18:00	02:11:19:00	THEN WHAT WHAT FOR MEJIA AND
02:11:19:00	02:11:22:00	THEN INCARCERATED THE
02:11:22:00	02:11:23:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
02:11:23:00	02:11:23:00	FLOOR.
02:11:23:00	02:11:23:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:23:00	02:11:25:00	I THINK MOST OF US SPOKE TO THE
02:11:25:00	02:11:26:00	OUR ATTORNEY AND I THINK THE
02:11:26:00	02:11:30:00	ADVICE WE GOT WAS CONSISTENT
02:11:30:00	02:11:30:00	ENOUGH THAT IT'S NOT CLEAR
02:11:30:00	02:11:34:00	WHETHER THIS WOULD BE
02:11:34:00	02:11:37:00	CONSTITUTIONAL AND YOU KNOW,
02:11:37:00	02:11:38:00	GIVEN THAT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE
02:11:38:00	02:11:41:00	HAVE TO TAKE THAT ADVICE INTO
02:11:41:00	02:11:45:00	ACCOUNT BECAUSE OF THAT I THINK
02:11:45:00	02:11:45:00	IT'S LIKELY LET'S SAY IT'S A
02:11:45:00	02:11:46:00	5050 SHOT.
02:11:46:00	02:11:49:00	IT'S LIKELY THAT PUTTING THIS
02:11:49:00	02:11:52:00	PROVISION IN WILL FURTHER DELAY
02:11:52:00	02:11:56:00	THIS THIS MEASURE AND EITHER
02:11:56:00	02:11:56:00	FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR FROM
02:11:56:00	02:11:59:00	OUTSIDE PARTIES CHALLENGING IN
02:11:59:00	02:11:59:00	COURT.
02:11:59:00	02:12:00:00	AND WHEN YOU WEIGH THAT AGAINST
02:12:00:00	02:12:03:00	THE CONSEQUENCE OF PROVIDING
02:12:03:00	02:12:04:00	TAX RELIEF FOR OUR RESIDENTS
02:12:04:00	02:12:05:00	WHO NEED IT, YOU NEED TO TAKE
02:12:05:00	02:12:07:00	THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS
02:12:07:00	02:12:11:00	THERE IS NO ACTUAL SUPPORT FOR
02:12:11:00	02:12:11:00	THIS.
02:12:11:00	02:12:12:00	YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING THAT
02:12:12:00	02:12:12:00	SAYS IT'S DEFINITELY
02:12:12:00	02:12:15:00	UNCONSTITUTIONAL BUT THERE'S
02:12:15:00	02:12:15:00	CERTAINLY THINGS THAT SUGGEST
02:12:15:00	02:12:18:00	IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
02:12:18:00	02:12:19:00	AND I'D ALSO LIKE US TO KEEP IN
02:12:19:00	02:12:20:00	MIND THAT FRONTLINE WORKERS
02:12:20:00	02:12:23:00	WOULD BENEFIT FROM US PASSING
02:12:23:00	02:12:24:00	THIS PROPOSAL AND BY INSERTING
02:12:24:00	02:12:27:00	THIS PROVISION I THINK IT MAKES
02:12:27:00	02:12:28:00	IT LESS LIKELY THAT WE WILL BE
02:12:28:00	02:12:28:00	PROVIDING TAX RELIEF FOR ALL
02:12:28:00	02:12:31:00	CITY RESIDENTS INCLUDING FOR
02:12:31:00	02:12:31:00	OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO NEED
02:12:31:00	02:12:31:00	IT THE MOST.
02:12:31:00	02:12:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:12:34:00	02:12:35:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:12:35:00	02:12:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:12:35:00	02:12:36:00	COUNCILOR PAT BANNING OF THE
02:12:36:00	02:12:38:00	FLOOR.
02:12:38:00	02:12:39:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:12:39:00	02:12:42:00	BEFORE THE RECORD I DO HAVE A
02:12:42:00	02:12:42:00	LOT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES IN
02:12:42:00	02:12:43:00	MY DISTRICT.
02:12:43:00	02:12:45:00	THEY'RE AMAZING HOMEOWNERS THAT
02:12:45:00	02:12:46:00	ARE SERVING FIREFIGHTERS,
02:12:46:00	02:12:50:00	POLICE OFFICERS, TEACHERS, ALL
02:12:50:00	02:12:50:00	WORKERS EMPLOYEES,
02:12:50:00	02:12:50:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
02:12:50:00	02:12:53:00	EMPLOYEES ETC. THEY ARE THE
02:12:53:00	02:12:54:00	FRONTLINE OF THE CITY OF THE
02:12:54:00	02:12:56:00	CITY WORKFORCE.
02:12:56:00	02:12:57:00	HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW I DON'T
02:12:57:00	02:13:01:00	REALLY APPRECIATE THE RHETORIC
02:13:01:00	02:13:01:00	THAT IS BEING USED IN THE ROOM
02:13:01:00	02:13:02:00	AT THE MOMENT WHERE IT FEELS
02:13:02:00	02:13:04:00	LIKE WE'RE BEING PRESSURED TO
02:13:04:00	02:13:05:00	GO FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT
02:13:05:00	02:13:08:00	EVEN BE CONSTITUTIONAL AT THE
02:13:08:00	02:13:08:00	MOMENT.
02:13:08:00	02:13:09:00	SO I WOULD LIKE TO POSE A
02:13:09:00	02:13:10:00	QUESTION ON THE FLOOR OF WHAT
02:13:10:00	02:13:12:00	IS THIS IS EVEN THE APPROPRIATE
02:13:12:00	02:13:12:00	PROCESS?
02:13:12:00	02:13:15:00	HOW ARE EVEN HOW ARE WE EVEN
02:13:15:00	02:13:16:00	ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS AT THIS
02:13:16:00	02:13:16:00	TIME?
02:13:16:00	02:13:17:00	BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL
02:13:17:00	02:13:19:00	COMFORTABLE SAYING YES OR NO ON
02:13:19:00	02:13:20:00	SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T EVEN
02:13:20:00	02:13:23:00	HAVE FLAHERTY ON WHAT'S THE
02:13:23:00	02:13:24:00	RIGHT PROCESS.
02:13:24:00	02:13:27:00	THANK YOU BECAUSE WE HAPPEN I,
02:13:27:00	02:13:31:00	I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE PROCESS
02:13:31:00	02:13:32:00	THAT I USED IN THAT CULTURE.
02:13:32:00	02:13:35:00	COLETTA ZAPATA DISCUSSED AS
02:13:35:00	02:13:35:00	WELL THERE I HAD THERE WAS AN
02:13:35:00	02:13:36:00	AMENDMENT THAT I WANTED TO
02:13:36:00	02:13:39:00	OFFER AGAIN BASED ON MEANS
02:13:39:00	02:13:39:00	TESTING.
02:13:39:00	02:13:40:00	I'M A LAWYER BUT NOT ON THIS
02:13:40:00	02:13:42:00	PARTICULAR ISSUE SPOKE TO A
02:13:42:00	02:13:43:00	COUNCILOR, SPOKE TO OUR TEAM
02:13:43:00	02:13:43:00	AND REALIZED THAT IT'S NOT
02:13:43:00	02:13:44:00	SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO THAT
02:13:44:00	02:13:46:00	IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
02:13:46:00	02:13:46:00	I DIDN'T PUT THAT AMENDMENT
02:13:46:00	02:13:47:00	FORWARD.
02:13:47:00	02:13:49:00	WHETHER SOMETHING PRECLUDES US
02:13:49:00	02:13:50:00	FROM SAYING THIS AMENDMENT
02:13:50:00	02:13:50:00	CAN'T BE ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE
02:13:50:00	02:13:54:00	IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE
02:13:54:00	02:13:54:00	WE BELIEVE IT IS
02:13:54:00	02:13:54:00	UNCONSTITUTIONAL, THERE'S
02:13:54:00	02:13:55:00	NOTHING THAT STATES THAT
02:13:55:00	02:13:59:00	THERE'S A MECHANISM TO PREVENT
02:13:59:00	02:13:59:00	THAT.
02:13:59:00	02:14:02:00	SO THE JURY AND I JUST COME TO
02:14:02:00	02:14:02:00	MEJIA TALKING HERE YOU HAVE THE
02:14:02:00	02:14:03:00	FLOOR.
02:14:03:00	02:14:05:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:14:05:00	02:14:08:00	I WANT TO FIRST APOLOGIZE TO MY
02:14:08:00	02:14:11:00	COLLEAGUE TO THE RIGHT BUT I AM
02:14:11:00	02:14:12:00	GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE CLOSE
02:14:12:00	02:14:15:00	DEBATE AS MUCH AS Y'ALL HATE TO
02:14:15:00	02:14:16:00	HEAR ME SAY THAT BUT I THINK IN
02:14:16:00	02:14:19:00	THE INTEREST OF WE'VE GIVEN
02:14:19:00	02:14:23:00	THIS ENOUGH OXYGEN AND
02:14:23:00	02:14:23:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I THINK
02:14:23:00	02:14:26:00	THAT I THINK WE GIVEN THE
02:14:26:00	02:14:27:00	SITUATION AND GIVEN THAT WE
02:14:27:00	02:14:30:00	HAVE SO MANY OTHER AMENDMENTS
02:14:30:00	02:14:31:00	THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH I
02:14:31:00	02:14:32:00	THINK OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE
02:14:32:00	02:14:34:00	BODY AND RESPECT FOR THE CHAIR
02:14:34:00	02:14:35:00	AND THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE
02:14:35:00	02:14:37:00	TRYING TO GO THROUGH, I OFFERED
02:14:37:00	02:14:38:00	ANOTHER PATHWAY TOWARDS
02:14:38:00	02:14:38:00	ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES
02:14:38:00	02:14:42:00	THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED
02:14:42:00	02:14:43:00	THROUGH DIFFERENT HEARING
02:14:43:00	02:14:43:00	ORDERS THAT WE HAVE FILED.
02:14:43:00	02:14:46:00	I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL CARE
02:14:46:00	02:14:47:00	ABOUT MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AS
02:14:47:00	02:14:50:00	CALLED SO PREPARED HAS STATED I
02:14:50:00	02:14:51:00	THINK GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE
02:14:51:00	02:14:57:00	HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR ALMOST 2
02:14:57:00	02:14:57:00	HOURS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
02:14:57:00	02:15:00:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, I AM GOING TO
02:15:00:00	02:15:01:00	ASK THAT WE CLOSE DEBATE AND I
02:15:01:00	02:15:04:00	WANT TO SAY A MOTION TO CLOSE
02:15:04:00	02:15:04:00	DEBATE.
02:15:04:00	02:15:07:00	I NEED A SECOND.
02:15:07:00	02:15:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:15:07:00	02:15:10:00	THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR
02:15:10:00	02:15:11:00	TO CLOSE DEBATE AND MOVE THE
02:15:11:00	02:15:11:00	PREVIOUS QUESTION.
02:15:11:00	02:15:14:00	THAT MOTION IS NOT DEBATABLE.
02:15:14:00	02:15:15:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE AND
02:15:15:00	02:15:17:00	IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE
02:15:17:00	02:15:18:00	IN ORDER OF A YES VOTE MEANS WE
02:15:18:00	02:15:21:00	CLOSE DEBATE AND MOVE TO A
02:15:21:00	02:15:21:00	VOTE.
02:15:21:00	02:15:22:00	A NO VOTE MEANS THAT DEBATE
02:15:22:00	02:15:25:00	WILL STILL BE OPEN.
02:15:25:00	02:15:25:00	MR COX, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
02:15:25:00	02:15:28:00	CALL VOTE COUNT CELEBRATE YES.
02:15:28:00	02:15:29:00	COUNCIL OF READING YES.
02:15:29:00	02:15:32:00	COUNCILOR CARLA ZAPATA
02:15:32:00	02:15:33:00	COUNCILOR THAT IS A PARTY YES.
02:15:33:00	02:15:33:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
02:15:33:00	02:15:36:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
02:15:36:00	02:15:36:00	COUNCIL FINANCE SANDERSON YES.
02:15:36:00	02:15:39:00	YES.
02:15:39:00	02:15:44:00	COUNCIL FINANCE YOU WANT TO
02:15:44:00	02:15:45:00	TELL HER WHAT IS THE MOTION TO
02:15:45:00	02:15:48:00	CLOSE DEBATE THAT I PROPOSED
02:15:48:00	02:15:51:00	THAT SHE PROPOSE?
02:15:51:00	02:15:56:00	YES, I WAS ABLE TO YES
02:15:56:00	02:15:59:00	COUNCIL FINANCE ANSWERED YES.
02:15:59:00	02:15:59:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
02:15:59:00	02:16:00:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD KNOW
02:16:00:00	02:16:03:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:16:03:00	02:16:03:00	KNOW COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
02:16:03:00	02:16:07:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
02:16:07:00	02:16:07:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES
02:16:07:00	02:16:08:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES
02:16:08:00	02:16:10:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:16:10:00	02:16:11:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY NO
02:16:11:00	02:16:14:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL AND
02:16:14:00	02:16:14:00	YES COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
02:16:14:00	02:16:15:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
02:16:15:00	02:16:18:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
02:16:18:00	02:16:19:00	COUNCILOR WILL IT BE YES IN
02:16:19:00	02:16:19:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL?
02:16:19:00	02:16:19:00	YES.
02:16:19:00	02:16:21:00	COUNCILOR OH YES.
02:16:21:00	02:16:22:00	TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE
02:16:22:00	02:16:24:00	AND THREE IN A NEGATIVE.
02:16:24:00	02:16:25:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:25:00	02:16:28:00	THE MOTION HAS SUCCEEDED,
02:16:28:00	02:16:28:00	MR. CLERK.
02:16:28:00	02:16:29:00	WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO TAKING A
02:16:29:00	02:16:32:00	ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THE
02:16:32:00	02:16:32:00	AMENDMENT.
02:16:32:00	02:16:35:00	A YES VOTE WOULD BE IN SUPPORT
02:16:35:00	02:16:36:00	OF THE AMENDMENT AND A NO VOTE
02:16:36:00	02:16:40:00	WILL BE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE
02:16:40:00	02:16:40:00	AMENDMENT.
02:16:40:00	02:16:41:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:16:41:00	02:16:43:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE
02:16:43:00	02:16:47:00	AMENDMENT IS A POINT OF ORDER
02:16:47:00	02:16:47:00	ON ORDER.
02:16:47:00	02:16:52:00	OH, THIS IS A MAJORITY.
02:16:52:00	02:16:52:00	THIS IS A MAJORITY.
02:16:52:00	02:16:55:00	OH, WHAT WILL HAPPEN,
02:16:55:00	02:16:55:00	COUNCILOR BARRY
02:16:55:00	02:16:59:00	COUNCILOR BREADON PRESENT
02:16:59:00	02:17:00:00	COUNCIL COLETTE AS OPPOSED TO
02:17:00:00	02:17:01:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPOSED TO
02:17:01:00	02:17:03:00	NOTE COUNCILOR DURKAN
02:17:03:00	02:17:03:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN NO.
02:17:03:00	02:17:06:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
02:17:06:00	02:17:07:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE HANDS AND
02:17:07:00	02:17:09:00	PRESENT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
02:17:09:00	02:17:09:00	YES.
02:17:09:00	02:17:10:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
02:17:10:00	02:17:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
02:17:10:00	02:17:14:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
02:17:14:00	02:17:14:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO.
02:17:14:00	02:17:15:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE NO.
02:17:15:00	02:17:17:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT
02:17:17:00	02:17:18:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT
02:17:18:00	02:17:21:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES
02:17:21:00	02:17:22:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES
02:17:22:00	02:17:25:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN NO.
02:17:25:00	02:17:26:00	COUNCILOR FINN NO.
02:17:26:00	02:17:26:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA NO.
02:17:26:00	02:17:28:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA NO
02:17:28:00	02:17:29:00	COUNCIL WEBER NO.
02:17:29:00	02:17:29:00	COUNCILOR WEBER NO.
02:17:29:00	02:17:32:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL
02:17:32:00	02:17:35:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL NO 607 VOTES
02:17:35:00	02:17:36:00	IN A NEGATIVE THREE IN THE
02:17:36:00	02:17:40:00	AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE PRESENT.
02:17:40:00	02:17:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:40:00	02:17:43:00	THAT AMENDMENT HAS NOT HAS NOT
02:17:43:00	02:17:44:00	BEEN ADOPTED.
02:17:44:00	02:17:44:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:17:44:00	02:17:47:00	READ INTO THE RECORD AGAIN
02:17:47:00	02:17:48:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN'S NEXT
02:17:48:00	02:17:51:00	AMENDMENT AMENDMENT OF DOCKER
02:17:51:00	02:17:54:00	NUMBER 0236 OF IT BY
02:17:54:00	02:17:54:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN NOTWITHSTANDING
02:17:54:00	02:17:58:00	SECTION FIVE OF CHAPTER 59
02:17:58:00	02:17:58:00	OF THE GENERAL LAWS OR ANY
02:17:58:00	02:18:01:00	OTHER GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW TO
02:18:01:00	02:18:01:00	THE CONTRARY THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:18:01:00	02:18:04:00	SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ALLOW FOR
02:18:04:00	02:18:05:00	AN EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION
02:18:05:00	02:18:09:00	OF REAL PROPERTY FOR $1,000 FOR
02:18:09:00	02:18:10:00	LONG TERM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE
02:18:10:00	02:18:13:00	OWNED A HOME IN BOSTON FOR AT
02:18:13:00	02:18:15:00	LEAST 20 YEARS IN OUR AGE 55
02:18:15:00	02:18:16:00	YEARS AND OLDER.
02:18:16:00	02:18:19:00	THANK YOU SO THE MOTION CAPTURE
02:18:19:00	02:18:22:00	FLYNN ARGUES WE FIRST HAVE TO
02:18:22:00	02:18:23:00	TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO
02:18:23:00	02:18:25:00	ALLOW YOUR AMENDMENT BEFORE THE
02:18:25:00	02:18:26:00	BODY SO ALL IN FAVOR ALLOWING
02:18:26:00	02:18:29:00	THE MOTION TO AMEND BECAUSE
02:18:29:00	02:18:30:00	BOTH MOTIONS WERE SECONDED AT
02:18:30:00	02:18:30:00	THE SAME TIME.
02:18:30:00	02:18:33:00	WE ARE NOW VOTING ON THE
02:18:33:00	02:18:34:00	ALLOWING THIS MOTION TO AMEND
02:18:34:00	02:18:37:00	TO BE BEFORE THE BODY ALL IN
02:18:37:00	02:18:38:00	FAVOR SAY I I ALMOST SAY NAY
02:18:38:00	02:18:41:00	THE AYES HAVE IT COMFORTABLE
02:18:41:00	02:18:42:00	AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
02:18:42:00	02:18:42:00	YOU MAY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:18:42:00	02:18:48:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:18:48:00	02:18:48:00	I WANTED TO TAKE THIS
02:18:48:00	02:18:49:00	OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS ANOTHER
02:18:49:00	02:18:52:00	AMENDMENT TO ALLOW PROPERTY TAX
02:18:52:00	02:18:56:00	RELIEF OR AN EXEMPTION FOR LONG
02:18:56:00	02:18:56:00	TIME RESIDENTS WHO HAVE OWNED A
02:18:56:00	02:18:59:00	HOME IN BOSTON FOR AT LEAST 20
02:18:59:00	02:19:05:00	YEARS AND ARE AGED 55 AND OLDER
02:19:05:00	02:19:05:00	.
02:19:05:00	02:19:06:00	I ALSO CALLED FOR A HEARING TO
02:19:06:00	02:19:09:00	DISCUSS PROVIDING TAX RELIEF
02:19:09:00	02:19:13:00	FOR OUR LONG TERM RESIDENTS AND
02:19:13:00	02:19:14:00	ESSENTIAL MEDICINE EMPLOYEES
02:19:14:00	02:19:17:00	WHICH WE DISCUSSED INCLUDING
02:19:17:00	02:19:18:00	THOSE WHO HAVE OWNED PROPERTY
02:19:18:00	02:19:20:00	FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
02:19:20:00	02:19:20:00	PROPERTY TAXES ARE A HEAVY
02:19:20:00	02:19:24:00	FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR ALMOST ALL
02:19:24:00	02:19:28:00	FAMILIES BUT THIS IS ESPECIALLY
02:19:28:00	02:19:28:00	TRUE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BOUGHT
02:19:28:00	02:19:31:00	THEIR HOME DECADES AGO BEFORE
02:19:31:00	02:19:32:00	HOUSING PRICES AND PROPERTY
02:19:32:00	02:19:35:00	VALUES SKYROCKETED IN THE CITY
02:19:35:00	02:19:36:00	SOME OF WHICH WAS DUE TO NEW
02:19:36:00	02:19:39:00	CONSTRUCTION NEARBY.
02:19:39:00	02:19:43:00	SO WE'RE ASKING RESIDENTS TO
02:19:43:00	02:19:43:00	SUPPORT MORE HOUSING WHICH WE
02:19:43:00	02:19:47:00	NEED MORE HOUSING AND THEN WHEN
02:19:47:00	02:19:50:00	THE HOUSING IS BUILT IN THAT
02:19:50:00	02:19:51:00	NEIGHBORHOOD THAT INCREASES THE
02:19:51:00	02:19:54:00	VALUE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS
02:19:54:00	02:19:54:00	HOME.
02:19:54:00	02:19:58:00	BUT ALSO IT INCREASES THEIR
02:19:58:00	02:20:01:00	PROPERTY TAX.
02:20:01:00	02:20:05:00	THEY MAY NOT BE WEALTHY BUT
02:20:05:00	02:20:06:00	THEY ARE JUST TOO MUCH A PART
02:20:06:00	02:20:09:00	OF THE SOUL OF THIS CITY AS
02:20:09:00	02:20:10:00	ANYONE THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
02:20:10:00	02:20:12:00	CITY IN SO MANY WAYS FROM YOUTH
02:20:12:00	02:20:16:00	SPORTS TO CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS,
02:20:16:00	02:20:17:00	VOLUNTEER WORK AT THE MET, THE
02:20:17:00	02:20:20:00	BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, OUR
02:20:20:00	02:20:21:00	COMMUNITY CENTERS POST PANDEMIC
02:20:21:00	02:20:23:00	INFLATION HAS ALSO CAUSED
02:20:23:00	02:20:24:00	HARDSHIP FOR MANY OF THESE
02:20:24:00	02:20:24:00	LONGTIME RESIDENTS.
02:20:24:00	02:20:28:00	THEY ALSO FACE FINANCIAL
02:20:28:00	02:20:31:00	DIFFICULTIES WITH PAYING BILLS
02:20:31:00	02:20:32:00	THE COST OF LIVING RENT AND
02:20:32:00	02:20:35:00	PROPERTY TAXES.
02:20:35:00	02:20:36:00	BOSTON IS NOT JUST A CITY FOR
02:20:36:00	02:20:39:00	THE WEALTHY IT'S A WORKING
02:20:39:00	02:20:43:00	CLASS FAMILIES ALSO BOSTON MUST
02:20:43:00	02:20:43:00	BE A PLACE FOR THEM.
02:20:43:00	02:20:44:00	THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GO TO FANCY
02:20:44:00	02:20:47:00	RESTAURANTS OR TO THE THEATER
02:20:47:00	02:20:50:00	EVERY OTHER WEEK THEY'RE
02:20:50:00	02:20:51:00	WORRYING ABOUT PAYING THEIR
02:20:51:00	02:20:54:00	BILLS FOR THEIR KIDS, PAYING
02:20:54:00	02:20:54:00	CAR INSURANCE.
02:20:54:00	02:20:58:00	AND IS THERE A BOSTON FOR THESE
02:20:58:00	02:20:58:00	FAMILIES?
02:20:58:00	02:20:59:00	WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT
02:20:59:00	02:21:01:00	DECISION RIGHT NOW
02:21:01:00	02:21:02:00	POST-PANDEMIC INFLATION HAS
02:21:02:00	02:21:06:00	CAUSED HARDSHIP.
02:21:06:00	02:21:06:00	THEY ALSO FACE DIFFICULTIES
02:21:06:00	02:21:10:00	PAYING BILLS, RENT, PROPERTY
02:21:10:00	02:21:13:00	TAXES, THEIR KIDS COLLEGE
02:21:13:00	02:21:13:00	TUITION.
02:21:13:00	02:21:16:00	TODAY I'M ASKING US TO CONSIDER
02:21:16:00	02:21:17:00	GIVING RELIEF TO LONG TERM
02:21:17:00	02:21:18:00	RESIDENTS WHO HAVE OWNED A HOME
02:21:18:00	02:21:21:00	IN BOSTON FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS
02:21:21:00	02:21:24:00	AND AGE 55 YEARS AND OLDER.
02:21:24:00	02:21:27:00	I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL
02:21:27:00	02:21:28:00	CAN SUPPORT.
02:21:28:00	02:21:31:00	I DON'T KNOW OF REASON WHY
02:21:31:00	02:21:32:00	SOMEONE WOULD BE AGAINST THAT
02:21:32:00	02:21:33:00	UNLESS THEY DON'T THINK THERE'S
02:21:33:00	02:21:35:00	ENOUGH BUT THERE SHOULD BE AN
02:21:35:00	02:21:35:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR LONG TIME
02:21:35:00	02:21:39:00	FAMILIES IN THIS CITY WE MUST
02:21:39:00	02:21:39:00	INCLUDE THEM.
02:21:39:00	02:21:42:00	IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT COME
02:21:42:00	02:21:43:00	TO BOSTON FOR THESE WONDERFUL
02:21:43:00	02:21:46:00	COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND
02:21:46:00	02:21:46:00	WE WELCOME THEM.
02:21:46:00	02:21:47:00	BUT SHOULDN'T BOSTON ALSO BE
02:21:47:00	02:21:50:00	ABOUT PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED
02:21:50:00	02:21:51:00	HERE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AS
02:21:51:00	02:21:54:00	WELL?
02:21:54:00	02:21:54:00	I THINK SO.
02:21:54:00	02:21:55:00	I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION
02:21:55:00	02:21:57:00	AND WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE THAT
02:21:57:00	02:21:58:00	QUESTION HERE.
02:21:58:00	02:21:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:21:58:00	02:21:59:00	THANK YOU.
02:21:59:00	02:22:01:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:22:01:00	02:22:02:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR.
02:22:02:00	02:22:05:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:22:05:00	02:22:06:00	THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE MAKER
02:22:06:00	02:22:09:00	OF THIS AMENDMENT I'M READING
02:22:09:00	02:22:10:00	THIS AS LONG TERM RESIDENT SO
02:22:10:00	02:22:13:00	IT WOULD BE HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE
02:22:13:00	02:22:14:00	LIVING IN THEIR HOME.
02:22:14:00	02:22:17:00	BUT DO WE NEED TO CLARIFY WHO
02:22:17:00	02:22:18:00	IS IF THEY OWN MORE THAN ONE
02:22:18:00	02:22:19:00	HOME, WHAT THEY GET THE $1,000
02:22:19:00	02:22:20:00	REBATE OR WOULD IT BE ONLY THE
02:22:20:00	02:22:26:00	HOME THAT THEY'RE OCCUPYING IF
02:22:26:00	02:22:27:00	DO THE CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO
02:22:27:00	02:22:28:00	RESPOND COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU
02:22:28:00	02:22:30:00	MADE THEM CHAIR THANK YOU.
02:22:30:00	02:22:30:00	VERY GOOD QUESTION.
02:22:30:00	02:22:34:00	I WOULD THINK WOULD BE JUST THE
02:22:34:00	02:22:35:00	HOME THAT THEY OCCUPY THAT THEY
02:22:35:00	02:22:37:00	LIVE IN IF THEY OWN MORE THAN
02:22:37:00	02:22:38:00	ONE HOME I DON'T I DON'T THINK
02:22:38:00	02:22:41:00	IT WOULD GOOD I WOULD SUPPORT
02:22:41:00	02:22:41:00	BENEFITING THEM.
02:22:41:00	02:22:44:00	IT'S ABOUT STRUGGLING FAMILIES
02:22:44:00	02:22:45:00	TRYING TO MAKE IT IN THE CITY.
02:22:45:00	02:22:45:00	OKAY.
02:22:45:00	02:22:49:00	SO DO WE NEED TO JUST DO THE
02:22:49:00	02:22:50:00	CHAIR COUNCILOR MURPHY, IF
02:22:50:00	02:22:50:00	YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE YOUR MAC
02:22:50:00	02:22:53:00	YES, I DO WANT TO CONTINUE.
02:22:53:00	02:22:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:22:53:00	02:22:54:00	SHOULD WE AMEND IT TO MAKE THE
02:22:54:00	02:22:56:00	WORDING A LITTLE BIT STRONGER
02:22:56:00	02:22:57:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS JUST
02:22:57:00	02:22:59:00	THE HOME THAT YOU'RE OCCUPYING
02:22:59:00	02:23:00:00	THAT IF YOU DO OWN OTHER HOMES
02:23:00:00	02:23:04:00	IT WOULDN'T APPLY TO THOSE DO
02:23:04:00	02:23:04:00	THEY?
02:23:04:00	02:23:05:00	CHAIR COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU'D
02:23:05:00	02:23:08:00	LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MY QUESTION
02:23:08:00	02:23:09:00	ISN'T JUST TO THE MAKER, IT'S
02:23:09:00	02:23:12:00	TO MAYBE THE CHAIR OF GOV OBST
02:23:12:00	02:23:12:00	BECAUSE THIS AMENDMENT IS GOING
02:23:12:00	02:23:15:00	INTO HER COMMITTEE REPORT BUT I
02:23:15:00	02:23:16:00	WENT TO THIS BODY IF PEOPLE
02:23:16:00	02:23:17:00	THINK THAT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
02:23:17:00	02:23:19:00	JUST TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I
02:23:19:00	02:23:19:00	KNOW SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FEEL AS
02:23:19:00	02:23:23:00	THOUGH CERTAIN RESIDENTS THANK
02:23:23:00	02:23:27:00	YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU
02:23:27:00	02:23:27:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
02:23:27:00	02:23:31:00	MADAM CHAIR, WITH WITH THE
02:23:31:00	02:23:33:00	PERMISSION COULD WE TAKE A 15
02:23:33:00	02:23:34:00	MINUTE BREAK RECESS?
02:23:34:00	02:23:37:00	GIVE GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO
02:23:37:00	02:23:40:00	CHANGE THE WORDING AND I'LL BE
02:23:40:00	02:23:41:00	BACK IN 15 MINUTES.
02:23:41:00	02:23:41:00	I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
02:23:41:00	02:23:44:00	THAT'S PART OF IT'S IT'S A IT'S
02:23:44:00	02:23:44:00	AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS
02:23:44:00	02:23:48:00	DISCUSSION IF IF 15 MINUTES IS
02:23:48:00	02:23:49:00	ALLOWABLE, I'LL HAVE THAT
02:23:49:00	02:23:52:00	DOCUMENT HERE.
02:23:52:00	02:23:53:00	MR. CLERK I MEAN SORRY,
02:23:53:00	02:23:56:00	MR. CLERK COUNCILOR FLYNN IF
02:23:56:00	02:23:57:00	THERE WERE AUDIBLE GROANS FROM
02:23:57:00	02:23:59:00	MY COLLEAGUES WHEN YOU PROPOSED
02:23:59:00	02:24:00:00	HAVING A RECESS IF YOUR IF
02:24:00:00	02:24:03:00	DURING DEBATE WITH MADAM CHAIR
02:24:03:00	02:24:07:00	THOUGH I MEAN I HEAR YOU AND WE
02:24:07:00	02:24:08:00	HAVE THE TIME ON THIS YOU AND
02:24:08:00	02:24:08:00	YOUR STAFF CAN WORK.
02:24:08:00	02:24:11:00	YES, I'M RESPONDING.
02:24:11:00	02:24:12:00	I'M GOING TO SAY NO AT THE
02:24:12:00	02:24:12:00	MOMENT.
02:24:12:00	02:24:15:00	BUT IF YOUR STAFF WOULD LIKE TO
02:24:15:00	02:24:15:00	WORK ON THE AMENDMENT AND THE
02:24:15:00	02:24:19:00	DEBATE IS CONTINUING AND IT
02:24:19:00	02:24:20:00	SHALL CONTINUE IF YOU THEN HAVE
02:24:20:00	02:24:20:00	A MOTION THAT YOUR STAFF WOULD
02:24:20:00	02:24:23:00	LIKE TO BRING, THAT WILL BE
02:24:23:00	02:24:23:00	FINE.
02:24:23:00	02:24:24:00	BUT I AM NOT GOING INTO A
02:24:24:00	02:24:26:00	RECESS.
02:24:26:00	02:24:27:00	OKAY.
02:24:27:00	02:24:27:00	THANK YOU.
02:24:27:00	02:24:27:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:24:27:00	02:24:28:00	I WILL DO THAT BUT I'M NOT
02:24:28:00	02:24:31:00	WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT MY
02:24:31:00	02:24:31:00	COLLEAGUES EXPRESS THEMSELVES
02:24:31:00	02:24:34:00	TO A GROAN.
02:24:34:00	02:24:35:00	I'M I'M HERE I'M HERE TO DEFEND
02:24:35:00	02:24:38:00	MY CONSTITUENTS AND FIGHT FOR
02:24:38:00	02:24:38:00	MY CONSTITUENTS.
02:24:38:00	02:24:39:00	IF MY COLLEAGUES DON'T LIKE
02:24:39:00	02:24:41:00	THAT I'M FINE WITH THAT.
02:24:41:00	02:24:42:00	BUT I HAVE TO DO MY DUE
02:24:42:00	02:24:45:00	DILIGENCE AS A DISTRICT CITY
02:24:45:00	02:24:45:00	COUNCILOR AND IF I GET SOME
02:24:45:00	02:24:46:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES UPSET WITH
02:24:46:00	02:24:49:00	ME THAT'S THE PRICE I WILL PAY
02:24:49:00	02:24:49:00	DEFENDING MY CONSTITUENTS.
02:24:49:00	02:24:52:00	MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
02:24:52:00	02:24:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:24:53:00	02:24:53:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN PART OF THE
02:24:53:00	02:24:54:00	ISSUE AND GOING FORWARD THERE
02:24:54:00	02:24:57:00	ARE YOU KNOW, UNDER ROBERT'S
02:24:57:00	02:24:57:00	RULES THERE ARE THERE ARE
02:24:57:00	02:24:58:00	LIMITS IN TERMS OF DEBATE ON
02:24:58:00	02:25:00:00	MOTIONS AND BECAUSE OF HOW LONG
02:25:00:00	02:25:03:00	THESE HAVE BEEN GOING WE WILL
02:25:03:00	02:25:04:00	IN THE FUTURE BE IMPLEMENTING
02:25:04:00	02:25:04:00	THOSE.
02:25:04:00	02:25:07:00	IF YOUR TEAM WOULD LIKE TO
02:25:07:00	02:25:08:00	AMEND THE MOTION THAT YOU
02:25:08:00	02:25:08:00	CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE FLOOR
02:25:08:00	02:25:11:00	WHILE WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM
02:25:11:00	02:25:12:00	OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT CAN
02:25:12:00	02:25:15:00	HAPPEN THE TIME RIGHT NOW IS TO
02:25:15:00	02:25:16:00	21 WILL CONTINUE FOR DEBATE.
02:25:16:00	02:25:20:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, WHAT IS YOUR
02:25:20:00	02:25:20:00	POINT OF ORDER?
02:25:20:00	02:25:21:00	MY POINT OF ORDER IS THERE ARE
02:25:21:00	02:25:23:00	CENTRAL STAFF ATTORNEY FIREMEN
02:25:23:00	02:25:23:00	.
02:25:23:00	02:25:24:00	THAT IS NOT A POINT OF ORDER.
02:25:24:00	02:25:26:00	COUNT COUNCILOR MURPHY IT IS
02:25:26:00	02:25:27:00	NOT A POINT OF ORDER.
02:25:27:00	02:25:27:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:25:27:00	02:25:28:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
02:25:28:00	02:25:31:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE TO SPEAK
02:25:31:00	02:25:31:00	BECAUSE I WAS SPEAKING BEFORE.
02:25:31:00	02:25:32:00	OKAY COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU MAY
02:25:32:00	02:25:35:00	SPEAK YOU DO NOT HAVE A POINT
02:25:35:00	02:25:35:00	OF ORDER BUT YOU WERE SPEAKING
02:25:35:00	02:25:36:00	AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND
02:25:36:00	02:25:37:00	EFFECTIVELY YOU WOULD LIKE TO
02:25:37:00	02:25:38:00	ASK BECAUSE SO THAT THE DEBATE
02:25:38:00	02:25:38:00	CAN CONTINUE ON.
02:25:38:00	02:25:42:00	WE DON'T HAVE TO STOP FOR A
02:25:42:00	02:25:42:00	RECESS IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
02:25:42:00	02:25:43:00	TAKE THE BREAK TO DO THAT.
02:25:43:00	02:25:45:00	IF WE COULD HAVE CENTRAL STAFF
02:25:45:00	02:25:46:00	AMEND THIS AMENDMENT TO MAKE
02:25:46:00	02:25:49:00	SURE IT'S WORDED IN A PROPER
02:25:49:00	02:25:50:00	WAY IF IT IS IF IT IS CENTRAL
02:25:50:00	02:25:53:00	STAFF OR COUNCILOR FLYNN STAFF,
02:25:53:00	02:25:53:00	THEY MAY DO THAT AT THIS
02:25:53:00	02:25:54:00	MOMENT.
02:25:54:00	02:25:57:00	WOULD YOU IS THAT ALL?
02:25:57:00	02:25:57:00	WELL, I NEED AN ANSWER.
02:25:57:00	02:26:00:00	ISN'T THAT IN THE LAST HOUR
02:26:00:00	02:26:00:00	CENTRAL STAFF COULD SUPPORT US
02:26:00:00	02:26:01:00	AND RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE
02:26:01:00	02:26:04:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN IS TAKING CARE
02:26:04:00	02:26:04:00	OF THAT MATTER.
02:26:04:00	02:26:04:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, THANK YOU.
02:26:04:00	02:26:05:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM
02:26:05:00	02:26:08:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:26:08:00	02:26:08:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:26:08:00	02:26:11:00	WE WOULD LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH
02:26:11:00	02:26:12:00	OF MISFITS HERE TODAY AND I
02:26:12:00	02:26:15:00	AGREE AND I REALLY DO JUST
02:26:15:00	02:26:19:00	APOLOGIZE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE
02:26:19:00	02:26:22:00	BACK AND FORTH THAT WE ARE
02:26:22:00	02:26:26:00	SUBJECTING OUR VIEWERS TO THIS
02:26:26:00	02:26:26:00	AFTERNOON.
02:26:26:00	02:26:30:00	I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
02:26:30:00	02:26:30:00	AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
02:26:30:00	02:26:31:00	GREAT LESSON FOR US TO
02:26:31:00	02:26:34:00	RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE DON'T
02:26:34:00	02:26:37:00	FOLLOW PROTOCOLS, POLICIES AND
02:26:37:00	02:26:37:00	PROCEDURES REGARDLESS OF WHO
02:26:37:00	02:26:38:00	THE CHAIR IS AND WHAT
02:26:38:00	02:26:42:00	RECOMMENDATIONS ARE HAD, WE
02:26:42:00	02:26:42:00	PROBABLY WOULD BE HAVING A
02:26:42:00	02:26:45:00	DIFFERENT DISCUSSION ON
02:26:45:00	02:26:46:00	WEDNESDAY WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR
02:26:46:00	02:26:46:00	US TO MAKE A VOTE.
02:26:46:00	02:26:49:00	IT IS CLEAR THAT MY COLLEAGUES
02:26:49:00	02:26:53:00	HERE HAVE NOT HAD REALLY GOOD
02:26:53:00	02:26:54:00	RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOU.
02:26:54:00	02:26:57:00	I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT
02:26:57:00	02:26:57:00	WHATEVER HERE WE ARE I THINK
02:26:57:00	02:27:00:00	OUT OF THE I DON'T I DON'T
02:27:00:00	02:27:01:00	RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS.
02:27:01:00	02:27:01:00	I'M JUST GOING TO RECOMMEND
02:27:01:00	02:27:05:00	THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS  FOR TAT
02:27:05:00	02:27:05:00	IS JUST NOT GOING TO HELP US.
02:27:05:00	02:27:08:00	WE'RE JUST GOING TO LIKE NOT
02:27:08:00	02:27:09:00	YOU KNOW, GOING BACK AND FORTH.
02:27:09:00	02:27:11:00	THIS IS ALL JUST STOP LET'S
02:27:11:00	02:27:12:00	LEAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS AT
02:27:12:00	02:27:15:00	THE DOOR AND LET'S FOCUS ON
02:27:15:00	02:27:15:00	DOING THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.
02:27:15:00	02:27:19:00	I THINK COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE
02:27:19:00	02:27:22:00	PRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATION
02:27:22:00	02:27:22:00	OF WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF AND
02:27:22:00	02:27:23:00	CENTRAL STAFF IF NEED BE WHILE
02:27:23:00	02:27:26:00	WE CONTINUE TO DEBATE IS A I
02:27:26:00	02:27:30:00	BELIEVE I WILL SECOND THAT I
02:27:30:00	02:27:31:00	DON'T KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T IT'S
02:27:31:00	02:27:34:00	SO I WILL SUPPORT YOU.
02:27:34:00	02:27:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:34:00	02:27:35:00	JUST FOR THE RECORD I WANT TO
02:27:35:00	02:27:37:00	SUPPORT YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I
02:27:37:00	02:27:38:00	THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN LIKE I
02:27:38:00	02:27:42:00	THINK LET'S JUST KEEP IT
02:27:42:00	02:27:42:00	MOVING.
02:27:42:00	02:27:42:00	I REALLY DO YOU THAT'S WHAT WE
02:27:42:00	02:27:43:00	NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW.
02:27:43:00	02:27:45:00	I'M TRYING TO MOVE THIS TRAIN.
02:27:45:00	02:27:49:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES I BELIEVE
02:27:49:00	02:27:50:00	IT'S CONTRACT TO ZAPATA WHAT
02:27:50:00	02:27:51:00	ACCOUNTS FOR BREADON AND THEN
02:27:51:00	02:27:53:00	WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL ARE OUT
02:27:53:00	02:27:54:00	COME TO COLLECT AS A PAPER.
02:27:54:00	02:27:54:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:27:54:00	02:27:55:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
02:27:55:00	02:27:55:00	PRESIDENT.
02:27:55:00	02:27:56:00	I'M JUST SPEAKING TO THE
02:27:56:00	02:27:57:00	CONTENTS OF THE AMENDMENT THE
02:27:57:00	02:28:00:00	SAME PARAMETERS OF MY LAST
02:28:00:00	02:28:00:00	ARGUMENT APPLY HERE EXEMPTING
02:28:00:00	02:28:01:00	PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING
02:28:01:00	02:28:04:00	HERE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT
02:28:04:00	02:28:05:00	OF TIME COULD BE SEEN AS
02:28:05:00	02:28:05:00	FAVORING ONE GROUP OF PROPERTY
02:28:05:00	02:28:08:00	OWNERS OVER THE OTHER WITHOUT
02:28:08:00	02:28:08:00	DEMONSTRATING TO THE
02:28:08:00	02:28:09:00	LEGISLATIVE PROCESS A DISTINCT
02:28:09:00	02:28:12:00	BENEFIT.
02:28:12:00	02:28:13:00	AND SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO
02:28:13:00	02:28:13:00	REITERATE MAYBE FOR I JUST WANT
02:28:13:00	02:28:15:00	TO REITERATE I'LL KEEP IT AT
02:28:15:00	02:28:16:00	THAT THAT THERE IS AN
02:28:16:00	02:28:19:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BODY TO DO
02:28:19:00	02:28:20:00	THIS.
02:28:20:00	02:28:22:00	THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO AMEND THE
02:28:22:00	02:28:23:00	CONSTITUTION.
02:28:23:00	02:28:25:00	THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM AND SO
02:28:25:00	02:28:28:00	THERE IS STILL THE OPTION TO
02:28:28:00	02:28:29:00	PRESENT A FORMAL PETITION THAT
02:28:29:00	02:28:32:00	GETS TO THIS OR GETS TO THE
02:28:32:00	02:28:33:00	LAST AMENDMENT AND SO I WILL BE
02:28:33:00	02:28:37:00	VOTING NO ON THIS AMENDMENT.
02:28:37:00	02:28:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:28:37:00	02:28:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:28:37:00	02:28:38:00	COUNCILOR AS A PART OF THE
02:28:38:00	02:28:40:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:28:40:00	02:28:40:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND
02:28:40:00	02:28:41:00	COUNCILOR AND YOU HAVE THE
02:28:41:00	02:28:41:00	FLOOR.
02:28:41:00	02:28:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:28:43:00	02:28:43:00	A QUESTION TO COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:28:43:00	02:28:47:00	THROUGH THE CHAIR YOU MAY YOU
02:28:47:00	02:28:47:00	MAY ASK A QUESTION TO THE
02:28:47:00	02:28:47:00	CHAIR.
02:28:47:00	02:28:50:00	I'M CURIOUS THE RESIDENT THE
02:28:50:00	02:28:51:00	CURRENT RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION
02:28:51:00	02:28:54:00	REDUCES THE TAX BILL BY
02:28:54:00	02:28:55:00	EXCLUDING A PORTION OF YOUR
02:28:55:00	02:28:56:00	RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUE FOR
02:28:56:00	02:28:58:00	TAXATION PURPOSES THIS FISCAL
02:28:58:00	02:28:59:00	YEAR THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION
02:28:59:00	02:29:02:00	WILL SEE A QUALIFIED BOSTON
02:29:02:00	02:29:05:00	HOMEOWNERS UP TO $3,484 ON
02:29:05:00	02:29:05:00	THEIR TAX BILL.
02:29:05:00	02:29:09:00	IS THIS AMENDMENT GOING TO BE
02:29:09:00	02:29:09:00	IN ADDITION TO THAT ALREADY
02:29:09:00	02:29:10:00	EXISTING RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION
02:29:10:00	02:29:13:00	FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE
02:29:13:00	02:29:13:00	CHAIR COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU'D
02:29:13:00	02:29:16:00	LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU MAY NEED
02:29:16:00	02:29:20:00	TO FIND THAT EITHER IS NOT
02:29:20:00	02:29:21:00	RESPONDING OR SHAKING HIS HEAD.
02:29:21:00	02:29:21:00	NO I'M NOT.
02:29:21:00	02:29:24:00	IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME BUT HE'S NOT
02:29:24:00	02:29:24:00	RESPONDING.
02:29:24:00	02:29:24:00	SO IT'S VERY UNCLEAR TO ME WHY
02:29:24:00	02:29:27:00	WE NEED THIS AMENDMENT IF WE
02:29:27:00	02:29:27:00	ALREADY HAVE A HOMEOWNER
02:29:27:00	02:29:33:00	EXEMPTION OF $3,984 FOR
02:29:33:00	02:29:33:00	HOMEOWNERS FOR RESIDENT THE
02:29:33:00	02:29:34:00	CITY OF BOSTON THANK YOU
02:29:34:00	02:29:37:00	COUNCILOR RATED THE CHAIR
02:29:37:00	02:29:38:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WHERE I
02:29:38:00	02:29:40:00	CONSIDER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
02:29:40:00	02:29:40:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
02:29:40:00	02:29:44:00	QUESTION TO THE FILER OR THE
02:29:44:00	02:29:45:00	MAKER OF THE AMENDMENT JUST
02:29:45:00	02:29:49:00	SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS IS
02:29:49:00	02:29:49:00	COUNCIL PLANNING SPOKE ABOUT
02:29:49:00	02:29:52:00	WANTING TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO
02:29:52:00	02:29:55:00	LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS.
02:29:55:00	02:29:56:00	SO IS THERE AN INCOME LIMIT ON
02:29:56:00	02:30:03:00	THIS EXEMPTION AND THEN ALSO
02:30:03:00	02:30:04:00	HOW MUCH YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH
02:30:04:00	02:30:06:00	WOULD THIS COST OR HOW MUCH
02:30:06:00	02:30:07:00	BURDEN WOULD THIS SHIFT ON TO
02:30:07:00	02:30:11:00	ANY OTHER RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
02:30:11:00	02:30:12:00	KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
02:30:12:00	02:30:15:00	EXEMPT IN THAT FROM ANOTHER
02:30:15:00	02:30:19:00	ANOTHER SET OF HOUSEHOLDS WE
02:30:19:00	02:30:20:00	HAVE TO SHIFT TO SOMEWHERE.
02:30:20:00	02:30:22:00	SO HOW MUCH OF THAT SHIFT AND
02:30:22:00	02:30:26:00	THEN ALSO WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO
02:30:26:00	02:30:27:00	THE NEW RESIDENTIAL TAX RATE BE
02:30:27:00	02:30:29:00	IT BECAUSE NOW THAT SHIFT
02:30:29:00	02:30:30:00	HAPPENED, DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT
02:30:30:00	02:30:31:00	NEW RESIDENTIAL TAX RATE WOULD
02:30:31:00	02:30:34:00	BE?
02:30:34:00	02:30:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:30:34:00	02:30:35:00	THE CHAIR CATCH OF FLYNN IF YOU
02:30:35:00	02:30:36:00	WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY.
02:30:36:00	02:30:37:00	YEAH I WOULD I WOULD SAY IT'S
02:30:37:00	02:30:38:00	IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL HOW MUCH
02:30:38:00	02:30:44:00	THAT THAT RELIEF SHOULD BE FOR
02:30:44:00	02:30:45:00	I HAVE MY OWN RECOMMENDATION
02:30:45:00	02:30:48:00	BUT I WOULD I WOULD LEAVE IT TO
02:30:48:00	02:30:49:00	MY COLLEAGUES TO DECIDE WHAT
02:30:49:00	02:30:52:00	WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A CITY
02:30:52:00	02:30:53:00	WORKER HOW MUCH HOW MUCH ARE WE
02:30:53:00	02:30:56:00	ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FOR
02:30:56:00	02:30:56:00	THEM.
02:30:56:00	02:30:59:00	IS THIS A PRIORITY FOR US IF
02:30:59:00	02:31:04:00	IT'S NOT A PRIORITY FOR US THEN
02:31:04:00	02:31:04:00	THEN THEN VOTE AGAINST IT.
02:31:04:00	02:31:08:00	BUT I BUT FOR ME IT IS A
02:31:08:00	02:31:08:00	PRIORITY BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT
02:31:08:00	02:31:11:00	OF HOMEOWNERS IN MY DISTRICT
02:31:11:00	02:31:14:00	THAT ARE LONGTIME RESIDENTS
02:31:14:00	02:31:17:00	OF OVER THE AGE OF 55 AND THEY
02:31:17:00	02:31:18:00	ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR
02:31:18:00	02:31:22:00	TAXES AND I'M GOING TO DO MY
02:31:22:00	02:31:25:00	BEST TO SUPPORT THEM.
02:31:25:00	02:31:26:00	YOU HAVE YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER
02:31:26:00	02:31:29:00	CHOICE COUNCILOR WORRELL BUT
02:31:29:00	02:31:30:00	FOR ME I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
02:31:30:00	02:31:33:00	ADVOCATE FOR LONG TERM
02:31:33:00	02:31:33:00	RESIDENTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
02:31:33:00	02:31:34:00	CRITICAL THAT WE KEEP THEM IN
02:31:34:00	02:31:37:00	THE CITY COUNCIL.
02:31:37:00	02:31:38:00	WELL IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND
02:31:38:00	02:31:41:00	TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY.
02:31:41:00	02:31:41:00	YEAH.
02:31:41:00	02:31:42:00	AND A FEW MORE QUESTIONS THAT
02:31:42:00	02:31:42:00	WENT UNANSWERED.
02:31:42:00	02:31:44:00	IS THERE AN INCOME LIMIT?
02:31:44:00	02:31:48:00	I THINK THE INTENT IS TO HELP,
02:31:48:00	02:31:49:00	YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR LOWEST
02:31:49:00	02:31:52:00	PAID EMPLOYEES OR MODERATE OR
02:31:52:00	02:31:52:00	WORKING CLASS.
02:31:52:00	02:31:53:00	IS THERE AN INCOME LIMIT ON
02:31:53:00	02:31:53:00	THIS TO THE CHAIR,
02:31:53:00	02:31:56:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU WOULD
02:31:56:00	02:31:57:00	LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU MAY ASK
02:31:57:00	02:31:59:00	YOU MADAM CHAIR AGAIN WORKING
02:31:59:00	02:32:00:00	WITH MY COLLEAGUES MAYBE
02:32:00:00	02:32:04:00	$30,000 A YEAR, MAYBE A LIMIT
02:32:04:00	02:32:07:00	OF 30,000 UP TO I DON'T KNOW
02:32:07:00	02:32:08:00	$70,000 A YEAR THAT WOULD HIT
02:32:08:00	02:32:11:00	LOW INCOME WORKERS THAT WOULD
02:32:11:00	02:32:17:00	COUNCIL OVER WERE YOU SAYING
02:32:17:00	02:32:19:00	SOMETHING COUNCIL UP NOW WE
02:32:19:00	02:32:20:00	WOULD NOT BE POLICING PEOPLE'S
02:32:20:00	02:32:21:00	EXPRESSIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE
02:32:21:00	02:32:24:00	THAT.
02:32:24:00	02:32:24:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
02:32:24:00	02:32:24:00	FLOOR.
02:32:24:00	02:32:25:00	YOU'RE SPEAKING.
02:32:25:00	02:32:25:00	OKAY.
02:32:25:00	02:32:28:00	I WAS SPEAKING I WAS SPEAKING
02:32:28:00	02:32:29:00	TO COUNCIL ROW AND HE WAS
02:32:29:00	02:32:31:00	TALKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER
02:32:31:00	02:32:31:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:32:31:00	02:32:34:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THERE UP
02:32:34:00	02:32:34:00	$30,000.
02:32:34:00	02:32:34:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL, IF YOU'D
02:32:34:00	02:32:38:00	LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR
02:32:38:00	02:32:38:00	YOU MAY.
02:32:38:00	02:32:39:00	I MEAN IF THAT'S THE INTENT I
02:32:39:00	02:32:41:00	WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT
02:32:41:00	02:32:42:00	AMENDMENT ALSO TO HIS AMENDMENT
02:32:42:00	02:32:48:00	TO KAZAKHSTAN IS AMENDMENT
02:32:48:00	02:32:48:00	SECOND NO, I MEAN I WOULD
02:32:48:00	02:32:49:00	ENCOURAGE HIM TO DO IT RIGHT.
02:32:49:00	02:32:52:00	I'M NOT MAKING THAT OKAY.
02:32:52:00	02:32:53:00	OKAY.
02:32:53:00	02:32:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:32:53:00	02:32:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:32:54:00	02:32:56:00	COUNCILOR WHEREBY
02:32:56:00	02:32:56:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
02:32:56:00	02:32:57:00	FLOOR.
02:32:57:00	02:32:57:00	SURE.
02:32:57:00	02:33:00:00	I THINK THAT COUNCILOR L'S
02:33:00:00	02:33:00:00	QUESTIONS.
02:33:00:00	02:33:04:00	YOU KNOW I HAVE A RAISE AN
02:33:04:00	02:33:04:00	ISSUE WITH THIS.
02:33:04:00	02:33:07:00	I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
02:33:07:00	02:33:07:00	I'LL JUST MAKE COMMENTS.
02:33:07:00	02:33:11:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN WILL HAVE
02:33:11:00	02:33:11:00	OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.
02:33:11:00	02:33:14:00	I JUST WEAR THE THOUSAND DOLLAR
02:33:14:00	02:33:18:00	NUMBER CAME FROM 55 YEARS OLD.
02:33:18:00	02:33:21:00	20 YEARS WHAT IMPACT IT WOULD
02:33:21:00	02:33:22:00	HAVE ON YOUNG HOMEOWNERS YOU
02:33:22:00	02:33:25:00	KNOW, WHO ARE ARE OFTEN EARNING
02:33:25:00	02:33:26:00	LESS THAN PEOPLE WHO ARE 55
02:33:26:00	02:33:26:00	YEARS OLD.
02:33:26:00	02:33:29:00	YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOMES WOULD
02:33:29:00	02:33:29:00	BE AFFECTED BY THIS?
02:33:29:00	02:33:33:00	AND I JUST REITERATE I THINK
02:33:33:00	02:33:36:00	COUNCILOR ZAPATA RAISED WHICH
02:33:36:00	02:33:37:00	WAS I THINK THESE ARE
02:33:37:00	02:33:40:00	WORTHWHILE ISSUES TO EXPLORE
02:33:40:00	02:33:43:00	JUST NOT IN THIS ALONGSIDE
02:33:43:00	02:33:44:00	THIS, YOU KNOW, HOME RULE WHICH
02:33:44:00	02:33:47:00	WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH AND
02:33:47:00	02:33:48:00	GET SUPPORT FOR OUR RESIDENTS
02:33:48:00	02:33:51:00	NOW WE CAN WE SHOULD LOOK AT
02:33:51:00	02:33:51:00	ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
02:33:51:00	02:33:52:00	I THINK WE NEED A LOT MORE
02:33:52:00	02:33:55:00	INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO CRAFT
02:33:55:00	02:33:56:00	THIS IN A WAY INCLUDING THE
02:33:56:00	02:33:58:00	INCOME LIMIT THAT IT WORKS FOR
02:33:58:00	02:33:59:00	PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
02:33:59:00	02:34:02:00	THANK YOU.
02:34:02:00	02:34:03:00	THANK YOU, CAROL FLYNN TO THE
02:34:03:00	02:34:03:00	CHAIR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
02:34:03:00	02:34:03:00	RESPOND, YOU MAY.
02:34:03:00	02:34:06:00	THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:34:06:00	02:34:09:00	AND TO COUNCILOR WHETHER THESE
02:34:09:00	02:34:10:00	ARE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT
02:34:10:00	02:34:12:00	WE SHOULD HAVE HAD IN THE THE
02:34:12:00	02:34:13:00	SECOND WORKING SESSION OF THE
02:34:13:00	02:34:16:00	HEARING, WE DIDN'T DO THAT.
02:34:16:00	02:34:17:00	YOU WERE ONE OF THE COUNCILS
02:34:17:00	02:34:19:00	THAT DIDN'T DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE
02:34:19:00	02:34:20:00	A SECOND HEARING THAT WAS A
02:34:20:00	02:34:23:00	MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
02:34:23:00	02:34:24:00	WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A SECOND
02:34:24:00	02:34:26:00	HEARING SO WE COULD ASK THOSE
02:34:26:00	02:34:27:00	GOOD QUESTIONS AND RESPOND WITH
02:34:27:00	02:34:31:00	ANSWERS INSTEAD OF HAVING A
02:34:31:00	02:34:32:00	DEBATE ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW WE
02:34:32:00	02:34:34:00	SHOULD HAVE HAD A SECOND
02:34:34:00	02:34:34:00	HEARING.
02:34:34:00	02:34:34:00	WE MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY
02:34:34:00	02:34:37:00	COUNCIL WHERE WE DIDN'T DO OUR
02:34:37:00	02:34:38:00	DUE DILIGENCE.
02:34:38:00	02:34:39:00	NOW WE'RE SCRAMBLING AND WE'RE
02:34:39:00	02:34:41:00	TRYING TO COME UP WITH
02:34:41:00	02:34:42:00	QUESTIONS AND WE'RE TRYING TO
02:34:42:00	02:34:42:00	COME UP WITH THE ANSWERS.
02:34:42:00	02:34:45:00	WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
02:34:45:00	02:34:48:00	INFORMATION AT THIS TIME AND
02:34:48:00	02:34:49:00	WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT DOING OUR
02:34:49:00	02:34:52:00	DUE DILIGENCE TO THE RESIDENTS
02:34:52:00	02:34:56:00	OF BOSTON BY NOT FULLY DEBATING
02:34:56:00	02:35:00:00	THESE ISSUES IN THIS TYPE
02:35:00:00	02:35:00:00	OF ENVIRONMENT.
02:35:00:00	02:35:01:00	WE SHOULD WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
02:35:01:00	02:35:03:00	SITTING DOWN IN A HEARING
02:35:03:00	02:35:04:00	TALKING ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC
02:35:04:00	02:35:04:00	QUESTIONS COMING UP WITH THE
02:35:04:00	02:35:07:00	ANSWERS WHERE WE COULD ALL
02:35:07:00	02:35:10:00	AGREE ON WHAT WHAT THE WHAT A
02:35:10:00	02:35:11:00	LOW WAGE WORKER WOULD WOULD
02:35:11:00	02:35:12:00	MAKE WHAT IMPACT WOULD THIS
02:35:12:00	02:35:15:00	HAVE ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS
02:35:15:00	02:35:15:00	YOUNG YOUNG PROPERTY OWNERS
02:35:15:00	02:35:19:00	THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE
02:35:19:00	02:35:19:00	COULD HAVE ASKED OURSELVES
02:35:19:00	02:35:22:00	DURING ANOTHER WORKING SESSION.
02:35:22:00	02:35:25:00	BUT YOU DECIDED YOU AGREED THAT
02:35:25:00	02:35:26:00	WE DIDN'T NEED ONE.
02:35:26:00	02:35:26:00	THANK YOU MADAM.
02:35:26:00	02:35:27:00	THANK YOU.
02:35:27:00	02:35:30:00	I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO REITERATE
02:35:30:00	02:35:30:00	AND THANK COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS
02:35:30:00	02:35:32:00	A PART OF THE CHAIR FOR HER
02:35:32:00	02:35:33:00	DILIGENCE IN HER WORK WHEN SHE
02:35:33:00	02:35:34:00	ASKED FOLKS ABOUT AMENDMENTS
02:35:34:00	02:35:37:00	AND ALSO THE OBLIGATION THAT
02:35:37:00	02:35:38:00	EACH OF US AGAIN HAVE A LOT
02:35:38:00	02:35:38:00	OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE
02:35:38:00	02:35:41:00	BEING PROPOSED SOUND VERY
02:35:41:00	02:35:41:00	SIMILAR TO SOMETHING THAT I
02:35:41:00	02:35:42:00	WANTED TO DO AGAIN WHICH IS
02:35:42:00	02:35:45:00	MEANS TEST PROPERTY TAXES.
02:35:45:00	02:35:45:00	I VETTED THAT OPINION.
02:35:45:00	02:35:49:00	I VETTED THAT DESIRE TO DO THAT
02:35:49:00	02:35:49:00	AMENDMENT.
02:35:49:00	02:35:49:00	MY OFFICE VETTED THE DESIRE TO
02:35:49:00	02:35:52:00	DO THAT AMENDMENT WITH OTHER
02:35:52:00	02:35:53:00	COUNCIL WITH CORPORATE
02:35:53:00	02:35:56:00	COUNCIL WHEN WE HAD HEARINGS I
02:35:56:00	02:35:56:00	ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS.
02:35:56:00	02:35:59:00	I ACTUALLY ASKED THEM TWICE AT
02:35:59:00	02:35:59:00	TWO SEPARATE HEARINGS THAT WE
02:35:59:00	02:36:00:00	HAD ON THIS ISSUE.
02:36:00:00	02:36:03:00	SO I DID NOT REST ON MY
02:36:03:00	02:36:03:00	LAURELS.
02:36:03:00	02:36:04:00	I MADE SURE THAT I WAS ASKING
02:36:04:00	02:36:06:00	THE QUESTIONS WHEN I WAS
02:36:06:00	02:36:07:00	THINKING ABOUT PUTTING FORWARD
02:36:07:00	02:36:09:00	AN AMENDMENT DID NOT PUT THAT
02:36:09:00	02:36:10:00	AMENDMENT FORWARD BECAUSE THERE
02:36:10:00	02:36:11:00	ARE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS
02:36:11:00	02:36:14:00	THE SAME THAT PRESENT HERE THE
02:36:14:00	02:36:14:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:36:14:00	02:36:15:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
02:36:15:00	02:36:15:00	FLOOR.
02:36:15:00	02:36:18:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
02:36:18:00	02:36:18:00	YOU COUNCILOR BRADING FOR YOUR
02:36:18:00	02:36:21:00	QUESTION.
02:36:21:00	02:36:22:00	AND ON JANUARY 27TH WHEN WE HAD
02:36:22:00	02:36:25:00	THE JAM PACKED HEARING THERE
02:36:25:00	02:36:28:00	WERE FOUR DOCKETS AND DOCKET
02:36:28:00	02:36:29:00	0269 WAS A HEARING ORDER ON
02:36:29:00	02:36:29:00	RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX VALUES
02:36:29:00	02:36:32:00	AND ASSESSING PROCESS.
02:36:32:00	02:36:33:00	AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID
02:36:33:00	02:36:35:00	LEARN THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T
02:36:35:00	02:36:36:00	QUALIFY SO THEY'RE NOT EVERY
02:36:36:00	02:36:39:00	HOMEOWNER WOULD BE GETTING BOLD
02:36:39:00	02:36:40:00	THAT YOU HAVE TO APPLY AND YOU
02:36:40:00	02:36:43:00	HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE AWARDED THE
02:36:43:00	02:36:47:00	EXEMPTION AND I THINK IF I
02:36:47:00	02:36:47:00	REMEMBER CORRECTLY WHEN I ASKED
02:36:47:00	02:36:50:00	IF THERE'S OTHER INCENTIVES,
02:36:50:00	02:36:54:00	WOULD IT BE ON TOP OF AND THEY
02:36:54:00	02:36:55:00	DID SAY THAT THE MAX I THINK
02:36:55:00	02:37:00:00	WAS MORE LIKE 37,030 700 NOT
02:37:00:00	02:37:01:00	3400 I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT
02:37:01:00	02:37:01:00	AMOUNT BUT THAT OTHERS CAN'T BE
02:37:01:00	02:37:04:00	COMBINED IF IT WENT OVER A
02:37:04:00	02:37:04:00	TOTAL AMOUNT.
02:37:04:00	02:37:08:00	SO AGAIN KNOW THAT THE I HAVE A
02:37:08:00	02:37:09:00	LOT OF QUESTIONS WHEN IT'S MY
02:37:09:00	02:37:11:00	TURN TO TALK ABOUT THE HEARING
02:37:11:00	02:37:15:00	ORDER NOT THESE AMENDMENTS
02:37:15:00	02:37:16:00	ADDING BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT
02:37:16:00	02:37:19:00	FOR ANOTHER HEARING ORDER OR
02:37:19:00	02:37:20:00	WORKING SESSION WOULD HAVE BEEN
02:37:20:00	02:37:20:00	IMPORTANT TO ANSWER THESE
02:37:20:00	02:37:23:00	QUESTIONS THAT YOU RECOGNIZED
02:37:23:00	02:37:27:00	CONTACT ME AGAIN FOR OH 90 SO
02:37:27:00	02:37:30:00	THIS IS INTERESTING.
02:37:30:00	02:37:33:00	I I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
02:37:33:00	02:37:34:00	AND I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THIS
02:37:34:00	02:37:37:00	I THINK WE HAVE TO BE SUPER
02:37:37:00	02:37:38:00	MINDFUL OF HOW WE ARE
02:37:38:00	02:37:42:00	CHARACTERIZING THE VOTES THAT
02:37:42:00	02:37:45:00	WE'RE PRESENTING OUR COLLEAGUES
02:37:45:00	02:37:46:00	TO TAKE.
02:37:46:00	02:37:46:00	I THINK I'M GOING TO BE AGAIN
02:37:46:00	02:37:49:00	CLEAR FOR THE RECORD ALL OF THE
02:37:49:00	02:37:50:00	FOLKS THAT YOU ARE ADVOCATING
02:37:50:00	02:37:51:00	FOR ARE MY CONSTITUENTS TOO AS
02:37:51:00	02:37:53:00	AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR AND I
02:37:53:00	02:37:54:00	CARE ABOUT EVERYONE HERE IN THE
02:37:54:00	02:37:57:00	CITY SO I NEVER WANT ANYONE
02:37:57:00	02:37:58:00	WHO'S TUNING IN TO THINK THAT
02:37:58:00	02:37:58:00	WHAT YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU'RE
02:37:58:00	02:37:58:00	FIGHTING FOR.
02:37:58:00	02:38:01:00	I DON'T BELIEVE IN OR SUPPORT.
02:38:01:00	02:38:02:00	I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY
02:38:02:00	02:38:04:00	IMPORTANT TO UPLIFT OUR
02:38:04:00	02:38:08:00	DISTRICT COLLEAGUES WHO I'M
02:38:08:00	02:38:11:00	SURE AGREE WITH ME BECAUSE YOU
02:38:11:00	02:38:12:00	ARE GOING TO HAVE FOLKS
02:38:12:00	02:38:13:00	KNOCKING DOWN YOUR DOOR IF YOU
02:38:13:00	02:38:15:00	DON'T SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT
02:38:15:00	02:38:16:00	SOUNDS REALLY GREAT.
02:38:16:00	02:38:19:00	SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY
02:38:19:00	02:38:19:00	CLEAR I BELIEVE WE ALL CARE
02:38:19:00	02:38:23:00	ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
02:38:23:00	02:38:23:00	OUR RESIDENTS.
02:38:23:00	02:38:26:00	I THINK WHAT IS THE PROBLEM
02:38:26:00	02:38:27:00	THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS
02:38:27:00	02:38:30:00	THE PROCESS AND HOW I'M GOING
02:38:30:00	02:38:31:00	TO GO BACK TO THE PROCESS
02:38:31:00	02:38:31:00	OF HOW WE'RE GETTING THERE AND
02:38:31:00	02:38:34:00	I THINK THOSE FOUR HEARINGS
02:38:34:00	02:38:35:00	THAT WE HAD IT WAS THE WAS AT
02:38:35:00	02:38:38:00	THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THIS
02:38:38:00	02:38:39:00	WAS THIS COULD KEEP PEOPLE KEEP
02:38:39:00	02:38:42:00	SAYING THAT WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE
02:38:42:00	02:38:43:00	CONVERSATIONS AND MULTIPLE
02:38:43:00	02:38:45:00	HEARINGS BUT THIS THERE WAS THE
02:38:45:00	02:38:46:00	THE DEBATE AROUND THE TAX
02:38:46:00	02:38:50:00	REBATES.
02:38:50:00	02:38:51:00	THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE
02:38:51:00	02:38:51:00	REALLY FOCUSING MOST OF OUR
02:38:51:00	02:38:54:00	ENERGY IN BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE
02:38:54:00	02:38:55:00	OF THE ADD ONS ALL OF THESE
02:38:55:00	02:38:58:00	OTHER ADD ONS ARE COMING AFTER
02:38:58:00	02:38:58:00	THE FACT.
02:38:58:00	02:39:02:00	SO I JUST THINK LET'S JUST KEEP
02:39:02:00	02:39:02:00	THOSE TWO THINGS SEPARATE.
02:39:02:00	02:39:05:00	I THINK THAT WHAT I IF I'M
02:39:05:00	02:39:06:00	CLEAR, WHAT I AM SEEING IS THAT
02:39:06:00	02:39:09:00	FOLKS SAW AN OPPORTUNE NITY TO
02:39:09:00	02:39:13:00	BE ABLE TO BRING ADDITIONAL
02:39:13:00	02:39:13:00	AMENDMENTS BEFORE WE SENT IT TO
02:39:13:00	02:39:16:00	THE STATE FOR CONSIDERATION AND
02:39:16:00	02:39:21:00	THAT'S WHY WE'RE TACKING ON ALL
02:39:21:00	02:39:21:00	THESE THINGS THAT IF THAT'S
02:39:21:00	02:39:25:00	WHAT I'M SEEING I THINK AND I'M
02:39:25:00	02:39:26:00	GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN I THINK
02:39:26:00	02:39:29:00	THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PATHWAYS
02:39:29:00	02:39:32:00	FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE
02:39:32:00	02:39:32:00	.
02:39:32:00	02:39:33:00	I THINK THAT IF WE DON'T LEARN
02:39:33:00	02:39:35:00	ANYTHING ABOUT PROTOCOLS,
02:39:35:00	02:39:36:00	POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, I
02:39:36:00	02:39:39:00	THINK IF PEOPLE ARE ASKING AND
02:39:39:00	02:39:43:00	THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE
02:39:43:00	02:39:43:00	GOVERNMENT UPS OR THROUGH YOU
02:39:43:00	02:39:46:00	CHAIR BECAUSE YOU'RE THE
02:39:46:00	02:39:47:00	PRESIDENT OF THIS
02:39:47:00	02:39:53:00	COUNCIL NORMALLY EVERYBODY'S
02:39:53:00	02:39:54:00	OKAY NORMALLY RIGHT YOU HAVE A
02:39:54:00	02:39:57:00	HIT YOU FILE THE ORDINANCE,
02:39:57:00	02:39:58:00	THERE'S A HEARING AND THEN
02:39:58:00	02:40:01:00	THERE'S A WORKING SESSION OR
02:40:01:00	02:40:01:00	MAYBE NOT MAYBE PEOPLE HAVE
02:40:01:00	02:40:05:00	SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
02:40:05:00	02:40:05:00	ADMINISTRATION IF YOU'RE SO
02:40:05:00	02:40:06:00	LUCKY TO BE IN THEIR GOOD
02:40:06:00	02:40:09:00	GRACES AND IF YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE
02:40:09:00	02:40:10:00	LUCKY IF YOU CAN GET A CALL
02:40:10:00	02:40:16:00	BACK AND YOU ASK A QUESTION AND
02:40:16:00	02:40:17:00	YOU DON'T FIND OUT WHETHER OR
02:40:17:00	02:40:17:00	NOT YOUR AMENDMENT WAS
02:40:17:00	02:40:21:00	CONSIDERED AND SO YOU READ THE
02:40:21:00	02:40:24:00	COMMITTEE REPORT MONDAY A FEW
02:40:24:00	02:40:25:00	DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING I JUST
02:40:25:00	02:40:28:00	FEEL LIKE THAT DOES NOT WORK
02:40:28:00	02:40:29:00	FOR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING THAT
02:40:29:00	02:40:33:00	DOES NOT WORK US TO SHOW UP IN
02:40:33:00	02:40:33:00	THIS COUNCIL.
02:40:33:00	02:40:36:00	SO I JUST NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE
02:40:36:00	02:40:37:00	WE STILL HAVE A WHOLE YEAR LEFT
02:40:37:00	02:40:40:00	HERE AND IT'S ELECTION SEASON
02:40:40:00	02:40:41:00	AND EVERYBODY'S ACTING UP RIGHT
02:40:41:00	02:40:44:00	NOW SO I JUST NEED TO KNOW
02:40:44:00	02:40:47:00	MOVING FORWARD IS THE STANDARD
02:40:47:00	02:40:50:00	THAT WE THIS HAS BEEN WHAT I
02:40:50:00	02:40:51:00	NORMALLY HAVE BEEN THROUGH IN
02:40:51:00	02:40:52:00	OTHER ITERATIONS OF THIS BODY
02:40:52:00	02:40:55:00	IS THAT AN ORDINANCE IS
02:40:55:00	02:40:56:00	PRESENTED THERE IS A PUBLIC
02:40:56:00	02:40:58:00	HEARING WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN
02:40:58:00	02:40:59:00	SPEAK AND DELIBERATE.
02:40:59:00	02:41:02:00	THEN THERE IS AN A WORKING
02:41:02:00	02:41:03:00	SESSION IN WHICH COLLEAGUES ARE
02:41:03:00	02:41:06:00	ABLE TO GO BACK AND FORTH, COMB
02:41:06:00	02:41:06:00	THROUGH THE LANGUAGE AND GO 
02:41:06:00	02:41:09:00	FOR TAT FOR EVERY SINGLE LITTLE
02:41:09:00	02:41:10:00	THING THAT WE WANT TO DO AND
02:41:10:00	02:41:14:00	THEN WE BRING IT UP FOR A VOTE.
02:41:14:00	02:41:15:00	WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IN THIS
02:41:15:00	02:41:18:00	ITERATION OF THIS BODY IS THAT
02:41:18:00	02:41:19:00	WE ARE BRINGING THINGS UP FOR A
02:41:19:00	02:41:22:00	VOTE WITH VERY LITTLE DISCOURSE
02:41:22:00	02:41:22:00	AND DEBATE AND SO THAT'S WHY
02:41:22:00	02:41:26:00	WE'RE HERE HERE HELD HOSTAGE
02:41:26:00	02:41:29:00	BECAUSE FOLKS DON'T FEEL HEARD
02:41:29:00	02:41:30:00	SO I'M GOING TO ASK AGAIN
02:41:30:00	02:41:34:00	BECAUSE IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO
02:41:34:00	02:41:34:00	LOOK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE TAPE
02:41:34:00	02:41:37:00	SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS NEW
02:41:37:00	02:41:37:00	ITERATION OF THIS BODY, I'VE
02:41:37:00	02:41:41:00	BEEN ASKING FOR CONSISTENCY.
02:41:41:00	02:41:44:00	SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE
02:41:44:00	02:41:45:00	WAY NORMAL THINGS HAPPEN HERE
02:41:45:00	02:41:48:00	IN THE COUNCIL AND WE'RE GOING
02:41:48:00	02:41:48:00	TO DO BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY,
02:41:48:00	02:41:51:00	THEN LET'S JUST SET THE
02:41:51:00	02:41:51:00	STANDARD AND LET'S HOLD
02:41:51:00	02:41:52:00	OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO IT.
02:41:52:00	02:41:55:00	BUT WE COULD BE UTILIZING OUR
02:41:55:00	02:41:59:00	TIME DIFFERENTLY INSTEAD
02:41:59:00	02:41:59:00	OF FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER
02:41:59:00	02:42:03:00	PUBLICLY AND I KNOW I DO IT TOO
02:42:03:00	02:42:04:00	THOUGH I SEE YOUR FACE I DO IT
02:42:04:00	02:42:06:00	TOO.
02:42:06:00	02:42:06:00	OKAY.
02:42:06:00	02:42:07:00	THERE'S NO POLICING YOU BECAUSE
02:42:07:00	02:42:09:00	WE SAY THIS ALL THE TIME AND
02:42:09:00	02:42:09:00	THERE'S NO POLICING OF ANYONE'S
02:42:09:00	02:42:10:00	EXPRESSIONS IN THIS BODY
02:42:10:00	02:42:14:00	ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE
02:42:14:00	02:42:14:00	MISINTERPRETATIONS THAT OFTEN
02:42:14:00	02:42:14:00	RESULT IN THAT.
02:42:14:00	02:42:17:00	SO YES, IF I TOLD YOU FROM MY
02:42:17:00	02:42:22:00	VANTAGE POINT LOOKING AT ALL 13
02:42:22:00	02:42:22:00	COUNCILORS, ALL 12 COUNCILS ALL
02:42:22:00	02:42:26:00	THE TIME THE DIFFERENT FACES TO
02:42:26:00	02:42:27:00	MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON THAT
02:42:27:00	02:42:27:00	THERE ARE RACIAL IMPLICATIONS
02:42:27:00	02:42:30:00	AND IT'S VERY GENDERED
02:42:30:00	02:42:30:00	IMPLICATIONS AND I DO NOT WANT
02:42:30:00	02:42:31:00	US TO GET INTO THAT HERE ON
02:42:31:00	02:42:31:00	THIS EITHER.
02:42:31:00	02:42:34:00	I HEAR YOU BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY
02:42:34:00	02:42:35:00	THAT IF I DON'T SAY IT MY FACE
02:42:35:00	02:42:37:00	WILL SO ALREADY KNOWS YOU AND
02:42:37:00	02:42:38:00	YOUR FACE OFTEN DOES AND THAT'S
02:42:38:00	02:42:41:00	RIGHT AND I'M MY TRUE AUTHENTIC
02:42:41:00	02:42:41:00	SELF IN THIS CHAMBER.
02:42:41:00	02:42:42:00	I WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE UP
02:42:42:00	02:42:44:00	HERE SO I SHOW UP THIS WAY.
02:42:44:00	02:42:45:00	ANYWAYS, GOING BACK TO MY
02:42:45:00	02:42:46:00	DISCOURSE HERE I THINK IT'S
02:42:46:00	02:42:48:00	REALLY IMPORTANT PRESIDENT THAT
02:42:48:00	02:42:51:00	WE HAVE A A STANDARD THAT WE'RE
02:42:51:00	02:42:54:00	GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO
02:42:54:00	02:42:55:00	BECAUSE THIS IS JUST GETTING A
02:42:55:00	02:42:59:00	LITTLE BIT MESSY AND EVERY TIME
02:42:59:00	02:43:00:00	I COME HERE ON A WEDNESDAY I
02:43:00:00	02:43:01:00	DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE
02:43:01:00	02:43:03:00	PUT UP FOR A VOTE AND WHAT IS
02:43:03:00	02:43:06:00	GOING TO GET FLOODED AND WHAT
02:43:06:00	02:43:07:00	THE ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO
02:43:07:00	02:43:07:00	DO AND HOW WE'RE ALL JUST
02:43:07:00	02:43:08:00	LINING UP.
02:43:08:00	02:43:10:00	SO I WOULD RATHER US STICK TO
02:43:10:00	02:43:11:00	THE NORMS, FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE
02:43:11:00	02:43:14:00	GOING TO LIKE DO THE PEOPLE'S
02:43:14:00	02:43:14:00	BUSINESS AND KEEP IT MOVING.
02:43:14:00	02:43:18:00	LET'S JUST LET'S JUST KEEP IT
02:43:18:00	02:43:18:00	MOVING.
02:43:18:00	02:43:18:00	THANK YOU.
02:43:18:00	02:43:19:00	HAVE SOMETHING HERE YOU ASKED
02:43:19:00	02:43:21:00	IT IS THE DISCRETION OF THE
02:43:21:00	02:43:22:00	CHAIR HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO
02:43:22:00	02:43:25:00	YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGE AT LEAST
02:43:25:00	02:43:26:00	A HEARING WHEN IT'S ON THE
02:43:26:00	02:43:29:00	ORDINANCE BUT THERE HAVE BEEN
02:43:29:00	02:43:30:00	ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN
02:43:30:00	02:43:30:00	SUSPENDED IN THE PAST.
02:43:30:00	02:43:32:00	YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS BODY LONGER
02:43:32:00	02:43:33:00	THAN ME ONE TERM LAST TERM
02:43:33:00	02:43:36:00	THERE WERE ALL OF THE TIME
02:43:36:00	02:43:37:00	THERE WERE THERE WERE DIFFERENT
02:43:37:00	02:43:40:00	PRACTICES GREEN SHEETS PULLED.
02:43:40:00	02:43:40:00	THERE WAS NO ISSUE THERE.
02:43:40:00	02:43:44:00	FOLKS WOULD SOMETIMES HAVE A
02:43:44:00	02:43:44:00	WORKING SESSION, NOT OTHERS.
02:43:44:00	02:43:45:00	IT IS THE DISCRETION OF THE
02:43:45:00	02:43:47:00	CHAIR AND I HAVE I HAVE
02:43:47:00	02:43:48:00	CONFIDENCE IN THE CHAIRS OF OUR
02:43:48:00	02:43:48:00	COMMITTEES TO MOVE HOW THEY
02:43:48:00	02:43:53:00	BELIEVE IS BEST.
02:43:53:00	02:43:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:43:54:00	02:43:55:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND THEN HAVE
02:43:55:00	02:43:56:00	THE CLUB AS A PARTNER AND THEN
02:43:56:00	02:43:57:00	I ENCOURAGE THAT WE MOVE TO A
02:43:57:00	02:43:57:00	VOTE.
02:43:57:00	02:43:58:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:43:58:00	02:43:59:00	CONCENTRATING ON THE FLOOR.
02:43:59:00	02:44:00:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:44:00:00	02:44:01:00	I'VE JUST BEEN LOOKING AT THIS
02:44:01:00	02:44:03:00	AT THIS TESTING SITE AND
02:44:03:00	02:44:03:00	LOOKING AT ALL THE EXEMPTIONS
02:44:03:00	02:44:04:00	THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
02:44:04:00	02:44:07:00	THERE'S QUITE A LOT I GO BACK
02:44:07:00	02:44:07:00	TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION THEY
02:44:07:00	02:44:10:00	HAD LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS
02:44:10:00	02:44:11:00	AMENDMENT IS TRYING TO ADDRESS
02:44:11:00	02:44:15:00	A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST
02:44:15:00	02:44:16:00	RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN OWNER
02:44:16:00	02:44:22:00	OCCUPANCY TAX EXEMPTION THAT IS
02:44:22:00	02:44:22:00	$3,984.
02:44:22:00	02:44:26:00	WE HAVE A SENIOR REBATE THAT
02:44:26:00	02:44:31:00	SEEMS TO BE MEANS TESTED THAT
02:44:31:00	02:44:34:00	IF YOU I THINK IT LOOKS NEED TO
02:44:34:00	02:44:35:00	LOOKING AT WE HAVE A VETERANS
02:44:35:00	02:44:38:00	EXEMPTION WE HAVE AN EXEMPTION
02:44:38:00	02:44:38:00	FOR BLIND PEOPLE WE HAVE A
02:44:38:00	02:44:41:00	CO HOUSING EXEMPTION, WE HAVE
02:44:41:00	02:44:41:00	AN ELDERLY EXEMPTION.
02:44:41:00	02:44:42:00	WE HAVE A HARDSHIP EXEMPTION
02:44:42:00	02:44:45:00	FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE MAYBE
02:44:45:00	02:44:49:00	CALLED UP FOREIGN NATIONALS AND
02:44:49:00	02:44:49:00	THEY'RE IN THE ARMY AND THE
02:44:49:00	02:44:53:00	CALLED UP TO ACTIVE DUTY THAT
02:44:53:00	02:44:53:00	THEY HAVE AN EXEMPTION OF THEIR
02:44:53:00	02:44:56:00	WAY.
02:44:56:00	02:44:57:00	WE HAVE AN EXEMPTION FOR PEOPLE
02:44:57:00	02:45:00:00	WHO ARE CALLED UP FOR MILITARY
02:45:00:00	02:45:00:00	DUTY, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
02:45:00:00	02:45:03:00	DISABILITY.
02:45:03:00	02:45:03:00	AND AGAIN YOU KNOW, WE'RE
02:45:03:00	02:45:06:00	TALKING ABOUT REAL ESTATE
02:45:06:00	02:45:07:00	RELIEF ON REAL ESTATE TAXATION
02:45:07:00	02:45:11:00	AND IT'S A VERY, VERY SORT
02:45:11:00	02:45:12:00	OF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
02:45:12:00	02:45:15:00	BROAD GROUP OF PEOPLE ACROSS
02:45:15:00	02:45:18:00	THE CITY WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM
02:45:18:00	02:45:18:00	ACTUALLY HELP WITH THEIR RENTAL
02:45:18:00	02:45:21:00	COSTS OR WHATEVER.
02:45:21:00	02:45:22:00	SO I REALLY DO FEEL THAT THIS
02:45:22:00	02:45:25:00	MERITS A MORE DEEPER
02:45:25:00	02:45:26:00	CONVERSATION I THINK WE SHOULD
02:45:26:00	02:45:27:00	CONSIDER FLYNN'S OBVIOUSLY VERY
02:45:27:00	02:45:30:00	PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
02:45:30:00	02:45:30:00	I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE A
02:45:30:00	02:45:31:00	HEARING ORDER ON LOOKING AT ALL
02:45:31:00	02:45:34:00	THE EXEMPTIONS AND SEEING HOW
02:45:34:00	02:45:34:00	THEY ARE RELEVANT OR NOT
02:45:34:00	02:45:35:00	RELEVANT AND ANY TWEAKS THAT WE
02:45:35:00	02:45:37:00	WOULD SUGGEST.
02:45:37:00	02:45:39:00	BUT I THINK AT THIS MOMENT IN
02:45:39:00	02:45:41:00	TIME THIS THIS THIS ISSUE IS
02:45:41:00	02:45:41:00	MOOT.
02:45:41:00	02:45:47:00	WE HAVE A TAX EXEMPTION
02:45:47:00	02:45:47:00	OF $3,984 FOR AN OCCUPANCY AND
02:45:47:00	02:45:48:00	THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE
02:45:48:00	02:45:51:00	TALKING ABOUT HERE.
02:45:51:00	02:45:52:00	SO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:45:52:00	02:45:55:00	I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASKED TO
02:45:55:00	02:45:56:00	CALL THIS UP FOR A VOTE.
02:45:56:00	02:45:56:00	THANK YOU.
02:45:56:00	02:45:59:00	THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED.
02:45:59:00	02:46:00:00	BUT BEFORE WE CAN DO THAT I
02:46:00:00	02:46:03:00	KNOW THAT THERE WAS I'M IN AN
02:46:03:00	02:46:03:00	AMENDMENT THAT THERE WAS
02:46:03:00	02:46:07:00	LANGUAGE FOR A FOR A MOTION TO
02:46:07:00	02:46:08:00	SUBSTITUTE AND I DON'T KNOW IF
02:46:08:00	02:46:10:00	THAT HAS BEEN PLACED BEFORE US.
02:46:10:00	02:46:11:00	I KNOW THAT MEGHAN IS WORKING
02:46:11:00	02:46:14:00	ON IT NOW.
02:46:14:00	02:46:14:00	CAN I SLEEP ON THAT?
02:46:14:00	02:46:20:00	SO ONE ONE MOMENT SO
02:46:20:00	02:46:21:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU MOVED
02:46:21:00	02:46:24:00	FOR A VOTE.
02:46:24:00	02:46:25:00	IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT?
02:46:25:00	02:46:26:00	DID YOU MOVE FOR A VOTE?
02:46:26:00	02:46:26:00	YES.
02:46:26:00	02:46:28:00	OKAY I, I AM GOING TO PAUSE
02:46:28:00	02:46:31:00	HERE ONLY BECAUSE WE NEED THAT
02:46:31:00	02:46:32:00	UPDATED LANGUAGE AND I'VE BEEN
02:46:32:00	02:46:35:00	INFORMED.
02:46:35:00	02:46:36:00	IS THAT UPDATED?
02:46:36:00	02:46:36:00	YEAH.
02:46:36:00	02:46:36:00	OKAY.
02:46:36:00	02:46:37:00	YVONNE COULD YOU PLEASE PASS
02:46:37:00	02:46:39:00	THAT THAT UPDATED LANGUAGE THAT
02:46:39:00	02:46:43:00	EVERYONE HAS IT.
02:46:43:00	02:46:43:00	YES.
02:46:43:00	02:46:43:00	YES.
02:46:43:00	02:46:44:00	TAMARA FLYNN I SEE YOU'RE LIKE
02:46:44:00	02:46:46:00	IN A HUE RYAN IS PASSING OUT
02:46:46:00	02:46:47:00	THE UPDATED LANGUAGE AT THE
02:46:47:00	02:46:47:00	MOMENT.
02:46:47:00	02:46:49:00	I WANT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO
02:46:49:00	02:46:50:00	HAVE THE UPDATED LANGUAGE
02:46:50:00	02:47:40:00	BEFORE THEM.
02:47:40:00	02:47:45:00	OKAY DOES EVERYONE HAVE THE
02:47:45:00	02:47:45:00	SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE BEFORE
02:47:45:00	02:47:45:00	THEM?
02:47:45:00	02:47:49:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN WOULD YOU LIKE
02:47:49:00	02:47:50:00	TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE
02:47:50:00	02:47:51:00	SO THAT THIS COULD BE THE NEW
02:47:51:00	02:47:55:00	AMENDMENT BEFORE EVERYONE?
02:47:55:00	02:47:56:00	YES, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO
02:47:56:00	02:47:59:00	MAKE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE
02:47:59:00	02:48:02:00	PREVIOUS DOCUMENT.
02:48:02:00	02:48:03:00	AND THIS NEW DOCUMENT IS THAT
02:48:03:00	02:48:06:00	MOTION SECONDED?
02:48:06:00	02:48:06:00	OKAY.
02:48:06:00	02:48:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:48:07:00	02:48:07:00	THE MOTION DOES ALL THOSE IN
02:48:07:00	02:48:10:00	FAVOR SAY I I I'LL GO SAY NAY.
02:48:10:00	02:48:11:00	THIS DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE
02:48:11:00	02:48:14:00	THE BODY THERE IS BECAUSE THERE
02:48:14:00	02:48:14:00	WAS THIS OUTSTANDING.
02:48:14:00	02:48:18:00	I DO HEAR YOUR MOTION TO MOVE
02:48:18:00	02:48:18:00	THE QUESTION BUT BECAUSE THERE
02:48:18:00	02:48:21:00	IS THIS OUTSTANDING LANGUAGE
02:48:21:00	02:48:21:00	WILL ALLOW COUNCILOR FLYNN TO
02:48:21:00	02:48:22:00	SPEAK ON THIS UPDATED LANGUAGE
02:48:22:00	02:48:26:00	AND THEN I WILL GO BACK TO YOU
02:48:26:00	02:48:26:00	COUNCILOR BREEDEN CAN
02:48:26:00	02:48:27:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN WE ALL HAVE
02:48:27:00	02:48:29:00	BEFORE US THIS UPDATED
02:48:29:00	02:48:30:00	AMENDMENT RIGHT AND WE JUST
02:48:30:00	02:48:32:00	VOTED ON THE MOTION TO
02:48:32:00	02:48:33:00	SUBSTITUTE THIS LANGUAGE.
02:48:33:00	02:48:33:00	SO YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR IF
02:48:33:00	02:48:36:00	YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
02:48:36:00	02:48:36:00	MOTION ON THIS AMENDED
02:48:36:00	02:48:37:00	LANGUAGE.
02:48:37:00	02:48:40:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:48:40:00	02:48:40:00	AND AGAIN, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES
02:48:40:00	02:48:44:00	JUST GOT THIS A MINUTE AGO AND
02:48:44:00	02:48:45:00	WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY MY
02:48:45:00	02:48:47:00	ASSISTANT VANESSA AND CITY
02:48:47:00	02:48:48:00	COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF FOR
02:48:48:00	02:48:51:00	HELPING DOCKET 0236 IS HEREBY
02:48:51:00	02:48:52:00	AMENDED BY INSERTING THE
02:48:52:00	02:48:54:00	FOLLOWING LANGUAGE TO SECTION
02:48:54:00	02:48:58:00	FIVE NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION
02:48:58:00	02:49:01:00	FIVE OF CHAPTER 59 OF THE
02:49:01:00	02:49:01:00	GENERAL LAW OR ANY OTHER
02:49:01:00	02:49:04:00	GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW TO THE
02:49:04:00	02:49:04:00	CONTRARY, THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:49:04:00	02:49:05:00	SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ALLOW FOR
02:49:05:00	02:49:08:00	AN EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION
02:49:08:00	02:49:11:00	OF REAL PROPERTY FOR $1,000 FOR
02:49:11:00	02:49:12:00	LONG TERM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE
02:49:12:00	02:49:15:00	OWNED A HOME IN BOSTON FOR AT
02:49:15:00	02:49:18:00	LEAST 20 YEARS AND ARE AGED 55.
02:49:18:00	02:49:19:00	AND ALTHOUGH SUCH AN EXEMPTION
02:49:19:00	02:49:22:00	SHALL BE APPLIED ONLY TO A
02:49:22:00	02:49:23:00	TAXPAYER OWNING ONE RESIDENTIAL
02:49:23:00	02:49:26:00	PROPERTY AND SUCH RESIDENTIAL
02:49:26:00	02:49:27:00	PROPERTY SHALL BE THE PRINCIPAL
02:49:27:00	02:49:29:00	RESIDENCE OF THE TAXPAYER AS
02:49:29:00	02:49:30:00	USED BY THE TAXPAYER FOR INCOME
02:49:30:00	02:49:32:00	TAX PURPOSES.
02:49:32:00	02:49:33:00	THIS EXEMPTION SHALL BE IN
02:49:33:00	02:49:37:00	ADDITION TO ANY EXEMPTIONS
02:49:37:00	02:49:39:00	ALLOWABLE UNDER SECTION FIVE
02:49:39:00	02:49:40:00	PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT A NO
02:49:40:00	02:49:41:00	INSTANCE SHALL THE TAXABLE
02:49:41:00	02:49:44:00	VALUATION OF SUCH PROPERTY
02:49:44:00	02:49:45:00	AFTER ALL APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS
02:49:45:00	02:49:48:00	BE REDUCED BELOW 10% OF ITS
02:49:48:00	02:49:51:00	FULL AND FAIR CASH VALUATION
02:49:51:00	02:49:52:00	EXCEPT THROUGH APPLICABILITY
02:49:52:00	02:49:56:00	OF CLAUSE 18 OF SECTION FIVE
02:49:56:00	02:49:57:00	OF CHAPTER 59 WHERE UNDER THE
02:49:57:00	02:50:01:00	PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER FIVE
02:50:01:00	02:50:03:00	CHAPTER 59 EXEMPT EXEMPTION IS
02:50:03:00	02:50:07:00	BASED UPON AN AMOUNT OF TAX
02:50:07:00	02:50:07:00	RATHER THAN ON VALUATION THE
02:50:07:00	02:50:08:00	REDUCTION OF TAXABLE VALUATION
02:50:08:00	02:50:12:00	FOR PURPOSES OF THE PRECEDING
02:50:12:00	02:50:15:00	SENTENCE SHALL BE COMPUTED BY
02:50:15:00	02:50:16:00	DIVIDING THE SET AMOUNT OF TAX
02:50:16:00	02:50:19:00	BY THE RESIDENTIAL CLASS TAX
02:50:19:00	02:50:22:00	RATE OF THE CITY OR TOWN,
02:50:22:00	02:50:22:00	MULTIPLYING THE RESULT BY
02:50:22:00	02:50:25:00	$1,000 FOR FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
02:50:25:00	02:50:26:00	PARAGRAPH PARCEL SHALL MEAN A
02:50:26:00	02:50:29:00	UNIT OF REAL PROPERTY AS
02:50:29:00	02:50:30:00	DEFINED BY THE ASSESSORS IN
02:50:30:00	02:50:33:00	ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEEP WITH
02:50:33:00	02:50:33:00	THE DEED FOR SUCH PROPERTY AND
02:50:33:00	02:50:37:00	SHALL INCLUDE A CONDO UNIT AS
02:50:37:00	02:50:37:00	WELL.
02:50:37:00	02:50:38:00	MADAM CHAIR, I FELT IT WAS
02:50:38:00	02:50:41:00	IMPORTANT TO READ THAT INTO THE
02:50:41:00	02:50:41:00	RECORD.
