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A court of the city council being present, let us all rise to salute the flag and then pause for a moment of silence. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic to withstands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Welcome to the April 3rd Business Meeting of the Cambridge City Council.

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Our first order of business will be the submission of the record for February 27, 2017, and March 6, 2017.

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Pleasure to the City Council.

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On a motion by Vice Mayor Mark McGovern to move the adoption of the record, all those in favour say aye.

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Opposed?

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The aye's habit and the record has been submitted and adopted.

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we now move to public comment. Public comment is a part of the city council meeting where an individual can speak on any item on on can speak on an item on the agenda.

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Under the provisions of chapter 43 section 93 of the general laws and of the school committee.

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The members of the public may comment upon items and the following categories of business.

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Reconcerations, city managers, consent agenda, unfinished business from preceding, preceding

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meetings, applications and petitions, requiring approval of referral by the city council,

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consent resolutions, consent policy, order and resolutions relating to policy and analysis

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or development, committee reports, ground table, working, meeting, minutes and communications

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of reports from city officers. Each speaker shall limit his or her comments to no more than

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three minutes. Written testimony can be left at the basket provided or given to the council

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page and such written testimony will be made part of the record. A bill would ring when you

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reach two minutes and 45 seconds and you will have 15 seconds to finish your comments. Thank you.

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The first person to have signed if a public comment is Nan Duffy, followed by Joanna Schillman.

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Please give your name and the item that you're speaking to for the record. Thank you.

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Good afternoon. My name is Nan Duffy. I'm speaking on the impeachment resolution. Thank you.

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I've been a resident of Cambridge for over 25 years though, not consecutive ones.

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My husband and I first moved to an apartment on here on Avenue in 1975 when I started Harvard Law School.

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After our daughter was born, we bought and moved into a two-family across the street at the corner

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of Huron and Fishpun, and then moved for a time to Bellmont, where our third child was born,

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but we missed the Fishpun market, so we came back about 17 years ago.

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I am very proud of my Harvard Law degree, and the opportunity that it gave me to devote nearly 25 years

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of public service as a judge before I retired last year.

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But I stand before you today not as someone with any special knowledge or understanding of the

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foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution, but as a private citizen who has the utmost

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reverence for our Constitution and the rule of law.

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This is not unusual for those like me who arrived as refugees and immigrants from some other

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place and became naturalized U.S. citizens, as I did.

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My father, a Dutchman, served in the Dutch Underground, fighting the Nazis.

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As a Marine, he went to Indonesia after the war, and there he and my Chinese mother

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met, fell in love and married.

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A year after my birth, there was a regime change.

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The property and businesses belonging to ethnic Chinese, including my mother's family, was

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confiscated by the new government, and because it was unsafe to stay in Indonesia, my parents

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fled with me and a few belongings to the Netherlands.

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We immigrated to this country in 1956 when I was six years old.

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My parents came for the chance to work, to educate their five children, to be free from political

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oppression, and to live under just laws that apply equally to all, including, and perhaps

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most especially, to those in power.

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The Foreign Emoluments Clause of Article I, section 9 of the United States Constitution

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was ratified in 1789. For our new government, the potential interference from foreign powers

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was a grave concern then, and in simple language the clause prohibits any person holding any

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office of prophet or trust under the United States from accepting any present, a monument,

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office or title of any kind, whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.

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A lawsuit has already been filed against the President, alleging that because he has refused

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to get a best himself of his business interest in a host of foreign countries, he continues

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to receive benefits from those countries, including a grant of trade marks, a trade mark

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as a benefit, whether it is used directly or licensed to others, or simply protects a global

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brand from use by others.

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Last month after a decade of failing to grant a request, China awarded 38 trade marks that

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Now, protect the Trump brand in China.

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Impeachment has been used 16 times since our country's founding, including against presidents,

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senators, and federal judges.

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The process would permit further investigation at the President's business interest and

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ties to other countries, and permit resolution of its legal claims.

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I thank you for your vote and supported the resolution that is before you tonight.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you.

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testimony. I also want to remind folks that this meeting is being audio

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in video tapes in their their may or can be some excerpts of this meeting that

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will end up on local media or the other press I want to make sure people are

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mindful of that. You'll want to show them in file by Gale Epstein. Hello Cambridge. My name

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is Johanna Sholman and I stand before you first as an American

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I'm actually first as a red socks fan, go socks, second as a can to Bridgian, and third as a member of cast, Cambridge area, stronger together.

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My topic this evening is also in peachment, and I look forward to your unanimous vote of support.

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Now in peachment is not retribution, it is not a tool for achieving a political objective.

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It is not a mechanism for removing an unpopular elected official from office.

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It is not even a partisan activity.

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Instead, impeachment is rooted in the Constitution, as a powerful remedy to be used only

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if a President, regardless of party, popularity, or ideology, willfully violate the Constitution.

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And, since inauguration day, despite having been warned that this would be the case, the President

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has been in violation of the Emolyman's clauses of the Constitution, as Judge Dufli just

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both domestic and foreign. These clauses prohibit him from obtaining any financial benefits from

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foreign state, where the federal government other than his salary, and there are dozens of

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examples of violations, but the Trump international hotel, the tendency of the Trump Tower,

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the extensive use of Trump-branded properties for presidential business purposes, are just a few.

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But, city council, we are not asking that you jump to conclusions.

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And Snorr are we asking the United States House to do so?

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Impeachment is a process that begins with the House Judiciary Committee determining whether

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grounds for further investigation even exist.

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It is that step which this resolution demands.

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Why now?

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Why Cambridge?

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As I stated a few moments ago, I stand before you first as an American, and when a president

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willfully and self-righteously violates the Constitution, and if there is no condemnation

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from the public or Congress, the Office of the Presidency is soiled and our constitutional

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democracy is endangered.

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Every day we delay reinforces the idea that this behavior is normal.

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To date, four cities across the country have passed similar resolutions we look forward to

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dozens more.

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Again, this is not a partisan anti-Trump request, but rather an exercise in civic duty of

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highest order, and at its core, this is a resolution in defense of the Constitution.

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Now Cambridge has long been a leader in defending constitutional rights.

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After waiting 19 years, my wife and I, together now, 33 years, were married in this very

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chamber by Margaret Jury in 2004.

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But as citizens, we don't just have right.

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We have responsibilities. Surely there is no more important responsibility before us than

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preserving our precious democracy and no city more qualified than Cambridge to leave

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the way. Thank you.

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Thank you for your testimony. I would ask people to be framed from clapping. Thank you so

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very much. Gail Epstein, followed by Zachary Burns. Hello, my name is Gail Epstein. I'm

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Speaking in support of order number two, a resolution urging the House of Representatives to act on its constitutionally granted oversight responsibility by taking the first steps to begin impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump.

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Thanks to Vice Mayor McGuvern for introducing this policy order and to Councillor's Devoro and Chung for co-sponsoring it.

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I speak as someone who's been a Cambridge resident for 32 years, and as a member of cast, Cambridge

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area stronger together.

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At this critical time in our country, the rule of law, the commitment to our constitution,

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and the fate of our democracy, are all at risk as a result of Mr. Trump's behavior.

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Because Congress has not yet taken adequate bipartisan steps to respond to dangerous President

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financial violations of the domestic and far enamallumance clauses of our constitution.

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It becomes necessary for individuals and local communities to step up and speak out to protect

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our system of government from being undermined from within.

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Massachusetts as a whole and Cambridge in particular have a history of taking bold steps

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to protect our democracy.

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At this moment, when so much as it's stake, I hope that Cambridge will be the first of many cities

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and towns in the Commonwealth, with the courage and will to pass resolutions like this.

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And in so doing, we will join a growing list of municipalities nationwide, insisting that nobody

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is above the law, and that Congress must do its job to protect the legitimacy and credibility

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of our government.

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Thank you for your consideration.

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I urge you to pass this resolution with unanimous consent.

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And while I'm up here, I also want to support and urge passage of the inclusionary zoning

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unfinished business item number seven.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your testimony.

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exactly burns well by Ted from Thomson.

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Good evening, Mayor Simonins and Council members.

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I'm Zach Burns of 220 Pro Street.

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Thank you for considering the Pet Shop ordinance.

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Some Cambridge Pet Shops currently source mammals

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and Fibians birds and reptiles from inhumane breeding facilities.

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This is logical.

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If breeders can lower production costs by craming dozens of animals into one cage

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and feeding them hormones to promote rapid growth,

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the pet industry can maximize its profit.

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Yet, Cambridge consumers are willing to pay the price

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for ethical sourcing.

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How else could four whole-food markets survive in a three-mile radius?

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I take pride living in a progressive city that takes care

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of undocumented patients at Cambridge Health Alliance

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and charges for environmentally destructive grocery bags.

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Tonight, we can uphold our commitment

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to social responsibility by adopting the pet shop ordinance.

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Crucially, it will end the sale of inhumanely bread animals in Cambridge.

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According to the World Wildlife Fund, 27 species become extinct every single day due to human

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pollution and habitat destruction.

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Cambridge residents know that we have gone too far and must mitigate losses to fellow animals

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and to our environment. On behalf of our community, on behalf of the unnamed thousands of

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violently mistreated animals, so right here in Cambridge, I urge you to adopt the pet shop

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ordinance. Thank you.

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And thank you for your testimony. If you have written testimony, please give it to

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surrogies our page and we'll make sure that that information comes part of the permanent

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record of the City Council.

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Ted Thompson, followed by John Tyson, Ted Thompson,

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John Tyson.

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Thank you. My name is John Tyson. I'm a long-term resident of Cambridge, homeowner at

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310 and half Pearl Street. And I'm here to speak about the Pet Shop ordinance. I feel

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like this is an important consideration for the City of Cambridge. We have an opportunity

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to profoundly affect our concept of compassion in our society as a whole.

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When I was growing up in the River of Southeast, we loved animals.

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We loved our dogs and cats and frogs and chickens and snakes.

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Considered them parts of our families and would have reacted forcefully to any attempt to do them harm.

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At the same time, we thought nothing about going out and shooting things.

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It was what was done.

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And we never once ask ourselves, are these animals that we are killing, are they individuals?

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Do they have families?

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Do they want freedom like we do?

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Do they feel pain?

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Of course, if we ask ourselves these questions, it would have altered our actions.

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As thoughtful human beings, we know that we are animals.

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We have bodies, senses, and nervous system.

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Distant to which we experience the world. We feel pain, seek companionship, love our families, long for freedom, and dream.

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Fortunately our society is reaching a new level of understanding. Learning to respect our fellow creatures is the largest social justice movement of our time.

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This ordinance is a very small step, but a vitally important one that will greatly reduce suffering and make us more aware and compassionate human beings.

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Abraham Lincoln said, I am a favor of animal rights, as well as human rights, that is the way of a full human being.

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Let us all work for kindness for all of our creatures. It will greatly benefit us all.

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I respectfully urge you to support this ordinance and thank you very much for your time consideration.

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Thank you for your testimony.

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Chris Green, followed by Patricia Nolan.

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I had a, oh, my name is Chris Green.

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I'm a Cambridge resident of 1137 Massav.

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I'd like to thank Vice Mayor McGovern for the Pet Store ordinance.

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This partnership for Cambridge, Cambridge shouldn't be part of an industry that treats any kind of animal,

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bird, Lizard or Dog as a commodity as these industries do. I don't want to take up too much

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time because there's already been testimony on this and hopefully I will have a chance

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to give more testimony when the issue comes back before the ordinance committee. So I'd

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just like to encourage the City Council to move this issue forward to the ordinance committee

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for full consideration and I also support the impeachment ban as well. Thank you.

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Thank you for your testimony.

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Dr. Chanel and Fall by Annie Nadelle.

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Annie Nadelle.

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I do encourage the passage of unfinished business number seven inclusionary zoning.

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And I hope you pass it as broadly as possible, including all previously permitted permits if you can.

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But I'm here to speak as a citizen, as a member of cast, as a school committee member,

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and is a mother of a policy order number two on the impeachment.

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Passing this resolution is to ask for an investigation, the start of impeachment.

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It is not whining since Trump won.

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It is not saying we know for sure if the Constitution has been violated.

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It is not even because of reprehensible acts, policies, or words that have been said by the

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president.

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Although people will say much worse about your intentions and reasons if you pass it, we know

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that.

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But we know it is about you doing your job by asking Congress to do its job.

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It is about our Constitution and upholding the laws of the country.

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Just as in 2000 the country became familiar with hanging chads, now the country is becoming

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familiar with the emoluments clause.

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It is critically important to our democracy to make sure no one is above the law, and that

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the presidency is not used to enrich the president and the U.S. Treasury is not used

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as a personal piggy bank.

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There is evidence that is being done right now.

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3 U.S. presidents have been impeached.

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In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached essentially for firing one cabinet member.

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Ironically enough, he fired a secretary of war who supported voting rights for free slaves.

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President Nixon was impeached from manipulation line and involvement with criminal acts against a democratic party.

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President Bill Clinton was impeached for line about an affair.

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None of those acts, all of which led to full investigation and impeachment hearings by the

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U.S. House of Representatives, are as egregious, threatening, or serious as the acts

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we know of so far by Trump, just two months into his presidency.

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There is a reason the Constitution forbids the President explicitly from profiting from

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foreign governments or domestic entities.

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It threatens our democracy, cheapens our values, and erodes faith in government, which

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those we have far too little of already.

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As a school committee member and parent, I also worry really deeply about what message it

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sends to our children if we fail to hold the President accountable.

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As elected officials, I took a note of office.

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Just on school committee, you all did on City Council to uphold the Constitution of the

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United States.

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Part of our your responsibility is to do just that by passing this resolution and don't

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stop there, then do all you can. I will certainly do all I can to see that is in fact and it

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actually happens. I want to thank you for your testimony and I also want to acknowledge that

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Ms. Nolan is a member of the Cambridge School Committee. Amy Nadell, I feel fall by the

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Ben Clements. Thank you very much. I don't know. Bill Mayer Simmons, members of the City Council

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Vice Mayor Mark McEvern. This statement is actually signed by seven residents, including

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myself. First we would like to thank you Vice Mayor McGovern and Councillor Schun and Deborah

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for sponsoring policy order number two, which requests that the U.S. House of Representatives

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started in the impeachment investigation of President Trump. So, further thanks. Our concerns

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as outlined in this policy order are not partisan and as such are not concerned with any

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particular policy. Our plea for an impeachment investigation arises from the president

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So, flagently violating the spirit and letter of the amendments clauses of the Constitution that if it is not stopped, puts the whole of our Constitution, our very foundational document at risk.

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Policies can be changed. They can be voted up or down. We will always accept the legitimacy of sometimes unhappily of policies and presidents with whom we disagree,

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because we do agree on the sanctity of the process which is derived from the constitution.

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If we flat the legality of that constitution itself as this president so brazenly does,

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we have no solid ground on which we, citizens, or our representatives can proceed with debate

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about any policy. We cannot meet our rights and responsibilities as if we have understood them

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for more than 200 years. So thank you for consideration of this policy order and we hope

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the Council will pass the order with unanimous consent.

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Thanks.

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Our next speaker is Ben Clement, followed by Virginia, Coleman.

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Thank you, members of the Council.

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My name is Ben Clement.

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I'm the chair of a national non-partisan advocacy group known as Free Speech for People.

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And I'm here to speak in support of the resolution calling on Congress to investigate

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whether the president should be impeached.

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When we learned in January that President Trump would refuse to divest from his ownership

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of the Trump organization as he'd been repeatedly warned, he needed to do to comply with

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the Constitution.

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We decided to launch a campaign calling on Congress to investigate whether he should be

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impeached.

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And on an auguration day, we launched that campaign and a website www.pich.ofTrumpNow.org.

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Since that time, we have all had our worst fears and then some realized by this presidency.

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It's now clear we are looking at one of the most, it's not the most corrupted presidency in the history of the country.

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Not only has the president refused to divest of his business interests, but he is aggressively used the presidency to enrich himself, his family members, his business associates, at public expense.

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From freshering foreign dignitaries to stay at his hotels, to freshering the Chinese government,

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to reverse 10 years of precedent and grant him, and his business valuable trademark rights,

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the President has been continuously and flagently violating the foreign corruption clause,

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also known as the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

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He has been constantly violating the domestic corruption clause or a volume as clause

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of the Constitution by using federal taxpayer dollars to pay his businesses, his properties

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in New York, and in Florida, untold sums, but by some accounts totaling millions of dollars

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for a variety of Trump family activities and government activities at his properties.

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There is only one remedy for this defiant and blatant violation of the Constitution and that

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impeachment in the House and conviction in the Senate. We know that Congress is slow to act,

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but day by day, the American people are demanding action and are demanding an impeachment

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investigation. Since we launched our site on an auguration day just over two months ago,

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almost 1 million people from all across the country have signed the petition calling for an

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impeachment investigation. And we've included model resolutions for municipalities to call

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for an impeachment investigation. On our website, I'm pleased to say that the resolution before

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the Council tonight is adapted from that model, and Cambridge stands for us to become

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the fifth municipality and the first major city on the East Coast to call for an impeachment

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investigation. So thank you to the Council, and thank you for the citizens of Cambridge,

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and leading the way to protect our democracy.

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Thank you for your testimony.

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Virginia Coleman, followed by a dime, some of field.

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Virginia Coleman?

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My name is Virginia Coleman.

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I live at two Berkeley Plays.

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I'm here to support the Pet Shop Ordnance.

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I believe that's item number eight on your agenda.

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Which very importantly protects against commercial sale animals that aren't cute and fuzzy.

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lizards, snakes, guinea pigs, hamsters, birds, these activities, the breeding, if you can

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call it that, is not regulated at all by the animal welfare act.

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Now Trump wants to get the animal welfare act, like everything else he's doing, but we're

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still, at least not only we have it, but there is nothing for these other animals and they're

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important in the account, and it goes to the compassion that I think is such an important

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part of Cambridge and we can be a leader in this area and unlike the other resolution which

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is being discussed tonight with very good reason, we can do this. Unfortunately, asking for

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Trump to be impeached is not self-execating. Cambridge can do this. Finally, just briefly on

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the resolution about Trump needless to say, I support it. However, I would just mention maybe

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The 25th Amendment, which is another way to go about doing this, there is a serious question

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as to whether this amendment is mentally competent to perform the job, and I see a

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concept that we're laughing.

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I do not think it's a laughing matter.

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Nicholas Christoph, who is a great daughter of the United States, suggested this.

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It was discussed on morning show this morning, and it's another way to go about it.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your testimony.

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I ask you tonight to support the resolution to direct the House of Representatives to direct and

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investigation whether there are rounds for impeach, Donald J. Trump, the President of the United

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States. Thank you.

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Thank you for your testimony.

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Prishy young, followed by Sub-butler,

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Krishy young,

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Sub-butler.

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Good evening, Madam Mayor City Council. I'm Sub-butler. I live at 14 Clinton Street. And I'm

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here to thank Councillor Debraue for our filing policy order number 2 directing the House

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representatives to impeach the President. You've had numerous descriptions of the corruption

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that's part of his behavior. Shortly after he assumed presidency, a building permit he wanted

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in Argentina that had been refused for years was overturned and given to him. I'd like to know

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what kind of intimidation occurred for that to happen. He certainly taking money and gifts that

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In our appropriate he's taking pillage, he's exploiting intimidation, he's got his family involved

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in the government in ways that are profoundly inappropriate.

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In last week's New Yorker there was a letter to the editor called Trump and fraud describing

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that the House of Representatives has the right and has had the right all along to demand

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Trump's tax returns from the IRS. I don't know what has immobilized them but I'm horrified

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that didn't occur in October before Harry Reid wrote a public letter saying that there

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was explosive information about Trump and Russia. There's an enormous amount of undisclosed

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information that I believe would show us vast amounts of corruption, manipulation, intimidation,

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all of which get Mr. Trump money, gifts, privilege, that he does not deserve.

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The emoluments clause occurred when Benjamin Franklin accepted a gift from Louis XIV.

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A mirror gilded and covered with diamonds.

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This corruption of Trump's far, far exceeds a golden mirror.

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And it undermines the character of our country.

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Some of you were here many years ago in my dear friend Jacqueline Perry, Dalan Cooler, came

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to visit City Council.

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She came with me and I said I had to speak and she refused.

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But she got here, and she saw what was happening, and she said, it's okay, I'll talk.

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When I was introduced to her, I was told that she was number one in the French resistance.

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She would never admit to that, only number three.

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But she came, and she started, as she spoke, she remembered being in the concentration camp

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Robin's book, Far in the North of Germany.

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And she remembered the sound of American bombers coming through the air, and she looked

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around this room and said, thank you, America.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, America.

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I'm not sure if we are still that country, and I'm horrified by what I see.

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As Ted Thompson arrived, Ted Thompson,

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Chris Young,

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Susan Lava Dimbar, followed by Theodore

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Feldman.

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Good afternoon.

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My name is Susan Lebondabar, and I live at 8-Bird Street.

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20 hours ago, I found out that there was a policy order relating to the possible impeachment

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of President Trump.

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I put a petition out on the Internet and sent it mostly to Cambridge residents.

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Within 20 hours, 111 Cambridge residents signed this petition along with many more.

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Here's the petition that they signed.

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Honorable Mayor Simmons and esteemed members of the Cambridge City Council, we, the

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under-signed residents of Cambridge, do solemnly urge you to take action on our behalf,

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to safeguard our right to be governed by elected representatives who do not reap profits

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as a consequence of their office.

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Vice Mayor Mark McGovern and City Counselor's Jan DeVarrell and Leeland Chung have proposed a resolution that would make our city the first in Massachusetts to ask the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate whether President Trump has been in continuous violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution since the day he assumed office.

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We urge you to approve this resolution to speak out against President Trump's apparent disregard

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for the foundational laws of our nation.

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It is our hope that the City Council will approve this resolution unanimously and convey

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it to the U.S. House of Representatives fourth with this petition respectfully submitted

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by the undersigned residents of Cambridge.

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And I just wanted to read just a couple of the comments that people submitted along with the petition.

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Marley Myers wrote,

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This may be one of the most important votes of a citizenry in modern times.

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Lahas had her wrote,

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A very welcome initiative.

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Please publish on Facebook.

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So other cities will see it and can follow our example.

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And finally, Joan Hill wrote, every local action contributes to a ground swell of opposition

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to Trump's outrageousness.

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Let's lead the way and present the model for other cities to follow.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you for your testimony.

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If you would, the young man is going to give you a card if you could electronically send

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a petition would make it part of the record.

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And thank you for your testimony.

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Theodore Feldman followed by Susan Slesinger.

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anyone lettered street in summer of year representing the Harvard cycling

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association. I think I'll probably be the only person here tonight talking

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about bike safety. Well, maybe not. But anyway.

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I'm here to actually talk about committee report item number one, which was the report

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on a bike committee that we had back in February in a few things.

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On that report in a few things that actually weren't on that report, I would ask

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We have a discussion or an update about some of the progress and actually the communication of some of the progress on the spring bike work plan

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That was a major discussion point at that meeting, and I it's not clear where we are or if there's progress

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Updates are happening at least from where I'm facing in the public. I think the bigger issue and I saw this in an email

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Councillor Kelly sent out just before midnight last night, was about the issue of pleading

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different groups of people or the fact that there's really no particular one bike lane

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infrastructure that makes everybody happy he is not a fan of the raise ones, there's some

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data from Cambridge that suggests many people feel safer on those, that's matter of opinion.

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But I think one of the issues he raised there was an issue of cars becoming irate when

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psychos do something that they lawfully can do on a crowded road or a road where the bike lane might be blocked and that's take the full lane and I think the real point raised there is that there needs to be an issue in a consideration for how there can be recourse for cyclists who are the victims of aggressive driving

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that is something that has gone unchecked and unregulated. I think in massive fuses at large and I know there are efforts underway to approve that.

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but I would ask that we take that issue and think about how we can open it up to further discussion

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to a larger issue of, again, recourse against aggressive driving, and the other issue raised

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there, which is enforcement of traffic policies, I think, both from the cycles perspective,

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we can be doing more to ensure that cyclists are obeying the law, and we can be doing more to ensure

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that motorists are aware and obeying the law. Because, in fact, there are a lot of

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of traffic laws pertaining to cyclists the motorists that many drivers are not actually

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aware of, and there's actually data from mass bike that supports that.

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And finally, I think the other piece of the policies also integrate an education piece

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because this particular issue of sharing the street is one in which many motorists do

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not, in fact, no is actually on the law, particularly in situations where the right side

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the lane or the bike lane may be obstructed by a pilot snow or a sequence of hot holes

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or craters and that is something that I think we can do better and better job and work

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together on the give out how we can educate the public. Thank you.

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And thank you for your testimony. Susan's lesson to your fall by Gary Mellow.

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Good evening. Surprisingly enough, I'm here tonight to urge you to pass. I hope unanimously,

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the inclusionary zoning petition that's in front of you.

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For people who might not be as intimately connected with this petition, some of us are.

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It's a really important affordable housing tool for this city of Cambridge.

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What it says, what the law will say is that if you are a residential developer,

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you need to provide 20% of the units in your building as affordable housing,

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for low and moderate income people to live in. And that's up from the current ordinance, which

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calls for 11.5%. So it's a big jump. And it's extremely important in terms of the provision

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of affordable housing citywide. It means we have mixed income buildings, mirroring, arm mixed income

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neighborhoods.

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As we look at what the current, the current law has provided, it's over 800 units

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and Cambridge. And that's without any government subsidy to it. So it's a vitally important

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tool for affordable housing going forward. It's particularly important in light of the policies

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that we've seen from the Trump administration. And I think that if this is passed tonight,

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particularly if it's unanimous, because I think that's a tremendous sign for how important

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affordable housing is to the policy makers and to the residents of Cambridge, that we should

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all celebrate.

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It's really a tremendous step forward, but then in the very near future we have to come

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back together again and look at what the next steps are, because we're not seeing resources

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growing on the national scene or on the state scene and we are seeing the need for affordable

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housing growing.

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So this is an issue that we need more tools, more resources, and we need to talk about how we can do that.

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I also want to thank so many people that have been involved in this.

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I want to thank the Council for all their work, particularly Mayor Simmons, who steered the ship through some rocky waters from time to time.

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I want to thank the senior manager and the community development staff for all the hard work that they did

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putting into this petition and I want to thank all my fellow residents who have come out over the past months

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and months and months for all the input that they provided.

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Hopefully we can move forward on this quickly tonight.

447
00:40:08,290 --> 00:40:08,910
Thank you.

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00:40:08,930 --> 00:40:10,050
Thank you for your testimony.

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00:40:10,970 --> 00:40:13,770
Gary Melofo by Sarah Block.

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00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:19,760
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, my name is Gary Melo and I live on Franklin Street.

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I ask that the City Manager reconsider his conclusion that a stop sign is not warranted

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00:40:24,460 --> 00:40:27,440
on Green Street as it intersects within clock at the bottom of the hill.

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00:40:28,180 --> 00:40:32,140
Dryers approaching from the plans to our CS sign indicating the crossing traffic does not

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stop, but except for us locals the intersection might be invisible.

