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00:03:10:00	00:03:13:00	I AM GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS
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00:03:17:00	00:03:18:00	I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN
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00:03:51:00	00:03:54:00	OKAY NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
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00:04:06:00	00:04:10:00	COLLEGE PRESIDENT BACK ROSS
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00:04:10:00	00:04:14:00	AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL
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00:04:14:00	00:04:15:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
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00:04:20:00	00:04:21:00	IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE WITH
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00:04:32:00	00:04:33:00	CITY OF BOSTON ON STAGE AT HER
00:04:33:00	00:04:36:00	INVESTITURE CEREMONY AND GOT TO
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00:04:43:00	00:04:46:00	COLLEGE, HOW MUCH THEY CARE.
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00:04:57:00	00:05:01:00	I JUST AM REALLY, REALLY
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00:05:05:00	00:05:09:00	WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIM
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00:05:09:00	00:05:10:00	I WANT TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT
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00:05:14:00	00:05:16:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH
00:05:16:00	00:05:17:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN AND WHAT A
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00:05:20:00	00:05:24:00	WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
00:05:24:00	00:05:24:00	WE'RE PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL FOR
00:05:24:00	00:05:25:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN'S PARTNERSHIP
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00:05:33:00	00:05:35:00	OF YEARS NOW AND I WORKED SO
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00:05:36:00	00:05:37:00	A VIBRANT MEMBER OF OUR
00:05:37:00	00:05:39:00	COMMUNITY AND THE BOSTON
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00:05:40:00	00:05:43:00	FEDERICO TINOCO AND THANK YOU
00:05:43:00	00:05:47:00	AND PLEASE EXCUSE MY ACCENT THE
00:05:47:00	00:05:47:00	PEOPLE THE LADIES IN MY PARISH
00:05:47:00	00:05:51:00	THEY SAY IT'S CHARMING BUT THEY
00:05:51:00	00:05:51:00	ARE IN THEIR EIGHTIES AND
00:05:51:00	00:05:54:00	NINETIES SO I DON'T KNOW LIKE
00:05:54:00	00:05:57:00	AIRPORTS ARE THE DOORS OF THIS
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00:06:01:00	00:06:02:00	THEIR FIRST STEPS ON AMERICAN
00:06:02:00	00:06:05:00	SOIL THROUGH THE GATEWAYS
00:06:05:00	00:06:09:00	OF OUR CITIES, OUR AIRPORTS.
00:06:09:00	00:06:09:00	WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE IN BOSTON
00:06:09:00	00:06:12:00	ONE OF THE FIRST VOICES THEY
00:06:12:00	00:06:15:00	HEAR IS THAT OF MAYOR WU SAYING
00:06:15:00	00:06:15:00	WE ARE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
00:06:15:00	00:06:19:00	IT'S A MESSAGE OF WELCOME AND
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00:06:19:00	00:06:20:00	IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU'RE
00:06:20:00	00:06:23:00	COMING FROM WITH JOYS OR
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00:06:23:00	00:06:26:00	YOU CARRY WHETHER FROM ABROAD
00:06:26:00	00:06:27:00	OR ANOTHER AMERICAN CITY YOU
00:06:27:00	00:06:30:00	ARE WELCOME.
00:06:30:00	00:06:30:00	MY NAME IS FATHER FEDERICO
00:06:30:00	00:06:34:00	TINOCO AND AS AN IMMIGRANT
00:06:34:00	00:06:35:00	MYSELF THOSE SIMPLE WORDS MEAN
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00:06:38:00	00:06:39:00	WHEN I CAME TO BOSTON TO BEGIN
00:06:39:00	00:06:42:00	MY PH.D., I DISCOVERED A CITY
00:06:42:00	00:06:42:00	WHERE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS
00:06:42:00	00:06:45:00	WHERE A NEW BEGINNINGS ARE NOT
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00:06:52:00	00:06:53:00	FOR MY 10TH ANNIVERSARY
00:06:53:00	00:06:53:00	OF PRIESTHOOD I EVEN RECEIVED
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00:06:59:00	00:07:00:00	SAY MADE MY GRANDMOTHER CRY
00:07:00:00	00:07:04:00	WALKING THROUGH THE STREETS
00:07:04:00	00:07:07:00	OF THESE BEAUTIFUL CITY ONE CAN
00:07:07:00	00:07:08:00	MEET WORLD RENOWNED SCIENTISTS
00:07:08:00	00:07:11:00	DOCTORS, RESEARCHERS AND
00:07:11:00	00:07:12:00	SCHOLARS PEOPLE SHAPING GLOBAL
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00:07:16:00	00:07:20:00	MANY COULD HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE
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00:07:20:00	00:07:24:00	BECAUSE THERE SOMETHING SPECIAL
00:07:24:00	00:07:28:00	HERE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS
00:07:28:00	00:07:29:00	CITY WHAT IT IS AND WE AT
00:07:29:00	00:07:32:00	EMMANUEL COLLEGE STRIVE TO BE
00:07:32:00	00:07:32:00	PART OF THIS GREAT ENDEAVOR
00:07:32:00	00:07:35:00	TODAY WE ARE PROUD TO BE AN
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00:07:39:00	00:07:42:00	IN FACT, THE ENERGY OF THE NEW
00:07:42:00	00:07:43:00	BOSTON THE INNOVATION, THE
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00:07:50:00	00:07:53:00	OF POSSIBILITY IT IS ALSO MADE
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00:07:54:00	00:07:58:00	LISTENING PATIENT PLEA TO OUR
00:07:58:00	00:07:58:00	CITY'S RESIDENTS, IMAGINING
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00:08:02:00	00:08:03:00	EVEN WHEN COMMON GROUND FEELS
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00:08:05:00	00:08:06:00	PERHAPS THIS IS THE HEART
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00:08:09:00	00:08:10:00	COMMUNION IN THE FACE OF THIS
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00:08:16:00	00:08:17:00	LEADERS CANNOT WALK TOGETHER.
00:08:17:00	00:08:21:00	HOW CAN THEIR PEOPLE YOU CARRY
00:08:21:00	00:08:24:00	THEM OUT ON YOUR SHOULDERS BUT
00:08:24:00	00:08:25:00	KNOW THIS MANY ARE PRAYING FOR
00:08:25:00	00:08:28:00	YOU DAILY.
00:08:28:00	00:08:28:00	I CERTAINLY AM AND MANY ARE
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00:08:32:00	00:08:35:00	WE LOVE.
00:08:35:00	00:08:35:00	LET US PRAY.
00:08:35:00	00:08:39:00	OH GOD OF NEW BEGINNINGS AS OUR
00:08:39:00	00:08:43:00	LEADERS GATHER TODAY POUR OUT
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00:08:50:00	00:08:54:00	LET THEM FEEL THE QUIET
00:08:54:00	00:08:55:00	STRENGTH OF THEIR PEOPLE THOSE
00:08:55:00	00:08:58:00	WHO HOPE WHO LABOR WHO PRAY.
00:08:58:00	00:09:02:00	MAY BOSTON CONTINUE TO BE A
00:09:02:00	00:09:05:00	CITY OF CHAMPIONS WHERE HEARTS
00:09:05:00	00:09:06:00	ARE OPEN AND HANDS ARE READY TO
00:09:06:00	00:09:08:00	DO GOOD HANDS ARE READY TO DO
00:09:08:00	00:09:08:00	GOOD.
00:09:08:00	00:09:11:00	AT EMMANUEL COLLEGE WE OFFER
00:09:11:00	00:09:12:00	OUR SUPPORT INSPIRED BY SAINT
00:09:12:00	00:09:15:00	JULIE BILLBOARD AND THE VISION
00:09:15:00	00:09:16:00	OF THE SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME
00:09:16:00	00:09:16:00	AND IN I'M YOUR.
00:09:16:00	00:09:19:00	WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER
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00:09:19:00	00:09:22:00	AND UPLIFT THE COMMON GOOD.
00:09:22:00	00:09:25:00	SO WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO
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00:09:30:00	00:09:30:00	PRACTICAL SKILLS BUT WHO ALSO
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00:09:37:00	00:09:38:00	LORD BLESS THE WORK BEFORE THE
00:09:38:00	00:09:41:00	CITY COUNCIL TODAY GIVE THEM
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00:09:45:00	00:09:45:00	OF HEART AND WISDOM IN DECISION
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00:09:45:00	00:09:49:00	MAY THEIR EFFORTS REFLECT THE
00:09:49:00	00:09:52:00	HOPES OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE
00:09:52:00	00:09:52:00	.
00:09:52:00	00:09:53:00	MAY THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR
00:09:53:00	00:09:56:00	BRING JUSTICE, PEACE AND
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00:09:56:00	00:10:00:00	AMEN.
00:10:00:00	00:10:01:00	ON BEHALF OF EMANUEL CALLING
00:10:01:00	00:10:01:00	AND OUR PRESIDENT BETH ROSE,
00:10:01:00	00:10:03:00	THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
00:10:03:00	00:10:04:00	TO BE HERE TODAY.
00:10:04:00	00:10:07:00	A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CITY
00:10:07:00	00:10:08:00	COUNCILOR SHARON DURKAN FOR THE
00:10:08:00	00:10:09:00	INVITATION AND THANK YOU AND
00:10:09:00	00:10:11:00	CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU
00:10:11:00	00:10:12:00	WHO PUT THEIR NAMES IN THE
00:10:12:00	00:10:15:00	BALLOT AND TOOK THE RISK TO
00:10:15:00	00:10:16:00	EXPOSE THEMSELVES AND ARE
00:10:16:00	00:10:19:00	SERVING OUR CITY EVERY DAY.
00:10:19:00	00:10:19:00	THANK YOU.
00:10:19:00	00:10:19:00	THANK YOU.
00:10:19:00	00:10:23:00	THAT'S IT.
00:10:23:00	00:10:25:00	WE WILL NOW RECITE THE FIVE
00:10:25:00	00:10:25:00	ALLEGIANCE.
00:10:25:00	00:10:29:00	I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:10:29:00	00:10:29:00	OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:10:29:00	00:10:32:00	AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
00:10:32:00	00:10:35:00	IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD
00:10:35:00	00:10:36:00	, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
00:10:36:00	00:10:39:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:10:39:00	00:10:43:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH,
00:10:43:00	00:10:44:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
00:10:44:00	00:10:44:00	THANK YOU.
00:10:44:00	00:10:44:00	GRACIAS, FATHER FEDERICO.
00:10:44:00	00:10:48:00	AND THANK YOU AND WELCOME AND
00:10:48:00	00:10:48:00	CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
00:10:48:00	00:10:48:00	PRESIDENT ROSSI.
00:10:48:00	00:10:51:00	THANK YOU.
00:10:51:00	00:10:51:00	OKAY.
00:10:51:00	00:10:54:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
00:10:54:00	00:10:54:00	PRESENTATIONS.
00:10:54:00	00:10:58:00	WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY
00:10:58:00	00:10:59:00	ONE BY COUNCILOR PEPEN
00:10:59:00	00:11:02:00	RECOGNIZING HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
00:11:02:00	00:11:03:00	AND THE OTHER BY
00:11:03:00	00:11:06:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY RECOGNIZING
00:11:06:00	00:11:07:00	ISAIAH MILLER COUNCILOR.
00:11:07:00	00:11:08:00	BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND
00:11:08:00	00:11:18:00	5 MINUTES.
00:11:18:00	00:11:23:00	THANK YOU.
00:11:23:00	00:11:29:00	PLEASE JOIN ME FOR STAGE TWO.
00:11:29:00	00:11:32:00	GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:11:32:00	00:11:33:00	TODAY I AM HONORED TO PRESENT
00:11:33:00	00:11:37:00	TO THE COUNCIL HEALTH CARE FOR
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00:11:39:00	00:11:39:00	40TH ANNIVERSARY.
00:11:39:00	00:11:40:00	HEALTH CARE FOR ALL IS THE
00:11:40:00	00:11:43:00	FOREMOST ORGANIZATION IN
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00:11:47:00	00:11:47:00	COVERAGE.
00:11:47:00	00:11:48:00	THEIR STATED VISION FOR
00:11:48:00	00:11:48:00	MASSACHUSETTS IS A
00:11:48:00	00:11:52:00	MASSACHUSETTS THAT'S IN WHICH
00:11:52:00	00:11:52:00	EVERYONE HAS EQUITABLE,
00:11:52:00	00:11:55:00	AFFORDABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE
00:11:55:00	00:11:56:00	CARE THAT THEY NEED TO BE
00:11:56:00	00:11:56:00	HEALTHY.
00:11:56:00	00:12:00:00	THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE VISION
00:12:00:00	00:12:00:00	AND ONE THAT I SHARE.
00:12:00:00	00:12:01:00	MANY CRITICS OF EXPANDING
00:12:01:00	00:12:03:00	HEALTH CARE ACCESS AT THE STATE
00:12:03:00	00:12:04:00	AND FEDERAL LEVELS REDUCE THE
00:12:04:00	00:12:07:00	IMPORTANT ADVOCACY WORK THAT
00:12:07:00	00:12:08:00	HEALTH CARE FOR ALL IS AS
00:12:08:00	00:12:08:00	IDEALISTIC.
00:12:08:00	00:12:11:00	BUT IN TIMES LIKE THIS WHEN THE
00:12:11:00	00:12:11:00	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THRIVING,
00:12:11:00	00:12:15:00	IT'S STRIVING TO REDUCE
00:12:15:00	00:12:15:00	COVERAGE AND ACCESS.
00:12:15:00	00:12:16:00	WE OUGHT TO BE STRIVING FOR
00:12:16:00	00:12:19:00	INCREASED COVERAGE AND ACCESS.
00:12:19:00	00:12:20:00	HEALTH CARE FOR ALL HAS
00:12:20:00	00:12:23:00	DEMONSTRATED THAT PEOPLE AND
00:12:23:00	00:12:24:00	GROUPS CAN MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE
00:12:24:00	00:12:27:00	CREATE BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES
00:12:27:00	00:12:27:00	FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND BUILD
00:12:27:00	00:12:31:00	TOWARD THIS IDEAL WORLD.
00:12:31:00	00:12:32:00	NOW MORE THAN EVER HEALTH CARE
00:12:32:00	00:12:35:00	FOR ALL AND WE CAN'T SAY THE
00:12:35:00	00:12:38:00	WORDS HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
00:12:38:00	00:12:39:00	WITHOUT HONORING ALSO THE
00:12:39:00	00:12:42:00	FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:12:42:00	00:12:46:00	ROBERT BOUCHER WHO HAS LEFT
00:12:46:00	00:12:50:00	SUCH AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY
00:12:50:00	00:12:53:00	WAS SOMEONE THAT ADVOCATED FOR
00:12:53:00	00:12:54:00	EVERYONE TO HAVE HEALTH
00:12:54:00	00:12:54:00	INSURANCE, ACCESS TO HEALTH IN
00:12:54:00	00:12:58:00	GENERAL AND DID SUCH AN AMAZING
00:12:58:00	00:12:58:00	JOB THAT THE MODEL OF HEALTH
00:12:58:00	00:13:01:00	CARE FOR ALL IN MASSACHUSETTS
00:13:01:00	00:13:05:00	WAS USED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:13:05:00	00:13:06:00	AND I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER
00:13:06:00	00:13:08:00	WE REALLY HAVE TO STAND WITH
00:13:08:00	00:13:09:00	ORGANIZATIONS AND ADVOCACY
00:13:09:00	00:13:10:00	GROUPS LIKE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
00:13:10:00	00:13:13:00	BECAUSE THEY ARE FIGHTING THE
00:13:13:00	00:13:13:00	FIGHT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:13:13:00	00:13:15:00	I WAS ABLE TO LEARN TODAY THAT
00:13:15:00	00:13:16:00	ON A YEARLY BASIS THEY TAKE
00:13:16:00	00:13:18:00	OVER 20,000 CALLS FROM ALL
00:13:18:00	00:13:22:00	RESIDENTS TRYING TO HELP THEM
00:13:22:00	00:13:23:00	GET HEALTH INSURANCE ACROSS OUR
00:13:23:00	00:13:26:00	STATE AND IT'S.
00:13:26:00	00:13:27:00	BUT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT
00:13:27:00	00:13:27:00	TO ALLOW THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE
00:13:27:00	00:13:30:00	DIRECTOR AMY ROSENTHAL TO SAY A
00:13:30:00	00:13:31:00	FEW WORDS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE
00:13:31:00	00:13:31:00	ONES ARE TRUE AND THE REAL
00:13:31:00	00:13:31:00	WORK.
00:13:31:00	00:13:34:00	SO AMY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:13:34:00	00:13:34:00	SO THANK YOU.
00:13:34:00	00:13:37:00	THANK YOU.
00:13:37:00	00:13:38:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
00:13:38:00	00:13:39:00	THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR AND FOR
00:13:39:00	00:13:39:00	RECOGNIZING US AND THANK YOU TO
00:13:39:00	00:13:41:00	ALL OF YOU.
00:13:41:00	00:13:42:00	I THINK THAT THIS REALLY MEANS
00:13:42:00	00:13:45:00	A LOT TO US THAT HEALTH CARE
00:13:45:00	00:13:46:00	FOR ALL BECAUSE WE WORK REALLY
00:13:46:00	00:13:48:00	HARD I MEAN VERY GROUNDED IN
00:13:48:00	00:13:49:00	THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK ABOUT
00:13:49:00	00:13:53:00	ALL OF YOU AND THE BOSTON CITY
00:13:53:00	00:13:53:00	COUNCIL.