02:50:41:00	02:50:44:00	FOR PEOPLE AT HOME THAT MIGHT
02:50:44:00	02:50:45:00	FOLLOWING IT I JUST WANT IT TO
02:50:45:00	02:50:45:00	BE FAIR AND TRANSPARENT.
02:50:45:00	02:50:46:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:50:46:00	02:50:49:00	THANK THE CHAIR IS
02:50:49:00	02:50:50:00	CONCENTRATING ON THE FLOOR.
02:50:50:00	02:50:52:00	A POINT OF TRYING CLARIFICATION
02:50:52:00	02:50:52:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:50:52:00	02:50:53:00	THROUGH YOU THROUGH THE CHAIR
02:50:53:00	02:50:56:00	TO THE MAKER DOES THIS MEAN
02:50:56:00	02:50:59:00	THAT HE'S PROPOSING TO REDUCE
02:50:59:00	02:51:00:00	THE THE OWNER OCCUPANCY TAX
02:51:00:00	02:51:07:00	EXEMPTION FROM 3984 TO $1000 TO
02:51:07:00	02:51:07:00	THE CHAIR COUNCIL?
02:51:07:00	02:51:08:00	IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU
02:51:08:00	02:51:10:00	MAY.
02:51:10:00	02:51:11:00	I WOULD NOT LIKE TO RESPOND BUT
02:51:11:00	02:51:11:00	ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
02:51:11:00	02:51:12:00	THIS MATTER?
02:51:12:00	02:51:14:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:51:14:00	02:51:15:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON
02:51:15:00	02:51:20:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN'S
02:51:20:00	02:51:20:00	SORRY CELEBRATING OF THE FLOOR,
02:51:20:00	02:51:21:00	MADAM CHAIR, AND RAISE THIS
02:51:21:00	02:51:24:00	ISSUE LEAST THREE TIMES,
02:51:24:00	02:51:24:00	POSSIBLY FOUR.
02:51:24:00	02:51:27:00	THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
02:51:27:00	02:51:27:00	QUESTION.
02:51:27:00	02:51:28:00	I AGREE WITH YOU AND I WOULD
02:51:28:00	02:51:29:00	LIKE TO MAKE OR TO AT LEAST
02:51:29:00	02:51:32:00	ANSWER THE QUESTION YES, I
02:51:32:00	02:51:35:00	CANNOT I CANNOT FORCE ANYONE I
02:51:35:00	02:51:36:00	GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
02:51:36:00	02:51:36:00	RESPOND.
02:51:36:00	02:51:37:00	FLYNN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
02:51:37:00	02:51:40:00	RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU MAY
02:51:40:00	02:51:40:00	WELL, I THINK YOU CALLED YOU
02:51:40:00	02:51:41:00	WILL YOU CALLED FOR A VOTE AND
02:51:41:00	02:51:43:00	THEN COUNCILOR BREADON ADDED
02:51:43:00	02:51:44:00	SOMETHING IS THAT IS THAT
02:51:44:00	02:51:47:00	ACCURATE TO SAY WELL,
02:51:47:00	02:51:48:00	COUNCILOR BREADON HAD THE
02:51:48:00	02:51:48:00	FLOOR?
02:51:48:00	02:51:52:00	SHE ASKED A QUESTION I SHOULD
02:51:52:00	02:51:53:00	HAVE RETURNED TO HER AND I DID
02:51:53:00	02:51:53:00	NOT.
02:51:53:00	02:51:55:00	SO I WOULD TAKE BUT THEN YOU
02:51:55:00	02:51:56:00	BUT THEN YOU ADDED MADAM CHAIR,
02:51:56:00	02:51:58:00	YOU CALLED FOR A VOTE.
02:51:58:00	02:51:59:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU WOULD
02:51:59:00	02:51:59:00	LIKE TO RESPOND TO
02:51:59:00	02:52:02:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YOU MAY IF
02:52:02:00	02:52:02:00	NOT.
02:52:02:00	02:52:02:00	OKAY.
02:52:02:00	02:52:03:00	SO COUNCILOR FLYNN WOULD NOT
02:52:03:00	02:52:06:00	LIKE TO RESPOND.
02:52:06:00	02:52:06:00	COUNCILOR BREADON IF YOU WOULD
02:52:06:00	02:52:07:00	LIKE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:52:07:00	02:52:09:00	MADAM CHAIR, IT'S VERY CLEAR TO
02:52:09:00	02:52:13:00	ME THAT THE EXISTING TAX
02:52:13:00	02:52:13:00	EXEMPTION FOR OWNER OCCUPANCY
02:52:13:00	02:52:15:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS $3,984
02:52:15:00	02:52:19:00	AND THIS AMENDMENT THE
02:52:19:00	02:52:20:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN IS PROPOSING IS
02:52:20:00	02:52:23:00	TO MOVE TO AN OWNER OCCUPANCY
02:52:23:00	02:52:26:00	EXEMPTION OF $1,000 FOR LONG
02:52:26:00	02:52:27:00	TERM RESIDENTS WHO OWN THEIR
02:52:27:00	02:52:27:00	HOME.
02:52:27:00	02:52:30:00	I DON'T THINK THIS MAKES SENSE.
02:52:30:00	02:52:33:00	HE IS ADVOCATING TO REDUCE THE
02:52:33:00	02:52:37:00	THE TAX EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE
02:52:37:00	02:52:38:00	ELIGIBLE.
02:52:38:00	02:52:38:00	RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE
02:52:38:00	02:52:41:00	THESE WANTING TO REDUCE MY
02:52:41:00	02:52:42:00	UNDERSTANDING OF THE LANGUAGE
02:52:42:00	02:52:45:00	IS HE'S USING IS PROPOSING TO
02:52:45:00	02:52:50:00	REDUCE THE EXEMPTION FROM 9000
02:52:50:00	02:52:50:00	3984 TO $1000.
02:52:50:00	02:52:51:00	I AM CONFUSED.
02:52:51:00	02:52:54:00	I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BENEFIT
02:52:54:00	02:52:54:00	.
02:52:54:00	02:52:55:00	I THINK THAT'S A REGRESSIVE
02:52:55:00	02:52:55:00	STEP FOR OUR FOLKS WHO ARE
02:52:55:00	02:52:57:00	STRUGGLING TO PAY THE REAL
02:52:57:00	02:52:58:00	ESTATE TAXES IN BOSTON TO
02:52:58:00	02:52:58:00	REDUCE THE RESIDENTIAL
02:52:58:00	02:53:01:00	EXEMPTION JUST $31,000.
02:53:01:00	02:53:02:00	I'M SORRY, I'M CONFUSED.
02:53:02:00	02:53:02:00	THANK YOU.
02:53:02:00	02:53:05:00	THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR.
02:53:05:00	02:53:06:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU'D LIKE
02:53:06:00	02:53:07:00	TO RESPOND, YOU MAY.
02:53:07:00	02:53:10:00	YEAH, IT'S BREADON IS IS
02:53:10:00	02:53:13:00	INACCURATE ON A LOT OF THE THAT
02:53:13:00	02:53:13:00	SHE'S MADE.
02:53:13:00	02:53:14:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:53:14:00	02:53:17:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, IF YOU WOULD
02:53:17:00	02:53:17:00	LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR,
02:53:17:00	02:53:20:00	YOU MAY.
02:53:20:00	02:53:20:00	MADAM CHAIR.
02:53:20:00	02:53:24:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M JUST
02:53:24:00	02:53:27:00	TOTALLY FRUSTRATED THAT THIS IS
02:53:27:00	02:53:27:00	THE MAKING OF THIS AMENDMENT
02:53:27:00	02:53:28:00	REFUSES TO ANSWER THAT
02:53:28:00	02:53:28:00	QUESTION.
02:53:28:00	02:53:31:00	IT'S VERY UNCLEAR TO ME AND I'M
02:53:31:00	02:53:32:00	SURE IT'S VERY UNCLEAR TO THE
02:53:32:00	02:53:33:00	FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS
02:53:33:00	02:53:38:00	DEBATE THAT HE IS PROPOSING A
02:53:38:00	02:53:41:00	TAX A TAX REBATE OF $1,000 WHEN
02:53:41:00	02:53:44:00	WE ALREADY HAVE A TAX REBATE
02:53:44:00	02:53:44:00	OF $3,984.
02:53:44:00	02:53:47:00	TO ME THAT SEEMS REGRESSIVE AND
02:53:47:00	02:53:48:00	I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE LINING
02:53:48:00	02:53:49:00	UP TO VOTE FOR THAT.
02:53:49:00	02:53:51:00	I THINK THAT'S DETRIMENTAL TO
02:53:51:00	02:53:51:00	RESIDENTS.
02:53:51:00	02:53:52:00	THANK YOU.
02:53:52:00	02:53:52:00	DO THEY?
02:53:52:00	02:53:53:00	CHAIR COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU'D
02:53:53:00	02:53:55:00	LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY.
02:53:55:00	02:53:56:00	SHE'S ENTITLED TO HER OPINION
02:53:56:00	02:53:56:00	AND TO VOTE THAT WAY.
02:53:56:00	02:53:59:00	MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A HEARING
02:53:59:00	02:54:00:00	ORDER ON THIS SUBJECT.
02:54:00:00	02:54:01:00	THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ISSUES
02:54:01:00	02:54:03:00	THAT I DO WANT TO DISCUSS.
02:54:03:00	02:54:06:00	I HAVE A HEARING ORDER THAT WE
02:54:06:00	02:54:07:00	WILL DISCUSS THAT.
02:54:07:00	02:54:07:00	I DO HOPE COUNCILOR BREADON
02:54:07:00	02:54:11:00	WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE BUT WE
02:54:11:00	02:54:11:00	HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK
02:54:11:00	02:54:14:00	AND THE WEEK BEFORE TO DISCUSS
02:54:14:00	02:54:17:00	A LOT OF THESE ISSUES IN A
02:54:17:00	02:54:17:00	SECOND HEARING.
02:54:17:00	02:54:18:00	WE CHOSE NOT TO HAVE THAT.
02:54:18:00	02:54:21:00	NOW WE'RE HAVING THIS THIS
02:54:21:00	02:54:22:00	HEARING ON A WEDNESDAY AND IT
02:54:22:00	02:54:24:00	SHOULD BE IN THE IN THE
02:54:24:00	02:54:25:00	COMMITTEE IN THE COMMITTEE
02:54:25:00	02:54:28:00	HEARING AND COUNCILOR CHOSE NOT
02:54:28:00	02:54:29:00	TO SHOW UP TO THE ORIGINAL
02:54:29:00	02:54:31:00	HEARING.
02:54:31:00	02:54:34:00	SO YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE
02:54:34:00	02:54:38:00	FAIR TO TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT
02:54:38:00	02:54:39:00	YOU KNOW, THIS THIS DISCUSSION
02:54:39:00	02:54:39:00	REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN
02:54:39:00	02:54:43:00	HAPPENING IN THE IN THE
02:54:43:00	02:54:43:00	HEARINGS NOT NOT ON THE
02:54:43:00	02:54:46:00	TRADITIONAL WEDNESDAY.
02:54:46:00	02:54:47:00	AND MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S THAT'S
02:54:47:00	02:54:48:00	ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ON IT.
02:54:48:00	02:54:50:00	WE COULD WE COULD GO BACK AND
02:54:50:00	02:54:51:00	WE COULD GO BACK AND FORTH
02:54:51:00	02:54:51:00	FOREVER.
02:54:51:00	02:54:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY
02:54:54:00	02:54:54:00	GREAT.
02:54:54:00	02:54:55:00	AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
02:54:55:00	02:54:55:00	RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU MAY.
02:54:55:00	02:54:58:00	MY FINAL COMMENT IS THIS MERITS
02:54:58:00	02:54:58:00	A MUCH DEEPER CONVERSATION THAT
02:54:58:00	02:55:01:00	WE WILL NOT SORT OUT TODAY.
02:55:01:00	02:55:02:00	WE NEED A HEARING ON THIS.
02:55:02:00	02:55:03:00	WE NEED A DEEP DIVE.
02:55:03:00	02:55:05:00	WE NEED TO GET THE ASSESSING
02:55:05:00	02:55:06:00	DEPARTMENT IN HERE AND LOOK AT
02:55:06:00	02:55:09:00	ALL THESE THESE EXEMPTIONS THAT
02:55:09:00	02:55:09:00	WE HAVE FOR VETERANS AND PEOPLE
02:55:09:00	02:55:12:00	WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND
02:55:12:00	02:55:13:00	ELDERS AND PEOPLE WITH
02:55:13:00	02:55:13:00	DISABILITIES AND WE NEED TO
02:55:13:00	02:55:16:00	LOOK THEM LINE BY LINE WITH
02:55:16:00	02:55:16:00	THIS.
02:55:16:00	02:55:19:00	THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT MAKE
02:55:19:00	02:55:20:00	SENSE AND IT DOES IT REALLY
02:55:20:00	02:55:22:00	DOESN'T HAVE ANY PLACE IN THIS
02:55:22:00	02:55:27:00	IN THIS REQUEST THIS HOME HOME
02:55:27:00	02:55:27:00	RULE PETITION THAT'S GOING TO
02:55:27:00	02:55:28:00	THIS THE STEP RIGHT NOW TO GET
02:55:28:00	02:55:31:00	RELIEF FOR OUR OWNER OCCUPIERS
02:55:31:00	02:55:31:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
02:55:31:00	02:55:35:00	SO I REST MY CASE AND I LOOK
02:55:35:00	02:55:35:00	FORWARD TO THE HEARING.
02:55:35:00	02:55:38:00	I ALSO RESENT THE FACT THAT I'M
02:55:38:00	02:55:39:00	RECOVERING FROM MAJOR SURGERY
02:55:39:00	02:55:40:00	ON MY KNEE AND HAVE HAVE BEEN
02:55:40:00	02:55:42:00	ABSENT.
02:55:42:00	02:55:43:00	I APOLOGIZE FOR MY ABSENCE BUT
02:55:43:00	02:55:44:00	IN THIS KIT AT THIS POINT IN
02:55:44:00	02:55:47:00	TIME I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF MY
02:55:47:00	02:55:48:00	OWN HEALTH AND I RESENT AN
02:55:48:00	02:55:48:00	IMPLICATION THAT I AM
02:55:48:00	02:55:51:00	NEGLECTING MY DUTY AS A CITY
02:55:51:00	02:55:51:00	COUNCILOR.
02:55:51:00	02:55:51:00	THANK YOU.
02:55:51:00	02:55:52:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON AND
02:55:52:00	02:55:54:00	I HOPE THAT YOU ARE RECOVERING
02:55:54:00	02:55:57:00	AND THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING.
02:55:57:00	02:55:58:00	I HEARD A POINT OF ORDER.
02:55:58:00	02:55:59:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY WHAT IS THE
02:55:59:00	02:56:02:00	RULE THAT YOU BELIEVE IS BEING
02:56:02:00	02:56:02:00	IS NOT BEING FOLLOWED AT THIS
02:56:02:00	02:56:03:00	MOMENT?
02:56:03:00	02:56:05:00	I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.
02:56:05:00	02:56:06:00	EARLIER THERE WAS A
02:56:06:00	02:56:09:00	COUNCILOR WHO WANTED TO SPEAK
02:56:09:00	02:56:10:00	BEFORE A VOTE BECAUSE THERE WAS
02:56:10:00	02:56:12:00	A QUESTION THAT IT WAS
02:56:12:00	02:56:13:00	UNDERSTOOD THAT MAYBE PEOPLE
02:56:13:00	02:56:14:00	WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO VOTE
02:56:14:00	02:56:17:00	AND I DO WANT TO RESPOND TO
02:56:17:00	02:56:20:00	COUNCILOR BRADEN'S OBSERVATION
02:56:20:00	02:56:20:00	ABOUT THE FACT BECAUSE NOT
02:56:20:00	02:56:21:00	EVERYONE QUALIFIES.
02:56:21:00	02:56:25:00	JUST BECAUSE YOU HAD A I WANT
02:56:25:00	02:56:26:00	TO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAD A
02:56:26:00	02:56:27:00	POINT OF ORDER AND NOW YOU'RE
02:56:27:00	02:56:28:00	SPEAKING SUBSTANTIVELY ON THE
02:56:28:00	02:56:28:00	MATTER.
02:56:28:00	02:56:29:00	SO CUSTOMER WILL YOU ALLOW
02:56:29:00	02:56:31:00	ME TO SPEAK?
02:56:31:00	02:56:31:00	YES.
02:56:31:00	02:56:32:00	SO THAT YES, YES YOU HAVE THE
02:56:32:00	02:56:32:00	FLOOR.
02:56:32:00	02:56:32:00	THANK YOU.
02:56:32:00	02:56:34:00	I APPRECIATE THAT.
02:56:34:00	02:56:35:00	SO COUNCILOR BREADON AT THAT
02:56:35:00	02:56:38:00	MEETING THERE WERE 1700
02:56:38:00	02:56:38:00	APPLICATIONS AND THE HEARING
02:56:38:00	02:56:42:00	WAS BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 3RD
02:56:42:00	02:56:42:00	DEADLINE.
02:56:42:00	02:56:43:00	I LOOKED UP ON THE WEBSITE IT
02:56:43:00	02:56:46:00	LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT 1090
02:56:46:00	02:56:49:00	APPEALS RIGHT NOW SO MOST
02:56:49:00	02:56:50:00	OF OUR HOMEOWNERS DON'T QUALIFY
02:56:50:00	02:56:53:00	FOR THOSE OTHER TAX ABATEMENTS.
02:56:53:00	02:56:54:00	SO THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION
02:56:54:00	02:56:57:00	IN MY OPINION WHERE IF THE
02:56:57:00	02:56:58:00	OTHERS THAT YOU LISTED IF
02:56:58:00	02:56:59:00	YOU'RE NOT A VETERAN, IF YOU'RE
02:56:59:00	02:57:01:00	NOT IF YOU DON'T FALL UNDER
02:57:01:00	02:57:01:00	OTHER CATEGORIES AND IF YOU
02:57:01:00	02:57:02:00	KNOW BECAUSE THE APPEAL FOR
02:57:02:00	02:57:05:00	YOUR HOME IS ONLY THAT YOUR
02:57:05:00	02:57:06:00	QUESTIONING THAT THEY ASSESSED
02:57:06:00	02:57:09:00	IT IMPROPERLY AND MOST PEOPLE
02:57:09:00	02:57:09:00	DON'T EVEN QUESTION IT BECAUSE
02:57:09:00	02:57:10:00	THEY SOMETIMES COME BACK WITH A
02:57:10:00	02:57:12:00	LARGER TAX BILL.
02:57:12:00	02:57:13:00	SO THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION
02:57:13:00	02:57:16:00	FOR PEOPLE WHO SAY LIKE I'M NOT
02:57:16:00	02:57:17:00	GOING TO APPEAL BECAUSE YOU GET
02:57:17:00	02:57:20:00	YOUR BILL.
02:57:20:00	02:57:21:00	SOME HOMEOWNERS SAY HEY, I
02:57:21:00	02:57:21:00	DON'T THINK YOU ASSESSED MY
02:57:21:00	02:57:22:00	HOME PROPERLY.
02:57:22:00	02:57:24:00	THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO.
02:57:24:00	02:57:25:00	SO THIS WOULD BE FOR PEOPLE WHO
02:57:25:00	02:57:27:00	HAVE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 20
02:57:27:00	02:57:28:00	YEARS KNOW THAT THERE IS NO
02:57:28:00	02:57:31:00	ABATEMENT OR REBATE OPTION FOR
02:57:31:00	02:57:32:00	THEM THAT THEY COULD TAKE
02:57:32:00	02:57:34:00	ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND IN NO
02:57:34:00	02:57:35:00	WOULD THEY DO BOLD OR CHOOSE
02:57:35:00	02:57:38:00	ONE OVER THE OTHER.
02:57:38:00	02:57:39:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO BE WHAT
02:57:39:00	02:57:42:00	THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ON
02:57:42:00	02:57:43:00	THIS.
02:57:43:00	02:57:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:57:43:00	02:57:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:57:43:00	02:57:44:00	COUNCILOR AND HERE YOU HAVE THE
02:57:44:00	02:57:44:00	FLOOR.
02:57:44:00	02:57:46:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:57:46:00	02:57:50:00	I AM GOING TO REITERATE YET
02:57:50:00	02:57:54:00	AGAIN THAT IF WE HAD DIFFERENT
02:57:54:00	02:57:55:00	NORMS HERE WE PROBABLY WOULD
02:57:55:00	02:57:57:00	HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION
02:57:57:00	02:57:58:00	AND WE'D BE DONE WITH ALL THIS
02:57:58:00	02:57:59:00	BY NOW.
02:57:59:00	02:58:01:00	IT IS CLEAR THAT MY COLLEAGUES
02:58:01:00	02:58:05:00	DO NOT FEEL THAT WE HAVE DONE
02:58:05:00	02:58:06:00	OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND I
02:58:06:00	02:58:08:00	APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
02:58:08:00	02:58:12:00	HOWEVER, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
02:58:12:00	02:58:15:00	EITHER ONE OR TWO THINGS WILL
02:58:15:00	02:58:15:00	NEED TO HAPPEN.
02:58:15:00	02:58:16:00	I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE
02:58:16:00	02:58:18:00	AMENDMENTS WE GOT COMING DOWN
02:58:18:00	02:58:19:00	THE PIPELINE COUNCIL PLAN BUT I
02:58:19:00	02:58:20:00	THINK IN THE INTERESTS OF JUST
02:58:20:00	02:58:22:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MOVE
02:58:22:00	02:58:22:00	THINGS ALONG.
02:58:22:00	02:58:26:00	I AM GOING TO HUMBLY AGAIN
02:58:26:00	02:58:30:00	SUGGEST AND I THINK I THINK
02:58:30:00	02:58:31:00	THIS IS A THE REASON WHY WE ARE
02:58:31:00	02:58:34:00	SHOWING UP THIS WAY IS BECAUSE
02:58:34:00	02:58:34:00	THE SAME WAY THE COUNCILORS
02:58:34:00	02:58:38:00	FEEL THIS THE SAME WAY THAT
02:58:38:00	02:58:38:00	COMMUNITY FOLKS FEEL PEOPLE DO
02:58:38:00	02:58:41:00	NOT FEEL HEARD.
02:58:41:00	02:58:41:00	PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL AFFIRMED.
02:58:41:00	02:58:44:00	AND SO ALL OF THIS ENERGY IS IN
02:58:44:00	02:58:45:00	THIS CHAMBER AND WE NEED STAGE
02:58:45:00	02:58:46:00	HERE AND WE NEED TO SHOW UP
02:58:46:00	02:58:48:00	DIFFERENTLY WHY ALL OF THIS IS
02:58:48:00	02:58:49:00	HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
02:58:49:00	02:58:52:00	SO I THINK THAT FOR THE SAKE
02:58:52:00	02:58:53:00	OF MOVING THINGS ALONG I AM
02:58:53:00	02:59:00:00	GOING RECOMMEND THAT WE A MOVE
02:59:00:00	02:59:03:00	THIS TO A HEARING AND THAT YOU
02:59:03:00	02:59:04:00	ORGANIZE AND YOU BRING PEOPLE
02:59:04:00	02:59:07:00	INTO THIS CHAMBER RIGHT WHO CAN
02:59:07:00	02:59:11:00	HELP DEMONSTRATE HOW AND WHY WE
02:59:11:00	02:59:15:00	NEED THIS BILL RIGHT NOW TRYING
02:59:15:00	02:59:15:00	TO OBVIOUSLY YOU ALREADY KNOW
02:59:15:00	02:59:19:00	THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN
02:59:19:00	02:59:19:00	TRYING TO CHANGE ANYONE'S MIND
02:59:19:00	02:59:22:00	TODAY IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
02:59:22:00	02:59:23:00	SO I WILL RECOMMEND
02:59:23:00	02:59:27:00	RESPECTFULLY FOR US TO PUT THIS
02:59:27:00	02:59:31:00	TO BED COUNCILORS, COUNCILORS,
02:59:31:00	02:59:31:00	COUNCILORS, COUNCIL ME HERE HAS
02:59:31:00	02:59:32:00	THE FLOOR.
02:59:32:00	02:59:34:00	I DON'T THAT'S WHY I'M SO USED
02:59:34:00	02:59:35:00	TO ALL OF THIS BUT I'M SO IT'S
02:59:35:00	02:59:37:00	I ACTUALLY CAN HEAR IT VERY
02:59:37:00	02:59:38:00	OKAY BUT BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED
02:59:38:00	02:59:41:00	HOW TO BE HERE SO I WOULD
02:59:41:00	02:59:44:00	RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST AND MY
02:59:44:00	02:59:48:00	MOTION IS TO CLOSE THE DEBATES
02:59:48:00	02:59:49:00	I'M NOT EVEN DONE SPEAKING HOW
02:59:49:00	02:59:51:00	ABOUT LET ME FINISH MY THOUGHT
02:59:51:00	02:59:51:00	.
02:59:51:00	02:59:52:00	I HOPE THAT MY MOTION IS TO
02:59:52:00	02:59:55:00	CLOSE DEBATE AND GIVE
02:59:55:00	02:59:56:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AN OPPORTUNITY
02:59:56:00	02:59:59:00	TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT
02:59:59:00	03:00:00:00	CHANNEL TO EXECUTE HIS VISION.
03:00:00:00	03:00:03:00	AND I AND I RESPECT FULLY SAY
03:00:03:00	03:00:04:00	THAT TO YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN IN
03:00:04:00	03:00:07:00	THE INTERESTS OF JUST MOVING
03:00:07:00	03:00:08:00	THE WORK ALONG.
03:00:08:00	03:00:11:00	MY APOLOGIES AGAIN BUT I AM
03:00:11:00	03:00:12:00	GOING TO JUST ASK US TO KEEP
03:00:12:00	03:00:14:00	THINGS MOVING BECAUSE WE HAVE
03:00:14:00	03:00:15:00	AN AGENDA TO GO THROUGH.
03:00:15:00	03:00:18:00	SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE BODY,
03:00:18:00	03:00:19:00	OUT OF RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO
03:00:19:00	03:00:22:00	ARE TUNING IN, OUT OF RESPECT
03:00:22:00	03:00:22:00	FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
03:00:22:00	03:00:23:00	SITTING IN THESE UNCOMFORTABLE
03:00:23:00	03:00:25:00	SEATS, I AM GOING TO ASK US TO
03:00:25:00	03:00:26:00	KEEP IT MOVING.
03:00:26:00	03:00:26:00	THANK YOU.
03:00:26:00	03:00:27:00	COUNCILOR MAY HERE HAS A MOTION
03:00:27:00	03:00:30:00	ON FLOOR TO CLOSE DEBATE AND
03:00:30:00	03:00:30:00	MOVE TO A VOTE AS I'VE BEEN
03:00:30:00	03:00:33:00	SECONDED SECONDED.
03:00:33:00	03:00:34:00	OKAY WE WILL NOW TAKE A ROLL
03:00:34:00	03:00:34:00	CALL VOTE.
03:00:34:00	03:00:36:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:00:36:00	03:00:37:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE
03:00:37:00	03:00:38:00	MOTION TO CLOSE THE BOTTOM
03:00:38:00	03:00:40:00	OF THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AGAIN,
03:00:40:00	03:00:41:00	IT'S REQUIRED A TWO THIRDS
03:00:41:00	03:00:41:00	VOTE.
03:00:41:00	03:00:45:00	A YES VOTE MEANS THAT WE CLOSED
03:00:45:00	03:00:45:00	THE MEETING AND MOVED TO THE
03:00:45:00	03:00:46:00	PREVIOUS QUIET AND MOVE THE
03:00:46:00	03:00:48:00	PREVIOUS QUESTION AND NO VOTE.
03:00:48:00	03:00:49:00	THAT DEBATE STAYS OPEN.
03:00:49:00	03:00:50:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU AS EVERYONE
03:00:50:00	03:00:52:00	UNDERSTAND COUNCILOR BREADON
03:00:52:00	03:00:57:00	YES, COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:00:57:00	03:00:58:00	COUNCILOR COLORED AS A PARTY
03:00:58:00	03:00:59:00	COUNCILOR COLORED AS A PARTY
03:00:59:00	03:01:00:00	YES.
03:01:00:00	03:01:00:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
03:01:00:00	03:01:00:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
03:01:00:00	03:01:06:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON TO
03:01:06:00	03:01:10:00	CLOSE DEBATE YES.
03:01:10:00	03:01:10:00	YES.
03:01:10:00	03:01:10:00	FERNANDES ANDERSON YES.
03:01:10:00	03:01:14:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
03:01:14:00	03:01:14:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD KNOW
03:01:14:00	03:01:17:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:01:17:00	03:01:18:00	NO.
03:01:18:00	03:01:18:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES
03:01:18:00	03:01:19:00	COUNCILORS AND YES
03:01:19:00	03:01:21:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
03:01:21:00	03:01:21:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SEE
03:01:21:00	03:01:24:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:01:24:00	03:01:25:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY NO
03:01:25:00	03:01:25:00	COUNCILOR OPEN COUNCILOR BYRNE
03:01:25:00	03:01:29:00	YES.
03:01:29:00	03:01:29:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:01:29:00	03:01:29:00	COUNCILORS SANTANA YES.
03:01:29:00	03:01:32:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:01:32:00	03:01:33:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:01:33:00	03:01:34:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
03:01:34:00	03:01:36:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
03:01:36:00	03:01:36:00	TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
03:01:36:00	03:01:37:00	THREE IN A NEGATIVE.
03:01:37:00	03:01:37:00	THANK YOU.
03:01:37:00	03:01:39:00	WE WILL NOW TAKE A ROLL CALL
03:01:39:00	03:01:43:00	VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT ITSELF A
03:01:43:00	03:01:44:00	YES VOTE WHICH ONLY REQUIRES A
03:01:44:00	03:01:47:00	MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL.
03:01:47:00	03:01:48:00	SO SEVEN COUNCILORS WOULD MEAN
03:01:48:00	03:01:51:00	THAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE
03:01:51:00	03:01:51:00	ADDED TO THE CHAIR'S
03:01:51:00	03:01:55:00	RECOMMENDATION TO THE TO THE
03:01:55:00	03:01:55:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND TO THE
03:01:55:00	03:01:58:00	HOME RULE PETITION AND A NO
03:01:58:00	03:01:59:00	WOULD MEAN THAT IT IS NOT ADDED
03:01:59:00	03:02:03:00	OKAY, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU
03:02:03:00	03:02:04:00	PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL
03:02:04:00	03:02:04:00	VOTE?
03:02:04:00	03:02:07:00	COUNCILOR BREEN NO.
03:02:07:00	03:02:07:00	COUNCILOR BREADON NO.
03:02:07:00	03:02:10:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PARTY
03:02:10:00	03:02:11:00	COUNCILOR AS A PART AND NO
03:02:11:00	03:02:14:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
03:02:14:00	03:02:14:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN NO.
03:02:14:00	03:02:17:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON
03:02:17:00	03:02:18:00	COUNCIL FINANCE AND PRESENT
03:02:18:00	03:02:21:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO
03:02:21:00	03:02:21:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO
03:02:21:00	03:02:21:00	COUNCIL FLYNN YES.
03:02:21:00	03:02:25:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:02:25:00	03:02:25:00	COUNCILOR NO.
03:02:25:00	03:02:27:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO.
03:02:27:00	03:02:31:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE?
03:02:31:00	03:02:31:00	NO.
03:02:31:00	03:02:31:00	OH PRESENT.
03:02:31:00	03:02:32:00	SORRY.
03:02:32:00	03:02:35:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE PRESENT
03:02:35:00	03:02:35:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
03:02:35:00	03:02:39:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:02:39:00	03:02:40:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR WITH
03:02:40:00	03:02:42:00	NO COUNCIL SANTANA NO
03:02:42:00	03:02:43:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA NO
03:02:43:00	03:02:47:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL MEMBER
03:02:47:00	03:02:50:00	NO IN COUNCILOR WORRELL NO
03:02:50:00	03:02:51:00	COUNCILOR NO.
03:02:51:00	03:02:54:00	NINE VOTES IN A NEGATIVE TWO IN
03:02:54:00	03:02:56:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO
03:02:56:00	03:02:56:00	PRESENT.
03:02:56:00	03:02:56:00	THANK YOU.
03:02:56:00	03:02:59:00	THIS AMENDMENT HAS NOT BEEN HAS
03:02:59:00	03:03:00:00	NOT PASSED SO WE ARE STILL
03:03:00:00	03:03:03:00	BEFORE US.
03:03:03:00	03:03:04:00	WE HAVE THE CHAIR'S MAIN REPORT
03:03:04:00	03:03:08:00	AND A RECOMMENDATION THAT IT
03:03:08:00	03:03:09:00	OUGHT TO PASS.
03:03:09:00	03:03:11:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE
03:03:11:00	03:03:11:00	THE FLOOR.
03:03:11:00	03:03:12:00	THANK YOU.
03:03:12:00	03:03:16:00	I ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT I
03:03:16:00	03:03:16:00	WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE.
03:03:16:00	03:03:17:00	I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
03:03:17:00	03:03:24:00	MOMENT AND SO WHERE IS IT?
03:03:24:00	03:03:25:00	I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL DAY AND I
03:03:25:00	03:03:25:00	LOST MY SCRIPT.
03:03:25:00	03:03:25:00	HERE WE GO.
03:03:25:00	03:03:28:00	SO I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO
03:03:28:00	03:03:32:00	RECONSIDER.
03:03:32:00	03:03:36:00	UM.
03:03:36:00	03:03:36:00	OKAY.
03:03:36:00	03:03:39:00	WHERE IS IT?
03:03:39:00	03:03:39:00	IT'S.
03:03:39:00	03:03:43:00	I NEED A SECOND CLOSING MESSAGE
03:03:43:00	03:03:43:00	IN MY MOBILE.
03:03:43:00	03:03:46:00	YOU WANT TO I WANT TO PROPOSE
03:03:46:00	03:03:47:00	AN AMENDMENT SO IT'S NOT A
03:03:47:00	03:03:47:00	MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
03:03:47:00	03:03:50:00	YOU WANT A MOTION TO AMEND?
03:03:50:00	03:03:50:00	I WANT A MOTION.
03:03:50:00	03:03:53:00	OKAY, SO ALSO THE MOTION TO
03:03:53:00	03:03:54:00	AMEND IS SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR
03:03:54:00	03:03:58:00	OF THE MOTION TO AMEND I I ALL
03:03:58:00	03:04:01:00	OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:04:01:00	03:04:02:00	COUNCILWOMAN HERE YOU HAVE THE
03:04:02:00	03:04:04:00	FLOOR.
03:04:04:00	03:04:05:00	IT'S ALL THIS TIME I WAITED AND
03:04:05:00	03:04:06:00	I CAN'T EVEN FIND MY SCRIPT.
03:04:06:00	03:04:09:00	OKAY, SO I AM GOING TO JUST GO
03:04:09:00	03:04:12:00	OFF THE CUFF HERE I ACTUALLY
03:04:12:00	03:04:16:00	WOULD LIKE SO I UNDERSTAND THAT
03:04:16:00	03:04:20:00	THE I UNDERSTAND THAT
03:04:20:00	03:04:24:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA WE HAD
03:04:24:00	03:04:24:00	COMMUNICATED TO YOUR OFFICE TO
03:04:24:00	03:04:27:00	RECONSIDER A NUMBER OF TURN
03:04:27:00	03:04:28:00	WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF THE
03:04:28:00	03:04:31:00	EXEMPTION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
03:04:31:00	03:04:32:00	I WANT TO JUST KNOW FOR THE
03:04:32:00	03:04:35:00	RECORD THAT OUR AMENDMENT
03:04:35:00	03:04:36:00	THERE'S NO LEGISLATIVE OR
03:04:36:00	03:04:39:00	CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS AROUND IT
03:04:39:00	03:04:40:00	FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN.
03:04:40:00	03:04:41:00	MINE DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME
03:04:41:00	03:04:43:00	ISSUES THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN'S
03:04:43:00	03:04:43:00	AMENDMENTS HAVE.
03:04:43:00	03:04:47:00	SO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN CASE
03:04:47:00	03:04:48:00	YOU ARE GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW,
03:04:48:00	03:04:51:00	QUESTIONING MINDS IS LEGIT I'M
03:04:51:00	03:04:53:00	SO NATURALLY THAT YOURS WASN'T
03:04:53:00	03:04:54:00	BUT LIKE YOU KNOW MY MY
03:04:54:00	03:04:58:00	AMENDMENT IS I'D LIKE TO
03:04:58:00	03:05:01:00	PROPOSE I ASKED FOR 100 AND I
03:05:01:00	03:05:04:00	AM GOING TO ASK INSTEAD OF 30
03:05:04:00	03:05:05:00	I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE AN
03:05:05:00	03:05:10:00	AMENDMENT FOR US TO DO A 50,000
03:05:10:00	03:05:11:00	EXEMPTION AND THAT IS BECAUSE
03:05:11:00	03:05:14:00	RIGHT NOW A LOT OF SMALL
03:05:14:00	03:05:15:00	BUSINESSES ARE FILLING THIS
03:05:15:00	03:05:18:00	CRUNCH.
03:05:18:00	03:05:18:00	WE WERE JUST IN DC THESE PAST
03:05:18:00	03:05:22:00	FEW DAYS AND WE WERE WE
03:05:22:00	03:05:22:00	BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS
03:05:22:00	03:05:26:00	OWNERS MANY OF WHICH WERE
03:05:26:00	03:05:26:00	HAVING A HARD TIME WITH EVEN
03:05:26:00	03:05:30:00	JUST KEEPING UP WITH THEIR
03:05:30:00	03:05:30:00	RENTS THEY HAVE THIS PERSONAL
03:05:30:00	03:05:33:00	PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION THAT IS
03:05:33:00	03:05:34:00	MAKING IT HARDER FOR THEM TO
03:05:34:00	03:05:37:00	KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN.
03:05:37:00	03:05:38:00	RIGHT NOW THE EXEMPTION IS AT I
03:05:38:00	03:05:41:00	THINK COUNCILOR COLETTE
03:05:41:00	03:05:44:00	ZAPATA'S IS AT 30 AND WHAT I
03:05:44:00	03:05:44:00	UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY
03:05:44:00	03:05:47:00	OF BOSTON IF WE GO ANYTHING
03:05:47:00	03:05:48:00	HIGHER LIKE COMPARING OURSELVES
03:05:48:00	03:05:51:00	TO CAMBRIDGE I HAVE A HARD TIME
03:05:51:00	03:05:52:00	DOING THAT BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK
03:05:52:00	03:05:56:00	AT BOSTON JUST DOMINICANS ALONE
03:05:56:00	03:05:56:00	HAVE OVER 500 BUSINESSES HERE
03:05:56:00	03:05:57:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
03:05:57:00	03:06:00:00	SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EQUITY
03:06:00:00	03:06:00:00	AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TYPES
03:06:00:00	03:06:04:00	OF BUSINESSES COMPARING BOSTON
03:06:04:00	03:06:04:00	TO CAMBRIDGE KNOWING THAT
03:06:04:00	03:06:05:00	HARVARD IS OCCUPYING SO MUCH
03:06:05:00	03:06:08:00	SPACE IN CAMBRIDGE, I THINK THE
03:06:08:00	03:06:11:00	TIME WILL TELL AND THE TYPES
03:06:11:00	03:06:12:00	OF BUSINESSES ARE VERY
03:06:12:00	03:06:12:00	DIFFERENT WHEN WE'RE THINKING
03:06:12:00	03:06:15:00	ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE
03:06:15:00	03:06:16:00	EXEMPTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
03:06:16:00	03:06:19:00	IN PARTICULAR IS THAT MANY
03:06:19:00	03:06:22:00	OF THE BARBERS WHO HAVE YOU
03:06:22:00	03:06:23:00	KNOW THEY'RE BEING TAXED ON
03:06:23:00	03:06:24:00	THEIR CHAIRS, ANY TYPE
03:06:24:00	03:06:26:00	OF EQUIPMENT AND OFTENTIMES
03:06:26:00	03:06:30:00	SOME OF THEM HAVE MORE THAN
03:06:30:00	03:06:31:00	$10,000 OR MORE THAN $30,000
03:06:31:00	03:06:31:00	WORTH OF EQUIPMENT.
03:06:31:00	03:06:34:00	SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR A
03:06:34:00	03:06:35:00	THRESHOLD A LITTLE BIT HIGHER
03:06:35:00	03:06:38:00	THAN 30.
03:06:38:00	03:06:41:00	I KNOW I WAS BEING AGGRESSIVE
03:06:41:00	03:06:41:00	WITH 100,000.
03:06:41:00	03:06:44:00	SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO
03:06:44:00	03:06:45:00	CONSIDER MEETING ME HALFWAY AND
03:06:45:00	03:06:49:00	JUST OUT OF COURTESY A LOT
03:06:49:00	03:06:49:00	OF PROTOCOL POLICIES AND
03:06:49:00	03:06:52:00	PROCEDURES AND JUST
03:06:52:00	03:06:53:00	PROFESSIONAL COURTESY, YOU
03:06:53:00	03:06:53:00	KNOW.
03:06:53:00	03:06:56:00	WELL, I DO APPRECIATE GETTING
03:06:56:00	03:06:57:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON MONDAY.
03:06:57:00	03:06:58:00	YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
03:06:58:00	03:07:00:00	TO ME FOR US TO HAVE SOME
03:07:00:00	03:07:04:00	DIALOG SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND
03:07:04:00	03:07:04:00	THINGS SO THAT YOU KNOW, I IT'S
03:07:04:00	03:07:07:00	IT'S JUST A BETTER PRACTICE.
03:07:07:00	03:07:09:00	SO I HAVE HAD TO NOW UTILIZE
03:07:09:00	03:07:12:00	THIS MOMENT TO FIGHT FOR IT.
03:07:12:00	03:07:15:00	SO I'M ASKING US TO CONSIDER
03:07:15:00	03:07:15:00	THIS AMENDMENT.
03:07:15:00	03:07:16:00	THANK YOU.
03:07:16:00	03:07:19:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:07:19:00	03:07:19:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:07:19:00	03:07:22:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
03:07:22:00	03:07:22:00	OH, OKAY.
03:07:22:00	03:07:28:00	YOU DON'T HAVE A COUNCILOR THAT
03:07:28:00	03:07:28:00	IS A PARTY.
03:07:28:00	03:07:28:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:07:28:00	03:07:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:07:30:00	03:07:30:00	THANK YOU TO CONCILOR MEJIA
03:07:30:00	03:07:31:00	HERE FOR INTRODUCING THIS.
03:07:31:00	03:07:33:00	SO WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING THE
03:07:33:00	03:07:34:00	NUMBERS GOING FROM 10 TO 30 I
03:07:34:00	03:07:37:00	THINK I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER
03:07:37:00	03:07:40:00	RIGHT NOW IT STANDS AT $10,000.
03:07:40:00	03:07:43:00	THE INCREASE TO 30 CAPTURES IS
03:07:43:00	03:07:43:00	SPECIFIC FOR POOL OF BUSINESSES
03:07:43:00	03:07:46:00	ABOUT 5500 BUSINESSES THAT ARE
03:07:46:00	03:07:47:00	WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL
03:07:47:00	03:07:53:00	TO THE SMALL MAN CLUB WE WERE
03:07:53:00	03:07:53:00	LOOKING AT NUMBERS 400,000
03:07:53:00	03:07:54:00	OBVIOUSLY THAT'S YOU KNOW I
03:07:54:00	03:07:57:00	APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN HE IS
03:07:57:00	03:07:57:00	COUNTER I GUESS AND FOR LACK
03:07:57:00	03:08:00:00	OF A BETTER TERM TO TO $50,000
03:08:00:00	03:08:01:00	WE DID NOTICE LIKE AS WE DO
03:08:01:00	03:08:04:00	INCREMENTAL STEPS UP IN $10,000
03:08:04:00	03:08:07:00	SO FROM 40 TO 50 THERE WAS IF
03:08:07:00	03:08:10:00	WE'RE CASTING A WIDER NET WE
03:08:10:00	03:08:11:00	RUN THE RISK OF POTENTIALLY
03:08:11:00	03:08:15:00	CAPTURING BUSINESSES THAT ARE
03:08:15:00	03:08:16:00	CHAIN RESTAURANTS OR BUSINESSES
03:08:16:00	03:08:19:00	WHERE LIKE THE SPIRIT OF THE
03:08:19:00	03:08:19:00	ORIGINAL INTENT IN THIS
03:08:19:00	03:08:23:00	PROPOSAL ISN'T NECESSARILY FOR
03:08:23:00	03:08:23:00	THEM.
03:08:23:00	03:08:26:00	AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THE THE
03:08:26:00	03:08:31:00	DECREASE IN THE NUMBER.
03:08:31:00	03:08:31:00	I JUST THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
03:08:31:00	03:08:32:00	THAT I'M THAT I'M TAKING A LOOK
03:08:32:00	03:08:32:00	AT IT.
03:08:32:00	03:08:34:00	BUT BASED ON SOME OF THE
03:08:34:00	03:08:35:00	RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE IN
03:08:35:00	03:08:37:00	LOOKING AT THOSE INCREMENTS, I
03:08:37:00	03:08:38:00	WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT AT 30.
03:08:38:00	03:08:39:00	IT IS FAIR AND AGAIN IT
03:08:39:00	03:08:43:00	PROVIDES THE RELIEF THAT WE ARE
03:08:43:00	03:08:46:00	LOOKING FOR FOR MOM AND POP
03:08:46:00	03:08:47:00	BUSINESSES AND I APPRECIATE
03:08:47:00	03:08:49:00	COUNCILMAN HUGHES PARTNERSHIP.
03:08:49:00	03:08:50:00	I THINK EARLIER LAST YEAR WE
03:08:50:00	03:08:53:00	HAD LOOKED INTO THIS TO TRY TO
03:08:53:00	03:08:54:00	FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY
03:08:54:00	03:08:58:00	PROTECT THE BUSINESSES IF AND
03:08:58:00	03:08:58:00	WHEN THE COMMERCIAL BURDEN OR
03:08:58:00	03:09:01:00	THE SHIFT GOES TO OUR
03:09:01:00	03:09:02:00	COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
03:09:02:00	03:09:04:00	AND YOU KNOW, WE SPENT A LOT
03:09:04:00	03:09:05:00	OF TIME LOOKING INTO THIS AND I
03:09:05:00	03:09:09:00	THINK I KNOW THAT BOSTON IS NOT
03:09:09:00	03:09:11:00	CAMBRIDGE BUT IF WE ARE GOING
03:09:11:00	03:09:12:00	TO CRUCIFY I THINK 40% WHERE
03:09:12:00	03:09:15:00	THERE'S A FISCAL ARGUMENT TO BE
03:09:15:00	03:09:16:00	MADE AS WELL TO OUR FISCAL
03:09:16:00	03:09:16:00	RESPONSIBILITY ARGUMENT TO BE
03:09:16:00	03:09:19:00	MADE AND SO MY I'M GOING TO
03:09:19:00	03:09:20:00	VOTE NO ON THIS AMENDMENT BUT I
03:09:20:00	03:09:23:00	DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS
03:09:23:00	03:09:24:00	OF COUNCILMAN HERE.
03:09:24:00	03:09:24:00	THANK YOU.
03:09:24:00	03:09:24:00	THANK YOU.
03:09:24:00	03:09:27:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM
03:09:27:00	03:09:27:00	HERE HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:09:27:00	03:09:27:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:09:27:00	03:09:30:00	SO YOU KNOW, JUST THE PROPOSED
03:09:30:00	03:09:31:00	INCREASE IS NOT JUST ABOUT
03:09:31:00	03:09:31:00	ADJUSTING NUMBERS.
03:09:31:00	03:09:34:00	IT'S ABOUT REFLECTING THE
03:09:34:00	03:09:34:00	FINANCIAL REALITIES OF OUR
03:09:34:00	03:09:35:00	RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
03:09:35:00	03:09:38:00	THE 30,000 THRESHOLD IS A STEP
03:09:38:00	03:09:39:00	IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION DOES NOT
03:09:39:00	03:09:42:00	GO FAR ENOUGH TO PROVIDE
03:09:42:00	03:09:42:00	MEANINGFUL RELIEF TO THOSE WHO
03:09:42:00	03:09:45:00	NEED IT MOST.
03:09:45:00	03:09:48:00	INCREASING THE EXEMPTION TO
03:09:48:00	03:09:48:00	50,000 ALLOW US BETTER TO
03:09:48:00	03:09:52:00	TARGET OUR SUPPORT TO SMALL
03:09:52:00	03:09:52:00	BUSINESSES WHO MAY ALREADY BE
03:09:52:00	03:09:53:00	STRUGGLING WITH THE RISING
03:09:53:00	03:09:55:00	COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS OR
03:09:55:00	03:09:56:00	LIVING IN BOSTON.
03:09:56:00	03:09:59:00	THIS ADJUSTMENT WILL HELP
03:09:59:00	03:09:59:00	REDUCE THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES
03:09:59:00	03:10:03:00	ON THEM ALLOWING FOR MORE
03:10:03:00	03:10:03:00	RESOURCES TO BE REINVESTED IN
03:10:03:00	03:10:04:00	THEIR BUSINESSES, FAMILIES AND
03:10:04:00	03:10:07:00	LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
03:10:07:00	03:10:08:00	I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN
03:10:08:00	03:10:11:00	FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT THAT
03:10:11:00	03:10:12:00	WE'RE PROVIDING HERE FOR THOSE
03:10:12:00	03:10:15:00	FOLKS WHO WHO ARE TUNING IN
03:10:15:00	03:10:18:00	LIKE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS
03:10:18:00	03:10:19:00	RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE HERE
03:10:19:00	03:10:22:00	BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT
03:10:22:00	03:10:23:00	WE ARE BRINGING HERE UNLESS AND
03:10:23:00	03:10:26:00	UNLESS IT DID NOT COME FROM THE
03:10:26:00	03:10:26:00	ADMINISTRATION OR YOU KNOW,
03:10:26:00	03:10:30:00	WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
03:10:30:00	03:10:30:00	HARD TIME PASSING ANYTHING
03:10:30:00	03:10:31:00	THROUGH, I'M GOING TO DIG MY
03:10:31:00	03:10:33:00	HEELS ON THE THINGS THAT I
03:10:33:00	03:10:34:00	THINK ARE IMPORTANT AND AS
03:10:34:00	03:10:35:00	SOMEONE WHO CHAIRED THE ONCE
03:10:35:00	03:10:37:00	UPON A TIME THE SMALL BUSINESS
03:10:37:00	03:10:38:00	AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
03:10:38:00	03:10:41:00	AND AS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
03:10:41:00	03:10:44:00	WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE TO
03:10:44:00	03:10:45:00	FACE THESE SMALL BUSINESSES DAY
03:10:45:00	03:10:49:00	IN AND DAY OUT, I THINK AN
03:10:49:00	03:10:51:00	INCREASE FROM 30 TO 50 IS A
03:10:51:00	03:10:51:00	REASONABLE ASK.
03:10:51:00	03:10:54:00	I FEEL LIKE THIS PARTICULAR
03:10:54:00	03:10:55:00	ITERATION OF THIS BODY WE HAVE
03:10:55:00	03:10:58:00	AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP FOR
03:10:58:00	03:10:59:00	FOLKS AND I'M NOT ASKING YOU
03:10:59:00	03:11:02:00	ALL TO BREAK THE LAW, TO BREAK
03:11:02:00	03:11:06:00	THE RULES TO DO ANYTHING OTHER
03:11:06:00	03:11:07:00	THAN JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT
03:11:07:00	03:11:10:00	MORE OF A THUMP SO THAT OUR
03:11:10:00	03:11:10:00	SMALL BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE
03:11:10:00	03:11:11:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
03:11:11:00	03:11:14:00	I UNDERSTAND AND I APPRECIATE
03:11:14:00	03:11:14:00	THE CHAIR FOR HER PUSHBACK.
03:11:14:00	03:11:18:00	THIS IS NORMALLY THE WAY THINGS
03:11:18:00	03:11:18:00	THIS IS HEALTHY DISCOURSE BUT I
03:11:18:00	03:11:21:00	WILL ALSO HAVE TO JUST DISAGREE
03:11:21:00	03:11:22:00	WITH THE NOTION THAT WE'RE
03:11:22:00	03:11:25:00	DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN AND
03:11:25:00	03:11:26:00	I THINK THAT WE COULD DO BETTER
03:11:26:00	03:11:27:00	AND IF WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP
03:11:27:00	03:11:29:00	FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, THIS
03:11:29:00	03:11:30:00	IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO DO
03:11:30:00	03:11:30:00	THAT.
03:11:30:00	03:11:35:00	SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL
03:11:35:00	03:11:36:00	FOUR TO CONSIDER THIS.
03:11:36:00	03:11:36:00	YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T BEEN
03:11:36:00	03:11:37:00	FOLLOWING A LOT OF THE
03:11:37:00	03:11:39:00	PROCEDURES DURING THIS WHOLE
03:11:39:00	03:11:40:00	SESSION HERE AND YOU KNOW, I
03:11:40:00	03:11:43:00	THINK WE WE NEED TO MOVE ON,
03:11:43:00	03:11:47:00	YOU KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO ASK
03:11:47:00	03:11:47:00	EVERYONE TO SUPPORT INCREASING
03:11:47:00	03:11:51:00	THE PERSONAL TAX EXEMPTION IN
03:11:51:00	03:11:54:00	SECTION FIVE FROM 30 TO 50000.
03:11:54:00	03:11:57:00	AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN
03:11:57:00	03:11:58:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STAND ON
03:11:58:00	03:12:01:00	THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
03:12:01:00	03:12:01:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:01:00	03:12:02:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:02:00	03:12:05:00	I'D JUST LIKE TO TO TO CLARIFY
03:12:05:00	03:12:08:00	OR TO JUST ADD THAT THIS
03:12:08:00	03:12:09:00	COMPETITION IS PASSING IN A NEW
03:12:09:00	03:12:12:00	DRAFT AND I KNOW THAT THERE
03:12:12:00	03:12:13:00	WERE IT'S NOT WHAT WAS SENT TO
03:12:13:00	03:12:15:00	US BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
03:12:15:00	03:12:16:00	THERE WERE CHANGES MADE TO
03:12:16:00	03:12:19:00	REFLECT THAT WE NEED MORE
03:12:19:00	03:12:23:00	ROBUST UNDERSTANDING AND
03:12:23:00	03:12:23:00	DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE
03:12:23:00	03:12:26:00	NATURE OF REBATES IF WE DO DO
03:12:26:00	03:12:27:00	REBATES, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
03:12:27:00	03:12:28:00	SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS PROPOSED
03:12:28:00	03:12:28:00	IN A NEW DRAFT.
03:12:28:00	03:12:30:00	I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
03:12:30:00	03:12:30:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:12:30:00	03:12:31:00	COUNCILOR FINANCIAL PLANNING ON
03:12:31:00	03:12:34:00	THE FLOOR.
03:12:34:00	03:12:34:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:12:34:00	03:12:37:00	AND FOR THE RECORD I'M GOING TO
03:12:37:00	03:12:38:00	SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT OFFERED
03:12:38:00	03:12:41:00	BY COUNCILOR ME HERE.
03:12:41:00	03:12:42:00	I THINK IT'S A REASONABLE
03:12:42:00	03:12:43:00	REQUEST THAT YOU MAY
03:12:43:00	03:12:46:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE AND I DON'T
03:12:46:00	03:12:46:00	THINK THERE'S ANYONE IN THE ON
03:12:46:00	03:12:49:00	THE CITY COUNCIL THAT KNOWS
03:12:49:00	03:12:49:00	MORE ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS
03:12:49:00	03:12:53:00	OWNERS THAT ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR
03:12:53:00	03:12:54:00	AND WOMEN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
03:12:54:00	03:12:57:00	OWNERS THAN THAN COUNCILOR ME
03:12:57:00	03:12:58:00	HERE SHE SHE TALKS TO THESE
03:12:58:00	03:13:01:00	SMALL OWNERS SMALL BUSINESS
03:13:01:00	03:13:01:00	OWNERS AND LISTENS TO THEM
03:13:01:00	03:13:04:00	KNOWS EXACTLY IN MY OPINION
03:13:04:00	03:13:04:00	KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WHAT THEY
03:13:04:00	03:13:08:00	NEED DURING THESE CHALLENGING
03:13:08:00	03:13:08:00	TIMES.
03:13:08:00	03:13:09:00	AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT
03:13:09:00	03:13:12:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA MY MY QUESTION
03:13:12:00	03:13:13:00	TO MY COLLEAGUES AND MAYBE TO
03:13:13:00	03:13:16:00	MAYBE TO COUNCILOR ME HERE IS
03:13:16:00	03:13:17:00	AGAIN I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTING
03:13:17:00	03:13:19:00	I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROPOSAL
03:13:19:00	03:13:20:00	BUT IF PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO
03:13:20:00	03:13:24:00	SUPPORT IT, IS THERE A IS THERE
03:13:24:00	03:13:30:00	A RECOMMENDED NUMBER THAT YOU
03:13:30:00	03:13:33:00	COULD LIVE WITH STRIKING
03:13:33:00	03:13:37:00	STRIKING 30,000 AND INSERTING
03:13:37:00	03:13:37:00	50,000?
03:13:37:00	03:13:38:00	SO THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION.
03:13:38:00	03:13:44:00	I THINK I THINK THE 50,000
03:13:44:00	03:13:48:00	NUMBER IS APPROPRIATE BUT IF
03:13:48:00	03:13:49:00	THERE'S IF THAT'S NOT AN
03:13:49:00	03:13:49:00	APPROPRIATE NUMBER FOR MY
03:13:49:00	03:13:52:00	COLLEAGUES, IS THERE SOME IS
03:13:52:00	03:13:53:00	THERE ANOTHER NUMBER THAT YOU
03:13:53:00	03:13:55:00	COULD LIVE WITH?
03:13:55:00	03:13:56:00	SO COUNCIL AND COUNCILOR MEJIA
03:13:56:00	03:13:59:00	CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND
03:13:59:00	03:14:00:00	FIGHT AND SUPPORT THESE SMALL
03:14:00:00	03:14:03:00	BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE
03:14:03:00	03:14:03:00	CITY.
03:14:03:00	03:14:06:00	AGAIN, MANY OF THEM MANY
03:14:06:00	03:14:06:00	OF THEM ARE IMMIGRANT OWNED
03:14:06:00	03:14:10:00	SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY WOMEN
03:14:10:00	03:14:10:00	, PEOPLE OF COLOR.
03:14:10:00	03:14:11:00	THEY DESERVE TO BE HEARD TOO.
03:14:11:00	03:14:14:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:14:14:00	03:14:15:00	THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR CALLS
03:14:15:00	03:14:15:00	ME.
03:14:15:00	03:14:16:00	IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU
03:14:16:00	03:14:18:00	MAY CATCH MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
03:14:18:00	03:14:21:00	FLOOR.
03:14:21:00	03:14:22:00	YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO MODEL
03:14:22:00	03:14:25:00	BEHAVIOR HERE TO LOOK TO ALLOW
03:14:25:00	03:14:26:00	PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS
03:14:26:00	03:14:29:00	LIKE TO CONTINUOUSLY BE THE ONE
03:14:29:00	03:14:30:00	THAT ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE THE
03:14:30:00	03:14:32:00	HIGH ROAD AND COMPROMISE.
03:14:32:00	03:14:36:00	I AM GOING TO LET IT GO BECAUSE
03:14:36:00	03:14:36:00	WE KNOW WE'RE LIVING IN A VERY
03:14:36:00	03:14:40:00	DIFFERENT CLIMATE RIGHT HERE
03:14:40:00	03:14:41:00	UNLESS EVERYBODY'S GOING TO
03:14:41:00	03:14:41:00	SUPPORT ME.
03:14:41:00	03:14:43:00	BUT IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT
03:14:43:00	03:14:47:00	ME BECAUSE I KNOW HOW WE ROLL.
03:14:47:00	03:14:47:00	NO.
03:14:47:00	03:14:48:00	SO WHAT I THINK I THINK I AM
03:14:48:00	03:14:50:00	WILLING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
03:14:50:00	03:14:54:00	WITH THE VOTE AND THEN I HAVE A
03:14:54:00	03:14:55:00	I HAVE A BACKUP PLAN TO SUPPORT
03:14:55:00	03:14:58:00	THESE SMALL BUSINESSES.
03:14:58:00	03:14:58:00	SO EITHER WAY RIGHT EITHER WAY
03:14:58:00	03:15:02:00	WE'RE GOING TO WIN.
03:15:02:00	03:15:03:00	THANK YOU.
03:15:03:00	03:15:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE KINDS
03:15:03:00	03:15:04:00	OF WEBER WEBCAMS WHERE WE HAVE
03:15:04:00	03:15:05:00	THE FLOOR.
03:15:05:00	03:15:06:00	OKAY, I JUST I JUST WANTED TO
03:15:06:00	03:15:09:00	MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE MATH
03:15:09:00	03:15:12:00	CORRECTLY IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT
03:15:12:00	03:15:13:00	THE YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE REALLY
03:15:13:00	03:15:16:00	TALKING ABOUT HERE.
03:15:16:00	03:15:19:00	MY MY UNDERSTANDING AND FOR THE
03:15:19:00	03:15:20:00	FOUR ACCOUNTS FROM HERE YOU
03:15:20:00	03:15:23:00	KNOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG
03:15:23:00	03:15:26:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK THE TAX RATE
03:15:26:00	03:15:27:00	IS ABOUT $11 FOR $3,000 IN
03:15:27:00	03:15:27:00	VALUE.
03:15:27:00	03:15:30:00	SO IF A BUSINESS HAS AN
03:15:30:00	03:15:32:00	EXEMPTION THAT INCREASES BY
03:15:32:00	03:15:35:00	$20,000 THAT WOULD BE ABOUT
03:15:35:00	03:15:36:00	$220 FOR THEIR TAX BILL FOR THE
03:15:36:00	03:15:36:00	YEAR.
03:15:36:00	03:15:43:00	SO I, I YOU KNOW, I'M JUST I, I
03:15:43:00	03:15:43:00	JUST WANTED TO SET THAT LEVEL
03:15:43:00	03:15:46:00	HERE AS KIND OF THE
03:15:46:00	03:15:47:00	EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THIS IS
03:15:47:00	03:15:47:00	GOING TO DO.
03:15:47:00	03:15:51:00	I HONESTLY I APPLIED COUNSELOR
03:15:51:00	03:15:54:00	TO HIS EFFORTS BUT I'M ALSO
03:15:54:00	03:15:55:00	CONSIDERING A COUNSELOR CLOSE
03:15:55:00	03:15:59:00	THE POTTER'S OF YOU KNOW SORT
03:15:59:00	03:16:02:00	OF EXPLANATION OF WHY WAS SAID
03:16:02:00	03:16:03:00	AT THIS RATE THANK YOU THANK
03:16:03:00	03:16:03:00	YOU.
03:16:03:00	03:16:03:00	CATCH MEJIA IF YOU'D LIKE TO
03:16:03:00	03:16:09:00	RESPOND WITH THE CHAIR YOU MAY
03:16:09:00	03:16:09:00	.
03:16:09:00	03:16:14:00	I'M CURIOUS UH, AND THIS IS
03:16:14:00	03:16:17:00	JUST BECOMING A RECURRING THEME
03:16:17:00	03:16:17:00	HERE.
03:16:17:00	03:16:21:00	UM, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR
03:16:21:00	03:16:25:00	QUESTION BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER
03:16:25:00	03:16:26:00	TO THE CHAIR AND HER LEADERSHIP
03:16:26:00	03:16:29:00	SO IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO US
03:16:29:00	03:16:34:00	WHY THE ADVERSE REACTION OR
03:16:34:00	03:16:38:00	DESIRE TO NOT WANT TO INCREASE
03:16:38:00	03:16:39:00	THE $24,000, WHAT'S THE
03:16:39:00	03:16:42:00	DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 30 AND 50?
03:16:42:00	03:16:43:00	IT'S ONLY $20,000.
03:16:43:00	03:16:46:00	SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE
03:16:46:00	03:16:49:00	WHAT'S THE STRUGGLE HERE
03:16:49:00	03:16:49:00	BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HELP
03:16:49:00	03:16:52:00	ME BETTER UNDERSTAND IT AND
03:16:52:00	03:16:53:00	MAYBE YOU TOO.
03:16:53:00	03:16:53:00	THANK YOU.
03:16:53:00	03:16:56:00	I THINK I THINK COUNSELOR WEBER
03:16:56:00	03:17:01:00	IS QUESTION YEAH.
03:17:01:00	03:17:01:00	OKAY.
03:17:01:00	03:17:02:00	SO THE CHAIR AND HIS
03:17:02:00	03:17:02:00	COUNTERPART IS ABOUT TO GO THE
03:17:02:00	03:17:02:00	FLOOR.
03:17:02:00	03:17:03:00	SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT HE
03:17:03:00	03:17:04:00	WAS ASKING ABOUT THE TAX RATE.
03:17:04:00	03:17:05:00	I DON'T THINK THAT HE WAS
03:17:05:00	03:17:08:00	ASKING ABOUT MY OPINION OF WHY
03:17:08:00	03:17:10:00	I WANT TO KEEP IT AT 30.
03:17:10:00	03:17:11:00	I THINK I HAD EXPLAINED THAT IN
03:17:11:00	03:17:14:00	MY IN MY ORIGINAL COMMENTS TO
03:17:14:00	03:17:15:00	YOUR TO REMEMBER IT BUT I DON'T
03:17:15:00	03:17:16:00	COUNCIL MEMBER CAN YOU JUST
03:17:16:00	03:17:18:00	PLEASE REPEAT IT JUST SO I HAVE
03:17:18:00	03:17:21:00	YES THANK YOU CAUSE WEBER YOU
03:17:21:00	03:17:24:00	HAVE THE FLOOR NOW AND I JUST I
03:17:24:00	03:17:28:00	JUST SO IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT
03:17:28:00	03:17:29:00	THIS WOULD MEAN WOULD BE ON
03:17:29:00	03:17:32:00	AVERAGE YOU KNOW IF WE IF WE
03:17:32:00	03:17:35:00	PASS THIS IT WOULD SAVE
03:17:35:00	03:17:35:00	BUSINESSES $220 A YEAR.
03:17:35:00	03:17:39:00	THAT'S THAT'S HOW I READ IT.
03:17:39:00	03:17:40:00	I UNDERSTAND HOW EXEMPTIONS
03:17:40:00	03:17:40:00	WORK.
03:17:40:00	03:17:43:00	MAYBE I DON'T SO I, I HAVE YOU
03:17:43:00	03:17:46:00	SEE THE UH YOU KNOW THE MAKER
03:17:46:00	03:17:50:00	UM KNOWS THIS BUT YEAH AS THE
03:17:50:00	03:17:54:00	AS THE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT OPS
03:17:54:00	03:17:54:00	YOU KNOW YOU ALSO HAVE AN
03:17:54:00	03:17:55:00	OPINION ON IT AND IF WE DIDN'T
03:17:55:00	03:17:57:00	SO HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU TOO.
03:17:57:00	03:17:58:00	I JUST THAT WAS THAT WAS THE
03:17:58:00	03:17:59:00	ONLY PURPOSE OF MY COMMENT WAS
03:17:59:00	03:18:01:00	JUST TO KIND OF I THINK WHEN
03:18:01:00	03:18:03:00	PEOPLE WATCH AT HOME THEY HEAR
03:18:03:00	03:18:04:00	$20,000, YOU KNOW AND BUT WHAT
03:18:04:00	03:18:06:00	WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT ARE
03:18:06:00	03:18:07:00	THE TAX BILLS AND JUST FOR MY
03:18:07:00	03:18:10:00	SAKE AS I THINK ABOUT THIS, I
03:18:10:00	03:18:11:00	JUST WANTED TO GET TO THE
03:18:11:00	03:18:15:00	ACTUAL TAX DOLLARS SAVINGS AND
03:18:15:00	03:18:15:00	THAT COULD MAKE OR BREAK A
03:18:15:00	03:18:15:00	BUSINESS.
03:18:15:00	03:18:16:00	I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A LITTLE
03:18:16:00	03:18:19:00	OR A LOT OR YOU KNOW, I'M JUST
03:18:19:00	03:18:19:00	TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY
03:18:19:00	03:18:20:00	WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
03:18:20:00	03:18:22:00	THANK YOU.
03:18:22:00	03:18:23:00	THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR
03:18:23:00	03:18:23:00	COUNSELOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, IF
03:18:23:00	03:18:25:00	YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU MAY
03:18:25:00	03:18:26:00	TRY IT AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE
03:18:26:00	03:18:27:00	I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN
03:18:27:00	03:18:27:00	FRONT OF ME.
03:18:27:00	03:18:30:00	I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT FOR THE
03:18:30:00	03:18:32:00	$30,000 EXEMPTION THAT'S 5500
03:18:32:00	03:18:32:00	BUSINESSES.
03:18:32:00	03:18:35:00	AND SO WHEN WE GET INTO 40 OR
03:18:35:00	03:18:35:00	50 I JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE
03:18:35:00	03:18:39:00	NUMBERS WITH ME TO FIGURE OUT
03:18:39:00	03:18:39:00	HOW MANY FOLKS ARE ARE GETTING
03:18:39:00	03:18:43:00	THE EXEMPTION SO I, I, I AGAIN
03:18:43:00	03:18:46:00	I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN HIS
03:18:46:00	03:18:49:00	AMENDMENT I THINK THAT I DO
03:18:49:00	03:18:50:00	JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THERE
03:18:50:00	03:18:51:00	WAS A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE
03:18:51:00	03:18:53:00	OF LIKE YOU KNOW, AMENDMENTS
03:18:53:00	03:18:54:00	THAT DIDN'T COME FROM THE
03:18:54:00	03:18:54:00	ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T GET
03:18:54:00	03:18:57:00	INCLUDED JUST TO TO ECHO OUR
03:18:57:00	03:18:58:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT WE HAVE AN
03:18:58:00	03:19:01:00	AMENDMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN
03:19:01:00	03:19:02:00	THE NEW DRAFT FROM A FROM A
03:19:02:00	03:19:03:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE AND WHILE WE
03:19:03:00	03:19:05:00	MAY HAVE SOME FUNDAMENTAL
03:19:05:00	03:19:06:00	DISAGREEMENTS ON, YOU KNOW,
03:19:06:00	03:19:08:00	WHAT IS WHAT IS FISCALLY
03:19:08:00	03:19:09:00	RESPONSIBLE, WHAT IS FAIR, THE
03:19:09:00	03:19:13:00	MERIT OF THE INCLUSION IS NOT
03:19:13:00	03:19:14:00	BASED ON WHO THE PERSON WHO
03:19:14:00	03:19:16:00	INTRODUCED IT IS.
03:19:16:00	03:19:17:00	AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN
03:19:17:00	03:19:17:00	IMPORTANT DISTINCTION THAT I
03:19:17:00	03:19:18:00	HAVE TO MAKE HERE.
03:19:18:00	03:19:21:00	THE OTHER THING TOO THAT THAT I
03:19:21:00	03:19:21:00	TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WAS THE
03:19:21:00	03:19:22:00	FACT THAT THIS WAS ALREADY
03:19:22:00	03:19:24:00	VOTED ON AND PASSED BY THIS
03:19:24:00	03:19:25:00	BODY AND SO THE COUNCIL HAS
03:19:25:00	03:19:28:00	ALREADY SAID THAT THIS IS AN
03:19:28:00	03:19:29:00	ADEQUATE NUMBER, THAT THIS IS A
03:19:29:00	03:19:29:00	NUMBER THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE
03:19:29:00	03:19:32:00	WITH AND THAT WAS DEFINITELY A
03:19:32:00	03:19:32:00	PART OF OF MY DECISION TO KEEP
03:19:32:00	03:19:33:00	IT AT THE 30.
03:19:33:00	03:19:35:00	AND SO I, I DON'T HAVE A
03:19:35:00	03:19:39:00	RESPONSE REALLY CAUSE I DON'T
03:19:39:00	03:19:40:00	HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT
03:19:40:00	03:19:40:00	OF ME TO COUNCILOR ME HERE BUT
03:19:40:00	03:19:41:00	I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
03:19:41:00	03:19:42:00	THAT GOT ON THE RECORD.
03:19:42:00	03:19:43:00	THANK YOU.
03:19:43:00	03:19:43:00	THANK YOU.
03:19:43:00	03:19:47:00	AND I, I WANT TO GO THROUGH
03:19:47:00	03:19:47:00	THAT THROUGH THE CHAIR COMES TO
03:19:47:00	03:19:48:00	ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU
03:19:48:00	03:19:48:00	MAY.
03:19:48:00	03:19:48:00	YES.
03:19:48:00	03:19:54:00	SO I JUST A OH SO THAT
03:19:54:00	03:19:54:00	EVERYBODY WHO'S REALLY
03:19:54:00	03:19:57:00	LISTENING HERE THIS IS NOT
03:19:57:00	03:19:58:00	ABOUT IS I THINK WE'RE TRYING
03:19:58:00	03:20:01:00	TO CONFUSE THE SITUATION HERE
03:20:01:00	03:20:02:00	AND I'M GLAD THAT
03:20:02:00	03:20:05:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA CLARIFIED
03:20:05:00	03:20:05:00	OF THE TAX DOLLARS.
03:20:05:00	03:20:06:00	MY FOCUS IS REALLY ABOUT THE
03:20:06:00	03:20:09:00	EQUIPMENT THAT BUSINESSES HAVE
03:20:09:00	03:20:12:00	AND HOW THEY'RE BEING TAXED AND
03:20:12:00	03:20:12:00	THEIR EQUIPMENT IS OFTEN VALUED
03:20:12:00	03:20:15:00	ABOVE $30,000.
03:20:15:00	03:20:18:00	SO IF YOU TALK TO CARLOS
03:20:18:00	03:20:22:00	CASTILLO OR YOU MORANDI
03:20:22:00	03:20:26:00	RESTAURANT OR YOU TALK TO MIAMI
03:20:26:00	03:20:26:00	RESTAURANT, SOME OF THESE
03:20:26:00	03:20:30:00	BUSINESSES THE EQUIPMENT THAT
03:20:30:00	03:20:31:00	THEY HAVE IN THEIR BUSINESS IS
03:20:31:00	03:20:33:00	FAR MORE THAN 30,000 AND
03:20:33:00	03:20:33:00	EXEMPTIONS, RIGHT?
03:20:33:00	03:20:37:00	SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO
03:20:37:00	03:20:40:00	INCREASE THE AMOUNT
03:20:40:00	03:20:40:00	OF EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE
03:20:40:00	03:20:41:00	BECAUSE IN MY CONVERSATIONS
03:20:41:00	03:20:43:00	WITH THESE SMALL BUSINESSES
03:20:43:00	03:20:48:00	THAT THEY'RE SOME OF THE CHAIRS
03:20:48:00	03:20:51:00	FOR GIVE YOU A BARBER SHOP IS
03:20:51:00	03:20:51:00	$2,000 THAT THEY THAT IT COSTS
03:20:51:00	03:20:54:00	FOR A BARBER CHAIR AND THAT
03:20:54:00	03:20:58:00	THEY HAVE TEN OR 15 THEY ARE
03:20:58:00	03:20:59:00	GONNA THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
03:20:59:00	03:21:01:00	ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THIS
03:21:01:00	03:21:02:00	EXEMPTION SO THAT'S WHY I'M
03:21:02:00	03:21:04:00	TRYING TO INCREASE IT.
03:21:04:00	03:21:05:00	I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES ANY
03:21:05:00	03:21:06:00	SENSE BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M
03:21:06:00	03:21:07:00	TRYING TO DO HERE FOR THE
03:21:07:00	03:21:09:00	PEOPLE JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR
03:21:09:00	03:21:10:00	I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS
03:21:10:00	03:21:12:00	YOUR QUESTION BUT THAT'S WHAT
03:21:12:00	03:21:13:00	I'M TRYING TO FOCUS ON RIGHT
03:21:13:00	03:21:13:00	NOW.
03:21:13:00	03:21:16:00	SO AND I AND I DO THINK THAT
03:21:16:00	03:21:19:00	IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO JUST
03:21:19:00	03:21:19:00	KEEP GOING BACK TO THE FACT
03:21:19:00	03:21:22:00	THAT IF WE HAD A FAIR HEARING
03:21:22:00	03:21:23:00	WORKING SESSION WE PROBABLY
03:21:23:00	03:21:24:00	WOULD NOT BE HAVING ALL
03:21:24:00	03:21:26:00	OF THESE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT
03:21:26:00	03:21:30:00	NOW BECAUSE YES, THIS PAST WE
03:21:30:00	03:21:31:00	WENT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE
03:21:31:00	03:21:31:00	PROCESS BUT I WASN'T HAPPY WHEN
03:21:31:00	03:21:35:00	IT WENT THROUGH THE FIRST TIME
03:21:35:00	03:21:38:00	AND SO I SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO
03:21:38:00	03:21:39:00	REVISIT THE ADVOCACY THAT I'VE
03:21:39:00	03:21:42:00	BEEN DOING ON BEHALF OF SMALL
03:21:42:00	03:21:43:00	BUSINESSES AND THIS WAS THE
03:21:43:00	03:21:44:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING IT
03:21:44:00	03:21:46:00	BACK TO THE COUNCIL FLOOR.
03:21:46:00	03:21:47:00	NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT WE MIGHT
03:21:47:00	03:21:50:00	NOT HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO
03:21:50:00	03:21:51:00	DO SUCH A THING AND I'M WILLING
03:21:51:00	03:21:54:00	TO DO THE WORK PERHAPS MAYBE
03:21:54:00	03:21:58:00	DOING AN IMPACT STUDY BEFORE WE
03:21:58:00	03:21:58:00	EVEN GO THERE.
03:21:58:00	03:21:59:00	JUST KEEP PUTTING EVERYTHING
03:21:59:00	03:22:02:00	BACK TO THE BACKBURNER BECAUSE
03:22:02:00	03:22:02:00	WHEN IT COMES TO THE THINGS
03:22:02:00	03:22:03:00	THAT WE WANT TO FIGHT FOR,
03:22:03:00	03:22:04:00	WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO
03:22:04:00	03:22:05:00	WEIGH IN OTHER THINGS.
03:22:05:00	03:22:09:00	COOK JUST PLOW THROUGH HERE SO
03:22:09:00	03:22:10:00	YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO JUST
03:22:10:00	03:22:13:00	HAVE A BACKUP PLAN FOR THE
03:22:13:00	03:22:14:00	BACKUP PLAN AT THIS POINT
03:22:14:00	03:22:18:00	BECAUSE WE'RE AN INTERESTING
03:22:18:00	03:22:18:00	BUNCH.
03:22:18:00	03:22:18:00	THANK YOU.
03:22:18:00	03:22:19:00	THE CHAIR AND AS A CONSEQUENCE
03:22:19:00	03:22:21:00	ANDREW ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE
03:22:21:00	03:22:21:00	FLOOR.
03:22:21:00	03:22:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:22:24:00	03:22:25:00	I I THINK YOU KNOW, IN TERMS
03:22:25:00	03:22:28:00	OF LIKE DOING THIS FOR PERSONAL
03:22:28:00	03:22:32:00	PROPERTY TAX IN EXCESS TO WHAT
03:22:32:00	03:22:37:00	AS TO MEJIA AS TEAM OR CONSUMER
03:22:37:00	03:22:40:00	HAS STATED HERE IN EXCESS
03:22:40:00	03:22:41:00	OF 50,000 A VALUE IT DOES I
03:22:41:00	03:22:43:00	THINK IT DOES INCENTIVIZE
03:22:43:00	03:22:44:00	LANDLORDS TO THINK THAT YOU
03:22:44:00	03:22:47:00	KNOW TENANTS OR VENDORS ARE
03:22:47:00	03:22:48:00	GOING TO BE SAVING A CERTAIN
03:22:48:00	03:22:50:00	AMOUNT AND THEN INCENTIVIZING
03:22:50:00	03:22:51:00	THE LANDLORDS TO PUSH YOU KNOW,
03:22:51:00	03:22:55:00	INCREASE THE RENT AND I DON'T
03:22:55:00	03:22:55:00	KNOW IF THAT POINT TO BE MADE.
03:22:55:00	03:22:56:00	SO I DO APOLOGIZE IF I'M BEING
03:22:56:00	03:22:58:00	REPETITIVE.
03:22:58:00	03:23:01:00	THE OTHER POINT HERE IS
03:23:01:00	03:23:02:00	OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE
03:23:02:00	03:23:03:00	MAKING AN AMENDMENT AND THE
03:23:03:00	03:23:05:00	QUESTION IS I DON'T THINK IT'S
03:23:05:00	03:23:09:00	FAIR TO EXPECT THE CHAIR TO
03:23:09:00	03:23:10:00	RESPOND TO AN AMENDMENT SOMEONE
03:23:10:00	03:23:13:00	ELSE IS PROPOSING.
03:23:13:00	03:23:13:00	YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS
03:23:13:00	03:23:17:00	EITHER WE'RE GOING ON BREAK OR
03:23:17:00	03:23:17:00	WE'RE DECIDING THAT IS TOO OR
03:23:17:00	03:23:20:00	IT'S TOO SOON FOR THE FOR THE
03:23:20:00	03:23:21:00	VOTE AND WE'RE HOLDING A WORK
03:23:21:00	03:23:21:00	IN SESSION.
03:23:21:00	03:23:25:00	THERE IS A DEADLINE YOU GUYS
03:23:25:00	03:23:28:00	OF ALL HAVE READ IT MARCH
03:23:28:00	03:23:30:00	SORRY MARCH WAS THE DEADLINE
03:23:30:00	03:23:35:00	AND YOU WANT IT'S MARCH 1ST.
03:23:35:00	03:23:35:00	THANK YOU.
03:23:35:00	03:23:36:00	YEAH SO THAT'S AROUND THE
03:23:36:00	03:23:39:00	CORNER SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE
03:23:39:00	03:23:42:00	URGENCY OF US HAVING THIS ON
03:23:42:00	03:23:43:00	THE FLOOR TODAY AND I MEAN THE
03:23:43:00	03:23:50:00	ORIGINAL DOCKET BUT IT IN TERMS
03:23:50:00	03:23:51:00	OF THIS HERE I WOULD FEEL MORE
03:23:51:00	03:23:53:00	COMFORTABLE ONE IF WE HAD MORE
03:23:53:00	03:23:56:00	INFORMATION TO THE CITY DOESN'T
03:23:56:00	03:23:57:00	HAVE LIKE A FULL OF INVENTORY
03:23:57:00	03:24:00:00	OF BUSINESSES THE CITY HAS NOT
03:24:00:00	03:24:04:00	DONE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE
03:24:04:00	03:24:04:00	OF THOSE BUSINESSES TO THEIR
03:24:04:00	03:24:07:00	NEED OR IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW
03:24:07:00	03:24:11:00	OVERALL LIKE TAX ASSESSMENT ON
03:24:11:00	03:24:11:00	BUSINESSES IN BOSTON.
03:24:11:00	03:24:15:00	SO I THINK IT WOULD BE KIND
03:24:15:00	03:24:19:00	OF PREMATURE FOR US TO VOTE ON
03:24:19:00	03:24:19:00	INCREASING AN AMOUNT WITHOUT
03:24:19:00	03:24:20:00	UNDERSTANDING ITS IMPACT.
03:24:20:00	03:24:22:00	SO I WOULD FEEL MORE
03:24:22:00	03:24:22:00	COMFORTABLE IF THERE WAS
03:24:22:00	03:24:23:00	ACTUALLY A STUDY TO ASSESS THE
03:24:23:00	03:24:23:00	TAX IMPACT.
03:24:23:00	03:24:27:00	SO BEFORE WE COULD INCREASE IT
03:24:27:00	03:24:30:00	AND THEN CONSIDERING THAT WE DO
03:24:30:00	03:24:31:00	WANT TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY TOO
03:24:31:00	03:24:34:00	SO THERE'S A BALANCE HERE TO
03:24:34:00	03:24:35:00	HOLD UNTIL 30,000, I DON'T
03:24:35:00	03:24:38:00	THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE FACT
03:24:38:00	03:24:39:00	THAT WE VOTED THE FIRST TIME
03:24:39:00	03:24:41:00	CONSIDERING THAT FOLKS EVOLVE
03:24:41:00	03:24:42:00	THEIR OPINION OR POSITIONS OR
03:24:42:00	03:24:45:00	THAT THERE'S BEEN FURTHER
03:24:45:00	03:24:46:00	CONVERSATIONS AND
03:24:46:00	03:24:46:00	COLLABORATIONS WITH OUR STATE
03:24:46:00	03:24:49:00	PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY,
03:24:49:00	03:24:49:00	SOMETIMES OUR POSITIONS MAY
03:24:49:00	03:24:53:00	EVOLVE INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
03:24:53:00	03:24:53:00	SO THAT'S RESPECTFULLY I DON'T
03:24:53:00	03:24:57:00	THINK THAT'S A FAIR THING TO
03:24:57:00	03:25:00:00	SAY BECAUSE MANY OF US HERE
03:25:00:00	03:25:01:00	TIME AND TIME AGAIN CHANGE OUR
03:25:01:00	03:25:05:00	MINDS OR AGAIN EVOLVE OUR
03:25:05:00	03:25:05:00	POSITIONS SO THAT'S NOT THAT'S
03:25:05:00	03:25:09:00	MOOT AND YOU KNOW AND ALSO A
03:25:09:00	03:25:13:00	LITTLE ON THE SIDE I DON'T
03:25:13:00	03:25:13:00	THINK WE'RE A BUNCH OF MISFITS
03:25:13:00	03:25:16:00	AND I THINK THESE COMMENTS AND
03:25:16:00	03:25:20:00	RESPECTFULLY ARE VOID
03:25:20:00	03:25:20:00	OF PROFESSIONALISM.
03:25:20:00	03:25:24:00	I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EVEN
03:25:24:00	03:25:24:00	SAY THAT.
03:25:24:00	03:25:25:00	I THINK WE'RE HUMAN AND I THINK
03:25:25:00	03:25:28:00	THAT WE ARE WE HAVE INTENTIONS.
03:25:28:00	03:25:31:00	THERE'S A LOT OF HEART HERE IN
03:25:31:00	03:25:32:00	TERMS OF PROTECTING OUR
03:25:32:00	03:25:35:00	CONSTITUENTS AND WE PUT A LOT
03:25:35:00	03:25:36:00	OF WORK INTO RESEARCH.
03:25:36:00	03:25:39:00	SO I TAKE YOU ALL SERIOUSLY AND
03:25:39:00	03:25:43:00	THAT'S WHY IF I IF I'M PUSHED
03:25:43:00	03:25:44:00	TO A POSITION WHERE I HAVE TO
03:25:44:00	03:25:47:00	SAY TO YOU, HEY, THAT DOESN'T
03:25:47:00	03:25:50:00	FEEL RIGHT OR FAIR I WILL BUT I
03:25:50:00	03:25:51:00	THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW
03:25:51:00	03:25:55:00	IN THIS JOB AND CONTINUE TO DO
03:25:55:00	03:25:55:00	THE WORK FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
03:25:55:00	03:25:58:00	BUT OUR CALLING AND THEN YOU
03:25:58:00	03:25:59:00	KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE AGREED THAT
03:25:59:00	03:26:03:00	YOU KNOW, WE LOOK LIKE A BUNCH
03:26:03:00	03:26:03:00	OF MISFITS.
03:26:03:00	03:26:03:00	I, I RESENT THAT.
03:26:03:00	03:26:06:00	I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE TAKE A
03:26:06:00	03:26:07:00	BREAK MAYBE DO LUNCH FOLKS AT
03:26:07:00	03:26:10:00	HOME WOULD UNDERSTAND WE'VE
03:26:10:00	03:26:12:00	BEEN HERE HOURS ON ONE SUBJECT.
03:26:12:00	03:26:13:00	IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TAKEN BUT
03:26:13:00	03:26:16:00	MAYBE TAKING A DEEP BREATH AND
03:26:16:00	03:26:17:00	JUST AGAIN OFFERING OURSELVES
03:26:17:00	03:26:20:00	BE KIND TO YOURSELVES LIKE
03:26:20:00	03:26:20:00	OFFERING OURSELVES A LITTLE
03:26:20:00	03:26:23:00	GRACE THAT WE ARE HUMAN AND WE
03:26:23:00	03:26:23:00	ARE PROFESSIONALS AND WE
03:26:23:00	03:26:27:00	REPRESENT THE CITY OF BOSTON.
03:26:27:00	03:26:28:00	WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE
03:26:28:00	03:26:29:00	CAN TO NAVIGATE THIS THING SO
03:26:29:00	03:26:32:00	THAT WE CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
03:26:32:00	03:26:32:00	.
03:26:32:00	03:26:33:00	VISIONS THOSE ARE MY POINTS.
03:26:33:00	03:26:33:00	THANK YOU.
03:26:33:00	03:26:37:00	THANK YOU.
03:26:37:00	03:26:37:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES PATRICK
03:26:37:00	03:26:38:00	CLUB AS A PARTNER.
03:26:38:00	03:26:38:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:26:38:00	03:26:39:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I DO
03:26:39:00	03:26:40:00	APPRECIATE AS ALWAYS
03:26:40:00	03:26:40:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:26:40:00	03:26:44:00	PROFESSIONALISM AND ABILITY TO
03:26:44:00	03:26:44:00	ARTICULATE JUST THE SHARED AND
03:26:44:00	03:26:47:00	COMMON GOALS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
03:26:47:00	03:26:49:00	I DID JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHEN
03:26:49:00	03:26:50:00	SPEAKING ABOUT THE 5500
03:26:50:00	03:26:50:00	ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES, I THINK I
03:26:50:00	03:26:54:00	MISSPOKE AND SAID THE TAX THE
03:26:54:00	03:26:54:00	TAX RATE WHEN I'M AT THE
03:26:54:00	03:26:55:00	PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
03:26:55:00	03:26:55:00	EXEMPTION.
03:26:55:00	03:26:58:00	BUT BUT THAT'S IT AND I AM
03:26:58:00	03:26:58:00	SEEING NO LIGHTS ON.
03:26:58:00	03:27:01:00	I AM MOVING FOR A VOTE.
03:27:01:00	03:27:02:00	THANK YOU.
03:27:02:00	03:27:02:00	OKAY.
03:27:02:00	03:27:02:00	OKAY.
03:27:02:00	03:27:05:00	THE COUNCIL IS ABOUT TO HAS A
03:27:05:00	03:27:08:00	MOTION TO MOVE THE PREVIOUS
03:27:08:00	03:27:09:00	QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED
03:27:09:00	03:27:13:00	IT'S NOT UP FOR DEBATE ALL IN
03:27:13:00	03:27:13:00	FAVOR OF REMOVING THE QUESTION
03:27:13:00	03:27:17:00	SAY I I ALSO SAY NAY.
03:27:17:00	03:27:17:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:27:17:00	03:27:20:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:27:20:00	03:27:21:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE?
03:27:21:00	03:27:22:00	WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW
03:27:22:00	03:27:24:00	IS CONCILOR MEJIA HE IS
03:27:24:00	03:27:25:00	AMENDMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY
03:27:25:00	03:27:28:00	BEFORE THE BODY YES VOTE WOULD
03:27:28:00	03:27:29:00	BE IN SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT
03:27:29:00	03:27:32:00	AND A NO VOTE WOULD BE NOT IN
03:27:32:00	03:27:32:00	SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT.
03:27:32:00	03:27:35:00	THIS REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE
03:27:35:00	03:27:35:00	OF SEVEN.
03:27:35:00	03:27:36:00	ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON
03:27:36:00	03:27:39:00	VOTING?
03:27:39:00	03:27:39:00	THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON
03:27:39:00	03:27:39:00	VOTING.
03:27:39:00	03:27:40:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:27:40:00	03:27:43:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE
03:27:43:00	03:27:44:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:27:44:00	03:27:47:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:27:47:00	03:27:48:00	COUNCILOR CARLOS OPPOSED
03:27:48:00	03:27:50:00	COUNCILOR CARLOS ZAPATA NO.
03:27:50:00	03:27:51:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
03:27:51:00	03:27:54:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN NO.
03:27:54:00	03:27:55:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
03:27:55:00	03:27:56:00	AND COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS
03:27:56:00	03:28:00:00	AND PRESIDENT
03:28:00:00	03:28:04:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD OH
03:28:04:00	03:28:04:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD NO.
03:28:04:00	03:28:05:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:28:05:00	03:28:08:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:28:08:00	03:28:08:00	COUNCIL ALLUSION NO.
03:28:08:00	03:28:09:00	COUNCIL ALLUSION NO.
03:28:09:00	03:28:12:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
03:28:12:00	03:28:15:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SEE
03:28:15:00	03:28:15:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:28:15:00	03:28:16:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES
03:28:16:00	03:28:19:00	COUNCILOR THE PEN COUNCILOR THE
03:28:19:00	03:28:19:00	PEN NO COUNCILOR SANTANA
03:28:19:00	03:28:23:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA NO.
03:28:23:00	03:28:24:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER
03:28:24:00	03:28:25:00	KNOW IT COUNCILOR WORRELL
03:28:25:00	03:28:29:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL NO EIGHT
03:28:29:00	03:28:30:00	VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE FOUR
03:28:30:00	03:28:33:00	VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND
03:28:33:00	03:28:34:00	ONE PRESENT.
03:28:34:00	03:28:34:00	THANK YOU.
03:28:34:00	03:28:37:00	THIS AMENDMENT HAS NOT PASSED.
03:28:37:00	03:28:41:00	OKAY SO BEFORE US IS STILL THE
03:28:41:00	03:28:41:00	MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
03:28:41:00	03:28:42:00	THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS
03:28:42:00	03:28:44:00	IN A NEW DRAFT OPEN FOR
03:28:44:00	03:28:44:00	DISCUSSION.
03:28:44:00	03:28:45:00	I SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY'S LIGHT
03:28:45:00	03:28:48:00	ON COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE
03:28:48:00	03:28:48:00	THE FLOOR.
03:28:48:00	03:28:49:00	THANK YOU.
03:28:49:00	03:28:50:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE AN
03:28:50:00	03:28:55:00	AMENDMENT TO PUT FORWARD.
03:28:55:00	03:28:56:00	WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A
03:28:56:00	03:28:56:00	MOTION?
03:28:56:00	03:28:59:00	MOTION TO PUT FORTH AN
03:28:59:00	03:29:00:00	AMENDMENT THAT'S BEING PASSED
03:29:00:00	03:29:03:00	OUT NOW TO THE MINUTE FOR IT TO
03:29:03:00	03:29:03:00	BE PASSED.
03:29:03:00	03:29:06:00	THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR
03:29:06:00	03:29:06:00	TO AMEND.
03:29:06:00	03:29:10:00	RYAN IS PASSING OUT THE
03:29:10:00	03:29:10:00	AMENDMENT IF I DON'T KNOW IF
03:29:10:00	03:29:14:00	ANYONE HAS ANY WOULD THERE ANY
03:29:14:00	03:29:15:00	QUESTIONS OR DEBATE ON THE
03:29:15:00	03:29:18:00	MOTION TO AMEND?
03:29:18:00	03:29:18:00	I SEE NO LIGHTS ON.
03:29:18:00	03:29:21:00	OKAY.
03:29:21:00	03:29:25:00	ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO
03:29:25:00	03:29:25:00	AMEND SAY I I.
03:29:25:00	03:29:33:00	ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY AND KAY.
03:29:33:00	03:29:36:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:29:36:00	03:29:37:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON
03:29:37:00	03:29:40:00	ALLOWING COUNCILOR MURPHY'S
03:29:40:00	03:29:44:00	MOTION TO AMEND TO BE BEFORE
03:29:44:00	03:29:44:00	PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.
03:29:44:00	03:29:48:00	THANK YOU.
03:29:48:00	03:29:51:00	THE SECOND.
03:29:51:00	03:29:52:00	WAS THERE WAS THERE A SEC?
03:29:52:00	03:29:54:00	SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW.
03:29:54:00	03:29:55:00	IS THERE A SECOND?
03:29:55:00	03:29:56:00	THE SECOND TO THAT MOTION.
03:29:56:00	03:29:59:00	SO THIS IS A VOTE ON A MOTION
03:29:59:00	03:30:02:00	TO AMEND AND I'M EXPLAINING
03:30:02:00	03:30:03:00	WHAT THE MOTION TO AMEND IS FOR
03:30:03:00	03:30:03:00	YOU.
03:30:03:00	03:30:05:00	SO IT'S ABOUT NOT GOING FORWARD
03:30:05:00	03:30:06:00	BECAUSE I DO HAVE A QUESTION
03:30:06:00	03:30:09:00	BECAUSE IT WASN'T SECONDED BUT
03:30:09:00	03:30:10:00	THEN IT SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE
03:30:10:00	03:30:13:00	ASKING SOMEONE TO SECOND TO
03:30:13:00	03:30:13:00	MOVE FORWARD.
03:30:13:00	03:30:14:00	ISN'T IT TRUE THAT IF NO ONE
03:30:14:00	03:30:16:00	SECONDED THE SAYING THAT THEY
03:30:16:00	03:30:17:00	DIDN'T WANT IT TO COME BEFORE
03:30:17:00	03:30:20:00	THE BODY THAT WE WOULDN'T TAKE
03:30:20:00	03:30:20:00	A VOTE?
03:30:20:00	03:30:21:00	I WASN'T I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW
03:30:21:00	03:30:22:00	THAT THERE WASN'T A SECOND NO
03:30:22:00	03:30:27:00	THE CLERK STATED THAT THERE HE
03:30:27:00	03:30:27:00	WASN'T SURE IF THERE WAS A
03:30:27:00	03:30:28:00	SECOND AND SO THEN I ASKED FOR
03:30:28:00	03:30:30:00	CLARIFICATION IF THERE WAS A
03:30:30:00	03:30:31:00	SECOND AND IT WAS SECONDED AND
03:30:31:00	03:30:31:00	IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
03:30:31:00	03:30:34:00	MISUNDERSTOOD THOUGH BECAUSE IF
03:30:34:00	03:30:35:00	NO ONE SECONDED IT, ISN'T IT
03:30:35:00	03:30:38:00	TRUE THAT THEN IT WOULDN'T GO
03:30:38:00	03:30:38:00	TO A VOTE?
03:30:38:00	03:30:40:00	I WILL I WILL SECONDED I WILL
03:30:40:00	03:30:41:00	SECOND THE MOTION IF THERE WAS
03:30:41:00	03:30:41:00	UNCLARITY THERE'S NO FLAHERTY
03:30:41:00	03:30:45:00	ON MY PART WHAT THAT MEANS I
03:30:45:00	03:30:45:00	WILL SECOND THE MOTION.