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00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:40,820
A stop ahead in the stop sign itself on Green Street is a very expensive solution, very

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inexpensive solution, in a location where a problem really does exist.

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00:40:44,220 --> 00:40:49,360
Secondly, Councillor Kelly suggests that an increased police presence in central square

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may be intimidating to some.

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00:40:52,060 --> 00:40:55,140
I believe that citizens since the security should be paramount when considering a

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minestation in your call-bomb, in your carbomb, barren plaza, and indisputable failure in the

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00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:02,120
urban experience.

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00:41:02,940 --> 00:41:08,220
Lastly, I wish to address the spectator crowd, maybe even the TD audience.

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Have you looked at the council agenda this week?

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Just two policy orders. Yet another plug, sorry, for these don't be electric cars to be

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00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:22,100
voted on by Councillors who don't even know what a level one charger is. And in order

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to produce a suitably engrossed request to impeach the President of the United States.

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00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:32,920
Fellow citizens, this is what puts us in the newspaper. On the funny pages, we're a city

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00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:38,400
of 100,000 residents with a $600 million budget, and a legislative body, which won't

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00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,600
even meet for the next three minutes, waste your time posing for the TV cameras, instead

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of pursuing worthwhile government.

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00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:49,080
The rest of the country looks at us and sees goofy town, not new town.

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00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:53,340
Counselors, you'll only be taken to seriously as you treat the job yourselves.

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00:41:53,860 --> 00:41:57,820
Let's come back with beneficial proposals, not a PR campaign.

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00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:01,420
And please God save me from Fox TV news.

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00:42:03,110 --> 00:42:06,950
Sarah Blockfall by John Tyson.

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00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:11,360
Hi, I'm Sarah Block.

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00:42:11,460 --> 00:42:13,360
I live at 24 Shepard Street.

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00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,620
I've lived in Cambridge since 1970.

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And I'm just here to support the resolution

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to impeach President Trump.

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00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:22,960
That's all I want to say.

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00:42:23,460 --> 00:42:24,180
Thank you for your testimony.

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00:42:24,940 --> 00:42:25,780
John Tyson.

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00:42:26,060 --> 00:42:27,420
We're going to speak again.

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00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,420
Oh, I didn't see if that gives me the twice.

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00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:31,160
Okay.

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00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,260
Richard Frisnick,

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followed by Carol O'Hare.

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It should question the 20 Oak Street, speaking in favor of the inclusion and exoning

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ordinance and hoping that it does get passed unanimously.

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00:42:52,940 --> 00:43:05,880
I made community development professional and also a member of the Housing Committee of the

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00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:16,160
in the ABC Better Cambridge program a few days ago where the Metropolitan Area Planning

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00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:23,860
Council presented its latest information on affordable housing. It was the first time

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00:43:23,860 --> 00:43:29,080
there was a considerable discussion about Cambridge and specific at that large assembly.

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00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:35,680
And I was delighted that it was the first time in the past few years, at least that I've

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00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:44,240
noted, we're finally the argument, I seem to get considerable recognition by the body

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00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:55,180
that as long as Cambridge continues a building, high-density, high-rise buildings, that

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00:43:55,180 --> 00:44:01,820
mainly market rate buildings, the increase in land values that was caused by this forces

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00:44:01,820 --> 00:44:08,940
more working class and middle-class people out of the city than the affordable units that

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00:44:08,940 --> 00:44:17,440
are developed by these high-density development helps to keep in the city. This is simply,

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00:44:17,860 --> 00:44:24,360
but this is backed by the Lincoln Land Institute and by other professionals and it's

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00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:32,080
very up until now has been a very unpopular argument because it's very nice to be able to

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00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:38,080
believe that we're doing all we can for affordable housing by building more and bigger

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00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:44,080
because that way we get more affordable units. It's not so comfortable to accept the reality

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00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:50,260
that in doing so we're still forcing more people out of the city than we're helping to stay

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in the city, simply reinforces how important the 20% inclusionary zoning is, it's a great

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00:44:58,240 --> 00:44:59,000
step forward.

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And it's wonderful the way I echo the former remarks that were made, and I want to add my thanks in the same fashion.

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00:45:09,380 --> 00:45:17,640
It's wonderful the way this is proceeding. It was wonderful last year, the way the Lincoln requirement was nearly tripled.

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They're both great steps forward. But unfortunately, as if it weren't bad enough, now we have to face this onslaught of foreign investors from all over the world.

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00:45:29,980 --> 00:45:36,120
world who have recognized Boston and Cambridge as these terrific markets and driving up prices

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00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:42,920
even further. So we still have a lot of work to do even after we pass this inclusionized

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00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:44,660
owning ordinance. Thank you.

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00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:49,280
And thank you for your testimony. Carol, a little fear followed by Marilyn Wellens.

515
00:45:55,410 --> 00:46:03,090
Good evening. Carol, I'll hear 172 magazine straight. I'm speaking on a few things, City

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00:46:03,090 --> 00:46:13,030
manager number seven rebuilding after fire, we here often don't let the perfect the enemy

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00:46:13,030 --> 00:46:21,450
of the good. Well, the original version of this was not good. It wasn't even half bad.

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00:46:22,070 --> 00:46:32,290
It needed major work and it turned into a ace makes waste situation. It is now, I think, on

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00:46:32,290 --> 00:46:39,170
to being improved and will come out right, but it took longer than it should have in a very

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00:46:39,170 --> 00:46:48,490
urgent situation. So I would say his makes ways wins in his case. I do have some language

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00:46:49,530 --> 00:46:57,610
that I had suggested before if the city council wants it. That is from Brooklyn and from the

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00:46:57,610 --> 00:47:07,890
a new provision about rebuilding after catastrophe, and it addresses the problem that two years

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00:47:07,890 --> 00:47:18,390
is not sufficient, and neither is an extension that requires continuous building after getting

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00:47:18,390 --> 00:47:25,590
your insurance because there can be strikes, there can be recessions, there can be all kinds

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00:47:25,590 --> 00:47:33,110
of delays that are legitimate and there should be a way of extending the two years and in

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00:47:33,110 --> 00:47:37,830
four lines Newton and Brooklyn have captured it if you would like that. I will give

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00:47:37,830 --> 00:47:49,170
it to. I do support the banners for the two open suit and three locations in Cambridge

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00:47:49,170 --> 00:48:00,370
for open studios that is application number one. Public space for public banners. I'm also, I

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00:48:00,370 --> 00:48:07,990
want to congratulate everybody who worked so hard on the affordable housing. It is a major

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00:48:09,770 --> 00:48:15,410
And as to the resolution about our President,

531
00:48:18,590 --> 00:48:29,490
I'm the way over here tonight, I wasn't going to speak about this, but I'm the way over here tonight. I heard on the radio that Trump, his holdings, his other holdings.

532
00:48:29,490 --> 00:48:43,790
This isn't relating directly to the amyamas are in a revocable trust, which is claimed to be a safe place where he will not be able to have any influence.

533
00:48:44,210 --> 00:48:53,090
Well, everybody knows that a revocable trust is controlled by the trust door that is Donald Trump.

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00:48:53,090 --> 00:48:59,870
And one son and one employee are the trustees of that's trust.

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00:49:00,350 --> 00:49:09,010
The other son gives quarterly reports, and Donald Trump can withdraw finance and receive funds from that address.

536
00:49:09,630 --> 00:49:10,750
Thank you so much for your testimony.

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00:49:11,070 --> 00:49:14,850
Any written documents you let's believe at our page will be greatly accepted.

538
00:49:17,380 --> 00:49:19,860
Marlon Wellen's followed by Heather Hoffman.

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00:49:28,660 --> 00:49:39,720
Thank you, Madam Mayor. My name is Marilyn Wellen. I live at 651 Green Street. I'd like to thank the counselors for the resolution having to do with the emoluments clause.

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00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:51,980
I think it's extremely important that the public interest be served. Now how you define or understand the public interest can vary from time to time in place to place.

541
00:49:51,980 --> 00:49:59,060
but there are extreme cases where the public interest is pretty clear and is not served.

542
00:49:59,580 --> 00:50:06,820
So I think the Constitution says what one of those instances is and it's when, for

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00:50:06,820 --> 00:50:08,640
an amyamance come to the President.

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So I think the Council is for filing this policy order, continuing on the idea of public good

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00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:23,680
public space. I'd like to thank the council also for a committee report number two and I'm glad

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00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:28,640
that it's being held in committee. It has to do with leaf blowers. Once again I'm talking about

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00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:38,660
public space, noise and light pollution. There are forms of air pollution. These things are bad for

548
00:50:38,660 --> 00:50:46,220
people and the city council has a hard job. You can pass the resolution about the amyamus clause.

549
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:54,380
I would think rather easily, but on something like belief blowers and noise and light pollution,

550
00:50:56,260 --> 00:51:03,060
the attempt to have a significant outdoor lighting ordinance let alone anything to do with indoor sources.

551
00:51:03,660 --> 00:51:10,580
This is hard work and that's why people elect you and that's why you're paid for your work because it's hard.

552
00:51:10,580 --> 00:51:22,800
But I would say that I think the public does expect thoughtful, reasonable protection from the kind of work that you do.

553
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:30,780
And these are important fears. It's an election year. I call your attention to noise and light pollution and the city's inadequate regulation of them.

554
00:51:31,060 --> 00:51:38,180
I'd also like to thank the Council. I hope you will pass the ordinance proposed ordinance about animal cruelty. Thank you.

555
00:51:38,180 --> 00:51:39,800
Thank you, great testimony.

556
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:42,800
Heather Hoffman, followed by Catherine LeBlanc.

557
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:49,680
Hello, Heather Hoffman, 2013 Hurley Street.

558
00:51:49,820 --> 00:51:53,100
I thought I'd toss in the obligatory remark about impeachment.

559
00:51:54,320 --> 00:52:00,200
I recall Republicans saying that if Hillary Clinton had been sworn in as president,

560
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,820
they would immediately introduce articles of impeachment.

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00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:06,840
So I figure if breathing while Democrat is a high crime in this demeanor,

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00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:10,620
we probably have reached that level with the current administration.

563
00:52:13,500 --> 00:52:16,900
So, I'd like to talk about AV.

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00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:23,440
Having been banished to the outside where I didn't have any way of hearing,

565
00:52:23,620 --> 00:52:27,860
except by way of the AV in here, which is way better than the AV.

566
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,020
I've been experiencing at the senior center.

567
00:52:30,020 --> 00:52:40,440
I can tell you it's a big problem, and if we want people to be able to participate in public meetings,

568
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:43,260
they've got to be able to hear what's going on.

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00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:53,600
So, I really hope that this new AV system for the Senior Center results in the ability to hear from every part of the room,

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00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:59,060
and also for the ability to see from every part of the room.

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00:52:59,260 --> 00:53:04,380
As you may or may not know, currently, if you go to a BCA meeting,

572
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:12,100
you're invited to stand behind the BCA by the windows in order to see and hear.

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00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:15,480
Because you can't from the audience.

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00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:28,320
And I was going to note the, I hope, monumental thing of passing the incentive zoning and inclusionary housing.

575
00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:42,560
Hot dog guys, I hope that you will make this as strong as possible, as far as I'm concerned, this is something that is worth getting sued over.

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00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:50,740
do not give up anything that you don't have to give up. It may turn out that the

577
00:53:50,740 --> 00:53:55,020
lies is against us on certain things. We'll find, but we put up the good

578
00:53:55,020 --> 00:53:58,720
fight. Do not give up before you start.

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00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:06,180
And then, with respect to the letter from Craig

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00:54:06,180 --> 00:54:11,560
Kelly, I wanted to thank him very much for this because I pretty much agree. And I

581
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:18,060
came in here and there were more police officers than I've seen in ages and I regularly

582
00:54:18,060 --> 00:54:29,540
go to meetings in the police station. It does not make me feel better. I'm a small

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00:54:29,540 --> 00:54:41,540
older white woman who is born as citizen of this country. So I can just imagine how it

584
00:54:41,540 --> 00:54:47,960
Yes, there should be police officers, and they should be doing their jobs, but there are

585
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:52,580
limits to what we need, and I wish that you'd left the police station in Central

586
00:54:52,580 --> 00:54:54,360
Square instead of bringing it to my neighborhood.

587
00:54:55,520 --> 00:54:55,860
Thank you.

588
00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:57,140
Thank you for your testimony.

589
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,500
Catherine LeBlanc, followed by Ellen Shector, Schlachter.

590
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:07,860
Thank you for the opportunity to speak on number 7 on business.

591
00:55:07,860 --> 00:55:12,740
Please support unanimously the inclusionary zoning ordinance.

592
00:55:13,780 --> 00:55:20,000
I'm a disabled Cambridge Port resident, which allows me to live independently since my disability.

593
00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:28,720
Trying to be in Cambridge so that I could get access to co-op my doctor.

594
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:35,740
Anything that I need, I've subletted, I've been a roommate, I was in an MIT independent dorm.

595
00:55:35,740 --> 00:55:43,480
I lived in the legal boarding house and now I'm in an apartment, which is great except that it's about 90% of my SSDI income.

596
00:55:44,420 --> 00:55:49,980
So I hope that everything passes, thank you.

597
00:55:50,240 --> 00:55:51,220
Thank you for your testimony.

598
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:53,020
Ellen Chachter.

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00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:57,220
Hi, good afternoon, Ellen Chachter.

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00:55:57,580 --> 00:55:59,200
346 Concord Ave.

601
00:55:59,880 --> 00:56:04,480
Here definitely to support the impeachment policy order.

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00:56:04,660 --> 00:56:05,880
People said it better than me.

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00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:08,260
So I'm just going to say go for it, do it.

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00:56:08,340 --> 00:56:11,120
I think it's great that we can be in the leadership on that issue.

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00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:12,540
I'm inclusionary zoning.

606
00:56:12,860 --> 00:56:16,800
I really just felt like I wanted to be here today to celebrate, and that's presumptuous

607
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:20,460
because you guys haven't voted on the final piece yet, but I really just wanted to say thank

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00:56:20,460 --> 00:56:24,200
you to all of you for your incredibly hard work on this for me.

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00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:28,900
And there's office for initiating this and for everybody on the committee and all of you.

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00:56:29,140 --> 00:56:33,940
The only other thing I wanted to say was to echo Susan Slesinger who said we still have

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00:56:33,940 --> 00:56:38,800
to do. I got two calls from the mayor's office today, one-third family that are both being

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00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:43,080
evicted, one-third families. Over-income, inclusionary, one-first under-income, inclusionary.

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00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:47,000
So it just reminds me that there's still a lot to be done, but great work. Thank you so

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00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:48,980
much. It's a really, really important day in Cambridge.

615
00:56:50,060 --> 00:56:57,340
And thank you for your testimony. Clara. Clara Wellen's followed by Katherine Anderson.

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00:56:58,880 --> 00:56:59,680
Laura Willens,

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00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:04,860
Katherine Anderson.

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00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:11,680
Hi, my name is Katherine Anderson.

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00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:13,980
I live at 52 in L.A. Street, part number two.

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00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:16,180
I'm just also here to put in my support for

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00:57:16,180 --> 00:57:19,020
Anderson. I'm number seven, the inclusionary zoning.

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00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:24,620
I think it's jumping up to 20% and including all people

623
00:57:24,620 --> 00:57:26,440
and that would be really, really, really great

624
00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:28,460
set for Cambridge, especially as a sanctuary city.

625
00:57:29,500 --> 00:57:30,500
Thank you for your testimony.

626
00:57:32,140 --> 00:57:32,540
Rachel

627
00:57:40,930 --> 00:57:42,210
Warden, Rachel Warden,

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00:57:42,210 --> 00:57:43,210
This

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00:57:49,030 --> 00:57:54,870
ends the number of people that were signed up for public comment. Is there anyone that did not have an up of this Rachel?

630
00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:11,200
My name is Rachel Warden and good evening everybody. Cambridge, I'm sorry, there's my words.

631
00:58:12,100 --> 00:58:22,560
I'm here to defend Donald Trump our president because everybody deserves a defense and I'm sure our president does.

632
00:58:22,560 --> 00:58:28,700
And I also would like to everybody to understand in Cambridge that a lot of people indeed

633
00:58:28,700 --> 00:58:30,580
voted for Donald Trump.

634
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:34,880
He didn't just walk into the White House on a soliciting.

635
00:58:35,580 --> 00:58:40,660
And I say that because people who are against him and wanting to take them out, they act

636
00:58:40,660 --> 00:58:42,900
like nobody was voting for him.

637
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:50,640
And my understanding is there were Trump signs all across the country from Western Massachusetts

638
00:58:50,640 --> 00:58:56,960
is the California. So I think it would be good if we would recognize that other people exist

639
00:58:56,960 --> 00:59:04,780
and have ideas too. And I want to say I myself and my friends voted for Donald Trump

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00:59:04,780 --> 00:59:11,240
because we watched what Hillary does and we know that he is a nationalist and that she is

641
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:17,760
a globalist and all the rest of the people running president or globalist. Now if you have

642
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:22,980
Globalism, and I talk about this a little bit, because when I mention it, nobody seems to notice

643
00:59:22,980 --> 00:59:26,980
or grasp the idea, even educated people.

644
00:59:27,260 --> 00:59:34,300
Globalism means one world government, which means concentrated power, and I know, and everybody

645
00:59:34,300 --> 00:59:38,600
else should know, the concentration of power is dangerous.

646
00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:47,240
They say that power corrupts absolute power, corrupts absolute, and vast majority of us, and I

647
00:59:47,240 --> 00:59:55,100
have to include myself, do not have that deep integrity that would be able to manage concentrated

648
00:59:55,100 --> 00:59:55,860
power.

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00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:59,980
And that's why that's falling apart and the EU is falling.

650
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:25,800
Sign a part because there's a concentrated power that's not being used appropriately. Now, Hillary, to me, she's a disaster. She has a bad history. They say she has, she had, she had, she had, she had, she had, I don't think Ms. Clinton is on the agenda tonight.

651
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:27,260
What's that?

652
01:00:29,320 --> 01:00:30,580
And somebody's saying something to me?

653
01:00:30,660 --> 01:00:31,720
And at the end of your time,

654
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:34,500
Colby Clinton is not on the agenda.

655
01:00:34,840 --> 01:00:38,740
Please speak to Donald Trump if you'd like to make a continued testimony.

656
01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:40,560
Donald Trump's not on the agenda?

657
01:00:41,300 --> 01:00:41,720
He is.

658
01:00:41,740 --> 01:00:43,900
Hillary isn't.

659
01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:46,100
Well, that means we can play two rules.

660
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:47,080
So, sets are rules.

661
01:00:47,700 --> 01:00:50,120
And not, um, and not point that out.

662
01:00:50,360 --> 01:00:52,800
I have to point out two sets of rules being played.

663
01:00:53,040 --> 01:00:55,580
One for Hillary's, where she gets to be a more monger,

664
01:00:55,580 --> 01:01:09,600
murder whole countries, play part in human trafficking, et cetera, and he is just maybe, I don't even know that he's doing anything to these people or claim he's doing.

665
01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:21,240
I can't tell you that he hasn't been given a chance. The immediate, the corporate media, who wants a one-world government, is after him like white on rice, and they want to destroy him.

666
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:24,980
And we pray, my friends pray, that he doesn't get assassinated every day.

667
01:01:25,240 --> 01:01:29,380
That's how much these people have at stake, because they've been shucking on the humanity.

668
01:01:29,660 --> 01:01:34,380
That includes everybody here for the state that it has not sensed this word in your time

669
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as it's fired.

670
01:01:35,180 --> 01:01:36,200
Thank you for your testimony.

671
01:01:37,140 --> 01:01:37,700
You're welcome.

672
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:38,880
Have a good evening.

673
01:01:39,260 --> 01:01:42,900
If you've not had an opportunity to speak, you would like to please come and give

674
01:01:42,900 --> 01:01:45,240
your name and the item you're speaking to.

675
01:01:45,380 --> 01:01:47,060
The time of light is three minutes.

676
01:01:52,020 --> 01:01:58,080
Madam Mayor, I'm sorry, I didn't sign up, but I'm in a vote on this petitioner to

677
01:01:58,660 --> 01:02:02,320
the zone ordinance amendment to strike out Section 823 at a non-confort, but he

678
01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:10,380
in subsidy ordinance for the new section for 820-823 for the firehouses on

679
01:02:10,380 --> 01:02:18,540
Birfshaya Street. My house for one of the fires. I'm just coming here just to say

680
01:02:18,540 --> 01:02:23,520
I think we should try to pass this as soon as possible, so we can move forward and rebuild.

681
01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:24,680
Thank you.

682
01:02:24,700 --> 01:02:25,840
Please, can I have your name?

683
01:02:26,260 --> 01:02:26,980
Joe Buzzwell.

684
01:02:27,460 --> 01:02:28,360
Thank you so much, Mr. Buzzwell.

685
01:02:28,380 --> 01:02:29,140
Thank you.

686
01:02:29,260 --> 01:02:29,760
Mr. Valentine.

687
01:02:35,180 --> 01:02:36,200
You don't know what I'm trying to say.

688
01:02:37,220 --> 01:02:38,980
It's not that you can't have a country.

689
01:02:39,420 --> 01:02:41,320
If all you do is say, I don't want.

690
01:02:43,540 --> 01:02:46,220
You have to say, who you want and why?

691
01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:47,140
And you're speaking.

692
01:02:47,180 --> 01:02:47,440
All right.

693
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:50,160
It's not enough to say, I don't want Donald Trump.

694
01:02:51,120 --> 01:02:52,700
Who do you want and why?

695
01:02:52,700 --> 01:02:58,700
and I thank you for your testimony. Is anyone else that would like to speak that was not signed up?

696
01:02:59,500 --> 01:03:05,020
Hearing none, pleasure of the city council. Oh, one of the, if you have not spoken already?

697
01:03:05,580 --> 01:03:10,340
No. Okay. I'm opera Berkowitz 253 and a half Broadway in Cambridge.

698
01:03:11,080 --> 01:03:18,560
I just want to issue my support for policy order 2017 number 96, policy order 2017 number 95

699
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:26,360
and ordinance 2017 number six. I actually sent an email earlier that basically have the same

700
01:03:26,920 --> 01:03:33,480
ideas but the idea of being that I mean come on like we are people living in a city who have

701
01:03:33,480 --> 01:03:39,520
very strong beliefs in various strong convictions towards democracy and we absolutely have the right

702
01:03:39,520 --> 01:03:45,500
to investigate Donald Trump's constitutionality or to support any measures that do so. I think it

703
01:03:45,500 --> 01:03:49,660
need to start at the grassroots level. I think there have been very strong moves on the

704
01:03:49,660 --> 01:03:54,340
west coast and also up in Vermont to do so and I really look forward to building a strong

705
01:03:54,340 --> 01:03:58,540
coalition of cities and towns across the nation that are pushing the House of Representatives

706
01:03:59,440 --> 01:04:04,680
to question Donald Trump's constitutionality and do so at a transparent way. So I think the

707
01:04:04,680 --> 01:04:09,000
key is that we are the ones who are initiating this. We are going to push to the House of

708
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:14,860
Representatives very clear and transparent investigation and it needs to start locally because that's

709
01:04:14,860 --> 01:04:16,300
the only way it's going to be transparent.

710
01:04:17,060 --> 01:04:20,420
I am very, very happy that this is coming forward.

711
01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:24,380
Absolutely, we need to demand that this investigation is fully transparent.

712
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:33,300
And I also support having local businesses provide more electronic charging stations.

713
01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:39,180
I think it's an awesome way to decrease their use of fossil fuels and also just enable us

714
01:04:39,180 --> 01:04:41,060
to move regionally using electric cars.

715
01:04:41,620 --> 01:04:42,360
Thank you very much.

716
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:43,820
And thank you for your testimony.

717
01:04:44,340 --> 01:04:53,340
this concludes public comment pleasure of the city council and a mayor moved to close public comment and a new suspension of the rules to bring policy order number two before

718
01:04:54,620 --> 01:05:00,720
Oh, unless you had another plan. We were going to council car alone was going to suspend the rules to

719
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:05,280
To bring inclusionary first and then we were going to do no, so if you would

720
01:05:06,320 --> 01:05:12,700
Okay, he'll defer. Okay, so then he'll be essentially the rules of ring policy order number two, then he'll do that after very good

721
01:05:12,700 --> 01:05:19,460
So, I'm suspension on the rules, all those in favour say aye, oppose the eyes have it in the rules that is suspended.

722
01:05:22,340 --> 01:05:27,300
I'm bringing number, policy order number two, policy order number two forward, all those in favour say aye.

723
01:05:28,220 --> 01:05:33,300
Opposed the eyes have it in policy order number two is before us, pleasure and city council.

724
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:35,220
Vice Mayor McGuffin.

725
01:05:36,100 --> 01:05:36,420
Thank you.

726
01:05:36,420 --> 01:05:45,100
I want to thank everyone who testified tonight and everyone who sent emails to us on this

727
01:05:45,100 --> 01:05:45,600
issue.

728
01:05:46,060 --> 01:05:51,460
I also want to thank cast, Cambridge Area Stronger, together for bringing this issue to my

729
01:05:51,460 --> 01:05:56,660
attention and working with me on this resolution, and also the thanks, Councillor Channel and

730
01:05:56,660 --> 01:05:58,380
Councillor Devorow for co-sponsoring.

731
01:05:59,780 --> 01:06:04,940
This order was filed because we are concerned that Mr. Trump has violated the emoluments

732
01:06:04,940 --> 01:06:10,160
laws of the United States Constitution, which, in part, prohibits the President from benefiting

733
01:06:10,160 --> 01:06:15,080
financially from business dealings with domestic and foreign governments while in office.

734
01:06:17,060 --> 01:06:22,340
There are numerous examples of Mr. Trump's many businesses having financial dealings with

735
01:06:22,340 --> 01:06:27,860
both foreign and domestic governments. And two that I would highlight, one, is that Trump and

736
01:06:27,860 --> 01:06:32,720
National Hotel, which is owned by the President, continues to recruit business from

737
01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:37,480
many foreign governments who routinely hold events and stay in Washington DC for meetings.

738
01:06:38,460 --> 01:06:43,900
And another example is a Trump Tower, the bank called Industrial and Commercial Bank of

739
01:06:43,900 --> 01:06:49,920
China, which is owned by the government of China, leases property in Trump Tower, paying

740
01:06:49,920 --> 01:06:51,020
rents to the President.

741
01:06:51,700 --> 01:06:58,820
The President also has another building that is close to a $1 billion loan with his bank.

742
01:06:58,820 --> 01:07:07,520
So in the sense, our president and his businesses are potentially one billion dollars in debt to the government of China through this bank.

743
01:07:08,980 --> 01:07:16,020
What is further concerning to me is that although Mr Trump claims to no longer be involved in the operations of his businesses,

744
01:07:16,920 --> 01:07:24,560
he has sadly, in my opinion, lost credibility due to his consistent and seeming pathological line.

745
01:07:25,640 --> 01:07:30,840
He has lied about things that he has said when he is on video, having said them.

746
01:07:31,240 --> 01:07:34,780
He has lied about things that he has done that we know he has done.

