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>>> regular meeting.

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Thes order to business is roll

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call of members present.

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>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi.

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Present.

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Vice mayor azeem.

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Councilor flaherty.

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Councilor Mcgovern.

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Councilor nolan.

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Councilor simmons.

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Absent.

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Councilor sobrinho-wheeler.

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Councilor zusy.

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Mayor siddiqui.

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Present.

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You have two members recorded as

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absent and seven recorded as

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present.

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>> Mayor Siddiqui: please join

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me in the pledge of allegiance

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and pause for a moment of

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silence.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag

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of the united states of america,

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and to the republic for which it

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stands, one nation under GOD,

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indivisible with liberty and

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justice for all.

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>> Mayor Siddiqui: chapter two

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of the acts of 2025, adopted by

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massachusetts general court and

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approved by the governor, the

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city is authorized to use remote

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participation of meetings at the

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cambridge city council.

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In addition to having members

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participate remotely, we set up

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teleconference for public

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comment.

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Or on the city's cable channel

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22.

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To speak, you have to sign up at

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website.

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you can also email written

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comments for the record to the

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city clerk and city clerk.

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We welcome your participation

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and you can sign up until 6:00

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P.M.

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Please note the city video

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records this meeting and makes

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it available for visual viewing.

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Third parties MAY also be audio

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recording this meetinged I want

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to also announce that as of

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JANUARY 26th, 2026, the city

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will transition 23r the current

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agenda management software to

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one meetingats its official

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management system as part of our

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ongoing transparency,

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accessibility and public

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engagement.

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We will provide a comment future

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available.

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JANUARY 2026 council meeting.

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Enhanced system that allows

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residents to submit

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communications directly through

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the portal for agenda items.

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Comments MAY be part of the

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public record, in accordance

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with open meeting law

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requirements.

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It provides a much more

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streamlined user-friendly

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experience, while offering

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commitment to participation.

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Instructions will be existing

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city councilor and city clerk

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web pages and will be included

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with all city councilor with

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calendar events.

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For questions, please contact

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the city clerk's office.

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We now move on to public

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comment.

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Public comment MAY be made in

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accordance with city council

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Once you finish speaking, the

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next speaker will be called.

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not permitted -- you're not

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permitted to allocate your time

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to other speakers.

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We ask you to say your name and

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the agenda item you're speaking

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on.

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We have about 33 speakers signed

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Per our rules, each speaker will

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We'll now go to the speakers.

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>> Clerk: clerk, if you can call

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I'm having you're right this

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>> would you like me to call?

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>> Clerk: yes.

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I should be in shortly.

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You can call for now.

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>> Mayor Siddiqui: first speaker

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is henry whartz.

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I don't see henry.

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You're on zoom?

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Go ahead.

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>> yes, sorry.

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Henry, 106 berkshire street, one

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block away from cambridge

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street.

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I'm speaking on behalf of those

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in cambridge about the propose

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ed

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cambridge street.

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This proposal should be allowed

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to expire.

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Each referring to the impact of

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this rezoning on you are

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neighborhood and city.

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Of course, it will permit the

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construction of many new

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buildings along cambridge the

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there is no doubt about that.

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The issue is who will live here

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and who will be forced out of

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the city because of their

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current homes.

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People make less than 50% of the

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area median income are the most

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burdened by housing costs.

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That's about 30% of cambridge

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households.

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none of these people will be

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able to move into new units,

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none.

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New buildings.

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A few units will be 100% --

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buildings with ten or more units

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will be 80% market rate.

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And people below 50% of the ami

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who most need housing won't be

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eligible because they don't have

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vouchers because at this time,

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there are no available vouchers

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given the high cost of land and

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construction in cambridge,

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households need to have incomes

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in the range of $200,000 to

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afford new market rate housing.

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the people our new neighbors

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will be the people making over

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$200,000 because the low it

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moderate income people now

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living in these units won't be

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able to afford.

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The net result will be

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displacement and gentrification.

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Please don't pass this letter.

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Thank you.

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>> Clerk: thank you.

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Our next speaker is lee farris.

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Lee has not joined us.

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We are going to richard,

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followed by susan.

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You have two minutes.

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Please go ahead.

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If you can press the button,

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you'll see a green light.

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>> hello.

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-- does not apply to cambridge

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street and mass ave.

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-- P.A. Zoning.

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If this passes.

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-- so the result will be --

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-- and this was an oversight.

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i think all the councilors, and

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this cap cannot be fixed.

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Please show us the evidence.

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It's six stories high along

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cambridge street will not

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produce enough housing.

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Safety.

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The cambridge fire department

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claims that the equipment

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available should not exceed 60

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feet and beyond that.

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Fire personnel will be subject

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to great danger.

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Have you looked into this?

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Project review.

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Zoning should require that

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whatever specification is

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required binding project review

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for commercial buildings should

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apply as well to residential

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buildings.

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Small independent retail.

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The backbone of neighborhood

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connectivity.

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Displaced with live retail.

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What is going to be done about

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that?

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In conclusion, this petition is

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ruined.

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There's not been enough input.

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It is not what we want.

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It can and must be improved.

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What about a two-month process

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that notefies all people living

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near cambridge street, provides

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written material before an oral

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with facts defending the

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petition goals.

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Along cambridge street notifying

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people, and a meeting time for

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in-person.

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>> Clerk: your time has expired.

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Please email the remainder of

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your comments.

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Our next speaker.

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Shelley, you have two minutes.

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Please go ahead.

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>> thank you very much.

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shelly raymond 201 franklin

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street cambridge.

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That is central square.

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I have seen central square

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become all big.

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Our beloved bookstore and 10,000

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villages is gone.

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Harvard square is long gone.

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Inman square is now the only

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place I can go to to gather

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here.

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The hardware store, some of the

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small restaurants.

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Christina's, a little spice

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place.

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Those are precious retail

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outlets.

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They lose their spaces and we

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get target and cvs.

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It will be devastating.

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As other speakers have said, the

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process is really flawed.

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There's not been community

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input.

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There hasn't been a chance for

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residents and businesses to

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reply, to get their voices

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heard.

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I was on cambridge street

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earlier today at the little

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coffee houses, and all those

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businesses will be in trouble if

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they have to succumb to this

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upzoning.

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Open space is another problem.

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It will give too little open

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space with too little value.

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5-feet setbacks and no side

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setbacks, which is in the

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proposal.

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Provides almost inaccessible

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patches that aren't useful to

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building residents and are just

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the we need open space.

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We need green space.

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We need setbacks and oxygen to

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breathe.

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Cambridge is a wonderful place

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and we do need more housing,

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fewer -- more housing, more

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social housing, and low-income

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housing would really serve our

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community well.

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I really hope to see it.

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I've been here since 1970 and I

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don't want to give up on this

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wonderful city.

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Thank you.

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>> Clerk: thank you.

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Our next speaker.

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Mairlyn meyer.

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>> hi, mairlyn meyer.

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There are two issues.

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Now I have no neighbors.

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The original first step to inl

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did you irk reservation

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guidelines.

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Now setting for development.

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The goal is to make buildings

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easier with design, height and

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shape.

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We have more casual expertise

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experience preservation

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00:29:10,104 --> 00:29:11,439
orientation in an effort to do

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bidding.

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00:29:13,508 --> 00:29:14,643
We can't lose historical site

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and context.

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This new change, the up zoning

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petitions of the process again,

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loses to pro-developers at the

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expense of those who live here.

331
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The mass ave -- zoning maps for

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luxury housing.

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Please allow cambridge street to

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00:29:36,331 --> 00:29:38,633
address its shortcomings by

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00:29:38,633 --> 00:29:39,601
letting it upzoning expire for

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00:29:39,601 --> 00:29:41,601
better city plan.

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00:29:41,903 --> 00:29:45,503
We need to address lab street

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00:29:47,575 --> 00:29:48,843
trees scul -- minuscule by

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setbacks and fire safety.

340
00:29:50,979 --> 00:29:52,146
Projects smaller than 25,000

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00:29:52,146 --> 00:29:54,546
square feet need review.

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00:29:54,849 --> 00:29:56,151
We have a nexus study addressing

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inclusionary and affordable

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housing itself.

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We need to protect small

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businesses against evictions.

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Is any of cambridge street in a

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c-1 district?

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00:30:07,428 --> 00:30:09,297
Do zoning totals align with

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affordable housing goals?

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00:30:13,267 --> 00:30:14,168
The expiring petition is not a

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relitigation, but an opportunity

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00:30:17,105 --> 00:30:20,705
to address innate flaws with a

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new council, and keep ed at,

355
00:30:23,811 --> 00:30:25,213
quote, wanting to own this, out

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00:30:25,213 --> 00:30:27,480
of the final product.

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00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:27,782
Please let this expire for a

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00:30:27,782 --> 00:30:29,782
better cohesionive result.

359
00:30:30,751 --> 00:30:31,652
Thank you.

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00:30:31,652 --> 00:30:33,652
>> Clerk: thank you.

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00:30:34,589 --> 00:30:35,220
We're going to go back to lee

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00:30:35,220 --> 00:30:37,220
farris.

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00:30:39,427 --> 00:30:40,461
We'll go back to jim monte verde

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verde.

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00:30:40,995 --> 00:30:42,163
Two minutes.

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Please go ahead.

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>> thanks.

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Can you hear me?

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00:30:46,534 --> 00:30:48,534
>> I can.

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>> speaking for the cambridge

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alliance.

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I ask councilors to let the

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petition expire.

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00:30:59,814 --> 00:31:01,814
Why?

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00:31:02,249 --> 00:31:03,884
[Poor audio]

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-- buildings with no

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00:31:05,486 --> 00:31:08,486
inclusionary units, as well as

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00:31:08,689 --> 00:31:10,624
no active ground floor.

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00:31:10,624 --> 00:31:11,959
When zoning was passed last year

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the requirement of 4 plus 2

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00:31:19,233 --> 00:31:20,501
amendment that inclusionary in

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00:31:20,501 --> 00:31:21,969
buildings of four floors.

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00:31:21,969 --> 00:31:24,405
Turns out it was only for one

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zone, not the B.A. Zone like

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cambridge.

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00:31:29,343 --> 00:31:30,945
As council has heard,

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00:31:30,945 --> 00:31:33,345
construction costs go up 30%

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starting with the first floor.

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00:31:40,654 --> 00:31:42,222
Ders -- [Indiscernible]

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No inclusion ground floor as

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currently written.

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00:31:49,229 --> 00:31:50,864
-- inclusionary are a key reason

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00:31:50,864 --> 00:31:53,133
pthey support the petition.

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00:31:53,133 --> 00:31:53,533
They said there would be very

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00:31:53,533 --> 00:31:54,902
few.

396
00:31:54,902 --> 00:31:55,936
I'm also concerned about the

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00:31:55,936 --> 00:31:58,336
displacement that would result

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from this petition.

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00:32:01,208 --> 00:32:03,243
Unlike north mass ave, north of

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cambridge street already is

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00:32:04,778 --> 00:32:06,180
three floors tall with naturally

402
00:32:06,180 --> 00:32:07,881
occurring affordable housing

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00:32:07,881 --> 00:32:09,881
over retail.

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00:32:10,183 --> 00:32:12,752
Cdd has not produced any numbers

405
00:32:12,752 --> 00:32:14,755
for how many units would be lost

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00:32:14,755 --> 00:32:16,755
causing displacement.

407
00:32:17,658 --> 00:32:19,126
Cdd has also not shown the total

408
00:32:19,126 --> 00:32:22,726
number of units that will be

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00:32:22,829 --> 00:32:24,970
created and has only shown the

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00:32:24,970 --> 00:32:25,532
net units.

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00:32:25,532 --> 00:32:26,933
That means we can't see the

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00:32:26,933 --> 00:32:29,333
amount of displacement on

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00:32:33,439 --> 00:32:35,609
cambridge street for the result.

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00:32:35,609 --> 00:32:37,377
These cannot be addressed in the

415
00:32:37,377 --> 00:32:38,678
current petition, so I ask

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00:32:38,678 --> 00:32:40,647
councilors to let it expire.

417
00:32:40,647 --> 00:32:42,820
Then I hope to see a robust

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00:32:42,820 --> 00:32:44,684
community process taking no more

419
00:32:44,684 --> 00:32:46,286
than two months, take place, and

420
00:32:46,286 --> 00:32:46,820
then we can have the petitions

421
00:32:46,820 --> 00:32:48,588
that we all deserve.

422
00:32:48,588 --> 00:32:50,588
Thank you.

423
00:32:56,630 --> 00:32:57,397
>> Clerk: thank you.

424
00:32:57,397 --> 00:32:57,764
Next speaker.

425
00:32:57,764 --> 00:32:59,764
Two minutes.

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00:33:03,136 --> 00:33:04,804
>> good evening.

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00:33:04,804 --> 00:33:06,973
I ask you let the cambridge

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00:33:06,973 --> 00:33:09,175
street zoning proposal expire

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00:33:09,175 --> 00:33:10,777
and require it be revised with

430
00:33:10,777 --> 00:33:12,979
benefit of robust open and

431
00:33:12,979 --> 00:33:14,881
public review process.

432
00:33:14,881 --> 00:33:16,516
The cambridge street study

433
00:33:16,516 --> 00:33:19,180
identified a building height of

434
00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:21,870
six stories along the street and

435
00:33:21,870 --> 00:33:21,487
inman square, eight stories as

436
00:33:21,487 --> 00:33:23,323
proposed.

437
00:33:23,323 --> 00:33:25,580
This height change should be

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00:33:25,580 --> 00:33:25,625
vetted in a public review

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00:33:25,625 --> 00:33:28,250
process like the cambridge

440
00:33:28,661 --> 00:33:31,970
street study and based on

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00:33:31,970 --> 00:33:33,970
professional recommendations.

442
00:33:35,101 --> 00:33:36,269
The pro lacks design review

443
00:33:36,269 --> 00:33:38,269
process threshold proposal

444
00:33:38,471 --> 00:33:41,708
should be revised to acquire a

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00:33:41,708 --> 00:33:43,509
project review of all the

446
00:33:43,509 --> 00:33:45,477
buildings on cambridge street to

447
00:33:45,477 --> 00:33:47,680
maintain and enhance its unique

448
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,382
character and cohesiveness.

449
00:33:49,382 --> 00:33:51,217
Likewise, the zoning proposal

450
00:33:51,217 --> 00:33:53,617
needs improvement to allow

451
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,756
existing retail uses to continue

452
00:33:56,756 --> 00:33:59,156
in any reconstruction, retail

453
00:33:59,892 --> 00:34:02,292
character of the street.

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00:34:02,361 --> 00:34:04,998
Please let the zoning proposal

455
00:34:04,998 --> 00:34:06,866
-- the proposal expire, so that

456
00:34:06,866 --> 00:34:08,701
it can be improved through a

457
00:34:08,701 --> 00:34:10,302
public renew and comment.

458
00:34:10,302 --> 00:34:11,137
Thank you.

459
00:34:11,137 --> 00:34:13,137
>> Clerk: thank you.

460
00:34:14,140 --> 00:34:16,308
Our next speaker is young kim

461
00:34:16,308 --> 00:34:16,575
followed by louise, then harry

462
00:34:16,575 --> 00:34:17,643
walker.

463
00:34:17,643 --> 00:34:20,430
You have two minutes.

464
00:34:25,518 --> 00:34:27,518
Please go ahead.

465
00:34:31,223 --> 00:34:32,558
[Indiscernible]

466
00:34:32,558 --> 00:34:33,459
>> speaking of the second

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00:34:33,459 --> 00:34:36,361
reading of the cambridge street

468
00:34:36,361 --> 00:34:38,361
petition.

469
00:34:39,980 --> 00:34:41,980
Procedural grounds.

470
00:34:41,667 --> 00:34:43,102
Before further upzoning,

471
00:34:43,102 --> 00:34:45,502
cambridge street and central

472
00:34:46,806 --> 00:34:48,774
square, councilors should

473
00:34:48,774 --> 00:34:50,774
acquire consolidated city-wide

474
00:34:51,510 --> 00:34:54,510
review of housing growth since

475
00:34:55,114 --> 00:34:57,583
the aho family zoning --

476
00:34:57,583 --> 00:34:59,583
[Indiscernible]

477
00:35:03,922 --> 00:35:05,991
Not one petition at a time.

478
00:35:05,991 --> 00:35:08,930
The last release of affordable

479
00:35:08,930 --> 00:35:08,894
housing annual update shows

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00:35:08,894 --> 00:35:10,894
widening necessary.

481
00:35:13,165 --> 00:35:15,565
The fiscal 24 update --

482
00:35:25,344 --> 00:35:27,344
[Indiscernible]

483
00:35:27,479 --> 00:35:30,479
The fiscal 24 update the fiscal

484
00:35:32,170 --> 00:35:35,170
year shows only about nine

485
00:35:37,689 --> 00:35:40,689
million in fiscal 25 while the

486
00:35:41,527 --> 00:35:43,610
petitions and that shop drop has

487
00:35:43,610 --> 00:35:44,429
not been addressed in the zoning

488
00:35:44,429 --> 00:35:46,429
review.

489
00:35:49,501 --> 00:35:52,304
Why did it go up by 30 or 40,

490
00:35:52,304 --> 00:35:56,504
and drop back down to 90 to next

491
00:35:57,309 --> 00:35:59,309
year.

492
00:35:59,778 --> 00:36:00,145
I'm not a housing expert so I

493
00:36:00,145 --> 00:36:02,145
can't explain.

494
00:36:04,916 --> 00:36:06,916
Maybe you can.

495
00:36:08,620 --> 00:36:11,620
Council should not cutting away

496
00:36:12,124 --> 00:36:14,524
corridor without first examining

497
00:36:14,860 --> 00:36:16,860
community city-wide impact.

498
00:36:24,903 --> 00:36:25,437
Procedurally, [Indiscernible]

499
00:36:25,437 --> 00:36:27,437
-- [Indiscernible]

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00:36:28,540 --> 00:36:31,209
and to the city clerk at the

501
00:36:31,209 --> 00:36:33,770
closing moments of DECEMBER 22.

502
00:36:33,770 --> 00:36:36,770
But I have not heard.

503
00:36:36,982 --> 00:36:38,583
>> Clerk: your time has expired.

504
00:36:38,583 --> 00:36:38,883
That ends the remainder of your

505
00:36:38,883 --> 00:36:39,417
comments.

506
00:36:39,417 --> 00:36:41,417
Thank you.

507
00:36:42,530 --> 00:36:43,788
Our next speaker is louise

508
00:36:43,788 --> 00:36:46,658
renden, followed by helen walker

509
00:36:46,658 --> 00:36:50,258
then gert trud -- ger trud.

510
00:36:51,930 --> 00:36:53,298
Luis?

511
00:36:53,298 --> 00:36:54,599
If you can unmute yourself.

512
00:36:54,599 --> 00:36:55,166
>> can you hear me?

513
00:36:55,166 --> 00:36:57,166
>> Clerk: we can.

514
00:36:59,404 --> 00:37:01,404
Please go ahead.

515
00:37:01,940 --> 00:37:03,508
>> I urge you to take a no vote

516
00:37:03,508 --> 00:37:05,477
on this until the city evaluated

517
00:37:05,477 --> 00:37:06,778
the impacts of the ambitious

518
00:37:06,778 --> 00:37:08,212
zoning changes made over the

519
00:37:08,212 --> 00:37:09,380
past seven years.

520
00:37:09,380 --> 00:37:11,249
These zoning changes were aimed

521
00:37:11,249 --> 00:37:13,510
at increasing supply of rental

522
00:37:13,510 --> 00:37:15,420
and ownership housing in order

523
00:37:15,420 --> 00:37:15,854
to lower rental rates and sales

524
00:37:15,854 --> 00:37:17,854
prices.

525
00:37:19,190 --> 00:37:21,192
Have they achieved those goals?

526
00:37:21,192 --> 00:37:22,861
Dramatic changes thed often have

527
00:37:22,861 --> 00:37:24,950
unintended consequences for

528
00:37:24,950 --> 00:37:26,950
neighborhoods, the environment,

529
00:37:26,397 --> 00:37:27,865
and city finances.

530
00:37:27,865 --> 00:37:29,601
Measuring the results of these

531
00:37:29,601 --> 00:37:32,690
policies is critical to ensure

532
00:37:32,690 --> 00:37:34,205
that zoning changes result in

533
00:37:34,205 --> 00:37:35,440
building housing residents need

534
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,440
and can afford.

535
00:37:38,776 --> 00:37:39,677
Many questions must be asked

536
00:37:39,677 --> 00:37:41,790
before further zoning changes

537
00:37:41,790 --> 00:37:43,181
are made and the following data

538
00:37:43,181 --> 00:37:45,116
should be evaluated in order to

539
00:37:45,116 --> 00:37:47,516
support this upzoning proposal

540
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,787
and inform modification to

541
00:37:49,787 --> 00:37:50,855
ordinances like multifamily

542
00:37:50,855 --> 00:37:51,756
housing that's already been

543
00:37:51,756 --> 00:37:53,157
adopted.

544
00:37:53,157 --> 00:37:55,260
Councilors should request data

545
00:37:55,260 --> 00:37:56,727
and evaluation of building

546
00:37:56,727 --> 00:37:59,127
permits issued between 2020 and

547
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,320
2025 for residential units,

548
00:38:03,901 --> 00:38:05,970
including net units added by

549
00:38:05,970 --> 00:38:07,371
affordable housing overlay,

550
00:38:07,371 --> 00:38:09,771
inclusionary zoning, and market

551
00:38:09,807 --> 00:38:11,709
rate categories, and proposed

552
00:38:11,709 --> 00:38:12,443
rental and sale prices of these

553
00:38:12,443 --> 00:38:14,443
units.

554
00:38:15,580 --> 00:38:17,980
Recent data on residential

555
00:38:19,830 --> 00:38:21,830
permits show 67 units 2025.

556
00:38:23,854 --> 00:38:25,522
565 in 2024, and 109 in 2023.

557
00:38:25,522 --> 00:38:28,522
Why are there such wide

558
00:38:29,260 --> 00:38:30,940
variances?

559
00:38:30,940 --> 00:38:31,729
Occupancy grant the during the

560
00:38:31,729 --> 00:38:33,597
same period for permitted

561
00:38:33,597 --> 00:38:35,332
projects by affordable and

562
00:38:35,332 --> 00:38:36,233
market rate units, showing those

563
00:38:36,233 --> 00:38:37,902
units that have been built

564
00:38:37,902 --> 00:38:39,737
should be evaluated.

565
00:38:39,737 --> 00:38:41,405
Also, reach out to affordable

566
00:38:41,405 --> 00:38:42,405
and market rate housing

567
00:38:42,405 --> 00:38:43,808
developers experienced in

568
00:38:43,808 --> 00:38:45,176
building here to understand

569
00:38:45,176 --> 00:38:47,511
their challenges and the ways

570
00:38:47,511 --> 00:38:50,511
the city might support building

571
00:38:51,949 --> 00:38:52,883
housing to fit our needs.

572
00:38:52,883 --> 00:38:54,883
>> Clerk: thank you.

573
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,920
Our next speaker is helen walker

574
00:39:02,626 --> 00:39:03,694
followed by -- gertrude.

575
00:39:03,694 --> 00:39:04,828
>> can you hear me?

576
00:39:04,828 --> 00:39:05,596
>> Clerk: yes, ma'am.

577
00:39:05,596 --> 00:39:07,464
Please go ahead.

578
00:39:07,464 --> 00:39:09,464
>> helen walker.

579
00:39:09,867 --> 00:39:11,340
Thank you for the chance to

580
00:39:11,340 --> 00:39:12,669
speak about the cambridge street

581
00:39:12,669 --> 00:39:14,669
zoning petition.

582
00:39:14,671 --> 00:39:16,206
The cambridge street pets from

583
00:39:16,206 --> 00:39:18,206
content specifics inattention,

584
00:39:18,542 --> 00:39:19,810
just as the mass ave petition

585
00:39:19,810 --> 00:39:20,177
suffered from procedural

586
00:39:20,177 --> 00:39:22,177
inattention.

587
00:39:22,246 --> 00:39:24,148
With the mass ave petition,

588
00:39:24,148 --> 00:39:25,215
council is told the text is not

589
00:39:25,215 --> 00:39:28,215
in the agenda packets, so

590
00:39:28,886 --> 00:39:30,153
council revoted.

591
00:39:30,153 --> 00:39:32,456
Actually, there was a text with

592
00:39:32,456 --> 00:39:34,856
many edits in undisclosed

593
00:39:34,858 --> 00:39:37,360
location no one knew about.

594
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:38,762
Yet text no one voted on

595
00:39:38,762 --> 00:39:39,362
appeared under the record

596
00:39:39,362 --> 00:39:41,298
version.

597
00:39:41,298 --> 00:39:43,333
With cambridge street, there was

598
00:39:43,333 --> 00:39:45,733
already a consulting planet

599
00:39:46,770 --> 00:39:48,671
process and record document

600
00:39:48,671 --> 00:39:51,374
mixed use residential to six

601
00:39:51,374 --> 00:39:52,109
stories, with setbacks after

602
00:39:52,109 --> 00:39:54,109
five stories.

603
00:39:54,144 --> 00:39:55,779
A sure sign that even six was

604
00:39:55,779 --> 00:39:58,482
considered a bit too high, with

605
00:39:58,482 --> 00:40:00,482
measures outlined.

606
00:40:01,952 --> 00:40:04,120
All this vanished into thin air,

607
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,220
and where are the amendments the

608
00:40:06,220 --> 00:40:07,691
community keeps requesting?

609
00:40:07,691 --> 00:40:09,725
Inclusionary units required over

610
00:40:09,725 --> 00:40:11,725
four stories.

611
00:40:11,828 --> 00:40:13,697
Project review threshold and

612
00:40:13,697 --> 00:40:15,640
projects over four stories.

613
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:16,266
Protection for existing ground

614
00:40:16,266 --> 00:40:17,334
floor business, preferential

615
00:40:17,334 --> 00:40:19,636
treatment for small business,

616
00:40:19,636 --> 00:40:22,380
open space comparable to all

617
00:40:22,380 --> 00:40:24,438
other residential districts, at

618
00:40:26,109 --> 00:40:27,977
least 15%, mostly create --

619
00:40:27,977 --> 00:40:29,479
limits on new lands near

620
00:40:29,479 --> 00:40:31,114
housing.

621
00:40:31,114 --> 00:40:33,249
Please let current zoning

622
00:40:33,249 --> 00:40:34,651
petition expire, begin a brief

623
00:40:34,651 --> 00:40:36,519
two-week consulting process to

624
00:40:36,519 --> 00:40:38,521
consider the outstanding issues,

625
00:40:38,521 --> 00:40:39,356
and create a new zoning petition

626
00:40:39,356 --> 00:40:40,924
the community can support.

627
00:40:40,924 --> 00:40:41,791
Thank you.

628
00:40:41,791 --> 00:40:43,791
>> Clerk: thank you.

629
00:40:44,661 --> 00:40:47,630
Our next speaker is gertrude

630
00:40:47,630 --> 00:40:47,497
goodman, followed by jerry and

631
00:40:47,497 --> 00:40:49,497
then neil.

632
00:40:50,660 --> 00:40:51,868
Gertrude, two minutes.

633
00:40:51,868 --> 00:40:53,868
Please go ahead.

634
00:40:58,208 --> 00:41:00,208
[Indiscernible]

635
00:41:00,810 --> 00:41:04,514
>> I'm going to ask you to --

636
00:41:04,514 --> 00:41:06,514
[Indiscernible]

637
00:41:06,849 --> 00:41:08,951
-- this particular piece of

638
00:41:08,951 --> 00:41:11,951
ordinance or whatever you it.

639
00:41:12,321 --> 00:41:16,426
The rest is a review of what's

640
00:41:16,426 --> 00:41:18,610
going on.

641
00:41:18,610 --> 00:41:21,610
15-story high-rise on the corner

642
00:41:21,364 --> 00:41:22,532
of prospect of cambridge street

643
00:41:22,532 --> 00:41:24,932
disintegrating into the earth.

644
00:41:26,436 --> 00:41:26,802
Most of you people know the

645
00:41:26,802 --> 00:41:28,104
HRIOs.

646
00:41:28,104 --> 00:41:29,772
Pyou know they are not taking

647
00:41:29,772 --> 00:41:30,440
care of my building or other

648
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:31,107
buildings.

649
00:41:31,107 --> 00:41:33,943
It's time to start thinking

650
00:41:33,943 --> 00:41:35,878
about -- six story.

651
00:41:35,878 --> 00:41:37,878
[Indiscernible]

652
00:41:48,791 --> 00:41:49,725
[Poor audio]

653
00:41:49,725 --> 00:41:52,361
>> I've been in the building for

654
00:41:52,361 --> 00:41:53,950
33 years.

655
00:41:53,950 --> 00:41:55,950
[Indiscernible]

656
00:41:55,398 --> 00:41:59,368
We need housing, and the city is

657
00:41:59,368 --> 00:42:00,236
not helping us.

658
00:42:00,236 --> 00:42:02,304
Inclusionary won't help us to do

659
00:42:02,304 --> 00:42:04,304
that either.

660
00:42:06,475 --> 00:42:08,475
[Indiscernible]

661
00:42:09,278 --> 00:42:11,547
You need to do it reasonably.

662
00:42:11,547 --> 00:42:12,381
[Poor audio]

663
00:42:12,381 --> 00:42:14,183
-- good relationship with the

664
00:42:14,183 --> 00:42:15,417
people of inman square.

665
00:42:15,417 --> 00:42:19,170
Some of those people have been

666
00:42:20,889 --> 00:42:21,489
there.

667
00:42:21,489 --> 00:42:23,889
Stuck getting into section

668
00:42:38,707 --> 00:42:40,707
eight.

669
00:42:41,542 --> 00:42:43,345
[Poor audio]

670
00:42:43,345 --> 00:42:47,545
-- do not have the access other

671
00:42:47,816 --> 00:42:49,816
people have at $200,000.

672
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:52,520
$2,000.

673
00:42:52,755 --> 00:42:53,822
[Poor audio]

674
00:42:53,822 --> 00:42:54,623
[Indiscernible]

675
00:42:54,623 --> 00:42:56,623
>> Clerk: thank you.

676
00:42:58,827 --> 00:43:01,827
Our next speaker is jerry

677
00:43:01,897 --> 00:43:02,665
followed by neil, then david.

678
00:43:02,665 --> 00:43:04,665
Jerry evening.

679
00:43:05,234 --> 00:43:06,401
My name is jerry and I'm a

680
00:43:06,401 --> 00:43:09,400
consultant to the foundation for

681
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,400
civic leadership, which owns the

682
00:43:12,740 --> 00:43:14,900
building at 4345 auburn street.

683
00:43:14,900 --> 00:43:15,811
I'm speaking tonight on behalf

684
00:43:15,811 --> 00:43:17,679
of ian simmons, the PRESIDENT Of

685
00:43:17,679 --> 00:43:20,480
the foundation, who wanted to be

686
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:21,160
here, but had a long-standing

687
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:24,160
family commitment and is unable

688
00:43:24,152 --> 00:43:26,152
to make it.

689
00:43:26,889 --> 00:43:28,560
Fcl respectfully opposes the

690
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,560
landmarking designation of 43

691
00:43:32,661 --> 00:43:33,428
and 45 to encourage him to vote

692
00:43:33,428 --> 00:43:35,428
against it.

693
00:43:35,897 --> 00:43:37,699
For over two decades, the

694
00:43:37,699 --> 00:43:39,601
building served as low-cost

695
00:43:39,601 --> 00:43:41,360
civic space for cambridge

696
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:42,504
residents, and students.

697
00:43:42,504 --> 00:43:44,506
From the day we purchase the

698
00:43:44,506 --> 00:43:46,374
property, we have viewed it as a

699
00:43:46,374 --> 00:43:48,176
longtime civic development, a

700
00:43:48,176 --> 00:43:50,512
place meant to adapt and grow,

701
00:43:50,512 --> 00:43:52,848
so it can continue to serve

702
00:43:52,848 --> 00:43:55,217
future generations in cambridge.

703
00:43:55,217 --> 00:43:56,551
Because the building sits within

704
00:43:56,551 --> 00:43:58,551
harvard square conservation

705
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,200
district, any significant

706
00:44:01,590 --> 00:44:02,290
changes require a certificate of

707
00:44:02,290 --> 00:44:04,192
appropriateness.

708
00:44:04,192 --> 00:44:05,560
In our view, the existing

709
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:08,960
process provides a strong and

710
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:10,960
appropriate balance between

711
00:44:10,298 --> 00:44:12,298
preservation and progress.

712
00:44:12,333 --> 00:44:14,200
We have appreciated our

713
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:16,471
interactions with the chc staff

714
00:44:16,471 --> 00:44:17,505
during the landmark study, and a

715
00:44:17,505 --> 00:44:18,340
report provides excellent

716
00:44:18,340 --> 00:44:21,340
guidelines that we intend to

717
00:44:22,276 --> 00:44:23,770
build upon.

718
00:44:23,770 --> 00:44:25,213
We continue to work closely with

719
00:44:25,213 --> 00:44:27,348
the staff in the city.

720
00:44:27,348 --> 00:44:28,616
However, our landmark

721
00:44:28,616 --> 00:44:30,552
designation will create

722
00:44:30,552 --> 00:44:32,620
unnecessary hurdles for a small

723
00:44:32,620 --> 00:44:34,422
nonprofit, seeking to carry out

724
00:44:34,422 --> 00:44:36,291
responsible improvements.

725
00:44:36,291 --> 00:44:38,359
It could also limit our ability

726
00:44:38,359 --> 00:44:41,196
to consider future uses that

727
00:44:41,196 --> 00:44:42,530
advance the broader civic goals

728
00:44:42,530 --> 00:44:44,930
around housing density and

729
00:44:45,660 --> 00:44:46,567
transit.

730
00:44:46,567 --> 00:44:48,703
The historic significance does

731
00:44:48,703 --> 00:44:50,972
not meet the threshold typically

732
00:44:50,972 --> 00:44:51,339
seen in cambridge landmark

733
00:44:51,339 --> 00:44:53,339
designations.

734
00:44:53,441 --> 00:44:57,410
In fact, its greatest value lies

735
00:44:58,279 --> 00:45:01,279
in civic activity it supports

736
00:45:02,550 --> 00:45:04,518
today.

737
00:45:04,518 --> 00:45:05,152
Restore its architectural and

738
00:45:05,152 --> 00:45:05,653
historical features.

739
00:45:05,653 --> 00:45:06,387
Thank you very much.

740
00:45:06,387 --> 00:45:08,387
>> Clerk: thank you.

741
00:45:09,690 --> 00:45:11,592
Our next speaker.

742
00:45:11,592 --> 00:45:12,593
Followed by david.

743
00:45:12,593 --> 00:45:14,993
You have two minutes.

744
00:45:16,664 --> 00:45:18,232
Please go ahead.

745
00:45:18,232 --> 00:45:19,300
>> can you hear me now?

746
00:45:19,300 --> 00:45:20,368
>> Clerk: we can.

747
00:45:20,368 --> 00:45:21,502
Please go ahead.

748
00:45:21,502 --> 00:45:23,902
>> thank you very much.

749
00:45:24,205 --> 00:45:27,740
My name is neil rohr.

750
00:45:27,740 --> 00:45:29,610
i live at 655 concord avenue,

751
00:45:29,610 --> 00:45:31,345
and I'm here to speak on

752
00:45:31,345 --> 00:45:31,879
regarding charter right number

753
00:45:31,879 --> 00:45:33,879
two.

754
00:45:35,816 --> 00:45:36,884
First, I'd like to congratulate

755
00:45:36,884 --> 00:45:39,553
mayor siddiqui and vice mayor

756
00:45:39,553 --> 00:45:41,689
azeem on their appointments as

757
00:45:41,689 --> 00:45:44,890
mayor and vice mayor.

758
00:45:44,759 --> 00:45:45,459
Very proud that we have them in

759
00:45:45,459 --> 00:45:47,459
leadership.

760
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,666
I want to thank the co-sponsors,

761
00:45:52,666 --> 00:45:55,169
councilor azeem, nolan and zusy.

762
00:45:55,169 --> 00:45:56,971
And ied expect this order will

763
00:45:56,971 --> 00:45:59,371
receive a 9-0 vote.

764
00:45:59,473 --> 00:46:01,410
Now in the order summerville is

765
00:46:01,410 --> 00:46:03,144
referred to, I think it's an

766
00:46:03,144 --> 00:46:04,912
excellent example.

767
00:46:04,912 --> 00:46:09,112
The people I speak to there say

768
00:46:10,184 --> 00:46:13,530
that in transit areas, it has

769
00:46:13,530 --> 00:46:15,550
cut down on difficulty finding

770
00:46:15,550 --> 00:46:16,590
on-street parking, and cut down

771
00:46:16,590 --> 00:46:18,580
somewhat on traffic.

772
00:46:18,580 --> 00:46:18,359
We really need this in

773
00:46:18,359 --> 00:46:20,359
cambridge.

774
00:46:22,620 --> 00:46:24,999
I think people on both sides of

775
00:46:24,999 --> 00:46:28,402
the issue of too much building,

776
00:46:28,402 --> 00:46:31,805
zoning changes, or too much for

777
00:46:31,805 --> 00:46:34,274
the city, do support limiting

778
00:46:34,274 --> 00:46:36,844
the competition for parking and

779
00:46:36,844 --> 00:46:38,844
decreasing traffic.

780
00:46:38,979 --> 00:46:41,181
So I would hope that you would

781
00:46:41,181 --> 00:46:42,348
pass this unanimously and move

782
00:46:42,348 --> 00:46:43,517
forward on it.

783
00:46:43,517 --> 00:46:45,786
The purpose of this parking

784
00:46:45,786 --> 00:46:48,121
permit restriction is to limit

785
00:46:48,121 --> 00:46:49,256
the impacts on new housing

786
00:46:49,256 --> 00:46:51,656
developments, to on street

787
00:46:53,930 --> 00:46:55,162
parking permit parking capacity

788
00:46:55,162 --> 00:46:57,162
and traffic congestion.

789
00:46:57,297 --> 00:46:59,199
You might also want to add guest

790
00:46:59,199 --> 00:47:02,199
permits to the parking permits.

791
00:47:07,875 --> 00:47:11,177
I live in an area which is going

792
00:47:11,177 --> 00:47:13,577
it see new housing.

793
00:47:13,713 --> 00:47:16,917
We need to get this in place so

794
00:47:16,917 --> 00:47:17,851
there isn't even worse situation

795
00:47:17,851 --> 00:47:20,251
of parking and traffic.

796
00:47:20,787 --> 00:47:21,755
Thank you very much.

797
00:47:21,755 --> 00:47:23,390
>> Clerk: thank you.

798
00:47:23,390 --> 00:47:25,390
Our next speaker.

799
00:47:27,127 --> 00:47:29,527
Speaker number 15 is david

800
00:47:29,830 --> 00:47:30,630
halperin, followed by felix and

801
00:47:30,630 --> 00:47:31,464
james.

802
00:47:31,464 --> 00:47:32,699
You have two minutes.

803
00:47:32,699 --> 00:47:34,699
Please go ahead.

804
00:47:35,969 --> 00:47:37,337
>> good evening, david halperin

805
00:47:37,337 --> 00:47:39,337
14shtion valentine street.

806
00:47:39,573 --> 00:47:41,740
I'd like to express my support

807
00:47:41,740 --> 00:47:42,575
for cambridge street zoning.

808
00:47:42,575 --> 00:47:45,545
First of all, I'd like it

809
00:47:45,545 --> 00:47:47,180
correct for the record that any

810
00:47:47,180 --> 00:47:48,480
development would real require

811
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:50,480
inclusionary.

812
00:47:52,218 --> 00:47:53,687
In addition to other roirmentds,

813
00:47:53,687 --> 00:47:55,855
inclusionary kicks in on a

814
00:47:55,855 --> 00:47:57,690
building that has more than

815
00:47:57,690 --> 00:47:58,558
10,000 feet of first floor area

816
00:47:58,558 --> 00:48:00,558
-- requirements.

817
00:48:01,270 --> 00:48:01,427
A building of six stories is

818
00:48:01,427 --> 00:48:03,363
nonunits.

819
00:48:03,363 --> 00:48:05,799
It would still not be feasible

820
00:48:05,799 --> 00:48:07,233
under 10,000 square feet.

821
00:48:07,233 --> 00:48:09,680
So we will continue to get

822
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:11,680
inclusionary display.

823
00:48:12,305 --> 00:48:13,840
And we need all the tools in our

824
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:14,107
toolbox to talk about housing

825
00:48:14,107 --> 00:48:15,842
crisis.

826
00:48:15,842 --> 00:48:18,778
You know, continuing with the

827
00:48:18,778 --> 00:48:20,778
status quo.

828
00:48:21,130 --> 00:48:22,782
We have seen for years and years

829
00:48:22,782 --> 00:48:23,316
and years cambridge has

830
00:48:23,316 --> 00:48:25,316
underbuilt.

831
00:48:26,319 --> 00:48:28,421
You know, we have the aho for

832
00:48:28,421 --> 00:48:30,323
100% of affordable housing, and

833
00:48:30,323 --> 00:48:31,858
that is wonderful.

834
00:48:31,858 --> 00:48:33,920
I could not support that more,

835
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:35,762
but we're only going to get so

836
00:48:35,762 --> 00:48:37,463
many tax credit grants.

837
00:48:37,463 --> 00:48:38,998
We're following behind on our

838
00:48:38,998 --> 00:48:41,200
affordable housing goals, so we

839
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,369
need to get inclusionary working

840
00:48:43,369 --> 00:48:45,369
social housing working.

841
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:48,740
We in the tool box.

842
00:48:48,740 --> 00:48:49,442
-- we need every tool in the

843
00:48:49,442 --> 00:48:51,110
tool box.

844
00:48:51,110 --> 00:48:52,412
Additionally, I want to live in

845
00:48:52,412 --> 00:48:53,479
a vibrant city.

846
00:48:53,479 --> 00:48:56,816
One of the things I like about

847
00:48:56,816 --> 00:48:58,417
cambridge is the density and the

848
00:48:58,417 --> 00:49:01,387
benefits that come with that,

849
00:49:01,387 --> 00:49:01,787
and bringing more people to the

850
00:49:01,787 --> 00:49:03,289
retail.

851
00:49:03,289 --> 00:49:04,590
People are worried that this is

852
00:49:04,590 --> 00:49:05,892
going to cause huge amounts of

853
00:49:05,892 --> 00:49:07,892
redevelopment.

854
00:49:08,394 --> 00:49:09,629
But as we've seen so far from

855
00:49:09,629 --> 00:49:11,464
previous buildings, that you're

856
00:49:11,464 --> 00:49:12,310
going to get a building here and

857
00:49:12,310 --> 00:49:13,566
there.

858
00:49:13,566 --> 00:49:14,600
The economics of that are not

859
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:16,168
actually that good.

860
00:49:16,168 --> 00:49:18,471
It's better to make it possible

861
00:49:18,471 --> 00:49:21,107
from my perspective than to

862
00:49:21,107 --> 00:49:23,442
continue to, you know, limit to

863
00:49:23,442 --> 00:49:25,311
six.

864
00:49:25,311 --> 00:49:26,912
You can already build six for

865
00:49:26,912 --> 00:49:28,481
not seeing that development on

866
00:49:28,481 --> 00:49:30,481
cambridge street.

867
00:49:31,283 --> 00:49:33,683
Please ordain this petition.

868
00:49:34,787 --> 00:49:35,821
Thank you very much.

869
00:49:35,821 --> 00:49:37,821
>> Clerk: thank you.

870
00:49:39,910 --> 00:49:42,910
Our next speaker is felix

871
00:49:43,662 --> 00:49:46,620
supreme courtls -- sprecles.

872
00:49:46,131 --> 00:49:48,131
Please go ahead.