03:30:45:00	03:30:45:00	OKAY.
03:30:45:00	03:30:47:00	IF THERE WAS NO FLAHERTY.
03:30:47:00	03:30:48:00	SO THE MOTION IS THAT THIS
03:30:48:00	03:30:52:00	BEFORE THE BODY IS A MOTION IS
03:30:52:00	03:30:55:00	COUNCILORS MOTION TO AMEND
03:30:55:00	03:30:56:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS A MOTION
03:30:56:00	03:30:59:00	TO AMEND THERE WAS A NO VOTE I
03:30:59:00	03:30:59:00	WANT TO CLARIFY WE SHOULD TAKE
03:30:59:00	03:31:00:00	A ROLL CALL VOTE.
03:31:00:00	03:31:02:00	THIS IS JUST ON THE MOTION TO
03:31:02:00	03:31:03:00	AMEND IT REQUIRES A MAJORITY IF
03:31:03:00	03:31:06:00	YOU VOTE YES THAT'S GOING TO
03:31:06:00	03:31:07:00	ALLOW COUNCILOR MURPHY'S MOTION
03:31:07:00	03:31:08:00	TO AMEND IF YOU VOTE NO IT
03:31:08:00	03:31:10:00	DOESN'T ALLOW THE MOTION.
03:31:10:00	03:31:11:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE
03:31:11:00	03:31:12:00	CONDUCT A REAL COVER?
03:31:12:00	03:31:15:00	COUNCILOR BURY
03:31:15:00	03:31:15:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:31:15:00	03:31:18:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
03:31:18:00	03:31:18:00	.
03:31:18:00	03:31:18:00	COUNCILOR AS A PARTNER, YES.
03:31:18:00	03:31:22:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
03:31:22:00	03:31:22:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN KNOW
03:31:22:00	03:31:23:00	COUNCIL FINANCE SANDERSON
03:31:23:00	03:31:25:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:31:25:00	03:31:26:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:31:26:00	03:31:26:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:31:26:00	03:31:30:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:31:30:00	03:31:30:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:31:30:00	03:31:30:00	THAT'S COLLUSION.
03:31:30:00	03:31:33:00	YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:31:33:00	03:31:33:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:31:33:00	03:31:34:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:31:34:00	03:31:38:00	COUNCILOR THE PEN COUNCILOR OF
03:31:38:00	03:31:38:00	A PEN YES.
03:31:38:00	03:31:38:00	COUNCILOR S.A. YES.
03:31:38:00	03:31:42:00	CONSISTENT WHEN HE IS
03:31:42:00	03:31:42:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:31:42:00	03:31:42:00	SO HAPPY.
03:31:42:00	03:31:42:00	YES.
03:31:42:00	03:31:45:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL?
03:31:45:00	03:31:45:00	YEAH.
03:31:45:00	03:31:46:00	COUNT SQUIRREL.
03:31:46:00	03:31:46:00	YES.
03:31:46:00	03:31:46:00	THANK YOU.
03:31:46:00	03:31:48:00	THE MOTION TO AMEND IS PROPERLY
03:31:48:00	03:31:49:00	BEFORE THE BODY.
03:31:49:00	03:31:49:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
03:31:49:00	03:31:49:00	FLOOR.
03:31:49:00	03:31:52:00	THANK YOU.
03:31:52:00	03:31:53:00	FIRST I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
03:31:53:00	03:31:56:00	FOR THOSE IN THE CHAMBER OR
03:31:56:00	03:31:57:00	LISTENING ABOUT OUR OPEN
03:31:57:00	03:32:03:00	MEETING LAW THAT ONCE THIS
03:32:03:00	03:32:06:00	COMMITTEE REPORT FOR DOCKET
03:32:06:00	03:32:07:00	0236 WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA ON
03:32:07:00	03:32:11:00	MONDAY, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED AS
03:32:11:00	03:32:11:00	COLLEAGUES TO TALK ABOUT IT
03:32:11:00	03:32:14:00	BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OPEN
03:32:14:00	03:32:14:00	MEETING LAW.
03:32:14:00	03:32:15:00	SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AND
03:32:15:00	03:32:18:00	FOR THE PAST AMENDMENTS ALSO
03:32:18:00	03:32:18:00	THAT IT WASN'T THAT OVER THESE
03:32:18:00	03:32:22:00	PAST FEW DAYS WE CHOSE NOT TO
03:32:22:00	03:32:22:00	COMMUNICATE BECAUSE I DID HAVE
03:32:22:00	03:32:25:00	INFORMATION I WANTED TO SHARE
03:32:25:00	03:32:26:00	WITH ALL OF US BEFOREHAND.
03:32:26:00	03:32:29:00	I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
03:32:29:00	03:32:30:00	HEARING I DID PASS OUT THREE
03:32:30:00	03:32:33:00	SEPARATE PIECES OF PAPER HOPING
03:32:33:00	03:32:34:00	THAT DURING THIS TIME WE'VE
03:32:34:00	03:32:34:00	BEEN HERE THREE AND A HALF
03:32:34:00	03:32:35:00	HOURS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY
03:32:35:00	03:32:37:00	GOTTEN A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
03:32:37:00	03:32:38:00	I'LL GO THROUGH IT NOW BUT I DO
03:32:38:00	03:32:41:00	JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT ONCE
03:32:41:00	03:32:41:00	SOMETHING'S BEFORE THIS BODY WE
03:32:41:00	03:32:42:00	ARE NOT ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT
03:32:42:00	03:32:45:00	AS A GROUP.
03:32:45:00	03:32:46:00	SO THIS DISCUSSION IS BEING
03:32:46:00	03:32:47:00	FORCED TO HAPPEN NOW ON THE
03:32:47:00	03:32:49:00	FLOOR.
03:32:49:00	03:32:50:00	SO AS WE CONFRONT THE PRESSING
03:32:50:00	03:32:53:00	ISSUE OF ESCALATING PROPERTY
03:32:53:00	03:32:53:00	TAXES THAT THREATEN THE
03:32:53:00	03:32:54:00	STABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES,
03:32:54:00	03:32:57:00	IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE
03:32:57:00	03:32:58:00	CONSIDER EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATE
03:32:58:00	03:33:01:00	SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO
03:33:01:00	03:33:01:00	OUR RESIDENTS.
03:33:01:00	03:33:04:00	I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
03:33:04:00	03:33:05:00	THE PROPOSED INCREASE
03:33:05:00	03:33:07:00	OF RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION TO 40%
03:33:07:00	03:33:08:00	A MEASURE THAT OFFERS TANGIBLE
03:33:08:00	03:33:10:00	BENEFITS TO OUR HOMEOWNERS.
03:33:10:00	03:33:11:00	I DO HAVE SOME PROCEDURAL
03:33:11:00	03:33:15:00	CONCERNS AND THE NEED FOR EQUAL
03:33:15:00	03:33:15:00	CONSIDERATION.
03:33:15:00	03:33:16:00	I HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING THE
03:33:16:00	03:33:19:00	PROCESS SURROUNDING THIS
03:33:19:00	03:33:19:00	DOCKET.
03:33:19:00	03:33:22:00	DOCKET 0236 WAS BROUGHT FORWARD
03:33:22:00	03:33:22:00	WITH THE FAVORABLE COMMITTEE
03:33:22:00	03:33:26:00	REPORT YET DOCKET 0142 THE
03:33:26:00	03:33:26:00	COUNCIL'S HOME RULE PETITION TO
03:33:26:00	03:33:29:00	INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL TAX
03:33:29:00	03:33:32:00	EXEMPTION FROM 35 TO 40% WAS
03:33:32:00	03:33:33:00	NOT GIVEN THE SAME
03:33:33:00	03:33:36:00	CONSIDERATION THIS HOME RULE
03:33:36:00	03:33:37:00	THIS HOME RULE WHICH I
03:33:37:00	03:33:37:00	SPONSORED ALONG WITH
03:33:37:00	03:33:40:00	COUNCIL OVER WELL WAS FILED ON
03:33:40:00	03:33:43:00	DECEMBER 11 WELL BEFORE THE
03:33:43:00	03:33:44:00	MAYOR'S HOME RULE PETITION.
03:33:44:00	03:33:47:00	I DID SPEAK TO COUNCIL CLETA AS
03:33:47:00	03:33:48:00	A PART OF THE CHAIR ON MONDAY
03:33:48:00	03:33:50:00	EVENING BUT AT THAT POINT LIKE
03:33:50:00	03:33:51:00	I SAID, THIS REPORT WAS ALREADY
03:33:51:00	03:33:54:00	FORWARD IN ANY OTHER OPTION TO
03:33:54:00	03:33:55:00	PUT FORWARD FOR THIS WOULD HAVE
03:33:55:00	03:33:58:00	BEEN A LATE FILER PULLING FROM
03:33:58:00	03:33:59:00	THE GREEN SHEETS AFTER THE
03:33:59:00	03:34:02:00	JANUARY 27TH HEARING WHERE FOUR
03:34:02:00	03:34:02:00	DIFFERENT DOCKETS WERE
03:34:02:00	03:34:06:00	DISCUSSED AT THAT ONE HEARING
03:34:06:00	03:34:07:00	WE WERE ASSURED THAT A SECOND
03:34:07:00	03:34:09:00	HEARING WOULD TAKE PLACE TO
03:34:09:00	03:34:10:00	ADDRESS OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS
03:34:10:00	03:34:14:00	AND ASSURE EACH PROPOSAL
03:34:14:00	03:34:14:00	RECEIVED THE APPROPRIATE
03:34:14:00	03:34:14:00	REVIEW.
03:34:14:00	03:34:18:00	UNFORTUNATELY ONLY THE MAYOR'S
03:34:18:00	03:34:18:00	HOME RULE HAS BEEN ADVANCED
03:34:18:00	03:34:21:00	WHICH I BELIEVE IS NEGLECTING
03:34:21:00	03:34:22:00	AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR A
03:34:22:00	03:34:25:00	FAIR AND THOROUGH DISCUSSION BY
03:34:25:00	03:34:25:00	LIMITING THE REVIEW PROCESS WE
03:34:25:00	03:34:29:00	HAVE DONE A DISSERVICE TO OUR
03:34:29:00	03:34:29:00	CONSTITUENTS WHO DESERVE
03:34:29:00	03:34:32:00	MULTIPLE WELL-VETTED SOLUTIONS
03:34:32:00	03:34:33:00	TO THE PROPERTY TAX CRISIS.
03:34:33:00	03:34:37:00	PROPOSED AMENDMENT DOCKET 0236
03:34:37:00	03:34:40:00	TO ENSURE OUR RESIDENTS RECEIVE
03:34:40:00	03:34:41:00	THE RELIEF THEY DESERVE I AM
03:34:41:00	03:34:43:00	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO
03:34:43:00	03:34:47:00	DOCKET 0236 TO INCORPORATE THE
03:34:47:00	03:34:47:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION INCREASED
03:34:47:00	03:34:48:00	TO 40%.
03:34:48:00	03:34:51:00	THANK YOU RON FOR PASSING IT
03:34:51:00	03:34:55:00	OUT TO OUR COLLEAGUES.
03:34:55:00	03:34:55:00	DOCKET 0236 IS HEREBY AMENDED
03:34:55:00	03:34:58:00	BY INSERTING THE FOLLOWING
03:34:58:00	03:34:59:00	LANGUAGE AFTER SECTION SIX
03:34:59:00	03:35:02:00	SECTION SEVEN NORQUIST STANDING
03:35:02:00	03:35:05:00	SECTION FIVE C OF CHAPTER 59
03:35:05:00	03:35:05:00	OF THE GENERAL LAWS OR ANY
03:35:05:00	03:35:09:00	OTHER GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW TO
03:35:09:00	03:35:10:00	THE CONTRARY WITH RESPECT TO
03:35:10:00	03:35:13:00	EACH PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY
03:35:13:00	03:35:16:00	CLASSIFIED AS CLASS ONE
03:35:16:00	03:35:17:00	RESIDENTIAL IN THE CITY
03:35:17:00	03:35:17:00	OF BOSTON CERTIFIED BY THE
03:35:17:00	03:35:20:00	COMMISSIONER TO BE ASSESSED TO
03:35:20:00	03:35:21:00	ITS FULL AND FAIR CASH
03:35:21:00	03:35:24:00	VALUATION AND AT THE OPTION
03:35:24:00	03:35:25:00	OF THE MAYOR WITH THE APPROVAL
03:35:25:00	03:35:27:00	OF THE CITY COUNCIL THERE SHALL
03:35:27:00	03:35:28:00	BE AN EXEMPTION EQUAL TO NOT
03:35:28:00	03:35:31:00	MORE THAN 40% OF THE AVERAGE
03:35:31:00	03:35:35:00	ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL CLASS ONE
03:35:35:00	03:35:35:00	RESIDENTIAL PARCELS WITHIN THE
03:35:35:00	03:35:38:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
03:35:38:00	03:35:39:00	PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT SUCH SUCH
03:35:39:00	03:35:42:00	AN EXEMPTION SHALL BE APPLIED
03:35:42:00	03:35:43:00	ONLY TO THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE
03:35:43:00	03:35:46:00	OF A TAXPAYER AS USED BY THE
03:35:46:00	03:35:46:00	TAXPAYER FOR INCOME TAX
03:35:46:00	03:35:46:00	PURPOSES.
03:35:46:00	03:35:50:00	THIS EXEMPTION SHALL BE IN
03:35:50:00	03:35:51:00	ADDITION TO ANY EXEMPTIONS
03:35:51:00	03:35:53:00	ALLOWABLE UNDER SECTION FIVE
03:35:53:00	03:35:54:00	PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT IN NO
03:35:54:00	03:35:58:00	INSTANCE SHALL THE TAXABLE
03:35:58:00	03:35:58:00	VALUATION OF SUCH PROPERTY
03:35:58:00	03:36:02:00	AFTER ALL APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS
03:36:02:00	03:36:04:00	BE REDUCED BELOW 10% OF ITS
03:36:04:00	03:36:05:00	FULL AND FAIR CASH VALUATION
03:36:05:00	03:36:08:00	EXCEPT THROUGH THE
03:36:08:00	03:36:11:00	APPLICABILITY OF CLAUSE 18TH
03:36:11:00	03:36:11:00	OF SECTION FIVE.
03:36:11:00	03:36:15:00	SO I WILL NOW SPEAK TO MY
03:36:15:00	03:36:16:00	AMENDMENT THE NEED FOR MULTIPLE
03:36:16:00	03:36:19:00	OPTIONS.
03:36:19:00	03:36:19:00	THE MAYOR'S PREVIOUS TAX PLAN
03:36:19:00	03:36:22:00	FAILED IN THE SENATE LAST YEAR
03:36:22:00	03:36:22:00	.
03:36:22:00	03:36:23:00	IT IS IN OUR CONSTITUENTS BEST
03:36:23:00	03:36:24:00	INTEREST TO SEND A PETITION TO
03:36:24:00	03:36:26:00	THE STATE HOUSE THAT INCLUDES
03:36:26:00	03:36:30:00	MULTIPLE OPTIONS INCREASING THE
03:36:30:00	03:36:30:00	LIKELIHOOD THAT AT LEAST ONE
03:36:30:00	03:36:33:00	MEASURE SUCCEEDS OUR COLLEAGUES
03:36:33:00	03:36:34:00	AT THE STATE HOUSE HAVE
03:36:34:00	03:36:34:00	EXPRESSED INTEREST IN APPROVING
03:36:34:00	03:36:37:00	AN INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL
03:36:37:00	03:36:38:00	TAX EXEMPTION.
03:36:38:00	03:36:39:00	WE SHOULD NOT LIMIT THEIR
03:36:39:00	03:36:46:00	CHOICES BENEFITS INCREASING THE
03:36:46:00	03:36:53:00	RESIDENTIAL TAX EXEMPTION BY A
03:36:53:00	03:36:57:00	LACK OF A PROMISED SECOND
03:36:57:00	03:36:57:00	HEARING IN A RUSHED PROCESS.
03:36:57:00	03:37:01:00	THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AT THE
03:37:01:00	03:37:02:00	JANUARY 27TH JOINT HEARING FOR
03:37:02:00	03:37:05:00	SIGNIFICANT PROPOSALS WERE
03:37:05:00	03:37:07:00	DISCUSSED INCLUDING DOCKET ZERO
03:37:07:00	03:37:08:00	ONE FOR TWO A HOME RULE
03:37:08:00	03:37:11:00	PETITION TO INCREASE THE
03:37:11:00	03:37:14:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION TO 40%
03:37:14:00	03:37:15:00	DOCKET 0 TO 3 SIX THE MAYOR'S
03:37:15:00	03:37:15:00	HOME RULE PETITION FOR A
03:37:15:00	03:37:20:00	CITYWIDE TAX REBATE PROGRAM
03:37:20:00	03:37:21:00	DOCKET 0269A HEARING ORDER ON
03:37:21:00	03:37:24:00	RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES IN
03:37:24:00	03:37:27:00	THE ASSESSING PROCESS IN DOCKET
03:37:27:00	03:37:28:00	0270A PROPOSAL TO ADOPT THE
03:37:28:00	03:37:31:00	GOOD LANDLORD TAX ABATEMENT A
03:37:31:00	03:37:31:00	MISSED HEARING DESPITE THE
03:37:31:00	03:37:35:00	CHAIR'S PROMISING A SECOND
03:37:35:00	03:37:35:00	HEARING FOR TWO TAX RELATED
03:37:35:00	03:37:38:00	PROPOSALS.
03:37:38:00	03:37:39:00	THE HEARING NEVER OCCURRED AND
03:37:39:00	03:37:39:00	I BELIEVE INSTEAD ONLY THE
03:37:39:00	03:37:42:00	MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS BEING
03:37:42:00	03:37:43:00	ADVANCED FOR A VOTE WITHOUT THE
03:37:43:00	03:37:46:00	PROMISE OF ADDITIONAL
03:37:46:00	03:37:46:00	DISCUSSION.
03:37:46:00	03:37:47:00	AND AS WE HAVE SEEN TODAY THERE
03:37:47:00	03:37:50:00	ARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS FROM OUR
03:37:50:00	03:37:53:00	COLLEAGUES ARE COMING UP.
03:37:53:00	03:37:55:00	SO I DO WANT TO JUST SPEAK A
03:37:55:00	03:37:57:00	LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY I
03:37:57:00	03:37:58:00	BELIEVE THERE'S BENEFITS IN
03:37:58:00	03:38:01:00	INCREASING THE RESIDENTIAL
03:38:01:00	03:38:01:00	EXEMPTION TO 40% DIRECT AND
03:38:01:00	03:38:04:00	IMMEDIATE RELIEF IMMEDIATE TAX
03:38:04:00	03:38:05:00	REDUCTION FOR OWNER OCCUPIED
03:38:05:00	03:38:08:00	HOMEOWNERS.
03:38:08:00	03:38:09:00	IT WILL ADDRESS THE RECENT
03:38:09:00	03:38:09:00	SURGE IN PROPERTY TAX
03:38:09:00	03:38:11:00	ASSESSMENTS.
03:38:11:00	03:38:12:00	THERE IS PROVEN EFFECTIVENESS
03:38:12:00	03:38:15:00	THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL
03:38:15:00	03:38:16:00	EXEMPTION HAS ALREADY PROVEN TO
03:38:16:00	03:38:17:00	BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR
03:38:17:00	03:38:19:00	MITIGATING TAX BURDENS
03:38:19:00	03:38:19:00	INCREASING IT BUILDS ON A
03:38:19:00	03:38:23:00	SUCCESSFUL FRAMEWORK THAT AIDS
03:38:23:00	03:38:23:00	SENIORS, FIXED INCOME FAMILIES
03:38:23:00	03:38:27:00	AND LONG TERM RESIDENTS AND
03:38:27:00	03:38:27:00	COMPLEMENTARY TO OTHER
03:38:27:00	03:38:31:00	PROPOSALS A HIGH RESIDENTIAL
03:38:31:00	03:38:31:00	EXEMPTION IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD
03:38:31:00	03:38:32:00	AND IMMEDIATE METHOD OF TAX
03:38:32:00	03:38:34:00	RELIEF.
03:38:34:00	03:38:35:00	IT CAN BE COMBINED WITH OTHER
03:38:35:00	03:38:36:00	TAX RELIEF MEASURES FOR A MORE
03:38:36:00	03:38:39:00	COMPREHEND APPROACH AND FOR
03:38:39:00	03:38:42:00	PRESERVING COMMUNITY STABILITY
03:38:42:00	03:38:43:00	.
03:38:43:00	03:38:43:00	I BELIEVE IT WILL PREVENT
03:38:43:00	03:38:44:00	DISPLACEMENT OF LONG TERM
03:38:44:00	03:38:46:00	RESIDENTS AND ASSURE BOSTON
03:38:46:00	03:38:47:00	REMAINS A CITY WHERE ALL
03:38:47:00	03:38:50:00	RESIDENTS CAN THRIVE.
03:38:50:00	03:38:51:00	AND I BELIEVE THAT WE MUST
03:38:51:00	03:38:54:00	SPEND LESS THAT THE LAST FOUR
03:38:54:00	03:38:57:00	YEARS WE'VE HAD THE LUXURY
03:38:57:00	03:38:58:00	OF 695 MILLION IN COVID 19
03:38:58:00	03:39:00:00	FEDERAL FUNDING.
03:39:00:00	03:39:01:00	THAT MONEY IS NOW GONE AND AS
03:39:01:00	03:39:04:00	WE AWAIT THE MAYOR'S UPCOMING
03:39:04:00	03:39:05:00	BUDGET, I DO HOPE IT REFLECTS
03:39:05:00	03:39:05:00	RESPONSIBLE SPENDING CUTS TO
03:39:05:00	03:39:08:00	PREVENT CITY EMPLOYEES AND
03:39:08:00	03:39:09:00	RESIDENTS ON FIXED INCOMES FROM
03:39:09:00	03:39:12:00	BEARING THE BURDEN OF INCREASED
03:39:12:00	03:39:12:00	TAXES.
03:39:12:00	03:39:15:00	I DO JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON A
03:39:15:00	03:39:19:00	FEW OTHER THINGS HERE SO FOR
03:39:19:00	03:39:22:00	CLARIFICATION ON THE HOMEOWNER
03:39:22:00	03:39:23:00	REBATE WITHOUT I KNOW A LOT
03:39:23:00	03:39:23:00	OF QUESTIONS WERE STILL
03:39:23:00	03:39:26:00	UNANSWERED AFTER THAT JANUARY
03:39:26:00	03:39:30:00	27TH HEARING THAT I DO WANT TO
03:39:30:00	03:39:31:00	PUT ON THE RECORD HERE AND
03:39:31:00	03:39:33:00	THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD
03:39:33:00	03:39:34:00	PREPARED AND WERE READY TO
03:39:34:00	03:39:36:00	BRING TO THE SECOND HEARING
03:39:36:00	03:39:37:00	THAT A REBATE CALCULATION AND
03:39:37:00	03:39:40:00	DISTRIBUTION METHODOLOGY WHAT
03:39:40:00	03:39:44:00	METHOD IS USED TO DETERMINE THE
03:39:44:00	03:39:44:00	REBATE AMOUNT FOR HOMEOWNERS
03:39:44:00	03:39:48:00	UNIFORMITY WILL ALL HOMEOWNERS
03:39:48:00	03:39:49:00	RECEIVE THE SAME REBATE AMOUNT
03:39:49:00	03:39:52:00	OR WILL IT VARY BASED ON
03:39:52:00	03:39:52:00	PROPERTY VALUE PROJECTED
03:39:52:00	03:39:55:00	AVERAGES WHAT IS THE PROJECTED
03:39:55:00	03:39:56:00	AVERAGE REBATE AMOUNT ACROSS
03:39:56:00	03:39:59:00	DIFFERENT PROPERTY VALUE
03:39:59:00	03:39:59:00	RANGES?
03:39:59:00	03:40:00:00	I HAVE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS
03:40:00:00	03:40:03:00	IN THAT MAYBE EVERYONE WOULD
03:40:03:00	03:40:04:00	GET THE SAME AMOUNT AND THAT
03:40:04:00	03:40:07:00	AMOUNT WOULD BE CLOSE TO 200 TO
03:40:07:00	03:40:11:00	$250 A ONE TIME CHECK FOR LESS
03:40:11:00	03:40:11:00	THAN $250 WOULD BE GIVEN.
03:40:11:00	03:40:14:00	I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S TRUE
03:40:14:00	03:40:15:00	IMPACT ASSESSMENT HOW DOES THE
03:40:15:00	03:40:18:00	ADMINISTRATION ENSURE THAT THE
03:40:18:00	03:40:19:00	REBATE MEANINGFULLY OFFSETS THE
03:40:19:00	03:40:22:00	IMPACT OF RISING PROPERTY TAXES
03:40:22:00	03:40:22:00	AND THE TIMING OF IT?
03:40:22:00	03:40:26:00	WHEN WOULD HOMEOWNERS RECEIVE
03:40:26:00	03:40:26:00	THESE REBATES AND WOULD THEY BE
03:40:26:00	03:40:29:00	TIMELY ENOUGH TO OFFSET THE
03:40:29:00	03:40:29:00	CURRENT TAX INCREASE?
03:40:29:00	03:40:30:00	I BELIEVE THOSE QUESTIONS
03:40:30:00	03:40:33:00	DETAIL ARE CRUCIAL TO
03:40:33:00	03:40:34:00	UNDERSTANDING HOW THE PROGRAM
03:40:34:00	03:40:37:00	WILL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
03:40:37:00	03:40:38:00	THE IMPACT ON RENTERS IN
03:40:38:00	03:40:41:00	MULTI-FAMILY HOME OWNERS MARKET
03:40:41:00	03:40:42:00	INFLUENCE CAN THE
03:40:42:00	03:40:45:00	ADMINISTRATION PROVIDE EVIDENCE
03:40:45:00	03:40:46:00	THAT AN INCREASE IN THE
03:40:46:00	03:40:48:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION WOULD
03:40:48:00	03:40:49:00	DIRECTLY LEAD TO HIGHER RENT
03:40:49:00	03:40:53:00	PRICES GIVEN THAT RENT LEVELS
03:40:53:00	03:40:53:00	ARE INFLUENCED BY MULTIPLE
03:40:53:00	03:40:56:00	MARKET FACTORS?
03:40:56:00	03:40:57:00	HISTORICAL DATA HAS THERE BEEN
03:40:57:00	03:41:00:00	HISTORICAL EVIDENCE SHOWING
03:41:00:00	03:41:00:00	THAT PAST TAX SAVINGS FOR
03:41:00:00	03:41:04:00	LANDLORDS HAVE RESULTED IN
03:41:04:00	03:41:05:00	LOWER RENT PRICES FOR TENANTS?
03:41:05:00	03:41:08:00	THESE DETAILS ARE CRUCIAL FOR
03:41:08:00	03:41:09:00	UNDERSTANDING HOW THE PROGRAM
03:41:09:00	03:41:12:00	WILL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF
03:41:12:00	03:41:13:00	LED A STRAIGHT STATE
03:41:13:00	03:41:15:00	OF STRATEGY AND FEASIBILITY THE
03:41:15:00	03:41:16:00	STATE HOUSE PASSAGE SINCE ALL
03:41:16:00	03:41:19:00	HOME RULE PETITIONS MUST PASS
03:41:19:00	03:41:20:00	THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE IN
03:41:20:00	03:41:20:00	CONSIDERING THE MAYOR'S PRIOR
03:41:20:00	03:41:23:00	TAX PLAN FAILED IN THE SENATE,
03:41:23:00	03:41:24:00	WHAT ASSURANCES EXIST THAT THIS
03:41:24:00	03:41:27:00	PROPOSAL WILL PASS IN MULTIPLE
03:41:27:00	03:41:30:00	OPTIONS GIVEN THE LEGISLATIVE
03:41:30:00	03:41:31:00	UNCERTAINTY WITH THE
03:41:31:00	03:41:31:00	ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS SENDING
03:41:31:00	03:41:35:00	MULTIPLE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
03:41:35:00	03:41:36:00	OPTIONS TO THE STATE HOUSE TO
03:41:36:00	03:41:39:00	MAXIMIZE OUR CHANCES
03:41:39:00	03:41:39:00	OF SECURING MEANINGFUL RELIEF
03:41:39:00	03:41:43:00	FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS A LACK
03:41:43:00	03:41:46:00	OF A PROMISED SECOND HEARING.
03:41:46:00	03:41:48:00	I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE
03:41:48:00	03:41:49:00	HAVE FOUR WHAT I CONSIDERED
03:41:49:00	03:41:52:00	SIGNIFICANT PROPOSALS THAT WERE
03:41:52:00	03:41:55:00	AT ONE HEARING ON JANUARY 27TH
03:41:55:00	03:41:56:00	THE DESPITE THE CHAIR'S SECOND
03:41:56:00	03:41:59:00	HEARING I MENTIONED THAT
03:41:59:00	03:42:00:00	ALREADY BUT A NEED FOR FAIR AND
03:42:00:00	03:42:02:00	TRANSPARENT PROCESS HOMEOWNERS
03:42:02:00	03:42:03:00	ESPECIALLY SENIORS IN LONG TERM
03:42:03:00	03:42:06:00	RESIDENTS ARE FACING IMMEDIATE
03:42:06:00	03:42:07:00	FINANCIAL STRAIN FROM RISING
03:42:07:00	03:42:10:00	PROPERTY TAX RUSHING THROUGH
03:42:10:00	03:42:10:00	ONLY ONE PROPOSAL, ONE
03:42:10:00	03:42:11:00	NEGLECTING OTHERS.
03:42:11:00	03:42:14:00	I BELIEVE DOES NOT SERVE IN THE
03:42:14:00	03:42:15:00	BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS.
03:42:15:00	03:42:18:00	I URGE US TO CONSIDER ADDING
03:42:18:00	03:42:22:00	THIS AS AN AMENDMENT TO ADD TO
03:42:22:00	03:42:24:00	WHAT IS ALREADY GOING TO BE
03:42:24:00	03:42:25:00	SENT UP TO THE STATE HOUSE IF
03:42:25:00	03:42:29:00	THE PROPOSAL PASSES HERE ALONE.
03:42:29:00	03:42:33:00	THE COUNCIL AND I DO KNOW THAT
03:42:33:00	03:42:33:00	WHEN THIS WAS FILED BACK IN
03:42:33:00	03:42:37:00	DECEMBER ON DECEMBER 11TH, THE
03:42:37:00	03:42:40:00	LAST MEETING WE HAD OF THE LAST
03:42:40:00	03:42:41:00	AFTER WE KNEW THAT THE PLAN HAD
03:42:41:00	03:42:44:00	FAILED IN THE SENATE THAT I
03:42:44:00	03:42:44:00	DIDN'T HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE
03:42:44:00	03:42:47:00	ADMINISTRATION BUT I DID READ A
03:42:47:00	03:42:48:00	CRITIQUE THAT SOMEONE FROM THE
03:42:48:00	03:42:51:00	PRESS OFFICE HAD GIVEN TO A
03:42:51:00	03:42:51:00	NEWS OUTLET AND THE
03:42:51:00	03:42:55:00	ADMINISTRATION HAS CRITIQUED
03:42:55:00	03:42:55:00	THE PLAN TO INCREASE THE
03:42:55:00	03:42:56:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION, ARGUING
03:42:56:00	03:42:59:00	THAT IT WOULD INCREASE THE
03:42:59:00	03:43:00:00	ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL TAX RATE AND
03:43:00:00	03:43:03:00	SHIFT THE TAX BURDEN ON TO
03:43:03:00	03:43:03:00	RENTERS.
03:43:03:00	03:43:06:00	I CONTEND THAT THIS ARGUMENT
03:43:06:00	03:43:07:00	OVERSIMPLIFIES THE ISSUE AND
03:43:07:00	03:43:07:00	FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
03:43:07:00	03:43:10:00	BROADER BENEFITS FOR
03:43:10:00	03:43:10:00	HOMEOWNERS.
03:43:10:00	03:43:11:00	BELOW IS MY POINT BY POINT
03:43:11:00	03:43:14:00	RESPONSE DIRECT HOMEOWNER
03:43:14:00	03:43:17:00	RELIEF VERSUS UNCERTAIN RE
03:43:17:00	03:43:17:00	REBATE MECHANISMS INCREASING
03:43:17:00	03:43:22:00	THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION
03:43:22:00	03:43:22:00	PROVIDES IMMEDIATE DIRECT
03:43:22:00	03:43:23:00	RELIEF TO HOMEOWNERS FACING
03:43:23:00	03:43:26:00	SKYROCKETING BILLS.
03:43:26:00	03:43:27:00	IN CONTRAST, THE MAYOR'S REBATE
03:43:27:00	03:43:30:00	BASED APPROACH IS SUBJECT TO
03:43:30:00	03:43:30:00	ADMINISTRATIVE DELAYS AND DOES
03:43:30:00	03:43:33:00	NOT GUARANTEE TIMELY RELIEF
03:43:33:00	03:43:37:00	BALANCING THE TAX BURDEN FAMILY
03:43:37:00	03:43:37:00	THE CLAIM THAT A HIGHER
03:43:37:00	03:43:38:00	EXEMPTION SHIFTS THE TAX BURDEN
03:43:38:00	03:43:41:00	ON TO RENTERS IS MISLEADING
03:43:41:00	03:43:41:00	MANY MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS
03:43:41:00	03:43:45:00	ALREADY BENEFIT FROM THE
03:43:45:00	03:43:46:00	EXEMPTION WHEN OWNER OCCUPIED
03:43:46:00	03:43:48:00	AND LANDLORDS HAVE ALTERNATIVES
03:43:48:00	03:43:49:00	SUCH AS TAX DEDUCTIONS
03:43:49:00	03:43:53:00	OPERATING COST ADJUSTMENTS OR
03:43:53:00	03:43:53:00	COST SPREADING MEASURES INSTEAD
03:43:53:00	03:43:57:00	OF IMMEDIATELY RAISING RENTS,
03:43:57:00	03:43:57:00	RENTERS ALREADY BEAR THE COST
03:43:57:00	03:44:01:00	OF PROPERTY TAXES.
03:44:01:00	03:44:01:00	RENTERS HAVE ALWAYS INDIRECTLY
03:44:01:00	03:44:04:00	PAID PROPERTY TAXES THROUGH
03:44:04:00	03:44:05:00	THEIR RENT REGARDLESS OF THE
03:44:05:00	03:44:08:00	EXEMPTION LEVEL.
03:44:08:00	03:44:08:00	THE MAYOR'S PLAN DOES NOT
03:44:08:00	03:44:09:00	ENSURE THAT ANY SAVINGS WILL BE
03:44:09:00	03:44:12:00	PASSED ON TO OUR TENANTS.
03:44:12:00	03:44:13:00	HOMEOWNERS ARE AT IMMEDIATE
03:44:13:00	03:44:16:00	RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
03:44:16:00	03:44:17:00	ALL OF US HAVE HEARD FROM OUR
03:44:17:00	03:44:20:00	CONSTITUENTS THAT UNLIKE LARGER
03:44:20:00	03:44:21:00	LANDLORDS WHO MAY ABSORB COST
03:44:21:00	03:44:24:00	INCREASES, MANY HOMEOWNERS FACE
03:44:24:00	03:44:25:00	THE IMMEDIATE RISK OF BEING
03:44:25:00	03:44:28:00	TAXED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND
03:44:28:00	03:44:29:00	THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE
03:44:29:00	03:44:29:00	MAYOR'S PLAN WILL PASS THE
03:44:29:00	03:44:32:00	STATE HOUSE.
03:44:32:00	03:44:33:00	NO HOME RULE PETITION IS
03:44:33:00	03:44:35:00	GUARANTEED PASSAGE THE MAYOR'S
03:44:35:00	03:44:36:00	PREVIOUS TAX PLAN FAILED IN THE
03:44:36:00	03:44:39:00	CURRENT PROPOSAL MAY FACE THE
03:44:39:00	03:44:40:00	SAME LEGISLATIVE HURDLES
03:44:40:00	03:44:43:00	ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IS BASICALLY
03:44:43:00	03:44:44:00	THE SAME WE DID AT THE REBATE
03:44:44:00	03:44:47:00	AND I DO THINK THAT A SECOND
03:44:47:00	03:44:47:00	MEETING AND THEN HEAR THE
03:44:47:00	03:44:48:00	DEBATE ON THE FLOOR IS AN
03:44:48:00	03:44:50:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADD MORE
03:44:50:00	03:44:54:00	AMENDMENTS TO IT TO INCLUDE IN
03:44:54:00	03:44:55:00	THE REBATE WHICH I THINK IS A
03:44:55:00	03:44:56:00	GOOD IDEA BUT ISN'T GOING TO
03:44:56:00	03:44:58:00	GIVE THE IMPACT THAT OUR
03:44:58:00	03:45:01:00	HOMEOWNERS NEED.
03:45:01:00	03:45:02:00	AND SO ALSO INVENTING MULTIPLE
03:45:02:00	03:45:06:00	TAX INCREASES THE OVERALL
03:45:06:00	03:45:06:00	CHANCE OF THE SENATE BEING ABLE
03:45:06:00	03:45:10:00	TO PASS SOME OF THIS HOME RULE
03:45:10:00	03:45:13:00	PETITION AND MAYBE NOT ALL
03:45:13:00	03:45:14:00	MAYBE THEY'RE NOT IN FAVOR
03:45:14:00	03:45:14:00	OF THE TAX SHIFT BUT IF THEY
03:45:14:00	03:45:17:00	HAVE OTHER OPTIONS TO CHOOSE
03:45:17:00	03:45:18:00	FROM TO GIVE OUR RESIDENTS
03:45:18:00	03:45:19:00	RELIEF, I THINK THAT THAT'S
03:45:19:00	03:45:21:00	IMPORTANT.
03:45:21:00	03:45:21:00	THE ARGUMENT AGAINST INCREASING
03:45:21:00	03:45:22:00	THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION
03:45:22:00	03:45:25:00	SELECTIVELY FRAMES TAX SHIFTS
03:45:25:00	03:45:26:00	WHILE IGNORING THE PRESSING
03:45:26:00	03:45:29:00	REALITIES FOR HOMEOWNERS.
03:45:29:00	03:45:30:00	RENT PRICES ARE DRIVEN BY MANY
03:45:30:00	03:45:32:00	FACTORS BEYOND PROPERTY TAXES
03:45:32:00	03:45:33:00	AN IMMEDIATE DIRECT RELIEF IS
03:45:33:00	03:45:37:00	ESSENTIAL ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE
03:45:37:00	03:45:37:00	ON FIXED INCOMES A HIGHER
03:45:37:00	03:45:41:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION IS A
03:45:41:00	03:45:41:00	PROVEN METHOD TO STABILIZE
03:45:41:00	03:45:42:00	HOUSING COSTS FOR THE MOST
03:45:42:00	03:45:44:00	VULNERABLE AND IT CAN COEXIST
03:45:44:00	03:45:45:00	WITH OTHER RELIEF MEASURES SUCH
03:45:45:00	03:45:49:00	AS RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND TAX
03:45:49:00	03:45:49:00	REBATES.
03:45:49:00	03:45:50:00	I BELIEVE THAT THE
03:45:50:00	03:45:52:00	COUNCIL SHOULD SUPPORT BOTH
03:45:52:00	03:45:53:00	APPROACHES TO ENSURE A
03:45:53:00	03:45:53:00	COMPREHENSIVE, FAIR AND
03:45:53:00	03:45:56:00	IMMEDIATE TAX RELIEF TO OUR
03:45:56:00	03:45:56:00	RESIDENTS.
03:45:56:00	03:45:57:00	SO I'M HOPING THAT MY
03:45:57:00	03:46:00:00	COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN
03:46:00:00	03:46:01:00	SUPPORTING ADDING THIS
03:46:01:00	03:46:03:00	AMENDMENT TO THE COMMITTEE
03:46:03:00	03:46:03:00	REPORT.
03:46:03:00	03:46:08:00	THANK YOU.
03:46:08:00	03:46:08:00	OH OKAY.
03:46:08:00	03:46:11:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE
03:46:11:00	03:46:12:00	COLETTE AS A PARTNER.
03:46:12:00	03:46:13:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:46:13:00	03:46:13:00	THANK YOU.
03:46:13:00	03:46:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:46:13:00	03:46:14:00	AND I WANT TO THANK
03:46:14:00	03:46:15:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING
03:46:15:00	03:46:15:00	THIS FORWARD.
03:46:15:00	03:46:20:00	I DO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE NUMBER
03:46:20:00	03:46:23:00	OF INACCURACIES AND
03:46:23:00	03:46:23:00	MISREPRESENTATION OF FACTS AND
03:46:23:00	03:46:27:00	EVENTS THAT WAS JUST TALKED
03:46:27:00	03:46:27:00	ABOUT JUST NOW.
03:46:27:00	03:46:30:00	I HAVE MY STAFF CHECKING THE
03:46:30:00	03:46:31:00	TAPE SO WE CAN WE CAN CHECK IT
03:46:31:00	03:46:32:00	AND WE CAN WE CAN ACTUALLY
03:46:32:00	03:46:35:00	FIGURE OUT IF I DID OR DID NOT
03:46:35:00	03:46:35:00	SAY IT.
03:46:35:00	03:46:35:00	MY RECOLLECTION AND THERE WERE
03:46:35:00	03:46:38:00	PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE IS THAT
03:46:38:00	03:46:39:00	I NEVER PROMISED OR BOXED
03:46:39:00	03:46:42:00	MYSELF INTO ANOTHER HEARING OR
03:46:42:00	03:46:43:00	WORKING SESSION AND SO TO SAY
03:46:43:00	03:46:44:00	THAT AND TO HAVE IT BE
03:46:44:00	03:46:46:00	INACCURATE AND WE'RE DOUBLE
03:46:46:00	03:46:47:00	CHECKING THIS I WOULD LIKE THE
03:46:47:00	03:46:50:00	RECORD CORRECTED PLEASE AND
03:46:50:00	03:46:50:00	WE'RE WAITING ON THAT.
03:46:50:00	03:46:53:00	THE OTHER THING TOO IS THAT THE
03:46:53:00	03:46:54:00	OTHER THING THAT WAS SAID THAT
03:46:54:00	03:46:57:00	I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO WAS
03:46:57:00	03:46:58:00	THAT THIS HURT, THIS PROPOSAL
03:46:58:00	03:47:01:00	THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION WAS
03:47:01:00	03:47:02:00	NOT GIVEN THE SAME
03:47:02:00	03:47:05:00	CONSIDERATION TO BE BROUGHT UP
03:47:05:00	03:47:05:00	FOR A VOTE.
03:47:05:00	03:47:06:00	SHE'S CORRECT THAT I CALLED I
03:47:06:00	03:47:08:00	CALLED MY MY COLLEAGUE ON
03:47:08:00	03:47:09:00	MONDAY TO ASK YOU KNOW WHAT
03:47:09:00	03:47:12:00	WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE?
03:47:12:00	03:47:13:00	BECAUSE I DID SAY DURING THE
03:47:13:00	03:47:16:00	HEARING AND THEN ON THE PHONE
03:47:16:00	03:47:16:00	AS WELL THAT I HAVE SOME
03:47:16:00	03:47:16:00	CONCERNS.
03:47:16:00	03:47:17:00	I THINK WE JUST HAVE SOME
03:47:17:00	03:47:19:00	FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT ABOUT
03:47:19:00	03:47:24:00	WHO SHOULD SHOULDER THE BURDEN
03:47:24:00	03:47:24:00	OF THESE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTIONS
03:47:24:00	03:47:25:00	AND BECAUSE OF THAT AS CHAIR
03:47:25:00	03:47:29:00	YOU KNOW, I WENT TO YOU AND I
03:47:29:00	03:47:31:00	ASKED DO YOU WANT TO PUT IT UP
03:47:31:00	03:47:32:00	FOR A VOTE OR DO YOU WANT TO
03:47:32:00	03:47:33:00	KEEP IT IN COMMITTEE?
03:47:33:00	03:47:33:00	WE CAN JUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT
03:47:33:00	03:47:35:00	IT AND RESPECTFULLY YOU NEVER
03:47:35:00	03:47:38:00	GOT BACK TO ME.
03:47:38:00	03:47:39:00	AND SO I HAD TO COME TO YOUR
03:47:39:00	03:47:42:00	OFFICE THIS MORNING TO
03:47:42:00	03:47:43:00	UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR PLAN WAS
03:47:43:00	03:47:46:00	AND THIS IS THIS IS SURPRISING
03:47:46:00	03:47:46:00	QUITE FRANKLY.
03:47:46:00	03:47:50:00	AND THEN I ALSO THINK THAT THE
03:47:50:00	03:47:53:00	THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FAIR AND
03:47:53:00	03:47:54:00	THOROUGH DISCUSSION BASED ON
03:47:54:00	03:47:57:00	THE HEARING AND THE MULTIPLE
03:47:57:00	03:47:58:00	HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS
03:47:58:00	03:48:01:00	THAT WE'VE HAD THERE HAS BEEN
03:48:01:00	03:48:02:00	ADEQUATE DISCUSSION AND THEN
03:48:02:00	03:48:02:00	SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT
03:48:02:00	03:48:05:00	I'M GETTING THAT WE'RE GETTING
03:48:05:00	03:48:05:00	ABOUT THE REBATES LIKE THESE
03:48:05:00	03:48:08:00	ARE NEW TO ME NONE OF THESE
03:48:08:00	03:48:09:00	QUESTIONS WERE ASKED DURING
03:48:09:00	03:48:11:00	THAT HEARING AND YOU HAVE THE
03:48:11:00	03:48:12:00	RIGHT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT
03:48:12:00	03:48:12:00	YOU WANT.
03:48:12:00	03:48:13:00	SOME OF THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN
03:48:13:00	03:48:16:00	ANSWERED THOUGH THE METHODOLOGY
03:48:16:00	03:48:16:00	IT'S GOING TO BE THE
03:48:16:00	03:48:20:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION.
03:48:20:00	03:48:21:00	WELL, ALL HOMEOWNERS RECEIVE
03:48:21:00	03:48:21:00	THE SAME REBATE A REBATE AMOUNT
03:48:21:00	03:48:24:00	THAT WAS ALSO TALKED ABOUT IN
03:48:24:00	03:48:24:00	THE HEARING.
03:48:24:00	03:48:28:00	THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS TOO IS
03:48:28:00	03:48:29:00	THAT AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO
03:48:29:00	03:48:30:00	THE REBATE PART I UNDERSTAND
03:48:30:00	03:48:32:00	THAT FOLKS MAY STILL HAVE
03:48:32:00	03:48:35:00	QUESTIONS.
03:48:35:00	03:48:36:00	THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL PROCESS.
03:48:36:00	03:48:39:00	SO THIS IS JUST SIMPLY GIVING
03:48:39:00	03:48:39:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON THE
03:48:39:00	03:48:40:00	AUTHORITY THROUGH THE SPECIAL
03:48:40:00	03:48:46:00	LAW TO HAVE A REBATE PROGRAM.
03:48:46:00	03:48:47:00	I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION A
03:48:47:00	03:48:50:00	COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS TOO JUST
03:48:50:00	03:48:51:00	JUST TO BE SURE TO GET IT ON
03:48:51:00	03:48:51:00	THE RECORD.
03:48:51:00	03:48:54:00	THOSE THAT GET THE RESIDENTIAL
03:48:54:00	03:48:54:00	EXEMPTION WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
03:48:54:00	03:48:58:00	THIS REBATE AND SO LOOKING INTO
03:48:58:00	03:49:02:00	THIS BASED LAST YEAR ABOUT
03:49:02:00	03:49:02:00	77,000 RECEIVED THE RESIDENTIAL
03:49:02:00	03:49:06:00	EXEMPTION AND SO THAT'S A REAL
03:49:06:00	03:49:08:00	RELIEF TO TO THESE FOLKS.
03:49:08:00	03:49:09:00	THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL
03:49:09:00	03:49:09:00	APPLICATION IF THE LEGISLATURE
03:49:09:00	03:49:13:00	AND THE GOVERNOR PASSES HOME
03:49:13:00	03:49:13:00	WHOLE TO GIVE US THIS
03:49:13:00	03:49:16:00	AUTHORITY, THE CFO WOULD WORK
03:49:16:00	03:49:17:00	WITH THE OFFICE OF BUDGET
03:49:17:00	03:49:17:00	MANAGEMENT TO DETERMINE A
03:49:17:00	03:49:18:00	FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AMOUNT
03:49:18:00	03:49:20:00	OF MONEY TO PRESENT TO THE CITY
03:49:20:00	03:49:21:00	COUNCIL AGAIN FOR APPROVAL AND
03:49:21:00	03:49:22:00	WE ARE ABLE TO BAKE IT AND
03:49:22:00	03:49:25:00	CODIFY THE FACT THAT WE WOULD
03:49:25:00	03:49:29:00	HAVE EXPLICIT OVERSIGHT INTO
03:49:29:00	03:49:29:00	THIS PROCESS IT WOULD PROVIDE
03:49:29:00	03:49:30:00	DIRECT RELIEF TO THE ELIGIBLE
03:49:30:00	03:49:33:00	PERSON AND IT IS LESS OF AN
03:49:33:00	03:49:33:00	ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN QUITE
03:49:33:00	03:49:36:00	FRANKLY THAN THAN THE
03:49:36:00	03:49:36:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION BECAUSE
03:49:36:00	03:49:37:00	IT'S GOING TO BE A DIRECT
03:49:37:00	03:49:40:00	RELIEF GIVEN TO TWO FOLKS AND
03:49:40:00	03:49:43:00	AGAIN ADDITIONAL IS FORTHCOMING
03:49:43:00	03:49:48:00	TO SPEAK TO THE MERITS OF THE
03:49:48:00	03:49:48:00	OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
03:49:48:00	03:49:51:00	PROPOSAL.
03:49:51:00	03:49:54:00	IT WOULD BEHOOVE ME AS A RENTER
03:49:54:00	03:49:57:00	TO TALK ABOUT THE SHIFT FROM 35
03:49:57:00	03:49:57:00	TO 40.
03:49:57:00	03:50:00:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON IS 70%
03:50:00:00	03:50:01:00	RENTERS AND THAT'S NOT TO
03:50:01:00	03:50:03:00	EXCLUDE OUR HOMEOWNERS FROM
03:50:03:00	03:50:04:00	FROM ANY SORT OF RELIEF.
03:50:04:00	03:50:05:00	I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE
03:50:05:00	03:50:07:00	TRYING TO SHIFT THE COMMERCIAL
03:50:07:00	03:50:07:00	BURDEN.
03:50:07:00	03:50:08:00	WE'RE ALSO THEY GET RESIDENTIAL
03:50:08:00	03:50:11:00	EXEMPTIONS AS IT IS IF YOU'RE
03:50:11:00	03:50:12:00	AN OWNER OCCUPANT AND YOU DON'T
03:50:12:00	03:50:12:00	RENT OUT THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR
03:50:12:00	03:50:14:00	UNIT.
03:50:14:00	03:50:15:00	BUT INCREASING THE RESIDENTIAL
03:50:15:00	03:50:15:00	EXEMPTION TO 40 COULD
03:50:15:00	03:50:18:00	EXACERBATE DISPARITIES BETWEEN
03:50:18:00	03:50:19:00	DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTY
03:50:19:00	03:50:19:00	OWNERS WHILE POTENTIALLY
03:50:19:00	03:50:22:00	INFLUENCING LEVELS AND AGAIN
03:50:22:00	03:50:23:00	POTENTIALLY INFLUENCING RENT
03:50:23:00	03:50:23:00	LEVELS.
03:50:23:00	03:50:26:00	IN BOSTON, CLASS WHEN PARCELS
03:50:26:00	03:50:27:00	CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
03:50:27:00	03:50:27:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION WHICH
03:50:27:00	03:50:30:00	REDUCES THE TAX FOR OWNER
03:50:30:00	03:50:31:00	OCCUPIED HOMES.
03:50:31:00	03:50:31:00	THIS EXEMPTION APPLIES TO ONLY
03:50:31:00	03:50:34:00	PRIMARY RESIDENCE WHERE THE
03:50:34:00	03:50:34:00	OWNER LIVES.
03:50:34:00	03:50:35:00	THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION IS
03:50:35:00	03:50:38:00	SUPPOSED TO BE NEUTRAL WHICH
03:50:38:00	03:50:39:00	MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
03:50:39:00	03:50:41:00	TO MAKE UP THIS MONEY SOMEWHERE
03:50:41:00	03:50:45:00	AND IN THAT INSTANCE THE OF THE
03:50:45:00	03:50:46:00	EXEMPTION IS REDISTRIBUTED IN A
03:50:46:00	03:50:49:00	CITY AGAIN WHERE APPROXIMATELY
03:50:49:00	03:50:50:00	70% OF BOSTON HOUSEHOLDS ARE
03:50:50:00	03:50:53:00	RENTER OCCUPIED WHICH
03:50:53:00	03:50:55:00	TRANSLATES TO ABOUT 400,000
03:50:55:00	03:50:56:00	PEOPLE.
03:50:56:00	03:50:56:00	WE MUST CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL
03:50:56:00	03:50:59:00	SIGNIFICANT RAMIFICATIONS FOR
03:50:59:00	03:51:00:00	RENTERS RENTERS IN PROPERTIES
03:51:00:00	03:51:04:00	OWNED BY LANDLORDS WHO DO NOT
03:51:04:00	03:51:05:00	QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION.
03:51:05:00	03:51:08:00	SO I THINK LARGER LARGER
03:51:08:00	03:51:08:00	BUILDINGS COULD EXPERIENCE
03:51:08:00	03:51:09:00	HIGHER RENTS IF LANDLORDS
03:51:09:00	03:51:12:00	PASSED THEIR INCREASED TAX
03:51:12:00	03:51:12:00	BURDEN TO THEIR TO THEIR
03:51:12:00	03:51:15:00	RENTERS.
03:51:15:00	03:51:16:00	AND WHEN YOU ARE A LARGER
03:51:16:00	03:51:19:00	LANDLORD AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE A
03:51:19:00	03:51:20:00	LITTLE BIT FAR REMOVED, YOU
03:51:20:00	03:51:20:00	HAVE A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
03:51:20:00	03:51:21:00	COMPANY, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
03:51:21:00	03:51:23:00	PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP AND SO IT
03:51:23:00	03:51:24:00	DOES RIPEN THE CONDITIONS FOR
03:51:24:00	03:51:26:00	FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
03:51:26:00	03:51:27:00	AND SO JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
03:51:27:00	03:51:30:00	IMPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING POLICY
03:51:30:00	03:51:30:00	AND GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT
03:51:30:00	03:51:31:00	PROPORTION OF RENTERS CHANGES
03:51:31:00	03:51:34:00	TO THE PROPERTY TAXES OR
03:51:34:00	03:51:34:00	EXEMPTIONS THAT
03:51:34:00	03:51:34:00	DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT
03:51:34:00	03:51:37:00	RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS COULD
03:51:37:00	03:51:38:00	INDIRECTLY AFFECT A LARGE
03:51:38:00	03:51:41:00	SEGMENT OF THE POPULATIONS.
03:51:41:00	03:51:42:00	AND SO IF WE'RE DEBATING THE
03:51:42:00	03:51:42:00	MERITS OF THIS PROPOSAL THROUGH
03:51:42:00	03:51:45:00	THE LENS OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS
03:51:45:00	03:51:46:00	OR HARMS AND WITHIN THE SAME
03:51:46:00	03:51:46:00	SET OF FACTS THAT ABSENT THE
03:51:46:00	03:51:49:00	SHIFT WITHIN TAX LEVY TO
03:51:49:00	03:51:49:00	COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, THE
03:51:49:00	03:51:50:00	BURDEN TO MAKE THIS REVENUE
03:51:50:00	03:51:53:00	NEUTRAL WOULD COME FROM RENTERS
03:51:53:00	03:51:56:00	IN A RENTER DOMINATED CITY
03:51:56:00	03:51:57:00	WHERE FOLKS ARE ALREADY
03:51:57:00	03:51:57:00	STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
03:51:57:00	03:52:00:00	IT IS NOT A COMPELLING ARGUMENT
03:52:00:00	03:52:01:00	IN MY OPINION AND I DO OPPOSE
03:52:01:00	03:52:04:00	THIS AMENDMENT AND AGAIN THIS
03:52:04:00	03:52:08:00	IS NOT I TRY TO REFRAIN FROM
03:52:08:00	03:52:09:00	ANY SORT OF PERSONAL OR OR
03:52:09:00	03:52:12:00	MISREPRESENTATION OF THINGS AND
03:52:12:00	03:52:13:00	I AM QUITE SIMPLY SAYING THAT
03:52:13:00	03:52:13:00	WE JUST DON'T WE HAVE A
03:52:13:00	03:52:14:00	DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AND
03:52:14:00	03:52:16:00	POTENTIAL VALUE SET WHEN IT
03:52:16:00	03:52:19:00	COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE
03:52:19:00	03:52:19:00	.
03:52:19:00	03:52:20:00	AND I JUST I HAVE TO THINK
03:52:20:00	03:52:20:00	ABOUT THE RENTERS AND SO
03:52:20:00	03:52:23:00	THINKING ABOUT THE OVERALL NET
03:52:23:00	03:52:26:00	NET HARMS TO ABOUT 400,000
03:52:26:00	03:52:26:00	OF OUR FOLKS, I'M GOING TO BE
03:52:26:00	03:52:29:00	VOTING NO BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
03:52:29:00	03:52:33:00	UNDERSTAND IF I EVER SAID AND
03:52:33:00	03:52:37:00	JUST EXCUSE MEJIA I I NEVER
03:52:37:00	03:52:38:00	SAID I NEVER COMMITTED TO A
03:52:38:00	03:52:39:00	SECOND MEETING AND SO I WOULD
03:52:39:00	03:52:41:00	LIKE THE RECORD CORRECTED.
03:52:41:00	03:52:41:00	THANK YOU.
03:52:41:00	03:52:45:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR CUT ZAPATA
03:52:45:00	03:52:45:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, IF YOU WOULD
03:52:45:00	03:52:46:00	LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR I
03:52:46:00	03:52:49:00	WAS GOING TO YOU MAY
03:52:49:00	03:52:50:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
03:52:50:00	03:52:50:00	FLOOR.
03:52:50:00	03:52:53:00	THANK YOU SO A COUPLE OF THINGS
03:52:53:00	03:52:56:00	AND I CAN'T CONTROL EVER
03:52:56:00	03:52:57:00	SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED IN MY 55
03:52:57:00	03:53:00:00	YEARS HERE THAT YOU CAN'T
03:53:00:00	03:53:01:00	CONTROL HOW PEOPLE REACT TO HOW
03:53:01:00	03:53:04:00	YOU SHOW UP AND WHAT YOU SAY SO
03:53:04:00	03:53:05:00	I'M SORRY IF YOU TOOK OFFENSE
03:53:05:00	03:53:06:00	TO ANY OF THAT BUT I CAN'T
03:53:06:00	03:53:08:00	CONTROL THAT AND IN NO WAY WAS
03:53:08:00	03:53:09:00	IT MEANT FOR YOU TO FEEL THAT I
03:53:09:00	03:53:11:00	WAS ATTACKING YOU.
03:53:11:00	03:53:14:00	BUT MONDAY WHEN YOU CALLED IT
03:53:14:00	03:53:15:00	WAS THE FIRST I KNEW THAT THE
03:53:15:00	03:53:18:00	COMMITTEE REPORT WAS COMING
03:53:18:00	03:53:18:00	FORWARD.
03:53:18:00	03:53:19:00	I TOLD YOU I WASN'T SURE YET.
03:53:19:00	03:53:22:00	YESTERDAY I SPENT MANY HOURS
03:53:22:00	03:53:22:00	WORKING WITH MY STAFF AND ALSO
03:53:22:00	03:53:26:00	CENTRAL STAFF ON WORKING A LOT
03:53:26:00	03:53:27:00	OF WHAT WAS PASSED OUT TODAY
03:53:27:00	03:53:29:00	AND.
03:53:29:00	03:53:30:00	THEN A FEW HOURS MORE REALIZING
03:53:30:00	03:53:31:00	THAT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION
03:53:31:00	03:53:34:00	OF OPEN MEETING LAW SO I
03:53:34:00	03:53:35:00	COULDN'T SHARE IT AND THEN
03:53:35:00	03:53:37:00	WORKING WITH YOUR CENTRAL STAFF
03:53:37:00	03:53:37:00	AGAIN THIS MORNING ABOUT WHAT
03:53:37:00	03:53:41:00	IS THE BEST PLAN IT HAVE BEEN
03:53:41:00	03:53:41:00	PULLED FROM THE GREEN SHEETS.
03:53:41:00	03:53:44:00	WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON
03:53:44:00	03:53:45:00	BUT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY
03:53:45:00	03:53:45:00	THAT THE HOME RULE PETITION MAY
03:53:45:00	03:53:48:00	NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY BROUGHT
03:53:48:00	03:53:51:00	TO THE FLOOR AND I BELIEVE ONE
03:53:51:00	03:53:51:00	PERSON IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY
03:53:51:00	03:53:52:00	BLOCKED IT BECAUSE THEY BLOCKED
03:53:52:00	03:53:55:00	EVEN THE DEBATE ABOUT AN
03:53:55:00	03:53:55:00	AMENDMENT.
03:53:55:00	03:53:56:00	SO I DON'T I DID NOT FEEL
03:53:56:00	03:53:59:00	CONFIDENT THAT WAITING JUST AND
03:53:59:00	03:53:59:00	I KNOW IT'S STILL A FORMAL
03:53:59:00	03:54:02:00	PETITION THAT IS IN COMMITTEE
03:54:02:00	03:54:05:00	AND THEY AT THE END OF THE
03:54:05:00	03:54:06:00	JANUARY 27TH MEETING I WAS HERE
03:54:06:00	03:54:09:00	FOR THE WHOLE THING
03:54:09:00	03:54:10:00	COUNCIL OFFLINE
03:54:10:00	03:54:10:00	COUNCILOR MCGUIRE AND MYSELF
03:54:10:00	03:54:13:00	WERE SITTING ON THAT SIDE.
03:54:13:00	03:54:14:00	I KNOW IT WAS JOINTLY SHARED
03:54:14:00	03:54:18:00	BETWEEN BOTH CHAIR WAYS AND
03:54:18:00	03:54:18:00	MEANS AND YOURSELF THE CHAIR
03:54:18:00	03:54:21:00	OF GOVERNMENT OPS I KNOW YOU
03:54:21:00	03:54:22:00	WERE SITTING AT THE END AND WE
03:54:22:00	03:54:25:00	HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS.
03:54:25:00	03:54:26:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY THERE IS A
03:54:26:00	03:54:26:00	POINT OF ORDER ON THE FLOOR.
03:54:26:00	03:54:28:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN WHAT RULE DO
03:54:28:00	03:54:29:00	YOU FEEL IS BEING AT THIS
03:54:29:00	03:54:32:00	MOMENT VIOLATED BY THE OTHER
03:54:32:00	03:54:32:00	COUNCILORS?
03:54:32:00	03:54:33:00	THEN YOU NEED TO REFER TO
03:54:33:00	03:54:36:00	COUNCILORS THROUGH THE CHAIR
03:54:36:00	03:54:36:00	THANK YOU.
03:54:36:00	03:54:37:00	IF YOU COULD REFER TO
03:54:37:00	03:54:40:00	COUNCILORS AT THE CHAIR THAT
03:54:40:00	03:54:40:00	WOULD BE GREAT.
03:54:40:00	03:54:41:00	THANK YOU.
03:54:41:00	03:54:41:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER BUT
03:54:41:00	03:54:43:00	I WAS JUST TRYING TO SET THE
03:54:43:00	03:54:44:00	VISUAL STAGE THAT I REMEMBER
03:54:44:00	03:54:48:00	AND THAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
03:54:48:00	03:54:51:00	WERE VERY CONCERNED THAT WE
03:54:51:00	03:54:51:00	WERE HAVING ONE HEARING ON FOUR
03:54:51:00	03:54:55:00	VERY IMPORTANT DOCKETS THAT I
03:54:55:00	03:54:56:00	KNOW WE ALL CARE A LOT ABOUT
03:54:56:00	03:54:59:00	AND THAT WE WANTED TO BE
03:54:59:00	03:55:00:00	ASSURED AND MAYBE THERE WAS NO
03:55:00:00	03:55:03:00	DEFINITE GUARANTEE OF THE WORDS
03:55:03:00	03:55:03:00	UP WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND BUT
03:55:03:00	03:55:06:00	THERE WAS DEFINITELY
03:55:06:00	03:55:07:00	CONVERSATION THAT THIS IS
03:55:07:00	03:55:07:00	OUTSTANDING AND THE
03:55:07:00	03:55:11:00	UNDERSTANDING I CAME AWAY WITH
03:55:11:00	03:55:11:00	AND I KNOW TALKING TO SOME
03:55:11:00	03:55:12:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE THERE
03:55:12:00	03:55:14:00	TILL THE END THAT THEY WERE
03:55:14:00	03:55:15:00	ALSO UNDER THE SAME IMPRESSION.
03:55:15:00	03:55:18:00	SO IF WE IF I MISINTERPRETED
03:55:18:00	03:55:19:00	WHAT YOU HAD PROMISED IN A
03:55:19:00	03:55:22:00	PROMISES REALLY YOU CAN ALWAYS
03:55:22:00	03:55:23:00	CHANGE YOUR MIND AND I RESPECT
03:55:23:00	03:55:25:00	THAT AS THE CHAIR OF ANY
03:55:25:00	03:55:26:00	COMMITTEE YOU DON'T HAVE TO
03:55:26:00	03:55:26:00	FOLLOW THROUGH ON SOMETHING IF
03:55:26:00	03:55:29:00	YOU DON'T IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
03:55:29:00	03:55:30:00	MIND AND THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD
03:55:30:00	03:55:31:00	REASONS TO CHANGE YOUR MIND AND
03:55:31:00	03:55:33:00	THE QUESTIONS I HAVE THAT I PUT
03:55:33:00	03:55:34:00	FORWARD AND I READ ARE IN NO
03:55:34:00	03:55:37:00	WAY DID I EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER
03:55:37:00	03:55:37:00	THEM TODAY.
03:55:37:00	03:55:40:00	BUT I THINK IT DOES CLARIFY IS
03:55:40:00	03:55:43:00	WHAT I WAS COMING WITH READY
03:55:43:00	03:55:43:00	FOR THE SECOND HEARING THAT I
03:55:43:00	03:55:44:00	WAS ANTICIPATING.
03:55:44:00	03:55:47:00	I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN I
03:55:47:00	03:55:47:00	SAW THAT IT WAS BEING BROUGHT
03:55:47:00	03:55:51:00	FORWARD FOR A VOTE AND I I CAN
03:55:51:00	03:55:52:00	HAVE MY OWN FEELINGS ALSO FELT
03:55:52:00	03:55:54:00	THAT IF THERE WERE OTHER
03:55:54:00	03:55:55:00	DOCKETS AT THAT HEARING THAT
03:55:55:00	03:55:59:00	COULD HAVE A FAVORABLE
03:55:59:00	03:55:59:00	COMMITTEE REPORT BROUGHT
03:55:59:00	03:56:00:00	FORWARD, I WOULD HAVE
03:56:00:00	03:56:03:00	APPRECIATED AND I KNOW THAT
03:56:03:00	03:56:03:00	DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHEN IT
03:56:03:00	03:56:06:00	COMES TO THE RULES BUT BEFORE I
03:56:06:00	03:56:07:00	SAW IT IN THE AGENDA THAT I WAS
03:56:07:00	03:56:11:00	AWARE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO
03:56:11:00	03:56:11:00	COME FOR A VOTE, WE'RE NOT
03:56:11:00	03:56:14:00	GOING TO DISCUSS IT MORE IF IT
03:56:14:00	03:56:15:00	WAS A HEARING IF IT WAS A
03:56:15:00	03:56:16:00	WORKING SESSION BECAUSE I DID
03:56:16:00	03:56:18:00	HAVE MY QUESTIONS READY AND WE
03:56:18:00	03:56:19:00	LEFT FOR THAT HEARING WITH MANY
03:56:19:00	03:56:22:00	QUESTIONS OPEN.
03:56:22:00	03:56:25:00	SO I'D JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY ALL
03:56:25:00	03:56:26:00	OF THAT AND HOPE THAT IF THERE
03:56:26:00	03:56:29:00	IS ANY OTHER DEBATE OR
03:56:29:00	03:56:29:00	QUESTIONS ON THIS I'D LIKE TO
03:56:29:00	03:56:30:00	GO FORWARD.
03:56:30:00	03:56:33:00	COUNCILOR THAT AS A PARTNER IF
03:56:33:00	03:56:34:00	YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE
03:56:34:00	03:56:37:00	CHAIR YOU MAY AND AS DIRECTOR I
03:56:37:00	03:56:40:00	KNOW DEREK AND IT THROUGH
03:56:40:00	03:56:40:00	ME THANK YOU.
03:56:40:00	03:56:41:00	THANK YOU THROUGH THE CHAIR SO
03:56:41:00	03:56:43:00	THERE WAS I'M THERE WAS A
03:56:43:00	03:56:44:00	MENTION ABOUT OPEN MEETING LAW
03:56:44:00	03:56:47:00	THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE ARE
03:56:47:00	03:56:47:00	COLLEAGUES BOSTON IS BETTER
03:56:47:00	03:56:50:00	WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER RIGHT WE
03:56:50:00	03:56:53:00	ARE COLLEAGUES AND WE HAVE TO
03:56:53:00	03:56:57:00	TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND I THE
03:56:57:00	03:56:57:00	OPEN MEETING LAW AND THIS IS
03:56:57:00	03:56:58:00	ALL WITH IT UNDER THE UMBRELLA
03:56:58:00	03:57:00:00	OF THE OPEN MEETING WHAT THE
03:57:00:00	03:57:01:00	OPEN MEETING LAW DOES NOT
03:57:01:00	03:57:01:00	EXCLUDE US FROM HAVING
03:57:01:00	03:57:05:00	INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS AND
03:57:05:00	03:57:05:00	I'M SORRY I FEEL LIKE THAT'S
03:57:05:00	03:57:12:00	ANOTHER AND I DO APPRECIATE THE
03:57:12:00	03:57:16:00	APOLOGY OF OF POTENTIALLY
03:57:16:00	03:57:17:00	MISREPRESENTING MY WORDS OR
03:57:17:00	03:57:20:00	WHATEVER IT WAS.
03:57:20:00	03:57:21:00	BUT I THINK IT IS IT'S
03:57:21:00	03:57:25:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
03:57:25:00	03:57:28:00	COME TO THIS BODY AND SAY
03:57:28:00	03:57:28:00	THINGS WITH A LEVEL
03:57:28:00	03:57:29:00	OF CREDIBILITY SO THAT
03:57:29:00	03:57:31:00	RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT WE
03:57:31:00	03:57:32:00	ARE SAYING IS 100% TRUE AND
03:57:32:00	03:57:35:00	THAT IS THE INTEGRITY THAT I
03:57:35:00	03:57:39:00	BRING TO THIS BODY AND I AM I
03:57:39:00	03:57:40:00	DOUBLE CHECK I TRIPLE CHECK
03:57:40:00	03:57:43:00	THINGS AND THAT'S WHAT OUR
03:57:43:00	03:57:43:00	RESIDENTS DESERVE THAT'S WHAT
03:57:43:00	03:57:44:00	BOSTON DESERVES.
03:57:44:00	03:57:46:00	AND THERE IS TALK ABOUT A
03:57:46:00	03:57:47:00	SECOND HEARING ALL OF THAT
03:57:47:00	03:57:50:00	AGAIN, I DID NOT HEAR ANY
03:57:50:00	03:57:50:00	OF THESE QUESTIONS DURING THAT
03:57:50:00	03:57:50:00	HEARING.
03:57:50:00	03:57:54:00	I ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
03:57:54:00	03:57:54:00	REBATE.
03:57:54:00	03:57:55:00	I BROUGHT IT UP TO THE
03:57:55:00	03:57:58:00	ADMINISTRATION.
03:57:58:00	03:58:02:00	WE WORKED ON AN AMENDMENT THAT
03:58:02:00	03:58:03:00	IS REFLECTED IN THIS COMMITTEE
03:58:03:00	03:58:03:00	REPORT.
03:58:03:00	03:58:03:00	ULTIMATELY AGAIN THIS JUST
03:58:03:00	03:58:06:00	GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO TO DO
03:58:06:00	03:58:10:00	THIS THERE WILL BE A QUOTE
03:58:10:00	03:58:11:00	UNQUOTE SECOND HEARING FOR LACK
03:58:11:00	03:58:14:00	OF A BETTER TERM WHEN IT COMES
03:58:14:00	03:58:14:00	THROUGH AS AN APPROPRIATION
03:58:14:00	03:58:15:00	ORDER AND GOES TO THE WAYS AND
03:58:15:00	03:58:17:00	MEANS COMMITTEE.
03:58:17:00	03:58:18:00	AND SO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS I
03:58:18:00	03:58:20:00	MEAN AGAIN, SOME OF THEM HAVE
03:58:20:00	03:58:21:00	ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED THROUGH
03:58:21:00	03:58:21:00	THE FIRST HEARING BUT IF YOU
03:58:21:00	03:58:24:00	HAVE MORE THERE IS ANOTHER
03:58:24:00	03:58:25:00	OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
03:58:25:00	03:58:28:00	I BELIEVE IN THE RE DATE AS A
03:58:28:00	03:58:29:00	WAY TO GIVE IMMEDIATE DIRECT
03:58:29:00	03:58:32:00	RELIEF TO FOLKS A RESIDENTIAL
03:58:32:00	03:58:35:00	EXEMPTION IS IS IN EFFECT RIGHT
03:58:35:00	03:58:36:00	NOW AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE
03:58:36:00	03:58:39:00	SHIFTING OF THE BURDEN, THE
03:58:39:00	03:58:40:00	REBATE DOESN'T COME AT THE
03:58:40:00	03:58:44:00	EXPENSE OF OTHER RESIDENTS AND
03:58:44:00	03:58:44:00	RENTERS.
03:58:44:00	03:58:45:00	IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT.
03:58:45:00	03:58:45:00	THANK YOU.
03:58:45:00	03:58:45:00	THANK YOU.
03:58:45:00	03:58:47:00	COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA
03:58:47:00	03:58:48:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY IF YOU'D LIKE
03:58:48:00	03:58:49:00	TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU
03:58:49:00	03:58:49:00	MAY OKAY.
03:58:49:00	03:58:52:00	COUNSELOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
03:58:52:00	03:58:52:00	FLOOR.
03:58:52:00	03:58:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:58:52:00	03:58:56:00	AND BOTH IN BOTH OF THE
03:58:56:00	03:58:59:00	COLLEAGUES THAT RECENTLY SPOKE
03:58:59:00	03:59:03:00	HIGHLIGHTED THE ISSUE OF OPEN
03:59:03:00	03:59:03:00	MEETING LAW VIOLATION.
03:59:03:00	03:59:07:00	I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE IF IT
03:59:07:00	03:59:11:00	IS OR IT IS NOT.
03:59:11:00	03:59:14:00	BUT WHAT I DID HEAR IS THAT
03:59:14:00	03:59:14:00	COLLEAGUES CITY
03:59:14:00	03:59:15:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ARE ABLE TO
03:59:15:00	03:59:18:00	TALK TO OTHER TO DISCUSS A TO
03:59:18:00	03:59:21:00	DISCUSS SOMETHING RELATED TO
03:59:21:00	03:59:25:00	THE STALKING AND THAT'S NOT A
03:59:25:00	03:59:26:00	THAT'S NOT A VIOLATION OF OPEN
03:59:26:00	03:59:29:00	MEETING LAW BUT BUT I GUESS AND
03:59:29:00	03:59:32:00	I WANT TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE
03:59:32:00	03:59:33:00	AND BE CONSISTENT AND BE
03:59:33:00	03:59:36:00	TRANSPARENT BUT IS THERE ANY
03:59:36:00	03:59:40:00	POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE VIOLATED
03:59:40:00	03:59:41:00	IN AN OPEN MEETING OR BASED ON
03:59:41:00	03:59:44:00	COLLEAGUES INTERACTING WITH
03:59:44:00	03:59:47:00	ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS DURING
03:59:47:00	03:59:48:00	THIS PERIOD OF TIME?
03:59:48:00	03:59:49:00	AND IF THEY DID, IS THAT AN
03:59:49:00	03:59:52:00	OPEN MEETING OR A VIOLATION AND
03:59:52:00	03:59:55:00	HOW DOES THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT
03:59:55:00	03:59:56:00	THAT PARTICULAR CONVERSATION IN
03:59:56:00	03:59:59:00	THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, I
03:59:59:00	04:00:00:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE DO
04:00:00:00	04:00:03:00	SEND SOMETHING UP TO THE STATE
04:00:03:00	04:00:04:00	HOUSE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
04:00:04:00	04:00:07:00	KICKED BACK TO US BECAUSE
04:00:07:00	04:00:08:00	POTENTIALLY THIS BODY WAS IN
04:00:08:00	04:00:11:00	VIOLATION OF THAT OPEN MEETING
04:00:11:00	04:00:12:00	LAW.
04:00:12:00	04:00:12:00	I THINK ALL OF US WOULD AGREE
04:00:12:00	04:00:16:00	THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT
04:00:16:00	04:00:16:00	HAPPEN.
04:00:16:00	04:00:19:00	AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IS
04:00:19:00	04:00:20:00	THERE THE POTENTIAL THAT IT
04:00:20:00	04:00:22:00	COULD HAPPEN BASED ON
04:00:22:00	04:00:23:00	INTERACTIONS THROUGH EMAIL,
04:00:23:00	04:00:23:00	THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
04:00:23:00	04:00:27:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT PROBABLY
04:00:27:00	04:00:30:00	NEEDS TO BE REPORTED?
04:00:30:00	04:00:30:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
04:00:30:00	04:00:34:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON THANK YOU,
04:00:34:00	04:00:34:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:00:34:00	04:00:38:00	JUST A QUESTION IS THERE CLAIM
04:00:38:00	04:00:38:00	AS TO LIKE WHO WAS PRESENT AND
04:00:38:00	04:00:41:00	IF THERE WASN'T AND ALL OF THIS
04:00:41:00	04:00:42:00	WE SHOULD JUST BYPASS ALL
04:00:42:00	04:00:45:00	OF THOSE BUT TECHNICALLY THREE
04:00:45:00	04:00:46:00	COUNSELORS OR MORE OF THE SAME
04:00:46:00	04:00:49:00	COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE SAME
04:00:49:00	04:00:50:00	COMMITTEE WITH OPEN MEETING LAW
04:00:50:00	04:00:53:00	IF THERE WERE PEOPLE,
04:00:53:00	04:00:56:00	COUNSELORS ASKING QUESTIONS
04:00:56:00	04:00:57:00	FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THIS IS
04:00:57:00	04:01:00:00	JUST A MY HOPEFULLY HUMBLE
04:01:00:00	04:01:04:00	OPINION THAT YOU CAN ASK
04:01:04:00	04:01:04:00	QUESTIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION
04:01:04:00	04:01:05:00	BUT UNLESS IT WAS LIKE A
04:01:05:00	04:01:07:00	MEETING OF THREE COUNSELORS OR
04:01:07:00	04:01:10:00	MORE BUT IF THAT IS THEIR CLAIM
04:01:10:00	04:01:11:00	ON SOMEONE'S CLAIMING THAT THEY
04:01:11:00	04:01:15:00	KNOW THAT THREE OR MORE
04:01:15:00	04:01:15:00	COUNSELORS OF THE SAME
04:01:15:00	04:01:18:00	COMMITTEE MET THROUGH THE CHAIR
04:01:18:00	04:01:19:00	THANK YOU AND I'D JUST LIKE TO
04:01:19:00	04:01:22:00	RESPOND AND SAY THAT IT WOULD
04:01:22:00	04:01:26:00	REQUIRE A VOTING QUORUM AND ALL
04:01:26:00	04:01:28:00	OF OUR COMMITTEES HAVE SEVEN
04:01:28:00	04:01:29:00	MEMBERS AT LEAST AND SO IT
04:01:29:00	04:01:31:00	WOULD REQUIRE FOUR FOR FOR
04:01:31:00	04:01:32:00	THERE TO BE ANY POTENTIAL
04:01:32:00	04:01:36:00	VIOLATION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:01:36:00	04:01:37:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY YOU KNOW, I
04:01:37:00	04:01:39:00	DON'T KNOW IF COUNSELOR FLYNN
04:01:39:00	04:01:40:00	IF YOU WANTED TO RESPOND
04:01:40:00	04:01:40:00	ACTUALLY TO COUNSELOR FOR AN
04:01:40:00	04:01:40:00	AGENT.
04:01:40:00	04:01:41:00	OKAY.
04:01:41:00	04:01:43:00	THANK YOU.
04:01:43:00	04:01:43:00	THE COUNSELOR MIGHT BE ON THE
04:01:43:00	04:01:43:00	FLOOR.
04:01:43:00	04:01:44:00	THANK YOU.
04:01:44:00	04:01:47:00	AND TO RESPOND TO WHAT
04:01:47:00	04:01:49:00	COUNCILOR OF FLYNN SAID 100% NO
04:01:49:00	04:01:50:00	ONE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS LIFE
04:01:50:00	04:01:53:00	IS COMMUNICATION AND
04:01:53:00	04:01:53:00	RELATIONSHIPS AND TALKING AND
04:01:53:00	04:01:57:00	AFTER THE CONVERSATION KNOWING
04:01:57:00	04:01:58:00	THAT I DID NOT HAVE THE
04:01:58:00	04:01:58:00	QUESTIONS, ANSWERS OR
04:01:58:00	04:02:01:00	INFORMATION READY TO SHARE BUT
04:02:01:00	04:02:02:00	YESTERDAY I WAS GOING TO EMAIL
04:02:02:00	04:02:04:00	THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES THINKING
04:02:04:00	04:02:05:00	THIS WOULD GIVE US A TIME TO
04:02:05:00	04:02:08:00	WORK THROUGH IT LIKE WE TALK
04:02:08:00	04:02:09:00	ABOUT WHEN THINGS ARE PULLED
04:02:09:00	04:02:09:00	FROM THE GREEN SHEETS OR WE
04:02:09:00	04:02:12:00	WANT TO SUSPEND IMPASSE $14
04:02:12:00	04:02:13:00	MILLION LIKE THERE'S QUESTIONS
04:02:13:00	04:02:14:00	IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T MAYBE
04:02:14:00	04:02:17:00	WANT SUPPORT IT IN THE LONG RUN
04:02:17:00	04:02:20:00	BUT IN NO WAY AND THAT I SEE
04:02:20:00	04:02:21:00	THAT THERE WAS AN OPEN MEETING
04:02:21:00	04:02:24:00	LAW VIOLATION.
04:02:24:00	04:02:25:00	I'M SAYING I MADE SURE THAT WE
04:02:25:00	04:02:27:00	WEREN'T VIOLATING IT BECAUSE IT
04:02:27:00	04:02:28:00	WASN'T UNTIL AND IT'S WHAT
04:02:28:00	04:02:30:00	CENTRAL STAFF SAID TO ME AS
04:02:30:00	04:02:31:00	SOON AS THE DOCKET WAS
04:02:31:00	04:02:32:00	PRESENTED EARLIER THAT'S WHEN
04:02:32:00	04:02:35:00	WE COULD PASS OUT AND TALK
04:02:35:00	04:02:36:00	ABOUT ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS
04:02:36:00	04:02:39:00	THAT WERE GOING TO BE UP.
04:02:39:00	04:02:39:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY
04:02:39:00	04:02:42:00	THAT'S MY FEELING ON IT THANK
04:02:42:00	04:02:42:00	YOU.
04:02:42:00	04:02:43:00	AND I DO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
04:02:43:00	04:02:47:00	AGAIN WHAT COUNSELOR CLAUDIA
04:02:47:00	04:02:47:00	ZAPATA STATED THAT THERE ARE WE
04:02:47:00	04:02:50:00	ARE ALWAYS PERMITTED TO TALK TO
04:02:50:00	04:02:50:00	EACH OTHER.
04:02:50:00	04:02:51:00	I'M WANTED TO I MADE SURE I
04:02:51:00	04:02:53:00	TALK TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES
04:02:53:00	04:02:54:00	ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE
04:02:54:00	04:02:55:00	VOTING ON THE CLERK AND THE
04:02:55:00	04:02:58:00	ASSISTANT CLERK.
04:02:58:00	04:02:59:00	SO I JUST YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD
04:02:59:00	04:03:02:00	BE WILLING AND ABLE TO TALK TO
04:03:02:00	04:03:03:00	EACH OTHER AND THERE IS NO OPEN
04:03:03:00	04:03:06:00	MEETING LAW CONCERN WITH US
04:03:06:00	04:03:07:00	HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH
04:03:07:00	04:03:07:00	ANOTHER COLLEAGUE WHICH I
04:03:07:00	04:03:09:00	RECOGNIZE IS KINDS OF OUTCOMES
04:03:09:00	04:03:10:00	FOR YOU ON THE FLOOR.
04:03:10:00	04:03:10:00	THANK YOU, MADAM.
04:03:10:00	04:03:13:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, AS A
04:03:13:00	04:03:13:00	CO-SPONSOR I AM SUPPORTIVE
04:03:13:00	04:03:17:00	OF THIS IDEA.
04:03:17:00	04:03:20:00	HOWEVER, I I I WAS HOPING THAT
04:03:20:00	04:03:21:00	YOU KNOW OUR WAY OF MOVING THIS
04:03:21:00	04:03:25:00	IDEA FORWARD WAS THROUGH THE
04:03:25:00	04:03:25:00	ORIGINAL HRP.
04:03:25:00	04:03:28:00	BUT YOU KNOW WE ARE HERE NOW.
04:03:28:00	04:03:29:00	I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA BUT
04:03:29:00	04:03:30:00	I WOULD PREFER TO WORK ON THE
04:03:30:00	04:03:32:00	ORIGINAL HRP.
04:03:32:00	04:03:33:00	HOWEVER I DO WANT TO JUST TALK
04:03:33:00	04:03:36:00	ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION
04:03:36:00	04:03:37:00	IN THE YEARS THAT IT DID
04:03:37:00	04:03:40:00	INCREASE IT WAS FOUR OR FIVE
04:03:40:00	04:03:40:00	YEARS THAT IT DID INCREASE AND
04:03:40:00	04:03:44:00	IN BETWEEN THOSE YEARS WHEN IT
04:03:44:00	04:03:44:00	DID IT INCREASED.
04:03:44:00	04:03:48:00	NOW PICK ONE YEAR 2000 TO 2017
04:03:48:00	04:03:49:00	WHERE WE DID NOT INCREASE THE
04:03:49:00	04:03:52:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION YOU KNOW
04:03:52:00	04:03:53:00	KIND OF TRYING TO BLAME THAT
04:03:53:00	04:03:56:00	THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION
04:03:56:00	04:03:57:00	INCREASE WELL THEN INCREASE THE
04:03:57:00	04:04:00:00	RENT FOR RENTERS BETWEEN 2017
04:04:00:00	04:04:04:00	WE DID NOT INCREASE THE
04:04:04:00	04:04:04:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION HOWEVER I
04:04:04:00	04:04:08:00	WOULD ASSUME THAT RENTS DID
04:04:08:00	04:04:08:00	STILL GO UP.
04:04:08:00	04:04:11:00	SO I JUST WANT TO JUST PUT OUT
04:04:11:00	04:04:12:00	THERE THAT I DON'T THINK THIS
04:04:12:00	04:04:12:00	IS A BAD THERE THAT I DON'T
04:04:12:00	04:04:15:00	THINK THIS IS A BAD POLICY IN
04:04:15:00	04:04:16:00	TERMS OF PUTTING INCREASING THE
04:04:16:00	04:04:19:00	RENT ON RENTERS BECAUSE THAT IS
04:04:19:00	04:04:20:00	IN MY OPINION A COMPLETELY
04:04:20:00	04:04:23:00	DIFFERENT MARKET.
04:04:23:00	04:04:24:00	AND THAT KIND OF DICTATES
04:04:24:00	04:04:24:00	ITSELF.
04:04:24:00	04:04:27:00	AND I DO THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE
04:04:27:00	04:04:31:00	TALKING ABOUT TAX RELIEF WE
04:04:31:00	04:04:31:00	SHOULD BE SENDING UP ALL THE
04:04:31:00	04:04:32:00	TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR
04:04:32:00	04:04:35:00	DISPENSE TO THE STATE HOUSE.
04:04:35:00	04:04:36:00	HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID BEFORE AND
04:04:36:00	04:04:39:00	EARLIER I WOULD PREFER US
04:04:39:00	04:04:43:00	WORKING ON THIS ON A RICH ON
04:04:43:00	04:04:44:00	THE ORIGINAL HOME RULE PETITION
04:04:44:00	04:04:46:00	SENT UP SENDING THAT UP BY
04:04:46:00	04:04:46:00	ITSELF.
04:04:46:00	04:04:47:00	BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE
04:04:47:00	04:04:47:00	IDEA.
04:04:47:00	04:04:47:00	THANK YOU.
04:04:47:00	04:04:48:00	THANK YOU.
04:04:48:00	04:04:50:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
04:04:50:00	04:04:53:00	ON THIS AMENDMENT?
04:04:53:00	04:04:54:00	OKAY.
04:04:54:00	04:04:54:00	MR. CLERK, COULD WE PLEASE CAN
04:04:54:00	04:04:57:00	YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL
04:04:57:00	04:04:58:00	VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT?
04:04:58:00	04:04:59:00	A YES VOTE WOULD BE IN SUPPORT
04:04:59:00	04:05:01:00	OF THIS AMENDMENT.
04:05:01:00	04:05:02:00	A NO VOTE WOULD NOT BE IN
04:05:02:00	04:05:02:00	SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT.
04:05:02:00	04:05:05:00	IT REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE.
04:05:05:00	04:05:06:00	DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
04:05:06:00	04:05:06:00	QUESTIONS?
04:05:06:00	04:05:06:00	OKAY.
04:05:06:00	04:05:09:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
04:05:09:00	04:05:09:00	CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL?
04:05:09:00	04:05:10:00	VOTE COUNT, CELEBRATE, COUNT,
04:05:10:00	04:05:15:00	CELEBRATE AND PRESENT
04:05:15:00	04:05:16:00	COUNCIL COLOR AS A PARTY
04:05:16:00	04:05:17:00	COUNCIL COLOR AS OPPOSED TO NO.
04:05:17:00	04:05:18:00	COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN
04:05:18:00	04:05:21:00	NO COUNCIL FINANCING INNOCENT
04:05:21:00	04:05:22:00	COUNCIL FERNANDES HAS BEEN
04:05:22:00	04:05:22:00	PRESENT.
04:05:22:00	04:05:25:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:05:25:00	04:05:25:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:05:25:00	04:05:26:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:05:26:00	04:05:26:00	YES.
04:05:26:00	04:05:29:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
04:05:29:00	04:05:30:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE NO.
04:05:30:00	04:05:30:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO.
04:05:30:00	04:05:31:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:05:31:00	04:05:33:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
04:05:33:00	04:05:34:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
04:05:34:00	04:05:37:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL AND NOW
04:05:37:00	04:05:37:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA PRESIDENT.
04:05:37:00	04:05:41:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA I PRESENT
04:05:41:00	04:05:41:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
04:05:41:00	04:05:44:00	COUNCILOR WEBER NO.
04:05:44:00	04:05:44:00	COUNCIL.
04:05:44:00	04:05:45:00	WORLD COUNCIL OVERALL, YES.
04:05:45:00	04:05:48:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:05:48:00	04:05:49:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:05:49:00	04:05:55:00	PRESENT FIVE IN THE NEGATIVE
04:05:55:00	04:05:58:00	FOUR PRESENT AND FOUR IN THE
04:05:58:00	04:05:59:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
04:05:59:00	04:06:01:00	SO ONE MORE TIME JUST FIVE IN
04:06:01:00	04:06:04:00	THE FIVE AND THE FIVE IN THE
04:06:04:00	04:06:04:00	NEGATIVE.
04:06:04:00	04:06:04:00	OKAY.
04:06:04:00	04:06:07:00	FOUR PRESENT AND FOUR IN THE
04:06:07:00	04:06:07:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
04:06:07:00	04:06:07:00	OKAY.
04:06:07:00	04:06:11:00	THIS AMENDMENT HAS NOT PASSED.
04:06:11:00	04:06:12:00	WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AS A
04:06:12:00	04:06:15:00	COUNCIL IS COUNCILOR CLAUDIA
04:06:15:00	04:06:15:00	ZAPATA'S RECOMMENDATION AS
04:06:15:00	04:06:18:00	CHAIR THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT
04:06:18:00	04:06:19:00	THE HOME RULE PETITION OUGHT TO
04:06:19:00	04:06:22:00	PASS AND A NEW DRAFT.
04:06:22:00	04:06:25:00	IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ANY ONE
04:06:25:00	04:06:25:00	WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
04:06:25:00	04:06:26:00	MATTER?
04:06:26:00	04:06:26:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:06:26:00	04:06:26:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:06:26:00	04:06:28:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:06:28:00	04:06:32:00	OH, I JUST THOUGHT I
04:06:32:00	04:06:33:00	CONTEMPLATED THE FLOOR.
04:06:33:00	04:06:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:06:35:00	04:06:36:00	I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR
04:06:36:00	04:06:39:00	ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
04:06:39:00	04:06:40:00	FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHETHER IT BE
04:06:40:00	04:06:42:00	INCREASING RESIDENTIAL
04:06:42:00	04:06:43:00	EXEMPTIONS LIKE
04:06:43:00	04:06:43:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY PROPOSED.
04:06:43:00	04:06:46:00	I ALSO SUPPORTED INCREASING THE
04:06:46:00	04:06:47:00	SENIOR EXEMPTION BY COUNCIL.
04:06:47:00	04:06:51:00	WE'RE ALL CLOSE AS WELL.
04:06:51:00	04:06:52:00	AS I SAID EARLIER IN THIS
04:06:52:00	04:06:55:00	DISCUSSION I ALSO CALLED FOR A
04:06:55:00	04:06:58:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS AND TO VOTE
04:06:58:00	04:07:01:00	ON PROVIDING TAX RELIEF FOR AN
04:07:01:00	04:07:02:00	ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION FOR OUR
04:07:02:00	04:07:03:00	LONG TERM RESIDENTS ESSENTIAL
04:07:03:00	04:07:06:00	MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AS WELL
04:07:06:00	04:07:07:00	ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE OWNED
04:07:07:00	04:07:10:00	PROPERTY FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND
04:07:10:00	04:07:13:00	ARE OVER 55 YEARS OLD.
04:07:13:00	04:07:13:00	MANY BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY
04:07:13:00	04:07:16:00	DECADES AGO AND THEY CAN'T
04:07:16:00	04:07:17:00	AFFORD THE ESCALATING PROPERTY
04:07:17:00	04:07:21:00	VALUES TAXES IN PART FROM THEIR
04:07:21:00	04:07:23:00	VALUES INCREASING DUE TO NEW
04:07:23:00	04:07:24:00	CONSTRUCTION NEARBY.
04:07:24:00	04:07:28:00	THEY ARE NOT WEALTHY BUT THEY
04:07:28:00	04:07:32:00	ARE PART OF THE CITY AS IT
04:07:32:00	04:07:33:00	RELATES TO THIS ISSUE TODAY.
04:07:33:00	04:07:33:00	UNFORTUNATELY, INSTEAD
04:07:33:00	04:07:35:00	OF COMPROMISES WE DID IT.
04:07:35:00	04:07:42:00	WE DIDN'T COMPROMISE AT ALL.
04:07:42:00	04:07:43:00	WE DID NOT ENTERTAIN ANY OF THE
04:07:43:00	04:07:45:00	ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS.
04:07:45:00	04:07:49:00	I ENCOURAGED COLLEAGUES OVER
04:07:49:00	04:07:53:00	MANY YEARS THAT WE NEEDED TO
04:07:53:00	04:07:56:00	ADDRESS SPENDING ESPECIALLY THE
04:07:56:00	04:07:57:00	8% INCREASE IN THE CITY BUDGET.
04:07:57:00	04:08:00:00	I ALSO RECOMMENDED OTHER
04:08:00:00	04:08:03:00	OPTIONS AS WELL TO ADDRESS THE
04:08:03:00	04:08:04:00	ECONOMIC CHALLENGES WE'RE
04:08:04:00	04:08:07:00	FACING TAPPING OUR RAINY DAY
04:08:07:00	04:08:11:00	FUND REVIEWING 70% DEPENDANCE
04:08:11:00	04:08:17:00	ON PROPERTY TAX LONG TERM WITH
04:08:17:00	04:08:18:00	FALLING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
04:08:18:00	04:08:21:00	VALUES OVER 70% DEPENDANCE ON
04:08:21:00	04:08:24:00	PROPERTY TAXES OVER 50% OF OUR
04:08:24:00	04:08:25:00	LAND ABSORBED BY LARGE
04:08:25:00	04:08:28:00	NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
04:08:28:00	04:08:28:00	PILOT PROGRAM.
04:08:28:00	04:08:31:00	WE HAVE ONE TERM FISCAL ISSUES
04:08:31:00	04:08:32:00	TO ADDRESS IN OUR CITY.
04:08:32:00	04:08:35:00	I CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO
04:08:35:00	04:08:36:00	ADVOCATE FOR A BLUE RIBBON
04:08:36:00	04:08:39:00	COMMISSION ON BOTH DOWNTOWN
04:08:39:00	04:08:39:00	OFFICE VACANCIES AND I HAVE A
04:08:39:00	04:08:42:00	HEAVY RELIANCE ON PROPERTY
04:08:42:00	04:08:43:00	TAXES.
04:08:43:00	04:08:43:00	ONE OF THE REASONS I'M SO
04:08:43:00	04:08:47:00	FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN BOSTON IN
04:08:47:00	04:08:49:00	PUBLIC SAFETY IS I WANT PEOPLE
04:08:49:00	04:08:53:00	TO COME BACK TO WORK.