00:13:53:00	00:13:56:00	EVERY TIME I THINK OF A
00:13:56:00	00:13:56:00	COUNCILOR IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW
00:13:56:00	00:13:57:00	CONNECTED YOU ARE WITH YOUR
00:13:57:00	00:14:00:00	NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW CONNECTED
00:14:00:00	00:14:01:00	YOU ARE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT
00:14:01:00	00:14:02:00	YOU SERVE AND THAT'S WHAT WE
00:14:02:00	00:14:04:00	STRIVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE DAY
00:14:04:00	00:14:05:00	WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
00:14:05:00	00:14:08:00	HEALTH CARE AND WE DO THIS WORK
00:14:08:00	00:14:08:00	IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
00:14:08:00	00:14:10:00	AS YOU JUST HEARD, WE TAKE OVER
00:14:10:00	00:14:11:00	20,000 CALLS A YEAR IN FIVE
00:14:11:00	00:14:11:00	LANGUAGES.
00:14:11:00	00:14:15:00	FEEL FREE TO SEND US ANY ANY
00:14:15:00	00:14:15:00	ANY CALLS THAT YOU HAVE.
00:14:15:00	00:14:18:00	BUT WE ALSO DO THIS IN
00:14:18:00	00:14:18:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY
00:14:18:00	00:14:19:00	BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY'RE
00:14:19:00	00:14:22:00	REALLY THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO.
00:14:22:00	00:14:23:00	AND I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A
00:14:23:00	00:14:26:00	SECOND TO NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE
00:14:26:00	00:14:27:00	OUR AMAZING STAFF BUT ALSO THE
00:14:27:00	00:14:30:00	COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS BASED IN
00:14:30:00	00:14:30:00	BOSTON THAT WE DO WORK WITH
00:14:30:00	00:14:31:00	BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM WE WOULD
00:14:31:00	00:14:34:00	BE NOT NEARLY AS SUCCESSFUL.
00:14:34:00	00:14:37:00	SO ACETONE AND ALPHA ASIAN
00:14:37:00	00:14:38:00	WOMEN FOR HEALTH.
00:14:38:00	00:14:38:00	BOSTON MISSIONARY BAPTIST
00:14:38:00	00:14:41:00	COMMUNITY CHURCH.
00:14:41:00	00:14:42:00	BRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROUP
00:14:42:00	00:14:45:00	BRAZILIAN WORKERS CENTER CENTER
00:14:45:00	00:14:45:00	TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT ORGANIZING
00:14:45:00	00:14:49:00	CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
00:14:49:00	00:14:49:00	.
00:14:49:00	00:14:49:00	IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES
00:14:49:00	00:14:49:00	INSTITUTE.
00:14:49:00	00:14:53:00	LALA HELEN ZIA IS HISPANIA NEXT
00:14:53:00	00:14:56:00	GEN NEXT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
00:14:56:00	00:14:57:00	RYAN WHITE PROGRAM AND THE TRUE
00:14:57:00	00:14:57:00	ALLIANCE CENTER.
00:14:57:00	00:15:01:00	AND THESE ARE ALL GROUPS THAT
00:15:01:00	00:15:01:00	MEAN SO MUCH TO US IN THE WORK
00:15:01:00	00:15:02:00	THAT WE DO.
00:15:02:00	00:15:04:00	SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BE
00:15:04:00	00:15:05:00	ANSWERING CALLS EVERY DAY
00:15:05:00	00:15:05:00	HELPING PEOPLE STAY COVERED.
00:15:05:00	00:15:08:00	WE'RE IN THE COMMUNITY RUNNING
00:15:08:00	00:15:11:00	BIG CAMPAIGNS TO TRY TO HELP
00:15:11:00	00:15:11:00	PEOPLE GET HEALTH INSURANCE AND
00:15:11:00	00:15:12:00	GET THE MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY
00:15:12:00	00:15:15:00	NEED.
00:15:15:00	00:15:16:00	AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON
00:15:16:00	00:15:16:00	POLICY WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:15:16:00	00:15:19:00	PEOPLE STAY COVERED AND THIS IS
00:15:19:00	00:15:20:00	GOING TO BE A A TRY IN FEW
00:15:20:00	00:15:21:00	YEARS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
00:15:21:00	00:15:23:00	BUT WE STAND WITH ALL OF YOU
00:15:23:00	00:15:23:00	AND STAND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT
00:15:23:00	00:15:26:00	YOU REPRESENT AND ARE EAGER TO
00:15:26:00	00:15:27:00	CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH YOU
00:15:27:00	00:15:27:00	ALL.
00:15:27:00	00:15:28:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THIS
00:15:28:00	00:15:28:00	RECOGNITION.
00:15:28:00	00:15:30:00	IT MEANS SO MUCH.
00:15:30:00	00:15:31:00	OUR STAFF IS REALLY AMAZING AND
00:15:31:00	00:15:32:00	WE APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION
00:15:32:00	00:15:33:00	.
00:15:33:00	00:15:37:00	SO THANK YOU.
00:15:37:00	00:15:40:00	AND THEN VERY QUICKLY, I JUST
00:15:40:00	00:15:41:00	WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO
00:15:41:00	00:15:42:00	HONOR THEM OFFICIALLY WITH AN
00:15:42:00	00:15:44:00	OFFICIAL RESOLUTION ON BEHALF
00:15:44:00	00:15:45:00	OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR
00:15:45:00	00:15:48:00	THE RESOLVE THAT THE BOSTON
00:15:48:00	00:15:49:00	CITY COUNCIL EXTENDED GRATITUDE
00:15:49:00	00:15:51:00	TO HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AND
00:15:51:00	00:15:52:00	RECOGNITION OF OVER 40 YEARS
00:15:52:00	00:15:53:00	ADVOCATING FOR HEALTH JUSTICE
00:15:53:00	00:15:53:00	IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:15:53:00	00:15:56:00	YOUR WORK ADDRESSING HEALTH
00:15:56:00	00:15:56:00	EQUITY, INCREASING AFFORDABLE
00:15:56:00	00:15:59:00	COVERAGE AND PASSING
00:15:59:00	00:15:59:00	LEGISLATION ON COMPREHENSIVE
00:15:59:00	00:16:00:00	CARE HAS SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES
00:16:00:00	00:16:03:00	ACROSS OUR STATE.
00:16:03:00	00:16:04:00	YOUR SERVICE HAS BEEN VITAL IN
00:16:04:00	00:16:06:00	MAKING OUR CITY AND STATE ONE
00:16:06:00	00:16:06:00	OF THE HEALTHIEST IN THE
00:16:06:00	00:16:07:00	COUNTRY TODAY AND TOMORROW.
00:16:07:00	00:16:14:00	CONGRATULATIONS AND MAY I
00:16:14:00	00:16:15:00	INVITE MY COLLEAGUES FOR A
00:16:15:00	00:16:20:00	QUICK PICTURE BECAUSE EVERYONE
00:16:20:00	00:16:23:00	HERE BELIEVES THAT THIS IS OUR
00:16:23:00	00:16:30:00	IS OUR CITY AND IT'S SOMETHING
00:16:30:00	00:16:38:00	WE CAN MOVE ON.
00:16:38:00	00:16:39:00	AND I GOT INTO THE PURSUIT I
00:16:39:00	00:16:40:00	JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DOING AS
00:16:40:00	00:16:42:00	YOU SAY.
00:16:42:00	00:16:43:00	YEAH, I WAS WE HAD A CALL
00:16:43:00	00:16:48:00	BEFORE.
00:16:48:00	00:16:48:00	OH YEAH.
00:16:48:00	00:16:52:00	I THINK THAT'S THE CHECK AND WE
00:16:52:00	00:16:54:00	GET OTHERWISE WE'RE HAPPY
00:16:54:00	00:17:05:00	YOU'RE HERE BUT I WAS AWESOME.
00:17:05:00	00:17:06:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:17:06:00	00:17:19:00	IF YOU GET THANK YOU.
00:17:19:00	00:17:19:00	THANK YOU.
00:17:19:00	00:17:19:00	THANK YOU.
00:17:19:00	00:17:21:00	THANK YOU.
00:17:21:00	00:17:22:00	THANK WELCOME.
00:17:22:00	00:17:35:00	I WANT TO THANK YOU.
00:17:35:00	00:17:43:00	THANK YOU.
00:17:43:00	00:17:43:00	THANK YOU.
00:17:43:00	00:17:43:00	THANK YOU.
00:17:43:00	00:17:46:00	TO COUCH PREPARED AND TO THANK
00:17:46:00	00:17:47:00	YOU FOR ALL AND THANK YOU FOR
00:17:47:00	00:17:49:00	THESE REALLY GREAT BRACELETS.
00:17:49:00	00:17:50:00	OKAY.
00:17:50:00	00:17:50:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR
00:17:50:00	00:17:51:00	NEXT QUESTION STATION WHICH IS
00:17:51:00	00:17:53:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY RECOGNIZING
00:17:53:00	00:18:15:00	ASIA MAILER OH, GOOD AFTERNOON,
00:18:15:00	00:18:15:00	EVERYONE.
00:18:15:00	00:18:22:00	I'M NOT SURE I KNOW SO WE ARE
00:18:22:00	00:18:26:00	HERE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE I
00:18:26:00	00:18:27:00	BELIEVE IS A TRUE CITY LEADER,
00:18:27:00	00:18:30:00	SOMEONE WHO SHOWS UP FOR HER
00:18:30:00	00:18:31:00	NEIGHBORHOOD, HER COMMUNITY FOR
00:18:31:00	00:18:35:00	HER RESIDENT VOICE AND TO ME IS
00:18:35:00	00:18:38:00	A TRUE FRIEND WHO YOU CAN
00:18:38:00	00:18:38:00	ALWAYS I WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST
00:18:38:00	00:18:41:00	ABOUT YOU AISHA IS YOU ALWAYS
00:18:41:00	00:18:42:00	TELL THE TRUTH SO KEEP PEOPLE
00:18:42:00	00:18:45:00	IN CHECK IF THEY NEED TO BE BUT
00:18:45:00	00:18:46:00	YOU'RE HONEST AND I THINK THAT
00:18:46:00	00:18:49:00	SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT HOW YOU
00:18:49:00	00:18:50:00	SHOW UP FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS.
00:18:50:00	00:18:52:00	SO WE WILL DO A LITTLE FORMAL
00:18:52:00	00:18:53:00	INVITATION TO AND I KNOW THAT
00:18:53:00	00:18:56:00	LAST WEEK THE SOUTH BOSTON
00:18:56:00	00:18:57:00	COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
00:18:57:00	00:18:57:00	RECOGNIZED AISHA AND I BELIEVED
00:18:57:00	00:19:00:00	IT WAS FOR ALL THE RIGHT
00:19:00:00	00:19:01:00	REASONS AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD
00:19:01:00	00:19:01:00	BE GREAT TO BRING YOU IN HERE
00:19:01:00	00:19:04:00	BECAUSE NOT ONLY SHOWING UP FOR
00:19:04:00	00:19:04:00	THEIR COMMUNITY, YOU ALSO SHOW
00:19:04:00	00:19:08:00	UP FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.
00:19:08:00	00:19:09:00	SO DR. AISHA MILLER CURRENTLY
00:19:09:00	00:19:11:00	SERVES AS VICE PRESIDENT
00:19:11:00	00:19:12:00	OF PERMITTING COMMUNITY AND
00:19:12:00	00:19:16:00	CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT AT RELATED
00:19:16:00	00:19:16:00	BIO.
00:19:16:00	00:19:19:00	SHE JOINED THE FIRM IN 2022 AND
00:19:19:00	00:19:19:00	SHE BRINGS A DEEP COMMITMENT TO
00:19:19:00	00:19:22:00	BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS DRIVEN
00:19:22:00	00:19:23:00	DEVELOPMENT IN BOSTON BEFORE
00:19:23:00	00:19:26:00	HER WORK AND MANY OF US KNOW
00:19:26:00	00:19:27:00	HER THAT SHE HELD LEADERSHIP
00:19:27:00	00:19:29:00	ROLES HERE IN THE CITY
00:19:29:00	00:19:30:00	OF BOSTON INCLUDING CHIEF
00:19:30:00	00:19:33:00	OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CABINET IN
00:19:33:00	00:19:34:00	ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR
00:19:34:00	00:19:37:00	CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND THOSE
00:19:37:00	00:19:38:00	CAPACITIES SHE HELPED OPEN UP
00:19:38:00	00:19:38:00	CITY GOVERNMENT STRENGTHEN
00:19:38:00	00:19:42:00	RESIDENT VOICES AND BUILD
00:19:42:00	00:19:42:00	DEEPER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CITY
00:19:42:00	00:19:45:00	AGENCIES AND THE COMMUNITIES
00:19:45:00	00:19:46:00	THAT SHE SERVED AS A LONGTIME
00:19:46:00	00:19:49:00	RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATE
00:19:49:00	00:19:50:00	IN MATTAPAN AND ACROSS BOSTON,
00:19:50:00	00:19:54:00	DR. MILLER HAS ALWAYS CENTERED
00:19:54:00	00:19:54:00	EQUITY NEIGHBORHOOD VOICE AND
00:19:54:00	00:19:57:00	INCLUSIVE GROWTH HER JOURNEY
00:19:57:00	00:19:58:00	FROM PROBATION OFFICER TO CITY
00:19:58:00	00:20:01:00	LEADER TO MAJOR DEVELOPER
00:20:01:00	00:20:02:00	PARTNER SHOWS HER PASSION FOR
00:20:02:00	00:20:05:00	BOLD SERVICE AND SMART
00:20:05:00	00:20:05:00	EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY.
00:20:05:00	00:20:09:00	IT'S WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT
00:20:09:00	00:20:10:00	MYSELF AND I KNOW
00:20:10:00	00:20:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN WILL SAY SOME
00:20:10:00	00:20:13:00	NICE WORDS ALSO THAT WILL BE
00:20:13:00	00:20:13:00	HONORED DR. MILLER TODAY FOR
00:20:13:00	00:20:14:00	HER OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, HER
00:20:14:00	00:20:17:00	UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR
00:20:17:00	00:20:18:00	CITIES, FAMILIES AND
00:20:18:00	00:20:18:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND HER
00:20:18:00	00:20:22:00	DEDICATION TO MAKING BOSTON A
00:20:22:00	00:20:22:00	PLACE WHERE ALL VOICES ARE
00:20:22:00	00:20:26:00	HEARD AND ALL COMMUNITIES ARE
00:20:26:00	00:20:26:00	LISTENED TO HERE IN THE CITY
00:20:26:00	00:20:27:00	OF BOSTON.
00:20:27:00	00:20:29:00	SO COUNCILOR FOR ME THANK YOU,
00:20:29:00	00:20:33:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY I AM HONORED
00:20:33:00	00:20:33:00	TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO
00:20:33:00	00:20:37:00	RECOGNIZE AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER
00:20:37:00	00:20:37:00	IN THIS CITY.
00:20:37:00	00:20:38:00	AND I GOT TO KNOW AISHA NOT
00:20:38:00	00:20:41:00	HERE AT CITY HALL BUT I GOT TO
00:20:41:00	00:20:42:00	KNOW HER AND BECAME FRIENDS
00:20:42:00	00:20:44:00	WITH HER WORKING IN THE
00:20:44:00	00:20:47:00	PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND I SAW
00:20:47:00	00:20:48:00	THE RESPECT THAT SHE TREATED
00:20:48:00	00:20:52:00	HER PROBATIONERS WITH AND WITH
00:20:52:00	00:20:53:00	AISHA IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT
00:20:53:00	00:20:56:00	GETTING PEOPLE INTO RECOVERY,
00:20:56:00	00:21:00:00	GETTING PEOPLE ACCESS TO MENTAL
00:21:00:00	00:21:00:00	HEALTH SERVICES, GETTING
00:21:00:00	00:21:04:00	GETTING PEOPLE ACCESS TO JOB
00:21:04:00	00:21:04:00	TRAINING.
00:21:04:00	00:21:08:00	AND I THINK OF AISHA AND IN THE
00:21:08:00	00:21:12:00	FEDERAL ROLE SHE HAD AND REALLY
00:21:12:00	00:21:13:00	SAVING SO MANY LIVES.
00:21:13:00	00:21:16:00	CERTAINLY WE THINK OF HER AS A
00:21:16:00	00:21:17:00	WONDERFUL EXECUTIVE HERE IN THE
00:21:17:00	00:21:20:00	CITY AND A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE
00:21:20:00	00:21:20:00	.
00:21:20:00	00:21:20:00	BUT I REALLY KNOW THE
00:21:20:00	00:21:21:00	INCREDIBLE WORK SHE DID PRIOR
00:21:21:00	00:21:24:00	TO THAT AND THAT WAS REALLY
00:21:24:00	00:21:24:00	SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES AND
00:21:24:00	00:21:27:00	GETTING PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT
00:21:27:00	00:21:28:00	TRACK AND SHE NEVER SHE NEVER
00:21:28:00	00:21:31:00	GAVE UP ON PEOPLE EVEN WHEN
00:21:31:00	00:21:32:00	PEOPLE WERE REALLY DOWN ON
00:21:32:00	00:21:32:00	THEIR LUCK.
