00:00:00:00	00:04:20:00	ADJOURNED THANK YOU FOR AND YOU
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00:09:26:00	00:09:27:00	VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE
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00:09:34:00	00:09:34:00	AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
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00:09:38:00	00:09:41:00	ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I
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00:09:44:00	00:09:45:00	NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR
00:09:45:00	00:09:46:00	DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE
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00:09:49:00	00:09:49:00	THANK YOU.
00:09:49:00	00:09:50:00	MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
00:09:50:00	00:09:53:00	THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE
00:09:53:00	00:09:54:00	PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?
00:09:54:00	00:09:54:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, YOUR
00:09:54:00	00:09:58:00	CONSULATE COLETTA ZAPATA.
00:09:58:00	00:09:58:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
00:09:58:00	00:10:01:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON.
00:10:01:00	00:10:02:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:10:02:00	00:10:05:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN HERE.
00:10:05:00	00:10:06:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.
00:10:06:00	00:10:09:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:10:09:00	00:10:10:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:10:10:00	00:10:10:00	COUNCILOR PEN.
00:10:10:00	00:10:12:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:10:12:00	00:10:13:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
00:10:13:00	00:10:17:00	YOU'RE IN COUNCILOR WORRELL?
00:10:17:00	00:10:17:00	YEAH.
00:10:17:00	00:10:18:00	A QUORUM IS BROKEN.
00:10:18:00	00:10:20:00	THANK YOU.
00:10:20:00	00:10:20:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK
00:10:20:00	00:10:21:00	THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
00:10:21:00	00:10:24:00	I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
00:10:24:00	00:10:24:00	STATE REP BILL MCGREGOR WHO IS
00:10:24:00	00:10:25:00	HERE WITH US.
00:10:25:00	00:10:25:00	THANK YOU STATE REP FOR BEING
00:10:25:00	00:10:28:00	WITH US HERE TODAY.
00:10:28:00	00:10:29:00	NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
00:10:29:00	00:10:31:00	INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY
00:10:31:00	00:10:32:00	MONSIGNOR LIAM BERGIN FROM GATE
00:10:32:00	00:10:32:00	OF HEAVEN CHURCH IN SOUTH
00:10:32:00	00:10:35:00	BOSTON INVITED BY
00:10:35:00	00:10:36:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:10:36:00	00:10:37:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
00:10:37:00	00:10:39:00	FLOOR.
00:10:39:00	00:10:40:00	AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL
00:10:40:00	00:10:57:00	RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
00:10:57:00	00:10:57:00	.
00:10:57:00	00:10:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:10:58:00	00:11:01:00	AND I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE A
00:11:01:00	00:11:02:00	FAMILY FRIEND MONSIGNOR
00:11:02:00	00:11:05:00	MONSIGNOR LIAM FROM IRELAND WHO
00:11:05:00	00:11:09:00	HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE SOUTH
00:11:09:00	00:11:10:00	BOSTON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
00:11:10:00	00:11:13:00	AND TO HAVE IN CHURCH AND SAINT
00:11:13:00	00:11:14:00	BRIDGET CHURCH AND DOES A
00:11:14:00	00:11:16:00	TREMENDOUS JOB MINISTERING AND
00:11:16:00	00:11:17:00	HELPING FAMILIES AND OUR
00:11:17:00	00:11:20:00	SENIORS THROUGHOUT SOUTH
00:11:20:00	00:11:20:00	BOSTON.
00:11:20:00	00:11:24:00	HE'S ALSO A VISITING PROFESSOR
00:11:24:00	00:11:25:00	AND A PROFESSOR ACTUALLY AT
00:11:25:00	00:11:27:00	BOSTON COLLEGE FOR A NUMBER
00:11:27:00	00:11:28:00	OF YEARS MENTORING COLLEGE
00:11:28:00	00:11:31:00	STUDENTS AND HELPING COLLEGE
00:11:31:00	00:11:31:00	STUDENTS.
00:11:31:00	00:11:35:00	BUT WHAT I REALLY RESPECT ABOUT
00:11:35:00	00:11:36:00	MONSIGNOR LIAM IS HIS PROUD
00:11:36:00	00:11:39:00	IRISH IMMIGRANT ROOTS BUT ALSO
00:11:39:00	00:11:43:00	HIS WELCOMING VISION AND
00:11:43:00	00:11:43:00	HELPING ALL IMMIGRANTS ACROSS
00:11:43:00	00:11:43:00	OUR CITY.
00:11:43:00	00:11:47:00	AND THAT'S WHAT TO HAVE IN
00:11:47:00	00:11:48:00	CHURCH AND THAT'S WHAT SAINT
00:11:48:00	00:11:50:00	BRIDGET CHURCH IN SOUTH BOSTON
00:11:50:00	00:11:50:00	IS ALL ABOUT.
00:11:50:00	00:11:54:00	SO I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE MY
00:11:54:00	00:11:54:00	GOOD FRIEND AND GOOD FRIEND
00:11:54:00	00:11:55:00	OF MY MY PARENTS AS WELL.
00:11:55:00	00:12:03:00	MONSIGNOR WILLIAM, THANK YOU,
00:12:03:00	00:12:04:00	COUNSELOR.
00:12:04:00	00:12:04:00	YES.
00:12:04:00	00:12:07:00	I CAME AS AN IMMIGRANT TO THIS
00:12:07:00	00:12:09:00	CITY 14 YEARS AGO AND FOR 13 I
00:12:09:00	00:12:10:00	HAVE LIVED IN SOUTH BOSTON JUST
00:12:10:00	00:12:13:00	A FEW BLOCKS FROM CASTLE ISLAND
00:12:13:00	00:12:14:00	AND CARSON BEACH.
00:12:14:00	00:12:17:00	IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
00:12:17:00	00:12:18:00	HER BLUE SKY MEETS AZURE SEA
00:12:18:00	00:12:21:00	DOCTORS WITH ISLAND WITH BAY
00:12:21:00	00:12:21:00	ISLANDS.
00:12:21:00	00:12:25:00	IT IS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.
00:12:25:00	00:12:25:00	WHAT A JOY TO WALK AROUND THE
00:12:25:00	00:12:28:00	LOOP OF PLEASURE PAIN OR SIT
00:12:28:00	00:12:29:00	AND WATCH BOATS AND PLANES
00:12:29:00	00:12:32:00	COMING AND GOING FROM THE
00:12:32:00	00:12:33:00	HARBOR OR FROM LOGAN THE WHITE
00:12:33:00	00:12:36:00	SAND, THE GENEROUS PROMENADE,
00:12:36:00	00:12:37:00	THE SCREECH OF SEAGULLS OVER
00:12:37:00	00:12:39:00	SAILS, THE LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN
00:12:39:00	00:12:40:00	AS YOUNG AND OLD LIKE ICE
00:12:40:00	00:12:43:00	CREAMS OR SIP A COOL DRINK IT
00:12:43:00	00:12:44:00	GATHERS.
00:12:44:00	00:12:47:00	VISITORS AND RESIDENTS FROM THE
00:12:47:00	00:12:50:00	IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FROM
00:12:50:00	00:12:51:00	FAR BEYOND THE WEEKEND.
00:12:51:00	00:12:55:00	IT IS A MELTING POT OF PEOPLES
00:12:55:00	00:12:55:00	WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND
00:12:55:00	00:12:58:00	DRESS AS AROMAS OF ETHNIC FOOD
00:12:58:00	00:13:02:00	WAFT FROM FAMILY GROUP TO
00:13:02:00	00:13:02:00	FAMILY GROUP WHO COOK ON THE
00:13:02:00	00:13:05:00	GRASS.
00:13:05:00	00:13:06:00	THE BEACH, AS YOU KNOW AS YOU
00:13:06:00	00:13:09:00	WELL KNOW, IS PART OF THE THREE
00:13:09:00	00:13:10:00	MILE SEGMENT OF PARKS ALONG
00:13:10:00	00:13:13:00	SOUTH BOSTON SHORELINE.
00:13:13:00	00:13:17:00	THE BAY IS WIDE WITH ARMS THAT
00:13:17:00	00:13:18:00	EMBRACE AND HOLD OUT A WELCOME
00:13:18:00	00:13:20:00	TO ALL.
00:13:20:00	00:13:24:00	GEOGRAPHICALLY THAT BAY IS AN
00:13:24:00	00:13:25:00	INCLUSIVE PLACE AND I PRAY THAT
00:13:25:00	00:13:28:00	ITS PHYSICAL CONTOURS SHAPE THE
00:13:28:00	00:13:32:00	MINDS AND HEARTS OF ALL WHO
00:13:32:00	00:13:35:00	LIVE AND VISIT THERE.
00:13:35:00	00:13:36:00	MAGE CONFIGURE WOMEN AND MEN
00:13:36:00	00:13:39:00	WHO COMMIT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE
00:13:39:00	00:13:42:00	WHO WORK FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
00:13:42:00	00:13:43:00	, WHO TREASURE DIVERSITY, WHO
00:13:43:00	00:13:46:00	NURTURE GENDER EQUALITY, WHO
00:13:46:00	00:13:50:00	PRIVILEGE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND
00:13:50:00	00:13:53:00	WHO ENCOURAGE A CIVIL DISCOURSE
00:13:53:00	00:13:58:00	THAT OVERCOMES BINARY THINKING
00:13:58:00	00:13:58:00	.
00:13:58:00	00:13:59:00	AND SO I AM REMINDED OF THE
00:13:59:00	00:14:02:00	POWERFUL POEM YOU THE ONE BY
00:14:02:00	00:14:02:00	DAVID.
00:14:02:00	00:14:05:00	STEINDEL JUST A 9398 YEAR OLD
00:14:05:00	00:14:09:00	BENEDICTINE MONK AND CHAMPION
00:14:09:00	00:14:12:00	OF INTERFAITH DIALOG AND
00:14:12:00	00:14:12:00	PROMOTER OF THE INTERACTION
00:14:12:00	00:14:14:00	BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND
00:14:14:00	00:14:18:00	SCIENCE.
00:14:18:00	00:14:21:00	YOU THE ONE YOU THE ONE FROM
00:14:21:00	00:14:24:00	WHOM ON DIFFERENT PATHS ALL
00:14:24:00	00:14:25:00	OF US HAVE COME TO WHOM ON
00:14:25:00	00:14:29:00	DIFFERENT PATHS ALL OF US ARE
00:14:29:00	00:14:33:00	GOING MAKE STRONG IN OUR HEARTS
00:14:33:00	00:14:34:00	WHAT UNITES US BUILD BRIDGES
00:14:34:00	00:14:37:00	ACROSS ALL THAT DIVIDES US
00:14:37:00	00:14:41:00	UNITE US, MAKE US REJOICE IN
00:14:41:00	00:14:41:00	OUR DIVERSITY AND AS ONE IN OUR
00:14:41:00	00:14:45:00	WITNESS TO YOUR PEACE A RAINBOW
00:14:45:00	00:14:52:00	TO YOUR GLORY YOU THE ONE LAW
00:14:52:00	00:14:53:00	TO GOD SOURCE OF EVERY BLESSING
00:14:53:00	00:14:56:00	OF WISDOM AND LOVE SEND YOUR
00:14:56:00	00:14:59:00	BLESSING UPON OUR CITY UPON OUR
00:14:59:00	00:15:00:00	NATION UPON OUR FRAGILE WORLD
00:15:00:00	00:15:03:00	WATCH OVER THOSE IN AUTHORITY
00:15:03:00	00:15:07:00	BLESS THIS CHAMBER AND THE
00:15:07:00	00:15:07:00	WORDS AND ACTIONS SPOKEN AND
00:15:07:00	00:15:11:00	TAKEN HERE RENEW YOUR LIFE
00:15:11:00	00:15:15:00	WITHIN US STRENGTHEN OUR HOPE
00:15:15:00	00:15:15:00	IN THE FUTURE.
00:15:15:00	00:15:18:00	AWAKEN OUR FAITH FROM THE PAST
00:15:18:00	00:15:22:00	AND FORGE A PRESENT FOR LOVE
00:15:22:00	00:15:23:00	FINDS A HOME BETWEEN MEMORY AND
00:15:23:00	00:15:26:00	A PROMISE.
00:15:26:00	00:15:26:00	AMEN.
00:15:26:00	00:15:30:00	YOU KNOW WE'LL NOW RECITE THE
00:15:30:00	00:15:33:00	PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:15:33:00	00:15:34:00	I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:15:34:00	00:15:38:00	OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:15:38:00	00:15:39:00	AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
00:15:39:00	00:15:40:00	IS SAID ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
00:15:40:00	00:15:44:00	INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
00:15:44:00	00:15:48:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:15:48:00	00:15:48:00	THANK YOU.
00:15:48:00	00:15:51:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:15:51:00	00:15:55:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR
00:15:55:00	00:15:56:00	FLYNN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH,
00:15:56:00	00:15:56:00	MONSIGNOR LIAM BERGIN FOR BEING
00:15:56:00	00:15:59:00	WITH US TODAY AND FOR THAT
00:15:59:00	00:15:59:00	INVOCATION WE ARE NOW MOVING ON
00:15:59:00	00:16:03:00	TO PRESENT FASHIONS.
00:16:03:00	00:16:04:00	WE WILL HAVE ONE PRESENTATION
00:16:04:00	00:16:04:00	TODAY.
00:16:04:00	00:16:07:00	WE ALSO HAVE A DELEGATION HERE
00:16:07:00	00:16:08:00	WITH US FROM WORLD BOSTON
00:16:08:00	00:16:08:00	INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
00:16:08:00	00:16:11:00	LEADERSHIP PROJECT FROM KOSOVO.
00:16:11:00	00:16:12:00	SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
00:16:12:00	00:16:13:00	HERE TODAY FROM KOSOVO.
00:16:13:00	00:16:15:00	IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAND YOU MAY
00:16:15:00	00:16:16:00	BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
00:16:16:00	00:16:18:00	HERE TODAY.
00:16:18:00	00:16:18:00	AWESOME.
00:16:18:00	00:16:19:00	OKAY.
00:16:19:00	00:16:19:00	WE NOW HAVE ONE PRESENTATION
00:16:19:00	00:16:22:00	FROM COUNCILORS FLYNN AND WEBER
00:16:22:00	00:16:23:00	RECOGNIZING CATHOLIC MEMORIAL
00:16:23:00	00:16:26:00	HOCKEY AND THEIR MAYOR DIVISION
00:16:26:00	00:16:27:00	ONE BOYS HOCKEY WIN COUNCILORS
00:16:27:00	00:16:28:00	FLYNN AND WEBER YOU HAVE THE
00:16:28:00	00:16:40:00	FLOOR.
00:16:40:00	00:16:41:00	I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE TEAM
00:16:41:00	00:16:41:00	DOWN.
00:16:41:00	00:16:41:00	YEAH.
00:16:41:00	00:16:44:00	SO IF THE TEAM COULD COME AND
00:16:44:00	00:16:47:00	JOIN US COACHES, SCHOOL
00:16:47:00	00:17:02:00	LEADERS, STATE REP MCGREGOR I
00:17:02:00	00:17:09:00	WANTED TO JUST OKAY OKAY OKAY
00:17:09:00	00:17:20:00	OKAY.
00:17:20:00	00:17:23:00	SO YOU DECIDE TO START SO
00:17:23:00	00:17:37:00	SOMEONE HERE AS WE SPEAK YOU
00:17:37:00	00:17:49:00	AND WELL IT'S AN HONOR FOR
00:17:49:00	00:17:52:00	ME TO WELCOME THE CATHOLIC
00:17:52:00	00:17:56:00	MEMORIAL HOCKEY TEAM TO THE
00:17:56:00	00:17:57:00	BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND WE'RE
00:17:57:00	00:18:00:00	INVITING THEM HERE TO THE
00:18:00:00	00:18:01:00	BOSTON CITY COUNCIL MYSELF AND
00:18:01:00	00:18:04:00	COUNCILOR WEBER OF OF WEST
00:18:04:00	00:18:04:00	ROXBURY.
00:18:04:00	00:18:05:00	WE'RE INVITING THEM HERE
00:18:05:00	00:18:07:00	BECAUSE OF THEIR INCREDIBLE
00:18:07:00	00:18:11:00	CHAMPIONSHIP WIN AND IN HOCKEY
00:18:11:00	00:18:15:00	AND WE'RE ALSO INVITING THEM
00:18:15:00	00:18:15:00	HERE BECAUSE OF THEIR THEY'RE
00:18:15:00	00:18:18:00	TREMENDOUS STUDENT ATHLETES BUT
00:18:18:00	00:18:19:00	ALSO THEY CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK
00:18:19:00	00:18:22:00	MAKING THEIR COMMUNITIES
00:18:22:00	00:18:23:00	HEALTHY AND VIBRANT AND THEY'RE
00:18:23:00	00:18:26:00	JUST WONDERFUL YOUNG MEN
00:18:26:00	00:18:27:00	DEDICATED TO THE MISSION
00:18:27:00	00:18:30:00	OF CATHOLIC MEMORIAL.
00:18:30:00	00:18:31:00	BUT I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE
00:18:31:00	00:18:34:00	THEM NOT BECAUSE MY NEPHEW IS
00:18:34:00	00:18:42:00	ON THE TEAM LOU KWONG BUT I'VE
00:18:42:00	00:18:42:00	ALWAYS HAD A STRONG LOVE AND
00:18:42:00	00:18:45:00	AFFECTION TO THE CATHOLIC
00:18:45:00	00:18:45:00	MEMORIAL COMMUNITY.
00:18:45:00	00:18:49:00	I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
00:18:49:00	00:18:50:00	I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
00:18:50:00	00:18:53:00	THE COACHES THE THE PRESIDENT
00:18:53:00	00:18:56:00	OF THE SCHOOL AS WELL AND JUST
00:18:56:00	00:18:57:00	SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:18:57:00	00:19:00:00	TREMENDOUS ROLE THAT YOU PLAY
00:19:00:00	00:19:04:00	IN BOSTON IN EDUCATING STUDENT
00:19:04:00	00:19:07:00	ATHLETES ACROSS GREATER BOSTON
00:19:07:00	00:19:07:00	.
00:19:07:00	00:19:08:00	I HAVE THIS RESOLUTION THAT I'M
00:19:08:00	00:19:11:00	OFFERING WITH MY CITY
00:19:11:00	00:19:12:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES BUT I DO
00:19:12:00	00:19:15:00	WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:19:15:00	00:19:15:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND
00:19:15:00	00:19:16:00	REPRESENTATIVE MCGREGOR TO
00:19:16:00	00:19:19:00	SPEAK AS WELL.
00:19:19:00	00:19:20:00	OKAY, SURE.
00:19:20:00	00:19:23:00	YEAH.
00:19:23:00	00:19:24:00	IT'S HARD TO SEE OVER ALL THESE
00:19:24:00	00:19:27:00	HOCKEY PLAYERS BUT YOU KNOW,
00:19:27:00	00:19:29:00	FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW
00:19:29:00	00:19:30:00	THAT 21.3 SECONDS LEFT IN THE
00:19:30:00	00:19:33:00	GAME WHOSE TIED FOR THE STATE
00:19:33:00	00:19:37:00	TITLE YOU KNOW I THINK THIS
00:19:37:00	00:19:41:00	TEAM HERE THEY WERE PRESSING
00:19:41:00	00:19:41:00	SAINT JOHN SHREWSBURY JAMES
00:19:41:00	00:19:45:00	BAKER FROM DORCHESTER WAS JAMES
00:19:45:00	00:19:49:00	TOOK THE PUCK PASS IT TO
00:19:49:00	00:19:49:00	CHRISTIAN HINKLE BRUCE
00:19:49:00	00:19:53:00	CHRISTIAN EAGLE FOR MILTON OKAY
00:19:53:00	00:19:54:00	YOU KNOW YOU KNOW NOT
00:19:54:00	00:19:56:00	EVERYTHING'S PERFECT BUT WHO
00:19:56:00	00:19:57:00	PASSED IT OVER TO TOMMY HURST
00:19:57:00	00:20:00:00	FROM HYDE PARK OF COURSE TOMMY
00:20:00:00	00:20:03:00	WHO SCORED THE WINNING GOAL FOR
00:20:03:00	00:20:06:00	THE STATE TITLE WITH 2021 POINT
00:20:06:00	00:20:13:00	3 SECONDS LEFT THINK AN
00:20:13:00	00:20:14:00	INTERESTING THING ABOUT TOMMY
00:20:14:00	00:20:18:00	WHICH I READ WAS THAT, YOU
00:20:18:00	00:20:18:00	KNOW, HE HAD TO WORK REALLY
00:20:18:00	00:20:22:00	HARD TO GET TO THAT SPOT TO
00:20:22:00	00:20:22:00	SCORE THAT GOAL.
00:20:22:00	00:20:23:00	HE PLAYED FOR THREE YEARS ON
00:20:23:00	00:20:26:00	THE JV WHICH IS I MEAN WHICH I
00:20:26:00	00:20:30:00	KNOW HIS COACHES MEANS HE
00:20:30:00	00:20:33:00	NEEDED WORK A LOT OF WORK TO
00:20:33:00	00:20:34:00	GET ONTO THAT ONTO THAT ONTO
00:20:34:00	00:20:36:00	THAT ICE BUT HE WAS THERE AT
00:20:36:00	00:20:37:00	THE RIGHT MOMENT AND ALL THAT
00:20:37:00	00:20:38:00	WORK PAID OFF AND ALL OF HIS
00:20:38:00	00:20:41:00	TEAMMATES, YOU KNOW, SHOULD
00:20:41:00	00:20:41:00	THANK HIM FOR STICKING WITH
00:20:41:00	00:20:44:00	HOCKEY THROUGH THE THROUGH
00:20:44:00	00:20:45:00	THREE YEARS ON JV.
00:20:45:00	00:20:48:00	SO I THINK IT'S JUST A REMINDER
00:20:48:00	00:20:49:00	TO ALL OF US AND CERTAINLY ALL
00:20:49:00	00:20:52:00	THESE KIDS HERE THAT YOU KNOW,
00:20:52:00	00:20:52:00	IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING AND YOU
00:20:52:00	00:20:53:00	AND YOU WORK HARD, GOOD THINGS
00:20:53:00	00:20:55:00	CAN COME OF IT AND YOU KNOW
00:20:55:00	00:20:56:00	THANK YOU TOMMY.
00:20:56:00	00:20:59:00	I ALSO HAVE A RESOLUTION I'LL
00:20:59:00	00:21:00:00	I'LL HAND OFF TO THE CAPTAINS
00:21:00:00	00:21:03:00	HERE WHICH IS SEAMUS AND MORGAN
00:21:03:00	00:21:07:00	RIGHT?
00:21:07:00	00:21:07:00	YEAH.
00:21:07:00	00:21:07:00	ARE YOU THE CAPTAINS?
00:21:07:00	00:21:09:00	IS THERE MORE THAN TWO?
00:21:09:00	00:21:10:00	SO I HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR YOU
00:21:10:00	00:21:13:00	ALSO.
00:21:13:00	00:21:13:00	I JUST IT'S MY PLEASURE TO
00:21:13:00	00:21:14:00	INTRODUCE YOUR STATE REP HERE,
00:21:14:00	00:21:16:00	BILL MCGREGOR WENT TO CATHOLIC
00:21:16:00	00:21:21:00	MEMORIAL AND HE CAN TELL YOU
00:21:21:00	00:21:24:00	ALL HOW GREAT HE WAS AT HOCKEY
00:21:24:00	00:21:24:00	.
00:21:24:00	00:21:25:00	IT'S SO GOOD THAT THEY DIDN'T
00:21:25:00	00:21:26:00	LET HIM ON THE TEAM BUT HE'S
00:21:26:00	00:21:29:00	GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
00:21:29:00	00:21:29:00	THANK YOU, BABY.
00:21:29:00	00:21:31:00	SORRY.
00:21:31:00	00:21:34:00	SO I WILL BE BRIEF BECAUSE NO
00:21:34:00	00:21:35:00	ONE TOLD ME I WAS SPEAKING BUT
00:21:35:00	00:21:38:00	AS THEY MENTIONED BILL MCGREGOR
00:21:38:00	00:21:39:00	GOT THE STATE REP ON THE TEN
00:21:39:00	00:21:39:00	SUFFOLK.
00:21:39:00	00:21:40:00	I WENT TO SEE HIM.
00:21:40:00	00:21:41:00	I GRADUATED IN 97 BUT GROWING
00:21:41:00	00:21:45:00	UP IN THE PARKWAY AREA WHICH IS
00:21:45:00	00:21:45:00	WEST ROXBURY ROSLINDALE ONE
00:21:45:00	00:21:48:00	THING THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK
00:21:48:00	00:21:52:00	DID YOU GO TO SEE HIM?
00:21:52:00	00:21:52:00	DID YOU PLAY HOCKEY?
00:21:52:00	00:21:53:00	NOT EVERYONE GETS TO PLAY
00:21:53:00	00:21:57:00	HOCKEY THERE IT IS ONE OF THE
00:21:57:00	00:21:57:00	HARDEST THINGS TO GET ON THAT
00:21:57:00	00:21:57:00	TEAM.
00:21:57:00	00:22:00:00	I DIDN'T MAKE THE JV TEAM.
00:22:00:00	00:22:01:00	I DIDN'T MAKE ANY TEAM SO
00:22:01:00	00:22:04:00	CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS FOR
00:22:04:00	00:22:05:00	MAKING THIS TEAM HAVING HOW
00:22:05:00	00:22:08:00	MANY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS DO WE
00:22:08:00	00:22:08:00	HAVE TO SEE THEM NOW?
00:22:08:00	00:22:11:00	1818 I THINK WE LEAD THE STATE
00:22:11:00	00:22:15:00	IN SAFETY CHAMPIONSHIPS AND
00:22:15:00	00:22:15:00	THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING IT
00:22:15:00	00:22:18:00	BACK HOME.
00:22:18:00	00:22:22:00	THAT AND THANK YOU BILLY AND
00:22:22:00	00:22:22:00	BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE HOCKEY
00:22:22:00	00:22:26:00	COACH WHO'S LARRY ROONEY AND
00:22:26:00	00:22:30:00	THE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL, I
00:22:30:00	00:22:30:00	DO WANT TO PRESENT THIS CITY
00:22:30:00	00:22:34:00	COUNCIL OFFICIAL RESOLUTION AND
00:22:34:00	00:22:34:00	THESE RESOLUTION GUYS, THESE
00:22:34:00	00:22:37:00	ARE TOUGH TO GET.
00:22:37:00	00:22:41:00	THEY DON'T ALWAYS PASS.
00:22:41:00	00:22:42:00	SO JUST GIVE ME ONE MINUTE AND
00:22:42:00	00:22:43:00	I'LL AND I'LL READ THIS TO THE
00:22:43:00	00:22:44:00	CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOCKEY TEAM
00:22:44:00	00:22:48:00	WINNING THE BOYS DIVISION ONE
00:22:48:00	00:22:49:00	HOCKEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP YOUR
00:22:49:00	00:22:53:00	FIRST TITLE SINCE 2019 AND THE
00:22:53:00	00:22:54:00	18TH OF ALL TIME.
00:22:54:00	00:22:55:00	WE RECOGNIZE YOUR OUTSTANDING
00:22:55:00	00:22:57:00	ACHIEVEMENT ESPECIALLY IN THE
00:22:57:00	00:22:58:00	LIGHT OF THE ADVERSITY THE TEAM
00:22:58:00	00:23:01:00	FACED ALL SEASON.
00:23:01:00	00:23:01:00	YOU SHOWED THE HEART OF A
00:23:01:00	00:23:05:00	CHAMPION WE GOT LESLIE PRESSING
00:23:05:00	00:23:06:00	THE OTHER TEAM TO MAKE THE
00:23:06:00	00:23:08:00	WINNING GOAL WITH JUST 221
00:23:08:00	00:23:08:00	SECONDS LEFT IN REGULATION WE
00:23:08:00	00:23:11:00	HONOR YOUR TREMENDOUS
00:23:11:00	00:23:12:00	ACHIEVEMENT IN THE WAY IN WHICH
00:23:12:00	00:23:13:00	YOU COMPETED BELIEVING IN
00:23:13:00	00:23:16:00	YOURSELF AND WROTE YOUR OWN
00:23:16:00	00:23:16:00	REMARKABLE CHAPTER IN HIGH
00:23:16:00	00:23:20:00	SCHOOL HOCKEY HISTORY.
00:23:20:00	00:23:21:00	WE ARE PROUD OF THE TEAM AND
00:23:21:00	00:23:21:00	CATHOLIC MEMORIAL'S COMMITMENT
00:23:21:00	00:23:24:00	TO INSTILLING A MINDSET
00:23:24:00	00:23:25:00	OF EXCELLENCE BOTH IN THE
00:23:25:00	00:23:28:00	CLASSROOM AND IN SPORTS.
00:23:28:00	00:23:35:00	THIS IS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
00:23:35:00	00:23:36:00	COUNCIL AND LET ME GIVE THE THE
00:23:36:00	00:23:39:00	HOCKEY COACH WHO'S A NEIGHBOR
00:23:39:00	00:23:43:00	OF MINE AND A FRIEND OF MINE,
00:23:43:00	00:23:43:00	LARRY ROONEY.
00:23:43:00	00:23:44:00	LET ME GIVE LARRY AN
00:23:44:00	00:23:47:00	OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HELLO.
00:23:47:00	00:23:50:00	LARRY, CONGRATULATIONS.
00:23:50:00	00:23:51:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN AND
00:23:51:00	00:23:54:00	ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY FOR
00:23:54:00	00:23:57:00	WELCOMING OUR TEAM TO THIS CITY
00:23:57:00	00:23:58:00	COUNCIL MEETING HERE TODAY.
00:23:58:00	00:24:01:00	I'M PROUD OF THE BOYS AND I'M
00:24:01:00	00:24:05:00	MORE HUMBLED BY THIS EXPERIENCE
00:24:05:00	00:24:07:00	GROWING UP IN SOUTH BOSTON AND
00:24:07:00	00:24:07:00	HAVING TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS
00:24:07:00	00:24:11:00	ATTEND CATHOLIC MEMORIAL THIS
00:24:11:00	00:24:11:00	IS REALLY TRULY AN HONOR FOR
00:24:11:00	00:24:15:00	ME AND LIKE I SAID, I'M PROUD
00:24:15:00	00:24:16:00	OF THE HARD WORK THAT THESE
00:24:16:00	00:24:18:00	BOYS PUT IN THE SUPPORT THAT
00:24:18:00	00:24:19:00	I'VE RECEIVED NOT JUST FROM THE
00:24:19:00	00:24:22:00	CATHOLIC MEMORIAL COMMUNITY BUT
00:24:22:00	00:24:23:00	ALL OF THE COMMUNITY OF BOSTON,
00:24:23:00	00:24:26:00	ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:24:26:00	00:24:26:00	I'M TRULY GRATEFUL TO BE
00:24:26:00	00:24:29:00	STANDING HERE TODAY.
00:24:29:00	00:24:30:00	I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. PETER
00:24:30:00	00:24:30:00	FALLEN, THE PRESIDENT
00:24:30:00	00:24:31:00	OF CATHOLIC MEMORIAL TO SAY A
00:24:31:00	00:24:35:00	FEW WORDS.
00:24:35:00	00:24:39:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF
00:24:39:00	00:24:39:00	OF CATHOLIC MEMORIAL WE ARE
00:24:39:00	00:24:40:00	PROUD TO BE AN ANCHOR
00:24:40:00	00:24:43:00	INSTITUTION IN THE CITY
00:24:43:00	00:24:43:00	OF BOSTON.
00:24:43:00	00:24:44:00	WE'RE PROUD TO WELCOME OUR
00:24:44:00	00:24:47:00	INCREDIBLE THOUGHTFUL YOUNG MEN
00:24:47:00	00:24:47:00	INTO THIS ESTEEMED HALL TO
00:24:47:00	00:24:51:00	RECEIVE THIS RESOLUTION AND
00:24:51:00	00:24:52:00	THIS RECOGNITION.
00:24:52:00	00:24:52:00	SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
00:24:52:00	00:24:55:00	OF TRUSTEES, OUR FACULTY, OUR
00:24:55:00	00:24:55:00	ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION, OUR
00:24:55:00	00:24:59:00	INCREDIBLE COACHES, WE'RE
00:24:59:00	00:25:00:00	GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED BY THIS
00:25:00:00	00:25:00:00	OPPORTUNITY.
00:25:00:00	00:25:03:00	WE'RE ONLY HERE BECAUSE OF THE
00:25:03:00	00:25:04:00	ROOTS OF OUR SCHOOL WHICH DATES
00:25:04:00	00:25:07:00	BACK TO BLESSED HIM AND RICE
00:25:07:00	00:25:10:00	WHO CREATED AN ORDER A
00:25:10:00	00:25:11:00	RELIGIOUS ORDER THAT WAS
00:25:11:00	00:25:14:00	DESIGNED TO CLOTHE, FEED AND
00:25:14:00	00:25:14:00	EDUCATE AN URBAN POPULATION.
00:25:14:00	00:25:18:00	AND CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HAS
00:25:18:00	00:25:18:00	CONTINUED TO EMBRACE ITS URBAN
00:25:18:00	00:25:21:00	ROOTS SINCE ITS FOUNDING WITH
00:25:21:00	00:25:22:00	OVER 66% OF OUR STUDENTS IN
00:25:22:00	00:25:25:00	FINANCIAL AID, CATHOLIC
00:25:25:00	00:25:28:00	MEMORIAL GIVES OUT 5.5 MILLION
00:25:28:00	00:25:29:00	IN AID EACH AND EVERY YEAR AND
00:25:29:00	00:25:32:00	WE'RE PROUD TO BE A CITY SCHOOL
00:25:32:00	00:25:33:00	AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD
00:25:33:00	00:25:34:00	OF THESE YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE THE
00:25:34:00	00:25:36:00	CHARACTER AND THE GRIT AND THE
00:25:36:00	00:25:37:00	DETERMINATION TO EXCEL BOTH IN
00:25:37:00	00:25:40:00	THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE ICE
00:25:40:00	00:25:40:00	THIS YEAR.
00:25:40:00	00:25:41:00	SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
00:25:41:00	00:25:44:00	I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND
00:25:44:00	00:25:44:00	PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS OUR
00:25:44:00	00:25:48:00	COMMUNITY, OUR ALUMNI AND OUR
00:25:48:00	00:25:49:00	FRIENDS HERE IN THE COUNCIL.
00:25:49:00	00:25:51:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:25:51:00	00:25:55:00	THANK YOU, DR. COULD I ASK MY
00:25:55:00	00:25:56:00	CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO JOIN
00:25:56:00	00:26:01:00	US FOR A GROUP PHOTO PLEASE?
00:26:01:00	00:26:09:00	SO I STAY UP TO ADDRESS YOUR
00:26:09:00	00:26:09:00	STAFF.
00:26:09:00	00:26:41:00	IT OF COURSE IS SO GOOD.
00:26:41:00	00:26:48:00	CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.
00:26:48:00	00:26:49:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:26:49:00	00:26:50:00	AS A FOLLOW UP ANY OF THOSE
00:26:50:00	00:26:51:00	FAMILIES OR GETTING OVER TO THE
00:26:51:00	00:26:51:00	STATE.
00:26:51:00	00:27:01:00	YEAH, I'D LOVE TO CONGRATULATE
00:27:01:00	00:27:01:00	AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:27:01:00	00:27:04:00	YEAH, I THINK THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:27:04:00	00:27:04:00	GUYS.
00:27:04:00	00:27:08:00	YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I SEE IT.
00:27:08:00	00:27:15:00	YEAH, YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH,
00:27:15:00	00:27:15:00	YEAH.
00:27:15:00	00:27:16:00	THAT'S BASKETBALL COACH.
00:27:16:00	00:27:17:00	OKAY.
00:27:17:00	00:27:21:00	I ACTUALLY HAVE A SHOT.
00:27:21:00	00:27:25:00	OH, I I I DON'T KNOW.
00:27:25:00	00:27:28:00	I CAN'T SEE IT.
00:27:28:00	00:27:30:00	WE'LL HEAD OUT.
00:27:30:00	00:27:34:00	THANK YOU.
00:27:34:00	00:27:35:00	THANK YOU FOR COMING.
00:27:35:00	00:27:36:00	SAM IF IT WAS UP TO THE CITY
00:27:36:00	00:27:38:00	COUNCIL, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO
00:27:38:00	00:27:39:00	GO BACK TO CLASS.
00:27:39:00	00:27:39:00	BUT THEY SAY YOU HAD TO GO BACK
00:27:39:00	00:27:40:00	TO CLASS SADLY.
00:27:40:00	00:27:42:00	BUT YOU KNOW IF IT WAS UP TO US
00:27:42:00	00:27:45:00	YOU'D HAVE A DAY OFF.
00:27:45:00	00:27:46:00	BUT YEAH, I KNOW THE CITY
00:27:46:00	00:27:50:00	RESOLUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA.
00:27:50:00	00:27:53:00	THANK YOU GUYS.
00:27:53:00	00:27:54:00	THANK YOU GUYS.
00:27:54:00	00:27:58:00	YOU GUYS CAN THANK YOU ONCE YOU
00:27:58:00	00:28:00:00	HAD A GOOD TIME.
00:28:00:00	00:28:01:00	THANKS.
00:28:01:00	00:28:01:00	THANK YOU GUYS.
00:28:01:00	00:28:02:00	THANKS FOR BEING.
00:28:02:00	00:28:02:00	THANK YOU.
00:28:02:00	00:28:04:00	THANK YOU.
00:28:04:00	00:28:09:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:28:09:00	00:28:09:00	YOU TAKE YOUR GUYS ANY JOB THAT
00:28:09:00	00:28:10:00	YOU CAN.
00:28:10:00	00:28:14:00	THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:28:14:00	00:28:14:00	THANK YOU.
00:28:14:00	00:28:15:00	THANK YOU.
00:28:15:00	00:28:17:00	THANK YOU, YOU GUYS THANK YOU
00:28:17:00	00:28:40:00	VERY NICE GUYS SO VERY TOUGH
00:28:40:00	00:29:00:00	COMING OF AGE.
00:29:00:00	00:29:13:00	LET ME TAKE IT SO IF YOU'RE
00:29:13:00	00:29:27:00	THINKING ABOUT IT I SEE 49.
00:29:27:00	00:29:31:00	THANK YOU, MR CROWE, COULD YOU
00:29:31:00	00:29:32:00	PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO
00:29:32:00	00:29:32:00	REFLECT THAT COUNSELOR SANTANA
00:29:32:00	00:29:35:00	IS NOW PRESENT IN WITH US.
00:29:35:00	00:29:35:00	YES.
00:29:35:00	00:29:35:00	THANK YOU.
00:29:35:00	00:29:36:00	THANK YOU.
00:29:36:00	00:29:38:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST
00:29:38:00	00:29:39:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:29:39:00	00:29:39:00	APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
00:29:39:00	00:29:42:00	THE MEETING OF APRIL FOURTH,
00:29:42:00	00:29:43:00	2025.
00:29:43:00	00:29:43:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
00:29:43:00	00:29:46:00	I ALSO SAY NAY.
00:29:46:00	00:29:47:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:29:47:00	00:29:48:00	THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 4TH
00:29:48:00	00:29:50:00	MEETING ARE APPROVED.
00:29:50:00	00:29:51:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS
00:29:51:00	00:29:52:00	FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR ALL
00:29:52:00	00:29:54:00	RIGHT, MR. CLERK, YOU MAY WANT
00:29:54:00	00:29:55:00	TO TAKE A SIP OF WATER TODAY.
00:29:55:00	00:29:57:00	WE GOT A LOT OF READING TO DO
00:29:57:00	00:29:58:00	BUT MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:29:58:00	00:30:07:00	READ DOCKETS NUMBER 082220845
00:30:07:00	00:30:08:00	DUNCAN AMBER 0822 MESSAGE IN
00:30:08:00	00:30:11:00	ORDER FOR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION
00:30:11:00	00:30:14:00	AND TAX ORDER FOR FISCAL YEAR
00:30:14:00	00:30:14:00	2026 FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE
00:30:14:00	00:30:20:00	CITY CLERK ON APRIL 7TH 2025
00:30:20:00	00:30:21:00	STUCK IN THE 0823 MESSAGE IN
00:30:21:00	00:30:21:00	ORDER FOR THE ANNUAL
00:30:21:00	00:30:24:00	APPROPRIATION FOR THE SCHOOL
00:30:24:00	00:30:26:00	DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026
00:30:26:00	00:30:27:00	FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
00:30:27:00	00:30:31:00	CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025
00:30:31:00	00:30:34:00	LUCKY NUMBERS 0824 MESSAGE
00:30:34:00	00:30:36:00	YOU'RE NOT APPROVING AN
00:30:36:00	00:30:36:00	APPROPRIATION OF $40 MILLION
00:30:36:00	00:30:37:00	AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT
00:30:37:00	00:30:40:00	BENEFITS ALSO KNOWN AS OPEB
00:30:40:00	00:30:44:00	LIABILITY TRUST FUND AUTHORIZED
00:30:44:00	00:30:44:00	UNDER CHAPTER 32 B SECTION 20
00:30:44:00	00:30:48:00	IS ADDED BY CHAPTER 479 OF THE
00:30:48:00	00:30:48:00	ACTS OF 2008.
00:30:48:00	00:30:51:00	THE LATEST AVAILABLE OPIOID
00:30:51:00	00:30:54:00	ONTARIO VALUATION AS OF JUNE
00:30:54:00	00:30:58:00	30TH, 2023 ESTIMATED THE CITY'S
00:30:58:00	00:31:01:00	UNFUNDED LIABILITY AT $2.68
00:31:01:00	00:31:02:00	BILLION FURTHER THAN THE OFFICE
00:31:02:00	00:31:05:00	OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL
00:31:05:00	00:31:06:00	SEVEN, 2025.
00:31:06:00	00:31:09:00	KEY NUMBERS 0825 MESSAGE ON
00:31:09:00	00:31:12:00	APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION
00:31:12:00	00:31:13:00	OF $5 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S
00:31:13:00	00:31:16:00	CAPITAL GRANT FUND TO ADDRESS
00:31:16:00	00:31:17:00	THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION
00:31:17:00	00:31:20:00	NETWORK SERVICES ON MUNICIPAL
00:31:20:00	00:31:21:00	ROADS, BRIDGES, OTHER
00:31:21:00	00:31:24:00	TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
00:31:24:00	00:31:24:00	AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSE
00:31:24:00	00:31:28:00	SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED TO THE
00:31:28:00	00:31:28:00	OPERATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION
00:31:28:00	00:31:32:00	NETWORK SERVICES IN THE CITY.
00:31:32:00	00:31:33:00	SUCH FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED
00:31:33:00	00:31:34:00	AND CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL
00:31:34:00	00:31:36:00	GRANT FUND FROM REVENUE
00:31:36:00	00:31:39:00	RECEIVED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH
00:31:39:00	00:31:40:00	TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
00:31:40:00	00:31:46:00	ENHANCED ENHANCEMENT TRUST FUND
00:31:46:00	00:31:46:00	DOCUMENT 0826 MESSAGE TO NOTE
00:31:46:00	00:31:50:00	OF APPROVING AN APPROPRIATE
00:31:50:00	00:31:52:00	ORDER IN THE AMOUNT
00:31:52:00	00:31:53:00	OF $3,500,000 FROM SURPLUS
00:31:53:00	00:31:54:00	PROPERTY DEPOSIT DISPOSITION
00:31:54:00	00:31:57:00	FUND CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL
00:31:57:00	00:32:00:00	FUND FOR PLANNING DESIGNING AND
00:32:00:00	00:32:00:00	CONSTRUCTION FOR DORCHESTER
00:32:00:00	00:32:04:00	FIELDHOUSE GENERAL PARK
00:32:04:00	00:32:04:00	IMPROVEMENTS RESTROOM FACILITY
00:32:04:00	00:32:08:00	IMPROVEMENTS AT THE BOSTON
00:32:08:00	00:32:09:00	COMMON AND THE MUNICIPAL ANIMAL
00:32:09:00	00:32:12:00	SHELTER FILED IN THE OFFICE
00:32:12:00	00:32:13:00	OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL
00:32:13:00	00:32:18:00	SEVEN, 2025 TOKEN NUMBERS 0827
00:32:18:00	00:32:18:00	MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT APPROVING AN
00:32:18:00	00:32:21:00	APPROPRIATION OR IN THE AMOUNT
00:32:21:00	00:32:22:00	OF $5 MILLION FROM THE PARKING
00:32:22:00	00:32:25:00	FACILITY FUND CREDITED TO THE
00:32:25:00	00:32:26:00	CAPITAL FUND FOR PLANNING
00:32:26:00	00:32:29:00	DESIGNING MAINTENANCE AND
00:32:29:00	00:32:29:00	CONSTRUCTION FOR PARKING
00:32:29:00	00:32:33:00	FACILITIES PARKING FILED IN THE
00:32:33:00	00:32:34:00	CITY CLERK OFFICE OF THE CITY
00:32:34:00	00:32:39:00	CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025
00:32:39:00	00:32:39:00	LUCKY NUMBERS 082A MESSAGE
00:32:39:00	00:32:40:00	YOU'RE NOT APPROVING AN
00:32:40:00	00:32:43:00	APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE
00:32:43:00	00:32:46:00	AMOUNT OF $266,100,000 FOR
00:32:46:00	00:32:49:00	VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
00:32:49:00	00:32:50:00	PURPOSES FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS
00:32:50:00	00:32:53:00	INCLUDING THE BOSTON CENTER FOR
00:32:53:00	00:32:54:00	YOUTH AND FAMILIES, BOSTON
00:32:54:00	00:32:57:00	HOUSING AUTHORITY, BOSTON
00:32:57:00	00:32:57:00	PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
00:32:57:00	00:33:01:00	AGENCY, BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
00:33:01:00	00:33:01:00	INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
00:33:01:00	00:33:05:00	ENVIRONMENT FIRE ME AS OFFICER
00:33:05:00	00:33:06:00	HOUSING OFFICE OF ARTS AND
00:33:06:00	00:33:09:00	CULTURE PARKS AND RECREATION
00:33:09:00	00:33:09:00	POLICE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
00:33:09:00	00:33:12:00	PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION,
00:33:12:00	00:33:13:00	PUBLIC WORKS AND THE
00:33:13:00	00:33:17:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
00:33:17:00	00:33:17:00	TALKING NUMBERS 0829 MESSAGE
00:33:17:00	00:33:20:00	YOU'RE NOT APPROVING AN
00:33:20:00	00:33:23:00	APPROPRIATION OR IN THE AMOUNT
00:33:23:00	00:33:23:00	OF $196,900,000 FOR VARIOUS
00:33:23:00	00:33:27:00	CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES
00:33:27:00	00:33:31:00	FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:33:31:00	00:33:32:00	TALKING NUMBERS 0830 MESSAGE
00:33:32:00	00:33:35:00	YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:33:35:00	00:33:36:00	OF BOSTON ENTER INTO ONE OR
00:33:36:00	00:33:39:00	MORE LEASES LEASE PURCHASE OR
00:33:39:00	00:33:41:00	INSTALLMENT SALES AGREEMENTS IN
00:33:41:00	00:33:42:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 IN AN AMOUNT
00:33:42:00	00:33:45:00	NOT TO EXCEED $40 MILLION.
