00:00:00:00	00:03:14:00	ADJOURNED THANK AND SO UH UH UH
00:03:14:00	00:10:13:00	UH UH UH UH AND OH UH UH UH UH
00:10:13:00	00:14:38:00	UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH OH.
00:14:38:00	00:14:57:00	AND YOU YOU.
00:14:57:00	00:14:57:00	GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:14:57:00	00:14:58:00	GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:14:58:00	00:15:01:00	GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:15:01:00	00:15:02:00	I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING
00:15:02:00	00:15:04:00	OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
00:15:04:00	00:15:05:00	VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE
00:15:05:00	00:15:06:00	COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE
00:15:06:00	00:15:09:00	AT BOSTON DOT GOV.
00:15:09:00	00:15:10:00	FORGE SLASH CITY DASH
00:15:10:00	00:15:12:00	COUNCIL DASH TV.
00:15:12:00	00:15:13:00	AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
00:15:13:00	00:15:13:00	COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE
00:15:13:00	00:15:16:00	AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE
00:15:16:00	00:15:17:00	THEIR CELL PHONES TRONIC
00:15:17:00	00:15:17:00	DEVICES.
00:15:17:00	00:15:20:00	ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I
00:15:20:00	00:15:21:00	REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT
00:15:21:00	00:15:24:00	NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR
00:15:24:00	00:15:24:00	DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE
00:15:24:00	00:15:28:00	PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
00:15:28:00	00:15:28:00	THANK YOU.
00:15:28:00	00:15:29:00	MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
00:15:29:00	00:15:29:00	THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE
00:15:29:00	00:15:32:00	PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?
00:15:32:00	00:15:32:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
00:15:32:00	00:15:36:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART
00:15:36:00	00:15:36:00	OF COUNCILOR DURKAN.
00:15:36:00	00:15:40:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON.
00:15:40:00	00:15:43:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:15:43:00	00:15:43:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:15:43:00	00:15:47:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.
00:15:47:00	00:15:47:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:15:47:00	00:15:48:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:15:48:00	00:15:51:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN.
00:15:51:00	00:15:52:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:15:52:00	00:15:55:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND
00:15:55:00	00:15:55:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL
00:15:55:00	00:15:58:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN QUORUM.
00:15:58:00	00:15:59:00	THANK YOU.
00:15:59:00	00:16:02:00	I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
00:16:02:00	00:16:03:00	CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
00:16:03:00	00:16:06:00	HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE.
00:16:06:00	00:16:07:00	THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO
00:16:07:00	00:16:07:00	CHAMBERS.
00:16:07:00	00:16:08:00	I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A
00:16:08:00	00:16:10:00	PRESENTATION TODAY BY
00:16:10:00	00:16:11:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:16:11:00	00:16:14:00	WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER GROUP
00:16:14:00	00:16:14:00	VISITING US HERE THE
00:16:14:00	00:16:15:00	INTERNATIONAL VISITOR
00:16:15:00	00:16:18:00	LEADERSHIP PROGRAM VIP GROUP
00:16:18:00	00:16:18:00	TITLED TRANSPARENCY AND
00:16:18:00	00:16:21:00	ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT
00:16:21:00	00:16:22:00	AND THE 24 VISITORS FROM AROUND
00:16:22:00	00:16:25:00	THE WORLD ACCOMPANIED BY YOUR
00:16:25:00	00:16:25:00	FOUR LIAISON.
00:16:25:00	00:16:26:00	AH HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:16:26:00	00:16:28:00	TO ENHANCE THEIR UNDERSTANDING
00:16:28:00	00:16:29:00	OF ETHICAL SYSTEMS, FOR
00:16:29:00	00:16:29:00	UNDERSTANDING FOR
00:16:29:00	00:16:33:00	ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
00:16:33:00	00:16:33:00	IN GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED
00:16:33:00	00:16:34:00	STATES.
00:16:34:00	00:16:34:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY WELCOME
00:16:34:00	00:16:35:00	TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE
00:16:35:00	00:16:36:00	WITH US.
00:16:36:00	00:16:37:00	I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER
00:16:37:00	00:16:40:00	TO COUNCILOR MURPHY TO
00:16:40:00	00:16:41:00	INTRODUCE TODAY'S INVOCATION
00:16:41:00	00:16:41:00	FROM JULIANNE DOUGHERTY.
00:16:41:00	00:16:44:00	LEE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:16:44:00	00:16:45:00	OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBTQ
00:16:45:00	00:16:48:00	PLUS ADVANCEMENT.
00:16:48:00	00:16:48:00	SO COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE
00:16:48:00	00:16:51:00	THE FLOOR.
00:16:51:00	00:16:57:00	THANK YOU.
00:16:57:00	00:16:58:00	SO EVERYONE MAY NOT KNOW THIS
00:16:58:00	00:17:02:00	BUT AS THE COUNCILORS GET FOUR
00:17:02:00	00:17:03:00	COUNCIL MEETINGS A YEAR WE CAN
00:17:03:00	00:17:05:00	CALL IN CLERGY OR SOMEONE TO
00:17:05:00	00:17:09:00	OPEN UP THE MEETING AND I
00:17:09:00	00:17:09:00	THOUGHT WHO BETTER TO ASK?
00:17:09:00	00:17:13:00	IN JUNE TO KICK US OFF OF PRIDE
00:17:13:00	00:17:13:00	MONTH?
00:17:13:00	00:17:16:00	BUT JULIANNE SO I WILL JUST
00:17:16:00	00:17:16:00	INTRODUCE JULIANNE AND SHARE
00:17:16:00	00:17:20:00	SOME OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS
00:17:20:00	00:17:21:00	THAT MAKE HER SO SPECIAL HERE
00:17:21:00	00:17:21:00	IN THE CITY.
00:17:21:00	00:17:24:00	SO AS WE GATHER DURING PRIDE
00:17:24:00	00:17:25:00	MONTH IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME
00:17:25:00	00:17:28:00	A DEDICATED LEADER WHO IS
00:17:28:00	00:17:28:00	TIRELESSLY WORKED TO MAKE
00:17:28:00	00:17:32:00	BOSTON A MORE INCLUSIVE AND
00:17:32:00	00:17:32:00	AFFIRMING CITY FOR ALL.
00:17:32:00	00:17:33:00	JULIANNE DOUGHERTY, CHIEF
00:17:33:00	00:17:36:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
00:17:36:00	00:17:37:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBTQ PLUS
00:17:37:00	00:17:40:00	ADVANCEMENT.
00:17:40:00	00:17:41:00	A PROUD BOSTON NATIVE AND ALUM
00:17:41:00	00:17:44:00	OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
00:17:44:00	00:17:46:00	JULIANNE'S JOURNEY IN PUBLIC
00:17:46:00	00:17:47:00	SERVICE BEGAN AS ONE OF THE
00:17:47:00	00:17:51:00	CITY'S FIRST LGBTQ PLUS
00:17:51:00	00:17:51:00	LIAISONS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:17:51:00	00:17:52:00	AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
00:17:52:00	00:17:55:00	SHE LATER SERVED AS THE JAMAICA
00:17:55:00	00:17:58:00	PLAIN NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATOR
00:17:58:00	00:17:59:00	FOR SIX YEARS, EMPHASIZING THE
00:17:59:00	00:18:02:00	IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY AND
00:18:02:00	00:18:02:00	GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY.
00:18:02:00	00:18:03:00	HER COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING
00:18:03:00	00:18:06:00	MARGINAL VOICES CONTINUED AS
00:18:06:00	00:18:07:00	THE DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AND
00:18:07:00	00:18:10:00	ENGAGEMENT AT THE CITY
00:18:10:00	00:18:11:00	OF BOSTON'S AGE STRONG
00:18:11:00	00:18:14:00	COMMISSION FOCUSING ON ENGAGING
00:18:14:00	00:18:15:00	THE MOST ISOLATED COMMUNITIES.
00:18:15:00	00:18:19:00	NOW I'M PROUD TO SAY SHE'S BEEN
00:18:19:00	00:18:22:00	LEADING FOR A WHILE NOW THE
00:18:22:00	00:18:22:00	OFFICE OF LGBTQ PLUS
00:18:22:00	00:18:23:00	ADVANCEMENT.
00:18:23:00	00:18:26:00	JULIANNE AND HER DYNAMIC TEAM
00:18:26:00	00:18:27:00	DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES
00:18:27:00	00:18:30:00	AND PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE THE
00:18:30:00	00:18:31:00	RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF OUR
00:18:31:00	00:18:31:00	COMMUNITY.
00:18:31:00	00:18:35:00	HER WORK ENSURES THAT OUR
00:18:35:00	00:18:35:00	CITY'S POLICIES REFLECT THE
00:18:35:00	00:18:38:00	DIVERSITY AND STRENGTH OF OUR
00:18:38:00	00:18:38:00	COMMUNITY.
00:18:38:00	00:18:41:00	BEYOND HER PROFESSIONAL
00:18:41:00	00:18:42:00	ACHIEVEMENTS, JULIANNE IS A
00:18:42:00	00:18:45:00	DEVOTED FAMILY PERSON WHO
00:18:45:00	00:18:46:00	ENJOYS SOME PERSONAL THINGS
00:18:46:00	00:18:49:00	WHILE SHE OBVIOUSLY ENJOYS HER
00:18:49:00	00:18:50:00	WIFE AND HER DAUGHTER AND HER
00:18:50:00	00:18:50:00	WONDERFUL MOTHER AND FAMILY.
00:18:50:00	00:18:53:00	BUT SWIMMING ON THE CAPE
00:18:53:00	00:18:56:00	DISCUSSING STAR WARS IS
00:18:56:00	00:18:57:00	SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL
00:18:57:00	00:18:57:00	TO HER WITH HER DAD.
00:18:57:00	00:19:01:00	AND IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A
00:19:01:00	00:19:01:00	MOMENT HER.
00:19:01:00	00:19:02:00	YOUR DAD HAS RECENTLY PASSED
00:19:02:00	00:19:04:00	WHICH I KNOW IS HARD BUT KEEP
00:19:04:00	00:19:05:00	HER FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR
00:19:05:00	00:19:09:00	HER FOR THAT EXPLORER AND NEW
00:19:09:00	00:19:10:00	KOREAN RESTAURANT WITH THEIR
00:19:10:00	00:19:12:00	WIFE SOUL AND SHARING JOYFUL
00:19:12:00	00:19:13:00	MOMENTS WITH THEIR DAUGHTER
00:19:13:00	00:19:13:00	HARPER.
00:19:13:00	00:19:14:00	SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
00:19:14:00	00:19:17:00	JULIANNE IN OPENING OUR MEETING
00:19:17:00	00:19:17:00	TODAY.
00:19:17:00	00:19:24:00	THANK YOU.
00:19:24:00	00:19:28:00	I HAVE WORKED IN CITY
00:19:28:00	00:19:28:00	GOVERNMENT FOR 18 YEARS AND
00:19:28:00	00:19:32:00	I'VE NEVER HAD A BIO READ
00:19:32:00	00:19:32:00	BEFORE.
00:19:32:00	00:19:34:00	I'M SO, SO SORRY THAT WAS
00:19:34:00	00:19:38:00	UNEXPECTED.
00:19:38:00	00:19:38:00	HI EVERYONE.
00:19:38:00	00:19:42:00	HAPPY PRIDE.
00:19:42:00	00:19:43:00	MY NAME IS JULIANNE LEE AND MY
00:19:43:00	00:19:45:00	PRONOUNS ARE SHE THEY.
00:19:45:00	00:19:46:00	I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE
00:19:46:00	00:19:47:00	DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:19:47:00	00:19:50:00	OF LGBT PLUS ADVANCEMENT.
00:19:50:00	00:19:51:00	AND I AM JUST PART OF THE
00:19:51:00	00:19:54:00	INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT I HAVE
00:19:54:00	00:19:57:00	ASKED TO STAND BEHIND ME TODAY
00:19:57:00	00:19:57:00	.
00:19:57:00	00:20:00:00	JUSTICE KIMBERLY VIOLA, THANK
00:20:00:00	00:20:01:00	YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO
00:20:01:00	00:20:04:00	EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:20:04:00	00:20:05:00	IT IS MY HONOR TO USE MY
00:20:05:00	00:20:08:00	PRIVILEGE TO HAND YOU THE MIC
00:20:08:00	00:20:09:00	EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:20:09:00	00:20:09:00	I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE HERE
00:20:09:00	00:20:12:00	WITH ALL OF YOU AT THE
00:20:12:00	00:20:13:00	BEGINNING OF PRIDE MONTH A TIME
00:20:13:00	00:20:16:00	TO CELEBRATE STRENGTH, BEAUTY
00:20:16:00	00:20:17:00	AND RESILIENCE OF OUR LGBTQ I A
00:20:17:00	00:20:19:00	TO ASK PLUS COMMUNITIES AND
00:20:19:00	00:20:23:00	FOCUS ON THE WORK LEFT AHEAD.
00:20:23:00	00:20:24:00	AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A
00:20:24:00	00:20:25:00	SECOND TO PLEASE LOOK AROUND
00:20:25:00	00:20:29:00	THE ROOM.
00:20:29:00	00:20:32:00	WHAT AN INCREDIBLE AMAZING
00:20:32:00	00:20:37:00	GROUP OF PEOPLE LEGACY MAKERS
00:20:37:00	00:20:37:00	CHANGEMAKERS.
00:20:37:00	00:20:38:00	I WAS KEEPING A LIST OF THE
00:20:38:00	00:20:41:00	NAMES TO READ OFF AND I RAN OUT
00:20:41:00	00:20:44:00	OF SPACE ON MY PAPER.
00:20:44:00	00:20:45:00	I REALLY WANT TO READ SOME
00:20:45:00	00:20:49:00	NAMES.
00:20:49:00	00:20:53:00	I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY
00:20:53:00	00:20:54:00	COUNCILOR FOR YOUR CONTINUED
00:20:54:00	00:20:54:00	SUPPORT.
00:20:54:00	00:20:56:00	ALL OF OUR COUNCILORS
00:20:56:00	00:20:57:00	ESPECIALLY FOR TODAY'S PRIDE
00:20:57:00	00:21:00:00	EVENTS AND THROUGHOUT THE MONTH
00:21:00:00	00:21:01:00	FOR DOING THINGS BEHIND CLOSED
00:21:01:00	00:21:03:00	DOORS ALL THE TIME FOR OUR
00:21:03:00	00:21:07:00	COMMUNITY.
00:21:07:00	00:21:07:00	THANK YOU FOR AFFIRMING BOSTON
00:21:07:00	00:21:08:00	AS A CITY WHERE WE ARE ALL
00:21:08:00	00:21:11:00	WELCOME, VALUED AND SEEN FOR
00:21:11:00	00:21:12:00	MAKING SPACE FOR US NOT JUST
00:21:12:00	00:21:15:00	THIS MONTH BUT ALL YEAR LONG.
00:21:15:00	00:21:18:00	BOSTON'S LGBTQ A 2 HOURS PLUS
00:21:18:00	00:21:22:00	COMMUNITY IS NOT MONOLITHIC.
00:21:22:00	00:21:22:00	AS WE CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH.
00:21:22:00	00:21:26:00	WE ALSO UPLIFT IMMIGRANT
00:21:26:00	00:21:29:00	HERITAGE MONTH.
00:21:29:00	00:21:30:00	WE ARE STRONGEST AT OUR
00:21:30:00	00:21:33:00	INTERSECTIONS.
00:21:33:00	00:21:34:00	WE MUST CONTINUE TO CENTER OUR
00:21:34:00	00:21:37:00	WORK ON ENSURING THAT BLACK AND
00:21:37:00	00:21:38:00	BROWN LGBTQ PLUS TRANS
00:21:38:00	00:21:41:00	NON-BINARY RESIDENTS ARE WOVEN
00:21:41:00	00:21:42:00	INTO THE VERY FABRIC OF PRIDE
00:21:42:00	00:21:48:00	EVERY DAY 365 AS MANY OF YOU
00:21:48:00	00:21:49:00	KNOW, JAMES BALDWIN WAS AN
00:21:49:00	00:21:53:00	OPENLY LGBTQ PLUS WRITER LIVING
00:21:53:00	00:21:53:00	THROUGH CIVIL RIGHTS ERA.
00:21:53:00	00:21:57:00	IN AN INTERVIEW SOMEONE ONCE
00:21:57:00	00:21:57:00	ASKED BALDWIN TO DESCRIBE THE
00:21:57:00	00:22:00:00	CHALLENGES HE FACED STARTING
00:22:00:00	00:22:04:00	OUT AS QUOTE A BLACK
00:22:04:00	00:22:07:00	IMPOVERISHED HOMOSEXUAL.
00:22:07:00	00:22:11:00	BALDWIN LAUGHED AND SAID I
00:22:11:00	00:22:15:00	THOUGHT I HIT THE JACKPOT AND
00:22:15:00	00:22:16:00	HE HAD EVERY REASON TO BE
00:22:16:00	00:22:19:00	AFRAID AND YET HE WASN'T.
00:22:19:00	00:22:22:00	IN HONOR OF THAT SPIRIT AND THE
00:22:22:00	00:22:23:00	SPIRIT THAT FILLS THIS
00:22:23:00	00:22:25:00	COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY AND ALL
00:22:25:00	00:22:29:00	OF YOU WATCHING AT HOME IN
00:22:29:00	00:22:30:00	HONOR OF THE DEPTHS OF OUR
00:22:30:00	00:22:33:00	INTERSECTIONAL WORK TOGETHER, I
00:22:33:00	00:22:34:00	WANT TO SHARE 10 SECONDS FROM
00:22:34:00	00:22:37:00	ONE OF BALDWIN'S LESSER KNOWN
00:22:37:00	00:22:37:00	POEMS.
00:22:37:00	00:22:40:00	BEFORE I READ I INVITE YOU
00:22:40:00	00:22:41:00	COMMUNITY OUR LEADERS TO TAKE A
00:22:41:00	00:22:41:00	MOMENT WITH ME.
00:22:41:00	00:22:47:00	LET'S RELAX OUR SHOULDERS FOR
00:22:47:00	00:22:47:00	ME.
00:22:47:00	00:22:51:00	ON CLENCHING MY JAW REMOVING MY
00:22:51:00	00:22:52:00	TONGUE FROM THE ROOF OF MY
00:22:52:00	00:22:53:00	MOUTH IT JUST GOES RIGHT UP
00:22:53:00	00:22:55:00	THERE EVERY SINGLE TIME.
00:22:55:00	00:22:55:00	THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE
00:22:55:00	00:22:58:00	HOLDING THAT TENSION.
00:22:58:00	00:23:02:00	KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR.
00:23:02:00	00:23:03:00	THINK ABOUT WHERE IT IS IN YOUR
00:23:03:00	00:23:03:00	BODY.
00:23:03:00	00:23:05:00	LET IT GO JUST FOR A SECOND.
00:23:05:00	00:23:08:00	LET'S TAKE A DEEP COLLECTIVE
00:23:08:00	00:23:15:00	BREATH TOGETHER ONE TIME.
00:23:15:00	00:23:16:00	IT'S INTERESTING TO REMIND EACH
00:23:16:00	00:23:19:00	OTHER THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE
00:23:19:00	00:23:19:00	LOVE.
00:23:19:00	00:23:25:00	LET'S LISTEN TOGETHER.
00:23:25:00	00:23:26:00	SOME DAYS LEAVE, SOME DAYS
00:23:26:00	00:23:29:00	GRIEVE.
00:23:29:00	00:23:30:00	SOME DAYS YOU ALMOST DON'T
00:23:30:00	00:23:32:00	BELIEVE.
00:23:32:00	00:23:35:00	SOME DAYS BELIEVE YOU AND SOME
00:23:35:00	00:23:39:00	DAYS DON'T.
00:23:39:00	00:23:40:00	SOME DAYS BELIEVE YOU AND YOU
00:23:40:00	00:23:42:00	WON'T.
00:23:42:00	00:23:43:00	SOME DAYS WORRY.
00:23:43:00	00:23:46:00	SOME DAYS MAD.
00:23:46:00	00:23:50:00	SOME DAYS MORE THAN MAKE YOU
00:23:50:00	00:23:53:00	GLAD.
00:23:53:00	00:23:58:00	SOME DAYS SOME DAYS.
00:23:58:00	00:23:58:00	MORE THAN SHINE.
00:23:58:00	00:24:05:00	WHICH WITNESSES?
00:24:05:00	00:24:06:00	WITNESSES COMING ON DOWN THE
00:24:06:00	00:24:09:00	LINE.
00:24:09:00	00:24:10:00	I AM SO LUCKY TO DO THIS WORK
00:24:10:00	00:24:12:00	WITH EACH OF YOU.
00:24:12:00	00:24:16:00	EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
00:24:16:00	00:24:16:00	OUR LEGACY MAKERS ARE CHANGE
00:24:16:00	00:24:19:00	MAKERS.
00:24:19:00	00:24:22:00	LET'S CONTINUE THE WORK.
00:24:22:00	00:24:26:00	LET'S TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
00:24:26:00	00:24:27:00	HAPPY PRIDE AND THANK YOU SO
00:24:27:00	00:24:29:00	MUCH FOR WALKING WITH US.
00:24:29:00	00:24:37:00	365 WE WILL NOW RECITE THE
00:24:37:00	00:24:40:00	PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND
00:24:40:00	00:24:45:00	ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
00:24:45:00	00:24:45:00	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO
00:24:45:00	00:24:48:00	THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS
00:24:48:00	00:24:48:00	ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
00:24:48:00	00:24:52:00	INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
00:24:52:00	00:25:06:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:25:06:00	00:25:07:00	THANK YOU.
00:25:07:00	00:25:08:00	WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO
00:25:08:00	00:25:10:00	PRESENTATIONS.
00:25:10:00	00:25:11:00	WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION FROM
00:25:11:00	00:25:11:00	CASA SANTANA CELEBRATING PRIDE
00:25:11:00	00:25:14:00	MONTH BECAUSE OF SANTANA.
00:25:14:00	00:25:17:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5
00:25:17:00	00:25:17:00	MINUTES.
00:25:17:00	00:25:19:00	IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
00:25:19:00	00:25:26:00	SO THIS IS 5 MINUTES.
00:25:26:00	00:25:27:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:25:27:00	00:25:30:00	GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
00:25:30:00	00:25:32:00	I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO
00:25:32:00	00:25:35:00	INVITE OUR OUR SPEAKERS AND THE
00:25:35:00	00:25:39:00	AMAZING GROUP THAT WE HAVE HERE
00:25:39:00	00:25:40:00	AND PLEASE COME UP TO THE STAGE
00:25:40:00	00:25:42:00	RIGHT HERE AND I'M GOING TO
00:25:42:00	00:25:45:00	CALL OUR EXISTENCE OUR
00:25:45:00	00:25:52:00	EXISTENCE, OUR EXISTENCE.
00:25:52:00	00:25:53:00	THANK YOU.
00:25:53:00	00:25:53:00	AND AGAIN GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:25:53:00	00:25:56:00	I AM NOT GOING TO SPEAK VERY
00:25:56:00	00:25:56:00	LONG.
00:25:56:00	00:25:59:00	I BELIEVE THAT THIS TIME SHOULD
00:25:59:00	00:26:04:00	BE USED BY OUR OUR AMAZING
00:26:04:00	00:26:04:00	SPEAKERS.
00:26:04:00	00:26:05:00	SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING IS GOING
00:26:05:00	00:26:06:00	TO YIELD MY TIME.
00:26:06:00	00:26:08:00	I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY PRIDE
00:26:08:00	00:26:11:00	EVERYONE TODAY AND THIS MONTH
00:26:11:00	00:26:12:00	AND EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE
00:26:12:00	00:26:15:00	YEAR IS A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE
00:26:15:00	00:26:19:00	OUR COMMUNITY LGBTQ 20 PLUS
00:26:19:00	00:26:20:00	COMMUNITY.
00:26:20:00	00:26:23:00	SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I'M
00:26:23:00	00:26:24:00	GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO BRIAN
00:26:24:00	00:26:28:00	WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK AND THEN
00:26:28:00	00:26:28:00	BE FOLLOWED BY SAL SHAWNA,
00:26:28:00	00:26:32:00	BRIELLE, JAMAAL AND SISTER
00:26:32:00	00:26:32:00	BROTHER FREDDIE.
00:26:32:00	00:26:34:00	SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
00:26:34:00	00:26:38:00	BRIAN.
00:26:38:00	00:26:42:00	GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS
00:26:42:00	00:26:42:00	.
00:26:42:00	00:26:43:00	MY NAME IS BRIAN BLAISDELL.
00:26:43:00	00:26:44:00	I'M FROM ROXBURY AND I THANK
00:26:44:00	00:26:46:00	YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:26:46:00	00:26:46:00	SPEAK TODAY.
00:26:46:00	00:26:47:00	I'M HERE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:26:47:00	00:26:47:00	SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF MY
00:26:47:00	00:26:50:00	PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AS A
00:26:50:00	00:26:50:00	FORMERLY HOMELESS TRANSGENDER
00:26:50:00	00:26:53:00	PERSON IN BOSTON AS WELL AS
00:26:53:00	00:26:54:00	SOME OF MY CONCERNS AT THE
00:26:54:00	00:26:57:00	BEGINNING OF IT ALL I CAN
00:26:57:00	00:26:58:00	REMEMBER MOST CLEARLY THE WAY I
00:26:58:00	00:27:00:00	HAD FELT ALONE, HOPELESS,
00:27:00:00	00:27:00:00	AFRAID.
00:27:00:00	00:27:01:00	I WAS AFRAID OF THINGS LIKE NOT
00:27:01:00	00:27:04:00	KNOWING WHERE I'D SLEEP AT
00:27:04:00	00:27:05:00	NIGHT IF INSIDE AT ALL AND
00:27:05:00	00:27:05:00	ESPECIALLY AFRAID OF NOT
00:27:05:00	00:27:08:00	FIGURING OUT HOW TO MOVE
00:27:08:00	00:27:08:00	FORWARD.
00:27:08:00	00:27:09:00	I FELT STUCK.
00:27:09:00	00:27:09:00	THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACTORS
00:27:09:00	00:27:10:00	THAT MADE GETTING THROUGH THIS
00:27:10:00	00:27:12:00	TIME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT
00:27:12:00	00:27:12:00	SUCH AS MY CHRONIC MEDICAL
00:27:12:00	00:27:16:00	ISSUES AND MOST NOTABLY MY
00:27:16:00	00:27:16:00	IDENTITY AS A TRANSGENDER MAN.
00:27:16:00	00:27:19:00	I'LL SAY THAT I DO HAVE DEEP
00:27:19:00	00:27:20:00	CONCERNS FOR THE DISABLED AS
00:27:20:00	00:27:20:00	WELL AS THE LGBTQ POPULATION.
00:27:20:00	00:27:24:00	I FEAR THAT THE SYSTEM WE HAVE
00:27:24:00	00:27:24:00	IN PLACE CURRENTLY DOES NOT
00:27:24:00	00:27:25:00	CONSIDER THE STORIES OF ALL
00:27:25:00	00:27:27:00	DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE.
00:27:27:00	00:27:28:00	I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
00:27:28:00	00:27:28:00	ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS THESE
00:27:28:00	00:27:29:00	ISSUES THAT ALLOW MARGINALIZED
00:27:29:00	00:27:32:00	PEOPLE TO FALL THROUGH THE
00:27:32:00	00:27:32:00	CRACKS AND TO BE LEFT BEHIND.
00:27:32:00	00:27:35:00	AS A CITY WE SHOULD BE UNIFIED
00:27:35:00	00:27:36:00	IN OUR SHARED GOAL TO PROTECT
00:27:36:00	00:27:37:00	AND TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE
00:27:37:00	00:27:39:00	CURRENTLY STRUGGLING AND IN
00:27:39:00	00:27:39:00	DESPERATE FINANCIAL
00:27:39:00	00:27:39:00	CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:27:39:00	00:27:43:00	THESE POPULATIONS TEND TO BE
00:27:43:00	00:27:44:00	MORE AT RISK OF FACING THESE
00:27:44:00	00:27:44:00	DIRE CONSEQUENCES.
00:27:44:00	00:27:47:00	IN FACT, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE
00:27:47:00	00:27:47:00	TO END HOMELESSNESS FOUND THAT
00:27:47:00	00:27:48:00	LGBTQ YOUTH ARE
00:27:48:00	00:27:50:00	DISPROPORTIONATELY
00:27:50:00	00:27:51:00	DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED
00:27:51:00	00:27:54:00	WITHIN THE HOMELESS POPULATION
00:27:54:00	00:27:57:00	WITH ESTIMATES BETWEEN 11 AND
00:27:57:00	00:27:57:00	40% OF HOMELESS YOUTH
00:27:57:00	00:27:57:00	IDENTIFYING AS SUCH.
00:27:57:00	00:28:01:00	IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK
00:28:01:00	00:28:02:00	TOWARDS ADOPTING A SYSTEM THAT
00:28:02:00	00:28:02:00	ACCOUNTS FOR ALL TYPES
00:28:02:00	00:28:04:00	OF STORIES INCLUDING THOSE THAT
00:28:04:00	00:28:05:00	COULD BE CONSIDERED
00:28:05:00	00:28:05:00	UNCONVENTIONAL.
00:28:05:00	00:28:06:00	I EMPHASIZE THAT THE
00:28:06:00	00:28:09:00	TRANSGENDER POPULATION IS MADE
00:28:09:00	00:28:09:00	UP OF PEOPLE LIVING BREATHING
00:28:09:00	00:28:12:00	PEOPLE WITH HOPES, PASSIONS AND
00:28:12:00	00:28:12:00	NEEDS.
00:28:12:00	00:28:13:00	JUST AS YOURSELVES WE SHOULD
00:28:13:00	00:28:16:00	NOT LOOK TO THE INTERESTS
00:28:16:00	00:28:17:00	OF THIS CROWD AS OUTLIERS OR
00:28:17:00	00:28:17:00	SEE THEM AS OF ANY LESS
00:28:17:00	00:28:20:00	IMPORTANT.
00:28:20:00	00:28:24:00	MY EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS
00:28:24:00	00:28:24:00	FOR EXAMPLE, IS NOT A
00:28:24:00	00:28:25:00	TRADITIONAL ONE AS OPPOSED TO
00:28:25:00	00:28:28:00	THE STANDARD HYPOTHETICAL STORY
00:28:28:00	00:28:28:00	THAT THESE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN
00:28:28:00	00:28:28:00	BUILT UPON.
00:28:28:00	00:28:32:00	TO PREFACE MY BIRTH GIVEN NAME
00:28:32:00	00:28:33:00	HAD STILL BEEN MY LEGAL NAME AT
00:28:33:00	00:28:34:00	THE TIME SO MY ID AND ALL MY
00:28:34:00	00:28:35:00	DOCUMENTS AND STILL
00:28:35:00	00:28:36:00	COMMUNICATED THAT I WAS A WOMAN
00:28:36:00	00:28:36:00	TO WHOMEVER COULD READ THEM.
00:28:36:00	00:28:39:00	I REMEMBER THE FIRST SHELTER
00:28:39:00	00:28:40:00	THAT I HAD STARTED OUT WITH HAD
00:28:40:00	00:28:40:00	BEEN THE SOUTHAMPTON STREET
00:28:40:00	00:28:43:00	SHELTER AND IT WAS AN ALL MEN'S
00:28:43:00	00:28:43:00	SHELTER.
00:28:43:00	00:28:46:00	ASIDE FROM BEING TRANS, THE
00:28:46:00	00:28:47:00	SHELTER IN ON ITS OWN WAS IN
00:28:47:00	00:28:49:00	SERIOUSLY HORRIBLE CONDITIONS
00:28:49:00	00:28:50:00	THAT PEOPLE PACKED TIGHT TO THE
00:28:50:00	00:28:51:00	WALLS WITH LITTLE TO NO
00:28:51:00	00:28:51:00	BREATHING ROOM INCLUDING MANY
00:28:51:00	00:28:54:00	SEEMINGLY INTOXICATED PEOPLE
00:28:54:00	00:28:54:00	OF VARYING DEGREES AND
00:28:54:00	00:28:54:00	CONDITIONS.
00:28:54:00	00:28:57:00	IT WAS NAUSEATINGLY DIRTY.
00:28:57:00	00:28:58:00	PEOPLE WERE ON EDGE
00:28:58:00	00:28:59:00	UNDERSTANDABLY AND IT WAS A
00:28:59:00	00:29:01:00	VERY UNWELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.
00:29:01:00	00:29:02:00	WHEN I WAS TUCKED IN MY SHELTER
00:29:02:00	00:29:03:00	I.D. THAT THEY PRINTED FOR
00:29:03:00	00:29:05:00	ME DISPLAYED MY BIRTH NAME
00:29:05:00	00:29:06:00	INDICATING THAT I'M TRANS TO
00:29:06:00	00:29:06:00	OTHERS.
00:29:06:00	00:29:08:00	I HID THIS WHILE I WAS THERE IN
00:29:08:00	00:29:09:00	PERSONALLY FELT COMFORTABLE
00:29:09:00	00:29:09:00	DENYING OTHERS INTERACTIONS
00:29:09:00	00:29:09:00	WITH ME.
00:29:09:00	00:29:13:00	HOWEVER I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW
00:29:13:00	00:29:13:00	THIS MAY HAVE GONE OVER FOR
00:29:13:00	00:29:14:00	SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE
00:29:14:00	00:29:16:00	BEEN IN THE SITUATION AT THE
00:29:16:00	00:29:16:00	TIME.
00:29:16:00	00:29:17:00	IT ALSO RAISED SOME QUESTIONS
00:29:17:00	00:29:20:00	TO ME BECAUSE MY PAST
00:29:20:00	00:29:21:00	EXPERIENCES ABOUT HOW OTHER
00:29:21:00	00:29:22:00	TRANS PEOPLE WOULD BE PLACED
00:29:22:00	00:29:24:00	HISTORICALLY IN MASSACHUSETTS
00:29:24:00	00:29:24:00	FACILITIES WERE TRANSGENDER
00:29:24:00	00:29:25:00	PEOPLE HAD BEEN HOUSED LIKE
00:29:25:00	00:29:28:00	PSYCHIATRIC UNITS AND GROUP
00:29:28:00	00:29:29:00	HOMES.
00:29:29:00	00:29:29:00	I'D BEEN AFFORDED PRIVILEGES
00:29:29:00	00:29:30:00	THAT OTHER TRANS PEOPLE HAD
00:29:30:00	00:29:30:00	NOT.
00:29:30:00	00:29:32:00	THIS WAS DUE TO ME BEING ABLE
00:29:32:00	00:29:33:00	TO PASS AS ASSISTANT A MAN TO
00:29:33:00	00:29:33:00	MOST PEOPLE.
00:29:33:00	00:29:36:00	IF I HAD CHOSEN NOT TO DISCLOSE
00:29:36:00	00:29:36:00	.
00:29:36:00	00:29:37:00	IT WAS APPARENT THAT THIS WAS
00:29:37:00	00:29:37:00	THE REASON THAT I HAD BEEN
00:29:37:00	00:29:38:00	ALLOWED TO RESIDE IN MEN'S
00:29:38:00	00:29:40:00	SPACES INSTEAD OF WOMEN'S.
00:29:40:00	00:29:40:00	IT WAS APPARENT BECAUSE THE
00:29:40:00	00:29:41:00	OTHER TRANS PEOPLE WOULD BE
00:29:41:00	00:29:44:00	FORCED INTO THE SPACES OF THEIR
00:29:44:00	00:29:45:00	BIRTH SEX OR HAD BEEN GIVEN THE
00:29:45:00	00:29:46:00	FREEDOM TO CHOOSE IN MOST
00:29:46:00	00:29:47:00	SPACES.
00:29:47:00	00:29:48:00	THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING THAT
00:29:48:00	00:29:48:00	IN THESE SCENARIOS I HAD BEEN
00:29:48:00	00:29:51:00	THE ONLY PERSON WHO WASN'T
00:29:51:00	00:29:51:00	IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED TO BE
00:29:51:00	00:29:51:00	TRANS.
00:29:51:00	00:29:52:00	THIS LONG RECORD OF APPARENT
00:29:52:00	00:29:55:00	FAVORITISM IN THE PAST HAD MADE
00:29:55:00	00:29:55:00	ME WORRY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN
00:29:55:00	00:29:58:00	THE SITUATION OF A NON PASSING
00:29:58:00	00:29:59:00	TRANS PERSON HAD BEEN IN MY
00:29:59:00	00:29:59:00	PLACE.
00:29:59:00	00:30:00:00	I'D IMAGINED IT COULD BE
00:30:00:00	00:30:02:00	EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
00:30:02:00	00:30:02:00	POTENTIALLY MORE FRIGHTENING
00:30:02:00	00:30:02:00	FOR THEM.
00:30:02:00	00:30:03:00	FOR THAT FROM FROM EVEN WHAT I
00:30:03:00	00:30:06:00	HAD TO EXPERIENCE I THINK THESE
00:30:06:00	00:30:07:00	ARE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE
00:30:07:00	00:30:08:00	RAISED WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
00:30:08:00	00:30:10:00	HOMELESS CRISIS WITHIN THE CITY
00:30:10:00	00:30:11:00	THE MOST NECESSARY BEING HOW
00:30:11:00	00:30:13:00	CAN WE ENSURE THAT ALL
00:30:13:00	00:30:14:00	TRANSGENDER PEOPLE REGARDLESS
00:30:14:00	00:30:15:00	OF THINGS LIKE PASS ABILITY CAN
00:30:15:00	00:30:15:00	FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE?
00:30:15:00	00:30:18:00	THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
00:30:18:00	00:30:18:00	GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICAL
00:30:18:00	00:30:21:00	CLIMATE WITHOUT GBTC ISSUES
00:30:21:00	00:30:21:00	BECOMING EXCEEDINGLY DIVISIVE
00:30:21:00	00:30:22:00	WITHIN MAINSTREAM DISCOURSE.
00:30:22:00	00:30:25:00	MY EXAMPLE IS ONE OF THE MANY
00:30:25:00	00:30:26:00	MANY ISSUES THAT THE HOMELESS
00:30:26:00	00:30:27:00	SYSTEM POSES FOR TRANS PEOPLE.
00:30:27:00	00:30:29:00	IT CAN BE SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS
00:30:29:00	00:30:29:00	TO NOT ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS
00:30:29:00	00:30:31:00	PREEMPTIVELY AS IT COULD RESULT
00:30:31:00	00:30:32:00	AND EVEN FATAL CONSEQUENCES.
00:30:32:00	00:30:35:00	I STRONGLY AND FULLY ADVOCATE
00:30:35:00	00:30:36:00	FOR WITH MY ENTIRE BEING THAT
00:30:36:00	00:30:36:00	WE TAKE THE TIME TO ADDRESS
00:30:36:00	00:30:37:00	THESE CONCERNS WITH EXTREME
00:30:37:00	00:30:39:00	DILIGENCE AND COMPASSION.
00:30:39:00	00:30:40:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
00:30:40:00	00:30:51:00	ATTENTION AND THANK YOU BRIAN.
00:30:51:00	00:30:54:00	I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OUR NEXT
00:30:54:00	00:30:54:00	.
00:30:54:00	00:30:55:00	GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:30:55:00	00:30:59:00	BEFORE I INTRODUCE MYSELF, LET
00:30:59:00	00:31:02:00	ME REMIND EVERYONE THAT PRIDE
00:31:02:00	00:31:02:00	WAS A RIOT.
00:31:02:00	00:31:03:00	IT WAS A PROTEST.
00:31:03:00	00:31:06:00	LET US NOT FORGET THE MANY
00:31:06:00	00:31:10:00	SACRIFICES OUR GREAT ANCESTORS
00:31:10:00	00:31:10:00	HAVE GIVEN LIKE MARSHA P
00:31:10:00	00:31:11:00	JOHNSON, SYLVIA RIVERA AND IN
00:31:11:00	00:31:14:00	BOSTON OUR OWN HAVING A
00:31:14:00	00:31:17:00	DAUGHTER HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE
00:31:17:00	00:31:18:00	HERE AT THE BOSTON CITY HALL
00:31:18:00	00:31:21:00	AND THOSE WATCHING FROM HOME.
00:31:21:00	00:31:23:00	MY NAME IS SAL KHAN AND I USE
00:31:23:00	00:31:25:00	ALL PRONOUNS.
00:31:25:00	00:31:28:00	I'M AN OPENLY  MIGRANT ACTIVIST
00:31:28:00	00:31:29:00	AND A FORMER JOURNALIST FROM
00:31:29:00	00:31:29:00	PAKISTAN.
00:31:29:00	00:31:32:00	HERE TO TELL A STORY
00:31:32:00	00:31:33:00	OF SACRIFICE, RESILIENCE AND
00:31:33:00	00:31:33:00	HOPE.
00:31:33:00	00:31:36:00	I COME FROM A WORLD WHERE MY
00:31:36:00	00:31:36:00	EXPERIENCE WHERE MY EXISTENCE
00:31:36:00	00:31:40:00	IS NOT POSSIBLE, WHERE MY LOVE
00:31:40:00	00:31:41:00	IS SEEN AS A SIN PUNISHABLE AS
00:31:41:00	00:31:43:00	A CRIME.
00:31:43:00	00:31:44:00	FOR SOME WHO I LOVE IT WARRANTS
00:31:44:00	00:31:44:00	THAT PENALTY.
00:31:44:00	00:31:47:00	GROWING UP  IN PAKISTAN MEANT
00:31:47:00	00:31:48:00	LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR
00:31:48:00	00:31:51:00	OF VIOLENCE, EXPOSURE AND RACE.
00:31:51:00	00:31:54:00	AS A YOUNG JOURNALIST I TRIED
00:31:54:00	00:31:55:00	TO EXPOSE INJUSTICE BUT I
00:31:55:00	00:31:58:00	COULDN'T SAFELY SPEAK MY OWN
00:31:58:00	00:31:58:00	TRUTH.
00:31:58:00	00:31:59:00	THE SILENCE NEARLY BROKE ME.
00:31:59:00	00:32:00:00	I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE.
00:32:00:00	00:32:03:00	WHEN I COME TO AMERICA I HOPE
00:32:03:00	00:32:06:00	FOR A FRESH START A PLACE WHERE
00:32:06:00	00:32:07:00	I COULD BE SAFE, GIVE BACK TO
00:32:07:00	00:32:07:00	THE COMMUNITY, BE ACCEPTED,
00:32:07:00	00:32:10:00	LIVE FREELY AND BUILD A FUTURE
00:32:10:00	00:32:11:00	MAYBE EVEN, YOU KNOW, FALL IN
00:32:11:00	00:32:14:00	LOVE ALONG THE WAY.
00:32:14:00	00:32:14:00	INSTEAD I FOUND A DIFFERENT SET
00:32:14:00	00:32:17:00	OF CHALLENGES AND STRUGGLES.
00:32:17:00	00:32:18:00	FAMILIAL ABUSE.
00:32:18:00	00:32:21:00	BEING UNHOUSED  PHOBIA.
00:32:21:00	00:32:22:00	RACISM.
00:32:22:00	00:32:22:00	THE WORDS A BROKEN IMMIGRATION
00:32:22:00	00:32:26:00	SYSTEM STILL I MADE BOSTON
00:32:26:00	00:32:26:00	HOME.
00:32:26:00	00:32:27:00	I'VE WORKED HARD AS AN
00:32:27:00	00:32:29:00	ESSENTIAL WORKER IN INDUSTRIES
00:32:29:00	00:32:30:00	FROM RETAIL TO HEALTH CARE TO
00:32:30:00	00:32:33:00	ART SPACES AND VOLUNTEERED FROM
00:32:33:00	00:32:34:00	HOMELESS SHELTERS TO FOOD
00:32:34:00	00:32:37:00	DRIVES.
00:32:37:00	00:32:38:00	I'VE STUDIED PSYCHOLOGY AT
00:32:38:00	00:32:39:00	BUNKER HILL AND RECENTLY
00:32:39:00	00:32:41:00	GRADUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATES.
00:32:41:00	00:32:44:00	MY DREAM IS TO BECOME A
00:32:44:00	00:32:45:00	THERAPIST ONE DAY AND AS I WORK
00:32:45:00	00:32:48:00	TO WEBSITE GOAL I PAY TAXES,
00:32:48:00	00:32:49:00	OBTAINED ASYLUM AND SERVE MY
00:32:49:00	00:32:49:00	COMMUNITY.
00:32:49:00	00:32:53:00	DESPITE ALL THIS I WAS SENT TO
00:32:53:00	00:32:53:00	A DETENTION CENTER AT PLYMOUTH
00:32:53:00	00:32:56:00	LAST YEAR AFTER A MEDICAL
00:32:56:00	00:32:56:00	EMERGENCY AND I EXPENSE ON AN
00:32:56:00	00:33:00:00	EMPTY BUST IN MALDEN.
00:33:00:00	00:33:01:00	I ENDURED 57 DAYS OF HORRIBLE
00:33:01:00	00:33:03:00	SUBHUMAN TREATMENT.
00:33:03:00	00:33:07:00	I FEARED FOR MYSELF BECAUSE FOR
00:33:07:00	00:33:07:00	ME AND FOR A LOT OF US
00:33:07:00	00:33:08:00	DEPORTATION IS A DEATH
00:33:08:00	00:33:08:00	SENTENCE.
00:33:08:00	00:33:11:00	THESE 57 DAYS WERE THE HARDEST
00:33:11:00	00:33:11:00	PART OF MY LIFE SO FAR.
00:33:11:00	00:33:14:00	I WAS PURPOSELY ISOLATED FROM
00:33:14:00	00:33:15:00	MY LOVED ONES WHO THOUGHT I HAD
00:33:15:00	00:33:15:00	DIED.
00:33:15:00	00:33:19:00	THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WISHED
00:33:19:00	00:33:22:00	I HAD TO AND I TRIED TO EVEN.
00:33:22:00	00:33:23:00	BUT I REALIZED SOMEWHERE
00:33:23:00	00:33:27:00	SOMEONE LIKE ME IS THINKING THE
00:33:27:00	00:33:27:00	SAME THING.
00:33:27:00	00:33:30:00	I DON'T WANT TO END MY STORY
00:33:30:00	00:33:30:00	AND ENCOURAGE MANY OTHER
00:33:30:00	00:33:31:00	VOICELESS SIBLINGS TO DO THE
00:33:31:00	00:33:31:00	SAME.
00:33:31:00	00:33:35:00	SO I SURVIVE AND I WAS RELEASED
00:33:35:00	00:33:35:00	THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT
00:33:35:00	00:33:38:00	STOOD UP FOR ME WHICH RESISTED
00:33:38:00	00:33:38:00	FOR A LOT OF US.
00:33:38:00	00:33:42:00	INTERSECTIONALITY ISN'T A
00:33:42:00	00:33:42:00	BUZZWORD AS A DAILY REALITY.
00:33:42:00	00:33:46:00	I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE 
00:33:46:00	00:33:49:00	BROWN IMMIGRANT NEURODIVERGENT
00:33:49:00	00:33:50:00	AND WORKING POOR, UNHEARD AND
00:33:50:00	00:33:50:00	UNSEEN.
00:33:50:00	00:33:54:00	THAT'S WHY I FOUNDED OUT
00:33:54:00	00:33:54:00	NEWCOMERS A GRASSROOTS
00:33:54:00	00:33:57:00	COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR LGBT
00:33:57:00	00:33:57:00	MIGRANTS.
00:33:57:00	00:34:01:00	WE TRY OUR BEST TO DESPITE
00:34:01:00	00:34:02:00	LIMITED RESOURCES TO CONNECT
00:34:02:00	00:34:05:00	REFUGEES, LGBT MIGRANTS TO
00:34:05:00	00:34:08:00	LEGAL HELP HOUSING AND MENTAL
00:34:08:00	00:34:09:00	HEALTH SUPPORT.
00:34:09:00	00:34:09:00	BUT MORE THAN THAT WE BUILD
00:34:09:00	00:34:10:00	SOLIDARITY IN TIMES LIKE THESE.
00:34:10:00	00:34:13:00	WE DON'T JUST NEED SERVICES.
00:34:13:00	00:34:14:00	WE NEED EACH OTHER.
00:34:14:00	00:34:17:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS TAKEN
00:34:17:00	00:34:18:00	SOME POWERFUL STEPS RECENTLY
00:34:18:00	00:34:21:00	LIKE BECOMING A SANCTUARY CITY
00:34:21:00	00:34:21:00	FOR LGBT PEOPLE AND DEDICATING
00:34:21:00	00:34:25:00	FUNDS FOR  AND TRANS COMMUNITY.
00:34:25:00	00:34:25:00	BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE.
00:34:25:00	00:34:28:00	WHAT ACTION WE TAKE TODAY WILL
00:34:28:00	00:34:29:00	IMPACT OUR LIVES IN OUR PRESENT
00:34:29:00	00:34:31:00	AND OUR FUTURE.
00:34:31:00	00:34:32:00	THE COMMONWEALTH
00:34:32:00	00:34:32:00	OF MASSACHUSETTS MUST ENSURE
00:34:32:00	00:34:35:00	LEGAL DEFENSE FOR ASYLUM
00:34:35:00	00:34:36:00	SEEKERS, INVEST IN TRANSITIONAL
00:34:36:00	00:34:39:00	HOUSING FOR  ASYLUM SEEKERS AND
00:34:39:00	00:34:43:00	ALSO COMMUNITY LED PROGRAMS
00:34:43:00	00:34:44:00	THAT UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE
00:34:44:00	00:34:47:00	TRAUMA WE CARRY.
00:34:47:00	00:34:48:00	BECAUSE I HOPE AS I SAID BEFORE
00:34:48:00	00:34:51:00	FOR MANY OF US DEPORTATION IS A
00:34:51:00	00:34:51:00	DISPLACEMENT.
00:34:51:00	00:34:52:00	IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE.
00:34:52:00	00:34:52:00	LET'S BE CLEAR THE RETURN OF A
00:34:52:00	00:34:54:00	TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS A
00:34:54:00	00:34:58:00	DEADLY THREAT TO TRANS AND 
00:34:58:00	00:35:02:00	PEOPLE HERE IN OUR BELOVED CITY
00:35:02:00	00:35:03:00	, IN OUR GREAT STATE AND AROUND
00:35:03:00	00:35:03:00	THE WORLD.
00:35:03:00	00:35:04:00	SO RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT I ASK
00:35:04:00	00:35:07:00	YOU TO DO MORE THAN JUST
00:35:07:00	00:35:07:00	LISTEN.
00:35:07:00	00:35:08:00	ORGANIZE WITH US, FIGHT WITH US
00:35:08:00	00:35:10:00	AND STAND WITH THE LGBT
00:35:10:00	00:35:10:00	COMMUNITY.
00:35:10:00	00:35:14:00	STAND WITH LGBT PEOPLE IN ALL
00:35:14:00	00:35:18:00	ITS DIVERSITY BRAVERY, BEAUTY.
00:35:18:00	00:35:18:00	EVEN WITH LGBT MIGRANTS BECAUSE
00:35:18:00	00:35:21:00	OUR SAFETY IS A RIGHT IT'S A
00:35:21:00	00:35:21:00	HUMAN RIGHT.
00:35:21:00	00:35:22:00	WE ARE NOT DISPOSABLE.
00:35:22:00	00:35:25:00	I WOULD END MY SPEECH WITH A
00:35:25:00	00:35:26:00	BEAUTIFUL AND BRAVE QUOTE BY
00:35:26:00	00:35:26:00	MARSHA P JOHNSON.
00:35:26:00	00:35:29:00	YOU NEVER COMPLETELY HAVE YOUR
00:35:29:00	00:35:30:00	RIGHTS FOR ONE PERSON UNTIL YOU
00:35:30:00	00:35:30:00	ALL HAVE YOUR RIGHTS.
00:35:30:00	00:35:33:00	ALL OUR STRUGGLES ARE
00:35:33:00	00:35:33:00	INTERCONNECTED.
00:35:33:00	00:35:34:00	LET US WORK TOGETHER TO SAVE
00:35:34:00	00:35:37:00	OUR GREAT NATION STATE AND OUR
00:35:37:00	00:35:38:00	COMMUNITIES AND CITIES AND
00:35:38:00	00:35:38:00	BUILD A BETTER WORLD.
00:35:38:00	00:35:40:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
00:35:40:00	00:35:41:00	EVERYONE FOR INVITING
00:35:41:00	00:35:44:00	ME ESPECIALLY CITY
00:35:44:00	00:35:45:00	COUNCILOR HENRY SANTANA AND
00:35:45:00	00:35:48:00	STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
00:35:48:00	00:35:49:00	GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:35:49:00	00:35:50:00	SPEAK AT THE PEOPLE SO I THANK
00:35:50:00	00:35:56:00	YOU.
00:35:56:00	00:36:00:00	THANK YOU SO.
00:36:00:00	00:36:02:00	I THINK WE'RE IN MINUTE TWO OUT
00:36:02:00	00:36:02:00	OF THE FIVE.
00:36:02:00	00:36:06:00	THANK YOU SO I THINK IT
00:36:06:00	00:36:07:00	WOULDN'T BE A PRESENTATION OR A
00:36:07:00	00:36:10:00	HENRY SANTANA PRESENTATION IF
00:36:10:00	00:36:10:00	IT WASN'T IF WE DIDN'T HAVE YOU
00:36:10:00	00:36:11:00	SPEAKERS.
00:36:11:00	00:36:11:00	RIGHT.
00:36:11:00	00:36:14:00	YOU ALL KNOW THAT I REALLY CARE
00:36:14:00	00:36:15:00	ABOUT YOU, SO I WANT TO
00:36:15:00	00:36:16:00	INTRODUCE SHAUNA AS OUR NEXT
00:36:16:00	00:36:24:00	SPEAKER.
00:36:24:00	00:36:24:00	HELLO.
00:36:24:00	00:36:27:00	HI.
00:36:27:00	00:36:27:00	UM.
00:36:27:00	00:36:28:00	HI.
00:36:28:00	00:36:34:00	UM, WELL, HELLO THERE.
00:36:34:00	00:36:43:00	THIS ONE WAS AROUND TEN OH.
00:36:43:00	00:36:47:00	MY NAME IS SHAUNA MOON.
00:36:47:00	00:36:48:00	I'M 25 YEARS OLD.
00:36:48:00	00:36:51:00	I GO TO ROXBURY COMMUNITY
00:36:51:00	00:36:54:00	COLLEGE BEING A PART OF BOSTON
00:36:54:00	00:36:55:00	LESBIAN GAY URBAN FOUNDATION
00:36:55:00	00:36:58:00	HAS CHANGED MY LIFE.
00:36:58:00	00:37:01:00	I COME.
00:37:01:00	00:37:06:00	I CAME OUT AS  AND 19 YEARS
00:37:06:00	00:37:06:00	OLD.
00:37:06:00	00:37:09:00	THIS WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC
00:37:09:00	00:37:10:00	WHERE THINGS WERE CLOSED AND
00:37:10:00	00:37:10:00	SHUT DOWN.
00:37:10:00	00:37:14:00	I FELT I.
00:37:14:00	00:37:17:00	I FELT REALLY ALONE.
00:37:17:00	00:37:21:00	I WASN'T IN SCHOOL AT THE TIME
00:37:21:00	00:37:21:00	OR WORKING.
00:37:21:00	00:37:22:00	THINGS STARTED TO REALLY
00:37:22:00	00:37:25:00	PROGRESS FOR ME OVER TIME.
00:37:25:00	00:37:32:00	I WENT TO RC C O AROUND 2023
00:37:32:00	00:37:36:00	AND WENT TO MY FIRST LGB T Q
00:37:36:00	00:37:39:00	CLUB WHERE I MET MATTEO KIESHA.
00:37:39:00	00:37:43:00	UM I I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN
00:37:43:00	00:37:44:00	FINDING LIKE MENTORSHIP
00:37:44:00	00:37:47:00	COMMUNITY.
00:37:47:00	00:37:48:00	I CONNECTED WITH TWO MENTORS.
00:37:48:00	00:37:55:00	THEY WERE BLACK  FEMALE JACK
00:37:55:00	00:37:59:00	AND SAPPHIRE.
00:37:59:00	00:38:00:00	I APPRECIATE THE LOVE THE
00:38:00:00	00:38:03:00	MENTORSHIP HAS REALLY POURED
00:38:03:00	00:38:03:00	INTO ME.
00:38:03:00	00:38:07:00	I GOT TO EXPERIENCE LIFE, YOU
00:38:07:00	00:38:14:00	KNOW, GOALS, TRIPS, LUNCHES,
00:38:14:00	00:38:18:00	GOSSIP CONVERSATIONS UM.
00:38:18:00	00:38:22:00	MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A MUSE
00:38:22:00	00:38:23:00	FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO BE
00:38:23:00	00:38:26:00	MYSELF, BE OUT AND PROUD AND
00:38:26:00	00:38:27:00	PURSUE MY DREAMS AS AN ARTIST
00:38:27:00	00:38:30:00	AND FILMMAKER.
00:38:30:00	00:38:34:00	I SAY ALL THIS TO SAY IT'S LIKE
00:38:34:00	00:38:35:00	IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BLACK 
00:38:35:00	00:38:38:00	YOUTH NEED CAMARADERIE AND LOVE
00:38:38:00	00:38:39:00	BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT
00:38:39:00	00:38:42:00	EXPERIENCE DOUBLE OPPRESSION
00:38:42:00	00:38:46:00	BEING BLACK AND  AND YEAH,
00:38:46:00	00:38:49:00	HARDSHIPS SOMETIMES WE ARE
00:38:49:00	00:38:49:00	BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEINGS AND
00:38:49:00	00:38:53:00	AMAZING PEOPLE INTELLIGENT,
00:38:53:00	00:38:53:00	SMART.
00:38:53:00	00:39:04:00	WELL I JUST FABULOUS BLACK YEAH
00:39:04:00	00:39:04:00	.
00:39:04:00	00:39:04:00	THANK YOU.
00:39:04:00	00:39:09:00	BLUE THANK YOU, CURTIS.
00:39:09:00	00:39:09:00	THANK YOU, KIESHA.
00:39:09:00	00:39:09:00	THANK YOU, MATTEO.
00:39:09:00	00:39:10:00	THANK YOU.
00:39:10:00	00:39:13:00	EVERY YOU KNOW SAPPHIRE JACKIE
00:39:13:00	00:39:16:00	YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
00:39:16:00	00:39:23:00	THANK YOU ALL.
00:39:23:00	00:39:24:00	I THINK THAT OUR EXISTENCE IS
00:39:24:00	00:39:30:00	WITH THIS IS RESISTANCE, YOU
00:39:30:00	00:39:30:00	KNOW?
00:39:30:00	00:39:34:00	THANK YOU.
00:39:34:00	00:39:35:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:39:35:00	00:39:38:00	WHAT I BRING UP GABRIEL NEXT IS
00:39:38:00	00:39:38:00	COMING.
00:39:38:00	00:39:39:00	HOW DOES THIS WORK?
00:39:39:00	00:39:44:00	HOW?
00:39:44:00	00:39:44:00	HELLO?
00:39:44:00	00:39:44:00	HELLO.
00:39:44:00	00:39:48:00	OH LA LA.
00:39:48:00	00:39:55:00	SORRY IF YOU HEARD THAT.
00:39:55:00	00:39:56:00	I'M SO SORRY.
00:39:56:00	00:39:59:00	HI.
00:39:59:00	00:40:00:00	MY NAME IS BRAILLE.
00:40:00:00	00:40:03:00	MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY THEM?
00:40:03:00	00:40:04:00	SINCE BECOMING A PART OF BLUE I
00:40:04:00	00:40:07:00	HAVE EXPERIENCE SOMETHING I
00:40:07:00	00:40:07:00	DIDN'T THINK I WAS.
00:40:07:00	00:40:10:00	IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR ME FOR A
00:40:10:00	00:40:14:00	LONG TIME BEING ACCEPTED AS I
00:40:14:00	00:40:15:00	AM FOR MOST OF MY LIFE I FELT
00:40:15:00	00:40:18:00	LIKE I HAD TO PUT A FACADE TO
00:40:18:00	00:40:19:00	PERFORM A VERSION OF MYSELF
00:40:19:00	00:40:22:00	JUST TO GET BY.
00:40:22:00	00:40:26:00	I DIDN'T OFTEN SEE PEOPLE LIKE
00:40:26:00	00:40:27:00	ME OR FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO SHOW
00:40:27:00	00:40:27:00	UP.
00:40:27:00	00:40:30:00	I AUTHENTICALLY.
00:40:30:00	00:40:31:00	AT HOME THINGS HAVEN'T ALWAYS
00:40:31:00	00:40:33:00	BEEN EASY.
00:40:33:00	00:40:34:00	BEING WHO I TRULY AM ISN'T
00:40:34:00	00:40:38:00	ALWAYS MEANT WITH UNDERSTANDING
00:40:38:00	00:40:45:00	AND SUPPORT.
00:40:45:00	00:40:45:00	WHO MET WITH SUPPORT?
00:40:45:00	00:40:48:00	AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
00:40:48:00	00:40:52:00	BEEN HARD TO CARRY.
00:40:52:00	00:40:53:00	BUT BLUE HAS BECOME A SPACE
00:40:53:00	00:40:56:00	WHERE I CAN BREATHE.
00:40:56:00	00:40:57:00	HERE I FOUND A KIND OF FREEDOM
00:40:57:00	00:41:00:00	I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE FREEDOM TO
00:41:00:00	00:41:01:00	EXPRESS MYSELF, TO LEARN AND
00:41:01:00	00:41:01:00	UNLEARN.
00:41:01:00	00:41:04:00	IT'S A PLACE WHERE I FEEL LIKE
00:41:04:00	00:41:07:00	I CAN BELONG EVEN WHEN I CAN'T
00:41:07:00	00:41:11:00	FEEL THAT WAY AT HOME.
00:41:11:00	00:41:12:00	ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PARTS
00:41:12:00	00:41:15:00	OF MY JOURNEY HAS BEEN
00:41:15:00	00:41:18:00	CONNECTING WITH MY MENTOR WITH
00:41:18:00	00:41:19:00	THEM.
00:41:19:00	00:41:20:00	I DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK
00:41:20:00	00:41:21:00	EVEN THOUGH I'M WEARING ONE
00:41:21:00	00:41:25:00	RIGHT NOW OR PRETEND TO BE
00:41:25:00	00:41:28:00	SOMEONE I'M NOT.
00:41:28:00	00:41:29:00	I CAN TALK OPENLY ABOUT MY
00:41:29:00	00:41:30:00	IDENTITY AND MY STRUGGLES AND
00:41:30:00	00:41:32:00	MY GROWTH AND I MET WITH
00:41:32:00	00:41:33:00	NOTHING BUT SUPPORT AND
00:41:33:00	00:41:33:00	UNDERSTANDING.
00:41:33:00	00:41:36:00	THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP HAS
00:41:36:00	00:41:37:00	BEEN RARE FOR ME AND IT'S MADE
00:41:37:00	00:41:41:00	A HUGE IMPACT ON HOW I SEE
00:41:41:00	00:41:41:00	MYSELF.
00:41:41:00	00:41:44:00	I'M STILL GROWING, STILL
00:41:44:00	00:41:44:00	EDUCATING MYSELF AND STILL
00:41:44:00	00:41:47:00	FIGURING THINGS OUT BUT I KNOW
00:41:47:00	00:41:51:00	THAT WHEN I AM VALIDATED I'M
00:41:51:00	00:41:52:00	DONE.
00:41:52:00	00:41:55:00	I'M DEMI SEXUAL IN I'M
00:41:55:00	00:41:55:00	NON-BINARY AND I DON'T HAVE TO
00:41:55:00	00:42:02:00	HIDE THAT.
00:42:02:00	00:42:09:00	OH UM SORRY AND THERE'S NOTHING
00:42:09:00	00:42:13:00	WRONG WITH ME.
00:42:13:00	00:42:14:00	AND THANKS TO BLUE I FOUND A
00:42:14:00	00:42:14:00	PLACE WHERE I CAN FINALLY START
00:42:14:00	00:42:16:00	BELIEVING IN THAT.
00:42:16:00	00:42:19:00	YEAH.
00:42:19:00	00:42:23:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:23:00	00:42:32:00	I HALFWAY THERE YOU HAVE TWO
00:42:32:00	00:42:32:00	MORE SPEAKERS.
00:42:32:00	00:42:36:00	SO NEXT UP WE HAVE JAMAN.
00:42:36:00	00:42:36:00	PLEASE GO AHEAD.
00:42:36:00	00:42:38:00	IT'S COME UP.
00:42:38:00	00:42:38:00	HEY, GUYS.
00:42:38:00	00:42:42:00	HOW ARE YOU DOING?
00:42:42:00	00:42:42:00	YEAH.
00:42:42:00	00:42:45:00	MY NAME IS JIM GILCHRIST.
00:42:45:00	00:42:46:00	I AM A CURRENT MENTEE AT THE
00:42:46:00	00:42:47:00	BLUE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.
00:42:47:00	00:42:50:00	I ATTEND AT ROXBURY COMMUNITY
00:42:50:00	00:42:50:00	COLLEGE AND MY MAJOR THAT I'M
00:42:50:00	00:42:53:00	FOCUSING ON IS VISUAL ARTS
00:42:53:00	00:42:56:00	BECAUSE I LOVE TO DRAW.
00:42:56:00	00:42:57:00	THE REASON I JOINED THIS
00:42:57:00	00:43:00:00	PROGRAM IS BECAUSE MY FRIEND
00:43:00:00	00:43:00:00	TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE MENTORS
00:43:00:00	00:43:01:00	THAT HELPS THEIR MENTEES
00:43:01:00	00:43:04:00	WHETHER IT'S MENTAL HEALTH,
00:43:04:00	00:43:04:00	FINANCIAL ISSUES OR ANYTHING
00:43:04:00	00:43:05:00	AND THAT'S HOW I GOT INTO THE
00:43:05:00	00:43:08:00	PROGRAM.
00:43:08:00	00:43:09:00	AND THEN ONCE HE TOLD ME THAT
00:43:09:00	00:43:11:00	IT WAS FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
00:43:11:00	00:43:12:00	I WAS THINKING HMM, WELL WHY
00:43:12:00	00:43:15:00	NOT JOIN THEM JUST TO GET THEM
00:43:15:00	00:43:18:00	MORE SUPPORT?
00:43:18:00	00:43:19:00	THAT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM MY
00:43:19:00	00:43:20:00	EXPERIENCE WITH BLUE IS I ENJOY
00:43:20:00	00:43:22:00	MY OUTING FOR MY MENTOR WHICH
00:43:22:00	00:43:23:00	IS LA LA.
00:43:23:00	00:43:25:00	HELLO.
00:43:25:00	00:43:26:00	AND WE GET TO PLAY SOME FUN
00:43:26:00	00:43:30:00	GAMES AT THE ARCADE AT DAVID
00:43:30:00	00:43:31:00	BUSTER'S AND WE DID THE SAME
00:43:31:00	00:43:34:00	THING AT LUCKY STRIKE WHICH WAS
00:43:34:00	00:43:35:00	A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE ALSO
00:43:35:00	00:43:37:00	ENJOYED EATING SOME FOODS.
00:43:37:00	00:43:38:00	ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT I WANT TO
00:43:38:00	00:43:39:00	POINT OUT IS THE CHRISTMAS
00:43:39:00	00:43:42:00	KARAOKE WHERE WE GOT A SINGER
00:43:42:00	00:43:43:00	OF HER SONGS AND WE GET TO PLAY
00:43:43:00	00:43:45:00	SOME BOARD GAMES AND GARNER
00:43:45:00	00:43:46:00	CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
00:43:46:00	00:43:46:00	I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT I
00:43:46:00	00:43:49:00	GOT TO KNOW EVERY PERSON THAT
00:43:49:00	00:43:50:00	OPENED UP ABOUT THEIR STORIES
00:43:50:00	00:43:53:00	AND THEIR SEXUALITY AND I FEEL
00:43:53:00	00:43:54:00	LIKE EVERY BORN EVERYONE IN
00:43:54:00	00:43:57:00	THIS ROOM WHETHER THEY'RE
00:43:57:00	00:43:57:00	WHETHER WE'RE GAY, STRAIGHT,
00:43:57:00	00:44:00:00	BISEXUAL OR EVEN TRANS AND
00:44:00:00	00:44:01:00	ANYBODY THAT WE DESERVE TO BE
00:44:01:00	00:44:04:00	TREATED WITH RESPECT AND
00:44:04:00	00:44:08:00	DIGNITY AND ON THAT NOTE HAPPY
00:44:08:00	00:44:15:00	PRIDE SPEECH RETURN AND THERE
00:44:15:00	00:44:15:00	YOU GO.
00:44:15:00	00:44:21:00	THANK YOU.
00:44:21:00	00:44:22:00	I DID.
00:44:22:00	00:44:25:00	I DID NOT TELL THEM TO DO THAT
00:44:25:00	00:44:25:00	.
00:44:25:00	00:44:26:00	SORRY.
00:44:26:00	00:44:26:00	I'M OUT OF POWER.
00:44:26:00	00:44:30:00	NEXT UP AND FINAL SPEAKER WE
00:44:30:00	00:44:36:00	HAVE SISTER BROTHER FREDDIE.
00:44:36:00	00:44:36:00	HELLO AGAIN.
00:44:36:00	00:44:40:00	I WON'T BE FOLLOWING THOSE
00:44:40:00	00:44:40:00	SPEECHES WITH A SPEECH OF MY
00:44:40:00	00:44:40:00	OWN.
00:44:40:00	00:44:44:00	I AM HERE TO READ JUST SOME
00:44:44:00	00:44:46:00	OF THE OVER 45 ORGANIZATIONS
00:44:46:00	00:44:49:00	THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY
00:44:49:00	00:44:49:00	.
00:44:49:00	00:44:50:00	SO IN RECOGNITION YOU HAVE
00:44:50:00	00:44:57:00	BEFORE YOU HELP BY AMG OH WELL
00:44:57:00	00:44:58:00	NOW YOU HAVE TO CHEER FOR
00:44:58:00	00:45:04:00	EVERYONE T, Q AND C CHASTITY
00:45:04:00	00:45:10:00	BOLEK CONSULTING AND TELLING
00:45:10:00	00:45:11:00	THE BOSTON SISTERS OF PERPETUAL
00:45:11:00	00:45:17:00	INDULGENCE OUR NEWCOMERS PRIDE
00:45:17:00	00:45:21:00	IN OUR WORKPLACE PRIDE IN
00:45:21:00	00:45:25:00	PLASMA BREAK TIME OUT IN
00:45:25:00	00:45:29:00	FINANCE BOSTON LESBIAN GAY
00:45:29:00	00:45:36:00	URBAN FOUNDATION MASKS NOW THE
00:45:36:00	00:45:36:00	MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION ON
00:45:36:00	00:45:40:00	LGBT T.
00:45:40:00	00:45:44:00	Q PLUS YOUTH THE FEMMES
00:45:44:00	00:45:48:00	SWEENEY'S THE HISTORY PROJECT
00:45:48:00	00:45:54:00	THE TRANS GENDER EMERGENCY FUND
00:45:54:00	00:46:00:00	BOSTON GLASS DOCS CABARET  THE
00:46:00:00	00:46:07:00	BOSTON'S LESBIAN NEWSLETTER Q T
00:46:07:00	00:46:10:00	C BOSTON PRIDE SPORTS BOSTON
00:46:10:00	00:46:14:00	THE THEATER OFFENSIVE LGBTQ
00:46:14:00	00:46:18:00	PLUS SENIOR HOUSING AND THE
00:46:18:00	00:46:25:00	POWER M R T H ORGANIZING  IN
00:46:25:00	00:46:32:00	CANNABIS TO CALENDAR CLASS ZONE
00:46:32:00	00:46:37:00	LAVENDER EDUCATION TRAINING
00:46:37:00	00:46:44:00	WITH THE SCORPIO BAGLEY THE G T
00:46:44:00	00:46:48:00	LIBRARY LGBTQ PLUS ELDERS
00:46:48:00	00:46:54:00	OF COLOR GREATER BOSTON P FLAG
00:46:54:00	00:46:59:00	BISEXUAL RESOURCE CENTER BOSTON
00:46:59:00	00:47:03:00	GAMERS UFOS STONEWALL SPORTS
00:47:03:00	00:47:10:00	BOSTON BOSTON PRIME TIME HOURS
00:47:10:00	00:47:14:00	THE BOSTON THEATER COMPANY AND
00:47:14:00	00:47:18:00	MEP FOR HEALTH FENWAY HEALTH TO
00:47:18:00	00:47:25:00	AND S T THE NETWORK LITTLE RED
00:47:25:00	00:47:29:00	WALL BOSTON'S MAYOR OFFICE
00:47:29:00	00:47:33:00	OF LGBTQ HERITAGE INVESTMENT
00:47:33:00	00:47:37:00	NEW ENGLAND TRANS SANCTUARY
00:47:37:00	00:47:44:00	PARADE NEW ENGLAND ACES A LAW
00:47:44:00	00:47:47:00	THE NEW  ACTIVISTS COLLECTIVE
00:47:47:00	00:47:51:00	THE  SCOUTS THE CITY
00:47:51:00	00:47:55:00	OF CAMBRIDGE LGBTQ PLUS A
00:47:55:00	00:47:56:00	COMMISSION THEY DON'T EVEN GO
00:47:56:00	00:48:03:00	HERE YES THE BOSTON FOUNDATION
00:48:03:00	00:48:09:00	MASS EQUALITY DANNY'S  BAR
00:48:09:00	00:48:13:00	PLEASURE PINE MERMAID FOR
00:48:13:00	00:48:17:00	PLEASURE AND BOSTON PRIDE FOR
00:48:17:00	00:48:25:00	THE PEOPLE ALSO I THINK I STILL
00:48:25:00	00:48:25:00	HAVE 3 MINUTES.
00:48:25:00	00:48:28:00	YEAH.
00:48:28:00	00:48:28:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE.
00:48:28:00	00:48:29:00	REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
00:48:29:00	00:48:31:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR
00:48:31:00	00:48:32:00	FOR ALLOWING US TO GO A LITTLE
00:48:32:00	00:48:33:00	BIT OVER TIME.
00:48:33:00	00:48:35:00	I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE MY
00:48:35:00	00:48:36:00	COLLEAGUES UP FOR A PICTURE AND
00:48:36:00	00:48:40:00	ANYONE WHO'S NOT ON THE CROWDS
00:48:40:00	00:48:41:00	PLEASE COME UP PLEASE IF YOU
00:48:41:00	00:48:42:00	WANT TO BE PART OF THE PICTURE
00:48:42:00	00:48:42:00	AS WELL.
00:48:42:00	00:48:43:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE.
00:48:43:00	00:48:54:00	HAPPY PRIDE RIGHT IN THE FRONT
00:48:54:00	00:48:57:00	OF THAT OUTFIT.
00:48:57:00	00:49:08:00	SHOW ME ANOTHER ONE.
00:49:08:00	00:49:41:00	I'M IT'S A CAPACITY THAT WE'RE
00:49:41:00	00:49:45:00	ASKING THE NATION IS FOR
00:49:45:00	00:49:48:00	DIFFERENT.
00:49:48:00	00:49:49:00	ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE TAKING THE
00:49:49:00	00:49:55:00	PICTURE AND EVERYBODY GOT TO
00:49:55:00	00:50:15:00	SIT DOWN HAPPY HOUR DAY ALL
00:50:15:00	00:51:13:00	RIGHT ALL RIGHT I HERE I
00:51:13:00	00:51:36:00	ACTUALLY WAS PROUD TO GET IT
00:51:36:00	00:51:40:00	THANK YOU YOU KNOW THAT I GOT
00:51:40:00	00:51:56:00	TO SAY THAT VERY IS WE GOT ONE
00:51:56:00	00:52:02:00	THING I THINK THESE ARE I THINK
00:52:02:00	00:52:03:00	THESE ARE MOMENTS FLAGS.
00:52:03:00	00:52:15:00	YEAH, RIGHT.
00:52:15:00	00:52:15:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:52:15:00	00:53:19:00	NOW I DO FOR STAFF I THANK YOU
00:53:19:00	00:53:19:00	EVERYONE.
00:53:19:00	00:53:23:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING
00:53:23:00	00:53:24:00	US TODAY.
00:53:24:00	00:53:24:00	HAPPY PRIDE COUNSELOR SANTANA I
00:53:24:00	00:53:27:00	HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU DO THAT IN
00:53:27:00	00:53:28:00	5 MINUTES BUT THAT WAS PRETTY
00:53:28:00	00:53:31:00	INCREDIBLE FOR 5 MINUTES WE ARE
00:53:31:00	00:53:32:00	NOW GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR
00:53:32:00	00:53:37:00	COUNCIL MEETING.
00:53:37:00	00:53:37:00	WE ARE NOW GOING TO CONTINUE
00:53:37:00	00:53:39:00	WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEETING.
00:53:39:00	00:53:43:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE.
00:53:43:00	00:53:44:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:53:44:00	00:53:48:00	UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO
00:53:48:00	00:53:48:00	REFLECT THAT COUNCILORS REED
00:53:48:00	00:53:51:00	AND COUNCILOR ZAPATA AND
00:53:51:00	00:53:55:00	COUNCILOR WEBB WEBER ARE NOW
00:53:55:00	00:53:59:00	WITH THEY ARE NOW WITH US AND
00:53:59:00	00:54:02:00	COUNCILOR OH AND COUNCILOR I
00:54:02:00	00:54:03:00	DON'T THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT
00:54:03:00	00:54:03:00	HERE.
00:54:03:00	00:54:06:00	SO TODAY OKAY THANK YOU
00:54:06:00	00:54:13:00	MR. CLERK AND THANK YOU AGAIN
00:54:13:00	00:54:13:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THAT
00:54:13:00	00:54:14:00	PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU
00:54:14:00	00:54:17:00	COUNCILOR BREADON ALSO FOR ALL
00:54:17:00	00:54:17:00	OF YOUR LEADERSHIP ON ALL
00:54:17:00	00:54:20:00	THINGS PRIDE HERE IN THE CITY.
00:54:20:00	00:54:24:00	OC WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST
00:54:24:00	00:54:25:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:54:25:00	00:54:27:00	APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
00:54:27:00	00:54:28:00	THE MEETING OF MAY 21ST 2025.
00:54:28:00	00:54:32:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I SUPPOSE
00:54:32:00	00:54:34:00	SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:54:34:00	00:54:35:00	THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 21ST
00:54:35:00	00:54:35:00	MEETING ARE APPROVED.
