00:00:00:00	00:05:54:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE AND YOU KNOW
00:05:54:00	00:10:21:00	UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH OH.
00:10:21:00	00:11:41:00	AND CITY COUNCIL.
00:11:41:00	00:11:41:00	YOU CAN WATCH THE
00:11:41:00	00:11:45:00	COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE
00:11:45:00	00:11:45:00	DOT AT YOUTUBE AT BOSTON'S
00:11:45:00	00:11:49:00	ARGYLE PORCH SLASH CITY DASH
00:11:49:00	00:11:49:00	COUNCIL DASH TV.
00:11:49:00	00:11:50:00	AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
00:11:50:00	00:11:53:00	COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE
00:11:53:00	00:11:53:00	AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE
00:11:53:00	00:11:54:00	THEIR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC
00:11:54:00	00:11:54:00	DEVICES.
00:11:54:00	00:11:56:00	ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I
00:11:56:00	00:11:57:00	REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT
00:11:57:00	00:12:00:00	NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR
00:12:00:00	00:12:00:00	DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE
00:12:00:00	00:12:03:00	PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
00:12:03:00	00:12:03:00	THANK YOU.
00:12:03:00	00:12:04:00	MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
00:12:04:00	00:12:08:00	THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE
00:12:08:00	00:12:08:00	PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?
00:12:08:00	00:12:09:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
00:12:09:00	00:12:11:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PER
00:12:11:00	00:12:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL FOR AN
00:12:11:00	00:12:14:00	END TO SAY INNOCENT.
00:12:14:00	00:12:15:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IF
00:12:15:00	00:12:18:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN
00:12:18:00	00:12:19:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.
00:12:19:00	00:12:21:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:12:21:00	00:12:22:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:12:22:00	00:12:25:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL S.A.
00:12:25:00	00:12:25:00	YEAH.
00:12:25:00	00:12:29:00	COUNCIL WEBER AND
00:12:29:00	00:12:30:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL GET A QUORUM.
00:12:30:00	00:12:32:00	THANK YOU.
00:12:32:00	00:12:33:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK
00:12:33:00	00:12:34:00	THAT A PERFORMANCE PRESENT.
00:12:34:00	00:12:37:00	NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE AS MY
00:12:37:00	00:12:38:00	FIRST CLERGY TO INTRODUCE THIS
00:12:38:00	00:12:41:00	WEEK'S CLERGY.
00:12:41:00	00:12:42:00	REVEREND KAITLIN  GIBBONS.
00:12:42:00	00:12:45:00	I CAN'T RECALL WHEN I FIRST MET
00:12:45:00	00:12:46:00	REVEREND JOE GIBBONS BUT I DO
00:12:46:00	00:12:49:00	REMEMBER JUST BEING AWESTRUCK
00:12:49:00	00:12:50:00	BY HOW DEEPLY ROOTED SHE WAS
00:12:50:00	00:12:53:00	AND COMMUNITY AND DEFINITELY I
00:12:53:00	00:12:54:00	SAID TO MYSELF I'M GOING TO
00:12:54:00	00:12:54:00	FIND A WAY TO WORK WITH HER SO
00:12:54:00	00:12:57:00	I'M JUST SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE
00:12:57:00	00:12:57:00	HERE.
00:12:57:00	00:12:58:00	I KNOW THAT YOU RECENTLY HAD A
00:12:58:00	00:13:00:00	CHILD SO CONGRATULATIONS ON
00:13:00:00	00:13:01:00	YOUR NEWBORN.
00:13:01:00	00:13:01:00	REVEREND CAITLIN  GIBBONS HAS
00:13:01:00	00:13:05:00	LIVED IN BOSTON FOR 20 YEARS
00:13:05:00	00:13:06:00	AND IS AND IS A PASTOR AT IS A
00:13:06:00	00:13:08:00	PASTOR AT RESURRECTION CHURCH
00:13:08:00	00:13:08:00	IN EAST BOSTON.
00:13:08:00	00:13:11:00	SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL
00:13:11:00	00:13:12:00	REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON'S
00:13:12:00	00:13:16:00	MULTICULTURALISM AS SHE IS
00:13:16:00	00:13:16:00	CHINESE-AMERICAN WHO IS
00:13:16:00	00:13:17:00	BILINGUAL IN ENGLISH AND
00:13:17:00	00:13:19:00	SPANISH AND PASTORS A DIVERSE
00:13:19:00	00:13:19:00	CONGREGATION.
00:13:19:00	00:13:23:00	ALSO WHILE SIGNIFICANT THAT
00:13:23:00	00:13:24:00	SHE'S HERE DURING MAY WHICH IS
00:13:24:00	00:13:27:00	ASIAN-AMERICAN AND NATIVE
00:13:27:00	00:13:28:00	HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
00:13:28:00	00:13:28:00	HERITAGE MONTH API.
00:13:28:00	00:13:32:00	SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE
00:13:32:00	00:13:32:00	AND ALL YOU REPRESENT.
00:13:32:00	00:13:34:00	PASTOR  GIBBONS SHE'S
00:13:34:00	00:13:35:00	PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING A
00:13:35:00	00:13:35:00	COMMUNITY OF AMERICANS AND
00:13:35:00	00:13:38:00	IMMIGRANTS THAT WORSHIP
00:13:38:00	00:13:39:00	TOGETHER AND ENGAGE
00:13:39:00	00:13:39:00	STRATEGICALLY IN NEIGHBORHOOD
00:13:39:00	00:13:39:00	LIFE.
00:13:39:00	00:13:42:00	ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE,
00:13:42:00	00:13:43:00	SUPPORTING NEIGHBORS IN NEED
00:13:43:00	00:13:46:00	AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL
00:13:46:00	00:13:46:00	LEADERS FOR THE GOOD OF THE
00:13:46:00	00:13:46:00	CITY.
00:13:46:00	00:13:49:00	I AM SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE TO
00:13:49:00	00:13:50:00	GIVE OUR INVOCATION.
00:13:50:00	00:13:53:00	PLEASE WELCOME PASTOR  GIBBONS
00:13:53:00	00:13:53:00	.
00:13:53:00	00:13:54:00	AFTER SHE GIVES HER INVOCATION
00:13:54:00	00:13:54:00	WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:13:54:00	00:13:55:00	OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:13:55:00	00:13:56:00	PASTOR  GIBBONS, YOU HAVE THE
00:13:56:00	00:13:59:00	FLOOR.
00:13:59:00	00:14:04:00	GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU
00:14:04:00	00:14:04:00	FOR THE HONOR OF BEING HERE
00:14:04:00	00:14:07:00	WITH YOU.
00:14:07:00	00:14:08:00	I'M A PASTOR OF A SMALL BUT
00:14:08:00	00:14:11:00	VIBRANT CHURCH IN EAST BOSTON,
00:14:11:00	00:14:12:00	A COMMUNITY OF NEIGHBORS WHO
00:14:12:00	00:14:16:00	CONTRIBUTE AT EVERY LEVEL
00:14:16:00	00:14:19:00	OF THIS CITY'S LIFE.
00:14:19:00	00:14:20:00	ON ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, OUR
00:14:20:00	00:14:23:00	CONGREGATION INCLUDES
00:14:23:00	00:14:27:00	ARCHITECTS AND PAINTERS,
00:14:27:00	00:14:31:00	ENGINEERS AND TEACHERS, LAWYERS
00:14:31:00	00:14:32:00	AND NANNIES AND COOKS.
00:14:32:00	00:14:35:00	THEY ARE AMAZING PEOPLE.
00:14:35:00	00:14:36:00	WE WORSHIP IN DIFFERENT
00:14:36:00	00:14:36:00	LANGUAGES.
00:14:36:00	00:14:39:00	WE COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT
00:14:39:00	00:14:40:00	PLACES AND YET WE ARE LEARNING
00:14:40:00	00:14:43:00	HOW TO BE A FAMILY THAT DOES
00:14:43:00	00:14:44:00	LIFE WITH GOD TOGETHER THAT
00:14:44:00	00:14:47:00	CONTRIBUTES AND BLESSES OUR
00:14:47:00	00:14:48:00	CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN
00:14:48:00	00:14:51:00	REAL WAYS.
00:14:51:00	00:14:52:00	THAT SHARED LIFE HAS SHAPED US
00:14:52:00	00:14:55:00	DEEPLY, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES
00:14:55:00	00:14:58:00	OF CRISIS.
00:14:58:00	00:14:59:00	DURING THE PANDEMIC I WAS SO
00:14:59:00	00:15:02:00	MOVED BY THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR
00:15:02:00	00:15:05:00	COMMUNITY RESPONDED BILINGUAL
00:15:05:00	00:15:06:00	PEOPLE CONNECTING WITH
00:15:06:00	00:15:09:00	NEIGHBORS AND HELPING THEM TO
00:15:09:00	00:15:10:00	APPLY FOR RENTAL RELIEF.
00:15:10:00	00:15:13:00	ENGLISH SPEAKERS FILLING OUT
00:15:13:00	00:15:14:00	THESE FORMS AND ADVOCATING.
00:15:14:00	00:15:17:00	THERE WAS A SMALL FOOD VOUCHER
00:15:17:00	00:15:18:00	PROGRAM THAT WE BEGAN WITH THE
00:15:18:00	00:15:21:00	COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN THAT
00:15:21:00	00:15:25:00	CONNECTED UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
00:15:25:00	00:15:25:00	WITH MEALS FROM LOCAL
00:15:25:00	00:15:25:00	RESTAURANTS.
00:15:25:00	00:15:29:00	IT STARTED SMALL BUT THEN IT
00:15:29:00	00:15:30:00	STARTED GAINING MOMENTUM AND
00:15:30:00	00:15:33:00	GROWING THOUSANDS OF MEALS WERE
00:15:33:00	00:15:33:00	RECEIVED.
00:15:33:00	00:15:37:00	IT IS HUMBLING TO WITNESS WHAT
00:15:37:00	00:15:41:00	BECOMES POSSIBLE WHEN PEOPLE
00:15:41:00	00:15:41:00	COME TOGETHER WITH COURAGE AND
00:15:41:00	00:15:42:00	CARE.
00:15:42:00	00:15:45:00	AGAIN AND AGAIN I HAVE SEEN
00:15:45:00	00:15:48:00	THAT SHARED HOPE CAN CARRY US
00:15:48:00	00:15:52:00	FURTHER THAN FEAR EVER COULD.
00:15:52:00	00:15:52:00	THIS COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND
00:15:52:00	00:15:57:00	CARE IS ROOTED IN THE STORIES
00:15:57:00	00:15:57:00	THAT SHAPE US.
00:15:57:00	00:16:01:00	THERE IS A STORY IN OUR
00:16:01:00	00:16:01:00	TRADITION THAT MANY ARE
00:16:01:00	00:16:01:00	FAMILIAR WITH.
00:16:01:00	00:16:04:00	IT IS THE STORY OF THE GREAT
00:16:04:00	00:16:05:00	RESCUE THROUGH THE RED SEA
00:16:05:00	00:16:07:00	WHERE GOD DELIVERS THE PEOPLE
00:16:07:00	00:16:08:00	FROM OPPRESSION WITH MOSES.
00:16:08:00	00:16:12:00	BUT BEFORE THAT MIGHTY ACT
00:16:12:00	00:16:15:00	THERE IS A QUIETER ONE.
00:16:15:00	00:16:18:00	THE STORY OF TWO MIDWIVES
00:16:18:00	00:16:21:00	SHIFRA AND PUA.
00:16:21:00	00:16:22:00	THEY LIVE IN A TIME
00:16:22:00	00:16:25:00	OF INJUSTICE AND FEAR.
00:16:25:00	00:16:25:00	THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A
00:16:25:00	00:16:29:00	SYSTEM WHERE POWER AND
00:16:29:00	00:16:29:00	CONSCIENCE COLLIDED.
00:16:29:00	00:16:34:00	AT THAT TIME A PHARAOH WAS THE
00:16:34:00	00:16:34:00	MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE LAND
00:16:34:00	00:16:38:00	AND HE USED HIS AUTHORITY TO
00:16:38:00	00:16:41:00	ORDER THE DEATH OF HEBREW BABY
00:16:41:00	00:16:42:00	BOYS AND THESE TWO MIDWIVES
00:16:42:00	00:16:45:00	SHIFRA AND POOR HAD EVERY
00:16:45:00	00:16:49:00	REASON TO FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES
00:16:49:00	00:16:49:00	.
00:16:49:00	00:16:53:00	BUT THEIR HIGHEST VALUE WAS NOT
00:16:53:00	00:16:53:00	SELF-PRESERVATION.
00:16:53:00	00:16:57:00	IT WAS OBEDIENCE TO GOD AND THE
00:16:57:00	00:17:00:00	CALL TO PROTECT LIFE.
00:17:00:00	00:17:04:00	EVEN THE MOST VULNERABLE.
00:17:04:00	00:17:05:00	AND SO THE HANDS THAT WERE
00:17:05:00	00:17:08:00	TRAINED IN LIFE GIVING WORK
00:17:08:00	00:17:09:00	REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN
00:17:09:00	00:17:09:00	DEATH.
00:17:09:00	00:17:13:00	THEY LISTENED NOT TO PHARAOH
00:17:13:00	00:17:17:00	BUT TO THE NEWBORN BABY AS THEY
00:17:17:00	00:17:17:00	BENT TO WASH THEM, TO SWADDLE
00:17:17:00	00:17:21:00	THEM TO CRADLE THEM TO HELP A
00:17:21:00	00:17:23:00	CHILD LATCH FOR ITS FIRST
00:17:23:00	00:17:24:00	NOURISHMENT.
00:17:24:00	00:17:30:00	THESE TWO WOMEN WITH ALMOST NO
00:17:30:00	00:17:34:00	FORMAL POWER QUIETLY RESIST
00:17:34:00	00:17:35:00	STAYED.
00:17:35:00	00:17:35:00	THEY USED WHAT INFLUENCE THEY
00:17:35:00	00:17:38:00	HAD TO SHIELD LIFE.
00:17:38:00	00:17:39:00	THEIR ACTIONS WERE BOLD AND
00:17:39:00	00:17:42:00	SUBVERSIVE AND FAITHFUL.
00:17:42:00	00:17:46:00	AND THROUGH THEIR SHREWD RESIST
00:17:46:00	00:17:47:00	AND STEADY COURAGE A MEASURE
00:17:47:00	00:17:51:00	OF JUST THIS WAS ONE AND THE
00:17:51:00	00:17:52:00	STORY OF DELIVERANCE COULD GO
00:17:52:00	00:17:54:00	ON.
00:17:54:00	00:17:55:00	THIS KIND OF COURAGE STILL
00:17:55:00	00:17:59:00	INSPIRES US AND IT REMINDS US
00:17:59:00	00:18:02:00	THAT JUSTICE IS RARELY SIMPLE.
00:18:02:00	00:18:06:00	IT IS CONTESTED, IT IS COMPLEX.
00:18:06:00	00:18:07:00	IT DEMANDS WISDOM AND MORAL
00:18:07:00	00:18:11:00	FLAHERTY AND STRATEGY AND
00:18:11:00	00:18:11:00	BRAVERY.
00:18:11:00	00:18:14:00	DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IS NOT
00:18:14:00	00:18:15:00	ALWAYS EASY OR SAFE OR
00:18:15:00	00:18:15:00	EXPECTED.
00:18:15:00	00:18:18:00	YOU KNOW THIS.
00:18:18:00	00:18:19:00	AND YET CARE FOR THE VULNERABLE
00:18:19:00	00:18:22:00	IS TO ALIGN WITH THE VERY HEART
00:18:22:00	00:18:22:00	OF GOD.
00:18:22:00	00:18:29:00	AND SO TODAY I PRAY FOR YOU GOD
00:18:29:00	00:18:29:00	OF JUSTICE AND MERCY.
00:18:29:00	00:18:33:00	WOULD YOU BLESS THIS
00:18:33:00	00:18:33:00	COUNCILOR WITH WISDOM TO LEAD
00:18:33:00	00:18:37:00	IN COMPLICATED TIMES?
00:18:37:00	00:18:37:00	WHERE THERE ARE CONFLICTING
00:18:37:00	00:18:40:00	INTERESTS WOULD YOU HELP THEM
00:18:40:00	00:18:41:00	TO SEEK WHAT IS RIGHT?
00:18:41:00	00:18:44:00	WHERE THERE IS PRESSURE TO ACT
00:18:44:00	00:18:45:00	IN HASTE OR OUT OF FEAR?
00:18:45:00	00:18:48:00	WOULD YOU GIVE THEM COURAGE TO
00:18:48:00	00:18:49:00	LISTEN WELL AND TO PROTECT THE
00:18:49:00	00:18:52:00	VULNERABLE?
00:18:52:00	00:18:52:00	WOULD YOU GRANT THEM THE
00:18:52:00	00:18:55:00	HUMILITY TO REPENT WHEN NEEDED
00:18:55:00	00:18:56:00	?
00:18:56:00	00:18:56:00	THE FLAHERTY TO SPEAK
00:18:56:00	00:18:59:00	TRUTHFULLY AND THE STRENGTH TO
00:18:59:00	00:19:00:00	LEAD WITH COMPASSION AND
00:19:00:00	00:19:04:00	INTEGRITY MADE THEIR DECISIONS
00:19:04:00	00:19:08:00	HERE CREATE SPACE FOR ALL
00:19:08:00	00:19:11:00	PEOPLE TO FLOURISH IN.
00:19:11:00	00:19:12:00	WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:19:12:00	00:19:15:00	OF ALLEGIANCE AND ALLEGIANCE TO
00:19:15:00	00:19:19:00	THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATE IN
00:19:19:00	00:19:20:00	AMERICA TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT
00:19:20:00	00:19:23:00	IT STANDS.
00:19:23:00	00:19:23:00	ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
00:19:23:00	00:19:26:00	INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
00:19:26:00	00:19:30:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:19:30:00	00:19:31:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR JOE
00:19:31:00	00:19:31:00	GIBBONS.
00:19:31:00	00:19:34:00	PASTOR CARTER FOR ALL YOU DO
00:19:34:00	00:19:35:00	NOT ONLY FOR YOUR CONGREGATION
00:19:35:00	00:19:37:00	BUT FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE
00:19:37:00	00:19:41:00	OF COURAGE AND CONVICTION.
00:19:41:00	00:19:42:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
00:19:42:00	00:19:45:00	PRESENTATIONS.
00:19:45:00	00:19:46:00	WE WILL HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS
00:19:46:00	00:19:48:00	FOR TODAY ONE FROM COUNSELOR
00:19:48:00	00:19:48:00	MEJIA RECOGNIZING THE LATINO
00:19:48:00	00:19:51:00	BASEBALL LEAGUE WELLNESS DAY
00:19:51:00	00:19:52:00	AND ONE FROM COUNSELOR MURPHY
00:19:52:00	00:19:53:00	RECOGNIZING THE BOSTON FIRE
00:19:53:00	00:19:55:00	DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF ME HERE
00:19:55:00	00:20:08:00	YOU HAD THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES
00:20:08:00	00:20:13:00	WHEN I TALLIS.
00:20:13:00	00:20:13:00	GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:20:13:00	00:20:16:00	I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
00:20:16:00	00:20:20:00	WITH MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES
00:20:20:00	00:20:20:00	THIS MORNING WE UPLIFTED THE
00:20:20:00	00:20:24:00	IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND
00:20:24:00	00:20:24:00	WELLNESS AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS
00:20:24:00	00:20:27:00	AND UPLIFTING 14 LEAGUES WHO
00:20:27:00	00:20:32:00	ARE PLAYING ALL ACROSS THE CITY
00:20:32:00	00:20:35:00	OF BOSTON IN THE WORLD
00:20:35:00	00:20:35:00	OF SPORTS DEPENDING ON WHAT
00:20:35:00	00:20:36:00	TEAM YOU'RE ON, IT'S USUALLY A
00:20:36:00	00:20:39:00	COMPETITIVE SPORT AND ONE
00:20:39:00	00:20:40:00	OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO
00:20:40:00	00:20:43:00	REALLY UPLIFT IS THE IMPORTANCE
00:20:43:00	00:20:44:00	OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GAME
00:20:44:00	00:20:47:00	IS NOT JUST ABOUT THROWING THE
00:20:47:00	00:20:47:00	BASEBALL IT REALLY IS ABOUT
00:20:47:00	00:20:50:00	BUILDING COMMUNITY AND CREATING
00:20:50:00	00:20:51:00	CULTURE AND CELEBRATING OUR
00:20:51:00	00:20:51:00	CULTURE.
00:20:51:00	00:20:52:00	SO MANY OF US COME TO THIS
00:20:52:00	00:20:55:00	COUNTRY AND WE LEAVE OUR LITTLE
00:20:55:00	00:20:55:00	ISLAND BEHIND AND THE DOMINICAN
00:20:55:00	00:20:58:00	COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO
00:20:58:00	00:21:02:00	BASEBALL WE ARE STRONG AND I
00:21:02:00	00:21:03:00	KNOW I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL
00:21:03:00	00:21:03:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO SHOWED UP
00:21:03:00	00:21:06:00	TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE LEAGUES
00:21:06:00	00:21:09:00	BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU
00:21:09:00	00:21:09:00	ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE
00:21:09:00	00:21:10:00	REPRESENT THE CITY AS A WHOLE
00:21:10:00	00:21:13:00	AND THESE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS
00:21:13:00	00:21:14:00	.
00:21:14:00	00:21:15:00	AND SO WHEN THEY CALL I KNOW
00:21:15:00	00:21:17:00	THAT YOU WILL PICK UP THE PHONE
00:21:17:00	00:21:18:00	OR PICK UP THE PHONE AND HELP
00:21:18:00	00:21:21:00	US RESOLVE THEIR ISSUES BEFORE
00:21:21:00	00:21:24:00	I GO INTO THE LEAGUE.
00:21:24:00	00:21:28:00	WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR OUR
00:21:28:00	00:21:29:00	BELOVED YOU SAID BE BIASED AND
00:21:29:00	00:21:29:00	HIS FAMILY.
00:21:29:00	00:21:32:00	SO I'M GOING TO ASK HIS HIS
00:21:32:00	00:21:35:00	WIFE AND HIS TWO CHILDREN TO
00:21:35:00	00:21:39:00	COME TO THE STAGE HERE BINGHAM
00:21:39:00	00:21:42:00	BARAKA A NOT A TAMAKI TAMAKI
00:21:42:00	00:21:47:00	BUT I REPRESENT THAT IACONO
00:21:47:00	00:21:52:00	SAID LOVE THAT YOU SEPPI BIAS
00:21:52:00	00:21:53:00	GETS AN AFFAIR WITH THEM PRONTO
00:21:53:00	00:21:54:00	AND I KNEW POSADA ALL THAT HAD
00:21:54:00	00:21:55:00	TO GET YOU SEPPI FOR YASIEL IT
00:21:55:00	00:21:59:00	GET HIM ORACLE OF LOVE THAT
00:21:59:00	00:21:59:00	THERE IS STILL A BRIGHT LIGHT
00:21:59:00	00:22:02:00	YONDER I DO SEPPI PATERNAL
00:22:02:00	00:22:03:00	CONTRIBUTION OKAY SO LAST YEAR
00:22:03:00	00:22:09:00	IT WAS TOM BUT I CAN HELP
00:22:09:00	00:22:10:00	ISABELLA IF I MEET OTHER YOU
00:22:10:00	00:22:11:00	SAY BE YOU KNOW SOTO TAMAKI
00:22:11:00	00:22:12:00	LET'S SEE I WAS TOLD CHANELLE
00:22:12:00	00:22:13:00	YOU SO FAMILIAR EMPATHY AND A
00:22:13:00	00:22:14:00	FAMILIA THAT YOU SEPPI A BIAS
00:22:14:00	00:22:16:00	AGAINST THEM ACCOMMODATING YOU
00:22:16:00	00:22:20:00	WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
00:22:20:00	00:22:24:00	THANK YOU WANT I THOUGHT THIS
00:22:24:00	00:22:30:00	CSR THE PRESIDENT SAY HELP THEY
00:22:30:00	00:22:32:00	HAD COUNCILOR LIST BUT AT
00:22:32:00	00:22:37:00	OPPORTUNITY THAT DAY A NO BUT I
00:22:37:00	00:22:38:00	DON'T THROW GETTY THOUGH AMIGO
00:22:38:00	00:22:41:00	EITHER WHAT STEMPLE E
00:22:41:00	00:22:41:00	OF CONSIGLIERE HAMPEL THEN THE
00:22:41:00	00:22:44:00	SAME THING AT TOTEM POLE WHICH
00:22:44:00	00:22:53:00	ARE CRISIS IN CUBA SO SO WHY
00:22:53:00	00:22:54:00	DIDN'T WE LISTEN I'M NOT GOING
00:22:54:00	00:22:56:00	TO BE AN I KEEP BEING SAID I
00:22:56:00	00:23:00:00	GOT LEAGUE LEGAL CANNOT
00:23:00:00	00:23:00:00	COMPANION OR MY LA LIGA THE
00:23:00:00	00:23:03:00	LATEST LA LIGA NO WHILE THERE
00:23:03:00	00:23:08:00	WAS A BANG BANG BANG AND BUT I
00:23:08:00	00:23:09:00	GOT WHAT THEY DO NOT FATHER LA
00:23:09:00	00:23:11:00	LA LA LUCIO LA LIGA THE CANASTA
00:23:11:00	00:23:13:00	LA LIGA AND THE CAMPESINOS LA
00:23:13:00	00:23:14:00	LIGA AND YOU HAVE ALL STOLE LA
00:23:14:00	00:23:18:00	LIGA SO PEREZ LA LEAGUE I BEING
00:23:18:00	00:23:22:00	AMERICAN CMO LA LIGA LA LA LOSS
00:23:22:00	00:23:24:00	ADEPT AT IT BATTLES LA LIGA
00:23:24:00	00:23:24:00	HARRY CABAL, LA LIGA ALEJANDRO
00:23:24:00	00:23:29:00	LA LIGA LOOK AT IBANEZ THAT HE
00:23:29:00	00:23:30:00	GOT ON YOUR E LA LA LIGA AND
00:23:30:00	00:23:32:00	YEAH BUT ALSO LA LIGA THESE ARE
00:23:32:00	00:23:35:00	YOUR DOMINICAN BASEBALL PLAYERS
00:23:35:00	00:23:36:00	SOFTBALL PLAYERS YOU SEE THEM
00:23:36:00	00:23:39:00	YOU SEE THEM ALL ACROSS THE
00:23:39:00	00:23:43:00	CITY PLAYING BASEBALL SOFTBALL
00:23:43:00	00:23:43:00	AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
00:23:43:00	00:23:44:00	WE HAVE MORE.
00:23:44:00	00:23:47:00	I MIGHT PURSUE IT THAT WAY.
00:23:47:00	00:23:47:00	THESE ARE YOUR PLAYERS WHO ARE
00:23:47:00	00:23:51:00	ALWAYS ENTERTAINING ALL ACROSS
00:23:51:00	00:23:52:00	THE CITY AND ALL THE PARKS
00:23:52:00	00:23:54:00	BRINGING JOY CULTURE, SPORTS
00:23:54:00	00:23:55:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
00:23:55:00	00:23:59:00	I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES
00:23:59:00	00:23:59:00	TO ALSO JOIN US TO TAKE THE
00:23:59:00	00:24:03:00	PHOTO SO COUNCILOR DURKIN,
00:24:03:00	00:24:03:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
00:24:03:00	00:24:06:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN SPIT BANGS AND
00:24:06:00	00:24:06:00	TANNER WEBER AND WE'RE ALL AND
00:24:06:00	00:24:09:00	OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
00:24:09:00	00:24:10:00	IS ALWAYS ALREADY HERE.
00:24:10:00	00:24:10:00	JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL
00:24:10:00	00:24:13:00	FOR SHOWING UP TODAY FOR OUR
00:24:13:00	00:24:13:00	SOFTBALL PLAYERS ACROSS THE
00:24:13:00	00:24:17:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND TODAY WE ARE
00:24:17:00	00:24:20:00	NAMING BOSTON AS LA LIGA TO THE
00:24:20:00	00:24:24:00	WELLNESS DAY HERE IN THE CITY
00:24:24:00	00:24:25:00	OF BOSTON IN HONOR OF ALL THE
00:24:25:00	00:24:26:00	LEAGUE GUYS AND THE LIVELY USED
00:24:26:00	00:24:28:00	TO BE BY US.
00:24:28:00	00:24:35:00	ALL RIGHT PHOTO AND I KNOW I
00:24:35:00	00:24:40:00	DID THAT IN MORE THAN LESS THAN
00:24:40:00	00:24:44:00	A MINUTE APPLETON ON WHICH I AS
00:24:44:00	00:24:45:00	I THOUGHT AS WELL GERMANY GOT
00:24:45:00	00:24:46:00	IN LA LIGA FOR THOSE WHO ARE
00:24:46:00	00:25:13:00	PODIUM MORE I THINK THANK YOU
00:25:13:00	00:25:14:00	COUNCILOR MAY HERE FOR THAT
00:25:14:00	00:25:17:00	BEAUTIFUL RECOGNITION TO LA
00:25:17:00	00:25:17:00	LIGA KHALEESI THAT IS
00:25:17:00	00:25:18:00	CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU FOR
00:25:18:00	00:25:21:00	BEING WITH US AND TO THE FAMILY
00:25:21:00	00:25:22:00	OF JUST HAPPY BAEZ TO HIS WIFE
00:25:22:00	00:25:24:00	AND TO HIS KIDS MAY HIS MEMORY
00:25:24:00	00:25:27:00	LIVE ON AND MAY BE A BLESSING.
00:25:27:00	00:25:28:00	YES.
00:25:28:00	00:25:28:00	THANK YOU.
00:25:28:00	00:25:30:00	THANK YOU.
00:25:30:00	00:25:30:00	THANK YOU.
00:25:30:00	00:25:34:00	THANK YOU.
00:25:34:00	00:25:35:00	WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO OUR
00:25:35:00	00:25:38:00	NEXT PRESENTATION FROM
00:25:38:00	00:25:39:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE BOSTON
00:25:39:00	00:25:39:00	FIRE DEPARTMENT.
00:25:39:00	00:25:40:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
00:25:40:00	00:25:41:00	FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.
00:25:41:00	00:25:51:00	YEAH.
00:25:51:00	00:25:55:00	OKAY.
00:25:55:00	00:25:58:00	COULD THE 718 LEADERSHIP JOIN
00:25:58:00	00:26:01:00	US UP HERE AT THAT STAGE
00:26:01:00	00:26:01:00	PLEASE?
00:26:01:00	00:26:08:00	THANK YOU.
00:26:08:00	00:26:12:00	I WILL START I KNOW WE FILED
00:26:12:00	00:26:13:00	THIS LAST WEEK AND WE HAD TO
00:26:13:00	00:26:16:00	MOVE IT TO THIS WEEK SO THANK
00:26:16:00	00:26:16:00	YOU.
00:26:16:00	00:26:17:00	I KNOW THAT YOU WENT OUT TO
00:26:17:00	00:26:19:00	CHICAGO TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY
00:26:19:00	00:26:23:00	OF A FALLEN FIREFIGHTER WHO I
00:26:23:00	00:26:24:00	JUST LEARNED TODAY HAD JUST PUT
00:26:24:00	00:26:27:00	IN HIS PAPERWORK FOR RETIREMENT
00:26:27:00	00:26:31:00	AND THEN DIED JUST WEEKS LATER.
00:26:31:00	00:26:31:00	SO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING
00:26:31:00	00:26:34:00	OUR CITY OUT THERE IN CHICAGO
00:26:34:00	00:26:35:00	BEING SENT.
00:26:35:00	00:26:38:00	WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TODAY IN
00:26:38:00	00:26:38:00	HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL
00:26:38:00	00:26:42:00	FIREFIGHTERS DAY WHEREAS MAY
00:26:42:00	00:26:42:00	4TH IS RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY AS
00:26:42:00	00:26:46:00	INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY
00:26:46:00	00:26:47:00	A DAY TO HONOR THE BRAVERY
00:26:47:00	00:26:50:00	DEDICATION AND SACRIFICES
00:26:50:00	00:26:50:00	OF FIREFIGHTERS WHO PROTECT OUR
00:26:50:00	00:26:54:00	COMMUNITIES.
00:26:54:00	00:26:56:00	THIS OBSERVANCE WAS ESTABLISHED
00:26:56:00	00:26:57:00	IN 1999 FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC
00:26:57:00	00:26:59:00	LOSS OF FIVE FIREFIGHTERS IN A
00:26:59:00	00:27:03:00	WILDFIRE IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
00:27:03:00	00:27:04:00	SYMBOLIZING THE GLOBAL UNITY
00:27:04:00	00:27:06:00	AND COMMITMENT OF FIREFIGHTERS
00:27:06:00	00:27:07:00	TO SAFEGUARD LIVES AND
00:27:07:00	00:27:07:00	PROPERTY.
00:27:07:00	00:27:11:00	FIREFIGHTERS HERE IN BOSTON AND
00:27:11:00	00:27:11:00	ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS
00:27:11:00	00:27:14:00	REPRESENTED BY OUR OWN BOSTON
00:27:14:00	00:27:15:00	FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 718 AND THE
00:27:15:00	00:27:19:00	PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER MAYORS
00:27:19:00	00:27:19:00	OF MASSACHUSETTS DEMONSTRATE
00:27:19:00	00:27:20:00	UNWAVERING COURAGE AND
00:27:20:00	00:27:23:00	PROFESSIONAL WISDOM IN THE FACE
00:27:23:00	00:27:27:00	OF EMERGENCIES OFTEN RISKING
00:27:27:00	00:27:27:00	THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS.
00:27:27:00	00:27:31:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON ACKNOWLEDGES
00:27:31:00	00:27:31:00	THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT
00:27:31:00	00:27:34:00	FIREFIGHTERS PLAY NOT ONLY IN
00:27:34:00	00:27:35:00	EMERGENCY RESPONSES BUT ALSO IN
00:27:35:00	00:27:38:00	COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FIRE
00:27:38:00	00:27:38:00	PREVENTION, EDUCATION WHO I'VE
00:27:38:00	00:27:41:00	BEEN SEEING AT THE MAYOR'S
00:27:41:00	00:27:41:00	COFFEE HOURS.
00:27:41:00	00:27:42:00	YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT TABLE
00:27:42:00	00:27:45:00	REPRESENTED WITH OUR FIRE
00:27:45:00	00:27:46:00	CADETS THERE WHICH IS GREAT TO
00:27:46:00	00:27:49:00	SEE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY
00:27:49:00	00:27:49:00	INITIATIVES FIREFIGHTERS, THE
00:27:49:00	00:27:52:00	BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 718
00:27:52:00	00:27:56:00	WHICH IS ESTABLISHED IN 1942
00:27:56:00	00:27:58:00	REPRESENTS OVER 1500 MEMBERS
00:27:58:00	00:27:59:00	OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT,
00:27:59:00	00:27:59:00	INCLUDING UNIFORMED
00:27:59:00	00:28:02:00	FIREFIGHTERS, FIRE ALARM
00:28:02:00	00:28:02:00	OPERATORS AND RETIREES.
00:28:02:00	00:28:06:00	LOCAL 718 HAS BEEN STEADFAST IN
00:28:06:00	00:28:06:00	ITS MISSION TO ADVANCE THE
00:28:06:00	00:28:10:00	MORAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
00:28:10:00	00:28:11:00	STANDING OF ITS MEMBERS
00:28:11:00	00:28:14:00	ADVOCATING FOR IMPROVED WORKING
00:28:14:00	00:28:14:00	CONDITIONS, SAFETY STANDARDS
00:28:14:00	00:28:18:00	AND BENEFITS THAT REFLECT THE
00:28:18:00	00:28:21:00	DIGNITY IN THEIR HEROIC CALLING
00:28:21:00	00:28:21:00	.
00:28:21:00	00:28:22:00	WHEREAS THE BOSTON FIRE
00:28:22:00	00:28:22:00	DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS
00:28:22:00	00:28:25:00	ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1678, IS
00:28:25:00	00:28:26:00	THE FIRST PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT
00:28:26:00	00:28:29:00	IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES
00:28:29:00	00:28:29:00	TO SERVE AS A MODEL
00:28:29:00	00:28:33:00	OF EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION IN
00:28:33:00	00:28:33:00	FIRE SERVICES, IN EMERGENCY
00:28:33:00	00:28:37:00	RESPONSES AND I'LL END WITH
00:28:37:00	00:28:37:00	SAYING THAT THE BOSTON CITY
00:28:37:00	00:28:38:00	COUNCIL HONORS YOU AND
00:28:38:00	00:28:40:00	EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST GRATITUDE
00:28:40:00	00:28:41:00	TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS FOR THEIR
00:28:41:00	00:28:45:00	SELFLESS SERVICE AND DEDICATION
00:28:45:00	00:28:45:00	TO PROTECTING OUR CITY.
00:28:45:00	00:28:46:00	AND I WANT TO FURTHER RECOGNIZE
00:28:46:00	00:28:49:00	AND COMMEND THE PROFESSIONAL
00:28:49:00	00:28:49:00	FIREFIGHTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS
00:28:49:00	00:28:53:00	THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL
00:28:53:00	00:28:56:00	718 BUT ALSO TO EDWARD EDWARD
00:28:56:00	00:28:59:00	KELLY, A FORMER PRESIDENT
00:28:59:00	00:29:00:00	OF LOCAL 718 WHO REPRESENTS US
00:29:00:00	00:29:03:00	AS THE GENERAL PRESIDENT OF THE
00:29:03:00	00:29:03:00	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
00:29:03:00	00:29:07:00	OF FIREFIGHTERS SO REPRESENTING
00:29:07:00	00:29:07:00	AND ACKNOWLEDGING AND
00:29:07:00	00:29:08:00	APPRECIATING YOUR INVALUABLE
00:29:08:00	00:29:11:00	CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU PLAY
00:29:11:00	00:29:11:00	EVERY DAY AND I KNOW I'LL GIVE
00:29:11:00	00:29:15:00	TIME TO COUNCILOR OF FLYNN AND
00:29:15:00	00:29:16:00	FITZGERALD, BUT I DO WANT TO
00:29:16:00	00:29:19:00	SAY THAT YOU'RE ALSO GREAT
00:29:19:00	00:29:19:00	NEIGHBORS.
00:29:19:00	00:29:20:00	I SEE YOU AT THE BASEBALL
00:29:20:00	00:29:20:00	FIELDS.
00:29:20:00	00:29:23:00	I SEE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY.
00:29:23:00	00:29:23:00	SO YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB BUT
00:29:23:00	00:29:26:00	YOU'RE ALSO WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO
00:29:26:00	00:29:27:00	SHARE SPACE WITH.
00:29:27:00	00:29:30:00	ALL MY YEARS AS A TEACHER I HAD
00:29:30:00	00:29:31:00	MANY STUDENTS WHOSE DADS WERE
00:29:31:00	00:29:34:00	FIREFIGHTERS AND THEY WERE
00:29:34:00	00:29:34:00	ALWAYS SO PROUD.
00:29:34:00	00:29:35:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL
00:29:35:00	00:29:41:00	YOU DO AND THANK YOU
00:29:41:00	00:29:44:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR YOUR
00:29:44:00	00:29:45:00	IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP THAT YOU
00:29:45:00	00:29:48:00	HAVE SHOWN SUPPORTING THE MEN
00:29:48:00	00:29:49:00	AND WOMEN OF THE BOSTON FIRE
00:29:49:00	00:29:54:00	DEPARTMENT RECENTLY WE HAD A
00:29:54:00	00:29:58:00	EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY
00:29:58:00	00:29:58:00	HEARING CHAIR CHAIRED BY
00:29:58:00	00:30:01:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AND WE HEARD
00:30:01:00	00:30:02:00	DIRECTLY FROM BFD LEADERS ABOUT
00:30:02:00	00:30:05:00	THEIR WORK, THE IMPACT OF THEIR
00:30:05:00	00:30:06:00	WORK ON THEIR PHYSICAL AND
00:30:06:00	00:30:09:00	MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS ON
00:30:09:00	00:30:09:00	THEIR FAMILIES.
00:30:09:00	00:30:14:00	WE DISCUSSED GRANT FUNDING AS
00:30:14:00	00:30:14:00	WELL AT THE HEARING A MEMBER
00:30:14:00	00:30:17:00	OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
00:30:17:00	00:30:17:00	SAID THAT FIREFIGHTERS OFTEN
00:30:17:00	00:30:21:00	EXPERIENCE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
00:30:21:00	00:30:22:00	ISSUES SUCH AS CANCER AND OTHER
00:30:22:00	00:30:25:00	HEART RELATED DISEASES AT A
00:30:25:00	00:30:26:00	SIGNIFICANT LEVEL AND HAVE A
00:30:26:00	00:30:29:00	LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCY DUE TO
00:30:29:00	00:30:30:00	THE DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS THEY
00:30:30:00	00:30:33:00	SERVE AND WITH THE EXPOSURE TO
00:30:33:00	00:30:35:00	TOXIC MATERIALS HAZARDOUS
00:30:35:00	00:30:36:00	CONDITIONS.
00:30:36:00	00:30:40:00	I WAS AT THE LOCAL 718
00:30:40:00	00:30:43:00	RETIREMENT BANQUET FOR THE
00:30:43:00	00:30:43:00	RETIREES.
00:30:43:00	00:30:47:00	MANY OF THEM SHARED STORIES
00:30:47:00	00:30:51:00	ABOUT A STAGGERING 75% OF LINE
00:30:51:00	00:30:51:00	OF DUTY DEATHS WITHIN THE
00:30:51:00	00:30:52:00	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
00:30:52:00	00:30:55:00	OF FIREFIGHTERS.
00:30:55:00	00:30:55:00	THEY WERE ATTRIBUTED TO
00:30:55:00	00:30:56:00	OCCUPATIONAL
00:30:56:00	00:30:59:00	CANCER FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A 7%
00:30:59:00	00:31:02:00	HIGHER RISK OF CANCER 40% HIGH
00:31:02:00	00:31:03:00	RISK OF DEATH IN COMPARISON TO
00:31:03:00	00:31:05:00	THE GENERAL PUBLIC FEMALE
00:31:05:00	00:31:06:00	FIREFIGHTERS THEY PLAY AN
00:31:06:00	00:31:10:00	INCREDIBLE ROLE IN BOSTON.
00:31:10:00	00:31:10:00	THEY HAVE A 26% INCREASE
00:31:10:00	00:31:13:00	OF BEING DIAGNOSED WITH 
00:31:13:00	00:31:14:00	CANCER, A 39% INCREASED RISK
00:31:14:00	00:31:17:00	OF DEATH FROM FROM SUCH
00:31:17:00	00:31:20:00	DIAGNOSIS.
00:31:20:00	00:31:24:00	IN SPITE OF KNOWING THIS, OUR
00:31:24:00	00:31:24:00	FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO SERVE
00:31:24:00	00:31:27:00	HONORABLY BRAVELY IN
00:31:27:00	00:31:28:00	REPRESENTING THE CITY
00:31:28:00	00:31:31:00	OF BOSTON, SUPPORTING OUR
00:31:31:00	00:31:32:00	RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN A
00:31:32:00	00:31:35:00	BRAVE MANNER.
00:31:35:00	00:31:36:00	BUT I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
00:31:36:00	00:31:39:00	AN INPUT ISSUE THAT I HEARD
00:31:39:00	00:31:43:00	RECENTLY NOT ONLY FROM STATE
00:31:43:00	00:31:44:00	SENATOR NICK COLLINS BUT DANNY,
00:31:44:00	00:31:47:00	DANNY RYAN OF CHARLESTON.
00:31:47:00	00:31:48:00	THEY ARE PROPOSING LEGISLATION
00:31:48:00	00:31:51:00	AT THE AT THE STATEHOUSE.
00:31:51:00	00:31:54:00	THEY'RE WORKING WITH LOCAL 718.
00:31:54:00	00:31:54:00	THEY'RE WORKING WITH LEROY
00:31:54:00	00:31:55:00	HAYWOOD, THEY'RE WORKING WITH
00:31:55:00	00:31:58:00	RANDY AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH
00:31:58:00	00:31:58:00	SAM DILLON.
00:31:58:00	00:32:01:00	BUT THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION
00:32:01:00	00:32:07:00	WHICH IS SB 1647 AND 2692 IT
00:32:07:00	00:32:10:00	WILL COLLECT DATA TO ENSURE
00:32:10:00	00:32:14:00	CODE VIOLATIONS AND FINES
00:32:14:00	00:32:15:00	REGARDING HOT WORK WHICH IS
00:32:15:00	00:32:18:00	BASICALLY A LOT OF THE WELDING
00:32:18:00	00:32:18:00	ISSUES AND TRAINING
00:32:18:00	00:32:22:00	CERTIFICATION.
00:32:22:00	00:32:22:00	I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS
00:32:22:00	00:32:22:00	AMENDMENT.
00:32:22:00	00:32:23:00	I'M GOING TO PROPOSE AN
00:32:23:00	00:32:27:00	OFFICIAL RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK
00:32:27:00	00:32:30:00	ON THIS BUT THIS REALLY IS IN
00:32:30:00	00:32:33:00	RESPONSE TO A LOCAL 718 BEING
00:32:33:00	00:32:36:00	THE HORRIFIC FIRE MARCH 2014
00:32:36:00	00:32:36:00	THAT TOOK THE LIVES
00:32:36:00	00:32:39:00	OF LIEUTENANT EDDIE WALSH AND
00:32:39:00	00:32:40:00	FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL KENNEDY.
00:32:40:00	00:32:43:00	THEY WERE TRAPPED IN THE
00:32:43:00	00:32:43:00	BUILDING'S BASEMENT AND DIED
00:32:43:00	00:32:46:00	FROM SMOKE INHALATION.
00:32:46:00	00:32:50:00	SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
00:32:50:00	00:32:50:00	AND ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS
00:32:50:00	00:32:54:00	HEALTH AND WELLNESS ISSUES.