00:33:45:00	00:33:46:00	THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR
00:33:46:00	00:33:49:00	VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR
00:33:49:00	00:33:49:00	THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT IN
00:33:49:00	00:33:53:00	FURTHERANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
00:33:53:00	00:33:53:00	GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS.
00:33:53:00	00:33:56:00	THE LIST OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDES
00:33:56:00	00:33:57:00	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, HARDWARE
00:33:57:00	00:34:00:00	AND SOFTWARE, MOTOR VEHICLES
00:34:00:00	00:34:04:00	AND TRAILERS, AMBULANCES, FIRE
00:34:04:00	00:34:05:00	FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, OFFICE
00:34:05:00	00:34:05:00	EQUIPMENT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
00:34:05:00	00:34:08:00	EQUIPMENT, PHOTOCOPYING
00:34:08:00	00:34:09:00	EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT,
00:34:09:00	00:34:13:00	SCHOOL AND EDUCATION EQUIPMENT,
00:34:13:00	00:34:13:00	SCHOOL BUSSES, PARKING METERS,
00:34:13:00	00:34:16:00	STREET LIGHTING, INSTALLATION
00:34:16:00	00:34:17:00	TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT AND
00:34:17:00	00:34:21:00	EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONALLY RELATED
00:34:21:00	00:34:21:00	TO AND COMPONENTS OF THE
00:34:21:00	00:34:25:00	FOREGOING DOCKING IN THE 0831
00:34:25:00	00:34:28:00	MESSAGE DO NOT AUTHORIZING A
00:34:28:00	00:34:28:00	LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC
00:34:28:00	00:34:32:00	SCHOOLS REVOLVING FUND FOR
00:34:32:00	00:34:32:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO SUPPORT THE
00:34:32:00	00:34:36:00	MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FOR
00:34:36:00	00:34:36:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES
00:34:36:00	00:34:40:00	INCLUDING CUSTODIAL AND UTILITY
00:34:40:00	00:34:40:00	COSTS FOR EXTENDING BUILDING
00:34:40:00	00:34:43:00	TIME FLOOR REFINISHING
00:34:43:00	00:34:44:00	LANDSCAPING AND BUILDING
00:34:44:00	00:34:48:00	REPAIRS RECEIPTS FROM LEASE
00:34:48:00	00:34:51:00	PERMIT FOR USE IN PARKING FEES
00:34:51:00	00:34:52:00	FOR DPS FACILITIES WILL BE
00:34:52:00	00:34:55:00	DEPOSITED INTO THE FUND.
00:34:55:00	00:34:56:00	DPS FACILITIES WILL BE THE ONLY
00:34:56:00	00:34:59:00	UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM
00:34:59:00	00:35:02:00	THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES
00:35:02:00	00:35:03:00	SHALL NOT EXCEED $2 MILLION.
00:35:03:00	00:35:06:00	DURKIN NUMBER 0832 MESSAGE IN
00:35:06:00	00:35:10:00	AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE
00:35:10:00	00:35:10:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REVOLVING
00:35:10:00	00:35:13:00	FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 FOR
00:35:13:00	00:35:13:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
00:35:13:00	00:35:16:00	TRANSPORTATION COSTS INCLUDING
00:35:16:00	00:35:19:00	BUS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
00:35:19:00	00:35:20:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND WILL BE
00:35:20:00	00:35:21:00	CREDITED WITH REVENUE RECEIVED
00:35:21:00	00:35:24:00	BY BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:35:24:00	00:35:24:00	DEPARTMENT FOR THE PROVISION
00:35:24:00	00:35:28:00	OF TRANSPORTATION TO GROUPS AND
00:35:28:00	00:35:28:00	ENTITIES FOR FIELD TRIPS AND
00:35:28:00	00:35:29:00	ACTIVITIES.
00:35:29:00	00:35:32:00	OTHER THAN TRANSPORTATION TO
00:35:32:00	00:35:33:00	AND FROM SCHOOL RECEIPTS AND
00:35:33:00	00:35:36:00	RESULT RESULTING EXPENDITURES
00:35:36:00	00:35:39:00	FROM THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED
00:35:39:00	00:35:40:00	$150,000.
00:35:40:00	00:35:43:00	LUCKY NUMBERS 0833 MESSAGE
00:35:43:00	00:35:43:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT
00:35:43:00	00:35:46:00	FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:35:46:00	00:35:47:00	REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR
00:35:47:00	00:35:50:00	26 TO REPAIR AND PURCHASE
00:35:50:00	00:35:51:00	BOSTON SCHOOL BOSTON PUBLIC
00:35:51:00	00:35:54:00	SCHOOLS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
00:35:54:00	00:35:55:00	INCLUDING COMPUTERS, MOBILE
00:35:55:00	00:35:58:00	DEVICES AND INSTRUCTIONAL
00:35:58:00	00:35:58:00	SOFTWARE.
00:35:58:00	00:35:59:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
00:35:59:00	00:36:03:00	CREDITED WITH ANY AND ALL
00:36:03:00	00:36:03:00	RECEIPTS FROM EQUIPMENT SALES
00:36:03:00	00:36:06:00	AND REPAIR FEES FOR THE BOSTON
00:36:06:00	00:36:07:00	PUBLIC SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
00:36:07:00	00:36:11:00	RECEIPTS AND RESULTING EXPENSE
00:36:11:00	00:36:13:00	FROM THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED
00:36:13:00	00:36:14:00	$2 MILLION.
00:36:14:00	00:36:17:00	TOKEN NUMBERS 083 FOR MESSAGE
00:36:17:00	00:36:18:00	YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING A LIMIT
00:36:18:00	00:36:19:00	FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:36:19:00	00:36:22:00	OF TOURISM REVOLVING FUND FOR
00:36:22:00	00:36:22:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PURCHASE
00:36:22:00	00:36:26:00	GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT
00:36:26:00	00:36:26:00	EVENTS AND PROGRAMING ON AND
00:36:26:00	00:36:30:00	AROUND CITY HALL PLAZA TO
00:36:30:00	00:36:30:00	ENHANCE TOURISM AND PROMOTE
00:36:30:00	00:36:33:00	PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC
00:36:33:00	00:36:34:00	CELEBRATIONS, CIVIC AND
00:36:34:00	00:36:37:00	CULTURAL EVENTS.
00:36:37:00	00:36:38:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
00:36:38:00	00:36:40:00	FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM
00:36:40:00	00:36:41:00	PAYMENTS FOR THE USE OF CITY
00:36:41:00	00:36:42:00	HALL PLAZA PURSUANT TO CITY
00:36:42:00	00:36:47:00	OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCE 11
00:36:47:00	00:36:48:00	DEAR 7.1 FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:36:48:00	00:36:52:00	OF TOURISM WILL BE THE ONLY
00:36:52:00	00:36:52:00	UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM
00:36:52:00	00:36:55:00	THE FUND IN SUCH EXPENDITURES
00:36:55:00	00:37:05:00	SHALL BE CAPPED AT $150,000
00:37:05:00	00:37:09:00	NEEDED IN DUNCANNON 0835
00:37:09:00	00:37:10:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:37:10:00	00:37:13:00	AND LIMIT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
00:37:13:00	00:37:13:00	CONSERVATION COMMISSION
00:37:13:00	00:37:16:00	REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR
00:37:16:00	00:37:19:00	26 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING
00:37:19:00	00:37:20:00	OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS INCLUDING
00:37:20:00	00:37:24:00	ENGINEERS WETLANDS SPECIAL
00:37:24:00	00:37:24:00	SCIENTISTS, WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS
00:37:24:00	00:37:27:00	AND OTHER EXPERTS IN ORDER TO
00:37:27:00	00:37:28:00	AID IN THE REVIEW OF PROPOSED
00:37:28:00	00:37:31:00	PROJECTS TO THE COMMISSION PER
00:37:31:00	00:37:32:00	THE CITY'S ORDINANCE PROTECTING
00:37:32:00	00:37:35:00	LOCAL WETLAND AND WETLANDS AND
00:37:35:00	00:37:35:00	PROMOTING CLIMATE CHANGE
00:37:35:00	00:37:39:00	ADAPTATION, THE REVOLVING FUND
00:37:39:00	00:37:40:00	SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS
00:37:40:00	00:37:42:00	FROM FEES IMPOSED BY THE
00:37:42:00	00:37:43:00	COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE
00:37:43:00	00:37:46:00	OF SECURING OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS
00:37:46:00	00:37:46:00	.
00:37:46:00	00:37:47:00	THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WILL
00:37:47:00	00:37:48:00	BE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT
00:37:48:00	00:37:50:00	AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE
00:37:50:00	00:37:51:00	FUND IN SUCH EXPENDITURES AS
00:37:51:00	00:37:56:00	SHALL CAPPED AT $50,000 DUCK
00:37:56:00	00:37:57:00	NUMBER 0836 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT
00:37:57:00	00:38:00:00	AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE
00:38:00:00	00:38:00:00	DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE
00:38:00:00	00:38:04:00	REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR
00:38:04:00	00:38:05:00	26 TO FACILITATE THE PURCHASE
00:38:05:00	00:38:08:00	OF OFFSETS OF GREENHOUSE GAS
00:38:08:00	00:38:09:00	EMISSIONS WHICH SHALL BE
00:38:09:00	00:38:12:00	ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTION
00:38:12:00	00:38:13:00	OF THE ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY
00:38:13:00	00:38:16:00	THE CITY ANNUALLY AND TO
00:38:16:00	00:38:16:00	OPERATE, MAINTAIN, MONITOR AND
00:38:16:00	00:38:20:00	EXPAND THE CITY'S EXISTING
00:38:20:00	00:38:20:00	SOLAR ARRAYS.
00:38:20:00	00:38:21:00	IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:38:21:00	00:38:24:00	COMBINED HEAT AND POWER
00:38:24:00	00:38:27:00	FACILITIES THIS REVOLVING FUND
00:38:27:00	00:38:28:00	SHALL BE CREDITED WITH ANY AND
00:38:28:00	00:38:29:00	ALL RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE
00:38:29:00	00:38:31:00	OF RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
00:38:31:00	00:38:32:00	CERTIFICATES AND DEMAND
00:38:32:00	00:38:35:00	RESPONSE PROGRAM REVENUES
00:38:35:00	00:38:36:00	PRODUCED BY COMBINED HEAT AND
00:38:36:00	00:38:39:00	POWER UNITS LOCATED AT THE
00:38:39:00	00:38:40:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SITES AND
00:38:40:00	00:38:43:00	SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY
00:38:43:00	00:38:46:00	CERTIFICATES PROVIDED PRODUCED
00:38:46:00	00:38:47:00	BY THE CITY'S PHOTOVOLTAIC
00:38:47:00	00:38:50:00	ARRAYS.
00:38:50:00	00:38:50:00	RECEIPTS AND RESULTING
00:38:50:00	00:38:54:00	EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND
00:38:54:00	00:38:57:00	SHALL NOT EXCEED $150,000.
00:38:57:00	00:39:00:00	TARGET NUMBER 0837 MESSAGE NO
00:39:00:00	00:39:01:00	AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE
00:39:01:00	00:39:03:00	BOSTON CENTERS FOR USE
00:39:03:00	00:39:06:00	OF FAMILY REVOLVING FUND FOR
00:39:06:00	00:39:06:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PAY
00:39:06:00	00:39:09:00	SALARIES AND BENEFITS
00:39:09:00	00:39:10:00	OF EMPLOYEES AND TO PURCHASE
00:39:10:00	00:39:10:00	SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
00:39:10:00	00:39:13:00	NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE CITY
00:39:13:00	00:39:16:00	HALL CHILDCARE THIS REVOLVING
00:39:16:00	00:39:17:00	FUND SHALL BE CREDITED WITH ANY
00:39:17:00	00:39:18:00	AND ALL RECEIPTS FROM TUITION
00:39:18:00	00:39:21:00	PAID BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS
00:39:21:00	00:39:21:00	FOR CHILDREN ENROLLED AT THE
00:39:21:00	00:39:24:00	CENTER.
00:39:24:00	00:39:25:00	RECEIPTS AND RESULTING
00:39:25:00	00:39:25:00	EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND
00:39:25:00	00:39:28:00	SHALL NOT EXCEED $900,000.
00:39:28:00	00:39:31:00	TARGET NUMBER 0838 MESSAGE YOU
00:39:31:00	00:39:35:00	KNOW AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR
00:39:35:00	00:39:35:00	THE LAW DEPARTMENT REVOLVING
00:39:35:00	00:39:38:00	FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 TO
00:39:38:00	00:39:38:00	PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES WAS
00:39:38:00	00:39:42:00	PREPARED AS TO CITY PROPERTY
00:39:42:00	00:39:43:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
00:39:43:00	00:39:46:00	FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM
00:39:46:00	00:39:49:00	RECOVERIES FOR DAMAGES TO CITY
00:39:49:00	00:39:49:00	PROPERTY CAUSED BY THIRD
00:39:49:00	00:39:49:00	PARTIES.
00:39:49:00	00:39:50:00	THE LAW DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE
00:39:50:00	00:39:53:00	ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND
00:39:53:00	00:39:56:00	FROM THE FUND IN SUCH
00:39:56:00	00:40:00:00	EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT
00:40:00:00	00:40:00:00	$300,000.
00:40:00:00	00:40:03:00	STALKING NUMBER 20839 MESSAGE
00:40:03:00	00:40:06:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT
00:40:06:00	00:40:06:00	FOR THE BOSTON POLICE
00:40:06:00	00:40:08:00	DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND FOR
00:40:08:00	00:40:09:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PAY
00:40:09:00	00:40:09:00	SALARIES AND BENEFITS
00:40:09:00	00:40:13:00	OF EMPLOYEES AND TO PURCHASE
00:40:13:00	00:40:14:00	SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
00:40:14:00	00:40:17:00	NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE BOSTON
00:40:17:00	00:40:18:00	THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FITNESS
00:40:18:00	00:40:21:00	CENTER REVENUES FROM THIS FUND
00:40:21:00	00:40:21:00	IS DERIVED FROM MONTHLY
00:40:21:00	00:40:24:00	MEMBERSHIP FEES, RECEIPTS AND
00:40:24:00	00:40:25:00	RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM
00:40:25:00	00:40:31:00	THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED
00:40:31:00	00:40:31:00	$125,000.
00:40:31:00	00:40:34:00	DOCKET NUMBERS 0840 MESSAGE IN
00:40:34:00	00:40:35:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR
00:40:35:00	00:40:37:00	THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REVOLVING
00:40:37:00	00:40:40:00	FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO
00:40:40:00	00:40:43:00	SUPPORT THE K9 UNITS TRAINING
00:40:43:00	00:40:44:00	PROGRAM FOR OFFICERS AND POLICE
00:40:44:00	00:40:48:00	DOGS FROM NON CITY OF BOSTON
00:40:48:00	00:40:48:00	LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THE
00:40:48:00	00:40:51:00	SPECIAL OPERATING DIVISION WILL
00:40:51:00	00:40:52:00	CHARGE TUITION AND OTHER FEES
00:40:52:00	00:40:55:00	TO OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:40:55:00	00:40:55:00	AGENCIES FOR THE CANINE UNIT
00:40:55:00	00:41:00:00	THAT TUITION AND OTHER FEES BY
00:41:00:00	00:41:00:00	OUTSIDE AGENCIES WILL BE USED
00:41:00:00	00:41:04:00	TO PURCHASE TRAINING EQUIPMENT,
00:41:04:00	00:41:04:00	CERTIFY INSTRUCTORS, UPDATE
00:41:04:00	00:41:08:00	FACILITIES AND PROVIDE FUNDS
00:41:08:00	00:41:09:00	FOR OTHER TRAINING IS NOT
00:41:09:00	00:41:11:00	OTHERWISE BUDGETED.
00:41:11:00	00:41:12:00	THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION
00:41:12:00	00:41:15:00	WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT
00:41:15:00	00:41:16:00	AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE
00:41:16:00	00:41:19:00	FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES
00:41:19:00	00:41:20:00	SHALL BE CAPPED AT $125,000.
00:41:20:00	00:41:24:00	TARGET NUMBER EIGHT FORWARD
00:41:24:00	00:41:24:00	MESSAGE IN NOT AUTHORIZING A
00:41:24:00	00:41:27:00	LIMIT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:41:27:00	00:41:27:00	OF ARTS AND CULTURE REVOLVING
00:41:27:00	00:41:30:00	FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO
00:41:30:00	00:41:31:00	PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES TO
00:41:31:00	00:41:34:00	SUPPORT ART TO ENHANCE THE
00:41:34:00	00:41:35:00	PUBLIC REALM THROUGHOUT THE
00:41:35:00	00:41:38:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
00:41:38:00	00:41:39:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
00:41:39:00	00:41:42:00	FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM
00:41:42:00	00:41:42:00	EASEMENTS WITHIN THE PUBLIC
00:41:42:00	00:41:43:00	WEIGHT GRANTED BY THE PUBLIC
00:41:43:00	00:41:46:00	IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION.
00:41:46:00	00:41:47:00	THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND
00:41:47:00	00:41:48:00	CULTURE WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT
00:41:48:00	00:41:50:00	AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE
00:41:50:00	00:41:54:00	FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES
00:41:54:00	00:41:55:00	SHALL BE CAPPED AT $800,000
00:41:55:00	00:41:58:00	TARGET NUMBER 042 MESSAGING ON
00:41:58:00	00:42:01:00	AUTHORIZING AND LIMIT FOR THE
00:42:01:00	00:42:02:00	MUSE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE
00:42:02:00	00:42:05:00	REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR
00:42:05:00	00:42:06:00	2026 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND
00:42:06:00	00:42:09:00	SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE
00:42:09:00	00:42:10:00	OPERATION OF THE STRAND
00:42:10:00	00:42:10:00	THEATER.
00:42:10:00	00:42:13:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND BE FUNDED
00:42:13:00	00:42:14:00	BY RECEIPTS FROM RENTAL FEES
00:42:14:00	00:42:17:00	FOR THE USE OF THE STRAND
00:42:17:00	00:42:17:00	THEATER, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:42:17:00	00:42:21:00	OF ARTS AND CULTURE WILL BE THE
00:42:21:00	00:42:21:00	ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND
00:42:21:00	00:42:25:00	FROM THE FUND AND SUCH
00:42:25:00	00:42:27:00	EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT
00:42:27:00	00:42:32:00	$300,000 DIAGONAL 0843 MESSAGE
00:42:32:00	00:42:35:00	NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE
00:42:35:00	00:42:35:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND
00:42:35:00	00:42:36:00	CULTURE REVOLVING FUND FOR
00:42:36:00	00:42:39:00	FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO PURCHASE
00:42:39:00	00:42:43:00	GOODS AND SERVICES SUPPORT.
00:42:43:00	00:42:43:00	THE OPERATION OF THE STRAND
00:42:43:00	00:42:44:00	THEATER THE REVOLVING FUND
00:42:44:00	00:42:46:00	SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS
00:42:46:00	00:42:47:00	FROM RENTAL FEES FOR THE USE
00:42:47:00	00:42:50:00	OF THE STRAND THEATER.
00:42:50:00	00:42:51:00	THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS
00:42:51:00	00:42:51:00	OCCURS WILL BE THE ONLY
00:42:51:00	00:42:54:00	AUTHORIZED UNIT TO EXPEND FROM
00:42:54:00	00:42:58:00	THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURE
00:42:58:00	00:43:01:00	SHALL BE CAPPED AT $300,000
00:43:01:00	00:43:01:00	TOKEN OF A0844 METHOD
00:43:01:00	00:43:04:00	AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION IN
00:43:04:00	00:43:08:00	THE AMOUNT OF $3,600,000 FROM
00:43:08:00	00:43:11:00	THE 21ST CENTURY FUND ALSO
00:43:11:00	00:43:14:00	KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC EDUCATION
00:43:14:00	00:43:15:00	NO GOVERNMENTAL PIG ACCESS AND
00:43:15:00	00:43:19:00	CABLE RELATED FUND PURSUANT TO
00:43:19:00	00:43:21:00	SECTION 53 OF AND THREE
00:43:21:00	00:43:22:00	QUARTERS OF CHAPTER 44 OF THE
00:43:22:00	00:43:25:00	GENERAL LAWS THE FUNDS MAY BE
00:43:25:00	00:43:26:00	USED TO SUPPORT PIG ACCESS
00:43:26:00	00:43:29:00	SERVICES TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE
00:43:29:00	00:43:29:00	WITH THE CABLE FRANCHISE
00:43:29:00	00:43:33:00	AGREEMENT AND FOR PREPARATION
00:43:33:00	00:43:36:00	OF RENEWAL OF THE FRANCHISE
00:43:36:00	00:43:39:00	LICENSE TOKEN NUMBERS 0845
00:43:39:00	00:43:40:00	MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE
00:43:40:00	00:43:42:00	APPROPRIATION OF $1,300,000
00:43:42:00	00:43:46:00	FROM THE INCOME OF THE GEORGE
00:43:46:00	00:43:47:00	FRANCIS APARTMENT FUND THE
00:43:47:00	00:43:50:00	FUNDS TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE
00:43:50:00	00:43:51:00	DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSIONER
00:43:51:00	00:43:52:00	OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE
00:43:52:00	00:43:55:00	MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT
00:43:55:00	00:43:55:00	OF BOSTON COMMON IN PARKS IN
00:43:55:00	00:43:58:00	EXISTENCE SINCE JANUARY 12,
00:43:58:00	00:44:02:00	1887 USED TO CLEAR TO
00:44:02:00	00:44:02:00	APPRECIATE THAT MARATHON
00:44:02:00	00:44:08:00	READING THANK YOU DOCKETS
00:44:08:00	00:44:09:00	NUMBER 082230845 WILL BE
00:44:09:00	00:44:09:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:44:09:00	00:44:13:00	WAYS AND MEANS.
00:44:13:00	00:44:13:00	MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:44:13:00	00:44:16:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0846 DUNCAN
00:44:16:00	00:44:17:00	NUMBER 0846 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT
00:44:17:00	00:44:22:00	APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION
00:44:22:00	00:44:23:00	OF $1,554,228 FOR THE
00:44:23:00	00:44:26:00	ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING
00:44:26:00	00:44:27:00	EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:44:27:00	00:44:30:00	COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
00:44:30:00	00:44:31:00	COMMITTEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
00:44:31:00	00:44:35:00	2026 AND A FURTHER ORDER IN THE
00:44:35:00	00:44:40:00	AMOUNT OF $35,235,992 FROM THE
00:44:40:00	00:44:44:00	COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND.
00:44:44:00	00:44:45:00	ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUES FOR
00:44:45:00	00:44:47:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO BE
00:44:47:00	00:44:48:00	APPROPRIATED AND RESERVED FOR
00:44:48:00	00:44:51:00	FUTURE APPROPRIATION.
00:44:51:00	00:44:51:00	THANK YOU.
00:44:51:00	00:44:53:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0846 WILL BE
00:44:53:00	00:44:54:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:44:54:00	00:44:57:00	COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT.
00:44:57:00	00:44:58:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:44:58:00	00:45:03:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0847 DOCKET
00:45:03:00	00:45:03:00	NUMBER 0847 MESSAGE ON ORDER
00:45:03:00	00:45:07:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:45:07:00	00:45:08:00	TO EXPAND, ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:45:08:00	00:45:11:00	THE AMOUNT $850,000 IN THE FORM
00:45:11:00	00:45:14:00	OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
00:45:14:00	00:45:15:00	25 BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE
00:45:15:00	00:45:18:00	CENTER EARMARK AWARDED BY THE
00:45:18:00	00:45:19:00	MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
00:45:19:00	00:45:22:00	SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE
00:45:22:00	00:45:23:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
00:45:23:00	00:45:23:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:45:23:00	00:45:26:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND UPGRADING,
00:45:26:00	00:45:26:00	EXPANDING AND INTEGRATING
00:45:26:00	00:45:29:00	TECHNOLOGY AND PROTOCOLS
00:45:29:00	00:45:30:00	RELATED TO ANTI-TERRORISM
00:45:30:00	00:45:33:00	ANTI-CRIME, ANTI-GANG AND
00:45:33:00	00:45:33:00	EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
00:45:33:00	00:45:37:00	THANK DOCKET NUMBER 0847 WILL
00:45:37:00	00:45:40:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:45:40:00	00:45:41:00	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
00:45:41:00	00:45:41:00	JUSTICE.
00:45:41:00	00:45:45:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:45:45:00	00:45:47:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0848 LUCKY
00:45:47:00	00:45:48:00	NUMBER ZERO EIGHT FOR A MESSAGE
00:45:48:00	00:45:49:00	YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:45:49:00	00:45:51:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:45:51:00	00:45:54:00	THE AMOUNT OF $210,000 IN THE
00:45:54:00	00:45:55:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:45:55:00	00:45:59:00	FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
00:45:59:00	00:45:59:00	AWARDED BY THE DONOR GROUP TO
00:45:59:00	00:46:02:00	BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:46:02:00	00:46:02:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:46:02:00	00:46:03:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND FINANCIAL
00:46:03:00	00:46:06:00	EDUCATION, CREDIT ASSET
00:46:06:00	00:46:07:00	BUILDING AND EMPLOYMENT
00:46:07:00	00:46:11:00	SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AT THE
00:46:11:00	00:46:11:00	CITY CENTER FOR WORKING
00:46:11:00	00:46:11:00	FAMILIES.
00:46:11:00	00:46:15:00	THANK YOU DUNCAN NUMBER 0848
00:46:15:00	00:46:15:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:46:15:00	00:46:16:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
00:46:16:00	00:46:19:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
00:46:19:00	00:46:19:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:46:19:00	00:46:22:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0849 DUNCAN
00:46:22:00	00:46:22:00	NUMBER 0849 MESSAGE
00:46:22:00	00:46:25:00	TRANSMITTING CERTAIN
00:46:25:00	00:46:25:00	INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17
00:46:25:00	00:46:29:00	OF RELATIVE TO CAPITAL PROJECTS
00:46:29:00	00:46:32:00	AND DISTRICT SEVEN FROM 2020 TO
00:46:32:00	00:46:32:00	DATE.
00:46:32:00	00:46:32:00	THANK YOU.
00:46:32:00	00:46:35:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0849 WILL BE
00:46:35:00	00:46:36:00	PLACED ON FILE.
00:46:36:00	00:46:39:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:46:39:00	00:46:40:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
00:46:40:00	00:46:40:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:46:40:00	00:46:50:00	READ THIS NUMBER 085020856
00:46:50:00	00:46:50:00	LUCKY NUMBER 0850 NOTICE WE
00:46:50:00	00:46:53:00	RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE
00:46:53:00	00:46:54:00	APPOINTMENT OF ROBBIE ADAMS AS
00:46:54:00	00:46:57:00	A EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE TASK
00:46:57:00	00:46:58:00	FORCE ON LITERACY RATES
00:46:58:00	00:47:01:00	EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
00:47:01:00	00:47:02:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 0851 NOTICE
00:47:02:00	00:47:04:00	RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE
00:47:04:00	00:47:05:00	REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN SMITH AS
00:47:05:00	00:47:05:00	A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CANNABIS
00:47:05:00	00:47:08:00	BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH
00:47:08:00	00:47:09:00	FOUR, 2027.
00:47:09:00	00:47:12:00	DUNCAN 0852 NOTICE RECEIVED
00:47:12:00	00:47:13:00	FROM THE MAYOR OF THE
00:47:13:00	00:47:16:00	APPOINTMENT OF JOHN KINSLEY AS
00:47:16:00	00:47:19:00	A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CANNABIS
00:47:19:00	00:47:20:00	BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH
00:47:20:00	00:47:26:00	27, 2027 TOKEN NUMBER 0853
00:47:26:00	00:47:26:00	NOTICE TO RECEIVED FROM THE
00:47:26:00	00:47:29:00	MAYOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF LISA
00:47:29:00	00:47:30:00	HOLMES AS A MEMBER OF THE
00:47:30:00	00:47:33:00	BOSTON CANNABIS BOARD FOR A
00:47:33:00	00:47:35:00	TERM EXPIRING MARCH FOUR, 2027
00:47:35:00	00:47:36:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 0854 NOTICES
00:47:36:00	00:47:40:00	RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE
00:47:40:00	00:47:41:00	REAPPOINTMENT OF PATRICIA BOYLE
00:47:41:00	00:47:44:00	MCKENNA AS A MEMBER OF THE
00:47:44:00	00:47:44:00	RESIDENCY COMPLAINTS COMMISSION
00:47:44:00	00:47:47:00	FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY
00:47:47:00	00:47:50:00	3RD, 2026 DUNCAN NUMBER 0855
00:47:50:00	00:47:53:00	COMMUNICATION FROM
00:47:53:00	00:47:54:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING THE
00:47:54:00	00:47:55:00	SOUTHEND BRANCH OF THE BOSTON
00:47:55:00	00:48:00:00	PUBLIC LIBRARY IN TALKING
00:48:00:00	00:48:03:00	NUMBER 0856855 WAS
00:48:03:00	00:48:04:00	COUNCIL FLYNN'S COMMUNICATION
00:48:04:00	00:48:06:00	IN DUNCAN EMMA 0856
00:48:06:00	00:48:06:00	COMMUNICATION FROM
00:48:06:00	00:48:10:00	COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING THE
00:48:10:00	00:48:10:00	SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH OF THE
00:48:10:00	00:48:13:00	BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY THANK YOU
00:48:13:00	00:48:14:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 085020856 WILL
00:48:14:00	00:48:17:00	BE PLACED ON FILE.
00:48:17:00	00:48:18:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:48:18:00	00:48:19:00	OF COMMITTEES ANOTHER MARATHON
00:48:19:00	00:48:21:00	MEETING COMING UP.
00:48:21:00	00:48:22:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:48:22:00	00:48:38:00	DOCKETS NUMBER
00:48:38:00	00:48:38:00	029402950400040504540526052905310642
00:48:38:00	00:48:38:00	AND 0643.
00:48:38:00	00:48:39:00	THAT'S IT.
00:48:39:00	00:48:41:00	THAT'S IT.
00:48:41:00	00:48:45:00	THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
00:48:45:00	00:48:46:00	DUG IN 2029 FOR THE CANADIAN
00:48:46:00	00:48:49:00	LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC TO
00:48:49:00	00:48:50:00	WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY
00:48:50:00	00:48:54:00	29, 2025 DOCKET NUMBER 0294
00:48:54:00	00:48:55:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:48:55:00	00:48:58:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:48:58:00	00:49:00:00	AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:49:00:00	00:49:01:00	OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:49:01:00	00:49:01:00	GRANT FROM THE VOLUNTEER INCOME
00:49:01:00	00:49:04:00	TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDED
00:49:04:00	00:49:05:00	BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
00:49:05:00	00:49:08:00	OF THE TREASURY TO BE
00:49:08:00	00:49:08:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:49:08:00	00:49:09:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:49:09:00	00:49:12:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES TO
00:49:12:00	00:49:12:00	UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN THE
00:49:12:00	00:49:16:00	HARDEST TO REACH AREAS BOTH
00:49:16:00	00:49:19:00	URBAN AND NON-URBAN IN BASIC
00:49:19:00	00:49:19:00	TAX RETURN.
00:49:19:00	00:49:20:00	PREPARATION TO A QUALIFIED
00:49:20:00	00:49:24:00	INDIVIDUALS SUBMITS A REPORT
00:49:24:00	00:49:25:00	RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER TO
00:49:25:00	00:49:27:00	PASS TUCKER NUMBER 0295 THE
00:49:27:00	00:49:31:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
00:49:31:00	00:49:31:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO
00:49:31:00	00:49:34:00	WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY
00:49:34:00	00:49:36:00	29, 2025 TUCKER NUMBER 0295
00:49:36:00	00:49:40:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:49:40:00	00:49:40:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND
00:49:40:00	00:49:43:00	EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 IN
00:49:43:00	00:49:46:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR BOSTON
00:49:46:00	00:49:50:00	TAX HELP COALITION S.A. OF BANK
00:49:50:00	00:49:50:00	GRANT AWARDED BY SENATE IN THE
00:49:50:00	00:49:54:00	BANK N.A. TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
00:49:54:00	00:49:54:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:49:54:00	00:49:54:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:49:54:00	00:49:58:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE BOSTON
00:49:58:00	00:49:58:00	TAX HELP COALITION TO PROVIDE
00:49:58:00	00:50:02:00	PATHWAYS FROM POVERTY TO
00:50:02:00	00:50:02:00	APPROACH TO FINANCIAL
00:50:02:00	00:50:06:00	EMPOWERMENT BY MAXIMIZING THE
00:50:06:00	00:50:09:00	IMPACT OF TAX CREDITS TO FREE
00:50:09:00	00:50:10:00	TAX PREPARATION, FINANCIAL
00:50:10:00	00:50:13:00	EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
00:50:13:00	00:50:14:00	STABILITY OPPORTUNITIES.
00:50:14:00	00:50:17:00	SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDED THE
00:50:17:00	00:50:19:00	ORDER TO PASS TOKEN ECONOMY
00:50:19:00	00:50:20:00	0400 THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR,
00:50:20:00	00:50:24:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC ECONOMY
00:50:24:00	00:50:24:00	DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS
00:50:24:00	00:50:27:00	REFERRED IN FEBRUARY FIVE,
00:50:27:00	00:50:27:00	2025.
00:50:27:00	00:50:29:00	DARK NUMBER 0400 MESSAGE YOU
00:50:29:00	00:50:30:00	ARE AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:50:30:00	00:50:34:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPENDED
00:50:34:00	00:50:36:00	AMOUNT OF $410,000 AND FORM A
00:50:36:00	00:50:39:00	GRANT FOR THE VOLUNTEER INCOME
00:50:39:00	00:50:40:00	TAX ASSISTANCE FUNDING AWARDED
00:50:40:00	00:50:43:00	BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE
00:50:43:00	00:50:44:00	OF ADMINISTRATION
00:50:44:00	00:50:47:00	ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE TO
00:50:47:00	00:50:47:00	BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:50:47:00	00:50:50:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:50:50:00	00:50:51:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND TO SUPPORT
00:50:51:00	00:50:54:00	THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES
00:50:54:00	00:50:55:00	BOSTON TAX HELP COALITION AND
00:50:55:00	00:50:58:00	ASSIST IN LOW INCOME TAXPAYERS
00:50:58:00	00:51:03:00	WITH PERSONAL INCOME TAX FILING
00:51:03:00	00:51:05:00	FOR THE 2024 TAX SESSION.
00:51:05:00	00:51:08:00	SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:51:08:00	00:51:12:00	THAT YOUR RIGHT TO PASS TUCKER
00:51:12:00	00:51:16:00	MEMBERS 0405 THE COMMITTEE ON
00:51:16:00	00:51:16:00	LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:51:16:00	00:51:18:00	DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS
00:51:18:00	00:51:21:00	REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 5TH 2025
00:51:21:00	00:51:22:00	DUCK AND NUMBER 040 FINAL
00:51:22:00	00:51:25:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:51:25:00	00:51:26:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND
00:51:26:00	00:51:28:00	EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000
00:51:28:00	00:51:29:00	AND FOR GRANT FOR THE FRIENDS
00:51:29:00	00:51:32:00	OF YOUTH OPPORTUNITY BOSTON
00:51:32:00	00:51:33:00	GRANT AWARDED BY THE BALL PASS
00:51:33:00	00:51:35:00	GROUP TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:51:35:00	00:51:38:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
00:51:38:00	00:51:38:00	.
00:51:38:00	00:51:39:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND
00:51:39:00	00:51:41:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
00:51:41:00	00:51:43:00	AGES 12 TO 24 TO WORK AND LEARN
00:51:43:00	00:51:45:00	ALONG WITH INTENSIVE SUPPORT
00:51:45:00	00:51:46:00	STAFF SUBMITS A REPORT
00:51:46:00	00:51:50:00	RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER ARE
00:51:50:00	00:51:52:00	TO PASS DOCKET NUMBER 045 FOR
00:51:52:00	00:51:53:00	THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR,
00:51:53:00	00:51:56:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:51:56:00	00:51:57:00	DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS
00:51:57:00	00:51:59:00	REFERRED IN FEBRUARY 12, 2025
00:51:59:00	00:52:02:00	DARKEN EMBERS 0454 MESSAGE IN
00:52:02:00	00:52:03:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:52:03:00	00:52:06:00	OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE
00:52:06:00	00:52:08:00	AMOUNT OF $43,312.50 IN THE
00:52:08:00	00:52:13:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI BE
00:52:13:00	00:52:15:00	MLK SCHOLARS PROGRAM GRANT
00:52:15:00	00:52:16:00	AWARDED BY THE BOSTON
00:52:16:00	00:52:16:00	FOUNDATION.
00:52:16:00	00:52:19:00	PASS THROUGH THE PHILANTHROPIC
00:52:19:00	00:52:20:00	INITIATIVE TO BE ADMINISTERED
00:52:20:00	00:52:23:00	BY THE OFFICE WORKFORCE
00:52:23:00	00:52:23:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:52:23:00	00:52:24:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND SUMMER JOBS
00:52:24:00	00:52:27:00	FINANCIAL, EDUCATION AND
00:52:27:00	00:52:27:00	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
00:52:27:00	00:52:31:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOSTON YOUTH.
00:52:31:00	00:52:32:00	SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:52:32:00	00:52:35:00	THAT THE ORDER TO PASS CAN HAVE
00:52:35:00	00:52:38:00	A ZERO 5 TO 6 COMMITTEE ON
00:52:38:00	00:52:38:00	LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:52:38:00	00:52:41:00	DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS
00:52:41:00	00:52:44:00	REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 26, 2025
00:52:44:00	00:52:47:00	TALKING NUMBER ZERO 5 TO 6
00:52:47:00	00:52:48:00	MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE
00:52:48:00	00:52:51:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND
00:52:51:00	00:52:57:00	EXPEND THE AMOUNT
00:52:57:00	00:52:57:00	OF $1,190,071.64 IN THE FORM
00:52:57:00	00:53:01:00	OF A GRANT FOR THE CAREY IN W-A
00:53:01:00	00:53:02:00	A DOLE PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE
00:53:02:00	00:53:03:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
00:53:03:00	00:53:05:00	OF LABOR PIERCE THROUGH THE
00:53:05:00	00:53:06:00	MASAYA DEPARTMENT OF CAREER
00:53:06:00	00:53:08:00	SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
00:53:08:00	00:53:09:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:53:09:00	00:53:12:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:53:12:00	00:53:12:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES TO
00:53:12:00	00:53:16:00	HELP JOBSEEKERS ACCESS
00:53:16:00	00:53:17:00	EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, SKILLS
00:53:17:00	00:53:20:00	TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIPS AND
00:53:20:00	00:53:20:00	SUPPORT SERVICES.
00:53:20:00	00:53:23:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:53:23:00	00:53:28:00	THAT THE AUTHORIZED TAX TALKING
00:53:28:00	00:53:28:00	NUMBER 052 NAME THE COMMITTEE
00:53:28:00	00:53:31:00	ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:53:31:00	00:53:32:00	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH
00:53:32:00	00:53:35:00	WAS REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 26,
00:53:35:00	00:53:35:00	2025.
00:53:35:00	00:53:38:00	NUMBER ZERO FIVE TO NAME
00:53:38:00	00:53:39:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:53:39:00	00:53:42:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:53:42:00	00:53:45:00	AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:53:45:00	00:53:45:00	OF $95,000 AND FORM OR GRANT
00:53:45:00	00:53:49:00	FOR THE WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND
00:53:49:00	00:53:50:00	GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASAYA
00:53:50:00	00:53:52:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
00:53:52:00	00:53:53:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:53:53:00	00:53:53:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:53:53:00	00:53:53:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:53:53:00	00:53:56:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND PROGRAMING
00:53:56:00	00:53:57:00	TO HELP ADDRESS BUSINESS
00:53:57:00	00:54:00:00	PRODUCTIVITY AND
00:54:00:00	00:54:00:00	COMPETITIVENESS BY PROVIDING
00:54:00:00	00:54:04:00	RESOURCES TO MASSACHUSETTS
00:54:04:00	00:54:05:00	CITIES BUSINESSES FOR TRAINING
00:54:05:00	00:54:05:00	CURRENT AND NEWLY HIRED
00:54:05:00	00:54:09:00	EMPLOYEES SUBMITS A REPORT
00:54:09:00	00:54:09:00	RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER ARE
00:54:09:00	00:54:12:00	TO PASS TOKEN OF A0531 THE
00:54:12:00	00:54:15:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
00:54:15:00	00:54:16:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO
00:54:16:00	00:54:17:00	WHICH WAS REFERRED BEFORE IT ON
00:54:17:00	00:54:20:00	FEBRUARY 26, 2025.
00:54:20:00	00:54:22:00	DUCK NUMBER 0531 MESSAGE IN
00:54:22:00	00:54:26:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:54:26:00	00:54:27:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:54:27:00	00:54:32:00	THE AMOUNT OF $41,828.60 IN THE
00:54:32:00	00:54:33:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SHELTER
00:54:33:00	00:54:36:00	SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING GRANT
00:54:36:00	00:54:37:00	AWARDED BY THE MAYOR'S HIRED
00:54:37:00	00:54:39:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
00:54:39:00	00:54:40:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:54:40:00	00:54:44:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
00:54:44:00	00:54:44:00	.
00:54:44:00	00:54:45:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND MASS HIRE
00:54:45:00	00:54:48:00	CAREER CENTERS WITH
00:54:48:00	00:54:48:00	SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT
00:54:48:00	00:54:52:00	EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SHELTERS,
00:54:52:00	00:54:52:00	RESIDENTS WITH TRAINING AND
00:54:52:00	00:54:55:00	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
00:54:55:00	00:54:56:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:54:56:00	00:54:59:00	THAT THE ORDER ARE TO PASS
00:54:59:00	00:55:00:00	TOKEN OF A06 FORWARD TO THE
00:55:00:00	00:55:03:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
00:55:03:00	00:55:03:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO
00:55:03:00	00:55:06:00	WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 12,
00:55:06:00	00:55:06:00	2025.
00:55:06:00	00:55:09:00	TOKEN NUMBERS 0642 MESSAGE IN
00:55:09:00	00:55:12:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:55:12:00	00:55:13:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:55:13:00	00:55:18:00	THE AMOUNT OF $382,163.59 IN
00:55:18:00	00:55:22:00	THE FORM OF GRANT FOR THE CAREY
00:55:22:00	00:55:25:00	AND WAGNER PIZER PROGRAM GRANT
00:55:25:00	00:55:25:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
00:55:25:00	00:55:26:00	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASSED TO
00:55:26:00	00:55:29:00	THE MAYOR'S DEPARTMENT
00:55:29:00	00:55:30:00	OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE
00:55:30:00	00:55:33:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:55:33:00	00:55:33:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:55:33:00	00:55:37:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
00:55:37:00	00:55:37:00	INDIVIDUAL REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS
00:55:37:00	00:55:40:00	OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
00:55:40:00	00:55:41:00	CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT
00:55:41:00	00:55:44:00	AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT
00:55:44:00	00:55:45:00	PAYMENTS IN APPLICATION
00:55:45:00	00:55:48:00	ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND
00:55:48:00	00:55:48:00	EDUCATION RESOURCES AND
00:55:48:00	00:55:49:00	PROGRAMS.
00:55:49:00	00:55:51:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:55:51:00	00:56:01:00	THAT THE ORDER TO PASS DOCKET
00:56:01:00	00:56:02:00	NUMBER 0643 THE COMMITTEE ON
00:56:02:00	00:56:05:00	LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:56:05:00	00:56:06:00	DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS
00:56:06:00	00:56:10:00	REFERRED IN MARCH 12TH 2025
00:56:10:00	00:56:12:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 0643 MESSAGE IN
00:56:12:00	00:56:12:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:56:12:00	00:56:16:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:56:16:00	00:56:21:00	AN AMOUNT OF 140,000 $140,000
00:56:21:00	00:56:22:00	IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:56:22:00	00:56:25:00	UNCOUNTED GRANT AWARDED BY THE
00:56:25:00	00:56:25:00	MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
00:56:25:00	00:56:28:00	OF PUBLIC HEALTH PASSED THROUGH
00:56:28:00	00:56:29:00	THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
00:56:29:00	00:56:29:00	INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
00:56:29:00	00:56:32:00	OF BOSTON TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
00:56:32:00	00:56:33:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:56:33:00	00:56:36:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:56:36:00	00:56:36:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND COACHING,
00:56:36:00	00:56:39:00	MENTORSHIP AND OTHER WORKFORCE
00:56:39:00	00:56:39:00	DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
00:56:39:00	00:56:43:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR AT RISK
00:56:43:00	00:56:43:00	VIOLENCE INVOLVED YOUTH AND
00:56:43:00	00:56:44:00	REENTERING CERTAIN CITIZENS
00:56:44:00	00:56:47:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:56:47:00	00:56:50:00	THAT THE ORDER TO PASS.
00:56:50:00	00:56:51:00	THANK YOU MR. CLERK FOR ALL
00:56:51:00	00:56:54:00	OF THAT READING THE CHAIR
00:56:54:00	00:56:54:00	RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE
00:56:54:00	00:56:55:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE
00:56:55:00	00:56:58:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
00:56:58:00	00:56:58:00	COUNCIL WEBER.
00:56:58:00	00:56:59:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:56:59:00	00:56:59:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
00:56:59:00	00:57:02:00	AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT
00:57:02:00	00:57:02:00	THAT
00:57:02:00	00:57:03:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON IS
00:57:03:00	00:57:03:00	NOW PRESENTED WITH US?
00:57:03:00	00:57:03:00	YES.
00:57:03:00	00:57:06:00	THANK YOU.
00:57:06:00	00:57:07:00	COUNSELOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
00:57:07:00	00:57:07:00	FLOOR.
00:57:07:00	00:57:07:00	THANK YOU.
00:57:07:00	00:57:08:00	CLARKE MY MIND WANDERS.
00:57:08:00	00:57:12:00	CAN YOU READ THOSE AGAIN?
00:57:12:00	00:57:13:00	OKAY.
00:57:13:00	00:57:16:00	MAYBE NOT SO AGAIN, THANK YOU
00:57:16:00	00:57:17:00	FOR FOR READING ALL THOSE
00:57:17:00	00:57:20:00	DOCKETS INTO THE RECORD.