00:54:35:00	00:54:38:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS
00:54:38:00	00:54:38:00	FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR
00:54:38:00	00:54:39:00	MR. CLERK, WHEN YOU PLEASE READ
00:54:39:00	00:54:43:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1132 DUNCAN
00:54:43:00	00:54:44:00	NUMBER 1132 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT
00:54:44:00	00:54:48:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:54:48:00	00:54:49:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
00:54:49:00	00:54:49:00	OF $1 MILLION IN THE FORM
00:54:49:00	00:54:52:00	OF GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL
00:54:52:00	00:54:56:00	YEAR 25 NUTRITION SERVICES
00:54:56:00	00:54:56:00	INCENTIVE PROGRAM AWARDED BY
00:54:56:00	00:54:59:00	THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
00:54:59:00	00:55:00:00	AND HUMAN SERVICES THROUGH THE
00:55:00:00	00:55:03:00	MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE
00:55:03:00	00:55:04:00	OF AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED
00:55:04:00	00:55:07:00	BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION
00:55:07:00	00:55:07:00	.
00:55:07:00	00:55:08:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE EIGHT
00:55:08:00	00:55:08:00	STRONG COMMISSION NUTRITION
00:55:08:00	00:55:11:00	PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS MEALS TO
00:55:11:00	00:55:15:00	HOMES OF OLDER ADULTS AND
00:55:15:00	00:55:15:00	CONGREGATE SITES IN THE CITY
00:55:15:00	00:55:16:00	OF BOSTON.
00:55:16:00	00:55:18:00	THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
00:55:18:00	00:55:19:00	COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE
00:55:19:00	00:55:20:00	ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT
00:55:20:00	00:55:20:00	THAT COUNSELOR FERNANDO
00:55:20:00	00:55:23:00	ANDERSON IS NOW PRESENT AND
00:55:23:00	00:55:23:00	WITH US.
00:55:23:00	00:55:23:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:23:00	00:55:26:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
00:55:26:00	00:55:27:00	MURPHY.
00:55:27:00	00:55:27:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
00:55:27:00	00:55:27:00	FLOOR.
00:55:27:00	00:55:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:55:28:00	00:55:30:00	I'M THANK YOU FOR READING THAT.
00:55:30:00	00:55:31:00	I AM ASKING THAT MY COLLEAGUES
00:55:31:00	00:55:34:00	SUPPORT ME IN AND PASSING THIS.
00:55:34:00	00:55:37:00	IT'S $1,000,000 GRANT BUT I
00:55:37:00	00:55:38:00	THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:55:38:00	00:55:40:00	GET THIS PASSED QUICKLY.
00:55:40:00	00:55:43:00	I ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A $2
00:55:43:00	00:55:43:00	MILLION GRANT IN SUPPORT
00:55:43:00	00:55:44:00	OF SENIOR NUTRITION NOT AGREE
00:55:44:00	00:55:47:00	UPON AN AMENDMENT DURING THE
00:55:47:00	00:55:47:00	AMENDMENT PROCESS.
00:55:47:00	00:55:48:00	SO I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO MAKE
00:55:48:00	00:55:51:00	SURE THAT OUR SENIORS AND OUR
00:55:51:00	00:55:51:00	STRONG COMMISSION HAS THE THE
00:55:51:00	00:55:55:00	MONEY THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO
00:55:55:00	00:55:55:00	SUPPORT OUR SENIORS.
00:55:55:00	00:55:56:00	SO I'M ASKING TO SUSPEND AND
00:55:56:00	00:55:58:00	PASS.
00:55:58:00	00:55:59:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:59:00	00:55:59:00	COUNSELOR MURPHY SEEKS PASSAGE
00:55:59:00	00:56:02:00	OF THIS MILLION DOLLAR GRANT.
00:56:02:00	00:56:03:00	DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENT OR
00:56:03:00	00:56:04:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
00:56:04:00	00:56:06:00	THIS MATTER?
00:56:06:00	00:56:06:00	OKAY.
00:56:06:00	00:56:11:00	THANK YOU ALL.
00:56:11:00	00:56:11:00	AND COUNSELOR MURPHY'S SUSPEND
00:56:11:00	00:56:12:00	AND PASS THIS DOCKET DOCKET
00:56:12:00	00:56:14:00	NUMBER 1132 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
00:56:14:00	00:56:17:00	SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSING NAY
00:56:17:00	00:56:18:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:56:18:00	00:56:19:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
00:56:19:00	00:56:21:00	MR. CLERK.
00:56:21:00	00:56:22:00	I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT I'M
00:56:22:00	00:56:23:00	NOT MISSING ANYONE FROM THE
00:56:23:00	00:56:25:00	ATTENDANCE RECORD JUST SO WE'RE
00:56:25:00	00:56:25:00	ALL IN.
00:56:25:00	00:56:26:00	YEAH, YEAH.
00:56:26:00	00:56:26:00	WHEN THEY WHEN THEY RETURN.
00:56:26:00	00:56:28:00	OKAY, GREAT.
00:56:28:00	00:56:29:00	MR CROWE, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
00:56:29:00	00:56:34:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1133I CAN NUMBER
00:56:34:00	00:56:34:00	1133 MESSAGE IN ORDER
00:56:34:00	00:56:35:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:56:35:00	00:56:37:00	ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:56:37:00	00:56:38:00	OF $550,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:56:38:00	00:56:41:00	GRANT AWARDED BY THE CUMMINGS
00:56:41:00	00:56:42:00	FOUNDATION.
00:56:42:00	00:56:43:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CITY
00:56:43:00	00:56:45:00	OF BOSTON'S VIOLENCE PREVENTION
00:56:45:00	00:56:45:00	WORK INCLUDING ACTIVATIONS
00:56:45:00	00:56:49:00	EVENTS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH
00:56:49:00	00:56:50:00	BLOCK PARTIES AND THE YOUTH
00:56:50:00	00:56:53:00	OPTIONS UNLIMITED PROGRAM AND
00:56:53:00	00:56:56:00	OTHER EFFORTS CONSISTENT WITH
00:56:56:00	00:56:57:00	THE CITY'S SUMMER SAFETY PLAN
00:56:57:00	00:57:00:00	AND PLAN TO END VIOLENCE.
00:57:00:00	00:57:01:00	THANK YOU.
00:57:01:00	00:57:03:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1133 WILL BE
00:57:03:00	00:57:04:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:57:04:00	00:57:04:00	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
00:57:04:00	00:57:07:00	JUSTICE.
00:57:07:00	00:57:07:00	MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
00:57:07:00	00:57:10:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 113, FOUR AND
00:57:10:00	00:57:10:00	1135.
00:57:10:00	00:57:13:00	OKAY NUMBER 1134 MESSAGE
00:57:13:00	00:57:13:00	TRANSMITTING CERTAIN
00:57:13:00	00:57:16:00	INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F
00:57:16:00	00:57:16:00	REGARDING TOWING CONTRACTS FOR
00:57:16:00	00:57:20:00	DISTRICT 1000 FILED AND PASSED
00:57:20:00	00:57:24:00	BY THE COUNCIL ON APRIL 9TH,
00:57:24:00	00:57:24:00	2025.
00:57:24:00	00:57:27:00	THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 1134
00:57:27:00	00:57:31:00	AND 1135 WILL BE PLACED ON
00:57:31:00	00:57:31:00	FILE.
00:57:31:00	00:57:34:00	OH OKAY CAN YOU READ SORRY CAN
00:57:34:00	00:57:35:00	YOU READ DOCKET NUMBER 1135
00:57:35:00	00:57:37:00	DUCK NUMBER 1135 MESSAGE
00:57:37:00	00:57:37:00	TRANSMITTING CERTAIN
00:57:37:00	00:57:40:00	INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 EV
00:57:40:00	00:57:40:00	REGARDING CERTAIN INFORMATION
00:57:40:00	00:57:44:00	PERTAINING TO WHITE STADIUM
00:57:44:00	00:57:48:00	WELL ON MAY 5TH 2025 THANK YOU
00:57:48:00	00:57:50:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 1134 AND 1135
00:57:50:00	00:57:53:00	WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
00:57:53:00	00:57:54:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:57:54:00	00:57:57:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS
00:57:57:00	00:57:57:00	MR CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ
00:57:57:00	00:58:00:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1136 DOCKET
00:58:00:00	00:58:00:00	NUMBER 1136 COMMUNICATION WAS
00:58:00:00	00:58:03:00	RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK
00:58:03:00	00:58:04:00	TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION
00:58:04:00	00:58:07:00	FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS
00:58:07:00	00:58:07:00	COMMISSION FOR CITY
00:58:07:00	00:58:07:00	COUNCIL ACTION ON THE
00:58:07:00	00:58:11:00	DESIGNATION OF THE OLD CORNER
00:58:11:00	00:58:13:00	BOOKSTORE IN CUNNINGHAM HOUSE
00:58:13:00	00:58:14:00	TO 77 TO 283 WASHINGTON STREET
00:58:14:00	00:58:18:00	AND THREE DASH 11 SCHOOL
00:58:18:00	00:58:18:00	STREETS BOSTON, MASS.
00:58:18:00	00:58:22:00	AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER
00:58:22:00	00:58:25:00	JUNE 30TH, 2025 IF NOT ACTED
00:58:25:00	00:58:25:00	UPON.
00:58:25:00	00:58:25:00	THANK YOU.
00:58:25:00	00:58:28:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:58:28:00	00:58:28:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, THE CHAIR
00:58:28:00	00:58:29:00	OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
00:58:29:00	00:58:29:00	TRANSPORTATION.
00:58:29:00	00:58:32:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:58:32:00	00:58:33:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AS THE
00:58:33:00	00:58:34:00	CHAIR OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT
00:58:34:00	00:58:36:00	AND TRANSPORTATION, I'M IN
00:58:36:00	00:58:37:00	STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON
00:58:37:00	00:58:37:00	LANDMARKS COMMISSION'S
00:58:37:00	00:58:40:00	UNANIMOUS DECISION TO DESIGNATE
00:58:40:00	00:58:41:00	THE OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE AND
00:58:41:00	00:58:43:00	CUNNINGHAM HOUSE WHICH IS DUE
00:58:43:00	00:58:44:00	SEVEN THROUGH TO 83 WASHINGTON
00:58:44:00	00:58:47:00	STREET AND 3 TO 211 SCHOOL
00:58:47:00	00:58:51:00	STREET AS AN OFFICIAL BOSTON
00:58:51:00	00:58:51:00	LANDMARK BUILT IN 1718 THE OLD
00:58:51:00	00:58:55:00	CORNER BOOKSTORE IS THE
00:58:55:00	00:58:55:00	BOSTON'S OLDEST COMMERCIAL
00:58:55:00	00:58:55:00	BUILDING.
00:58:55:00	00:58:58:00	IT HOUSES ONE OF THE MOST
00:58:58:00	00:59:00:00	IMPORTANT PUBLISHING HOUSES IN
00:59:00:00	00:59:01:00	THE 19TH CENTURY TICKNER AND
00:59:01:00	00:59:04:00	FIELDS FROM THIS VERY CORNER
00:59:04:00	00:59:05:00	ICONIC WORKS LIKE THE SCARLET
00:59:05:00	00:59:08:00	LETTER WALDEN UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
00:59:08:00	00:59:09:00	WERE INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD
00:59:09:00	00:59:11:00	EMERSON THOREAU, DICKENS,
00:59:11:00	00:59:12:00	ALCOTT AND STOWE ALL PASSED
00:59:12:00	00:59:12:00	THROUGH ITS DOORS.
00:59:12:00	00:59:16:00	IT WASN'T JUST A BOOKSTORE IT
00:59:16:00	00:59:16:00	WAS THE BEATING HEART
00:59:16:00	00:59:17:00	OF AMERICAN LITERATURE AND JUST
00:59:17:00	00:59:20:00	X STORE THE CUNNINGHAM HOUSE
00:59:20:00	00:59:22:00	BUILT AROUND 1728 REPRESENTS A
00:59:22:00	00:59:23:00	RARE SURVIVING EXAMPLE
00:59:23:00	00:59:26:00	OF GEORGIAN BRICK ARCHITECTURE
00:59:26:00	00:59:27:00	IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON.
00:59:27:00	00:59:29:00	TOGETHER THESE TWO BUILDINGS
00:59:29:00	00:59:30:00	EMBODY NEARLY THREE CENTURIES
00:59:30:00	00:59:33:00	OF BOSTON'S EVOLVING IDENTITY
00:59:33:00	00:59:34:00	FROM PURITAN OUTPOST TO
00:59:34:00	00:59:35:00	PUBLISHING POWERHOUSE TO THE
00:59:35:00	00:59:38:00	RESILIENT CULTURALLY RICH CITY
00:59:38:00	00:59:40:00	WE ARE TODAY IN 1960 THESE
00:59:40:00	00:59:41:00	VOLUMES BUILDINGS WERE SLATED
00:59:41:00	00:59:42:00	FOR DEMOLITION TO MAKE WAY FOR
00:59:42:00	00:59:44:00	A PARKING GARAGE.
00:59:44:00	00:59:45:00	IT WAS THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON WHO
00:59:45:00	00:59:46:00	STEPPED IN TO SAVE THEM.
00:59:46:00	00:59:48:00	IT WAS ONE OF THE CITY'S FIRST
00:59:48:00	00:59:49:00	ACTS OF PRESERVATION.
00:59:49:00	00:59:52:00	IT WAS ALSO AN AFFIRMATION THAT
00:59:52:00	00:59:53:00	HISTORY HAS VALUE THAT IT
00:59:53:00	00:59:54:00	DESERVES NOT ONLY TO BE
00:59:54:00	00:59:56:00	REMEMBERED BUT TO BE LIVED IN
00:59:56:00	00:59:56:00	AND AROUND.
00:59:56:00	00:59:57:00	THESE BUILDINGS ARE STILL
00:59:57:00	01:00:00:00	ACTIVE COMMERCIAL THEY WERE
01:00:00:00	01:00:01:00	THEY HOUSED RESTAURANTS AND
01:00:01:00	01:00:01:00	OFFICES.
01:00:01:00	01:00:04:00	THEY ARE PART OF THE PEDESTRIAN
01:00:04:00	01:00:05:00	EXPERIENCE ALONG THE FREEDOM
01:00:05:00	01:00:05:00	TRAIL.
01:00:05:00	01:00:07:00	THEY ARE NOT MUSEUMS BEHIND
01:00:07:00	01:00:08:00	GLASS.
01:00:08:00	01:00:08:00	THEY ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN
01:00:08:00	01:00:11:00	OUR DOWNTOWN FABRIC.
01:00:11:00	01:00:12:00	THE PROPOSED LANDMARK
01:00:12:00	01:00:12:00	DESIGNATION IS NOT ABOUT
01:00:12:00	01:00:13:00	FREEZING THESE BUILDINGS IN
01:00:13:00	01:00:15:00	AMBER IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT
01:00:15:00	01:00:16:00	HISTORIC FEATURES BREAKFAST
01:00:16:00	01:00:19:00	SIDES GRAND BOWL ROOFS,
01:00:19:00	01:00:19:00	GEORGIAN WINDOWS ARE PRESERVED
01:00:19:00	01:00:23:00	WITH CARE AND INTENTIONALITY.
01:00:23:00	01:00:24:00	IT'S ABOUT SETTING CLEAR
01:00:24:00	01:00:25:00	GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE WORK SO
01:00:25:00	01:00:27:00	THESE BUILDINGS REMAIN BOTH
01:00:27:00	01:00:27:00	USEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL FOR
01:00:27:00	01:00:28:00	GENERATIONS TO COME.
01:00:28:00	01:00:31:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND ALL OF MY
01:00:31:00	01:00:32:00	COLLEAGUES IF WE WANT A
01:00:32:00	01:00:35:00	DOWNTOWN THAT'S VIBRANT,
01:00:35:00	01:00:35:00	INCLUSIVE AND ROOTED IN
01:00:35:00	01:00:36:00	SOMETHING REAL, WE MUST PROTECT
01:00:36:00	01:00:39:00	THESE TWO AMAZING LANDMARKS
01:00:39:00	01:00:40:00	THEY GROUND US.
01:00:40:00	01:00:42:00	THEY REMIND US OF WHERE WE'VE
01:00:42:00	01:00:43:00	BEEN AND WHO WE ARE.
01:00:43:00	01:00:46:00	AS ALWAYS, IT'S ONE OF THE
01:00:46:00	01:00:46:00	DEEPEST HONORS AS THE CHAIR
01:00:46:00	01:00:47:00	OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
01:00:47:00	01:00:49:00	TRANSPORTATION TO SHEPHERD
01:00:49:00	01:00:50:00	LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS THROUGH
01:00:50:00	01:00:52:00	THIS BODY AND I APPLAUD THE
01:00:52:00	01:00:53:00	LANDMARK COMMISSIONS FOR THEIR
01:00:53:00	01:00:54:00	WORK AND THE MAYOR FOR
01:00:54:00	01:00:57:00	APPROVING THIS DESIGNATION WITH
01:00:57:00	01:00:57:00	THE RESPECT TO THE DISTRICT
01:00:57:00	01:00:58:00	COUNCILOR COUNCILOR CLAUDE
01:00:58:00	01:01:01:00	ZAPATA.
01:01:01:00	01:01:02:00	I URGE COLLEAGUES IN THIS BODY
01:01:02:00	01:01:03:00	TO DO OUR PART IN AFFIRMING
01:01:03:00	01:01:04:00	THESE DESIGNATIONS.
01:01:04:00	01:01:05:00	THANK YOU.
01:01:05:00	01:01:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:01:08:00	01:01:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN SEEKS TO PASS
01:01:11:00	01:01:16:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1136 ALL THOSE IN
01:01:16:00	01:01:17:00	FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY
01:01:17:00	01:01:19:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:01:19:00	01:01:19:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED,
01:01:19:00	01:01:23:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:01:23:00	01:01:25:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1137 DOC NUMBER
01:01:25:00	01:01:26:00	1137 ALSO RECEIVED FROM
01:01:26:00	01:01:29:00	NICHOLAS MARINELLO, ASSISTANT
01:01:29:00	01:01:30:00	COMMISSIONER OF THE APPOINTMENT
01:01:30:00	01:01:30:00	OF HARDWOOD WOLFSON AS AN
01:01:30:00	01:01:33:00	ASSISTANT ASSESSOR EFFECTIVE
01:01:33:00	01:01:36:00	MAY 19, 2025.
01:01:36:00	01:01:39:00	THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 1137
01:01:39:00	01:01:39:00	WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
01:01:39:00	01:01:42:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE RE
01:01:42:00	01:01:45:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1138 DOG NUMBER
01:01:45:00	01:01:46:00	1138 THE CONSTABLE BONDS
01:01:46:00	01:01:50:00	OF GABRIEL AS A BOOK JAMES
01:01:50:00	01:01:52:00	BURKE CHARLES CLEMENS ONE
01:01:52:00	01:01:53:00	GIOVANNI COLOGNE WILLIAM
01:01:53:00	01:01:57:00	DONIGER GERALD FAN AND KEITH
01:01:57:00	01:02:00:00	CHRISTIANSEN MICHAEL JANICE
01:02:00:00	01:02:04:00	FRANK KAMINSKY MARK SAVITSKY
01:02:04:00	01:02:05:00	JACQUELINE MACHADO WILLIAM
01:02:05:00	01:02:11:00	MCKEAN SENIOR ROSA LINDA DANCE
01:02:11:00	01:02:11:00	GEORGE REESE HAVEN'T BEEN DULY
01:02:11:00	01:02:12:00	APPROVED BY THE COLLECTOR
01:02:12:00	01:02:15:00	TREASURER THANK YOU.
01:02:15:00	01:02:15:00	THESE WERE RECEIVED AND
01:02:15:00	01:02:19:00	APPROVED AND THE USUAL TERMS
01:02:19:00	01:02:20:00	AND CONDITIONS WE ARE NOW ON TO
01:02:20:00	01:02:22:00	REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
01:02:22:00	01:02:23:00	MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:02:23:00	01:02:25:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0968 DUCK NUMBER
01:02:25:00	01:02:25:00	0968 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
01:02:25:00	01:02:29:00	OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS
01:02:29:00	01:02:32:00	REFERRED ON APRIL 30TH 2025
01:02:32:00	01:02:34:00	DUCK NUMBERS 0968 ORDINANCE
01:02:34:00	01:02:38:00	ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE
01:02:38:00	01:02:39:00	OF LGBTQ WAY TWO PLUS
01:02:39:00	01:02:42:00	ADVANCEMENT SUBMITS A REPORT
01:02:42:00	01:02:43:00	RECOMMENDING THIS MATTER OR TO
01:02:43:00	01:02:45:00	PASS.
01:02:45:00	01:02:45:00	THANK YOU.
01:02:45:00	01:02:46:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
01:02:46:00	01:02:50:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:02:50:00	01:02:50:00	OPERATIONS COUNSELOR CLAUDIA
01:02:50:00	01:02:51:00	ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:02:51:00	01:02:52:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:02:52:00	01:02:53:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:02:53:00	01:02:53:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:02:53:00	01:02:56:00	THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED
01:02:56:00	01:02:57:00	ORIGINALLY BY COUNCILORS HENRY
01:02:57:00	01:03:00:00	SANTANA WAS BROUGHT IN JULIAN
01:03:00:00	01:03:01:00	MEJIA AND WAS REFERRED TO THE
01:03:01:00	01:03:03:00	COMMITTEE ON APRIL 30TH, 2025.
01:03:03:00	01:03:04:00	I ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE
01:03:04:00	01:03:07:00	RECOGNITION AND SPACE FOR OUR
01:03:07:00	01:03:08:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT
01:03:08:00	01:03:11:00	SEVEN WHO HAD PRODUCED THE
01:03:11:00	01:03:13:00	ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS DOCKET
01:03:13:00	01:03:14:00	0968 IS AN ORDINANCE FORMALLY
01:03:14:00	01:03:17:00	ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE
01:03:17:00	01:03:18:00	OF LGBTQ I A TO ASK PLUS
01:03:18:00	01:03:21:00	ADVANCEMENT.
01:03:21:00	01:03:21:00	THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE PLACES
01:03:21:00	01:03:22:00	THE OFFICE UNDER THE CHARGE
01:03:22:00	01:03:24:00	OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO
01:03:24:00	01:03:25:00	SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR
01:03:25:00	01:03:28:00	AND HAVE THE POWERS AND DUTIES
01:03:28:00	01:03:28:00	OF A DEPARTMENT HEAD WITH
01:03:28:00	01:03:29:00	RESPECT TO THE EXECUTION
01:03:29:00	01:03:32:00	OF CONTRACTS AND PERSONNEL
01:03:32:00	01:03:33:00	MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE OFFICE.
01:03:33:00	01:03:34:00	THE OFFICE SHALL BE CHARGED
01:03:34:00	01:03:36:00	WITH MAINTAINING A PROACTIVE
01:03:36:00	01:03:37:00	ROLE IN MONITORING LEGISLATIVE
01:03:37:00	01:03:39:00	DEVELOPMENTS AT ALL LEVELS
01:03:39:00	01:03:40:00	OF GOVERNMENT ADVISING CITY
01:03:40:00	01:03:43:00	LEADERSHIP ON ISSUES IMPACTING
01:03:43:00	01:03:43:00	THE LGBTQ.
01:03:43:00	01:03:47:00	I A TO GSP+ PLUS COMMUNITIES
01:03:47:00	01:03:48:00	AND DEVELOPING RESPONSIVE AND
01:03:48:00	01:03:50:00	INCLUSIVE POLICIES IN
01:03:50:00	01:03:51:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH RELEVANT
01:03:51:00	01:03:54:00	DEPARTMENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS AS
01:03:54:00	01:03:57:00	OUTLINED IN SECTION 15 DASH
01:03:57:00	01:03:58:00	14.2 THE PURPOSE OF THE OFFICE
01:03:58:00	01:04:01:00	IS TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTS SAFETY
01:04:01:00	01:04:02:00	AND WELL-BEING OF THE LGBTQIA
01:04:02:00	01:04:05:00	TO US PLUS RESIDENTS AND
01:04:05:00	01:04:06:00	VISITORS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:04:06:00	01:04:06:00	BY ENSURING THAT THEIR NEEDS
01:04:06:00	01:04:09:00	ARE REFLECTED IN ALL CITY
01:04:09:00	01:04:10:00	POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND
01:04:10:00	01:04:13:00	INITIATIVES IN 2022 MAYOR
01:04:13:00	01:04:14:00	MICHELLE WU ANNOUNCED THE
01:04:14:00	01:04:17:00	CREATION OF THIS OFFICE SINCE
01:04:17:00	01:04:17:00	ITS INCEPTION THE OFFICE HAS
01:04:17:00	01:04:20:00	LED CITYWIDE EFFORTS TO EMBED
01:04:20:00	01:04:21:00	EQUITY ACCESS AND INCLUSION
01:04:21:00	01:04:25:00	INTO BOSTON'S POLICIES PROGRAMS
01:04:25:00	01:04:25:00	AND SERVICES.
01:04:25:00	01:04:25:00	PREVIOUSLY THIS WORK WAS
01:04:25:00	01:04:29:00	CARRIED OUT BY THE LGBTQ PLUS
01:04:29:00	01:04:29:00	LIAISONS WITHIN OWENS WHO
01:04:29:00	01:04:30:00	CONNECTED RESIDENTS TO
01:04:30:00	01:04:32:00	RESOURCES AND AMPLIFIED
01:04:32:00	01:04:33:00	COMMUNITY VOICES.
01:04:33:00	01:04:33:00	HAVING A DEDICATED OFFICE
01:04:33:00	01:04:36:00	FOCUSING ON REMOVING SYSTEMIC
01:04:36:00	01:04:37:00	BARRIERS AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES
01:04:37:00	01:04:40:00	FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL
01:04:40:00	01:04:41:00	IN ENSURING MEANINGFUL AND
01:04:41:00	01:04:44:00	SUSTAINED PROGRESS FOR
01:04:44:00	01:04:45:00	BOSTONIANS, FORMALLY CODIFYING
01:04:45:00	01:04:48:00	THIS OFFICE WILL PROTECT ITS
01:04:48:00	01:04:49:00	MISSION, STRENGTHEN ITS IMPACT
01:04:49:00	01:04:52:00	AND ENSURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY
01:04:52:00	01:04:53:00	REMAINS VISIBLE, SUPPORTED AND
01:04:53:00	01:04:56:00	CENTERED IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
01:04:56:00	01:04:57:00	THE LAST THING I SAY BEFORE I
01:04:57:00	01:05:00:00	FORMALLY MAKE MY RECOMMENDATION
01:05:00:00	01:05:01:00	IS THAT THIS MAY SEEM LIKE IT
01:05:01:00	01:05:04:00	IS A SMALL ACTION BUT IT HAS
01:05:04:00	01:05:05:00	REAL MEANINGFUL IMPACT.
01:05:05:00	01:05:06:00	I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
01:05:06:00	01:05:08:00	THE EXISTING DIRECTOR HERE FOR
01:05:08:00	01:05:08:00	YOUR WORK.
01:05:08:00	01:05:11:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:05:11:00	01:05:11:00	THE SIGNALS SOLIDARITY AND
01:05:11:00	01:05:15:00	ENSURES THAT REGARDLESS OF WHO
01:05:15:00	01:05:16:00	IS MAYOR WHO IS IN ELECTED
01:05:16:00	01:05:16:00	OFFICE INCLUDING THE OVAL
01:05:16:00	01:05:19:00	OFFICE THAT THERE WILL BE A
01:05:19:00	01:05:20:00	DEDICATED OFFICE THAT WILL
01:05:20:00	01:05:24:00	UPLIFT, SUPPORT AND ADVANCE OUR
01:05:24:00	01:05:26:00	RESIDENTS.
01:05:26:00	01:05:27:00	AND SO WHAT THE FEDERAL
01:05:27:00	01:05:28:00	GOVERNMENT ATTACKS OR FAILS TO
01:05:28:00	01:05:31:00	PROTECT THE LGBTQ TO US PLUS
01:05:31:00	01:05:34:00	COMMUNITY IT BECOMES EVEN MORE
01:05:34:00	01:05:35:00	CRITICAL FOR STATE FOR CITIES
01:05:35:00	01:05:38:00	TO STEP UP NOT JUST OUT
01:05:38:00	01:05:38:00	OF PRINCIPLE BUT OUT OF MORAL
01:05:38:00	01:05:41:00	RESPONSIBILITY AND CIVIC DUTY.
01:05:41:00	01:05:42:00	AND SO AS CHAIR OF THE
01:05:42:00	01:05:42:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:05:42:00	01:05:45:00	OPERATIONS I RECOMMEND MOVING
01:05:45:00	01:05:46:00	THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE
01:05:46:00	01:05:47:00	COMMITTEE TO THE FULL
01:05:47:00	01:05:49:00	COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND
01:05:49:00	01:05:50:00	FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS TIME
01:05:50:00	01:05:53:00	MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
01:05:53:00	01:05:54:00	COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER
01:05:54:00	01:05:54:00	OUGHT TO PASS.
01:05:54:00	01:05:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:05:54:00	01:05:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:05:55:00	01:05:58:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, THE
01:05:58:00	01:05:58:00	CHAIR ORGANIZERS
01:05:58:00	01:05:59:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA COSTANTINI ON
01:05:59:00	01:06:01:00	THE FLOOR.
01:06:01:00	01:06:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:06:01:00	01:06:05:00	THANK YOU JACK THAT A FATHER
01:06:05:00	01:06:06:00	FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
01:06:06:00	01:06:09:00	AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY
01:06:09:00	01:06:10:00	CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR BREADON
01:06:10:00	01:06:12:00	AND COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR FILING
01:06:12:00	01:06:13:00	THIS WITH ME.
01:06:13:00	01:06:16:00	I KNOW I WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO
01:06:16:00	01:06:16:00	IT.
01:06:16:00	01:06:17:00	I THINK THE CHAIR COVERED WHAT
01:06:17:00	01:06:20:00	THIS WILL DO.
01:06:20:00	01:06:21:00	I THINK I'LL JUST REPEAT THAT.
01:06:21:00	01:06:23:00	YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW LGBTQ I
01:06:23:00	01:06:27:00	HATE TO ASK PLUS COMMUNITY IS
01:06:27:00	01:06:28:00	BEING ATTACKED BY THE FEDERAL
01:06:28:00	01:06:31:00	GOVERNMENT DAY IN AND OUT AND
01:06:31:00	01:06:35:00	AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED WHAT
01:06:35:00	01:06:35:00	THIS HORRIFIED THIS OFFICE BUT
01:06:35:00	01:06:36:00	WHAT THIS WILL DO IS THAT NO
01:06:36:00	01:06:39:00	MATTER WHO'S IN OFFICE MATTER
01:06:39:00	01:06:39:00	WHO'S MAYOR HERE IN THE CITY
01:06:39:00	01:06:42:00	OF BOSTON, THIS OFFICE IS
01:06:42:00	01:06:42:00	PROTECTED AND WE'LL BE READY TO
01:06:42:00	01:06:43:00	CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS
01:06:43:00	01:06:46:00	COMMUNITY.
01:06:46:00	01:06:47:00	SO I WAS VERY PROUD TO
01:06:47:00	01:06:50:00	INTRODUCE THIS AGAIN ALONGSIDE
01:06:50:00	01:06:50:00	WITH MY CO-SPONSORS.
01:06:50:00	01:06:51:00	I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
01:06:51:00	01:06:55:00	TO DISTRICT SEVEN CITY
01:06:55:00	01:06:55:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDO AND
01:06:55:00	01:06:58:00	COUNCILOR FRANCIS ANDERSON WHO
01:06:58:00	01:06:58:00	WAS THE ORIGINATOR FROM THIS.
01:06:58:00	01:07:02:00	I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK
01:07:02:00	01:07:02:00	AND YOUR OFFICE'S WORK TO GET
01:07:02:00	01:07:05:00	US TO THIS POINT AS WELL SO I
01:07:05:00	01:07:05:00	HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN
01:07:05:00	01:07:09:00	SUPPORT THIS TODAY AND I HOPE
01:07:09:00	01:07:09:00	AS TO UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ACROSS
01:07:09:00	01:07:13:00	ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR
01:07:13:00	01:07:13:00	LARGEST.
01:07:13:00	01:07:13:00	SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:07:13:00	01:07:16:00	AND AGAIN THANK YOU.
01:07:16:00	01:07:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:07:16:00	01:07:20:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA, IS ANYONE
01:07:20:00	01:07:21:00	ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS
01:07:21:00	01:07:23:00	MATTER?
01:07:23:00	01:07:24:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK
01:07:24:00	01:07:25:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AND ALL THE
01:07:25:00	01:07:27:00	FILERS AND CONCERNED FERNANDA
01:07:27:00	01:07:28:00	ANDERSON AND EVERYONE WHO HAS
01:07:28:00	01:07:30:00	WORKED ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE
01:07:30:00	01:07:31:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EMBED IN
01:07:31:00	01:07:35:00	OUR CITY EXACTLY WHO WE ARE.
01:07:35:00	01:07:38:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OFF THE
01:07:38:00	01:07:38:00	FLOOR.
01:07:38:00	01:07:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:07:38:00	01:07:42:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:07:42:00	01:07:43:00	I RISE TO SUPPORT THIS BUT I
01:07:43:00	01:07:45:00	ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK
01:07:45:00	01:07:46:00	OF THE CITY OF BOSTON VETERANS
01:07:46:00	01:07:50:00	SERVICES FOR THEIR WORK ON
01:07:50:00	01:07:53:00	SUPPORTING LGBTQ BUS VETERANS
01:07:53:00	01:07:54:00	AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL
01:07:54:00	01:07:57:00	SPECIFICALLY COMMISSIONER
01:07:57:00	01:08:01:00	SANTIAGO FOR ENSURING VETERANS
01:08:01:00	01:08:04:00	FROM THE COMMUNITY ARE TREATED
01:08:04:00	01:08:05:00	WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND
01:08:05:00	01:08:08:00	RECEIVED THE SERVICES IN
01:08:08:00	01:08:09:00	PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE EARNED.
01:08:09:00	01:08:13:00	COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO LUGO
01:08:13:00	01:08:16:00	DURING AND DURING THE LAST SIX
01:08:16:00	01:08:16:00	YEARS OF SEVEN YEARS WORKED
01:08:16:00	01:08:20:00	WORKED WITH ME TO ADDRESS A
01:08:20:00	01:08:23:00	MAJOR PROBLEM HAD THE DEFENSE
01:08:23:00	01:08:24:00	DEPARTMENT WHERE GAY AND
01:08:24:00	01:08:27:00	LESBIAN SERVICE MEMBERS WERE
01:08:27:00	01:08:31:00	DISCHARGED WITH A OTHER THAN
01:08:31:00	01:08:34:00	HONORABLE DISCHARGE WHICH MEANT
01:08:34:00	01:08:38:00	THAT THEY COULD NOT RECEIVE THE
01:08:38:00	01:08:41:00	THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS EVERY
01:08:41:00	01:08:42:00	VETERAN HONORABLY DISCHARGED
01:08:42:00	01:08:45:00	RECEIVED.
01:08:45:00	01:08:46:00	BUT IT WAS TRUE COMMISSIONER
01:08:46:00	01:08:47:00	SANTIAGO'S WORK REALLY
01:08:47:00	01:08:48:00	SANTIAGO'S WORK REALLY AND I
01:08:48:00	01:08:51:00	REFERENCED THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE
01:08:51:00	01:08:52:00	MENTIONED THE JOB OF THIS
01:08:52:00	01:08:56:00	DEPARTMENT IS ALSO TO REVIEW
01:08:56:00	01:08:56:00	CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL
01:08:56:00	01:08:59:00	LEGISLATION.
01:08:59:00	01:09:00:00	AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
01:09:00:00	01:09:03:00	BUT WHAT CITY WHAT COMMISSIONER
01:09:03:00	01:09:07:00	SANTIAGO DID WAS WORKED WITH
01:09:07:00	01:09:08:00	VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
01:09:08:00	01:09:11:00	ENSURE THAT IN THE DEFENSE
01:09:11:00	01:09:12:00	DEPARTMENT TO REALLY BRING
01:09:12:00	01:09:15:00	THOSE DISCHARGED PAPERS FROM
01:09:15:00	01:09:16:00	OTHER THAN HONORABLE TO
01:09:16:00	01:09:19:00	HONORABLE SO THAT THOSE
01:09:19:00	01:09:19:00	DISCHARGED BECAUSE BASICALLY
01:09:19:00	01:09:23:00	BECAUSE THEY WERE GAY AND GAY
01:09:23:00	01:09:23:00	AND LESBIAN COULD RECEIVE THE
01:09:23:00	01:09:26:00	ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE
01:09:26:00	01:09:27:00	ENTITLED TO AND EARNED.
01:09:27:00	01:09:30:00	SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
01:09:30:00	01:09:33:00	IMPORTANT ROLE COMMISSIONER
01:09:33:00	01:09:37:00	SANTIAGO PLAYED OVER THE LAST
01:09:37:00	01:09:38:00	SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.
01:09:38:00	01:09:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:09:38:00	01:09:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:09:38:00	01:09:41:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:09:41:00	01:09:41:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
01:09:41:00	01:09:41:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:09:41:00	01:09:42:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:09:42:00	01:09:45:00	AND MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:09:45:00	01:09:49:00	SORRY.
01:09:49:00	01:09:49:00	I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE'VE LANDED
01:09:49:00	01:09:53:00	AT THIS PLACE SO THAT WE WILL
01:09:53:00	01:09:53:00	FORMALLY ESTABLISH AN OFFICE
01:09:53:00	01:09:57:00	OF LGBTQ AID TO US PLUS
01:09:57:00	01:10:00:00	ADVANCEMENT OF WE ARE IN A
01:10:00:00	01:10:04:00	PERILOUS MOMENT WITH REGARD TO
01:10:04:00	01:10:04:00	CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL SORTS
01:10:04:00	01:10:07:00	OF PEOPLE BUT PARTICULARLY FOR
01:10:07:00	01:10:08:00	FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND
01:10:08:00	01:10:11:00	ESPECIALLY FOR OUR TRANS
01:10:11:00	01:10:14:00	COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES
01:10:14:00	01:10:14:00	.
01:10:14:00	01:10:15:00	I ALSO FEEL THAT WE'VE TALKED A
01:10:15:00	01:10:16:00	LOT ABOUT INTERSECTIONALITY
01:10:16:00	01:10:19:00	EARLIER WHEN WE HAD THE
01:10:19:00	01:10:20:00	PRESENTATION AND I FEEL THAT,
01:10:20:00	01:10:23:00	YOU KNOW, OUR MIGRANT FOLKS WHO
01:10:23:00	01:10:30:00	ARE LGBTQ TO AS PLUS ARE IN
01:10:30:00	01:10:35:00	PARTICULAR FOCUS WITH REGARD TO
01:10:35:00	01:10:39:00	THEIR STATUS AND MANY FOLKS WHO
01:10:39:00	01:10:39:00	ARE CITIZENS MAYBE MARRIED TO A
01:10:39:00	01:10:42:00	NONCITIZEN ARE CHOOSING TO SELL
01:10:42:00	01:10:43:00	THEMSELVES.
01:10:43:00	01:10:46:00	SELF-DEPORT AND GO BACK TO
01:10:46:00	01:10:50:00	WHERE THEY CAME FROM OFTEN TO
01:10:50:00	01:10:50:00	VERY DANGEROUS AND INHOSPITABLE
01:10:50:00	01:10:54:00	CIRCUMSTANCES.
01:10:54:00	01:10:55:00	FOR FOLKS WHO IDENTIFY AS WE DO
01:10:55:00	01:10:57:00	SO I AM DELIGHTED THAT THIS IS
01:10:57:00	01:11:01:00	MOVING FORWARD AND THANK YOU
01:11:01:00	01:11:04:00	ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
01:11:04:00	01:11:07:00	AND ESTABLISHING BOSTON AS A AS
01:11:07:00	01:11:08:00	A COMMUNITY AND A CITY THAT
01:11:08:00	01:11:12:00	REALLY STANDS BY ITS LGBTQ WHO
01:11:12:00	01:11:13:00	IA2 YEAR PLUS COMMUNITY.
01:11:13:00	01:11:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:11:16:00	01:11:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:11:16:00	01:11:17:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:11:17:00	01:11:20:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN CASTRO DURKAN
01:11:20:00	01:11:20:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:11:20:00	01:11:21:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR.
01:11:21:00	01:11:24:00	HAPPY PRIDE IT'S THIS IS A
01:11:24:00	01:11:28:00	WONDERFUL THING TO BE FINISHING
01:11:28:00	01:11:28:00	RIGHT NOW AND I JUST WANT TO
01:11:28:00	01:11:29:00	THANK COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HIS
01:11:29:00	01:11:29:00	LEADERSHIP.
01:11:29:00	01:11:31:00	I WANT TO THANK
01:11:31:00	01:11:32:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
01:11:32:00	01:11:35:00	FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND I WANT
01:11:35:00	01:11:35:00	TO MOSTLY THANK THE OFFICE
01:11:35:00	01:11:38:00	OF LGBTQ ADVANCEMENT THAT IS
01:11:38:00	01:11:39:00	DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB IN A
01:11:39:00	01:11:42:00	VERY TOUGH TIME MAKING PEOPLE
01:11:42:00	01:11:45:00	FEEL MORE SAFE, MORE CONNECTED
01:11:45:00	01:11:46:00	AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
01:11:46:00	01:11:46:00	MONTH.
01:11:46:00	01:11:49:00	BUT EVERY MONTH IN BOSTON
01:11:49:00	01:11:50:00	SHOULD BE A GREAT MONTH FOR GAY
01:11:50:00	01:11:53:00	AND TRANS PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
01:11:53:00	01:11:53:00	LIVE FREELY.
01:11:53:00	01:11:54:00	AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
01:11:54:00	01:11:57:00	ALL STRIVING FOR IS TO TO
01:11:57:00	01:11:57:00	REALLY MAKE THIS CITY MORE
01:11:57:00	01:12:01:00	AFFORDABLE, TO MAKE THE CITY A
01:12:01:00	01:12:02:00	BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, TO MAKE
01:12:02:00	01:12:04:00	IT MORE ATTAINABLE FOR PEOPLE
01:12:04:00	01:12:05:00	BECAUSE IF BOSTON'S A GREAT
01:12:05:00	01:12:06:00	PLACE TO LIVE AND PEOPLE CAN'T
01:12:06:00	01:12:09:00	AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, THAT'S
01:12:09:00	01:12:09:00	ALSO A PROBLEM.
01:12:09:00	01:12:13:00	AND I THINK THAT'S WHEN I THINK
01:12:13:00	01:12:14:00	ABOUT WHAT IS SANCTUARY
01:12:14:00	01:12:16:00	SANCTUARY AS A AFFORDABLE PLACE
01:12:16:00	01:12:17:00	TO LIVE WHERE YOU CAN YOU CAN
01:12:17:00	01:12:20:00	LIVE AMONG PEOPLE WHO YOUR
01:12:20:00	01:12:21:00	IDENTITY IS REALIZE AND YOUR
01:12:21:00	01:12:24:00	IDENTITY IS REAL AND
01:12:24:00	01:12:25:00	APPRECIATED AND LOVED AND
01:12:25:00	01:12:26:00	THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR
01:12:26:00	01:12:28:00	EVERY DAY IN BOSTON.
01:12:28:00	01:12:29:00	AND I'M GRATEFUL TO MY
01:12:29:00	01:12:29:00	COLLEAGUES FOR ACKNOWLEDGING
01:12:29:00	01:12:32:00	THAT AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS
01:12:32:00	01:12:32:00	BEING CODIFIED.
01:12:32:00	01:12:32:00	THANK YOU.
01:12:32:00	01:12:35:00	THANK YOU.
01:12:35:00	01:12:36:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN, IS ANYONE
01:12:36:00	01:12:37:00	ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS
01:12:37:00	01:12:39:00	MATTER?
01:12:39:00	01:12:39:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:12:39:00	01:12:42:00	THEIR NAME?
01:12:42:00	01:12:43:00	NO.
01:12:43:00	01:12:43:00	OKAY.
01:12:43:00	01:12:43:00	OKAY.
01:12:43:00	01:12:47:00	IT'S A COMMITTEE REPORT.
01:12:47:00	01:12:47:00	OKAY.
01:12:47:00	01:12:48:00	THANK YOU.
01:12:48:00	01:12:48:00	MR. CLERK.
01:12:48:00	01:12:50:00	COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA
01:12:50:00	01:12:51:00	SUSPENSION SEEKS PASSAGE
01:12:51:00	01:12:53:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0968 ALL THOSE
01:12:53:00	01:12:54:00	IN FAVOR.
01:12:54:00	01:12:55:00	COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
01:12:55:00	01:12:57:00	CALL VOTE?
01:12:57:00	01:12:58:00	ACTUALLY, MR CLERK, ROLL CALL
01:12:58:00	01:13:00:00	VOTE ON DUCK AND NUMBER 0968.
01:13:00:00	01:13:01:00	COUNCILOR BREEN.
01:13:01:00	01:13:05:00	YES, COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
01:13:05:00	01:13:06:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A TO
01:13:06:00	01:13:08:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PER YES.
01:13:08:00	01:13:08:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YET.
01:13:08:00	01:13:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
01:13:11:00	01:13:12:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON
01:13:12:00	01:13:12:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON
01:13:12:00	01:13:15:00	YES.
01:13:15:00	01:13:15:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:13:15:00	01:13:16:00	COUNTS OF HIS SHOW YES.
01:13:16:00	01:13:18:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:13:18:00	01:13:19:00	YES.
01:13:19:00	01:13:19:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:13:19:00	01:13:22:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:13:22:00	01:13:23:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:13:23:00	01:13:26:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL ON
01:13:26:00	01:13:27:00	MURPHY YES.
01:13:27:00	01:13:27:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN.
01:13:27:00	01:13:27:00	COUNCILOR 15 YES.
01:13:27:00	01:13:30:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:13:30:00	01:13:30:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:13:30:00	01:13:31:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:13:31:00	01:13:34:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:13:34:00	01:13:36:00	AND COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL TALKING
01:13:36:00	01:13:39:00	ABOUT 0968 HAS RECEIVED 11
01:13:39:00	01:13:40:00	VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
01:13:40:00	01:13:40:00	THANK YOU.
01:13:40:00	01:13:47:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0968 HAS PASSED.
01:13:47:00	01:13:47:00	WE ARE NOW ONTO MATTERS
01:13:47:00	01:13:50:00	RECENTLY HEARD FOR A POSSIBLE
01:13:50:00	01:13:51:00	ACTION.
01:13:51:00	01:13:54:00	I DO NOT SEE THE CHAIR SO WE
01:13:54:00	01:13:55:00	ARE GOING TO HOLD ON THAT AND
01:13:55:00	01:13:56:00	WE WILL MOVE ON TO MOTIONS
01:13:56:00	01:13:58:00	ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
01:13:58:00	01:13:59:00	MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CAN
01:13:59:00	01:14:02:00	YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER
01:14:02:00	01:14:02:00	1139 BEFORE THAT?
01:14:02:00	01:14:05:00	JUST A REMINDER FOR LEAD
01:14:05:00	01:14:06:00	SPONSORS YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO
01:14:06:00	01:14:09:00	SPEAK ON A DOCKET AND
01:14:09:00	01:14:13:00	CO-SPONSORS OR ANY OTHER
01:14:13:00	01:14:14:00	COUNCILOR YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO
01:14:14:00	01:14:14:00	BECOME A DOCKET.
01:14:14:00	01:14:15:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
01:14:15:00	01:14:15:00	REPORT TO NUMBER 1139?
01:14:15:00	01:14:16:00	I CAN NUMBER 1139.
01:14:16:00	01:14:20:00	COUNCILOR WEBER OFFER THE
01:14:20:00	01:14:20:00	FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SCOTIA
01:14:20:00	01:14:23:00	LAW REGARDING AN ACT DIRECTING
01:14:23:00	01:14:24:00	THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
01:14:24:00	01:14:27:00	WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE
01:14:27:00	01:14:27:00	REQUIREMENT FOR CONSTANTINOS
01:14:27:00	01:14:31:00	PAPADOPOULOS OF WEST ROXBURY.
01:14:31:00	01:14:31:00	THANK YOU.
01:14:31:00	01:14:32:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:14:32:00	01:14:33:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
01:14:33:00	01:14:34:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
01:14:34:00	01:14:37:00	FLOOR.
01:14:37:00	01:14:38:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:14:38:00	01:14:40:00	THIS IS AN AID WAIVER REQUEST
01:14:40:00	01:14:41:00	FOR MY CONSTITUENT KONSTANTINOS
01:14:41:00	01:14:45:00	CHARLIE PAPADOPOULOS, WHO'S A
01:14:45:00	01:14:45:00	LONG TIME RESIDENT OF WEST
01:14:45:00	01:14:48:00	ROXBURY.
01:14:48:00	01:14:52:00	CHARLIE USED TO WORK IN
01:14:52:00	01:14:52:00	FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR MERRILL
01:14:52:00	01:14:53:00	LYNCH AND THEN JOINED HIS
01:14:53:00	01:14:57:00	FATHER IN RUNNING THE IDEAL
01:14:57:00	01:14:57:00	CAFE ON CENTER STREET IN
01:14:57:00	01:15:00:00	JAMAICA PLAIN THAT CLOSED A
01:15:00:00	01:15:01:00	COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR THE
01:15:01:00	01:15:01:00	LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
01:15:01:00	01:15:04:00	CHARLIE HAS BEEN WORKING AS A
01:15:04:00	01:15:04:00	LETTER CARRIER.
01:15:04:00	01:15:07:00	HE WANTS TO SERVE HIS COMMUNITY
01:15:07:00	01:15:07:00	ON THE BOSTON POLICE
01:15:07:00	01:15:08:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:15:08:00	01:15:11:00	HE'S 42 AND HE'S AN AGE WAIVER
01:15:11:00	01:15:15:00	TO TO TO TRY TO MAKE THE GRADE
01:15:15:00	01:15:17:00	AS A POLICE OFFICER.
01:15:17:00	01:15:18:00	HE SPEAKS ENGLISH, GREEK AND
01:15:18:00	01:15:21:00	SPANISH AND HE CAME TO MY
01:15:21:00	01:15:25:00	OFFICE RECENTLY.
01:15:25:00	01:15:26:00	YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO STAND
01:15:26:00	01:15:29:00	BEFORE YOU AND ASK FOR PASSAGE
01:15:29:00	01:15:30:00	AND FOR A SUSPENSION AND
01:15:30:00	01:15:33:00	PASSAGE OF THIS HOME RULE
01:15:33:00	01:15:34:00	PETITION SO UH, SO CHARLIE CAN
01:15:34:00	01:15:37:00	TRY TO BECOME A BOSTON POLICE
01:15:37:00	01:15:37:00	OFFICER.
01:15:37:00	01:15:37:00	THANK YOU.
01:15:37:00	01:15:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:15:38:00	01:15:41:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:15:41:00	01:15:41:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:15:41:00	01:15:46:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:15:46:00	01:15:46:00	THEIR NAME?
01:15:46:00	01:15:46:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE.
01:15:46:00	01:15:47:00	COUNCILORS BREADON BRAYDEN
01:15:47:00	01:15:48:00	ZAPATA.
01:15:48:00	01:15:48:00	DURKIN.
01:15:48:00	01:15:49:00	FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD.
01:15:49:00	01:15:49:00	FLYNN.
01:15:49:00	01:15:49:00	MURPHY PITT.
01:15:49:00	01:15:53:00	BEN WORLD PLEASE AVID CHAIR
01:15:53:00	01:15:56:00	COUNCIL WHERE SUSPENSION
01:15:56:00	01:15:57:00	OF PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER AND
01:15:57:00	01:15:59:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1139.
01:15:59:00	01:16:03:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I
01:16:03:00	01:16:03:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY THE AYES
01:16:03:00	01:16:06:00	HAVE IT AND THIS DOCKET HAS
01:16:06:00	01:16:06:00	PASSED.
01:16:06:00	01:16:07:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
01:16:07:00	01:16:07:00	DOCKET?
01:16:07:00	01:16:11:00	WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE IT
01:16:11:00	01:16:12:00	SINCE OF UNFINISHED MOTIONS AND
01:16:12:00	01:16:14:00	RESOLUTIONS AND WE'LL GO BACK
01:16:14:00	01:16:15:00	TO MATTIE IN THE THIRD FOR
01:16:15:00	01:16:16:00	POSSIBLE ACTION.
01:16:16:00	01:16:20:00	OKAY, MR CLERK?
01:16:20:00	01:16:23:00	YEP, YEP.
01:16:23:00	01:16:24:00	CAN WE PLEASE CAN YOU PLEASE
01:16:24:00	01:16:28:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE ONE FOR
01:16:28:00	01:16:33:00	ONE WHERE WE'LL SKIP OVER 1140
01:16:33:00	01:16:37:00	SO I CANNOT BUT 1141 COUNCIL IS
01:16:37:00	01:16:37:00	DURKAN AND FLYNN OFF OF THE
01:16:37:00	01:16:40:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
01:16:40:00	01:16:45:00	TO EVALUATE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
01:16:45:00	01:16:45:00	OPERATIONS IN BOSTON.
01:16:45:00	01:16:46:00	THANK YOU.
01:16:46:00	01:16:46:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE DURKAN
01:16:46:00	01:16:47:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE
01:16:47:00	01:16:50:00	FLOOR.
01:16:50:00	01:16:50:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR I'M
01:16:50:00	01:16:54:00	EXCITED AS THE CHAIR
01:16:54:00	01:16:54:00	OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
01:16:54:00	01:16:57:00	TRANSPORTATION TO HAVE THIS
01:16:57:00	01:16:57:00	HEARING.
01:16:57:00	01:16:58:00	I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD THAT
01:16:58:00	01:17:01:00	COMPANIES LIKE WAYMO RIGHT NOW
01:17:01:00	01:17:01:00	ARE MAPPING OUR STREETS FOR
01:17:01:00	01:17:04:00	AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
01:17:04:00	01:17:08:00	AND TO BRING IT TO BOSTON BUT
01:17:08:00	01:17:09:00	THIS HAS TO BE APPROACHED WITH
01:17:09:00	01:17:09:00	CARE.
01:17:09:00	01:17:11:00	I MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM
01:17:11:00	01:17:12:00	WAYMO LAST YEAR TO DISCUSS
01:17:12:00	01:17:13:00	THEIR INTEREST IN MAPPING OUR
01:17:13:00	01:17:15:00	STREETS AND I APPRECIATE THEIR
01:17:15:00	01:17:16:00	WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND
01:17:16:00	01:17:16:00	ENGAGE.
01:17:16:00	01:17:19:00	BUT BOSTON IS A UNIQUELY
01:17:19:00	01:17:19:00	COMPLEX CITY TO NAVIGATE AND
01:17:19:00	01:17:23:00	ANY NEW MOBILITY CHALLENGES
01:17:23:00	01:17:23:00	MUST BE RESPONSIVE TO OUR
01:17:23:00	01:17:24:00	WORKFORCE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
01:17:24:00	01:17:27:00	INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR CLIMATE
01:17:27:00	01:17:27:00	.
01:17:27:00	01:17:28:00	I EXPECT THAT THE CITY
01:17:28:00	01:17:28:00	COUNCIL WILL TAKE THIS UP
01:17:28:00	01:17:31:00	BEFORE THE END OF THE SUMMER
01:17:31:00	01:17:32:00	AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A
01:17:32:00	01:17:32:00	CONTINUED THOUGHTFUL PUBLIC
01:17:32:00	01:17:35:00	CONVERSATION.
01:17:35:00	01:17:36:00	IT'S ALSO COME TO MY ATTENTION
01:17:36:00	01:17:39:00	THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A STATE
01:17:39:00	01:17:39:00	LEGISLATION IN THIS REGARD FOR
01:17:39:00	01:17:43:00	THIS TO BE POSSIBLE AND WHILE
01:17:43:00	01:17:43:00	AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HAVE
01:17:43:00	01:17:46:00	COMPLETED OVER 50 MILLION MILES
01:17:46:00	01:17:46:00	WITH NO DRIVER, MOST OF THOSE
01:17:46:00	01:17:50:00	MILES HAVE NOT BEEN IN BOSTON.
01:17:50:00	01:17:51:00	AND WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
01:17:51:00	01:17:53:00	IS THAT SIGNIFICANT THERE NEEDS
01:17:53:00	01:17:54:00	TO BE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN
01:17:54:00	01:17:57:00	ACCIDENTS.
01:17:57:00	01:17:58:00	I KNOW THAT BOSTON IS UNIQUE
01:17:58:00	01:18:01:00	AND IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE
01:18:01:00	01:18:02:00	OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS IN
01:18:02:00	01:18:05:00	PHENIX, SF, L.A. AND AUSTIN.
01:18:05:00	01:18:06:00	WHILE EARLY DATA HAS BEEN
01:18:06:00	01:18:06:00	PROMISING WE MUST ENSURE THAT
01:18:06:00	01:18:10:00	AVS ARE SUBSTITUTE TO RATHER
01:18:10:00	01:18:11:00	THAN ADDITIVE TO MORE
01:18:11:00	01:18:14:00	AUTOMOTIVE BASED TRANSPORTATION
01:18:14:00	01:18:14:00	VOLUME.
01:18:14:00	01:18:18:00	WE DO NOT HAVE MORE ROOM ON OUR
01:18:18:00	01:18:19:00	STREETS AND WE'RE THEREFORE
01:18:19:00	01:18:21:00	FOURTH WORST IN CONGESTION IN
01:18:21:00	01:18:22:00	THE ENTIRE NATION AND WE ONLY
01:18:22:00	01:18:23:00	HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT
01:18:23:00	01:18:25:00	OF BANDWIDTH ON OUR STREETS.
01:18:25:00	01:18:26:00	WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT
01:18:26:00	01:18:26:00	AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PENETRATION
01:18:26:00	01:18:30:00	DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE USAGE
01:18:30:00	01:18:30:00	OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WHICH
01:18:30:00	01:18:33:00	IS NECESSARY FOR THE ECONOMIC
01:18:33:00	01:18:34:00	HEALTH OF OUR CITY AND REGION.
01:18:34:00	01:18:37:00	WHILE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES SHOW
01:18:37:00	01:18:38:00	BENEFITS AROUND SAFETY AND
01:18:38:00	01:18:41:00	EFFICIENCY AS A WHOLE, IT CAN
01:18:41:00	01:18:41:00	EASILY COME CRASHING DOWN ON
01:18:41:00	01:18:44:00	ONE OF OUR HISTORIC STREETS
01:18:44:00	01:18:45:00	WHEN OUR STREETS ARE MADE FOR
01:18:45:00	01:18:48:00	HORSE AND BUGGY SO WE NEED TO
01:18:48:00	01:18:49:00	HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AT THE
01:18:49:00	01:18:49:00	CITY COUNCIL AND WE ABSOLUTELY
01:18:49:00	01:18:52:00	NEED IT NOW WHILE THEY'RE
01:18:52:00	01:18:53:00	MAPPING THE STREETS WHILE THE
01:18:53:00	01:18:55:00	STATE HOUSE IS DISCUSSING
01:18:55:00	01:18:55:00	LEGISLATION.
01:18:55:00	01:18:56:00	SO I'M HOPING THIS HEARING WILL
01:18:56:00	01:18:59:00	HAPPEN IN JULY.
01:18:59:00	01:19:00:00	BOTH THE CITY AND STATE HAVE
01:19:00:00	01:19:03:00	PUT OUT A TESTING GUIDANCE
01:19:03:00	01:19:04:00	FRAMEWORK FROM A FEW YEARS AGO
01:19:04:00	01:19:06:00	BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED
01:19:06:00	01:19:07:00	AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE WORK TO
01:19:07:00	01:19:07:00	DO.
01:19:07:00	01:19:08:00	THERE'S ALSO A CONVERSATION
01:19:08:00	01:19:10:00	THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ABOUT
01:19:10:00	01:19:11:00	PUBLIC BENEFITS AND POTENTIAL
01:19:11:00	01:19:14:00	PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT COULD COME
01:19:14:00	01:19:14:00	OUT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
01:19:14:00	01:19:15:00	OPERATING ON OUR STREETS.
01:19:15:00	01:19:18:00	I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE
01:19:18:00	01:19:19:00	FROM DISTRICT TWO,
01:19:19:00	01:19:21:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:19:21:00	01:19:22:00	IT LOOKS LIKE WE FILED SIMILAR
01:19:22:00	01:19:23:00	LEGISLATION AND SIMILAR
01:19:23:00	01:19:26:00	LEGISLATION FOR THIS MEETING.
01:19:26:00	01:19:26:00	SO WE'RE PARTNERING TOGETHER ON
01:19:26:00	01:19:29:00	THIS AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE
01:19:29:00	01:19:29:00	ANOTHER CHAMPION IN THIS WORK.
01:19:29:00	01:19:33:00	SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:19:33:00	01:19:34:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR.
01:19:34:00	01:19:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:19:34:00	01:19:34:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:19:34:00	01:19:35:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:19:35:00	01:19:36:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:19:36:00	01:19:37:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
01:19:37:00	01:19:40:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR
01:19:40:00	01:19:41:00	LETTING ME CO-SPONSOR THIS WITH
01:19:41:00	01:19:43:00	YOU.
01:19:43:00	01:19:44:00	THIS IS A TOPIC THAT REQUIRES
01:19:44:00	01:19:47:00	OUR ATTENTION AS THIS
01:19:47:00	01:19:48:00	TECHNOLOGY WILL IMPACT BOSTON'S
01:19:48:00	01:19:51:00	STREETS AND PEDESTRIANS SAFETY
01:19:51:00	01:19:54:00	SOONER OR LATER.
01:19:54:00	01:19:55:00	OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS THERE
01:19:55:00	01:19:58:00	WERE REPORTS OF THESE VEHICLES
01:19:58:00	01:19:58:00	BEING TESTED AND DRIVEN AROUND
01:19:58:00	01:20:02:00	BOSTON CALLING NEIGHBORHOODS
01:20:02:00	01:20:02:00	OF SOUTH BOSTON EAST BOSTON
01:20:02:00	01:20:03:00	OUTSIDE OF BOSTON INCLUDING
01:20:03:00	01:20:03:00	CAMBRIDGE.
01:20:03:00	01:20:06:00	SOMERVILLE AS WELL AS ON THE
01:20:06:00	01:20:06:00	MASS PIKE.
01:20:06:00	01:20:10:00	THESE VEHICLES AS
01:20:10:00	01:20:10:00	COUNCIL DIRECTOR MENTIONED, ARE
01:20:10:00	01:20:13:00	DEVELOPED BY WAYMO, A GOOGLE
01:20:13:00	01:20:14:00	OWNED COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES
01:20:14:00	01:20:17:00	IN SELF-DRIVING TECHNOLOGY
01:20:17:00	01:20:18:00	WHICH IS CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL
01:20:18:00	01:20:21:00	WHICH IS CONSIDERING NOW THE
01:20:21:00	01:20:22:00	POTENTIAL EXPANSION IN BOSTON.
01:20:22:00	01:20:25:00	WAYMO CURRENTLY OPERATES IN SAN
01:20:25:00	01:20:26:00	FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, PHENIX,
01:20:26:00	01:20:29:00	AUSTIN CITIES THAT OPERATE IN A
01:20:29:00	01:20:32:00	GRID AND HAVE MILD WEATHER
01:20:32:00	01:20:35:00	CLIMATES COMPARED TO BOSTON.
01:20:35:00	01:20:36:00	AS SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES GAIN
01:20:36:00	01:20:40:00	POPULARITY IN OTHER CITIES
01:20:40:00	01:20:40:00	ACROSS THE US, IT IS CRITICAL
01:20:40:00	01:20:43:00	THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION
01:20:43:00	01:20:44:00	OF WHETHER THIS TECHNOLOGY IS
01:20:44:00	01:20:44:00	APPROPRIATE AND POSSIBLE
01:20:44:00	01:20:48:00	IMPACTS TO OUR EXISTING
01:20:48:00	01:20:48:00	PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CRISIS.
01:20:48:00	01:20:52:00	A POLL CONDUCTED BY A FOUND
01:20:52:00	01:20:54:00	THAT 30% OF RESPONDENTS TRUST
01:20:54:00	01:20:55:00	SHARING THE ROADS WITH A
01:20:55:00	01:20:58:00	SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE WHILE 61%
01:20:58:00	01:21:01:00	SAY THAT THEY ARE AFRAID
01:21:01:00	01:21:02:00	OF SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES.
01:21:02:00	01:21:05:00	THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
01:21:05:00	01:21:05:00	SAFETY ADMINISTRATION REPORTED
01:21:05:00	01:21:06:00	THAT WAYMO VEHICLES WERE
01:21:06:00	01:21:09:00	INVOLVED IN 202 CRASHES, 31
01:21:09:00	01:21:16:00	OF WHICH RESULTED IN INJURIES.
01:21:16:00	01:21:17:00	WE ALL KNOW THAT BOSTON IS ONE
01:21:17:00	01:21:17:00	OF THE OLDEST MAJOR CITIES IN
01:21:17:00	01:21:19:00	THE UNITED STATES WITH NARROW
01:21:19:00	01:21:20:00	ONE WAY STREETS, ALLEYS AND THE
01:21:20:00	01:21:24:00	LACK OF A GRID SYSTEM
01:21:24:00	01:21:24:00	ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN
01:21:24:00	01:21:25:00	AREA.
01:21:25:00	01:21:28:00	WE HAVE TO CONSIDER OUR ALREADY
01:21:28:00	01:21:29:00	COMPLEX STREET NETWORK IN
01:21:29:00	01:21:32:00	NARROW OR DENSE ONE WAY STREETS
01:21:32:00	01:21:34:00	AS WELL ONGOING TRAFFIC
01:21:34:00	01:21:35:00	CONSTRUCTION.
01:21:35:00	01:21:35:00	WE HAVE EXISTING ISSUES WITH
01:21:35:00	01:21:39:00	DOUBLE PARKED CARS RIDESHARES
01:21:39:00	01:21:39:00	DELIVERY VEHICLES WITH THE
01:21:39:00	01:21:42:00	WARMER WEATHER MY DISTRICT HAS
01:21:42:00	01:21:43:00	NONSTOP ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS AND
01:21:43:00	01:21:46:00	AT TIMES STREET CLOSURES AS DO
01:21:46:00	01:21:50:00	OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.
01:21:50:00	01:21:50:00	WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN HAVE HEAVY
01:21:50:00	01:21:53:00	NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE LAST
01:21:53:00	01:21:53:00	COUPLE OF YEARS.
01:21:53:00	01:21:57:00	WE HAVE MOPED SPIKES MULTI
01:21:57:00	01:21:57:00	MODULAR DEVICES THAT HAVE
01:21:57:00	01:22:01:00	WITNESSED THAT WE HAVE
01:22:01:00	01:22:02:00	WITNESSED DISOBEYING THE RULES
01:22:02:00	01:22:02:00	OF THE ROAD.
01:22:02:00	01:22:05:00	IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO
01:22:05:00	01:22:06:00	CONSIDER THE IMPACT THESE
01:22:06:00	01:22:09:00	SELF-DRIVING CARS WILL HAVE ON
01:22:09:00	01:22:12:00	THE DYNAMIC IN BOSTON.
01:22:12:00	01:22:13:00	BOSTON'S WENT TO WHETHER IS
01:22:13:00	01:22:16:00	ANOTHER MAJOR FACTOR THAT NEEDS
01:22:16:00	01:22:17:00	TO BE CONSIDERED.
01:22:17:00	01:22:18:00	ACCORDING TO THE REPORT
01:22:18:00	01:22:21:00	SELF-DRIVING CARS HAVE
01:22:21:00	01:22:21:00	HISTORICALLY HAD MORE PROBLEMS
01:22:21:00	01:22:24:00	IN AREAS WITH SNOW.
01:22:24:00	01:22:25:00	IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE NEED
01:22:25:00	01:22:28:00	SAFER ROADS WITH TRAFFIC
01:22:28:00	01:22:29:00	CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE RAISED
01:22:29:00	01:22:31:00	CROSSWALK SPEED HUMPS
01:22:31:00	01:22:32:00	PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS IN THE
01:22:32:00	01:22:33:00	MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH FLAT
01:22:33:00	01:22:35:00	RAPID FLASH BEACONS.
01:22:35:00	01:22:36:00	EVERYONE HERE IS AWARE THAT
01:22:36:00	01:22:39:00	ALTHOUGH THIS CITY DISAGREES
01:22:39:00	01:22:39:00	WITH ME I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE
01:22:39:00	01:22:43:00	FOR THE PHRASE TRAFFIC CALMING
01:22:43:00	01:22:43:00	INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE PLACED
01:22:43:00	01:22:44:00	WITH THE MAJORITY OF CARS IN
01:22:44:00	01:22:47:00	PARIS PEDESTRIANS ARE ON ALL
01:22:47:00	01:22:48:00	THE MAIN STREETS COMMERCIAL
01:22:48:00	01:22:50:00	ROADS AND HIGH TRAFFIC
01:22:50:00	01:22:51:00	CORRIDORS.
01:22:51:00	01:22:51:00	WE NEED PREDICTABLE TRAFFIC
01:22:51:00	01:22:55:00	CONDITIONS AND WE AS A CITY
01:22:55:00	01:22:55:00	HAVE TO DISCUSS WHETHER THIS
01:22:55:00	01:22:58:00	TECHNOLOGY WILL CREATE
01:22:58:00	01:22:59:00	PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUES.
01:22:59:00	01:22:59:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:22:59:00	01:23:03:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:03:00	01:23:03:00	MR GRECH.
01:23:03:00	01:23:04:00	COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE
01:23:04:00	01:23:04:00	ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT
01:23:04:00	01:23:07:00	THAT COUNCIL WHERE I WAS NOT
01:23:07:00	01:23:07:00	PRESENT AND WITH US?
01:23:07:00	01:23:07:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:07:00	01:23:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:23:10:00	01:23:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
01:23:11:00	01:23:11:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
01:23:11:00	01:23:12:00	FLOOR.
01:23:12:00	01:23:12:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:23:12:00	01:23:15:00	CHAIR I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
01:23:15:00	01:23:15:00	RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR COLETTE
01:23:15:00	01:23:16:00	AS A PARTNER TO THIS FILING.
01:23:16:00	01:23:18:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:18:00	01:23:19:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN THIS HAS BEEN
01:23:19:00	01:23:19:00	THE RULES THAT
01:23:19:00	01:23:21:00	COUNCILOR COLORED IS ABOUT AS A
01:23:21:00	01:23:22:00	THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
01:23:22:00	01:23:22:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
01:23:22:00	01:23:23:00	OBJECTIONS KIND OF COLORS THE
01:23:23:00	01:23:25:00	PATTERN SO ADDED CONSTABLE THAT
01:23:25:00	01:23:26:00	AS A PARTNER YOU HAD THE FLOOR.
01:23:26:00	01:23:27:00	THANKS MADAM PRESIDENT AND I
01:23:27:00	01:23:28:00	WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR
01:23:28:00	01:23:29:00	FOR ADDING ME ON AS A
01:23:29:00	01:23:29:00	CO-SPONSOR.
01:23:29:00	01:23:32:00	I DO BELIEVE THAT BOSTON SHOULD
01:23:32:00	01:23:32:00	TAKE THE LEAD IN REVIEWING
01:23:32:00	01:23:33:00	AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATIONS
01:23:33:00	01:23:36:00	TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,
01:23:36:00	01:23:36:00	ENSURE EQUITY AND PREPARE FOR
01:23:36:00	01:23:37:00	THE FUTURE.
01:23:37:00	01:23:39:00	OUR CITY STREETS ARE DENSE,
01:23:39:00	01:23:39:00	HISTORIC AND NOT NECESSARILY
01:23:39:00	01:23:43:00	BUILT FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY AND
01:23:43:00	01:23:44:00	THAT INCLUDES THE NORTH END AND
01:23:44:00	01:23:46:00	PLACES LIKE EAST BOSTON WHERE
01:23:46:00	01:23:47:00	LOGAN AIRPORT TRAFFIC OR LOGAN
01:23:47:00	01:23:50:00	AIRPORT CONSTANTLY BRINGS
01:23:50:00	01:23:51:00	TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN AND PUBLIC
01:23:51:00	01:23:54:00	TRANSIT CHALLENGES WITHOUT
01:23:54:00	01:23:55:00	CLEAR OVERSIGHT AVS COULD
01:23:55:00	01:23:58:00	WORSEN CONGESTION, CONGESTION
01:23:58:00	01:23:58:00	AND COULD POTENTIALLY THREATEN
01:23:58:00	01:23:58:00	PUBLIC SAFETY.
01:23:58:00	01:24:01:00	BUT IF IT'S DONE RIGHT AVS
01:24:01:00	01:24:02:00	COULD HELP US REDUCE EMISSIONS,
01:24:02:00	01:24:06:00	IMPROVE TRANSIT CONNECTIONS AND
01:24:06:00	01:24:07:00	CREATE JOBS.
01:24:07:00	01:24:08:00	AND SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
01:24:08:00	01:24:09:00	THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOK
01:24:09:00	01:24:10:00	FORWARD TO BRINGING POTENTIALLY
01:24:10:00	01:24:11:00	MASSPORT INTO THE INTO THE
01:24:11:00	01:24:14:00	CONVERSATION OUR FOLKS, OUR
01:24:14:00	01:24:14:00	COLLEAGUES AT THE STATE BECAUSE
01:24:14:00	01:24:17:00	WE DO NEED STATE REGULATIONS
01:24:17:00	01:24:18:00	FOR THIS BUT I DO EXPECT THAT
01:24:18:00	01:24:21:00	IT WILL BE A THOUGHTFUL, ROBUST
01:24:21:00	01:24:22:00	DISCUSSION AGAIN, I LOOK
01:24:22:00	01:24:22:00	FORWARD TO THAT.
01:24:22:00	01:24:23:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:23:00	01:24:25:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:25:00	01:24:26:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:24:26:00	01:24:26:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:24:26:00	01:24:27:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:24:27:00	01:24:30:00	THEIR NAME?
01:24:30:00	01:24:31:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS
01:24:31:00	01:24:33:00	BREADON AND ZAPATA.
01:24:33:00	01:24:33:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD.
01:24:33:00	01:24:37:00	I'M HERE, MURPHY BUT BEN
01:24:37:00	01:24:37:00	SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD
01:24:37:00	01:24:40:00	A CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1141 WILL
01:24:40:00	01:24:40:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
01:24:40:00	01:24:43:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
01:24:43:00	01:24:43:00	TRANSPORTATION.
01:24:43:00	01:24:44:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
01:24:44:00	01:24:49:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1142 2130,
01:24:49:00	01:24:53:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
01:24:53:00	01:24:54:00	UPDATE THE RECORD TO REFLECT
01:24:54:00	01:24:54:00	THAT COUNCILOR MEJIA IS NOW
01:24:54:00	01:24:56:00	PRESENT IN WITH US TALK NUMBER
01:24:56:00	01:24:57:00	ONE ONE FOR TWO
01:24:57:00	01:25:00:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR THE
01:25:00:00	01:25:01:00	FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING
01:25:01:00	01:25:01:00	CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER
01:25:01:00	01:25:05:00	SECTION 17 OF RELATIVE TO
01:25:05:00	01:25:08:00	CONDUCT AND SAFETY PROCEDURES
01:25:08:00	01:25:09:00	AND POLICIES FOR BOSTON PUBLIC
01:25:09:00	01:25:11:00	SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT THREE.
01:25:11:00	01:25:12:00	THANK YOU.
01:25:12:00	01:25:12:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:25:12:00	01:25:15:00	COUNCILMAN GERALD CONYERS
01:25:15:00	01:25:16:00	GERARDI ON THE FLOOR.
01:25:16:00	01:25:19:00	THANK YOU, MADAM.
01:25:19:00	01:25:22:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:25:22:00	01:25:23:00	DURING THE 17 EFFORTS TO GET
01:25:23:00	01:25:24:00	REPORTS IT'S REALLY TO EDUCATE
01:25:24:00	01:25:26:00	MYSELF ON THE PROTOCOLS AND
01:25:26:00	01:25:27:00	PROCEDURES AROUND SAFETY AND
01:25:27:00	01:25:27:00	CONDUCT IN THE SCHOOLS
01:25:27:00	01:25:30:00	OF DISTRICT THREE.
01:25:30:00	01:25:30:00	I'VE HAD A LOT OF CALLS
01:25:30:00	01:25:31:00	RECENTLY AND MORE SO SO I CAN
01:25:31:00	01:25:34:00	GET IT AND EDUCATE THE PARENTS
01:25:34:00	01:25:34:00	OF WHAT TO EXPECT AS WELL.
01:25:34:00	01:25:38:00	BUT THE CPS HAS BEEN VERY
01:25:38:00	01:25:38:00	COOPERATIVE IN THIS MATTER AND
01:25:38:00	01:25:39:00	I THINK WE ACTUALLY ALREADY
01:25:39:00	01:25:39:00	HAVE THE 17 IN FACT.
01:25:39:00	01:25:42:00	SO WE THANK YOU.
01:25:42:00	01:25:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:25:42:00	01:25:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:25:42:00	01:25:43:00	ACCOUNTS OF THE JAIL SEEKS
01:25:43:00	01:25:45:00	SUSPENSION OF RULES AND PARTIAL
01:25:45:00	01:25:46:00	DOCKING NUMBER 1142 ALL THOSE
01:25:46:00	01:25:49:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY
01:25:49:00	01:25:49:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:25:49:00	01:25:50:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
01:25:50:00	01:25:52:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:25:52:00	01:25:55:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1140 DOCKET
01:25:55:00	01:25:55:00	NUMBER 1140.
01:25:55:00	01:25:56:00	COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL OFF WITH
01:25:56:00	01:25:59:00	THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
01:25:59:00	01:25:59:00	SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT
01:25:59:00	01:26:01:00	DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:26:01:00	01:26:02:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE
01:26:02:00	01:26:06:00	MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR
01:26:06:00	01:26:06:00	POLICE OFFICERS FOR RODNEY
01:26:06:00	01:26:11:00	NELSON LAW THANK YOU.
01:26:11:00	01:26:13:00	COUNCILOR COMES HERE JUST COMES
01:26:13:00	01:26:13:00	FROM HERE.