04:08:53:00	04:08:54:00	IN MY OPINION WE SHOULD NOT BE
04:08:54:00	04:08:57:00	RAISING EVERYONE'S PROPERTY
04:08:57:00	04:08:57:00	TAXES ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY
04:08:57:00	04:09:01:00	WHILE WE DO NOTHING TO CUT CITY
04:09:01:00	04:09:04:00	SPENDING AFTER HIRING OVER 300
04:09:04:00	04:09:04:00	EMPLOYEES.
04:09:04:00	04:09:09:00	RESIDENTS ASKED ME HOW WERE WE
04:09:09:00	04:09:09:00	ABLE TO RAISE TAXES ON
04:09:09:00	04:09:12:00	RESIDENTS OF BUSINESS TO THIS
04:09:12:00	04:09:13:00	DEGREE BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE
04:09:13:00	04:09:13:00	CAN AFFORD TO PUBLICLY
04:09:13:00	04:09:16:00	SUBSIDIZE A PROFESSIONAL
04:09:16:00	04:09:17:00	STADIUM FOR A PRIVATE SPORTS
04:09:17:00	04:09:20:00	TEAM ON PUBLIC LAND.
04:09:20:00	04:09:21:00	I WISH I HAD A GOOD ANSWER FOR
04:09:21:00	04:09:21:00	THEM.
04:09:21:00	04:09:24:00	UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN A
04:09:24:00	04:09:25:00	LOT OF REVISIONARY HISTORY
04:09:25:00	04:09:28:00	OF WHAT JUST TOOK PLACE.
04:09:28:00	04:09:28:00	THERE WAS NO COMPROMISE.
04:09:28:00	04:09:32:00	A DEAL WAS REACHED WITH
04:09:32:00	04:09:33:00	BUSINESS GROUPS AT THE 11TH
04:09:33:00	04:09:33:00	HOUR.
04:09:33:00	04:09:35:00	THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THIS
04:09:35:00	04:09:36:00	PROPERTY TAX SHIFT LAST YEAR
04:09:36:00	04:09:42:00	WITH AN ACCURATE DATA THE
04:09:42:00	04:09:42:00	MASSACHUSETTS STATE SENATE
04:09:42:00	04:09:45:00	FISCAL WATCHDOGS BUSINESS
04:09:45:00	04:09:46:00	GROUPS WHO WERE INITIALLY ON
04:09:46:00	04:09:49:00	BOARD WALKED AWAY FROM THE
04:09:49:00	04:09:50:00	PROPOSAL WHEN THE ACTUAL DATA
04:09:50:00	04:09:53:00	WAS FINALLY PROVIDED.
04:09:53:00	04:09:54:00	THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT
04:09:54:00	04:09:57:00	HAPPENED.
04:09:57:00	04:09:58:00	WE CAN TRY TO SCAPEGOAT A FEW
04:09:58:00	04:10:01:00	PEOPLE BUT JUST KNOW THAT'S
04:10:01:00	04:10:04:00	ZERO CREDIBILITY ON THE ISSUE.
04:10:04:00	04:10:08:00	BLAMING PEOPLE NEVER WORKS.
04:10:08:00	04:10:09:00	I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS
04:10:09:00	04:10:12:00	PLAN.
04:10:12:00	04:10:13:00	I'D LIKE TO SEE US MAKE CUTS TO
04:10:13:00	04:10:19:00	OUR CUTS IN CITIES IN CUTS IN
04:10:19:00	04:10:22:00	OUR BUDGET CURRENTLY AT 8%.
04:10:22:00	04:10:26:00	WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
04:10:26:00	04:10:27:00	THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT THE
04:10:27:00	04:10:30:00	PRELIMINARY BUDGET PERCENTAGE
04:10:30:00	04:10:30:00	WOULD BE INCREASED THIS YEAR.
04:10:30:00	04:10:33:00	WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET AN
04:10:33:00	04:10:34:00	ACCURATE NUMBER.
04:10:34:00	04:10:36:00	WILL IT BE 8%?
04:10:36:00	04:10:37:00	WILL IT BE 6%?
04:10:37:00	04:10:42:00	WILL IT BE 5%?
04:10:42:00	04:10:47:00	BUT IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE
04:10:47:00	04:10:47:00	HAVE TO ADDRESS SPENDING IN THE
04:10:47:00	04:10:48:00	CITY.
04:10:48:00	04:10:51:00	WE JUST CAN'T CONTINUE SPENDING
04:10:51:00	04:10:54:00	MONEY NONSTOP WHEN EVERY SINGLE
04:10:54:00	04:10:55:00	PROGRAM AT SOME POINT THE MONEY
04:10:55:00	04:10:58:00	RUNS OUT.
04:10:58:00	04:10:59:00	WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY
04:10:59:00	04:10:59:00	RESPONSIBLE AND FISCALLY
04:10:59:00	04:11:01:00	DISCIPLINE.
04:11:01:00	04:11:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:11:01:00	04:11:05:00	CHAIR AND THANK YOU, MADAM
04:11:05:00	04:11:08:00	PRESIDENT.
04:11:08:00	04:11:09:00	WITHOUT SPEAKING ON THE HOME
04:11:09:00	04:11:13:00	RULE PETITION AS A WHOLE RIGHT
04:11:13:00	04:11:13:00	.
04:11:13:00	04:11:13:00	AMENDMENTS.
04:11:13:00	04:11:13:00	BEGONE.
04:11:13:00	04:11:14:00	WHATEVER THEY CONCLUDE WE ARE
04:11:14:00	04:11:18:00	WE ARE NOW SPEAKING DUTCH
04:11:18:00	04:11:18:00	CHAIR'S RECOMMENDATION THAT
04:11:18:00	04:11:19:00	YEP, THE  PETITION OUGHT TO
04:11:19:00	04:11:19:00	PASS IN A NEW DRAFT.
04:11:19:00	04:11:20:00	AWESOME.
04:11:20:00	04:11:20:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:11:20:00	04:11:21:00	SO ON THE WHOLE THIS  PETITION
04:11:21:00	04:11:24:00	IS NOT PERFECT.
04:11:24:00	04:11:25:00	AS IT STANDS, THERE ARE SOME
04:11:25:00	04:11:25:00	PARTS OF IT THAT I
04:11:25:00	04:11:28:00	FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH IT
04:11:28:00	04:11:28:00	IN TERMS OF THE LONG TERM
04:11:28:00	04:11:31:00	HEALTH OF THE CITY THAT MAY
04:11:31:00	04:11:31:00	COME OF IT.
04:11:31:00	04:11:32:00	BUT THERE'S SOME GOOD PORK
04:11:32:00	04:11:35:00	BARREL LEGISLATION IN HERE THAT
04:11:35:00	04:11:39:00	I THINK ARE I BELIEVE ADDRESSES
04:11:39:00	04:11:39:00	IMPORTANT ISSUES AND PROVIDES
04:11:39:00	04:11:43:00	APPROPRIATE RELIEF TO THE
04:11:43:00	04:11:43:00	RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
04:11:43:00	04:11:47:00	OF BOSTON AS IT RELATES TO
04:11:47:00	04:11:47:00	EARLIER.
04:11:47:00	04:11:48:00	WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME
04:11:48:00	04:11:48:00	OF THESE AMENDMENTS.
04:11:48:00	04:11:51:00	THERE WERE SOME THAT I WAS
04:11:51:00	04:11:52:00	HOPING TO SEE IN THERE, OTHERS
04:11:52:00	04:11:52:00	THAT I THOUGHT MAY HAVE BEEN
04:11:52:00	04:11:53:00	TOO FAR.
04:11:53:00	04:11:55:00	WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET TO AN
04:11:55:00	04:11:55:00	UPPER LEVEL OF YOU GET AN
04:11:55:00	04:11:56:00	EXEMPTION, YOU GET AN
04:11:56:00	04:11:58:00	EXEMPTION, YOU GET AN EXEMPTION
04:11:58:00	04:11:59:00	OVER HERE BECAUSE AT SOME POINT
04:11:59:00	04:12:00:00	WE DO HAVE TO ACTUALLY TAKE IN
04:12:00:00	04:12:02:00	MONEY TO PAY FOR SERVICES.
04:12:02:00	04:12:03:00	BUT WHAT MY HOPE WAS THAT IS
04:12:03:00	04:12:06:00	THE FOR INSTANCE THE 40%
04:12:06:00	04:12:09:00	RESIDENTIAL I THOUGHT WAS A
04:12:09:00	04:12:10:00	FAIR ONE THAT COULD BE ADDED
04:12:10:00	04:12:10:00	IN.
04:12:10:00	04:12:13:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAJORITY
04:12:13:00	04:12:13:00	OF THIS CITY IS RENTERS BUT
04:12:13:00	04:12:14:00	THAT JUST MEANS THE BURDEN IS
04:12:14:00	04:12:17:00	SPREAD OUT ACROSS THAT MUCH
04:12:17:00	04:12:17:00	MORE AND NOT ALL RENTERS ARE
04:12:17:00	04:12:20:00	LOW INCOME PEOPLE.
04:12:20:00	04:12:21:00	WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT RENT IN
04:12:21:00	04:12:21:00	THIS BILL.
04:12:21:00	04:12:24:00	THEY MAKE A VERY HIGH AMOUNT
04:12:24:00	04:12:24:00	OF INCOME AND THOSE PEOPLE
04:12:24:00	04:12:25:00	COULD PROVIDE CARRYING THE
04:12:25:00	04:12:28:00	BURDEN FOR THOSE THAT HAVE
04:12:28:00	04:12:28:00	BOUGHT THEIR HOUSES AND STAYED
04:12:28:00	04:12:31:00	HERE FOR A LONGER TIME.
04:12:31:00	04:12:31:00	MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE
04:12:31:00	04:12:35:00	LEGALITY OF THAT STUFF IS THAT
04:12:35:00	04:12:35:00	WHAT WE WERE PRESENTING EVEN IF
04:12:35:00	04:12:36:00	IT WERE INCLUDED IN THE
04:12:36:00	04:12:39:00	AMENDMENT BUT WE'RE UNSURE
04:12:39:00	04:12:42:00	OF THE LEGAL STANDING WAS THAT
04:12:42:00	04:12:43:00	IT COULD BE IT WOULD BE TAKEN
04:12:43:00	04:12:43:00	OUT FOR US.
04:12:43:00	04:12:45:00	NOW I DON'T RECOMMEND WE TAKE
04:12:45:00	04:12:46:00	THAT ON EVERY TIME.
04:12:46:00	04:12:47:00	WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO OUR
04:12:47:00	04:12:49:00	HOMEWORK BEFORE PRESENTING
04:12:49:00	04:12:50:00	AMENDMENTS SO THAT WE'RE NOT
04:12:50:00	04:12:51:00	ASKING OTHERS TO DO THE WORK
04:12:51:00	04:12:53:00	FOR US ABOUT WHAT IS LEGAL AND
04:12:53:00	04:12:53:00	WHAT'S NOT.
04:12:53:00	04:12:54:00	BUT I DO FEEL THAT SOME
04:12:54:00	04:12:57:00	OF THESE AMENDMENTS IT COULD
04:12:57:00	04:12:57:00	HAVE BEEN A WE'RE JUST SEEING
04:12:57:00	04:13:00:00	WHAT STICKS AND GOING FORWARD
04:13:00:00	04:13:01:00	FROM THERE AND WE WILL FIND OUT
04:13:01:00	04:13:04:00	THROUGH THE PROCESS WHAT IS
04:13:04:00	04:13:05:00	ALLOWED TO BE IN THERE OR NOT.
04:13:05:00	04:13:07:00	UP AT THIS HOME WILL PETITION
04:13:07:00	04:13:08:00	AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT I WAS
04:13:08:00	04:13:09:00	ACTUALLY TOYING WITH THE IDEA
04:13:09:00	04:13:11:00	OF PUTTING AN AMENDMENT FORTH
04:13:11:00	04:13:11:00	MYSELF.
04:13:11:00	04:13:12:00	BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE MY OWN
04:13:12:00	04:13:15:00	DELIGHT AND MY OWN DECISION
04:13:15:00	04:13:16:00	OF HAVING NOT DONE THAT GIVEN
04:13:16:00	04:13:18:00	THE LAST 4 HOURS THAT WE'VE
04:13:18:00	04:13:19:00	BEEN HERE.
04:13:19:00	04:13:20:00	BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE IT SOME
04:13:20:00	04:13:21:00	CREDENCE WHILE WE'RE HERE AND
04:13:21:00	04:13:22:00	THAT WAS ABOUT ASKING THE
04:13:22:00	04:13:23:00	LEGISLATURE TO LOOK AT
04:13:23:00	04:13:26:00	EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE
04:13:26:00	04:13:26:00	ABATEMENT PERIOD ON THE VALUE
04:13:26:00	04:13:29:00	OF YOUR PROPERTY.
04:13:29:00	04:13:30:00	AS WE ALL KNOW THAT ENDED
04:13:30:00	04:13:30:00	FEBRUARY 3RD.
04:13:30:00	04:13:31:00	MOST PEOPLE GOT THEIR TAX BILLS
04:13:31:00	04:13:33:00	EARLY JANUARY.
04:13:33:00	04:13:34:00	SO WITH THE POST OFFICE MESS
04:13:34:00	04:13:35:00	UPS SOME EVEN GOT IT A LITTLE
04:13:35:00	04:13:37:00	BIT LATER THAN THAT AND FOLKS
04:13:37:00	04:13:37:00	DON'T HAVE THE TIME IN THEIR
04:13:37:00	04:13:41:00	DAILY LIVES TO LOOK AT IT AND
04:13:41:00	04:13:44:00	SAY WELL I HAVE TILL FEBRUARY
04:13:44:00	04:13:45:00	THIRD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
04:13:45:00	04:13:46:00	EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE FEBRUARY
04:13:46:00	04:13:46:00	3RD DATE.
04:13:46:00	04:13:48:00	SO I UNDERSTAND THE CRUNCH THAT
04:13:48:00	04:13:49:00	MIGHT PUT ON THE ADMINISTRATION
04:13:49:00	04:13:49:00	ON THE TIMELINE OF THE
04:13:49:00	04:13:52:00	ASSESSING DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS
04:13:52:00	04:13:52:00	AND I WANT TO BE MINDFUL
04:13:52:00	04:13:55:00	OF THAT HOW GOING FORWARD THAT
04:13:55:00	04:13:56:00	COULD AFFECT THAT.
04:13:56:00	04:13:58:00	ALL OTHER EXEMPTIONS ARE DUE
04:13:58:00	04:13:58:00	APRIL 1ST.
04:13:58:00	04:13:59:00	SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO GO ON
04:13:59:00	04:14:02:00	THE RECORD HERE OF SAYING
04:14:02:00	04:14:02:00	SHOULD WE LOOK AT THE ABILITY
04:14:02:00	04:14:03:00	TO EITHER THIS YEAR IN FAIRLY
04:14:03:00	04:14:06:00	EVALUATING PEOPLE'S HOMES
04:14:06:00	04:14:07:00	BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG PIECE
04:14:07:00	04:14:10:00	OF WHY THEIR TAXES WENT UP IF
04:14:10:00	04:14:10:00	THEY MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY
04:14:10:00	04:14:11:00	THAT FEBRUARY 3RD DATE TO ASK
04:14:11:00	04:14:14:00	FOR A REEVALUATION OF THEIR
04:14:14:00	04:14:15:00	HOME AND THAT AND AN ABATEMENT
04:14:15:00	04:14:18:00	ON THAT THAT WE EXTEND THAT TO
04:14:18:00	04:14:21:00	THE OTHER EXEMPTION DEADLINE
04:14:21:00	04:14:21:00	OF APRIL 1ST.
04:14:21:00	04:14:22:00	NOW I KNOW AGAIN THAT'S A LOT
04:14:22:00	04:14:25:00	TO TAKE ON BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD
04:14:25:00	04:14:25:00	LOOK AT AT LEAST EXTENDING IT
04:14:25:00	04:14:26:00	IN THE FUTURE SO FOLKS HAVE
04:14:26:00	04:14:28:00	MORE TIME TO REACT TO THE TAX
04:14:28:00	04:14:32:00	BILL AND LEARN WHAT THEY CAN DO
04:14:32:00	04:14:33:00	BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT
04:14:33:00	04:14:33:00	TO DO IS UNFAIRLY TAKE MONEY
04:14:33:00	04:14:36:00	OUT OF SOMEONE'S POCKET BECAUSE
04:14:36:00	04:14:36:00	THEY'RE POTENTIALLY WERE
04:14:36:00	04:14:40:00	REASSESSED IT WRONG.
04:14:40:00	04:14:41:00	AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE
04:14:41:00	04:14:44:00	ASSESSING DEPARTMENT IS DOING A
04:14:44:00	04:14:44:00	BAD JOB ASSESSING NO ONE'S
04:14:44:00	04:14:45:00	GOING TO BAT A THOUSAND ON
04:14:45:00	04:14:47:00	ASSESSING EVERY PROPERTY IN THE
04:14:47:00	04:14:47:00	VALUE.
04:14:47:00	04:14:48:00	THERE ARE SOME THAT WERE QUITE
04:14:48:00	04:14:51:00	OFF THOUGH AND I WANT THE FOLKS
04:14:51:00	04:14:52:00	THAT FEEL THAT THEY WERE
04:14:52:00	04:14:54:00	EGREGIOUSLY MIS VALUED TOO THAT
04:14:54:00	04:14:55:00	THAT PERHAPS MISSED THE
04:14:55:00	04:14:59:00	OPPORTUNITY OF THE FEBRUARY 3RD
04:14:59:00	04:15:00:00	TO LOOK AT THAT AS A HAD TO BE
04:15:00:00	04:15:03:00	TO OPEN THAT UP AGAIN AND ALLOW
04:15:03:00	04:15:03:00	THEM TO BE REVALUED.
04:15:03:00	04:15:06:00	BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS
04:15:06:00	04:15:06:00	THAT CAUSES ON OPERATIONS AND
04:15:06:00	04:15:09:00	STAFFING AND THE TIMELINE HERE
04:15:09:00	04:15:09:00	BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE
04:15:09:00	04:15:10:00	AS A BODY LOOK FORWARD TO AT
04:15:10:00	04:15:13:00	ANOTHER HEARING.
04:15:13:00	04:15:14:00	BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT
04:15:14:00	04:15:15:00	AS IT GOES UP TO THE
04:15:15:00	04:15:17:00	LEGISLATURE NOW THAT BEING SAID
04:15:17:00	04:15:18:00	AS A WHOLE THERE'S A LOT
04:15:18:00	04:15:18:00	OF GOOD STUFF IN HERE THAT
04:15:18:00	04:15:21:00	SUPPORTS THINGS I BELIEVE IN
04:15:21:00	04:15:21:00	AND THE SMALL BUSINESS AND
04:15:21:00	04:15:24:00	RESIDENTIAL RELIEF AND SO I
04:15:24:00	04:15:25:00	WILL BE VOTING TO GO FORWARD
04:15:25:00	04:15:29:00	WITH THIS HOME RULE PETITION
04:15:29:00	04:15:29:00	BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN
04:15:29:00	04:15:30:00	SOME OTHER THINGS IN THERE AS
04:15:30:00	04:15:30:00	WELL.
04:15:30:00	04:15:33:00	I JUST WANT TO SAY RECORD THANK
04:15:33:00	04:15:33:00	YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:15:33:00	04:15:33:00	THANK YOU.
04:15:33:00	04:15:34:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND OF AN
04:15:34:00	04:15:35:00	INGENIOUS AND YOU HAVE THE
04:15:35:00	04:15:38:00	FLOOR.
04:15:38:00	04:15:39:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:15:39:00	04:15:42:00	I THINK FOR ME ONE OF THE
04:15:42:00	04:15:42:00	BIGGEST I THINK TAKEAWAYS FROM
04:15:42:00	04:15:45:00	THE HEARING WAS THAT WE STILL
04:15:45:00	04:15:46:00	HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO IN
04:15:46:00	04:15:49:00	TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS
04:15:49:00	04:15:52:00	FOR ACCESSIBILITY.
04:15:52:00	04:15:53:00	I HEARD A LOT FROM MY
04:15:53:00	04:15:56:00	CONSTITUENTS THAT THE THE WAY
04:15:56:00	04:15:57:00	THAT YOU ARE NOTIFIED EVEN IF
04:15:57:00	04:16:00:00	YOU ARE A HOMEOWNER THIS IS YOU
04:16:00:00	04:16:01:00	KNOW, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS
04:16:01:00	04:16:01:00	EVERY YEAR WITH ALL OF THE
04:16:01:00	04:16:04:00	ISSUES WITH THE MAILING SYSTEM
04:16:04:00	04:16:04:00	THAT FOLKS WEREN'T REALLY
04:16:04:00	04:16:08:00	GETTING NOTIFICATIONS ON TIME
04:16:08:00	04:16:08:00	AND THEN NOW WE'RE TALKING
04:16:08:00	04:16:11:00	ABOUT BASICALLY CRUMBS LIKE
04:16:11:00	04:16:15:00	AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT WOULD
04:16:15:00	04:16:16:00	GIVE EXEMPTIONS AND IF YOU
04:16:16:00	04:16:19:00	DON'T KNOW IT IN TIME I, I WANT
04:16:19:00	04:16:20:00	TO PIGGYBACK ON MY COLLEAGUE
04:16:20:00	04:16:23:00	WHO IS YOU KNOW, PROPOSING AN
04:16:23:00	04:16:23:00	EXTENSION.
04:16:23:00	04:16:24:00	NOT ONLY DO WE NEED AN
04:16:24:00	04:16:26:00	EXTENSION BUT WE ALSO NEED TO
04:16:26:00	04:16:27:00	LOOK AT HOW WE DO ASSESSMENT IN
04:16:27:00	04:16:31:00	TERMS OF ITS VALUATION, THE
04:16:31:00	04:16:32:00	FORMULA THAT IS USED IT'S BASED
04:16:32:00	04:16:32:00	ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES SO
04:16:32:00	04:16:35:00	WE'RE NOT GOING INSIDE OF THE
04:16:35:00	04:16:36:00	PROPERTY AND WE'RE WE'RE
04:16:36:00	04:16:36:00	ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE
04:16:36:00	04:16:38:00	CONDITIONS OF THINGS AND WE'RE
04:16:38:00	04:16:39:00	LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY AND ITS
04:16:39:00	04:16:42:00	SURROUNDING AND THEN WE'RE
04:16:42:00	04:16:43:00	SAYING OKAY, YOU THREE FAMILY
04:16:43:00	04:16:44:00	WE'RE BASING IT ON HOW MANY YOU
04:16:44:00	04:16:46:00	KNOW, HOW MANY UNITS, WHAT
04:16:46:00	04:16:47:00	OTHER THE VALUES OF THE OTHER
04:16:47:00	04:16:50:00	SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND
04:16:50:00	04:16:50:00	UNFAIRLY ASSESSING PROPERTIES
04:16:50:00	04:16:53:00	AND THEN OF COURSE NEGATIVELY
04:16:53:00	04:16:54:00	IMPACTING THE INCREASE.
04:16:54:00	04:16:58:00	SO I DO I DO FEEL THAT YOU
04:16:58:00	04:17:00:00	KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
04:17:00:00	04:17:01:00	WHERE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE VOTING
04:17:01:00	04:17:03:00	FOR THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS OR
04:17:03:00	04:17:03:00	MANY EVILS HERE IN THIS IN THIS
04:17:03:00	04:17:06:00	CASE AND WE DO WE HAVE SO MUCH
04:17:06:00	04:17:07:00	WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF DOING
04:17:07:00	04:17:10:00	YOU KNOW, GETTING IT RIGHT BUT
04:17:10:00	04:17:11:00	ALSO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW,
04:17:11:00	04:17:14:00	FOLKS ARE NOT GETTING NOTIFIED
04:17:14:00	04:17:14:00	AND THEN WHEN YOU DO HAVE
04:17:14:00	04:17:17:00	EXEMPTIONS OR REBATES THAT THEY
04:17:17:00	04:17:17:00	COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NOT
04:17:17:00	04:17:20:00	GETTING THE INFORMATION ON TIME
04:17:20:00	04:17:21:00	BUT ALSO NOT HAVING ACCESS.
04:17:21:00	04:17:22:00	WE TALK A LOT ABOUT DIGITAL
04:17:22:00	04:17:25:00	ACCESS HERE, NOT HAVING ACCESS
04:17:25:00	04:17:25:00	TO THE INFORMATION AND NOT
04:17:25:00	04:17:28:00	ACTUALLY FAIRLY SAYING YES WE
04:17:28:00	04:17:29:00	ARE EXECUTING THIS OR WE ARE
04:17:29:00	04:17:32:00	JUST DISTRIBUTING THIS BENEFIT
04:17:32:00	04:17:32:00	EQUITABLY.
04:17:32:00	04:17:36:00	SO I'M NOT I'M NOT I'M NOT EVEN
04:17:36:00	04:17:37:00	SURE WHAT THIS RESULTS ARE
04:17:37:00	04:17:39:00	GOING TO BE BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT
04:17:39:00	04:17:40:00	PAUSING IT AND SUPPORTING IT
04:17:40:00	04:17:43:00	TODAY AND THEN TO TO MY
04:17:43:00	04:17:47:00	COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE PROPOSED
04:17:47:00	04:17:48:00	AMENDMENTS, MY RESERVATIONS
04:17:48:00	04:17:51:00	HOPEFULLY I'VE BEEN CLEAR THAT
04:17:51:00	04:17:52:00	, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS FURTHER
04:17:52:00	04:17:52:00	RESEARCH NEEDS PART OF THE
04:17:52:00	04:17:55:00	CONVERSATION AND WE'VE SAID
04:17:55:00	04:17:56:00	ENOUGH ABOUT HOW WE WANTED IT
04:17:56:00	04:17:59:00	WORKING SESSION IN ORDER TO DO
04:17:59:00	04:18:00:00	THAT AND YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE
04:18:00:00	04:18:03:00	JUST DISCORD IN TERMS OF LIKE
04:18:03:00	04:18:04:00	NOT AGREEING WHETHER OR NOT
04:18:04:00	04:18:07:00	FOLKS WHO ARE RESPONDED TO OR
04:18:07:00	04:18:08:00	MET OR WHATEVER, I THINK
04:18:08:00	04:18:10:00	THERE'S SOME WORK TO DO THERE.
04:18:10:00	04:18:11:00	BUT IT DOES IT DOES POSE THE
04:18:11:00	04:18:15:00	QUESTION OF IF YOU CREATE AN
04:18:15:00	04:18:18:00	AMENDMENT THAT ONLY ADDS A PART
04:18:18:00	04:18:19:00	OF A SECTION THEN AND YOU HAVE
04:18:19:00	04:18:21:00	NOT DISPUTED THE SECTIONS
04:18:21:00	04:18:22:00	ITSELF THEN ARE YOU IN
04:18:22:00	04:18:26:00	AGREEMENT WITH THE ORDINANCE AS
04:18:26:00	04:18:26:00	THE HOMEOWNER POSITION AS IS
04:18:26:00	04:18:27:00	BUT YOU'RE JUST ADDING A PIECE
04:18:27:00	04:18:29:00	OF IT.
04:18:29:00	04:18:30:00	SO CAN WE BOTH THANK YOU.
04:18:30:00	04:18:33:00	THANK YOU.
04:18:33:00	04:18:34:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM
04:18:34:00	04:18:34:00	HERE COMES FROM HERE.
04:18:34:00	04:18:37:00	GET THE FLOOR READ YOU OKAY.
04:18:37:00	04:18:38:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
04:18:38:00	04:18:41:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:18:41:00	04:18:42:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE
04:18:42:00	04:18:44:00	FLOOR.
04:18:44:00	04:18:47:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:18:47:00	04:18:48:00	WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
04:18:48:00	04:18:51:00	ALTERNATIVE REVENUE RESOURCES.
04:18:51:00	04:18:52:00	I THINK WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE
04:18:52:00	04:18:53:00	WORK TO DO IN THIS SPACE.
04:18:53:00	04:18:55:00	I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO
04:18:55:00	04:19:00:00	FIX THE THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO
04:19:00:00	04:19:00:00	TRY AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT
04:19:00:00	04:19:03:00	ARE RESULTING FROM OUR FAILURE
04:19:03:00	04:19:04:00	TO PASS A HOME RULE PETITION
04:19:04:00	04:19:10:00	LAST YEAR AT THE STATE HOUSE
04:19:10:00	04:19:11:00	AND TRY AND OFFER SOME RELIEF
04:19:11:00	04:19:14:00	TO OUR RESIDENTS A HOMEOWNERS
04:19:14:00	04:19:15:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE
04:19:15:00	04:19:15:00	SHORT TERM.
04:19:15:00	04:19:18:00	BUT WE NEED TO REALLY DIG IN TO
04:19:18:00	04:19:19:00	THE BIGGER ISSUES ABOUT OUR
04:19:19:00	04:19:21:00	REVENUE RESOURCES.
04:19:21:00	04:19:25:00	WE HAD A HEARING ON IT EARLIER
04:19:25:00	04:19:26:00	IN THE IN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT
04:19:26:00	04:19:27:00	BEFORE WE BROKE FOR THE
04:19:27:00	04:19:30:00	HOLIDAYS.
04:19:30:00	04:19:30:00	YOU KNOW, 53% OF OUR PROPERTY
04:19:30:00	04:19:34:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS TAX
04:19:34:00	04:19:34:00	EXEMPT BUT ONLY A PORTION
04:19:34:00	04:19:37:00	OF THAT IS THE MEDICINE ED SO
04:19:37:00	04:19:38:00	WE'RE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
04:19:38:00	04:19:38:00	EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A HUGE
04:19:38:00	04:19:41:00	FOOTPRINT IN THE CITY
04:19:41:00	04:19:42:00	OF BOSTON, THEY ARE TAX EXEMPT
04:19:42:00	04:19:42:00	BUT ALSO STATE, FEDERAL AND
04:19:42:00	04:19:45:00	CITY ARE ALL NONTAXABLE AND
04:19:45:00	04:19:45:00	QUASI GOVERNMENTAL
04:19:45:00	04:19:48:00	ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MASSPORT IS
04:19:48:00	04:19:49:00	ALSO ON ON TAXABLE.
04:19:49:00	04:19:52:00	SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER
04:19:52:00	04:19:53:00	ENTITIES THAT REALLY PUT SO
04:19:53:00	04:19:56:00	MUCH PRESSURE ON OUR REAL
04:19:56:00	04:19:57:00	ESTATE TAXES TO PAY FOR THE
04:19:57:00	04:20:00:00	CITY'S SERVICES.
04:20:00:00	04:20:04:00	SO AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO
04:20:04:00	04:20:04:00	CONTINUE THIS WORK.
04:20:04:00	04:20:05:00	WE ARE ONLY AT THE END I THINK
04:20:05:00	04:20:06:00	WE'RE AT THE END OF THE
04:20:06:00	04:20:08:00	BEGINNING IS WHAT WE WOULD SAY
04:20:08:00	04:20:09:00	AND WE NEED TO GET INTO THIS
04:20:09:00	04:20:12:00	AGAIN AND KEEP WORKING ON IT.
04:20:12:00	04:20:15:00	IT'S NOT A REALLY YOU KNOW, WE
04:20:15:00	04:20:16:00	ARE WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUR
04:20:16:00	04:20:19:00	DEPARTMENTS UP TO WORKFORCE
04:20:19:00	04:20:20:00	LEVELS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY
04:20:20:00	04:20:23:00	DELIVER CITY SERVICES.
04:20:23:00	04:20:24:00	WE TALK ABOUT INSPECTIONAL
04:20:24:00	04:20:27:00	INSPECTIONS AND ASSESSMENTS.
04:20:27:00	04:20:27:00	THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE
04:20:27:00	04:20:27:00	UNDERSTAFFED.
04:20:27:00	04:20:31:00	SO YOU KNOW CUTTING STAFF IS
04:20:31:00	04:20:31:00	NOT THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM.
04:20:31:00	04:20:34:00	WE JUST HAVE TO TRY AND FIND
04:20:34:00	04:20:35:00	OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE.
04:20:35:00	04:20:35:00	THINK COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND
04:20:35:00	04:20:38:00	I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT
04:20:38:00	04:20:38:00	AND WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE
04:20:38:00	04:20:39:00	THAT THERE'S AN INFLATIONARY
04:20:39:00	04:20:42:00	PRESSURE ON OUR HOUSING STOCK.
04:20:42:00	04:20:42:00	THE VALUE OF HOUSING IN AUSTIN
04:20:42:00	04:20:43:00	AND BOSTON HAS GONE UP
04:20:43:00	04:20:46:00	INCREDIBLY AND IN NEIGHBORHOODS
04:20:46:00	04:20:49:00	LIKE OURS AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON
04:20:49:00	04:20:50:00	80% OF OUR POPULATION ARE
04:20:50:00	04:20:55:00	RENTERS WITH A MEDIAN INCOME
04:20:55:00	04:20:56:00	OF 50 TO 40 5 TO 60% OF THE
04:20:56:00	04:20:56:00	AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
04:20:56:00	04:20:59:00	SO YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT ROLANDO
04:20:59:00	04:20:59:00	HERE.
04:20:59:00	04:21:00:00	WE MAY BE LIVING IN VERY
04:21:00:00	04:21:00:00	EXPENSIVE HOUSING STOCK BUT
04:21:00:00	04:21:03:00	IT'S NOT LUXURY HOUSING STOCK.
04:21:03:00	04:21:04:00	SO WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO
04:21:04:00	04:21:07:00	ADDRESS AND WE ALSO THE OTHER
04:21:07:00	04:21:08:00	ISSUE THAT'S DRIVING OUR COST
04:21:08:00	04:21:10:00	OF HOUSING AND THEN BY
04:21:10:00	04:21:14:00	EXTENSION COSTS INCREASING OUR
04:21:14:00	04:21:15:00	REAL ESTATE TAXES IS THE
04:21:15:00	04:21:15:00	SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT BY CASH
04:21:15:00	04:21:18:00	BUYERS AND PRIVATE EQUITY
04:21:18:00	04:21:18:00	BUYERS WHO ARE INFLATING THE
04:21:18:00	04:21:19:00	COSTS.
04:21:19:00	04:21:20:00	THEY CAN COME IN AND BUY A
04:21:20:00	04:21:22:00	HOUSE.
04:21:22:00	04:21:22:00	IT CAN DROP $1,000,000 IN CASH
04:21:22:00	04:21:25:00	FOR A HOUSE.
04:21:25:00	04:21:26:00	THAT'S WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.
04:21:26:00	04:21:27:00	SO WE HAVE WE AS A GROUP
04:21:27:00	04:21:29:00	OF PEOPLE HERE THAT GET OUR
04:21:29:00	04:21:30:00	HEADS TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH
04:21:30:00	04:21:31:00	REAL SOLUTIONS AND ENGAGE WITH
04:21:31:00	04:21:33:00	OTHER LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS AT
04:21:33:00	04:21:34:00	THE STATE HOUSE TO TRY AND COME
04:21:34:00	04:21:37:00	UP WITH SOME REAL SOLUTIONS AND
04:21:37:00	04:21:37:00	LET'S REALLY FOCUS ON THE
04:21:37:00	04:21:41:00	PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON
04:21:41:00	04:21:41:00	OUR RESIDENTS, ON OUR RENTERS
04:21:41:00	04:21:44:00	AND OUR HOMEOWNERS IN THE CITY
04:21:44:00	04:21:45:00	WHO CALL BOSTON HOME AND TRY
04:21:45:00	04:21:48:00	AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT
04:21:48:00	04:21:48:00	REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
04:21:48:00	04:21:49:00	WE SPEND 4 HOURS ARGUING THIS
04:21:49:00	04:21:51:00	OUT FOR THE LAST AND IT'S
04:21:51:00	04:21:54:00	REALLY WE'RE ALMOST BACK WHERE
04:21:54:00	04:21:55:00	WE STARTED.
04:21:55:00	04:21:56:00	SO THIS THIS THIS CONVERSATION
04:21:56:00	04:22:00:00	NOT ENDED AND I THINK WE JUST
04:22:00:00	04:22:00:00	NEED TO AS AS
04:22:00:00	04:22:03:00	COUNCILOR FLAHERTY WOULD SAY
04:22:03:00	04:22:03:00	SHOP ON OUR PENCILS AND GET
04:22:03:00	04:22:04:00	BACK TO WORK.
04:22:04:00	04:22:06:00	THANK YOU.
04:22:06:00	04:22:07:00	THANK YOU.
04:22:07:00	04:22:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:22:07:00	04:22:08:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
04:22:08:00	04:22:10:00	FLOOR.
04:22:10:00	04:22:10:00	YEAH.
04:22:10:00	04:22:10:00	THANK YOU.
04:22:10:00	04:22:11:00	YOU KNOW, I WASN'T GOING TO
04:22:11:00	04:22:14:00	SPEAK BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT
04:22:14:00	04:22:18:00	, YOU KNOW, SAID THIS WAS
04:22:18:00	04:22:18:00	WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
04:22:18:00	04:22:18:00	NATIONAL SCALE.
04:22:18:00	04:22:19:00	THEY'RE TRYING TO BEAT US DOWN
04:22:19:00	04:22:21:00	SO THAT WE CAN GET TIRED.
04:22:21:00	04:22:22:00	BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GET TIRED.
04:22:22:00	04:22:24:00	I'M GOING TO KEEP ON TALKING.
04:22:24:00	04:22:28:00	SO I I THINK I THINK WE HAVE AN
04:22:28:00	04:22:29:00	OPPORTUNITY AND I'M REALLY
04:22:29:00	04:22:29:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST MOVING
04:22:29:00	04:22:32:00	THE CONVERSATION ALONG.
04:22:32:00	04:22:33:00	I THINK WHAT I AM CONCERNED
04:22:33:00	04:22:36:00	ABOUT AS WE CONTINUE TO
04:22:36:00	04:22:37:00	NAVIGATE THESE WATERS IS JUST
04:22:37:00	04:22:40:00	KIND OF LIKE OUR TIMELINES, OUR
04:22:40:00	04:22:44:00	DEADLINES AND I FEEL LIKE WE
04:22:44:00	04:22:44:00	JUST HAD A HEARING IF WE COULD
04:22:44:00	04:22:47:00	HAVE PUT THIS ON A TUESDAY WE
04:22:47:00	04:22:48:00	WOULD HAVE BEEN READY.
04:22:48:00	04:22:48:00	NOW WE'RE DOING THIS ON
04:22:48:00	04:22:51:00	WEDNESDAY SO HELLO THIS WAS
04:22:51:00	04:22:51:00	WHAT A HEARING WOULD HAVE BEEN
04:22:51:00	04:22:51:00	LIKE.
04:22:51:00	04:22:54:00	SO WE DID HAVE A HEARING ON
04:22:54:00	04:22:54:00	THIS SO THANK YOU.
04:22:54:00	04:22:57:00	GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT
04:22:57:00	04:22:58:00	ON TOP OF 500 OTHER THINGS THAT
04:22:58:00	04:23:01:00	WE NEED TO SPEAK ON TODAY.
04:23:01:00	04:23:02:00	BUT I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY THIS
04:23:02:00	04:23:05:00	COULD BE A GOOD LESSON FOR HOW
04:23:05:00	04:23:06:00	WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
04:23:06:00	04:23:09:00	FORWARD IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND
04:23:09:00	04:23:09:00	DOING BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY SO
04:23:09:00	04:23:10:00	THAT FOLKS CAN DELIBERATE IN A
04:23:10:00	04:23:13:00	PUBLIC HEARING SPACE NOT DURING
04:23:13:00	04:23:14:00	CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
04:23:14:00	04:23:16:00	SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN
04:23:16:00	04:23:17:00	CHANGE THAT DYNAMIC AS WE
04:23:17:00	04:23:20:00	CONTINUE TO PLOW THROUGH THIS
04:23:20:00	04:23:20:00	WORK.
04:23:20:00	04:23:21:00	AND I THINK THAT THERE WERE
04:23:21:00	04:23:23:00	SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE
04:23:23:00	04:23:24:00	RAISED DURING THE ONE HEARING
04:23:24:00	04:23:27:00	THAT WE HAD WHERE 500 LIKE
04:23:27:00	04:23:30:00	THREE OTHER OR FOUR THINGS WERE
04:23:30:00	04:23:30:00	DEBATED ON.
04:23:30:00	04:23:33:00	SO I JUST IT WAS A LOT SO THAT
04:23:33:00	04:23:36:00	FORUM SO THAT I'M CLEAR THIS
04:23:36:00	04:23:36:00	PARTICULAR VOTE THAT WE'RE
04:23:36:00	04:23:37:00	TAKING ON IS JUST ON THE HOME
04:23:37:00	04:23:40:00	RULE PETITION NOT YOUR STUFF
04:23:40:00	04:23:41:00	NOT ALL THIS OTHER SCUFFLING
04:23:41:00	04:23:45:00	THAT HAPPENED RIGHT CALLING
04:23:45:00	04:23:45:00	AMENDMENTS FAILED.
04:23:45:00	04:23:45:00	WE ARE YEAH.
04:23:45:00	04:23:46:00	YEAH.
04:23:46:00	04:23:49:00	I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE
04:23:49:00	04:23:49:00	THERE WAS A LOT OF DIALOG AND
04:23:49:00	04:23:51:00	CLARIFYING YOU I THINK YOU AND
04:23:51:00	04:23:52:00	SO I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE NOT
04:23:52:00	04:23:55:00	LEARNED OUR LESSON I THINK
04:23:55:00	04:23:56:00	TODAY SERVES AS A REALLY GREAT
04:23:56:00	04:23:59:00	TEACHABLE MOMENT IN TERMS
04:23:59:00	04:24:00:00	OF HOW WE SHOULD BE MOVING
04:24:00:00	04:24:03:00	FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR TO
04:24:03:00	04:24:03:00	ME THAT FOLKS ARE GOING TO
04:24:03:00	04:24:04:00	CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THEIR MIKES
04:24:04:00	04:24:07:00	TO BE HEARD.
04:24:07:00	04:24:07:00	AND SO WHETHER WE DO IT IN A
04:24:07:00	04:24:08:00	HEARING OR WE DO IT HERE IN A
04:24:08:00	04:24:11:00	COUNCIL MEETING, I THINK THIS
04:24:11:00	04:24:11:00	PRESENTS ITSELF AS AN
04:24:11:00	04:24:14:00	OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS
04:24:14:00	04:24:14:00	DIFFERENTLY.
04:24:14:00	04:24:15:00	SO I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE MY
04:24:15:00	04:24:18:00	COLLEAGUES TO TO DO JUST THAT.
04:24:18:00	04:24:22:00	THEY THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA
04:24:22:00	04:24:26:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
04:24:26:00	04:24:26:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:24:26:00	04:24:27:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK
04:24:27:00	04:24:28:00	COUNCIL THAT AS A PARTNER FOR
04:24:28:00	04:24:29:00	LEADING US TO THIS.
04:24:29:00	04:24:30:00	THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF US
04:24:30:00	04:24:31:00	HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT
04:24:31:00	04:24:33:00	TAXES AGAIN I THINK I ALREADY
04:24:33:00	04:24:34:00	STATED THIS I LIKE THAT MY
04:24:34:00	04:24:37:00	STAFF INDEPENDENTLY WERE ASKING
04:24:37:00	04:24:37:00	ABOUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
04:24:37:00	04:24:38:00	THE REBATES AND I LIKE THAT WE
04:24:38:00	04:24:40:00	ADDED MORE CONTROL HERE ABOUT
04:24:40:00	04:24:41:00	WHAT THE REBATES WOULD LOOK
04:24:41:00	04:24:44:00	LIKE AND HAVE MORE OVERSIGHT
04:24:44:00	04:24:44:00	OVER THAT.
04:24:44:00	04:24:45:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
04:24:45:00	04:24:46:00	YOUR OPENNESS AND YOUR
04:24:46:00	04:24:49:00	WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN
04:24:49:00	04:24:49:00	CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERYONE.
04:24:49:00	04:24:52:00	MR. CLERK COUNCILOR RICARDO
04:24:52:00	04:24:52:00	ZAPATA HAS MOVED FOR THIS
04:24:52:00	04:24:56:00	FORMAL PETITION TO PASS IN A
04:24:56:00	04:24:56:00	NEW DRAFT.
04:24:56:00	04:24:59:00	COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
04:24:59:00	04:25:00:00	CALL VOTE?
04:25:00:00	04:25:00:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
04:25:00:00	04:25:05:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
04:25:05:00	04:25:05:00	COUNCILOR COLORED AS A FAN
04:25:05:00	04:25:06:00	OF COUNCILOR CLARE'S PARTY YES
04:25:06:00	04:25:06:00	.
04:25:06:00	04:25:07:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
04:25:07:00	04:25:07:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
04:25:07:00	04:25:12:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON YES
04:25:12:00	04:25:12:00	.
04:25:12:00	04:25:12:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
04:25:12:00	04:25:12:00	YES.
04:25:12:00	04:25:14:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
04:25:14:00	04:25:15:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:25:15:00	04:25:19:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
04:25:19:00	04:25:19:00	NO.
04:25:19:00	04:25:20:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:25:20:00	04:25:20:00	COUNCILOR AND YES
04:25:20:00	04:25:23:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:25:23:00	04:25:23:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES
04:25:23:00	04:25:26:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
04:25:26:00	04:25:27:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
04:25:27:00	04:25:29:00	COUNCILOR 15 COUNCILOR DEFENSE
04:25:29:00	04:25:30:00	COUNCIL SANTANA YES.
04:25:30:00	04:25:30:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
04:25:30:00	04:25:34:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
04:25:34:00	04:25:34:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
04:25:34:00	04:25:35:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
04:25:35:00	04:25:38:00	COUNCILOR WU YES TALKING NUMBER
04:25:38:00	04:25:42:00	0236 AS WE SEE 12 VOTES IN THE
04:25:42:00	04:25:44:00	AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE NEGATIVE.
04:25:44:00	04:25:44:00	THANK YOU.
04:25:44:00	04:25:47:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.
04:25:47:00	04:25:48:00	OCH, THANK YOU EVERYONE.
04:25:48:00	04:25:51:00	WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT
04:25:51:00	04:25:52:00	RECESS TILL ABOUT 430.
04:25:52:00	04:25:55:00	I MEAN IT'S 421 NOW SO IF
04:25:55:00	04:25:56:00	EVERYONE COULD BE PLEASE BE
04:25:56:00	04:25:58:00	BACK IN CHAMBERS AT 430.
04:25:58:00	04:25:58:00	THANK YOU.
04:25:58:00	04:38:51:00	WE ARE IN A RECESS.
04:38:51:00	04:38:52:00	WE ARE WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.
04:38:52:00	04:38:56:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
04:38:56:00	04:38:59:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0293 SO I CAN
04:38:59:00	04:39:01:00	NUMBER 0293 THE COMMITTEE ON
04:39:01:00	04:39:01:00	STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND
04:39:01:00	04:39:02:00	COMMUNITIES TO WHICH WAS
04:39:02:00	04:39:08:00	REFERRED JANUARY 29TH 2025 DUCK
04:39:08:00	04:39:09:00	MEMBERS 0293 NO SAID YOU'RE NOT
04:39:09:00	04:39:12:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
04:39:12:00	04:39:15:00	ACCEPTING SPEND THE AMOUNT
04:39:15:00	04:39:18:00	OF $145,687 OR $0.72 IN THE
04:39:18:00	04:39:21:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL
04:39:21:00	04:39:22:00	YEAR 24 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
04:39:22:00	04:39:25:00	ACT A STOP GRID ORDER BY THE
04:39:25:00	04:39:26:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
04:39:26:00	04:39:28:00	OF JUSTICE PASSED THROUGH THE
04:39:28:00	04:39:29:00	MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
04:39:29:00	04:39:32:00	SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE
04:39:32:00	04:39:33:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
04:39:33:00	04:39:33:00	DEPARTMENT.
04:39:33:00	04:39:36:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND A CIVILIAN
04:39:36:00	04:39:37:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE WHO
04:39:37:00	04:39:40:00	PROVIDES SERVICES FOR VICTIMS
04:39:40:00	04:39:41:00	AND JAMAICA PLAIN AS WELL AS
04:39:41:00	04:39:44:00	FOR SPANISH SPEAKING VICTIMS
04:39:44:00	04:39:45:00	CITYWIDE AND ALSO SUPPORTING
04:39:45:00	04:39:49:00	OVERTIME FOR ALL CIVILIANS.
04:39:49:00	04:39:49:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE
04:39:49:00	04:39:50:00	CITYWIDE SUBMITS A REPORT
04:39:50:00	04:39:53:00	RECOMMENDED THAT THE ORDER
04:39:53:00	04:39:53:00	OUGHT TO PASS.
04:39:53:00	04:39:54:00	THANK YOU.
04:39:54:00	04:39:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:39:54:00	04:39:55:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE
04:39:55:00	04:39:55:00	FLOOR.
04:39:55:00	04:39:56:00	THANK YOU.
04:39:56:00	04:39:59:00	AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
04:39:59:00	04:40:00:00	ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND
04:40:00:00	04:40:03:00	COMMUNITIES WE HELD A COMMITTEE
04:40:03:00	04:40:04:00	HEARING ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY
04:40:04:00	04:40:07:00	SIX TO DISCUSS THE DOCKET THAT
04:40:07:00	04:40:08:00	THE CLERK HAS JUST READ INTO
04:40:08:00	04:40:08:00	THE RECORD.
04:40:08:00	04:40:11:00	I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
04:40:11:00	04:40:15:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN,
04:40:15:00	04:40:16:00	COUNCILOR EARLE, COUNSELOR
04:40:16:00	04:40:18:00	PEPEN AND COUNCILOR WEBER FOR
04:40:18:00	04:40:19:00	JOINING US.
04:40:19:00	04:40:22:00	I THINK IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT
04:40:22:00	04:40:22:00	CONVERSATION.
04:40:22:00	04:40:26:00	THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO
04:40:26:00	04:40:26:00	LISTEN TO THE POLICE AND ALSO
04:40:26:00	04:40:30:00	THE GRANT WRITER ABOUT THE
04:40:30:00	04:40:33:00	IMPORTANCE OF THIS MONEY AND
04:40:33:00	04:40:34:00	OTHER INITIATIVES THEY'RE
04:40:34:00	04:40:38:00	TRYING TO MAKE SURE STAY IN THE
04:40:38:00	04:40:39:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PART OF THE
04:40:39:00	04:40:41:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT
04:40:41:00	04:40:42:00	REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
04:40:42:00	04:40:45:00	ADMINISTRATION JOANNA SAVAGE
04:40:45:00	04:40:46:00	WHO'S THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
04:40:46:00	04:40:46:00	OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR
04:40:46:00	04:40:49:00	THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
04:40:49:00	04:40:50:00	AND LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE
04:40:50:00	04:40:53:00	LAPOINTE NICOLE LAPOINTE FROM
04:40:53:00	04:40:54:00	THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
04:40:54:00	04:40:54:00	FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT
04:40:54:00	04:40:58:00	GAVE COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW
04:40:58:00	04:40:59:00	OF HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE
04:40:59:00	04:41:01:00	UTILIZED, THEY SPOKE ON THE
04:41:01:00	04:41:02:00	COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS BETWEEN
04:41:02:00	04:41:05:00	VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS THE
04:41:05:00	04:41:06:00	USE OF LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES
04:41:06:00	04:41:09:00	FOR NON ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN THE
04:41:09:00	04:41:09:00	ONGOING WORK TO ENSURE A
04:41:09:00	04:41:12:00	COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FOR ALL
04:41:12:00	04:41:13:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS IN
04:41:13:00	04:41:16:00	BOSTON.
04:41:16:00	04:41:17:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND CIVILIAN
04:41:17:00	04:41:19:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE TO
04:41:19:00	04:41:20:00	ASSIST VICTIMS IN JAMAICA PLAIN
04:41:20:00	04:41:24:00	WE LEARNED THAT THERE IS NOT A
04:41:24:00	04:41:24:00	DOMESTIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
04:41:24:00	04:41:27:00	ADVOCATE AT EACH DISTRICT
04:41:27:00	04:41:28:00	POLICE STATION ACROSS THE CITY.
04:41:28:00	04:41:31:00	THIS ONE WILL BE ADDED TO
04:41:31:00	04:41:34:00	JAMAICA PLAIN AS WELL AS BEING
04:41:34:00	04:41:34:00	SPANISH SPEAKING VICTIMS
04:41:34:00	04:41:37:00	CITYWIDE WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING
04:41:37:00	04:41:38:00	OVERTIME FOR THE CIVILIAN
04:41:38:00	04:41:42:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES
04:41:42:00	04:41:42:00	THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
04:41:42:00	04:41:43:00	WE LEARNED THAT OVERTIME IS
04:41:43:00	04:41:46:00	NEEDED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT
04:41:46:00	04:41:47:00	ENOUGH OF THEM SO OFTENTIMES
04:41:47:00	04:41:50:00	THEY DO HAVE TO WORK TO SUPPORT
04:41:50:00	04:41:50:00	THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
04:41:50:00	04:41:53:00	THEY DID OUTLINE THAT DO NOT
04:41:53:00	04:41:54:00	CURRENTLY HAVE AN ADVOCATE
04:41:54:00	04:41:57:00	WORKING ALONGSIDE THE POLICE.
04:41:57:00	04:41:57:00	THE PANELIST HIGHLIGHTED THE
04:41:57:00	04:42:00:00	SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GRANTS AND
04:42:00:00	04:42:01:00	ITS POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE
04:42:01:00	04:42:01:00	DEPARTMENT'S EFFORT TO SUPPORT
04:42:01:00	04:42:05:00	OUR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
04:42:05:00	04:42:05:00	VIOLENCE.
04:42:05:00	04:42:09:00	SO I'M ASKING IF ANYONE WHO
04:42:09:00	04:42:09:00	ATTENDED WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
04:42:09:00	04:42:10:00	I KNOW SOME DISTRICT COUNCILORS
04:42:10:00	04:42:12:00	DID DO A GOOD JOB ADVOCATING
04:42:12:00	04:42:13:00	AND WE DID ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
04:42:13:00	04:42:16:00	HOW THEY CHOSE WHICH DISTRICTS
04:42:16:00	04:42:20:00	DID GET A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
04:42:20:00	04:42:20:00	ADVOCATE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE
04:42:20:00	04:42:23:00	DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS SO I'LL
04:42:23:00	04:42:24:00	OPEN IT UP TO ANY OF MY
04:42:24:00	04:42:28:00	COLLEAGUES WHO ATTENDED WHO MAY
04:42:28:00	04:42:29:00	WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS AND THEN
04:42:29:00	04:42:29:00	I'LL BRING IT FORWARD FOR A
04:42:29:00	04:42:30:00	VOTE.
04:42:30:00	04:42:40:00	THANK YOU.
04:42:40:00	04:42:41:00	THANK YOU.
04:42:41:00	04:42:41:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:42:41:00	04:42:41:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:42:41:00	04:42:43:00	CONSTABLE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:42:43:00	04:42:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:42:43:00	04:42:44:00	AND THANK YOU TO
04:42:44:00	04:42:46:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THIS
04:42:46:00	04:42:50:00	INFORMATIVE HEARING.
04:42:50:00	04:42:50:00	IT WAS WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL
04:42:50:00	04:42:53:00	HEARING AND WE LEARNED ABOUT
04:42:53:00	04:42:54:00	WHAT BOSTON POLICE CONTINUE TO
04:42:54:00	04:42:57:00	DO IN SUPPORT OF SURVIVORS
04:42:57:00	04:42:57:00	OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
04:42:57:00	04:43:01:00	HOWEVER, MANY STATIONS ACROSS
04:43:01:00	04:43:05:00	THE CITY DON'T HAVE A DOMESTIC
04:43:05:00	04:43:08:00	VIOLENCE ASSISTANT COORDINATOR
04:43:08:00	04:43:09:00	IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS
04:43:09:00	04:43:13:00	ISSUE AND I KNOW WE ALL ARE BUT
04:43:13:00	04:43:14:00	WE SHOULD ENSURE THAT EVERY
04:43:14:00	04:43:17:00	DISTRICT IN THE CITY HAS A
04:43:17:00	04:43:20:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSISTANT
04:43:20:00	04:43:21:00	COORDINATOR ESPECIALLY THOSE
04:43:21:00	04:43:24:00	THAT SPEAK MANY LANGUAGES SUCH
04:43:24:00	04:43:28:00	AS CANTONESE OR SPANISH.
04:43:28:00	04:43:30:00	WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ONE IN A
04:43:30:00	04:43:34:00	ONE WHICH IS WHICH IS THE
04:43:34:00	04:43:34:00	DOWNTOWN AREA INTO CHARLESTOWN
04:43:34:00	04:43:38:00	IN CHINATOWN, CHINATOWN.
04:43:38:00	04:43:39:00	BUT WE SHOULD HAVE ONE THERE
04:43:39:00	04:43:39:00	ESPECIALLY ONE THAT DOES SPEAK
04:43:39:00	04:43:42:00	CANTONESE.
04:43:42:00	04:43:45:00	WE ALSO NEED ONE IN THE SOUTH
04:43:45:00	04:43:45:00	END AS WELL.
04:43:45:00	04:43:48:00	THAT'S WHAT I ADVOCATED FOR.
04:43:48:00	04:43:49:00	I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S
04:43:49:00	04:43:52:00	IMPORTANT THAT EVERY DISTRICT
04:43:52:00	04:43:53:00	HAVE IT AND IT SHOULD BE A
04:43:53:00	04:43:53:00	PRIORITY.
04:43:53:00	04:43:53:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:43:53:00	04:43:56:00	THANK YOU.
04:43:56:00	04:43:57:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
04:43:57:00	04:43:57:00	STRUGGLING FAMILIES AND
04:43:57:00	04:44:00:00	COMMUNITIES MOVES FOR PASSAGE
04:44:00:00	04:44:01:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0293 ALL THOSE
04:44:01:00	04:44:06:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSING BUT I
04:44:06:00	04:44:06:00	SAT AT THE START THIS PAST WEEK
04:44:06:00	04:44:07:00	AND I WANT TO IMAGINE WE HEARD
04:44:07:00	04:44:08:00	FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.
04:44:08:00	04:44:09:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE BE
04:44:09:00	04:44:10:00	TALKING NUMBER 01350135
04:44:10:00	04:44:11:00	ORDINANCE TO PROTECT WORKERS
04:44:11:00	04:44:15:00	FROM HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND
04:44:15:00	04:44:15:00	INJURIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
04:44:15:00	04:44:16:00	THANK YOU.
04:44:16:00	04:44:19:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
04:44:19:00	04:44:20:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
04:44:20:00	04:44:20:00	OPERATIONS HAVE DECLARED AS A
04:44:20:00	04:44:22:00	PARTY OF THE FLOOR.
04:44:22:00	04:44:23:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
04:44:23:00	04:44:26:00	ON MONDAY WE HELD A HEARING
04:44:26:00	04:44:26:00	WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT
04:44:26:00	04:44:27:00	OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
04:44:27:00	04:44:27:00	WE WERE JOINED BY A NUMBER
04:44:27:00	04:44:30:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS
04:44:30:00	04:44:30:00	JODY SUGARMAN ROSEN FROM THE
04:44:30:00	04:44:33:00	FROM THE LABOR PROTECTIONS
04:44:33:00	04:44:33:00	DEPARTMENT.
04:44:33:00	04:44:37:00	THERE WERE A NUMBER
04:44:37:00	04:44:37:00	OF ULTIMATELY GOING TO KEEP
04:44:37:00	04:44:38:00	THIS IN COMMITTEE.
04:44:38:00	04:44:39:00	I DID COMMIT TO HAVING ANOTHER
04:44:39:00	04:44:41:00	WORKING SESSION WITHIN THIS
04:44:41:00	04:44:41:00	HEARING.
04:44:41:00	04:44:45:00	THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT
04:44:45:00	04:44:45:00	WERE CHANGED AND ULTIMATELY
04:44:45:00	04:44:46:00	THERE'S SOME DATA THAT WE'RE
04:44:46:00	04:44:48:00	GOING TO BE REQUESTING.
04:44:48:00	04:44:49:00	SO AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I'M
04:44:49:00	04:44:50:00	GOING TO REQUEST THAT THIS
04:44:50:00	04:44:52:00	DOCKET STATE COMMITTEE THANK
04:44:52:00	04:44:52:00	YOU.
04:44:52:00	04:44:53:00	THANK YOU.
04:44:53:00	04:44:53:00	OKAY.
04:44:53:00	04:44:53:00	THANK YOU.
04:44:53:00	04:44:57:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0135
04:44:57:00	04:44:58:00	WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
04:44:58:00	04:44:58:00	MR QUOTE CAN YOU PLEASE BE
04:44:58:00	04:45:03:00	TALKING TO MISSOURI 325.0325
04:45:03:00	04:45:03:00	ORDER FOR HIM TO DISCUSS
04:45:03:00	04:45:06:00	BOSTON'S FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET.
04:45:06:00	04:45:07:00	THANK YOU.
04:45:07:00	04:45:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:45:07:00	04:45:07:00	COUNCILOR ORAL CANCER.
04:45:07:00	04:45:10:00	I HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:45:10:00	04:45:10:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:45:10:00	04:45:13:00	I ALSO WANT TO BEFORE I START
04:45:13:00	04:45:14:00	MY REMARKS AND REPORT TO THE
04:45:14:00	04:45:15:00	COMMITTEE I JUST WANT TO GIVE
04:45:15:00	04:45:16:00	MY CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WEBER
04:45:16:00	04:45:17:00	AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR WORK
04:45:17:00	04:45:20:00	WITH ME ON THIS ON THIS DOCKET
04:45:20:00	04:45:21:00	THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
04:45:21:00	04:45:24:00	HOSTED A WORKING SESSION ON
04:45:24:00	04:45:24:00	FEBRUARY TEN.
04:45:24:00	04:45:25:00	WE WERE JOINED BY CASAS PEPEN
04:45:25:00	04:45:28:00	MURPHY, FLYNN, FITZGERALD WEBER
04:45:28:00	04:45:28:00	AND DURKIN AND WE RECEIVED A
04:45:28:00	04:45:31:00	LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM
04:45:31:00	04:45:32:00	COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
04:45:32:00	04:45:32:00	COUNCILOR BRAEDEN AND
04:45:32:00	04:45:35:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
04:45:35:00	04:45:35:00	THIS WAS THE FIRST WORKING
04:45:35:00	04:45:36:00	SESSION HELD IN A SERIES
04:45:36:00	04:45:38:00	OF WORKING SESSIONS WHERE WE
04:45:38:00	04:45:39:00	WILL BE TO HOST AND DISCUSS AND
04:45:39:00	04:45:41:00	SET OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE FY
04:45:41:00	04:45:42:00	26 BUDGET AND DURING THIS
04:45:42:00	04:45:45:00	SESSION COUNCILOR DISCUSS OUR
04:45:45:00	04:45:46:00	FILES FOR THE UPCOMING
04:45:46:00	04:45:49:00	OPERATING BUDGET AND PRIOR AND
04:45:49:00	04:45:50:00	YOUR PRIORITIES KANSAS HAVE A
04:45:50:00	04:45:52:00	BUDGET INVESTMENT GIVEN THE
04:45:52:00	04:45:52:00	DIFFERENT NEEDS AND ISSUES
04:45:52:00	04:45:55:00	FACING OUR COMMUNITIES BASED ON
04:45:55:00	04:45:56:00	THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL
04:45:56:00	04:45:59:00	BE HAVING IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
04:45:59:00	04:46:00:00	MY OFFICE HAS STARTED DRAFTING
04:46:00:00	04:46:01:00	AND EDITING A LIST OF OUR FILES
04:46:01:00	04:46:04:00	FOR EACH DEPARTMENT TO BE
04:46:04:00	04:46:04:00	FINALIZED AND RETURNED BY EACH
04:46:04:00	04:46:07:00	DEPARTMENT TO THE CITY
04:46:07:00	04:46:07:00	COUNCIL AHEAD OF THE BUDGET
04:46:07:00	04:46:07:00	HEARINGS.
04:46:07:00	04:46:08:00	WE WILL ALSO BE HOSTING SEVERAL
04:46:08:00	04:46:11:00	PUBLIC LISTENING SESSIONS ON
04:46:11:00	04:46:11:00	BOTH THE OPERATING BUDGET AS
04:46:11:00	04:46:14:00	WELL AS THE BUDGET FOR THE
04:46:14:00	04:46:15:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO HEAR
04:46:15:00	04:46:15:00	TESTIMONY FROM CONSTITUENTS AND
04:46:15:00	04:46:18:00	ENSURE WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE
04:46:18:00	04:46:19:00	CONCERNS THAT ARE MOST
04:46:19:00	04:46:19:00	IMPORTANT TO THAT.
04:46:19:00	04:46:22:00	THE FIRST OF THESE WILL BE THIS
04:46:22:00	04:46:24:00	THIS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18TH AT 6
04:46:24:00	04:46:25:00	P.M. AND I ENCOURAGE
04:46:25:00	04:46:28:00	CONSTITUENTS TO JOIN US AT THAT
04:46:28:00	04:46:29:00	AT THESE SESSIONS AND TO OFFER
04:46:29:00	04:46:31:00	TESTIMONY EITHER IN PERSON
04:46:31:00	04:46:32:00	VIRTUALLY VIRTUALLY IN WRITING
04:46:32:00	04:46:33:00	OR YOU CAN ALSO RECORD YOURSELF
04:46:33:00	04:46:36:00	AND SEND THAT TESTIMONY IN.
04:46:36:00	04:46:38:00	THE ADMINISTRATION WILL ALSO BE
04:46:38:00	04:46:39:00	BROUGHT IN FOR A HEARING ON
04:46:39:00	04:46:43:00	FEBRUARY 27 AT THIS TIME THIS
04:46:43:00	04:46:43:00	DOCKET WILL REMAIN IN
04:46:43:00	04:46:43:00	COMMITTEE.
04:46:43:00	04:46:47:00	THANK YOU.
04:46:47:00	04:46:48:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR AROUND THIS
04:46:48:00	04:46:50:00	DOCKET DOCTOR NUMBER 20325
04:46:50:00	04:46:51:00	SHALL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
04:46:51:00	04:46:51:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE BE
04:46:51:00	04:46:56:00	DOCTOR NUMBER 02410241 MESSAGE
04:46:56:00	04:46:57:00	IN ORDER TEMPORARY EXTENDING
04:46:57:00	04:47:00:00	URBAN RENEWAL PLANS IN THE CITY
04:47:00:00	04:47:02:00	OF BOSTON UNTIL MARCH 31ST,
04:47:02:00	04:47:03:00	2027 WELL PASSAGE OF A PROPOSED
04:47:03:00	04:47:07:00	RELEVANT HOME RULE PETITION
04:47:07:00	04:47:07:00	THANK YOU.
04:47:07:00	04:47:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:47:07:00	04:47:08:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR
04:47:08:00	04:47:08:00	OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
04:47:08:00	04:47:12:00	TRANSPORTATION AND CONSIDER CAN
04:47:12:00	04:47:12:00	YOU GET THE FLOOR?
04:47:12:00	04:47:13:00	THANK YOU CHAIR ON FEBRUARY
04:47:13:00	04:47:14:00	11TH THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
04:47:14:00	04:47:17:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
04:47:17:00	04:47:18:00	HELD A HEARING ON OH TWO FOR
04:47:18:00	04:47:18:00	ONE MESSAGE AN ORDER
04:47:18:00	04:47:21:00	TEMPORARILY EXTENDED URBAN
04:47:21:00	04:47:22:00	RENEWAL PLANS IN THE CITY
04:47:22:00	04:47:24:00	OF BOSTON UNTIL MARCH 31ST,
04:47:24:00	04:47:28:00	2027 OR PASSAGE OF A PROPOSED
04:47:28:00	04:47:28:00	RELEVANT HOME RULE PETITION.
04:47:28:00	04:47:29:00	THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY
04:47:29:00	04:47:31:00	MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED
04:47:31:00	04:47:32:00	TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 15,
04:47:32:00	04:47:32:00	2025.
04:47:32:00	04:47:35:00	WE WERE JOINED BY COUNCILORS
04:47:35:00	04:47:39:00	MURPHY WORRELL, FLYNN WEBER
04:47:39:00	04:47:39:00	LOUIJEUNE AND FERNANDO
04:47:39:00	04:47:39:00	SANDERSON.
04:47:39:00	04:47:43:00	THE ADMINISTRATION WAS
04:47:43:00	04:47:44:00	REPRESENTED BY DEVIN PERT,
04:47:44:00	04:47:44:00	DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE PLANNING
04:47:44:00	04:47:45:00	DEPARTMENT.
04:47:45:00	04:47:48:00	LISA HARRINGTON, GENERAL
04:47:48:00	04:47:48:00	COUNCILOR OF THE PLANNING
04:47:48:00	04:47:48:00	DEPARTMENT.
04:47:48:00	04:47:51:00	REUBEN CANTOR SENIOR POLICY
04:47:51:00	04:47:52:00	ADVISOR OF THE PLANNING
04:47:52:00	04:47:52:00	DEPARTMENT AND MAX HORTON
04:47:52:00	04:47:55:00	POLICY SPECIALIST FROM THE
04:47:55:00	04:47:55:00	PLANNING DEPARTMENT ALL
04:47:55:00	04:47:58:00	PROVIDED A PRESENTATION DEALING
04:47:58:00	04:47:59:00	WITH THE TOPIC AT HAND AND
04:47:59:00	04:48:02:00	TESTIMONY TO THEIR TESTIMONY
04:48:02:00	04:48:03:00	FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND WE TOOK
04:48:03:00	04:48:09:00	QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED URBAN
04:48:09:00	04:48:09:00	RULE AND 12 ACTIVE EARL
04:48:09:00	04:48:13:00	DISTRICTS INCLUDE THE BRUNSWICK
04:48:13:00	04:48:14:00	KING URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, THE
04:48:14:00	04:48:16:00	CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL, URBAN PLAN,
04:48:16:00	04:48:17:00	THE CENTRAL BUS CENTRAL
04:48:17:00	04:48:20:00	BUSINESS DISTRICT SOUTH STATION
04:48:20:00	04:48:21:00	URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, THE
04:48:21:00	04:48:24:00	CHARLESTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
04:48:24:00	04:48:24:00	DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT FANEUIL
04:48:24:00	04:48:27:00	HALL URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FENWAY
04:48:27:00	04:48:28:00	URBAN RENEWAL PLAN GOVERNMENT
04:48:28:00	04:48:32:00	CENTER URBAN RENEWAL PLAN WHICH
04:48:32:00	04:48:32:00	WE'RE STANDING IN KITTERIDGE
04:48:32:00	04:48:36:00	SQUARE URBAN AN OLD PLAN PARK
04:48:36:00	04:48:40:00	PLAZA TERMINAL AND SOUTH
04:48:40:00	04:48:40:00	COVE URBAN AN OLD PLAN SOUTH
04:48:40:00	04:48:41:00	END URBAN RENEWAL PLAN WHICH
04:48:41:00	04:48:44:00	INCLUDES ROXBURY WASHINGTON
04:48:44:00	04:48:47:00	PARK URBAN AND OLD PLAN.
04:48:47:00	04:48:48:00	COLLEAGUES LET ME BE CLEAR BY
04:48:48:00	04:48:51:00	STANDING TODAY WE HAVE AN
04:48:51:00	04:48:51:00	OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SHAPING
04:48:51:00	04:48:52:00	BOSTON'S FUTURE BY EXTENDING
04:48:52:00	04:48:54:00	URBAN PLANS FOR ANOTHER TWO
04:48:54:00	04:48:58:00	YEARS.
04:48:58:00	04:49:01:00	WE MUST BE GUIDED BY THE
04:49:01:00	04:49:02:00	PRESSING CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME
04:49:02:00	04:49:06:00	HOUSING TODAY THOUSAND 748
04:49:06:00	04:49:06:00	AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE TIED TO
04:49:06:00	04:49:09:00	URBAN RENEWAL TOOLS.
04:49:09:00	04:49:10:00	THESE HOMES AND THE THOUSANDS
04:49:10:00	04:49:10:00	OF PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THEM ARE
04:49:10:00	04:49:13:00	AT RISK IF WE FAIL TO EXTEND
04:49:13:00	04:49:14:00	THESE POWERS FOR ALL THE FLAWS
04:49:14:00	04:49:17:00	IN THE SYSTEM, RENEWAL
04:49:17:00	04:49:17:00	MECHANISMS HAVE PRESERVED THESE
04:49:17:00	04:49:20:00	RESOURCES FOR DECADES PROVIDING
04:49:20:00	04:49:21:00	CRITICAL STABILITY FOR FAMILIES
04:49:21:00	04:49:21:00	IN NEED.
04:49:21:00	04:49:25:00	SCRAPPING THESE TOOLS WITHOUT A
04:49:25:00	04:49:25:00	CLEAR WORKABLE REPLACEMENT PLAN
04:49:25:00	04:49:26:00	WOULD BE RECKLESS ESPECIALLY
04:49:26:00	04:49:29:00	WHEN BOSTON IS IN THE SITUATION
04:49:29:00	04:49:30:00	WE'RE IN NOW NEEDING TO PROVIDE
04:49:30:00	04:49:33:00	INCREASED AFFORDABILITY.
04:49:33:00	04:49:33:00	YES, REFORM IS NECESSARY.
04:49:33:00	04:49:36:00	URBAN RENEWAL HAS ITS
04:49:36:00	04:49:36:00	SHORTCOMINGS BUT WE MUST LEARN
04:49:36:00	04:49:37:00	FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST.
04:49:37:00	04:49:40:00	BUT TO DISMISS THESE TOOLS
04:49:40:00	04:49:41:00	OUTRIGHT TO CLAIM THEY FAILED
04:49:41:00	04:49:43:00	TO TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE
04:49:43:00	04:49:44:00	HOUSING UNDERCUTS THE VERY REAL
04:49:44:00	04:49:47:00	GOOD THEY'VE DONE AND PUTS
04:49:47:00	04:49:47:00	VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN
04:49:47:00	04:49:48:00	JEOPARDY.
04:49:48:00	04:49:51:00	THE COMMITTEE HEARING WE HAD
04:49:51:00	04:49:54:00	WAS A LITTLE OVER 2 HOURS.
04:49:54:00	04:49:57:00	I KNOW IN THE PAST THIS HAS
04:49:57:00	04:49:58:00	BEEN MORE CONTROVERSIAL.
04:49:58:00	04:50:02:00	TODAY WE HAVE WE LEARNED FROM
04:50:02:00	04:50:06:00	FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT OPEN
04:50:06:00	04:50:06:00	SPACE AND FOR PRESERVING OPEN
04:50:06:00	04:50:09:00	SPACE AND PRESERVING AFFORDABLE
04:50:09:00	04:50:10:00	HOUSING ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH
04:50:10:00	04:50:13:00	THE CITY IS USING THESE TOOLS
04:50:13:00	04:50:17:00	AND AT THE HEARING YESTERDAY
04:50:17:00	04:50:17:00	JOINED BY THE ADMINISTRATION
04:50:17:00	04:50:21:00	PANEL WE REVIEWED THE 12 ACTIVE
04:50:21:00	04:50:24:00	URBAN AND ALL AREAS AND CAN AND
04:50:24:00	04:50:24:00	RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT THE
04:50:24:00	04:50:25:00	LAND DISPOSITION AGREEMENTS WE
04:50:25:00	04:50:28:00	LEARNED THAT WHILE AWAITING
04:50:28:00	04:50:29:00	PASSAGE OF A FORMAL PETITION
04:50:29:00	04:50:31:00	THAT WOULD REFORM THE CITY'S
04:50:31:00	04:50:32:00	URBAN RENEWAL POLICY, THE
04:50:32:00	04:50:33:00	PLANNING DEPARTMENT MUST
04:50:33:00	04:50:36:00	REQUEST AN EXTENSION TO URBAN
04:50:36:00	04:50:37:00	AND ALL TO PREVENT THE LOSS
04:50:37:00	04:50:37:00	OF THESE IMPORTANT LAND
04:50:37:00	04:50:40:00	PROTECTIONS.
04:50:40:00	04:50:41:00	ELDERS ARE MEANT TO REPRESENT
04:50:41:00	04:50:41:00	THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND
04:50:41:00	04:50:44:00	COMMUNITY LEVERAGE OVER LARGE
04:50:44:00	04:50:44:00	PROJECTS AND SMALLER PROJECTS
04:50:44:00	04:50:48:00	BY INTRODUCING RESTRICTIONS
04:50:48:00	04:50:48:00	PROTECTING OPEN SPACE,
04:50:48:00	04:50:52:00	COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, INCOME
04:50:52:00	04:50:52:00	RESTRICTED HOUSING AND HISTORIC
04:50:52:00	04:50:52:00	PRESERVATION.
04:50:52:00	04:50:56:00	THESE IDEAS ARE AN EXTENSION
04:50:56:00	04:50:56:00	OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN BUT
04:50:56:00	04:50:58:00	THE MAJORITY OF LDA EXPIRATIONS
04:50:58:00	04:50:59:00	TIED DIRECTLY TO THE URBAN
04:50:59:00	04:51:03:00	RENEWAL PLAN SUBSET SUNSETTING
04:51:03:00	04:51:03:00	THE ADMINISTRATION PLAN ALL
04:51:03:00	04:51:06:00	PROVIDED LDA RELATED DATA
04:51:06:00	04:51:07:00	INCLUDING A NUMBER OF LDA IS
04:51:07:00	04:51:10:00	TYPES OF ODORS, EXPIRATION
04:51:10:00	04:51:11:00	DATES, LOCATIONS AND EXAMPLES
04:51:11:00	04:51:14:00	OF CURRENT ALGIERS.
04:51:14:00	04:51:15:00	THESE CAN BE REFERENCED IN A
04:51:15:00	04:51:17:00	SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT WAS
04:51:17:00	04:51:18:00	PROVIDED.
04:51:18:00	04:51:19:00	THEY EXPLAINED THAT THIS ORDER
04:51:19:00	04:51:22:00	WOULD APPROVE A TWO YEAR
04:51:22:00	04:51:22:00	EXTENSION FOR THESE 12 URBAN
04:51:22:00	04:51:24:00	AND OLD PLAN AREAS THAT WOULD
04:51:24:00	04:51:27:00	BE EFFECT UNTIL MARCH 31ST,
04:51:27:00	04:51:27:00	2027.
04:51:27:00	04:51:28:00	IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN, URBAN
04:51:28:00	04:51:31:00	AND OVER WILL EXPIRE ON MARCH
04:51:31:00	04:51:34:00	31ST, 2025 AND THE CITY WOULD
04:51:34:00	04:51:35:00	LOSE KEY LAND USE PROTECTIONS
04:51:35:00	04:51:37:00	FOR NEARLY 12,000 UNITS
04:51:37:00	04:51:38:00	OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
04:51:38:00	04:51:38:00	THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THESE
04:51:38:00	04:51:41:00	AGREEMENTS DISAPPEAR
04:51:41:00	04:51:42:00	IMMEDIATELY BUT IT DOES MEAN
04:51:42:00	04:51:43:00	THAT WE LOSE A SEAT AT THE
04:51:43:00	04:51:46:00	TABLE AND THE CITY LOSES A SEAT
04:51:46:00	04:51:47:00	AT THE TABLE IN NEGOTIATING WE
04:51:47:00	04:51:49:00	WOULD ALSO LOSE 2 MILLION
04:51:49:00	04:51:50:00	SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE AND
04:51:50:00	04:51:50:00	OTHER PROTECTIONS.
04:51:50:00	04:51:54:00	THEREFORE, AS THE CHAIR OF THE
04:51:54:00	04:51:54:00	COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
04:51:54:00	04:51:55:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
04:51:55:00	04:51:57:00	I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED
04:51:57:00	04:51:58:00	DOCKET FROM COMMITTEE TO THE
04:51:58:00	04:51:59:00	FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND
04:51:59:00	04:52:01:00	FORMAL ACTION AT THIS TIME MY
04:52:01:00	04:52:05:00	RECOMMENDATION IS TO THE FULL
04:52:05:00	04:52:05:00	COUNCIL THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT
04:52:05:00	04:52:06:00	TO PASS.
04:52:06:00	04:52:06:00	THANK YOU.
04:52:06:00	04:52:09:00	THANK YOU.
04:52:09:00	04:52:09:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:52:09:00	04:52:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, PENNSYLVANIA
04:52:10:00	04:52:10:00	ON THE FLOOR.
04:52:10:00	04:52:13:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
04:52:13:00	04:52:16:00	I PLAN TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS
04:52:16:00	04:52:16:00	ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE CONCERNS
04:52:16:00	04:52:19:00	ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
04:52:19:00	04:52:20:00	PROCESS AND PUBLIC INPUT
04:52:20:00	04:52:24:00	SOMEWHAT RELATED TO THIS IS THE
04:52:24:00	04:52:27:00	PLAN DOWNTOWN BOSTON THAT WAS
04:52:27:00	04:52:31:00	BEEN ONGOING IN DISCUSSION FOR
04:52:31:00	04:52:32:00	OVER I BELIEVE SIX YEARS, MAYBE
04:52:32:00	04:52:36:00	SEVEN YEARS AND RESIDENTS FELT
04:52:36:00	04:52:39:00	FELT TAKEN ABACK WHEN A NEW A
04:52:39:00	04:52:43:00	NEW MAJOR PROPOSAL RECOMMENDED
04:52:43:00	04:52:44:00	BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
04:52:44:00	04:52:47:00	CHANGED THE THE HEIGHT FOR
04:52:47:00	04:52:50:00	HOUSING SO BPA STILL HAS A LOT
04:52:50:00	04:52:54:00	OF WORK TO DO IN TERMS
04:52:54:00	04:52:54:00	OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
04:52:54:00	04:52:58:00	LISTENING TO RESIDENTS AND I
04:52:58:00	04:52:58:00	HIGHLIGHTED THAT RESIDENTS
04:52:58:00	04:53:02:00	REALLY NEED TO BE PART OF THE
04:53:02:00	04:53:02:00	DISCUSSION.
04:53:02:00	04:53:05:00	IT CAN'T BE A TOP DOWN APPROACH
04:53:05:00	04:53:05:00	TO DEVELOPMENT.
04:53:05:00	04:53:06:00	RESIDENTS HAVE TO BE PART OF IT
04:53:06:00	04:53:12:00	HAVE TO HAVE TO BE RESPECTED
04:53:12:00	04:53:16:00	AND WHEN WE HAVE MAJOR
04:53:16:00	04:53:16:00	DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE TO
04:53:16:00	04:53:20:00	MAKE A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE
04:53:20:00	04:53:20:00	PLANNING PROCESS SUCH AS
04:53:20:00	04:53:23:00	PLANNED DOWNTOWN, IT DID TAKE
04:53:23:00	04:53:27:00	RESIDENTS THEY WERE SURPRISED
04:53:27:00	04:53:28:00	IN A NEGATIVE WAY WITH THAT
04:53:28:00	04:53:28:00	RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
04:53:28:00	04:53:32:00	PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT THE
04:53:32:00	04:53:35:00	HEIGHT WOULD BE INCREASE AFTER
04:53:35:00	04:53:35:00	I BELIEVE SIX YEARS
04:53:35:00	04:53:35:00	OF PLANNING.
04:53:35:00	04:53:39:00	SO IN MY OPINION PPD HAS A LOT
04:53:39:00	04:53:43:00	OF WORK TO DO TO REGAIN SOME
04:53:43:00	04:53:43:00	TRUST.
04:53:43:00	04:53:43:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN.
04:53:43:00	04:53:44:00	THANK YOU.
04:53:44:00	04:53:45:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
04:53:45:00	04:53:46:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:53:46:00	04:53:49:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS OC
04:53:49:00	04:53:53:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS PASSAGE
04:53:53:00	04:53:54:00	OF THIS DOCKET.
04:53:54:00	04:53:54:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
04:53:54:00	04:53:55:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT
04:53:55:00	04:53:58:00	TRANSPORTATION SEE TAPPED INTO
04:53:58:00	04:53:59:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
04:53:59:00	04:54:00:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0241
04:54:00:00	04:54:01:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
04:54:01:00	04:54:03:00	I OPPOSED IT ALL.
04:54:03:00	04:54:03:00	MR POPE, WOULD YOU PLEASE
04:54:03:00	04:54:07:00	CONDUCT A REAL COVER ROLL CALL
04:54:07:00	04:54:10:00	VOTE ON NUMBER 0241
04:54:10:00	04:54:11:00	COUNCILOR BRIEF
04:54:11:00	04:54:13:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
04:54:13:00	04:54:14:00	COUNCILOR CLOSE OPPOSE.
04:54:14:00	04:54:16:00	COUNCILOR CLOSE PARTNER YES.
04:54:16:00	04:54:17:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
04:54:17:00	04:54:17:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
04:54:17:00	04:54:20:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
04:54:20:00	04:54:21:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:54:21:00	04:54:21:00	COUNCIL FIRST SHOW YES.
04:54:21:00	04:54:25:00	COUNCIL FLYNN YES.
04:54:25:00	04:54:25:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
04:54:25:00	04:54:26:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:54:26:00	04:54:28:00	COUNCIL IS IN YES COUNCIL FROM
04:54:28:00	04:54:32:00	HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY
04:54:32:00	04:54:32:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES
04:54:32:00	04:54:33:00	COUNCILOR THE PAN
04:54:33:00	04:54:33:00	COUNCIL OPINIONS
04:54:33:00	04:54:36:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
04:54:36:00	04:54:36:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
04:54:36:00	04:54:37:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
04:54:37:00	04:54:40:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YES AND
04:54:40:00	04:54:41:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
04:54:41:00	04:54:41:00	COUNCILOR OH YES.
04:54:41:00	04:54:43:00	TALKING ON A 0 TO 4 ONE HAS
04:54:43:00	04:54:45:00	RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE
04:54:45:00	04:54:46:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
04:54:46:00	04:54:50:00	THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
04:54:50:00	04:54:50:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0241 HAS PASSED.
04:54:50:00	04:54:54:00	WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS,
04:54:54:00	04:54:54:00	ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
04:54:54:00	04:54:56:00	I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE PER
04:54:56:00	04:54:57:00	RULE 39 A LEAD SPONSOR MAY HAVE
04:54:57:00	04:54:59:00	THE FLOOR FOR 3 MINUTES WHEN A
04:54:59:00	04:55:00:00	NEW FILE WHEN A NEW DOCKET IS
04:55:00:00	04:55:02:00	INTRODUCED AND CO-SPONSORS MAY
04:55:02:00	04:55:03:00	HAVE THE FLOOR FOR 2 MINUTES WE
04:55:03:00	04:55:04:00	WILL BE HEARING STRICTLY TO
04:55:04:00	04:55:06:00	THOSE RULES AND ALSO I KNOW
04:55:06:00	04:55:07:00	THERE ARE FEW RE FILES ON THIS
04:55:07:00	04:55:10:00	ON THIS DOCKET LIMITING RE
04:55:10:00	04:55:11:00	FILES RECOMMENDATION IS THE
04:55:11:00	04:55:13:00	LIMIT.
04:55:13:00	04:55:14:00	WE FAST FORWARD 30 SECONDS TO A
04:55:14:00	04:55:17:00	MINUTE AND CO-SPONSORS
04:55:17:00	04:55:17:00	PREFERABLY NOT SPEAKING ON THE
04:55:17:00	04:55:21:00	DOCKET ARE THE COUNCILORS WE
04:55:21:00	04:55:22:00	WILL BE TAKING ONE DOCKET OUT
04:55:22:00	04:55:22:00	OF ORDER SO MR QUICK IF YOU
04:55:22:00	04:55:23:00	COULD PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER
04:55:23:00	04:55:30:00	0484 DOCKET THEM A ZERO 44
04:55:30:00	04:55:31:00	COUNCIL'S LOUIJEUNE AND DURKAN
04:55:31:00	04:55:34:00	AFTER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
04:55:34:00	04:55:35:00	IN SUPPORT OF THE MASS GENERAL
04:55:35:00	04:55:38:00	BRIGHAM PRIMARY CARE POSITIONS.
04:55:38:00	04:55:42:00	THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
04:55:42:00	04:55:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:55:43:00	04:55:43:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
04:55:43:00	04:55:44:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU HAVE THE
04:55:44:00	04:55:46:00	FLOOR.
04:55:46:00	04:55:46:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
04:55:46:00	04:55:50:00	AND CAN I INVOKE RULE 12 TO ADD
04:55:50:00	04:55:50:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AS THE THIRD
04:55:50:00	04:55:53:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
04:55:53:00	04:55:54:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
04:55:54:00	04:55:56:00	LOOKS TO INVOKE RULE 12 AND ADD
04:55:56:00	04:55:57:00	COUNCIL WEBER AS THE ORIGINAL
04:55:57:00	04:56:00:00	CO-SPONSOR TO HIM NO OBJECTIONS
04:56:00:00	04:56:00:00	.
04:56:00:00	04:56:01:00	COUNCILOR WEBER SO AT LOUIJEUNE
04:56:01:00	04:56:02:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:56:02:00	04:56:03:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
04:56:03:00	04:56:04:00	AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
04:56:04:00	04:56:05:00	ALL OF THE MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
04:56:05:00	04:56:08:00	PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS WHO
04:56:08:00	04:56:08:00	CAME HERE AND HAD TO LEAVE
04:56:08:00	04:56:11:00	BECAUSE THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO
04:56:11:00	04:56:11:00	WORK.
04:56:11:00	04:56:12:00	BUT JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
04:56:12:00	04:56:15:00	WE HERE ON THE
04:56:15:00	04:56:16:00	COUNCIL HOPEFULLY STAND IN
04:56:16:00	04:56:19:00	SOLIDARITY WITH YOU AS YOU TRY
04:56:19:00	04:56:20:00	TO GET RECOGNIZED AS A UNION.
04:56:20:00	04:56:23:00	WE RECOGNIZE INVALUABLE ROLE
04:56:23:00	04:56:23:00	OF OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND
04:56:23:00	04:56:23:00	WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
04:56:23:00	04:56:26:00	CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU MAKE
04:56:26:00	04:56:26:00	EVERY DAY TO OUR CITY WE'VE
04:56:26:00	04:56:30:00	BEEN ACTIVE IN RECOGNIZING THE
04:56:30:00	04:56:31:00	VITAL ROLE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
04:56:31:00	04:56:31:00	PLAY TO SUPPORT AND SUPPORT
04:56:31:00	04:56:34:00	THEIR RIGHT TO BETTER WORKING.
04:56:34:00	04:56:34:00	THIS ISN'T OUR FIRST TIME BEING
04:56:34:00	04:56:35:00	WITH YOU IN THIS FIGHT.
04:56:35:00	04:56:38:00	I KNOW LAST YEAR COUNCILOR WAS
04:56:38:00	04:56:38:00	DURKEE AND COUNCILOR SANTANA.
04:56:38:00	04:56:42:00	OTHERS WERE WITH YOU ON LABOR
04:56:42:00	04:56:42:00	DAY MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE AT
04:56:42:00	04:56:46:00	HOSPITALS ADVOCATING WITH YOU
04:56:46:00	04:56:47:00	AND ON YOUR BEHALF ALONGSIDE
04:56:47:00	04:56:49:00	THE BUILDING TRADES AND SO MANY
04:56:49:00	04:56:50:00	OTHERS.
04:56:50:00	04:56:51:00	SO WE ARE HAPPY TO SUPPORT TO
04:56:51:00	04:56:53:00	SUPPORT YOU.
04:56:53:00	04:56:54:00	THIS MOVE BY MGB PHYSICIANS
04:56:54:00	04:56:57:00	FOLLOWS SIMILAR EFFORTS BY
04:56:57:00	04:56:58:00	SALEM HOSPITAL CAMBRIDGE HEALTH
04:56:58:00	04:56:58:00	ALLIANCE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS
04:56:58:00	04:57:01:00	MEDICAL CENTER AND BROWN
04:57:01:00	04:57:02:00	UNIVERSITY HEALTH IN RHODE
04:57:02:00	04:57:04:00	ISLAND.
04:57:04:00	04:57:05:00	WHY ARE MGB PRIMARY CARE
04:57:05:00	04:57:09:00	PHYSICIANS ORGANIZING THEIR
04:57:09:00	04:57:09:00	CONCERNS INCLUDE INCREASED
04:57:09:00	04:57:13:00	PATIENT LOADS, LOSS OF AUTONOMY
04:57:13:00	04:57:13:00	, HIGH TURNOVER RATES AND THIS
04:57:13:00	04:57:17:00	HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON PATIENT
04:57:17:00	04:57:17:00	CARE.
04:57:17:00	04:57:18:00	WHEN THERE IS REDUCED SUPPORT
04:57:18:00	04:57:18:00	STAFF THERE'S LONGER WAIT TIMES
04:57:18:00	04:57:21:00	FOR PATIENTS AND THE
04:57:21:00	04:57:21:00	ELIMINATION OF VALUABLE HEALTH
04:57:21:00	04:57:21:00	CARE PROGRAMS.
04:57:21:00	04:57:24:00	STUDIES SHOW THAT PROFIT FIRST
04:57:24:00	04:57:24:00	DECISION MAKING WE TALK ABOUT
04:57:24:00	04:57:27:00	THAT A LOT HERE ON THE
04:57:27:00	04:57:28:00	COUNCIL AND IN THE CITY CAN
04:57:28:00	04:57:31:00	LEAD TO POORER HEALTH OUTCOMES
04:57:31:00	04:57:32:00	RIGHT WHEN WE'RE PUTTING PROFIT
04:57:32:00	04:57:35:00	BEFORE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IN THE
04:57:35:00	04:57:36:00	HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY AND SO THE
04:57:36:00	04:57:36:00	RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
04:57:36:00	04:57:39:00	WE KNOW AND RECOGNIZE AS
04:57:39:00	04:57:40:00	FUNDAMENTAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS
04:57:40:00	04:57:43:00	DESERVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE
04:57:43:00	04:57:43:00	SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION
04:57:43:00	04:57:44:00	SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE THAT
04:57:44:00	04:57:45:00	BOSTON STANDS WITH ITS HEALTH
04:57:45:00	04:57:47:00	CARE WORKERS IN ADVOCATING FOR
04:57:47:00	04:57:47:00	FAIR TREATMENT AND SUSTAINABLE
04:57:47:00	04:57:50:00	WORKING CONDITIONS SO I'M
04:57:50:00	04:57:51:00	SEEKING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
04:57:51:00	04:57:54:00	AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET
04:57:54:00	04:57:55:00	TODAY AND HOPE THAT MY
04:57:55:00	04:57:55:00	COLLEAGUES WILL STAND WITH ME.
04:57:55:00	04:57:55:00	THANK YOU.
04:57:55:00	04:57:56:00	THANK YOU.
04:57:56:00	04:57:59:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:57:59:00	04:57:59:00	COUNCILOR DRAGGING
04:57:59:00	04:58:00:00	COUNCILOR DUNCAN TO THE FLOOR.
04:58:00:00	04:58:02:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
04:58:02:00	04:58:03:00	GETTING TO LIVE AND WORK NEXT
04:58:03:00	04:58:06:00	TO THESE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
04:58:06:00	04:58:08:00	LIVING IN BEACON HILL FOR TEN
04:58:08:00	04:58:09:00	YEARS I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE THEM
04:58:09:00	04:58:10:00	IN THEIR SCRUBS ON THEIR WAY TO
04:58:10:00	04:58:13:00	GET COFFEE.
04:58:13:00	04:58:13:00	I'VE SEEN HOW HARD WORKING
04:58:13:00	04:58:14:00	THERE ARE.
04:58:14:00	04:58:16:00	I'VE SEEN THEM MEETING TO GET
04:58:16:00	04:58:17:00	BITE LATE AT A LOCAL PUB
04:58:17:00	04:58:18:00	BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE
04:58:18:00	04:58:20:00	THAT WAS OPEN.
04:58:20:00	04:58:21:00	I'VE RESPECTED THESE WORKERS
04:58:21:00	04:58:25:00	FOR A REALLY LONG TIME AND IN
04:58:25:00	04:58:26:00	THE PANDEMIC I REMEMBER THERE
04:58:26:00	04:58:27:00	WAS A LOCAL BEACON HILL
04:58:27:00	04:58:30:00	BAGPIPER THAT EVERY DAY AT 7
04:58:30:00	04:58:31:00	P.M. PEOPLE WOULD CLAP FOR THE
04:58:31:00	04:58:33:00	HEALTH CARE WORKERS BECAUSE
04:58:33:00	04:58:34:00	THEY KEPT US ALIVE IN A TIME
04:58:34:00	04:58:37:00	WHERE WE WEREN'T SURE THAT OUR
04:58:37:00	04:58:38:00	FAMILY MEMBERS AND THAT WE WERE
04:58:38:00	04:58:41:00	GOING TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC AND
04:58:41:00	04:58:45:00	I DON'T SEE CLAPPING NOW.
04:58:45:00	04:58:45:00	I DON'T SEE ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR
04:58:45:00	04:58:48:00	THESE WORKERS AND UNIQUELY MY
04:58:48:00	04:58:52:00	DISTRICT HAS BOTH MASS GENERAL
04:58:52:00	04:58:55:00	AND AND THE BRIGHAM AND BRIGHAM
04:58:55:00	04:58:56:00	AND WOMEN'S AND I SEE THESE
04:58:56:00	04:58:57:00	WORKERS ALL THROUGHOUT MY
04:58:57:00	04:59:00:00	DISTRICT ARE STRIVING TO
04:59:00:00	04:59:00:00	SURVIVE LOOKING FOR HEALTH
04:59:00:00	04:59:04:00	CARE, LOOKING FOR DIGNITY IN
04:59:04:00	04:59:04:00	THEIR WORK AND THEY'RE NOT
04:59:04:00	04:59:08:00	GETTING IT AND IT'S UPSETTING
04:59:08:00	04:59:09:00	IT UPSETS ME EVERY DAY TO GET
04:59:09:00	04:59:12:00	FOLLOW UP CALL AFTER FOLLOW UP
04:59:12:00	04:59:16:00	CALL THAT THAT THIS INSTITUTION
04:59:16:00	04:59:16:00	IS NOT OPERATING IN GOOD FAITH.
04:59:16:00	04:59:20:00	IT UPSETS ME EVEN MORE THAT
04:59:20:00	04:59:23:00	THEY'RE LAYING OFF WORKERS TO
04:59:23:00	04:59:24:00	PROMOTE THEIR OWN BOTTOM LINE.
04:59:24:00	04:59:27:00	AND I THINK THAT THE CITY
04:59:27:00	04:59:28:00	COUNCIL'S STANDING WITH THESE
04:59:28:00	04:59:31:00	WORKERS NOW IS MORE IMPORTANT
04:59:31:00	04:59:32:00	THAN EVER.