00:57:20:00	00:57:20:00	AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:57:20:00	00:57:23:00	ON THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD, THE
00:57:23:00	00:57:24:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
00:57:24:00	00:57:24:00	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HELD A
00:57:24:00	00:57:28:00	HEARING ON ALL THESE MARKETS
00:57:28:00	00:57:28:00	WHERE I HAD THE PLEASURE
00:57:28:00	00:57:31:00	OF READING ALL OF THEM INTO THE
00:57:31:00	00:57:31:00	RECORD.
00:57:31:00	00:57:34:00	THESE THESE DOCKETS INCLUDE
00:57:34:00	00:57:35:00	SORRY TAX ASSISTANCE GRANTS,
00:57:35:00	00:57:39:00	YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
00:57:39:00	00:57:42:00	GRANTS, CAREER SERVICE GRANTS
00:57:42:00	00:57:43:00	ONE REEMPLOYMENT GRANT TO HELP
00:57:43:00	00:57:46:00	PEOPLE WITH THEIR REEMPLOYMENT
00:57:46:00	00:57:47:00	NEEDS WHO ARE ON UNEMPLOYMENT
00:57:47:00	00:57:50:00	INSURANCE AND ANOTHER GRANT TO
00:57:50:00	00:57:50:00	FUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
00:57:50:00	00:57:53:00	TRAINING FOR AT RISK AND
00:57:53:00	00:57:57:00	VIOLENCE INVOLVED YOUTH.
00:57:57:00	00:57:58:00	THAT'S TEN GRANTS TO BE
00:57:58:00	00:57:58:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:57:58:00	00:58:01:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
00:58:01:00	00:58:01:00	AMOUNT OF $2.5 MILLION.
00:58:01:00	00:58:05:00	SO AT TUESDAY'S HEARING WE WERE
00:58:05:00	00:58:06:00	JOINED BY CONSTANCE MARTIN, THE
00:58:06:00	00:58:09:00	DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE
00:58:09:00	00:58:10:00	CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
00:58:10:00	00:58:13:00	TANISHA DALEY ON SORRY FOR
00:58:13:00	00:58:13:00	MISPRONOUNCING NAME.
00:58:13:00	00:58:16:00	DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF YOUTH
00:58:16:00	00:58:17:00	OPTIONS UNLIMITED AT THE OFFICE
00:58:17:00	00:58:20:00	WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:58:20:00	00:58:21:00	AND KATIE GALL FROM THE OFFICE
00:58:21:00	00:58:24:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WHO IS
00:58:24:00	00:58:25:00	THE DIRECTOR OF GRANTS.
00:58:25:00	00:58:28:00	I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK SHANE
00:58:28:00	00:58:29:00	PARK AND ETHAN FOR FROM CENTRAL
00:58:29:00	00:58:31:00	STAFF FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AT
00:58:31:00	00:58:32:00	THE HEARING AND MY
00:58:32:00	00:58:33:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND ORDER
00:58:33:00	00:58:36:00	OF ATTENDANCE.
00:58:36:00	00:58:37:00	AS ANYONE ANY TISSUES I'M
00:58:37:00	00:58:40:00	SORRY HOWEVER ISSUE HERE NOW AS
00:58:40:00	00:58:44:00	YOU WATCH ME DECOMPOSE.
00:58:44:00	00:58:49:00	I DIDN'T SEE NO THANK YOU.
00:58:49:00	00:58:49:00	NO I AM OKAY.
00:58:49:00	00:58:50:00	I'LL TAKE SOME BENADRYL A
00:58:50:00	00:58:52:00	COUPLE HOURS I'LL WAKE UP AND
00:58:52:00	00:58:53:00	THEN I'LL GIVE THE REST OF THE
00:58:53:00	00:58:56:00	SPEECH.
00:58:56:00	00:58:59:00	AND SO I'D LIKE TO THANK SHANE
00:58:59:00	00:59:00:00	AND HEATH VERA FROM CENTRAL
00:59:00:00	00:59:00:00	SOUTH.
00:59:00:00	00:59:01:00	I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY
00:59:01:00	00:59:01:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ED FLYNN,
00:59:01:00	00:59:04:00	ERINN MURPHY, LIZ BREADON,
00:59:04:00	00:59:04:00	ENRIQUE PEPEN, GABRIELLE
00:59:04:00	00:59:07:00	COLETTA ZAPATA AND MADAM
00:59:07:00	00:59:08:00	PRESIDENT RUSSI LOUIJEUNE WHO
00:59:08:00	00:59:08:00	ATTENDED.
00:59:08:00	00:59:09:00	I ALSO LIKE TO KNOW AS THE
00:59:09:00	00:59:11:00	COMMITTEE RECEIVED AN ABSENCE
00:59:11:00	00:59:12:00	LETTER FROM COUNCILOR BRYAN
00:59:12:00	00:59:14:00	WHERE L DURING THE HEARING
00:59:14:00	00:59:15:00	DIRECTOR MARTIN SPOKE OF THE
00:59:15:00	00:59:15:00	IMPORTANCE OF THE BOSTON TAX
00:59:15:00	00:59:19:00	HELP COALITION AND HOW THESE
00:59:19:00	00:59:20:00	GRANTS LARGELY FUNDED BY THE
00:59:20:00	00:59:23:00	IRS ALLOWED THE CITY TO FILE
00:59:23:00	00:59:23:00	OVER 12,000 TAX RETURNS FREE
00:59:23:00	00:59:27:00	OF CHARGE TO AREA RESIDENTS AT
00:59:27:00	00:59:27:00	THE SAVING AN AVERAGE SAVINGS
00:59:27:00	00:59:29:00	PER HOUSEHOLD OF $250 AND
00:59:29:00	00:59:32:00	GENERATING OVER $22 MILLION IN
00:59:32:00	00:59:36:00	REFUNDS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
00:59:36:00	00:59:39:00	WE HEARD FROM DIRECTOR DALEY ON
00:59:39:00	00:59:43:00	THAT THAT THEY HAD USED GRANTS
00:59:43:00	00:59:45:00	TO TO HELP AT RISK YOUTH AND
00:59:45:00	00:59:50:00	HOW THEY'D HELP THEM FIND JOB
00:59:50:00	00:59:53:00	OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO PROVIDED
00:59:53:00	00:59:53:00	FINANCIAL EDUCATION.
00:59:53:00	00:59:57:00	IT'S SHARING DATA THAT WITHIN
00:59:57:00	00:59:59:00	THE LAST YEAR THEY HAD REACHED
00:59:59:00	01:00:00:00	APPROXIMATELY 260 YOUTH THROUGH
01:00:00:00	01:00:04:00	THIS PROGRAMING.
01:00:04:00	01:00:05:00	WE ALSO HEARD FROM DIRECTOR
01:00:05:00	01:00:07:00	GAUL WHO IS ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT
01:00:07:00	01:00:08:00	GRANTS FOR CAREER CENTER
01:00:08:00	01:00:11:00	SERVICES SIMILAR TO A SERIES
01:00:11:00	01:00:12:00	OF GRANTS I BROUGHT BEFORE THIS
01:00:12:00	01:00:15:00	BODY AND WE PASSED KNOW IN THE
01:00:15:00	01:00:16:00	LAST FEW WEEKS THESE GRANTS
01:00:16:00	01:00:19:00	HELP FUND CAREER SERVICES BEING
01:00:19:00	01:00:19:00	PROVIDED THE JEWISH VOCATIONAL
01:00:19:00	01:00:23:00	SERVICES DOWNTOWN AND ABBY'S
01:00:23:00	01:00:26:00	ABCD IN NUBIAN SQUARE.
01:00:26:00	01:00:27:00	SOME OF THESE GRANTS ARE
01:00:27:00	01:00:31:00	PROVIDED BY THE U.S. OF LABOR.
01:00:31:00	01:00:32:00	SO I THINK IT'S IN OUR INTEREST
01:00:32:00	01:00:35:00	TO ACT ON THESE NOW I'D LIKE TO
01:00:35:00	01:00:35:00	THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO
01:00:35:00	01:00:36:00	SHOWED UP I THINK.
01:00:36:00	01:00:39:00	I DON'T THINK THESE NEED A
01:00:39:00	01:00:39:00	WHOLE LOT OF JUSTIFICATION.
01:00:39:00	01:00:44:00	I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE
01:00:44:00	01:00:44:00	PASS THESE TODAY.
01:00:44:00	01:00:45:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANK YOU.
01:00:45:00	01:00:49:00	THANK YOU COUNSELOR WEBER AND
01:00:49:00	01:00:50:00	THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THESE
01:00:50:00	01:00:52:00	INFORMATIVE HEARINGS.
01:00:52:00	01:00:52:00	OKAY.
01:00:52:00	01:00:55:00	WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EACH DOCKET
01:00:55:00	01:00:55:00	ONE BY ONE THE CHAIR, THE
01:00:55:00	01:00:59:00	COMMITTEE, LABOR WORKFORCE AND
01:00:59:00	01:00:59:00	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIS
01:00:59:00	01:01:00:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:01:00:00	01:01:02:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:01:02:00	01:01:03:00	NUMBER 0294.
01:01:03:00	01:01:06:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:01:06:00	01:01:07:00	I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY.
01:01:07:00	01:01:08:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:01:08:00	01:01:08:00	THIS COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:01:08:00	01:01:10:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0294
01:01:10:00	01:01:11:00	AS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:01:11:00	01:01:14:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:01:14:00	01:01:15:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
01:01:15:00	01:01:15:00	SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:01:15:00	01:01:16:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
01:01:16:00	01:01:18:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0295.
01:01:18:00	01:01:19:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:01:19:00	01:01:21:00	I ALSO SAY NAY.
01:01:21:00	01:01:22:00	THANK YOU.
01:01:22:00	01:01:22:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:01:22:00	01:01:24:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0295
01:01:24:00	01:01:25:00	IS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
01:01:25:00	01:01:26:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:01:26:00	01:01:29:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE
01:01:29:00	01:01:30:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:01:30:00	01:01:31:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:01:31:00	01:01:32:00	NUMBER 0400 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
01:01:32:00	01:01:36:00	I WILL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU.
01:01:36:00	01:01:37:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:01:37:00	01:01:38:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0400
01:01:38:00	01:01:39:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:01:39:00	01:01:42:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:01:42:00	01:01:43:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEE
01:01:43:00	01:01:43:00	THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:01:43:00	01:01:46:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:01:46:00	01:01:47:00	NUMBER 0405 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
01:01:47:00	01:01:50:00	I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU.
01:01:50:00	01:01:51:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:01:51:00	01:01:53:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0405
01:01:53:00	01:01:54:00	AS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:01:54:00	01:01:56:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:01:56:00	01:01:57:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS
01:01:57:00	01:01:57:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:01:57:00	01:01:58:00	REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET
01:01:58:00	01:02:01:00	NUMBER 0454 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
01:02:01:00	01:02:05:00	ALL OPPOSING THEY TAKE YOU THE
01:02:05:00	01:02:05:00	COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:02:05:00	01:02:07:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 045
01:02:07:00	01:02:07:00	FOR HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:02:07:00	01:02:08:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:02:08:00	01:02:11:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE
01:02:11:00	01:02:12:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:02:12:00	01:02:14:00	REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET
01:02:14:00	01:02:15:00	NUMBER 0526 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
01:02:15:00	01:02:18:00	SAY I AM OPPOSED.
01:02:18:00	01:02:18:00	THANK YOU.
01:02:18:00	01:02:19:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:02:19:00	01:02:20:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0526
01:02:20:00	01:02:21:00	IS PASSED.
01:02:21:00	01:02:22:00	THIS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:02:22:00	01:02:24:00	LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:02:24:00	01:02:25:00	DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
01:02:25:00	01:02:25:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:02:25:00	01:02:28:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0529.
01:02:28:00	01:02:28:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:02:28:00	01:02:32:00	I ALL OPPOSE NAY THANK YOU.
01:02:32:00	01:02:33:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:02:33:00	01:02:35:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0529
01:02:35:00	01:02:35:00	AS BEST THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE
01:02:35:00	01:02:36:00	ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:02:36:00	01:02:39:00	DEVELOPMENTS IN SETTINGS OF THE
01:02:39:00	01:02:40:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
01:02:40:00	01:02:42:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0531 ALL IN
01:02:42:00	01:02:45:00	FAVOR SAY I I ALSO SAY NAY.
01:02:45:00	01:02:46:00	THANK YOU.
01:02:46:00	01:02:46:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:02:46:00	01:02:48:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0531
01:02:48:00	01:02:49:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
01:02:49:00	01:02:49:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:02:49:00	01:02:52:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS
01:02:52:00	01:02:52:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:02:52:00	01:02:54:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:02:54:00	01:02:55:00	NUMBER 0642 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
01:02:55:00	01:02:58:00	I ALL OPPOSED NAY.
01:02:58:00	01:02:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:02:59:00	01:02:59:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:02:59:00	01:03:01:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0642
01:03:01:00	01:03:02:00	IS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:03:02:00	01:03:02:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
01:03:02:00	01:03:05:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE
01:03:05:00	01:03:05:00	SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:03:05:00	01:03:06:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:03:06:00	01:03:09:00	NUMBER 0643 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
01:03:09:00	01:03:13:00	SAY I I I WILL SAY NAY THEY THE
01:03:13:00	01:03:13:00	COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:03:13:00	01:03:15:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0643
01:03:15:00	01:03:15:00	HAS PASSED.
01:03:15:00	01:03:16:00	THANK YOU AGAIN MR. CLERK.
01:03:16:00	01:03:16:00	THANK YOU AGAIN,
01:03:16:00	01:03:19:00	COUNCILOR WEBER WEBER ARE YOU
01:03:19:00	01:03:20:00	DONE WITH THE TISSUE BOXES?
01:03:20:00	01:03:20:00	OKAY.
01:03:20:00	01:03:23:00	THANK THAT.
01:03:23:00	01:03:24:00	IS THERE OH, THERE'S ANOTHER
01:03:24:00	01:03:24:00	OKAY YOU CAN PUT ON THAT.
01:03:24:00	01:03:28:00	THANK YOU.
01:03:28:00	01:03:28:00	OKAY.
01:03:28:00	01:03:33:00	THANK YOU MR COULD YOU PLEASE
01:03:33:00	01:03:33:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0144 DUNCAN
01:03:33:00	01:03:36:00	A 014 FOR THE COMMITTEE AND
01:03:36:00	01:03:37:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS OF WHICH
01:03:37:00	01:03:40:00	WAS REFERRED JANUARY 8TH 2025
01:03:40:00	01:03:43:00	DOCKING NUMBER 0144 PETITION
01:03:43:00	01:03:46:00	FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING
01:03:46:00	01:03:47:00	RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN BOSTON
01:03:47:00	01:03:51:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMEND THAT
01:03:51:00	01:03:52:00	THE PETITION TO PASS IN A NEW
01:03:52:00	01:03:55:00	DRAFT HISTORIC ID 0144 WILL
01:03:55:00	01:03:56:00	REMAIN IN COMMITTEE THANK YOU
01:03:56:00	01:03:59:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0144 IT WILL
01:03:59:00	01:03:59:00	REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
01:03:59:00	01:04:03:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
01:04:03:00	01:04:06:00	NUMBER 0406 DOCKING NUMBER 0406
01:04:06:00	01:04:06:00	THE COMMITTEE AND GOVERNMENT
01:04:06:00	01:04:07:00	OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS
01:04:07:00	01:04:11:00	REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 5TH 2025
01:04:11:00	01:04:12:00	DOCKING NUMBER 0406 MESSAGE IN
01:04:12:00	01:04:17:00	ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL A HOME
01:04:17:00	01:04:17:00	RULE PETITION TO THE GENERAL
01:04:17:00	01:04:21:00	COURT ENTITLED PETITION FOR A
01:04:21:00	01:04:21:00	SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT
01:04:21:00	01:04:24:00	RELATIVE TO CERTAIN AFFORDABLE
01:04:24:00	01:04:25:00	HOUSING AND CULTURAL SPACE IN
01:04:25:00	01:04:26:00	THE BRIGHTON SECTION OF THE
01:04:26:00	01:04:29:00	CITY OF BOSTON SUBMITS A REPORT
01:04:29:00	01:04:32:00	RECOMMENDING THAT THE PETITION
01:04:32:00	01:04:33:00	NOT TO PASS.
01:04:33:00	01:04:33:00	THANK YOU.
01:04:33:00	01:04:34:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:04:34:00	01:04:36:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA.
01:04:36:00	01:04:37:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:04:37:00	01:04:37:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:04:37:00	01:04:40:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE CLERK FOR
01:04:40:00	01:04:40:00	THE RECORD AMONGST OTHER
01:04:40:00	01:04:44:00	DOCKETS SO DOCKET 0406 IS A
01:04:44:00	01:04:44:00	FORMAL PETITION REQUESTING
01:04:44:00	01:04:47:00	CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
01:04:47:00	01:04:48:00	MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL AND
01:04:48:00	01:04:48:00	SPECIAL LAWS RELATED TO THE
01:04:48:00	01:04:51:00	PROCUREMENT AND AWARD
01:04:51:00	01:04:51:00	OF CONTRACTS AND ACQUISITION OR
01:04:51:00	01:04:54:00	DISPOSITION OF INTERESTS
01:04:54:00	01:04:54:00	NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE
01:04:54:00	01:04:55:00	COMPLETION OF TWO KEY
01:04:55:00	01:04:58:00	REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS MANAGED
01:04:58:00	01:04:58:00	BY THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
01:04:58:00	01:05:02:00	IN BRIGHTON.
01:05:02:00	01:05:02:00	SPECIFICALLY, THE HOMER
01:05:02:00	01:05:03:00	PETITION REQUESTS THAT THE CITY
01:05:03:00	01:05:05:00	NOT BE SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 149.
01:05:05:00	01:05:08:00	CHAPTER SEVEN SEE CHAPTER 30.
01:05:08:00	01:05:12:00	SECTION 39 M OR CHAPTER 30 B
01:05:12:00	01:05:13:00	SECTION 16 IN COMPLETING THE
01:05:13:00	01:05:15:00	STATED PROJECTS AS DESCRIBED
01:05:15:00	01:05:16:00	BELOW.
01:05:16:00	01:05:19:00	AS SUCH LAWS CURRENTLY MANDATE
01:05:19:00	01:05:20:00	SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT
01:05:20:00	01:05:20:00	BIDDING PROCESSES FOR GENERAL
01:05:20:00	01:05:23:00	CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTORS.
01:05:23:00	01:05:24:00	ALTHOUGH THE HOME RULE PETITION
01:05:24:00	01:05:28:00	REQUESTS SUCH EXEMPTIONS IT
01:05:28:00	01:05:31:00	EXPLICITLY MAINTAINS COMPLIANCE
01:05:31:00	01:05:32:00	WITH OTHER LAWS RELATED TO THE
01:05:32:00	01:05:33:00	EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR IN THE
01:05:33:00	01:05:35:00	COMMONWEALTH.
01:05:35:00	01:05:35:00	FURTHER, THE EXEMPTIONS
01:05:35:00	01:05:36:00	REQUESTED WILL NOT COMPROMISE A
01:05:36:00	01:05:39:00	FAIR AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS AS
01:05:39:00	01:05:40:00	THE VHA MUST STILL ADHERE TO
01:05:40:00	01:05:44:00	THE STRINGENT REGULATION OF ITS
01:05:44:00	01:05:44:00	PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES.
01:05:44:00	01:05:47:00	THE BHP SEEKS FLEXIBILITY IN
01:05:47:00	01:05:48:00	PROCUREMENT METHOD METHODOLOGY
01:05:48:00	01:05:48:00	TO ENSURE TIMELY AND COST
01:05:48:00	01:05:51:00	EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF THE
01:05:51:00	01:05:52:00	FOLLOWING PROJECTS.
01:05:52:00	01:05:55:00	THE FIRST PROJECT INVOLVES A
01:05:55:00	01:05:55:00	REDEVELOPMENT OF FENIMORE
01:05:55:00	01:05:58:00	GARDENS, AN EXISTING STATE
01:05:58:00	01:05:58:00	ASSISTED PUBLIC HOUSING
01:05:58:00	01:05:58:00	COMMUNITY.
01:05:58:00	01:06:02:00	THE PLAN WILL REPLACE 258
01:06:02:00	01:06:03:00	PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS AND
01:06:03:00	01:06:04:00	INTRODUCE APPROXIMATELY 187
01:06:04:00	01:06:05:00	ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS.
01:06:05:00	01:06:08:00	THESE NEW UNITS WILL SERVE
01:06:08:00	01:06:09:00	VARIOUS INCOME LEVELS
01:06:09:00	01:06:12:00	SPECIFICALLY TARGETING
01:06:12:00	01:06:15:00	HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 30, 50, 60,
01:06:15:00	01:06:16:00	80 AND 120 OF THE AREA MEDIAN
01:06:16:00	01:06:16:00	INCOME.
01:06:16:00	01:06:19:00	THE SECOND PROJECT AT 290 NORTH
01:06:19:00	01:06:23:00	BEACON STREET IS ADJACENT
01:06:23:00	01:06:23:00	COMMERCIAL IS AN ADJACENT
01:06:23:00	01:06:24:00	COMMERCIAL SITE SOON TO BE
01:06:24:00	01:06:27:00	PUBLICLY OWNED ACQUIRED AS A
01:06:27:00	01:06:27:00	MITIGATION MEASURE RESULTING
01:06:27:00	01:06:31:00	FROM DISPLACEMENT CAUSED BY
01:06:31:00	01:06:32:00	NEARBY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
01:06:32:00	01:06:32:00	THIS REDEVELOPMENT AIMS TO
01:06:32:00	01:06:35:00	PROVIDE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING
01:06:35:00	01:06:35:00	AND DEDICATED CULTURAL SPACES
01:06:35:00	01:06:38:00	PARTICULARLY MUSIC MUSICIAN
01:06:38:00	01:06:39:00	REHEARSAL STUDIOS COMPENSATING
01:06:39:00	01:06:42:00	FOR LOSING PREVIOUS CULTURAL
01:06:42:00	01:06:43:00	FACILITIES.
01:06:43:00	01:06:43:00	THE PROJECT MAY ALSO
01:06:43:00	01:06:46:00	INCORPORATE MIXED INCOME UNITS
01:06:46:00	01:06:46:00	TO ADDRESS DIVERSE HOUSING
01:06:46:00	01:06:47:00	NEEDS.
01:06:47:00	01:06:50:00	PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET WOULD
01:06:50:00	01:06:51:00	ENABLE A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH
01:06:51:00	01:06:54:00	TO CONTRACTOR SELECTION,
01:06:54:00	01:06:54:00	PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND VALUE
01:06:54:00	01:06:55:00	ENGINEERING IN TURN REDUCING
01:06:55:00	01:06:58:00	DELAYS AND DECREASING OVERALL
01:06:58:00	01:06:58:00	PROJECT COSTS.
01:06:58:00	01:06:59:00	THIS PETITION IS SUPPORTED BY
01:06:59:00	01:07:02:00	PAST PRECEDENT AS IT HAS
01:07:02:00	01:07:05:00	REQUESTED SIMILAR LEGISLATIVE
01:07:05:00	01:07:06:00	RELIEF FOR NUMEROUS PROJECTS
01:07:06:00	01:07:06:00	ACROSS BOSTON INCLUDING
01:07:06:00	01:07:10:00	REDEVELOPMENTS LIKE THE MILDRED
01:07:10:00	01:07:10:00	HAILEY, BUNKER HILL, WHITTIER
01:07:10:00	01:07:13:00	STREET, ORIENT HEIGHTS MISSION,
01:07:13:00	01:07:17:00	MAINE ORCHARD GARDENS MAVERIK
01:07:17:00	01:07:17:00	GARDENS.
01:07:17:00	01:07:20:00	WEST BROADWAY HOMES OLD COLONY
01:07:20:00	01:07:21:00	WATCHING WASHINGTON BEACH,
01:07:21:00	01:07:24:00	FRANKLIN HILL AND MARY ELLEN
01:07:24:00	01:07:24:00	MCCORMACK.
01:07:24:00	01:07:25:00	WITHOUT PASSAGE THIS PROCESS
01:07:25:00	01:07:28:00	MUST ADHERE TO AN EXTREMELY
01:07:28:00	01:07:29:00	STRUCTURED FILED SUBMIT PROCESS
01:07:29:00	01:07:33:00	WITH SEPARATE GENERAL
01:07:33:00	01:07:33:00	CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR
01:07:33:00	01:07:33:00	SELECTION.
01:07:33:00	01:07:37:00	ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN
01:07:37:00	01:07:37:00	REFORMS TO THE STATE STATUTES
01:07:37:00	01:07:40:00	REGARDING FILED SUB BIDS UNDER
01:07:40:00	01:07:41:00	CHAPTER 149, THE CHANGES ARE
01:07:41:00	01:07:44:00	INSUFFICIENT TO ALLOW FOR VHA
01:07:44:00	01:07:45:00	TO MOVE FORWARD FOR
01:07:45:00	01:07:48:00	REDEVELOPMENT IN AN EFFICIENT
01:07:48:00	01:07:48:00	AND EFFECTIVE WAY.
01:07:48:00	01:07:49:00	AND SO BEING WITH ALL OF THIS
01:07:49:00	01:07:51:00	AS COMMITTEE CHAIR
01:07:51:00	01:07:51:00	OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I
01:07:51:00	01:07:52:00	RECOMMEND MOVING THIS LISTED
01:07:52:00	01:07:55:00	DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO
01:07:55:00	01:07:55:00	THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION
01:07:55:00	01:07:58:00	AND FORMAL ACTION.
01:07:58:00	01:07:59:00	AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION
01:07:59:00	01:08:02:00	IS THAT THE FULL COUNCIL TO THE
01:08:02:00	01:08:06:00	FULL COUNCIL THAT THIS MATTER
01:08:06:00	01:08:07:00	OUGHT TO PASS BUT BEFORE THAT
01:08:07:00	01:08:08:00	I'D LIKE TO PASS IT OVER TO THE
01:08:08:00	01:08:09:00	DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR WHOSE
01:08:09:00	01:08:10:00	DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES THESE
01:08:10:00	01:08:10:00	PROJECTS.
01:08:10:00	01:08:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:08:10:00	01:08:14:00	THANK YOU.
01:08:14:00	01:08:14:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:08:14:00	01:08:15:00	COUNCILOR BRAID INCOMES ARE
01:08:15:00	01:08:15:00	GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:08:15:00	01:08:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:08:18:00	01:08:19:00	AND THANK YOU TO A COUNTRY THAT
01:08:19:00	01:08:21:00	IS A PART OF THE CHAIR
01:08:21:00	01:08:21:00	OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS FOR
01:08:21:00	01:08:25:00	BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
01:08:25:00	01:08:25:00	IT'S REALLY WE'RE VERY, VERY
01:08:25:00	01:08:29:00	EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THE
01:08:29:00	01:08:32:00	FANEUIL GARDENS PUBLIC HOUSING
01:08:32:00	01:08:33:00	IS GOING TO BE RENOVATED.
01:08:33:00	01:08:37:00	IT'S NOT RENOVATED ACTUALLY THE
01:08:37:00	01:08:37:00	BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO BE
01:08:37:00	01:08:40:00	REPLACED IN THE STAGE STAGE
01:08:40:00	01:08:41:00	PROGRAM AND THEY'RE GOING TO
01:08:41:00	01:08:44:00	ADD MANY MORE NEW UNITS AS WELL
01:08:44:00	01:08:47:00	THAT THAT PARTICULAR PUBLIC
01:08:47:00	01:08:50:00	HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS 70 YEARS
01:08:50:00	01:08:51:00	OLD AND MANY OF THE BUILDINGS
01:08:51:00	01:08:53:00	ARE IN VERY SEVERE STAGES
01:08:53:00	01:08:53:00	OF DISREPAIR.
01:08:53:00	01:08:57:00	SO THIS IS VERY, VERY EXCITING
01:08:57:00	01:09:02:00	DEVELOPMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
01:09:02:00	01:09:02:00	.
01:09:02:00	01:09:03:00	IT'S GOING TO ADD A LOT MORE
01:09:03:00	01:09:08:00	ADDITIONAL UNITS 187 AS AS
01:09:08:00	01:09:09:00	CULTURAL PART I MENTIONED WITH
01:09:09:00	01:09:09:00	A RANGE OF AFFORDABILITY FROM
01:09:09:00	01:09:11:00	30% UP THROUGH 120%.
01:09:11:00	01:09:14:00	THE OTHER EXCITING PIECE
01:09:14:00	01:09:17:00	OF THIS PROJECT IS THE SECOND
01:09:17:00	01:09:18:00	PROJECT IS TO 90 NORTH BEACON
01:09:18:00	01:09:21:00	STREET AND IT'S ADJACENT TO
01:09:21:00	01:09:21:00	FANEUIL GARDENS.
01:09:21:00	01:09:25:00	THIS PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED AS A
01:09:25:00	01:09:26:00	MITIGATION MEASURE RESULTING
01:09:26:00	01:09:31:00	FROM THE DISPLACEMENT OF A
01:09:31:00	01:09:32:00	COMMUNITY OF MUSICIANS.
01:09:32:00	01:09:36:00	WE HAD RECORDING SPACES AND
01:09:36:00	01:09:40:00	REHEARSAL SPACES AT 155 NORTH
01:09:40:00	01:09:43:00	BEACON STREET AND THE DEVELOPER
01:09:43:00	01:09:44:00	BOUGHT THIS BUILDING AND HAS
01:09:44:00	01:09:47:00	GIFTED IT TO THE CITY AS TO
01:09:47:00	01:09:47:00	MEDIATE TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS
01:09:47:00	01:09:51:00	AND DISPLACEMENT OF MUSICIANS
01:09:51:00	01:09:52:00	FROM THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING
01:09:52:00	01:09:55:00	ON NORTH BEACON STREET.
01:09:55:00	01:09:56:00	SO THIS IS A HUGELY EXCITING
01:09:56:00	01:09:59:00	AND AS PART OF THAT PROJECT
01:09:59:00	01:09:59:00	WE'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO HAVE
01:09:59:00	01:10:02:00	MUSICIAN REHEARSAL SPACE BUT
01:10:02:00	01:10:03:00	WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE
01:10:03:00	01:10:03:00	HOUSING FOR MUSICIANS AND
01:10:03:00	01:10:03:00	ARTISTS.
01:10:03:00	01:10:06:00	SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
01:10:06:00	01:10:07:00	THIS MUSIC MOVE FORWARD IN A
01:10:07:00	01:10:10:00	TIMELY WAY AND I WOULD ASK MY
01:10:10:00	01:10:10:00	COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN THE
01:10:10:00	01:10:11:00	AFFIRMATIVE TO SUPPORT THIS
01:10:11:00	01:10:15:00	MOVING FORWARD.
01:10:15:00	01:10:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:10:16:00	01:10:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:10:16:00	01:10:17:00	COUNCILOR BREADON THE CHAIR I
01:10:17:00	01:10:18:00	AND I JUST KIND OF JOPLIN
01:10:18:00	01:10:19:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
01:10:19:00	01:10:20:00	FLOOR.
01:10:20:00	01:10:21:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:10:21:00	01:10:24:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A
01:10:24:00	01:10:28:00	QUESTION TO THE CHAIR OR TO
01:10:28:00	01:10:28:00	COUNCIL AND TO THE CHAIR?
01:10:28:00	01:10:29:00	YOU MAY.
01:10:29:00	01:10:31:00	THANK YOU.
01:10:31:00	01:10:35:00	CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE THIS
01:10:35:00	01:10:36:00	DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND IF A
01:10:36:00	01:10:39:00	PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT IS
01:10:39:00	01:10:39:00	INCLUDED AND WHAT IMPACT WOULD
01:10:39:00	01:10:43:00	IT HAVE ON PROJECT LABOR
01:10:43:00	01:10:46:00	AGREEMENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR
01:10:46:00	01:10:46:00	DEVELOPMENT?
01:10:46:00	01:10:47:00	AND JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S
01:10:47:00	01:10:51:00	ALREADY A PLAY INCLUDED.
01:10:51:00	01:10:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:10:52:00	01:10:53:00	THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR
01:10:53:00	01:10:56:00	OF EITHER COUNCILOR COLETTE AS
01:10:56:00	01:10:56:00	A PARTNER.
01:10:56:00	01:10:57:00	COUNCILOR BRANDON WOULD LIKE TO
01:10:57:00	01:10:57:00	RESPOND YOU MAY I SEE YOUR
01:10:57:00	01:10:58:00	LIGHT ON CLUB AS A PARTNER?
01:10:58:00	01:10:58:00	YOU MAY RESPOND.
01:10:58:00	01:10:59:00	YES.
01:10:59:00	01:10:59:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:10:59:00	01:11:00:00	I THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
01:11:00:00	01:11:02:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, I DON'T KNOW
01:11:02:00	01:11:02:00	OF A SPECIFIC PLAY FOR THIS
01:11:02:00	01:11:05:00	PROJECT ALTHOUGH BASED ON PAST
01:11:05:00	01:11:05:00	PRECEDENT WITH MAVERICK
01:11:05:00	01:11:09:00	GARDENS, BOOKER HILL AND AURION
01:11:09:00	01:11:09:00	HEIGHTS THERE HAVE BEEN
01:11:09:00	01:11:10:00	SIGNIFICANT PROJECT LABOR
01:11:10:00	01:11:13:00	AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT
01:11:13:00	01:11:13:00	FORTH AS PART OF THOSE
01:11:13:00	01:11:13:00	PROJECTS.
01:11:13:00	01:11:15:00	SO ONE WOULD TEND TO BELIEVE
01:11:15:00	01:11:18:00	THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE CLEAR
01:11:18:00	01:11:19:00	FOR THIS ONE BUT I DON'T HAVE
01:11:19:00	01:11:20:00	THAT ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY BUT I
01:11:20:00	01:11:22:00	CAN FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO
01:11:22:00	01:11:22:00	YOU.
01:11:22:00	01:11:23:00	THANK YOU.
01:11:23:00	01:11:23:00	THANK YOU.
01:11:23:00	01:11:25:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:11:25:00	01:11:28:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:11:28:00	01:11:32:00	THE CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE
01:11:32:00	01:11:33:00	OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, ITS
01:11:33:00	01:11:33:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:11:33:00	01:11:34:00	REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET
01:11:34:00	01:11:36:00	NUMBER 0406.
01:11:36:00	01:11:36:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:11:36:00	01:11:40:00	I ALL OPPOSE ANY DICE.
01:11:40:00	01:11:41:00	HAVE IT?
01:11:41:00	01:11:42:00	THIS COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:11:42:00	01:11:42:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0406
01:11:42:00	01:11:43:00	HAS PASSED.
01:11:43:00	01:11:46:00	I THE CLERK WAS FORMIDABLE IN
01:11:46:00	01:11:49:00	HIS READING I WAS NOT IN MY
01:11:49:00	01:11:50:00	CALLING OF THE VOTE SO I
01:11:50:00	01:11:54:00	BELIEVE I SKIPPED OVER A DOCKET
01:11:54:00	01:11:54:00	IN THE LABOR WORKFORCE AND
01:11:54:00	01:11:57:00	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
01:11:57:00	01:11:57:00	THAT WAS DOCKET NUMBER 0643
01:11:57:00	01:12:01:00	THAT I DID NOT DO A VOTE ON.
01:12:01:00	01:12:02:00	SO IF MY COLLEAGUES LINDA
01:12:02:00	01:12:05:00	INDULGE ME WE WILL TAKE A VOTE
01:12:05:00	01:12:12:00	ON DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX FOR
01:12:12:00	01:12:15:00	THREE THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE
01:12:15:00	01:12:15:00	ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND AGAIN
01:12:15:00	01:12:16:00	THIS IS ONE OF THE DOCKETS THAT
01:12:16:00	01:12:19:00	COUNCILOR WEBER SPOKE TO WITH
01:12:19:00	01:12:20:00	RESPECT TO THE GRANTS THE CHAIR
01:12:20:00	01:12:23:00	THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR
01:12:23:00	01:12:23:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
01:12:23:00	01:12:24:00	DEVELOPMENT SIX EXCEPT
01:12:24:00	01:12:24:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:12:24:00	01:12:27:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:12:27:00	01:12:28:00	NUMBER 0643 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
01:12:28:00	01:12:31:00	SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE SAY NAY.
01:12:31:00	01:12:31:00	THANK YOU.
01:12:31:00	01:12:32:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:12:32:00	01:12:35:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 20643
01:12:35:00	01:12:35:00	HAS PASSED.
01:12:35:00	01:12:38:00	OKAY WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS
01:12:38:00	01:12:39:00	RECENTLY HEARD MR CLERK WOULD
01:12:39:00	01:12:44:00	YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER
01:12:44:00	01:12:49:00	02920395 AND 0399 LUCKY NUMBER
01:12:49:00	01:12:50:00	0292 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT
01:12:50:00	01:12:50:00	AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY
01:12:50:00	01:12:53:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
01:12:53:00	01:12:54:00	THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 AWARDED
01:12:54:00	01:12:58:00	BY THE DONOR GROUP TO BE
01:12:58:00	01:12:58:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE PARKS AND
01:12:58:00	01:13:01:00	RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
01:13:01:00	01:13:01:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
01:13:01:00	01:13:02:00	MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY
01:13:02:00	01:13:05:00	OF BOSTON ANIMAL SHELTER AND
01:13:05:00	01:13:05:00	ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICAL CARE
01:13:05:00	01:13:09:00	FOR SICK AND INJURED ANIMALS
01:13:09:00	01:13:09:00	WHOSE OWNERS ARE BOSTON
01:13:09:00	01:13:13:00	RESIDENTS THROUGH DONATIONS IN
01:13:13:00	01:13:15:00	THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
01:13:15:00	01:13:15:00	$50,000.
01:13:15:00	01:13:18:00	DUCK IN NUMBERS 0395 MESSAGE IN
01:13:18:00	01:13:19:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:13:19:00	01:13:20:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
01:13:20:00	01:13:24:00	THE AMOUNT OF $800,000 IN THE
01:13:24:00	01:13:28:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE U.S.
01:13:28:00	01:13:28:00	F.C PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE
01:13:28:00	01:13:31:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
01:13:31:00	01:13:32:00	OF AGRICULTURE PASS THROUGH THE
01:13:32:00	01:13:35:00	CORPS NETWORK TO BE
01:13:35:00	01:13:36:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
01:13:36:00	01:13:36:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
01:13:36:00	01:13:39:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
01:13:39:00	01:13:40:00	HISTORIC WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
01:13:40:00	01:13:43:00	OF BOOSTING THE CITY'S TREE
01:13:43:00	01:13:44:00	COVER IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS
01:13:44:00	01:13:47:00	IN DARKENED NUMBER 0399 MESSAGE
01:13:47:00	01:13:47:00	IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:13:47:00	01:13:51:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
01:13:51:00	01:13:56:00	THE AMOUNT OF $449,710 IN THE
01:13:56:00	01:13:57:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE BOSTON
01:13:57:00	01:14:00:00	MVP ACTION GRANT AWARDED BY THE
01:14:00:00	01:14:00:00	MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY
01:14:00:00	01:14:05:00	AND ENVIRONMENTAL POWERS TO BE
01:14:05:00	01:14:05:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE PUBLIC
01:14:05:00	01:14:05:00	WORKS DEPARTMENT.
01:14:05:00	01:14:08:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND BUILDING A
01:14:08:00	01:14:09:00	DATABASE AND A MAP OF CURRENT
01:14:09:00	01:14:12:00	AND PROJECTED FLOODING IMPACTS
01:14:12:00	01:14:13:00	FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON
01:14:13:00	01:14:17:00	STORMWATER AND RIVERINE
01:14:17:00	01:14:17:00	FLOODING.
01:14:17:00	01:14:20:00	THANK YOU.
01:14:20:00	01:14:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:14:20:00	01:14:21:00	COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA, THE
01:14:21:00	01:14:24:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:14:24:00	01:14:24:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:14:24:00	01:14:27:00	RESILIENCY AND
01:14:27:00	01:14:28:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, YOU
01:14:28:00	01:14:28:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:14:28:00	01:14:31:00	MR PRESIDENT, THE COMMITTEE
01:14:31:00	01:14:31:00	HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY, APRIL
01:14:31:00	01:14:34:00	7TH, 2025 TO DISCUSS THESE
01:14:34:00	01:14:34:00	THREE ENVIRONMENTAL RELATED
01:14:34:00	01:14:34:00	GRANTS.
01:14:34:00	01:14:37:00	I WAS PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY
01:14:37:00	01:14:38:00	MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FLYNN,
01:14:38:00	01:14:38:00	MURPHY AND FITZGERALD.
01:14:38:00	01:14:41:00	I DON'T THINK I'M MISSING
01:14:41:00	01:14:42:00	ANYONE.
01:14:42:00	01:14:42:00	I APOLOGIZE IF I DID.
01:14:42:00	01:14:43:00	AND THE COMMITTEE WAS JOINED BY
01:14:43:00	01:14:45:00	STEVE BICKERTON, DEPUTY
01:14:45:00	01:14:45:00	COMMISSIONER OF THE BUS PARKS
01:14:45:00	01:14:46:00	AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
01:14:46:00	01:14:49:00	JODY SUGARMAN ROSEN DEPUTY
01:14:49:00	01:14:49:00	CHIEF OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR
01:14:49:00	01:14:52:00	COMPLIANCE AND WORK PROTECTIONS
01:14:52:00	01:14:52:00	.
01:14:52:00	01:14:53:00	RACHEL LUNA INTERIM DIRECTOR
01:14:53:00	01:14:56:00	OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
01:14:56:00	01:14:56:00	JOSEPH LEE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR
01:14:56:00	01:14:57:00	THE WORKER POWER CABINET ALL
01:14:57:00	01:15:00:00	OF WHOM PROVIDED TESTIMONY ON
01:15:00:00	01:15:00:00	BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
01:15:00:00	01:15:03:00	DEPUTY BICKERTON DISCUSSED AT
01:15:03:00	01:15:04:00	DOCKET 0292 AND STATED THAT
01:15:04:00	01:15:07:00	THIS IS AN ANNUAL GRANT THAT
01:15:07:00	01:15:07:00	THE CITY RECEIVED THROUGH A
01:15:07:00	01:15:08:00	FUND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED
01:15:08:00	01:15:11:00	THROUGH THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
01:15:11:00	01:15:11:00	ALLOWING THE CITY TO ACCEPT
01:15:11:00	01:15:12:00	DONATIONS FOR THE ANIMAL
01:15:12:00	01:15:12:00	SHELTER.
01:15:12:00	01:15:15:00	ALL OF THE FUNDS RAISED GO
01:15:15:00	01:15:15:00	DIRECTLY TO THE CARE OF ANIMALS
01:15:15:00	01:15:18:00	AND ARE NOT USED FOR
01:15:18:00	01:15:18:00	ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
01:15:18:00	01:15:22:00	DEPUTY BICKERTON HIGHLIGHTED
01:15:22:00	01:15:23:00	THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE FUNDS
01:15:23:00	01:15:23:00	BY PROVIDING EXAMPLES OF THE
01:15:23:00	01:15:26:00	KIND OF HELP AND CARE THAT WAS
01:15:26:00	01:15:26:00	GIVEN TO ANIMALS WITH THE USE
01:15:26:00	01:15:27:00	OF THESE FUNDS.
01:15:27:00	01:15:29:00	HE ADDED THAT THE ANIMAL
01:15:29:00	01:15:32:00	SHELTER CARES FOR ABOUT 600 TO
01:15:32:00	01:15:35:00	700 ANIMALS EACH YEAR CHIEFLY
01:15:35:00	01:15:36:00	ON DOCKET 0395 STATED THAT THE
01:15:36:00	01:15:39:00	FUNDS FROM THIS GRANT WOULD BE
01:15:39:00	01:15:39:00	DIRECTED TO THE CITY'S POWER
01:15:39:00	01:15:40:00	FOUR PROGRAM A TEN MONTH GREEN
01:15:40:00	01:15:43:00	INDUSTRY WORKFORCE PROGRAM
01:15:43:00	01:15:45:00	WHICH PROVIDES 18 TO 30 YEAR
01:15:45:00	01:15:46:00	OLDS WITH CAREER READINESS
01:15:46:00	01:15:46:00	TRAINING AND PROVIDE
01:15:46:00	01:15:49:00	CONNECTIONS TO EMPLOYERS IN THE
01:15:49:00	01:15:49:00	ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR.
01:15:49:00	01:15:52:00	UNDER THIS LEARN AND EARN MODEL
01:15:52:00	01:15:53:00	PARTICIPANTS ARE PROVIDED A
01:15:53:00	01:15:53:00	STIPEND.
01:15:53:00	01:15:54:00	THIS GRANT ALLOWS A POWER
01:15:54:00	01:15:57:00	POWERCOR PROGRAM TO PROVIDE
01:15:57:00	01:15:57:00	CITY WIDE ASSISTANCE IN
01:15:57:00	01:16:00:00	IMPROVING BOSTON'S TREE CANOPY
01:16:00:00	01:16:01:00	.
01:16:01:00	01:16:01:00	DEPUTY CHIEF SUGARMAN ROSE AND
01:16:01:00	01:16:02:00	DISCUSSED THE SUCCESS OF THIS
01:16:02:00	01:16:04:00	PROGRAM, STATING THAT MORE THAN
01:16:04:00	01:16:07:00	120 PEOPLE HAVE GRADUATED FROM
01:16:07:00	01:16:07:00	POWER FOUR MANY OF WHOM WHO
01:16:07:00	01:16:10:00	HAVE MOVED ON TO URBAN FORESTRY
01:16:10:00	01:16:11:00	.
01:16:11:00	01:16:11:00	TO THE URBAN FORESTRY INDUSTRY
01:16:11:00	01:16:15:00	THE LATEST COHORT TO GRADUATE
01:16:15:00	01:16:15:00	NOT ONLY GAINED COLLEGE CAREER
01:16:15:00	01:16:19:00	AND CAREER SKILLS BUT PLANTED
01:16:19:00	01:16:20:00	ABOUT 40 NEW TREES ACROSS
01:16:20:00	01:16:22:00	BOSTON PRUNED 58 REMOVED 248
01:16:22:00	01:16:25:00	BAGS OF INVASIVE MATERIALS AND
01:16:25:00	01:16:26:00	77% OF THIS GRADUATING CLASS
01:16:26:00	01:16:26:00	HAS ALREADY RECEIVED JOBS IN
01:16:26:00	01:16:29:00	THE GREEN SPACE SECTOR.
01:16:29:00	01:16:32:00	DIRECTOR LUNA ON DOCKET 0399
01:16:32:00	01:16:36:00	STATED THAT THIS GRANT WOULD
01:16:36:00	01:16:36:00	FUND BUILDING A DATABASE AND
01:16:36:00	01:16:37:00	MAP OF CURRENT AND PROJECTED
01:16:37:00	01:16:40:00	FLOODING IMPACTS FOCUSED
01:16:40:00	01:16:40:00	PRIMARILY ON STORMWATER AND
01:16:40:00	01:16:43:00	RIVERINE FLOODING.