00:21:32:00	00:21:35:00	AISHA WAS ALWAYS THERE GIVING
00:21:35:00	00:21:35:00	PEOPLE ANOTHER CHANCE.
00:21:35:00	00:21:36:00	SO I ALWAYS RESPECTED AND
00:21:36:00	00:21:39:00	ADMIRED HER FOR THAT AND PROUD
00:21:39:00	00:21:40:00	TO CALL HER A FRIEND AND
00:21:40:00	00:21:40:00	COLLEAGUE.
00:21:40:00	00:21:43:00	THANK YOU.
00:21:43:00	00:21:47:00	PLEASE A FEW WORDS YOU TAKE US
00:21:47:00	00:21:54:00	THAT CHURCH  HEAVE  IN A HEARTY
00:21:54:00	00:21:55:00	YELL THEY SWUNG A BEAM IN A
00:21:55:00	00:21:58:00	SIDEWALL FELL THEY ASKED THESE
00:21:58:00	00:21:58:00	PEOPLE ARE THESE MEN SKILLED
00:21:58:00	00:22:01:00	AND WOMEN SKILLED THE ONES YOU
00:22:01:00	00:22:05:00	WOULD HAVE TO BUILD THE FOREMAN
00:22:05:00	00:22:06:00	LAUGHTER WENT THROUGH THE CROWD
00:22:06:00	00:22:09:00	AND SAID HOW NO INDEED JUST
00:22:09:00	00:22:09:00	COMMON LABORERS ALL THAT I
00:22:09:00	00:22:10:00	NEED.
00:22:10:00	00:22:14:00	WHAT CAN I BUILD IN A DAY OR
00:22:14:00	00:22:20:00	TWO I CAN WRECK IN MINUTES AS A
00:22:20:00	00:22:21:00	WOMAN WHEN ON HER WAY SHE
00:22:21:00	00:22:22:00	THOUGHT TO HERSELF WHICH ROLE
00:22:22:00	00:22:24:00	IN MY TRYING TO PLAY?
00:22:24:00	00:22:27:00	AM I A BUILDER WHO BUILDS WITH
00:22:27:00	00:22:28:00	CARE MEASURING LIFE BY EVERY
00:22:28:00	00:22:32:00	RULE AND SQUARE OR AM I A
00:22:32:00	00:22:32:00	RECORD WHO WALKS THE TOWN
00:22:32:00	00:22:35:00	CONTENT WITH TEARING EVERYTHING
00:22:35:00	00:22:36:00	DOWN?
00:22:36:00	00:22:39:00	I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR
00:22:39:00	00:22:42:00	MURPHY COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR
00:22:42:00	00:22:43:00	ACKNOWLEDGING ME IN THIS WAY TO
00:22:43:00	00:22:46:00	MADAM PRESIDENT AND TO ALL
00:22:46:00	00:22:50:00	OF YOU HERE TODAY IN THIS
00:22:50:00	00:22:50:00	CHAMBER I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER
00:22:50:00	00:22:53:00	BEEN IN THE CHAMBER THIS WAY TO
00:22:53:00	00:22:53:00	BE HONORED.
00:22:53:00	00:22:54:00	I'M ALWAYS SITTING IN THE
00:22:54:00	00:22:57:00	AUDIENCE TAKING NOTES OR WHAT
00:22:57:00	00:22:58:00	HAVE YOU BUT I WANT TO SAY
00:22:58:00	00:23:01:00	CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
00:23:01:00	00:23:02:00	I'M A MATTAPAN GIRL THROUGH AND
00:23:02:00	00:23:05:00	THROUGH AND ANYONE THAT KNOWS
00:23:05:00	00:23:06:00	ME KNOWS THAT I'VE WORKED
00:23:06:00	00:23:09:00	MATTAPAN VERY HARD AND I TRY TO
00:23:09:00	00:23:12:00	MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE LOOK WHEN
00:23:12:00	00:23:13:00	THEY'RE LOOKING TO ME FOR HELP.
00:23:13:00	00:23:16:00	I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP MY
00:23:16:00	00:23:19:00	PHONE AND SAY SURE OF COURSE
00:23:19:00	00:23:23:00	WHAT CAN I DO?
00:23:23:00	00:23:23:00	GOVERNMENT IS BY THE PEOPLE FOR
00:23:23:00	00:23:27:00	THE PEOPLE AND WHEN YOUR HEART
00:23:27:00	00:23:28:00	IS NOT IN IT ANY MORE THAN IT'S
00:23:28:00	00:23:31:00	ULTIMATELY TIME FOR YOU TO MOVE
00:23:31:00	00:23:31:00	ON.
00:23:31:00	00:23:34:00	I WANT TO SAY ONE OF MY MENTORS
00:23:34:00	00:23:34:00	WAS IN THE AUDIENCE CHIEF DEON
00:23:34:00	00:23:37:00	IRISH AND SHE'S WILLIAMS THANK
00:23:37:00	00:23:40:00	YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND BEING
00:23:40:00	00:23:41:00	HERE WITH ME TODAY JOHN AND I
00:23:41:00	00:23:45:00	GO WAY, WAY BACK AND SO I JUST
00:23:45:00	00:23:49:00	WANT TO SAY TO YOU YOU WILL
00:23:49:00	00:23:53:00	ALWAYS YOU ALWAYS A GOOD FRIEND
00:23:53:00	00:23:53:00	AND ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND I
00:23:53:00	00:23:56:00	APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH
00:23:56:00	00:23:57:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE.
00:23:57:00	00:23:58:00	YOU AND I GO WAY BACK TO I
00:23:58:00	00:24:00:00	MEAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE £50 WAY
00:24:00:00	00:24:04:00	BACK TO AND WE WERE JOGGING
00:24:04:00	00:24:05:00	THROUGH THE STREETS AND
00:24:05:00	00:24:05:00	WHATNOT.
00:24:05:00	00:24:08:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
00:24:08:00	00:24:09:00	AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
00:24:09:00	00:24:11:00	RECOGNITION AND TO MY CITY
00:24:11:00	00:24:12:00	COUNCIL OF Y AND WORRELL
00:24:12:00	00:24:15:00	CONGRATULATE SIR.
00:24:15:00	00:24:17:00	THANK YOU.
00:24:17:00	00:24:21:00	OH YEAH.
00:24:21:00	00:24:25:00	BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ON
00:24:25:00	00:24:26:00	THAT'S FOR YOU NO STRANGER TO
00:24:26:00	00:25:04:00	THE THANK YOU WHICH IS A SOURCE
00:25:04:00	00:25:08:00	THAT JUST AFTER I LEAVE AFTER
00:25:08:00	00:25:13:00	MEGHAN MEGHAN FOR YOU THIS IS I
00:25:13:00	00:25:13:00	THINK THIS MIGHT BE FOR SOMEONE
00:25:13:00	00:25:14:00	IN CENTRAL STAFF WHO WAS UP
00:25:14:00	00:25:21:00	HERE WAS UP HERE.
00:25:21:00	00:25:27:00	I'LL CALL YOU AFTER YEAH, YEAH
00:25:27:00	00:25:31:00	IT WAS QUITE RIGHT.
00:25:31:00	00:25:31:00	CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO
00:25:31:00	00:25:36:00	MATTAPAN OWNED DR. AISHA
00:25:36:00	00:25:36:00	MILLER.
00:25:36:00	00:25:37:00	OKAY MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
00:25:37:00	00:25:39:00	UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD
00:25:39:00	00:25:40:00	RECORD TO REFLECT THAT
00:25:40:00	00:25:43:00	COUNSELORS IN CARLOTTA ZAPATA
00:25:43:00	00:25:47:00	MY HERE AND WEBER YES ARE NOW
00:25:47:00	00:25:47:00	PRESIDENT WITH THIS.
00:25:47:00	00:25:50:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:25:50:00	00:25:50:00	OKAY.
00:25:50:00	00:25:50:00	THANK YOU.
00:25:50:00	00:25:53:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST
00:25:53:00	00:25:54:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:25:54:00	00:25:54:00	APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
00:25:54:00	00:25:57:00	THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 29, 2026
00:25:57:00	00:25:57:00	.
00:25:57:00	00:25:58:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
00:25:58:00	00:26:01:00	I ALSO SAY NATE, I HAVE IT THE
00:26:01:00	00:26:01:00	MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 29TH
00:26:01:00	00:26:01:00	MEETING ARE APPROVED.
00:26:01:00	00:26:04:00	WE ARE WE ARE NOW ON TO
00:26:04:00	00:26:04:00	COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR
00:26:04:00	00:26:08:00	THE MAYOR MR. CLERK, COULD YOU
00:26:08:00	00:26:10:00	PLEASE READ A NUMBER 1951 DOC
00:26:10:00	00:26:11:00	NUMBER 1951 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT
00:26:11:00	00:26:14:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:26:14:00	00:26:16:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:26:16:00	00:26:17:00	OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:26:17:00	00:26:18:00	GRANT FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
00:26:18:00	00:26:20:00	INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE MASS
00:26:20:00	00:26:21:00	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
00:26:21:00	00:26:24:00	SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE
00:26:24:00	00:26:24:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:26:24:00	00:26:28:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:26:28:00	00:26:29:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CITY
00:26:29:00	00:26:29:00	OF BOSTON'S COMPREHENSIVE
00:26:29:00	00:26:33:00	STRATEGY AIMED AT REDUCING GUN
00:26:33:00	00:26:34:00	GANG AND YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE
00:26:34:00	00:26:36:00	CITY.
00:26:36:00	00:26:36:00	THANK YOU.
00:26:36:00	00:26:37:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1951 WILL BE
00:26:37:00	00:26:38:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:26:38:00	00:26:40:00	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
00:26:40:00	00:26:40:00	JUSTICE.
00:26:40:00	00:26:41:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE RE
00:26:41:00	00:26:45:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1952 DUCK NUMBER
00:26:45:00	00:26:45:00	195 TO MESSAGE YOU NOT
00:26:45:00	00:26:46:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:26:46:00	00:26:49:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
00:26:49:00	00:26:50:00	OF $25,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:26:50:00	00:26:53:00	GRANT FROM THE HARVARD PUBLIC
00:26:53:00	00:26:54:00	SERVICE FELLOW GRANT AWARDED BY
00:26:54:00	00:26:57:00	THE HARVARD CENTER FOR PUBLIC
00:26:57:00	00:26:57:00	SERVICE AND ENGAGEMENT TO BE
00:26:57:00	00:27:00:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S
00:27:00:00	00:27:00:00	OFFICE.
00:27:00:00	00:27:01:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE HARVARD
00:27:01:00	00:27:04:00	PUBLIC SERVICE, FILL A POSITION
00:27:04:00	00:27:05:00	IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:27:05:00	00:27:08:00	SUPPORTING INITIATE IS OWNED BY
00:27:08:00	00:27:08:00	THE PARTNERSHIP TEAM.
00:27:08:00	00:27:08:00	THANK YOU.
00:27:08:00	00:27:11:00	THIS DOCKET IS HALF OF THE
00:27:11:00	00:27:12:00	25,000.
00:27:12:00	00:27:15:00	ALL OF THIS HALF OF THE AMOUNT
00:27:15:00	00:27:16:00	PAID TO THE FELLOW IN THE CITY
00:27:16:00	00:27:19:00	PAYS THE OTHER HALF IT IS FOR
00:27:19:00	00:27:19:00	$25,000 FROM THE HARVARD PUBLIC
00:27:19:00	00:27:23:00	SERVANTS FELLOW FROM THE
00:27:23:00	00:27:24:00	HARVARD CENTER OF PUBLIC
00:27:24:00	00:27:24:00	SERVICE AND ENGAGEMENT.
00:27:24:00	00:27:27:00	I SEE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE
00:27:27:00	00:27:30:00	OF THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
00:27:30:00	00:27:31:00	1952 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
00:27:31:00	00:27:34:00	ALTHOUGH THE POST THEY MAY I
00:27:34:00	00:27:34:00	HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.
00:27:34:00	00:27:37:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:27:37:00	00:27:38:00	OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:27:38:00	00:27:41:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
00:27:41:00	00:27:42:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
00:27:42:00	00:27:44:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 195321957 TALK
00:27:44:00	00:27:48:00	NUMBER 1953 NOTICE OBVIOUSLY
00:27:48:00	00:27:48:00	RECEIVED FOR THE MAYOR THE
00:27:48:00	00:27:50:00	APPOINTMENT OF BETHANY MURPHY
00:27:50:00	00:27:51:00	AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
00:27:51:00	00:27:51:00	SCHOOL COMMITTEE NOMINATING
00:27:51:00	00:27:54:00	PANEL FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON
00:27:54:00	00:27:57:00	NOVEMBER 3RD, 2027 DUCK, DUCK
00:27:57:00	00:28:00:00	AND NUMBER 1954 NOTICE RECEIVED
00:28:00:00	00:28:02:00	FROM THE CITY CLERK IN
00:28:02:00	00:28:03:00	ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX
00:28:03:00	00:28:06:00	OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979
00:28:06:00	00:28:06:00	REGARDING AN ACTION TAKEN BY
00:28:06:00	00:28:07:00	THE MAYOR ON PAPER AS ACTED
00:28:07:00	00:28:10:00	UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS
00:28:10:00	00:28:13:00	MEETING OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2025
00:28:13:00	00:28:16:00	DUCK A NUMBER 1955 NOTICE
00:28:16:00	00:28:18:00	RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN
00:28:18:00	00:28:19:00	ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX
00:28:19:00	00:28:21:00	OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979
00:28:21:00	00:28:22:00	REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE
00:28:22:00	00:28:25:00	MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY
00:28:25:00	00:28:28:00	THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING
00:28:28:00	00:28:30:00	OF OCTOBER 22ND, 2025 DOCKET
00:28:30:00	00:28:33:00	NUMBER 1956 COMMUNICATION WAS
00:28:33:00	00:28:34:00	RECEIVED FROM THE COMMEMORATION
00:28:34:00	00:28:37:00	COMMISSION OF THE REPORT
00:28:37:00	00:28:37:00	ENTITLED COMMEMORATION
00:28:37:00	00:28:41:00	COMMISSION PROGRESS REPORT JULY
00:28:41:00	00:28:44:00	20TH 2025 AND DUCK NUMBER 1957
00:28:44:00	00:28:45:00	COMMUNICATION FROM
00:28:45:00	00:28:48:00	COUNCIL PLANNING REGARDING A
00:28:48:00	00:28:48:00	TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON
00:28:48:00	00:28:51:00	ZONING CODE AND COMMUNITY
00:28:51:00	00:28:51:00	PROCESS.
00:28:51:00	00:28:52:00	THANK YOU.
00:28:52:00	00:28:56:00	ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT NORMALLY
00:28:56:00	00:28:56:00	SPEAK ON COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL
00:28:56:00	00:28:57:00	AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
00:28:57:00	00:28:59:00	COMMUNICATION THANK YOU MADAM
00:28:59:00	00:28:59:00	CHAIR.
00:28:59:00	00:29:00:00	AT ONE MOMENT YOUR LIGHT IS NOT
00:29:00:00	00:29:01:00	YET ON MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
00:29:01:00	00:29:03:00	PLEASE PUT 2 MINUTES ON CAMERA?
00:29:03:00	00:29:06:00	FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND 2
00:29:06:00	00:29:06:00	MINUTES.
00:29:06:00	00:29:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:29:07:00	00:29:11:00	I WROTE ANOTHER LETTER TO CHIEF
00:29:11:00	00:29:11:00	SHAN IN MAY A WILL REGARDING MY
00:29:11:00	00:29:13:00	PROPOSED TAX AMENDMENT TO THE
00:29:13:00	00:29:14:00	BOSTON ZONING CODE.
00:29:14:00	00:29:15:00	AGAIN THIS WAS RELATED TO
00:29:15:00	00:29:17:00	HAVING A THOROUGH COMMUNITY
00:29:17:00	00:29:18:00	PROCESS FOR ALL ESTABLISHMENTS
00:29:18:00	00:29:21:00	INCLUDING ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
00:29:21:00	00:29:22:00	IN THE AREA OF CHINATOWN DOWN
00:29:22:00	00:29:26:00	DOWNTOWN BOSTON IN THE BAY
00:29:26:00	00:29:26:00	VILLAGE.
00:29:26:00	00:29:29:00	MY PROPOSAL WOULD ESSENTIALLY
00:29:29:00	00:29:29:00	CHANGE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT FROM
00:29:29:00	00:29:33:00	AN AVOWED USE TO A CONDITIONAL
00:29:33:00	00:29:33:00	USE AND MAKE IT A PUBLIC
00:29:33:00	00:29:34:00	PROCESS.
00:29:34:00	00:29:37:00	IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE PEOPLE
00:29:37:00	00:29:38:00	OF CHINATOWN AND COMMUNITIES
00:29:38:00	00:29:40:00	OF COLOR ARE TREATED WITH
00:29:40:00	00:29:41:00	RESPECT THAT THEY RECEIVE A
00:29:41:00	00:29:44:00	THOROUGH COMMUNITY PROCESS AND
00:29:44:00	00:29:45:00	A VOICE IN WHAT TAKES PLACE IN
00:29:45:00	00:29:45:00	THE COMMUNITY.