04:59:32:00	04:59:35:00	WE'RE AT A TIME WHERE THE
04:59:35:00	04:59:36:00	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ROLLING
04:59:36:00	04:59:38:00	BACK PROTECTIONS FOR LABOR AND
04:59:38:00	04:59:42:00	WORKERS AND BUT LOCALLY WE'RE
04:59:42:00	04:59:43:00	SEEING THE SAME WE'RE SEEING
04:59:43:00	04:59:46:00	DIE BY INITIATIVES BEING
04:59:46:00	04:59:46:00	STRIPPED.
04:59:46:00	04:59:50:00	WE'RE SEEING COMPANIES AND
04:59:50:00	04:59:54:00	INSTITUTIONS SAYING WELL MAYBE
04:59:54:00	04:59:55:00	I DON'T HAVE TO DO THE THINGS
04:59:55:00	04:59:57:00	THAT MAKE MY INSTITUTION MORE
04:59:57:00	04:59:58:00	INCLUSIVE BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT
04:59:58:00	05:00:02:00	SAYS SO AND TODAY I STAND WITH
05:00:02:00	05:00:06:00	THEM IN THEIR RIGHT TO DIGNITY
05:00:06:00	05:00:06:00	A FAIR WAGE.
05:00:06:00	05:00:09:00	I STAND WITH THEM IN NEEDING
05:00:09:00	05:00:09:00	HEALTH CARE.
05:00:09:00	05:00:10:00	I STAND WITH THEM IN NEEDING TO
05:00:10:00	05:00:13:00	AFFORD THEIR LIFE WHICH IS
05:00:13:00	05:00:14:00	EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND I THINK
05:00:14:00	05:00:17:00	EVERYONE DESERVES THE RIGHT TO
05:00:17:00	05:00:18:00	HAVE A FAMILY TO TO LIVE IN A
05:00:18:00	05:00:21:00	PLACE THAT IS SAFE AND AND THEY
05:00:21:00	05:00:25:00	DESERVE THE RIGHT ORGANIZE AND
05:00:25:00	05:00:26:00	SO I'LL STAND WITH THEM EVERY
05:00:26:00	05:00:29:00	DAY AND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
05:00:29:00	05:00:30:00	BUYING ONE OF THEM COFFEE SOON
05:00:30:00	05:00:33:00	AT MY LOCAL COFFEE SHOP SO
05:00:33:00	05:00:33:00	THANK YOU.
05:00:33:00	05:00:34:00	THANK YOU.
05:00:34:00	05:00:34:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:00:34:00	05:00:37:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
05:00:37:00	05:00:37:00	COUNCILOR GET THE FLOOR.
05:00:37:00	05:00:38:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE
05:00:38:00	05:00:41:00	SPONSORS FOR FOR ADDING ME AS A
05:00:41:00	05:00:44:00	THIRD PERSON HERE AND YOU KNOW
05:00:44:00	05:00:45:00	I WAS OUT THERE ON LABOR DAY I
05:00:45:00	05:00:49:00	BELIEVE COUNCILOR FLYNN WAS
05:00:49:00	05:00:49:00	THERE ALSO IT HASN'T BEEN
05:00:49:00	05:00:52:00	MENTIONED YET BUT JUST AS A AS
05:00:52:00	05:00:53:00	AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING
05:00:53:00	05:00:56:00	WORKERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
05:00:56:00	05:00:57:00	MANY OF WHOM WERE NOT ALLOWED
05:00:57:00	05:01:00:00	TO FORM A UNION NOT EVEN
05:01:00:00	05:01:04:00	RECOGNIZED AS EMPLOYEES.
05:01:04:00	05:01:05:00	SO I WILL ALWAYS STAND UP WITH
05:01:05:00	05:01:05:00	WORKERS WHO WANT TO STAND
05:01:05:00	05:01:08:00	TOGETHER AND COLLECTIVELY
05:01:08:00	05:01:09:00	BARGAIN FOR FAIR WAGES AND FAIR
05:01:09:00	05:01:12:00	BENEFITS.
05:01:12:00	05:01:13:00	AND I REALLY HOPE THAT MGB WILL
05:01:13:00	05:01:16:00	STEP UP AND LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
05:01:16:00	05:01:17:00	I THINK AS COUNCILOR DURKAN
05:01:17:00	05:01:19:00	MENTIONED YOU KNOW WE HAVE A
05:01:19:00	05:01:20:00	TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT IS
05:01:20:00	05:01:21:00	TRYING TO STOP THE NATIONAL
05:01:21:00	05:01:23:00	LABOR BOARD FROM EVEN
05:01:23:00	05:01:24:00	FUNCTIONING OR MEETING.
05:01:24:00	05:01:27:00	SO I THINK WE HAVE TO ADVOCATE
05:01:27:00	05:01:28:00	FOR WORKERS ON THAT END AS
05:01:28:00	05:01:28:00	WELL.
05:01:28:00	05:01:31:00	I STAND BY THE PRIMARY CARE
05:01:31:00	05:01:32:00	PHYSICIANS MGB AND I FULLY
05:01:32:00	05:01:35:00	SUPPORT THEM IN THIS PUSH TO BE
05:01:35:00	05:01:36:00	RECOGNIZED AND SO THEY CAN
05:01:36:00	05:01:39:00	BARGAIN FOR THEIR THEIR WAGES.
05:01:39:00	05:01:39:00	THANKS.
05:01:39:00	05:01:40:00	THANK YOU.
05:01:40:00	05:01:44:00	COUNCILOR HAD COUNCILOR CARLOTA
05:01:44:00	05:01:44:00	ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:01:44:00	05:01:47:00	THANK YOU.
05:01:47:00	05:01:47:00	VICE CHAIR I WANT TO THANK MY
05:01:47:00	05:01:48:00	COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS
05:01:48:00	05:01:50:00	FORWARD AND FOR STICKING OUR
05:01:50:00	05:01:51:00	OUR INCREDIBLE HEALTH CARE
05:01:51:00	05:01:51:00	WORKERS AND THE PERSPECTIVE
05:01:51:00	05:01:54:00	THAT I WILL BRING TO THIS IS
05:01:54:00	05:01:55:00	THAT I WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH
05:01:55:00	05:01:58:00	MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM DURING THE
05:01:58:00	05:02:01:00	HEIGHT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC
05:02:01:00	05:02:01:00	I THINK IT WAS APRIL 12TH WHEN
05:02:01:00	05:02:04:00	WE FOUND OUT MY MOM HAD COVID
05:02:04:00	05:02:05:00	AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONE
05:02:05:00	05:02:06:00	OF THE FIRST FOLKS TO BE
05:02:06:00	05:02:08:00	INTUBATED AND IT WAS A REALLY
05:02:08:00	05:02:08:00	SCARY TIME.
05:02:08:00	05:02:09:00	AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
05:02:09:00	05:02:12:00	PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS HERE.
05:02:12:00	05:02:12:00	THEY SHIFTED TO THE ICU TO
05:02:12:00	05:02:15:00	ADDRESS THE SPIKE THAT WE FIRST
05:02:15:00	05:02:16:00	SAW AND THEY LITERALLY SAVED MY
05:02:16:00	05:02:19:00	MOM'S LIFE AND I HAVE I'M
05:02:19:00	05:02:20:00	INDEBTED TO THEM MANY TIMES
05:02:20:00	05:02:20:00	OVER.
05:02:20:00	05:02:21:00	I WILL ALWAYS STICK WITH THEM
05:02:21:00	05:02:23:00	AND OTHER WORKERS THAT ARE
05:02:23:00	05:02:24:00	CALLING FOR THE RIGHT TO
05:02:24:00	05:02:27:00	COLLECTIVE TO COLLECTIVE
05:02:27:00	05:02:27:00	BARGAINING.
05:02:27:00	05:02:27:00	THEY DESERVE A WORKING
05:02:27:00	05:02:28:00	ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE NOT
05:02:28:00	05:02:30:00	GOING TO BE BURNT OUT.
05:02:30:00	05:02:31:00	THEY DESERVE ADEQUATE PAY AND
05:02:31:00	05:02:34:00	SO ENSURING SAFEGUARDS FOR OUR
05:02:34:00	05:02:35:00	HEALTH CARE WORKERS ENSURES
05:02:35:00	05:02:38:00	BETTER OVERALL HEALTH CARE.
05:02:38:00	05:02:39:00	AND SO OF COURSE I SUPPORT THIS
05:02:39:00	05:02:39:00	AND I SAY I'M WITH YOU EVERY
05:02:39:00	05:02:39:00	DAY.
05:02:39:00	05:02:40:00	THANK YOU.
05:02:40:00	05:02:42:00	THANK YOU.
05:02:42:00	05:02:43:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
05:02:43:00	05:02:45:00	FLOOR.
05:02:45:00	05:02:46:00	THANK YOU.
05:02:46:00	05:02:46:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
05:02:46:00	05:02:49:00	WE'RE ALL LIKE YOU, MR CHAIR.
05:02:49:00	05:02:49:00	I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
05:02:49:00	05:02:53:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY THANK YOU,
05:02:53:00	05:02:54:00	COUNCILOR WEBER FOR
05:02:54:00	05:02:54:00	ACKNOWLEDGING ME.
05:02:54:00	05:02:55:00	I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
05:02:55:00	05:02:57:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY WAS AT MANY
05:02:57:00	05:03:00:00	OF THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS AS WELL
05:03:00:00	05:03:00:00	.
05:03:00:00	05:03:01:00	WE ALSO DEMONSTRATED AT THE
05:03:01:00	05:03:04:00	B.U. MEDICAL CENTER FOR
05:03:04:00	05:03:05:00	PHYSICIANS THERE.
05:03:05:00	05:03:08:00	BUT MASH GENERAL HOSPITAL IS
05:03:08:00	05:03:11:00	THE LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER IN
05:03:11:00	05:03:15:00	THE REGION AND THE INCREDIBLE
05:03:15:00	05:03:19:00	WORK THAT THESE MEDICAL PROVIDE
05:03:19:00	05:03:23:00	OUR RESIDENTS EVERY DAY IS IS
05:03:23:00	05:03:23:00	OUTSTANDING.
05:03:23:00	05:03:26:00	AND DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN
05:03:26:00	05:03:27:00	PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME OR
05:03:27:00	05:03:31:00	NOT WORKING AT ALL, WE WOULD
05:03:31:00	05:03:31:00	SAY I REPRESENTED THE BACK BAY.
05:03:31:00	05:03:34:00	I REPRESENT THE THE SOUTH END
05:03:34:00	05:03:35:00	OF SOUTH BOSTON BUT I WOULD SEE
05:03:35:00	05:03:38:00	PEOPLE GOING TO WORK WALKING TO
05:03:38:00	05:03:39:00	THE TRAIN STATION, WALKING TO
05:03:39:00	05:03:42:00	THE THE THE HOSPITAL AND
05:03:42:00	05:03:43:00	THEY'RE IN THEIR SCRUBS BUT
05:03:43:00	05:03:46:00	THEY'RE THEY'RE SAVING LIVES
05:03:46:00	05:03:46:00	AND THEY'RE HELPING MOVE THE
05:03:46:00	05:03:49:00	CITY FORWARD.
05:03:49:00	05:03:50:00	THEY'RE REAL THEY'RE UNSUNG
05:03:50:00	05:03:53:00	HEROES AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED
05:03:53:00	05:03:53:00	IN THIS CITY.
05:03:53:00	05:03:54:00	THEY DESERVE DIGNITY AND
05:03:54:00	05:03:57:00	RESPECT BECAUSE THEY'VE EARNED
05:03:57:00	05:03:57:00	IT.
05:03:57:00	05:03:57:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN.
05:03:57:00	05:04:01:00	THANK YOU.
05:04:01:00	05:04:01:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:04:01:00	05:04:02:00	COUNCILOR BRADING COUNCILOR.
05:04:02:00	05:04:02:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:04:02:00	05:04:04:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
05:04:04:00	05:04:05:00	I ALSO STANDING THANK THE
05:04:05:00	05:04:07:00	MAKERS FOR THIS INCREDIBLY
05:04:07:00	05:04:08:00	IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
05:04:08:00	05:04:14:00	EVERY DAY WE HEAR THAT ARE NOT
05:04:14:00	05:04:18:00	UNIONIZED EXPERIENCING THREATS
05:04:18:00	05:04:22:00	OF DISMISSAL AND LAYOFFS.
05:04:22:00	05:04:22:00	EVEN EXPERIENCED NURSES WITH
05:04:22:00	05:04:25:00	DECADES OF EXPERT EXPERIENCE
05:04:25:00	05:04:26:00	AND SERVICE TO THE MASS GENERAL
05:04:26:00	05:04:29:00	ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING THEIR
05:04:29:00	05:04:29:00	JOBS AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
05:04:29:00	05:04:33:00	AND I THINK IN THE ABSENCE
05:04:33:00	05:04:33:00	OF HAVING UNION PROTECTIONS IT
05:04:33:00	05:04:34:00	LEAVES THEM VERY, VERY
05:04:34:00	05:04:34:00	VULNERABLE.
05:04:34:00	05:04:37:00	SO I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS
05:04:37:00	05:04:38:00	RESOLUTION AND HOPE THAT MASS
05:04:38:00	05:04:41:00	GENERAL WILL ALLOW THEIR NURSES
05:04:41:00	05:04:44:00	AND THEIR MEDICAL STAFF TO AND
05:04:44:00	05:04:45:00	ALL OF THEIR HEALTH CARE
05:04:45:00	05:04:45:00	WORKERS FOR THAT MATTER TO
05:04:45:00	05:04:48:00	ORGANIZE AND TO ATTAIN FAIR
05:04:48:00	05:04:52:00	WAGES AND GOOD WORKING
05:04:52:00	05:04:55:00	CONDITIONS GOING FORWARD THAT
05:04:55:00	05:04:56:00	YOU KNOW, VERY OFTEN WHEN YOU
05:04:56:00	05:04:57:00	WORK AS A HEALTH CARE
05:04:57:00	05:04:59:00	PROFESSIONAL I SPEAK FOR MYSELF
05:04:59:00	05:05:00:00	FOR A LONG TIME.
05:05:00:00	05:05:00:00	YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE
05:05:00:00	05:05:01:00	JOB YOU WANT TO BE OF SERVICE
05:05:01:00	05:05:03:00	TO PEOPLE AND YOU GET
05:05:03:00	05:05:03:00	EXPLOITED.
05:05:03:00	05:05:07:00	BUT SOONER OR LATER YOU RUN OUT
05:05:07:00	05:05:07:00	OF GAS AND YOU GET BURNED OUT
05:05:07:00	05:05:08:00	AND GET DISILLUSIONED AND YOU
05:05:08:00	05:05:11:00	HAVE TO LEAVE THE BURNOUT OUT
05:05:11:00	05:05:11:00	FOR A PHYSICAL THERAPIST.
05:05:11:00	05:05:13:00	AT THE MOMENT I THINK IT'S
05:05:13:00	05:05:13:00	ABOUT SEVEN YEARS
05:05:13:00	05:05:13:00	POST-GRADUATION.
05:05:13:00	05:05:14:00	THAT'S NOT IT.
05:05:14:00	05:05:17:00	THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.
05:05:17:00	05:05:17:00	BUT WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR
05:05:17:00	05:05:18:00	REALLY HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND
05:05:18:00	05:05:21:00	HIGHLY TRAINED HEALTH CARE
05:05:21:00	05:05:21:00	PROFESSIONALS TO DO THE JOB
05:05:21:00	05:05:24:00	THAT THEY'RE TRAINED FOR AND
05:05:24:00	05:05:25:00	SUPPORT THEM IN EVERY WAY WE
05:05:25:00	05:05:25:00	CAN.
05:05:25:00	05:05:25:00	SO THANK YOU.
05:05:25:00	05:05:28:00	THANK YOU.
05:05:28:00	05:05:29:00	JUST WANT TO THANK MY
05:05:29:00	05:05:29:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING
05:05:29:00	05:05:32:00	THIS FORWARD.
05:05:32:00	05:05:33:00	I JUST WANT TO SAY I ALSO STAND
05:05:33:00	05:05:33:00	WITH OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
05:05:33:00	05:05:36:00	WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE ESSENTIAL
05:05:36:00	05:05:36:00	TO OUR STRENGTH IN OUR HEALTH
05:05:36:00	05:05:37:00	OF OUR CITY.
05:05:37:00	05:05:40:00	NEXT DAY I'M WITH THEM FOR
05:05:40:00	05:05:41:00	FIGHTING FOR FAIR WAGES AND
05:05:41:00	05:05:44:00	MORE BENEFITS.
05:05:44:00	05:05:44:00	BUT ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
05:05:44:00	05:05:45:00	NAME.
05:05:45:00	05:05:47:00	MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD
05:05:47:00	05:05:47:00	COUNCIL BRADING CASA COLETTE
05:05:47:00	05:05:51:00	ZAPATA CASA FITZGERALD CASTLE
05:05:51:00	05:05:51:00	FLYNN CASTLE MEJIA CASTLE
05:05:51:00	05:05:52:00	MURPHY CASTLE PEPEN CASTLE
05:05:52:00	05:05:54:00	SANTANA PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
05:05:54:00	05:05:55:00	CASTLE LOUIJEUNE SEAT
05:05:55:00	05:05:59:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES IN A
05:05:59:00	05:06:00:00	DODGE IN THE DOCKET NUMBER
05:06:00:00	05:06:02:00	20484 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I
05:06:02:00	05:06:03:00	ALTHOUGH THE SAID MR. CLERK,
05:06:03:00	05:06:06:00	PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE
05:06:06:00	05:06:09:00	ROLL CALL VOTE ON DORKING AT
05:06:09:00	05:06:09:00	A048 FOR COUNCILOR BERRY.
05:06:09:00	05:06:14:00	YES COUNCILOR BREADON YES
05:06:14:00	05:06:14:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PER
05:06:14:00	05:06:16:00	COUNCILOR CALL IT AS PER YES
05:06:16:00	05:06:16:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
05:06:16:00	05:06:16:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
05:06:16:00	05:06:19:00	COUNCILOR FOR ANANTA SANDERSON
05:06:19:00	05:06:19:00	.
05:06:19:00	05:06:20:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
05:06:20:00	05:06:20:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
05:06:20:00	05:06:23:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
05:06:23:00	05:06:24:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
05:06:24:00	05:06:24:00	COUNCIL ALLUSION YES.
05:06:24:00	05:06:27:00	COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE YES.
05:06:27:00	05:06:28:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
05:06:28:00	05:06:28:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
05:06:28:00	05:06:28:00	YES.
05:06:28:00	05:06:31:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
05:06:31:00	05:06:31:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
05:06:31:00	05:06:32:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL PIPPIN
05:06:32:00	05:06:34:00	YES.
05:06:34:00	05:06:35:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
05:06:35:00	05:06:35:00	NOW SANTANA YES.
05:06:35:00	05:06:38:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
05:06:38:00	05:06:39:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YES.
05:06:39:00	05:06:39:00	IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
05:06:39:00	05:06:40:00	COUNCILOR ARROYO YES.
05:06:40:00	05:06:42:00	TALKING NUMBER 0484 HAS
05:06:42:00	05:06:43:00	RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE
05:06:43:00	05:06:43:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
05:06:43:00	05:06:46:00	THANK YOU DUNCAN NUMBER 0484
05:06:46:00	05:06:46:00	HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
05:06:46:00	05:06:49:00	MR. CLERK, YOU PLEASE READ
05:06:49:00	05:06:57:00	DOCKET NUMBER 04680468
05:06:57:00	05:06:57:00	COUNCIL ZERO FOR THE FOLLOWING
05:06:57:00	05:07:00:00	ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH RAISE
05:07:00:00	05:07:00:00	RESHAPING INEQUITIES THROUGH
05:07:00:00	05:07:04:00	SYSTEM EMPOWERMENT BANK THANK
05:07:04:00	05:07:05:00	YOU.
05:07:05:00	05:07:06:00	AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO
05:07:06:00	05:07:08:00	RECOGNIZE THANK YOU GABRIELLE
05:07:08:00	05:07:09:00	AND JOSIE FOR STICKING IT OUT
05:07:09:00	05:07:10:00	WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
05:07:10:00	05:07:10:00	HERE.
05:07:10:00	05:07:13:00	WE YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT ALL THE
05:07:13:00	05:07:13:00	WAY SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
05:07:13:00	05:07:14:00	THANK YOU TO ALL THE DOCTORS
05:07:14:00	05:07:17:00	WHO HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK SO
05:07:17:00	05:07:18:00	MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THEM MY
05:07:18:00	05:07:18:00	THANKS.
05:07:18:00	05:07:18:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:07:18:00	05:07:19:00	COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR ALL YOU
05:07:19:00	05:07:20:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:07:20:00	05:07:20:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:07:20:00	05:07:21:00	AND THIS IS A REFILE JUST
05:07:21:00	05:07:23:00	LOOKING TO CONTINUE THIS
05:07:23:00	05:07:24:00	CONVERSATION TO STRENGTHEN THIS
05:07:24:00	05:07:27:00	ORDINANCE TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE
05:07:27:00	05:07:27:00	A PASSAGE THIS YEAR.
05:07:27:00	05:07:28:00	THANK YOU.
05:07:28:00	05:07:28:00	THANK YOU.
05:07:28:00	05:07:30:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
05:07:30:00	05:07:31:00	THEIR NAME?
05:07:31:00	05:07:31:00	OH.
05:07:31:00	05:07:38:00	OH OH YES.
05:07:38:00	05:07:39:00	I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
05:07:39:00	05:07:39:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS THE
05:07:39:00	05:07:40:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
05:07:40:00	05:07:42:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
05:07:42:00	05:07:43:00	HE HAS ADDED AS A ORIGINAL
05:07:43:00	05:07:43:00	CO-SPONSOR.
05:07:43:00	05:07:46:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
05:07:46:00	05:07:47:00	THEIR NAME?
05:07:47:00	05:07:47:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
05:07:47:00	05:07:50:00	COUNCILORS BREADON CLAUDIA
05:07:50:00	05:07:50:00	ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDO ANDERSON
05:07:50:00	05:07:50:00	FITZGERALD.
05:07:50:00	05:07:54:00	FLYNN MURPHY, PIPPIN SANTANA
05:07:54:00	05:07:55:00	WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS
05:07:55:00	05:07:58:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0468 WILL
05:07:58:00	05:07:59:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
05:07:59:00	05:07:59:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
05:07:59:00	05:08:02:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE RE
05:08:02:00	05:08:04:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0469 DICHOTOMOUS
05:08:04:00	05:08:04:00	0469 COUNCIL MURPHY AND FLYNN
05:08:04:00	05:08:08:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR
05:08:08:00	05:08:09:00	A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING THE USE
05:08:09:00	05:08:12:00	OF NON-DISCLOSURE, YOUR
05:08:12:00	05:08:12:00	CONFIDENTIALITY AND OTHER
05:08:12:00	05:08:13:00	EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS IN THE
05:08:13:00	05:08:16:00	CITY OF BOSS.
05:08:16:00	05:08:17:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR AGAIN I WAS
05:08:17:00	05:08:18:00	CONCERNED MURPHY
05:08:18:00	05:08:18:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR.
05:08:18:00	05:08:20:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
05:08:20:00	05:08:20:00	I STAND BEFORE MY COLLEAGUES
05:08:20:00	05:08:23:00	TODAY TO PRESENT A FORMAL
05:08:23:00	05:08:24:00	PETITION AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE
05:08:24:00	05:08:26:00	USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE
05:08:26:00	05:08:27:00	CONFIDENTIALITY IN OTHER
05:08:27:00	05:08:27:00	EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS IN THE
05:08:27:00	05:08:30:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
05:08:30:00	05:08:31:00	THIS PETITION IS INTENDED TO
05:08:31:00	05:08:34:00	ADDRESS POLICIES IN THE MAYOR'S
05:08:34:00	05:08:34:00	OFFICE IN ACROSS ALL CITY
05:08:34:00	05:08:35:00	DEPARTMENTS.
05:08:35:00	05:08:38:00	I DID FILE A HEARING ORDER ON
05:08:38:00	05:08:39:00	THIS ISSUE TO EXAMINE THE USE
05:08:39:00	05:08:42:00	PURPOSE AND IMPACT OF THESE
05:08:42:00	05:08:45:00	AGREEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY AND
05:08:45:00	05:08:45:00	THAT HEARING DID PROVIDE
05:08:45:00	05:08:46:00	VALUABLE INSIGHTS.
05:08:46:00	05:08:49:00	THE HEARING WAS COMBINED IN THE
05:08:49:00	05:08:50:00	RULES COMMITTEE WITH
05:08:50:00	05:08:50:00	COUNCILOR WEBBER'S POLICY
05:08:50:00	05:08:53:00	BRIEFING THAT WE DID WORK
05:08:53:00	05:08:54:00	THROUGH AND WE FROM THAT WE DID
05:08:54:00	05:08:57:00	DECIDE AS A BODY TO IMPLEMENT A
05:08:57:00	05:09:00:00	POLICY THAT PROHIBITS NDAS ON
05:09:00:00	05:09:01:00	THIS BODY IN THE COUNCIL AND
05:09:01:00	05:09:04:00	THE DISCUSSION THAT ENSUED
05:09:04:00	05:09:05:00	CLEARLY INDICATED TO ME THAT A
05:09:05:00	05:09:06:00	MORE PERMANENT AND FAR REACHING
05:09:06:00	05:09:09:00	SOLUTION WAS NEEDED BASED ON
05:09:09:00	05:09:12:00	THAT INPUT AND AFTER CAREFUL
05:09:12:00	05:09:13:00	CONSIDERATION I'VE DETERMINED
05:09:13:00	05:09:16:00	THAT FILING THIS HOME RULE
05:09:16:00	05:09:16:00	PETITION ALONG WITH
05:09:16:00	05:09:17:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN IS THE MOST
05:09:17:00	05:09:20:00	EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE LASTING
05:09:20:00	05:09:20:00	REFORM IN THIS AREA.
05:09:20:00	05:09:23:00	OUR PETITION IS DESIGNED TO
05:09:23:00	05:09:24:00	PROTECT NOT ONLY SENSITIVE CITY
05:09:24:00	05:09:27:00	INFORMATION WHEN APPROPRIATE
05:09:27:00	05:09:28:00	BUT ALSO TO SAFEGUARD
05:09:28:00	05:09:31:00	TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY AND
05:09:31:00	05:09:32:00	THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
05:09:32:00	05:09:32:00	ESPECIALLY REGARDING ISSUES
05:09:32:00	05:09:35:00	SUCH AS WORKPLACE MISCONDUCT,
05:09:35:00	05:09:36:00	DISCRIMINATION OR HARASSMENT.
05:09:36:00	05:09:39:00	BY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS
05:09:39:00	05:09:42:00	PETITION WE ARE TAKING DECISIVE
05:09:42:00	05:09:43:00	ACTION TO ALIGN OUR EMPLOYMENT
05:09:43:00	05:09:47:00	PRACTICES WITH THE HIGHEST AND
05:09:47:00	05:09:48:00	OF OPEN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC
05:09:48:00	05:09:48:00	TRUST.
05:09:48:00	05:09:51:00	IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THESE
05:09:51:00	05:09:51:00	MEASURES WILL REINFORCE
05:09:51:00	05:09:52:00	ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN OUR
05:09:52:00	05:09:55:00	ADMINISTRATION AND AMONG OUR
05:09:55:00	05:09:56:00	CONTRACTORS WHILE PRESERVING
05:09:56:00	05:09:59:00	THE INTEGRITY OF OUR WORK
05:09:59:00	05:09:59:00	ENVIRONMENT.
05:09:59:00	05:10:03:00	I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
05:10:03:00	05:10:04:00	MEETINGS IN THE COMMITTEE TO
05:10:04:00	05:10:07:00	SUPPORT THIS PETITION GOING
05:10:07:00	05:10:07:00	FORWARD.
05:10:07:00	05:10:08:00	THANK YOU.
05:10:08:00	05:10:08:00	THANK YOU.
05:10:08:00	05:10:11:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:10:11:00	05:10:12:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSTABLE AND
05:10:12:00	05:10:12:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:10:12:00	05:10:14:00	THANK YOU.
05:10:14:00	05:10:15:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
05:10:15:00	05:10:16:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY
05:10:16:00	05:10:18:00	FOR HAVING ME.
05:10:18:00	05:10:19:00	IN RECENT WEEKS I HAVE HEARD
05:10:19:00	05:10:21:00	FROM RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY
05:10:21:00	05:10:22:00	THAT THEY WANT TO SEE
05:10:22:00	05:10:22:00	NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS
05:10:22:00	05:10:25:00	REMOVED IN CITY GOVERNMENT NDAS
05:10:25:00	05:10:29:00	AND CONFIDENTIAL AGREEMENTS
05:10:29:00	05:10:29:00	OFTEN CREATE A SENSE
05:10:29:00	05:10:33:00	OF MISTRUST AS AGREEMENTS ARE
05:10:33:00	05:10:33:00	SHROUDED FROM PUBLIC VIEW.
05:10:33:00	05:10:36:00	IT ERODES PUBLIC TRUST CREATES
05:10:36:00	05:10:40:00	CONFUSION, RUMORS REMOVING NDAS
05:10:40:00	05:10:41:00	WILL SIGNAL TO RESIDENTS THAT
05:10:41:00	05:10:44:00	THE CONDUCT OF CITY OFFICIALS
05:10:44:00	05:10:44:00	WILL BE PUBLIC.
05:10:44:00	05:10:45:00	THEIR ACTIONS WILL BE HELD
05:10:45:00	05:10:48:00	ACCOUNTABLE.
05:10:48:00	05:10:49:00	I BELIEVE ALL PREVIOUS NDAS IN
05:10:49:00	05:10:52:00	CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE
05:10:52:00	05:10:53:00	PUBLIC.
05:10:53:00	05:10:56:00	LAST MONTH GOVERNOR HEALEY
05:10:56:00	05:10:56:00	ISSUED A FORMAL POLICY
05:10:56:00	05:10:57:00	PROHIBITING NDAS ACROSS THE
05:10:57:00	05:11:00:00	EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
05:11:00:00	05:11:01:00	MASSACHUSETTS STATE AUDITOR
05:11:01:00	05:11:04:00	DISSOLVE LEO ALSO RECENTLY
05:11:04:00	05:11:07:00	RELEASED FINDINGS HIGHLIGHTING
05:11:07:00	05:11:08:00	THE NEED FOR LIMITS ON NDAS IN
05:11:08:00	05:11:12:00	GOVERNMENT AS WELL.
05:11:12:00	05:11:13:00	THE CITY SHOULD FOLLOW THE LEAD
05:11:13:00	05:11:15:00	OF GOVERNOR HALEY THE
05:11:15:00	05:11:16:00	IMPLEMENTATION OF NDAS AND
05:11:16:00	05:11:19:00	SIMILAR AGREEMENTS IN MUNICIPAL
05:11:19:00	05:11:20:00	GOVERNMENT IS NOT A COMMON
05:11:20:00	05:11:22:00	PRACTICE.
05:11:22:00	05:11:23:00	AS I MENTIONED IT ERODES PUBLIC
05:11:23:00	05:11:23:00	TRUST IN GOVERNMENT.
05:11:23:00	05:11:26:00	WE MUST BE TRANSPARENT.
05:11:26:00	05:11:27:00	ETHICS MUST BE PART
05:11:27:00	05:11:30:00	OF GOVERNMENT.
05:11:30:00	05:11:30:00	THANK YOU.
05:11:30:00	05:11:31:00	THANK YOU.
05:11:31:00	05:11:31:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
05:11:31:00	05:11:32:00	ON THIS MATTER?
05:11:32:00	05:11:34:00	I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE
05:11:34:00	05:11:35:00	MAKERS IN TERMS OF WHY THIS WAS
05:11:35:00	05:11:38:00	FILED AS A FORMAL PETITION.
05:11:38:00	05:11:38:00	IS THERE A REASON THAT WE
05:11:38:00	05:11:39:00	BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD NEED
05:11:39:00	05:11:41:00	STATE AUTHORITY OR IS THIS
05:11:41:00	05:11:41:00	SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WHOLLY
05:11:41:00	05:11:42:00	DO WITHIN THE CITY WHICH THEN
05:11:42:00	05:11:43:00	REQUIRE AN ORDINANCE TO TRY TO
05:11:43:00	05:11:46:00	UNDERSTAND WHY IN HRP A FORMAL
05:11:46:00	05:11:47:00	PETITION AND NOT JUST A CITY
05:11:47:00	05:11:49:00	ORDINANCE?
05:11:49:00	05:11:50:00	BECAUSE I, I MY UNDERSTANDING
05:11:50:00	05:11:53:00	IS THAT IT'S WITHIN OUR PURVIEW
05:11:53:00	05:11:54:00	BUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:11:54:00	05:11:54:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
05:11:54:00	05:11:57:00	WE CAN SPEAK MORE DURING THE
05:11:57:00	05:11:57:00	HEARING BUT WE DID REACH OUT TO
05:11:57:00	05:12:01:00	THE MAYOR AND SHE DID NOT
05:12:01:00	05:12:01:00	RESPOND SO SHE COULD OF LIKE
05:12:01:00	05:12:02:00	THE GOVERNOR DID WHERE SHE
05:12:02:00	05:12:05:00	STEPPED RIGHT IN BEFORE EVEN
05:12:05:00	05:12:05:00	THE AUDITORS AUDIT CAME OUT.
05:12:05:00	05:12:08:00	RIGHT.
05:12:08:00	05:12:09:00	SO I WAS HOPING THAT THE MAYOR
05:12:09:00	05:12:09:00	WOULD HAVE JUST IMPLEMENTED
05:12:09:00	05:12:12:00	THIS OR THINKING THIS MIGHT BE
05:12:12:00	05:12:13:00	THE BEST ROUTE AND WE CAN TALK
05:12:13:00	05:12:16:00	THROUGH THAT DURING THE HEARING
05:12:16:00	05:12:16:00	.
05:12:16:00	05:12:16:00	OKAY.
05:12:16:00	05:12:16:00	I UNDERSTAND.
05:12:16:00	05:12:19:00	JUST IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE AND
05:12:19:00	05:12:20:00	IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY HAS
05:12:20:00	05:12:20:00	AUTHORITY OVER AND LIKE WHAT WE
05:12:20:00	05:12:23:00	NEED TO GO TO THE STATE FOR
05:12:23:00	05:12:23:00	PERMISSION FOR.
05:12:23:00	05:12:24:00	THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION WAS
05:12:24:00	05:12:24:00	ABOUT.
05:12:24:00	05:12:28:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
05:12:28:00	05:12:28:00	RATING HAS A RATING.
05:12:28:00	05:12:29:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:12:29:00	05:12:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:12:31:00	05:12:32:00	THANK YOU, CONSTABLE MURPHY,
05:12:32:00	05:12:32:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR OFFERING
05:12:32:00	05:12:35:00	THIS PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW
05:12:35:00	05:12:38:00	ON NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.
05:12:38:00	05:12:39:00	WHEN WE COME ACROSS IT IT'S NOT
05:12:39:00	05:12:42:00	A NOT A REGULAR OCCURRENCE BUT
05:12:42:00	05:12:45:00	WHEN WE COME ACROSS INSTANCES
05:12:45:00	05:12:49:00	OF CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN
05:12:49:00	05:12:50:00	DISMISSED OR FORCED OUT
05:12:50:00	05:12:54:00	OF THEIR JOBS THAT THEY'RE
05:12:54:00	05:12:54:00	ASKED TO SIGN NON-DISCLOSURE
05:12:54:00	05:12:58:00	AGREEMENTS TO COVER UP A
05:12:58:00	05:12:59:00	SITUATION THAT SHOULD BE SEEN
05:12:59:00	05:13:01:00	HAVE SOME LIGHT OF DAY.
05:13:01:00	05:13:05:00	IT'S VERY, VERY DISTURBING AND
05:13:05:00	05:13:06:00	I THINK IT'S A SITUATION THAT
05:13:06:00	05:13:09:00	WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND I HOPE
05:13:09:00	05:13:09:00	THAT WE CAN HAVE A VERY
05:13:09:00	05:13:12:00	BALANCED AND NUANCED
05:13:12:00	05:13:12:00	CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
05:13:12:00	05:13:16:00	IMPORTANT THIS IS.
05:13:16:00	05:13:16:00	THE THE CONFIDENTIAL IF
05:13:16:00	05:13:19:00	SOMEBODY HAS BEEN ABUSED OR
05:13:19:00	05:13:24:00	TREATED BADLY OR JUST FORCED
05:13:24:00	05:13:25:00	OUT OF THEIR JOB FOR ANY
05:13:25:00	05:13:28:00	PARTICULAR REASON AND THEN
05:13:28:00	05:13:29:00	THEY'RE ASKED OH, WE'LL GIVE
05:13:29:00	05:13:31:00	YOU SOME MONEY IF YOU SIGN AN
05:13:31:00	05:13:35:00	NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THAT'S
05:13:35:00	05:13:36:00	THAT JUST SETS UP A WHOLE
05:13:36:00	05:13:39:00	CULTURE OF IT SETS A CULTURE
05:13:39:00	05:13:43:00	OF FEAR FOR OTHERS WHO MAY DARE
05:13:43:00	05:13:44:00	TO SPEAK UP ABOUT ABUSE IN THE
05:13:44:00	05:13:44:00	WORKPLACE.
05:13:44:00	05:13:47:00	SO I FEEL THIS IS REALLY
05:13:47:00	05:13:48:00	IMPORTANT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
05:13:48:00	05:13:48:00	THE CONVERSATION.
05:13:48:00	05:13:48:00	THANK YOU.
05:13:48:00	05:13:51:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BRAEDEN.
05:13:51:00	05:13:52:00	AND ALSO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY I
05:13:52:00	05:13:53:00	KNOW FOLKS ARE HEARING SOME
05:13:53:00	05:13:54:00	NOISES.
05:13:54:00	05:13:55:00	THERE'S A CITY DEPARTMENT THAT
05:13:55:00	05:13:55:00	IS BEING REMODELED.
05:13:55:00	05:13:56:00	THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHERE THE
05:13:56:00	05:13:58:00	NOSES ARE COMING FROM.
05:13:58:00	05:13:59:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:13:59:00	05:13:59:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
05:13:59:00	05:13:59:00	YOU ON THE FLOOR.
05:13:59:00	05:14:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:14:01:00	05:14:02:00	AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A
05:14:02:00	05:14:03:00	BRIEF ANSWER.
05:14:03:00	05:14:05:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
05:14:05:00	05:14:05:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ANSWERED IT
05:14:05:00	05:14:09:00	PERFECTLY BUT I WOULD ADD WHEN
05:14:09:00	05:14:10:00	WE DID SEND THE LETTER TO THE
05:14:10:00	05:14:13:00	MAYOR IT WOULD BE EASIER IF THE
05:14:13:00	05:14:14:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE JUST KIND
05:14:14:00	05:14:16:00	OF UNILATERALLY IMPLEMENTED A
05:14:16:00	05:14:17:00	DECISION BARRING NDAS
05:14:17:00	05:14:21:00	THROUGHOUT CITY GOVERNMENT IN
05:14:21:00	05:14:21:00	MAKING ALL PREVIOUS NDAS
05:14:21:00	05:14:21:00	PUBLIC.
05:14:21:00	05:14:25:00	THAT WOULD BE THE THAT WOULD BE
05:14:25:00	05:14:26:00	IDEAL BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
05:14:26:00	05:14:30:00	WELL, WE'LL GO WE'LL GO THROUGH
05:14:30:00	05:14:30:00	THIS.
05:14:30:00	05:14:30:00	THANK YOU.
05:14:30:00	05:14:31:00	I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY MY
05:14:31:00	05:14:33:00	QUESTION.
05:14:33:00	05:14:34:00	IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE CUOMO
05:14:34:00	05:14:34:00	PETITIONS ARE WHEN YOU NEED
05:14:34:00	05:14:36:00	STATE AUTHORITY FOR SOMETHING
05:14:36:00	05:14:37:00	AND I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS
05:14:37:00	05:14:37:00	SOMETHING THAT THE STATE
05:14:37:00	05:14:37:00	AUTHORITY FOR.
05:14:37:00	05:14:40:00	SO JUST AS A MATTER OF LIKE THE
05:14:40:00	05:14:44:00	STRUCTURE IN THE PROCESS.
05:14:44:00	05:14:44:00	THAT WAS MY QUESTION OF WHAT
05:14:44:00	05:14:45:00	THE RIGHT PROCESS WAS.
05:14:45:00	05:14:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:14:48:00	05:14:49:00	COUNCILMAN, HERE YOU HAVE THE
05:14:49:00	05:14:49:00	FLOOR.
05:14:49:00	05:14:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:14:49:00	05:14:56:00	SO THAT TO THAT POINT I'M JUST
05:14:56:00	05:14:57:00	CURIOUS FROM YOUR
05:14:57:00	05:14:58:00	RECOMMENDATION IF WE DO AS A
05:14:58:00	05:15:01:00	BODY ARE ABLE TO JUST DO IT AS
05:15:01:00	05:15:04:00	A AS A ORDINANCE, WOULD IT BE
05:15:04:00	05:15:08:00	EASIER AND MORE EFFICIENT?
05:15:08:00	05:15:08:00	I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
05:15:08:00	05:15:09:00	WHAT YOUR COMMENT IS AND MAYBE
05:15:09:00	05:15:15:00	THESE MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY'D
05:15:15:00	05:15:19:00	BE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING THAT
05:15:19:00	05:15:20:00	IF IF EXPEDITING IT QUICKER
05:15:20:00	05:15:23:00	BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO
05:15:23:00	05:15:24:00	GET THE HOME RULE PETITION
05:15:24:00	05:15:24:00	THROUGH THE WORKING SESSION AND
05:15:24:00	05:15:27:00	THEN IT GOES TO THE STATE AND
05:15:27:00	05:15:27:00	USUALLY THINGS DIE THERE.
05:15:27:00	05:15:31:00	SO YOU WANTED TO LIVE AND YOU
05:15:31:00	05:15:34:00	WANTED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
05:15:34:00	05:15:35:00	THE QUESTION BEGS DO YOU WANT
05:15:35:00	05:15:38:00	TO CHANGE IT FROM A HOME RULE
05:15:38:00	05:15:38:00	PETITION TO AN ORDINANCE?
05:15:38:00	05:15:39:00	IS THAT A QUESTION THAT YOU'RE
05:15:39:00	05:15:42:00	ASKING THE MAKERS OR IS THAT IS
05:15:42:00	05:15:43:00	THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING?
05:15:43:00	05:15:46:00	I'LL CLARIFY AGAIN WHAT I WAS
05:15:46:00	05:15:46:00	TRYING TO SAY.
05:15:46:00	05:15:47:00	IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A QUESTION
05:15:47:00	05:15:49:00	OF WHAT'S EASIER OR NOT.
05:15:49:00	05:15:50:00	IT'S LIKE WHAT IS WHAT IS
05:15:50:00	05:15:50:00	CORRECT OR NOT WHAT IS THE
05:15:50:00	05:15:52:00	CORRECT?
05:15:52:00	05:15:53:00	IF YOU DON'T NEED STATE
05:15:53:00	05:15:54:00	AUTHORITY FOR SOMETHING YOU
05:15:54:00	05:15:57:00	DON'T FILE A HUMBLE PETITION
05:15:57:00	05:15:57:00	PERIOD.
05:15:57:00	05:16:00:00	YEAH AND OKAY RIGHT TO MY POINT
05:16:00:00	05:16:01:00	SO AND IF YOU DON'T NEED IT
05:16:01:00	05:16:04:00	THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING OUTSIDE
05:16:04:00	05:16:04:00	OF OUR NORMAL CONSTRUCTS TO
05:16:04:00	05:16:08:00	SHEPHERD A PIECE OF LEGISLATION
05:16:08:00	05:16:09:00	THROUGH OUR PROCESS THAT WAS
05:16:09:00	05:16:09:00	LIKE THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
05:16:09:00	05:16:10:00	RIGHT?
05:16:10:00	05:16:12:00	SO IF SO THIS IS GOING BACK TO
05:16:12:00	05:16:15:00	THE POINT THAT I'VE BEEN MAKING
05:16:15:00	05:16:16:00	FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
05:16:16:00	05:16:19:00	IF THERE IS A STRUCTURE AND A
05:16:19:00	05:16:20:00	FORMAL WAY IN WHICH WE GO ABOUT
05:16:20:00	05:16:23:00	DOING BUSINESS, WE SHOULD
05:16:23:00	05:16:23:00	MAINTAIN THAT BECAUSE WE'RE
05:16:23:00	05:16:24:00	GOING TO SET THE PRESIDENTS TO
05:16:24:00	05:16:27:00	DO IT THIS WAY THIS TIME AND
05:16:27:00	05:16:28:00	THEN WE DON'T NORMALLY DO
05:16:28:00	05:16:30:00	THINGS THAT WAY.
05:16:30:00	05:16:31:00	I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS A
05:16:31:00	05:16:32:00	REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY
05:16:32:00	05:16:35:00	SOMETIMES GETS THINGS GET A
05:16:35:00	05:16:35:00	LITTLE BIT CONFUSING AT LEAST
05:16:35:00	05:16:38:00	THEY DO FOR YOU KNOW, WHEN
05:16:38:00	05:16:39:00	WE'RE TRYING TO FACILITATE
05:16:39:00	05:16:39:00	THINGS.
05:16:39:00	05:16:42:00	SO IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO
05:16:42:00	05:16:42:00	ME BECAUSE YOU'RE THE CHAIR AND
05:16:42:00	05:16:43:00	BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT
05:16:43:00	05:16:46:00	AND BECAUSE WE HAVE AN
05:16:46:00	05:16:49:00	OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT
05:16:49:00	05:16:50:00	SOMETHING FROM GOING DOWN THE
05:16:50:00	05:16:50:00	RABBIT HOLE THAT WE DON'T NEED
05:16:50:00	05:16:54:00	TO CAN WE WITH MY COLLEAGUES
05:16:54:00	05:16:57:00	HOPEFULLY BEING OPEN TO IT GO
05:16:57:00	05:16:58:00	THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS TO
05:16:58:00	05:17:01:00	EXECUTE CUSTOM HERE.
05:17:01:00	05:17:02:00	MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS EITHER
05:17:02:00	05:17:05:00	WAY IT'S A IT'S WHETHER IT'S AS
05:17:05:00	05:17:06:00	AN ORDINANCE OR A FORMAL
05:17:06:00	05:17:06:00	PETITION IT GOES TO THE
05:17:06:00	05:17:08:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
05:17:08:00	05:17:09:00	AND SO LIKE I'M I AM EXPRESSING
05:17:09:00	05:17:12:00	WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE CORRECT
05:17:12:00	05:17:13:00	THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE
05:17:13:00	05:17:13:00	NEED SPECIAL AUTHORITY FROM THE
05:17:13:00	05:17:14:00	STATE AND THEREFORE IT SHOULD
05:17:14:00	05:17:16:00	NOT BE A COMPETITION.
05:17:16:00	05:17:17:00	THERE IS A WORLD IN WHICH YOU
05:17:17:00	05:17:20:00	KNOW, THERE'S DISCUSSION THAT
05:17:20:00	05:17:21:00	NEEDS OTHERWISE THAT'S WHAT I'M
05:17:21:00	05:17:22:00	STATING BUT IT WILL BE IN THE
05:17:22:00	05:17:24:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
05:17:24:00	05:17:25:00	AND IT WILL BE IT WILL BE
05:17:25:00	05:17:28:00	HASHED OUT IT CAN BE HASHED OUT
05:17:28:00	05:17:28:00	THEN.
05:17:28:00	05:17:28:00	YEAH.
05:17:28:00	05:17:29:00	SO I GUESS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:17:29:00	05:17:32:00	COUNCILOR I MEAN HERE YOU SO I
05:17:32:00	05:17:33:00	WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT
05:17:33:00	05:17:35:00	WHAT I'M ARTICULATING MY WHAT
05:17:35:00	05:17:36:00	I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT ONCE
05:17:36:00	05:17:39:00	IT GETS PLACED IN THE COMMITTEE
05:17:39:00	05:17:40:00	IT'LL BE PLACED AS EITHER A
05:17:40:00	05:17:40:00	HOME RULE PETITION OR AN
05:17:40:00	05:17:44:00	ORDINANCE.
05:17:44:00	05:17:45:00	NO OR IT'LL BE EITHER OR AND IT
05:17:45:00	05:17:47:00	WON'T IT DOESN'T MATTER AT THIS
05:17:47:00	05:17:51:00	POINT I BELIEVE IN COMMITTEE
05:17:51:00	05:17:52:00	THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
05:17:52:00	05:17:52:00	THIS TO BE HASHED OUT.
05:17:52:00	05:17:55:00	OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANT CLEAR
05:17:55:00	05:17:55:00	FLAHERTY.
05:17:55:00	05:17:56:00	THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T SAY
05:17:56:00	05:17:56:00	ANYTHING DEFINITIVELY.
05:17:56:00	05:17:57:00	I ASKED A QUESTION.
05:17:57:00	05:17:59:00	YEAH AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW
05:17:59:00	05:18:00:00	EITHER I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
05:18:00:00	05:18:02:00	I'M CLEAR SO THAT WHEN I WALK
05:18:02:00	05:18:03:00	OUT OF HERE I KNOW WHAT I'M
05:18:03:00	05:18:04:00	SIGNING UP FOR WHEN THIS COMES
05:18:04:00	05:18:04:00	THROUGH.
05:18:04:00	05:18:04:00	THAT'S ALL.
05:18:04:00	05:18:07:00	THANK YOU.
05:18:07:00	05:18:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:18:07:00	05:18:07:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
05:18:07:00	05:18:10:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
05:18:10:00	05:18:10:00	YOUR QUESTIONS.
05:18:10:00	05:18:13:00	YOU DID JUST SAY THAT IF IT WAS
05:18:13:00	05:18:14:00	A HEARING ORDER OR A HOME RULE
05:18:14:00	05:18:15:00	PETITION IT WOULD GO NO MATTER
05:18:15:00	05:18:18:00	WHAT ORDINANCE OR PETITION.
05:18:18:00	05:18:18:00	RIGHT.
05:18:18:00	05:18:21:00	SO ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE BECAUSE
05:18:21:00	05:18:22:00	SHE'S ASKING FOR IT TO BE A
05:18:22:00	05:18:25:00	HEARING ORDER TO GO INTO LIKE
05:18:25:00	05:18:28:00	THE ACCOUNTABILITY HERE
05:18:28:00	05:18:29:00	COMMITTEE OR NO, THAT'S NOT
05:18:29:00	05:18:32:00	WHAT SHE'S ASKING.
05:18:32:00	05:18:33:00	I UNDERSTAND SHE THAT'S NOT
05:18:33:00	05:18:36:00	WHAT SHE'S ASKING.
05:18:36:00	05:18:36:00	I'M OKAY.
05:18:36:00	05:18:37:00	I CAN'T COME HERE.
05:18:37:00	05:18:37:00	IT'S OKAY.
05:18:37:00	05:18:38:00	WE CAN MOVE ON.
05:18:38:00	05:18:40:00	I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING
05:18:40:00	05:18:41:00	AND I BELIEVE WHAT IT COULD BE
05:18:41:00	05:18:41:00	HAPPENING IN THE GOVERNMENT
05:18:41:00	05:18:43:00	OPERATIONS.
05:18:43:00	05:18:43:00	THANK YOU.
05:18:43:00	05:18:44:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
05:18:44:00	05:18:44:00	ON THIS MATTER?
05:18:44:00	05:18:47:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
05:18:47:00	05:18:47:00	THEIR NAME?
05:18:47:00	05:18:48:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE.
05:18:48:00	05:18:48:00	HEAD COUNCILORS BREADON DURKIN,
05:18:48:00	05:18:55:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON MEJIA BUT BEN
05:18:55:00	05:18:57:00	WORLD PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS
05:18:57:00	05:18:57:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0469 WILL
05:18:57:00	05:18:58:00	BE REFERRED TO THE GOVERNMENT
05:18:58:00	05:18:58:00	OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
05:18:58:00	05:19:01:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE BE
05:19:01:00	05:19:04:00	DARK IN NUMBER 04700470
05:19:04:00	05:19:04:00	COUNCILOR IS GREAT INCLUSION
05:19:04:00	05:19:08:00	OF THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
05:19:08:00	05:19:09:00	SPECIAL LAW AN ACT REGARDING
05:19:09:00	05:19:12:00	THE BROKER FEES IN THE CITY
05:19:12:00	05:19:13:00	OF BOSTON EP BY THE PARTY WHO
05:19:13:00	05:19:16:00	SOLD US A LICENSE BROKER THANK
05:19:16:00	05:19:17:00	YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:19:17:00	05:19:19:00	CONCEPT WAITING TIMES ARE
05:19:19:00	05:19:20:00	WAITING ON THE FLOOR AND THANK
05:19:20:00	05:19:22:00	YOU MADAM PRESIDENT DUNCAN ZERO
05:19:22:00	05:19:22:00	FOR SEVEN NINE HOME RULE
05:19:22:00	05:19:25:00	PETITION ON REGARDING BROKER
05:19:25:00	05:19:26:00	FEES I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND
05:19:26:00	05:19:30:00	RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN
05:19:30:00	05:19:31:00	AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR.
05:19:31:00	05:19:31:00	THANK YOU
05:19:31:00	05:19:34:00	COUNCILOR PREPAREDNESS SO ADAM
05:19:34:00	05:19:35:00	THANK YOU, COACH APOLOGIES
05:19:35:00	05:19:35:00	COUNCILOR BREADON SINCE IT'S
05:19:35:00	05:19:38:00	BEEN THE RULE TO ADD
05:19:38:00	05:19:38:00	COUNCILOR PIPPEN AS THE THIRD
05:19:38:00	05:19:39:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND
05:19:39:00	05:19:39:00	HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COME TO
05:19:39:00	05:19:41:00	PREVENT THIS SO ADDED
05:19:41:00	05:19:42:00	COUNCILOR RATING YOU HAVE THE
05:19:42:00	05:19:42:00	FLOOR.
05:19:42:00	05:19:43:00	THANK YOU COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE
05:19:43:00	05:19:45:00	AND PEPEN FOR CO-SPONSORING
05:19:45:00	05:19:45:00	THIS WITH ME TODAY.
05:19:45:00	05:19:48:00	THIS IS A HOME RULE PETITION IS
05:19:48:00	05:19:51:00	A REFILL FROM LAST MEETING
05:19:51:00	05:19:52:00	OF 2024 SO I WILL BE BRIEF.
05:19:52:00	05:19:54:00	AS MENTIONED WHEN IT WAS FIRST
05:19:54:00	05:19:54:00	FILED MY OFFICE WAS
05:19:54:00	05:19:55:00	COMMUNICATING WITH HOUSING AND
05:19:55:00	05:19:58:00	DEVELOPMENT STAFF FROM CITIES
05:19:58:00	05:19:58:00	AND TOWNS THAT HAD SOUGHT TO
05:19:58:00	05:20:02:00	ABOLISH UNSOLICITED TENANT
05:20:02:00	05:20:03:00	PEDRO COURSES FOR LANDLORD
05:20:03:00	05:20:06:00	LANDLORD SOLICITING SERVICES.
05:20:06:00	05:20:07:00	THEY ALSO RAISED THIS PROPOSAL
05:20:07:00	05:20:07:00	WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
05:20:07:00	05:20:10:00	OF HOUSING OVER THE PAST YEAR
05:20:10:00	05:20:11:00	OR SO AND IN THE OFFICE
05:20:11:00	05:20:13:00	OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
05:20:13:00	05:20:13:00	.
05:20:13:00	05:20:14:00	THIS PROPOSED HOME RULE
05:20:14:00	05:20:14:00	PETITION INCORPORATES LANGUAGE
05:20:14:00	05:20:18:00	FROM VARIOUS PROPOSED BILLS AT
05:20:18:00	05:20:18:00	THE LEGISLATURE INCLUDING
05:20:18:00	05:20:21:00	PROVISIONS IN GOVERNOR HEALEY'S
05:20:21:00	05:20:22:00	FY 26 BUDGET.
05:20:22:00	05:20:23:00	THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE
05:20:23:00	05:20:26:00	BECAUSE THE UNREGULATED
05:20:26:00	05:20:27:00	PRACTICE OF TENANT PAY AND
05:20:27:00	05:20:29:00	BROKER FEES IN THE RENTAL
05:20:29:00	05:20:30:00	PROCESS PLACES UNDUE BURDENS ON
05:20:30:00	05:20:33:00	PROSPECTIVE TENANTS MANY
05:20:33:00	05:20:33:00	OF WHOM ARE ALREADY SEVERELY
05:20:33:00	05:20:37:00	COST BURDENED IN THE CURRENT
05:20:37:00	05:20:37:00	RENTAL MARKET.
05:20:37:00	05:20:38:00	PROHIBITING TENANT PAID BROKERS
05:20:38:00	05:20:40:00	FEES FROM LANDLORDS SOLICIT
05:20:40:00	05:20:41:00	SERVICES IS ONE OF THE MEASURES
05:20:41:00	05:20:42:00	TO REDUCE UPFRONT COSTS AND
05:20:42:00	05:20:45:00	ALLEVIATE FINANCIAL BARRIERS
05:20:45:00	05:20:45:00	FOR RENTERS.
05:20:45:00	05:20:46:00	THIS PROMPTS RENTER PROTECTION.
05:20:46:00	05:20:49:00	THIS PROMOTES RENTER
05:20:49:00	05:20:49:00	PROTECTIONS BY REQUIRING THE
05:20:49:00	05:20:52:00	BROKER FEES TO BE PAID SOLELY
05:20:52:00	05:20:53:00	BY THE PARTY WHO SOLICITS THE
05:20:53:00	05:20:56:00	BROKERS REAL ESTATE SERVICES
05:20:56:00	05:20:57:00	AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
05:20:57:00	05:21:00:00	THE CONVERSATION IN THE
05:21:00:00	05:21:00:00	COUNCIL AND LEVERING THIS
05:21:00:00	05:21:01:00	LEVERAGING THIS LOCAL HOME
05:21:01:00	05:21:04:00	RECALL PETITION TO SUPPLEMENT
05:21:04:00	05:21:04:00	CURRENT CURRENT MOMENTUM THAT
05:21:04:00	05:21:08:00	WE ARE SEEING AT THE STATE
05:21:08:00	05:21:08:00	LEVEL AND FROM OTHER
05:21:08:00	05:21:09:00	MUNICIPALITIES AND IN
05:21:09:00	05:21:12:00	MASSACHUSETTS.
05:21:12:00	05:21:12:00	THANK YOU.
05:21:12:00	05:21:12:00	THANK YOU.
05:21:12:00	05:21:15:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
05:21:15:00	05:21:15:00	THEIR NAME?
05:21:15:00	05:21:19:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS
05:21:19:00	05:21:20:00	DURKIN FERNANDO ANDERSON
05:21:20:00	05:21:24:00	FITZGERALD MEJIA WEBER WORL TO
05:21:24:00	05:21:32:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
05:21:32:00	05:21:33:00	010470 THIS TALK WILL BE
05:21:33:00	05:21:37:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
05:21:37:00	05:21:37:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
05:21:37:00	05:21:39:00	MR PROPERLY PLEASE BE TALKING
05:21:39:00	05:21:42:00	NUMBER 04710471
05:21:42:00	05:21:43:00	COUNCIL PLANNING FOR THE
05:21:43:00	05:21:44:00	FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING
05:21:44:00	05:21:46:00	TO DISCUSS REQUIRING ALL
05:21:46:00	05:21:50:00	MICRO-MOBILITY DEVICES TO BE
05:21:50:00	05:21:50:00	LICENSED REGISTERED AND
05:21:50:00	05:21:51:00	INSURED.
05:21:51:00	05:21:51:00	THANK YOU.
05:21:51:00	05:21:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL
05:21:53:00	05:21:54:00	FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:21:54:00	05:21:54:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:21:54:00	05:21:58:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD
05:21:58:00	05:21:58:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN
05:21:58:00	05:21:59:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
05:21:59:00	05:21:59:00	COUNCILWOMAN JANICE SO ADDED
05:21:59:00	05:22:01:00	COMFORTABLE INTO THE FLOOR.
05:22:01:00	05:22:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:22:01:00	05:22:04:00	LAST FEBRUARY 2024 I RAISED
05:22:04:00	05:22:05:00	THIS ISSUE IN A HEARING ORDER
05:22:05:00	05:22:08:00	TO DISCUSS COMMUNITY PROCESS
05:22:08:00	05:22:08:00	RELATED TO BOSTON
05:22:08:00	05:22:11:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
05:22:11:00	05:22:15:00	AT THAT TIME I SAID INSTEAD
05:22:15:00	05:22:15:00	OF NOT ENGAGING WITH
05:22:15:00	05:22:16:00	NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS ON
05:22:16:00	05:22:19:00	STREET WE DESIGN WITH A TOP
05:22:19:00	05:22:19:00	DOWN APPROACH.
05:22:19:00	05:22:20:00	WE SHOULD LISTEN TO NEIGHBORS
05:22:20:00	05:22:22:00	AND ADDRESS THE INCREASE
05:22:22:00	05:22:25:00	OF MOPEDS AND OTHER DEVICES
05:22:25:00	05:22:26:00	FROM THIRD PARTY DELIVERY
05:22:26:00	05:22:26:00	DRIVERS.
05:22:26:00	05:22:29:00	WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM
05:22:29:00	05:22:33:00	NEIGHBORS OR WITNESSED MOPEDS
05:22:33:00	05:22:33:00	AND SCOOTERS SPEED THROUGH STOP
05:22:33:00	05:22:34:00	SIGNS IN RED LIGHTS GO THE
05:22:34:00	05:22:37:00	WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY RIDE TO
05:22:37:00	05:22:38:00	THE RIGHT ON THE SIDEWALK
05:22:38:00	05:22:40:00	NAVIGATE BETWEEN VEHICLES AT
05:22:40:00	05:22:41:00	RED LIGHTS ENDANGERING
05:22:41:00	05:22:44:00	PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS.
05:22:44:00	05:22:45:00	RESIDENTS CONSISTENTLY SHARED
05:22:45:00	05:22:48:00	SERIOUS CONCERNS TO ME ABOUT
05:22:48:00	05:22:48:00	MICROMOBILITY DEVICES AND THEY
05:22:48:00	05:22:52:00	DON'T HAVE THE LICENSE,
05:22:52:00	05:22:52:00	REGISTRATION OR LIABILITY
05:22:52:00	05:22:55:00	INSURANCE IN THE EVENT OF A
05:22:55:00	05:22:56:00	CRASH AND THAT THEY POSE A
05:22:56:00	05:22:59:00	DANGER TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
05:22:59:00	05:22:59:00	THIS NEW DYNAMIC IMPACTS ROAD
05:22:59:00	05:23:03:00	SAFETY AND CAN PUT PEDESTRIAN
05:23:03:00	05:23:04:00	SAFETY DRIVERS, CYCLISTS AND
05:23:04:00	05:23:07:00	USERS OF MICROMOBILITY DEVICES
05:23:07:00	05:23:08:00	IN HARM'S WAY.
05:23:08:00	05:23:11:00	I HAVE ADVOCATED REPEATEDLY
05:23:11:00	05:23:15:00	WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE
05:23:15:00	05:23:16:00	COUNCIL FLOOR, IN THE MEDIA AND
05:23:16:00	05:23:16:00	ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
05:23:16:00	05:23:19:00	IF YOU CAN GO 20 MILES PER HOUR
05:23:19:00	05:23:20:00	YOU SHOULD BE LICENSED
05:23:20:00	05:23:23:00	REGISTERED AND INSURED.
05:23:23:00	05:23:24:00	LAST WEEK THE ADMINISTRATION
05:23:24:00	05:23:27:00	PROPOSED AN ORDINANCE THAT
05:23:27:00	05:23:27:00	WOULD REQUIRE THIRD PARTY
05:23:27:00	05:23:28:00	DELIVERY PROVIDERS SUCH AS
05:23:28:00	05:23:31:00	DOORDASH UBER EATS WRAP UP TO
05:23:31:00	05:23:32:00	OBTAIN A PERMIT TO OPERATE
05:23:32:00	05:23:35:00	WITHIN THE CITY WHICH WOULD
05:23:35:00	05:23:36:00	REQUIRE THE COMPANIES TO HAVE
05:23:36:00	05:23:38:00	LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE
05:23:38:00	05:23:39:00	FOR ALL DRIVERS USING THEIR
05:23:39:00	05:23:41:00	PLATFORM.
05:23:41:00	05:23:42:00	THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I PROPOSED
05:23:42:00	05:23:45:00	A YEAR AGO WHILE HAVING THIRD
05:23:45:00	05:23:49:00	PARTY DELIVERY OPERATORS OBTAIN
05:23:49:00	05:23:50:00	A PERMIT AND INSURANCE FOR
05:23:50:00	05:23:53:00	THEIR WORKERS IS A STOCK AND WE
05:23:53:00	05:23:53:00	NEED MORE ENFORCEMENT TO DETER
05:23:53:00	05:23:56:00	BAD BEHAVIOR.
05:23:56:00	05:23:57:00	WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT
05:23:57:00	05:24:00:00	CONSISTENTLY AND HAVING ALL
05:24:00:00	05:24:01:00	ROAD USERS LICENSED, REGISTERED
05:24:01:00	05:24:04:00	AND INSURED TO MAKE SURE
05:24:04:00	05:24:05:00	EVERYONE IS PLAYING BY THE SAME
05:24:05:00	05:24:05:00	RULES.
05:24:05:00	05:24:08:00	WE KNOW IN RECENT YEARS GROUPS
05:24:08:00	05:24:08:00	OF DIRT BIKES WHO HAVE AT TIMES
05:24:08:00	05:24:12:00	OCCUPIED THE STREETS TO DO
05:24:12:00	05:24:13:00	STUNTS AND RACING.
05:24:13:00	05:24:16:00	WE KNOW ELECTRIC BIKES ALSO
05:24:16:00	05:24:18:00	TRAVEL FASTER THAN 20 MILES PER
05:24:18:00	05:24:18:00	HOUR.
05:24:18:00	05:24:19:00	WE HAVE ALL HEARD STORIES THAT
05:24:19:00	05:24:22:00	CIVIC GROUPS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
05:24:22:00	05:24:23:00	MEETINGS OF NOT ONLY MOPEDS BUT
05:24:23:00	05:24:26:00	DIRT BIKES, ELECTRIC BIKES AND
05:24:26:00	05:24:27:00	YES, EVEN REGULAR BICYCLES WHO
05:24:27:00	05:24:30:00	GO TO RED LIGHT STOP SIGNS FOR
05:24:30:00	05:24:30:00	THE WRONG WAY.
05:24:30:00	05:24:37:00	ON A QUIET A ONE WAY STREET
05:24:37:00	05:24:37:00	THERE WAS A SIGN CURRENTLY ON
05:24:37:00	05:24:40:00	SUMMER STREET IN DORCHESTER
05:24:40:00	05:24:41:00	AVENUE RIGHT NEAR THE POST
05:24:41:00	05:24:44:00	OFFICE ON THE WAY INTO CITY
05:24:44:00	05:24:44:00	HALL.
05:24:44:00	05:24:45:00	IT SAYS AND I QUOTE STOP HERE
05:24:45:00	05:24:48:00	AND READ AND ALL EXCEPT
05:24:48:00	05:24:48:00	BICYCLES.
05:24:48:00	05:24:51:00	THERE ARE BIKE LIGHTS ON THIS
05:24:51:00	05:24:52:00	ROAD BUT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
05:24:52:00	05:24:53:00	CYCLISTS WHO DO NOT WAIT FOR
05:24:53:00	05:24:55:00	THE LIGHTS.
05:24:55:00	05:24:56:00	SIGNS LIKE THIS ONLY ADD TO THE
05:24:56:00	05:24:59:00	CONFUSION FOR VEHICLES TRUCKS,
05:24:59:00	05:24:59:00	PEDESTRIANS.
05:24:59:00	05:25:00:00	WHY ARE WE NOT HAVING EVERYONE
05:25:00:00	05:25:04:00	GET LICENSE REGISTERED?
05:25:04:00	05:25:04:00	CARRY LIABILITY INSURANCE IN MY
05:25:04:00	05:25:07:00	OPINION WHETHER IT'S A CAR
05:25:07:00	05:25:08:00	MOPED DIRT BIKE, ELECTRIC BIKE
05:25:08:00	05:25:11:00	OR BIKE.
05:25:11:00	05:25:11:00	EVERYONE HAS TO BE OBEYING THE
05:25:11:00	05:25:12:00	SAME RULES OF THE ROAD AND
05:25:12:00	05:25:15:00	BEING LICENSE REGISTERED AND
05:25:15:00	05:25:15:00	INSURE.
05:25:15:00	05:25:16:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF
05:25:16:00	05:25:17:00	YOU COULD WRAP IT UP THERE
05:25:17:00	05:25:18:00	COUNCIL'S WEBSITE INFORMING
05:25:18:00	05:25:19:00	THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE AND I'M
05:25:19:00	05:25:20:00	STARTING TO AS STAY STRICT TO
05:25:20:00	05:25:24:00	THIS 3 MINUTES SO IN THE NEXT
05:25:24:00	05:25:25:00	1015 SECONDS WE CAN'T HAVE
05:25:25:00	05:25:26:00	RULES FOR ONE SET OF ROAD USERS
05:25:26:00	05:25:28:00	BUT NOT ANOTHER.
05:25:28:00	05:25:29:00	BOSTON CAN NO LONGER BE THE
05:25:29:00	05:25:32:00	WILD WEST AND LAST WEEK WE WERE
05:25:32:00	05:25:33:00	INTRODUCING A GRANT TO
05:25:33:00	05:25:36:00	ELECTRIFY THE BLUE BIKE
05:25:36:00	05:25:37:00	STATIONS AND I'LL BE HONEST I
05:25:37:00	05:25:40:00	WORRY ABOUT A CITY SPONSORED
05:25:40:00	05:25:41:00	ELECTRIC BLUE BIKE GOING 20
05:25:41:00	05:25:44:00	MILES PER HOUR THE WRONG WAY UP
05:25:44:00	05:25:44:00	A ONE WAY STREET WITHOUT A
05:25:44:00	05:25:47:00	HELMET AND SOMEONE GETTING HURT
05:25:47:00	05:25:47:00	.
05:25:47:00	05:25:48:00	WE'RE NOT MAKING THEM GETTING
05:25:48:00	05:25:48:00	REGISTERED OR CARRYING
05:25:48:00	05:25:52:00	LIABILITY INSURANCE.
05:25:52:00	05:25:53:00	THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE THE
05:25:53:00	05:25:53:00	EXACT SAME ISSUE.
05:25:53:00	05:25:57:00	WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH A
05:25:57:00	05:25:58:00	THIRD PARTY DELIVERY.
05:25:58:00	05:25:58:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND THANK
05:25:58:00	05:26:00:00	YOU GUYS FOR THAT CHAIR
05:26:00:00	05:26:01:00	RECOGNIZES
05:26:01:00	05:26:01:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
05:26:01:00	05:26:02:00	COUNCILMAN JOE, DO YOU HAVE THE
05:26:02:00	05:26:02:00	FLOOR WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO
05:26:02:00	05:26:04:00	STICK TO THE 3 MINUTES?
05:26:04:00	05:26:04:00	THANK YOU.
05:26:04:00	05:26:05:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, DO YOU
05:26:05:00	05:26:07:00	HAVE THE FLOOR?
05:26:07:00	05:26:08:00	GOOD.
05:26:08:00	05:26:12:00	I'D LIKE TO SAY IN ED'S 3
05:26:12:00	05:26:15:00	MINUTES I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT
05:26:15:00	05:26:15:00	COUNCIL FLYNN HAS BROUGHT THIS
05:26:15:00	05:26:15:00	FORWARD.
05:26:15:00	05:26:16:00	IT'S REALLY TO ME IT'S A TWO
05:26:16:00	05:26:19:00	BIRDS, ONE STONE ISSUE WHERE A
05:26:19:00	05:26:19:00	LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS
05:26:19:00	05:26:22:00	WERE GOING TO.
05:26:22:00	05:26:22:00	LATELY WE'RE ALSO SEEING AN
05:26:22:00	05:26:23:00	INCREASE IN THE USE OF THESE
05:26:23:00	05:26:26:00	MICRO-MOBILITY DEVICES ALONG
05:26:26:00	05:26:26:00	WITH CRIME RELATED ACTIVITIES
05:26:26:00	05:26:29:00	AND IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT
05:26:29:00	05:26:30:00	FOR OUR POLICE TO TRACK THOSE
05:26:30:00	05:26:31:00	THAT ARE COMMITTING CRIMES ON
05:26:31:00	05:26:34:00	THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
05:26:34:00	05:26:37:00	REGISTERED OR AND SO THEREFORE
05:26:37:00	05:26:38:00	THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY THEM OR
05:26:38:00	05:26:38:00	LICENSE.
05:26:38:00	05:26:42:00	BUT ALSO IT IS ANOTHER MEANS
05:26:42:00	05:26:42:00	OF INCOME.
05:26:42:00	05:26:42:00	WE SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT
05:26:42:00	05:26:43:00	IDENTIFYING OTHER MEANS
05:26:43:00	05:26:46:00	OF INCOME TO HELP OUT WITH
05:26:46:00	05:26:46:00	THESE REBATES AND ABATEMENTS
05:26:46:00	05:26:47:00	AND THINGS LIKE THAT OF THAT
05:26:47:00	05:26:47:00	NATURE.
05:26:47:00	05:26:50:00	SO IT'S SORT OF THIS YOU KNOW,
05:26:50:00	05:26:51:00	I WOULD LOOK FOR THERE TO BE IF
05:26:51:00	05:26:53:00	IT'S LICENSE AND REGISTERED I
05:26:53:00	05:26:54:00	ASSUME THERE'S AN EXCISE TAX
05:26:54:00	05:26:54:00	INVOLVED AS WELL THAT THE CITY
05:26:54:00	05:26:57:00	WOULD SEE SO HAPPY TO BE A PART
05:26:57:00	05:26:58:00	OF THIS TWO BIRDS ONE STONE
05:26:58:00	05:26:58:00	SOLUTION.
05:26:58:00	05:27:01:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR
05:27:01:00	05:27:02:00	BRINGING FORWARD.
05:27:02:00	05:27:02:00	THANK YOU.
05:27:02:00	05:27:03:00	THE CHAIR AND COUNCILOR DURKAN,
05:27:03:00	05:27:03:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:27:03:00	05:27:04:00	THANK YOU.
05:27:04:00	05:27:05:00	I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK
05:27:05:00	05:27:08:00	THROUGH THE CHAIR IF THIS IS
05:27:08:00	05:27:09:00	TOO SIMILAR TO 0407 WHICH IS IN
05:27:09:00	05:27:11:00	THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
05:27:11:00	05:27:12:00	COMMITTEE.
05:27:12:00	05:27:17:00	AS YOU KNOW I HOSTED A HEARING
05:27:17:00	05:27:18:00	030 3 TO 2024 WITH FOOD
05:27:18:00	05:27:19:00	DELIVERY SERVICES AND THE
05:27:19:00	05:27:21:00	ADMINISTRATION AND 0407 IS
05:27:21:00	05:27:25:00	ACTUALLY THE FOLLOW UP THAT
05:27:25:00	05:27:25:00	FILING FROM THE MAYOR IS
05:27:25:00	05:27:26:00	ACTUALLY THE FOLLOW UP TO THE
05:27:26:00	05:27:28:00	HEARING AND THE CONVERSATION
05:27:28:00	05:27:29:00	AND THE WORKING GROUP THAT I'VE
05:27:29:00	05:27:31:00	BEEN A PART OF.
05:27:31:00	05:27:43:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
05:27:43:00	05:27:47:00	WHAT DOCKET IS IT FOR US?
05:27:47:00	05:27:51:00	DO YOU DO YOU HAVE A COPY
05:27:51:00	05:27:52:00	OF THE HEARING OF THAT DUCK
05:27:52:00	05:27:52:00	OF THAT HEARING ORDER?
05:27:52:00	05:27:54:00	WE DON'T HAVE THERE'S ONLY TWO
05:27:54:00	05:27:58:00	LINES OF A DAUGHERTY NOT THE
05:27:58:00	05:28:00:00	WHOLE THING.
05:28:00:00	05:28:07:00	SO WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC WELL
05:28:07:00	05:28:08:00	WE ARE IN A BRIEF FIVE MINUTE
05:28:08:00	05:28:08:00	RECESS.
05:28:08:00	05:38:27:00	WE IN A PAPER ARE BACK IN
05:38:27:00	05:38:27:00	SESSION.
05:38:27:00	05:38:33:00	MR CLERK ON ROLL 15, WHAT IS
05:38:33:00	05:38:35:00	YOUR DECISION?
05:38:35:00	05:38:50:00	OH, THANK YOU.
05:38:50:00	05:38:56:00	WHICH STUFF?
05:38:56:00	05:39:10:00	DOCKET NUMBER I LOST ORAL
05:39:10:00	05:39:11:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0471 AND HER THE
05:39:11:00	05:39:14:00	DOCKET COUNCILOR DURKAN
05:39:14:00	05:39:15:00	MENTIONED I BELIEVE IS 0401.
05:39:15:00	05:39:19:00	YEAH IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
05:39:19:00	05:39:21:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0407 WAS FILED BY
05:39:21:00	05:39:21:00	THE MAYOR.
05:39:21:00	05:39:26:00	THE MESSAGE OUT FOR APPROVAL AN
05:39:26:00	05:39:26:00	ORDINANCE FOR ROAD SAFETY AND
05:39:26:00	05:39:29:00	ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DELIVERY
05:39:29:00	05:39:32:00	PROVIDERS AND THE COUNCIL I HAD
05:39:32:00	05:39:36:00	A QUESTION ABOUT THE SIMILARITY
05:39:36:00	05:39:39:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0471 AND
05:39:39:00	05:39:42:00	OF COURSE THE MAYORS ORDER IS
05:39:42:00	05:39:46:00	SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
05:39:46:00	05:39:47:00	ACCOUNTABILITY DELIVERY
05:39:47:00	05:39:50:00	PROVIDERS ORDINANCE FOR ALL THE
05:39:50:00	05:39:54:00	GRUBHUB DELIVERY PROVIDERS AND
05:39:54:00	05:39:54:00	THEN WHAT COUNCIL PLANS
05:39:54:00	05:39:58:00	ENCOMPASS AS IS ALL
05:39:58:00	05:39:59:00	MICROMOBILITY DEVICES TO BE
05:39:59:00	05:40:02:00	LICENSE AND INSURED.
05:40:02:00	05:40:06:00	SO IN MY OPINION I BELIEVE IT
05:40:06:00	05:40:06:00	IS DIFFERENT.
05:40:06:00	05:40:06:00	OKAY.
05:40:06:00	05:40:07:00	THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
05:40:07:00	05:40:09:00	WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON
05:40:09:00	05:40:13:00	THIS.
05:40:13:00	05:40:14:00	I BELIEVE THAT THESE TWO
05:40:14:00	05:40:16:00	DOCKETS ARE SIMILAR.
05:40:16:00	05:40:20:00	I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN ARGUE
05:40:20:00	05:40:20:00	THAT THERE'S SOME ENOUGH
05:40:20:00	05:40:23:00	DIFFERENCE FOR THERE TO BE
05:40:23:00	05:40:24:00	SEPARATE FILINGS.
05:40:24:00	05:40:24:00	I DO JUST WANT TO STATE WE'RE
05:40:24:00	05:40:28:00	SEEING THIS OVER AND OVER AND
05:40:28:00	05:40:29:00	OVER AGAIN DOCKETS THAT ARE
05:40:29:00	05:40:31:00	VERY SIMILAR ARE BEING FILED ON
05:40:31:00	05:40:32:00	TOP OF ONE ANOTHER AND THAT IS
05:40:32:00	05:40:36:00	THE ANTITHESIS OF WHAT IT MEANS
05:40:36:00	05:40:36:00	FOR US TO BE WORKING TOGETHER.
05:40:36:00	05:40:40:00	AND SO AND NO ONE HAS TO BE THE
05:40:40:00	05:40:42:00	KING OF THEIR OWN CASTLE IF
05:40:42:00	05:40:43:00	THERE'S A HEARING ORDER ON AN
05:40:43:00	05:40:47:00	ISSUE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT ISAAC
05:40:47:00	05:40:47:00	GEST THAT EITHER PARTNER OR
05:40:47:00	05:40:50:00	SHOW UP AT THE HEARING AND ASK
05:40:50:00	05:40:51:00	YOUR ROBUST QUESTIONS WE CANNOT
05:40:51:00	05:40:54:00	DO THIS WAY OF LAYERING DOCKET
05:40:54:00	05:40:58:00	AND DOCKET AND DOCKET UPON EACH
05:40:58:00	05:40:59:00	OTHER THAT ARE SO SIMILAR THAT
05:40:59:00	05:41:02:00	WILL TAKE UP TIME ON THE
05:41:02:00	05:41:03:00	COUNCIL'S DOCKET AND THEN TAKES
05:41:03:00	05:41:07:00	US TIME TO DETERMINE LIKE A LOT
05:41:07:00	05:41:07:00	OF THE LANGUAGE IN
05:41:07:00	05:41:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN'S HEARING ORDER
05:41:10:00	05:41:10:00	IS VERY SIMILAR TO A LANGUAGE
05:41:10:00	05:41:14:00	OF A DOCKET THAT WAS FILED LAST
05:41:14:00	05:41:14:00	YEAR AND IS VERY SIMILAR TO A
05:41:14:00	05:41:18:00	LOT OF THE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN
05:41:18:00	05:41:21:00	THE HOME AS IN THE ORDINANCE
05:41:21:00	05:41:22:00	THAT THE MAYOR FILED.
05:41:22:00	05:41:23:00	I BELIEVE WE COULD HAVE A
05:41:23:00	05:41:25:00	CONVERSATION ON THE ORDINANCE
05:41:25:00	05:41:29:00	AND THEN FROM THERE WE COULD
05:41:29:00	05:41:29:00	SEE WHAT WHAT IS STILL LEFT ON
05:41:29:00	05:41:29:00	THE TABLE.
05:41:29:00	05:41:30:00	THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.
05:41:30:00	05:41:33:00	SO I AM REALLY HOPING THAT IN
05:41:33:00	05:41:34:00	THE FUTURE WE'RE DOING A BETTER
05:41:34:00	05:41:36:00	JOB OF WORKING TOGETHER AND
05:41:36:00	05:41:37:00	OF DETERMINING THAT A
05:41:37:00	05:41:40:00	CONVERSATION CAN HAPPEN AFTER
05:41:40:00	05:41:40:00	ANOTHER ONE IF IT ISN'T AS
05:41:40:00	05:41:44:00	BROAD AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO
05:41:44:00	05:41:44:00	BE BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE ARE
05:41:44:00	05:41:45:00	DOING BUSINESS HERE IS
05:41:45:00	05:41:48:00	UNTENABLE IT REALLY IS.
05:41:48:00	05:41:49:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:41:49:00	05:41:51:00	COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
05:41:51:00	05:41:52:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
05:41:52:00	05:41:54:00	FLOOR.
05:41:54:00	05:41:55:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:41:55:00	05:41:58:00	SO TWO THINGS THAT I'D LIKE US
05:41:58:00	05:42:01:00	TO JUST TO OFFER THAT
05:42:01:00	05:42:02:00	COUNCILOR BURBANK AND
05:42:02:00	05:42:05:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I HAVE A
05:42:05:00	05:42:06:00	CITYWIDE TASK FORCE AROUND
05:42:06:00	05:42:09:00	QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT WAS
05:42:09:00	05:42:13:00	BORNE OUT OF THE MOPED AND
05:42:13:00	05:42:13:00	VIOLENCE SITUATION.
05:42:13:00	05:42:14:00	SO I'M GOING TO OFFER TO MY
05:42:14:00	05:42:17:00	COLLEAGUE TO ALLOW THIS
05:42:17:00	05:42:20:00	CONVERSATION TO ALSO BE LED BY
05:42:20:00	05:42:21:00	COMMUNITY AND THAT WE CAN FIND
05:42:21:00	05:42:24:00	SOME WAYS TO INCLUDE AND ENGAGE
05:42:24:00	05:42:25:00	FOLKS IN THE PROCESS SO IT
05:42:25:00	05:42:28:00	DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE
05:42:28:00	05:42:29:00	A HEARING ORDER IT WE COULD DO
05:42:29:00	05:42:31:00	SOME OF THAT WORK THROUGH THERE
05:42:31:00	05:42:32:00	SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SO
05:42:32:00	05:42:32:00	POLITICAL.
05:42:32:00	05:42:35:00	SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M
05:42:35:00	05:42:36:00	GOING TO OFFER AND THAT WAY WE
05:42:36:00	05:42:36:00	CREATE A PATHWAY FOR REAL
05:42:36:00	05:42:39:00	COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT LEADS
05:42:39:00	05:42:40:00	TO SOME REALLY GOOD
05:42:40:00	05:42:43:00	POLICYMAKING.
05:42:43:00	05:42:43:00	SO I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT
05:42:43:00	05:42:46:00	MY COLLEAGUE CONSIDER
05:42:46:00	05:42:47:00	WITHDRAWING HIS HEARING ORDER
05:42:47:00	05:42:50:00	AND ALLOW SOME OF THE WORK THAT
05:42:50:00	05:42:51:00	WE'VE BEEN DOING REALLY WELL
05:42:51:00	05:42:55:00	TOGETHER AND HAVING A DIFFERENT
05:42:55:00	05:42:58:00	WAY OF GETTING THE OC FOR
05:42:58:00	05:42:58:00	CONSIDERATION.
05:42:58:00	05:42:59:00	AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT
05:42:59:00	05:43:02:00	I'D LIKE TO OFFER IS THAT I
05:43:02:00	05:43:06:00	THINK AND I, I JUST WANT TO
05:43:06:00	05:43:07:00	NAME THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT
05:43:07:00	05:43:09:00	I DO I THINK THAT THE REASON
05:43:09:00	05:43:10:00	WHY SO MANY FOLKS ARE
05:43:10:00	05:43:13:00	INTERESTED IN FILING THINGS
05:43:13:00	05:43:14:00	THAT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE
05:43:14:00	05:43:14:00	ADMINISTRATION IS BECAUSE THERE
05:43:14:00	05:43:18:00	ARE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
05:43:18:00	05:43:18:00	OF HOW WE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS
05:43:18:00	05:43:19:00	GOOD GOVERNANCE AND WHAT WE
05:43:19:00	05:43:21:00	BELIEVE IS GOOD POLICY.
05:43:21:00	05:43:22:00	AND WHAT HAPPENS IS IS THAT
05:43:22:00	05:43:26:00	MOST FOLKS HERE RIGHT WHEN IT
05:43:26:00	05:43:26:00	COMES DOWN TO TAKING VOTES OR
05:43:26:00	05:43:29:00	MAKING THINGS HAPPEN SOMETIMES
05:43:29:00	05:43:30:00	THEY MAY NOT FEEL LIKE THEIR
05:43:30:00	05:43:31:00	VOICES ARE NOT HEARD AND THAT
05:43:31:00	05:43:34:00	POTENTIALLY MIGHT BE WHY
05:43:34:00	05:43:34:00	THERE'S SO MUCH DISCOURSE AND
05:43:34:00	05:43:37:00	SO MANY COMPETING INTERESTS
05:43:37:00	05:43:38:00	WHEN IT COMES TO THE
05:43:38:00	05:43:39:00	ADMINISTRATION AND OR THE
05:43:39:00	05:43:39:00	COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND THINGS
05:43:39:00	05:43:41:00	OF THAT NATURE.
05:43:41:00	05:43:42:00	SO I'M JUST GOING TO NAME THAT
05:43:42:00	05:43:45:00	AS A POSSIBILITY AS TO WHY WE
05:43:45:00	05:43:45:00	MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE SEEING
05:43:45:00	05:43:46:00	THESE DYNAMICS PLAYING OUT HERE
05:43:46:00	05:43:49:00	ON THE COUNCIL.
05:43:49:00	05:43:49:00	THANK YOU.
05:43:49:00	05:43:50:00	THANK YOU.
05:43:50:00	05:43:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:43:50:00	05:43:50:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
05:43:50:00	05:43:53:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:43:53:00	05:43:56:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:43:56:00	05:43:57:00	I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
05:43:57:00	05:43:59:00	COUNCILOR HUFF AND
05:43:59:00	05:44:00:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA WORKING WITH
05:44:00:00	05:44:04:00	THEM ON A CITYWIDE TASK FORCE
05:44:04:00	05:44:05:00	SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ISSUE AND
05:44:05:00	05:44:08:00	DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
05:44:08:00	05:44:09:00	IMPORTANT WORK OF COUNCIL PAP
05:44:09:00	05:44:11:00	AND COUNCIL ME HERE HAVE BEEN
05:44:11:00	05:44:12:00	DOING AND ENGAGING RESIDENTS
05:44:12:00	05:44:15:00	ENGAGING PUBLIC SAFETY,
05:44:15:00	05:44:16:00	LISTENING TO RESIDENTS
05:44:16:00	05:44:19:00	LISTENING TO PEOPLE THAT ARE
05:44:19:00	05:44:22:00	THAT HAVE THESE MOPEDS AS WELL
05:44:22:00	05:44:22:00	.
05:44:22:00	05:44:24:00	AND AS I SAID BEFORE, I DIDN'T
05:44:24:00	05:44:27:00	NECESSARILY AGREE WITH
05:44:27:00	05:44:28:00	COUNCILOR MCGWIRE OR WHAT
05:44:28:00	05:44:30:00	HAPPENED ON SOME OF THE ON THE
05:44:30:00	05:44:30:00	ISSUES BUT LISTENING TO THE
05:44:30:00	05:44:34:00	PUBLIC I CHANGED MY OPINION ON
05:44:34:00	05:44:35:00	SOME STUFF.
05:44:35:00	05:44:35:00	SO THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT
05:44:35:00	05:44:38:00	COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND
05:44:38:00	05:44:39:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN ARE DOING IS
05:44:39:00	05:44:42:00	IMPORTANT.
05:44:42:00	05:44:43:00	THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY ABOUT
05:44:43:00	05:44:43:00	THIS MELCHOR THANK YOU AND I
05:44:43:00	05:44:46:00	ALSO JUST WANT THAT
05:44:46:00	05:44:46:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN DID FILE A
05:44:46:00	05:44:47:00	HEARING ORDER ON THIS SAME
05:44:47:00	05:44:49:00	EXACT ISSUE LAST YEAR.
05:44:49:00	05:44:50:00	SO AS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER
05:44:50:00	05:44:51:00	LEADERSHIP I ALSO WANT TO
05:44:51:00	05:44:53:00	ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR DURKIN'S
05:44:53:00	05:44:54:00	LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE FOR
05:44:54:00	05:44:58:00	FILING THIS LAST YEAR AND I
05:44:58:00	05:44:59:00	ALSO WANT TO NOTE TO WHAT
05:44:59:00	05:44:59:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HE HAS STATED
05:44:59:00	05:45:01:00	IT'S NOT JUST ADMINISTRATION
05:45:01:00	05:45:02:00	WE'RE SEEING FILINGS AND OTHER
05:45:02:00	05:45:02:00	FILINGS.
05:45:02:00	05:45:03:00	WE'RE SEEING IT AMONG US AS
05:45:03:00	05:45:05:00	COLLEAGUES AND THAT IS WHAT IS
05:45:05:00	05:45:05:00	UNTENABLE, RIGHT?
05:45:05:00	05:45:08:00	WE'RE PICKING OFF TRANCHES WHEN
05:45:08:00	05:45:09:00	THE CONVERSATIONS CAN BE AND
05:45:09:00	05:45:12:00	SHOULD BE HAPPENING TOGETHER.
05:45:12:00	05:45:13:00	THE CHAIR AND HIS
05:45:13:00	05:45:13:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YEAH.
05:45:13:00	05:45:16:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
05:45:16:00	05:45:16:00	THIS ISSUE REALLY I'VE BEEN
05:45:16:00	05:45:17:00	I'VE BEEN THE LEADER ON THIS
05:45:17:00	05:45:19:00	ISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
05:45:19:00	05:45:23:00	I'VE BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT
05:45:23:00	05:45:24:00	OF OF THIS ISSUE AND I KNOW THE
05:45:24:00	05:45:27:00	CITY MADE PLANS RECENTLY ON IT
05:45:27:00	05:45:30:00	BUT I HAVE BEEN THE LEADER ON
05:45:30:00	05:45:30:00	THIS.
05:45:30:00	05:45:31:00	I REPRESENT A PART OF THE BACK
05:45:31:00	05:45:34:00	BAY, THE CITY AND LAMENTED
05:45:34:00	05:45:35:00	TAKING AWAY THE BACK BAY TAKING
05:45:35:00	05:45:38:00	AWAY THE EMPTY BUS ON THE BACK
05:45:38:00	05:45:38:00	BAY.
05:45:38:00	05:45:41:00	I ACTUALLY REPRESENT BOYLSTON
05:45:41:00	05:45:42:00	STREET AND I WAS THE ONE THAT
05:45:42:00	05:45:43:00	RECOMMENDED THAT.
05:45:43:00	05:45:46:00	SO YOU ARE RIGHT THAT SOMETIMES
05:45:46:00	05:45:47:00	WE DO CONFLICT WITH THE
05:45:47:00	05:45:50:00	ADMINISTRATION BUT I DO WANT TO
05:45:50:00	05:45:51:00	ADVOCATE FOR WHAT I'VE BEEN
05:45:51:00	05:45:54:00	FIGHTING FOR FOR FOR A LONG
05:45:54:00	05:45:55:00	PERIOD OF TIME AND WHEN SOMEONE
05:45:55:00	05:45:58:00	TAKES ISSUES AWAY FROM ME I DO
05:45:58:00	05:45:59:00	RESPOND BECAUSE I WANT TO LET
05:45:59:00	05:46:01:00	MY CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT I'M
05:46:01:00	05:46:04:00	ADVOCATING HARD ON THEIR BEHALF
05:46:04:00	05:46:05:00	AND I FOLLOW THESE QUALITY
05:46:05:00	05:46:06:00	OF LIFE ISSUES, PUBLIC SAFETY
05:46:06:00	05:46:08:00	ISSUES AND I TAKE THEM SERIOUS
05:46:08:00	05:46:09:00	AND I TAKE THEM PERSONAL AND
05:46:09:00	05:46:12:00	I'M GOING TO CONTINUE DOING MY
05:46:12:00	05:46:13:00	JOB AND SOMETIMES IT DOES
05:46:13:00	05:46:13:00	OVERLAP WITH OTHERS.
05:46:13:00	05:46:16:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:46:16:00	05:46:16:00	THANK YOU.
05:46:16:00	05:46:17:00	AND I JUST WANT TO BE VERY
05:46:17:00	05:46:19:00	CLEAR THAT PASSIONATE ADVOCACY
05:46:19:00	05:46:20:00	ON AN ISSUE THAT CAN CONTINUE
05:46:20:00	05:46:21:00	IN A HEARING ORDER AND SO JUST
05:46:21:00	05:46:24:00	FOR THE FEW IN THE HEARING SO
05:46:24:00	05:46:25:00	JUST FOR THE FUTURE ADVOCACY
05:46:25:00	05:46:27:00	AND PATIENT ADVOCACY CAN
05:46:27:00	05:46:27:00	CONTINUE ON ANOTHER PERSON'S
05:46:27:00	05:46:31:00	DOCKET AND ON ANOTHER FILING
05:46:31:00	05:46:31:00	STACK AND FILINGS AND OTHER
05:46:31:00	05:46:35:00	FILINGS IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.
05:46:35:00	05:46:35:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
05:46:35:00	05:46:39:00	ON THIS MATTER?
05:46:39:00	05:46:39:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
05:46:39:00	05:46:40:00	THEIR NAME?
05:46:40:00	05:46:40:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS
05:46:40:00	05:46:43:00	BRAYDEN COLLETTE ZAPATA DURKIN,
05:46:43:00	05:46:43:00	FERNANDO ANDERSON.
05:46:43:00	05:46:47:00	MARIA MURPHY BUT BEN SANTANA
05:46:47:00	05:46:50:00	WEBER PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR THIS
05:46:50:00	05:46:53:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0471 WILL
05:46:53:00	05:46:53:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
05:46:53:00	05:46:54:00	PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
05:46:54:00	05:46:54:00	TRANSPORTATION.
05:46:54:00	05:46:57:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
05:46:57:00	05:47:00:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0472047 TO
05:47:00:00	05:47:00:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE
05:47:00:00	05:47:03:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
05:47:03:00	05:47:04:00	TO REVIEW THE PILOT PROGRAM IN
05:47:04:00	05:47:07:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON THINK OF THE
05:47:07:00	05:47:08:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES GENERAL FLYNN.
05:47:08:00	05:47:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
05:47:09:00	05:47:11:00	SAME YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:47:11:00	05:47:11:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:47:11:00	05:47:12:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD
05:47:12:00	05:47:14:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE AS A
05:47:14:00	05:47:15:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA SO ADDED
05:47:15:00	05:47:15:00	COMFORTABLE IN YOU HAVE THE
05:47:15:00	05:47:15:00	FLOOR.
05:47:15:00	05:47:16:00	THANK YOU.
05:47:16:00	05:47:18:00	THIS IS A HEARING TO REVIEW THE
05:47:18:00	05:47:19:00	PILOT PROGRAM IN THE CITY
05:47:19:00	05:47:19:00	OF BOSTON.
05:47:19:00	05:47:22:00	BOSTON IS FORTUNATE TO BE RICH
05:47:22:00	05:47:23:00	WITH HIGHER EDUCATION MEDICAL
05:47:23:00	05:47:27:00	CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT PLAY
05:47:27:00	05:47:28:00	A CRITICAL ROLE IN BOTH OUR
05:47:28:00	05:47:30:00	CITY AND REGIONAL ECONOMY AT
05:47:30:00	05:47:31:00	THE SAME TIME THE CITY IS
05:47:31:00	05:47:34:00	HEAVILY RELIANT ON PROPERTY
05:47:34:00	05:47:35:00	TAXES FOR REVENUE AND OUR LARGE
05:47:35:00	05:47:38:00	NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS WHICH
05:47:38:00	05:47:38:00	ALSO RECEIVE ESSENTIAL SERVICES
05:47:38:00	05:47:39:00	FROM THE CITY.