01:16:43:00	01:16:44:00	SHE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE
01:16:44:00	01:16:47:00	PROJECT WHICH INCLUDED AN
01:16:47:00	01:16:47:00	INLAND FLOODING DATABASE DATA
01:16:47:00	01:16:51:00	DISPLAY SITE PRIORITIZATION
01:16:51:00	01:16:52:00	CONCEPT DESIGNS AND AN
01:16:52:00	01:16:54:00	INTERACTIVE DISPLAY IN
01:16:54:00	01:16:54:00	RESOURCES.
01:16:54:00	01:16:55:00	DIRECTOR LUNA DISCUSSED USING
01:16:55:00	01:16:58:00	CROWDSOURCED FLOOD IMPACT DATA
01:16:58:00	01:16:59:00	TO COLLECT REAL TIME REPORTS
01:16:59:00	01:17:02:00	ACCESS LOCAL AND HISTORICAL
01:17:02:00	01:17:03:00	KNOWLEDGE ASSIST IN CITYWIDE
01:17:03:00	01:17:06:00	DATA COLLECTION AND ENGAGE IN
01:17:06:00	01:17:07:00	THE AND THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE
01:17:07:00	01:17:10:00	THE COMMUNITY IN FLOOD
01:17:10:00	01:17:10:00	PLANNING.
01:17:10:00	01:17:11:00	SHE ALSO PROVIDED EXAMPLES
01:17:11:00	01:17:13:00	OF VARIOUS CURRENT USES
01:17:13:00	01:17:14:00	OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO
01:17:14:00	01:17:17:00	COMBAT STORMWATER AND FLOODING
01:17:17:00	01:17:17:00	.
01:17:17:00	01:17:18:00	SO AS A CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
01:17:18:00	01:17:18:00	ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
01:17:18:00	01:17:21:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS I
01:17:21:00	01:17:22:00	RECOMMEND MOVING THIS LISTED
01:17:22:00	01:17:23:00	DOCKET TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
01:17:23:00	01:17:26:00	FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND
01:17:26:00	01:17:26:00	FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS TIME
01:17:26:00	01:17:27:00	MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS
01:17:27:00	01:17:29:00	ORDER EXCUSE ME THIS MATTER
01:17:29:00	01:17:30:00	OUGHT TO PASS.
01:17:30:00	01:17:33:00	THANK YOU.
01:17:33:00	01:17:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:17:34:00	01:17:34:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA IS
01:17:34:00	01:17:35:00	ANYBODY LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
01:17:35:00	01:17:36:00	THESE MATTERS?
01:17:36:00	01:17:39:00	OKAY.
01:17:39:00	01:17:40:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:17:40:00	01:17:44:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:17:44:00	01:17:44:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS SEEKS
01:17:44:00	01:17:45:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:17:45:00	01:17:47:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:17:47:00	01:17:50:00	NUMBER 0292.
01:17:50:00	01:17:51:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
01:17:51:00	01:17:54:00	OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU.
01:17:54:00	01:17:54:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:17:54:00	01:17:56:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0292
01:17:56:00	01:17:57:00	IS PASSED.
01:17:57:00	01:17:57:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:17:57:00	01:17:58:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:17:58:00	01:18:00:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS SEEKS
01:18:00:00	01:18:01:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:18:01:00	01:18:03:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:18:03:00	01:18:03:00	NUMBER 0395.
01:18:03:00	01:18:07:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
01:18:07:00	01:18:07:00	OPPOSE ANY MAKING THE COMMITTEE
01:18:07:00	01:18:08:00	REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN
01:18:08:00	01:18:11:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0395 IS PASSED
01:18:11:00	01:18:11:00	THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON
01:18:11:00	01:18:15:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:18:15:00	01:18:16:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS ACCEPTANCE
01:18:16:00	01:18:16:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:18:16:00	01:18:18:00	PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0399
01:18:18:00	01:18:22:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I
01:18:22:00	01:18:22:00	THOSE OPPOSING.
01:18:22:00	01:18:24:00	THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET
01:18:24:00	01:18:25:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0399 HAS PASSED.
01:18:25:00	01:18:28:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:18:28:00	01:18:32:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 05900724 AND
01:18:32:00	01:18:35:00	0725 SO I CAN NUMBER 0590
01:18:35:00	01:18:36:00	MESSAGE IN ON AUTHORIZING THE
01:18:36:00	01:18:38:00	CITY EXCUSE ME MESSAGE NOT
01:18:38:00	01:18:42:00	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE
01:18:42:00	01:18:42:00	OF REFUNDING BONDS AND THE
01:18:42:00	01:18:45:00	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
01:18:45:00	01:18:45:00	$350 MILLION.
01:18:45:00	01:18:49:00	THE CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THE
01:18:49:00	01:18:49:00	INNISFIL BOND MARKET APPEAR TO
01:18:49:00	01:18:52:00	BE FAVORABLE FOR THE CITY TO
01:18:52:00	01:18:53:00	POTENTIALLY REALIZE SIGNIFICANT
01:18:53:00	01:18:57:00	SAVINGS IN DEBT SERVICE COSTS
01:18:57:00	01:19:01:00	START BY REFUNDING CERTAIN
01:19:01:00	01:19:01:00	OF ITS OUTSTANDING GENERAL
01:19:01:00	01:19:03:00	OBLIGATION BONDS TALKING
01:19:03:00	01:19:04:00	OF 0724 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR
01:19:04:00	01:19:07:00	YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER
01:19:07:00	01:19:08:00	AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTOR
01:19:08:00	01:19:08:00	TREASURER TO ENTER INTO A
01:19:08:00	01:19:11:00	CONTRACT AND THE PROVISIONS
01:19:11:00	01:19:15:00	OF GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 44
01:19:15:00	01:19:16:00	SECTION 53 OF AND BETWEEN THE
01:19:16:00	01:19:19:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND CITIZENS FOR
01:19:19:00	01:19:20:00	THE PROVISION OF BANKING
01:19:20:00	01:19:23:00	SERVICES AS MORE FULLY
01:19:23:00	01:19:24:00	DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED FORM
01:19:24:00	01:19:26:00	OF COMPENSATING BALANCE
01:19:26:00	01:19:29:00	AGREEMENT AND NUMBER 0725
01:19:29:00	01:19:30:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR
01:19:30:00	01:19:33:00	APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
01:19:33:00	01:19:33:00	THE COLLECTOR TREASURER TO
01:19:33:00	01:19:34:00	ENTER INTO A CONTRACT UNDER THE
01:19:34:00	01:19:38:00	PROVISIONS OF GENERAL LAWS
01:19:38:00	01:19:40:00	CHAPTER 44 SECTION 53 OF BUY IN
01:19:40:00	01:19:43:00	BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
01:19:43:00	01:19:44:00	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK IN A
01:19:44:00	01:19:47:00	FURTHER PROVISION OF BANKING
01:19:47:00	01:19:47:00	SERVICES.
01:19:47:00	01:19:48:00	THANK YOU.
01:19:48:00	01:19:51:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:19:51:00	01:19:52:00	COUNCILOR EARLE, THE CHAIR
01:19:52:00	01:19:52:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
01:19:52:00	01:19:53:00	MEANS.
01:19:53:00	01:19:53:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:19:53:00	01:19:55:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:19:55:00	01:19:56:00	THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:19:56:00	01:19:59:00	HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY, APRIL
01:19:59:00	01:19:59:00	SEVEN, 2025.
01:19:59:00	01:20:04:00	FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE
01:20:04:00	01:20:05:00	CFO GRANTHAM BURGER AND JESSICA
01:20:05:00	01:20:05:00	BRADLEY FIRST ASSISTANT
01:20:05:00	01:20:07:00	COLLECTED TREASURER FROM CITY
01:20:07:00	01:20:07:00	COUNCIL WE HAD
01:20:07:00	01:20:08:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
01:20:08:00	01:20:12:00	COUNCIL FLYNN COUNCILOR WEBER
01:20:12:00	01:20:12:00	CUTTER COLLETTE IS A PARTNER
01:20:12:00	01:20:13:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND
01:20:13:00	01:20:15:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN AND VICE-CHAIR
01:20:15:00	01:20:15:00	OF THE COMMITTEE.
01:20:15:00	01:20:16:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN CHIEF GRAFTON
01:20:16:00	01:20:18:00	BURKE EXPLAINED THAT THIS
01:20:18:00	01:20:19:00	REFINANCING IS NOT NEW
01:20:19:00	01:20:20:00	BORROWING BUT RATHER WAY TO
01:20:20:00	01:20:22:00	RESTRUCTURE CURRENT DEBT TO
01:20:22:00	01:20:23:00	TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWER
01:20:23:00	01:20:23:00	INTEREST RATES.
01:20:23:00	01:20:26:00	THE GOAL IS TO GENERATE SAVINGS
01:20:26:00	01:20:26:00	SIMILAR TO THE 2020 REFINANCING
01:20:26:00	01:20:29:00	WHICH SAVE THE CITY $10.5
01:20:29:00	01:20:33:00	MILLION THROUGH 22 2034.
01:20:33:00	01:20:36:00	THE CITY PLANS TO ALIGN THIS
01:20:36:00	01:20:36:00	REFINANCING WITH ITS UPCOMING
01:20:36:00	01:20:37:00	GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND
01:20:37:00	01:20:40:00	ISSUANCE IN MAY TO MINIMIZE
01:20:40:00	01:20:40:00	ISSUANCE COSTS.
01:20:40:00	01:20:43:00	THIS ORDER WILL INCREASE THE
01:20:43:00	01:20:46:00	TOTAL REFINANCING AUTHORITY TO
01:20:46:00	01:20:46:00	$550 MILLION INCLUDING 200
01:20:46:00	01:20:47:00	MILLION PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY
01:20:47:00	01:20:50:00	THE COUNCIL.
01:20:50:00	01:20:53:00	THE CITY USES A THRESHOLD OF 3%
01:20:53:00	01:20:53:00	NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS TO
01:20:53:00	01:20:57:00	DETERMINE WHEN REFINANCE IS
01:20:57:00	01:20:57:00	FINANCIALLY BENEFICIAL.
01:20:57:00	01:21:01:00	CURRENTLY THERE'S ABOUT 368
01:21:01:00	01:21:01:00	MILLION IN CALLABLE DEBT THAT
01:21:01:00	01:21:05:00	MEETS ITS CRITERIA REPRESENTING
01:21:05:00	01:21:08:00	ROUGHLY 30% OF BOSTON'S $1.3
01:21:08:00	01:21:08:00	BILLION OUTSTANDING DEBT.
01:21:08:00	01:21:12:00	DEBT SERVICE REMAINS UNDER 7%
01:21:12:00	01:21:15:00	OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND
01:21:15:00	01:21:18:00	THAT EXACT AMOUNT FOR FY 25 IS
01:21:18:00	01:21:19:00	$276 MILLION AND THE CITY
01:21:19:00	01:21:22:00	REMAINS AT 20 IMAGES IN
01:21:22:00	01:21:24:00	PARTICIPATION SCHEDULE WHICH IS
01:21:24:00	01:21:25:00	SHORTER THAN THE 30 YEAR
01:21:25:00	01:21:25:00	STANDARD USED BY MANY OTHER
01:21:25:00	01:21:29:00	MUNICIPALITIES.
01:21:29:00	01:21:29:00	THE REFINANCING PROCESS
01:21:29:00	01:21:32:00	INVOLVES THE CITY ISSUING NEW
01:21:32:00	01:21:33:00	BONDS WITH THE LOWER INTEREST
01:21:33:00	01:21:33:00	RATE USING THOSE FUNDS TO PAY
01:21:33:00	01:21:36:00	OFF HIGHER INTEREST.
01:21:36:00	01:21:37:00	EXISTING BONDS THOUGH SAVINGS
01:21:37:00	01:21:40:00	FROM REFINANCING DON'T DIRECTLY
01:21:40:00	01:21:40:00	FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
01:21:40:00	01:21:41:00	THEY REDUCE THE PROPORTION
01:21:41:00	01:21:44:00	OF THE OPERATING BUDGET
01:21:44:00	01:21:44:00	DEDICATED TO DEBT SERVICE
01:21:44:00	01:21:47:00	FREEING UP RESOURCES FOR OTHER
01:21:47:00	01:21:47:00	NEEDS.
01:21:47:00	01:21:48:00	COUNCIL IS ALSO ENGAGED IN
01:21:48:00	01:21:51:00	DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE CITY'S
01:21:51:00	01:21:52:00	CREDIT RATING GREEN AND SOCIAL
01:21:52:00	01:21:52:00	BONDS AND THE RELATIONSHIP
01:21:52:00	01:21:55:00	BETWEEN THE STOCK AND BOND
01:21:55:00	01:21:56:00	MARKETS PARTICULARLY HOW MARKET
01:21:56:00	01:22:00:00	VOLATILITY CAN CREATE
01:22:00:00	01:22:00:00	OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BONDS IN
01:22:00:00	01:22:03:00	THE BOND MARKET.
01:22:03:00	01:22:09:00	FOR DOCKET NUMBER 072420 TIMES
01:22:09:00	01:22:09:00	072430725.
01:22:09:00	01:22:09:00	FIRST ASSISTANT COLLECTIVE
01:22:09:00	01:22:13:00	TREASURER PROUDLY STATED THAT
01:22:13:00	01:22:14:00	THESE DOCKETS ARE THE RESULT
01:22:14:00	01:22:16:00	OF A COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR
01:22:16:00	01:22:16:00	PROPOSAL.
01:22:16:00	01:22:19:00	THE CITY UNDERTAKES EVERY THREE
01:22:19:00	01:22:19:00	YEARS FOR BANKING SERVICES.
01:22:19:00	01:22:20:00	THE CONTRACTS INCLUDES DINNER
01:22:20:00	01:22:24:00	SERVICES SUCH AS CHECK INS AND
01:22:24:00	01:22:24:00	SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND OTHER
01:22:24:00	01:22:26:00	SERVICES SUCH AS ISSUING CHECKS
01:22:26:00	01:22:27:00	AND DIRECT DEPOSIT.
01:22:27:00	01:22:28:00	THE CONTRACTS FOCUS ON THE
01:22:28:00	01:22:28:00	BREAD AND BUTTER OF BANKING
01:22:28:00	01:22:32:00	SERVICES SUCH AS MOVING AND
01:22:32:00	01:22:32:00	INVESTING FUNDS, TRACKING
01:22:32:00	01:22:35:00	REVENUE AND MAINTAINING FRAUD
01:22:35:00	01:22:36:00	PREVENTION FOR A LARGE VOLUME
01:22:36:00	01:22:36:00	MATURE FOR A LARGE VOLUME
01:22:36:00	01:22:39:00	OF TRANSACTIONS.
01:22:39:00	01:22:40:00	THE FIRST ASSISTANT COLLECTED
01:22:40:00	01:22:43:00	FOR TREASURER STATED THE CITY
01:22:43:00	01:22:43:00	ANALYZED SEVEN RESPONDENTS AND
01:22:43:00	01:22:46:00	CONCLUDED THAT JPMORGAN CHASE
01:22:46:00	01:22:47:00	AND CITIZENS CAME IN WITH THE
01:22:47:00	01:22:47:00	BEST TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND
01:22:47:00	01:22:51:00	BEST PRICING REPRESENTING THE
01:22:51:00	01:22:52:00	STATE OF BOTH CITIZENS AND
01:22:52:00	01:22:55:00	JPMORGAN ON THE INCUMBENT
01:22:55:00	01:22:55:00	BANKING PROVIDERS.
01:22:55:00	01:22:56:00	BUT THE CITY DOES HAVE
01:22:56:00	01:22:58:00	RELATIONSHIPS WITH SMALL BANKS
01:22:58:00	01:22:59:00	THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE CASH
01:22:59:00	01:22:59:00	INVESTMENT DECISIONS ARE MADE
01:22:59:00	01:23:02:00	BASED ON ADDITIONAL METRICS
01:23:02:00	01:23:03:00	INCLUDING COMMUNITY
01:23:03:00	01:23:03:00	INVESTMENTS.
01:23:03:00	01:23:06:00	AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:23:06:00	01:23:07:00	WAYS AND MEANS, I RECOMMEND
01:23:07:00	01:23:09:00	THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO
01:23:09:00	01:23:10:00	PASS.
01:23:10:00	01:23:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:10:00	01:23:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:10:00	01:23:11:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:11:00	01:23:13:00	COUNCIL AROUND.
01:23:13:00	01:23:14:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
01:23:14:00	01:23:14:00	THESE MATTERS?
01:23:14:00	01:23:18:00	OKAY.
01:23:18:00	01:23:19:00	COUNCILOR EARL THE CHAIR THE
01:23:19:00	01:23:20:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS YOU
01:23:20:00	01:23:20:00	TAPPED INTO THE COMMITTEE
01:23:20:00	01:23:21:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:23:21:00	01:23:21:00	NUMBER 0590.
01:23:21:00	01:23:25:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:23:25:00	01:23:25:00	I.
01:23:25:00	01:23:26:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
01:23:26:00	01:23:26:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:26:00	01:23:29:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:23:29:00	01:23:29:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0590
01:23:29:00	01:23:30:00	IS PASSED.
01:23:30:00	01:23:32:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:23:32:00	01:23:33:00	WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE
01:23:33:00	01:23:33:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:23:33:00	01:23:36:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0724.
01:23:36:00	01:23:37:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
01:23:37:00	01:23:40:00	ALTHOUGH THE POLLS SAY NAY.
01:23:40:00	01:23:40:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:40:00	01:23:41:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:23:41:00	01:23:42:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 072
01:23:42:00	01:23:43:00	FOR HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
01:23:43:00	01:23:46:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:23:46:00	01:23:46:00	WITH ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:23:46:00	01:23:47:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
01:23:47:00	01:23:49:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0725 ALL THOSE
01:23:49:00	01:23:50:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSED
01:23:50:00	01:23:53:00	NAY THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE FOR
01:23:53:00	01:23:54:00	WHAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INDUCTED
01:23:54:00	01:23:56:00	NUMBER 0725 HAS PASSED
01:23:56:00	01:23:56:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:23:56:00	01:24:01:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0304 LUCKY NUMBER
01:24:01:00	01:24:01:00	0304 ORDINANCE CODIFYING THE
01:24:01:00	01:24:02:00	OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE IN THE
01:24:02:00	01:24:05:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
01:24:05:00	01:24:05:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:05:00	01:24:06:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:24:06:00	01:24:06:00	COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA, THE
01:24:06:00	01:24:08:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:24:08:00	01:24:09:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
01:24:09:00	01:24:09:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:24:09:00	01:24:12:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:24:12:00	01:24:15:00	DOCKET 0304 IS AN ORDINANCE TO
01:24:15:00	01:24:16:00	FORMALLY CODIFY THE OFFICE
01:24:16:00	01:24:18:00	OF FOOD JUSTICE INTO CITY LAW
01:24:18:00	01:24:19:00	WHILE THE OFFICE ALREADY
01:24:19:00	01:24:19:00	EXISTS, THIS LEGISLATION WILL
01:24:19:00	01:24:23:00	PROVIDE CRITICAL PROTECTIONS
01:24:23:00	01:24:23:00	ENSURING ITS MISSION AND
01:24:23:00	01:24:24:00	OPERATIONS ARE PRESERVED
01:24:24:00	01:24:27:00	REGARDLESS OF FUTURE CHANGES IN
01:24:27:00	01:24:27:00	LEADERSHIP OR BUDGET
01:24:27:00	01:24:27:00	PRIORITIES.
01:24:27:00	01:24:31:00	CODIFYING THE OFFICE WOULD
01:24:31:00	01:24:31:00	ESTABLISH ITS ROLE AS A MORE
01:24:31:00	01:24:32:00	PERMANENT FIXTURE IN CITY'S
01:24:32:00	01:24:35:00	COMMITMENT IN THE CITY'S
01:24:35:00	01:24:35:00	COMMITMENT TO FOOD ACCESS AND
01:24:35:00	01:24:38:00	EQUITY MORE THAN JUST FOOD
01:24:38:00	01:24:38:00	DISTRIBUTION.
01:24:38:00	01:24:39:00	THIS LEGISLATION AFFIRMS THAT
01:24:39:00	01:24:39:00	FOOD JUSTICE IS A FUNDAMENTAL
01:24:39:00	01:24:42:00	RIGHT CENTRAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH
01:24:42:00	01:24:43:00	POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND LONG
01:24:43:00	01:24:46:00	TERM CITY PLANNING.
01:24:46:00	01:24:47:00	WE HELD A WORKING SESSION
01:24:47:00	01:24:47:00	SESSION YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS
01:24:47:00	01:24:50:00	THIS DOCKET AND DURING THE
01:24:50:00	01:24:50:00	WORKING WORKING SESSION WE
01:24:50:00	01:24:51:00	NOTED THAT THE EFFORT TO
01:24:51:00	01:24:54:00	FORMALLY ESTABLISH THE OFFICE
01:24:54:00	01:24:54:00	OF FOOD JUSTICE WAS FIRST
01:24:54:00	01:24:55:00	INTRODUCED THROUGH THE FOOD
01:24:55:00	01:24:58:00	RECOVERY ORDINANCE AT THE TIME
01:24:58:00	01:24:58:00	PROPOSED BY THEN
01:24:58:00	01:24:59:00	COUNCILOR ARROYO AND MYSELF.
01:24:59:00	01:25:02:00	SINCE THAT TIME THE CITY HAS
01:25:02:00	01:25:02:00	MADE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS
01:25:02:00	01:25:03:00	INCLUDING THE LAUNCH OF A
01:25:03:00	01:25:05:00	GREATER BOSTON COLLABORATIVE
01:25:05:00	01:25:05:00	FOOD ACCESS HUB, AN INITIATIVE
01:25:05:00	01:25:06:00	ORIGINALLY FUNDED THROUGH A
01:25:06:00	01:25:09:00	FEDERAL ARPA GRANT THAT THIS
01:25:09:00	01:25:09:00	BODY REPURPOSED.
01:25:09:00	01:25:12:00	WITH THIS ORDINANCE THE AIM IS
01:25:12:00	01:25:13:00	TO BUILD ON THE MOMENTUM BY
01:25:13:00	01:25:14:00	FORMALLY CODIFYING THE OFFICE
01:25:14:00	01:25:16:00	AND SECURING A DEDICATED BUDGET
01:25:16:00	01:25:17:00	TO HELP PROTECT AND ADVANCE
01:25:17:00	01:25:19:00	FOOD JUSTICE EFFORTS.
01:25:19:00	01:25:20:00	ELIZA WASSERMAN, DIRECTOR
01:25:20:00	01:25:20:00	OF THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE,
01:25:20:00	01:25:23:00	EXPLAINED THAT THROUGH THE
01:25:23:00	01:25:24:00	EDITS HER OFFICE PROVIDED TO
01:25:24:00	01:25:25:00	THE ORDINANCE THE INTENTION WAS
01:25:25:00	01:25:28:00	TO ENSURE THE ORDINANCES
01:25:28:00	01:25:28:00	PURPOSE ALIGNS WITH THE MISSION
01:25:28:00	01:25:31:00	AND WORK OF THE EXISTING
01:25:31:00	01:25:31:00	OFFICE.
01:25:31:00	01:25:32:00	SHE EMPHASIZED THAT THE OFFICE
01:25:32:00	01:25:32:00	SERVES TO CONNECT THE DOTS
01:25:32:00	01:25:35:00	BETWEEN VARIOUS FOOD ACCESS
01:25:35:00	01:25:35:00	INITIATIVES WHETHER COMMUNITY
01:25:35:00	01:25:38:00	LED FEDERALLY OR STATE
01:25:38:00	01:25:39:00	SUPPORTED OR CITY RUN PROGRAMS
01:25:39:00	01:25:39:00	AND POLICIES.
01:25:39:00	01:25:43:00	DIRECTOR WASSERMAN ALSO
01:25:43:00	01:25:43:00	HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE OFFICE
01:25:43:00	01:25:44:00	OF FOOD JUSTICE SERVES AS A KEY
01:25:44:00	01:25:47:00	COORDINATOR ACROSS SEVERAL CITY
01:25:47:00	01:25:48:00	DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS STRONG IN
01:25:48:00	01:25:50:00	THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT
01:25:50:00	01:25:51:00	ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
01:25:51:00	01:25:51:00	IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS FOOD
01:25:51:00	01:25:54:00	ACCESS PROGRAMS.
01:25:54:00	01:25:55:00	WHILE THESE DEPARTMENTS MANAGE
01:25:55:00	01:25:56:00	THE ADMINISTRATION OF FOOD
01:25:56:00	01:25:58:00	SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF FOOD
01:25:58:00	01:25:59:00	JUSTICE PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN
01:25:59:00	01:26:02:00	ALIGNING AND SUPPORTING THEIR
01:26:02:00	01:26:02:00	EFFORTS.
01:26:02:00	01:26:02:00	SO THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS
01:26:02:00	01:26:03:00	THAT CAME OUT OF THE WORKING
01:26:03:00	01:26:06:00	SESSION YESTERDAY.
01:26:06:00	01:26:07:00	THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED
01:26:07:00	01:26:07:00	INSERTS LANGUAGE REGARDING
01:26:07:00	01:26:10:00	SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ROLE
01:26:10:00	01:26:10:00	OF THE OFFICE IN SUPPORTING
01:26:10:00	01:26:11:00	CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL AND
01:26:11:00	01:26:14:00	COMMUNITY LED PROGRAMS THAT
01:26:14:00	01:26:15:00	ENHANCE AND BUILD SERVICES AS
01:26:15:00	01:26:18:00	AMENDED AMENDED THIS SECTION
01:26:18:00	01:26:19:00	SHALL READ IN FULL AS FOLLOWS
01:26:19:00	01:26:22:00	SECTION ONE PURPOSE THE PURPOSE
01:26:22:00	01:26:23:00	OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO
01:26:23:00	01:26:26:00	FORMALLY CREATE THE OFFICE
01:26:26:00	01:26:26:00	OF FOOD JUSTICE WHICH WILL WORK
01:26:26:00	01:26:27:00	TO BUILD AN EQUITABLE,
01:26:27:00	01:26:30:00	RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE AND JUST
01:26:30:00	01:26:30:00	FOOD SYSTEM AND TO IMPROVE
01:26:30:00	01:26:34:00	ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORD
01:26:34:00	01:26:34:00	AFFORDABILITY OF NUTRITIOUS
01:26:34:00	01:26:37:00	FRESH FOOD IN BOSTON.
01:26:37:00	01:26:38:00	EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY
01:26:38:00	01:26:39:00	SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO
01:26:39:00	01:26:41:00	NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND THAT FOOD
01:26:41:00	01:26:42:00	SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE, EASY TO
01:26:42:00	01:26:44:00	FIND AND REFLECT THE MANY
01:26:44:00	01:26:45:00	CULTURES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:26:45:00	01:26:47:00	THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE
01:26:47:00	01:26:48:00	SHALL SUPPORT CITY, STATE,
01:26:48:00	01:26:49:00	FEDERAL AND COMMUNITY LED
01:26:49:00	01:26:52:00	PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT
01:26:52:00	01:26:52:00	BUILD FOOD SECURITY AND
01:26:52:00	01:26:53:00	INCREASE ACCESS TO CULTURALLY
01:26:53:00	01:26:56:00	RELEVANT FOOD THAT REFLECTS THE
01:26:56:00	01:26:56:00	DIVERSITY OF BOSTON RESIDENTS.
01:26:56:00	01:27:00:00	THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED STRUCK
01:27:00:00	01:27:00:00	OUT LANGUAGE ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
01:27:00:00	01:27:04:00	ADMINISTERING FOOD PROGRAMS AND
01:27:04:00	01:27:04:00	SHALL READ IN FULL SECTION TWO
01:27:04:00	01:27:05:00	APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR.
01:27:05:00	01:27:08:00	WE STRUCK OUT THE SECOND PART
01:27:08:00	01:27:08:00	OF THIS DESCRIPTION WITH THE
01:27:08:00	01:27:11:00	SECTION NOW READING AS THE
01:27:11:00	01:27:12:00	MAYOR SHALL APPOINT A DIRECTOR
01:27:12:00	01:27:13:00	TO OVERSEE THE OFFICE OF FOOD
01:27:13:00	01:27:15:00	JUSTICE.
01:27:15:00	01:27:15:00	THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED
01:27:15:00	01:27:16:00	STRIKES AND INSERTS LANGUAGE
01:27:16:00	01:27:18:00	UNDER THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.
01:27:18:00	01:27:19:00	WITH THE AMENDMENTS READING IN
01:27:19:00	01:27:22:00	FULL SECTION THREE DUTIES
01:27:22:00	01:27:22:00	OF THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE
01:27:22:00	01:27:26:00	WE HAD SECTIONS DELETED IN
01:27:26:00	01:27:26:00	PARTNERSHIP YESTERDAY DURING
01:27:26:00	01:27:27:00	THE WORKING SESSION.
01:27:27:00	01:27:29:00	REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING
01:27:29:00	01:27:30:00	LANGUAGE NUMBER ONE AGAIN UNDER
01:27:30:00	01:27:32:00	THE DUTIES IMPLEMENT AND
01:27:32:00	01:27:33:00	ADMINISTER PROGRAMS AND
01:27:33:00	01:27:36:00	PROJECTS RELATED TO ITS PURPOSE
01:27:36:00	01:27:37:00	.
01:27:37:00	01:27:37:00	MONITOR AND CONDUCT RESEARCH
01:27:37:00	01:27:38:00	AND ANALYSIS ON LOCAL, STATE
01:27:38:00	01:27:40:00	AND FEDERAL LAWS.
01:27:40:00	01:27:41:00	POLICIES THAT IMPACT FOOD
01:27:41:00	01:27:44:00	ACCESS FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS AND
01:27:44:00	01:27:44:00	BOSTON'S FOOD SYSTEM.
01:27:44:00	01:27:45:00	ADVISE AND ASSIST THE MAYOR IN
01:27:45:00	01:27:48:00	DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING
01:27:48:00	01:27:48:00	POLICIES DESIGNED TO BUILD A
01:27:48:00	01:27:49:00	RESILIENT, EQUITABLE, JUST AND
01:27:49:00	01:27:52:00	SUSTAINABLE FOOD PROGRAM FOOD
01:27:52:00	01:27:53:00	SYSTEM AND TACKLE FOOD
01:27:53:00	01:27:55:00	INSECURITY.
01:27:55:00	01:27:56:00	FOUR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
01:27:56:00	01:27:57:00	PROVIDE COORDINATION AND
01:27:57:00	01:28:00:00	SUPPORT TO CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
01:28:00:00	01:28:03:00	AGENCIES THAT ADMINISTER FOOD.
01:28:03:00	01:28:03:00	FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITION AND
01:28:03:00	01:28:06:00	AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS AND IN
01:28:06:00	01:28:07:00	LAST FIVE PERFORM COMMUNITY
01:28:07:00	01:28:07:00	OUTREACH TO ACCOMPLISH ITS
01:28:07:00	01:28:11:00	GOALS AND SHALL PROMULGATE ALL
01:28:11:00	01:28:11:00	RULES NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE
01:28:11:00	01:28:14:00	THE PURPOSES OF THIS
01:28:14:00	01:28:14:00	LEGISLATION.
01:28:14:00	01:28:15:00	THE REMAINING SECTIONS WERE NOT
01:28:15:00	01:28:18:00	SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL CHANGES
01:28:18:00	01:28:19:00	SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:28:19:00	01:28:19:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I
01:28:19:00	01:28:23:00	RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED
01:28:23:00	01:28:23:00	DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO
01:28:23:00	01:28:24:00	THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION
01:28:24:00	01:28:26:00	OF FORMAL ACTION AT THIS TIME
01:28:26:00	01:28:27:00	MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE
01:28:27:00	01:28:29:00	FULL COUNCIL TO THE FULL
01:28:29:00	01:28:30:00	COUNCIL THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT
01:28:30:00	01:28:31:00	TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT.
01:28:31:00	01:28:31:00	THANK YOU.
01:28:31:00	01:28:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:28:34:00	01:28:35:00	HAS DECLARED AS A PARTNER.
01:28:35:00	01:28:35:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
01:28:35:00	01:28:35:00	THIS MATTER?
01:28:35:00	01:28:36:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:28:36:00	01:28:37:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:28:37:00	01:28:41:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:28:41:00	01:28:41:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:28:41:00	01:28:42:00	AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
01:28:42:00	01:28:44:00	COUNCIL AS A PART OF A VERY
01:28:44:00	01:28:45:00	INFORMATIVE HEARING THAT WE HAD
01:28:45:00	01:28:48:00	YESTERDAY ON THE OFFICE OF FOOD
01:28:48:00	01:28:52:00	JUSTICE A CRITICAL ISSUE
01:28:52:00	01:28:52:00	IMPACTING SO MANY IN MY
01:28:52:00	01:28:55:00	DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY IN
01:28:55:00	01:28:56:00	CHINATOWN BUT ALSO IN THE SOUTH
01:28:56:00	01:28:59:00	AND IN MANY OF THE PUBLIC
01:28:59:00	01:29:00:00	HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL IN
01:29:00:00	01:29:02:00	SOUTH BOSTON.
01:29:02:00	01:29:03:00	I HIGHLIGHTED DURING THIS THIS
01:29:03:00	01:29:06:00	MEETING HOW IMPORTANT THIS
01:29:06:00	01:29:07:00	OFFICE IS BUT ALSO HOW
01:29:07:00	01:29:11:00	IMPORTANT IT IS FOR A
01:29:11:00	01:29:14:00	DEPARTMENT SUCH AS THE OFFICE
01:29:14:00	01:29:15:00	OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
01:29:15:00	01:29:18:00	ACCESS TO WORK TOGETHER WITH
01:29:18:00	01:29:19:00	THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE TO
01:29:19:00	01:29:22:00	ENSURE THAT OUR SENIORS, OUR
01:29:22:00	01:29:22:00	IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS, THOSE THAT
01:29:22:00	01:29:26:00	MAY NOT SPEAK ENGLISH HAVE
01:29:26:00	01:29:29:00	ACCESS TO HEALTHY NUTRITIONAL
01:29:29:00	01:29:29:00	CULTURALLY SENSITIVE FOOD.
01:29:29:00	01:29:33:00	SO AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK
01:29:33:00	01:29:34:00	YOU TO THE TO THE CHAIR FOR A
01:29:34:00	01:29:36:00	VERY INFORMATIVE HEARING.
01:29:36:00	01:29:37:00	BUT ALSO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
01:29:37:00	01:29:38:00	THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT
01:29:38:00	01:29:40:00	WAS PRESENT THAT DID A VERY
01:29:40:00	01:29:43:00	GOOD JOB AS WELL HELPING MANY
01:29:43:00	01:29:47:00	OF OUR SENIORS AND FAMILIES IN
01:29:47:00	01:29:47:00	NEED OF FOOD ACCESS.
01:29:47:00	01:29:48:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:29:48:00	01:29:48:00	THANK YOU.
01:29:48:00	01:29:50:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:29:50:00	01:29:54:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:29:54:00	01:29:54:00	OKAY.
01:29:54:00	01:29:55:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, THE
01:29:55:00	01:29:58:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:29:58:00	01:29:58:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 60
01:29:58:00	01:29:59:00	CHAPTERS OF THE COMMITTEE
01:29:59:00	01:30:02:00	REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET
01:30:02:00	01:30:02:00	NUMBER 0304.
01:30:02:00	01:30:03:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:30:03:00	01:30:05:00	I ALSO SAY NAY.
01:30:05:00	01:30:06:00	GOT THE VOTE.
01:30:06:00	01:30:06:00	MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
01:30:06:00	01:30:09:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
01:30:09:00	01:30:14:00	CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A0304
01:30:14:00	01:30:14:00	COUNCILOR BREEN YES.
01:30:14:00	01:30:18:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
01:30:18:00	01:30:18:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE IS OPPOSED.
01:30:18:00	01:30:19:00	YES.
01:30:19:00	01:30:19:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER?
01:30:19:00	01:30:21:00	YES.
01:30:21:00	01:30:21:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:30:21:00	01:30:21:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
01:30:21:00	01:30:25:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
01:30:25:00	01:30:25:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON
01:30:25:00	01:30:25:00	YES.
01:30:25:00	01:30:29:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:30:29:00	01:30:29:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:30:29:00	01:30:30:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:30:30:00	01:30:32:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:30:32:00	01:30:33:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:30:33:00	01:30:33:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:30:33:00	01:30:36:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:30:36:00	01:30:37:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:30:37:00	01:30:37:00	YES.
01:30:37:00	01:30:37:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:30:37:00	01:30:40:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
01:30:40:00	01:30:40:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN.
01:30:40:00	01:30:41:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
01:30:41:00	01:30:45:00	COUNCILOR CENTENNIAL
01:30:45:00	01:30:45:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:30:45:00	01:30:46:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:30:46:00	01:30:48:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
01:30:48:00	01:30:48:00	COUNCILOR WU YES.
01:30:48:00	01:30:51:00	TALKING OF 0304 HAS RECEIVED 12
01:30:51:00	01:30:54:00	VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
01:30:54:00	01:30:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:30:55:00	01:30:58:00	DOCKING NUMBER 0304 HAS PASSED
01:30:58:00	01:30:58:00	.
01:30:58:00	01:30:59:00	WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS,
01:30:59:00	01:30:59:00	ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
01:30:59:00	01:31:01:00	A REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES
01:31:01:00	01:31:02:00	THAT IF YOU ARE THE LEAD
01:31:02:00	01:31:02:00	SPONSOR YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO
01:31:02:00	01:31:05:00	SPEAK ON THE MATTER AND IF YOU
01:31:05:00	01:31:06:00	ARE A CO-SPONSOR OR A
01:31:06:00	01:31:06:00	COUNCILOR SPEAKING ON THE
01:31:06:00	01:31:07:00	MATTER YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES.
01:31:07:00	01:31:09:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ
01:31:09:00	01:31:12:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0857 DOCKING
01:31:12:00	01:31:15:00	MEMBER 0857 COUNCILOR SANTANA
01:31:15:00	01:31:15:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
01:31:15:00	01:31:16:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS PUBLIC
01:31:16:00	01:31:19:00	SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
01:31:19:00	01:31:20:00	UPDATES RELATED TO THE CRISIS
01:31:20:00	01:31:23:00	AS MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE
01:31:23:00	01:31:26:00	ABUSE AND HOMELESSNESS AND
01:31:26:00	01:31:27:00	HOUSING INSTABILITY
01:31:27:00	01:31:30:00	CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA
01:31:30:00	01:31:31:00	MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE AND THE
01:31:31:00	01:31:34:00	CASS BOULEVARD.
01:31:34:00	01:31:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:31:34:00	01:31:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:31:35:00	01:31:38:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA, SANTANA ON
01:31:38:00	01:31:38:00	THE FLOOR.
01:31:38:00	01:31:41:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:31:41:00	01:31:46:00	I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
01:31:46:00	01:31:46:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND THEN I
01:31:46:00	01:31:49:00	WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
01:31:49:00	01:31:50:00	RULE 12 AND OUT OF COUNCILOR
01:31:50:00	01:31:53:00	FLYNN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR THANK
01:31:53:00	01:31:53:00	YOU.
01:31:53:00	01:31:54:00	CASA DE GERARD ALSO ADDED
01:31:54:00	01:31:54:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA'S SUSPENSION
01:31:54:00	01:31:56:00	OF THE RULES ADD
01:31:56:00	01:31:57:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A THIRD
01:31:57:00	01:31:58:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND
01:31:58:00	01:31:58:00	HEARING NO OBJECTIONS
01:31:58:00	01:32:00:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN ADDED
01:32:00:00	01:32:00:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE
01:32:00:00	01:32:01:00	FLOOR.
01:32:01:00	01:32:03:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:32:03:00	01:32:04:00	I'M FILING THIS HEARING ORDER.
01:32:04:00	01:32:05:00	THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'M
01:32:05:00	01:32:07:00	DOING IT IN MY TERM I ORDERED
01:32:07:00	01:32:08:00	LAST YEAR OBVIOUSLY IT'S NO
01:32:08:00	01:32:11:00	SECRET WHAT'S GOING DOWN IN THE
01:32:11:00	01:32:14:00	BEST IN CLASS AREA AND I REALLY
01:32:14:00	01:32:15:00	FEEL AS A CHAIR OF PUBLIC
01:32:15:00	01:32:18:00	SAFETY I'M ON THE BOSSES THE
01:32:18:00	01:32:19:00	CITY COUNCIL THAT OUR COMMITTEE
01:32:19:00	01:32:22:00	IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR HOLDING
01:32:22:00	01:32:22:00	THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE
01:32:22:00	01:32:26:00	AND THIS HEARING ORDER DOES
01:32:26:00	01:32:26:00	JUST THAT.
01:32:26:00	01:32:27:00	IT ALLOWS THE ADMINISTRATION TO
01:32:27:00	01:32:29:00	COME DOWN AND PROVIDE SOME
01:32:29:00	01:32:33:00	UPDATES TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE
01:32:33:00	01:32:33:00	WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING DOWN
01:32:33:00	01:32:33:00	THERE.
01:32:33:00	01:32:37:00	SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE
01:32:37:00	01:32:39:00	JOINING IT TO BE JOINED BY MY
01:32:39:00	01:32:40:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND
01:32:40:00	01:32:44:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AND
01:32:44:00	01:32:45:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THAT BOTH
01:32:45:00	01:32:47:00	OF THE DISTRICTS INCLUDING
01:32:47:00	01:32:48:00	DISTRICT SEVEN AS WELL IS IS
01:32:48:00	01:32:51:00	BEING IMPACTED BY THIS.
01:32:51:00	01:32:52:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
01:32:52:00	01:32:52:00	CONVERSATION AND LOOKING
01:32:52:00	01:32:55:00	FORWARD TO GETTING UPDATES FROM
01:32:55:00	01:32:56:00	THE ADMINISTRATION.
01:32:56:00	01:32:56:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:32:56:00	01:32:56:00	THANK YOU.
01:32:56:00	01:33:00:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR
01:33:00:00	01:33:00:00	FITZGERALD.
01:33:00:00	01:33:00:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:33:00:00	01:33:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:33:01:00	01:33:03:00	I'D LIKE TO THANK
01:33:03:00	01:33:03:00	COUNCILOR ATTENTIVE FOR
01:33:03:00	01:33:04:00	BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
01:33:04:00	01:33:05:00	THIS IS SOMETHING MY OFFICE
01:33:05:00	01:33:07:00	WORKS ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN
01:33:07:00	01:33:10:00	VERY CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH
01:33:10:00	01:33:11:00	THE ADVICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
01:33:11:00	01:33:11:00	COMMISSION AS WELL.
01:33:11:00	01:33:14:00	AND SO I WELCOME THE SUPPORT
01:33:14:00	01:33:15:00	FROM MY COLLEAGUES IN TRYING TO
01:33:15:00	01:33:18:00	TACKLE THIS AND AS YOU'LL SEE
01:33:18:00	01:33:19:00	THERE'S SORT OF A ROUTINE NOW
01:33:19:00	01:33:20:00	OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS
01:33:20:00	01:33:22:00	AS THE WEATHER WARMS UP AND
01:33:22:00	01:33:23:00	SORT OF THE ISSUES START TO
01:33:23:00	01:33:26:00	CREEP BACK IN TO THIS SPECIFIC
01:33:26:00	01:33:27:00	AREA OF MASS AND AS WE KNOW
01:33:27:00	01:33:29:00	IT'S MUCH MORE SPREAD OUT NOW
01:33:29:00	01:33:30:00	AND INTO OTHER COMMUNITIES.
01:33:30:00	01:33:33:00	SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE
01:33:33:00	01:33:33:00	SAME ISSUES BUT IN DIFFERENT
01:33:33:00	01:33:34:00	PLACES AND THAT THEY PRESENT
01:33:34:00	01:33:37:00	THEMSELVES QUITE DIFFERENTLY.
01:33:37:00	01:33:37:00	SO CONSTANT EVOLUTION OF THE
01:33:37:00	01:33:40:00	SOLUTION IS NEEDED AND SO I
01:33:40:00	01:33:41:00	THANK YOU CARLOS SANTANA FOR
01:33:41:00	01:33:42:00	FOR BEING A PART OF THAT AS
01:33:42:00	01:33:42:00	WELL.
01:33:42:00	01:33:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:33:44:00	01:33:45:00	THANK YOU.
01:33:45:00	01:33:45:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL.
01:33:45:00	01:33:46:00	I'M KIND OF LEANING ON THE
01:33:46:00	01:33:48:00	FLOOR.
01:33:48:00	01:33:48:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
01:33:48:00	01:33:49:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR
01:33:49:00	01:33:52:00	THAT AND MAKE THIS IS AN ISSUE
01:33:52:00	01:33:55:00	THAT I HAVE WORKED ON FOR EIGHT
01:33:55:00	01:33:56:00	OR NINE YEARS.
01:33:56:00	01:33:59:00	LAST OCTOBER I HELD A HEARING
01:33:59:00	01:34:00:00	TO DISCUSS WAYS TO PROVIDE
01:34:00:00	01:34:02:00	CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT
01:34:02:00	01:34:03:00	IN ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE
01:34:03:00	01:34:07:00	ISSUES RELATING TO THE CRISIS
01:34:07:00	01:34:08:00	AT MASS AND CHAOS.
01:34:08:00	01:34:08:00	WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM CITY
01:34:08:00	01:34:11:00	PARTNERS NONPROFIT HEADS
01:34:11:00	01:34:12:00	OF BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS WHO
01:34:12:00	01:34:15:00	HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES IN
01:34:15:00	01:34:16:00	MANAGING THIS STUFF OVER AT
01:34:16:00	01:34:19:00	MASS AND CASS WELL WE HAD A
01:34:19:00	01:34:19:00	GOOD HEARING.
01:34:19:00	01:34:20:00	IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET AN
01:34:20:00	01:34:22:00	UPDATE REGARDING THESE ISSUES.
01:34:22:00	01:34:23:00	I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM MANY
01:34:23:00	01:34:26:00	WHO LIVE AND WORK IN ANDREW
01:34:26:00	01:34:27:00	SQUARE IN SOUTH BOSTON IN THE
01:34:27:00	01:34:30:00	SOUTH END ABOUT DRUG DEALING
01:34:30:00	01:34:31:00	DRUG USE ON RESIDENTS STOOPS
01:34:31:00	01:34:34:00	AND DOORSTEPS, THE SCOTT AND
01:34:34:00	01:34:34:00	NEEDLES TRESPASSING.
01:34:34:00	01:34:38:00	OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES DRUG
01:34:38:00	01:34:38:00	DEALING RESIDENTS HAVE
01:34:38:00	01:34:42:00	EXPRESSED CONCERNS OF PUBLIC
01:34:42:00	01:34:42:00	AND PERSONAL SAFETY FOR THEIR
01:34:42:00	01:34:45:00	FAMILIES AS WELL AS DIMINISHED
01:34:45:00	01:34:45:00	QUALITY OF LIFE.