01:26:13:00	01:26:21:00	THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:26:21:00	01:26:22:00	COUNCILOR AROUND OF ME WE NEED
01:26:22:00	01:26:25:00	TO JUST FROM WHERE I WAS
01:26:25:00	01:26:26:00	SPEAKING YEAH THAT'S RIGHT YOU
01:26:26:00	01:26:27:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:26:27:00	01:26:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:26:28:00	01:26:29:00	THIS HOME RULE PETITION SEEKS
01:26:29:00	01:26:32:00	IN A WAIVER FOR RODNEY
01:26:32:00	01:26:33:00	ALCINDOR, A 46 YEAR OLD
01:26:33:00	01:26:35:00	LIFELONG BOSTONIAN WHO
01:26:35:00	01:26:36:00	CURRENTLY RESIDES IN DISTRICT
01:26:36:00	01:26:36:00	FOUR.
01:26:36:00	01:26:39:00	RODNEY HAS DEDICATED DECADES TO
01:26:39:00	01:26:43:00	OUR CITY AS A BUSINESS OWNER,
01:26:43:00	01:26:43:00	MENTOR AND COMMUNITY LEADER.
01:26:43:00	01:26:47:00	HE'S LED YOUTH TO SPORTS
01:26:47:00	01:26:47:00	ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKSHOP AND
01:26:47:00	01:26:51:00	COMMUNITY EVENTS.
01:26:51:00	01:26:51:00	HE'S EARNED THE RESPECT AND
01:26:51:00	01:26:52:00	TRUST OF RESIDENTS ACROSS
01:26:52:00	01:26:54:00	BOSTON.
01:26:54:00	01:26:54:00	RODNEY UNDERSTANDS THE
01:26:54:00	01:26:55:00	CHALLENGES THAT EXIST BETWEEN
01:26:55:00	01:26:58:00	LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY
01:26:58:00	01:26:58:00	THEY SERVE.
01:26:58:00	01:26:59:00	HE WANTS TO BRIDGE THAT GAP NOT
01:26:59:00	01:27:02:00	BY JUST WEARING THE UNIFORM.
01:27:02:00	01:27:03:00	I BRING IN EMPATHY, EMOTIONAL
01:27:03:00	01:27:03:00	INTELLIGENCE AND LIVED
01:27:03:00	01:27:06:00	EXPERIENCE TO THE JOB.
01:27:06:00	01:27:06:00	HE RECENTLY PASSED THE CIVIL
01:27:06:00	01:27:09:00	SERVICE EXAM AND IS READY TO
01:27:09:00	01:27:10:00	TAKE A STEP INTO STEP INTO A
01:27:10:00	01:27:13:00	NEW CHAPTER OF SERVICE.
01:27:13:00	01:27:13:00	FOR THOSE REASONS I
01:27:13:00	01:27:14:00	RESPECTFULLY ASK THE
01:27:14:00	01:27:17:00	COUNCIL SUSPEND AND PASS THIS
01:27:17:00	01:27:17:00	HOME RULE PETITION.
01:27:17:00	01:27:17:00	THANK YOU.
01:27:17:00	01:27:18:00	THANK YOU.
01:27:18:00	01:27:21:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:27:21:00	01:27:22:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:27:22:00	01:27:22:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE THE
01:27:22:00	01:27:24:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:27:24:00	01:27:25:00	COUNCILMAN MURPHY ON THE FLOOR?
01:27:25:00	01:27:25:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:27:25:00	01:27:28:00	UM, I JUST WANT TO RISE TO
01:27:28:00	01:27:30:00	SPEAK ON DOCKET OH 926 LAST
01:27:30:00	01:27:31:00	YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 11TH THIS
01:27:31:00	01:27:34:00	BODY PASSED THAT HOME RULE
01:27:34:00	01:27:35:00	PETITION THAT WE WORKED WITH
01:27:35:00	01:27:37:00	THROUGH THE CHAIR
01:27:37:00	01:27:38:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA TO
01:27:38:00	01:27:39:00	INCREASE THE OVERALL AGE AND I
01:27:39:00	01:27:42:00	KNOW THE MAYOR DID SIGN IT ON
01:27:42:00	01:27:45:00	SEPTEMBER 19TH SO I DO JUST
01:27:45:00	01:27:46:00	WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE
01:27:46:00	01:27:48:00	SENT THIS UP TO THE STATE HOUSE
01:27:48:00	01:27:49:00	SO I WILL BE WORKING WITH MY
01:27:49:00	01:27:52:00	COLLEAGUES HOPEFULLY TO SEE
01:27:52:00	01:27:53:00	WHERE THAT IS SO THAT WE DON'T
01:27:53:00	01:27:54:00	HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THESE
01:27:54:00	01:27:55:00	ONE OFFS BECAUSE I KNOW THE
01:27:55:00	01:27:56:00	INTENT ON THAT WAS IF WE
01:27:56:00	01:28:00:00	INCREASE THE AGE OVERALL WE
01:28:00:00	01:28:00:00	WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THESE
01:28:00:00	01:28:00:00	INDIVIDUAL ONES.
01:28:00:00	01:28:04:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
01:28:04:00	01:28:04:00	I AGREE.
01:28:04:00	01:28:05:00	I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
01:28:05:00	01:28:05:00	THAT WE GET THAT PAST CASUAL
01:28:05:00	01:28:07:00	CLOSE ABOUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
01:28:07:00	01:28:10:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU
01:28:10:00	01:28:11:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:28:11:00	01:28:11:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR
01:28:11:00	01:28:12:00	BRINGING THIS UP.
01:28:12:00	01:28:14:00	IT'S BEEN SPONSORED BY
01:28:14:00	01:28:15:00	REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MONROE
01:28:15:00	01:28:15:00	AND SO IT'S CURRENTLY GOING
01:28:15:00	01:28:16:00	THROUGH THAT REVIEW PROCESS AND
01:28:16:00	01:28:18:00	SO I'M HOPING FOR HEARING
01:28:18:00	01:28:18:00	FORTHCOMING.
01:28:18:00	01:28:18:00	THANK YOU.
01:28:18:00	01:28:19:00	THANK YOU.
01:28:19:00	01:28:22:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:28:22:00	01:28:22:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:28:22:00	01:28:23:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:28:23:00	01:28:23:00	THEIR NAME?
01:28:23:00	01:28:27:00	MR. CLERK WHOSE ACCOUNT WAS
01:28:27:00	01:28:27:00	GREAT IN CLAUDIA ZAPATA DURKAN
01:28:27:00	01:28:29:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD
01:28:29:00	01:28:30:00	FLYNN MEJIA MURPHY BUT BEN
01:28:30:00	01:28:33:00	SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE
01:28:33:00	01:28:34:00	CHAIR COUNSELOR OR ELSE
01:28:34:00	01:28:37:00	EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND
01:28:37:00	01:28:39:00	POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 11041140
01:28:39:00	01:28:44:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
01:28:44:00	01:28:45:00	OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THIS
01:28:45:00	01:28:48:00	DOCKET HAS PASSED OKAY WE ARE
01:28:48:00	01:28:51:00	NOW MOVING BACK TO MATTERS
01:28:51:00	01:28:52:00	RECENTLY HEARD FOR A POSSIBLE
01:28:52:00	01:28:58:00	ACTION I AND I BELIEVE I HAVE
01:28:58:00	01:29:06:00	THE ORDER CORRECT BUT OKAY
01:29:06:00	01:29:06:00	WE'RE NOW AUTOMATICALLY
01:29:06:00	01:29:07:00	CERTAINLY HEARD MR. CLERK,
01:29:07:00	01:29:09:00	WOULD YOU PLEASE READ INTO THE
01:29:09:00	01:29:10:00	RECORD THE REVOLVING FUNDS
01:29:10:00	01:29:13:00	INCLUDING PARCHMAN AND PEG
01:29:13:00	01:29:21:00	FUNDS DOCKETS NUMBER 8083130845
01:29:21:00	01:29:27:00	I I CAN NUMBER 0831 MESSAGE
01:29:27:00	01:29:28:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT
01:29:28:00	01:29:29:00	FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
01:29:29:00	01:29:32:00	REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR
01:29:32:00	01:29:36:00	2026 TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE
01:29:36:00	01:29:36:00	AND REPAIR OF BP'S FACILITIES
01:29:36:00	01:29:40:00	INCLUDING CUSTODIAL AND UTILITY
01:29:40:00	01:29:41:00	COSTS FOR EXTENDED BUILDING
01:29:41:00	01:29:41:00	TANK FLOOR REFINISHING
01:29:41:00	01:29:44:00	LANDSCAPING AND BUILDING
01:29:44:00	01:29:45:00	REPAIRS RECEIPTS FROM LEASE
01:29:45:00	01:29:48:00	PERMIT FOR USE AND PARKING FEES
01:29:48:00	01:29:49:00	FOR BP'S FACILITIES WILL BE
01:29:49:00	01:29:52:00	DEPOSITED IN THE FUND.
01:29:52:00	01:29:53:00	BP'S FACILITIES WILL BE THE
01:29:53:00	01:29:56:00	ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND
01:29:56:00	01:29:57:00	FROM THE FUND AND SUCH
01:29:57:00	01:30:00:00	EXPENDITURES SHALL NOT EXCEED
01:30:00:00	01:30:01:00	$2 MILLION.
01:30:01:00	01:30:03:00	DOUG ANIMAL 0832 MESSAGE YOU'RE
01:30:03:00	01:30:06:00	NOT AUTHORIZING THE ELEMENT
01:30:06:00	01:30:06:00	OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
01:30:06:00	01:30:09:00	REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR
01:30:09:00	01:30:10:00	2026 FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
01:30:10:00	01:30:13:00	TRANSFER STATION COSTS
01:30:13:00	01:30:17:00	INCLUDING BUS AND PUBLIC
01:30:17:00	01:30:17:00	TRANSPORTATION COSTS.
01:30:17:00	01:30:21:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
01:30:21:00	01:30:22:00	CREDITED WITH REVENUE RECEIVED
01:30:22:00	01:30:22:00	FROM BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
01:30:22:00	01:30:25:00	DEPARTMENT FOR THE PROVISION
01:30:25:00	01:30:26:00	OF TRANSPORTATION TO GROUPS AND
01:30:26:00	01:30:28:00	ENTITIES FOR FIELD TRIPS AND
01:30:28:00	01:30:29:00	ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN
01:30:29:00	01:30:31:00	TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM
01:30:31:00	01:30:32:00	SCHOOL RECEIPTS AND RESULTING
01:30:32:00	01:30:36:00	EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUNCTION
01:30:36:00	01:30:37:00	NOT EXCEED $150,000.
01:30:37:00	01:30:40:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0833 MESSAGE NO
01:30:40:00	01:30:43:00	AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE
01:30:43:00	01:30:44:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REVOLVING
01:30:44:00	01:30:46:00	FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO
01:30:46:00	01:30:47:00	REPAIR AND PURCHASE BOSTON
01:30:47:00	01:30:50:00	PUBLIC SCHOOL COMPUTER
01:30:50:00	01:30:50:00	TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING COMPUTERS
01:30:50:00	01:30:53:00	MOBILE DEVICES AND
01:30:53:00	01:30:54:00	INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE THOSE
01:30:54:00	01:30:58:00	REVOLVING FUND WELL SHALL BE
01:30:58:00	01:30:58:00	CREDITED WITH ANY AND ALL
01:30:58:00	01:31:01:00	RECEIPTS FROM EQUIPMENT SALES
01:31:01:00	01:31:01:00	AND REPAIR FEES FOR BOSTON
01:31:01:00	01:31:05:00	PUBLIC SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
01:31:05:00	01:31:05:00	RECEIPTS AND RESULTING
01:31:05:00	01:31:06:00	EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND
01:31:06:00	01:31:09:00	SHALL NOT EXCEED $2 MILLION.
01:31:09:00	01:31:13:00	LUCKY NUMBERS 083 FOR A MESSAGE
01:31:13:00	01:31:15:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT
01:31:15:00	01:31:16:00	FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR
01:31:16:00	01:31:19:00	TOURISM REVOLVING FUND FOR
01:31:19:00	01:31:20:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PURCHASE
01:31:20:00	01:31:23:00	GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT
01:31:23:00	01:31:24:00	EVENTS AND PROGRAMING ON AND
01:31:24:00	01:31:26:00	AROUND CITY HALL PLAZA TO
01:31:26:00	01:31:27:00	ADVANCE TOURISM AND PROMOTE
01:31:27:00	01:31:30:00	PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC
01:31:30:00	01:31:30:00	CELEBRATIONS, CIVIC AND
01:31:30:00	01:31:34:00	CULTURAL EVENTS.
01:31:34:00	01:31:34:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
01:31:34:00	01:31:35:00	FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM
01:31:35:00	01:31:38:00	PAYMENTS FOR THE USE OF CITY
01:31:38:00	01:31:39:00	HALL PLAZA PURSUANT TO CITY
01:31:39:00	01:31:42:00	OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCE
01:31:42:00	01:31:45:00	CHAPTER 11 7.14 THE MAYOR'S
01:31:45:00	01:31:49:00	OFFICE OF TOURISM WILL BE THE
01:31:49:00	01:31:49:00	ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPAND
01:31:49:00	01:31:52:00	EXPAND FROM THIS FUND AND SUCH
01:31:52:00	01:31:55:00	EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT
01:31:55:00	01:31:59:00	$150,000 TOKEN NUMBERS 0835
01:31:59:00	01:32:02:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING A
01:32:02:00	01:32:02:00	LIMIT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
01:32:02:00	01:32:03:00	CONSERVATION COMMISSION
01:32:03:00	01:32:06:00	REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR
01:32:06:00	01:32:07:00	2026 FOR THE PURPOSE
01:32:07:00	01:32:10:00	OF SECURING OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS
01:32:10:00	01:32:10:00	INCLUDING ENGINEERS WETLANDS
01:32:10:00	01:32:14:00	SCIENCE, WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST AND
01:32:14:00	01:32:18:00	OTHER EXPERTS IN ORDER TO AID
01:32:18:00	01:32:18:00	IN THE REVIEW OF PROPOSED
01:32:18:00	01:32:21:00	PROJECTS TO THE COMMISSION GRID
01:32:21:00	01:32:22:00	THE CITY'S ORDINANCE PROTECTING
01:32:22:00	01:32:22:00	LOCAL WETLAND AND PROMOTING
01:32:22:00	01:32:25:00	CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION.
01:32:25:00	01:32:26:00	THE REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
01:32:26:00	01:32:29:00	FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM FEES
01:32:29:00	01:32:30:00	IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSION FOR
01:32:30:00	01:32:33:00	THE PURPOSE OF SECURING OUTSIDE
01:32:33:00	01:32:34:00	CONSULTANTS THE ENVIRONMENT
01:32:34:00	01:32:37:00	DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE ONLY
01:32:37:00	01:32:37:00	DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND
01:32:37:00	01:32:40:00	FROM THE FUND AND SUCH
01:32:40:00	01:32:43:00	EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT
01:32:43:00	01:32:46:00	$50,000 DUCK NUMBERS 0836
01:32:46:00	01:32:50:00	MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING
01:32:50:00	01:32:50:00	A LIMIT FOR THE DISTRIBUTED
01:32:50:00	01:32:51:00	ENERGY RESOURCE REVOLVING FUND
01:32:51:00	01:32:53:00	FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO
01:32:53:00	01:32:54:00	FACILITATE THE PURCHASE
01:32:54:00	01:32:58:00	OF OFFSETS OF GREENHOUSE GAS
01:32:58:00	01:32:59:00	EMISSIONS WHICH SHALL BE
01:32:59:00	01:33:03:00	ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTION
01:33:03:00	01:33:03:00	OF THE ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY
01:33:03:00	01:33:06:00	THE CITY ANNUALLY AND TO
01:33:06:00	01:33:06:00	OPERATE, MAINTAIN, MONITOR AND
01:33:06:00	01:33:09:00	EXPAND THE CITY'S EXISTING
01:33:09:00	01:33:10:00	SOLAR ARRAYS FROM BOSTON PUBLIC
01:33:10:00	01:33:14:00	SCHOOLS COMBINED HEAT AND POWER
01:33:14:00	01:33:14:00	FACILITIES THIS REVOLVING FUND
01:33:14:00	01:33:17:00	WILL BE CREDITED WITH ENDING
01:33:17:00	01:33:18:00	ALL RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE
01:33:18:00	01:33:21:00	OF RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE
01:33:21:00	01:33:21:00	ENERGY CERTIFICATES AND DEMAND
01:33:21:00	01:33:25:00	RESPONSE PROGRAM REVENUES
01:33:25:00	01:33:25:00	PRODUCED BY THE COMBINED HEAT
01:33:25:00	01:33:28:00	AND POWER UNITS LOCATED IN
01:33:28:00	01:33:29:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SITES AND
01:33:29:00	01:33:29:00	SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY
01:33:29:00	01:33:33:00	CERTIFICATE PRODUCED BY THE
01:33:33:00	01:33:37:00	CITIES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS
01:33:37:00	01:33:37:00	, RECEIPTS AND RESULTING
01:33:37:00	01:33:38:00	RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM
01:33:38:00	01:33:41:00	THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED
01:33:41:00	01:33:41:00	$150,000.
01:33:41:00	01:33:45:00	LUCKY NUMBER 083 SO MESSAGE
01:33:45:00	01:33:48:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT
01:33:48:00	01:33:48:00	FOR THE BOSTON CENTERS FOR
01:33:48:00	01:33:49:00	YOUTH AND FAMILIES REVOLVING
01:33:49:00	01:33:52:00	FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO
01:33:52:00	01:33:56:00	PAY SALARIES AND BENEFITS
01:33:56:00	01:33:56:00	OF EMPLOYEES AND TO PURCHASE
01:33:56:00	01:33:57:00	SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
01:33:57:00	01:34:00:00	NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE CITY
01:34:00:00	01:34:03:00	HALL CHILDCARE THIS REVOLVING
01:34:03:00	01:34:04:00	FUND SHALL BE CREDITED WITH ANY
01:34:04:00	01:34:04:00	AND ALL RECEIPTS FROM TUITION
01:34:04:00	01:34:07:00	PAID BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS
01:34:07:00	01:34:08:00	FOR CHILDREN ENROLLED AT THE
01:34:08:00	01:34:11:00	CENTER RECEIPTS AND RESULTING
01:34:11:00	01:34:15:00	EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUNDS
01:34:15:00	01:34:18:00	ARE NOT EXCEED $900,000  IN THE
01:34:18:00	01:34:21:00	0838 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT
01:34:21:00	01:34:22:00	AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE LAW
01:34:22:00	01:34:22:00	DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND FOR
01:34:22:00	01:34:25:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PURCHASE
01:34:25:00	01:34:29:00	GOODS AND SERVICES FOR REPAIRS
01:34:29:00	01:34:29:00	TO CITY PROPERTY.
01:34:29:00	01:34:30:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
01:34:30:00	01:34:33:00	FUNDED WITH RECEIPTS BY
01:34:33:00	01:34:33:00	RECEIPTS FROM RECOVERIES FOR
01:34:33:00	01:34:37:00	DAMAGED CITY PROPERTY CAUSED BY
01:34:37:00	01:34:38:00	THIRD PARTIES.
01:34:38:00	01:34:38:00	THE LAW DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE
01:34:38:00	01:34:41:00	ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND
01:34:41:00	01:34:41:00	FROM THE FUND IN SUCH
01:34:41:00	01:34:47:00	EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT
01:34:47:00	01:34:47:00	$300,000.
01:34:47:00	01:34:50:00	DUCK NUMBER 0839 MESSAGE YOU'RE
01:34:50:00	01:34:51:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING LIMIT FOR THE
01:34:51:00	01:34:54:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
01:34:54:00	01:34:57:00	REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR
01:34:57:00	01:34:57:00	26 TO PAY SALARIES AND BENEFITS
01:34:57:00	01:35:00:00	OF EMPLOYEES TO PURCHASE
01:35:00:00	01:35:01:00	SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
01:35:01:00	01:35:04:00	NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE POLICE
01:35:04:00	01:35:04:00	DEPARTMENT FITNESS CENTER
01:35:04:00	01:35:05:00	REVENUE FROM THIS FUND IS
01:35:05:00	01:35:08:00	DERIVED FROM MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP
01:35:08:00	01:35:09:00	FEES, RECEIPTS AND RESULTING
01:35:09:00	01:35:12:00	EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND
01:35:12:00	01:35:15:00	SHALL NOT EXCEED $125,000.
01:35:15:00	01:35:18:00	DUCK NUMBERS 0840 AS SAID
01:35:18:00	01:35:21:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT
01:35:21:00	01:35:21:00	FOR THE BOSTON POLICE
01:35:21:00	01:35:24:00	DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND FOR
01:35:24:00	01:35:24:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO SUPPORT THE
01:35:24:00	01:35:28:00	CANINE UNITS TRAINING PROGRAM
01:35:28:00	01:35:28:00	FOR OFFICERS AND POLICE DOGS
01:35:28:00	01:35:31:00	FROM NON CITY OF BOSTON LAW
01:35:31:00	01:35:32:00	ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THE
01:35:32:00	01:35:35:00	SPECIAL OPERATING DIVISION WILL
01:35:35:00	01:35:36:00	CHARGE TUITION AND OTHER FEES
01:35:36:00	01:35:39:00	TO OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:35:39:00	01:35:40:00	AGENCIES FOR THE CANINE UNIT
01:35:40:00	01:35:43:00	THAT TUITION AND OTHER FEES BY
01:35:43:00	01:35:43:00	OUTSIDE AGENCIES WILL BE USED
01:35:43:00	01:35:47:00	TO PURCHASE TRAINING EQUIPMENT
01:35:47:00	01:35:47:00	, CERTIFY INSTRUCTORS, UPDATE
01:35:47:00	01:35:51:00	FACILITIES AND PROVIDE FUNDS
01:35:51:00	01:35:52:00	FOR OTHER TRAINING NEEDS NOT
01:35:52:00	01:35:55:00	OTHERWISE BUDGET THE SPECIAL
01:35:55:00	01:35:55:00	OPERATIONS DIVISION WILL BE THE
01:35:55:00	01:35:59:00	ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND
01:35:59:00	01:35:59:00	FROM THE FUND AND SUCH
01:35:59:00	01:36:05:00	EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT
01:36:05:00	01:36:06:00	$125,000.
01:36:06:00	01:36:06:00	DUCK NUMBERS 0841 MESSAGE
01:36:06:00	01:36:09:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED LIMIT FOR
01:36:09:00	01:36:10:00	THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND
01:36:10:00	01:36:10:00	CULTURE REVOLVING FUND FOR
01:36:10:00	01:36:13:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PURCHASE
01:36:13:00	01:36:17:00	GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT
01:36:17:00	01:36:18:00	PUBLIC ART TO ENHANCE THE
01:36:18:00	01:36:18:00	PUBLIC REALM THROUGHOUT THE
01:36:18:00	01:36:21:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
01:36:21:00	01:36:22:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
01:36:22:00	01:36:22:00	FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM THE
01:36:22:00	01:36:26:00	EASEMENTS WITHIN THE PUBLIC WAY
01:36:26:00	01:36:26:00	GRANTED BY THE PUBLIC
01:36:26:00	01:36:29:00	IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION.
01:36:29:00	01:36:29:00	THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND
01:36:29:00	01:36:30:00	CULTURE WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT
01:36:30:00	01:36:33:00	AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE
01:36:33:00	01:36:34:00	FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES
01:36:34:00	01:36:37:00	SHALL BE CAPPED AT $800,000.
01:36:37:00	01:36:40:00	LUCKY NUMBER 0842 MESSAGE
01:36:40:00	01:36:44:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT
01:36:44:00	01:36:44:00	FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS
01:36:44:00	01:36:47:00	AND CULTURE REVOLVING FUND FOR
01:36:47:00	01:36:48:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PURCHASE
01:36:48:00	01:36:51:00	GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT
01:36:51:00	01:36:52:00	THE OPERATION OF THE STRAND
01:36:52:00	01:36:52:00	THEATER.
01:36:52:00	01:36:55:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
01:36:55:00	01:36:56:00	FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM RENTAL
01:36:56:00	01:36:58:00	FEES FOR THE USE OF THE STRAND
01:36:58:00	01:36:59:00	THEATER.
01:36:59:00	01:36:59:00	THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND
01:36:59:00	01:37:02:00	CULTURE WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT
01:37:02:00	01:37:03:00	AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE
01:37:03:00	01:37:07:00	FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES
01:37:07:00	01:37:09:00	SHALL BE CAPPED AT $300,000
01:37:09:00	01:37:10:00	DOCKING OF A0843 MESSAGE IN NOT
01:37:10:00	01:37:13:00	AUTHORIZING AND LIMIT FOR THE
01:37:13:00	01:37:14:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND
01:37:14:00	01:37:15:00	CULTURE REVOLVING FUND FOR
01:37:15:00	01:37:17:00	FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO PURCHASE
01:37:17:00	01:37:21:00	GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT
01:37:21:00	01:37:21:00	THE OPERATION OF THE STRAND
01:37:21:00	01:37:21:00	THEATER.
01:37:21:00	01:37:24:00	THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
01:37:24:00	01:37:25:00	FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM RENTAL
01:37:25:00	01:37:28:00	FEES FOR THE USE OF THE STRAND
01:37:28:00	01:37:28:00	THEATER.
01:37:28:00	01:37:29:00	THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND
01:37:29:00	01:37:32:00	CULTURE WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT
01:37:32:00	01:37:32:00	AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE
01:37:32:00	01:37:36:00	FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES
01:37:36:00	01:37:37:00	SHALL BE CAPPED AT $300,000.
01:37:37:00	01:37:40:00	DUCKIE NUMBER 084 FOR MESSAGING
01:37:40:00	01:37:46:00	OR APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION
01:37:46:00	01:37:49:00	OF $3,600,000 FROM THE 21ST
01:37:49:00	01:37:50:00	CENTURY FUND ALSO KNOWN AS THE
01:37:50:00	01:37:53:00	PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL AND OR
01:37:53:00	01:37:54:00	GOVERNMENTAL PIGGY ACCESS AND
01:37:54:00	01:37:57:00	CABLE RELATED FUND PURSUANT TO
01:37:57:00	01:38:00:00	SECTION 53 FOUR AND THREE
01:38:00:00	01:38:00:00	QUARTERS OF CHAPTER 44 OF THE
01:38:00:00	01:38:03:00	MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS
01:38:03:00	01:38:07:00	THESE THE FUNDS MAY BE USED TO
01:38:07:00	01:38:07:00	SUPPORT PAC ACCESS SERVICES TO
01:38:07:00	01:38:10:00	MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE
01:38:10:00	01:38:11:00	CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND
01:38:11:00	01:38:15:00	FOR PREPARATION OF RENEWAL OF A
01:38:15:00	01:38:17:00	FRANCHISE LICENSE IN DOCKET
01:38:17:00	01:38:18:00	NUMBER 0845 MESSAGE YOU NOT
01:38:18:00	01:38:21:00	AUTHORIZE ANY APPROPRIATION
01:38:21:00	01:38:21:00	OF $1,300,000 FROM THE INCOME
01:38:21:00	01:38:26:00	OF THE GEORGE FRANCIS PARKMAN
01:38:26:00	01:38:26:00	FUND.
01:38:26:00	01:38:27:00	THE FUNDS ARE TO BE EXPENDED
01:38:27:00	01:38:29:00	UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
01:38:29:00	01:38:29:00	COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND
01:38:29:00	01:38:30:00	RECREATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE
01:38:30:00	01:38:33:00	AND IMPROVEMENT OF BOSTON
01:38:33:00	01:38:36:00	COMMON IN PARKS AND EXISTENCE
01:38:36:00	01:38:37:00	SINCE JANUARY 12, 1887.
01:38:37:00	01:38:41:00	THANK YOU MR. CLERK AND THANK
01:38:41:00	01:38:41:00	YOU FOR ALL OF THAT READING THE
01:38:41:00	01:38:42:00	CHARITY NATURE OF THE CHAIR
01:38:42:00	01:38:45:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
01:38:45:00	01:38:45:00	MEANS CANCER ORAL CANCER WELL
01:38:45:00	01:38:46:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:38:46:00	01:38:47:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:38:47:00	01:38:48:00	I'M GOING TO SAVE MY OPERATE IN
01:38:48:00	01:38:52:00	MY REMARKS TO MY OPERATING
01:38:52:00	01:38:52:00	SECTION.
01:38:52:00	01:38:53:00	WE HAVE THREE VOTES UNTIL WE
01:38:53:00	01:38:55:00	GET THERE.
01:38:55:00	01:38:56:00	THE FIRST IS THE REVOLVING
01:38:56:00	01:38:58:00	FUNDS DOC DECEMBER 083130845
01:38:58:00	01:39:02:00	AND INCLUDES APARTMENT FUND AND
01:39:02:00	01:39:03:00	THE PEG FUND.
01:39:03:00	01:39:04:00	THESE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY
01:39:04:00	01:39:06:00	MAYOR MICHELLE WILL REFER TO
01:39:06:00	01:39:07:00	THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL NINE,
01:39:07:00	01:39:07:00	2025.
01:39:07:00	01:39:10:00	SOME DOCKETS WERE HEARD AS PART
01:39:10:00	01:39:11:00	OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON
01:39:11:00	01:39:14:00	TOPICS INCLUDED BOSTON PUBLIC
01:39:14:00	01:39:14:00	SCHOOLS, OFFICE OF TOURISM,
01:39:14:00	01:39:15:00	SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
01:39:15:00	01:39:18:00	DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND
01:39:18:00	01:39:18:00	TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT
01:39:18:00	01:39:19:00	DEPARTMENT PARTIES BOSTON
01:39:19:00	01:39:22:00	CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES,
01:39:22:00	01:39:22:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
01:39:22:00	01:39:25:00	THE OFFICE OF US ARTS AND
01:39:25:00	01:39:26:00	CULTURE ON APRIL 15, 2025 APRIL
01:39:26:00	01:39:32:00	29, 2025 MAY 1ST 2025 MAY 6TH
01:39:32:00	01:39:37:00	2025 MAY 15TH 2025 AND MAY 20TH
01:39:37:00	01:39:40:00	2025 DOCKET NUMBER 083120843
01:39:40:00	01:39:43:00	AUTHORIZATIONS OF REVOLVING
01:39:43:00	01:39:46:00	FUND LENDERS FOR FY 26 ANNUAL
01:39:46:00	01:39:47:00	AUTHORIZATION FOR THE DOLLAR
01:39:47:00	01:39:47:00	LIMIT FOR EACH OF THESE
01:39:47:00	01:39:50:00	REVOLVING FUNDS IS REQUIRED BY
01:39:50:00	01:39:53:00	THEIR ENABLING LEGISLATION
01:39:53:00	01:39:56:00	SECTION 53 IN 153 ONE HALF.
01:39:56:00	01:39:57:00	CHAPTER 44 MASSACHUSETTS
01:39:57:00	01:40:00:00	GENERAL LAWS REVOLVING FUNDS
01:40:00:00	01:40:01:00	ARE IMPORTANT BUDGETARY TOOL
01:40:01:00	01:40:04:00	FOR DEPARTMENTS AS A LOT FOR
01:40:04:00	01:40:05:00	BETTER FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY IN
01:40:05:00	01:40:08:00	THE MANAGEMENT OF UNPREDICTABLE
01:40:08:00	01:40:08:00	AND SELF-SUSTAINING
01:40:08:00	01:40:12:00	SELF-SUSTAINING ACTIVITIES.
01:40:12:00	01:40:12:00	THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:40:12:00	01:40:13:00	HAD FORMALIZED AND STANDARDIZED
01:40:13:00	01:40:16:00	THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR THESE
01:40:16:00	01:40:16:00	FUNDS BY RUNNING REVIEWS
01:40:16:00	01:40:17:00	CONCURRENT WITH THE ANNUAL
01:40:17:00	01:40:19:00	BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS AND
01:40:19:00	01:40:20:00	DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET HEARINGS
01:40:20:00	01:40:23:00	WITH THE INTENT TO MAINTAIN
01:40:23:00	01:40:23:00	TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
01:40:23:00	01:40:28:00	IN THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND
01:40:28:00	01:40:28:00	AUTHORIZATION OF THESE FUNDS.
01:40:28:00	01:40:30:00	DORCAS NUMBER 084430845.
01:40:30:00	01:40:33:00	AUTHORIZATIONS OF ANNUAL
01:40:33:00	01:40:34:00	APPROPRIATIONS FOR SPECIAL
01:40:34:00	01:40:36:00	FUNDS THE 21ST CENTURY PG
01:40:36:00	01:40:37:00	ACCESS FUND WAS ESTABLISHED BY
01:40:37:00	01:40:40:00	BOSTON'S ASSEMBLIES OF A LOCAL
01:40:40:00	01:40:43:00	OPTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 50
01:40:43:00	01:40:46:00	3F3 FORTH OF CHAPTER 44 OF THE
01:40:46:00	01:40:47:00	GENERAL LAWS IN 2016.
01:40:47:00	01:40:50:00	THE FUND REVENUE WAS MADE UP
01:40:50:00	01:40:50:00	OF CABLE FRANCHISE FEES PAID BY
01:40:50:00	01:40:54:00	SUBSCRIBERS FROM COMCAST, RCN
01:40:54:00	01:40:54:00	AND VERIZON.
01:40:54:00	01:40:55:00	THE APPROPRIATION IS USED TO
01:40:55:00	01:40:58:00	SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION OR
01:40:58:00	01:40:58:00	GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS CABLE
01:40:58:00	01:41:02:00	TELEVISION SERVICES.
01:41:02:00	01:41:03:00	THE CITY USES THE FUND TO
01:41:03:00	01:41:03:00	SUPPORT BNN, WHICH PROVIDES
01:41:03:00	01:41:06:00	COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT AND
01:41:06:00	01:41:07:00	EDUCATIONAL ACCESS TELEVISION
01:41:07:00	01:41:10:00	AND RADIO PROGRAM TRAINING AND
01:41:10:00	01:41:11:00	PRODUCTION SERVICES AND TECH
01:41:11:00	01:41:11:00	GOES HOME A DIGITAL EQUITY
01:41:11:00	01:41:14:00	INITIATIVE PROVIDES LOW INCOME
01:41:14:00	01:41:15:00	AND UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS IN
01:41:15:00	01:41:18:00	THE CITY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY
01:41:18:00	01:41:20:00	TOOLS, EDUCATION AND ACCESS
01:41:20:00	01:41:21:00	REQUIRED FOR 21ST CENTURY
01:41:21:00	01:41:21:00	SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.
01:41:21:00	01:41:25:00	THE FINE ALSO SUPPORTS THE
01:41:25:00	01:41:25:00	CITY'S DARK FIBER
01:41:25:00	01:41:28:00	INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER CABLE
01:41:28:00	01:41:29:00	RELATED ADVOCACY AUDITING AND
01:41:29:00	01:41:33:00	REGULATORY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
01:41:33:00	01:41:34:00	FUND AS A TRUST FUND DESIGNATED
01:41:34:00	01:41:37:00	FOR MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP FOR
01:41:37:00	01:41:38:00	CITY PARKS INCLUDING THE BOSTON
01:41:38:00	01:41:41:00	COMMON PUBLIC GARDEN OLMSTED
01:41:41:00	01:41:44:00	PARK HIGHLAND PARK HORATIO
01:41:44:00	01:41:45:00	HARRIS PARK AND MALCOLM X PARK.
01:41:45:00	01:41:47:00	THE PHONE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 19
01:41:47:00	01:41:48:00	OH WAIT FROM A BEQUEST FROM
01:41:48:00	01:41:51:00	JOYCE FRANCIS PARKMAN AND THE
01:41:51:00	01:41:51:00	ANNUAL APPROPRIATION IS USED TO
01:41:51:00	01:41:54:00	FUND OPERATIONS GENERAL CARE
01:41:54:00	01:41:55:00	AND MAINTENANCE SPECIALIZED
01:41:55:00	01:41:58:00	MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
01:41:58:00	01:41:59:00	AND EQUIPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE
01:41:59:00	01:42:00:00	IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS AS
01:42:00:00	01:42:00:00	NEEDED.
01:42:00:00	01:42:03:00	AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:42:03:00	01:42:04:00	WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT
01:42:04:00	01:42:06:00	THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS.
01:42:06:00	01:42:10:00	THANK YOU MR CHAIR, AND THANK
01:42:10:00	01:42:11:00	YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN
01:42:11:00	01:42:11:00	HOLDING THESE HEARINGS.
01:42:11:00	01:42:14:00	I REMEMBER THE ONE ON STRAND
01:42:14:00	01:42:14:00	THEATER, THE ONE THAT INCLUDED
01:42:14:00	01:42:17:00	THE STRAND THEATER AND I WAS
01:42:17:00	01:42:17:00	ABLE TO ASK THE INTERIM
01:42:17:00	01:42:21:00	DIRECTOR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY
01:42:21:00	01:42:21:00	ABOUT THE MONEY AND THE
01:42:21:00	01:42:22:00	ALLOCATION AND HOW WE'RE
01:42:22:00	01:42:22:00	SUPPORTING THE WORK THERE.
01:42:22:00	01:42:24:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
01:42:24:00	01:42:25:00	FOR HOLDING THESE HEARINGS.
01:42:25:00	01:42:27:00	DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD
01:42:27:00	01:42:28:00	ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO
01:42:28:00	01:42:32:00	SPEAK ON THESE MATTERS?
01:42:32:00	01:42:34:00	IF NOT, WE ARE TAKING EACH
01:42:34:00	01:42:35:00	DOCKET ONE BY ONE WHICH IS WHAT
01:42:35:00	01:42:38:00	MAKES SURE THEY START OKAY.
01:42:38:00	01:42:41:00	WE ARE STARTING WITH DOCKET
01:42:41:00	01:42:41:00	NUMBER 0831.
01:42:41:00	01:42:41:00	SORRY.
01:42:41:00	01:42:42:00	OKAY.
01:42:42:00	01:42:46:00	THANK YOU.
01:42:46:00	01:42:46:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:42:46:00	01:42:47:00	WAYS AND MEANS THE EXCEPTION
01:42:47:00	01:42:48:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:42:48:00	01:42:49:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0831.
01:42:49:00	01:42:53:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I.
01:42:53:00	01:42:53:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
01:42:53:00	01:42:54:00	THEY DO.
01:42:54:00	01:42:55:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:42:55:00	01:42:56:00	ACCEPTED.
01:42:56:00	01:42:57:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0831 IS PASSED.
01:42:57:00	01:42:58:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:42:58:00	01:43:00:00	WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE
01:43:00:00	01:43:01:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:43:01:00	01:43:01:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0832.
01:43:01:00	01:43:04:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:43:04:00	01:43:05:00	I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY.
01:43:05:00	01:43:05:00	THANK YOU.
01:43:05:00	01:43:08:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:43:08:00	01:43:08:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0832
01:43:08:00	01:43:12:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:43:12:00	01:43:13:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:43:13:00	01:43:13:00	OF EXEMPTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE
01:43:13:00	01:43:14:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:43:14:00	01:43:15:00	NUMBER 0833 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
01:43:15:00	01:43:19:00	SAY I I I ALL OPPOSE ANY
01:43:19:00	01:43:19:00	THINKING THE COMMITTEE REPORT
01:43:19:00	01:43:21:00	HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET
01:43:21:00	01:43:21:00	NUMBER 0833 HAS PASSED THE
01:43:21:00	01:43:22:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS
01:43:22:00	01:43:25:00	AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:43:25:00	01:43:25:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
01:43:25:00	01:43:27:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0834 ALL THOSE
01:43:27:00	01:43:28:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I.
01:43:28:00	01:43:32:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
01:43:32:00	01:43:33:00	THEY ARGUE THE COMMITTEE REPORT
01:43:33:00	01:43:33:00	HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET
01:43:33:00	01:43:35:00	NUMBER 0834 IT'S PASSED THE
01:43:35:00	01:43:36:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS
01:43:36:00	01:43:36:00	AND MEANS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:43:36:00	01:43:38:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
01:43:38:00	01:43:39:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0835 ALL THOSE
01:43:39:00	01:43:43:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I.
01:43:43:00	01:43:43:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
01:43:43:00	01:43:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:43:44:00	01:43:46:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:43:46:00	01:43:46:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0835
01:43:46:00	01:43:46:00	IS PASSED.
01:43:46:00	01:43:49:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:43:49:00	01:43:50:00	WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
01:43:50:00	01:43:51:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:43:51:00	01:43:53:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0836
01:43:53:00	01:43:57:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE
01:43:57:00	01:43:57:00	SAY NAY.
01:43:57:00	01:43:58:00	THANK YOU.
01:43:58:00	01:43:58:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:43:58:00	01:44:00:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0836
01:44:00:00	01:44:00:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
01:44:00:00	01:44:03:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:44:03:00	01:44:04:00	EXEMPTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE
01:44:04:00	01:44:05:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE PASSENGER
01:44:05:00	01:44:07:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0837 ALL IN FAVOR
01:44:07:00	01:44:10:00	SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK
01:44:10:00	01:44:10:00	YOU.
01:44:10:00	01:44:11:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:44:11:00	01:44:13:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0837
01:44:13:00	01:44:13:00	AS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:44:13:00	01:44:14:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS THE
01:44:14:00	01:44:16:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:44:16:00	01:44:16:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:44:16:00	01:44:17:00	NUMBER 0838 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
01:44:17:00	01:44:21:00	SAY I I ALL OF US IN A DEBUT
01:44:21:00	01:44:22:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:44:22:00	01:44:24:00	ACCEPTED A A NUMBER OF 0838 HAS
01:44:24:00	01:44:25:00	PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE
01:44:25:00	01:44:27:00	ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE
01:44:27:00	01:44:28:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:44:28:00	01:44:31:00	POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0839 ALL
01:44:31:00	01:44:32:00	THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL US
01:44:32:00	01:44:34:00	IN A THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE
01:44:34:00	01:44:35:00	REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN
01:44:35:00	01:44:37:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0839 IS PASSED
01:44:37:00	01:44:37:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:44:37:00	01:44:40:00	WAYS AND MEANS SIX ACCEPTANCE
01:44:40:00	01:44:40:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:44:40:00	01:44:43:00	POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0840 ALL
01:44:43:00	01:44:46:00	THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL SAY
01:44:46:00	01:44:46:00	NAY.
01:44:46:00	01:44:47:00	THANK YOU.
01:44:47:00	01:44:47:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:44:47:00	01:44:48:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0840
01:44:48:00	01:44:49:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
01:44:49:00	01:44:50:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:44:50:00	01:44:52:00	SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:44:52:00	01:44:53:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
01:44:53:00	01:44:55:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0841 ALL IN
01:44:55:00	01:44:59:00	FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY
01:44:59:00	01:44:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:44:59:00	01:45:00:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:45:00:00	01:45:01:00	ACCEPTED A DOCKET NUMBER 0841
01:45:01:00	01:45:02:00	IT'S PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:45:02:00	01:45:03:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:45:03:00	01:45:05:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:45:05:00	01:45:06:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:45:06:00	01:45:09:00	NUMBER 0842 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
01:45:09:00	01:45:10:00	WILL OPPOSE NAY.
01:45:10:00	01:45:10:00	THANK YOU.
01:45:10:00	01:45:11:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:45:11:00	01:45:13:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0842
01:45:13:00	01:45:13:00	IS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:45:13:00	01:45:16:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:45:16:00	01:45:17:00	SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:45:17:00	01:45:17:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER
01:45:17:00	01:45:20:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0843 ALL IN FAVOR
01:45:20:00	01:45:23:00	SAY I I ALL OPPOSING A THANK
01:45:23:00	01:45:24:00	YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS
01:45:24:00	01:45:26:00	BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER
01:45:26:00	01:45:26:00	0843 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
01:45:26:00	01:45:29:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS THE
01:45:29:00	01:45:30:00	ENDS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
01:45:30:00	01:45:32:00	AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER
01:45:32:00	01:45:34:00	0844 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL
01:45:34:00	01:45:36:00	SAY NAY.
01:45:36:00	01:45:36:00	THANK YOU.
01:45:36:00	01:45:37:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:45:37:00	01:45:39:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0844
01:45:39:00	01:45:39:00	IS PASSED THE CHAIR THE
01:45:39:00	01:45:40:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:45:40:00	01:45:42:00	SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:45:42:00	01:45:42:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER
01:45:42:00	01:45:45:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0845 ALL THOSE IN
01:45:45:00	01:45:46:00	FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH THE
01:45:46:00	01:45:48:00	POLICY NAY THANK YOU THE
01:45:48:00	01:45:49:00	COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:45:49:00	01:45:51:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0845
01:45:51:00	01:45:51:00	IS PASSED.
01:45:51:00	01:45:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:45:54:00	01:45:57:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:45:57:00	01:46:00:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0824 DUNCAN
01:46:00:00	01:46:04:00	NUMBER 0824 MESSAGE YOU ORDER
01:46:04:00	01:46:04:00	APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION
01:46:04:00	01:46:05:00	OF $40 MILLION TO THE OTHER
01:46:05:00	01:46:08:00	POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OPEB
01:46:08:00	01:46:12:00	LIABILITY TRUST FUND AUTHORIZED
01:46:12:00	01:46:12:00	UNDER CHAPTER 32 B SECTION 20
01:46:12:00	01:46:15:00	IS ADDED BY CHAPTER 479 OF THE
01:46:15:00	01:46:16:00	ACTS OF 2008 THE LATEST
01:46:16:00	01:46:23:00	AVAILABLE TUTORIAL VALUATION AS
01:46:23:00	01:46:23:00	OF JUNE 30TH 2023 ESTIMATED THE
01:46:23:00	01:46:29:00	CITY'S UNFUNDED LIABILITY AT
01:46:29:00	01:46:29:00	$2.68 BILLION FILED WITH THE
01:46:29:00	01:46:33:00	OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON
01:46:33:00	01:46:33:00	APRIL SEVEN, 2025.
01:46:33:00	01:46:36:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR OF THE
01:46:36:00	01:46:37:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS
01:46:37:00	01:46:38:00	AND MEANS CASTRO WELL YOU HAVE
01:46:38:00	01:46:38:00	THE FLOOR.
01:46:38:00	01:46:40:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:46:40:00	01:46:41:00	THIS FUNDING THIS IS FUNDING
01:46:41:00	01:46:45:00	OUR PENSIONS LIABILITIES DR.
01:46:45:00	01:46:48:00	090824 REPRESENTS THE OPERATING
01:46:48:00	01:46:49:00	BUDGET ALLOCATION TO FUND THE
01:46:49:00	01:46:49:00	CITY'S LIABILITY FOR OTHER
01:46:49:00	01:46:52:00	POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHILE
01:46:52:00	01:46:53:00	THE CITY IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO
01:46:53:00	01:46:56:00	MAKE AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION
01:46:56:00	01:46:57:00	TOWARDS REDUCING ITS UNFUNDED
01:46:57:00	01:47:00:00	PENSION LIABILITY SIMILAR TO
01:47:00:00	01:47:00:00	PENSIONS, EMPLOYEES EARNED
01:47:00:00	01:47:03:00	THESE OPEB OVER THEIR YEARS
01:47:03:00	01:47:04:00	OF SERVICE BUT DID NOT ACTUALLY
01:47:04:00	01:47:08:00	RECEIVE THEM UNTIL RETIREMENT.
01:47:08:00	01:47:09:00	THE INDEPENDENT VALUATION AS
01:47:09:00	01:47:12:00	OF JUNE 30TH 2020 23 VALUE THE
01:47:12:00	01:47:15:00	CITY'S BY BOSTON'S UNFUNDED
01:47:15:00	01:47:18:00	LIABILITY FOR THESE BENEFITS AT
01:47:18:00	01:47:22:00	$2.68 BILLION AND Y AND FISCAL
01:47:22:00	01:47:23:00	YEAR 2008 THE CITY WAS REQUIRED
01:47:23:00	01:47:26:00	TO FOLLOW NEW GOVERNMENTAL
01:47:26:00	01:47:26:00	STANDARDS BOARD REQUIREMENTS TO
01:47:26:00	01:47:29:00	IDENTIFY AND DISCLOSE THIS
01:47:29:00	01:47:30:00	ESTIMATED LIABILITY.
01:47:30:00	01:47:31:00	AT THE SAME TIME THE CITY ALSO
01:47:31:00	01:47:34:00	VOLUNTARILY BEGAN TO ENERGY
01:47:34:00	01:47:35:00	ALLOCATE FUNDS TO REDUCE THE
01:47:35:00	01:47:38:00	OPEB LIABILITY.
01:47:38:00	01:47:38:00	ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS ARE RETAINED
01:47:38:00	01:47:41:00	IN A VARIABLE TRUST FUND
01:47:41:00	01:47:42:00	AUTHORIZED FOR THE CITIES
01:47:42:00	01:47:42:00	EXCEPT IT'S A MASSACHUSETTS
01:47:42:00	01:47:45:00	GENERALIZED CHAPTER 32 B
01:47:45:00	01:47:48:00	SECTION 20 AS ADDED BY CHAPTER
01:47:48:00	01:47:53:00	FOUR FOR 79 OF ACTS OF 2008.
01:47:53:00	01:47:54:00	AFTER JUNE 30TH 2024 THE FUND
01:47:54:00	01:47:56:00	HAD A BALANCE OF $1.17 BILLION
01:47:56:00	01:47:57:00	AND THE CITY HAD BEEN
01:47:57:00	01:48:00:00	CONTRIBUTING 40 MILLION TO THIS
01:48:00:00	01:48:02:00	FUND EACH YEAR SINCE FISCAL
01:48:02:00	01:48:03:00	YEAR 2013.
01:48:03:00	01:48:03:00	AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:48:03:00	01:48:04:00	WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT
01:48:04:00	01:48:08:00	THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS.
01:48:08:00	01:48:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:48:08:00	01:48:09:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZES
01:48:09:00	01:48:11:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:48:11:00	01:48:11:00	FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:48:11:00	01:48:13:00	YEAH, MADAM CHAIR, I DID HAVE
01:48:13:00	01:48:17:00	MY LIGHT ON ON DOCKET 0837.
01:48:17:00	01:48:18:00	I DID WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT
01:48:18:00	01:48:25:00	BRIEFLY SO I'M SORRY I MAY HAVE
01:48:25:00	01:48:25:00	MISSED YOUR FLIGHT.
01:48:25:00	01:48:28:00	WE ARE ON DOCKET NUMBERS ARE 8
01:48:28:00	01:48:29:00	TO 4.
01:48:29:00	01:48:31:00	ONCE WE'RE WITH THAT DOCKET IF
01:48:31:00	01:48:32:00	YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY
01:48:32:00	01:48:35:00	ON THAT DOCKET BECAUSE I MISSED
01:48:35:00	01:48:35:00	YOUR FLIGHT, YOU MAY DO SO.
01:48:35:00	01:48:38:00	BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON DOCKET
01:48:38:00	01:48:38:00	NUMBER 0824.
01:48:38:00	01:48:39:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
01:48:39:00	01:48:47:00	THIS MATTER?
01:48:47:00	01:48:47:00	OKAY.
01:48:47:00	01:48:48:00	THE CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE ON
01:48:48:00	01:48:48:00	WAYS AND MEANS, THE SECTIONS
01:48:48:00	01:48:49:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:48:49:00	01:48:50:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0824
01:48:50:00	01:48:54:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
01:48:54:00	01:48:54:00	THE POLLS SAY NAY.
01:48:54:00	01:48:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:48:54:00	01:48:55:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:48:55:00	01:48:57:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0824
01:48:57:00	01:49:01:00	HAS PASSED COUNCIL OF FLYNN
01:49:01:00	01:49:04:00	WE'VE PASSED DOCKET NUMBER 0837
01:49:04:00	01:49:05:00	IS AT THE DOCKET.
01:49:05:00	01:49:07:00	WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOUR OFFSET.
01:49:07:00	01:49:08:00	OKAY.
01:49:08:00	01:49:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:49:08:00	01:49:11:00	OKAY.
01:49:11:00	01:49:13:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:49:13:00	01:49:23:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 082520827 DOCK
01:49:23:00	01:49:23:00	NUMBER 0825 MESSAGE ON
01:49:23:00	01:49:25:00	APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION
01:49:25:00	01:49:26:00	OF $5 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S
01:49:26:00	01:49:29:00	CAPITAL GRANT FUND TO ADDRESS
01:49:29:00	01:49:30:00	THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION
01:49:30:00	01:49:33:00	NETWORK SERVICES ON MUNICIPAL
01:49:33:00	01:49:33:00	ROADS, BRIDGES, THE
01:49:33:00	01:49:37:00	TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
01:49:37:00	01:49:38:00	AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC FOR THAT
01:49:38:00	01:49:41:00	PURPOSE SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED
01:49:41:00	01:49:41:00	TO THE OPERATION
01:49:41:00	01:49:42:00	OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
01:49:42:00	01:49:45:00	SERVICES IN THE CITY.
01:49:45:00	01:49:46:00	SUCH FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED
01:49:46:00	01:49:46:00	AND CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL
01:49:46:00	01:49:49:00	GRANT FUND FROM REVENUE
01:49:49:00	01:49:49:00	RECEIVED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH
01:49:49:00	01:49:52:00	TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
01:49:52:00	01:49:53:00	AND ENHANCEMENT TRUST FUND BY
01:49:53:00	01:49:57:00	THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON
01:49:57:00	01:49:57:00	APRIL SEVEN, 2025.
01:49:57:00	01:50:01:00	SO I CAN HAVE A0826 MESSAGE YOU
01:50:01:00	01:50:05:00	NOT APPROVING INAPPROPRIATE OR
01:50:05:00	01:50:07:00	IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,500,000
01:50:07:00	01:50:08:00	FROM SURPLUS PROPERTY
01:50:08:00	01:50:11:00	DISPOSITION FUND CREATED TO TO
01:50:11:00	01:50:12:00	THE CAPITAL FUND FOR PLANNING
01:50:12:00	01:50:15:00	DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR
01:50:15:00	01:50:15:00	DORCHESTER FIELDHOUSE GENERAL
01:50:15:00	01:50:19:00	PARKS IMPROVEMENTS RESTROOM
01:50:19:00	01:50:19:00	FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS OF THE
01:50:19:00	01:50:23:00	BOSTON COMMON AND THE MUNICIPAL
01:50:23:00	01:50:23:00	ANIMAL ANIMAL SHELTER FILED IN
01:50:23:00	01:50:27:00	THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON
01:50:27:00	01:50:32:00	APRIL SEVEN, 2025 TOKEN EMBER
01:50:32:00	01:50:33:00	0827 MESSAGE IN ORDER APPROVING
01:50:33:00	01:50:35:00	AN APPROPRIATION OR IN THE
01:50:35:00	01:50:36:00	AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION FROM THE
01:50:36:00	01:50:38:00	PARKING FACILITY FUND CREDITED
01:50:38:00	01:50:39:00	TO THE CAPITAL FUND FOR
01:50:39:00	01:50:43:00	PLANNING DESIGN MAINTENANCE AND
01:50:43:00	01:50:44:00	CONSTRUCTION FOR PARKING
01:50:44:00	01:50:47:00	FACILITIES FILED IN THE OFFICE
01:50:47:00	01:50:49:00	OF THE CITY CLERK CLERK ON
01:50:49:00	01:50:54:00	APRIL SEVEN, 2025.
01:50:54:00	01:50:54:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIRMAN AS IS
01:50:54:00	01:50:55:00	COUNCILOR OTHER CHAIR OF THE
01:50:55:00	01:50:56:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS YOU
01:50:56:00	01:50:57:00	THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM
01:50:57:00	01:50:57:00	PRESIDENT.
01:50:57:00	01:50:59:00	DOCKING NUMBER 025 IS AN
01:50:59:00	01:51:02:00	APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT
01:51:02:00	01:51:03:00	OF $5 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S
01:51:03:00	01:51:06:00	CAPITAL GRANT FUND TO ADDRESS
01:51:06:00	01:51:07:00	THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION
01:51:07:00	01:51:10:00	NETWORKS SERVICES IN THE CIVIL
01:51:10:00	01:51:10:00	ROADS, BRIDGES AND OTHER
01:51:10:00	01:51:11:00	TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
01:51:11:00	01:51:14:00	OUGHT TO BE USED FOR ANY OTHER
01:51:14:00	01:51:14:00	PUBLIC PURPOSE SUBSTANTIALLY
01:51:14:00	01:51:17:00	RELATED TO THE OPERATION
01:51:17:00	01:51:17:00	OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
01:51:17:00	01:51:20:00	COMPANIES IN THE CITY UNDER
01:51:20:00	01:51:24:00	CHAPTER 187 OF THE ACTS OF 2016
01:51:24:00	01:51:24:00	SAN TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
01:51:24:00	01:51:27:00	COMPANIES MUST SUBMIT TO THE
01:51:27:00	01:51:28:00	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
01:51:28:00	01:51:28:00	THE NUMBER OF RIDES FROM THE
01:51:28:00	01:51:31:00	PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR.
01:51:31:00	01:51:31:00	THEY ORIGINATED WITHIN EACH
01:51:31:00	01:51:36:00	CITY OR TOWN IN A PER RIDE
01:51:36:00	01:51:38:00	ASSESSMENT OF $0.20 WHICH ARE
01:51:38:00	01:51:38:00	CREDITED TO THE COMMONWEALTH
01:51:38:00	01:51:42:00	TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
01:51:42:00	01:51:42:00	FUND.
01:51:42:00	01:51:42:00	HALF OF THAT FEE IS DISTRIBUTED
01:51:42:00	01:51:45:00	BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
01:51:45:00	01:51:46:00	UTILITIES PROPORTIONATELY TO
01:51:46:00	01:51:50:00	EACH CITY AND TOWN BASED ON THE
01:51:50:00	01:51:50:00	NUMBER OF RIDES THAT ORIGINATED
01:51:50:00	01:51:53:00	IN THAT CITY OR TOWN THE FUNDS
01:51:53:00	01:51:53:00	ARE COLLECTED AND DEPOSITED TO
01:51:53:00	01:51:57:00	THE CITY AND SPECIAL REVENUE
01:51:57:00	01:51:57:00	AND MUST BE APPROPRIATE
01:51:57:00	01:51:58:00	APPROPRIATED TO BE SPENT.
01:51:58:00	01:52:01:00	THESE FUNDS ARE EARMARKED FOR
01:52:01:00	01:52:02:00	TNC RELATED PURPOSES INCLUDING
01:52:02:00	01:52:05:00	INVESTMENTS INTO WAYS
01:52:05:00	01:52:05:00	OF MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF TNC
01:52:05:00	01:52:09:00	AND ALTERNATE MODES
01:52:09:00	01:52:09:00	OF TRANSPORTATION.
01:52:09:00	01:52:12:00	THIS FEE WILL BE DISCONTINUED
01:52:12:00	01:52:15:00	AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2027 THE FY
01:52:15:00	01:52:18:00	26 TO 30 CAPITAL PLAN INCLUDES
01:52:18:00	01:52:19:00	19.5 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM
01:52:19:00	01:52:22:00	THIS SOURCE DOCKET ZERO
01:52:22:00	01:52:23:00	TRACKING NUMBER 0826 IS AN
01:52:23:00	01:52:26:00	APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT
01:52:26:00	01:52:27:00	OF 5 MILLION FROM THE SURPLUS
01:52:27:00	01:52:27:00	PROPERTY.
01:52:27:00	01:52:29:00	THIS DISPOSITION FUND CREDITED
01:52:29:00	01:52:30:00	TO THE CAPITAL FUND FOR
01:52:30:00	01:52:33:00	PLANNING DESIGN AND
01:52:33:00	01:52:33:00	CONSTRUCTION FOR PROJECTS
01:52:33:00	01:52:34:00	INCLUDING THE DORCHESTER
01:52:34:00	01:52:37:00	FIELDHOUSE GENERAL PARKS
01:52:37:00	01:52:37:00	IMPROVEMENT RESTROOM FACILITIES
01:52:37:00	01:52:38:00	IMPROVEMENT AT THE BOSTON
01:52:38:00	01:52:42:00	COMMON AND THE MUNICIPAL ANIMAL
01:52:42:00	01:52:44:00	SHELTER DOCKING NUMBERS 027 IS
01:52:44:00	01:52:46:00	AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT
01:52:46:00	01:52:47:00	OF $5 MILLION FROM THE POCKET
01:52:47:00	01:52:50:00	FACILITY FUND ESTABLISHED
01:52:50:00	01:52:52:00	CHAPTER 44 OF THE ACT OF 1946
01:52:52:00	01:52:53:00	AND CREDITED WITH PROCEEDS FROM
01:52:53:00	01:52:56:00	ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE CITY
01:52:56:00	01:52:56:00	OWNED OFF STREET PARKING
01:52:56:00	01:52:59:00	FACILITIES ACQUIRED UNDER THE
01:52:59:00	01:53:00:00	AFOREMENTIONED LEGISLATION.
01:53:00:00	01:53:01:00	THE FUND SHALL BE CREDITED TO
01:53:01:00	01:53:04:00	THE CAPITAL FUND FOR THE
01:53:04:00	01:53:04:00	PLANNING DESIGN, MAINTENANCE
01:53:04:00	01:53:08:00	AND CONSTRUCTION OF POCKET
01:53:08:00	01:53:08:00	FACILITIES.
01:53:08:00	01:53:09:00	THE CITY'S TWO CURRENT REVENUE
01:53:09:00	01:53:11:00	GENERATING LIGHTS ARE LAFAYETTE
01:53:11:00	01:53:12:00	AND SULLIVAN SQUARE AS CHAIR
01:53:12:00	01:53:15:00	OF THE COMMITTEE WAYS AND MEANS
01:53:15:00	01:53:16:00	I RECOMMEND THAT THESE MATTERS
01:53:16:00	01:53:19:00	OUGHT TO PAST THANK YOU
01:53:19:00	01:53:19:00	MR CHAIR.
01:53:19:00	01:53:22:00	OKAY WE WILL TAKE EACH DOCKET
01:53:22:00	01:53:23:00	ONE BY ONE BUT WOULD ANYBODY
01:53:23:00	01:53:23:00	LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE
01:53:23:00	01:53:23:00	DOCKETS?
01:53:23:00	01:53:27:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FLYNN
01:53:27:00	01:53:27:00	COMFORTABLE NEAR THE FLOOR.
01:53:27:00	01:53:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:53:30:00	01:53:31:00	MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK
01:53:31:00	01:53:33:00	ON DOCKET 0825 AND 0826.
01:53:33:00	01:53:37:00	YOU MAY SPEAK THEM.
01:53:37:00	01:53:37:00	YEP.
01:53:37:00	01:53:38:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:53:38:00	01:53:39:00	LET ME START WITH 0826I HAD THE
01:53:39:00	01:53:43:00	OPPORTUNITY RECENTLY TO JOIN
01:53:43:00	01:53:47:00	CITY COUNCILORS ON A VISIT AND
01:53:47:00	01:53:47:00	TOUR OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:53:47:00	01:53:51:00	ANIMAL ANIMAL SHELTER AS WELL.
01:53:51:00	01:53:52:00	BUT I KNOW THIS FUND THESE
01:53:52:00	01:53:54:00	FUNDS ARE CRITICAL.
01:53:54:00	01:53:55:00	I KNOW THE DORCHESTER FIELD
01:53:55:00	01:53:59:00	HOUSE IS CRITICAL ASSET THE
01:53:59:00	01:54:02:00	CRITICAL ASSET IMPROVEMENTS AT
01:54:02:00	01:54:03:00	THE BOSTON COMMON AS WELL.
01:54:03:00	01:54:04:00	THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO A
01:54:04:00	01:54:06:00	LONG WAY.
01:54:06:00	01:54:10:00	INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRITICAL ON
01:54:10:00	01:54:10:00	DOCKET 0825I THINK IT'S
01:54:10:00	01:54:14:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE
01:54:14:00	01:54:14:00	WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES
01:54:14:00	01:54:17:00	WITH THOSE SIDEWALKS IN OUR
01:54:17:00	01:54:20:00	STREETS AND WE HAVE TO INVEST
01:54:20:00	01:54:21:00	THE PROPER RESOURCES IN THEM TO
01:54:21:00	01:54:25:00	ENSURE THAT OUR STREETS AND
01:54:25:00	01:54:25:00	SIDEWALKS ARE SAFE FOR
01:54:25:00	01:54:28:00	EVERYBODY.
01:54:28:00	01:54:29:00	THAT'S TRUE AND SAFETY IS A
01:54:29:00	01:54:32:00	CRITICAL JOB FOR ALL OF US.
01:54:32:00	01:54:33:00	THANK YOU MEMBERSHIP THANK YOU.
01:54:33:00	01:54:36:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:54:36:00	01:54:36:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:54:36:00	01:54:37:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY TO THE FLOOR.
01:54:37:00	01:54:37:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:54:37:00	01:54:40:00	I'M THROUGH YOU TO THE CHAIR.
01:54:40:00	01:54:43:00	I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OUR WAY
01:54:43:00	01:54:48:00	TO SIX IF IT'S FOR THREE MILL
01:54:48:00	01:54:49:00	$3.5 MILLION AND MY QUESTION I
01:54:49:00	01:54:49:00	FULLY SUPPORT ALL OF THESE
01:54:49:00	01:54:52:00	IMPROVEMENTS BUT IF WE HAVE A
01:54:52:00	01:54:54:00	BREAK DOWN HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW
01:54:54:00	01:54:55:00	COUNCIL WHERE ALL OF THE 3.5
01:54:55:00	01:54:56:00	MILLION WILL BE GOING TO THE
01:54:56:00	01:54:59:00	FIELDHOUSE?
01:54:59:00	01:55:00:00	HOW MUCH IS GOING TO THE ANIMAL
01:55:00:00	01:55:00:00	SHELTER IN THE BATHROOM
01:55:00:00	01:55:03:00	IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COMMON
01:55:03:00	01:55:04:00	COUNCIL?
01:55:04:00	01:55:04:00	WELL IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND
01:55:04:00	01:55:07:00	TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY.
01:55:07:00	01:55:07:00	I AM HAPPY TO.
01:55:07:00	01:55:11:00	I DON'T HAVE THAT I DON'T HAVE
01:55:11:00	01:55:11:00	THAT BREAKDOWN IN FRONT OF ME
01:55:11:00	01:55:14:00	BUT I'M HAPPY TO SIT AND
01:55:14:00	01:55:15:00	PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO
01:55:15:00	01:55:15:00	YOU.
01:55:15:00	01:55:15:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:15:00	01:55:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:16:00	01:55:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:16:00	01:55:18:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:55:18:00	01:55:18:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON.
01:55:18:00	01:55:19:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:55:19:00	01:55:21:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:55:21:00	01:55:22:00	AND JUST A POINT MAYBE A
01:55:22:00	01:55:25:00	CORRECTION ON THE FRONT PAGE
01:55:25:00	01:55:27:00	OF THE THE COMMITTEE REPORT
01:55:27:00	01:55:31:00	DOCKET 0826 IS 3,500,000 AND
01:55:31:00	01:55:32:00	THEN ON THE ACTUAL ON THE OTHER
01:55:32:00	01:55:35:00	SIDE IT SAYS 5 MILLION.
01:55:35:00	01:55:36:00	IS THAT CORRECT OR IS THAT A
01:55:36:00	01:55:38:00	TYPO?
01:55:38:00	01:55:46:00	I HAVE 3,500,000 MR CHIP WE
01:55:46:00	01:55:50:00	TAKE A CHECK OUT THE TABLE.
01:55:50:00	01:55:50:00	OKAY.
01:55:50:00	01:55:53:00	WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
01:55:53:00	01:55:56:00	NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES AND
01:55:56:00	02:11:53:00	WE'LL BE BACK WE ARE BACK IN
02:11:53:00	02:11:56:00	SESSION.
02:11:56:00	02:11:57:00	WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.
02:11:57:00	02:11:58:00	EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE
02:11:58:00	02:12:00:00	CORRECTED COPY IN FRONT
02:12:00:00	02:12:01:00	OF THEM.
02:12:01:00	02:12:07:00	YEAH I KNOW.
02:12:07:00	02:12:08:00	UM, RON, CAN YOU GIVE ONE TO
02:12:08:00	02:12:21:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE KEEP CHANGING
02:12:21:00	02:12:32:00	TO KEEP TRACK OF.
02:12:32:00	02:12:35:00	OH, THANK YOU.
02:12:35:00	02:12:36:00	OKAY.
02:12:36:00	02:12:36:00	THANK YOU.
02:12:36:00	02:12:40:00	SO DOES EVERYONE NOW HAVE THE
02:12:40:00	02:12:40:00	CORRECTED DOCKET IN FRONT
02:12:40:00	02:12:44:00	OF THEM?
02:12:44:00	02:12:44:00	OKAY.
02:12:44:00	02:12:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:12:44:00	02:12:45:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:12:45:00	02:12:46:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
02:12:46:00	02:12:47:00	THANK YOU.
02:12:47:00	02:12:48:00	I DID JUST WANT TO RISE AGAIN
02:12:48:00	02:12:51:00	ON DOCKET 0826 TO UPLIFT THE
02:12:51:00	02:12:54:00	ADVOCACY AND HARD WORK OF OUR
02:12:54:00	02:12:55:00	FORMER COLLEAGUE
02:12:55:00	02:12:55:00	COUNCILOR BAKER WHO WORKED
02:12:55:00	02:12:58:00	REALLY HARD DURING OUR OPERA
02:12:58:00	02:13:01:00	MONEY DEBATES TO GET FUNDING
02:13:01:00	02:13:02:00	FOR THE DORCHESTER FEEL TOWER.
02:13:02:00	02:13:03:00	SO GLAD THAT THERE IS SOME
02:13:03:00	02:13:06:00	MONEY GOING THERE THROUGH
02:13:06:00	02:13:06:00	DIFFERENT AVENUES BUT EXCITED
02:13:06:00	02:13:09:00	WAS AT THE GROUNDBREAKING ALONG
02:13:09:00	02:13:10:00	WITH HIM AND OTHER COLLEAGUES
02:13:10:00	02:13:11:00	AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
02:13:11:00	02:13:14:00	WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR
02:13:14:00	02:13:14:00	NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:13:14:00	02:13:15:00	THANK YOU.
02:13:15:00	02:13:15:00	THANK YOU.
02:13:15:00	02:13:15:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:13:15:00	02:13:16:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:13:16:00	02:13:17:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:13:17:00	02:13:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:13:18:00	02:13:21:00	AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT
02:13:21:00	02:13:21:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY SAID A LONG
02:13:21:00	02:13:25:00	TIME ADVOCATE AND SUPPORTER
02:13:25:00	02:13:25:00	OF THE DORCHESTER FIELD HOUSE.
02:13:25:00	02:13:29:00	AS I MENTIONED.
02:13:29:00	02:13:29:00	CRITICAL CRITICAL ROLE IT WILL
02:13:29:00	02:13:32:00	PLAY IN DORCHESTER HELPING
02:13:32:00	02:13:32:00	YOUNG PEOPLE.
02:13:32:00	02:13:36:00	BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS
02:13:36:00	02:13:37:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY DID, THE ROLE
02:13:37:00	02:13:40:00	OF FORMER CITY COUNCILOR FRANK
02:13:40:00	02:13:40:00	BAKER.
02:13:40:00	02:13:41:00	HE NEVER GAVE UP ON THE
02:13:41:00	02:13:44:00	DORCHESTER FIELDS HOUSE NEVER
02:13:44:00	02:13:44:00	NEVER STOPPED ADVOCATING FOR
02:13:44:00	02:13:48:00	THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY.
02:13:48:00	02:13:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:13:49:00	02:13:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:13:49:00	02:13:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:13:50:00	02:13:50:00	COUNCILOR BRADING
02:13:50:00	02:13:51:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON YOU HAVE THE
02:13:51:00	02:13:51:00	FLOOR.
02:13:51:00	02:13:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:13:52:00	02:13:53:00	AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO STAND UP
02:13:53:00	02:13:56:00	AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR THE
02:13:56:00	02:13:56:00	MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SHELTER.
02:13:56:00	02:13:57:00	WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS A
02:13:57:00	02:13:59:00	FACILITY THAT DOESN'T GREATLY
02:13:59:00	02:14:00:00	NEED OF REPAIR IDEALLY
02:14:00:00	02:14:03:00	REPLACEMENT WITH A MODERN STATE
02:14:03:00	02:14:04:00	OF THE ART FACILITY THAT WILL
02:14:04:00	02:14:06:00	MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR ANIMAL
02:14:06:00	02:14:10:00	MUNICIPAL ALL OF THE DOGS AND
02:14:10:00	02:14:10:00	ANIMALS IN THE CITY.
02:14:10:00	02:14:14:00	SO IT'S IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO
02:14:14:00	02:14:15:00	VISIT THERE AND I THINK IT'S
02:14:15:00	02:14:18:00	LONG PAST TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY
02:14:18:00	02:14:19:00	MOVE THIS FORWARD.
02:14:19:00	02:14:19:00	SO THIS IS WONDERFUL.
02:14:19:00	02:14:22:00	THERE'S GOING TO BE MONEY FOR
02:14:22:00	02:14:22:00	PLANNING DESIGN AND
02:14:22:00	02:14:23:00	CONSTRUCTION SO I AM PLEASED TO
02:14:23:00	02:14:23:00	SEE THIS INCLUDED.
02:14:23:00	02:14:26:00	THANK YOU.
02:14:26:00	02:14:27:00	THANK YOU.
02:14:27:00	02:14:28:00	THANK YOU COMES RATE AND I WANT
02:14:28:00	02:14:30:00	TO ECHO THAT I WANT TO ECHO HOW
02:14:30:00	02:14:31:00	IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO BE
02:14:31:00	02:14:32:00	INVESTING IN THE ANIMAL SHELTER
02:14:32:00	02:14:34:00	BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING SO MUCH
02:14:34:00	02:14:35:00	ON SO LITTLE INCLUDING ALL
02:14:35:00	02:14:38:00	OF THE STAFF THAT BY THE
02:14:38:00	02:14:38:00	AMAZING DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
02:14:38:00	02:14:39:00	ALEXIS BRZEZINSKI AND I'M GLAD
02:14:39:00	02:14:41:00	TO SEE THAT OUR COLLECTIVE
02:14:41:00	02:14:42:00	ADVOCACY HAS BEEN ABLE TO HELP
02:14:42:00	02:14:43:00	MOVE THE NEEDLE ON GETTING AN
02:14:43:00	02:14:45:00	ANIMAL SHELTER AND GETTING
02:14:45:00	02:14:46:00	IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ANIMAL
02:14:46:00	02:14:48:00	SHELTER AND ONE DAY GETTING A
02:14:48:00	02:14:48:00	NEW LOCATION.
02:14:48:00	02:14:52:00	FOR ONE, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:14:52:00	02:14:53:00	AS COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
02:14:53:00	02:14:53:00	FLOOR YET.
02:14:53:00	02:14:53:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:14:53:00	02:14:56:00	I SPOKE BRIEFLY ON THIS
02:14:56:00	02:14:57:00	PREVIOUSLY BUT I DID ALSO WANT
02:14:57:00	02:14:59:00	TO MENTION WHAT I TOOK THE TOUR
02:14:59:00	02:15:00:00	RECENTLY.
02:15:00:00	02:15:03:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WAS WITH
02:15:03:00	02:15:04:00	ME AND I LIKE COUNCILOR BRAID
02:15:04:00	02:15:07:00	AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
02:15:07:00	02:15:11:00	TREMENDOUS ADVOCACY AND STAFF
02:15:11:00	02:15:14:00	AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
02:15:14:00	02:15:18:00	THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB AND
02:15:18:00	02:15:18:00	REALLY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO
02:15:18:00	02:15:22:00	BE HELPFUL TO SO MANY ANIMAL
02:15:22:00	02:15:23:00	LOVERS ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY.
02:15:23:00	02:15:23:00	THANK YOU.
02:15:23:00	02:15:23:00	THANK YOU.
02:15:23:00	02:15:26:00	INDEED THEY DO.
02:15:26:00	02:15:27:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY
02:15:27:00	02:15:27:00	BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:15:27:00	02:15:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:15:30:00	02:15:31:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
02:15:31:00	02:15:31:00	COLLEAGUES THAT ATTENDED THE
02:15:31:00	02:15:33:00	TOUR OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER
02:15:33:00	02:15:34:00	BECAUSE ANIMAL SHELTER IS
02:15:34:00	02:15:37:00	REALLY A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY
02:15:37:00	02:15:38:00	THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY
02:15:38:00	02:15:40:00	BUT I'M LUCKY TO HAVE IT IN A
02:15:40:00	02:15:41:00	DISTRICT FIVE AND BEING ABLE TO
02:15:41:00	02:15:44:00	TOUR IT MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY
02:15:44:00	02:15:45:00	IN MY TENURE JUST SEEING THE
02:15:45:00	02:15:47:00	WORK THAT THEY DO WHERE THEY
02:15:47:00	02:15:48:00	NOT ONLY HOUSE CATS, DOGS AND
02:15:48:00	02:15:52:00	OTHER ANIMALS THEY HAVE A THEY
02:15:52:00	02:15:52:00	HAVE AN AMAZING VETERINARIAN
02:15:52:00	02:15:53:00	THAT IS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:15:53:00	02:15:56:00	THEIR TRUCKS GO OUT TO THE
02:15:56:00	02:15:56:00	ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON.
02:15:56:00	02:15:59:00	BUT WHAT I ALSO NOTICE IS THAT
02:15:59:00	02:15:59:00	THEY'RE ALSO STRAINED
02:15:59:00	02:15:59:00	OF RESOURCES.
02:15:59:00	02:16:03:00	THEY NEED THIS FUNDING.
02:16:03:00	02:16:03:00	THEY NEED SUPPORT IN ORDER TO
02:16:03:00	02:16:04:00	CONTINUE TO SERVE THE ENTIRE
02:16:04:00	02:16:04:00	CITY.
02:16:04:00	02:16:07:00	AND I'M JUST SO LUCKY AGAIN
02:16:07:00	02:16:08:00	THAT THEY ARE RIGHT OFF
02:16:08:00	02:16:11:00	OF WASHINGTON STREET AND
02:16:11:00	02:16:12:00	ROSLINDALE AND I'M JUST A BIG
02:16:12:00	02:16:12:00	FAN AND IT'S A SHOUT OUT TO ALL
02:16:12:00	02:16:15:00	THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK THERE.
02:16:15:00	02:16:15:00	SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THE
02:16:15:00	02:16:16:00	COLLEAGUES THAT TOOK TIME TO
02:16:16:00	02:16:16:00	WANT TO GO OUT OF MY DISTRICT
02:16:16:00	02:16:18:00	AND SEE THAT ANIMAL SHELTER.