00:32:54:00	00:32:55:00	THE LOCAL 7718 HAS BEEN DOING
00:32:55:00	00:32:58:00	THAT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
00:32:58:00	00:32:58:00	.
00:32:58:00	00:32:59:00	I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
00:32:59:00	00:33:02:00	FIREFIGHTER FIRE COMMISSIONER
00:33:02:00	00:33:03:00	AND FIREFIGHTER JOE FINN AS
00:33:03:00	00:33:03:00	WELL FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK
00:33:03:00	00:33:06:00	HE'S DONE.
00:33:06:00	00:33:07:00	BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
00:33:07:00	00:33:09:00	SAM DILLON IN THE 718 TEAM LIKE
00:33:09:00	00:33:09:00	TO PASS IT ON TO
00:33:09:00	00:33:12:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THANK YOU,
00:33:12:00	00:33:17:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN I'D LIKE TO
00:33:17:00	00:33:17:00	ECHO MY COLLEAGUES PROUD TO BE
00:33:17:00	00:33:18:00	UP HERE TODAY SUPPORT OUR
00:33:18:00	00:33:20:00	FIREFIGHTERS HEAVY
00:33:20:00	00:33:20:00	CONCENTRATION IN DISTRICT THREE
00:33:20:00	00:33:21:00	FRONT COLUMN FRIENDS NEIGHBORS
00:33:21:00	00:33:25:00	LITTLE LEAGUE COACHES, PARENTS
00:33:25:00	00:33:26:00	YOU KNOW, WALK IN YOUR KIDS TO
00:33:26:00	00:33:28:00	SCHOOL WITH THEM AND SEEING
00:33:28:00	00:33:29:00	THEM THEY'RE ALWAYS A PART
00:33:29:00	00:33:29:00	OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO
00:33:29:00	00:33:32:00	PRESIDENT JOE KELLY, ALSO A
00:33:32:00	00:33:33:00	CONSTITUENT ON THE
00:33:33:00	00:33:33:00	INTERNATIONAL SIDE WE THANK HIM
00:33:33:00	00:33:36:00	FOR ALL HIS SERVICE TO SAM
00:33:36:00	00:33:37:00	LEROY RANDY HERE AT 718 AND
00:33:37:00	00:33:40:00	ALSO THANK YOU FOR FLORIAN HALL
00:33:40:00	00:33:41:00	BECAUSE REALLY I MEAN THE WAY
00:33:41:00	00:33:43:00	IN DISTRICT THREE I MEAN
00:33:43:00	00:33:43:00	ESPECIALLY GUYS FOR THE AT
00:33:43:00	00:33:44:00	LARGE IS DURING REELECTION
00:33:44:00	00:33:47:00	SEASON WHEN IN DOUBT JUST STOP
00:33:47:00	00:33:48:00	IT FLORIAN RIGHT THERE'S ALWAYS
00:33:48:00	00:33:50:00	SOMETHING GOING ON AND START
00:33:50:00	00:33:51:00	SHAKING HANDS BECAUSE THAT'S
00:33:51:00	00:33:53:00	WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE BUT
00:33:53:00	00:33:54:00	REALLY FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO IT'S
00:33:54:00	00:33:55:00	A DANGEROUS JOB AND WHAT WE
00:33:55:00	00:33:58:00	WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO
00:33:58:00	00:33:59:00	PROTECT THEM FROM THE FACT WE
00:33:59:00	00:34:00:00	WANT TO GET THEM THE RIGHT
00:34:00:00	00:34:01:00	FIREHOUSES THAT IT'S SAFE WITH
00:34:01:00	00:34:02:00	WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM A FIRE
00:34:02:00	00:34:05:00	TO TO TAKE THE CLOTHES OFF AND
00:34:05:00	00:34:06:00	GET THE CHEMICALS OFF THEM SO
00:34:06:00	00:34:08:00	THAT JUST LIKE THE ONE IN THE
00:34:08:00	00:34:08:00	MEETING HOUSE HELD THAT WE HAD
00:34:08:00	00:34:08:00	OPENED RECENTLY.
00:34:08:00	00:34:10:00	SO WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET MORE
00:34:10:00	00:34:12:00	OF THOSE IN THE PIPELINE AND
00:34:12:00	00:34:12:00	JUST THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR
00:34:12:00	00:34:13:00	LIFE ON THE LINE FOR US EVERY
00:34:13:00	00:34:16:00	DAY BUT HAPPY TO BE HERE.
00:34:16:00	00:34:16:00	THANK YOU.
00:34:16:00	00:34:18:00	THANK YOU.
00:34:18:00	00:34:22:00	YEAH.
00:34:22:00	00:34:25:00	SAM DILLON BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS
00:34:25:00	00:34:25:00	LOCAL 718 ALWAYS HUMBLED AND
00:34:25:00	00:34:28:00	HONORED TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT
00:34:28:00	00:34:29:00	JOINED BY VICE PRESIDENT LEROY
00:34:29:00	00:34:32:00	HEYWOOD, OUR LEGISLATIVE REP
00:34:32:00	00:34:32:00	OUR REPRESENTATIVE RANDY
00:34:32:00	00:34:36:00	GREELEY ON BEHALF OF THE NEARLY
00:34:36:00	00:34:37:00	1600 ACTIVE MEMBERS THAT WE
00:34:37:00	00:34:39:00	REPRESENT, THE 1200 RETIREES
00:34:39:00	00:34:43:00	THAT WE REPRESENT AND EVERYONE
00:34:43:00	00:34:44:00	WHO HAS WORN THIS BADGE AND
00:34:44:00	00:34:48:00	THAT UNIFORM IN SERVICE AND
00:34:48:00	00:34:48:00	PROTECTION OF THE CITY
00:34:48:00	00:34:48:00	OF BOSTON.
00:34:48:00	00:34:49:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THIS
00:34:49:00	00:34:51:00	LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
00:34:51:00	00:34:52:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
00:34:52:00	00:34:55:00	RECOGNIZING THE TRUTH OF THE
00:34:55:00	00:34:55:00	SERVICE THAT OUR MEMBERS
00:34:55:00	00:34:59:00	PROVIDE.
00:34:59:00	00:34:59:00	IT IS AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
00:34:59:00	00:35:03:00	IT IS THE GREATEST JOB IN THE
00:35:03:00	00:35:03:00	WORLD BECAUSE OF THE MEN AND
00:35:03:00	00:35:07:00	WOMEN WHO MAKE IT WHAT IT IS
00:35:07:00	00:35:10:00	AND VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THE
00:35:10:00	00:35:11:00	FIRST IN THE NATION FIRE
00:35:11:00	00:35:11:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:35:11:00	00:35:14:00	I'M A LITTLE BIASED BUT NOBODY
00:35:14:00	00:35:14:00	DOES WHAT OUR MEMBERS DO AND
00:35:14:00	00:35:18:00	NOBODY DOES IT NEARLY AS WELL.
00:35:18:00	00:35:18:00	AND TO SEE THAT RECOGNIZED AT
00:35:18:00	00:35:21:00	CITY HALL TO SEE THAT
00:35:21:00	00:35:21:00	RECOGNIZED BY THE ELECTED
00:35:21:00	00:35:25:00	LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY THAT
00:35:25:00	00:35:25:00	REALLY MEANS A LOT.
00:35:25:00	00:35:26:00	I CAN NEVER SAY ENOUGH ABOUT
00:35:26:00	00:35:28:00	THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE
00:35:28:00	00:35:29:00	REPRESENT AND TO HAVE YOU
00:35:29:00	00:35:33:00	RECOGNIZE THEM THAT'S
00:35:33:00	00:35:33:00	IMPORTANT.
00:35:33:00	00:35:33:00	WE KEEP THIS CITY SAFE.
00:35:33:00	00:35:46:00	WE THANK YOU.
00:35:46:00	00:35:50:00	THEY CAN MOVE UP FOR YOUR HONOR
00:35:50:00	00:35:56:00	JUST YEAH.
00:35:56:00	00:36:00:00	YOU NEVER GOT UP TO IT AND I
00:36:00:00	00:36:14:00	GOT THE GAVEL GIVING YOU JOBS.
00:36:14:00	00:36:18:00	YEAH.
00:36:18:00	00:36:26:00	SO THANK YOU.
00:36:26:00	00:36:27:00	I WASN'T LIABLE FOR IT AT ALL
00:36:27:00	00:36:29:00	AND I MET EVERYONE OFF THE
00:36:29:00	00:36:30:00	TEAM.
00:36:30:00	00:36:30:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:36:30:00	00:36:43:00	OF COURSE I APPRECIATE THIS.
00:36:43:00	00:36:47:00	THANK YOU TO SAM, RANDY AND
00:36:47:00	00:36:48:00	LEROY AND EVERYONE FOR ALL THE
00:36:48:00	00:36:48:00	WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF
00:36:48:00	00:36:51:00	OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
00:36:51:00	00:36:52:00	WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL
00:36:52:00	00:36:52:00	OF THE TIME.
00:36:52:00	00:36:55:00	YESTERDAY I WAS AT ENGINE 48
00:36:55:00	00:36:56:00	LADDER 28 WITH THE GUYS THERE
00:36:56:00	00:36:58:00	AND THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT
00:36:58:00	00:36:59:00	THEY DO FOR US IN HIGH PARK IN
00:36:59:00	00:37:00:00	THE HIGH PARK COMMUNITY.
00:37:00:00	00:37:02:00	SO JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO
00:37:02:00	00:37:05:00	THEM OVER AT ENGINE 48 AND
00:37:05:00	00:37:06:00	THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THE
00:37:06:00	00:37:07:00	WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE
00:37:07:00	00:37:07:00	DAY.
00:37:07:00	00:37:09:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
00:37:09:00	00:37:10:00	UPDATE THE RECORD TO REFLECT
00:37:10:00	00:37:14:00	THAT COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA
00:37:14:00	00:37:17:00	IS NOW PRESENT AND WITH US
00:37:17:00	00:37:17:00	COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR WEBER
00:37:17:00	00:37:20:00	IS NOW PRESENT WITH US ON THAT.
00:37:20:00	00:37:21:00	THANK YOU.
00:37:21:00	00:37:24:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST
00:37:24:00	00:37:24:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:37:24:00	00:37:24:00	APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
00:37:24:00	00:37:28:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
00:37:28:00	00:37:29:00	I AM A PRO CREW ALL OPPOSING.
00:37:29:00	00:37:31:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:37:31:00	00:37:31:00	THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 30TH
00:37:31:00	00:37:32:00	MEETING ARE APPROVED.
00:37:32:00	00:37:33:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:37:33:00	00:37:34:00	READ DOCKING NUMBER 101 FOR
00:37:34:00	00:37:36:00	DOCKING NUMBER 101 FOR ORDER
00:37:36:00	00:37:40:00	REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION
00:37:40:00	00:37:41:00	UNDER 17 F PERTAINING TO DUCK
00:37:41:00	00:37:43:00	AND NUMBERS 0906 FILED ON APRIL
00:37:43:00	00:37:46:00	16, 2025 REGARDING STATE
00:37:46:00	00:37:49:00	RECEIVERSHIP OF BOSTON'S
00:37:49:00	00:37:49:00	ELECTION COMMISSION.
00:37:49:00	00:37:50:00	THANK YOU.
00:37:50:00	00:37:51:00	THIS DOCKET WILL BE PLACED ON
00:37:51:00	00:37:53:00	FILE.
00:37:53:00	00:37:54:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:37:54:00	00:37:54:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICES IN OTHERS.
00:37:54:00	00:37:55:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:37:55:00	00:38:03:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1015 DOCKING
00:38:03:00	00:38:03:00	NUMBER 01015110161015
00:38:03:00	00:38:03:00	COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE
00:38:03:00	00:38:04:00	OFFICE OF BLACK MALE
00:38:04:00	00:38:08:00	ADVANCEMENT OF THE REPORT INTO
00:38:08:00	00:38:11:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF BLACK MALE
00:38:11:00	00:38:11:00	ADVANCEMENT QUARTERLY REPORT
00:38:11:00	00:38:14:00	JANUARY 1ST, 2025 TO MARCH
00:38:14:00	00:38:18:00	31ST, 2025 AND DOCKING NUMBER
00:38:18:00	00:38:19:00	1016 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE
00:38:19:00	00:38:21:00	MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT
00:38:21:00	00:38:22:00	OF BRIAN SWIFT AS INTERIM
00:38:22:00	00:38:24:00	COMMISSIONER OF THE PARKS AND
00:38:24:00	00:38:25:00	RECREATION DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE
00:38:25:00	00:38:28:00	MAY 1ST, 2025 FOR A PERIOD
00:38:28:00	00:38:28:00	OF 60 DAYS.
00:38:28:00	00:38:32:00	THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 1015
00:38:32:00	00:38:34:00	AND 1016 WILL BE PLACED ON
00:38:34:00	00:38:34:00	FILE.
00:38:34:00	00:38:35:00	WE ARE NOW I WANT TO IMAGINE
00:38:35:00	00:38:38:00	RECENTLY HEARD MR CLERK WOULD
00:38:38:00	00:38:41:00	YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER
00:38:41:00	00:38:43:00	082220845 DUGAN NUMBER
00:38:43:00	00:38:47:00	082220824 ORDERS FOR THE FISCAL
00:38:47:00	00:38:47:00	YEAR 26 OPERATING BUDGET
00:38:47:00	00:38:51:00	INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
00:38:51:00	00:38:51:00	FOR DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS FOR
00:38:51:00	00:38:55:00	THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOR
00:38:55:00	00:38:55:00	OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
00:38:55:00	00:39:02:00	ALSO KNOWN AS OPEN DOCKET
00:39:02:00	00:39:02:00	NUMBERS 082520827 OR FOR THE
00:39:02:00	00:39:06:00	CAPITAL FUND CREDIT
00:39:06:00	00:39:07:00	APPROPRIATIONS IN DARK AND DARK
00:39:07:00	00:39:11:00	IN NUMBERS 0828 THROUGH 80830
00:39:11:00	00:39:12:00	ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET
00:39:12:00	00:39:16:00	INCLUDING LOAN ORDERS AND LEASE
00:39:16:00	00:39:20:00	PURCHASE AGREEMENTS DOCKET
00:39:20:00	00:39:21:00	NUMBERS 083130845 ORDERS
00:39:21:00	00:39:24:00	AUTHORIZING LIMITS FOR
00:39:24:00	00:39:25:00	DEPARTAMENTO REVOLVING FUNDS
00:39:25:00	00:39:28:00	INCLUDING LOTTERY TOURISM, ARTS
00:39:28:00	00:39:29:00	AND CULTURE ENVIRONMENT BOSTON
00:39:29:00	00:39:32:00	CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES
00:39:32:00	00:39:33:00	, SCHOOLS AND POLICE AND OTHER
00:39:33:00	00:39:37:00	BUDGET RELATED DOCKETS.
00:39:37:00	00:39:37:00	THANK YOU.
00:39:37:00	00:39:38:00	THE CHAIRMAN HAS HIS
00:39:38:00	00:39:38:00	COUNCILOR AROUND PENNSYLVANIA
00:39:38:00	00:39:39:00	THE FLOOR.
00:39:39:00	00:39:40:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:39:40:00	00:39:41:00	THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
00:39:41:00	00:39:44:00	HAS HELD A ROBUST SERIES
00:39:44:00	00:39:46:00	OF HEARINGS TIED TO DOCKETS
00:39:46:00	00:39:49:00	NUMBER 082230830 AND DOCKET
00:39:49:00	00:39:50:00	NUMBER 083420835.
00:39:50:00	00:39:56:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0837 AND DOCKET
00:39:56:00	00:39:57:00	NUMBER 084130844 OFFERING A
00:39:57:00	00:39:59:00	CLOSER LOOK AT THE PROPOSED F Y
00:39:59:00	00:39:59:00	26 INVESTMENTS AND PRIORITIES.
00:39:59:00	00:40:02:00	BEFORE I DIVE IN WE'VE BEEN
00:40:02:00	00:40:03:00	HARD AT WORK SO FAR.
00:40:03:00	00:40:06:00	WE'VE HELD 29 HEARINGS AND
00:40:06:00	00:40:08:00	WORKING SESSIONS TOTALING 62
00:40:08:00	00:40:08:00	HOURS AND 15 MINUTES.
00:40:08:00	00:40:12:00	THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE.
00:40:12:00	00:40:13:00	THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF MY TEAM
00:40:13:00	00:40:13:00	CENTER STAFF, COUNCILOR,
00:40:13:00	00:40:13:00	COLLEAGUES.
00:40:13:00	00:40:16:00	IDR AND ALL THE COUNCIL STAFF
00:40:16:00	00:40:16:00	IS BEHIND THE SCENES.
00:40:16:00	00:40:20:00	EVERYONE'S PUTTING IN LONG
00:40:20:00	00:40:20:00	HOURS TO ENSURE WE MOVE THROUGH
00:40:20:00	00:40:23:00	THIS PROCESS TRANSPARENTLY AND
00:40:23:00	00:40:24:00	THOUGHTFULLY.
00:40:24:00	00:40:25:00	I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE KEEP
00:40:25:00	00:40:27:00	THE PUBLIC INFORMED EVERY STEP
00:40:27:00	00:40:27:00	OF THE WAY.
00:40:27:00	00:40:30:00	ON THURSDAY, MAY 1ST AT 10 A.M.
00:40:30:00	00:40:31:00	THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
00:40:31:00	00:40:34:00	HELD A HEARING TO REVIEW THE FY
00:40:34:00	00:40:35:00	26 BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT
00:40:35:00	00:40:35:00	OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
00:40:35:00	00:40:39:00	AND THE PEG ACCESS FUND
00:40:39:00	00:40:39:00	PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THE
00:40:39:00	00:40:42:00	ADMINISTRATION WHERE WE'RE
00:40:42:00	00:40:42:00	CHIEF OF INNOVATION AND
00:40:42:00	00:40:46:00	TECHNOLOGY SANTIAGO GARCES
00:40:46:00	00:40:47:00	CHIEF OF STAFF KERRY JORDAN
00:40:47:00	00:40:50:00	DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
00:40:50:00	00:40:50:00	SHELLEY LEAGUE CHIEF OF DIGITAL
00:40:50:00	00:40:51:00	DIGITAL EQUITY OFFICER AND
00:40:51:00	00:40:54:00	DIRECTOR OF BROADBAND AND CABLE
00:40:54:00	00:40:55:00	BRIAN DONOHUE.
00:40:55:00	00:40:55:00	COUNSELORS IN ATTENDANCE
00:40:55:00	00:40:58:00	INCLUDED COUNCILOR FLYNN DURKIN
00:40:58:00	00:40:59:00	WEBER BREADON AND THE VICE
00:40:59:00	00:40:59:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:40:59:00	00:41:01:00	COUNCILOR PEP PENNED A LETTER
00:41:01:00	00:41:02:00	OF ABSENCE WAS SUBMITTED BY
00:41:02:00	00:41:05:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA A MAJOR FOCUS
00:41:05:00	00:41:06:00	OF THE HEARING WAS THE CITY'S
00:41:06:00	00:41:06:00	DIGITAL EQUITY EFFORTS.
00:41:06:00	00:41:09:00	THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION
00:41:09:00	00:41:09:00	AND TECHNOLOGY SHARED FINDINGS
00:41:09:00	00:41:12:00	FROM BOSTON'S FIRST
00:41:12:00	00:41:12:00	COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE
00:41:12:00	00:41:13:00	DIGITAL EQUITY ASSESSMENT,
00:41:13:00	00:41:15:00	WHICH REVEALED PERSISTENT
00:41:15:00	00:41:16:00	ACCESS GAPS.
00:41:16:00	00:41:18:00	24% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED
00:41:18:00	00:41:22:00	UNAFFORDABLE HOME INTERNET.
00:41:22:00	00:41:24:00	25% CITED SLOW SPEEDS AND 47%
00:41:24:00	00:41:25:00	EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO IMPROVE
00:41:25:00	00:41:28:00	THEIR DIGITAL SKILLS.
00:41:28:00	00:41:29:00	DISPARITIES WERE PARTICULARLY
00:41:29:00	00:41:32:00	ACUTE FOR SENIORS VETERANS,
00:41:32:00	00:41:32:00	PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS AND
00:41:32:00	00:41:33:00	LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.
00:41:33:00	00:41:37:00	IN RESPONSE DO IT IS DEVELOPING
00:41:37:00	00:41:37:00	A CITYWIDE DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN
00:41:37:00	00:41:41:00	AND OUTLINES STRATEGIES
00:41:41:00	00:41:41:00	INCLUDING EXPANDING WICKED FREE
00:41:41:00	00:41:44:00	WI-FI, DISTRIBUTE DISTRIBUTING
00:41:44:00	00:41:48:00	REFURBISHED DEVICES, INCREASING
00:41:48:00	00:41:48:00	DIGITAL LITERACY TO THE TO THE
00:41:48:00	00:41:51:00	DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM AND
00:41:51:00	00:41:52:00	STRENGTHENING PUBLIC COMPUTER
00:41:52:00	00:41:52:00	LAB ACCESS.
00:41:52:00	00:41:55:00	COUNTLESS ACTS ABOUT EXTENDING
00:41:55:00	00:41:56:00	PUBLIC WI-FI TO TRANSIT HUBS
00:41:56:00	00:41:59:00	LIKE FOREST HILLS MERGING
00:41:59:00	00:41:59:00	DEPARTMENT DATA SYSTEMS TO
00:41:59:00	00:42:03:00	IMPROVE COORDINATION AND
00:42:03:00	00:42:03:00	INTEGRATING TOOLS LIKE CANVA
00:42:03:00	00:42:06:00	AND CRM PLATFORM FOR BETTER
00:42:06:00	00:42:07:00	CONSTITUENT SERVICES FOR THE
00:42:07:00	00:42:07:00	CITY COUNCIL.
00:42:07:00	00:42:10:00	THEY ALSO PRESS FOR IMPROVED
00:42:10:00	00:42:11:00	TRANSPARENCY IN SOFTWARE AND
00:42:11:00	00:42:11:00	CONTRACTED SERVICES SPENDING.
00:42:11:00	00:42:15:00	NOTING A 10 MILLION OVERAGE AND
00:42:15:00	00:42:18:00	THAT BY 24 DUE IT RESPONDED
00:42:18:00	00:42:18:00	WITH UPDATES ON STAFFING
00:42:18:00	00:42:19:00	BENCHMARKS COST SAVING REFORMS
00:42:19:00	00:42:22:00	SUCH AS A LICENSE CONSOLIDATION
00:42:22:00	00:42:22:00	AND DEVICE STANDARDIZATION IN
00:42:22:00	00:42:25:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL
00:42:25:00	00:42:26:00	ORGANIZATIONS TO HIRE TALENT
00:42:26:00	00:42:26:00	AND EXPAND CYBERSECURITY
00:42:26:00	00:42:26:00	TRAINING.
00:42:26:00	00:42:30:00	ADDITIONAL UPDATES WERE SHARED
00:42:30:00	00:42:30:00	ON ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT,
00:42:30:00	00:42:33:00	STREET SIGNAGE, DIGITIZATION,
00:42:33:00	00:42:34:00	AIR USE AND PARKING REGULATION
00:42:34:00	00:42:34:00	MAPPING.
00:42:34:00	00:42:37:00	THE NEW 3.1 SYSTEM A
00:42:37:00	00:42:37:00	STREAMLINED DIGITAL PERMANENT
00:42:37:00	00:42:40:00	EXPERIENCE AND LONG TERM
00:42:40:00	00:42:41:00	STRATEGIES FOR REVENUE SYSTEM
00:42:41:00	00:42:41:00	MODERNIZATION.
00:42:41:00	00:42:45:00	LASTLY, DO IT EXPRESSED
00:42:45:00	00:42:45:00	CONFIDENCE IN ITS CURRENT
00:42:45:00	00:42:46:00	STAFFING LEVELS TO TAKE ON
00:42:46:00	00:42:48:00	GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER
00:42:48:00	00:42:52:00	FORMAL CODIFICATION WITH STRONG
00:42:52:00	00:42:53:00	IT DEPARTMENTS TRUST IN NEW
00:42:53:00	00:42:53:00	GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORKS IN PLACE,
00:42:53:00	00:42:56:00	THE DEPARTMENT EMPHASIZED THE
00:42:56:00	00:42:57:00	SPREAD READINESS TO CONTINUE
00:42:57:00	00:42:57:00	MODERNIZE MODERNIZE IN
00:42:57:00	00:43:00:00	ASSISTANT CITY SYSTEMS WHILE
00:43:00:00	00:43:00:00	CENTERING PRIVACY,
00:43:00:00	00:43:03:00	ACCESSIBILITY AND EQUITY IN
00:43:03:00	00:43:03:00	EVERY UPGRADE.
00:43:03:00	00:43:06:00	ON THURSDAY MAY 1ST AT 2 P.M.,
00:43:06:00	00:43:07:00	THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO
00:43:07:00	00:43:09:00	REVIEW THE FBI 26 BUDGET FOR
00:43:09:00	00:43:10:00	ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT THE
00:43:10:00	00:43:13:00	OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE AND
00:43:13:00	00:43:13:00	ENVIRONMENT RELATED REVOLVING
00:43:13:00	00:43:14:00	FUNDS PRESENTED ON BEHALF
00:43:14:00	00:43:17:00	OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE
00:43:17:00	00:43:18:00	CHIEF ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND
00:43:18:00	00:43:18:00	OPEN SPACE BRIAN SWEAT
00:43:18:00	00:43:22:00	ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER OLIVER
00:43:22:00	00:43:22:00	SILAS GARCIA DIRECTOR
00:43:22:00	00:43:25:00	OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
00:43:25:00	00:43:25:00	CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD DIRECTOR
00:43:25:00	00:43:26:00	OF FOOD JUSTICE.
00:43:26:00	00:43:30:00	ELIZA WASSERMAN AND DIRECTOR
00:43:30:00	00:43:30:00	OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
00:43:30:00	00:43:35:00	TYISHA ROGERS COUNSELORS AND
00:43:35:00	00:43:35:00	TENANTS INCLUDED
00:43:35:00	00:43:35:00	COUNCILOR BREADON MURPHY,
00:43:35:00	00:43:37:00	CLAIRE ZAPATA FITZGERALD FLYNN
00:43:37:00	00:43:38:00	HERE AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE
00:43:38:00	00:43:39:00	COMMITTEE COUNCILOR PEPEN AND
00:43:39:00	00:43:41:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE.
00:43:41:00	00:43:42:00	WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER
00:43:42:00	00:43:42:00	OF ABSENCE FROM
00:43:42:00	00:43:44:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:43:44:00	00:43:45:00	THE HEARING EMPHASIZED EQUITY
00:43:45:00	00:43:46:00	AS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE
00:43:46:00	00:43:48:00	CITY'S WORK ON FOOD JUSTICE AND
00:43:48:00	00:43:49:00	CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
00:43:49:00	00:43:52:00	THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE TO
00:43:52:00	00:43:52:00	UPDATE ON GRASSROOTS
00:43:52:00	00:43:53:00	PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAM
00:43:53:00	00:43:56:00	EXPANSIONS INCLUDED DOUBLE UP
00:43:56:00	00:43:57:00	FOOD BUCKS AND FARMERS MARKET
00:43:57:00	00:43:57:00	COUPONS.
00:43:57:00	00:44:00:00	THE ADMINISTRATION THE CITY'S
00:44:00:00	00:44:01:00	SHIFT TOWARDS VALUES BASED FOOD
00:44:01:00	00:44:04:00	PURCHASING, PRIORITIZING
00:44:04:00	00:44:04:00	SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY AND
00:44:04:00	00:44:07:00	LOCAL SOURCING.
00:44:07:00	00:44:08:00	THE CLOSURE OF DAILY TABLE IN
00:44:08:00	00:44:08:00	MATTAPAN PROMPT PROMPTED
00:44:08:00	00:44:12:00	DISCUSSIONS AROUND NEIGHBORHOOD
00:44:12:00	00:44:12:00	LEVEL FOOD ACCESS WITH CALLS
00:44:12:00	00:44:15:00	FOR GREATER COLLABORATION AND
00:44:15:00	00:44:16:00	FUTURE SITING TO SET DECISIONS.
00:44:16:00	00:44:19:00	A NEW COLD STORAGE HUB IN
00:44:19:00	00:44:19:00	ROXBURY WAS HIGHLIGHTED AS A
00:44:19:00	00:44:23:00	KEY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
00:44:23:00	00:44:24:00	WITH THE POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT
00:44:24:00	00:44:24:00	MILLIONS OF MEALS ANNUALLY
00:44:24:00	00:44:27:00	THROUGH FOOD RECOVERY.
00:44:27:00	00:44:28:00	GRANTS FOR REFRIGERATION
00:44:28:00	00:44:30:00	UPGRADES ARE ALSO HELPING
00:44:30:00	00:44:31:00	SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS EXPAND
00:44:31:00	00:44:34:00	ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD AND REDUCE
00:44:34:00	00:44:35:00	WASTE.
00:44:35:00	00:44:35:00	ON THE CLIMATE SIDE, FUNDING
00:44:35:00	00:44:38:00	FOR THE BOSTON ENERGY SAVER
00:44:38:00	00:44:38:00	PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE A FRONT
00:44:38:00	00:44:39:00	DOOR FOR RESIDENTS AND
00:44:39:00	00:44:41:00	BUSINESSES SEEKING TO REDUCE
00:44:41:00	00:44:42:00	ENERGY COSTS.
00:44:42:00	00:44:44:00	OTHER MAJOR INVESTMENTS INCLUDE
00:44:44:00	00:44:45:00	75 MILLION FOR THE COASTAL
00:44:45:00	00:44:48:00	RESILIENCE RESERVE AND SUPPORT
00:44:48:00	00:44:49:00	FOR CLIMATE READY STREETS,
00:44:49:00	00:44:49:00	STORMWATER UPGRADES AND GREEN
00:44:49:00	00:44:52:00	ROOF FOR BUS SHELTERS THAT
00:44:52:00	00:44:53:00	PROVIDE BOTH COOLING AND
00:44:53:00	00:44:56:00	ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
00:44:56:00	00:44:56:00	COUNCILORS RAISED QUESTIONS
00:44:56:00	00:44:57:00	ABOUT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
00:44:57:00	00:45:00:00	SITING THEIR RESIDENTIAL AREAS
00:45:00:00	00:45:01:00	ESPECIALLY AS CITY AS THE CITY
00:45:01:00	00:45:03:00	AWAITS STATE GUIDANCE ON
00:45:03:00	00:45:03:00	BATTERY STORAGE.
00:45:03:00	00:45:04:00	THE ADMINISTRATION NOTED
00:45:04:00	00:45:07:00	ONGOING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP
00:45:07:00	00:45:07:00	COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOLS TO
00:45:07:00	00:45:11:00	ENSURE A JUST TO CLEAN ENERGY
00:45:11:00	00:45:11:00	LOCALIZED COOLING STRATEGIES
00:45:11:00	00:45:14:00	SUCH AS TREE COVER, IMPROVED
00:45:14:00	00:45:15:00	COOLING CENTERS AND WHITE ROOF
00:45:15:00	00:45:19:00	PROPOSALS.
00:45:19:00	00:45:20:00	WE'RE DISCUSSES WAYS TO ADDRESS
00:45:20:00	00:45:20:00	THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT
00:45:20:00	00:45:22:00	FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT REMAINS A
00:45:22:00	00:45:23:00	CONCERN, PARTICULARLY IN SMALL
00:45:23:00	00:45:27:00	BUSINESS CORNERS VULNERABLE TO
00:45:27:00	00:45:27:00	FREQUENT FLOODING.
00:45:27:00	00:45:27:00	COUNCIL STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE
00:45:27:00	00:45:30:00	OF TARGETED ENGAGEMENT WITH
00:45:30:00	00:45:30:00	BIPOC AND IMMIGRANT OWNED
00:45:30:00	00:45:31:00	BUSINESSES TO SHAPE MORE
00:45:31:00	00:45:34:00	RESILIENT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS.
00:45:34:00	00:45:37:00	ON FRIDAY MAY 2ND AT 10 A.M.
00:45:37:00	00:45:37:00	THE COMMITTEE HELD A WORKING
00:45:37:00	00:45:40:00	SESSION TO REVIEW PROPOSED
00:45:40:00	00:45:41:00	COUNCIL AMENDMENTS TO THE FY 25
00:45:41:00	00:45:42:00	BUDGET AND HOW THEY ARE IN LINE
00:45:42:00	00:45:44:00	WITH CURRENT REVENUE TRENDS.
00:45:44:00	00:45:45:00	COUNTIES IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED
00:45:45:00	00:45:48:00	CASSEL, FLYNN AND IN WEBER
00:45:48:00	00:45:49:00	FITZGERALD FINANCE ANDERSON AND
00:45:49:00	00:45:50:00	THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:45:50:00	00:45:51:00	COUNCIL PEPEN AND
00:45:51:00	00:45:52:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE.
00:45:52:00	00:45:55:00	THE CONVERSATION FOCUSED ON THE
00:45:55:00	00:45:56:00	PROGRESS OF NY 25 AMENDMENT
00:45:56:00	00:45:59:00	IDEAS FOR FY 26 PRIORITIES AND
00:45:59:00	00:45:59:00	UPCOMING HEARING PROJECTIONS.
00:45:59:00	00:46:03:00	A KEY PORTION OF THE SESSION
00:46:03:00	00:46:06:00	EXAMINED REVENUE THROUGH 75%
00:46:06:00	00:46:06:00	OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WITH
00:46:06:00	00:46:09:00	THE CITY HAVING ALREADY
00:46:09:00	00:46:09:00	COLLECTED 87% OF FORECASTED
00:46:09:00	00:46:13:00	HOTEL TAX, 84% OF FORECAST
00:46:13:00	00:46:16:00	AIRCRAFT FUEL TAX AND 86%
00:46:16:00	00:46:16:00	OF MEALS TAX BY REFLECTING
00:46:16:00	00:46:19:00	STRONG ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
00:46:19:00	00:46:19:00	OF THE CITY.
00:46:19:00	00:46:23:00	PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WAS ALSO
00:46:23:00	00:46:24:00	DISCUSSED AS A STABLE SOURCE
00:46:24:00	00:46:25:00	MANY PROJECTIONS DUE TO THE
00:46:25:00	00:46:27:00	CONSISTENT 2.5% INCREASE OF NEW
00:46:27:00	00:46:31:00	GROWTH FORECASTS REGARDLESS
00:46:31:00	00:46:31:00	REGARDLESS OF MARKET
00:46:31:00	00:46:31:00	FLUCTUATIONS.
00:46:31:00	00:46:35:00	COUNCIL ALSO REVIEWED THE
00:46:35:00	00:46:35:00	STATUS OF THE PRIORITIES FOR
00:46:35:00	00:46:36:00	THE FY 26 BUDGET.
00:46:36:00	00:46:38:00	THAT WAS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE
00:46:38:00	00:46:39:00	MAYOR'S BUDGET WAS FILED ON
00:46:39:00	00:46:42:00	MONDAY MAY FIVE AT 10 A.M. THE
00:46:42:00	00:46:45:00	COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON THE
00:46:45:00	00:46:45:00	FY 26 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUT
00:46:45:00	00:46:48:00	THE SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
00:46:48:00	00:46:48:00	, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THE
00:46:48:00	00:46:49:00	PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT
00:46:49:00	00:46:53:00	FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAD
00:46:53:00	00:46:53:00	CHIEF OF OPERATIONS DIANE IRISH
00:46:53:00	00:46:56:00	DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC OFFICE
00:46:56:00	00:46:57:00	PUBLIC FACILITIES CARLETON
00:46:57:00	00:46:57:00	JONES, DIRECTOR
00:46:57:00	00:47:01:00	OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
00:47:01:00	00:47:01:00	FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES TAYLOR
00:47:01:00	00:47:04:00	BOLSTER THE COMMISSIONER
00:47:04:00	00:47:05:00	OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT EAMON
00:47:05:00	00:47:05:00	SHELTON COMMISSIONER
00:47:05:00	00:47:09:00	OF ESPECIALLY SERVICES TANIA
00:47:09:00	00:47:09:00	DEL RIO.
00:47:09:00	00:47:09:00	COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE
00:47:09:00	00:47:10:00	INCLUDED COUNCILORS MURPHY
00:47:10:00	00:47:13:00	FLYNN HERE BRAEDON FITZGERALD
00:47:13:00	00:47:14:00	WEBER COLLETTE AS A PART
00:47:14:00	00:47:16:00	OF DURKIN AND A VICE CHAIR
00:47:16:00	00:47:16:00	OF THE COMMITTEE
00:47:16:00	00:47:16:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN AND
00:47:16:00	00:47:17:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
00:47:17:00	00:47:19:00	ABSENCE.
00:47:19:00	00:47:20:00	LETTER WAS SUBMITTED BY
00:47:20:00	00:47:23:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:47:23:00	00:47:24:00	AT THE HEARING COUNCILORS
00:47:24:00	00:47:24:00	EXPRESSED GROWING CONCERNS
00:47:24:00	00:47:27:00	ABOUT ISD'S ABILITY TO FILL THE
00:47:27:00	00:47:27:00	CITY'S HOUSING QUALITY AND
00:47:27:00	00:47:31:00	SAFETY MANDATES HIGHLIGHTING
00:47:31:00	00:47:31:00	PERSISTENT CHALLENGES SUCH AS
00:47:31:00	00:47:32:00	HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS,
00:47:32:00	00:47:35:00	RESTAURANT PERMANENT DELAYS AND
00:47:35:00	00:47:36:00	INSUFFICIENT NUMBER
00:47:36:00	00:47:36:00	OF INSPECTORS TO KEEP UP WITH
00:47:36:00	00:47:36:00	DEMAND.
00:47:36:00	00:47:39:00	RECURRING THEME WAS THE
00:47:39:00	00:47:40:00	DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIVENESS TO
00:47:40:00	00:47:43:00	COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY SMALL
00:47:43:00	00:47:43:00	BUSINESS OWNERS, IMMIGRANT
00:47:43:00	00:47:44:00	RESIDENTS AND TENNYSON
00:47:44:00	00:47:46:00	NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE DORCHESTER,
00:47:46:00	00:47:47:00	MATTAPAN AND HYDE PARK WHERE
00:47:47:00	00:47:47:00	UNSAFE HOUSING CONDITIONS
00:47:47:00	00:47:51:00	CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED.
00:47:51:00	00:47:53:00	WHILE ISAEV POINTED TO PROGRESS
00:47:53:00	00:47:54:00	SUCH AS 98% OF PERMIT
00:47:54:00	00:47:54:00	APPLICATIONS NOW BEING FILED
00:47:54:00	00:47:57:00	DIGITALLY AND FORTHCOMING HIRES
00:47:57:00	00:47:58:00	TO EXPAND THE HOUSING AND
00:47:58:00	00:48:01:00	RESTAURANT INSPECTION TEAMS,
00:48:01:00	00:48:01:00	COUNCILORS EMPHASIZED THE NEED
00:48:01:00	00:48:02:00	FOR GREATER URGENCY,
00:48:02:00	00:48:05:00	TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
00:48:05:00	00:48:05:00	.
00:48:05:00	00:48:06:00	THEY PRESSED ISED TO
00:48:06:00	00:48:06:00	DEMONSTRATE HOW LAST YEAR
00:48:06:00	00:48:09:00	INCREASED BUDGET ALLOCATION WAS
00:48:09:00	00:48:09:00	BEING USED TO STREAMLINE
00:48:09:00	00:48:12:00	SERVICES AND IMPROVE
00:48:12:00	00:48:12:00	ACCESSIBILITY FOR NON-ENGLISH
00:48:12:00	00:48:13:00	SPEAKERS.
00:48:13:00	00:48:16:00	ADDITIONAL CONCERNS WERE RAISED
00:48:16:00	00:48:16:00	ABOUT SANITATION ENFORCEMENT
00:48:16:00	00:48:17:00	AND ZONING VIOLATIONS
00:48:17:00	00:48:20:00	ESPECIALLY AROUND UNREGULATED
00:48:20:00	00:48:23:00	AUTO BODY SHOPS AND ILLEGAL COP
00:48:23:00	00:48:24:00	CAR WASH OPERATE INTO
00:48:24:00	00:48:24:00	RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS
00:48:24:00	00:48:28:00	AND REGARDS TO PROPERTY
00:48:28:00	00:48:29:00	MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC
00:48:29:00	00:48:31:00	FACILITIES DEPARTMENT
00:48:31:00	00:48:32:00	COUNCILORS QUESTIONED THE
00:48:32:00	00:48:32:00	CONDITION AND MAINTENANCE
00:48:32:00	00:48:33:00	OF CITY OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE
00:48:33:00	00:48:36:00	INCLUDING SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY
00:48:36:00	00:48:36:00	CENTERS AND MUNICIPAL
00:48:36:00	00:48:36:00	BUILDINGS.
00:48:36:00	00:48:39:00	THERE WAS A STRONG CALL FOR
00:48:39:00	00:48:40:00	FAST AND IMPLEMENTATION
00:48:40:00	00:48:42:00	OF CAPITAL UPGRADES AND MORE
00:48:42:00	00:48:43:00	EQUITABLE PRIORITIZATION
00:48:43:00	00:48:43:00	OF REPAIRS ESPECIALLY
00:48:43:00	00:48:46:00	ESPECIALLY IN HISTORICALLY
00:48:46:00	00:48:47:00	DISINVESTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:48:47:00	00:48:50:00	SEVERAL COUNCILORS DEMANDED
00:48:50:00	00:48:51:00	MORE DETAILED REPORTING ON
00:48:51:00	00:48:51:00	TIMELINES FOR MAJOR RENOVATION
00:48:51:00	00:48:54:00	PROJECTS AND THE CRITERIA BEING
00:48:54:00	00:48:55:00	USED TO DETERMINE WHICH
00:48:55:00	00:48:57:00	FACILITIES RECEIVE ATTENTION
00:48:57:00	00:48:58:00	FIRST.
00:48:58:00	00:48:58:00	THROUGHOUT THE HEARING A
00:48:58:00	00:49:02:00	CENTRAL THEME EMERGED THE
00:49:02:00	00:49:02:00	CRITICAL NEED FOR BETTER ACROSS
00:49:02:00	00:49:05:00	DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT A
00:49:05:00	00:49:05:00	COORDINATION TO ENSURE THAT
00:49:05:00	00:49:06:00	HOUSING SAFETY CODE ENFORCEMENT
00:49:06:00	00:49:09:00	AND PUBLIC FACILITY INVESTMENTS
00:49:09:00	00:49:09:00	ARE ALL WORKING IN SYNC TO
00:49:09:00	00:49:12:00	SUPPORT THE CITY'S EQUITY AND
00:49:12:00	00:49:13:00	LIVABILITY GOALS.
00:49:13:00	00:49:13:00	CONCERNS AROUND REVENUE
00:49:13:00	00:49:16:00	COLLECTION IN ENFORCEMENT
00:49:16:00	00:49:17:00	OF FINES PARTICULARLY FROM
00:49:17:00	00:49:17:00	ABSENTEE LANDLORDS REMAIN A
00:49:17:00	00:49:21:00	PRESSING ISSUE ACROSS THE CITY.
00:49:21:00	00:49:21:00	KANSAS CLEARLY CLOSE BY URGING
00:49:21:00	00:49:24:00	THE ADMINISTRATION TO
00:49:24:00	00:49:25:00	STRENGTHEN FOLLOW THROUGH AND
00:49:25:00	00:49:25:00	RESPONSIVENESS ESPECIALLY FOR
00:49:25:00	00:49:28:00	VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WHO
00:49:28:00	00:49:29:00	CONTINUE TO FACE LONG DELAYS
00:49:29:00	00:49:29:00	AND UNRESOLVED COMPLAINTS.
00:49:29:00	00:49:32:00	ON MONDAY, MAY 5TH AT 2 P.M.
00:49:32:00	00:49:33:00	THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON
00:49:33:00	00:49:36:00	THE FY 26 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
00:49:36:00	00:49:36:00	FOR THE OFFICE OF POLICE
00:49:36:00	00:49:39:00	ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
00:49:39:00	00:49:40:00	.
00:49:40:00	00:49:40:00	TESTIFYING FROM THE
00:49:40:00	00:49:41:00	ADMINISTRATION WE HAD EXECUTIVE
00:49:41:00	00:49:44:00	DIRECTOR OF LPAC YVONNE DE
00:49:44:00	00:49:44:00	CARVALHO.
00:49:44:00	00:49:45:00	COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE
00:49:45:00	00:49:48:00	INCLUDED COUNCIL PRESIDENT
00:49:48:00	00:49:49:00	LOUIJEUNE CASTRO FLYNN SANTANA
00:49:49:00	00:49:51:00	HERE CARLITO ZAPATA WEBER AND
00:49:51:00	00:49:52:00	THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:49:52:00	00:49:52:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN.
00:49:52:00	00:49:55:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAVALLO
00:49:55:00	00:49:55:00	PRESENTED A COMPREHENSIVE
00:49:55:00	00:49:56:00	OVERVIEW OF OPEC'S MISSION
00:49:56:00	00:49:59:00	STRUCTURE AND PROGRESS.
00:49:59:00	00:50:00:00	SINCE ITS FOUNDING OPA WAS
00:50:00:00	00:50:03:00	CREATED TO SERVE AS A CIVILIAN
00:50:03:00	00:50:03:00	LEAD INDEPENDENT POINT OF ENTRY
00:50:03:00	00:50:06:00	FOR COMPLAINTS AGAINST BOSTON
00:50:06:00	00:50:07:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:50:07:00	00:50:10:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAVALLO
00:50:10:00	00:50:11:00	OUTLINED EFFORTS TO INCREASE
00:50:11:00	00:50:11:00	TRANSPARENCY, BUILD STAFF
00:50:11:00	00:50:14:00	CAPACITY, IMPROVE COMMUNITY
00:50:14:00	00:50:15:00	ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLISH
00:50:15:00	00:50:18:00	COMPLAINT DATA INCLUDING
00:50:18:00	00:50:19:00	HUNDRED AND 78 TOTAL COMPLAINTS
00:50:19:00	00:50:22:00	SINCE 2022 AND A RECORD HIGH
00:50:22:00	00:50:24:00	144 COMPLAINTS IN 2024.