747
01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:41,220
He has lied about members of his staff having contact with Russian officials when we now

748
01:07:41,220 --> 01:07:43,360
know that there is evidence to suggest otherwise.

749
01:07:44,260 --> 01:07:48,860
Why, giving all these falsehoods that he has told, should we believe him when it comes

750
01:07:48,860 --> 01:07:49,920
to his business feelings?

751
01:07:49,920 --> 01:07:53,340
The answer is we shouldn't, and that's why we need an investigation.

752
01:07:54,860 --> 01:08:00,700
Every American, regardless of party, should be concerned that we have a president who

753
01:08:00,700 --> 01:08:03,400
may be financially compromised to foreign governments.

754
01:08:04,100 --> 01:08:08,900
The Amoluments cause was created to protect both the president and the American people

755
01:08:08,900 --> 01:08:13,560
from a conflict of interest between our nation's leader and domestic and foreign governments.

756
01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:19,400
When Mr. Trump is sitting in front of the table from Chinese leaders, we want him to be

757
01:08:19,400 --> 01:08:25,420
interest of America and not how his decision may impact his billion dollar loan with the Chinese

758
01:08:25,420 --> 01:08:31,760
government. This is a question of national security. What we are seeing with Mr. Trump

759
01:08:31,760 --> 01:08:37,180
is unprecedented. I have disagreed with presidents before both Republican and Democrat, but

760
01:08:37,180 --> 01:08:42,960
I have never seen a president so potentially compromised as Mr. Trump. The American people

761
01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:47,060
deserve answers, and that is why we are calling for an investigation because the risk

762
01:08:47,060 --> 01:08:52,820
is too great. I hope this order passes unanimously, and I hope that other cities and towns

763
01:08:52,820 --> 01:08:58,380
join us in urging the House of Representatives to call for an immediate investigation so

764
01:08:58,380 --> 01:09:02,100
we can be sure that the President of the United States is not violating the Constitution.

765
01:09:03,280 --> 01:09:07,800
And as far as the concern that this is not city council business, I cannot think of anything

766
01:09:07,800 --> 01:09:12,480
more important than a local government standing up for the rights of the people that live

767
01:09:12,480 --> 01:09:18,140
city and live in the rest of the country. This is a constitutional matter, and if other cities

768
01:09:18,140 --> 01:09:22,380
and towns look at Cambridge and say, this is just Cambridge being Cambridge, I say thank

769
01:09:23,400 --> 01:09:23,920
you.

770
01:09:24,280 --> 01:09:25,940
For a little discussion. Councillor Madden.

771
01:09:26,940 --> 01:09:34,160
Thank you. Thanks to Vice Mayor McGovern to the Councillor Schung and Debrao for forwarding this.

772
01:09:34,180 --> 01:09:38,340
I think this is something that we've all been kind of juggling and thinking about and I'm very

773
01:09:38,340 --> 01:09:40,500
proud to vote for it today.

774
01:09:40,500 --> 01:09:47,640
I will say, you know, President Trump has definitely benefited in the ways that you mentioned.

775
01:09:47,700 --> 01:09:49,580
There's almost no question, right?

776
01:09:49,580 --> 01:09:54,480
But then the question is, let's see, look into it, is how deep the rabbit hole goes.

777
01:09:54,900 --> 01:10:02,620
There's the potential that Russia has influenced our election and continues to influence the executive branch of government.

778
01:10:02,620 --> 01:10:12,320
And, of course, there's all kinds of other constitutionally problematic executive orders and other things coming out of the Oval Office.

779
01:10:13,420 --> 01:10:20,920
So, you know, to the one or two people who had comparisons to make between Clinton Trump or anything else,

780
01:10:21,080 --> 01:10:22,940
we're really focused on one thing here.

781
01:10:22,940 --> 01:10:31,000
And it's about whether or not the President of the United States can do his job and represent the people of the United States of America.

782
01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:38,880
Now, to the council, and to those, this is, obviously, an issue that's seen almost unprecedented traction here with folks in the city.

783
01:10:39,240 --> 01:10:45,880
To those who really want to move this work, we could be in Washington, DC rallying.

784
01:10:45,940 --> 01:10:48,100
For this work, we could be here rallying.

785
01:10:48,220 --> 01:10:52,460
We could be influencing our democratic state committee or city committee.

786
01:10:52,460 --> 01:11:00,440
we could be mobilizing, we could make Massachusetts a bastion, an engine for progressive organizing.

787
01:11:00,740 --> 01:11:07,720
So for those people who, as Vice Mayor McGovern noted, ask, you know, why is the city doing this?

788
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:15,260
When this is a constitutional or federal issue, I think we're doing it because we actually do think we can have an impact.

789
01:11:15,260 --> 01:11:21,500
And because the people of the city can then go on to spread the message, as the good people

790
01:11:22,760 --> 01:11:27,600
from free speech for people were discussing, what I would hope we would do is go on to

791
01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:33,600
bring that battle to the likes of Representative King, who said, we can't make the future

792
01:11:33,600 --> 01:11:37,000
of this nation with other people's babies or some garbage like that.

793
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:46,600
And that we pursue this epidemic that we pursue this epidemic of bad governance and bad

794
01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:51,140
leadership and in many cases illegal behavior as far as we can.

795
01:11:51,360 --> 01:11:56,020
That this doesn't start and end with statements or press or attendance that this is really

796
01:11:56,020 --> 01:11:58,080
the work of a daily practice.

797
01:11:58,160 --> 01:12:03,600
And I'm encouraging those who are looking on whether skeptical or totally bought in to make

798
01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:07,940
that if this is your issue, if you were here to speak on behalf of this issue that you're

799
01:12:07,940 --> 01:12:12,060
then following that up with five minutes of daily work, call Vice Mayor McGuvern's office,

800
01:12:12,180 --> 01:12:16,140
call mine, call any of these Councillors, or reach out to free speech for people so that they

801
01:12:16,140 --> 01:12:22,960
can spread this message up and down the east coast and all over the country. Truly, this is not

802
01:12:22,960 --> 01:12:29,000
something that we're going to achieve in less millions and millions of people opt into to carry

803
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:32,960
the load together. So that's basically all I have to say. The last thing I'll say on this issue

804
01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:37,940
is that sometimes when I'm bringing something forward that isn't necessarily a municipal

805
01:12:37,940 --> 01:12:43,100
issue, what I hear is we wouldn't want the City Council to give the people of Cambridge

806
01:12:43,100 --> 01:12:50,080
the impression that we can deliver on something that we can't deliver on. I am with you in this

807
01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:56,580
and I'm with you in all of the reaches that the Council can make in order to achieve a better world

808
01:12:56,580 --> 01:13:06,560
and in order to be the source of organizing and the source of good taste and community building for our region.

809
01:13:07,600 --> 01:13:18,140
But I then hope that that same argument that I've heard before against my maybe idealistic policies won't be used again.

810
01:13:18,140 --> 01:13:24,700
that if something is a lofty goal, like a progressive tax, or like a different way of establishing

811
01:13:24,700 --> 01:13:26,700
our real estate tax, so it can be graduated.

812
01:13:26,860 --> 01:13:28,940
Within come a fees are difficult to achieve.

813
01:13:29,220 --> 01:13:33,860
I don't want to hear that we shouldn't embark on those issues as well.

814
01:13:34,280 --> 01:13:34,900
Thank you.

815
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:36,940
Thank you, council.

816
01:13:36,980 --> 01:13:37,280
Councilor Maison.

817
01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:37,940
Councilor Debra.

818
01:13:38,580 --> 01:13:45,720
Thank you, Madam Mary, and thank you to Vice Mayor McGovern for inviting me to

819
01:13:45,720 --> 01:13:53,600
sponsor this and huge thanks to the members of cast, many of whom I know and respect greatly.

820
01:13:54,720 --> 01:13:57,240
I want to just comment on what this is not about.

821
01:13:57,500 --> 01:14:03,880
This is not as some of the speakers have pointed out retribution or referendum on Trump's

822
01:14:03,880 --> 01:14:04,320
policies.

823
01:14:04,660 --> 01:14:09,780
I think many people know how the majority of people in Cambridge feel about Trump's policies,

824
01:14:09,980 --> 01:14:11,840
but that is not what this is about.

825
01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:18,720
nor is this about political grandstanding or scoring points with the media. Frankly, I wish

826
01:14:18,720 --> 01:14:23,020
all of these cameras that are pointed in our faces were here because of the vote that we're

827
01:14:23,020 --> 01:14:27,660
going to take next on the inclusionary housing, which is historic in its own right.

828
01:14:29,580 --> 01:14:35,260
Which we've worked on for the better part of the year. This is also not a waste of time. I've had

829
01:14:35,260 --> 01:14:39,800
we've had people right to us and say, don't you have anything better to do? Why are you wasting

830
01:14:39,800 --> 01:14:42,720
in the public's time on this silly resolution.

831
01:14:43,420 --> 01:14:45,220
Well, in fact, it didn't take us very much time

832
01:14:45,220 --> 01:14:46,740
because the good people have cast

833
01:14:46,740 --> 01:14:48,940
and the good free speech for people

834
01:14:48,940 --> 01:14:50,060
have done their homework.

835
01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:54,240
And so they basically presented us with this resolution.

836
01:14:54,540 --> 01:14:55,620
Thank you very much.

837
01:14:55,880 --> 01:14:57,720
It didn't take any of our staff time.

838
01:14:58,300 --> 01:14:59,960
And it didn't prevent us from-

839
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:07,080
I'm working on the other weighty issues that we have before us and the fact that there are only two policy orders on the agenda tonight.

840
01:15:07,260 --> 01:15:14,520
Well, sorry, folks that, you know, sometimes the schedule doesn't work out that way, but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot of work going on behind the scenes.

841
01:15:15,500 --> 01:15:26,180
So what this is about as others have said far more eloquently is safeguarding the reputation of the office of the president and upholding the public trust.

842
01:15:26,180 --> 01:15:33,220
So in Peachman is a process and I hope that other far less liberal cities will look to our

843
01:15:33,220 --> 01:15:33,680
example.

844
01:15:33,880 --> 01:15:38,840
I know that everyone expects the people's Republic of Cambridge to do this kind of thing.

845
01:15:39,400 --> 01:15:44,900
But when it will really gain momentum is when cities that are not known as the people's Republic

846
01:15:44,900 --> 01:15:49,400
of anywhere jump on this bandwagon and say, hey, something doesn't smell right.

847
01:15:49,800 --> 01:15:50,700
So thank you.

848
01:15:50,860 --> 01:15:52,760
Thank you, Councillor Delro, Councillor Jones.

849
01:15:53,900 --> 01:15:59,080
Thank you, I just want to thank my co-sponsors and Dan Duffley who brought this to my

850
01:15:59,080 --> 01:15:59,740
attention originally.

851
01:16:00,620 --> 01:16:07,240
You know, I think the question is not whether President Trump will be found guilty.

852
01:16:07,500 --> 01:16:11,500
It's how much damage he's going to do before we put a stop to him.

853
01:16:11,880 --> 01:16:15,080
And I think that, you know, to the criticism that, you know, why are we doing this?

854
01:16:15,120 --> 01:16:18,620
I don't think any of them, this is going to pass the council, I hope unanimously, I don't

855
01:16:18,620 --> 01:16:22,700
think any of us are naive enough to think that, you know, we have a great congressional

856
01:16:22,700 --> 01:16:26,300
presentation. I'm sure they've all thought about the possibilities of impeachment and how to prevent

857
01:16:26,300 --> 01:16:30,300
and they're talking actively about how to stop Trump from continuing to agenda. You know,

858
01:16:30,300 --> 01:16:35,040
we're not thinking that this is going to, this is going to actually lead to the impeachment

859
01:16:35,040 --> 01:16:39,700
of Trump. But what it is going to do, I think it's hopefully a way can residents of Cambridge

860
01:16:39,700 --> 01:16:43,700
to the issues that we're facing. This Council has been talking regularly about how to mitigate

861
01:16:43,700 --> 01:16:47,600
the damage that the President has in Trump's administration is doing to Cambridge. You know,

862
01:16:47,620 --> 01:16:51,820
he's cutting funding for formal housing. He's cutting funding, cutting research for,

863
01:16:51,820 --> 01:16:56,160
commenting climate change. He's cutting funding for the social services, all the things that

864
01:16:56,160 --> 01:17:01,020
Cambridge relies upon to enact its values that cities across the country rely upon. He

865
01:17:01,020 --> 01:17:05,780
is actively attacking the bad rock of our community and the social structures that make

866
01:17:05,780 --> 01:17:11,760
our community whole. We're dealing with that on the council on an active basis, and we have

867
01:17:11,760 --> 01:17:15,580
to be willing to say, he's actively trying to go against us. We have to go against him, but

868
01:17:15,580 --> 01:17:20,720
we also need to be recognized that they're in this fight with us. We're anticipating, I think,

869
01:17:20,720 --> 01:17:26,660
If he's allowed to continue in office years ahead of having to face very difficult choices

870
01:17:26,660 --> 01:17:29,880
and trying to figure out how we're going to make ends meet to continue to support the

871
01:17:29,880 --> 01:17:32,460
people in our community that we've done for years.

872
01:17:32,900 --> 01:17:34,620
So I think this is not just an empty statement.

873
01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:40,320
I think it is, I think very resonant to, you know, there is the issues of what, you know, the

874
01:17:40,320 --> 01:17:44,040
many, many conflicts of interest, but there's also the issues of what this presidency is

875
01:17:44,040 --> 01:17:48,020
going to mean to all our community, which I think we have not yet even begun to spread

876
01:17:48,020 --> 01:17:51,700
service of, in terms of how deep it's going to cut, if he's allowed to continue to cut.

877
01:17:52,220 --> 01:17:54,560
So, thank my colleagues in advance for passing this tonight.

878
01:17:55,180 --> 01:17:56,860
Thank you, Councillor Chaun, further discussion?

879
01:18:00,520 --> 01:18:01,000
Councillor Cullung.

880
01:18:02,120 --> 01:18:03,200
I'll be very brief.

881
01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:09,780
The Constitution is, in essence, a set of rules to run a country, and to run the different

882
01:18:09,780 --> 01:18:17,880
bodies of government, and just like our set of rules here, once they start breaking down,

883
01:18:17,880 --> 01:18:26,420
the system breaks down, and this is a flagrant breaking of rules that we all knew was in

884
01:18:26,420 --> 01:18:33,340
the process of happening, including the Congress, and although when I first read the policy

885
01:18:33,340 --> 01:18:40,680
order, I thought, now, why are we doing this, I have to admit that it's better to deal with

886
01:18:40,680 --> 01:18:47,220
it as early as possible, and if someone is in following the rules, which is meant to protect

887
01:18:47,220 --> 01:18:53,840
the country, you have to challenge that and bring it forth, so I heartily support the policy

888
01:18:53,840 --> 01:18:54,560
order.

889
01:18:55,200 --> 01:18:57,020
Thank you, Councillor Carlone, for the discussion.

890
01:18:57,660 --> 01:18:57,940
Madam Mayor.

891
01:18:58,120 --> 01:18:58,720
Councillor Ma.

892
01:18:59,100 --> 01:18:59,820
Very briefly.

893
01:19:00,300 --> 01:19:10,480
I will I understand the frustration that many people have regarding the president and I think

894
01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:15,660
we can look at this and we perhaps are looking at it differently.

895
01:19:15,660 --> 01:19:24,420
But my belief is this is a federal issue and that we have elected representatives that are responsible for the city of Cambridge.

896
01:19:25,740 --> 01:19:33,200
We have Senator Warren who was a Cambridge resident and has been an outspoken critic of the president.

897
01:19:34,080 --> 01:19:41,000
and we are very ably represented by two democratic congressional members in my

898
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:46,440
capital I know in Catherine Clark and it is my belief that that is who should

899
01:19:46,440 --> 01:19:51,040
be leading this effort and that I think to have this come to the city council

900
01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:57,260
will I understand it? I don't believe it's the right place to be and I think we're

901
01:19:57,260 --> 01:20:04,380
going to have to agree to disagree on that but you know I think that if we did

902
01:20:04,380 --> 01:20:11,440
not have the activism that we have in our elected federal representatives, I could see this.

903
01:20:11,780 --> 01:20:18,840
But we have very, very active representatives in Washington representing the city of Cambridge

904
01:20:18,840 --> 01:20:21,760
and the people and the thoughts of the people of Cambridge.

905
01:20:22,780 --> 01:20:26,680
And for that reason, I am not going to vote for the resolution.

906
01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:33,300
Thank you, Councilor Ma, for the discussion, and I'd like to hear, is anyone that has not spoken

907
01:20:33,300 --> 01:20:39,160
about this because before we go around a second time, Councilor Timmy, which I'd like to

908
01:20:39,160 --> 01:20:39,600
thank you, Mayor.

909
01:20:40,440 --> 01:20:40,540
Thank you, Mayor.

910
01:20:40,700 --> 01:20:48,020
Everyone who was classified here this evening, I also, I hope you're going to have a question

911
01:20:48,020 --> 01:20:49,040
on this this evening.

912
01:20:49,860 --> 01:20:55,120
I think it's long, with a lot of other people's devastating November 8th, the results,

913
01:20:55,120 --> 01:21:01,420
I had to take a look at my colleague, Council on Marset, that this is certainly, we have excellent

914
01:21:01,420 --> 01:21:06,640
representation in the Congressional and the Senate, and I think they should be taken up

915
01:21:06,640 --> 01:21:12,080
the bandwagon on this, and I look forward for them, for their guidance and support and making

916
01:21:12,080 --> 01:21:19,320
sure that this is all through, and so I will be voting present on this this evening, and

917
01:21:19,320 --> 01:21:28,760
was a my decision on November 8th, but it's time that to let our national elected officials

918
01:21:28,760 --> 01:21:33,760
are handled this, and I'd appreciate it going to send them in on this issue, as we face

919
01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:35,800
these very difficult trying times.

920
01:21:36,480 --> 01:21:37,760
Thank you, Councilor Tilly.

921
01:21:38,520 --> 01:21:42,140
Is anyone want to speak on this before we have the has not spoken?

922
01:21:42,760 --> 01:21:47,720
Hearing none, I believe, Councilor Mayors, and you have had your hand up first, Councilor

923
01:21:47,720 --> 01:21:51,960
as and followed by the vice mayor.

924
01:21:52,680 --> 01:21:53,620
Councilor Devoroma.

925
01:21:53,940 --> 01:21:54,480
Councillor Devoroma.

926
01:21:54,700 --> 01:21:55,220
I've been ahead of me.

927
01:21:55,360 --> 01:21:55,700
Okay.

928
01:21:56,100 --> 01:21:56,300
Okay.

929
01:21:57,000 --> 01:22:03,160
Well, I just wanted to pile on and maybe respond to what Councillor's

930
01:22:03,160 --> 01:22:08,900
Marron and to me have said, you know, I had two experiences that lead me to believe

931
01:22:08,900 --> 01:22:13,900
that it's right to pass this, even given the objection you gave, which is sounds reasonable.

932
01:22:14,800 --> 01:22:20,860
Councillor, if I may, as about what rules suggests, we always like to say, as my colleague

933
01:22:20,860 --> 01:22:21,720
may have suggested.

934
01:22:21,940 --> 01:22:25,060
I have to say, of course, by the name of the meeting.

935
01:22:26,020 --> 01:22:32,640
I don't know, right, as my colleagues have suggested, my experience was that I approached

936
01:22:32,640 --> 01:22:37,180
a very well-known senator that we would all know and appreciate, and I was talking about the

937
01:22:37,180 --> 01:22:42,380
importance of affordable housing and the importance of a federal package for the cities

938
01:22:42,380 --> 01:22:45,500
that just don't try their best, but can't get enough going.

939
01:22:46,900 --> 01:22:53,520
And five minutes into the conversation, the Senator basically said, you know, it's a really

940
01:22:53,520 --> 01:22:59,460
good point, and no one is discussing it in the House, and no one is discussing it in the

941
01:22:59,460 --> 01:22:59,920
Senate.

942
01:23:00,640 --> 01:23:06,280
Despite the fact that it's one of the nation's leading issues, and they said, since Barney

943
01:23:06,280 --> 01:23:14,880
Frank left the house, which was a long time, and my takeaway from the conversation, I think

944
01:23:14,880 --> 01:23:19,680
the senators take away as well, was that we should really be engaging in this conversation

945
01:23:19,680 --> 01:23:26,300
from the grassroots level up to the houses of Congress more regularly,

946
01:23:28,940 --> 01:23:29,440
and that be it

947
01:23:29,440 --> 01:23:34,140
as it may that these bodies are very competent and that these individuals are especially

948
01:23:34,140 --> 01:23:43,660
competent to do this work, I don't think that they will be able to do their utmost and do

949
01:23:43,660 --> 01:23:50,880
it with the closeness to people's real urgent needs and real urgent experiences if we

950
01:23:50,880 --> 01:23:56,480
do not also help shepherd this up the ladder. And that's exactly why I said, I won't be

951
01:23:56,480 --> 01:24:01,080
labor this or say the second story but it's similar, this is exactly why I said we need

952
01:24:01,080 --> 01:24:06,920
follow this up by actually pursuing specific course of action in our organizing in our city

953
01:24:06,920 --> 01:24:12,100
and then again in the district and in D.C. with our elected representatives, but I don't

954
01:24:12,100 --> 01:24:17,180
think you can fully and exhaustively handle this issue without also taking these actions

955
01:24:17,180 --> 01:24:18,640
here in this body.

956
01:24:19,640 --> 01:24:19,960
Thank you.

957
01:24:19,960 --> 01:24:20,860
Thank you for the testimony.

958
01:24:21,360 --> 01:24:24,300
Vice Mayor, when I got involved by Councillor Debrough.

959
01:24:24,860 --> 01:24:25,200
Thank you.

960
01:24:25,380 --> 01:24:28,300
I just want to sit for, you know, I certainly,

961
01:24:31,920 --> 01:24:32,620
you know, I know

962
01:24:32,620 --> 01:24:39,660
So, both personally and professionally, Congressmen and Capuano, Congresswoman Clark and Senator

963
01:24:39,660 --> 01:24:43,900
Warren, and certainly know how incredibly capable they are.

964
01:24:44,080 --> 01:24:53,060
I also know how incredibly capable our state delegation in Massachusetts, how incredibly

965
01:24:54,060 --> 01:24:55,820
incredible they are.

966
01:24:56,100 --> 01:25:01,060
But just for folks to understand, this is not unprecedented for the council to do.

967
01:25:01,060 --> 01:25:07,560
We pass resolutions quite often asking our state delegation, and in this case, our federal

968
01:25:07,560 --> 01:25:09,960
debt delegation to do certain things.

969
01:25:10,200 --> 01:25:15,600
We file whether it's to support a specific bill, whether it's to ask them to take action.

970
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:24,060
So, you know, I certainly, I completely respect anyone's position and reasoning for voting

971
01:25:24,060 --> 01:25:28,540
in favor of something or not, but I certainly don't want the public to think that this

972
01:25:28,540 --> 01:25:33,860
somehow meant to be a slight on the capabilities of our congressional delegation because it

973
01:25:33,860 --> 01:25:41,300
absolutely is not at work very hard for all three of those people. But it's also, it's

974
01:25:41,300 --> 01:25:46,500
also rather routine for us to do. And I'm sure we will see many more policy orders and resolutions

975
01:25:46,500 --> 01:25:51,480
asking for our delegation to vote a certain way or support a certain thing. And that is our

976
01:25:51,480 --> 01:25:56,620
responsibility I see it as local officials representing Cambridge to make sure that our delegations

977
01:25:56,620 --> 01:26:00,440
know how we feel as representatives of this city.

978
01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:02,940
Thank you, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councilor Debra.

979
01:26:03,720 --> 01:26:04,460
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

980
01:26:04,620 --> 01:26:10,560
We'll just briefly, I wholeheartedly agree with what Vice Mayor just, Vice Mayor McGovern just said.

981
01:26:11,180 --> 01:26:20,440
I, to, to say that you're going to vote present or even oppose this on procedural grounds, seems to me very odd and rather pointlessly oppositional.

982
01:26:20,440 --> 01:26:27,420
I'll be very candid. I simply don't understand that when our role as the elected officials

983
01:26:27,420 --> 01:26:35,200
who are closest to the ground, closest to the citizens of cities that state reps and congressmen

984
01:26:35,200 --> 01:26:44,280
at the U.S. House represent, we are the relay. We carry the ground grassroots up the chain.

985
01:26:44,760 --> 01:26:50,060
And I think on an important issue like that, like this one, it's absolutely our place to

986
01:26:50,060 --> 01:26:56,920
What we know, obviously Senator Warren and Representative Capuano and Representative Clark are saying.

987
01:26:58,000 --> 01:26:59,700
This is us doing our job.

988
01:26:59,980 --> 01:27:05,920
We have many resolutions on our agenda for things pending at the State House,

989
01:27:06,220 --> 01:27:10,520
where we know that Representative Decker is going to vote in favor of them.

990
01:27:10,800 --> 01:27:17,120
But yet we still say, yes, Marjorie, we want you to know that you have the citizens of Cambridge behind you.

991
01:27:17,120 --> 01:27:21,320
I'm completely perplexed by this and I'm very disappointed, frankly, that this won't be

992
01:27:21,320 --> 01:27:22,160
in that in this vote.

993
01:27:22,520 --> 01:27:23,340
Thank you.

994
01:27:23,580 --> 01:27:24,240
Where are the discussions?

995
01:27:26,630 --> 01:27:27,230
Hearing none.

996
01:27:27,810 --> 01:27:31,350
I do plan to support this order for a couple of reasons.

997
01:27:32,030 --> 01:27:37,650
One, I believe all politics is local and I think that on the federal level, there's certainly

998
01:27:37,650 --> 01:27:41,010
making noise and I think here on our level, we should make a difference.

999
01:27:42,950 --> 01:27:48,470
I thank my colleagues for putting forward this order and I, again, want to support it

1000
01:27:48,470 --> 01:27:56,070
I recognize that once in the council, particularly one from a deep blue state, does not leave

1001
01:27:56,070 --> 01:28:02,610
the national conversation, what I do think we are responsive and responsible to, the citizens

1002
01:28:02,610 --> 01:28:08,610
in this may not as you can see with this council, may not be the opinion of all the people

1003
01:28:08,610 --> 01:28:15,050
that live in Cambridge, but I am taking this vote from a, from my personal opinion as someone

1004
01:28:15,050 --> 01:28:21,590
who's worked in this body, who got together in November before the President-elect raised his

1005
01:28:21,590 --> 01:28:27,850
right hand to take the oath of office and say, we would stand and be firm on the opinion

1006
01:28:29,150 --> 01:28:35,490
in our stance on sanctuary city and we will go further to do training so that our citizens

1007
01:28:35,490 --> 01:28:41,110
wherever they may come from, we feel comfortable in our city and we go further than that

1008
01:28:41,110 --> 01:28:45,970
from the school community and make it our schools or say that our schools will be

1009
01:28:45,970 --> 01:28:51,110
sanctuaries schools. So a lot of times it's just letting people know that we

1010
01:28:51,110 --> 01:28:57,130
believe and we will fight and stand with you even though it may not have an

1011
01:28:57,130 --> 01:29:02,130
immediate impact because I do believe a single drop or we are rock. And so

1012
01:29:03,110 --> 01:29:07,810
the conversation has to stop somewhere and you know Cambridge is

1013
01:29:07,810 --> 01:29:12,210
a different, predictably progressive, and we shouldn't shy away from that.