02:16:18:00	02:16:18:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:18:00	02:16:18:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:18:00	02:16:21:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:16:21:00	02:16:21:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:16:21:00	02:16:24:00	OKAY, WE'LL TAKE EACH DOCKET
02:16:24:00	02:16:28:00	AND TURN THE CHAIR THE
02:16:28:00	02:16:29:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
02:16:29:00	02:16:31:00	OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
02:16:31:00	02:16:32:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
02:16:32:00	02:16:36:00	NUMBER 0825 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
02:16:36:00	02:16:36:00	.
02:16:36:00	02:16:36:00	I ALSO SAY NAY.
02:16:36:00	02:16:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:16:37:00	02:16:38:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
02:16:38:00	02:16:40:00	ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0825
02:16:40:00	02:16:40:00	IT'S PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
02:16:40:00	02:16:44:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
02:16:44:00	02:16:44:00	SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
02:16:44:00	02:16:45:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
02:16:45:00	02:16:46:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0826 ALL THOSE
02:16:46:00	02:16:51:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE
02:16:51:00	02:16:52:00	OPPOSED NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:16:52:00	02:16:54:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED THE
02:16:54:00	02:16:55:00	CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
02:16:55:00	02:16:55:00	MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
02:16:55:00	02:16:55:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
02:16:55:00	02:16:58:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0827 ALL THOSE
02:16:58:00	02:16:59:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE
02:16:59:00	02:17:01:00	OPPOSED SAY NAY.
02:17:01:00	02:17:02:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:17:02:00	02:17:02:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
02:17:02:00	02:17:05:00	OKAY.
02:17:05:00	02:17:05:00	OKAY.
02:17:05:00	02:17:06:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:17:06:00	02:17:12:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0822.0822 MESSAGE
02:17:12:00	02:17:16:00	HONOR FOR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION
02:17:16:00	02:17:18:00	AND TAX ORDER FOR FISCAL YEAR
02:17:18:00	02:17:19:00	2026 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
02:17:19:00	02:17:23:00	CITY CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025
02:17:23:00	02:17:23:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:23:00	02:17:24:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:17:24:00	02:17:25:00	COUNCIL OUR OUTCOMES ARE ON THE
02:17:25:00	02:17:28:00	FLOOR.
02:17:28:00	02:17:28:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:28:00	02:17:31:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, EVERY MEETING
02:17:31:00	02:17:32:00	SINCE APRIL I'VE STOOD UP AND
02:17:32:00	02:17:32:00	GIVEN UPDATES.
02:17:32:00	02:17:35:00	WE ALL KNOW BUDGET MEETINGS IN
02:17:35:00	02:17:36:00	HERE AND CAN FEEL LIKE AN
02:17:36:00	02:17:41:00	ETERNITY BUT WE'RE ONLY UP TO
02:17:41:00	02:17:45:00	123 HOURS 53 MINUTES AND 18
02:17:45:00	02:17:45:00	SECONDS ACROSS 51 HEARINGS AND
02:17:45:00	02:17:49:00	PUBLIC LISTENING SESSIONS AND
02:17:49:00	02:17:49:00	WORKING SESSIONS FOR THIS WEEK.
02:17:49:00	02:17:53:00	I'M WANTING TO DO SOMETHING A
02:17:53:00	02:17:53:00	LITTLE DIFFERENT AND TAKE A
02:17:53:00	02:17:54:00	MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
02:17:54:00	02:17:56:00	WE'VE DONE TO SHAPE THIS
02:17:56:00	02:17:57:00	PROPOSAL.
02:17:57:00	02:18:00:00	A BUDGET PROCESS ISN'T ONLY
02:18:00:00	02:18:01:00	ABOUT THE DATA IT'S NOT ABOUT
02:18:01:00	02:18:04:00	MINUTES LOGGED.
02:18:04:00	02:18:05:00	IT'S ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS AND
02:18:05:00	02:18:05:00	HOW GOVERNMENT CAN BEST SERVE
02:18:05:00	02:18:08:00	THEM.
02:18:08:00	02:18:09:00	SO MY TRIED TO DO MY BEST TO
02:18:09:00	02:18:11:00	KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.
02:18:11:00	02:18:12:00	COLLEAGUES EVERY BUDGET CYCLE
02:18:12:00	02:18:15:00	GIVES US A CHANCE TO COME
02:18:15:00	02:18:16:00	TOGETHER TO BRING OUR DIFFERENT
02:18:16:00	02:18:19:00	PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES.
02:18:19:00	02:18:23:00	OUR ADVOCACY AND OUR
02:18:23:00	02:18:23:00	PERSONALITIES TO THE TABLE TO
02:18:23:00	02:18:27:00	BUILD A PACKAGE OF INVESTMENTS
02:18:27:00	02:18:27:00	THAT OUR RESIDENTS NOT ONLY
02:18:27:00	02:18:30:00	NEED BUT DESERVE.
02:18:30:00	02:18:31:00	AND WE DO ALL THAT WORK
02:18:31:00	02:18:34:00	TOGETHER.
02:18:34:00	02:18:35:00	THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS WAS
02:18:35:00	02:18:38:00	ESPECIALLY CRITICAL WITH A REAL
02:18:38:00	02:18:38:00	THREAT OF FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS
02:18:38:00	02:18:41:00	HANGING OVER US.
02:18:41:00	02:18:42:00	WE WERE TASKED WITH WALKING A
02:18:42:00	02:18:44:00	TIGHT TIGHTROPE TO PROTECT
02:18:44:00	02:18:45:00	VITAL CITY SERVICES WHILE ALSO
02:18:45:00	02:18:49:00	RESPOND PREPARING TO RESPOND
02:18:49:00	02:18:52:00	SWIFTLY TO ANY FINANCIAL SHOCKS
02:18:52:00	02:18:52:00	.
02:18:52:00	02:18:53:00	THAT'S NOT AN EASY BALANCE BUT
02:18:53:00	02:18:57:00	WE DID IT DESPITE THE
02:18:57:00	02:19:00:00	UNCERTAINTY.
02:19:00:00	02:19:01:00	WE DELIVERED A BUDGET THAT
02:19:01:00	02:19:03:00	DIDN'T JUST MAINTAIN THE STATUS
02:19:03:00	02:19:07:00	QUO IT PUSHES US FORWARD WHEN
02:19:07:00	02:19:08:00	THERE IS MORE MONEY FOR YOUTH
02:19:08:00	02:19:08:00	JOBS.
02:19:08:00	02:19:12:00	IT'S A WIN WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO
02:19:12:00	02:19:15:00	PROVIDE MORE FUNDS FOR HOUSING
02:19:15:00	02:19:16:00	VOUCHERS.
02:19:16:00	02:19:19:00	IT'S A WIN WHEN WE ARE
02:19:19:00	02:19:20:00	PROVIDING MORE FUNDS FOR
02:19:20:00	02:19:23:00	NEWCOMER ERS TO LEARN ENGLISH
02:19:23:00	02:19:24:00	IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
02:19:24:00	02:19:28:00	IT'S A WIN WHEN WE ARE WORKING
02:19:28:00	02:19:31:00	TOGETHER AS A BODY.
02:19:31:00	02:19:34:00	IT IS A WIN.
02:19:34:00	02:19:38:00	THIS PROCESS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
02:19:38:00	02:19:39:00	SHIFTING DOLLARS OR LINE ITEMS
02:19:39:00	02:19:42:00	ON A PAPER.
02:19:42:00	02:19:45:00	WE ARE SHAPE RESHAPING SYSTEMS
02:19:45:00	02:19:46:00	AND LAUNCHING NEW INITIATIVES
02:19:46:00	02:19:49:00	THAT REFLECT OUR VALUES.
02:19:49:00	02:19:53:00	THESE SYSTEMS WEREN'T BUILT
02:19:53:00	02:19:54:00	OVERNIGHT AND THEY WON'T BE
02:19:54:00	02:19:57:00	TRANSFORMED OVERNIGHT EITHER.
02:19:57:00	02:20:01:00	THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE
02:20:01:00	02:20:02:00	COUNCIL'S SHARED COMMITMENT TO
02:20:02:00	02:20:05:00	COLLABORATING WITH ADVOCATES ON
02:20:05:00	02:20:09:00	EQUITY ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY.
02:20:09:00	02:20:10:00	AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
02:20:10:00	02:20:14:00	ALL THE MEANINGFUL
02:20:14:00	02:20:14:00	COUNCIL AMENDMENTS THAT HELP
02:20:14:00	02:20:17:00	SHAPED NOT ONLY THE NUMBERS ON
02:20:17:00	02:20:18:00	THIS PAGE BUT THE POLICIES AND
02:20:18:00	02:20:21:00	VALUES BEHIND THEM.
02:20:21:00	02:20:25:00	WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER
02:20:25:00	02:20:25:00	RESIDENTS, ADVOCATES,
02:20:25:00	02:20:29:00	COUNCILORS, THE ADMINISTRATION
02:20:29:00	02:20:29:00	IT'S NOT ABOUT WINNERS OR
02:20:29:00	02:20:30:00	LOSERS.
02:20:30:00	02:20:33:00	IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE
02:20:33:00	02:20:37:00	PROGRESS WE MADE IN THIS MOMENT
02:20:37:00	02:20:38:00	AND RECOMMITTING TO THE WORK
02:20:38:00	02:20:40:00	AHEAD.
02:20:40:00	02:20:41:00	FOR EXAMPLE, I RECOGNIZE THAT
02:20:41:00	02:20:44:00	THE HOUSING INVESTMENTS IN THIS
02:20:44:00	02:20:48:00	BUDGET ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH TO
02:20:48:00	02:20:49:00	MEET THE FULL SCALE OF THE
02:20:49:00	02:20:51:00	HOUSING CRISIS.
02:20:51:00	02:20:52:00	BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN OUR WORK
02:20:52:00	02:20:52:00	STOPS.
02:20:52:00	02:20:55:00	THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY PUSHED
02:20:55:00	02:20:58:00	FORWARD NEW STRATEGIES FROM
02:20:58:00	02:20:59:00	CREATING THE HOUSING
02:20:59:00	02:20:59:00	ACCELERATION FUND TO ADVANCING
02:20:59:00	02:21:03:00	STRONGER AFFORDABLE THROUGHOUT
02:21:03:00	02:21:07:00	THE BUDGET PROCESS.
02:21:07:00	02:21:08:00	WE PRIORITIZE LISTEN.
02:21:08:00	02:21:11:00	WE HAVE PUBLIC LISTENING
02:21:11:00	02:21:11:00	SESSIONS.
02:21:11:00	02:21:14:00	BROUGHT A HEARING TO GROVE HALL
02:21:14:00	02:21:15:00	AND STAYED HERE AND I AND I
02:21:15:00	02:21:18:00	KNOW THE CHAMBER UNTIL 10 P.M.
02:21:18:00	02:21:19:00	TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
02:21:19:00	02:21:19:00	RESIDENTS.
02:21:19:00	02:21:22:00	WE HOSTED EVENING ADHERENCE TO
02:21:22:00	02:21:26:00	MAKE SURE MORE VOICES COULD BE
02:21:26:00	02:21:26:00	HEARD.
02:21:26:00	02:21:29:00	BECAUSE THIS BUDGET IS STRONGER
02:21:29:00	02:21:30:00	WHEN IT REFLECTS THE PEOPLE WE
02:21:30:00	02:21:30:00	SERVE.
02:21:30:00	02:21:33:00	TO EVERY RESIDENT WHO SHOWED UP
02:21:33:00	02:21:37:00	SPOKE UP OR SHARED THIS STORY.
02:21:37:00	02:21:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:21:37:00	02:21:40:00	YOUR VOICE TRULY HELPED SHAPE
02:21:40:00	02:21:40:00	THIS PACKAGE.
02:21:40:00	02:21:44:00	REAL LASTING CHANGE TAKES TIME.
02:21:44:00	02:21:48:00	IT TAKES INTENTION AND IT TAKES
02:21:48:00	02:21:48:00	ALL OF US.
02:21:48:00	02:21:51:00	THIS MOMENT IS PART OF A LARGER
02:21:51:00	02:21:52:00	JOURNEY AND WE'RE WALKING THAT
02:21:52:00	02:21:55:00	PATH TOGETHER ONE MEANINGFUL
02:21:55:00	02:21:56:00	STEP AT A TIME.
02:21:56:00	02:21:59:00	BECAUSE REAL LASTING CHANGE IS
02:21:59:00	02:22:04:00	BUILT ONE STEP AT A TIME AND
02:22:04:00	02:22:04:00	WE'RE TAKING THOSE STEPS
02:22:04:00	02:22:04:00	TOGETHER.
02:22:04:00	02:22:08:00	I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.
02:22:08:00	02:22:08:00	ALL MY COLLEAGUES, ALL THEIR
02:22:08:00	02:22:12:00	STAFF, EVERYONE WHO CAME UP TO
02:22:12:00	02:22:12:00	TESTIFY IDR.
02:22:12:00	02:22:16:00	CENTRAL STAFF ESPECIALLY MY
02:22:16:00	02:22:16:00	TEAM FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
02:22:16:00	02:22:16:00	BUDGET.
02:22:16:00	02:22:19:00	AND AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
02:22:19:00	02:22:20:00	ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND
02:22:20:00	02:22:23:00	THAT THIS DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS.
02:22:23:00	02:22:26:00	THANK YOU ALL TO PASS AND THEN
02:22:26:00	02:22:27:00	AMEND THE DRAFT.
02:22:27:00	02:22:29:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
02:22:29:00	02:22:30:00	I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU
02:22:30:00	02:22:34:00	FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN HOLDING.
02:22:34:00	02:22:35:00	I WASN'T GAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS
02:22:35:00	02:22:35:00	IN TERMS OF MINUTES AND TIMES
02:22:35:00	02:22:37:00	AND HOURS AND HEARINGS.
02:22:37:00	02:22:41:00	BUT ON THAT YOU SPENT
02:22:41:00	02:22:41:00	SHEPHERDING US THROUGH THIS
02:22:41:00	02:22:42:00	PROCESS HAVING HEARINGS WHERE
02:22:42:00	02:22:45:00	WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS AND GET
02:22:45:00	02:22:46:00	INFORMATION BACK.
02:22:46:00	02:22:49:00	WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS AND SO I
02:22:49:00	02:22:50:00	WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
02:22:50:00	02:22:53:00	DILIGENCE IN GETTING THIS DONE.
02:22:53:00	02:22:54:00	I THINK THE INVESTMENTS AS YOU
02:22:54:00	02:22:57:00	STATED, YOU KNOW, IN SENDING
02:22:57:00	02:23:00:00	INITIALLY THE MAYOR A LETTER TO
02:23:00:00	02:23:01:00	UPLIFT THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES
02:23:01:00	02:23:04:00	INCLUDING WHAT WE KNOW IS THE
02:23:04:00	02:23:06:00	NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THE CITY
02:23:06:00	02:23:07:00	OF BOSTON WHICH IS ONE
02:23:07:00	02:23:07:00	OF HOUSING INCLUDING DEEP, DEEP
02:23:07:00	02:23:10:00	INVESTMENTS AND YOUTH JOBS
02:23:10:00	02:23:11:00	WHICH SO MANY ON THIS BODY HAVE
02:23:11:00	02:23:14:00	BEEN ADVOCATES FOR INCLUDING
02:23:14:00	02:23:15:00	ISSUES OF EVERYDAY QUALITY
02:23:15:00	02:23:17:00	OF LIFE ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO
02:23:17:00	02:23:18:00	PEST CONTROL AND TRAFFIC
02:23:18:00	02:23:18:00	ENFORCEMENT.
02:23:18:00	02:23:21:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
02:23:21:00	02:23:22:00	YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE WOULD
02:23:22:00	02:23:26:00	COME IN AND OUT, COME ASK
02:23:26:00	02:23:27:00	QUESTIONS AND THEN LEAVE AND
02:23:27:00	02:23:29:00	YOU AS A CHAIR YOU YOU SAT
02:23:29:00	02:23:30:00	THERE THROUGHOUT ALL THE
02:23:30:00	02:23:30:00	HEARINGS AND I JUST WANT TO
02:23:30:00	02:23:32:00	THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT
02:23:32:00	02:23:33:00	YOU'VE DONE NOT ONLY LAST YEAR
02:23:33:00	02:23:37:00	THIS YEAR I COULD BE PROUDER
02:23:37:00	02:23:37:00	OF THE CHAIR THAT WE HAVE IN
02:23:37:00	02:23:38:00	YOU AS A CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
02:23:38:00	02:23:40:00	ON WAYS AND MEANS.
02:23:40:00	02:23:41:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
02:23:41:00	02:23:41:00	SHEPHERDING US THROUGH THIS
02:23:41:00	02:23:43:00	PROCESS AND I AM EXCITED FOR
02:23:43:00	02:23:44:00	THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN
02:23:44:00	02:23:47:00	ABLE TO MAKE COLLECTIVELY
02:23:47:00	02:23:48:00	THROUGH THESE AMENDMENTS.
02:23:48:00	02:23:49:00	AND I THINK YOU KNOW LIKE LIKE
02:23:49:00	02:23:52:00	YOU STATED, I WOULD ALWAYS WANT
02:23:52:00	02:23:52:00	MORE MONEY FOR A LOT OF THE
02:23:52:00	02:23:55:00	ISSUES INCLUDING OUR HOUSING
02:23:55:00	02:24:00:00	VOUCHERS OR CITY VOUCHERS AND
02:24:00:00	02:24:01:00	WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO MORE
02:24:01:00	02:24:01:00	DEEP INVESTMENTS IN THE COMING
02:24:01:00	02:24:03:00	YEAR IN THE CITY VOUCHERS.
02:24:03:00	02:24:04:00	BUT I THINK WE WE WORK
02:24:04:00	02:24:07:00	COLLECTIVELY HERE NOT ONLY ON
02:24:07:00	02:24:07:00	VOUCHERS BUT YOU CAN'T PLACE
02:24:07:00	02:24:11:00	THOSE VOUCHERS IF YOU'RE NOT IF
02:24:11:00	02:24:12:00	YOU'RE BEING DISCRIMINATED
02:24:12:00	02:24:15:00	AGAINST, WHICH IS WHY IT'S
02:24:15:00	02:24:15:00	INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE
02:24:15:00	02:24:16:00	ALSO INVESTING IN HOUSING
02:24:16:00	02:24:19:00	TESTERS IN FAIR HOUSING
02:24:19:00	02:24:19:00	TESTERS.
02:24:19:00	02:24:23:00	THERE'S NO FAIR HOUSING TESTING
02:24:23:00	02:24:23:00	HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY
02:24:23:00	02:24:26:00	OF BOSTON GIVEN THE ACTIONS
02:24:26:00	02:24:27:00	OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
02:24:27:00	02:24:27:00	SO IT IS INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY
02:24:27:00	02:24:27:00	IMPORTANT.
02:24:27:00	02:24:31:00	SO MUCH OF THIS IS LINKED NOT
02:24:31:00	02:24:31:00	IN THIS NOT IN ANY OF THE
02:24:31:00	02:24:34:00	AMENDMENTS IS SOMETHING THAT I
02:24:34:00	02:24:35:00	REALLY DEEPLY CARE ABOUT WHICH
02:24:35:00	02:24:35:00	IS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
02:24:35:00	02:24:38:00	AND SO I WILL CONTINUE TO
02:24:38:00	02:24:38:00	ADVOCATE THAT WE CAN GET A
02:24:38:00	02:24:39:00	COMMITTED IN LINE NUMBER THAT
02:24:39:00	02:24:41:00	PERHAPS IN THE NEXT BUDGET
02:24:41:00	02:24:41:00	CYCLE.
02:24:41:00	02:24:45:00	BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU
02:24:45:00	02:24:46:00	FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND IN
02:24:46:00	02:24:46:00	PUTTING THIS PACKAGE FORWARD
02:24:46:00	02:24:47:00	AND AND REALLY LISTENING TO ALL
02:24:47:00	02:24:49:00	OF YOUR COLLEAGUES AND TRYING
02:24:49:00	02:24:49:00	TO HAVE US COMPROMISE WITH EACH
02:24:49:00	02:24:49:00	OTHER.
02:24:49:00	02:24:52:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:24:52:00	02:24:53:00	MR CHAIR OKAY.
02:24:53:00	02:24:54:00	I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE
02:24:54:00	02:24:56:00	HORSESHOE.
02:24:56:00	02:24:57:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:24:57:00	02:24:58:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA CASAS AND ANY
02:24:58:00	02:25:00:00	OTHER FLOOR.
02:25:00:00	02:25:04:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:25:04:00	02:25:05:00	AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK
02:25:05:00	02:25:08:00	CHAIR WEINRAUB.
02:25:08:00	02:25:09:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
02:25:09:00	02:25:12:00	SHEPHERDING US THROUGH THIS
02:25:12:00	02:25:13:00	PROCESS.
02:25:13:00	02:25:15:00	IT'S BEEN YOU KNOW, IT'S MY
02:25:15:00	02:25:16:00	FIRST TIME AND I REALLY ENJOYED
02:25:16:00	02:25:16:00	THAT.
02:25:16:00	02:25:19:00	YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THE WAYS
02:25:19:00	02:25:20:00	AND MEANS AND HAS BEEN VERY
02:25:20:00	02:25:23:00	ACCESSIBLE TO ME AND MY OFFICE
02:25:23:00	02:25:23:00	AND GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT.
02:25:23:00	02:25:27:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK LIKE YOU BOTH
02:25:27:00	02:25:28:00	SAID, I THINK THIS I'LL BE
02:25:28:00	02:25:30:00	VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS
02:25:30:00	02:25:34:00	AMENDED BUDGET PROPOSAL.
02:25:34:00	02:25:34:00	EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MY NUMBER
02:25:34:00	02:25:37:00	ONE PRIORITY IS OUR IS OUR
02:25:37:00	02:25:37:00	YOUTH.
02:25:37:00	02:25:41:00	AND AFTER SEEING THAT THERE WAS
02:25:41:00	02:25:45:00	SOME CUTS MADE TO YOUTH JOBS,
02:25:45:00	02:25:45:00	YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THAT THAT
02:25:45:00	02:25:46:00	WAS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
02:25:46:00	02:25:48:00	GOING INTO IT JUST REALLY LIKE
02:25:48:00	02:25:49:00	TO SEE THAT YOUTH JOBS IS
02:25:49:00	02:25:51:00	INCREASED AND WE'RE PROTECTED
02:25:51:00	02:25:55:00	UNDER THIS BUDGET AND JUST ON
02:25:55:00	02:25:56:00	TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, HOUSING
02:25:56:00	02:25:59:00	ENGLISH ENGLISH CLASSES FOR
02:25:59:00	02:25:59:00	PEOPLE WHO SPEAK DIFFERENT
02:25:59:00	02:25:59:00	LANGUAGES.
02:25:59:00	02:26:03:00	INVESTMENTS IN MOLA MOYA.
02:26:03:00	02:26:06:00	YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
02:26:06:00	02:26:06:00	ARE LGBTQ A-PLUS OFFICERS WHO
02:26:06:00	02:26:10:00	ARE DOING SO MUCH WITH VERY
02:26:10:00	02:26:10:00	LITTLE RESOURCES RIGHT NOW.
02:26:10:00	02:26:15:00	AND YOU KNOW, SO THIS BUDGET
02:26:15:00	02:26:15:00	REFLECTS THAT LITTLE THESE
02:26:15:00	02:26:16:00	AMENDMENTS REFLECT THAT.
02:26:16:00	02:26:18:00	AGAIN, JUST REALLY APPRECIATE
02:26:18:00	02:26:19:00	YOU BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH
02:26:19:00	02:26:22:00	THIS PROCESS WITH US AND THIS
02:26:22:00	02:26:23:00	IS A YOU KNOW, I THINK NO
02:26:23:00	02:26:26:00	BUDGET IS EVER PERFECT BUT I
02:26:26:00	02:26:29:00	FEEL THAT THIS BUDGET REFLECTS
02:26:29:00	02:26:30:00	THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND THE
02:26:30:00	02:26:33:00	MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
02:26:33:00	02:26:37:00	AND I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED THE
02:26:37:00	02:26:37:00	LAST WEEK JUST BEING ABLE TO
02:26:37:00	02:26:40:00	LISTEN AND COLLABORATE WITH MY
02:26:40:00	02:26:41:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND BEING
02:26:41:00	02:26:45:00	ABLE TO COMPROMISE RIGHT.
02:26:45:00	02:26:46:00	AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S WHAT
02:26:46:00	02:26:46:00	IT'S ALL ABOUT.
02:26:46:00	02:26:48:00	I'VE LEARNED A LOT DURING THIS
02:26:48:00	02:26:48:00	PROCESS.
02:26:48:00	02:26:52:00	BUT BOSTON RESIDENTS ARE
02:26:52:00	02:26:52:00	HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE AND I
02:26:52:00	02:26:53:00	THINK THAT THIS BUDGET DOES
02:26:53:00	02:26:55:00	JUST THAT.
02:26:55:00	02:26:56:00	SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
02:26:56:00	02:26:59:00	I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT
02:26:59:00	02:26:59:00	OF THIS TODAY.
02:26:59:00	02:27:00:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:27:00:00	02:27:00:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:00:00	02:27:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:27:03:00	02:27:04:00	COUNCILOR BENN COMES WITH A
02:27:04:00	02:27:04:00	PENNY TO THE FLOOR.
02:27:04:00	02:27:05:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:27:05:00	02:27:07:00	YOU KNOW, AS THE VICE CHAIR
02:27:07:00	02:27:10:00	OF WAYS AND MEANS BEING ABLE TO
02:27:10:00	02:27:11:00	REALLY SEE THE WORK THAT OUR
02:27:11:00	02:27:13:00	CHAIR HAS BEEN PUTTING INTO
02:27:13:00	02:27:14:00	THIS SINCE DAY ONE, I JUST WANT
02:27:14:00	02:27:15:00	TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR ALL THE
02:27:15:00	02:27:18:00	AMAZING WORK THAT HE HAS PUT
02:27:18:00	02:27:19:00	INTO IN ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT
02:27:19:00	02:27:21:00	AS WELL THAT IT HAS TAKEN TO
02:27:21:00	02:27:22:00	SHEPHERD THIS PROCESS WHICH IS
02:27:22:00	02:27:22:00	NOT AN EASY ONE.
02:27:22:00	02:27:25:00	YOU KNOW THE BUDGET OF THE CITY
02:27:25:00	02:27:26:00	OF BOSTON IS ONE THAT TRIES TO
02:27:26:00	02:27:29:00	SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
02:27:29:00	02:27:29:00	INVESTING IN ALL AREAS OF OUR
02:27:29:00	02:27:30:00	CITY THAT MAY BE IMPACTING THEM
02:27:30:00	02:27:33:00	IN TERMS OF CITY SERVICES,
02:27:33:00	02:27:33:00	WHETHER WE'RE PAVING OUR
02:27:33:00	02:27:36:00	STREETS OR TAKING CARE OF OUR
02:27:36:00	02:27:37:00	OR OF OUR TRASH TO INVESTING IN
02:27:37:00	02:27:40:00	HOUSING, INVESTING IN EDUCATION
02:27:40:00	02:27:41:00	, INVESTING IN TRANSPORTATION
02:27:41:00	02:27:42:00	WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT
02:27:42:00	02:27:44:00	INTO CONSIDERATION.
02:27:44:00	02:27:48:00	AND WHAT MADE ME EVEN PROUDER
02:27:48:00	02:27:48:00	BEING PART OF THIS PROCESS THIS
02:27:48:00	02:27:52:00	YEAR IS THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE
02:27:52:00	02:27:56:00	AT A BUDGET LISTENING SESSION
02:27:56:00	02:27:57:00	WITH THE GREATER MATTAPAN
02:27:57:00	02:27:57:00	NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.
02:27:57:00	02:27:59:00	THE COMPANIES HAD BEEN ABLE TO
02:27:59:00	02:28:00:00	OPEN AT THE MATTAPAN BRANCH
02:28:00:00	02:28:01:00	LIBRARY WHERE I WAS ABLE TO
02:28:01:00	02:28:03:00	PARTNER UP WITH OUR CHAIR BRIAN
02:28:03:00	02:28:04:00	MORRELL BUT ALSO MADAM
02:28:04:00	02:28:07:00	PRESIDENT WAS PRESIDENT AS WELL
02:28:07:00	02:28:11:00	THAT SATURDAY MORNING AND HERE
02:28:11:00	02:28:11:00	DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS OF THE
02:28:11:00	02:28:12:00	INVESTMENTS THAT THEY WANT US
02:28:12:00	02:28:14:00	TO SEE PUT INTO OUR BUDGET.
02:28:14:00	02:28:15:00	AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOKED
02:28:15:00	02:28:18:00	AT THIS AMENDMENT, AMENDED
02:28:18:00	02:28:19:00	BUDGET THAT OUR CHAIR IS
02:28:19:00	02:28:21:00	PUTTING FORWARD, IT'S SPEAKS TO
02:28:21:00	02:28:22:00	THAT.
02:28:22:00	02:28:23:00	IT SPEAKS TO THE EMAILS, TO THE
02:28:23:00	02:28:26:00	PHONE CALLS TO THE HEARINGS, TO
02:28:26:00	02:28:26:00	THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD
02:28:26:00	02:28:30:00	WITH RESIDENTS AND THAT'S WHY I
02:28:30:00	02:28:30:00	JUST I'M JUST SO PROUD OF THE
02:28:30:00	02:28:33:00	WORK THAT THE CHAIR HAS BEEN
02:28:33:00	02:28:34:00	ABLE TO DO TO DO BUT ALSO TO
02:28:34:00	02:28:37:00	RALLY THE 13 OF US WHICH IS NOT
02:28:37:00	02:28:40:00	AN EASY THING TO FIND A PLACE
02:28:40:00	02:28:41:00	OF A MEETING GROUND AND HAVE A
02:28:41:00	02:28:44:00	WORK IN SESSION THAT WE WERE
02:28:44:00	02:28:45:00	ABLE TO PICK AND PICK AND
02:28:45:00	02:28:46:00	CHOOSE AND SAY OH THIS IS WHAT
02:28:46:00	02:28:48:00	I BELIEVE WE SHOULD INVEST AND
02:28:48:00	02:28:48:00	THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE WE
02:28:48:00	02:28:49:00	SHOULD INVEST IN AND SOMEHOW
02:28:49:00	02:28:52:00	FIND THE SOLUTION.
02:28:52:00	02:28:53:00	AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT
02:28:53:00	02:28:53:00	WITH YOU, MR CHAIR, THAT I
02:28:53:00	02:28:56:00	THINK THAT THIS WAS DONE VERY
02:28:56:00	02:28:57:00	WELL DONE AND I WILL BE
02:28:57:00	02:29:00:00	SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT
02:29:00:00	02:29:00:00	BUDGET THAT'S BEING PROPOSED
02:29:00:00	02:29:00:00	TODAY.
02:29:00:00	02:29:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:29:01:00	02:29:04:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:29:04:00	02:29:04:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
02:29:04:00	02:29:05:00	AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
02:29:05:00	02:29:07:00	FLOOR.
02:29:07:00	02:29:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:29:07:00	02:29:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:29:07:00	02:29:11:00	AND I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
02:29:11:00	02:29:14:00	THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILOR
02:29:14:00	02:29:20:00	WORL DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME
02:29:20:00	02:29:20:00	COUNCIL WERE ALL HIGHLIGHTED
02:29:20:00	02:29:23:00	THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND
02:29:23:00	02:29:24:00	COMMUNITY FORUMS AND PUBLIC
02:29:24:00	02:29:28:00	TESTIMONY AND WE LISTENED TO A
02:29:28:00	02:29:31:00	LOT OF RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATED
02:29:31:00	02:29:34:00	HERE AND WITH CITY COUNCILORS
02:29:34:00	02:29:38:00	AND I SAW HIS THE NEW YORK
02:29:38:00	02:29:42:00	TIMES WEBSITE A APOLOGIZE NO NO
02:29:42:00	02:29:45:00	THERE'S NO TALKING ON ANY CELL
02:29:45:00	02:29:45:00	PHONE OR ANYTHING WHILE IN
02:29:45:00	02:29:45:00	CHAMBERS.
02:29:45:00	02:29:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:29:49:00	02:29:49:00	APOLOGIES.
02:29:49:00	02:29:50:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
02:29:50:00	02:29:50:00	FLOOR.
02:29:50:00	02:29:53:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:29:53:00	02:29:54:00	SO I GUESS MY POINT WAS I SAW
02:29:54:00	02:29:56:00	UPFRONT THESE LEADERSHIP
02:29:56:00	02:29:57:00	OF COUNCIL ROLE ON EVERY
02:29:57:00	02:30:00:00	HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING THAT
02:30:00:00	02:30:01:00	HE HAD BECAUSE I ATTENDED EVERY
02:30:01:00	02:30:05:00	SINGLE ONE AND LISTENED TO THE
02:30:05:00	02:30:08:00	RESIDENTS LAST WEEK I THINK
02:30:08:00	02:30:09:00	WHAT WE HEAR UNTIL 10:00 AT
02:30:09:00	02:30:12:00	NIGHT JUST A PUBLIC TESTIMONY
02:30:12:00	02:30:15:00	SESSION TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT
02:30:15:00	02:30:16:00	WE WERE IN GROVE HALL LISTENING
02:30:16:00	02:30:19:00	TO RESIDENTS ABOUT THE AID
02:30:19:00	02:30:19:00	STRONG BUDGET, ABOUT THE
02:30:19:00	02:30:23:00	VETERANS BUDGET BUT IT'S AN
02:30:23:00	02:30:23:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO
02:30:23:00	02:30:24:00	COME TOGETHER TO WEIGH IN ON
02:30:24:00	02:30:27:00	WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.
02:30:27:00	02:30:28:00	IT'S NOT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US
02:30:28:00	02:30:30:00	AS CITY COUNCILS.
02:30:30:00	02:30:31:00	IT'S WHAT IMPACT IT HAS ON
02:30:31:00	02:30:31:00	RESIDENTS.
02:30:31:00	02:30:34:00	SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
02:30:34:00	02:30:35:00	WORK COUNCIL ROBIN HIS TEAM
02:30:35:00	02:30:38:00	HAVE DONE IN ENSURING RESIDENTS
02:30:38:00	02:30:42:00	HAVE WERE HEARD DURING THIS
02:30:42:00	02:30:43:00	PROCESS.
02:30:43:00	02:30:44:00	I ASKED COUNCILOR WORRELL IF HE
02:30:44:00	02:30:46:00	WOULD HOLD A LISTENING SESSION
02:30:46:00	02:30:47:00	AND TO EXPLAIN THE BUDGET
02:30:47:00	02:30:50:00	PROCESS WITH ME IN THE SOUTH
02:30:50:00	02:30:53:00	END AT THE RUTH BARCLAY VHA
02:30:53:00	02:30:54:00	DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS THE OLD
02:30:54:00	02:30:57:00	CATHEDRAL IN THE SOUTH AND I
02:30:57:00	02:31:00:00	PROUDLY REPRESENT THE THE OLD
02:31:00:00	02:31:01:00	CATHEDRAL PUBLIC HOUSING RUTH
02:31:01:00	02:31:05:00	BARCLAY AND IN THE RESIDENCE
02:31:05:00	02:31:05:00	DOWN THE ROAD AT VILLA VICTORIA
02:31:05:00	02:31:08:00	YOU CAN'T GET A MORE DIVERSE
02:31:08:00	02:31:09:00	GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE BUT WE
02:31:09:00	02:31:12:00	HAD A WONDERFUL LISTENING
02:31:12:00	02:31:12:00	SESSION WITH SOUTH END
02:31:12:00	02:31:16:00	RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT
02:31:16:00	02:31:16:00	PARTICULAR ISSUES THAT THEY
02:31:16:00	02:31:17:00	WERE ADVOCATING FOR AND YOU'RE
02:31:17:00	02:31:20:00	RIGHT HOUSING WAS A TOP TOPIC
02:31:20:00	02:31:23:00	OF PEST CONTROL TRAFFIC
02:31:23:00	02:31:27:00	ENFORCEMENT.
02:31:27:00	02:31:27:00	WHAT I ALSO ADVOCATED BESIDES
02:31:27:00	02:31:31:00	THOSE ISSUES WAS AS MANY OF MY
02:31:31:00	02:31:32:00	COLLEAGUES KNOWN AS PROBABLY
02:31:32:00	02:31:34:00	THE PUBLIC KNOWS SUPPORTING
02:31:34:00	02:31:39:00	VETERANS THAT'S THAT'S AN ISSUE
02:31:39:00	02:31:39:00	THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE
02:31:39:00	02:31:42:00	IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS
02:31:42:00	02:31:46:00	OF THE CITY AND WE KNOW THE
02:31:46:00	02:31:46:00	INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS
02:31:46:00	02:31:47:00	VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
02:31:47:00	02:31:50:00	HAVE MADE.
02:31:50:00	02:31:51:00	AND DURING THIS PROCESS WE WERE
02:31:51:00	02:31:54:00	ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR A UNIQUE
02:31:54:00	02:31:57:00	SYSTEM.
02:31:57:00	02:32:00:00	WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ABOUT
02:32:00:00	02:32:04:00	$50,000 TO KIND OF OPEN UP A
02:32:04:00	02:32:04:00	FUNDING THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE
02:32:04:00	02:32:08:00	VETERANS BUDGET BUT USING THE
02:32:08:00	02:32:08:00	CURRENT FUNDING THAT WE WEREN'T
02:32:08:00	02:32:12:00	ABLE TO USE TO HELP MORE
02:32:12:00	02:32:13:00	VETERANS AND I BELIEVE THAT
02:32:13:00	02:32:16:00	FUND IS SEVERAL SEVERAL HUNDRED
02:32:16:00	02:32:22:00	THOUSAND DOLLARS $500,000 I
02:32:22:00	02:32:22:00	BELIEVE.
02:32:22:00	02:32:27:00	BUT ON FRIDAY I'M GOING DOWN TO
02:32:27:00	02:32:30:00	D.C. BECAUSE THERE'S A VETERANS
02:32:30:00	02:32:34:00	RALLY DOWN THERE AND WE KNOW
02:32:34:00	02:32:34:00	THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
02:32:34:00	02:32:38:00	CUTTING VETERANS SERVICES AND
02:32:38:00	02:32:41:00	VETERANS PROGRAMS AND I WANT TO
02:32:41:00	02:32:42:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE IN THIS CITY
02:32:42:00	02:32:45:00	CONTINUE TO BE A STRONG
02:32:45:00	02:32:46:00	SUPPORTER FOR VETERANS AND FOR
02:32:46:00	02:32:49:00	MILITARY FAMILIES.
02:32:49:00	02:32:50:00	SO WHEN I GO DOWN THERE I'LL BE
02:32:50:00	02:32:53:00	FIGHTING FOR ALL VETERANS
02:32:53:00	02:32:53:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIKE I HAVE
02:32:53:00	02:32:56:00	AND THESE SESSIONS BECAUSE I
02:32:56:00	02:33:00:00	THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
02:33:00:00	02:33:03:00	THE SECOND THE SECOND ISSUE I
02:33:03:00	02:33:03:00	REALLY FOUGHT HARD FOR IS
02:33:03:00	02:33:07:00	ENSURING THAT FIREFIGHTERS, MEN
02:33:07:00	02:33:11:00	AND WOMEN THAT WE RESPECT THEM,
02:33:11:00	02:33:15:00	WE RESPECT THEIR HEALTH, WE
02:33:15:00	02:33:15:00	ENSURE THAT THERE'S FUNDING
02:33:15:00	02:33:18:00	AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS
02:33:18:00	02:33:19:00	OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES SUCH
02:33:19:00	02:33:22:00	AS CANCER AND HEART DISEASE DUE
02:33:22:00	02:33:23:00	TO THE DANGEROUS AND HAZARDOUS
02:33:23:00	02:33:26:00	ENVIRONMENTS THEY SERVE.
02:33:26:00	02:33:29:00	AND PROBABLY THE PERSON I WAS
02:33:29:00	02:33:30:00	CLOSE I WAS CLOSEST TO BESIDES
02:33:30:00	02:33:34:00	BESIDES MY WIFE IS MY MY UNCLE
02:33:34:00	02:33:36:00	DENNIS WHO WAS A DECORATED
02:33:36:00	02:33:37:00	BOSTON FIREFIGHTER AND A
02:33:37:00	02:33:40:00	DISTINGUISHED DECORATED VIETNAM
02:33:40:00	02:33:41:00	VETERAN IN THE US ARMY.
02:33:41:00	02:33:45:00	HE DIED HE DIED AT A YOUNG AGE
02:33:45:00	02:33:48:00	HEART DISEASE THERE'S A THERE'S
02:33:48:00	02:33:52:00	A SMALL MEMORIAL FOR HIM THAT
02:33:52:00	02:33:53:00	MEDAL OF HONOR PARK IN SOUTH
02:33:53:00	02:33:56:00	BOSTON EVERY TIME I GO BY THERE
02:33:56:00	02:33:59:00	I THINK OF I THINK OF HIM I
02:33:59:00	02:34:00:00	THINK OF THE FIREFIGHTERS ALSO
02:34:00:00	02:34:01:00	BUT I THINK OF THE VETERANS BUT
02:34:01:00	02:34:04:00	OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A MUCH
02:34:04:00	02:34:08:00	LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN THAN
02:34:08:00	02:34:11:00	THE POPULATION WHEN THEY RETIRE
02:34:11:00	02:34:14:00	AT THE MANDATORY AGE.
02:34:14:00	02:34:15:00	I THINK THE AVERAGE NUMBER
02:34:15:00	02:34:18:00	OF YEARS THEY LIVE
02:34:18:00	02:34:19:00	UNFORTUNATELY IS ABOUT FIVE
02:34:19:00	02:34:22:00	YEARS AFTER THEY RETIRE AND
02:34:22:00	02:34:26:00	THAT'S TRUE THEY ARE LONG TIME
02:34:26:00	02:34:30:00	CONDITIONS THAT THEY WORKED IN
02:34:30:00	02:34:31:00	PUTTING THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE
02:34:31:00	02:34:33:00	FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON,
02:34:33:00	02:34:34:00	VISITORS OF BOSTON AND THEIR
02:34:34:00	02:34:37:00	FAMILIES AS WELL SACRIFICED.
02:34:37:00	02:34:38:00	I THINK THIS FUNDING WILL GO
02:34:38:00	02:34:41:00	TOWARDS ENSURING THAT WE
02:34:41:00	02:34:46:00	RESPECT OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
02:34:46:00	02:34:46:00	IT'S TO EDUCATE, RAISE
02:34:46:00	02:34:47:00	AWARENESS FOR SET UP,
02:34:47:00	02:34:49:00	FACILITATE EARLY DETECTION,
02:34:49:00	02:34:50:00	IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION UPON
02:34:50:00	02:34:54:00	DIAGNOSE THIS TO SAVE THE LIVES
02:34:54:00	02:34:57:00	OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
02:34:57:00	02:34:58:00	IT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THAT
02:34:58:00	02:35:01:00	BUDGET BUT AGAIN THIS IS THIS
02:35:01:00	02:35:04:00	IS ABOUT COMPROMISING AND I
02:35:04:00	02:35:05:00	THINK I'VE DONE MY FAIR SHARE
02:35:05:00	02:35:09:00	OF COMPROMISING OVER OVER THE
02:35:09:00	02:35:12:00	LAST SEVERAL MONTHS MORE MORE
02:35:12:00	02:35:13:00	THAN I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
02:35:13:00	02:35:16:00	BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS AGAIN, I
02:35:16:00	02:35:17:00	JUST WANT TO END BY SAYING
02:35:17:00	02:35:20:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WELL FOR
02:35:20:00	02:35:23:00	BEING PROFESSIONAL THROUGHOUT
02:35:23:00	02:35:24:00	THE PROCESS AND BEING
02:35:24:00	02:35:27:00	RESPECTFUL TO HIS COLLEAGUES AS
02:35:27:00	02:35:28:00	WELL AND TO THE PUBLIC.
02:35:28:00	02:35:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:35:31:00	02:35:31:00	THANK YOU.
02:35:31:00	02:35:31:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:35:31:00	02:35:32:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
02:35:32:00	02:35:32:00	FLOOR.
02:35:32:00	02:35:34:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
02:35:34:00	02:35:38:00	I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR THE
02:35:38:00	02:35:39:00	CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS.
02:35:39:00	02:35:42:00	COUNCILOR ALL I'VE JUST SEEN
02:35:42:00	02:35:42:00	YOUR LEADERSHIP.
02:35:42:00	02:35:45:00	I'M SO IMPRESSED BY IT REALLY
02:35:45:00	02:35:46:00	JUST SEEING THE HEART AND SOUL
02:35:46:00	02:35:49:00	AND COMMUNICATION I'M REALLY
02:35:49:00	02:35:50:00	GETTING EMOTIONAL THAT YOU'VE
02:35:50:00	02:35:53:00	PUT IN TO THIS BUDGET BUT ALSO
02:35:53:00	02:35:56:00	EVERYTHING YOU DO.
02:35:56:00	02:35:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:35:57:00	02:35:57:00	I'M RISING IN STRONG SUPPORT.
02:35:57:00	02:36:01:00	I WANT TO THERE ARE A COUPLE
02:36:01:00	02:36:01:00	OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE THAT
02:36:01:00	02:36:03:00	I'D LOVE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR
02:36:03:00	02:36:04:00	WITH MY CONSTITUENTS.
02:36:04:00	02:36:04:00	I'M DEEPLY SUPPORTIVE
02:36:04:00	02:36:08:00	OF FUNDING A DOWNTOWN PARKS
02:36:08:00	02:36:08:00	ADMINISTRATOR.
02:36:08:00	02:36:09:00	I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD
02:36:09:00	02:36:12:00	THIS FROM ME BEFORE THAT IS NOT
02:36:12:00	02:36:15:00	TECHNICALLY A BUDGET AMENDMENT
02:36:15:00	02:36:16:00	BUT WE ARE HOPING IT'S A POLICY
02:36:16:00	02:36:16:00	RECOMMENDATION.
02:36:16:00	02:36:19:00	WE ARE HOPING WILL BE FUNDED IN
02:36:19:00	02:36:19:00	JANUARY.
02:36:19:00	02:36:22:00	WE KNOW THAT FRANKLIN PARK
02:36:22:00	02:36:23:00	NEEDS TO GET THERE
02:36:23:00	02:36:24:00	ADMINISTRATOR FIRST BUT WE WILL
02:36:24:00	02:36:27:00	BE WAITING IN LINE TO SEE HOW
02:36:27:00	02:36:27:00	THAT GOES AND HOPING THAT A
02:36:27:00	02:36:31:00	DOWNTOWN PARKS ADMINISTRATOR IS
02:36:31:00	02:36:31:00	ON THE HORIZON.
02:36:31:00	02:36:35:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY
02:36:35:00	02:36:35:00	COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THE
02:36:35:00	02:36:38:00	BOSTON PARK RANGERS MOUNTED
02:36:38:00	02:36:38:00	UNIT.
02:36:38:00	02:36:42:00	THEY HAD SOME VERY, VERY SMALL
02:36:42:00	02:36:43:00	ASSETS THAT WOULD MAKE A REALLY
02:36:43:00	02:36:46:00	BIG DIFFERENCE TO THEIR
02:36:46:00	02:36:46:00	OPERATIONS AND I'M PROUD TO
02:36:46:00	02:36:49:00	HAVE PUSHED TO ADVOCATE FOR AN
02:36:49:00	02:36:50:00	ALLOCATION OF THEIR FULL ASK
02:36:50:00	02:36:54:00	AND THEIR MAY 9TH LETTER TO THE
02:36:54:00	02:36:54:00	COUNCIL.
02:36:54:00	02:36:55:00	THE PARK RANGERS ARE AN
02:36:55:00	02:36:57:00	INDISPENSABLE PRESENCE IN OUR
02:36:57:00	02:36:57:00	PARKS SERVING AS GUIDES,
02:36:57:00	02:37:00:00	EDUCATORS AND PROTECTORS AND
02:37:00:00	02:37:01:00	I'M PROUD TO BE THEIR CHAMPION.
02:37:01:00	02:37:04:00	I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND
02:37:04:00	02:37:04:00	INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITY I PUSH
02:37:04:00	02:37:05:00	FOR MY MERCHANDISE LICENSING
02:37:05:00	02:37:08:00	PILOT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD FROM
02:37:08:00	02:37:09:00	ME ABOUT THIS BUT THIS IS NOT A
02:37:09:00	02:37:12:00	TRADITIONAL BUDGET LINE ITEM
02:37:12:00	02:37:13:00	BUT IT'S FORWARD THINKING.
02:37:13:00	02:37:16:00	IT'S REVENUE GENERATING AND IT
02:37:16:00	02:37:17:00	NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED.
02:37:17:00	02:37:17:00	MY OFFICE PARTNERED WITH THE
02:37:17:00	02:37:20:00	VIEW INITIATIVE ON CITIES AND
02:37:20:00	02:37:20:00	THE CLASSROOM SCHOOL
02:37:20:00	02:37:25:00	OF BUSINESS AT NO COST TO THE
02:37:25:00	02:37:28:00	CITY TO LOOK INTO A STUDY AND
02:37:28:00	02:37:32:00	THEY DID A GREAT JOB LOOKING
02:37:32:00	02:37:33:00	INTO WHAT IT WOULD REQUIRE FOR
02:37:33:00	02:37:36:00	THE CITY TO PUT FORWARD A
02:37:36:00	02:37:36:00	PROGRAM.
02:37:36:00	02:37:38:00	BUT THAT'S WHY ALLOCATING 100 K
02:37:38:00	02:37:39:00	IN SEED FUNDING TO MOVE THIS
02:37:39:00	02:37:42:00	CONCEPT INTO IMPLEMENTATION
02:37:42:00	02:37:46:00	ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHEN WE'RE
02:37:46:00	02:37:46:00	THINKING ABOUT HOW TO CELEBRATE
02:37:46:00	02:37:50:00	THE 250TH IS IMPORTANT AND THIS
02:37:50:00	02:37:51:00	WILL BE OVERSEEN BY DO IT AND
02:37:51:00	02:37:53:00	WILL REQUIRE ACROSS
02:37:53:00	02:37:53:00	DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERSHIP
02:37:53:00	02:37:54:00	CREATIVITY AND VISION.
02:37:54:00	02:37:57:00	IT WILL OPEN DOORS FOR LOCAL
02:37:57:00	02:37:57:00	ARTISTS, ENTREPRENEURS AND MOST
02:37:57:00	02:37:58:00	IMPORTANTLY IT WILL MAKE MONEY
02:37:58:00	02:38:01:00	FOR THE CITY.
02:38:01:00	02:38:01:00	WHILE NO BUDGET IS PERFECT, NO
02:38:01:00	02:38:05:00	BUDGET IS EVER PERFECT.
02:38:05:00	02:38:05:00	THIS FACT REFLECTS REAL
02:38:05:00	02:38:06:00	COMPROMISE THOUGHTFUL
02:38:06:00	02:38:08:00	LEADERSHIP.
02:38:08:00	02:38:09:00	I WANT TO THANK MAYOR WU FOR
02:38:09:00	02:38:13:00	OUR STARTING POINT AND I WANT
02:38:13:00	02:38:13:00	TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR COMING
02:38:13:00	02:38:13:00	TOGETHER.
02:38:13:00	02:38:16:00	THIS BUDGET PROCESS FELT MUCH
02:38:16:00	02:38:17:00	DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR.
02:38:17:00	02:38:17:00	IT FELT LIKE WE WERE TRULY
02:38:17:00	02:38:20:00	WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE CITY
02:38:20:00	02:38:21:00	AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED
02:38:21:00	02:38:25:00	TO DO AND I THINK YOU ALL MAY
02:38:25:00	02:38:25:00	HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW
02:38:25:00	02:38:28:00	MONTHS AN EVOLUTION IN MY
02:38:28:00	02:38:28:00	LEADERSHIP.
02:38:28:00	02:38:29:00	I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE
02:38:29:00	02:38:32:00	NEED TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE
02:38:32:00	02:38:33:00	CITY GIVEN ALL THE FEDERAL
02:38:33:00	02:38:36:00	CHALLENGES, GIVEN EVERYTHING
02:38:36:00	02:38:36:00	THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE, WE
02:38:36:00	02:38:39:00	HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE
02:38:39:00	02:38:40:00	LEADERS TOGETHER AND I JUST
02:38:40:00	02:38:41:00	WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR
02:38:41:00	02:38:43:00	ALL WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP.
02:38:43:00	02:38:47:00	WELL, EVERY SINGLE CUT I DIDN'T
02:38:47:00	02:38:48:00	AGREE WITH EVERY SINGLE
02:38:48:00	02:38:48:00	ADDITION.
02:38:48:00	02:38:49:00	I DIDN'T AGREE WITH WHAT I
02:38:49:00	02:38:52:00	REALIZE IS THAT IF WE ARE TO
02:38:52:00	02:38:54:00	VALUE EACH OTHER'S LEADERSHIP
02:38:54:00	02:38:55:00	AND VALUE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
02:38:55:00	02:38:58:00	PUT US HERE, WE REALLY HAVE TO
02:38:58:00	02:38:59:00	VALUE ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES AS
02:38:59:00	02:39:02:00	WELL AND ALL OF THEIR IDEAS.
02:39:02:00	02:39:03:00	AND I JUST I SAW THAT YESTERDAY
02:39:03:00	02:39:03:00	DURING THE WORKING SESSION AND
02:39:03:00	02:39:06:00	I'VE SEEN THAT THROUGH THE PAST
02:39:06:00	02:39:06:00	FEW WEEKS.
02:39:06:00	02:39:07:00	SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY
02:39:07:00	02:39:07:00	COLLEAGUES.
02:39:07:00	02:39:07:00	THANK YOU, CHAIR.
02:39:07:00	02:39:08:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:08:00	02:39:10:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR
02:39:10:00	02:39:10:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:39:10:00	02:39:11:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:39:11:00	02:39:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:39:13:00	02:39:14:00	FIRST WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHAIR
02:39:14:00	02:39:18:00	WORRALL MATTHEW.
02:39:18:00	02:39:19:00	THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN
02:39:19:00	02:39:19:00	YOUR WHOLE TEAM.
02:39:19:00	02:39:22:00	ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT KARISHMA
02:39:22:00	02:39:22:00	AND EVERYONE ON CENTRAL STAFF
02:39:22:00	02:39:25:00	FOR BEING HERE FOR US NOT JUST
02:39:25:00	02:39:26:00	FOR THE CHAIR BUT ALL OF US IN
02:39:26:00	02:39:29:00	OUR OFFICES WHO HAVE BEEN VERY
02:39:29:00	02:39:29:00	SUPPORTIVE.
02:39:29:00	02:39:33:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALSO
02:39:33:00	02:39:33:00	WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND HER
02:39:33:00	02:39:34:00	ADMINISTRATION.
02:39:34:00	02:39:36:00	I FEEL LIKE SHE DID SEND US A
02:39:36:00	02:39:40:00	GOOD BUDGET AND A GOOD STARTING
02:39:40:00	02:39:40:00	POINT FOR US TO JUMP OFF OF AND
02:39:40:00	02:39:43:00	DID ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS
02:39:43:00	02:39:44:00	AMENDMENT PROCESS FELT
02:39:44:00	02:39:47:00	DIFFERENT WHICH I'M HAPPY TO
02:39:47:00	02:39:48:00	STAND IN SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT
02:39:48:00	02:39:51:00	BUDGET WHICH I SEE REFLECTS THE
02:39:51:00	02:39:52:00	VALUES THAT I'VE CHAMPIONED
02:39:52:00	02:39:55:00	THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE ON THE
02:39:55:00	02:39:55:00	BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CARE
02:39:55:00	02:39:59:00	PREPAREDNESS AND EQUITY.
02:39:59:00	02:39:59:00	MY PERSONAL AMENDMENTS FOCUSED
02:39:59:00	02:40:02:00	ON STRENGTHENING MENTAL HEALTH
02:40:02:00	02:40:03:00	SERVICES, IMPROVING OUR
02:40:03:00	02:40:06:00	EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
02:40:06:00	02:40:07:00	INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUTH JOBS,
02:40:07:00	02:40:10:00	INCREASE IN RENTAL VOUCHERS AND
02:40:10:00	02:40:11:00	ALSO FUNDING FOR OUR STRONG OUR
02:40:11:00	02:40:14:00	SENIORS IN PROGRAMING AND IN
02:40:14:00	02:40:15:00	NUTRITION AND ALSO MORE
02:40:15:00	02:40:19:00	MEANINGFUL MENTORSHIPS FOR OUR
02:40:19:00	02:40:22:00	CHILDREN, OUR STUDENTS IN
02:40:22:00	02:40:23:00	ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
02:40:23:00	02:40:23:00	ADVOCATING FOR OUR CITY
02:40:23:00	02:40:24:00	EMPLOYEES.
02:40:24:00	02:40:26:00	SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR
02:40:26:00	02:40:27:00	KEEPING THOSE AMENDMENTS IN
02:40:27:00	02:40:30:00	THIS AMENDED BUDGET AND ALSO
02:40:30:00	02:40:30:00	WORKING WITH ME AND ALL OF US
02:40:30:00	02:40:34:00	TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE EVERYONE
02:40:34:00	02:40:34:00	KNOWS THAT THE HARDEST PART
02:40:34:00	02:40:37:00	OF THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS IS
02:40:37:00	02:40:38:00	WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
02:40:38:00	02:40:39:00	WE ALL BRING SUCH GREAT IDEAS
02:40:39:00	02:40:42:00	BUT WE HAVE TO BALANCE IT.
02:40:42:00	02:40:43:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
02:40:43:00	02:40:45:00	OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS
02:40:45:00	02:40:45:00	OF WORK TO ENSURE OUR BUDGET
02:40:45:00	02:40:49:00	JUST ISN'T BALANCED BUT IT'S
02:40:49:00	02:40:49:00	COMPASSIONATE AND FORWARD
02:40:49:00	02:40:52:00	THINKING AND I BELIEVE THAT THE
02:40:52:00	02:40:52:00	PRIORITIES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO
02:40:52:00	02:40:53:00	BUILDING A HEALTHIER, MORE
02:40:53:00	02:40:56:00	RESILIENT BOSTON EVERY DAY
02:40:56:00	02:40:56:00	REFLECT SOME OF THESE
02:40:56:00	02:40:56:00	AMENDMENTS.
02:40:56:00	02:40:59:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING
02:40:59:00	02:41:03:00	YES ON THIS AMENDING BUDGET.
02:41:03:00	02:41:04:00	BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY
02:41:04:00	02:41:07:00	COLLEAGUES FOR ADVOCATING FOR
02:41:07:00	02:41:07:00	OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT I ALSO
02:41:07:00	02:41:11:00	SUPPORT STRONGLY EVERYONE I
02:41:11:00	02:41:12:00	THINK PUT IN A HOUSING IN SOME
02:41:12:00	02:41:15:00	FORM A TYPE OF HOUSING
02:41:15:00	02:41:18:00	AMENDMENT, PEST CONTROL ENGLISH
02:41:18:00	02:41:18:00	AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES
02:41:18:00	02:41:19:00	FOR OUR PARENTS AND FOR OUR
02:41:19:00	02:41:22:00	STUDENTS PARKS DEPARTMENT
02:41:22:00	02:41:27:00	VETERANS AND FIRE CAMP OUR FIRE
02:41:27:00	02:41:27:00	CANCER SCREENINGS WHICH WE DID
02:41:27:00	02:41:30:00	HERE RECENTLY AT A HEARING WITH
02:41:30:00	02:41:31:00	OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THE
02:41:31:00	02:41:35:00	AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF OUR
02:41:35:00	02:41:35:00	BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS AFTER THEY
02:41:35:00	02:41:39:00	RETIRE IS ONLY FIVE YEARS.
02:41:39:00	02:41:39:00	SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
02:41:39:00	02:41:42:00	CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND FUND
02:41:42:00	02:41:43:00	WAY WE CAN THE HEALTH OF OUR
02:41:43:00	02:41:46:00	FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALSO
02:41:46:00	02:41:47:00	MAKING SURE LIKE I DID PUT
02:41:47:00	02:41:47:00	FORTH AN AMENDMENT SUPPORTING
02:41:47:00	02:41:50:00	ALL OF OUR CITY WORKERS.
02:41:50:00	02:41:51:00	SO THANK YOU CHAIR THANK YOU TO
02:41:51:00	02:41:52:00	YOUR TEAM, THANK YOU TO CENTRAL
02:41:52:00	02:41:55:00	STAFF.
02:41:55:00	02:41:55:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:55:00	02:41:55:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:41:55:00	02:41:56:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER.
02:41:56:00	02:41:58:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:41:58:00	02:41:59:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
02:41:59:00	02:41:59:00	PRESIDENT.
02:41:59:00	02:42:01:00	AND I WANT TO ECHO THE THE
02:42:01:00	02:42:02:00	GRATITUDE AND CONGRATULATIONS
02:42:02:00	02:42:03:00	TO OUR VENERABLE CHAIR WAYS AND
02:42:03:00	02:42:05:00	MEANS COUNCIL.
02:42:05:00	02:42:06:00	WELL, YOU HAVE BEEN AN
02:42:06:00	02:42:07:00	INCREDIBLE FORCE THROUGHOUT
02:42:07:00	02:42:09:00	THIS ENTIRE PROCESS AND JUST
02:42:09:00	02:42:10:00	KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND
02:42:10:00	02:42:13:00	ALL OF CENTRAL STAFF, KARISHMA
02:42:13:00	02:42:14:00	INCLUDED FOR THE PROCESS AND
02:42:14:00	02:42:16:00	THE WAY IT WAS IT WAS RUN THIS
02:42:16:00	02:42:17:00	YEAR THERE ARE HISTORIC
02:42:17:00	02:42:20:00	INVESTMENTS AS FOLKS HAVE
02:42:20:00	02:42:21:00	ALREADY MENTIONED AND I THINK
02:42:21:00	02:42:24:00	IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE
02:42:24:00	02:42:25:00	COUNCIL THAT HOW WE WORKED
02:42:25:00	02:42:28:00	TOGETHER IS I HOPE A MODEL
02:42:28:00	02:42:29:00	MOVING FORWARD.
02:42:29:00	02:42:32:00	I THINK THAT WE ALL
02:42:32:00	02:42:32:00	DEMONSTRATED OUR FISCAL
02:42:32:00	02:42:36:00	RESPONSIBILITY IN TRYING TO
02:42:36:00	02:42:36:00	INVEST IN OUR OWN PRIORITIES
02:42:36:00	02:42:39:00	AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID BUT
02:42:39:00	02:42:40:00	THE DIFFICULTY OF OF EXERCISING
02:42:40:00	02:42:43:00	THAT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
02:42:43:00	02:42:43:00	TRYING TO PULL FROM VARIOUS
02:42:43:00	02:42:44:00	DEPARTMENTS THAT WE ALL CARE
02:42:44:00	02:42:47:00	ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND DO
02:42:47:00	02:42:48:00	IMPORTANT WORK THAT WAS THE
02:42:48:00	02:42:50:00	MOST DIFFICULT PART ABOUT IT.
02:42:50:00	02:42:51:00	BUT WE WERE DATA INFORMED AND
02:42:51:00	02:42:54:00	WE LET THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR
02:42:54:00	02:42:54:00	THEMSELVES AND ULTIMATELY THE
02:42:54:00	02:42:55:00	CITY HOUSING VOUCHER
02:42:55:00	02:42:58:00	INVESTMENTS HOME OWNERSHIP
02:42:58:00	02:42:58:00	OPPORTUNITIES, YOUTH JOBS AND
02:42:58:00	02:43:02:00	PROGRAMING SENIOR PROGRAMING
02:43:02:00	02:43:02:00	VETERAN SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH
02:43:02:00	02:43:03:00	SERVICES AND EMERGENCY
02:43:03:00	02:43:06:00	PREPAREDNESS COLLEGE AND CAREER
02:43:06:00	02:43:06:00	READINESS ACCESS TO
02:43:06:00	02:43:07:00	COUNCILOR THANK YOU TO
02:43:07:00	02:43:10:00	COUNCILOR WEBER FOR YOUR FOR
02:43:10:00	02:43:10:00	YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ON THIS
02:43:10:00	02:43:14:00	INVESTMENT IN THE NUTS AND
02:43:14:00	02:43:15:00	BOLTS AND I WANT TO SHADOW
02:43:15:00	02:43:16:00	COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR HIS HIS
02:43:16:00	02:43:18:00	ADVOCACY FOR CITY WORKERS AND
02:43:18:00	02:43:18:00	VETERAN SUPPORT AND I'VE DONE
02:43:18:00	02:43:21:00	MYSELF A DISSERVICE BECAUSE I
02:43:21:00	02:43:22:00	STARTED SHOUTING OUT MY
02:43:22:00	02:43:22:00	COLLEAGUES EVEN THOUGH I REALLY
02:43:22:00	02:43:23:00	SHOULD BE SHOUTING OUT
02:43:23:00	02:43:25:00	EVERYBODY AND I APOLOGIZE
02:43:25:00	02:43:26:00	EVERYBODY HAS AN INCREDIBLE JOB
02:43:26:00	02:43:29:00	AND HAS ADVOCATED BASED ON
02:43:29:00	02:43:33:00	THEIR PRIORITIES AND SUCH AN
02:43:33:00	02:43:33:00	EFFECTIVE WAY WHICH I THINK IS
02:43:33:00	02:43:34:00	IMPORTANT.
02:43:34:00	02:43:37:00	A FEW SHOUT OUTS FOR SOME
02:43:37:00	02:43:37:00	OF THE PRIORITIES IN MY
02:43:37:00	02:43:41:00	DISTRICT LINGO PAPAGO PARK IS
02:43:41:00	02:43:41:00	SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT
02:43:41:00	02:43:44:00	TO MY ATTENTION BY THE FRIENDS
02:43:44:00	02:43:45:00	OF THE THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND
02:43:45:00	02:43:48:00	THE LITTLE LEAGUE ITSELF.
02:43:48:00	02:43:49:00	IT DESPERATELY NEEDS LONG TERM
02:43:49:00	02:43:52:00	MAINTENANCE NOT JUST FOR THE
02:43:52:00	02:43:52:00	BACKSTOP AND HOME PLATE BUT ALL
02:43:52:00	02:43:52:00	OF THE FIELD.
02:43:52:00	02:43:56:00	IT IS CONTINUOUSLY BROWN AND SO
02:43:56:00	02:43:59:00	THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I
02:43:59:00	02:44:00:00	WORKED WITH THEM ON AND
02:44:00:00	02:44:00:00	GRATEFUL TO SEE INCLUDED IN
02:44:00:00	02:44:03:00	HERE WE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM
02:44:03:00	02:44:04:00	FOLKS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN
02:44:04:00	02:44:07:00	CHANGED BY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
02:44:07:00	02:44:07:00	CLASSES PARENTS, FAMILIES WHO
02:44:07:00	02:44:15:00	HAVE GONE TO LEARN ENGLISH TO
02:44:15:00	02:44:16:00	ACCESS DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES
02:44:16:00	02:44:19:00	WHETHER IN THEIR IN THEIR WORK
02:44:19:00	02:44:20:00	OR IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES.
02:44:20:00	02:44:20:00	AND IT MADE ME EMOTIONAL
02:44:20:00	02:44:23:00	LISTENING TO THEM THE PUBLIC
02:44:23:00	02:44:23:00	TESTIMONY PORTION OF IT BECAUSE
02:44:23:00	02:44:26:00	THEY WERE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE
02:44:26:00	02:44:27:00	OPPORTUNITIES THAT MANY OF OUR
02:44:27:00	02:44:30:00	COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORGANIZATIONS
02:44:30:00	02:44:31:00	AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN
02:44:31:00	02:44:35:00	OUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS THEY WORK
02:44:35:00	02:44:38:00	SO HARD TO PROVIDE FOR FOLKS.
02:44:38:00	02:44:39:00	AND SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT
02:44:39:00	02:44:41:00	WE FUNDED AT $500,000 LAST
02:44:41:00	02:44:41:00	YEAR.
02:44:41:00	02:44:42:00	WE LEVEL FUNDED IT THIS YEAR
02:44:42:00	02:44:44:00	AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT ENGLISH
02:44:44:00	02:44:45:00	FOR NEW BOSTONIANS WHO REALLY
02:44:45:00	02:44:46:00	IN ALL ORGANIZATIONS WHO
02:44:46:00	02:44:48:00	ADVOCATED FOR THIS TO BE LEVEL
02:44:48:00	02:44:49:00	FUNDED THIS YEAR.
02:44:49:00	02:44:52:00	WE'RE ALSO SEEING A NEW
02:44:52:00	02:44:52:00	INVESTMENT WHICH IS LEGAL
02:44:52:00	02:44:56:00	SUPPORTS FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
02:44:56:00	02:44:59:00	WHO HAVE BEEN TORN APART BY
02:44:59:00	02:44:59:00	IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS.
02:44:59:00	02:45:00:00	AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I
02:45:00:00	02:45:01:00	WAS PROUD TO PUT FORTH AND
02:45:01:00	02:45:04:00	SPONSOR THROUGH THE MOYA
02:45:04:00	02:45:04:00	CONTRACTUAL AND I BELIEVE IT
02:45:04:00	02:45:07:00	WAS ALREADY PUT FORTH BY A
02:45:07:00	02:45:08:00	NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I
02:45:08:00	02:45:09:00	APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE A FULL
02:45:09:00	02:45:11:00	LIST FOR THAT BUT CERTAINLY
02:45:11:00	02:45:12:00	WANTED TO COSIGN MY NAME ON
02:45:12:00	02:45:15:00	ONTO IT BECAUSE WE HAD SEEN
02:45:15:00	02:45:19:00	THAT PARENTS HAVE BEEN COMING
02:45:19:00	02:45:20:00	INTO SCHOOLS AND I GET A CALL
02:45:20:00	02:45:23:00	FROM THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
02:45:23:00	02:45:23:00	WAS ASKING WHAT CAN WE DO?
02:45:23:00	02:45:26:00	HOW CAN WE BEST SUPPORT THIS
02:45:26:00	02:45:27:00	PARENT WHOSE HUSBAND HAS BEEN
02:45:27:00	02:45:30:00	TAKEN AWAY AND NOW THEY DON'T
02:45:30:00	02:45:31:00	HAVE RENT THE NEXT MONTH
02:45:31:00	02:45:31:00	BECAUSE HE WAS THE SOLE
02:45:31:00	02:45:32:00	BREADWINNER?
02:45:32:00	02:45:34:00	SHE HERSELF ONLY WORKS ONE JOB
02:45:34:00	02:45:34:00	PART TIME?
02:45:34:00	02:45:37:00	HOW CAN SHE AFFORD AN
02:45:37:00	02:45:37:00	IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AND WE
02:45:37:00	02:45:38:00	LUCKILY WERE ABLE TO FIND A
02:45:38:00	02:45:41:00	COUPLE PRO-BONO LAWYERS BUT AT
02:45:41:00	02:45:42:00	THE END OF THE DAY CONSULTATION
02:45:42:00	02:45:45:00	COSTS MONEY AND THEIR CASES DO
02:45:45:00	02:45:46:00	REQUIRE QUITE A BIT
02:45:46:00	02:45:49:00	OF RESOURCES AND SO PUTTING
02:45:49:00	02:45:50:00	THIS INTO MORE CONTRACTUAL IS
02:45:50:00	02:45:52:00	BUILDING ON AN EXISTING PROGRAM
02:45:52:00	02:45:53:00	AND FRAMEWORK AND SO THOSE ARE
02:45:53:00	02:45:56:00	THE THINGS I'M REALLY PROUD OF.
02:45:56:00	02:45:57:00	I WILL BE VOTING YES AND JUST
02:45:57:00	02:45:58:00	WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES
02:45:58:00	02:45:59:00	FOR THEIR WORK, THEIR
02:45:59:00	02:46:00:00	COLLABORATION BUT MOST
02:46:00:00	02:46:00:00	IMPORTANTLY TO THE CHAIR WAYS
02:46:00:00	02:46:04:00	AND MEANS FOR HIS FOR HIS
02:46:04:00	02:46:05:00	DEDICATION IN HIS TIME WHICH IS
02:46:05:00	02:46:08:00	SO ELOQUENTLY QUANTIFIED DURING
02:46:08:00	02:46:09:00	THIS PROCESS.
02:46:09:00	02:46:09:00	SO THANKS EVERYBODY.
02:46:09:00	02:46:09:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:09:00	02:46:11:00	THE CHAIRMAN IS CANCER FOR AN
02:46:11:00	02:46:11:00	INJURY.
02:46:11:00	02:46:14:00	ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:46:14:00	02:46:15:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:46:15:00	02:46:15:00	I ACTUALLY WAS UP VERY, VERY
02:46:15:00	02:46:18:00	LATE DOING SOME WORK.
02:46:18:00	02:46:19:00	SO IF YOU DON'T MIND HOW JUST
02:46:19:00	02:46:19:00	YOU MAY.
02:46:19:00	02:46:22:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:22:00	02:46:25:00	SO I'LL START WITH YOU KNOW I
02:46:25:00	02:46:26:00	WANTED TO JUST ADDRESS MY
02:46:26:00	02:46:26:00	CONSTITUENTS IN TERMS OF THE
02:46:26:00	02:46:30:00	ADVOCACY THAT TOOK PLACE DURING
02:46:30:00	02:46:31:00	THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND WORK
02:46:31:00	02:46:34:00	CLOSELY WITH THE CHAIR TO BE
02:46:34:00	02:46:38:00	ABLE TO DELINEATE THE DIFFERENT
02:46:38:00	02:46:41:00	THINGS THAT THEY WERE ASKING
02:46:41:00	02:46:42:00	FOR OR ADVOCATING FOR AND WHAT
02:46:42:00	02:46:45:00	WAS POSSIBLE.
02:46:45:00	02:46:45:00	AND THEN THE COMPROMISE AND I
02:46:45:00	02:46:49:00	APPRECIATE CHAIR WORRELL THANK
02:46:49:00	02:46:50:00	YOU SO MUCH.
02:46:50:00	02:46:53:00	I THINK IN THE HALLWAY I SAID
02:46:53:00	02:46:56:00	YOU HAVE BEEN A BETTER CHAIR
02:46:56:00	02:46:57:00	THAN I WAS AND I REALLY
02:46:57:00	02:47:00:00	APPRECIATE THAT I'M STILL
02:47:00:00	02:47:01:00	SMARTER THAN YOU BUT IT'S OKAY.
02:47:01:00	02:47:04:00	YOU'RE SO GREAT CHAIR SO THANK
02:47:04:00	02:47:07:00	YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE,
02:47:07:00	02:47:08:00	FOR YOUR GRACE AND FOR YOUR
02:47:08:00	02:47:12:00	HUMILITY AND SO YOU KNOW IT'S
02:47:12:00	02:47:16:00	IT'S TOUGH TO BE IN IN IN YOUR
02:47:16:00	02:47:19:00	SEAT AND YOU DO IT WITH A SMILE
02:47:19:00	02:47:20:00	AND I APPRECIATE IT EVEN WHEN I
02:47:20:00	02:47:22:00	GIVE YOU A HARD TIME.
02:47:22:00	02:47:26:00	AND SO THE WHAT WE DID IS WE
02:47:26:00	02:47:26:00	WENT, YOU KNOW, BLOCK BY BLOCK
02:47:26:00	02:47:27:00	NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD
02:47:27:00	02:47:30:00	AND WE BASICALLY DID THESE TOWN
02:47:30:00	02:47:30:00	HALLS STATE OF EACH
02:47:30:00	02:47:34:00	NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE DISTRICT.
02:47:34:00	02:47:34:00	WE TOOK ACCOUNT OF THE
02:47:34:00	02:47:35:00	DIFFERENT STATISTICS ON ALL
02:47:35:00	02:47:38:00	DOMAINS HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY,
02:47:38:00	02:47:42:00	PUBLIC HEALTH AND SO FORTH AND
02:47:42:00	02:47:43:00	THEN WE WENT TO WORK WITH BEYOU
02:47:43:00	02:47:46:00	AND DID SOME DATA SCIENCE
02:47:46:00	02:47:46:00	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS NUMBERS.
02:47:46:00	02:47:49:00	WE LOOKED AT 311 RESPONSES FOR
02:47:49:00	02:47:52:00	CITY SERVICES AND THEN WE
02:47:52:00	02:47:55:00	LOOKED AT WE FILED 17 FS TO
02:47:55:00	02:47:56:00	ACTUALLY GET REPORTS OF CAPITAL
02:47:56:00	02:48:00:00	INVESTMENTS AND HOW WE WERE
02:48:00:00	02:48:01:00	TRACKING THEM AND THEN WE WENT
02:48:01:00	02:48:03:00	AHEAD AND BUILT A DASHBOARD FOR
02:48:03:00	02:48:04:00	DISTRICT SEVEN WHICH WILL BE
02:48:04:00	02:48:06:00	IMPLEMENTED IN A DISTRICT SEVEN
02:48:06:00	02:48:07:00	WEBSITE AND THEN WE HELD
02:48:07:00	02:48:07:00	LISTENING SESSIONS AND BUDGET
02:48:07:00	02:48:10:00	WORKSHOPS TO EDUCATE TO FURTHER
02:48:10:00	02:48:13:00	EDUCATE CONSTITUENTS WHO WANTED
02:48:13:00	02:48:14:00	TO GET INVOLVED AND BUT NOT
02:48:14:00	02:48:17:00	JUST LEARN RATHER UNDERSTANDING
02:48:17:00	02:48:18:00	RESOURCES SO THAT THEY
02:48:18:00	02:48:18:00	UNDERSTOOD SO THAT THEY LEARN
02:48:18:00	02:48:21:00	HOW TO NAVIGATE RESOURCES.
02:48:21:00	02:48:25:00	AND THEN WE CAME UP WITH A LIST
02:48:25:00	02:48:25:00	OF ALL THE THINGS TO ADVOCATE
02:48:25:00	02:48:25:00	FOR.