873
00:49:48,734 --> 00:49:50,402
>> dear councilors, having --

874
00:49:50,402 --> 00:49:52,402
[Indiscernible]

875
00:49:55,741 --> 00:49:57,543
[Poor audio]

876
00:49:57,543 --> 00:49:58,110
-- sentiments expressed by other

877
00:49:58,110 --> 00:49:59,878
residents.

878
00:49:59,878 --> 00:50:01,180
I'm hoping the third time is a

879
00:50:01,180 --> 00:50:01,981
charm and will result in a

880
00:50:01,981 --> 00:50:03,916
different outcome.

881
00:50:03,916 --> 00:50:05,251
First, let me be clear I support

882
00:50:05,251 --> 00:50:07,651
more housing in cambridge,

883
00:50:08,287 --> 00:50:11,287
especially for many lower income

884
00:50:15,361 --> 00:50:16,228
residents, which is a priority.

885
00:50:16,228 --> 00:50:18,397
It's different than the

886
00:50:18,397 --> 00:50:18,997
cambridge street proposal of

887
00:50:18,997 --> 00:50:20,399
2023-24.

888
00:50:20,399 --> 00:50:23,168
In future public hearings, you

889
00:50:23,168 --> 00:50:25,337
include not only the voices of

890
00:50:25,337 --> 00:50:27,372
residents, but those of business

891
00:50:27,372 --> 00:50:28,907
owners the length of cambridge

892
00:50:28,907 --> 00:50:31,907
street within effort to reach

893
00:50:32,211 --> 00:50:33,445
out and solicit their voices.

894
00:50:33,445 --> 00:50:37,450
Here are some of my concerns.

895
00:50:38,216 --> 00:50:40,219
Zoning should require binding

896
00:50:40,219 --> 00:50:43,219
special project review that is

897
00:50:44,323 --> 00:50:46,323
required for nonresidential

898
00:50:47,926 --> 00:50:50,326
buildings of 20,000 square feet.

899
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:53,565
This brings special attention --

900
00:50:53,565 --> 00:50:56,565
things have learned -- that

901
00:50:57,690 --> 00:50:57,769
speaks to issues such as traffic

902
00:50:57,769 --> 00:51:00,169
parksing, quality of life

903
00:51:01,406 --> 00:51:02,440
issues.

904
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:04,440
[Poor audio]

905
00:51:09,147 --> 00:51:11,160
Dertion ders [Indiscernible]

906
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:15,216
-- do not qualify as open space.

907
00:51:19,825 --> 00:51:22,127
Residents -- should be limited

908
00:51:22,127 --> 00:51:23,862
to -- .

909
00:51:23,862 --> 00:51:25,862
[Poor audio]

910
00:51:34,205 --> 00:51:34,739
[Indiscernible]

911
00:51:34,739 --> 00:51:36,241
So much.

912
00:51:36,241 --> 00:51:36,641
This is not a full list of my

913
00:51:36,641 --> 00:51:38,310
concerns.

914
00:51:38,310 --> 00:51:39,244
I will include them in another

915
00:51:39,244 --> 00:51:39,978
message.

916
00:51:39,978 --> 00:51:41,179
I appreciate your concern.

917
00:51:41,179 --> 00:51:42,113
Thank you.

918
00:51:42,113 --> 00:51:43,748
>> Clerk: thank you.

919
00:51:43,748 --> 00:51:46,748
Our next speaker is james.

920
00:51:47,318 --> 00:51:48,553
Followed by mark truant, then

921
00:51:48,553 --> 00:51:49,854
alan.

922
00:51:49,854 --> 00:51:51,122
James, you have two minutes.

923
00:51:51,122 --> 00:51:51,723
Please go ahead.

924
00:51:51,723 --> 00:51:53,723
>> thank you.

925
00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,262
This is james alt, 2003

926
00:51:57,262 --> 00:51:58,930
pemberton street.

927
00:51:58,930 --> 00:52:00,331
I'd like to thank the returning

928
00:52:00,331 --> 00:52:01,266
councilors and welcome the new

929
00:52:01,266 --> 00:52:03,666
councilors to continuing the

930
00:52:03,802 --> 00:52:05,690
work on the years' long plan to

931
00:52:05,690 --> 00:52:07,500
alleviate the consequences of

932
00:52:07,500 --> 00:52:07,472
our decades' long housing

933
00:52:07,472 --> 00:52:08,907
shortage.

934
00:52:08,907 --> 00:52:10,740
The cambridge street zoning

935
00:52:10,740 --> 00:52:12,100
proposal we're now considering

936
00:52:12,100 --> 00:52:13,645
will continue the work of

937
00:52:13,645 --> 00:52:16,450
removing existing barriers to

938
00:52:16,470 --> 00:52:17,515
more housing that's more

939
00:52:17,515 --> 00:52:17,982
affordable, to more of our

940
00:52:17,982 --> 00:52:19,651
neighbors.

941
00:52:19,651 --> 00:52:21,452
Since the early days of this

942
00:52:21,452 --> 00:52:22,954
effort, starting with the

943
00:52:22,954 --> 00:52:24,689
affordable housing overlay, it

944
00:52:24,689 --> 00:52:26,324
has become increasingly clear

945
00:52:26,324 --> 00:52:27,325
that zoning reform is making

946
00:52:27,325 --> 00:52:29,325
possible housing constructions

947
00:52:30,795 --> 00:52:34,395
that could not and did not

948
00:52:36,768 --> 00:52:38,436
happen previously.

949
00:52:38,436 --> 00:52:39,670
Amthough the multizoning family

950
00:52:39,670 --> 00:52:41,606
amendments that use the same

951
00:52:41,606 --> 00:52:42,673
approach, have been in effect

952
00:52:42,673 --> 00:52:44,308
for less than a year.

953
00:52:44,308 --> 00:52:45,509
So nothing has been built yet.

954
00:52:45,509 --> 00:52:48,509
We're seeing proposals and plans

955
00:52:49,113 --> 00:52:51,449
for zero to eight households to

956
00:52:51,449 --> 00:52:53,618
provide housing for 30 to 70

957
00:52:53,618 --> 00:52:56,180
households with some including

958
00:52:56,621 --> 00:52:59,621
small retail spaces that MAY

959
00:53:00,257 --> 00:53:02,257
help local businesses.

960
00:53:02,293 --> 00:53:05,293
The unpopularity of the economic

961
00:53:05,329 --> 00:53:08,650
and social hubs that are former

962
00:53:08,650 --> 00:53:08,899
draconian zoning code has helped

963
00:53:08,899 --> 00:53:11,602
create is evidence -- evident in

964
00:53:11,602 --> 00:53:12,803
the results of the last few city

965
00:53:12,803 --> 00:53:14,705
elections, especially in the

966
00:53:14,705 --> 00:53:15,506
face of last year's repeal

967
00:53:15,506 --> 00:53:16,841
slate.

968
00:53:16,841 --> 00:53:18,509
Despite this, we're hearing

969
00:53:18,509 --> 00:53:21,411
calls for further barriers to

970
00:53:21,411 --> 00:53:22,613
housing and ends for special

971
00:53:22,613 --> 00:53:24,315
conditions for special

972
00:53:24,315 --> 00:53:26,715
neighborhoods of the city.

973
00:53:27,218 --> 00:53:28,819
The exclusionary foundations of

974
00:53:28,819 --> 00:53:31,655
our prior says are being exposed

975
00:53:31,655 --> 00:53:33,190
yet again.

976
00:53:33,190 --> 00:53:34,558
Ignoring the benefits the zoning

977
00:53:34,558 --> 00:53:35,926
reform has brought and can

978
00:53:35,926 --> 00:53:38,362
continue to bring to the

979
00:53:38,362 --> 00:53:39,930
majority of the city in which

980
00:53:39,930 --> 00:53:41,899
two-thirds of residents are

981
00:53:41,899 --> 00:53:43,634
renting their homes, and many

982
00:53:43,634 --> 00:53:45,602
cannot afford are still

983
00:53:45,602 --> 00:53:46,302
increasing rents, let alone

984
00:53:46,302 --> 00:53:47,438
multimillion dollar purchase

985
00:53:47,438 --> 00:53:49,438
prices.

986
00:53:50,307 --> 00:53:50,808
Please proceed to pass this

987
00:53:50,808 --> 00:53:52,710
proposal this evening.

988
00:53:52,710 --> 00:53:53,510
Thank you very much.

989
00:53:53,510 --> 00:53:55,510
>> Clerk: thank you.

990
00:53:55,612 --> 00:53:58,612
Our next speaker is mark

991
00:53:59,249 --> 00:54:02,249
followed by alan, then erika.

992
00:54:07,240 --> 00:54:08,926
You have two minutes.

993
00:54:08,926 --> 00:54:09,259
>> 32 warren street in

994
00:54:09,259 --> 00:54:10,727
cambridge.

995
00:54:10,727 --> 00:54:12,730
I've been a resident of

996
00:54:12,730 --> 00:54:14,698
cambridge for 40 years.

997
00:54:14,698 --> 00:54:18,298
Actually I own property on one

998
00:54:20,370 --> 00:54:21,538
street that is in this B.A. Zone

999
00:54:21,538 --> 00:54:23,538
that's at issue.

1000
00:54:27,277 --> 00:54:29,112
and I would like to say that I

1001
00:54:29,112 --> 00:54:32,112
second all the really great

1002
00:54:32,249 --> 00:54:35,249
comments that my fellow citizens

1003
00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:40,320
have made, asking to let this

1004
00:54:41,624 --> 00:54:45,224
expire because I don't -- it

1005
00:54:48,165 --> 00:54:51,165
would be very -- [Indiscernible]

1006
00:54:52,135 --> 00:54:54,135
[Poor audio]

1007
00:54:56,706 --> 00:55:00,844
>> I kept coming up here -- bank

1008
00:55:00,844 --> 00:55:03,146
account -- person -- as gertrude

1009
00:55:03,146 --> 00:55:05,582
so well put, it's just not going

1010
00:55:05,582 --> 00:55:09,182
to create the kind of housing

1011
00:55:11,354 --> 00:55:13,354
that people want.

1012
00:55:16,926 --> 00:55:19,926
My girlfriend from italy in 1925

1013
00:55:21,631 --> 00:55:23,631
-- poor audio]

1014
00:55:24,234 --> 00:55:24,934
S ders mussolini and the

1015
00:55:24,934 --> 00:55:26,636
fascists.

1016
00:55:26,636 --> 00:55:29,636
My grandfather was a socialist.

1017
00:55:33,342 --> 00:55:35,478
I'm just sad that -- affordable

1018
00:55:35,478 --> 00:55:38,478
housing is not my grandfather's

1019
00:55:38,882 --> 00:55:40,882
socialism.

1020
00:55:42,180 --> 00:55:44,418
We can't afford --

1021
00:55:45,388 --> 00:55:47,388
[Indiscernible]

1022
00:55:52,161 --> 00:55:53,296
[Poor audio]

1023
00:55:53,296 --> 00:55:53,696
>> do it the right way.

1024
00:55:53,696 --> 00:55:54,564
Thank you.

1025
00:55:54,564 --> 00:55:56,564
>> Clerk: thank you.

1026
00:55:57,567 --> 00:56:00,567
Our next speaker is alan,

1027
00:56:00,703 --> 00:56:03,703
followed by aeshg a, then

1028
00:56:05,475 --> 00:56:06,342
alexander -- allen.

1029
00:56:06,342 --> 00:56:08,342
Allen, two minutes.

1030
00:56:09,110 --> 00:56:09,579
You can turn the mic on.

1031
00:56:09,579 --> 00:56:11,579
>> sorry.

1032
00:56:12,348 --> 00:56:14,348
Hi, everybody.

1033
00:56:15,151 --> 00:56:18,151
I'm allen on cambridge street.

1034
00:56:18,788 --> 00:56:22,988
I'm speak as a on the cambridge.

1035
00:56:23,226 --> 00:56:26,280
I also came here -- my earth if

1036
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:27,196
a also came here in the 1930s

1037
00:56:27,196 --> 00:56:29,196
from mussolini.

1038
00:56:30,299 --> 00:56:31,834
One of the wonderful things is

1039
00:56:31,834 --> 00:56:32,101
that you don't have to show your

1040
00:56:32,101 --> 00:56:33,636
papers.

1041
00:56:33,636 --> 00:56:34,136
You can live and go wherever you

1042
00:56:34,136 --> 00:56:35,838
want.

1043
00:56:35,838 --> 00:56:38,608
That is one of the things that

1044
00:56:38,608 --> 00:56:39,775
made it a free country for him.

1045
00:56:39,775 --> 00:56:42,110
I didn't have a huge point with

1046
00:56:42,110 --> 00:56:43,980
that.

1047
00:56:43,980 --> 00:56:45,715
But what I want to say is I

1048
00:56:45,715 --> 00:56:46,382
lived in union square for six

1049
00:56:46,382 --> 00:56:47,816
years.

1050
00:56:47,816 --> 00:56:49,385
i worked in union square for six

1051
00:56:49,385 --> 00:56:51,870
years.

1052
00:56:51,870 --> 00:56:52,722
It was one of those natural

1053
00:56:52,722 --> 00:56:53,220
occurring affordable housing

1054
00:56:53,220 --> 00:56:55,220
places.

1055
00:56:57,226 --> 00:56:58,861
It was a small building.

1056
00:56:58,861 --> 00:57:00,960
The landlord kicked us out

1057
00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:00,596
because she was going to

1058
00:57:00,596 --> 00:57:02,596
renovate.

1059
00:57:02,765 --> 00:57:04,733
It turned into an airbnb.

1060
00:57:04,733 --> 00:57:06,535
It's no longer housing available

1061
00:57:06,535 --> 00:57:08,337
to the community.

1062
00:57:08,337 --> 00:57:08,938
Housing is coming online to

1063
00:57:08,938 --> 00:57:10,573
replace that?

1064
00:57:10,573 --> 00:57:12,241
What housing is allowing people

1065
00:57:12,241 --> 00:57:12,608
to come in and live in inman

1066
00:57:12,608 --> 00:57:14,608
square?

1067
00:57:15,111 --> 00:57:16,211
What housing is coming in to

1068
00:57:16,211 --> 00:57:18,130
allow people to live the as the

1069
00:57:18,130 --> 00:57:18,948
old housing stock gets taken off

1070
00:57:18,948 --> 00:57:20,716
line?

1071
00:57:20,716 --> 00:57:22,517
I've not seen a lot for that.

1072
00:57:22,517 --> 00:57:23,819
We need as much housing as we

1073
00:57:23,819 --> 00:57:25,421
can get.

1074
00:57:25,421 --> 00:57:27,189
Cambridge street zoning is a

1075
00:57:27,189 --> 00:57:29,191
good tool on the table to get us

1076
00:57:29,191 --> 00:57:32,961
a lot of housing in the corridor

1077
00:57:32,961 --> 00:57:34,530
areas, which are less sensitive.

1078
00:57:34,530 --> 00:57:37,199
I think cambridge street zoning,

1079
00:57:37,199 --> 00:57:39,435
you should pass it.

1080
00:57:39,435 --> 00:57:41,437
Stop, slow down, get it right.

1081
00:57:41,437 --> 00:57:42,838
I've not heard a lot of clarity

1082
00:57:42,838 --> 00:57:45,107
about what getting it right

1083
00:57:45,107 --> 00:57:45,674
means, other than doing less of

1084
00:57:45,674 --> 00:57:47,674
it.

1085
00:57:49,178 --> 00:57:50,379
If you do less of it, go ahead,

1086
00:57:50,379 --> 00:57:51,460
but you might as well do less

1087
00:57:51,460 --> 00:57:51,880
right now.

1088
00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:55,480
You should do more right now.

1089
00:57:57,510 --> 00:57:59,451
I think -- [Indiscernible]

1090
00:58:00,923 --> 00:58:01,857
[Poor audio]

1091
00:58:01,857 --> 00:58:03,759
>> Clerk: thank you.

1092
00:58:03,759 --> 00:58:06,759
Our next speaker is speaker

1093
00:58:06,895 --> 00:58:08,895
number 20, erika.

1094
00:58:09,865 --> 00:58:12,265
Followed by alexander westman.

1095
00:58:12,601 --> 00:58:13,235
Then denise jocelyn.

1096
00:58:13,235 --> 00:58:13,301
Erics two minutes.

1097
00:58:13,301 --> 00:58:14,469
-

1098
00:58:14,469 --> 00:58:15,570
go ahead.

1099
00:58:15,570 --> 00:58:16,872
>> hi, good evening.

1100
00:58:16,872 --> 00:58:18,340
i'm here to urge everyone to

1101
00:58:18,340 --> 00:58:19,908
pass the cambridge street

1102
00:58:19,908 --> 00:58:21,908
upzoning.

1103
00:58:22,110 --> 00:58:24,946
I have lived in cambridge for 11

1104
00:58:24,946 --> 00:58:26,381
years, but recently had to move

1105
00:58:26,381 --> 00:58:28,150
out due to increasing rent

1106
00:58:28,150 --> 00:58:29,785
costs.

1107
00:58:29,785 --> 00:58:31,453
So I want to support the

1108
00:58:31,453 --> 00:58:33,355
cambridge street upzoning

1109
00:58:33,355 --> 00:58:34,890
because like alan said, with he

1110
00:58:34,890 --> 00:58:36,958
need more housing to come

1111
00:58:36,958 --> 00:58:38,860
online.

1112
00:58:38,860 --> 00:58:39,294
Especially in the corridors and

1113
00:58:39,294 --> 00:58:41,294
squares.

1114
00:58:43,598 --> 00:58:46,535
This proposal came from a lot of

1115
00:58:46,535 --> 00:58:47,302
community engagement with broad

1116
00:58:47,302 --> 00:58:49,302
support.

1117
00:58:51,406 --> 00:58:55,600
And we are currently behind our

1118
00:58:55,610 --> 00:58:57,345
2030 goals of more housing.

1119
00:58:57,345 --> 00:58:59,345
Despite housing affordability

1120
00:58:59,781 --> 00:59:01,449
being a tough issue in this

1121
00:59:01,449 --> 00:59:03,151
week's annual survey, we are

1122
00:59:03,151 --> 00:59:05,420
behind these housing production

1123
00:59:05,420 --> 00:59:07,122
goals.

1124
00:59:07,122 --> 00:59:10,525
And it will help us meet total

1125
00:59:10,525 --> 00:59:10,992
housing production in affordable

1126
00:59:10,992 --> 00:59:12,992
housingy zoning.

1127
00:59:14,696 --> 00:59:17,696
This zoning -- housing zoning.

1128
00:59:17,832 --> 00:59:20,335
This zoning will also allow more

1129
00:59:20,335 --> 00:59:22,335
environmentally friendly

1130
00:59:23,271 --> 00:59:24,672
neighborhoods because it allows

1131
00:59:24,672 --> 00:59:27,800
residents to live in more

1132
00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:29,408
transit oriented homes, rather

1133
00:59:29,711 --> 00:59:31,346
than driving further away, and

1134
00:59:31,346 --> 00:59:33,348
more residents will sustain

1135
00:59:33,348 --> 00:59:35,116
local small businesses to keep

1136
00:59:35,116 --> 00:59:35,783
these corridors vibrant.

1137
00:59:35,783 --> 00:59:37,783
So thank you.

1138
00:59:38,252 --> 00:59:38,686
I want to urge you to pass this

1139
00:59:38,686 --> 00:59:40,421
upzoning proposal.

1140
00:59:40,421 --> 00:59:41,189
Thank you.

1141
00:59:41,189 --> 00:59:43,189
>> Clerk: thank you.

1142
00:59:44,659 --> 00:59:47,659
Our next speaker is alexander

1143
00:59:48,196 --> 00:59:49,363
followed by denise jocelyn.

1144
00:59:49,363 --> 00:59:52,363
Alexander, you have two minutes.

1145
00:59:56,137 --> 00:59:58,137
Please go ahead.

1146
00:59:58,639 --> 00:59:59,140
>> hello.

1147
00:59:59,140 --> 01:00:00,508
I'm alexander.

1148
01:00:00,508 --> 01:00:02,900
I've been a resident of

1149
01:00:02,900 --> 01:00:04,409
cambridge now for 16 years,

1150
01:00:07,915 --> 01:00:09,550
which is my entire adult life

1151
01:00:09,550 --> 01:00:10,718
housing is expensive in

1152
01:00:10,718 --> 01:00:12,687
cambridge because people want to

1153
01:00:12,687 --> 01:00:14,455
live in cambridge because there

1154
01:00:14,455 --> 01:00:15,823
are good high-paying jobs here,

1155
01:00:15,823 --> 01:00:16,591
and there's insufficient

1156
01:00:16,591 --> 01:00:17,959
housing.

1157
01:00:17,959 --> 01:00:19,360
It is that simple.

1158
01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:21,562
The tendency of new construction

1159
01:00:21,562 --> 01:00:22,997
to be high cost is a consequence

1160
01:00:22,997 --> 01:00:25,266
of the reality that housing

1161
01:00:25,266 --> 01:00:26,233
costs are high, not the other

1162
01:00:26,233 --> 01:00:27,869
way around.

1163
01:00:27,869 --> 01:00:29,537
Building new housing is the only

1164
01:00:29,537 --> 01:00:30,905
solution to this problem.

1165
01:00:30,905 --> 01:00:34,800
As long as the cambridge economy

1166
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:36,277
does well, and cambridge remains

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01:00:36,277 --> 01:00:37,311
a desirable place to live,

1168
01:00:37,311 --> 01:00:39,311
high-income residents will

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01:00:39,380 --> 01:00:40,915
continue to outcompete lower

1170
01:00:40,915 --> 01:00:42,216
income residents for the

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01:00:42,216 --> 01:00:44,216
available housing stock.

1172
01:00:44,251 --> 01:00:47,421
And the only solution to that

1173
01:00:47,421 --> 01:00:49,990
problem is building new housing.

1174
01:00:49,990 --> 01:00:51,358
Building housing obviously

1175
01:00:51,358 --> 01:00:52,860
brings challenges.

1176
01:00:52,860 --> 01:00:54,895
A lot of people are concerned

1177
01:00:54,895 --> 01:00:56,830
about transportation, about

1178
01:00:56,830 --> 01:00:58,766
parking, and socially.

1179
01:00:58,766 --> 01:00:59,967
And the clear solution to that

1180
01:00:59,967 --> 01:01:02,967
problem is to build housing

1181
01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:08,672
densely, and to or corridors and

1182
01:01:09,643 --> 01:01:11,345
near transit centers.

1183
01:01:11,345 --> 01:01:12,680
If cambridge is to build more

1184
01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:14,415
housing, and the solution to

1185
01:01:14,415 --> 01:01:17,415
this problem is more housing,

1186
01:01:17,685 --> 01:01:20,754
which I think most people agree,

1187
01:01:20,754 --> 01:01:22,220
but a lot of people say not here

1188
01:01:22,220 --> 01:01:24,224
or not in this way.

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01:01:24,224 --> 01:01:27,461
But if we want to build more

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01:01:27,461 --> 01:01:29,596
housing, where should we build

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01:01:29,596 --> 01:01:30,831
it if not in the corridors and

1192
01:01:30,831 --> 01:01:32,499
near public transit?

1193
01:01:32,499 --> 01:01:33,330
That is the obvious place to

1194
01:01:33,330 --> 01:01:34,535
build it.

1195
01:01:34,535 --> 01:01:34,968
That is the best place to build

1196
01:01:34,968 --> 01:01:36,968
it.

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01:01:37,771 --> 01:01:40,874
We need to pass this upzoning to

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01:01:40,874 --> 01:01:43,874
enable cambridge to grow, and

1199
01:01:45,112 --> 01:01:47,512
allow the housing supply

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01:01:49,820 --> 01:01:51,820
problems -- sorry.

1201
01:01:51,251 --> 01:01:54,251
I kind of trailed off.

1202
01:01:54,921 --> 01:01:55,856
I think it's really the only

1203
01:01:55,856 --> 01:01:56,156
solution to cambridge housing.

1204
01:01:56,156 --> 01:01:56,790
Thank you.

1205
01:01:56,790 --> 01:01:58,790
>> Clerk: thank you.

1206
01:02:04,398 --> 01:02:06,990
Our next speaker.

1207
01:02:06,990 --> 01:02:07,534
Then mark.

1208
01:02:07,534 --> 01:02:08,702
For those waiting, speaker

1209
01:02:08,702 --> 01:02:09,970
number 22.

1210
01:02:09,970 --> 01:02:10,737
Denise, you have the floor.

1211
01:02:10,737 --> 01:02:12,710
Two minutes.

1212
01:02:12,710 --> 01:02:14,710
Please go ahead.

1213
01:02:16,442 --> 01:02:17,744
>> good evening, denise joseph,

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01:02:17,744 --> 01:02:18,545
the executive director of the

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01:02:18,545 --> 01:02:20,447
harvard business association.

1216
01:02:20,447 --> 01:02:22,616
First of all, congratulations to

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01:02:22,616 --> 01:02:25,616
mayor siddiqui, vice mayor azeem

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01:02:26,720 --> 01:02:29,120
and all the councilors.

1219
01:02:32,459 --> 01:02:34,427
Speaking tonight on po-206-02, I

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01:02:34,427 --> 01:02:36,897
want to thank councilor simmons

1221
01:02:36,897 --> 01:02:37,897
and councilor flaherty for

1222
01:02:37,897 --> 01:02:40,166
supporting this council order,

1223
01:02:40,166 --> 01:02:43,166
which requests a city manager

1224
01:02:43,170 --> 01:02:43,803
immediately convene and staff a

1225
01:02:43,803 --> 01:02:45,271
standing coordination group,

1226
01:02:45,271 --> 01:02:47,671
which includes the cambridge

1227
01:02:48,174 --> 01:02:49,209
office of tourism, relevant city

1228
01:02:49,209 --> 01:02:51,209
departments, representatives of

1229
01:02:51,511 --> 01:02:53,911
the city's business associations

1230
01:02:54,281 --> 01:02:56,681
to support regular communication

1231
01:02:56,750 --> 01:02:58,218
advanced planning, and alignment

1232
01:02:58,218 --> 01:03:00,618
of tourism pro neighborhood

1233
01:03:03,189 --> 01:03:04,724
economic activity.

1234
01:03:04,724 --> 01:03:06,826
This also act that the city

1235
01:03:06,826 --> 01:03:07,794
manager direct the city

1236
01:03:07,794 --> 01:03:09,195
solicitor and community

1237
01:03:09,195 --> 01:03:10,864
development department to review

1238
01:03:10,864 --> 01:03:13,660
and report back to the council

1239
01:03:13,660 --> 01:03:16,660
on the legal parameters related

1240
01:03:16,690 --> 01:03:17,503
to city funding and tourism

1241
01:03:17,503 --> 01:03:19,503
destination, marketing district

1242
01:03:20,139 --> 01:03:22,208
restrictions, as well as

1243
01:03:22,208 --> 01:03:24,430
oversight and accountability,

1244
01:03:24,430 --> 01:03:26,145
related to the operation of the

1245
01:03:26,145 --> 01:03:28,348
visitor information kiosk and

1246
01:03:28,348 --> 01:03:30,348
related governance expectations.

1247
01:03:30,950 --> 01:03:32,185
On behalf of the business

1248
01:03:32,185 --> 01:03:34,185
association's directors,

1249
01:03:36,550 --> 01:03:38,910
officers, and members, we

1250
01:03:38,910 --> 01:03:39,292
sincerely ask this council for

1251
01:03:39,292 --> 01:03:39,792
the full support.

1252
01:03:39,792 --> 01:03:42,628
And thank you for your

1253
01:03:42,628 --> 01:03:43,496
consideration.

1254
01:03:43,496 --> 01:03:45,496
>> Clerk: thank you.

1255
01:03:48,601 --> 01:03:49,869
Our next speaker.

1256
01:03:49,869 --> 01:03:51,304
Followed by mark keebler, then

1257
01:03:51,304 --> 01:03:52,205
bill.

1258
01:03:52,205 --> 01:03:54,273
You have two minutes.

1259
01:03:54,273 --> 01:03:56,273
Please go ahead.

1260
01:03:57,476 --> 01:03:59,780
Ar.

1261
01:03:59,780 --> 01:03:59,712
-- itamar.

1262
01:03:59,712 --> 01:04:01,712
>> hi.

1263
01:04:02,849 --> 01:04:04,317
My name is itamar turner.

1264
01:04:04,317 --> 01:04:07,917
I'm here to speak on cambridge

1265
01:04:11,190 --> 01:04:13,259
as well as union square.

1266
01:04:13,259 --> 01:04:14,126
We need more housing for

1267
01:04:14,126 --> 01:04:15,661
multiple reasons.

1268
01:04:15,661 --> 01:04:17,163
People talk about affordability.

1269
01:04:17,163 --> 01:04:19,198
Even if you don't believe more

1270
01:04:19,198 --> 01:04:21,133
housing will make things more

1271
01:04:21,133 --> 01:04:22,535
affordable, inclusionary will

1272
01:04:22,535 --> 01:04:24,535
make a difference.

1273
01:04:25,638 --> 01:04:26,739
20% of 50 units is more than 20%

1274
01:04:26,739 --> 01:04:28,739
of 10 units.

1275
01:04:28,908 --> 01:04:31,908
If you build taller buildings,

1276
01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:34,246
you will have more tenants.

1277
01:04:34,246 --> 01:04:36,549
But beyond that, we have bigger

1278
01:04:36,549 --> 01:04:39,385
trends outside of our particular

1279
01:04:39,385 --> 01:04:41,385
city and state.

1280
01:04:42,421 --> 01:04:43,756
So there's a recent survey where

1281
01:04:43,756 --> 01:04:46,358
they talked to people across the

1282
01:04:46,358 --> 01:04:49,358
united states, who are trans,

1283
01:04:56,769 --> 01:04:58,300
nonbinary, and -- 43 trans and

1284
01:04:58,300 --> 01:05:01,300
nonbinary people move to other

1285
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:02,740
states.

1286
01:05:02,740 --> 01:05:03,642
[Indiscernible]

1287
01:05:03,642 --> 01:05:04,910
5% of lgbtq people's.

1288
01:05:04,910 --> 01:05:07,379
That's a lot of people.

1289
01:05:07,379 --> 01:05:08,146
I've talked to people who are

1290
01:05:08,146 --> 01:05:10,546
doing everything in different

1291
01:05:12,150 --> 01:05:14,119
countries.

1292
01:05:14,119 --> 01:05:15,420
Massachusetts is a pretty

1293
01:05:15,420 --> 01:05:17,289
attractive place to live in,

1294
01:05:17,289 --> 01:05:19,224
except it's really expensive to

1295
01:05:19,224 --> 01:05:20,259
live here, and also don't have

1296
01:05:20,259 --> 01:05:22,259
enough housing.

1297
01:05:23,595 --> 01:05:23,828
Don't have enough physical

1298
01:05:23,828 --> 01:05:25,330
units.

1299
01:05:25,330 --> 01:05:27,466
So we just need more physical

1300
01:05:27,466 --> 01:05:29,368
housing for people who would

1301
01:05:29,368 --> 01:05:31,768
really benefit significantly for

1302
01:05:32,971 --> 01:05:34,940
moving there, and we have this

1303
01:05:34,940 --> 01:05:35,273
is one of many ways we should be

1304
01:05:35,273 --> 01:05:37,273
doing this.

1305
01:05:42,114 --> 01:05:45,114
More broadly changes in general,

1306
01:05:47,786 --> 01:05:49,287
we need to build societal --

1307
01:05:49,287 --> 01:05:51,322
part of that means, and our

1308
01:05:51,322 --> 01:05:52,257
state does not learn how to

1309
01:05:52,257 --> 01:05:53,525
build housing.

1310
01:05:53,525 --> 01:05:56,525
We need to build more.

1311
01:05:56,761 --> 01:05:58,964
Inclusionary units, make those

1312
01:05:58,964 --> 01:05:59,598
affordable.

1313
01:05:59,598 --> 01:06:02,598
That's part of the solution.

1314
01:06:03,268 --> 01:06:04,770
Thank you.

1315
01:06:04,770 --> 01:06:06,770
>> Clerk: thank you.

1316
01:06:07,380 --> 01:06:08,840
Our next speaker is mark

1317
01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:10,840
keebler.

1318
01:06:11,376 --> 01:06:13,376
Mark, two minutes.

1319
01:06:14,813 --> 01:06:15,460
If you can turn on the mic.

1320
01:06:15,460 --> 01:06:16,715
>> hi.

1321
01:06:16,715 --> 01:06:18,316
Thank you.

1322
01:06:18,316 --> 01:06:20,316
Good evening, councilors.

1323
01:06:20,885 --> 01:06:23,188
My name is mark keibler.

1324
01:06:23,188 --> 01:06:25,123
I live at 52 portage street.

1325
01:06:25,123 --> 01:06:25,957
I'd like to welcome the new

1326
01:06:25,957 --> 01:06:27,626
councilors.

1327
01:06:27,626 --> 01:06:29,694
Thank you for your time and all

1328
01:06:29,694 --> 01:06:30,662
the work you put into these

1329
01:06:30,662 --> 01:06:32,530
planning proposals.

1330
01:06:32,530 --> 01:06:33,865
So I'm also here tonight to

1331
01:06:33,865 --> 01:06:35,867
support the cambridge street

1332
01:06:35,867 --> 01:06:37,435
rezoning, and I'd like to

1333
01:06:37,435 --> 01:06:38,603
emphasize why I believe this

1334
01:06:38,603 --> 01:06:39,471
ordinance represents good

1335
01:06:39,471 --> 01:06:41,471
policy.

1336
01:06:41,672 --> 01:06:43,308
Cambridge has spent years

1337
01:06:43,308 --> 01:06:45,900
engaging residents through

1338
01:06:45,900 --> 01:06:47,409
envision cambridge and our

1339
01:06:51,282 --> 01:06:52,650
cambridge streetss.

1340
01:06:52,650 --> 01:06:53,518
The city is following through on

1341
01:06:53,518 --> 01:06:55,119
these commitments.

1342
01:06:55,119 --> 01:06:57,589
Where it makes sense along signs

1343
01:06:57,589 --> 01:06:58,890
of corridors, places in

1344
01:06:58,890 --> 01:07:00,890
neighborhood business.

1345
01:07:00,692 --> 01:07:02,493
So this proposal --

1346
01:07:02,493 --> 01:07:04,493
[Indiscernible]

1347
01:07:04,762 --> 01:07:06,130
It is tied directly to public

1348
01:07:06,130 --> 01:07:07,831
benefits.

1349
01:07:07,831 --> 01:07:09,831
Better street design,

1350
01:07:11,302 --> 01:07:13,271
inclusionary housing.

1351
01:07:13,271 --> 01:07:14,472
The daily life of the people who

1352
01:07:14,472 --> 01:07:18,720
live and spend time on cambridge

1353
01:07:19,100 --> 01:07:21,100
street.

1354
01:07:21,112 --> 01:07:22,547
Support with businesses.

1355
01:07:22,547 --> 01:07:26,147
So a few blocks on cambridge

1356
01:07:26,851 --> 01:07:28,851
street.

1357
01:07:31,889 --> 01:07:33,591
The length of this ordinance.

1358
01:07:33,591 --> 01:07:35,326
More families who have the

1359
01:07:35,326 --> 01:07:36,828
chance to stay in cambridge and

1360
01:07:36,828 --> 01:07:38,496
frankly, the chance for me to

1361
01:07:38,496 --> 01:07:42,960
stay here with greater peace of

1362
01:07:43,234 --> 01:07:45,234
mind.

1363
01:07:46,103 --> 01:07:47,671
That means new support for local

1364
01:07:47,671 --> 01:07:49,373
businesses, and lifestyle.

1365
01:07:49,373 --> 01:07:52,176
People have the opportunity for

1366
01:07:52,176 --> 01:07:54,176
car-free living.

1367
01:07:54,178 --> 01:07:57,114
This council has done incredible

1368
01:07:57,114 --> 01:07:59,383
work on housing in recent years.

1369
01:07:59,383 --> 01:08:02,383
On friday, in cambridge --

1370
01:08:04,755 --> 01:08:06,230
[Indiscernible]

1371
01:08:06,230 --> 01:08:07,658
[Poor audio]

1372
01:08:07,658 --> 01:08:09,493
Yearly increase at 7%.

1373
01:08:09,493 --> 01:08:11,762
We've done a lot.

1374
01:08:11,762 --> 01:08:13,264
I feel we shouldn't drop limits.

1375
01:08:13,264 --> 01:08:13,998
I'd like to urge you to support

1376
01:08:13,998 --> 01:08:14,865
this rezoning.

1377
01:08:14,865 --> 01:08:15,699
Thank you.

1378
01:08:15,699 --> 01:08:17,699
>> Clerk: thank you.

1379
01:08:21,505 --> 01:08:22,740
Our next speaker is bob lytton.

1380
01:08:22,740 --> 01:08:24,508
Bob, two minutes.

1381
01:08:24,508 --> 01:08:24,742
>> thank you so much for your

1382
01:08:24,742 --> 01:08:26,742
time.

1383
01:08:26,977 --> 01:08:27,278
I apologize for not thrk in

1384
01:08:27,278 --> 01:08:29,278
person.

1385
01:08:29,813 --> 01:08:31,515
I have personal obligations.

1386
01:08:31,515 --> 01:08:32,850
-- for not being there in

1387
01:08:32,850 --> 01:08:34,318
person.

1388
01:08:34,318 --> 01:08:36,120
I support cambridge street.

1389
01:08:36,120 --> 01:08:37,254
I do not believe new building or

1390
01:08:37,254 --> 01:08:38,756
development should happen on

1391
01:08:38,756 --> 01:08:40,157
cambridge street.

1392
01:08:40,157 --> 01:08:42,559
In fact, I very much supported

1393
01:08:42,559 --> 01:08:43,427
more housing, deeply affordable

1394
01:08:43,427 --> 01:08:45,427
housing.

1395
01:08:46,363 --> 01:08:47,798
Since it's been alluded to

1396
01:08:47,798 --> 01:08:49,366
specifically refugees and people

1397
01:08:49,366 --> 01:08:50,467
most vulnerable in our community

1398
01:08:50,467 --> 01:08:51,769
and abroad.

1399
01:08:51,769 --> 01:08:53,337
I appreciate that cambridge

1400
01:08:53,337 --> 01:08:55,390
street is a corridor in our

1401
01:08:55,390 --> 01:08:56,840
community, and we should provide

1402
01:08:56,840 --> 01:08:58,709
ways to facilitate the creation

1403
01:08:58,709 --> 01:09:00,410
of new housing, while respecting

1404
01:09:00,410 --> 01:09:01,278
those who live, work and play in

1405
01:09:01,278 --> 01:09:03,278
the area.

1406
01:09:03,881 --> 01:09:05,282
Many of my neighbors have

1407
01:09:05,282 --> 01:09:06,717
expressed concerns about the

1408
01:09:06,717 --> 01:09:07,351
neighborhood and housing and

1409
01:09:07,351 --> 01:09:09,186
details.

1410
01:09:09,186 --> 01:09:10,787
I'm very disappointed in those

1411
01:09:10,787 --> 01:09:12,656
so-called cambridge residents.

1412
01:09:12,656 --> 01:09:14,491
Paint public participants as

1413
01:09:14,491 --> 01:09:15,459
being anti-housing development

1414
01:09:15,459 --> 01:09:17,459
and status quo.

1415
01:09:17,594 --> 01:09:18,428
They and me have common sense,

1416
01:09:18,428 --> 01:09:21,980
and community interest in mind

1417
01:09:21,980 --> 01:09:22,332
and detailed perspective.

1418
01:09:22,332 --> 01:09:24,732
Me personally, represent those

1419
01:09:29,239 --> 01:09:29,639
who appreciate -- on those who

1420
01:09:29,639 --> 01:09:31,639
public meeting.

1421
01:09:32,420 --> 01:09:35,642
I had the privilege of being

1422
01:09:36,246 --> 01:09:37,647
raised by an immigrant parent.

1423
01:09:37,647 --> 01:09:39,916
It often comes from.

1424
01:09:39,916 --> 01:09:40,984
That is what is motivating these

1425
01:09:40,984 --> 01:09:43,384
concerns in public comments.

1426
01:09:47,224 --> 01:09:48,570
I encourage council to --

1427
01:09:48,570 --> 01:09:49,292
[Indiscernible]

1428
01:09:49,292 --> 01:09:50,527
And be proud of what our

1429
01:09:50,527 --> 01:09:53,527
community is and will be.

1430
01:09:53,897 --> 01:09:55,465
I also want to note that a

1431
01:09:55,465 --> 01:09:56,766
comprehensive public records

1432
01:09:56,766 --> 01:09:57,868
equest for communications and

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01:09:57,868 --> 01:09:59,202
development workers of the city.

1434
01:09:59,202 --> 01:10:01,971
I was given anest a matter of

1435
01:10:01,971 --> 01:10:03,206
fact 637 for records that would

1436
01:10:03,206 --> 01:10:04,874
have the public better

1437
01:10:04,874 --> 01:10:05,375
understand the various data with

1438
01:10:05,375 --> 01:10:07,375
this proposal.

1439
01:10:07,410 --> 01:10:09,245
I would encourage council to dig

1440
01:10:09,245 --> 01:10:10,714
into the available information,

1441
01:10:10,714 --> 01:10:12,480
ask hard questions about what is

1442
01:10:12,480 --> 01:10:13,717
and isn't possible, and support

1443
01:10:13,717 --> 01:10:15,885
the public officer and his

1444
01:10:15,885 --> 01:10:16,986
discretion to waive the

1445
01:10:16,986 --> 01:10:18,321
associated fees on this and

1446
01:10:18,321 --> 01:10:20,230
other public record that's would

1447
01:10:20,230 --> 01:10:20,590
help the cambridge public

1448
01:10:20,590 --> 01:10:22,458
participate and be better

1449
01:10:22,458 --> 01:10:23,226
informed about the possiblities

1450
01:10:23,226 --> 01:10:25,194
under consideration.

1451
01:10:25,194 --> 01:10:27,594
Please be transparent and

1452
01:10:27,830 --> 01:10:30,230
proactive in communicating the

1453
01:10:30,233 --> 01:10:30,533
hows and whys in this and other

1454
01:10:30,533 --> 01:10:32,533
petitions.

1455
01:10:34,170 --> 01:10:36,305
>> Clerk: our next speak every.

1456
01:10:36,305 --> 01:10:38,305
-- speaker.

1457
01:10:38,408 --> 01:10:39,208
Dana, then followed by debbie

1458
01:10:39,208 --> 01:10:40,209
shapiro.

1459
01:10:40,209 --> 01:10:42,209
Dana, two minutes.

1460
01:10:42,645 --> 01:10:45,450
>> long time, no see.

1461
01:10:45,148 --> 01:10:47,830
To the cambridge city council, I

1462
01:10:47,830 --> 01:10:49,318
live on cambridge street.

1463
01:10:49,318 --> 01:10:51,870
Now I live in central square.

1464
01:10:51,870 --> 01:10:52,822
I am speaking in strong support

1465
01:10:52,822 --> 01:10:53,890
of the cambridge street zoning

1466
01:10:53,890 --> 01:10:56,290
petition currently before you.

1467
01:10:59,696 --> 01:11:04,660
I will be to give a voice to the

1468
01:11:04,660 --> 01:11:05,167
great majority of recent voters

1469
01:11:05,167 --> 01:11:08,104
one of the most important

1470
01:11:08,104 --> 01:11:09,272
effective means for enabling

1471
01:11:09,272 --> 01:11:10,940
affordability, which is focusing

1472
01:11:10,940 --> 01:11:11,274
development on corridors and

1473
01:11:11,274 --> 01:11:12,942
squares.

1474
01:11:12,942 --> 01:11:14,810
This proposal, if the results of

1475
01:11:14,810 --> 01:11:15,177
years of community process and

1476
01:11:15,177 --> 01:11:17,177
planning.

1477
01:11:18,281 --> 01:11:19,382
It reflects extensive engagement

1478
01:11:19,382 --> 01:11:21,782
like the community development

1479
01:11:22,351 --> 01:11:23,152
department and unanimous,

1480
01:11:23,152 --> 01:11:25,152
informed, and positive

1481
01:11:26,155 --> 01:11:28,124
recommendation before the

1482
01:11:28,124 --> 01:11:30,559
planning board on OCTOBER 21st.