00:29:45:00	00:29:48:00	I AGAIN AND RESPECTFULLY ASKING
00:29:48:00	00:29:49:00	THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR
00:29:49:00	00:29:52:00	THEIR HELP AND EXPERTISE SINCE
00:29:52:00	00:29:53:00	WE HAD A CASE IN JUNE THAT
00:29:53:00	00:29:56:00	REQUIRED NO COMMUNITY PROCESS.
00:29:56:00	00:29:57:00	I SPOKE WITH CONCERNED
00:29:57:00	00:29:57:00	RESIDENTS IN CHINATOWN
00:29:57:00	00:30:00:00	ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST
00:30:00:00	00:30:00:00	SEVERAL WEEKS.
00:30:00:00	00:30:01:00	THEY EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERNS
00:30:01:00	00:30:04:00	REGARDING A LACK OF COMMUNITY
00:30:04:00	00:30:04:00	PROCESS FOR LOCATING ADULT
00:30:04:00	00:30:08:00	ENTERTAINMENT IN THE
00:30:08:00	00:30:08:00	NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:30:08:00	00:30:09:00	I TALKED AT LENGTH TO RUTH MOY
00:30:09:00	00:30:11:00	WHO WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, A
00:30:11:00	00:30:11:00	DEDICATED COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.
00:30:11:00	00:30:14:00	SHE IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON ALL
00:30:14:00	00:30:18:00	OF US RIGHTFULLY SO TO SUPPORT
00:30:18:00	00:30:18:00	THE RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN.
00:30:18:00	00:30:21:00	I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO MY
00:30:21:00	00:30:22:00	COLLEAGUES AND THOSE WATCHING
00:30:22:00	00:30:23:00	AT HOME A RECENT REPORT IN THE
00:30:23:00	00:30:25:00	BOSTON GLOBE WHERE PROMINENT
00:30:25:00	00:30:26:00	LEADERS FROM THE CHINESE
00:30:26:00	00:30:29:00	PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
00:30:29:00	00:30:29:00	EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN ON THE
00:30:29:00	00:30:30:00	RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY
00:30:30:00	00:30:32:00	PROCESS AS WELL.
00:30:32:00	00:30:33:00	IN MY OPINION THOSE THAT KNOW
00:30:33:00	00:30:37:00	THE HISTORY OF BOSTON AND OUR
00:30:37:00	00:30:40:00	LARGE CHINATOWN AS FAR AS THEY
00:30:40:00	00:30:40:00	KNOW THAT THIS TAX AMENDMENT
00:30:40:00	00:30:41:00	SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED
00:30:41:00	00:30:44:00	DECADES AGO WITH ONGOING
00:30:44:00	00:30:45:00	CONCERNS IN DOWNTOWN BAY
00:30:45:00	00:30:48:00	VILLAGE, CHINATOWN REGARDING
00:30:48:00	00:30:48:00	PUBLIC PROCESS, PUBLIC SAFETY,
00:30:48:00	00:30:49:00	QUALITY OF LIFE FROM
00:30:49:00	00:30:52:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESIDENTS,
00:30:52:00	00:30:53:00	IT'S CRITICAL THAT ALL
00:30:53:00	00:30:55:00	ESTABLISHMENTS GO THROUGH A
00:30:55:00	00:30:56:00	FULL COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR
00:30:56:00	00:30:59:00	ZONING MOVING FORWARD.
00:30:59:00	00:31:00:00	I BELIEVE THAT MY CONSTITUENTS
00:31:00:00	00:31:03:00	IN CHINATOWN DOWNTOWN BOSTON
00:31:03:00	00:31:04:00	AND THE BAY VILLAGE DESERVE A
00:31:04:00	00:31:07:00	VOICE IN WHAT TAKES ONE TAKES
00:31:07:00	00:31:07:00	PLACE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
00:31:07:00	00:31:10:00	IT'S ABOUT RESPECT.
00:31:10:00	00:31:10:00	THANK YOU.
00:31:10:00	00:31:11:00	THANK YOU.
00:31:11:00	00:31:13:00	DOC IS NUMBER 195321957 WILL BE
00:31:13:00	00:31:17:00	PLACED ON FILE WE ARE NOW ON TO
00:31:17:00	00:31:18:00	REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
00:31:18:00	00:31:20:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:31:20:00	00:31:22:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1434 DOC NUMBER
00:31:22:00	00:31:23:00	1434 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
00:31:23:00	00:31:23:00	OPERATIONS TO WHICH IT WAS
00:31:23:00	00:31:27:00	REFERRED ON AUGUST SIX, 2025 DO
00:31:27:00	00:31:29:00	I CAN NUMBER 1434 ORDINANCE
00:31:29:00	00:31:29:00	CODIFYING THE OFFICE OF YOUTH
00:31:29:00	00:31:33:00	ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT
00:31:33:00	00:31:33:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:31:33:00	00:31:37:00	THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS
00:31:37:00	00:31:37:00	IN A NEW DRAFT.
00:31:37:00	00:31:37:00	THANK YOU.
00:31:37:00	00:31:38:00	THE CHAIR OF THE UNITED THE
00:31:38:00	00:31:41:00	COMMITTEE THE CHAIR OF THE
00:31:41:00	00:31:41:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
00:31:41:00	00:31:42:00	OPERATIONS COUNTER COLETTE
00:31:42:00	00:31:44:00	ZAPATA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO
00:31:44:00	00:31:47:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:31:47:00	00:31:48:00	THIS ORDINANCE WAS ORIGINALLY
00:31:48:00	00:31:51:00	SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS HENRY
00:31:51:00	00:31:52:00	SANTANA, JOHN FITZGERALD AND
00:31:52:00	00:31:52:00	BENJAMIN WEBER AND LOOK FORWARD
00:31:52:00	00:31:55:00	TO PASSING THE MIC OVER TO THEM
00:31:55:00	00:31:56:00	SO THEY CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THE
00:31:56:00	00:31:56:00	INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY'VE
00:31:56:00	00:31:58:00	DONE LEADING UP TO THIS POINT.
00:31:58:00	00:31:59:00	THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD
00:31:59:00	00:32:00:00	CODIFY THE OFFICE OF YOUTH
00:32:00:00	00:32:02:00	ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT
00:32:02:00	00:32:03:00	OTHERWISE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OH
00:32:03:00	00:32:06:00	YEAH AND THE CITY OF BOSTON TO
00:32:06:00	00:32:06:00	TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON
00:32:06:00	00:32:09:00	PASSAGE AND APPROVAL BY THEIR
00:32:09:00	00:32:10:00	WE HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY
00:32:10:00	00:32:13:00	OCTOBER 27TH, 2025 TO DISCUSS
00:32:13:00	00:32:13:00	THIS DOCKET.
00:32:13:00	00:32:14:00	THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY
00:32:14:00	00:32:16:00	FROM PANELISTS WHICH INCLUDED
00:32:16:00	00:32:17:00	ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVES
00:32:17:00	00:32:20:00	INCLUDING JOSE MASSO, CHIEF
00:32:20:00	00:32:21:00	OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
00:32:21:00	00:32:24:00	AND PEDRO CRUZ WHO IS THE
00:32:24:00	00:32:25:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OIRA AS
00:32:25:00	00:32:27:00	WELL AS COMMUNITY LEADERS
00:32:27:00	00:32:28:00	MICHAEL DOWNING FROM CAREER
00:32:28:00	00:32:29:00	PATHWAYS COACH WHO IS A CAREER
00:32:29:00	00:32:32:00	PATHWAYS COACH AT YOUTH
00:32:32:00	00:32:32:00	GUIDANCE BOSTON.
00:32:32:00	00:32:35:00	CAMILA ROJAS PINERO PROVIDING
00:32:35:00	00:32:36:00	TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF BEAT THE
00:32:36:00	00:32:39:00	ODDS AND CAROLINE MOSCATO
00:32:39:00	00:32:42:00	PROVIDING TESTIMONY ON BEHALF
00:32:42:00	00:32:43:00	OF THE SOCCER UNITY PROJECT.
00:32:43:00	00:32:43:00	THE ADMINISTRATION TESTIFIED
00:32:43:00	00:32:47:00	THAT OH YEAH IT WAS CREATED IN
00:32:47:00	00:32:48:00	2022 AS AN EFFORT TO UNIFY AND
00:32:48:00	00:32:50:00	EXPAND THE CITY'S ENGAGEMENT
00:32:50:00	00:32:54:00	OF YOUTH RESIDENTS AGED 14 TO
00:32:54:00	00:32:54:00	25 THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE
00:32:54:00	00:32:57:00	MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL YOUTH
00:32:57:00	00:32:57:00	LEAVE THE CHANGE YOUTH SUMMIT
00:32:57:00	00:33:01:00	YOUTH LINE, BOSTON AFTER DARK
00:33:01:00	00:33:01:00	AND YOUTH SPEAKS BOSTON IT WAS
00:33:01:00	00:33:03:00	EXPLAINED THAT THE OFFICE
00:33:03:00	00:33:04:00	EMPLOYS 11 STAFF COORDINATES A
00:33:04:00	00:33:07:00	NETWORK OF MORE THAN 1900 YOUTH
00:33:07:00	00:33:07:00	SERVING PROFESSIONALS AND
00:33:07:00	00:33:11:00	PROVIDES PROFESSIONALS
00:33:11:00	00:33:11:00	DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIP
00:33:11:00	00:33:11:00	SUPPORT ACROSS AGENCIES.
00:33:11:00	00:33:14:00	THE ADMINISTRATIONS TESTIMONY
00:33:14:00	00:33:15:00	EMPHASIZED THAT CODIFYING THE
00:33:15:00	00:33:18:00	OFFICE WOULD ENSURE CONTINUITY
00:33:18:00	00:33:19:00	BEYOND ANY SINGLE
00:33:19:00	00:33:22:00	ADMINISTRATION AND REAFFIRMING
00:33:22:00	00:33:22:00	BOSTON'S LONG TERM COMMITMENT
00:33:22:00	00:33:23:00	TO YOUTH LEADERSHIP, SAFETY AND
00:33:23:00	00:33:25:00	OPPORTUNITY.
00:33:25:00	00:33:26:00	DURING THE HEARING QUESTIONS
00:33:26:00	00:33:27:00	CENTERED ON HOW THE OFFICE
00:33:27:00	00:33:30:00	WOULD ENSURE EQUITABLE SERVICE
00:33:30:00	00:33:30:00	DELIVERY ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS
00:33:30:00	00:33:31:00	AND AGE GROUPS AND HOW THE
00:33:31:00	00:33:34:00	OFFICE OPERATES UNDER ITS
00:33:34:00	00:33:34:00	CURRENT BUDGET.
00:33:34:00	00:33:35:00	THE ADMINISTRATION STATED THAT
00:33:35:00	00:33:37:00	WHILE PROGRAMING EFFECTIVELY
00:33:37:00	00:33:38:00	REACHES YOUNGER PARTICIPANTS A
00:33:38:00	00:33:41:00	PRIORITY MOVING FORWARD IS TO
00:33:41:00	00:33:41:00	EXPAND OFFERINGS TO RESIDENTS.
00:33:41:00	00:33:45:00	19 THROUGH 25 WHO OFTEN NEED
00:33:45:00	00:33:48:00	CONTINUED MENTORSHIP, CAREER
00:33:48:00	00:33:48:00	DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIC
00:33:48:00	00:33:51:00	ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND
00:33:51:00	00:33:52:00	HIGH SCHOOL IN RESPONSE TO
00:33:52:00	00:33:56:00	CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT LIMITED
00:33:56:00	00:33:57:00	ACCESS TO PROGRAMING IN
00:33:57:00	00:33:57:00	NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE ALLSTON
00:33:57:00	00:33:58:00	BRIGHTON, I WANT TO THANK MY
00:33:58:00	00:33:59:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT
00:33:59:00	00:34:00:00	NINE FOR RAISING THAT ISSUE THE
00:34:00:00	00:34:03:00	ADMINISTRATION DESCRIBED
00:34:03:00	00:34:04:00	ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
00:34:04:00	00:34:07:00	CYF, THE YMCA AND WEST END
00:34:07:00	00:34:07:00	HOUSE TO EXPAND SERVICES
00:34:07:00	00:34:08:00	PARTICULARLY THROUGH BOSTON
00:34:08:00	00:34:11:00	AFTER DARK INITIATIVE WITH
00:34:11:00	00:34:11:00	RESPECT TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
00:34:11:00	00:34:14:00	OFFICE BUDGET, THE
00:34:14:00	00:34:15:00	ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED THAT
00:34:15:00	00:34:15:00	THE OFFICE'S OPERATING BUDGET
00:34:15:00	00:34:18:00	HAS BEEN ADEQUATE TO SUSTAIN
00:34:18:00	00:34:19:00	STAFFING AND PROGRAM OPERATIONS
00:34:19:00	00:34:22:00	AND IS SUPPLEMENTED THROUGH
00:34:22:00	00:34:22:00	EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS AND
00:34:22:00	00:34:23:00	GRANTS AND GRANT FUNDING THAT
00:34:23:00	00:34:26:00	ALLOWED THE OFFICE TO EXPAND
00:34:26:00	00:34:26:00	ITS REACH.
00:34:26:00	00:34:29:00	THERE'S A SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS
00:34:29:00	00:34:30:00	TO THE ORIGINAL DOCKET THAT WAS
00:34:30:00	00:34:30:00	FILED WITH A SIGNIFICANT
00:34:30:00	00:34:33:00	PORTION OF CHANGES HAPPENING
00:34:33:00	00:34:34:00	UNDER POWERS AND DUTIES.
00:34:34:00	00:34:37:00	WE LEARNED FROM THE INCREDIBLE
00:34:37:00	00:34:38:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PEDRO CRUZ
00:34:38:00	00:34:41:00	ABOUT HOW JUST HOW MUCH THIS
00:34:41:00	00:34:42:00	OFFICE HAS EXPANDED UNDER HIS
00:34:42:00	00:34:45:00	LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST TWO
00:34:45:00	00:34:45:00	YEARS AND WE HAD GOTTEN INTO
00:34:45:00	00:34:49:00	SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW OR WHICH
00:34:49:00	00:34:52:00	PROGRAMS THAT THEY DO CURRENTLY
00:34:52:00	00:34:52:00	OR ADMINISTER CURRENTLY AND WE
00:34:52:00	00:34:56:00	DID NOT WANT TO GET SPECIFIC IN
00:34:56:00	00:34:57:00	THE EVENT THAT ONE PROGRAM IS
00:34:57:00	00:35:00:00	IS EVOLVING OR WILL EVOLVE OR
00:35:00:00	00:35:04:00	THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO EXPAND
00:35:04:00	00:35:04:00	BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXPANDED SO
00:35:04:00	00:35:05:00	MUCH IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
00:35:05:00	00:35:08:00	SO WE DID A BULK OF THE CHANGES
00:35:08:00	00:35:12:00	IN THAT SECTION BUT ULTIMATELY
00:35:12:00	00:35:12:00	THE THE MISSION REMAINS THE
00:35:12:00	00:35:13:00	SAME WHICH IS TO CODIFY THIS
00:35:13:00	00:35:16:00	OFFICE AND LAW SO THAT THE
00:35:16:00	00:35:20:00	PRIORITY DOES NOT CHANGE DURING
00:35:20:00	00:35:20:00	DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS.
00:35:20:00	00:35:23:00	AND SO AS THE CHAIR OF THE
00:35:23:00	00:35:24:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
00:35:24:00	00:35:24:00	OPERATIONS AT MY TIME MY
00:35:24:00	00:35:27:00	RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
00:35:27:00	00:35:28:00	COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER
00:35:28:00	00:35:29:00	OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT
00:35:29:00	00:35:31:00	AND I WOULD LOVE TO PASS IT
00:35:31:00	00:35:32:00	OVER TO THE LEAD SPONSOR
00:35:32:00	00:35:32:00	COUNCILOR AT LARGE HENRY
00:35:32:00	00:35:34:00	SANTANA.
00:35:34:00	00:35:35:00	THANK YOU.
00:35:35:00	00:35:35:00	THANK YOU.
00:35:35:00	00:35:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
00:35:35:00	00:35:38:00	SANTANA ON THE FLOOR.
00:35:38:00	00:35:38:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:35:38:00	00:35:41:00	AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE
00:35:41:00	00:35:42:00	CHAIR, COUNCILOR CLINTON
00:35:42:00	00:35:45:00	SUPPORTER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
00:35:45:00	00:35:46:00	IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD SINCE
00:35:46:00	00:35:49:00	OH YEAH WAS ESTABLISHED TWO
00:35:49:00	00:35:50:00	YEARS AGO, IT'S BEEN A PIVOTAL
00:35:50:00	00:35:51:00	IN ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR
00:35:51:00	00:35:53:00	YOUTH.
00:35:53:00	00:35:53:00	OH YES.
00:35:53:00	00:35:54:00	COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING
00:35:54:00	00:35:56:00	BOSTON'S YOUTH, ENGAGING THEM
00:35:56:00	00:35:57:00	IN CITYWIDE POLICY ISSUES AND
00:35:57:00	00:35:57:00	CONNECTING THEM WITH
00:35:57:00	00:36:01:00	OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES HAS
00:36:01:00	00:36:01:00	BEEN INVALUABLE IN ENSURING
00:36:01:00	00:36:04:00	THAT BOSTON AND THE CITY
00:36:04:00	00:36:04:00	WELCOMING FOR ALL.