00:50:24:00	00:50:25:00	MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS INVOLVED
00:50:25:00	00:50:28:00	NEGLECT OF DUTY, DISRESPECTFUL
00:50:28:00	00:50:28:00	TREATMENT AND USE OF FORCE
00:50:28:00	00:50:32:00	DISPROPORTIONATELY FOLLOWED BY
00:50:32:00	00:50:32:00	BLACK RESIDENTS.
00:50:32:00	00:50:33:00	COUNCILORS RAISED QUESTIONS
00:50:33:00	00:50:35:00	ABOUT OPEC'S INDEPENDENCE GIVEN
00:50:35:00	00:50:36:00	THAT FINAL DISCIPLINARY
00:50:36:00	00:50:36:00	DECISIONS RESTS WITH THE POLICE
00:50:36:00	00:50:37:00	COMMISSIONER.
00:50:37:00	00:50:39:00	THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THE
00:50:39:00	00:50:40:00	IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT,
00:50:40:00	00:50:40:00	SUBPOENA POWERS AND PUBLIC
00:50:40:00	00:50:43:00	TRUST IN THE COMPLAINT PROCESS.
00:50:43:00	00:50:47:00	ON TUESDAY, MAY SIX AT 10 A.M.,
00:50:47:00	00:50:47:00	THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO
00:50:47:00	00:50:50:00	DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
00:50:50:00	00:50:51:00	THE BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH
00:50:51:00	00:50:51:00	AND FAMILIES THE OFFICE
00:50:51:00	00:50:54:00	OF CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD
00:50:54:00	00:50:54:00	AND THE B.C. REVOLVING FUND.
00:50:54:00	00:50:58:00	TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE
00:50:58:00	00:50:59:00	ADMINISTRATION WERE BY WAY
00:50:59:00	00:51:02:00	OF COMMISSIONER MARTA RIVERA,
00:51:02:00	00:51:02:00	DIRECTOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
00:51:02:00	00:51:06:00	CHRISTINE MCSWAIN AND THE
00:51:06:00	00:51:06:00	DIRECTOR OF OPERATION EDWARD
00:51:06:00	00:51:07:00	MCGUIRE.
00:51:07:00	00:51:09:00	COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE
00:51:09:00	00:51:09:00	INCLUDED COUNCILOR SANTANA
00:51:09:00	00:51:10:00	FITZGERALD, BRAYDEN WEBER
00:51:10:00	00:51:14:00	MURPHY, FLYNN, DURKIN AND THE
00:51:14:00	00:51:14:00	VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:51:14:00	00:51:15:00	COUNCILOR PEPE AND
00:51:15:00	00:51:17:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE.
00:51:17:00	00:51:18:00	IN LETTER OF ABSENCE WAS
00:51:18:00	00:51:20:00	SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL TO HEAR
00:51:20:00	00:51:21:00	HAIR FOCUSED ON KEY CHALLENGES
00:51:21:00	00:51:24:00	AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN
00:51:24:00	00:51:25:00	BOSTON'S YOUTH SERVICES
00:51:25:00	00:51:26:00	PARTICULARLY BKA AND THE OFFICE
00:51:26:00	00:51:28:00	OF EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNSELORS
00:51:28:00	00:51:29:00	PUSH FOR SOLUTIONS TO
00:51:29:00	00:51:32:00	LONGSTANDING STAFFING SHORTAGES
00:51:32:00	00:51:33:00	, ALREADY USED PROGRAM FUNDS
00:51:33:00	00:51:33:00	AND UNEQUAL ACCESS TO
00:51:33:00	00:51:36:00	FACILITIES AND SERVICES WHILE
00:51:36:00	00:51:36:00	ALSO HIGHLIGHTING PROMISING
00:51:36:00	00:51:40:00	INITIATIVES IN EARLY EDUCATION,
00:51:40:00	00:51:40:00	ART PARTNERSHIPS AND
00:51:40:00	00:51:44:00	PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
00:51:44:00	00:51:44:00	BCA CYF CONTINUES TO FACE
00:51:44:00	00:51:45:00	SIGNIFICANT STAFFING GAPS.
00:51:45:00	00:51:48:00	ESPECIALLY FOR YOUTH WORKERS WE
00:51:48:00	00:51:48:00	DISCUSS THE HISTORICAL
00:51:48:00	00:51:52:00	UNDERSPENDING THAT HAS GROWN IN
00:51:52:00	00:51:54:00	RECENT YEARS AT B.C., B.C. WITH
00:51:54:00	00:51:55:00	3.6 MILLION TRANSFERRED BACK TO
00:51:55:00	00:51:57:00	THE CITY AT THE END OF HAVE 22
00:51:57:00	00:52:00:00	3.8 MILLION AT THE END OF Y 23
00:52:00:00	00:52:02:00	AND 4 MILLION AT THE END OF F Y
00:52:02:00	00:52:02:00	25.
00:52:02:00	00:52:03:00	COUNCILORS ALSO PRESSED FOR
00:52:03:00	00:52:06:00	UPDATES ON POOL REOPENINGS AND
00:52:06:00	00:52:06:00	CALLED FOR MORE EQUITABLE
00:52:06:00	00:52:07:00	ACCESS TO SWIM PROGRAMS.
00:52:07:00	00:52:10:00	MAINTENANCE HAS IMPROVED UNDER
00:52:10:00	00:52:10:00	PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT
00:52:10:00	00:52:14:00	THOUGH ISSUES PERSIST AS SITES
00:52:14:00	00:52:15:00	LIKE THE CURLEY CENTER.
00:52:15:00	00:52:16:00	COUNCILORS ALSO RAISED
00:52:16:00	00:52:18:00	QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REDUCED
00:52:18:00	00:52:18:00	NUMBER OF ACTIVE COMMUNITY
00:52:18:00	00:52:19:00	COUNCILS AND CALL FOR CLEAR
00:52:19:00	00:52:22:00	ROLES AND STRONG ENGAGEMENT.
00:52:22:00	00:52:22:00	BCA HAVE REPORTED THAT THANKS
00:52:22:00	00:52:25:00	TO LAST YEAR'S AMENDMENT THERE
00:52:25:00	00:52:26:00	WERE MORE THAN DOUBLING TALA
00:52:26:00	00:52:28:00	PROGRAM IN IMPLEMENTING 13
00:52:28:00	00:52:29:00	SITES IN TOTAL AND ONCE THEY
00:52:29:00	00:52:32:00	ARE UP AND RUNNING A FULL
00:52:32:00	00:52:32:00	SCHEDULE WILL BE RELEASED TO
00:52:32:00	00:52:33:00	THE PUBLIC.
00:52:33:00	00:52:35:00	ONLY FIVE OF 84 VENDOR
00:52:35:00	00:52:39:00	CONTRACTS WITH MWB PROMPTED
00:52:39:00	00:52:39:00	CALLS FOR GREATER DIVERSITY IN
00:52:39:00	00:52:39:00	PROCUREMENT.
00:52:39:00	00:52:43:00	THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
00:52:43:00	00:52:44:00	SHARED PROGRESS ON EXPANDING
00:52:44:00	00:52:46:00	BOSTON PRE-K AND K ZERO AND K
00:52:46:00	00:52:47:00	ONE ACCESS WITH ONGOING WORK TO
00:52:47:00	00:52:49:00	SUPPORT NOT BEEPS PROVIDERS AND
00:52:49:00	00:52:50:00	IMPROVED FAMILY OUTREACH
00:52:50:00	00:52:53:00	DIRECTOR MCSWAIN ALSO SPOKE
00:52:53:00	00:52:54:00	ABOUT GREAT START'S WEBSITE
00:52:54:00	00:52:54:00	IMPLEMENTING A UNIVERSAL
00:52:54:00	00:52:58:00	APPLICATION AND EXPANDING THE
00:52:58:00	00:52:59:00	BIKE TIME MODEL.
00:52:59:00	00:53:00:00	COUNCILORS ENCOURAGED MORE USE
00:53:00:00	00:53:02:00	OF CITY OWNED SPACE FOR
00:53:02:00	00:53:03:00	DAYCARES AND PRAISED CHILDREN'S
00:53:03:00	00:53:06:00	COUNCIL'S CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL
00:53:06:00	00:53:06:00	COORDINATION.
00:53:06:00	00:53:06:00	THE HEARING ENDED WITH STRONG
00:53:06:00	00:53:09:00	CALLS TO REFORM THE CITY'S
00:53:09:00	00:53:10:00	HIRING PROCESS TO FILL YOUTH
00:53:10:00	00:53:13:00	FACING ROLES FASTER AND RETAIN
00:53:13:00	00:53:13:00	TOWN COUNCILORS EMPHASIZED THE
00:53:13:00	00:53:14:00	NEED FOR PAY EQUITY STREAMLINED
00:53:14:00	00:53:17:00	HIRING AND CONTINUED SUPPORT
00:53:17:00	00:53:18:00	FOR BOSTON'S YOUTH
00:53:18:00	00:53:18:00	INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:53:18:00	00:53:21:00	ON TUESDAY, MAY SIX AT 2 P.M.,
00:53:21:00	00:53:22:00	THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO
00:53:22:00	00:53:24:00	DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
00:53:24:00	00:53:25:00	THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IN
00:53:25:00	00:53:28:00	ARTS AND CULTURE REVOLVING FUND
00:53:28:00	00:53:28:00	.
00:53:28:00	00:53:28:00	TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE
00:53:28:00	00:53:32:00	ADMINISTRATION FOR BPA, BPA
00:53:32:00	00:53:33:00	PRESIDENT DAVID LEONARD BPA CFO
00:53:33:00	00:53:37:00	EMILY TOKARCZUK AND BPR MANAGER
00:53:37:00	00:53:37:00	OF COMMUNITY LEARNING.
00:53:37:00	00:53:37:00	JESS ELIAS.
00:53:37:00	00:53:41:00	COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE
00:53:41:00	00:53:42:00	INCLUDED CONSTANCE FITZGERALD,
00:53:42:00	00:53:45:00	BRAYDEN WEBER, MURPHY FLYNN,
00:53:45:00	00:53:45:00	THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:53:45:00	00:53:46:00	COUNCILOR PAPPIN AND
00:53:46:00	00:53:48:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE.
00:53:48:00	00:53:49:00	ABSENT LETTERS WERE SUBMITTED
00:53:49:00	00:53:52:00	BY CASIMIR AND S.A. PEEL
00:53:52:00	00:53:53:00	TESTIFIED THAT THERE WERE MORE
00:53:53:00	00:53:55:00	THAN 2.3 MILLION VISITORS IN
00:53:55:00	00:53:57:00	2024 AND THERE WERE 1.8 MILLION
00:53:57:00	00:53:58:00	PHYSICAL BOOKS IN THE
00:53:58:00	00:53:58:00	COLLECTION.
00:53:58:00	00:54:01:00	THEY SPOKE OF INCREASED
00:54:01:00	00:54:02:00	PROGRAMING FOR YOUTH AND
00:54:02:00	00:54:02:00	FAMILIES INCLUDING EARLY
00:54:02:00	00:54:05:00	LITERACY PROGRAMS AS WELL AS
00:54:05:00	00:54:06:00	WORKING WITH INCARCERATED
00:54:06:00	00:54:06:00	TEENS.
00:54:06:00	00:54:09:00	THEY TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL
00:54:09:00	00:54:09:00	PROJECTS AT BRANCHES INCLUDING
00:54:09:00	00:54:12:00	FIELDS CORNER EGGLESTON SOUTH,
00:54:12:00	00:54:13:00	BEND, APPLE'S CORNER, WEST END
00:54:13:00	00:54:13:00	AND CHINATOWN.
00:54:13:00	00:54:16:00	THEIR CAPITAL PLAN ALLOCATION
00:54:16:00	00:54:17:00	IS INCREASING 31% BUT THE
00:54:17:00	00:54:19:00	OPERATING BUDGET IS DECLINING.
00:54:19:00	00:54:20:00	750,000 COUNCILORS DISCUSSED
00:54:20:00	00:54:23:00	BPL TRUST FUNDS.
00:54:23:00	00:54:23:00	CHALLENGES WITH MEETING THE
00:54:23:00	00:54:27:00	PEOPLE DEMAND LOWEST WAGE
00:54:27:00	00:54:28:00	WORKERS AT THE BPL EAST ESL
00:54:28:00	00:54:30:00	WORLD CLASSES HELD AT THE
00:54:30:00	00:54:30:00	LIBRARY INCREASE IN OPERATING
00:54:30:00	00:54:31:00	HOURS ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS
00:54:31:00	00:54:33:00	AND THE CURRENT BPL SOCIAL
00:54:33:00	00:54:34:00	WORKER SYSTEM.
00:54:34:00	00:54:35:00	THESE DOCKETS WILL REMAIN IN
00:54:35:00	00:54:38:00	COMMITTEE.
00:54:38:00	00:54:39:00	THANK YOU.
00:54:39:00	00:54:39:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR RL AND
00:54:39:00	00:54:40:00	THANK YOU FOR SHEPHERDING US
00:54:40:00	00:54:42:00	THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND
00:54:42:00	00:54:42:00	HOLDING THESE HEARINGS SO WE
00:54:42:00	00:54:45:00	CAN ASK QUESTIONS.
00:54:45:00	00:54:46:00	WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND
00:54:46:00	00:54:46:00	LEARN A LOT FROM HEARING FROM
00:54:46:00	00:54:49:00	THE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THIS
00:54:49:00	00:54:49:00	BUDGET PROCESS.
00:54:49:00	00:54:49:00	THANK YOU.
00:54:49:00	00:54:53:00	THESE DOCKETS WILL REMAIN IN
00:54:53:00	00:54:56:00	COMMITTEE DOCKETS NUMBER
00:54:56:00	00:54:56:00	082230845 ALL REMAINING
00:54:56:00	00:55:00:00	COMMITTEE MITCHELL CLERK WOULD
00:55:00:00	00:55:02:00	YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER
00:55:02:00	00:55:02:00	094010941 DUNCANNON NUMBER 0940
00:55:02:00	00:55:03:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR
00:55:03:00	00:55:06:00	APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE
00:55:06:00	00:55:07:00	FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION
00:55:07:00	00:55:10:00	FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
00:55:10:00	00:55:16:00	BARGAINING BY $33,262,466 TO
00:55:16:00	00:55:16:00	PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
00:55:16:00	00:55:19:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR
00:55:19:00	00:55:20:00	25 IMPACT OF INCREASES
00:55:20:00	00:55:23:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
00:55:23:00	00:55:24:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
00:55:24:00	00:55:28:00	THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
00:55:28:00	00:55:28:00	THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION FILE
00:55:28:00	00:55:30:00	IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
00:55:30:00	00:55:33:00	ON APRIL 28, 2025 TO 0 941
00:55:33:00	00:55:37:00	MESSAGE NOT A SUPPLEMENTAL
00:55:37:00	00:55:37:00	APPROPRIATION FOR BOSTON PUBLIC
00:55:37:00	00:55:40:00	SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN
00:55:40:00	00:55:46:00	THE AMOUNT OF $33,262,466 TO
00:55:46:00	00:55:48:00	COVER THE IMPACT OF FISCAL YEAR
00:55:48:00	00:55:49:00	25 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN
00:55:49:00	00:55:53:00	THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ROOM
00:55:53:00	00:55:53:00	BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL
00:55:53:00	00:55:54:00	COMMITTEE AND THE BOSTON
00:55:54:00	00:55:57:00	TEACHERS UNION.
00:55:57:00	00:55:58:00	THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS A
00:55:58:00	00:55:59:00	TIMBER FIRST 2024 THROUGH
00:55:59:00	00:55:59:00	AUGUST 30TH 2027.
00:55:59:00	00:56:03:00	THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
00:56:03:00	00:56:04:00	CONTRACT INCLUDE GENERAL WAGE
00:56:04:00	00:56:10:00	INCREASES OF 2.5% 2% AND 2% IN
00:56:10:00	00:56:13:00	SEPTEMBER OF 2024, 2025 AND
00:56:13:00	00:56:13:00	2026.
00:56:13:00	00:56:17:00	THE PARAPROFESSIONALS AND THE
00:56:17:00	00:56:17:00	EBAS WILL ALSO RECEIVE MARKET
00:56:17:00	00:56:21:00	RATE ADJUSTMENTS.
00:56:21:00	00:56:22:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS
00:56:22:00	00:56:23:00	COUNCILOR AND THE CHAIR OF THE
00:56:23:00	00:56:23:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
00:56:23:00	00:56:24:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:56:24:00	00:56:25:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
00:56:25:00	00:56:25:00	HAPPY TEACHERS APPRECIATION
00:56:25:00	00:56:25:00	WEEK.
00:56:25:00	00:56:28:00	I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
00:56:28:00	00:56:29:00	TO OUR BTU REPS IN THE BUILDING
00:56:29:00	00:56:32:00	JOINING MCGINNIS AND LYNN NAVE
00:56:32:00	00:56:34:00	EARLIER TODAY AT 9:30 A.M. THE
00:56:34:00	00:56:35:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
00:56:35:00	00:56:37:00	HELD A HEARING ON DOCKETS
00:56:37:00	00:56:40:00	NUMBER 0940 AND 0941.
00:56:40:00	00:56:40:00	FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE WERE
00:56:40:00	00:56:44:00	JOINED BY BP'S CFO DAVID BLOOM,
00:56:44:00	00:56:44:00	OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT
00:56:44:00	00:56:47:00	DIRECTOR JIM WILLIAMSON AND
00:56:47:00	00:56:48:00	SENIOR ADVISOR FOR LABOR GROUP
00:56:48:00	00:56:51:00	AMANDA MEANING.
00:56:51:00	00:56:51:00	FROM THE CITY COUNCIL WE WERE
00:56:51:00	00:56:52:00	JOINED BY COUNSELORS FITZGERALD
00:56:52:00	00:56:56:00	FLYNN MURPHY AND WEBER CLYDE AS
00:56:56:00	00:56:56:00	A PARTNER COUNCIL PRESIDENT
00:56:56:00	00:56:59:00	LOUIJEUNE AND THE VICE CHAIR
00:56:59:00	00:57:00:00	OF THE COMMITTEE COUNSELOR
00:57:00:00	00:57:01:00	PEPPER DICUS NUMBER 094030941.
00:57:01:00	00:57:02:00	WE REDUCED THE RESERVE FOR
00:57:02:00	00:57:08:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY
00:57:08:00	00:57:09:00	33,000,200 $262,466 TO PROVIDE
00:57:09:00	00:57:10:00	FUNDING FOR BOSTON PUBLIC
00:57:10:00	00:57:13:00	SCHOOLS TO FUND THE FBI 25
00:57:13:00	00:57:16:00	COURTSIDE ESCORTS CONTAINED
00:57:16:00	00:57:16:00	WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
00:57:16:00	00:57:17:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
00:57:17:00	00:57:17:00	THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
00:57:17:00	00:57:20:00	THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION.
00:57:20:00	00:57:21:00	THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS A
00:57:21:00	00:57:24:00	TEN PREFERRED VERSUS 2024
00:57:24:00	00:57:24:00	THROUGH AUGUST 30TH 2027.
00:57:24:00	00:57:28:00	THE ADMINISTRATION DETAILED THE
00:57:28:00	00:57:29:00	HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THREE YEAR
00:57:29:00	00:57:31:00	CONTRACT WHICH WILL COVER F 25
00:57:31:00	00:57:33:00	A FY 26 AND FY 27 WHEREBY 25
00:57:33:00	00:57:39:00	WILL BE REALLOCATED IN
00:57:39:00	00:57:40:00	$33,262,466 FROM THE RESERVE TO
00:57:40:00	00:57:43:00	COVER THE COST OF THE CONTRACT
00:57:43:00	00:57:44:00	THAT FY 26 THE TOTAL COST
00:57:44:00	00:57:47:00	OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE MORE
00:57:47:00	00:57:48:00	THAN 61 MILLION AND REQUIRE
00:57:48:00	00:57:50:00	REALLOCATION OF 55 MILLION FROM
00:57:50:00	00:57:51:00	THE RESERVE FOR FY 27.
00:57:51:00	00:57:54:00	THE CONTRACT WILL COST MORE
00:57:54:00	00:57:54:00	THAN $86 MILLION.
00:57:54:00	00:58:01:00	THE CONTRACT WILL COVER 6344
00:58:01:00	00:58:03:00	TEACHERS 2054
00:58:03:00	00:58:06:00	PARAPROFESSIONALS, 106 ABA
00:58:06:00	00:58:06:00	SPECIALISTS AND 1338
00:58:06:00	00:58:07:00	SUBSTITUTES.
00:58:07:00	00:58:11:00	I'LL BE TO YOU ALL B2 ALL B2
00:58:11:00	00:58:13:00	MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE A 2.5
00:58:13:00	00:58:16:00	INCREASE AND IN FY 25 A 2%
00:58:16:00	00:58:18:00	INCREASE IN FY 26 AND A 2%
00:58:18:00	00:58:19:00	INCREASE IN FY 27 TEACHERS WILL
00:58:19:00	00:58:22:00	RECEIVE THE PERCENTAGE
00:58:22:00	00:58:25:00	INCREASES PLUS VLADIMIR'S $500
00:58:25:00	00:58:29:00	$1,000 AND 1250 IN FY 25 FY 26
00:58:29:00	00:58:31:00	IN FY 27 PARAPROFESSIONALS AND
00:58:31:00	00:58:35:00	APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS
00:58:35:00	00:58:35:00	SPECIALISTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE
00:58:35:00	00:58:39:00	MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENTS WHICH
00:58:39:00	00:58:39:00	ARE DETAILED IN THE COMMITTEE
00:58:39:00	00:58:39:00	REPORT.
00:58:39:00	00:58:40:00	WAGE GROWTH FOR
00:58:40:00	00:58:42:00	PARAPROFESSIONALS IS SHOWN IN
00:58:42:00	00:58:43:00	THE STEP CHART PROVIDED BY THE
00:58:43:00	00:58:43:00	ADMINISTRATION.
00:58:43:00	00:58:46:00	IT SHOWS THE LOWEST PAID PAT
00:58:46:00	00:58:46:00	PAID PARAPROFESSIONALS GOING
00:58:46:00	00:58:52:00	FROM A SALARY OF $40,926 IN FY
00:58:52:00	00:58:57:00	24 FIVE DOWN TO 53,625.25 AN
00:58:57:00	00:58:58:00	INCREASE OF MORE THAN 30% IN
00:58:58:00	00:58:58:00	THREE YEARS.
00:58:58:00	00:59:01:00	THE ADMINISTRATION AND
00:59:01:00	00:59:01:00	COUNCIL DISCUSSED CHANGES TO
00:59:01:00	00:59:05:00	THE INCLUSION STAFFING MODEL AT
00:59:05:00	00:59:05:00	THE LOWER SCHOOLS AND UPPER
00:59:05:00	00:59:06:00	SCHOOLS FOR LOWER SCHOOLS.
00:59:06:00	00:59:09:00	GRACE WITH NINE OR MORE HIGH
00:59:09:00	00:59:10:00	NEEDS STUDENTS WHO WILL RECEIVE
00:59:10:00	00:59:12:00	AN EXTRA STAFFER.
00:59:12:00	00:59:13:00	WHILE FOR UPPER SCHOOLS THE
00:59:13:00	00:59:13:00	EXTRA STAFFER WILL BE
00:59:13:00	00:59:16:00	DETERMINED ON A CLASS CLASS
00:59:16:00	00:59:17:00	BASIS AND IT WILL BE AN EXTRA
00:59:17:00	00:59:19:00	STAFFER FOR CLASSES WITH NINE
00:59:19:00	00:59:20:00	OR MORE HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS.
00:59:20:00	00:59:23:00	MEANWHILE, THE ADMINISTRATION
00:59:23:00	00:59:23:00	DETAIL THAT ALL TEACHERS WILL
00:59:23:00	00:59:27:00	BE RECEIVING PAYCHECKS ON A 26
00:59:27:00	00:59:29:00	WEEK BASIS AS OPPOSED TO 22
00:59:29:00	00:59:30:00	WEEKS AND THERE WILL BE TWO
00:59:30:00	00:59:33:00	MORE EARLY RELEASE DAYS IN THE
00:59:33:00	00:59:33:00	SCHOOL YEAR.
00:59:33:00	00:59:34:00	THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO SPOKE
00:59:34:00	00:59:36:00	ABOUT THE PAY DISPARITY BETWEEN
00:59:36:00	00:59:37:00	NURSES AND BPH.
00:59:37:00	00:59:40:00	SEE NURSES WORKING AT SCHOOLS
00:59:40:00	00:59:41:00	SAYING THEY HOPE TO ADDRESS
00:59:41:00	00:59:45:00	THAT IN UPCOMING BPAS CONTRACT.
00:59:45:00	00:59:46:00	I CHAIR THE WAYS AND MEANS
00:59:46:00	00:59:46:00	COMMITTEE.
00:59:46:00	00:59:49:00	I RECOMMEND THAT THESE DOCKETS
00:59:49:00	00:59:49:00	OUGHT TO PASS.
00:59:49:00	00:59:52:00	THEY GO AROUND IT.
00:59:52:00	00:59:53:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR ALL AND
00:59:53:00	00:59:54:00	THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
00:59:54:00	00:59:56:00	I KNOW WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE
00:59:56:00	00:59:56:00	HEARINGS WEDNESDAY MORNING AT
00:59:56:00	00:59:59:00	930 BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:59:59:00	01:00:00:00	SAW THIS CONTRACT THROUGH.
01:00:00:00	01:00:01:00	SO THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS
01:00:01:00	01:00:01:00	HEARING.
01:00:01:00	01:00:04:00	THANK YOU TO THE BOSTON
01:00:04:00	01:00:04:00	TEACHERS UNION FOR YOUR WORK IN
01:00:04:00	01:00:05:00	WORKING ALONGSIDE THE
01:00:05:00	01:00:07:00	ADMINISTRATION TO GET THIS
01:00:07:00	01:00:08:00	BEFORE US.
01:00:08:00	01:00:09:00	I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT I
01:00:09:00	01:00:12:00	SAID THIS MORNING IS THAT POWER
01:00:12:00	01:00:12:00	PARITY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
01:00:12:00	01:00:15:00	IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
01:00:15:00	01:00:16:00	PAY OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS WHAT
01:00:16:00	01:00:19:00	THEIR WHAT THEIR GET CLOSER TO
01:00:19:00	01:00:22:00	THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND IN
01:00:22:00	01:00:23:00	THE DIGNITY THAT WE BELIEVE
01:00:23:00	01:00:23:00	THAT THEY SHOULD DESERVE NO
01:00:23:00	01:00:24:00	BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN IN
01:00:24:00	01:00:26:00	SOMEONE'S PAYCHECK.
01:00:26:00	01:00:27:00	SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS
01:00:27:00	01:00:30:00	FORWARD FOR THE DILIGENCE THAT
01:00:30:00	01:00:31:00	JOHNNY AND SO MANY ERIC AS SO
01:00:31:00	01:00:34:00	MANY WHO ARE ON THE TEAM DID
01:00:34:00	01:00:34:00	AND OUR ADMINISTRATION LOU AND
01:00:34:00	01:00:35:00	ALSO COUNCILOR WHERE I
01:00:35:00	01:00:38:00	MENTIONED THIS BUT NO GREATER
01:00:38:00	01:00:39:00	WE NEED TO DO THIS THAN
01:00:39:00	01:00:39:00	NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION
01:00:39:00	01:00:42:00	WEEK SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK
01:00:42:00	01:00:43:00	THAT YOU DO THAT YOU RECOGNIZE
01:00:43:00	01:00:43:00	AS COUNT FOR PLAYING CATCH UP
01:00:43:00	01:00:44:00	WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:00:44:00	01:00:45:00	THANK YOU.
01:00:45:00	01:00:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:00:45:00	01:00:48:00	I ALSO WANT TO RISE TO OFFER MY
01:00:48:00	01:00:53:00	SUPPORT FOR THIS CONTRACT.
01:00:53:00	01:00:53:00	I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
01:00:53:00	01:00:56:00	COUNSELOR WORRELL, THE CHAIR
01:00:56:00	01:00:56:00	OF WAYS AND MEANS FOR AN
01:00:56:00	01:01:00:00	IMPORTANT DISCUSSION TODAY VERY
01:01:00:00	01:01:00:00	PROFESSIONAL, INFORMATIVE
01:01:00:00	01:01:00:00	DISCUSSION.
01:01:00:00	01:01:04:00	I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
01:01:04:00	01:01:04:00	BOSTON TEACHERS UNION FOR THEIR
01:01:04:00	01:01:08:00	INCREDIBLE WORK AS WELL OUR
01:01:08:00	01:01:09:00	TEACHERS WE RECOGNIZE OUR
01:01:09:00	01:01:12:00	TEACHERS THIS WEEK BUT WE
01:01:12:00	01:01:12:00	SHOULD BE RECOGNIZING THEM
01:01:12:00	01:01:15:00	EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR FOR THE
01:01:15:00	01:01:16:00	INCREDIBLE ROLE THEY PLAY IN
01:01:16:00	01:01:19:00	EDUCATING AND GUIDING OUR YOUNG
01:01:19:00	01:01:20:00	PEOPLE ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY.
01:01:20:00	01:01:24:00	I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN
01:01:24:00	01:01:25:00	TO THE TEACHERS UNION AND TO
01:01:25:00	01:01:27:00	THE BOSTON SCHOOLS FOR A FAIR
01:01:27:00	01:01:27:00	CONTRACT.
01:01:27:00	01:01:31:00	THANK YOU.
01:01:31:00	01:01:32:00	THANK YOU.
01:01:32:00	01:01:32:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:01:32:00	01:01:33:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:01:33:00	01:01:33:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
01:01:33:00	01:01:33:00	FLOOR.
01:01:33:00	01:01:35:00	THANK YOU.
01:01:35:00	01:01:36:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR
01:01:36:00	01:01:36:00	HOLDING THAT HEARING THIS
01:01:36:00	01:01:38:00	MORNING TO MAKE SURE WE COULD
01:01:38:00	01:01:39:00	VOTE ON IT TODAY AS A PROUD BTU
01:01:39:00	01:01:43:00	MEMBER FOR DECADES I KNOW HOW
01:01:43:00	01:01:43:00	IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE GET
01:01:43:00	01:01:46:00	THESE CONTRACTS THROUGH AND
01:01:46:00	01:01:47:00	THAT WE SHOW OUR IS OUR STAFF
01:01:47:00	01:01:51:00	EVERYONE SHOWS UP EVERY DAY FOR
01:01:51:00	01:01:51:00	OUR STUDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING
01:01:51:00	01:01:54:00	TO DO RIGHT BY THEM AND THANK
01:01:54:00	01:01:54:00	YOU TO THE UNION FOR ADVOCATING
01:01:54:00	01:01:55:00	KNOWING THAT INCLUSION IS GOING
01:01:55:00	01:01:58:00	TO EXPAND THROUGHOUT THE
01:01:58:00	01:01:58:00	DISTRICT.
01:01:58:00	01:02:01:00	IT'S GOING TO EXPECT MORE FROM
01:02:01:00	01:02:02:00	OUR PARIS.
01:02:02:00	01:02:02:00	SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
01:02:02:00	01:02:05:00	THAT WE'RE PAYING OUR PARIS
01:02:05:00	01:02:06:00	MORE KNOWING THAT THEY ALWAYS
01:02:06:00	01:02:09:00	HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB BUT
01:02:09:00	01:02:10:00	THEY'LL BE EXPECTED TO DO EVEN
01:02:10:00	01:02:11:00	MORE NOW AS THEY'RE WORKING
01:02:11:00	01:02:13:00	ALONGSIDE MORE OF OUR STUDENTS
01:02:13:00	01:02:13:00	ON IEP.
01:02:13:00	01:02:17:00	SO HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY
01:02:17:00	01:02:17:00	AND I KNOW THEY'LL BE LOOKING
01:02:17:00	01:02:21:00	FORWARD TO THEIR RETRO CHECK
01:02:21:00	01:02:21:00	WHICH IS WELL-DESERVED.
01:02:21:00	01:02:22:00	SO THANK YOU.
01:02:22:00	01:02:22:00	THANK YOU.
01:02:22:00	01:02:25:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:02:25:00	01:02:26:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM HERE
01:02:26:00	01:02:26:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:02:26:00	01:02:26:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:02:26:00	01:02:27:00	AND I WANT TO THANK
01:02:27:00	01:02:29:00	COUNCILOR MORRELL AND THE BTU
01:02:29:00	01:02:32:00	FOR THEIR EXPEDITED PROCESS
01:02:32:00	01:02:36:00	HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT FOLKS
01:02:36:00	01:02:36:00	ESPECIALLY WINDOWS ARE REALLY
01:02:36:00	01:02:39:00	TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
01:02:39:00	01:02:40:00	THESE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS
01:02:40:00	01:02:43:00	THAT AS A COUNCIL WE CAN DO OUR
01:02:43:00	01:02:44:00	PART IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
01:02:44:00	01:02:44:00	NOT CAUSING FURTHER HARM.
01:02:44:00	01:02:48:00	SO I JUST WANT RISE AND SAY
01:02:48:00	01:02:48:00	THAT I'M GOING TO BE YOUR FULL
01:02:48:00	01:02:49:00	SUPPORT AND WHILE I HAVE THE
01:02:49:00	01:02:51:00	MIC THIS ONE TO REALLY UPLIFT
01:02:51:00	01:02:54:00	THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZING
01:02:54:00	01:02:55:00	YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING
01:02:55:00	01:02:58:00	JOB OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR
01:02:58:00	01:02:59:00	ACTUALLY THE LAST YEAR OR SO
01:02:59:00	01:03:01:00	BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS
01:03:01:00	01:03:02:00	WITHOUT A CONTRACT FOR A MONTH.
01:03:02:00	01:03:03:00	I SHOULD BE TALKING TO THE
01:03:03:00	01:03:06:00	MAYOR BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE
01:03:06:00	01:03:06:00	MY BACK FOR YOU ALL BUT I JUST
01:03:06:00	01:03:09:00	WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
01:03:09:00	01:03:09:00	OF THE BTU.
01:03:09:00	01:03:10:00	OVER THE LAST YEAR THEY HAVE
01:03:10:00	01:03:13:00	BEEN POUNDING THE PAVEMENT
01:03:13:00	01:03:16:00	ORGANIZING PARENTS, EDUCATORS,
01:03:16:00	01:03:17:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REALLY
01:03:17:00	01:03:20:00	STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU
01:03:20:00	01:03:20:00	ALL.
01:03:20:00	01:03:21:00	I MEAN THERE WERE EVEN TIMES
01:03:21:00	01:03:22:00	WHEN WE WERE EVEN CONSIDERING
01:03:22:00	01:03:24:00	STRIKING AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT
01:03:24:00	01:03:25:00	THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
01:03:25:00	01:03:25:00	SUPERINTENDENT WORK ALONGSIDE
01:03:25:00	01:03:28:00	YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
01:03:28:00	01:03:28:00	THIS RIGHT.
01:03:28:00	01:03:32:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT YOU
01:03:32:00	01:03:32:00	BECAUSE I KNOW AS A COMMUNITY
01:03:32:00	01:03:36:00	ORGANIZER, AS A PARENT, AS A
01:03:36:00	01:03:39:00	MOM AND AS A GRADUATE THE
01:03:39:00	01:03:40:00	OF THE ORGANIZING WORK IS TO
01:03:40:00	01:03:40:00	MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT
01:03:40:00	01:03:44:00	HAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
01:03:44:00	01:03:45:00	BUT DOING SO IN WAYS IT DOES
01:03:45:00	01:03:48:00	NOT CAUSE FURTHER HARM TO OUR
01:03:48:00	01:03:48:00	WORKFORCE.
01:03:48:00	01:03:49:00	I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
01:03:49:00	01:03:51:00	FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THAT
01:03:51:00	01:03:52:00	SPACE AND YOU ALWAYS KNOW THAT
01:03:52:00	01:03:52:00	YOU GOT ME FOR WHATEVER YOU
01:03:52:00	01:03:54:00	NEED AND I CONGRATULATIONS.
01:03:54:00	01:03:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:03:55:00	01:03:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:03:55:00	01:03:59:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
01:03:59:00	01:03:59:00	SANTANA SANTANA, YOU ON THE
01:03:59:00	01:03:59:00	FLOOR.
01:03:59:00	01:04:03:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:04:03:00	01:04:04:00	I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND SAY
01:04:04:00	01:04:04:00	THAT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT AND I
01:04:04:00	01:04:07:00	CALL MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS BE
01:04:07:00	01:04:12:00	TO YOU BERG JONNY LEE, THE
01:04:12:00	01:04:14:00	WHOLE TEAM I'VE DONE JUST A
01:04:14:00	01:04:15:00	TREMENDOUS JOB OF JUST
01:04:15:00	01:04:18:00	MOBILIZING AND ORGANIZING SO
01:04:18:00	01:04:19:00	MANY TEACHERS PARENTS SCHOOLS
01:04:19:00	01:04:19:00	ARE SO IMPORTANT AS THE
01:04:19:00	01:04:23:00	EDUCATION CHAIR OF THE BOSTON
01:04:23:00	01:04:23:00	CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT MAKES OUR
01:04:23:00	01:04:26:00	SCHOOL SPECIAL ARE OBVIOUSLY
01:04:26:00	01:04:26:00	OUR STUDENTS BUT ALSO THE
01:04:26:00	01:04:30:00	ADULTS THAT MAKE UP THAT MAKE
01:04:30:00	01:04:30:00	UP THE SCHOOL WHEN IT COMES TO
01:04:30:00	01:04:34:00	TEACHERS, TO OUR CUSTODIANS, TO
01:04:34:00	01:04:35:00	OUR OUR NURSES, EVERYONE THAT
01:04:35:00	01:04:37:00	MAKES UP OUR SCHOOLS, OUR ARE
01:04:37:00	01:04:38:00	IMPORTANT TO THE FABRIC OF THE
01:04:38:00	01:04:38:00	CITY.
01:04:38:00	01:04:41:00	AND I JUST WANT TO JUST RISE
01:04:41:00	01:04:42:00	AND CONGRATULATE YOU AND ALSO
01:04:42:00	01:04:47:00	SAY I AM IN FULL SUPPORT
01:04:47:00	01:04:48:00	OF THIS TODAY.
01:04:48:00	01:04:48:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:04:48:00	01:04:49:00	THANK YOU, GOVERNOR SANTANA THE
01:04:49:00	01:04:49:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES DURKIN.
01:04:49:00	01:04:49:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:04:49:00	01:04:50:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND I
01:04:50:00	01:04:52:00	THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
01:04:52:00	01:04:53:00	THAT WE SUPPORT COLLECTIVE
01:04:53:00	01:04:56:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BECAUSE
01:04:56:00	01:04:57:00	WHEN UNIONS AND THE CITY COME
01:04:57:00	01:05:00:00	TO THE TABLE AND HASH OUT AN
01:05:00:00	01:05:01:00	AGREEMENT, IT'S OUR IT'S REALLY
01:05:01:00	01:05:04:00	OUR ROLE TO RESPECT LABOR AND
01:05:04:00	01:05:04:00	UNION ORGANIZING.
01:05:04:00	01:05:05:00	SO THANK YOU TO YOU FOR COMING
01:05:05:00	01:05:09:00	TO THE TABLE AND THANK YOU TO
01:05:09:00	01:05:10:00	THE LABOR RELATIONS TEAM AT THE
01:05:10:00	01:05:13:00	CITY FOR REALLY HASHING THIS
01:05:13:00	01:05:13:00	OUT.
01:05:13:00	01:05:17:00	I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN AS A CITY
01:05:17:00	01:05:17:00	MORE OF OUR COLLECTIVE
01:05:17:00	01:05:18:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENTS DONE IN
01:05:18:00	01:05:20:00	THE PAST YEAR.
01:05:20:00	01:05:21:00	A LOT OF THEM ARE LEFT EXPIRED
01:05:21:00	01:05:24:00	AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY,
01:05:24:00	01:05:24:00	REALLY IMPORTANT WORK AND
01:05:24:00	01:05:28:00	GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE FOR
01:05:28:00	01:05:29:00	COMING TO THE TABLE TO GET
01:05:29:00	01:05:31:00	THESE DONE WORKERS WHO ARE
01:05:31:00	01:05:32:00	OPERATING WITHIN A UNION
01:05:32:00	01:05:33:00	DESERVE TO BE WORKING UNDER A
01:05:33:00	01:05:35:00	CURRENT UNION CONTRACT.
01:05:35:00	01:05:36:00	SO THIS IS GREAT NEWS.
01:05:36:00	01:05:36:00	THANK YOU.
01:05:36:00	01:05:41:00	CHAIRMAN IS THIS COUNSELOR BUT
01:05:41:00	01:05:41:00	THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:05:41:00	01:05:44:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:05:44:00	01:05:44:00	I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD
01:05:44:00	01:05:45:00	WORK TO THE B-2 HAS DONE
01:05:45:00	01:05:47:00	THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW MONTHS
01:05:47:00	01:05:47:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS.
01:05:47:00	01:05:48:00	I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT OUR
01:05:48:00	01:05:51:00	STAFF, OUR TEACHERS, OUR FAMILY
01:05:51:00	01:05:52:00	LIAISONS, OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS
01:05:52:00	01:05:55:00	ARE WELL-REPRESENTED WHERE I
01:05:55:00	01:05:56:00	KNOW THAT EVERY DAY IS A FIGHT
01:05:56:00	01:05:59:00	AND ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK WHERE
01:05:59:00	01:05:59:00	WE ARE HONORING AND
01:05:59:00	01:06:00:00	APPRECIATING ALL OUR TEACHERS.
01:06:00:00	01:06:03:00	THIS IS THE RIGHT MOMENT TO DO
01:06:03:00	01:06:03:00	IT.
01:06:03:00	01:06:04:00	IT'S NEVER YOU KNOW, IT'S
01:06:04:00	01:06:07:00	ALWAYS A GOOD DAY TO GIVE A
01:06:07:00	01:06:07:00	CONTRACT TO THE B-2 AND BE IN
01:06:07:00	01:06:08:00	SUPPORT OF THEM.
01:06:08:00	01:06:10:00	SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS
01:06:10:00	01:06:10:00	TODAY.
01:06:10:00	01:06:11:00	THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
01:06:11:00	01:06:11:00	THANK YOU.
01:06:11:00	01:06:13:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
01:06:13:00	01:06:16:00	THIS MATTER?
01:06:16:00	01:06:17:00	OKAY.
01:06:17:00	01:06:17:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:06:17:00	01:06:19:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE FIRST
01:06:19:00	01:06:21:00	ON DUNCAN NUMBER 0940.
01:06:21:00	01:06:26:00	ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE
01:06:26:00	01:06:26:00	A0940.
01:06:26:00	01:06:30:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
01:06:30:00	01:06:31:00	COUNCILOR CARLA ZAPATA.
01:06:31:00	01:06:31:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A FURTHER
01:06:31:00	01:06:33:00	YES COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:06:33:00	01:06:33:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
01:06:33:00	01:06:36:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
01:06:36:00	01:06:37:00	COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES.
01:06:37:00	01:06:37:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:06:37:00	01:06:41:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:06:41:00	01:06:42:00	YES.
01:06:42:00	01:06:42:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:06:42:00	01:06:42:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:06:42:00	01:06:45:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:06:45:00	01:06:45:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES.
01:06:45:00	01:06:48:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
01:06:48:00	01:06:49:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
01:06:49:00	01:06:49:00	COUNCILOR PIN YES.
01:06:49:00	01:06:50:00	COUNCIL CAPTAIN YES.
01:06:50:00	01:06:52:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
01:06:52:00	01:06:52:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:06:52:00	01:06:53:00	COUNCIL WEBER YES.
01:06:53:00	01:06:56:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:06:56:00	01:06:57:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
01:06:57:00	01:06:59:00	COUNCILOR WU YES.
01:06:59:00	01:07:03:00	LUCKY NUMBER 0940 AS WE SEE 11
01:07:03:00	01:07:03:00	VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
01:07:03:00	01:07:04:00	THANK YOU.
01:07:04:00	01:07:05:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0940 HAS PASSED.
01:07:05:00	01:07:09:00	MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:07:09:00	01:07:12:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0941 ROLL CALL
01:07:12:00	01:07:14:00	VOTE AND DOCKING NUMBER 0941
01:07:14:00	01:07:15:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
01:07:15:00	01:07:18:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART
01:07:18:00	01:07:19:00	COUNCIL AS A PARTNER.
01:07:19:00	01:07:19:00	YES.
01:07:19:00	01:07:19:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:07:19:00	01:07:22:00	COUNCILOR COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
01:07:22:00	01:07:25:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
01:07:25:00	01:07:25:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
01:07:25:00	01:07:26:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:07:26:00	01:07:26:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:07:26:00	01:07:30:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:07:30:00	01:07:30:00	COUNCIL WHO'S IN YES.
01:07:30:00	01:07:31:00	COUNCILOR ILLUSION YES.
01:07:31:00	01:07:33:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:07:33:00	01:07:33:00	SORRY.
01:07:33:00	01:07:37:00	GO COUNCILOR TO BRING DISTRACT
01:07:37:00	01:07:38:00	AND ME.
01:07:38:00	01:07:43:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:07:43:00	01:07:43:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:07:43:00	01:07:43:00	YES.
01:07:43:00	01:07:44:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:07:44:00	01:07:48:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY?