1483
01:11:30,559 --> 01:11:32,595
Tonight, I'm calling for to you

1484
01:11:32,595 --> 01:11:33,896
do well by people renters like

1485
01:11:33,896 --> 01:11:35,865
myself, and to do well by

1486
01:11:35,865 --> 01:11:37,266
process.

1487
01:11:37,266 --> 01:11:39,468
The most important priority of

1488
01:11:39,468 --> 01:11:40,870
our council should reflect the

1489
01:11:40,870 --> 01:11:42,905
single most important priority

1490
01:11:42,905 --> 01:11:44,807
of our residents, which is

1491
01:11:44,807 --> 01:11:45,808
addressing our severe housing

1492
01:11:45,808 --> 01:11:47,808
crisis.

1493
01:11:49,245 --> 01:11:50,612
Virtually, we agree badly needed

1494
01:11:50,612 --> 01:11:51,947
homes for our people in those

1495
01:11:51,947 --> 01:11:55,547
places that can support it most,

1496
01:11:55,684 --> 01:11:57,190
which is major corridors near

1497
01:11:57,190 --> 01:11:59,210
transit, and close to local

1498
01:11:59,210 --> 01:12:01,210
businesses.

1499
01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:03,158
This is an opportunity for our

1500
01:12:03,158 --> 01:12:05,558
new council to demonstrate

1501
01:12:05,761 --> 01:12:08,430
whether it is content to talk

1502
01:12:08,430 --> 01:12:10,165
the talk about this, or whether

1503
01:12:10,165 --> 01:12:11,600
it's willing to walk the walk on

1504
01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:13,335
this crucial priority because

1505
01:12:13,335 --> 01:12:15,904
cambridge street is exactly such

1506
01:12:15,904 --> 01:12:17,904
a corridor.

1507
01:12:18,140 --> 01:12:20,540
Housing along these corridors

1508
01:12:20,909 --> 01:12:22,511
allow residents to live near

1509
01:12:22,511 --> 01:12:23,879
t-stops and have an option to

1510
01:12:23,879 --> 01:12:26,279
not own a car.

1511
01:12:27,516 --> 01:12:28,984
They provide need density

1512
01:12:28,984 --> 01:12:30,652
without conjesting our streets

1513
01:12:30,652 --> 01:12:31,720
from personal experience having

1514
01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:33,188
lived on cambridge street

1515
01:12:33,188 --> 01:12:34,957
without needing to own a car.

1516
01:12:34,957 --> 01:12:35,524
This type of housing is

1517
01:12:35,524 --> 01:12:37,524
incredibly important.

1518
01:12:39,227 --> 01:12:39,628
I strongly urge you to pass the

1519
01:12:39,628 --> 01:12:41,163
zoning petition.

1520
01:12:41,163 --> 01:12:43,163
Thank you.

1521
01:12:44,933 --> 01:12:46,201
>> Clerk: our next speaker.

1522
01:12:46,201 --> 01:12:49,201
Debbie, you have two minutes.

1523
01:12:50,672 --> 01:12:52,274
Please go ahead.

1524
01:12:52,274 --> 01:12:52,574
Debbie, if you can unmute

1525
01:12:52,574 --> 01:12:54,574
yourself.

1526
01:13:00,816 --> 01:13:01,216
You have the floor.

1527
01:13:01,216 --> 01:13:02,684
>> ok.

1528
01:13:02,684 --> 01:13:05,840
Hi, I'm debbie snap.

1529
01:13:05,870 --> 01:13:06,722
I live at 404 broadway on the

1530
01:13:06,722 --> 01:13:07,155
corner of goodman road --

1531
01:13:07,155 --> 01:13:09,155
shapiro.

1532
01:13:09,257 --> 01:13:12,160
I lived here almost 40 years.

1533
01:13:12,160 --> 01:13:13,995
I want to comment on the

1534
01:13:13,995 --> 01:13:15,995
restricting eligibility for

1535
01:13:16,865 --> 01:13:17,332
street resident parking

1536
01:13:17,332 --> 01:13:19,332
permanent ordinance.

1537
01:13:21,269 --> 01:13:22,804
I think it's a great idea.

1538
01:13:22,804 --> 01:13:25,340
It's a great way to deal with

1539
01:13:25,340 --> 01:13:26,608
the parking issues that are

1540
01:13:26,608 --> 01:13:28,608
coming,ss.

1541
01:13:28,977 --> 01:13:30,545
I'd like to propose that this

1542
01:13:30,545 --> 01:13:31,379
restrict -- increases.

1543
01:13:31,379 --> 01:13:34,979
I'd like to proposal that this

1544
01:13:36,317 --> 01:13:38,720
be restricted to broadway where

1545
01:13:38,720 --> 01:13:40,210
parking is being eliminated to

1546
01:13:40,210 --> 01:13:41,756
create bike lanes.

1547
01:13:41,756 --> 01:13:43,124
Right now the parking spots are

1548
01:13:43,124 --> 01:13:44,626
80% filled during the day, and

1549
01:13:44,626 --> 01:13:46,661
that's before 60% of the spots

1550
01:13:46,661 --> 01:13:49,331
go away in favor of bike lanes.

1551
01:13:49,331 --> 01:13:50,532
At the same time, there are four

1552
01:13:50,532 --> 01:13:51,320
multiunit developments in

1553
01:13:51,320 --> 01:13:53,320
progress.

1554
01:13:53,601 --> 01:13:54,936
Three on ellory street and one

1555
01:13:54,936 --> 01:13:56,936
on broadway.

1556
01:13:57,205 --> 01:14:00,205
That is about 170 new apartments

1557
01:14:01,342 --> 01:14:02,177
within a two-block area,

1558
01:14:02,177 --> 01:14:03,445
nondesignated parking.

1559
01:14:03,445 --> 01:14:05,460
Consider many of these units

1560
01:14:05,460 --> 01:14:06,414
will more than likely be

1561
01:14:06,414 --> 01:14:07,282
resident and potentially more

1562
01:14:07,282 --> 01:14:09,500
than one car.

1563
01:14:09,500 --> 01:14:10,952
That's going to create an

1564
01:14:10,952 --> 01:14:12,952
unsustainable parking situation.

1565
01:14:13,187 --> 01:14:14,188
Broadway is no more season that

1566
01:14:14,188 --> 01:14:16,591
three-quarters of a mile to the

1567
01:14:16,591 --> 01:14:17,191
t stop.

1568
01:14:17,191 --> 01:14:19,191
Half a mile.

1569
01:14:19,627 --> 01:14:21,929
This is no more and even closer

1570
01:14:21,929 --> 01:14:25,299
to the mass ave bus line.

1571
01:14:25,299 --> 01:14:26,601
So striks could -- restriction

1572
01:14:26,601 --> 01:14:28,403
could help head off what I see

1573
01:14:28,403 --> 01:14:29,871
as a predictable parking

1574
01:14:29,871 --> 01:14:32,907
disaster in cambridge and I urge

1575
01:14:32,907 --> 01:14:34,275
you -- ordinance.

1576
01:14:34,275 --> 01:14:35,477
Thank you.

1577
01:14:35,477 --> 01:14:38,477
>> Clerk: our next speaker is

1578
01:14:40,748 --> 01:14:42,183
andrew.

1579
01:14:42,183 --> 01:14:44,183
Andrew.

1580
01:14:44,952 --> 01:14:47,352
>> good afternoon, city council.

1581
01:14:47,455 --> 01:14:49,223
I live at 229 prospect and inman

1582
01:14:49,223 --> 01:14:51,920
square.

1583
01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:51,958
I ask this council to appoint

1584
01:14:51,958 --> 01:14:53,294
updates to cambridge street

1585
01:14:53,294 --> 01:14:55,294
zoning.

1586
01:14:55,596 --> 01:14:58,990
In NOVEMBER 2024, I went out of

1587
01:14:58,990 --> 01:14:59,667
my apartment to go to the

1588
01:14:59,667 --> 01:15:01,200
pharmacist, pick up gloves and

1589
01:15:01,200 --> 01:15:02,569
got an ice cream of the all of

1590
01:15:02,569 --> 01:15:04,906
those are within a five-minute

1591
01:15:04,906 --> 01:15:07,306
walk of my apartment.

1592
01:15:07,541 --> 01:15:08,776
As I grew up in suburban

1593
01:15:08,776 --> 01:15:10,911
pennsylvania where the nearest

1594
01:15:10,911 --> 01:15:12,846
grocery store was 15-minute

1595
01:15:12,846 --> 01:15:13,247
drive away, the ability was

1596
01:15:13,247 --> 01:15:14,882
astounding.

1597
01:15:14,882 --> 01:15:16,917
The fact residnces and

1598
01:15:16,917 --> 01:15:19,186
businesses are intermingled and

1599
01:15:19,186 --> 01:15:19,987
comingled what drove me to move

1600
01:15:19,987 --> 01:15:21,422
here and start.

1601
01:15:21,422 --> 01:15:22,890
This is why I support the zoning

1602
01:15:22,890 --> 01:15:24,292
change so not only more people

1603
01:15:24,292 --> 01:15:26,600
would be able to live in this

1604
01:15:26,600 --> 01:15:29,130
great city to live the life I do

1605
01:15:29,130 --> 01:15:30,498
now, but so all the shops on

1606
01:15:30,498 --> 01:15:30,931
cambridge street can flourish

1607
01:15:30,931 --> 01:15:32,400
and grow.

1608
01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:33,100
Every time I walk down cambridge

1609
01:15:33,100 --> 01:15:35,936
street I notice many of the

1610
01:15:35,936 --> 01:15:36,871
store fronts.

1611
01:15:36,871 --> 01:15:38,639
Cambridge street does not have

1612
01:15:38,639 --> 01:15:40,400
the public transit support to

1613
01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:41,141
bring in customers from across

1614
01:15:41,141 --> 01:15:42,343
the region.

1615
01:15:42,343 --> 01:15:43,677
Since bike lanes have been

1616
01:15:43,677 --> 01:15:45,112
delayed, they will bring

1617
01:15:45,112 --> 01:15:46,280
customers from across the city.

1618
01:15:46,280 --> 01:15:47,248
Therefore, it stands to reason

1619
01:15:47,248 --> 01:15:49,783
the best way to support local

1620
01:15:49,783 --> 01:15:51,819
businesses in east cambridge is

1621
01:15:51,819 --> 01:15:54,788
to create a larger local

1622
01:15:54,788 --> 01:15:57,188
customer base, to incentivize

1623
01:15:58,325 --> 01:15:59,159
east cambridge residents.

1624
01:15:59,159 --> 01:16:00,594
Future economic and community

1625
01:16:00,594 --> 01:16:02,262
development.

1626
01:16:02,262 --> 01:16:04,310
To combat rising rents and cost

1627
01:16:04,310 --> 01:16:05,499
of living by not increasing

1628
01:16:05,499 --> 01:16:06,366
housing stock would only

1629
01:16:06,366 --> 01:16:07,935
exacerbate those issues.

1630
01:16:07,935 --> 01:16:09,470
There are many people who wish

1631
01:16:09,470 --> 01:16:12,339
to live here, people who wish to

1632
01:16:12,339 --> 01:16:13,774
continue living here, use our

1633
01:16:13,774 --> 01:16:15,943
local business, and live the

1634
01:16:15,943 --> 01:16:17,478
life they wanted.

1635
01:16:17,478 --> 01:16:18,879
This is why I and this support

1636
01:16:18,879 --> 01:16:20,147
the zoning changes to cambridge

1637
01:16:20,147 --> 01:16:20,814
street because it is right for

1638
01:16:20,814 --> 01:16:22,716
our neighborhoods.

1639
01:16:22,716 --> 01:16:23,717
It is right for our businesses,

1640
01:16:23,717 --> 01:16:25,252
and it's right for our city.

1641
01:16:25,252 --> 01:16:25,752
Thank you very much.

1642
01:16:25,752 --> 01:16:27,752
>> Clerk: thank you.

1643
01:16:33,327 --> 01:16:34,861
Our next speaker.

1644
01:16:34,861 --> 01:16:35,829
You have two minutes.

1645
01:16:35,829 --> 01:16:37,530
Please go ahead.

1646
01:16:37,530 --> 01:16:38,765
>> hi.

1647
01:16:38,765 --> 01:16:40,765
Happy new year.

1648
01:16:42,369 --> 01:16:45,272
Congratulations to all the new

1649
01:16:45,272 --> 01:16:47,672
city councilors and everyone.

1650
01:16:49,643 --> 01:16:51,411
i am a renter in central square.

1651
01:16:51,411 --> 01:16:52,712
I'm calling in support of the

1652
01:16:52,712 --> 01:16:54,981
cambridge street zoning plan

1653
01:16:54,981 --> 01:16:57,317
that is before you.

1654
01:16:57,317 --> 01:16:58,840
First, I just wanted to talk

1655
01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:00,840
about people.

1656
01:17:00,687 --> 01:17:03,590
It's easy to get lost in

1657
01:17:03,590 --> 01:17:04,191
complicated zoning disputes to

1658
01:17:04,191 --> 01:17:06,191
date.

1659
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:08,929
But we all know people that have

1660
01:17:08,929 --> 01:17:10,730
pride to stay in cambridge, and

1661
01:17:10,730 --> 01:17:13,130
haven't been able to.

1662
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:16,102
Thinking about a good friend of

1663
01:17:16,102 --> 01:17:19,305
my wife, high school in the area

1664
01:17:19,305 --> 01:17:21,174
and grew up in the boston area.

1665
01:17:21,174 --> 01:17:25,374
Is an artist, and was living on

1666
01:17:26,546 --> 01:17:28,248
I think just off inman square.

1667
01:17:28,248 --> 01:17:28,748
Really loved living in the

1668
01:17:28,748 --> 01:17:30,183
neighborhood.

1669
01:17:30,183 --> 01:17:33,420
It was great she was nearby

1670
01:17:33,420 --> 01:17:36,220
after a breakup, to find a place

1671
01:17:36,220 --> 01:17:39,580
that she could afford to live on

1672
01:17:39,580 --> 01:17:40,760
her own in inman square.

1673
01:17:40,760 --> 01:17:42,595
We're in cambridge.

1674
01:17:42,595 --> 01:17:43,897
So she had to move out of state.

1675
01:17:43,897 --> 01:17:47,467
She lives in providence and now

1676
01:17:47,467 --> 01:17:48,201
commutes into boston to work

1677
01:17:48,201 --> 01:17:50,201
each day.

1678
01:17:50,603 --> 01:17:52,338
I think we owe it to our

1679
01:17:52,338 --> 01:17:54,107
residents so more of our friends

1680
01:17:54,107 --> 01:17:55,475
more of our family, more of the

1681
01:17:55,475 --> 01:17:57,744
people we love are able to stay

1682
01:17:57,744 --> 01:17:59,744
in the city.

1683
01:18:00,246 --> 01:18:01,614
Second, I want to echo what

1684
01:18:01,614 --> 01:18:03,550
others have said about

1685
01:18:03,550 --> 01:18:05,550
inclusionary zoning.

1686
01:18:05,919 --> 01:18:06,552
More than I think around 40% of

1687
01:18:06,552 --> 01:18:08,552
inclusionary zoning tenants

1688
01:18:12,225 --> 01:18:12,859
receive vouchers after this

1689
01:18:12,859 --> 01:18:14,626
policy the it will create more

1690
01:18:14,626 --> 01:18:16,562
homes for people.

1691
01:18:16,562 --> 01:18:18,598
I also want to talk about the

1692
01:18:18,598 --> 01:18:20,330
details of this policy, the

1693
01:18:20,330 --> 01:18:23,330
highest heights are right next

1694
01:18:25,104 --> 01:18:28,508
to the district on wekster and

1695
01:18:28,508 --> 01:18:30,508
windsor -- webster.

1696
01:18:30,709 --> 01:18:33,279
I think as a city, we need to

1697
01:18:33,279 --> 01:18:33,546
allow those places to grow and

1698
01:18:33,546 --> 01:18:35,810
evolve.

1699
01:18:35,810 --> 01:18:37,850
I don't think we should lock in

1700
01:18:37,850 --> 01:18:39,118
on abuses near inman square.

1701
01:18:39,118 --> 01:18:39,418
So I hope you pass this

1702
01:18:39,418 --> 01:18:40,820
petition.

1703
01:18:40,820 --> 01:18:41,654
Thank you.

1704
01:18:41,654 --> 01:18:42,455
Have a good night.

1705
01:18:42,455 --> 01:18:44,455
>> Clerk: thank you.

1706
01:18:46,325 --> 01:18:49,925
Our next speaker is dan totten.

1707
01:18:50,896 --> 01:18:51,731
Followed by daniel, then zion.

1708
01:18:51,731 --> 01:18:52,498
Dan two, minutes.

1709
01:18:52,498 --> 01:18:54,498
>> hi.

1710
01:18:55,534 --> 01:18:57,270
My name is dan totten.

1711
01:18:57,270 --> 01:18:59,305
I live on bishop.

1712
01:18:59,305 --> 01:19:00,406
I want to wish you a happy new

1713
01:19:00,406 --> 01:19:01,207
year.

1714
01:19:01,207 --> 01:19:02,741
Congratulations to the two

1715
01:19:02,741 --> 01:19:03,209
councilors on their

1716
01:19:03,209 --> 01:19:05,209
inauguration.

1717
01:19:05,378 --> 01:19:07,780
For six years, I was a city

1718
01:19:07,780 --> 01:19:08,948
employee who worked out of this

1719
01:19:08,948 --> 01:19:10,783
building each day many of us

1720
01:19:10,783 --> 01:19:12,384
like to consider this to be the

1721
01:19:12,384 --> 01:19:13,452
people's house, and have major

1722
01:19:13,452 --> 01:19:15,754
concerns about further turning

1723
01:19:15,754 --> 01:19:16,388
it into a ite of surveillance

1724
01:19:16,388 --> 01:19:18,388
and control.

1725
01:19:18,724 --> 01:19:20,590
We need to maintain welcoming

1726
01:19:20,590 --> 01:19:21,460
atmosphere, so the most

1727
01:19:21,460 --> 01:19:22,940
vulnerable residents feel

1728
01:19:22,940 --> 01:19:24,494
comfortable coming in, seeking

1729
01:19:25,631 --> 01:19:26,980
support and participating in

1730
01:19:26,980 --> 01:19:27,700
civic life.

1731
01:19:27,700 --> 01:19:28,834
In recent years, significant

1732
01:19:28,834 --> 01:19:29,902
security measures have already

1733
01:19:29,902 --> 01:19:31,470
been implemented.

1734
01:19:31,470 --> 01:19:32,938
There are cameras everywhere and

1735
01:19:32,938 --> 01:19:33,439
staff wear badges around their

1736
01:19:33,439 --> 01:19:35,374
necks.

1737
01:19:35,374 --> 01:19:36,942
There's nothing wrong with using

1738
01:19:36,942 --> 01:19:38,644
other existing measures.

1739
01:19:38,644 --> 01:19:39,812
My issues with the last ordered

1740
01:19:39,812 --> 01:19:41,413
clause, which asked for

1741
01:19:41,413 --> 01:19:43,480
recommended improvements and

1742
01:19:43,480 --> 01:19:45,480
propose implementation timeline.

1743
01:19:45,751 --> 01:19:47,860
It comes across -- inviting the

1744
01:19:47,860 --> 01:19:48,587
city manager to do whatever he

1745
01:19:48,587 --> 01:19:51,587
wants on a rapid timeline

1746
01:19:51,890 --> 01:19:54,290
without any public input.

1747
01:19:54,326 --> 01:19:56,610
[Poor audio]

1748
01:19:56,610 --> 01:19:58,610
[Indiscernible]

1749
01:19:58,697 --> 01:20:01,970
-- security technology provide

1750
01:20:02,734 --> 01:20:04,360
zero specificity bag searches,

1751
01:20:04,360 --> 01:20:05,170
police.

1752
01:20:05,170 --> 01:20:07,170
What's to stop?

1753
01:20:07,272 --> 01:20:08,573
If has metal detectors, what

1754
01:20:08,573 --> 01:20:09,341
about schools where city

1755
01:20:09,341 --> 01:20:11,900
employees also work.

1756
01:20:11,900 --> 01:20:13,545
Are city councilors more serving

1757
01:20:13,545 --> 01:20:14,947
of protection than librarians or

1758
01:20:14,947 --> 01:20:17,316
other workers who also interact

1759
01:20:17,316 --> 01:20:18,617
with the public daily?

1760
01:20:18,617 --> 01:20:20,886
Numerous studies have shown

1761
01:20:20,886 --> 01:20:22,321
metal detectors are nothing more

1762
01:20:22,321 --> 01:20:23,955
than security theater that

1763
01:20:23,955 --> 01:20:25,123
provide an illusion of building

1764
01:20:25,123 --> 01:20:25,824
security while having a

1765
01:20:25,824 --> 01:20:27,892
significant chilling effect on

1766
01:20:27,892 --> 01:20:29,928
the welcoming atmosphere of the

1767
01:20:29,928 --> 01:20:31,928
building.

1768
01:20:32,364 --> 01:20:33,832
This order cites five incidents

1769
01:20:33,832 --> 01:20:34,266
over 48 years over hundreds of

1770
01:20:34,266 --> 01:20:36,201
cities.

1771
01:20:36,201 --> 01:20:37,969
I think this is cherry-picked

1772
01:20:37,969 --> 01:20:39,271
data that's being used to

1773
01:20:39,271 --> 01:20:39,838
justify predetermining

1774
01:20:39,838 --> 01:20:41,640
conclusion.

1775
01:20:41,640 --> 01:20:43,174
And I think this order treats

1776
01:20:43,174 --> 01:20:44,242
violence as something that

1777
01:20:44,242 --> 01:20:45,777
enters city hall from the

1778
01:20:45,777 --> 01:20:48,177
outside, rather than examining

1779
01:20:48,380 --> 01:20:51,380
how city hall itself perpetuates

1780
01:20:52,170 --> 01:20:53,840
violence by displacement.

1781
01:20:53,840 --> 01:20:55,200
Thank you very much.

1782
01:20:55,200 --> 01:20:57,355
>> Clerk: our next speaker is

1783
01:20:57,355 --> 01:20:59,755
donna summerville, followed by

1784
01:21:03,161 --> 01:21:05,161
zion, then james.

1785
01:21:06,298 --> 01:21:08,500
>> mayor siddiqui, vice mayor

1786
01:21:08,500 --> 01:21:09,401
azeerjs city council and the

1787
01:21:09,401 --> 01:21:10,502
public.

1788
01:21:10,502 --> 01:21:12,502
-- azeem.

1789
01:21:13,104 --> 01:21:14,606
I'd like to ask you --

1790
01:21:14,606 --> 01:21:16,606
[Poor audio]

1791
01:21:24,315 --> 01:21:25,783
[Indiscernible]

1792
01:21:25,783 --> 01:21:28,286
>> Mayor Siddiqui: if there's no

1793
01:21:28,286 --> 01:21:30,588
one else on the agenda, we must

1794
01:21:30,588 --> 01:21:32,857
make a motion to allow for

1795
01:21:32,857 --> 01:21:35,760
further comment on an item

1796
01:21:35,760 --> 01:21:38,160
that's not before us.

1797
01:21:39,330 --> 01:21:41,730
Motion from the body.

1798
01:21:44,769 --> 01:21:47,405
Motion by councilor al-zubi to

1799
01:21:47,405 --> 01:21:49,340
allow donald summerfield it

1800
01:21:49,340 --> 01:21:50,308
speak on it agenda item that's

1801
01:21:50,308 --> 01:21:52,308
not before us.

1802
01:21:52,877 --> 01:21:55,847
We'll have to do roll call.

1803
01:21:55,847 --> 01:21:57,847
Yes.

1804
01:21:59,283 --> 01:22:00,885
Just hold tight if you can.

1805
01:22:00,885 --> 01:22:01,952
Sos before us.

1806
01:22:01,952 --> 01:22:03,488
Councilor simmons, would you

1807
01:22:03,488 --> 01:22:04,488
like it speak to the motion.

1808
01:22:04,488 --> 01:22:05,757
>> Councilor Simmons: thank you,

1809
01:22:05,757 --> 01:22:07,757
MADAM Chair.

1810
01:22:09,160 --> 01:22:10,695
I'm always eager to allow for

1811
01:22:10,695 --> 01:22:11,796
public comment on items that are

1812
01:22:11,796 --> 01:22:13,796
not before us.

1813
01:22:14,465 --> 01:22:15,666
However, what's unfortunate

1814
01:22:15,666 --> 01:22:17,468
about when that happens.

1815
01:22:17,468 --> 01:22:19,937
There MAY have been someone that

1816
01:22:19,937 --> 01:22:21,539
wants to speak to or support, or

1817
01:22:21,539 --> 01:22:22,600
speak against that particular

1818
01:22:22,600 --> 01:22:24,600
item.

1819
01:22:24,175 --> 01:22:25,610
And we have cut that off because

1820
01:22:25,610 --> 01:22:28,379
it's not on the agenda.

1821
01:22:28,379 --> 01:22:30,140
So as much as I respect

1822
01:22:30,140 --> 01:22:32,817
MR. Summerfield a great deal, as

1823
01:22:32,817 --> 01:22:34,151
much as I with like to say yes,

1824
01:22:34,151 --> 01:22:35,686
it's not on agenda.

1825
01:22:35,686 --> 01:22:37,880
I'm going to have to vote no.

1826
01:22:37,880 --> 01:22:38,689
The reason being is it could be

1827
01:22:38,689 --> 01:22:39,323
a topic that's very important to

1828
01:22:39,323 --> 01:22:41,323
other people.

1829
01:22:42,293 --> 01:22:43,493
No notice of that, so they will

1830
01:22:43,493 --> 01:22:44,280
have been denied that

1831
01:22:44,280 --> 01:22:45,696
opportunity.

1832
01:22:45,696 --> 01:22:46,997
I yield the floor.

1833
01:22:46,997 --> 01:22:49,700
>> Mayor Siddiqui: I have the

1834
01:22:49,700 --> 01:22:50,868
city council.

1835
01:22:50,868 --> 01:22:53,571
Anyone who would like to speak

1836
01:22:53,571 --> 01:22:55,571
on this?

1837
01:22:55,873 --> 01:22:57,975
>> I'll say the same.

1838
01:22:57,975 --> 01:23:00,210
I typically the to do this

1839
01:23:00,210 --> 01:23:03,681
because I think we don't want to

1840
01:23:03,681 --> 01:23:05,983
set a precedent where if we have

1841
01:23:05,983 --> 01:23:06,550
the rule, then it's the rule for

1842
01:23:06,550 --> 01:23:08,485
everyone.

1843
01:23:08,485 --> 01:23:11,221
It's really hard, whether we

1844
01:23:11,221 --> 01:23:13,621
draw -- I've known

1845
01:23:15,826 --> 01:23:19,426
MR. Summerfield for a long time.

1846
01:23:22,866 --> 01:23:23,834
[Indiscernible]

1847
01:23:23,834 --> 01:23:26,570
I think it's something we need

1848
01:23:26,570 --> 01:23:27,771
to think about.

1849
01:23:27,771 --> 01:23:31,909
If we want to change the rule,

1850
01:23:31,909 --> 01:23:33,410
we can.

1851
01:23:33,410 --> 01:23:34,912
But I typically don't vote for

1852
01:23:34,912 --> 01:23:36,647
this because again, I think it

1853
01:23:36,647 --> 01:23:37,881
sets up an expectation where how

1854
01:23:37,881 --> 01:23:39,349
do I draw the line?

1855
01:23:39,349 --> 01:23:41,180
How does council draw the line

1856
01:23:41,180 --> 01:23:41,518
on who gets to do this and who

1857
01:23:41,518 --> 01:23:43,518
doesn't?

1858
01:23:44,554 --> 01:23:45,756
What is the point of the rule?

1859
01:23:45,756 --> 01:23:46,556
People are always free to email

1860
01:23:46,556 --> 01:23:48,158
us on any subject.

1861
01:23:48,158 --> 01:23:49,260
If they want something to be put

1862
01:23:49,260 --> 01:23:52,260
on the agenda, and it's

1863
01:23:52,930 --> 01:23:54,431
something that can feel free to

1864
01:23:54,431 --> 01:23:56,433
talk to a do that.

1865
01:23:56,433 --> 01:23:57,434
I think we have to be careful in

1866
01:23:57,434 --> 01:23:59,434
terms of consistency.

1867
01:24:00,137 --> 01:24:00,704
That's all.

1868
01:24:00,704 --> 01:24:01,838
>> Mayor Siddiqui:.

1869
01:24:01,838 --> 01:24:03,838
Thank you.

1870
01:24:05,642 --> 01:24:07,310
MADAM Mayor.

1871
01:24:07,310 --> 01:24:08,478
>> Clerk: his speech is related

1872
01:24:08,478 --> 01:24:09,446
to the item.

1873
01:24:09,446 --> 01:24:11,446
It's regarding affordable

1874
01:24:12,115 --> 01:24:14,115
housing.

1875
01:24:42,712 --> 01:24:43,713
[Indiscernible]

1876
01:24:43,713 --> 01:24:45,649
[Indiscernible]

1877
01:24:45,649 --> 01:24:46,216
[Poor audio]

1878
01:24:46,216 --> 01:24:47,917
>> it's ok.

1879
01:24:47,917 --> 01:24:50,317
We'll figure it out.

1880
01:24:50,654 --> 01:24:53,654
We'll get back to you.

1881
01:24:55,258 --> 01:24:58,858
So there's a motion before us.

1882
01:25:18,848 --> 01:25:20,216
[Poor audio]

1883
01:25:20,216 --> 01:25:22,485
>> maybe give him an opportunity

1884
01:25:22,485 --> 01:25:23,352
to clarify when it comes to

1885
01:25:23,352 --> 01:25:26,352
affordable housing, it would be

1886
01:25:26,689 --> 01:25:28,689
worthwhile.

1887
01:25:31,828 --> 01:25:32,562
>> Mayor Siddiqui: so -- not on

1888
01:25:32,562 --> 01:25:34,562
the agenda.

1889
01:25:34,931 --> 01:25:37,660
So that's why I ascertain that

1890
01:25:37,660 --> 01:25:38,301
motion.

1891
01:25:38,301 --> 01:25:38,701
Please do the roll call and see

1892
01:25:38,701 --> 01:25:39,569
what happens.

1893
01:25:39,569 --> 01:25:41,569
Thank you.

1894
01:25:42,138 --> 01:25:43,500
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi.

1895
01:25:43,500 --> 01:25:44,907
Yes.

1896
01:25:44,907 --> 01:25:46,907
Vice mayor azeem.

1897
01:25:47,420 --> 01:25:48,511
Present.

1898
01:25:48,511 --> 01:25:49,411
Councilor flaherty.

1899
01:25:49,411 --> 01:25:50,880
Present.

1900
01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:52,448
councilor Mcgovern.

1901
01:25:52,448 --> 01:25:53,582
No.

1902
01:25:53,582 --> 01:25:54,183
Councilor nolan.

1903
01:25:54,183 --> 01:25:55,184
Yes.

1904
01:25:55,184 --> 01:25:55,952
Councilor simmons.

1905
01:25:55,952 --> 01:25:57,186
No.

1906
01:25:57,186 --> 01:25:58,654
Councilor sobrinho-wheeler.

1907
01:25:58,654 --> 01:26:00,654
No.

1908
01:26:03,225 --> 01:26:04,660
Councilor zusy.

1909
01:26:04,660 --> 01:26:04,727
Present.

1910
01:26:04,727 --> 01:26:06,727
-

1911
01:26:07,163 --> 01:26:07,363
mayor siddiqui.

1912
01:26:07,363 --> 01:26:08,831
Yes.

1913
01:26:08,831 --> 01:26:10,732
You have three members recorded

1914
01:26:10,732 --> 01:26:13,132
in the affirmative, three

1915
01:26:13,669 --> 01:26:16,669
recorded in the negative and

1916
01:26:17,373 --> 01:26:18,374
three recorded as present.

1917
01:26:18,374 --> 01:26:21,243
>> Mayor Siddiqui: so the motion

1918
01:26:21,243 --> 01:26:23,243
fails.

1919
01:26:24,513 --> 01:26:26,513
[Indiscernible]

1920
01:26:27,783 --> 01:26:29,783
[Poor audio]

1921
01:26:32,540 --> 01:26:33,322
Followed by james williamson.

1922
01:26:33,322 --> 01:26:34,623
>> MADAM Mayor.

1923
01:26:34,623 --> 01:26:36,592
>> Mayor Siddiqui: yes.

1924
01:26:36,592 --> 01:26:38,194
>> Councilor McGovern: if

1925
01:26:38,194 --> 01:26:39,962
MR. Summerfield wants to speak,

1926
01:26:39,962 --> 01:26:41,663
if MR. Summerfield could relate

1927
01:26:41,663 --> 01:26:44,630
his affordable housing comments

1928
01:26:44,233 --> 01:26:46,350
to the cambridge street upzoning

1929
01:26:46,350 --> 01:26:47,569
that, he then could speak, in

1930
01:26:47,569 --> 01:26:51,169
which case we could give him

1931
01:26:52,608 --> 01:26:54,608
that opportunity, right?

1932
01:27:00,782 --> 01:27:01,817
We voted no.

1933
01:27:01,817 --> 01:27:04,817
>> Mayor Siddiqui: I don't want

1934
01:27:04,887 --> 01:27:06,255
to make this difficult, but the

1935
01:27:06,255 --> 01:27:08,824
conversation is starting to --

1936
01:27:08,824 --> 01:27:10,325
this is not on the agenda.

1937
01:27:10,325 --> 01:27:12,661
In the future, if there are not

1938
01:27:12,661 --> 01:27:13,562
any public speakers, we need to

1939
01:27:13,562 --> 01:27:16,562
make sure the item is

1940
01:27:16,632 --> 01:27:17,732
referenced.

1941
01:27:17,732 --> 01:27:20,732
So if you're referencing the

1942
01:27:22,370 --> 01:27:23,471
item --

1943
01:27:23,471 --> 01:27:25,471
[Poor audio]

1944
01:27:26,975 --> 01:27:28,210
[Indiscernible]

1945
01:27:28,210 --> 01:27:30,445
That was not made clear to

1946
01:27:30,445 --> 01:27:31,980
anyone.

1947
01:27:31,980 --> 01:27:33,315
>> Councilor Simmons: thank you,

1948
01:27:33,315 --> 01:27:35,315
MADAM Chair.

1949
01:27:35,851 --> 01:27:36,918
I understand where you're going

1950
01:27:36,918 --> 01:27:38,520
with this.

1951
01:27:38,520 --> 01:27:41,222
Where we are standing on the

1952
01:27:41,222 --> 01:27:41,657
final line of saying this is

1953
01:27:41,657 --> 01:27:43,158
appropriate.

1954
01:27:43,158 --> 01:27:47,358
The problem now is that we took

1955
01:27:48,196 --> 01:27:48,663
a vote that it was not before us

1956
01:27:48,663 --> 01:27:50,531
us.

1957
01:27:50,531 --> 01:27:52,934
And now I feel like we've sort

1958
01:27:52,934 --> 01:27:55,934
of manipulating or modifying to

1959
01:27:56,204 --> 01:27:58,673
make it fit to say thank you to

1960
01:27:58,673 --> 01:28:00,809
my colleague, because everyone

1961
01:28:00,809 --> 01:28:01,760
here wants to support public

1962
01:28:01,760 --> 01:28:03,760
comment.

1963
01:28:05,212 --> 01:28:07,782
So I would rather respectfully

1964
01:28:07,782 --> 01:28:10,385
ask that the vote be taken.

1965
01:28:10,385 --> 01:28:12,687
As my colleague has mentioned,

1966
01:28:12,687 --> 01:28:15,690
most of us have office hours.

1967
01:28:15,690 --> 01:28:16,491
Everyone can write if there's

1968
01:28:16,491 --> 01:28:17,659
more than one.

1969
01:28:17,659 --> 01:28:19,127
There's ample opportunity to

1970
01:28:19,127 --> 01:28:20,161
bring something up that is not

1971
01:28:20,161 --> 01:28:22,161
on the agenda.

1972
01:28:22,364 --> 01:28:24,165
My fear is that it veers off.

1973
01:28:24,165 --> 01:28:25,900
We've opened the door.

1974
01:28:25,900 --> 01:28:27,268
So where the vote was taken.

1975
01:28:27,268 --> 01:28:29,471
I let the vote stand.

1976
01:28:29,471 --> 01:28:30,371
I yield the floor.

1977
01:28:30,371 --> 01:28:31,873
>> Mayor Siddiqui:.

1978
01:28:31,873 --> 01:28:34,175
I appreciate the comment.

1979
01:28:34,175 --> 01:28:36,175
Councilor simmons.

1980
01:28:37,745 --> 01:28:39,881
As chair, I allow two minutes,

1981
01:28:39,881 --> 01:28:41,549
comment.

1982
01:28:41,549 --> 01:28:43,418
>> I'd like to comment on the

1983
01:28:43,418 --> 01:28:45,418
cambridge street zoning.

1984
01:28:45,620 --> 01:28:48,323
I'm neither for nor against it,

1985
01:28:48,323 --> 01:28:51,323
but I'm for more housing.

1986
01:28:51,692 --> 01:28:54,529
Members of the public, staff,

1987
01:28:54,529 --> 01:28:56,929
city councilors, mayor siddiqui,

1988
01:28:57,966 --> 01:28:58,499
vice-mayor azeem, my name is don

1989
01:28:58,499 --> 01:29:00,499
summerfield.

1990
01:29:00,835 --> 01:29:02,302
I'm lucky to have affordable

1991
01:29:02,302 --> 01:29:03,604
housing at that.

1992
01:29:03,604 --> 01:29:05,239
I frequently pass by someone on

1993
01:29:05,239 --> 01:29:08,239
the street that doesn't have

1994
01:29:08,276 --> 01:29:10,878
shelter, a sidewalk, or a bank

1995
01:29:10,878 --> 01:29:12,914
lobby doesn't count as -- it's

1996
01:29:12,914 --> 01:29:13,915
especially hard for that

1997
01:29:13,915 --> 01:29:15,416
90-year-old woman I see

1998
01:29:15,416 --> 01:29:17,719
sometimes on the subway when

1999
01:29:17,719 --> 01:29:19,200
there was a hearing for the

2000
01:29:19,200 --> 01:29:21,200
affordable housing overlay.

2001
01:29:23,891 --> 01:29:25,693
A person as the building might

2002
01:29:25,693 --> 01:29:27,361
shadow his tomato plants.

2003
01:29:27,361 --> 01:29:29,697
The person in need of housing

2004
01:29:29,697 --> 01:29:30,765
might disagree on more tomatoes

2005
01:29:30,765 --> 01:29:32,765
or a house.

2006
01:29:35,470 --> 01:29:38,390
It's a very ugly situation.

2007
01:29:38,390 --> 01:29:39,400
At risk, especially those with

2008
01:29:39,400 --> 01:29:41,400
psychiatric issues.

2009
01:29:41,175 --> 01:29:42,543
I pass by people everywhere

2010
01:29:42,543 --> 01:29:44,543
hearing voices.

2011
01:29:45,790 --> 01:29:47,748
A warming center is a start, but

2012
01:29:47,748 --> 01:29:50,148
we need more housing.

2013
01:29:51,319 --> 01:29:53,954
I think the city should open a

2014
01:29:53,954 --> 01:29:55,756
gym at the cambridge overflow

2015
01:29:55,756 --> 01:29:56,230
warming center in inclement

2016
01:29:56,230 --> 01:29:58,230
weather.

2017
01:30:00,928 --> 01:30:01,896
Thank you.

2018
01:30:01,896 --> 01:30:03,896
>> Clerk: thank you.

2019
01:30:04,131 --> 01:30:06,200
Our next speaker is diane

2020
01:30:06,200 --> 01:30:07,768
followed by james williamson.

2021
01:30:07,768 --> 01:30:09,336
Then heather hoffman.

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01:30:09,336 --> 01:30:11,736
You have two minutes.

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01:30:16,100 --> 01:30:18,100
Please go ahead.

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01:30:19,646 --> 01:30:20,347
>> I'm zion.

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01:30:20,347 --> 01:30:22,516
I want to welcome the new

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01:30:22,516 --> 01:30:24,516
councilors.

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01:30:26,120 --> 01:30:27,621
[Poor audio]

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01:30:27,621 --> 01:30:30,210
Given new councilors --

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[Indiscernible]

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01:30:34,628 --> 01:30:36,497
Ed yo]

2031
01:30:36,497 --> 01:30:38,966
-- something I would not want to

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01:30:38,966 --> 01:30:41,366
have anyone live through.

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01:30:42,136 --> 01:30:44,136
There were changes.

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01:30:45,205 --> 01:30:46,673
The decision to go out.

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01:30:46,673 --> 01:30:48,673
[Poor audio]

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[Indiscernible]

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01:31:01,588 --> 01:31:02,689
-- accessibility issues and

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restrictions.

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[Indiscernible]

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01:31:24,111 --> 01:31:26,111
[Poor audio]

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01:31:31,585 --> 01:31:33,190
[Indiscernible]

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01:31:33,190 --> 01:31:35,388
-- councilors actions to reflect

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01:31:35,388 --> 01:31:37,388
that.

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[Indiscernible]

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01:32:00,246 --> 01:32:02,246
[Poor audio]

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01:32:07,420 --> 01:32:09,155
[Indiscernible]

2047
01:32:09,155 --> 01:32:10,560
-- there are six cars honking

2048
01:32:10,560 --> 01:32:11,858
and waiting.

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Having loading zones or space

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01:32:13,493 --> 01:32:13,960
for deliveries.

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01:32:13,960 --> 01:32:14,561
Thank you.

2052
01:32:14,561 --> 01:32:16,561
>> Clerk: thank you.

2053
01:32:18,970 --> 01:32:20,533
Our next speaker is james

2054
01:32:20,533 --> 01:32:22,933
jamison followed by heather

2055
01:32:23,470 --> 01:32:25,371
hoffman, then jack muller.

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01:32:25,371 --> 01:32:26,472
Please go ahead.

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01:32:26,472 --> 01:32:27,340
>> can you hear me?

2058
01:32:27,340 --> 01:32:29,275
Thank you.

2059
01:32:29,275 --> 01:32:31,675
James williamson, churchill ave

2060
01:32:31,911 --> 01:32:33,911
in north cambridge.

2061
01:32:34,747 --> 01:32:38,851
I want to speak to the landlord

2062
01:32:38,851 --> 01:32:41,251
petition for this stickney

2063
01:32:42,455 --> 01:32:44,455
house.

2064
01:32:46,893 --> 01:32:49,295
Are they sticking it to us.

2065
01:32:49,295 --> 01:32:51,130
To me, having lived here for

2066
01:32:51,130 --> 01:32:52,565
over 50 years, and I think there

2067
01:32:52,565 --> 01:32:56,165
are people who, you know, you

2068
01:32:56,702 --> 01:32:59,205
have to be over 95 years old to

2069
01:32:59,205 --> 01:33:02,800
have been born before the

2070
01:33:02,800 --> 01:33:05,800
addition to the house in

2071
01:33:07,880 --> 01:33:10,280
question was added in 1928.

2072
01:33:10,616 --> 01:33:11,717
That addition, some of you MAY

2073
01:33:11,717 --> 01:33:15,317
remember when the number one bus

2074
01:33:15,421 --> 01:33:17,456
went down bow street.

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01:33:17,456 --> 01:33:18,958
That is maybe my first early

2076
01:33:18,958 --> 01:33:21,958
connection to this addition to

2077
01:33:22,395 --> 01:33:23,863
the building.

2078
01:33:23,863 --> 01:33:26,198
That brick addition is theful

2079
01:33:26,198 --> 01:33:26,699
part of how this building has

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01:33:26,699 --> 01:33:28,330
evolved.

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01:33:28,330 --> 01:33:30,330
It's unique.