02:48:25:00	02:48:26:00	I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD
02:48:26:00	02:48:29:00	THAT I ADVOCATED FOR PRIVATE
02:48:29:00	02:48:30:00	ALLY REPAIR WHICH I THINK YOU
02:48:30:00	02:48:34:00	KNOW, COUNCILOR PEPEN WAS ALSO
02:48:34:00	02:48:37:00	ADVOCATING FOR AND WE CAME TO
02:48:37:00	02:48:40:00	SOME SMALL RECOMMENDATION ON ON
02:48:40:00	02:48:44:00	YOUR REPORT AS A CHAIR SO SCV
02:48:44:00	02:48:48:00	CHARGERS SORRY AC SOUTHEND
02:48:48:00	02:48:51:00	CHARGERS ROXBURY V CHARGERS
02:48:51:00	02:48:52:00	SOUTHEND FRIDGE PROGRAM
02:48:52:00	02:48:55:00	SOUTHEND LIBRARY OF COURSE
02:48:55:00	02:48:56:00	WHICH WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO
02:48:56:00	02:48:59:00	SEE THAT WAS IN THE CAPITAL
02:48:59:00	02:48:59:00	INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL AND WAS
02:48:59:00	02:49:00:00	NOT REDUCED.
02:49:00:00	02:49:03:00	I THINK YOU.
02:49:03:00	02:49:03:00	MADAM MAYOR CONCOURS SQUARE
02:49:03:00	02:49:06:00	HISTORIC COBBLESTONE REPAIR
02:49:06:00	02:49:07:00	SIDEWALK REPAIR IS OF COURSE
02:49:07:00	02:49:10:00	SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE
02:49:10:00	02:49:10:00	INCLUDED OR OR ADVOCATED FOR
02:49:10:00	02:49:14:00	WERE MORE CAPITAL TYPES
02:49:14:00	02:49:17:00	OF ASSETS AND SO WE DIDN'T WE
02:49:17:00	02:49:18:00	DID NOT EXCLUDE THEM OFF THAT
02:49:18:00	02:49:21:00	LIST BUT RATHER LEFT IT.
02:49:21:00	02:49:22:00	SO FOR ME TO EXPLAIN TO THE
02:49:22:00	02:49:26:00	DISTRICT SEVEN DISTRICT SEVEN
02:49:26:00	02:49:29:00	COMMUNITY OR A CONSTITUENT ON
02:49:29:00	02:49:30:00	HOW TO TRACK THOSE INVESTMENTS
02:49:30:00	02:49:30:00	THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE BUDGET
02:49:30:00	02:49:33:00	IN FOLKS ADVOCATED HIGHLY IN
02:49:33:00	02:49:37:00	SOUTHEND AND FENWAY FOR PEST
02:49:37:00	02:49:38:00	CONTROL WARRANTS SHOULD BE
02:49:38:00	02:49:40:00	REPLACEMENT TRASH BINS ON
02:49:40:00	02:49:41:00	GREENVILLE SOLAR POWER CHARGING
02:49:41:00	02:49:44:00	BENCHES DOG PARK IS AS WELL AS
02:49:44:00	02:49:45:00	STREET PAVEMENT.
02:49:45:00	02:49:45:00	AGAIN SOME OF THESE ARE CAPITAL
02:49:45:00	02:49:48:00	I UNDERSTAND RESIDENTIAL
02:49:48:00	02:49:49:00	PARKING AND A FULL
02:49:49:00	02:49:52:00	TRANSPORTATION STUDY IMPACTS
02:49:52:00	02:49:52:00	OF TRANSPORTATION IN
02:49:52:00	02:49:55:00	PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT SEVEN
02:49:55:00	02:49:59:00	AND COMPARING THAT OBVIOUSLY TO
02:49:59:00	02:50:02:00	THE WHOLE CITY SIDEWALK REPAIRS
02:50:02:00	02:50:03:00	AGAIN PLAYGROUND ON MOUNT
02:50:03:00	02:50:07:00	PLEASANT AV SPENDING SPEEDING
02:50:07:00	02:50:10:00	SO A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
02:50:10:00	02:50:11:00	TRAFFIC CALMING AND SAFETY AND
02:50:11:00	02:50:14:00	MORE ON PARKING, MORE ON
02:50:14:00	02:50:18:00	REINFORCING PARKING AND THEN
02:50:18:00	02:50:18:00	OF COURSE WAYFINDING AND
02:50:18:00	02:50:23:00	RESPITE FOR PEDESTRIANS IN THE
02:50:23:00	02:50:23:00	FENWAY.
02:50:23:00	02:50:24:00	WE HEARD A LOT FROM
02:50:24:00	02:50:27:00	CONSTITUENTS TALK ABOUT THE
02:50:27:00	02:50:27:00	PORCH FEST WHICH MY COLLEAGUE
02:50:27:00	02:50:31:00	WOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT I
02:50:31:00	02:50:34:00	WAS ALSO ADVOCATING FOR PARKS
02:50:34:00	02:50:35:00	AND OPEN SPACE FUNDING TO
02:50:35:00	02:50:38:00	MAINTAIN MY RIVER RESTORATION
02:50:38:00	02:50:39:00	PROJECT REPAIRS TO ELDERLY ROAD
02:50:39:00	02:50:40:00	PLAYGROUNDS FENWICK CIVIC
02:50:40:00	02:50:42:00	ASSOCIATION FUNDING FOOD
02:50:42:00	02:50:43:00	DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM SUPPORT
02:50:43:00	02:50:46:00	FUNDING FOR FOLLOWING GRANTS
02:50:46:00	02:50:47:00	AND I HAVE THEM LISTED IN
02:50:47:00	02:50:50:00	WRITING WHICH I SUBMITTED TO
02:50:50:00	02:50:53:00	THE CHAIR FOR YOUR REPORT.
02:50:53:00	02:50:55:00	AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY
02:50:55:00	02:50:57:00	OF COURSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO
02:50:57:00	02:51:01:00	REACH ALL OF THOSE AMENDMENTS
02:51:01:00	02:51:02:00	OR BE ABLE TO DELIVER ALL
02:51:02:00	02:51:05:00	OF THOSE AMENDMENTS AND I JUST
02:51:05:00	02:51:06:00	WANTED TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT
02:51:06:00	02:51:06:00	SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I
02:51:06:00	02:51:09:00	NOTICED WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS
02:51:09:00	02:51:12:00	IN TERMS OF BETWEEN THE
02:51:12:00	02:51:13:00	COUNCIL AMENDMENT PROCESS AND
02:51:13:00	02:51:14:00	THE CITY'S ACTUAL BUDGET
02:51:14:00	02:51:17:00	PROCESS.
02:51:17:00	02:51:17:00	SO WE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT
02:51:17:00	02:51:18:00	DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THEY WERE
02:51:18:00	02:51:21:00	TRANSFERRING FUNDS AND I NOTED
02:51:21:00	02:51:24:00	YOU KNOW, WE ALL NOTED THAT
02:51:24:00	02:51:25:00	THIS HAD BEEN HAPPENING OVER
02:51:25:00	02:51:25:00	THE YEARS AND I'M QUITE SURE
02:51:25:00	02:51:28:00	FOR DECADES NOW WHERE SOME SOME
02:51:28:00	02:51:32:00	DEPARTMENTS HAD A PATTERN
02:51:32:00	02:51:32:00	OF UNDERSPENDING BUT THEN
02:51:32:00	02:51:36:00	EVENTUALLY WOULD TRANSFER FUNDS
02:51:36:00	02:51:37:00	THAT THEY DID NOT USE AND SO
02:51:37:00	02:51:40:00	WHETHER DEPARTMENTS WERE IN
02:51:40:00	02:51:41:00	SEEMED INFLATED OR NOT WE TOOK
02:51:41:00	02:51:44:00	A LOOK A HARD LOOK AT WHETHER
02:51:44:00	02:51:47:00	OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO BE
02:51:47:00	02:51:48:00	ABLE TO HIRE OR INCREASE
02:51:48:00	02:51:51:00	CAPACITY IN A CERTAIN TIME.
02:51:51:00	02:51:52:00	SO IF YOU HAVE $2 MILLION OVER
02:51:52:00	02:51:52:00	BUT YOU'VE BEEN UNDERSPENDING
02:51:52:00	02:51:54:00	OR YOU HAVE A PATTERN
02:51:54:00	02:51:55:00	OF UNDERSPENDING 2 TO $3
02:51:55:00	02:51:57:00	MILLION OVER THE PAST THREE OR
02:51:57:00	02:51:58:00	FOUR YEARS, THEN IT DIDN'T MAKE
02:51:58:00	02:51:59:00	SENSE TO LEAVE THOSE FUNDS.
02:51:59:00	02:52:01:00	SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
02:52:01:00	02:52:01:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS PEOPLE AT
02:52:01:00	02:52:05:00	HOME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE
02:52:05:00	02:52:05:00	WE'RE NOT IN THE POSITION
02:52:05:00	02:52:08:00	OF CUTTING PEOPLE'S JOBS.
02:52:08:00	02:52:09:00	NEVER HAVE BEEN NOT WHEN I WAS
02:52:09:00	02:52:12:00	CHAIR, NOT NOW.
02:52:12:00	02:52:13:00	SO WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT
02:52:13:00	02:52:14:00	MONEY THAT IS BASICALLY THERE
02:52:14:00	02:52:16:00	IN EXCESS AND WE TRY TO MOVE
02:52:16:00	02:52:19:00	SOME OF IT LEAVING SOME CUSHION
02:52:19:00	02:52:20:00	TO INCREASE CAPACITY WITHOUT
02:52:20:00	02:52:20:00	HARMING THAT DEPARTMENT,
02:52:20:00	02:52:23:00	WITHOUT DEFINITELY RISKING
02:52:23:00	02:52:27:00	LAYING OFF ANYONE IN TERMS
02:52:27:00	02:52:31:00	OF ACCOUNTABILITY THERE ARE SO
02:52:31:00	02:52:32:00	THE PROCEDURES DON'T ALIGN SO
02:52:32:00	02:52:32:00	BASICALLY DEPARTMENTS IN THE
02:52:32:00	02:52:35:00	WAYS THAT THEY ARE CREATING
02:52:35:00	02:52:38:00	THEIR LINE ITEMS AND SPENDING.
02:52:38:00	02:52:39:00	THERE'S ALSO AN ORDINANCE THAT
02:52:39:00	02:52:41:00	SPECIFICALLY PRECLUDES OR
02:52:41:00	02:52:42:00	PREVENTS US FROM TELLING
02:52:42:00	02:52:46:00	DEPARTMENT HEADS HOW TO EXECUTE
02:52:46:00	02:52:46:00	THEIR JOB.
02:52:46:00	02:52:49:00	SO YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY MAKE
02:52:49:00	02:52:50:00	AMENDMENTS TO SAY THAT YOU WANT
02:52:50:00	02:52:53:00	THEM TO SPEND IT AT A SPECIFIC
02:52:53:00	02:52:54:00	LOCATION OR IN A SPECIFIC WAY.
02:52:54:00	02:52:57:00	SO YOU'LL SEE THE MAYOR WILL
02:52:57:00	02:52:58:00	TAKE THE AMENDMENT AND SAY WE
02:52:58:00	02:52:58:00	THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION OR
02:52:58:00	02:53:01:00	THIS IS AN INTRA DEPARTMENTAL
02:53:01:00	02:53:04:00	KIND OF THING OR YOU CAN'T TELL
02:53:04:00	02:53:05:00	ME OR YOU CAN'T TELL MY
02:53:05:00	02:53:05:00	DEPARTMENT HEADS HOW TO DO IT
02:53:05:00	02:53:08:00	OR WHERE TO PUT IT SO I'M GOING
02:53:08:00	02:53:12:00	TO EXCLUDE THIS ALSO LAST YEAR
02:53:12:00	02:53:12:00	ABOUT $8 MILLION IN AMENDMENTS
02:53:12:00	02:53:15:00	AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECORDS
02:53:15:00	02:53:16:00	ONLY ABOUT CLOSE TO $3 MILLION
02:53:16:00	02:53:19:00	WAS ACTUALLY ALLOCATED AND
02:53:19:00	02:53:20:00	SPENT AND THAT IS NOT FROM US.
02:53:20:00	02:53:23:00	WE WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH
02:53:23:00	02:53:24:00	DEPARTMENTS, LOOK AT SPEAK WITH
02:53:24:00	02:53:26:00	DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ASK THEM
02:53:26:00	02:53:27:00	HOW CAN WE PUT THESE OUT IN OUR
02:53:27:00	02:53:28:00	PFIZER CONTRACTS AND WHY
02:53:28:00	02:53:30:00	HAVEN'T THEY BEEN SPENT?
02:53:30:00	02:53:31:00	DEPARTMENTS SOMETIMES DO NOT
02:53:31:00	02:53:34:00	GET THOSE ARE FILES TYPED OR
02:53:34:00	02:53:39:00	CREATED IN TIME SO IF DESERVE P
02:53:39:00	02:53:40:00	OR FIVE OR EITHER RFP THEN
02:53:40:00	02:53:43:00	THERE'S NOTHING TO APPLY TO SO
02:53:43:00	02:53:44:00	THE MONEY JUST SITS THERE LIKE
02:53:44:00	02:53:46:00	IT'S FAKE MONEY SO THAT DOESN'T
02:53:46:00	02:53:46:00	WORK EITHER.
02:53:46:00	02:53:50:00	SO HOW DO WE HOLD ACCOUNTABLE
02:53:50:00	02:53:50:00	OURSELVES DEPARTMENTS?
02:53:50:00	02:53:51:00	THE MAYOR WE REALLY HAVE TO
02:53:51:00	02:53:54:00	LOOK DO SOME INTROSPECTIVE WORK
02:53:54:00	02:53:55:00	IN LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING
02:53:55:00	02:53:58:00	THINGS AND IT MEANS WHETHER WE
02:53:58:00	02:54:02:00	HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IF WE HAVE
02:54:02:00	02:54:02:00	METRICS AND IF WE'RE WILLING TO
02:54:02:00	02:54:03:00	GO TO 112 THAT CONVERSATION WAS
02:54:03:00	02:54:06:00	HAD AS WELL.
02:54:06:00	02:54:09:00	FOLKS TALKED ABOUT IF WE GO TO
02:54:09:00	02:54:09:00	112 WHAT DOES THAT HAPPEN?
02:54:09:00	02:54:10:00	I WAS SHOCKED THAT ACTUALLY
02:54:10:00	02:54:13:00	JUST ABOUT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES
02:54:13:00	02:54:13:00	WERE WILLING TO GO TO 112.
02:54:13:00	02:54:17:00	HOWEVER, DO WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED
02:54:17:00	02:54:21:00	FRAMEWORK OR INFRASTRUCTURE TO
02:54:21:00	02:54:21:00	BE ABLE TO DO THAT PROPERLY?
02:54:21:00	02:54:25:00	WERE WE BEING GENUINE AUTHENTIC
02:54:25:00	02:54:27:00	IN SAYING THAT WE WERE READY TO
02:54:27:00	02:54:28:00	GO TO 112?
02:54:28:00	02:54:30:00	WE ARE NOT WE DON'T HAVE AN
02:54:30:00	02:54:31:00	ACTUAL BUDGET TEAM.
02:54:31:00	02:54:35:00	WE HAVE ONE BUDGET ANALYSIS AND
02:54:35:00	02:54:36:00	SHE IS AMAZING BUT ONE PERSON
02:54:36:00	02:54:39:00	YOU CAN IMAGINE $9 BILLION
02:54:39:00	02:54:39:00	LOOKING THROUGH THAT EVEN IF WE
02:54:39:00	02:54:42:00	DON'T HAVE BUDGETARY POWERS ON
02:54:42:00	02:54:43:00	THE CAPITOL YOU'D STILL WANT TO
02:54:43:00	02:54:44:00	BE ABLE TO COMB THROUGH AND SEE
02:54:44:00	02:54:46:00	IF IT MAKES SENSE.
02:54:46:00	02:54:46:00	RIGHT?
02:54:46:00	02:54:47:00	CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND
02:54:47:00	02:54:50:00	DEVELOPMENT DOES IS LIKE
02:54:50:00	02:54:53:00	INTRICATELY CONNECTED WITH
02:54:53:00	02:54:53:00	OPERATING.
02:54:53:00	02:54:54:00	SO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT BOTH.
02:54:54:00	02:54:57:00	WE DON'T HAVE THE TEAM TO DO
02:54:57:00	02:54:58:00	THAT TO DO THAT PROPER ANALYSIS
02:54:58:00	02:54:59:00	TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS IS WHAT
02:54:59:00	02:55:02:00	THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING, THIS
02:55:02:00	02:55:02:00	IS THE IMPACT AND THIS IS WHERE
02:55:02:00	02:55:03:00	WE ARE DESIGNED.
02:55:03:00	02:55:05:00	WE MONITOR THESE ARE THE
02:55:05:00	02:55:06:00	METRICS AND NOW WE KNOW HOW TO
02:55:06:00	02:55:07:00	TRACK IT SO WE CAN SEE IF WE'RE
02:55:07:00	02:55:09:00	MAKING PROGRESS.
02:55:09:00	02:55:09:00	WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
02:55:09:00	02:55:10:00	AND SO THE CONVERSATIONS THEN
02:55:10:00	02:55:12:00	WENT TO FINE.
02:55:12:00	02:55:13:00	WHAT THIS METRICS LOOK LIKE ARE
02:55:13:00	02:55:16:00	IS THE COUNCIL READY TO HAVE
02:55:16:00	02:55:16:00	HEARINGS HOPEFULLY ASKING
02:55:16:00	02:55:17:00	REPORTS FROM CERTAIN
02:55:17:00	02:55:20:00	DEPARTMENTS.
02:55:20:00	02:55:21:00	WE DID CONGRATULATE AND HAPPY
02:55:21:00	02:55:24:00	TO SAY ANNOUNCE THAT THE BLACK
02:55:24:00	02:55:26:00	MALE ADVANCEMENT DEPARTMENT IS
02:55:26:00	02:55:27:00	ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FEW I THINK
02:55:27:00	02:55:27:00	MAYORS OFFICE OF HOUSING'S
02:55:27:00	02:55:28:00	PRETTY GOOD WITH THIS AS WELL
02:55:28:00	02:55:30:00	TO ACTUALLY REPORT ON THEIR
02:55:30:00	02:55:34:00	ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR THEIR
02:55:34:00	02:55:35:00	PROGRESS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO
02:55:35:00	02:55:38:00	SEE MORE OF THAT FROM OTHER
02:55:38:00	02:55:38:00	DEPARTMENTS WHETHER WE
02:55:38:00	02:55:39:00	IMPLEMENT MORE METRICS.
02:55:39:00	02:55:42:00	SO WE WE THEN CREATED THIS
02:55:42:00	02:55:42:00	FUNDING OR RECOMMENDATION TO
02:55:42:00	02:55:46:00	CREATE THIS DASHBOARD OR TO TO
02:55:46:00	02:55:49:00	TO UPLIFT OR EVOLVE THE
02:55:49:00	02:55:49:00	DASHBOARD.
02:55:49:00	02:55:50:00	IT ALREADY EXISTS FOR CAPITAL
02:55:50:00	02:55:51:00	BUT WE NEED TO DO THAT ACROSS
02:55:51:00	02:55:54:00	THE BOARD AND EVEN WITH
02:55:54:00	02:55:54:00	ANALYSIS THE BOTTOM ANALYSIS
02:55:54:00	02:55:57:00	THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THINGS
02:55:57:00	02:55:58:00	ARE DELAYED SO THAT DOESN'T
02:55:58:00	02:56:01:00	HAPPEN THEN FINALLY I WOULD SAY
02:56:01:00	02:56:04:00	THAT IN TERMS OF ACTION
02:56:04:00	02:56:05:00	OF CREATING METRICS YOU HAVE TO
02:56:05:00	02:56:09:00	BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ARE WE DOING
02:56:09:00	02:56:10:00	THE WORK, THE POLICY THAT
02:56:10:00	02:56:12:00	ALIGNS WITH OUR BUDGETARY
02:56:12:00	02:56:16:00	INVESTMENTS AND NOT NECESSARILY
02:56:16:00	02:56:22:00	WHILE WE ARE COMPLYING WITH
02:56:22:00	02:56:23:00	CONTRACTS WITH THE POLICE
02:56:23:00	02:56:26:00	DEPARTMENT WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT
02:56:26:00	02:56:26:00	NECESSARILY MONITORING HOW
02:56:26:00	02:56:30:00	POLICE REFORM IS TAKING PLACE
02:56:30:00	02:56:31:00	SO FAR AND I'M NOT INTERESTED
02:56:31:00	02:56:34:00	IN TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE
02:56:34:00	02:56:35:00	BLAME IS BUT RATHER TO REALLY
02:56:35:00	02:56:38:00	PRACTICALLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN
02:56:38:00	02:56:39:00	MAKE CHANGES AND IT MEANS THAT,
02:56:39:00	02:56:42:00	YOU KNOW, A NEW ADMINISTRATION
02:56:42:00	02:56:42:00	FOR YEARS IS THAT ENOUGH FOR
02:56:42:00	02:56:45:00	FOR POLICE REFORM PROBABLY
02:56:45:00	02:56:46:00	NEEDS MORE TIME.
02:56:46:00	02:56:46:00	BUT I WOULD SAY TO THE
02:56:46:00	02:56:49:00	COUNCIL AND TO MY CONSTITUENTS
02:56:49:00	02:56:52:00	THAT TO TO LOOK AT THAT FIRST
02:56:52:00	02:56:53:00	AND LOOK AT REAL PREVENTATIVE
02:56:53:00	02:56:54:00	MEASURES MEANS, YOU KNOW, USED
02:56:54:00	02:56:57:00	MORE INVESTMENT IN YOUTH JOBS,
02:56:57:00	02:57:00:00	MORE INVESTMENT IN INVESTING IN
02:57:00:00	02:57:04:00	BLACK ECONOMY DRIVERS OR RACIAL
02:57:04:00	02:57:04:00	ECONOMY DRIVERS SO THAT WE CAN
02:57:04:00	02:57:05:00	CURVE THE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSIVE
02:57:05:00	02:57:08:00	ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WHICH LEADS
02:57:08:00	02:57:11:00	TO VIOLENCE AND SO FORTH AND
02:57:11:00	02:57:12:00	THEN A POLICE REFORM OF COURSE
02:57:12:00	02:57:13:00	WE HAVE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES ON
02:57:13:00	02:57:15:00	HOW TO DO THAT.
02:57:15:00	02:57:19:00	FINALLY, I THANK YOU.
02:57:19:00	02:57:20:00	INDULGE ME IN TALKING ABOUT
02:57:20:00	02:57:20:00	THAT.
02:57:20:00	02:57:23:00	FINALLY I WILL BE LOOKING
02:57:23:00	02:57:24:00	FORWARD TO DELIVERING IN THE
02:57:24:00	02:57:27:00	NEXT MEETING OR SO MAYBE THE
02:57:27:00	02:57:28:00	FOLLOWING MY THE WORKBOOK THAT
02:57:28:00	02:57:31:00	I'VE PUT TOGETHER OVER 410
02:57:31:00	02:57:33:00	PAGES FOR DISTRICT SEVEN WHICH
02:57:33:00	02:57:34:00	ACTUALLY OFFERS WORKSHEETS TO
02:57:34:00	02:57:37:00	TRACK THE BUDGET AND IT GOES
02:57:37:00	02:57:40:00	BEYOND OBVIOUSLY PROJECT POLICY
02:57:40:00	02:57:44:00	AND BUDGET BUT ALSO REALLY
02:57:44:00	02:57:45:00	OFFERS A DOCUMENTATION OF THE
02:57:45:00	02:57:48:00	CURRENT STATE OF THINGS TO WORK
02:57:48:00	02:57:49:00	AS WELL AS HOPEFULLY SERVING AS
02:57:49:00	02:57:52:00	A BATON TO THE NEXT COUNSELOR
02:57:52:00	02:57:54:00	TO BE ABLE TO BUILD CONTINUITY
02:57:54:00	02:57:55:00	IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
02:57:55:00	02:57:59:00	I WISH YOU I, I REALLY
02:57:59:00	02:57:59:00	APPRECIATE THIS APPRECIATE IT.
02:57:59:00	02:58:03:00	THIS BUDGET PROCESS IT'S NOT
02:58:03:00	02:58:04:00	ABOUT BEING HAPPY OR NOT HAPPY
02:58:04:00	02:58:04:00	WITH IT.
02:58:04:00	02:58:07:00	WE ALL KNOW THAT THE FUNDS ARE
02:58:07:00	02:58:08:00	PRETTY RESTRICTIVE RIGHT NOW.
02:58:08:00	02:58:11:00	THERE'S NOT A LOT TO PLAY WITH.
02:58:11:00	02:58:14:00	SO UNDERSTANDABLY SO.
02:58:14:00	02:58:15:00	OF COURSE I'LL BE VOTING IN
02:58:15:00	02:58:16:00	SUPPORT AND I THANK YOU AGAIN
02:58:16:00	02:58:21:00	FOR THE PROCESS.
02:58:21:00	02:58:26:00	THANK YOU ACTUALLY THANK YOU
02:58:26:00	02:58:26:00	GUYS REALLY INTERESTING IN THE
02:58:26:00	02:58:29:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES GERALD YOU
02:58:29:00	02:58:29:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:58:29:00	02:58:32:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:58:32:00	02:58:33:00	THANK YOU CHAIR FOR RUNNING THE
02:58:33:00	02:58:33:00	PROCESS.
02:58:33:00	02:58:34:00	IT WAS GREAT TO SEE MY
02:58:34:00	02:58:36:00	AMENDMENT IN THERE FOCUSED ON
02:58:36:00	02:58:36:00	ACTIVATION AND PROGRAMING FOR
02:58:36:00	02:58:40:00	THE YOUTH ESPECIALLY THE ONES
02:58:40:00	02:58:40:00	THAT FREQUENT SOUTH BAY TO HAVE
02:58:40:00	02:58:41:00	THEM HAVE SUMMER PROGRAMING ON
02:58:41:00	02:58:43:00	THE WEEKEND NIGHTS.
02:58:43:00	02:58:44:00	OTHERWISE WE DID OUR JOB.
02:58:44:00	02:58:45:00	IT'S A GOOD BUDGET AND WE'LL
02:58:45:00	02:58:48:00	ALWAYS STRIVE TO IMPROVE.
02:58:48:00	02:58:48:00	THANK YOU.
02:58:48:00	02:58:48:00	THANK YOU.
02:58:48:00	02:58:49:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:58:49:00	02:58:49:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE
02:58:49:00	02:58:50:00	FLOOR.
02:58:50:00	02:58:51:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:58:51:00	02:58:55:00	YOU KNOW, I JUST I, I REALLY
02:58:55:00	02:58:56:00	WANT TO REITERATE I THINK WHAT
02:58:56:00	02:58:59:00	MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID
02:58:59:00	02:59:00:00	THAT TO THANK CHAIR WORRELL FOR
02:59:00:00	02:59:03:00	RUNNING THIS PROCESS.
02:59:03:00	02:59:04:00	I THINK WE WERE TALKING THAT
02:59:04:00	02:59:05:00	YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO MANUAL FOR
02:59:05:00	02:59:07:00	THIS.
02:59:07:00	02:59:09:00	THIS IS MY YOU KNOW, KIND
02:59:09:00	02:59:10:00	OF SECOND GO AROUND WITH THIS
02:59:10:00	02:59:11:00	AND I'M JUST I'VE BEEN
02:59:11:00	02:59:13:00	THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED BY YOU
02:59:13:00	02:59:14:00	KNOW, YOUR HARD WORK AND
02:59:14:00	02:59:15:00	DEDICATION TO RUNNING THIS
02:59:15:00	02:59:17:00	PROCESS AND YOU AND YOUR STAFF
02:59:17:00	02:59:18:00	HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND I
02:59:18:00	02:59:22:00	THINK YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE
02:59:22:00	02:59:25:00	BENEFITED FROM YOUR HARD WORK.
02:59:25:00	02:59:26:00	I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU
02:59:26:00	02:59:29:00	IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO
02:59:29:00	02:59:29:00	COUNCILOR, SOMETHING THAT I
02:59:29:00	02:59:29:00	PUSH FOR.
02:59:29:00	02:59:32:00	YOU KNOW, I, I YOU KNOW, I'D
02:59:32:00	02:59:33:00	LIKE TO THANK ALL OF MY
02:59:33:00	02:59:36:00	COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING IT
02:59:36:00	02:59:40:00	BUT I JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT,
02:59:40:00	02:59:40:00	YOU KNOW,
02:59:40:00	02:59:43:00	SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND
02:59:43:00	02:59:44:00	CHIEF SHEILA DILLON TESTIFIED
02:59:44:00	02:59:47:00	BEFORE US EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T
02:59:47:00	02:59:48:00	IN THE BUDGET THEY SAID IT
02:59:48:00	02:59:49:00	SHOULD BE AND SO I THANK THEM
02:59:49:00	02:59:51:00	FOR THEIR TESTIMONY.
02:59:51:00	02:59:52:00	I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOSTON
02:59:52:00	02:59:55:00	TEACHERS UNION FOR SENDING A
02:59:55:00	02:59:56:00	LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE
02:59:56:00	02:59:59:00	PROGRAM AND JUST YOU KNOW, I
02:59:59:00	03:00:00:00	WOULD LIKE TO THANK SHARON
03:00:00:00	03:00:03:00	DURKIN WHO WHO HAS SPOKEN UP
03:00:03:00	03:00:03:00	ABOUT IT AND I REALLY
03:00:03:00	03:00:06:00	APPRECIATE IT AND THANK HER FOR
03:00:06:00	03:00:07:00	HER LEADERSHIP ON THAT ISSUE AS
03:00:07:00	03:00:10:00	WELL AS ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR
03:00:10:00	03:00:11:00	SUPPORTING A PROGRAM THAT'S
03:00:11:00	03:00:12:00	REALLY GOING TO HELP PEOPLE IN
03:00:12:00	03:00:14:00	NEED.
03:00:14:00	03:00:14:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:00:14:00	03:00:15:00	AND I DO SUPPORT THIS PACKAGE
03:00:15:00	03:00:18:00	AND I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT
03:00:18:00	03:00:18:00	COMPROMISE THAT WE'VE WORKED
03:00:18:00	03:00:22:00	OUT THAT'S GOING TO HELP PEOPLE
03:00:22:00	03:00:22:00	IN BOSTON.
03:00:22:00	03:00:22:00	THANK YOU.
03:00:22:00	03:00:25:00	THANK YOU.
03:00:25:00	03:00:26:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:00:26:00	03:00:26:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:00:26:00	03:00:29:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES BREADON
03:00:29:00	03:00:30:00	COMES RIGHT NEAR THE FLOOR.
03:00:30:00	03:00:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:00:30:00	03:00:34:00	AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
03:00:34:00	03:00:37:00	CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS.
03:00:37:00	03:00:40:00	I THINK THIS IS A A VERY A LOT
03:00:40:00	03:00:41:00	OF ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE AMONG
03:00:41:00	03:00:44:00	EACH OTHER AS WE TALK ABOUT THE
03:00:44:00	03:00:47:00	PRIORITIES AND THE VISION WE
03:00:47:00	03:00:47:00	HAVE.
03:00:47:00	03:00:48:00	AND IN THIS MOMENT WE HAVE
03:00:48:00	03:00:51:00	REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE MOST
03:00:51:00	03:00:52:00	VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
03:00:52:00	03:00:55:00	SO ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T OFFER TOO
03:00:55:00	03:00:59:00	MANY AMENDMENTS ON OWN, I DO
03:00:59:00	03:00:59:00	SUPPORT MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS
03:00:59:00	03:01:03:00	THAT MY COLLEAGUES OFFERED.
03:01:03:00	03:01:04:00	MY PARTICULAR INTEREST HAS BEEN
03:01:04:00	03:01:07:00	RIGHT SINCE I CAME TO THE CITY
03:01:07:00	03:01:08:00	COUNCIL WAS AS WELL FOR PARENTS
03:01:08:00	03:01:11:00	YES ALL CLASSES FOR PARENTS IN
03:01:11:00	03:01:11:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALL OF MY
03:01:11:00	03:01:14:00	COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE A TOTE BAG
03:01:14:00	03:01:15:00	ON THEIR ON THEIR DESK OR
03:01:15:00	03:01:18:00	UNDERNEATH FROM THE THE THE
03:01:18:00	03:01:18:00	GARDNER PILOT ACADEMY.
03:01:18:00	03:01:22:00	I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT FOR THE
03:01:22:00	03:01:22:00	SUMMER CELEBRATION OF THEIR
03:01:22:00	03:01:25:00	CLASS THE END OF YOUR CLASS.
03:01:25:00	03:01:26:00	IT WAS A REALLY JOYOUS
03:01:26:00	03:01:26:00	OCCASION.
03:01:26:00	03:01:28:00	WE HAD ABOUT 150 PARENTS AND
03:01:28:00	03:01:31:00	THEIR CHILDREN THERE
03:01:31:00	03:01:32:00	CELEBRATING THEIR ADVANCEMENT
03:01:32:00	03:01:35:00	AND BETTER PROFICIENCY IN
03:01:35:00	03:01:36:00	ENGLISH AND IT'S REALLY LIFE
03:01:36:00	03:01:39:00	CHANGING FOR IMMIGRANTS TO BE
03:01:39:00	03:01:40:00	ABLE TO USE HAVE BETTER ENGLISH
03:01:40:00	03:01:43:00	SKILLS.
03:01:43:00	03:01:44:00	IT CAN THEY CAN GET BETTER
03:01:44:00	03:01:44:00	JOBS, THEY GET MORE PAY AND
03:01:44:00	03:01:47:00	THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR
03:01:47:00	03:01:47:00	FAMILIES.
03:01:47:00	03:01:48:00	SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL OCCASION.
03:01:48:00	03:01:51:00	SO YOU'VE ALL GOT A LITTLE A
03:01:51:00	03:01:51:00	LITTLE BAGGIE ON YOUR DESKS
03:01:51:00	03:01:55:00	FROM THE GARDNER PILOT ACADEMY
03:01:55:00	03:01:55:00	, AN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM.
03:01:55:00	03:02:00:00	I ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TO
03:02:00:00	03:02:03:00	COUNCILOR FOR FAMILIES WHO COME
03:02:03:00	03:02:03:00	TO THE CITY.
03:02:03:00	03:02:04:00	I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY
03:02:04:00	03:02:06:00	COLLEAGUE COUNTRY WEBER FOR HIS
03:02:06:00	03:02:10:00	LEADERSHIP IN THAT SPACE.
03:02:10:00	03:02:11:00	WE DID FIND IT WAS A LITTLE THE
03:02:11:00	03:02:14:00	MONEY THAT WE APPROPRIATE HAD
03:02:14:00	03:02:15:00	LAST YEAR FOR THIS DIDN'T GET
03:02:15:00	03:02:16:00	OUT THE DOOR UNTIL VERY
03:02:16:00	03:02:18:00	RECENTLY.
03:02:18:00	03:02:19:00	IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THERE
03:02:19:00	03:02:22:00	WAS EVIDENCE THAT HAVING ACCESS
03:02:22:00	03:02:23:00	TO COUNCILOR IF YOU'RE IN THE
03:02:23:00	03:02:25:00	THREAT OF EVICTION FOR FAMILIES
03:02:25:00	03:02:26:00	IN IN BOSTON WE'VE MANAGED TO
03:02:26:00	03:02:30:00	PREVENT I THINK 73 FAMILIES
03:02:30:00	03:02:30:00	FROM BEING EVICTED AND
03:02:30:00	03:02:33:00	STABILIZING THEIR HOME
03:02:33:00	03:02:34:00	SITUATION SO THAT THEIR KIDS
03:02:34:00	03:02:34:00	CAN FOCUS ON THEIR EDUCATION
03:02:34:00	03:02:37:00	AND NOT BE DISPLACED.
03:02:37:00	03:02:38:00	IT ALSO SAVES BOSTON PUBLIC
03:02:38:00	03:02:41:00	SCHOOLS MONEY BECAUSE WE SPEND
03:02:41:00	03:02:42:00	$17 MILLION A YEAR TRANSPORTING
03:02:42:00	03:02:46:00	CHILDREN FROM OUT OF STUDENTS
03:02:46:00	03:02:47:00	FROM WHO HAVE BEEN IN SHELTERS
03:02:47:00	03:02:50:00	OUTSIDE CITY BACK TO THEIR
03:02:50:00	03:02:50:00	SCHOOLS IN THE CITY.
03:02:50:00	03:02:53:00	SO I WANT TO ALSO THANK ALL THE
03:02:53:00	03:02:54:00	CENTRAL STAFF AND KARISHMA
03:02:54:00	03:02:57:00	WHO'S BEEN A STAR IN THIS IN
03:02:57:00	03:03:01:00	THIS PROCESS AND.
03:03:01:00	03:03:02:00	I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE
03:03:02:00	03:03:03:00	LANDED ON A COMPROMISE THAT'S
03:03:03:00	03:03:05:00	GOT GENERAL CONSENSUS ACROSS
03:03:05:00	03:03:08:00	THE WHOLE BODY AND THAT WE'RE
03:03:08:00	03:03:09:00	VERY PROUD TO SEND IT TO THE
03:03:09:00	03:03:12:00	MAYOR FOR HER FOR ADAPTATION
03:03:12:00	03:03:13:00	AND INCLUSION IN THE FINAL
03:03:13:00	03:03:16:00	DRAFT THE CITY BUDGET.
03:03:16:00	03:03:17:00	THANK YOU.
03:03:17:00	03:03:17:00	THANK YOU.
03:03:17:00	03:03:21:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, IS ANYONE
03:03:21:00	03:03:22:00	ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS
03:03:22:00	03:03:24:00	MATTER?
03:03:24:00	03:03:25:00	I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
03:03:25:00	03:03:28:00	WE ECHO THE PRAISE TO KARISHMA
03:03:28:00	03:03:31:00	AND TO YOUR ENTIRE STAFF
03:03:31:00	03:03:32:00	COUNCIL ALL AROUND.
03:03:32:00	03:03:33:00	WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY
03:03:33:00	03:03:33:00	COLLEAGUES AGAIN FOR WORKING
03:03:33:00	03:03:35:00	TOGETHER SO THAT WE COULD GET
03:03:35:00	03:03:36:00	HERE AND ON BEHALF OF ALL
03:03:36:00	03:03:40:00	OF THE RESIDENTS AND CASUAL IT
03:03:40:00	03:03:40:00	IS ABOUT TO MENTIONED LEGAL
03:03:40:00	03:03:44:00	ASSISTANCE FOR IMMIGRANTS AND I
03:03:44:00	03:03:44:00	THINK IT'S AN ISSUE THAT SO
03:03:44:00	03:03:45:00	MANY OF US CARE ABOUT.
03:03:45:00	03:03:48:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR
03:03:48:00	03:03:51:00	BECAUSE IT WAS EITHER LAST WEEK
03:03:51:00	03:03:52:00	I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK SHE
03:03:52:00	03:03:54:00	INVESTED $700,000 IN LEGAL
03:03:54:00	03:03:58:00	ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF OUR
03:03:58:00	03:03:58:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND WE ALSO
03:03:58:00	03:04:02:00	MAY ADDED AN INVESTMENT ON TOP
03:04:02:00	03:04:03:00	OF THAT AND I THINK THAT'S
03:04:03:00	03:04:06:00	REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
03:04:06:00	03:04:06:00	BUT HER INVESTMENT ALLOWED US
03:04:06:00	03:04:09:00	TO BE ABLE TO MONEY ELSEWHERE
03:04:09:00	03:04:10:00	AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
03:04:10:00	03:04:13:00	WORK THAT EVERYONE IS DOING TO
03:04:13:00	03:04:14:00	MAKE SURE THAT OUR IMMIGRANT
03:04:14:00	03:04:16:00	COMMUNITIES HERE FEEL VERY SAFE
03:04:16:00	03:04:16:00	AGAIN.
03:04:16:00	03:04:17:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
03:04:17:00	03:04:19:00	IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
03:04:19:00	03:04:24:00	COMMENTS OR NO QUESTIONS, WE'D
03:04:24:00	03:04:24:00	LIKE TO SPEAK THE CHAIR OF THE
03:04:24:00	03:04:28:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND
03:04:28:00	03:04:28:00	THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
03:04:28:00	03:04:30:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
03:04:30:00	03:04:31:00	NUMBER 0822 IN AN AMENDED DRAFT
03:04:31:00	03:04:34:00	MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
03:04:34:00	03:04:35:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
03:04:35:00	03:04:37:00	CALL VOTE ON DUNCAN NUMBER 0822
03:04:37:00	03:04:42:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
03:04:42:00	03:04:42:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:04:42:00	03:04:45:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PER
03:04:45:00	03:04:45:00	COUNCILOR CLOSE THE PARTY YES.
03:04:45:00	03:04:46:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
03:04:46:00	03:04:48:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
03:04:48:00	03:04:49:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON
03:04:49:00	03:04:51:00	COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON YES
03:04:51:00	03:04:51:00	.
03:04:51:00	03:04:52:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:04:52:00	03:04:52:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:04:52:00	03:04:56:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:04:56:00	03:04:56:00	YES.
03:04:56:00	03:04:58:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES
03:04:58:00	03:04:59:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:04:59:00	03:05:02:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:05:02:00	03:05:03:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES.
03:05:03:00	03:05:06:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:05:06:00	03:05:07:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:05:07:00	03:05:10:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL A YES
03:05:10:00	03:05:10:00	.
03:05:10:00	03:05:10:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:05:10:00	03:05:11:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:05:11:00	03:05:14:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:05:14:00	03:05:14:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:05:14:00	03:05:15:00	AND COUNCILOR WU YES.
03:05:15:00	03:05:18:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
03:05:18:00	03:05:18:00	TALKING NUMBERS 0822 HAS
03:05:18:00	03:05:22:00	RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
03:05:22:00	03:05:22:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE.
03:05:22:00	03:05:22:00	THANK YOU.
03:05:22:00	03:05:25:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0822 HAS PASSED
03:05:25:00	03:05:30:00	IN AN AMENDED DRAFT.
03:05:30:00	03:05:34:00	CONGRATULATIONS, MR FOR GETTING
03:05:34:00	03:05:35:00	US HERE AND FOR ALL OF YOUR
03:05:35:00	03:05:35:00	WORK.
03:05:35:00	03:05:38:00	WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A 15
03:05:38:00	03:05:39:00	MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE THERE'S WE
03:05:39:00	03:05:42:00	HAVE FOOD IN MY COLLEAGUES AND
03:05:42:00	03:05:42:00	THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
03:05:42:00	03:05:44:00	THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
03:05:44:00	03:46:13:00	WE ARE IN A RECESS WE ARE BACK
03:46:13:00	03:46:13:00	IN SESSION.
03:46:13:00	03:46:14:00	BACK IN SESSION.
03:46:14:00	03:46:14:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
03:46:14:00	03:46:17:00	READ THE CAPITAL LOAN ORDERS
03:46:17:00	03:46:20:00	DOCKET NUMBER 082820830.
03:46:20:00	03:46:24:00	DUGAN NUMBER 0828 MESSAGE YOU
03:46:24:00	03:46:25:00	ARE NOT APPROVING AN
03:46:25:00	03:46:27:00	APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE
03:46:27:00	03:46:30:00	AMOUNT OF $266,100,000 FOR
03:46:30:00	03:46:31:00	VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
03:46:31:00	03:46:34:00	PURPOSES FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS
03:46:34:00	03:46:35:00	INCLUDING THE BOSTON CENTERS
03:46:35:00	03:46:38:00	FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES, BOSTON
03:46:38:00	03:46:38:00	HOUSING AUTHORITY, BOSTON
03:46:38:00	03:46:42:00	PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
03:46:42:00	03:46:42:00	, BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
03:46:42:00	03:46:43:00	INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
03:46:43:00	03:46:46:00	ENVIRONMENT FIRE MAYOR'S OFFICE
03:46:46:00	03:46:49:00	OF HOUSING OFFICE OF ARTS AND
03:46:49:00	03:46:50:00	CULTURE PARKS AND RECREATION
03:46:50:00	03:46:53:00	POLICE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
03:46:53:00	03:46:54:00	PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION PUBLIC
03:46:54:00	03:46:54:00	WORKS AND THE TRANSPORTATION
03:46:54:00	03:46:58:00	DEPARTMENT.
03:46:58:00	03:46:59:00	DARK NUMBER 0829.
03:46:59:00	03:47:01:00	MESSAGE YOU ARE NOT APPROVING
03:47:01:00	03:47:02:00	AN APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE
03:47:02:00	03:47:05:00	AMOUNT OF $196,900,000 FOR THE
03:47:05:00	03:47:08:00	VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
03:47:08:00	03:47:08:00	PURPOSES FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC
03:47:08:00	03:47:09:00	SCHOOLS.
03:47:09:00	03:47:15:00	AND NUMBER 0830 MESSAGE IN
03:47:15:00	03:47:15:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
03:47:15:00	03:47:19:00	OF BOSTON TO ENTER INTO ONE OR
03:47:19:00	03:47:20:00	MORE LEASES LEASE PURCHASE OR
03:47:20:00	03:47:22:00	INSTALLMENT SALES AGREEMENTS
03:47:22:00	03:47:23:00	FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 IN THE
03:47:23:00	03:47:27:00	AMOUNT NO NOT TO EXCEED $40
03:47:27:00	03:47:27:00	MILLION.
03:47:27:00	03:47:31:00	THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED BY
03:47:31:00	03:47:31:00	VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR
03:47:31:00	03:47:34:00	THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT IN
03:47:34:00	03:47:34:00	FURTHERANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
03:47:34:00	03:47:38:00	GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS.
03:47:38:00	03:47:39:00	THE LIST OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDES
03:47:39:00	03:47:42:00	CAM COMPUTER EQUIPMENT,
03:47:42:00	03:47:42:00	HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, MOTOR
03:47:42:00	03:47:45:00	VEHICLES AND TRAILERS,
03:47:45:00	03:47:46:00	AMBULANCES, FIREFIGHTING
03:47:46:00	03:47:46:00	EQUIPMENT, OFFICE EQUIPMENT,
03:47:46:00	03:47:49:00	TELECOM UNIFICATIONS EQUIPMENT,
03:47:49:00	03:47:50:00	PHOTOCOPYING EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL
03:47:50:00	03:47:53:00	EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL AND
03:47:53:00	03:47:54:00	EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL
03:47:54:00	03:47:57:00	BUSSES, PARKING METERS STREET
03:47:57:00	03:47:57:00	LIGHTING INSTALLATION TRAFFIC
03:47:57:00	03:48:00:00	SIGNALING EQUIPMENT AND
03:48:00:00	03:48:01:00	EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONALLY RELATED
03:48:01:00	03:48:04:00	TO AND COMPONENTS OF THE
03:48:04:00	03:48:04:00	FOREGOING.
03:48:04:00	03:48:04:00	THANK YOU.
03:48:04:00	03:48:05:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
03:48:05:00	03:48:08:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
03:48:08:00	03:48:09:00	MEANS COMMITTEE.
03:48:09:00	03:48:09:00	BRIAN MORRELL.
03:48:09:00	03:48:10:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:48:10:00	03:48:12:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:48:12:00	03:48:13:00	WHEN WE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THESE
03:48:13:00	03:48:16:00	LOAN ORDERS WE ARE AUTHORIZING
03:48:16:00	03:48:17:00	THE CITY TAKE OUT BONDS TO
03:48:17:00	03:48:18:00	FINANCE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
03:48:18:00	03:48:20:00	THIS INCLUDES THE HALF DOZEN
03:48:20:00	03:48:21:00	LIBRARIES WE'RE MOVING FORWARD
03:48:21:00	03:48:24:00	WITH AND INCLUDES THE GROVE
03:48:24:00	03:48:24:00	HALL COMMUNITY CENTER AND
03:48:24:00	03:48:25:00	INCLUDES SIDEWALKS AND REPAVE
03:48:25:00	03:48:28:00	ROADS AND INCLUDES SCHOOLS.
03:48:28:00	03:48:31:00	MAJOR RENOVATIONS INSIDE
03:48:31:00	03:48:31:00	OF SCHOOLS AND MAJOR
03:48:31:00	03:48:32:00	RENOVATIONS TO OUR BUILDINGS.
03:48:32:00	03:48:35:00	IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMMITTEE
03:48:35:00	03:48:36:00	REPORT YOU CAN SEE JUST PART
03:48:36:00	03:48:37:00	OF THE WORK THAT THE
03:48:37:00	03:48:39:00	ADMINISTRATION IS DOING.
03:48:39:00	03:48:39:00	I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS
03:48:39:00	03:48:43:00	OF CONCENTRATING.
03:48:43:00	03:48:45:00	WHEN I WHEN I FIRST BECAME
03:48:45:00	03:48:48:00	COUNSELOR DISTRICT FOUR HAD
03:48:48:00	03:48:50:00	ONLY GOTTEN AN AVERAGE OF 4%
03:48:50:00	03:48:51:00	OF INVESTMENT IN THE CAPITAL
03:48:51:00	03:48:55:00	PLAN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
03:48:55:00	03:48:55:00	DISTRICT FOUR HAS IMPROVED BUT
03:48:55:00	03:48:56:00	STILL I STILL SYMPATHIZE AND
03:48:56:00	03:48:59:00	UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS
03:48:59:00	03:48:59:00	WITH COUNCILOR BRAYTON HER
03:48:59:00	03:49:00:00	CONSTITUENTS.
03:49:00:00	03:49:02:00	WE NEED BETTER INFORMATION IN
03:49:02:00	03:49:03:00	THE BUDGET BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
03:49:03:00	03:49:06:00	CAPITAL PLANNING AND BUDGET AND
03:49:06:00	03:49:09:00	BUDGETING ON THE LOAN, ORTIZ
03:49:09:00	03:49:10:00	AND ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET
03:49:10:00	03:49:13:00	WEBSITE WE NEED TO SEE
03:49:13:00	03:49:14:00	IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT WEBSITE
03:49:14:00	03:49:15:00	AND THAT'S WHY IN THIS YEAR'S
03:49:15:00	03:49:18:00	OPERATING BUDGET WE PUT FORWARD
03:49:18:00	03:49:21:00	A RECOMMENDATION FOR FUNDING TO
03:49:21:00	03:49:22:00	BE ALLOCATED TO THAT WEBSITE.
03:49:22:00	03:49:23:00	BUT AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
03:49:23:00	03:49:25:00	ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND
03:49:25:00	03:49:26:00	THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO BE
03:49:26:00	03:49:30:00	READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
03:49:30:00	03:49:31:00	ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION TO
03:49:31:00	03:49:33:00	SUPPORT THE CAPITAL SPENDING
03:49:33:00	03:49:33:00	PLAN.
03:49:33:00	03:49:33:00	THANK YOU.
03:49:33:00	03:49:37:00	THANK YOU MR CHAIR.
03:49:37:00	03:49:37:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:49:37:00	03:49:40:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:49:40:00	03:49:41:00	THE CHAIR CAN I JUST
03:49:41:00	03:49:42:00	CONCENTRATE AND YOU HAVE THE
03:49:42:00	03:49:42:00	FLOOR.
03:49:42:00	03:49:44:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
03:49:44:00	03:49:45:00	AND THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO THE
03:49:45:00	03:49:47:00	CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS FOR HIS
03:49:47:00	03:49:48:00	INCREDIBLE WORK AS LEADING US
03:49:48:00	03:49:51:00	THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
03:49:51:00	03:49:52:00	LAST YEAR I STOOD UP TO VOTE NO
03:49:52:00	03:49:56:00	ON CAPITAL BUDGET AND IT IS MY
03:49:56:00	03:49:57:00	INTENTION TO VOTE NO ONCE AGAIN
03:49:57:00	03:49:59:00	THIS YEAR.
03:49:59:00	03:50:00:00	THE NEW CAPITAL REQUESTS WERE
03:50:00:00	03:50:03:00	RECOMMENDED ARE NEW CAPITAL
03:50:03:00	03:50:06:00	REQUESTS THAT ARE RECOMMEND IT
03:50:06:00	03:50:07:00	FOR FUNDING ARE PLACED INTO A
03:50:07:00	03:50:08:00	MULTI-YEAR SPENDING PLAN.
03:50:08:00	03:50:11:00	THIS IS FROM THE BUDGET BOOK A
03:50:11:00	03:50:14:00	MULTI-YEAR SPENDING PLAN
03:50:14:00	03:50:15:00	SPENDING PLAN ALONG WITH
03:50:15:00	03:50:15:00	PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED PROJECTS.
03:50:15:00	03:50:19:00	THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL
03:50:19:00	03:50:23:00	PLAN FUNDING NEED IS THEN
03:50:23:00	03:50:23:00	EVALUATED ACROSS ALL PROJECTS
03:50:23:00	03:50:26:00	AND THE OFFICE OF OBM
03:50:26:00	03:50:26:00	DETERMINES WHICH PROJECTS
03:50:26:00	03:50:30:00	REQUIRE NEW LOAN OR ORDER
03:50:30:00	03:50:30:00	AUTHORIZATIONS WHICH IS THEN
03:50:30:00	03:50:33:00	SUBMITTED TO THE CITY
03:50:33:00	03:50:34:00	COUNCIL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
03:50:34:00	03:50:35:00	GOING TO BE VOTING ON DAY.
03:50:35:00	03:50:37:00	THESE ORDERS PROVIDE THE
03:50:37:00	03:50:37:00	LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY FOR THE
03:50:37:00	03:50:41:00	CITY TO SPEND AND BORROW FOR
03:50:41:00	03:50:42:00	CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
03:50:42:00	03:50:45:00	WITHOUT NEW LAW LOAN
03:50:45:00	03:50:45:00	AUTHORIZATIONS.
03:50:45:00	03:50:46:00	MANY PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL
03:50:46:00	03:50:49:00	PLAN WILL STILL PROCEED BUT
03:50:49:00	03:50:49:00	WITHOUT NEW FUNDING MANY
03:50:49:00	03:50:50:00	PROJECTS WOULD BE FORCED TO
03:50:50:00	03:50:53:00	PAUSE.
03:50:53:00	03:50:57:00	SO THIS 20 TO 20 6 TO 2030
03:50:57:00	03:50:59:00	CAPITAL PLAN INCLUDES 390 NEW
03:50:59:00	03:51:02:00	OR CONTINUING PROJECTS AND
03:51:02:00	03:51:05:00	PROPOSES 463 MILLION NEW BOND
03:51:05:00	03:51:07:00	AUTHORIZATIONS THAT WOULD FUND
03:51:07:00	03:51:08:00	94 PROJECTS.
03:51:08:00	03:51:11:00	AND THAT'S ALL FROM THE BUDGET
03:51:11:00	03:51:11:00	BOOK.
03:51:11:00	03:51:15:00	MY MY PROBLEM WITH WITH THIS
03:51:15:00	03:51:16:00	REALLY IS A HISTORICAL ISSUE
03:51:16:00	03:51:19:00	THAT GOES BACK DECADES OFTEN
03:51:19:00	03:51:20:00	RIGHT AND HAS BEEN HAS BEEN
03:51:20:00	03:51:23:00	CONSISTENTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH
03:51:23:00	03:51:24:00	OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY
03:51:24:00	03:51:27:00	FOR DECADES.
03:51:27:00	03:51:28:00	SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE ALL
03:51:28:00	03:51:31:00	OF THIS IS NEW CAPITAL
03:51:31:00	03:51:34:00	AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FY 16 TO FY
03:51:34:00	03:51:38:00	25 AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON IS IN
03:51:38:00	03:51:38:00	RED.
03:51:38:00	03:51:41:00	IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE THIS BUT
03:51:41:00	03:51:42:00	IN 2016 NEW CAPITAL
03:51:42:00	03:51:45:00	AUTHORIZATIONS WE WERE WE WERE
03:51:45:00	03:51:48:00	NINTH WE WERE LAST IN 20 IN
03:51:48:00	03:51:53:00	2017 WE WERE LAST IN 2019 2018
03:51:53:00	03:51:54:00	THERE WAS NOTHING NOT ONE PENNY
03:51:54:00	03:51:58:00	ON NEW CAPITAL AUTHORIZATIONS
03:51:58:00	03:52:04:00	AND IN 2019 WE HAD WE WERE IN
03:52:04:00	03:52:05:00	THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK BUT
03:52:05:00	03:52:06:00	AGAIN I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY
03:52:06:00	03:52:08:00	THE FINAL LIBRARY PROJECT IN
03:52:08:00	03:52:11:00	AND IN 2020 THAT'S PROBABLY THE
03:52:11:00	03:52:14:00	NEW LIBRARY PROJECT AGAIN AND
03:52:14:00	03:52:18:00	THEN IN IN 2021 THAT'S SORT
03:52:18:00	03:52:21:00	OF SMITHFIELD AND AND FANEUIL
03:52:21:00	03:52:22:00	LIBRARY PROJECT I CAN ACTUALLY
03:52:22:00	03:52:24:00	NAME THE TWO PROJECTS AND THEN
03:52:24:00	03:52:27:00	IN 2022 WE'RE BACK TO THE LAST
03:52:27:00	03:52:28:00	AGAIN 2023 BACK TO THE BOTTOM
03:52:28:00	03:52:33:00	OF THE HEAP AGAIN 2024, 2025
03:52:33:00	03:52:36:00	AND I THINK THIS YEAR IN 2026
03:52:36:00	03:52:37:00	WE'RE BACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE
03:52:37:00	03:52:40:00	HEAP AGAIN AND THEN WHEN YOU
03:52:40:00	03:52:40:00	COMPARE THAT WITH SOME OF THE
03:52:40:00	03:52:41:00	OTHER DISTRICTS YOU SEE SOME
03:52:41:00	03:52:43:00	OF THESE THIS IS DISTRICT TO
03:52:43:00	03:52:48:00	DISTRICT TO THIS OF OF DISTRICT
03:52:48:00	03:52:50:00	TWO IS TOP OF THE HEAP NOW LIKE
03:52:50:00	03:52:52:00	8 TO 10 AND THIS IS A GROSS
03:52:52:00	03:52:54:00	INEQUITY.
03:52:54:00	03:52:55:00	ALLSTON BRIGHTON HAS A
03:52:55:00	03:52:58:00	POPULATION OF 80,000 PEOPLE WE
03:52:58:00	03:52:59:00	HAVE THE SAME AREA AND
03:52:59:00	03:53:01:00	POPULATION AS THE CITY
03:53:01:00	03:53:02:00	OF SOMERVILLE AND WE DO NOT
03:53:02:00	03:53:06:00	HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER.
03:53:06:00	03:53:07:00	WE HAVE ONE COMMUNITY CENTER
03:53:07:00	03:53:10:00	THAT IS IT IS SCHEDULED FOR
03:53:10:00	03:53:10:00	IMPROVEMENTS TO BE REPLACED BY
03:53:10:00	03:53:13:00	A NEW BUILDING.
03:53:13:00	03:53:14:00	YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT
03:53:14:00	03:53:17:00	THERE'S A NEW PROJECT MANAGER
03:53:17:00	03:53:18:00	ASSIGNED TO THIS BUT THEY'RE
03:53:18:00	03:53:19:00	ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO SPEND ANY
03:53:19:00	03:53:21:00	MONEY NOT GOING TO SPEND ANY
03:53:21:00	03:53:25:00	MONEY ON AN EVENT AND DOING
03:53:25:00	03:53:25:00	ANYTHING THIS YEAR THAT WAS THE
03:53:25:00	03:53:28:00	SAME AS LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE
03:53:28:00	03:53:29:00	TO BE SCHEDULED.
03:53:29:00	03:53:30:00	SO THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD
03:53:30:00	03:53:32:00	SLOWLY.
03:53:32:00	03:53:33:00	BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
03:53:33:00	03:53:33:00	SYSTEMIC PROBLEM.
03:53:33:00	03:53:37:00	THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM THAT
03:53:37:00	03:53:39:00	IS PREDATES THIS IS GOING BACK
03:53:39:00	03:53:40:00	THREE OR FOUR MAYORAL
03:53:40:00	03:53:43:00	ADMINISTRATIONS ALLSTON
03:53:43:00	03:53:44:00	BRIGHTON PEOPLE COME TO AND SAY
03:53:44:00	03:53:45:00	WHAT WE ALWAYS FORGET WHY WHY
03:53:45:00	03:53:47:00	ARE WE NOT GETTING A BETTER
03:53:47:00	03:53:47:00	DEAL OUT OF THIS?
03:53:47:00	03:53:49:00	ACTUALLY IN THE 1970S RATE I
03:53:49:00	03:53:50:00	HAVE TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH
03:53:50:00	03:53:53:00	THIS BUT THERE WAS A MOVE TO
03:53:53:00	03:53:54:00	HAVE A BALLOT MEASURE TO SECEDE
03:53:54:00	03:53:56:00	FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE
03:53:56:00	03:53:57:00	ALLSTON BRIGHTON DIDN'T FEEL
03:53:57:00	03:53:58:00	THEY WERE GETTING THEIR FAIR
03:53:58:00	03:54:00:00	SHARE AND THIS EXPLAINS WHY AND
03:54:00:00	03:54:04:00	THIS IS STILL HAPPENING IN 20
03:54:04:00	03:54:07:00	2020 FINANCIAL YEAR 2026 SO YOU
03:54:07:00	03:54:11:00	KNOW I REALIZE IT WHERE I'D
03:54:11:00	03:54:12:00	LIKE TO SEE MORE EQUITY IN THIS
03:54:12:00	03:54:15:00	SITUATION AND WE'RE NOT THE
03:54:15:00	03:54:16:00	ONLY DISTRICT THAT'S GETTING
03:54:16:00	03:54:19:00	UNDERINVESTED IN BUT I FEEL
03:54:19:00	03:54:20:00	VERY STRONGLY THAT WE ARE AND
03:54:20:00	03:54:23:00	WHAT WE WILL DO TODAY IS
03:54:23:00	03:54:23:00	ENCUMBER DEBT.
03:54:23:00	03:54:26:00	WE WILL GIVE THE CITY AUTHORITY
03:54:26:00	03:54:27:00	TO BORROW MONEY AND MAY OR MAY
03:54:27:00	03:54:30:00	NOT WE HAVE WE HAVE AUTHORIZED
03:54:30:00	03:54:34:00	A DEBT IS PROBABLY DEBT THAT'S
03:54:34:00	03:54:37:00	BEEN AUTHORIZED GOING BACK TEN,
03:54:37:00	03:54:38:00	15, 20 YEARS THAT HAS NEVER
03:54:38:00	03:54:41:00	BEEN ACTUALLY ISSUED AND THIS
03:54:41:00	03:54:45:00	IS THE THIS IS THE UNISSUED
03:54:45:00	03:54:45:00	UNISSUED DEBT.
03:54:45:00	03:54:46:00	SO WE AUTHORIZE DEBT ALL THE
03:54:46:00	03:54:46:00	TIME.
03:54:46:00	03:54:48:00	YOU DO THAT, YOU SPEND IT AND
03:54:48:00	03:54:52:00	OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS IS CRYING
03:54:52:00	03:54:52:00	FOR SOME INVESTMENT AND WE'RE
03:54:52:00	03:54:53:00	BEATING THE BUSHES AND RAISING
03:54:53:00	03:54:56:00	MONEY FROM INSTITUTIONS AND
03:54:56:00	03:54:57:00	FROM DEVELOPERS TO TRY AND GET
03:54:57:00	03:55:00:00	MONEY TO FIX OUR PARKS AND DO
03:55:00:00	03:55:01:00	THAT BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE
03:55:01:00	03:55:04:00	SHOULD BE GOING FORWARD.
03:55:04:00	03:55:05:00	I THIS IS NOT THERE'S SORT OF A
03:55:05:00	03:55:08:00	CUSTOM AND PRACTICE THAT THIS
03:55:08:00	03:55:09:00	IS THE WAY WE'VE DONE THIS AND
03:55:09:00	03:55:10:00	THIS IS JUST KEEP DOING WHAT
03:55:10:00	03:55:12:00	WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
03:55:12:00	03:55:13:00	WE JUST END UP PERPETUATING A
03:55:13:00	03:55:16:00	PROBLEM BUT AS I SAID AS A
03:55:16:00	03:55:17:00	DISTRICT COUNCILOR FOR ALTON
03:55:17:00	03:55:17:00	BRIGHTON I'D SAY THIS IS
03:55:17:00	03:55:20:00	SOMETHING WE ALL AS A BODY NEED
03:55:20:00	03:55:23:00	TO ADDRESS AND SEE IF WE CAN
03:55:23:00	03:55:23:00	WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
03:55:23:00	03:55:28:00	AND OBM TO SEE IF WE CAN GET DO
03:55:28:00	03:55:28:00	SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS THIS
03:55:28:00	03:55:31:00	THIS DEFINITELY NEEDS
03:55:31:00	03:55:34:00	IMPROVEMENT.
03:55:34:00	03:55:34:00	I'M DELIGHTED FOR THOSE
03:55:34:00	03:55:35:00	NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GETTING
03:55:35:00	03:55:38:00	NEW COMMUNITY CENTERS AND NEW
03:55:38:00	03:55:39:00	SCHOOLS AND NEW PARKS AND ALL
03:55:39:00	03:55:39:00	OF THE OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS
03:55:39:00	03:55:42:00	THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN.
03:55:42:00	03:55:43:00	BUT ALSO BRIGHTON IS CERTAINLY
03:55:43:00	03:55:47:00	NOT CLOSE TO GETTING WHAT THEY
03:55:47:00	03:55:47:00	NEED.
03:55:47:00	03:55:50:00	WE HAVE ONE COMMUNITY CENTER.
03:55:50:00	03:55:53:00	I TALK ABOUT IT JACKSON MAN
03:55:53:00	03:55:54:00	IT'S REALLY IN A BUILDING THAT
03:55:54:00	03:55:57:00	AS HAS BEEN SAID THAT NEEDS TO
03:55:57:00	03:55:57:00	BE KNOCKED DOWN.
03:55:57:00	03:55:59:00	WE HAVE ONE COMMUNITY CENTER
03:55:59:00	03:56:00:00	WE'RE THE SIZE OF SOMERVILLE
03:56:00:00	03:56:05:00	THE DISTRICT DISTRICT ONE MY
03:56:05:00	03:56:06:00	COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT ONE HAS
03:56:06:00	03:56:09:00	HAS A HAS I THINK IT 88
03:56:09:00	03:56:12:00	COMMUNITY CENTERS INCLUDING TWO
03:56:12:00	03:56:13:00	POOLS AND I THINK THERE'S
03:56:13:00	03:56:14:00	THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO BUILD
03:56:14:00	03:56:17:00	ANOTHER COMMUNITY CENTER FOR 88
03:56:17:00	03:56:17:00	MILLION AND WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY
03:56:17:00	03:56:20:00	WE HAVE BASICALLY BUY THE
03:56:20:00	03:56:21:00	BUILDING THIS HAS TO BE CLOSED
03:56:21:00	03:56:24:00	SO THERE'S THIS NOTION THAT WE
03:56:24:00	03:56:27:00	CAN STRUGGLE ALONG AND THAT THE
03:56:27:00	03:56:28:00	BUILDING WILL DO WE WILL MAKE
03:56:28:00	03:56:29:00	DO WITH THE BUILDING BUT WE
03:56:29:00	03:56:32:00	WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME URGENCY
03:56:32:00	03:56:32:00	ABOUT MOVING THE JACKSON MAN
03:56:32:00	03:56:35:00	COMMUNITY CENTER FORWARD AND WE
03:56:35:00	03:56:38:00	CAN'T JUST GO THIS SORT
03:56:38:00	03:56:39:00	OF INCREMENTAL PROGRESS YEAR ON
03:56:39:00	03:56:42:00	YEAR ON YEAR.
03:56:42:00	03:56:43:00	YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO
03:56:43:00	03:56:46:00	WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
03:56:46:00	03:56:47:00	TO SEE IF WE CAN SPEED THIS UP
03:56:47:00	03:56:49:00	AND MAKE SOME PROGRESS.
03:56:49:00	03:56:53:00	BUT OUR DISTRICT IS REALLY
03:56:53:00	03:56:54:00	DESPERATE TO GET THIS GET SOME
03:56:54:00	03:56:57:00	MORE CAPITAL INVESTMENT FROM
03:56:57:00	03:56:57:00	THE CITY AND I THINK THIS THIS
03:56:57:00	03:57:01:00	THIS THIS THIS THIS GRAPHIC
03:57:01:00	03:57:01:00	DEMONSTRATES WHAT I'M TALKING
03:57:01:00	03:57:05:00	ABOUT.
03:57:05:00	03:57:05:00	THANK YOU.
03:57:05:00	03:57:06:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
03:57:06:00	03:57:08:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON FOR YOUR
03:57:08:00	03:57:08:00	RELENTLESS ADVOCACY.
03:57:08:00	03:57:09:00	I THINK MANY OF US ESPECIALLY
03:57:09:00	03:57:09:00	AT LARGE COUNCILORS WERE
03:57:09:00	03:57:12:00	PRESENT AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON
03:57:12:00	03:57:13:00	WHEN YOU BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY
03:57:13:00	03:57:16:00	TOGETHER AND TO JUST SHOW HOW
03:57:16:00	03:57:16:00	UNDERINVESTED IN HOW SIDELINED
03:57:16:00	03:57:20:00	THERE A B COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IN
03:57:20:00	03:57:20:00	TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER
03:57:20:00	03:57:21:00	AND YOU RAISE AN EXCELLENT
03:57:21:00	03:57:24:00	EXCELLENT EXCELLENT POINT.
03:57:24:00	03:57:25:00	I WAS MY FIRST HEARING ORDER
03:57:25:00	03:57:27:00	ABOUT US AS A CITY NOT TAPPING
03:57:27:00	03:57:31:00	INTO OUR FULL DEBT CAPACITY AND
03:57:31:00	03:57:31:00	WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR ABILITY
03:57:31:00	03:57:34:00	TO DO AND INVEST IN PUBLIC
03:57:34:00	03:57:34:00	PROJECTS.
03:57:34:00	03:57:35:00	SO I JUST WANT TO JOIN YOU AND
03:57:35:00	03:57:39:00	OBVIOUSLY I WILL BE VOTING YES
03:57:39:00	03:57:39:00	ON THIS CAPITAL BUDGET BECAUSE
03:57:39:00	03:57:40:00	I THINK IT'S REALLY THEY'RE
03:57:40:00	03:57:42:00	REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS
03:57:42:00	03:57:42:00	ESPECIALLY IN OUR LIBRARIES
03:57:42:00	03:57:45:00	AROUND THE AROUND THE CITY AND
03:57:45:00	03:57:46:00	A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT
03:57:46:00	03:57:47:00	WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN
03:57:47:00	03:57:50:00	HOUSING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR
03:57:50:00	03:57:53:00	LIBRARIES INVESTMENTS IN OUR
03:57:53:00	03:57:53:00	SCHOOLS AND I DO THINK THAT
03:57:53:00	03:57:56:00	THIS CAPITAL BUDGET IS TRYING
03:57:56:00	03:57:57:00	TO PUSH THE NEEDLE ON ON ISSUES
03:57:57:00	03:58:00:00	OF EQUITY, ESPECIALLY RACIAL
03:58:00:00	03:58:00:00	EQUITY.
03:58:00:00	03:58:04:00	BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I
03:58:04:00	03:58:05:00	JOIN YOU IN YOUR CONTINUED
03:58:05:00	03:58:06:00	ADVOCACY THAT WE LEAN IN TO OUR
03:58:06:00	03:58:08:00	ABILITY TO USE OUR DEBT
03:58:08:00	03:58:09:00	CAPACITY AND OUR FISCAL
03:58:09:00	03:58:12:00	STRENGTH TO DO THE WORK
03:58:12:00	03:58:12:00	OF INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS,
03:58:12:00	03:58:13:00	INVESTING IN OUR PUBLIC
03:58:13:00	03:58:17:00	BUILDINGS AND INVESTING IN WHAT
03:58:17:00	03:58:17:00	MATTERS MOST TO RESIDENTS
03:58:17:00	03:58:17:00	OF THE CITY.
03:58:17:00	03:58:20:00	SO THANK YOU.
03:58:20:00	03:58:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:58:21:00	03:58:22:00	COUNCILOR CLEGG AS A PARTNER.
03:58:22:00	03:58:23:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:58:23:00	03:58:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:58:24:00	03:58:24:00	I'M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO
03:58:24:00	03:58:27:00	FACT CHECK IN REAL TIME BUT I
03:58:27:00	03:58:28:00	DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE
03:58:28:00	03:58:29:00	NISRA CENTER ESPECIALLY IN THE
03:58:29:00	03:58:31:00	NORTH END IS GOING TO BE A NEW
03:58:31:00	03:58:32:00	COMMUNITY CENTER BUT IT IS
03:58:32:00	03:58:35:00	REPLACING A VERY OLD AND
03:58:35:00	03:58:35:00	RUNDOWN LOCATION.
03:58:35:00	03:58:36:00	BUT I DO APPRECIATE MY
03:58:36:00	03:58:39:00	COLLEAGUES RELENTLESS ADVOCACY
03:58:39:00	03:58:39:00	AND ADMIRING AND YOUR DISTRICT
03:58:39:00	03:58:42:00	IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND
03:58:42:00	03:58:43:00	YOUR ADVOCACY THERE AS IT
03:58:43:00	03:58:44:00	RELATES TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET I
03:58:44:00	03:58:47:00	AM I AM PLEASED TO SEE A LOT
03:58:47:00	03:58:49:00	OF THE NEW INVESTMENTS THE
03:58:49:00	03:58:50:00	SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS AS IT
03:58:50:00	03:58:51:00	RELATES TO CAPITAL BUDGET IN MY
03:58:51:00	03:58:55:00	DISTRICT AND I'M VERY LUCKY
03:58:55:00	03:58:55:00	THERE ARE LEGACY PROJECTS THAT
03:58:55:00	03:58:56:00	I INHERITED THAT MY
03:58:56:00	03:58:59:00	PREDECESSORS WERE ABLE TO GET
03:58:59:00	03:58:59:00	INTO ALREADY.
03:58:59:00	03:59:00:00	PARK CITY ARTS NOISE RYAN
03:59:00:00	03:59:03:00	PLAYGROUND EAST BROKE GROUND
03:59:03:00	03:59:04:00	PARRISH STREET GYM AND POOL
03:59:04:00	03:59:06:00	THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS
03:59:06:00	03:59:07:00	THIS COUNCIL IN PARTNERSHIP
03:59:07:00	03:59:11:00	WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUGHT FOR A
03:59:11:00	03:59:11:00	TRANSFORMATIVE ONCE IN A
03:59:11:00	03:59:12:00	GENERATION INVESTMENT AT THE
03:59:12:00	03:59:14:00	CLAUDY POOL AND THE BATH HOUSE
03:59:14:00	03:59:15:00	AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A
03:59:15:00	03:59:18:00	RIBBON CUTTING I THINK SOMETIME
03:59:18:00	03:59:18:00	IN LATE JUNE.
03:59:18:00	03:59:19:00	I'M NOT GOING TO PUT A DATE ON
03:59:19:00	03:59:21:00	IT IN THE EVENT THAT I'M WRONG
03:59:21:00	03:59:22:00	BUT THAT WAS A HUGE WIN FOR OUR
03:59:22:00	03:59:22:00	COMMUNITY.
03:59:22:00	03:59:25:00	A COUPLE OF OTHER THAT WE SAW
03:59:25:00	03:59:26:00	IN THIS CAPITAL BUDGET CITYWIDE
03:59:26:00	03:59:29:00	TRASH OVERHAUL AND REFORM THIS
03:59:29:00	03:59:32:00	IS A NEW TRASH COLLECTION
03:59:32:00	03:59:33:00	CONTRACT STREET RECONSTRUCTION
03:59:33:00	03:59:36:00	AND RESURFACING EVERY SINGLE
03:59:36:00	03:59:37:00	TIME I'M OUT AND ABOUT IN THE
03:59:37:00	03:59:40:00	COMMUNITY FOLKS ARE ASKING FOR
03:59:40:00	03:59:40:00	OUR STREETS TO BE REPAVED, OUR
03:59:40:00	03:59:44:00	SIDEWALKS TO BE MAINTENANCE AND
03:59:44:00	03:59:45:00	THIS IS ANOTHER HUGE INVESTMENT
03:59:45:00	03:59:48:00	THAT I'M SEEING HERE SIDEWALK
03:59:48:00	03:59:51:00	AND RAMP RECONSTRUCTION FOR 525
03:59:51:00	03:59:54:00	AND 27 INCLUDES ALL THE
03:59:54:00	03:59:54:00	RESPONSES TO 311 REQUESTS WHICH
03:59:54:00	03:59:55:00	MY OFFICE PUTS IN DAILY.
03:59:55:00	03:59:57:00	I THINK TO MY STAFF 311
03:59:57:00	04:00:00:00	MODERNIZATION UPGRADING FRONT
04:00:00:00	04:00:01:00	AND BACK ENDS OF BOSTON 311
04:00:01:00	04:00:02:00	SYSTEM TO MODERNIZE
04:00:02:00	04:00:04:00	ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED
04:00:04:00	04:00:05:00	USABILITY AND ACCESS
04:00:05:00	04:00:05:00	IMPROVEMENT.