1014
01:29:12,730 --> 01:29:18,390
And so, the people of Cambridge has said, they want us to start this, and we want that.

1015
01:29:18,530 --> 01:29:20,030
They want us to start this, this evening.

1016
01:29:20,650 --> 01:29:25,670
So, I support the resolution for many reasons, and I think this President of that President

1017
01:29:25,670 --> 01:29:34,130
provides new reasons every day for us to, in my colleagues, to want to introduce this

1018
01:29:34,130 --> 01:29:40,610
and I suspect, before it's all level, will we bring up other orders to protect and support

1019
01:29:40,610 --> 01:29:48,590
our citizens in Cambridge and so as we all know, as we watch television and the news,

1020
01:29:49,050 --> 01:29:57,790
every day, the federal government is finding ways to choke off funding for housing for education.

1021
01:29:57,790 --> 01:29:59,970
And I think that's, I'm just incredulous.

1022
01:30:00,050 --> 01:30:09,150
That someone would say that I'm going to hold back, or I'd like to hold back federal funding, which I don't believe he can do, but just a threatened.

1023
01:30:10,170 --> 01:30:15,650
And that this going to impact children and families and seniors.

1024
01:30:16,230 --> 01:30:26,030
And I'm an incredulous that this happens, and so I'm supporting this order, and this is our way as a council, whether it's unanimous or not saying,

1025
01:30:26,030 --> 01:30:36,470
we're not going to we're going to stand up against you and we're going to stand up with all those others and maybe we will be the in the front of the manguard that says enough is enough.

1026
01:30:37,230 --> 01:30:44,110
If there's no further discussion, I will call for a vote on a motion from the vice mayor but govern all those in favor say aye.

1027
01:30:45,510 --> 01:30:46,030
Opposed.

1028
01:30:48,450 --> 01:30:56,440
The vice mayor is called for the role madam clerk on policy on a number two council column.

1029
01:30:57,620 --> 01:30:57,800
Council.

1030
01:30:58,400 --> 01:30:59,060
Council.

1031
01:30:59,660 --> 01:30:59,820
Yes.

1032
01:31:00,720 --> 01:31:01,560
Council Kelly.

1033
01:31:02,380 --> 01:31:02,500
Council.

1034
01:31:02,840 --> 01:31:03,120
No.

1035
01:31:04,060 --> 01:31:04,340
Council.

1036
01:31:04,780 --> 01:31:05,020
Yes.

1037
01:31:06,280 --> 01:31:06,620
Yes.

1038
01:31:06,620 --> 01:31:06,820
Yes.

1039
01:31:09,880 --> 01:31:10,080
Yes.

1040
01:31:10,860 --> 01:31:17,780
Yes, and the auditor is a doctor on the firm and a vote with seven in favour, one recorded in the negative

1041
01:31:17,780 --> 01:31:24,960
No one amps in and one recorded present. Thank you, Madam Third. We now move please. I ask people to order

1042
01:31:24,960 --> 01:31:26,700
I'd like to preserve

1043
01:31:27,420 --> 01:31:33,200
Please order and in the council. I think I understand your enthusiasm, but please I'm going to respectfully ask for decorum

1044
01:31:33,800 --> 01:31:38,980
I we move now to the next order of business council car loan. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I'd like move

1045
01:31:38,980 --> 01:31:46,300
I move to suspend the rules to bring forth number 7 under unfinished business, the zoning

1046
01:31:46,300 --> 01:31:49,500
ordinance for inclusionary housing.

1047
01:31:50,060 --> 01:31:54,520
Thank you, Councillor Carlone, I'll come to Colombo suspension, I'm suspension, all those

1048
01:31:54,520 --> 01:32:00,220
various AI, the polls, the eyes have been aware, now I'm suspension, I'm bringing table

1049
01:32:00,220 --> 01:32:05,760
matter, unfinished business from the calendar forward, all those in various AI, I oppose,

1050
01:32:05,760 --> 01:32:10,420
I have it, and the number seven is now before us, Councilor Carlone, you have the floor.

1051
01:32:10,680 --> 01:32:17,520
Thank you, Madam Mayor, as you know, having chaired a housing committee with the vice mayor.

1052
01:32:18,460 --> 01:32:26,000
This is an ordinance that has been conceived and worked on for a long time.

1053
01:32:26,680 --> 01:32:32,380
And we believe has come to the point of great support.

1054
01:32:32,380 --> 01:32:44,640
There might have been some issues that we had to refine and work on, but the overall basis is a key component of making greater number of units in Cambridge affordable.

1055
01:32:45,580 --> 01:32:54,540
So I have other comments that I'll add later, but I think this is a great moment, and I'm sure others have some additional words.

1056
01:32:54,860 --> 01:32:57,240
Thank you, Conceal Carlone, Pleasure in the City Council.

1057
01:32:58,300 --> 01:32:59,200
Now, it's a demo.

1058
01:33:00,740 --> 01:33:01,940
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1059
01:33:02,340 --> 01:33:13,080
And thank you to all you, especially, and Vice Mayor McGovern, as co-chairs of the housing committee who got this conversation started and to everyone else who participated in this over the many months.

1060
01:33:13,260 --> 01:33:26,240
I just want to say that I hope that we as a council and the housing committee don't rest on our laurels and that we do as people have advised us, which is to take up the next challenges, which would be

1061
01:33:26,940 --> 01:33:32,260
helping middle-income families, people who are stuck in that gap that are either don't make enough,

1062
01:33:32,840 --> 01:33:36,000
make too much, need too much space, whatever.

1063
01:33:37,280 --> 01:33:41,280
That's, I think, the next hurdle, and I hope we can start working on that as soon as possible.

1064
01:33:41,680 --> 01:33:42,500
Thank you.

1065
01:33:42,880 --> 01:33:43,380
Thank you.

1066
01:33:43,500 --> 01:33:44,100
Debra O'Counselman.

1067
01:33:44,980 --> 01:33:47,340
Thank you.

1068
01:33:47,540 --> 01:33:47,560
Thank you.

1069
01:33:47,560 --> 01:33:47,680
Thank you.

1070
01:33:48,020 --> 01:33:49,180
Thank you.

1071
01:33:49,180 --> 01:33:49,460
Thank you.

1072
01:33:49,460 --> 01:33:53,880
Thank you.

1073
01:33:55,080 --> 01:34:00,580
hopes and dreams bucket since 2013 when I was saying maybe we could get to 20-25 percent.

1074
01:34:00,740 --> 01:34:02,960
And I remember that a lot of folks said that's just not going to work.

1075
01:34:03,100 --> 01:34:04,720
It's going to slow down building in the city.

1076
01:34:04,800 --> 01:34:06,240
I think there's still people saying that.

1077
01:34:06,500 --> 01:34:12,840
It's a similar thing we hear when there's building codes for green construction or net zero.

1078
01:34:13,000 --> 01:34:14,460
It's the same thing that we've heard for years.

1079
01:34:14,540 --> 01:34:16,680
And it turns out that in Cambridge, you just can't keep us down.

1080
01:34:17,400 --> 01:34:22,300
The property values are just through the roof and where things were recession-proof now.

1081
01:34:22,300 --> 01:34:27,840
Looking back over the last six years, I can't have enough on every surface around you for that one.

1082
01:34:28,400 --> 01:34:33,180
But my point is this, we're still going to have an unbelievable amount of construction,

1083
01:34:34,080 --> 01:34:41,680
and yet we're also going to get a new 20% of all-new luxury development.

1084
01:34:41,840 --> 01:34:47,280
Some say market development as affordable housing, and it's, I think, overdue.

1085
01:34:47,500 --> 01:34:49,640
It's something that I'm proud that we're doing now.

1086
01:34:49,640 --> 01:35:05,560
And the only feedback I want to give is on the positive side that we were able to reach consensus on the PUD provision and make sure that this was as fair and comprehensive and application of the new standard is possible getting the most value for the city of Cambridge.

1087
01:35:07,000 --> 01:35:15,360
And on the other hand, the feedback is I wish we had done it faster because I really feel like we had near super majority consensus from day one.

1088
01:35:15,360 --> 01:35:20,220
I really feel like we could have said 20% and these provisions and had the difficult conversations

1089
01:35:20,220 --> 01:35:27,040
in the first couple of weeks. And for some reason, I think this jogged on a few more months

1090
01:35:27,040 --> 01:35:35,300
than necessary, and in a very major way, that length of time, obviated some tens of millions of dollars

1091
01:35:35,300 --> 01:35:41,600
of affordable housing in the North Point major amendments to their project. And in other

1092
01:35:41,600 --> 01:35:48,320
project that came in past during the time of our discussion and I wish we had been able to achieve

1093
01:35:48,320 --> 01:35:53,740
this standard for those projects and hope them in the future we will keep those in mind as we

1094
01:35:53,740 --> 01:36:01,140
think about our scheduling. Certainly that was my goal and one that I will find ever sharing

1095
01:36:01,140 --> 01:36:09,160
that type of committee will try to heart to in the future. The last thing is that I think we can

1096
01:36:09,160 --> 01:36:13,860
more. That 20% affordable inclusionary housing is not going to solve the city's housing crisis.

1097
01:36:14,320 --> 01:36:19,680
In fact, as someone in public comment said, the very nature of luxury housing development

1098
01:36:19,680 --> 01:36:25,940
creates its own displacement and further its own negative community impacts, which cannot

1099
01:36:25,940 --> 01:36:31,700
be outpaced by the positive inclusionary housing impacts that we seek to promote. So while we

1100
01:36:31,700 --> 01:36:37,400
are moving up towards a better standard, we must, as Councilor Carlona said many times, continue

1101
01:36:37,400 --> 01:36:43,920
to invest in city, funding of affordable housing, we must engage more and more nonprofit

1102
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:52,360
developers and tax credits, and we must truly change by an order of magnitude, the amount

1103
01:36:52,360 --> 01:36:56,480
of new affordable and especially new middle income housing units that we make over the next

1104
01:36:56,480 --> 01:36:57,340
10 years.

1105
01:36:57,720 --> 01:36:58,860
I'm fully in favor of that.

1106
01:36:59,280 --> 01:36:59,580
Thank you.

1107
01:36:59,680 --> 01:37:00,360
Thank you, Council.

1108
01:37:01,440 --> 01:37:02,600
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1109
01:37:02,860 --> 01:37:03,060
Thank you.

1110
01:37:03,460 --> 01:37:08,860
Your leadership on this very important issue of keeping this this evening to vote on

1111
01:37:08,860 --> 01:37:10,720
this 20% inclusionary.

1112
01:37:10,840 --> 01:37:16,200
I especially thank the housing advocacy organizations and members of the general public for

1113
01:37:16,200 --> 01:37:20,360
their many long hours and weeks and months of work on this issue.

1114
01:37:21,200 --> 01:37:23,160
They really brought us to the finish line.

1115
01:37:23,420 --> 01:37:27,760
I just want to really thank them for the tremendous amount of commitment that they have had

1116
01:37:27,760 --> 01:37:29,200
to affordable housing.

1117
01:37:29,200 --> 01:37:36,280
And it shows the importance of providing this, and it's hopefully that soon the argument

1118
01:37:36,280 --> 01:37:42,080
of fighting against mass and main of providing 15 units of affordable housing there will

1119
01:37:42,080 --> 01:37:47,860
end and people come together in that opposition to that, and so that that can move forward

1120
01:37:47,860 --> 01:37:52,060
to provide 50 desperately needed units of housing.

1121
01:37:52,940 --> 01:37:58,280
So I'm imploring everyone here in this room and outside to make sure that that, and as a

1122
01:37:58,280 --> 01:38:03,060
on the moves forward, so we can provide those 50 plus affordable housing for our residents.

1123
01:38:03,500 --> 01:38:03,960
Thank you.

1124
01:38:03,980 --> 01:38:04,600
Thank you, Council.

1125
01:38:04,680 --> 01:38:04,960
To me.

1126
01:38:05,080 --> 01:38:05,840
Vice Mayor McGurvin.

1127
01:38:06,120 --> 01:38:06,660
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1128
01:38:07,180 --> 01:38:09,740
I'm going to keep my comments positive.

1129
01:38:10,140 --> 01:38:14,540
I think we can talk a lot about housing policy and how to increase affordable housing.

1130
01:38:15,380 --> 01:38:19,740
I was at the ABC conference that was mentioned in public comment.

1131
01:38:19,740 --> 01:38:23,820
And one of the other things they said was that if people think that not building market

1132
01:38:23,820 --> 01:38:27,340
at housing, you're just going to stop gentrification, you're fooling yourself, because

1133
01:38:27,340 --> 01:38:30,480
people with money, you're coming to Cambridge, whether you build a housing, or you don't.

1134
01:38:30,660 --> 01:38:32,960
So we can have that debate on that long, but that's not what this is about.

1135
01:38:33,080 --> 01:38:40,280
This is about us passing an ordinance that is probably, I would say definitely the most monumental

1136
01:38:40,280 --> 01:38:43,980
thing that this particular council has done in our two years, and probably that the council

1137
01:38:43,980 --> 01:38:45,020
has done in a long time.

1138
01:38:45,420 --> 01:38:49,780
And I really want to thank Madam Mer, I was a pleasure to, and it is a pleasure, we're

1139
01:38:49,780 --> 01:38:53,500
still co-chairs with the housing committee, but to go through that process with you and

1140
01:38:53,500 --> 01:39:01,220
following your lead and your mentorship and that through that process was terrific.

1141
01:39:02,160 --> 01:39:05,300
I certainly want to thank Councillor Carloan, Councillor Chong and his chairs are the

1142
01:39:05,300 --> 01:39:10,400
ordinance committee and it came with residents of Alliance of Better Cambridge, the Affordable

1143
01:39:10,400 --> 01:39:15,820
Housing Trust CEO, see all the people who came up the YWCA, everybody who came up and testified

1144
01:39:15,820 --> 01:39:16,260
to this.

1145
01:39:16,540 --> 01:39:18,940
We know that this isn't going to be the sole answer.

1146
01:39:19,280 --> 01:39:23,460
We've said that from the beginning, but this is going to create hundreds of

1147
01:39:23,460 --> 01:39:28,620
hundreds of new units for people. And, you know, when the Berkshire Street Fire happened and

1148
01:39:28,620 --> 01:39:33,420
we were scrambling to find housing for people, about half of those units were inclusionary units.

1149
01:39:34,140 --> 01:39:39,580
And we have them, because we have this ordinance, we have them because there was the housing

1150
01:39:39,580 --> 01:39:45,980
development in the city. And so, yes, we're all on board that we have to do more things,

1151
01:39:46,180 --> 01:39:50,060
we're all on board that there's certainly more to be done. But I don't want people to lose

1152
01:39:50,060 --> 01:39:56,740
of how incredibly monumental this is, almost doubling the amount of affordable housing that developers

1153
01:39:56,740 --> 01:40:01,900
have to provide for the city at their dime, not ours, right, millions, hundreds of millions

1154
01:40:01,900 --> 01:40:06,420
of dollars is going to come in new affordable housing to the city of Cambridge at no cost of

1155
01:40:06,420 --> 01:40:12,840
the taxpayers or the city. A requirement, it's not a recommendation, but a requirement for developers

1156
01:40:12,840 --> 01:40:18,340
to provide affordable three bedroom units so that families can finally afford to live in Cambridge.

1157
01:40:18,340 --> 01:40:26,580
And a requirement that we're going to review this policy so that we don't have another 20 years before making a change.

1158
01:40:26,920 --> 01:40:33,580
Those three things are going to help people in ways that we can't even imagine right here tonight.

1159
01:40:34,460 --> 01:40:39,480
And so, you know, I don't want to sour this by all the things we could be doing or should be doing.

1160
01:40:39,520 --> 01:40:42,820
This is huge. It's significant. I'm honored to be a part of it.

1161
01:40:43,000 --> 01:40:47,480
And this is going to be one of those things of some day we're going to look back after our time here is done and say,

1162
01:40:47,480 --> 01:40:56,360
I did something good and I'm really proud to be here for this well. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1163
01:40:57,080 --> 01:41:05,460
I too want to thank the co-chairs for the work that they have done to shepherd this through.

1164
01:41:05,900 --> 01:41:13,240
I do in particular, though, want to thank you, Madam Mayor, for your steadfast support of affordable housing.

1165
01:41:13,240 --> 01:41:19,780
not only with this program, but over the past many, many years in making sure that the Council

1166
01:41:19,780 --> 01:41:22,200
is focused on affordable housing.

1167
01:41:23,740 --> 01:41:30,660
When this program passed, going back many years ago, I think we should remember and take

1168
01:41:30,660 --> 01:41:36,280
stark in the fact that it took a number of years to start to see the units come forward.

1169
01:41:36,280 --> 01:41:43,560
And the vast majority of those units has really been the past five or six years that we've

1170
01:41:43,560 --> 01:41:45,280
seen those come to light.

1171
01:41:45,960 --> 01:41:51,180
And now at standing near a thousand units, it is quite an extraordinary program.

1172
01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:57,980
We do have to remember that it is only one piece of the pie, and that the city's comprehensive

1173
01:41:58,800 --> 01:42:06,260
housing program to look at programs like the Switch House of Harvard, that did

1174
01:42:06,260 --> 01:42:14,520
allow us to give a neighborhood preference to moderate income folks, or the new program that

1175
01:42:14,520 --> 01:42:18,440
opened at the corner of Third Street in Vinny Street, which took moderate income housing.

1176
01:42:19,200 --> 01:42:24,000
And I think we have to continue to look at that and say that there are other ways that we

1177
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:27,000
should be looking at housing in the city and in this community.

1178
01:42:28,500 --> 01:42:35,680
But I think today is a proud day for all of us, and I think it's a good day for the city

1179
01:42:35,680 --> 01:42:43,070
Cambridge as we look forward to what lies ahead and looking to increase the housing stock

1180
01:42:43,620 --> 01:42:50,020
for the people of Cambridge, and especially looking at how this is going to affect those three

1181
01:42:50,020 --> 01:42:55,860
bedroom apartments, the family size units, that there is a dire need for in the community.

1182
01:42:56,480 --> 01:42:58,960
Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you, council ma, further discussion.

1183
01:43:00,360 --> 01:43:01,240
Councillor Chen?

1184
01:43:02,500 --> 01:43:05,740
Yes, I just wanted to, I guess, I think it's almost set already.

1185
01:43:06,820 --> 01:43:12,740
This is one step in a series of many steps that the Council is taking and we'll take

1186
01:43:12,740 --> 01:43:14,040
the trying to address housing.

1187
01:43:14,600 --> 01:43:17,040
We are clearly in the midst of a housing crisis.

1188
01:43:17,320 --> 01:43:20,880
When you have graduates from MIT coming to testify that they're going to apply for a

1189
01:43:20,880 --> 01:43:23,780
affordable housing, that just something is broken in the city.

1190
01:43:23,940 --> 01:43:25,400
We're clearly going to do more in this Council.

1191
01:43:25,400 --> 01:43:40,860
I think it should more courage and more determination to do more than anyone expected of it, you know, from the incentive rate to now the inclusionary to looking forward to Councillor Carlo and I'm talking about how do we make sure the mix between commercial and residential development is favoring residential.

1192
01:43:41,260 --> 01:43:54,060
There's a lot of things that this council is doing, but I think that this is a sign that the council is clearly taking what we all know that we have a housing crunch in the city and taking it very seriously and doing everything we can using all the tools that are disposal.

1193
01:43:54,060 --> 01:44:00,740
And I want to thank again Mayor Simmons and Vice Mayor McGuvern for the long work and for my co-chair

1194
01:44:00,740 --> 01:44:06,680
Councillor Carl Lone for the Orange Committee for getting this done, and this was that this is a huge

1195
01:44:06,680 --> 01:44:12,180
piece of zoning that has monumental monumental impact we got through, I think very, very quickly.

1196
01:44:13,040 --> 01:44:17,100
This is not the end, there's still a lot more to do, but I think we all, I think the council

1197
01:44:17,100 --> 01:44:24,040
as a whole deserves a round of applause, although Dome applause is not not to applause because of the

1198
01:44:24,040 --> 01:44:26,920
that we're doing so. It's all right. It's all right to give it done. Thanks.

1199
01:44:27,500 --> 01:44:32,640
Thank you, Councillor Chung. Any further discussion on this? A council card loan.

1200
01:44:32,880 --> 01:44:34,080
Come back to you.

1201
01:44:34,560 --> 01:44:40,740
Thank you, Madam Mayor. I'm thrilled to hear that everybody says this is only a part of the

1202
01:44:40,740 --> 01:44:51,140
solution. The public speakers as well as the council. And we certainly have actions or issues

1203
01:44:51,140 --> 01:44:59,100
before us that can affect affordable housing, the 20% affordable housing will affect land

1204
01:44:59,100 --> 01:44:59,600
value.

1205
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:06,140
There is no question of that, and there might be a subtle delay in new construction. But frankly,

1206
01:45:06,140 --> 01:45:15,080
the land value is out of whack, anyway. And the way we can deal with that in part is to

1207
01:45:15,080 --> 01:45:21,380
reform zoning, much like the central square zoning, was recently done, which says at least

1208
01:45:21,380 --> 01:45:29,680
half of new construction has to be residential on any site. That's the beginning. My colleague

1209
01:45:29,680 --> 01:45:36,620
across the way. We're not allowed to mention names, is that true? We may be contentious.

1210
01:45:37,220 --> 01:45:44,820
Oh, this is in salute. Councillor Kelly's notion on Airbnb and limiting the number of units

1211
01:45:44,820 --> 01:45:55,260
that can be rented out versus leasing them as apartments seems directly tied to this, promoting

1212
01:45:55,260 --> 01:46:02,000
university housing, the council has been talking about this for decades, it seems, and at

1213
01:46:02,000 --> 01:46:07,840
least with vote be in mind, this can be an area that is now open for discussion with

1214
01:46:07,840 --> 01:46:16,800
MIT. And perhaps most importantly, getting the budget are budget to reflect that this is

1215
01:46:16,800 --> 01:46:21,480
the number one issue in the city, and this can be done in a number of ways, can be done

1216
01:46:21,480 --> 01:46:30,180
through issuing bonds as well as putting a proportion of our budget in affordable housing

1217
01:46:30,180 --> 01:46:37,500
beyond the certax. The last thing I'll say is through urban design. And you've heard

1218
01:46:37,500 --> 01:46:46,720
me say this before. Six story buildings cost 67% per square foot of what high-rise cost.

1219
01:46:46,720 --> 01:46:58,740
So, if you want affordable housing or increase the amount of affordable housing, you build what is called mid to lowerize six stories and lower.

1220
01:46:59,300 --> 01:47:01,800
That's how you get affordable housing.

1221
01:47:02,940 --> 01:47:05,600
More than the 20% that we're talking about.

1222
01:47:05,600 --> 01:47:16,800
So I'm looking forward to this issue being explored in all the ways discussed already by others and that I've mentioned and all these are doable.

1223
01:47:17,480 --> 01:47:18,940
They're all doable.

1224
01:47:18,960 --> 01:47:19,860
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1225
01:47:20,040 --> 01:47:21,280
Thank you, Councillor Cahillan.

1226
01:47:21,620 --> 01:47:23,040
For the discussion?

1227
01:47:24,260 --> 01:47:26,060
Well, then let me just say as before we call for the vote,

1228
01:47:26,340 --> 01:47:33,100
I do want to certainly thank the citizens and the housing advocates for their hard work,

1229
01:47:33,100 --> 01:47:39,540
continued hard work to help and support the council as it did its work. I'm not going to

1230
01:47:39,540 --> 01:47:45,860
the name people because I'll forget someone. And so just please believe, understand, I

1231
01:47:45,860 --> 01:47:55,830
would already with a deep level of gratitude. I want to thank everyone that participated in making

1232
01:47:55,830 --> 01:48:01,850
this vote that we're about to take possible. I also want to acknowledge my colleagues. The committee

1233
01:48:01,850 --> 01:48:08,730
on housing. The committee on housing is not a committee of the whole, but the entire council

1234
01:48:08,730 --> 01:48:13,810
came and participated in the discussions, and that really speaks to the level and the commitment

1235
01:48:13,810 --> 01:48:19,450
that this council had around affordable housing. You know, we applied, we often talk about diversity

1236
01:48:19,450 --> 01:48:24,770
in our city, but to have diversity, particularly social economic diversity, we have to be intentional.

1237
01:48:25,170 --> 01:48:31,610
It will not happen on its own, and we have taken some very bold and important steps. This is only

1238
01:48:31,610 --> 01:48:38,190
one, with by taking property by eminent note domain, was extraordinary and an important step.

1239
01:48:38,870 --> 01:48:43,010
Looking at RMB and B is extraordinary and apparent and important step.

1240
01:48:43,350 --> 01:48:47,990
Looking at our condo conversion practices, it's an extraordinary and important step.

1241
01:48:48,430 --> 01:48:52,790
And as a number of my colleagues have already said, this is not one and done.

1242
01:48:53,630 --> 01:48:59,610
There is so much work that is yet to happen in order for us to keep Cambridge diverse and

1243
01:48:59,610 --> 01:49:02,810
affordable, but this is clearly an important step.

1244
01:49:03,450 --> 01:49:07,710
So I am extraordinarily proud and happy that we're taking this vote.

1245
01:49:07,870 --> 01:49:14,450
I know there's so much more work to be done, but for tonight, we will have gotten the

1246
01:49:14,450 --> 01:49:15,890
brass ring on this one side.

1247
01:49:16,210 --> 01:49:22,190
Again, I want to applaud the community and my colleagues on the council for their hard work.

1248
01:49:22,730 --> 01:49:25,350
That being said, pleasure of the city council.

1249
01:49:26,890 --> 01:49:30,670
on a motion by the Vice-Mirror call madam clerk.

1250
01:49:32,140 --> 01:49:32,960
I'm sorry.

1251
01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:38,960
The question comes on passing to be ordained on after April 3, 2017.

1252
01:49:40,000 --> 01:49:40,440
I'm clerk.

1253
01:49:41,060 --> 01:49:43,040
On our nation, council column.

1254
01:49:43,400 --> 01:49:43,760
Yes.

1255
01:49:43,760 --> 01:49:46,600
Council Council Devoros, Council Kelly.

1256
01:49:47,940 --> 01:49:48,040
Yes.

1257
01:49:48,580 --> 01:49:48,880
Council.

1258
01:49:49,900 --> 01:49:50,180
Council.

1259
01:49:53,300 --> 01:49:54,000
Yes.

1260
01:49:54,000 --> 01:49:54,400
Yes.

1261
01:49:55,620 --> 01:50:01,460
And the inclusionary of the United States has to be ordained by an affirmative vote with

1262
01:50:01,460 --> 01:50:02,540
nine in favour.

1263
01:50:02,620 --> 01:50:03,000
Madam Member.