05:47:39:00	05:47:41:00	THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS
05:47:41:00	05:47:42:00	ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE LARGE
05:47:42:00	05:47:45:00	TAX EXEMPT NONPROFIT
05:47:45:00	05:47:46:00	INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE ANNUAL
05:47:46:00	05:47:49:00	VOLUNTARY CASH CONTRIBUTIONS OR
05:47:49:00	05:47:50:00	COMMUNITY BENEFITS DUE TO BASIC
05:47:50:00	05:47:53:00	CITY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE
05:47:53:00	05:47:54:00	CITY SUCH AS POLICE, FIRE, SNOW
05:47:54:00	05:47:56:00	REMOVAL.
05:47:56:00	05:47:57:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON'S PILOT
05:47:57:00	05:48:00:00	PROGRAM SEEKS 25% OF WHAT THESE
05:48:00:00	05:48:04:00	INSTITUTIONS WHAT INSTITUTIONS
05:48:04:00	05:48:05:00	WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PAY TO THE
05:48:05:00	05:48:07:00	CITY HAD THEIR PROPERTY NOT
05:48:07:00	05:48:08:00	BEEN TAX EXEMPT TO REFLECT THE
05:48:08:00	05:48:09:00	PORTION OF THE BUDGET TO
05:48:09:00	05:48:12:00	ESSENTIAL SERVICES HALF IN CASH
05:48:12:00	05:48:13:00	PAYMENTS TO THE CITY AND HALF
05:48:13:00	05:48:15:00	IN THE FORM OF COMMUNITY
05:48:15:00	05:48:15:00	BENEFITS LIKE SCHOLARSHIPS,
05:48:15:00	05:48:19:00	PARKING OPEN SPACES, WORKFORCE
05:48:19:00	05:48:22:00	DEVELOPMENT, JOB TRAINING AND
05:48:22:00	05:48:22:00	2023 THROUGH THE ANNUAL PILOT
05:48:22:00	05:48:26:00	PROGRAM OUR ARTS NONPROFITS
05:48:26:00	05:48:28:00	CONTRIBUTED $35 MILLION IN CASH
05:48:28:00	05:48:29:00	WITH 62 MILLION ACCEPTED BY THE
05:48:29:00	05:48:32:00	CITY IN PILOT COMMUNITY
05:48:32:00	05:48:32:00	BENEFITS.
05:48:32:00	05:48:33:00	WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE MANY
05:48:33:00	05:48:36:00	WORLD CLASS HIGHER EDUCATION,
05:48:36:00	05:48:37:00	MEDICAL AND CULTURAL
05:48:37:00	05:48:40:00	INSTITUTIONS THAT CALL BOSTON
05:48:40:00	05:48:40:00	HOME.
05:48:40:00	05:48:41:00	THEY ARE PART OF WHAT MAKES OUR
05:48:41:00	05:48:44:00	CITY UNIQUE BUT OUR CITY PILOT
05:48:44:00	05:48:45:00	PROGRAM SAW LARGE INSTITUTIONS
05:48:45:00	05:48:48:00	TO ALSO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE
05:48:48:00	05:48:48:00	FUNDING OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
05:48:48:00	05:48:51:00	CITY SERVICES THAT THEY
05:48:51:00	05:48:52:00	THEMSELVES BENEFIT FROM AS WELL
05:48:52:00	05:48:55:00	AS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY
05:48:55:00	05:48:56:00	BENEFITS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND
05:48:56:00	05:48:59:00	RESIDENTS.
05:48:59:00	05:48:59:00	THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE SOME
05:48:59:00	05:49:00:00	WORK IN RECENT YEARS ON THE
05:49:00:00	05:49:03:00	PILOT PROGRAM THE CITY
05:49:03:00	05:49:05:00	COUNCIL HELD A HEARING IN 2023
05:49:05:00	05:49:06:00	TO DISCUSS TARGETED AND
05:49:06:00	05:49:09:00	COORDINATED COORDINATION
05:49:09:00	05:49:10:00	OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN THE
05:49:10:00	05:49:10:00	PILOT PROGRAM.
05:49:10:00	05:49:14:00	ALSO BRAYTON HAS ALSO HELD A
05:49:14:00	05:49:15:00	POLICY BRIEFING ON THE PILOT
05:49:15:00	05:49:17:00	LAST YEAR.
05:49:17:00	05:49:18:00	I KNOW I HELD HEARINGS IN
05:49:18:00	05:49:21:00	PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL BUT THIS
05:49:21:00	05:49:22:00	HEARING ORDER INTENDS TO BE A
05:49:22:00	05:49:24:00	WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE THE
05:49:24:00	05:49:25:00	CONVERSATION AND DISCUSS WAYS
05:49:25:00	05:49:28:00	WHERE WE CAN WORK TO STRAIGHTEN
05:49:28:00	05:49:29:00	THIS PROGRAM.
05:49:29:00	05:49:32:00	THE FINAL ANALYSIS WITH FALLING
05:49:32:00	05:49:34:00	COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES OVER
05:49:34:00	05:49:35:00	70% DEPENDENT ON PROPERTY TAXES
05:49:35:00	05:49:39:00	AND OVER 50% OF ALL LAND
05:49:39:00	05:49:39:00	ABSORBED BY OUR LARGE NONPROFIT
05:49:39:00	05:49:42:00	PARTNERS.
05:49:42:00	05:49:43:00	WE HAVE LONG TERM FISCAL ISSUES
05:49:43:00	05:49:45:00	TO ADDRESS IN BOSTON THE PILOT
05:49:45:00	05:49:49:00	PROGRAM IS ABOUT FAIRNESS TO
05:49:49:00	05:49:50:00	THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY
05:49:50:00	05:49:50:00	OF BOSTON AND TO THESE
05:49:50:00	05:49:53:00	INSTITUTIONS AS WELL.
05:49:53:00	05:49:53:00	IT'S ALSO ABOUT FAIRNESS WITHIN
05:49:53:00	05:49:54:00	THE PROGRAM TO THOSE PARTNERS
05:49:54:00	05:49:57:00	WHO NOT PAYING THEIR PILOT
05:49:57:00	05:49:57:00	AGREEMENTS AND COMMUNITY
05:49:57:00	05:49:57:00	BENEFITS.
05:49:57:00	05:50:00:00	SOME SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.
05:50:00:00	05:50:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:50:01:00	05:50:03:00	AND AGAIN, I WANT TO
05:50:03:00	05:50:04:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE BANK
05:50:04:00	05:50:04:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR HER WORK
05:50:04:00	05:50:08:00	ON THIS ISSUE.
05:50:08:00	05:50:09:00	THANK YOU.
05:50:09:00	05:50:09:00	ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
05:50:09:00	05:50:10:00	THIS MATTER?
05:50:10:00	05:50:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:50:10:00	05:50:10:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
05:50:10:00	05:50:11:00	FLOOR.
05:50:11:00	05:50:13:00	THANK YOU.
05:50:13:00	05:50:14:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:50:14:00	05:50:15:00	AND I WANT TO THANK
05:50:15:00	05:50:17:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I ALSO WANT
05:50:17:00	05:50:18:00	TO RISE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
05:50:18:00	05:50:21:00	COUNCIL BREEDEN IS THE CHAIR
05:50:21:00	05:50:22:00	OF THE PILOT COMMITTEE AND
05:50:22:00	05:50:25:00	ACTUALLY IS THE COUNCIL THAT
05:50:25:00	05:50:28:00	HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER
05:50:28:00	05:50:29:00	OF UNIVERSITIES IN HER
05:50:29:00	05:50:29:00	DISTRICT.
05:50:29:00	05:50:33:00	AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVEN
05:50:33:00	05:50:33:00	THOUGH I'M NOT THE ORIGINAL
05:50:33:00	05:50:36:00	LEAD SPONSOR, I WOULD LIKE TO
05:50:36:00	05:50:37:00	ADVOCATE AND I DIDN'T ASK YOU
05:50:37:00	05:50:40:00	BUT YOU KNOW, PUT YOU ON
05:50:40:00	05:50:40:00	COUNCIL AND BECAUSE WE GOT TO
05:50:40:00	05:50:41:00	HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN
05:50:41:00	05:50:43:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH A DISTRICT
05:50:43:00	05:50:44:00	NINE COLLEAGUE BUT NONETHELESS
05:50:44:00	05:50:48:00	I THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
05:50:48:00	05:50:48:00	REALLY DO APPRECIATE ABOUT OUR
05:50:48:00	05:50:51:00	CONVERSATIONS HERE ESPECIALLY
05:50:51:00	05:50:52:00	DURING THE BUDGET SEASON AND
05:50:52:00	05:50:55:00	THE TAX MAYHEM THAT WE HAVE
05:50:55:00	05:50:55:00	BEEN THROUGH OVER THE LAST FEW
05:50:55:00	05:50:58:00	YEARS IS THAT WE KEEP GOING
05:50:58:00	05:50:59:00	BACK TO THE FACT THAT EVERY
05:50:59:00	05:51:00:00	TIME WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION
05:51:00:00	05:51:02:00	HERE THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT THEY
05:51:02:00	05:51:03:00	CAN'T DO ANYTHING, THAT THIS IS
05:51:03:00	05:51:03:00	WHAT IT IS, IT'S VOLUNTARY,
05:51:03:00	05:51:07:00	THAT IT BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT
05:51:07:00	05:51:07:00	DOESN'T JUST BECAUSE THAT'S HOW
05:51:07:00	05:51:10:00	IT IS ISN'T NECESSARILY MEAN.
05:51:10:00	05:51:10:00	THAT'S HOW IT ALWAYS NEEDS
05:51:10:00	05:51:13:00	CONTINUES TO BE AND THAT'S
05:51:13:00	05:51:13:00	PROBABLY WHY THEY KEEP, YOU
05:51:13:00	05:51:17:00	KNOW, GETTING A PASS BECAUSE WE
05:51:17:00	05:51:18:00	ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN.
05:51:18:00	05:51:19:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND
05:51:19:00	05:51:21:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE PILOT ACTION
05:51:21:00	05:51:22:00	ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAS
05:51:22:00	05:51:25:00	BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES DOING
05:51:25:00	05:51:26:00	WORK TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO
05:51:26:00	05:51:29:00	HAVE A REAL MEANINGFUL SEAT AT
05:51:29:00	05:51:29:00	THE TABLE.
05:51:29:00	05:51:30:00	I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN
05:51:30:00	05:51:33:00	OPPORTUNITY IN THIS IN THIS
05:51:33:00	05:51:36:00	YEAR TO REALLY PUT SOME
05:51:36:00	05:51:37:00	POLITICAL WILL AND COURAGE
05:51:37:00	05:51:40:00	BEHIND THIS HERE AS A
05:51:40:00	05:51:41:00	COUNCIL BECAUSE FROM WHAT I
05:51:41:00	05:51:44:00	UNDERSTAND THINGS HAVE TO GET
05:51:44:00	05:51:45:00	CHANGED THROUGH A HOME RULE
05:51:45:00	05:51:48:00	PETITION OR WHATEVER THE CASE
05:51:48:00	05:51:48:00	IS.
05:51:48:00	05:51:49:00	WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO WE NEED
05:51:49:00	05:51:51:00	TO JUST MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT
05:51:51:00	05:51:52:00	WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THESE
05:51:52:00	05:51:55:00	INSTITUTIONS TO PAY THEIR FAIR
05:51:55:00	05:51:56:00	SHARE.
05:51:56:00	05:51:56:00	I THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE FOR
05:51:56:00	05:52:00:00	THEM TO HAVE A PASS AS THEY DO
05:52:00:00	05:52:03:00	AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT
05:52:03:00	05:52:03:00	MAKES IT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR
05:52:03:00	05:52:03:00	FOLKS.
05:52:03:00	05:52:04:00	BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
05:52:04:00	05:52:07:00	BEING COURAGEOUS, THIS IS A
05:52:07:00	05:52:10:00	MOMENT FOR US TO BE COURAGEOUS
05:52:10:00	05:52:10:00	.
05:52:10:00	05:52:11:00	AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
05:52:11:00	05:52:14:00	HAVING THE HEARING AND MAKING
05:52:14:00	05:52:14:00	SURE THAT WITHIN THE
05:52:14:00	05:52:15:00	ADMINISTRATION COMES TO THE
05:52:15:00	05:52:18:00	HEARING, WE'VE LEARNED THAT
05:52:18:00	05:52:21:00	THEY'RE COMING READY TO TELL US
05:52:21:00	05:52:22:00	THE WHY NOT THEY'RE NOT WILLING
05:52:22:00	05:52:25:00	TO HOLD THE INSTITUTIONS MORE
05:52:25:00	05:52:25:00	ACCOUNTABLE.
05:52:25:00	05:52:25:00	THANK YOU.
05:52:25:00	05:52:30:00	THANK YOU.
05:52:30:00	05:52:30:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS
05:52:30:00	05:52:31:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON, YOU HAVE THE
05:52:31:00	05:52:31:00	FLOOR.
05:52:31:00	05:52:33:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:52:33:00	05:52:34:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN
05:52:34:00	05:52:34:00	COUNTRYMAN HERE FOR BRINGING
05:52:34:00	05:52:36:00	FORWARD THIS HEARING ORDER.
05:52:36:00	05:52:37:00	WE'VE BEEN IN AN ONGOING
05:52:37:00	05:52:37:00	CONVERSATION WITH THE
05:52:37:00	05:52:41:00	ADMINISTRATION AND WITH MORE
05:52:41:00	05:52:42:00	WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BUT
05:52:42:00	05:52:44:00	THEY HAVE BEEN IN ONGOING
05:52:44:00	05:52:45:00	CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NON ETS
05:52:45:00	05:52:48:00	AND MEDS IN THE CITY.
05:52:48:00	05:52:51:00	IT'S A VERY COMPLEX SITUATION
05:52:51:00	05:52:52:00	AND GIVEN THE RECENT EVENTS IN
05:52:52:00	05:52:55:00	WASHINGTON WITH THE DEFUNDING
05:52:55:00	05:52:56:00	OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR
05:52:56:00	05:52:59:00	HEALTH ETC. IT'S BECOMING EVEN
05:52:59:00	05:53:00:00	MORE COMPLICATED BY THE DAY.
05:53:00:00	05:53:03:00	SO I THINK IT'S A TIMELY TIME
05:53:03:00	05:53:04:00	TO SIT DOWN AND PUT ALL ALL THE
05:53:04:00	05:53:07:00	PUT IT ALL OUT ON THE TABLE AND
05:53:07:00	05:53:08:00	SEE WHERE WE ARE AND SEE IF WE
05:53:08:00	05:53:11:00	CAN IMPROVE ON THE EXISTING
05:53:11:00	05:53:14:00	PILOT PROGRAM WHICH WAS
05:53:14:00	05:53:15:00	INSTITUTED 12 YEARS AGO BY
05:53:15:00	05:53:15:00	MAYOR MENINO IN A GENTLEMAN'S
05:53:15:00	05:53:18:00	GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT WITH THE
05:53:18:00	05:53:19:00	HEADS OF ALL OF THESE
05:53:19:00	05:53:22:00	INSTITUTIONS.
05:53:22:00	05:53:23:00	THE LEADERSHIP IN THOSE
05:53:23:00	05:53:23:00	INSTITUTIONS HAS CHANGED.
05:53:23:00	05:53:25:00	WE HAVE CHANGES IN THE
05:53:25:00	05:53:26:00	LEADERSHIP AND THE LEADERSHIP
05:53:26:00	05:53:26:00	IN THE CITY AND WE'RE IN A
05:53:26:00	05:53:27:00	DIFFERENT TIME.
05:53:27:00	05:53:30:00	SO WE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING
05:53:30:00	05:53:30:00	BOARD AND COME UP WITH A
05:53:30:00	05:53:34:00	PROGRAM THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE
05:53:34:00	05:53:35:00	SO THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD
05:53:35:00	05:53:35:00	TO THE CONVERSATION.
05:53:35:00	05:53:35:00	THANK YOU.
05:53:35:00	05:53:36:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:53:36:00	05:53:37:00	COUNCILOR DEREK AND CONSIDER
05:53:37:00	05:53:38:00	GOING ON THE FLOOR.
05:53:38:00	05:53:41:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH AS THE CITY
05:53:41:00	05:53:42:00	COUNCILOR WITH 26 OF THE 45
05:53:42:00	05:53:44:00	PILOT ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS
05:53:44:00	05:53:45:00	TOUCHING DISTRICT EIGHT, I
05:53:45:00	05:53:45:00	APPRECIATE HAVING THIS
05:53:45:00	05:53:48:00	CONVERSATION.
05:53:48:00	05:53:49:00	IT SEEMS LIKE I CAN JUST FILE
05:53:49:00	05:53:52:00	SOMETHING ON PILOT TOMORROW AND
05:53:52:00	05:53:53:00	IT WILL ALSO END UP ON THE
05:53:53:00	05:53:53:00	AGENDA.
05:53:53:00	05:53:56:00	SO I DO WANT TO THANK
05:53:56:00	05:53:56:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON FOR HER
05:53:56:00	05:53:57:00	LEADERSHIP BECAUSE THAT IS
05:53:57:00	05:54:00:00	TRULY THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN
05:54:00:00	05:54:00:00	LEADING THIS COMMITTEE AND AS
05:54:00:00	05:54:03:00	THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
05:54:03:00	05:54:04:00	OF THAT COMMITTEE LOOK FORWARD
05:54:04:00	05:54:04:00	TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
05:54:04:00	05:54:05:00	THANK YOU.
05:54:05:00	05:54:08:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
05:54:08:00	05:54:09:00	ON THIS MATTER?
05:54:09:00	05:54:09:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
05:54:09:00	05:54:10:00	THEIR NAME?
05:54:10:00	05:54:12:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS
05:54:12:00	05:54:12:00	BREADON COLETTA ZAPATA DURKIN
05:54:12:00	05:54:15:00	FERNANDO.
05:54:15:00	05:54:16:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD MURPHY
05:54:16:00	05:54:20:00	PIPPIN SANTANA.
05:54:20:00	05:54:20:00	WEBER WARD PLEASE EITHER CHAIR
05:54:20:00	05:54:25:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
05:54:25:00	05:54:26:00	04720472 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO
05:54:26:00	05:54:26:00	THE PILOT COMMITTEE.
05:54:26:00	05:54:27:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
05:54:27:00	05:54:32:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0473 DUNCAN EMMA
05:54:32:00	05:54:32:00	0473 COUNCIL WEBER OFF FOR THE
05:54:32:00	05:54:33:00	FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING
05:54:33:00	05:54:36:00	REGARDING BIANNUAL OF THE
05:54:36:00	05:54:37:00	BOSTON EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION
05:54:37:00	05:54:41:00	AND THE BOSTON RESIDENTS JOB.
05:54:41:00	05:54:42:00	DID YOU RECOGNIZE THIS
05:54:42:00	05:54:42:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAD THE
05:54:42:00	05:54:44:00	FLOOR AND THANK YOU MADAM
05:54:44:00	05:54:44:00	PRESIDENT.
05:54:44:00	05:54:45:00	I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MCGEE
05:54:45:00	05:54:48:00	AS A CO-SPONSOR CANCELMI IS
05:54:48:00	05:54:48:00	ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AND I
05:54:48:00	05:54:49:00	WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
05:54:49:00	05:54:52:00	RULES AND.
05:54:52:00	05:54:53:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, AS A THIRD
05:54:53:00	05:54:53:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WEBER
05:54:53:00	05:54:55:00	SHOULD BEND THE RULES TO ADD
05:54:55:00	05:54:56:00	MYSELF AS A THIRD ORIGINAL
05:54:56:00	05:54:56:00	CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING
05:54:56:00	05:54:56:00	NO OBJECTIONS.
05:54:56:00	05:54:59:00	SO ADDED COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE
05:54:59:00	05:54:59:00	FLOOR.
05:54:59:00	05:55:00:00	SINCE 2017 THIS BODY HAS HELD
05:55:00:00	05:55:03:00	BIANNUAL HEARINGS ON THE BOSTON
05:55:03:00	05:55:03:00	EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION'S WORK
05:55:03:00	05:55:06:00	REGARDING THE BOSTON RESIDENTS
05:55:06:00	05:55:10:00	JOBS POLICY OR THE BJP.
05:55:10:00	05:55:11:00	AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
05:55:11:00	05:55:11:00	LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
05:55:11:00	05:55:14:00	DEVELOPMENT ON FILING THIS
05:55:14:00	05:55:15:00	HEARING ORDER SO THAT WE CAN
05:55:15:00	05:55:18:00	BEGIN TO SCHEDULE BOTH HEARINGS
05:55:18:00	05:55:18:00	TO REVIEW COMPLIANCE WITH THE
05:55:18:00	05:55:19:00	ORDINANCE WHICH WE KNOW IS
05:55:19:00	05:55:21:00	MEANT TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT
05:55:21:00	05:55:22:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND
05:55:22:00	05:55:22:00	PEOPLE OF COLOR.
05:55:22:00	05:55:25:00	IN BOSTON, RESIDENTS AT
05:55:25:00	05:55:25:00	CONSTRUCTION SITES.
05:55:25:00	05:55:29:00	THERE IS A LIVE DASHBOARD AND
05:55:29:00	05:55:30:00	JUST LOOKING AT IT TODAY WE'RE
05:55:30:00	05:55:33:00	FALLING SHORT OF OUR GOALS.
05:55:33:00	05:55:37:00	WE'RE AT 51% OF HOURS WORKED BY
05:55:37:00	05:55:40:00	BOSTON RESIDENTS ON QUALIFYING
05:55:40:00	05:55:42:00	SITES RIGHT NOW THAT NUMBER IS
05:55:42:00	05:55:43:00	AT 23.6% FOR WOMEN WE'RE
05:55:43:00	05:55:47:00	SUPPOSED TO HAVE 12% OF HOURS
05:55:47:00	05:55:47:00	WORKED BY WOMEN.
05:55:47:00	05:55:48:00	WE'RE ONLY AT 6.7%.
05:55:48:00	05:55:50:00	WE ARE EXCEEDING THE
05:55:50:00	05:55:51:00	EXPECTATION OR THE GOAL FOR
05:55:51:00	05:55:54:00	PEOPLE OF COLOR WHICH SEEMS TO
05:55:54:00	05:55:55:00	FIT WITHIN HISTORICAL TRENDS
05:55:55:00	05:55:58:00	RIGHT NOW THE GOAL IS 40%
05:55:58:00	05:55:58:00	OF OURS AND RIGHT NOW THAT
05:55:58:00	05:56:00:00	NUMBER IS AT 40.4%.
05:56:00:00	05:56:01:00	BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO
05:56:01:00	05:56:04:00	CONDUCTING THESE HEARINGS WITH
05:56:04:00	05:56:08:00	MY COLLEAGUES AND MY VICE-CHAIR
05:56:08:00	05:56:12:00	COUNCILWOMAN HERE AND I'LL SEE
05:56:12:00	05:56:12:00	YOU AT THE HEARING.
05:56:12:00	05:56:13:00	THANK YOU.
05:56:13:00	05:56:13:00	THANK YOU.
05:56:13:00	05:56:16:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
05:56:16:00	05:56:16:00	ON THIS MATTER?
05:56:16:00	05:56:19:00	THE CHAIR IS COMFORTABLE.
05:56:19:00	05:56:19:00	ANY OTHER FLOOR?
05:56:19:00	05:56:23:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:56:23:00	05:56:26:00	AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME THIS
05:56:26:00	05:56:27:00	THIS HEARING ORDER IS CRITICAL.
05:56:27:00	05:56:27:00	IT'S IMPORTANT.
05:56:27:00	05:56:30:00	IT'S REQUIRED AND IT'S ACTUALLY
05:56:30:00	05:56:31:00	USUALLY THE BEST HEARING ORDER
05:56:31:00	05:56:34:00	OF THE YEAR.
05:56:34:00	05:56:35:00	WE GET A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO
05:56:35:00	05:56:35:00	THE COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S
05:56:35:00	05:56:37:00	WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING.
05:56:37:00	05:56:38:00	BUT THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS THE
05:56:38:00	05:56:41:00	CRITICAL PART OF THESE TWO
05:56:41:00	05:56:45:00	HEARINGS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT,
05:56:45:00	05:56:45:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ONGOING
05:56:45:00	05:56:48:00	ENGAGEMENT ON THIS AND ENSURING
05:56:48:00	05:56:53:00	THAT WOMEN PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE
05:56:53:00	05:56:56:00	THE FAIR ACCESS TO CONSTRUCTION
05:56:56:00	05:57:00:00	AND CONTRACTS AS WELL WHETHER
05:57:00:00	05:57:03:00	IT'S IN SOUTH BOSTON OR
05:57:03:00	05:57:04:00	DORCHESTER OR WEST ROXBURY OR
05:57:04:00	05:57:08:00	MATTAPAN AND DORCHESTER OR
05:57:08:00	05:57:08:00	WHITE STADIUM.
05:57:08:00	05:57:09:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:57:09:00	05:57:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:57:10:00	05:57:12:00	COUNCILOR ALREADY ON THE FLOOR.
05:57:12:00	05:57:12:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:57:12:00	05:57:13:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER
05:57:13:00	05:57:16:00	FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND
05:57:16:00	05:57:16:00	THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
05:57:16:00	05:57:19:00	HEARINGS AND I WHAT I WOULD
05:57:19:00	05:57:20:00	LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE
05:57:20:00	05:57:23:00	OF IS DIVING DEEPER INTO THE
05:57:23:00	05:57:23:00	DETAILS OF THE HOURS BECAUSE
05:57:23:00	05:57:27:00	RIGHT NOW THERE IS FROM MY
05:57:27:00	05:57:27:00	UNDERSTANDING IS DIFFERENT PAY
05:57:27:00	05:57:30:00	GRADE INSIDE OF THE UNION
05:57:30:00	05:57:30:00	STRUCTURE.
05:57:30:00	05:57:31:00	SO KIND OF SEEING IF THERE'S
05:57:31:00	05:57:34:00	ANY WAGE OR ANY PAY DISPARITIES
05:57:34:00	05:57:35:00	ON YOU KNOW IF THERE IS YOU
05:57:35:00	05:57:37:00	KNOW, MORE LOW WAGE WORKERS
05:57:37:00	05:57:41:00	THAT FIT A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC
05:57:41:00	05:57:42:00	AND THEN HIGH WAGE WORKERS THAT
05:57:42:00	05:57:43:00	ARE FIT IN OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS I
05:57:43:00	05:57:45:00	THINK JUST MORE ATTENTION TO
05:57:45:00	05:57:46:00	THE DETAIL.
05:57:46:00	05:57:50:00	I THINK THE DEVIL IS IN THE
05:57:50:00	05:57:50:00	DETAIL.
05:57:50:00	05:57:50:00	SO THANK YOU.
05:57:50:00	05:57:51:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
05:57:51:00	05:57:51:00	CONVERSATION.
05:57:51:00	05:57:51:00	THANK YOU.
05:57:51:00	05:57:53:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND
05:57:53:00	05:57:54:00	OF HAVE ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE
05:57:54:00	05:57:54:00	THE FLOOR.
05:57:54:00	05:57:56:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:57:56:00	05:57:57:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR
05:57:57:00	05:58:00:00	WEBER FOR FILING THIS THIS SUCH
05:58:00:00	05:58:04:00	A CRUCIAL I GUESS DEPARTMENT
05:58:04:00	05:58:05:00	WITH WITHIN OUR WHERE WE ARE
05:58:05:00	05:58:08:00	AND WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
05:58:08:00	05:58:09:00	WITH MY CONSTITUENTS
05:58:09:00	05:58:11:00	PARTICULARLY WITH THE ADVISORY
05:58:11:00	05:58:12:00	COUNCIL IN TERMS OF LIKE ONE
05:58:12:00	05:58:12:00	OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT DOES
05:58:12:00	05:58:13:00	NOT ACTUALLY REPORT
05:58:13:00	05:58:16:00	CONSISTENTLY AND BLACK MALE
05:58:16:00	05:58:17:00	BLACK MEN AND BOYS MALE
05:58:17:00	05:58:20:00	ADVANCEMENT.
05:58:20:00	05:58:22:00	SO AGAIN BUTCHERING THE NAME
05:58:22:00	05:58:23:00	BEING ONE OF THE ONES THAT
05:58:23:00	05:58:24:00	ACTUALLY SUBMIT REPORTS TO US
05:58:24:00	05:58:27:00	LIKE CONSISTENTLY WE SEE IT
05:58:27:00	05:58:28:00	HERE IN OUR AGENDA ON A REGULAR
05:58:28:00	05:58:30:00	BASIS.
05:58:30:00	05:58:31:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
05:58:31:00	05:58:31:00	CONVERSATION.
05:58:31:00	05:58:34:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS ON
05:58:34:00	05:58:35:00	WORKERS RIGHTS FOR THE WORKING
05:58:35:00	05:58:38:00	CLASS AND EVERYONE ELSE AND
05:58:38:00	05:58:39:00	ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING
05:58:39:00	05:58:42:00	THESE REPORTS CONSISTENTLY DONE
05:58:42:00	05:58:42:00	FROM WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS
05:58:42:00	05:58:43:00	THAT THEY KEEP FILTERING THE
05:58:43:00	05:58:46:00	SAME FOLKS OVER AND OVER AND
05:58:46:00	05:58:47:00	OVER ON CONSTRUCTION SITES AND
05:58:47:00	05:58:50:00	BEING THAT DISTRICT SEVEN IS
05:58:50:00	05:58:51:00	THE DISTRICT THAT IS GETTING
05:58:51:00	05:58:54:00	THE MOST CONSTRUCTION WORK OR
05:58:54:00	05:58:55:00	PROJECTS DONE ALL AT ONCE.
05:58:55:00	05:58:57:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ALSO
05:58:57:00	05:58:58:00	TALKING ABOUT LOOKING INTO YOU
05:58:58:00	05:59:01:00	KNOW, HOW ARE WE HOLDING THE
05:59:01:00	05:59:02:00	WHITE STADIUM ACCOUNTABLE IN
05:59:02:00	05:59:04:00	OTHER PROJECTS INDUSTRY SEVEN
05:59:04:00	05:59:05:00	AS WELL THANK YOU.
05:59:05:00	05:59:05:00	THANK YOU.
05:59:05:00	05:59:06:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
05:59:06:00	05:59:09:00	ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
05:59:09:00	05:59:09:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
05:59:09:00	05:59:10:00	MR EVERYTHING THAT CONCERNS
05:59:10:00	05:59:11:00	BRAYDEN CLAUDIA ZAPATA, DEREK
05:59:11:00	05:59:12:00	AND FERNANDA ANDERSON FLYNN
05:59:12:00	05:59:16:00	MARIA MURPHY SANTANA WORLD
05:59:16:00	05:59:17:00	PLEASE AND I'M ON THE DOCKET.
05:59:17:00	05:59:19:00	THEY STARTED TALKING NUMBER
05:59:19:00	05:59:19:00	0473 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
05:59:19:00	05:59:20:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
05:59:20:00	05:59:23:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
05:59:23:00	05:59:23:00	OH, ADAM MR A HAND OH, AND
05:59:23:00	05:59:27:00	COUNSELOR FITZGERALD ON THIS
05:59:27:00	05:59:27:00	TOPIC REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
05:59:27:00	05:59:30:00	ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
05:59:30:00	05:59:30:00	DEVELOPMENT.
05:59:30:00	05:59:31:00	MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
05:59:31:00	05:59:33:00	TALKING NUMBER 04740474
05:59:33:00	05:59:36:00	COUNCILORS DURKIN AND SANTANA
05:59:36:00	05:59:37:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
05:59:37:00	05:59:40:00	HEARING TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY
05:59:40:00	05:59:40:00	OF THE CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL
05:59:40:00	05:59:43:00	CODES UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABILITY
05:59:43:00	05:59:47:00	ORDINANCE.
05:59:47:00	05:59:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:59:48:00	05:59:48:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER GOING
05:59:48:00	05:59:49:00	TO HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:59:49:00	05:59:51:00	THANK YOU.
05:59:51:00	05:59:52:00	I KNOW WE HAVE THREE OF THESE
05:59:52:00	05:59:53:00	COMING UP SO I WANT TO BE
05:59:53:00	05:59:54:00	REALLY SURE.
05:59:54:00	05:59:55:00	THANK YOU.
05:59:55:00	05:59:55:00	I'D LIKE TO ADD
05:59:55:00	05:59:58:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AS A THIRD
05:59:58:00	05:59:59:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR DURKIN TO
05:59:59:00	06:00:01:00	SUSPEND THE RULES THAT
06:00:01:00	06:00:02:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AS A THIRD
06:00:02:00	06:00:02:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SAYING HERE
06:00:02:00	06:00:03:00	NO OBJECTIONS CONSUMMATING THE
06:00:03:00	06:00:04:00	SO ADDED CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
06:00:04:00	06:00:05:00	HAVE THE FLOOR I RISE TODAY
06:00:05:00	06:00:06:00	ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR SANTANA AND
06:00:06:00	06:00:08:00	BREADON TO INTRODUCE A HEARING
06:00:08:00	06:00:09:00	TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF THE
06:00:09:00	06:00:12:00	CITY OF BOSTON'S UNIVERSITY
06:00:12:00	06:00:12:00	ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE.
06:00:12:00	06:00:13:00	BOSTON IS HOME TO SOME OF THE
06:00:13:00	06:00:16:00	WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS HIGHER
06:00:16:00	06:00:16:00	INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING AND
06:00:16:00	06:00:20:00	I'M PROUD AS A DISTRICT
06:00:20:00	06:00:20:00	COUNCILOR TO REPRESENT SUCH
06:00:20:00	06:00:24:00	HIGH CONCENTRATIONS.
06:00:24:00	06:00:25:00	THAT'S WHY ONE OF MY
06:00:25:00	06:00:27:00	COUNCIL PREDECESSORS, JOSH
06:00:27:00	06:00:28:00	SEACOMBE IN 2014 ASSESSED AND
06:00:28:00	06:00:28:00	AMENDED THE UNIVERSITY
06:00:28:00	06:00:31:00	ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE AND
06:00:31:00	06:00:32:00	THAT'S WHY MIKE ROSS, MY
06:00:32:00	06:00:35:00	PREDECESSOR HIS PREDECESSOR
06:00:35:00	06:00:36:00	ALSO DID THIS.
06:00:36:00	06:00:39:00	ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS I HAD THE
06:00:39:00	06:00:40:00	CHANCE TO TALK TO FORMER
06:00:40:00	06:00:40:00	COUNCILOR ROSS LAST NIGHT AND
06:00:40:00	06:00:43:00	HE'S HAPPY AND EXCITED TO BE
06:00:43:00	06:00:43:00	PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.
06:00:43:00	06:00:47:00	SO I WE JUST HAVE TO ASK
06:00:47:00	06:00:48:00	OURSELVES IS IT WORKING?
06:00:48:00	06:00:51:00	OUR INSTITUTIONS COMPLYING WITH
06:00:51:00	06:00:51:00	THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND
06:00:51:00	06:00:54:00	MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE DATA
06:00:54:00	06:00:55:00	BEING USED TO EFFECTIVELY
06:00:55:00	06:00:55:00	INFORM CITY POLICIES.
06:00:55:00	06:00:56:00	SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
06:00:56:00	06:01:01:00	CONVERSATION.
06:01:01:00	06:01:01:00	THANK YOU.
06:01:01:00	06:01:01:00	THANK YOU.
06:01:01:00	06:01:02:00	THE CHAIR I MEAN IS THIS KIND
06:01:02:00	06:01:02:00	OF A SANTANA COMMENT?
06:01:02:00	06:01:03:00	SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:01:03:00	06:01:03:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:01:03:00	06:01:04:00	AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK
06:01:04:00	06:01:07:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR INCLUDING
06:01:07:00	06:01:07:00	ME IN THIS.
06:01:07:00	06:01:08:00	I'LL KEEP THIS VERY SHORT.
06:01:08:00	06:01:10:00	I THINK SHE MENTIONED OTHER
06:01:10:00	06:01:10:00	POINTS.
06:01:10:00	06:01:11:00	I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
06:01:11:00	06:01:14:00	INSTITUTIONS ARE BEING HELD
06:01:14:00	06:01:15:00	ACCOUNTABLE AND I'M LOOKING
06:01:15:00	06:01:15:00	FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION.
06:01:15:00	06:01:18:00	I ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE A
06:01:18:00	06:01:21:00	SHOUT OUT TO PATRICIA FLAHERTY
06:01:21:00	06:01:22:00	WHO WAS PART OF MY FORMER
06:01:22:00	06:01:26:00	COUNCILORS DI MIKE FOSTER STAFF
06:01:26:00	06:01:26:00	WHO I KNOW REALLY CARES ABOUT
06:01:26:00	06:01:29:00	THIS AND HAS BEEN MEETING ON
06:01:29:00	06:01:30:00	THIS MANY WAYS AND AS A
06:01:30:00	06:01:32:00	CONSTITUENT OF COUNCILOR DUNCAN
06:01:32:00	06:01:33:00	.
06:01:33:00	06:01:33:00	SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO
06:01:33:00	06:01:34:00	GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT AS WELL
06:01:34:00	06:01:35:00	AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
06:01:35:00	06:01:38:00	CONVERSATION IN WHATEVER 4
06:01:38:00	06:01:38:00	HOURS IT TOUCHES ACCOUNTABLE.
06:01:38:00	06:01:39:00	THANK YOU.
06:01:39:00	06:01:39:00	THANK YOU.
06:01:39:00	06:01:42:00	THANK YOU.
06:01:42:00	06:01:43:00	THE CHAIR AND AS IT COMES TO
06:01:43:00	06:01:43:00	ANY OTHER FLOOR, I'M GOING TO
06:01:43:00	06:01:44:00	KEEP THIS REALLY BRIEF.
06:01:44:00	06:01:45:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:01:45:00	06:01:45:00	THANK YOU.
06:01:45:00	06:01:45:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
06:01:45:00	06:01:48:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR INCLUSION
06:01:48:00	06:01:49:00	INCLUDING ME IN THIS WE HAVE
06:01:49:00	06:01:50:00	THREE WE HAVE UNIVERSITY, WE
06:01:50:00	06:01:52:00	HAVE UBC AND HARVARD AND OVER
06:01:52:00	06:01:56:00	THE YEARS WE'VE HAD MANY
06:01:56:00	06:01:56:00	INSTANCES OF LIKE DISORDERLY
06:01:56:00	06:01:59:00	DRUNKEN BEHAVIOR AND ALL SORTS
06:01:59:00	06:02:03:00	OF NASTY THINGS HAPPENING AND I
06:02:03:00	06:02:03:00	THINK IT'S REALLY A TIMELY
06:02:03:00	06:02:04:00	MOMENT TO SORT OF REVIEW WHERE
06:02:04:00	06:02:06:00	WE'RE AT AND WHAT'S WORKING AND
06:02:06:00	06:02:07:00	WHAT'S NOT WORKING AND HOW WE
06:02:07:00	06:02:08:00	CAN IMPROVE THE SITUATION.
06:02:08:00	06:02:11:00	AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
06:02:11:00	06:02:11:00	CONVERSATION.
06:02:11:00	06:02:11:00	THANK YOU.
06:02:11:00	06:02:12:00	THANK YOU.
06:02:12:00	06:02:12:00	I WANT TO THANK THE FOLLOWERS.
06:02:12:00	06:02:15:00	I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY
06:02:15:00	06:02:15:00	IMPORTANT HEARING THAT WE NEED
06:02:15:00	06:02:19:00	TO HAVE ABOUT HOUSING AVAILABLE
06:02:19:00	06:02:20:00	AND WHAT OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE
06:02:20:00	06:02:20:00	DOING TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE FOR
06:02:20:00	06:02:20:00	THEIR STUDENTS.
06:02:20:00	06:02:23:00	SO THANK YOU.
06:02:23:00	06:02:23:00	BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:02:23:00	06:02:24:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:02:24:00	06:02:24:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
06:02:24:00	06:02:25:00	THEIR NAME?
06:02:25:00	06:02:29:00	MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCIL'S
06:02:29:00	06:02:29:00	CALL AS ABOUT A PENNY GUINNESS
06:02:29:00	06:02:30:00	AND FITZGERALD AND HERE MURPHY
06:02:30:00	06:02:31:00	BY BEN WEBER WORLD PLEASE OUT
06:02:31:00	06:02:37:00	THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET
06:02:37:00	06:02:38:00	NUMBER 0474 WILL BE REFERRED TO
06:02:38:00	06:02:38:00	THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND
06:02:38:00	06:02:41:00	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MR QUOTE
06:02:41:00	06:02:44:00	WHEN YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER
06:02:44:00	06:02:44:00	0475.0475
06:02:44:00	06:02:44:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND
06:02:44:00	06:02:47:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
06:02:47:00	06:02:48:00	HEARING TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE
06:02:48:00	06:02:51:00	THE BUSAN CITY COUNCIL'S
06:02:51:00	06:02:52:00	LEGISLATIVE IMPACT ON DISTRICT
06:02:52:00	06:02:55:00	SEVEN RESIDENTS AND ITS
06:02:55:00	06:02:56:00	COLLABORATION WITH THE
06:02:56:00	06:02:56:00	ADMINISTRATION ON PROJECTS IN
06:02:56:00	06:02:59:00	DISTRICT SEVEN TO IDENTIFY
06:02:59:00	06:03:00:00	AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.
06:03:00:00	06:03:00:00	THANK YOU.
06:03:00:00	06:03:04:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES WITH
06:03:04:00	06:03:04:00	AN INVITATION.
06:03:04:00	06:03:04:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:03:04:00	06:03:05:00	THANK YOU.
06:03:05:00	06:03:07:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, TRY TO BE
06:03:07:00	06:03:07:00	BRIEF.
06:03:07:00	06:03:08:00	BASICALLY THERE IS A
06:03:08:00	06:03:11:00	CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
06:03:11:00	06:03:12:00	HAD ABOUT HOW COUNCILORS ARE
06:03:12:00	06:03:15:00	FILING OR PERHAPS EVEN OUR
06:03:15:00	06:03:19:00	STATE PARTNERS ARE WORKING ON
06:03:19:00	06:03:19:00	LEGISLATION TOO THAT IMPACTS
06:03:19:00	06:03:21:00	DISTRICT SEVEN PROJECTS POLICY
06:03:21:00	06:03:22:00	BUDGET ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.
06:03:22:00	06:03:25:00	I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU AND
06:03:25:00	06:03:29:00	DISCUSS WHAT HAVE YOU FILED FOR
06:03:29:00	06:03:29:00	DISTRICT SEVEN AND I KNOW THAT
06:03:29:00	06:03:32:00	YOU KNOW THE LEGISLATION THAT
06:03:32:00	06:03:33:00	WE FILE IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY
06:03:33:00	06:03:36:00	BUT SOMETIMES SPECIFICALLY YOUR
06:03:36:00	06:03:36:00	POSITIONS ON PROJECTS, YOUR
06:03:36:00	06:03:37:00	POSITIONS ON BUDGET, YOUR
06:03:37:00	06:03:40:00	POSITIONS ON POLICIES UNIQUELY
06:03:40:00	06:03:43:00	IMPACTS JUST DISTRICT SEVEN.
06:03:43:00	06:03:44:00	AND SO A CONVERSATION TO BE
06:03:44:00	06:03:47:00	ABLE TO EVALUATE WHERE YOU ARE
06:03:47:00	06:03:51:00	IN TERM WITH THIS WORK IF YOU
06:03:51:00	06:03:51:00	ARE NOTICING A PATTERN HERE
06:03:51:00	06:03:55:00	OF CONTINUITY IT'S BECAUSE
06:03:55:00	06:03:55:00	THERE IS ONE.
06:03:55:00	06:03:56:00	I AM EVALUATING MYSELF IN TERMS
06:03:56:00	06:03:59:00	OF WHAT METRICS FOR ALL
06:03:59:00	06:04:00:00	POLICIES AND PROJECTS AND
06:04:00:00	06:04:02:00	BUDGET DELIVERABLES FOR
06:04:02:00	06:04:02:00	DISTRICT SEVEN WITH OUR
06:04:02:00	06:04:03:00	UNIVERSITY PARTNERS AND
06:04:03:00	06:04:06:00	STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO
06:04:06:00	06:04:06:00	IMPLEMENT A METRICS HOPEFULLY
06:04:06:00	06:04:09:00	CREATE A DASHBOARD AT OUR
06:04:09:00	06:04:10:00	DISTRICT SEVEN EVERYBODY GO TO
06:04:10:00	06:04:12:00	DISTRICT SEVEN NUMERIC SEVEN
06:04:12:00	06:04:15:00	BOSTON DISTRICT SEVEN DOT COM
06:04:15:00	06:04:16:00	IT'S OUR OWN DISTRICT'S WEBSITE
06:04:16:00	06:04:19:00	NOT THE CAMPAIGN WEBSITE
06:04:19:00	06:04:19:00	SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE HAVE AN
06:04:19:00	06:04:23:00	INVENTORY AND THE HISTORY WE'VE
06:04:23:00	06:04:25:00	DONE A STUDY OF DISTRICT SEVEN
06:04:25:00	06:04:26:00	WE HAVE AN INVENTORY WE HAVE A
06:04:26:00	06:04:29:00	WAY FOR YOU TO SIGN UP FOR YOUR
06:04:29:00	06:04:30:00	CIVIC YOUR LOCAL CIVIC
06:04:30:00	06:04:33:00	ASSOCIATION AND THIS METRICS OR
06:04:33:00	06:04:34:00	DASHBOARD WOULD ACTUALLY
06:04:34:00	06:04:37:00	PROVIDE A WAY TO MONITOR
06:04:37:00	06:04:38:00	PROGRESS IN TERMS OF ACROSS THE
06:04:38:00	06:04:40:00	BOARD POLICIES PROJECTS AND
06:04:40:00	06:04:41:00	BUDGET DELIVERABLES.
06:04:41:00	06:04:45:00	SO NOW IT'S THE TIME FOR US TO
06:04:45:00	06:04:45:00	SAY COUNCILORS, WHERE HAVE YOU
06:04:45:00	06:04:48:00	BEEN ON THE PROJECTS IN
06:04:48:00	06:04:48:00	DISTRICT SEVEN?
06:04:48:00	06:04:49:00	HOW HAVE YOU VOTED?
06:04:49:00	06:04:49:00	WHAT POSITIONS HAVE YOU TAKEN?
06:04:49:00	06:04:52:00	HAVE YOU SUPPORTED NOT
06:04:52:00	06:04:53:00	SUPPORTED AND WHAT POSITIONS
06:04:53:00	06:04:53:00	HAVE YOU TAKEN?
06:04:53:00	06:04:56:00	SO I'D LIKE TO FINALLY THANK MY
06:04:56:00	06:04:57:00	AT LARGE COUNCILORS THAT HAVE
06:04:57:00	06:05:00:00	BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF PROJECTS OR
06:05:00:00	06:05:01:00	HAVE BEEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE
06:05:01:00	06:05:04:00	OF PROJECTS 2 TO 2 THAT IMPACT
06:05:04:00	06:05:07:00	MY CONSTITUENTS BUT ALSO
06:05:07:00	06:05:11:00	SPECIFICALLY I THINK
06:05:11:00	06:05:12:00	COUNCIL FLYNN JUST SO I KNOW
06:05:12:00	06:05:12:00	WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO NAME
06:05:12:00	06:05:15:00	PEOPLE BUT COUNCIL FLYNN IS
06:05:15:00	06:05:15:00	ALWAYS SPECIFICALLY IN EITHER
06:05:15:00	06:05:19:00	IN DISTRICT SEVEN OR ADVOCATING
06:05:19:00	06:05:20:00	OR ADVOCATING FOR THE POSITION
06:05:20:00	06:05:23:00	AS AN SEVEN.
06:05:23:00	06:05:24:00	I KNOW IT COMES FROM A LONG
06:05:24:00	06:05:26:00	RELATIONSHIP WITH MY
06:05:26:00	06:05:27:00	CONSTITUENTS AND I APPRECIATE
06:05:27:00	06:05:27:00	IT.
06:05:27:00	06:05:30:00	I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU
06:05:30:00	06:05:31:00	SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE ME ADD YOU
06:05:31:00	06:05:34:00	TO EVENTS OR ADD YOU TO THINGS
06:05:34:00	06:05:34:00	IN DISTRICT SEVEN BECAUSE I
06:05:34:00	06:05:35:00	WELCOME IT AND I'D LIKE TO
06:05:35:00	06:05:37:00	CONTINUE TO WORK IN
06:05:37:00	06:05:38:00	COLLABORATION TO DO EVERYTHING
06:05:38:00	06:05:39:00	THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.
06:05:39:00	06:05:41:00	DISTRICT SEVEN THANK YOU.
06:05:41:00	06:05:41:00	THANK YOU.
06:05:41:00	06:05:41:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:05:41:00	06:05:43:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA ON THE FLOOR
06:05:43:00	06:05:44:00	.
06:05:44:00	06:05:44:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:05:44:00	06:05:48:00	I JUST WANT TO RISE AND THANK
06:05:48:00	06:05:48:00	COUNCILOR ANDERSON FOR FILING
06:05:48:00	06:05:48:00	THIS.
06:05:48:00	06:05:51:00	I'M SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN
06:05:51:00	06:05:52:00	DISTRICT SEVEN FAMILY STILL
06:05:52:00	06:05:53:00	LIVES IN PICTURE SEVEN AND AS
06:05:53:00	06:05:54:00	OF LAST WEEK I HAVE A DISTRICT
06:05:54:00	06:05:57:00	SEVEN CONSTITUENT AGAIN SO VERY
06:05:57:00	06:05:58:00	, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
06:05:58:00	06:06:01:00	AND YOU KNOW, I THINK AS AN
06:06:01:00	06:06:01:00	AT-LARGE COUNCILOR I KNOW THAT
06:06:01:00	06:06:02:00	WE FOLLOW POLICIES THAT IMPACT
06:06:02:00	06:06:04:00	THE WHOLE CITY.
06:06:04:00	06:06:05:00	BUT LIKE COUNCILOR ANDERSON
06:06:05:00	06:06:08:00	SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A
06:06:08:00	06:06:09:00	DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN
06:06:09:00	06:06:09:00	MARGINALIZED FOR SO MANY YEARS
06:06:09:00	06:06:12:00	FOR SO MANY YEARS AND DECISIONS
06:06:12:00	06:06:13:00	SOMETIMES HAVE BEEN MADE ON
06:06:13:00	06:06:17:00	BEHALF OF RESIDENTS, I THINK WE
06:06:17:00	06:06:17:00	NEED TO I REALLY AM REALLY
06:06:17:00	06:06:20:00	PLEASED BY HER INTENTIONALITY
06:06:20:00	06:06:20:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT DISTRICT
06:06:20:00	06:06:23:00	SEVEN GETS WHAT THEY DESERVE.
06:06:23:00	06:06:24:00	I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
06:06:24:00	06:06:24:00	CONTINUING TO SUPPORTING, YOU
06:06:24:00	06:06:28:00	KNOW, THE DISTRICT
06:06:28:00	06:06:28:00	COUNCILOR AND DISTRICT SEVEN.
06:06:28:00	06:06:29:00	SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:06:29:00	06:06:32:00	THANK YOU.
06:06:32:00	06:06:32:00	THANK YOU.
06:06:32:00	06:06:33:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:06:33:00	06:06:33:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:06:33:00	06:06:35:00	OH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:06:35:00	06:06:36:00	COUNCILOR PLENTY ON THE FLOOR.
06:06:36:00	06:06:36:00	THANK YOU.
06:06:36:00	06:06:36:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
06:06:36:00	06:06:39:00	JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
06:06:39:00	06:06:39:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
06:06:39:00	06:06:40:00	FOR THIS IMPORTANT HEARING
06:06:40:00	06:06:43:00	ORDER AND OUR DISTRICTS OVERLAP
06:06:43:00	06:06:47:00	AND MANY OF THE AREAS INCLUDING
06:06:47:00	06:06:48:00	IN THE SOUTH END AND THE BACK
06:06:48:00	06:06:51:00	BAY IN THE BACK BAY AREA AS
06:06:51:00	06:06:53:00	WELL.
06:06:53:00	06:06:54:00	BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER
06:06:54:00	06:07:00:00	WORK ON QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES
06:07:00:00	06:07:00:00	AND CONSTITUENT SERVICES
06:07:00:00	06:07:01:00	ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY IN THE
06:07:01:00	06:07:04:00	SOUTH END WHERE WE WE REPRESENT
06:07:04:00	06:07:08:00	A LARGE A LARGE AREA OF THE
06:07:08:00	06:07:09:00	SOUTH END TOGETHER ALONG WITH
06:07:09:00	06:07:12:00	CASTLE FITZGERALD THANK YOU
06:07:12:00	06:07:13:00	MADAM CHAIR.
06:07:13:00	06:07:13:00	THANK YOU.
06:07:13:00	06:07:13:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:07:13:00	06:07:14:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:07:14:00	06:07:15:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
06:07:15:00	06:07:17:00	THEIR NAME?
06:07:17:00	06:07:17:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD
06:07:17:00	06:07:18:00	COUNCILORS DOIG AND FITZGERALD
06:07:18:00	06:07:21:00	FLYNN HERE MURPHY BUT BENJAMIN
06:07:21:00	06:07:21:00	TANNA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD
06:07:21:00	06:07:23:00	THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET
06:07:23:00	06:07:23:00	NUMBER 0475 WE REFERRED TO THE
06:07:23:00	06:07:24:00	COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT
06:07:24:00	06:07:27:00	GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY,
06:07:27:00	06:07:27:00	TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
06:07:27:00	06:07:28:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
06:07:28:00	06:07:33:00	DOCKET NUMBER 04760476
06:07:33:00	06:07:33:00	COUNCILORS DURKIN AND WORRELL
06:07:33:00	06:07:37:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
06:07:37:00	06:07:37:00	HEARING ON BOSTON'S
06:07:37:00	06:07:40:00	DISTRIBUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION
06:07:40:00	06:07:41:00	OF COVID 19 RELIEF FUNDING AND
06:07:41:00	06:07:41:00	PROGRAMS.
06:07:41:00	06:07:41:00	THANK YOU.
06:07:41:00	06:07:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:07:44:00	06:07:44:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
06:07:44:00	06:07:45:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
06:07:45:00	06:07:45:00	FLOOR.
06:07:45:00	06:07:46:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
06:07:46:00	06:07:48:00	I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND AND ADD
06:07:48:00	06:07:48:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROSIE
06:07:48:00	06:07:52:00	LOUIJEUNE AS A THIRD
06:07:52:00	06:07:52:00	CO-SPONSOR.
06:07:52:00	06:07:52:00	CONSIDER GOING TO SUSPEND THE
06:07:52:00	06:07:54:00	RULES AND MEET UP WITH THE
06:07:54:00	06:07:55:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS
06:07:55:00	06:07:55:00	DOING IN HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
06:07:55:00	06:07:56:00	I'M SO OUT OF TOUCH CONSIDER
06:07:56:00	06:07:56:00	WORKING ON THE FLOOR.
06:07:56:00	06:07:57:00	THANK YOU CHAIR AND I KNOW
06:07:57:00	06:07:58:00	WE'RE GETTING LATE SO I WILL BE
06:07:58:00	06:08:01:00	BRIEF.
06:08:01:00	06:08:02:00	IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
06:08:02:00	06:08:05:00	REVIEW THE COVID 19 AND ARPA
06:08:05:00	06:08:08:00	RELATED FINDINGS.
06:08:08:00	06:08:09:00	I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FULLY
06:08:09:00	06:08:12:00	RECEIVED AND FULLY OBLIGATED
06:08:12:00	06:08:15:00	OVER $550 MILLION OF ARPA
06:08:15:00	06:08:16:00	RESOURCES AND I'M PROUD TO SAY
06:08:16:00	06:08:17:00	THAT THOSE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN
06:08:17:00	06:08:19:00	USED MORE EFFECTIVELY AND MORE
06:08:19:00	06:08:20:00	AMBITIOUSLY THAN MANY OF OUR
06:08:20:00	06:08:23:00	PEER CITIES.
06:08:23:00	06:08:24:00	WHILE MANY MUNICIPALITIES FOUND
06:08:24:00	06:08:27:00	SHORT TERM FIXES BOSTON TOOK A
06:08:27:00	06:08:27:00	STRATEGIC ROUTE FORWARD AND I'M
06:08:27:00	06:08:30:00	REALLY PROUD TO BE CHAIRING
06:08:30:00	06:08:31:00	THIS HEARING.
06:08:31:00	06:08:32:00	I DO NOTICE THAT THERE IS A
06:08:32:00	06:08:35:00	SIMILAR DOCKET ON 0482
06:08:35:00	06:08:36:00	UNFORTUNATELY I'LL HAVE TO
06:08:36:00	06:08:39:00	LEAVE BEFORE THAT ONE BUT I DO
06:08:39:00	06:08:39:00	THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
06:08:39:00	06:08:42:00	HAVE ONE CONVERSATION ABOUT
06:08:42:00	06:08:46:00	ARPA RESOURCES AND THAT THOSE
06:08:46:00	06:08:50:00	RESOURCES ARE THOROUGHLY VETTED
06:08:50:00	06:08:51:00	AND THAT WE TALK THROUGH HOW TO
06:08:51:00	06:08:51:00	MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OBLIGATED
06:08:51:00	06:08:54:00	FUNDS ARE UTILIZED PRIOR TO THE
06:08:54:00	06:08:54:00	DEADLINE.
06:08:54:00	06:08:57:00	DECEMBER 20, 26 SO THANK YOU
06:08:57:00	06:09:01:00	AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS
06:09:01:00	06:09:01:00	.
06:09:01:00	06:09:02:00	WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS
06:09:02:00	06:09:02:00	CONVERSATION IS.
06:09:02:00	06:09:02:00	THANK YOU.
06:09:02:00	06:09:02:00	THANK YOU.
06:09:02:00	06:09:05:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS
06:09:05:00	06:09:06:00	COUNCIL OUT SINCE WE'RE ALL
06:09:06:00	06:09:08:00	HERE ON THE FLOOR.
06:09:08:00	06:09:09:00	THANK YOU.
06:09:09:00	06:09:09:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:09:09:00	06:09:10:00	THANK YOU FOR COUNCIL DURKAN
06:09:10:00	06:09:11:00	FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
06:09:11:00	06:09:12:00	I BELIEVE I HEARD IN THE WORK
06:09:12:00	06:09:15:00	IN SESSION THE WANTING
06:09:15:00	06:09:16:00	OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
06:09:16:00	06:09:19:00	SOONER BEFORE THE BUDGET TO
06:09:19:00	06:09:23:00	HEAR WHAT PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
06:09:23:00	06:09:23:00	DISCONTINUED, WHAT PROGRAMS
06:09:23:00	06:09:24:00	WILL BE CONTINUING ON THE
06:09:24:00	06:09:27:00	OPERATING BUDGET.
06:09:27:00	06:09:28:00	SO HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
06:09:28:00	06:09:28:00	CONVERSATION IF WE COULD HAVE
06:09:28:00	06:09:31:00	IT BEFORE BUDGET I THINK IT
06:09:31:00	06:09:32:00	WILL BE USEFUL FOR MY
06:09:32:00	06:09:32:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
06:09:32:00	06:09:32:00	THANK YOU.
06:09:32:00	06:09:35:00	THANK YOU.
06:09:35:00	06:09:36:00	THANK YOU GUYS.
06:09:36:00	06:09:36:00	WE'RE ALL I'M ON THIS AS A
06:09:36:00	06:09:36:00	THREAD.
06:09:36:00	06:09:37:00	THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
06:09:37:00	06:09:38:00	CONVERSATION WE HAVE AN
06:09:38:00	06:09:41:00	OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
06:09:41:00	06:09:42:00	THE IMPLEMENTATION IS WHAT WE
06:09:42:00	06:09:42:00	ENVISION.
06:09:42:00	06:09:43:00	SO A REALLY IMPORTANT
06:09:43:00	06:09:46:00	CONVERSATION.
06:09:46:00	06:09:47:00	I THINK YOUR PROFILE IN THE
06:09:47:00	06:09:47:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:09:47:00	06:09:48:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE FOR
06:09:48:00	06:09:49:00	ME THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
06:09:49:00	06:09:50:00	I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO
06:09:50:00	06:09:53:00	THIS IMPORTANT HEARING AND ALSO
06:09:53:00	06:09:54:00	DOING DOING A MORE THOROUGH
06:09:54:00	06:09:57:00	RESEARCH INVESTIGATION ON ON
06:09:57:00	06:10:00:00	THE SUCCESS AND WHAT HAPPENED,
06:10:00:00	06:10:01:00	HOW SUCCESSFUL THESE PROGRAMS
06:10:01:00	06:10:04:00	WERE THAT WERE FUNDED.
06:10:04:00	06:10:05:00	I THINK THAT'S ALSO A CRITICAL
06:10:05:00	06:10:05:00	PART OF IT.
06:10:05:00	06:10:08:00	WE HAVEN'T SEEN MANY STUDIES
06:10:08:00	06:10:08:00	ABOUT COVID FUNDING.
06:10:08:00	06:10:09:00	I'D BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING
06:10:09:00	06:10:11:00	MORE ABOUT THAT.
06:10:11:00	06:10:12:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
06:10:12:00	06:10:13:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:10:13:00	06:10:16:00	ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
06:10:16:00	06:10:17:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
06:10:17:00	06:10:18:00	MR. CLERK WAS A
06:10:18:00	06:10:18:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON
06:10:18:00	06:10:23:00	MURPHY FLYNN MARIA PIPPEN.
06:10:23:00	06:10:24:00	OKAY THERE'S DOCKET DOCKET
06:10:24:00	06:10:28:00	NUMBER 0476 WILL BE REFERRED TO
06:10:28:00	06:10:28:00	THE COVID 19 COMMITTEE IS A
06:10:28:00	06:10:30:00	COURT COULD YOU PLEASE WE TALK
06:10:30:00	06:10:33:00	A NUMBER OF 04770477 COUNCILORS
06:10:33:00	06:10:33:00	DURKIN AND FITZGERALD OF THE
06:10:33:00	06:10:37:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
06:10:37:00	06:10:37:00	TO DISCUSS CONTRACT OF PARKING
06:10:37:00	06:10:41:00	REGULATIONS PERMITTING AND
06:10:41:00	06:10:41:00	ENFORCEMENT IN BOSTON.
06:10:41:00	06:10:42:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:10:42:00	06:10:42:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE
06:10:42:00	06:10:42:00	FLOOR.
06:10:42:00	06:10:46:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
06:10:46:00	06:10:47:00	OH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE FLOOR
06:10:47:00	06:10:47:00	BUT NOW YOU DO.
06:10:47:00	06:10:48:00	OKAY.
06:10:48:00	06:10:51:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
06:10:51:00	06:10:51:00	CHAIR I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
06:10:51:00	06:10:57:00	RULES AND ADD YOU AS A THIRD
06:10:57:00	06:10:58:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR COUNCILOR
06:10:58:00	06:10:59:00	AND COUNCILOR DURKIN C SUSPEND
06:10:59:00	06:10:59:00	THE RULES, ADD MYSELF AS A
06:10:59:00	06:11:00:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
06:11:00:00	06:11:00:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
06:11:00:00	06:11:01:00	OBJECTIONS I'M SO ADDED.
06:11:01:00	06:11:02:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
06:11:02:00	06:11:02:00	FLOOR.
06:11:02:00	06:11:02:00	I'M WEARING BRADEN'S FAVORITE
06:11:02:00	06:11:06:00	COLOR PURPLE.
06:11:06:00	06:11:06:00	SO YOU THINK THAT'S QUIET
06:11:06:00	06:11:08:00	ORANGE BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S
06:11:08:00	06:11:08:00	6:00?
06:11:08:00	06:11:08:00	YES.
06:11:08:00	06:11:09:00	I RISE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE
06:11:09:00	06:11:11:00	ONGOING CONCERNS SURROUNDING
06:11:11:00	06:11:12:00	CONTRACTOR PARKING REGULATIONS
06:11:12:00	06:11:15:00	PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT IN
06:11:15:00	06:11:15:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
06:11:15:00	06:11:16:00	I ATTENDED THE BEACON HILL
06:11:16:00	06:11:18:00	CIVIC ASSOCIATION PARKING AND
06:11:18:00	06:11:19:00	TRAFFIC MEETING CHAIRED BY BEN
06:11:19:00	06:11:22:00	STARR ON JANUARY 23RD WHERE
06:11:22:00	06:11:22:00	CONSTITUENTS EXPRESSED
06:11:22:00	06:11:25:00	FRUSTRATIONS AND CITED MULTIPLE
06:11:25:00	06:11:25:00	ISSUES SUCH AS CONTRACTORS
06:11:25:00	06:11:29:00	PARKING ILLEGALLY ABUSED FOR
06:11:29:00	06:11:30:00	EXPIRED PERMITS INCORRECTLY
06:11:30:00	06:11:30:00	CATEGORIZING THE PERMITS
06:11:30:00	06:11:33:00	THEY'RE USING AND A GENERAL
06:11:33:00	06:11:34:00	LACK OF ENFORCEMENT.
06:11:34:00	06:11:35:00	I AM EXCITED TO HAVE THIS
06:11:35:00	06:11:37:00	CONVERSATION.
06:11:37:00	06:11:38:00	IT'S ONE THAT IMPACTS QUALITY
06:11:38:00	06:11:38:00	OF LIFE ON BEACON HILL
06:11:38:00	06:11:38:00	EXTREMELY.
06:11:38:00	06:11:41:00	I ALSO REALIZED UPON TALKING TO
06:11:41:00	06:11:41:00	CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT IT
06:11:41:00	06:11:44:00	IMPACTS DORCHESTER AND THE
06:11:44:00	06:11:45:00	ENTIRE CITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS
06:11:45:00	06:11:46:00	SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE A
06:11:46:00	06:11:49:00	CONVERSATION THAT REALLY GETS
06:11:49:00	06:11:50:00	AT ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE
06:11:50:00	06:11:53:00	THAT WE HAVE CITYWIDE.
06:11:53:00	06:11:55:00	I DID GET ALL THE THREE ON ONE
06:11:55:00	06:11:56:00	DATA FOR DISTRICT EIGHT AND
06:11:56:00	06:11:57:00	THIS IS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES
06:11:57:00	06:11:59:00	SO SO IN REPRESENTING MY
06:11:59:00	06:12:00:00	CONSTITUENTS I WANT TO BRING
06:12:00:00	06:12:00:00	THEM HERE.
06:12:00:00	06:12:04:00	I WANT TO HAVE THEM ON THE
06:12:04:00	06:12:04:00	PANEL AND I WANT TO HAVE THIS
06:12:04:00	06:12:07:00	CONVERSATION SO AND IN
06:12:07:00	06:12:07:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH MY COLLEAGUES
06:12:07:00	06:12:08:00	WHO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY.
06:12:08:00	06:12:08:00	THANK YOU.
06:12:08:00	06:12:11:00	THANK YOU.
06:12:11:00	06:12:11:00	CONSIDER AGAIN THE CHAIR
06:12:11:00	06:12:12:00	RECOGNIZES KIND OF A JODY ON
06:12:12:00	06:12:12:00	THE FLOOR.
06:12:12:00	06:12:15:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:12:15:00	06:12:16:00	WE DID HAVE A MEETING LATER ON
06:12:16:00	06:12:18:00	THIS WEEK WITH TO VISIT SOME
06:12:18:00	06:12:18:00	OF THE SAVINGS ABOUT THIS VERY
06:12:18:00	06:12:19:00	ISSUE.
06:12:19:00	06:12:19:00	IT'S MORE THAT WE WOULD NEVER
06:12:19:00	06:12:22:00	WANT TO STOP THOSE THAT ARE
06:12:22:00	06:12:22:00	UPDATING OUR HOUSING, CREATING
06:12:22:00	06:12:25:00	NEW HOUSING, CREATE NEW TAXABLE
06:12:25:00	06:12:25:00	PROPERTY.
06:12:25:00	06:12:26:00	HOWEVER, THERE'S THIS JUST
06:12:26:00	06:12:29:00	BRINGS IN THE VALUE OF COMMON
06:12:29:00	06:12:30:00	COURTESY BACK TO IT TO MAKE
06:12:30:00	06:12:31:00	SURE THE IMPACTS WHILE WE MAKE
06:12:31:00	06:12:33:00	THOSE IMPROVEMENTS DO NOT
06:12:33:00	06:12:33:00	IMPEDE ON OTHER PEOPLE'S
06:12:33:00	06:12:33:00	QUALITY OF LIFE.
06:12:33:00	06:12:34:00	THANK YOU.
06:12:34:00	06:12:34:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
06:12:34:00	06:12:37:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR ADDING
06:12:37:00	06:12:38:00	ME AS A THIRD YESTERDAY HAD A
06:12:38:00	06:12:39:00	COCOA HOUR IN A CONSTITUENT
06:12:39:00	06:12:41:00	BELIEVE CONSIDERING THAT YOU
06:12:41:00	06:12:41:00	MENTIONED BEN CAME IN HE SPOKE
06:12:41:00	06:12:42:00	TO ME ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT AND
06:12:42:00	06:12:44:00	THANK YOU FOR ADDING BECAUSE I
06:12:44:00	06:12:45:00	KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT
06:12:45:00	06:12:48:00	MATTERS TO A LOT OF OUR
06:12:48:00	06:12:49:00	RESIDENTS AND SO I THANK YOU
06:12:49:00	06:12:49:00	FOR ELEVATING THIS ISSUE
06:12:49:00	06:12:51:00	ALONGSIDE THE BEACON HILL CIVIC
06:12:51:00	06:12:52:00	ASSOCIATION AND SO MANY OF OUR
06:12:52:00	06:12:52:00	CONSTITUENTS.
06:12:52:00	06:12:56:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:12:56:00	06:12:57:00	ON THIS MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE
06:12:57:00	06:12:57:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
06:12:57:00	06:12:58:00	MR CLERK WITH THAT COUNCILORS
06:12:58:00	06:12:59:00	OPINIONS ANDERSON MAGGIE
06:12:59:00	06:13:04:00	MURPHY, BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD
06:13:04:00	06:13:04:00	PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR OF THIS
06:13:04:00	06:13:07:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0477 WILL
06:13:07:00	06:13:07:00	BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON
06:13:07:00	06:13:11:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
06:13:11:00	06:13:11:00	TRANSPORTATION.
06:13:11:00	06:13:12:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE BE
06:13:12:00	06:13:14:00	BACK NUMBER 0478 DIACONATE 0478
06:13:14:00	06:13:17:00	COUNCIL OF FINANCE SAN JACINTO
06:13:17:00	06:13:17:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
06:13:17:00	06:13:20:00	HEARING TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE
06:13:20:00	06:13:21:00	OPTIONS FOR THE CENTER RUNNING
06:13:21:00	06:13:24:00	BUS LANE ON BLUE HILL AVENUE
06:13:24:00	06:13:25:00	AND COLUMBUS AVENUE, THE CHAIR
06:13:25:00	06:13:25:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN
06:13:25:00	06:13:27:00	ENGINEER SINGING ON THE FLOOR.
06:13:27:00	06:13:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:13:31:00	06:13:32:00	SO FOR THIS HEARING I THINK
06:13:32:00	06:13:35:00	IT'S A LOT IT'S A VERY SIMILAR
06:13:35:00	06:13:35:00	OR AT LEAST ONE OF OUR
06:13:35:00	06:13:36:00	COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY FILED
06:13:36:00	06:13:39:00	SOMETHING THAT IS INCLUSIVE
06:13:39:00	06:13:39:00	OF THIS TOPIC.
06:13:39:00	06:13:42:00	SO I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT IT'S
06:13:42:00	06:13:46:00	NOT SIMILAR IN WHAT I'M
06:13:46:00	06:13:47:00	PROPOSING HERE TO DISCUSS
06:13:47:00	06:13:50:00	SPECIFICALLY ALTERNATIVE FOR
06:13:50:00	06:13:51:00	THE METRO BUSTLING BUT MY
06:13:51:00	06:13:55:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE WHO FILED FOR
06:13:55:00	06:13:55:00	GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
06:13:55:00	06:13:59:00	SPECIFICALLY ON PROJECTS SHE
06:13:59:00	06:13:59:00	INCLUDED BLUE COLLAR AVENUE.
06:13:59:00	06:14:02:00	SO I THINK THIS COULD BE SORT
06:14:02:00	06:14:03:00	OF A JOINT HEARING OR SHE'S
06:14:03:00	06:14:06:00	OFFERED TO HOLD A SPECIFIC
06:14:06:00	06:14:06:00	HEARING JUST FOR THIS.
06:14:06:00	06:14:09:00	SO JUST WANTED TO SAY TO ALL MY
06:14:09:00	06:14:09:00	CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE BEEN
06:14:09:00	06:14:10:00	ADVOCATING THERE'S A PETITION
06:14:10:00	06:14:12:00	OUT THERE WITH HUNDREDS
06:14:12:00	06:14:13:00	OF SIGNATURES ASKING FOR AN
06:14:13:00	06:14:17:00	ALTERNATIVE I KNOW THAT I WANT
06:14:17:00	06:14:19:00	TO SHOUT OUT MY COLLEAGUE FROM
06:14:19:00	06:14:20:00	DISTRICT FOUR WHO HAS BEEN
06:14:20:00	06:14:23:00	ADVOCATING AS WELL ON
06:14:23:00	06:14:24:00	ALTERNATIVE TO TO THE METRO BUS
06:14:24:00	06:14:27:00	LANE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO A
06:14:27:00	06:14:28:00	ROBUST CONVERSATION.
06:14:28:00	06:14:28:00	I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION IS
06:14:28:00	06:14:31:00	TRYING TO DO ITS BEST TO YOU
06:14:31:00	06:14:34:00	KNOW, ON CARBON EMISSION AND
06:14:34:00	06:14:35:00	FIGURING OUT WAYS THAT IT'S
06:14:35:00	06:14:36:00	ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND
06:14:36:00	06:14:38:00	I'M ALL FOR THAT.
06:14:38:00	06:14:42:00	I, I BELIEVE IN THE CAUSE.
06:14:42:00	06:14:43:00	LET'S MAKE IT ELECTRIC LET'S GO
06:14:43:00	06:14:44:00	MIDDLE LANE AS TO ALL OF THAT
06:14:44:00	06:14:46:00	BUT THIS CONVERSATION NEEDS TO
06:14:46:00	06:14:47:00	BE HAD.
06:14:47:00	06:14:47:00	THERE IS SERIOUS CONCERNS FOR
06:14:47:00	06:14:50:00	MY TEAM ACTUALLY DID A FULL
06:14:50:00	06:14:51:00	SURVEY OF THE ENTIRE BLUE LAB
06:14:51:00	06:14:53:00	ALL OF THE BUSINESS SMALL
06:14:53:00	06:14:54:00	BUSINESSES THERE AND WE CAME UP
06:14:54:00	06:14:57:00	WITH ABOUT 76% OF FOLKS
06:14:57:00	06:15:00:00	BUSINESS OWNERS WHO DID NOT WHO
06:15:00:00	06:15:01:00	WERE NOT AWARE THAT THIS WAS
06:15:01:00	06:15:04:00	HAPPENING AND THEN OF THAT 76%
06:15:04:00	06:15:07:00	80% AND THAT'S OUT OF 115
06:15:07:00	06:15:08:00	BUSINESSES THAT WERE ACTUALLY
06:15:08:00	06:15:10:00	AVAILABLE.
06:15:10:00	06:15:11:00	OF THAT 76% 80% WERE NOT IN
06:15:11:00	06:15:15:00	AGREEMENT WITH THE MIDDLE
06:15:15:00	06:15:15:00	CLASS.
06:15:15:00	06:15:16:00	SO I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO
06:15:16:00	06:15:18:00	THE BUSINESS OWNERS, YOU KNOW,
06:15:18:00	06:15:21:00	IN TERMS OF TAKING TO REDUCING
06:15:21:00	06:15:22:00	40% OF PARKING.
06:15:22:00	06:15:22:00	WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SERIOUS
06:15:22:00	06:15:25:00	CONCERNS ABOUT DISPLACEMENT.
06:15:25:00	06:15:26:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, DO APOLOGIZE.
06:15:26:00	06:15:30:00	I WANTED TO SAY I WANTED TO ADD
06:15:30:00	06:15:33:00	COUNCIL ME HERE AS A ORIGINAL
06:15:33:00	06:15:33:00	CO-SPONSOR.
06:15:33:00	06:15:34:00	THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE USE THIS
06:15:34:00	06:15:37:00	AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
06:15:37:00	06:15:38:00	COMPANY ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE
06:15:38:00	06:15:38:00	THE FLOOR THAT BILL.
06:15:38:00	06:15:42:00	THANK YOU.
06:15:42:00	06:15:42:00	THANK YOU.
06:15:42:00	06:15:43:00	THE CHAIR AND THIS COMES FROM
06:15:43:00	06:15:43:00	MEJIA AGAIN FOR THANK YOU
06:15:43:00	06:15:45:00	BECAUSE I HAVE TO HURRY UP AND
06:15:45:00	06:15:45:00	GO SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH
06:15:45:00	06:15:47:00	BUT I WANT TO THANK MY
06:15:47:00	06:15:48:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FOR ADDING
06:15:48:00	06:15:48:00	ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
06:15:48:00	06:15:52:00	AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT
06:15:52:00	06:15:53:00	THE MORE THAT WE'RE OUT IN THE
06:15:53:00	06:15:55:00	STREETS, THE MORE THAT WE HEAR
06:15:55:00	06:15:56:00	OF THE TRUTH OF HOW PEOPLE
06:15:56:00	06:15:58:00	REALLY FEEL ABOUT THE SITUATION
06:15:58:00	06:15:59:00	.
06:15:59:00	06:16:00:00	SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HOST
06:16:00:00	06:16:02:00	THE HEARING AND CREATE SPACE
06:16:02:00	06:16:03:00	FOR THIS DISCOURSE TO CONTINUE.
06:16:03:00	06:16:07:00	THANK YOU.
06:16:07:00	06:16:08:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST
06:16:08:00	06:16:08:00	COUNCILOR OR I'LL CONSIDER ALL
06:16:08:00	06:16:09:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:16:09:00	06:16:11:00	THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR NANCY
06:16:11:00	06:16:11:00	ANDERSON AND COUNCILOR MEJIA
06:16:11:00	06:16:14:00	FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
06:16:14:00	06:16:15:00	I'VE HEARD YOU KNOW SOME OF THE
06:16:15:00	06:16:18:00	SAME THINGS THAT BOTH MY
06:16:18:00	06:16:19:00	COLLEAGUES HAVE HEARD.
06:16:19:00	06:16:20:00	BUSINESSES ALONG BLUE HILL I
06:16:20:00	06:16:21:00	RELY HEAVILY ON FOOD DELIVERY
06:16:21:00	06:16:22:00	DRIVERS, CUSTOMERS, DELIVERY
06:16:22:00	06:16:25:00	TRUCKS AND COMMUNITIES.
06:16:25:00	06:16:26:00	AND IF WE ARE LOOKING TO
06:16:26:00	06:16:29:00	REVITALIZE BLUE LAB WITH NEW
06:16:29:00	06:16:30:00	BUSINESSES, I BELIEVE THAT WE
06:16:30:00	06:16:33:00	CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT
06:16:33:00	06:16:36:00	ADDITIONAL POCKETS OF CUSTOMERS
06:16:36:00	06:16:37:00	AND DESIGNATED DELIVERY ZONES.
06:16:37:00	06:16:40:00	THESE ARE NOT MINOR ISSUES.
06:16:40:00	06:16:41:00	THEY HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON
06:16:41:00	06:16:41:00	THE DAILY OPERATIONS.
06:16:41:00	06:16:44:00	I MEAN DESPITE THIS AN
06:16:44:00	06:16:45:00	INDEPENDENT ECONOMIC IMPACT
06:16:45:00	06:16:48:00	STUDY HAS YET TO BE CONDUCTED
06:16:48:00	06:16:49:00	TO EVALUATE HOW THESE CHANGES
06:16:49:00	06:16:49:00	WILL AFFECT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
06:16:49:00	06:16:53:00	MEAN LET'S NOT FORGET THIS BLUE
06:16:53:00	06:16:56:00	LAB WE'RE LOOKING AT TURN IT TO
06:16:56:00	06:16:57:00	ONE LANE WILL BE LEADING
06:16:57:00	06:16:59:00	DIRECTLY TO A 10,000 SEAT
06:16:59:00	06:16:59:00	STADIUM.
06:16:59:00	06:17:03:00	BLUE LAB NEEDS TO BE SAFER FOR
06:17:03:00	06:17:03:00	ALL ROAD USERS.
06:17:03:00	06:17:04:00	THERE'S NO DENYING THAT AND
06:17:04:00	06:17:07:00	IT'S BUMP BUMP OUTS IN DAYLIGHT
06:17:07:00	06:17:08:00	DAYLIGHT AND TO MAKE IT SAFER
06:17:08:00	06:17:11:00	FOR PEDESTRIANS IN THESE BIKE
06:17:11:00	06:17:11:00	LANES.
06:17:11:00	06:17:12:00	AND HE'S WELL THOUGHT OUT
06:17:12:00	06:17:14:00	SHELTERED BUS STOPS TO HELP OUR
06:17:14:00	06:17:18:00	BUS USERS AND IT NEEDS TO HAVE
06:17:18:00	06:17:19:00	MORE TREES UP AND DOWN BLUE
06:17:19:00	06:17:19:00	LIFE.
06:17:19:00	06:17:21:00	AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS THAT
06:17:21:00	06:17:22:00	VISION WAS MORE SKETCHED OUT IN
06:17:22:00	06:17:26:00	THE ENHANCED CONDITION OPTION
06:17:26:00	06:17:26:00	THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE
06:17:26:00	06:17:27:00	COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE THAT'S
06:17:27:00	06:17:30:00	ALSO WITH MORE IN LINE WITH
06:17:30:00	06:17:30:00	COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
06:17:30:00	06:17:31:00	BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
06:17:31:00	06:17:34:00	HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
06:17:34:00	06:17:35:00	THANK YOU.
06:17:35:00	06:17:35:00	THANK YOU.
06:17:35:00	06:17:36:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS KINDS
06:17:36:00	06:17:36:00	OF EVENT HAS THE VENUE AT THE
06:17:36:00	06:17:36:00	FLOOR.
06:17:36:00	06:17:37:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:17:37:00	06:17:38:00	THANK YOU TO
06:17:38:00	06:17:38:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
06:17:38:00	06:17:41:00	FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE FLOOR
06:17:41:00	06:17:41:00	AS THE DISTRICT COUNCIL THAT
06:17:41:00	06:17:44:00	REPRESENTS THE VERY LAST BIT
06:17:44:00	06:17:45:00	OF BLUE HILL AVENUE PROBABLY
06:17:45:00	06:17:45:00	WHERE THE PROJECT'S GOING TO
06:17:45:00	06:17:48:00	START.
06:17:48:00	06:17:49:00	I DEFINITELY WON'T BE PART
06:17:49:00	06:17:49:00	OF THIS CONVERSATION NOW I'VE
06:17:49:00	06:17:52:00	HEARD I'VE HEARD COMMENTS AS
06:17:52:00	06:17:53:00	WELL AS WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE
06:17:53:00	06:17:53:00	THERE AND I THINK THAT WE
06:17:53:00	06:17:56:00	REALLY HAVE TO DIVE DEEP INTO
06:17:56:00	06:17:56:00	WHAT POSSIBILITIES WE CAN
06:17:56:00	06:18:00:00	APPROACH AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN
06:18:00:00	06:18:00:00	FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OR
06:18:00:00	06:18:01:00	THE PLACE THAT THEY HAVE
06:18:01:00	06:18:03:00	INSTALLED NOT JUST THE BUS
06:18:03:00	06:18:04:00	LANES BUT ALSO THE ACTUAL
06:18:04:00	06:18:07:00	SAFETY OF BLUE HILL AVENUE WHEN
06:18:07:00	06:18:08:00	IT COMES ACROSS THE STREETS AND
06:18:08:00	06:18:09:00	MAKING SURE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR
06:18:09:00	06:18:10:00	EVERYONE.
06:18:10:00	06:18:11:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
06:18:11:00	06:18:11:00	CONVERSATION.
06:18:11:00	06:18:12:00	THANK YOU.
06:18:12:00	06:18:12:00	THANK YOU.
06:18:12:00	06:18:15:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:18:15:00	06:18:15:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:18:15:00	06:18:16:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
06:18:16:00	06:18:16:00	THEIR NAME?
06:18:16:00	06:18:18:00	MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT CASH WAS
06:18:18:00	06:18:22:00	ZAPATA WEBER WORLD THAT BEN
06:18:22:00	06:18:23:00	MURPHY SANTANA FITZGERALD
06:18:23:00	06:18:26:00	PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR THIS
06:18:26:00	06:18:28:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0478 WILL
06:18:28:00	06:18:29:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
06:18:29:00	06:18:29:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
06:18:29:00	06:18:30:00	TRANSPORTATION.
06:18:30:00	06:18:32:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
06:18:32:00	06:18:36:00	TALKING NUMBER 04790479
06:18:36:00	06:18:36:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE ON THE
06:18:36:00	06:18:37:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
06:18:37:00	06:18:39:00	TO UPDATE AND REPLACE BLACK
06:18:39:00	06:18:46:00	HERITAGE TRAIL SIGNAGE THANK
06:18:46:00	06:18:47:00	YOU.
06:18:47:00	06:18:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:18:50:00	06:18:51:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
06:18:51:00	06:18:51:00	COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:18:51:00	06:18:54:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH MR CHAIR THIS
06:18:54:00	06:18:58:00	OH, I'D LIKE TO ADD OH I CAN'T
06:18:58:00	06:18:58:00	DO THAT.
06:18:58:00	06:19:01:00	I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
06:19:01:00	06:19:02:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AS AN
06:19:02:00	06:19:02:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
06:19:02:00	06:19:05:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADD TO
06:19:05:00	06:19:06:00	THAT THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
06:19:06:00	06:19:06:00	COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:19:06:00	06:19:06:00	THANK YOU.
06:19:06:00	06:19:09:00	THIS IS ORDER ON A PROJECT THAT
06:19:09:00	06:19:10:00	MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON
06:19:10:00	06:19:12:00	FOR QUITE SOME TIME JUST MAKING
06:19:12:00	06:19:13:00	SURE THAT WE PUT IT ON THE
06:19:13:00	06:19:16:00	RECORD BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
06:19:16:00	06:19:17:00	WORKING REALLY HARD WITH THE
06:19:17:00	06:19:19:00	CITY WITH NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
06:19:19:00	06:19:20:00	TO GET NEW SIGNAGE FOR THE
06:19:20:00	06:19:23:00	BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL IN BEACON
06:19:23:00	06:19:24:00	HILL BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT
06:19:24:00	06:19:27:00	PART OF BLACK HISTORY.
06:19:27:00	06:19:28:00	WE ARE IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH
06:19:28:00	06:19:29:00	BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST
06:19:29:00	06:19:31:00	WE NEED TO GET DONE.
06:19:31:00	06:19:31:00	THERE ARE CURRENT CHALLENGES
06:19:31:00	06:19:32:00	WITH THE TRAIL SIGNAGE TO
06:19:32:00	06:19:32:00	INCLUDE.
06:19:32:00	06:19:34:00	THERE ARE MANY SIGNS ALONG THE
06:19:34:00	06:19:35:00	TRAIL THAT ARE WORN DOWN
06:19:35:00	06:19:35:00	WHETHER RUSTED OR COVERED IN
06:19:35:00	06:19:39:00	STICKS, STICKERS AND GRAFFITI.
06:19:39:00	06:19:39:00	DIMINISHING THEIR READABILITY
06:19:39:00	06:19:40:00	AND EFFECTIVENESS.
06:19:40:00	06:19:42:00	IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOR THE
06:19:42:00	06:19:46:00	INFORMATION ON THE SIGNAGE TO
06:19:46:00	06:19:47:00	BE ACCESSIBLE AND TO BE
06:19:47:00	06:19:51:00	ENGAGING AND WE NEED TO
06:19:51:00	06:19:51:00	COLLABORATE WITH KEY
06:19:51:00	06:19:51:00	INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE MUSEUM
06:19:51:00	06:19:54:00	OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY,
06:19:54:00	06:19:55:00	THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, THE
06:19:55:00	06:19:55:00	CITY OF BOSTON, THE EMBRACE
06:19:55:00	06:19:58:00	INITIATIVE THAT COMMEMORATION
06:19:58:00	06:19:59:00	COMMISSION AS YOU'RE COMING UP
06:19:59:00	06:19:59:00	ON THE 250TH.
06:19:59:00	06:20:02:00	I WANT TO THANK DR. NOEL TRENT
06:20:02:00	06:20:02:00	AT THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN
06:20:02:00	06:20:06:00	AMERICAN HISTORY FOR ALL OF HER
06:20:06:00	06:20:07:00	WORK IN HELPING HELPING TO
06:20:07:00	06:20:07:00	SHEPHERD THIS CONVERSATION.
06:20:07:00	06:20:09:00	AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY.
06:20:09:00	06:20:10:00	WE HAVE HAD CONSTRUCTIVE
06:20:10:00	06:20:10:00	CONVERSATIONS.
06:20:10:00	06:20:11:00	WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
06:20:11:00	06:20:13:00	THIS HAPPENED AS SOON AS
06:20:13:00	06:20:13:00	POSSIBLE.
06:20:13:00	06:20:14:00	SO JUST PUTTING THIS OUT THERE.
06:20:14:00	06:20:15:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH,
06:20:15:00	06:20:17:00	COUNCILOR GUERRA.
06:20:17:00	06:20:18:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.
06:20:18:00	06:20:20:00	COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:20:20:00	06:20:24:00	THANK YOU VPI AND THANK YOU
06:20:24:00	06:20:24:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR INCLUDING
06:20:24:00	06:20:25:00	ME IN THIS YOU KNOW THE BLACK
06:20:25:00	06:20:28:00	HERITAGE TRAIL IS A HISTORICAL
06:20:28:00	06:20:29:00	AND CULTURAL ASSET.
06:20:29:00	06:20:31:00	COMRADES, THE LEGACY AND
06:20:31:00	06:20:32:00	CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK BOSTON'S
06:20:32:00	06:20:36:00	BLACK COMMUNITY AND I THINK WE
06:20:36:00	06:20:37:00	NEED TO HAVE AN OVERALL
06:20:37:00	06:20:37:00	CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE HOW
06:20:37:00	06:20:40:00	WE MAINTAIN AND PRODUCE SIGNAGE
06:20:40:00	06:20:43:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
06:20:43:00	06:20:44:00	AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
06:20:44:00	06:20:45:00	A GOOD AREA DOES A GOOD START
06:20:45:00	06:20:46:00	TO TO THAT CONVERSATION.
06:20:46:00	06:20:47:00	BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE
06:20:47:00	06:20:48:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR HER
06:20:48:00	06:20:51:00	LEADERSHIP ON THIS FOR MANY
06:20:51:00	06:20:51:00	YEARS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
06:20:51:00	06:20:54:00	CONVERSATION AND MAKING SURE
06:20:54:00	06:20:54:00	THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER SIGNAGE
06:20:54:00	06:20:58:00	MAINTENANCE MOVING FORWARD FOR
06:20:58:00	06:20:58:00	THIS HISTORICAL TRAIL.
06:20:58:00	06:20:59:00	THANK YOU.
06:20:59:00	06:20:59:00	THANK YOU.
06:20:59:00	06:21:02:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
06:21:02:00	06:21:03:00	TO THIS MATTER?
06:21:03:00	06:21:03:00	NO.
06:21:03:00	06:21:03:00	WHEN ANYONE.
06:21:03:00	06:21:06:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO ADD
06:21:06:00	06:21:06:00	THEIR NAME?
06:21:06:00	06:21:07:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
06:21:07:00	06:21:09:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA
06:21:09:00	06:21:10:00	COUNCILOR ANDERSON
06:21:10:00	06:21:10:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
06:21:10:00	06:21:11:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN CASTLEMAN HERE
06:21:11:00	06:21:14:00	CASIMIRO.
06:21:14:00	06:21:14:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN.
06:21:14:00	06:21:15:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD
06:21:15:00	06:21:17:00	THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0479
06:21:17:00	06:21:20:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
06:21:20:00	06:21:21:00	COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE,
06:21:21:00	06:21:21:00	ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND
06:21:21:00	06:21:21:00	SPECIAL EVENTS.
06:21:21:00	06:21:25:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ
06:21:25:00	06:21:27:00	DARLING NUMBER 204800480
06:21:27:00	06:21:28:00	COUNCIL ME HERE FOR THE
06:21:28:00	06:21:31:00	FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING
06:21:31:00	06:21:32:00	TO EVALUATE YEAR TO DATE
06:21:32:00	06:21:35:00	FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE
06:21:35:00	06:21:38:00	FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING
06:21:38:00	06:21:38:00	BUDGET.
06:21:38:00	06:21:39:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:21:39:00	06:21:40:00	COME FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE
06:21:40:00	06:21:41:00	FLOOR.
06:21:41:00	06:21:42:00	THE MOMENT I'VE BEEN WAITING
06:21:42:00	06:21:42:00	FOR.
06:21:42:00	06:21:42:00	OKAY.
06:21:42:00	06:21:43:00	THANK YOU.
06:21:43:00	06:21:45:00	GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES.
06:21:45:00	06:21:46:00	TODAY I FILED A HEARING ORDER.
06:21:46:00	06:21:49:00	WELL, GOOD EVENING TO EVALUATE
06:21:49:00	06:21:49:00	THE YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL
06:21:49:00	06:21:52:00	PERFORMANCE OF WAY 2025
06:21:52:00	06:21:55:00	OPERATING BUDGET FY 2025 FOR
06:21:55:00	06:21:55:00	POINT 6 BILLION BUDGET
06:21:55:00	06:21:59:00	REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT
06:21:59:00	06:22:00:00	INVESTMENT IN BOSTON'S
06:22:00:00	06:22:00:00	PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND
06:22:00:00	06:22:03:00	OPERATIONS.
06:22:03:00	06:22:03:00	HALFWAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR
06:22:03:00	06:22:06:00	IT IS CRITICAL TO EVALUATE HOW
06:22:06:00	06:22:07:00	THOSE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT
06:22:07:00	06:22:07:00	AND WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN
06:22:07:00	06:22:10:00	DELIVERING THE RESULTS WE HAVE
06:22:10:00	06:22:11:00	ENVISIONED WHEN WE WHEN THE
06:22:11:00	06:22:11:00	BUDGET WAS APPROVED.
06:22:11:00	06:22:14:00	THIS HEARING IS ABOUT THE
06:22:14:00	06:22:15:00	FINANCES OF A BUDGET THAT HAS
06:22:15:00	06:22:15:00	ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
06:22:15:00	06:22:18:00	WE ARE CONDUCTING A POST AUDIT
06:22:18:00	06:22:19:00	TO EVALUATE HOW DEPARTMENTS
06:22:19:00	06:22:22:00	HAVE MANAGED THEIR ALLOCATIONS,
06:22:22:00	06:22:22:00	WHETHER REVENUES AND
06:22:22:00	06:22:25:00	EXPENDITURES ALIGN WITH
06:22:25:00	06:22:26:00	PROJECTIONS AND HOW EFFECTIVELY
06:22:26:00	06:22:27:00	OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE
06:22:27:00	06:22:29:00	MEETING THEIR GOALS AS
06:22:29:00	06:22:30:00	RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF OUR
06:22:30:00	06:22:30:00	CITY.
06:22:30:00	06:22:33:00	THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED
06:22:33:00	06:22:34:00	TO GET INTO THE PRACTICE
06:22:34:00	06:22:36:00	OF DOING YEARLY.
06:22:36:00	06:22:37:00	THE BUDGET APPROVED IN JUNE
06:22:37:00	06:22:40:00	DOESN'T GO AWAY ONCE IT'S
06:22:40:00	06:22:40:00	PASSED.
06:22:40:00	06:22:41:00	WE MUST FOLLOW UP ON IT.
06:22:41:00	06:22:44:00	WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO
06:22:44:00	06:22:44:00	APPROVE THE BUDGET AND I ALSO
06:22:44:00	06:22:45:00	BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN
06:22:45:00	06:22:48:00	EQUALLY JUST AS INTENTIONAL
06:22:48:00	06:22:48:00	PROCESS OF FOLLOWING UP ON HOW
06:22:48:00	06:22:52:00	THE BUDGET IS PERFORMING.
06:22:52:00	06:22:53:00	LET'S NOT FALL INTO THE HABIT
06:22:53:00	06:22:53:00	OF APPROVING A BUDGET AND
06:22:53:00	06:22:55:00	MOVING ON.
06:22:55:00	06:22:56:00	INSTEAD LET'S BE THOUGHTFUL AND
06:22:56:00	06:22:57:00	PROACTIVE ENSURING THAT EVERY
06:22:57:00	06:23:00:00	DECISION WE MAKE IS FOLLOWED
06:23:00:00	06:23:00:00	THROUGH WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND
06:23:00:00	06:23:03:00	TRANSPARENCY.
06:23:03:00	06:23:04:00	THIS HEARING ALLOWS US TO ACT
06:23:04:00	06:23:08:00	TO ASSESS WHAT WORKED, ADJUST
06:23:08:00	06:23:08:00	EFFICIENCIES AND ENSURE THAT
06:23:08:00	06:23:11:00	EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM FY
06:23:11:00	06:23:12:00	2025 OPERATING BUDGET HAS BEEN
06:23:12:00	06:23:16:00	SPENT RESPONSIBLY.
06:23:16:00	06:23:16:00	I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
06:23:16:00	06:23:17:00	CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL AS
06:23:17:00	06:23:19:00	WELL FOR BEING PROACTIVE AS IT
06:23:19:00	06:23:22:00	PREPARES FOR FY 2026 BUDGET
06:23:22:00	06:23:22:00	CYCLE.
06:23:22:00	06:23:23:00	WHILE THIS HEARING IS FOCUSED
06:23:23:00	06:23:26:00	ON CONDUCTING A POST AUDIT
06:23:26:00	06:23:29:00	OF THE 2025 BUDGET AS IT NEARS
06:23:29:00	06:23:29:00	ITS CLOSURE, HIS FORWARD
06:23:29:00	06:23:32:00	THINKING APPROACH TO THE
06:23:32:00	06:23:33:00	UPCOMING BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS THE
06:23:33:00	06:23:33:00	IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
06:23:33:00	06:23:36:00	AND PREPARATION OF EVERY SINGLE
06:23:36:00	06:23:36:00	STAGE OF THE PROCESS.