04:00:05:00	04:00:05:00	THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE
04:00:05:00	04:00:08:00	HAS PUT FORWARD AND I'M STILL
04:00:08:00	04:00:09:00	GOING TO FIGHT FOR AN
04:00:09:00	04:00:12:00	OMBUDSPERSON POSITION SO THAT
04:00:12:00	04:00:15:00	THEY CAN TRACK ALL OF THE THE
04:00:15:00	04:00:16:00	CASES AS THEY COME IN AND
04:00:16:00	04:00:16:00	MAKING SURE THAT OUR
04:00:16:00	04:00:19:00	CONSTITUENTS ARE HAPPY AT THE
04:00:19:00	04:00:20:00	END OF THE DAY COASTAL
04:00:20:00	04:00:21:00	RESILIENCE RESERVE A FUNDING
04:00:21:00	04:00:23:00	RESERVE THAT WILL BE USED TO
04:00:23:00	04:00:23:00	PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS AS
04:00:23:00	04:00:26:00	NEEDED FOR STATE, FEDERAL AND
04:00:26:00	04:00:26:00	OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT
04:00:26:00	04:00:27:00	BUDGET INCREASES OF CULTURAL
04:00:27:00	04:00:31:00	RESILIENCE PROJECTS THAT MAY BE
04:00:31:00	04:00:31:00	NECESSARY TECHNOLOGICAL
04:00:31:00	04:00:34:00	INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR SYSTEM SO
04:00:34:00	04:00:35:00	UPGRADES TO TECH INFRASTRUCTURE
04:00:35:00	04:00:37:00	AND SUPPORT OF 21ST CENTURY
04:00:37:00	04:00:38:00	LEARNING IS BOSTON SAFE
04:00:38:00	04:00:40:00	MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS WHICH IS
04:00:40:00	04:00:41:00	IMPROVE SAFETY AND
04:00:41:00	04:00:41:00	ACCESSIBILITY ALONG KEY NORTH
04:00:41:00	04:00:44:00	AND SOUTH TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
04:00:44:00	04:00:45:00	SO THIS IS MERIDIAN STREET,
04:00:45:00	04:00:48:00	BENNINGTON AND SARATOGA STREET
04:00:48:00	04:00:49:00	THROUGH QUICK BUILD PILOT
04:00:49:00	04:00:49:00	INTERVENTIONS UTILIZING AWARDED
04:00:49:00	04:00:52:00	FEDERAL FUNDS RETAINING WALL
04:00:52:00	04:00:56:00	REPAIRS AT TOPSAIL TERRACE,
04:00:56:00	04:00:56:00	OTHER CLIMATE RESILIENT
04:00:56:00	04:00:57:00	SOLUTIONS AT LONG WHARF MARY
04:00:57:00	04:01:00:00	ELLEN WALSH GREENWAY AND THE
04:01:00:00	04:01:01:00	EAST EAGLE STREET SHORELINE
04:01:01:00	04:01:05:00	SULLIVAN SQUARE ENGINEERING AND
04:01:05:00	04:01:05:00	DESIGN SERVICES TO PROVIDE
04:01:05:00	04:01:06:00	CORRIDOR WIDE TRANSPORTATION
04:01:06:00	04:01:08:00	IMPROVEMENTS, COURT RENOVATIONS
04:01:08:00	04:01:09:00	TO REHABILITATE TENNIS,
04:01:09:00	04:01:12:00	BASKETBALL AND STREET HOCKEY
04:01:12:00	04:01:12:00	COURTS CITYWIDE AND SHOUT OUT
04:01:12:00	04:01:13:00	TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WHO
04:01:13:00	04:01:15:00	WENT OUT THERE IS BOSTON
04:01:15:00	04:01:18:00	MEMORIAL PARK UNION PARK AND I
04:01:18:00	04:01:18:00	THINK FOR ZERO PARK TO DO SOME
04:01:18:00	04:01:22:00	QUICK FIXES FOR THE CRACKS IN
04:01:22:00	04:01:22:00	THAT PAVEMENT LOST VILLAGE
04:01:22:00	04:01:26:00	STREETS MCCLANE PLAYGROUND IS A
04:01:26:00	04:01:26:00	HUGE WIN FOR US.
04:01:26:00	04:01:27:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
04:01:27:00	04:01:30:00	THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE
04:01:30:00	04:01:30:00	FUNDING GAP ON MUCH NEEDED
04:01:30:00	04:01:34:00	REPAIRS AT THAT LOCATION THE
04:01:34:00	04:01:34:00	NORTH END COMMUNITY CENTER AND
04:01:34:00	04:01:35:00	DOHERTY PARK ACCESSIBILITY
04:01:35:00	04:01:38:00	IMPROVEMENTS THESE ARE ALL
04:01:38:00	04:01:38:00	INCREDIBLE INVESTMENTS AND I DO
04:01:38:00	04:01:42:00	JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE
04:01:42:00	04:01:42:00	ADMINISTRATION FOR PRIORITIZING
04:01:42:00	04:01:46:00	THESE PROJECT AFTER LISTENING
04:01:46:00	04:01:49:00	TO THE COMMUNITY AND TAKING
04:01:49:00	04:01:50:00	HEED THE ADVICE THAT I HAD AND
04:01:50:00	04:01:53:00	THINGS TO PRIORITIZE AS WELL.
04:01:53:00	04:01:54:00	THERE ARE SOME OUTSTANDING
04:01:54:00	04:01:54:00	PROJECTS RIGHT?
04:01:54:00	04:01:56:00	THERE'S THE AMBULANCE BAY IN
04:01:56:00	04:01:57:00	CHARLESTOWN WHICH IS SOMETHING
04:01:57:00	04:01:58:00	THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT
04:01:58:00	04:02:00:00	FOR THE NORTH END LIBRARY HAS
04:02:00:00	04:02:01:00	BEEN UNDER STUDY FOR 11 YEARS
04:02:01:00	04:02:02:00	NOW SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO
04:02:02:00	04:02:05:00	MOVE THAT FORWARD AND THEN PUT
04:02:05:00	04:02:08:00	YOUR PARK IS A KEY LAST PIECE
04:02:08:00	04:02:08:00	IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN THE
04:02:08:00	04:02:09:00	JEFFRIES POINT NEIGHBORHOOD AND
04:02:09:00	04:02:12:00	THAT'S NOT A FULL AND
04:02:12:00	04:02:13:00	COMPREHENSIVE LIST BUT DUE TO
04:02:13:00	04:02:15:00	THE INCREDIBLE INVESTMENTS THAT
04:02:15:00	04:02:16:00	I'M SEEING HERE, I'M GOING TO
04:02:16:00	04:02:17:00	END UP VOTING YES ON THE
04:02:17:00	04:02:17:00	CAPITAL BUDGET.
04:02:17:00	04:02:21:00	THANK YOU.
04:02:21:00	04:02:21:00	THANK YOU.
04:02:21:00	04:02:21:00	COUNCILOR CUT AS A PART OF THE
04:02:21:00	04:02:22:00	CHAIR I CAN I JUST COMES FROM
04:02:22:00	04:02:23:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:02:23:00	04:02:26:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
04:02:26:00	04:02:27:00	YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND
04:02:27:00	04:02:30:00	THEIR FIERCE ADVOCACY ON BEHALF
04:02:30:00	04:02:33:00	OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.
04:02:33:00	04:02:37:00	HOW DO THEY SEE I WANT TO RISE
04:02:37:00	04:02:41:00	AND THANK COUNCILOR BREADON FOR
04:02:41:00	04:02:42:00	HER FIERCE ADVOCACY.
04:02:42:00	04:02:46:00	I RISE TO SAY THAT I AM ALSO
04:02:46:00	04:02:49:00	DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE
04:02:49:00	04:02:52:00	LACK OF INVESTMENTS IN DISTRICT
04:02:52:00	04:02:53:00	NINE AND I JUST WANT TO
04:02:53:00	04:02:53:00	ACKNOWLEDGE AND GIVE A SHOUT
04:02:53:00	04:02:57:00	OUT TO COUNCILOR ANDERSON WHO
04:02:57:00	04:02:57:00	ONE OF HER FIRST MANDATES WHEN
04:02:57:00	04:03:00:00	SHE WAS THE CHAIR OF WAS TO
04:03:00:00	04:03:03:00	REALLY LOOK AT EQUITY ACROSS
04:03:03:00	04:03:04:00	OUR ENTIRE PROCESSES AS IT
04:03:04:00	04:03:07:00	RELATES TO THE BUDGET AND ONE
04:03:07:00	04:03:11:00	OF THOSE INITIATIVES WAS TO
04:03:11:00	04:03:12:00	REALLY LOOK AT THE CAPITAL
04:03:12:00	04:03:15:00	BUDGET AND SO WE'RE REALLY
04:03:15:00	04:03:15:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT
04:03:15:00	04:03:18:00	MANIFEST IN OUR WORK HERE.
04:03:18:00	04:03:26:00	AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT FOR
04:03:26:00	04:03:26:00	ME I AM NOT GOING TO BE VOTING
04:03:26:00	04:03:27:00	IN SUPPORT OF THE CAPITAL
04:03:27:00	04:03:30:00	BUDGET.
04:03:30:00	04:03:30:00	I'M GOING TO TAKE LOTS
04:03:30:00	04:03:31:00	OF CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING THAT
04:03:31:00	04:03:34:00	WE FIGHT FOR HERE INCLUDING THE
04:03:34:00	04:03:37:00	FLAHERTY FOR WE WERE BIG
04:03:37:00	04:03:41:00	ADVOCATES BACK IN THE DAY
04:03:41:00	04:03:42:00	PUSHING THE ADMINISTRATION ON
04:03:42:00	04:03:43:00	THAT AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO
04:03:43:00	04:03:48:00	SEE THOSE INVESTMENTS.
04:03:48:00	04:03:49:00	BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE THE
04:03:49:00	04:03:52:00	SYSTEM AND THE PROCESS IS
04:03:52:00	04:03:53:00	FLAWED AND WE HAVE AN
04:03:53:00	04:03:56:00	OPPORTUNITY TO REPAIR THE HARM.
04:03:56:00	04:03:57:00	AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
04:03:57:00	04:03:57:00	BEING A PART OF THAT
04:03:57:00	04:04:00:00	CONVERSATION.
04:04:00:00	04:04:00:00	THANK YOU.
04:04:00:00	04:04:04:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
04:04:04:00	04:04:05:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:04:05:00	04:04:05:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:04:05:00	04:04:07:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE
04:04:07:00	04:04:07:00	FLOOR.
04:04:07:00	04:04:08:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
04:04:08:00	04:04:08:00	AND I.
04:04:08:00	04:04:11:00	I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
04:04:11:00	04:04:11:00	CAPITAL BUDGET BUT I KNOW
04:04:11:00	04:04:15:00	ALONGSIDE BRAYTON WE ARE THE
04:04:15:00	04:04:19:00	TWO LOWEST OF OF THE OF THE
04:04:19:00	04:04:19:00	CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DISTRICT
04:04:19:00	04:04:22:00	JAKE AT 6% OF THE TOTAL CAPITAL
04:04:22:00	04:04:25:00	IMPROVEMENTS AND THE MAJORITY
04:04:25:00	04:04:26:00	OF THOSE ARE FOR THE BOSTON
04:04:26:00	04:04:29:00	COMMON AND PUBLIC GARDEN WHICH
04:04:29:00	04:04:30:00	ARE USED BY EVERYONE IN THE
04:04:30:00	04:04:30:00	CITY.
04:04:30:00	04:04:33:00	BUT I DO THINK REPRESENTING A
04:04:33:00	04:04:36:00	DISTRICT THAT DOES HAVE A LOT
04:04:36:00	04:04:37:00	OF ARTICLE 80 PROJECTS
04:04:37:00	04:04:37:00	REPRESENTING A DISTRICT THAT
04:04:37:00	04:04:40:00	DOES HAVE A LOT OF OTHER
04:04:40:00	04:04:44:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTERMENT.
04:04:44:00	04:04:47:00	I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING
04:04:47:00	04:04:48:00	SURE THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN
04:04:48:00	04:04:49:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON GET WHERE
04:04:49:00	04:04:51:00	THEY NEED TO SURVIVE AND
04:04:51:00	04:04:51:00	THRIVE.
04:04:51:00	04:04:55:00	AS CITY COUNCILOR FOR A LOT
04:04:55:00	04:04:55:00	OF DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
04:04:55:00	04:04:58:00	DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
04:04:58:00	04:05:02:00	SCHOOL THAT HAD BEEN THE PUSH
04:05:02:00	04:05:05:00	OF MANY OF MANY COUNCILORS
04:05:05:00	04:05:06:00	BEFORE ME AND NOW WE'RE IN A
04:05:06:00	04:05:09:00	VERY DIFFERENT ECONOMIC MOMENT
04:05:09:00	04:05:10:00	WHERE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO OPEN
04:05:10:00	04:05:10:00	NEW SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
04:05:10:00	04:05:13:00	SO IN A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE
04:05:13:00	04:05:14:00	AND REALIZING THERE AREN'T A
04:05:14:00	04:05:17:00	LOT OF PUBLIC THAT DISTRICT
04:05:17:00	04:05:17:00	RESIDENTS GET OUR PARKS ARE
04:05:17:00	04:05:22:00	THOSE AMENITIES AND THE
04:05:22:00	04:05:22:00	IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CALLED
04:05:22:00	04:05:25:00	FOR WITHIN THIS CAPITAL BUDGET
04:05:25:00	04:05:28:00	FOR OUR DOWNTOWN PARKS ARE
04:05:28:00	04:05:29:00	INCREDIBLE AND I WANT TO MAKE
04:05:29:00	04:05:29:00	SURE THEY HAPPEN.
04:05:29:00	04:05:33:00	SO I DID SEND A LETTER TO THE
04:05:33:00	04:05:33:00	ADMINISTRATION ASKING FOR
04:05:33:00	04:05:36:00	UPDATES ON ON ALL OF THE
04:05:36:00	04:05:40:00	DISTRICT D CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
04:05:40:00	04:05:41:00	INCLUDING INCLUDING THE PARK
04:05:41:00	04:05:44:00	AND THE REALIZATION OF THE
04:05:44:00	04:05:45:00	BOSTON COMMON MASTER PLAN.
04:05:45:00	04:05:48:00	I DID GET A RESPONSE AND I WAS
04:05:48:00	04:05:49:00	HAPPY TO HEAR THAT SOME
04:05:49:00	04:05:49:00	OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO
04:05:49:00	04:05:52:00	START AS EARLY AS THIS SUMMER
04:05:52:00	04:05:56:00	BUT THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THE
04:05:56:00	04:05:56:00	GETTING A C AND THE TOBIN HAVE
04:05:56:00	04:06:00:00	BEEN SPED UP DUE TO MY ADVOCACY
04:06:00:00	04:06:01:00	AND I WANT TO THANK THE
04:06:01:00	04:06:03:00	ADMINISTRATION FOR LISTENING
04:06:03:00	04:06:03:00	THAT IS THE TOBIN COMMUNITY
04:06:03:00	04:06:04:00	CENTER IS A COMMUNITY CENTER
04:06:04:00	04:06:07:00	THAT'S USED BY EVERYONE IN THE
04:06:07:00	04:06:07:00	AREA INCLUDING DISTRICT SEVEN
04:06:07:00	04:06:07:00	RESIDENTS.
04:06:07:00	04:06:11:00	SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR FOR THAT
04:06:11:00	04:06:15:00	AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE SOME
04:06:15:00	04:06:15:00	EXPEDITED MOVEMENT THERE.
04:06:15:00	04:06:19:00	I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT I THINK
04:06:19:00	04:06:19:00	FOR NEXT YEAR I'M GOING TO
04:06:19:00	04:06:22:00	START NOW.
04:06:22:00	04:06:23:00	THERE IS SOME ADVOCACY I WANT
04:06:23:00	04:06:25:00	TO MAKE AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE
04:06:25:00	04:06:26:00	ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR OPEN
04:06:26:00	04:06:29:00	EARS BECAUSE I DO THINK EVERY
04:06:29:00	04:06:30:00	SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THINGS
04:06:30:00	04:06:33:00	THAT WE COULD IMPROVE UPON AND
04:06:33:00	04:06:34:00	I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT I
04:06:34:00	04:06:37:00	THINK COUNCILOR BRADEN'S
04:06:37:00	04:06:37:00	ADVOCACY PARTICULARLY ON HOW WE
04:06:37:00	04:06:41:00	CAN DO CAPITAL BUDGETS IN THE
04:06:41:00	04:06:44:00	FUTURE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
04:06:44:00	04:06:45:00	EVERYTHING THAT WE DO REALLY
04:06:45:00	04:06:48:00	HAVE TIMING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
04:06:48:00	04:06:51:00	WE'VE HEARD FROM EXPERTS AND
04:06:51:00	04:06:52:00	THEY'RE DEMANDING MORE SO I
04:06:52:00	04:06:53:00	THINK FOR NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD
04:06:53:00	04:06:55:00	ABSOLUTELY BE ASKING FOR THOSE
04:06:55:00	04:06:56:00	CHANGES.
04:06:56:00	04:06:59:00	SO GRATEFUL TO THE CHAIR.
04:06:59:00	04:07:00:00	I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF MY
04:07:00:00	04:07:00:00	COLLEAGUES AND I'M REALLY
04:07:00:00	04:07:04:00	EXCITED TO VOTE IN SUPPORT
04:07:04:00	04:07:04:00	OF THIS AND THEN I WILL BE A
04:07:04:00	04:07:07:00	DOGGED ADVOCATE TO GET ALL
04:07:07:00	04:07:07:00	OF THIS STUFF DONE.
04:07:07:00	04:07:08:00	THE 6% OF WHAT IS ALLOCATED FOR
04:07:08:00	04:07:11:00	DISTRICT D SHOULD GET DONE.
04:07:11:00	04:07:11:00	THANK YOU.
04:07:11:00	04:07:14:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH,
04:07:14:00	04:07:15:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
04:07:15:00	04:07:16:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
04:07:16:00	04:07:19:00	ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET?
04:07:19:00	04:07:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:07:20:00	04:07:20:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON.
04:07:20:00	04:07:22:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:07:22:00	04:07:25:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:07:25:00	04:07:26:00	AND THANK YOU TO AGAIN,
04:07:26:00	04:07:26:00	COUNCILOR.
04:07:26:00	04:07:30:00	OVERALL, MR CHAIR, FOR YOUR
04:07:30:00	04:07:33:00	LEADERSHIP ALTHOUGH CAPITAL IS
04:07:33:00	04:07:36:00	NOT A BUDGET THAT WE HAVE ANY
04:07:36:00	04:07:40:00	TYPE OF AUTONOMY OR POWERS OVER
04:07:40:00	04:07:40:00	.
04:07:40:00	04:07:41:00	STILL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT
04:07:41:00	04:07:44:00	YOU THAT WE HAD ABOUT WHERE
04:07:44:00	04:07:45:00	THINGS WERE GOING AND IN THE
04:07:45:00	04:07:48:00	INCREASES.
04:07:48:00	04:07:48:00	IN DIFFERENT AREAS DIFFERENT
04:07:48:00	04:07:52:00	NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU SAW THAT
04:07:52:00	04:07:52:00	WE ALL ADVOCATED FOR.
04:07:52:00	04:07:55:00	CERTAINLY WERE NOTICEABLE IN
04:07:55:00	04:07:55:00	THIS IN THIS BUDGET.
04:07:55:00	04:08:00:00	I DO SYMPATHIZE AS AND HAVE
04:08:00:00	04:08:04:00	LONG OFFERED MY SUPPORT TO MY
04:08:04:00	04:08:08:00	COLLEAGUE AND ALSO BRIGHTON
04:08:08:00	04:08:11:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON WHO HAS BEEN
04:08:11:00	04:08:12:00	REALLY STRONG ADVOCATE A FIERCE
04:08:12:00	04:08:16:00	ADVOCATE IN HER DISTRICT WITHIN
04:08:16:00	04:08:16:00	HER OWN RIGHT.
04:08:16:00	04:08:18:00	THERE'S BEEN WE'VE HEARD
04:08:18:00	04:08:19:00	DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THE
04:08:19:00	04:08:22:00	ADMINISTRATION NOT REALLY
04:08:22:00	04:08:23:00	INVESTING FINANCIALLY IN THE
04:08:23:00	04:08:27:00	CAPITAL BUDGET WITHIN ALLSTON
04:08:27:00	04:08:30:00	BRIGHTON AND STILL I, I
04:08:30:00	04:08:31:00	DISAGREE BUT I'M NOT YOU KNOW
04:08:31:00	04:08:34:00	AGAIN LIKE MY WORD IS NOT THE
04:08:34:00	04:08:35:00	END ALL BE ALL.
04:08:35:00	04:08:38:00	I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE
04:08:38:00	04:08:38:00	OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO
04:08:38:00	04:08:42:00	CREATE SOME INCREMENTAL
04:08:42:00	04:08:42:00	INVESTMENTS IF YOU'RE NOT GOING
04:08:42:00	04:08:43:00	TO JUST FLIP IT OVERNIGHT FOR
04:08:43:00	04:08:45:00	EXAMPLE.
04:08:45:00	04:08:49:00	IT TOOK DECADES BEFORE
04:08:49:00	04:08:49:00	ADMINISTRATIONS BEGAN TO PAY
04:08:49:00	04:08:53:00	ATTENTION FROM MARTY WALSH TO
04:08:53:00	04:08:54:00	NOW MICHELLE WU, SOME OF IT
04:08:54:00	04:08:56:00	PROPELLING FROM MARTY WALSH
04:08:56:00	04:08:57:00	ADMINISTRATION TO NOW.
04:08:57:00	04:08:58:00	YOU COULD SEE HOW OVER THE
04:08:58:00	04:09:00:00	YEARS INCREMENTALLY OR
04:09:00:00	04:09:04:00	GRADUALLY BUDGETS BEGAN TO
04:09:04:00	04:09:05:00	INCREASE IN ROXBURY, SOUTHEND
04:09:05:00	04:09:09:00	AND GROVE ALL AREA IN THE REST
04:09:09:00	04:09:09:00	OF DORCHESTER IN 87.
04:09:09:00	04:09:12:00	SO THE SAME FOR AWESOME
04:09:12:00	04:09:13:00	BRIGHTON I WOULD SAY YOU KNOW
04:09:13:00	04:09:16:00	BEYOND JUST CREATING THOSE
04:09:16:00	04:09:16:00	METRICS MEETING WITH
04:09:16:00	04:09:17:00	DEPARTMENTS WHICH I KNOW YOU DO
04:09:17:00	04:09:20:00	TALKING ABOUT METRICS TO
04:09:20:00	04:09:21:00	MEASURE AND TRACK PROJECT FOR
04:09:21:00	04:09:23:00	MEASURED PROGRESS OR
04:09:23:00	04:09:24:00	IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE
04:09:24:00	04:09:24:00	ALLOCATIONS BEYOND
04:09:24:00	04:09:28:00	CONVERSATIONS OF BUILDING
04:09:28:00	04:09:28:00	RELATIONSHIPS AND ADVOCATING
04:09:28:00	04:09:29:00	FOR THE NEEDS IN YOUR DISTRICT
04:09:29:00	04:09:32:00	YOU HAVE ACTUALLY GONE TO
04:09:32:00	04:09:35:00	COMMUNITY AND INVITED US YOU
04:09:35:00	04:09:36:00	BROUGHT US THERE AND SAID LOOK
04:09:36:00	04:09:37:00	AT THESE CONDITIONS IN PERSON.
04:09:37:00	04:09:39:00	YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS,
04:09:39:00	04:09:40:00	YOU'VE HAD MEETINGS YOU'VE
04:09:40:00	04:09:43:00	ADVOCATED AND YOU'VE ALSO HAD
04:09:43:00	04:09:44:00	NUMEROUS OF MEETINGS WITH
04:09:44:00	04:09:44:00	ADMINISTRATION AND WE KNOW
04:09:44:00	04:09:47:00	BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HEARING YOU
04:09:47:00	04:09:48:00	IN TERMS OF ADVOCATING IN THOSE
04:09:48:00	04:09:50:00	MEETINGS.
04:09:50:00	04:09:51:00	AND SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN
04:09:51:00	04:09:54:00	ANOTHER YEAR.
04:09:54:00	04:09:55:00	I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOU.
04:09:55:00	04:09:58:00	I'M NOT IN FAVOR AND I
04:09:58:00	04:09:59:00	UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SHOULD
04:09:59:00	04:10:02:00	WITHIN YOUR OWN RIGHT AS A
04:10:02:00	04:10:02:00	DISTRICT COUNCILOR VOTE NO.
04:10:02:00	04:10:05:00	I WOULD PROBABLY DO THE SAME
04:10:05:00	04:10:08:00	BUT FOR FOR MYSELF FRANKLY
04:10:08:00	04:10:09:00	WOULDN'T VOTE IF I KNEW IT
04:10:09:00	04:10:13:00	WASN'T IMPACTFUL I WOULD MAKE A
04:10:13:00	04:10:16:00	STATEMENT IN MY OWN WAY BUT I
04:10:16:00	04:10:16:00	ABSOLUTELY RESPECT YOUR
04:10:16:00	04:10:20:00	STATEMENT TODAY AND SUPPORT YOU
04:10:20:00	04:10:21:00	FROM AFAR ALTHOUGH I'M GOING TO
04:10:21:00	04:10:23:00	VOTE IN SUPPORT OF IT TO
04:10:23:00	04:10:24:00	CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE OR RATHER
04:10:24:00	04:10:29:00	ADVOCATE HERE TODAY FOR THOSE
04:10:29:00	04:10:32:00	PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED AND
04:10:32:00	04:10:32:00	EXECUTE IT IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
04:10:32:00	04:10:36:00	SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR
04:10:36:00	04:10:36:00	YOUR WORK.
04:10:36:00	04:10:37:00	YOU DO AN AMAZING JOB FOR THEM
04:10:37:00	04:10:39:00	IN YOUR DISTRICT.
04:10:39:00	04:10:40:00	IT'S LUCKY TO HAVE YOU FOR
04:10:40:00	04:10:40:00	DISTRICT SEVEN.
04:10:40:00	04:10:43:00	MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT
04:10:43:00	04:10:44:00	SEVEN WE HAVE EXCITING PROJECTS
04:10:44:00	04:10:47:00	UNDERWAY.
04:10:47:00	04:10:48:00	A LOT OF PARKS CAN WAIT FOR
04:10:48:00	04:10:51:00	TOWN COMMON, THE WATER PARK AND
04:10:51:00	04:10:55:00	MANY OTHERS A LOT OF ROAD
04:10:55:00	04:10:56:00	PAVEMENTS THE RISE ROXBURY
04:10:56:00	04:10:59:00	RESILIENCY CORRIDORS THE ARC
04:10:59:00	04:10:59:00	CORRIDORS ALREADY STARTED THAT
04:10:59:00	04:11:02:00	WAS FROM ARPA FUNDS BUT NOW
04:11:02:00	04:11:06:00	CONTINUING YOU HAVE THE CHARTER
04:11:06:00	04:11:07:00	SCHOOL, THE SORRY THE CAR
04:11:07:00	04:11:10:00	SCHOOL AND THEN AS WELL AS
04:11:10:00	04:11:13:00	MELANIA HAS INCLUDED IN THE
04:11:13:00	04:11:17:00	RESILIENCY CORRIDORS WARREN AND
04:11:17:00	04:11:17:00	MALCOLM X BOULEVARD.
04:11:17:00	04:11:18:00	THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE MLK
04:11:18:00	04:11:21:00	PROJECT UNDERWAY.
04:11:21:00	04:11:22:00	WE SAW FUNDS FOR MADISON PARK
04:11:22:00	04:11:25:00	SO THAT WE CAN GO INTO GETTING
04:11:25:00	04:11:25:00	SOME MORE FUNDING FROM THE
04:11:25:00	04:11:29:00	STATE AND YOU SAW A LOT
04:11:29:00	04:11:29:00	OF INVESTMENT IN FRANKLIN PARK
04:11:29:00	04:11:32:00	AS WELL.
04:11:32:00	04:11:33:00	I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, LOOKING
04:11:33:00	04:11:35:00	AT THAT IF PROPERLY MONITORED
04:11:35:00	04:11:36:00	AND HOPEFULLY FOLLOWED THROUGH
04:11:36:00	04:11:40:00	WITH YOU WILL SEE THAT SOME
04:11:40:00	04:11:43:00	OF THESE INVESTMENTS I HOPE
04:11:43:00	04:11:43:00	THAT WITH SCHOOL FACILITIES
04:11:43:00	04:11:47:00	WILL DIRECTLY ALIGN AND SUPPORT
04:11:47:00	04:11:50:00	HOLISTIC EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS
04:11:50:00	04:11:51:00	IN DISTRICT SEVEN IN BOSTON IN
04:11:51:00	04:11:52:00	GENERAL BECAUSE KIDS WHO COME
04:11:52:00	04:11:54:00	FROM ALL OVER BOSTON TO SCHOOLS
04:11:54:00	04:11:55:00	IN DISTRICT SEVEN YOU WILL SEE
04:11:55:00	04:11:58:00	THAT ENVIRONMENT IS BEING
04:11:58:00	04:12:01:00	COVERED AS WELL TRANSPORTATION
04:12:01:00	04:12:02:00	ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT I
04:12:02:00	04:12:03:00	CONTINUE TO SAY IS THAT WE NEED
04:12:03:00	04:12:06:00	A FULL COMPREHENSIVE
04:12:06:00	04:12:06:00	TRANSPORTATION PLAN ESPECIALLY
04:12:06:00	04:12:07:00	BECAUSE THE ONE FOR THE WHITE
04:12:07:00	04:12:14:00	STADIUM IS DEFINITELY LACKING
04:12:14:00	04:12:14:00	IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNITY
04:12:14:00	04:12:18:00	SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATION
04:12:18:00	04:12:19:00	IS ABOUT THIS IMPACT STUDY ON
04:12:19:00	04:12:19:00	TRANSPORTATION.
04:12:19:00	04:12:22:00	IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IT HASN'T
04:12:22:00	04:12:22:00	BEEN COMPLETED DOESN'T MEAN
04:12:22:00	04:12:23:00	THAT THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY
04:12:23:00	04:12:25:00	HERE TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE AND
04:12:25:00	04:12:26:00	I WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW,
04:12:26:00	04:12:29:00	HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE
04:12:29:00	04:12:33:00	OR YOU HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO GO
04:12:33:00	04:12:33:00	AHEAD AND INVEST MORE IN OPEN
04:12:33:00	04:12:37:00	SPACES AND LOOKING AT HOW TO
04:12:37:00	04:12:37:00	LOOK AT LIGHT BUILDINGS, HOW TO
04:12:37:00	04:12:40:00	IMPLEMENT MORE TOURISM,
04:12:40:00	04:12:41:00	CONNECTING ONE OF THE HIGHEST
04:12:41:00	04:12:44:00	REVENUE DRIVERS TO ROXBURY AND
04:12:44:00	04:12:48:00	GROVE HALL, CONNECTING OR
04:12:48:00	04:12:48:00	REVITALIZING OUR BUSINESS
04:12:48:00	04:12:52:00	CORRIDORS, ADDING FOOT TRAFFIC
04:12:52:00	04:12:52:00	AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE
04:12:52:00	04:12:53:00	DRIVING OUR ECONOMY TO UPWARD
04:12:53:00	04:12:57:00	MOBILITY.
04:12:57:00	04:13:00:00	SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GETTING TO
04:13:00:00	04:13:01:00	BE MY LONG SPEECHES BUT I THINK
04:13:01:00	04:13:04:00	IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO ON RECORD
04:13:04:00	04:13:07:00	TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE STAND
04:13:07:00	04:13:08:00	AND AGAIN PLEASE LOOK FORWARD
04:13:08:00	04:13:10:00	TO THE DISTRICT SEVEN WORKBOOK
04:13:10:00	04:13:14:00	2025 EDITION FOR ALL OF THIS IN
04:13:14:00	04:13:15:00	THERE AND WORKSHEETS TO WHICH
04:13:15:00	04:13:17:00	YOU CAN USE TO TRACK AND
04:13:17:00	04:13:18:00	MONITOR PROGRESS IN THE BUDGET.
04:13:18:00	04:13:18:00	THANK YOU.
04:13:18:00	04:13:21:00	THANK YOU.
04:13:21:00	04:13:22:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:13:22:00	04:13:22:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
04:13:22:00	04:13:23:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
04:13:23:00	04:13:23:00	FLOOR.
04:13:23:00	04:13:25:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:13:25:00	04:13:28:00	AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO
04:13:28:00	04:13:29:00	COUNCILOR BRADING FOR YOUR
04:13:29:00	04:13:32:00	ADVOCACY.
04:13:32:00	04:13:35:00	I I'M SORRY TO SAY I AM GOING
04:13:35:00	04:13:36:00	TO SUPPORT THE CAPITAL BUDGET
04:13:36:00	04:13:41:00	IN IN DISTRICT SIX OVER 70%
04:13:41:00	04:13:41:00	OF THE DOLLARS IN CONSTRUCTION
04:13:41:00	04:13:42:00	FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET ARE
04:13:42:00	04:13:45:00	GOING TO ONE LOCATION THE
04:13:45:00	04:13:49:00	MILDRED HAILEY APARTMENTS WHERE
04:13:49:00	04:13:49:00	YOU KNOW THOSE UNITS HAVE BEEN
04:13:49:00	04:13:52:00	NEGLECTED FOR WAY TOO LONG AND
04:13:52:00	04:13:53:00	THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO
04:13:53:00	04:13:57:00	PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, REAL LIVABLE
04:13:57:00	04:14:00:00	CONDITIONS FOR FOR FOLKS WHO
04:14:00:00	04:14:00:00	NEED IT.
04:14:00:00	04:14:01:00	SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THAT
04:14:01:00	04:14:02:00	I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR
04:14:02:00	04:14:04:00	OF THE BUDGET.
04:14:04:00	04:14:08:00	I, I MY APOLOGIES TO
04:14:08:00	04:14:08:00	COUNCILOR BRAIDED BUT THANK YOU
04:14:08:00	04:14:11:00	VERY MUCH.
04:14:11:00	04:14:11:00	THANK YOU.
04:14:11:00	04:14:13:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
04:14:13:00	04:14:17:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:14:17:00	04:14:18:00	OKAY.
04:14:18:00	04:14:21:00	WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THESE
04:14:21:00	04:14:24:00	DOCKETS ONE BY ONE NO ONE ELSE.
04:14:24:00	04:14:28:00	OKAY.
04:14:28:00	04:14:29:00	THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS
04:14:29:00	04:14:30:00	AND MEANS RECOMMENDS A FIRST
04:14:30:00	04:14:31:00	READING VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER
04:14:31:00	04:14:31:00	0828.
04:14:31:00	04:14:35:00	MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE
04:14:35:00	04:14:37:00	A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET
04:14:37:00	04:14:40:00	NUMBER 08280828 COUNCIL THE
04:14:40:00	04:14:44:00	BREADON NO COUNCILOR BREADON NO
04:14:44:00	04:14:44:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER?
04:14:44:00	04:14:45:00	YES.
04:14:45:00	04:14:46:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
04:14:46:00	04:14:47:00	, YES.
04:14:47:00	04:14:47:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
04:14:47:00	04:14:48:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
04:14:48:00	04:14:51:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
04:14:51:00	04:14:55:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE HANDS AND YES
04:14:55:00	04:14:55:00	COUNCIL A FITZGERALD YES.
04:14:55:00	04:14:55:00	COUNCILOR SO YES.
04:14:55:00	04:14:56:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
04:14:56:00	04:14:59:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
04:14:59:00	04:14:59:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:14:59:00	04:15:00:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:15:00:00	04:15:02:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:15:02:00	04:15:02:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NO.
04:15:02:00	04:15:06:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
04:15:06:00	04:15:07:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES
04:15:07:00	04:15:07:00	COUNCILOR PER PAN
04:15:07:00	04:15:07:00	COUNCIL OF OPINIONS
04:15:07:00	04:15:10:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
04:15:10:00	04:15:10:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
04:15:10:00	04:15:11:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
04:15:11:00	04:15:14:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
04:15:14:00	04:15:15:00	COUNCILOR GIRL YES.
04:15:15:00	04:15:15:00	COUNCILOR WU YES.
04:15:15:00	04:15:20:00	DUNCANNON 0828 HAS RECEIVED 11
04:15:20:00	04:15:23:00	VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR
04:15:23:00	04:15:24:00	ITS FIRST READING DEBUT DOCKET
04:15:24:00	04:15:26:00	NUMBER 0828 HAS BEEN READ FOR
04:15:26:00	04:15:27:00	THE FIRST TIME AND IS ASSIGNED
04:15:27:00	04:15:27:00	FOR FURTHER ACTION.
04:15:27:00	04:15:30:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
04:15:30:00	04:15:30:00	WAYS AND MEANS RECOMMENDS A
04:15:30:00	04:15:33:00	FIRST READING VOTE ON A NUMBER
04:15:33:00	04:15:33:00	OF ZERO 8 TO 9.
04:15:33:00	04:15:34:00	MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE
04:15:34:00	04:15:35:00	A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET
04:15:35:00	04:15:36:00	NUMBER 0829.
04:15:36:00	04:15:37:00	COUNCILOR BREEN NO.
04:15:37:00	04:15:40:00	COUNCILOR BRAID NO.
04:15:40:00	04:15:41:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY
04:15:41:00	04:15:44:00	COUNCILOR IT CALLS UP YES.
04:15:44:00	04:15:44:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
04:15:44:00	04:15:45:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
04:15:45:00	04:15:48:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON
04:15:48:00	04:15:49:00	COUNCILOR I'VE BEEN IN THE
04:15:49:00	04:15:51:00	STANDS AND YES COUNCIL.
04:15:51:00	04:15:52:00	AH.
04:15:52:00	04:15:52:00	FITZGERALD YES.
04:15:52:00	04:15:52:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
04:15:52:00	04:15:53:00	YES.
04:15:53:00	04:15:53:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:15:53:00	04:15:56:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
04:15:56:00	04:15:56:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:15:56:00	04:15:57:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:15:57:00	04:15:59:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:15:59:00	04:16:00:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:16:00:00	04:16:00:00	NO.
04:16:00:00	04:16:00:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
04:16:00:00	04:16:03:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
04:16:03:00	04:16:03:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN.
04:16:03:00	04:16:04:00	COUNCILOR RIPON YES.
04:16:04:00	04:16:06:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
04:16:06:00	04:16:06:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
04:16:06:00	04:16:07:00	YES.
04:16:07:00	04:16:07:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
04:16:07:00	04:16:10:00	YES.
04:16:10:00	04:16:10:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
04:16:10:00	04:16:10:00	YES.
04:16:10:00	04:16:11:00	AND COUNCILOR WU YES.
04:16:11:00	04:16:13:00	COUNCILOR OH YES.
04:16:13:00	04:16:16:00	DUCK NUMBER 0829 HAS RECEIVED
04:16:16:00	04:16:17:00	11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE
04:16:17:00	04:16:20:00	RECEIVING ITS FIRST READING.
04:16:20:00	04:16:20:00	THANK YOU.
04:16:20:00	04:16:21:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
04:16:21:00	04:16:21:00	THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
04:16:21:00	04:16:24:00	NUMBER 0829 HAS BEEN READ FOR
04:16:24:00	04:16:24:00	THE FIRST TIME AND IS ASSIGNED
04:16:24:00	04:16:27:00	FOR FURTHER ACTION.
04:16:27:00	04:16:27:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
04:16:27:00	04:16:28:00	WAYS AND MEANS RECOMMENDS A
04:16:28:00	04:16:29:00	FIRST READING VOTE ON DOCKET
04:16:29:00	04:16:30:00	NUMBER 0830.
04:16:30:00	04:16:30:00	MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE
04:16:30:00	04:16:33:00	A ROLL?
04:16:33:00	04:16:34:00	KABUL UNDOCKING NUMBER 20830.
04:16:34:00	04:16:37:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
04:16:37:00	04:16:41:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
04:16:41:00	04:16:42:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER,
04:16:42:00	04:16:42:00	YES.
04:16:42:00	04:16:44:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A YES.
04:16:44:00	04:16:45:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
04:16:45:00	04:16:45:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
04:16:45:00	04:16:48:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
04:16:48:00	04:16:48:00	YES.
04:16:48:00	04:16:48:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
04:16:48:00	04:16:49:00	YES.
04:16:49:00	04:16:53:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:16:53:00	04:16:53:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:16:53:00	04:16:54:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN
04:16:54:00	04:16:56:00	YES.
04:16:56:00	04:16:56:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:16:56:00	04:16:57:00	COUNCILOR LOUISIANIANS
04:16:57:00	04:17:00:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:17:00:00	04:17:00:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES.
04:17:00:00	04:17:05:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
04:17:05:00	04:17:05:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
04:17:05:00	04:17:05:00	COUNCIL FLIPPIN.
04:17:05:00	04:17:07:00	COUNCILOR PIN YES.
04:17:07:00	04:17:07:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
04:17:07:00	04:17:08:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
04:17:08:00	04:17:11:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YES.
04:17:11:00	04:17:11:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YES.
04:17:11:00	04:17:12:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
04:17:12:00	04:17:15:00	COUNCILOR WILL YES.
04:17:15:00	04:17:17:00	DUCK AND MEMBER 0830 HAS
04:17:17:00	04:17:18:00	RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
04:17:18:00	04:17:21:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE RECEIVING ITS
04:17:21:00	04:17:21:00	FIRST READING.
04:17:21:00	04:17:21:00	THANK YOU.
04:17:21:00	04:17:24:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0830 HAS BEEN
04:17:24:00	04:17:24:00	READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IS
04:17:24:00	04:17:27:00	ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION.
04:17:27:00	04:17:27:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
04:17:27:00	04:17:34:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 0823 TO
04:17:34:00	04:17:36:00	ACTION EMMA 0823 MESSAGE IN
04:17:36:00	04:17:37:00	ORDER FOR AN ANNUAL
04:17:37:00	04:17:41:00	APPROPRIATION FOR THE SCHOOL
04:17:41:00	04:17:43:00	DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026
04:17:43:00	04:17:43:00	FIVE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
04:17:43:00	04:17:46:00	CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025
04:17:46:00	04:17:47:00	THANK YOU.
04:17:47:00	04:17:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:17:50:00	04:17:51:00	COUNCILOR BRIAN WARD
04:17:51:00	04:17:51:00	COUNCILOR THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND
04:17:51:00	04:17:54:00	MEANS YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:17:54:00	04:17:57:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:17:57:00	04:17:58:00	THE COMMITTEE BEGAN THE BHP'S
04:17:58:00	04:18:01:00	BUDGET PROCESS IN NOVEMBER
04:18:01:00	04:18:04:00	OF 2024 AND IN TOTAL HELD FIVE
04:18:04:00	04:18:05:00	PUBLIC PARENT AND THREE WORKING
04:18:05:00	04:18:07:00	SESSIONS REGARDING THE FY 26
04:18:07:00	04:18:08:00	BHP'S BUDGET.
04:18:08:00	04:18:11:00	THIS IS A NEW LEVEL
04:18:11:00	04:18:11:00	OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BHP'S
04:18:11:00	04:18:15:00	ADMINISTRATION AND WE WORK IN A
04:18:15:00	04:18:15:00	COLLABORATIVE MANNER.
04:18:15:00	04:18:18:00	THE SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND
04:18:18:00	04:18:18:00	SCHOOL COMMITTEE CHAIR
04:18:18:00	04:18:18:00	ROBINSON.
04:18:18:00	04:18:21:00	THE COMMITTEE SUBMITTED A
04:18:21:00	04:18:22:00	LETTER WITH THE LIST OF THE
04:18:22:00	04:18:22:00	COUNCIL'S BHP'S PRIORITIES
04:18:22:00	04:18:25:00	PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
04:18:25:00	04:18:26:00	PASSING THE BUDGET WHICH WE
04:18:26:00	04:18:29:00	HAVE SEEN THOSE PRICE
04:18:29:00	04:18:30:00	PRIORITIES REFLECTED IN THE
04:18:30:00	04:18:33:00	FINAL BHP'S BUDGET.
04:18:33:00	04:18:37:00	THAT FY 26 BUDGET INCLUDES A
04:18:37:00	04:18:37:00	45.5 MILLION INCREASE IN
04:18:37:00	04:18:41:00	FUNDING OVER THE APPROPRIATED F
04:18:41:00	04:18:46:00	Y 25 BUDGET TO TOTAL A SIX YEAR
04:18:46:00	04:18:46:00	300 MILLION COMMITMENT MADE TO
04:18:46:00	04:18:49:00	BOSTON SCHOOLS SINCE 2020.
04:18:49:00	04:18:52:00	INVESTMENTS IN THE FY 26 BHP'S
04:18:52:00	04:18:55:00	OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDE $10
04:18:55:00	04:18:58:00	MILLION FOR YEAR TWO OF THE
04:18:58:00	04:18:59:00	INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PLAN
04:18:59:00	04:19:02:00	INVESTMENT STARTING THIS YEAR
04:19:02:00	04:19:05:00	IN GRADES FIRST GRADE SECOND,
04:19:05:00	04:19:06:00	EIGHTH AND 10TH GRADE.
04:19:06:00	04:19:09:00	BUILDING ON LAST YEAR'S GRACE
04:19:09:00	04:19:12:00	OF K0 K1K TO SEVENTH GRADE IN
04:19:12:00	04:19:12:00	THE NINTH GRADE.
04:19:12:00	04:19:15:00	$4 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL
04:19:15:00	04:19:15:00	BILINGUAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING
04:19:15:00	04:19:18:00	SPANISH AND ENGLISH.
04:19:18:00	04:19:19:00	$5 MILLION TO PROGRAM A SCHOOL
04:19:19:00	04:19:21:00	EXPANSION.
04:19:21:00	04:19:25:00	$6 MILLION IN NEW CLASSROOMS.
04:19:25:00	04:19:26:00	$6 MILLION TO ADD ADDITIONAL
04:19:26:00	04:19:29:00	POSITIONS IN SCHOOLS SUCH AS
04:19:29:00	04:19:29:00	SOCIAL WORKERS AND
04:19:29:00	04:19:30:00	TRANSFORMATION COACHES.
04:19:30:00	04:19:33:00	$5 MILLION FOR IN-SCHOOL POOL
04:19:33:00	04:19:36:00	MAINTENANCE AND STAFFING AND
04:19:36:00	04:19:37:00	SCHOOL POOL PROGRAMING.
04:19:37:00	04:19:38:00	$1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL
04:19:38:00	04:19:40:00	CURRICULUM MATERIALS.
04:19:40:00	04:19:41:00	$1 MILLION IN WELCOME SERVICES
04:19:41:00	04:19:44:00	AND THE BPP HELPLINE.
04:19:44:00	04:19:45:00	AND $5 MILLION TO RESERVE FOR
04:19:45:00	04:19:48:00	FUTURE SCHOOL NEEDS.
04:19:48:00	04:19:49:00	THERE'S BEEN SO MANY STARTS AND
04:19:49:00	04:19:52:00	STOPS WITH DPS IN THE PAST
04:19:52:00	04:19:53:00	COUPLE OF DECADES.
04:19:53:00	04:19:56:00	I TAKE THE COLLABORATE, PASSION
04:19:56:00	04:19:57:00	AND OPENNESS TO RESPOND TO
04:19:57:00	04:20:00:00	COUNCILORS WITH OUR PARENTS AND
04:20:00:00	04:20:00:00	WORK SESSIONS AS ONE IN THE
04:20:00:00	04:20:03:00	RIGHT DIRECTION.
04:20:03:00	04:20:04:00	WE HAVE STARTED TO BUILD A
04:20:04:00	04:20:06:00	BETTER FOUNDATION THAT BHP'S
04:20:06:00	04:20:07:00	AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A
04:20:07:00	04:20:08:00	FOCUS ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
04:20:08:00	04:20:11:00	ACTUAL CLASSROOM AND HOW OUR
04:20:11:00	04:20:12:00	STUDENTS IMPROVE AND PROGRESS
04:20:12:00	04:20:15:00	IN THEIR LEARNING.
04:20:15:00	04:20:15:00	AND AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
04:20:15:00	04:20:18:00	ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND
04:20:18:00	04:20:19:00	THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS.
04:20:19:00	04:20:19:00	THANK YOU.
04:20:19:00	04:20:22:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
04:20:22:00	04:20:26:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
04:20:26:00	04:20:26:00	THIS MATTER?
04:20:26:00	04:20:30:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:20:30:00	04:20:30:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
04:20:30:00	04:20:31:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:20:31:00	04:20:34:00	I THINK I SEE SARCASM.
04:20:34:00	04:20:35:00	EVERYTHING IS SARCASM.
04:20:35:00	04:20:38:00	SANTANA CASM HERE IN
04:20:38:00	04:20:38:00	COUNCIL CUT IS ABOUT IT.
04:20:38:00	04:20:39:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:20:39:00	04:20:39:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
04:20:39:00	04:20:41:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:20:41:00	04:20:44:00	TODAY I WILL BE VOTING ON FIRST
04:20:44:00	04:20:45:00	I DO WANT TO THANK OUR
04:20:45:00	04:20:48:00	DEDICATED TEACHERS STAFF
04:20:48:00	04:20:49:00	ADMINISTRATORS, OUR PARENTS
04:20:49:00	04:20:52:00	MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR STUDENTS
04:20:52:00	04:20:52:00	WHO SHOW UP TO OUR SCHOOLS
04:20:52:00	04:20:53:00	EVERY DAY.
04:20:53:00	04:20:56:00	AS YOU ALL KNOW, I WAS A BOSTON
04:20:56:00	04:20:58:00	PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR OVER
04:20:58:00	04:20:59:00	20 YEARS KID MYSELF FOR MANY
04:20:59:00	04:21:02:00	YEARS MY OWN CHILDREN IN AND
04:21:02:00	04:21:05:00	OUT OF SCHOOLS LIKE MANY
04:21:05:00	04:21:06:00	PARENTS HAVE TO DO FIND THE
04:21:06:00	04:21:10:00	BEST CHOICES AND MAKE THE BEST
04:21:10:00	04:21:11:00	DECISIONS FOR OUR KIDS WHICH
04:21:11:00	04:21:13:00	OFTEN LAND US FOR SEVERAL YEARS
04:21:13:00	04:21:14:00	AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
04:21:14:00	04:21:14:00	CITY.
04:21:14:00	04:21:18:00	SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP
04:21:18:00	04:21:18:00	EVERY DAY FOR OUR KIDS THAT'S
04:21:18:00	04:21:22:00	IMPORTANT BUT I WILL BE VOTING
04:21:22:00	04:21:24:00	NO AGAIN MY FOURTH YEAR IN A
04:21:24:00	04:21:25:00	ROW ON THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
04:21:25:00	04:21:27:00	BUDGET.
04:21:27:00	04:21:28:00	THIS DECISION STEMMED FROM
04:21:28:00	04:21:31:00	MULTIPLE PERSISTENT CONCERNS
04:21:31:00	04:21:31:00	THAT I'VE CONSISTENTLY RAISED
04:21:31:00	04:21:34:00	OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
04:21:34:00	04:21:37:00	THIS YEAR OUR FOCUS MORE ON THE
04:21:37:00	04:21:38:00	ONGOING ISSUES WITH STUDENT
04:21:38:00	04:21:38:00	TRANSPORTATION THAT I BELIEVE
04:21:38:00	04:21:41:00	CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED DESPITE
04:21:41:00	04:21:45:00	REPEATED REQUESTS TRANSDEV THE
04:21:45:00	04:21:45:00	COMPANY CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE
04:21:45:00	04:21:49:00	SCHOOL BUS SERVICE FOR BHP'S
04:21:49:00	04:21:49:00	HAS FAILED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE
04:21:49:00	04:21:52:00	COUNCIL TO ADDRESS CRITICAL
04:21:52:00	04:21:52:00	CONCERNS AFFECTING STUDENTS
04:21:52:00	04:21:53:00	SAFETY AND PUBLIC
04:21:53:00	04:21:56:00	ACCOUNTABILITY.
04:21:56:00	04:21:56:00	THIS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND
04:21:56:00	04:22:00:00	ACCOUNTABILITY IS UNEXPECTED
04:22:00:00	04:22:00:00	ACCEPTABLE ESPECIALLY WHEN
04:22:00:00	04:22:04:00	STUDENT SAFETY IS AT STAKE.
04:22:04:00	04:22:08:00	MOREOVER ALSO THE REASON WHY
04:22:08:00	04:22:09:00	OUR KIDS SHOW UP TO SCHOOL
04:22:09:00	04:22:10:00	EVERY DAY THE ACADEMIC
04:22:10:00	04:22:12:00	PERFORMANCE WITHIN BHP'S
04:22:12:00	04:22:15:00	REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.
04:22:15:00	04:22:16:00	THE MOST RECENT DATA CONTINUES
04:22:16:00	04:22:19:00	TO SHOW THAT CLOSE TO 80%
04:22:19:00	04:22:22:00	OF OUR FOURTH GRADERS AND EVEN
04:22:22:00	04:22:23:00	HIGHER AT SOME GRADE LEVELS IN
04:22:23:00	04:22:26:00	NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY
04:22:26:00	04:22:27:00	ARE NOT READING ON GRADE LEVEL
04:22:27:00	04:22:30:00	AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE EVEN MORE
04:22:30:00	04:22:31:00	SERIOUS AND CRITICAL FOR
04:22:31:00	04:22:34:00	STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN
04:22:34:00	04:22:35:00	OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
04:22:35:00	04:22:38:00	SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WITH
04:22:38:00	04:22:39:00	DISABILITY HAVE A PROFICIENCY
04:22:39:00	04:22:42:00	RATE OF ONLY 11% AND OUR
04:22:42:00	04:22:45:00	STUDENTS ARE A-LEVEL STUDENTS
04:22:45:00	04:22:45:00	ONLY 13.
04:22:45:00	04:22:46:00	THESE STATISTICS HIGHLIGHT
04:22:46:00	04:22:49:00	SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE
04:22:49:00	04:22:50:00	ADDRESSED TO ENSURE ALL
04:22:50:00	04:22:53:00	STUDENTS RECEIVE THE QUALITY
04:22:53:00	04:22:53:00	EDUCATION THEY DESERVE.
04:22:53:00	04:22:54:00	WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN
04:22:54:00	04:22:58:00	IMPROVEMENTS THERE DEFINITELY
04:22:58:00	04:22:59:00	HAVE AND WHEN I GO ON SCHOOL
04:22:59:00	04:23:01:00	VISITS I DO SEE WONDERFUL
04:23:01:00	04:23:02:00	THINGS HAPPENING BUT SUCH AS AN
04:23:02:00	04:23:05:00	INCREASE IN THE SYSTEMS FIVE
04:23:05:00	04:23:06:00	YEAR GRADUATION RATE AND OTHER
04:23:06:00	04:23:09:00	OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING IN
04:23:09:00	04:23:10:00	THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
04:23:10:00	04:23:10:00	I BELIEVE THESE INCREMENTAL
04:23:10:00	04:23:13:00	CHANGES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.
04:23:13:00	04:23:14:00	MANY STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS ARE
04:23:14:00	04:23:17:00	STILL NOT RECEIVING THE
04:23:17:00	04:23:17:00	EDUCATION AND SUPPORT THEY
04:23:17:00	04:23:17:00	NEED.
04:23:17:00	04:23:18:00	IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE HOLD
04:23:18:00	04:23:23:00	THE BP ACCOUNTABLE AND THEIR
04:23:23:00	04:23:24:00	$1.58 BILLION BUDGET AND PUSH
04:23:24:00	04:23:27:00	FOR COMPREHENSIVE REFORMS THAT
04:23:27:00	04:23:27:00	ADDRESS BOTH OPERATIONAL AND
04:23:27:00	04:23:30:00	ACADEMIC SHORTCOMINGS.
04:23:30:00	04:23:31:00	AND I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR
04:23:31:00	04:23:34:00	STUDENTS CAN'T KEEP WAITING
04:23:34:00	04:23:35:00	YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR WHEN
04:23:35:00	04:23:38:00	THE STATE SUBMITTED THEIR
04:23:38:00	04:23:38:00	REPORT.
04:23:38:00	04:23:41:00	WE SAW THAT FOR 18 YEARS OUR
04:23:41:00	04:23:45:00	SPECIAL ED STUDENTS WERE NOT
04:23:45:00	04:23:45:00	GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY
04:23:45:00	04:23:46:00	DESERVED.
04:23:46:00	04:23:49:00	THAT MEANT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS
04:23:49:00	04:23:49:00	SPENT THEIR ENTIRE TIME IN OUR
04:23:49:00	04:23:53:00	SYSTEM NOT GETTING THE SERVICES
04:23:53:00	04:23:53:00	THEY NEEDED.
04:23:53:00	04:23:56:00	THEREFORE, UNTIL THESE CRITICAL
04:23:56:00	04:23:57:00	ISSUES ARE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED
04:23:57:00	04:23:57:00	I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
04:23:57:00	04:24:01:00	SUPPORT THE BP'S BUDGET.
04:24:01:00	04:24:01:00	OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND
04:24:01:00	04:24:04:00	COMMUNITIES DESERVE BETTER.
04:24:04:00	04:24:05:00	I HAVE FILED A COMMUNICATION TO
04:24:05:00	04:24:11:00	BE TO GET ON RECORD WHICH IS A
04:24:11:00	04:24:12:00	LITTLE LATE FILED TODAY BUT IT
04:24:12:00	04:24:15:00	ALSO ADDRESSES THE PERSISTENT
04:24:15:00	04:24:19:00	AND ALARMING ISSUES WHICH I
04:24:19:00	04:24:19:00	MENTIONED EARLIER AROUND TRANS
04:24:19:00	04:24:19:00	DEBT.
04:24:19:00	04:24:21:00	SO I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
04:24:21:00	04:24:22:00	WHEN I REFERENCE THAT THEY HAVE
04:24:22:00	04:24:23:00	NOT COME BEFORE THIS BODY WHEN
04:24:23:00	04:24:26:00	ASKED.
04:24:26:00	04:24:26:00	THE COMPANY IS CONTRACTED TO
04:24:26:00	04:24:27:00	PROVIDE THE SCHOOL BUS SERVICES
04:24:27:00	04:24:30:00	FOR OUR STUDENTS.
04:24:30:00	04:24:30:00	WE KNOW 22,000 STUDENTS ARE
04:24:30:00	04:24:33:00	BUSSED EACH DAY AROUND THE CITY
04:24:33:00	04:24:33:00	DESPITE MANY FORMAL
04:24:33:00	04:24:34:00	INVITATIONS.
04:24:34:00	04:24:38:00	TRANSDEV HAS FAILED TO APPEAR
04:24:38:00	04:24:39:00	IN THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THESE
04:24:39:00	04:24:41:00	CRITICAL CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENT
04:24:41:00	04:24:42:00	SAFETY AND PUBLIC
04:24:42:00	04:24:45:00	ACCOUNTABILITY IN 2024.
04:24:45:00	04:24:45:00	I FILED TWO SEPARATE HEARING
04:24:45:00	04:24:49:00	ORDERS DOCKET 0700705 FOCUSED
04:24:49:00	04:24:53:00	ON TRANSPORTING AND FOR OUR
04:24:53:00	04:24:56:00	STUDENT ATHLETES IN DOCKETS
04:24:56:00	04:24:56:00	1349.
04:24:56:00	04:24:56:00	ADDRESSING TRANSPORTATION
04:24:56:00	04:24:59:00	DELAYS DURING THE FIRST WEEK
04:24:59:00	04:25:00:00	OF SCHOOL.
04:25:00:00	04:25:00:00	IN BOTH CASES TRANSDEV WAS
04:25:00:00	04:25:04:00	INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
04:25:04:00	04:25:04:00	HEARINGS.
04:25:04:00	04:25:05:00	THEY DECLINED TO ATTEND OR
04:25:05:00	04:25:08:00	RESPOND BY LEAVING THE
04:25:08:00	04:25:08:00	COUNCIL IN THE PUBLIC WITHOUT
04:25:08:00	04:25:11:00	THE ANSWERS WE NEED TO ENSURE
04:25:11:00	04:25:11:00	THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.
04:25:11:00	04:25:15:00	THIS PATTERN OF NON-ENGLISH
04:25:15:00	04:25:15:00	JUDGMENT IS UNACCEPTABLE
04:25:15:00	04:25:16:00	ESPECIALLY IN THE LIGHT
04:25:16:00	04:25:20:00	OF RECENT TRAGEDIES.
04:25:20:00	04:25:20:00	IN DECEMBER 2024 AN EIGHT YEAR
04:25:20:00	04:25:24:00	OLD STUDENT WITH AUTISM WAS
04:25:24:00	04:25:24:00	STRUCK AND SERIOUSLY INJURED BY
04:25:24:00	04:25:28:00	A SCHOOL BUS OUTSIDE THE CURLY
04:25:28:00	04:25:28:00	KID EIGHT SCHOOL IN JAMAICA
04:25:28:00	04:25:29:00	PLAIN.
04:25:29:00	04:25:31:00	MANY OF US HAVE SEEN THE RECENT
04:25:31:00	04:25:32:00	DASHBOARD FOOTAGE THAT REVEALED
04:25:32:00	04:25:35:00	THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE
04:25:35:00	04:25:36:00	BUS MONITOR WERE ASLEEP AT THE
04:25:36:00	04:25:39:00	TIME OF THE CRASH BEFORE THE
04:25:39:00	04:25:39:00	CRASH.
04:25:39:00	04:25:40:00	THE CHILD SUFFERED A FRACTURED
04:25:40:00	04:25:42:00	FEMUR AND UNDERWENT UNDERWENT
04:25:42:00	04:25:43:00	MULTIPLE SURGERIES.
04:25:43:00	04:25:44:00	THEN AS WE ALL KNOW, THE
04:25:44:00	04:25:47:00	HEARTBREAKING TRAGEDY THAT
04:25:47:00	04:25:50:00	HAPPENED IN APRIL OF OUR FIVE
04:25:50:00	04:25:51:00	FIVE YEAR OLD LENS AUTHOR
04:25:51:00	04:25:53:00	JOSEPH WHO WAS FATALLY STRUCK
04:25:53:00	04:25:54:00	BY A SCHOOL BUS.
04:25:54:00	04:25:57:00	THE DRIVER WAS LATER FOUND TO
04:25:57:00	04:25:58:00	HAVE BEEN OPERATING WITH AN
04:25:58:00	04:25:58:00	EXPIRED LICENSE AND ALSO
04:25:58:00	04:26:02:00	HITTING CARS A FEW BUS STOPS
04:26:02:00	04:26:02:00	BEFORE THESE DEVASTATING
04:26:02:00	04:26:06:00	INCIDENTS POINT TO A SYSTEMIC
04:26:06:00	04:26:06:00	FAILURES IN OVERSIGHT DRIVER
04:26:06:00	04:26:07:00	TRAINING AND CONTRACT
04:26:07:00	04:26:09:00	ENFORCEMENT.
04:26:09:00	04:26:13:00	LAST WEEK AND IN RESPONSE I DID
04:26:13:00	04:26:14:00	FILE DOCKET 1101 CO-SPONSORED
04:26:14:00	04:26:17:00	WITH COUNCIL OF FLYNN TO
04:26:17:00	04:26:18:00	EXAMINE THE HIRING, TRAINING
04:26:18:00	04:26:21:00	AND CERTIFICATION PRACTICES
04:26:21:00	04:26:22:00	OF BP AS TRANSPORTATION VENDORS
04:26:22:00	04:26:25:00	AND DURING THE BUDGET HEARINGS
04:26:25:00	04:26:26:00	WE DID AND WE HAD A HEARING
04:26:26:00	04:26:28:00	WITH TRANSPORTATION TO TALK
04:26:28:00	04:26:29:00	ABOUT THE NEW BUS CONTRACT THAT
04:26:29:00	04:26:32:00	OUR BUS DRIVERS HAVE BEEN
04:26:32:00	04:26:33:00	AWARDED AND THERE ARE STILL
04:26:33:00	04:26:33:00	OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AROUND
04:26:33:00	04:26:36:00	THAT.
04:26:36:00	04:26:37:00	DESPITE THE URGENCY AND
04:26:37:00	04:26:40:00	REPEATED SAFETY CONCERNS,
04:26:40:00	04:26:40:00	TRANSDEV HAS CONTINUED TO AVOID
04:26:40:00	04:26:44:00	PUBLIC COMFORTABILITY AND UNTIL
04:26:44:00	04:26:45:00	THE COMPANY APPEARS BEFORE THIS
04:26:45:00	04:26:48:00	COUNCIL TO ANSWER ANSWER FOR
04:26:48:00	04:26:49:00	ITS FAILURES I CANNOT IN GOOD
04:26:49:00	04:26:51:00	CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR THE BOSTON
04:26:51:00	04:26:54:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1.58 BILLION
04:26:54:00	04:26:57:00	BUDGET WHICH INCLUDES OVER 189
04:26:57:00	04:26:57:00	MILLION FOR OUR STUDENTS
04:26:57:00	04:27:00:00	TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT THIS
04:27:00:00	04:27:00:00	YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS.
04:27:00:00	04:27:01:00	THE CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS A
04:27:01:00	04:27:04:00	SHORT CONCERN IS THAT ANY
04:27:04:00	04:27:05:00	DEPARTMENT COULD BE CALLED BACK
04:27:05:00	04:27:08:00	FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONING.
04:27:08:00	04:27:08:00	I FORMALLY REQUESTED THAT BP'S
04:27:08:00	04:27:11:00	RETURN SO I COULD ASK THESE
04:27:11:00	04:27:12:00	SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT
04:27:12:00	04:27:12:00	TRANSDEV AND OTHER
04:27:12:00	04:27:15:00	TRANSPORTATION QUESTIONS.
04:27:15:00	04:27:16:00	YET I WAS INFORMED YESTERDAY
04:27:16:00	04:27:20:00	THE DAY BEFORE A VOTE THAT IT
04:27:20:00	04:27:20:00	DID NOT WORK FOR BP'S SCHEDULE.
04:27:20:00	04:27:23:00	THEY WEREN'T AVAILABLE.
04:27:23:00	04:27:24:00	TO ME THAT RESPONSE IS
04:27:24:00	04:27:27:00	UNACCEPTABLE GIVEN WHAT'S AT
04:27:27:00	04:27:27:00	STAKE.
04:27:27:00	04:27:27:00	OUR CHILDREN DESERVE SAFE,
04:27:27:00	04:27:32:00	ACCOUNTABLE TRANSPORTATION.
04:27:32:00	04:27:32:00	AND THIS COUNCIL I BELIEVE
04:27:32:00	04:27:33:00	DESERVES REAL ANSWERS.
04:27:33:00	04:27:35:00	THANK YOU.
04:27:35:00	04:27:36:00	THE CHAIR.
04:27:36:00	04:27:36:00	OKAY.
04:27:36:00	04:27:39:00	I THINK THE ORDER WAS
04:27:39:00	04:27:40:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THEN
04:27:40:00	04:27:44:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND THEN
04:27:44:00	04:27:44:00	KIND OF CLOSE UP AND THEN
04:27:44:00	04:27:45:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:27:45:00	04:27:45:00	OKAY.
04:27:45:00	04:27:47:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS
04:27:47:00	04:27:47:00	AND ANY OTHER FLOOR.
04:27:47:00	04:27:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:27:50:00	04:27:53:00	AND AGAIN THANK YOU, CHAIR WILL
04:27:53:00	04:27:57:00	FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
04:27:57:00	04:27:58:00	TODAY I WILL BE VOTING IN
04:27:58:00	04:28:01:00	SUPPORT OF THIS BUDGET AS
04:28:01:00	04:28:02:00	EDUCATION OR AS THE CHAIR
04:28:02:00	04:28:05:00	OF EDUCATION ON THE BOSTON CITY
04:28:05:00	04:28:05:00	COUNCIL.
04:28:05:00	04:28:08:00	I HAVE ALWAYS SAID I MEET VERY
04:28:08:00	04:28:09:00	REGULARLY WITH THE
04:28:09:00	04:28:12:00	SUPERINTENDENT AND TO REALLY
04:28:12:00	04:28:13:00	JUST TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHEN
04:28:13:00	04:28:16:00	I'M VISITING SCHOOLS, WHEN I'M
04:28:16:00	04:28:17:00	VISITING OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
04:28:17:00	04:28:17:00	CITY I SEE ISSUES.
04:28:17:00	04:28:20:00	I SEE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AND
04:28:20:00	04:28:21:00	I ALWAYS BRING IT BACK TO HER
04:28:21:00	04:28:23:00	AND HER AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN
04:28:23:00	04:28:27:00	EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE TO TO MY
04:28:27:00	04:28:27:00	OFFICE.
04:28:27:00	04:28:30:00	AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
04:28:30:00	04:28:30:00	ONE TO BUDGET FOR FIRST
04:28:30:00	04:28:30:00	ANNOUNCED.
04:28:30:00	04:28:35:00	I GOT TO SEE THAT THERE WAS
04:28:35:00	04:28:35:00	CUTS TO THE ST STEPHEN'S
04:28:35:00	04:28:36:00	MENTORING PROGRAM.
04:28:36:00	04:28:38:00	THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I
04:28:38:00	04:28:39:00	REALLY, REALLY CARE ABOUT.
04:28:39:00	04:28:42:00	I KNOW ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T
04:28:42:00	04:28:45:00	PERSONALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS
04:28:45:00	04:28:46:00	SPECIFIC PROGRAM I BENEFITED
04:28:46:00	04:28:49:00	FROM THE IDEA FROM PROGRAMS
04:28:49:00	04:28:49:00	LIKE THIS.
04:28:49:00	04:28:50:00	I WENT TO THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL
04:28:50:00	04:28:53:00	AND HAD ADULTS IN THE IN THE
04:28:53:00	04:28:53:00	SCHOOL THAT SPOKE BOTH ENGLISH
04:28:53:00	04:28:57:00	AND SPANISH THAT WERE THAT WERE
04:28:57:00	04:28:57:00	FROM THE COMMUNITY.
04:28:57:00	04:29:00:00	I ALSO HAD A SAME EXPERIENCES
04:29:00:00	04:29:01:00	AT THE TOBIN WHERE I WENT TO
04:29:01:00	04:29:01:00	MIDDLE SCHOOL.
04:29:01:00	04:29:04:00	AND I THINK THAT MAKES A BIG
04:29:04:00	04:29:04:00	DIFFERENCE.
04:29:04:00	04:29:05:00	I THINK ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE
04:29:05:00	04:29:07:00	WHO HAD TO LEARN ENGLISH AND
04:29:07:00	04:29:08:00	SPANISH AT THE SAME TIME I'M
04:29:08:00	04:29:11:00	GROWING UP HERE IN THE CITY
04:29:11:00	04:29:12:00	OF BOSTON HAVING A VOICE TO
04:29:12:00	04:29:13:00	SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE THAT LOOK
04:29:13:00	04:29:15:00	LIKE YOU THAT ARE FROM YOUR
04:29:15:00	04:29:15:00	NEIGHBORHOOD MAKES A HUGE
04:29:15:00	04:29:18:00	DIFFERENCE TO OUR STUDENTS.
04:29:18:00	04:29:19:00	RIGHT NOW I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT
04:29:19:00	04:29:22:00	THE THINGS SHE WAS MENTIONING
04:29:22:00	04:29:22:00	PROGRAM WILL BE FULLY FUNDED
04:29:22:00	04:29:25:00	AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE
04:29:25:00	04:29:25:00	FOR THAT.
04:29:25:00	04:29:29:00	I LOVE THE UM THE INVESTMENTS
04:29:29:00	04:29:29:00	WE'RE MAKING ON INCLUSION.
04:29:29:00	04:29:33:00	I LOVE THE I KNOW THAT OUR
04:29:33:00	04:29:36:00	FACILITIES IN GENERAL ARE ARE
04:29:36:00	04:29:36:00	SO OLD.
04:29:36:00	04:29:37:00	I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS
04:29:37:00	04:29:40:00	ADMINISTRATION AND OUR
04:29:40:00	04:29:41:00	SUPERINTENDENT MARY SKIPPER AND
04:29:41:00	04:29:41:00	IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENTS
04:29:41:00	04:29:45:00	THAT THEY'RE MAKING FOR OUR
04:29:45:00	04:29:46:00	FUTURE SO YOU KNOW WE NEED TO
04:29:46:00	04:29:49:00	CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR AND
04:29:49:00	04:29:50:00	OUR CHILDREN AND OUR STUDENTS
04:29:50:00	04:29:52:00	HERE AND I THINK THAT THIS
04:29:52:00	04:29:53:00	BUDGET ALTHOUGH NOT PERFECT
04:29:53:00	04:29:54:00	LIKE NO BUDGET HAS EVER BEEN
04:29:54:00	04:29:56:00	PERFECT.
04:29:56:00	04:29:57:00	I DO THINK THAT REFLECTS THE
04:29:57:00	04:29:58:00	NEEDS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEEDS
04:29:58:00	04:30:00:00	RIGHT NOW.
04:30:00:00	04:30:01:00	AND THAT'S WHY I WILL BE VOTING
04:30:01:00	04:30:01:00	IN SUPPORT OF IT.
04:30:01:00	04:30:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:30:02:00	04:30:04:00	THANK YOU.
04:30:04:00	04:30:05:00	IN SANTA ANA THE CHAIR
04:30:05:00	04:30:08:00	RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
04:30:08:00	04:30:08:00	BECAUSE I'M HERE.
04:30:08:00	04:30:08:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:30:08:00	04:30:09:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:30:09:00	04:30:12:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR
04:30:12:00	04:30:15:00	HIS WORK IN THE SPACE.
04:30:15:00	04:30:15:00	SO I'M JUST GOING TO FIRST
04:30:15:00	04:30:16:00	START OFF BY JUST LAYING DOWN
04:30:16:00	04:30:18:00	THE GROUND WORK HERE FOR FOR
04:30:18:00	04:30:19:00	YOU ALL FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
04:30:19:00	04:30:22:00	TO BE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND
04:30:22:00	04:30:25:00	TO REALLY UTILIZE OUR POLITICAL
04:30:25:00	04:30:26:00	CAPITAL TO FIGHT FOR THE THINGS
04:30:26:00	04:30:30:00	THAT WE KNOW COMMUNITY WANTS
04:30:30:00	04:30:31:00	ESPECIALLY IN THE EDUCATION
04:30:31:00	04:30:34:00	SPACE AS A GRADUATE, AS A MOM
04:30:34:00	04:30:37:00	AND AS A PEACE AGITATOR.
04:30:37:00	04:30:41:00	I DON'T BELIEVE THAT VP'S IS
04:30:41:00	04:30:42:00	REALLY MEETING THE MOMENT AT
04:30:42:00	04:30:45:00	THIS TIME IS REQUIRING SO TO
04:30:45:00	04:30:48:00	PUT A BUDGET UP FOR APPROVAL
04:30:48:00	04:30:49:00	WHEN WE COULD STILL HAVE A
04:30:49:00	04:30:52:00	LITTLE BIT OF LEVERAGE TO FIGHT
04:30:52:00	04:30:52:00	FOR.
04:30:52:00	04:30:53:00	IN OTHER ASPECTS I JUST DON'T
04:30:53:00	04:30:56:00	KNOW IF I'M A STRATEGIC
04:30:56:00	04:30:57:00	STANDPOINT PUTTING IT UP FOR A
04:30:57:00	04:31:00:00	VOTE TODAY MAKES SENSE BUT
04:31:00:00	04:31:04:00	THAT'S ALL ABOUT STRATEGY WHICH
04:31:04:00	04:31:05:00	WE ALSO HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO
04:31:05:00	04:31:07:00	DEVELOP.
04:31:07:00	04:31:10:00	BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
04:31:10:00	04:31:11:00	WHEN I FIRST CAME ON TO THE
04:31:11:00	04:31:15:00	SCENE, COUNCILOR THEN AND HE
04:31:15:00	04:31:16:00	SAYS I'LL BE GEORGE WAS THE
04:31:16:00	04:31:18:00	CHAIR OF EDUCATION AND UNDER
04:31:18:00	04:31:19:00	HER LEADERSHIP WHILE OUR
04:31:19:00	04:31:22:00	POLITICS NEVER REALLY ALIGNED,
04:31:22:00	04:31:26:00	SHE AT LEAST HOSTED 26 HEARINGS
04:31:26:00	04:31:30:00	IN HER COMMITTEE IN EDUCATION
04:31:30:00	04:31:30:00	AND IN REGARDS TO BIPS.
04:31:30:00	04:31:34:00	SO WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO
04:31:34:00	04:31:38:00	REALLY DIVE DEEP INTO THE
04:31:38:00	04:31:38:00	ISSUES THAT IMPACT EDUCATION
04:31:38:00	04:31:41:00	AND THAT WAS AS THE EDUCATION
04:31:41:00	04:31:45:00	CHAIR NOT THE WAYS AND MEANS.
04:31:45:00	04:31:48:00	AND SO WHAT I HAVE SEEN HERE
04:31:48:00	04:31:52:00	OVER THE LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS ON
04:31:52:00	04:31:52:00	THIS ITERATION OF THE BODY IS
04:31:52:00	04:31:59:00	THEN COUNCILOR WU NOW MAYOR WHO
04:31:59:00	04:32:00:00	NEVER APPROVED ANY OF THE
04:32:00:00	04:32:03:00	BUDGETS THAT CAME THROUGH THIS
04:32:03:00	04:32:03:00	BODY.
04:32:03:00	04:32:09:00	BUT HERE WE ARE LINING UP.
04:32:09:00	04:32:12:00	YES, MA'AM.
04:32:12:00	04:32:13:00	LET'S GO WITH IT.
04:32:13:00	04:32:16:00	AND DELIVERING WHAT I THINK IS
04:32:16:00	04:32:17:00	A DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE THAT
04:32:17:00	04:32:20:00	WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT FOR.
04:32:20:00	04:32:24:00	BUT IT'S POLITICS AND WHAT CAN
04:32:24:00	04:32:24:00	WE SAY?
04:32:24:00	04:32:28:00	I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
04:32:28:00	04:32:28:00	INVESTMENTS IN ST STEPHEN'S,
04:32:28:00	04:32:31:00	THE PARENTING MENTORING PROGRAM
04:32:31:00	04:32:31:00	.
04:32:31:00	04:32:32:00	IN FACT, I WAS THE
04:32:32:00	04:32:34:00	COUNCILOR THAT FOUGHT FOR THAT
04:32:34:00	04:32:38:00	AMENDMENT IN MY TENURE WHEN I
04:32:38:00	04:32:39:00	FIRST CAME ON TO THE SCENE HERE
04:32:39:00	04:32:43:00	ON THE COUNCIL AND I FOUGHT FOR
04:32:43:00	04:32:45:00	IT FIERCELY BECAUSE NOT ONLY
04:32:45:00	04:32:46:00	WAS I A PARENT ADVOCATE, I WAS
04:32:46:00	04:32:50:00	A PARENT WHO WENT THROUGH THAT
04:32:50:00	04:32:53:00	PROGRAM AND SAW MY ORGANIZING
04:32:53:00	04:32:54:00	CAPABILITIES INCREASE BY
04:32:54:00	04:32:57:00	PARTICIPATING IN THAT
04:32:57:00	04:32:58:00	INITIATIVE AND FOUGHT FOR THAT
04:32:58:00	04:33:01:00	DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
04:33:01:00	04:33:02:00	SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO STAND
04:33:02:00	04:33:05:00	HERE AND CONGRATULATE US FOR
04:33:05:00	04:33:08:00	SEEING THAT REFLECTED HERE.
04:33:08:00	04:33:12:00	BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHEN IT
04:33:12:00	04:33:13:00	COMES TO THE ISSUES OF WHITE
04:33:13:00	04:33:16:00	STADIUM AND THE INVESTMENTS
04:33:16:00	04:33:20:00	WHEN IT COMES TO MADISON PARK,
04:33:20:00	04:33:21:00	WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILY AND
04:33:21:00	04:33:23:00	COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHEN IT
04:33:23:00	04:33:27:00	COMES TO PROGRESS AND PROCESSES
04:33:27:00	04:33:28:00	FOR EDUCATORS AND FOLKS TO FEEL
04:33:28:00	04:33:31:00	HEARD IN A FIRM, WE HAVE NOT
04:33:31:00	04:33:35:00	MADE ENOUGH INVESTMENTS TO HOLD
04:33:35:00	04:33:39:00	OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO REAL
04:33:39:00	04:33:40:00	PROCESSES THAT MAKE PARENTS
04:33:40:00	04:33:43:00	FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE MATTERS
04:33:43:00	04:33:47:00	WHEN WE ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS
04:33:47:00	04:33:47:00	LEFT AND RIGHT.