2082
01:33:30,102 --> 01:33:32,502
It gives it distinctive

2083
01:33:33,339 --> 01:33:35,408
character that matters a lot,

2084
01:33:35,408 --> 01:33:37,760
and is being ignored in this

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01:33:37,760 --> 01:33:39,178
landmark designation petition in

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01:33:39,178 --> 01:33:42,778
order to try and persuade the

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01:33:45,751 --> 01:33:46,452
owner it's going to be ok.

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01:33:46,452 --> 01:33:48,870
We're going to let you do more

2089
01:33:48,870 --> 01:33:50,550
or less of what you want.

2090
01:33:50,550 --> 01:33:51,590
That addition doesn't matter.

2091
01:33:51,590 --> 01:33:54,326
The addition to the white house,

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01:33:54,326 --> 01:33:57,162
the east wing was basically

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01:33:57,162 --> 01:33:59,465
built out in, I think, 1942.

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01:33:59,465 --> 01:34:02,568
That is at least 15 years after

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01:34:02,568 --> 01:34:06,168
this addition was built by an

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01:34:06,472 --> 01:34:07,339
architect, who had worked with

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01:34:07,339 --> 01:34:08,841
Mccain and white.

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01:34:08,841 --> 01:34:10,209
So how do you feel about the

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01:34:10,209 --> 01:34:11,900
tearing down of the addition to

2100
01:34:11,900 --> 01:34:11,510
the white house?

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01:34:11,510 --> 01:34:13,510
Does it matter?

2102
01:34:13,712 --> 01:34:15,800
Not important?

2103
01:34:15,800 --> 01:34:17,480
There's an important ballroom

2104
01:34:22,540 --> 01:34:24,540
being built there.

2105
01:34:24,890 --> 01:34:25,290
There's I think it doesn't

2106
01:34:25,290 --> 01:34:27,290
matter.

2107
01:34:27,326 --> 01:34:28,493
I think it should be rejected as

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01:34:28,493 --> 01:34:29,895
it's currently formulated.

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01:34:29,895 --> 01:34:31,730
>> Clerk: thank you, james.

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01:34:31,730 --> 01:34:32,197
That's the remainder of your

2111
01:34:32,197 --> 01:34:34,166
comments.

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01:34:34,166 --> 01:34:36,935
Next speaker is heather hoffman,

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01:34:36,935 --> 01:34:37,736
followed by jack.

2114
01:34:37,736 --> 01:34:40,736
Heather, you have two minutes.

2115
01:34:41,306 --> 01:34:43,306
Please go ahead.

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01:34:43,375 --> 01:34:45,375
>> hello, heather hoffman.

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01:34:45,911 --> 01:34:47,911
213 hurley street.

2118
01:34:49,381 --> 01:34:49,948
I want to -- everything dan

2119
01:34:49,948 --> 01:34:51,883
totten said.

2120
01:34:51,883 --> 01:34:53,218
I work in public buildings.

2121
01:34:53,218 --> 01:34:55,687
They vary in their welcomeness.

2122
01:34:55,687 --> 01:34:59,287
I prefer the ones that welcome

2123
01:35:02,494 --> 01:35:04,262
me.

2124
01:35:04,262 --> 01:35:05,497
With respect to all the

2125
01:35:05,497 --> 01:35:07,897
litigation we're involved with.

2126
01:35:10,268 --> 01:35:10,869
And also, the absolute

2127
01:35:10,869 --> 01:35:13,269
convincing assurance that we

2128
01:35:17,750 --> 01:35:18,543
will beat patrick baird's

2129
01:35:18,543 --> 01:35:19,144
lawsuit and inclusionary zoning

2130
01:35:19,144 --> 01:35:22,744
will continue in all of its

2131
01:35:26,584 --> 01:35:28,190
glory I say, talk about that.

2132
01:35:28,190 --> 01:35:31,220
Then talk about what happens if

2133
01:35:31,220 --> 01:35:34,622
this lawsuit goes the way the

2134
01:35:37,280 --> 01:35:37,428
cambridge building montero

2135
01:35:37,428 --> 01:35:39,428
lawsuits went.

2136
01:35:42,330 --> 01:35:45,330
With respect to the city

2137
01:35:48,600 --> 01:35:48,840
council's I have some

2138
01:35:48,840 --> 01:35:51,240
suggestions for things you

2139
01:35:52,477 --> 01:35:53,812
should take up.

2140
01:35:53,812 --> 01:35:56,212
Evaluate the new charter.

2141
01:35:56,981 --> 01:35:59,985
Tons of people don't even snow

2142
01:35:59,985 --> 01:36:01,452
we have one.

2143
01:36:01,452 --> 01:36:03,721
What changes need to be made,

2144
01:36:03,721 --> 01:36:06,121
including for example, the

2145
01:36:07,592 --> 01:36:09,592
inauguration.

2146
01:36:09,761 --> 01:36:11,620
Also, looking at deadlines for

2147
01:36:11,620 --> 01:36:13,462
ordinances such as inclusionary

2148
01:36:14,799 --> 01:36:16,601
zoning to be reviewed.

2149
01:36:16,601 --> 01:36:18,736
We should also be looking at all

2150
01:36:18,736 --> 01:36:20,671
the ramifications with all this

2151
01:36:20,671 --> 01:36:22,940
new zoning, and looking at

2152
01:36:22,940 --> 01:36:23,775
makinging it so the pedestrians

2153
01:36:23,775 --> 01:36:26,978
can get around with all the

2154
01:36:26,978 --> 01:36:28,978
construction, neighborhood

2155
01:36:29,313 --> 01:36:30,140
long-term planning, transport

2156
01:36:30,140 --> 01:36:31,415
transportation.

2157
01:36:31,415 --> 01:36:32,984
For finance, how about taking a

2158
01:36:32,984 --> 01:36:34,685
look at what it's going to talk

2159
01:36:34,685 --> 01:36:36,685
us in texas?

2160
01:36:38,289 --> 01:36:38,789
And finally, cambridge street

2161
01:36:38,789 --> 01:36:39,891
zoning.

2162
01:36:39,891 --> 01:36:41,891
Let it expire.

2163
01:36:42,930 --> 01:36:45,696
I sent you a letter, which I

2164
01:36:45,696 --> 01:36:46,970
almost never do.

2165
01:36:46,970 --> 01:36:48,970
Please read it.

2166
01:36:50,434 --> 01:36:52,434
Thank you.

2167
01:36:52,503 --> 01:36:53,400
>> Clerk: our final speaker is

2168
01:36:53,400 --> 01:36:54,505
jack.

2169
01:36:54,505 --> 01:36:56,505
Please go ahead.

2170
01:36:59,644 --> 01:37:01,644
>> thank you.

2171
01:37:02,979 --> 01:37:04,949
[Indiscernible]

2172
01:37:04,949 --> 01:37:05,749
>> not to be redundant because I

2173
01:37:05,749 --> 01:37:08,149
think my fellow citizen

2174
01:37:15,125 --> 01:37:17,128
expressed my position -- housing

2175
01:37:17,128 --> 01:37:19,128
mission ordinance.

2176
01:37:20,300 --> 01:37:22,300
[Indiscernible]

2177
01:37:40,517 --> 01:37:42,517
[Poor audio]

2178
01:38:01,505 --> 01:38:03,505
[Indiscernible]

2179
01:38:04,341 --> 01:38:06,341
[Poor audio]

2180
01:38:33,537 --> 01:38:34,905
[Indiscernible]

2181
01:38:34,905 --> 01:38:36,905
[Poor audio]

2182
01:38:52,689 --> 01:38:53,657
[Indiscernible]

2183
01:38:53,657 --> 01:38:54,991
>> Clerk: thank you.

2184
01:38:54,991 --> 01:38:56,126
MADAM Mayor, that is all that

2185
01:38:56,126 --> 01:38:57,270
were signed up to speak.

2186
01:38:57,270 --> 01:38:59,270
>> Mayor Siddiqui: that

2187
01:39:05,680 --> 01:39:06,336
concludes comment.

2188
01:39:06,336 --> 01:39:06,970
I'll ask azeem to close with

2189
01:39:06,970 --> 01:39:08,970
comment.

2190
01:39:09,500 --> 01:39:09,673
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi.

2191
01:39:09,673 --> 01:39:11,673
Yes.

2192
01:39:14,244 --> 01:39:14,611
Vice mayor azeem.

2193
01:39:14,611 --> 01:39:15,245
Yes.

2194
01:39:15,245 --> 01:39:15,912
Councilor flaherty.

2195
01:39:15,912 --> 01:39:16,646
Yes.

2196
01:39:16,646 --> 01:39:16,913
Councilor Mcgovern.

2197
01:39:16,913 --> 01:39:17,447
Yes.

2198
01:39:17,447 --> 01:39:17,781
Councilor nolan.

2199
01:39:17,781 --> 01:39:18,214
Yes.

2200
01:39:18,214 --> 01:39:18,415
councilor simmons.

2201
01:39:18,415 --> 01:39:19,482
Yes.

2202
01:39:19,482 --> 01:39:21,170
Councilor sobrinho-wheeler.

2203
01:39:21,170 --> 01:39:22,485
Yes.

2204
01:39:22,485 --> 01:39:23,520
Councilor zusy.

2205
01:39:23,520 --> 01:39:23,720
Mayor siddiqui.

2206
01:39:23,720 --> 01:39:25,421
Yes.

2207
01:39:25,421 --> 01:39:26,555
You have nine members recorded

2208
01:39:26,555 --> 01:39:28,555
in the affirmative.

2209
01:39:37,800 --> 01:39:39,800
>> Mayor Siddiqui:.

2210
01:39:41,871 --> 01:39:43,539
[Poor audio]

2211
01:39:43,539 --> 01:39:45,208
>> MADAM Chair.

2212
01:39:45,208 --> 01:39:46,750
>> councilor simmons.

2213
01:39:46,750 --> 01:39:48,475
>> Councilor Simmons: number two

2214
01:39:48,778 --> 01:39:50,380
and five please.

2215
01:39:50,380 --> 01:39:50,946
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

2216
01:39:50,946 --> 01:39:52,682
simmons number two.

2217
01:39:52,682 --> 01:39:54,160
Number five.

2218
01:39:54,160 --> 01:39:56,160
>> mayor siddiqui.

2219
01:39:56,319 --> 01:39:58,319
Councilor nolan.

2220
01:39:58,421 --> 01:40:00,821
>> Councilor Nolan: number four.

2221
01:40:01,900 --> 01:40:03,490
>> Mayor Siddiqui: number four.

2222
01:40:07,496 --> 01:40:08,965
Councilor al azeem.

2223
01:40:08,965 --> 01:40:11,365
>> Councilor Al-Zubi: I'd like

2224
01:40:12,535 --> 01:40:14,935
to pull number one.

2225
01:40:16,500 --> 01:40:18,500
>> vice mayor azeem.

2226
01:40:18,507 --> 01:40:20,507
>> Vice Mayor Azeem:.

2227
01:40:22,178 --> 01:40:22,511
Three.

2228
01:40:22,511 --> 01:40:24,511
[Poor audio]

2229
01:40:28,384 --> 01:40:30,119
[Indiscernible]

2230
01:40:30,119 --> 01:40:31,354
-- include an update on court

2231
01:40:31,354 --> 01:40:32,621
cases.

2232
01:40:32,621 --> 01:40:34,560
City manager.

2233
01:40:34,560 --> 01:40:35,458
>> City Manager: thank you so

2234
01:40:35,458 --> 01:40:37,458
much, mayor siddiqui.

2235
01:40:37,660 --> 01:40:40,660
Welcome to our new councilors.

2236
01:40:41,664 --> 01:40:44,100
Good to see you all.

2237
01:40:44,100 --> 01:40:46,268
This is the first return.

2238
01:40:46,268 --> 01:40:49,400
I want to ensure that we have an

2239
01:40:49,400 --> 01:40:50,873
updated picture of the

2240
01:40:50,873 --> 01:40:53,509
litigation we're involved in as

2241
01:40:53,509 --> 01:40:55,945
a city for two city councilors.

2242
01:40:55,945 --> 01:40:56,912
Please reach out to city

2243
01:40:56,912 --> 01:40:58,912
solicitor.

2244
01:41:00,583 --> 01:41:02,651
We're happy to of any special

2245
01:41:02,651 --> 01:41:03,352
cases of special interest to the

2246
01:41:03,352 --> 01:41:04,860
city.

2247
01:41:04,860 --> 01:41:05,721
We certainly welcome any

2248
01:41:05,721 --> 01:41:07,723
questions tonight as well.

2249
01:41:07,723 --> 01:41:08,957
We don't have any significant

2250
01:41:08,957 --> 01:41:10,626
updates to date.

2251
01:41:10,626 --> 01:41:11,794
The more significant in terms of

2252
01:41:11,794 --> 01:41:13,295
the cases.

2253
01:41:13,295 --> 01:41:15,695
The most significant ongoing

2254
01:41:17,399 --> 01:41:19,340
case remains the lawsuit

2255
01:41:19,340 --> 01:41:19,568
regarding hub continuing care

2256
01:41:19,568 --> 01:41:21,203
funding.

2257
01:41:21,203 --> 01:41:22,905
We expect a clearer picture in

2258
01:41:22,905 --> 01:41:24,306
the coming weeks, and we will

2259
01:41:24,306 --> 01:41:25,574
communicate as soon as we have a

2260
01:41:25,574 --> 01:41:28,760
more definitive ruling from the

2261
01:41:28,760 --> 01:41:29,945
court.

2262
01:41:29,945 --> 01:41:31,130
Similarly, there is no

2263
01:41:31,130 --> 01:41:32,447
substantive action on the

2264
01:41:32,447 --> 01:41:33,916
federal budget bill needed to

2265
01:41:33,916 --> 01:41:36,251
pass before the JANUARY 30th

2266
01:41:36,251 --> 01:41:38,251
deadline.

2267
01:41:38,821 --> 01:41:40,289
There is one glimmer of good

2268
01:41:40,289 --> 01:41:41,923
news, which is both the house

2269
01:41:41,923 --> 01:41:44,923
and the senate have passed

2270
01:41:46,394 --> 01:41:48,330
budgets that have likely held

2271
01:41:48,330 --> 01:41:49,698
concrete significant -- the

2272
01:41:49,698 --> 01:41:52,340
initial proposal would have gone

2273
01:41:52,340 --> 01:41:53,135
down by 20% or almost $50

2274
01:41:53,135 --> 01:41:55,135
billion.

2275
01:41:57,239 --> 01:41:59,741
While much of the day statements

2276
01:41:59,741 --> 01:42:01,877
from grants of the last year,

2277
01:42:01,877 --> 01:42:03,645
pwhile still not entirely clear

2278
01:42:03,645 --> 01:42:06,450
how priorities in research

2279
01:42:09,284 --> 01:42:10,986
pfunding directives change: the

2280
01:42:10,986 --> 01:42:12,521
overall level of research

2281
01:42:12,521 --> 01:42:13,655
funding has been protected.

2282
01:42:13,655 --> 01:42:14,222
We continue to monitor the

2283
01:42:14,222 --> 01:42:16,910
federal budget.

2284
01:42:16,910 --> 01:42:17,526
We expect to have a clearer

2285
01:42:17,526 --> 01:42:19,694
picture by our next council

2286
01:42:19,694 --> 01:42:20,762
meeting on JANUARY 26th.

2287
01:42:20,762 --> 01:42:23,198
That will be five days before

2288
01:42:23,198 --> 01:42:24,165
the JANUARY 30th exploration of

2289
01:42:24,165 --> 01:42:26,565
the last federal budget

2290
01:42:30,138 --> 01:42:31,740
scomention.

2291
01:42:31,740 --> 01:42:35,340
So we'll make sure there's an

2292
01:42:38,346 --> 01:42:40,746
update in two weeks.

2293
01:42:41,149 --> 01:42:42,500
I also wanted to reflect on the

2294
01:42:42,500 --> 01:42:44,500
shooting in minneapolis.

2295
01:42:44,850 --> 01:42:46,154
The lack of policy federal

2296
01:42:46,154 --> 01:42:47,422
procedure, theical us and knee

2297
01:42:47,422 --> 01:42:49,822
jerk response of federal

2298
01:42:50,625 --> 01:42:52,761
leadership and surging of

2299
01:42:52,761 --> 01:42:55,761
actions are making everyone in

2300
01:42:55,896 --> 01:42:57,432
our community and amore safe.

2301
01:42:57,432 --> 01:42:58,800
This is incredibly disturbing.

2302
01:42:58,800 --> 01:43:01,269
There have been actions at the

2303
01:43:01,269 --> 01:43:04,869
city and state level that we've

2304
01:43:06,774 --> 01:43:08,943
seen the last couple of days.

2305
01:43:08,943 --> 01:43:10,178
St. Paul issued a cease and

2306
01:43:10,178 --> 01:43:11,846
desist to homeland security to

2307
01:43:11,846 --> 01:43:14,846
stop the use of city-owned

2308
01:43:15,116 --> 01:43:16,751
parking lots and property for

2309
01:43:16,751 --> 01:43:17,851
federal civil immigration

2310
01:43:17,851 --> 01:43:19,320
actions.

2311
01:43:19,320 --> 01:43:20,955
Similarly, stiff minneapolis

2312
01:43:20,955 --> 01:43:22,900
issued an executive order and

2313
01:43:22,900 --> 01:43:25,900
asked to provide a more

2314
01:43:25,260 --> 01:43:26,961
standardized -- private property

2315
01:43:26,961 --> 01:43:28,996
owners and wish to mark their

2316
01:43:28,996 --> 01:43:31,396
properties off limits to

2317
01:43:31,632 --> 01:43:33,632
immigration actions.

2318
01:43:34,402 --> 01:43:36,204
Aso, just a couple of hours ago

2319
01:43:36,204 --> 01:43:37,572
state and senate officials in

2320
01:43:37,572 --> 01:43:39,972
illinois and minnesota have

2321
01:43:40,408 --> 01:43:42,176
filed a federal lawsuit against

2322
01:43:42,176 --> 01:43:43,978
the trump administration,

2323
01:43:43,978 --> 01:43:45,513
clearly of mass deployment of

2324
01:43:45,513 --> 01:43:46,714
immigration agents in the

2325
01:43:46,714 --> 01:43:47,281
absence of congressional

2326
01:43:47,281 --> 01:43:49,281
authorization violates the

2327
01:43:50,685 --> 01:43:51,485
constitution and infringes on

2328
01:43:51,485 --> 01:43:53,485
states rights.

2329
01:43:53,721 --> 01:43:55,356
These lawsuits are seek

2330
01:43:55,356 --> 01:43:57,756
significant on the current

2331
01:43:58,426 --> 01:44:00,461
practices of federal agents.

2332
01:44:00,461 --> 01:44:02,763
Working with city council.

2333
01:44:02,763 --> 01:44:04,799
Better understand the lawsuits

2334
01:44:04,799 --> 01:44:06,300
that have been filed.

2335
01:44:06,300 --> 01:44:08,135
We just started a review.

2336
01:44:08,135 --> 01:44:08,536
They will be filed in court

2337
01:44:08,536 --> 01:44:10,536
today.

2338
01:44:12,640 --> 01:44:14,842
And as we have litigation

2339
01:44:14,842 --> 01:44:16,777
options, we'll be in close

2340
01:44:16,777 --> 01:44:18,479
coordination with the state

2341
01:44:18,479 --> 01:44:20,815
attorney general's office, as we

2342
01:44:20,815 --> 01:44:22,950
determine potential next steps,

2343
01:44:22,950 --> 01:44:24,752
potential legal steps.

2344
01:44:24,752 --> 01:44:25,653
Over the last year, we have

2345
01:44:25,653 --> 01:44:28,155
worked very closely with the

2346
01:44:28,155 --> 01:44:31,155
city council and the city's

2347
01:44:31,992 --> 01:44:33,194
ordinance, education.

2348
01:44:33,194 --> 01:44:34,662
We support great are legal

2349
01:44:34,662 --> 01:44:35,796
support for immigrants just a

2350
01:44:35,796 --> 01:44:38,196
couple of days ago.

2351
01:44:38,699 --> 01:44:42,899
We were putting out a call for

2352
01:44:43,537 --> 01:44:46,537
volunteers to work with --

2353
01:44:46,774 --> 01:44:48,709
[Indiscernible]

2354
01:44:48,709 --> 01:44:49,109
Federal housing vouchers housing

2355
01:44:49,109 --> 01:44:50,511
vouchers.

2356
01:44:50,511 --> 01:44:53,547
So I'm very appreciative of the

2357
01:44:53,547 --> 01:44:55,150
work that has happened that the

2358
01:44:55,150 --> 01:44:57,985
city council and across so many

2359
01:44:57,985 --> 01:44:59,820
city departments and partners.

2360
01:44:59,820 --> 01:45:01,422
In 2026, we continue to look for

2361
01:45:01,422 --> 01:45:02,923
ways it stand up for our values

2362
01:45:02,923 --> 01:45:03,357
and take actions to protect our

2363
01:45:03,357 --> 01:45:05,357
community.

2364
01:45:07,961 --> 01:45:11,561
So I'll take questions and thank

2365
01:45:11,732 --> 01:45:13,600
you very much.

2366
01:45:13,600 --> 01:45:14,968
>> Councilor Zusy: through,

2367
01:45:14,968 --> 01:45:16,968
mayor.

2368
01:45:19,239 --> 01:45:21,141
To jump into the city of --

2369
01:45:21,141 --> 01:45:23,141
[Indiscernible]

2370
01:45:25,612 --> 01:45:27,414
[Poor audio]

2371
01:45:27,414 --> 01:45:28,348
-- denied their injunctive

2372
01:45:28,348 --> 01:45:30,748
release in this case.

2373
01:45:30,917 --> 01:45:33,860
How are we documenting for

2374
01:45:33,860 --> 01:45:34,588
future or irreparable harm just

2375
01:45:34,588 --> 01:45:35,322
in preparation for further

2376
01:45:35,322 --> 01:45:35,956
setbacks from the federal

2377
01:45:35,956 --> 01:45:37,900
administration.

2378
01:45:37,900 --> 01:45:40,690
It seems clear we're going to

2379
01:45:41,895 --> 01:45:43,296
need stronger evidence.

2380
01:45:43,296 --> 01:45:44,698
>> City Manager: sure.

2381
01:45:44,698 --> 01:45:46,133
Through you, mayored qismt I

2382
01:45:46,133 --> 01:45:46,666
would defer to the city

2383
01:45:46,666 --> 01:45:48,666
solicitor.

2384
01:45:48,835 --> 01:45:50,937
And the city solicitor.

2385
01:45:50,937 --> 01:45:52,772
I think there's a lot of

2386
01:45:52,772 --> 01:45:54,407
similarities in the chelsea and

2387
01:45:54,407 --> 01:45:55,942
summerville case and other

2388
01:45:55,942 --> 01:45:57,277
sanctuary cities cases that

2389
01:45:57,277 --> 01:45:58,878
we've listed.

2390
01:45:58,878 --> 01:46:01,214
But happy for them to provide an

2391
01:46:01,214 --> 01:46:04,214
overview and looking forward to

2392
01:46:06,419 --> 01:46:07,200
discussion.

2393
01:46:07,200 --> 01:46:09,200
>> thank you.

2394
01:46:11,324 --> 01:46:13,260
Through you, MADAM Mayor.

2395
01:46:13,260 --> 01:46:15,662
Someone in chelsea filed a case

2396
01:46:15,662 --> 01:46:17,764
really early on after the

2397
01:46:17,764 --> 01:46:18,298
sanctuary jurisdiction order was

2398
01:46:18,298 --> 01:46:19,532
issued.

2399
01:46:19,532 --> 01:46:22,902
And then a little time after

2400
01:46:22,902 --> 01:46:24,902
that.

2401
01:46:25,138 --> 01:46:26,239
Other jurisdictions starting

2402
01:46:26,239 --> 01:46:28,208
with the lead plaintiff being

2403
01:46:28,208 --> 01:46:31,208
san francisco, filed a similar

2404
01:46:31,544 --> 01:46:35,144
case over on the west coast.

2405
01:46:35,181 --> 01:46:37,817
And we did not initially join

2406
01:46:37,817 --> 01:46:39,218
the case that the san francisco

2407
01:46:39,218 --> 01:46:41,187
case was amended.

2408
01:46:41,187 --> 01:46:42,388
And we joined additional

2409
01:46:42,388 --> 01:46:44,891
plaintiff when the case was

2410
01:46:44,891 --> 01:46:45,191
amended, when the case was

2411
01:46:45,191 --> 01:46:47,191
amended.

2412
01:46:50,997 --> 01:46:53,990
And what we -- what the basis of

2413
01:46:53,990 --> 01:46:56,636
the harm of that case was to

2414
01:46:56,636 --> 01:46:59,500
show being harmed and the other

2415
01:46:59,500 --> 01:47:01,740
counties and cities involved are

2416
01:47:01,740 --> 01:47:04,740
being harmed, was the economic

2417
01:47:05,778 --> 01:47:07,778
harm.

2418
01:47:08,810 --> 01:47:09,849
So the sanctuary executive

2419
01:47:09,849 --> 01:47:11,117
orders talk about eliminating

2420
01:47:11,117 --> 01:47:12,618
funding for sanctuary

2421
01:47:12,618 --> 01:47:14,187
jurisdictions.

2422
01:47:14,187 --> 01:47:15,521
So we worked with our finance

2423
01:47:15,521 --> 01:47:16,856
team and actually with every

2424
01:47:16,856 --> 01:47:18,591
department in the city that

2425
01:47:18,591 --> 01:47:20,793
receives federal funding, and

2426
01:47:20,793 --> 01:47:22,662
did a really thorough analysis

2427
01:47:22,662 --> 01:47:24,330
of all the funding that comes in

2428
01:47:24,330 --> 01:47:26,330
in.

2429
01:47:27,900 --> 01:47:29,936
Before that case, the finance

2430
01:47:29,936 --> 01:47:31,571
had started working on making

2431
01:47:31,571 --> 01:47:33,205
sure they had a clear picture of

2432
01:47:33,205 --> 01:47:34,173
what our city federal funding

2433
01:47:34,173 --> 01:47:36,173
looks like.

2434
01:47:36,876 --> 01:47:40,179
But that really forced us to

2435
01:47:40,179 --> 01:47:42,481
kick it gear and do a really

2436
01:47:42,481 --> 01:47:43,783
thorough analysis of where --

2437
01:47:43,783 --> 01:47:45,251
make sure we capture every

2438
01:47:45,251 --> 01:47:45,618
department and all the federal

2439
01:47:45,618 --> 01:47:47,618
funding.

2440
01:47:47,620 --> 01:47:48,521
That is what we submitted, along

2441
01:47:48,521 --> 01:47:51,521
with the other plaintiffs to

2442
01:47:55,728 --> 01:47:57,960
show that this was harm that

2443
01:47:57,960 --> 01:48:00,960
would happen to the city.

2444
01:48:03,869 --> 01:48:06,869
And it's not speculative because

2445
01:48:09,575 --> 01:48:11,644
just the fact of funding being

2446
01:48:11,644 --> 01:48:11,977
cut off because of our sanctuary

2447
01:48:11,977 --> 01:48:13,977
policies.

2448
01:48:17,583 --> 01:48:19,583
There is uncertainty.

2449
01:48:25,124 --> 01:48:27,124
And -- [Indiscernible]

2450
01:48:38,360 --> 01:48:41,636
when we cut funding and the

2451
01:48:46,845 --> 01:48:48,747
court found that we were showing

2452
01:48:48,747 --> 01:48:52,347
they did not get a preliminary

2453
01:48:57,756 --> 01:48:59,625
in order their favor.

2454
01:48:59,625 --> 01:49:00,250
Some of it MAY be because of

2455
01:49:00,250 --> 01:49:01,827
jurisdictions.

2456
01:49:01,827 --> 01:49:03,996
Some of it MAY be that they

2457
01:49:03,996 --> 01:49:07,596
filed so early, that they hadn't

2458
01:49:08,767 --> 01:49:10,936
had the full amount of time full

2459
01:49:10,936 --> 01:49:11,770
amount of time whether that

2460
01:49:11,770 --> 01:49:13,380
impacts where they are going at

2461
01:49:13,380 --> 01:49:14,390
this time.

2462
01:49:14,390 --> 01:49:16,842
We are continuing to work

2463
01:49:16,842 --> 01:49:17,476
closely with all city

2464
01:49:17,476 --> 01:49:19,476
departments and particularly,

2465
01:49:19,878 --> 01:49:21,413
finance on the federal funding

2466
01:49:21,413 --> 01:49:23,413
picture.

2467
01:49:27,285 --> 01:49:29,685
And additionally, as things

2468
01:49:30,789 --> 01:49:32,324
develop, if there are other

2469
01:49:32,324 --> 01:49:34,125
types of federal are impacting

2470
01:49:34,125 --> 01:49:36,528
the city to be able to

2471
01:49:36,528 --> 01:49:39,528
articulate that harm as well.

2472
01:49:39,998 --> 01:49:41,660
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

2473
01:49:41,660 --> 01:49:43,660
al-zubi.

2474
01:49:43,802 --> 01:49:45,704
>> Councilor Al-Zubi: -- case

2475
01:49:45,704 --> 01:49:46,710
relating to housing and

2476
01:49:46,710 --> 01:49:48,710
homelessness.

2477
01:49:48,272 --> 01:49:50,410
How much do we have of a dollar

2478
01:49:50,410 --> 01:49:53,410
amount for continuing of care

2479
01:49:53,411 --> 01:49:54,450
funding that we've secured?

2480
01:49:54,450 --> 01:49:56,450
>> thank you.

2481
01:49:57,649 --> 01:49:59,684
Through you, MADAM Mayor.

2482
01:49:59,684 --> 01:50:02,120
So I can speak generally that we

2483
01:50:02,120 --> 01:50:03,755
receive around six million in

2484
01:50:03,755 --> 01:50:06,155
continuum of care funds.

2485
01:50:07,325 --> 01:50:09,527
And so that the king county case

2486
01:50:09,527 --> 01:50:13,127
as an injunction in place that

2487
01:50:19,737 --> 01:50:21,390
is ensuring that we get that we

2488
01:50:21,390 --> 01:50:22,707
get that we brought along with

2489
01:50:22,707 --> 01:50:25,707
the national alliance to end

2490
01:50:27,679 --> 01:50:29,147
homelessness.

2491
01:50:29,147 --> 01:50:29,914
That's for the next fiscal year

2492
01:50:29,914 --> 01:50:31,549
of funding.

2493
01:50:31,549 --> 01:50:33,117
I think that's also around $6

2494
01:50:33,117 --> 01:50:35,117
million.

2495
01:50:37,880 --> 01:50:39,488
>> through you, mayor siddiqui.

2496
01:50:44,629 --> 01:50:45,496
I think this has been one of the

2497
01:50:45,496 --> 01:50:46,163
challenges with the

2498
01:50:46,163 --> 01:50:47,632
administration they are going

2499
01:50:47,632 --> 01:50:49,166
after the funding on a lot of

2500
01:50:49,166 --> 01:50:50,668
angles and we end up in court on

2501
01:50:50,668 --> 01:50:51,936
a number of different actions.

2502
01:50:51,936 --> 01:50:54,936
King county was about the

2503
01:50:55,239 --> 01:50:57,639
initial conditions that were

2504
01:51:01,345 --> 01:51:03,648
being shared, which largely if

2505
01:51:03,648 --> 01:51:06,350
they were implemented could mean

2506
01:51:06,350 --> 01:51:07,385
hud could disqualify us from

2507
01:51:07,385 --> 01:51:09,253
future grants.

2508
01:51:09,253 --> 01:51:11,188
So that case, I think we

2509
01:51:11,188 --> 01:51:11,856
essentially have an injunction

2510
01:51:11,856 --> 01:51:13,856
on.

2511
01:51:14,158 --> 01:51:15,960
The case that I was referencing

2512
01:51:15,960 --> 01:51:17,610
that we're currently in the

2513
01:51:17,610 --> 01:51:19,461
middle of litigating is

2514
01:51:21,899 --> 01:51:24,899
regarding hud having changed the

2515
01:51:29,940 --> 01:51:32,242
continuum of care, essentially

2516
01:51:32,242 --> 01:51:33,344
moving the existing 90% funding

2517
01:51:33,344 --> 01:51:35,346
year over year supportive

2518
01:51:35,346 --> 01:51:37,810
hosing to 30%, and trying to

2519
01:51:37,810 --> 01:51:39,883
move the other 30% of funding

2520
01:51:39,883 --> 01:51:42,190
into new programs in accelerated

2521
01:51:42,190 --> 01:51:43,754
time frame that I think really

2522
01:51:43,754 --> 01:51:45,456
was not plausible to develop new

2523
01:51:45,456 --> 01:51:47,456
programs in.

2524
01:51:47,925 --> 01:51:52,125
So our court case on that front

2525
01:51:52,663 --> 01:51:53,697
with a number of other cities

2526
01:51:53,697 --> 01:51:55,632
and states was a number of

2527
01:51:55,632 --> 01:51:56,633
things including the fact that

2528
01:51:56,633 --> 01:51:57,935
the federal government didn't

2529
01:51:57,935 --> 01:51:59,570
follow the appropriate process

2530
01:51:59,570 --> 01:52:00,738
that they needed to and a number

2531
01:52:00,738 --> 01:52:02,738
of other things.

2532
01:52:12,810 --> 01:52:14,985
So how this shakes out whether

2533
01:52:14,985 --> 01:52:17,385
there's a full injunction.

2534
01:52:21,240 --> 01:52:24,624
I think one of the challenges

2535
01:52:27,598 --> 01:52:29,800
from a legal perspective to stop

2536
01:52:29,800 --> 01:52:31,568
actions from taking place.

2537
01:52:31,568 --> 01:52:32,602
I think it's not easy for the

2538
01:52:32,602 --> 01:52:35,602
federal government to do things

2539
01:52:39,509 --> 01:52:41,178
proactively.

2540
01:52:41,178 --> 01:52:43,146
Because the existing programs

2541
01:52:43,146 --> 01:52:44,414
should stay in place, and this

2542
01:52:44,414 --> 01:52:47,414
coming year should lock like

2543
01:52:50,120 --> 01:52:50,954
last year, I think there's this

2544
01:52:50,954 --> 01:52:54,554
challenge where the court is not

2545
01:52:57,627 --> 01:52:59,362
necessarily used to what she did

2546
01:52:59,362 --> 01:53:01,331
pis not legal but what you must

2547
01:53:01,331 --> 01:53:02,265
do now is do this program in

2548
01:53:02,265 --> 01:53:04,265
this certain way.

2549
01:53:05,680 --> 01:53:08,668
So you can imagine how for

2550
01:53:10,473 --> 01:53:11,208
instance if we can't reduce 90%

2551
01:53:11,208 --> 01:53:13,208
to 30%.

2552
01:53:14,511 --> 01:53:15,979
What if we reduced 30% and

2553
01:53:15,979 --> 01:53:18,348
that's where we're waiting to

2554
01:53:18,348 --> 01:53:21,418
see how the court is going to

2555
01:53:21,418 --> 01:53:23,418
rule.

2556
01:53:24,387 --> 01:53:26,322
>> through you.

2557
01:53:26,322 --> 01:53:28,625
The conditions that hud was

2558
01:53:28,625 --> 01:53:31,625
trying to impose for those

2559
01:53:37,267 --> 01:53:38,969
specifics.

2560
01:53:38,969 --> 01:53:41,700
>> thank you, MADAM Mayor.

2561
01:53:41,700 --> 01:53:43,640
I don't have them all at the tip

2562
01:53:43,640 --> 01:53:45,740
of my fingers, but they all have

2563
01:53:45,740 --> 01:53:47,410
conditions on cooperating with

2564
01:53:47,410 --> 01:53:49,410
immigration actions and

2565
01:53:53,116 --> 01:53:55,116
prohibiting dei initiatives

2566
01:53:56,486 --> 01:53:58,886
prohibiting programs or using

2567
01:54:00,423 --> 01:54:02,825
funds for gender ideology in the

2568
01:54:02,825 --> 01:54:04,825
federal government's words.

2569
01:54:08,798 --> 01:54:09,966
An issue we felt we needed to

2570
01:54:09,966 --> 01:54:13,566
take action is, we would argue

2571
01:54:13,770 --> 01:54:17,370
that funds that are used to

2572
01:54:17,507 --> 01:54:19,907
fight homelessnessed to provide

2573
01:54:20,343 --> 01:54:23,343
permanent support of housing are

2574
01:54:23,346 --> 01:54:25,681
not being used for immigration

2575
01:54:25,681 --> 01:54:28,810
enforcement or gender ideology,

2576
01:54:28,117 --> 01:54:29,180
or diversity, equity and

2577
01:54:29,180 --> 01:54:30,787
inclusion initiatives.

2578
01:54:30,787 --> 01:54:31,187
They are being used to house

2579
01:54:31,187 --> 01:54:31,921
people.

2580
01:54:31,921 --> 01:54:33,356
But the federal government's

2581
01:54:33,356 --> 01:54:35,356
interpretation of those

2582
01:54:40,396 --> 01:54:42,698
conditions, we know from things

2583
01:54:42,698 --> 01:54:44,500
that have been said in the media

2584
01:54:44,500 --> 01:54:46,340
and the PRESIDENT Are broader

2585
01:54:46,340 --> 01:54:46,469
and differ from our

2586
01:54:46,469 --> 01:54:47,970
interpretations.

2587
01:54:47,970 --> 01:54:50,970
So the potential enforcement if

2588
01:54:51,273 --> 01:54:51,874
we interpret conditions

2589
01:54:51,874 --> 01:54:54,274
differently than the federal

2590
01:54:56,145 --> 01:54:57,847
government is the reason we felt

2591
01:54:57,847 --> 01:55:00,616
we were compelled to take action

2592
01:55:00,616 --> 01:55:03,160
to challenge those conditions.

2593
01:55:04,820 --> 01:55:05,454
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor.

2594
01:55:05,454 --> 01:55:07,556
>> Councilor Al-Zubi: the last

2595
01:55:07,556 --> 01:55:08,524
question to the other

2596
01:55:08,524 --> 01:55:10,524
councilors.

2597
01:55:10,993 --> 01:55:13,393
State council, churches --

2598
01:55:15,230 --> 01:55:16,899
[[Indiscernible]

2599
01:55:16,899 --> 01:55:18,800
-- other funding partners,

2600
01:55:18,800 --> 01:55:19,735
organizations can absorb the

2601
01:55:19,735 --> 01:55:22,135
differences if snap is

2602
01:55:24,540 --> 01:55:26,940
ultimately cut and contingency

2603
01:55:27,576 --> 01:55:29,545
plans in place?

2604
01:55:29,545 --> 01:55:30,212
We saw a test of that this past

2605
01:55:30,212 --> 01:55:32,212
fall.

2606
01:55:32,281 --> 01:55:33,515
Ideally, you would want to be

2607
01:55:33,515 --> 01:55:35,915
proactive about potential future

2608
01:55:39,354 --> 01:55:40,622
setbacks on that.

2609
01:55:40,622 --> 01:55:41,723
>> City Manager: sorry.

2610
01:55:41,723 --> 01:55:44,723
Can you repeat the question,

2611
01:55:44,860 --> 01:55:46,860
mayor siddiqui.

2612
01:55:48,397 --> 01:55:50,650
>> Councilor Al-Zubi: happy to.

2613
01:55:50,650 --> 01:55:51,333
Are we prepared for possible

2614
01:55:51,333 --> 01:55:52,701
setbacks if they decide to

2615
01:55:52,701 --> 01:55:54,701
attack this again?

2616
01:55:54,770 --> 01:55:56,400
In other words, can we absorb

2617
01:55:56,400 --> 01:55:57,206
some of the differences if snap

2618
01:55:57,206 --> 01:55:58,707
is cut again?

2619
01:55:58,707 --> 01:55:59,975
Because it's what we saw happen

2620
01:55:59,975 --> 01:56:01,975
this past NOVEMBER.

2621
01:56:02,110 --> 01:56:03,845
And I want to make sure we're

2622
01:56:03,845 --> 01:56:06,581
taking steps to be proactive in

2623
01:56:06,581 --> 01:56:07,616
case that were to happen again.

2624
01:56:07,616 --> 01:56:10,160
>> City Manager: through you,

2625
01:56:11,353 --> 01:56:12,888
mayor siddiqui.

2626
01:56:12,888 --> 01:56:15,490
The challenge in terms of being

2627
01:56:15,490 --> 01:56:18,393
able to commit to fully funding

2628
01:56:18,393 --> 01:56:20,729
any potential deficit in the

2629
01:56:20,729 --> 01:56:21,263
snap funding is just a scale of

2630
01:56:21,263 --> 01:56:23,263
the funding.

2631
01:56:24,199 --> 01:56:26,101
I think the other challenge is

2632
01:56:26,101 --> 01:56:28,136
the uncertainty of some of the

2633
01:56:28,136 --> 01:56:28,603
policy rollout that's been

2634
01:56:28,603 --> 01:56:28,670
placed.

2635
01:56:28,670 --> 01:56:30,670
-

2636
01:56:30,705 --> 01:56:32,400
I think there's both a scare

2637
01:56:32,400 --> 01:56:32,474
challenge and an uncertainty

2638
01:56:32,474 --> 01:56:33,608
challenge.

2639
01:56:33,608 --> 01:56:36,278
So I think if you go back to

2640
01:56:36,278 --> 01:56:38,213
that period when the government

2641
01:56:38,213 --> 01:56:41,116
was shut down, and all of this

2642
01:56:41,116 --> 01:56:44,716
was happening, there was both a

2643
01:56:46,554 --> 01:56:48,256
challenge where the total

2644
01:56:48,256 --> 01:56:50,525
monthly amount going out for

2645
01:56:50,525 --> 01:56:52,930
benefits of snap I think is $2

2646
01:56:52,930 --> 01:56:53,862
million a month within just the

2647
01:56:53,862 --> 01:56:56,300
city of cambridge for about

2648
01:56:56,300 --> 01:56:59,300
10,000 people who are on snap

2649
01:57:00,735 --> 01:57:02,270
benefits.

2650
01:57:02,270 --> 01:57:03,705
i'll have to check, but that's

2651
01:57:03,705 --> 01:57:04,506
about right from the

2652
01:57:04,506 --> 01:57:06,506
conversations we're havingment

2653
01:57:06,975 --> 01:57:08,409
it's incredibly difficult for us

2654
01:57:08,409 --> 01:57:09,440
to absorbs pal level.

2655
01:57:09,440 --> 01:57:12,440
The second challenge that we

2656
01:57:12,914 --> 01:57:14,782
have was how we respond when a

2657
01:57:14,782 --> 01:57:17,886
lot of this is getting tied up

2658
01:57:17,886 --> 01:57:19,354
in court cases, and we had a

2659
01:57:19,354 --> 01:57:21,456
short horizon where people were

2660
01:57:21,456 --> 01:57:25,560
going to be up against that

2661
01:57:25,930 --> 01:57:27,228
monthly time period where their

2662
01:57:27,228 --> 01:57:28,629
snap benefit was supposed to be

2663
01:57:28,629 --> 01:57:29,430
provided, but it wasn't clear

2664
01:57:29,430 --> 01:57:30,999
whether the federal government

2665
01:57:30,999 --> 01:57:35,199
was going to reopen at any point

2666
01:57:37,338 --> 01:57:38,706
in time.

2667
01:57:38,706 --> 01:57:40,575
It could have been a period of

2668
01:57:40,575 --> 01:57:42,477
days, weeks or months people

2669
01:57:42,477 --> 01:57:44,780
would be without snap benefits.

2670
01:57:44,780 --> 01:57:44,746
Making those decisions was

2671
01:57:44,746 --> 01:57:47,146
incredibly difficult when you

2672
01:57:47,281 --> 01:57:50,881
think about us needing to make

2673
01:57:51,819 --> 01:57:53,554
much more firmer commitments.

2674
01:57:53,554 --> 01:57:55,823
Even with that uncertainty, even

2675
01:57:55,823 --> 01:57:58,292
with that scare challenge, as a

2676
01:57:58,292 --> 01:58:01,128
city, we didn't feel like doing

2677
01:58:01,128 --> 01:58:03,364
nothing, was something that we

2678
01:58:03,364 --> 01:58:05,364
could stomach.