01:07:48:00	01:07:48:00	YES.
01:07:48:00	01:07:48:00	COUNCILOR PEN.
01:07:48:00	01:07:49:00	COUNCILOR TEN YES.
01:07:49:00	01:07:50:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
01:07:50:00	01:07:51:00	YES.
01:07:51:00	01:07:51:00	COUNCIL SANTANA.
01:07:51:00	01:07:51:00	YES.
01:07:51:00	01:07:52:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
01:07:52:00	01:07:54:00	YES.
01:07:54:00	01:07:55:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:07:55:00	01:07:55:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL?
01:07:55:00	01:07:55:00	YES.
01:07:55:00	01:07:56:00	COUNCILOR WU YES.
01:07:56:00	01:08:01:00	COUNCILOR BARRY YES.
01:08:01:00	01:08:01:00	CHIEF TEACHERS CONTRACT.
01:08:01:00	01:08:02:00	YES.
01:08:02:00	01:08:07:00	YES I TALKING NUMBERS 0941 HAS
01:08:07:00	01:08:08:00	RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE
01:08:08:00	01:08:08:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
01:08:08:00	01:08:11:00	THANK YOU.
01:08:11:00	01:08:12:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0941 HAS PASSED.
01:08:12:00	01:08:13:00	COUNCILOR BREADON WE JUST TOOK
01:08:13:00	01:08:15:00	A VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0940.
01:08:15:00	01:08:17:00	THE TWO PARTS OF THE TEACHERS
01:08:17:00	01:08:17:00	CONTRACT.
01:08:17:00	01:08:21:00	WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT A HAVE
01:08:21:00	01:08:22:00	YOUR VOTE RECORDED FOR THAT AND
01:08:22:00	01:08:22:00	INFORMATIVE AND INFORMATIVE AS
01:08:22:00	01:08:22:00	WELL?
01:08:22:00	01:08:25:00	YES.
01:08:25:00	01:08:25:00	OKAY.
01:08:25:00	01:08:27:00	SO DOCKET NUMBER 0941 IS PASSED
01:08:27:00	01:08:28:00	AND DOCKET NUMBER 0940 HAS
01:08:28:00	01:08:28:00	PASSED.
01:08:28:00	01:08:30:00	THANK YOU MR CHAIR I
01:08:30:00	01:08:31:00	CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOSTON
01:08:31:00	01:08:31:00	TEACHERS UNION AND HAPPY
01:08:31:00	01:08:34:00	TEACHERS WEEK.
01:08:34:00	01:08:35:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS
01:08:35:00	01:08:38:00	AND RESOLUTIONS.
01:08:38:00	01:08:38:00	A REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES
01:08:38:00	01:08:39:00	THAT YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO
01:08:39:00	01:08:42:00	SPEAK ON MOTION ORDER
01:08:42:00	01:08:43:00	RESOLUTION AND IF YOU ARE A
01:08:43:00	01:08:46:00	CO-SPONSOR OR A SPOT OR A
01:08:46:00	01:08:49:00	COLLEAGUE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON A
01:08:49:00	01:08:49:00	MATTER YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO
01:08:49:00	01:08:49:00	SPEAK.
01:08:49:00	01:08:50:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
01:08:50:00	01:08:53:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1017?
01:08:53:00	01:08:56:00	DUNCAN EMBER 1017
01:08:56:00	01:08:56:00	COUNCIL PLANNING FOR THE
01:08:56:00	01:08:59:00	FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING
01:08:59:00	01:09:00:00	TO DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A DRONE
01:09:00:00	01:09:04:00	POLICY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:09:04:00	01:09:04:00	THANK YOU.
01:09:04:00	01:09:04:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:09:04:00	01:09:05:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:09:05:00	01:09:05:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:09:05:00	01:09:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:09:07:00	01:09:11:00	LAST OCTOBER DURING A CELTICS
01:09:11:00	01:09:11:00	OPENING NIGHT WATCH PARTY ON
01:09:11:00	01:09:15:00	BOSTON CITY HALL PLAZA, A DRONE
01:09:15:00	01:09:16:00	CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE AND
01:09:16:00	01:09:18:00	FELL INTO THE CROWD INJURING
01:09:18:00	01:09:18:00	TWO PEOPLE.
01:09:18:00	01:09:22:00	THE DRONE WAS CONTROLLED BY A
01:09:22:00	01:09:25:00	CNN EMPLOYEE FILMING THE EVENT
01:09:25:00	01:09:25:00	.
01:09:25:00	01:09:26:00	THE MALE VICTIM EXPERIENCED
01:09:26:00	01:09:29:00	PAIN IN HIS HAND WHICH WAS
01:09:29:00	01:09:30:00	BLEEDING AND A FEMALE VICTIM
01:09:30:00	01:09:33:00	SUSTAINED PAIN ON HER HEAD,
01:09:33:00	01:09:37:00	NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER AREA,
01:09:37:00	01:09:37:00	THE REPORT SAYS.
01:09:37:00	01:09:40:00	ALTHOUGH IT WAS AN ACCIDENT,
01:09:40:00	01:09:41:00	THIS ACCIDENT ILLUSTRATES THE
01:09:41:00	01:09:44:00	PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WITH DRONE
01:09:44:00	01:09:44:00	TECHNOLOGY.
01:09:44:00	01:09:45:00	IT SERVES AS A REMINDER HOW
01:09:45:00	01:09:48:00	RESIDENTS AND VISITORS MAY
01:09:48:00	01:09:49:00	BECOME INJURED WHEN SOMETHING
01:09:49:00	01:09:52:00	GOES WRONG.
01:09:52:00	01:09:55:00	MOREOVER, IN DECEMBER TWO MEN
01:09:55:00	01:09:55:00	WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR
01:09:55:00	01:09:59:00	FLYING DRONES CLOSE TO BOSTON
01:09:59:00	01:09:59:00	LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A
01:09:59:00	01:10:02:00	PROHIBITED AIRSPACE FOR DRONES
01:10:02:00	01:10:06:00	DRONES ALSO KNOWN AS UNNAMED
01:10:06:00	01:10:09:00	AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, A PILOTLESS
01:10:09:00	01:10:10:00	FOR FLYING DEVICES.
01:10:10:00	01:10:13:00	IN THE PAST TWO DECADES RAPID
01:10:13:00	01:10:14:00	DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT IN
01:10:14:00	01:10:17:00	TECHNOLOGY HAVE ENABLED THE
01:10:17:00	01:10:17:00	ADOPTION OF DRONES IN MANY
01:10:17:00	01:10:20:00	INDUSTRIES INCLUDING THE
01:10:20:00	01:10:21:00	MILITARY WHERE I WITNESSED THE
01:10:21:00	01:10:24:00	DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
01:10:24:00	01:10:25:00	AGRICULTURE CONSTRUCTION FOR
01:10:25:00	01:10:28:00	SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION,
01:10:28:00	01:10:29:00	LAW ENFORCEMENT, JOURNALISM AND
01:10:29:00	01:10:32:00	RECREATION.
01:10:32:00	01:10:33:00	AS THE USAGE OF DRONES BECOME
01:10:33:00	01:10:37:00	MORE COMMON, PUBLIC SAFETY AND
01:10:37:00	01:10:37:00	PRIVACY CONCERNS HAVE RISEN
01:10:37:00	01:10:43:00	RECENTLY MASSPORT INSTALLED A
01:10:43:00	01:10:44:00	200 NO DRONES ZONE SIGN AROUND
01:10:44:00	01:10:44:00	THE LOGAN AIRPORT.
01:10:44:00	01:10:47:00	THE MASSPORT LOCATIONS IN OVER
01:10:47:00	01:10:51:00	50 PARKS THEY WORK WITH MANY
01:10:51:00	01:10:51:00	MUNICIPALITIES TO INSTALL
01:10:51:00	01:10:54:00	SIGNAGE ALONG FLIGHT PATHS AS
01:10:54:00	01:10:54:00	WELL.
01:10:54:00	01:10:58:00	THE FEDERAL AVIATION
01:10:58:00	01:10:58:00	ADMINISTRATION HAS SEVERAL
01:10:58:00	01:10:59:00	REGULATIONS ON WHO CAN USE
01:10:59:00	01:11:03:00	DRONES AND HOW RESTRICTIONS
01:11:03:00	01:11:05:00	INCLUDE FLYING BELOW 400 FEET.
01:11:05:00	01:11:06:00	IN REGISTERING THE DRONE IF IT
01:11:06:00	01:11:12:00	IS OVER.55 POUNDS DRONE USERS
01:11:12:00	01:11:13:00	MUST REGISTER THEIR DRONES AND
01:11:13:00	01:11:16:00	DEPENDING ON WHETHER THEY ARE
01:11:16:00	01:11:17:00	FLYING IT FOR COMMERCIAL OR
01:11:17:00	01:11:20:00	RECREATIONAL USE THEY MUST PASS
01:11:20:00	01:11:20:00	THE FAA'S AERONAUTICAL
01:11:20:00	01:11:24:00	KNOWLEDGE TEST TO OBTAIN A
01:11:24:00	01:11:25:00	REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATE OR THE
01:11:25:00	01:11:28:00	TRUST TEST A RECREATIONAL DRONE
01:11:28:00	01:11:31:00	SAFETY TEST.
01:11:31:00	01:11:32:00	IN MASSACHUSETTS, DRONES ARE
01:11:32:00	01:11:33:00	ALLOWED FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND
01:11:33:00	01:11:35:00	RECREATION USE.
01:11:35:00	01:11:36:00	HOWEVER, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
01:11:36:00	01:11:40:00	UNABLE TO ENFORCE FAA REGULAR
01:11:40:00	01:11:40:00	REGULAR REGULATIONS.
01:11:40:00	01:11:43:00	PERHAPS MORE RELEVANT TO US IN
01:11:43:00	01:11:44:00	BOSTON IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, A
01:11:44:00	01:11:47:00	CANADIAN COMPANY DRAGONFLY
01:11:47:00	01:11:48:00	SECURED A WAIVER FROM THE FAA
01:11:48:00	01:11:51:00	THAT ENABLES ITS SMALL DRONE TO
01:11:51:00	01:11:54:00	CONDUCT OPERATIONS OF A HUMAN
01:11:54:00	01:11:55:00	BEINGS IN MOVING VEHICLES.
01:11:55:00	01:11:58:00	THE PERMISSION COVERS A
01:11:58:00	01:11:58:00	PRESCRIBED FLIGHT ROUTE OVER
01:11:58:00	01:12:02:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE FAA
01:12:02:00	01:12:03:00	WAIVER ALLOWS FLIGHTS OVER
01:12:03:00	01:12:06:00	INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT DIRECT
01:12:06:00	01:12:07:00	OFFICE PARTICIPANTS IN A UAV
01:12:07:00	01:12:10:00	OPERATION.
01:12:10:00	01:12:11:00	DRAGONFLY HAS ALREADY BEEN IN
01:12:11:00	01:12:14:00	BOSTON'S AIRSPACE IN 2024,
01:12:14:00	01:12:14:00	TEAMING UP WITH MASS GENERAL
01:12:14:00	01:12:17:00	BRIGHAM ON MEDICAL DRONE
01:12:17:00	01:12:18:00	DELIVERY PILOT.
01:12:18:00	01:12:21:00	I UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION
01:12:21:00	01:12:22:00	BEHIND MEDICAL DEVICES.
01:12:22:00	01:12:25:00	HOWEVER THE SPEED OF TECHNOLOGY
01:12:25:00	01:12:26:00	IN THE EVOLVING INDUSTRY IS
01:12:26:00	01:12:26:00	CONCERNING.
01:12:26:00	01:12:29:00	IT'S A DEVELOPMENT WE'VE
01:12:29:00	01:12:30:00	ALREADY SEEN TO HAVE A MAJOR
01:12:30:00	01:12:33:00	IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
01:12:33:00	01:12:33:00	THERE ARE OTHERS WHO MAY CITE
01:12:33:00	01:12:37:00	NOISE DUST DISTURBANCES AND
01:12:37:00	01:12:37:00	POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS
01:12:37:00	01:12:37:00	OF PRIVACY.
01:12:37:00	01:12:40:00	THERE ARE OVER A MILLION DRONES
01:12:40:00	01:12:41:00	REGISTERED WITH WITHIN THE FAA
01:12:41:00	01:12:44:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
01:12:44:00	01:12:44:00	HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO MANY
01:12:44:00	01:12:48:00	ILLEGAL AND UNREGISTERED
01:12:48:00	01:12:48:00	DRONES.
01:12:48:00	01:12:49:00	IN BOSTON, THE SURVEILLANCE
01:12:49:00	01:12:52:00	OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE PASSED HERE
01:12:52:00	01:12:52:00	ON THE COUNCIL GOVERNS HOW THE
01:12:52:00	01:12:55:00	BOSTON POLICE CAN USE DRONE
01:12:55:00	01:12:56:00	TECHNOLOGY FOR SURVEILLANCE.
01:12:56:00	01:12:59:00	HOWEVER, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE
01:12:59:00	01:12:59:00	ANY REGULATIONS OR GUIDANCE ON
01:12:59:00	01:13:03:00	THE INDIVIDUAL USE OF DRONES IN
01:13:03:00	01:13:03:00	THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE.
01:13:03:00	01:13:07:00	MY FRIEND BRUCE AYRES OF QUINCY
01:13:07:00	01:13:08:00	IS CURRENTLY LEADING THE EFFORT
01:13:08:00	01:13:11:00	ON REGULATING DRONES OVER
01:13:11:00	01:13:12:00	AIRPORTS AND FLIGHT PATHS AND A
01:13:12:00	01:13:15:00	NO FLY ZONE OVER THE AIRSPACE
01:13:15:00	01:13:16:00	OF ALL SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE
01:13:16:00	01:13:16:00	COMMONWEALTH.
01:13:16:00	01:13:19:00	A DISCUSSION ON STRONGER
01:13:19:00	01:13:20:00	REGULATIONS IS WARRANTED TO
01:13:20:00	01:13:24:00	PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM THIS
01:13:24:00	01:13:24:00	EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.
01:13:24:00	01:13:25:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:13:25:00	01:13:25:00	THANK YOU, MR FLYNN.
01:13:25:00	01:13:28:00	I THINK YOU GUYS ARE FINE.
01:13:28:00	01:13:28:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:13:28:00	01:13:29:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:13:29:00	01:13:30:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:13:30:00	01:13:32:00	THEIR NAME?
01:13:32:00	01:13:33:00	MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCILORS
01:13:33:00	01:13:33:00	GRAYDON CARTER, ZAPATA DURKAN
01:13:33:00	01:13:35:00	FITZGERALD MEJIA SORRY.
01:13:35:00	01:13:39:00	MURPHY PIPPEN.
01:13:39:00	01:13:40:00	SANTANA WEBER WORLD PEACE AT
01:13:40:00	01:13:41:00	THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKING
01:13:41:00	01:13:42:00	NUMBER 1017 WILL BE REFERRED TO
01:13:42:00	01:13:45:00	THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
01:13:45:00	01:13:45:00	AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
01:13:45:00	01:13:46:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:13:46:00	01:13:51:00	DOCKET NUMBER 101891018.
01:13:51:00	01:13:52:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE
01:13:52:00	01:13:55:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
01:13:55:00	01:13:55:00	TO DISCUSS REPAINTING SUMNER
01:13:55:00	01:13:58:00	STREET BUSTLING.
01:13:58:00	01:13:59:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:13:59:00	01:13:59:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:13:59:00	01:14:00:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:14:00:00	01:14:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:14:02:00	01:14:03:00	I'M FINE ON THIS HEARING TODAY
01:14:03:00	01:14:07:00	TO DISCUSS INFRASTRUCTURE A
01:14:07:00	01:14:07:00	CHANGE IN REPAINTING SUMMER
01:14:07:00	01:14:08:00	STREET THE SUMMER STREET
01:14:08:00	01:14:13:00	BUSTLING PILOT IT ENDED IN
01:14:13:00	01:14:13:00	SEPTEMBER 2024.
01:14:13:00	01:14:16:00	IN THE FALL OF 2023, BOSTON
01:14:16:00	01:14:16:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MADE
01:14:16:00	01:14:19:00	STREET DESIGN CHANGES FOR THE
01:14:19:00	01:14:20:00	SUMMER STREET MULTIMODAL
01:14:20:00	01:14:23:00	CORRIDOR PILOT TO INCLUDE A BUS
01:14:23:00	01:14:24:00	AND TRUCK LANE BETWEEN SOUTH
01:14:24:00	01:14:27:00	BOSTON AND SOUTH STATION WITH
01:14:27:00	01:14:28:00	SIGNS AND PAINT THAT WERE
01:14:28:00	01:14:33:00	VISIBLY PLACED ON A STREET IN
01:14:33:00	01:14:34:00	SEPTEMBER 2023.
01:14:34:00	01:14:35:00	HOWEVER, DUE TO A LACK OF CLEAR
01:14:35:00	01:14:37:00	COMMUNICATION RESIDENTS AND
01:14:37:00	01:14:38:00	CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THE SOUTH
01:14:38:00	01:14:41:00	BOSTON ELECTED OFFICIALS,
01:14:41:00	01:14:41:00	BUSINESSES, WORKERS COMMUTING
01:14:41:00	01:14:45:00	FROM GREATER BOSTON WERE ALL
01:14:45:00	01:14:45:00	UNAWARE THAT THE OFFICIAL
01:14:45:00	01:14:46:00	LAUNCH OF THE PILOT
01:14:46:00	01:14:52:00	SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK PLACE IN
01:14:52:00	01:14:52:00	DECEMBER 2023.
01:14:52:00	01:14:53:00	PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION, AN
01:14:53:00	01:14:53:00	OVERWHELMING NUMBER
01:14:53:00	01:14:56:00	OF RESIDENTS IN SOUTH BOSTON
01:14:56:00	01:14:56:00	THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY
01:14:56:00	01:15:00:00	NONPROFIT PARTNERS CALLED
01:15:00:00	01:15:01:00	ATTENTION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
01:15:01:00	01:15:04:00	UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE
01:15:04:00	01:15:05:00	PILOT AND ITS OVERALL FIT FOR
01:15:05:00	01:15:07:00	THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AT
01:15:07:00	01:15:08:00	COMMUNITY MEETINGS INCLUDING
01:15:08:00	01:15:11:00	SERIOUS CONCERNS ON THE IMPACT
01:15:11:00	01:15:11:00	TO THE BOSTON CONVENTION
01:15:11:00	01:15:14:00	EXHIBITION CENTER, CONNOLLY
01:15:14:00	01:15:15:00	TERMINAL AT THE FLYNN MARINE
01:15:15:00	01:15:16:00	PARK AND SURROUNDING HOTELS AND
01:15:16:00	01:15:18:00	BUSINESSES.
01:15:18:00	01:15:19:00	WHILE MANY OF US HAVE SAID THAT
01:15:19:00	01:15:22:00	WE SUPPORTED THE ONE BLOCK
01:15:22:00	01:15:23:00	STRETCH OF BUS LANE BETWEEN
01:15:23:00	01:15:26:00	SOUTH STATION AND THE FEDERAL
01:15:26:00	01:15:27:00	RESERVE THAT IT WAS HELPFUL TO
01:15:27:00	01:15:30:00	MOVE OUR WORKFORCE TO A KNOWN
01:15:30:00	01:15:32:00	BOTTLENECK OF TRAFFIC FROM
01:15:32:00	01:15:33:00	THREE LANES DOWN TO TWO.
01:15:33:00	01:15:37:00	HOWEVER, EXTENDING THIS DOWN
01:15:37:00	01:15:37:00	THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR WOULD
01:15:37:00	01:15:38:00	CREATE THE EXACT PROBLEM THE
01:15:38:00	01:15:40:00	CITY WAS TRYING TO ALLEVIATE.
01:15:40:00	01:15:43:00	IN SHORT, AS I SAID REPEATEDLY
01:15:43:00	01:15:44:00	FOR YEARS IT WAS A SOLUTION IN
01:15:44:00	01:15:47:00	SEARCH OF A PROBLEM.
01:15:47:00	01:15:48:00	DURING THE PILOT RESIDENTS
01:15:48:00	01:15:48:00	CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT
01:15:48:00	01:15:51:00	FEEDBACK REGARDING INCREASED
01:15:51:00	01:15:52:00	UNPREDICTABILITY ON THE ROAD
01:15:52:00	01:15:55:00	AND TRAFFIC TIMES ALONG WITH
01:15:55:00	01:15:55:00	THE CREATION OF AREAS
01:15:55:00	01:15:58:00	OF CONGESTION THAT DID NOT
01:15:58:00	01:15:59:00	PREVIOUSLY EXIST.
01:15:59:00	01:16:02:00	THIS INCLUDED TRAFFIC BACKUP
01:16:02:00	01:16:03:00	WHILE WAITING FOR TURNS AT
01:16:03:00	01:16:06:00	SUMMER STREET AND D STREET IN
01:16:06:00	01:16:07:00	SEVERAL DIRECTIONS AS WELL AS
01:16:07:00	01:16:09:00	WALKED INTERSECTIONS.
01:16:09:00	01:16:13:00	EVEN TODAY YOU WILL NOTICE THAT
01:16:13:00	01:16:14:00	THE OLDER TRAFFIC LIGHTS COMING
01:16:14:00	01:16:17:00	FROM THE GROUND AT THE CORNERS
01:16:17:00	01:16:18:00	OF SUMMER STREET AND D STREET
01:16:18:00	01:16:20:00	FOR SUMMER STREET AND
01:16:20:00	01:16:21:00	DORCHESTER AVE ARE NOW BIKE
01:16:21:00	01:16:24:00	LANE LIGHTS.
01:16:24:00	01:16:25:00	MANY OF US WHO TAKE THIS ROAD
01:16:25:00	01:16:28:00	ON A DAILY BASIS HAVE NOTICED
01:16:28:00	01:16:29:00	THAT WHEN THE BIKE LANE LIGHTS
01:16:29:00	01:16:32:00	TURN GREEN TO PROVIDE LEAD TIME
01:16:32:00	01:16:33:00	FOR CYCLISTS DRIVERS WILL START
01:16:33:00	01:16:36:00	TO MOVE BECAUSE THEY SEE A
01:16:36:00	01:16:37:00	GREEN LIGHT WHEN IT'S ALWAYS
01:16:37:00	01:16:40:00	BEEN WHERE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
01:16:40:00	01:16:41:00	RESIDENTS HAVE WITNESSED FENDER
01:16:41:00	01:16:44:00	BENDERS OR COMMERCIAL DELIVERY
01:16:44:00	01:16:44:00	TRUCKS DRIVE INTO THE CROSSWALK
01:16:44:00	01:16:48:00	DURING A RED LIGHT DUE TO THIS
01:16:48:00	01:16:51:00	CONFUSION OR DISTRACTED DRIVING
01:16:51:00	01:16:52:00	ON THEIR PHONES WHEN THE BIKE
01:16:52:00	01:16:55:00	LIGHT TURNS GREEN.
01:16:55:00	01:16:55:00	THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC
01:16:55:00	01:16:59:00	EDUCATION OR AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
01:16:59:00	01:16:59:00	AROUND THIS ISSUE TO DATE AND I
01:16:59:00	01:17:03:00	AM AFRAID A MAJOR ACCIDENT WILL
01:17:03:00	01:17:06:00	HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER 2020 FOR
01:17:06:00	01:17:06:00	THE CITY ANNOUNCED ABRUPTLY
01:17:06:00	01:17:09:00	THAT THE SUMMER STREET BUS
01:17:09:00	01:17:10:00	PILOT HAD ENDED DUE TO IT DUE
01:17:10:00	01:17:13:00	TO THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T
01:17:13:00	01:17:14:00	WORKING AS INTENDED AND THAT
01:17:14:00	01:17:17:00	THE BUS LANE HAD ONLY IMPROVED
01:17:17:00	01:17:20:00	PEAK BUS TRIPS BY 15 TO 30
01:17:20:00	01:17:20:00	SECONDS.
01:17:20:00	01:17:23:00	BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN OVER EIGHT
01:17:23:00	01:17:23:00	MONTHS SINCE THE PILOT ENDED.
01:17:23:00	01:17:24:00	HOWEVER THE PAINTING ON THE
01:17:24:00	01:17:27:00	STREET IN A SOLID WHITE LINE
01:17:27:00	01:17:27:00	STILL REMAIN IN MANY
01:17:27:00	01:17:30:00	CONSTITUENTS REMAIN CONFUSED
01:17:30:00	01:17:31:00	ABOUT THE WORDS BUS ONLY STILL
01:17:31:00	01:17:34:00	PAINTED IN THE ROAD AT SUMMER
01:17:34:00	01:17:35:00	STREET AND DORCHESTER AVE NEAR
01:17:35:00	01:17:37:00	THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE.
01:17:37:00	01:17:38:00	RESIDENTS CALL MY OFFICE EVERY
01:17:38:00	01:17:41:00	DAY AND ASK WHETHER THE BUS
01:17:41:00	01:17:42:00	LANE PILOT HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED
01:17:42:00	01:17:45:00	OR NOT AND IF IT IS ILLEGAL TO
01:17:45:00	01:17:46:00	TURN RIGHT FROM SUMMER ONTO
01:17:46:00	01:17:49:00	MELCHOR BECAUSE OF THE LINES IN
01:17:49:00	01:17:49:00	THE BUSTLING.
01:17:49:00	01:17:52:00	OTHERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
01:17:52:00	01:17:53:00	MISINFORMATION ON THE FUTURE
01:17:53:00	01:17:56:00	OF SUMMER STREET AS PEOPLE
01:17:56:00	01:17:57:00	CONTINUE TO ASK ON SOCIAL MEDIA
01:17:57:00	01:18:00:00	AND IN PERSON ABOUT WHETHER THE
01:18:00:00	01:18:00:00	NEW META REGULATIONS AIMED AT
01:18:00:00	01:18:04:00	BUSTLING ENFORCEMENT AND FINES
01:18:04:00	01:18:07:00	UP TO $125 WILL BE APPLIED TO
01:18:07:00	01:18:07:00	SUMMER STREETS DESPITE THE FACT
01:18:07:00	01:18:11:00	THAT THE PILOT ENDED IN
01:18:11:00	01:18:14:00	SEPTEMBER DESPITE INITIAL
01:18:14:00	01:18:14:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE CITY WHEN
01:18:14:00	01:18:15:00	THE SUMMER BUS SUMMER STREET
01:18:15:00	01:18:18:00	BUS PILOT ENDED.
01:18:18:00	01:18:19:00	THERE HAS BEEN NO UPDATE WITH
01:18:19:00	01:18:19:00	REGARD TO THE REPAINTING
01:18:19:00	01:18:22:00	OF SUMMER STREET SENSE.
01:18:22:00	01:18:23:00	GIVEN THESE ISSUES WE NEED AN
01:18:23:00	01:18:25:00	UPDATE TO RESTORE
01:18:25:00	01:18:26:00	PREDICTABILITY ON THE ROAD AND
01:18:26:00	01:18:29:00	TO WORK TO MINIMIZE ANY
01:18:29:00	01:18:30:00	CONFUSION FOR RESIDENTS AND
01:18:30:00	01:18:30:00	VISITORS ALIKE.
01:18:30:00	01:18:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:18:31:00	01:18:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:18:34:00	01:18:34:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:18:34:00	01:18:35:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:18:35:00	01:18:35:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:18:35:00	01:18:36:00	THEIR NAME?
01:18:36:00	01:18:39:00	MR CLARE REPLIED COUNCILORS
01:18:39:00	01:18:41:00	CLETA ZAPATA, DERRICK BREADON
01:18:41:00	01:18:41:00	FITZGERALD.
01:18:41:00	01:18:42:00	MEJIA MURPHY.
01:18:42:00	01:18:46:00	PIPPIN SANTANA.
01:18:46:00	01:18:47:00	WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR
01:18:47:00	01:18:48:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1018 WILL BE
01:18:48:00	01:18:49:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
01:18:49:00	01:18:49:00	PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
01:18:49:00	01:18:50:00	TRANSPORTATION.
01:18:50:00	01:18:53:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:18:53:00	01:18:55:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1019 NUMBER 1019
01:18:55:00	01:18:55:00	COUNCIL SIGN OFF OF THE
01:18:55:00	01:18:59:00	FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTS
01:18:59:00	01:18:59:00	CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER
01:18:59:00	01:19:02:00	SECTION 17 OF RELATIVE TO WHITE
01:19:02:00	01:19:03:00	STADIUM CONTROL FOR ANY OTHER
01:19:03:00	01:19:03:00	FLOOR.
01:19:03:00	01:19:04:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:19:04:00	01:19:07:00	I FILED THE 17 HAVE TO OBTAIN
01:19:07:00	01:19:08:00	INFORMATION REGARDING HOW THE
01:19:08:00	01:19:10:00	EXISTING PARKLAND AROUND THE
01:19:10:00	01:19:11:00	WHITE STADIUM WILL BE USED FOR
01:19:11:00	01:19:14:00	UTILITY PURPOSES AND WHAT
01:19:14:00	01:19:15:00	PURPOSES EXISTING ROADWAYS IN
01:19:15:00	01:19:19:00	THE CREATION OF A NEW ROADWAY
01:19:19:00	01:19:19:00	THAT SURROUND AND LEAD UP TO
01:19:19:00	01:19:22:00	WHITE STADIUM WILL SERVE.
01:19:22:00	01:19:23:00	I HOPE TO GET THIS IMPORTANT
01:19:23:00	01:19:26:00	INFORMATION THAT WILL SHED
01:19:26:00	01:19:27:00	LIGHT ON THE USE OF THE ROADS
01:19:27:00	01:19:29:00	AS IT RELATES TO VEHICLE
01:19:29:00	01:19:30:00	ACCESS, EGRESS RATES, UTILITY
01:19:30:00	01:19:31:00	RATES AND WHETHER THIS WILL
01:19:31:00	01:19:35:00	IMPACT ARTICLE 97 PROTECTED
01:19:35:00	01:19:35:00	PARK LANE AROUND WHITE STADIUM.
01:19:35:00	01:19:39:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:19:39:00	01:19:39:00	COUNCILOR FREEMAN SEEKS
01:19:39:00	01:19:40:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
01:19:40:00	01:19:41:00	PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1019
01:19:41:00	01:19:42:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
01:19:42:00	01:19:45:00	ALMOST ANYTHING DO DOCKET
01:19:45:00	01:19:46:00	NUMBER 1019 IS PASSED.
01:19:46:00	01:19:46:00	MR CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ
01:19:46:00	01:19:51:00	DOCKET NUMBER 10202I CAN NUMBER
01:19:51:00	01:19:51:00	1020 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE
01:19:51:00	01:19:52:00	FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING
01:19:52:00	01:19:55:00	CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER
01:19:55:00	01:19:56:00	SECTION 17 OF REGARDING CITY
01:19:56:00	01:20:00:00	OF BOSTON EMPLOYEE DEMOGRAPHIC
01:20:00:00	01:20:00:00	DATA.
01:20:00:00	01:20:00:00	THANK YOU.
01:20:00:00	01:20:01:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:20:01:00	01:20:01:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL YOU
01:20:01:00	01:20:06:00	HAVE THE FLOOR THREE THREE
01:20:06:00	01:20:06:00	EXPLANATORY.
01:20:06:00	01:20:07:00	I'M JUST TRYING TO BETTER
01:20:07:00	01:20:10:00	UNDERSTAND THE DEMOGRAPHIC.
01:20:10:00	01:20:11:00	I KNOW THAT WE COULD DO A
01:20:11:00	01:20:14:00	BETTER JOB AND I'M JUST TRYING
01:20:14:00	01:20:18:00	TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE RACE
01:20:18:00	01:20:18:00	DYNAMICS THAT ARE HAPPENING
01:20:18:00	01:20:22:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:20:22:00	01:20:22:00	THANK YOU.
01:20:22:00	01:20:23:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
01:20:23:00	01:20:24:00	HE IS EXPANDING THE RULES AND
01:20:24:00	01:20:25:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1020.
01:20:25:00	01:20:26:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
01:20:26:00	01:20:29:00	OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:20:29:00	01:20:30:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1020 HAS PASSED,
01:20:30:00	01:20:33:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE BE
01:20:33:00	01:20:36:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1021 DARKER
01:20:36:00	01:20:37:00	NUMBERS 1021 COUNCIL WERE ALL
01:20:37:00	01:20:39:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
01:20:39:00	01:20:40:00	RECOGNIZING MAY AS SMALL
01:20:40:00	01:20:41:00	BUSINESS MONTH IN THE CITY
01:20:41:00	01:20:44:00	OF BOSTON THE CHAIR AGAIN AS IS
01:20:44:00	01:20:45:00	COUNCILOR WORE ALCANTARA YOU
01:20:45:00	01:20:45:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:20:45:00	01:20:48:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I
01:20:48:00	01:20:48:00	LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL WEBER AS AN
01:20:48:00	01:20:49:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
01:20:49:00	01:20:52:00	COUNCIL MEMBER SO ADDED AND I
01:20:52:00	01:20:52:00	LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
01:20:52:00	01:20:53:00	OUR COUNCILOR MEJIA IS A THIRD
01:20:53:00	01:20:55:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
01:20:55:00	01:20:56:00	COUNCIL WHERE I'VE SEEN TO
01:20:56:00	01:20:56:00	SPEND THE RULE SIDE
01:20:56:00	01:20:57:00	COUNCILMAN HE IS A THIRD
01:20:57:00	01:20:57:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND
01:20:57:00	01:21:01:00	HEARING NO OBJECTIONS PASSED
01:21:01:00	01:21:01:00	FROM HERE.
01:21:01:00	01:21:02:00	SO ADDED COUNCILOR ARE YOU HAVE
01:21:02:00	01:21:02:00	THE FLOOR.
01:21:02:00	01:21:03:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AS
01:21:03:00	01:21:03:00	CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL
01:21:03:00	01:21:04:00	BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONAL
01:21:04:00	01:21:06:00	LICENSING AND AS A SMALL
01:21:06:00	01:21:07:00	BUSINESS OWNER MYSELF I KNOW
01:21:07:00	01:21:10:00	FIRSTHAND THE GRIT, CREATIVITY
01:21:10:00	01:21:11:00	AND DETERMINATION IT TAKES TO
01:21:11:00	01:21:13:00	BUILD SOMETHING FROM THE GROUND
01:21:13:00	01:21:13:00	UP.
01:21:13:00	01:21:14:00	I'VE ALSO SEEN HOW THAT DRIVE
01:21:14:00	01:21:17:00	IS TOO OFTEN MET WITH RED TAPE,
01:21:17:00	01:21:18:00	LIMITED ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND
01:21:18:00	01:21:21:00	STRUCTURAL BARRIERS ESPECIALLY
01:21:21:00	01:21:22:00	FOR BLACK AND BROWN
01:21:22:00	01:21:22:00	ENTREPRENEURS.
01:21:22:00	01:21:25:00	WE HEARD THIS LOUD AND CLEAR
01:21:25:00	01:21:25:00	DURING OUR RECENT ECONOMIC
01:21:25:00	01:21:26:00	OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION
01:21:26:00	01:21:29:00	BUDGET HEARING WHICH POINTED TO
01:21:29:00	01:21:32:00	THE CITY'S DISPARITY STUDIES.
01:21:32:00	01:21:32:00	THE DATA BACKED WHAT SO MANY IN
01:21:32:00	01:21:35:00	OUR COMMUNITIES ALREADY KNEW
01:21:35:00	01:21:36:00	MWB IS MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESS
01:21:36:00	01:21:36:00	ENTERPRISES.
01:21:36:00	01:21:40:00	FACE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES WHEN
01:21:40:00	01:21:43:00	TRYING TO ACCESS CITY CONTRACTS
01:21:43:00	01:21:44:00	IN BOSTON SMALL BUSINESSES MAKE
01:21:44:00	01:21:46:00	UP OVER 44,000 ESTABLISHMENT
01:21:46:00	01:21:49:00	AND SUPPORT ONE IN EVERY FIVE
01:21:49:00	01:21:49:00	JOBS.
01:21:49:00	01:21:50:00	THEY'RE NOT JUST ECONOMIC
01:21:50:00	01:21:53:00	ENGINES THAT CULTURAL ANCHORS
01:21:53:00	01:21:56:00	ALL ACROSS OUR CITY HAVE HAD
01:21:56:00	01:21:57:00	THE HONOR OF VISITING
01:21:57:00	01:21:57:00	BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT DISTRICT
01:21:57:00	01:22:00:00	FOUR FROM LEGACY BUSINESSES TO
01:22:00:00	01:22:01:00	FIRST TIME ENTREPRENEURS AND
01:22:01:00	01:22:05:00	THEIR PASSION IS UNMATCHED.
01:22:05:00	01:22:06:00	BUT THE CHALLENGES ARE REAL.
01:22:06:00	01:22:08:00	THAT'S WHY PROGRAMS LIKE THIS
01:22:08:00	01:22:09:00	EMPOWER THE RESILIENT
01:22:09:00	01:22:12:00	RECOVERY FUND MULTILINGUAL
01:22:12:00	01:22:13:00	LICENSING SUPPORT AND POP UP
01:22:13:00	01:22:16:00	MARKET GRANTS MATTER.
01:22:16:00	01:22:17:00	THEY REFLECT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
01:22:17:00	01:22:18:00	WE LISTEN, WHEN WE ACT AND WHEN
01:22:18:00	01:22:20:00	WE LET DATA LIKE THE DISPARITY
01:22:20:00	01:22:21:00	STUDY AND THE BARRIERS TO
01:22:21:00	01:22:24:00	BUSINESS REPORT GUIDE US TOWARD
01:22:24:00	01:22:24:00	WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS.
01:22:24:00	01:22:27:00	WHILE THIS RESOLUTION
01:22:27:00	01:22:28:00	RECOGNIZES SMALL BUSINESS MONTH
01:22:28:00	01:22:31:00	IN MAY I SUPPORT CAN'T BE
01:22:31:00	01:22:32:00	SEASONAL IT MUST BE STRUCTURAL
01:22:32:00	01:22:35:00	SUSTAINED INTENTIONAL AND PART
01:22:35:00	01:22:36:00	OF HOW WE DO BUSINESS IN BOSTON
01:22:36:00	01:22:39:00	EVERY SINGLE DAY.
01:22:39:00	01:22:39:00	AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE
01:22:39:00	01:22:40:00	TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS
01:22:40:00	01:22:40:00	RESOLUTION.
01:22:40:00	01:22:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:22:44:00	01:22:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:22:44:00	01:22:45:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS,
01:22:45:00	01:22:45:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WHOEVER
01:22:45:00	01:22:46:00	YOU GET THE FLOOR.
01:22:46:00	01:22:47:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:22:47:00	01:22:51:00	AND THANK YOU TO
01:22:51:00	01:22:54:00	COUNCILOR ARROYO FOR ADDING
01:22:54:00	01:22:55:00	ME IN JAMAICA PLAIN.
01:22:55:00	01:22:57:00	25 YEARS AGO CITY FEED OPENED
01:22:57:00	01:23:01:00	AND AND YOU KNOW THEY WERE ABLE
01:23:01:00	01:23:05:00	TO TO MAKE ENOUGH OF A MARK
01:23:05:00	01:23:06:00	THAT ANOTHER SPACE OPENED UP ON
01:23:06:00	01:23:08:00	CENTER STREET AND THE ISSUE IS
01:23:08:00	01:23:09:00	WHETHER YOU KNOW D'ANGELO
01:23:09:00	01:23:13:00	SANDWICHES WOULD MOVE IN AND I
01:23:13:00	01:23:13:00	CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYONE IN
01:23:13:00	01:23:16:00	JAMAICA PLAIN HAS HAS BENEFITED
01:23:16:00	01:23:19:00	BY CITY FEED MOVING INTO THAT
01:23:19:00	01:23:20:00	SPACE IT'S BEEN A GATHERING
01:23:20:00	01:23:23:00	SPACE FOR FOR YOU KNOW, DECADES
01:23:23:00	01:23:26:00	NOW AND NOT JUST THAT WE HAVE A
01:23:26:00	01:23:27:00	SMALL BUSINESS WHERE THE OWNERS
01:23:27:00	01:23:27:00	LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:23:27:00	01:23:31:00	DAVE AND CHRISTINE, THEIR SON
01:23:31:00	01:23:32:00	HAS GROWN UP WITH MY SON.
01:23:32:00	01:23:35:00	THEY'RE ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM
01:23:35:00	01:23:35:00	BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY TOGETHER
01:23:35:00	01:23:38:00	AND YOU KNOW THOSE KINDS
01:23:38:00	01:23:38:00	OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH SMALL
01:23:38:00	01:23:41:00	BUSINESS OWNERS IN OUR
01:23:41:00	01:23:42:00	COMMUNITIES IS SOMETHING THAT
01:23:42:00	01:23:42:00	SHOULD BENEFIT EVERYONE ACROSS
01:23:42:00	01:23:45:00	THE CITY.
01:23:45:00	01:23:49:00	YOU KNOW, I, I, I WANT TO STAND
01:23:49:00	01:23:50:00	IN SUPPORT OF OUR SMALL
01:23:50:00	01:23:50:00	BUSINESSES.
01:23:50:00	01:23:53:00	YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE
01:23:53:00	01:23:54:00	SUPPORTING OUR COMMERCIAL
01:23:54:00	01:23:58:00	VACANCY DATABASE AND MAYBE A
01:23:58:00	01:24:01:00	TAX AT SOME POINT TO SUPPORT
01:24:01:00	01:24:02:00	YOU KNOW, PUSH LANDLORDS TO
01:24:02:00	01:24:05:00	FILL THOSE EMPTY SPACES WITH
01:24:05:00	01:24:06:00	SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR
01:24:06:00	01:24:08:00	CITY.
01:24:08:00	01:24:09:00	AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO
01:24:09:00	01:24:10:00	WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF.
01:24:10:00	01:24:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:10:00	01:24:13:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:13:00	01:24:14:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST COME FROM
01:24:14:00	01:24:14:00	HERE COMES IN HERE.
01:24:14:00	01:24:15:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:24:15:00	01:24:15:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:24:15:00	01:24:16:00	AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
01:24:16:00	01:24:17:00	FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN THEM ON
01:24:17:00	01:24:17:00	THIS RESOLUTION.
01:24:17:00	01:24:20:00	I AM HONORED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR
01:24:20:00	01:24:21:00	AND RECOGNIZING ME AS SMALL
01:24:21:00	01:24:23:00	BUSINESS MONTH.
01:24:23:00	01:24:24:00	WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SMALL
01:24:24:00	01:24:25:00	BUSINESSES I CAN'T HELP BUT
01:24:25:00	01:24:27:00	THINK IMMEDIATELY OF THE
01:24:27:00	01:24:27:00	ENTREPRENEURS ALONGSIDE GOOGLE
01:24:27:00	01:24:30:00	AND I.
01:24:30:00	01:24:31:00	THESE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO
01:24:31:00	01:24:32:00	FOR YEARS ARE STILL FINDING
01:24:32:00	01:24:36:00	THEMSELVES WITH THE SAME
01:24:36:00	01:24:36:00	CHALLENGE THE ONGOING
01:24:36:00	01:24:36:00	CONSTRUCTION DISRUPTING FOOT
01:24:36:00	01:24:39:00	TRAFFIC ACCESS AND DAILY
01:24:39:00	01:24:39:00	OPERATIONS.
01:24:39:00	01:24:40:00	THESE RESTAURANTS, CLOTHING
01:24:40:00	01:24:43:00	STORES, BARBERSHOPS ALL HAVE
01:24:43:00	01:24:44:00	BEEN THE PILLAR IN OUR
01:24:44:00	01:24:45:00	COMMUNITY AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE
01:24:45:00	01:24:47:00	STRUGGLING.
01:24:47:00	01:24:47:00	AND WHILE WE KNOW
01:24:47:00	01:24:48:00	INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS IS
01:24:48:00	01:24:50:00	NECESSARY, WE MUST ALSO
01:24:50:00	01:24:51:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WITHOUT
01:24:51:00	01:24:51:00	MEANINGFUL SUPPORT THESE
01:24:51:00	01:24:54:00	BUSINESSES MAY NOT SURVIVE AND
01:24:54:00	01:24:55:00	SEE THE BENEFITS OF THOSE
01:24:55:00	01:24:58:00	INVESTMENTS.
01:24:58:00	01:24:59:00	THAT'S WHY THIS THIS RESOLUTION
01:24:59:00	01:24:59:00	REALLY MATTERS.
01:24:59:00	01:25:01:00	IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RECOGNIZING
01:25:01:00	01:25:02:00	SMALL BUSINESS MONTH BUT IT'S
01:25:02:00	01:25:03:00	ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE
01:25:03:00	01:25:05:00	RECOGNIZE WHAT COMES WITH
01:25:05:00	01:25:05:00	ACTION.
01:25:05:00	01:25:06:00	LET'S MAKE SMALL BUSINESS MONTH
01:25:06:00	01:25:09:00	A TURNING POINT ONE WE WILL
01:25:09:00	01:25:09:00	MOVE FROM APPRECIATION TO
01:25:09:00	01:25:12:00	SUSTAINED INVESTMENT.
01:25:12:00	01:25:13:00	WITH THAT IN MIND, I WANT TO
01:25:13:00	01:25:15:00	EXTEND AN INVITATION TO YOU ALL
01:25:15:00	01:25:16:00	TO JOIN US ON MAY 25TH FOR OUR
01:25:16:00	01:25:17:00	MULTICULTURAL, FAIR AND
01:25:17:00	01:25:20:00	COMMUNITY BOUTIQUE AND SO THAT
01:25:20:00	01:25:20:00	WE CAN CIRCULATE THOSE DOLLARS
01:25:20:00	01:25:24:00	RIGHT HERE LOCALLY AND SHOW UP
01:25:24:00	01:25:24:00	IN SOLIDARITY.