00:36:04:00	00:36:05:00	THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT FURTHER
00:36:05:00	00:36:09:00	SHOWS THAT CODIFYING OH YES IS
00:36:09:00	00:36:09:00	NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT OUR
00:36:09:00	00:36:12:00	YOUTH HAVE LONG TERM ACCESS TO
00:36:12:00	00:36:13:00	IMPORTANT RESOURCES.
00:36:13:00	00:36:16:00	OH YEAH IT'S ALREADY A PART
00:36:16:00	00:36:16:00	OF OUR CITY'S FABRIC AND IT'S
00:36:16:00	00:36:17:00	IMPORTANT WE MAKE IT A PART
00:36:17:00	00:36:20:00	OF THE CITY'S CODE AS WELL
00:36:20:00	00:36:20:00	CODIFYING OH YEAH.
00:36:20:00	00:36:21:00	AS AN ESSENTIAL AND VISIONARY
00:36:21:00	00:36:23:00	STEP IN REAFFIRMING BOSTON'S
00:36:23:00	00:36:24:00	UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO
00:36:24:00	00:36:27:00	SUPPORTING ALL OF ITS YOUTH, I
00:36:27:00	00:36:30:00	WANT TO SINCERELY THANK
00:36:30:00	00:36:31:00	SANTANA'S YOUTH FORCE, MY
00:36:31:00	00:36:35:00	CITYWIDE YOUTH COUNCIL FOR
00:36:35:00	00:36:35:00	THEIR REMARKABLE DEDICATION,
00:36:35:00	00:36:36:00	PASSION AND LEADERSHIP IN
00:36:36:00	00:36:38:00	DRAFTING THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL
00:36:38:00	00:36:42:00	FOR THEIR COURAGE INTENSIFYING
00:36:42:00	00:36:43:00	AT THE HEARING THEIR VOICES
00:36:43:00	00:36:43:00	EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF INCLUSION
00:36:43:00	00:36:47:00	AND COMMUNITY THAT WE MUST
00:36:47:00	00:36:47:00	PRIORITIZE.
00:36:47:00	00:36:48:00	I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS
00:36:48:00	00:36:50:00	ORDINANCE AND STRONGLY
00:36:50:00	00:36:51:00	ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO
00:36:51:00	00:36:54:00	THE SAME AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO
00:36:54:00	00:36:54:00	BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE,
00:36:54:00	00:36:57:00	EQUITABLE AND VIBRANT BOSTON
00:36:57:00	00:36:58:00	FOR EVERYONE AND ALL OF OUR
00:36:58:00	00:36:58:00	YOUTH.
00:36:58:00	00:36:59:00	AND I ALSO REALLY WANT TO THANK
00:36:59:00	00:37:01:00	MY CO-SPONSORS FOR THEIR
00:37:01:00	00:37:02:00	LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
00:37:02:00	00:37:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:37:02:00	00:37:05:00	THANK YOU.
00:37:05:00	00:37:06:00	IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK
00:37:06:00	00:37:06:00	ON THIS MATTER?
00:37:06:00	00:37:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:37:07:00	00:37:08:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE
00:37:08:00	00:37:09:00	FLOOR.
00:37:09:00	00:37:09:00	OKAY.
00:37:09:00	00:37:09:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:37:09:00	00:37:13:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO
00:37:13:00	00:37:16:00	THANK COUNCILOR SANTANA AND
00:37:16:00	00:37:17:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR FOR
00:37:17:00	00:37:17:00	ALLOWING ME TO JOIN THIS AS A
00:37:17:00	00:37:18:00	AS A THIRD.
00:37:18:00	00:37:20:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU
00:37:20:00	00:37:23:00	KNOW, THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING
00:37:23:00	00:37:24:00	SUPPORT OUR KIDS.
00:37:24:00	00:37:27:00	YOU KNOW, IN DISTRICT SIX, YOU
00:37:27:00	00:37:27:00	KNOW, WE HAVE WHOLE GROUPS
00:37:27:00	00:37:30:00	OF KIDS WHO ARE LEFT WITHOUT,
00:37:30:00	00:37:33:00	YOU KNOW, MENTORS AND FULL TIME
00:37:33:00	00:37:34:00	KIND OF PROGRAMING AND PEOPLE
00:37:34:00	00:37:35:00	WHO ARE LOOKING AFTER THEM.
00:37:35:00	00:37:37:00	SO CODIFYING THIS OFFICE WILL
00:37:37:00	00:37:41:00	HELP SUPPORT KIDS OF ALL ACROSS
00:37:41:00	00:37:41:00	THE CITY.
00:37:41:00	00:37:42:00	SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO
00:37:42:00	00:37:43:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR PUSHING
00:37:43:00	00:37:45:00	THIS AND I HOPE WE PASS IT
00:37:45:00	00:37:45:00	TODAY.
00:37:45:00	00:37:46:00	THANK YOU.
00:37:46:00	00:37:49:00	THANK YOU.
00:37:49:00	00:37:49:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:37:49:00	00:37:50:00	COUNCILMAN JODY ON THE FLOOR.
00:37:50:00	00:37:51:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:37:51:00	00:37:53:00	I THINK ONE COOL THING AT THAT
00:37:53:00	00:37:53:00	HEARING WE ALL LEARNED AND I'VE
00:37:53:00	00:37:55:00	SAID THIS BEFORE IS HOW WE
00:37:55:00	00:37:56:00	REALIZED EACH OF US THAT WERE
00:37:56:00	00:37:57:00	THERE, HOW WE WERE ALL ENGAGED
00:37:57:00	00:38:00:00	IN OUR YOUTH, WHETHER IT WAS
00:38:00:00	00:38:03:00	THROUGH RED SHIRTS PROGRAM OR
00:38:03:00	00:38:04:00	MYSELF WAS ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH
00:38:04:00	00:38:04:00	COUNCIL AND NOW ON THE CITY
00:38:04:00	00:38:04:00	COUNCIL.
00:38:04:00	00:38:08:00	IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE ENGAGED IN
00:38:08:00	00:38:08:00	OUR YOUTH THAT WE ARE ENGAGED
00:38:08:00	00:38:09:00	IN OUR ADULT LIFE AND WE KNOW
00:38:09:00	00:38:11:00	HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND WE
00:38:11:00	00:38:12:00	WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE
00:38:12:00	00:38:14:00	ENGAGED IN THEIR POLITICAL
00:38:14:00	00:38:15:00	ADULT LIFE.
00:38:15:00	00:38:15:00	BUT I JUST THINK IT JUST GOES
00:38:15:00	00:38:19:00	TO SHOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS,
00:38:19:00	00:38:19:00	THE PROGRAMS THEY HAVE AND HOW
00:38:19:00	00:38:20:00	IT REACHES IN MOLDS.
00:38:20:00	00:38:22:00	OUR NEXT LEADERS OF THE CITY IN
00:38:22:00	00:38:23:00	YEARS TO COME.
00:38:23:00	00:38:23:00	SO MUCH APPRECIATE AND THANK
00:38:23:00	00:38:26:00	YOU TO PEDRO AND LINDSAY FOR
00:38:26:00	00:38:27:00	ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
00:38:27:00	00:38:27:00	OKAY.
00:38:27:00	00:38:28:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
00:38:28:00	00:38:30:00	ON THIS MATTER?
00:38:30:00	00:38:33:00	COUNSELORS, COUNSELOR COLETTA
00:38:33:00	00:38:34:00	ZAPATA, THE CHAIR OF THE
00:38:34:00	00:38:35:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
00:38:35:00	00:38:38:00	OPERATIONS, SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
00:38:38:00	00:38:39:00	OF THE MCKAY COMMITTEE REPORT
00:38:39:00	00:38:41:00	AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER
00:38:41:00	00:38:41:00	1434 IN A NEW DRAFT.
00:38:41:00	00:38:45:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I.
00:38:45:00	00:38:46:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:38:46:00	00:38:48:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
00:38:48:00	00:38:51:00	CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A ONE
00:38:51:00	00:38:52:00	FOR THREE FOR COUNCIL BREADON?
00:38:52:00	00:38:52:00	YES.
00:38:52:00	00:38:52:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
00:38:52:00	00:38:53:00	YES.
00:38:53:00	00:38:57:00	COUNCIL COLETTE AS A PARTY
00:38:57:00	00:38:57:00	COUNCILOR.
00:38:57:00	00:38:57:00	KELLY AS A PARTY, YES.
00:38:57:00	00:38:59:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
00:38:59:00	00:38:59:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
00:38:59:00	00:38:59:00	YES.
00:38:59:00	00:39:00:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:39:00:00	00:39:02:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:39:02:00	00:39:03:00	YES.
00:39:03:00	00:39:03:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:39:03:00	00:39:03:00	YES.
00:39:03:00	00:39:04:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:39:04:00	00:39:04:00	YES.
00:39:04:00	00:39:06:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE?
00:39:06:00	00:39:07:00	YES.
00:39:07:00	00:39:07:00	SO THE REASON.
00:39:07:00	00:39:08:00	YES, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:39:08:00	00:39:10:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:39:10:00	00:39:10:00	YES.
00:39:10:00	00:39:10:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:39:10:00	00:39:11:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:39:11:00	00:39:11:00	YES.
00:39:11:00	00:39:14:00	COUNCILOR THE PIN YES.
00:39:14:00	00:39:15:00	COUNCILOR WEAPON.
00:39:15:00	00:39:15:00	YES.
00:39:15:00	00:39:15:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:39:15:00	00:39:15:00	YES.
00:39:15:00	00:39:18:00	COUNCIL'S SANTANA YES.
00:39:18:00	00:39:18:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
00:39:18:00	00:39:19:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
00:39:19:00	00:39:22:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL?
00:39:22:00	00:39:22:00	YES.
00:39:22:00	00:39:22:00	COUNCILOR OH YES.
00:39:22:00	00:39:24:00	TALKING OF A1434 HAS RECEIVED
00:39:24:00	00:39:28:00	12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
00:39:28:00	00:39:29:00	THANK YOU, DUNCAN NUMBER 1434
00:39:29:00	00:39:32:00	HAS PASSED.
00:39:32:00	00:39:33:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:39:33:00	00:39:34:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1833.
00:39:34:00	00:39:35:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 1833.
00:39:35:00	00:39:39:00	THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
00:39:39:00	00:39:39:00	AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH
00:39:39:00	00:39:41:00	WAS REFERRED ON OCTOBER 22ND,
00:39:41:00	00:39:41:00	2025.
00:39:41:00	00:39:44:00	DUNCAN NUMBER 1833 MESSAGE
00:39:44:00	00:39:48:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:39:48:00	00:39:49:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:39:49:00	00:39:54:00	THE AMOUNT OF $99,476 IN THE
00:39:54:00	00:39:54:00	FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE
00:39:54:00	00:39:55:00	PIPELINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
00:39:55:00	00:39:58:00	GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED
00:39:58:00	00:39:58:00	STATES DEPARTMENT
00:39:58:00	00:40:01:00	OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE
00:40:01:00	00:40:02:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE
00:40:02:00	00:40:02:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:40:02:00	00:40:02:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND TRAINING
00:40:02:00	00:40:05:00	FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN
00:40:05:00	00:40:06:00	HIGH CONSEQUENCE AREAS TO
00:40:06:00	00:40:09:00	PROTECT PEOPLE, PROPERTY AND
00:40:09:00	00:40:12:00	THE ENVIRONMENT FROM ACCIDENTS
00:40:12:00	00:40:13:00	INVOLVING GAS OR HAZARDOUS
00:40:13:00	00:40:16:00	LIQUID PIPELINES.
00:40:16:00	00:40:16:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:40:16:00	00:40:19:00	THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS.
00:40:19:00	00:40:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:40:20:00	00:40:23:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR
00:40:23:00	00:40:24:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
00:40:24:00	00:40:24:00	SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
00:40:24:00	00:40:24:00	CARLOS SANTANA.
00:40:24:00	00:40:27:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:40:27:00	00:40:27:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:40:27:00	00:40:31:00	THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
00:40:31:00	00:40:31:00	AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A
00:40:31:00	00:40:32:00	PUBLIC HEARING ON FIRE
00:40:32:00	00:40:34:00	DEPARTMENT GROUNDS ON APRIL 25,
00:40:34:00	00:40:35:00	2025.
00:40:35:00	00:40:35:00	WE'RE JOINED BY THE
00:40:35:00	00:40:38:00	COMMISSIONER AND OTHER
00:40:38:00	00:40:39:00	STAKEHOLDERS FOR A PRODUCTIVE
00:40:39:00	00:40:42:00	AND INSIGHTFUL DISCUSSION ABOUT
00:40:42:00	00:40:42:00	THE GRANTS ANTICIPATED TO BE
00:40:42:00	00:40:43:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE
00:40:43:00	00:40:46:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:40:46:00	00:40:47:00	THE COMMITTEE WAS HAS ALSO
00:40:47:00	00:40:50:00	RECEIVED WRITTEN TESTIMONY FROM
00:40:50:00	00:40:50:00	THE ADMINISTRATION PROVIDING
00:40:50:00	00:40:51:00	DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE
00:40:51:00	00:40:54:00	SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT THIS
00:40:54:00	00:40:57:00	GRANT DOCKET NUMBER 1833 WOULD
00:40:57:00	00:40:57:00	FUND.
00:40:57:00	00:41:00:00	AS THE CO-CHAIR CHAIR THIS TALK
00:41:00:00	00:41:01:00	IS A MESSAGE AN ORDER
00:41:01:00	00:41:01:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:41:01:00	00:41:04:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE UNITED
00:41:04:00	00:41:04:00	STATES DEPARTMENT
00:41:04:00	00:41:05:00	OF TRANSPORTATION'S PIPELINE
00:41:05:00	00:41:08:00	EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT TO BE
00:41:08:00	00:41:09:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE
00:41:09:00	00:41:12:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:41:12:00	00:41:15:00	THE GRANT IS THE AMOUNT
00:41:15:00	00:41:15:00	OF $99,476.
00:41:15:00	00:41:19:00	THE PIPELINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
00:41:19:00	00:41:20:00	GRANT WOULD FUND TRAINING FOR
00:41:20:00	00:41:23:00	EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND HIGH
00:41:23:00	00:41:23:00	CONSEQUENCE AREAS TO PROTECT
00:41:23:00	00:41:26:00	PEOPLE, PROPERTY AND THEIR
00:41:26:00	00:41:27:00	ENVIRONMENT FROM THE ACCIDENTS
00:41:27:00	00:41:27:00	INVOLVING GAS OR HAZARDOUS
00:41:27:00	00:41:31:00	LIQUID PIPELINE.
00:41:31:00	00:41:32:00	THIS FUNDING WOULD ADD HANDS TO
00:41:32:00	00:41:35:00	FIRE DEPARTMENTS EMERGENCY
00:41:35:00	00:41:35:00	RESPONSE CAPABILITIES FOR A
00:41:35:00	00:41:39:00	HIGH PRESSURE NATURAL GAS
00:41:39:00	00:41:39:00	TRANSMISSION PIPELINE IN WEST
00:41:39:00	00:41:39:00	ROXBURY.
00:41:39:00	00:41:42:00	IN LIGHT OF THE DISCUSSION
00:41:42:00	00:41:43:00	DURING THE APRIL HEARING AND
00:41:43:00	00:41:44:00	GIVEN THE INFORMATION PROVIDED
00:41:44:00	00:41:47:00	BY THE ADMINISTRATION AS CHAIR
00:41:47:00	00:41:48:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
00:41:48:00	00:41:49:00	SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, MY
00:41:49:00	00:41:51:00	RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
00:41:51:00	00:41:52:00	COUNCIL WOULD BE THAT THIS
00:41:52:00	00:41:52:00	OUGHT TO PASS.
00:41:52:00	00:41:52:00	THANK YOU.
00:41:52:00	00:41:55:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:41:55:00	00:41:56:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
00:41:56:00	00:41:59:00	ON THIS MATTER?
00:41:59:00	00:42:00:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR
00:42:00:00	00:42:00:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
00:42:00:00	00:42:03:00	SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
00:42:03:00	00:42:03:00	SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
00:42:03:00	00:42:04:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
00:42:04:00	00:42:07:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1833 ALL THOSE
00:42:07:00	00:42:07:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I.
00:42:07:00	00:42:10:00	ARE THOSE OPPOSING?
00:42:10:00	00:42:11:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:42:11:00	00:42:12:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
00:42:12:00	00:42:14:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1833
00:42:14:00	00:42:14:00	HAS PASSED.
00:42:14:00	00:42:15:00	WE DO NOT HAVE NOT
00:42:15:00	00:42:17:00	INTENTIONALLY HEARD FOR
00:42:17:00	00:42:17:00	POSSIBLE ACTION.
00:42:17:00	00:42:18:00	THEREFORE WE ARE ON TWO MOTIONS
00:42:18:00	00:42:20:00	ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
00:42:20:00	00:42:21:00	A REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES
00:42:21:00	00:42:22:00	PURSUANT TO RULE 39 REMARKS BY
00:42:22:00	00:42:25:00	COUNCILORS AT THE TIME
00:42:25:00	00:42:25:00	OF PETITION ORDER A RESOLUTION
00:42:25:00	00:42:26:00	HAS BEEN ADMITTED AND ASSIGNED
00:42:26:00	00:42:29:00	TO COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW SHALL
00:42:29:00	00:42:31:00	BE UP TO 3 MINUTES FOR THE
00:42:31:00	00:42:32:00	SPONSOR AND 2 MINUTES FOR ANY
00:42:32:00	00:42:33:00	COUNCILOR OR OF COURSE OR
00:42:33:00	00:42:36:00	CO-SPONSOR OR AS OUR
00:42:36:00	00:42:36:00	APPROPRIATE TIME FOR
00:42:36:00	00:42:37:00	QUESTIONING IN DEBATE IS OUR
00:42:37:00	00:42:38:00	PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WORKING
00:42:38:00	00:42:40:00	SESSIONS THE CHEROKEE NOISES
00:42:40:00	00:42:41:00	CULTURAL FLAME YOU HAVE THE
00:42:41:00	00:42:44:00	FLOOR.