1264
01:50:03,000 --> 01:50:03,360
Thank you.

1265
01:50:03,960 --> 01:50:04,780
Vice-member Devin.

1266
01:50:05,000 --> 01:50:06,160
I'd like to move reconsideration.

1267
01:50:06,240 --> 01:50:07,320
Hope on the same will not prevail.

1268
01:50:07,580 --> 01:50:09,720
I need suspension of the suspension.

1269
01:50:10,380 --> 01:50:10,640
I'm suspension.

1270
01:50:10,640 --> 01:50:11,740
We'll reconsideration of the matter.

1271
01:50:11,960 --> 01:50:12,540
Same will not prevail.

1272
01:50:12,800 --> 01:50:15,860
And let me explain reconsideration.

1273
01:50:15,900 --> 01:50:21,860
We consideration basically, it is often important and used when both are taken as important

1274
01:50:21,860 --> 01:50:22,580
as this one.

1275
01:50:22,580 --> 01:50:28,480
It makes the vote final, it says that we will now go forward, it will not be considered

1276
01:50:28,480 --> 01:50:31,040
in, this will not come back up for a vote.

1277
01:50:31,200 --> 01:50:34,740
So it basically gives funality to this particular item.

1278
01:50:35,040 --> 01:50:39,680
So you have to suspend the rules in order to get to reconsideration, then we vote reconsideration,

1279
01:50:40,280 --> 01:50:41,560
saying the same will not prevail.

1280
01:50:41,900 --> 01:50:46,400
Members that do not want to bring this up again, we'll vote no, it will not be reconsidered

1281
01:50:46,400 --> 01:50:48,740
and the vote will be affirmed.

1282
01:50:49,680 --> 01:50:50,140
Madam.

1283
01:50:50,140 --> 01:50:55,320
I understand and it's that this petition expires if we don't finalize it right and it

1284
01:50:55,320 --> 01:50:59,620
Thank you and which is an important thing to keep in mind when we suspend the rules

1285
01:50:59,620 --> 01:51:02,800
Is why we are doing that right makes sense in this case. Thank you so much.

1286
01:51:02,940 --> 01:51:06,760
Council Kelly it's council committee at a rate this has to be voted this evening

1287
01:51:06,760 --> 01:51:10,600
It cannot be considered otherwise it just it becomes moved

1288
01:51:10,600 --> 01:51:13,420
So thank you council collector bringing that up

1289
01:51:13,420 --> 01:51:17,000
Madam clerk will will on suspension all those in face they I

1290
01:51:18,320 --> 01:51:26,310
No, the eyes have a very suspension on reconciteration, which can be, it's the rule of law.

1291
01:51:26,850 --> 01:51:28,570
I mean, we don't, oh, I even want it better.

1292
01:51:29,150 --> 01:51:33,170
On reconciteration, hoping the same will not prevail, and no vote says we will not.

1293
01:51:33,270 --> 01:51:38,470
We consider, yes, says we do so in order to make this final, I respectfully asking the Council

1294
01:51:38,470 --> 01:51:39,050
to vote.

1295
01:51:39,930 --> 01:51:42,470
So on reconciteration, hoping the same will not prevail.

1296
01:51:42,830 --> 01:51:48,510
All those in favour say, no, say, I, all those in favour say, I, all those in favour say,

1297
01:51:49,170 --> 01:51:52,550
Boy, this is not work for it, it's not working well.

1298
01:51:53,470 --> 01:51:54,130
Then say anything.

1299
01:51:54,590 --> 01:51:55,390
That's what we want.

1300
01:51:57,410 --> 01:51:57,890
Opposed?

1301
01:51:59,310 --> 01:52:01,070
The eyes have it.

1302
01:52:01,250 --> 01:52:03,450
And the eyes have it.

1303
01:52:03,850 --> 01:52:04,650
I'm so excited.

1304
01:52:04,890 --> 01:52:05,550
I can't get it right.

1305
01:52:07,350 --> 01:52:09,390
The ordinance is not reconsidered.

1306
01:52:09,390 --> 01:52:10,510
Thank you.

1307
01:52:11,430 --> 01:52:12,790
Pleasure to see you, Councillor Lee.

1308
01:52:12,990 --> 01:52:14,410
We now go.

1309
01:52:14,410 --> 01:52:19,570
Madam Mayor, move the manager agenda before us and like a poll seven eight nine please.

1310
01:52:20,090 --> 01:52:27,730
Okay, on a motion by Councillor Chung to bring the city manager's agenda before us or those in favor say aye.

1311
01:52:27,730 --> 01:52:28,090
Aye.

1312
01:52:28,410 --> 01:52:28,930
Opposed.

1313
01:52:29,150 --> 01:52:31,890
Ayes have it and the agenda is now in front of us.

1314
01:52:32,130 --> 01:52:33,890
Councillor Chung is asked to poll number.

1315
01:52:34,370 --> 01:52:39,330
Well, poll number seven and number eight refer to the petition and poll number nine.

1316
01:52:39,970 --> 01:52:40,010
Okay.

1317
01:52:40,330 --> 01:52:43,490
So Councillor Chung, you're pulling number seven.

1318
01:52:43,490 --> 01:52:47,250
to amend yep and then referring number eight to the

1319
01:52:49,840 --> 01:52:50,580
let's let's

1320
01:52:50,580 --> 01:52:53,900
she's we're not going to be talking about the disdesession seven

1321
01:52:53,900 --> 01:52:59,240
council chung eight council chung was that all nine and nine

1322
01:53:00,100 --> 01:53:01,080
pleasure city council

1323
01:53:01,080 --> 01:53:01,840
council

1324
01:53:02,940 --> 01:53:05,160
the fellow hold number one

1325
01:53:10,340 --> 01:53:11,560
devra council's ever

1326
01:53:12,160 --> 01:53:15,900
now I was going to pull number one so it may be

1327
01:53:15,900 --> 01:53:19,720
uh council director would you like to pull number five for me

1328
01:53:19,720 --> 01:53:20,780
Would you like me to pull me?

1329
01:53:21,080 --> 01:53:21,900
I would.

1330
01:53:22,500 --> 01:53:24,360
Well, can I pull number six at the same time,

1331
01:53:24,740 --> 01:53:25,360
Yes, you can.

1332
01:53:27,880 --> 01:53:29,040
Pleasure of the council.

1333
01:53:31,520 --> 01:53:34,020
Hearing none, we will have a roll call on the balance

1334
01:53:34,020 --> 01:53:36,180
number two, requiring two roll calls,

1335
01:53:36,560 --> 01:53:38,120
and I will read it as follows.

1336
01:53:38,900 --> 01:53:40,440
Transman communication from Louis A. D.

1337
01:53:40,440 --> 01:53:42,980
P. S. Wallace, the manager relative to the appropriation

1338
01:53:42,980 --> 01:53:47,220
of $2,875,000 from free cash to the general fund

1339
01:53:47,220 --> 01:53:49,880
public works of an ordinary maintenance account.

1340
01:53:49,880 --> 01:53:59,340
$1,940,000, and to Public Works Public Investment Fund, $935,000, to cover winter 2016-17 snow storm

1341
01:53:59,340 --> 01:54:04,120
expensive associated with snow plumbing, contracts, salts, and other material would be a cost

1342
01:54:04,120 --> 01:54:04,940
and equipment.

1343
01:54:07,940 --> 01:54:17,080
On the consent agenda items for 2A, 2B, 3 and 4, council column, council chung,

1344
01:54:19,860 --> 01:54:19,860
council

1345
01:54:19,860 --> 01:54:29,900
Council of Ma, Council of Mazen, Vice Mayor McGuven, Council of Tumi, yes, Simmons, yes.

1346
01:54:30,960 --> 01:54:35,320
And the consent to gender items are a doctor on the affirmative vote of eight and

1347
01:54:35,320 --> 01:54:37,180
fade with one recorded is absent.

1348
01:54:38,140 --> 01:54:38,360
Thank you.

1349
01:54:38,460 --> 01:54:39,860
We move now to number one.

1350
01:54:39,860 --> 01:54:41,720
This is pulled by Council of Carlone.

1351
01:54:42,000 --> 01:54:43,560
Transmanic Communication from Louis A.D.

1352
01:54:43,560 --> 01:54:48,920
Biscoulli City Manager relative to the appropriation of $5 million to $250,000 from

1353
01:54:48,920 --> 01:54:54,280
We cast in the public investment public works, extraordinary expenditures, accounts of facilitates

1354
01:54:54,280 --> 01:54:58,200
a complete renovation of the building located at 859 messages at the Avenue.

1355
01:54:58,600 --> 01:55:00,220
Council Carlone of the Floor.

1356
01:55:00,420 --> 01:55:04,820
Thank you, Madam Mayor, through you to the manager and Deputy City Manager.

1357
01:55:05,560 --> 01:55:09,020
Obviously, we're excited that this project is moving forward.

1358
01:55:09,900 --> 01:55:12,040
I support it in every way.

1359
01:55:15,000 --> 01:55:21,600
I, and others might not feel a sway, I sure would love to see this project, even if it

1360
01:55:21,600 --> 01:55:26,860
had been one of the sheets to show the rest, I assume this is a restoration, is that correct

1361
01:55:26,860 --> 01:55:27,760
on the outside?

1362
01:55:28,760 --> 01:55:32,300
And that was said a good chunk of the cost.

1363
01:55:33,040 --> 01:55:38,380
Yes, yes, through you, Madam Ayer, absolutely, it is available on the website.

1364
01:55:38,380 --> 01:55:43,920
we have extensive design documents that are available on the website. I apologize for not giving

1365
01:55:43,920 --> 01:55:49,680
a link to the counselor not doing that year. You're absolutely right. It's a handsome design

1366
01:55:49,680 --> 01:55:56,980
and there is a website from the City Manager's page for the 859 Massive that has the

1367
01:55:56,980 --> 01:56:08,360
floor plans and has the exterior. It is a historic renovation. It has been designed as a net

1368
01:56:08,360 --> 01:56:15,220
And we'll have PVs on the roof, so there'll be no fossil fuels that are going to the building.

1369
01:56:16,420 --> 01:56:23,940
And it will be sort of super insulated walls, but certainly we're working closely with Charlie Sullivan, the historical commission.

1370
01:56:24,480 --> 01:56:31,700
Just because of my background, the square footage is approximately, I don't need to do exactly.

1371
01:56:34,980 --> 01:56:40,620
I take it, there's an addition to the project while you're looking that up.

1372
01:56:43,750 --> 01:56:46,690
There is an intimacy in addition to the project.

1373
01:56:47,190 --> 01:56:49,590
We're using basically the same footprint.

1374
01:56:49,970 --> 01:56:54,910
It is 5,000 square foot, planned area,

1375
01:56:58,860 --> 01:57:01,540
and we're doing the basically 10 SROs.

1376
01:57:01,540 --> 01:57:11,740
So we're in the back, we're putting a playground in there since it is for family and the building square footages.

1377
01:57:12,140 --> 01:57:14,100
That's actually what I was asking.

1378
01:57:14,860 --> 01:57:16,360
And then I'll give more questions.

1379
01:57:17,900 --> 01:57:18,720
Yes, some of the corridors.

1380
01:57:18,960 --> 01:57:20,800
I can get it later.

1381
01:57:21,760 --> 01:57:22,500
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1382
01:57:22,580 --> 01:57:24,460
I just wanted additional information.

1383
01:57:24,460 --> 01:57:39,260
I obviously, we all believe this is a major project, not only for affordable housing and relocating the shoes to even more modern facilities,

1384
01:57:39,600 --> 01:57:50,580
but also for enhancing a building on Mass Avenue, a building that needed attention, so I think it's a win-win in many ways.

1385
01:57:50,580 --> 01:57:52,780
Thank you Madam Mayor.

1386
01:57:52,960 --> 01:57:53,180
Mr. Mayor.

1387
01:57:54,760 --> 01:57:55,240
Coach, whatever.

1388
01:57:56,480 --> 01:57:56,580
Good.

1389
01:57:56,960 --> 01:57:57,320
Thank you.

1390
01:57:57,780 --> 01:57:58,240
Thank you.

1391
01:57:58,740 --> 01:58:00,920
Pardon me.

1392
01:58:02,480 --> 01:58:03,240
Thank you.

1393
01:58:03,760 --> 01:58:04,460
Mr. Vice Mayor.

1394
01:58:05,520 --> 01:58:11,820
I guess I know that last December we were informed that you would be asking for about,

1395
01:58:11,820 --> 01:58:14,780
or I think, up to five million from free cash.

1396
01:58:14,780 --> 01:58:23,240
and it's now prepped up to 5.25 and that does bring, you know, with the, I think, 2.6

1397
01:58:23,240 --> 01:58:28,700
that we paid to acquire it, it is starting to look like it's going to cost us three quarters

1398
01:58:28,700 --> 01:58:35,420
of a million dollars for each. I mean, these aren't units, but if it's 10 single mothers

1399
01:58:35,420 --> 01:58:42,640
and children, it's expensive. I'll say that. And I feel like when it's, when it's that

1400
01:58:42,640 --> 01:58:48,620
expensive a little more detail would be helpful just because it's a lot of money and

1401
01:58:48,620 --> 01:58:52,620
it caught I know it costs a lot to build affordable housing I had been thinking that the

1402
01:58:52,620 --> 01:59:01,600
cost was closer to half a million which is already breathtaking so I just wanted a little more

1403
01:59:01,600 --> 01:59:02,200
context.

1404
01:59:02,680 --> 01:59:09,000
It is a .6 million dollars total to a .6 million purchase of the building and in 750 for

1405
01:59:09,000 --> 01:59:14,060
design and is 5 million to 50, which is 8.6.

1406
01:59:19,500 --> 01:59:20,140
That's a measure.

1407
01:59:21,180 --> 01:59:23,280
Thanks, Mr. Chair.

1408
01:59:25,760 --> 01:59:29,460
So obviously, I'm in favor of this and have been following

1409
01:59:29,460 --> 01:59:33,440
of great interests are work to acquire the building and then now to

1410
01:59:33,440 --> 01:59:43,500
renovate it. I have two questions. The first one is a long line of

1411
01:59:43,500 --> 01:59:52,380
would love to see detail along with cost, but the second issue is that I probably would

1412
01:59:52,380 --> 01:59:57,260
have loved to have known about other options you were considering as well. Is there a reason

1413
01:59:57,260 --> 01:59:59,980
For example, that if we're gutting and restoring

1414
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:09,060
We did not add on extra volume at some point in the renovation. Is there some reason that we

1415
02:00:09,060 --> 02:00:15,380
didn't maximize across the whole, you know, you might tell me that this is a building that is

1416
02:00:15,380 --> 02:00:23,840
of the utmost historical character. But to me, I would just assume the dormitory building to make way for

1417
02:00:23,840 --> 02:00:32,660
more families and more office space and much over-do and long-discussed city-over-flow

1418
02:00:32,660 --> 02:00:39,880
space. So I guess I'm wondering how we came to this price in this plan.

1419
02:00:45,080 --> 02:00:51,360
We, through you, met a nice mayor. You know, we did do an assessment of the building.

1420
02:00:51,680 --> 02:00:56,920
Again, we had a, we had a meeting to talk about it in January. We went to the council.

1421
02:00:56,920 --> 02:01:03,240
It was done prior to June of last year, it is available on the website as well.

1422
02:01:03,880 --> 02:01:11,360
We did consider whether we should add additional bulk and additional affordable housing to

1423
02:01:11,360 --> 02:01:12,840
the site in the back.

1424
02:01:13,180 --> 02:01:19,380
And ultimately it was just determined that it was a lot of bulk and a lot more expense

1425
02:01:19,380 --> 02:01:23,240
to do that and it would have to be managed separately and you'd have to have a separate

1426
02:01:23,240 --> 02:01:29,720
elevator and it just got really complicated for perhaps two or three units that you would

1427
02:01:29,720 --> 02:01:31,440
be adding in a lot more expensive.

1428
02:01:32,420 --> 02:01:39,940
In terms of what the emergency shelter and the wide W's needs are, it's the replacement

1429
02:01:39,940 --> 02:01:48,120
of the 10 single room occupancy unit to the family units and there's shared kitchens on

1430
02:01:48,120 --> 02:01:56,560
floor and obviously bathrooms in each unit and so it is a more expensive design that way

1431
02:01:56,560 --> 02:02:05,700
by having, you know, four kitchens essentially. I'm really happy to get you more detail on

1432
02:02:05,700 --> 02:02:11,500
the building. I would say that we had hoped that the price was going to come in lower. We just

1433
02:02:11,500 --> 02:02:21,480
the bids that were opened and the bids were much higher than what we anticipated, at least about

1434
02:02:21,480 --> 02:02:28,060
a half a million dollars higher than what we had when our estimate was, but I'd say we had

1435
02:02:28,060 --> 02:02:34,480
several more bids than they were even much higher. So this is really the lowest one I just

1436
02:02:35,500 --> 02:02:40,960
But we feel like it's a really important project for the city, and so we really, although

1437
02:02:40,960 --> 02:02:47,540
I think we recognize that it's an expensive project, we're recommending that we move forward

1438
02:02:47,540 --> 02:02:48,640
on it.

1439
02:02:49,080 --> 02:02:53,960
Of course, I don't want you to think for a second that I'm saying we should supplant the intended

1440
02:02:53,960 --> 02:02:55,260
project with some other project.

1441
02:02:55,300 --> 02:03:00,040
I'm saying this would be additional and up to and including if separate elevator banks

1442
02:03:00,040 --> 02:03:04,580
and separate management are at question, including, you know, whether the YW would be interested

1443
02:03:04,580 --> 02:03:09,780
in doing more units and more value, and of course the need is infinite, right?

1444
02:03:10,100 --> 02:03:15,280
So, I'm just trying to maximize this given that we're putting so much of a city's time

1445
02:03:15,280 --> 02:03:21,520
goodwill and money on the line, and I guess I wish we had the every time that we come into

1446
02:03:21,520 --> 02:03:25,780
some land as the city that we do even more every time.

1447
02:03:25,860 --> 02:03:30,020
But if that's not possible on the side I understand, I just appreciate you for making

1448
02:03:30,020 --> 02:03:34,440
And as possible, it seems like this project has moved relatively quickly so far in the planning.

1449
02:03:34,720 --> 02:03:35,720
So I'm thankful for that.

1450
02:03:35,940 --> 02:03:40,860
And thankful, obviously, for the wide WCA's continued work on this, you know, important

1451
02:03:40,860 --> 02:03:45,500
transitional and emergency housing offering for the community.

1452
02:03:45,760 --> 02:03:45,980
Thanks.

1453
02:03:47,220 --> 02:03:55,600
I'm going to find that a mayor that is building the area is 5,130 square feet.

1454
02:03:57,290 --> 02:03:59,530
For the discussion?

1455
02:04:00,570 --> 02:04:02,630
Council Chairman, and then.

1456
02:04:03,250 --> 02:04:03,650
Thank you.

1457
02:04:03,890 --> 02:04:07,970
I just wanted to express my gratitude and appreciation for this work.

1458
02:04:08,690 --> 02:04:14,370
I think we saw how many people that were here a second ago for the 20% inclusionary,

1459
02:04:14,930 --> 02:04:19,390
which is really targeted, you know, people have some basic level of income.

1460
02:04:19,970 --> 02:04:23,770
I think we really need to focus, I wish that many people as excited about,

1461
02:04:23,790 --> 02:04:30,250
focusing on those who have transitional housing, those who have less than the minimum amount of income.

1462
02:04:30,410 --> 02:04:34,050
The people who are at the lower end of the scale and starting from homeless on up,

1463
02:04:34,050 --> 02:04:36,370
I think it's really where we spend a lot of our time and attention,

1464
02:04:36,970 --> 02:04:39,730
and I think this is a project that is trying to do that.

1465
02:04:39,730 --> 02:04:46,070
And that this is as important to me as the ordinance that we just passed on the council, so

1466
02:04:46,070 --> 02:04:50,910
I just wanted to say thank you for that work and make sure that you knew that you're

1467
02:04:50,910 --> 02:04:55,950
touched on this, even though we're not the chairing the crowd's chairing, I think to me

1468
02:04:55,950 --> 02:04:58,930
at least as important and if not more so, thank you.

1469
02:04:59,250 --> 02:05:00,050
Thank you, Councillor Thompson.

1470
02:05:00,190 --> 02:05:05,850
For the discussion, I just want to say I'm very pleased to see this in front of us.

1471
02:05:05,850 --> 02:05:12,770
I'm, you know, this particular project and this housing is so important in terms of stabilizing

1472
02:05:12,770 --> 02:05:14,870
some of our more frail communities.

1473
02:05:15,130 --> 02:05:20,610
And as we continue to strengthen our housing program, not alone, but with the community-based

1474
02:05:20,610 --> 02:05:27,190
organizations across the city, we can transition people from temporary housing to permanent

1475
02:05:27,190 --> 02:05:28,090
affordable housing.

1476
02:05:28,230 --> 02:05:34,570
I just think this is one of those steps that I'm very pleased to see if I want to think

1477
02:05:34,570 --> 02:05:40,290
the YWCA and our community-based organizations who continue to support us and push us to make

1478
02:05:40,290 --> 02:05:44,890
sure that we're doing as much as we can to keep Cambridge affordable. So I think this

1479
02:05:44,890 --> 02:05:49,730
is a very important role in glad it's in front of us. There's no further discussion I

1480
02:05:49,730 --> 02:05:53,110
would call for the roles, the Council of Mark, the Council of Mark, the Council

1481
02:05:55,450 --> 02:05:57,250
of

1482
02:05:59,370 --> 02:06:05,450
Mark, the Council of Mark, the Council of Mark, the Council of Mark, the Council of

1483
02:06:05,450 --> 02:06:06,890
Mark, the Council of Mark, the Council of Mark, the Council of Mark, the Council of

1484
02:06:06,890 --> 02:06:12,630
Council to me. Yes, and a gender item number one is a dropped on the affirmative vote with nine

1485
02:06:12,630 --> 02:06:18,190
your favour. Thank you, Madam Clerk. We now move to number five, pulled by Councillor

1486
02:06:18,750 --> 02:06:22,330
several of my urging, a communication transmit from Lee A. D. P.

1487
02:06:22,330 --> 02:06:26,790
P. Squall is the demand to relative to a way to report item number 1721 regarding a report.

1488
02:06:27,010 --> 02:06:31,030
I'm whether the stop sign can be reinstalled at the intersection of the green street and

1489
02:06:31,030 --> 02:06:33,130
in the conf-strait?

1490
02:06:34,250 --> 02:06:38,990
Well, would you like, would you like to, I mean, I understand the memo.

1491
02:06:39,190 --> 02:06:44,630
It's one of those things where we responded to resident concerns about an

1492
02:06:44,630 --> 02:06:50,210
unseen intersection and then their professional opinion says this intersection

1493
02:06:50,210 --> 02:06:54,050
doesn't have enough volume of traffic to warrant a stop sign.

1494
02:06:54,570 --> 02:06:57,110
So if you would like to think further on that.

1495
02:06:57,110 --> 02:07:05,390
And I did read it, and I see the data that you've used to support it, I just don't agree with it.

1496
02:07:05,710 --> 02:07:09,850
It was there. I don't know why we can't put it back. It's not like it was never there.

1497
02:07:11,090 --> 02:07:15,910
Sometimes, it's not about the data. It's about what makes people feel more comfortable.

1498
02:07:16,710 --> 02:07:21,370
What makes people believe that they're going to be safer as they try to traverse our streets.

1499
02:07:21,370 --> 02:07:27,150
And so sometimes we have to do something that doesn't make a lot of sense to us, but builds a lot of goodwill.

1500
02:07:27,330 --> 02:07:34,390
And so for me, this is about being building goodwill on our community by answering a concern that the neighborhood's have.

1501
02:07:34,550 --> 02:07:45,530
And so I know you're saying, no, and I'm saying, we think it, you know, I don't want to get into the habit of sending things back, but I'm sending this back. I really want you to rethink it.

1502
02:07:45,650 --> 02:07:48,370
But I will hear from you if you'd like to speak to it.

1503
02:07:49,750 --> 02:08:05,390
I'll just, obviously, we'll take another look at it at your request, but if the two things I say one is we actually have no evidence in any of our files are also looking back at any maps or anything that there was a stop sign there and it doesn't appear that there's a pole with a missing stop sign or anything like that.

1504
02:08:05,830 --> 02:08:13,270
So I know that the original order asked for the re-installation, but we can't determine that there was a stop sign there prior.

1505
02:08:13,270 --> 02:08:18,070
If you hear any of your constituents have any evidence, please let me know.

1506
02:08:18,490 --> 02:08:41,770
And then, you know, we'll certainly look at it like I said, but I think it is a situation where there is a lot of evidence that if we put up more signs and more stop signs and is justified than you wind it with people just not paying attention to them and then that spreads beyond. So again, we will certainly look at it again, but there is a, it's more than just us being difficult. There is sound technical reasons behind it.

1507
02:08:41,770 --> 02:08:46,790
And please understand, I don't see as being difficult, but just have differences of opinion of this.

1508
02:08:47,130 --> 02:08:53,830
But it's interesting to you say that because it was a light at one time, years ago at Brookline and Pubmin Avenue

1509
02:08:53,830 --> 02:09:02,410
and they replaced it with a stop sign because they felt, and what we heard that that time was that people would be more likely to stop a stop sign

1510
02:09:02,410 --> 02:09:06,730
at a light and a red light people would tend to run through it.

1511
02:09:06,730 --> 02:09:12,530
And so I'm thinking in that same light, well, stop sign makes people more compliant than

1512
02:09:12,530 --> 02:09:14,870
maybe stuff signs either way to go.

1513
02:09:15,430 --> 02:09:19,590
But I respectfully ask you to take this back and you think it, is any more just a concept

1514
02:09:19,590 --> 02:09:19,890
column?

1515
02:09:21,130 --> 02:09:23,510
Thank you, Madam Mayor, through you to Mr. Bart.

1516
02:09:25,090 --> 02:09:33,310
So, which corner, I meant to stop by tonight and I did it, is it the downhill going down

1517
02:09:33,310 --> 02:09:38,490
and coxstreet corner, which corner is the corner where it's missing?

1518
02:09:40,950 --> 02:09:44,070
You have a remembering correctly, it's coming down.

1519
02:09:44,070 --> 02:09:46,690
Because I remember a stop sign there.

1520
02:09:47,930 --> 02:09:50,550
And now, grant that that could be a long time ago,

1521
02:09:50,950 --> 02:09:53,850
but I do remember, but I also wanted to add

1522
02:09:53,850 --> 02:09:58,570
that I have been on green street, stopped,

1523
02:09:58,570 --> 02:10:05,610
and proceeded, and almost got hit by somebody who came down the hill and just kept going.

1524
02:10:06,230 --> 02:10:13,830
And I assumed there was a stop sign there, just because of gravity alone, people tend to speed going down the hill.

1525
02:10:14,170 --> 02:10:20,030
So I would say, if you don't feel comfortable with having stop signs at all four corners,

1526
02:10:20,250 --> 02:10:26,750
although I know one in my neighborhood and thank God it's there, I would take it out on green street.