01:25:24:00	01:25:25:00	I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FACT
01:25:25:00	01:25:28:00	THAT AT THE AGE OF 12 I BECAME
01:25:28:00	01:25:31:00	AN ENTREPRENEUR AND THERE WAS
01:25:31:00	01:25:32:00	AN INSURANCE AGENCY THAT MOVED
01:25:32:00	01:25:33:00	TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SAID
01:25:33:00	01:25:35:00	TO THEM I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE
01:25:35:00	01:25:36:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON PUT UP A
01:25:36:00	01:25:38:00	FLIER.
01:25:38:00	01:25:39:00	I WANTED A PAIR NIKE'S YOU
01:25:39:00	01:25:43:00	KNOW, FULL DISCLOSURE AND I SAW
01:25:43:00	01:25:44:00	A THEY PRINTED OUT A FLIER AND
01:25:44:00	01:25:46:00	I PASSED IT OUT AT THE AGE
01:25:46:00	01:25:47:00	OF 12 I MADE $26 AND I'VE BEEN
01:25:47:00	01:25:50:00	AN ENTREPRENEUR EVER SINCE.
01:25:50:00	01:25:50:00	AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE
01:25:50:00	01:25:51:00	THINKING ABOUT SUPPORTING SMALL
01:25:51:00	01:25:54:00	BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY HERE
01:25:54:00	01:25:54:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, WE HAVE
01:25:54:00	01:25:57:00	TO THINK ABOUT THAT OFTENTIMES
01:25:57:00	01:25:58:00	WE HAVE A LOT OF ALSO A LOT
01:25:58:00	01:25:59:00	OF MICRO BUSINESSES IN THE CITY
01:25:59:00	01:26:01:00	OF BOSTON.
01:26:01:00	01:26:02:00	MICRO BUSINESSES ARE MADE UP
01:26:02:00	01:26:05:00	PRIMARILY OF IMMIGRANT BLACK
01:26:05:00	01:26:08:00	AND BROWN BUSINESS OWNERS WHO
01:26:08:00	01:26:08:00	MAKE UNDER $200,000 A YEAR AND
01:26:08:00	01:26:11:00	HAVE LESS THAN TEN EMPLOYEES.
01:26:11:00	01:26:12:00	WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SMALL
01:26:12:00	01:26:15:00	BUSINESSES THAT'S ALSO MAKE
01:26:15:00	01:26:15:00	SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT
01:26:15:00	01:26:16:00	THERE ARE MICRO BUSINESSES THAT
01:26:16:00	01:26:19:00	ARE ALSO NEED OUR HELP.
01:26:19:00	01:26:20:00	SO HAPPY SMALL BUSINESS MONTH
01:26:20:00	01:26:22:00	WILL BE SHOWCASING BUSINESSES
01:26:22:00	01:26:23:00	THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH ON
01:26:23:00	01:26:23:00	OUR INSTAGRAM.
01:26:23:00	01:26:24:00	THANK YOU.
01:26:24:00	01:26:27:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA.
01:26:27:00	01:26:27:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:26:27:00	01:26:28:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:26:28:00	01:26:30:00	I WANT TO JUST TAKE THE FILERS
01:26:30:00	01:26:31:00	FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD.
01:26:31:00	01:26:33:00	SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE HEART
01:26:33:00	01:26:34:00	BONE ARE THAT ARE THE HEARTBEAT
01:26:34:00	01:26:37:00	AND THE BACKBONE OF OUR OF OUR
01:26:37:00	01:26:41:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND OF OUR OF OUR
01:26:41:00	01:26:41:00	CITY.
01:26:41:00	01:26:42:00	SO JUST TO HAPPY SMALL BUSINESS
01:26:42:00	01:26:42:00	MONTH EVERYONE.
01:26:42:00	01:26:44:00	I WANT TO THANK THE CITY.
01:26:44:00	01:26:45:00	I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
01:26:45:00	01:26:49:00	FOR ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYONE
01:26:49:00	01:26:49:00	DOES TO UPLIFT OUR SMALL
01:26:49:00	01:26:52:00	BUSINESSES COUNCIL LAUREL WEBER
01:26:52:00	01:26:53:00	AND MAHI IS EXPANSION OF THE
01:26:53:00	01:26:54:00	RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKING
01:26:54:00	01:26:57:00	NUMBER ONES ARE WOULD ANYONE
01:26:57:00	01:26:58:00	ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
01:26:58:00	01:26:58:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE THAT
01:26:58:00	01:27:00:00	COUNCIL IS GREAT IN CLAUDIA
01:27:00:00	01:27:01:00	ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN
01:27:01:00	01:27:03:00	MURPHY THE PEN SANTANA.
01:27:03:00	01:27:07:00	AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
01:27:07:00	01:27:12:00	COUNCILORS WORL WEBER AND MEJIA
01:27:12:00	01:27:13:00	620 OF THE RULES AND PASS AND
01:27:13:00	01:27:14:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1021.
01:27:14:00	01:27:18:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THIS
01:27:18:00	01:27:18:00	DOCKET HAS PASSED.
01:27:18:00	01:27:20:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:27:20:00	01:27:23:00	DOCKET NUMBER 011022.1022
01:27:23:00	01:27:26:00	COUNCIL IS COLORED AS A TO AND
01:27:26:00	01:27:27:00	WEBER OFFER THE FOLLOWING
01:27:27:00	01:27:30:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY SIX,
01:27:30:00	01:27:31:00	2025 AS WORLD ASTHMA DAY IN THE
01:27:31:00	01:27:35:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
01:27:35:00	01:27:35:00	THANK YOU.
01:27:35:00	01:27:36:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:27:36:00	01:27:36:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA.
01:27:36:00	01:27:37:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:27:37:00	01:27:38:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:27:38:00	01:27:38:00	AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK
01:27:38:00	01:27:39:00	COUNCILOR WEBER WHO WAS THE
01:27:39:00	01:27:42:00	ORIGINATOR OF THIS DOCKET.
01:27:42:00	01:27:43:00	I THINK AT SOME POINT THERE WAS
01:27:43:00	01:27:43:00	A SCHEDULING CONFLICT SO WE
01:27:43:00	01:27:44:00	WERE WORRIED WHETHER OR NOT YOU
01:27:44:00	01:27:45:00	WERE GOING TO BE HERE BUT
01:27:45:00	01:27:46:00	THRILLED TO BE ADDED TO THIS.
01:27:46:00	01:27:47:00	AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:27:47:00	01:27:49:00	LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
01:27:49:00	01:27:50:00	BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD
01:27:50:00	01:27:53:00	COUNCILOR PIPPEN AS A THIRD
01:27:53:00	01:27:53:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR THAT HAS
01:27:53:00	01:27:56:00	THE POWER TO SUSPEND THE RULES,
01:27:56:00	01:27:57:00	ADD COUNCIL AS A THIRD ORIGINAL
01:27:57:00	01:27:58:00	CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING
01:27:58:00	01:28:01:00	NO OBJECTIONS COMES WITH
01:28:01:00	01:28:01:00	PENDING.
01:28:01:00	01:28:02:00	SO ADDED COUNCILOR CLAUDE AS A
01:28:02:00	01:28:02:00	PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:28:02:00	01:28:03:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
01:28:03:00	01:28:03:00	PRESIDENT.
01:28:03:00	01:28:04:00	YESTERDAY I WAS THRILLED TO
01:28:04:00	01:28:07:00	JOIN DOZENS OF CLEAN AIR, CLEAN
01:28:07:00	01:28:07:00	WATER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:28:07:00	01:28:11:00	ORGANIZATIONS CALLING AWARENESS
01:28:11:00	01:28:11:00	TO WORLD ASTHMA DAY WITH A CALL
01:28:11:00	01:28:15:00	TO ACTION THIS YEAR THE THEME
01:28:15:00	01:28:16:00	BEING ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS
01:28:16:00	01:28:19:00	TO MEDICATION TO TREAT ASTHMA.
01:28:19:00	01:28:23:00	I MYSELF DO NOT HAVE ASTHMA BUT
01:28:23:00	01:28:23:00	THERE ARE FRIENDS OF MINE WHO
01:28:23:00	01:28:27:00	HAVE HAD INHALERS LITERALLY
01:28:27:00	01:28:30:00	PAID FOR BY MASSPORT AND I'LL
01:28:30:00	01:28:31:00	GET TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
01:28:31:00	01:28:32:00	BUT WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME WITH
01:28:32:00	01:28:34:00	THIS PARTICULAR EVENT IS THAT
01:28:34:00	01:28:35:00	THE MAJORITY OF THE SPEAKING
01:28:35:00	01:28:38:00	PROGRAM WAS DEDICATED TO HAVING
01:28:38:00	01:28:41:00	THE YOUTH SPEAK WHICH I
01:28:41:00	01:28:41:00	ABSOLUTELY LOVED.
01:28:41:00	01:28:45:00	I WAS SO INSPIRED BY THEM AND
01:28:45:00	01:28:49:00	THEIR COMMON CALL TO ALL OF US
01:28:49:00	01:28:50:00	TO THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM WAS
01:28:50:00	01:28:52:00	FOR US TO DO BETTER AND FOR US
01:28:52:00	01:28:56:00	TO FIGHT HARDER FOR THEIR GOD
01:28:56:00	01:28:57:00	GIVEN HUMAN RIGHT TO JUST
01:28:57:00	01:29:00:00	BREATHE CLEAN AIR IN MY LIFE I
01:29:00:00	01:29:03:00	WEAR MANY HATS BUT FIRST AND
01:29:03:00	01:29:03:00	FOREMOST I'M A LIFELONG EAST
01:29:03:00	01:29:03:00	BOSTON RESIDENT.
01:29:03:00	01:29:06:00	I'M PROUD TO HAVE GROWN UP
01:29:06:00	01:29:07:00	THERE AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
01:29:07:00	01:29:07:00	IT MEANS TO LIVE IN
01:29:07:00	01:29:10:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY
01:29:10:00	01:29:14:00	AND AT ITS CORE ESTY HAS THIS
01:29:14:00	01:29:15:00	ACTIVIST HEART RELATED TO
01:29:15:00	01:29:18:00	DIRECTLY RELATED TO LOCAL
01:29:18:00	01:29:18:00	ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION.
01:29:18:00	01:29:19:00	IT STARTED WITH THE MAVERICK
01:29:19:00	01:29:22:00	STREET MOTHERS AND THEN MY OWN
01:29:22:00	01:29:22:00	MOTHER BRINGING ME TO PROTEST
01:29:22:00	01:29:23:00	AGAINST AIRPORT RUNWAY
01:29:23:00	01:29:26:00	EXPANSION IN THE 1990S.
01:29:26:00	01:29:27:00	THERE'S A PHOTO OF ME WITH MY
01:29:27:00	01:29:30:00	PREDECESSOR DIANE MONICA WITH A
01:29:30:00	01:29:33:00	SIGN THAT SAYS NO RUNWAY 1432
01:29:33:00	01:29:33:00	WHICH NOW UNFORTUNATELY GOES
01:29:33:00	01:29:37:00	RIGHT OVER MY MY HOUSE.
01:29:37:00	01:29:38:00	AND SO MY ENTIRE LIFE I HAVE
01:29:38:00	01:29:40:00	BEEN BREATHING IN ULTRAFINE
01:29:40:00	01:29:41:00	PARTICULATE MATTERS SO HAVE
01:29:41:00	01:29:44:00	OTHER GENERATIONS OF EAST
01:29:44:00	01:29:44:00	BOSTONIANS.
01:29:44:00	01:29:45:00	AGAIN I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE
01:29:45:00	01:29:48:00	HAD INHALERS PAID FOR BY
01:29:48:00	01:29:49:00	MASSPORT FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
01:29:49:00	01:29:53:00	HAVE HAD COPD AND WE KNOW IN
01:29:53:00	01:29:53:00	THE DATA SAYS THAT EAST BOSTON
01:29:53:00	01:29:56:00	RESIDENTS HAVE HIGHER RATES
01:29:56:00	01:29:57:00	OF BOTH AND THAT MADE US IN
01:29:57:00	01:30:00:00	SOME AN UNFORTUNATE TWISTED
01:30:00:00	01:30:00:00	TWIST OF FATE.
01:30:00:00	01:30:04:00	BUT THAT MADE US THAT MUCH MORE
01:30:04:00	01:30:07:00	VULNERABLE TO THE COVID 19
01:30:07:00	01:30:10:00	PANDEMIC WHEN IT HAPPENED TO US
01:30:10:00	01:30:10:00	.
01:30:10:00	01:30:11:00	I DO A LOT OF LIKE BREATH WORK.
01:30:11:00	01:30:12:00	I THINK BECAUSE OF THIS JOB WE
01:30:12:00	01:30:14:00	ALL HAVE TO MEDITATE SOMETIMES
01:30:14:00	01:30:14:00	AND I FEEL MYSELF WHENEVER I
01:30:14:00	01:30:18:00	GET ANXIOUS MY BREATH IS VERY
01:30:18:00	01:30:18:00	SHALLOW.
01:30:18:00	01:30:21:00	BREATH IS SUPPOSED TO BE SACRED
01:30:21:00	01:30:21:00	.
01:30:21:00	01:30:22:00	IT'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE US LIFE
01:30:22:00	01:30:25:00	BUT IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT
01:30:25:00	01:30:26:00	DEPENDING ON YOUR ZIP CODE IT
01:30:26:00	01:30:29:00	COULD ALSO SLOWLY KILL YOU AND
01:30:29:00	01:30:30:00	THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE
01:30:30:00	01:30:31:00	DEALING WITH IN EAST BOSTON AND
01:30:31:00	01:30:33:00	IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:30:33:00	01:30:34:00	NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY,
01:30:34:00	01:30:36:00	BOSTON AND AROUND THE WORLD.
01:30:36:00	01:30:37:00	AND SO WORLD ASTHMA DAY IS FOR
01:30:37:00	01:30:38:00	AWARENESS.
01:30:38:00	01:30:41:00	IT'S A CALL TO ACTION FOR A
01:30:41:00	01:30:41:00	GREENER, CLEANER, MORE
01:30:41:00	01:30:41:00	SUSTAINABLE EARTH.
01:30:41:00	01:30:45:00	IT'S ALSO ABOUT PRESERVING THE
01:30:45:00	01:30:45:00	ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES WE HAVE
01:30:45:00	01:30:48:00	ON THIS PLANET WITHOUT HARMING
01:30:48:00	01:30:53:00	IT AND US IN THE PROCESS.
01:30:53:00	01:30:53:00	AND SO I'M UTILIZING THIS TIME
01:30:53:00	01:30:54:00	I KNOW MY TIME IS UP BUT I WANT
01:30:54:00	01:30:56:00	TO UTILIZE THIS TIME FOR ALL
01:30:56:00	01:30:57:00	OF US JUST TO RECOMMIT
01:30:57:00	01:30:59:00	OURSELVES TO THIS FIGHT
01:30:59:00	01:31:00:00	ESPECIALLY WITH HISTORIC
01:31:00:00	01:31:00:00	FEDERAL ROLLBACKS IN
01:31:00:00	01:31:03:00	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT
01:31:03:00	01:31:04:00	WERE MEANT TO PROTECT US TO
01:31:04:00	01:31:05:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BREATHING
01:31:05:00	01:31:07:00	CLEAN AIR AND HAVING CLEAN
01:31:07:00	01:31:09:00	WATER AND AS LONG AS I'M
01:31:09:00	01:31:10:00	COUNCILOR BUT AGAIN FIRST AND
01:31:10:00	01:31:11:00	FOREMOST AS AN EAST BOSTON
01:31:11:00	01:31:11:00	RESIDENT THIS WILL ALWAYS BE
01:31:11:00	01:31:14:00	WORTH THAT I'M EXTREMELY
01:31:14:00	01:31:15:00	PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THANK YOU
01:31:15:00	01:31:15:00	ALL OF YOU TO YOUR PARTNERSHIP
01:31:15:00	01:31:20:00	AND THANK YOU.
01:31:20:00	01:31:21:00	THANK YOU AS A PART OF THE
01:31:21:00	01:31:21:00	CHAIR OF THIS COUNCIL WHERE YOU
01:31:21:00	01:31:21:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:31:21:00	01:31:22:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK
01:31:22:00	01:31:23:00	YOU TO COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA
01:31:23:00	01:31:25:00	FOR JOINING ME ON THIS.
01:31:25:00	01:31:26:00	AND COUNCILOR PEPEN, THIS IS
01:31:26:00	01:31:26:00	PERSONAL FOR ME.
01:31:26:00	01:31:29:00	I STRUGGLE WITH ASTHMA UP UNTIL
01:31:29:00	01:31:30:00	I WAS ABOUT 18 I CARRIED AROUND
01:31:30:00	01:31:30:00	THE INHALER.
01:31:30:00	01:31:33:00	YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN USING IT,
01:31:33:00	01:31:33:00	YOU KNOW, BEFORE GETTING ON THE
01:31:33:00	01:31:35:00	SOCCER FIELD OR JUST WALKING TO
01:31:35:00	01:31:40:00	SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND SO I KNOW
01:31:40:00	01:31:43:00	THE STRUGGLE I'D LIKE TO YOU
01:31:43:00	01:31:44:00	KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AIR QUALITY IS
01:31:44:00	01:31:46:00	A MEAT HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON
01:31:46:00	01:31:47:00	ASTHMA.
01:31:47:00	01:31:47:00	I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OTHER
01:31:47:00	01:31:51:00	FACTOR A RECENT STUDY FOUND
01:31:51:00	01:31:54:00	THAT IN BOSTON THE PRIMARY
01:31:54:00	01:31:55:00	DETERMINATION OR EXPLAINER
01:31:55:00	01:31:58:00	OF RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ASTHMA
01:31:58:00	01:32:02:00	RATES WAS HOUSING QUALITY.
01:32:02:00	01:32:03:00	YOU KNOW, AS COUNCILOR MCKEON
01:32:03:00	01:32:06:00	AND I IN TURIN MILDRED HAYLEY,
01:32:06:00	01:32:06:00	WE SPOKE TO A YOUNG MOTHER
01:32:06:00	01:32:09:00	WHOSE APARTMENT WAS YOU COULD
01:32:09:00	01:32:10:00	SEE BUGS IN THE WALLS AND
01:32:10:00	01:32:13:00	RODENTS IN THE HALLWAYS AND
01:32:13:00	01:32:13:00	THAT FOR HER HER DAUGHTER HAD
01:32:13:00	01:32:16:00	ASTHMA AND STRUGGLED WITH
01:32:16:00	01:32:17:00	ASTHMA AND THOSE THINGS ARE
01:32:17:00	01:32:20:00	IMPACTING OUR KIDS TOO.
01:32:20:00	01:32:21:00	AND IN ADDITION TO CUTS CUTTING
01:32:21:00	01:32:24:00	CUTBACKS ON, YOU KNOW, AIR
01:32:24:00	01:32:25:00	QUALITY MEASUREMENTS, THE TRUMP
01:32:25:00	01:32:27:00	ADMINISTRATION HAS CUT HOUSING.
01:32:27:00	01:32:32:00	YOU KNOW, IT'S CUT HOUSING
01:32:32:00	01:32:33:00	FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FEDERAL
01:32:33:00	01:32:34:00	HOUSING PROGRAMS BY 43%.
01:32:34:00	01:32:38:00	YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T ALLOW THIS
01:32:38:00	01:32:38:00	TO HAPPEN.
01:32:38:00	01:32:39:00	PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE QUALITY
01:32:39:00	01:32:42:00	HOUSING IN OUR CITY AND I DO
01:32:42:00	01:32:43:00	THINK THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED
01:32:43:00	01:32:47:00	TO ASTHMA AND WE DO WHAT'S ONE
01:32:47:00	01:32:47:00	OF OUR BEST TOOLS FOR FIGHTING
01:32:47:00	01:32:47:00	THIS.
01:32:47:00	01:32:50:00	SO I HOPE ALL JOIN TOGETHER AND
01:32:50:00	01:32:54:00	WE THINK ABOUT HOUSING AND AIR
01:32:54:00	01:32:54:00	QUALITY IN OUR IN OUR KIDS AND
01:32:54:00	01:32:55:00	ASTHMA RATES.
01:32:55:00	01:32:57:00	THEY ALL COME TOGETHER AND JUST
01:32:57:00	01:32:58:00	A CALL TO ACTION.
01:32:58:00	01:33:04:00	I THINK FOR ALL OF US.
01:33:04:00	01:33:04:00	THANK YOU.
01:33:04:00	01:33:04:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
01:33:04:00	01:33:05:00	WHOEVER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:33:05:00	01:33:05:00	COMES A BIT BEND COMES A BIT
01:33:05:00	01:33:06:00	PANNING OUT THE FLOOR.
01:33:06:00	01:33:06:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:33:06:00	01:33:09:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
01:33:09:00	01:33:09:00	ADAM AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR,
01:33:09:00	01:33:10:00	THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S ALSO
01:33:10:00	01:33:13:00	PERSONAL TO ME AS I DEVELOPED
01:33:13:00	01:33:15:00	ASTHMA AND STILL DEAL WITH IT
01:33:15:00	01:33:16:00	STILL TO THIS DAY AND I'M VERY
01:33:16:00	01:33:20:00	HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
01:33:20:00	01:33:20:00	COUNCILOR WEBER SAID THAT IT
01:33:20:00	01:33:24:00	TRULY IS BECAUSE OF HOUSING MY
01:33:24:00	01:33:25:00	DAUGHTERS I REMEMBER PEDIATRICS
01:33:25:00	01:33:27:00	ON MY FAMILY THAT IT'S PROBABLY
01:33:27:00	01:33:28:00	DUE TO MOLD THAT WAS FOUND IN
01:33:28:00	01:33:31:00	THE WALLS OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
01:33:31:00	01:33:32:00	I GREW UP IN CHARLESTOWN IN THE
01:33:32:00	01:33:35:00	PUBLIC HOUSING BUT ALSO THE
01:33:35:00	01:33:36:00	FACT THAT I LIVED RIGHT BEHIND
01:33:36:00	01:33:39:00	A BUS YARD FOR THE SCHOOL
01:33:39:00	01:33:39:00	BUSSES AS WELL AND I'M GLAD
01:33:39:00	01:33:40:00	THAT THE CITY IS MOVING TO
01:33:40:00	01:33:43:00	ELECTRIFY THE SCHOOL BUS FLEET
01:33:43:00	01:33:44:00	BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
01:33:44:00	01:33:46:00	DEFINITELY IMPACTS OUR AIR
01:33:46:00	01:33:47:00	QUALITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:33:47:00	01:33:50:00	I NOW AS A CITY
01:33:50:00	01:33:51:00	COUNCILOR REPRESENTING ONE
01:33:51:00	01:33:51:00	OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ACTUALLY
01:33:51:00	01:33:55:00	THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE
01:33:55:00	01:33:55:00	HIGHEST RATE OF CHILDHOOD
01:33:55:00	01:33:58:00	ASTHMA WHICH IS MATTAPAN AND
01:33:58:00	01:34:02:00	THAT COMMUNITY IS CONTINUOUSLY
01:34:02:00	01:34:03:00	RANKED NUMBER 1 TO 2 REALLY
01:34:03:00	01:34:06:00	STRONG IS A COMMUNITY VERY
01:34:06:00	01:34:06:00	THANKFUL TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
01:34:06:00	01:34:07:00	MATTAPAN FOOD AND FITNESS, THE
01:34:07:00	01:34:10:00	EDGEWATER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD
01:34:10:00	01:34:10:00	ASSOCIATION THEY NOW HAVE AN
01:34:10:00	01:34:11:00	EDGEWATER FOOD FORCE WHICH
01:34:11:00	01:34:14:00	PROVIDES NATURAL SPACE FOR
01:34:14:00	01:34:17:00	PEOPLE TO GATHER BUT THERE'S A
01:34:17:00	01:34:18:00	LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT
01:34:18:00	01:34:18:00	COMMUNITY.
01:34:18:00	01:34:19:00	THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSING
01:34:19:00	01:34:22:00	ADVOCACY THAT WE NEED TO DO, A
01:34:22:00	01:34:23:00	LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY
01:34:23:00	01:34:25:00	THAT WE NEED TO DO AN ASTHMA
01:34:25:00	01:34:29:00	ASTHMA IS A LIFE IMPACTING
01:34:29:00	01:34:30:00	THING THAT YOU COULD DEAL WITH.
01:34:30:00	01:34:33:00	I IT'S LIKE I KID AROUND ABOUT
01:34:33:00	01:34:34:00	THIS BUT IT'S REALLY THE REASON
01:34:34:00	01:34:35:00	WHY I DIDN'T PURSUE A CAREER IN
01:34:35:00	01:34:38:00	BEING A FIREFIGHTER THAT I
01:34:38:00	01:34:39:00	REALLY WANT TO BE A FIREFIGHTER
01:34:39:00	01:34:41:00	WHEN I WAS A KID BUT MY ASTHMA
01:34:41:00	01:34:42:00	WAS REALLY BAD SO I JUST SAID
01:34:42:00	01:34:45:00	NEVER MIND SO I'M JUST REALLY
01:34:45:00	01:34:46:00	GLAD TO BE THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR
01:34:46:00	01:34:46:00	HERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
01:34:46:00	01:34:49:00	CONTINUE TO SHINE A LIGHT ON
01:34:49:00	01:34:49:00	THIS.
01:34:49:00	01:34:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:34:50:00	01:34:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:34:50:00	01:34:52:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN, THE CHAIR
01:34:52:00	01:34:53:00	AGAIN THIS COUNTRY FLYNN, YOU
01:34:53:00	01:34:53:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:34:53:00	01:34:54:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:34:54:00	01:34:56:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS
01:34:56:00	01:34:59:00	FOR FILING THIS IMPORTANT
01:34:59:00	01:34:59:00	RESOLUTION.
01:34:59:00	01:35:03:00	IT'S CRITICAL MY MY COMMUNITY
01:35:03:00	01:35:04:00	IN CHINATOWN, AS YOU ALL KNOW,
01:35:04:00	01:35:07:00	HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ASTHMA
01:35:07:00	01:35:08:00	RATES AND IN NEW ENGLAND FOR
01:35:08:00	01:35:13:00	FOR MANY REASONS CERTAINLY
01:35:13:00	01:35:16:00	BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO THE
01:35:16:00	01:35:17:00	HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND 93 AND 95
01:35:17:00	01:35:20:00	BUT ALSO TO THE SOUTH STATION
01:35:20:00	01:35:21:00	AREA WITH THE TRAINS AND THE
01:35:21:00	01:35:25:00	BUSSES ESPECIALLY THE BUSSES AS
01:35:25:00	01:35:25:00	IS COUNCILOR PEPEN WAS TALKING
01:35:25:00	01:35:29:00	ABOUT THE BUSSES OF RUNNING
01:35:29:00	01:35:29:00	RUNNING THEIR ENGINES SO LONG
01:35:29:00	01:35:32:00	AND THAT THOSE FUMES GO RIGHT
01:35:32:00	01:35:33:00	INTO INTO CHINATOWN INTO THE
01:35:33:00	01:35:36:00	SOUTH END UNTIL THE LEATHER
01:35:36:00	01:35:36:00	DISTRICT AS WELL.
01:35:36:00	01:35:40:00	SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
01:35:40:00	01:35:43:00	DISCUSSION THE ONE OF THE ONE
01:35:43:00	01:35:44:00	OF THE ISSUES I WANTED TO
01:35:44:00	01:35:44:00	HIGHLIGHT I THINK WAS
01:35:44:00	01:35:47:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA MENTIONED IT
01:35:47:00	01:35:50:00	IS PEST CONTROL ALSO HAS A
01:35:50:00	01:35:54:00	CRITICAL IMPACT ON ASTHMA RATES
01:35:54:00	01:35:54:00	.
01:35:54:00	01:35:55:00	THAT'S WHY I REALLY HAVE
01:35:55:00	01:35:55:00	FOCUSED ON PEST CONTROL MY
01:35:55:00	01:35:58:00	ENTIRE TIME ON THE CITY
01:35:58:00	01:35:59:00	COUNCIL IF IF THERE'S IF THERE
01:35:59:00	01:36:02:00	ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE EXPOSED
01:36:02:00	01:36:05:00	FREQUENTLY TO MICE AND TO RATS,
01:36:05:00	01:36:09:00	WELL THEIR ASTHMA RATES GO UP.
01:36:09:00	01:36:10:00	I'VE ALSO BEEN I ALSO HAVE
01:36:10:00	01:36:12:00	ASTHMA AND I, I DEVELOPED IT
01:36:12:00	01:36:13:00	WHILE SERVING IN THE NAVY AND I
01:36:13:00	01:36:16:00	GOT IT FROM SOMETHING CALLED
01:36:16:00	01:36:17:00	BURN PITS SO IT IT'S IT'S
01:36:17:00	01:36:21:00	IMPACTED MY BREATHING SINCE I
01:36:21:00	01:36:25:00	SINCE I RETIRED IT.
01:36:25:00	01:36:25:00	BUT ANYWAY I JUST WANT TO THANK
01:36:25:00	01:36:26:00	THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS
01:36:26:00	01:36:29:00	IMPORTANT DOCUMENT FORWARD AND
01:36:29:00	01:36:29:00	IT'S ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
01:36:29:00	01:36:33:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL BUT ESPECIALLY
01:36:33:00	01:36:37:00	FOR RESIDENTS THAT REALLY DON'T
01:36:37:00	01:36:37:00	HAVE A VOICE IN GOVERNMENT.
01:36:37:00	01:36:41:00	IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO SPEAK
01:36:41:00	01:36:42:00	OUT AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM.
01:36:42:00	01:36:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:36:42:00	01:36:45:00	THANK YOU.
01:36:45:00	01:36:46:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME JOIN
01:36:46:00	01:36:46:00	MEJIA COMES I'M HERE.
01:36:46:00	01:36:46:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:36:46:00	01:36:47:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:36:47:00	01:36:48:00	I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
01:36:48:00	01:36:52:00	FOR RECOGNIZING I TOO HAVE
01:36:52:00	01:36:52:00	ASTHMA.
01:36:52:00	01:36:52:00	I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY'S COMING
01:36:52:00	01:36:53:00	OUT OF THE ASTHMA CLOSET TODAY
01:36:53:00	01:36:56:00	IN CASE I NEED A I USED TO READ
01:36:56:00	01:36:57:00	ALBUTEROL IN CASE YOU ALL HAVE
01:36:57:00	01:37:00:00	ANY ON HAND AND I CAN'T BREATHE
01:37:00:00	01:37:00:00	JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT I USE.
01:37:00:00	01:37:03:00	SO I'M JUST LETTING EVERYBODY
01:37:03:00	01:37:03:00	KNOW IN CASE YOU SEE
01:37:03:00	01:37:04:00	ME WHEEZING.
01:37:04:00	01:37:07:00	BUT I DO WANT TO JUST ALSO
01:37:07:00	01:37:10:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT TO
01:37:10:00	01:37:11:00	COUNSELOR FLYNN AND COUNSELOR
01:37:11:00	01:37:16:00	WEBER HIS POINT IN REGARDS TO
01:37:16:00	01:37:17:00	RUINS AND ROACHES AND MICE I'M
01:37:17:00	01:37:19:00	JUST GOING TO NAME THE THE BUGS
01:37:19:00	01:37:20:00	THAT I KNOW I GREW UP WITH
01:37:20:00	01:37:23:00	LITERALLY THAT WAS WHAT
01:37:23:00	01:37:24:00	TRIGGERED MY ASTHMA.
01:37:24:00	01:37:27:00	AND WHEN WE DID OUR TOUR SOME
01:37:27:00	01:37:27:00	OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
01:37:27:00	01:37:28:00	BOTH IN JAMAICA PLAIN IN SOUTH
01:37:28:00	01:37:31:00	BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN THAT IT
01:37:31:00	01:37:33:00	WAS THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT
01:37:33:00	01:37:36:00	THAT WE HEARD FROM ACROSS ALL
01:37:36:00	01:37:37:00	HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IS REALLY
01:37:37:00	01:37:41:00	ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THAT THE
01:37:41:00	01:37:44:00	RUINS ARE HAVING ON OUR
01:37:44:00	01:37:48:00	RESIDENTS AND I THINK THOSE ARE
01:37:48:00	01:37:49:00	THE THINGS THAT ON A
01:37:49:00	01:37:50:00	COUNCIL LEVEL THAT THESE ARE
01:37:50:00	01:37:52:00	THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO
01:37:52:00	01:37:53:00	REALLY SEE THE INTERSECTION
01:37:53:00	01:37:56:00	OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH
01:37:56:00	01:37:56:00	AND ALSO PEST CONTROL AND HOW
01:37:56:00	01:37:59:00	ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
01:37:59:00	01:37:59:00	INTERCONNECTED.
01:37:59:00	01:38:00:00	SO REALLY HAPPY TO BE I DON'T
01:38:00:00	01:38:03:00	KNOW IF I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE
01:38:03:00	01:38:04:00	CELEBRATING WORLD ASTHMA DAY
01:38:04:00	01:38:07:00	BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS WEIRD BUT I
01:38:07:00	01:38:08:00	WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS
01:38:08:00	01:38:11:00	SOME WORK FOR ALL OF US TO BE
01:38:11:00	01:38:12:00	DOING AS IT RELATES TO ADVOCACY
01:38:12:00	01:38:15:00	IN THIS SPACE SO I WANT TO
01:38:15:00	01:38:15:00	THANK THE MAKERS AND LET'S KEEP
01:38:15:00	01:38:18:00	DOING THE WORK.
01:38:18:00	01:38:19:00	THANK YOU.
01:38:19:00	01:38:19:00	THANK YOU.
01:38:19:00	01:38:20:00	I TOO WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS.
01:38:20:00	01:38:21:00	I THINK THIS IS IT'S INCREDIBLY
01:38:21:00	01:38:23:00	IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE THAT
01:38:23:00	01:38:23:00	PEOPLE IN OUR CITY HAVE ACCESS
01:38:23:00	01:38:26:00	TO CLEAN AIR ESPECIALLY IN
01:38:26:00	01:38:27:00	BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
01:38:27:00	01:38:27:00	WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A HYPER
01:38:27:00	01:38:30:00	PREDOMINANCE OF OF OF ASTHMA.
01:38:30:00	01:38:34:00	SO THANK YOU FOR FOR UPLIFTING
01:38:34:00	01:38:35:00	THIS AWARENESS AND THANK YOU
01:38:35:00	01:38:38:00	FOR THE WORK THAT THE CITY AND
01:38:38:00	01:38:39:00	HERE ON THE HOUSE THAT WE'RE
01:38:39:00	01:38:40:00	DOING ON THIS ISSUE BUT ANYONE
01:38:40:00	01:38:42:00	ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
01:38:42:00	01:38:43:00	MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
01:38:43:00	01:38:46:00	ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK
01:38:46:00	01:38:46:00	PLEASED COUNCILORS BREADON
01:38:46:00	01:38:50:00	DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN MEJIA
01:38:50:00	01:38:54:00	MURPHY SANTANA WORLD PLEASE ADD
01:38:54:00	01:38:54:00	THE CHAIR COUNCILORS
01:38:54:00	01:38:57:00	COVER ZAPATA WEBER AND PIPPINS
01:38:57:00	01:38:58:00	SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
01:38:58:00	01:38:59:00	SEEKS A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
01:38:59:00	01:39:02:00	AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER
01:39:02:00	01:39:05:00	1022 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
01:39:05:00	01:39:06:00	OPPOSING A THE AYES HAVE IT
01:39:06:00	01:39:09:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
01:39:09:00	01:39:10:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:39:10:00	01:39:12:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1023I NUMBER 1023
01:39:12:00	01:39:13:00	COUNCILOR LET ME HEAR FOR THE
01:39:13:00	01:39:16:00	FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO
01:39:16:00	01:39:18:00	DECLARING MAY 7TH, 2025 LATINO
01:39:18:00	01:39:23:00	BASEBALL LEAGUE WELLNESS DAY.
01:39:23:00	01:39:24:00	THANK YOU.
01:39:24:00	01:39:24:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:39:24:00	01:39:26:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR YOU
01:39:26:00	01:39:26:00	HAD THE FLOOR.
01:39:26:00	01:39:27:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:39:27:00	01:39:30:00	AND JUST THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL
01:39:30:00	01:39:31:00	MY COLLEAGUES WHO SHOWED UP
01:39:31:00	01:39:33:00	LITERALLY FOR OUR LATINO
01:39:33:00	01:39:34:00	BASEBALL PLAYERS SPECIFICALLY
01:39:34:00	01:39:37:00	AROUND THE WELLNESS I THINK
01:39:37:00	01:39:38:00	THAT OFTENTIMES WE THINK
01:39:38:00	01:39:38:00	OF SPORTS IS JUST SOMETHING AS
01:39:38:00	01:39:41:00	PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BUT IN MANY
01:39:41:00	01:39:41:00	WAYS IT'S DEEPLY ROOTED
01:39:41:00	01:39:44:00	OFTENTIMES IN ALSO THE SOCIAL
01:39:44:00	01:39:44:00	AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
01:39:44:00	01:39:45:00	OF THOSE WHO PLAY.
01:39:45:00	01:39:48:00	SO TODAY I AM PROUD TO FILE A
01:39:48:00	01:39:49:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 7TH
01:39:49:00	01:39:52:00	AS LATINO BASEBALL LEAGUE
01:39:52:00	01:39:53:00	WELLNESS DAY IN THE CITY
01:39:53:00	01:39:53:00	OF BOSTON THIS MORNING WE CAME
01:39:53:00	01:39:56:00	TOGETHER IN AND AND REMEMBRANCE
01:39:56:00	01:39:57:00	AND PRIDE TO HONOR THE LIFE
01:39:57:00	01:40:00:00	OF GIUSEPPE BIASE WHOSE MEMORY
01:40:00:00	01:40:00:00	WAS CONTINUES TO INSPIRE
01:40:00:00	01:40:01:00	STRENGTH AND UNITY IN OUR
01:40:01:00	01:40:04:00	COMMUNITY SURROUNDED BY THE
01:40:04:00	01:40:05:00	SPIRIT OF THE 14 LATINO BASED
01:40:05:00	01:40:08:00	LEAGUES, WE CELEBRATED NOT ONLY
01:40:08:00	01:40:08:00	THE GAME BUT ALSO THE CULTURE
01:40:08:00	01:40:11:00	AND THE RESILIENCE THAT THESE
01:40:11:00	01:40:12:00	LEAF EMBODY MANY OF WHICH ALL
01:40:12:00	01:40:16:00	PLAYED ALONGSIDE YOU, SAID B
01:40:16:00	01:40:19:00	WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR
01:40:19:00	01:40:19:00	TOURNAMENTS TOGETHER WE
01:40:19:00	01:40:20:00	UPLIFTED THE HEART OF BOSTON'S
01:40:20:00	01:40:23:00	DOMINICAN COMMUNITY AND EXPRESS
01:40:23:00	01:40:23:00	OUR GRATITUDE TO THE CITY
01:40:23:00	01:40:24:00	COUNCILORS WHO STOOD IN
01:40:24:00	01:40:28:00	SOLIDARITY WITH US TO CLOSE OUT
01:40:28:00	01:40:31:00	THIS POWERFUL MOMENT MOMENTS WE
01:40:31:00	01:40:32:00	INVITED EACH LEAGUE
01:40:32:00	01:40:32:00	REPRESENTATIVE TO THE STAGE AS
01:40:32:00	01:40:33:00	A SYMBOL OF COLLECTIVE
01:40:33:00	01:40:35:00	RECOGNITION AND HEALING AND
01:40:35:00	01:40:36:00	HOPE AND WE ALSO UPLIFTED
01:40:36:00	01:40:39:00	GIUSEPPE'S FAMILY HERE TODAY ON
01:40:39:00	01:40:40:00	THE COUNCIL I WANT TO THANK
01:40:40:00	01:40:43:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR
01:40:43:00	01:40:44:00	ALLOWING US TO HOST THE
01:40:44:00	01:40:47:00	PRESENTATION AND MAKE MISS MAY
01:40:47:00	01:40:48:00	THIS DAY REMIND US THAT THE
01:40:48:00	01:40:50:00	POWER OF COMMUNITY, THE
01:40:50:00	01:40:51:00	IMPORTANCE OF WELLNESS AND THE
01:40:51:00	01:40:51:00	LEGACY WE BUILT TOGETHER ON AND
01:40:51:00	01:40:54:00	OFF THE FIELD.
01:40:54:00	01:40:55:00	SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL MY
01:40:55:00	01:40:55:00	COLLEAGUES.
01:40:55:00	01:40:56:00	THEY WERE REALLY SUPER EXCITED
01:40:56:00	01:40:58:00	TO SEE THEIR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
01:40:58:00	01:41:01:00	WELL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
01:41:01:00	01:41:02:00	SUPPORTING THEM SO I JUST WANT
01:41:02:00	01:41:03:00	TO SAY I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY
01:41:03:00	01:41:06:00	WAS BUSY BUT YOU ALL TAKING THE
01:41:06:00	01:41:06:00	OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM A
01:41:06:00	01:41:09:00	LITTLE BIT OF HELP MEANT A LOT.
01:41:09:00	01:41:10:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
01:41:10:00	01:41:11:00	FOR SHOWING UP AND DOING THE
01:41:11:00	01:41:13:00	PRESENTATIONS.
01:41:13:00	01:41:14:00	IT MEANT THE WORLD TO THEM AND
01:41:14:00	01:41:14:00	ME.
01:41:14:00	01:41:14:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:14:00	01:41:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:16:00	01:41:17:00	AND THEN THANK YOU
01:41:17:00	01:41:17:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR HONORING
01:41:17:00	01:41:18:00	THEM FOR THE BEAUTIFUL
01:41:18:00	01:41:20:00	RECEPTION THAT YOU HAD FOR THEM
01:41:20:00	01:41:21:00	AND ALSO OF COURSE FOR HONORING
01:41:21:00	01:41:25:00	YOU SAID BIAS, HIS MEMORY AND
01:41:25:00	01:41:25:00	HIS FAMILY.
01:41:25:00	01:41:26:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:41:26:00	01:41:29:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:41:29:00	01:41:29:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:41:29:00	01:41:30:00	THEIR NAME?
01:41:30:00	01:41:30:00	MR. CLERK IS THE COUNCIL'S
01:41:30:00	01:41:31:00	BRAYDON CLOSE ZAPATA DURKIN
01:41:31:00	01:41:35:00	FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY BUT
01:41:35:00	01:41:36:00	THEN SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL
01:41:36:00	01:41:39:00	PLEAS OF THE CHAIR
01:41:39:00	01:41:40:00	COUNCILMAN HE IS SUSPENSION
01:41:40:00	01:41:42:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
01:41:42:00	01:41:42:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1023 OF THOSE
01:41:42:00	01:41:46:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I AYES HAVE IT.
01:41:46:00	01:41:46:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
01:41:46:00	01:41:48:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:41:48:00	01:41:50:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1024 DUCKY NUMBER
01:41:50:00	01:41:51:00	1024 COUNCIL OF FLYNN FOR THE
01:41:51:00	01:41:54:00	FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
01:41:54:00	01:41:55:00	OF ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAMS.
01:41:55:00	01:41:59:00	THANK YOU TO CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:41:59:00	01:41:59:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:41:59:00	01:42:00:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
01:42:00:00	01:42:00:00	FLOOR.
01:42:00:00	01:42:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:42:02:00	01:42:03:00	MADAM CHAIR MAY I ADD
01:42:03:00	01:42:06:00	COUNCILOR ALL AS AN ORIGINAL
01:42:06:00	01:42:06:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR ALSO ADDED
01:42:06:00	01:42:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
01:42:09:00	01:42:09:00	FLOOR.
01:42:09:00	01:42:09:00	THANK YOU.
01:42:09:00	01:42:10:00	I'M FILING THIS RESOLUTION IN
01:42:10:00	01:42:12:00	SUPPORT OF ADULT DAY HEALTH
01:42:12:00	01:42:16:00	PROGRAMS IN BOSTON.
01:42:16:00	01:42:17:00	ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAMS ARE
01:42:17:00	01:42:20:00	COMMUNITY AND SITE BASED DAY
01:42:20:00	01:42:21:00	PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE HIGH
01:42:21:00	01:42:24:00	QUALITY HEALTH CARE WELLNESS
01:42:24:00	01:42:25:00	AND SUPPORT SERVICES IN A
01:42:25:00	01:42:28:00	STRUCTURED GROUP SETTING TO
01:42:28:00	01:42:29:00	OVER 13,000 SENIORS AND ADULTS
01:42:29:00	01:42:33:00	WITH DISABLED LIVES IN
01:42:33:00	01:42:35:00	MASSACHUSETTS, THEY ARE A SIX
01:42:35:00	01:42:36:00	HOUR DAY PROGRAM FOR SENIORS
01:42:36:00	01:42:39:00	AND SERVICES INCLUDE NURSING
01:42:39:00	01:42:42:00	CARE, HEALTH AND MEDICATION
01:42:42:00	01:42:43:00	MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL AND
01:42:43:00	01:42:43:00	NUTRITIONAL SERVICES,
01:42:43:00	01:42:47:00	RECREATION AND THERAPEUTIC
01:42:47:00	01:42:51:00	ACTIVITIES AND DOOR TO DOOR
01:42:51:00	01:42:51:00	TRANSPORTATION.
01:42:51:00	01:42:54:00	THESE SERVICES KEEP SENIORS AND
01:42:54:00	01:42:54:00	WITH DISABILITIES PHYSICALLY
01:42:54:00	01:42:58:00	AND MENTALLY THEY CREATE A
01:42:58:00	01:42:59:00	SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND HELP
01:42:59:00	01:43:02:00	PREVENT SOCIAL ISOLATION.
01:43:02:00	01:43:05:00	IN BOSTON THERE ARE A NUMBER
01:43:05:00	01:43:06:00	OF NONPROFITS THAT OFFER ADULT
01:43:06:00	01:43:09:00	DAY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS
01:43:09:00	01:43:09:00	INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON
01:43:09:00	01:43:10:00	CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER IN
01:43:10:00	01:43:13:00	CHINATOWN.