2679
01:58:05,967 --> 01:58:08,936
And so council, for the quick

2680
01:58:08,936 --> 01:58:10,338
action that we were able to take

2681
01:58:10,338 --> 01:58:11,105
for the partners that we had

2682
01:58:11,105 --> 01:58:13,505
with the cambridge community

2683
01:58:18,612 --> 01:58:21,120
foundation and public schools,

2684
01:58:21,315 --> 01:58:23,584
the housing authority, our

2685
01:58:23,584 --> 01:58:25,552
senior organizations,

2686
01:58:25,552 --> 01:58:26,120
summerville, cambridge elder

2687
01:58:26,120 --> 01:58:28,120
services.

2688
01:58:28,522 --> 01:58:29,557
I think we MAY be in that

2689
01:58:29,557 --> 01:58:32,557
similar situation where we MAY

2690
01:58:32,560 --> 01:58:32,893
be navigating a lot of policy

2691
01:58:32,893 --> 01:58:34,893
uncertainty.

2692
01:58:41,168 --> 01:58:44,605
To the extent that does come a

2693
01:58:44,605 --> 01:58:45,773
firm resolution, a firm cut with

2694
01:58:45,773 --> 01:58:46,974
the council and the community

2695
01:58:46,974 --> 01:58:47,608
about how much we could think

2696
01:58:47,608 --> 01:58:49,577
about.

2697
01:58:49,577 --> 01:58:51,411
But I think that's ultimately a

2698
01:58:51,411 --> 01:58:53,113
number of conversations that we

2699
01:58:53,113 --> 01:58:57,913
are going to have, as we come up

2700
01:59:02,189 --> 01:59:04,910
against the fy 27 budget

2701
01:59:04,910 --> 01:59:06,126
programs we are concerned about

2702
01:59:06,126 --> 01:59:08,126
that MAY disappear.

2703
01:59:08,362 --> 01:59:10,297
The court cases have allowed us

2704
01:59:10,297 --> 01:59:10,764
to maintain the status quo for

2705
01:59:10,764 --> 01:59:12,733
longer.

2706
01:59:12,733 --> 01:59:14,234
That seems to be where the hud

2707
01:59:14,234 --> 01:59:18,434
continuum of care is going to go

2708
01:59:20,741 --> 01:59:22,741
in court.

2709
01:59:25,120 --> 01:59:26,847
Even if we got -- I think it's

2710
01:59:26,847 --> 01:59:28,648
very likely we MAY end up in the

2711
01:59:28,648 --> 01:59:31,648
same conversation as we come

2712
01:59:32,686 --> 01:59:34,686
into fiscal year 28.

2713
01:59:35,255 --> 01:59:35,555
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor al

2714
01:59:35,555 --> 01:59:36,356
zuby?

2715
01:59:36,356 --> 01:59:37,124
>> Councilor Al-Zubi:.

2716
01:59:37,124 --> 01:59:38,492
Thank you.

2717
01:59:38,492 --> 01:59:41,328
I think it's really important

2718
01:59:41,328 --> 01:59:43,630
for us to consider a robust

2719
01:59:43,630 --> 01:59:44,665
contingency plan, considering

2720
01:59:44,665 --> 01:59:45,650
the administration is --

2721
01:59:45,650 --> 01:59:47,650
[Indiscernible]

2722
01:59:47,267 --> 01:59:49,267
I yield.

2723
01:59:51,171 --> 01:59:52,773
>> Mayor Siddiqui: owe any

2724
01:59:52,773 --> 01:59:54,307
questions?

2725
01:59:54,307 --> 01:59:56,760
Councilor nolan?

2726
01:59:56,760 --> 01:59:58,476
>> Councilor Nolan: thank you.

2727
01:59:59,913 --> 02:00:00,580
Through, mayor siddiqui, to the

2728
02:00:00,580 --> 02:00:01,148
citys thank you for this update.

2729
02:00:01,148 --> 02:00:02,649
Thank you for the questions.

2730
02:00:02,649 --> 02:00:04,751
In the beginning, you mentioned

2731
02:00:04,751 --> 02:00:05,518
the steps that many of the other

2732
02:00:05,518 --> 02:00:06,786
cities are taking.

2733
02:00:06,786 --> 02:00:09,122
We have done an extraordinary

2734
02:00:09,122 --> 02:00:12,920
amount of work here to ensure we

2735
02:00:12,920 --> 02:00:13,860
do everything we possibly can to

2736
02:00:13,860 --> 02:00:15,628
within obviously, our legal

2737
02:00:15,628 --> 02:00:15,929
authority to safeguard our

2738
02:00:15,929 --> 02:00:17,929
residents.

2739
02:00:22,102 --> 02:00:22,836
However, there were some

2740
02:00:22,836 --> 02:00:24,170
policies mentioned.

2741
02:00:24,170 --> 02:00:25,271
I don't think the federal

2742
02:00:25,271 --> 02:00:26,606
administration is using our

2743
02:00:26,606 --> 02:00:28,475
parking lots for anything.

2744
02:00:28,475 --> 02:00:29,843
If there is anything in that

2745
02:00:29,843 --> 02:00:31,845
initial round you're hearing

2746
02:00:31,845 --> 02:00:33,747
from other cities that we can

2747
02:00:33,747 --> 02:00:35,748
add on to and aensure everything

2748
02:00:35,748 --> 02:00:37,117
we possibly can to keep our

2749
02:00:37,117 --> 02:00:38,484
residents safe, I think it would

2750
02:00:38,484 --> 02:00:39,752
be really important for you to

2751
02:00:39,752 --> 02:00:42,488
work with the mayor to ensure

2752
02:00:42,488 --> 02:00:42,722
the council raise in on any of

2753
02:00:42,722 --> 02:00:43,990
that.

2754
02:00:43,990 --> 02:00:47,590
If they have any question on

2755
02:00:49,529 --> 02:00:50,964
these lawsuits.

2756
02:00:50,964 --> 02:00:52,832
I really hope the city has heard

2757
02:00:52,832 --> 02:00:55,601
we are trying to do everything

2758
02:00:55,601 --> 02:00:56,936
we, can and the law department

2759
02:00:56,936 --> 02:00:58,504
is way overworked.

2760
02:00:58,504 --> 02:01:00,206
I hope that there's some folks

2761
02:01:00,206 --> 02:01:01,708
within the city who are coming

2762
02:01:01,708 --> 02:01:03,543
through to help us because it's

2763
02:01:03,543 --> 02:01:04,878
clearly a strain on us

2764
02:01:04,878 --> 02:01:06,479
psychologically and probably

2765
02:01:06,479 --> 02:01:07,880
financially in terms of the work

2766
02:01:07,880 --> 02:01:11,651
that doesn't get done, as I know

2767
02:01:11,651 --> 02:01:13,186
I have certainly bugged the

2768
02:01:13,186 --> 02:01:16,786
solicitor for a number of other

2769
02:01:17,924 --> 02:01:19,924
things.

2770
02:01:20,920 --> 02:01:20,827
If we need additional support

2771
02:01:20,827 --> 02:01:22,161
for that.

2772
02:01:22,161 --> 02:01:23,229
It's important to do for

2773
02:01:23,229 --> 02:01:25,310
defending our freedom and also

2774
02:01:25,310 --> 02:01:27,310
our residents.

2775
02:01:30,636 --> 02:01:32,605
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor?

2776
02:01:32,605 --> 02:01:36,205
>> to the city manager and city

2777
02:01:41,881 --> 02:01:43,382
solicitor.

2778
02:01:43,382 --> 02:01:44,784
[Indiscernible]

2779
02:01:44,784 --> 02:01:45,217
I think I pronounced that

2780
02:01:45,217 --> 02:01:47,217
correctly.

2781
02:01:47,753 --> 02:01:49,689
It's on page ten of the summary.

2782
02:01:49,689 --> 02:01:54,326
This is a case, in my view, that

2783
02:01:54,326 --> 02:01:56,796
is such a massive departure

2784
02:01:56,796 --> 02:01:58,796
constitutional --

2785
02:01:59,698 --> 02:02:01,698
[Poor audio]

2786
02:02:02,602 --> 02:02:02,935
The city has filed an amicus

2787
02:02:02,935 --> 02:02:04,670
brief.

2788
02:02:04,670 --> 02:02:06,505
And I understand and recognize

2789
02:02:06,505 --> 02:02:07,640
however worked the city

2790
02:02:07,640 --> 02:02:09,942
manager's office is, that this

2791
02:02:09,942 --> 02:02:11,610
is such, in my view, an

2792
02:02:11,610 --> 02:02:13,610
incredibly important

2793
02:02:14,747 --> 02:02:15,981
constitutional case where the

2794
02:02:15,981 --> 02:02:18,981
plaintiffs did seek and receive

2795
02:02:20,319 --> 02:02:22,719
a temporary restraining order

2796
02:02:23,155 --> 02:02:24,156
and joining ice from conducting

2797
02:02:24,156 --> 02:02:25,924
stops.

2798
02:02:25,924 --> 02:02:28,360
Unlawful stops based on racial

2799
02:02:28,360 --> 02:02:30,360
profiling, rather than

2800
02:02:31,163 --> 02:02:33,163
individualized reasonable

2801
02:02:35,701 --> 02:02:37,202
suspicion of unlawful presence

2802
02:02:37,202 --> 02:02:38,937
in the country.

2803
02:02:38,937 --> 02:02:40,372
And the application of this

2804
02:02:40,372 --> 02:02:42,372
precedent is remarkable.

2805
02:02:46,845 --> 02:02:49,810
This is one of those cases that

2806
02:02:49,810 --> 02:02:51,683
stands out to me as one that

2807
02:02:51,683 --> 02:02:53,619
seriously the tack on our

2808
02:02:53,619 --> 02:02:56,190
constitutional practice and our

2809
02:02:56,588 --> 02:02:58,123
liberty, rights and protections

2810
02:02:58,123 --> 02:02:59,758
athat have been around since the

2811
02:02:59,758 --> 02:03:01,960
founding of this country and is

2812
02:03:01,960 --> 02:03:02,561
an aattack on the fourth

2813
02:03:02,561 --> 02:03:04,561
amendment.

2814
02:03:05,697 --> 02:03:09,897
And I note also in the status

2815
02:03:10,235 --> 02:03:12,270
report that justice -- on the

2816
02:03:12,270 --> 02:03:15,700
supreme court has said that or

2817
02:03:15,700 --> 02:03:16,708
has indicated and of the opinion

2818
02:03:16,708 --> 02:03:17,809
if the case eventually reaches

2819
02:03:17,809 --> 02:03:20,278
the supreme court, that the

2820
02:03:20,278 --> 02:03:22,678
supreme court will likely

2821
02:03:24,150 --> 02:03:25,884
reverse any permanent injunctive

2822
02:03:25,884 --> 02:03:27,519
similar to the temporary relief

2823
02:03:27,519 --> 02:03:28,920
that the district court

2824
02:03:28,920 --> 02:03:30,920
previously ordered.

2825
02:03:32,357 --> 02:03:35,600
It's remarkable, in my view.

2826
02:03:35,600 --> 02:03:36,940
I know how overworked the city

2827
02:03:36,940 --> 02:03:38,940
solicitor's office is.

2828
02:03:38,163 --> 02:03:40,799
But in my mind, this is one of

2829
02:03:40,799 --> 02:03:43,680
those cases that can create such

2830
02:03:43,680 --> 02:03:44,569
a dangerous precedent for

2831
02:03:44,569 --> 02:03:46,569
application throughout our

2832
02:03:51,843 --> 02:03:53,178
country, in this state, in the,

2833
02:03:53,178 --> 02:03:54,879
to individuals being racially

2834
02:03:54,879 --> 02:03:55,246
profiled in many of our

2835
02:03:55,246 --> 02:03:57,246
neighborhoods.

2836
02:03:57,349 --> 02:03:59,851
So to the extent that there is

2837
02:03:59,851 --> 02:04:02,851
any available elbow grease in

2838
02:04:03,154 --> 02:04:06,910
the city solicitor's office, I

2839
02:04:06,910 --> 02:04:08,927
would ask that if you have it,

2840
02:04:08,927 --> 02:04:12,797
maybe you can spend it and file

2841
02:04:12,797 --> 02:04:13,398
or join an amicus brief with the

2842
02:04:13,398 --> 02:04:15,333
city of boston.

2843
02:04:15,333 --> 02:04:17,735
I really do believe this is one

2844
02:04:17,735 --> 02:04:19,671
of those cases that is so

2845
02:04:19,671 --> 02:04:21,372
remarkable, and the response by

2846
02:04:21,372 --> 02:04:24,750
the supreme court just at this

2847
02:04:24,750 --> 02:04:26,577
stage of the litigation is so

2848
02:04:26,577 --> 02:04:29,577
remarkable, that it requires, in

2849
02:04:31,182 --> 02:04:33,518
my view, a strong sort of

2850
02:04:33,518 --> 02:04:34,786
argument on our point.

2851
02:04:34,786 --> 02:04:38,386
So that's all I just ask.

2852
02:04:38,923 --> 02:04:40,425
Thank you.

2853
02:04:40,425 --> 02:04:41,292
>> City Manager: through you,

2854
02:04:41,292 --> 02:04:43,292
mayor siddiqui.

2855
02:04:43,728 --> 02:04:46,296
Thank you councilor flaherty for

2856
02:04:46,296 --> 02:04:49,333
your the I couldn't agree more.

2857
02:04:49,333 --> 02:04:51,602
As this -- for your remarks.

2858
02:04:51,602 --> 02:04:53,400
I couldn't agree more.

2859
02:04:53,400 --> 02:04:55,406
We were organizing across a

2860
02:04:55,406 --> 02:04:58,406
number of different cities, and

2861
02:04:59,760 --> 02:05:00,912
had put out to the same effect,

2862
02:05:00,912 --> 02:05:03,514
essentially, this was during the

2863
02:05:03,514 --> 02:05:05,316
time when especially in many of

2864
02:05:05,316 --> 02:05:06,551
our communities, chelsea lynn.

2865
02:05:06,551 --> 02:05:09,551
They are experiencing this kind

2866
02:05:10,187 --> 02:05:12,230
of action.

2867
02:05:12,230 --> 02:05:14,325
Ice enforcement that was really

2868
02:05:14,325 --> 02:05:16,460
targeted on individuals, not

2869
02:05:16,460 --> 02:05:17,995
with any record or targeting,

2870
02:05:17,995 --> 02:05:19,563
but sort of just sweeping up

2871
02:05:19,563 --> 02:05:22,566
people who looked a certain way,

2872
02:05:22,566 --> 02:05:25,566
were in a certain place.

2873
02:05:26,837 --> 02:05:27,838
And it really put out a

2874
02:05:27,838 --> 02:05:29,406
statement essentially arguing

2875
02:05:29,406 --> 02:05:31,375
this was unconstitutional.

2876
02:05:31,375 --> 02:05:34,975
So very dismayed as well when

2877
02:05:36,146 --> 02:05:39,146
the supreme court essentially --

2878
02:05:40,284 --> 02:05:42,284
[Indiscernible]

2879
02:05:42,286 --> 02:05:44,188
Injunctioned owe docket.

2880
02:05:44,188 --> 02:05:46,188
[Poor audio]

2881
02:05:49,193 --> 02:05:51,193
[Indiscernible]

2882
02:05:52,530 --> 02:05:52,997
-- talk us through the amicus

2883
02:05:52,997 --> 02:05:54,565
briefs.

2884
02:05:54,565 --> 02:05:55,532
Certainly, as a plaintiff when

2885
02:05:55,532 --> 02:05:59,690
there's a clear harm in our

2886
02:05:59,690 --> 02:06:00,104
case.

2887
02:06:00,104 --> 02:06:02,239
Sometimes there's a desire to

2888
02:06:02,239 --> 02:06:03,841
get amicus briefs.

2889
02:06:03,841 --> 02:06:07,177
But I think talking through the

2890
02:06:07,177 --> 02:06:09,790
process might be useful.

2891
02:06:09,790 --> 02:06:09,646
>> Mayor Siddiqui: city

2892
02:06:09,646 --> 02:06:10,481
solicitor?

2893
02:06:10,481 --> 02:06:12,481
>> thank you.

2894
02:06:12,883 --> 02:06:14,418
Through you, MADAM Mayor and

2895
02:06:14,418 --> 02:06:16,253
point well taken on the

2896
02:06:16,253 --> 02:06:18,155
importance of this case.

2897
02:06:18,155 --> 02:06:19,590
Just before the meeting tonight,

2898
02:06:19,590 --> 02:06:21,910
starting to read the new

2899
02:06:21,910 --> 02:06:23,527
complaint that was filed today

2900
02:06:23,527 --> 02:06:24,728
by minnesota, st. Paul and

2901
02:06:24,728 --> 02:06:26,930
minneapolis with many of the

2902
02:06:26,930 --> 02:06:28,232
same issues, alleged in that

2903
02:06:28,232 --> 02:06:31,232
complaint happening right now on

2904
02:06:35,339 --> 02:06:37,841
the ground in those cities.

2905
02:06:37,841 --> 02:06:40,510
So we have been working with a

2906
02:06:40,510 --> 02:06:44,110
fews, looking at cases where we

2907
02:06:45,148 --> 02:06:46,616
might be able to join and

2908
02:06:46,616 --> 02:06:47,884
support the case in a brief.

2909
02:06:47,884 --> 02:06:50,187
We have been in close connection

2910
02:06:50,187 --> 02:06:51,588
with a number of other sanctuary

2911
02:06:51,588 --> 02:06:53,723
jurisdiction cities here in the

2912
02:06:53,723 --> 02:06:55,459
state and across the country,

2913
02:06:55,459 --> 02:06:57,194
through some of our municipal

2914
02:06:57,194 --> 02:06:58,962
lawyers, bar associations.

2915
02:06:58,962 --> 02:06:59,696
We have been working with the

2916
02:06:59,696 --> 02:07:02,696
public rights project, which has

2917
02:07:07,504 --> 02:07:09,500
been taking the lead in this

2918
02:07:09,500 --> 02:07:10,774
litigation and municipalities.

2919
02:07:10,774 --> 02:07:12,442
There are other groups as well,

2920
02:07:12,442 --> 02:07:14,477
from even back during the first

2921
02:07:14,477 --> 02:07:16,746
trump presidency when the city

2922
02:07:16,746 --> 02:07:17,881
participated in some amicus

2923
02:07:17,881 --> 02:07:19,415
briefs where we have had people

2924
02:07:19,415 --> 02:07:21,751
who we worked with then.

2925
02:07:21,751 --> 02:07:23,453
We reached back out when new

2926
02:07:23,453 --> 02:07:24,654
briefs come up, and asked if

2927
02:07:24,654 --> 02:07:25,255
this city is interested in

2928
02:07:25,255 --> 02:07:27,255
joining.

2929
02:07:27,824 --> 02:07:29,992
Then some issues where we hadn't

2930
02:07:29,992 --> 02:07:32,262
heard that anyone is, you know,

2931
02:07:32,262 --> 02:07:33,630
in the process of working on a

2932
02:07:33,630 --> 02:07:35,630
brief.

2933
02:07:35,198 --> 02:07:37,133
But we have initiated briefs,

2934
02:07:37,133 --> 02:07:40,133
and we've partnered with some

2935
02:07:40,904 --> 02:07:43,306
law firms to see that through.

2936
02:07:43,306 --> 02:07:45,175
So it's been a real bit of both

2937
02:07:45,175 --> 02:07:48,175
working our networks and taking

2938
02:07:48,811 --> 02:07:50,780
initiative, and primarily

2939
02:07:50,780 --> 02:07:52,949
partnering with others, who have

2940
02:07:52,949 --> 02:07:56,285
done the lion's share of the

2941
02:07:56,285 --> 02:07:58,685
writing of these briefs.

2942
02:07:59,322 --> 02:08:00,323
And I discussed any possible

2943
02:08:00,323 --> 02:08:01,958
opportunities with the city

2944
02:08:01,958 --> 02:08:04,930
manager before we sign on.

2945
02:08:04,930 --> 02:08:05,895
We keep the council updated

2946
02:08:05,895 --> 02:08:07,630
sometimes through an additional

2947
02:08:07,630 --> 02:08:09,165
email, just to let you know

2948
02:08:09,165 --> 02:08:11,565
something that happened right

2949
02:08:13,403 --> 02:08:15,405
away, or through this every

2950
02:08:15,405 --> 02:08:16,739
other week litigation tracker

2951
02:08:16,739 --> 02:08:18,307
update.

2952
02:08:18,307 --> 02:08:19,175
I'm always happy to hear from

2953
02:08:19,175 --> 02:08:20,810
the council.

2954
02:08:20,810 --> 02:08:23,450
If you're aware of a particular

2955
02:08:23,450 --> 02:08:24,580
case and issue and want us to

2956
02:08:24,580 --> 02:08:26,649
look at that, and see about

2957
02:08:26,649 --> 02:08:29,490
taking some more action.

2958
02:08:30,860 --> 02:08:32,860
>> Mayor Siddiqui: ok.

2959
02:08:33,222 --> 02:08:34,590
>> thank you, MADAM For that.

2960
02:08:34,590 --> 02:08:36,225
>> Councilor Flaherty: I should

2961
02:08:36,225 --> 02:08:37,426
note for the record, I know

2962
02:08:37,426 --> 02:08:39,161
exactly how much work it is to

2963
02:08:39,161 --> 02:08:40,620
draft an amicus brief to the

2964
02:08:40,620 --> 02:08:41,864
united states supreme court.

2965
02:08:41,864 --> 02:08:43,864
It's overwhelming work.

2966
02:08:43,966 --> 02:08:46,102
I congratulate you for your

2967
02:08:46,102 --> 02:08:48,637
efforts, and I congratulate you

2968
02:08:48,637 --> 02:08:51,637
for seeking partners at large

2969
02:08:51,640 --> 02:08:53,175
firms here in boston, pro bono

2970
02:08:53,175 --> 02:08:54,610
activities, maybe harvard law

2971
02:08:54,610 --> 02:08:57,100
school, boston college law

2972
02:08:57,120 --> 02:08:59,140
school, my alma mater might be

2973
02:08:59,140 --> 02:09:01,183
willing to work on this as well.

2974
02:09:01,183 --> 02:09:03,319
Maybe we can work on developing

2975
02:09:03,319 --> 02:09:03,819
networks to assist in these

2976
02:09:03,819 --> 02:09:05,540
efforts.

2977
02:09:05,540 --> 02:09:06,956
But this is the one.

2978
02:09:06,956 --> 02:09:08,824
This case really is the one.

2979
02:09:08,824 --> 02:09:09,558
This is the federal government

2980
02:09:09,558 --> 02:09:12,558
and the united states supreme

2981
02:09:13,996 --> 02:09:16,365
court saying, in effect, the

2982
02:09:16,365 --> 02:09:18,634
that racial profiling is ok.

2983
02:09:18,634 --> 02:09:19,301
I think we can all agree that

2984
02:09:19,301 --> 02:09:21,170
it's not.

2985
02:09:21,170 --> 02:09:22,771
If we have a chance to fight on

2986
02:09:22,771 --> 02:09:23,739
this one, maybe we should pick

2987
02:09:23,739 --> 02:09:24,974
this fight.

2988
02:09:24,974 --> 02:09:27,710
Listen, thank you so much.

2989
02:09:27,710 --> 02:09:30,710
I appreciate it, MADAM Mayor.

2990
02:09:31,746 --> 02:09:34,746
>> Councilors thank you for your

2991
02:09:36,685 --> 02:09:38,685
-- [Indiscernible]

2992
02:09:40,856 --> 02:09:42,856
>> Mayor Siddiqui: --

2993
02:09:43,926 --> 02:09:45,926
[Poor audio]

2994
02:09:54,269 --> 02:09:56,269
[Indiscernible]

2995
02:09:56,605 --> 02:09:57,500
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi.

2996
02:09:57,500 --> 02:09:58,206
Yes.

2997
02:09:58,206 --> 02:09:58,740
Vice mayor azeem.

2998
02:09:58,740 --> 02:09:59,574
Yes.

2999
02:09:59,574 --> 02:10:00,141
Councilor flaherty.

3000
02:10:00,141 --> 02:10:01,176
yes.

3001
02:10:01,176 --> 02:10:01,810
Councilor Mcgovern.

3002
02:10:01,810 --> 02:10:02,844
Yes.

3003
02:10:02,844 --> 02:10:03,378
Councilor nolan.

3004
02:10:03,378 --> 02:10:04,780
Yes.

3005
02:10:04,780 --> 02:10:05,514
Councilor simmons.

3006
02:10:05,514 --> 02:10:07,249
Yes.

3007
02:10:07,249 --> 02:10:08,717
Councilor sobrinho-wheeler.

3008
02:10:08,717 --> 02:10:09,751
Yes.

3009
02:10:09,751 --> 02:10:10,652
Councilor zusy.

3010
02:10:10,652 --> 02:10:11,420
Yes.

3011
02:10:11,420 --> 02:10:11,887
Mayor siddiqui.

3012
02:10:11,887 --> 02:10:13,121
Yes.

3013
02:10:13,121 --> 02:10:15,257
You have nine members recorded

3014
02:10:15,257 --> 02:10:17,257
in the affirmative.

3015
02:10:19,940 --> 02:10:20,595
>> Mayor Siddiqui: seeing none

3016
02:10:20,595 --> 02:10:22,931
-- agenda item number two.

3017
02:10:22,931 --> 02:10:25,331
This is communication --

3018
02:10:26,334 --> 02:10:28,334
[Indiscernible]

3019
02:10:30,372 --> 02:10:31,372
[Poor audio]

3020
02:10:31,372 --> 02:10:32,908
Councilor simmons?

3021
02:10:32,908 --> 02:10:33,909
>> Councilor Simmons: thank you,

3022
02:10:33,909 --> 02:10:35,909
MADAM Chair.

3023
02:10:39,800 --> 02:10:43,280
I want to thank you for this

3024
02:10:44,419 --> 02:10:45,220
police advisory board.

3025
02:10:45,220 --> 02:10:46,821
Just a few things.

3026
02:10:46,821 --> 02:10:48,256
It's not a criticism.

3027
02:10:48,256 --> 02:10:49,591
As many of you know the police

3028
02:10:49,591 --> 02:10:50,725
advisory board was established

3029
02:10:50,725 --> 02:10:52,725
in 1984.

3030
02:10:53,270 --> 02:10:54,290
One reason why I raise that is

3031
02:10:54,290 --> 02:10:56,131
because in the description of

3032
02:10:56,131 --> 02:10:57,565
the police advisory board, does

3033
02:10:57,565 --> 02:10:59,367
it speak to that?

3034
02:10:59,367 --> 02:11:01,903
I think it's an important thing

3035
02:11:01,903 --> 02:11:02,737
to note why we have this police

3036
02:11:02,737 --> 02:11:04,639
review advisory board.

3037
02:11:04,639 --> 02:11:05,740
We have a couple of new members.

3038
02:11:05,740 --> 02:11:07,275
We have people tuning in.

3039
02:11:07,275 --> 02:11:09,177
They have no idea.

3040
02:11:09,177 --> 02:11:10,110
So I just want to make a

3041
02:11:10,110 --> 02:11:12,411
recommendation that there might

3042
02:11:13,948 --> 02:11:16,170
be some item that talks about

3043
02:11:16,170 --> 02:11:18,860
historical backdrop, to tell

3044
02:11:18,860 --> 02:11:18,853
people, here's this police

3045
02:11:18,853 --> 02:11:20,853
review.

3046
02:11:21,422 --> 02:11:23,910
We're pointing people to it.

3047
02:11:23,910 --> 02:11:24,726
They can refer to why these

3048
02:11:24,726 --> 02:11:26,227
people are being appointed.

3049
02:11:26,227 --> 02:11:26,694
They never got their

3050
02:11:26,694 --> 02:11:27,995
credentials.

3051
02:11:27,995 --> 02:11:29,630
Let's talk a little bit about

3052
02:11:29,630 --> 02:11:31,630
their credentials.

3053
02:11:31,432 --> 02:11:32,500
There was a time when we

3054
02:11:32,500 --> 02:11:34,500
recommended members.

3055
02:11:34,902 --> 02:11:36,904
You would give us their resume.

3056
02:11:36,904 --> 02:11:37,972
Now you give us a little bit of

3057
02:11:37,972 --> 02:11:39,807
a synopsis.

3058
02:11:39,807 --> 02:11:41,442
Not that I took issue with that,

3059
02:11:41,442 --> 02:11:42,610
but I don't really get a sense

3060
02:11:42,610 --> 02:11:45,100
of who they are.

3061
02:11:46,130 --> 02:11:47,915
I know who they are in regards

3062
02:11:47,915 --> 02:11:49,884
to being appointed to the police

3063
02:11:49,884 --> 02:11:51,619
review advisory board maybe

3064
02:11:51,619 --> 02:11:53,554
because we don't quite have the

3065
02:11:53,554 --> 02:11:55,220
history of why.

3066
02:11:55,220 --> 02:11:57,258
I think it would be important,

3067
02:11:57,258 --> 02:12:02,580
as long as the resume is not as

3068
02:12:04,198 --> 02:12:06,500
long as the enpsych low media --

3069
02:12:06,500 --> 02:12:08,235
encyclopedia.

3070
02:12:08,235 --> 02:12:09,837
Because having been around and I

3071
02:12:09,837 --> 02:12:11,606
know a little bit about the

3072
02:12:11,606 --> 02:12:12,573
formation of the police review

3073
02:12:12,573 --> 02:12:14,573
advisory board.

3074
02:12:14,842 --> 02:12:16,944
I did take note of all the

3075
02:12:16,944 --> 02:12:18,679
expertise of the people -- that

3076
02:12:18,679 --> 02:12:20,448
the people have.

3077
02:12:20,448 --> 02:12:22,416
What I'm look little bit more

3078
02:12:22,416 --> 02:12:24,218
balance in terms of just the

3079
02:12:24,218 --> 02:12:27,218
ordinary citizen that might also

3080
02:12:27,455 --> 02:12:29,900
be interested to have an option

3081
02:12:29,900 --> 02:12:32,690
to serve, but they don't have,

3082
02:12:35,162 --> 02:12:36,430
say, experience.

3083
02:12:36,430 --> 02:12:38,980
Professional decade of

3084
02:12:38,980 --> 02:12:39,433
experience and human services.

3085
02:12:39,433 --> 02:12:43,330
I feel that we're moving, and

3086
02:12:47,207 --> 02:12:49,109
it's not a bad continuing that's

3087
02:12:49,109 --> 02:12:50,277
for almost exclusively highly

3088
02:12:50,277 --> 02:12:50,878
educated people with years of

3089
02:12:50,878 --> 02:12:52,446
experience.

3090
02:12:52,446 --> 02:12:56,460
I'm looking for some folks who

3091
02:12:56,917 --> 02:12:58,952
MAY not have as much experience,

3092
02:12:58,952 --> 02:13:01,880
but would be able to give their

3093
02:13:01,880 --> 02:13:03,290
time, talent, and intellect to

3094
02:13:03,290 --> 02:13:05,690
the board if invited.

3095
02:13:07,694 --> 02:13:09,496
So I'm looking to us for our

3096
02:13:09,496 --> 02:13:10,697
community engagement efforts.

3097
02:13:10,697 --> 02:13:12,199
Whatever you call them.

3098
02:13:12,199 --> 02:13:13,934
The community engagement team

3099
02:13:13,934 --> 02:13:16,270
that go out it knock on doors

3100
02:13:16,270 --> 02:13:18,172
and let people know we're doing

3101
02:13:18,172 --> 02:13:18,972
various things, that we really

3102
02:13:18,972 --> 02:13:20,972
go and look.

3103
02:13:21,475 --> 02:13:24,278
Let's go to the town court.

3104
02:13:24,278 --> 02:13:25,579
Let's go to apartment gardens.

3105
02:13:25,579 --> 02:13:27,548
Let's go.

3106
02:13:27,548 --> 02:13:28,916
I'm certain if there were people

3107
02:13:28,916 --> 02:13:31,316
that knew these opportunities

3108
02:13:32,519 --> 02:13:35,550
were available, MAY not have 10,

3109
02:13:35,550 --> 02:13:37,424
15 years in human services, but

3110
02:13:37,424 --> 02:13:38,225
have a lot of basic neighborhood

3111
02:13:38,225 --> 02:13:39,793
knowledge.

3112
02:13:39,793 --> 02:13:40,761
Basic knowledge in areas that

3113
02:13:40,761 --> 02:13:44,361
would be just as important to

3114
02:13:45,832 --> 02:13:47,701
have a police advisory board.

3115
02:13:47,701 --> 02:13:48,668
I just want to mention that.

3116
02:13:48,668 --> 02:13:51,838
I'm looking for a little bit

3117
02:13:51,838 --> 02:13:53,573
more balance.

3118
02:13:53,573 --> 02:13:54,841
We talk about community

3119
02:13:54,841 --> 02:13:57,100
engagement on all levels.

3120
02:13:57,100 --> 02:14:00,610
So let's be more cognizant about

3121
02:14:03,820 --> 02:14:05,118
who we bring on, so it's not

3122
02:14:05,118 --> 02:14:07,518
skewed in one direction.

3123
02:14:07,888 --> 02:14:09,923
The last time I'll say that.

3124
02:14:09,923 --> 02:14:12,525
If you do get shun who has a lot

3125
02:14:12,525 --> 02:14:13,926
of learned knowledge, community

3126
02:14:13,926 --> 02:14:15,950
knowledge, a group of highly

3127
02:14:15,950 --> 02:14:17,630
educated MAY not come back

3128
02:14:17,630 --> 02:14:17,530
because I feel like I don't have

3129
02:14:17,530 --> 02:14:19,530
the B.A.

3130
02:14:21,134 --> 02:14:21,968
I don't

3131
02:14:21,968 --> 02:14:23,336
.

3132
02:14:23,336 --> 02:14:26,406
>> Mayor Simmons: I want us to

3133
02:14:26,406 --> 02:14:27,730
be more cognizant so we have a

3134
02:14:27,730 --> 02:14:28,908
broad representation on our

3135
02:14:28,908 --> 02:14:30,744
boards and commissions.

3136
02:14:30,744 --> 02:14:33,144
Thank you, MADAM Chair.

3137
02:14:35,682 --> 02:14:38,820
I yield the floor.

3138
02:14:38,885 --> 02:14:39,185
>> Chair: thank you, count lor

3139
02:14:39,185 --> 02:14:41,185
simmons.

3140
02:14:41,454 --> 02:14:42,655
>> through you, mayor and good

3141
02:14:42,655 --> 02:14:44,655
evening councillors.

3142
02:14:46,250 --> 02:14:46,292
I want to start by introducing

3143
02:14:46,292 --> 02:14:48,292
myself.

3144
02:14:48,861 --> 02:14:49,996
I serve as the executive

3145
02:14:49,996 --> 02:14:50,263
secretary for the advisory

3146
02:14:50,263 --> 02:14:52,263
board.

3147
02:14:52,932 --> 02:14:54,467
I also oversee the human rights

3148
02:14:54,467 --> 02:14:57,467
commission and the commission on

3149
02:14:58,710 --> 02:15:00,471
immigrant right and citizenship.

3150
02:15:03,342 --> 02:15:04,100
thank you, councilor sim mons

3151
02:15:04,100 --> 02:15:06,100
for the questions.

3152
02:15:07,947 --> 02:15:11,547
I'm happy to touch base on.

3153
02:15:12,618 --> 02:15:13,860
I apoll jiez for not including

3154
02:15:13,860 --> 02:15:14,854
the resumes.

3155
02:15:14,854 --> 02:15:16,422
The board members work hard to

3156
02:15:16,422 --> 02:15:18,224
make sure the pool of applicants

3157
02:15:18,224 --> 02:15:19,491
who are rechtive of our

3158
02:15:19,491 --> 02:15:21,891
community, which is difficult

3159
02:15:21,927 --> 02:15:25,970
because we pulled that off when

3160
02:15:25,970 --> 02:15:28,970
everyone was enjoying time off.

3161
02:15:28,167 --> 02:15:30,469
We looked at what is the vision

3162
02:15:30,469 --> 02:15:32,710
of the board now that it's under

3163
02:15:32,710 --> 02:15:34,471
new leadership and specifically

3164
02:15:35,107 --> 02:15:36,842
for people that can help us with

3165
02:15:36,842 --> 02:15:38,244
community engagement, which is a

3166
02:15:38,244 --> 02:15:39,211
focal point right now.

3167
02:15:39,211 --> 02:15:41,800
As well as, committed to

3168
02:15:41,800 --> 02:15:44,800
training which I'm trying to

3169
02:15:44,450 --> 02:15:47,450
remain consistent and across the

3170
02:15:48,387 --> 02:15:48,721
board as we work with the police

3171
02:15:48,721 --> 02:15:50,721
department.

3172
02:15:52,424 --> 02:15:53,592
We thought the two applicants

3173
02:15:53,592 --> 02:15:55,610
that move forward with

3174
02:15:55,610 --> 02:15:56,929
appointments really are

3175
02:15:56,929 --> 02:15:58,330
committed to that and fully

3176
02:15:58,330 --> 02:16:00,650
understand the mission.

3177
02:16:00,650 --> 02:16:01,834
One is a long time cambridge

3178
02:16:01,834 --> 02:16:05,104
resident and the other is newer

3179
02:16:05,104 --> 02:16:08,507
to cambridge but had what we

3180
02:16:08,507 --> 02:16:10,376
found

3181
02:16:10,376 --> 02:16:12,376
experience.

3182
02:16:12,444 --> 02:16:13,579
It's difficult to find because

3183
02:16:13,579 --> 02:16:17,116
we are looking to find that

3184
02:16:17,116 --> 02:16:20,116
neutrality in the space, which

3185
02:16:22,221 --> 02:16:25,221
we understand is difficult but

3186
02:16:27,359 --> 02:16:27,860
we're excited about the two

3187
02:16:27,860 --> 02:16:29,628
applicants.

3188
02:16:29,628 --> 02:16:32,531
>> I thought about sitting from

3189
02:16:32,531 --> 02:16:34,633
that perch having peoples names.

3190
02:16:34,633 --> 02:16:35,501
When I knew you I didn't know

3191
02:16:35,501 --> 02:16:36,601
you.

3192
02:16:36,601 --> 02:16:39,100
This is very helpful.

3193
02:16:39,338 --> 02:16:42,808
I applaud the work you do.

3194
02:16:42,808 --> 02:16:45,344
I know you work overtime, all

3195
02:16:45,344 --> 02:16:45,744
the time and every time to have

3196
02:16:45,744 --> 02:16:47,744
representation.

3197
02:16:48,947 --> 02:16:50,349
We look for people that look

3198
02:16:50,349 --> 02:16:52,170
like us or act like us.

3199
02:16:52,170 --> 02:16:54,953
I suggest to the work you do,

3200
02:16:54,953 --> 02:16:56,255
which is a lot and great, how do

3201
02:16:56,255 --> 02:16:58,490
we say who is not here.

3202
02:16:58,490 --> 02:17:00,291
What type of person do we not

3203
02:17:00,291 --> 02:17:02,261
have and how that might round

3204
02:17:02,261 --> 02:17:03,328
out the board and really grow

3205
02:17:03,328 --> 02:17:05,970
our community engagement.

3206
02:17:05,970 --> 02:17:06,464
Again, this is not at all a

3207
02:17:06,464 --> 02:17:08,534
slight to the work you do.

3208
02:17:08,534 --> 02:17:10,335
I know you work really hard and

3209
02:17:10,335 --> 02:17:12,704
have a cute baby at home you're

3210
02:17:12,704 --> 02:17:14,973
trying to take care of.

3211
02:17:14,973 --> 02:17:18,573
It's how do we utilize other

3212
02:17:20,445 --> 02:17:23,810
ways to get people that don't

3213
02:17:23,810 --> 02:17:24,449
typically serve on these boards

3214
02:17:24,449 --> 02:17:26,449
and commissions.

3215
02:17:26,518 --> 02:17:27,352
No criticism to the work you do

3216
02:17:27,352 --> 02:17:28,920
just looking at opportunity and

3217
02:17:28,920 --> 02:17:30,221
options to have a broader

3218
02:17:30,221 --> 02:17:32,257
representation of people from

3219
02:17:32,257 --> 02:17:32,524
other neighborhoods that we

3220
02:17:32,524 --> 02:17:34,524
don't.

3221
02:17:34,960 --> 02:17:37,662
I expect if we were to do a grid

3222
02:17:37,662 --> 02:17:39,331
we were trending in a certain

3223
02:17:39,331 --> 02:17:41,700
direction and not in the other

3224
02:17:41,700 --> 02:17:44,100
direction that speaks to

3225
02:17:44,669 --> 02:17:46,338
diversity and breath and depth.

3226
02:17:46,338 --> 02:17:46,905
I yield the floor.

3227
02:17:46,905 --> 02:17:48,640
>> Chair: thank you.

3228
02:17:48,640 --> 02:17:50,175
Councilor nolan.

3229
02:17:50,175 --> 02:17:52,575
>> Councilor Nolan: thank you.

3230
02:17:53,780 --> 02:17:53,345
Through you, mayor, and to the

3231
02:17:53,345 --> 02:17:55,345
staff.

3232
02:17:56,314 --> 02:17:59,914
I want to 100% build on what

3233
02:17:59,951 --> 02:18:01,860
councilor simons just said

3234
02:18:01,860 --> 02:18:01,753
thchlt is a review advisory

3235
02:18:01,753 --> 02:18:04,522
board working with the police

3236
02:18:04,522 --> 02:18:05,924
department on training and

3237
02:18:05,924 --> 02:18:06,625
through the city and is

3238
02:18:06,625 --> 02:18:08,960
critically important when we

3239
02:18:08,960 --> 02:18:10,161
look boo complaints that are

3240
02:18:10,161 --> 02:18:11,896
filed.

3241
02:18:11,896 --> 02:18:14,980
It's critically important as the

3242
02:18:14,980 --> 02:18:16,340
councilor says, there's lots of

3243
02:18:16,340 --> 02:18:17,802
ways to define diversity.

3244
02:18:17,802 --> 02:18:19,103
These resumes in some ways are

3245
02:18:19,103 --> 02:18:21,103
really impressive.

3246
02:18:21,339 --> 02:18:24,442
And yet, as has been said, if

3247
02:18:24,442 --> 02:18:26,311
you have very different life

3248
02:18:26,311 --> 02:18:28,680
experience and who is much --

3249
02:18:28,680 --> 02:18:30,180
I'm interested in making sure

3250
02:18:30,180 --> 02:18:32,617
residents here are very much

3251
02:18:32,617 --> 02:18:33,451
willing to look a scans at any

3252
02:18:33,451 --> 02:18:35,820
official report and make sure

3253
02:18:35,820 --> 02:18:38,820
they approach it from the

3254
02:18:39,560 --> 02:18:41,456
perspective of residents across

3255
02:19:05,160 --> 02:19:07,160
the city.

3256
02:19:07,218 --> 02:19:09,618
Opposed to just accepting

3257
02:19:10,540 --> 02:19:11,789
anything that goes forward.

3258
02:19:11,789 --> 02:19:15,326
I want to -- I'm glad the

3259
02:19:15,326 --> 02:19:17,610
councilor raised it and I fully

3260
02:19:17,610 --> 02:19:20,661
support her request that we look

3261
02:19:21,650 --> 02:19:22,767
seriously at how it is that we

3262
02:19:22,767 --> 02:19:23,334
are providing recommendations

3263
02:19:23,334 --> 02:19:25,334
for these.

3264
02:19:27,371 --> 02:19:29,730
I have no reason to pose these

3265
02:19:29,730 --> 02:19:30,674
necessarily but I would much

3266
02:19:30,674 --> 02:19:33,100
prefer we had assurance some

3267
02:19:33,100 --> 02:19:34,245
members of the board were in a

3268
02:19:34,245 --> 02:19:36,245
completely different mindset

3269
02:20:01,605 --> 02:20:03,841
than what might be assumed here.