00:42:44:00	00:42:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:42:45:00	00:42:46:00	OH, BEFORE YOU HAD THE FLOOR.
00:42:46:00	00:42:47:00	THE CLERK HAS TO READ THE
00:42:47:00	00:42:48:00	DOCKET.
00:42:48:00	00:42:51:00	SO MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
00:42:51:00	00:42:52:00	READ THE DOCKET AND THEN MSK
00:42:52:00	00:42:53:00	AND THEN COUNCILOR FLYNN WILL
00:42:53:00	00:42:55:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:42:55:00	00:42:56:00	NUMBER 1958 CANCEL PLAY NOW FOR
00:42:56:00	00:42:58:00	THE FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A
00:42:58:00	00:42:58:00	HEARING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT
00:42:58:00	00:43:02:00	OF A COMMITTEE ON CIVILITY THE
00:43:02:00	00:43:03:00	CITY OF BOSTON CONSTABLE, YOU
00:43:03:00	00:43:06:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:43:06:00	00:43:06:00	THANK YOU.
00:43:06:00	00:43:06:00	IN RECENT YEARS INTENSE
00:43:06:00	00:43:09:00	PARTIZAN I DON'T.
00:43:09:00	00:43:10:00	IDENTITY HAS BEEN ON THE RISE
00:43:10:00	00:43:11:00	WITH PEOPLE SHIFTING TO FURTHER
00:43:11:00	00:43:14:00	ENDS OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
00:43:14:00	00:43:15:00	WE HAVE BEEN LEFT IN A PLACE
00:43:15:00	00:43:17:00	WHERE THERE IS A LARGE VOLUME
00:43:17:00	00:43:18:00	OF ISSUES FOR PEOPLE TO
00:43:18:00	00:43:20:00	DISAGREE WITH.
00:43:20:00	00:43:21:00	ACCORDING TO POLLING A RECORD
00:43:21:00	00:43:24:00	80% OF THE US ADULTS SAID THAT
00:43:24:00	00:43:25:00	AMERICANS WERE GREATLY DIVIDED
00:43:25:00	00:43:29:00	ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT ARE
00:43:29:00	00:43:29:00	FACING THE COUNTRY WHICH SO
00:43:29:00	00:43:33:00	MANY IN OUR SOCIETY ARE GETTING
00:43:33:00	00:43:33:00	A MAJORITY OF THEIR NEWS AND
00:43:33:00	00:43:36:00	INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
00:43:36:00	00:43:37:00	WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BRING
00:43:37:00	00:43:40:00	PEOPLE AS WE KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA
00:43:40:00	00:43:44:00	CAN BRING OUT TERRIBLE
00:43:44:00	00:43:47:00	ARGUMENTS WITH PEOPLE,
00:43:47:00	00:43:47:00	DISAGREEMENTS ACROSS PARTY
00:43:47:00	00:43:51:00	LINES AND OFTENTIMES FEELING
00:43:51:00	00:43:51:00	LIKE PERSONAL ATTACKS,
00:43:51:00	00:43:56:00	ESCALATING POLARIZATION AND
00:43:56:00	00:43:56:00	TENSION.
00:43:56:00	00:43:56:00	IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR
00:43:56:00	00:43:57:00	GOVERNMENT LEADERS AND ELECTED
00:43:57:00	00:43:59:00	OFFICIALS PRACTICE CIVILITY
00:43:59:00	00:44:00:00	NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL
00:44:00:00	00:44:03:00	GOVERNMENT BODIES INCLUDING THE
00:44:03:00	00:44:04:00	CITY COUNCIL SHOULD SERVE AS
00:44:04:00	00:44:08:00	ROLE MODELS FOR CIVIL DISCOURSE
00:44:08:00	00:44:08:00	REFRAINING FROM DISRESPECT
00:44:08:00	00:44:11:00	PERSONAL OFFENSES AND REMAIN
00:44:11:00	00:44:12:00	PROFESSIONAL ALL WHILE LEAVING
00:44:12:00	00:44:15:00	ROOM FOR DISAGREEMENT.
00:44:15:00	00:44:16:00	IN THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY,
00:44:16:00	00:44:19:00	CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE
00:44:19:00	00:44:20:00	TAKEN ACTION TO FOSTER A
00:44:20:00	00:44:20:00	WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR
00:44:20:00	00:44:23:00	GOVERNMENT AND RESIDENTS ALIKE
00:44:23:00	00:44:23:00	TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHY DIALOG.
00:44:23:00	00:44:26:00	FOR EXAMPLE, THE MONTANA LEAGUE
00:44:26:00	00:44:30:00	OF CITIES, A NONPARTISAN AN
00:44:30:00	00:44:31:00	ASSOCIATION PAINTED A BLUEPRINT
00:44:31:00	00:44:33:00	OF HOW LEADERS CAN ENCOURAGE
00:44:33:00	00:44:37:00	CIVILITY.
00:44:37:00	00:44:38:00	IN TERMS OF PAST EXAMPLES
00:44:38:00	00:44:41:00	OF OFFICIALS, OFFICIAL
00:44:41:00	00:44:41:00	COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
00:44:41:00	00:44:45:00	FOCUSING ON CIVILITY, THE CITY
00:44:45:00	00:44:46:00	OF NASHVILLE HAS AN AD HOC
00:44:46:00	00:44:48:00	CIVILITY COMMITTEE WHICH HELD A
00:44:48:00	00:44:49:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED
00:44:49:00	00:44:52:00	COUNCIL CIVILITY CODE.
00:44:52:00	00:44:53:00	THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT HAS
00:44:53:00	00:44:56:00	A DEDICATED COMMISSION ON
00:44:56:00	00:44:56:00	PROFESSIONALISM WHICH MAINTAINS
00:44:56:00	00:45:00:00	ITS FOCUS ON PROMOTING
00:45:00:00	00:45:00:00	CIVILITY.
00:45:00:00	00:45:00:00	THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES,
00:45:00:00	00:45:03:00	WHICH I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY
00:45:03:00	00:45:04:00	WITH AS THE FORMER CITY
00:45:04:00	00:45:07:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT IT IS IS AN
00:45:07:00	00:45:08:00	ORGANIZATION COMPRISED OF CITY
00:45:08:00	00:45:11:00	AND TOWN ELECTED OFFICIALS
00:45:11:00	00:45:11:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:45:11:00	00:45:15:00	THEY STATED IN A 2824 ARTICLE
00:45:15:00	00:45:15:00	THAT CITY GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE
00:45:15:00	00:45:18:00	MEDIATORS AND THE COMMUNITY BY
00:45:18:00	00:45:18:00	WORKING STRATEGICALLY WITH
00:45:18:00	00:45:21:00	COMMUNITY GROUPS NEIGHBORHOOD
00:45:21:00	00:45:22:00	ORGANIZATIONS TO FACILITATE
00:45:22:00	00:45:26:00	DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS.
00:45:26:00	00:45:27:00	THIS WEEK I PARTICIPATED IN A
00:45:27:00	00:45:29:00	FORUM WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
00:45:29:00	00:45:30:00	OF CITY.
00:45:30:00	00:45:30:00	NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TO
00:45:30:00	00:45:33:00	DISCUSS HOW CITY LEADERS CAN
00:45:33:00	00:45:33:00	IMPROVE CIVILITY IN CITY
00:45:33:00	00:45:34:00	GOVERNMENT.
00:45:34:00	00:45:37:00	IT IS BEYOND DISPUTE DISPUTE
00:45:37:00	00:45:40:00	THAT THE WORSENING CONDITIONS
00:45:40:00	00:45:41:00	THAT WE HAVE WITNESSED AT THE
00:45:41:00	00:45:44:00	NATIONAL LEVEL HAVE NOW
00:45:44:00	00:45:45:00	TRICKLED DOWN TO STATE AND
00:45:45:00	00:45:45:00	LOCAL.
00:45:45:00	00:45:49:00	TO COMBAT THIS, IN MY OPINION
00:45:49:00	00:45:49:00	IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO LOOK
00:45:49:00	00:45:52:00	INTO HOW THE CITY OF BOSTON CAN
00:45:52:00	00:45:53:00	WORK ON ITS OWN ISSUES
00:45:53:00	00:45:56:00	OF CIVILITY RELATED ISSUES SO
00:45:56:00	00:45:57:00	THAT WE CAN SERVE AS BETTER
00:45:57:00	00:46:00:00	ROLE MODELS FOR PUBLIC
00:46:00:00	00:46:00:00	DISCOURSE AND LESSEN THE
00:46:00:00	00:46:01:00	EFFECTS OF POLITICAL TENSIONS
00:46:01:00	00:46:05:00	BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
00:46:05:00	00:46:05:00	THIS HEARING WILL BE AN
00:46:05:00	00:46:08:00	OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM LEGAL
00:46:08:00	00:46:08:00	EXPERTS, NONPROFITS, RESIDENTS
00:46:08:00	00:46:09:00	ON HOW THIS COMMITTEE WILL
00:46:09:00	00:46:12:00	SERVE AN EXAMPLE OF STRONG
00:46:12:00	00:46:12:00	LEADERSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP.
00:46:12:00	00:46:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:46:13:00	00:46:16:00	IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK
00:46:16:00	00:46:18:00	ON THIS MATTER?
00:46:18:00	00:46:19:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
00:46:19:00	00:46:23:00	THEIR NAME?
00:46:23:00	00:46:26:00	PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR WE'RE OUT
00:46:26:00	00:46:27:00	THIS DOCKET DAKO AND
00:46:27:00	00:46:30:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AND
00:46:30:00	00:46:30:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:46:30:00	00:46:31:00	THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO
00:46:31:00	00:46:32:00	THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
00:46:32:00	00:46:35:00	OPERATIONS.
00:46:35:00	00:46:35:00	MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
00:46:35:00	00:46:37:00	REDACT NUMBER 1959 DARK KEY
00:46:37:00	00:46:38:00	NUMBER 1959 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL
00:46:38:00	00:46:41:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
00:46:41:00	00:46:41:00	HEARING TO ALLOW FOR MONTHLY
00:46:41:00	00:46:45:00	PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS FOR
00:46:45:00	00:46:45:00	RESIDENTS.
00:46:45:00	00:46:45:00	COUNCILOR, ARE YOU ON THE
00:46:45:00	00:46:46:00	FLOOR?
00:46:46:00	00:46:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:46:49:00	00:46:49:00	TODAY'S HEARING WAS BY THE
00:46:49:00	00:46:52:00	MASSING ACTION COUNCIL AND I'M
00:46:52:00	00:46:52:00	GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP
00:46:52:00	00:46:56:00	ON THIS IDEA WHICH IS A
00:46:56:00	00:46:56:00	VOLUNTARY MONTHLY PROPERTY TAX
00:46:56:00	00:46:57:00	PAYMENT OPTION FOR BOSTON
00:46:57:00	00:47:00:00	HOMEOWNERS ON A QUARTERLY
00:47:00:00	00:47:00:00	BILLING.
00:47:00:00	00:47:00:00	JANUARY'S RATE CHANGE CAN PUSH
00:47:00:00	00:47:03:00	A SINGLE BILL UP BY THOUSANDS
00:47:03:00	00:47:04:00	OF DOLLARS WITH ONLY 30 DAYS TO
00:47:04:00	00:47:07:00	PAY HOMEOWNERS WITH MORTGAGES
00:47:07:00	00:47:08:00	END UP SEEING THEIR COSTS
00:47:08:00	00:47:08:00	SPREAD OUT MONTHLY BECAUSE
00:47:08:00	00:47:11:00	OF ESCO PAYMENTS, MANY SENIORS
00:47:11:00	00:47:14:00	DON'T GET PAID OFF THEIR HOMES
00:47:14:00	00:47:15:00	AND WHILE HOUSE RICH THEY ARE
00:47:15:00	00:47:18:00	CASH TIGHT AND ARE FORCED TO
00:47:18:00	00:47:19:00	PULL TOGETHER THOUSANDS IN A
00:47:19:00	00:47:22:00	SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SINCE
00:47:22:00	00:47:22:00	THEIR FY19 RESIDENTIAL TAXES
00:47:22:00	00:47:26:00	HAVE RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY AT
00:47:26:00	00:47:29:00	LEAST 7% A YEAR FOR THAT THIRD
00:47:29:00	00:47:29:00	QUARTER BILL KEEPS HITTING
00:47:29:00	00:47:33:00	HARDEST FOR RESIDENTS ON FIXED
00:47:33:00	00:47:33:00	INCOMES.
00:47:33:00	00:47:34:00	THAT'S NOT A BUDGET THAT HAD A
00:47:34:00	00:47:36:00	HEADACHE AS A HOUSING STABILITY
00:47:36:00	00:47:37:00	RATES LIKE NEW YORK AND
00:47:37:00	00:47:40:00	MILWAUKEE WE CAN EXPLORE
00:47:40:00	00:47:40:00	MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS WITH
00:47:40:00	00:47:44:00	AUTOPAY AFFORDABILITY ISN'T
00:47:44:00	00:47:44:00	ONLY ABOUT BUILDING NEW HOUSING
00:47:44:00	00:47:45:00	IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE
00:47:45:00	00:47:47:00	PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
00:47:47:00	00:47:48:00	A VOLUNTARY MONTHLY PLAN WITH
00:47:48:00	00:47:51:00	AUTOPAY AND ACCESSIBLE
00:47:51:00	00:47:52:00	ENROLLMENT IS A PRACTICAL
00:47:52:00	00:47:56:00	PROVEN STEP TO HELP SENIORS AND
00:47:56:00	00:47:56:00	LONG TIME HOMEOWNERS WHO DON'T
00:47:56:00	00:48:00:00	HAVE ESCROW BE ABLE TO BUDGET
00:48:00:00	00:48:00:00	APPROPRIATELY.
00:48:00:00	00:48:01:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
00:48:01:00	00:48:04:00	MY COLLEAGUES IN THE MASS
00:48:04:00	00:48:04:00	SENIOR COUNCIL ON THIS IDEA.
00:48:04:00	00:48:05:00	THANK YOU.
00:48:05:00	00:48:07:00	THANK YOU.
00:48:07:00	00:48:08:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
00:48:08:00	00:48:09:00	ON THIS MATTER?
00:48:09:00	00:48:12:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE TO ADD THEIR
00:48:12:00	00:48:12:00	NAME?
00:48:12:00	00:48:13:00	MR. CLERK.
00:48:13:00	00:48:13:00	HE'S HAD COUNCILORS BRAYDEN
00:48:13:00	00:48:15:00	CULLEN ZAPATA DURKAN
00:48:15:00	00:48:15:00	FITZGERALD, MARIA MURPHY THAT
00:48:15:00	00:48:19:00	THEN SANTANA WEBER FLYNN PLEASE
00:48:19:00	00:48:23:00	ADD THE CHAIR THIS JACKET
00:48:23:00	00:48:23:00	DOCTOR NUMBER 1959 WILL BE
00:48:23:00	00:48:24:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:48:24:00	00:48:27:00	WAYS AND MEANS.
00:48:27:00	00:48:27:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE REPORT
00:48:27:00	00:48:28:00	THAT NUMBER 1960?
00:48:28:00	00:48:30:00	I CAN NUMBER 1960 OR
00:48:30:00	00:48:31:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE
00:48:31:00	00:48:33:00	FOLLOWING RESOLUTION URGING THE
00:48:33:00	00:48:37:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO CERTIFY WITH
00:48:37:00	00:48:37:00	THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
00:48:37:00	00:48:38:00	MANAGEMENT AGENCY, ALSO KNOWN
00:48:38:00	00:48:41:00	AS FEMA FOR THE NATIONAL FLOOD
00:48:41:00	00:48:42:00	INSURANCE PROGRAM.
00:48:42:00	00:48:45:00	COMMUNITY RATINGS RANKING
00:48:45:00	00:48:46:00	SYSTEM THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:48:46:00	00:48:48:00	COUNCIL FOR ANY OF THE FLOOR.
00:48:48:00	00:48:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:48:49:00	00:48:50:00	BOSTON HAS A LONG RICH HISTORY
00:48:50:00	00:48:52:00	WITH ITS PORTS DATING BACK TO
00:48:52:00	00:48:53:00	ITS FOUNDING IN 1630.
00:48:53:00	00:48:56:00	TODAY OUR LOCAL ECONOMIES STILL
00:48:56:00	00:48:57:00	RELY ON PORTS INCLUDING IN
00:48:57:00	00:49:00:00	CHARLESTOWN, SOUTH BOSTON FOR
00:49:00:00	00:49:03:00	TRADE AND TOURISM FOR MANY,
00:49:03:00	00:49:04:00	WATERFRONT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE AN
00:49:04:00	00:49:04:00	ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE FOR
00:49:04:00	00:49:07:00	RECREATION ACTIVITIES, HIGHER
00:49:07:00	00:49:08:00	PROPERTY VALUES AND A SENSE
00:49:08:00	00:49:08:00	OF COMMUNITY.