04:33:47:00	04:33:48:00	AND I KNOW THOSE ARE DIFFICULT
04:33:48:00	04:33:49:00	DECISIONS THAT THE MAYOR IS
04:33:49:00	04:33:51:00	MAKING DURING AN ELECTION YEAR.
04:33:51:00	04:33:55:00	SO I'M SURE THAT IN TERMS
04:33:55:00	04:33:55:00	OF NARRATIVE IT'S GOING TO SUIT
04:33:55:00	04:33:58:00	SOMEBODY BUT IT'S NOT
04:33:58:00	04:33:59:00	SUPPORTING ANY OF THE FAMILIES
04:33:59:00	04:34:02:00	THAT ARE FIGHTING AGAINST IT.
04:34:02:00	04:34:02:00	SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR
04:34:02:00	04:34:05:00	ME TO STAND HERE AND WHILE I
04:34:05:00	04:34:06:00	DIDN'T SAY MUCH ON THE
04:34:06:00	04:34:07:00	OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE I'M
04:34:07:00	04:34:09:00	PICKING AND CHOOSING HOW I
04:34:09:00	04:34:10:00	UTILIZE MY POLITICAL CAPITAL, I
04:34:10:00	04:34:13:00	WILL SAY THAT WE AS A BODY
04:34:13:00	04:34:14:00	REALLY NEED TO START THINKING
04:34:14:00	04:34:17:00	ABOUT HOW WE'RE SHOWING UP IN
04:34:17:00	04:34:20:00	THESE TIMES WHEN IT GIVES US AN
04:34:20:00	04:34:21:00	OPPORTUNITY TO BE COURAGEOUS
04:34:21:00	04:34:24:00	AND TO PUSH THE ADMINISTRATION
04:34:24:00	04:34:25:00	AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO A
04:34:25:00	04:34:28:00	LITTLE BIT MORE.
04:34:28:00	04:34:29:00	AND SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
04:34:29:00	04:34:32:00	COSIGNING ON A BUDGET AT THIS
04:34:32:00	04:34:36:00	POINT IN THIS JUNCTURE
04:34:36:00	04:34:37:00	CONSIDERING THAT WE STILL HAVE
04:34:37:00	04:34:40:00	A LOT OF TWO LEADS AS IT
04:34:40:00	04:34:43:00	RELATES TO THE BUDGETING
04:34:43:00	04:34:44:00	PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS JUST
04:34:44:00	04:34:44:00	ROUND ONE.
04:34:44:00	04:34:47:00	WE STILL HAVE THREE MORE WEEKS
04:34:47:00	04:34:48:00	TO GO UNTIL WE GET TO THE
04:34:48:00	04:34:51:00	FINISH LINE.
04:34:51:00	04:34:52:00	SO BUT JUST THAT VOTE THAT WE
04:34:52:00	04:34:54:00	TOOK TODAY DOESN'T NECESSARILY
04:34:54:00	04:34:55:00	MEAN ANYTHING COME THE END
04:34:55:00	04:34:58:00	OF THE MONTH WE'LL SEE WHERE
04:34:58:00	04:35:01:00	THINGS LANDS RIGHT.
04:35:01:00	04:35:02:00	AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY
04:35:02:00	04:35:05:00	IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE
04:35:05:00	04:35:06:00	THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC ABOUT
04:35:06:00	04:35:10:00	OUR POLITICAL CAPITAL HERE AND
04:35:10:00	04:35:10:00	RIGHT NOW.
04:35:10:00	04:35:13:00	I DON'T THINK THAT BEEPS GIVEN
04:35:13:00	04:35:14:00	ALL OF THE DISCREPANCIES THAT
04:35:14:00	04:35:14:00	WE'VE HEARD BECAUSE WE DO
04:35:14:00	04:35:18:00	LISTEN TO PEOPLE THAT WE'RE IN
04:35:18:00	04:35:18:00	A GOOD PLACE TO PASS THIS
04:35:18:00	04:35:22:00	BUDGET TODAY.
04:35:22:00	04:35:22:00	THANK YOU.
04:35:22:00	04:35:22:00	THANK YOU.
04:35:22:00	04:35:23:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:35:23:00	04:35:25:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY AT
04:35:25:00	04:35:25:00	THE FLOOR.
04:35:25:00	04:35:26:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:35:26:00	04:35:27:00	I FIRST WANT TO GIVE AGAIN A
04:35:27:00	04:35:29:00	SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR RODWELL
04:35:29:00	04:35:31:00	WHO I THINK TO MY KNOWLEDGE WAS
04:35:31:00	04:35:32:00	THE FIRST CHAIR OF WAYS AND
04:35:32:00	04:35:35:00	MEANS TO HAVE EPS COME IN
04:35:35:00	04:35:36:00	BEFORE THE BUDGET.
04:35:36:00	04:35:38:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT
04:35:38:00	04:35:40:00	YOU IN THAT REGARD AND THAT WAS
04:35:40:00	04:35:42:00	THE FIRST TIME THAT I GOT A
04:35:42:00	04:35:45:00	CHANCE TO WE GOT A CHANCE TO
04:35:45:00	04:35:46:00	START TRYING TO GET OUR
04:35:46:00	04:35:48:00	PRIORITIES INTO THIS PARTICULAR
04:35:48:00	04:35:49:00	BUDGET.
04:35:49:00	04:35:49:00	SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS
04:35:49:00	04:35:50:00	EXCELLENT FORESIGHT ON YOUR
04:35:50:00	04:35:50:00	BEHALF.
04:35:50:00	04:35:53:00	SO I WANT TO SHOUT OUT
04:35:53:00	04:35:54:00	COUNCILOR WHILE AGAIN I WANT TO
04:35:54:00	04:35:57:00	SHOUT OUT OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR
04:35:57:00	04:35:57:00	TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS.
04:35:57:00	04:35:59:00	I'VE MET WITH ALL OF MY
04:35:59:00	04:36:00:00	DISTRICT PRINCIPALS THIS PAST
04:36:00:00	04:36:03:00	SPRING AND IT WAS AWESOME TO
04:36:03:00	04:36:04:00	HEAR ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES,
04:36:04:00	04:36:07:00	THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND GET THEIR
04:36:07:00	04:36:07:00	INSIGHTS ON THEIR OWN SCHOOL
04:36:07:00	04:36:11:00	COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE OVERSEERS
04:36:11:00	04:36:12:00	OF BIPS IN THE ROOM.
04:36:12:00	04:36:12:00	I GOT A LOT OF TRANSPARENT
04:36:12:00	04:36:13:00	CONVERSATIONS AND SO I
04:36:13:00	04:36:15:00	APPRECIATE THAT WE TALKED A LOT
04:36:15:00	04:36:16:00	ABOUT INCLUSION AND WHILE THERE
04:36:16:00	04:36:19:00	WERE SOME GREAT STEPS WITHIN
04:36:19:00	04:36:19:00	THE B2 CONTRACT THERE'S STILL
04:36:19:00	04:36:22:00	SOME SOME THERE'S SOME WORK TO
04:36:22:00	04:36:23:00	BE DONE AS IT RELATES TO THAT.
04:36:23:00	04:36:26:00	BUT OVERALL I WILL BE VOTING
04:36:26:00	04:36:26:00	YES ON THIS BUDGET.
04:36:26:00	04:36:30:00	IT'S THANKS TO THE HARD WORK
04:36:30:00	04:36:30:00	OF OUR TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS AND
04:36:30:00	04:36:33:00	ADMINISTRATORS AND I DID LOOK
04:36:33:00	04:36:36:00	UP THE DATA ON THIS DISTRICT
04:36:36:00	04:36:37:00	ONE REGION HAS THE HIGHEST
04:36:37:00	04:36:38:00	PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE CITY
04:36:38:00	04:36:40:00	AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE
04:36:40:00	04:36:41:00	PROUD OF.
04:36:41:00	04:36:42:00	WE HAVE A STUDENT AND FAMILY
04:36:42:00	04:36:44:00	POPULATION THAT IS CULTURALLY,
04:36:44:00	04:36:45:00	LINGUISTICALLY AND
04:36:45:00	04:36:48:00	SOCIOECONOMICALLY DIVERSE WITH
04:36:48:00	04:36:49:00	THE HIGHEST NEEDS PERCENTAGE IN
04:36:49:00	04:36:52:00	THE CITY AND SO CHALLENGES LIKE
04:36:52:00	04:36:53:00	I SAID STILL REMAIN AND THIS
04:36:53:00	04:36:56:00	INCLUDES OPPORTUNITY GAPS THAT
04:36:56:00	04:37:00:00	IS GOING TO TAKE MANY YEARS TO
04:37:00:00	04:37:00:00	TO RECTIFY.
04:37:00:00	04:37:01:00	THERE ARE LONG TERM FACILITY
04:37:01:00	04:37:04:00	NEEDS BUT I AM PLEASED TO SEE
04:37:04:00	04:37:05:00	SOME OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
04:37:05:00	04:37:08:00	INITIATIVES THAT ARE TAKING
04:37:08:00	04:37:08:00	PLACE.
04:37:08:00	04:37:11:00	BUT I'M PROUD OF MY MY REGION
04:37:11:00	04:37:12:00	AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT
04:37:12:00	04:37:13:00	SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AS WELL
04:37:13:00	04:37:15:00	AS ASSISTANT
04:37:15:00	04:37:15:00	SUPERINTENDENT TOMMY WELSH WHO
04:37:15:00	04:37:17:00	I CALL WAY TOO MUCH BUT HE'S SO
04:37:17:00	04:37:19:00	ACCESSIBLE AND SO RESPONSIVE
04:37:19:00	04:37:20:00	AND HE'S GOTTEN A LOT OF THINGS
04:37:20:00	04:37:21:00	DONE FOR MY DISTRICT THE GOAL
04:37:21:00	04:37:23:00	IS NOT TO BE SATISFIED BY THIS.
04:37:23:00	04:37:24:00	WE'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
04:37:24:00	04:37:27:00	IN OUR SCHOOLS WHICH IS WHY I
04:37:27:00	04:37:27:00	WILL BE VOTING YES FOR THIS
04:37:27:00	04:37:28:00	BUDGET.
04:37:28:00	04:37:30:00	BUT WE STILL INTEND TO KEEP
04:37:30:00	04:37:31:00	PUSHING AND THERE'S A COUPLE
04:37:31:00	04:37:32:00	OF REASONS WHY I VOTED YES ON
04:37:32:00	04:37:32:00	THIS BUDGET.
04:37:32:00	04:37:34:00	I GOT A COFFEE WITH
04:37:34:00	04:37:34:00	SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER WHEN SHE
04:37:34:00	04:37:37:00	FIRST GOT IN 2024.
04:37:37:00	04:37:37:00	I BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF KEY
04:37:37:00	04:37:40:00	INITIATIVES THAT I PUSHED
04:37:40:00	04:37:41:00	NEEDED TO BE MET WITH URGENCY
04:37:41:00	04:37:42:00	AND WITHIN THREE YEARS SHE'S
04:37:42:00	04:37:45:00	DELIVERED ON ALMOST ALL
04:37:45:00	04:37:45:00	OF THEM.
04:37:45:00	04:37:46:00	NUMBER ONE, THE CITY WAS IN
04:37:46:00	04:37:49:00	DESPERATE NEED OF A RELIEF
04:37:49:00	04:37:49:00	VALVE FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL
04:37:49:00	04:37:52:00	LEARNERS AT RESPONSIVE HIGH
04:37:52:00	04:37:52:00	SCHOOL AND AT CHARLESTOWN HIGH
04:37:52:00	04:37:57:00	BOSTON ADULT TECHNICAL ACADEMY
04:37:57:00	04:37:58:00	BARTA AND BINKER IS JUST WAY
04:37:58:00	04:38:00:00	TOO FAR AWAY FOR SOME OF THE
04:38:00:00	04:38:01:00	KIDS ESPECIALLY IN EAST BOSTON
04:38:01:00	04:38:05:00	AND THERE WAS LIMITED SEATS AND
04:38:05:00	04:38:06:00	SO WE NEEDED A WAY TO PROVIDE
04:38:06:00	04:38:08:00	MORE SPACE FOR FOR THESE KIDS
04:38:08:00	04:38:09:00	WHO JUST WANTED TO LEARN
04:38:09:00	04:38:12:00	ENGLISH AND GAIN PROFESSIONAL
04:38:12:00	04:38:12:00	AND TECHNICAL SKILLS WITHIN
04:38:12:00	04:38:15:00	THREE YEARS THE BORDER IS OPEN
04:38:15:00	04:38:16:00	AND SERVING HUNDREDS OF YOUNG
04:38:16:00	04:38:16:00	ADULTS LEARNING ENGLISH AND
04:38:16:00	04:38:19:00	OTHER GENERAL EDUCATION
04:38:19:00	04:38:20:00	SUBJECTS AS WELL AS THOSE
04:38:20:00	04:38:20:00	SKILLS TO ADVANCE THEMSELVES IN
04:38:20:00	04:38:23:00	AND CONTRIBUTE PRODUCTIVELY TO
04:38:23:00	04:38:26:00	SOCIETY.
04:38:26:00	04:38:27:00	NUMBER TWO AND 2022 SPONSORED A
04:38:27:00	04:38:30:00	HEARING ORDER EXPLORING WAYS TO
04:38:30:00	04:38:30:00	INTEGRATE CLIMATE AND
04:38:30:00	04:38:30:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
04:38:30:00	04:38:33:00	CURRICULUM INTO ALL K THROUGH
04:38:33:00	04:38:34:00	12 SCHOOLS.
04:38:34:00	04:38:34:00	IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE ARE
04:38:34:00	04:38:37:00	EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION
04:38:37:00	04:38:37:00	OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS ABOUT
04:38:37:00	04:38:41:00	THE LOCAL IMPACTS OF A CLIMATE
04:38:41:00	04:38:41:00	CRISIS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
04:38:41:00	04:38:42:00	AND SO THERE WERE MANY
04:38:42:00	04:38:45:00	CONVERSATIONS WE HAD A COUPLE
04:38:45:00	04:38:46:00	OF HEARINGS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
04:38:46:00	04:38:48:00	BP'S AND THE IDENTIFIED THE
04:38:48:00	04:38:49:00	LAST STEP WAS BRINGING IN
04:38:49:00	04:38:52:00	TEACHERS AND PERSPECTIVES AND
04:38:52:00	04:38:53:00	EMBEDDING IT INTO THE BTU
04:38:53:00	04:38:53:00	CONTRACT AND THAT'S CURRENTLY
04:38:53:00	04:38:56:00	SOMETHING THAT'S BEING SET UP.
04:38:56:00	04:38:57:00	THERE'S A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW
04:38:57:00	04:38:58:00	THIS AND IT WILL BE HAPPENING
04:38:58:00	04:39:01:00	AND THE LAST OF THE LAST REASON
04:39:01:00	04:39:04:00	IT'S NOT THE LAST THERE'S MANY
04:39:04:00	04:39:05:00	REASONS BUT THIS IS PROBABLY
04:39:05:00	04:39:06:00	THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TRUST AND
04:39:06:00	04:39:07:00	HIGH.
04:39:07:00	04:39:08:00	I MET WITH DOZENS OF PARENTS AT
04:39:08:00	04:39:09:00	THE HARVARD KENT WARREN
04:39:09:00	04:39:11:00	PRESCOTT, THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL,
04:39:11:00	04:39:12:00	THE ALGORE AND MANY OTHER
04:39:12:00	04:39:15:00	SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT PARENTS
04:39:15:00	04:39:15:00	ARE WORRIED ABOUT GENERAL
04:39:15:00	04:39:16:00	EDUCATION OPTIONS FOR HIGH
04:39:16:00	04:39:19:00	SCHOOL THERE ARE INCREDIBLE
04:39:19:00	04:39:20:00	INITIATIVES TAKING PLACE AT
04:39:20:00	04:39:20:00	CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND I
04:39:20:00	04:39:22:00	WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO PRINCIPAL
04:39:22:00	04:39:26:00	TRIVEDI FOR HIS LEADERSHIP WITH
04:39:26:00	04:39:26:00	ADDITIONAL SEATS FREED UP DUE
04:39:26:00	04:39:30:00	TO THE INCLUSION MODEL AND THE
04:39:30:00	04:39:30:00	OPENING OF THE EAST, THERE IS
04:39:30:00	04:39:31:00	AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALIZE ON
04:39:31:00	04:39:34:00	SOME OF THE OPEN SPACES IN THE
04:39:34:00	04:39:34:00	GENERAL EDUCATION PORTION AT
04:39:34:00	04:39:37:00	CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND
04:39:37:00	04:39:38:00	REIMAGINING WHAT THAT GI ED
04:39:38:00	04:39:41:00	PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE WHILE
04:39:41:00	04:39:42:00	PLANNING FOR THE INCLUSION
04:39:42:00	04:39:42:00	OF THE KIDS THAT ARE THERE
04:39:42:00	04:39:45:00	SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE ROBUST
04:39:45:00	04:39:46:00	SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND
04:39:46:00	04:39:49:00	MEETING WITH
04:39:49:00	04:39:49:00	SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND
04:39:49:00	04:39:50:00	TOMMY WALSH, I CAN SAY THAT
04:39:50:00	04:39:51:00	GREAT THINGS ARE ON THE HORIZON
04:39:51:00	04:39:53:00	FOR FOR THE DISTRICT BUT
04:39:53:00	04:39:54:00	ESPECIALLY CHARLESTOWN HIGH
04:39:54:00	04:39:56:00	BACK IN 2014 EAST BOSTON HIGH
04:39:56:00	04:39:57:00	SCHOOL WAS A TIER THREE SCHOOL
04:39:57:00	04:40:00:00	AND THANKS TO A PUSH OF AN
04:40:00:00	04:40:04:00	INFLUX OF RESOURCES,
04:40:04:00	04:40:04:00	INVESTMENTS AND DIRECTIONS
04:40:04:00	04:40:08:00	UNDER PRINCIPAL BURDEN OF 40,
04:40:08:00	04:40:09:00	THE SCHOOL IS NOW ONE OF THE
04:40:09:00	04:40:10:00	TOP PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE
04:40:10:00	04:40:12:00	DISTRICT AND IT'S A SCHOOL ON
04:40:12:00	04:40:12:00	THE MOVE THAT IS BASICALLY
04:40:12:00	04:40:14:00	WHERE CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
04:40:14:00	04:40:15:00	IS RIGHT NOW.
04:40:15:00	04:40:15:00	AND SO A SIMILAR INITIATIVE IS
04:40:15:00	04:40:18:00	WHAT'S NEXT FOR CHARLESTOWN
04:40:18:00	04:40:19:00	HIGH?
04:40:19:00	04:40:19:00	THERE WILL BE AN EXCITING
04:40:19:00	04:40:20:00	ANNOUNCEMENT FORTHCOMING ABOUT
04:40:20:00	04:40:20:00	A THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY
04:40:20:00	04:40:23:00	ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE WITH A
04:40:23:00	04:40:23:00	GOAL OF CREATION CREATING A
04:40:23:00	04:40:27:00	COHESIVE PATHWAY WITHIN THE
04:40:27:00	04:40:27:00	NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WILL
04:40:27:00	04:40:27:00	ULTIMATELY PROVIDE POSITIVE
04:40:27:00	04:40:31:00	ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR OUR
04:40:31:00	04:40:31:00	STUDENTS.
04:40:31:00	04:40:32:00	AND SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
04:40:32:00	04:40:35:00	THIS.
04:40:35:00	04:40:35:00	THIS IS WHAT HUNDREDS
04:40:35:00	04:40:38:00	OF PARENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR
04:40:38:00	04:40:39:00	AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
04:40:39:00	04:40:39:00	WORKING WITH PARENTS AND THE
04:40:39:00	04:40:42:00	SCHOOL COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR
04:40:42:00	04:40:42:00	HIGH SCHOOL TO BEST REFLECT
04:40:42:00	04:40:43:00	WHAT THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR
04:40:43:00	04:40:46:00	DESIRES ARE FOR THAT PARTICULAR
04:40:46:00	04:40:46:00	SCHOOL.
04:40:46:00	04:40:47:00	COMMUNITY ISSUES REMAIN THERE'S
04:40:47:00	04:40:50:00	NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
04:40:50:00	04:40:50:00	BUT FOR THOSE REASONS AND THE
04:40:50:00	04:40:51:00	BROAD SUPPORT THAT MY DISTRICT
04:40:51:00	04:40:54:00	IS GETTING I WILL BE VOTING YES
04:40:54:00	04:40:55:00	ON THIS BUDGET.
04:40:55:00	04:40:55:00	THANK YOU.
04:40:55:00	04:40:55:00	THANK YOU.
04:40:55:00	04:40:57:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:40:57:00	04:40:58:00	COMFORTABLY NEAR THE FLOOR.
04:40:58:00	04:41:03:00	THANK THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
04:41:03:00	04:41:04:00	THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE
04:41:04:00	04:41:08:00	DEBATED ABOUT FOR A PERIOD
04:41:08:00	04:41:11:00	OF TIME WHETHER I WOULD SUPPORT
04:41:11:00	04:41:12:00	THE BUDGET OR WHETHER I WOULD
04:41:12:00	04:41:15:00	NOT SUPPORT THE BUDGET.
04:41:15:00	04:41:16:00	I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE
04:41:16:00	04:41:19:00	BUDGET IN FACT BUT THIS YEAR I
04:41:19:00	04:41:22:00	HAD A DIFFERENT REASON TO
04:41:22:00	04:41:26:00	CONSIDER ALL THE OPTIONS.
04:41:26:00	04:41:30:00	BUT THE ONE ISSUE THAT REALLY
04:41:30:00	04:41:33:00	IS THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR
04:41:33:00	04:41:34:00	ME IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET IS
04:41:34:00	04:41:37:00	THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
04:41:37:00	04:41:38:00	SUPERINTENDENT.
04:41:38:00	04:41:42:00	I HAVE DISAGREED WITH HER ON AT
04:41:42:00	04:41:45:00	TIMES I HAVE CHALLENGED BPC ON
04:41:45:00	04:41:49:00	MANY ISSUES BUT I STILL THINK
04:41:49:00	04:41:50:00	AND STILL BELIEVE THAT SHE'S A
04:41:50:00	04:41:52:00	GOOD SUPERINTENDENT WORKING AT
04:41:52:00	04:41:53:00	A VERY CHALLENGING AND
04:41:53:00	04:42:00:00	DIFFICULT URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
04:42:00:00	04:42:01:00	I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO OR I
04:42:01:00	04:42:04:00	SHOULD GIVE MY SUPPORT TO THIS
04:42:04:00	04:42:08:00	STRUGGLING SCHOOL SYSTEM.
04:42:08:00	04:42:09:00	I NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
04:42:09:00	04:42:09:00	THE SUPERINTENDENT WITHIN THE
04:42:09:00	04:42:12:00	SYSTEM TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS IN MY
04:42:12:00	04:42:15:00	DISTRICT AND OUTSIDE OF MY
04:42:15:00	04:42:16:00	DISTRICT.
04:42:16:00	04:42:19:00	I WORK WITH THE
04:42:19:00	04:42:20:00	SUPERINTENDENT AND IN MAY WALSH
04:42:20:00	04:42:23:00	AND MAY WILL ONE THE COURT
04:42:23:00	04:42:26:00	OF SCHOOL I THINK IT'S I THINK
04:42:26:00	04:42:27:00	IT'S THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE
04:42:27:00	04:42:30:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND I KNOW IT
04:42:30:00	04:42:30:00	PROVIDES TREMENDOUS SUPPORT TO
04:42:30:00	04:42:34:00	STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
04:42:34:00	04:42:35:00	I'M ALSO THE PARENT OF A CHILD
04:42:35:00	04:42:38:00	THAT WENT TO DPS HIS HIS ENTIRE
04:42:38:00	04:42:38:00	LIFE.
04:42:38:00	04:42:41:00	IT WAS A QUINCY AND AT BOSTON
04:42:41:00	04:42:41:00	LATIN.
04:42:41:00	04:42:45:00	YES I DISAGREE WITH THE BPC
04:42:45:00	04:42:49:00	TEAM ON THEIR TRANSPORTATION
04:42:49:00	04:42:49:00	PLAN.
04:42:49:00	04:42:52:00	I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE
04:42:52:00	04:42:55:00	LEADERSHIP IN PLACE NECESSARY
04:42:55:00	04:42:56:00	THAT THE TRANSPORTATION
04:42:56:00	04:43:00:00	DEPARTMENT HAD CPS AND I'D LIKE
04:43:00:00	04:43:03:00	TO SEE A MAJOR STRUCTURAL
04:43:03:00	04:43:07:00	CHANGE OF ADVOCATED FOR A
04:43:07:00	04:43:07:00	RECEIVERSHIP FOR DPS
04:43:07:00	04:43:11:00	TRANSPORTATION.
04:43:11:00	04:43:11:00	I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE
04:43:11:00	04:43:14:00	CURRENT CONDITION RIGHT NOW
04:43:14:00	04:43:18:00	OF BP'S TRANSPORTATION.
04:43:18:00	04:43:18:00	I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
04:43:18:00	04:43:21:00	CHALLENGE BP'S ON PUBLIC
04:43:21:00	04:43:22:00	TRANSPORTATION AND I WANT TO
04:43:22:00	04:43:25:00	ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR MURPHY
04:43:25:00	04:43:29:00	FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
04:43:29:00	04:43:29:00	BUT AS THE DISTRICT
04:43:29:00	04:43:32:00	COUNCIL FROM DISTRICT TO
04:43:32:00	04:43:32:00	OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTING THE
04:43:32:00	04:43:33:00	LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
04:43:33:00	04:43:36:00	ESPECIALLY FROM PUBLIC HOUSING,
04:43:36:00	04:43:40:00	I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
04:43:40:00	04:43:40:00	CONTINUE TO WORK WITHIN THE
04:43:40:00	04:43:44:00	SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT MY
04:43:44:00	04:43:44:00	CONSTITUENTS HAVE THE BEST
04:43:44:00	04:43:48:00	OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE WHETHER
04:43:48:00	04:43:48:00	IT'S ACADEMIC SUPPORT, WHETHER
04:43:48:00	04:43:51:00	IT'S SOCIAL SERVICES, WHETHER
04:43:51:00	04:43:52:00	IT'S SUPPORT FOR OUR IMMIGRANT
04:43:52:00	04:43:55:00	FAMILIES AS WELL.
04:43:55:00	04:44:02:00	SO AGAIN THAT MY MAIN REASON IN
04:44:02:00	04:44:03:00	VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET
04:44:03:00	04:44:06:00	IS STRICTLY BASED ON THE
04:44:06:00	04:44:10:00	COMPETENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM
04:44:10:00	04:44:11:00	THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED WORKING
04:44:11:00	04:44:14:00	WITH THE BP
04:44:14:00	04:44:15:00	SUPERINTENDENT KNOWING THAT WE
04:44:15:00	04:44:18:00	STILL HAVE MAJOR SIGNIFICANT
04:44:18:00	04:44:18:00	CHALLENGES AHEAD.
04:44:18:00	04:44:22:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:44:22:00	04:44:22:00	THANK YOU.
04:44:22:00	04:44:26:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:44:26:00	04:44:26:00	COUNCILOR COUNCILOR DURKAN
04:44:26:00	04:44:27:00	CONSIDER AGAIN THANK YOU SO
04:44:27:00	04:44:27:00	MUCH.
04:44:27:00	04:44:30:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WAS PROUD
04:44:30:00	04:44:30:00	TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUE FROM
04:44:30:00	04:44:31:00	DISTRICT TWO BECAUSE THAT WAS
04:44:31:00	04:44:31:00	HER.
04:44:31:00	04:44:34:00	THAT'S EXACTLY MY SENTIMENT.
04:44:34:00	04:44:38:00	I, I REALLY APPRECIATE
04:44:38:00	04:44:38:00	SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER'S
04:44:38:00	04:44:38:00	LEADERSHIP.
04:44:38:00	04:44:42:00	I APPRECIATE HER CONNECTION AND
04:44:42:00	04:44:46:00	CARE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
04:44:46:00	04:44:47:00	I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SHE
04:44:47:00	04:44:50:00	SPENDS HER TIME WONDER ING AND
04:44:50:00	04:44:53:00	COMMUNICATING WHAT IS HAPPENING
04:44:53:00	04:44:55:00	IN OUR DISTRICTS AND GETTING TO
04:44:55:00	04:44:58:00	REPRESENT FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL
04:44:58:00	04:44:58:00	THE SNOWDEN BOSTON ARTS
04:44:58:00	04:45:03:00	ACADEMY, BOSTON JMC FOR HEALTH
04:45:03:00	04:45:06:00	CAREERS SO SO MANY OF THE
04:45:06:00	04:45:07:00	SCHOOLS THAT THAT YOU KNOW
04:45:07:00	04:45:10:00	PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE CITY GO
04:45:10:00	04:45:11:00	TO FOR SPECIALIZED AND
04:45:11:00	04:45:13:00	IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL
04:45:13:00	04:45:14:00	OPPORTUNITIES.
04:45:14:00	04:45:18:00	WHEN I FIRST CAME ONTO THE CITY
04:45:18:00	04:45:21:00	COUNCIL I GOT FEEDBACK FROM
04:45:21:00	04:45:21:00	FORMER COUNCILORS AND OTHERS
04:45:21:00	04:45:25:00	DON'T FOCUS ON THE SCHOOLS YOU
04:45:25:00	04:45:25:00	REPRESENT DISTRICT D YOU DON'T
04:45:25:00	04:45:28:00	HAVE VERY MANY OF THEM.
04:45:28:00	04:45:29:00	BUT GETTING TO I KNOW I WAS AT
04:45:29:00	04:45:33:00	THE VICTORIA ANN LUNCHEON AT
04:45:33:00	04:45:36:00	FENWAY PARK GETTING TO SEE OUR
04:45:36:00	04:45:37:00	KIDS AND THE PROMISE AND
04:45:37:00	04:45:40:00	OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY
04:45:40:00	04:45:40:00	REPRESENT.
04:45:40:00	04:45:41:00	IT WAS JUST AN EMOTIONAL
04:45:41:00	04:45:44:00	EXPERIENCE GETTING TO SEE
04:45:44:00	04:45:45:00	PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD
04:45:45:00	04:45:48:00	WHO ENDED UP IN BOSTON.
04:45:48:00	04:45:51:00	IT WAS LIKE A THIRD OF THE
04:45:51:00	04:45:55:00	VALEDICTORIANS HAD GROWN UP IN
04:45:55:00	04:45:55:00	ANOTHER PLACE AND HAD MOVED TO
04:45:55:00	04:45:58:00	BOSTON.
04:45:58:00	04:45:59:00	WE ARE BPC KIDS ARE IMMIGRANTS
04:45:59:00	04:46:02:00	THERE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
04:46:02:00	04:46:02:00	THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM AROUND
04:46:02:00	04:46:03:00	THE CITY, THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM
04:46:03:00	04:46:05:00	AROUND THE WORLD.
04:46:05:00	04:46:06:00	IT'S WE HAVE SUCH AN
04:46:06:00	04:46:09:00	OPPORTUNITY IN BOSTON TO TO
04:46:09:00	04:46:10:00	MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE LIGHTS
04:46:10:00	04:46:13:00	CONTINUE TO SHINE BEYOND THEIR
04:46:13:00	04:46:14:00	EDUCATION AND I NEED TO BE A
04:46:14:00	04:46:17:00	PART OF THAT AS A CITY
04:46:17:00	04:46:18:00	COUNCILOR AS ONE OF THE 13 CITY
04:46:18:00	04:46:21:00	COUNCILORS REPRESENTING BOSTON.
04:46:21:00	04:46:22:00	SO THE LAST YEAR I'VE REALLY
04:46:22:00	04:46:24:00	DUG IN AND TRIED TO MEET THE
04:46:24:00	04:46:25:00	HEADS OF SCHOOL AND MET WITH
04:46:25:00	04:46:29:00	THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ATTENDED
04:46:29:00	04:46:29:00	A LOT OF EVENTS THAT IN MY
04:46:29:00	04:46:33:00	FIRST YEAR I DID IN AND I JUST
04:46:33:00	04:46:33:00	WANT TO SHOW MY COMMITMENT TO
04:46:33:00	04:46:34:00	CONTINUE TO BE A PARTNER WITH
04:46:34:00	04:46:37:00	EPS ON SPORTS, ON EVERYTHING
04:46:37:00	04:46:38:00	THAT I CARE ABOUT IN MY
04:46:38:00	04:46:41:00	DISTRICT AND CONNECTING SCHOOLS
04:46:41:00	04:46:42:00	WITH OPPORTUNITY AND WITH
04:46:42:00	04:46:45:00	INSTITUTIONS AND I'M PROUD
04:46:45:00	04:46:45:00	OF THIS BUDGET.
04:46:45:00	04:46:49:00	I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE
04:46:49:00	04:46:49:00	SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
04:46:49:00	04:46:50:00	WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME POWERS
04:46:50:00	04:46:52:00	ON THIS BUDGET AS WE DO ON
04:46:52:00	04:46:52:00	OTHERS.
04:46:52:00	04:46:56:00	BUT I BELIEVE IN THE
04:46:56:00	04:46:56:00	SUPERINTENDENT, BELIEVE IN OUR
04:46:56:00	04:46:57:00	MAYOR, I BELIEVE IN OUR SCHOOL
04:46:57:00	04:47:00:00	SYSTEM AND I BELIEVE WE DO NEED
04:47:00:00	04:47:01:00	TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND THOSE
04:47:01:00	04:47:04:00	CHANGES ARE REALLY A REALLY
04:47:04:00	04:47:04:00	IMPORTANT FACTOR IN ACTUALLY
04:47:04:00	04:47:07:00	LIFTING UP THE EDUCATION
04:47:07:00	04:47:08:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE IN
04:47:08:00	04:47:08:00	THE CITY.
04:47:08:00	04:47:09:00	AND I THINK OUR MAYOR HAS SHOWN
04:47:09:00	04:47:11:00	HER WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT AND
04:47:11:00	04:47:12:00	I WILL BE A PARTNER IN THOSE
04:47:12:00	04:47:15:00	CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
04:47:15:00	04:47:16:00	SO THANK YOU.
04:47:16:00	04:47:19:00	THANK YOU TO JERRICK AND I JUST
04:47:19:00	04:47:19:00	.
04:47:19:00	04:47:20:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON,
04:47:20:00	04:47:20:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:47:20:00	04:47:21:00	THANK YOU.
04:47:21:00	04:47:23:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK I
04:47:23:00	04:47:26:00	THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENT
04:47:26:00	04:47:27:00	ISSUES HERE THAT THERE ARE
04:47:27:00	04:47:28:00	DIFFERENT ISSUES HERE THAT
04:47:28:00	04:47:31:00	NEEDS TO EVENTUALLY BE SORTED
04:47:31:00	04:47:32:00	OUT OR FIGURED OUT AND I THINK
04:47:32:00	04:47:34:00	THAT THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS
04:47:34:00	04:47:34:00	EQUITY.
04:47:34:00	04:47:38:00	WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT
04:47:38:00	04:47:38:00	SCHOOLS FOR EXAMPLE THAT MY
04:47:38:00	04:47:42:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE NAMED, SHE
04:47:42:00	04:47:42:00	REPRESENTS YOU KNOW, BEACON
04:47:42:00	04:47:45:00	HILL, BACK BAY THOSE AREAS AND
04:47:45:00	04:47:46:00	YOU HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE WELL
04:47:46:00	04:47:46:00	PERFORMING.
04:47:46:00	04:47:49:00	I MEAN I TEND TO SNOWED IN MY
04:47:49:00	04:47:50:00	FRESHMAN YEAR SO VERY FAMILIAR
04:47:50:00	04:47:53:00	AND BUT THEN WHEN YOU COMPARE
04:47:53:00	04:47:57:00	IT TO SCHOOLS IN ROXBURY FOR
04:47:57:00	04:47:57:00	EXAMPLE, IT'S NOT THAT YOU KNOW
04:47:57:00	04:47:58:00	THE BLACK KIDS THAT ARE GOING
04:47:58:00	04:48:01:00	TO ROXBURY UNDERPERFORMING OR
04:48:01:00	04:48:01:00	LESS SMART RIGHT?
04:48:01:00	04:48:05:00	YOU HAVE POOR FACILITIES AND
04:48:05:00	04:48:06:00	POOR CONDITIONS WITH LESS
04:48:06:00	04:48:09:00	FUNDING AND LESS INVESTMENTS
04:48:09:00	04:48:09:00	BUT AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THAT
04:48:09:00	04:48:13:00	MORE ARE AFFLUENT WHITE
04:48:13:00	04:48:13:00	COUNTERPARTS LIVE IN BEACON
04:48:13:00	04:48:16:00	HILL AND BACK BAY DOWNTOWN
04:48:16:00	04:48:17:00	THOSE AREAS THEN THEY CONTINUE
04:48:17:00	04:48:18:00	TO BE FUNDED AND THE OTHER
04:48:18:00	04:48:20:00	SCHOOLS IN THE BLACK
04:48:20:00	04:48:21:00	COMMUNITIES AND POOR
04:48:21:00	04:48:21:00	COMMUNITIES ARE HISTORICALLY
04:48:21:00	04:48:25:00	DISENFRANCHIZED CONTINUE TO BE
04:48:25:00	04:48:26:00	DISENFRANCHIZED.
04:48:26:00	04:48:27:00	SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, YOU
04:48:27:00	04:48:29:00	HAVE EXAMPLES LIKE MADISON PARK
04:48:29:00	04:48:30:00	FOR EXAMPLE WHERE THE FRIENDS
04:48:30:00	04:48:33:00	OF MADISON HAVE THOUGHT LONG
04:48:33:00	04:48:34:00	AND HARD AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT
04:48:34:00	04:48:37:00	TO ADVOCATE FOR MADISON PARK
04:48:37:00	04:48:38:00	AND THEN THERE WERE LIKE
04:48:38:00	04:48:41:00	ARGUMENTS OF AS TO OR POINTS
04:48:41:00	04:48:41:00	THAT WERE MADE BY THE
04:48:41:00	04:48:42:00	ADMINISTRATION AS TO WHY WAS
04:48:42:00	04:48:45:00	POSTPONE DID NOT PRIORITIZE FOR
04:48:45:00	04:48:49:00	INVESTMENT AND SO INVESTMENTS
04:48:49:00	04:48:50:00	AND THEN THEY THEY TOOK IT BACK
04:48:50:00	04:48:52:00	THEY SAID NO WE DON'T WE CAN'T
04:48:52:00	04:48:52:00	AFFORD TO JUST PUT $900 MILLION
04:48:52:00	04:48:55:00	INTO THE SCHOOL THIS
04:48:55:00	04:48:56:00	REDEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT
04:48:56:00	04:49:00:00	OF THIS NEW FACILITY.
04:49:00:00	04:49:01:00	BUT WE WE ARE GOING TO POSTPONE
04:49:01:00	04:49:01:00	IT.
04:49:01:00	04:49:01:00	WE ARE WHICH WON'T MAKE SENSE
04:49:01:00	04:49:03:00	OBVIOUSLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE
04:49:03:00	04:49:04:00	ENOUGH OF THE CAPITAL AND YOU
04:49:04:00	04:49:05:00	HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ELSE
04:49:05:00	04:49:07:00	TO PUT IT BUT WE WERE HAVING
04:49:07:00	04:49:08:00	THESE CONVERSATIONS AT THE VERY
04:49:08:00	04:49:11:00	BEGINNING OF MY TENURE, YOU
04:49:11:00	04:49:12:00	KNOW, 2022 WE WERE ALREADY
04:49:12:00	04:49:15:00	TALKING ABOUT HOW INEQUITABLE
04:49:15:00	04:49:16:00	THIS BUDGET WAS IN HOW THE
04:49:16:00	04:49:19:00	CAPITAL FUNDS COULD HAVE BEEN
04:49:19:00	04:49:20:00	USED.
04:49:20:00	04:49:20:00	I REMEMBER A COUNCIL PRESIDENT
04:49:20:00	04:49:23:00	FILED SOMETHING TO YOU KNOW, TO
04:49:23:00	04:49:24:00	LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE WAYS
04:49:24:00	04:49:26:00	OF USING CAPITAL BONDS, BOND
04:49:26:00	04:49:30:00	FUNDS IN HOUSING FOR EXAMPLE.
04:49:30:00	04:49:31:00	AND SO THEN I CREATED THIS
04:49:31:00	04:49:31:00	IDEA.
04:49:31:00	04:49:34:00	I MET WITH COUNCILOR AND I'M
04:49:34:00	04:49:35:00	GOING TO CONNECTED WITH HOUSING
04:49:35:00	04:49:35:00	CZAR.
04:49:35:00	04:49:38:00	SOMETIMES I GO TO FAST.
04:49:38:00	04:49:39:00	I MET WITH SHEILA DILLON, THE
04:49:39:00	04:49:42:00	CHIEF OF HOUSING AND I SAID,
04:49:42:00	04:49:43:00	YOU KNOW, BEYOND THE PROGRAMS
04:49:43:00	04:49:45:00	THAT I'VE ALREADY CREATED AND I
04:49:45:00	04:49:46:00	SEE A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES
04:49:46:00	04:49:49:00	DOING AND TRYING BEING CREATIVE
04:49:49:00	04:49:53:00	ON PROGRAMMATIC RESULTS FOR
04:49:53:00	04:49:54:00	INEQUITIES IN THEIR DISTRICT OR
04:49:54:00	04:49:54:00	WITH THEIR OFFICES.
04:49:54:00	04:49:57:00	WE'VE ALL HIRED OR COLLABORATED
04:49:57:00	04:49:58:00	WITH SUCCESSFUL AND HIRED
04:49:58:00	04:49:58:00	FOLKS.
04:49:58:00	04:50:01:00	YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I YOU KNOW,
04:50:01:00	04:50:01:00	WE PASSED A RESOLUTION ON THAT.
04:50:01:00	04:50:04:00	I FILED ON SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP
04:50:04:00	04:50:05:00	WITH COLLEGES AND DOING
04:50:05:00	04:50:07:00	HOMEWORK PAID PROGRAM WAS
04:50:07:00	04:50:08:00	SUCCESSFUL AND THEN I WENT ON
04:50:08:00	04:50:12:00	TO DOING CIVIC AMBASSADORS AND
04:50:12:00	04:50:12:00	COLLABORATING WITH OTHER
04:50:12:00	04:50:13:00	PROGRAMS BUT THEN I
04:50:13:00	04:50:16:00	COLLABORATED WITH RCC AND
04:50:16:00	04:50:20:00	SHEILA DILLON SAID YOU KNOW,
04:50:20:00	04:50:20:00	CHIEF DOLAN SAID, YOU KNOW,
04:50:20:00	04:50:21:00	THIS IS THE FIRST THAT I'VE
04:50:21:00	04:50:23:00	EVER HEARD OF THIS IDEA.
04:50:23:00	04:50:24:00	THEN I HEARD THE MAYOR AT THE
04:50:24:00	04:50:24:00	STATE OF THE CITY SAY THAT SHE
04:50:24:00	04:50:27:00	WAS GOING TO CREATE VERY
04:50:27:00	04:50:27:00	PROGRAM THAT I CREATED MONTHS
04:50:27:00	04:50:28:00	AGO.
04:50:28:00	04:50:30:00	SO I MEAN IT'S POLITICS YOU
04:50:30:00	04:50:31:00	KNOW, WHY DID THE MAYOR REJECT
04:50:31:00	04:50:31:00	THE BUDGET?
04:50:31:00	04:50:35:00	SAME REASON WHY YOU'RE
04:50:35:00	04:50:35:00	REJECTING A BUDGET TODAY LIKE
04:50:35:00	04:50:36:00	YOU IT'S POLITICAL.
04:50:36:00	04:50:37:00	IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE MAYOR
04:50:37:00	04:50:39:00	THEN YOU TAKE A STAND AND YOU
04:50:39:00	04:50:40:00	SAY NO TO TO THE BUDGET.
04:50:40:00	04:50:42:00	BUT DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU KNOW
04:50:42:00	04:50:43:00	IT'S GOING TO BE IS IT AN
04:50:43:00	04:50:46:00	EFFECTIVE MOVE?
04:50:46:00	04:50:46:00	SURE.
04:50:46:00	04:50:47:00	POLITICALLY YOU COULD TAKE A
04:50:47:00	04:50:48:00	STANCE, YOU COULD LEVERAGE IT
04:50:48:00	04:50:50:00	IF COULD ACTUALLY LEVERAGE IT
04:50:50:00	04:50:51:00	IF YOU FIND ENOUGH VOTES THERE
04:50:51:00	04:50:54:00	ARE ENOUGH VOTES HERE TO
04:50:54:00	04:50:54:00	LEVERAGE IT TO BE ABLE TO SAY
04:50:54:00	04:50:58:00	LIKE THIS IS THIS NEEDS TO STOP
04:50:58:00	04:50:59:00	SO THAT WE CAN LIKE SORT
04:50:59:00	04:51:01:00	OF MAYBE GET US ELECTED SCHOOL
04:51:01:00	04:51:04:00	COMMITTEE YOU KNOW, AFTER THE
04:51:04:00	04:51:05:00	78% ON THE REFERENDUM THE
04:51:05:00	04:51:05:00	NON-BINDING REFERENDUM TO GET
04:51:05:00	04:51:06:00	ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE OR
04:51:06:00	04:51:08:00	MAYBE IT'S LEVERAGING SOMETHING
04:51:08:00	04:51:09:00	ELSE LIKE MORE FACILITIES IN
04:51:09:00	04:51:11:00	BLACK COMMUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY
04:51:11:00	04:51:12:00	SUPPORT AGAIN THE SUCCESS
04:51:12:00	04:51:13:00	ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF OUR
04:51:13:00	04:51:15:00	CHILDREN.
04:51:15:00	04:51:20:00	WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT BEPS AND
04:51:20:00	04:51:20:00	I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT
04:51:20:00	04:51:23:00	THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE CURRENT
04:51:23:00	04:51:24:00	SUPERINTENDENT MARY SKIPPER IS
04:51:24:00	04:51:24:00	DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
04:51:24:00	04:51:27:00	I BELIEVE THAT I BELIEVE THAT
04:51:27:00	04:51:28:00	WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
04:51:28:00	04:51:28:00	I'VE MET WITH HER I'VE GONE
04:51:28:00	04:51:31:00	THROUGH THE CONTROL WEBSITE,
04:51:31:00	04:51:32:00	I'VE DONE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE
04:51:32:00	04:51:32:00	DONE, MET WITH HER, GONE
04:51:32:00	04:51:33:00	THROUGH THE CURRICULUM AND I
04:51:33:00	04:51:34:00	UNDERSTAND THE STUFF BECAUSE
04:51:34:00	04:51:35:00	YOU KNOW I'M CANCER CERTIFIED
04:51:35:00	04:51:38:00	AND I USED TO DO A LOT OF WORK
04:51:38:00	04:51:39:00	WITH, YOU KNOW, IEPS AND SO
04:51:39:00	04:51:42:00	UNDERSTAND WHOLEHEARTEDLY FULL
04:51:42:00	04:51:42:00	INCLUSION AND WHAT THAT MEANS
04:51:42:00	04:51:46:00	AND ALSO HAVE REFERENCE IN
04:51:46:00	04:51:46:00	TERMS OF MY CHILDREN NOW THEY
04:51:46:00	04:51:50:00	DON'T ATTEND THE SCHOOL I CAN
04:51:50:00	04:51:51:00	SAY THIS THEY ATTENDED WESTERN
04:51:51:00	04:51:53:00	HIGH WESTERN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
04:51:53:00	04:51:53:00	SO THAT COMPARISON BETWEEN
04:51:53:00	04:51:57:00	FACILITY IN BOSTON AND LIKE A
04:51:57:00	04:52:01:00	WESTERN SCHOOLS IS LIKE HUGE
04:52:01:00	04:52:02:00	AND SO I WOULD I WOULD LOOK AT
04:52:02:00	04:52:02:00	THAT AND I WOULD LOOK AT
04:52:02:00	04:52:04:00	PERFORMANCE AND I WOULD LOOK AT
04:52:04:00	04:52:05:00	YOU KNOW HOW KIDS HERE WORKING
04:52:05:00	04:52:08:00	WITH FOSTER CHILDREN AND MY OWN
04:52:08:00	04:52:09:00	CLIENTS IN MENTAL SERVICES AND
04:52:09:00	04:52:12:00	COMPARING HOW THEIR PERFORMANCE
04:52:12:00	04:52:16:00	IT WAS REALLY NOT ABOUT THIS
04:52:16:00	04:52:17:00	BUDGET REALLY IT'S NOT ABOUT
04:52:17:00	04:52:17:00	LIKE OH IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE
04:52:17:00	04:52:21:00	ISSUE OR SAFETY OR WE HAVE ALL
04:52:21:00	04:52:22:00	THESE PROBLEMS YEAH WE HAVE ALL
04:52:22:00	04:52:25:00	THESE ISSUES THAT THE MAYOR IS
04:52:25:00	04:52:26:00	TRYING TO WORK ON LIKE NO MAYOR
04:52:26:00	04:52:29:00	NOBODY DOES WANTS UNSAFE
04:52:29:00	04:52:29:00	TRANSPORTATION OR KIDS TO BE
04:52:29:00	04:52:32:00	UNSAFE.
04:52:32:00	04:52:33:00	THIS MAYOR WANTS KIDS TO
04:52:33:00	04:52:36:00	ACHIEVE.
04:52:36:00	04:52:37:00	IS SHE GOING ABOUT IT THE RIGHT
04:52:37:00	04:52:37:00	WAY?
04:52:37:00	04:52:41:00	I THINK THAT WE ARE IT'S A WORK
04:52:41:00	04:52:42:00	IN PROGRESS AND IT'S GOING TO
04:52:42:00	04:52:44:00	EVENTUALLY I THINK IT'S GOING
04:52:44:00	04:52:45:00	TO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WITH
04:52:45:00	04:52:46:00	MARY SKIPPER AND I THINK
04:52:46:00	04:52:48:00	EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE
04:52:48:00	04:52:48:00	AND IT'S GOING TO GET BIGGER
04:52:48:00	04:52:51:00	BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S
04:52:51:00	04:52:52:00	INEQUITABLE BUT I THINK THAT IT
04:52:52:00	04:52:56:00	TAKES YEARS OF THIS, YOU KNOW,
04:52:56:00	04:52:59:00	HOPEFULLY STEADY PROGRESS TO
04:52:59:00	04:52:59:00	GET THERE.
04:52:59:00	04:53:00:00	SO THAT'S WHY LIKE EVEN IF I
04:53:00:00	04:53:04:00	DISAGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND I
04:53:04:00	04:53:05:00	LOOK AT THE MAP AND I SAY THIS
04:53:05:00	04:53:08:00	IS INEQUITABLE AND SHE'S NOT
04:53:08:00	04:53:08:00	PRIORITIZING A CERTAIN THING
04:53:08:00	04:53:11:00	AND SOME OF THESE DECISIONS ARE
04:53:11:00	04:53:11:00	VERY POLITICAL FOR HER.
04:53:11:00	04:53:11:00	SURE.
04:53:11:00	04:53:15:00	HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT
04:53:15:00	04:53:15:00	THERE'S INTENTION HERE TO
04:53:15:00	04:53:18:00	ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND I DON'T
04:53:18:00	04:53:19:00	THINK ANYONE HERE WANTS OUR
04:53:19:00	04:53:22:00	CHILDREN TO BE UNSAFE.
04:53:22:00	04:53:23:00	SO I WILL BE FORWARD WITH ALL
04:53:23:00	04:53:26:00	THAT BEING SAID, I WILL BE
04:53:26:00	04:53:26:00	VOTING IN SUPPORT AND TO MY
04:53:26:00	04:53:30:00	CONSTITUENTS THAT AGAIN THE
04:53:30:00	04:53:31:00	ONLY REASON WHY I'M HERE TO
04:53:31:00	04:53:34:00	ADDRESS THIS BUDGET IS TO SAY
04:53:34:00	04:53:34:00	LOOK IT THROUGH THIS ADVOCACY.
04:53:34:00	04:53:38:00	I THINK IT'S TO CONTINUE TO BE
04:53:38:00	04:53:39:00	ABLE TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION
04:53:39:00	04:53:41:00	ACCOUNTABLE SO THAT MADISON
04:53:41:00	04:53:42:00	PARK SCHOOL IS NOT FORGOTTEN SO
04:53:42:00	04:53:45:00	THAT YOU KNOW, TALIA AND LUMEN
04:53:45:00	04:53:49:00	DRINI IS ACTUALLY WORKING WITH
04:53:49:00	04:53:49:00	MADISON PARK PRINCIPAL.
04:53:49:00	04:53:50:00	WE HAVE AN AMAZING PRINCIPAL
04:53:50:00	04:53:52:00	THERE THAT CONTINUES TO WORK
04:53:52:00	04:53:53:00	AND ADVOCATE FOR THE STUDENTS
04:53:53:00	04:53:56:00	THERE WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR
04:53:56:00	04:53:57:00	THE MONEY IT DOESN'T MEAN
04:53:57:00	04:53:57:00	FORGET THE KIDS THERE.
04:53:57:00	04:54:00:00	SO WHAT ARE THE KIDS THERE
04:54:00:00	04:54:00:00	LIKE?
04:54:00:00	04:54:01:00	YOU KNOW, CHOPPED LIVER LIKE
04:54:01:00	04:54:04:00	WE'RE JUST GOING TO WAIT WE'RE
04:54:04:00	04:54:04:00	JUST GOING TO NOT ADDRESS A
04:54:04:00	04:54:07:00	FACILITY WHEN WE COULDN'T MOVE
04:54:07:00	04:54:07:00	.
04:54:07:00	04:54:08:00	MATT O'BRIEN THEN THE MAYOR
04:54:08:00	04:54:11:00	SAID TO THE COMMUNITY, OH WELL
04:54:11:00	04:54:12:00	, I'M JUST NOT GOING TO FIX THE
04:54:12:00	04:54:12:00	FACILITY.
04:54:12:00	04:54:13:00	YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT
04:54:13:00	04:54:15:00	ABOUT FIVE YEARS BEFORE WE DO
04:54:15:00	04:54:15:00	THAT.
04:54:15:00	04:54:18:00	LIKE THAT'S NOT HOW WE RESPOND
04:54:18:00	04:54:18:00	TO THINGS.
04:54:18:00	04:54:19:00	THERE IS A BETTER APPROACH.
04:54:19:00	04:54:21:00	THERE IS ANOTHER WAY
04:54:21:00	04:54:22:00	OF ADDRESSING CONSTITUENTS,
04:54:22:00	04:54:22:00	OF SAYING OF INVOLVING THEM AND
04:54:22:00	04:54:25:00	ENGAGING THEM IN TRANSPARENT
04:54:25:00	04:54:29:00	WAY IN A MORE INTENTIONAL WAY
04:54:29:00	04:54:29:00	OF LISTENING AND ENGAGING
04:54:29:00	04:54:33:00	CONSTITUENTS AND SAYING LOOK,
04:54:33:00	04:54:33:00	MAYBE WE CAN DO THIS GRADUALLY.
04:54:33:00	04:54:37:00	IT'S NOT REALISTIC TO DO IT ALL
04:54:37:00	04:54:37:00	AT ONCE BUT WE DON'T JUST
04:54:37:00	04:54:40:00	IGNORE KIDS IN SCHOOL
04:54:40:00	04:54:40:00	FACILITIES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
04:54:40:00	04:54:41:00	GOING TO CREATE THIS BIG
04:54:41:00	04:54:45:00	FACILITY WHERE WE PLEASE THE
04:54:45:00	04:54:45:00	UNIONS AND THE ELECTORATE AND
04:54:45:00	04:54:48:00	WHATEVER UNIONS ARE GOING TO
04:54:48:00	04:54:49:00	COLLABORATE AND BENEFIT FROM
04:54:49:00	04:54:49:00	THIS FACILITY.
04:54:49:00	04:54:53:00	WHAT WHAT IS IT ABOUT IS IT
04:54:53:00	04:54:53:00	ABOUT KIDS?
04:54:53:00	04:54:53:00	IS IT ABOUT UNIONS?
04:54:53:00	04:54:56:00	IS ABOUT POLITICS?
04:54:56:00	04:54:56:00	ALL OF THAT IS INVOLVED AND THE
04:54:56:00	04:54:59:00	MEDIA CAN TAKE IT AWAY AND DO
04:54:59:00	04:55:00:00	WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH IT.
04:55:00:00	04:55:03:00	THE POINT HERE IS THAT WE HAVE
04:55:03:00	04:55:04:00	TO BE HONEST ABOUT THE
04:55:04:00	04:55:07:00	CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STATE
04:55:07:00	04:55:07:00	OF THE BUDGET AND HOW WE
04:55:07:00	04:55:10:00	PRIORITIZE OUR SCHOOLS AND THE
04:55:10:00	04:55:11:00	FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT
04:55:11:00	04:55:11:00	BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN AND
04:55:11:00	04:55:14:00	WORKING CLASS WHITE CHILDREN TO
04:55:14:00	04:55:15:00	THE POOR ONES IN ROXBURY,
04:55:15:00	04:55:18:00	DORCHESTER, MATTAPAN ALSO ARE
04:55:18:00	04:55:18:00	NOT BEING PRIORITIZED WHEN IT
04:55:18:00	04:55:21:00	COMES TO SCHOOL INVESTMENTS BUT
04:55:21:00	04:55:22:00	THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
04:55:22:00	04:55:23:00	WE HAVE A GOOD PRINCIPAL GOOD
04:55:23:00	04:55:25:00	PROGRAM.
04:55:25:00	04:55:25:00	LET'S KEEP TRYING.
04:55:25:00	04:55:26:00	LET'S KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
04:55:26:00	04:55:29:00	I WILL VOTE IN SUPPORT AND
04:55:29:00	04:55:30:00	HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR YOU GUYS
04:55:30:00	04:55:30:00	WILL HAVE BETTER SUCCESS.
04:55:30:00	04:55:33:00	THANK YOU.
04:55:33:00	04:55:34:00	THANK YOU.
04:55:34:00	04:55:34:00	COMES FROM AN INDIGENOUS IN THE
04:55:34:00	04:55:34:00	CHAIR.
04:55:34:00	04:55:36:00	CAN I JUST CONCENTRATE ON YOU
04:55:36:00	04:55:36:00	ON THE FLOOR?
04:55:36:00	04:55:40:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:55:40:00	04:55:41:00	I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS THIS
04:55:41:00	04:55:43:00	SCHOOL BUDGET I THINK AS MANY
04:55:43:00	04:55:47:00	HAVE MENTIONED THAT THIS YOU
04:55:47:00	04:55:48:00	KNOW WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
04:55:48:00	04:55:51:00	PROGRESS IS SLOW BUT WE ARE
04:55:51:00	04:55:52:00	MAKING PROGRESS ALSO AND
04:55:52:00	04:55:56:00	BRIGHTON HAS A WONDERFUL SCHOOL
04:55:56:00	04:55:56:00	COMMUNITY.
04:55:56:00	04:55:59:00	THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE ALL
04:55:59:00	04:56:00:00	THE SCHOOL LEADERS, THE SCHOOL
04:56:00:00	04:56:03:00	COMMUNITIES COLLABORATE AND
04:56:03:00	04:56:04:00	TALK TO EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT
04:56:04:00	04:56:04:00	EACH OTHER.
04:56:04:00	04:56:07:00	I AM VERY ENVIOUS OF THE MODEL
04:56:07:00	04:56:08:00	THAT THEY HAVE IN EAST BOSTON
04:56:08:00	04:56:10:00	AND WE'RE HOPING TO REPLICATE
04:56:10:00	04:56:11:00	IN DISTRICT NINE BECAUSE WE'RE
04:56:11:00	04:56:16:00	SORT OF THE BOOKENDS OF BOSTON
04:56:16:00	04:56:16:00	.
04:56:16:00	04:56:20:00	SHE'S A IS ABOUT AS IN EAST
04:56:20:00	04:56:21:00	BOSTON WE ARE OPEN AND BRIGHT
04:56:21:00	04:56:22:00	AND SO I AM HOPEFUL AND EXCITED
04:56:22:00	04:56:26:00	WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE
04:56:26:00	04:56:26:00	HEADED.
04:56:26:00	04:56:27:00	THERE'S THIS NOTION THAT
04:56:27:00	04:56:28:00	ALLSTON BRIGHTON DOESN'T HAVE
04:56:28:00	04:56:30:00	KIDS BUT ANYONE WHO GOES TO THE
04:56:30:00	04:56:34:00	EASTER EGG HUNT OR ANY OF THE
04:56:34:00	04:56:34:00	COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT HAVE
04:56:34:00	04:56:37:00	CHILDREN WE HAVE LOTS
04:56:37:00	04:56:38:00	OF CHILDREN AND WE WANT THOSE
04:56:38:00	04:56:42:00	KIDS TO STAY IN THE CITY
04:56:42:00	04:56:42:00	PATTERN OVER THE LAST SINCE
04:56:42:00	04:56:43:00	I'VE BEEN INVOLVED ALLSTON
04:56:43:00	04:56:46:00	BRIGHTON IN THE LAST 30 YEARS
04:56:46:00	04:56:46:00	IS THAT KIDS GET TO BE A
04:56:46:00	04:56:47:00	CERTAIN HEIGHT AND THEN
04:56:47:00	04:56:49:00	EVERYBODY LEAVES AND THEN YOU
04:56:49:00	04:56:50:00	HAVE YOU KNOW AND IT'S VERY SAD
04:56:50:00	04:56:51:00	AND WE WANT TO SEE THOSE
04:56:51:00	04:56:53:00	FAMILIES STAY.
04:56:53:00	04:56:54:00	WE NEED TO WORK ON HOUSING
04:56:54:00	04:56:54:00	THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND SUITABLE
04:56:54:00	04:56:57:00	FOR FAMILIES.
04:56:57:00	04:56:58:00	WE NEED TO WORK ON INVESTING IN
04:56:58:00	04:57:01:00	OUR PARKS AND PLAY SPACES.
04:57:01:00	04:57:04:00	WE ALSO NEED TO WORK IN
04:57:04:00	04:57:05:00	IMPROVING OUR SCHOOLS AND
04:57:05:00	04:57:08:00	THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I
04:57:08:00	04:57:09:00	AND WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AS I
04:57:09:00	04:57:12:00	SAY, I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED
04:57:12:00	04:57:13:00	ABOUT THE NOTION THAT WE CAN
04:57:13:00	04:57:14:00	BUILD STRONG COMMUNITY AND
04:57:14:00	04:57:16:00	SCHOOL CONNECTIONS AND
04:57:16:00	04:57:16:00	COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
04:57:16:00	04:57:20:00	ACROSS OUR DISTRICT BEING
04:57:20:00	04:57:20:00	GEOGRAPHICALLY REMOVED FROM THE
04:57:20:00	04:57:23:00	REST OF THE CITY.
04:57:23:00	04:57:26:00	WE HAVE TO SORT OF RELY ON OUR
04:57:26:00	04:57:27:00	CONNECTIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS
04:57:27:00	04:57:31:00	AND AND WORK ON DEVELOPING THAT
04:57:31:00	04:57:31:00	INFRASTRUCTURE.
04:57:31:00	04:57:35:00	IT BUILDS RESILIENCE, IT BUILDS
04:57:35:00	04:57:38:00	STRONG PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE
04:57:38:00	04:57:39:00	ACTUALLY PAYING DIVIDENDS THAT
04:57:39:00	04:57:39:00	WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT
04:57:39:00	04:57:42:00	THERE'S A LOCAL GROUP
04:57:42:00	04:57:42:00	ORGANIZING AROUND SPORTS FOR
04:57:42:00	04:57:45:00	YOUNG PEOPLE THAT SINCE COVID
04:57:45:00	04:57:46:00	HAS BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING WE
04:57:46:00	04:57:49:00	ARE LITTLE LEAGUE HAD SORT
04:57:49:00	04:57:50:00	OF FALLEN APART COMPLETELY
04:57:50:00	04:57:53:00	THERE FOR A FEW YEARS BUT IT'S
04:57:53:00	04:57:54:00	SO WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THAT
04:57:54:00	04:57:54:00	UP AGAIN.
04:57:54:00	04:57:57:00	WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH AGAIN
04:57:57:00	04:58:00:00	THE COMMUNITY CENTERS A
04:58:00:00	04:58:01:00	CRITICAL PIECE OF COMMUNITY
04:58:01:00	04:58:05:00	INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALLSTON
04:58:05:00	04:58:05:00	BRIGHTON SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN
04:58:05:00	04:58:06:00	ECOSYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS OUR
04:58:06:00	04:58:08:00	YOUNG PEOPLE TO GROW AND
04:58:08:00	04:58:09:00	DEVELOP TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL
04:58:09:00	04:58:12:00	POTENTIAL AND BOSTON PUBLIC
04:58:12:00	04:58:13:00	SCHOOLS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
04:58:13:00	04:58:16:00	PART OF THAT AND SO I WILL BE
04:58:16:00	04:58:17:00	VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS BUDGET.
04:58:17:00	04:58:20:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR SHOUT
04:58:20:00	04:58:21:00	OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOL LEADERS
04:58:21:00	04:58:21:00	AND ALSO BRIGHTON.
04:58:21:00	04:58:23:00	THEY WORK TOGETHER AND
04:58:23:00	04:58:23:00	COLLABORATE AND ALL THE
04:58:23:00	04:58:24:00	DEDICATED TEACHING STAFF AND
04:58:24:00	04:58:28:00	SUPPORT AND SUPPORT STAFF WHO
04:58:28:00	04:58:29:00	GIVE GIVE THEIR ALL TO OUR
04:58:29:00	04:58:31:00	STUDENTS EVERY DAY IN IN MY
04:58:31:00	04:58:37:00	DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE CITY.
04:58:37:00	04:58:37:00	THANK YOU THANK YOU THE JACK
04:58:37:00	04:58:39:00	AND AS IS COUNCILOR MURPHY
04:58:39:00	04:58:40:00	COUNCILMEMBER YOU HAVE THE
04:58:40:00	04:58:40:00	FLOOR.
04:58:40:00	04:58:40:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:58:40:00	04:58:43:00	I JUST WANTED TO RISE AGAIN TO
04:58:43:00	04:58:43:00	STATE THAT I PUSHED BACK
04:58:43:00	04:58:47:00	BECAUSE I CARE AND ALSO BECAUSE
04:58:47:00	04:58:49:00	I'M NOT OKAY WITH ONLY 20%
04:58:49:00	04:58:50:00	OF OUR BLACK AND LATINO THIRD
04:58:50:00	04:58:53:00	GRADERS READING PROFICIENTLY
04:58:53:00	04:58:56:00	AND THAT NUMBER ONLY GOES UP TO
04:58:56:00	04:58:57:00	22% IN FOURTH GRADE IN OUR 31
04:58:57:00	04:59:00:00	HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE
04:59:00:00	04:59:01:00	VALEDICTORIANS THE NUMBER ONE
04:59:01:00	04:59:07:00	IN THEIR CLASS ONLY 25% OF 25%
04:59:07:00	04:59:07:00	OF OUR VALEDICTORIAN DO NOT
04:59:07:00	04:59:08:00	SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATE FROM
04:59:08:00	04:59:11:00	COLLEGE.
04:59:11:00	04:59:11:00	WE'RE NOT PREPARING THE
04:59:11:00	04:59:12:00	MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS FOR
04:59:12:00	04:59:15:00	LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT
04:59:15:00	04:59:16:00	TO ME IS WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT
04:59:16:00	04:59:19:00	NIGHT AND WHAT BOTHERS ME OUR
04:59:19:00	04:59:20:00	STUDENTS, OUR CHILDREN, THE
04:59:20:00	04:59:23:00	NEXT GENERATION OF CITY LEADERS
04:59:23:00	04:59:23:00	DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER.
04:59:23:00	04:59:26:00	I'LL CONTINUE EVERY DAY TO
04:59:26:00	04:59:27:00	ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS WHILE
04:59:27:00	04:59:30:00	I ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND
04:59:30:00	04:59:30:00	ADVOCATE OUR SCHOOL LEADERS,
04:59:30:00	04:59:34:00	OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR
04:59:34:00	04:59:34:00	FAMILIES.
04:59:34:00	04:59:37:00	BUT IT'S NOT OKAY WHEN 80%
04:59:37:00	04:59:37:00	OF OUR BLACK AND LATINO
04:59:37:00	04:59:41:00	STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING THE
04:59:41:00	04:59:41:00	EDUCATION THEY NEED AND THEY'RE
04:59:41:00	04:59:46:00	CONTINUING TO BE PUSHED ALONG
04:59:46:00	04:59:47:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
04:59:47:00	04:59:50:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:59:50:00	04:59:55:00	I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I ECHO
04:59:55:00	04:59:58:00	A LOT OF THE SENTIMENTS OF MY
04:59:58:00	04:59:59:00	COLLEAGUES AND I'LL BE VOTING
04:59:59:00	05:00:02:00	YES IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUDGET
05:00:02:00	05:00:02:00	IN THAT I THINK THAT THE WORK
05:00:02:00	05:00:06:00	OF URBAN EDUCATION IS EXTREMELY
05:00:06:00	05:00:06:00	DIFFICULT AND NO ONE SHOULD
05:00:06:00	05:00:07:00	ALLUDE THEMSELVES THAT IT'S
05:00:07:00	05:00:09:00	OTHERWISE A LOT OF OUR KIDS
05:00:09:00	05:00:10:00	WALKING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY
05:00:10:00	05:00:16:00	WITH ISSUES THAT KIDS IN OTHER
05:00:16:00	05:00:17:00	DISTRICTS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
05:00:17:00	05:00:20:00	IN OTHER DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE
05:00:20:00	05:00:21:00	TO DEAL WITH AND THEY HAVE THE
05:00:21:00	05:00:24:00	LUXURY OF A TEACHING STUDENTS
05:00:24:00	05:00:28:00	WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT POOR AND
05:00:28:00	05:00:29:00	WHO DON'T HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE
05:00:29:00	05:00:31:00	NOT NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
05:00:31:00	05:00:35:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE
05:00:35:00	05:00:36:00	THE CHALLENGES AND I ALSO THINK
05:00:36:00	05:00:37:00	IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK
05:00:37:00	05:00:39:00	AT BOSTON COMPARED TO OTHER
05:00:39:00	05:00:43:00	LARGE CITIES NOT TO SAY THAT WE
05:00:43:00	05:00:43:00	DON'T HAVE ISSUES BECAUSE WE
05:00:43:00	05:00:47:00	ABSOLUTELY DO BUT WE ARE
05:00:47:00	05:00:51:00	OUTPERFORMING OTHER OTHER
05:00:51:00	05:00:52:00	CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR
05:00:52:00	05:00:56:00	POPULATIONS.
05:00:56:00	05:00:57:00	AND SO I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF
05:00:57:00	05:00:57:00	IT WAS CONSCIOUS IN DANIEL
05:00:57:00	05:00:59:00	MENTIONED THIS FROM DAY ONE
05:00:59:00	05:01:00:00	I'VE THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THE
05:01:00:00	05:01:02:00	PIECE IS WEAKEST POINT IS THAT
05:01:02:00	05:01:03:00	THEY DON'T DO A GOOD JOB
05:01:03:00	05:01:06:00	OF ADVOCATING THEIR SUCCESSES
05:01:06:00	05:01:06:00	AND THEY NEED MORE MORE
05:01:06:00	05:01:07:00	OF THOSE SUCCESSES.
05:01:07:00	05:01:10:00	WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE WORK
05:01:10:00	05:01:10:00	ON BUILDING SCHOOL BUILDINGS
05:01:10:00	05:01:14:00	BECAUSE THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
05:01:14:00	05:01:14:00	OF OUR SCHOOLS IS REFLECTIVE
05:01:14:00	05:01:17:00	OF OUR POLICY DECISIONS AND A
05:01:17:00	05:01:18:00	REFLECTIVE OF HOW WE VALUE OUR
05:01:18:00	05:01:22:00	KIDS.
05:01:22:00	05:01:23:00	WHAT COUNSELOR BRAEDEN WAS
05:01:23:00	05:01:23:00	SAYING ON YOU KNOW OUR DEBT
05:01:23:00	05:01:25:00	CAPACITY IS ALSO TRUE FOR THE
05:01:25:00	05:01:25:00	INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING
05:01:25:00	05:01:26:00	IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE CAN BE
05:01:26:00	05:01:28:00	DOING MORE OF THE WORK
05:01:28:00	05:01:29:00	OF BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS,
05:01:29:00	05:01:33:00	UPDATING OUR FACILITIES
05:01:33:00	05:01:33:00	OF MAKING SURE THAT THE
05:01:33:00	05:01:34:00	BATHROOMS THAT OUR STAFF AND
05:01:34:00	05:01:36:00	OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TO USE OUR
05:01:36:00	05:01:37:00	DECENT BATHROOMS BY LEANING
05:01:37:00	05:01:38:00	MORE INTO OUR FISCAL STRENGTH
05:01:38:00	05:01:41:00	AS A CITY.
05:01:41:00	05:01:42:00	AND SO I'M ENCOURAGING US TO
05:01:42:00	05:01:45:00	CONTINUE DOING THAT WORK.
05:01:45:00	05:01:46:00	I THINK YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAD
05:01:46:00	05:01:49:00	UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES IN
05:01:49:00	05:01:53:00	TERMS OF ABSORBING NUOVI WBLS
05:01:53:00	05:01:54:00	INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
05:01:54:00	05:01:54:00	TRYING TO DO THAT IN THE BEST
05:01:54:00	05:01:55:00	WAY POSSIBLE.
05:01:55:00	05:01:57:00	THERE HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS
05:01:57:00	05:01:57:00	INVESTMENTS IN THE SLIDE
05:01:57:00	05:02:01:00	PROGRAM STUDENTS LIMITED OF ALL
05:02:01:00	05:02:01:00	INTO ART WITH LIMITED OR
05:02:01:00	05:02:04:00	INTERRUPTED FORMAL EDUCATION.
05:02:04:00	05:02:05:00	THERE HAS BEEN INVESTMENTS I DO
05:02:05:00	05:02:09:00	THINK IT'S A IT'S A REALLY BIG
05:02:09:00	05:02:10:00	DEAL THE INVESTMENTS IN THE
05:02:10:00	05:02:12:00	PARTNERSHIP BLESS YOU BETWEEN
05:02:12:00	05:02:13:00	MADISON PARK AND THE UNIONS AND
05:02:13:00	05:02:16:00	MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS WILL
05:02:16:00	05:02:17:00	BE ABLE TO GET SLOTS IN THE
05:02:17:00	05:02:20:00	TRADES AND THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE
05:02:20:00	05:02:21:00	THAT WE'RE DOING THE WORK
05:02:21:00	05:02:23:00	OF BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS.
05:02:23:00	05:02:24:00	AND YOU KNOW, NOT TO SAY THAT
05:02:24:00	05:02:25:00	THERE ISN'T A LOT OF WORK TO DO
05:02:25:00	05:02:27:00	BUT I DO THINK THAT THE STAFF
05:02:27:00	05:02:31:00	AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT DO
05:02:31:00	05:02:32:00	RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES AND
05:02:32:00	05:02:35:00	THERE ARE MANY BUT AS A STUDENT
05:02:35:00	05:02:36:00	MYSELF, AS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO
05:02:36:00	05:02:38:00	SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE
05:02:38:00	05:02:39:00	CONSIDERED GREAT SCHOOLS AND
05:02:39:00	05:02:39:00	SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
05:02:39:00	05:02:42:00	CONSIDERED UNDERPERFORMING
05:02:42:00	05:02:43:00	SCHOOLS SCHOOLS THAT MY FAMILY
05:02:43:00	05:02:46:00	MEMBERS STILL GO TO, I THINK
05:02:46:00	05:02:47:00	THE ISSUE AGAIN IS COMPLICATED
05:02:47:00	05:02:50:00	AND COMPLEX.
05:02:50:00	05:02:50:00	I DO REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH
05:02:50:00	05:02:53:00	THIS BODY HAS REALLY UPLIFTED
05:02:53:00	05:02:54:00	AND SUPPORTED INVESTMENTS IN
05:02:54:00	05:02:57:00	SOCIAL WORKERS AND FAMILY
05:02:57:00	05:02:58:00	LIAISONS IN SCHOOL COUNSELORS
05:02:58:00	05:03:01:00	SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH ALL
05:03:01:00	05:03:02:00	OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT OUR
05:03:02:00	05:03:03:00	STUDENTS PREDOMINATELY BLACK
05:03:03:00	05:03:05:00	AND BROWN ARE PREDOMINANTLY LOW
05:03:05:00	05:03:09:00	INCOME A GOOD PERCENTAGE
05:03:09:00	05:03:09:00	OF WHOM ARE NOT NATIVE ENGLISH
05:03:09:00	05:03:10:00	SPEAKERS CAN GET THEIR OTHER
05:03:10:00	05:03:13:00	NEEDS ATTENDED TO WHICH IS WHY
05:03:13:00	05:03:14:00	THINGS LIKE THE ACCESS TO
05:03:14:00	05:03:14:00	COUNCILOR PROGRAM CASA WEBER
05:03:14:00	05:03:15:00	HAS BEEN CHAMPIONING IS SO
05:03:15:00	05:03:17:00	IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
05:03:17:00	05:03:18:00	HOUSING INSTABILITY IS NOT AN
05:03:18:00	05:03:20:00	ISSUE THAT OUR KIDS ARE FACING
05:03:20:00	05:03:21:00	.
05:03:21:00	05:03:21:00	SO I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES
05:03:21:00	05:03:24:00	AND I RECOGNIZE A DEEP, DEEP
05:03:24:00	05:03:25:00	EQUITY ISSUES THAT WE STILL
05:03:25:00	05:03:25:00	NEED TO DEAL WITH IN OUR
05:03:25:00	05:03:25:00	SCHOOLS.
05:03:25:00	05:03:28:00	BUT I DO THINK THAT VERY SLOWLY
05:03:28:00	05:03:32:00	WE ARE HOPEFULLY MOVING IN THE
05:03:32:00	05:03:32:00	RIGHT DIRECTION AND I WILL BE
05:03:32:00	05:03:35:00	SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET.