3270
02:20:03,841 --> 02:20:07,144
Do we have a full report of the

3271
02:20:07,144 --> 02:20:07,578
last ten years of all cases

3272
02:20:07,578 --> 02:20:09,578
adjudicated?

3273
02:20:11,415 --> 02:20:11,849
If not, how quickly can we get

3274
02:20:11,849 --> 02:20:13,849
that?

3275
02:20:14,718 --> 02:20:17,200
>> thank you for question.

3276
02:20:17,200 --> 02:20:19,823
That is something that we

3277
02:20:19,823 --> 02:20:20,958
continue since we've been in the

3278
02:20:20,958 --> 02:20:23,794
new transition that's just on my

3279
02:20:23,794 --> 02:20:26,794
to do to bring back.

3280
02:20:26,863 --> 02:20:28,465
I think getting these

3281
02:20:28,465 --> 02:20:28,899
appointments since there is

3282
02:20:28,899 --> 02:20:29,600
quorum.

3283
02:20:29,600 --> 02:20:30,968
That's absolutely something we

3284
02:20:30,968 --> 02:20:33,968
will continue doing and are

3285
02:20:34,638 --> 02:20:34,971
aware is required by the

3286
02:20:34,971 --> 02:20:35,806
ordinance.

3287
02:20:35,806 --> 02:20:36,406
>> Chair: councilor nolan.

3288
02:20:36,406 --> 02:20:37,674
>> Councilor Nolan: thanks.

3289
02:20:37,674 --> 02:20:39,976
Look, there's all this talk

3290
02:20:39,976 --> 02:20:41,645
about what is in ordinance and

3291
02:20:41,645 --> 02:20:43,513
what isn't filed.

3292
02:20:43,513 --> 02:20:45,749
This is critically important.

3293
02:20:45,749 --> 02:20:46,650
We care enough about it we send

3294
02:20:46,650 --> 02:20:47,818
it.

3295
02:20:47,818 --> 02:20:50,220
We are getting kudos across the

3296
02:20:50,220 --> 02:20:51,888
country and I for one have no

3297
02:20:51,888 --> 02:20:53,757
knowledge whether we deserve the

3298
02:20:53,757 --> 02:20:55,258
kudos because I have no idea of

3299
02:20:55,258 --> 02:20:56,493
how it's viewed by the general

3300
02:20:56,493 --> 02:20:58,228
person on the street because we

3301
02:20:58,228 --> 02:20:59,229
don't get those reports.

3302
02:20:59,229 --> 02:21:02,829
I recognize and I should have

3303
02:21:03,466 --> 02:21:05,101
said through you, mayor, I

3304
02:21:05,101 --> 02:21:06,769
recognize they are new and I'm

3305
02:21:06,769 --> 02:21:08,400
glad you're working at it.

3306
02:21:08,400 --> 02:21:09,339
If this is several years of

3307
02:21:09,339 --> 02:21:12,342
boards, not speaking to you but

3308
02:21:12,342 --> 02:21:14,544
to the fact we have not gotten

3309
02:21:14,544 --> 02:21:15,879
what is -- not just legally

3310
02:21:15,879 --> 02:21:17,313
required but almost morally

3311
02:21:17,313 --> 02:21:17,881
required to make sure we're

3312
02:21:17,881 --> 02:21:19,482
moving forward.

3313
02:21:19,482 --> 02:21:21,510
The last time I checked one of

3314
02:21:21,510 --> 02:21:23,720
the concerns, having talked to

3315
02:21:23,720 --> 02:21:24,721
several people who filed

3316
02:21:24,721 --> 02:21:27,121
complaints honestly, is they

3317
02:21:27,891 --> 02:21:30,260
were not sustained and felt

3318
02:21:30,260 --> 02:21:32,228
totally not listened to by the

3319
02:21:32,228 --> 02:21:35,228
parb, because they felt the

3320
02:21:35,431 --> 02:21:35,899
people were predesupposed to

3321
02:21:35,899 --> 02:21:37,534
defend everything.

3322
02:21:37,534 --> 02:21:40,970
That's not something we want to

3323
02:21:40,970 --> 02:21:41,304
see in other areas of

3324
02:21:41,304 --> 02:21:43,304
government.

3325
02:21:44,741 --> 02:21:48,341
I hope moving forward we can

3326
02:21:48,511 --> 02:21:48,911
ensure folks dr the data is

3327
02:21:48,911 --> 02:21:50,911
already there.

3328
02:21:58,788 --> 02:21:59,756
Thank you.

3329
02:21:59,756 --> 02:22:02,756
>>>the issue of what the

3330
02:22:02,759 --> 02:22:05,940
ordinance is I think we can take

3331
02:22:05,940 --> 02:22:08,694
up but do folks have questions

3332
02:22:34,223 --> 02:22:36,240
about the specific appointments?

3333
02:22:36,240 --> 02:22:37,827
>> all of the meetings are

3334
02:22:37,827 --> 02:22:38,794
public meetings.

3335
02:22:38,794 --> 02:22:41,297
There is documentation in terms

3336
02:22:41,297 --> 02:22:43,265
of what's been on the agenda and

3337
02:22:43,265 --> 02:22:43,699
decisions that have come before

3338
02:22:43,699 --> 02:22:45,699
prav.

3339
02:22:47,136 --> 02:22:49,710
Your points are well taken and

3340
02:22:49,710 --> 02:22:51,107
there's good work to do.

3341
02:22:51,107 --> 02:22:51,941
>> Mayor Siddiqui: I see no

3342
02:22:51,941 --> 02:22:52,641
further commentary from

3343
02:22:52,641 --> 02:22:54,641
colleagues.

3344
02:22:56,812 --> 02:22:58,514
I will entertain a motion to

3345
02:22:58,514 --> 02:23:00,914
approve the appointments and

3346
02:23:01,550 --> 02:23:04,550
place the matter on file.

3347
02:23:10,192 --> 02:23:10,492
On a motion by>> councilor

3348
02:23:10,492 --> 02:23:11,794
azeem?

3349
02:23:11,794 --> 02:23:12,828
>> yea.

3350
02:23:12,828 --> 02:23:13,620
>> Clerk: councilor carlone,>>

3351
02:23:13,620 --> 02:23:14,530
yes.

3352
02:23:14,530 --> 02:23:15,331
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

3353
02:23:15,331 --> 02:23:17,331
>> yes.

3354
02:23:17,566 --> 02:23:18,330
>> Clerk: councilor similarmons?

3355
02:23:18,330 --> 02:23:18,867
>> yes.

3356
02:23:18,867 --> 02:23:20,350
>> councilor sobrinho-wheeler?

3357
02:23:20,350 --> 02:23:22,350
>> yes.

3358
02:23:22,710 --> 02:23:23,772
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

3359
02:23:23,772 --> 02:23:24,306
>> yes.

3360
02:23:24,306 --> 02:23:24,773
>> Clerk: mayor?

3361
02:23:24,773 --> 02:23:25,908
>> yes.

3362
02:23:25,908 --> 02:23:28,308
>> Mayor Siddiqui: it is

3363
02:23:28,410 --> 02:23:29,344
approved and placed on file.

3364
02:23:29,344 --> 02:23:31,344
Agenda item three.

3365
02:23:31,380 --> 02:23:33,780
A communication transmitted from

3366
02:23:34,716 --> 02:23:37,553
the city manager relative to the

3367
02:23:37,553 --> 02:23:39,553
appointment of members

3368
02:23:40,589 --> 02:23:41,560
conservation district

3369
02:23:41,560 --> 02:23:43,560
commission.

3370
02:23:46,270 --> 02:23:46,928
Vice mayor you have the floor.

3371
02:23:46,928 --> 02:23:49,328
>> Councilor Azeem: thank you.

3372
02:23:49,698 --> 02:23:51,533
We have newly appointed powers

3373
02:23:51,533 --> 02:23:52,300
to review -- appointments by the

3374
02:23:52,300 --> 02:23:53,668
city manager to different boards

3375
02:23:53,668 --> 02:23:55,904
and things like that.

3376
02:23:55,904 --> 02:23:58,807
I wanted to say the only people

3377
02:23:58,807 --> 02:24:01,430
I know on this are people given

3378
02:24:01,430 --> 02:24:02,878
in public comment disagreeing

3379
02:24:02,878 --> 02:24:03,845
with different housing

3380
02:24:03,845 --> 02:24:05,470
initiatives the city council has

3381
02:24:05,470 --> 02:24:05,981
done and I think that's fine.

3382
02:24:05,981 --> 02:24:07,582
That's democracy.

3383
02:24:07,582 --> 02:24:09,651
There are a lot of opinions.

3384
02:24:09,651 --> 02:24:11,319
I know in the past some people

3385
02:24:11,319 --> 02:24:12,621
have brought up concerns if

3386
02:24:12,621 --> 02:24:14,623
someone has a different opinion

3387
02:24:14,623 --> 02:24:14,923
than they do, has given public

3388
02:24:14,923 --> 02:24:16,791
comment.

3389
02:24:16,791 --> 02:24:17,250
I want to say I think that's

3390
02:24:17,250 --> 02:24:19,250
fine.

3391
02:24:19,995 --> 02:24:21,363
The only people I know here that

3392
02:24:21,363 --> 02:24:23,363
very difficult politics.

3393
02:24:24,266 --> 02:24:25,300
It's a democracy and we need

3394
02:24:25,300 --> 02:24:27,569
points representedment happy to

3395
02:24:27,569 --> 02:24:28,403
vote for this but wanted to do

3396
02:24:28,403 --> 02:24:29,404
acknowledge that.

3397
02:24:29,404 --> 02:24:29,938
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

3398
02:24:29,938 --> 02:24:31,439
vice mayor.

3399
02:24:31,439 --> 02:24:33,439
Any comments?

3400
02:24:34,910 --> 02:24:36,411
hearing none on a motion by vice

3401
02:24:36,411 --> 02:24:38,146
mayor to approve the

3402
02:24:38,146 --> 02:24:40,382
appointments and place the

3403
02:24:40,382 --> 02:24:41,820
communication on file.

3404
02:24:41,820 --> 02:24:43,820
Roll call.

3405
02:24:43,151 --> 02:24:43,952
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

3406
02:24:43,952 --> 02:24:45,952
>> yes.

3407
02:24:46,221 --> 02:24:46,921
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

3408
02:24:46,921 --> 02:24:48,921
>> yes.

3409
02:24:49,570 --> 02:24:49,657
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

3410
02:24:49,657 --> 02:24:50,759
>> yes.

3411
02:24:50,759 --> 02:24:51,192
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

3412
02:24:51,192 --> 02:24:53,192
>> yes.

3413
02:24:53,761 --> 02:24:55,597
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

3414
02:24:55,597 --> 02:24:57,597
>> yes.

3415
02:25:00,135 --> 02:25:01,200
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

3416
02:25:01,200 --> 02:25:01,236
>> councilor sobrinho-wheeler>>

3417
02:25:01,236 --> 02:25:03,236
yes.

3418
02:25:03,505 --> 02:25:04,706
>>yes councilor siddiqui?

3419
02:25:04,706 --> 02:25:05,707
>> yes.

3420
02:25:05,707 --> 02:25:05,974
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

3421
02:25:05,974 --> 02:25:07,108
>> yes.

3422
02:25:07,108 --> 02:25:09,511
>> Mayor Siddiqui: the item is

3423
02:25:09,511 --> 02:25:11,511
placed on file.

3424
02:25:12,680 --> 02:25:15,800
Communication from city manager

3425
02:25:18,520 --> 02:25:20,452
relative to designation for

3426
02:25:20,888 --> 02:25:23,223
[Indiscernible] On the street.

3427
02:25:23,223 --> 02:25:23,891
Councilor you have the floor.

3428
02:25:23,891 --> 02:25:25,926
>> Councilor Nolan: thank you.

3429
02:25:25,926 --> 02:25:27,361
This is relative to

3430
02:25:27,361 --> 02:25:29,630
recommendation for final

3431
02:25:29,630 --> 02:25:31,630
landmark designation report.

3432
02:25:32,233 --> 02:25:33,968
As usual, a report that has lots

3433
02:25:33,968 --> 02:25:34,902
of data and information on it

3434
02:25:34,902 --> 02:25:36,637
which I always learn something

3435
02:25:36,637 --> 02:25:37,305
about the history of whatever it

3436
02:25:37,305 --> 02:25:39,305
is in cambridge.

3437
02:25:40,641 --> 02:25:41,742
Not just usually the building

3438
02:25:41,742 --> 02:25:44,211
but the neighborhood and also

3439
02:25:44,211 --> 02:25:46,314
what was going on at the city at

3440
02:25:46,314 --> 02:25:48,249
the time.

3441
02:25:48,249 --> 02:25:50,885
I'm excited always to read that.

3442
02:25:50,885 --> 02:25:51,352
I'm also excited about the

3443
02:25:51,352 --> 02:25:53,540
plans.

3444
02:25:53,540 --> 02:25:54,488
The owner is dedicated and

3445
02:25:54,488 --> 02:25:57,910
committed to having a center

3446
02:25:57,910 --> 02:25:58,893
that will enhance the city.

3447
02:25:58,893 --> 02:26:01,280
That will benefit the square and

3448
02:26:01,280 --> 02:26:02,930
that will preserve the building.

3449
02:26:02,930 --> 02:26:05,466
As noted it's part of the

3450
02:26:05,466 --> 02:26:06,567
harvard square conservation

3451
02:26:06,567 --> 02:26:08,567
district.

3452
02:26:08,769 --> 02:26:09,904
There's lots of restrictions and

3453
02:26:09,904 --> 02:26:12,904
rules and regulation that is

3454
02:26:13,400 --> 02:26:15,543
have to be followed by it.

3455
02:26:15,543 --> 02:26:18,212
I wanted to say that that

3456
02:26:18,212 --> 02:26:21,480
history is important and for me

3457
02:26:21,480 --> 02:26:22,816
to landmark seems something that

3458
02:26:22,816 --> 02:26:24,816
I cannot support.

3459
02:26:25,520 --> 02:26:28,652
Because this is a project that

3460
02:26:28,789 --> 02:26:30,230
is desperately overdue, I think,

3461
02:26:30,230 --> 02:26:31,692
in the square.

3462
02:26:31,692 --> 02:26:32,593
I toured the building.

3463
02:26:32,593 --> 02:26:33,894
It was offered to everyone to

3464
02:26:33,894 --> 02:26:36,294
say see the building.

3465
02:26:36,430 --> 02:26:40,630
There is work that needs to be

3466
02:26:40,701 --> 02:26:44,301
done and to landmark would be

3467
02:27:12,199 --> 02:27:13,734
highly restrictive.

3468
02:27:13,734 --> 02:27:15,636
The reason I feel comfortable

3469
02:27:15,636 --> 02:27:16,903
in that is the harvard square

3470
02:27:16,903 --> 02:27:18,872
conservation district has some

3471
02:27:18,872 --> 02:27:19,706
and the owner said it's going to

3472
02:27:19,706 --> 02:27:19,973
continue to be a nonprofit

3473
02:27:19,973 --> 02:27:21,108
center.

3474
02:27:21,108 --> 02:27:24,111
It's going to be used for the

3475
02:27:24,111 --> 02:27:25,512
benefit of the community.

3476
02:27:25,512 --> 02:27:26,980
It is clearly going to bring

3477
02:27:26,980 --> 02:27:29,820
into the square exactly what we

3478
02:27:29,820 --> 02:27:29,516
need in terms of civic

3479
02:27:29,516 --> 02:27:30,500
engagement.

3480
02:27:30,500 --> 02:27:32,500
I'm happy.

3481
02:27:33,186 --> 02:27:35,756
I would love for this to be done

3482
02:27:35,756 --> 02:27:37,958
as soon as possible.

3483
02:27:37,958 --> 02:27:41,610
It is for that reason I will

3484
02:27:41,610 --> 02:27:42,728
not support the landmark

3485
02:27:42,728 --> 02:27:44,728
recommendation of the

3486
02:27:45,650 --> 02:27:47,650
commission.

3487
02:27:47,300 --> 02:27:49,300
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

3488
02:27:52,500 --> 02:27:53,506
al-zubi and then vice mayor and

3489
02:27:53,506 --> 02:27:54,174
then councilor simmons.

3490
02:27:54,174 --> 02:27:56,209
>> Councilor Al-Zubi: I would

3491
02:27:56,209 --> 02:27:57,110
like more time to folks directly

3492
02:27:57,110 --> 02:27:58,545
involved, as well as, process

3493
02:27:58,545 --> 02:28:01,545
the report before the vote.

3494
02:28:02,515 --> 02:28:03,820
I want to make a motion to

3495
02:28:03,820 --> 02:28:03,750
charter right.

3496
02:28:03,750 --> 02:28:05,585
>> Mayor Siddiqui: so councilor

3497
02:28:05,585 --> 02:28:06,286
al-zubi exercises her charter

3498
02:28:06,286 --> 02:28:08,286
right.

3499
02:28:10,857 --> 02:28:11,424
Move to next item on the city

3500
02:28:11,424 --> 02:28:13,424
manager's agenda.

3501
02:28:15,261 --> 02:28:15,962
We don't get to vote on that.

3502
02:28:15,962 --> 02:28:18,362
City manager item five.

3503
02:28:19,320 --> 02:28:21,000
This is transmitting

3504
02:28:21,000 --> 02:28:23,400
communication there city manager

3505
02:28:23,570 --> 02:28:25,570
relative to $100,000 received

3506
02:28:25,572 --> 02:28:28,572
from the broadband institute to

3507
02:28:29,420 --> 02:28:30,576
the grant fund and other

3508
02:28:30,576 --> 02:28:31,244
maintenance.

3509
02:28:31,244 --> 02:28:33,244
[Indiscernible] Support local

3510
02:28:35,682 --> 02:28:37,500
and provide voices to resident

3511
02:28:37,500 --> 02:28:39,500
DECEMBER in distribution

3512
02:28:40,887 --> 02:28:43,287
[Indiscernible] And hot spots

3513
02:28:44,190 --> 02:28:47,190
to -- digital navigator serving

3514
02:28:47,427 --> 02:28:47,727
individuals in cambridge public

3515
02:28:47,727 --> 02:28:49,727
schools.

3516
02:28:51,330 --> 02:28:52,198
Councilor simmons you have the

3517
02:28:52,198 --> 02:28:52,665
floor.

3518
02:28:52,665 --> 02:28:54,660
>> thank you.

3519
02:28:54,660 --> 02:28:54,634
We have the director on the

3520
02:28:54,634 --> 02:28:56,634
screen.

3521
02:28:57,103 --> 02:28:58,905
I would like to give the floor

3522
02:28:58,905 --> 02:29:02,740
to her to talk us through about

3523
02:29:02,740 --> 02:29:03,376
how she sees the appropriation,

3524
02:29:03,376 --> 02:29:04,743
how it's going to work.

3525
02:29:04,743 --> 02:29:06,212
Then I have questions after I

3526
02:29:06,212 --> 02:29:08,212
hear from her.

3527
02:29:08,548 --> 02:29:11,548
I yield to the director.

3528
02:29:11,651 --> 02:29:13,452
>> thank you so much.

3529
02:29:13,452 --> 02:29:14,954
Through you, mayor.

3530
02:29:14,954 --> 02:29:19,154
It's great to be here tonight to

3531
02:29:19,892 --> 02:29:20,993
talk about our digital equity

3532
02:29:20,993 --> 02:29:23,329
program and this grant.

3533
02:29:23,329 --> 02:29:26,329
One of the things I've

3534
02:29:31,270 --> 02:29:31,737
observed -- I've been here nine

3535
02:29:31,737 --> 02:29:33,506
years in cambridge.

3536
02:29:33,506 --> 02:29:35,906
Our commitment, the city's

3537
02:29:37,760 --> 02:29:39,476
commitment to equity, innovation

3538
02:29:41,460 --> 02:29:41,680
and creative collaborations is

3539
02:29:41,680 --> 02:29:43,582
quite special.

3540
02:29:43,582 --> 02:29:45,618
One of the things I wanted to

3541
02:29:45,618 --> 02:29:49,154
mention to start off is that the

3542
02:29:49,154 --> 02:29:51,554
city's digital equity initiative

3543
02:29:53,258 --> 02:29:55,658
is providing access to

3544
02:29:57,960 --> 02:29:57,863
technology and learning

3545
02:29:57,863 --> 02:29:58,831
opportunities.

3546
02:29:58,831 --> 02:30:00,831
It's both.

3547
02:30:00,866 --> 02:30:03,350
It's the access to technology

3548
02:30:03,350 --> 02:30:04,136
and building opportunities and

3549
02:30:04,136 --> 02:30:04,537
that this has been a

3550
02:30:04,537 --> 02:30:06,537
collaborative.

3551
02:30:07,172 --> 02:30:08,340
I think ths one of the peshl

3552
02:30:08,340 --> 02:30:11,340
things about this grant through

3553
02:30:11,944 --> 02:30:13,712
the mass broadband institute is

3554
02:30:13,712 --> 02:30:14,313
that it really has been a

3555
02:30:14,313 --> 02:30:16,313
collaboration.

3556
02:30:17,549 --> 02:30:20,549
This is helping to continue

3557
02:30:25,230 --> 02:30:26,758
that.

3558
02:30:26,758 --> 02:30:29,270
It's not only nonprofits

3559
02:30:29,270 --> 02:30:32,270
including cctv and justice star

3560
02:30:33,650 --> 02:30:36,650
and many others, this digital

3561
02:30:37,200 --> 02:30:39,304
equity collaboration has always

3562
02:30:39,304 --> 02:30:41,390
been with four city departments.

3563
02:30:41,390 --> 02:30:43,390
Cambridge public school

3564
02:30:44,409 --> 02:30:47,279
district, human services, I.T.,

3565
02:30:47,279 --> 02:30:48,580
and the library.

3566
02:30:48,580 --> 02:30:50,980
Our digital-and-a-half va tors

3567
02:30:52,284 --> 02:30:55,284
connect residents with a wide

3568
02:31:00,692 --> 02:31:02,692
array of services.

3569
02:31:03,361 --> 02:31:05,761
This includings tech learning.

3570
02:31:06,831 --> 02:31:09,668
Assisting and signing up with

3571
02:31:09,668 --> 02:31:11,670
low cost providers, connectivity

3572
02:31:11,670 --> 02:31:13,338
issues and connecting residents

3573
02:31:13,338 --> 02:31:14,739
with devices they so desperately

3574
02:31:14,739 --> 02:31:16,739
need.

3575
02:31:17,750 --> 02:31:19,100
This includes low cost computer,

3576
02:31:19,100 --> 02:31:20,111
free devices, combination of the

3577
02:31:20,111 --> 02:31:22,111
two.

3578
02:31:53,770 --> 02:31:55,713
Hot spots or related equipment.

3579
02:31:55,713 --> 02:31:57,820
I wanted to invite our assistant

3580
02:31:57,820 --> 02:31:59,250
director to share more about the

3581
02:31:59,250 --> 02:32:01,250
grant.

3582
02:32:09,270 --> 02:32:11,270
Thank you, jason.

3583
02:32:12,640 --> 02:32:13,298
>> this grant comes from mass

3584
02:32:13,298 --> 02:32:15,298
broadband institute.

3585
02:32:16,670 --> 02:32:18,690
They had a program through which

3586
02:32:18,690 --> 02:32:21,690
the city participated and worked

3587
02:32:22,607 --> 02:32:26,207
with a consultant to create a

3588
02:32:45,264 --> 02:32:47,264
digital equity.

3589
02:32:47,765 --> 02:32:51,965
At the end they were invited to

3590
02:32:53,720 --> 02:32:54,239
apply for the grant up to

3591
02:32:54,239 --> 02:32:55,440
$100,000 to implement

3592
02:32:55,440 --> 02:32:57,408
recommendations from that study.

3593
02:32:57,408 --> 02:33:00,450
We did apply for the grant and

3594
02:33:00,450 --> 02:33:01,450
were awarded it to two specific

3595
02:33:01,450 --> 02:33:03,445
recommendations from the study

3596
02:33:05,490 --> 02:33:08,454
that were part of the grant

3597
02:33:08,454 --> 02:33:10,321
application were extending the

3598
02:33:10,321 --> 02:33:12,390
digital navigators for the

3599
02:33:12,390 --> 02:33:15,294
public library and the public

3600
02:33:15,294 --> 02:33:17,294
schools.

3601
02:33:17,696 --> 02:33:20,932
The other source of funding for

3602
02:33:20,932 --> 02:33:23,332
navigators was arpa money.

3603
02:33:24,469 --> 02:33:25,503
That funding is going to run out

3604
02:33:25,503 --> 02:33:27,503
in MARCH.

3605
02:33:28,541 --> 02:33:30,408
Part of this $100,000 will cover

3606
02:33:30,408 --> 02:33:33,770
the salaries for those two

3607
02:33:33,770 --> 02:33:36,770
positions from MARCH through the

3608
02:33:38,183 --> 02:33:39,385
end of this regional digital

3609
02:33:39,385 --> 02:33:41,785
navigator program in JUNE.

3610
02:33:45,560 --> 02:33:48,560
The remainder of the $100,000 is

3611
02:33:50,862 --> 02:33:53,862
set for refurbished or new

3612
02:33:54,732 --> 02:33:57,135
laptops and hot spots with up to

3613
02:33:57,135 --> 02:34:00,735
a year of service -- internet

3614
02:34:01,720 --> 02:34:03,472
service prepaid on them.

3615
02:34:04,442 --> 02:34:06,345
The digital navigator pilot has

3616
02:34:06,345 --> 02:34:08,745
been distributing devices that

3617
02:34:09,380 --> 02:34:12,518
were coming in from a different

3618
02:34:12,518 --> 02:34:14,518
grant funding stream.

3619
02:34:14,687 --> 02:34:16,421
Unfortunately that grant funding

3620
02:34:16,421 --> 02:34:18,556
is ending and we're happy to use

3621
02:34:18,556 --> 02:34:21,556
the new grant to restart

3622
02:34:22,527 --> 02:34:24,529
distribution of laptops and

3623
02:34:24,529 --> 02:34:25,163
hotspots.

3624
02:34:25,163 --> 02:34:26,432
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

3625
02:34:26,432 --> 02:34:27,650
simmons.

3626
02:34:27,650 --> 02:34:28,100
>> Councilor Simmons: thank

3627
02:34:28,100 --> 02:34:30,100
you, through you.

3628
02:34:30,269 --> 02:34:30,969
Thank you for that information.

3629
02:34:30,969 --> 02:34:32,571
Particularly when you talked

3630
02:34:32,571 --> 02:34:34,772
about digital equity needs.

3631
02:34:34,772 --> 02:34:35,507
Through you MADAM Chair to city

3632
02:34:35,507 --> 02:34:37,410
manager.

3633
02:34:37,410 --> 02:34:38,577
I'm pleased to see this program

3634
02:34:38,577 --> 02:34:39,378
and how it's going to lend

3635
02:34:39,378 --> 02:34:42,378
opportunity to the people that

3636
02:34:43,448 --> 02:34:45,490
are locked out of the

3637
02:34:45,490 --> 02:34:47,449
information portal because they

3638
02:34:48,686 --> 02:34:50,421
don't have or understand how to

3639
02:34:50,421 --> 02:34:52,240
take advantage of technology.

3640
02:34:52,240 --> 02:34:54,425
That being said I want to bring

3641
02:34:54,425 --> 02:34:56,228
you back to a couple of months

3642
02:34:56,228 --> 02:34:58,263
ago when we talked about having

3643
02:34:58,263 --> 02:35:00,263
seniors.

3644
02:35:00,999 --> 02:35:03,368
Seniors who have said they had a

3645
02:35:03,368 --> 02:35:04,603
hard time participating in and

3646
02:35:04,603 --> 02:35:06,638
engaging with us in council

3647
02:35:06,638 --> 02:35:07,540
because they did not have access

3648
02:35:07,540 --> 02:35:09,400
to technology.

3649
02:35:09,400 --> 02:35:10,642
The response back was that we

3650
02:35:10,642 --> 02:35:12,443
couldn't afford it.

3651
02:35:12,443 --> 02:35:13,646
I'm hoping that -- when I heard

3652
02:35:13,646 --> 02:35:15,147
the list of organizations,

3653
02:35:15,147 --> 02:35:18,147
departments if you will, we're

3654
02:35:19,618 --> 02:35:21,553
working with.

3655
02:35:21,553 --> 02:35:23,388
Ccbt, justice dot I didn't hear

3656
02:35:23,388 --> 02:35:24,689
council on aging.

3657
02:35:24,689 --> 02:35:26,224
Maybe it was yooefr sight.

3658
02:35:26,224 --> 02:35:27,526
If this is an opportunity where

3659
02:35:27,526 --> 02:35:29,394
senior citizens in particular,

3660
02:35:29,394 --> 02:35:30,962
although they are not named her

3661
02:35:30,962 --> 02:35:33,640
expressly, have an opportunity

3662
02:35:33,640 --> 02:35:34,632
to be able to participate, use

3663
02:35:34,632 --> 02:35:37,320
their digital technology that

3664
02:35:37,303 --> 02:35:41,606
seems to be low cost or no cost

3665
02:35:41,606 --> 02:35:41,840
through the grant, and then be

3666
02:35:41,840 --> 02:35:43,676
train

3667
02:35:43,676 --> 02:35:46,676
trained and be able to

3668
02:35:50,683 --> 02:35:51,550
participate in council meetings.

3669
02:35:51,550 --> 02:35:52,850
They've said.

3670
02:35:52,850 --> 02:35:54,886
We don't want to come because

3671
02:35:54,886 --> 02:35:55,920
it's too late in the evening.

3672
02:35:55,920 --> 02:35:57,423
The city manager talked about

3673
02:35:57,423 --> 02:35:59,230
eni will talk about this with

3674
02:35:59,230 --> 02:36:01,259
vice mayor when we have a

3675
02:36:01,259 --> 02:36:02,728
meeting through government ops

3676
02:36:02,728 --> 02:36:03,928
how do we make public comment

3677
02:36:03,928 --> 02:36:05,830
more accessible to people.

3678
02:36:05,830 --> 02:36:07,966
This is an opportunity I hope we

3679
02:36:07,966 --> 02:36:08,734
will not MISS Our senior

3680
02:36:08,734 --> 02:36:10,734
citizens.

3681
02:36:11,270 --> 02:36:12,371
Particularly those in the 11

3682
02:36:12,371 --> 02:36:13,838
senior citizen buildings that

3683
02:36:13,838 --> 02:36:15,740
have community room, staff

3684
02:36:15,740 --> 02:36:16,374
infrastructure that could help

3685
02:36:16,374 --> 02:36:18,611
them if that opportunity were to

3686
02:36:18,611 --> 02:36:18,844
come and meet them at their

3687
02:36:18,844 --> 02:36:20,844
door.

3688
02:36:21,780 --> 02:36:22,460
I am pleased with this grant of

3689
02:36:22,460 --> 02:36:24,460
money.

3690
02:36:24,490 --> 02:36:27,386
I'm hoping and, I don't know if

3691
02:36:27,386 --> 02:36:30,386
I address my concerns, needs,

3692
02:36:32,391 --> 02:36:34,225
wants and desires to all of you

3693
02:36:34,225 --> 02:36:36,362
to say as you are dispersing

3694
02:36:36,362 --> 02:36:38,263
funds in this program, this

3695
02:36:38,263 --> 02:36:39,130
program we look forward make

3696
02:36:39,130 --> 02:36:42,130
suring our senior citizens that

3697
02:36:42,401 --> 02:36:44,360
live in buildings that want to

3698
02:36:44,360 --> 02:36:46,436
participate and cannot because

3699
02:36:46,571 --> 02:36:50,171
they do not have digital access,

3700
02:36:51,110 --> 02:36:55,214
we will look with an eye to yes

3701
02:36:55,214 --> 02:36:56,982
we can make that happen in those

3702
02:36:56,982 --> 02:36:57,549
buildings.

3703
02:36:57,549 --> 02:36:59,549
>> Mayor Siddiqui: city

3704
02:36:59,618 --> 02:37:01,618
manager.

3705
02:37:01,686 --> 02:37:03,540
>> councilor, I hear that.

3706
02:37:03,540 --> 02:37:05,900
I think one of the big

3707
02:37:05,900 --> 02:37:08,900
challenges I hear from seniors

3708
02:37:08,294 --> 02:37:10,729
in addition to some of the

3709
02:37:10,729 --> 02:37:12,764
challenges with accessing city

3710
02:37:12,764 --> 02:37:15,166
council, more and more we see

3711
02:37:15,166 --> 02:37:16,200
life move away from mail, away

3712
02:37:16,200 --> 02:37:17,402
from phones.

3713
02:37:17,402 --> 02:37:19,704
If you want to pay your credit

3714
02:37:19,704 --> 02:37:21,400
card nowadays you cannot

3715
02:37:21,400 --> 02:37:23,740
actually call, in many cases.

3716
02:37:23,740 --> 02:37:24,475
If you have a bill you need to

3717
02:37:24,475 --> 02:37:26,411
pay there's not a number you can

3718
02:37:26,411 --> 02:37:27,879
call and off times more and more

3719
02:37:27,879 --> 02:37:30,583
when you call the number they

3720
02:37:30,583 --> 02:37:31,217
say you must go online to pay

3721
02:37:31,217 --> 02:37:33,840
your bill.

3722
02:37:33,840 --> 02:37:37,560
So I think the work that this

3723
02:37:37,560 --> 02:37:38,591
grant is supporting is

3724
02:37:38,591 --> 02:37:40,125
incredibly importanted and for

3725
02:37:40,125 --> 02:37:41,125
seniors looking for assistance

3726
02:37:41,125 --> 02:37:44,630
we're excited to make sure they

3727
02:37:44,630 --> 02:37:47,630
know this is a resource.

3728
02:37:47,565 --> 02:37:49,965
They can access it.

3729
02:37:50,135 --> 02:37:52,170
A lot of the distribution of

3730
02:37:52,170 --> 02:37:53,839
devices, laptops, hotspot, I

3731
02:37:53,839 --> 02:37:55,740
think what you are saying,

3732
02:37:55,740 --> 02:37:56,408
councilor simmons, absolutely,

3733
02:37:56,408 --> 02:37:58,777
it's an opportunity for people

3734
02:37:58,777 --> 02:38:01,714
who don't want to come in the

3735
02:38:01,714 --> 02:38:03,349
evening to be able to sign on

3736
02:38:03,349 --> 02:38:05,830
for fr their homes like

3737
02:38:05,830 --> 02:38:08,320
everybody else that is able to.

3738
02:38:08,320 --> 02:38:09,387
For us to also provide digital

3739
02:38:09,387 --> 02:38:12,387
navigators who can help people

3740
02:38:14,959 --> 02:38:16,362
get set up, be trained, find --

3741
02:38:16,362 --> 02:38:18,980
a little bit difficult link to

3742
02:38:18,980 --> 02:38:19,964
find on the website.

3743
02:38:19,964 --> 02:38:21,650
We are working on that, too, so

3744
02:38:21,650 --> 02:38:22,600
they can navigate to public

3745
02:38:22,600 --> 02:38:23,167
comment and speak and have their

3746
02:38:23,167 --> 02:38:24,970
voices be heard.

3747
02:38:24,970 --> 02:38:26,672
I think you're right on.

3748
02:38:26,672 --> 02:38:27,105
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

3749
02:38:27,105 --> 02:38:27,740
simmons.

3750
02:38:27,740 --> 02:38:28,474
>> Councilor Simmons: thank

3751
02:38:28,474 --> 02:38:29,675
you, MADAM Chair.

3752
02:38:29,675 --> 02:38:33,110
Through you city manager vm I'm

3753
02:38:33,110 --> 02:38:34,747
going to hold you to that.

3754
02:38:34,747 --> 02:38:36,715
I think it's important.

3755
02:38:36,715 --> 02:38:39,384
If I'm not clear maybe this is a

3756
02:38:39,384 --> 02:38:41,784
question to the director.

3757
02:38:42,521 --> 02:38:44,921
Are we asking, particularly

3758
02:38:45,570 --> 02:38:47,492
senior citizens, go to the

3759
02:38:47,492 --> 02:38:47,892
library or send the navigator to

3760
02:38:47,892 --> 02:38:49,561
them.

3761
02:38:49,561 --> 02:38:51,396
One, you have a critical mass of

3762
02:38:51,396 --> 02:38:53,565
seniors in the building.

3763
02:38:53,565 --> 02:38:54,666
Particularly if it's inclement

3764
02:38:54,666 --> 02:38:55,433
weather, if it's mobility

3765
02:38:55,433 --> 02:38:57,433
issues.

3766
02:38:58,436 --> 02:38:59,337
If we can send the digital

3767
02:38:59,337 --> 02:39:02,937
navigators to them that would be

3768
02:39:03,374 --> 02:39:05,770
a big step in the right

3769
02:39:05,770 --> 02:39:07,770
direction.

3770
02:39:07,790 --> 02:39:08,581
>> MADAM Mayor.

3771
02:39:08,581 --> 02:39:10,581
We do both.

3772
02:39:11,160 --> 02:39:12,551
We do service in our libraries.

3773
02:39:12,551 --> 02:39:15,386
I think that's important because

3774
02:39:15,386 --> 02:39:16,855
we have seven libraries that are

3775
02:39:16,855 --> 02:39:19,900
open many hours of the week.

3776
02:39:19,900 --> 02:39:20,825
I think over 330 hours per week.

3777
02:39:20,825 --> 02:39:23,295
And so that's a wonderful

3778
02:39:23,295 --> 02:39:26,265
service to people because a lot

3779
02:39:26,265 --> 02:39:28,233
of times people know where their

3780
02:39:28,233 --> 02:39:30,233
neighborhood library is.

3781
02:39:30,302 --> 02:39:32,171
They support there.

3782
02:39:32,171 --> 02:39:33,372
We also send people out.

3783
02:39:33,372 --> 02:39:34,740
For example, our digital

3784
02:39:34,740 --> 02:39:36,408
navigators and we will do that

3785
02:39:36,408 --> 02:39:38,408
through this program.

3786
02:39:38,810 --> 02:39:40,512
Thank you.

3787
02:39:40,512 --> 02:39:40,945
>> Councilor Simmons: through

3788
02:39:40,945 --> 02:39:42,810
you, MADAM Mayor.

3789
02:39:42,810 --> 02:39:44,810
Thank you director.

3790
02:39:44,516 --> 02:39:46,851
I believe, jason, is at the

3791
02:39:46,851 --> 02:39:47,853
central square library, is he

3792
02:39:47,853 --> 02:39:49,722
not?

3793
02:39:49,722 --> 02:39:50,822
>> I have not been there if n a

3794
02:39:50,822 --> 02:39:51,357
few years.

3795
02:39:51,357 --> 02:39:53,357
Yes.

3796
02:39:53,491 --> 02:39:55,491
I was.

3797
02:39:55,995 --> 02:39:56,462
>> Councilor Simmons: come

3798
02:39:56,462 --> 02:39:57,960
back.

3799
02:39:57,960 --> 02:39:57,363
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

3800
02:39:57,363 --> 02:39:58,663
simmons.

3801
02:39:58,663 --> 02:40:00,232
>> Councilor Simmons: 237

3802
02:40:00,232 --> 02:40:00,698
franklin is adjacent to the 45

3803
02:40:00,698 --> 02:40:01,766
pearl street.

3804
02:40:01,766 --> 02:40:02,166
That would be a great place to

3805
02:40:02,166 --> 02:40:04,166
pilot.

3806
02:40:05,905 --> 02:40:06,204
When we talked about this

3807
02:40:06,204 --> 02:40:07,539
earlier.

3808
02:40:07,539 --> 02:40:08,707
150 and 237 were two buildings

3809
02:40:08,707 --> 02:40:09,400
interested in doing that kind of

3810
02:40:09,400 --> 02:40:11,400
thing.

3811
02:40:11,610 --> 02:40:13,912
If we want to do a pilot using a

3812
02:40:13,912 --> 02:40:16,312
portion of the digital

3813
02:40:16,447 --> 02:40:18,584
navigators to give access to

3814
02:40:18,584 --> 02:40:19,251
seniors that MAY be a good place

3815
02:40:19,251 --> 02:40:21,251
to start.

3816
02:40:23,555 --> 02:40:24,690
Sorry you're not there jason.

3817
02:40:24,690 --> 02:40:25,523
Wherever you are I hope you're

3818
02:40:25,523 --> 02:40:27,359
doing well.

3819
02:40:27,359 --> 02:40:28,270
I yield the floor.

3820
02:40:28,270 --> 02:40:29,610
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

3821
02:40:29,610 --> 02:40:29,527
simmons yields councilor

3822
02:40:29,527 --> 02:40:30,528
al-zubi.

3823
02:40:30,528 --> 02:40:32,528
>> Councilor Al-Zubi: through

3824
02:40:33,232 --> 02:40:33,631
you, I strongly support this

3825
02:40:33,631 --> 02:40:35,660
appropriation.

3826
02:40:35,660 --> 02:40:37,466
We've seen clearly conditions

3827
02:40:38,403 --> 02:40:39,404
have major impacts on

3828
02:40:39,404 --> 02:40:41,404
educational outcomes and

3829
02:40:42,174 --> 02:40:42,875
especially in the age we're in

3830
02:40:42,875 --> 02:40:44,943
basic digital access shouldn't

3831
02:40:44,943 --> 02:40:46,943
be a luxury.

3832
02:40:46,945 --> 02:40:49,945
I just have one question.

3833
02:40:50,820 --> 02:40:52,351
What is outreach and application

3834
02:40:52,351 --> 02:40:54,987
process to connect with people

3835
02:40:54,987 --> 02:40:57,987
and families in and equitable

3836
02:41:00,259 --> 02:41:01,600
way going to look like?

3837
02:41:01,600 --> 02:41:01,827
>> Mayor Siddiqui:

3838
02:41:01,827 --> 02:41:02,928
[Indiscernible].

3839
02:41:02,928 --> 02:41:04,597
>> thank you so much.

3840
02:41:04,597 --> 02:41:06,332
Through you, MADAM Mayor.

3841
02:41:06,332 --> 02:41:08,834
Jason I'm going to hand that

3842
02:41:08,834 --> 02:41:10,669
over to you.

3843
02:41:10,669 --> 02:41:13,669
Just one of the mentions.

3844
02:41:14,239 --> 02:41:15,774
In addition to libraries digital

3845
02:41:15,774 --> 02:41:17,876
navigators we have partners with

3846
02:41:17,876 --> 02:41:19,744
C.H.A. And H.R.I.

3847
02:41:19,744 --> 02:41:21,746
They also have navigators that

3848
02:41:21,746 --> 02:41:23,746
focus on seniors.

3849
02:41:24,490 --> 02:41:24,716
It's a team approach and jason,

3850
02:41:24,716 --> 02:41:26,585
i don't know if you have any

3851
02:41:26,585 --> 02:41:28,854
other details you want to share

3852
02:41:28,854 --> 02:41:29,120
about the program.

3853
02:41:29,120 --> 02:41:30,789
Thanks.

3854
02:41:30,789 --> 02:41:32,757
>> sure.

3855
02:41:32,757 --> 02:41:34,226
So this is the library and the

3856
02:41:34,226 --> 02:41:36,950
public schools have their

3857
02:41:36,950 --> 02:41:39,950
specific navigators but they are

3858
02:41:40,833 --> 02:41:42,968
part of a lower cohort of seven

3859
02:41:42,968 --> 02:41:44,968
navigators through the

3860
02:41:45,738 --> 02:41:48,138
organizations in the city.

3861
02:41:48,274 --> 02:41:50,543
Justice start, cambridge housing

3862
02:41:50,543 --> 02:41:53,440
authority, H.R.I. Have navigator

3863
02:41:53,440 --> 02:41:56,644
that is have been focusing on

3864
02:41:56,814 --> 02:41:58,814
their target audiences.

3865
02:41:59,485 --> 02:42:00,985
Folks at H.R.I. Buildings or

3866
02:42:00,985 --> 02:42:03,255
C.H.A. Buildings.