00:49:08:00	00:49:11:00	HOWEVER, DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE
00:49:11:00	00:49:15:00	IN HEAVY PARTICIPATORY ACTION
00:49:15:00	00:49:16:00	AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
00:49:16:00	00:49:19:00	THE RISK OF FLOODING IN THESE
00:49:19:00	00:49:20:00	NEIGHBORHOODS BECOMES A HIGHER
00:49:20:00	00:49:23:00	RISK YEAR.
00:49:23:00	00:49:24:00	IT'S CRITICAL THAT RESIDENTS
00:49:24:00	00:49:24:00	HAVE AFFORDABLE AND DEPENDABLE
00:49:24:00	00:49:28:00	ACCESS TO FLOOD INSURANCE IN
00:49:28:00	00:49:28:00	THE EVENT THAT THEY GET DAMAGE
00:49:28:00	00:49:29:00	TO THEIR HOMES.
00:49:29:00	00:49:31:00	I WAS TALKING WITH RESIDENTS
00:49:31:00	00:49:32:00	OF FORT POINT ABOUT THIS
00:49:32:00	00:49:34:00	RECENTLY.
00:49:34:00	00:49:35:00	THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
00:49:35:00	00:49:38:00	MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FEMA
00:49:38:00	00:49:38:00	NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
00:49:38:00	00:49:39:00	PROGRAM PROVIDES FLOOD
00:49:39:00	00:49:42:00	INSURANCE TO PROPERTY OWNERS,
00:49:42:00	00:49:43:00	RENTERS, BUSINESSES, HOMEOWNERS
00:49:43:00	00:49:46:00	WITH FLOOD POLICIES COVER BOTH
00:49:46:00	00:49:49:00	BUILDINGS AND BELONGINGS.
00:49:49:00	00:49:52:00	BUILDING POLICIES COVER FLOOD
00:49:52:00	00:49:53:00	DAMAGE UP TO 20 $500 AND
00:49:53:00	00:49:56:00	CONTENT POLICIES UP TO
00:49:56:00	00:49:56:00	$100,000.
00:49:56:00	00:49:57:00	RENTERS FLOOD INSURANCE
00:49:57:00	00:50:00:00	POLICIES PROTECT BELONGINGS
00:50:00:00	00:50:03:00	WITH A HOME COVERING UP TO
00:50:03:00	00:50:03:00	$100,000 OF DAMAGE.
00:50:03:00	00:50:06:00	COMMERCIAL FLOOD INSURANCE
00:50:06:00	00:50:06:00	PROTECTS THE BUILDINGS AND
00:50:06:00	00:50:10:00	EQUIPMENT USED FOR BUSINESSES
00:50:10:00	00:50:10:00	COVERING UP TO $500,000.
00:50:10:00	00:50:13:00	RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN
00:50:13:00	00:50:14:00	MASSACHUSETTS WITH POLICIES
00:50:14:00	00:50:18:00	THROUGH THE NFIP HAVE RECEIVED
00:50:18:00	00:50:18:00	DISCOUNTS UP TO 20%.
00:50:18:00	00:50:21:00	THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
00:50:21:00	00:50:22:00	IN ORDER TO QUALIFY AND GET A
00:50:22:00	00:50:25:00	DISCOUNT ON FLOOD INSURANCE,
00:50:25:00	00:50:26:00	CITIES MUST RECEIVE A
00:50:26:00	00:50:26:00	CERTIFICATION KNOWN AS
00:50:26:00	00:50:29:00	COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM.
00:50:29:00	00:50:33:00	CREWS FROM FEMA, THE CITY
00:50:33:00	00:50:34:00	OF BOSTON HAS NOT YET APPLIED
00:50:34:00	00:50:34:00	TO RECEIVE THIS CERTIFICATION
00:50:34:00	00:50:37:00	LEAVING RESIDENTS TO PAY
00:50:37:00	00:50:40:00	THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR
00:50:40:00	00:50:41:00	THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS
00:50:41:00	00:50:44:00	TO BE APPROVED BY FEMA.
00:50:44:00	00:50:45:00	IT IS LENGTHY AND REQUIRES
00:50:45:00	00:50:46:00	CONSIDERABLE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:50:46:00	00:50:48:00	REVIEW.
00:50:48:00	00:50:49:00	BUT I DO THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE
00:50:49:00	00:50:50:00	FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO
00:50:50:00	00:50:52:00	RECEIVE CERTIFICATION IN THIS
00:50:52:00	00:50:56:00	TIME OF RISING COST
00:50:56:00	00:51:00:00	OF RESIDENTS LIVING ACROSS THE
00:51:00:00	00:51:00:00	CITY, ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD
00:51:00:00	00:51:03:00	IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:51:03:00	00:51:04:00	AND THAT'S HAVING A BIG IMPACT
00:51:04:00	00:51:07:00	IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH
00:51:07:00	00:51:08:00	BOSTON, THE SOUTH BOSTON
00:51:08:00	00:51:11:00	WATERFRONT FORT POINT, OTHER
00:51:11:00	00:51:11:00	NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS BOS AND
00:51:11:00	00:51:15:00	THIS IS A COMMON SENSE APPROACH
00:51:15:00	00:51:15:00	.
00:51:15:00	00:51:15:00	IT'S NOT CONTROVERSIAL.
00:51:15:00	00:51:16:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:51:16:00	00:51:19:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:51:19:00	00:51:20:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS BODY ON
00:51:20:00	00:51:20:00	THE FLOOR.
00:51:20:00	00:51:20:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
00:51:20:00	00:51:21:00	PRESIDENT.
00:51:21:00	00:51:23:00	I'LL BE OUT IN MY MY NAME AND I
00:51:23:00	00:51:24:00	JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE
00:51:24:00	00:51:24:00	FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
00:51:24:00	00:51:27:00	I DO WANT TO PROVIDE SOME
00:51:27:00	00:51:27:00	ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO WHAT MY
00:51:27:00	00:51:31:00	DISTRICT COLLEAGUE HAS
00:51:31:00	00:51:31:00	MENTIONED.
00:51:31:00	00:51:33:00	SO THIS CAME TO OUR ATTENTION
00:51:33:00	00:51:34:00	IN 2023 AND WORKING IN
00:51:34:00	00:51:34:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH CHRIS OSGOOD
00:51:34:00	00:51:37:00	AND NOW CHIEF BRIAN SWEAT AND
00:51:37:00	00:51:38:00	WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND
00:51:38:00	00:51:40:00	GRAPPLE WITH THIS LONG TERM
00:51:40:00	00:51:41:00	PROBLEM OF INCREASED INSURANCE
00:51:41:00	00:51:44:00	RATES DUE TO THE INCREASED
00:51:44:00	00:51:45:00	INCREASED RISK OF COASTAL
00:51:45:00	00:51:48:00	FLOODING AND STORM SURGE.
00:51:48:00	00:51:49:00	AND SO WE LEARNED AT THAT TIME
00:51:49:00	00:51:52:00	THAT THERE IS A LOT
00:51:52:00	00:51:52:00	OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT
00:51:52:00	00:51:56:00	NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND A LOT
00:51:56:00	00:51:56:00	OF CRITERIA IN ADMINISTRATING
00:51:56:00	00:51:59:00	THIS PROGRAM EFFECTIVELY AND
00:51:59:00	00:52:00:00	WITHIN COMPLIANCE SO THAT WE
00:52:00:00	00:52:02:00	DON'T LOSE ACCREDITATION OR
00:52:02:00	00:52:03:00	CERTIFICATION RATHER THAT
00:52:03:00	00:52:03:00	THAT'S A BETTER WORD
00:52:03:00	00:52:07:00	CERTIFICATION AND WE HAD TO
00:52:07:00	00:52:08:00	BUILD OUT A LOT OF INTERNAL
00:52:08:00	00:52:11:00	INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS IN
00:52:11:00	00:52:11:00	ORDER TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY.
00:52:11:00	00:52:15:00	AND SO IN ORDER TO JOIN THE CRC
00:52:15:00	00:52:15:00	IT REQUIRES A LOT OF COMPONENTS
00:52:15:00	00:52:19:00	WHICH MEANS THE DOCUMENTATION
00:52:19:00	00:52:19:00	OF ELEVATION CERTIFICATES AND
00:52:19:00	00:52:23:00	EVERY NEW BUILDING AND
00:52:23:00	00:52:23:00	SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE
00:52:23:00	00:52:27:00	REGULATORY FLOODPLAIN.
00:52:27:00	00:52:27:00	I HAD A FELLOW FROM
00:52:27:00	00:52:30:00	NORTHEASTERN SHE WAS AMAZING
00:52:30:00	00:52:30:00	EVEN TRYING TO NAVIGATE
00:52:30:00	00:52:31:00	DIFFERENT MAPS AND TRYING TO
00:52:31:00	00:52:32:00	UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FLOODPLAIN
00:52:32:00	00:52:34:00	IS TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND A
00:52:34:00	00:52:37:00	FULL TIME PERSON DOING IT.
00:52:37:00	00:52:38:00	YEAH WE ALSO NEEDED TO UPDATE
00:52:38:00	00:52:41:00	FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
00:52:41:00	00:52:42:00	AMONG OTHER ITEMS AND SO
00:52:42:00	00:52:42:00	BECAUSE OF THE EXTENT OF THIS
00:52:42:00	00:52:46:00	WORK CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZES
00:52:46:00	00:52:49:00	AND AGE AS BOSTON HAVEN'T BEEN
00:52:49:00	00:52:50:00	ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY BE A PART
00:52:50:00	00:52:53:00	OF THIS AND SO THAT'S NOT AN
00:52:53:00	00:52:54:00	EXCUSE WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS
00:52:54:00	00:52:54:00	IT.
00:52:54:00	00:52:57:00	THERE HAS BEEN A DEMONSTRATION
00:52:57:00	00:52:58:00	WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION AND I
00:52:58:00	00:53:00:00	DO HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO THEM
00:53:00:00	00:53:01:00	FOR AT LEAST PRIORITIZING THIS.
00:53:01:00	00:53:04:00	A FORMER ADMINISTRATION BACK IN
00:53:04:00	00:53:08:00	2016 HAD PROMISED THAT WE WOULD
00:53:08:00	00:53:10:00	BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND
00:53:10:00	00:53:11:00	BY 2021 DUE TO COVID AND OTHER
00:53:11:00	00:53:15:00	VARIOUS ISSUES OR REASONINGS,
00:53:15:00	00:53:18:00	IT JUST DID NOT HAPPEN.
00:53:18:00	00:53:19:00	BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME
00:53:19:00	00:53:22:00	MOVEMENT AND I DO GIVE CREDIT
00:53:22:00	00:53:23:00	AGAIN TO THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE
00:53:23:00	00:53:25:00	RESILIENCE WHERE WE NOW HIRED
00:53:25:00	00:53:26:00	THE FIRST FLOODPLAIN
00:53:26:00	00:53:29:00	ADMINISTRATOR AND IMPLEMENTING
00:53:29:00	00:53:29:00	NEW PRACTICES WITHIN THAT
00:53:29:00	00:53:32:00	DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS IN ESD
00:53:32:00	00:53:33:00	AND IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
00:53:33:00	00:53:36:00	AND SO WE DO ANTICIPATE JOINING
00:53:36:00	00:53:36:00	IN 2026 ALTHOUGH OF COURSE WITH
00:53:36:00	00:53:39:00	THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THERE'S
00:53:39:00	00:53:40:00	ALWAYS A LOCAL IMPACT THE THE
00:53:40:00	00:53:44:00	APPLICATION IN THAT WAS
00:53:44:00	00:53:44:00	SUBMITTED TO THEM RECENTLY HAS
00:53:44:00	00:53:48:00	NOT BEEN AND SO AS A GOVERNMENT
00:53:48:00	00:53:48:00	SHUTDOWN IS HAPPENING WE WANT
00:53:48:00	00:53:52:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
00:53:52:00	00:53:52:00	CONTINUING THE WORK THAT IS
00:53:52:00	00:53:53:00	TAKING PLACE BUT I WILL BE
00:53:53:00	00:53:55:00	ADDING MY NAME AND THANK MY
00:53:55:00	00:53:55:00	COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING FORWARD
00:53:55:00	00:53:56:00	THANK YOU.
00:53:56:00	00:53:56:00	THANK YOU.
00:53:56:00	00:53:59:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
00:53:59:00	00:53:59:00	ON THIS MATTER?
00:53:59:00	00:54:04:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
00:54:04:00	00:54:05:00	NAME MR. CLERK TO THAT
00:54:05:00	00:54:05:00	COUNCIL'S BRAYDEN COTTER?
00:54:05:00	00:54:06:00	ZAPATA DURKIN FITZGERALD MEJIA.
00:54:06:00	00:54:07:00	MURPHY APPLETON.
00:54:07:00	00:54:10:00	SANTANA.
00:54:10:00	00:54:11:00	WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD THE
00:54:11:00	00:54:13:00	CHAIR COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS
00:54:13:00	00:54:14:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
00:54:14:00	00:54:17:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1960.
00:54:17:00	00:54:22:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
00:54:22:00	00:54:23:00	THE POLICY NAY THE AYES HAVE
00:54:23:00	00:54:23:00	IT.
00:54:23:00	00:54:25:00	THIS DOCKET IS HAS BEEN
00:54:25:00	00:54:25:00	ADOPTED.
00:54:25:00	00:54:26:00	OKAY IS DOES ANYONE WANT TO ADD
00:54:26:00	00:54:29:00	THEIR NAME OR PUT FORWARD A
00:54:29:00	00:54:30:00	MOTION TO RECONSIDER ON A
00:54:30:00	00:54:32:00	DOCKET WHEN WERE OUTSIDE
00:54:32:00	00:54:35:00	OF CHAMBERS?
00:54:35:00	00:54:36:00	NO.
00:54:36:00	00:54:36:00	OKAY.
00:54:36:00	00:54:39:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS.
00:54:39:00	00:54:39:00	IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL
00:54:39:00	00:54:42:00	ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS
00:54:42:00	00:54:42:00	?
00:54:42:00	00:54:46:00	OKAY, WE'RE NOW MOVING ONTO
00:54:46:00	00:54:47:00	LEAD FILES.
00:54:47:00	00:54:48:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK
00:54:48:00	00:54:52:00	THAT THERE IS ONE PERSON LATE
00:54:52:00	00:54:57:00	ONE LATE FILE PERSONNEL MATTER
00:54:57:00	00:54:57:00	.
00:54:57:00	00:54:58:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THAT
00:54:58:00	00:54:58:00	LATE FILE PERSONNEL MATTER ON
00:54:58:00	00:54:59:00	TO THE RECORD.
00:54:59:00	00:55:01:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
00:55:01:00	00:55:01:00	AYE.
00:55:01:00	00:55:02:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSING NAY THE AYES
00:55:02:00	00:55:04:00	HAVE IT.
00:55:04:00	00:55:05:00	THE LATE FILE PERSONNEL ORDER
00:55:05:00	00:55:08:00	HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA
00:55:08:00	00:55:08:00	MR CLERK.
00:55:08:00	00:55:09:00	COULD YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO
00:55:09:00	00:55:10:00	THE RECORD AND JUST SO THAT I'M
00:55:10:00	00:55:10:00	CLEAR THERE WERE NO OTHER
00:55:10:00	00:55:12:00	SEPARATE PERSONNEL ORDERS,
00:55:12:00	00:55:12:00	RIGHT?
00:55:12:00	00:55:13:00	I DIDN'T SKIP.
00:55:13:00	00:55:13:00	OKAY, GREAT.
00:55:13:00	00:55:14:00	CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE
00:55:14:00	00:55:16:00	PERSONNEL ORDER INTO THE RECORD
00:55:16:00	00:55:16:00	OF PERSONNEL ORDER
00:55:16:00	00:55:20:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
00:55:20:00	00:55:21:00	COUNCILOR AND MEJIA WE WILL NOW
00:55:21:00	00:55:21:00	TAKE A VOTE ON THIS LATE FILE
00:55:21:00	00:55:23:00	PERSONNEL ORDER.
00:55:23:00	00:55:24:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
00:55:24:00	00:55:25:00	I WILL OPPOSE ANY.
00:55:25:00	00:55:26:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:55:26:00	00:55:27:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
00:55:27:00	00:55:28:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
00:55:28:00	00:55:31:00	CONSENT.
00:55:31:00	00:55:31:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT
00:55:31:00	00:55:32:00	THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO
00:55:32:00	00:55:34:00	THE CONSENT AGENDA.
00:55:34:00	00:55:35:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
00:55:35:00	00:55:35:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
00:55:35:00	00:55:38:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
00:55:38:00	00:55:38:00	AGENDA.
00:55:38:00	00:55:41:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE I I
00:55:41:00	00:55:42:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY TAKE
00:55:42:00	00:55:45:00	YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN
00:55:45:00	00:55:45:00	ADOPTED.
00:55:45:00	00:55:46:00	WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
00:55:46:00	00:55:49:00	PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR
00:55:49:00	00:55:50:00	ANY UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS
00:55:50:00	00:55:53:00	DOES ANY DO ANY OF MY
00:55:53:00	00:55:53:00	COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
00:55:53:00	00:55:54:00	ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WOULD
00:55:54:00	00:55:54:00	LIKE TO MAKE?