06:23:36:00	06:23:39:00	AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO ALSO
06:23:39:00	06:23:40:00	ADD COUNCIL ROLE AS AN ORIGINAL
06:23:40:00	06:23:44:00	CO-SPONSOR.
06:23:44:00	06:23:45:00	THANK YOU.
06:23:45:00	06:23:45:00	THANK YOU.
06:23:45:00	06:23:46:00	COUNCILOR ELLIS ADDED AS AN
06:23:46:00	06:23:48:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL YOU
06:23:48:00	06:23:49:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:23:49:00	06:23:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:23:49:00	06:23:52:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA
06:23:52:00	06:23:53:00	FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I
06:23:53:00	06:23:55:00	JUST LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH
06:23:55:00	06:23:56:00	YOU ON THIS ON YOU KNOW,
06:23:56:00	06:23:57:00	TALKING ABOUT YEAR TO DAY
06:23:57:00	06:24:00:00	BUDGET FOR THE LAST YEAR BUT
06:24:00:00	06:24:00:00	ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
06:24:00:00	06:24:03:00	WITH YOU AND DIVING INTO THE
06:24:03:00	06:24:03:00	DETAILS.
06:24:03:00	06:24:04:00	THANK YOU.
06:24:04:00	06:24:04:00	THANK YOU.
06:24:04:00	06:24:05:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
06:24:05:00	06:24:05:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:24:05:00	06:24:08:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
06:24:08:00	06:24:08:00	THEIR NAME?
06:24:08:00	06:24:09:00	MR CLERK BECAUSE I CAN JUST
06:24:09:00	06:24:10:00	CALL IT AS A PART OF AN AND
06:24:10:00	06:24:10:00	FITZGERALD.
06:24:10:00	06:24:11:00	FLYNN MURPHY BUT BEN WEBER,
06:24:11:00	06:24:15:00	PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS
06:24:15:00	06:24:17:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0480 WILL
06:24:17:00	06:24:17:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
06:24:17:00	06:24:18:00	POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT
06:24:18:00	06:24:22:00	ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND
06:24:22:00	06:24:22:00	ACCESSIBILITY.
06:24:22:00	06:24:23:00	MR COOPER WOULD YOU PLEASE
06:24:23:00	06:24:24:00	ME DOCKET NUMBER 048120481
06:24:24:00	06:24:24:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE
06:24:24:00	06:24:27:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
06:24:27:00	06:24:28:00	TO AUDIT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT
06:24:28:00	06:24:30:00	OF THE BOSTON POLICE
06:24:30:00	06:24:31:00	DEPARTMENT'S COMPLIANCE WITH
06:24:31:00	06:24:35:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE SECTION
06:24:35:00	06:24:36:00	11 DASH 1.1.
06:24:36:00	06:24:39:00	THANK YOU.
06:24:39:00	06:24:39:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:24:39:00	06:24:40:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA.
06:24:40:00	06:24:40:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
06:24:40:00	06:24:40:00	FLOOR.
06:24:40:00	06:24:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:24:43:00	06:24:43:00	I'M FILING THIS HEARING TO
06:24:43:00	06:24:44:00	AUDIT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT
06:24:44:00	06:24:45:00	OF THE BOSTON POLICE
06:24:45:00	06:24:47:00	DEPARTMENT'S COMPLIANCE WITH
06:24:47:00	06:24:47:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON'S
06:24:47:00	06:24:49:00	CODE SECTION 11-1.1.
06:24:49:00	06:24:53:00	BOSTON IS BLACK IS RECOGNIZED
06:24:53:00	06:24:54:00	ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE
06:24:54:00	06:24:54:00	COUNTRY.
06:24:54:00	06:24:54:00	THIS IS A REFLECTION OF THE
06:24:54:00	06:24:57:00	HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF OUR
06:24:57:00	06:24:57:00	PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND
06:24:57:00	06:25:00:00	THE INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE AS
06:25:00:00	06:25:01:00	A CITY.
06:25:01:00	06:25:02:00	BUT WE KNOW THERE'S STILL MORE
06:25:02:00	06:25:05:00	WORK TO BE DONE TO ENSURE EVERY
06:25:05:00	06:25:05:00	NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS SAFE AND
06:25:05:00	06:25:06:00	SUPPORTED AND THAT OUR PUBLIC
06:25:06:00	06:25:09:00	SAFETY RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED
06:25:09:00	06:25:09:00	EQUITABLY RESPONSIBLY.
06:25:09:00	06:25:13:00	SECTION 11 DASH 1.1 OF THE CITY
06:25:13:00	06:25:15:00	BOSTON CODE REQUIRES THE POLICE
06:25:15:00	06:25:16:00	COMMISSIONER TO PREPARE AND
06:25:16:00	06:25:17:00	DELIVER WEEKLY REPORTS TO THE
06:25:17:00	06:25:20:00	CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
06:25:20:00	06:25:20:00	THESE REPORTS COVER CRITICAL
06:25:20:00	06:25:24:00	PUBLIC SAFETY DATA INCLUDING
06:25:24:00	06:25:24:00	CRIME INVOLVING MINORS, CRIME
06:25:24:00	06:25:28:00	DATA BY DISTRICT YEAR TO DATE
06:25:28:00	06:25:29:00	TOTALS AND OFFICER DEPLOYMENT
06:25:29:00	06:25:32:00	BY SHIPS.
06:25:32:00	06:25:32:00	I WANT TO REALLY STRESS THE
06:25:32:00	06:25:35:00	OFFICER DEPLOYMENT BY SHIP
06:25:35:00	06:25:36:00	BECAUSE THESE METRICS ARE ALSO
06:25:36:00	06:25:39:00	ESSENTIAL IN MAKING INFORMED
06:25:39:00	06:25:40:00	DATA DECISIONS THAT IMPACT
06:25:40:00	06:25:43:00	RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS AND PUBLIC
06:25:43:00	06:25:43:00	SAFETY OPERATIONS ACROSS THE
06:25:43:00	06:25:43:00	CITY.
06:25:43:00	06:25:46:00	THIS AUDIT WILL HELP IDENTIFY
06:25:46:00	06:25:47:00	GAPS IN COMPLIANCE THAT MAY
06:25:47:00	06:25:50:00	UNDERMINE OUR ABILITY TO
06:25:50:00	06:25:51:00	ACHIEVE DATA DRIVEN, EQUITABLE
06:25:51:00	06:25:54:00	AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC
06:25:54:00	06:25:54:00	SAFETY OUTCOMES BY EXAMINING
06:25:54:00	06:25:58:00	THE TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY
06:25:58:00	06:26:02:00	OF ACCURACY OF THESE REPORTS WE
06:26:02:00	06:26:02:00	CAN PINPOINT INEFFICIENCIES AND
06:26:02:00	06:26:03:00	EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
06:26:03:00	06:26:05:00	IMPROVEMENT.
06:26:05:00	06:26:06:00	THIS PROCESS WILL ENSURE THAT
06:26:06:00	06:26:09:00	EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLAR SPENT ON
06:26:09:00	06:26:10:00	PUBLIC SAFETY IS UTILIZED
06:26:10:00	06:26:10:00	EFFICIENTLY BY IMPROVING
06:26:10:00	06:26:14:00	COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING
06:26:14:00	06:26:14:00	REQUIREMENTS WE CAN STRENGTHEN
06:26:14:00	06:26:17:00	FISCAL OVERSIGHT, ENHANCE
06:26:17:00	06:26:18:00	RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION AND
06:26:18:00	06:26:21:00	ENSURE THE EQUITABLE DEPLOYMENT
06:26:21:00	06:26:22:00	OF PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES
06:26:22:00	06:26:25:00	ACROSS ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN
06:26:25:00	06:26:25:00	BOSTON.
06:26:25:00	06:26:26:00	AND THANK YOU.
06:26:26:00	06:26:29:00	THANK YOU.
06:26:29:00	06:26:30:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:26:30:00	06:26:30:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:26:30:00	06:26:31:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:26:31:00	06:26:32:00	ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE FLOOR.
06:26:32:00	06:26:33:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
06:26:33:00	06:26:34:00	AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
06:26:34:00	06:26:36:00	THAT'S IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.
06:26:36:00	06:26:37:00	I WAS AT A COMMUNITY MEETING
06:26:37:00	06:26:41:00	RECENTLY WITH THE COUNCIL.
06:26:41:00	06:26:41:00	MURPHY WAS THERE TO TALK ABOUT
06:26:41:00	06:26:44:00	PUBLIC SAFETY AND THIS TIME
06:26:44:00	06:26:47:00	LAST YEAR BOSTON IS DOWN ABOUT
06:26:47:00	06:26:51:00	130 POLICE OFFICERS SIGNIFICANT
06:26:51:00	06:26:52:00	DROP IN POLICE OFFICERS WHICH
06:26:52:00	06:26:55:00	BASICALLY MEANS MORE POLICE ARE
06:26:55:00	06:26:56:00	CONTINUING TO WORK MANDATORY
06:26:56:00	06:26:59:00	OVERTIME.
06:26:59:00	06:27:00:00	AND I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES
06:27:00:00	06:27:02:00	THAT WE NEED TO CONSISTENTLY
06:27:02:00	06:27:03:00	HIRE SEVERAL HUNDRED POLICE
06:27:03:00	06:27:06:00	OFFICERS EVERY YEAR TO MEET THE
06:27:06:00	06:27:07:00	NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS
06:27:07:00	06:27:10:00	DEMANDING LEVEL TO ENSURE
06:27:10:00	06:27:10:00	BOSTON IS SAFE.
06:27:10:00	06:27:14:00	BUT HAVING 130 POLICE OFFICERS
06:27:14:00	06:27:17:00	EVERY REDUCTION COMPARED TO
06:27:17:00	06:27:20:00	LAST YEAR IS A SIGNIFICANT
06:27:20:00	06:27:21:00	LOSS.
06:27:21:00	06:27:21:00	IT DOES IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY.
06:27:21:00	06:27:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
06:27:24:00	06:27:25:00	THANK YOU.
06:27:25:00	06:27:26:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:27:26:00	06:27:26:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:27:26:00	06:27:29:00	THE CHAIR AGAIN IS THIS CONCERN
06:27:29:00	06:27:30:00	MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:27:30:00	06:27:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:27:30:00	06:27:33:00	IT WAS RISING FOR BLACK THE WAY
06:27:33:00	06:27:33:00	NOBODY ELSE WAS.
06:27:33:00	06:27:35:00	THE SPEAKERS AT ME YOU HAD THE
06:27:35:00	06:27:39:00	FLOOR CUSTOM HERE.
06:27:39:00	06:27:39:00	I'M JUST CURIOUS COULD I DO A
06:27:39:00	06:27:40:00	POINT OF INFORMATION FOR
06:27:40:00	06:27:42:00	SOMETHING ELSE?
06:27:42:00	06:27:43:00	THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO
06:27:43:00	06:27:43:00	UNDERSTAND.
06:27:43:00	06:27:44:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:27:44:00	06:27:46:00	THANK YOU.
06:27:46:00	06:27:47:00	I WAS WONDERING IF YOU ALLOW
06:27:47:00	06:27:50:00	ME TO JUST READ IN MY 17 EP.
06:27:50:00	06:27:51:00	I KNOW IT'S OUT OF ORDER BUT I
06:27:51:00	06:27:53:00	AM.
06:27:53:00	06:27:54:00	I AM REALLY LATE TO SOMETHING
06:27:54:00	06:27:56:00	THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE AT AT
06:27:56:00	06:27:57:00	SIX SO IT'S A 17 F THAT I JUST
06:27:57:00	06:28:01:00	WANT TO JUST READ.
06:28:01:00	06:28:04:00	NO, WE ARE WE ARE ON THIS
06:28:04:00	06:28:04:00	DOCKET.
06:28:04:00	06:28:05:00	SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO
06:28:05:00	06:28:08:00	GET YOU ABOUT.
06:28:08:00	06:28:08:00	YEAH.
06:28:08:00	06:28:11:00	SO WE'RE ON THIS DOCKET AND
06:28:11:00	06:28:12:00	THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
06:28:12:00	06:28:12:00	WITH THE DOCKET.
06:28:12:00	06:28:16:00	YES.
06:28:16:00	06:28:17:00	YOUR 17 F IS IT SOMETHING F
06:28:17:00	06:28:20:00	THAT YOU CAN REFILE FOR THE
06:28:20:00	06:28:20:00	NEXT SHE WANTS TO THAT SHE
06:28:20:00	06:28:24:00	WANTS TO TAKE IT OUT OF HER?
06:28:24:00	06:28:24:00	YEAH.
06:28:24:00	06:28:24:00	OKAY.
06:28:24:00	06:28:25:00	I JUST WAS ASKED BECAUSE I WAS
06:28:25:00	06:28:27:00	TOLD THAT I CAN DO.
06:28:27:00	06:28:28:00	OKAY SO LET ME JUST WITHDRAW IT
06:28:28:00	06:28:31:00	AND I'LL JUST DO IT NEXT.
06:28:31:00	06:28:31:00	YES.
06:28:31:00	06:28:32:00	YES TO RE FILE I DON'T EVEN
06:28:32:00	06:28:34:00	HAVE THE SAME THING.
06:28:34:00	06:28:35:00	I JUST IT'S JUST JUST READ IT
06:28:35:00	06:28:35:00	INTO THE RECORD.
06:28:35:00	06:28:38:00	I WANT TO.
06:28:38:00	06:28:38:00	OKAY.
06:28:38:00	06:28:39:00	OKAY, COUNSELOR, LET'S FINISH
06:28:39:00	06:28:42:00	THIS DOCKET AND THEN I'LL TALK
06:28:42:00	06:28:42:00	TO THE CLERK.
06:28:42:00	06:28:42:00	OKAY?
06:28:42:00	06:28:43:00	ALL RIGHT.
06:28:43:00	06:28:45:00	COUNSELOR MEJIA.
06:28:45:00	06:28:46:00	ARE YOU HERE?
06:28:46:00	06:28:46:00	YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK ON THIS
06:28:46:00	06:28:47:00	MATTER.
06:28:47:00	06:28:49:00	YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING ON THIS
06:28:49:00	06:28:49:00	MATTER.
06:28:49:00	06:28:50:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:28:50:00	06:28:50:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:28:50:00	06:28:53:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
06:28:53:00	06:28:54:00	THEIR NAME?
06:28:54:00	06:28:54:00	MR CLERK, PLEASE.
06:28:54:00	06:28:56:00	I'D COUNCILOR ZAPATA FERNANDA
06:28:56:00	06:28:56:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD.
06:28:56:00	06:29:00:00	FLYNN MURPHY PEPEN, SANTANA,
06:29:00:00	06:29:04:00	WEBER WORLD PLEASE AT THE CHAIR
06:29:04:00	06:29:10:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER ZERO
06:29:10:00	06:29:13:00	OC DOCKET NUMBER 0481 WILL BE
06:29:13:00	06:29:14:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
06:29:14:00	06:29:14:00	POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT
06:29:14:00	06:29:17:00	ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY
06:29:17:00	06:29:18:00	AND ACCESSIBILITY.
06:29:18:00	06:29:20:00	OKAY NOW YOU ARE LOOKING TO
06:29:20:00	06:29:24:00	TAKE OUT OF ORDER DOCKET NUMBER
06:29:24:00	06:29:25:00	0940.
06:29:25:00	06:29:28:00	MR CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT
06:29:28:00	06:29:29:00	DOCKET?
06:29:29:00	06:29:29:00	YOU HAVE IT.
06:29:29:00	06:29:29:00	OKAY.
06:29:29:00	06:29:30:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
06:29:30:00	06:29:33:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0490 INTO THE
06:29:33:00	06:29:35:00	RECORD NUMBER 0490 COUNCILOR ON
06:29:35:00	06:29:36:00	MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER
06:29:36:00	06:29:40:00	REQUESTS AND INFORMATION OF THE
06:29:40:00	06:29:42:00	17TH SECTION 17 UP REGARDING
06:29:42:00	06:29:43:00	VEHICLES OWNED, LEASED AND
06:29:43:00	06:29:46:00	OTHERWISE UTILIZED BY THE CITY
06:29:46:00	06:29:47:00	OF BOSTON CUSTOMER HERE YOU
06:29:47:00	06:29:50:00	HAVE THE FLOOR PRESIDENT SO
06:29:50:00	06:29:51:00	THIS IS JUST A 17 F THAT WE'RE
06:29:51:00	06:29:54:00	TRYING TO GAIN SOME FLAHERTY
06:29:54:00	06:29:57:00	AROUND VEHICLES THAT INCLUDE
06:29:57:00	06:29:58:00	ANY CITY VEHICLES THAT ARE
06:29:58:00	06:30:01:00	BEING USED AND ALLOWED
06:30:01:00	06:30:01:00	SPECIFICALLY LIKE BEING
06:30:01:00	06:30:02:00	UNMARKED WITH TINTED WINDOWS
06:30:02:00	06:30:04:00	DATA ON NEW VEHICLES.
06:30:04:00	06:30:12:00	YES BECAUSE OH APOLOGIES OUR
06:30:12:00	06:30:16:00	OFFICE I'M JUST GOING TO SKIP
06:30:16:00	06:30:17:00	TO THIS.
06:30:17:00	06:30:17:00	OUR OFFICE UNDERSTANDS THAT
06:30:17:00	06:30:19:00	THERE IS A BOSTON CITY
06:30:19:00	06:30:20:00	CODE 7-84 THAT MANDATES THAT
06:30:20:00	06:30:23:00	THE ADMINISTRATION COMPLY WITH
06:30:23:00	06:30:24:00	AN ANNUAL LIST OF ALL CITY
06:30:24:00	06:30:27:00	VEHICLES INCLUDING DETAILS LIKE
06:30:27:00	06:30:27:00	DEPARTMENT ASSIGNMENTS, MAKE
06:30:27:00	06:30:28:00	MODEL AND ENGINE SIZE AND
06:30:28:00	06:30:31:00	REGISTRATION.
06:30:31:00	06:30:32:00	AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE
06:30:32:00	06:30:35:00	THIS AND THIS INFORMATION MADE
06:30:35:00	06:30:38:00	AVAILABLE TO US IN TERMS
06:30:38:00	06:30:39:00	OF JUST WE BELIEVE THERE MIGHT
06:30:39:00	06:30:40:00	BE SOME DISCREPANCIES OF WHAT
06:30:40:00	06:30:42:00	TYPE OF VEHICLES PEOPLE GET AND
06:30:42:00	06:30:43:00	DON'T GET AND WHAT SOME GOT
06:30:43:00	06:30:47:00	TINTED WINDOWS AND SOME DON'T
06:30:47:00	06:30:50:00	SOME HAVE PLACARDS AND SOME
06:30:50:00	06:30:50:00	DON'T.
06:30:50:00	06:30:51:00	I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO
06:30:51:00	06:30:53:00	GET CONSISTENT AND I GET YOUR A
06:30:53:00	06:30:54:00	CLEAR ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF WHAT
06:30:54:00	06:30:57:00	THESE VEHICLES HAVE AND DON'T
06:30:57:00	06:30:57:00	AND WHO HAS THEM.
06:30:57:00	06:31:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
06:31:01:00	06:31:04:00	COUNCILOR THE COUNCILORS HERE
06:31:04:00	06:31:05:00	SIX SPENT ON THE ROADS AND
06:31:05:00	06:31:07:00	PASSENGER DOCKET 0490 ALL THOSE
06:31:07:00	06:31:07:00	IN FAVOR SAY I THE AYES HAVE
06:31:07:00	06:31:07:00	IT.
06:31:07:00	06:31:09:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.
06:31:09:00	06:31:10:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
06:31:10:00	06:31:18:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0404822 DAGENHAM
06:31:18:00	06:31:19:00	0482 COUNCILOR MURPHY ARE FOR
06:31:19:00	06:31:19:00	THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
06:31:19:00	06:31:21:00	HEARING TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT
06:31:21:00	06:31:22:00	OF EXPIRING COVID RELATED GRANT
06:31:22:00	06:31:25:00	FUNDING AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
06:31:25:00	06:31:28:00	ON CITY PROGRAMS AND STAFFING.
06:31:28:00	06:31:29:00	THANK YOU.
06:31:29:00	06:31:32:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:31:32:00	06:31:33:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE
06:31:33:00	06:31:33:00	FLOOR.
06:31:33:00	06:31:33:00	THANK YOU.
06:31:33:00	06:31:36:00	I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE
06:31:36:00	06:31:37:00	THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT AND AT
06:31:37:00	06:31:40:00	THE HEARING LAST WEEK THAT I
06:31:40:00	06:31:41:00	CHAIRED AND THE DOMESTIC
06:31:41:00	06:31:44:00	VIOLENCE TEAM FROM THE POLICE
06:31:44:00	06:31:45:00	WERE HERE, THEY SHARED SOME TO
06:31:45:00	06:31:48:00	ME I CONSIDERED ALARMING
06:31:48:00	06:31:48:00	PROGRAMS AND STAFFING THAT WILL
06:31:48:00	06:31:52:00	END IN JUNE BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED
06:31:52:00	06:31:53:00	THROUGH COVID AND I KNOW MANY
06:31:53:00	06:31:56:00	OF US HAVE HAD THE
06:31:56:00	06:31:57:00	CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOLS
06:31:57:00	06:32:00:00	AND TEACHERS AND FAMILIES AT
06:32:00:00	06:32:01:00	THE SCHOOL LEVEL WHEN THERE ARE
06:32:01:00	06:32:04:00	FUNDERS FUNDING ENDED AND THEY
06:32:04:00	06:32:05:00	WERE CONFUSED WHY YOU KNOW,
06:32:05:00	06:32:08:00	TEACHERS AND PROGRAMS WERE NOT
06:32:08:00	06:32:08:00	GOING TO BE REINSTATED.
06:32:08:00	06:32:11:00	SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
06:32:11:00	06:32:11:00	ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE BUDGET
06:32:11:00	06:32:15:00	HEARINGS START WITH EACH
06:32:15:00	06:32:16:00	DEPARTMENT I KNOW
06:32:16:00	06:32:16:00	COUNCIL OVERALL THE CHAIR
06:32:16:00	06:32:17:00	OF WAYS AND MEANS MENTIONED
06:32:17:00	06:32:19:00	THAT EARLIER THAT LAST HOUR
06:32:19:00	06:32:20:00	EARLIER THIS WEEK AT THAT
06:32:20:00	06:32:23:00	WORKING SESSION ON THE BUDGET
06:32:23:00	06:32:24:00	WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT CONCERN.
06:32:24:00	06:32:26:00	IT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
06:32:26:00	06:32:27:00	IS BEING PUT FORWARD WITH THE
06:32:27:00	06:32:29:00	RELIES ON THAT BUT THE CITY
06:32:29:00	06:32:30:00	OF BOSTON HAS RECEIVED
06:32:30:00	06:32:33:00	SIGNIFICANT COVID RELATED
06:32:33:00	06:32:33:00	FEDERAL FUNDING WHICH IS
06:32:33:00	06:32:36:00	SUPPORTED VARIOUS CITY PROGRAMS
06:32:36:00	06:32:37:00	, INITIATIVES AND STAFFING
06:32:37:00	06:32:40:00	ACROSS DEPARTMENTS UNDER THIS
06:32:40:00	06:32:40:00	ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE UTILIZED
06:32:40:00	06:32:41:00	A ONCE IN A LIFETIME FEDERAL
06:32:41:00	06:32:45:00	FUNDING THROUGH OFFER AS WELL
06:32:45:00	06:32:45:00	AS OTHER SOURCES AND WE'VE
06:32:45:00	06:32:48:00	SUPPORTED A WIDE RANGE
06:32:48:00	06:32:48:00	OF PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.
06:32:48:00	06:32:49:00	THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN
06:32:49:00	06:32:52:00	INSTRUMENTAL IN ADDRESSING
06:32:52:00	06:32:53:00	IMMEDIATE NEEDS, IMPLEMENTING
06:32:53:00	06:32:55:00	INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND
06:32:55:00	06:32:56:00	DELIVERING RELIEF TO RESIDENTS
06:32:56:00	06:33:00:00	AND BUSINESSES JUST EARLIER
06:33:00:00	06:33:01:00	MANY OF US WERE IN THE ROOM
06:33:01:00	06:33:04:00	WHEN ST STEPHEN'S PROGRAM CAME
06:33:04:00	06:33:07:00	AND SPOKE ABOUT THEIR FUNDING
06:33:07:00	06:33:10:00	400 WAS USED, 400,000 WAS USED
06:33:10:00	06:33:10:00	THROUGH THE CITY'S ESSER
06:33:10:00	06:33:11:00	FUNDING WHICH WILL BE ENDING
06:33:11:00	06:33:14:00	ALSO SO PROGRAMS LIKE ST
06:33:14:00	06:33:14:00	STEPHEN'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH
06:33:14:00	06:33:18:00	THEIR PARENTS TUTORS IS GOING
06:33:18:00	06:33:19:00	TO END ALSO THE CITY OF BOSTON
06:33:19:00	06:33:22:00	HAS RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING
06:33:22:00	06:33:25:00	COVID 19 RELATED FUNDING OFFER
06:33:25:00	06:33:28:00	558.7 MILLION CARES ACT 120
06:33:28:00	06:33:32:00	MILLION THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS
06:33:32:00	06:33:35:00	GRANT FROM CARES ACT 5.2
06:33:35:00	06:33:36:00	MILLION AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A
06:33:36:00	06:33:36:00	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
06:33:36:00	06:33:41:00	GRANT FROM THE CARES ACT ADD AT
06:33:41:00	06:33:42:00	LEAST 10 MILLION WHICH IS
06:33:42:00	06:33:44:00	TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $695
06:33:44:00	06:33:44:00	MILLION THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
06:33:44:00	06:33:48:00	USE FOR A VERY IMPORTANT AND
06:33:48:00	06:33:49:00	MANY MANY TIMES IMPORTANT
06:33:49:00	06:33:52:00	INITIATIVES PROGRAMS AND AS WE
06:33:52:00	06:33:53:00	KNOW STAFFING THE FUNDS HAVE
06:33:53:00	06:33:55:00	BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
06:33:55:00	06:33:56:00	MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL SERVICES,
06:33:56:00	06:33:56:00	SUPPORTING CITY PROGRAMS IN
06:33:56:00	06:34:00:00	HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF.
06:34:00:00	06:34:00:00	HOWEVER, ALL THESE FUNDS HAVE
06:34:00:00	06:34:03:00	BEEN ALLOCATED AND WILL RUN OUT
06:34:03:00	06:34:04:00	SOON OR IN SOME CASES HAVE
06:34:04:00	06:34:05:00	ALREADY RUN OUT RAISING
06:34:05:00	06:34:08:00	CONCERNS ABOUT THE
06:34:08:00	06:34:08:00	SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SERVICES
06:34:08:00	06:34:11:00	IN POSITIONS CURRENTLY RELIANT
06:34:11:00	06:34:12:00	ON THESE FUNDS.
06:34:12:00	06:34:15:00	SO I DO HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
06:34:15:00	06:34:16:00	ADDRESS THAT WITH DIFFERENT
06:34:16:00	06:34:18:00	DEPARTMENTS SO WE'RE ABLE TO
06:34:18:00	06:34:19:00	SEE EXACTLY WHICH WHAT EITHER
06:34:19:00	06:34:23:00	IF IT'S PROGRAMING OR STAFFING
06:34:23:00	06:34:23:00	WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE
06:34:23:00	06:34:27:00	UNDER THAT FUNDING STREAM AND I
06:34:27:00	06:34:28:00	THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A
06:34:28:00	06:34:30:00	COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF ALL
06:34:30:00	06:34:31:00	CITY PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES AND
06:34:31:00	06:34:34:00	DEPENDENT ON THESE SOURCES JUST
06:34:34:00	06:34:35:00	TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW EXAMPLES BUT
06:34:35:00	06:34:38:00	THE EXPERTS AND FUNDING MAY
06:34:38:00	06:34:39:00	JEOPARDIZED WHICH ARE CRITICAL
06:34:39:00	06:34:43:00	CRITICAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE
06:34:43:00	06:34:43:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
06:34:43:00	06:34:44:00	MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE
06:34:44:00	06:34:47:00	PILOT PROGRAM WHICH RECEIVED 18
06:34:47:00	06:34:48:00	MILLION AND ARPA FUNDING AND
06:34:48:00	06:34:53:00	WILL END IN JUNE.
06:34:53:00	06:34:53:00	THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
06:34:53:00	06:34:54:00	HEALTHY PUBLIC HOUSING
06:34:54:00	06:34:57:00	INITIATIVE RECEIVED 32 MILLION
06:34:57:00	06:34:57:00	ARPA FUNDS TO IMPROVE HEALTH
06:34:57:00	06:35:01:00	AND SAFETY CONDITIONS IN OUR
06:35:01:00	06:35:01:00	PUBLIC HOUSING AND THE HOUSING
06:35:01:00	06:35:02:00	AUTHORITY DIGITAL EQUITY
06:35:02:00	06:35:05:00	PROGRAM RECEIVED 1 MILLION IN
06:35:05:00	06:35:06:00	ARPA FUNDING TO PROVIDE DIGITAL
06:35:06:00	06:35:09:00	ACCESS AND LITERACY TO
06:35:09:00	06:35:09:00	RESIDENTS.
06:35:09:00	06:35:10:00	THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES
06:35:10:00	06:35:13:00	OF PROGRAMS THAT I THINK MOST
06:35:13:00	06:35:14:00	OF US WOULD WANT TO IF NOT ALL
06:35:14:00	06:35:16:00	OF US TO FIND OTHER FUNDING
06:35:16:00	06:35:17:00	RESOURCES GOING FORWARD.
06:35:17:00	06:35:17:00	BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT
06:35:17:00	06:35:20:00	CONVERSATION SO WE HAVE A CLEAR
06:35:20:00	06:35:20:00	UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING
06:35:20:00	06:35:24:00	TO HAPPEN WHEN THE FUNDING RUNS
06:35:24:00	06:35:24:00	OUT AND WHERE THAT FUNDING IS
06:35:24:00	06:35:27:00	GOING TO BE PULLING FROM.
06:35:27:00	06:35:28:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
06:35:28:00	06:35:29:00	HEARING AND TO GET THE
06:35:29:00	06:35:31:00	INFORMATION WE NEED.
06:35:31:00	06:35:32:00	AND WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
06:35:32:00	06:35:33:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHAT
06:35:33:00	06:35:36:00	ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
06:35:36:00	06:35:36:00	NAME?
06:35:36:00	06:35:37:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS
06:35:37:00	06:35:39:00	ZAPATA ATTORNEY FERNANDO ENITAN
06:35:39:00	06:35:39:00	FITZGERALD.
06:35:39:00	06:35:40:00	FLYNN.
06:35:40:00	06:35:43:00	COBURN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE.
06:35:43:00	06:35:44:00	OTHER CHAIR THERE'S TALK THAT
06:35:44:00	06:35:45:00	WE'LL BE REFERRED TO THE COVID
06:35:45:00	06:35:46:00	19 RECOVERY COMMITTEE.
06:35:46:00	06:35:47:00	MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
06:35:47:00	06:35:51:00	TALKING NUMBER 04830483
06:35:51:00	06:35:52:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
06:35:52:00	06:35:54:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
06:35:54:00	06:35:55:00	TO SUPPORT A STUDY TO EVALUATE
06:35:55:00	06:35:59:00	FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN
06:35:59:00	06:35:59:00	ELECTRIC SHUTTLE BUS PROGRAM TO
06:35:59:00	06:36:03:00	CONNECT BUSINESS DISTRICTS
06:36:03:00	06:36:03:00	ACROSS BOSTON.
06:36:03:00	06:36:04:00	THANK YOU.
06:36:04:00	06:36:04:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES DIFFERENT
06:36:04:00	06:36:06:00	ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE
06:36:06:00	06:36:06:00	FLOOR.
06:36:06:00	06:36:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:36:07:00	06:36:10:00	I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE ART
06:36:10:00	06:36:10:00	CORRIDOR CALLED THE ARTERY.
06:36:10:00	06:36:13:00	AS YOU KNOW, ALL ROADS LEAD TO
06:36:13:00	06:36:14:00	ROXBURY.
06:36:14:00	06:36:17:00	THE HEART OF BOSTON.
06:36:17:00	06:36:18:00	AND SO IT'S I'VE AND I'VE SAID
06:36:18:00	06:36:21:00	THIS BEFORE IT'S ARTERY OR IT'S
06:36:21:00	06:36:24:00	ROADS OR BUSINESS DISTRICT AND
06:36:24:00	06:36:25:00	STREETS SHOULD BE THRIVING AND
06:36:25:00	06:36:28:00	ROBUST AND SO IN ORDER TO DO
06:36:28:00	06:36:29:00	THAT WE SHOULD CREATE CROSS
06:36:29:00	06:36:32:00	MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES AND WE
06:36:32:00	06:36:33:00	SHOULD MITIGATE THE
06:36:33:00	06:36:33:00	TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT WE
06:36:33:00	06:36:35:00	HAVE HERE IN BOSTON.
06:36:35:00	06:36:36:00	I THINK THAT THIS COULD
06:36:36:00	06:36:37:00	ALLEVIATE IT IF THE
06:36:37:00	06:36:39:00	ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT ALREADY
06:36:39:00	06:36:40:00	DONE SO A SHUTTLE BUS PROGRAM
06:36:40:00	06:36:43:00	THAT COULD GO BETWEEN BEACON
06:36:43:00	06:36:47:00	HILL AND MATTAPAN OR NUBIAN
06:36:47:00	06:36:48:00	SQUARE AND UP A CORNER WOULD
06:36:48:00	06:36:51:00	ALLEVIATE SOME TRAFFIC TIME AS
06:36:51:00	06:36:55:00	WELL AS REDUCE CARBON AND
06:36:55:00	06:36:55:00	HOPEFULLY AGAIN ALLEVIATE SOME
06:36:55:00	06:36:58:00	ISSUES WITH TRANSPORTATION
06:36:58:00	06:36:59:00	ESPECIALLY CROSS DISTRICTS.
06:36:59:00	06:37:02:00	THERE AREN'T ANY THAT GOES IN
06:37:02:00	06:37:02:00	BETWEEN.
06:37:02:00	06:37:03:00	AS YOU KNOW, MOST ROADS ARE
06:37:03:00	06:37:07:00	SORT OF PARALLEL IN IN ROXBURY,
06:37:07:00	06:37:10:00	DORCHESTER, MATTAPAN AREA BUT
06:37:10:00	06:37:13:00	NOTHING THAT GOES BETWEEN THE
06:37:13:00	06:37:14:00	STREETS SO BETWEEN DISTRICTS.
06:37:14:00	06:37:17:00	SO I THINK A LOT OF I'VE SPOKEN
06:37:17:00	06:37:18:00	WITH A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS
06:37:18:00	06:37:18:00	WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS
06:37:18:00	06:37:21:00	WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA AND THE
06:37:21:00	06:37:22:00	CROSS MARKETING OPPORTUNITY
06:37:22:00	06:37:22:00	HERE IS THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY
06:37:22:00	06:37:25:00	HAVE LIKE COUPONS OR THEY COULD
06:37:25:00	06:37:28:00	ALL FUNCTION ON AN APP WHERE I
06:37:28:00	06:37:29:00	COULD GO TO FOR EXAMPLE A
06:37:29:00	06:37:32:00	BARBERSHOP IN NUBIAN SQUARE AND
06:37:32:00	06:37:33:00	I COULD THERE GET A DISCOUNT OR
06:37:33:00	06:37:36:00	A COUPON BECAUSE I WENT THERE
06:37:36:00	06:37:37:00	TO ALSO SHOP AT BEACON HILL AND
06:37:37:00	06:37:41:00	OFFERING THAT SORT OF CROSS
06:37:41:00	06:37:41:00	CULTURE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
06:37:41:00	06:37:45:00	IT WOULD ALLOW FOLKS FROM
06:37:45:00	06:37:46:00	BEACON HILL IN ONE DAY TO GO TO
06:37:46:00	06:37:49:00	AGAIN SHOP IN DOWNTOWN, THEN GO
06:37:49:00	06:37:50:00	TO UNION SQUARE AND THEN GO TO
06:37:50:00	06:37:52:00	UPLANDS AND EAT AT NIGHT.
06:37:52:00	06:37:53:00	I THINK IT'S DOPE.
06:37:53:00	06:37:54:00	I THINK YOU SHOULD SUPPORT IT
06:37:54:00	06:37:56:00	JUST ASKING FOR SOME SORT
06:37:56:00	06:37:57:00	OF VISIBILITY STUDY HERE IN
06:37:57:00	06:38:00:00	CONSIDERATION TO OUR BUDGET
06:38:00:00	06:38:00:00	SEASON.
06:38:00:00	06:38:00:00	THANK YOU.
06:38:00:00	06:38:00:00	THANK YOU.
06:38:00:00	06:38:04:00	I AM ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION SO
06:38:04:00	06:38:04:00	THANK YOU.
06:38:04:00	06:38:05:00	BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:38:05:00	06:38:05:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:38:05:00	06:38:08:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
06:38:08:00	06:38:08:00	THEIR NAME MR. CLERK TO THE
06:38:08:00	06:38:10:00	COUNCIL IS AS ZAPATA
06:38:10:00	06:38:10:00	FITZGERALD, FLYNN MURPHY,
06:38:10:00	06:38:14:00	SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE
06:38:14:00	06:38:15:00	CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET
06:38:15:00	06:38:18:00	COUNSELOR FOR 90 MINUTES AND
06:38:18:00	06:38:18:00	SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
06:38:18:00	06:38:20:00	AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER
06:38:20:00	06:38:21:00	0483 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I
06:38:21:00	06:38:25:00	AM OPPOSING A THE AYES HAVE IT.
06:38:25:00	06:38:26:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
06:38:26:00	06:38:27:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE REPORT TO
06:38:27:00	06:38:27:00	NUMBER 0485.0485
06:38:27:00	06:38:31:00	COUNCIL OF FINANCE IN SARNOFF
06:38:31:00	06:38:31:00	OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO
06:38:31:00	06:38:32:00	SUPPORT AND CREATE A SMALL
06:38:32:00	06:38:36:00	BUSINESS TRUST CO-OPERATIVE IN
06:38:36:00	06:38:36:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE CHAIR
06:38:36:00	06:38:39:00	RECOGNIZES COMPANY IDENTITY THE
06:38:39:00	06:38:39:00	FLOOR.
06:38:39:00	06:38:40:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
06:38:40:00	06:38:42:00	PRESIDENT.
06:38:42:00	06:38:43:00	I REALIZE THAT THIS IS SORT
06:38:43:00	06:38:46:00	OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL IDEA FROM
06:38:46:00	06:38:47:00	YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE THINKING
06:38:47:00	06:38:50:00	ABOUT TRUST CO-OPS BUT THE CITY
06:38:50:00	06:38:50:00	CAN OFFER EITHER TECHNICAL
06:38:50:00	06:38:53:00	SUPPORT OR SORT OF THE
06:38:53:00	06:38:54:00	RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
06:38:54:00	06:38:57:00	SMALL BUSINESSES TO DO THIS.
06:38:57:00	06:38:58:00	BUT YOU YOU YOU SEE BRICK AND
06:38:58:00	06:39:00:00	MORTAR SORT OF LIKE GO OUT
06:39:00:00	06:39:01:00	OF BUSINESS OR PEOPLE NOT
06:39:01:00	06:39:01:00	AFFORDING THEIR OVERHEAD COSTS
06:39:01:00	06:39:05:00	AND LOOKING AT HOW TO DIGITIZE
06:39:05:00	06:39:05:00	THEIR BUSINESSES.
06:39:05:00	06:39:06:00	AND I HAVE PRESENTED HERE AT
06:39:06:00	06:39:08:00	HOW BE LOCAL CAN BE TRANSFORMED
06:39:08:00	06:39:11:00	INTO SOMEWHAT OF A SMALLER
06:39:11:00	06:39:12:00	AMAZON IF YOU WILL FOR SMALL
06:39:12:00	06:39:15:00	BUSINESSES IT WOULD BE FREE.
06:39:15:00	06:39:16:00	IT WOULD ALSO SUPPORT IT WOULD
06:39:16:00	06:39:18:00	ALSO BE MANAGED BY A THIRD
06:39:18:00	06:39:22:00	PARTY AGENCY THAT WOULD PROVIDE
06:39:22:00	06:39:22:00	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
06:39:22:00	06:39:23:00	SO ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT
06:39:23:00	06:39:26:00	THE CITY IS ALREADY OFFERING IN
06:39:26:00	06:39:26:00	TERMS OF BRANDING ITEMIZATION
06:39:26:00	06:39:30:00	LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, DIGITIZING
06:39:30:00	06:39:30:00	OR FIXING YOUR WEBSITE IT COULD
06:39:30:00	06:39:33:00	ALL BE DONE WITH A BACK OFFICE
06:39:33:00	06:39:34:00	IN YOUR LANGUAGE ON A ZOOM AND
06:39:34:00	06:39:37:00	SO YOU COULD YOU WOULD
06:39:37:00	06:39:37:00	COLLABORATE WITH THE MAIN
06:39:37:00	06:39:38:00	STREETS AND PROVIDE THOSE
06:39:38:00	06:39:40:00	SERVICES.
06:39:40:00	06:39:41:00	THIS WOULD TIE PERFECTLY WITH
06:39:41:00	06:39:45:00	THAT CONCEPT OF A CO-OP BECAUSE
06:39:45:00	06:39:48:00	THEN YOU WOULD HAVE BUSINESSES
06:39:48:00	06:39:49:00	THAT WOULD SUPPORT EACH OTHER
06:39:49:00	06:39:52:00	IN TERMS OF EITHER PROVIDING
06:39:52:00	06:39:52:00	SOME SORT OF INVESTMENT IN
06:39:52:00	06:39:56:00	RESOURCES OR SHARE JUST SHARING
06:39:56:00	06:39:57:00	RESOURCES IF YOU WILL.
06:39:57:00	06:40:00:00	SO JUST LOOKING TO LOOK
06:40:00:00	06:40:04:00	POSSIBLY SEND A MESSAGE TO THE
06:40:04:00	06:40:05:00	ADMINISTRATION AND SAY, YOU
06:40:05:00	06:40:05:00	KNOW, THIS IS IS THIS AN IDEA
06:40:05:00	06:40:07:00	THAT WE COULD WORK ON?
06:40:07:00	06:40:08:00	I KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH
06:40:08:00	06:40:11:00	CHIEF WILL IN LENTS ABOUT THE
06:40:11:00	06:40:12:00	DIGITAL MARKETPLACE AND HE
06:40:12:00	06:40:15:00	SUPPORTS IT ALTHOUGH.
06:40:15:00	06:40:16:00	OBVIOUSLY THERE NEEDS TO BE AN
06:40:16:00	06:40:17:00	APPETITE FROM A TECH COMPANY
06:40:17:00	06:40:19:00	THAT WOULD DO IT AT THE FUNDS
06:40:19:00	06:40:20:00	THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME
06:40:20:00	06:40:20:00	FROM ARPA DOLLARS.
06:40:20:00	06:40:23:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
06:40:23:00	06:40:23:00	CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE
06:40:23:00	06:40:26:00	ADMINISTRATION ON ON THIS AND
06:40:26:00	06:40:27:00	FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN AGAIN
06:40:27:00	06:40:30:00	SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN
06:40:30:00	06:40:31:00	DEVELOPING CO-OPS TO DO MAIN
06:40:31:00	06:40:34:00	STREETS BETTER AND TO DIGITIZE
06:40:34:00	06:40:35:00	OUR MARKETPLACE SO THAT WE CAN
06:40:35:00	06:40:38:00	SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN
06:40:38:00	06:40:39:00	BOSTON AND ALSO LOOKING FOR
06:40:39:00	06:40:39:00	SUPPORT IN THE PAST.
06:40:39:00	06:40:41:00	THANK YOU.
06:40:41:00	06:40:42:00	THANK YOU.
06:40:42:00	06:40:42:00	SO ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
06:40:42:00	06:40:43:00	ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
06:40:43:00	06:40:46:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
06:40:46:00	06:40:46:00	IT'S A GREAT PIECE THAT
06:40:46:00	06:40:47:00	CASTRO'S COLETTE AS A PARTNER
06:40:47:00	06:40:50:00	FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY SANTANA
06:40:50:00	06:40:50:00	WEBER PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR.
06:40:50:00	06:40:53:00	THIS COUNCILOR FOR INDIGENOUS
06:40:53:00	06:40:54:00	AND SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE
06:40:54:00	06:40:54:00	RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
06:40:54:00	06:40:56:00	NUMBER 0485 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
06:40:56:00	06:40:57:00	SAY I ALTHOUGH THE POLLS SAY
06:40:57:00	06:41:00:00	NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
06:41:00:00	06:41:00:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED THE
06:41:00:00	06:41:02:00	SECURITIES REDUCTION NUMBER
06:41:02:00	06:41:04:00	0486 DUNCAN MA0486
06:41:04:00	06:41:05:00	COUNCIL OF ANANDA SANDERSON
06:41:05:00	06:41:05:00	OFFERED THE FOLLOWING
06:41:05:00	06:41:08:00	RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE
06:41:08:00	06:41:08:00	ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE
06:41:08:00	06:41:12:00	CONSTITUENT SERVICE SOFTWARE TO
06:41:12:00	06:41:12:00	IMPROVE CITY
06:41:12:00	06:41:13:00	COUNCIL CONSTITUENT SERVICES
06:41:13:00	06:41:18:00	ADVOCACY AND FOLLOW UP.
06:41:18:00	06:41:18:00	I THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:41:18:00	06:41:19:00	KINDS OF AN INVITATION YOU HAVE
06:41:19:00	06:41:19:00	THE FLOOR.
06:41:19:00	06:41:20:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:41:20:00	06:41:24:00	I DO WANT TO SHOUT OUT AND I
06:41:24:00	06:41:24:00	DON'T KNOW WHO I'M TRYING OUT
06:41:24:00	06:41:25:00	BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER WHO
06:41:25:00	06:41:28:00	FILED SOMETHING SIMILAR.
06:41:28:00	06:41:28:00	IT WASN'T EXACTLY THE SAME.
06:41:28:00	06:41:31:00	I THINK IT WAS
06:41:31:00	06:41:32:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA WHO WAS
06:41:32:00	06:41:35:00	TALKING SPECIFICALLY ON SYSTEMS
06:41:35:00	06:41:36:00	TO IMPROVE OUR CONSTITUENT
06:41:36:00	06:41:36:00	SERVICE OF DIGITAL SYSTEMS TO
06:41:36:00	06:41:39:00	DO THAT THIS AND PARTICULARLY
06:41:39:00	06:41:40:00	IT WAS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
06:41:40:00	06:41:43:00	LOOKING INTO ALL TYPES
06:41:43:00	06:41:43:00	OF SOFTWARES AND PROGRAMS AND
06:41:43:00	06:41:47:00	THEN CAME INDIGO AND OTHER
06:41:47:00	06:41:47:00	TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WERE
06:41:47:00	06:41:50:00	OFFERING TO SUPPLY THIS TYPE
06:41:50:00	06:41:51:00	OF SOFTWARE TO PROVIDE EASIER
06:41:51:00	06:41:54:00	MORE INTUITIVE, MORE EFFICIENT
06:41:54:00	06:41:58:00	CONSTITUENT SERVICE BUT IT COST
06:41:58:00	06:42:00:00	I THINK SOMETHING AROUND LIKE
06:42:00:00	06:42:01:00	26,000 FOR A COUNCIL OFFICE AND
06:42:01:00	06:42:04:00	THAT ONLY OFFERED I THINK 64 TO
06:42:04:00	06:42:04:00	6 USERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
06:42:04:00	06:42:07:00	I COULD BE WRONG.
06:42:07:00	06:42:08:00	SORRY TO GO FROM NOT DOING THAT
06:42:08:00	06:42:11:00	RIGHT BUT IT IT FELT COSTLY.
06:42:11:00	06:42:11:00	RIGHT.
06:42:11:00	06:42:12:00	AND SO I THINK THAT
06:42:12:00	06:42:15:00	ADMINISTRATION COULD LOOK AT
06:42:15:00	06:42:19:00	WAYS OF US CONNECTING MORE TO
06:42:19:00	06:42:19:00	THEIR 311 SYSTEMS FOR EXAMPLE
06:42:19:00	06:42:20:00	ON THE WEBSITE WHAT I DID IS I
06:42:20:00	06:42:24:00	USE AIR TABLE AND I PROVIDED
06:42:24:00	06:42:24:00	SPREADSHEETS FOR EACH STATUSES
06:42:24:00	06:42:27:00	ON CONSTITUENT SERVICE
06:42:27:00	06:42:27:00	INQUIRIES.
06:42:27:00	06:42:28:00	SO WHEN YOU CLICK ON STREET
06:42:28:00	06:42:30:00	YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING IN
06:42:30:00	06:42:31:00	DISTRICT SEVEN THAT IS PENDING.
06:42:31:00	06:42:35:00	I'M SPECIFICALLY YOU KNOW,
06:42:35:00	06:42:36:00	POTHOLES AND IMPROVING
06:42:36:00	06:42:36:00	SIDEWALKS.
06:42:36:00	06:42:37:00	BUT IF YOU DO IT MORE
06:42:37:00	06:42:39:00	INTUITIVELY YOU COULD ACTUALLY
06:42:39:00	06:42:40:00	CONNECT OUR SOFTWARE WITH THEIR
06:42:40:00	06:42:44:00	SOFTWARE AND ALL ECOSYSTEMS
06:42:44:00	06:42:45:00	HAVE TO DO AND I'VE SAID THIS
06:42:45:00	06:42:47:00	BEFORE IS CLICK ON PLEASE SHARE
06:42:47:00	06:42:47:00	INFORMATION WITH MY COUNSELOR
06:42:47:00	06:42:50:00	AND THEN WE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY
06:42:50:00	06:42:51:00	GET A PING ON OUR SIDE.
06:42:51:00	06:42:52:00	IT COULD BE FILTERED SO THAT WE
06:42:52:00	06:42:54:00	CAN NOT VIOLATE ANY TYPE
06:42:54:00	06:42:54:00	OF LIKE YOU KNOW,
06:42:54:00	06:42:58:00	CONFIDENTIALITY.
06:42:58:00	06:42:59:00	BUT WE ARE THE COUNSELORS AND
06:42:59:00	06:42:59:00	AND YOU KNOW HOW IT HAPPENS,
06:42:59:00	06:42:59:00	RIGHT?
06:42:59:00	06:43:02:00	LIKE THEY CALL CONSTITUENTS OR
06:43:02:00	06:43:03:00	THEY CALL 311 AND THEN THEY
06:43:03:00	06:43:05:00	CALL US TO REINFORCE IT AND
06:43:05:00	06:43:06:00	THEN WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT.
06:43:06:00	06:43:07:00	THEN WE CALL THE DEPARTMENT AND
06:43:07:00	06:43:09:00	THEN WE'RE BACK AND FORTH BUT
06:43:09:00	06:43:10:00	WE'RE NOT WORKING ON THE SAME
06:43:10:00	06:43:10:00	SYSTEM IF THERE'S A WAY TO
06:43:10:00	06:43:13:00	FILTER IT SO THAT WE'RE NOT
06:43:13:00	06:43:14:00	VIOLATING CONFIDENTIALITY, YOU
06:43:14:00	06:43:15:00	KNOW, AT FIRST ALL THE
06:43:15:00	06:43:16:00	CONSTITUENT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
06:43:16:00	06:43:19:00	IS PROVIDE THE FEATURE THAT THE
06:43:19:00	06:43:20:00	CONSTITUENT CAN CLICK ON AND
06:43:20:00	06:43:23:00	ACTUALLY SAY OPT TO SHARE WITH
06:43:23:00	06:43:24:00	THEIR COUNSELOR WHY ARE WE
06:43:24:00	06:43:24:00	DOING THAT?
06:43:24:00	06:43:27:00	WHY ARE WE KIND OF INTUITIVE?
06:43:27:00	06:43:28:00	WHY IS THIS NOT HAPPENING?
06:43:28:00	06:43:31:00	SO MY OFFICE WE'VE WORKED ON
06:43:31:00	06:43:35:00	YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY LOOKING AT
06:43:35:00	06:43:35:00	SOFTWARES WE'VE USED AIR TABLE
06:43:35:00	06:43:39:00	I KNOW WE USE CAMPAIGN TERMS
06:43:39:00	06:43:39:00	OF TRACKING PROJECTS AND SO
06:43:39:00	06:43:40:00	FORTH BUT WE DON'T HAVE
06:43:40:00	06:43:42:00	SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY FILTERS
06:43:42:00	06:43:46:00	EMAILS WHEREAS THEY COME IN
06:43:46:00	06:43:47:00	THROUGH THE SOFTWARE TO SAY
06:43:47:00	06:43:50:00	THESE CONSTITUENTS CARE A LOT
06:43:50:00	06:43:51:00	ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
06:43:51:00	06:43:51:00	YOU COULD ACTUALLY DO THAT.
06:43:51:00	06:43:54:00	THERE'S THERE'S A WAY TO DO
06:43:54:00	06:43:55:00	THAT AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO
06:43:55:00	06:43:58:00	FILTER IN WAYS OF LIKE HOW YOU
06:43:58:00	06:43:58:00	SEND OUT EMAILS.
06:43:58:00	06:43:59:00	SO IF YOU WANT TO SEND OUT
06:43:59:00	06:44:02:00	EMAILS SPECIFIC TO HOUSING
06:44:02:00	06:44:03:00	THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN
06:44:03:00	06:44:05:00	YOU CAN DO IT BY OF FILTERING
06:44:05:00	06:44:06:00	EMAILS BUT ALSO BY
06:44:06:00	06:44:08:00	DEMOGRAPHICS, BY OTHER TYPES
06:44:08:00	06:44:09:00	OF CATEGORIZATION.
06:44:09:00	06:44:10:00	SO I'M ASKING THE
06:44:10:00	06:44:13:00	ADMINISTRATION TO INVEST IN THE
06:44:13:00	06:44:14:00	COUNSELORS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO
06:44:14:00	06:44:17:00	BE REPRESENTING THE
06:44:17:00	06:44:17:00	CONSTITUENTS WHO PAY THE TAX TO
06:44:17:00	06:44:21:00	DO THE JOB.
06:44:21:00	06:44:22:00	BUT SINCE THE MAYOR HOLDS THE
06:44:22:00	06:44:24:00	PURSE THEN SHE SERVES 2 SECONDS
06:44:24:00	06:44:27:00	COUNCILOR PRESIDENT THE MAYOR
06:44:27:00	06:44:28:00	HOLDS THE PURSE TO ACTUALLY
06:44:28:00	06:44:31:00	EXECUTE SO TO THE VOTERS THE
06:44:31:00	06:44:31:00	MAYOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
06:44:31:00	06:44:32:00	ADDRESSING ALL YOUR
06:44:32:00	06:44:35:00	CONSTITUENTS SERVICE ISSUES ALL
06:44:35:00	06:44:35:00	OF THEM NOT THE COUNCILORS.
06:44:35:00	06:44:39:00	HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE REPRESENT
06:44:39:00	06:44:40:00	YOU THEN WE ARE SOMEWHAT THE
06:44:40:00	06:44:43:00	ENFORCER.
06:44:43:00	06:44:44:00	BUT IF THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE
06:44:44:00	06:44:46:00	COMPROMISED BETWEEN COUNCILORS
06:44:46:00	06:44:47:00	AND MAYOR OR ADMINISTRATION
06:44:47:00	06:44:50:00	SOMETIMES THERE'S A LAG IN
06:44:50:00	06:44:51:00	RESPONSE OR COMMUNICATION
06:44:51:00	06:44:54:00	ISSUES AND SO THERE YOU HAVE IT
06:44:54:00	06:44:55:00	THEN THERE'S NO RESPONSE IN ALL
06:44:55:00	06:44:57:00	OF THIS BREAKDOWN IN
06:44:57:00	06:44:58:00	COMMUNICATION WE SHOULD DO AWAY
06:44:58:00	06:44:58:00	WITH THAT.
06:44:58:00	06:45:01:00	WE SHOULD HAVE A SYSTEM THAT
06:45:01:00	06:45:02:00	YOU PAY YOUR TAX DOLLARS SO
06:45:02:00	06:45:03:00	THAT WE CAN GET A SYSTEM IN
06:45:03:00	06:45:05:00	ORDER TO DO THIS MORE
06:45:05:00	06:45:06:00	INTUITIVELY AND MORE
06:45:06:00	06:45:09:00	EFFICIENTLY.
06:45:09:00	06:45:10:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
06:45:10:00	06:45:10:00	THANK YOU.
06:45:10:00	06:45:11:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:45:11:00	06:45:13:00	COUNCILOR KLATT AS A PART.
06:45:13:00	06:45:14:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:45:14:00	06:45:14:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:45:14:00	06:45:15:00	AND I WANT TO THANK THE BAKER
06:45:15:00	06:45:16:00	FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
06:45:16:00	06:45:17:00	IT HAS IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY
06:45:17:00	06:45:20:00	LONG TIME SINCE I BELIEVE THE
06:45:20:00	06:45:21:00	LAST TIME THERE WAS A FORMAL
06:45:21:00	06:45:24:00	INQUIRY INTO THIS IF THE BAKER
06:45:24:00	06:45:28:00	DID NOT DO IT HERSELF I CAN'T
06:45:28:00	06:45:29:00	REMEMBER AND I APOLOGIZE IF
06:45:29:00	06:45:29:00	THAT'S THE CASE.
06:45:29:00	06:45:30:00	I WANT TO SHOUT OUT ELLIE
06:45:30:00	06:45:32:00	PIMENTEL IS THE FORMER CHIEF
06:45:32:00	06:45:32:00	OF STAFF TO THEN
06:45:32:00	06:45:33:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANDRE
06:45:33:00	06:45:35:00	CAMPBELL WHO LOOKED INTO THIS
06:45:35:00	06:45:38:00	AND ALSO FOUND THAT THE
06:45:38:00	06:45:38:00	LICENSES WERE GOING TO COST
06:45:38:00	06:45:39:00	$26,000 OR $30,000 FOR THE
06:45:39:00	06:45:43:00	CRIMES SYSTEM AND 311 AND THEY
06:45:43:00	06:45:45:00	DID MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO
06:45:45:00	06:45:49:00	GET THAT TO BE A BENEFIT THAT
06:45:49:00	06:45:50:00	THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ACCESS.
06:45:50:00	06:45:51:00	I HAVE TO TELL FOLKS ALL THE
06:45:51:00	06:45:54:00	TIME THEY ARE SHOCKED TO LEARN
06:45:54:00	06:45:54:00	THAT CITY COUNCILORS DON'T HAVE
06:45:54:00	06:45:56:00	ACCESS TO THE BACK END OF 311.
06:45:56:00	06:45:57:00	WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON OUR
06:45:57:00	06:46:00:00	RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOLKS IN THE
06:46:00:00	06:46:01:00	DEPARTMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
06:46:01:00	06:46:01:00	THE BOTTLENECKS ARE AND WHAT
06:46:01:00	06:46:04:00	WE'RE HEARING IS THAT THE
06:46:04:00	06:46:04:00	DELIVERY OF CONSTITUENT
06:46:04:00	06:46:05:00	SERVICES OR EXCUSE ME THE
06:46:05:00	06:46:08:00	DELIVERY OF BASIC CITY SERVICES
06:46:08:00	06:46:08:00	IS LACKING.
06:46:08:00	06:46:11:00	IT'S EITHER TAKING A LONG TIME
06:46:11:00	06:46:12:00	OR FOLKS ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE
06:46:12:00	06:46:15:00	RESPONSES THAT THEY ARE GETTING
06:46:15:00	06:46:15:00	AND THEY DO COME TO US TO
06:46:15:00	06:46:16:00	FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND
06:46:16:00	06:46:19:00	WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND
06:46:19:00	06:46:19:00	BASICALLY PROVIDE CONCIERGE
06:46:19:00	06:46:20:00	SERVICE SERVICE TO MAKE SURE
06:46:20:00	06:46:22:00	THAT FOLKS GET AT LEAST A
06:46:22:00	06:46:22:00	RESOLUTION.
06:46:22:00	06:46:26:00	BUT IT IS IT IS TIME FOR THIS
06:46:26:00	06:46:27:00	TO HAPPEN.
06:46:27:00	06:46:27:00	I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS.
06:46:27:00	06:46:31:00	I THINK I'VE GONE THROUGH MAYBE
06:46:31:00	06:46:33:00	FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
06:46:33:00	06:46:34:00	FIRST AS A STAFFER, NOW AS A
06:46:34:00	06:46:34:00	CITY COUNCILOR.
06:46:34:00	06:46:35:00	AND SO I THINK THAT WE'RE PAST
06:46:35:00	06:46:36:00	DUE AND WOULD SUPPORT A BUDGET
06:46:36:00	06:46:37:00	AMENDMENT IF IT'S NOT ALREADY
06:46:37:00	06:46:40:00	REFLECTED IN THE POTENTIAL
06:46:40:00	06:46:41:00	BUDGET THAT'S PRODUCED BY THE
06:46:41:00	06:46:41:00	MAYOR.
06:46:41:00	06:46:44:00	THANK YOU.
06:46:44:00	06:46:45:00	THANK YOU.
06:46:45:00	06:46:45:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:46:45:00	06:46:45:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON.
06:46:45:00	06:46:47:00	HE HAD THE FLOOR.
06:46:47:00	06:46:48:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:46:48:00	06:46:48:00	I DO APOLOGIZE.
06:46:48:00	06:46:52:00	I FORGOT TO ASK FOR SUSPENSION
06:46:52:00	06:46:52:00	AND PASS.
06:46:52:00	06:46:52:00	THANK YOU.
06:46:52:00	06:46:53:00	BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:46:53:00	06:46:57:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:46:57:00	06:46:58:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
06:46:58:00	06:46:58:00	THEIR NAME?
06:46:58:00	06:46:59:00	MR. CLERK TO THE COUNCIL WAS
06:46:59:00	06:47:01:00	CUT OPPOSED TO FITZGERALD,
06:47:01:00	06:47:02:00	FLYNN, MURPHY BUT SANTANA WEBER
06:47:02:00	06:47:04:00	WERE ALL PLEASE HAVE A CHAIR
06:47:04:00	06:47:04:00	BECAUSE OF AN INJURY ANDERSON
06:47:04:00	06:47:05:00	SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
06:47:05:00	06:47:07:00	AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER
06:47:07:00	06:47:08:00	0486 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
06:47:08:00	06:47:08:00	OPPOSING IT.
06:47:08:00	06:47:09:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
06:47:09:00	06:47:11:00	THIS DOCTOR HAS PASSED SO
06:47:11:00	06:47:14:00	QUICKLY NUMBER 0487 DUCK
06:47:14:00	06:47:15:00	MEMBERS 0487 COUNCILORS WERE
06:47:15:00	06:47:18:00	ONLY SHOWN OFF WITH THE
06:47:18:00	06:47:18:00	FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
06:47:18:00	06:47:18:00	RECOGNIZING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
06:47:18:00	06:47:23:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
06:47:23:00	06:47:24:00	I THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:47:24:00	06:47:25:00	COUNCIL OUR OUTCOMES ARE EVEN
06:47:25:00	06:47:26:00	FOR I THINK THE
06:47:26:00	06:47:26:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
06:47:26:00	06:47:27:00	I LIKE TO SPEND THE RULES AND
06:47:27:00	06:47:28:00	AD COUNCIL FINANCE ANDERSON AS
06:47:28:00	06:47:30:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
06:47:30:00	06:47:31:00	COUNCIL WHEREAS AND SUSPEND THE
06:47:31:00	06:47:33:00	RULES AT COMPANY IN UNISON AS A
06:47:33:00	06:47:33:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
06:47:33:00	06:47:33:00	SEEING A HEARING OBJECTION
06:47:33:00	06:47:34:00	COUNCIL FOR AN INTERVENTION SO
06:47:34:00	06:47:35:00	OUTCOMES WHERE I GET THE FLOOR.
06:47:35:00	06:47:35:00	THANK YOU.
06:47:35:00	06:47:36:00	MADAM PRESIDENT BLACK HISTORY
06:47:36:00	06:47:39:00	IS AMERICAN HISTORY.
06:47:39:00	06:47:40:00	THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER
06:47:40:00	06:47:43:00	KING JR ONCE SAID THE ARC
06:47:43:00	06:47:43:00	OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS LONG
06:47:43:00	06:47:47:00	BUT IT BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE.
06:47:47:00	06:47:48:00	BUT THAT DOES NOT BEND ON ITS
06:47:48:00	06:47:48:00	OWN.
06:47:48:00	06:47:49:00	IT BENDS BECAUSE OF THE
06:47:49:00	06:47:51:00	SACRIFICES THE COURAGE AND THE
06:47:51:00	06:47:52:00	RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF JUSTICE
06:47:52:00	06:47:55:00	BY THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US.
06:47:55:00	06:47:56:00	HERE IN BOSTON THAT ARC HAS
06:47:56:00	06:47:58:00	BEEN SHAPED BY REBECCA LEE
06:47:58:00	06:47:59:00	CRUMPLER, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
06:47:59:00	06:48:02:00	DOCTOR IN THE CRISPUS ATTUCKS,
06:48:02:00	06:48:03:00	THE FIRST TO FALL FOR AMERICAN
06:48:03:00	06:48:06:00	INDEPENDENCE.
06:48:06:00	06:48:07:00	PRINCE HALL WHO FOUGHT FOR
06:48:07:00	06:48:10:00	BLACK EDUCATION AND DIGNITY AND
06:48:10:00	06:48:11:00	MELINA CASS, THE FIRST LADY
06:48:11:00	06:48:14:00	OF ROXBURY DEDICATED HER LIFE
06:48:14:00	06:48:14:00	TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND ADVOCATED
06:48:14:00	06:48:15:00	FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
06:48:15:00	06:48:18:00	BOSTON IS ALSO HOME TO THE
06:48:18:00	06:48:20:00	AFRICAN MEETINGHOUSE BUILT IN
06:48:20:00	06:48:21:00	1806, THE OLDEST EXISTING BLACK
06:48:21:00	06:48:24:00	CHURCH BUILDING IN THE NATION.
06:48:24:00	06:48:25:00	THE HISTORIC SITE ALSO HOUSED
06:48:25:00	06:48:25:00	ABBY SMITH.
06:48:25:00	06:48:28:00	THE FIRST BLACK PUBLIC SCHOOL
06:48:28:00	06:48:30:00	IN THE COUNTRY ESTABLISHED IN
06:48:30:00	06:48:30:00	1835.
06:48:30:00	06:48:34:00	AND POLITICS THOMAS ATKINS
06:48:34:00	06:48:35:00	WHERE THE FIRST BLACK ELECTED
06:48:35:00	06:48:38:00	BOSS, A CITY COUNCILOR WINNING
06:48:38:00	06:48:40:00	HIS SEAT IN 1967 AND SEVEN FROM
06:48:40:00	06:48:41:00	1968 TO 1971.
06:48:41:00	06:48:45:00	JAZZ LEGEND ROY HAYNES, WHO
06:48:45:00	06:48:46:00	DIED LAST YEAR REVOLUTIONIZED
06:48:46:00	06:48:49:00	DRUMMING LEAVING A MARK ON
06:48:49:00	06:48:49:00	MUSIC.
06:48:49:00	06:48:52:00	BUT THE ROXBURY NATIVE ALSO
06:48:52:00	06:48:53:00	SERVED AS A STATE LEGISLATOR IN
06:48:53:00	06:48:54:00	THE FIFTIES AND A LONGTIME
06:48:54:00	06:48:56:00	PASTOR.
06:48:56:00	06:48:57:00	CARING FOR IT FOR HIS FLOCK
06:48:57:00	06:48:58:00	WHICH INCLUDED DR. KING WHEN HE
06:48:58:00	06:49:00:00	WAS A STUDENT AT BYU.
06:49:00:00	06:49:01:00	AND GROUPS LIKE THE BLACK
06:49:01:00	06:49:05:00	BOSTON, BLACK UNITED FRONT HAVE
06:49:05:00	06:49:05:00	LONG FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND
06:49:05:00	06:49:08:00	ECONOMIC JUSTICE ADVOCATING FOR
06:49:08:00	06:49:08:00	THE BLACK COMMUNITY THROUGH
06:49:08:00	06:49:09:00	THEIR COLLECTIVE ACTION.
06:49:09:00	06:49:12:00	BOSTON HAS BEEN A MECCA FOR
06:49:12:00	06:49:13:00	BLACK PEOPLE DRIVING THAT ARC
06:49:13:00	06:49:16:00	OF JUSTICE FORWARD SHAPING
06:49:16:00	06:49:16:00	HISTORY, PUSHING BOUNDARIES AND
06:49:16:00	06:49:20:00	LEADING THE WAY FOR CHANGE.
06:49:20:00	06:49:20:00	AND THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN FUELED
06:49:20:00	06:49:23:00	BY DIVERSITY NOT JUST IN RACE
06:49:23:00	06:49:27:00	BUT IN IDEAS AND LEADERSHIP.
06:49:27:00	06:49:27:00	IN MANY WAYS BLACK BOSTONIANS
06:49:27:00	06:49:30:00	HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO EVERY FACET
06:49:30:00	06:49:31:00	OF THIS CITY'S HISTORY.
06:49:31:00	06:49:34:00	JAMES BALDWIN ONCE SAID HISTORY
06:49:34:00	06:49:35:00	IS NOT THE PAST.
06:49:35:00	06:49:37:00	IT IS THE PRESENT.
06:49:37:00	06:49:41:00	THAT IS WHY WE ARE GATHERING ON
06:49:41:00	06:49:41:00	FEBRUARY 19 AT THE NEA IN L.A.
06:49:41:00	06:49:45:00	CHAMBER TO HONOR BOTH OUR BLACK
06:49:45:00	06:49:45:00	LEGACY LEADERS AND OUR YOUNG
06:49:45:00	06:49:46:00	BLACK FUTURE LEADERS.
06:49:46:00	06:49:49:00	BECAUSE THIS MONTH IS NOT JUST
06:49:49:00	06:49:49:00	ABOUT LOOKING BACK BUT IT'S
06:49:49:00	06:49:52:00	ABOUT UPLIFTING THE NEXT
06:49:52:00	06:49:53:00	GENERATION OF CHANGEMAKERS.
06:49:53:00	06:49:55:00	SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M MOVED
06:49:55:00	06:49:56:00	TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS
06:49:56:00	06:49:56:00	RESOLUTION.
06:49:56:00	06:49:57:00	THANK YOU.
06:49:57:00	06:50:00:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.
06:50:00:00	06:50:03:00	WE'RE OUT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
06:50:03:00	06:50:03:00	OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
06:50:03:00	06:50:04:00	CELEBRATION NEXT WEDNESDAY.
06:50:04:00	06:50:07:00	THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING
06:50:07:00	06:50:07:00	THAT.
06:50:07:00	06:50:08:00	HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH,
06:50:08:00	06:50:08:00	EVERYBODY.
06:50:08:00	06:50:11:00	THE STRUGGLE IS REAL AND IT
06:50:11:00	06:50:12:00	CONTINUES FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN
06:50:12:00	06:50:14:00	THIS COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY FOR
06:50:14:00	06:50:15:00	OUR BLACK POPULATION HERE.
06:50:15:00	06:50:19:00	WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE PEOPLE
06:50:19:00	06:50:20:00	ARE USING THE WORD DIY TO
06:50:20:00	06:50:20:00	REALLY EXPRESS THEIR
06:50:20:00	06:50:23:00	ANTI-BLACKNESS.
06:50:23:00	06:50:24:00	AND WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY AND
06:50:24:00	06:50:27:00	THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO.
06:50:27:00	06:50:28:00	I WANT TO THANK HOUSE TOMORROW
06:50:28:00	06:50:29:00	FOR UPLIFTING ALL OF THE
06:50:29:00	06:50:31:00	PIONEERS ON WHO SHOULDERS WE
06:50:31:00	06:50:31:00	STAND.
06:50:31:00	06:50:32:00	ONE THING THAT I REALLY LOVE
06:50:32:00	06:50:33:00	ABOUT BLACK HISTORY THAT IS
06:50:33:00	06:50:35:00	REALLY SIMILAR TO A LOT OF THE
06:50:35:00	06:50:35:00	HISTORY OF MARGINALIZED
06:50:35:00	06:50:39:00	COMMUNITIES IS THAT THERE ARE
06:50:39:00	06:50:40:00	PEOPLE THAT WE CAN NAME WHO ARE
06:50:40:00	06:50:42:00	THE PEOPLE IN THE PIONEERS IN
06:50:42:00	06:50:43:00	OUR COMMUNITY LIKE THE LIKE
06:50:43:00	06:50:46:00	CHRISTMAS ADDICTS LIKE REBECCA
06:50:46:00	06:50:47:00	CRUMPLER, LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT
06:50:47:00	06:50:47:00	CAME SOMEWHERE ELSE STARTED
06:50:47:00	06:50:50:00	LIKE FLASH WILEY WHO WILL BE
06:50:50:00	06:50:54:00	ENDING TODAY IN MEMORIAM A
06:50:54:00	06:50:54:00	PIONEERING LAWYER WHO HAD AN
06:50:54:00	06:50:57:00	INFLUENCE ON MY LEGAL CAREER OR
06:50:57:00	06:50:58:00	DANIELLE GEORGE'S WHO WAS A
06:50:58:00	06:51:02:00	POET LAUREATE IN THE CITY FROM
06:51:02:00	06:51:04:00	DECEMBER 15 TO 19 WHO JUST
06:51:04:00	06:51:05:00	PASSED AWAY SADLY TO CANCER.
06:51:05:00	06:51:08:00	WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BLACK HISTORY
06:51:08:00	06:51:09:00	IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WE CAN
06:51:09:00	06:51:11:00	NAME AND THERE ARE SO MANY
06:51:11:00	06:51:12:00	PEOPLE WE CAN'T NAME RIGHT?
06:51:12:00	06:51:12:00	THESE ARE REGULAR ORDINARY
06:51:12:00	06:51:15:00	FOLKS WHO ATTEMPTED AND WHO
06:51:15:00	06:51:15:00	TRIED AND WHO OFTENTIMES
06:51:15:00	06:51:19:00	WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL AND BECOMING
06:51:19:00	06:51:19:00	SOMEONE.
06:51:19:00	06:51:19:00	RIGHT.
06:51:19:00	06:51:20:00	REBECCA CRUMPLER WAS THE FIRST
06:51:20:00	06:51:23:00	BLACK WOMAN TO BE A LICENSED
06:51:23:00	06:51:23:00	DOCTOR IN THE UNITED STATES.
06:51:23:00	06:51:24:00	BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE
06:51:24:00	06:51:25:00	BLACK WOMEN WHO WANTED TO BE
06:51:25:00	06:51:27:00	DOCTORS BEFORE AND THERE WERE
06:51:27:00	06:51:28:00	BLACK WOMEN WHO WERE SERVING AS
06:51:28:00	06:51:28:00	DOCTORS BEFORE EVEN IF THEY
06:51:28:00	06:51:30:00	DIDN'T GET THE RECOGNITION FROM
06:51:30:00	06:51:31:00	MEDICAL SCHOOLS HERE.
06:51:31:00	06:51:34:00	SO I REALLY LOVE THE
06:51:34:00	06:51:35:00	OPPORTUNITY THAT BLACK HISTORY
06:51:35:00	06:51:35:00	PRESENTS ITSELF TO REMIND US
06:51:35:00	06:51:38:00	THAT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN
06:51:38:00	06:51:39:00	HISTORY AND TRY TO REMIND US
06:51:39:00	06:51:39:00	THAT AS WE ARE CELEBRATING
06:51:39:00	06:51:42:00	THOSE WHOSE NAMES WE KNOW FOR
06:51:42:00	06:51:42:00	US TO UPLIFT AND REMEMBER THE
06:51:42:00	06:51:45:00	NAMES THAT WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT
06:51:45:00	06:51:45:00	.
06:51:45:00	06:51:46:00	WE HAD CORPORAL WOODY WOODHOUSE
06:51:46:00	06:51:50:00	HERE A FEW YEARS AGO AS A BLACK
06:51:50:00	06:51:50:00	A FEW WEEKS AGO AS A BLACK
06:51:50:00	06:51:51:00	VETERAN.
06:51:51:00	06:51:53:00	WE UPLIFTED HIM AND HIS WORK
06:51:53:00	06:51:54:00	AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO'S WHO
06:51:54:00	06:51:56:00	DIED ON BATTLEFIELDS WHOSE NAME
06:51:56:00	06:51:57:00	THAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WE DON'T
06:51:57:00	06:52:00:00	UPLIFT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO
06:52:00:00	06:52:01:00	TRIED TO BE LAWYERS WHO TRIED
06:52:01:00	06:52:04:00	TO BE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THIS
06:52:04:00	06:52:05:00	COUNTRY AND WEREN'T.
06:52:05:00	06:52:06:00	AND SO I THINK THAT JUST
06:52:06:00	06:52:08:00	ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
06:52:08:00	06:52:08:00	REMEMBER AND TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN
06:52:08:00	06:52:12:00	SO MUCH ABOUT BLACK COMMUNITIES
06:52:12:00	06:52:13:00	AND ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE IS UNDER
06:52:13:00	06:52:16:00	ATTACK NATIONALLY THAT IT'S
06:52:16:00	06:52:16:00	EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE
06:52:16:00	06:52:19:00	CELEBRATE WHO WE ARE THE WE'VE
06:52:19:00	06:52:20:00	MADE AND THE STRUGGLES THAT WE
06:52:20:00	06:52:23:00	ARE FIGHTING AND WE'LL HAVE TO
06:52:23:00	06:52:24:00	FIGHT IN THE FUTURE.
06:52:24:00	06:52:24:00	SO AGAIN, HAPPY BLACK HISTORY
06:52:24:00	06:52:25:00	MONTH Y'ALL.
06:52:25:00	06:52:26:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES GOVERNMENT
06:52:26:00	06:52:30:00	AGENCIES MAY HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:52:30:00	06:52:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:52:30:00	06:52:33:00	I GUESS COMING INTO THIS
06:52:33:00	06:52:37:00	POSITION THERE WAS A PRACTICE
06:52:37:00	06:52:38:00	WHERE THE ELDEST BLACK
06:52:38:00	06:52:38:00	RELUCTANT WOULD LEAD THE
06:52:38:00	06:52:42:00	CELEBRATIONS SO I MISSED THAT
06:52:42:00	06:52:43:00	AND THEN IT GOT CHANGED AND I
06:52:43:00	06:52:45:00	DIDN'T GET NOTIFIED OF THAT AND
06:52:45:00	06:52:49:00	SO I WAS PRETTY BUMMED BY THAT
06:52:49:00	06:52:50:00	OR DISAPPOINTED.
06:52:50:00	06:52:51:00	BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
06:52:51:00	06:52:53:00	CELEBRATION THAT YOU AND
06:52:53:00	06:52:54:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCIL AND
06:52:54:00	06:52:54:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE ARE
06:52:54:00	06:52:57:00	PUTTING TOGETHER AND I THANK
06:52:57:00	06:53:00:00	YOU FOR ADDING ME TO THIS IN
06:53:00:00	06:53:00:00	TERMS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH I
06:53:00:00	06:53:01:00	THINK WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT IT AS
06:53:01:00	06:53:04:00	AN OXYMORON THAT EVERY MONTH IS
06:53:04:00	06:53:05:00	BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND WHAT
06:53:05:00	06:53:08:00	DOES THAT MEAN?
06:53:08:00	06:53:09:00	AND SO WHY DO WE NEED A BLACK
06:53:09:00	06:53:11:00	HISTORY MONTH?
06:53:11:00	06:53:12:00	AND SO IT'S YES, RACE IS A
06:53:12:00	06:53:14:00	SOCIAL CONSTRUCT BUT YOU KNOW,
06:53:14:00	06:53:15:00	IT'S THE IT'S THE WHITE
06:53:15:00	06:53:18:00	SUPREMACIST THAT ORIGINATED
06:53:18:00	06:53:19:00	THIS CONCEPT, RIGHT?
06:53:19:00	06:53:20:00	IT FIRST WE GET CATEGORIZED,
06:53:20:00	06:53:23:00	THEN WE GET NAMED AND THEN WE
06:53:23:00	06:53:23:00	GET CALLED BIPOC OR COLORED OR
06:53:23:00	06:53:26:00	BLACK AND NOW WE FOLLOW THE
06:53:26:00	06:53:27:00	VERY TRENDS.
06:53:27:00	06:53:30:00	SO I'M OF THE OPINION THAT
06:53:30:00	06:53:30:00	EVERY MONTH IS BLACK HISTORY
06:53:30:00	06:53:31:00	MONTH BUT I'M ALSO OF THE
06:53:31:00	06:53:34:00	OPINION EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT
06:53:34:00	06:53:38:00	BECAUSE AS YOU SAY OH YOU DON'T
06:53:38:00	06:53:39:00	SEE COLOR OR YOU DON'T SEE
06:53:39:00	06:53:39:00	RACE.
06:53:39:00	06:53:40:00	IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT FOR YOU
06:53:40:00	06:53:42:00	TO BE EDUCATED ON THE HISTORY
06:53:42:00	06:53:46:00	SO YOU CAN IDENTIFY SO, YOU CAN
06:53:46:00	06:53:46:00	UNDERSTAND AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR
06:53:46:00	06:53:49:00	JEWISH BROTHERS SISTERS SAY
06:53:49:00	06:53:49:00	NEVER FORGET.
06:53:49:00	06:53:52:00	IT IS VERY EASY TO STAND BY
06:53:52:00	06:53:53:00	THINGS THAT ARE POPULAR OR
06:53:53:00	06:53:58:00	POLITICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO BE
06:53:58:00	06:53:58:00	ABLE TO SAY YOU KNOW, NEVER
06:53:58:00	06:53:59:00	FORGET IT IS THAT IT FANTASIAS
06:53:59:00	06:54:01:00	TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT UKRAINE
06:54:01:00	06:54:02:00	IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS TO SUPPORT
06:54:02:00	06:54:05:00	OTHER RACES AND CULTURES BUT
06:54:05:00	06:54:09:00	WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK PEOPLE
06:54:09:00	06:54:09:00	IN PARTICULARLY
06:54:09:00	06:54:12:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY THEY
06:54:12:00	06:54:13:00	SEEM TO GET THE LOWEST END
06:54:13:00	06:54:14:00	OF THE TOTEM POLE SOMETIMES
06:54:14:00	06:54:16:00	PEOPLE SORT OF LIKE TO
06:54:16:00	06:54:17:00	BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, REFER TO
06:54:17:00	06:54:20:00	REFERENCE THE NEED FOR DEI OR
06:54:20:00	06:54:24:00	THE NEED FOR MARGINALIZED OR
06:54:24:00	06:54:25:00	INVESTMENT IN THE MARGINALIZED
06:54:25:00	06:54:25:00	PEOPLE AND THEN THEY SORT
06:54:25:00	06:54:28:00	OF THROW THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
06:54:28:00	06:54:29:00	PEOPLE IN THERE.
06:54:29:00	06:54:29:00	BUT THEY ARE IT'S NOT VERY
06:54:29:00	06:54:32:00	INTENTIONAL BLACK
06:54:32:00	06:54:32:00	AFRICAN-AMERICANS CONTINUE TO
06:54:32:00	06:54:35:00	BE TOKENIZED IN THIS COUNTRY
06:54:35:00	06:54:36:00	MYSELF AS AN AFRICAN WOMAN, AS
06:54:36:00	06:54:39:00	A BLACK AFRICAN WOMAN I HAVE TO
06:54:39:00	06:54:40:00	UNDERSTAND MY PRIVILEGE AS AN
06:54:40:00	06:54:43:00	IMMIGRANT THAT SOMEHOW I FALL
06:54:43:00	06:54:44:00	UNDER THIS CLASS THAT IS
06:54:44:00	06:54:47:00	CONSIDERED A DEGREE OVER SO I
06:54:47:00	06:54:48:00	GET MORE PRIVILEGE, I GET THE
06:54:48:00	06:54:50:00	JOB OR I GET TO BE THE
06:54:50:00	06:54:51:00	OPPORTUNITY AND MY BROTHER OR
06:54:51:00	06:54:54:00	SISTER ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
06:54:54:00	06:54:55:00	BROTHER OR SISTER OR SOMEHOW
06:54:55:00	06:54:56:00	CONTINUE TO BE DISMISSED.
06:54:56:00	06:54:59:00	BUT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
06:54:59:00	06:54:59:00	CULTURE.
06:54:59:00	06:55:02:00	WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE THE
06:55:02:00	06:55:03:00	PATH THAT THEY'VE PAVED FOR US.
06:55:03:00	06:55:05:00	WE COME HERE, WE DON'T PAY
06:55:05:00	06:55:06:00	HOMAGE, NOT ENOUGH.
06:55:06:00	06:55:07:00	AND I'M SPEAKING FROM AN
06:55:07:00	06:55:11:00	IMMIGRANT PERSPECTIVE FOR THOSE
06:55:11:00	06:55:11:00	WHO ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR OR
06:55:11:00	06:55:14:00	BLACK IMMIGRANTS THAT COME INTO
06:55:14:00	06:55:15:00	THIS COUNTRY, YOU CONTINUE TO
06:55:15:00	06:55:17:00	TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE VERY
06:55:17:00	06:55:18:00	OPPORTUNITIES OF THE PATH THAT
06:55:18:00	06:55:22:00	THEY'VE PAVED FOR YOU AND YET
06:55:22:00	06:55:22:00	YOU DISMISS THEIR IDENTITY
06:55:22:00	06:55:25:00	CULTURE AND I AND HUMANITY YOU
06:55:25:00	06:55:29:00	DEHUMANIZE THEM AND YOU THINK
06:55:29:00	06:55:29:00	OF THEM LAST.
06:55:29:00	06:55:32:00	SO I STAND HERE TO SAY THAT IN
06:55:32:00	06:55:33:00	THE HOPES THAT WE CONTINUE TO
06:55:33:00	06:55:36:00	BUILD IN OUR UNITY FROM THE
06:55:36:00	06:55:39:00	TRAUMA OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER
06:55:39:00	06:55:39:00	THAT WE ARE NOT TOGETHER.
06:55:39:00	06:55:40:00	THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE THAT
06:55:40:00	06:55:43:00	CONTINUE FIGHT WITH THEIR OWN
06:55:43:00	06:55:46:00	IDENTITY AND WILL TREAT OTHERS
06:55:46:00	06:55:47:00	MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THOSE WHO
06:55:47:00	06:55:48:00	LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THEM.
06:55:48:00	06:55:51:00	THEY ARE.
06:55:51:00	06:55:52:00	AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE ISSUES IN
06:55:52:00	06:55:53:00	THE COMMUNITY WHY CAN'T THEY
06:55:53:00	06:55:55:00	GET IT TOGETHER BECAUSE OF 400
06:55:55:00	06:55:56:00	YEARS OF TRAUMA, BECAUSE
06:55:56:00	06:55:59:00	OF MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF OUR
06:55:59:00	06:56:00:00	ANCESTORS WHO WERE MURDERED,
06:56:00:00	06:56:00:00	SLAUGHTERED, RAPED AND
06:56:00:00	06:56:03:00	MASSACRED, ABUSED AND CONTINUED
06:56:03:00	06:56:07:00	TO BE PERPETUALLY ABUSED AND
06:56:07:00	06:56:08:00	OPPRESSED THROUGHOUT THIS
06:56:08:00	06:56:11:00	SYSTEM THAT EXISTS TODAY.
06:56:11:00	06:56:12:00	SO I SAY THIS THAT I STAND UP
06:56:12:00	06:56:15:00	TO SAY IT IS IMPORTANT TO
06:56:15:00	06:56:15:00	CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
06:56:15:00	06:56:18:00	CITY OF BOSTON WHEN YOU SAY IT
06:56:18:00	06:56:19:00	WHEN YOU SAY THAT BLACK PEOPLE
06:56:19:00	06:56:22:00	OR THAT INCLUSION IS IMPORTANT,
06:56:22:00	06:56:23:00	PLEASE STOP TOKENIZING
06:56:23:00	06:56:26:00	AFRICAN-AMERICANS AS IF THEY
06:56:26:00	06:56:27:00	ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE
06:56:27:00	06:56:27:00	SPOKESPEOPLE FOR EVERYBODY.
06:56:27:00	06:56:31:00	THE FACE OF THE CAR TO SAY THAT
06:56:31:00	06:56:31:00	YOU ARE NOT RACIST OR THAT YOU
06:56:31:00	06:56:34:00	THINK OF BLACK PEOPLE PLEASE
06:56:34:00	06:56:35:00	INCLUDE PEOPLE IN DECISION
06:56:35:00	06:56:38:00	MAKING AND POLICIES.
06:56:38:00	06:56:38:00	PLEASE DON'T IGNORE PEOPLE WHEN
06:56:38:00	06:56:39:00	THEY DISAGREE WITH YOU.
06:56:39:00	06:56:42:00	PLEASE HAVE A SEAT WITH THEM.
06:56:42:00	06:56:43:00	DON'T JUST MEET WITH SOUTH BEND
06:56:43:00	06:56:45:00	AND BEACON HILL OR THE NORTH
06:56:45:00	06:56:46:00	END IN DOWNTOWN OR ROSLINDALE
06:56:46:00	06:56:49:00	MEET WITH GO TALK TO MATTAPAN,
06:56:49:00	06:56:50:00	TALK TO BLACK PEOPLE EVEN WHEN
06:56:50:00	06:56:53:00	THEY DISAGREE WITH YOU HAVE
06:56:53:00	06:56:53:00	PATIENCE, HAVE COMPASSION.
06:56:53:00	06:56:57:00	MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY
06:56:57:00	06:56:57:00	INVESTING INTENTIONALLY
06:56:57:00	06:57:00:00	TRANSFORMATIVE LEAD IN THOSE
06:57:00:00	06:57:01:00	WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE.
06:57:01:00	06:57:04:00	I DON'T WANT TO CELEBRATE THIS
06:57:04:00	06:57:05:00	THING ANYMORE THIS TOKENIZED
06:57:05:00	06:57:08:00	THING WHERE IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY
06:57:08:00	06:57:08:00	REPRESENT REAL GENUINE
06:57:08:00	06:57:12:00	INTENTION IN INVESTING IN
06:57:12:00	06:57:12:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE.
06:57:12:00	06:57:16:00	BUT I WILL BECAUSE FOR THE TIME
06:57:16:00	06:57:16:00	BEING I GUESS THE EDUCATION IS
06:57:16:00	06:57:16:00	IMPORTANT.
06:57:16:00	06:57:17:00	THANK YOU.
06:57:17:00	06:57:19:00	THANK YOU.
06:57:19:00	06:57:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
06:57:20:00	06:57:20:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
06:57:20:00	06:57:20:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:57:20:00	06:57:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
06:57:24:00	06:57:24:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR
06:57:24:00	06:57:26:00	BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT
06:57:26:00	06:57:30:00	RESOLUTION FORWARD.
06:57:30:00	06:57:31:00	I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
06:57:31:00	06:57:34:00	THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WE
06:57:34:00	06:57:35:00	MENTIONED WOODY WOODHOUSE BUT I
06:57:35:00	06:57:38:00	WAS FRIENDS WITH AN OLDER
06:57:38:00	06:57:38:00	GENTLEMAN, WILLIS SANDERS WHO
06:57:38:00	06:57:41:00	WAS A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT ON
06:57:41:00	06:57:42:00	BOSTON POLICE, WAS A TUSKEGEE
06:57:42:00	06:57:46:00	AIRMAN AND I WOULD LISTEN TO
06:57:46:00	06:57:49:00	HIS STORIES ABOUT HIS SERVICE
06:57:49:00	06:57:50:00	IN OUR COUNTRY AND THEN HIM
06:57:50:00	06:57:53:00	COMING ON THE BOSTON POLICE AND
06:57:53:00	06:57:54:00	BEING INVOLVED IN THE
06:57:54:00	06:57:54:00	COMMUNITY.
06:57:54:00	06:57:57:00	BUT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS FIGHTING
06:57:57:00	06:57:58:00	FIGHTING A WAR IN WORLD WAR
06:57:58:00	06:58:01:00	TWO, FIGHTING FOR OUR NATION,
06:58:01:00	06:58:02:00	HE CAME BACK TO THE UNITED
06:58:02:00	06:58:05:00	STATES TREATED WITH SUCH
06:58:05:00	06:58:09:00	DISRESPECT.
06:58:09:00	06:58:09:00	SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.
06:58:09:00	06:58:13:00	HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE.
06:58:13:00	06:58:13:00	I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
06:58:13:00	06:58:16:00	AND HIS COUNCILOR WERE ALL
06:58:16:00	06:58:17:00	MENTIONED TOMPKINS WAS A CITY
06:58:17:00	06:58:19:00	COUNCILOR AND ACTUALLY THE THE
06:58:19:00	06:58:23:00	ROOM IN THE THE CITY
06:58:23:00	06:58:23:00	COUNCIL THE FIRST ROOM ON THE
06:58:23:00	06:58:24:00	LEFT HAND SIDE IS NAMED AFTER
06:58:24:00	06:58:27:00	TOM ATKINS AS WE AS WE ALL KNOW
06:58:27:00	06:58:30:00	THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE LEFT,
06:58:30:00	06:58:31:00	OUR FORMER CONSTITUENT RECENTLY
06:58:31:00	06:58:34:00	PASSED AWAY WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL
06:58:34:00	06:58:35:00	LEADER IN THE SOUTH AND ROXBURY
06:58:35:00	06:58:38:00	AND AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
06:58:38:00	06:58:41:00	MALKIN WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MAN
06:58:41:00	06:58:45:00	THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS
06:58:45:00	06:58:46:00	LIKE YOU ALL HAVE AS WELL THEN
06:58:46:00	06:58:49:00	JUST WANTED HIGHLIGHT THE FIRST
06:58:49:00	06:58:50:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR
06:58:50:00	06:58:53:00	OF BOSTON JANEY I'M A FORMER
06:58:53:00	06:58:54:00	MEMBER OF THIS BODY AS WELL FOR
06:58:54:00	06:58:57:00	THE IMPORTANT WORK AND
06:58:57:00	06:59:00:00	LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR JANEY.
06:59:00:00	06:59:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
06:59:01:00	06:59:01:00	THANK YOU.
06:59:01:00	06:59:02:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
06:59:02:00	06:59:02:00	ON THIS MATTER?
06:59:02:00	06:59:05:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
06:59:05:00	06:59:05:00	THEIR NAME?
06:59:05:00	06:59:05:00	MR. CLERK.
06:59:05:00	06:59:06:00	BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF ZAPATA
06:59:06:00	06:59:09:00	FITZGERALD, FLYNN, MURPHY AND
06:59:09:00	06:59:09:00	TANNER WEBER.
06:59:09:00	06:59:12:00	COUNCILORS WERE ALL LOUIJEUNE
06:59:12:00	06:59:12:00	AND FOR ANY ADVANTAGE SINCE
06:59:12:00	06:59:13:00	EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND
06:59:13:00	06:59:16:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0487
06:59:16:00	06:59:17:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL
06:59:17:00	06:59:21:00	OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THIS
06:59:21:00	06:59:22:00	DOCKET AS PASSED WAS A QUOTE
06:59:22:00	06:59:23:00	COULD YOU PLEASE BE TALKING
06:59:23:00	06:59:24:00	NUMBER 0488 SO I CAN HAVE A
06:59:24:00	06:59:25:00	ZERO FOR 80 COUNCIL OF FERNANDA
06:59:25:00	06:59:26:00	SANDERSON OF THE FOLLOWING
06:59:26:00	06:59:27:00	RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
06:59:27:00	06:59:30:00	OF ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY
06:59:30:00	06:59:30:00	PREFERENCE POLICY FOR
06:59:30:00	06:59:34:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
06:59:34:00	06:59:34:00	TO MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT IN
06:59:34:00	06:59:35:00	BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS.
06:59:35:00	06:59:35:00	THANK YOU.
06:59:35:00	06:59:38:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMPANY IN
06:59:38:00	06:59:38:00	UNISON.
06:59:38:00	06:59:39:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
06:59:39:00	06:59:41:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
06:59:41:00	06:59:41:00	DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM CITIES
06:59:41:00	06:59:42:00	LIKE SAN FRANCISCO WHICH HAS
06:59:42:00	06:59:45:00	SEEN SUCCESS IN REDUCING
06:59:45:00	06:59:46:00	DISPLACEMENT THROUGH SUCH
06:59:46:00	06:59:46:00	POLICIES.
06:59:46:00	06:59:49:00	THIS PROMOTES EQUITABLE ACCESS
06:59:49:00	06:59:52:00	TO HOUSING AND ALIGNS WITH CITY
06:59:52:00	06:59:53:00	GOALS AND OF RACIAL AND
06:59:53:00	06:59:56:00	ECONOMIC EQUITY.
06:59:56:00	06:59:57:00	IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE CREATE
06:59:57:00	07:00:00:00	A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT SYSTEM
07:00:00:00	07:00:01:00	THAT PRIORITIZES LONG TERM
07:00:01:00	07:00:01:00	RESIDENTS WHILE ALSO COMPLYING
07:00:01:00	07:00:05:00	WITH FEDERAL AND STATE HOUSING
07:00:05:00	07:00:05:00	LAWS.
07:00:05:00	07:00:08:00	AND I MENTION THAT BECAUSE AS
07:00:08:00	07:00:08:00	KNOW IF IT'S FUNDED THROUGH HUD
07:00:08:00	07:00:09:00	SPECIFICALLY YOU CAN'T
07:00:09:00	07:00:11:00	NECESSARILY SAY WE'RE
07:00:11:00	07:00:12:00	PRIORITIZING RESIDENTS OR
07:00:12:00	07:00:12:00	SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS BECAUSE
07:00:12:00	07:00:16:00	THEN YOU FACE THE RISK OF BEING
07:00:16:00	07:00:16:00	SUED FOR, YOU KNOW,
07:00:16:00	07:00:19:00	DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.