01:34:45:00	01:34:46:00	I WAS ON THE WORCESTER SQUARE
01:34:46:00	01:34:49:00	NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
01:34:49:00	01:34:50:00	MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT THE
01:34:50:00	01:34:53:00	ONGOING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
01:34:53:00	01:34:54:00	OF MASS AND CHAOS REQUIRES
01:34:54:00	01:34:57:00	RESOURCES AT THE CITY, STATE
01:34:57:00	01:34:58:00	AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
01:34:58:00	01:34:58:00	IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR CITY
01:34:58:00	01:35:01:00	DEMONSTRATES THAT WE ARE
01:35:01:00	01:35:02:00	SERIOUS IN MAINTAINING A ZERO
01:35:02:00	01:35:05:00	TOLERANCE POLICY WHEN IT COMES
01:35:05:00	01:35:06:00	TO DRUG DEALING, VIOLENCE,
01:35:06:00	01:35:08:00	OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
01:35:08:00	01:35:09:00	RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE
01:35:09:00	01:35:12:00	IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD
01:35:12:00	01:35:13:00	FEEL SAFE BEFORE THE CLOSURE
01:35:13:00	01:35:16:00	OF LONG ISLAND.
01:35:16:00	01:35:17:00	I SERVED AS A PROBATION OFFICER
01:35:17:00	01:35:20:00	AND WORKED WITH MANY PEOPLE IN
01:35:20:00	01:35:21:00	THE RECOVERY CAMPUS OVER A LONG
01:35:21:00	01:35:21:00	ISLAND.
01:35:21:00	01:35:25:00	I UNDERSTAND HOW CRITICAL IT IS
01:35:25:00	01:35:28:00	THAT WE GET PEOPLE INTO
01:35:28:00	01:35:28:00	RECOVERY.
01:35:28:00	01:35:29:00	WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A
01:35:29:00	01:35:32:00	BETTER PLAN AND A TREATMENT
01:35:32:00	01:35:32:00	FIRST APPROACH TO HELP THOSE
01:35:32:00	01:35:33:00	WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
01:35:33:00	01:35:36:00	ADDICTION AND ON THE ROAD TO
01:35:36:00	01:35:37:00	RECOVERY ON THE ROAD TO
01:35:37:00	01:35:37:00	RECOVERY.
01:35:37:00	01:35:39:00	IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE
01:35:39:00	01:35:40:00	WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
01:35:40:00	01:35:43:00	IN STREET OUTREACH TEAMS GET
01:35:43:00	01:35:47:00	PEOPLE TO DETOX LONG TERM DRUG
01:35:47:00	01:35:47:00	TREATMENT CARE.
01:35:47:00	01:35:48:00	WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE
01:35:48:00	01:35:51:00	APPROACH.
01:35:51:00	01:35:51:00	I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO TALKING
01:35:51:00	01:35:54:00	ABOUT SOLUTIONS FROM CITY STATE
01:35:54:00	01:35:55:00	, FEDERAL LEVEL.
01:35:55:00	01:35:55:00	SENATOR COLLINS DISCUSSED
01:35:55:00	01:35:59:00	GIVING THE MASKS A DEPARTMENT
01:35:59:00	01:36:02:00	OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING TO
01:36:02:00	01:36:02:00	STUDY THE FEASIBILITY
01:36:02:00	01:36:03:00	OF CONVERTING A DECOMMISSIONED
01:36:03:00	01:36:06:00	SHIP OR ANOTHER WATER BASED
01:36:06:00	01:36:07:00	VESSEL INTO A FLOATING HOSPITAL
01:36:07:00	01:36:10:00	FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE USE
01:36:10:00	01:36:10:00	TREATMENT AND
01:36:10:00	01:36:10:00	RECOVERY SERVICES.
01:36:10:00	01:36:14:00	I CALLED FOR A DEDICATED PILOT
01:36:14:00	01:36:15:00	FUNDS FOR OUR MEDICAL
01:36:15:00	01:36:18:00	INSTITUTIONS TO GO TOWARDS
01:36:18:00	01:36:19:00	OPERATING THE FERRY SERVICE TO
01:36:19:00	01:36:21:00	THE LONG ISLAND FACILITY
01:36:21:00	01:36:22:00	BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO WAIT
01:36:22:00	01:36:23:00	FOR THE REBUILDING OF THE
01:36:23:00	01:36:25:00	BRIDGE.
01:36:25:00	01:36:25:00	I KNOW OTHERS HAVE DISCUSSED
01:36:25:00	01:36:29:00	THE SHATTUCK HOSPITAL OR OTHER
01:36:29:00	01:36:29:00	RECOVERY CAMPUSES.
01:36:29:00	01:36:30:00	I WANT TO THANK STEVE FOX AND
01:36:30:00	01:36:33:00	THE SALT IN WORKING GROUP ON
01:36:33:00	01:36:34:00	ADDICTION AND RECOVERY THE
01:36:34:00	01:36:36:00	NEWMARKET FIT ANDREW SQUIRE
01:36:36:00	01:36:37:00	CIVIC ASSOCIATION MANY
01:36:37:00	01:36:41:00	NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIZATIONS IN
01:36:41:00	01:36:41:00	THE SOUTH AND CHINATOWN
01:36:41:00	01:36:41:00	DOWNTOWN BOSTON.
01:36:41:00	01:36:44:00	IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US WORKING
01:36:44:00	01:36:45:00	TOGETHER AT THE CITY, STATE
01:36:45:00	01:36:48:00	FEDERAL LEVEL AND I MENTIONED
01:36:48:00	01:36:49:00	DOWNTOWN BOSTON WHICH I WHICH I
01:36:49:00	01:36:51:00	REPRESENT BECAUSE THE SPILLOVER
01:36:51:00	01:36:52:00	HAS CONTINUED INTO DOWNTOWN
01:36:52:00	01:36:56:00	BOSTON AND INTO THE COPLEY AREA
01:36:56:00	01:36:57:00	RIGHT NEXT TO THE COPLEY
01:36:57:00	01:36:59:00	LIBRARY WHICH I REPRESENT AS
01:36:59:00	01:37:00:00	WELL.
01:37:00:00	01:37:00:00	IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER,
01:37:00:00	01:37:03:00	GET PEOPLE INTO RECOVERY, GET
01:37:03:00	01:37:04:00	THEM INTO DETOX, GET THEM INTO
01:37:04:00	01:37:04:00	TREATMENT.
01:37:04:00	01:37:07:00	BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE
01:37:07:00	01:37:08:00	THE RIGHT TO USE DRUGS OPENLY
01:37:08:00	01:37:12:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SELL
01:37:12:00	01:37:12:00	DRUGS.
01:37:12:00	01:37:12:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:37:12:00	01:37:13:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:13:00	01:37:14:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:37:14:00	01:37:15:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE FLOOR.
01:37:15:00	01:37:16:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:37:16:00	01:37:18:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR
01:37:18:00	01:37:19:00	FOR FILING THIS.
01:37:19:00	01:37:22:00	SOMETHING I'VE ALSO BEEN
01:37:22:00	01:37:23:00	WORKING ON SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE
01:37:23:00	01:37:24:00	ON THE COUNCIL AND I KNOW WE
01:37:24:00	01:37:26:00	HAD A GOOD HEARING A COUPLE
01:37:26:00	01:37:27:00	OF WEEKS AGO THAT I SPONSORED
01:37:27:00	01:37:30:00	ABOUT REINSTATING THE SYRINGE
01:37:30:00	01:37:30:00	PICKUP PROGRAM AND HEARING FROM
01:37:30:00	01:37:33:00	A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
01:37:33:00	01:37:33:00	COMMUNITIES AROUND THE CITY
01:37:33:00	01:37:34:00	THAT THEY'RE SEEING DISCARDED
01:37:34:00	01:37:38:00	NEEDLES AND WE KNOW THAT THE
01:37:38:00	01:37:38:00	PROGRAM WE USED WORKED WAS
01:37:38:00	01:37:41:00	PICKING UP MILLIONS A YEAR AND
01:37:41:00	01:37:41:00	THAT HAS NOT BEEN FUNDED IN THE
01:37:41:00	01:37:44:00	NEW BUDGET COMING UP.
01:37:44:00	01:37:45:00	AND ALSO WE KNOW WHEN THE
01:37:45:00	01:37:46:00	CONVERSATION WAS HAD AT THAT
01:37:46:00	01:37:48:00	HEARING THAT EVEN THOUGH THE
01:37:48:00	01:37:49:00	TENT ENCAMPMENTS CAME DOWN A
01:37:49:00	01:37:52:00	COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE
01:37:52:00	01:37:53:00	PROBLEM THAT WAS AFFECTING BOTH
01:37:53:00	01:37:55:00	PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY
01:37:55:00	01:37:56:00	NEVER WENT AWAY.
01:37:56:00	01:37:57:00	IF ANYTHING IT HAS JUST SPREAD
01:37:57:00	01:37:59:00	OUT AND MADE IT MAYBE LESS
01:37:59:00	01:38:00:00	MANAGEABLE FOR THE RESOURCES WE
01:38:00:00	01:38:03:00	DO HAVE.
01:38:03:00	01:38:04:00	SO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
01:38:04:00	01:38:05:00	THAT WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
01:38:05:00	01:38:07:00	AS OFTEN AS WE CAN.
01:38:07:00	01:38:07:00	RIGHT.
01:38:07:00	01:38:08:00	THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
01:38:08:00	01:38:10:00	PROBLEMS THIS CITY FACES.
01:38:10:00	01:38:11:00	SO HAVING MULTIPLE HEARINGS AND
01:38:11:00	01:38:14:00	HAVING DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES
01:38:14:00	01:38:15:00	TO TALK TO STAKEHOLDERS WHO DO
01:38:15:00	01:38:18:00	MEET DAILY DIFFERENT CITY
01:38:18:00	01:38:19:00	DEPARTMENTS AND WE HAVE I'VE
01:38:19:00	01:38:21:00	HEARD NOW ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT
01:38:21:00	01:38:22:00	THAT THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM,
01:38:22:00	01:38:25:00	THE DA'S OFFICE YOU KNOW, THEY
01:38:25:00	01:38:26:00	ADMINISTRATION HAS A NEW
01:38:26:00	01:38:29:00	APPROACH THAT THERE IS ZERO
01:38:29:00	01:38:29:00	TOLERANCE FOR PUBLIC DRUG USE
01:38:29:00	01:38:32:00	AND PUBLIC DRUG SALES SOMETHING
01:38:32:00	01:38:36:00	THAT I STILL DO SEE AND MANY
01:38:36:00	01:38:37:00	PEOPLE HAVE SHARED THAT EVEN
01:38:37:00	01:38:37:00	THOUGH THEY'RE SAYING THAT THAT
01:38:37:00	01:38:40:00	THAT IS THE NEW APPROACH THAT
01:38:40:00	01:38:41:00	IT HASN'T GONE AWAY YET.
01:38:41:00	01:38:45:00	SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
01:38:45:00	01:38:45:00	THE ADMINISTRATION IS SAYING
01:38:45:00	01:38:47:00	THAT THERE IS A ZERO TOLERANCE
01:38:47:00	01:38:48:00	NOW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
01:38:48:00	01:38:51:00	CONVERSATION AND BEING PART
01:38:51:00	01:38:52:00	OF THESE SOLUTIONS GOING
01:38:52:00	01:38:52:00	FORWARD SO THAT ALL COMMUNITIES
01:38:52:00	01:38:56:00	ALL NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, ALL
01:38:56:00	01:38:59:00	BUSINESS BUSINESSES WHO ARE
01:38:59:00	01:38:59:00	AFFECTED BY THIS ACROSS THE
01:38:59:00	01:39:00:00	CITY HAVE OUR SUPPORT.
01:39:00:00	01:39:00:00	THANK YOU.
01:39:00:00	01:39:03:00	THANK YOU.
01:39:03:00	01:39:04:00	THE JARGON OF THESE KINDS
01:39:04:00	01:39:04:00	OF ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE
01:39:04:00	01:39:05:00	FLOOR.
01:39:05:00	01:39:06:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:39:06:00	01:39:07:00	I THINK I JUST WANTED TO GO ON
01:39:07:00	01:39:10:00	RECORD TO SPEAK TO MY
01:39:10:00	01:39:10:00	CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE ISSUES
01:39:10:00	01:39:14:00	EN MASSE AND CAST PARTICULARLY
01:39:14:00	01:39:14:00	WITH THE PREVIOUS HEARINGS AND
01:39:14:00	01:39:18:00	THE FILINGS FOR MY COLLEAGUES,
01:39:18:00	01:39:18:00	FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS WHO HAVE
01:39:18:00	01:39:22:00	FILED AND HELD DISCUSSIONS ON
01:39:22:00	01:39:22:00	HOW TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BUT
01:39:22:00	01:39:25:00	HAVE NO ANSWERS.
01:39:25:00	01:39:26:00	WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS AND I
01:39:26:00	01:39:30:00	THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
01:39:30:00	01:39:33:00	MAY MAY HAVE AN APPETITE TO
01:39:33:00	01:39:34:00	ADDRESS THE ISSUES BUT MAY NOT
01:39:34:00	01:39:37:00	HAVE THE OR MAY NOT BE
01:39:37:00	01:39:38:00	PRIORITIZING THE BUDGET OR MAY
01:39:38:00	01:39:41:00	NOT KNOW HOW TO BALANCE THE
01:39:41:00	01:39:44:00	BUDGET SO THAT THEY CAN
01:39:44:00	01:39:44:00	PRIORITIZE THIS ISSUE.
01:39:44:00	01:39:45:00	THERE ARE DIFFERENT INSTANCES.
01:39:45:00	01:39:48:00	AGAIN, I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE
01:39:48:00	01:39:49:00	SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, LISBON,
01:39:49:00	01:39:52:00	PORTUGAL RESEARCH THAT SHOWS
01:39:52:00	01:39:53:00	THAT WE CAN DO COMPARATIVE
01:39:53:00	01:39:56:00	ANALYSIS AND CREATE OR AT LEAST
01:39:56:00	01:39:57:00	BUILD UP FROM BEST PRACTICES
01:39:57:00	01:40:00:00	FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER
01:40:00:00	01:40:01:00	CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
01:40:01:00	01:40:04:00	CURVE THIS THING SIGNIFICANT.
01:40:04:00	01:40:05:00	THEN THERE'S THE PART AND I'VE
01:40:05:00	01:40:08:00	BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN BEFORE AS
01:40:08:00	01:40:08:00	WELL IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURE
01:40:08:00	01:40:12:00	OF OUR HEARINGS ITSELF, WE TEND
01:40:12:00	01:40:13:00	TO, YOU KNOW, GET UP AND SAY
01:40:13:00	01:40:16:00	THERE'S A PROBLEM, THEN WE TALK
01:40:16:00	01:40:17:00	ABOUT IT AND WE FUSS AND WE
01:40:17:00	01:40:17:00	GRANDSTAND.
01:40:17:00	01:40:19:00	BUT THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE
01:40:19:00	01:40:20:00	HEARING ITSELF WE'RE NOT
01:40:20:00	01:40:22:00	ACTUALLY DOING REAL STRUCTURED
01:40:22:00	01:40:23:00	ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES AND
01:40:23:00	01:40:27:00	LOOKING AT METRICS IN TERMS
01:40:27:00	01:40:27:00	OF FROM THE ORIGINAL HEARING
01:40:27:00	01:40:31:00	WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED
01:40:31:00	01:40:31:00	COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS TO YOU
01:40:31:00	01:40:36:00	KNOW MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR,
01:40:36:00	01:40:36:00	ATTORNEY MURPHY AND THEN
01:40:36:00	01:40:39:00	COUNCILOR S.A. YOU COMING IN TO
01:40:39:00	01:40:39:00	ALL THE WAY TO TODAY?
01:40:39:00	01:40:42:00	SO IF WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT
01:40:42:00	01:40:43:00	THE DIFFERENT HEARINGS WITH DR.
01:40:43:00	01:40:46:00	AJOKU TO BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
01:40:46:00	01:40:46:00	COMMISSION, LOOK AT THE
01:40:46:00	01:40:50:00	CONVERSATIONS AND THEN SORT
01:40:50:00	01:40:50:00	OF MEASURE PROGRESS OR AT LEAST
01:40:50:00	01:40:51:00	BUILD UP FROM WHERE WE LAST
01:40:51:00	01:40:51:00	LEFT OFF.
01:40:51:00	01:40:54:00	NO ONE HERE CAN ACTUALLY SAY
01:40:54:00	01:40:54:00	WHAT DID WE DISCUSS?
01:40:54:00	01:40:57:00	WHAT DID WE SAY COULD BE
01:40:57:00	01:40:58:00	POSSIBLE, WHAT COULDN'T BE
01:40:58:00	01:40:58:00	POSSIBLE AND WHERE WE ARE
01:40:58:00	01:40:59:00	TODAY.
01:40:59:00	01:41:01:00	SO YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A
01:41:01:00	01:41:02:00	CONVERSATION.
01:41:02:00	01:41:04:00	YOU CAN'T BUILD CONTINUITY, YOU
01:41:04:00	01:41:05:00	CAN'T BUILD PROGRESS BECAUSE
01:41:05:00	01:41:05:00	YOU'RE NOT MONITORING IT AND
01:41:05:00	01:41:08:00	YOU HAVE NO METRICS.
01:41:08:00	01:41:09:00	SO I DO HOPE THAT THE
01:41:09:00	01:41:10:00	CONVERSATIONS FOR MY DISTRICT
01:41:10:00	01:41:13:00	AS I'M BUILDING OUT A
01:41:13:00	01:41:16:00	TRANSITION PLAN THAT WE CAN
01:41:16:00	01:41:16:00	SORT OF TALK ABOUT SOME
01:41:16:00	01:41:20:00	OF THESE ISSUES PARTICULARLY
01:41:20:00	01:41:21:00	BECAUSE IT DEEPLY IMPACTS
01:41:21:00	01:41:22:00	DISTRICT SEVEN, SOME OF THESE
01:41:22:00	01:41:24:00	ISSUES BUT ALSO HOLDING
01:41:24:00	01:41:28:00	OURSELVES TO A STRUCTURE AGAIN
01:41:28:00	01:41:28:00	THAT IT'S ACTUALLY MORE
01:41:28:00	01:41:31:00	PRACTICAL, MORE PRODUCTIVE AS
01:41:31:00	01:41:32:00	OPPOSED TO JUST TALKING ABOUT
01:41:32:00	01:41:32:00	IT.
01:41:32:00	01:41:35:00	SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST
01:41:35:00	01:41:36:00	YEAH, OKAY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT
01:41:36:00	01:41:39:00	BE FULLY ADDRESSING THIS BUT AS
01:41:39:00	01:41:40:00	COUNCILOR WHAT TOOLS HAVE WE
01:41:40:00	01:41:40:00	USE?
01:41:40:00	01:41:41:00	WHAT RESOURCES HAVE WE USED TO
01:41:41:00	01:41:43:00	ACTUALLY SAY THAT WE ARE
01:41:43:00	01:41:44:00	SINCERE ABOUT ADDRESSING THESE
01:41:44:00	01:41:44:00	ISSUES?
01:41:44:00	01:41:47:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:47:00	01:41:47:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:47:00	01:41:48:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:41:48:00	01:41:48:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:41:48:00	01:41:53:00	WHAT ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
01:41:53:00	01:41:53:00	NAME?
01:41:53:00	01:41:53:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE.
01:41:53:00	01:41:54:00	IT COMES AS BRAYDEN COLORS IS
01:41:54:00	01:41:54:00	ABOUT TO FINISH.
01:41:54:00	01:41:58:00	ANDERSON.
01:41:58:00	01:41:58:00	MURPHY WEBER.
01:41:58:00	01:42:02:00	LAUREL, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR IN
01:42:02:00	01:42:02:00	PLEASE.
01:42:02:00	01:42:02:00	THAT COUNTS FOR MEJIA.
01:42:02:00	01:42:04:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0857
01:42:04:00	01:42:05:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
01:42:05:00	01:42:08:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
01:42:08:00	01:42:08:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
01:42:08:00	01:42:10:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:42:10:00	01:42:13:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 08580858
01:42:13:00	01:42:14:00	COUNCIL'S WORLD AND FLANNEL FOR
01:42:14:00	01:42:17:00	THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
01:42:17:00	01:42:17:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS OPIOID
01:42:17:00	01:42:21:00	RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE
01:42:21:00	01:42:22:00	OLDER BLACK POPULATION IN THE
01:42:22:00	01:42:26:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
01:42:26:00	01:42:26:00	THANK YOU.
01:42:26:00	01:42:27:00	THE CHAIR THE CHAIR AND THIS IS
01:42:27:00	01:42:27:00	COMFORTABLE AROUND THAT'S WHERE
01:42:27:00	01:42:28:00	I HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:42:28:00	01:42:29:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:42:29:00	01:42:30:00	I LIKE TO BEND THE RULES AND
01:42:30:00	01:42:33:00	ADD YOU AS A THIRD DIVISION OR
01:42:33:00	01:42:33:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR OR ALSO
01:42:33:00	01:42:35:00	SUSPEND THE RULES, SAID MYSELF
01:42:35:00	01:42:36:00	AS A THIRD VIDEO CO-SPONSOR
01:42:36:00	01:42:37:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
01:42:37:00	01:42:37:00	OBJECTIONS I'M SO ADDED
01:42:37:00	01:42:39:00	COUNCILOR AND FLOOR.
01:42:39:00	01:42:39:00	THANK YOU.
01:42:39:00	01:42:42:00	THE NUMBERS WE ARE SEEING HERE
01:42:42:00	01:42:43:00	ARE HEARTBREAKING WHERE THEY
01:42:43:00	01:42:44:00	SPEAK TO WHAT IS HAPPENING ON
01:42:44:00	01:42:46:00	THE GROUND.
01:42:46:00	01:42:46:00	ACCORDING TO MASSACHUSETTS
01:42:46:00	01:42:47:00	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
01:42:47:00	01:42:50:00	OVER THAT OVERDOSE DEATH AMONG
01:42:50:00	01:42:53:00	BLACK MEN OVER 55 INCREASE BY
01:42:53:00	01:42:57:00	242% FROM 2017 TO 2023 BLACK
01:42:57:00	01:43:00:00	MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 54 AND
01:43:00:00	01:43:04:00	73 ARE DYING AT FOUR TIMES THE
01:43:04:00	01:43:05:00	RATE OF OTHER OF OTHER MEN THAT
01:43:05:00	01:43:05:00	AGE.
01:43:05:00	01:43:08:00	AND RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON, THE
01:43:08:00	01:43:11:00	BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION
01:43:11:00	01:43:12:00	FOUND THAT BLACK RESIDENTS
01:43:12:00	01:43:12:00	EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST RATE
01:43:12:00	01:43:15:00	OF FATAL OVERDOSES ACROSS ALL
01:43:15:00	01:43:20:00	RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS OFTEN
01:43:20:00	01:43:20:00	DUE TO FAT FENNEL THEY
01:43:20:00	01:43:23:00	SUBSTANCES LIKE COCAINE, HEROIN
01:43:23:00	01:43:23:00	AND METH.
01:43:23:00	01:43:24:00	THIS IS A CRISIS THAT HITS HOME
01:43:24:00	01:43:27:00	IN MY DISTRICT WHERE FAMILIES
01:43:27:00	01:43:28:00	ARE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF LOVED
01:43:28:00	01:43:31:00	ONES FATHERS, UNCLES, BROTHERS
01:43:31:00	01:43:32:00	AND FRIENDS OFTEN WITHOUT
01:43:32:00	01:43:36:00	ACCESS TO RECOVERY SERVICES
01:43:36:00	01:43:36:00	THAT HAVE DEALT WITH THEIR
01:43:36:00	01:43:37:00	LIVED EXPERIENCE IN MIND.
01:43:37:00	01:43:39:00	TOO MANY BLACK MEN ARE
01:43:39:00	01:43:40:00	NAVIGATING NAVIGATING THIS
01:43:40:00	01:43:43:00	ALONE AND SYSTEMS THAT DON'T
01:43:43:00	01:43:43:00	UNDERSTAND THEM AND PROGRAMS
01:43:43:00	01:43:46:00	THAT DON'T MEET THEM WHERE THEY
01:43:46:00	01:43:46:00	ARE.
01:43:46:00	01:43:47:00	I WANT TO LIFT UP THE
01:43:47:00	01:43:50:00	INCREDIBLE WORK OF MY AUNT LEAH
01:43:50:00	01:43:50:00	RANDOLPH, SOMEONE WHOSE
01:43:50:00	01:43:54:00	PERSONAL JOURNEY TO
01:43:54:00	01:43:54:00	RECOVERY HAS SHAPED A POWERFUL
01:43:54:00	01:43:57:00	ADVOCACY.
01:43:57:00	01:43:58:00	AS CO-CHAIR OF MASSACHUSETTS
01:43:58:00	01:44:01:00	BLACK ALCOHOL IN THE DISTRICT
01:44:01:00	01:44:01:00	COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
01:44:01:00	01:44:02:00	OF COMMONWEALTH MENTAL HEALTH
01:44:02:00	01:44:05:00	AND WELLNESS CENTER, SHE SPENT
01:44:05:00	01:44:05:00	OVER TWO DECADES LEADING
01:44:05:00	01:44:08:00	EFFORTS TO BRING CULTURAL
01:44:08:00	01:44:09:00	COMPETENT CARE TO THE
01:44:09:00	01:44:10:00	COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT THE
01:44:10:00	01:44:10:00	MOST.
01:44:10:00	01:44:13:00	HER CENTER BASED IN DORCHESTER,
01:44:13:00	01:44:15:00	LYNN IS NOW ONE OF THE LARGEST
01:44:15:00	01:44:16:00	BLACK OWNED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
01:44:16:00	01:44:19:00	PROVIDERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
01:44:19:00	01:44:20:00	WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
01:44:20:00	01:44:24:00	LOCAL LEADERS AND INSTITUTIONS
01:44:24:00	01:44:24:00	THAT HAVE DESIGNED COMMUNITY
01:44:24:00	01:44:24:00	RECOVERY PATHWAYS.
01:44:24:00	01:44:28:00	MAKING A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY
01:44:28:00	01:44:28:00	FROM HAILEY'S HOUSE LIP REENTRY
01:44:28:00	01:44:31:00	PROGRAM TO THE NUBIAN SQUARE
01:44:31:00	01:44:32:00	TASK FORCE, THE RECOVERY CAFÉ
01:44:32:00	01:44:35:00	AND THE OFFICE OF RECOVERY
01:44:35:00	01:44:35:00	SERVICES APAC.
01:44:35:00	01:44:39:00	THEY ARE HOLDING IT DOWN ON THE
01:44:39:00	01:44:39:00	FRONT LINES CREATING THE
01:44:39:00	01:44:43:00	CONDITIONS FOR OUR PEOPLE TO
01:44:43:00	01:44:43:00	HEAL.
01:44:43:00	01:44:44:00	I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
01:44:44:00	01:44:44:00	HEARING AND I KNOW THE WORK
01:44:44:00	01:44:46:00	AHEAD HAS TO BE DEEPER.
01:44:46:00	01:44:47:00	LONG TERM INVESTMENTS AND
01:44:47:00	01:44:50:00	EQUITY BASED CARE, HARM
01:44:50:00	01:44:51:00	REDUCTION AND MENTAL HEALTH AND
01:44:51:00	01:44:51:00	WELLNESS SUPPORT.
01:44:51:00	01:44:51:00	THANK YOU.
01:44:51:00	01:44:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:44:55:00	01:44:56:00	THE TARGET IS CAPTURED FLYNN
01:44:56:00	01:44:57:00	AND KENDRA FLYNN NEAR THE
01:44:57:00	01:44:57:00	FLOOR.
01:44:57:00	01:44:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
01:44:58:00	01:44:59:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
01:44:59:00	01:44:59:00	WE'RE ALL FOR THE IMPORTANT
01:44:59:00	01:45:02:00	WORK YOU HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN
01:45:02:00	01:45:05:00	FOR MANY YEARS ON THIS
01:45:05:00	01:45:05:00	IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
01:45:05:00	01:45:08:00	I'VE ALSO BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS
01:45:08:00	01:45:12:00	ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS AS A AS A
01:45:12:00	01:45:13:00	PROBATION OFFICER WORKING IN
01:45:13:00	01:45:14:00	THE COURT SYSTEM FOR ALMOST
01:45:14:00	01:45:18:00	EIGHT YEARS.
01:45:18:00	01:45:19:00	DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN
01:45:19:00	01:45:22:00	PARTICULAR WITH SYNTHETIC
01:45:22:00	01:45:22:00	OPIATES SUCH AS FENTANYL.
01:45:22:00	01:45:26:00	WE HAVE SEEN A SHARP INCREASE
01:45:26:00	01:45:29:00	OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH
01:45:29:00	01:45:33:00	OVERDOSE ESPECIALLY AMONG BLACK
01:45:33:00	01:45:33:00	BLACK MEN, OLDER BLACK MEN.
01:45:33:00	01:45:36:00	ACCORDING TO THE CENTER OF THIS
01:45:36:00	01:45:40:00	CONTROL FROM 2019 TO 2022,
01:45:40:00	01:45:40:00	THERE WERE NEARLY 100,000 DRUG
01:45:40:00	01:45:44:00	OVERDOSE DEATHS ACROSS THE
01:45:44:00	01:45:47:00	COUNTRY FROM 2017 TO 2023.
01:45:47:00	01:45:50:00	DATA FROM THE MASS DEPARTMENT
01:45:50:00	01:45:50:00	STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
01:45:50:00	01:45:54:00	HEALTH SHOW THAT THE OVERDOSE
01:45:54:00	01:45:55:00	DEATH RATE AMONG BLACK MEN OVER
01:45:55:00	01:46:03:00	AGE 55 INCREASED BY 242%.
01:46:03:00	01:46:06:00	BLACK MEN AGE 54 TO 73 DIED
01:46:06:00	01:46:07:00	FOUR TIMES MORE THAN THE RATE
01:46:07:00	01:46:10:00	OF MEN OF OTHER RACES.
01:46:10:00	01:46:16:00	FENTANYL WAS FOUND IN 93%
01:46:16:00	01:46:17:00	OF 2022 OVERDOSE DEATHS.
01:46:17:00	01:46:21:00	FENTANYL BEING ADDED INTO
01:46:21:00	01:46:21:00	VARIOUS DRUGS.
01:46:21:00	01:46:24:00	IT'S IMPACTING SIGNIFICANTLY
01:46:24:00	01:46:28:00	ESPECIALLY THE OLDER BLACK MEN
01:46:28:00	01:46:28:00	.
01:46:28:00	01:46:31:00	BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION
01:46:31:00	01:46:31:00	REPORTED IN 2024 THAT BLACK
01:46:31:00	01:46:32:00	RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED THE
01:46:32:00	01:46:34:00	HIGHEST RATE OF FATAL OVERDOSES
01:46:34:00	01:46:35:00	FROM ANY DRUG WHEN COMPARED TO
01:46:35:00	01:46:39:00	OTHER RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS
01:46:39:00	01:46:40:00	AND THAT OVERDOSE DEATHS WERE
01:46:40:00	01:46:43:00	OFTEN CAUSED, AS I MENTIONED BY
01:46:43:00	01:46:43:00	FENTANYL LACED INTO
01:46:43:00	01:46:46:00	COCAINE METHADONE FROM HEROIN
01:46:46:00	01:46:47:00	OR OTHER DRUGS.
01:46:47:00	01:46:50:00	WE AS A CITY NEED TO HAVE AN
01:46:50:00	01:46:51:00	URGENT CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS
01:46:51:00	01:46:54:00	CRISIS.
01:46:54:00	01:46:55:00	WE NEED TO FOCUS ON COMBATING
01:46:55:00	01:46:58:00	AND PREVENTING.
01:46:58:00	01:46:58:00	WE NEED MEASURES INCLUDING
01:46:58:00	01:47:03:00	IMPROVING ADDICTION TREATMENT.
01:47:03:00	01:47:03:00	STRENGTHENING EQUITY BASED
01:47:03:00	01:47:06:00	PROGRAMS AND EXPLORING
01:47:06:00	01:47:10:00	MANDATORY TREATMENT BUT
01:47:10:00	01:47:10:00	ENSURING THAT THE
01:47:10:00	01:47:13:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS
01:47:13:00	01:47:17:00	PART OF THE SOLUTION ESPECIALLY
01:47:17:00	01:47:21:00	CULTURALLY COMPETENT TREATMENT
01:47:21:00	01:47:21:00	PROGRAMS.
01:47:21:00	01:47:25:00	LISTENING TO RESIDENTS IN THEIR
01:47:25:00	01:47:25:00	COMMUNITY IS CRITICAL.
01:47:25:00	01:47:29:00	IT'S CRITICAL ALSO THAT WE WORK
01:47:29:00	01:47:29:00	IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY
01:47:29:00	01:47:30:00	OF BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM
01:47:30:00	01:47:33:00	NONPROFIT VETS TO OUTREACH,
01:47:33:00	01:47:34:00	ENGAGE, PROVIDE TREATMENT AND
01:47:34:00	01:47:37:00	SERVICES THAT ARE RELEVANT AND
01:47:37:00	01:47:38:00	FOCUSED ON THIS POPULATION SO
01:47:38:00	01:47:40:00	THAT WE CAN PUT OLDER
01:47:40:00	01:47:41:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND
01:47:41:00	01:47:45:00	COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ON A
01:47:45:00	01:47:45:00	PATHWAY TO RECOVERY.
01:47:45:00	01:47:48:00	WE WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.
01:47:48:00	01:47:49:00	THIS IS A CRISIS.
01:47:49:00	01:47:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:47:49:00	01:47:52:00	THANK YOU.
01:47:52:00	01:47:53:00	AND I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR
01:47:53:00	01:47:56:00	OR AL FOR ADDING ME.
01:47:56:00	01:47:57:00	THESE HEALTH DISPARITIES ARE
01:47:57:00	01:47:57:00	INCREDIBLY ALARMING.
01:47:57:00	01:48:00:00	IT'S IT'S AT THE FACT THAT WE
01:48:00:00	01:48:04:00	DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PCP AND WE
01:48:04:00	01:48:04:00	DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MENTAL HEALTH
01:48:04:00	01:48:09:00	CARE WORKERS AND SO IT IS
01:48:09:00	01:48:10:00	INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
01:48:10:00	01:48:14:00	WORK ALONGSIDE A LOT OF THE
01:48:14:00	01:48:15:00	ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU LISTED
01:48:15:00	01:48:17:00	COUNCIL AROUND AND IN THESE
01:48:17:00	01:48:18:00	HERE IN OUR IN THE CITY
01:48:18:00	01:48:21:00	OF BOSTON TO HELP ADDRESS THESE
01:48:21:00	01:48:21:00	OPIOID RELATED INCREASING
01:48:21:00	01:48:24:00	OPIOID RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS
01:48:24:00	01:48:25:00	IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
01:48:25:00	01:48:26:00	AND SO THIS IS INCREDIBLY
01:48:26:00	01:48:29:00	IMPORTANT WORK AND I LOOK
01:48:29:00	01:48:29:00	FORWARD TO TO THINKING AND
01:48:29:00	01:48:33:00	STRATEGIZING HOW WE CAN REALLY
01:48:33:00	01:48:33:00	ATTACK THIS PROBLEM.
01:48:33:00	01:48:37:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:48:37:00	01:48:37:00	ON THIS MATTER THE CHAIR
01:48:37:00	01:48:38:00	RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOU
01:48:38:00	01:48:38:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:48:38:00	01:48:41:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:48:41:00	01:48:42:00	AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
01:48:42:00	01:48:45:00	FOR FOLLOWING THIS HEARING
01:48:45:00	01:48:45:00	ORDER.
01:48:45:00	01:48:51:00	AND I WANT TO SAY BACK IN MARCH
01:48:51:00	01:48:51:00	OF 2023 WE WERE APPROACHED BY
01:48:51:00	01:48:55:00	LEON RIVERA WHO HAS BEEN DOING
01:48:55:00	01:48:56:00	A LOT OF WORK IN THIS SPACE AND
01:48:56:00	01:48:59:00	HAD BROUGHT ATTENTION TO OUR
01:48:59:00	01:49:03:00	OFFICE AROUND THE REPORTING OR
01:49:03:00	01:49:03:00	LACK OF REPORTING OF A LOT
01:49:03:00	01:49:04:00	OF THE OVERDOSES THAT WERE
01:49:04:00	01:49:07:00	HAPPENING IN DORCHESTER,
01:49:07:00	01:49:07:00	ROXBURY AND MATTAPAN AND
01:49:07:00	01:49:10:00	PARTICULARLY MEN OF COLOR.
01:49:10:00	01:49:13:00	AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE
01:49:13:00	01:49:14:00	THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS
01:49:14:00	01:49:17:00	CONVERSATION STARTED TWO YEARS
01:49:17:00	01:49:17:00	AGO AND WE'RE GOING TO
01:49:17:00	01:49:21:00	HOPEFULLY THIS TIME HAVE SOME
01:49:21:00	01:49:22:00	REAL SOLUTIONS THAT COME OUT
01:49:22:00	01:49:24:00	OF IT.
01:49:24:00	01:49:25:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
01:49:25:00	01:49:31:00	HEARING AND MAKING NOTE THAT
01:49:31:00	01:49:32:00	ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
01:49:32:00	01:49:32:00	FLAGGED WAS REALLY THE
01:49:32:00	01:49:35:00	UNDERREPORTING AROUND THIS
01:49:35:00	01:49:35:00	PARTICULAR ISSUE.
01:49:35:00	01:49:36:00	THERE ARE A LOT OF MEN WHO ARE
01:49:36:00	01:49:38:00	SUFFERING IN SILENCE.
01:49:38:00	01:49:39:00	THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES
01:49:39:00	01:49:39:00	OF STIGMA.
01:49:39:00	01:49:42:00	I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT
01:49:42:00	01:49:46:00	THAT MY COUSIN OVERDOSED AND MY
01:49:46:00	01:49:46:00	FAMILY WAS IN DENIAL SO THERE'S
01:49:46:00	01:49:49:00	JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS
01:49:49:00	01:49:50:00	TO THIS CONVERSATION AND I LOOK
01:49:50:00	01:49:54:00	FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THE
01:49:54:00	01:49:54:00	HEARING AND FINDING A SENSE
01:49:54:00	01:49:58:00	OF CLOSURE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS
01:49:58:00	01:49:58:00	WHO ARE STILL IMPACTED.
01:49:58:00	01:49:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:49:59:00	01:49:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:49:59:00	01:50:01:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:50:01:00	01:50:02:00	COUNCILOR OPERATING ON THE
01:50:02:00	01:50:02:00	BRITTANY OF THE FLOOR.
01:50:02:00	01:50:06:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:50:06:00	01:50:06:00	THANK YOU CONSTABLE ROWLAND,
01:50:06:00	01:50:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR OFFERING
01:50:09:00	01:50:13:00	THIS HEARING ORDER.
01:50:13:00	01:50:17:00	I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO BE I
01:50:17:00	01:50:17:00	HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW I
01:50:17:00	01:50:21:00	TALK ABOUT THIS BUT IT IS
01:50:21:00	01:50:21:00	SHOCKING TO ME IN MY RECENT
01:50:21:00	01:50:24:00	SURGERY WHEN I CAME HOME I HAD
01:50:24:00	01:50:28:00	A I HAD I HAD 50 OXYCODONE AND
01:50:28:00	01:50:31:00	I HAD TO NARCAN KIT NARCAN KITS
01:50:31:00	01:50:35:00	TO IN THE THE IN THE IN THE
01:50:35:00	01:50:36:00	EVENT OF ME OVERDOSING ON MY
01:50:36:00	01:50:39:00	PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS THAT HAD
01:50:39:00	01:50:40:00	NEVER HAVE I'VE HAD SURGERIES
01:50:40:00	01:50:43:00	IN THE PAST I HAVE NEVER HAD
01:50:43:00	01:50:44:00	THAT BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT
01:50:44:00	01:50:44:00	WHEN WE HAVE THIS HEARING THAT
01:50:44:00	01:50:47:00	WE CAN HAVE HAVE SOME FOLKS
01:50:47:00	01:50:51:00	TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE SORT
01:50:51:00	01:50:53:00	OF LIBERAL DISTRICT
01:50:53:00	01:50:54:00	PRESCRIPTION PRESCRIPTION
01:50:54:00	01:50:57:00	OF OPIOID VERY POWERFUL
01:50:57:00	01:51:01:00	PAINKILLERS TO TO FOLKS WHO ARE
01:51:01:00	01:51:01:00	HAVING SURGERIES AND DENTAL
01:51:01:00	01:51:01:00	WORK.
01:51:01:00	01:51:05:00	I'VE HEARD OF PEOPLE COMING
01:51:05:00	01:51:05:00	HOME FROM THE DENTIST HAVING
01:51:05:00	01:51:06:00	SORT OF ROUTINE DENTAL WORK
01:51:06:00	01:51:08:00	WITH PERCOCET AND YOU KNOW, AS
01:51:08:00	01:51:09:00	SOMEONE WHO IS COLLEAGUES AND
01:51:09:00	01:51:13:00	AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST WHO IS
01:51:13:00	01:51:14:00	COLLEAGUES WHO WORK IN THE
01:51:14:00	01:51:16:00	OPIOID AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
01:51:16:00	01:51:20:00	SPACE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE, I
01:51:20:00	01:51:20:00	THINK IT MAKES A REALLY
01:51:20:00	01:51:24:00	IMPORTANT QUESTION OF HOW WE
01:51:24:00	01:51:27:00	CAN HELP FOLKS MANAGE PAIN.
01:51:27:00	01:51:28:00	AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS HEARING
01:51:28:00	01:51:31:00	ORDER IS TO DO WITH THE DEATHS
01:51:31:00	01:51:32:00	OF OLDER BLACK POPULATION AND I
01:51:32:00	01:51:35:00	DON'T I DON'T WANT TO STEP INTO
01:51:35:00	01:51:36:00	THAT ASSUMPTION AND THAT RACIST
01:51:36:00	01:51:39:00	ASSUMPTION THAT BLACK PEOPLE
01:51:39:00	01:51:43:00	DON'T SUFFER AND THAT THEY HAVE
01:51:43:00	01:51:43:00	A HIGHER PAIN THRESHOLD THAN
01:51:43:00	01:51:44:00	OLD FOLKS.
01:51:44:00	01:51:46:00	BUT I DO THINK THAT THE LIBERAL
01:51:46:00	01:51:47:00	PRESCRIPTION OF OPIOIDS IS A
01:51:47:00	01:51:50:00	DANGER TO US ALL AND I HOPE
01:51:50:00	01:51:51:00	THAT PERHAPS WHEN WE HAVE THE
01:51:51:00	01:51:54:00	HEARING WE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE
01:51:54:00	01:51:54:00	TO SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE BROADLY
01:51:54:00	01:51:57:00	AND NOT JUST FOCUSED ON THE
01:51:57:00	01:51:58:00	BLACK COMMUNITY BUT I THINK
01:51:58:00	01:52:01:00	IT'S A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION
01:52:01:00	01:52:02:00	THAT WE FACE AND VERY OFTEN WE
01:52:02:00	01:52:05:00	HAVE PEOPLE FALL A DEPENDANCE
01:52:05:00	01:52:09:00	ON OPIOIDS THROUGH PRESCRIBED
01:52:09:00	01:52:09:00	PAIN PAIN MEDICINE.
01:52:09:00	01:52:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:52:10:00	01:52:13:00	THANK YOU.
01:52:13:00	01:52:14:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:52:14:00	01:52:15:00	ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
01:52:15:00	01:52:18:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
01:52:18:00	01:52:18:00	MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCILOR WAS
01:52:18:00	01:52:21:00	BRAIDED CUT AS A PAD TO DURKIN
01:52:21:00	01:52:21:00	FITZGERALD MCGWIRE, SANTANA
01:52:21:00	01:52:25:00	WEBER.
01:52:25:00	01:52:27:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER IS
01:52:27:00	01:52:28:00	0858 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
01:52:28:00	01:52:28:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH,
01:52:28:00	01:52:31:00	HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY.
01:52:31:00	01:52:32:00	MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
01:52:32:00	01:52:32:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0859?
01:52:32:00	01:52:36:00	SO HELP THE THE CHAIR.
01:52:36:00	01:52:36:00	OKAY.
01:52:36:00	01:52:38:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY, WHAT IS YOUR
01:52:38:00	01:52:39:00	POINT OF ORDER?
01:52:39:00	01:52:40:00	I HAD MY HAND UP RIGHT AFTER
01:52:40:00	01:52:42:00	YOU WENT BY ME SO I WANT TO ADD
01:52:42:00	01:52:43:00	MY NAME TO THAT.
01:52:43:00	01:52:43:00	OH, OKAY.
01:52:43:00	01:52:46:00	PLEASE ADD COUNSELOR MURPHY'S
01:52:46:00	01:52:47:00	NAME TO THE DOCKET.
01:52:47:00	01:52:50:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:52:50:00	01:52:55:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 08590859
01:52:55:00	01:52:56:00	COUNCILOR OF COLOR AS A PART
01:52:56:00	01:52:56:00	OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER
01:52:56:00	01:52:59:00	REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION
01:52:59:00	01:53:00:00	UNDER SECTION 17 OF RELATIVE TO
01:53:00:00	01:53:04:00	TOWING CONTRACTS IN DISTRICT
01:53:04:00	01:53:04:00	ONE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:53:04:00	01:53:05:00	COUNCILOR RECALL THAT AS A
01:53:05:00	01:53:06:00	PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:53:06:00	01:53:07:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
01:53:07:00	01:53:07:00	PRESIDENT.
01:53:07:00	01:53:08:00	BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, I JUST
01:53:08:00	01:53:10:00	WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNSELOR,
01:53:10:00	01:53:11:00	FOR PUTTING OUT A HEARING ORDER
01:53:11:00	01:53:11:00	ON THIS TOPIC EARLIER THIS YEAR
01:53:11:00	01:53:14:00	IT WAS NOT TO DUPLICATE EFFORTS
01:53:14:00	01:53:15:00	OR MY INTENTION WAS NOT TO
01:53:15:00	01:53:16:00	DUPLICATE EFFORTS BUT JUST TO
01:53:16:00	01:53:19:00	GET SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN MY
01:53:19:00	01:53:19:00	DISTRICT.