01:43:13:00	01:43:17:00	STARTING JULY 1ST, 2025, MASS
01:43:17:00	01:43:17:00	HEALTH IS PLANNING TO CUT THE
01:43:17:00	01:43:20:00	ADULT DAY HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT
01:43:20:00	01:43:21:00	RATE FROM THE CURRENT BASIC
01:43:21:00	01:43:25:00	LEVEL OF SERVICE RATE OF $160 A
01:43:25:00	01:43:27:00	DAY TO $99 A DAY.
01:43:27:00	01:43:30:00	THE CURRENT $106 A DAY
01:43:30:00	01:43:33:00	REIMBURSEMENT RATE IMPLEMENTED
01:43:33:00	01:43:34:00	IN JULY 2023 IS BASED ON
01:43:34:00	01:43:37:00	GOVERNOR HALEY'S RECOMMENDATION
01:43:37:00	01:43:38:00	TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE CHALLENGES
01:43:38:00	01:43:41:00	AND TO ENSURE ACCESS TO DAY
01:43:41:00	01:43:42:00	PROGRAMS FOR ELIGIBLE
01:43:42:00	01:43:45:00	MASSHEALTH MEMBERS.
01:43:45:00	01:43:46:00	THE REDUCED RATE WILL HAVE A
01:43:46:00	01:43:49:00	DEVASTATING IMPACT ON ADA H
01:43:49:00	01:43:50:00	PROGRAMS AND SCALE BACK
01:43:50:00	01:43:52:00	SERVICES FOR SENIORS WITH
01:43:52:00	01:43:56:00	DISABILITIES DURING THE
01:43:56:00	01:43:56:00	PANDEMIC.
01:43:56:00	01:44:01:00	35 OF THESE PROGRAMS CLOSED AND
01:44:01:00	01:44:02:00	MORE THAN 8000 PEOPLE LOST
01:44:02:00	01:44:06:00	SERVICES WITH THE NEW IN-PERSON
01:44:06:00	01:44:06:00	RATES.
01:44:06:00	01:44:09:00	24 PROGRAMS REPORTED THAT THEY
01:44:09:00	01:44:13:00	ARE AT SERIOUS RISK OF CLOSURE
01:44:13:00	01:44:13:00	AT THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE
01:44:13:00	01:44:17:00	HOUSE, REPRESENTATIVE TOM
01:44:17:00	01:44:18:00	STANLEY OF WALTHAM SPONSORED AN
01:44:18:00	01:44:21:00	AMENDMENT TO BILL 4000 TO
01:44:21:00	01:44:24:00	MAINTAIN THE CURRENT
01:44:24:00	01:44:24:00	REIMBURSEMENT RATE.
01:44:24:00	01:44:28:00	THE AMENDED AMENDMENT WAS
01:44:28:00	01:44:28:00	ADOPTED ON APRIL 28 AS PART
01:44:28:00	01:44:31:00	OF A CONSOLIDATED AMENDMENT B
01:44:31:00	01:44:34:00	TO BILL H.
01:44:34:00	01:44:35:00	4000.
01:44:35:00	01:44:35:00	MANY OF OUR SENIORS AND ADULTS
01:44:35:00	01:44:39:00	WITH DISABILITIES RELY ON THE
01:44:39:00	01:44:39:00	IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT THIS
01:44:39:00	01:44:42:00	SERVICE OFFERS.
01:44:42:00	01:44:43:00	AS I MENTIONED PHYSICAL, MENTAL
01:44:43:00	01:44:46:00	AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING.
01:44:46:00	01:44:47:00	I ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
01:44:47:00	01:44:50:00	COUNCIL SUPPORT BILL AGE 4000
01:44:50:00	01:44:51:00	TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT LEVEL
01:44:51:00	01:44:54:00	OF REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR ADULT
01:44:54:00	01:44:55:00	DAY HEALTH PROGRAMS SO THAT OUR
01:44:55:00	01:44:58:00	SENIORS WITH DISABILITIES CAN'T
01:44:58:00	01:45:01:00	CONTINUE TO ACCESS AND NOT LOSE
01:45:01:00	01:45:02:00	VITAL SERVICES.
01:45:02:00	01:45:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:45:02:00	01:45:03:00	THANK YOU.
01:45:03:00	01:45:06:00	THE CHAIR OF THE
01:45:06:00	01:45:07:00	COUNCIL OUTCOMES ARE YOU ON THE
01:45:07:00	01:45:07:00	FLOOR?
01:45:07:00	01:45:09:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:45:09:00	01:45:10:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:45:10:00	01:45:10:00	FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL
01:45:10:00	01:45:13:00	CO-SPONSOR OF OUR SENIORS FEEL
01:45:13:00	01:45:13:00	FOMO TOO.
01:45:13:00	01:45:17:00	THEY WANT TO BE ENGAGED I
01:45:17:00	01:45:21:00	ANGELA AND MYSELF WE VISIT
01:45:21:00	01:45:22:00	ANGELA IS MY SENIOR ADVISOR AND
01:45:22:00	01:45:24:00	I VISIT SENIOR CENTERS EVERY
01:45:24:00	01:45:25:00	MONTH AND WE ALWAYS HEAR THE
01:45:25:00	01:45:26:00	SAME THING FROM OUR SENIORS
01:45:26:00	01:45:28:00	THAT THEY WANT MORE THEY WANT
01:45:28:00	01:45:29:00	MORE OUTINGS, THEY WANT MORE
01:45:29:00	01:45:32:00	ART, THEY WANT MORE CONNECTION
01:45:32:00	01:45:32:00	.
01:45:32:00	01:45:33:00	I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A BIG
01:45:33:00	01:45:34:00	SHOUT OUT TO THE TWO TWO ADULT
01:45:34:00	01:45:35:00	DAYCARE CENTERS THAT WE VISIT
01:45:35:00	01:45:35:00	FREQUENTLY.
01:45:35:00	01:45:38:00	MY DISTRICT IS THE HAITIAN
01:45:38:00	01:45:39:00	ADULT DAYCARE CENTER AT
01:45:39:00	01:45:42:00	BELLEVUE AND THE GREATER BOSTON
01:45:42:00	01:45:45:00	ADULT DAY HEALTH CENTER COUPON
01:45:45:00	01:45:45:00	AND DISCOUNT.
01:45:45:00	01:45:49:00	SO YOU KNOW, WE FIGHT FOR MORE
01:45:49:00	01:45:50:00	PROGRAMING AND MORE MONEY FOR
01:45:50:00	01:45:51:00	OUR SENIORS SO WE KNOW THAT WE
01:45:51:00	01:45:54:00	SHOULDN'T BE GOING DOWN.
01:45:54:00	01:45:55:00	IF ANYTHING, WE SHOULD BE
01:45:55:00	01:45:56:00	SCALING UP WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
01:45:56:00	01:45:57:00	SENIORS.
01:45:57:00	01:45:58:00	SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT REPS.
01:45:58:00	01:46:01:00	STANLEY'S AMENDMENT TO AGE 4000
01:46:01:00	01:46:02:00	BECAUSE OUR SENIORS DESERVE
01:46:02:00	01:46:05:00	MORE SERVICES AND THEY DESERVE
01:46:05:00	01:46:06:00	A COMMUNITY THAT MAKES THEM
01:46:06:00	01:46:07:00	FEEL SEEN VALUE AND PART
01:46:07:00	01:46:10:00	OF SOMETHING BIGGER.
01:46:10:00	01:46:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:46:10:00	01:46:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:46:10:00	01:46:11:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
01:46:11:00	01:46:13:00	I'M HERE BECAUSE OF ME HERE YOU
01:46:13:00	01:46:13:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:46:13:00	01:46:16:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:46:16:00	01:46:17:00	SO I JUST WANT TO RISE ALSO TO
01:46:17:00	01:46:21:00	THANK THE MAKERS FOR ADDING
01:46:21:00	01:46:21:00	WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAVE
01:46:21:00	01:46:24:00	ME BUT THAT'S OKAY.
01:46:24:00	01:46:25:00	YOU DIDN'T I DIDN'T ASK YOU IN
01:46:25:00	01:46:28:00	TIME BUT I'M AN HONORARY MEMBER
01:46:28:00	01:46:31:00	OF CELEBRATING THE ADULT DAY
01:46:31:00	01:46:32:00	CARES ACROSS THE CITY
01:46:32:00	01:46:32:00	OF BOSTON.
01:46:32:00	01:46:36:00	I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT ONE
01:46:36:00	01:46:39:00	TO THAT WE ARE THAT AGREE WE
01:46:39:00	01:46:43:00	HAVE ALL THE WE ALSO HAVE AS A
01:46:43:00	01:46:47:00	C SPAN THERE'S ONE IN FRONT
01:46:47:00	01:46:48:00	OF THE B THIS HYDE PARK WE ARE
01:46:48:00	01:46:51:00	THE ALEGRIA IS IN WEST ROXBURY.
01:46:51:00	01:46:52:00	WE ALLOWED IN THE LEVEL THE AIR
01:46:52:00	01:46:55:00	IS IN JAMAICA PLAIN ALIANZA IS
01:46:55:00	01:46:58:00	IN ROXBURY AND I'M SURE THAT
01:46:58:00	01:47:02:00	THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS BUT I
01:47:02:00	01:47:02:00	JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THOSE IN
01:47:02:00	01:47:05:00	PARTICULAR BECAUSE OF SOME
01:47:05:00	01:47:05:00	OF MY MOM.
01:47:05:00	01:47:06:00	I'M HOPING THAT ONE DAY SHE
01:47:06:00	01:47:10:00	WILL DECIDE TO RETIRE AND EVERY
01:47:10:00	01:47:13:00	TIME I GO TO THESE ADULT HEALTH
01:47:13:00	01:47:13:00	CARE CENTERS I ALWAYS ENVISION
01:47:13:00	01:47:17:00	MY MOM THERE ACTUALLY ENJOYING
01:47:17:00	01:47:18:00	THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT SHE HAS
01:47:18:00	01:47:20:00	LEFT ON THIS EARTH BECAUSE THE
01:47:20:00	01:47:21:00	CARE AND LOVE AND ATTENTION
01:47:21:00	01:47:24:00	THAT THEY PROVIDE IS INCREDIBLY
01:47:24:00	01:47:28:00	JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE
01:47:28:00	01:47:31:00	AND AND I UPLIFT THIS HISPANIC
01:47:31:00	01:47:32:00	THE LATINO SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE
01:47:32:00	01:47:36:00	IT'S RUN BY PEOPLE WHO CAN
01:47:36:00	01:47:40:00	NATIVE LANGUAGE RIGHT?
01:47:40:00	01:47:40:00	SO THE FOOD THAT THEY EAT, THE
01:47:40:00	01:47:43:00	LANGUAGE THAT THEY SPEAK IS ALL
01:47:43:00	01:47:44:00	VERY TAILORED TOWARDS THE
01:47:44:00	01:47:44:00	LATINO COMMUNITY.
01:47:44:00	01:47:45:00	SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THOSE
01:47:45:00	01:47:48:00	IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY ARE
01:47:48:00	01:47:48:00	DEFINITELY MEETING THE MOMENT
01:47:48:00	01:47:51:00	IN A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE WAY
01:47:51:00	01:47:51:00	.
01:47:51:00	01:47:52:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT
01:47:52:00	01:47:52:00	THOSE IN PARTICULAR.
01:47:52:00	01:47:52:00	THANK YOU.
01:47:52:00	01:47:56:00	THANK YOU.
01:47:56:00	01:47:57:00	THE DRAGON HAS COME THROUGH MY
01:47:57:00	01:47:57:00	FINGER ON THE FLOOR.
01:47:57:00	01:47:58:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:47:58:00	01:47:59:00	THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS.
01:47:59:00	01:48:00:00	IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T
01:48:00:00	01:48:03:00	FORGET ABOUT OUR SENIORS WHEN
01:48:03:00	01:48:04:00	AS THEY AGE THEY GET LONELY AND
01:48:04:00	01:48:07:00	KEEPING CONNECTIONS THERE WITH
01:48:07:00	01:48:07:00	THEIR PEERS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
01:48:07:00	01:48:11:00	I VISIT MANY OF THEM ACROSS THE
01:48:11:00	01:48:12:00	CITY BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
01:48:12:00	01:48:15:00	THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND THEM,
01:48:15:00	01:48:15:00	EXPAND THEM ANY WAY WE CAN.
01:48:15:00	01:48:18:00	THERE ARE A FEW NEIGHBORS
01:48:18:00	01:48:19:00	DIRECTLY ON BOTH SIDES OF ME
01:48:19:00	01:48:19:00	WHO GET PICKED UP IN THE
01:48:19:00	01:48:23:00	MORNING BY VANS OR TWO SEPARATE
01:48:23:00	01:48:24:00	LOCATIONS I GO TO BUT IT'S
01:48:24:00	01:48:26:00	GREAT TO SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO
01:48:26:00	01:48:27:00	HELPING TRANSPORT OUR SENIORS
01:48:27:00	01:48:30:00	IN ANY WAY WE CAN EXPAND ON
01:48:30:00	01:48:30:00	THAT BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE HEAR
01:48:30:00	01:48:33:00	THAT SENIORS KNOW THERE ARE
01:48:33:00	01:48:34:00	OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR
01:48:34:00	01:48:35:00	THEM BUT THEY HAVE A REALLY
01:48:35:00	01:48:37:00	HARD TIME PHYSICALLY GETTING TO
01:48:37:00	01:48:37:00	THOSE PLACES.
01:48:37:00	01:48:40:00	SO I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT
01:48:40:00	01:48:41:00	AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE
01:48:41:00	01:48:41:00	FOR AND THANK YOU.
01:48:41:00	01:48:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:48:42:00	01:48:45:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:48:45:00	01:48:46:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCIL MEMBER
01:48:46:00	01:48:46:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:48:46:00	01:48:47:00	THANK YOU.
01:48:47:00	01:48:49:00	THANK YOU TO THE FILERS AND I
01:48:49:00	01:48:49:00	JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THREE
01:48:49:00	01:48:53:00	ORGANIZATIONS IN MY DISTRICT
01:48:53:00	01:48:54:00	THAT COUNTS FROM HERE MISSION
01:48:54:00	01:48:57:00	NUEVO DIA A GREAT RESOURCE.
01:48:57:00	01:48:58:00	WE ALSO HAVE ETHOS AND ROGERS
01:48:58:00	01:49:01:00	AND COMMUNITIES WHICH YOU KNOW
01:49:01:00	01:49:04:00	HELP SENIORS AND I DO WANT TO
01:49:04:00	01:49:08:00	THANK MAYOR WU FOR FOR FUNDING
01:49:08:00	01:49:08:00	AN EXTRA DAY OF PROGRAMING AT
01:49:08:00	01:49:11:00	THE ELKS LODGE IN WEST ROXBURY
01:49:11:00	01:49:12:00	.
01:49:12:00	01:49:12:00	THAT'S JUST A GREAT PLACE FOR
01:49:12:00	01:49:15:00	SENIORS TO GATHER AND GIVE
01:49:15:00	01:49:16:00	THEM, YOU KNOW, A RESOURCE IN
01:49:16:00	01:49:20:00	THE COMMUNITY AND KEEP THEM IN
01:49:20:00	01:49:20:00	THE COMMUNITY.
01:49:20:00	01:49:20:00	SO THANK YOU.
01:49:20:00	01:49:24:00	THANK YOU.
01:49:24:00	01:49:24:00	WEBER CASM HE IS AT AN OLD
01:49:24:00	01:49:26:00	LIGHT THAT IS ON OR OKAY
01:49:26:00	01:49:27:00	SORRY ABOUT THAT.
01:49:27:00	01:49:30:00	OKAY I WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE
01:49:30:00	01:49:31:00	TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
01:49:31:00	01:49:31:00	I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY
01:49:31:00	01:49:35:00	COLLEAGUES FOR UPLIFTING ADULT
01:49:35:00	01:49:35:00	DAY CENTERS BECAUSE ALL AROUND
01:49:35:00	01:49:36:00	I MENTIONED SOME OF THEM BUT
01:49:36:00	01:49:38:00	THERE ARE SO MANY AND SO MANY
01:49:38:00	01:49:42:00	COMMUNITIES KUYPER CENTER,
01:49:42:00	01:49:42:00	BELLVILLE FOREVER YOUNG ARE THE
01:49:42:00	01:49:45:00	ONES THAT REALLY TARGET IN
01:49:45:00	01:49:45:00	MATTAPAN, DORCHESTER IN HYDE
01:49:45:00	01:49:46:00	PARK, THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY.
01:49:46:00	01:49:49:00	I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF THE ONES
01:49:49:00	01:49:49:00	THAT SERVE THE LATINO COMMUNITY
01:49:49:00	01:49:52:00	IN WEST ROXBURY AND IN JAMAICA
01:49:52:00	01:49:53:00	PLAIN AND SO I THIS IS REALLY
01:49:53:00	01:49:56:00	IMPORTANT THAT CREATE SPACES
01:49:56:00	01:49:59:00	FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS TO BE ABLE
01:49:59:00	01:50:00:00	TO GATHER AND BE TOGETHER.
01:50:00:00	01:50:01:00	THIS MORNING I WAS WITH THE
01:50:01:00	01:50:04:00	YMCA WITH COUNCILOR BREADON IN
01:50:04:00	01:50:05:00	OAK SQUARE AND THEIR EFFORTS TO
01:50:05:00	01:50:07:00	COMBAT LONELINESS AND WE KNOW
01:50:07:00	01:50:08:00	THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT SO
01:50:08:00	01:50:11:00	MANY OF OUR OLDER ADULTS FACE
01:50:11:00	01:50:12:00	ESPECIALLY THOSE ESPECIALLY
01:50:12:00	01:50:16:00	ESPECIALLY THOSE AS WE WERE
01:50:16:00	01:50:16:00	COMING OUT OF AS WE EXPERIENCED
01:50:16:00	01:50:20:00	AND SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC.
01:50:20:00	01:50:21:00	SO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT
01:50:21:00	01:50:22:00	AND ALTHOUGH NOT AN ADULT DAY
01:50:22:00	01:50:24:00	CENTER YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED
01:50:24:00	01:50:24:00	THE IMPORTANCE OF ADULT DAY
01:50:24:00	01:50:25:00	CENTERS FOR FOLKS WITH
01:50:25:00	01:50:27:00	DISABILITIES AND MAKING SURE
01:50:27:00	01:50:28:00	THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK
01:50:28:00	01:50:28:00	OF FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES AND
01:50:28:00	01:50:31:00	SUPPORT THEM AND SUPPORT THEM
01:50:31:00	01:50:32:00	WITH DIGNITY.
01:50:32:00	01:50:32:00	YOU SEE JIM CASTRO WHO'S HERE
01:50:32:00	01:50:34:00	FROM WORK INC AND JUST WANTED
01:50:34:00	01:50:35:00	TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALSO FOR
01:50:35:00	01:50:38:00	BEING HERE.
01:50:38:00	01:50:38:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:50:38:00	01:50:39:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:50:39:00	01:50:43:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:50:43:00	01:50:43:00	THEIR NAME?
01:50:43:00	01:50:44:00	MR. CLERK GAZETTE COUNCIL IS
01:50:44:00	01:50:46:00	GREAT IN IT AS A FOR GERALD
01:50:46:00	01:50:46:00	MARIA MURPHY BUT THEN SANTANA
01:50:46:00	01:50:50:00	WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
01:50:50:00	01:50:53:00	COUNCILORS FLYNN AND WORLD
01:50:53:00	01:50:54:00	EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND
01:50:54:00	01:50:57:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1024
01:50:57:00	01:50:58:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
01:50:58:00	01:51:02:00	GO SAY NAY BY HAVE IT THIS
01:51:02:00	01:51:03:00	DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
01:51:03:00	01:51:05:00	MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:51:05:00	01:51:05:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1025 DUNCAN
01:51:05:00	01:51:07:00	NUMBER ZERO DUCKING NUMBER 1025
01:51:07:00	01:51:11:00	COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND
01:51:11:00	01:51:11:00	MURPHY ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING
01:51:11:00	01:51:15:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL
01:51:15:00	01:51:16:00	NURSES WEEK.
01:51:16:00	01:51:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:51:16:00	01:51:16:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:51:16:00	01:51:18:00	COUNCILMAN JODY HAVE THE FLOOR
01:51:18:00	01:51:18:00	.
01:51:18:00	01:51:19:00	THANK YOU AND I LOVE NURSES.
01:51:19:00	01:51:22:00	MY MOM WAS A NURSE AND I LOVE
01:51:22:00	01:51:22:00	HER DEARLY.
01:51:22:00	01:51:23:00	THERE IS A 30 YEARS AT THE
01:51:23:00	01:51:26:00	BAPTIST HOSPITAL I'M SO PROUD
01:51:26:00	01:51:26:00	TO PRESENT HERE NURSES WEEK
01:51:26:00	01:51:29:00	NATIONAL NURSES WEEK.
01:51:29:00	01:51:30:00	IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT
01:51:30:00	01:51:33:00	OCCUPATION WHEN YOU UNTIL UNTIL
01:51:33:00	01:51:34:00	YOU OR A LOVED ONE ARE IN THEIR
01:51:34:00	01:51:37:00	CARE OR NEED THEIR CARE DO YOU
01:51:37:00	01:51:38:00	REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE IT IS TO
01:51:38:00	01:51:41:00	HAVE A GOOD NURSE ON STAFF?
01:51:41:00	01:51:42:00	IT'S ACTUALLY AN OCCUPATION
01:51:42:00	01:51:45:00	THAT WE SEE A DEMAND GROWING
01:51:45:00	01:51:46:00	ABOUT 6% BY 2032 BUT THAT ALSO
01:51:46:00	01:51:49:00	PUTS A LOT OF DEMAND ON THE
01:51:49:00	01:51:50:00	CURRENT NURSES AS WE SEE THERE.
01:51:50:00	01:51:52:00	THEY'RE TIRED, THEY'RE
01:51:52:00	01:51:53:00	OVERWORKED, THEY DEAL WITH
01:51:53:00	01:51:53:00	ROWDY PATIENTS, PEOPLE THAT
01:51:53:00	01:51:57:00	SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, IN THE
01:51:57:00	01:51:58:00	WORST MOMENTS OF THEIR LIFE AND
01:51:58:00	01:52:01:00	THEY TEND TO ACT OUT AND THEY
01:52:01:00	01:52:02:00	TAKE IT ALL WITH STRIDE AND
01:52:02:00	01:52:04:00	PROFESSIONALISM.
01:52:04:00	01:52:05:00	AND SO IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO BE
01:52:05:00	01:52:08:00	HERE TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
01:52:08:00	01:52:09:00	I THINK ABOUT THE NURSES AND
01:52:09:00	01:52:09:00	THE HEALTH CARE THAT WE NEED
01:52:09:00	01:52:12:00	EVEN AT THE COUNTY HOSPITAL
01:52:12:00	01:52:13:00	THAT WE LOST AND THE FOLKS THAT
01:52:13:00	01:52:13:00	LOST THEIR JOB.
01:52:13:00	01:52:15:00	BUT IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT
01:52:15:00	01:52:16:00	THING HEALTH CARE NONE OF US
01:52:16:00	01:52:20:00	CAN DO WHAT WE TO DO IF WE ARE
01:52:20:00	01:52:21:00	NOT HEALTHY TO DO IT AND HERE
01:52:21:00	01:52:23:00	THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF US.
01:52:23:00	01:52:24:00	SO I LOOK OUT FOR THEM.
01:52:24:00	01:52:25:00	I WANT THEM TO TO BE PAID
01:52:25:00	01:52:27:00	PROPERLY.
01:52:27:00	01:52:27:00	I THINK THEY'RE THE BACKBONE
01:52:27:00	01:52:31:00	OF EVERY HOSPITAL CARE EVEN
01:52:31:00	01:52:31:00	MORE THAN THE DOCTORS AND THE
01:52:31:00	01:52:34:00	HIGHER UPS IN THE OFFICES.
01:52:34:00	01:52:35:00	AND SO WE FIGHT FOR THEM FOR
01:52:35:00	01:52:36:00	THEIR WAGES BUT WE FIGHT FOR
01:52:36:00	01:52:38:00	THEM FOR THEIR WORKING
01:52:38:00	01:52:38:00	CONDITIONS.
01:52:38:00	01:52:39:00	BUT MOSTLY WE FIGHT FOR THEM
01:52:39:00	01:52:42:00	BECAUSE WE WANT TO SAY THANK TO
01:52:42:00	01:52:43:00	THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE
01:52:43:00	01:52:43:00	OFFERED US IN OUR TIME OF NEED.
01:52:43:00	01:52:43:00	THANK YOU.
01:52:43:00	01:52:46:00	THANK YOU.
01:52:46:00	01:52:47:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:52:47:00	01:52:47:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:52:47:00	01:52:48:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:52:48:00	01:52:48:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
01:52:48:00	01:52:50:00	PRESIDENT IT'S AN HONOR TO
01:52:50:00	01:52:50:00	RECOGNIZE NURSES.
01:52:50:00	01:52:54:00	I KNOW AS A TEACHER WE ALWAYS
01:52:54:00	01:52:55:00	SHARED NURSES WE CAN TEACH THIS
01:52:55:00	01:52:58:00	WEEK BUT I THINK IT'S FITTING
01:52:58:00	01:52:58:00	BECAUSE SOME OF MY FONDEST
01:52:58:00	01:53:01:00	MEMORIES IN THE CLASSROOM IS
01:53:01:00	01:53:02:00	THE TIME I SPENT WITH MY LITTLE
01:53:02:00	01:53:03:00	KINDERGARTNERS IN THE NURSE'S
01:53:03:00	01:53:06:00	OFFICE AND ANY PARENTS OR IF
01:53:06:00	01:53:06:00	YOU REMEMBER BACK TO WHEN YOU
01:53:06:00	01:53:09:00	WERE IN SCHOOL NURSES COULD
01:53:09:00	01:53:10:00	DEFINITELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
01:53:10:00	01:53:13:00	THE CHILD'S DAY AND I KNOW THEY
01:53:13:00	01:53:14:00	WORK TIRELESSLY IN OUR SCHOOLS
01:53:14:00	01:53:17:00	ALSO OBVIOUSLY IN HOSPITALS AND
01:53:17:00	01:53:20:00	AS MY PARENTS ARE AGING AND
01:53:20:00	01:53:21:00	GETTING SICK IN THEIR LATER
01:53:21:00	01:53:24:00	DAYS REMINDED HOW IMPORTANT IT
01:53:24:00	01:53:24:00	IS THAT WE HAVE AMAZING
01:53:24:00	01:53:25:00	HOSPITALS HERE BUT HOW MUCH OUR
01:53:25:00	01:53:28:00	NURSES DO.
01:53:28:00	01:53:29:00	SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:53:29:00	01:53:32:00	ANY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO RISE
01:53:32:00	01:53:32:00	AND THANK OUR NURSES WHO KEEP
01:53:32:00	01:53:36:00	US HEALTHY AND KEEP NOT JUST
01:53:36:00	01:53:37:00	OUR PHYSICAL BUT OUR MENTAL AND
01:53:37:00	01:53:39:00	SOCIAL WELL-BEING WHEN AS WE
01:53:39:00	01:53:40:00	KNOW ANY TIME YOU'RE IN A
01:53:40:00	01:53:44:00	HOSPITAL SETTING OR IN A
01:53:44:00	01:53:44:00	SETTING WHERE YOUR HEALTH IS AT
01:53:44:00	01:53:47:00	RISK OR IN NEED OF SUPPORT,
01:53:47:00	01:53:50:00	IT'S ALWAYS A HARD TIME AND A
01:53:50:00	01:53:51:00	SENSITIVE TIME AND THEY DO AN
01:53:51:00	01:53:51:00	AMAZING JOB.
01:53:51:00	01:53:56:00	SO I WANT TO THANK THEM.
01:53:56:00	01:53:56:00	THANK YOU.
01:53:56:00	01:53:57:00	THE CHAIR AND MRS. COME
01:53:57:00	01:53:57:00	CELEBRATING BECAUSE THEY'RE
01:53:57:00	01:53:58:00	GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:53:58:00	01:53:59:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:53:59:00	01:54:02:00	THANK YOU TO THE TO THE
01:54:02:00	01:54:02:00	LAWMAKERS FOR OFFERING THIS
01:54:02:00	01:54:03:00	RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT
01:54:03:00	01:54:05:00	OF NURSES.
01:54:05:00	01:54:07:00	MY MOM WAS A NURSE AND MY TO
01:54:07:00	01:54:10:00	ANSWER NURSES SO I'VE HAD A LOT
01:54:10:00	01:54:11:00	TO DO WITH NURSES OVER THE
01:54:11:00	01:54:13:00	YEARS AND THEN I'M WORKING IN
01:54:13:00	01:54:14:00	THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSION AS A
01:54:14:00	01:54:16:00	PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND MANY
01:54:16:00	01:54:17:00	MANY GREAT COLLEAGUES WHO I
01:54:17:00	01:54:20:00	WORKED ALONGSIDE NURSING
01:54:20:00	01:54:21:00	COLLEAGUES AND I THINK WE
01:54:21:00	01:54:25:00	ALWAYS FORGET THAT THE NURSE
01:54:25:00	01:54:28:00	IT'S IT'S A CALLING AND VERY
01:54:28:00	01:54:32:00	OFTEN THE NURSES THEY ENCOUNTER
01:54:32:00	01:54:36:00	SUCH TRAUMA THEN COUNTER A LOT
01:54:36:00	01:54:39:00	OF VERY, VERY SERIOUS HEALTH
01:54:39:00	01:54:40:00	CARE CRISES IN THE HOSPITAL OR
01:54:40:00	01:54:44:00	IN THEIR DAILY WORK AND IT DOES
01:54:44:00	01:54:44:00	TAKE A TOLL ON THEM AND IT'S
01:54:44:00	01:54:47:00	VERY IMPORTANT JUST TO SAY
01:54:47:00	01:54:48:00	RECOGNIZE THE THE INCREDIBLE
01:54:48:00	01:54:51:00	DEDICATION THAT THEY HAVE WE
01:54:51:00	01:54:55:00	SAW DURING COVID AND WE
01:54:55:00	01:54:56:00	CONTINUE TO SEE IT AS WE DEAL
01:54:56:00	01:54:59:00	WITH THE CHANGING HEALTH CARE
01:54:59:00	01:55:03:00	CLIMATE AT THE MOMENT WHERE
01:55:03:00	01:55:04:00	WE'RE IN THREAT OF DEFUNDING
01:55:04:00	01:55:07:00	HEALTH CARE AND MOVING OF THE
01:55:07:00	01:55:10:00	SYSTEMS TO BE A MUCH MORE
01:55:10:00	01:55:11:00	BUSINESS MODEL RATHER THAN A
01:55:11:00	01:55:13:00	BUSINESS MODEL THAT IS IS
01:55:13:00	01:55:14:00	GROUNDED IN CARING AND TAKING
01:55:14:00	01:55:18:00	CARE OF OUR PATIENTS FIRST.
01:55:18:00	01:55:21:00	SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE NURSES
01:55:21:00	01:55:22:00	IN MASSACHUSETTS AND IN THE
01:55:22:00	01:55:26:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND HAVE A
01:55:26:00	01:55:30:00	WONDERFUL NURSE THIS WEEK THANK
01:55:30:00	01:55:30:00	YOU THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON
01:55:30:00	01:55:34:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:55:34:00	01:55:34:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:55:34:00	01:55:37:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
01:55:37:00	01:55:38:00	JOE I WANT TO THANK THE ONE
01:55:38:00	01:55:39:00	BECAUSE NURSES ARE AS EVERYONE
01:55:39:00	01:55:41:00	HAS SAID, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
01:55:41:00	01:55:42:00	US HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:55:42:00	01:55:44:00	WE HAVE NURSES IN OUR SCHOOLS
01:55:44:00	01:55:45:00	THAT ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
01:55:45:00	01:55:45:00	NURSES WHO WORK FOR THE BOSTON
01:55:45:00	01:55:48:00	PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION,
01:55:48:00	01:55:49:00	NURSES EVERYWHERE IN OUR CITY
01:55:49:00	01:55:49:00	AND STATE.
01:55:49:00	01:55:52:00	AND SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT
01:55:52:00	01:55:52:00	THEM.
01:55:52:00	01:55:53:00	I HAVE A LOT OF NURSES IN MY
01:55:53:00	01:55:54:00	FAMILY AND THEY DO INCREDIBLE
01:55:54:00	01:55:56:00	WORK AND ARE OFTENTIMES EVEN
01:55:56:00	01:55:56:00	AFTER SEEING PATIENTS HAVING TO
01:55:56:00	01:55:59:00	SPEND TIME DOING A LOT OF NOTES
01:55:59:00	01:56:00:00	AND WE'RE REALLY LIKE MANY
01:56:00:00	01:56:01:00	OF YOU SAID, WE'RE JUST SO
01:56:01:00	01:56:03:00	INTEGRAL AND CRITICAL TO US
01:56:03:00	01:56:04:00	DURING COVID.
01:56:04:00	01:56:08:00	SO JUST HAPPY WANT TO WISH
01:56:08:00	01:56:08:00	EVERYONE A HAPPY NATIONAL
01:56:08:00	01:56:11:00	NURSES WEEK AT WOULD ANYONE
01:56:11:00	01:56:12:00	ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
01:56:12:00	01:56:15:00	MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT
01:56:15:00	01:56:15:00	COUNCIL WAS GREAT INCLUDE
01:56:15:00	01:56:19:00	ZAPATA DURKIN FLYNN HE PREPARED
01:56:19:00	01:56:19:00	SANTANA WEBER WE'RE ALL PLEASE
01:56:19:00	01:56:20:00	I HAVE A CHAIR COUSINS WITH
01:56:20:00	01:56:23:00	JORDAN MURPHY SAYING SUSPENSION
01:56:23:00	01:56:23:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
01:56:23:00	01:56:26:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1025 ALL THOSE
01:56:26:00	01:56:27:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE
01:56:27:00	01:56:30:00	OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:56:30:00	01:56:30:00	THIS GOES PAST MR. CLERK.
01:56:30:00	01:56:32:00	COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET
01:56:32:00	01:56:34:00	NUMBER 1026 DUNCAN THE 1026
01:56:34:00	01:56:35:00	COUNCIL'S FITZGERALD MURPHY
01:56:35:00	01:56:38:00	OFFERED THE FOLLOWING
01:56:38:00	01:56:38:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL
01:56:38:00	01:56:42:00	TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.
01:56:42:00	01:56:43:00	THANK YOU.
01:56:43:00	01:56:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS
01:56:43:00	01:56:44:00	OF HISTORY OUT TO THE FLOOR.
01:56:44:00	01:56:46:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:56:46:00	01:56:47:00	IT'S IT'S BEEN THE RULES IN
01:56:47:00	01:56:47:00	THAT COUNCIL.
01:56:47:00	01:56:49:00	WHOEVER IS THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR
01:56:49:00	01:56:53:00	COUNCILOR FOR CHELSEA SUSPEND
01:56:53:00	01:56:53:00	THE RULES THAT COUNTS WEBER AS
01:56:53:00	01:56:54:00	THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
01:56:54:00	01:56:55:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
01:56:55:00	01:56:56:00	OBJECTIONS.
01:56:56:00	01:56:57:00	COUNCILOR WEBER SO ADDED
01:56:57:00	01:56:57:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE
01:56:57:00	01:56:58:00	THE FLOOR.
01:56:58:00	01:57:00:00	THANK YOU VERY TO NURSES I TO
01:57:00:00	01:57:01:00	LOVE TEACHERS I AM IN FACT IN
01:57:01:00	01:57:03:00	LOVE WITH THE TEACHER MY WIFE
01:57:03:00	01:57:07:00	AND I SEE THE GREAT WORK THAT
01:57:07:00	01:57:08:00	THEY DO YOU KNOW NURSES AND
01:57:08:00	01:57:09:00	TEACHERS AS COUNCILOR MURPHY
01:57:09:00	01:57:11:00	PUT ARE VERY SIMILAR IN THE WAY
01:57:11:00	01:57:14:00	THAT LOOK IT'S OCCUPATIONS
01:57:14:00	01:57:14:00	PREDOMINANT DOMINATED
01:57:14:00	01:57:18:00	PREDOMINANTLY BY BY FEMALES AND
01:57:18:00	01:57:18:00	I SEE MY WIFE GO TO WORK.
01:57:18:00	01:57:21:00	SHE TAKES CARE OF OUR OWN KIDS
01:57:21:00	01:57:22:00	AND THEN SHE GOES TO SCHOOL AND
01:57:22:00	01:57:23:00	SHE TAKES CARE OF EVERYONE
01:57:23:00	01:57:25:00	ELSE'S KIDS AND THAT'S NOT AN
01:57:25:00	01:57:25:00	EASY LIFT.
01:57:25:00	01:57:26:00	I ONLY HAVE THREE AND THAT'S
01:57:26:00	01:57:29:00	ENOUGH AND SHE GOES AND TAKES
01:57:29:00	01:57:30:00	ON 20 MORE EVERY DAY SO GOD
01:57:30:00	01:57:30:00	BLESS HER.
01:57:30:00	01:57:33:00	SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE UP HERE
01:57:33:00	01:57:33:00	TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL TEACHER
01:57:33:00	01:57:36:00	APPRECIATION WEEK.
01:57:36:00	01:57:37:00	I KNOW WE HAVE OVER 4600
01:57:37:00	01:57:37:00	TEACHERS HERE.
01:57:37:00	01:57:39:00	IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE
01:57:39:00	01:57:40:00	PASSED THE TEACHERS CONTRACT
01:57:40:00	01:57:44:00	EARLIER IN THIS MEETING SO IT'S
01:57:44:00	01:57:44:00	GREAT THAT WE'RE SEEING THE
01:57:44:00	01:57:45:00	FOLKS THERE AND PAVING THE
01:57:45:00	01:57:48:00	PATHWAY FROM THE LOWEST PAID SO
01:57:48:00	01:57:48:00	THAT THEY HAVE A PATHWAY TO
01:57:48:00	01:57:49:00	BECOME THE NEXT TEACHERS, NEXT
01:57:49:00	01:57:51:00	PRINCIPALS AND GO FORWARD UP
01:57:51:00	01:57:51:00	THAT LADDER.
01:57:51:00	01:57:52:00	BUT THEY DO SO MUCH AND AGAIN
01:57:52:00	01:57:55:00	IT'S REALLY OUR YOUTH AND WHEN
01:57:55:00	01:57:56:00	WE THINK ABOUT THE BASIC CITY
01:57:56:00	01:57:59:00	PRINCIPLES OF WHAT WE WHAT WE
01:57:59:00	01:58:00:00	HAVE TO OFFER TO THE CITY I
01:58:00:00	01:58:00:00	MEAN IT'S HEALTH AND IT'S
01:58:00:00	01:58:03:00	EDUCATION AND THOSE TWO THINGS
01:58:03:00	01:58:04:00	COMBINED WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING
01:58:04:00	01:58:07:00	WITHOUT AND SO JUST HAPPY TO BE
01:58:07:00	01:58:08:00	HERE TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL
01:58:08:00	01:58:11:00	TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IT
01:58:11:00	01:58:12:00	ALSO REMINDS ME THAT I HAVE NOT
01:58:12:00	01:58:15:00	DONE ANYTHING FOR RICK FOR WIFE
01:58:15:00	01:58:16:00	SO ADD THAT ON TO THE MOTHER'S
01:58:16:00	01:58:17:00	DAY STUFF THAT I STILL HAVE TO
01:58:17:00	01:58:18:00	DO AS WELL.
01:58:18:00	01:58:19:00	IT'S NOT A GREAT IDEA TO DO
01:58:19:00	01:58:22:00	NURSES, TEACHERS AND MOTHERS IN
01:58:22:00	01:58:22:00	THE SAME WEEK.
01:58:22:00	01:58:25:00	IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD BUT YOU
01:58:25:00	01:58:26:00	GUYS ALL WORK A LOT HARDER SO
01:58:26:00	01:58:27:00	WE DESERVE TO BE THERE FOR YOU.
01:58:27:00	01:58:29:00	I'LL GET IT DONE BECAUSE YOU
01:58:29:00	01:58:29:00	GUYS GET IT DONE.
01:58:29:00	01:58:30:00	BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND
01:58:30:00	01:58:31:00	THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS
01:58:31:00	01:58:33:00	EVERYWHERE.
01:58:33:00	01:58:33:00	THANK YOU.
01:58:33:00	01:58:34:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
01:58:34:00	01:58:36:00	MURPHY, CAMERON MURPHY ON THE
01:58:36:00	01:58:37:00	FLOOR.
01:58:37:00	01:58:40:00	THANK YOU AND RISE TO SUPPORT
01:58:40:00	01:58:41:00	OUR TEACHERS ALSO AS AN
01:58:41:00	01:58:44:00	EDUCATOR FOR OUR FIRST 25 YEARS
01:58:44:00	01:58:48:00	OF MY LIFE AND I OFTEN SAY THAT
01:58:48:00	01:58:48:00	I MUST HAVE BROUGHT HOME LOTS
01:58:48:00	01:58:51:00	OF WONDERFUL STORIES AND
01:58:51:00	01:58:51:00	MEMORIES BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER
01:58:51:00	01:58:52:00	FOLLOWED IN MY FOOTSTEPS AND IS
01:58:52:00	01:58:55:00	A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
01:58:55:00	01:58:55:00	IN HER FIFTH YEAR.
01:58:55:00	01:58:56:00	SO ALWAYS PROUD OF HER AND
01:58:56:00	01:58:59:00	SEEING THE WONDERFUL STORIES
01:58:59:00	01:58:59:00	LIKE YOU SAID
01:58:59:00	01:59:00:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WHEN YOU
01:59:00:00	01:59:03:00	HEAR YOUR WIFE YOU KNOW THEY GO
01:59:03:00	01:59:04:00	OFF TO WORK AND THEY COME BACK
01:59:04:00	01:59:06:00	AND YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS
01:59:06:00	01:59:07:00	REALLY TAKE ON THE NEEDS OF OUR
01:59:07:00	01:59:11:00	STUDENTS AND WE KNOW THEY DO SO
01:59:11:00	01:59:11:00	MUCH MORE THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED
01:59:11:00	01:59:12:00	OR WHAT THEY'RE TAUGHT IN
01:59:12:00	01:59:14:00	COLLEGE MONDAY I WAS HONORED TO
01:59:14:00	01:59:18:00	VISIT THE BRADLEY SCHOOL
01:59:18:00	01:59:18:00	SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND
01:59:18:00	01:59:19:00	TOMMY WELCH AND THE AMAZING
01:59:19:00	01:59:22:00	STAFF THERE TO KICK OFF TEACHER
01:59:22:00	01:59:23:00	APPRECIATION WEEK AND JUST SEE
01:59:23:00	01:59:25:00	THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR
01:59:25:00	01:59:26:00	TEACHERS AND ALL THE STAFF IN
01:59:26:00	01:59:26:00	OUR SCHOOLS AND KNOWING THAT
01:59:26:00	01:59:29:00	IT'S NOT JUST OUR CLASSROOM
01:59:29:00	01:59:30:00	TEACHERS BUT IT'S OUR LUNCH
01:59:30:00	01:59:30:00	MONITORS, OUR BUS DRIVERS.
01:59:30:00	01:59:33:00	THE SECRETARY EVERYONE WHO
01:59:33:00	01:59:34:00	STEPS IN THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND
01:59:34:00	01:59:37:00	I KNOW THAT THIS BODY HAS
01:59:37:00	01:59:38:00	CONTINUED AND WILL CONTINUE TO
01:59:38:00	01:59:41:00	ADVOCATE I KNOW FOR MORE
01:59:41:00	01:59:41:00	OF THOSE RESOURCES SO THAT OUR
01:59:41:00	01:59:42:00	STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS ARE
01:59:42:00	01:59:45:00	ABLE TO TEACH OUR KIDS BECAUSE
01:59:45:00	01:59:45:00	MANY OF OUR STUDENTS NEED SO
01:59:45:00	01:59:48:00	MUCH MORE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
01:59:48:00	01:59:49:00	NEEDS AND I WILL JUST LIKE TO
01:59:49:00	01:59:53:00	RECOGNIZE OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE
01:59:53:00	01:59:53:00	COUNSELOR IN SOCIETY GEORGE WHO
01:59:53:00	01:59:57:00	ADVOCATED FOR A NURSE IN EVERY
01:59:57:00	01:59:58:00	SCHOOL AND WAS AN EDUCATOR
01:59:58:00	01:59:58:00	HERSELF.
01:59:58:00	02:00:00:00	SO I KNEW WHEN I SAW THAT SHE
02:00:00:00	02:00:01:00	WORKED SO HARD ON THAT SHE KNEW
02:00:01:00	02:00:04:00	FROM THE YEARS SHE SPENT
02:00:04:00	02:00:05:00	SCHOOLS AND IN CLASSROOMS THAT
02:00:05:00	02:00:05:00	THE NURSES DO PLAY SUCH A
02:00:05:00	02:00:08:00	CRITICAL ROLE IN THE EDUCATION
02:00:08:00	02:00:09:00	OF OUR CHILDREN.
02:00:09:00	02:00:12:00	SO PROUD AGAIN TO STAND FOR OUR
02:00:12:00	02:00:12:00	TEACHERS STAND FOR OUR NURSES
02:00:12:00	02:00:17:00	AND ALWAYS FOR OUR MOTHERS.
02:00:17:00	02:00:17:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:00:17:00	02:00:17:00	THANK YOU.
02:00:17:00	02:00:18:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:00:18:00	02:00:18:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:00:18:00	02:00:19:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE
02:00:19:00	02:00:19:00	FLOOR.
02:00:19:00	02:00:20:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK
02:00:20:00	02:00:23:00	YOU TO THE COUNSELORS FOR
02:00:23:00	02:00:24:00	SHELDON MURPHY FOR ADDING ME.