07:00:19:00	07:00:20:00	THIS POLICY NOT ONLY PROTECTS
07:00:20:00	07:00:23:00	RESIDENTS FROM DISPLACEMENT BUT
07:00:23:00	07:00:23:00	FOSTERS STRONGER, MORE
07:00:23:00	07:00:24:00	INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE
07:00:24:00	07:00:27:00	COMMUNITIES.
07:00:27:00	07:00:28:00	I URGE THE MAYOR AND THE BOSTON
07:00:28:00	07:00:31:00	PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
07:00:31:00	07:00:34:00	OR DEPARTMENT SORRY AND THE
07:00:34:00	07:00:35:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
07:00:35:00	07:00:39:00	COLLABORATE IN DEVELOPING THIS
07:00:39:00	07:00:39:00	POLICY ENSURING THAT OUR BOSTON
07:00:39:00	07:00:42:00	NEIGHBORS ARE HEARD AND HAVE
07:00:42:00	07:00:43:00	THE OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM
07:00:43:00	07:00:43:00	ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
07:00:43:00	07:00:47:00	I THINK TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A
07:00:47:00	07:00:47:00	MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE WHERE
07:00:47:00	07:00:48:00	EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THE
07:00:48:00	07:00:50:00	OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE IN THE
07:00:50:00	07:00:51:00	COMMUNITIES THEY'RE HELPED TO
07:00:51:00	07:00:51:00	SHAPE.
07:00:51:00	07:00:54:00	AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU
07:00:54:00	07:00:57:00	HAVE ADVOCATED HERE SO SHOUT
07:00:57:00	07:00:58:00	OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO I
07:00:58:00	07:01:00:00	THINK ACROSS THE BOARD EVERYONE
07:01:00:00	07:01:01:00	AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HAS
07:01:01:00	07:01:02:00	FILED SOMETHING ON HOUSING THIS
07:01:02:00	07:01:05:00	AND PARTICULARLY IT IS A
07:01:05:00	07:01:05:00	RESOLUTION TO MAKE A STATEMENT
07:01:05:00	07:01:08:00	TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO SAY WE
07:01:08:00	07:01:09:00	SUPPORT YOU IN DEVELOPING SUCH
07:01:09:00	07:01:09:00	POLICIES.
07:01:09:00	07:01:12:00	I KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH
07:01:12:00	07:01:15:00	MAYORS OFFICE OF HOUSING, BPA
07:01:15:00	07:01:16:00	WHO ALL SHARE THE SENTIMENT
07:01:16:00	07:01:17:00	OF CREATING SOME SORT
07:01:17:00	07:01:20:00	OF ENTITIES ORDINANCE OR POLICY
07:01:20:00	07:01:24:00	AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO
07:01:24:00	07:01:25:00	PROTECT LONG TERM OUR RESIDENTS
07:01:25:00	07:01:28:00	FROM DISPLACEMENT.
07:01:28:00	07:01:28:00	WE ALSO WANT TO UPHOLD HOUSING
07:01:28:00	07:01:29:00	EQUITY, FAIRNESS, SUPPORTING
07:01:29:00	07:01:32:00	NEIGHBORHOODS ABILITY TO
07:01:32:00	07:01:32:00	COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS
07:01:32:00	07:01:33:00	ADDRESSING GROWING HOUSING
07:01:33:00	07:01:36:00	AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
07:01:36:00	07:01:37:00	AND OF COURSE THIS IS FROM MY
07:01:37:00	07:01:40:00	CONSTITUENTS AGAIN WHO ARE
07:01:40:00	07:01:40:00	TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY
07:01:40:00	07:01:41:00	WHERE ARE WE WITH COMMUNITY
07:01:41:00	07:01:41:00	ENGAGEMENT?
07:01:41:00	07:01:44:00	HOW DO WE DO IT MORE
07:01:44:00	07:01:45:00	INTENTIONALLY OR MORE IN A MORE
07:01:45:00	07:01:48:00	GENUINE WAY?
07:01:48:00	07:01:48:00	WHEN WE SAY COMMUNITY
07:01:48:00	07:01:49:00	ENGAGEMENT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS
07:01:49:00	07:01:52:00	OF DOING IT RIGHT LIKE DO WE DO
07:01:52:00	07:01:53:00	WE SEND PEOPLE OUT IN BREAKOUT
07:01:53:00	07:01:56:00	GROUPS AND WE TELL THEM CHOOSE
07:01:56:00	07:01:57:00	A SPOKESPERSON, THEY COME BACK
07:01:57:00	07:01:58:00	IN THE GROUP AND THEN ONE
07:01:58:00	07:01:59:00	PERSON SPEAKS FOR 10 MINUTES AS
07:01:59:00	07:02:01:00	OPPOSED TO POLICING THAT PERSON
07:02:01:00	07:02:02:00	FOR LIKE 2 MINUTES EACH AND
07:02:02:00	07:02:02:00	THEN PEOPLE FEELING LIKE
07:02:02:00	07:02:05:00	THEY'RE BEING DISMISSED.
07:02:05:00	07:02:06:00	HOW DO WE FIX THIS ISSUE OF HOW
07:02:06:00	07:02:09:00	WE OUR COMMUNITY AND DO IT
07:02:09:00	07:02:09:00	BETTER?
07:02:09:00	07:02:13:00	AND I THINK THAT WE CAN DO IT
07:02:13:00	07:02:14:00	WITH COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY FOR
07:02:14:00	07:02:14:00	COMMUNITY.
07:02:14:00	07:02:17:00	I THINK SOMEBODY HERE HAS SOME
07:02:17:00	07:02:20:00	SORT OF SLOGAN THAT SHE SAYS
07:02:20:00	07:02:20:00	YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER IT AND
07:02:20:00	07:02:24:00	BUT IT'S SOMETHING ALONG THE
07:02:24:00	07:02:25:00	LINES OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO
07:02:25:00	07:02:26:00	BE AT THE TABLE TO CREATE THESE
07:02:26:00	07:02:27:00	POLICIES TOGETHER.
07:02:27:00	07:02:28:00	AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
07:02:28:00	07:02:29:00	MAYORS OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
07:02:29:00	07:02:31:00	SHOUT OUT TO CHIEF DILLON FOR
07:02:31:00	07:02:35:00	ALWAYS BEING SO ASTUTE AND
07:02:35:00	07:02:36:00	SUPER EFFICIENT WHEN IT COMES
07:02:36:00	07:02:39:00	TO ADVOCATING FOR HOUSING.
07:02:39:00	07:02:40:00	AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO
07:02:40:00	07:02:43:00	SUPPORT A MORE INCLUSIVE MODEL
07:02:43:00	07:02:44:00	TO CREATING POLICIES LIKE THE
07:02:44:00	07:02:44:00	ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
07:02:44:00	07:02:44:00	THANK YOU.
07:02:44:00	07:02:49:00	AND I'M ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION
07:02:49:00	07:02:49:00	OF PASS.
07:02:49:00	07:02:49:00	THANK YOU.
07:02:49:00	07:02:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A
07:02:50:00	07:02:51:00	PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
07:02:51:00	07:02:51:00	THANK YOU.
07:02:51:00	07:02:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
07:02:52:00	07:02:54:00	I REALLY APPRECIATE MY
07:02:54:00	07:02:55:00	COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS
07:02:55:00	07:02:55:00	FORWARD.
07:02:55:00	07:02:58:00	I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
07:02:58:00	07:02:59:00	THE SAN FRANCISCO MODEL.
07:02:59:00	07:03:00:00	WE HAVE FOLKS ALL THE TIME
07:03:00:00	07:03:03:00	SAYING THAT THEY CANNOT AFFORD
07:03:03:00	07:03:03:00	TO LIVE IN EAST BOSTON, AFFORD
07:03:03:00	07:03:04:00	TO LIVE IN CHARLESTOWN ANYMORE.
07:03:04:00	07:03:06:00	A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT I WENT
07:03:06:00	07:03:07:00	TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DO NOT
07:03:07:00	07:03:10:00	LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES
07:03:10:00	07:03:10:00	ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY
07:03:10:00	07:03:11:00	CANNOT AFFORD IT.
07:03:11:00	07:03:14:00	I REALLY WANT TO LEARN MORE
07:03:14:00	07:03:14:00	ABOUT THIS AND JUST HOW THERE
07:03:14:00	07:03:17:00	ARE WAYS IN WHICH WE DON'T
07:03:17:00	07:03:18:00	VIOLATE THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.
07:03:18:00	07:03:18:00	MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
07:03:18:00	07:03:21:00	IS A LOT OF OVERSIGHT BY BY DOJ
07:03:21:00	07:03:25:00	AND HUD AND I UNDERSTAND THAT A
07:03:25:00	07:03:25:00	MUNICIPALITY COULD POTENTIALLY
07:03:25:00	07:03:29:00	ARGUE THAT PREFERENCE IS
07:03:29:00	07:03:29:00	NECESSARY TO PREVENT
07:03:29:00	07:03:33:00	DISPLACEMENT DUE TO
07:03:33:00	07:03:33:00	GENTRIFICATION.
07:03:33:00	07:03:34:00	SO I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW I
07:03:34:00	07:03:36:00	WOULD DO THAT AND I REALLY LOOK
07:03:36:00	07:03:37:00	FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.
07:03:37:00	07:03:38:00	AND FOR THOSE REASONS I'M GOING
07:03:38:00	07:03:40:00	TO VOTE PRESENT BUT REALLY LOOK
07:03:40:00	07:03:41:00	FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND
07:03:41:00	07:03:43:00	SUPPORT THIS AND IN IN THEORY.
07:03:43:00	07:03:46:00	THANK YOU.
07:03:46:00	07:03:51:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR CLAUDIA
07:03:51:00	07:03:51:00	ZAPATA, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
07:03:51:00	07:03:52:00	COMPANY ON THE FLOOR.
07:03:52:00	07:03:55:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
07:03:55:00	07:03:59:00	OF ALL THE HEARING ORDER THINK
07:03:59:00	07:04:00:00	TWO WEEKS AGO NOW FOR AN END TO
07:04:00:00	07:04:03:00	THIS BASEMENT HEARING TALK
07:04:03:00	07:04:03:00	DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
07:04:03:00	07:04:04:00	SO I THINK THAT FIRST OF ALL I
07:04:04:00	07:04:06:00	WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING
07:04:06:00	07:04:07:00	THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD.
07:04:07:00	07:04:07:00	I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
07:04:07:00	07:04:11:00	BUT TO ANSWER COUNCILOR CLAIR
07:04:11:00	07:04:11:00	TO SUPPORT THIS QUESTION, I
07:04:11:00	07:04:12:00	THINK THAT THAT'S IN THE
07:04:12:00	07:04:13:00	HEARING THAT I'M THE HEARING
07:04:13:00	07:04:14:00	THAT I'M HOSTING I THINK THAT'S
07:04:14:00	07:04:14:00	A GREAT PLACE TO TALK ABOUT
07:04:14:00	07:04:16:00	THIS AS WELL AND OTHER IDEAS AS
07:04:16:00	07:04:17:00	WELL.
07:04:17:00	07:04:17:00	THAT'S A THANK YOU.
07:04:17:00	07:04:20:00	THANK YOU.
07:04:20:00	07:04:21:00	THE CHAIR AGAIN IS COUNTRY FOR
07:04:21:00	07:04:21:00	AN INTERVENTION.
07:04:21:00	07:04:23:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
07:04:23:00	07:04:24:00	CAT LOVERS DON'T KILL ME BUT
07:04:24:00	07:04:27:00	THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY
07:04:27:00	07:04:27:00	OF GIVING A CAT, RIGHT?
07:04:27:00	07:04:28:00	SO I THINK THAT PROTECTION
07:04:28:00	07:04:30:00	ZONING HAPPENS TO BE ONE
07:04:30:00	07:04:31:00	OF THEM.
07:04:31:00	07:04:31:00	SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT YOU PUT
07:04:31:00	07:04:34:00	FORWARD IN THE HEARING ORDER IS
07:04:34:00	07:04:37:00	ONE OF THEM AND I'VE LOOKED
07:04:37:00	07:04:38:00	INTO OTHER WAYS OF PRIORITIZING
07:04:38:00	07:04:39:00	WHEN IT'S NOT FEDERALLY FUNDED
07:04:39:00	07:04:41:00	AND HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
07:04:41:00	07:04:44:00	HOWEVER I DO RESPECT THAT YOU
07:04:44:00	07:04:45:00	NEED TO DO YOUR RESEARCH.
07:04:45:00	07:04:46:00	AS YOU KNOW, I'M SOMEONE WHO
07:04:46:00	07:04:49:00	DOES NOT LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
07:04:49:00	07:04:50:00	WHAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SO I
07:04:50:00	07:04:53:00	RATHER ALLOW YOU THE TIME TO DO
07:04:53:00	07:04:56:00	SOME RESEARCH WITH US TOGETHER
07:04:56:00	07:04:59:00	AND IF CASTLE PIPPIN IS WILLING
07:04:59:00	07:05:00:00	HAPPY TO JOIN MY RESOLUTION
07:05:00:00	07:05:04:00	WITH YOU AND HAVE THE
07:05:04:00	07:05:04:00	CONVERSATION TOGETHER SO YOU
07:05:04:00	07:05:05:00	ARE NO LONGER SEEKING
07:05:05:00	07:05:07:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE NO
07:05:07:00	07:05:08:00	LONGER SEEKING SUSPENSION
07:05:08:00	07:05:12:00	OF PASSING WITH GRANTED CASTLE
07:05:12:00	07:05:15:00	PIPPIN IS OKAY WITH JOINING HIS
07:05:15:00	07:05:18:00	HEARING TO ALSO DISCUSS THE
07:05:18:00	07:05:18:00	TOPIC HERE.
07:05:18:00	07:05:19:00	OKAY THANK YOU.
07:05:19:00	07:05:23:00	IS THAT ARE YOU JUST AGREEING?
07:05:23:00	07:05:26:00	OKAY THE ANYONE ELSE OKAY SO
07:05:26:00	07:05:27:00	THIS IS SO ANYONE ELSE WANT TO
07:05:27:00	07:05:29:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
07:05:29:00	07:05:30:00	OKAY.
07:05:30:00	07:05:30:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
07:05:30:00	07:05:33:00	THEIR NAME?
07:05:33:00	07:05:34:00	THE CHAIR MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD
07:05:34:00	07:05:37:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TO THAT
07:05:37:00	07:05:41:00	BEN MURPHY WEBER THIS ISN'T AN
07:05:41:00	07:05:45:00	HOUR LATER SANTANA WUERL PLEASE
07:05:45:00	07:05:46:00	OUT OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET
07:05:46:00	07:05:49:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
07:05:49:00	07:05:50:00	COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND
07:05:50:00	07:05:50:00	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
07:05:50:00	07:05:51:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
07:05:51:00	07:05:53:00	REPORT IN NUMBER 0489 DUNCAN
07:05:53:00	07:05:56:00	EMMA ZERO 49 COUNCIL ON MURPHY
07:05:56:00	07:05:56:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER
07:05:56:00	07:06:00:00	REQUEST CERTAIN INFORMATION
07:06:00:00	07:06:00:00	UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING
07:06:00:00	07:06:03:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CODE OF
07:06:03:00	07:06:04:00	CONDUCT VIOLATIONS THE CHAIR
07:06:04:00	07:06:07:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY,
07:06:07:00	07:06:08:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
07:06:08:00	07:06:08:00	THANK YOU.
07:06:08:00	07:06:09:00	I'M REQUESTING A COMPLETE
07:06:09:00	07:06:12:00	BREAKDOWN AND REQUEST THAT THIS
07:06:12:00	07:06:12:00	INFORMATION BE PROVIDED IN A
07:06:12:00	07:06:14:00	FORMAT THAT WILL ALLOW US ON
07:06:14:00	07:06:15:00	THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE
07:06:15:00	07:06:16:00	EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT
07:06:16:00	07:06:19:00	POLICIES AND HELP US MAKE ANY
07:06:19:00	07:06:20:00	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING
07:06:20:00	07:06:23:00	THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING
07:06:23:00	07:06:23:00	OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS,
07:06:23:00	07:06:26:00	TEACHERS, FAMILIES, STAFF AND
07:06:26:00	07:06:27:00	THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BUS
07:06:27:00	07:06:27:00	DRIVERS.
07:06:27:00	07:06:30:00	EVERYONE IS WORKING WITHIN OUR
07:06:30:00	07:06:30:00	SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SO LOOKING
07:06:30:00	07:06:31:00	FORWARD TO THAT INFORMATION.
07:06:31:00	07:06:34:00	THANK YOU.
07:06:34:00	07:06:34:00	THANK YOU.
07:06:34:00	07:06:34:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY SEEKS
07:06:34:00	07:06:37:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
07:06:37:00	07:06:40:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0489
07:06:40:00	07:06:41:00	AND BEFORE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE
07:06:41:00	07:06:41:00	489.
07:06:41:00	07:06:42:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THE
07:06:42:00	07:06:45:00	AYES HAVE IT.
07:06:45:00	07:06:45:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
07:06:45:00	07:06:46:00	WE ARE NOW OH BEFORE WE GET ON
07:06:46:00	07:06:47:00	THE BEACHES WITH ANYONE I LIKE
07:06:47:00	07:06:48:00	TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A MATTER
07:06:48:00	07:06:51:00	OR TO A DOCKET WHEN THEY WERE
07:06:51:00	07:06:52:00	OR AN ISSUE WHEN THEY WERE NOT
07:06:52:00	07:06:56:00	IN WHEN THEY WERE NOT INSIDE
07:06:56:00	07:06:59:00	OF CHAMBERS.
07:06:59:00	07:07:00:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
07:07:00:00	07:07:00:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
07:07:00:00	07:07:03:00	COUNCILOR JODY HAD THE FLOOR.
07:07:03:00	07:07:03:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
07:07:03:00	07:07:09:00	CLERK 04690473 PLEASE ADD MY
07:07:09:00	07:07:15:00	NAME 04690473 YES, THANK YOU,
07:07:15:00	07:07:15:00	MR. CLERK.
07:07:15:00	07:07:16:00	DO YOU HAVE THOSE?
07:07:16:00	07:07:16:00	YES.
07:07:16:00	07:07:16:00	AWESOME.
07:07:16:00	07:07:21:00	THANK YOU.
07:07:21:00	07:07:21:00	DID YOU RECOGNIZE CONSTABLE?
07:07:21:00	07:07:22:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR HERE.
07:07:22:00	07:07:22:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
07:07:22:00	07:07:23:00	I JUST HAD A POINT OF ORDER ON
07:07:23:00	07:07:29:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY'S REQUEST ON
07:07:29:00	07:07:30:00	17 HAVE MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO
07:07:30:00	07:07:32:00	YOU, CHAIR?
07:07:32:00	07:07:36:00	YOU MAY ASK A QUESTION TO ME.
07:07:36:00	07:07:37:00	UM, ARE WE STILL UNDER THE
07:07:37:00	07:07:40:00	IMPRESSION THAT 17 FS THAT THEY
07:07:40:00	07:07:43:00	WILL BE DELIVERED WITHIN 17
07:07:43:00	07:07:46:00	WITHIN SEVEN DAYS TO THE TO THE
07:07:46:00	07:07:50:00	THE PERSON THAT REQUESTED IT?
07:07:50:00	07:07:51:00	I DO NOT I CAN'T ANSWER THAT
07:07:51:00	07:07:54:00	OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
07:07:54:00	07:07:57:00	I DON'T KNOW OUR RULES CLEARLY
07:07:57:00	07:07:58:00	STATE THAT THE 17 DOCUMENTS
07:07:58:00	07:08:02:00	SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO US WITHIN
07:08:02:00	07:08:05:00	SEVEN DAYS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN
07:08:05:00	07:08:06:00	BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IF
07:08:06:00	07:08:09:00	THAT IS A GUIDELINE OR IF
07:08:09:00	07:08:12:00	THAT'S A RULE THAT WE THAT WE
07:08:12:00	07:08:12:00	RESPECT.
07:08:12:00	07:08:16:00	I I RECEIVE YOUR QUESTION.
07:08:16:00	07:08:17:00	I WOULD NEED TO TAKE TIME TO
07:08:17:00	07:08:21:00	TAKE A LOOK.
07:08:21:00	07:08:24:00	THANK YOU.
07:08:24:00	07:08:25:00	I NOT GO I DO NOT WANT US TO
07:08:25:00	07:08:26:00	GET INTO A DISCUSSION THAT WAS
07:08:26:00	07:08:28:00	NOT ALSO NOT A POINT OF ORDER
07:08:28:00	07:08:32:00	SO THERE WAS IT WAS NOT A POINT
07:08:32:00	07:08:36:00	OF ORDER ON A A NO A POINT
07:08:36:00	07:08:36:00	OF ORDER.
07:08:36:00	07:08:39:00	I WILL READ WHAT A POINT
07:08:39:00	07:08:39:00	OF ORDER IS.
07:08:39:00	07:08:39:00	OKAY.
07:08:39:00	07:08:41:00	A POINT OF ORDER.
07:08:41:00	07:08:49:00	HAVE IT IN THIS DOCUMENT IS IF
07:08:49:00	07:08:50:00	YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A
07:08:50:00	07:08:50:00	BREACH OF THE RULES THERE'S A
07:08:50:00	07:08:53:00	POINT OF ORDER.
07:08:53:00	07:08:54:00	THERE'S A 17 THAT HAS BEEN
07:08:54:00	07:08:56:00	FILED.
07:08:56:00	07:08:57:00	THERE IS NO BREACH OF THE
07:08:57:00	07:08:57:00	RULES.
07:08:57:00	07:08:59:00	THEREFORE THERE IS NOT A POINT
07:08:59:00	07:09:00:00	OF ORDER.
07:09:00:00	07:09:01:00	SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET INTO
07:09:01:00	07:09:04:00	DEBATE THE CLERK IS NODDING.
07:09:04:00	07:09:04:00	THERE IS NO POINT OF ORDER.
07:09:04:00	07:09:08:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
07:09:08:00	07:09:08:00	IT WAS A SIMPLE QUESTION.
07:09:08:00	07:09:09:00	I KNOW IT WAS NOT A QUESTION
07:09:09:00	07:09:12:00	THAT MADAM CHAIR RANGE OF ORDER
07:09:12:00	07:09:13:00	ASKED IT I ASKED IN A
07:09:13:00	07:09:13:00	RESPECTFUL WAY.
07:09:13:00	07:09:15:00	OF COURSE YOU DID AND I ASKED
07:09:15:00	07:09:16:00	THEM IN A RESPECTFUL WAY BUT IT
07:09:16:00	07:09:17:00	WAS NOT A POINT OF ORDER WHICH
07:09:17:00	07:09:19:00	MEANS IT WAS NOT A QUESTION TO
07:09:19:00	07:09:19:00	IT.
07:09:19:00	07:09:20:00	WE DON'T JUST GET UP AND ASK
07:09:20:00	07:09:23:00	QUESTIONS IT HAS TO BE WITHIN
07:09:23:00	07:09:23:00	THE FLOW OF THE MEETING AND WE
07:09:23:00	07:09:26:00	CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
07:09:26:00	07:09:26:00	IT AFTER.
07:09:26:00	07:09:27:00	I AM HAPPY TO HAVE A
07:09:27:00	07:09:28:00	CONVERSATION WITH YOU AFTER IN
07:09:28:00	07:09:30:00	THE MOST RESPECTFUL WAY
07:09:30:00	07:09:30:00	POSSIBLE.
07:09:30:00	07:09:31:00	THANK YOU.
07:09:31:00	07:09:34:00	OKAY CAMERON ANDREW ANDERSON
07:09:34:00	07:09:35:00	ARE YOU LOOKING TO ADD YOUR
07:09:35:00	07:09:43:00	NAME TO I THINK I HAVE MISSED
07:09:43:00	07:09:43:00	04680468 MR.
07:09:43:00	07:09:47:00	QUOTE DO YOU HAVE THAT?
07:09:47:00	07:09:47:00	I HAVE YOU.
07:09:47:00	07:09:47:00	OKAY.
07:09:47:00	07:09:48:00	THANK YOU.
07:09:48:00	07:09:50:00	YOU'RE WELCOME.
07:09:50:00	07:09:50:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
07:09:50:00	07:09:54:00	THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET OR IN
07:09:54:00	07:09:55:00	ANY OTHER ISSUE WHEN THEY WERE
07:09:55:00	07:09:55:00	OUT?
07:09:55:00	07:09:58:00	OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
07:09:58:00	07:09:58:00	GREEN SHEETS.
07:09:58:00	07:10:01:00	DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY PULL ANY
07:10:01:00	07:10:05:00	PULLS FROM THE GREEN SHEETS?
07:10:05:00	07:10:05:00	NO GREEN CHICOS.
07:10:05:00	07:10:09:00	OKAY, WE ARE NOW OH, THE CHAIR
07:10:09:00	07:10:14:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR.
07:10:14:00	07:10:15:00	OUR OUTCOMES ARE LATE TO THE
07:10:15:00	07:10:16:00	COUNSELOR I HAVE BEFORE I FELT
07:10:16:00	07:10:21:00	THE EYES I LIKE TO PULL DOCKET
07:10:21:00	07:10:23:00	NUMBER 0270 FROM THE GREEN
07:10:23:00	07:10:26:00	SHEETS PAGE 17 OF THE GREEN
07:10:26:00	07:10:29:00	SHEETS OKAY 0270 MR. CLERK, DO
07:10:29:00	07:10:31:00	YOU HAVE THAT DOCTOR BEFORE YOU
07:10:31:00	07:10:32:00	OKAY, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU
07:10:32:00	07:10:33:00	PLEASE READ THE DOCKET INTO THE
07:10:33:00	07:10:36:00	RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
07:10:36:00	07:10:38:00	WAYS AND MEANS DOCKET NUMBER
07:10:38:00	07:10:39:00	0270 OR TO ADOPT A GOOD
07:10:39:00	07:10:42:00	LANDLORD TAX ABATEMENT AS A
07:10:42:00	07:10:43:00	LOCAL OPTION IN THE CITY
07:10:43:00	07:10:45:00	OF BOSTON?
07:10:45:00	07:10:46:00	THANK YOU.
07:10:46:00	07:10:49:00	ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION
07:10:49:00	07:10:50:00	OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS
07:10:50:00	07:10:50:00	ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS
07:10:50:00	07:10:54:00	PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COMES
07:10:54:00	07:10:54:00	FORWARD.
07:10:54:00	07:10:54:00	ALL YOU HAVE BEFORE.
07:10:54:00	07:10:55:00	RIGHT.
07:10:55:00	07:10:55:00	THANK YOU.
07:10:55:00	07:10:57:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, WE PREVIOUSLY
07:10:57:00	07:10:57:00	PREVIOUSLY HELD A HEARING ON
07:10:57:00	07:11:01:00	THIS ON THIS AUTUMN BEFORE I
07:11:01:00	07:11:02:00	TURN IT OVER TO THE LEAD
07:11:02:00	07:11:02:00	SPONSOR.
07:11:02:00	07:11:03:00	I'D LIKE TO OFFER SOME BRIEF
07:11:03:00	07:11:05:00	REMARKS.
07:11:05:00	07:11:05:00	WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE
07:11:05:00	07:11:06:00	ADMINISTRATION AND OUR
07:11:06:00	07:11:09:00	ADVOCATES AT THE HEARING.
07:11:09:00	07:11:09:00	THE INTENT OF THIS LEGISLATION
07:11:09:00	07:11:12:00	IS CLEAR IT'S TO PROVIDE A
07:11:12:00	07:11:12:00	MEANINGFUL INCENTIVE FOR
07:11:12:00	07:11:13:00	LANDLORDS WHO ARE ALREADY
07:11:13:00	07:11:16:00	KEEPING RENTS AFFORDABLE NOT TO
07:11:16:00	07:11:17:00	SUBSIDIZE THOSE WHO NEGLECT
07:11:17:00	07:11:20:00	THEIR PROPERTIES OR ENGAGE IN
07:11:20:00	07:11:20:00	UNFAIR RENTAL PRACTICES.
07:11:20:00	07:11:24:00	THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED WITH A
07:11:24:00	07:11:24:00	STRICT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
07:11:24:00	07:11:28:00	INCLUDING AFFORDABILITY
07:11:28:00	07:11:28:00	THRESHOLDS SET BY THE CITY IN
07:11:28:00	07:11:31:00	ACCORDANCE WITH HUD GUIDELINES
07:11:31:00	07:11:32:00	ENSURING THAT ASSISTANCE GOES
07:11:32:00	07:11:33:00	TO SMALL LANDLORDS WHO ARE
07:11:33:00	07:11:36:00	GENUINELY COMMITTED TO HOUSING
07:11:36:00	07:11:36:00	STABILITY.
07:11:36:00	07:11:37:00	WE ALSO KNOW THAT SMALL
07:11:37:00	07:11:39:00	LANDLORDS WHO ARE WHO OWN
07:11:39:00	07:11:40:00	APPROXIMATELY 68% OF BOSTON'S
07:11:40:00	07:11:43:00	RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTIES
07:11:43:00	07:11:44:00	ARE LESS LIKELY TO EVICT
07:11:44:00	07:11:44:00	TENANTS COMPARED TO LARGER
07:11:44:00	07:11:48:00	PROPERTY OWNERS CONTRIBUTED TO
07:11:48:00	07:11:48:00	HOUSING CONTRIBUTED TO OUR
07:11:48:00	07:11:51:00	HOUSING STABILITY BY OFFERING
07:11:51:00	07:11:51:00	ABATEMENT WHERE LIGHTNING THE
07:11:51:00	07:11:52:00	BURDEN ON THOSE PROVIDING
07:11:52:00	07:11:55:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EXPANDED
07:11:55:00	07:11:55:00	HOUSING OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES
07:11:55:00	07:11:56:00	WHO NEED IT THE MOST.
07:11:56:00	07:11:59:00	SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN OTHER
07:11:59:00	07:12:00:00	CITIES HAVE SHOWN THAT WHEN
07:12:00:00	07:12:00:00	SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
07:12:00:00	07:12:03:00	SUPPORTED THE AVAILABILITY
07:12:03:00	07:12:03:00	OF STABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
07:12:03:00	07:12:03:00	GROWS.
07:12:03:00	07:12:07:00	PASSING THIS AS A FIRST STEP
07:12:07:00	07:12:08:00	THIS ALLOWS A CITY TO OPT IN
07:12:08:00	07:12:11:00	BUT THE PROGRAM WON'T BE IN
07:12:11:00	07:12:11:00	PLACE UNTIL AN ORDINANCE IS
07:12:11:00	07:12:14:00	CRAFTED AND PASSED FURTHER DOWN
07:12:14:00	07:12:14:00	THE LINE.
07:12:14:00	07:12:15:00	THE AMOUNT OF THE EXEMPTION THE
07:12:15:00	07:12:18:00	RELEVANT INCOME LIMITS AND THEN
07:12:18:00	07:12:19:00	RELEVANT HOUSING RATE WILL BE
07:12:19:00	07:12:22:00	WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE CITY
07:12:22:00	07:12:22:00	IN THE FUTURE.
07:12:22:00	07:12:23:00	THE ORDINANCE.
07:12:23:00	07:12:23:00	THIS JUST GIVES US AN
07:12:23:00	07:12:26:00	OPPORTUNITY TO OPT IN TO THIS
07:12:26:00	07:12:27:00	AND AS I SAID IN THAT LAST PART
07:12:27:00	07:12:29:00	THAT WE STILL HAVE TO CRAFT
07:12:29:00	07:12:30:00	THIS PROGRAM.
07:12:30:00	07:12:34:00	SO I'D NOW LIKE TO PASS IT OVER
07:12:34:00	07:12:34:00	TO THE LEAD SPONSOR CATHOLIC
07:12:34:00	07:12:35:00	LEADERS ABOUT THE COUNCIL AS A
07:12:35:00	07:12:37:00	BODY ON THE FLOOR.
07:12:37:00	07:12:37:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
07:12:37:00	07:12:38:00	THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR OF WAYS
07:12:38:00	07:12:40:00	AND MEANS.
07:12:40:00	07:12:41:00	I'M GOING TO JUST REITERATE
07:12:41:00	07:12:42:00	WHAT I HAD SAID ORIGINALLY WHEN
07:12:42:00	07:12:44:00	I HAD PRODUCED THIS PROPOSAL.
07:12:44:00	07:12:45:00	SO I DECIDED TO SPONSOR THIS
07:12:45:00	07:12:46:00	PIECE OF LEGISLATION WITH WITH
07:12:46:00	07:12:48:00	A COUPLE OF FOLKS IN MIND BUT
07:12:48:00	07:12:49:00	ONE IN PARTICULAR IN BOSTON.
07:12:49:00	07:12:52:00	SHE'S AN AMAZING WOMAN WHO WHO
07:12:52:00	07:12:53:00	IN HER OLD AGE HAS FOUND
07:12:53:00	07:12:56:00	HERSELF AS WHAT SHE DESCRIBE AS
07:12:56:00	07:12:57:00	HOUSE RICH IN CASH FOR HER
07:12:57:00	07:13:00:00	PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP
07:13:00:00	07:13:01:00	AFTER A YEAR SINCE SHE BOUGHT
07:13:01:00	07:13:01:00	THE PROPERTY WITH HER.
07:13:01:00	07:13:04:00	NOW PAST HUSBAND IN THE 1970S.
07:13:04:00	07:13:05:00	SHE DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE
07:13:05:00	07:13:07:00	ANYWHERE ELSE AND HAS FOUND JOY
07:13:07:00	07:13:08:00	IN PROVIDING RENTS THAT ARE
07:13:08:00	07:13:08:00	WELL BELOW THE MARKET FOR A
07:13:08:00	07:13:11:00	YOUNG FAMILY THAT LIVES IN HER
07:13:11:00	07:13:11:00	FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT.
07:13:11:00	07:13:12:00	THE RECENT INCREASE IN PROPERTY
07:13:12:00	07:13:15:00	VALUATIONS HAS PUSHED HER OVER
07:13:15:00	07:13:15:00	THE THRESHOLD OF MONTHLY
07:13:15:00	07:13:18:00	EXPENSES AND SHE IS IN NEED
07:13:18:00	07:13:18:00	OF IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
07:13:18:00	07:13:19:00	SHE DOES FIND HERSELF AT AN
07:13:19:00	07:13:19:00	IMPASSE.
07:13:19:00	07:13:23:00	DOES SHE RAISE RENTS AND
07:13:23:00	07:13:23:00	POTENTIALLY DISPLACE THIS
07:13:23:00	07:13:24:00	FAMILY WHOM SHE KNOWS SHE CAN
07:13:24:00	07:13:27:00	AFFORD OR WHOM SHE KNOWS SHE
07:13:27:00	07:13:28:00	CAN'T AFFORD AN INCREASE OR
07:13:28:00	07:13:30:00	DOES SHE LIVE ON A TIGHTER
07:13:30:00	07:13:30:00	BUDGET?
07:13:30:00	07:13:31:00	SO THIS IS THE WHOLE POINT
07:13:31:00	07:13:33:00	OF THE LEGISLATION AND THIS IS
07:13:33:00	07:13:34:00	WHY I HAVE IN MIND THIS GOOD
07:13:34:00	07:13:37:00	LORD, GOOD LANDLORD TAX
07:13:37:00	07:13:38:00	ABATEMENT IS JUST TO PROVIDE
07:13:38:00	07:13:41:00	THEM THAT TAX BREAK AND I'VE
07:13:41:00	07:13:42:00	GOTTEN A FEW EMAILS FROM FOLKS
07:13:42:00	07:13:45:00	WHO HAVE SAID HOW COULD YOU
07:13:45:00	07:13:49:00	PROVIDE A TAX BREAK TO FOLKS
07:13:49:00	07:13:49:00	WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN
07:13:49:00	07:13:50:00	EGREGIOUS PRACTICES?
07:13:50:00	07:13:52:00	THIS IS NOT FOR THEM.
07:13:52:00	07:13:53:00	AND WHAT THIS IS IS ESSENTIALLY
07:13:53:00	07:13:56:00	DOING IS SAYING THAT THE CITY
07:13:56:00	07:14:00:00	OF BOSTON IS OPTING IN AND WE
07:14:00:00	07:14:01:00	ARE NOW COMMITTED TO PRODUCING
07:14:01:00	07:14:01:00	SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES THE
07:14:01:00	07:14:04:00	SORT OF RELEASE VERY SIMILAR TO
07:14:04:00	07:14:05:00	THE ORDER THAT COUNCIL OR MY
07:14:05:00	07:14:10:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT
07:14:10:00	07:14:11:00	FIVE PUT OUT.
07:14:11:00	07:14:14:00	I WANT TO MAKE SURE I ABIDE BY
07:14:14:00	07:14:15:00	THE RULES HERE AND MICHAEL TO
07:14:15:00	07:14:17:00	FOLLOW FROM DISTRICT THREE.
07:14:17:00	07:14:20:00	SO JUST A QUICK SUMMARY.
07:14:20:00	07:14:21:00	THIS WAS PASSED IN THE TAX
07:14:21:00	07:14:24:00	PATCH PACKAGE OF 2023 ALLOWING
07:14:24:00	07:14:24:00	MUNICIPALITIES TO OFFER
07:14:24:00	07:14:28:00	PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR
07:14:28:00	07:14:29:00	LANDLORDS RENTING AT AFFORDABLE
07:14:29:00	07:14:29:00	RATES.
07:14:29:00	07:14:32:00	THE GOAL OF THE ABATEMENT IS TO
07:14:32:00	07:14:32:00	INCENTIVIZE LANDLORDS TO KEEP
07:14:32:00	07:14:33:00	RENTS AFFORDABLE, PROVIDE
07:14:33:00	07:14:36:00	FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO LANDLORDS
07:14:36:00	07:14:36:00	WHO ALREADY RENT AT ACCESSIBLE
07:14:36:00	07:14:37:00	RATES AND EXPAND THE
07:14:37:00	07:14:39:00	AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE
07:14:39:00	07:14:40:00	HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
07:14:40:00	07:14:40:00	BOSTON RESIDENTS.
07:14:40:00	07:14:43:00	AND BASED ON THE GUIDELINES
07:14:43:00	07:14:44:00	THAT HAVE COME FROM DLS THE
07:14:44:00	07:14:47:00	STATE, THE MUNICIPALITY AND
07:14:47:00	07:14:47:00	GRANTED THAT BOSTON IS A TYPE A
07:14:47:00	07:14:50:00	GOVERNMENT SO IT EXPLICITLY
07:14:50:00	07:14:51:00	STATES THAT THE MAYOR NOW HAS
07:14:51:00	07:14:52:00	TO COME UP WITH THESE
07:14:52:00	07:14:54:00	STIPULATIONS COME TO US.
07:14:54:00	07:14:55:00	WE TALK ABOUT IT AND DISCUSS
07:14:55:00	07:14:55:00	IT, MAKE SURE THAT IT MAKES
07:14:55:00	07:14:58:00	SENSE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON
07:14:58:00	07:14:58:00	AND THEN WE VOTE ON IT.
07:14:58:00	07:14:59:00	AND SO THE THINGS THAT NOW
07:14:59:00	07:15:01:00	WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DISCUSS
07:15:01:00	07:15:02:00	IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE
07:15:02:00	07:15:05:00	EXEMPTION THE ANNUAL OCCUPANT
07:15:05:00	07:15:05:00	HOUSEHOLD INCOME LIMIT, THE
07:15:05:00	07:15:08:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING RATE
07:15:08:00	07:15:09:00	OF RENT, THE DUMPSTER OF THE
07:15:09:00	07:15:12:00	HOUSING REQUIREMENT OF THE
07:15:12:00	07:15:13:00	OWNER IF ANY AND OTHER
07:15:13:00	07:15:13:00	RESTRICTIONS OR REGULATIONS
07:15:13:00	07:15:16:00	CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT
07:15:16:00	07:15:17:00	OF THE LAW IT ELECTS TO
07:15:17:00	07:15:17:00	IMPLEMENT.
07:15:17:00	07:15:18:00	I'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM FOLKS
07:15:18:00	07:15:21:00	AND I APPRECIATE PEOPLE
07:15:21:00	07:15:21:00	REACHING OUT THAT WE NEED TO
07:15:21:00	07:15:22:00	MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME
07:15:22:00	07:15:23:00	LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY IF
07:15:23:00	07:15:24:00	THERE ARE ANY OUTSTANDING
07:15:24:00	07:15:25:00	ISSUES WITH THE PROPERTY OR WE
07:15:25:00	07:15:28:00	DEEM THIS LANDLORD THAT TRIES
07:15:28:00	07:15:28:00	TO SEEK THIS EXEMPTION AS
07:15:28:00	07:15:32:00	HAVING OUTSTANDING CITATIONS OR
07:15:32:00	07:15:33:00	THEY'RE JUST A SLUMLORD.
07:15:33:00	07:15:33:00	WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
07:15:33:00	07:15:36:00	BUILD THAT INTO BUT ALL OF THAT
07:15:36:00	07:15:37:00	IS ON THE TABLE ONCE WE HAVE
07:15:37:00	07:15:37:00	THIS CONVERSATION.
07:15:37:00	07:15:39:00	THIS IS SIMPLY JUST SAYING THAT
07:15:39:00	07:15:40:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON BELIEVES
07:15:40:00	07:15:41:00	THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA AND
07:15:41:00	07:15:42:00	THIS IS THE START OF THE
07:15:42:00	07:15:44:00	CONVERSATION TO START EXPLORING
07:15:44:00	07:15:44:00	IT.
07:15:44:00	07:15:45:00	SO I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
07:15:45:00	07:15:48:00	QUESTIONS BUT I ENCOURAGE MY
07:15:48:00	07:15:49:00	COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES ON THIS.
07:15:49:00	07:15:49:00	THANK YOU.
07:15:49:00	07:15:52:00	THANK YOU.
07:15:52:00	07:15:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE FLOOR.
07:15:53:00	07:15:55:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
07:15:55:00	07:15:56:00	I'M LIKELY TO VOTE YES ON THIS
07:15:56:00	07:15:59:00	BUT WAS WAS THIS ON THE AGENDA?
07:15:59:00	07:16:02:00	MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW AS PART
07:16:02:00	07:16:03:00	OF THE GREEN SHEET BUT I.
07:16:03:00	07:16:06:00	I DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY
07:16:06:00	07:16:10:00	INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME TO
07:16:10:00	07:16:11:00	TO WEIGH IN EFFECTIVELY ON THIS
07:16:11:00	07:16:11:00	ISSUE.
07:16:11:00	07:16:14:00	I'M JUST KIND OF FINDING OUT
07:16:14:00	07:16:15:00	ABOUT THIS NOW.
07:16:15:00	07:16:18:00	BUT WAS THERE WAS IT DID WE
07:16:18:00	07:16:21:00	KNOW ABOUT THIS EARLIER?
07:16:21:00	07:16:25:00	IT IS ON THE DOCKET AND AS MUCH
07:16:25:00	07:16:26:00	AS THE GREEN SHEETS ARE PART
07:16:26:00	07:16:28:00	OF THE DOCKET, NO AGENDA AND
07:16:28:00	07:16:29:00	THAT PEOPLE ARE PULLING FROM
07:16:29:00	07:16:32:00	REGIONS.
07:16:32:00	07:16:33:00	OH AND COUNCILOR WHERE I'LL
07:16:33:00	07:16:36:00	SEND AN EMAIL OKAY WAS WAS IT
07:16:36:00	07:16:36:00	WAS IT ON THE AGENDA?
07:16:36:00	07:16:40:00	SO THE GREEN SHEETS ARE I GUESS
07:16:40:00	07:16:40:00	GENDER.
07:16:40:00	07:16:43:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THIS IS
07:16:43:00	07:16:44:00	LIKE WE HAVE SEEN TIME AND TIME
07:16:44:00	07:16:47:00	AGAIN THIS IS A PULL FROM THE
07:16:47:00	07:16:48:00	GREEN SHEETS.
07:16:48:00	07:16:52:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT MADAM CHAIR.
07:16:52:00	07:16:55:00	MY MY ONLY REQUEST WOULD BE IF
07:16:55:00	07:16:56:00	I HAD MORE TIME AND MAYBE MAYBE
07:16:56:00	07:16:57:00	I'M SPEAKING FOR MY OTHER
07:16:57:00	07:16:58:00	COLLEAGUES TOO.
07:16:58:00	07:16:59:00	BUT IF WE HAD MORE NOTICE ABOUT
07:16:59:00	07:17:02:00	THIS WE COULD BE FULLY ENGAGED
07:17:02:00	07:17:05:00	IN THIS SUBJECT AND DEBATE THIS
07:17:05:00	07:17:05:00	.
07:17:05:00	07:17:06:00	IT'S IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT.
07:17:06:00	07:17:09:00	CAN WE CAN WE CALL FOR A BRIEF
07:17:09:00	07:17:13:00	RECESS SO WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT
07:17:13:00	07:17:13:00	OUR THOUGHTS AND COLLECT OUR
07:17:13:00	07:17:16:00	NOTES BECAUSE THIS THIS DOCKET
07:17:16:00	07:17:19:00	IS JUST COMING UP NOW FOR THE
07:17:19:00	07:17:19:00	FIRST TIME IN A WHILE I'D LIKE
07:17:19:00	07:17:23:00	TO BE THOROUGHLY BE PREPARED
07:17:23:00	07:17:23:00	BEFORE I VOTE ON IT.
07:17:23:00	07:17:26:00	THAT'S ALL I AM.
07:17:26:00	07:17:26:00	THANK YOU.
07:17:26:00	07:17:27:00	THERE WILL NOT BE A RECESS.
07:17:27:00	07:17:28:00	THERE WAS A HEARING ON THIS
07:17:28:00	07:17:28:00	MATTER.
07:17:28:00	07:17:30:00	IT'S BEEN ON THE GREEN SHEETS.
07:17:30:00	07:17:31:00	THERE'S BEEN A GREEN SHEETS
07:17:31:00	07:17:34:00	POLL AND OH MY COLLEAGUES CAN
07:17:34:00	07:17:34:00	VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
07:17:34:00	07:17:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FOR AN
07:17:35:00	07:17:38:00	INDIGENOUS AND YOU HAVE THE YOU
07:17:38:00	07:17:38:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
07:17:38:00	07:17:41:00	I DO HAVE TO SYMPATHIZE WITH MY
07:17:41:00	07:17:42:00	COLLEAGUE THAT JUST ASKED FOR A
07:17:42:00	07:17:42:00	RECESS.
07:17:42:00	07:17:45:00	I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A
07:17:45:00	07:17:48:00	RECESS BUT I SAW I THINK THAT
07:17:48:00	07:17:52:00	THE THE LEAD SPONSOR JUST SENT
07:17:52:00	07:17:53:00	HER STAFF OUT TO GET A COPY FOR
07:17:53:00	07:17:56:00	US.
07:17:56:00	07:17:57:00	SO I THINK IT IS FAIR THAT WE
07:17:57:00	07:17:59:00	LOOK AT IT JUST LIKE AMENDMENTS
07:17:59:00	07:18:00:00	GET PUT ON THE FLOOR AND WE
07:18:00:00	07:18:03:00	JUST WE HAVE TO LIKE GO THROUGH
07:18:03:00	07:18:04:00	IT AND DISCUSS IT AND VOTE.
07:18:04:00	07:18:04:00	THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
07:18:04:00	07:18:07:00	BUT I DO THINK IT'S FAIR TO
07:18:07:00	07:18:08:00	HAVE A HARD COPY IN FRONT OF US
07:18:08:00	07:18:11:00	AND MAYBE THAT'S THE PRECEDENCE
07:18:11:00	07:18:14:00	THAT WE SET MOVING FORWARD THAT
07:18:14:00	07:18:15:00	IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO SUPPORT
07:18:15:00	07:18:18:00	SOMETHING ON THE GREEN SHEETS
07:18:18:00	07:18:22:00	IS JUST A TITLE AND YEAH SURE
07:18:22:00	07:18:22:00	SOME PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT
07:18:22:00	07:18:23:00	DIGITALLY BUT MAYBE SOME FOLKS
07:18:23:00	07:18:26:00	IT'S NOT AS IS ACCESS
07:18:26:00	07:18:29:00	ACCESSIBLE FOR SOME FOLKS SO IF
07:18:29:00	07:18:30:00	WE COULD HAVE A COPY IT'S NOT A
07:18:30:00	07:18:34:00	LOT TO ASK WHILE ELLY'S IS
07:18:34:00	07:18:37:00	GETTING COPIES FOR US I THINK
07:18:37:00	07:18:38:00	EVEN IF WE DON'T GET A RECESS I
07:18:38:00	07:18:42:00	WOULD LIKE I'M SURE THAT THE
07:18:42:00	07:18:42:00	SPONSOR WANTS MY VOTE SO I
07:18:42:00	07:18:46:00	WOULD LIKE JUST A MINUTE YOU
07:18:46:00	07:18:47:00	KNOW JUST TO READ THROUGH IT
07:18:47:00	07:18:47:00	AND AND I'LL BE READY TO VOTE.
07:18:47:00	07:18:49:00	OKAY BECAUSE THE COURT AS A
07:18:49:00	07:18:50:00	PARTNER WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS
07:18:50:00	07:18:50:00	MATTER OTHERS WANT TO SPEAK TO
07:18:50:00	07:18:53:00	ON THIS MATTER IF THERE IS AN
07:18:53:00	07:18:53:00	IF IF IN FACT YOUR YOUR STAFF
07:18:53:00	07:18:58:00	IS COMING TO GIVE COPIES FOR
07:18:58:00	07:18:59:00	FOLKS AND IT'S NOT HERE IN TIME
07:18:59:00	07:19:02:00	WE CAN I CAN ASSESS THEN BUT
07:19:02:00	07:19:02:00	WE'LL CONTINUE DISCUSSION.
07:19:02:00	07:19:06:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THERE'S A
07:19:06:00	07:19:07:00	PARTY ON THE FLOOR.
07:19:07:00	07:19:07:00	YES.
07:19:07:00	07:19:09:00	I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT
07:19:09:00	07:19:10:00	MY STAFF MEMBER ELLIE SANCHEZ
07:19:10:00	07:19:10:00	IS GOING OUT AND PRINTING IT.
07:19:10:00	07:19:13:00	SHE'S DOING THAT AS WE SPEAK.
07:19:13:00	07:19:14:00	AND I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE
07:19:14:00	07:19:17:00	FOR NOT HAVING A HARD COPY FOR
07:19:17:00	07:19:17:00	FOLKS.
07:19:17:00	07:19:18:00	I WILL BE SURE TO DO THAT
07:19:18:00	07:19:21:00	MOVING FORWARD AND THERE WAS A
07:19:21:00	07:19:21:00	LOT TO GET READY FOR TODAY AND
07:19:21:00	07:19:24:00	SO IT JUST IS AN OMISSION
07:19:24:00	07:19:25:00	OF THE SHEER VOLUME OF THINGS I
07:19:25:00	07:19:28:00	HAD TO PREPARE FOR TODAY AND I
07:19:28:00	07:19:29:00	DO APPRECIATE MY
07:19:29:00	07:19:32:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES NEEDING THE
07:19:32:00	07:19:33:00	TIME TO REVIEW IT AND THIS IS
07:19:33:00	07:19:36:00	ME ACTIVELY TRYING TO STRETCH
07:19:36:00	07:19:36:00	THE TIME SO I HOPE THAT ELLIE
07:19:36:00	07:19:37:00	IS HERE SOON.
07:19:37:00	07:19:40:00	OKAY.
07:19:40:00	07:19:40:00	THANK YOU.
07:19:40:00	07:19:41:00	OKAY.
07:19:41:00	07:19:43:00	THE THING TRYING TO MAKE COPIES
07:19:43:00	07:19:47:00	RON IS TRYING TO MAKE COPIES.
07:19:47:00	07:19:48:00	ALI TRY TO MAKE COPIES.
07:19:48:00	07:19:51:00	RON DO YOU HAVE OKAY, THE
07:19:51:00	07:19:54:00	COPIES ARE COMING SUCH THAT MY
07:19:54:00	07:20:00:00	COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE THEM SOON
07:20:00:00	07:20:04:00	SO MY GOAL IS FOR US TO HAVE
07:20:04:00	07:20:05:00	THEM IN FRONT OF US AND THEN
07:20:05:00	07:20:07:00	CONTINUE TALKING BECAUSE
07:20:07:00	07:20:08:00	OFTENTIMES WE GO INTO RECESS
07:20:08:00	07:20:08:00	AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO CALL
07:20:08:00	07:20:12:00	PEOPLE BACK AND SO WE WILL JUST
07:20:12:00	07:20:16:00	WAIT AND WE WILL GET THE COPIES
07:20:16:00	07:20:17:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME TO IT
07:20:17:00	07:20:18:00	AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR.
07:20:18:00	07:20:18:00	I'M GOING TO USE THIS
07:20:18:00	07:20:19:00	OPPORTUNITY JUST TO THANK MY
07:20:19:00	07:20:20:00	PREDECESSOR COUNCIL, OUR STATE
07:20:20:00	07:20:23:00	SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS FOR FOR
07:20:23:00	07:20:23:00	PUSHING THIS FORWARD.
07:20:23:00	07:20:24:00	IT WAS PUSHED FORWARD AGAIN IN
07:20:24:00	07:20:28:00	THE TWIN 23 TAX PACKAGE.
07:20:28:00	07:20:31:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK STATE
07:20:31:00	07:20:31:00	REPRESENTATIVE ANDY VARGAS FOR
07:20:31:00	07:20:32:00	HIS LEADERSHIP.
07:20:32:00	07:20:34:00	I ALSO BELIEVE THAT
07:20:34:00	07:20:35:00	REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK O'CONNOR
07:20:35:00	07:20:39:00	HAD SIGNED ON TO THIS AND HE'S
07:20:39:00	07:20:39:00	A PART OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
07:20:39:00	07:20:40:00	SO I WANT TO SHOUT OUT
07:20:40:00	07:20:43:00	EVERYBODY WHO DID A LOT OF WORK
07:20:43:00	07:20:43:00	TO PUSH THIS AT THE STATE
07:20:43:00	07:20:43:00	HOUSE.
07:20:43:00	07:20:46:00	BOSTON WOULD BE THE FIRST
07:20:46:00	07:20:46:00	MUNICIPALITY TO DO THIS.
07:20:46:00	07:20:47:00	SO THANK YOU.
07:20:47:00	07:20:49:00	THANK YOU.
07:20:49:00	07:20:54:00	COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA ZAPATA, THE
07:20:54:00	07:20:54:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES
07:20:54:00	07:20:55:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCIL MEMBER
07:20:55:00	07:20:56:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
07:20:56:00	07:20:57:00	I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE THIS
07:20:57:00	07:21:02:00	UM THE FILER OR COUNCILOR OF
07:21:02:00	07:21:03:00	COLOR AS I JUST SO THIS IS A
07:21:03:00	07:21:04:00	PROGRAM THAT'S AUTHORIZED BY
07:21:04:00	07:21:07:00	THE STATE LEGISLATURE ALREADY
07:21:07:00	07:21:08:00	AND WE'RE JUST BY DOING THIS
07:21:08:00	07:21:11:00	WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUSH
07:21:11:00	07:21:15:00	FORWARD A PROGRAM THAT WE WILL
07:21:15:00	07:21:16:00	THEN PARTICIPATE IN ITS
07:21:16:00	07:21:18:00	DEVELOPMENT AND WE'LL BE VOTING
07:21:18:00	07:21:19:00	ON THIS AGAIN.
07:21:19:00	07:21:20:00	OR HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS
07:21:20:00	07:21:23:00	PLAYING OUT?
07:21:23:00	07:21:24:00	THANK YOU.
07:21:24:00	07:21:24:00	I BELIEVE IT'S I BELIEVE WE
07:21:24:00	07:21:25:00	HAVE DONE THIS.
07:21:25:00	07:21:27:00	I THINK WAS IT WITH THE THE
07:21:27:00	07:21:28:00	LOCAL OPTION FOR THE VETERANS
07:21:28:00	07:21:30:00	PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION THAT
07:21:30:00	07:21:34:00	ALLOWED US TO SO THAT THERE'S A
07:21:34:00	07:21:35:00	LOCAL OPTION AND THEN WE ARE
07:21:35:00	07:21:36:00	OPTING SO WE'VE DONE ITERATIONS
07:21:36:00	07:21:39:00	OF THIS ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE
07:21:39:00	07:21:42:00	OPTING INTO A LOCAL OPTION VIA
07:21:42:00	07:21:42:00	A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
07:21:42:00	07:21:43:00	ORDINANCES AND SO I THINK
07:21:43:00	07:21:45:00	THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL CUT THE
07:21:45:00	07:21:46:00	ZAPATA WAS REFERRING TO AND
07:21:46:00	07:21:49:00	ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE WORK
07:21:49:00	07:21:49:00	OF STATE SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS
07:21:49:00	07:21:53:00	AND IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
07:21:53:00	07:21:54:00	BUT I WILL ALLOW
07:21:54:00	07:21:57:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA IF
07:21:57:00	07:21:58:00	YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO
07:21:58:00	07:21:58:00	COUNCILOR WEBBER'S QUESTION YOU
07:21:58:00	07:22:02:00	MAN THANK YOU AND I DO
07:22:02:00	07:22:02:00	APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE
07:22:02:00	07:22:02:00	ON THIS.
07:22:02:00	07:22:02:00	YEAH.
07:22:02:00	07:22:05:00	AS I WAS MENTIONING SINCE WE
07:22:05:00	07:22:06:00	ARE A TYPE A GOVERNMENT THE THE
07:22:06:00	07:22:12:00	PARAMO OF THIS EXEMPTION NEED
07:22:12:00	07:22:13:00	TO ORIGINATE FROM THE MAYOR'S
07:22:13:00	07:22:16:00	OFFICE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH
07:22:16:00	07:22:17:00	OUR APPROVAL OR OUR AMENDMENTS
07:22:17:00	07:22:20:00	OR HOWEVER WE WANT TO TO BUILD
07:22:20:00	07:22:23:00	THIS OUT WE THEN HAVE TO GET TO
07:22:23:00	07:22:24:00	VOTE ON IT.
07:22:24:00	07:22:25:00	SO WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THIS
07:22:25:00	07:22:28:00	FORWARD AND I HAVE NOT HAD ANY
07:22:28:00	07:22:31:00	CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
07:22:31:00	07:22:31:00	ADMINISTRATION ON THIS.
07:22:31:00	07:22:32:00	I DO THINK THAT JUST AS A VALUE
07:22:32:00	07:22:35:00	STATEMENT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
07:22:35:00	07:22:36:00	THAT WE'RE KEEPING BOSTON
07:22:36:00	07:22:37:00	AFFORDABLE AND THIS IS JUST ONE
07:22:37:00	07:22:38:00	SOLUTION IN A SUITE
07:22:38:00	07:22:38:00	OF SOLUTIONS.
07:22:38:00	07:22:39:00	OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER
07:22:39:00	07:22:41:00	THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING
07:22:41:00	07:22:42:00	BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A
07:22:42:00	07:22:45:00	GREAT IDEA AND I'M EXCITED TO
07:22:45:00	07:22:45:00	MOVE FORWARD AND FOR THAT
07:22:45:00	07:22:46:00	FUTURE CONVERSATION.
07:22:46:00	07:22:49:00	THANK YOU.
07:22:49:00	07:22:49:00	THANK YOU.
07:22:49:00	07:22:50:00	COUNCILOR CARDOZA, BY THE I
07:22:50:00	07:22:50:00	HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION
07:22:50:00	07:22:51:00	BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO I WANT
07:22:51:00	07:22:52:00	TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T
07:22:52:00	07:22:52:00	MISSPEAK.
07:22:52:00	07:22:53:00	AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT
07:22:53:00	07:22:56:00	THIS IS AN ORDER THAT CAN YOU
07:22:56:00	07:22:57:00	TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS
07:22:57:00	07:22:59:00	WILL BE BECAUSE THIS IS AN
07:22:59:00	07:23:00:00	ORDER WOULD BE IN ORDER TO THE
07:23:00:00	07:23:00:00	ADMINISTRATION.
07:23:00:00	07:23:02:00	SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE
07:23:02:00	07:23:03:00	PROCESS WOULD BE?
07:23:03:00	07:23:08:00	THE CHAIR IF IF YOU LIKE IF NOT
07:23:08:00	07:23:08:00	YOU DON'T?
07:23:08:00	07:23:09:00	THE CHAIRMAN IT'S KIND OF LIKE
07:23:09:00	07:23:09:00	THAT AS A PARTNER.
07:23:09:00	07:23:10:00	YEAH.
07:23:10:00	07:23:11:00	I MEAN IT WOULD IT WOULD BE THE
07:23:11:00	07:23:12:00	SAME AS EVERY ORDER THAT WE'VE
07:23:12:00	07:23:12:00	DONE THIS FAR.
07:23:12:00	07:23:14:00	I MEAN IT HAS TO ULTIMATELY
07:23:14:00	07:23:15:00	HAVE APPROVAL FROM THE FROM THE
07:23:15:00	07:23:18:00	MAYOR.
07:23:18:00	07:23:18:00	I ALSO DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK
07:23:18:00	07:23:19:00	BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT
07:23:19:00	07:23:22:00	BASICALLY ORDERS THE THE MAYOR
07:23:22:00	07:23:25:00	TO START THE PROCESS TIMELINE
07:23:25:00	07:23:26:00	IS IS TBD.
07:23:26:00	07:23:30:00	BUT I HAVE I THINK THAT THERE'S
07:23:30:00	07:23:33:00	GOOD FAITH THERE TO GET THIS
07:23:33:00	07:23:34:00	DONE AND I'M SORRY THAT I CAN'T
07:23:34:00	07:23:38:00	SPEAK MORE ON IT BUT THAT'S
07:23:38:00	07:23:38:00	THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY
07:23:38:00	07:23:38:00	KNOWLEDGE.
07:23:38:00	07:23:39:00	OKAY.
07:23:39:00	07:23:39:00	THANK YOU.
07:23:39:00	07:23:41:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNT WITH
07:23:41:00	07:23:42:00	ONE COUNT OF ANY OF THE FLOOR
07:23:42:00	07:23:45:00	AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
07:23:45:00	07:23:45:00	AND AGAIN I.
07:23:45:00	07:23:48:00	I DO PLAN TO VOTE VOTE FOR IT.
07:23:48:00	07:23:49:00	BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD
07:23:49:00	07:23:52:00	BE IS THERE A DOWNSIDE TO
07:23:52:00	07:23:55:00	VOTING FOR THIS?
07:23:55:00	07:23:56:00	IS THERE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT IT
07:23:56:00	07:23:59:00	WOULD HAVE ON A HOMEOWNER, ON A
07:23:59:00	07:24:02:00	TENANT, ON THE CITY, ON A ON
07:24:02:00	07:24:03:00	THE ECONOMY?
07:24:03:00	07:24:04:00	I, I, I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S
07:24:04:00	07:24:07:00	ANY DOWNSIDE OR ANY NEGATIVE
07:24:07:00	07:24:11:00	ASPECT TO THIS AS WELL AT THAT
07:24:11:00	07:24:12:00	WAS PART IF YOU'D LIKE TO
07:24:12:00	07:24:14:00	ANSWER THE THE CHAIR YOU MAY
07:24:14:00	07:24:14:00	IT'S THE MOST PERFECT PIECE
07:24:14:00	07:24:18:00	OF LEGISLATION I'M SORRY THERE
07:24:18:00	07:24:18:00	ARE POTENTIAL RAMIFICATIONS
07:24:18:00	07:24:22:00	THAT IS GOING TO BE A BULK
07:24:22:00	07:24:22:00	OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE
07:24:22:00	07:24:25:00	HAVE IN WHATEVER COMMITTEE THIS
07:24:25:00	07:24:26:00	IS AND IF IT'S WAYS AND MEANS
07:24:26:00	07:24:29:00	OR IF IT'S MIND WE REALLY ARE
07:24:29:00	07:24:30:00	THERE TO HELP FRAME AGAIN WHAT
07:24:30:00	07:24:32:00	THIS LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD.
07:24:32:00	07:24:36:00	THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
07:24:36:00	07:24:37:00	IN THE STATE LAW TALKING ABOUT
07:24:37:00	07:24:41:00	THE FACT THAT ELIGIBLE
07:24:41:00	07:24:42:00	LANDLORDS IN THE CITY MUST HAVE
07:24:42:00	07:24:43:00	TENANTS WITH A HOUSEHOLD INCOME
07:24:43:00	07:24:44:00	OF 80% OR LESS AND ULTIMATELY
07:24:44:00	07:24:47:00	IT'S A SPECIFIC INCOME OR
07:24:47:00	07:24:51:00	INCOME THRESHOLDS FOR TENANTS
07:24:51:00	07:24:52:00	CAN'T EXCEED 200% OF AM I NOW I
07:24:52:00	07:24:53:00	KNOW THAT THAT IS REALLY REALLY
07:24:53:00	07:24:55:00	HIGH BUT THAT SETTING A CEILING
07:24:55:00	07:24:56:00	AND SO NOW IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY
07:24:56:00	07:24:58:00	TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NUANCED
07:24:58:00	07:25:02:00	VERSION OF THIS MEETS THE NEEDS
07:25:02:00	07:25:03:00	OF BOSTON RESIDENTS AND IS
07:25:03:00	07:25:04:00	GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP BOSTON
07:25:04:00	07:25:07:00	AFFORDABLE.
07:25:07:00	07:25:11:00	THANK YOU.
07:25:11:00	07:25:12:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU'D LIKE
07:25:12:00	07:25:13:00	TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU
07:25:13:00	07:25:15:00	MAY.
07:25:15:00	07:25:16:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
07:25:16:00	07:25:19:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR COLETTA
07:25:19:00	07:25:19:00	AS WELL FOR FOR THE RESPONSE.
07:25:19:00	07:25:22:00	I JUST I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE
07:25:22:00	07:25:23:00	FINAL QUESTION.
07:25:23:00	07:25:27:00	IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
07:25:27:00	07:25:28:00	AS A BODY TO DO ANYTHING
07:25:28:00	07:25:30:00	SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF HELPING
07:25:30:00	07:25:35:00	OR SUPPORTING WOMEN VETERANS AS
07:25:35:00	07:25:38:00	IT RELATES TO AS IT RELATES TO
07:25:38:00	07:25:38:00	THIS DOCKET?
07:25:38:00	07:25:39:00	IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
07:25:39:00	07:25:43:00	SOMEHOW INCLUDE WOMEN VETERANS
07:25:43:00	07:25:47:00	IN THIS DISCUSSION AT ALL OR IS
07:25:47:00	07:25:50:00	THAT SOMETHING THAT'S TOTALLY,
07:25:50:00	07:25:50:00	TOTALLY NOT PART OF THE
07:25:50:00	07:25:51:00	DISCUSSION?
07:25:51:00	07:25:57:00	I ASK THAT BECAUSE I DO FEEL I
07:25:57:00	07:25:58:00	FEEL LIKE I WANT TO ADVOCATE
07:25:58:00	07:26:01:00	FOR WOMEN VETERANS.
07:26:01:00	07:26:02:00	I WANT TO ASK IS THERE AN
07:26:02:00	07:26:02:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO
07:26:02:00	07:26:06:00	ANYTHING TO SUPPORT WOMEN
07:26:06:00	07:26:06:00	VETERANS THROUGH THE CHAIR
07:26:06:00	07:26:07:00	COUNTRY CLUB AS OPPOSED TO IF
07:26:07:00	07:26:09:00	YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER YOU MAY
07:26:09:00	07:26:14:00	FOR AS LONG AS THE THE FOLKS
07:26:14:00	07:26:14:00	THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR
07:26:14:00	07:26:15:00	WONDERFUL WOMEN VETERANS ARE
07:26:15:00	07:26:17:00	MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY
07:26:17:00	07:26:18:00	CRITERIA, THEY WILL BE INVOLVED
07:26:18:00	07:26:21:00	THE CONVERSATION THANK YOU.
07:26:21:00	07:26:21:00	THANK YOU.
07:26:21:00	07:26:25:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
07:26:25:00	07:26:26:00	ON THIS MATTER?
07:26:26:00	07:26:26:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS
07:26:26:00	07:26:28:00	OF PRINT ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE
07:26:28:00	07:26:29:00	THE FLOOR.
07:26:29:00	07:26:29:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
07:26:29:00	07:26:32:00	COUNSELOR COLETTA FOR BRINGING
07:26:32:00	07:26:36:00	US THIS INFORMATION ALTHOUGH WE
07:26:36:00	07:26:36:00	HELD A HEARING I'M
07:26:36:00	07:26:37:00	SORRY THERE'S JUST ONE MINOR
07:26:37:00	07:26:39:00	DETAIL THAT I'M NOT CLEAR ON
07:26:39:00	07:26:43:00	HERE THAT HOWEVER THAT SAID
07:26:43:00	07:26:46:00	INCOME SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN
07:26:46:00	07:26:47:00	200% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME
07:26:47:00	07:26:50:00	WHENEVER WE ARE LIKE I JUST
07:26:50:00	07:26:51:00	THINK 200% IS EXCESSIVE AND I
07:26:51:00	07:26:54:00	JUST WANTED TO KNOW LIKE YOUR
07:26:54:00	07:26:56:00	THOUGHTS AROUND THAT WHY UP TO
07:26:56:00	07:26:57:00	200 AND DOES IT IMPEDE ANY
07:26:57:00	07:27:01:00	ANYONE ELSE BELOW THAT LEVEL OR
07:27:01:00	07:27:04:00	THROUGH THE CHAIR SORRY IF
07:27:04:00	07:27:05:00	YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE
07:27:05:00	07:27:06:00	JEREMY THANK YOU FOR THAT
07:27:06:00	07:27:08:00	QUESTION SO NO THIS IS THIS IS
07:27:08:00	07:27:09:00	THE CEILING THAT WAS SET BY
07:27:09:00	07:27:09:00	STATE LEGISLATION.
07:27:09:00	07:27:12:00	SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO UP
07:27:12:00	07:27:15:00	TO 200% AMI AND I THINK THAT
07:27:15:00	07:27:16:00	200% QUITE FRANKLY IS A LITTLE
07:27:16:00	07:27:19:00	IS A LITTLE HIGH JUST GIVEN
07:27:19:00	07:27:20:00	THAT YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS THAT
07:27:20:00	07:27:23:00	THAT WOULD BENEFIT FOLKS WE'RE
07:27:23:00	07:27:23:00	MAKING LIKE $94,000 PER YEAR.
07:27:23:00	07:27:27:00	I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP FOLKS
07:27:27:00	07:27:30:00	ON ON THAT ARE YOU KNOW SOLIDLY
07:27:30:00	07:27:31:00	WORKING CLASS AND THAT'S NOT TO
07:27:31:00	07:27:32:00	SAY THAT FOLKS MAKING THAT
07:27:32:00	07:27:34:00	AMOUNT OF MONEY POTENTIALLY
07:27:34:00	07:27:35:00	DON'T DESERVE IT BUT IT'S
07:27:35:00	07:27:38:00	ESSENTIALLY THE BOTTOM LINE IS
07:27:38:00	07:27:39:00	THAT IT'S THE CEILING THAT WAS
07:27:39:00	07:27:40:00	SET BY THE STATE THAT YOU CAN
07:27:40:00	07:27:41:00	GO UP TO.
07:27:41:00	07:27:46:00	THANK YOU.
07:27:46:00	07:27:47:00	IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND WITH
07:27:47:00	07:27:47:00	THE CHAIR KINDS OF AN
07:27:47:00	07:27:49:00	INTERVENTION YOU MAY KNOW I'D
07:27:49:00	07:27:50:00	JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT I
07:27:50:00	07:27:53:00	GUESS YOU KNOW SPECIFICALLY TO
07:27:53:00	07:27:57:00	LIKE THE PROCESSES I GUESS YOU
07:27:57:00	07:27:58:00	KNOW, IT'S IT'S REALLY UP TO
07:27:58:00	07:27:58:00	THE MAYOR WHETHER OR NOT TO
07:27:58:00	07:28:01:00	JUST IMPLEMENTED HOTEL A
07:28:01:00	07:28:01:00	DEPARTMENT TO GO AHEAD AND
07:28:01:00	07:28:02:00	IMPLEMENT IT.
07:28:02:00	07:28:05:00	SO AT THIS POINT IT'S JUST
07:28:05:00	07:28:05:00	SAYING LOOK, THIS IS ALREADY A
07:28:05:00	07:28:05:00	LAW.
07:28:05:00	07:28:08:00	WE TRIED TO DO THIS WITH WHAT
07:28:08:00	07:28:09:00	IFS AND SO IT'S IT'S A IT'S
07:28:09:00	07:28:13:00	ALREADY A THING IT'S ALREADY A
07:28:13:00	07:28:13:00	LAW ON A STATE LEVEL.
07:28:13:00	07:28:14:00	SO THEN YOU JUST ASKING FOR AN
07:28:14:00	07:28:17:00	ADOPTION AND THEN IF THERE'S AN
07:28:17:00	07:28:17:00	APPETITE THEN THE MAYOR CAN
07:28:17:00	07:28:21:00	JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE OH
07:28:21:00	07:28:21:00	GO AHEAD.
07:28:21:00	07:28:21:00	THERE'S NO NEED FOR ADVOCACY.
07:28:21:00	07:28:24:00	IT'S NOT A THING THAT'S PENDING
07:28:24:00	07:28:25:00	A VOTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
07:28:25:00	07:28:28:00	SO HOPEFULLY I'LL BE VOTING IN
07:28:28:00	07:28:28:00	SUPPORT OF THIS AND HOPEFULLY
07:28:28:00	07:28:32:00	THE MAYOR DOES CONSIDER IT AND
07:28:32:00	07:28:32:00	SUPPORTED AND IMPLEMENTED.
07:28:32:00	07:28:36:00	THANK YOU.
07:28:36:00	07:28:36:00	THANK YOU.
07:28:36:00	07:28:37:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
07:28:37:00	07:28:39:00	ON THIS MATTER?
07:28:39:00	07:28:43:00	COUNCILOR WORRALL SIX ADOPTION
07:28:43:00	07:28:46:00	OF THIS DOCKET.
07:28:46:00	07:28:46:00	MR COOK REMIND ME THE DOCKET
07:28:46:00	07:28:50:00	NUMBER OF DOCKET NUMBER 0270
07:28:50:00	07:28:50:00	CAN WE PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL
07:28:50:00	07:28:57:00	CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON
07:28:57:00	07:28:58:00	DOCKING NUMBER 0270
07:28:58:00	07:29:02:00	COUNCILOR BREEN
07:29:02:00	07:29:02:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PARTY
07:29:02:00	07:29:03:00	COUNCILOR CLOSE BY.
07:29:03:00	07:29:03:00	YES.
07:29:03:00	07:29:05:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
07:29:05:00	07:29:06:00	COUNCILOR FINANCIAL SANDERSON
07:29:06:00	07:29:09:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE SENSE AND YES
07:29:09:00	07:29:09:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
07:29:09:00	07:29:12:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
07:29:12:00	07:29:13:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
07:29:13:00	07:29:13:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
07:29:13:00	07:29:16:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
07:29:16:00	07:29:17:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
07:29:17:00	07:29:18:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
07:29:18:00	07:29:21:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL MURPHY
07:29:21:00	07:29:22:00	YES COUNCILOR BUT PENDING
07:29:22:00	07:29:22:00	COUNCILOR OPINIONS
07:29:22:00	07:29:25:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
07:29:25:00	07:29:26:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
07:29:26:00	07:29:26:00	COUNCIL WEBER YES.
07:29:26:00	07:29:29:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YES.
07:29:29:00	07:29:29:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
07:29:29:00	07:29:32:00	COUNCILOR OH YES.
07:29:32:00	07:29:33:00	TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
07:29:33:00	07:29:36:00	THANK YOU.
07:29:36:00	07:29:40:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
07:29:40:00	07:29:40:00	IS THERE ARE THERE ANY OTHER
07:29:40:00	07:29:43:00	GREEN SHEET POLLS?
07:29:43:00	07:29:44:00	OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO
07:29:44:00	07:29:44:00	LATE FILES.
07:29:44:00	07:29:47:00	I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT
07:29:47:00	07:29:48:00	THERE ARE EIGHT LATE FILE
07:29:48:00	07:29:51:00	MATTERS.
07:29:51:00	07:29:51:00	TWO OF THE LATE FIVE METRO
07:29:51:00	07:29:52:00	MATTERS ARE FROM THE MAYOR.
07:29:52:00	07:29:53:00	THERE'S ONE 1782 PERSONNEL
07:29:53:00	07:29:54:00	ORDERS AND THREE REPORTS FROM
07:29:54:00	07:29:57:00	PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
07:29:57:00	07:29:58:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
07:29:58:00	07:30:01:00	THE FIRST TO FILE?
07:30:01:00	07:30:01:00	YES.
07:30:01:00	07:30:01:00	SEVEN.
07:30:01:00	07:30:05:00	YEAH, I SAID ONCE THIS 17 F
07:30:05:00	07:30:06:00	RESPONSE MR. CLERK, COULD YOU
07:30:06:00	07:30:08:00	PLEASE READ THE TWO LEAGUE FILE
07:30:08:00	07:30:09:00	MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR INTO THE
07:30:09:00	07:30:12:00	RECORD FROM OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
07:30:12:00	07:30:13:00	AND ORDER CONFIRMING THE
07:30:13:00	07:30:15:00	APPOINTMENT OF REGINALD STOVALL
07:30:15:00	07:30:16:00	JR AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE
07:30:16:00	07:30:19:00	BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION
07:30:19:00	07:30:20:00	AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW
07:30:20:00	07:30:23:00	BOARD AND THE SECOND ORDER LATE
07:30:23:00	07:30:26:00	FINAL ORDER FROM THE MAYOR AN
07:30:26:00	07:30:27:00	ORDER CONFIRMING THE
07:30:27:00	07:30:30:00	APPOINTMENT OF LAURIE FERRIS AS
07:30:30:00	07:30:31:00	A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BUILDING
07:30:31:00	07:30:32:00	EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND
07:30:32:00	07:30:35:00	DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW
07:30:35:00	07:30:35:00	BOARD.
07:30:35:00	07:30:36:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD
07:30:36:00	07:30:39:00	THESE MATTERS ON TO THE RECORD
07:30:39:00	07:30:39:00	.
07:30:39:00	07:30:40:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I HALL
07:30:40:00	07:30:43:00	OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THESE
07:30:43:00	07:30:44:00	HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE RECORD
07:30:44:00	07:30:44:00	AND MR CLERK, WILL THESE BE
07:30:44:00	07:30:46:00	PLACED ON FILE WHETHER THOSE
07:30:46:00	07:30:47:00	DOWN REFERRED TO THE FIRST
07:30:47:00	07:30:48:00	DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
07:30:48:00	07:30:51:00	ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE AND OR BOTH
07:30:51:00	07:30:52:00	DOCKETS WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
07:30:52:00	07:30:54:00	COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT.
07:30:54:00	07:30:55:00	BUT IT'S LATE.
07:30:55:00	07:30:56:00	OKAY LET ME GET THE COMMITTEE
07:30:56:00	07:30:58:00	NAME RIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL
07:30:58:00	07:30:59:00	JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS.
07:30:59:00	07:31:02:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
07:31:02:00	07:31:02:00	READ THE 17 RESPONSE?
07:31:02:00	07:31:03:00	I BELIEVE IT'S A 79 RESPONSE
07:31:03:00	07:31:07:00	READ INTO THE RECORD 35 FOR THE
07:31:07:00	07:31:07:00	MAYOR.
07:31:07:00	07:31:08:00	THIS IS A RESPONSE TO 17 OF 17
07:31:08:00	07:31:12:00	FOIA REQUESTS THINGS CERTAINLY
07:31:12:00	07:31:13:00	INFORMATION FROM REGARDING
07:31:13:00	07:31:17:00	WHITE STADIUM AND MADISON PARK
07:31:17:00	07:31:18:00	TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH
07:31:18:00	07:31:21:00	SCHOOL DOCKET NUMBER 0343 THANK
07:31:21:00	07:31:21:00	YOU ALL IN FAVOR OF ADDING THIS
07:31:21:00	07:31:24:00	MATTER TO THE DOCKET TO THE
07:31:24:00	07:31:25:00	REQUISITE I I THIS DOCKET HAS
07:31:25:00	07:31:27:00	BEEN ADDED.
07:31:27:00	07:31:28:00	MR COURT COULD YOU PLEASE READ
07:31:28:00	07:31:29:00	THE THREE REPORTS FROM PUBLIC
07:31:29:00	07:31:30:00	OFFICES AND OTHERS INTO THE
07:31:30:00	07:31:30:00	RECORD?
07:31:30:00	07:31:31:00	OH THAT YEAH.
07:31:31:00	07:31:31:00	OKAY.
07:31:31:00	07:31:34:00	THAT 17 RESPONSE WILL BE PLACED
07:31:34:00	07:31:34:00	ON FILE.
07:31:34:00	07:31:37:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
07:31:37:00	07:31:38:00	THAT THREE REPORTS FROM PUBLIC
07:31:38:00	07:31:38:00	OFFICE AND OTHERS INTO THE
07:31:38:00	07:31:41:00	RECORD?
07:31:41:00	07:31:41:00	THESE ARE THREE COMMUNICATIONS
07:31:41:00	07:31:44:00	FROM CITY COUNCILOR MURPHY
07:31:44:00	07:31:49:00	REGARDING THE PROPERTY TAXES
07:31:49:00	07:31:49:00	PROPOSALS.
07:31:49:00	07:31:49:00	THANK YOU.
07:31:49:00	07:31:53:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD
07:31:53:00	07:31:54:00	THESE FINAL MATTERS ON TO THE
07:31:54:00	07:31:54:00	RECORD.
07:31:54:00	07:31:56:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
07:31:56:00	07:31:57:00	I OPPOSED ANY OF THE AYES HAVE
07:31:57:00	07:31:57:00	IT.
07:31:57:00	07:32:00:00	THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN ADDED.
07:32:00:00	07:32:00:00	THESE DOCKETS WILL BE PLACED ON
07:32:00:00	07:32:01:00	FILE.
07:32:01:00	07:32:01:00	OKAY.
07:32:01:00	07:32:04:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO THE CONSENT
07:32:04:00	07:32:04:00	AGENDA ITEM.
07:32:04:00	07:32:07:00	OH, THE TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS.
07:32:07:00	07:32:08:00	MR QUOTE COULD YOU PLEASE DO
07:32:08:00	07:32:09:00	THE TWO PERSONNEL ORDERS FOR US
07:32:09:00	07:32:11:00	PERSONNEL ORDER
07:32:11:00	07:32:11:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
07:32:11:00	07:32:14:00	COUNCILOR OF WEBER AND THE
07:32:14:00	07:32:14:00	SECOND PERSONNEL ORDER
07:32:14:00	07:32:15:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
07:32:15:00	07:32:18:00	COUNCILOR EVENT THANK YOU WILL
07:32:18:00	07:32:18:00	TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE.
07:32:18:00	07:32:19:00	THEY FOUND THAT ON TO THE
07:32:19:00	07:32:19:00	RECORD ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
07:32:19:00	07:32:22:00	I OPPOSE NAY.
07:32:22:00	07:32:22:00	OKAY.
07:32:22:00	07:32:22:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
07:32:22:00	07:32:23:00	THEY'VE BEEN ADDED TO THE
07:32:23:00	07:32:24:00	RECORD AS RENEE DENISON IS THIS
07:32:24:00	07:32:34:00	FOR THE RIGHT OKAY
07:32:34:00	07:32:35:00	COUNCILOR FOR AN ENGINEER IN
07:32:35:00	07:32:38:00	WHICH NAME WHICH DOCKET ZERO
07:32:38:00	07:32:39:00	FOR YOU FOR MR CLERK, CAN YOU
07:32:39:00	07:32:42:00	PLEASE AT TIMES HAVE AN
07:32:42:00	07:32:42:00	ENTRANCE INTO DOCKET 0484?
07:32:42:00	07:32:43:00	THANK YOU.
07:32:43:00	07:32:45:00	I APOLOGIZE.
07:32:45:00	07:32:46:00	OKAY.
07:32:46:00	07:32:46:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
07:32:46:00	07:32:47:00	CONSENT AGENDA.
07:32:47:00	07:32:50:00	I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
07:32:50:00	07:32:50:00	COURT THAT THERE ARE NO
07:32:50:00	07:32:51:00	ADDITIONS TO THE DEFENDANT
07:32:51:00	07:32:53:00	UNDER THE QUESTION OUTCOMES ON
07:32:53:00	07:32:54:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
07:32:54:00	07:32:54:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONTENT
07:32:54:00	07:32:57:00	AGENDA.
07:32:57:00	07:32:58:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK
07:32:58:00	07:32:59:00	YOU THE SENATOR THAT HAS BEEN
07:32:59:00	07:33:02:00	ADOPTED WE ARE NOW I WANT TO
07:33:02:00	07:33:02:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE REMEMBER
07:33:02:00	07:33:03:00	THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING
07:33:03:00	07:33:05:00	DATES AND EVENTS AS COUNCIL ARE
07:33:05:00	07:33:05:00	UPDATED WE HAVE THE BLACK
07:33:05:00	07:33:08:00	HISTORY MONTH EVENT OUR CITY
07:33:08:00	07:33:08:00	COUNCIL BLACK HISTORY MONTH
07:33:08:00	07:33:09:00	EVENT HAPPENING NEXT WEDNESDAY
07:33:09:00	07:33:12:00	IN CHAMBERS AT NOON SO WE HOPE
07:33:12:00	07:33:12:00	EVERYONE CAN BE HERE.
07:33:12:00	07:33:15:00	WE HAVE BIRTHDAYS COMING UP,
07:33:15:00	07:33:16:00	TWO BIRTHDAYS COMING UP.
07:33:16:00	07:33:19:00	A SHAME HERE ON THE CITY
07:33:19:00	07:33:22:00	COUNCIL IS BIRTHDAYS FEBRUARY
07:33:22:00	07:33:23:00	22ND AND OF OUR VERY OWN
07:33:23:00	07:33:25:00	COUNCIL DURKAN FEBRUARY 24TH
07:33:25:00	07:33:26:00	24TH HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIDAYS
07:33:26:00	07:33:30:00	VALENTINE'S DAY SO HAPPY
07:33:30:00	07:33:30:00	VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE.
07:33:30:00	07:33:31:00	MENTAL HEALTH WHILE BLACK
07:33:31:00	07:33:34:00	SUMMIT LED BY TONY BURTON
07:33:34:00	07:33:37:00	THAT'S THIS FRIDAY ALSO ON
07:33:37:00	07:33:37:00	FEBRUARY 14 THERE'S A HALEY
07:33:37:00	07:33:41:00	HOUSE SUPER BOWL WHICH IS ALSO
07:33:41:00	07:33:41:00	HAPPENING THIS SUNDAY FEBRUARY
07:33:41:00	07:33:45:00	16TH AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY
07:33:45:00	07:33:45:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
07:33:45:00	07:33:46:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY WOULD
07:33:46:00	07:33:46:00	LIKE TO MAKE AT THIS TIME.
07:33:46:00	07:33:49:00	NO, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
07:33:49:00	07:33:49:00	MEMORIALS.
07:33:49:00	07:33:51:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT THE
07:33:51:00	07:33:52:00	NAME OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED
07:33:52:00	07:33:55:00	AS I HAD MENTIONED, I JUST WANT
07:33:55:00	07:33:56:00	TO MEMORIALIZE TWO GIANTS HERE
07:33:56:00	07:33:57:00	IN THE CITY THAT WE RECENTLY
07:33:57:00	07:33:59:00	LOST.
07:33:59:00	07:34:00:00	WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF GIANTS
07:34:00:00	07:34:01:00	FLETCHER FLASH WILEY HE WAS A
07:34:01:00	07:34:03:00	LAWYER AND A CIVIC LEADER.
07:34:03:00	07:34:07:00	HE'S THE PARTNER OF OF BERNIE
07:34:07:00	07:34:10:00	WILEY AND THE FATHER OF PRATT
07:34:10:00	07:34:11:00	WILEY AND ALSO I KNOW PRATT SO
07:34:11:00	07:34:15:00	SISTER HE'S A PIONEERING
07:34:15:00	07:34:15:00	ATTORNEY AND CIVIC LEADER IN
07:34:15:00	07:34:18:00	BOSTON AND HE PASSED AWAY AT
07:34:18:00	07:34:18:00	THE AGE OF 82.
07:34:18:00	07:34:19:00	HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER IN LAW,
07:34:19:00	07:34:22:00	BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
07:34:22:00	07:34:22:00	HE BROKE RACIAL BARRIERS
07:34:22:00	07:34:23:00	THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER BECOMING
07:34:23:00	07:34:24:00	THE FIRST BLACK CHAIRMAN OF THE
07:34:24:00	07:34:25:00	GREATER BOSTON CHAMBER
07:34:25:00	07:34:25:00	OF COMMERCE AND HE WAS A
07:34:25:00	07:34:28:00	FOUNDING PARTNER AT BUD RILEY
07:34:28:00	07:34:31:00	AND WILEY NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST
07:34:31:00	07:34:32:00	BLACK AND PEOPLE OF COLOR OWN
07:34:32:00	07:34:32:00	LAW FIRM.
07:34:32:00	07:34:33:00	HE WAS A GRADUATE OF THE UNITED
07:34:33:00	07:34:36:00	STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND
07:34:36:00	07:34:36:00	HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND HE
07:34:36:00	07:34:39:00	DEDICATED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO
07:34:39:00	07:34:39:00	ADVOCACY, MENTORSHIP AND
07:34:39:00	07:34:39:00	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
07:34:39:00	07:34:43:00	HE WAS SO WARM HE WAS A LEADER
07:34:43:00	07:34:46:00	TO HERE IN BOSTON TO SO MANY
07:34:46:00	07:34:46:00	STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG
07:34:46:00	07:34:47:00	BLACK STUDENTS LIKE ME WHO ARE
07:34:47:00	07:34:50:00	THINKING ABOUT LAW SCHOOL.
07:34:50:00	07:34:51:00	I MEAN HE'S SURVIVED BY SO MANY
07:34:51:00	07:34:53:00	PEOPLE HIS CLOSE FAMILY AND AN
07:34:53:00	07:34:54:00	EXTENDED FAMILY HERE IN BOSTON
07:34:54:00	07:34:58:00	AND ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD THAT
07:34:58:00	07:34:58:00	DEEPLY, DEEPLY LOVED HIM.
07:34:58:00	07:34:59:00	HIS LEGACY CONTINUES AS A
07:34:59:00	07:35:02:00	MENTOR, FRIEND AND CHAMPION FOR
07:35:02:00	07:35:03:00	EQUITY AND IT WILL ENDURE FOR
07:35:03:00	07:35:03:00	MANY YEARS FOR THE MANY LIVES
07:35:03:00	07:35:06:00	TOUCHED.
07:35:06:00	07:35:06:00	HE ALSO WAS A LOVER OF MOTOWN
07:35:06:00	07:35:09:00	AND HAD JUST AN EXEMPLARY
07:35:09:00	07:35:10:00	VOICE.
07:35:10:00	07:35:11:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY
07:35:11:00	07:35:13:00	LOVE TO FLASH AND HIS FAMILY
07:35:13:00	07:35:14:00	AND THEN I'D LIKE TO UPLIFT
07:35:14:00	07:35:17:00	DANIEL NIGRO GEORGE WHO WAS AN
07:35:17:00	07:35:18:00	ACCLAIMED POET, TRANSLATOR AND
07:35:18:00	07:35:21:00	EDUCATOR WHO PASSED AWAY
07:35:21:00	07:35:21:00	LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY
07:35:21:00	07:35:22:00	OF LITERARY EXCELLENCE AND
07:35:22:00	07:35:24:00	CULTURAL ADVOCACY.
07:35:24:00	07:35:25:00	SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL
07:35:25:00	07:35:25:00	POETRY COLLECTIONS INCLUDING
07:35:25:00	07:35:28:00	THE DEAR REMOTE NEARNESS
07:35:28:00	07:35:28:00	OF YOU, WINNER OF THE NEW
07:35:28:00	07:35:29:00	ENGLAND POETRY CLUBS SHEILA
07:35:29:00	07:35:32:00	MARGARET MOUNTAIN BOOK PRIZE.
07:35:32:00	07:35:33:00	SHE RECENTLY DID A BOOK TALK AT
07:35:33:00	07:35:36:00	TED JUST BOOKISH SHE WAS A
07:35:36:00	07:35:36:00	PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF CREATIVE
07:35:36:00	07:35:36:00	WRITING AT LESLEY UNIVERSITY
07:35:36:00	07:35:40:00	AND TAUGHT OVER A DECADE AT THE
07:35:40:00	07:35:40:00	JOINT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY
07:35:40:00	07:35:43:00	OF WAR AND SOCIAL CAUSES AT
07:35:43:00	07:35:43:00	UMASS BOSTON.
07:35:43:00	07:35:44:00	HER WORK WAS RECOGNIZED WITH
07:35:44:00	07:35:44:00	FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS FROM
07:35:44:00	07:35:46:00	PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND
07:35:46:00	07:35:47:00	LIKE I SAID, SHE WAS BOSTON'S
07:35:47:00	07:35:50:00	SECOND POET LAUREATE FROM 2015
07:35:50:00	07:35:50:00	TO 2019.
07:35:50:00	07:35:51:00	SHE WAS A PROFOUND VOICE IN
07:35:51:00	07:35:54:00	LITERATURE AND A DEDICATED
07:35:54:00	07:35:54:00	MENTOR.
07:35:54:00	07:35:54:00	HER IMPACT WILL RESONATE FOR
07:35:54:00	07:35:55:00	GENERATIONS TO COME.
07:35:55:00	07:35:58:00	THE NUMBER OF HAITIAN PEOPLE
07:35:58:00	07:35:58:00	SHE WAS ALSO HAITIAN, BORN IN
07:35:58:00	07:35:59:00	HAITI, SPENT TIME IN THE CONGO,
07:35:59:00	07:36:02:00	MOVED HERE AND THE NUMBER
07:36:02:00	07:36:02:00	OF HAITIAN PEOPLE BOTH IN
07:36:02:00	07:36:06:00	BOSTON AND AROUND THE COUNTRY
07:36:06:00	07:36:06:00	REACHING OUT TO ME ABOUT THE
07:36:06:00	07:36:07:00	SADNESS OF HER PASSING.
07:36:07:00	07:36:09:00	I DID NOT WANT TO MISS THIS
07:36:09:00	07:36:10:00	OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT HER AND
07:36:10:00	07:36:12:00	FOR US TO ADJOURN IN HER MEMORY
07:36:12:00	07:36:13:00	TODAY.
07:36:13:00	07:36:16:00	SO THANK YOU, DANIELLE, FOR ALL
07:36:16:00	07:36:17:00	YOU GAVE THE CITY OF BOSTON.
07:36:17:00	07:36:17:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
07:36:17:00	07:36:19:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY
07:36:19:00	07:36:20:00	OF THE FLOOR.
07:36:20:00	07:36:20:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
07:36:20:00	07:36:23:00	WE'VE LOST FOUR BEACONS IN OUR
07:36:23:00	07:36:24:00	EAST BOSTON COMMUNITY JUST THIS
07:36:24:00	07:36:27:00	PAST WEEK BILL CHISHOLM WAS A
07:36:27:00	07:36:30:00	VIETNAM WAR VETERAN AND A LOCAL
07:36:30:00	07:36:30:00	LEADER IN THE VETERANS
07:36:30:00	07:36:34:00	COMMUNITY IN EAST JIM WAS A
07:36:34:00	07:36:35:00	CIVIC LEADER AND EDUCATION
07:36:35:00	07:36:38:00	LEADER IN EAST BOSTON.
07:36:38:00	07:36:38:00	STEPHEN POWERS, TEAMSTER UNION
07:36:38:00	07:36:42:00	MEMBER AND FATHER TO SOME OF MY
07:36:42:00	07:36:46:00	SOFTBALL TEAMMATES AND LAUREN
07:36:46:00	07:36:46:00	D'AMATO, MOTHER OF A OF A
07:36:46:00	07:36:47:00	CHILDHOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND MY
07:36:47:00	07:36:49:00	THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEIR
07:36:49:00	07:36:49:00	FAMILIES.
07:36:49:00	07:36:53:00	THANK YOU WOULD.
07:36:53:00	07:36:54:00	ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO UPLIFT
07:36:54:00	07:36:54:00	ANYONE?
07:36:54:00	07:36:54:00	OKAY.
07:36:54:00	07:36:57:00	TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR
07:36:57:00	07:36:57:00	MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE
07:36:57:00	07:36:58:00	FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF
07:36:58:00	07:37:01:00	OF CASA GABRIELA COLETTA ZAPATA
07:37:01:00	07:37:01:00	WILLIAM J.
07:37:01:00	07:37:04:00	BILL CHISHOLM.
07:37:04:00	07:37:05:00	JAMES A JIM KEARNEY.
07:37:05:00	07:37:08:00	STEPHEN POWERS.
07:37:08:00	07:37:09:00	LAUREN D'AMATO.
07:37:09:00	07:37:09:00	I'M ASKING MYSELF
07:37:09:00	07:37:12:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
07:37:12:00	07:37:16:00	GAIL SCOTT MOTHER OF ABC ABC
07:37:16:00	07:37:17:00	PRESIDENT AND CEO SHARON SCOTT
07:37:17:00	07:37:21:00	CHANDLER FLETCHER FLASH WILEY
07:37:21:00	07:37:24:00	DANIELLE ALLEGRO.
07:37:24:00	07:37:28:00	A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE.
07:37:28:00	07:37:32:00	THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE
07:37:32:00	07:37:33:00	COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES
07:37:33:00	07:37:34:00	SO IN MEMORY OF THE
07:37:34:00	07:37:36:00	AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS THE
07:37:36:00	07:37:37:00	COUNCIL SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN
07:37:37:00	07:37:37:00	NOT NEXT WEEK BECAUSE NEXT WEEK
07:37:37:00	07:37:39:00	IS OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
07:37:39:00	07:37:42:00	CELEBRATION BUT ON WEDNESDAY
07:37:42:00	07:37:42:00	FEBRUARY 27TH 2025 AT 12 NOON.
07:37:42:00	07:37:43:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
07:37:43:00	07:37:46:00	CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK AND
07:37:46:00	07:37:46:00	THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE
07:37:46:00	07:37:47:00	COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN
07:37:47:00	07:37:50:00	FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT.
07:37:50:00	07:37:51:00	PLEASE SAY I.