1527
02:10:28,630 --> 02:10:35,090
I believe you remember, I did not look at the burial again before I came, but I believe

1528
02:10:35,090 --> 02:10:42,170
this stop sign is on the Hancock and green street has proceeds through, so there's a

1529
02:10:42,170 --> 02:10:44,140
request for a stop sign on green street.

1530
02:10:45,010 --> 02:10:47,830
Madam Mayor, I drive down the street every day.

1531
02:10:48,290 --> 02:10:50,270
On my way home, it's literally around the corner from my house.

1532
02:10:50,610 --> 02:10:52,850
The sign is on Hancock street.

1533
02:10:53,350 --> 02:10:55,190
To come down the hill, you have to stop on Hancock.

1534
02:10:55,190 --> 02:10:56,830
there's no stop sign on Green Street.

1535
02:10:57,830 --> 02:11:02,210
And I can tell you, it is a free for all, a lot of the time.

1536
02:11:02,410 --> 02:11:05,410
It is, it's a very confusing key to a lot of times.

1537
02:11:05,950 --> 02:11:09,390
People think that there should be a stop sign on the Green Street.

1538
02:11:09,490 --> 02:11:10,070
So they stop.

1539
02:11:10,270 --> 02:11:12,870
And then you're sitting there and you're not everyone's kind of who's

1540
02:11:12,870 --> 02:11:17,110
supposed to go, and other times, it's just a hard corner to see.

1541
02:11:17,430 --> 02:11:21,450
If there's any kind of construction vehicle or garbage truck,

1542
02:11:21,710 --> 02:11:23,950
or recycling, I mean, it's just, it's a really tough corner.

1543
02:11:23,950 --> 02:11:31,070
I literally drive down there, it's literally right around the corner from my house, so it is a problem for sure.

1544
02:11:31,210 --> 02:11:35,190
Mr. Vice Mayor, thank you for your education. You did take the floor from your colleague.

1545
02:11:38,510 --> 02:11:39,470
Councillor Carlos.

1546
02:11:41,050 --> 02:11:48,890
I was going to add a few comments, but my comments were wonderfully transmitted to the Vice Mayor and he repeated it very good.

1547
02:11:49,350 --> 02:11:52,250
I was completed. Thank you. I was completed. Thank you.

1548
02:11:57,570 --> 02:12:02,410
I don't want to disagree too much in my colleagues and I might be in the minority on this issue,

1549
02:12:02,670 --> 02:12:07,070
anyway, but I really feel for Joe in this situation where he's trying to implement a standard

1550
02:12:07,070 --> 02:12:09,730
that only becomes evident when it becomes a pattern.

1551
02:12:10,530 --> 02:12:15,650
And we can't let him get started on the pattern because every time you're moved or don't place a stop sign,

1552
02:12:16,170 --> 02:12:18,890
we are flying in a face of the best practices you're trying to teach us.

1553
02:12:18,890 --> 02:12:25,910
But what I'm saying is that, you know, for what it's worth, there's a generational

1554
02:12:25,910 --> 02:12:30,670
design divide in my family on this issue, because when I talk to about it with my parents,

1555
02:12:31,130 --> 02:12:34,430
they couldn't believe for a second that by removing stop signs, they're going to increase

1556
02:12:34,430 --> 02:12:34,810
attendance.

1557
02:12:35,590 --> 02:12:48,870
But if that's the data, then I think that's what we should follow, moreover, I also

1558
02:12:48,870 --> 02:12:53,510
that intersection a lot, and correct me if I'm wrong, but because of the way that that intersection

1559
02:12:53,510 --> 02:12:58,450
is arranged, there's actually a lot less traffic there than a lot of other sized streets

1560
02:12:58,450 --> 02:13:03,150
coming off of green street. I see people taking their care there, and the few times I've

1561
02:13:03,150 --> 02:13:08,450
had occasion to drive a zip car through it. I found people, well, obviously concerned about

1562
02:13:08,450 --> 02:13:12,630
the nature of the intersection, but now that I'm getting it properly, I don't know that

1563
02:13:12,630 --> 02:13:18,550
this is too important, a matter for me to be in fact about, but I'm marginally interested

1564
02:13:18,550 --> 02:13:22,450
and just not placing a stop sign there for the reasons I just stated.

1565
02:13:24,770 --> 02:13:25,410
Thank you, Council.

1566
02:13:26,550 --> 02:13:27,490
Council Kelly.

1567
02:13:28,390 --> 02:13:29,270
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1568
02:13:30,570 --> 02:13:32,930
I would echo, I think, Council of Massons comments.

1569
02:13:33,490 --> 02:13:36,750
And I think this goes just beyond just the stop sign is,

1570
02:13:37,670 --> 02:13:40,130
we've asked the cities do something for us.

1571
02:13:40,290 --> 02:13:43,450
They came back with a professional response.

1572
02:13:44,090 --> 02:13:45,850
We don't like it.

1573
02:13:45,850 --> 02:13:51,850
So we're saying go back and give us a different professional response and I don't know where the council fits in that

1574
02:13:51,850 --> 02:13:53,530
I had my ideas about traffic

1575
02:13:53,530 --> 02:14:01,350
They're not every one of the ideas about traffic as sometimes they're completely wrong sometimes they're right for me and wrong for other people and

1576
02:14:02,950 --> 02:14:10,430
I'm happy to spend however much time second guessing city staff all the time or I'm happy to say a

1577
02:14:10,430 --> 02:14:12,490
Mr. Bars looking at me saying that would be great

1578
02:14:13,810 --> 02:14:20,410
But I think I'm more happy to say if we have a difference of opinion with what they are doing,

1579
02:14:20,910 --> 02:14:25,590
then we should have a different discussion about what it is that they are doing and how we ask them to do stuff.

1580
02:14:27,150 --> 02:14:28,570
So we've got a good response on this.

1581
02:14:28,690 --> 02:14:30,870
It makes absolutely perfect sense to me.

1582
02:14:31,630 --> 02:14:38,430
I have yet to understand why we would expect a different response coming back except because of some sort of political pressure,

1583
02:14:38,430 --> 02:14:43,270
which I don't think is the way we should do most traffic things.

1584
02:14:44,370 --> 02:14:48,850
So I will not vote to support this going back in, unless I hear from city staff that

1585
02:14:48,850 --> 02:14:52,850
they're likely to come back with a different discussion or a different decision.

1586
02:14:53,490 --> 02:14:59,530
I would comment that if there's 200 cars on the one street and 300 cars on the other street,

1587
02:14:59,530 --> 02:14:59,970
every app.

1588
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:20,160
Now we're as I read at least for an eight-hour period. That's one car every seven seconds for eight hours, which just seems like an absurdly high amount of cars for almost any street. Is my math right, and is there not a typo? Is that really what a stop sign requires? Is that level of traffic?

1589
02:15:21,340 --> 02:15:24,720
The three of them are married.

1590
02:15:24,720 --> 02:15:34,840
They're going to make me do math on the fly, but this is the federal standard to 300 vehicles

1591
02:15:34,840 --> 02:15:35,400
per hour.

1592
02:15:36,320 --> 02:15:42,360
Now I'm struggling with doing this in real time, but it's not a tremendous volume of traffic

1593
02:15:42,360 --> 02:15:45,000
if you ever get out over the course of an hour.

1594
02:15:45,800 --> 02:15:45,880
So.

1595
02:15:46,920 --> 02:15:51,680
I guess I say a car every seven seconds if that's the fact where it is is not.

1596
02:15:51,680 --> 02:15:54,220
not it's huge volume of traffic.

1597
02:15:55,860 --> 02:16:01,660
Okay, it sounds like a lot to me, but so the second question then is how much flexibility

1598
02:16:01,660 --> 02:16:08,880
is there realistically in these standards and how much not push back but how much guidance?

1599
02:16:09,060 --> 02:16:14,460
Because I think counselors understand this particular intersection better than someone going

1600
02:16:14,460 --> 02:16:20,120
counting cars and applying the federal standard. I get that part, but how much flexibility

1601
02:16:20,120 --> 02:16:23,200
is it really in a standard like this?

1602
02:16:23,760 --> 02:16:29,660
Through your amount of merit, I would say that it's not like we would be punished for putting

1603
02:16:29,660 --> 02:16:33,240
in the stop sign of this location. It's not that kind of a standard. It's more, you know,

1604
02:16:33,680 --> 02:16:38,920
as Councilor Mazen referred to an engineering guidance that allows us to try to make the

1605
02:16:38,920 --> 02:16:44,440
right decisions and in different situations and prevent every corner for being in

1606
02:16:44,440 --> 02:16:51,160
I always stop, which I think would be detrimental to safety in the end, and allowing us to deploy the right tool of the right location.

1607
02:16:51,900 --> 02:17:01,260
So I mean, are there no stop signs in Cambridge or for that matter traffic signals in Cambridge that aren't fully justified according to the federal standards?

1608
02:17:02,220 --> 02:17:13,240
Of course there are, but I think we try to stick to this as much as we can, but if there's a strong desire for something different than we certainly, like I said, have done that in the past.

1609
02:17:14,220 --> 02:17:25,980
I think the only question I think in terms of what we're going back and looking at this again would be just to reevaluate the site lines of the intersection and just determine if we see something that we didn't.

1610
02:17:26,100 --> 02:17:38,000
We took a quick look at it but we didn't sort of go out and measure everything and so there are some additional analysis we might do I can't say what the answer would be but there is it's not like we're just sort of saying

1611
02:17:38,000 --> 02:17:40,380
Ask us again and maybe we'll give you a different answer.

1612
02:17:40,580 --> 02:17:48,320
There is some more analysis that we can do if it's as a grant as much concern as I'm hearing this evening.

1613
02:17:48,980 --> 02:17:49,280
So.

1614
02:17:49,280 --> 02:17:50,420
I'll scale it.

1615
02:17:51,770 --> 02:17:52,530
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1616
02:17:52,690 --> 02:17:57,330
I'm not so concerned about this, but if this takes this much effort,

1617
02:17:57,550 --> 02:18:03,490
I wish us all well on these separated by claims that I imagine we'll be talking about at some point in their future.

1618
02:18:04,750 --> 02:18:06,530
Thank you, Council Kelly, for the discussion.

1619
02:18:07,310 --> 02:18:10,770
Hearing none, I'm referring back to the City Manager, all of those in various AI.

1620
02:18:12,230 --> 02:18:12,710
Opposed?

1621
02:18:14,110 --> 02:18:18,410
The eyes have it, and the matter is referred back to the City Manager.

1622
02:18:18,930 --> 02:18:20,430
We now move to number six.

1623
02:18:20,770 --> 02:18:21,970
This is pulled by council of the rub.

1624
02:18:22,490 --> 02:18:24,610
A communication transmitted by Louie A.D.

1625
02:18:24,610 --> 02:18:26,530
The square was the manager relative to the appointment

1626
02:18:26,530 --> 02:18:29,390
of the following persons as members of the Vision Zero

1627
02:18:29,390 --> 02:18:32,790
advisory committee effective April 3rd, 2017.

1628
02:18:32,790 --> 02:18:39,410
For the term of two years, Nicholas Dard and Crieder, Jennifer Quick, Paul Coleman, Steven

1629
02:18:39,410 --> 02:18:45,770
for Rikko, Becca Wilson, Nathaniel Fillymore, Stacey Thompson, Brigitte Fries, Wendy

1630
02:18:45,770 --> 02:18:54,290
Landman, Amy Flax, Sean Peas, Jim Geth, Keone, Michael Muie, Diane Gray, Todd Robinson,

1631
02:18:54,730 --> 02:18:59,390
Michelle Turr, Trophyro, and Steve Crossley.

1632
02:18:59,390 --> 02:19:02,210
How's the demo pull this item? You have the flow.

1633
02:19:02,930 --> 02:19:04,810
Thank you, Madam Mayor, through you to the staff.

1634
02:19:05,810 --> 02:19:08,390
So I applaud the creation of this group.

1635
02:19:09,110 --> 02:19:12,710
I think it brings together a really all-star team,

1636
02:19:12,710 --> 02:19:15,610
and I'm really pleased to see so many representatives

1637
02:19:15,610 --> 02:19:17,890
from the various advocacy groups,

1638
02:19:17,910 --> 02:19:20,370
because I think you'll have some really robust discussion.

1639
02:19:20,790 --> 02:19:27,230
So who is the staff member who is in going to be leading this group?

1640
02:19:27,230 --> 02:19:30,890
So I mean, it's really a joint effort between several departments.

1641
02:19:31,850 --> 02:19:34,930
We've been sort of, we've been coordinating with community development.

1642
02:19:35,250 --> 02:19:38,250
It's sort of the within the key in terms of creating this committee.

1643
02:19:38,550 --> 02:19:41,510
And Brooklyn County for my staff has really been the key staff member.

1644
02:19:43,110 --> 02:19:48,470
So, but it's really, like I said, it's been a joint effort of several departments to get us to the stage.

1645
02:19:49,230 --> 02:19:53,330
No, I realize that, but in terms of sort of the day to day or the month to month,

1646
02:19:53,330 --> 02:19:58,270
I'm assuming this group will meet maybe monthly or maybe that hasn't been worked out yet.

1647
02:19:58,850 --> 02:19:59,350
The three of them had a mayor.

1648
02:19:59,390 --> 02:20:06,490
The intention initially leads was to meet quarterly, partly because we didn't want to, you know,

1649
02:20:06,570 --> 02:20:11,270
given the number of people we have on this and wanting not to, so we wanted to use their time wisely,

1650
02:20:11,510 --> 02:20:16,970
so we felt like quarterly would be good if that turns out not to be frequently enough for certainly open to more frequent meetings.

1651
02:20:17,970 --> 02:20:23,230
In terms of staff, in terms of the day to day, I think my department will be taking the lead on organizing

1652
02:20:23,230 --> 02:20:28,590
the meetings and that the logistics of that and I would hope we haven't said a first

1653
02:20:28,590 --> 02:20:33,690
meeting date but I would hope that we would have them meet within the next month or so.

1654
02:20:34,130 --> 02:20:37,390
Great and I'm assuming they'll be involved in, for instance, the immense square we

1655
02:20:37,390 --> 02:20:42,470
decide when you have a meeting for that in May. I know that maybe you could take them over to

1656
02:20:42,470 --> 02:20:47,810
Hancock Street and green and see if they have any recommendations. I guess one of the things

1657
02:20:47,810 --> 02:20:54,910
In that conversation that we had and not to reopen it, it's in the context of vision zero

1658
02:20:54,910 --> 02:21:00,390
because we're supposed to be looking at all traffic decisions from a safety standpoint

1659
02:21:00,390 --> 02:21:06,730
and often when we talk about traffic we're talking about cars and cars stopping and getting

1660
02:21:06,730 --> 02:21:12,690
confused about when other cars are stopping or not stopping but I would argue that one should

1661
02:21:12,690 --> 02:21:17,730
look at what the, you know, what the pedestrian movement is on the streets.

1662
02:21:17,830 --> 02:21:20,110
I don't know if more people are walking on one street or another.

1663
02:21:20,430 --> 02:21:25,630
So that's, I think, the reason to have a group like Vision Zero that also contributes

1664
02:21:25,630 --> 02:21:29,550
to sort of, wait a minute, we're supposed to be thinking of safety of all users,

1665
02:21:30,170 --> 02:21:31,210
not just the movement, of course.

1666
02:21:31,590 --> 02:21:32,550
Thank you.

1667
02:21:32,690 --> 02:21:34,270
Thank you, Councilor Debra for the discussion.

1668
02:21:36,070 --> 02:21:36,250
Madam.

1669
02:21:36,950 --> 02:21:37,930
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1670
02:21:39,130 --> 02:21:40,430
Thank you to City staff.

1671
02:21:40,430 --> 02:21:47,810
then looking forward to how this safety discussion unfolds, where do the Cambridge Youth Services

1672
02:21:47,810 --> 02:21:52,710
fit into this discussion in terms of having some sort of permanent voice on it, whether

1673
02:21:52,710 --> 02:21:56,530
it's to a discourse or and or through the Youth Services Department?

1674
02:21:57,570 --> 02:21:58,470
I think that'll be fair.

1675
02:21:58,950 --> 02:22:04,270
So what we haven't listed on here, other than I guess, my commuteration of this village

1676
02:22:04,270 --> 02:22:09,610
commission, there will also be representatives of several city departments providing input

1677
02:22:09,610 --> 02:22:14,690
to this group, and so we expect to have representatives from both the school of department,

1678
02:22:14,970 --> 02:22:21,170
and if we need to, at some times from the Department of Human Service programs, to represent those voices.

1679
02:22:21,350 --> 02:22:26,110
But certainly, the school of department is a critical piece of this, and so we intend to have them

1680
02:22:26,110 --> 02:22:29,930
involved in this committee, you know, in all of the meetings going forward.

1681
02:22:31,170 --> 02:22:31,850
Councillor Kelly.

1682
02:22:32,150 --> 02:22:32,930
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1683
02:22:33,430 --> 02:22:38,650
I would encourage there, I know have some high school students, for example, that are active in by safety issues.

1684
02:22:38,650 --> 02:22:45,890
I think you want to hear or we want to hear directly from people who are bicycling rather than hearing that voice

1685
02:22:46,310 --> 02:22:50,010
somehow interpreted by people who may or may not be bicyclists themselves.

1686
02:22:50,850 --> 02:23:01,230
To the extent that you can bring actual young cyclists into the discussion and understand, for example, the challenges of keeping a light on your bicycle at the high school

1687
02:23:01,230 --> 02:23:06,230
or carrying your lacrosse stick when you go to practice on the other side of town or whatever it is.

1688
02:23:06,570 --> 02:23:11,170
These young people face as bike safety challenges that most of us don't.

1689
02:23:11,390 --> 02:23:12,430
I think that would be useful.

1690
02:23:14,910 --> 02:23:20,890
Through Madam Mayor, I'll just say the city manager and I met with the bicycle safety group of the high school a few months ago.

1691
02:23:20,990 --> 02:23:25,030
And I think we can reach back out to them and see if there's a member of that group that would like to.

1692
02:23:25,430 --> 02:23:32,470
Sort of the committee and I don't think we're necessarily viewing the membership as a hundred percent complete because there are a few additional groups.

1693
02:23:32,470 --> 02:23:37,270
that we were we've been talking to. We just don't have. We didn't want to hold

1694
02:23:37,270 --> 02:23:40,890
any committee started because it has been a little while since we advertised it.

1695
02:23:40,930 --> 02:23:44,430
So we wanted to get this moving. But if we want to, if there's a, there is an opportunity, I

1696
02:23:44,430 --> 02:23:47,630
think to add, you know, a few more members to it if it makes sense. It's also looking to that.

1697
02:23:49,840 --> 02:23:52,260
Thank you. Councillor Cuyfe and you for the questions?

1698
02:23:52,900 --> 02:23:57,900
For the discussion. Hearing none, I'm placing on file. All those of you who say aye.

1699
02:23:57,900 --> 02:24:03,440
Opposed, I have the mass placed on file, we move now the number 7, this is pulled by

1700
02:24:03,440 --> 02:24:06,860
Councillor Chung, a communication transmitter from Louis A.D.

1701
02:24:06,860 --> 02:24:11,220
Piscouales, the manager, relative to a planning board recommendation to adopt, with

1702
02:24:11,220 --> 02:24:17,160
a suggestion, my application is a zoning petition to amend Section 8.23, the construction

1703
02:24:17,160 --> 02:24:21,540
of non-conforming structure or use for all-infinite explosion or other catastrophe.

1704
02:24:22,320 --> 02:24:23,940
Councillor Chung, you pull this, you have the floor.

1705
02:24:23,940 --> 02:24:31,140
So, I believe I need to pull, move suspension of the rules, pull, committee or report number three.

1706
02:24:31,680 --> 02:24:34,760
On suspension, all those in favour say aye.

1707
02:24:35,700 --> 02:24:36,100
Opposed?

1708
02:24:36,260 --> 02:24:36,940
The eyes have it.

1709
02:24:37,000 --> 02:24:38,980
I'm bringing committee point number three forward.

1710
02:24:39,200 --> 02:24:40,460
All those in favour say aye.

1711
02:24:41,260 --> 02:24:41,640
Opposed?

1712
02:24:42,020 --> 02:24:42,300
The eyes have it.

1713
02:24:42,360 --> 02:24:43,480
And number three is before us.

1714
02:24:43,500 --> 02:24:44,500
Concentrate on your floor.

1715
02:24:45,040 --> 02:24:45,900
So, I'm looking at the clerk.

1716
02:24:46,160 --> 02:24:50,080
So, next we need to refer this to the petition.

1717
02:24:51,240 --> 02:24:55,040
And then we, did you want to read out the changes we're making or do you want to do for

1718
02:24:55,040 --> 02:24:55,600
the first?

1719
02:24:57,960 --> 02:24:58,920
Madam Clerk.

1720
02:25:00,140 --> 02:25:06,580
For you, Madam Mayor, to Councillor Chun, I do believe that you have an amended text

1721
02:25:07,220 --> 02:25:09,520
that you want to submit?

1722
02:25:10,520 --> 02:25:11,000
Yes.

1723
02:25:12,300 --> 02:25:14,040
It's a red line version on colorblind.

1724
02:25:18,560 --> 02:25:22,900
So, I guess the first thing to do is to refer to the petition.

1725
02:25:24,420 --> 02:25:27,780
You advise referred to the petition then, discuss?

1726
02:25:28,560 --> 02:25:29,720
Accept the report.

1727
02:25:30,560 --> 02:25:32,960
I'll be the appropriate way.

1728
02:25:35,060 --> 02:25:41,320
We need to refer a gender item number seven to committee report number three,

1729
02:25:42,600 --> 02:25:52,780
and accept committee report number three in place and on file and we have a text and a

1730
02:25:52,780 --> 02:25:53,940
amended text.

1731
02:25:54,440 --> 02:25:54,960
Is that correct?

1732
02:25:55,540 --> 02:25:57,200
Through you, Madam Mayor.

1733
02:25:58,260 --> 02:26:03,740
The, if I'm not a text, we provided the red line version for your information, but there's

1734
02:26:03,740 --> 02:26:11,660
a clean version that is the textual changes that were discussed at the committee based upon the

1735
02:26:11,660 --> 02:26:18,500
of the planning board and the discussion at the committee, and we recommend that through Councillor

1736
02:26:18,500 --> 02:26:26,540
Chon, that the amendment language that I believe has been provided to the press of the Council

1737
02:26:26,540 --> 02:26:30,340
be substituted for the language in the petition.

1738
02:26:43,650 --> 02:26:52,810
I think we're talking about agenda item number seven.

1739
02:26:53,170 --> 02:26:54,250
We're talking.

1740
02:26:54,250 --> 02:26:58,850
Right, so what's that you might be looking at this as eight on it is what we want to be

1741
02:27:00,750 --> 02:27:10,950
So let's let's let's call us from on it. I believe it's the it should start if a non-conforming structure or you shall have been destroyed a damage by fire

1742
02:27:10,950 --> 02:27:12,670
That's what you should be reading

1743
02:27:12,670 --> 02:27:14,430
Does everyone have that

1744
02:27:14,430 --> 02:27:19,070
Excuse me madam there. What what is labeled a this also dated February 13th

1745
02:27:19,070 --> 02:27:23,450
Which is not you shouldn't do never ate it all you should have this right here

1746
02:27:23,450 --> 02:27:30,370
we're talking about. I think it's coming your way and should be first line if a non-conforming

1747
02:27:30,370 --> 02:27:37,430
structure or you shall have been destroyed a damage by fire. Does everyone have that?

1748
02:27:38,050 --> 02:27:44,510
So this is the amendment I believe. If a non-conforming structure or you shall have been

1749
02:27:44,510 --> 02:27:49,370
destroyed a damage by fire explosion or other catastrophe and then you have in parenthesis

1750
02:27:49,370 --> 02:27:54,430
except one that has been determined by the city to have been caused intentionally by or on behalf

1751
02:27:54,430 --> 02:27:58,850
of the owner, close pair whatever the things are.

1752
02:27:58,930 --> 02:28:03,150
Such structure or use may be built or restored and used to get as previously.

1753
02:28:03,890 --> 02:28:08,410
If a non-conforming structure or use show have been destroyed damage or caused to be moved

1754
02:28:08,410 --> 02:28:13,610
as a result of a public taking such structure or use may be relocated or reconstructed on

1755
02:28:13,610 --> 02:28:24,770
a lot or on an embedding lot in the same ownership, comma provided that said location or reconstruction does not result in the enlargement of the non-conforming use or structuring.

1756
02:28:25,170 --> 02:28:40,930
In either case, in either such case, comma the rebuilding restoring relocation or reconstruction shall not require a special permit provided that it commences within 24 months after such file explosion catastrophe, public taking OS,

1757
02:28:40,930 --> 02:28:47,010
blank 2017 date of an actment of this amendment, which ever is later in its complete within

1758
02:28:47,010 --> 02:28:54,430
636 months after such fire explosion catastrophe public taking or blank 2017 date of the

1759
02:28:54,430 --> 02:28:59,650
actment of the amendment, which ever is later. And provided the structure as we built,

1760
02:28:59,970 --> 02:29:05,870
restored relocator or reconstructed, shall not be greatly in volume footprint a gross floor area,

1761
02:29:05,870 --> 02:29:11,210
She'll not further increase any non-conformities than those of the original non-conforming structure

1762
02:29:11,210 --> 02:29:16,730
and she'll not further violate any dimensional requirements of the ordinance, Councilor

1763
02:29:16,730 --> 02:29:16,870
Chan.

1764
02:29:17,150 --> 02:29:20,030
So I'll just to give some context to my colleagues.

1765
02:29:20,570 --> 02:29:26,670
So this was in response to the council requesting after the fire in East Cambridge looking

1766
02:29:26,670 --> 02:29:32,070
at the difficulties of the residents were and landowners were having in terms of rebuilding

1767
02:29:32,070 --> 02:29:35,250
a non-conforming structure that was the struggle of the fire.

1768
02:29:35,250 --> 02:29:40,230
trying to make it easier for them to do that quickly and expeditiously without, I think,

1769
02:29:40,390 --> 02:29:44,430
an overboarder and some hassle trying to get variants of this special promise.

1770
02:29:44,890 --> 02:29:50,370
And this was, I think we had a good debate in the, in the ordinance committee asked for a number of changes

1771
02:29:50,370 --> 02:29:54,990
as to clarify the language, make it respond to some feedback that we got from the public.

1772
02:29:55,530 --> 02:29:59,970
All these changes, I think, reflect with the Council had discussed during the ordinance committee.

1773
02:30:00,400 --> 02:30:06,160
We want to try and get this done as quickly as possible to try and give some relief to the people

1774
02:30:06,160 --> 02:30:12,260
who are affected by the fire. I mean, it's came to a few months ago. The change is looking in the

1775
02:30:12,260 --> 02:30:18,560
look to be exactly what we'd asked for. I think if it's easier, we can amend the petition,

1776
02:30:19,360 --> 02:30:24,460
probably, we have to lay us on a table for two weeks anyways. I think we can amend it next time

1777
02:30:24,460 --> 02:30:29,880
if people are uncomfortable doing this, doing that tonight. If people wanted it tonight, we have

1778
02:30:29,880 --> 02:30:33,460
looking to the room to see what people will prefer to do, but either way, I think we

1779
02:30:33,460 --> 02:30:37,960
want to lay, we want to, except the report, lay us on a table for the two weeks so we

1780
02:30:37,960 --> 02:30:40,120
We can train or date it.