3867
02:42:03,255 --> 02:42:06,255
The navigator at schools is

3868
02:42:06,257 --> 02:42:08,600
primarily working with families

3869
02:42:08,600 --> 02:42:10,600
and youth.

3870
02:42:12,297 --> 02:42:14,650
There are navigators at tc-tv

3871
02:42:14,650 --> 02:42:17,650
and these navigators work across

3872
02:42:17,702 --> 02:42:19,702
different locations.

3873
02:42:21,840 --> 02:42:24,609
Right now there are navigator

3874
02:42:24,609 --> 02:42:26,445
services available either

3875
02:42:26,445 --> 02:42:27,450
through appointment or as drop

3876
02:42:27,450 --> 02:42:29,914
in and there are specific

3877
02:42:29,914 --> 02:42:32,160
classes that people can take.

3878
02:42:32,160 --> 02:42:33,351
They can also sign up for a

3879
02:42:33,351 --> 02:42:35,540
30-minute time slot.

3880
02:42:35,540 --> 02:42:37,590
They have a specific problem

3881
02:42:37,590 --> 02:42:38,856
they need to work on getting

3882
02:42:38,856 --> 02:42:40,856
solved.

3883
02:42:41,760 --> 02:42:44,630
We do have those at the central

3884
02:42:44,630 --> 02:42:46,932
square branch, as well, on a

3885
02:42:46,932 --> 02:42:48,767
regular basis and we're really

3886
02:42:48,767 --> 02:42:50,368
working to make sure that we're

3887
02:42:50,368 --> 02:42:53,380
getting the word out through the

3888
02:42:53,380 --> 02:42:55,407
library, through the schools,

3889
02:42:55,407 --> 02:42:56,875
through cctv.

3890
02:42:56,875 --> 02:42:59,875
Additionally making sure we are

3891
02:43:00,813 --> 02:43:03,948
using the connections we have in

3892
02:43:03,948 --> 02:43:05,840
the library with our esol

3893
02:43:05,840 --> 02:43:08,520
program, our social worker so

3894
02:43:08,520 --> 02:43:09,754
they are getting the word out to

3895
02:43:09,754 --> 02:43:11,457
folks they are working with who

3896
02:43:11,457 --> 02:43:15,570
are, you know, learning a new

3897
02:43:15,261 --> 02:43:17,195
language or taking one of our

3898
02:43:17,195 --> 02:43:19,595
citizenship prep courses or

3899
02:43:21,660 --> 02:43:23,466
helping to access services

3900
02:43:23,735 --> 02:43:26,135
through our social services.

3901
02:43:26,838 --> 02:43:27,872
For older adults at the main

3902
02:43:27,872 --> 02:43:30,272
library who does proactive

3903
02:43:31,442 --> 02:43:32,745
outreach and work with seniors

3904
02:43:32,745 --> 02:43:35,145
living in the city.

3905
02:43:35,714 --> 02:43:39,314
Really relying on the fact that

3906
02:43:41,860 --> 02:43:43,486
this broad spread of

3907
02:43:44,490 --> 02:43:46,825
reach certain segments of our

3908
02:43:46,825 --> 02:43:48,294
residents and help to amplify

3909
02:43:48,294 --> 02:43:50,694
each others messages and

3910
02:43:51,796 --> 02:43:53,650
hopefully hit as many folks as

3911
02:43:53,650 --> 02:43:53,699
we can.

3912
02:43:53,699 --> 02:43:53,966
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

3913
02:43:53,966 --> 02:43:54,866
al-zubi.

3914
02:43:54,866 --> 02:43:57,101
>> Councilor Al-Zubi: I just

3915
02:43:57,101 --> 02:43:58,169
want to say thank you for this

3916
02:43:58,169 --> 02:43:59,637
work you're doing.

3917
02:43:59,637 --> 02:44:00,339
I would really encourage,

3918
02:44:00,339 --> 02:44:01,774
similar to what councilor

3919
02:44:01,774 --> 02:44:03,408
simmons brought up on meeting

3920
02:44:03,408 --> 02:44:05,611
people where they are at as much

3921
02:44:05,611 --> 02:44:07,212
as you can in this work.

3922
02:44:07,212 --> 02:44:09,470
Especially considering digital

3923
02:44:09,470 --> 02:44:09,380
access and literacy can be tough

3924
02:44:09,380 --> 02:44:11,380
to learn.

3925
02:44:12,751 --> 02:44:13,485
Thank you for your work and I

3926
02:44:13,485 --> 02:44:14,519
yield.

3927
02:44:14,519 --> 02:44:15,153
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

3928
02:44:15,153 --> 02:44:16,956
zusy.

3929
02:44:16,956 --> 02:44:17,223
>> Councilor Zusy: thank you,

3930
02:44:17,223 --> 02:44:19,223
chair.

3931
02:44:19,457 --> 02:44:21,759
I also am thrilled that you have

3932
02:44:21,759 --> 02:44:23,328
received this award for $100,000

3933
02:44:23,328 --> 02:44:25,728
to continue our services.

3934
02:44:26,300 --> 02:44:27,232
I also am a fan of jason from

3935
02:44:27,232 --> 02:44:29,632
the central square library.

3936
02:44:29,635 --> 02:44:32,871
It's great to see you up there.

3937
02:44:32,871 --> 02:44:36,241
Thank you for applying for the

3938
02:44:36,241 --> 02:44:36,441
grant, I presume, and receiving

3939
02:44:36,441 --> 02:44:38,441
it.

3940
02:44:43,682 --> 02:44:44,283
I have submitted policy order in

3941
02:44:44,283 --> 02:44:46,283
APRIL 2025 with councilor

3942
02:44:47,285 --> 02:44:49,870
sobrinho-wheeler and azeem for

3943
02:44:49,870 --> 02:44:52,870
an update overall about the

3944
02:44:55,594 --> 02:44:56,962
cities digital access programs.

3945
02:44:56,962 --> 02:44:59,464
I asked for a report back.

3946
02:44:59,464 --> 02:45:01,990
We never got a report back.

3947
02:45:01,990 --> 02:45:02,700
I will be resubmitting this

3948
02:45:02,700 --> 02:45:03,368
policy order asking for a report

3949
02:45:03,368 --> 02:45:05,700
back.

3950
02:45:05,700 --> 02:45:08,670
what I don't understand is are

3951
02:45:10,442 --> 02:45:13,442
you part of the solution?

3952
02:45:14,813 --> 02:45:17,813
From research we did, again,

3953
02:45:18,684 --> 02:45:19,718
back in APRIL 2025, M.I.T.,

3954
02:45:19,718 --> 02:45:21,860
gogle, boston properties and

3955
02:45:21,860 --> 02:45:23,955
the city of cambridge working

3956
02:45:23,955 --> 02:45:26,355
with the cambridge housing

3957
02:45:26,691 --> 02:45:28,626
authority had established free

3958
02:45:28,626 --> 02:45:31,196
wi-fi network at new town court

3959
02:45:31,196 --> 02:45:33,980
and washington and with arpa

3960
02:45:33,980 --> 02:45:35,901
funds working with the C.H.A.

3961
02:45:35,901 --> 02:45:38,901
We were providing internet to

3962
02:45:39,371 --> 02:45:41,906
folks at the frank j. Manning

3963
02:45:41,906 --> 02:45:44,306
apartments, washington and the

3964
02:45:45,144 --> 02:45:47,144
newtown court apartments.

3965
02:45:47,612 --> 02:45:49,381
C.H.A. Had a computer training

3966
02:45:49,381 --> 02:45:52,160
program for senior residents at

3967
02:45:52,160 --> 02:45:54,220
several C.H.A. Properties

3968
02:45:54,220 --> 02:45:55,454
including offering free

3969
02:45:55,454 --> 02:45:57,854
chromebooks funded by google.

3970
02:45:58,756 --> 02:45:59,625
I'm eager to understand better

3971
02:45:59,625 --> 02:46:02,394
and perhaps at a different time

3972
02:46:02,394 --> 02:46:03,696
are the city's broader efforts.

3973
02:46:03,696 --> 02:46:06,397
I want to understand how the

3974
02:46:06,397 --> 02:46:07,465
good work that you're doing fits

3975
02:46:07,465 --> 02:46:09,865
in with other efforts.

3976
02:46:10,868 --> 02:46:13,400
I agree with my fellow

3977
02:46:13,400 --> 02:46:15,400
colleagues that providing

3978
02:46:15,773 --> 02:46:16,342
digital access is absolutely

3979
02:46:16,342 --> 02:46:18,342
essential today.

3980
02:46:18,877 --> 02:46:19,177
Look for another policy order

3981
02:46:19,177 --> 02:46:21,800
from me.

3982
02:46:21,800 --> 02:46:22,314
Thank you.

3983
02:46:22,314 --> 02:46:24,314
I yield.

3984
02:46:25,500 --> 02:46:26,251
>> Mayor Siddiqui: further

3985
02:46:26,251 --> 02:46:28,251
questions about this?

3986
02:46:28,320 --> 02:46:30,320
Hearing none.

3987
02:46:33,570 --> 02:46:35,127
On a motion by councilor on

3988
02:46:35,127 --> 02:46:35,361
placing the communication on

3989
02:46:35,361 --> 02:46:36,729
file.

3990
02:46:36,729 --> 02:46:37,830
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

3991
02:46:37,830 --> 02:46:39,298
>> yes.

3992
02:46:39,298 --> 02:46:39,899
>> Clerk: councilor azeem?

3993
02:46:39,899 --> 02:46:41,399
>> yes.

3994
02:46:41,399 --> 02:46:42,234
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

3995
02:46:42,234 --> 02:46:42,901
>> yes.

3996
02:46:42,901 --> 02:46:43,402
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

3997
02:46:43,402 --> 02:46:44,503
>> yes.

3998
02:46:44,503 --> 02:46:45,370
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

3999
02:46:45,370 --> 02:46:45,671
>> yes.

4000
02:46:45,671 --> 02:46:46,237
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

4001
02:46:46,237 --> 02:46:47,438
>> yes.

4002
02:46:47,438 --> 02:46:47,873
>> Clerk: councilor

4003
02:46:47,873 --> 02:46:48,439
sobrinho-wheeler?

4004
02:46:48,439 --> 02:46:50,439
>> yes.

4005
02:46:50,808 --> 02:46:51,376
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

4006
02:46:51,376 --> 02:46:53,376
>> yes.

4007
02:46:53,512 --> 02:46:54,446
>> Clerk: councilor siddiqui?

4008
02:46:54,446 --> 02:46:56,446
>> yes.

4009
02:46:56,614 --> 02:46:57,149
You have nine members recorded

4010
02:46:57,149 --> 02:46:58,651
in the affirmative.

4011
02:46:58,651 --> 02:47:01,510
>> Mayor Siddiqui: it is

4012
02:47:01,520 --> 02:47:04,520
approved and we place city

4013
02:47:04,622 --> 02:47:06,622
manager item four

4014
02:47:07,760 --> 02:47:09,610
-- five on

4015
02:47:09,610 --> 02:47:10,290
file.

4016
02:47:10,290 --> 02:47:10,796
Policy orders.

4017
02:47:10,796 --> 02:47:11,563
Councilor simmons?

4018
02:47:11,563 --> 02:47:13,963
>> Councilor Simmons: I would

4019
02:47:14,330 --> 02:47:14,666
like to pull 1 through 4.

4020
02:47:14,666 --> 02:47:16,666
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

4021
02:47:23,241 --> 02:47:23,875
simmons is pulling 1, 2, 3, and

4022
02:47:23,875 --> 02:47:25,440
4.

4023
02:47:25,440 --> 02:47:25,543
>> Councilor Zusy: number five,

4024
02:47:25,543 --> 02:47:27,345
please.

4025
02:47:27,345 --> 02:47:29,345
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

4026
02:47:29,715 --> 02:47:30,782
zusy pulls number five.

4027
02:47:30,782 --> 02:47:32,417
Seeing no one else.

4028
02:47:32,417 --> 02:47:36,255
Go ahead and do a roll call on

4029
02:47:36,255 --> 02:47:36,988
policy order number six.

4030
02:47:36,988 --> 02:47:37,656
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

4031
02:47:37,656 --> 02:47:39,425
>> yes.

4032
02:47:39,425 --> 02:47:40,725
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

4033
02:47:40,725 --> 02:47:42,725
>> yes.

4034
02:47:43,940 --> 02:47:43,761
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

4035
02:47:43,761 --> 02:47:44,395
>> yes.

4036
02:47:44,395 --> 02:47:44,996
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

4037
02:47:44,996 --> 02:47:46,364
>> yes.

4038
02:47:46,364 --> 02:47:46,831
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

4039
02:47:46,831 --> 02:47:48,831
>> yes.

4040
02:47:49,100 --> 02:47:49,969
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

4041
02:47:49,969 --> 02:47:51,370
>> yes.

4042
02:47:51,370 --> 02:47:51,804
>> Clerk: councilor

4043
02:47:51,804 --> 02:47:53,380
sobrinho-wheeler?

4044
02:47:53,380 --> 02:47:54,306
>> yes.

4045
02:47:54,306 --> 02:47:55,207
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

4046
02:47:55,207 --> 02:47:56,750
>> yes.

4047
02:47:56,750 --> 02:47:56,674
>> Clerk: mayor?

4048
02:47:56,674 --> 02:47:57,575
>> yes.

4049
02:47:57,575 --> 02:47:59,645
>> Clerk: you have nine members

4050
02:47:59,645 --> 02:48:00,246
recorded in the affirmative.

4051
02:48:00,246 --> 02:48:02,246
>> Mayor Siddiqui: policy

4052
02:48:03,249 --> 02:48:03,615
number six is adopted.

4053
02:48:03,615 --> 02:48:05,316
Policy one.

4054
02:48:05,316 --> 02:48:06,885
This is city manager is

4055
02:48:06,885 --> 02:48:09,540
requested to direct the

4056
02:48:09,540 --> 02:48:09,621
appropriate city departments

4057
02:48:09,621 --> 02:48:11,621
including department of

4058
02:48:12,892 --> 02:48:15,940
transportation to evaluate and

4059
02:48:15,940 --> 02:48:16,762
install speed bumps on

4060
02:48:16,762 --> 02:48:18,762
fayerweather street and

4061
02:48:20,365 --> 02:48:21,466
particularly attention to the

4062
02:48:21,466 --> 02:48:21,734
stretch between walnut and field

4063
02:48:21,734 --> 02:48:22,601
street.

4064
02:48:22,601 --> 02:48:23,134
Councilor simmons you have the

4065
02:48:23,134 --> 02:48:23,768
floor.

4066
02:48:23,768 --> 02:48:23,970
>> Councilor Simmons: thank

4067
02:48:23,970 --> 02:48:25,970
you.

4068
02:48:26,400 --> 02:48:26,704
I want to acknowledge and thank

4069
02:48:26,704 --> 02:48:27,272
my colleagues councilor flaherty

4070
02:48:27,272 --> 02:48:29,441
and councilor McGovern for

4071
02:48:29,441 --> 02:48:32,441
signing onto this policy order.

4072
02:48:32,944 --> 02:48:35,480
We have done a wonderful job and

4073
02:48:35,480 --> 02:48:36,381
worked hard to pedestrianize our

4074
02:48:36,381 --> 02:48:38,216
neighborhoods, particularly on

4075
02:48:38,216 --> 02:48:40,151
the fayerweather street area.

4076
02:48:40,151 --> 02:48:41,850
There still remains concerns

4077
02:48:41,850 --> 02:48:43,850
about safety.

4078
02:48:43,855 --> 02:48:45,323
As you turn your attention to

4079
02:48:45,323 --> 02:48:48,226
the first two whereas' which is

4080
02:48:48,226 --> 02:48:49,600
residents along fayerweather

4081
02:48:49,600 --> 02:48:50,962
street particularly the

4082
02:48:50,962 --> 02:48:52,630
intersection with walnut and

4083
02:48:52,630 --> 02:48:54,198
field street and adjacent to the

4084
02:48:54,198 --> 02:48:57,101
field and new park raised

4085
02:48:57,101 --> 02:48:59,101
concerns about vehicles

4086
02:49:01,720 --> 02:49:03,472
accelerating and traveling as

4087
02:49:04,509 --> 02:49:07,146
excessive speeds going onto say

4088
02:49:07,146 --> 02:49:08,279
parking on both sides of the

4089
02:49:08,279 --> 02:49:09,948
street, limited sight line and

4090
02:49:09,948 --> 02:49:12,183
frequent use of children and

4091
02:49:12,183 --> 02:49:14,520
families and elderly citizens

4092
02:49:14,520 --> 02:49:16,187
accessing the nearby parks.

4093
02:49:16,187 --> 02:49:19,557
This policy order is asking as

4094
02:49:19,557 --> 02:49:21,794
it says in the order that the

4095
02:49:21,794 --> 02:49:22,995
city manager include or speak

4096
02:49:22,995 --> 02:49:23,562
with the department of

4097
02:49:23,562 --> 02:49:25,562
transportation and other

4098
02:49:26,297 --> 02:49:28,320
appropriate city departments to

4099
02:49:28,320 --> 02:49:30,320
evaluate the situation.

4100
02:49:31,136 --> 02:49:33,380
it should say with a view toward

4101
02:49:33,380 --> 02:49:34,806
installing speed humps.

4102
02:49:34,806 --> 02:49:37,810
I don't know if they call them

4103
02:49:37,810 --> 02:49:38,811
humps instead of bumps along

4104
02:49:38,811 --> 02:49:39,777
fayerweather street.

4105
02:49:39,777 --> 02:49:42,680
I want to acknowledge and thank

4106
02:49:42,680 --> 02:49:45,160
my colleagues for signing on

4107
02:49:45,160 --> 02:49:48,120
because they, as well, have the

4108
02:49:48,120 --> 02:49:50,155
same concerns about people

4109
02:49:50,155 --> 02:49:52,560
saying we don't feel that safe.

4110
02:49:52,560 --> 02:49:53,580
Can someone look at the view

4111
02:49:53,580 --> 02:49:54,793
toward mitigating traffic.

4112
02:49:54,793 --> 02:49:57,795
This is what this seeks to do.

4113
02:49:57,795 --> 02:49:59,731
With that I yield the floor and

4114
02:49:59,731 --> 02:50:01,233
give my colleagues, councilor

4115
02:50:01,233 --> 02:50:02,500
flaherty or councilor McGovern

4116
02:50:02,500 --> 02:50:03,680
if they would like to speak to

4117
02:50:03,680 --> 02:50:05,680
this.

4118
02:50:05,690 --> 02:50:05,905
I yield.

4119
02:50:05,905 --> 02:50:07,171
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

4120
02:50:07,171 --> 02:50:08,406
flaherty?

4121
02:50:08,406 --> 02:50:10,676
>>Councilor Flaherty: I would

4122
02:50:10,676 --> 02:50:11,443
like to second everything that

4123
02:50:11,443 --> 02:50:11,676
councilor simmons says about

4124
02:50:11,676 --> 02:50:13,676
this.

4125
02:50:14,280 --> 02:50:14,946
There are a lot of children in

4126
02:50:14,946 --> 02:50:16,946
the neighborhood.

4127
02:50:19,918 --> 02:50:22,220
It is a needed improvement.

4128
02:50:22,220 --> 02:50:23,956
I think safety concerns are

4129
02:50:23,956 --> 02:50:24,188
front of mind for me in all of

4130
02:50:24,188 --> 02:50:26,188
this.

4131
02:50:29,610 --> 02:50:32,430
I think it's improvement that we

4132
02:50:32,430 --> 02:50:32,932
should have speed humps along

4133
02:50:32,932 --> 02:50:33,365
fayerweather street.

4134
02:50:33,365 --> 02:50:35,365
Thank you.

4135
02:50:37,680 --> 02:50:38,636
I yield the floor.

4136
02:50:38,636 --> 02:50:39,171
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

4137
02:50:39,171 --> 02:50:40,239
nolan.

4138
02:50:40,239 --> 02:50:42,106
>> Councilor Nolan: thank you.

4139
02:50:42,106 --> 02:50:45,376
I think this is important for us

4140
02:50:45,376 --> 02:50:48,976
to look at across the city.

4141
02:50:50,715 --> 02:50:53,519
I do wonder if this order is to

4142
02:50:53,519 --> 02:50:54,386
evaluate and install.

4143
02:50:54,386 --> 02:50:55,921
I know the transportation

4144
02:50:55,921 --> 02:50:57,422
department and D.P.W. Have been

4145
02:50:57,422 --> 02:50:58,823
working to install speed humps

4146
02:50:58,823 --> 02:51:00,492
across the entire city.

4147
02:51:00,492 --> 02:51:03,128
I don't know if this -- how this

4148
02:51:03,128 --> 02:51:05,496
fits in with the priorities or

4149
02:51:05,496 --> 02:51:06,631
how others were determined or

4150
02:51:06,631 --> 02:51:06,898
whether this has been talked

4151
02:51:06,898 --> 02:51:08,898
about.

4152
02:51:09,834 --> 02:51:13,380
I think the reason this is

4153
02:51:13,380 --> 02:51:15,374
highlighted is this is near a

4154
02:51:15,374 --> 02:51:16,875
park, near danehy park and saint

4155
02:51:16,875 --> 02:51:18,977
peters field where there's more

4156
02:51:18,977 --> 02:51:19,244
traffic than maybe on an average

4157
02:51:19,244 --> 02:51:20,612
street.

4158
02:51:20,612 --> 02:51:23,612
Assuming the conditions apply to

4159
02:51:23,749 --> 02:51:25,490
every residential street across

4160
02:51:25,490 --> 02:51:26,151
the city.

4161
02:51:26,151 --> 02:51:28,354
I'm happy to support this but

4162
02:51:28,354 --> 02:51:29,540
want to make sure we work in

4163
02:51:29,540 --> 02:51:31,390
conjunction with the city to

4164
02:51:31,390 --> 02:51:32,891
ensure it's done in a way it's

4165
02:51:32,891 --> 02:51:35,291
evalwatted then installed along

4166
02:51:36,896 --> 02:51:39,899
with the priorities set by us

4167
02:51:39,899 --> 02:51:41,533
studying what it is that is most

4168
02:51:41,533 --> 02:51:43,336
needed.

4169
02:51:43,336 --> 02:51:45,736
>> Mayor Siddiqui: I'll just

4170
02:51:46,671 --> 02:51:48,908
mention that we do have the 2025

4171
02:51:48,908 --> 02:51:51,308
installations that happened and

4172
02:51:53,111 --> 02:51:56,810
those were based on, you know,

4173
02:51:56,810 --> 02:51:57,783
feedback from -- requests from

4174
02:51:57,783 --> 02:52:00,183
residents and city council.

4175
02:52:01,486 --> 02:52:04,486
The initial pilot happened just

4176
02:52:05,240 --> 02:52:06,892
this fall and new locations were

4177
02:52:06,892 --> 02:52:08,892
[Indiscernible] Using both

4178
02:52:09,360 --> 02:52:11,360
community submitted traffic,

4179
02:52:13,132 --> 02:52:15,532
requests, and other criteria.

4180
02:52:25,760 --> 02:52:29,276
I think that this to me makes.

4181
02:52:31,583 --> 02:52:32,250
See councilor simmons.

4182
02:52:32,250 --> 02:52:34,250
>> Councilor Simmons: you're

4183
02:52:34,620 --> 02:52:36,200
adding information relative to

4184
02:52:36,200 --> 02:52:36,889
what we're looking at.

4185
02:52:36,889 --> 02:52:39,289
Maybe this will help.

4186
02:52:39,390 --> 02:52:39,691
Maybe bring this to the top of

4187
02:52:39,691 --> 02:52:41,691
the list.

4188
02:52:41,926 --> 02:52:42,294
I'm hoping colleagues will

4189
02:52:42,294 --> 02:52:42,961
support it.

4190
02:52:42,961 --> 02:52:45,970
I don't know if councilor

4191
02:52:45,970 --> 02:52:46,831
McGovern wants to speak to it

4192
02:52:46,831 --> 02:52:48,566
but it's really what we know we

4193
02:52:48,566 --> 02:52:49,268
want to do.

4194
02:52:49,268 --> 02:52:51,337
Particularly because it's in the

4195
02:52:51,337 --> 02:52:51,703
area of saint peters field and

4196
02:52:51,703 --> 02:52:53,703
newpark.

4197
02:52:53,839 --> 02:52:56,608
We want to make sure families

4198
02:52:56,608 --> 02:52:59,245
fully utilize the amenities of

4199
02:52:59,245 --> 02:53:00,912
our parks by getting there

4200
02:53:00,912 --> 02:53:02,180
safely whether their child is

4201
02:53:02,180 --> 02:53:03,415
supervised or not.

4202
02:53:03,415 --> 02:53:03,715
Again, I'm hoping this goes

4203
02:53:03,715 --> 02:53:05,715
forward.

4204
02:53:07,552 --> 02:53:09,870
It speaks to what we've said

4205
02:53:09,870 --> 02:53:11,487
implicitly and explicitly we

4206
02:53:12,858 --> 02:53:14,792
want to be able to have eyes in

4207
02:53:14,792 --> 02:53:15,260
the city to people can travel

4208
02:53:15,260 --> 02:53:16,127
safely.

4209
02:53:16,127 --> 02:53:17,280
I yield.

4210
02:53:17,280 --> 02:53:17,595
>> Mayor Siddiqui: I don't see

4211
02:53:17,595 --> 02:53:19,595
further hands.

4212
02:53:21,500 --> 02:53:21,734
We can adopt the order by roll

4213
02:53:21,734 --> 02:53:23,734
call.

4214
02:53:23,802 --> 02:53:24,536
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

4215
02:53:24,536 --> 02:53:25,770
>> yes.

4216
02:53:25,770 --> 02:53:26,338
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

4217
02:53:26,338 --> 02:53:27,306
>> yes.

4218
02:53:27,306 --> 02:53:27,906
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

4219
02:53:27,906 --> 02:53:28,773
>> yes.

4220
02:53:28,773 --> 02:53:29,174
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

4221
02:53:29,174 --> 02:53:31,174
>> yes.

4222
02:53:31,443 --> 02:53:32,440
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

4223
02:53:32,440 --> 02:53:33,445
>> yes.

4224
02:53:33,445 --> 02:53:33,811
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

4225
02:53:33,811 --> 02:53:34,646
>> yes.

4226
02:53:34,646 --> 02:53:35,800
>> Clerk: councilor

4227
02:53:35,800 --> 02:53:36,548
sobrinho-wheeler?

4228
02:53:36,548 --> 02:53:37,984
>> yes.

4229
02:53:37,984 --> 02:53:38,750
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

4230
02:53:38,750 --> 02:53:39,284
>> yes.

4231
02:53:39,284 --> 02:53:39,852
>> Clerk: mayor?

4232
02:53:39,852 --> 02:53:40,919
>> yes.

4233
02:53:40,919 --> 02:53:43,919
>> Clerk: you have nine members

4234
02:53:43,955 --> 02:53:45,900
recorded in the affirmative.

4235
02:53:45,900 --> 02:53:48,900
>> Mayor Siddiqui: we move to

4236
02:53:48,594 --> 02:53:49,895
policy order number two.

4237
02:53:49,895 --> 02:53:53,495
The city manager is asked to

4238
02:53:53,565 --> 02:53:54,633
direct the solicitor and

4239
02:53:54,633 --> 02:53:57,330
development department to review

4240
02:53:57,436 --> 02:54:00,271
and report back to council on

4241
02:54:00,271 --> 02:54:02,671
legal parameters and city

4242
02:54:03,410 --> 02:54:05,109
funding and tourism destination

4243
02:54:05,109 --> 02:54:07,109
marketing district restrictions

4244
02:54:07,946 --> 02:54:09,470
and oversight of accountability

4245
02:54:09,470 --> 02:54:11,447
operations of the visitor

4246
02:54:12,952 --> 02:54:14,519
information kiosk and related

4247
02:54:14,519 --> 02:54:16,454
governance expectations

4248
02:54:16,454 --> 02:54:16,789
including alignment and city

4249
02:54:16,789 --> 02:54:17,756
priorities.

4250
02:54:17,756 --> 02:54:18,220
councilor simmons you have the

4251
02:54:18,220 --> 02:54:19,991
floor.

4252
02:54:19,991 --> 02:54:20,526
>> Councilor Simmons: thank

4253
02:54:20,526 --> 02:54:21,994
you.

4254
02:54:21,994 --> 02:54:23,629
I want to thank councilor

4255
02:54:23,629 --> 02:54:24,329
flaherty for supporting this

4256
02:54:24,329 --> 02:54:26,164
order.

4257
02:54:26,164 --> 02:54:27,398
We recently, I think this summer

4258
02:54:27,398 --> 02:54:29,735
but I don't know.

4259
02:54:29,735 --> 02:54:33,400
We had a presentation from the

4260
02:54:33,400 --> 02:54:34,439
office of tourism, it was an

4261
02:54:34,439 --> 02:54:35,306
extensive 75 slide presentation.

4262
02:54:35,306 --> 02:54:37,706
A lot of information.

4263
02:54:37,775 --> 02:54:40,411
Hard to sort through it all.

4264
02:54:40,411 --> 02:54:40,846
But still a lot of questions,

4265
02:54:40,846 --> 02:54:42,380
MADAM Mayor.

4266
02:54:42,380 --> 02:54:43,381
I want to take a moment to

4267
02:54:43,381 --> 02:54:44,516
explain the intent.

4268
02:54:44,516 --> 02:54:48,200
I think it's important to be

4269
02:54:48,200 --> 02:54:48,686
clear of what we're trying to do

4270
02:54:48,686 --> 02:54:50,686
here.

4271
02:54:51,289 --> 02:54:52,891
At the summer economic

4272
02:54:52,891 --> 02:54:55,127
development hearing we heard

4273
02:54:55,127 --> 02:54:55,426
appreciation for the office of

4274
02:54:55,426 --> 02:54:56,761
tourism.

4275
02:54:56,761 --> 02:54:58,530
I stand clear that I was here on

4276
02:54:58,530 --> 02:54:59,497
the ground floor when the office

4277
02:54:59,497 --> 02:55:01,634
of tourism was established and

4278
02:55:01,634 --> 02:55:03,936
the role it plays in supporting

4279
02:55:03,936 --> 02:55:05,637
cambridge's local economy.

4280
02:55:05,637 --> 02:55:07,505
What we also heard from

4281
02:55:07,505 --> 02:55:09,374
councilor and stake holders was

4282
02:55:09,374 --> 02:55:11,709
a sense our tourism effort could

4283
02:55:11,709 --> 02:55:12,510
benefit from clearer

4284
02:55:12,510 --> 02:55:13,178
coordination.

4285
02:55:13,178 --> 02:55:15,178
More consistent communication

4286
02:55:15,446 --> 02:55:17,810
and more structured way of

4287
02:55:17,810 --> 02:55:18,500
aligning goals across city

4288
02:55:18,500 --> 02:55:18,816
department, business

4289
02:55:18,816 --> 02:55:20,816
associations, commercial

4290
02:55:21,520 --> 02:55:22,200
districts and our tourism

4291
02:55:22,200 --> 02:55:23,655
partners.

4292
02:55:23,655 --> 02:55:23,956
Cambridge is facing economic

4293
02:55:23,956 --> 02:55:25,456
pressure.

4294
02:55:25,456 --> 02:55:27,392
You don't have to go far to see

4295
02:55:27,392 --> 02:55:30,992
what's going on in our city.

4296
02:55:31,629 --> 02:55:35,829
In some ways I field when it

4297
02:55:35,867 --> 02:55:37,268
comes to tourism and economic

4298
02:55:37,268 --> 02:55:39,370
development we are beginning to

4299
02:55:39,370 --> 02:55:40,940
lose ground, particularly in

4300
02:55:40,940 --> 02:55:42,374
commercial areas.

4301
02:55:42,374 --> 02:55:44,210
Increasing foot traffic and

4302
02:55:44,210 --> 02:55:44,842
businesses matter more than

4303
02:55:44,842 --> 02:55:45,910
ever.

4304
02:55:45,910 --> 02:55:47,413
Tourism promotion is one

4305
02:55:47,413 --> 02:55:49,114
important tool in that effort

4306
02:55:49,114 --> 02:55:52,714
but it works best when everyone

4307
02:55:52,784 --> 02:55:54,153
is involved in operating with

4308
02:55:54,153 --> 02:55:56,287
shared expectation and regular

4309
02:55:56,287 --> 02:55:58,287
channels for collaboration.

4310
02:55:58,624 --> 02:56:00,240
This policy order is intended to

4311
02:56:00,240 --> 02:56:01,593
help create that structure.

4312
02:56:01,593 --> 02:56:02,494
It calls for standing

4313
02:56:02,494 --> 02:56:04,494
coordination group.

4314
02:56:04,662 --> 02:56:06,665
Clearer information sharing, a

4315
02:56:06,665 --> 02:56:07,465
better understanding of existing

4316
02:56:07,465 --> 02:56:09,680
legal constraints and regular

4317
02:56:09,680 --> 02:56:11,970
reporting back to council so we

4318
02:56:11,970 --> 02:56:13,104
can see what's working, what's

4319
02:56:13,104 --> 02:56:15,104
challenging and where

4320
02:56:15,306 --> 02:56:17,508
adjustments might be helpful.

4321
02:56:17,508 --> 02:56:19,377
For me it's alignment.

4322
02:56:19,377 --> 02:56:21,246
Not enforcement.

4323
02:56:21,246 --> 02:56:22,380
Not con franation.

4324
02:56:22,380 --> 02:56:23,549
Strengthening how we work

4325
02:56:23,549 --> 02:56:25,751
together we can strengthen the

4326
02:56:25,751 --> 02:56:27,252
impact of the work happening and

4327
02:56:27,252 --> 02:56:28,354
ultimately better support the

4328
02:56:28,354 --> 02:56:28,921
local businesses and

4329
02:56:28,921 --> 02:56:30,921
neighborhoods that make

4330
02:56:32,357 --> 02:56:33,424
cambridge such a vibrant place.

4331
02:56:33,424 --> 02:56:35,824
With that I yield.

4332
02:56:36,561 --> 02:56:37,950
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

4333
02:56:37,950 --> 02:56:39,950
councilor simmons.

4334
02:56:41,330 --> 02:56:44,330
We go to councilor zusy.

4335
02:56:45,360 --> 02:56:47,436
>> Councilor Zusy: thank you,

4336
02:56:49,307 --> 02:56:51,307
chair.

4337
02:56:53,770 --> 02:56:54,413
I think there's concerns -- I

4338
02:56:54,413 --> 02:56:55,547
have DECEMBER 16th of the

4339
02:56:55,547 --> 02:56:57,415
economic development.

4340
02:56:57,415 --> 02:56:59,885
It was a great meeting and I

4341
02:56:59,885 --> 02:57:02,885
talked about the department of

4342
02:57:03,421 --> 02:57:05,590
tourism to produce an annual

4343
02:57:05,590 --> 02:57:06,524
report that business

4344
02:57:06,524 --> 02:57:08,924
associations should be invited

4345
02:57:09,600 --> 02:57:11,396
to join the board.

4346
02:57:11,396 --> 02:57:12,464
I suggested the business

4347
02:57:12,464 --> 02:57:14,464
association should receive

4348
02:57:17,937 --> 02:57:20,937
grants from the office of

4349
02:57:21,539 --> 02:57:23,708
tourism from their funds.

4350
02:57:23,708 --> 02:57:25,778
it was clear there needed to be

4351
02:57:25,778 --> 02:57:27,778
greater transparency, better

4352
02:57:28,379 --> 02:57:30,379
communication, and more

4353
02:57:31,749 --> 02:57:33,749
collaboration between city

4354
02:57:34,786 --> 02:57:35,870
associations and department of

4355
02:57:35,870 --> 02:57:37,870
tourism.

4356
02:57:38,590 --> 02:57:39,290
I feel as though they've been a

4357
02:57:39,290 --> 02:57:40,926
mysterious organization because

4358
02:57:40,926 --> 02:57:43,326
they've been producing annual

4359
02:57:44,362 --> 02:57:47,362
reports but I've been impressed

4360
02:57:49,000 --> 02:57:51,170
with candace -- I don't know how

4361
02:57:51,170 --> 02:57:53,710
to pronounce her name -- her

4362
02:57:53,710 --> 02:57:55,607
work and I feel as though they

4363
02:57:55,607 --> 02:57:57,408
are joining the mitch lynn guide

4364
02:57:57,408 --> 02:57:59,378
is going reap great benefits for

4365
02:57:59,378 --> 02:58:01,378
the community.

4366
02:58:01,412 --> 02:58:03,415
I think she's headed in the

4367
02:58:03,415 --> 02:58:05,415
right direction.

4368
02:58:07,185 --> 02:58:10,388
I do feel that the construction

4369
02:58:10,388 --> 02:58:12,323
that is happening at the what

4370
02:58:12,323 --> 02:58:14,926
was the pit that it's been going

4371
02:58:14,926 --> 02:58:15,194
on for years and years and

4372
02:58:15,194 --> 02:58:17,194
years.

4373
02:58:20,298 --> 02:58:22,935
The kiosk and programs there.

4374
02:58:22,935 --> 02:58:26,400
Culture house is doing a lot of

4375
02:58:26,400 --> 02:58:26,304
good work but they really

4376
02:58:26,304 --> 02:58:28,304
hampered.

4377
02:58:30,441 --> 02:58:33,441
I had written earlier to

4378
02:58:34,113 --> 02:58:36,448
deputy -- commissioner deputy

4379
02:58:36,448 --> 02:58:39,448
city manager watkins about it

4380
02:58:39,852 --> 02:58:41,520
will no longer be a pit but the

4381
02:58:41,520 --> 02:58:43,789
kiosk area will be completed.

4382
02:58:43,789 --> 02:58:44,589
We hope it will be done in

4383
02:58:44,589 --> 02:58:46,589
NOVEMBER of 26.

4384
02:58:48,192 --> 02:58:52,264
I think that's going to be a

4385
02:58:52,264 --> 02:58:54,967
huge game changer for kiosk and

4386
02:58:54,967 --> 02:58:55,901
I think it will make all the

4387
02:58:55,901 --> 02:58:57,680
difference there.

4388
02:58:57,680 --> 02:59:00,668
I think part of the challenge

4389
02:59:01,390 --> 02:59:03,576
with the kiosk is not only the

4390
02:59:03,576 --> 02:59:05,976
construction but that its

4391
02:59:09,315 --> 02:59:09,614
mission is -- there's -- it's

4392
02:59:09,614 --> 02:59:11,183
unclear.

4393
02:59:11,183 --> 02:59:12,850
What was great about news is

4394
02:59:12,850 --> 02:59:14,180
going there and seeing from all

4395
02:59:14,180 --> 02:59:17,180
over the world and magazines

4396
02:59:17,550 --> 02:59:18,957
from all over the world was

4397
02:59:18,957 --> 02:59:19,291
really a transcending

4398
02:59:19,291 --> 02:59:21,590
experience.

4399
02:59:21,590 --> 02:59:25,259
Cambridge is the home of so many

4400
02:59:25,664 --> 02:59:29,264
thought leaders and I think they

4401
02:59:29,834 --> 02:59:33,404
think big in the city and the

4402
02:59:33,404 --> 02:59:36,908
out of town business at the

4403
02:59:36,908 --> 02:59:38,811
kiosk is a statement of

4404
02:59:38,811 --> 02:59:40,445
cambridge thinking big.

4405
02:59:40,445 --> 02:59:43,481
I was surprised when I visited

4406
02:59:43,481 --> 02:59:45,117
the kiosk this weekend to find,

4407
02:59:45,117 --> 02:59:46,851
again, there is an art show

4408
02:59:46,851 --> 02:59:48,851
featuring boston artists.

4409
02:59:50,489 --> 02:59:52,424
It was nice artwork but I felt

4410
02:59:52,424 --> 02:59:54,894
like the artwork -- whatever

4411
02:59:54,894 --> 02:59:55,160
happens to the kiosk should be

4412
02:59:55,160 --> 02:59:57,960
local.

4413
02:59:57,960 --> 02:59:59,397
It should have cambridge focus

4414
02:59:59,397 --> 03:00:03,401
or else it should be sort of

4415
03:00:03,401 --> 03:00:05,400
transport us to other places.

4416
03:00:05,400 --> 03:00:07,404
I guess more broadly.

4417
03:00:07,605 --> 03:00:09,740
As part of this exploration I

4418
03:00:09,740 --> 03:00:12,110
will be thinking more about what

4419
03:00:12,110 --> 03:00:12,611
the mission of the kiosk should

4420
03:00:12,611 --> 03:00:14,611
be.

4421
03:00:16,848 --> 03:00:18,617
There's been some concern about

4422
03:00:18,617 --> 03:00:21,387
the -- it has to be quiet around

4423
03:00:21,387 --> 03:00:22,421
the kiosk, which I think is an

4424
03:00:22,421 --> 03:00:24,421
issue.

4425
03:00:24,756 --> 03:00:25,357
It is sort of the commons for

4426
03:00:25,357 --> 03:00:27,357
harvard square.

4427
03:00:27,392 --> 03:00:28,494
It's the center for harvard

4428
03:00:28,494 --> 03:00:30,228
square.

4429
03:00:30,228 --> 03:00:31,230
It seem likes there should be

4430
03:00:31,230 --> 03:00:33,230
some activity there.

4431
03:00:34,000 --> 03:00:36,768
I think we need to rethink the

4432
03:00:36,768 --> 03:00:38,737
mission and the culture of the

4433
03:00:38,737 --> 03:00:41,390
kiosk but I think we're heading

4434
03:00:41,390 --> 03:00:44,510
in the right direction and I

4435
03:00:44,510 --> 03:00:47,510
will especially be there once

4436
03:00:48,914 --> 03:00:49,781
construction is completed in the

4437
03:00:49,781 --> 03:00:51,383
surrounding area.

4438
03:00:51,383 --> 03:00:53,985
Thanks to D.P.W. For overseeing

4439
03:00:53,985 --> 03:00:55,420
all of that work, working with

4440
03:00:55,420 --> 03:00:57,890
the mbta.

4441
03:00:57,890 --> 03:00:57,422
I look forward to the final

4442
03:00:57,422 --> 03:00:59,422
completion.

4443
03:00:59,691 --> 03:01:01,590
Thank you.

4444
03:01:01,590 --> 03:01:02,360
I yield.

4445
03:01:02,360 --> 03:01:03,528
>> Mayor Siddiqui: anyone else

4446
03:01:03,528 --> 03:01:04,263
who hasn't spoken.

4447
03:01:04,263 --> 03:01:04,964
Councilor nolan.

4448
03:01:04,964 --> 03:01:05,231
>> Councilor Nolan: thank you,

4449
03:01:05,231 --> 03:01:06,899
mayor.

4450
03:01:06,899 --> 03:01:08,100
i'll be brief.

4451
03:01:08,100 --> 03:01:09,367
I can support this idea.

4452
03:01:09,367 --> 03:01:12,270
I appreciate we need to build

4453
03:01:12,270 --> 03:01:12,538
ton work that was done on this

4454
03:01:12,538 --> 03:01:14,538
issue.

4455
03:01:15,374 --> 03:01:17,410
This asks for a report so we can

4456
03:01:17,410 --> 03:01:18,644
coordinate and understand.

4457
03:01:18,644 --> 03:01:20,311
It is something that I think the

4458
03:01:20,311 --> 03:01:21,679
more we can get the reports and

4459
03:01:21,679 --> 03:01:22,915
information the better for all

4460
03:01:22,915 --> 03:01:24,282
of us.

4461
03:01:24,282 --> 03:01:25,951
The coordination I'm glad to see

4462
03:01:25,951 --> 03:01:26,185
the business associations in

4463
03:01:26,185 --> 03:01:28,185
here.

4464
03:01:28,454 --> 03:01:30,388
I think it MAY well be also, I'm

4465
03:01:30,388 --> 03:01:31,689
sure this was the intent of this

4466
03:01:31,689 --> 03:01:32,757
order, to include the

4467
03:01:32,757 --> 03:01:34,425
institutions, as well.