01:53:19:00	01:53:22:00	WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN THE CITY
01:53:22:00	01:53:23:00	CONTRACTS ARE PRIVATE TOWING
01:53:23:00	01:53:26:00	SERVICES OUT FOR THEIR SERVICES
01:53:26:00	01:53:26:00	WHETHER THAT'S STREET CLEANING
01:53:26:00	01:53:27:00	OR EVENTS, THE RESIDENTS NOT
01:53:27:00	01:53:30:00	ONLY HAVE TO PAY A TICKET BUT
01:53:30:00	01:53:31:00	THEY ALSO HAVE TO PAY A STORAGE
01:53:31:00	01:53:34:00	AND TOWING FEE IN EAST BOSTON
01:53:34:00	01:53:34:00	ANECDOTALLY I'M HEARING THAT
01:53:34:00	01:53:36:00	IT'S GETTING UPWARDS OF 300
01:53:36:00	01:53:40:00	$350 WHEN ASKED FOR INFORMATION
01:53:40:00	01:53:40:00	OF WHETHER OR NOT THE SERVES IN
01:53:40:00	01:53:41:00	THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OR
01:53:41:00	01:53:43:00	THE BOSTON REGISTRATION
01:53:43:00	01:53:44:00	DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY WENT LIKE
01:53:44:00	01:53:48:00	THIS AND THEN REFERENCED ME TO
01:53:48:00	01:53:49:00	THE PUBLIC RECORDS DEPARTMENT
01:53:49:00	01:53:50:00	SO I FILED A 17 SO I LOOK
01:53:50:00	01:53:50:00	FORWARD TO GETTING THAT
01:53:50:00	01:53:52:00	INFORMATION.
01:53:52:00	01:53:52:00	THANK YOU.
01:53:52:00	01:53:56:00	THANK YOU.
01:53:56:00	01:53:56:00	YEAH.
01:53:56:00	01:53:56:00	OKAY.
01:53:56:00	01:53:59:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR COLETTE
01:53:59:00	01:54:00:00	ZAPATA.
01:54:00:00	01:54:03:00	COUNSELOR ZAPATA SEEKS
01:54:03:00	01:54:04:00	SUSPENSION OF THE ROLLS AND
01:54:04:00	01:54:06:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0859.
01:54:06:00	01:54:07:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:54:07:00	01:54:10:00	I WILL SAY HEY, THE AYES HAVE
01:54:10:00	01:54:10:00	IT.
01:54:10:00	01:54:11:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0859 IS PASSED.
01:54:11:00	01:54:13:00	MR CLARE, CAN YOU PLEASE BE
01:54:13:00	01:54:16:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0860 TALKING
01:54:16:00	01:54:16:00	MEMBER 0860 COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:54:16:00	01:54:19:00	OFFERED THE FOLLOWING
01:54:19:00	01:54:22:00	RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SENATE
01:54:22:00	01:54:22:00	1042 ENACT RELATIVE TO LIFE
01:54:22:00	01:54:26:00	SAVING TREATMENT.
01:54:26:00	01:54:26:00	THANK YOU.
01:54:26:00	01:54:27:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:54:27:00	01:54:28:00	CAMERAPHONE ANY PLENTY OF THE
01:54:28:00	01:54:29:00	FLOOR.
01:54:29:00	01:54:33:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:54:33:00	01:54:33:00	I'M ASKING TODAY MY COLLEAGUES
01:54:33:00	01:54:37:00	TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF MASSACRE
01:54:37:00	01:54:37:00	SHOES THAT SENATE BILL 1042
01:54:37:00	01:54:40:00	IT'S AN ACT RELATIVE TO SAVING
01:54:40:00	01:54:41:00	TREATMENT SPONSORED BY SENATOR
01:54:41:00	01:54:44:00	COLLINS DRUG OVERDOSE AS WE
01:54:44:00	01:54:47:00	DISCUSSED IT POSES A
01:54:47:00	01:54:48:00	SIGNIFICANT HEALTH CRISIS IN
01:54:48:00	01:54:51:00	BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND
01:54:51:00	01:54:58:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY BETWEEN 2012
01:54:58:00	01:54:59:00	AND 2022, BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
01:54:59:00	01:55:02:00	COMMISSION REPORTED THAT DRUG
01:55:02:00	01:55:03:00	OVERDOSE MORTALITY ASSOCIATED
01:55:03:00	01:55:06:00	WITH THE USE OF FENTANYL IN
01:55:06:00	01:55:07:00	COMBINATION WITH
01:55:07:00	01:55:09:00	COCAINE INCREASED BY ALMOST
01:55:09:00	01:55:14:00	200% IN BOSTON, ACCORDING TO 20
01:55:14:00	01:55:14:00	STUDY DONE BY THE NATIONAL
01:55:14:00	01:55:17:00	INSTITUTE OF DRUG ABUSE IN
01:55:17:00	01:55:18:00	MASSACHUSETTS, ONE IN 20
01:55:18:00	01:55:21:00	PATIENTS TREATED FOR NON-FATAL
01:55:21:00	01:55:24:00	OPIATE OVERDOSE OVERDOSES DIED
01:55:24:00	01:55:25:00	WITHIN A YEAR FOLLOWING THEIR
01:55:25:00	01:55:25:00	VISIT.
01:55:25:00	01:55:28:00	ONE IN FIVE OF THESE DEATHS
01:55:28:00	01:55:28:00	OCCURRED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW
01:55:28:00	01:55:29:00	MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
01:55:29:00	01:55:34:00	THERE'S A THIS ACT 1042 AN ACT
01:55:34:00	01:55:37:00	IN SUPPORT OF LIFESAVING
01:55:37:00	01:55:37:00	TREATMENT REQUIRES THAT
01:55:37:00	01:55:41:00	PATIENTS AND A COURT ORDER AND
01:55:41:00	01:55:42:00	COMMITTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY
01:55:42:00	01:55:44:00	SET MEDICAL FACILITY FOR AN
01:55:44:00	01:55:45:00	OVERDOSE BE ALLOWED TO
01:55:45:00	01:55:48:00	PARTICIPATE IN THE SUBSEQUENT
01:55:48:00	01:55:48:00	COURT HEARING AND COURT ORDERED
01:55:48:00	01:55:52:00	EVALUATION REMOTELY.
01:55:52:00	01:55:52:00	THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES PATIENTS
01:55:52:00	01:55:56:00	WHO HAVE SUFFERED AN OVERDOSE
01:55:56:00	01:55:56:00	TO RECEIVE AN AN EVALUATION BY
01:55:56:00	01:56:00:00	A LICENSED LICENSED SOCIAL
01:56:00:00	01:56:01:00	WORKER A MEETING WITH A
01:56:01:00	01:56:04:00	RECOVERY COACH AND NAVIGATOR
01:56:04:00	01:56:04:00	AND RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE
01:56:04:00	01:56:08:00	JUDGE WISH SHOULD THE COURT
01:56:08:00	01:56:08:00	ORDER FOR CIVIL COMMITMENT
01:56:08:00	01:56:11:00	BEFORE DISCHARGE.
01:56:11:00	01:56:12:00	THERE ARE MANY STUDIES THAT
01:56:12:00	01:56:15:00	SHOW THAT SOCIAL WORKERS CAN
01:56:15:00	01:56:15:00	RECOVERY COACHES ARE EFFECTIVE
01:56:15:00	01:56:18:00	IN COMBATING DRUG RELATED
01:56:18:00	01:56:18:00	ISSUES.
01:56:18:00	01:56:19:00	SOCIAL WORKERS AND
01:56:19:00	01:56:19:00	RECOVERY COACHES PROVIDE A
01:56:19:00	01:56:22:00	UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
01:56:22:00	01:56:23:00	OF COMPASSION AND PERSONAL
01:56:23:00	01:56:26:00	CONNECTION WHICH IS IMPORTANT
01:56:26:00	01:56:26:00	TO HELPING PATIENTS RECOVER.
01:56:26:00	01:56:30:00	DISCHARGE PLANNING AND
01:56:30:00	01:56:31:00	OUTPATIENT COUNSELING ARE KEY
01:56:31:00	01:56:34:00	TO PREVENTING FURTHER DRUG USE
01:56:34:00	01:56:35:00	THAT COULD BE FATAL.
01:56:35:00	01:56:38:00	IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE
01:56:38:00	01:56:39:00	TO FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS TO
01:56:39:00	01:56:42:00	PREVENT DRUG OVERDOSES AND
01:56:42:00	01:56:43:00	FATALITIES TO FOSTER A HEALTHY
01:56:43:00	01:56:46:00	COMMUNITY COMMUNITY BY
01:56:46:00	01:56:46:00	REQUIRING A MULTI-STEP
01:56:46:00	01:56:50:00	EVALUATION WITH THE LICENSED
01:56:50:00	01:56:50:00	SOCIAL WORKER RECOVERY COACH
01:56:50:00	01:56:54:00	AND APPROVAL BY A JUDGE BEFORE
01:56:54:00	01:56:54:00	A PATIENTS ARE DISCHARGED.
01:56:54:00	01:56:57:00	THIS APPROACH CAN PROVIDE THE
01:56:57:00	01:56:58:00	FIRST STEP TO RECOVERY.
01:56:58:00	01:57:00:00	IT'D BE A LIFE SAVING FOR MANY
01:57:00:00	01:57:01:00	AND THIS IS AN ISSUE I WORKED
01:57:01:00	01:57:01:00	ON.
01:57:01:00	01:57:05:00	AS I MENTIONED FOR EIGHT YEARS
01:57:05:00	01:57:06:00	AS A PROBATION OFFICER I SPEND
01:57:06:00	01:57:09:00	MY DAY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
01:57:09:00	01:57:12:00	INTO DETOX BEDS, INTO
01:57:12:00	01:57:13:00	RECOVERY PROGRAMS.
01:57:13:00	01:57:16:00	THEY WERE UNDER COURT ORDER TO
01:57:16:00	01:57:17:00	BE IN THERE TO BEGIN WITH BUT
01:57:17:00	01:57:20:00	IT WAS DIFFICULT WAS
01:57:20:00	01:57:21:00	CHALLENGING EVEN UNDER COURT
01:57:21:00	01:57:21:00	ORDER TO GET PEOPLE INTO
01:57:21:00	01:57:24:00	TREATMENT AND TO STAY HEALTHY.
01:57:24:00	01:57:27:00	BUT ONE THING I WOULD NEVER DO
01:57:27:00	01:57:28:00	AS A PROBATION OFFICER IS GIVE
01:57:28:00	01:57:31:00	UP ON SOMEONE AND I DID
01:57:31:00	01:57:34:00	EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY COULD TO
01:57:34:00	01:57:35:00	GET SOMEONE INTO DETOX EVEN IF
01:57:35:00	01:57:38:00	THEY RELAPSED AND I STILL WANT
01:57:38:00	01:57:39:00	TO BE COMMITTED AND CONTINUE TO
01:57:39:00	01:57:42:00	ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEM
01:57:42:00	01:57:43:00	INTO DETOX INTO
01:57:43:00	01:57:46:00	RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND THAT'S A
01:57:46:00	01:57:47:00	COMMITMENT I'M GOING TO MAKE
01:57:47:00	01:57:47:00	HERE TODAY.
01:57:47:00	01:57:47:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:57:47:00	01:57:48:00	THANK YOU.
01:57:48:00	01:57:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:57:50:00	01:57:51:00	COUNCILOR WEBER BECAUSE
01:57:51:00	01:57:51:00	OF WHERE WE HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:57:51:00	01:57:54:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK
01:57:54:00	01:57:54:00	YOU TO THE BAKER FOR FILING
01:57:54:00	01:57:54:00	THIS.
01:57:54:00	01:57:55:00	I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS
01:57:55:00	01:57:57:00	IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND
01:57:57:00	01:57:58:00	CERTAINLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
01:57:58:00	01:58:02:00	IT A LOT, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST
01:58:02:00	01:58:03:00	WEEK OR SO ABOUT WHAT THE BEST
01:58:03:00	01:58:05:00	PATH FORWARD FOR FOR MAKING
01:58:05:00	01:58:06:00	SURE PEOPLE GET THE TREATMENT
01:58:06:00	01:58:08:00	THEY NEED.
01:58:08:00	01:58:09:00	I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
01:58:09:00	01:58:13:00	AND YOU KNOW, SUCH AS IN SOME
01:58:13:00	01:58:16:00	SENSE REQUIRING SOMEBODY WHO IS
01:58:16:00	01:58:20:00	ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL TO WAIT
01:58:20:00	01:58:20:00	UNTIL THEY'RE CLEARED BY A
01:58:20:00	01:58:23:00	JUDGE OR TO MEET WITH A
01:58:23:00	01:58:24:00	LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER AND A
01:58:24:00	01:58:24:00	RECOVERY COACH.
01:58:24:00	01:58:27:00	WE OBVIOUSLY HELP THEM ON THEIR
01:58:27:00	01:58:28:00	PATH TO RECOVERY.
01:58:28:00	01:58:30:00	BUT IN ANOTHER SENSE IT MAY
01:58:30:00	01:58:31:00	BRING UP LIKE DUE PROCESS
01:58:31:00	01:58:34:00	ISSUES WHERE SOMEBODY IS
01:58:34:00	01:58:35:00	DETAINED IN A HOSPITAL UNTIL
01:58:35:00	01:58:37:00	THERE'S A LICENSED SOCIAL
01:58:37:00	01:58:38:00	WORKER THAT COMES BY.
01:58:38:00	01:58:39:00	I DON'T I THINK IT RAISES
01:58:39:00	01:58:42:00	CERTAIN POLICY QUESTIONS ABOUT
01:58:42:00	01:58:42:00	WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS THIS WOULD
01:58:42:00	01:58:46:00	HAVE, YOU KNOW, ON THE LIBERTY
01:58:46:00	01:58:46:00	OF PEOPLE WHO JUST BECAUSE THEY
01:58:46:00	01:58:49:00	OVERDOSED ON A DRUG ARE HELD IN
01:58:49:00	01:58:50:00	A LOCATION OBVIOUSLY IT'S IN A
01:58:50:00	01:58:54:00	HOSPITAL SETTING SO IT'S IT'S A
01:58:54:00	01:58:54:00	HEALTH HEALTHY LOCATION.
01:58:54:00	01:58:57:00	BUT I DO HAVE DUE PROCESS
01:58:57:00	01:58:57:00	QUESTIONS.
01:58:57:00	01:58:58:00	I'M ALSO NOT SURE ABOUT HOW THE
01:58:58:00	01:59:02:00	MEDICAL COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT
01:59:02:00	01:59:03:00	THESE REQUIREMENTS OR WHETHER
01:59:03:00	01:59:06:00	IT'S GOING TO RESULT FEWER
01:59:06:00	01:59:06:00	PEOPLE GOING FOR TREATMENT
01:59:06:00	01:59:07:00	BECAUSE IF THEY GO INTO THE
01:59:07:00	01:59:10:00	HOSPITAL THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE
01:59:10:00	01:59:11:00	TO STAY THERE UNTIL THEY CAN
01:59:11:00	01:59:14:00	HAVE A REMOTE HEARING OR A
01:59:14:00	01:59:15:00	LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER CAN COME
01:59:15:00	01:59:16:00	BY THAT TO SATURDAY MAYBE THE
01:59:16:00	01:59:18:00	SOCIAL WORKER THERE ISN'T UNTIL
01:59:18:00	01:59:18:00	MONDAY I DON'T KNOW.
01:59:18:00	01:59:22:00	I MEAN SO I IF IF THAT I
01:59:22:00	01:59:26:00	APOLOGIZE TO THE FILER FOR NOT
01:59:26:00	01:59:26:00	DOING ALL OF MY HOMEWORK BEFORE
01:59:26:00	01:59:29:00	THIS BUT I DO FEEL LIKE I HAVE
01:59:29:00	01:59:30:00	QUESTIONS AND BEFORE WE VOTE I
01:59:30:00	01:59:32:00	WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE SO AT
01:59:32:00	01:59:33:00	RESPECTFULLY I'M GOING TO
01:59:33:00	01:59:34:00	OBJECT FOR THIS TO COME FOR A
01:59:34:00	01:59:34:00	VOTE.
01:59:34:00	01:59:37:00	I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO ASK
01:59:37:00	01:59:37:00	THESE QUESTIONS.
01:59:37:00	01:59:40:00	I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU KNOW
01:59:40:00	01:59:41:00	THE THE BOTH YOU KNOW, THE
01:59:41:00	01:59:45:00	MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND AND
01:59:45:00	01:59:48:00	ADVOCATES AND UH YOU KNOW,
01:59:48:00	01:59:49:00	PERHAPS SENATOR COLLINS HIMSELF
01:59:49:00	01:59:52:00	BUT YOU KNOW, BEFORE I VOTE ON
01:59:52:00	01:59:53:00	WHETHER I SUPPORT THIS OR NOT
01:59:53:00	01:59:56:00	SO I GUESS I OBJECT AND WILL
01:59:56:00	01:59:56:00	ASK FOR A HEARING.
01:59:56:00	01:59:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:59:57:00	01:59:57:00	OKAY.
01:59:57:00	01:59:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:59:59:00	02:00:00:00	THANK YOU.
02:00:00:00	02:00:00:00	DOCKET NUMBER BECAUSE OF THE
02:00:00:00	02:00:02:00	OBJECTION OBJECTION DOCKET
02:00:02:00	02:00:03:00	NUMBER 0860 WILL BE REFERRED TO
02:00:03:00	02:00:04:00	THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH
02:00:04:00	02:00:06:00	HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY.
02:00:06:00	02:00:06:00	THERE'S AN OBJECTION.
02:00:06:00	02:00:07:00	IT GETS SENT STRAIGHT TO
02:00:07:00	02:00:07:00	COMMITTEE.
02:00:07:00	02:00:10:00	THANK YOU.
02:00:10:00	02:00:10:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0860 WILL BE SENT
02:00:10:00	02:00:13:00	TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
02:00:13:00	02:00:14:00	HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND
02:00:14:00	02:00:14:00	RECOVERY.
02:00:14:00	02:00:15:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:00:15:00	02:00:17:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0861 TUCKER
02:00:17:00	02:00:20:00	NUMBER 0861 COUNCIL FLOOR FOR
02:00:20:00	02:00:20:00	THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
02:00:20:00	02:00:23:00	SUPPORT OF CARDIOPULMONARY
02:00:23:00	02:00:27:00	RESUSCITATION CPR TRAINING IN
02:00:27:00	02:00:27:00	HIGH SCHOOLS.
02:00:27:00	02:00:28:00	THANK YOU.
02:00:28:00	02:00:28:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:00:28:00	02:00:28:00	FLYNN.
02:00:28:00	02:00:30:00	COUNSELOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
02:00:30:00	02:00:30:00	FLOOR.
02:00:30:00	02:00:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:00:31:00	02:00:35:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD
02:00:35:00	02:00:36:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY HAS AN
02:00:36:00	02:00:36:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR PLEASE.
02:00:36:00	02:00:39:00	COUNSELOR SO ADDED THANK YOU.
02:00:39:00	02:00:42:00	I'M OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION IN
02:00:42:00	02:00:46:00	SUPPORT OF CPR TRAINING IN HIGH
02:00:46:00	02:00:47:00	SCHOOLS.
02:00:47:00	02:00:49:00	RECENTLY I SPOKE WITH STUDENTS
02:00:49:00	02:00:50:00	AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY WHO
02:00:50:00	02:00:51:00	BROUGHT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE TO
02:00:51:00	02:00:54:00	MY ATTENTION.
02:00:54:00	02:00:55:00	I LISTENED TO THEM ON ZOOM AND
02:00:55:00	02:00:57:00	THEY ASKED ME TO FILE THIS IN
02:00:57:00	02:01:00:00	SUPPORT OF THIS PARTICULAR
02:01:00:00	02:01:04:00	LEGISLATION.
02:01:04:00	02:01:08:00	CPR CAN DOUBLE OR TRIPLE A
02:01:08:00	02:01:09:00	PERSON'S CHANCES OF SURVIVAL
02:01:09:00	02:01:12:00	AFTER A CARDIAC ARREST.
02:01:12:00	02:01:12:00	YET ONLY 40% OF PEOPLE WHO
02:01:12:00	02:01:15:00	EXPERIENCE AND OUT OF HOSPITAL
02:01:15:00	02:01:16:00	CARDIAC ARREST RECEIVE THE
02:01:16:00	02:01:20:00	IMMEDIATE HELP THAT THEY NEED
02:01:20:00	02:01:23:00	BEFORE PROFESSIONAL HELP
02:01:23:00	02:01:23:00	ARRIVES.
02:01:23:00	02:01:24:00	IT IS IMPORTANT TO EQUIP OUR
02:01:24:00	02:01:27:00	YOUTH WITH CPR SKILLS AND
02:01:27:00	02:01:28:00	TRAINING TO SUPPORT THEIR
02:01:28:00	02:01:31:00	FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS,
02:01:31:00	02:01:32:00	BYSTANDERS WHEN THEY ARE IN
02:01:32:00	02:01:34:00	NEED.
02:01:34:00	02:01:37:00	CPR CLASSES CAN BE TAUGHT IN
02:01:37:00	02:01:38:00	JUST 30 TO 40 MINUTES MAKING
02:01:38:00	02:01:41:00	THEM A QUICK AND ACCESSIBLE WAY
02:01:41:00	02:01:41:00	TO EQUIP STUDENTS WITH
02:01:41:00	02:01:45:00	LIFESAVING SKILLS.
02:01:45:00	02:01:45:00	41 STATES HAVE RECOGNIZED THE
02:01:45:00	02:01:48:00	IMPORTANCE OF CPR TRAINING BY
02:01:48:00	02:01:49:00	MANDATING IT FOR HIGH SCHOOL
02:01:49:00	02:01:52:00	STUDENTS, MAKING MASSACHUSETTS
02:01:52:00	02:01:53:00	ONE OF ONLY NINE STATES THAT DO
02:01:53:00	02:01:56:00	NOT REQUIRE IT FOR HIGH SCHOOL
02:01:56:00	02:01:56:00	GRADUATION.
02:01:56:00	02:02:00:00	CURRENTLY AT THE STATE HOUSE
02:02:00:00	02:02:00:00	THERE ARE ABOUT FIVE BILLS THAT
02:02:00:00	02:02:03:00	SEEK TO MAKE CPR AND AID
02:02:03:00	02:02:06:00	TRAINING A REQUIREMENT IN HIGH
02:02:06:00	02:02:07:00	SCHOOL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH
02:02:07:00	02:02:11:00	INCLUDING ASK FOUR FOR SEVEN
02:02:11:00	02:02:14:00	AND APP PROVIDING HANDS ONLY
02:02:14:00	02:02:15:00	CPR TRAINING IN THE USE
02:02:15:00	02:02:19:00	OF DEFAULT DEFIBRILLATOR
02:02:19:00	02:02:21:00	DEFIBRILLATORS ASK FOR FIVE SIX
02:02:21:00	02:02:22:00	AN ACT REQUIRING INSTRUCTION IN
02:02:22:00	02:02:27:00	CPR FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
02:02:27:00	02:02:31:00	AGE 556 AN ACT PROVIDING CPR
02:02:31:00	02:02:35:00	AND AID EDUCATION FOR ALL AN
02:02:35:00	02:02:38:00	ACT 8H57 TO AN ACT RELATIVE TO
02:02:38:00	02:02:41:00	AUTOMATIC DEFIBRILLATOR
02:02:41:00	02:02:44:00	EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS H
02:02:44:00	02:02:45:00	750 AN ACT PROVIDING HANDS ONLY
02:02:45:00	02:02:48:00	CPR TRAINING.
02:02:48:00	02:02:48:00	I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO GO
02:02:48:00	02:02:49:00	ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF THIS
02:02:49:00	02:02:52:00	LEGISLATION AND TO REQUIRE CPR
02:02:52:00	02:02:53:00	TRAINING IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
02:02:53:00	02:02:55:00	I BELIEVE CPR TRAINING WILL
02:02:55:00	02:02:56:00	BRING TREMENDOUS BENEFITS IN
02:02:56:00	02:03:00:00	EDUCATE OUR YOUTH ON HEALTH IN
02:03:00:00	02:03:04:00	EXTREME RISK OF A HEART ATTACK
02:03:04:00	02:03:04:00	OR OTHER COMPLICATIONS AND IT
02:03:04:00	02:03:07:00	WILL ALSO HELP DEVELOP SKILLS
02:03:07:00	02:03:08:00	SUCH AS PROBLEM SOLVING
02:03:08:00	02:03:11:00	CRITICAL THINKING BOOST THEIR
02:03:11:00	02:03:12:00	CONFIDENCE TO HANDLE LIFE OR
02:03:12:00	02:03:15:00	DEATH SCENARIOS AROUND THEM.
02:03:15:00	02:03:15:00	WHEN I WHEN I WAS IN THE
02:03:15:00	02:03:18:00	MILITARY I WAS REQUIRED TO
02:03:18:00	02:03:22:00	ATTEND CPR TRAINING EVERY YEAR
02:03:22:00	02:03:23:00	AND BE CERTIFIED WHICH I WAS
02:03:23:00	02:03:25:00	I'M NOT CERTIFIED ANY LONGER
02:03:25:00	02:03:26:00	BUT I WAS FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS
02:03:26:00	02:03:29:00	I'VE NEVER USED IT BUT I DO I
02:03:29:00	02:03:30:00	DO KNOW IT'S INVALUABLE SKILL
02:03:30:00	02:03:33:00	TO HAVE I DO REMEMBER A FORMER
02:03:33:00	02:03:36:00	CITY COUNCILOR CITY
02:03:36:00	02:03:37:00	COUNCILOR AND HE SORT A SAVVY
02:03:37:00	02:03:38:00	JUDGE ALSO DID A TREMENDOUS
02:03:38:00	02:03:41:00	AMOUNT OF WORK ON THESE TYPES
02:03:41:00	02:03:42:00	OF ISSUES AND SHE ACTUALLY HAD
02:03:42:00	02:03:44:00	CPR TRAINING IN THE KERLEY ROOM
02:03:44:00	02:03:45:00	FOR US AS WELL.
02:03:45:00	02:03:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:03:49:00	02:03:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:03:49:00	02:03:50:00	THE JURY AND IT IS
02:03:50:00	02:03:50:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:03:50:00	02:03:51:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
02:03:51:00	02:03:51:00	THANK YOU.
02:03:51:00	02:03:52:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN I'M
02:03:52:00	02:03:56:00	HONORED TO SUPPORT BE ON THIS
02:03:56:00	02:03:59:00	RESOLUTION ADVOCATING FOR CPR
02:03:59:00	02:04:00:00	AND AID TRAINING IN OUR HIGH
02:04:00:00	02:04:00:00	SCHOOLS.
02:04:00:00	02:04:05:00	I DO ALSO WANT TO ESSAIBI
02:04:05:00	02:04:06:00	GEORGE WHO HAD WORKED A LOT ON
02:04:06:00	02:04:09:00	THIS AND ACTUALLY HAD GIVEN
02:04:09:00	02:04:13:00	ME SOME OF HER WORK AFTER SHE
02:04:13:00	02:04:13:00	LEFT IN BACK IN 2023.
02:04:13:00	02:04:16:00	I DID FILE A HIGH SCHOOL
02:04:16:00	02:04:17:00	REQUIREMENT ORDER TO MANDATE
02:04:17:00	02:04:21:00	CPR AND AID INSTRUCTION FOR
02:04:21:00	02:04:21:00	GRADUATION.
02:04:21:00	02:04:21:00	THAT DID NOT PROGRESS AT THAT
02:04:21:00	02:04:24:00	TIME BUT I DO STILL REMAIN
02:04:24:00	02:04:25:00	COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT OUR
02:04:25:00	02:04:25:00	STUDENTS ARE EQUIPPED WITH
02:04:25:00	02:04:28:00	THESE VITAL LIFESAVING SKILLS.
02:04:28:00	02:04:32:00	SO INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION
02:04:32:00	02:04:32:00	I FEEL REFLECTS OUR SHARED
02:04:32:00	02:04:35:00	COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING THE
02:04:35:00	02:04:36:00	PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR
02:04:36:00	02:04:39:00	RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
02:04:39:00	02:04:40:00	I MEAN SOME OF THE STATISTICS
02:04:40:00	02:04:41:00	THAT I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:04:41:00	02:04:43:00	ALREADY SHARED BUT STROKE AND
02:04:43:00	02:04:47:00	HEART ATTACKS FROM OVER 350,000
02:04:47:00	02:04:48:00	PEOPLE HAVE HEART ATTACKS THAT
02:04:48:00	02:04:51:00	OCCUR OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS AND
02:04:51:00	02:04:55:00	ALMOST 90% OF THOSE AND IN
02:04:55:00	02:04:55:00	FATALITY.
02:04:55:00	02:04:56:00	SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE
02:04:56:00	02:05:00:00	SURE AS MANY RESIDENTS HAVE THE
02:05:00:00	02:05:00:00	SKILLS AND FOR STUDENTS IT
02:05:00:00	02:05:03:00	GIVES THEM ALSO JOB TRAINING
02:05:03:00	02:05:04:00	SKILLS FOR MAYBE SOME JOB
02:05:04:00	02:05:08:00	OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY MAY NOT
02:05:08:00	02:05:08:00	BE OPEN TO.
02:05:08:00	02:05:11:00	AND I KNOW OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE
02:05:11:00	02:05:12:00	COUNCILOR ARROYO OFTEN SHARED
02:05:12:00	02:05:12:00	THE STORY ABOUT HIS FATHER WHEN
02:05:12:00	02:05:15:00	HE WAS A COUNCILOR HE HAD A
02:05:15:00	02:05:19:00	MEDICAL ISSUE AND A MUNICIPAL
02:05:19:00	02:05:20:00	POLICE OFFICER HERE IN THE
02:05:20:00	02:05:21:00	BUILDING SAVED HIS LIFE.
02:05:21:00	02:05:24:00	AND WHEN I FILED MY HEARING TWO
02:05:24:00	02:05:27:00	YEARS AGO JUST THE DAY BEFORE,
02:05:27:00	02:05:28:00	ONE OF OUR MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
02:05:28:00	02:05:31:00	HAD SAVED A LIFE THROUGH CPR
02:05:31:00	02:05:31:00	WITH SOMEONE VISITING HERE AT
02:05:31:00	02:05:32:00	CITY HALL.
02:05:32:00	02:05:35:00	SO IT'S IMPORTANT THE DATA
02:05:35:00	02:05:35:00	SHOWS THAT IT'S NECESSARY.
02:05:35:00	02:05:36:00	SO I HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES
02:05:36:00	02:05:39:00	SUPPORT US IN THIS RESOLUTION.
02:05:39:00	02:05:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:05:40:00	02:05:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:05:40:00	02:05:41:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND
02:05:41:00	02:05:41:00	OF CELEBRATING CONCENTRATING
02:05:41:00	02:05:42:00	YOU ON THE FLOOR.
02:05:42:00	02:05:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:05:43:00	02:05:44:00	AND THANK YOU TO
02:05:44:00	02:05:46:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR OFFERING
02:05:46:00	02:05:46:00	THIS RESOLUTION.
02:05:46:00	02:05:49:00	I AS A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
02:05:49:00	02:05:53:00	MYSELF I WAS REQUIRED TO DO CPR
02:05:53:00	02:05:57:00	AND AN AUTOMATED DEFIBRILLATION
02:05:57:00	02:05:58:00	TRAINING REGULARLY EVERY YEAR
02:05:58:00	02:06:01:00	SO BUT IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE
02:06:01:00	02:06:04:00	MY FATHER AT THE AGE OF 48 HAD
02:06:04:00	02:06:05:00	A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND DIED
02:06:05:00	02:06:08:00	AS A RESULT OF IT.
02:06:08:00	02:06:12:00	AND YOU KNOW, I THINK HAVING
02:06:12:00	02:06:12:00	MORE PEOPLE BE TRAINED IN CPR
02:06:12:00	02:06:16:00	IF YOU START THEM EARLY IN HIGH
02:06:16:00	02:06:16:00	SCHOOL THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE
02:06:16:00	02:06:17:00	THOSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A
02:06:17:00	02:06:19:00	BASELINE OF MORE SKILLS
02:06:19:00	02:06:20:00	AVAILABLE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
02:06:20:00	02:06:23:00	THE OTHER ISSUE THAT IS MORE
02:06:23:00	02:06:26:00	FREQUENT CAUSE OF OF DEATH
02:06:26:00	02:06:27:00	MAYBE IN YOUNGER KIDS
02:06:27:00	02:06:31:00	ESPECIALLY IS THEIR AIRWAY GETS
02:06:31:00	02:06:32:00	OCCLUDED BY A FOREIGN BODY LIKE
02:06:32:00	02:06:36:00	A GRIP OR A PIECE OF A HOT DOG
02:06:36:00	02:06:37:00	GOES THE WRONG WAY AND BEING
02:06:37:00	02:06:39:00	ABLE TO DO THAT QUICKLY DO A
02:06:39:00	02:06:42:00	HEIMLICH MANEUVER TO CLEAR THE
02:06:42:00	02:06:43:00	AIRWAY IS ALL PART OF THE CPR
02:06:43:00	02:06:43:00	TRAINING.
02:06:43:00	02:06:46:00	IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND
02:06:46:00	02:06:47:00	WE'VE SEEN AS WE'VE ALL HEARD
02:06:47:00	02:06:50:00	OF MULTIPLE CASES WHERE THAT IS
02:06:50:00	02:06:51:00	SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.
02:06:51:00	02:06:54:00	SO I APPLAUD THIS RESOLUTION
02:06:54:00	02:06:55:00	AND I WILL BE VOTING IN THE
02:06:55:00	02:06:55:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
02:06:55:00	02:06:58:00	THANK YOU.
02:06:58:00	02:06:58:00	THANK YOU.
02:06:58:00	02:06:59:00	THE CHAIR CAN I JUST COME TO
02:06:59:00	02:07:00:00	YOU ON THE FLOOR?
02:07:00:00	02:07:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:07:01:00	02:07:02:00	I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:07:02:00	02:07:05:00	FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION
02:07:05:00	02:07:05:00	FORWARD.
02:07:05:00	02:07:06:00	I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT
02:07:06:00	02:07:09:00	OUT TO CHIEF ADRIAN JORDAN,
02:07:09:00	02:07:10:00	CHIEF OF EMERGENCY AND CHIEF
02:07:10:00	02:07:13:00	OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AT
02:07:13:00	02:07:13:00	THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
02:07:13:00	02:07:14:00	MANAGEMENT AND HIS INCREDIBLE
02:07:14:00	02:07:17:00	TEAM INCLUDING NANCY SMITH AND
02:07:17:00	02:07:20:00	KAREN OWENS FOR THE WORK THAT
02:07:20:00	02:07:21:00	THEY DO EVERY DAY TO TRAIN OUR
02:07:21:00	02:07:22:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON LIFE
02:07:22:00	02:07:24:00	SAVING SKILLS.
02:07:24:00	02:07:25:00	I ALSO WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT
02:07:25:00	02:07:27:00	FOR ACCOUNTS OF FLAMES
02:07:27:00	02:07:28:00	RESOLUTION AND ADVOCACY AROUND
02:07:28:00	02:07:31:00	CPR AND AID TRAINING ESPECIALLY
02:07:31:00	02:07:31:00	IN OUR SCHOOLS.
02:07:31:00	02:07:35:00	STUDENTS SHOULD NOT ONLY BE
02:07:35:00	02:07:36:00	SURROUNDED BY THESE LIFESAVING
02:07:36:00	02:07:39:00	TOOLS BUT TAUGHT HOW TO USE
02:07:39:00	02:07:39:00	THEM.
02:07:39:00	02:07:39:00	CPR TRAINING IN HIGH SCHOOL IS
02:07:39:00	02:07:42:00	COMMON SENSE AND I BELIEVE IT'S
02:07:42:00	02:07:43:00	ALSO LONG OVERDUE.
02:07:43:00	02:07:44:00	I BELIEVE AID SHOULD BE
02:07:44:00	02:07:46:00	AVAILABLE IN EVERY SCHOOL,
02:07:46:00	02:07:47:00	EVERY GYM, EVERY BCC LIFE
02:07:47:00	02:07:50:00	CENTER AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
02:07:50:00	02:07:51:00	THAT STUDENTS AREN'T JUST NEAR
02:07:51:00	02:07:53:00	THEM BUT TRAINED TO USE THEM.
02:07:53:00	02:07:54:00	THIS IS ABOUT ACCESS AND
02:07:54:00	02:07:55:00	EDUCATION AND IT CAN MAKE THE
02:07:55:00	02:07:58:00	DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND
02:07:58:00	02:07:58:00	DEATH.
02:07:58:00	02:07:59:00	WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG YOU THINK
02:07:59:00	02:08:01:00	YOU'RE INVINCIBLE BUT HEART
02:08:01:00	02:08:02:00	ISSUES CAN AFFECT ANYONE.
02:08:02:00	02:08:05:00	I STILL REMEMBER BEING IN HIGH
02:08:05:00	02:08:06:00	SCHOOL WHEN A FRIEND COLLAPSED
02:08:06:00	02:08:06:00	DURING A BASKETBALL GAME AND
02:08:06:00	02:08:09:00	WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHEN
02:08:09:00	02:08:09:00	EVERYTHING STOPS.
02:08:09:00	02:08:10:00	I THANK GOD THAT HE MADE IT TO
02:08:10:00	02:08:13:00	THE HOSPITAL AND HE'S DOING
02:08:13:00	02:08:13:00	OKAY BUT I NEVER FORGET WATCH
02:08:13:00	02:08:17:00	AND DO CPR CPR EFFORTS THAT
02:08:17:00	02:08:20:00	UNFOLDED AND NOW WITH
02:08:20:00	02:08:21:00	EVERYTHING WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT
02:08:21:00	02:08:23:00	LUKE ABOUT LONG COVID AND HOW
02:08:23:00	02:08:24:00	IT CAN AFFECT YOUR HEART LONG
02:08:24:00	02:08:27:00	TERM THE NEED FOR EDUCATION AND
02:08:27:00	02:08:28:00	TRAINING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
02:08:28:00	02:08:28:00	EVER.
02:08:28:00	02:08:31:00	I ALSO WANT TO REPORT BACK ON A
02:08:31:00	02:08:32:00	POWERFUL STORY THE ADVOCACY
02:08:32:00	02:08:35:00	OF DR. LISA OWENS AND DARA DARA
02:08:35:00	02:08:36:00	SELTOS WHO TRAGICALLY LOST
02:08:36:00	02:08:39:00	THEIR SON PRESTON TO A CARDIAC
02:08:39:00	02:08:43:00	EVENT IN THEIR MEMORY THEY
02:08:43:00	02:08:44:00	CHAMPIONED THE PRESIDENT
02:08:44:00	02:08:47:00	SETTLES EVERY MINUTE COUNTS AT
02:08:47:00	02:08:48:00	A STATEWIDE EFFORT TO ENSURE
02:08:48:00	02:08:51:00	ADS AND TRADE RESPONDERS ARE
02:08:51:00	02:08:52:00	PRESENT AT EVERY SPORTS
02:08:52:00	02:08:55:00	FACILITY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
02:08:55:00	02:08:56:00	THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE
02:08:56:00	02:08:56:00	OF BILLS THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:08:56:00	02:09:00:00	HAS MENTIONED THAT'S AT THE
02:09:00:00	02:09:00:00	STATEHOUSE THAT ARE MAKING CPR
02:09:00:00	02:09:03:00	AND AD TRADE TRAINING A
02:09:03:00	02:09:03:00	GRADUATION REQUIREMENT AND IT'S
02:09:03:00	02:09:04:00	CERTAINLY SOMETHING I'M IN
02:09:04:00	02:09:06:00	FAVOR OF.
02:09:06:00	02:09:10:00	OUR STATE IS ONE OF OF ONLY ONE
02:09:10:00	02:09:10:00	OF THE NINE STATES TO NOT HAVE
02:09:10:00	02:09:11:00	THAT MANDATE.
02:09:11:00	02:09:14:00	I SUPPORT THIS BILL AND WILL BE
02:09:14:00	02:09:14:00	VOTING YES ON THE RESOLUTION.
02:09:14:00	02:09:14:00	THANK YOU.
02:09:14:00	02:09:15:00	THANK YOU.
02:09:15:00	02:09:17:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:09:17:00	02:09:18:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
02:09:18:00	02:09:18:00	FLOOR.
02:09:18:00	02:09:20:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:09:20:00	02:09:21:00	AND I'LL THROW ANOTHER LITTLE
02:09:21:00	02:09:24:00	UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME.
02:09:24:00	02:09:25:00	I USED TO BE A GIRL SCOUTS
02:09:25:00	02:09:29:00	FACILITATOR AND ONE OF THE
02:09:29:00	02:09:29:00	THINGS THAT WE LEARNED DURING
02:09:29:00	02:09:33:00	THAT TIME WAS CPR AND HOW
02:09:33:00	02:09:34:00	IMPORTANT IT WAS AND WE WEREN'T
02:09:34:00	02:09:37:00	GOING INTO THE SCHOOLS AND AND
02:09:37:00	02:09:37:00	WE HAD TO BE PREPARED.
02:09:37:00	02:09:38:00	AND I THINK THAT THAT TRAINING
02:09:38:00	02:09:41:00	REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE
02:09:41:00	02:09:44:00	POWER THAT I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
02:09:44:00	02:09:44:00	SAVE A LIFE.
02:09:44:00	02:09:45:00	AND SO I THINK EQUIPPING OUR
02:09:45:00	02:09:48:00	YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THIS TOOL,
02:09:48:00	02:09:51:00	WITH THIS TECHNIQUE WOULD BE
02:09:51:00	02:09:52:00	REALLY HELPFUL.
02:09:52:00	02:09:53:00	AND I WILL JUST ADD WELL, I
02:09:53:00	02:09:55:00	KNOW WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION
02:09:55:00	02:09:56:00	OVER EVERYTHING.
02:09:56:00	02:09:59:00	I THINK WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING
02:09:59:00	02:09:59:00	SPECIFICALLY IN HIGH SCHOOLS I
02:09:59:00	02:10:03:00	THINK THAT THERE ARE
02:10:03:00	02:10:03:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO THINK
02:10:03:00	02:10:06:00	ABOUT OTHER SPACES AND PLACES.
02:10:06:00	02:10:07:00	I THINK ABOUT THE CYF CENTER AS
02:10:07:00	02:10:10:00	I THINK ABOUT ALL THE SPACES
02:10:10:00	02:10:10:00	AND PLACES THAT WE COULD
02:10:10:00	02:10:14:00	POTENTIALLY EXPAND THIS TO.
02:10:14:00	02:10:15:00	SO I'LL JUST OFFER TO THE LEAD
02:10:15:00	02:10:18:00	SPONSOR TO CONSIDER EXPANDING
02:10:18:00	02:10:21:00	THE POT AND CREATING MORE
02:10:21:00	02:10:22:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
02:10:22:00	02:10:22:00	OUTSIDE OF OUR BOSTON PUBLIC
02:10:22:00	02:10:25:00	SCHOOLS TO ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO
02:10:25:00	02:10:29:00	THIS IMPORTANT TRAINING.
02:10:29:00	02:10:29:00	OKAY, THANK YOU GUYS.
02:10:29:00	02:10:32:00	SOME HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:10:32:00	02:10:33:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:10:33:00	02:10:33:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YET?
02:10:33:00	02:10:36:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR
02:10:36:00	02:10:37:00	GIVING ME ONE ONE CHANCE
02:10:37:00	02:10:40:00	ANOTHER CHANCE TO SPEAK AGAIN.
02:10:40:00	02:10:41:00	I FAILED TO ASK PRIOR IF I
02:10:41:00	02:10:44:00	COULD SUSPEND RULE 12 AND AT
02:10:44:00	02:10:47:00	COUNCIL WHERE I WAS AN ORIGINAL
02:10:47:00	02:10:47:00	SPONSOR.
02:10:47:00	02:10:48:00	OKAY CASUAL FLYNN TO SPEND THE
02:10:48:00	02:10:52:00	RULES THAT COUNCIL WHERE I WAS
02:10:52:00	02:10:52:00	A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:10:52:00	02:10:53:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
02:10:53:00	02:10:55:00	OBJECTIONS CASSEROLES SO ED IS
02:10:55:00	02:10:55:00	A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
02:10:55:00	02:10:56:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:10:56:00	02:10:59:00	I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE
02:10:59:00	02:10:59:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND
02:10:59:00	02:11:02:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
02:11:02:00	02:11:03:00	FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY
02:11:03:00	02:11:06:00	HAVE DONE IN THIS FIELD FOR OUR
02:11:06:00	02:11:06:00	LIFE AS WELL.
02:11:06:00	02:11:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:11:07:00	02:11:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:07:00	02:11:09:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:11:09:00	02:11:10:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:11:10:00	02:11:11:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:11:11:00	02:11:15:00	THEIR NAME?
02:11:15:00	02:11:15:00	MR. CLERK PC COUNCILORS BRAEDEN
02:11:15:00	02:11:15:00	CLARISSA.
02:11:15:00	02:11:16:00	PATRICK DURKIN.
02:11:16:00	02:11:16:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON.
02:11:16:00	02:11:17:00	SANTANA WEBER FITZGERALD.
02:11:17:00	02:11:21:00	MARIA PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
02:11:21:00	02:11:25:00	DOCKET NUMBER COUNCILORS
02:11:25:00	02:11:29:00	COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY AND
02:11:29:00	02:11:30:00	WORL SIX SUSPENSION OF THE
02:11:30:00	02:11:30:00	RULES AND PASSAGE AND ADOPTION
02:11:30:00	02:11:33:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0861 ALL THOSE
02:11:33:00	02:11:37:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I THE AYES HAVE
02:11:37:00	02:11:37:00	IT.
02:11:37:00	02:11:37:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
02:11:37:00	02:11:41:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
02:11:41:00	02:11:43:00	TALKING NUMBER 08620862
02:11:43:00	02:11:44:00	COUNCIL IS MICKEY AND WEBER ALL
02:11:44:00	02:11:47:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
02:11:47:00	02:11:50:00	SUPPORT OF HOUSE 3084 AND EQUAL
02:11:50:00	02:11:50:00	TO LANGUAGE ACCESS AND
02:11:50:00	02:11:51:00	INCLUSION.
02:11:51:00	02:11:51:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:51:00	02:11:53:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZES
02:11:53:00	02:11:54:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM HERE
02:11:54:00	02:11:55:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:11:55:00	02:11:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
02:11:58:00	02:12:02:00	I BEFORE I BEGIN I WANTED TO
02:12:02:00	02:12:05:00	JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK
02:12:05:00	02:12:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AND
02:12:09:00	02:12:10:00	COUNCILOR BRAEDEN FOR THEIR
02:12:10:00	02:12:11:00	CONTINUING ADVOCACY AROUND
02:12:11:00	02:12:13:00	LANGUAGE ACCESS AND INCLUSION
02:12:13:00	02:12:17:00	AS WELL AS COUNCILOR ANDERSON
02:12:17:00	02:12:17:00	WHO HAS ALSO BEEN ON THE
02:12:17:00	02:12:20:00	FOREFRONT WHEN IT COMES TO
02:12:20:00	02:12:21:00	UPLIFTING AND ADVOCATING ON
02:12:21:00	02:12:24:00	BEHALF OF LANGUAGE ACCESS.