00:55:54:00	00:55:56:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:55:56:00	00:55:57:00	COUNCILOR THEN YOU HAVE THE
00:55:57:00	00:55:57:00	FLOOR.
00:55:57:00	00:55:57:00	I APOLOGIZE.
00:55:57:00	00:56:00:00	YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF I SEE ON
00:56:00:00	00:56:01:00	THE FLOOR.
00:56:01:00	00:56:04:00	SO THIS WEEKEND IS VETERANS DAY
00:56:04:00	00:56:04:00	AND WHERE WILL NOT TO SPEAK BUT
00:56:04:00	00:56:07:00	WE'RE CELEBRATING VETERANS DAY
00:56:07:00	00:56:08:00	AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A
00:56:08:00	00:56:11:00	LONG TIME I'M DOING A DINNER
00:56:11:00	00:56:12:00	FOR VETERANS IN HYDE PARK AT
00:56:12:00	00:56:15:00	THE FOG POST ON SUNDAY AT 6
00:56:15:00	00:56:15:00	P.M..
00:56:15:00	00:56:16:00	SO IT'S JUST A WAY TO HONOR OUR
00:56:16:00	00:56:17:00	VETERANS.
00:56:17:00	00:56:19:00	WE HAVE A LOT OF VETERANS IN
00:56:19:00	00:56:20:00	DISTRICT FIVE AND WE JUST WE
00:56:20:00	00:56:22:00	DON'T DO AS MANY VETERANS DAY
00:56:22:00	00:56:23:00	ACTIVITIES THERE SO I'M TRYING
00:56:23:00	00:56:23:00	TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE
00:56:23:00	00:56:24:00	DISTRICT SO ALL OF YOU ARE
00:56:24:00	00:56:26:00	INVITED.
00:56:26:00	00:56:27:00	IT'S AFTER THE PATRIOTS GAME SO
00:56:27:00	00:56:28:00	YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MISS THE
00:56:28:00	00:56:30:00	GAME AND I JUST WANT TO PUT
00:56:30:00	00:56:30:00	THAT OUT THERE.
00:56:30:00	00:56:31:00	THANK YOU.
00:56:31:00	00:56:31:00	THANK YOU.
00:56:31:00	00:56:34:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:56:34:00	00:56:34:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
00:56:34:00	00:56:35:00	I DO JUST WANT TO RISE AND
00:56:35:00	00:56:37:00	THANK OUR VETERAN ON THE
00:56:37:00	00:56:38:00	COUNCIL COUNCIL FLYNN, MY SON
00:56:38:00	00:56:42:00	AND AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE
00:56:42:00	00:56:42:00	CITY OF BOSTON, OUR VETERANS AS
00:56:42:00	00:56:45:00	WE LOOK FORWARD TO VETERANS DAY
00:56:45:00	00:56:45:00	.
00:56:45:00	00:56:46:00	SO THANK YOU FOR HONORING OUR
00:56:46:00	00:56:47:00	VETERANS IN HYDE PARK AND
00:56:47:00	00:56:49:00	ACROSS THE CITY AND I KNOW I'LL
00:56:49:00	00:56:49:00	BE JOINING MANY OF YOU MAY BE
00:56:49:00	00:56:52:00	AT THE PARADE THIS WEEKEND AND
00:56:52:00	00:56:53:00	JUST WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER
00:56:53:00	00:56:53:00	SANTIAGO AND HIS SMALL BUT
00:56:53:00	00:56:56:00	MIGHTY WHO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE
00:56:56:00	00:56:59:00	ESPECIALLY DURING THE SHUTDOWN
00:56:59:00	00:57:00:00	MAKING SURE THAT OUR VETERANS
00:57:00:00	00:57:01:00	ARE GETTING THE SERVICES THEY
00:57:01:00	00:57:01:00	NEED.
00:57:01:00	00:57:04:00	SO THANK YOU.
00:57:04:00	00:57:04:00	THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:57:04:00	00:57:06:00	CASTRO FLYNN AND COUNSELOR
00:57:06:00	00:57:07:00	FLYNN THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:57:07:00	00:57:08:00	SERVICE AS WE ARE ABOUT TO
00:57:08:00	00:57:11:00	ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR VETERANS
00:57:11:00	00:57:11:00	DAY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:57:11:00	00:57:12:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:57:12:00	00:57:15:00	I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
00:57:15:00	00:57:15:00	ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
00:57:15:00	00:57:16:00	SUPPORTING OUR VETERANS AND
00:57:16:00	00:57:19:00	MILITARY FAMILIES.
00:57:19:00	00:57:20:00	I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN
00:57:20:00	00:57:23:00	FITZGERALD AND HE PROPOSED
00:57:23:00	00:57:23:00	HAVING A LETTER WHICH I AGREE
00:57:23:00	00:57:26:00	WITH HAVING A LETTER THAT WOULD
00:57:26:00	00:57:27:00	GO TO CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS
00:57:27:00	00:57:31:00	ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKING A
00:57:31:00	00:57:31:00	PROACTIVE ROLE IN ENSURING
00:57:31:00	00:57:34:00	VETERANS VOICES ARE HEARD IN
00:57:34:00	00:57:34:00	WASHINGTON.
00:57:34:00	00:57:35:00	SO I'M WORKING WITH JOHN ON ON
00:57:35:00	00:57:38:00	THAT LETTER AND I DO HOPE TO
00:57:38:00	00:57:39:00	GET IT DONE AND BRING IT BRING
00:57:39:00	00:57:41:00	IT DOWN TO ON BEHALF OF THE
00:57:41:00	00:57:42:00	OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
00:57:42:00	00:57:45:00	SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
00:57:45:00	00:57:46:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR TAKING
00:57:46:00	00:57:49:00	THE LEAD ON THAT FOR WORKING
00:57:49:00	00:57:51:00	WITH ME LIKE LIKE OTHER
00:57:51:00	00:57:55:00	COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED,
00:57:55:00	00:57:56:00	COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO HAS DONE
00:57:56:00	00:57:59:00	AN EXCELLENT JOB.
00:57:59:00	00:57:59:00	ONE ISSUE THAT HE PARTICULARLY
00:57:59:00	00:58:03:00	WORKS WELL ON THAT'S BEEN UNDER
00:58:03:00	00:58:07:00	ATTACK I BELIEVE AND I'VE
00:58:07:00	00:58:08:00	WORKED WITH HIM ON IT IS THE
00:58:08:00	00:58:10:00	DISCHARGE UNDER OTHER THAN
00:58:10:00	00:58:14:00	HONORABLE CONDITIONS FOR GAY
00:58:14:00	00:58:15:00	AND LESBIAN VETERANS, MILITARY
00:58:15:00	00:58:18:00	SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEY DON'T
00:58:18:00	00:58:19:00	RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL
00:58:19:00	00:58:23:00	OF BENEFITS IF THEY WEREN'T GAY
00:58:23:00	00:58:27:00	OR LESBIAN LGBT KILLED.
00:58:27:00	00:58:27:00	BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE I'M GOING
00:58:27:00	00:58:31:00	TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
00:58:31:00	00:58:31:00	COUNCIL WITH COMMISSIONER
00:58:31:00	00:58:34:00	SANTIAGO ON AND I'LL PUT WILL
00:58:34:00	00:58:35:00	PROBABLY EVEN PUT IT IN THAT
00:58:35:00	00:58:38:00	LETTER THAT MYSELF AND
00:58:38:00	00:58:39:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD ARE
00:58:39:00	00:58:39:00	WORKING ON.
00:58:39:00	00:58:40:00	SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP EVERYONE
00:58:40:00	00:58:40:00	POSTED.
00:58:40:00	00:58:42:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:58:42:00	00:58:42:00	THANK YOU.
00:58:42:00	00:58:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:58:43:00	00:58:43:00	COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:58:43:00	00:58:46:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:58:46:00	00:58:46:00	AND AGAIN JUST WANT TO JUST
00:58:46:00	00:58:47:00	THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS
00:58:47:00	00:58:49:00	SERVICE AND ALSO SHANE AS WELL
00:58:49:00	00:58:53:00	FOR HIS SERVICE ALSO I JUST
00:58:53:00	00:58:54:00	WANT TO MENTION JASON'S SENSORY
00:58:54:00	00:58:57:00	DAY WHICH IS A FREE INCLUSIVE
00:58:57:00	00:59:00:00	DAY OF SENSORY FRIENDLY FUN
00:59:00:00	00:59:01:00	WHICH IS GOING TO BE HAPPEN ON
00:59:01:00	00:59:04:00	NOVEMBER EIGHT AT THE TAMWORTH
00:59:04:00	00:59:05:00	BUILDING FROM 11 A.M. TO 3
00:59:05:00	00:59:05:00	P.M..
00:59:05:00	00:59:09:00	JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT ALL THE
00:59:09:00	00:59:09:00	ORGAN ORGANIZED ORGANIZERS WHO
00:59:09:00	00:59:11:00	HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN AND ALSO
00:59:11:00	00:59:12:00	STATE REPRESENTATIVE WORRELL
00:59:12:00	00:59:15:00	AND MYSELF ARE NOW ON OUR
00:59:15:00	00:59:16:00	FOURTH ANNUAL TURKEY DRIVE
00:59:16:00	00:59:19:00	WHICH IS HAPPENING ON NOVEMBER
00:59:19:00	00:59:19:00	15TH.
00:59:19:00	00:59:20:00	ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING TO
00:59:20:00	00:59:23:00	VOLUNTEER PLEASE REACH OUT TO
00:59:23:00	00:59:23:00	US.
00:59:23:00	00:59:24:00	IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO
00:59:24:00	00:59:27:00	ACROSS THREE OR FOUR
00:59:27:00	00:59:27:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:59:27:00	00:59:27:00	THANK YOU.
00:59:27:00	00:59:30:00	THANK YOU.
00:59:30:00	00:59:31:00	BUT DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE AN
00:59:31:00	00:59:31:00	ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WOULD
00:59:31:00	00:59:31:00	LIKE TO MAKE?
00:59:31:00	00:59:34:00	OKAY.
00:59:34:00	00:59:34:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
00:59:34:00	00:59:35:00	MEMORIALS.
00:59:35:00	00:59:35:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADJOURN
00:59:35:00	00:59:38:00	TODAY'S MEETING ON BEHALF
00:59:38:00	00:59:39:00	OF SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED?
00:59:39:00	00:59:40:00	NOW IS THE TIME I'D LIKE TO
00:59:40:00	00:59:41:00	ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING ON
00:59:41:00	00:59:46:00	BEHALF OF THE FORMER EXECUTIVE
00:59:46:00	00:59:47:00	WHEN HE WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:59:47:00	00:59:48:00	OF HARVEY'S INSTITUTE
00:59:48:00	00:59:49:00	OF POLITICS AND THE FIRST BLACK
00:59:49:00	00:59:53:00	MAN TO SERVE AS MAYOR IN THE
00:59:53:00	00:59:53:00	COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
00:59:53:00	00:59:54:00	EDDIE WARREN, WHO WAS KNOWN AND
00:59:54:00	00:59:57:00	LOVED BY SO MANY HERE IN THE
00:59:57:00	01:00:00:00	COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
01:00:00:00	01:00:01:00	I JUST MY HEART BREAKS FOR HIM
01:00:01:00	01:00:04:00	AND HIS FAMILY AND SO I JUST
01:00:04:00	01:00:05:00	WANT TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES
01:00:05:00	01:00:08:00	TO HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS AND TO
01:00:08:00	01:00:11:00	ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED SETTI
01:00:11:00	01:00:11:00	WARREN.
01:00:11:00	01:00:15:00	THEY'D ALSO LIKE TO END TODAY'S
01:00:15:00	01:00:15:00	MEETING UPLIFTING THE NAME OF A
01:00:15:00	01:00:16:00	SOUTH BEND RESIDENT WHO
01:00:16:00	01:00:19:00	RECENTLY PASSED AWAY DUE TO A
01:00:19:00	01:00:19:00	TRAGIC CAR ACCIDENT.
01:00:19:00	01:00:22:00	MICHAEL TO VILLA WHO WAS A
01:00:22:00	01:00:26:00	COMMUNITY LEADER AND RECENTLY
01:00:26:00	01:00:30:00	WORKING IN AT NORTHEASTERN
01:00:30:00	01:00:30:00	UNIVERSITY AND HAS BEEN A
01:00:30:00	01:00:33:00	LEADING VOICE HERE IN OUR CITY.
01:00:33:00	01:00:36:00	SO JUST WANT TO ALSO EXTEND MY
01:00:36:00	01:00:37:00	CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY ON
01:00:37:00	01:00:42:00	HIS PASSING THE CHAIR
01:00:42:00	01:00:42:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAEDEN
01:00:42:00	01:00:43:00	CUSTER AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:00:43:00	01:00:44:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:00:44:00	01:00:45:00	I WOULD LIKE US TO ADJOURN IN
01:00:45:00	01:00:48:00	MEMORY OF THOMAS LALLY.
01:00:48:00	01:00:48:00	HE'S A LONGTIME RESIDENT
01:00:48:00	01:00:49:00	OF ALLSTON.
01:00:49:00	01:00:52:00	HE PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK.
01:00:52:00	01:00:56:00	HE IS HE GRADUATED FROM ST
01:00:56:00	01:00:59:00	ANTHONY'S A TRUE ALLSTON BOY
01:00:59:00	01:01:00:00	BOSTON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
01:01:00:00	01:01:03:00	AND AFTER SERVING THE US ARMY
01:01:03:00	01:01:04:00	CORPS OF ENGINEERS HE ENTERED
01:01:04:00	01:01:04:00	THE FAMILY BUSINESS AS A
01:01:04:00	01:01:08:00	BRICKLAYER WHILE PURSUING AN
01:01:08:00	01:01:08:00	ENGINEERING DEGREE AT
01:01:08:00	01:01:11:00	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY.
01:01:11:00	01:01:12:00	HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CIVIL
01:01:12:00	01:01:12:00	ENGINEER IN THE CONSTRUCTION
01:01:12:00	01:01:14:00	OF BOSTON'S PRUDENTIAL CENTER
01:01:14:00	01:01:15:00	AND SMITH COLLEGE IN
01:01:15:00	01:01:15:00	NORTHAMPTON AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY
01:01:15:00	01:01:19:00	BECAME TEACHER AND TAUGHT AT
01:01:19:00	01:01:19:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR OVER
01:01:19:00	01:01:22:00	25 YEARS AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER
01:01:22:00	01:01:23:00	OF ST ANTHONY'S PARISH, AN
01:01:23:00	01:01:25:00	EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF THE
01:01:25:00	01:01:29:00	AUSTIN CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND A
01:01:29:00	01:01:30:00	WE WILL MISS HIM.
01:01:30:00	01:01:33:00	HE WAS ALWAYS VERY VERY REGULAR
01:01:33:00	01:01:34:00	ATTENDER AT THE BOSTON CIVIC
01:01:34:00	01:01:37:00	ASSOCIATION AND WE EXTEND OUR
01:01:37:00	01:01:40:00	CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
01:01:40:00	01:01:41:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:01:41:00	01:01:41:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
01:01:41:00	01:01:43:00	AND WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
01:01:43:00	01:01:47:00	UPLIFT A NAME TODAY WE WILL
01:01:47:00	01:01:51:00	ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY
01:01:51:00	01:01:52:00	OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL
01:01:52:00	01:01:52:00	INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF
01:01:52:00	01:01:55:00	OF COUNCILOR BREADON THOMAS
01:01:55:00	01:01:56:00	LALLI ON BEHALF OF MYSELF
01:01:56:00	01:01:59:00	MICHAEL TO VILLA ON BEHALF
01:01:59:00	01:02:00:00	OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CITY
01:02:00:00	01:02:03:00	WARM CITY WARREN FORMER NEWTON
01:02:03:00	01:02:06:00	MAYOR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
01:02:06:00	01:02:07:00	OF UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE
01:02:07:00	01:02:07:00	OF POLITICS ON BEHALF OF THE
01:02:07:00	01:02:10:00	CITY COUNCIL FORMER VICE
01:02:10:00	01:02:10:00	PRESIDENT CHENEY A MOMENT
01:02:10:00	01:02:18:00	OF SILENCE THE CHAIR MOVES THAT
01:02:18:00	01:02:18:00	WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED
01:02:18:00	01:02:19:00	TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY
01:02:19:00	01:02:21:00	OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
01:02:21:00	01:02:22:00	INDIVIDUALS.
01:02:22:00	01:02:22:00	HAPPY VETERANS DAY EVERYONE.
01:02:22:00	01:02:23:00	THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
01:02:23:00	01:02:25:00	MEET AGAIN NOT NEXT WEEK BUT
01:02:25:00	01:02:26:00	THE WEEK THEREAFTER ON
01:02:26:00	01:02:28:00	WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2025 AT
01:02:28:00	01:02:29:00	12 NOON.
01:02:29:00	01:02:32:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, TO
01:02:32:00	01:02:32:00	CENTRAL STAFF, TO THE CLERK IN
01:02:32:00	01:02:33:00	THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND TO THE
01:02:33:00	01:02:36:00	COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER.
01:02:36:00	01:02:37:00	ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT,
01:02:37:00	01:02:37:00	PLEASE.
01:02:37:00	01:02:37:00	I.
01:02:37:00	01:02:37:00	I.