02:00:24:00	02:00:27:00	YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYONE
02:00:27:00	02:00:27:00	HERE HAS HAD TEACHERS THAT MADE
02:00:27:00	02:00:30:00	A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THEIR
02:00:30:00	02:00:30:00	LIVES.
02:00:30:00	02:00:31:00	YOU KNOW, I HAD A FIFTH GRADE
02:00:31:00	02:00:31:00	TEACHER, MR ALEXANDER, WHO
02:00:31:00	02:00:34:00	TAUGHT US ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND
02:00:34:00	02:00:34:00	ALMOST EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO
02:00:34:00	02:00:37:00	KNOW ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND DID
02:00:37:00	02:00:38:00	AN EXERCISE WHERE WE DID AN
02:00:38:00	02:00:41:00	ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTION.
02:00:41:00	02:00:42:00	I PROUDLY VOTED FOR WALTER
02:00:42:00	02:00:45:00	MONDALE TO DATE MYSELF BUT I
02:00:45:00	02:00:49:00	DID THAT EXERCISE WITH KIDS IN
02:00:49:00	02:00:50:00	THIS ELECTION AND IT WAS GREAT
02:00:50:00	02:00:53:00	BUT MY FAVORITE TEACHER I JUST
02:00:53:00	02:00:54:00	I JUST KNEW HIS MOM BECAUSE SHE
02:00:54:00	02:00:56:00	WAS MY MOTHER.
02:00:56:00	02:00:57:00	SHE WAS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER IN
02:00:57:00	02:01:00:00	THE BRONX FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND
02:01:00:00	02:01:04:00	IS RETIRED NOW AND JUST WAS
02:01:04:00	02:01:07:00	GREAT RAISING US IN HER HOUSE
02:01:07:00	02:01:08:00	JUST ALONG THOSE LINES MY
02:01:08:00	02:01:11:00	OFFICE HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY A
02:01:11:00	02:01:15:00	FEW PARENTS OF TEACHERS WHO ARE
02:01:15:00	02:01:15:00	RETIRING AND I'D LIKE TO
02:01:15:00	02:01:16:00	RECOGNIZE THEM.
02:01:16:00	02:01:19:00	I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD GATHER
02:01:19:00	02:01:22:00	ALL THE TEACHERS IN THE CITY
02:01:22:00	02:01:23:00	WHO ARE RETIRING IF
02:01:23:00	02:01:23:00	LOGISTICALLY COULD WORK OUT WE
02:01:23:00	02:01:26:00	COULD RECOGNIZE THEM HERE IN
02:01:26:00	02:01:27:00	THE CEREMONY IF ANYONE WANTS TO
02:01:27:00	02:01:28:00	HELP OUT WITH THAT OR TELL
02:01:28:00	02:01:31:00	ME WHY IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA YOU
02:01:31:00	02:01:32:00	KNOW, HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT
02:01:32:00	02:01:35:00	BUT I DO.
02:01:35:00	02:01:35:00	WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE OUR
02:01:35:00	02:01:36:00	TEACHERS WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR
02:01:36:00	02:01:39:00	LIVES, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE
02:01:39:00	02:01:41:00	OF OUR KIDS AND TEACHING THEM
02:01:41:00	02:01:42:00	THE LESSONS THEY NEED TO
02:01:42:00	02:01:46:00	SUCCEED IN LIFE.
02:01:46:00	02:01:47:00	YOU KNOW, HERE IN THIS SPACE
02:01:47:00	02:01:50:00	SOMETIME AT THE END OF THE
02:01:50:00	02:01:50:00	SCHOOL YEAR.
02:01:50:00	02:01:51:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:01:51:00	02:01:51:00	THANK YOU.
02:01:51:00	02:01:52:00	COUNSELOR WEBER THE CHAIR
02:01:52:00	02:01:53:00	RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA
02:01:53:00	02:01:54:00	COMES FROM HERE.
02:01:54:00	02:01:54:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:01:54:00	02:01:55:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:01:55:00	02:01:57:00	AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
02:01:57:00	02:02:00:00	FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE
02:02:00:00	02:02:01:00	OF TEACHERS AND TEACHER
02:02:01:00	02:02:04:00	APPRECIATION AND I'M REALLY
02:02:04:00	02:02:05:00	EXCITED TO THANK MY TEACHERS
02:02:05:00	02:02:06:00	EVEN THOUGH I FEEL LIKE I
02:02:06:00	02:02:08:00	PROBABLY DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
02:02:08:00	02:02:08:00	ALL THEIR NAMES.
02:02:08:00	02:02:09:00	BUT I DO.
02:02:09:00	02:02:11:00	I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL
02:02:11:00	02:02:12:00	THE LISTS BUT THERE IS
02:02:12:00	02:02:16:00	MR CASILLI HE WAS MY ENGLISH
02:02:16:00	02:02:20:00	TEACHER AT DORCHESTER HIGH AND
02:02:20:00	02:02:20:00	I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
02:02:20:00	02:02:21:00	BECAUSE OF HIM I'M STILL
02:02:21:00	02:02:24:00	STANDING.
02:02:24:00	02:02:25:00	I HAD A REALLY ROUGH CHILDHOOD
02:02:25:00	02:02:28:00	AND I REMEMBER WRITING IN HIS
02:02:28:00	02:02:28:00	CLASS AND IT WAS AN
02:02:28:00	02:02:31:00	INTERVENTION AND A CALL HELP
02:02:31:00	02:02:32:00	AND HE SAW WHAT I WAS WRITING
02:02:32:00	02:02:35:00	AND HE PLUGGED ME IN AND SAW
02:02:35:00	02:02:36:00	SOME SUPPORT SERVICES.
02:02:36:00	02:02:39:00	MR GERMAN WHO WAS MY TEACHER
02:02:39:00	02:02:40:00	EVEN THOUGH I WAS LATINA AND I
02:02:40:00	02:02:43:00	THOUGHT I SPOKE SPANISH, HE
02:02:43:00	02:02:44:00	OFTEN LET ME KNOW THAT I STILL
02:02:44:00	02:02:47:00	HAD A LOT TO LEARN.
02:02:47:00	02:02:47:00	MR DINGELL DIED.
02:02:47:00	02:02:48:00	I MEAN HE WAS MY ENGLISH
02:02:48:00	02:02:51:00	TEACHER TO HE HAD A REALLY
02:02:51:00	02:02:51:00	FUNNY NAME.
02:02:51:00	02:02:52:00	EVERYBODY MADE FUN OF HIM BUT I
02:02:52:00	02:02:54:00	THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY COOL AND
02:02:54:00	02:02:58:00	MISS KATHY GUERIN I KNOW THAT
02:02:58:00	02:02:58:00	SHE WAS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
02:02:58:00	02:03:01:00	BACK THEN BUT SHE WAS THE ONE
02:03:01:00	02:03:02:00	PERSON THAT WHENEVER I WOULD
02:03:02:00	02:03:05:00	SKIP SCHOOL AS MANY OF YOU KNOW
02:03:05:00	02:03:06:00	I DROPPED OUT AND I WENT BACK.
02:03:06:00	02:03:07:00	SHE WOULD ALWAYS GO GET ME AT
02:03:07:00	02:03:09:00	WORK AND BRING ME BACK TO
02:03:09:00	02:03:09:00	SCHOOL WHERE I BELONG.
02:03:09:00	02:03:10:00	AND NOW SHE'S A TEACHER AT
02:03:10:00	02:03:12:00	BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU
02:03:12:00	02:03:13:00	KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS WHO MAKE
02:03:13:00	02:03:16:00	AN IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE THAT
02:03:16:00	02:03:17:00	OFTENTIMES YOU FORGET AS TO WHY
02:03:17:00	02:03:20:00	YOU EVEN STANDING AND THERE'S
02:03:20:00	02:03:20:00	ONE TEACHER WHO I DON'T
02:03:20:00	02:03:24:00	REMEMBER HER NAME BECAUSE IT
02:03:24:00	02:03:27:00	HAPPENED SO LONG AGO I WAS A
02:03:27:00	02:03:28:00	STUDENT AT THE MCCAIN IN EAST
02:03:28:00	02:03:31:00	BOSTON AND THIS PARTICULAR
02:03:31:00	02:03:35:00	TEACHER GOT ME OUT OF A REALLY
02:03:35:00	02:03:39:00	BAD SITUATION AND I GOT TO LIVE
02:03:39:00	02:03:39:00	WITH HER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
02:03:39:00	02:03:42:00	BACK THEN YOU COULD DO THOSE
02:03:42:00	02:03:43:00	THINGS BECAUSE BEFORE YOU KNOW
02:03:43:00	02:03:44:00	DO YOU SEE OR WHATEVER YOU CALL
02:03:44:00	02:03:46:00	IT BUT ANYWAYS I WAS ABLE TO
02:03:46:00	02:03:49:00	STAY WITH HER FOR A WHILE AND I
02:03:49:00	02:03:50:00	DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME BUT I
02:03:50:00	02:03:53:00	REMEMBER WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO
02:03:53:00	02:03:54:00	DO FOR ME AS A KID AND SO I
02:03:54:00	02:03:56:00	JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HER AND
02:03:56:00	02:03:57:00	THANK HER AND LET HER KNOW THAT
02:03:57:00	02:04:00:00	HER KINDNESS AND COMPASSION AS
02:04:00:00	02:04:00:00	WE STILL STANDING HERE TODAY.
02:04:00:00	02:04:03:00	THANK YOU.
02:04:03:00	02:04:07:00	THANK YOU GUYS FROM MEJIA.
02:04:07:00	02:04:08:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:04:08:00	02:04:08:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:04:08:00	02:04:11:00	I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT AND
02:04:11:00	02:04:12:00	THANK ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WHO
02:04:12:00	02:04:15:00	HAD SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ON MY
02:04:15:00	02:04:16:00	LIFE IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC
02:04:16:00	02:04:17:00	SCHOOLS AND WHO DO YEOMAN'S
02:04:17:00	02:04:19:00	WORK FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS HERE
02:04:19:00	02:04:20:00	IN THE CITY.
02:04:20:00	02:04:20:00	SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR
02:04:20:00	02:04:24:00	TEACHERS BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE
02:04:24:00	02:04:24:00	TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK
02:04:24:00	02:04:25:00	BECAUSE THAT CONCERNS BRAYDEN
02:04:25:00	02:04:27:00	ZAPATA DURKIN FLYNN PEP BAND
02:04:27:00	02:04:31:00	SANTANA WORLD PLEASE GOD THE
02:04:31:00	02:04:31:00	CHAIR THIS COUNCILORS
02:04:31:00	02:04:35:00	FITZGERALD MURPHY AND WEBER
02:04:35:00	02:04:37:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
02:04:37:00	02:04:37:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1026
02:04:37:00	02:04:41:00	OTHER IN FAVOR SAY I I ALSO SAY
02:04:41:00	02:04:42:00	NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:04:42:00	02:04:42:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
02:04:42:00	02:04:44:00	MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
02:04:44:00	02:04:47:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1027 DUNCAN AMBER
02:04:47:00	02:04:48:00	1027 COUNCIL S.A. FOR THE
02:04:48:00	02:04:50:00	FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
02:04:50:00	02:04:51:00	RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE
02:04:51:00	02:04:56:00	MONTH.
02:04:56:00	02:04:56:00	THANK YOU.
02:04:56:00	02:04:57:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:04:57:00	02:04:57:00	SANTANA COMES TO ANY OF THE
02:04:57:00	02:04:59:00	FLOOR.
02:04:59:00	02:04:59:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:04:59:00	02:05:03:00	CAN I ADD COUNSELOR BRIGHT IN
02:05:03:00	02:05:04:00	THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:05:04:00	02:05:06:00	COUNCILOR BRAINARD SO ADDED AS
02:05:06:00	02:05:09:00	AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND CAN
02:05:09:00	02:05:10:00	I SUSPEND VOTE 12 AND ADD
02:05:10:00	02:05:10:00	COUNCILOR DUNCAN AS AN ORIGINAL
02:05:10:00	02:05:14:00	UNDER CO-SPONSOR CASA S.A. TO
02:05:14:00	02:05:15:00	SUSPEND THE RULES THAT
02:05:15:00	02:05:16:00	COVER DUNCAN AS A THIRD
02:05:16:00	02:05:16:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND
02:05:16:00	02:05:20:00	HEAR HIM NO OBJECTIONS
02:05:20:00	02:05:20:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN DURKIN ALSO
02:05:20:00	02:05:21:00	ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU
02:05:21:00	02:05:21:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:05:21:00	02:05:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:05:24:00	02:05:25:00	I'VE ACCEPTED TO OFFER A
02:05:25:00	02:05:26:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE
02:05:26:00	02:05:27:00	2025 AS PRIDE MONTH AND CITY
02:05:27:00	02:05:30:00	OF BOSTON AS A CITY WITH A
02:05:30:00	02:05:30:00	PROUD HISTORY OF STANDING FOR
02:05:30:00	02:05:34:00	JUSTICE, BOSTON MUST CONTINUE
02:05:34:00	02:05:37:00	TO SHOW UP FOR OUR LGBTQ I TO I
02:05:37:00	02:05:38:00	TO US PLUS COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY
02:05:38:00	02:05:41:00	NOW AT A TIME WHEN RIGHT
02:05:41:00	02:05:41:00	PROTECTIONS ARE UNDER ATTACK
02:05:41:00	02:05:42:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY PRIDE MONTH
02:05:42:00	02:05:45:00	IT'S MORE THAN JUST A
02:05:45:00	02:05:45:00	CELEBRATION.
02:05:45:00	02:05:46:00	IT IS A CALL TO ACTION A
02:05:46:00	02:05:48:00	REMINDER OF STRENGTH AND
02:05:48:00	02:05:49:00	RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES THAT
02:05:49:00	02:05:52:00	HAS ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR DIGNITY,
02:05:52:00	02:05:53:00	EQUALITY AND JOY IN THE FACE
02:05:53:00	02:05:55:00	OF DISCRIMINATION.
02:05:55:00	02:05:56:00	WE HONOR THE TRAILBLAZERS BLACK
02:05:56:00	02:05:59:00	AND BROWN TRANS ACTIVISTS LIKE
02:05:59:00	02:06:00:00	MASTERPIECE JOHNSON AND SYLVIA
02:06:00:00	02:06:03:00	RIVERA WHO SPARKED A MOVEMENT
02:06:03:00	02:06:04:00	THAT CONTINUES TODAY WE
02:06:04:00	02:06:04:00	CELEBRATE THE VICTORIES FROM
02:06:04:00	02:06:08:00	MARRIAGE EQUALITY TO WORKPLACE
02:06:08:00	02:06:08:00	PROTECTIONS.
02:06:08:00	02:06:08:00	BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT
02:06:08:00	02:06:12:00	THERE IS STILL MUCH WORK DO
02:06:12:00	02:06:12:00	ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTING OUR
02:06:12:00	02:06:15:00	TRANS NONBINARY AND BIPOC
02:06:15:00	02:06:15:00	LGBTQ.
02:06:15:00	02:06:18:00	I ATE A TWO PLUS NEIGHBORS FROM
02:06:18:00	02:06:18:00	HOME.
02:06:18:00	02:06:22:00	THIS RESOLUTION AFFIRMS OUR
02:06:22:00	02:06:22:00	COMMITMENT TO NOT ONLY
02:06:22:00	02:06:23:00	CELEBRATE PRIDE BUT TO ACTIVELY
02:06:23:00	02:06:26:00	SUPPORT AND UPLIFT LGBTQ I TO
02:06:26:00	02:06:29:00	US PLUS BOSTONIANS EVERY DAY
02:06:29:00	02:06:30:00	OF THE YEAR I URGE MY
02:06:30:00	02:06:33:00	COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN
02:06:33:00	02:06:33:00	PASSING THIS RESOLUTION AND
02:06:33:00	02:06:34:00	CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR TRUE
02:06:34:00	02:06:37:00	EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.
02:06:37:00	02:06:37:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA THE
02:06:37:00	02:06:41:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:06:41:00	02:06:41:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
02:06:41:00	02:06:42:00	COUNCILOR BRITTANY HAVE THE
02:06:42:00	02:06:42:00	FLOOR.
02:06:42:00	02:06:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
02:06:45:00	02:06:45:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR
02:06:45:00	02:06:51:00	INCLUDING ME IN THIS RESOLUTION
02:06:51:00	02:06:51:00	.
02:06:51:00	02:06:52:00	I THINK IT'S 30 YEARS AGO I
02:06:52:00	02:06:53:00	ATTENDED MY FIRST PRIDE PARADE
02:06:53:00	02:06:56:00	AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL THE
02:06:56:00	02:06:56:00	WHOLE STORY AGAIN BUT UM,
02:06:56:00	02:06:59:00	COMING FROM NORTHERN IRELAND IT
02:06:59:00	02:07:03:00	WAS SO MOVING.
02:07:03:00	02:07:03:00	I FEEL IT REALLY LANDED IN
02:07:03:00	02:07:06:00	SOMEWHERE VERY SPECIAL HERE IN
02:07:06:00	02:07:10:00	BOSTON UH, STANDING ON THE SIDE
02:07:10:00	02:07:13:00	OF THE ROAD AND WATCHING OUT
02:07:13:00	02:07:14:00	FAITH GROUPS THAT WERE
02:07:14:00	02:07:17:00	AFFIRMING OF LGBT COMMUNITY AT
02:07:17:00	02:07:22:00	THE TIME UM, GAY STRAIGHT, ALL
02:07:22:00	02:07:23:00	THOSE THOSE TWO IN PARTICULAR
02:07:23:00	02:07:24:00	FAITH GROUPS BECAUSE I FELT
02:07:24:00	02:07:26:00	ALIENATED AND EXCLUDED FROM MY
02:07:26:00	02:07:27:00	CHURCH BECAUSE THEY HAD A
02:07:27:00	02:07:30:00	HOMOPHOBIC STATUS STANDING AND
02:07:30:00	02:07:34:00	POLICIES AND GAY-STRAIGHT
02:07:34:00	02:07:34:00	ALLIANCES THINKING JUST HOW
02:07:34:00	02:07:35:00	WONDERFUL IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO
02:07:35:00	02:07:37:00	HAVE HAD A GAY STRAIGHT
02:07:37:00	02:07:38:00	ALLIANCE WHEN I WAS A YOUNG
02:07:38:00	02:07:41:00	WOMAN GROWING UP CONFUSED AND
02:07:41:00	02:07:44:00	ALONE IN MY REALIZING THAT I
02:07:44:00	02:07:45:00	WAS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER KIDS
02:07:45:00	02:07:49:00	AT THE TIME.
02:07:49:00	02:07:50:00	IT'S IT'S SORT OF SAD TO THINK
02:07:50:00	02:07:53:00	THAT IN THIS MOMENT AFTER SO
02:07:53:00	02:07:53:00	MUCH PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE
02:07:53:00	02:07:54:00	THAT WE ARE.
02:07:54:00	02:07:56:00	THERE ARE THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY
02:07:56:00	02:07:57:00	WHO WOULD LIKE TO ROLL THE
02:07:57:00	02:07:58:00	CLOCK BACK AND PUSH US ALL BACK
02:07:58:00	02:08:00:00	INTO THE CLOSET AND MAKE
02:08:00:00	02:08:01:00	DISAPPEAR.
02:08:01:00	02:08:01:00	BUT THE MESSAGE WE HAVE IS
02:08:01:00	02:08:05:00	WE'RE NOT GOING BACK.
02:08:05:00	02:08:05:00	WE'RE NOT GOING BACK AND WE
02:08:05:00	02:08:08:00	WILL WORK HARD TO AFFIRM AND
02:08:08:00	02:08:09:00	SUPPORT ALL THE MEMBERS
02:08:09:00	02:08:12:00	OF LGBTQ I A PLUS COMMUNITY
02:08:12:00	02:08:16:00	HERE IN BOSTON AND ACROSS THE
02:08:16:00	02:08:16:00	COUNTRY.
02:08:16:00	02:08:19:00	WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE EQUAL
02:08:19:00	02:08:20:00	CITIZENS IN THIS IN THIS LAND
02:08:20:00	02:08:24:00	AND WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
02:08:24:00	02:08:24:00	SO THANK YOU COUNSELOR SANTANA
02:08:24:00	02:08:27:00	FOR THIS AND I URGE EVERYONE TO
02:08:27:00	02:08:27:00	SUPPORT IT TODAY.
02:08:27:00	02:08:28:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:28:00	02:08:32:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:32:00	02:08:33:00	COUNT CELEBRATE AND THE CHAIR
02:08:33:00	02:08:33:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN
02:08:33:00	02:08:33:00	COMES WITH DURKAN.
02:08:33:00	02:08:34:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:08:34:00	02:08:35:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
02:08:35:00	02:08:35:00	I FIRST WANT TO THANK
02:08:35:00	02:08:36:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HIS
02:08:36:00	02:08:38:00	STEADFAST SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ
02:08:38:00	02:08:38:00	COMMUNITY.
02:08:38:00	02:08:41:00	THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIME
02:08:41:00	02:08:42:00	PARTNERING THIS YEAR WITH
02:08:42:00	02:08:42:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA IN FILING
02:08:42:00	02:08:45:00	LEGISLATION TO VOICE SUPPORT
02:08:45:00	02:08:46:00	FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON'S
02:08:46:00	02:08:49:00	COMMUNITY AND OUR DEDICATION TO
02:08:49:00	02:08:50:00	A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT SHOULD
02:08:50:00	02:08:53:00	INVITE PEOPLE OF ALL
02:08:53:00	02:08:54:00	BACKGROUNDS TO TAKE PART IN THE
02:08:54:00	02:08:54:00	CITY THAT WE CALL HOME.
02:08:54:00	02:08:57:00	AS A CITY COUNCILOR I WAS PROUD
02:08:57:00	02:08:58:00	TO FILE THE FIRST RESOLUTION IN
02:08:58:00	02:09:00:00	RECOGNITION OF TRANS DAY
02:09:00:00	02:09:01:00	OF VISIBILITY AND HAPPY TO DO
02:09:01:00	02:09:01:00	SO AGAIN THIS YEAR.
02:09:01:00	02:09:05:00	I THINK OUR DEDICATION AS A
02:09:05:00	02:09:05:00	COUNCIL IS IMPORTANT.
02:09:05:00	02:09:09:00	MORE NOW THAN EVER IN LIGHT
02:09:09:00	02:09:09:00	OF NEWS THAT JUST YESTERDAY THE
02:09:09:00	02:09:12:00	SUPREME COURT UPHELD TRUMP
02:09:12:00	02:09:12:00	ADMINISTRATION'S BAN ON
02:09:12:00	02:09:13:00	TRANSGENDER MILITARY MEMBERS.
02:09:13:00	02:09:16:00	HOWEVER, THIS GROWING
02:09:16:00	02:09:17:00	ENVIRONMENT OF INTOLERANCE IS
02:09:17:00	02:09:17:00	NOT LIMITED TO OTHER PARTS
02:09:17:00	02:09:20:00	OF THE COUNTRY AS WE'VE COME TO
02:09:20:00	02:09:20:00	EXPECT.
02:09:20:00	02:09:21:00	JUST THIS WEEK A GAY COUPLE
02:09:21:00	02:09:24:00	THAT WAS ATTENDING AN EVENT AT
02:09:24:00	02:09:25:00	THE LIBERTY HOTEL IN MY
02:09:25:00	02:09:28:00	DISTRICT WAS ACCOSTED IN THE
02:09:28:00	02:09:29:00	WOMEN'S BATHROOM FOR THEIR
02:09:29:00	02:09:29:00	PERCEIVED GENDER NONCONFORMITY.
02:09:29:00	02:09:33:00	IN THE VICTIM'S WORDS AS A
02:09:33:00	02:09:36:00	SECURITY GUARD TOLD HER TO GET
02:09:36:00	02:09:36:00	OUT OF THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM
02:09:36:00	02:09:37:00	THAT SHE WAS A MAN IN THE
02:09:37:00	02:09:40:00	WOMEN'S RESTROOM DESPITE BEING
02:09:40:00	02:09:40:00	A WOMAN.
02:09:40:00	02:09:41:00	SHE WAS ESCORTED OUT OF THE
02:09:41:00	02:09:44:00	RESTROOM AND THEN COMMENTS WERE
02:09:44:00	02:09:45:00	DIRECTED AT HER FROM THE OTHER
02:09:45:00	02:09:48:00	GUARDS WAITING IN LINE.
02:09:48:00	02:09:51:00	THEY WERE ASKED FOR THEIR ID
02:09:51:00	02:09:51:00	SIX.
02:09:51:00	02:09:52:00	THANKFULLY THE HOTEL SWIFTLY
02:09:52:00	02:09:55:00	RESPONDED AND SUSPENDED THE
02:09:55:00	02:09:55:00	SECURITY GUARD INDEFINITELY.
02:09:55:00	02:09:59:00	BUT STILL THIS INCIDENT PROVES
02:09:59:00	02:09:59:00	THAT THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
02:09:59:00	02:10:00:00	WE CAN'T JUST REST ON OUR
02:10:00:00	02:10:03:00	LAURELS AS A PROGRESSIVE CITY
02:10:03:00	02:10:03:00	AND EXPECT FREEDOM BECAUSE
02:10:03:00	02:10:06:00	FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT FIGHT.
02:10:06:00	02:10:07:00	I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL
02:10:07:00	02:10:08:00	JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING JUNE AS
02:10:08:00	02:10:11:00	PRIDE MONTH AND YES, THERE'S SO
02:10:11:00	02:10:14:00	MUCH JOY THAT COMES WITH PRIDE.
02:10:14:00	02:10:15:00	I YES.
02:10:15:00	02:10:18:00	LAST YEAR DURING PRIDE THE
02:10:18:00	02:10:18:00	PRIDE PARADE.
02:10:18:00	02:10:22:00	THAT WAS ME ON A TRUCK RED
02:10:22:00	02:10:23:00	TRUCK BED PARTYING WITH THE
02:10:23:00	02:10:26:00	THEATER OFFENSIVE AND DANCING
02:10:26:00	02:10:26:00	WITH SENATOR WILL BROWN'S
02:10:26:00	02:10:26:00	BURGER.
02:10:26:00	02:10:29:00	THERE IS SO MUCH JOY THAT COMES
02:10:29:00	02:10:30:00	WITH PRIDE AND A LOT OF THAT
02:10:30:00	02:10:32:00	RUNS THROUGH DISTRICT EIGHT.
02:10:32:00	02:10:33:00	BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT
02:10:33:00	02:10:37:00	THIS FIGHT IS STILL VERY MUCH A
02:10:37:00	02:10:38:00	FIGHT AND WE STILL VERY MUCH
02:10:38:00	02:10:40:00	NEED TO AFFIRM THE IDENTITIES
02:10:40:00	02:10:44:00	OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR CITY.
02:10:44:00	02:10:45:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:10:45:00	02:10:45:00	THANK YOU.
02:10:45:00	02:10:46:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:10:46:00	02:10:49:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:10:49:00	02:10:50:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
02:10:50:00	02:10:51:00	COLLEAGUES FOR FILING.
02:10:51:00	02:10:52:00	THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT.
02:10:52:00	02:10:55:00	IT WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
02:10:55:00	02:10:55:00	WE WERE PUSHING BACK AGAINST
02:10:55:00	02:10:59:00	FOLKS WHO DID NOT WANT TO
02:10:59:00	02:11:02:00	RECOGNIZE OUR  COMMUNITY AND
02:11:02:00	02:11:02:00	ABOUT RESISTANCE.
02:11:02:00	02:11:03:00	AND SO TODAY IT IS A
02:11:03:00	02:11:03:00	CELEBRATION.
02:11:03:00	02:11:06:00	IT IS ONE OF JOY AS WE CONTINUE
02:11:06:00	02:11:07:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
02:11:07:00	02:11:10:00	CREATING AN INCLUSIVE CITY
02:11:10:00	02:11:10:00	WHERE EVERYONE FEELS AND
02:11:10:00	02:11:13:00	EXPERIENCES BELONGING HERE IN
02:11:13:00	02:11:14:00	THIS CITY.
02:11:14:00	02:11:14:00	WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
02:11:14:00	02:11:17:00	AND SO I WANT TO ALWAYS THINK
02:11:17:00	02:11:17:00	OF CELEBRATING FOR SHARING HER
02:11:17:00	02:11:17:00	STORY BRAVELY.
02:11:17:00	02:11:18:00	AND I ALWAYS WANT TO THANK MY
02:11:18:00	02:11:21:00	COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE WORK
02:11:21:00	02:11:24:00	THAT THEY DO IN UPLIFTING OUR 
02:11:24:00	02:11:25:00	COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY
02:11:25:00	02:11:25:00	OF BOSTON.
02:11:25:00	02:11:29:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:11:29:00	02:11:29:00	THEIR NAME?
02:11:29:00	02:11:30:00	MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
02:11:30:00	02:11:32:00	COUNSELORS BECAUSE THAT IS
02:11:32:00	02:11:36:00	ZAPATA FLYNN, MARIA FITZGERALD
02:11:36:00	02:11:37:00	MURPHY PEPEN SANTANA WEBER
02:11:37:00	02:11:37:00	WORLD.
02:11:37:00	02:11:40:00	PLEASE OTHER CHAIR COUNSELORS
02:11:40:00	02:11:43:00	SANTANA BREADON AND DURKIN
02:11:43:00	02:11:44:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
02:11:44:00	02:11:47:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1027
02:11:47:00	02:11:51:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
02:11:51:00	02:11:51:00	SAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:11:51:00	02:11:54:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED WE
02:11:54:00	02:11:55:00	ARE NOW ON TO WE ARE GOING TO
02:11:55:00	02:11:58:00	MOVE ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.
02:11:58:00	02:11:59:00	BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WOULD
02:11:59:00	02:12:03:00	ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME
02:12:03:00	02:12:03:00	OR VOTE TO A DOCKET WHEN THEY
02:12:03:00	02:12:06:00	WERE NOT HERE IN CHAMBERS?
02:12:06:00	02:12:06:00	NO.
02:12:06:00	02:12:06:00	OKAY.
02:12:06:00	02:12:11:00	WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO
02:12:11:00	02:12:11:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS AND AS A COURT
02:12:11:00	02:12:12:00	WOULD YOU PLEASE VIEW THE
02:12:12:00	02:12:14:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS TALKING ABOUT
02:12:14:00	02:12:15:00	ONE ZERO TO A COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
02:12:15:00	02:12:17:00	FOR COUNCILOR OF SANTANA.
02:12:17:00	02:12:18:00	THANK YOU.
02:12:18:00	02:12:21:00	THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE
02:12:21:00	02:12:21:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1028.
02:12:21:00	02:12:25:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
02:12:25:00	02:12:25:00	ALEPPO SAY NAY.
02:12:25:00	02:12:26:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:12:26:00	02:12:28:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
02:12:28:00	02:12:29:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
02:12:29:00	02:12:29:00	SHEETS.
02:12:29:00	02:12:32:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ATTEMPT TO
02:12:32:00	02:12:33:00	PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN
02:12:33:00	02:12:36:00	SHEETS?
02:12:36:00	02:12:37:00	OKAY, I'M GOING TO START WITH
02:12:37:00	02:12:37:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:12:37:00	02:12:39:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
02:12:39:00	02:12:39:00	FLOOR.
02:12:39:00	02:12:39:00	OKAY.
02:12:39:00	02:12:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:12:43:00	02:12:49:00	I LIKE TO PULL DOCKETS 0943 AND
02:12:49:00	02:12:49:00	0944 FROM THE GREEN SHEETS
02:12:49:00	02:12:50:00	THERE BOTH CAN BE FOUND AT THE
02:12:50:00	02:12:53:00	TOP OF PAGE 11 FOR THE LABOR
02:12:53:00	02:12:55:00	WORKFORCE IN ECONOMIC
02:12:55:00	02:12:59:00	DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
02:12:59:00	02:13:00:00	MR CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT
02:13:00:00	02:13:03:00	DOCKET BEFORE YOU CAN YOU
02:13:03:00	02:13:04:00	PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD
02:13:04:00	02:13:07:00	AS TO GO COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:13:07:00	02:13:07:00	THE FIRST DOCKET INTO THE
02:13:07:00	02:13:10:00	RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
02:13:10:00	02:13:11:00	LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
02:13:11:00	02:13:13:00	DEVELOPMENT DOCKET NUMBERS 0943
02:13:13:00	02:13:14:00	MESSAGE YOU KNOW WHAT
02:13:14:00	02:13:17:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:13:17:00	02:13:19:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
02:13:19:00	02:13:20:00	OF $16,937.03 IN THE FORM OF A
02:13:20:00	02:13:24:00	GRANT FOR THE CARRION WAGNER
02:13:24:00	02:13:27:00	PAYS OR ADMINISTRATION GRANT
02:13:27:00	02:13:28:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
02:13:28:00	02:13:28:00	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS
02:13:28:00	02:13:31:00	THROUGH THE MASS FIRE
02:13:31:00	02:13:31:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
02:13:31:00	02:13:32:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
02:13:32:00	02:13:35:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
02:13:35:00	02:13:35:00	DEVELOPMENT.
02:13:35:00	02:13:36:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND INDIVIDUAL
02:13:36:00	02:13:39:00	REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS
02:13:39:00	02:13:39:00	OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
02:13:39:00	02:13:40:00	CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT
02:13:40:00	02:13:43:00	AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT
02:13:43:00	02:13:44:00	PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION
02:13:44:00	02:13:48:00	ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND
02:13:48:00	02:13:48:00	EDUCATION RESOURCES AND
02:13:48:00	02:13:51:00	PROGRAMS.
02:13:51:00	02:13:55:00	WE WILL FIRST TAKE A VOTE TO
02:13:55:00	02:13:58:00	ADD 0943 SO ABSENT OBJECTION
02:13:58:00	02:13:59:00	THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE
02:13:59:00	02:14:00:00	CHAIR IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE
02:14:00:00	02:14:00:00	BODY.
02:14:00:00	02:14:02:00	THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE
02:14:02:00	02:14:03:00	CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE
02:14:03:00	02:14:04:00	DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE
02:14:04:00	02:14:06:00	BODY.
02:14:06:00	02:14:07:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:14:07:00	02:14:07:00	THE OTHER DOCKET FROM THE
02:14:07:00	02:14:09:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
02:14:09:00	02:14:12:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NUMBER
02:14:12:00	02:14:13:00	0944 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT
02:14:13:00	02:14:13:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:14:13:00	02:14:19:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
02:14:19:00	02:14:20:00	OF $13,735 IN THE FORM OF A
02:14:20:00	02:14:20:00	GRANT FOR THE MAYOR'S
02:14:20:00	02:14:24:00	COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND GRANT
02:14:24:00	02:14:25:00	AWARDED BY MASAYA DEPARTMENT
02:14:25:00	02:14:27:00	OF KOREA SERVICES TO BE
02:14:27:00	02:14:28:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
02:14:28:00	02:14:30:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
02:14:30:00	02:14:31:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND EMPLOYMENT
02:14:31:00	02:14:34:00	AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE, CAREER
02:14:34:00	02:14:35:00	COUNSELING AND JOB SEARCH
02:14:35:00	02:14:38:00	ASSISTANCE FOR LEGALLY BLIND
02:14:38:00	02:14:39:00	INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CLIENTS.
02:14:39:00	02:14:42:00	A BOSTON MAN SAY A CAREER
02:14:42:00	02:14:45:00	CENTERS THANK YOU.
02:14:45:00	02:14:46:00	ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION
02:14:46:00	02:14:49:00	OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS
02:14:49:00	02:14:50:00	PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY AND
02:14:50:00	02:14:53:00	COUNCILOR COUNCIL YOU NOW HAVE
02:14:53:00	02:14:54:00	THE FLOOR ON THESE TWO DOCKETS.
02:14:54:00	02:14:54:00	OKAY.
02:14:54:00	02:14:55:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:14:55:00	02:14:57:00	I'M I'M SEEKING PASSAGE
02:14:57:00	02:14:58:00	OF PASSAGE OF BOTH OF THESE
02:14:58:00	02:15:01:00	DOCKETS TODAY THE TOGETHER THEY
02:15:01:00	02:15:04:00	TOTAL $30,000 $30,672 AND
02:15:04:00	02:15:07:00	THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO THE
02:15:07:00	02:15:08:00	COMMITTEE OF LABOR, WORKFORCE
02:15:08:00	02:15:11:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE
02:15:11:00	02:15:11:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
02:15:11:00	02:15:14:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
02:15:14:00	02:15:17:00	WE HAVE HAD HEARINGS ON
02:15:17:00	02:15:22:00	UNRELATED GRANTS TO UM TO
02:15:22:00	02:15:26:00	PROVIDE FUNDING FOR OUR TWO
02:15:26:00	02:15:27:00	CAREER CENTERS THE JEWISH
02:15:27:00	02:15:29:00	VOCATIONAL SERVICES DOWNTOWN
02:15:29:00	02:15:33:00	AND ABCD AND NUBIAN SQUARE AND
02:15:33:00	02:15:34:00	THESE DOCKETS WILL AS YOU HEARD
02:15:34:00	02:15:37:00	WILL GO TOWARD HELPING THE WORK
02:15:37:00	02:15:41:00	THAT'S DONE AT THOSE THOSE
02:15:41:00	02:15:41:00	CENTERS AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW,
02:15:41:00	02:15:44:00	SUPPORT FOR OUR WORKERS HERE IN
02:15:44:00	02:15:45:00	THE CITY.
02:15:45:00	02:15:45:00	SO IT'S RELATIVELY LOW AMOUNT
02:15:45:00	02:15:48:00	I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THESE
02:15:48:00	02:15:49:00	FUNDS ALONG TO THE PEOPLE WHO
02:15:49:00	02:15:52:00	NEED THEM AND AND HELP
02:15:52:00	02:15:52:00	RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.
02:15:52:00	02:15:52:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:15:52:00	02:15:56:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.
02:15:56:00	02:15:57:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
02:15:57:00	02:15:59:00	THESE DOCKETS?
02:15:59:00	02:15:59:00	OKAY.
02:15:59:00	02:16:03:00	COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS PASSAGE
02:16:03:00	02:16:04:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0943.
02:16:04:00	02:16:04:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
02:16:04:00	02:16:07:00	I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY.
02:16:07:00	02:16:08:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:16:08:00	02:16:08:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.
02:16:08:00	02:16:12:00	COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS ADOPTION
02:16:12:00	02:16:14:00	OF SIXTH BATCH OF DOCKET NUMBER
02:16:14:00	02:16:14:00	0944.
02:16:14:00	02:16:18:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I.
02:16:18:00	02:16:18:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
02:16:18:00	02:16:19:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL
02:16:19:00	02:16:21:00	ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS
02:16:21:00	02:16:21:00	?
02:16:21:00	02:16:22:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:16:22:00	02:16:22:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
02:16:22:00	02:16:23:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE
02:16:23:00	02:16:25:00	FLOOR.
02:16:25:00	02:16:26:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:16:26:00	02:16:27:00	I HAVE TWO DOCKETS I'D LIKE TO
02:16:27:00	02:16:29:00	PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEETS.
02:16:29:00	02:16:32:00	THE FIRST IS 0732 AND THE
02:16:32:00	02:16:32:00	SECOND IS OH 7 TO 7.
02:16:32:00	02:16:35:00	OKAY.
02:16:35:00	02:16:41:00	0732 AND WHAT'S THE SECOND OH 7
02:16:41:00	02:16:41:00	TO 7 OH 7 TO 7.
02:16:41:00	02:16:42:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:42:00	02:16:42:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:16:42:00	02:16:45:00	READ A DOCKET NUMBER 0732 INTO
02:16:45:00	02:16:48:00	THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE
02:16:48:00	02:16:51:00	ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
02:16:51:00	02:16:54:00	TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENT 0732
02:16:54:00	02:16:55:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE
02:16:55:00	02:16:57:00	CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
02:16:57:00	02:16:58:00	OF HIS SON FAROOQUI AS A MEMBER
02:16:58:00	02:16:59:00	OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS
02:16:59:00	02:17:02:00	REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE
02:17:02:00	02:17:03:00	ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A
02:17:03:00	02:17:09:00	TERM EXPIRING MARCH 19TH 2026.
02:17:09:00	02:17:09:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:09:00	02:17:10:00	ABSENT OBJECTION.
02:17:10:00	02:17:13:00	THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE
02:17:13:00	02:17:14:00	CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND IT IS
02:17:14:00	02:17:16:00	PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY.
02:17:16:00	02:17:17:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:17:17:00	02:17:18:00	THE OTHER DOCKET INTO THE
02:17:18:00	02:17:18:00	RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE I'M
02:17:18:00	02:17:21:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT
02:17:21:00	02:17:24:00	TRANSPORTATION NUMBER 0727
02:17:24:00	02:17:24:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE
02:17:24:00	02:17:25:00	CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
02:17:25:00	02:17:27:00	OF LISA THARP AS A PRIMARY
02:17:27:00	02:17:28:00	MEMBER OF THE BACK PAY
02:17:28:00	02:17:31:00	ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT
02:17:31:00	02:17:31:00	COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING
02:17:31:00	02:17:34:00	ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.
02:17:34:00	02:17:38:00	ABSENT OBJECTION THAT THE CHAIR
02:17:38:00	02:17:41:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:17:41:00	02:17:42:00	CULTURE FLYNN DO YOU HAVE A YOU
02:17:42:00	02:17:43:00	HAVE THE FLOOR?
02:17:43:00	02:17:43:00	MADAM CHAIR, I'M NOT OBJECTING
02:17:43:00	02:17:45:00	TO EITHER OF THESE BUT WAS
02:17:45:00	02:17:46:00	THERE A HEARING?
02:17:46:00	02:17:49:00	I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:17:49:00	02:17:49:00	I'M PREPARED BEFORE I GO.
02:17:49:00	02:17:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:53:00	02:17:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AND IF
02:17:54:00	02:17:55:00	YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE
02:17:55:00	02:17:57:00	CHAIR YOU MAY.
02:17:57:00	02:17:58:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:17:58:00	02:18:01:00	I THERE WERE WAS NOT A HEARING
02:18:01:00	02:18:01:00	ON EITHER OF THESE.
02:18:01:00	02:18:02:00	THE FIRST ONE HAS ACTUALLY COME
02:18:02:00	02:18:05:00	BEFORE MY COMMITTEE BEFORE AND
02:18:05:00	02:18:08:00	THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT AND
02:18:08:00	02:18:09:00	THEN THE OTHER ONE I AM PULLING
02:18:09:00	02:18:12:00	AT THE URGING OF THE
02:18:12:00	02:18:13:00	NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO THE
02:18:13:00	02:18:13:00	BACK BAY AS THEY'D LIKE THEIR
02:18:13:00	02:18:16:00	REPRESENTATIVE TO BE SEATED ON
02:18:16:00	02:18:17:00	THE BACK THE ARCHITECTURAL
02:18:17:00	02:18:20:00	COMMISSION EXPEDITIOUSLY.
02:18:20:00	02:18:21:00	I DO HAVE A COUPLE
02:18:21:00	02:18:23:00	OF STATEMENTS READ ON ON BOTH
02:18:23:00	02:18:24:00	OF THESE JUST TO MAKE SURE
02:18:24:00	02:18:25:00	OF THAT AND I DID SEND
02:18:25:00	02:18:27:00	SOMETHING BEFORE THE MEETING
02:18:27:00	02:18:32:00	BUT THESE COUNCILOR ARE ARE
02:18:32:00	02:18:33:00	THESE REAPPOINTMENT OR
02:18:33:00	02:18:35:00	APPOINTMENTS I'M SORRY,
02:18:35:00	02:18:36:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, ARE THESE
02:18:36:00	02:18:37:00	APPOINTMENTS ARE YOU ONE IS THE
02:18:37:00	02:18:38:00	REAPPOINTMENT AND ONE IS AN
02:18:38:00	02:18:38:00	APPOINTMENT.
02:18:38:00	02:18:41:00	OKAY.
02:18:41:00	02:18:41:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, DOES THAT
02:18:41:00	02:18:44:00	ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
02:18:44:00	02:18:48:00	MADAM CHAIR, I DO ALSO
02:18:48:00	02:18:49:00	REPRESENT THE BACK BAY AND IS
02:18:49:00	02:18:50:00	IT POSSIBLE THAT I COULD AT
02:18:50:00	02:18:53:00	LEAST LOOK AT THE RESUME?
02:18:53:00	02:18:53:00	YES, COUNCILOR.
02:18:53:00	02:18:57:00	SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
02:18:57:00	02:18:59:00	BIT BACKGROUND ON 0727 THIS WAS
02:18:59:00	02:19:03:00	A DOCKET THAT I TRIED TO PASS
02:19:03:00	02:19:03:00	EARLIER AND I THAT IS IN YOUR
02:19:03:00	02:19:06:00	EMAIL I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT
02:19:06:00	02:19:17:00	WITH YOU RIGHT HERE THOUGH THE
02:19:17:00	02:19:17:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHILE HE
02:19:17:00	02:19:18:00	READS THAT CAN I REQUEST THAT
02:19:18:00	02:19:26:00	WE VOTE ON DOCKET 07320732 BOTH
02:19:26:00	02:19:30:00	OF THESE.
02:19:30:00	02:19:30:00	OKAY.
02:19:30:00	02:19:33:00	THE ISSUE IS THAT BOTH OF THEM
02:19:33:00	02:19:34:00	APPEAR TO BE REGIONAL ORDERS
02:19:34:00	02:19:35:00	AND THEY DON'T NEITHER OF THEM
02:19:35:00	02:19:37:00	SAY REAPPOINTMENT BUT YOU'RE
02:19:37:00	02:19:38:00	SAYING DOCKET NUMBER 0732 IS A
02:19:38:00	02:19:41:00	REAPPOINTMENT.