05:03:35:00	05:03:36:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
05:03:36:00	05:03:36:00	ON THIS MATTER?
05:03:36:00	05:03:39:00	OH OKAY.
05:03:39:00	05:03:39:00	THANK YOU.
05:03:39:00	05:03:43:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
05:03:43:00	05:03:46:00	WAYS AND MEANS OR IS ANYBODY
05:03:46:00	05:03:47:00	ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK SORRY.
05:03:47:00	05:03:47:00	NO.
05:03:47:00	05:03:50:00	OKAY.
05:03:50:00	05:03:50:00	UM, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
05:03:50:00	05:03:51:00	ON WAYS AND MEANS
05:03:51:00	05:03:53:00	COUNCILOR BRIAN SEEKS PASSAGE
05:03:53:00	05:03:58:00	OF DOCKET 0823 MR CLERK, COULD
05:03:58:00	05:04:01:00	YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL
05:04:01:00	05:04:04:00	VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DARK AND
05:04:04:00	05:04:04:00	AMBER 0823 COUNCILOR BREADON
05:04:04:00	05:04:08:00	YES, COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
05:04:08:00	05:04:08:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PARTY
05:04:08:00	05:04:11:00	COUNCILOR CLOSER PARTY YES.
05:04:11:00	05:04:12:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
05:04:12:00	05:04:12:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
05:04:12:00	05:04:15:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES YES.
05:04:15:00	05:04:16:00	COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SENSE AND
05:04:16:00	05:04:20:00	YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
05:04:20:00	05:04:20:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
05:04:20:00	05:04:21:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN IS
05:04:21:00	05:04:23:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
05:04:23:00	05:04:24:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
05:04:24:00	05:04:24:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
05:04:24:00	05:04:27:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
05:04:27:00	05:04:28:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NO.
05:04:28:00	05:04:32:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
05:04:32:00	05:04:32:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY NO.
05:04:32:00	05:04:33:00	COUNCILOR PER PEN YES
05:04:33:00	05:04:33:00	COUNCILOR TEN YEARS
05:04:33:00	05:04:35:00	COUNCILOR ST HANNAH YES.
05:04:35:00	05:04:36:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
05:04:36:00	05:04:39:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
05:04:39:00	05:04:40:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
05:04:40:00	05:04:40:00	AND COUNCILOR ZERO YES.
05:04:40:00	05:04:42:00	COUNCILOR OH YES.
05:04:42:00	05:04:46:00	TALKING MEMBER 0823 HAS
05:04:46:00	05:04:46:00	RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE
05:04:46:00	05:04:46:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
05:04:46:00	05:04:47:00	THANK YOU.
05:04:47:00	05:04:49:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0823 HAS PASSED.
05:04:49:00	05:04:52:00	OKAY, SO WE DID MOTIONS, ORDERS
05:04:52:00	05:04:53:00	AND RESOLUTIONS.
05:04:53:00	05:04:56:00	BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN
05:04:56:00	05:04:57:00	SHEETS, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO
05:04:57:00	05:05:00:00	ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET OR A
05:05:00:00	05:05:03:00	VOTE OR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER
05:05:03:00	05:05:04:00	A VOTE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
05:05:04:00	05:05:09:00	GREEN SHEETS NOW?
05:05:09:00	05:05:10:00	OKAY, AWESOME.
05:05:10:00	05:05:11:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
05:05:11:00	05:05:12:00	SHEETS.
05:05:12:00	05:05:13:00	DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO
05:05:13:00	05:05:17:00	PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEETS?
05:05:17:00	05:05:17:00	TRY AGAIN.
05:05:17:00	05:05:18:00	I'VE JUST COME FROM A PEN CAUSE
05:05:18:00	05:05:20:00	DEPENDING ON THE FLOOR.
05:05:20:00	05:05:20:00	YES, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:05:20:00	05:05:24:00	I WAS JUST MADE AWARE OF THIS
05:05:24:00	05:05:24:00	ONE.
05:05:24:00	05:05:26:00	IT'S DOCKET NUMBER 0846.
05:05:26:00	05:05:30:00	I WAS NOT GIVEN THE PAGE
05:05:30:00	05:05:31:00	NUMBER.
05:05:31:00	05:05:31:00	OKAY.
05:05:31:00	05:05:31:00	THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
05:05:31:00	05:05:34:00	JUST GIVE IT IN THE CITY
05:05:34:00	05:05:34:00	SERVICES.
05:05:34:00	05:05:34:00	YEAH.
05:05:34:00	05:05:38:00	IS IT IN CITY SERVICES
05:05:38:00	05:05:38:00	COMMUNITY GREEN PRESERVATION.
05:05:38:00	05:05:42:00	OKAY, IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY
05:05:42:00	05:05:42:00	PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE AND
05:05:42:00	05:05:44:00	THE DOCKET AGAIN IS THERE 846
05:05:44:00	05:05:44:00	MR. CLERK SO LET'S JUST GIVE
05:05:44:00	05:05:45:00	THEM SOME TIME TO FIND THE
05:05:45:00	05:05:46:00	DOCKET.
05:05:46:00	05:05:51:00	PAGE THREE YES.
05:05:51:00	05:05:55:00	MR. CLERK YOU PLEASE READ IT
05:05:55:00	05:05:55:00	INTO THE DOCKET FROM THE
05:05:55:00	05:05:56:00	COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY
05:05:56:00	05:05:59:00	PRESERVATION ACT NUMBER 0846
05:05:59:00	05:06:02:00	MESSAGING ON APPROVING AN
05:06:02:00	05:06:08:00	APPROPRIATION OF $1,554,228 FOR
05:06:08:00	05:06:08:00	THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND
05:06:08:00	05:06:09:00	OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE CITY
05:06:09:00	05:06:12:00	OF BOSTON COMMUNITY
05:06:12:00	05:06:13:00	PRESERVATION COMMITTEE FOR
05:06:13:00	05:06:16:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 ANY FURTHER
05:06:16:00	05:06:16:00	APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE
05:06:16:00	05:06:22:00	AMOUNT OF $35,235,992 FROM THE
05:06:22:00	05:06:25:00	COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND
05:06:25:00	05:06:26:00	ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUES FOR
05:06:26:00	05:06:29:00	FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO BE
05:06:29:00	05:06:30:00	APPROPRIATED AND RESERVED FOR
05:06:30:00	05:06:39:00	FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS ACTION.
05:06:39:00	05:06:39:00	OKAY.
05:06:39:00	05:06:40:00	THANK YOU.
05:06:40:00	05:06:40:00	OKAY.
05:06:40:00	05:06:43:00	ABSENT OBJECTION TO THE MOTION
05:06:43:00	05:06:47:00	OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS AND
05:06:47:00	05:06:48:00	THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE
05:06:48:00	05:06:48:00	THE BODY.
05:06:48:00	05:06:48:00	MR.
05:06:48:00	05:06:51:00	MR.
05:06:51:00	05:06:52:00	YOU CAN STOP IT THEN YOU HAVE
05:06:52:00	05:06:54:00	THE FLOOR.
05:06:54:00	05:06:55:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:06:55:00	05:06:58:00	EVERYBODY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO
05:06:58:00	05:06:59:00	VOTE ON THIS APPROPRIATION ACT
05:06:59:00	05:06:59:00	FUNDS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND
05:06:59:00	05:07:00:00	OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE CITY
05:07:00:00	05:07:02:00	OF BOSTON.
05:07:02:00	05:07:03:00	THE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AS
05:07:03:00	05:07:03:00	WELL AS THE COMING YEAR'S
05:07:03:00	05:07:05:00	BUDGET IS RESERVED FOR
05:07:05:00	05:07:06:00	RECOMMENDATION BY THE COMMUNITY
05:07:06:00	05:07:06:00	PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.
05:07:06:00	05:07:10:00	THESE APPROPRIATIONS ARE FUNDED
05:07:10:00	05:07:10:00	PURSUANT TO THE COMMUNITY
05:07:10:00	05:07:10:00	PRESERVATION ACT.
05:07:10:00	05:07:14:00	THE COMMITTEE APPROPRIATION IS
05:07:14:00	05:07:17:00	FOR 1 MILLION $5,054,222 AND
05:07:17:00	05:07:18:00	THE RESERVE APPROPRIATION FOR
05:07:18:00	05:07:23:00	PROJECTS IS 35,000,235 AND A
05:07:23:00	05:07:24:00	$92 ONCE A COMMUNITY
05:07:24:00	05:07:24:00	PRESERVATION COMMITTEE DECIDES
05:07:24:00	05:07:27:00	ON PROJECTS TO FUND THIS PART
05:07:27:00	05:07:27:00	OF THE APPROPRIATION WILL COME
05:07:27:00	05:07:28:00	BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A
05:07:28:00	05:07:31:00	HEARING AND WE PROMOTE AND
05:07:31:00	05:07:32:00	ADVOCATE FOR GRANT THROUGHOUT
05:07:32:00	05:07:35:00	THE CITY AS IT IS TRULY A GREAT
05:07:35:00	05:07:38:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR LARGE FUNDS TO
05:07:38:00	05:07:39:00	IMPACTFUL PROJECTS.
05:07:39:00	05:07:40:00	DIRECTOR 13 BROWN AND HER TEAM
05:07:40:00	05:07:42:00	ARE INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE AND
05:07:42:00	05:07:43:00	HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE OUR
05:07:43:00	05:07:46:00	NEIGHBORHOODS COMPLY AND LEARN
05:07:46:00	05:07:46:00	MORE AS WE CONTINUE SUPPORTING
05:07:46:00	05:07:47:00	THEM IN THE FUTURE PROJECTS TO
05:07:47:00	05:07:50:00	COME.
05:07:50:00	05:07:51:00	SO WE HAD THE HEARING ALREADY
05:07:51:00	05:07:54:00	FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
05:07:54:00	05:07:58:00	GRANTS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR
05:07:58:00	05:07:58:00	FY 25.
05:07:58:00	05:08:01:00	THIS IS NOW TO ALLOW THE STAFF
05:08:01:00	05:08:02:00	TO CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED BUT
05:08:02:00	05:08:05:00	ALSO FOR THE RESERVES OF NEXT
05:08:05:00	05:08:05:00	YEAR'S PROJECTS.
05:08:05:00	05:08:06:00	SO AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WILL
05:08:06:00	05:08:08:00	HAVE THE HEARING FOR TO LISTEN
05:08:08:00	05:08:09:00	WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE AND
05:08:09:00	05:08:09:00	ALLOW THE COMMUNITY
05:08:09:00	05:08:13:00	PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT TO GO
05:08:13:00	05:08:16:00	THROUGH THOSE THOSE APPLICANTS
05:08:16:00	05:08:16:00	.
05:08:16:00	05:08:17:00	SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:08:17:00	05:08:20:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PENN.
05:08:20:00	05:08:21:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
05:08:21:00	05:08:21:00	THIS MATTER?
05:08:21:00	05:08:23:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:08:23:00	05:08:24:00	COUNCILOR PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.
05:08:24:00	05:08:27:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:08:27:00	05:08:28:00	THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AS WELL
05:08:28:00	05:08:31:00	TO COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR BRINGING
05:08:31:00	05:08:31:00	THIS FORWARD.
05:08:31:00	05:08:34:00	I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND
05:08:34:00	05:08:37:00	THANK THAT BROWN I'VE HAD THE
05:08:37:00	05:08:38:00	OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER
05:08:38:00	05:08:42:00	FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WHAT
05:08:42:00	05:08:46:00	I SEE IN HER AND HER TEAM IS
05:08:46:00	05:08:47:00	PROFESSIONALISM, HARDWORKING
05:08:47:00	05:08:50:00	STAFF THAT REALLY BRINGS OUT
05:08:50:00	05:08:51:00	THE BEST IN THE RESIDENTS
05:08:51:00	05:08:54:00	OF BOSTON AND WHAT THEY DID AND
05:08:54:00	05:08:57:00	THE TEAM ALSO DOES IS THEY
05:08:57:00	05:09:02:00	LISTEN AND THEY WORK WITH
05:09:02:00	05:09:05:00	PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ALL
05:09:05:00	05:09:06:00	THE ANSWERS AND IF THEY DON'T
05:09:06:00	05:09:07:00	HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS THEY'LL
05:09:07:00	05:09:09:00	HELP YOU GET THE ANSWERS AND
05:09:09:00	05:09:10:00	THEY'LL GET BACK TO YOU IF
05:09:10:00	05:09:13:00	YOU'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL WITH THE
05:09:13:00	05:09:14:00	CPA AWARD.
05:09:14:00	05:09:17:00	THEY DID THEY DID.
05:09:17:00	05:09:18:00	AND HER TEAM WILL SIT DOWN WITH
05:09:18:00	05:09:21:00	THE APPLICANTS THAT WEREN'T
05:09:21:00	05:09:21:00	WINNERS AND GO OVER THE
05:09:21:00	05:09:24:00	APPLICATION AND PROVIDE THEM
05:09:24:00	05:09:25:00	GOOD HONEST FEEDBACK.
05:09:25:00	05:09:29:00	BUT I DO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
05:09:29:00	05:09:31:00	INCREDIBLE AND PROFESSIONAL
05:09:31:00	05:09:32:00	ROLE OF CITY EMPLOYEES EVERY
05:09:32:00	05:09:36:00	TIME I GET THAT OPPORTUNITY AND
05:09:36:00	05:09:36:00	THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY I DO
05:09:36:00	05:09:40:00	WANT TO TAKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE,
05:09:40:00	05:09:40:00	SAID BROWN FOR HER PROFESSIONAL
05:09:40:00	05:09:43:00	WORK THAT SHE HAS PROVIDED TO
05:09:43:00	05:09:44:00	THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON FOR SO
05:09:44:00	05:09:44:00	MANY YEARS.
05:09:44:00	05:09:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:09:45:00	05:09:48:00	THANK YOU.
05:09:48:00	05:09:48:00	OKAY.
05:09:48:00	05:09:49:00	I THINK I SAW THE ORDER HERE.
05:09:49:00	05:09:53:00	I THINK IT WAS
05:09:53:00	05:09:53:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND THEN I'M
05:09:53:00	05:09:54:00	NOT SURE IF RESPONSIBLE HAS THE
05:09:54:00	05:09:55:00	POWER TO ORDER ACCOUNTS FROM
05:09:55:00	05:09:55:00	OUR FAVORITE CANCER BRAIDER
05:09:55:00	05:09:56:00	NEAR THE FLOOR.
05:09:56:00	05:09:56:00	THANK YOU.
05:09:56:00	05:09:59:00	THANK YOU.
05:09:59:00	05:09:59:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M DELIGHTED
05:09:59:00	05:10:03:00	THAT WE'RE VOTING ON THIS TO
05:10:03:00	05:10:04:00	GET THE MONEY OUT THE DOOR TO
05:10:04:00	05:10:07:00	THE AWARDEES THIS YEAR AND
05:10:07:00	05:10:07:00	SETTING UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE
05:10:07:00	05:10:10:00	TO SUPPORT THE PROCESS NEXT
05:10:10:00	05:10:10:00	YEAR.
05:10:10:00	05:10:11:00	I WANT TO ECHO
05:10:11:00	05:10:13:00	COUNCILOR FRIENDS
05:10:13:00	05:10:14:00	CONGRATULATIONS AND GRATITUDE
05:10:14:00	05:10:18:00	TO SAID IN BROWN I THINK THE
05:10:18:00	05:10:22:00	COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT TEAM
05:10:22:00	05:10:23:00	DO A GREAT JOB AND IT'S VERY
05:10:23:00	05:10:25:00	EFFICIENT.
05:10:25:00	05:10:26:00	THEY ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY AND
05:10:26:00	05:10:30:00	SUPPORT SMALL ORGANIZATIONS
05:10:30:00	05:10:33:00	GUIDING A PROJECT THROUGH THE
05:10:33:00	05:10:33:00	PROCESS.
05:10:33:00	05:10:34:00	SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
05:10:34:00	05:10:36:00	AGAIN, ANOTHER OVER 35 MILLION
05:10:36:00	05:10:37:00	GOING TOWARDS PROJECTS ACROSS
05:10:37:00	05:10:40:00	THE CITY FOR HISTORICAL
05:10:40:00	05:10:41:00	PRESERVATION, AFFORDABLE
05:10:41:00	05:10:45:00	HOUSING AND GREEN SPACE AND WE
05:10:45:00	05:10:45:00	HAVE BENEFITED FROM THESE
05:10:45:00	05:10:49:00	GRANTS IN THE PAST AND ALSO IN
05:10:49:00	05:10:50:00	BRIGHTON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
05:10:50:00	05:10:52:00	SUPPORTING FURTHER APPLICATIONS
05:10:52:00	05:10:53:00	THIS YEAR IN THE COMING YEAR
05:10:53:00	05:10:56:00	YEAR ROUND.
05:10:56:00	05:10:57:00	ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID TO GET
05:10:57:00	05:11:00:00	THIS PASSED IS WELL WORTH IT
05:11:00:00	05:11:01:00	AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY SEEING
05:11:01:00	05:11:04:00	THAT THE THE EFFORTS TO
05:11:04:00	05:11:07:00	ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY
05:11:07:00	05:11:08:00	PRESERVATION PROCESS HERE IN
05:11:08:00	05:11:11:00	BOSTON THIS BEING VERY
05:11:11:00	05:11:15:00	ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTED AND
05:11:15:00	05:11:15:00	ENGAGED HAS ENGAGED A LOT
05:11:15:00	05:11:19:00	OF COMMUNITY ACROSS THE CITY SO
05:11:19:00	05:11:19:00	EXCITED TO DO THIS AND HOPE
05:11:19:00	05:11:23:00	THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE
05:11:23:00	05:11:24:00	SOME MORE GREAT PROJECTS COMING
05:11:24:00	05:11:24:00	FORWARD.
05:11:24:00	05:11:24:00	THANK YOU.
05:11:24:00	05:11:25:00	THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE
05:11:25:00	05:11:28:00	KINDS OF DIRT AND YOU HAVE THE
05:11:28:00	05:11:28:00	FLOOR.
05:11:28:00	05:11:28:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
05:11:28:00	05:11:30:00	THIS OFFICE AND THIS WORK IS SO
05:11:30:00	05:11:31:00	MEANINGFUL TO ME.
05:11:31:00	05:11:34:00	I ACTUALLY MET FORMER
05:11:34:00	05:11:35:00	COUNCIL COUNCILOR KENZIE BOK
05:11:35:00	05:11:38:00	WHO MET WITH ME ABOUT TRYING TO
05:11:38:00	05:11:41:00	GET CPA ON THE BALLOT AND NOW
05:11:41:00	05:11:42:00	IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MOST
05:11:42:00	05:11:42:00	SUCCESSFUL THINGS THAT THE CITY
05:11:42:00	05:11:46:00	OF AUSTIN DOES AND THIS YEAR'S
05:11:46:00	05:11:46:00	GRANT FUNDING WAS NO DIFFERENT
05:11:46:00	05:11:50:00	FROM RUGGLES BAPTIST CHURCH AND
05:11:50:00	05:11:50:00	AUBURN CIRCLE TO HILL HOUSE AND
05:11:50:00	05:11:54:00	BEACON HILL AND ALL OF THE
05:11:54:00	05:11:54:00	PIECES OF DISTRICT DATA IN
05:11:54:00	05:11:54:00	BETWEEN.
05:11:54:00	05:11:57:00	THERE ARE JUST SOME AMAZING
05:11:57:00	05:11:58:00	PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED THIS
05:11:58:00	05:12:00:00	YEAR AND THERE WAS A TYPO WHEN
05:12:00:00	05:12:01:00	I FIRST CAME ONTO THE CITY
05:12:01:00	05:12:02:00	COUNCIL THAT I WAS GOING TO BE
05:12:02:00	05:12:05:00	THE CHAIR OF CPA AND I WONDER
05:12:05:00	05:12:08:00	HOW MY TIME ON THE BOSTON CITY
05:12:08:00	05:12:09:00	COUNCIL WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF I
05:12:09:00	05:12:10:00	HAD HAD THAT CHAIRMANSHIP.
05:12:10:00	05:12:13:00	BUT I APPRECIATE I REALLY,
05:12:13:00	05:12:13:00	REALLY APPRECIATE THE
05:12:13:00	05:12:17:00	OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO SEND
05:12:17:00	05:12:19:00	THOSE LETTERS AND I APPRECIATE
05:12:19:00	05:12:20:00	SO MUCH THE OPPORTUNITY TO
05:12:20:00	05:12:24:00	SUPPORT PRESERVATION
05:12:24:00	05:12:24:00	OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND OPEN
05:12:24:00	05:12:27:00	SPACE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
05:12:27:00	05:12:28:00	THOSE ARE THREE PRIORITIES THAT
05:12:28:00	05:12:31:00	DYSART DATE AND I SHARE AND
05:12:31:00	05:12:31:00	VALUES THAT I SHARE WITH THE
05:12:31:00	05:12:32:00	WHOLE CITY OF BOSTON.
05:12:32:00	05:12:35:00	SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR.
05:12:35:00	05:12:36:00	I'M EXCITED TO VOTE IN SUPPORT
05:12:36:00	05:12:38:00	OF THIS.
05:12:38:00	05:12:39:00	THANK YOU.
05:12:39:00	05:12:39:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:12:39:00	05:12:39:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
05:12:39:00	05:12:40:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE FLOOR.
05:12:40:00	05:12:42:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:12:42:00	05:12:43:00	AND I HAVE TO SAY,
05:12:43:00	05:12:46:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, I WAS
05:12:46:00	05:12:46:00	SURPRISED WHEN COUNCILOR PEPEN
05:12:46:00	05:12:47:00	STOOD UP BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU
05:12:47:00	05:12:50:00	WERE THE CHAIR OF THAT SO BUT
05:12:50:00	05:12:51:00	THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
05:12:51:00	05:12:54:00	FORWARD.
05:12:54:00	05:12:55:00	IT'S BEEN SAID BUT HER
05:12:55:00	05:12:57:00	PERSONALLY AND HER STAFF DO A
05:12:57:00	05:12:58:00	WONDERFUL JOB AND SHE WORKS
05:12:58:00	05:13:02:00	WITH NEIGHBORHOODS BUT ALSO
05:13:02:00	05:13:05:00	INDIVIDUALS MAKING SURE THAT
05:13:05:00	05:13:05:00	INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IF THEY
05:13:05:00	05:13:09:00	NEED EXTRA SUPPORT TO GO BACK
05:13:09:00	05:13:09:00	AND TO NEVER GIVE UP.
05:13:09:00	05:13:12:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I WILL WITH
05:13:12:00	05:13:13:00	BEEN RECENTLY AT THE RIBBON
05:13:13:00	05:13:17:00	CUTTING OF A NEW BASEBALL FIELD
05:13:17:00	05:13:21:00	IN SOUTH BOSTON AND SHE SHOWS
05:13:21:00	05:13:21:00	UP TO ALL THESE WONDERFUL
05:13:21:00	05:13:24:00	PROJECTS THAT WE FUND AND IT'S
05:13:24:00	05:13:25:00	JUST GREAT TO SEE HER AND HER
05:13:25:00	05:13:28:00	TEAM BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE
05:13:28:00	05:13:29:00	THE HARD WORK THEY DO.
05:13:29:00	05:13:30:00	BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
05:13:30:00	05:13:32:00	FORMER COUNCILMAN MICHAEL
05:13:32:00	05:13:34:00	FLAHERTY WHO ONE OF THE FIRST
05:13:34:00	05:13:35:00	PIECES OF ADVICE HE GAVE
05:13:35:00	05:13:36:00	ME WHEN I CAME ON THE
05:13:36:00	05:13:38:00	COUNCIL TO WORK ALONGSIDE HIM
05:13:38:00	05:13:39:00	WAS TO MAKE SURE I SHOWED UP TO
05:13:39:00	05:13:42:00	THE CPA HEARINGS BECAUSE IN
05:13:42:00	05:13:45:00	DECEMBER OF MY FIRST FEW WEEKS
05:13:45:00	05:13:46:00	HERE WE WERE HAVING ZOOM
05:13:46:00	05:13:48:00	HEARINGS STILL BACK THEN DURING
05:13:48:00	05:13:49:00	COVID BUT WE WERE LISTENING TO
05:13:49:00	05:13:52:00	COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ADVOCATING
05:13:52:00	05:13:52:00	FOR THESE GREAT PROJECTS.
05:13:52:00	05:13:56:00	SO IT'S A GREAT WAY ESPECIALLY
05:13:56:00	05:13:57:00	FOR AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR TO
05:13:57:00	05:13:57:00	REALLY GET INTO THE DIFFERENT
05:13:57:00	05:14:00:00	COMMUNITIES AND SEE WHAT THE
05:14:00:00	05:14:01:00	DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
05:14:01:00	05:14:01:00	ADVOCATING FOR.
05:14:01:00	05:14:04:00	SO THANK YOU TO OUR FORMER
05:14:04:00	05:14:04:00	COLLEAGUE COUNCIL OF FLORIDA
05:14:04:00	05:14:05:00	FOR ALWAYS ADVOCATING AND
05:14:05:00	05:14:08:00	UPLIFTING THIS DEPARTMENT AND
05:14:08:00	05:14:09:00	FOR AIDING IN HER TEAM FOR
05:14:09:00	05:14:09:00	DOING GREAT WORK AND
05:14:09:00	05:14:13:00	CONGRATULATIONS EVERY YEAR TO
05:14:13:00	05:14:13:00	ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PROJECTS
05:14:13:00	05:14:16:00	THAT GET FUNDED.
05:14:16:00	05:14:20:00	THANK YOU.
05:14:20:00	05:14:20:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
05:14:20:00	05:14:21:00	ON THIS MATTER?
05:14:21:00	05:14:24:00	I JUST WANT TO ECHO MONICA.
05:14:24:00	05:14:25:00	OCP IS GREAT OPEN SPACE
05:14:25:00	05:14:27:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION
05:14:27:00	05:14:28:00	THAT IRAN IS INCREDIBLE.
05:14:28:00	05:14:31:00	THE WORK THAT WE GET TO DO IN
05:14:31:00	05:14:31:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY
05:14:31:00	05:14:32:00	ESPECIALLY IN MULTIPLE
05:14:32:00	05:14:35:00	LANGUAGES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
05:14:35:00	05:14:36:00	KNOW ABOUT ACCESS TO THESE
05:14:36:00	05:14:40:00	GRANTS IS AWESOME.
05:14:40:00	05:14:43:00	SO COUNCILOR BRETT PENN SEEKS
05:14:43:00	05:14:46:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0846
05:14:46:00	05:14:47:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
05:14:47:00	05:14:49:00	OPPOSE ANY GUYS HAVE IT THIS
05:14:49:00	05:14:50:00	DOCKET HAS PASSED WE'RE NOW
05:14:50:00	05:14:54:00	MOVING ON TO LATE FILES.
05:14:54:00	05:14:55:00	I AM INFORMED BY THE POPE THAT
05:14:55:00	05:14:59:00	THERE ARE 21 LATE FILE MATTERS
05:14:59:00	05:14:59:00	.
05:14:59:00	05:15:03:00	16 PERSONNEL ORDERS THREE THREE
05:15:03:00	05:15:03:00	FROM THE MAYOR.
05:15:03:00	05:15:10:00	THE EMERGENCY O AND SO SO THREE
05:15:10:00	05:15:11:00	FROM THE MAYOR AND ONE FOR ONE
05:15:11:00	05:15:14:00	MOVE OUR COMMUNICATION SHOULD A
05:15:14:00	05:15:18:00	PETITION BE FILED COMMUNICATION
05:15:18:00	05:15:21:00	TO FILE COMMUNICATIONS.
05:15:21:00	05:15:24:00	OKAY.
05:15:24:00	05:15:27:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THE
05:15:27:00	05:15:28:00	16 PERSONNEL ORDERS TO THE
05:15:28:00	05:15:32:00	RECORD ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I
05:15:32:00	05:15:35:00	I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE
05:15:35:00	05:15:35:00	IT.
05:15:35:00	05:15:36:00	THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED
05:15:36:00	05:15:36:00	INTO THE RECORD.
05:15:36:00	05:15:37:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
05:15:37:00	05:15:41:00	READ THE FILE PERSONAL MATTERS
05:15:41:00	05:15:42:00	INTO RECORD SO 16 PERSONNEL
05:15:42:00	05:15:43:00	ORDERS COUNCIL ALLUSION FOR
05:15:43:00	05:15:46:00	COUNCILOR AGREEMENT
05:15:46:00	05:15:46:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:15:46:00	05:15:46:00	COUNCILOR OF DURKIN.
05:15:46:00	05:15:50:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:15:50:00	05:15:50:00	COUNCILOR OF FLYNN
05:15:50:00	05:15:54:00	COUNCILOR ALLUSION
05:15:54:00	05:15:54:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:15:54:00	05:15:54:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
05:15:54:00	05:15:55:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:15:55:00	05:15:57:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN
05:15:57:00	05:15:58:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:15:58:00	05:16:01:00	COUNCILOR OF FLYNN
05:16:01:00	05:16:02:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:16:02:00	05:16:05:00	COUNCILOR OF DURKIN
05:16:05:00	05:16:05:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
05:16:05:00	05:16:08:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
05:16:08:00	05:16:09:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:16:09:00	05:16:12:00	COUNCILOR BUREAU
05:16:12:00	05:16:12:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:16:12:00	05:16:16:00	COUNCILOR OF DEFENSE
05:16:16:00	05:16:16:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:16:16:00	05:16:17:00	COUNCILOR OF MURPHY
05:16:17:00	05:16:20:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:16:20:00	05:16:20:00	COUNCILOR HOWEVER
05:16:20:00	05:16:20:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:16:20:00	05:16:24:00	COUNCILOR OF MURPHY AND
05:16:24:00	05:16:24:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:16:24:00	05:16:27:00	COUNCILOR OF WEAPON THOSE ARE
05:16:27:00	05:16:28:00	THE 16 LATE FILED MATTERS FOR
05:16:28:00	05:16:32:00	PERSONNEL WISE THANK YOU.
05:16:32:00	05:16:33:00	WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD
05:16:33:00	05:16:35:00	THESE TWO PASSES THEY FILE
05:16:35:00	05:16:36:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS ALL IN FAVOR
05:16:36:00	05:16:38:00	SAY I I I THE POLICY NAY THE
05:16:38:00	05:16:39:00	AYES HAVE IT.
05:16:39:00	05:16:39:00	THESE PERSONAL ORDERS HAVE
05:16:39:00	05:16:41:00	PASSED.
05:16:41:00	05:16:42:00	OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TO THE THREE
05:16:42:00	05:16:43:00	LATE FILE MATTERS FROM THE
05:16:43:00	05:16:45:00	MAYOR.
05:16:45:00	05:16:49:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CAN
05:16:49:00	05:16:49:00	YOU READ THEM?
05:16:49:00	05:16:55:00	YOU CAN READ THEM TOGETHER
05:16:55:00	05:16:55:00	THREE LATE 5 MINUTES FROM THE
05:16:55:00	05:16:56:00	MAYOR.
05:16:56:00	05:16:59:00	FIRST ONE IS A HEREBY
05:16:59:00	05:16:59:00	TRANSMITTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL
05:16:59:00	05:17:02:00	AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
05:17:02:00	05:17:03:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED
05:17:03:00	05:17:06:00	MONETARY DONATION OF $5,000
05:17:06:00	05:17:10:00	DONATED BY THE BOSTON FUND.
05:17:10:00	05:17:10:00	THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS
05:17:10:00	05:17:13:00	TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S CIVIC
05:17:13:00	05:17:14:00	SUMMIT WHICH WILL OCCUR ON JUNE
05:17:14:00	05:17:17:00	7TH, 2025.
05:17:17:00	05:17:18:00	SECONDLY, PHONE NOW FROM THE
05:17:18:00	05:17:21:00	MAYOR I TRANSMIT FOR YOUR
05:17:21:00	05:17:21:00	APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING
05:17:21:00	05:17:24:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
05:17:24:00	05:17:27:00	AND EXPEND A MONETARY DONATION
05:17:27:00	05:17:28:00	OF $15,000 DONATED BY CITIES
05:17:28:00	05:17:31:00	FORWARD.
05:17:31:00	05:17:32:00	THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS
05:17:32:00	05:17:35:00	TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S CIVIC
05:17:35:00	05:17:36:00	SUMMIT WHICH WILL OCCUR ON JUNE
05:17:36:00	05:17:38:00	7TH, 2025.
05:17:38:00	05:17:39:00	AND THIRDLY, FILE FROM THE
05:17:39:00	05:17:43:00	MAYOR I TRANSMIT FOR YOUR
05:17:43:00	05:17:43:00	APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
05:17:43:00	05:17:46:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN
05:17:46:00	05:17:50:00	EXPENDED IN-KIND DONATION
05:17:50:00	05:17:52:00	OF FOOD AND EVENT SPACE VALUED
05:17:52:00	05:17:53:00	AT $38,000 DONATED BY BOSTON
05:17:53:00	05:17:53:00	UNIVERSITY.
05:17:53:00	05:17:56:00	THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATIONS
05:17:56:00	05:17:57:00	TO SUPPORT MAYOR'S CIVIC SUMMIT
05:17:57:00	05:18:00:00	WHICH WILL OCCUR JUNE SEVEN,
05:18:00:00	05:18:04:00	2025 THANK YOU WILL TAKE A VOTE
05:18:04:00	05:18:05:00	TO ADD THESE VIRAL MATTERS ONTO
05:18:05:00	05:18:05:00	THE RECORD.
05:18:05:00	05:18:08:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I
05:18:08:00	05:18:09:00	ALL OF A THE AYES HAVE IT THIS
05:18:09:00	05:18:12:00	THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED
05:18:12:00	05:18:16:00	ON TO THE RECORD WHICH I
05:18:16:00	05:18:16:00	RECOGNIZE, RECOGNIZES CONCERNED
05:18:16:00	05:18:17:00	BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:18:17:00	05:18:17:00	THANK YOU.
05:18:17:00	05:18:19:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:18:19:00	05:18:19:00	AS THE CHAIR OF THE CITY
05:18:19:00	05:18:20:00	SERVICES TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
05:18:20:00	05:18:23:00	COMMITTEE I LOOKING AT THESE
05:18:23:00	05:18:23:00	GRANTS AND WHAT THEY WILL DO
05:18:23:00	05:18:26:00	FOR THIS WEEKEND'S MAYORS CIVIC
05:18:26:00	05:18:27:00	SUMMIT, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
05:18:27:00	05:18:30:00	FOR A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
05:18:30:00	05:18:30:00	ASSOCIATIONS AND CIVIC LEADERS
05:18:30:00	05:18:33:00	TO COME TOGETHER UNDER ONE ROOF
05:18:33:00	05:18:34:00	TO GO OVER SHARED PRACTICES
05:18:34:00	05:18:37:00	OF ORGANIZING AND HOW THEY CAN
05:18:37:00	05:18:37:00	BETTER COMMUNICATE AMONGST
05:18:37:00	05:18:38:00	THEMSELVES IN THE CITY
05:18:38:00	05:18:40:00	OF BOSTON.
05:18:40:00	05:18:41:00	I BELIEVE THAT CIVIC LEADERS
05:18:41:00	05:18:41:00	FROM ACROSS ALL OF OUR
05:18:41:00	05:18:44:00	DISTRICTS AND ACROSS OUR CITY
05:18:44:00	05:18:45:00	WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AND I
05:18:45:00	05:18:48:00	THINK THAT I RECOMMEND THAT
05:18:48:00	05:18:52:00	THESE THAT THESE DONATIONS PASS
05:18:52:00	05:18:52:00	TODAY.
05:18:52:00	05:18:53:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:18:53:00	05:18:55:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PENN, IS
05:18:55:00	05:18:56:00	ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
05:18:56:00	05:19:00:00	THIS MATTER AT ATTENTION AT
05:19:00:00	05:19:00:00	PENN THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON
05:19:00:00	05:19:03:00	CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION
05:19:03:00	05:19:03:00	TECHNOLOGY'S EXPANSION OF THE
05:19:03:00	05:19:06:00	RULES AND PASSAGE OF THESE
05:19:06:00	05:19:06:00	THREE LATE FILE DOCKETS ALL
05:19:06:00	05:19:09:00	THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
05:19:09:00	05:19:10:00	OF US IN THE EYES HAVE IT THESE
05:19:10:00	05:19:13:00	DOCKETS HAVE PASSED MR CLERK,
05:19:13:00	05:19:13:00	COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST
05:19:13:00	05:19:14:00	LATE FILE COMMUNICATION MATTER
05:19:14:00	05:19:16:00	INTO THE RECORD LATE FILE
05:19:16:00	05:19:20:00	COMMUNICATION EMERGENCY THEY
05:19:20:00	05:19:21:00	FILE A COMMUNIQUE OFFERED BY
05:19:21:00	05:19:21:00	COUNCILOR AARON MURPHY
05:19:21:00	05:19:24:00	REGARDING TRANSDEV WE WILL TAKE
05:19:24:00	05:19:25:00	A VOTE TO ADD THIS FILE
05:19:25:00	05:19:29:00	COMMUNICATION ONTO THE RECORD.
05:19:29:00	05:19:30:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL
05:19:30:00	05:19:33:00	OPPOSE IN THE AYES HAVE IT.
05:19:33:00	05:19:34:00	THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED ON
05:19:34:00	05:19:34:00	TO THE RECORD.
05:19:34:00	05:19:36:00	MR CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE
05:19:36:00	05:19:37:00	READ THE MATTER AND INTO THE
05:19:37:00	05:19:41:00	RECORD I'D JUST GIVE IT TO THE
05:19:41:00	05:19:44:00	FIRST OH, I'LL GET BACK.
05:19:44:00	05:19:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:19:44:00	05:19:44:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
05:19:44:00	05:19:48:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE A
05:19:48:00	05:19:48:00	COUNCILOR.
05:19:48:00	05:19:49:00	MR CLERK HAD READ IT INTO THE
05:19:49:00	05:19:51:00	RECORD SO NO THANK YOU.
05:19:51:00	05:19:51:00	I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK ON IT.
05:19:51:00	05:19:52:00	I REFERENCED IT WHEN I WAS
05:19:52:00	05:19:55:00	TALKING ABOUT THE BEEPS BUDGET
05:19:55:00	05:19:55:00	BUT I JUST WANTED IT ON RECORD.
05:19:55:00	05:19:56:00	THANK YOU.
05:19:56:00	05:19:59:00	THANK YOU, MR CLERK, COULD YOU
05:19:59:00	05:20:00:00	PLEASE READ THE NEXT COMMUNITY
05:20:00:00	05:20:02:00	COMMUNICATION MATTER?
05:20:02:00	05:20:07:00	OH, THE EMERGENCY LETTER.
05:20:07:00	05:20:08:00	THAT EMERGENCY LETTER WILL BE
05:20:08:00	05:20:08:00	PLACED ON FILE.
05:20:08:00	05:20:10:00	MR QUIET COULD YOU PLEASE READ
05:20:10:00	05:20:11:00	THE NEXT LATE FILE
05:20:11:00	05:20:11:00	COMMUNICATION ONTO THE RECORD?
05:20:11:00	05:20:14:00	COMMUNICATE FROM THE ELECTIONS
05:20:14:00	05:20:17:00	DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL
05:20:17:00	05:20:20:00	LAWS CHAPTER 53 SECTION 18 A
05:20:20:00	05:20:20:00	TRANSMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL A
05:20:20:00	05:20:24:00	CITIZEN'S PETITION AND TITLE IN
05:20:24:00	05:20:24:00	THE INTEREST OF GOVERNMENT
05:20:24:00	05:20:27:00	ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND
05:20:27:00	05:20:27:00	ACCESSIBILITY SHOULD THE CITY
05:20:27:00	05:20:30:00	OF BOSTON ESTABLISH A MUNICIPAL
05:20:30:00	05:20:31:00	INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
05:20:31:00	05:20:34:00	GENERAL AND THIS WAS FILED BY
05:20:34:00	05:20:38:00	THE COMMISSIONER NEEDED TO
05:20:38:00	05:20:38:00	VARIOUS BOARD OF ELECTIONS
05:20:38:00	05:20:41:00	THANK YOU.
05:20:41:00	05:20:42:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS
05:20:42:00	05:20:45:00	VITAL COMMUNICATION ONTO THE
05:20:45:00	05:20:45:00	RECORD.
05:20:45:00	05:20:47:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
05:20:47:00	05:20:50:00	OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
05:20:50:00	05:20:50:00	THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED ON
05:20:50:00	05:20:53:00	TO THE RECORD.
05:20:53:00	05:20:53:00	THE CLERK RECOGNIZES
05:20:53:00	05:20:57:00	COUNCILOR HERE AS THIS IS A
05:20:57:00	05:21:01:00	COMMUNICATION LIMITED TO 2
05:21:01:00	05:21:01:00	MINUTES.
05:21:01:00	05:21:01:00	COUNT ME AT THE FLOOR.
05:21:01:00	05:21:04:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:21:04:00	05:21:05:00	I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR
05:21:05:00	05:21:05:00	FOR THE RECORD WE'RE NOT TAKING
05:21:05:00	05:21:07:00	A VOTE ON THIS MATTER TODAY,
05:21:07:00	05:21:08:00	COLLEAGUES, SO DO NOT WORRY.
05:21:08:00	05:21:11:00	WE'RE JUST ALLOWING DEMOCRACY
05:21:11:00	05:21:14:00	TO PLAY OUT.
05:21:14:00	05:21:18:00	JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE THE FULL
05:21:18:00	05:21:18:00	COMMUNICATION HERE IS PURSUANT
05:21:18:00	05:21:29:00	TO GLC 53 SOME SCRIBBLED ALL 18
05:21:29:00	05:21:29:00	A I TRANSMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL
05:21:29:00	05:21:32:00	A CITIZENS POSITION ENTITLED
05:21:32:00	05:21:33:00	TITLE IN THE INTERESTS
05:21:33:00	05:21:33:00	OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
05:21:33:00	05:21:34:00	AND TRANSPARENCY AND
05:21:34:00	05:21:37:00	ACCESSIBILITY IT SHOULD THE
05:21:37:00	05:21:37:00	BOSTON SORRY YES BUT I JUST
05:21:37:00	05:21:40:00	WANT TO JUST BE REALLY CLEAR
05:21:40:00	05:21:41:00	ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.
05:21:41:00	05:21:44:00	IT IS A OPINION ADVISORY
05:21:44:00	05:21:44:00	QUESTION IN ADVOCATING FOR IT
05:21:44:00	05:21:48:00	TO GO ON THE NEXT MUNICIPAL
05:21:48:00	05:21:52:00	ELECTION WHICH WILL OCCUR ON
05:21:52:00	05:21:52:00	NOVEMBER THE FOURTH.
05:21:52:00	05:21:55:00	SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
05:21:55:00	05:21:58:00	WE KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE
05:21:58:00	05:22:02:00	INTRODUCING HERE.
05:22:02:00	05:22:03:00	COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANTED TO
05:22:03:00	05:22:03:00	JUST BECAUSE I HEARD THE
05:22:03:00	05:22:04:00	SONOGRAPHER WHEN YOU SAID
05:22:04:00	05:22:07:00	SCRIBBLED YOU MEAN THAT SECTION
05:22:07:00	05:22:08:00	SIGN IS THAT RIGHT?
05:22:08:00	05:22:09:00	I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SAY
05:22:09:00	05:22:11:00	WHAT THAT YEAH BUT IT'S A
05:22:11:00	05:22:12:00	SECTION SEVEN SO THAT YOU KNOW
05:22:12:00	05:22:13:00	I MEAN IT'S THE SECTION THAT I
05:22:13:00	05:22:14:00	HEARD SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
05:22:14:00	05:22:15:00	FOR THE SECTIONS.
05:22:15:00	05:22:18:00	YEAH IT'S A SCRIBBLE THAT TO
05:22:18:00	05:22:18:00	ME I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL
05:22:18:00	05:22:20:00	IT IN AMERICA BUT IT LOOKS AT
05:22:20:00	05:22:23:00	SECTIONS I YEAH OKAY THE
05:22:23:00	05:22:24:00	PETITION INCLUDES SIGNATURES
05:22:24:00	05:22:28:00	FROM ABOUT 30 FOLKS WE ONLY
05:22:28:00	05:22:31:00	NEED IT TEN AND I JUST WANT TO
05:22:31:00	05:22:34:00	BE REALLY CLEAR THIS IS JUST AN
05:22:34:00	05:22:35:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPLORE
05:22:35:00	05:22:38:00	MANY PATHWAYS TOWARDS THE WORK
05:22:38:00	05:22:42:00	THAT COUNSELOR CHOLERA AND
05:22:42:00	05:22:42:00	MYSELF ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR AND
05:22:42:00	05:22:45:00	COUNSELOR ANDERSON ARE DOING TO
05:22:45:00	05:22:49:00	STRENGTHEN PENCOM SO JUST DO
05:22:49:00	05:22:52:00	NOT BE ALARMED.
05:22:52:00	05:22:53:00	DO NOT BE ALARMED.
05:22:53:00	05:23:00:00	DO NOT BE ALARMED THAT THIS IS
05:23:00:00	05:23:03:00	A COMMUNICATION BUT YEAH WELL
05:23:03:00	05:23:08:00	WE'RE JUST WE'RE GOING TO REFER
05:23:08:00	05:23:08:00	IT TO YOUR COMMITTEE THE
05:23:08:00	05:23:09:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
05:23:09:00	05:23:09:00	OPERATIONS.
05:23:09:00	05:23:11:00	OKAY.
05:23:11:00	05:23:11:00	THANK YOU.
05:23:11:00	05:23:12:00	THIS MATTER WILL BE REFERRED TO
05:23:12:00	05:23:13:00	THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
05:23:13:00	05:23:14:00	OPERATIONS.
05:23:14:00	05:23:15:00	OKAY.
05:23:15:00	05:23:19:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO THE CONSENT
05:23:19:00	05:23:19:00	AGENDA.
05:23:19:00	05:23:20:00	I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
05:23:20:00	05:23:22:00	CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO
05:23:22:00	05:23:23:00	ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT
05:23:23:00	05:23:23:00	AGENDA.
05:23:23:00	05:23:25:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
05:23:25:00	05:23:26:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
05:23:26:00	05:23:26:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
05:23:26:00	05:23:27:00	AGENDA.
05:23:27:00	05:23:30:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
05:23:30:00	05:23:30:00	I THANK YOU.
05:23:30:00	05:23:31:00	THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN
05:23:31:00	05:23:33:00	ADOPTED.
05:23:33:00	05:23:34:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
05:23:34:00	05:23:37:00	PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR
05:23:37:00	05:23:37:00	UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.
05:23:37:00	05:23:41:00	I DON'T HAVE ANY BIRTHDAYS ON
05:23:41:00	05:23:42:00	HERE BUT IF ANYONE HAS A
05:23:42:00	05:23:45:00	BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
05:23:45:00	05:23:45:00	YES THE SUPERBOWL IS OUTSIDE.
05:23:45:00	05:23:49:00	LOVE THE SUPER BOWL AND I ALSO
05:23:49:00	05:23:53:00	WANTED TO SAY THAT SINCE NOBODY
05:23:53:00	05:23:56:00	IS IN MY OFFICE AND FORMALLY
05:23:56:00	05:23:57:00	COUNCILMAN HIS OFFICE WILL BE
05:23:57:00	05:24:00:00	TRANSITIONING TO THE
05:24:00:00	05:24:00:00	ADMINISTRATION TO DOING BE
05:24:00:00	05:24:01:00	DOING WORK ON SUPPLIER
05:24:01:00	05:24:03:00	DIVERSITY.
05:24:03:00	05:24:04:00	SO I JUST WANT TO WISH THIS
05:24:04:00	05:24:07:00	NOBODY IS IN MY OFFICE
05:24:07:00	05:24:07:00	CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU
05:24:07:00	05:24:11:00	FOR BEING SUCH A JOY AND A
05:24:11:00	05:24:11:00	GREAT PART OF OUR TEAM.
05:24:11:00	05:24:15:00	WE WILL BE HAVING CAKE
05:24:15:00	05:24:16:00	AFTERWARDS IF ANYONE IS AROUND
05:24:16:00	05:24:18:00	IS EDGE CREAM CAKE THAT HAS
05:24:18:00	05:24:19:00	SINCE MELTED BUT IF YOU WOULD
05:24:19:00	05:24:22:00	LIKE TO HAVE SOME CAKE TO
05:24:22:00	05:24:22:00	CELEBRATE JUST NOW WITH US
05:24:22:00	05:24:26:00	PLEASE JOIN US THE RECOGNIZES
05:24:26:00	05:24:26:00	COUNCILOR ALBO AROUND THE
05:24:26:00	05:24:28:00	HORSESHOE COSMO CLUB AS A
05:24:28:00	05:24:29:00	OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:24:29:00	05:24:30:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I
05:24:30:00	05:24:33:00	DIDN'T KNOW THAT ABOUT SAYS NOW
05:24:33:00	05:24:34:00	CONGRATULATIONS SHE WAS A
05:24:34:00	05:24:34:00	STAFFER WHEN I WAS A STAFFER
05:24:34:00	05:24:36:00	AND I LOVE SEEING CITY
05:24:36:00	05:24:37:00	COUNCIL STAFF JUST CONTINUE TO
05:24:37:00	05:24:40:00	SHINE SHINE BRIGHT AND SO
05:24:40:00	05:24:41:00	CONGRATULATIONS.
05:24:41:00	05:24:41:00	MY MAIN ANNOUNCEMENT IS ABOUT
05:24:41:00	05:24:44:00	CHARLESTOWN PRIDE WEEK.
05:24:44:00	05:24:47:00	IT IS THE BEST WEEK OF THE YEAR
05:24:47:00	05:24:47:00	IN OH TWO 1 TO 9.
05:24:47:00	05:24:48:00	THERE ARE EVENTS EVERY SINGLE
05:24:48:00	05:24:50:00	DAY.
05:24:50:00	05:24:51:00	I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND ALL
05:24:51:00	05:24:51:00	OF MY LARGE COLLEAGUES JOINING
05:24:51:00	05:24:55:00	US FOR ALL OF THE FESTIVITIES.
05:24:55:00	05:24:56:00	IT IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY
05:24:56:00	05:24:58:00	OF THE BUNKER HILL BATTLE WHICH
05:24:58:00	05:24:59:00	IS THE BUNKER THE BATTLE
05:24:59:00	05:25:02:00	OF BREED'S HILL ACTUALLY.
05:25:02:00	05:25:03:00	AND THERE'S THERE'S A TON
05:25:03:00	05:25:06:00	OF HISTORICAL EVENTS KIDS ARE
05:25:06:00	05:25:06:00	EVENTS FOR KIDS.
05:25:06:00	05:25:07:00	SORRY IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING
05:25:07:00	05:25:10:00	AND I NEED WATER BUT THERE'S
05:25:10:00	05:25:10:00	PLENTY OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE
05:25:10:00	05:25:13:00	ENTIRE FAMILY AND TO PLEASE GO
05:25:13:00	05:25:14:00	ONLINE AND FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL
05:25:14:00	05:25:17:00	MEDIA AS WELL AS THE BUNKER
05:25:17:00	05:25:18:00	HILL ASSOCIATE THE CHARLESTOWN
05:25:18:00	05:25:18:00	PRESERVATION SOCIETY, THE
05:25:18:00	05:25:21:00	HISTORICAL SOCIETY ALL OF THAT
05:25:21:00	05:25:22:00	AND HOPE TO SEE YOU IN OUR
05:25:22:00	05:25:26:00	LOVELY GREEN SQUARE MILE.
05:25:26:00	05:25:26:00	THANK YOU.
05:25:26:00	05:25:26:00	THANK YOU.
05:25:26:00	05:25:27:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:25:27:00	05:25:27:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
05:25:27:00	05:25:29:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:25:29:00	05:25:29:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
05:25:29:00	05:25:30:00	I WANTED TO INVITE ALL MY
05:25:30:00	05:25:33:00	COLLEAGUES FOR STARTERS TO GO
05:25:33:00	05:25:33:00	SEE THE KELAHER ROSE GARDEN
05:25:33:00	05:25:34:00	WHICH WILL BE IN BLOOM NEXT
05:25:34:00	05:25:37:00	WEEK IF IT'S NOT ALREADY.
05:25:37:00	05:25:38:00	I'M SURE IT IS.
05:25:38:00	05:25:41:00	BUT NEXT WEDNESDAY 6 TO 8 IS
05:25:41:00	05:25:41:00	THE FENWAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION
05:25:41:00	05:25:44:00	ROSE GARDEN PICNIC.
05:25:44:00	05:25:45:00	HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COME TO THIS
05:25:45:00	05:25:48:00	SO IT SHOULD BE A REALLY GOOD
05:25:48:00	05:25:52:00	THING FOR THE FENWAY COUNCILORS
05:25:52:00	05:25:53:00	AND THEN ANY AT-LARGE
05:25:53:00	05:25:53:00	COUNCILORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO
05:25:53:00	05:25:53:00	BE THERE.
05:25:53:00	05:25:54:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
05:25:54:00	05:25:56:00	EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT THAT EVENT
05:25:56:00	05:25:57:00	WHICH FENWAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION
05:25:57:00	05:25:58:00	PUTS ON WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND
05:25:58:00	05:26:00:00	CARE.
05:26:00:00	05:26:00:00	THANK YOU.
05:26:00:00	05:26:01:00	THANK YOU.
05:26:01:00	05:26:04:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:26:04:00	05:26:04:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN BECAUSE WE
05:26:04:00	05:26:05:00	WE'RE PENDING ON THE FLOOR.
05:26:05:00	05:26:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:26:07:00	05:26:08:00	THERE'S SOME THERE ARE THREE
05:26:08:00	05:26:08:00	AMAZING EVENTS HAPPENING THIS
05:26:08:00	05:26:11:00	WEEKEND AND DISTRICT FIVE FIRST
05:26:11:00	05:26:12:00	IS THE MATTER OF HUNT WHAT'S
05:26:12:00	05:26:12:00	SPRING CLEANUP HAPPENING ON
05:26:12:00	05:26:15:00	COLORADO STREET THAT STARTS AT
05:26:15:00	05:26:15:00	TEN IN THE MORNING.
05:26:15:00	05:26:18:00	THEN WE HAVE THE DADDY AND
05:26:18:00	05:26:19:00	ME EVENT AT THE MARTINELLI SHOW
05:26:19:00	05:26:20:00	IN HYDE PARK.
05:26:20:00	05:26:22:00	THAT'S THE FOURTH ITERATION
05:26:22:00	05:26:26:00	OF THAT EVENT AND THEN A VERY
05:26:26:00	05:26:26:00	IMPORTANT EVENT IN MY DISTRICT
05:26:26:00	05:26:27:00	IS THE OPENING DAY FOR THE
05:26:27:00	05:26:29:00	ROSCOE FARMERS MARKET.
05:26:29:00	05:26:30:00	THAT IS ONE OF THE I'M BIASED
05:26:30:00	05:26:30:00	IT'S ONE OF THE BEST FARMER'S
05:26:30:00	05:26:33:00	MARKET IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
05:26:33:00	05:26:36:00	I ENCOURAGE YEAH, I WON'T SAY
05:26:36:00	05:26:37:00	ANYTHING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
05:26:37:00	05:26:38:00	SO NUMBER ONE I ENCOURAGE
05:26:38:00	05:26:41:00	EVERYONE TO STOP BY FOR THAT
05:26:41:00	05:26:42:00	OPENING DAY AS IT IS TRULY A
05:26:42:00	05:26:44:00	VERY BEAUTIFUL DIVERSE EVENT
05:26:44:00	05:26:45:00	THAT EVERYONE LOVES AND RISING
05:26:45:00	05:26:45:00	UP.
05:26:45:00	05:26:48:00	SO I'LL SEE YOU ALL THERE.
05:26:48:00	05:26:48:00	THANK YOU.
05:26:48:00	05:26:49:00	DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
05:26:49:00	05:26:52:00	ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS?
05:26:52:00	05:26:52:00	OKAY.
05:26:52:00	05:26:55:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
05:26:55:00	05:26:56:00	MEMORIALS.
05:26:56:00	05:26:56:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A
05:26:56:00	05:26:56:00	NAME?
05:26:56:00	05:26:59:00	I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
05:26:59:00	05:27:03:00	WE RECOGNIZE LIANNA TRAN
05:27:03:00	05:27:03:00	OF EMS.
05:27:03:00	05:27:04:00	THE EMS COMMUNITY IS MOURNING
05:27:04:00	05:27:07:00	HER PASSING AND SO I JUST WANT
05:27:07:00	05:27:10:00	US TO REMEMBER LIANNA TRAN AND
05:27:10:00	05:27:11:00	HER LIFE AND TO HER DEDICATION
05:27:11:00	05:27:14:00	TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
05:27:14:00	05:27:15:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:27:15:00	05:27:15:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
05:27:15:00	05:27:16:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:27:16:00	05:27:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:27:18:00	05:27:19:00	I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT THE
05:27:19:00	05:27:22:00	MEMORY OF LOUISE BONNER.
05:27:22:00	05:27:22:00	LOUISE PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY,
05:27:22:00	05:27:26:00	BUT WE'RE HAVING HER MEMORIAL
05:27:26:00	05:27:26:00	CENTER IN BRIGHTON ON FRIDAY
05:27:26:00	05:27:29:00	AFTERNOON.
05:27:29:00	05:27:33:00	SHE SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR, A
05:27:33:00	05:27:36:00	JOURNALIST AND HAS AN AMAZING
05:27:36:00	05:27:40:00	LONG AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
05:27:40:00	05:27:41:00	SHE WAS INVOLVED.
05:27:41:00	05:27:44:00	SHE WAS ONE OF THE FAMILIES.
05:27:44:00	05:27:47:00	SHE WAS PARTICIPATED IN FURTHER
05:27:47:00	05:27:48:00	EDUCATION AND EARNED A MASTER'S
05:27:48:00	05:27:51:00	FROM THE URBAN TEACHING A
05:27:51:00	05:27:52:00	DEGREE URBAN DEGREE IN URBAN
05:27:52:00	05:27:56:00	TEACHING FROM SIMMONS
05:27:56:00	05:27:56:00	UNIVERSITY IN 1969 WITH A
05:27:56:00	05:27:59:00	DESIGN INTEREST WHICH WAS
05:27:59:00	05:27:59:00	DESIGNED WITH THE SUPPORT
05:27:59:00	05:28:03:00	OF BOSTON ACTIVIST MEL KING.
05:28:03:00	05:28:04:00	LOUISE TAUGHT AN ELEMENTARY
05:28:04:00	05:28:07:00	SCHOOL IN ROXBURY AND SERVED A
05:28:07:00	05:28:07:00	PREDOMINANTLY BLACK STUDENT
05:28:07:00	05:28:10:00	POPULATION IN THE 1970S.
05:28:10:00	05:28:11:00	SHE AND OTHER PARENTS ARE NOT
05:28:11:00	05:28:14:00	IN BRIGHTON WERE INSTRUMENTAL
05:28:14:00	05:28:15:00	IN FORMING A MODEL
05:28:15:00	05:28:19:00	DEMONSTRATION SUB SYSTEM, A
05:28:19:00	05:28:19:00	PIONEER MAGNET SCHOOL PROGRAM
05:28:19:00	05:28:22:00	THAT PROMOTED VOLUNTARY
05:28:22:00	05:28:22:00	DESEGREGATION AND INCLUSION
05:28:22:00	05:28:25:00	ACROSS AT BOSTON CITY SCHOOL
05:28:25:00	05:28:26:00	DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY SERVING
05:28:26:00	05:28:29:00	ALLSTON BRIGHTON MISSION HILL
05:28:29:00	05:28:30:00	AND FENWAY.
05:28:30:00	05:28:30:00	HER WORK IN THIS INITIATIVE IS
05:28:30:00	05:28:33:00	PRESERVED IN THE NORTHEASTERN
05:28:33:00	05:28:33:00	UNIVERSITY AND THE BURNS
05:28:33:00	05:28:37:00	LIBRARY AT BOSTON COLLEGE.
05:28:37:00	05:28:40:00	WHEN I CAME TO THE DISTRICT
05:28:40:00	05:28:40:00	FIRST SHE HAD ME OVER TO HER
05:28:40:00	05:28:43:00	HOUSE WITH ANOTHER FRIEND
05:28:43:00	05:28:44:00	OF HERS WHO WAS VERY INVOLVED
05:28:44:00	05:28:47:00	WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
05:28:47:00	05:28:48:00	AND THEY SAT ME DOWN AT OUR
05:28:48:00	05:28:49:00	DINING ROOM TABLE AND SAYS WHAT
05:28:49:00	05:28:51:00	ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE
05:28:51:00	05:28:51:00	BOROUGH?
05:28:51:00	05:28:52:00	I HAD JUST ARRIVED IN THE
05:28:52:00	05:28:54:00	NEIGHBORHOOD.
05:28:54:00	05:28:55:00	I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT THE
05:28:55:00	05:28:57:00	VRA WAS BUT THEY WERE GIVING
05:28:57:00	05:28:58:00	ME A ONE ON ONE ON THE VRA AND
05:28:58:00	05:29:01:00	SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN LOTS
05:29:01:00	05:29:05:00	OF OUR COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS
05:29:05:00	05:29:05:00	INCLUDING THE FINAL BRANCH
05:29:05:00	05:29:06:00	LIBRARY WHICH SHE WORKED TO
05:29:06:00	05:29:09:00	PRESERVE AND KEEP OPEN.
05:29:09:00	05:29:12:00	AND THE OTHER THING I YEAH, I
05:29:12:00	05:29:13:00	THINK SHE'S JUST AN AMAZING
05:29:13:00	05:29:13:00	PERSON.
05:29:13:00	05:29:16:00	WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE
05:29:16:00	05:29:17:00	SHE USED TO LIKE SHE'S IN HER
05:29:17:00	05:29:20:00	IN HER LATE EIGHTIES.
05:29:20:00	05:29:20:00	SHE WOULD COME OVER WITH
05:29:20:00	05:29:23:00	NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OUT OF THE
05:29:23:00	05:29:24:00	NEWSPAPER AND SAYS OH YOUR
05:29:24:00	05:29:27:00	OPPONENT IS SAYING THIS OR
05:29:27:00	05:29:28:00	SO-AND-SO'S DOING THAT AND JUST
05:29:28:00	05:29:28:00	KEPT ME UP TO DATE WITH ALL
05:29:28:00	05:29:31:00	THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE
05:29:31:00	05:29:34:00	POLITICAL WORLD IN BOSTON AND
05:29:34:00	05:29:35:00	IT'S JUST SHE IS GREATLY MISSED
05:29:35:00	05:29:38:00	IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'LL
05:29:38:00	05:29:38:00	BE ALL JOINING TOGETHER TO
05:29:38:00	05:29:42:00	HONOR HER MEMORY ON FRIDAY
05:29:42:00	05:29:42:00	AFTERNOON.
05:29:42:00	05:29:42:00	THANK YOU.
05:29:42:00	05:29:43:00	THANK YOU.
05:29:43:00	05:29:47:00	THE CHEROKEE NATION'S
05:29:47:00	05:29:47:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES
05:29:47:00	05:29:47:00	COUNCILMAN.
05:29:47:00	05:29:48:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:29:48:00	05:29:50:00	THANK YOU, CHAIR.
05:29:50:00	05:29:57:00	SO I WANT TO RISE AND EXTEND MY
05:29:57:00	05:30:01:00	SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE
05:30:01:00	05:30:01:00	PAULA FAMILY.
05:30:01:00	05:30:04:00	WE LOST A GIANT THIS WEEK
05:30:04:00	05:30:08:00	CARMEN PAULA WHO WAS A FIERCE
05:30:08:00	05:30:08:00	ADVOCATE IN MISSION HILL AND
05:30:08:00	05:30:11:00	ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON
05:30:11:00	05:30:15:00	PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK.
05:30:15:00	05:30:16:00	THE PAULA FAMILY RELOCATED TO
05:30:16:00	05:30:19:00	BOSTON AFTER COMING HERE FROM
05:30:19:00	05:30:22:00	PUERTO RICO AND LIVING IN
05:30:22:00	05:30:23:00	CALIFORNIA FOR A SHORT PERIOD
05:30:23:00	05:30:23:00	OF TIME.
05:30:23:00	05:30:27:00	I CAME HERE IN 1972 SETTLING IN
05:30:27:00	05:30:30:00	THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MISSION
05:30:30:00	05:30:30:00	HILL.
05:30:30:00	05:30:31:00	PAULA QUICKLY BECAME INVOLVED
05:30:31:00	05:30:34:00	IN COMMUNITY ACTIVISM HELPING
05:30:34:00	05:30:35:00	TO ORGANIZE TENANTS IN MISSION
05:30:35:00	05:30:38:00	HILL AND COORDINATING A CLASS
05:30:38:00	05:30:38:00	ACTION LAWSUIT.
05:30:38:00	05:30:41:00	PEREZ VERSUS THE BOSTON HOUSING
05:30:41:00	05:30:42:00	AUTHORITY TO FORCE THE CITY
05:30:42:00	05:30:45:00	OF BOSTON TO COMPILE COMPLY
05:30:45:00	05:30:46:00	WITH EXISTING SANCTUARY CODES.
05:30:46:00	05:30:48:00	SHE WAS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS
05:30:48:00	05:30:49:00	ALSO IN A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY
05:30:49:00	05:30:52:00	THE PARENTS COMMITTEE FOR
05:30:52:00	05:30:53:00	DEFENSE TO DEFEND BILINGUAL
05:30:53:00	05:30:58:00	EDUCATION COMMITTEE DE LA
05:30:58:00	05:30:58:00	PADRE.
05:30:58:00	05:31:00:00	BUT THE DEFENDERS DEFENDANTS
05:31:00:00	05:31:01:00	HERE THAT ADVOCACY ON BILINGUAL
05:31:01:00	05:31:04:00	MORGAN VERSUS KERRIGAN IN
05:31:04:00	05:31:04:00	RESPONSE TO DESEGREGATION
05:31:04:00	05:31:08:00	POLICIES THAT THREATENED THE
05:31:08:00	05:31:08:00	VIABILITY OF BILINGUAL
05:31:08:00	05:31:08:00	EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE
05:31:08:00	05:31:12:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
05:31:12:00	05:31:12:00	IN 1975 SHE WAS THE COORDINATOR
05:31:12:00	05:31:16:00	OF THE FESTIVAL OF THE PUERTO
05:31:16:00	05:31:17:00	RICAN FESTIVAL WHICH IS HELD
05:31:17:00	05:31:22:00	HERE ANNUALLY IN BOSTON SINCE
05:31:22:00	05:31:22:00	1967.
05:31:22:00	05:31:26:00	PAULA WAS THE COORDINATOR ALSO
05:31:26:00	05:31:26:00	OF THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT
05:31:26:00	05:31:30:00	ADVISORY COUNCIL PART OF THE
05:31:30:00	05:31:32:00	CITYWIDE PARENT ADVISORY
05:31:32:00	05:31:35:00	COUNCIL WHICH OPERATED FROM
05:31:35:00	05:31:35:00	1974 TO 2004.
05:31:35:00	05:31:40:00	AND THOSE WERE THE YEARS THAT I
05:31:40:00	05:31:42:00	WAS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
05:31:42:00	05:31:47:00	STUDENTS LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK
05:31:47:00	05:31:50:00	ENGLISH WITH A MOM WHO DID NOT
05:31:50:00	05:31:51:00	KNOW HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR ME AND
05:31:51:00	05:31:58:00	BECAUSE OF THIS PAULA
05:31:58:00	05:32:02:00	INTERFERENCE ADVOCACY I AM HERE
05:32:02:00	05:32:05:00	TODAY.
05:32:05:00	05:32:09:00	SO I WANTED TO JUST UPLIFT HER.
05:32:09:00	05:32:10:00	SHE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE
05:32:10:00	05:32:13:00	BILINGUAL MASTER'S PARENTS
05:32:13:00	05:32:13:00	ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH OVERSAW
05:32:13:00	05:32:17:00	THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
05:32:17:00	05:32:20:00	VOLUNTARY LOW COMPLIANCE PLAN
05:32:20:00	05:32:21:00	IN 1979 WHICH WAS AN AGREEMENT
05:32:21:00	05:32:24:00	OUTLINED THE RESPONSIBILITIES
05:32:24:00	05:32:25:00	OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN
05:32:25:00	05:32:28:00	PROVIDING EDUCATION BILINGUAL
05:32:28:00	05:32:28:00	EDUCATION TO STUDENTS.
05:32:28:00	05:32:32:00	NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT CARMEN DID
05:32:32:00	05:32:40:00	NOT TAKE ANY SHORTS IF YOU
05:32:40:00	05:32:40:00	WILL, HERE IN THE CITY
05:32:40:00	05:32:43:00	OF BOSTON AND SHE WAS THE FIRST
05:32:43:00	05:32:46:00	LATINA TO EVER RUN FOR OFFICE
05:32:46:00	05:32:49:00	STATEWIDE HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS
05:32:49:00	05:32:53:00	AND WAS A TRAILBLAZER AND
05:32:53:00	05:32:54:00	BECAUSE OF HER MANY OF US CAN
05:32:54:00	05:32:57:00	SAY ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO
05:32:57:00	05:32:58:00	STRUGGLED WITH ENGLISH BEING
05:32:58:00	05:33:00:00	THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE.
05:33:00:00	05:33:04:00	HERE WE SEE YOU.
05:33:04:00	05:33:04:00	WE THANK YOU.
05:33:04:00	05:33:05:00	WE APPRECIATE YOUR FIERCE
05:33:05:00	05:33:08:00	ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF SO MANY
05:33:08:00	05:33:11:00	FAMILIES WHO MIGRATED HERE
05:33:11:00	05:33:15:00	DURING THAT ERA.
05:33:15:00	05:33:15:00	WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
05:33:15:00	05:33:18:00	WE LOVE YOU.
05:33:18:00	05:33:19:00	AND MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO
05:33:19:00	05:33:19:00	HER FAMILY.
05:33:19:00	05:33:23:00	THANK YOU.
05:33:23:00	05:33:23:00	CANCER HERE.
05:33:23:00	05:33:27:00	SHE WAS INDEED A LEGEND AND A
05:33:27:00	05:33:27:00	GENUINE FIGURE AND I WANT TO
05:33:27:00	05:33:28:00	EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO HER
05:33:28:00	05:33:30:00	FAMILY AS WELL.
05:33:30:00	05:33:34:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:33:34:00	05:33:34:00	COUNCILOR WEBER
05:33:34:00	05:33:35:00	COUNCIL WHEREVER YOU HAVE THE
05:33:35:00	05:33:35:00	FLOOR.
05:33:35:00	05:33:38:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:33:38:00	05:33:39:00	A FEW WEEKS AGO WEST ROXBURY
05:33:39:00	05:33:44:00	LOST KATHLEEN K RYAN WHO WAS
05:33:44:00	05:33:44:00	87.
05:33:44:00	05:33:48:00	KAY WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER
05:33:48:00	05:33:48:00	OF WARD 20 OF THE WAR 20
05:33:48:00	05:33:54:00	DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AND WAS A
05:33:54:00	05:33:55:00	AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN EVERY
05:33:55:00	05:33:59:00	ASPECT OF LIFE IN WEST ROXBURY
05:33:59:00	05:33:59:00	FOR DECADES.
05:33:59:00	05:34:01:00	SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE
05:34:01:00	05:34:02:00	PRESIDENT OF THE WEST ROXBURY
05:34:02:00	05:34:05:00	ROSLINDALE AMERICAN LEGION
05:34:05:00	05:34:05:00	BASEBALL LEAGUE AND ALSO THE
05:34:05:00	05:34:06:00	FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT
05:34:06:00	05:34:09:00	OF PARKWAY BABE RUTH BASEBALL
05:34:09:00	05:34:10:00	LEAGUE.
05:34:10:00	05:34:13:00	IN ADDITION TO EVERY OTHER
05:34:13:00	05:34:13:00	COMMISSION COMMITTEE
05:34:13:00	05:34:17:00	NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP IN WEST
05:34:17:00	05:34:17:00	ROXBURY.
05:34:17:00	05:34:21:00	AND MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH KAY'S
05:34:21:00	05:34:21:00	FAMILY.
05:34:21:00	05:34:21:00	THANK YOU.
05:34:21:00	05:34:25:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
05:34:25:00	05:34:25:00	COUNCILMEMBER.
05:34:25:00	05:34:26:00	THERE ARE TWO NAMES THAT I
05:34:26:00	05:34:28:00	MEANT TO READ AS WELL.
05:34:28:00	05:34:29:00	CAROLE TIMBERLAKE WHO MANY KNOW
05:34:29:00	05:34:32:00	FROM THE WAY FROM WAVERLY
05:34:32:00	05:34:33:00	STREET OVER THE YEARS CAROL HAS
05:34:33:00	05:34:36:00	BEEN WAS A LOVELY NEIGHBORHOOD
05:34:36:00	05:34:37:00	RESIDENT WHO GREW UP RIGHT
05:34:37:00	05:34:37:00	THERE ON WAVERLY STREET.
05:34:37:00	05:34:40:00	SHE WAS A LOVER OF FASHION AND
05:34:40:00	05:34:40:00	VOICE FOR AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
05:34:40:00	05:34:43:00	FOR MANY YEARS.
05:34:43:00	05:34:44:00	SHE WAS ALSO A STRONG DEFENDER
05:34:44:00	05:34:44:00	OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDING UP
05:34:44:00	05:34:47:00	TO PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SELL
05:34:47:00	05:34:47:00	DRUGS ON WAVERLY STREET.
05:34:47:00	05:34:50:00	SO WE JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HER
05:34:50:00	05:34:51:00	FOR HER WORK IN NEIGHBORHOOD
05:34:51:00	05:34:53:00	ROXBURY.
05:34:53:00	05:34:54:00	WE'LL MISS HER PRESENCE VERY
05:34:54:00	05:34:54:00	MUCH SO.
05:34:54:00	05:34:58:00	AND THEN A FEW WEEKS AGO,
05:34:58:00	05:34:58:00	WILLIAM BAXTER, A BOSTON POLICE
05:34:58:00	05:35:01:00	DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICER
05:35:01:00	05:35:02:00	PASSED AWAY AND GREW UP IN
05:35:02:00	05:35:03:00	ROXBURY IN THE ORCHARD GARDENS
05:35:03:00	05:35:06:00	DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT WAS KNOWN
05:35:06:00	05:35:07:00	AS ORCHARD PARK.
05:35:07:00	05:35:08:00	HE MET HIS WIFE GAIL GROWING UP
05:35:08:00	05:35:10:00	THERE WILLIAM OR BILLIE AS MANY
05:35:10:00	05:35:11:00	PEOPLE CALLED HIM MADE A CAREER
05:35:11:00	05:35:13:00	IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING AT
05:35:13:00	05:35:14:00	THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LATER
05:35:14:00	05:35:15:00	ON THE BOSTON POLICE FORCE.
05:35:15:00	05:35:18:00	FOR MANY YEARS HE WORKED AT
05:35:18:00	05:35:19:00	ROXBURY PRECINCT B TWO.
05:35:19:00	05:35:19:00	HE WAS OFTEN ASSIGNED TO WORK
05:35:19:00	05:35:21:00	WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
05:35:21:00	05:35:22:00	HE TAUGHT COOKING LESSONS AS
05:35:22:00	05:35:22:00	WELL AS LIFE LESSONS TO
05:35:22:00	05:35:25:00	NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH AND HE DID A
05:35:25:00	05:35:25:00	NUMBER OF YOUTH PROGRAMS AT THE
05:35:25:00	05:35:29:00	HAILEY HOUSE OR AT THE BOYS AND
05:35:29:00	05:35:29:00	GIRLS CLUB IN ROXBURY.
05:35:29:00	05:35:30:00	AND IN LATER YEARS HE BECAME AN
05:35:30:00	05:35:32:00	ORDAINED MINISTER.
05:35:32:00	05:35:33:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
05:35:33:00	05:35:35:00	REMEMBER THOSE TWO COMMUNITY
05:35:35:00	05:35:39:00	LEADERS TODAY.
05:35:39:00	05:35:40:00	TODAY WE WILL JOIN OUR MEETING
05:35:40:00	05:35:40:00	IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING
05:35:40:00	05:35:43:00	INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF
05:35:43:00	05:35:44:00	OF COUNCILOR BREADON THOMAS F
05:35:44:00	05:35:46:00	MCNALLY, LOUISE BERNARD ON
05:35:46:00	05:35:47:00	BEHALF OF OUR COUNCILMAN ME
05:35:47:00	05:35:47:00	HERE IN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
05:35:47:00	05:35:50:00	CARMEN PAULA ON BEHALF
05:35:50:00	05:35:53:00	OF MYSELF KATHY LOUIJEUNE CAREY
05:35:53:00	05:35:54:00	OSBORNE JEFFERSON.
05:35:54:00	05:35:54:00	ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE
05:35:54:00	05:35:57:00	ENTIRE BOSTON CITY
05:35:57:00	05:35:58:00	COUNCIL BOSTON EMS LEONA TRAN
05:35:58:00	05:36:02:00	ON BEHALF OF MYSELF CAROL
05:36:02:00	05:36:03:00	TIMBERLAKE AND OF MYSELF AN
05:36:03:00	05:36:06:00	ENTIRE BOSTON CITY
05:36:06:00	05:36:06:00	COUNCIL BOSTON POLICE OFFICER
05:36:06:00	05:36:10:00	WILLIAM BAXTER ON BEHALF
05:36:10:00	05:36:10:00	OF COUNCIL WEBER KATHLEEN KATE
05:36:10:00	05:36:19:00	RYAN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
05:36:19:00	05:36:20:00	THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE
05:36:20:00	05:36:21:00	COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES
05:36:21:00	05:36:23:00	SO IN THE MEMORY OF THE
05:36:23:00	05:36:23:00	AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.
05:36:23:00	05:36:23:00	THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
05:36:23:00	05:36:26:00	MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON
05:36:26:00	05:36:29:00	WEDNESDAY JUNE 11, 2025 AT 12
05:36:29:00	05:36:29:00	NOON.
05:36:29:00	05:36:30:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TO
05:36:30:00	05:36:33:00	CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE
05:36:33:00	05:36:34:00	CLERK'S OFFICE IN THE CAPITOL
05:36:34:00	05:36:34:00	SYNAGOGUE FOR ALL IN FAVOR OF A
05:36:34:00	05:36:36:00	GERMAN PLEA SAY I.