02:12:24:00	02:12:25:00	AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK
02:12:25:00	02:12:28:00	COUNCILOR WEBBER'S TEAM IN ALL
02:12:28:00	02:12:29:00	HONESTY THEY WERE THE ONES THAT
02:12:29:00	02:12:32:00	BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION.
02:12:32:00	02:12:33:00	AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU,
02:12:33:00	02:12:35:00	COUNCILOR WEBER FOR RECOGNIZING
02:12:35:00	02:12:36:00	THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICE HAS
02:12:36:00	02:12:39:00	DONE IN THIS SPACE AND ALLOWING
02:12:39:00	02:12:40:00	ME TO BE THE LEAD CO-SPONSORS.
02:12:40:00	02:12:41:00	I JUST WANTED LEAD SPONSOR AS
02:12:41:00	02:12:41:00	WELL.
02:12:41:00	02:12:42:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
02:12:42:00	02:12:43:00	YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO AND SO YOU
02:12:43:00	02:12:46:00	DECIDED TO.
02:12:46:00	02:12:47:00	SO THAT'S ANOTHER COMPLIMENT
02:12:47:00	02:12:47:00	AND LESS THAN A WEEK YOU'RE
02:12:47:00	02:12:49:00	GETTING GOOD.
02:12:49:00	02:12:50:00	SO I'M PROUD TO STAND IN
02:12:50:00	02:12:53:00	SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION
02:12:53:00	02:12:54:00	BEING RIGHT NOW DELIBERATED AT
02:12:54:00	02:12:57:00	THE STATE HOUSE BECAUSE
02:12:57:00	02:12:57:00	LANGUAGE ACCESS AND INCLUSION
02:12:57:00	02:12:58:00	IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AND
02:12:58:00	02:13:01:00	PERSONAL TO ME FOR AS LONG AS I
02:13:01:00	02:13:02:00	CAN REMEMBER I SERVED AS THE
02:13:02:00	02:13:04:00	OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR FOR MY
02:13:04:00	02:13:05:00	MOTHER AND STILL TO THIS DAY I
02:13:05:00	02:13:09:00	DO OFTENTIMES I'M DOING SO MUCH
02:13:09:00	02:13:10:00	OF THE WORK AT GOVERNMENT
02:13:10:00	02:13:12:00	OFFICES AND THE WELFARE OFFICE
02:13:12:00	02:13:16:00	AND MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND
02:13:16:00	02:13:17:00	SOMETIMES HAVING ACCESS TO
02:13:17:00	02:13:20:00	INFORMATION AT A VERY EARLY AGE
02:13:20:00	02:13:21:00	THAT I DON'T THINK MOST KIDS
02:13:21:00	02:13:24:00	SHOULD HAVE TO KNOW.
02:13:24:00	02:13:25:00	THESE WERE TIMES THAT WERE
02:13:25:00	02:13:28:00	ACTUALLY WHEN I FIRST STARTED
02:13:28:00	02:13:28:00	STEPPING INTO MY OWN POWER AND
02:13:28:00	02:13:31:00	LEVERAGING MY VOICE TO SPEAK UP
02:13:31:00	02:13:32:00	LOUDLY AND VERY BOLDLY FOR
02:13:32:00	02:13:35:00	ANYONE WHO KNOWS MY ENTIRE
02:13:35:00	02:13:36:00	STORY, YOU KNOW THAT THOSE
02:13:36:00	02:13:39:00	FOLKS WHO HAVE LIMITED ACCESS
02:13:39:00	02:13:42:00	TO LANGUAGE IT REALLY IS A
02:13:42:00	02:13:43:00	SYSTEMIC BARRIER.
02:13:43:00	02:13:45:00	IN 2020 DURING THE HEIGHT
02:13:45:00	02:13:46:00	OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND
02:13:46:00	02:13:49:00	WIDESPREAD UNCERTAINTY
02:13:49:00	02:13:49:00	UNCERTAINTY MANY COMMUNITIES
02:13:49:00	02:13:53:00	WERE LEFT IN THE DARK AS OUR
02:13:53:00	02:13:54:00	LOCAL GOVERNMENT FAILED TO
02:13:54:00	02:13:54:00	PROVIDE TIMELY, CLEAR
02:13:54:00	02:13:57:00	COMMUNICATION AND RESIDENTS
02:13:57:00	02:13:57:00	NATIVE LANGUAGE.
02:13:57:00	02:14:00:00	THIS WAS A WIDENING GAP IN
02:14:00:00	02:14:01:00	TRUST AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES
02:14:01:00	02:14:05:00	AND ULTIMATELY PUBLIC HEALTH
02:14:05:00	02:14:05:00	OUTCOMES.
02:14:05:00	02:14:09:00	THAT WAS UNTIL OUR OFFICE FILED
02:14:09:00	02:14:09:00	AND PASSED LEGISLATION TO
02:14:09:00	02:14:10:00	GUARANTEE THAT THE SAME DAY ANY
02:14:10:00	02:14:13:00	COMMUNICATE FROM THE CITY THAT
02:14:13:00	02:14:14:00	COMES OUT IN ENGLISH IT MUST BE
02:14:14:00	02:14:17:00	RELEASED IN BOSTON'S TOP 11
02:14:17:00	02:14:17:00	LANGUAGES.
02:14:17:00	02:14:17:00	IT WAS.
02:14:17:00	02:14:21:00	SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE
02:14:21:00	02:14:21:00	STATE NOW FOLLOWING SUIT
02:14:21:00	02:14:24:00	PARTICULARLY IN THIS MOMENT
02:14:24:00	02:14:24:00	WHERE JUST LIKE COVID PEOPLE
02:14:24:00	02:14:28:00	ARE FEARFUL AND URGENTLY NEED
02:14:28:00	02:14:29:00	ACCURATE AND CLEAR INFORMATION.
02:14:29:00	02:14:32:00	THIS IS ALSO AN INTERSECTION
02:14:32:00	02:14:33:00	ISSUE TO THE BILL THAT NOT ONLY
02:14:33:00	02:14:36:00	HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING
02:14:36:00	02:14:38:00	BENEFITS TO THOSE FIRST LINE
02:14:38:00	02:14:39:00	WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT
02:14:39:00	02:14:40:00	ENGLISH BUT ALSO FOLKS WHO ARE
02:14:40:00	02:14:42:00	DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING AND
02:14:42:00	02:14:47:00	PEOPLE WHOSE LIVED EXPERIENCES
02:14:47:00	02:14:47:00	SIT AT THAT INTERSECTION.
02:14:47:00	02:14:50:00	FOR THESE REASONS I URGE MY
02:14:50:00	02:14:51:00	COLLEAGUES TO STAND BESIDE
02:14:51:00	02:14:53:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND MYSELF IN
02:14:53:00	02:14:57:00	SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
02:14:57:00	02:14:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:14:57:00	02:14:58:00	THANK YOU.
02:14:58:00	02:15:01:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:15:01:00	02:15:02:00	COUNCIL WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER,
02:15:02:00	02:15:03:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I CAN I
02:15:03:00	02:15:05:00	YIELD SOME MY TIME BACK TO
02:15:05:00	02:15:06:00	COUNCILOR MAGEE I THINK IF YOU
02:15:06:00	02:15:08:00	HAD ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY NOW I
02:15:08:00	02:15:09:00	DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN.
02:15:09:00	02:15:09:00	YEAH, I MEAN, SHE COULD HAVE
02:15:09:00	02:15:13:00	CONTINUED SPEAKING BUT YEAH.
02:15:13:00	02:15:13:00	COUNCILMEMBER, YOU HAVE THE
02:15:13:00	02:15:14:00	FLOOR.
02:15:14:00	02:15:14:00	OKAY.
02:15:14:00	02:15:14:00	OKAY.
02:15:14:00	02:15:15:00	WELL, I THINK THANK YOU VERY
02:15:15:00	02:15:16:00	MUCH ACCOUNTS FROM HERE FOR
02:15:16:00	02:15:18:00	INCLUDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.
02:15:18:00	02:15:19:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK ON MARCH 1ST
02:15:19:00	02:15:20:00	DONALD TRUMP SIGNED AN
02:15:20:00	02:15:23:00	EXECUTIVE ORDER DESIGNATING
02:15:23:00	02:15:23:00	ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL
02:15:23:00	02:15:24:00	LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES.
02:15:24:00	02:15:27:00	ACCORDING TO NPR.
02:15:27:00	02:15:27:00	THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER RESCINDED
02:15:27:00	02:15:30:00	A POLICY WHICH REQUIRED FEDERAL
02:15:30:00	02:15:31:00	AGENCIES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE
02:15:31:00	02:15:32:00	PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH
02:15:32:00	02:15:34:00	LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY,
02:15:34:00	02:15:35:00	MAKING THIS REQUIREMENT NOW
02:15:35:00	02:15:38:00	VOLUNTARY.
02:15:38:00	02:15:39:00	AND I THINK WE CAN ALL GUESS
02:15:39:00	02:15:40:00	WHERE THIS IS GOING.
02:15:40:00	02:15:43:00	DONALD TRUMP MAY THINK THE
02:15:43:00	02:15:43:00	OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED
02:15:43:00	02:15:44:00	STATES IS ENGLISH, BUT WE ALL
02:15:44:00	02:15:46:00	KNOW THAT THIS IS A COUNTRY
02:15:46:00	02:15:50:00	OF IMMIGRANTS AND WE ARE ALL
02:15:50:00	02:15:53:00	BETTER FOR IT WHEN WE WELCOME
02:15:53:00	02:15:54:00	DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFERENT
02:15:54:00	02:15:58:00	LANGUAGES AND INCLUDE THEM IN
02:15:58:00	02:15:58:00	OUR CITY.
02:15:58:00	02:15:59:00	YOU KNOW ME ESPANOL KNOW US
02:15:59:00	02:16:07:00	REFERRED TO YOU KNOW OPERANDI
02:16:07:00	02:16:08:00	LOSS LAYER ELUSIVE SAYS  PEDRO
02:16:08:00	02:16:10:00	NO PUEDO POLITICAL EN ESPANOL
02:16:10:00	02:16:14:00	CON FLUID THE UNKNOWN FLUID
02:16:14:00	02:16:18:00	FLUID AIR SWEET DIFFICULT UPPER
02:16:18:00	02:16:21:00	INDIAN THOUGH WHEN IDOMA IT'S
02:16:21:00	02:16:22:00	SARANYA PARDON ME?
02:16:22:00	02:16:25:00	NO NO BUT A CONCEPTUAL
02:16:25:00	02:16:26:00	FERNANDEZ ANDERSON A CHAP WITH
02:16:26:00	02:16:30:00	A BLAZER AND SAY SO CITY WATCH
02:16:30:00	02:16:32:00	ALL THIS THE OMA'S.
02:16:32:00	02:16:36:00	PEDRO ASK ME DIFICIL PARA
02:16:36:00	02:16:40:00	ME YOU KNOW KERATIN OUR PLACE
02:16:40:00	02:16:43:00	DON THE TOTAL TOTAL IN PUEBLA
02:16:43:00	02:16:47:00	PLAYED A PARTICIPATOR IN LAST
02:16:47:00	02:16:48:00	TO SAY THAT.
02:16:48:00	02:16:49:00	SO IN OTHER WORDS I JUST THINK
02:16:49:00	02:16:51:00	WE NEED TO MAKE SPACE FOR
02:16:51:00	02:16:51:00	PEOPLE WHO SPEAK DIFFERENT
02:16:51:00	02:16:55:00	LANGUAGES AND I WILL CONTINUE
02:16:55:00	02:16:58:00	TO TRY TO LEARN SPANISH EVEN
02:16:58:00	02:16:59:00	THOUGH I'LL NEVER QUITE GET
02:16:59:00	02:17:03:00	THERE AND YOU KNOW THANK YOU
02:17:03:00	02:17:03:00	AGAIN AND I SUPPORT THIS.
02:17:03:00	02:17:07:00	FINALLY.
02:17:07:00	02:17:07:00	THANKS COUNCILWOMAN HERE.
02:17:07:00	02:17:08:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:08:00	02:17:08:00	THE JARGON AS IS COMES FROM
02:17:08:00	02:17:10:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:17:10:00	02:17:11:00	I GOT 53 SECONDS.
02:17:11:00	02:17:11:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:11:00	02:17:15:00	SO I WANTED TO I WAS GOING TO
02:17:15:00	02:17:15:00	ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR ANDERSON
02:17:15:00	02:17:18:00	IN HER ABILITY TO SPEAK
02:17:18:00	02:17:18:00	MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND IN DOING
02:17:18:00	02:17:22:00	SO THAT IS ALL ABOUT
02:17:22:00	02:17:22:00	INFORMATION.
02:17:22:00	02:17:23:00	JUST SO I WAS GOING TO RISE AND
02:17:23:00	02:17:25:00	SAY THAT AS PART OF THE SPEECH
02:17:25:00	02:17:29:00	AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, I
02:17:29:00	02:17:29:00	OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT WHEN
02:17:29:00	02:17:30:00	I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY I DIDN'T
02:17:30:00	02:17:33:00	WANT TO SPEAK SPANISH.
02:17:33:00	02:17:36:00	I WANTED TO ACCLIMATE AND AND
02:17:36:00	02:17:39:00	BE ANYTHING BUT THAT FROM HERE
02:17:39:00	02:17:40:00	.
02:17:40:00	02:17:41:00	AND SO I THINK THAT WE'RE IN A
02:17:41:00	02:17:41:00	MOMENT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE
02:17:41:00	02:17:43:00	REALLY HAVING TO UNDERSTAND THE
02:17:43:00	02:17:47:00	POWER OF WHAT INCLUSIVE
02:17:47:00	02:17:47:00	LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE AND
02:17:47:00	02:17:48:00	CREATING SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE
02:17:48:00	02:17:51:00	ABLE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THEIR
02:17:51:00	02:17:52:00	NATIVE LANGUAGE AND ALSO A LOT
02:17:52:00	02:17:55:00	OF THINGS GET LOST IN
02:17:55:00	02:17:55:00	TRANSLATION AND I THINK THAT
02:17:55:00	02:17:59:00	THIS IS THIS IS THE RIGHT STEP
02:17:59:00	02:17:59:00	IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON A
02:17:59:00	02:18:02:00	STATEWIDE LEVEL BECAUSE MY HOPE
02:18:02:00	02:18:03:00	IS THAT WE'LL GET MORE
02:18:03:00	02:18:03:00	RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT
02:18:03:00	02:18:04:00	WORK HERE LOCALLY.
02:18:04:00	02:18:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:18:07:00	02:18:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:18:07:00	02:18:08:00	THE CHAIRMAN AS HIS COUNTERPART
02:18:08:00	02:18:09:00	ON THE FLOOR.
02:18:09:00	02:18:10:00	THANK YOU.
02:18:10:00	02:18:10:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:18:10:00	02:18:14:00	AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
02:18:14:00	02:18:15:00	THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS
02:18:15:00	02:18:21:00	IMPORTANT RESOLUTION BEFORE US
02:18:21:00	02:18:21:00	TODAY.
02:18:21:00	02:18:24:00	I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ONE
02:18:24:00	02:18:31:00	ISSUE 11. IS I ALWAYS I CAN
02:18:31:00	02:18:32:00	ONLY SPEAK UNFORTUNATELY
02:18:32:00	02:18:35:00	ENGLISH AND I REPRESENT A
02:18:35:00	02:18:39:00	DISTRICT THAT SPEAKS CANTONESE
02:18:39:00	02:18:42:00	MANDARIN AND IN SPANISH AS
02:18:42:00	02:18:43:00	WELL.
02:18:43:00	02:18:44:00	BUT I BRING THAT FORWARD
02:18:44:00	02:18:48:00	BECAUSE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE
02:18:48:00	02:18:51:00	PEOPLE ON MY STAFF THAT CAN
02:18:51:00	02:18:52:00	SPEAK CANTONESE, THAT CAN SPEAK
02:18:52:00	02:18:55:00	MANDARIN, THAT CAN SPEAK
02:18:55:00	02:18:56:00	SPANISH AND THEY COMMUNICATE
02:18:56:00	02:19:01:00	EFFECTIVE FULLY EVERY DAY TO
02:19:01:00	02:19:02:00	CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT TWO.
02:19:02:00	02:19:03:00	SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
02:19:03:00	02:19:05:00	MY STAFF THE EXCEPTIONAL WORK
02:19:05:00	02:19:09:00	THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED NOT NOT
02:19:09:00	02:19:10:00	JUST TO ME MORE IMPORTANTLY TO
02:19:10:00	02:19:13:00	A CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE CITY
02:19:13:00	02:19:16:00	IN DISTRICT TWO AND WANT TO SAY
02:19:16:00	02:19:16:00	THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THEIR
02:19:16:00	02:19:19:00	IMPORTANT WORK IN BEING A
02:19:19:00	02:19:20:00	TREMENDOUS ASSET AND ADVOCATE
02:19:20:00	02:19:23:00	FOR DISTRICT TWO CONSTITUENTS.
02:19:23:00	02:19:26:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:19:26:00	02:19:27:00	THANK YOU.
02:19:27:00	02:19:27:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, IS ANYONE ELSE
02:19:27:00	02:19:30:00	LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS
02:19:30:00	02:19:30:00	MATTER?
02:19:30:00	02:19:31:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:19:31:00	02:19:32:00	THEIR NAME?
02:19:32:00	02:19:35:00	MR CLARE PLEASED COUNCILORS
02:19:35:00	02:19:38:00	BRAYDEN ZAPATA DURKIN FERNANDO
02:19:38:00	02:19:38:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN,
02:19:38:00	02:19:42:00	MURPHY SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL
02:19:42:00	02:19:43:00	PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS
02:19:43:00	02:19:47:00	MEJIA AND WEBER SUSPENSION
02:19:47:00	02:19:47:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
02:19:47:00	02:19:50:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 086 TO ALL
02:19:50:00	02:19:53:00	THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALSO SAY
02:19:53:00	02:19:54:00	NAY AS HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS
02:19:54:00	02:19:54:00	BEEN ADOPTED.
02:19:54:00	02:19:58:00	MR CLARE, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:19:58:00	02:20:00:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 0863 DOCKING
02:20:00:00	02:20:00:00	NUMBER 0863 COUNCILOR WORRELL
02:20:00:00	02:20:02:00	LAW FOR THE FOLLOWING
02:20:02:00	02:20:03:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL AS
02:20:03:00	02:20:06:00	NATIONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY
02:20:06:00	02:20:07:00	MONTH.
02:20:07:00	02:20:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:20:07:00	02:20:08:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:20:08:00	02:20:10:00	COUNCIL OUR OUTCOMES ARE CAN
02:20:10:00	02:20:11:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?
02:20:11:00	02:20:14:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:20:14:00	02:20:15:00	I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:20:15:00	02:20:18:00	AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CASA
02:20:18:00	02:20:18:00	FLYNN AND SO ADDED
02:20:18:00	02:20:19:00	COUNCILOR ARE YOU TO THE FLOOR
02:20:19:00	02:20:20:00	AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST START
02:20:20:00	02:20:21:00	OFF AND JUST THANK CUSTOMER
02:20:21:00	02:20:25:00	HERE FOR HER WORK AROUND
02:20:25:00	02:20:25:00	FINANCIAL LITERACY AND WORKER
02:20:25:00	02:20:29:00	EMPOWERMENT.
02:20:29:00	02:20:30:00	I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
02:20:30:00	02:20:33:00	ADD COUNCIL ME HERE AS A THIRD
02:20:33:00	02:20:33:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
02:20:33:00	02:20:34:00	COUNCIL RULES WOULD SUSPEND THE
02:20:34:00	02:20:37:00	RULES AT COUNCIL.
02:20:37:00	02:20:38:00	I MEAN HE HAS THE THIRD
02:20:38:00	02:20:38:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND
02:20:38:00	02:20:38:00	HEARING NO OBJECTIONS
02:20:38:00	02:20:40:00	COUNCILMAN HE ALSO ADDED
02:20:40:00	02:20:41:00	COUNCILOR I HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:20:41:00	02:20:41:00	THANK YOU.
02:20:41:00	02:20:44:00	FINANCIAL LITERACY ISN'T JUST A
02:20:44:00	02:20:45:00	SKILL, IT'S A LIFELINE.
02:20:45:00	02:20:45:00	IT SHAPES EVERYTHING FROM
02:20:45:00	02:20:48:00	CREDIT SCORES TO HOME OWNERSHIP
02:20:48:00	02:20:49:00	TO WHETHER SOMEONE CAN BUILD
02:20:49:00	02:20:51:00	GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
02:20:51:00	02:20:52:00	I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STEPS
02:20:52:00	02:20:55:00	BP HAS TAKEN TO EXPAND
02:20:55:00	02:20:55:00	FINANCIAL EDUCATION THAT
02:20:55:00	02:20:56:00	INCLUDES NEW CURRICULUM
02:20:56:00	02:20:58:00	PARTNERSHIPS WITH JUNIOR
02:20:58:00	02:20:59:00	ACHIEVEMENT AND A PILOT PROGRAM
02:20:59:00	02:21:02:00	WITH THE GREATER BOSTON CHAMBER
02:21:02:00	02:21:03:00	OF COMMERCE TO BRING PERSONAL
02:21:03:00	02:21:03:00	FINANCE DIRECTLY INTO OUR
02:21:03:00	02:21:06:00	SCHOOLS.
02:21:06:00	02:21:07:00	MY OFFICE HAS MADE FINANCIAL
02:21:07:00	02:21:10:00	LITERACY A PRIORITY LAST YEAR
02:21:10:00	02:21:11:00	WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST CREDIT
02:21:11:00	02:21:11:00	CARD WHICH ALIGNING LAUNCHED
02:21:11:00	02:21:14:00	FROM AMBITION OF THE CITY AT
02:21:14:00	02:21:14:00	THE MAD OF PANTENE CENTER WHERE
02:21:14:00	02:21:15:00	MORE THAN 50 YOUNG PEOPLE
02:21:15:00	02:21:17:00	GAINED REAL WORLD KNOWLEDGE
02:21:17:00	02:21:17:00	ABOUT CREDIT.
02:21:17:00	02:21:21:00	BUT BUDGETING AND COMPILING
02:21:21:00	02:21:22:00	TAXES IN THE CITY HAS BEEN
02:21:22:00	02:21:25:00	STEPPING UP AS WELL OVER $1.5
02:21:25:00	02:21:25:00	MILLION IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
02:21:25:00	02:21:28:00	FUND GRANTS SUPPORTED NEARLY
02:21:28:00	02:21:29:00	100 ORGANIZATIONS MANY OF THEM
02:21:29:00	02:21:33:00	FOCUSED ON FINANCIAL LITERACY
02:21:33:00	02:21:33:00	AND COACHING.
02:21:33:00	02:21:34:00	I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE
02:21:34:00	02:21:36:00	BOSTON TAX HELP COALITION TO
02:21:36:00	02:21:37:00	HELPING FAMILIES CLAIM THE
02:21:37:00	02:21:40:00	EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT AND
02:21:40:00	02:21:41:00	AVOID LEAVING MONEY ON THE
02:21:41:00	02:21:41:00	TABLE.
02:21:41:00	02:21:42:00	IF YOU HAVEN'T FOUND YOUR TAXES
02:21:42:00	02:21:44:00	YET NOW'S THE TIME.
02:21:44:00	02:21:45:00	FINALLY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
02:21:45:00	02:21:46:00	THE FOLKS DOING THIS WORK EVERY
02:21:46:00	02:21:48:00	DAY.
02:21:48:00	02:21:49:00	I ATTENDED A REALITY FAIR AT
02:21:49:00	02:21:52:00	THE HOLLAND SCHOOL WHICH WAS
02:21:52:00	02:21:53:00	HOSTED BY NICK LOWE AT THE
02:21:53:00	02:21:55:00	HOLLAND TO OUR PARTNERS.
02:21:55:00	02:21:56:00	AND ALSO I WANT TO JUST SHOUT
02:21:56:00	02:21:59:00	OUT OUR VOICE BELOW AND PREP
02:21:59:00	02:22:00:00	YOUTH AND ALEX'S WORDS FOR
02:22:00:00	02:22:02:00	DOING A LOT OF THIS WORK.
02:22:02:00	02:22:03:00	WHAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HERE IN
02:22:03:00	02:22:04:00	BOSTON WE'RE STILL SEEING A
02:22:04:00	02:22:06:00	STAGGERING DISPARITIES
02:22:06:00	02:22:06:00	RESIDENTS IN MAJORITY BLACK AND
02:22:06:00	02:22:10:00	LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE
02:22:10:00	02:22:10:00	AVERAGE CREDIT SCORES MORE THAN
02:22:10:00	02:22:13:00	100 POINTS LOWER THAN THOSE IN
02:22:13:00	02:22:13:00	WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:22:13:00	02:22:14:00	AND THAT GAP SHOWS UP
02:22:14:00	02:22:17:00	EVERYWHERE FROM LOAN APPROVALS
02:22:17:00	02:22:17:00	TO ACCESS TO STABLE HOUSING.
02:22:17:00	02:22:21:00	A GOOD CREDIT SCORE IS A KEY TO
02:22:21:00	02:22:21:00	STABILIZING ENTIRE HOUSEHOLDS
02:22:21:00	02:22:22:00	UNLOCKING ACCESS TO HOUSING,
02:22:22:00	02:22:25:00	EDUCATION AND LONG TERM LONG
02:22:25:00	02:22:25:00	TERM OPPORTUNITY.
02:22:25:00	02:22:29:00	AND WITH THAT I WANT TO MAKE
02:22:29:00	02:22:30:00	SURE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
02:22:30:00	02:22:30:00	PASS THIS RESOLUTION
02:22:30:00	02:22:33:00	RECOGNIZING APRIL AS NATIONAL
02:22:33:00	02:22:34:00	NATIONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY
02:22:34:00	02:22:34:00	MONTH.
02:22:34:00	02:22:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:22:34:00	02:22:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:22:37:00	02:22:37:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:22:37:00	02:22:38:00	FLYNN.
02:22:38:00	02:22:38:00	KENDRA FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
02:22:38:00	02:22:41:00	FLOOR.
02:22:41:00	02:22:41:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:22:41:00	02:22:41:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
02:22:41:00	02:22:44:00	WE'RE ALL FOR ADDING ME.
02:22:44:00	02:22:45:00	EARLIER THIS YEAR I FILED A
02:22:45:00	02:22:48:00	HEARING ORDER TO DISCUSS
02:22:48:00	02:22:48:00	PROVIDING FINANCIAL LITERACY
02:22:48:00	02:22:51:00	PROGRAMS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC
02:22:51:00	02:22:52:00	SCHOOLS BASIC FINANCIAL
02:22:52:00	02:22:56:00	CONCEPTS AT A YOUNG AGE.
02:22:56:00	02:22:56:00	AS COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL
02:22:56:00	02:22:57:00	DISCUSSED DISCUSSED CAN HELP
02:22:57:00	02:23:00:00	PREPARE OUR STUDENTS AS THEY
02:23:00:00	02:23:02:00	TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD EQUIP
02:23:02:00	02:23:03:00	THEM WITH KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE
02:23:03:00	02:23:04:00	BETTER DECISIONS FINANCIAL
02:23:04:00	02:23:08:00	DECISIONS AS THEY ENTER THE
02:23:08:00	02:23:08:00	WORLD THE REAL WORLD WE NEED TO
02:23:08:00	02:23:11:00	PROVIDE THEM WITH AN
02:23:11:00	02:23:11:00	UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEMANDS
02:23:11:00	02:23:15:00	OF BEING AN ADULT AS WELL AS
02:23:15:00	02:23:15:00	KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC FINANCIAL
02:23:15:00	02:23:18:00	TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.
02:23:18:00	02:23:19:00	FINANCIAL LITERACY IS AN
02:23:19:00	02:23:23:00	IMPORTANT SKILL THAT HELPS US
02:23:23:00	02:23:26:00	MANAGE DAY TO DAY FINANCES.
02:23:26:00	02:23:27:00	LEARN HOW TO BUDGET AND REACH
02:23:27:00	02:23:30:00	FINANCIAL GOAL GOALS.
02:23:30:00	02:23:31:00	TODAY THERE WAS A TODAY THERE
02:23:31:00	02:23:34:00	WAS A GRANT FOR THE FINANCIAL
02:23:34:00	02:23:34:00	EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM.
02:23:34:00	02:23:35:00	WHAT DID YOU FIND?
02:23:35:00	02:23:38:00	FINANCIAL EDUCATION CREDIT THE
02:23:38:00	02:23:38:00	ASSET BUILDING IN EMPLOYMENT
02:23:38:00	02:23:39:00	SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AT THE
02:23:39:00	02:23:42:00	CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
02:23:42:00	02:23:46:00	AS WE RECOGNIZE THIS NATIONAL
02:23:46:00	02:23:46:00	FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH, IT IS
02:23:46:00	02:23:50:00	CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO
02:23:50:00	02:23:50:00	SUPPORT FINANCIAL LITERACY
02:23:50:00	02:23:54:00	PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY WITH OUR
02:23:54:00	02:23:54:00	STUDENTS PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR
02:23:54:00	02:23:57:00	WORKING FAMILIES, VETERANS,
02:23:57:00	02:24:01:00	SENIORS, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
02:24:01:00	02:24:01:00	LOW-INCOME FAMILIES RESIDENTS
02:24:01:00	02:24:04:00	LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING TO
02:24:04:00	02:24:05:00	HELP THEM WITH FINANCIAL
02:24:05:00	02:24:05:00	EDUCATION, CREDIT BUILDING AND
02:24:05:00	02:24:08:00	DEBT MANAGEMENT BUDGETING
02:24:08:00	02:24:09:00	SAVING INVESTING MAINTAINING
02:24:09:00	02:24:12:00	GOOD CREDIT.
02:24:12:00	02:24:16:00	MY HEARING ORDER IS IS IS IN
02:24:16:00	02:24:17:00	THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND I'M
02:24:17:00	02:24:20:00	I HOPE MAYBE AFTER THE BUDGET
02:24:20:00	02:24:20:00	SEASON IS OVER IN THE
02:24:20:00	02:24:23:00	SUMMERTIME WE COULD HAVE A
02:24:23:00	02:24:24:00	ROBUST HEARING ON THAT AND I'D
02:24:24:00	02:24:27:00	LOVE TO HAVE ALL MY COLLEAGUES
02:24:27:00	02:24:28:00	OFFER ANY TYPE OF SUGGESTIONS
02:24:28:00	02:24:31:00	ON WHO WOULD BE SOME GREAT
02:24:31:00	02:24:35:00	EXPERT TESTIMONY AS WELL.
02:24:35:00	02:24:36:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:24:36:00	02:24:36:00	THANK YOU.
02:24:36:00	02:24:37:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME JOIN
02:24:37:00	02:24:39:00	MEJIA COMES ME.
02:24:39:00	02:24:39:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:24:39:00	02:24:40:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
02:24:40:00	02:24:43:00	THANK YOU ALSO AROUND FOR
02:24:43:00	02:24:43:00	ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL
02:24:43:00	02:24:46:00	CO-SPONSOR.
02:24:46:00	02:24:50:00	AND SO YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN
02:24:50:00	02:24:51:00	HIGH SCHOOL I HAD THREE JOBS.
02:24:51:00	02:24:53:00	I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M KEEP GOING
02:24:53:00	02:24:55:00	DOWN MEMORY LANE HERE BUT I
02:24:55:00	02:24:56:00	REMEMBER HAVING THREE JOBS
02:24:56:00	02:24:57:00	WORKING AT TOM MCCANN'S SHOE
02:24:57:00	02:24:59:00	STORE PICK THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY
02:24:59:00	02:24:59:00	COUNCIL.
02:24:59:00	02:25:03:00	I USED TO WORK AT BRIGHAM AND
02:25:03:00	02:25:03:00	WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AND I USED TO
02:25:03:00	02:25:04:00	WORK AT MCDONALD'S ALL
02:25:04:00	02:25:07:00	THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND I
02:25:07:00	02:25:08:00	REMEMBER TRYING TO BUDGET EVERY
02:25:08:00	02:25:11:00	SINGLE DIME THAT I HAD BECAUSE
02:25:11:00	02:25:13:00	I HAD TO WORK THOSE THREE JOBS
02:25:13:00	02:25:14:00	DURING THE SUMMER BECAUSE I
02:25:14:00	02:25:15:00	COULDN'T KEEP THREE JOBS ALL
02:25:15:00	02:25:17:00	THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL.
02:25:17:00	02:25:18:00	I COULD ONLY DO TWO.
02:25:18:00	02:25:21:00	BUT ANYWAYS, ALL OF THIS TO SAY
02:25:21:00	02:25:21:00	THAT I HAVE A NOTEBOOK FROM
02:25:21:00	02:25:24:00	BACK IN THE DAY AND I REMEMBER
02:25:24:00	02:25:28:00	LISTING PEOPLE LIKE $12 TO MY
02:25:28:00	02:25:30:00	COUSIN ROSA $2 FOR THIS LIKE
02:25:30:00	02:25:33:00	ITEMIZING EVERY SINGLE CENT
02:25:33:00	02:25:34:00	THAT I BROUGHT IN AND ALSO WHAT
02:25:34:00	02:25:38:00	I HAD TO PUT OUT.
02:25:38:00	02:25:38:00	BUT THAT'S NOT A HABIT THAT
02:25:38:00	02:25:39:00	ANYONE TAUGHT ME.
02:25:39:00	02:25:41:00	IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I
02:25:41:00	02:25:42:00	DID INSTINCTUALLY AND I THINK
02:25:42:00	02:25:45:00	THAT IT IS A MUSCLE AND I THINK
02:25:45:00	02:25:46:00	PEOPLE PARTICULARLY PEOPLE LOW
02:25:46:00	02:25:48:00	INCOME PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR
02:25:48:00	02:25:49:00	WE DON'T HAVE THE BEST
02:25:49:00	02:25:49:00	RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY.
02:25:49:00	02:25:53:00	WE WERE NEVER TAUGHT TO
02:25:53:00	02:25:53:00	UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF SAVING.
02:25:53:00	02:25:56:00	RIGHT BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE'RE
02:25:56:00	02:25:57:00	JUST WE'RE JUST EVERYONE WAS
02:25:57:00	02:25:58:00	JUST STRUGGLING TO KEEP FOOD ON
02:25:58:00	02:26:00:00	THEIR TABLE AND PAY THEIR RENT
02:26:00:00	02:26:01:00	AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.
02:26:01:00	02:26:04:00	SO THERE IS A LUXURY
02:26:04:00	02:26:05:00	OF LEARNING HOW TO BETTER HAVE
02:26:05:00	02:26:08:00	A RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY AND I
02:26:08:00	02:26:08:00	THINK FINANCIAL LITERACY AND
02:26:08:00	02:26:12:00	EDUCATING PEOPLE AROUND WHAT
02:26:12:00	02:26:13:00	THAT LOOKS LIKE SHOULD BE PART
02:26:13:00	02:26:16:00	OF NOT JUST OUR BOSTON PUBLIC
02:26:16:00	02:26:16:00	SCHOOLS ALMOST ALWAYS TRY TO
02:26:16:00	02:26:17:00	ADD SOME NEW FOLKS INTO THE MIX
02:26:17:00	02:26:20:00	BUT WORKING WITH WOMEN WHO ARE
02:26:20:00	02:26:23:00	LIVING IN SHELTER AND WORKING
02:26:23:00	02:26:27:00	WITH THEM BEFORE THEY GO BEFORE
02:26:27:00	02:26:28:00	THEY TRANSITION OUT I'VE DONE
02:26:28:00	02:26:30:00	SOME WORK IN THAT SPACE TOO
02:26:30:00	02:26:31:00	BECAUSE ONE THING IS TO GET AN
02:26:31:00	02:26:32:00	APARTMENT, THE OTHER IS TO KEEP
02:26:32:00	02:26:34:00	IT AND I THINK THAT FINANCIAL
02:26:34:00	02:26:35:00	LITERACY IN THOSE VERY TARGETED
02:26:35:00	02:26:39:00	AREAS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY
02:26:39:00	02:26:40:00	FOR US TO AS MAYBE THE MAYOR
02:26:40:00	02:26:42:00	HOUSING OF STABILITY OR
02:26:42:00	02:26:43:00	SOMEBODY'S GOT TO TEACH PEOPLE
02:26:43:00	02:26:46:00	HOW TO KEEP THEIR HOMES AND
02:26:46:00	02:26:46:00	THEIR APARTMENTS ALSO INTACT.
02:26:46:00	02:26:50:00	SO I THINK THE FINANCIAL
02:26:50:00	02:26:50:00	LITERACY PIECE IS PART OF THAT.
02:26:50:00	02:26:54:00	SO I'M JUST EXCITED TO DO SOME
02:26:54:00	02:26:57:00	WORK AROUND THIS PARTICULAR
02:26:57:00	02:26:57:00	ISSUE HERE ON THE COUNCIL AS
02:26:57:00	02:27:01:00	THIS ISN'T A RESOLUTION AND
02:27:01:00	02:27:01:00	WE'RE UPLIFTING THE MONTH BUT
02:27:01:00	02:27:02:00	I'D LIKE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
02:27:02:00	02:27:04:00	KEEP THEIR COINS SO LET'S
02:27:04:00	02:27:05:00	FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS
02:27:05:00	02:27:05:00	LIKE.
02:27:05:00	02:27:05:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:05:00	02:27:05:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:05:00	02:27:08:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:27:08:00	02:27:08:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
02:27:08:00	02:27:12:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:27:12:00	02:27:12:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS
02:27:12:00	02:27:16:00	OF THIS RESOLUTION AND ALSO TO
02:27:16:00	02:27:16:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THE
02:27:16:00	02:27:17:00	HEARING ORDER THAT WE HOPEFULLY
02:27:17:00	02:27:19:00	WILL HAVE THAT HEARING SOON.
02:27:19:00	02:27:23:00	I DO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT YOU
02:27:23:00	02:27:23:00	KNOW, THIS BODY HAS ADVOCATED
02:27:23:00	02:27:27:00	STRONGLY FOR OFFERING ALL
02:27:27:00	02:27:27:00	OF OUR YOUTH JOBS AND THAT'S
02:27:27:00	02:27:28:00	VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE JOB
02:27:28:00	02:27:31:00	OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE PAYING
02:27:31:00	02:27:31:00	OUR YOUTH SO THEY HAVE MONEY.
02:27:31:00	02:27:35:00	BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S JUST AS
02:27:35:00	02:27:35:00	IMPORTANT IF NOT MORE TEACHING
02:27:35:00	02:27:38:00	OUR YOUNG ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
02:27:38:00	02:27:39:00	OF FINANCIAL LITERACY AND HOW
02:27:39:00	02:27:40:00	TO KEEP THEIR MONEY AND MAKE
02:27:40:00	02:27:43:00	SURE THAT IT'S WORKING FOR
02:27:43:00	02:27:43:00	THEM, NOT AGAINST THEM.
02:27:43:00	02:27:46:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
02:27:46:00	02:27:46:00	HEARING ORDER AND JUST ALL
02:27:46:00	02:27:47:00	OF OUR ADVOCACY AROUND THAT WE
02:27:47:00	02:27:50:00	DEFINITELY NEED TO DO A BETTER
02:27:50:00	02:27:51:00	JOB IN BHP'S AROUND FINANCIAL
02:27:51:00	02:27:54:00	LITERACY COURSES AND I DO WANT
02:27:54:00	02:27:55:00	TO UPLIFT AND SHOUT OUT SO MANY
02:27:55:00	02:27:58:00	AMAZING NON-PROFITS ACROSS THE
02:27:58:00	02:27:58:00	CITY WHO DO DO THAT ALREADY
02:27:58:00	02:28:02:00	LIKE THE BASS CITY KIDS WHO DO
02:28:02:00	02:28:06:00	GO INTO SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS BUT
02:28:06:00	02:28:06:00	A LOT OF OUR NONPROFITS SEE THE
02:28:06:00	02:28:09:00	NEED AND THEY ARE FILLING A
02:28:09:00	02:28:10:00	GAP.
02:28:10:00	02:28:10:00	BUT I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY
02:28:10:00	02:28:13:00	PUT PRESSURE ON MAKING SURE
02:28:13:00	02:28:13:00	THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING
02:28:13:00	02:28:14:00	THESE THIS EDUCATION AND
02:28:14:00	02:28:17:00	INFORMATION INSIDE THE SCHOOLS
02:28:17:00	02:28:17:00	ALSO.
02:28:17:00	02:28:18:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THIS
02:28:18:00	02:28:18:00	RESOLUTION.
02:28:18:00	02:28:21:00	I'LL BE SUPPORTING AND ALSO
02:28:21:00	02:28:21:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO US WORKING
02:28:21:00	02:28:22:00	TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE THE
02:28:22:00	02:28:24:00	HEARING.
02:28:24:00	02:28:25:00	THANK YOU.
02:28:25:00	02:28:25:00	THANK YOU.
02:28:25:00	02:28:26:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:28:26:00	02:28:28:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:28:28:00	02:28:29:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
02:28:29:00	02:28:29:00	MAKERS.
02:28:29:00	02:28:30:00	I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
02:28:30:00	02:28:32:00	FILING.
02:28:32:00	02:28:33:00	I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD MY FIRST
02:28:33:00	02:28:35:00	JOB AT 14 IT WAS VERY EXCITED
02:28:35:00	02:28:36:00	ABOUT IT.
02:28:36:00	02:28:39:00	GOT IT THROUGH PICK A LOT OF US
02:28:39:00	02:28:39:00	MADE IT A ROUTINE FOR US TO
02:28:39:00	02:28:43:00	WHEN WE GOT OUR CHECKS TO GO TO
02:28:43:00	02:28:43:00	THE CHECK CASHERS RIGHT THERE
02:28:43:00	02:28:46:00	IN ROXBURY DOWN THE STREET FROM
02:28:46:00	02:28:47:00	OUR JOBS AND CASH OUR CHECKS
02:28:47:00	02:28:50:00	RIGHT IN THESE CHECK OUT CHECK
02:28:50:00	02:28:50:00	CASHING COMPANIES ARE PREDATORY
02:28:50:00	02:28:53:00	PREDATORY.
02:28:53:00	02:28:54:00	IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER
02:28:54:00	02:28:54:00	IF YOU KNOW THEIR BANK ACCOUNT
02:28:54:00	02:28:55:00	AND WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
02:28:55:00	02:28:57:00	SO I THINK IT'S REALLY
02:28:57:00	02:28:57:00	IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TEACHING
02:28:57:00	02:29:01:00	OUR YOUNG KIDS ABOUT WHAT IT IS
02:29:01:00	02:29:02:00	LIKE TO SAVE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
02:29:02:00	02:29:04:00	HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT SO I THINK
02:29:04:00	02:29:05:00	THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND
02:29:05:00	02:29:05:00	AGAIN JUST WANT TO THANK THE
02:29:05:00	02:29:08:00	MAKERS I WAS OVER AT BOSTON
02:29:08:00	02:29:08:00	ARTS ACADEMY THE OTHER DAY
02:29:08:00	02:29:09:00	TALKING TO THE STUDENTS JUST
02:29:09:00	02:29:12:00	ABOUT THIS AND ABOUT HOW
02:29:12:00	02:29:13:00	IMPORTANT IT IS TO FIND
02:29:13:00	02:29:15:00	MECHANISMS TO TO SAVE THEIR
02:29:15:00	02:29:15:00	RESOURCES.
02:29:15:00	02:29:19:00	OKAY, COUNSELORS, MORALE
02:29:19:00	02:29:20:00	COUNSELORS, MORALE FLYNN AND
02:29:20:00	02:29:24:00	MCGUIRE SAID SUSPENSION OF THE
02:29:24:00	02:29:25:00	RULES WHAT WOULD ANYONE ELSE
02:29:25:00	02:29:29:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
02:29:29:00	02:29:29:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE.
02:29:29:00	02:29:30:00	I COUNSELORS BREADON COLLETTE
02:29:30:00	02:29:31:00	ZAPATA DURKIN FERNANDES.
02:29:31:00	02:29:32:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD.
02:29:32:00	02:29:32:00	MURPHY.
02:29:32:00	02:29:35:00	SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE
02:29:35:00	02:29:36:00	CHAIR COUNSELORS WORLD FLYNN
02:29:36:00	02:29:39:00	AND MCKISSICK SUSPENSION OF THE
02:29:39:00	02:29:41:00	RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
02:29:41:00	02:29:42:00	NUMBER 0863 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
02:29:42:00	02:29:46:00	SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE
02:29:46:00	02:29:46:00	AYES HAVE IT.
02:29:46:00	02:29:47:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
02:29:47:00	02:29:49:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
02:29:49:00	02:29:50:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0864 SO I CAN
02:29:50:00	02:29:52:00	HAVE A0864 OF COUNCILOR
02:29:52:00	02:29:55:00	LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING
02:29:55:00	02:29:56:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL
02:29:56:00	02:30:03:00	LIBRARY WEEK.
02:30:03:00	02:30:03:00	THANK YOU.
02:30:03:00	02:30:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:30:03:00	02:30:06:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
02:30:06:00	02:30:10:00	COUNCILOR YOU HAD THE FLOOR.
02:30:10:00	02:30:13:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR.
02:30:13:00	02:30:14:00	I'D FIRST LIKE TO OFFER A
02:30:14:00	02:30:14:00	MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE.
02:30:14:00	02:30:17:00	RON IS PASSING OUT THE MOTION
02:30:17:00	02:30:17:00	RIGHT NOW.
02:30:17:00	02:30:18:00	IT REALLY IS JUST A SMALL
02:30:18:00	02:30:21:00	CHANGE IN THE LAST WHEREAS
02:30:21:00	02:30:24:00	CLOSET SAID LIBRARIANS PLAY A
02:30:24:00	02:30:25:00	CRITICAL ROLE AND WE JUST
02:30:25:00	02:30:28:00	CHANGED IT TO SAY LIBRARY
02:30:28:00	02:30:29:00	WORKERS BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE
02:30:29:00	02:30:29:00	THAN JUST LIBRARIANS WHO MAKE
02:30:29:00	02:30:33:00	UP OUR LIBRARIES AND WE WANT TO
02:30:33:00	02:30:33:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE
02:30:33:00	02:30:36:00	SO MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE
02:30:36:00	02:30:38:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO LOOK AT
02:30:38:00	02:30:43:00	SECOND OKAY ANYONE IT ALL THOSE
02:30:43:00	02:30:44:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I I THE AYES
02:30:44:00	02:30:47:00	HAVE IT THE MOTION IS
02:30:47:00	02:30:47:00	SUBSTITUTED IS ON OUR TABLE.
02:30:47:00	02:30:48:00	THANK YOU.
02:30:48:00	02:30:49:00	AND I'D LIKE TO ADD
02:30:49:00	02:30:50:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AS A SECOND
02:30:50:00	02:30:50:00	ORIGINAL SECOND ORIGINAL
02:30:50:00	02:30:53:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WEBER SO
02:30:53:00	02:30:54:00	ADDED AS A SECOND ORIGINAL
02:30:54:00	02:30:54:00	CO-SPONSOR.