02:19:41:00	02:19:42:00	HE IS A CURRENT SEATED MEMBER
02:19:42:00	02:19:45:00	ON THE BUILDING EMISSIONS
02:19:45:00	02:19:45:00	REDUCTION DISCLOSURE REVIEW
02:19:45:00	02:19:45:00	BOARD.
02:19:45:00	02:19:48:00	OKAY.
02:19:48:00	02:19:52:00	SO SHOULD I.
02:19:52:00	02:19:56:00	SHOULD I AMEND IT BEFORE I
02:19:56:00	02:20:13:00	BECAUSE THE.
02:20:13:00	02:20:17:00	OKAY, LET'S TAKE A BRIEF A
02:20:17:00	02:20:18:00	BRIEF 5 TO 10 MINUTE RECESS AS
02:20:18:00	02:20:21:00	WE FIGURE OUT THIS ISSUE WE ARE
02:20:21:00	02:30:22:00	IN RECESS SESSION.
02:30:22:00	02:30:23:00	JUST AS A REMINDER DID WE VOTE
02:30:23:00	02:30:25:00	WE VOTED ON DOCKET NUMBER
02:30:25:00	02:30:25:00	07230732.
02:30:25:00	02:30:29:00	OKAY.
02:30:29:00	02:30:29:00	ALL RIGHT.
02:30:29:00	02:30:30:00	SO WE ARE BEFORE US.
02:30:30:00	02:30:36:00	WE HAVE DOCKET NUMBER
02:30:36:00	02:30:42:00	8072332320732.
02:30:42:00	02:30:42:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:30:42:00	02:30:42:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
02:30:42:00	02:30:43:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE
02:30:43:00	02:30:43:00	FLOOR.
02:30:43:00	02:30:44:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:30:44:00	02:30:45:00	JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT AS
02:30:45:00	02:30:48:00	THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING
02:30:48:00	02:30:49:00	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
02:30:49:00	02:30:51:00	COMMITTEE I HAVE FULL DOCKET
02:30:51:00	02:30:52:00	030732 FROM THE GREEN SHEETS
02:30:52:00	02:30:55:00	FOR PASSAGE DOCKET 732 IS A
02:30:55:00	02:30:56:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE
02:30:56:00	02:30:59:00	CONFIRMATION OF THE
02:30:59:00	02:30:59:00	REAPPOINTMENT OF HUSSAN
02:30:59:00	02:31:02:00	FAROOQUI AS A MEMBER OF THE
02:31:02:00	02:31:02:00	BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION
02:31:02:00	02:31:03:00	AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW
02:31:03:00	02:31:06:00	BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH
02:31:06:00	02:31:06:00	19, 2026 THAT REQUIRED AN
02:31:06:00	02:31:09:00	AMENDMENT OF THE ORIGINAL ORDER
02:31:09:00	02:31:10:00	SO THAT AS BEFORE THE
02:31:10:00	02:31:14:00	COUNCIL NOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
02:31:14:00	02:31:17:00	MET HASAN WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE
02:31:17:00	02:31:17:00	DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON CLIMATE
02:31:17:00	02:31:20:00	ACTION NETWORK WHERE HE LEADS
02:31:20:00	02:31:21:00	OPERATIONS POLICY ADVOCACY,
02:31:21:00	02:31:21:00	STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND
02:31:21:00	02:31:25:00	STRATEGIC PLANNING.
02:31:25:00	02:31:25:00	HE COORDINATES THE BOSTON GREEN
02:31:25:00	02:31:26:00	NEW DEAL COALITION AND SERVES
02:31:26:00	02:31:29:00	ON THE GREEN JUSTICE COALITION
02:31:29:00	02:31:29:00	STEERING COMMITTEE.
02:31:29:00	02:31:32:00	THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT AND HE
02:31:32:00	02:31:33:00	WILL NOT BE REPLACING ANYONE
02:31:33:00	02:31:33:00	ELSE ON THE BOARD.
02:31:33:00	02:31:36:00	MAYOR WU APPOINTED HIM TO SERVE
02:31:36:00	02:31:39:00	AS A BROAD OVERVIEW ON OUR
02:31:39:00	02:31:43:00	BOARD APRIL 3RD, 2024 TO AND SO
02:31:43:00	02:31:43:00	HE HAS BEEN SERVING SINCE LAST
02:31:43:00	02:31:46:00	AUGUST.
02:31:46:00	02:31:47:00	FURTHERMORE JACK NELSON
02:31:47:00	02:31:47:00	REPRESENTING THE ENGINEERING
02:31:47:00	02:31:51:00	EXPERTISE PARTICULARLY IN
02:31:51:00	02:31:51:00	COMPLEX ENERGY AND INTENSIVE
02:31:51:00	02:31:55:00	BUILDINGS LIKE HOSPITALS IS
02:31:55:00	02:31:56:00	LEAVING THE BROADER REVIEW
02:31:56:00	02:31:59:00	BOARD MAY 23RD, 2025 AND HIS
02:31:59:00	02:32:02:00	FINAL MEETING WILL BE MAY 12,
02:32:02:00	02:32:02:00	2025.
02:32:02:00	02:32:03:00	SO THIS APPOINTMENT
02:32:03:00	02:32:06:00	REAPPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY AT
02:32:06:00	02:32:06:00	THIS TIME.
02:32:06:00	02:32:10:00	MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
02:32:10:00	02:32:11:00	COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET
02:32:11:00	02:32:14:00	0732 ALL TO PASS IN A NEW
02:32:14:00	02:32:14:00	DRAFT.
02:32:14:00	02:32:15:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN.
02:32:15:00	02:32:17:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
02:32:17:00	02:32:20:00	THIS MATTER ON DOCKET NUMBER
02:32:20:00	02:32:20:00	0732.
02:32:20:00	02:32:23:00	WOULD A NEW OC COUNCILOR DURKIN
02:32:23:00	02:32:24:00	, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
02:32:24:00	02:32:25:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT
02:32:25:00	02:32:26:00	TRANSPORTATION MUSTER PASSAGE
02:32:26:00	02:32:27:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0732 ALL THOSE
02:32:27:00	02:32:30:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING
02:32:30:00	02:32:31:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:32:31:00	02:32:32:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
02:32:32:00	02:32:34:00	OKAY NOW COUNCILOR DURKIN
02:32:34:00	02:32:35:00	BEFORE THE BODY IS DOCKET
02:32:35:00	02:32:35:00	NUMBER 0727 WOULD YOU LIKE TO
02:32:35:00	02:32:38:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
02:32:38:00	02:32:38:00	YES, PLEASE.
02:32:38:00	02:32:39:00	PASSING.
02:32:39:00	02:32:39:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:32:39:00	02:32:39:00	THANK YOU.
02:32:39:00	02:32:42:00	AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING
02:32:42:00	02:32:42:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
02:32:42:00	02:32:45:00	I AM PULLING DOCKET 07274 FOR
02:32:45:00	02:32:46:00	THE GREEN SHEETS FOR PACKET
02:32:46:00	02:32:49:00	PASSAGE DOCKET 0727 AS A
02:32:49:00	02:32:50:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE
02:32:50:00	02:32:53:00	CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
02:32:53:00	02:32:54:00	OF LISA THARP AS A PRIMARY
02:32:54:00	02:32:54:00	MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY
02:32:54:00	02:32:55:00	ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT
02:32:55:00	02:32:57:00	COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING
02:32:57:00	02:33:00:00	DECEMBER 31ST, 2028 AS CITY
02:33:00:00	02:33:01:00	COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT
02:33:01:00	02:33:01:00	WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRETY
02:33:01:00	02:33:05:00	OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL
02:33:05:00	02:33:05:00	DISTRICT.
02:33:05:00	02:33:06:00	I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THE
02:33:06:00	02:33:06:00	NOMINATION OF LISA THARP FOR
02:33:06:00	02:33:08:00	THE MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION.
02:33:08:00	02:33:09:00	SHE IS NOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD
02:33:09:00	02:33:12:00	ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAYS
02:33:12:00	02:33:16:00	MEMBER THAT THEY PUT FORWARD
02:33:16:00	02:33:17:00	AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ A
02:33:17:00	02:33:17:00	STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF HER
02:33:17:00	02:33:17:00	CANDIDACY.
02:33:17:00	02:33:21:00	THIS IS FROM HER TO WHOM IT MAY
02:33:21:00	02:33:21:00	CONCERN IT'S AN HONOR TO GIVE
02:33:21:00	02:33:24:00	BACK TO MY COMMUNITY AS A
02:33:24:00	02:33:24:00	MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY
02:33:24:00	02:33:27:00	ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION AS A
02:33:27:00	02:33:27:00	RESIDENT OF TWO ARLINGTON AND A
02:33:27:00	02:33:29:00	BUSINESS OWNER AT 45 NEWBURY
02:33:29:00	02:33:30:00	STREET HERE I AM DEEPLY
02:33:30:00	02:33:30:00	COMMITTED TO PRESERVING AND
02:33:30:00	02:33:33:00	ADVANCING THE CHARACTER BEAUTY
02:33:33:00	02:33:34:00	PREPAREDNESS AND ACCESSIBILITY
02:33:34:00	02:33:36:00	OF THE BACK BAY TO ALL MY
02:33:36:00	02:33:37:00	COMMISSIONER POSITION WOULD
02:33:37:00	02:33:37:00	HELP ME LEARN AND BRING
02:33:37:00	02:33:41:00	EXPERIENCE FROM VARIED PHASES
02:33:41:00	02:33:42:00	OF MY CAREER FROM MY YEARS ON
02:33:42:00	02:33:44:00	THE NAB ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE
02:33:44:00	02:33:45:00	FOR MY YEARS AS AN NAB
02:33:45:00	02:33:48:00	ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
02:33:48:00	02:33:49:00	AS A LEADING BACK BAY INTERIOR
02:33:49:00	02:33:49:00	DESIGNER.
02:33:49:00	02:33:52:00	WE'RE IN A FIRM THAT PROVIDES
02:33:52:00	02:33:53:00	FAMILIARITY WITH THE CHALLENGES
02:33:53:00	02:33:53:00	AND CONSIDERATIONS
02:33:53:00	02:33:56:00	OF RENOVATION, NEW CONSTRUCTION
02:33:56:00	02:33:57:00	AND RESTORATION WITHIN HISTORIC
02:33:57:00	02:34:00:00	CITY BLOCKS THE APPROACH I
02:34:00:00	02:34:04:00	FREQUENTLY I FIND FREQUENTLY
02:34:04:00	02:34:04:00	RELEVANT WHEN CONSIDERING
02:34:04:00	02:34:04:00	ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE
02:34:04:00	02:34:07:00	PROPOSALS.
02:34:07:00	02:34:08:00	MY PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE FURTHER
02:34:08:00	02:34:11:00	WOULD FURTHER BE SHAPED BY THE
02:34:11:00	02:34:11:00	FIRM'S FOUNDATIONAL COMMITMENT
02:34:11:00	02:34:14:00	TO BUILDING FOR BUILDING
02:34:14:00	02:34:14:00	PRINCIPLES THAT ENSURE
02:34:14:00	02:34:15:00	WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND THE
02:34:15:00	02:34:15:00	PLANET.
02:34:15:00	02:34:18:00	WHILE I APPRECIATE YOUR
02:34:18:00	02:34:19:00	CONSIDERATION I HOPE YEAH WELL
02:34:19:00	02:34:22:00	I APPRECIATE YOUR
02:34:22:00	02:34:22:00	CONSIDERATION.
02:34:22:00	02:34:23:00	I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE
02:34:23:00	02:34:26:00	ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURAL
02:34:26:00	02:34:30:00	COMMISSIONS.
02:34:30:00	02:34:30:00	UH YEAH.
02:34:30:00	02:34:31:00	SO THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
02:34:31:00	02:34:36:00	TIME AND SHE'S AND THIS IS HER
02:34:36:00	02:34:39:00	YOU KNOW AT THIS TIME I'D
02:34:39:00	02:34:43:00	ACTUALLY LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO
02:34:43:00	02:34:44:00	I'D LIKE TO WAIT ON THIS DOCKET
02:34:44:00	02:34:48:00	GIVEN GIVEN.
02:34:48:00	02:34:48:00	UM, ANYWAYS, I'D LIKE TO WAIT
02:34:48:00	02:34:51:00	ON THIS DOCKET.
02:34:51:00	02:34:52:00	I'LL PULL IT OUT AT A LATER
02:34:52:00	02:34:52:00	TIME.
02:34:52:00	02:34:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:34:53:00	02:34:53:00	OKAY.
02:34:53:00	02:34:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:34:53:00	02:34:56:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0727 WILL REMAIN
02:34:56:00	02:34:59:00	IN COMMITTEE.
02:34:59:00	02:35:00:00	I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF
02:35:00:00	02:35:02:00	FOR THEIR WORK IN SORT
02:35:02:00	02:35:03:00	OF CLARIFYING AND FIGURING OUT
02:35:03:00	02:35:03:00	THE REAPPOINTMENT ISSUE DURING
02:35:03:00	02:35:03:00	RECESS.
02:35:03:00	02:35:06:00	OKAY.
02:35:06:00	02:35:07:00	AND WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
02:35:07:00	02:35:07:00	PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN
02:35:07:00	02:35:07:00	SHEETS?
02:35:07:00	02:35:10:00	OKAY.
02:35:10:00	02:35:11:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD
02:35:11:00	02:35:12:00	FILES AND INFORMED BY THE COURT
02:35:12:00	02:35:14:00	THAT THERE ARE SIX EIGHT LINKED
02:35:14:00	02:35:18:00	FILE MATTERS BUT ALL MATTERS
02:35:18:00	02:35:19:00	ARE BY PERSON FIVE PERSONNEL
02:35:19:00	02:35:26:00	ORDERS.
02:35:26:00	02:35:27:00	OKAY.
02:35:27:00	02:35:30:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:35:30:00	02:35:31:00	READ THE FIVE LEAD FILE
02:35:31:00	02:35:32:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS INTO THE
02:35:32:00	02:35:38:00	RECORD?
02:35:38:00	02:35:39:00	FIRST PERSONNEL ORDER, LATE
02:35:39:00	02:35:39:00	FILE COUNCILOR ALLUSIONS,
02:35:39:00	02:35:46:00	OFFICE SECOND FILE PERSONNEL
02:35:46:00	02:35:47:00	OFFICE LATE FILE
02:35:47:00	02:35:50:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
02:35:50:00	02:35:50:00	COUNCILOR AND MURPHY.
02:35:50:00	02:35:54:00	THIRD PERSONNEL LATE FILE
02:35:54:00	02:35:55:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
02:35:55:00	02:35:55:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE.
02:35:55:00	02:35:58:00	FOURTH LATE FILE PERSONAL TO
02:35:58:00	02:35:58:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
02:35:58:00	02:35:59:00	COUNCILOR ON MEJIA.
02:35:59:00	02:36:01:00	AND FIFTH LATE FILE PERSONNEL
02:36:01:00	02:36:04:00	ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
02:36:04:00	02:36:05:00	WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD
02:36:05:00	02:36:06:00	THESE LATE FILE PERSONNEL
02:36:06:00	02:36:09:00	ORDERS ONTO THE RECORD.
02:36:09:00	02:36:10:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
02:36:10:00	02:36:12:00	I SUPPOSE IN THE EYES HAVE IT
02:36:12:00	02:36:13:00	THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED
02:36:13:00	02:36:13:00	TO THE RECORD.
02:36:13:00	02:36:16:00	THESE MATTERS WILL BE PLACED ON
02:36:16:00	02:36:16:00	FILE.
02:36:16:00	02:36:17:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE?
02:36:17:00	02:36:20:00	OH, THESE MAT THESE PERSONNEL
02:36:20:00	02:36:20:00	ORDERS WILL BE ALL IN FAVOR
02:36:20:00	02:36:21:00	OF PASSING THE PERSONNEL
02:36:21:00	02:36:21:00	ORDERS.
02:36:21:00	02:36:24:00	I I ALL OPPOSE SAYING THESE
02:36:24:00	02:36:24:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS ARE PASSED.
02:36:24:00	02:36:27:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:36:27:00	02:36:28:00	READ THE ABSENCE LETTER INTO
02:36:28:00	02:36:30:00	THE RECORD?
02:36:30:00	02:36:31:00	ABSENCE LETTER SIGNED BY
02:36:31:00	02:36:34:00	COUNCILOR TANYA
02:36:34:00	02:36:35:00	FERNANDES ANDERSON DEAR
02:36:35:00	02:36:36:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT I HOPE THIS
02:36:36:00	02:36:36:00	MESSAGE FINDS YOU WELL.
02:36:36:00	02:36:38:00	I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT
02:36:38:00	02:36:39:00	WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND
02:36:39:00	02:36:42:00	TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO
02:36:42:00	02:36:42:00	A FAMILY EMERGENCY.
02:36:42:00	02:36:45:00	COUNCILOR TANYA FINANCE SENDS
02:36:45:00	02:36:46:00	THANK YOU THAT LAID FILE MATTER
02:36:46:00	02:36:47:00	WILL ABSENCE LETTER WILL BE
02:36:47:00	02:36:49:00	PLACED ON FILE.
02:36:49:00	02:36:49:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:36:49:00	02:36:53:00	READ THE LEAD FILE EMERGENCY
02:36:53:00	02:36:53:00	CITIZEN SQUARE RESOLUTION INTO
02:36:53:00	02:36:57:00	THE RECORD BUT OFFERED BY
02:36:57:00	02:36:58:00	COUNCIL GABRIELLA COLLETTE AS A
02:36:58:00	02:36:58:00	PART OF A RESOLUTION
02:36:58:00	02:37:01:00	DESIGNATING A CITIZEN SQUARE AT
02:37:01:00	02:37:02:00	THE INTERSECTION OF HAYWOOD
02:37:02:00	02:37:05:00	AVENUE AND CRESTWOOD CRESCENT
02:37:05:00	02:37:08:00	WAY ROAD IN EAST BOSTON IN
02:37:08:00	02:37:12:00	RECOGNITION OF ROCCO TILLY'S
02:37:12:00	02:37:13:00	DUE TO THE URGENT NEED FOR
02:37:13:00	02:37:14:00	IMMEDIATE ACTION AN EMERGENCY
02:37:14:00	02:37:16:00	DECLARATION IS HEREBY NECESSARY
02:37:16:00	02:37:17:00	TO EXPEDITE THE FILING AND
02:37:17:00	02:37:21:00	CONSIDERATION OF THIS ORDER.
02:37:21:00	02:37:22:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:22:00	02:37:22:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:37:22:00	02:37:25:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS THE PARTY
02:37:25:00	02:37:25:00	OF THE FLOOR.
02:37:25:00	02:37:26:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
02:37:26:00	02:37:26:00	PRESIDENT.
02:37:26:00	02:37:28:00	AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING
02:37:28:00	02:37:28:00	ME TO PUT THIS FORWARD.
02:37:28:00	02:37:32:00	THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME
02:37:32:00	02:37:32:00	SENSITIVITY WITH THIS.
02:37:32:00	02:37:35:00	ROCCO TILLY'S A IS THE LAST
02:37:35:00	02:37:36:00	REMAINING VETERAN OF WORLD WAR
02:37:36:00	02:37:37:00	TWO AT THE BEACH BEACH, MONT.
02:37:37:00	02:37:39:00	VFW POST.
02:37:39:00	02:37:40:00	HE IS TURNING 100 YEARS OLD
02:37:40:00	02:37:40:00	SOON.
02:37:40:00	02:37:43:00	HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, ROCCO.
02:37:43:00	02:37:44:00	I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO KNOW
02:37:44:00	02:37:44:00	HIM.
02:37:44:00	02:37:44:00	THERE HAVE BEEN MANY
02:37:44:00	02:37:47:00	CONVERSATIONS AT HIS DOOR AND
02:37:47:00	02:37:47:00	AT HIS KITCHEN TABLE ABOUT
02:37:47:00	02:37:50:00	VARIOUS THINGS IN HIS BOSTON.
02:37:50:00	02:37:50:00	ROCCO EXEMPLIFIES THE BEST
02:37:50:00	02:37:50:00	OF US.
02:37:50:00	02:37:51:00	HE'S THE PERFECT DEMONSTRATION
02:37:51:00	02:37:54:00	OF THOSE FROM THE GREATEST
02:37:54:00	02:37:54:00	GENERATION.
02:37:54:00	02:37:55:00	HIS UNIT WAS VITAL DURING THE
02:37:55:00	02:37:58:00	ITALIAN CAMPAIGN AND CRITICAL
02:37:58:00	02:37:58:00	TO THE ALLIED VICTORY IN
02:37:58:00	02:37:59:00	EUROPE.
02:37:59:00	02:38:01:00	HE WAS JUST 19 YEARS OLD WHEN
02:38:01:00	02:38:02:00	HE WAS DEPLOYED ON THE FRONT
02:38:02:00	02:38:05:00	LINES TO FIGHT THE NAZIS AND
02:38:05:00	02:38:05:00	WHEN HE CAME HOME HE DEDICATED
02:38:05:00	02:38:08:00	HIS LIFE TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS
02:38:08:00	02:38:08:00	BOSTON.
02:38:08:00	02:38:08:00	HE REMAINED ACTIVE IN VETERAN'S
02:38:08:00	02:38:12:00	AFFAIRS AND EMBODIED THE VALUES
02:38:12:00	02:38:12:00	OF PATRIOTISM, HUMILITY AND
02:38:12:00	02:38:12:00	CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.
02:38:12:00	02:38:16:00	ROCCO IS GETTING OLDER.
02:38:16:00	02:38:17:00	AND WITH THAT COMES VARIOUS
02:38:17:00	02:38:20:00	HEALTH OCCURRENCES.
02:38:20:00	02:38:21:00	I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
02:38:21:00	02:38:21:00	BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
02:38:21:00	02:38:24:00	US TO PASS THIS TODAY.
02:38:24:00	02:38:25:00	TO BE ABLE TO START THE PROCESS
02:38:25:00	02:38:29:00	IN HONORING HIM EXPEDITIOUSLY.
02:38:29:00	02:38:29:00	THANK YOU.
02:38:29:00	02:38:29:00	THANK YOU.
02:38:29:00	02:38:30:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:38:30:00	02:38:32:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN CAPITAL FLYNN,
02:38:32:00	02:38:33:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:38:33:00	02:38:33:00	AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:38:33:00	02:38:36:00	I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK
02:38:36:00	02:38:37:00	COUNCILOR FOR BRINGING THIS
02:38:37:00	02:38:40:00	IMPORTANT MATTER FORWARD.
02:38:40:00	02:38:41:00	I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN AS
02:38:41:00	02:38:44:00	VETERANS CHAIR TO SUPPORT THIS
02:38:44:00	02:38:48:00	IMPORTANT DOCUMENT AND WE WANT
02:38:48:00	02:38:49:00	TO SAY THAT I KNOW ROCCO.
02:38:49:00	02:38:51:00	I KNOW HIS BACKGROUND IS
02:38:51:00	02:38:52:00	HISTORY.
02:38:52:00	02:38:52:00	BUT I ALSO KNOW AS
02:38:52:00	02:38:55:00	COUNCILOR CARTER MENTIONED THE
02:38:55:00	02:38:55:00	IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS
02:38:55:00	02:38:59:00	MADE IN SUPPORTING VETERANS AND
02:38:59:00	02:39:00:00	MILITARY FAMILIES NOT JUST IN
02:39:00:00	02:39:03:00	BOSTON BUT ACROSS ACROSS THE
02:39:03:00	02:39:03:00	COMMONWEALTH REALLY.
02:39:03:00	02:39:07:00	SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
02:39:07:00	02:39:07:00	COUNCILOR CLETA FOR BRINGING
02:39:07:00	02:39:10:00	THIS FORWARD AND WANT US SAY
02:39:10:00	02:39:11:00	THANK YOU TO ROCCO FOR THE
02:39:11:00	02:39:11:00	INCREDIBLE SERVICE AND
02:39:11:00	02:39:14:00	SACRIFICE HE HAS MADE TO OUR
02:39:14:00	02:39:14:00	NATION.
02:39:14:00	02:39:15:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:15:00	02:39:15:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:15:00	02:39:18:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:39:18:00	02:39:21:00	ON THIS MATTER IS ONE TO ALSO
02:39:21:00	02:39:22:00	THANK CASTRO CLAUDIA ZAPATA FOR
02:39:22:00	02:39:22:00	HONORING ROCCO IN THIS WAY AND
02:39:22:00	02:39:25:00	FOR PUTTING THIS CITIZEN SQUARE
02:39:25:00	02:39:25:00	FORWARD.
02:39:25:00	02:39:26:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:39:26:00	02:39:28:00	THEIR NAME?
02:39:28:00	02:39:29:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD
02:39:29:00	02:39:34:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FLYNN HERE
02:39:34:00	02:39:34:00	MURPHY BRETTON SANTANA.
02:39:34:00	02:39:35:00	WEBER WORLD.
02:39:35:00	02:39:38:00	PLEASE LET COUNCILOR BREADON
02:39:38:00	02:39:39:00	PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR.
02:39:39:00	02:39:40:00	COUNCILOR BECAUSE THAT IS A
02:39:40:00	02:39:40:00	PARTY'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES
02:39:40:00	02:39:43:00	AND ADOPTION OF THIS
02:39:43:00	02:39:43:00	RESOLUTION.
02:39:43:00	02:39:44:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
02:39:44:00	02:39:48:00	I ALL OPPOSE NAY.
02:39:48:00	02:39:48:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:39:48:00	02:39:49:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
02:39:49:00	02:39:49:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:39:49:00	02:39:51:00	READ THE NEXT LATE FILE
02:39:51:00	02:39:55:00	RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD
02:39:55:00	02:39:56:00	OFFERED BY COUNCILORS AARON
02:39:56:00	02:39:56:00	MURPHY AND ED FLYNN?
02:39:56:00	02:39:59:00	THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IN
02:39:59:00	02:39:59:00	SUPPORT OF ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
02:39:59:00	02:40:00:00	AND A COUNCIL VOTE ON THE
02:40:00:00	02:40:04:00	STATUS OF COUNCILOR TONY
02:40:04:00	02:40:05:00	FERNANDES SANDERSON THE CHAIR
02:40:05:00	02:40:07:00	ACTING OH ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
02:40:07:00	02:40:11:00	OF ADDING THIS VILE MATTER ONTO
02:40:11:00	02:40:14:00	THE RECORD SAY I HOW BECAUSE
02:40:14:00	02:40:15:00	WHEN MEJIA YOU OBJECTING TO
02:40:15:00	02:40:19:00	VILE OC THAT DEFINITELY FAST WE
02:40:19:00	02:40:21:00	ARE SO THAT MATTER IS NOT ADDED
02:40:21:00	02:40:25:00	TO THE DOCKET WE ARE NOW MOVING
02:40:25:00	02:40:26:00	ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA I HAVE
02:40:26:00	02:40:28:00	BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT
02:40:28:00	02:40:29:00	THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE
02:40:29:00	02:40:32:00	CONSENT AGENDA.
02:40:32:00	02:40:33:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
02:40:33:00	02:40:33:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
02:40:33:00	02:40:34:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
02:40:34:00	02:40:36:00	AGENDA.
02:40:36:00	02:40:36:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
02:40:36:00	02:40:37:00	I THANK YOU.
02:40:37:00	02:40:39:00	THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS ADOPTED
02:40:39:00	02:40:40:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS
02:40:40:00	02:40:44:00	PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR
02:40:44:00	02:40:44:00	UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS IT'S
02:40:44:00	02:40:47:00	BEEN ALLUDED TO BUT THIS SUNDAY
02:40:47:00	02:40:48:00	IS MOTHER'S DAY AND ALSO THE
02:40:48:00	02:40:52:00	MOTHER'S DAY WALK FOR PEACE BY
02:40:52:00	02:40:52:00	THE LEWIS DE BROWN PEACE
02:40:52:00	02:40:53:00	INSTITUTE.
02:40:53:00	02:40:54:00	SO I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF MY
02:40:54:00	02:40:55:00	COLLEAGUES ON SUNDAY IN SUPPORT
02:40:55:00	02:40:56:00	OF OUR MOTHERS OUR MOTHERS WHO
02:40:56:00	02:40:59:00	HAVE LOST THEIR SONS AND THEIR
02:40:59:00	02:41:03:00	DAUGHTERS AND THEIR CHILDREN AS
02:41:03:00	02:41:03:00	WE WALK FOR PEACE THROUGHOUT
02:41:03:00	02:41:03:00	THE CITY.
02:41:03:00	02:41:06:00	ALSO ON THIS SATURDAY THIS
02:41:06:00	02:41:07:00	SATURDAY IS ANOTHER JOBS FAIR
02:41:07:00	02:41:08:00	FOR THAT THE CITY IS HOLDING
02:41:08:00	02:41:10:00	FOR OUR YOUTH THIS SATURDAY AT
02:41:10:00	02:41:12:00	THE REGGIE LEWIS CENTER FROM 11
02:41:12:00	02:41:13:00	TO 3 P.M..
02:41:13:00	02:41:14:00	IF YOU KNOW ANY YOUNG PEOPLE
02:41:14:00	02:41:17:00	WHO ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT
02:41:17:00	02:41:17:00	THIS IS THE TIME FOR THEM TO
02:41:17:00	02:41:19:00	COME AND GET A JOB 14 AND UP
02:41:19:00	02:41:20:00	THIS SATURDAY AT THE REGGIE
02:41:20:00	02:41:23:00	LEWIS AND THEN ALSO JUST WANT
02:41:23:00	02:41:24:00	TO GIVE MY VERY BEST WISHES TO
02:41:24:00	02:41:27:00	OUR 14TH COUNCILOR MICHAEL.
02:41:27:00	02:41:28:00	HE IS GOING BACK TO REHAB AND
02:41:28:00	02:41:31:00	HE WON'T BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR A
02:41:31:00	02:41:32:00	WHILE AND WE ARE GOING TO FEEL
02:41:32:00	02:41:34:00	HIS ABSENCE SO I KNOW WE ALL
02:41:34:00	02:41:35:00	LOVE AND CARE FOR YOU MICHAEL
02:41:35:00	02:41:36:00	AND JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL
02:41:36:00	02:41:39:00	KEEPING YOU IN OUR THOUGHTS FOR
02:41:39:00	02:41:39:00	A SPEEDY RECOVERY.
02:41:39:00	02:41:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:41:44:00	02:41:45:00	COUNCILOR BREADON THEN COMES
02:41:45:00	02:41:45:00	FROM HERE.
02:41:45:00	02:41:46:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON, YOU HAVE THE
02:41:46:00	02:41:46:00	FLOOR.
02:41:46:00	02:41:46:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:46:00	02:41:47:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I WAS LATE
02:41:47:00	02:41:50:00	THIS AFTERNOON AND THE REASON I
02:41:50:00	02:41:51:00	WAS LATE I WAS AT THE BRIGHTON
02:41:51:00	02:41:54:00	MARINE IN BRIGHTON AND IT WAS A
02:41:54:00	02:41:58:00	VERY WONDERFUL OCCASION AND
02:41:58:00	02:41:58:00	THERE'S A GUY THERE CALLED
02:41:58:00	02:42:02:00	DEREK HASSEL AND HE HAS BEEN
02:42:02:00	02:42:05:00	EMPLOYED AT THE BRIGHTON RING
02:42:05:00	02:42:06:00	SINCE HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND
02:42:06:00	02:42:10:00	HE SERVED HE'S BEEN THERE FOR
02:42:10:00	02:42:10:00	47 YEARS.
02:42:10:00	02:42:13:00	I MISTAKENLY THOUGHT HE WAS
02:42:13:00	02:42:14:00	RETIRING BUT I BROUGHT
02:42:14:00	02:42:14:00	CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
02:42:14:00	02:42:17:00	RETIREMENT.
02:42:17:00	02:42:21:00	SO WE'RE GOING TO REWRITE IT.
02:42:21:00	02:42:22:00	BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH
02:42:22:00	02:42:24:00	MENTIONING THE FACT THAT DEREK
02:42:24:00	02:42:28:00	STARTED WORKING THERE AS ONE
02:42:28:00	02:42:29:00	OF OUR IN ONE OF OUR YOUTH JOB
02:42:29:00	02:42:31:00	PROGRAMS 4047 YEARS AGO AND HE
02:42:31:00	02:42:35:00	WAS A TEENAGER.
02:42:35:00	02:42:35:00	HE TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS 40.
02:42:35:00	02:42:38:00	HE WAS 15 THE AGE WAS 15 AT THE
02:42:38:00	02:42:38:00	TIME.
02:42:38:00	02:42:41:00	HE'S A LITTLE PINK LIE ABOUT
02:42:41:00	02:42:45:00	SAYING HE WAS 14 BUT HE ONLY
02:42:45:00	02:42:45:00	FESSED UP TODAY.
02:42:45:00	02:42:49:00	NOBODY KNEW UNTIL TODAY THAT HE
02:42:49:00	02:42:50:00	WAS 14 WHEN HE STARTED AND WE
02:42:50:00	02:42:52:00	ALL FORGIVE HIM INSTANTANEOUSLY
02:42:52:00	02:42:56:00	AND HE IS THERE THE REASON FOR
02:42:56:00	02:43:00:00	THE CELEBRATION WAS AND THERE
02:43:00:00	02:43:00:00	WAS TWO GOVERNORS THE SECRETARY
02:43:00:00	02:43:04:00	FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS, SEVERAL
02:43:04:00	02:43:08:00	ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, LOTS
02:43:08:00	02:43:11:00	OF LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE THERE
02:43:11:00	02:43:14:00	HONOR DEREK CASTLE AND TO IN
02:43:14:00	02:43:15:00	HONOR OF HIS INCREDIBLE SERVICE
02:43:15:00	02:43:18:00	THEY'RE NAMING THE VETERANS.
02:43:18:00	02:43:19:00	I'LL READ THIS JUST THIS IS A
02:43:19:00	02:43:22:00	POSTCARD IT'S THE WONDERFUL
02:43:22:00	02:43:23:00	BUILDING THAT THEY'RE NAMING IN
02:43:23:00	02:43:23:00	HIS HONOR.
02:43:23:00	02:43:26:00	IT SAYS HONORING DEREK CASTLE'S
02:43:26:00	02:43:26:00	LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE AND
02:43:26:00	02:43:29:00	COMMITMENT TO BRIGHTON MARINE.
02:43:29:00	02:43:30:00	HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS ARE
02:43:30:00	02:43:31:00	CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION
02:43:31:00	02:43:33:00	OF DELIVERING HEALTH CARE,
02:43:33:00	02:43:34:00	HOUSING AND HOPE FOR SERVICEMEN
02:43:34:00	02:43:37:00	MEMBERS, VETERANS AND THEIR
02:43:37:00	02:43:37:00	FAMILIES.
02:43:37:00	02:43:38:00	SO IT'S VERY WELL DESERVED.
02:43:38:00	02:43:42:00	HE STARTED OFF IN THE LAUNDRY
02:43:42:00	02:43:42:00	AND IS NOW IN CHARGE
02:43:42:00	02:43:45:00	OF MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES
02:43:45:00	02:43:46:00	AND HE IS ALSO BEEN GIVING UP
02:43:46:00	02:43:49:00	GIVEN ANOTHER JOB SORT OF SORT
02:43:49:00	02:43:50:00	OF HELPING TO CHART THE WAY
02:43:50:00	02:43:53:00	FORWARD FOR THE ORGANIZATION IN
02:43:53:00	02:43:54:00	BETTER AND BETTER OUTREACH TO
02:43:54:00	02:43:56:00	VETERANS IN THE REGION.
02:43:56:00	02:43:57:00	SO I DIDN'T GET THE WHOLE
02:43:57:00	02:44:00:00	DETAILS OF HIS NEW JOB BUT HE'S
02:44:00:00	02:44:01:00	NOT RETIRING AND I WISH HIM
02:44:01:00	02:44:04:00	CONGRATULATE AND ON THIS
02:44:04:00	02:44:05:00	WONDERFUL OCCASION AND WISH HIM
02:44:05:00	02:44:08:00	EVERY IN HIS NEXT CHAPTER.
02:44:08:00	02:44:09:00	THANK YOU.
02:44:09:00	02:44:09:00	THINK YOU GUYS ARE GREAT IN THE
02:44:09:00	02:44:12:00	JARGON AS IT COMES FROM HERE
02:44:12:00	02:44:13:00	COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE
02:44:13:00	02:44:13:00	FLOOR.
02:44:13:00	02:44:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:44:13:00	02:44:15:00	AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO
02:44:15:00	02:44:16:00	SPEAK ON THE OTHER SITUATION
02:44:16:00	02:44:17:00	BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK FOR
02:44:17:00	02:44:20:00	MYSELF AND HAVE THE RECORD
02:44:20:00	02:44:21:00	CLEAR SO I'M GOING TO SAY WHAT
02:44:21:00	02:44:21:00	I NEED TO SAY.
02:44:21:00	02:44:23:00	PLEASE.
02:44:23:00	02:44:24:00	I WANT TO BE REALLY ARE YOU ARE
02:44:24:00	02:44:27:00	YOU TALKING ABOUT THE OBJECTION
02:44:27:00	02:44:27:00	THAT I DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK ON
02:44:27:00	02:44:28:00	IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE
02:44:28:00	02:44:31:00	TO THINK THAT IT WAS BECAUSE
02:44:31:00	02:44:32:00	OF YOU THAT I DECIDED TO PULL
02:44:32:00	02:44:32:00	IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
02:44:32:00	02:44:35:00	IT WAS HAPPENING.
02:44:35:00	02:44:36:00	SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE CLEAR
02:44:36:00	02:44:37:00	FOR THOSE WHO ARE PAYING
02:44:37:00	02:44:39:00	ATTENTION I DECIDED TO SPEAK
02:44:39:00	02:44:40:00	AGAINST IT BECAUSE NOT ALL
02:44:40:00	02:44:43:00	INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THIS CHAMBER
02:44:43:00	02:44:43:00	AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
02:44:43:00	02:44:44:00	SOMETHING THAT'S IN REFERENCE
02:44:44:00	02:44:47:00	TO A COLLEAGUE AND OUT
02:44:47:00	02:44:47:00	OF RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS I
02:44:47:00	02:44:48:00	THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION
02:44:48:00	02:44:51:00	THAT EITHER NEEDS TO GO INTO A
02:44:51:00	02:44:52:00	HEARING OR WE NEED TO HAVE
02:44:52:00	02:44:55:00	WHILE ALL THANK YOU GUYS FOR
02:44:55:00	02:44:55:00	MEJIA THANK YOU.
02:44:55:00	02:44:56:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS AN OBJECT
02:44:56:00	02:44:58:00	YOU OBJECTED TO A LATE FILE AN
02:44:58:00	02:44:59:00	OBJECTION TO A LATE FILE.
02:44:59:00	02:45:01:00	THERE'S NO IF YOU HAD YOU
02:45:01:00	02:45:02:00	OBJECTED TOTALLY BY SO IT'S NOT
02:45:02:00	02:45:03:00	ON THE AGENDA SO THERE IS
02:45:03:00	02:45:05:00	NOTHING DISCUSS SO WE ARE NOT
02:45:05:00	02:45:06:00	DISCUSSING THIS MATTER.
02:45:06:00	02:45:06:00	YOU OBJECTED TO THE DELAY FILE.
02:45:06:00	02:45:07:00	IT IS NOT ON THE RECORD.
02:45:07:00	02:45:11:00	OKAY.
02:45:11:00	02:45:11:00	WE ALSO HAVE SOME BIRTHDAYS
02:45:11:00	02:45:14:00	THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IT TO
02:45:14:00	02:45:15:00	BAEZ AND MARK COHEN.
02:45:15:00	02:45:18:00	ANTHONY BAEZ AND CASPAR
02:45:18:00	02:45:19:00	DURKIN'S OFFICE, MARK COHEN AND
02:45:19:00	02:45:21:00	COUNCILOR WEBBER'S OFFICE HAPPY
02:45:21:00	02:45:22:00	BIRTHDAY AND WE ARE NOW MOVING
02:45:22:00	02:45:23:00	ON TO MEMORIALS.
02:45:23:00	02:45:26:00	IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT THE
02:45:26:00	02:45:26:00	NAME OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED
02:45:26:00	02:45:29:00	NOW WAS THE TIME TO DO SO.
02:45:29:00	02:45:30:00	I WANT TO ADJOURN TODAY'S
02:45:30:00	02:45:34:00	MEETING ON BEHALF OF PETER
02:45:34:00	02:45:37:00	JOSEPH FORBES WHO FOR 38 YEARS
02:45:37:00	02:45:41:00	WORKED FOR DO I DO I ASK AND HE
02:45:41:00	02:45:41:00	WAS THE LONGEST SERVING
02:45:41:00	02:45:44:00	COMMISSION AND I JUST WANT TO
02:45:44:00	02:45:45:00	HIM AND HIS MEMORY I ALSO WANT
02:45:45:00	02:45:48:00	TO UPLIFT THEIR FRANCISCO
02:45:48:00	02:45:48:00	FAMILY THE MOTHER OF BETTY
02:45:48:00	02:45:51:00	FRANCISCO LOURDES LO RECENTLY
02:45:51:00	02:45:55:00	PASSED AWAY AND SHE SEEMED LIKE
02:45:55:00	02:45:56:00	A TREMENDOUS WOMAN.
02:45:56:00	02:45:57:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
02:45:57:00	02:45:59:00	WE UPLIFT HER IF ANY OF MY
02:45:59:00	02:46:00:00	COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO
02:46:00:00	02:46:00:00	ADJOURN ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO
02:46:00:00	02:46:01:00	HAS PASSED, NOW'S THE TIME TO
02:46:01:00	02:46:02:00	DO SO.
02:46:02:00	02:46:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:46:03:00	02:46:06:00	MURPHY I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT
02:46:06:00	02:46:06:00	DANNY RYAN.
02:46:06:00	02:46:07:00	PEOPLE KNEW HIM MANY DIFFERENT
02:46:07:00	02:46:10:00	NAMES.
02:46:10:00	02:46:11:00	IT WAS BUGSY MR RYAN.
02:46:11:00	02:46:13:00	I KNEW HIM AS GRANDPA.
02:46:13:00	02:46:14:00	I WAS HIS GRANDSON ROCCO'S
02:46:14:00	02:46:17:00	TEACHER MANY YEARS AGO.
02:46:17:00	02:46:21:00	BUT HE IS A LEGEND IN SAVIN
02:46:21:00	02:46:22:00	HILL A LEGEND TO SO MANY IN
02:46:22:00	02:46:25:00	RECOVERY AND HE WILL BE SORELY
02:46:25:00	02:46:25:00	MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND SO
02:46:25:00	02:46:28:00	MANY THAT HE UPLIFTED.
02:46:28:00	02:46:33:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:46:33:00	02:46:33:00	CANTOR OUTCOMES WHERE ARE YOU
02:46:33:00	02:46:33:00	ON THE FLOOR.
02:46:33:00	02:46:35:00	CAN I TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER
02:46:35:00	02:46:39:00	LUCIUS WILDER THE THIRD UNCLE
02:46:39:00	02:46:39:00	LOUIS?
02:46:39:00	02:46:40:00	HE WAS ALWAYS THE LIFE OF THE
02:46:40:00	02:46:43:00	PARTY SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS LOOKED
02:46:43:00	02:46:47:00	OUT FOR YOU FULL OF JOKES AND
02:46:47:00	02:46:47:00	IT WAS A NETWORKER.
02:46:47:00	02:46:51:00	MANY PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN HIM BUT
02:46:51:00	02:46:51:00	JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE NAME
02:46:51:00	02:46:54:00	OF LUCIUS WILDER UNCLE LOUIS,
02:46:54:00	02:46:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:57:00	02:46:58:00	IS THAT EVERYONE OKAY TODAY WE
02:46:58:00	02:47:02:00	WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN
02:47:02:00	02:47:02:00	MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING
02:47:02:00	02:47:02:00	INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF
02:47:02:00	02:47:05:00	OF COUNCILOR DURKIN, DELIA
02:47:05:00	02:47:05:00	ALVAREZ ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR
02:47:05:00	02:47:09:00	FITZGERALD, JENNIFER MCARDLE
02:47:09:00	02:47:10:00	DENNY BY JOE RYAN BUT ON BEHALF
02:47:10:00	02:47:13:00	OF COUNCILOR BRIAN WEAR OUT
02:47:13:00	02:47:17:00	LUCIUS W WIDER WILDER ON BEHALF
02:47:17:00	02:47:17:00	MYSELF PETER JOSEPH FORBES,
02:47:17:00	02:47:21:00	JOAN NELSON LORD S QUARTIER LAW
02:47:21:00	02:47:25:00	MOTHER OF BETTY FRANCISCO KAREN
02:47:25:00	02:47:27:00	MULDOON MOTHER OF BRIAN MULDOON
02:47:27:00	02:47:35:00	A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE CHAIR
02:47:35:00	02:47:35:00	MOVES THAT WHEN THE
02:47:35:00	02:47:36:00	COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES
02:47:36:00	02:47:37:00	SO IN MEMORY OF THE
02:47:37:00	02:47:39:00	AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.
02:47:39:00	02:47:39:00	THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
02:47:39:00	02:47:40:00	MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON
02:47:40:00	02:47:42:00	WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025 AT 12
02:47:42:00	02:47:43:00	NOON.
02:47:43:00	02:47:43:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TO
02:47:43:00	02:47:47:00	CENTRAL STAFF, TO THE CLERK AND
02:47:47:00	02:47:47:00	THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
02:47:47:00	02:47:48:00	THANK YOU TO SUSAN STILL
02:47:48:00	02:47:50:00	FILLING IN FOR ALAN.
02:47:50:00	02:47:51:00	THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
02:47:51:00	02:47:54:00	US AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
02:47:54:00	02:47:55:00	MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE
02:47:55:00	02:47:55:00	HERE ALL IN FAVOR OF A GERMAN
02:47:55:00	02:47:57:00	PLEA SAY I HI.