1781
02:30:40,240 --> 02:30:40,760
No, is that right?

1782
02:30:42,500 --> 02:30:43,320
Where are MSU?

1783
02:30:44,360 --> 02:30:47,180
I accept the report, place and on file.

1784
02:30:47,740 --> 02:30:50,860
We are going to amend by substitution.

1785
02:30:51,640 --> 02:30:54,380
If that amendment by substitution reveals,

1786
02:30:54,740 --> 02:30:58,820
we are going to pass the pass it to a second reading as amended.

1787
02:30:59,140 --> 02:30:59,680
Do we have to?

1788
02:30:59,680 --> 02:31:02,380
We'll go on the unfinished business.

1789
02:31:03,040 --> 02:31:04,280
Do we have to amend that tonight?

1790
02:31:04,280 --> 02:31:07,560
Are we going to amend it next week of the week after every passage was in reading?

1791
02:31:08,440 --> 02:31:14,700
Well, I think that that might be a question that the city's solicitor might answer better.

1792
02:31:16,180 --> 02:31:20,620
Now, through you, Madam Mary, yes, you can certainly pass it to a second reading tonight

1793
02:31:20,620 --> 02:31:26,740
as the petition is presently before the council and then move to substitute with the amended

1794
02:31:26,740 --> 02:31:27,340
language.

1795
02:31:29,780 --> 02:31:35,300
So, Councillor Cheong, do you want to, I don't know if you've done this before the agenda item number

1796
02:31:35,300 --> 02:31:40,620
7 to committee report number 3, and then on the report number 3, except in place on file,

1797
02:31:41,060 --> 02:31:47,040
and then you want to amend by substitution, which we just read, and then pass to the second meeting.

1798
02:31:47,480 --> 02:31:48,900
Yeah, so I think that's the chain of events we want to do.

1799
02:31:49,640 --> 02:31:54,380
We can amend it tonight, or we can amend it tonight, or not tonight, for those who were

1800
02:31:54,380 --> 02:31:56,080
to the meeting if they want to have more time to look at it.

1801
02:31:56,080 --> 02:31:57,660
We can certainly make that the next meeting.

1802
02:31:57,900 --> 02:31:59,440
Pleasure to see you, Councilor Carlin.

1803
02:32:00,000 --> 02:32:00,800
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1804
02:32:00,920 --> 02:32:03,140
I just have a couple of quick questions.

1805
02:32:03,400 --> 02:32:06,860
I was not at this ordinance meeting.

1806
02:32:07,120 --> 02:32:09,100
I think that's the only one I missed this year.

1807
02:32:09,740 --> 02:32:10,520
I was sick.

1808
02:32:11,140 --> 02:32:12,820
And I just have a question.

1809
02:32:15,200 --> 02:32:24,080
This doesn't mean literally re-build the building that was there, because it was a store

1810
02:32:24,080 --> 02:32:31,920
church. So, this is rebuild the square footage that was there.

1811
02:32:31,920 --> 02:32:35,240
Ms. Weller, Mr. Ron, I'm Mr. Deepa Scwally.

1812
02:32:36,720 --> 02:32:45,880
Because when I read this, it seems to be literally rebuilt. And that is not going to happen.

1813
02:32:47,280 --> 02:32:53,280
Through you, Madam Mayor. The church's comprehensive permit already proved. So, that is not part of

1814
02:32:53,280 --> 02:32:58,820
really. The rest of the buildings they had to build as the same volume and footprint in

1815
02:32:58,820 --> 02:33:09,140
the area in area. Yes, I just wanted to be clear it. Great. And I take it that there's

1816
02:33:09,140 --> 02:33:18,560
no coordination and other that would be expected on other projects. There's no special permit,

1817
02:33:18,560 --> 02:33:25,940
there's no design review, you can theoretically build a square footage, but it could have

1818
02:33:25,940 --> 02:33:32,120
different exterior sighting, it could be painted red, white and blue, it could be anything.

1819
02:33:33,280 --> 02:33:34,140
Is that right?

1820
02:33:34,580 --> 02:33:38,320
We might as well as design as no effect on zoning, so I'm sorry.

1821
02:33:39,060 --> 02:33:43,260
Design on the color, I'm just a matter of zoning, so it's only the square footage and

1822
02:33:43,260 --> 02:33:44,260
setbacks in the loading.

1823
02:33:45,020 --> 02:33:45,500
Thank you.

1824
02:33:45,500 --> 02:33:46,320
Thank you very much.

1825
02:33:46,500 --> 02:33:46,940
Thank you.

1826
02:33:46,940 --> 02:33:52,980
the crowd on council. Just a through you a quick clarifying question on behalf of the gentleman

1827
02:33:52,980 --> 02:33:59,080
who has come to all these hearings. So it's good that we've extended the time to complete

1828
02:33:59,080 --> 02:34:07,680
to 36 months and I think it no longer says work continuously too. So we've taken that out of it.

1829
02:34:07,680 --> 02:34:16,380
But what happens if, despite the property owner's best efforts, the 36 months can't be met

1830
02:34:16,380 --> 02:34:20,820
for, you know, an insurance problem, or something that's beyond their control, is there

1831
02:34:20,820 --> 02:34:27,080
what would be, would it go to the BCA, or the planning board to say we grant you an extension

1832
02:34:27,080 --> 02:34:32,680
of six months, or to, to launch it, how would that work? Or is that, is it low?

1833
02:34:35,860 --> 02:34:39,700
I don't know, three of them at a mirror. I think that, I mean, this is one of the difficult things

1834
02:34:39,700 --> 02:34:46,940
about a provision like this. It is a fairly long period of time, so I think that at that point

1835
02:34:46,940 --> 02:34:52,620
it would be out of compliance, and the honor would have to apply for a variance, because

1836
02:34:53,120 --> 02:34:54,900
that's the language that's here now.

1837
02:34:55,260 --> 02:35:00,680
If you leave it completely open, then you do run the risk of people having projects that

1838
02:35:00,680 --> 02:35:05,660
could go on for who knows how long, so that's really a policy decision for the Council.

1839
02:35:06,460 --> 02:35:06,700
I see.

1840
02:35:09,160 --> 02:35:15,060
What if someone started, would there ever be a situation where someone started to rebuild this

1841
02:35:15,060 --> 02:35:21,020
on conforming structure and for some reason beyond their control, couldn't finish it in that

1842
02:35:21,020 --> 02:35:21,380
time.

1843
02:35:21,600 --> 02:35:26,200
And then you would say, well, you can no longer build what you started building, or once

1844
02:35:26,200 --> 02:35:31,920
they have the building permit, I'm a little confused about, I understand that we want

1845
02:35:31,920 --> 02:35:36,320
to sort of suggest that from a policy standpoint that you need to get going and you need

1846
02:35:36,320 --> 02:35:36,800
to do this.

1847
02:35:36,820 --> 02:35:42,100
Because three years is a very long time for any construction project except for a certain person's

1848
02:35:42,100 --> 02:35:47,200
on Brattle Street that seems to have taken forever and a day, but hopefully I can do it quicker.

1849
02:35:48,900 --> 02:35:50,200
What I guess,

1850
02:35:52,960 --> 02:35:56,100
would there be a situation where somebody would be in the midst of construction

1851
02:35:56,100 --> 02:36:00,840
and then would be told they couldn't do what they had started to do? Or is that completely

1852
02:36:02,060 --> 02:36:03,540
not as close a probability?

1853
02:36:04,960 --> 02:36:07,640
Three of them had a mirror. It's difficult to answer questions like this,

1854
02:36:07,660 --> 02:36:13,500
hypothetically. There are some thorny enforcement issues that occur and I think those are things

1855
02:36:13,500 --> 02:36:17,600
that the Commissioner for Special Services struggles with,

1856
02:36:17,600 --> 02:36:20,980
and we all, various cities, staff members,

1857
02:36:21,500 --> 02:36:23,740
work to address situations like that when they arise.

1858
02:36:24,320 --> 02:36:27,260
But it would be difficult to provide one simple answer.

1859
02:36:28,000 --> 02:36:30,300
No, it could, at that point, be considered as any violation.

1860
02:36:31,340 --> 02:36:32,980
Certainly, the Commissioner works with people

1861
02:36:32,980 --> 02:36:34,660
when zoning violations are identified.

1862
02:36:36,440 --> 02:36:38,980
But, again, it's one of those things

1863
02:36:38,980 --> 02:36:41,660
where, as a matter of policy, generally, our recommendation will be

1864
02:36:41,660 --> 02:36:49,160
to give that cut-off. It's a much longer cut-off period and so that would be the staff recommendation.

1865
02:36:49,920 --> 02:36:51,560
Thank you.

1866
02:36:51,940 --> 02:36:52,820
Further discussion?

1867
02:36:54,500 --> 02:36:56,360
Councilor Chung, are you prepared to...

1868
02:36:56,360 --> 02:37:01,100
So unless any of my colleagues wanted to wait until next week to amend the petition,

1869
02:37:01,280 --> 02:37:05,120
I'm going to move the weaver fee to do the substitution tonight.

1870
02:37:06,400 --> 02:37:13,860
On the substitute, offered by Councillor Chow, all those in favour say aye, opposed by

1871
02:37:13,860 --> 02:37:20,620
his habit and substitution, though I'm passing on to a second reading as amended.

1872
02:37:22,280 --> 02:37:28,380
All those in favour say aye, opposed by his habit and the matter is passed to a second reading

1873
02:37:28,380 --> 02:37:29,220
as amended.

1874
02:37:29,680 --> 02:37:31,740
We now move to number eight.

1875
02:37:32,040 --> 02:37:33,540
This was pulled by Councillor Chow.

1876
02:37:34,560 --> 02:37:40,840
Communication transmitted by from Lewis A. D. P. P. Schwaelens to the Mayor General voted to amendment to Title 6.

1877
02:37:41,080 --> 02:37:44,340
Other municipal code entitled animals to include a new chapter six.

1878
02:37:44,520 --> 02:37:48,380
.20, entirely strictions on the sale of animals and pet shops.

1879
02:37:48,780 --> 02:37:49,200
Councillor Chao.

1880
02:37:49,480 --> 02:37:52,000
Pull this just to refer this to the petition.

1881
02:37:52,880 --> 02:37:53,720
Vice Mayor.

1882
02:37:53,800 --> 02:37:55,060
Just a quick discussion.

1883
02:37:55,620 --> 02:37:55,840
Thank you, Mayor.

1884
02:37:56,260 --> 02:37:56,860
Just a quick.

1885
02:37:58,520 --> 02:37:59,680
I don't think we have to do this now.

1886
02:37:59,780 --> 02:38:02,420
We can do this with the ordinance committee, but just some my colleagues now.

1887
02:38:03,700 --> 02:38:06,900
There are, I am going to suggest a couple of amendments.

1888
02:38:07,300 --> 02:38:11,740
It's really just one word that has to, we're going to add, because we left this out a rack

1889
02:38:11,740 --> 02:38:15,480
and it's with turner, spiders, because the sale of tarantulas and whatnot.

1890
02:38:15,700 --> 02:38:19,280
So I guess I have to go through and add that into the various places where it lists the animals.

1891
02:38:19,820 --> 02:38:23,780
So it's not going to be a major amendment, but it might be tedious, because it's going to

1892
02:38:23,780 --> 02:38:25,320
hit appears in a whole number of places.

1893
02:38:25,320 --> 02:38:34,080
But for now, I'll just be freeing to the Madam Madam Clerk is saying something I'm going.

1894
02:38:39,300 --> 02:38:46,340
Councillor Chen, our clerk is suggesting that you refer this to the ordinance and to

1895
02:38:46,340 --> 02:38:50,860
the clerk refer to the ordinance committee.

1896
02:38:52,380 --> 02:38:52,880
Any other questions?

1897
02:38:54,120 --> 02:39:01,540
I want to, I guess Councillor the ordinance committee meeting, I would suggest that we

1898
02:39:01,540 --> 02:39:07,260
to prohibitions, which seems more accurate and something I essentially support.

1899
02:39:07,900 --> 02:39:08,440
Very good.

1900
02:39:08,560 --> 02:39:09,480
For the discussion.

1901
02:39:13,500 --> 02:39:17,140
For the discussion, hearing none on referring to the ordinance committee.

1902
02:39:17,340 --> 02:39:21,860
All those in face that I oppose, I have it, and the matter is so referred.

1903
02:39:22,380 --> 02:39:24,000
We move now to number nine.

1904
02:39:24,240 --> 02:39:25,420
This is full by Councillor Cheng.

1905
02:39:25,780 --> 02:39:27,820
A communication transmit from Louis A.D.

1906
02:39:27,820 --> 02:39:32,020
The squall is that he managed a relative to a way to report item number 1710.

1907
02:39:32,020 --> 02:39:36,160
regarding a law and Cambridge residents to round up their water sewer bills to assist

1908
02:39:36,160 --> 02:39:40,000
in funding specific community relief for our DEX Council at CHAMP.

1909
02:39:40,380 --> 02:39:44,500
I just wanted to thank City Manager for response on this.

1910
02:39:44,520 --> 02:39:49,020
I know this is kind of a crazy idea and seems like it's going to be a little bit of work

1911
02:39:49,020 --> 02:39:53,920
to try and pull off just for the colleagues, just for us in the background, we could talk

1912
02:39:53,920 --> 02:39:58,460
with you with the City Manager about this idea for a while, I stole this from some other

1913
02:39:58,460 --> 02:40:02,860
cities that have been doing something similar. And my concern here is, you know, it's great

1914
02:40:02,860 --> 02:40:09,980
that we have, you know, community benefits pull a money that we can gear towards helping

1915
02:40:09,980 --> 02:40:12,780
some of the non-profits in our city, which do a lot of times a lot of the work, the city

1916
02:40:12,780 --> 02:40:17,500
would be doing if we didn't, if that nonprofit didn't exist. You know, I'm really concerned

1917
02:40:17,960 --> 02:40:21,080
about the cuts that are going to come down from the federal government looking forward

1918
02:40:21,080 --> 02:40:24,360
and the city is talking about how we're going to close the gap and meet some of the

1919
02:40:24,360 --> 02:40:38,120
that we're anticipating, I think they're not proper partners in the community, are going to be facing similar challenges going forward in terms of continuing to meet the demand of our residents while facing shortcuts or cuts and funding from the federal government.

1920
02:40:38,420 --> 02:40:51,460
It'd be great to have in addition to those, those one-time big injections of funding from, you know, when we do big zoning and big PUDs, to have some kind of ongoing funding mechanisms to afford money into the community benefits fund.

1921
02:40:51,460 --> 02:40:53,580
which took a lot of time and thought and it was, I think,

1922
02:40:53,580 --> 02:40:54,240
is really well constructed.

1923
02:40:55,020 --> 02:40:57,240
So, you know, one idea that I had looking at other communities

1924
02:40:57,720 --> 02:41:01,620
was they round up the bill, you know, for them,

1925
02:41:01,740 --> 02:41:03,680
it's a different bill given, you know, different states.

1926
02:41:04,040 --> 02:41:05,420
But, you know, round up the bill and then bring that money

1927
02:41:05,420 --> 02:41:08,140
to what's helping our nonprofits seem like a good idea.

1928
02:41:08,620 --> 02:41:11,440
If there are other ideas to try and create some kind of revenue

1929
02:41:12,020 --> 02:41:14,240
source for the nonprofits that, you know,

1930
02:41:14,380 --> 02:41:15,760
doesn't just come out of the general fund,

1931
02:41:15,940 --> 02:41:17,860
which is, I think, we don't wear, I think,

1932
02:41:17,980 --> 02:41:19,460
same reasons, we don't want to race taxes.

1933
02:41:19,620 --> 02:41:21,440
We want to have something as a bit optional for those

1934
02:41:21,440 --> 02:41:25,460
residents who have the ability to pay more, and want to pay more for an off-profits to let

1935
02:41:25,460 --> 02:41:30,980
them do that. I'm not married to this idea, but I am married to the idea that we need to

1936
02:41:30,980 --> 02:41:34,740
try and put in place some kind of fun in the mechanism. For those who need benefits to help

1937
02:41:34,740 --> 02:41:40,080
our non-profit partners. So, I'm not sure if you had any other ideas came up or what, but

1938
02:41:40,080 --> 02:41:45,080
I look forward to trying to figure out something that's trying to achieve that. If we can move

1939
02:41:45,080 --> 02:41:49,840
this forward, working with our billing vendor, thinking about how we would draft a home role

1940
02:41:50,640 --> 02:41:55,560
They'll be great if there's a way we can do it internally without going to state you've been better, but you know, why don't try and push something forward

1941
02:41:56,100 --> 02:41:57,120
So, not sure if you had any.

1942
02:41:57,280 --> 02:41:58,280
Mr. Deepa squally.

1943
02:41:59,780 --> 02:42:07,660
True, Madam May, I think obviously the idea works one of the major concerns to be very honest is the opt-in option.

1944
02:42:08,440 --> 02:42:14,240
If there was an opt-out, based on the fact we said that about 15,000 water bills, for a time

1945
02:42:14,240 --> 02:42:18,200
Similarly, it would certainly be some volume even if you rounded it to the nearest stall.

1946
02:42:18,960 --> 02:42:23,880
I think with the opt-in, we are concerned that the men will be a minimal amount of

1947
02:42:23,880 --> 02:42:27,040
the contribution that we end up getting, that doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.

1948
02:42:27,240 --> 02:42:31,700
So I think we're going to move forward in terms of doing everything we can do to evaluate,

1949
02:42:31,780 --> 02:42:37,680
get ready to implement, and again, take a look at the fact, is there's any way we could make this

1950
02:42:37,680 --> 02:42:38,120
enough?

1951
02:42:38,740 --> 02:42:43,240
Right now, we don't think that's the case, but I think we need to do some more work on this,

1952
02:42:43,240 --> 02:42:46,760
I want to thank Michelle and David for the work they've already done to try to guess to

1953
02:42:46,760 --> 02:42:47,580
this place.

1954
02:42:47,780 --> 02:42:48,840
That was a joke.

1955
02:42:49,700 --> 02:42:50,540
Were the discussion?

1956
02:42:51,700 --> 02:42:52,120
That's a never.

1957
02:42:53,880 --> 02:42:54,700
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1958
02:42:55,000 --> 02:42:58,400
I guess I think it's overall a good idea.

1959
02:42:58,600 --> 02:43:03,560
I am concerned that there's a fair amount of work and there's no estimate of what we think

1960
02:43:03,560 --> 02:43:09,400
we might be able to yield from either an opt-in or an opt-in opt-in opt-in, and obviously

1961
02:43:09,400 --> 02:43:16,420
is an estimate on how generous people would feel, or how well we can communicate that this

1962
02:43:16,420 --> 02:43:24,880
even is an option. And then I guess my second question was, are we allowed to do, Councilor

1963
02:43:24,880 --> 02:43:33,140
China was talking about non-profit partners. I read community relief projects as being, you know,

1964
02:43:33,500 --> 02:43:39,260
I mean, I could go to a future fire fund or I could go to a tree planting campaign or I could

1965
02:43:39,260 --> 02:43:46,760
the community projects are we allowed to actually direct it to non-profits or what it

1966
02:43:46,760 --> 02:43:54,200
have to go to a general fund that is dedicated to the welfare of, I don't know, I mean we

1967
02:43:54,200 --> 02:43:58,660
could, when we set it up with the legislature, it would be worded in a way that obviously we

1968
02:43:58,660 --> 02:44:03,060
would be getting a service from the non-profits as well but we would have to work. It couldn't

1969
02:44:03,060 --> 02:44:09,280
be a general statement but we could make it for non-profits pending what they were doing but again

1970
02:44:09,280 --> 02:44:27,400
That's why you need the home rotation and we'd have to work it out that way, but we will continue to do some work on this, but I think if it's round to the nearest dollar and it's an opt-in, even with a lot of publicity at 14,000 bills,

1971
02:44:27,400 --> 02:44:36,780
Get looking at a pretty small return now if we came up with something that has been often but you were running too much high a number

1972
02:44:36,780 --> 02:44:41,180
That could bring some income, but I'm much here how that would go as well

1973
02:44:41,180 --> 02:44:43,120
So we got some work to do

1974
02:44:43,120 --> 02:44:49,380
Well in a will move forward and come back with something to choose if we do this this is what we think the revenue will be

1975
02:44:49,380 --> 02:44:55,920
But we just wanted to get this up here to say that we'll continue to look at it and hopefully as our recommendation shortly

1976
02:44:57,400 --> 02:44:58,880
That's a jammer.

1977
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:03,260
Thank you. Thank you. Through you, Madam Chair.

1978
02:45:05,300 --> 02:45:15,380
If it were legal to do an opt-out, which I'm not sure if it is. And if you wanted to maybe even do a, I think we're allowed to put things on the ballot, right? We can agree to a ballot question.

1979
02:45:15,740 --> 02:45:29,000
It's a perfect opportunity to ask people by referendum if they want to round up to the nearest $10 as an opt-out. And then you're making, you know, for action $1 million a year. Great. And you say it's for a good cause.

1980
02:45:29,000 --> 02:45:35,220
And maybe if you were people opt out and maybe it's not such a bad thing to vote on either or or maybe people don't want this at all

1981
02:45:35,220 --> 02:45:40,340
But it's good to know what people want and if that's a ballot question helps to that then then then great

1982
02:45:40,340 --> 02:45:49,420
I would just I would when I've heard something like this aired before I was concerned that you would be doing all this work and and bringing in

1983
02:45:50,260 --> 02:45:53,240
under $5,000 maybe much under $5,000

1984
02:45:53,240 --> 02:45:55,020
depending on how things went and

1985
02:45:55,020 --> 02:45:59,220
And that's not what I'm hoping for.

1986
02:45:59,360 --> 02:46:03,280
But what I am hoping for, though, is we continue to think about how to leverage people's

1987
02:46:03,280 --> 02:46:12,780
goodwill and how to leverage their extra wealth to support a city that needs it is this return

1988
02:46:12,780 --> 02:46:19,040
over and over again, the difficulty of a progressive real estate tax in Cambridge and the

1989
02:46:19,040 --> 02:46:25,900
that would rely on serious collaboration with the state and serious research, that I do

1990
02:46:25,900 --> 02:46:31,380
think is worth it. And I think will change the way that Cambridge funds and talks about funding.

1991
02:46:31,860 --> 02:46:37,520
It's housing crisis. So I'll put in another plug for that, which sounds similar to this,

1992
02:46:37,620 --> 02:46:45,170
but could have a far different impact for the discussion. Hearing none, I'm placing on file.

1993
02:46:45,170 --> 02:46:47,530
Also fair to say aye

1994
02:46:47,530 --> 02:46:56,190
Opposed the eyes having the matters placed on file. We now move to the calendar. Pleasure to the council. I'm there

1995
02:46:56,190 --> 02:46:58,950
That's a child. I took hold number six number six

1996
02:47:08,720 --> 02:47:13,900
For the further anything else on the unfinished or calendar

1997
02:47:15,620 --> 02:47:17,820
You're hearing none would council

1998
02:47:17,820 --> 02:47:26,580
Number six or three there's follows and amendment of the municipal code ordinance entitled title title a entitled

1999
02:47:26,580 --> 02:47:33,840
Health and safety be amended in chapter 8.12 point zero one zero and title self service station regulations

2000
02:47:33,840 --> 02:47:39,860
Council jump. I think we had a question comes on passing to be all day on our after April 3

2001
02:47:40,620 --> 02:47:48,160
So I moved to ordain unless people wanted to meet a rearrangement on ordination

2002
02:47:48,840 --> 02:47:50,620
Madam, please call the roll.

2003
02:47:50,960 --> 02:47:52,060
Council of Calone.

2004
02:47:56,340 --> 02:47:56,840
Council of Jones.

2005
02:47:57,640 --> 02:47:57,740
Yes.

2006
02:47:57,740 --> 02:47:58,300
Council of General.

2007
02:47:59,480 --> 02:48:00,280
Council of Kelly.

2008
02:48:01,600 --> 02:48:02,200
Council of Emma.

2009
02:48:02,600 --> 02:48:02,700
Yes.

2010
02:48:03,280 --> 02:48:04,240
Council of Madison.

2011
02:48:06,850 --> 02:48:07,870
Ice me of a government.

2012
02:48:08,850 --> 02:48:09,630
Council to me.

2013
02:48:11,170 --> 02:48:11,830
Bands Simmons.

2014
02:48:12,270 --> 02:48:12,450
Yes.

2015
02:48:12,870 --> 02:48:13,830
Council of Calone.

2016
02:48:16,530 --> 02:48:17,490
Council of Madison.

2017
02:48:20,800 --> 02:48:21,920
And the.

2018
02:48:22,980 --> 02:48:26,080
Ordnance is passed to be ordained on affirmative vote with nine.

2019
02:48:26,080 --> 02:48:27,700
Thank you, Madam Clerk.

2020
02:48:27,940 --> 02:48:31,180
We now move to applications and petitions, push to the city council.

2021
02:48:31,600 --> 02:48:32,340
Move to the adoption.

2022
02:48:33,040 --> 02:48:37,540
Council, my move to the adoption of application number one, all those in favour say aye.

2023
02:48:38,240 --> 02:48:38,740
Opposed?

2024
02:48:39,040 --> 02:48:40,380
Aye's have in it in the odd.

2025
02:48:40,420 --> 02:48:41,180
Order is adopted.

2026
02:48:41,920 --> 02:48:41,960
Communication.

2027
02:48:42,640 --> 02:48:43,560
Social City Council.

2028
02:48:45,020 --> 02:48:47,040
On the motion by council.

2029
02:48:47,500 --> 02:48:51,460
Mark to place items one through 13 on file.

2030
02:48:51,720 --> 02:48:53,180
All those in favour say aye.

2031
02:48:53,620 --> 02:48:54,000
Opposed?

2032
02:48:54,200 --> 02:48:55,260
Aye's have it.

2033
02:48:55,260 --> 02:48:56,900
and the committee cases are placed on file.

2034
02:48:57,000 --> 02:48:58,140
We move now to resolutions.

2035
02:48:58,720 --> 02:48:59,720
Pleasure to the city council.

2036
02:49:01,300 --> 02:49:05,040
The motion by council on the resolution list,

2037
02:49:05,420 --> 02:49:06,880
making the unanimous on adoption.

2038
02:49:07,140 --> 02:49:09,720
All those in favor say aye, opposed.

2039
02:49:10,100 --> 02:49:14,520
I have it and the matters are adopted and made unanimous on adoption.

2040
02:49:14,740 --> 02:49:16,020
We move now to policy orders.

2041
02:49:16,180 --> 02:49:17,380
Pleasure to the city council.

2042
02:49:17,980 --> 02:49:20,140
Number two, being exposed up.