02:30:54:00	02:30:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:30:57:00	02:30:57:00	HAPPY NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
02:30:57:00	02:30:57:00	EVERYONE.
02:30:57:00	02:30:58:00	I SAID IT THIS MORNING.
02:30:58:00	02:31:01:00	THIS IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
02:31:01:00	02:31:01:00	AND OUR LIBRARIES PLAY AN
02:31:01:00	02:31:02:00	IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR CITY AND
02:31:02:00	02:31:05:00	IN OUR COUNTRY.
02:31:05:00	02:31:06:00	NOW MORE THAN EVER FREE AND
02:31:06:00	02:31:09:00	ACCESSIBLE ACCESS TO BOOKS AND
02:31:09:00	02:31:10:00	TO LEARNING AND TO RESOURCES IS
02:31:10:00	02:31:12:00	INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
02:31:12:00	02:31:13:00	AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG
02:31:13:00	02:31:14:00	SHOUT OUT TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC
02:31:14:00	02:31:17:00	LIBRARY INCLUDING THE MAIN
02:31:17:00	02:31:20:00	LIBRARY AT COPLEY SQUARE IN THE
02:31:20:00	02:31:20:00	25 NEIGHBORHOOD BRANCH
02:31:20:00	02:31:21:00	LIBRARIES FOR ALL THAT THEY DO,
02:31:21:00	02:31:24:00	LIBRARIES ARE FREE TO ALL AND
02:31:24:00	02:31:25:00	OPEN TO ALL AND OFTENTIMES IN
02:31:25:00	02:31:28:00	RECENT YEARS THERE'S BEEN SOME
02:31:28:00	02:31:28:00	SOME CHALLENGES THAT SOME
02:31:28:00	02:31:29:00	OF OUR LIBRARY WORKERS HAVE
02:31:29:00	02:31:31:00	FACED AND SORT OF DEALING WITH
02:31:31:00	02:31:32:00	THE PUBLIC AT FIRST AMENDMENT
02:31:32:00	02:31:33:00	RIGHTS AND I JUST WANT TO
02:31:33:00	02:31:36:00	UPLIFT ALL THE WORK THAT THEY
02:31:36:00	02:31:36:00	DO.
02:31:36:00	02:31:37:00	I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT OUR
02:31:37:00	02:31:39:00	COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY ON THE CITY
02:31:39:00	02:31:39:00	COUNCIL FOR LIBRARIES.
02:31:39:00	02:31:43:00	I KNOW THERE ARE THERE ARE SO
02:31:43:00	02:31:46:00	MANY LIBRARY ADVOCATES HERE I
02:31:46:00	02:31:46:00	OFTEN SAY THAT THE LIBRARIANS
02:31:46:00	02:31:47:00	AT LOWER MILLS WERE GOING UP
02:31:47:00	02:31:50:00	THOSE LIBRARIANS WERE ME AND MY
02:31:50:00	02:31:50:00	SISTERS.
02:31:50:00	02:31:54:00	LIKE ADDITIONAL CAREGIVERS AND
02:31:54:00	02:31:54:00	WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME THERE AND
02:31:54:00	02:31:55:00	SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
02:31:55:00	02:31:58:00	THAT WE ARE UPLIFTING AND
02:31:58:00	02:31:58:00	SUPPORTING LIBRARIES IS A
02:31:58:00	02:31:59:00	CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY
02:31:59:00	02:32:02:00	ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR DEMOCRACY
02:32:02:00	02:32:03:00	IN SO MANY WAYS ARE UNDER
02:32:03:00	02:32:03:00	THREAT.
02:32:03:00	02:32:06:00	LIBRARIES ARE INCLUSIVE SPACES.
02:32:06:00	02:32:07:00	I ALSO LIVED THERE WHEN I WAS
02:32:07:00	02:32:07:00	APPLYING TO COLLEGES AT THE
02:32:07:00	02:32:10:00	COPLEY SQUARE LIBRARY BECAUSE
02:32:10:00	02:32:11:00	THEY HAD SO MANY RESOURCES AND
02:32:11:00	02:32:12:00	HELP FOR ME A FIRST GENERATION
02:32:12:00	02:32:13:00	KID TRYING TO MAKE SENSE
02:32:13:00	02:32:16:00	OF WHAT COLLEGE WAS ALL ABOUT.
02:32:16:00	02:32:17:00	RIGHT NOW THE BOSTON PUBLIC
02:32:17:00	02:32:20:00	LIBRARY IS CELEBRATING WITH A
02:32:20:00	02:32:21:00	THEME OF DRAWN TO THE LIBRARY
02:32:21:00	02:32:24:00	TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO THE
02:32:24:00	02:32:24:00	LIBRARY.
02:32:24:00	02:32:25:00	IF YOU DONATE TO THE BOSTON
02:32:25:00	02:32:26:00	PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND, THEY GIVE
02:32:26:00	02:32:27:00	YOU THESE REALLY COOL BASEBALL
02:32:27:00	02:32:30:00	CAPS AND SO THEY'RE DOING
02:32:30:00	02:32:31:00	IMPORTANT WORK DURING THIS TIME
02:32:31:00	02:32:32:00	AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
02:32:32:00	02:32:34:00	THAT WE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT OUR
02:32:34:00	02:32:35:00	LIBRARIES, BOTH OUR
02:32:35:00	02:32:35:00	FREESTANDING LIBRARIES AND ALSO
02:32:35:00	02:32:38:00	THE LIBRARIES IN OUR SCHOOLS,
02:32:38:00	02:32:39:00	SO MANY OF WHICH NEED UPDATING
02:32:39:00	02:32:39:00	AND MORE SUPPORT.
02:32:39:00	02:32:42:00	IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A
02:32:42:00	02:32:43:00	LIBRARY IN EVERY SCHOOL THAT'S
02:32:43:00	02:32:44:00	STAFFED BY A LIBRARIAN AND I
02:32:44:00	02:32:46:00	JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:32:46:00	02:32:46:00	WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD IN
02:32:46:00	02:32:47:00	RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT
02:32:47:00	02:32:50:00	WORK THAT OUR LIBRARIES DO.
02:32:50:00	02:32:50:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
02:32:50:00	02:32:50:00	THANK YOU.
02:32:50:00	02:32:51:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:32:51:00	02:32:53:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:32:53:00	02:32:54:00	COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:32:54:00	02:32:54:00	THANK YOU.
02:32:54:00	02:32:57:00	I WANT TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT
02:32:57:00	02:32:57:00	FOR FILING THIS AND ADDING
02:32:57:00	02:33:00:00	ME AS A CO-SPONSOR.
02:33:00:00	02:33:01:00	UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW,
02:33:01:00	02:33:04:00	LIBRARIES LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE
02:33:04:00	02:33:05:00	YOU KNOW, WE WE TREASURE AND
02:33:05:00	02:33:09:00	VALUE IN THIS WORLD ARE UNDER
02:33:09:00	02:33:09:00	ATTACK.
02:33:09:00	02:33:10:00	AND SO I'M PROUD TO STAND IN
02:33:10:00	02:33:12:00	SUPPORT OF OUR LIBRARY WORKERS
02:33:12:00	02:33:16:00	AND OUR COMMUNITY SPACES.
02:33:16:00	02:33:17:00	I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT
02:33:17:00	02:33:19:00	OUT TO 86 BOSTON WHICH I SHARE
02:33:19:00	02:33:19:00	WITH COUNCILOR FERNANDES
02:33:19:00	02:33:23:00	ANDERSON.
02:33:23:00	02:33:23:00	THEY ARE IN ECCLESTON SQUARE.
02:33:23:00	02:33:26:00	THEY'RE A NONPROFIT TUTORING
02:33:26:00	02:33:27:00	ORGANIZATION THAT'S DEDICATED
02:33:27:00	02:33:30:00	TO EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO
02:33:30:00	02:33:30:00	EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS THROUGH
02:33:30:00	02:33:31:00	WRITING.
02:33:31:00	02:33:34:00	THEY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT
02:33:34:00	02:33:35:00	THEY WILL NOT BE SEEKING
02:33:35:00	02:33:35:00	FUNDING GRANT LIBRARY RELATED
02:33:35:00	02:33:38:00	FUNDING GRANTS THROUGH THE
02:33:38:00	02:33:38:00	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WOULD
02:33:38:00	02:33:39:00	HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM
02:33:39:00	02:33:41:00	DISCUSSING DIVERSITY, EQUITY
02:33:41:00	02:33:42:00	AND INCLUSION.
02:33:42:00	02:33:42:00	THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO SEEK
02:33:42:00	02:33:45:00	THEIR FUNDING THROUGH OTHER
02:33:45:00	02:33:45:00	MEANS.
02:33:45:00	02:33:49:00	I THINK IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, I
02:33:49:00	02:33:50:00	CERTAINLY SUPPORT 86 BOSTON.
02:33:50:00	02:33:53:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GREAT
02:33:53:00	02:33:53:00	RESOURCE AND PLACES LIKE THAT
02:33:53:00	02:33:57:00	ARE UNDER THREAT FROM OUR
02:33:57:00	02:33:57:00	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH IS
02:33:57:00	02:34:00:00	JUST IT'S IT'S IT'S ONE OF THE
02:34:00:00	02:34:01:00	MORE UNBELIEVABLE THINGS
02:34:01:00	02:34:01:00	OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR
02:34:01:00	02:34:05:00	COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
02:34:05:00	02:34:06:00	BUT AGAIN THANK THANK YOU TO
02:34:06:00	02:34:08:00	THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
02:34:08:00	02:34:09:00	FOR FILING THIS AND I'M PROUD
02:34:09:00	02:34:12:00	TO JOIN.
02:34:12:00	02:34:12:00	THANK YOU.
02:34:12:00	02:34:16:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR
02:34:16:00	02:34:17:00	FILING THIS AND ALSO THANK YOU
02:34:17:00	02:34:18:00	TO COUNCIL WEBRE ALSO BIG SHOUT
02:34:18:00	02:34:20:00	OUT TO DAVID LEONARD AND THE
02:34:20:00	02:34:20:00	AMAZING TEAM OVER AT BPL.
02:34:20:00	02:34:23:00	ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG
02:34:23:00	02:34:24:00	SHOUT OUT TO GET LIT FOR THE
02:34:24:00	02:34:27:00	AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO
02:34:27:00	02:34:30:00	AROUND READING AND ALSO MY ONE
02:34:30:00	02:34:31:00	OF MY PREDECESSORS
02:34:31:00	02:34:34:00	COUNCILOR YANCEY WHO WAS A BIG
02:34:34:00	02:34:34:00	ADVOCATE FOR LITERACY AND I
02:34:34:00	02:34:38:00	REMEMBER DURING HALLOWEEN HE
02:34:38:00	02:34:38:00	WAS OUT THERE GIVING OUT BOOKS.
02:34:38:00	02:34:39:00	AND OF COURSE COREY IN THE
02:34:39:00	02:34:42:00	HALLWAY TO SIX BOSTON TIME.
02:34:42:00	02:34:43:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
02:34:43:00	02:34:45:00	NAME?
02:34:45:00	02:34:46:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE ADD
02:34:46:00	02:34:47:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND
02:34:47:00	02:34:50:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A
02:34:50:00	02:34:50:00	PARTNER?
02:34:50:00	02:34:50:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
02:34:50:00	02:34:51:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE ANDERSON
02:34:51:00	02:34:53:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
02:34:53:00	02:34:53:00	COUNCIL FLYNN CAST MEJIA.
02:34:53:00	02:34:54:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:34:54:00	02:34:56:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AND ALSO
02:34:56:00	02:34:57:00	PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
02:34:57:00	02:34:59:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
02:34:59:00	02:35:00:00	COUNCIL WHOEVER SEEKS
02:35:00:00	02:35:00:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
02:35:00:00	02:35:04:00	ADOPTION OF DUNCAN NUMBER 0863
02:35:04:00	02:35:04:00	.
02:35:04:00	02:35:07:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THOSE
02:35:07:00	02:35:07:00	FOUR SAY NAY.
02:35:07:00	02:35:08:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:35:08:00	02:35:10:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 08863 HAVE BEEN
02:35:10:00	02:35:10:00	ADOPTED.
02:35:10:00	02:35:20:00	0864 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
02:35:20:00	02:35:24:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, AND THANK
02:35:24:00	02:35:28:00	YOU, MR. CLERK OC FOR BEFORE WE
02:35:28:00	02:35:32:00	MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS.
02:35:32:00	02:35:33:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
02:35:33:00	02:35:36:00	NAME TO A DOCKET OR FILE A
02:35:36:00	02:35:37:00	MOTION TO RECONSIDER ON A VOTE
02:35:37:00	02:35:37:00	FOR ANYTHING WHILE THEY WERE
02:35:37:00	02:35:39:00	OUT OF CHAMBERS?
02:35:39:00	02:35:43:00	NO.
02:35:43:00	02:35:43:00	OKAY.
02:35:43:00	02:35:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:35:44:00	02:35:46:00	WE ARE NOW ONTO GREEN SHEETS.
02:35:46:00	02:35:47:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL
02:35:47:00	02:35:48:00	ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS?
02:35:48:00	02:35:50:00	NO.
02:35:50:00	02:35:54:00	OKAY.
02:35:54:00	02:35:55:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO LATE FILES.
02:35:55:00	02:35:58:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK
02:35:58:00	02:36:00:00	THAT THERE ARE SEVEN LATE FILE
02:36:00:00	02:36:05:00	MATTERS FOR PERSONNEL ORDERS.
02:36:05:00	02:36:07:00	ONE ABSENCE, ONE ABSENCE LETTER
02:36:07:00	02:36:08:00	AND THE TWO LETTERS.
02:36:08:00	02:36:10:00	OH, LET ME SEE.
02:36:10:00	02:36:17:00	THEY ARE REPRESENTED.
02:36:17:00	02:36:18:00	YES.
02:36:18:00	02:36:21:00	SO SIX.
02:36:21:00	02:36:22:00	DOES EVERYONE HAVE A LATE FILE
02:36:22:00	02:36:35:00	ON MATTERS BEFORE THEM?
02:36:35:00	02:36:35:00	OKAY.
02:36:35:00	02:36:39:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THE
02:36:39:00	02:36:40:00	FOUR PERSONNEL LATE FILE
02:36:40:00	02:36:43:00	MATTERS INTO THE RECORD
02:36:43:00	02:36:43:00	ISLANDS.
02:36:43:00	02:36:44:00	EVERYBODY BEFORE LATE FOR
02:36:44:00	02:36:45:00	PERSONNEL FILE MATTERS INTO
02:36:45:00	02:36:47:00	RECORD TO.
02:36:47:00	02:36:47:00	SAY I I.
02:36:47:00	02:36:48:00	MR CLARE, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:36:48:00	02:36:50:00	THE LATE FILE PERSONAL MATTER
02:36:50:00	02:36:51:00	INTO THE RECORD?
02:36:51:00	02:36:55:00	FIRSTLY FILE NOW PERSONNEL
02:36:55:00	02:36:55:00	ORDER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR
02:36:55:00	02:36:58:00	COUNCIL TO LET AS A FURTHER
02:36:58:00	02:36:59:00	SECOND LATE FILE MATTER.
02:36:59:00	02:37:02:00	PERSONNEL ORDER
02:37:02:00	02:37:03:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FULL
02:37:03:00	02:37:03:00	COUNCIL A DURKAN.
02:37:03:00	02:37:06:00	THIRDLY A MATTER PERSONAL OR A
02:37:06:00	02:37:09:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR
02:37:09:00	02:37:10:00	COUNCIL TO PEN AND FORCE LATE
02:37:10:00	02:37:13:00	FAILED ORDER PERSONNEL ORDER
02:37:13:00	02:37:14:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR
02:37:14:00	02:37:16:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL.
02:37:16:00	02:37:17:00	THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR
02:37:17:00	02:37:18:00	OF ADDING THESE MATTERS TO THE
02:37:18:00	02:37:21:00	RECORD TO SAY I I.
02:37:21:00	02:37:21:00	THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED.
02:37:21:00	02:37:24:00	MR CLERK HOW MANY ADDITIONAL
02:37:24:00	02:37:27:00	FILE MATTERS DEALING OC THE
02:37:27:00	02:37:28:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS AND WHAT ELSE
02:37:28:00	02:37:31:00	TO OC?
02:37:31:00	02:37:32:00	CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE LATE
02:37:32:00	02:37:34:00	FILE ABSENCE LETTER INTO THE
02:37:34:00	02:37:38:00	RECORD?
02:37:38:00	02:37:38:00	ABSENCE NOTIFIED BY
02:37:38:00	02:37:41:00	COUNCIL OF PET PEN DEAR
02:37:41:00	02:37:42:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND
02:37:42:00	02:37:45:00	COLLEAGUES I REGRET TO INFORM
02:37:45:00	02:37:46:00	YOU THAT I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND
02:37:46:00	02:37:47:00	THIS WEEK'S CITY
02:37:47:00	02:37:49:00	COUNCIL MEETING AS I AM
02:37:49:00	02:37:49:00	BATTLING A MINOR ILLNESS.
02:37:49:00	02:37:53:00	A MEMBER OF MY STAFF WILL BE IN
02:37:53:00	02:37:53:00	ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING.
02:37:53:00	02:37:54:00	I WILL REVIEW THE RECORDING
02:37:54:00	02:37:57:00	WHEN I AM ABLE TO.
02:37:57:00	02:37:58:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
02:37:58:00	02:37:58:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:58:00	02:38:02:00	THAT LATE FILE MATTER WILL BE
02:38:02:00	02:38:02:00	PLACED ON FILE.
02:38:02:00	02:38:03:00	MISS, WE HAVE TO PASS THE
02:38:03:00	02:38:03:00	COURSE.
02:38:03:00	02:38:07:00	OKAY.
02:38:07:00	02:38:07:00	MR. CLERK, COULD WE PLEASE TAKE
02:38:07:00	02:38:08:00	A VOTE TO PASS THE PERSONNEL
02:38:08:00	02:38:11:00	ORDERS?
02:38:11:00	02:38:12:00	ALL THE PAPERS SAY I I ALL
02:38:12:00	02:38:12:00	OPPOSING IT.
02:38:12:00	02:38:15:00	THE AYES HAVE IT AND THEN THE
02:38:15:00	02:38:16:00	FINAL MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON
02:38:16:00	02:38:19:00	FILE.
02:38:19:00	02:38:19:00	AND MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:38:19:00	02:38:23:00	READ THE FINAL COMMUNICATION
02:38:23:00	02:38:23:00	INTO THE RECORD FROM
02:38:23:00	02:38:26:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE?
02:38:26:00	02:38:29:00	DEAR CLERK CHURCH IS PURSUANT
02:38:29:00	02:38:29:00	TO RULE THREE.
02:38:29:00	02:38:33:00	PLEASE SEE THE REVISED CITY
02:38:33:00	02:38:33:00	COUNCIL COMMITTEE LISTINGS
02:38:33:00	02:38:34:00	EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY SHOULD
02:38:34:00	02:38:37:00	YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE
02:38:37:00	02:38:37:00	DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT
02:38:37:00	02:38:41:00	ME DIRECTLY OR AT MY OFFICE.
02:38:41:00	02:38:45:00	SINCERELY COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
02:38:45:00	02:38:46:00	THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR OF LATE
02:38:46:00	02:38:46:00	FILE COMMUNICATIONS RECORD
02:38:46:00	02:38:49:00	PLEASE SAY I.
02:38:49:00	02:38:49:00	I.
02:38:49:00	02:38:50:00	I HAVE IT.
02:38:50:00	02:38:53:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADDED.
02:38:53:00	02:38:53:00	OKAY.
02:38:53:00	02:38:56:00	WE ARE NOW ONTO THAT DOCKET
02:38:56:00	02:38:57:00	WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
02:38:57:00	02:38:58:00	WE'RE NOW ON TO THE CONSENT
02:38:58:00	02:38:58:00	AGENDA.
02:38:58:00	02:39:00:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT
02:39:00:00	02:39:01:00	THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO
02:39:01:00	02:39:01:00	THE CONSENT AGENDA.
02:39:01:00	02:39:04:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
02:39:04:00	02:39:05:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
02:39:05:00	02:39:05:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
02:39:05:00	02:39:08:00	AGENDA.
02:39:08:00	02:39:11:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL
02:39:11:00	02:39:12:00	THERE'S AN OBJECTION TO THE
02:39:12:00	02:39:15:00	CONSENT AGENDA.
02:39:15:00	02:39:16:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE
02:39:16:00	02:39:18:00	FLOOR.
02:39:18:00	02:39:22:00	I.
02:39:22:00	02:39:23:00	SINCE RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM
02:39:23:00	02:39:23:00	AN UPSET CONSTITUENT AFTER HE
02:39:23:00	02:39:26:00	PASSED ANOTHER CONSENT AGENDA
02:39:26:00	02:39:26:00	RESOLUTION LAST YEAR I HAVE
02:39:26:00	02:39:27:00	ATTEMPTED TO DO MY DUE
02:39:27:00	02:39:30:00	DILIGENCE IN LOOKING AT THE
02:39:30:00	02:39:31:00	CONSENT TO GENERAL RESOLUTIONS
02:39:31:00	02:39:32:00	TO MAKE SURE THEY REPRESENT MY
02:39:32:00	02:39:34:00	IN OUR SHARED VALUES.
02:39:34:00	02:39:36:00	FOR THIS REASON I OBJECT TO
02:39:36:00	02:39:37:00	PASSING 0876 WHICH IS THIS
02:39:37:00	02:39:41:00	GENUINE RESOLUTION AND ASKS
02:39:41:00	02:39:42:00	THAT IT BE VOTED ON
02:39:42:00	02:39:44:00	INDIVIDUALLY.
02:39:44:00	02:39:48:00	OKAY THANK YOU.
02:39:48:00	02:39:51:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0876 WILL BE
02:39:51:00	02:39:54:00	REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
02:39:54:00	02:39:55:00	AND PLACED ON MOTIONS ORDERS
02:39:55:00	02:39:58:00	AND RESOLUTIONS.
02:39:58:00	02:39:59:00	SO WE ARE VOTING ON THE CONSENT
02:39:59:00	02:40:03:00	AGENDA WITHOUT DOCKET NUMBER
02:40:03:00	02:40:06:00	0876.
02:40:06:00	02:40:07:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
02:40:07:00	02:40:07:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
02:40:07:00	02:40:08:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
02:40:08:00	02:40:13:00	AGENDA MINUS DOCKET NUMBER 0876
02:40:13:00	02:40:14:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
02:40:14:00	02:40:16:00	THANK YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA
02:40:16:00	02:40:20:00	HAS BEEN ADOPTED SO WE ARE NOW
02:40:20:00	02:40:26:00	ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 08764
02:40:26:00	02:40:30:00	CONSIDER ATION.
02:40:30:00	02:40:31:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY WOULD YOU LIKE
02:40:31:00	02:40:34:00	TO SPEAK ON THE DOCKET?
02:40:34:00	02:40:35:00	WOULD YOU LIKE TO?
02:40:35:00	02:40:38:00	ARE YOU SEEKING FOR A VOTE FROM
02:40:38:00	02:40:39:00	THE COUNCIL FOR PASSAGE OF THIS
02:40:39:00	02:40:42:00	RESOLUTION?
02:40:42:00	02:40:42:00	NO.
02:40:42:00	02:40:47:00	TO DO MORE RESEARCH BECAUSE I.
02:40:47:00	02:40:47:00	SORRY I CAN STAND.
02:40:47:00	02:40:48:00	I WISH COUNCILOR DURKIN HAD
02:40:48:00	02:40:50:00	COME TO ME AND EXPLAINED WHY
02:40:50:00	02:40:51:00	BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY
02:40:51:00	02:40:52:00	PULLED IT IF THERE WAS A GOOD
02:40:52:00	02:40:54:00	REASON I DID NOT HEAR FROM
02:40:54:00	02:40:57:00	ANYONE THAT THIS WAS DISTURBING
02:40:57:00	02:40:58:00	TO ANYONE SO I'LL JUST PULL IT
02:40:58:00	02:41:01:00	FOR NOW AND IF YOU SO YOU I'LL
02:41:01:00	02:41:01:00	REFILE IT.
02:41:01:00	02:41:02:00	YES BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE
02:41:02:00	02:41:03:00	OF THE CONTENT OR WHAT IS
02:41:03:00	02:41:05:00	CONTROVERSIAL AT THIS TIME.
02:41:05:00	02:41:05:00	OKAY.
02:41:05:00	02:41:06:00	SO YOU ARE WITHDRAWING THE
02:41:06:00	02:41:06:00	DOCKET.
02:41:06:00	02:41:06:00	OKAY.
02:41:06:00	02:41:08:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:08:00	02:41:09:00	THAT DOCKET IS WITHDRAWN.
02:41:09:00	02:41:09:00	OKAY.
02:41:09:00	02:41:13:00	SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
02:41:13:00	02:41:13:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS.
02:41:13:00	02:41:13:00	PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE
02:41:13:00	02:41:16:00	FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.
02:41:16:00	02:41:17:00	WE SAID IT LAST YEAR AT THE
02:41:17:00	02:41:18:00	LAST MEETING BUT I GUESS IT
02:41:18:00	02:41:20:00	DESERVES REPEAT REPEATING.
02:41:20:00	02:41:21:00	TOMORROW'S OUR BIRTHDAY SO
02:41:21:00	02:41:24:00	HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. CLERK.
02:41:24:00	02:41:24:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:24:00	02:41:28:00	IT IS ALSO A NURSERY SURPRISE
02:41:28:00	02:41:29:00	BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK IN
02:41:29:00	02:41:32:00	CASSEROLES OFFICE AND IT IS
02:41:32:00	02:41:33:00	ALSO CANTRELL'S BIRTHDAY I
02:41:33:00	02:41:36:00	BELIEVE ON IS IT FRIDAY,
02:41:36:00	02:41:39:00	SATURDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY AND
02:41:39:00	02:41:40:00	YOU MISSED THIS WHEN YOU WERE
02:41:40:00	02:41:41:00	NOT IN CHAMBERS LAST WEEK WHEN
02:41:41:00	02:41:44:00	I SAID HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND I
02:41:44:00	02:41:45:00	SAID HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD MAN SO
02:41:45:00	02:41:48:00	HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
02:41:48:00	02:41:48:00	OKAY.
02:41:48:00	02:41:49:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
02:41:49:00	02:41:49:00	MEMORIALS.
02:41:49:00	02:41:50:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A
02:41:50:00	02:41:54:00	NAME?
02:41:54:00	02:41:55:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:41:55:00	02:41:55:00	CLARA ZAPATA.
02:41:55:00	02:41:58:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:41:58:00	02:41:59:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
02:41:59:00	02:41:59:00	PRESIDENT.
02:41:59:00	02:42:00:00	AND I WISH I DID NOT HAVE TO
02:42:00:00	02:42:01:00	STAND UP AND SPEAK DAMIEN
02:42:01:00	02:42:05:00	DONOVAN'S NAME AND TO AND TO
02:42:05:00	02:42:05:00	THE MEMORIAL.
02:42:05:00	02:42:09:00	TODAY I RISE TO HONOR HIS LIFE.
02:42:09:00	02:42:12:00	A PROUD TONY, A GENEROUS SPIRIT
02:42:12:00	02:42:13:00	AND A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR
02:42:13:00	02:42:16:00	CITY WHOSE LIGHT LEFT A LASTING
02:42:16:00	02:42:17:00	IMPACT ON EVERYONE WHO WAS
02:42:17:00	02:42:20:00	LUCKY ENOUGH TO CROSS HIS PATH.
02:42:20:00	02:42:21:00	DAMIEN LEFT US AT JUST 51 YEARS
02:42:21:00	02:42:21:00	OLD.
02:42:21:00	02:42:27:00	HE BATTLED CANCER AND I KNOW HE
02:42:27:00	02:42:27:00	FOUGHT HARD.
02:42:27:00	02:42:30:00	AND WHILE HIS PASSING CREATES A
02:42:30:00	02:42:31:00	DEEP HOLE IN THE HEARTS OF HIS
02:42:31:00	02:42:35:00	FAMILY COMMUNITY AND LOVED
02:42:35:00	02:42:36:00	ONES, IT REMINDS US JUST HOW
02:42:36:00	02:42:38:00	MUCH ONE PERSON CAN MEAN TO SO
02:42:38:00	02:42:39:00	MANY.
02:42:39:00	02:42:42:00	DAMIEN GREW UP IN CHARLESTOWN,
02:42:42:00	02:42:43:00	THE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
02:42:43:00	02:42:46:00	DEFINES LOYALTY AND COMMUNITY.
02:42:46:00	02:42:47:00	AND DAMIEN EMBODIED THAT SPIRIT
02:42:47:00	02:42:47:00	FULLY.
02:42:47:00	02:42:50:00	WHETHER YOU MET HIM THROUGH HIS
02:42:50:00	02:42:51:00	WORK AT THE AT THE RESTAURANTS
02:42:51:00	02:42:53:00	MONUMENT, WAVERLY PAULOS OR AT
02:42:53:00	02:42:57:00	A BUNKER HILL DAY COOKOUT WITH
02:42:57:00	02:42:58:00	ASSOCIATES OR THE 520 CLUB YOU
02:42:58:00	02:43:01:00	FELT HIS KINDNESS INSTANTLY.
02:43:01:00	02:43:02:00	AND HE HAD THAT RARE GIFT
02:43:02:00	02:43:05:00	OF MAKING OUTSIDERS FEEL
02:43:05:00	02:43:05:00	WELCOME.
02:43:05:00	02:43:06:00	I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIME WHEN
02:43:06:00	02:43:11:00	I WAS A STAFFER FOR A CAMPAIGN
02:43:11:00	02:43:12:00	IN 2017 WHERE WE WALKED INTO
02:43:12:00	02:43:15:00	THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FOR THE
02:43:15:00	02:43:15:00	BUNKER HILL DAY BREAKFAST.
02:43:15:00	02:43:16:00	AND IF YOU RUN FOR OFFICE AND
02:43:16:00	02:43:18:00	YOU WALK INTO THE KNIGHTS AND
02:43:18:00	02:43:19:00	YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYBODY,
02:43:19:00	02:43:20:00	YOU KNOW HOW DAUNTING THAT
02:43:20:00	02:43:22:00	COULD BE.
02:43:22:00	02:43:23:00	AND HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SAY
02:43:23:00	02:43:23:00	COME SIT AT OUR TABLE.
02:43:23:00	02:43:26:00	HE DIDN'T CARE.
02:43:26:00	02:43:27:00	AND THAT REALLY EMBODIES WHO HE
02:43:27:00	02:43:31:00	WAS AND HE ENDED UP BEING A
02:43:31:00	02:43:31:00	SUPPORTER AND REALLY WENT
02:43:31:00	02:43:34:00	AGAINST THE GRAIN THAT AND I
02:43:34:00	02:43:35:00	KNOW THAT HE'S BEEN SO
02:43:35:00	02:43:35:00	WELCOMING TO OTHER CANDIDATES
02:43:35:00	02:43:38:00	WHO HAVE COME OR HAVE PUT THEIR
02:43:38:00	02:43:39:00	NAME IN THE RING FOR ELECTED
02:43:39:00	02:43:42:00	OFFICE.
02:43:42:00	02:43:42:00	I'LL NEVER FORGET THE
02:43:42:00	02:43:43:00	CONVERSATIONS THAT HE AND I
02:43:43:00	02:43:46:00	HAVE HAD ABOUT CHARLESTOWN AND
02:43:46:00	02:43:46:00	THIS LIFE.
02:43:46:00	02:43:47:00	QUITE FRANKLY, HE'S GIVEN
02:43:47:00	02:43:50:00	ME BETTER ADVICE THAN MOST
02:43:50:00	02:43:50:00	SITTING ELECTED OFFICIALS
02:43:50:00	02:43:51:00	BECAUSE HE WAS JUST THAT
02:43:51:00	02:43:53:00	WONDERFUL AND UNDERSTOOD PEOPLE
02:43:53:00	02:43:57:00	AND HOW TO BE KIND GENEROUS AND
02:43:57:00	02:43:58:00	I WILL HOLD THE COPY THAT HE
02:43:58:00	02:44:01:00	GAVE ME OF TIP O'NEILL'S ALL
02:44:01:00	02:44:02:00	POLITICS IS LOCAL.
02:44:02:00	02:44:03:00	VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART
02:44:03:00	02:44:05:00	MOVING FORWARD.
02:44:05:00	02:44:06:00	HE WAS AN ATHLETE, A BUSINESS
02:44:06:00	02:44:09:00	OWNER, A VOLUNTEER, A HUSBAND,
02:44:09:00	02:44:10:00	A SON AND UNCLE AND EVEN THOUGH
02:44:10:00	02:44:13:00	HE MADE HIS HOME ON HILL, HIS
02:44:13:00	02:44:13:00	HEART NEVER LEFT CHARLESTOWN.
02:44:13:00	02:44:16:00	YOU COULD HEAR IT IN HIS VOICE,
02:44:16:00	02:44:17:00	HIS LAUGH AND THE WAY HE NEVER
02:44:17:00	02:44:20:00	MISSED A CHANCE TO GIVE BACK TO
02:44:20:00	02:44:21:00	THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED HIM.
02:44:21:00	02:44:24:00	TO ELLEN LUPITA, MR DONOVAN,
02:44:24:00	02:44:24:00	THE DONOVAN AND MURPHY FAMILIES
02:44:24:00	02:44:28:00	AND TO ALL THAT LOVE DAMIEN, I
02:44:28:00	02:44:31:00	OFFER MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES.
02:44:31:00	02:44:32:00	AND PERSONALLY I WILL MISS HIM.
02:44:32:00	02:44:36:00	HE WAS A TOWNEE THROUGH AND
02:44:36:00	02:44:36:00	THROUGH AND MAY HE REST IN
02:44:36:00	02:44:36:00	PEACE.
02:44:36:00	02:44:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:44:37:00	02:44:40:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS
02:44:40:00	02:44:40:00	A PARTNER.
02:44:40:00	02:44:41:00	I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE
02:44:41:00	02:44:43:00	MEMORY OF DAMIEN.
02:44:43:00	02:44:44:00	HE WAS TRULY I THINK HIS RECORD
02:44:44:00	02:44:47:00	AS A PATHOS STATED IT JUST SO
02:44:47:00	02:44:48:00	BEAUTIFULLY LIKE HE MADE
02:44:48:00	02:44:51:00	EVERYONE FEEL WELCOME AND HE
02:44:51:00	02:44:54:00	WAS JUST SO KIND AND SO NICE TO
02:44:54:00	02:44:55:00	ME FROM THE FIRST MOMENT THAT I
02:44:55:00	02:44:58:00	MET HIM AND HIS MOTHER IS JUST
02:44:58:00	02:45:02:00	SUCH A BRIGHT LIGHT AND SO I AM
02:45:02:00	02:45:03:00	MY MY HEARTBREAK, MY
02:45:03:00	02:45:06:00	HEARTBREAKS OF COURSE BECAUSE
02:45:06:00	02:45:06:00	DAMIEN'S A LIGHT THAT'S OUT BUT
02:45:06:00	02:45:09:00	MY HEART ALSO BREAKS FOR
02:45:09:00	02:45:09:00	LUPITA.
02:45:09:00	02:45:13:00	FOR HER HUSBAND MICHAEL THEY
02:45:13:00	02:45:14:00	HAD TWO SONS AND NOW THIS IS
02:45:14:00	02:45:15:00	THE SECOND SON THAT THEY HAVE
02:45:15:00	02:45:18:00	LOST TO CANCER AND THEY ARE
02:45:18:00	02:45:21:00	ELDERLY MEMBERS OF OUR
02:45:21:00	02:45:22:00	CHARLESTOWN COMMUNITY WHO NOW
02:45:22:00	02:45:25:00	HAVE LOST HAVE BOTH OF THEIR
02:45:25:00	02:45:25:00	CHILDREN AND THEY SHOULD NOT
02:45:25:00	02:45:28:00	HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE PAIN
02:45:28:00	02:45:29:00	OF THIS MOMENT.
02:45:29:00	02:45:30:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO
02:45:30:00	02:45:33:00	UNDERSCORE HOW MUCH OF A GEM
02:45:33:00	02:45:33:00	DAMIEN WAS AND JUST WANT TO
02:45:33:00	02:45:36:00	THANK HIM FOR HIS KINDNESS TO
02:45:36:00	02:45:37:00	ME AND JUST GRIEVE FOR HIS
02:45:37:00	02:45:40:00	FAMILY, HIS HIS PARENTS AND HIS
02:45:40:00	02:45:40:00	WIFE ELLEN.
02:45:40:00	02:45:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:45:43:00	02:45:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:45:44:00	02:45:44:00	CONCILOR MEJIA.
02:45:44:00	02:45:45:00	HERE COMES ME.
02:45:45:00	02:45:45:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:45:45:00	02:45:47:00	YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:45:47:00	02:45:50:00	AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WE
02:45:50:00	02:45:51:00	EXPERIENCED A TRAGEDY IN THE
02:45:51:00	02:45:54:00	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND SANTO
02:45:54:00	02:45:58:00	DOMINGO TO BE EXACT WHERE A
02:45:58:00	02:46:02:00	NIGHTCLUB THE CEILING COLLAPSED
02:46:02:00	02:46:09:00	AND KILLED MANY DOMINICANS,
02:46:09:00	02:46:10:00	MANY THAT WERE FROM BENI WHICH
02:46:10:00	02:46:12:00	IS A LITTLE TOWN THAT I ALWAYS
02:46:12:00	02:46:16:00	TALK ABOUT THAT I'M FROM AND AS
02:46:16:00	02:46:20:00	WELL AS RUBY PEREZ AND OCTAVIO
02:46:20:00	02:46:20:00	TOTO WHO WAS A FORMER RED SOX
02:46:20:00	02:46:24:00	MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER SO MANY
02:46:24:00	02:46:28:00	LIVES OR WERE TAKEN AND I WANT
02:46:28:00	02:46:31:00	TO HOLD THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
02:46:31:00	02:46:35:00	IN OUR SPACE HERE EVEN THOUGH
02:46:35:00	02:46:35:00	IT'S INTERNATIONAL IT'S STILL
02:46:35:00	02:46:39:00	VERY MUCH SO MUCH OF THE
02:46:39:00	02:46:40:00	DOMINICANS THAT LIVE HERE IN
02:46:40:00	02:46:42:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE
02:46:42:00	02:46:42:00	MOURNING.
02:46:42:00	02:46:43:00	IN FACT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
02:46:43:00	02:46:46:00	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS DECLARED
02:46:46:00	02:46:47:00	THREE DAYS OF LUTO AND I
02:46:47:00	02:46:51:00	BELIEVE IN ENGLISH IT'S
02:46:51:00	02:46:51:00	MORNING.
02:46:51:00	02:46:54:00	SO THREE DAYS OF MOURNING.
02:46:54:00	02:46:55:00	SO IF YOU DON'T SEE DOMINICANS
02:46:55:00	02:46:58:00	IN THEIR HAPPY GO LUCKY SELVES
02:46:58:00	02:47:01:00	OVER THE NEXT MONTHS I'M SURE
02:47:01:00	02:47:04:00	TO COME THAT WE'RE ALL HERE
02:47:04:00	02:47:09:00	THINKING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE
02:47:09:00	02:47:09:00	OVER THERE AND SO BUT I DON'T
02:47:09:00	02:47:13:00	THINK AT ALL I GOT TO SAY IN
02:47:13:00	02:47:16:00	THE LITTLE CIRCLES
02:47:16:00	02:47:17:00	GOOLARABOOLOO GOVERNMENT YOU
02:47:17:00	02:47:20:00	CAN ONLY GET THEM ALL A LUTO A
02:47:20:00	02:47:21:00	YOU GET A MIRACLE THAT'S
02:47:21:00	02:47:26:00	HELPFUL LA FAMILIA GUERRA ALSO.
02:47:26:00	02:47:27:00	WELL I BELIEVE THAT AND I'M
02:47:27:00	02:47:28:00	GOING TO SAY TO YOU THOSE E
02:47:28:00	02:47:29:00	BEINGS ARE WAY MORE CONTENT TO
02:47:29:00	02:47:35:00	WHO WE PAID EQUAL TO LAWS AND
02:47:35:00	02:47:39:00	THE LAW AND IF I WERE SO FREE
02:47:39:00	02:47:43:00	AND SO LUCKY AND THEN ELEMENT
02:47:43:00	02:47:43:00	MINIMAL ANOTHER PERSON MAY HE
02:47:43:00	02:47:45:00	ARE KEIR STARMER THE EATOCRACY.
02:47:45:00	02:47:46:00	THANK YOU.
02:47:46:00	02:47:47:00	THE CHAIRMAN IS COUNCILOR S.A.
02:47:47:00	02:47:51:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:47:51:00	02:47:51:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:47:51:00	02:47:56:00	I WAS JUST GOING TO ECHO MY
02:47:56:00	02:47:59:00	COUNCILOR MADE HIS REMARKS AND
02:47:59:00	02:48:00:00	I THINK SHE SAID IT VERY
02:48:00:00	02:48:03:00	BEAUTIFULLY.
02:48:03:00	02:48:04:00	NOW THERE WAS A TRAGIC INCIDENT
02:48:04:00	02:48:05:00	AS YOU MENTIONED AND I KNOW
02:48:05:00	02:48:09:00	MANY OF OUR MANY OF OUR
02:48:09:00	02:48:09:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE
02:48:09:00	02:48:13:00	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ARE MOURNING
02:48:13:00	02:48:16:00	AND I KNOW THAT MANY FAMILIES
02:48:16:00	02:48:17:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:48:17:00	02:48:20:00	ALTHOUGH WHERE THEY ARE
02:48:20:00	02:48:21:00	PRESENTLY ARE BEING ARE
02:48:21:00	02:48:24:00	IMPACTED AND HAVE FRIENDS AND
02:48:24:00	02:48:25:00	FAMILY THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED
02:48:25:00	02:48:28:00	SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON BEHALF
02:48:28:00	02:48:32:00	OF ALSO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE AS
02:48:32:00	02:48:33:00	I WOULD SAY TODAY
02:48:33:00	02:48:33:00	COUNCILOR BECKETT LIKE MYSELF
02:48:33:00	02:48:38:00	AND I KNOW HERE YOU SPOKE YOU
02:48:38:00	02:48:39:00	KNOW, WE STAND WITH THE
02:48:39:00	02:48:39:00	DOMINICAN COMMUNITY AND WE
02:48:39:00	02:48:42:00	WOULD BE JOINING THE WARNING
02:48:42:00	02:48:46:00	OF ALL WHO HAVE LOST AND WHO
02:48:46:00	02:48:46:00	HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS
02:48:46:00	02:48:46:00	TRAGIC ACCIDENT.
02:48:46:00	02:48:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:48:50:00	02:48:50:00	THANK YOU.
02:48:50:00	02:48:51:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:48:51:00	02:48:51:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:48:51:00	02:48:53:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:48:53:00	02:48:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:48:53:00	02:48:54:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:48:54:00	02:49:01:00	I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PASSING
02:49:01:00	02:49:05:00	OF MOST OF THOSE BROTHER LOSS
02:49:05:00	02:49:09:00	OF MYSELF WORKS IN MY OFFICE.
02:49:09:00	02:49:10:00	HE'S WORKED WITH ME FOR EIGHT
02:49:10:00	02:49:10:00	YEARS.
02:49:10:00	02:49:12:00	HER BROTHER CHONG IN LAW PASSED
02:49:12:00	02:49:16:00	AWAY RECENTLY SO WE PLACE OUR
02:49:16:00	02:49:20:00	THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH
02:49:20:00	02:49:20:00	HIS FAMILY AT THIS TIME.
02:49:20:00	02:49:23:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:49:23:00	02:49:23:00	THANK YOU.
02:49:23:00	02:49:26:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:49:26:00	02:49:27:00	ANYONE ELSE?
02:49:27:00	02:49:30:00	OKAY.
02:49:30:00	02:49:31:00	TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR
02:49:31:00	02:49:31:00	MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE
02:49:31:00	02:49:34:00	FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS.
02:49:34:00	02:49:35:00	ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR ZAPATA
02:49:35:00	02:49:38:00	AND MYSELF, DAMIAN DONOVAN ON
02:49:38:00	02:49:38:00	BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
02:49:38:00	02:49:43:00	AND THERESA DWYER ON BEHALF
02:49:43:00	02:49:46:00	OF COUNCILOR FLYNN CHONG IAN
02:49:46:00	02:49:50:00	LOWE, BROTHER OF MELISSA LOWE.
02:49:50:00	02:49:53:00	MARY LOU CRONIN ON BEHALF
02:49:53:00	02:49:54:00	OF MYSELF JEAN FRANK JOSEPH,
02:49:54:00	02:49:58:00	FATHER IN LAW OF EVERETT CITY
02:49:58:00	02:50:01:00	COUNCILOR GIRLING ALCEE GIBLIN
02:50:01:00	02:50:03:00	MARY RICHARDSON LONG TIME
02:50:03:00	02:50:04:00	CHANNEL FIVE BROADCASTER AND
02:50:04:00	02:50:04:00	NEWS ANCHOR AND PHIL JOHNSTON,
02:50:04:00	02:50:08:00	FORMER STATE DEMOCRATIC
02:50:08:00	02:50:08:00	CHAIRMAN IN HEALTH AND HUMAN
02:50:08:00	02:50:11:00	SERVICES LEADER.
02:50:11:00	02:50:16:00	A MOMENT OF SILENCE GO OUT AND
02:50:16:00	02:50:19:00	ON BEHALF OF COUNCILORS MEJIA
02:50:19:00	02:50:23:00	SANTANA AND FABIEN THE THOSE
02:50:23:00	02:50:23:00	WHO PASSED IN THE DOMINICAN
02:50:23:00	02:50:26:00	REPUBLIC FROM THE NIGHT CLUB
02:50:26:00	02:50:34:00	COLLAPSE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
02:50:34:00	02:50:35:00	THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE
02:50:35:00	02:50:37:00	COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES
02:50:37:00	02:50:38:00	SO IN MEMORY OF THE
02:50:38:00	02:50:38:00	AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.
02:50:38:00	02:50:39:00	THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
02:50:39:00	02:50:41:00	MEET AGAIN IN THE DIANELLA
02:50:41:00	02:50:42:00	CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16,
02:50:42:00	02:50:43:00	2025 AT 12 NOON.
02:50:43:00	02:50:45:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
02:50:45:00	02:50:46:00	CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE
02:50:46:00	02:50:47:00	CLERK'S OFFICE AND
02:50:47:00	02:50:50:00	COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN
02:50:50:00	02:50:50:00	FAVOR OF BENJAMIN.
02:50:50:00	02:50:50:00	PLEASE SAY HI.