2043
02:49:50,340 --> 02:49:54,320
17 to discuss next steps on bike and transit safety in Cambridge.

2044
02:49:54,860 --> 02:49:57,560
Question comes on, except in the report and placing on file.

2045
02:49:57,920 --> 02:49:58,580
Pleasure of the committee.

2046
02:50:00,660 --> 02:50:02,220
Do you want to speak on this?

2047
02:50:02,560 --> 02:50:02,920
That's it.

2048
02:50:07,650 --> 02:50:07,730
That's it.

2049
02:50:07,730 --> 02:50:08,190
I'm so sorry.

2050
02:50:08,890 --> 02:50:10,130
Thank you so much.

2051
02:50:10,330 --> 02:50:11,030
Thanks for your patience.

2052
02:50:11,250 --> 02:50:12,570
I was just wrapping up with the city manager.

2053
02:50:14,510 --> 02:50:19,110
This committee report was excellent, or this committee, it was an excellent meeting

2054
02:50:19,110 --> 02:50:23,150
for a number of reasons and I thank everyone for coming, it was a great meeting of

2055
02:50:23,150 --> 02:50:29,110
Obviously, stakeholders in the bike safety and transit safety community are beginning to come together and do much

2056
02:50:30,970 --> 02:50:34,930
broader and deeper work and I think there's a

2057
02:50:34,930 --> 02:50:41,330
A broad set of constituents coming forward from the community of people who bike people who walk people who drive

2058
02:50:41,330 --> 02:50:46,230
In order to understand one another better and not to talk past one another in that spirit

2059
02:50:46,230 --> 02:50:50,790
I think also counselors who have had differing opinions are beginning also to find ways that

2060
02:50:50,790 --> 02:50:53,290
that these opinions can overlap.

2061
02:50:53,590 --> 02:50:57,850
So in particular, I think Councillor Kelly and this meeting and I talked about a way

2062
02:50:57,850 --> 02:51:04,130
of separated by glands and a way of pop up infrastructure that aren't so objectionable

2063
02:51:04,130 --> 02:51:08,890
and something that we can all agree on or at least both agree on and that is very happy

2064
02:51:08,890 --> 02:51:09,730
for that as well.

2065
02:51:10,530 --> 02:51:15,450
So with that brief summary, I hope people will read back into the full minutes and will

2066
02:51:15,450 --> 02:51:17,870
participate in future iterations of that conversation.

2067
02:51:17,870 --> 02:51:23,570
This question. Hearing none, question comes on. I have set to report and placing on file,

2068
02:51:23,730 --> 02:51:29,250
all those in their say, I oppose. I submit and report is accepted and placed on file.

2069
02:51:29,750 --> 02:51:34,530
We move to committee report number two. Communication was received from Donapy Lopez City

2070
02:51:34,530 --> 02:51:39,030
Clerk. Transferring report from Council Jan DeVrochier of the Health and Environment Committee

2071
02:51:39,030 --> 02:51:46,490
for public hearing held on March 22, 2017. To receive an update from City staff and recent changes

2072
02:51:46,490 --> 02:51:52,150
regarding leaf blowers made since a hearing held in June 2016, including enforcement, the

2073
02:51:52,150 --> 02:51:57,650
purchase, and piloted Greenland's gaping equipment plans for pilot program in spring 2017,

2074
02:51:58,270 --> 02:52:02,970
to use green equipment in two parks, and any of the updates on efforts the city is taking

2075
02:52:02,970 --> 02:52:07,810
in regards leaf blowers and any other changes to the existing leaf blow ordinance that the

2076
02:52:07,810 --> 02:52:09,210
council may wish to consider.

2077
02:52:09,330 --> 02:52:13,270
Question comes on, except in report, and placing on file, Councillor Debra.

2078
02:52:13,270 --> 02:52:19,710
Thank you, Madam Mayor, and we discussed all the things that you just read, so I will repeat them all.

2079
02:52:20,190 --> 02:52:24,230
It was actually a really productive committee hearing.

2080
02:52:24,430 --> 02:52:30,070
We had, I think, five counselors present and a lot of members of the public.

2081
02:52:31,590 --> 02:52:41,770
I commend our staff at DPW and at the License Commission for really taking to heart the direction that we gave them last summer.

2082
02:52:41,770 --> 02:52:52,630
They have been piloting electric equipment and they will be doing these new two parks in the spring that they are going to be all electric equipment.

2083
02:52:52,990 --> 02:52:55,230
So moors, blowers, everything will be electric.

2084
02:52:56,110 --> 02:52:56,950
I think that's great.

2085
02:52:57,130 --> 02:52:58,850
I think that will help raise awareness.

2086
02:52:59,650 --> 02:53:08,010
At the same time, the licensed commission has really cracked down on violations from the product list.

2087
02:53:08,010 --> 02:53:14,450
landscaping contractors, they have beefed up the training that they do for both city

2088
02:53:14,450 --> 02:53:21,970
employees and for municipal contractors. So that's all good. Yet we're left with the

2089
02:53:21,970 --> 02:53:28,150
reality that leafflowers, whether electric or used according to best practices are

2090
02:53:29,570 --> 02:53:35,330
still a real nuisance and they are a public health hazard increasingly. There is

2091
02:53:35,330 --> 02:53:42,010
research to support that. And so, as much as we can, try to mitigate their effects, the only

2092
02:53:42,010 --> 02:53:50,070
real way to get rid of their effects is to consider banning them. And I know that's probably

2093
02:53:51,330 --> 02:53:57,110
not what some people would like to hear, but we did have consensus among the counselors who were

2094
02:53:57,110 --> 02:54:01,670
present at the meeting that that really was the logical next step. And we started to talk about that.

2095
02:54:01,670 --> 02:54:07,130
So I think that is the logical next step for this committee to process how we would do that,

2096
02:54:07,130 --> 02:54:14,910
whether there would be certain exemptions for municipal workers who, you know, we do recognize

2097
02:54:14,910 --> 02:54:21,390
have much bigger responsibilities to maintain the public safety and to maintain a large number

2098
02:54:21,390 --> 02:54:22,870
of fields and parks.

2099
02:54:23,410 --> 02:54:30,010
So we will be talking about that and we are excited about the effort that DPW and the License

2100
02:54:30,010 --> 02:54:30,750
Commission are making.

2101
02:54:31,170 --> 02:54:31,490
Thank you.

2102
02:54:31,490 --> 02:54:34,210
Thank you, Councillor Debra, discussion?

2103
02:54:35,970 --> 02:54:38,750
Hearing none on accepting the report and placing on file.

2104
02:54:39,230 --> 02:54:40,630
All those of you say aye.

2105
02:54:41,010 --> 02:54:41,610
Opposed?

2106
02:54:42,010 --> 02:54:45,190
The aye's have it and report is accepted and placed on file.

2107
02:54:45,610 --> 02:54:48,110
We now move to roundtable minutes, Passover.

2108
02:54:48,930 --> 02:54:49,470
Communication.

2109
02:54:50,350 --> 02:54:53,570
We have one communication and one late communication.

2110
02:54:54,350 --> 02:54:57,630
On the communication that is before us, pleasure to city council.

2111
02:54:59,330 --> 02:54:59,490
Madam.

2112
02:54:59,870 --> 02:55:00,730
Councillor Kelly.

2113
02:55:00,730 --> 02:55:08,190
I would like to continuously talk about this, whether it's through communications to council officers

2114
02:55:08,190 --> 02:55:16,650
or just in general, but I am constantly thinking that we over-police, where police are

2115
02:55:16,650 --> 02:55:23,070
not the best thing, and they may or may not be the best thing in City Hall, I understand there

2116
02:55:23,070 --> 02:55:27,810
are a number of people that feel genuinely physically threatened, working in City Hall and

2117
02:55:27,810 --> 02:55:33,250
arrive great comfort from seeing a uniformed officer here. On the other hand, I'm certain

2118
02:55:33,250 --> 02:55:38,050
there are people who for whatever reason do not feel comfortable coming into a civic

2119
02:55:38,050 --> 02:55:44,390
building with a uniformed officer present. I think at some point we need to revisit how to

2120
02:55:44,390 --> 02:55:50,590
provide appropriate safety and to feel in a security for staff. Well at the same time making

2121
02:55:50,590 --> 02:55:56,170
excuse me. At the same time making sure that people who want to do their business here,

2122
02:55:56,170 --> 02:56:01,770
which is the only place you can do much city business, don't feel unnecessarily chilled.

2123
02:56:02,590 --> 02:56:09,390
Similarly, I think that a police substation in Central Square, which I did vote for,

2124
02:56:09,510 --> 02:56:15,170
and changed my mind, and rather than doing the whole very confusing whatever that thing

2125
02:56:15,170 --> 02:56:16,990
is that we sometimes get confused about.

2126
02:56:17,410 --> 02:56:21,010
Rather than doing that, I just figured I'd share my thoughts at where we did do it again.

2127
02:56:21,010 --> 02:56:27,290
I would vote no, I think we need a much deeper discussion about why we want police there.

2128
02:56:27,790 --> 02:56:32,470
What we want them to do, and the police need to be part of that discussion, or I suspect

2129
02:56:32,470 --> 02:56:38,470
we will have them doing things that seem reasonable in the moment, but do not look good,

2130
02:56:38,570 --> 02:56:42,530
for example, on TV or YouTube or wherever it might be.

2131
02:56:43,090 --> 02:56:47,390
And I don't think I've scheduled a meeting yet, but that's somewhere in the works in the

2132
02:56:47,390 --> 02:56:47,750
near future.

2133
02:56:48,150 --> 02:56:48,390
Thank you.

2134
02:56:48,550 --> 02:56:48,870
Thank you.

2135
02:56:48,870 --> 02:56:50,250
Councillor Kelly, discussion?

2136
02:56:51,790 --> 02:56:52,290
Councillor Mazen.

2137
02:56:53,370 --> 02:56:54,170
Thank you, Madam Chair.

2138
02:56:54,490 --> 02:56:55,670
Through you to Councillor Kelly.

2139
02:56:55,890 --> 02:56:58,790
I agree wholeheartedly with the content and the spread of this letter.

2140
02:56:58,890 --> 02:57:03,850
I think I ended up floating no on this above my own trepidations.

2141
02:57:04,210 --> 02:57:09,290
I didn't want to disagree with the good intentions of the original order.

2142
02:57:09,930 --> 02:57:12,050
But in thinking about it, I have to agree.

2143
02:57:12,230 --> 02:57:16,650
There's just a much deeper conversation needed on the patchwork.

2144
02:57:16,650 --> 02:57:27,370
And the depth of services needed in order to provide a comprehensive and humane solution.

2145
02:57:28,970 --> 02:57:40,150
I think with great respect and great appreciation for our police, that would only be one factor in achieving the ends we wish to in the square and across the city.

2146
02:57:40,150 --> 02:57:42,090
So I'll echo what Councillor Kelly is saying.

2147
02:57:42,570 --> 02:58:01,130
I hope then that that means that Councillor Kelly and I will both, and potentially with the support of my allies here on Council, will both be able to lead a systematic approach to that type of discussion in any of the committees that we have overseen these issues.

2148
02:58:01,990 --> 02:58:02,570
Thank you.

2149
02:58:02,750 --> 02:58:04,150
Thank you.

2150
02:58:04,150 --> 02:58:08,690
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

2151
02:58:10,130 --> 02:58:18,390
The specific site that was mentioned, Baron Plaza, has problems.

2152
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But the major problem is the lack of activists on the ground floor.

2153
02:58:27,090 --> 02:58:37,310
typically public spaces that are successful, have active uses at the ground floor that oversee

2154
02:58:37,310 --> 02:58:45,970
the public space animate the public space, and when you have a good bank that certainly

2155
02:58:45,970 --> 02:58:49,730
doesn't work, and I'm not even sure what's in the other side, I think it's completely

2156
02:58:49,730 --> 02:58:59,310
did. So I'm not saying the answer is only an urban design and requirements, but that is part

2157
02:58:59,310 --> 02:59:09,070
of the problem at this location, is that no one is in charge. A police station is probably

2158
02:59:09,070 --> 02:59:16,590
the last substation is probably the last thing you try to do, but there is some sense

2159
02:59:16,590 --> 02:59:25,890
to it, of having a small storefront. The question is, will anybody be inside during the day

2160
02:59:25,890 --> 02:59:34,730
or will they be out walking around? But this really gets to how we program public spaces or

2161
02:59:34,730 --> 02:59:43,250
just let them be. In this case, you can't let it just feed. So it's a complicated issue. Thank

2162
02:59:43,250 --> 02:59:46,270
Thank you, Councillor Carole and Councillor Chung.

2163
02:59:46,950 --> 02:59:47,170
Thanks.

2164
02:59:48,290 --> 02:59:56,210
Just to chime in, I continue my support in voting for the last week.

2165
02:59:56,550 --> 02:59:58,450
If it had come back up, I would have voted for it again.

2166
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:11,000
I think we have to recognize, we have a responsibility to residents as the policy making body for the city, but we also have a responsibility to our employees that work here in the city.

2167
03:00:11,540 --> 03:00:22,040
And our responsibility to our employees means, you know, that having a police officer helps them feel safe and confident and able to focus on their job and doing the work of serving our residents.

2168
03:00:22,040 --> 03:00:26,740
I think that would we need to listen to what our employees have asked for and respond to

2169
03:00:26,740 --> 03:00:30,960
it and give them what they will give them, you know, provide for them the environment that

2170
03:00:30,960 --> 03:00:32,720
they need to do to do their job.

2171
03:00:33,400 --> 03:00:41,180
I think secondly, Mr. Councillor Kelly, with the discussion about whether or not the presence

2172
03:00:41,180 --> 03:00:45,140
of a police officer is found troubling to some, you know, we had a discussion early tonight

2173
03:00:45,660 --> 03:00:50,440
about the leadership that Cambridge is showing in terms of the rest of the country in setting

2174
03:00:50,440 --> 03:00:52,060
an example on a role model.

2175
03:00:53,240 --> 03:00:58,400
While the Cambridge Police Department has not been spared, it's fair share of learning opportunities.

2176
03:00:59,000 --> 03:01:02,880
The way that we do policing in Cambridge is very, very different from everywhere else across

2177
03:01:02,880 --> 03:01:03,240
the country.

2178
03:01:03,400 --> 03:01:09,060
The focus on community policing, the reason why, frankly, we have so many homeless in Cambridge

2179
03:01:09,060 --> 03:01:14,040
is because we have officers dedicated to serving that homeless population, putting them in connection

2180
03:01:14,040 --> 03:01:14,440
with services.

2181
03:01:14,560 --> 03:01:17,420
We don't just round them up, put them in jail and try to force them out of the city.

2182
03:01:17,420 --> 03:01:22,360
We treat them as human beings with dignity and respect, and we try to, you know, do our best

2183
03:01:22,360 --> 03:01:22,840
to help them.

2184
03:01:23,220 --> 03:01:24,440
The police officers know their names.

2185
03:01:24,800 --> 03:01:29,140
We have police officers who will go above and beyond, in terms of training to not just

2186
03:01:29,140 --> 03:01:34,460
exert authority at the end of a badge and a gun, but to work with the community

2187
03:01:34,460 --> 03:01:35,020
for actively.

2188
03:01:35,860 --> 03:01:41,860
I think we, it's not that we need to prevent people having, feeling troubled by seeing

2189
03:01:41,860 --> 03:01:43,140
a police officer.

2190
03:01:43,380 --> 03:01:47,340
We need to give them more opportunities to interact with our police and recognize what

2191
03:01:47,340 --> 03:01:54,340
policing in America could be if policing is based on the community, is based on the values

2192
03:01:54,340 --> 03:01:55,140
that the Cambridge has.

2193
03:01:55,420 --> 03:01:59,820
I think that having police prizes, the more opportunity that the public has, the better,

2194
03:02:00,640 --> 03:02:04,640
it gives the police an opportunity to know the community, and also offer the community, and

2195
03:02:04,640 --> 03:02:09,380
opportunity to recognize that policing, we do need a shift in policing across the country, but

2196
03:02:09,380 --> 03:02:14,140
here in Cambridge, we're at the Vanguard Berlin that change, and we're trying to build what

2197
03:02:14,140 --> 03:02:18,740
police force should look like. I think we've taken great strides in that direction. So, you

2198
03:02:18,740 --> 03:02:21,340
know, I'll do respect to the people who feel troubled. I think that they should go and talk

2199
03:02:21,340 --> 03:02:24,760
properly, solve a service or get to recognize that they are human beings as well, that they

2200
03:02:24,760 --> 03:02:27,420
are dedicated, they're job and they're dedicated to serving this community. Thanks.

2201
03:02:27,800 --> 03:02:33,320
Thank you, Councilor Joe. Councilor Debra. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I do agree that

2202
03:02:35,160 --> 03:02:43,020
our police are different, and that may not always be apparent to people who just see them as a uniform.

2203
03:02:45,320 --> 03:03:13,380
the relatively new regular police presence within City Hall, to me seems about as on a truce of a police presence, as you can get, the officer is never at either of the doors, so far as I can tell, today I actually came in and because of Councillor Kelly's memo made sort of a conscious effort to find this person, you know, as though I was just a casual visitor and didn't see him.

2204
03:03:13,380 --> 03:03:24,140
So it seems like he's often, and this is not a criticism, but he looks like he's sort of conducting business himself, he's not guarding.

2205
03:03:24,480 --> 03:03:29,640
He's not somebody who is looking at visitors up and down and seeing where they're going.

2206
03:03:29,660 --> 03:03:32,000
He's often standing in the hall chatting with somebody.

2207
03:03:33,060 --> 03:03:38,800
And we've made a big effort to tell people, for instance, immigrants that were a sanctuary city,

2208
03:03:38,800 --> 03:03:42,240
that the police are not going to ask them for papers, and I don't think anyone who

2209
03:03:42,240 --> 03:03:47,300
assumed that a police officer in City Hall would stop somebody and ask them why they

2210
03:03:47,300 --> 03:03:49,820
were here or any of that.

2211
03:03:50,120 --> 03:03:53,640
So that, to me, is a perfectly appropriate thing.

2212
03:03:53,840 --> 03:03:57,860
Heather Hoffman in public comment said that there were an awful lot of police officers

2213
03:03:57,860 --> 03:04:04,740
here tonight and there were, and that was unusual, and it was because we, you know, prodded

2214
03:04:04,740 --> 03:04:12,900
the troll in Washington and got some angry phone calls and some nasty e-mail, so that was

2215
03:04:12,900 --> 03:04:20,340
exceptional, but I wouldn't expect to see that. And then finally we all got an e-mail today

2216
03:04:20,340 --> 03:04:27,960
from someone who was saying that there was a mentally ill individual who was around a church

2217
03:04:27,960 --> 03:04:32,640
outside central square and that her friend was now becoming afraid to go to church because

2218
03:04:32,640 --> 03:04:34,540
this mentally ill individual is there.

2219
03:04:34,540 --> 03:04:37,440
And she wanted the police to do something about it.

2220
03:04:37,800 --> 03:04:41,600
And again, it's this line between, well, it's the police

2221
03:04:41,600 --> 03:04:42,880
or what people want.

2222
03:04:43,360 --> 03:04:45,740
That's what they see, the police is someone who

2223
03:04:45,740 --> 03:04:47,920
can solve this problem with a mentally ill individual.

2224
03:04:48,840 --> 03:04:50,800
It's actually a mental health issue, which

2225
03:04:50,800 --> 03:04:52,580
isn't really a law enforcement issue.

2226
03:04:52,720 --> 03:04:57,140
But that is who our society sees as having some authority

2227
03:04:57,140 --> 03:05:01,860
over how do we get a resource to somebody who could

2228
03:05:01,860 --> 03:05:09,360
potentially dangerous. So, you know, I stand by what we voted before. Obviously, it will take

2229
03:05:09,360 --> 03:05:14,940
some discussion. We'll have a new police commissioner probably, hopefully, by the time that we

2230
03:05:14,940 --> 03:05:18,960
get around to getting some sort of substation up and running the summer. So, hopefully,

2231
03:05:19,200 --> 03:05:26,140
he or she can have input into what policies the officers who are assigned to that beat will have.

2232
03:05:26,280 --> 03:05:29,580
Thank you. Thank you, Councilor Dero, for the discussion on this matter.

2233
03:05:30,760 --> 03:05:37,080
Hearing none, I'm placing on file, all those in favour of the R. Opposed. I was having the

2234
03:05:37,080 --> 03:05:42,340
matter placed on file. This takes care of the ordinary agenda of the city council. We're

2235
03:05:42,340 --> 03:05:47,320
going to now go to late resolution. Follow them. We'll have to suspend the rules, because

2236
03:05:47,320 --> 03:05:50,880
there is one late communication. I did not believe any late policy orders.

2237
03:05:51,960 --> 03:05:54,680
So on late resolutions, I'm having a clerk.

2238
03:05:57,270 --> 03:06:03,510
We have a resolution on the death of Mary Lou Tumi, submitted by Council of Mar and Mayor Simmons.

2239
03:06:04,430 --> 03:06:09,230
Resolution on the death of Senator Kenneth Donnelly, submitted by Council of Tumi,

2240
03:06:09,570 --> 03:06:14,110
and a resolution on the death of Lorraine M. Susan, submitted by Council of Tumi.

2241
03:06:14,950 --> 03:06:22,230
On the resolution to make in the unanimous on the daughter, let me just pause and say to our colleague, Council of Tumi,

2242
03:06:22,230 --> 03:06:37,250
I'm behalf of the entire City Council. I want to extend our sincerest condolences to you on the loss of Ms. Mary Lucy, to me, and we do wish of you and your family, all the best.

2243
03:06:38,050 --> 03:06:46,190
On the late resolutions, making them unanimous are on the adoption, all those that they say, I propose, I have in the resolutions, our adopted.

2244
03:06:46,190 --> 03:06:52,750
Madam Chair, I have a late communication that I wanted to move suspension to add just for the record.

2245
03:06:53,950 --> 03:06:56,710
So I think we have taken care of the late resolution.

2246
03:06:57,410 --> 03:07:00,910
So council mass and moves suspension.

2247
03:07:01,930 --> 03:07:02,990
Other rules.

2248
03:07:03,350 --> 03:07:04,010
On suspension.

2249
03:07:04,330 --> 03:07:04,870
Allows and papers.

2250
03:07:06,210 --> 03:07:06,770
Opposed.

2251
03:07:08,950 --> 03:07:09,510
Okay.

2252
03:07:09,510 --> 03:07:09,850
The aye.

2253
03:07:10,030 --> 03:07:10,250
Okay.

2254
03:07:10,350 --> 03:07:10,670
Well, call.

2255
03:07:10,930 --> 03:07:11,370
Madam Clerk.

2256
03:07:18,530 --> 03:07:19,250
Councilor.

2257
03:07:19,250 --> 03:07:19,750
Councilor, councilor.

2258
03:07:19,750 --> 03:07:20,210
Councilor Devorot.

2259
03:07:21,030 --> 03:07:21,550
Councilor Kelly.

2260
03:07:22,450 --> 03:07:23,410
Councilor Ma.

2261
03:07:25,540 --> 03:07:26,200
Councilor Maasin.

2262
03:07:27,020 --> 03:07:28,300
Vice-mama Governor.

2263
03:07:29,320 --> 03:07:30,680
Councilor Toomey.

2264
03:07:31,720 --> 03:07:32,120
Yes, Simmons.

2265
03:07:34,400 --> 03:07:38,200
And the rules are suspended on affirmative vote with six in favor.

2266
03:07:38,360 --> 03:07:41,660
One recorded in the negative and two recorded is absent.

2267
03:07:42,140 --> 03:07:48,180
I'm bringing forward a late communication offered by Council Mazen, all those in Phase II.

2268
03:07:49,480 --> 03:07:53,660
Those guys have it and the late communication is before us, Council Mazen.

2269
03:07:54,000 --> 03:07:54,160
Thanks.

2270
03:07:54,260 --> 03:07:59,120
I'm going to go on at length given the hour and the brevity of the letter basically says,

2271
03:07:59,480 --> 03:08:04,280
you know, we tried our best to get the City Council of all setting by a technical oversight

2272
03:08:04,280 --> 03:08:05,880
as someone out of our control.

2273
03:08:06,060 --> 03:08:07,280
I'm sure we could have all been chasing.

2274
03:08:07,900 --> 03:08:09,800
The post things or whatever to make sure it happened.

2275
03:08:09,800 --> 03:08:12,440
But it couldn't happen, and that's fine.

2276
03:08:12,700 --> 03:08:15,000
But the letter says maybe in the future

2277
03:08:15,000 --> 03:08:17,620
when things are of this weight, and of this importance,

2278
03:08:18,860 --> 03:08:23,040
we can book back up plans, we can book follow-up dates,

2279
03:08:23,100 --> 03:08:25,060
and that's what kind of what I was saying two or three weeks ago,

2280
03:08:25,200 --> 03:08:27,580
saying we could just have another meeting on the agenda,

2281
03:08:27,600 --> 03:08:29,000
if something happens in the first meeting,

2282
03:08:29,200 --> 03:08:31,800
if it's not enough time, or if we need a second meeting

2283
03:08:31,800 --> 03:08:33,380
for any reason, we'll have that schedule.

2284
03:08:33,760 --> 03:08:35,900
And I'm just saying that while we're in the same room together,

2285
03:08:36,300 --> 03:08:39,140
it might be a good opportunity for us to do that now with Sandra,

2286
03:08:39,140 --> 03:08:47,460
Or if we can't, I'm just urging the Sandra or the Mayor's office to help us schedule not one,

2287
03:08:47,560 --> 03:08:54,040
but three of these, a meeting, a backup, but rain day, and a follow-up, because I think we'll need to and not one.

2288
03:08:54,160 --> 03:08:57,240
And I think now the case is stronger than maybe when I made it last time.

2289
03:08:57,780 --> 03:08:58,820
Thank you, Councilor Madison.

2290
03:09:00,300 --> 03:09:02,100
I'm not sure what you're asking.

2291
03:09:02,440 --> 03:09:08,340
I don't know if you're asking for backup meetings for the goal setting, are you asking for backup meetings?

2292
03:09:08,340 --> 03:09:13,600
meetings to have just so that we can get together and, sorry for the goal setting, just

2293
03:09:13,600 --> 03:09:18,340
for the goal setting, a rain date and a second goal setting because I assume only

2294
03:09:18,340 --> 03:09:20,740
two meetings not one.

2295
03:09:21,500 --> 03:09:22,480
Thank you.

2296
03:09:23,360 --> 03:09:24,720
So, pleasure of the Council.

2297
03:09:27,280 --> 03:09:28,860
I'm placing the letter on file.

2298
03:09:30,160 --> 03:09:31,960
I'll vote some basic I.

2299
03:09:32,120 --> 03:09:33,880
Opposed that I have it in the list.

2300
03:09:34,160 --> 03:09:34,700
Place them file.

2301
03:09:34,700 --> 03:09:41,040
of the council. On motion by council, maud to adjourn, all those in favor say aye, oppose,

2302
03:09:41,300 --> 03:09:42,760
I have the meeting as adjourned.