4468
03:01:34,425 --> 03:01:36,327
So much of our tourism, frank hi

4469
03:01:36,327 --> 03:01:39,197
to the city, comes because of

4470
03:01:39,197 --> 03:01:41,165
harvard and M.I.T.

4471
03:01:41,165 --> 03:01:42,667
And to a lesser exstent leslie

4472
03:01:42,667 --> 03:01:44,770
because it's smaller but they

4473
03:01:44,770 --> 03:01:46,370
are clearly involved in how

4474
03:01:46,370 --> 03:01:46,337
tourism dollars end up in the

4475
03:01:46,337 --> 03:01:47,973
city.

4476
03:01:47,973 --> 03:01:49,541
There's a decline over the last

4477
03:01:49,541 --> 03:01:52,110
few years and concerted effort

4478
03:01:52,110 --> 03:01:52,844
by some people to not have us be

4479
03:01:52,844 --> 03:01:54,112
a tourist destination and we

4480
03:01:54,112 --> 03:01:55,747
have to counter that.

4481
03:01:55,747 --> 03:01:56,981
I can support and look forward

4482
03:01:56,981 --> 03:01:58,684
to this being a report to work

4483
03:01:58,684 --> 03:02:01,684
together on understanding how it

4484
03:02:01,786 --> 03:02:03,870
is all the entities can help

4485
03:02:03,870 --> 03:02:05,870
strengthen the city.

4486
03:02:06,900 --> 03:02:09,361
I will note that the kiosk is

4487
03:02:09,361 --> 03:02:10,428
one part but we also, hopefully

4488
03:02:10,428 --> 03:02:11,462
soon, will have some

4489
03:02:11,462 --> 03:02:13,364
organization of harvard square

4490
03:02:13,364 --> 03:02:14,799
to dramatically increase, I

4491
03:02:14,799 --> 03:02:16,901
think, the livability and

4492
03:02:16,901 --> 03:02:18,404
tourism dollars spent there.

4493
03:02:18,404 --> 03:02:19,905
Thank you, I yield.

4494
03:02:19,905 --> 03:02:22,730
>> Mayor Siddiqui: anyone else

4495
03:02:22,730 --> 03:02:24,730
who hasn't spoken?

4496
03:02:24,142 --> 03:02:27,279
Hearing none we can go on and do

4497
03:02:27,279 --> 03:02:27,880
a roll call on adopting.

4498
03:02:27,880 --> 03:02:28,646
Councilor simmons.

4499
03:02:28,646 --> 03:02:29,615
>> Councilor Simmons: through

4500
03:02:29,615 --> 03:02:29,847
you to my colleague, councilor

4501
03:02:29,847 --> 03:02:30,315
zusy.

4502
03:02:30,315 --> 03:02:32,284
Thank you.

4503
03:02:32,284 --> 03:02:33,419
You brought up two points I

4504
03:02:33,419 --> 03:02:35,190
didn't I. Appreciate you

4505
03:02:35,190 --> 03:02:36,688
bringing them up.

4506
03:02:36,688 --> 03:02:37,210
One is culture house, in

4507
03:02:37,210 --> 03:02:39,210
particular.

4508
03:02:39,191 --> 03:02:41,595
I know the city manager is here.

4509
03:02:41,595 --> 03:02:44,196
I have to tell you I'm purr

4510
03:02:44,196 --> 03:02:45,798
plexed how we got culture house.

4511
03:02:45,798 --> 03:02:49,340
We won the bid but I think they

4512
03:02:49,340 --> 03:02:51,302
are out of their depth.

4513
03:02:51,302 --> 03:02:51,636
I think that's why you see

4514
03:02:51,636 --> 03:02:53,380
businesses.

4515
03:02:53,380 --> 03:02:56,638
You can come to the table.

4516
03:02:56,741 --> 03:02:57,242
I would love to hear from you on

4517
03:02:57,242 --> 03:02:59,242
this.

4518
03:03:00,411 --> 03:03:02,411
I'm just perplexed.

4519
03:03:05,651 --> 03:03:07,185
Not to cast any a

4520
03:03:07,185 --> 03:03:09,540
-- they

4521
03:03:09,540 --> 03:03:11,454
typically don't get cambridge.

4522
03:03:11,657 --> 03:03:13,424
Because they don't get cambridge

4523
03:03:13,424 --> 03:03:15,394
they program outside cambridge.

4524
03:03:15,394 --> 03:03:17,896
I don't know why, MR. City

4525
03:03:17,896 --> 03:03:18,998
manager, if you can walk slowly

4526
03:03:18,998 --> 03:03:20,932
if you like.

4527
03:03:20,932 --> 03:03:23,334
I just don't understand why we

4528
03:03:23,334 --> 03:03:24,335
even had a process when we had

4529
03:03:24,335 --> 03:03:25,771
organizations that were local

4530
03:03:25,771 --> 03:03:27,373
that could have done the work.

4531
03:03:27,373 --> 03:03:28,606
It's almost like a slap in the

4532
03:03:28,606 --> 03:03:29,741
face.

4533
03:03:29,741 --> 03:03:32,544
Now you've got them and would

4534
03:03:32,544 --> 03:03:35,114
someone talk to them and say,

4535
03:03:35,114 --> 03:03:36,748
you know, you've contracted with

4536
03:03:36,748 --> 03:03:37,810
cambridge to do something in

4537
03:03:37,810 --> 03:03:38,284
cambridge.

4538
03:03:38,284 --> 03:03:41,520
Boston is a lovely place.

4539
03:03:41,520 --> 03:03:44,520
They do their own marketing.

4540
03:03:44,556 --> 03:03:46,959
Sullivan can do their own

4541
03:03:46,959 --> 03:03:49,610
marketing but you have to -- you

4542
03:03:49,610 --> 03:03:51,297
watch a movie from 1955 and

4543
03:03:51,297 --> 03:03:52,764
you'll see the out of town

4544
03:03:52,764 --> 03:03:54,466
ticket agency.

4545
03:03:54,466 --> 03:03:57,101
It has a history and culture.

4546
03:03:57,101 --> 03:03:59,471
It's an icon and landmark.

4547
03:03:59,471 --> 03:04:01,471
I'm just perplexed.

4548
03:04:02,775 --> 03:04:05,775
>> Mayor Siddiqui: I think this

4549
03:04:06,145 --> 03:04:08,545
order calls for [Indiscernible]

4550
03:04:10,848 --> 03:04:11,416
it calls for parameters,

4551
03:04:11,416 --> 03:04:13,118
oversight accountability.

4552
03:04:13,118 --> 03:04:15,860
Questions about culture house

4553
03:04:15,860 --> 03:04:17,860
and the kiosk.

4554
03:04:17,790 --> 03:04:19,824
If you can provide a comment and

4555
03:04:19,824 --> 03:04:20,658
if you need more time we'll do

4556
03:04:20,658 --> 03:04:21,327
this.

4557
03:04:21,327 --> 03:04:22,727
>> Councilor Simmons: if you

4558
03:04:22,727 --> 03:04:23,162
need more time I'll be in your

4559
03:04:23,162 --> 03:04:24,762
office tomorrow.

4560
03:04:24,762 --> 03:04:24,996
>> Mayor Siddiqui: please guy

4561
03:04:24,996 --> 03:04:26,996
head.

4562
03:04:28,366 --> 03:04:30,366
>> through you, mayor.

4563
03:04:30,802 --> 03:04:31,669
I think there's some

4564
03:04:31,669 --> 03:04:34,690
intersection beween parts of

4565
03:04:35,340 --> 03:04:38,340
this policy order regarding the

4566
03:04:39,410 --> 03:04:42,410
broader work and the harvard

4567
03:04:43,681 --> 03:04:45,681
square kiosk.

4568
03:04:47,520 --> 03:04:49,955
I probably would argue those are

4569
03:04:49,955 --> 03:04:51,955
somewhat distinct issues.

4570
03:04:53,570 --> 03:04:53,893
I think to councilor simmons's

4571
03:04:53,893 --> 03:04:55,893
commentary.

4572
03:04:55,927 --> 03:04:57,596
Overall a very transparent, open

4573
03:04:57,596 --> 03:04:58,796
and legal process for

4574
03:04:58,796 --> 03:05:00,431
procurement of the harvard

4575
03:05:00,431 --> 03:05:02,431
square kiosk.

4576
03:05:02,835 --> 03:05:03,368
This was the second time we ran

4577
03:05:03,368 --> 03:05:05,368
the procurement.

4578
03:05:05,637 --> 03:05:07,138
There were a number of bidders

4579
03:05:07,138 --> 03:05:11,242
and I think some of the bids

4580
03:05:11,242 --> 03:05:12,410
wre just not responding to

4581
03:05:12,410 --> 03:05:13,450
ultimately what was in the

4582
03:05:13,450 --> 03:05:15,450
R.F.P.

4583
03:05:15,381 --> 03:05:18,249
That made it difficult to choose

4584
03:05:18,249 --> 03:05:19,985
certain folks that were excited

4585
03:05:19,985 --> 03:05:22,921
about being part of the harvard

4586
03:05:22,921 --> 03:05:24,880
square kiosk and programming it.

4587
03:05:24,880 --> 03:05:25,990
I think there are just legal

4588
03:05:25,990 --> 03:05:29,590
restrictions in terms of when we

4589
03:05:33,532 --> 03:05:36,334
run an R.F.P. We put out a set

4590
03:05:36,334 --> 03:05:37,503
of criteria and bids have to

4591
03:05:37,503 --> 03:05:39,503
meet those.

4592
03:05:40,238 --> 03:05:40,471
Cultural house put out a strong

4593
03:05:40,471 --> 03:05:42,400
bid.

4594
03:05:42,400 --> 03:05:43,708
They've been doing good work.

4595
03:05:43,708 --> 03:05:45,611
I refer to assistant city

4596
03:05:45,611 --> 03:05:47,460
manager peters to talk about the

4597
03:05:47,460 --> 03:05:48,781
work they've done.

4598
03:05:48,781 --> 03:05:50,615
But I know there MAY be

4599
03:05:50,615 --> 03:05:53,150
disagreement in the community.

4600
03:05:53,510 --> 03:05:56,510
i think that does happen.

4601
03:05:56,455 --> 03:05:59,455
The community is diverse and

4602
03:06:00,258 --> 03:06:02,461
vibrant as ours but it feels

4603
03:06:02,461 --> 03:06:03,828
peculiar in that chamber we're

4604
03:06:03,828 --> 03:06:04,463
criticizing one of these

4605
03:06:04,463 --> 03:06:05,897
vendors.

4606
03:06:05,897 --> 03:06:07,967
I'm happy to have conversations.

4607
03:06:07,967 --> 03:06:10,468
We talked about this a little

4608
03:06:10,468 --> 03:06:13,380
bit but happy to have some of

4609
03:06:13,380 --> 03:06:13,339
these conversations in the right

4610
03:06:13,339 --> 03:06:13,973
setting.

4611
03:06:13,973 --> 03:06:14,874
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

4612
03:06:14,874 --> 03:06:15,540
simmons.

4613
03:06:15,540 --> 03:06:17,442
>> Councilor Simmons: I'm going

4614
03:06:17,442 --> 03:06:19,442
to save time.

4615
03:06:20,812 --> 03:06:23,812
Rather than have deputy city

4616
03:06:24,616 --> 03:06:25,251
manager peters extol the virtues

4617
03:06:25,251 --> 03:06:26,585
of culture house.

4618
03:06:26,585 --> 03:06:27,986
Put this on the table.

4619
03:06:27,986 --> 03:06:29,540
You and I will have a

4620
03:06:29,540 --> 03:06:30,389
conversation about this.

4621
03:06:30,389 --> 03:06:31,322
What this report is asking you

4622
03:06:31,322 --> 03:06:33,570
to do is give more information.

4623
03:06:33,570 --> 03:06:34,593
I would ask my colleagues to

4624
03:06:34,593 --> 03:06:36,495
read that R.F.P.

4625
03:06:36,495 --> 03:06:37,610
Some of the problems we have are

4626
03:06:37,610 --> 03:06:39,610
because of it.

4627
03:06:40,231 --> 03:06:41,799
I will yield the floor.

4628
03:06:41,799 --> 03:06:43,799
You can relax.

4629
03:06:48,730 --> 03:06:48,540
We can take this up at another

4630
03:06:48,540 --> 03:06:49,141
time.

4631
03:06:49,141 --> 03:06:49,842
>> Mayor Siddiqui: I don't

4632
03:06:49,842 --> 03:06:50,676
think anyone else would like to

4633
03:06:50,676 --> 03:06:52,677
speak to the order.

4634
03:06:52,677 --> 03:06:55,381
I will go ahead and do a roll

4635
03:06:55,381 --> 03:06:56,115
call on adopting policy order

4636
03:06:56,115 --> 03:06:56,714
two.

4637
03:06:56,714 --> 03:06:57,616
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

4638
03:06:57,616 --> 03:06:59,510
>> yes.

4639
03:06:59,510 --> 03:06:59,617
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

4640
03:06:59,617 --> 03:07:01,520
>> yes.

4641
03:07:01,520 --> 03:07:01,554
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

4642
03:07:01,554 --> 03:07:02,654
>> yes.

4643
03:07:02,654 --> 03:07:03,221
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

4644
03:07:03,221 --> 03:07:04,556
>> yes.

4645
03:07:04,556 --> 03:07:05,890
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

4646
03:07:05,890 --> 03:07:06,491
>> yes.

4647
03:07:06,491 --> 03:07:07,226
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

4648
03:07:07,226 --> 03:07:07,693
>> yes.

4649
03:07:07,693 --> 03:07:08,930
>> Clerk: councilor

4650
03:07:08,930 --> 03:07:09,610
sobrinho-wheeler?

4651
03:07:09,610 --> 03:07:10,161
>> yes.

4652
03:07:10,161 --> 03:07:10,428
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

4653
03:07:10,428 --> 03:07:11,496
>> yes.

4654
03:07:11,496 --> 03:07:12,231
>> Clerk: mayor?

4655
03:07:12,231 --> 03:07:13,165
>> yes.

4656
03:07:13,165 --> 03:07:15,366
>> Clerk: you have nine members

4657
03:07:15,366 --> 03:07:16,234
recorded in the affirmative.

4658
03:07:16,234 --> 03:07:17,902
>> Mayor Siddiqui: policy order

4659
03:07:17,902 --> 03:07:20,302
number two say adopted.

4660
03:07:20,338 --> 03:07:20,940
We're going to policy order

4661
03:07:20,940 --> 03:07:22,774
three.

4662
03:07:22,774 --> 03:07:25,344
The city manager is requested to

4663
03:07:25,344 --> 03:07:27,412
conduct a comprehensive review

4664
03:07:27,412 --> 03:07:30,281
and safety and security measure

4665
03:07:30,281 --> 03:07:31,517
of cambridge city hall including

4666
03:07:31,517 --> 03:07:33,917
assessment of physical access

4667
03:07:34,118 --> 03:07:35,688
control, visitor screening

4668
03:07:35,688 --> 03:07:37,756
practices, on site security

4669
03:07:37,756 --> 03:07:39,591
staffing and training, emergency

4670
03:07:39,591 --> 03:07:41,591
response and evacuation

4671
03:07:41,794 --> 03:07:42,661
protocols and use of security

4672
03:07:42,661 --> 03:07:44,396
technologies and surveillance

4673
03:07:44,396 --> 03:07:45,397
systems and alarm monitoring.

4674
03:07:45,397 --> 03:07:47,660
Councilor simmons you have the

4675
03:07:47,660 --> 03:07:47,700
floor.

4676
03:07:47,700 --> 03:07:48,466
>> Councilor Simmons: thank

4677
03:07:48,466 --> 03:07:50,466
you, MADAM Mayor.

4678
03:07:51,102 --> 03:07:53,370
Briefly, I think the policy

4679
03:07:53,370 --> 03:07:56,800
order really speaks for itself.

4680
03:07:56,800 --> 03:07:57,342
It talks about the need -- as

4681
03:07:57,342 --> 03:08:00,942
someone who has worked in city

4682
03:08:01,914 --> 03:08:03,415
hall a number of years and how

4683
03:08:03,415 --> 03:08:04,249
things have gotten a little bit

4684
03:08:04,249 --> 03:08:06,249
more dangerous.

4685
03:08:06,585 --> 03:08:08,487
As you read through policy ored

4686
03:08:08,487 --> 03:08:10,550
it speaks to concerns.

4687
03:08:10,550 --> 03:08:11,624
I spent a lot of time in the

4688
03:08:11,624 --> 03:08:12,757
building and talk to people that

4689
03:08:12,757 --> 03:08:14,590
work here.

4690
03:08:14,590 --> 03:08:15,727
In the area of comfort is

4691
03:08:15,727 --> 03:08:18,130
beginning to wane because of

4692
03:08:18,130 --> 03:08:21,730
what we've seen happen just as

4693
03:08:23,802 --> 03:08:24,669
recently at boston city hall.

4694
03:08:24,669 --> 03:08:27,205
I want to be clear.

4695
03:08:27,205 --> 03:08:27,673
I'm not trying to make city hall

4696
03:08:27,673 --> 03:08:29,208
less welcoming.

4697
03:08:29,208 --> 03:08:29,975
I work hard personally and I

4698
03:08:29,975 --> 03:08:32,377
think the city council in

4699
03:08:32,377 --> 03:08:34,679
general works hard to make sure

4700
03:08:34,679 --> 03:08:36,549
it's welcoming.

4701
03:08:36,549 --> 03:08:37,849
We host so many different

4702
03:08:37,849 --> 03:08:39,317
programs and opportunities

4703
03:08:39,317 --> 03:08:41,686
because we want people to come

4704
03:08:41,686 --> 03:08:42,921
and into the hall.

4705
03:08:42,921 --> 03:08:44,550
I did see that there is -- let

4706
03:08:44,550 --> 03:08:46,240
me take a step back.

4707
03:08:46,240 --> 03:08:48,159
I want to acknowledge my

4708
03:08:48,159 --> 03:08:48,993
colleague for signing onto this

4709
03:08:48,993 --> 03:08:50,663
policy order.

4710
03:08:50,663 --> 03:08:53,465
I see there is an amendment

4711
03:08:53,465 --> 03:08:55,465
being offered.

4712
03:08:55,567 --> 03:08:56,235
I love the opportunity if

4713
03:08:56,235 --> 03:08:57,436
councilor sobrinho-wheeler is

4714
03:08:57,436 --> 03:08:59,104
not here rather than take it up

4715
03:08:59,104 --> 03:09:00,939
in his absence I'm going

4716
03:09:00,939 --> 03:09:02,407
exercise my charter right and

4717
03:09:02,407 --> 03:09:03,420
come back to it.

4718
03:09:03,420 --> 03:09:03,708
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

4719
03:09:03,708 --> 03:09:05,440
simmons exercises her charter

4720
03:09:05,440 --> 03:09:07,879
right on policy order three.

4721
03:09:07,879 --> 03:09:08,112
We move to policy order number

4722
03:09:08,112 --> 03:09:09,981
four.

4723
03:09:09,981 --> 03:09:12,817
The city council go on regard ak

4724
03:09:12,817 --> 03:09:14,586
no, ma'amminging 2026 as a

4725
03:09:14,586 --> 03:09:16,721
centennial celebration of negro

4726
03:09:16,721 --> 03:09:18,890
history week and recognizing

4727
03:09:18,890 --> 03:09:19,691
enduring contributions to the

4728
03:09:19,691 --> 03:09:20,491
nation's understanding of

4729
03:09:20,491 --> 03:09:21,226
itself.

4730
03:09:21,226 --> 03:09:22,360
This was filed by councilor

4731
03:09:22,360 --> 03:09:22,827
simmons, councilor flaherty, and

4732
03:09:22,827 --> 03:09:24,196
councilor McGovern.

4733
03:09:24,196 --> 03:09:24,596
Councilor simmons you have the

4734
03:09:24,596 --> 03:09:25,231
floor.

4735
03:09:25,231 --> 03:09:25,430
>> Councilor Simmons: thank

4736
03:09:25,430 --> 03:09:27,398
you.

4737
03:09:27,398 --> 03:09:31,436
I offer this policy order as it

4738
03:09:31,436 --> 03:09:35,139
says this is a century ago in

4739
03:09:35,139 --> 03:09:37,800
FEBRUARY of 1926 when racial

4740
03:09:37,800 --> 03:09:39,800
segregation, political

4741
03:09:40,411 --> 03:09:42,411
disinfranchisement were legally

4742
03:09:44,349 --> 03:09:44,683
sanctioned and socially

4743
03:09:44,683 --> 03:09:46,317
entrenched.

4744
03:09:46,317 --> 03:09:48,353
I'm not a child of the south,

4745
03:09:48,353 --> 03:09:49,822
per se, but my mother is.

4746
03:09:49,822 --> 03:09:51,656
She would tell me stories about

4747
03:09:51,656 --> 03:09:53,570
how signs would be put up

4748
03:09:53,570 --> 03:09:55,694
saying, you know, whites only.

4749
03:09:55,694 --> 03:09:57,462
She told me stories about having

4750
03:09:57,462 --> 03:09:59,864
to ride on the back of the bus.

4751
03:09:59,864 --> 03:10:01,660
These were vivid in her memory

4752
03:10:01,660 --> 03:10:03,100
but there are good thing that is

4753
03:10:03,100 --> 03:10:04,135
happened in the african american

4754
03:10:04,135 --> 03:10:07,135
community at the time talked

4755
03:10:09,607 --> 03:10:11,607
about is negro.

4756
03:10:11,610 --> 03:10:11,911
My birth certificate says I'm

4757
03:10:11,911 --> 03:10:13,120
colored.

4758
03:10:13,120 --> 03:10:14,579
You know that but I'm black.

4759
03:10:14,579 --> 03:10:18,779
This is an opportunity for us as

4760
03:10:19,485 --> 03:10:20,184
a city as we look at the 2026

4761
03:10:20,184 --> 03:10:21,190
centennial celebration of the

4762
03:10:21,190 --> 03:10:22,321
city looking at the

4763
03:10:22,321 --> 03:10:24,322
contributions of the individuals

4764
03:10:24,322 --> 03:10:29,122
and how we got where we are and

4765
03:10:29,595 --> 03:10:32,298
how we tell the story on who is

4766
03:10:32,298 --> 03:10:35,166
back and whose sweat and labor.

4767
03:10:35,166 --> 03:10:36,200
Not only built this city but had

4768
03:10:36,200 --> 03:10:38,200
extraordinary contributions that

4769
03:10:40,238 --> 03:10:42,700
have been erased, marginalized.

4770
03:10:42,700 --> 03:10:43,675
I hope my colleagues and thank

4771
03:10:43,675 --> 03:10:46,512
you councilor flaherty, all of

4772
03:10:46,512 --> 03:10:49,800
us will lean in and lift this up

4773
03:10:49,800 --> 03:10:51,150
and find ways together and

4774
03:10:51,150 --> 03:10:54,150
individually to lift up the

4775
03:10:54,118 --> 03:10:55,654
whole idea of 100 years of negro

4776
03:10:55,654 --> 03:10:57,590
history week now as we know as

4777
03:10:57,590 --> 03:10:59,590
black history month.

4778
03:11:00,693 --> 03:11:01,894
I offer this with a sense of

4779
03:11:01,894 --> 03:11:03,394
exuberance and excitement to

4780
03:11:03,394 --> 03:11:04,797
tell the story of those stories

4781
03:11:04,797 --> 03:11:06,765
who have not been told.

4782
03:11:06,765 --> 03:11:08,701
With that I yield the floor.

4783
03:11:08,701 --> 03:11:09,167
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

4784
03:11:09,167 --> 03:11:09,701
councilor simmons.

4785
03:11:09,701 --> 03:11:10,468
Councilor flaherty.

4786
03:11:10,468 --> 03:11:10,703
>>Councilor Flaherty: thank

4787
03:11:10,703 --> 03:11:12,371
you.

4788
03:11:12,371 --> 03:11:13,439
I would like to congratulate

4789
03:11:13,439 --> 03:11:15,839
councilor simmons for drafting

4790
03:11:16,875 --> 03:11:20,211
this policy order and it's my

4791
03:11:20,211 --> 03:11:21,379
pleasure to second it.

4792
03:11:21,379 --> 03:11:24,283
Someone we all know very well on

4793
03:11:24,283 --> 03:11:25,384
this council and who is

4794
03:11:25,384 --> 03:11:28,384
legendary in the city of

4795
03:11:28,419 --> 03:11:30,355
cambridge, gillmore, who is 101

4796
03:11:30,355 --> 03:11:32,257
years old, is a young man here

4797
03:11:32,257 --> 03:11:34,392
in the city who has done more

4798
03:11:34,392 --> 03:11:37,610
for the city than any of us in

4799
03:11:37,610 --> 03:11:39,610
combination and collectively

4800
03:11:40,298 --> 03:11:42,668
probably will ever do.

4801
03:11:42,668 --> 03:11:44,269
He's the grandson of slaves.

4802
03:11:44,269 --> 03:11:47,869
A world war two combat veteran

4803
03:11:49,740 --> 03:11:51,750
who is highly decorated for his

4804
03:11:51,750 --> 03:11:54,445
honor and his courage when he

4805
03:11:54,445 --> 03:11:57,445
stormed the beaches of normandy.

4806
03:11:57,749 --> 03:11:59,952
That have campaign he was denied

4807
03:11:59,952 --> 03:12:01,987
access by white servicemen on a

4808
03:12:01,987 --> 03:12:04,390
vessel returning to the states.

4809
03:12:04,390 --> 03:12:08,526
He came back, as he likes to

4810
03:12:08,526 --> 03:12:10,328
say, on a tug boat.

4811
03:12:10,328 --> 03:12:12,300
When he arrived in cambridge, he

4812
03:12:12,300 --> 03:12:14,133
sought a loan and was denied and

4813
03:12:14,133 --> 03:12:15,340
he told that man, maybe some day

4814
03:12:15,340 --> 03:12:17,434
you'll work for me.

4815
03:12:18,690 --> 03:12:19,400
He then went onto found the

4816
03:12:19,400 --> 03:12:22,400
first black-owned bank in the

4817
03:12:22,107 --> 03:12:24,410
eastern region of the united

4818
03:12:24,410 --> 03:12:26,410
states of america.

4819
03:12:27,413 --> 03:12:30,413
Throughout his life has achieved

4820
03:12:31,916 --> 03:12:33,850
incredible things in equity, in

4821
03:12:33,850 --> 03:12:35,850
housing, in parliament.

4822
03:12:37,880 --> 03:12:39,591
If in a very small way this

4823
03:12:39,591 --> 03:12:42,961
policy order somehow and in some

4824
03:12:42,961 --> 03:12:45,640
way recognizes his achievements

4825
03:12:45,640 --> 03:12:47,732
in life then I think we'd all be

4826
03:12:47,732 --> 03:12:48,934
pleased to celebrate that and go

4827
03:12:48,934 --> 03:12:49,768
along with councilor simmons's

4828
03:12:49,768 --> 03:12:51,403
policy order.

4829
03:12:51,403 --> 03:12:53,803
Marvin gillmore, in my

4830
03:12:55,740 --> 03:12:57,108
estimation is a hero.

4831
03:12:57,108 --> 03:12:58,444
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

4832
03:12:58,444 --> 03:12:59,344
councilor flaherty.

4833
03:12:59,344 --> 03:13:00,778
Councilor nolan.

4834
03:13:00,778 --> 03:13:02,280
>> Councilor Nolan: thank you.

4835
03:13:02,280 --> 03:13:05,490
I think this is an important

4836
03:13:05,490 --> 03:13:08,820
element to add to the way the

4837
03:13:08,820 --> 03:13:11,220
city celebrates the history.

4838
03:13:13,691 --> 03:13:15,426
I will say that a book written

4839
03:13:15,426 --> 03:13:17,662
on carter woodson and the art of

4840
03:13:17,662 --> 03:13:19,764
black teaching is a great read,

4841
03:13:19,764 --> 03:13:21,165
if you haven't read it.

4842
03:13:21,165 --> 03:13:22,667
He might be local.

4843
03:13:22,667 --> 03:13:23,768
It might be a great person to

4844
03:13:23,768 --> 03:13:25,768
have over.

4845
03:13:25,937 --> 03:13:26,839
I heard him speak at a

4846
03:13:26,839 --> 03:13:28,400
breakthrough greater boston

4847
03:13:28,400 --> 03:13:30,575
event and also have read his

4848
03:13:30,575 --> 03:13:31,876
book and recommended it to

4849
03:13:31,876 --> 03:13:33,411
several others.

4850
03:13:33,411 --> 03:13:35,811
it's specifically art carter

4851
03:13:36,915 --> 03:13:38,117
woodsons impact on black

4852
03:13:38,117 --> 03:13:40,251
education in the country

4853
03:13:40,251 --> 03:13:41,754
starting in the 1920s and 1930s.

4854
03:13:41,754 --> 03:13:42,755
The title of the book is

4855
03:13:42,755 --> 03:13:46,291
referencing the fact it had to

4856
03:13:46,291 --> 03:13:48,561
be taught in a way that would

4857
03:13:48,561 --> 03:13:50,195
not disrupt or get the teachers

4858
03:13:50,195 --> 03:13:51,896
in trouble but they were

4859
03:13:51,896 --> 03:13:54,296
definitely uses woodson's work

4860
03:13:54,966 --> 03:13:56,434
in a way that provided an

4861
03:13:56,434 --> 03:13:57,870
education for their students

4862
03:13:57,870 --> 03:13:59,300
that would otherwise not have

4863
03:13:59,300 --> 03:14:00,506
been provided.

4864
03:14:00,506 --> 03:14:01,339
Happy to support this and look

4865
03:14:01,339 --> 03:14:04,109
forward to the city celebrating

4866
03:14:04,109 --> 03:14:06,244
this as one of the many ways we

4867
03:14:06,244 --> 03:14:07,179
celebrate the 250th.

4868
03:14:07,179 --> 03:14:07,612
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

4869
03:14:07,612 --> 03:14:09,612
councilor nolan.

4870
03:14:10,682 --> 03:14:13,510
Anyone else who would like to

4871
03:14:13,510 --> 03:14:15,510
speak on this?

4872
03:14:16,155 --> 03:14:16,454
Thank you krs for bringing this

4873
03:14:16,454 --> 03:14:18,223
forward.

4874
03:14:18,223 --> 03:14:19,624
Adopt the order on roll call.

4875
03:14:19,624 --> 03:14:20,358
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

4876
03:14:20,358 --> 03:14:22,294
>> yes.

4877
03:14:22,294 --> 03:14:23,270
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

4878
03:14:23,270 --> 03:14:23,796
>> yes.

4879
03:14:23,796 --> 03:14:24,396
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

4880
03:14:24,396 --> 03:14:25,296
>> yes.

4881
03:14:25,296 --> 03:14:25,764
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

4882
03:14:25,764 --> 03:14:26,464
>> yes.

4883
03:14:26,464 --> 03:14:27,990
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

4884
03:14:27,990 --> 03:14:27,865
>> yes.

4885
03:14:27,865 --> 03:14:28,167
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

4886
03:14:28,167 --> 03:14:28,934
>> yes.

4887
03:14:28,934 --> 03:14:29,367
>> Clerk: councilor

4888
03:14:29,367 --> 03:14:29,901
sobrinho-wheeler?

4889
03:14:29,901 --> 03:14:30,501
>> yes.

4890
03:14:30,501 --> 03:14:31,436
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

4891
03:14:31,436 --> 03:14:32,537
>> yes.

4892
03:14:32,537 --> 03:14:33,370
>> Clerk: mayor?

4893
03:14:33,370 --> 03:14:34,206
>> yes.

4894
03:14:34,206 --> 03:14:36,175
>> Clerk: you have nine members

4895
03:14:36,175 --> 03:14:37,876
recorded in the affirmative.

4896
03:14:37,876 --> 03:14:39,277
>> Mayor Siddiqui: the policy

4897
03:14:39,277 --> 03:14:41,277
order four passes.

4898
03:14:41,780 --> 03:14:45,840
We can go to policy order five.

4899
03:14:45,840 --> 03:14:47,919
The city manager is requested to

4900
03:14:47,919 --> 03:14:50,319
work with relevant departments

4901
03:14:50,455 --> 03:14:52,825
to prepare council discussion on

4902
03:14:52,825 --> 03:14:55,825
best future uses for city-owned

4903
03:14:57,950 --> 03:14:58,830
properties and the processes for

4904
03:14:58,830 --> 03:15:00,830
re.Com.

4905
03:15:02,334 --> 03:15:03,268
This was filed by choois and

4906
03:15:03,268 --> 03:15:03,502
councilor nolan and councilor

4907
03:15:03,502 --> 03:15:04,135
zusy.

4908
03:15:04,135 --> 03:15:04,370
Councilor nolan then councilor

4909
03:15:04,370 --> 03:15:05,804
zusy.

4910
03:15:05,804 --> 03:15:07,672
>> Councilor Nolan: thank you,

4911
03:15:07,672 --> 03:15:08,439
mayor, and thank you for

4912
03:15:08,439 --> 03:15:09,440
co-sponsoring this.

4913
03:15:09,440 --> 03:15:12,760
This came about because as we

4914
03:15:12,760 --> 03:15:13,479
know it's laid out in the policy

4915
03:15:13,479 --> 03:15:14,847
order we have had the suggestion

4916
03:15:14,847 --> 03:15:16,582
about the properties we own

4917
03:15:16,582 --> 03:15:18,284
around here in central square.

4918
03:15:18,284 --> 03:15:20,386
Yet we have over the last ten

4919
03:15:20,386 --> 03:15:20,718
years bought a number of other

4920
03:15:20,718 --> 03:15:21,854
properties.

4921
03:15:21,854 --> 03:15:24,854
It's really important that any

4922
03:15:25,890 --> 03:15:26,858
of the plan wing do we do it in

4923
03:15:26,858 --> 03:15:28,858
a comprehensive coordinated

4924
03:15:29,628 --> 03:15:32,628
fashion instead of one off.

4925
03:15:33,640 --> 03:15:35,401
This policy order suggests we

4926
03:15:35,401 --> 03:15:37,635
have a round table.

4927
03:15:37,635 --> 03:15:41,506
There's not a date but I hope

4928
03:15:41,506 --> 03:15:43,906
this happens relatively quickly.

4929
03:15:43,908 --> 03:15:47,412
I know D.C.M. Did see this

4930
03:15:47,412 --> 03:15:47,679
policy order and understood the

4931
03:15:47,679 --> 03:15:48,981
intent.

4932
03:15:48,981 --> 03:15:50,349
Because as we move forward in

4933
03:15:50,349 --> 03:15:53,840
the next years we know there's

4934
03:15:53,840 --> 03:15:54,887
going to be a variety of

4935
03:15:54,887 --> 03:15:57,560
properties we have to figure out

4936
03:15:57,560 --> 03:15:59,457
what to do -- how to use.

4937
03:15:59,457 --> 03:16:01,600
The intent of this, and I hope

4938
03:16:01,600 --> 03:16:03,620
we support this strongly, is to

4939
03:16:03,620 --> 03:16:03,861
ensure the council and community

4940
03:16:03,861 --> 03:16:05,496
are involved.

4941
03:16:05,496 --> 03:16:08,366
There was concern, which all of

4942
03:16:08,366 --> 03:16:10,235
us heard about particularly on

4943
03:16:10,235 --> 03:16:13,710
one property, the sherman street

4944
03:16:13,710 --> 03:16:14,305
which had been known as the

4945
03:16:14,305 --> 03:16:15,406
bella circle property.

4946
03:16:15,406 --> 03:16:17,208
People wondering, it's under

4947
03:16:17,208 --> 03:16:18,910
construction and we didn't know

4948
03:16:18,910 --> 03:16:19,211
about it and council didn't

4949
03:16:19,211 --> 03:16:20,546
know.

4950
03:16:20,546 --> 03:16:22,547
there was confusion about wait.

4951
03:16:22,547 --> 03:16:24,583
Is this dedicated for one use?

4952
03:16:24,583 --> 03:16:26,285
I know I had reached out to the

4953
03:16:26,285 --> 03:16:26,985
city and made sure no this is

4954
03:16:26,985 --> 03:16:28,985
not yet.

4955
03:16:29,870 --> 03:16:30,823
It MAY be the best use is one

4956
03:16:30,823 --> 03:16:32,291
use or another but we really

4957
03:16:32,291 --> 03:16:34,693
want to make sure that whatever

4958
03:16:34,693 --> 03:16:36,628
is decided on all of these

4959
03:16:36,628 --> 03:16:37,695
properties is done again and

4960
03:16:37,695 --> 03:16:38,564
coordinated fashion for planning

4961
03:16:38,564 --> 03:16:40,564
across the city.

4962
03:16:41,834 --> 03:16:42,935
Also done with the council as

4963
03:16:42,935 --> 03:16:44,736
representatives of the community

4964
03:16:44,736 --> 03:16:45,670
involved so we can work together

4965
03:16:45,670 --> 03:16:46,437
moving forward.

4966
03:16:46,437 --> 03:16:48,437
That's intent.

4967
03:16:49,410 --> 03:16:50,740
I don't have to go into detail

4968
03:16:50,740 --> 03:16:51,710
on the various property bus

4969
03:16:51,710 --> 03:16:54,279
there are a lot and we have to

4970
03:16:54,279 --> 03:16:54,512
decide how we are going to use

4971
03:16:54,512 --> 03:16:55,481
them.

4972
03:16:55,481 --> 03:16:57,481
That's it.

4973
03:16:58,284 --> 03:16:58,784
Thank you, again, and thank you

4974
03:16:58,784 --> 03:16:59,184
to councilor zusy for

4975
03:16:59,184 --> 03:17:00,218
sponsoring.

4976
03:17:00,218 --> 03:17:02,221
>> Mayor Siddiqui: I'll go to

4977
03:17:02,221 --> 03:17:02,987
councilor zusy and then I will

4978
03:17:02,987 --> 03:17:05,387
go to councilor al-zubi.

4979
03:17:05,724 --> 03:17:07,158
I have to use the restroom so

4980
03:17:07,158 --> 03:17:10,395
vice mayor is able to take the

4981
03:17:10,395 --> 03:17:12,395
floor and facilitate.

4982
03:17:12,697 --> 03:17:14,697
Thank you.

4983
03:17:15,134 --> 03:17:17,534
>> Councilor Zusy: thank you,

4984
03:17:18,736 --> 03:17:19,838
chair, and chair azeem.

4985
03:17:19,838 --> 03:17:20,805
Two in one.

4986
03:17:20,805 --> 03:17:22,774
Councilor nolan, thank you for

4987
03:17:22,774 --> 03:17:25,774
drafting this policy order and

4988
03:17:26,445 --> 03:17:30,450
inviting me to be a co-sponsor.

4989
03:17:31,490 --> 03:17:32,384
I have a question, through you,

4990
03:17:32,384 --> 03:17:35,384
chair, really for the deputy

4991
03:17:35,887 --> 03:17:38,556
city manager, which is it

4992
03:17:38,556 --> 03:17:40,358
wasn't -- the city council

4993
03:17:40,358 --> 03:17:41,794
requested a list of -- and

4994
03:17:41,794 --> 03:17:43,861
inventory of city property.

4995
03:17:43,861 --> 03:17:45,630
For old times I think have we

4996
03:17:45,630 --> 03:17:46,397
received it?

4997
03:17:46,397 --> 03:17:47,366
Through you, chair, to the

4998
03:17:47,366 --> 03:17:49,366
deputy city manager.

4999
03:17:50,236 --> 03:17:52,236
>> through you, chair.

5000
03:17:52,371 --> 03:17:52,770
i know we've provided it to

5001
03:17:52,770 --> 03:17:53,672
someone.

5002
03:17:53,672 --> 03:17:55,541
Not sure all.

5003
03:17:55,541 --> 03:17:57,976
As part of this report we can

5004
03:17:57,976 --> 03:18:00,179
provide that, as well.

5005
03:18:00,179 --> 03:18:04,379
As part of doing the round table

5006
03:18:04,516 --> 03:18:05,484
we can provide that in a formal

5007
03:18:05,484 --> 03:18:06,251
way.

5008
03:18:06,251 --> 03:18:07,118
>> Councilor Zusy: excellent.

5009
03:18:07,118 --> 03:18:09,118
Thank you.

5010
03:18:09,787 --> 03:18:11,422
I think it will be really great

5011
03:18:11,422 --> 03:18:13,291
to see that.

5012
03:18:13,291 --> 03:18:16,161
I support this policy order.

5013
03:18:16,161 --> 03:18:20,361
I do get a little worry because

5014
03:18:20,499 --> 03:18:21,433
I think when a councilor becomes

5015
03:18:21,433 --> 03:18:22,334
involved thinks because very

5016
03:18:22,334 --> 03:18:24,334
political.

5017
03:18:25,700 --> 03:18:28,700
Along with housing the community

5018
03:18:28,407 --> 03:18:31,407
needs parks, arts and cultural

5019
03:18:31,809 --> 03:18:33,412
spaces, parking and places for

5020
03:18:33,412 --> 03:18:35,547
D.P.W. To park equipment.

5021
03:18:35,547 --> 03:18:37,820
We can't forget that.

5022
03:18:37,820 --> 03:18:38,716
Housing is important but to have

5023
03:18:38,716 --> 03:18:41,850
a functional city we really have

5024
03:18:41,850 --> 03:18:43,589
to have places for all these

5025
03:18:43,589 --> 03:18:45,257
other thing, as well.

5026
03:18:45,257 --> 03:18:48,600
I look forward to hearing back

5027
03:18:48,600 --> 03:18:51,429
about the list of properties and

5028
03:18:51,429 --> 03:18:52,530
look forward to this broader

5029
03:18:52,530 --> 03:18:52,864
discussion.

5030
03:18:52,864 --> 03:18:54,864
Thank you.

5031
03:18:57,680 --> 03:18:57,735
I yield.

5032
03:18:57,735 --> 03:18:59,337
>> Chair: councilor al-zubi.

5033
03:18:59,337 --> 03:19:01,400
>> Councilor Al-Zubi: I wanted

5034
03:19:01,400 --> 03:19:01,774
to hop in and note I strongly

5035
03:19:01,774 --> 03:19:03,774
support this.

5036
03:19:04,242 --> 03:19:06,477
I appreciate my colleagues

5037
03:19:06,477 --> 03:19:08,546
bringing this on the floor.

5038
03:19:08,546 --> 03:19:09,470
In fact, would love to

5039
03:19:09,470 --> 03:19:11,470
co-sponsor it.

5040
03:19:11,684 --> 03:19:13,151
I would like to note, especially

5041
03:19:13,151 --> 03:19:15,540
now, public land belongs to all

5042
03:19:15,540 --> 03:19:16,455
of us and should remain in

5043
03:19:16,455 --> 03:19:18,455
public hands.

5044
03:19:18,990 --> 03:19:19,225
Hopefully also serve the public

5045
03:19:19,225 --> 03:19:20,358
good.

5046
03:19:20,358 --> 03:19:23,561
From my perspective we need to

5047
03:19:23,561 --> 03:19:25,931
focus on the use of city-owned

5048
03:19:25,931 --> 03:19:27,298
properties to create affordable

5049
03:19:27,298 --> 03:19:28,700
housing as an example.

5050
03:19:28,700 --> 03:19:31,269
i look forward to this round

5051
03:19:31,269 --> 03:19:32,370
table and hopefully working with

5052
03:19:32,370 --> 03:19:33,872
community organizations and

5053
03:19:33,872 --> 03:19:35,872
members, city staff,

5054
03:19:36,641 --> 03:19:39,410
councillors, to develop concrete

5055
03:19:45,500 --> 03:19:47,500
proposals for affordability.

5056
03:19:49,870 --> 03:19:50,422
>> Mayor Siddiqui:

5057
03:19:50,422 --> 03:19:51,289
[Indiscernible] Do a roll call.

5058
03:19:51,289 --> 03:19:51,789
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5059
03:19:51,789 --> 03:19:52,925
>> yes.

5060
03:19:52,925 --> 03:19:54,326
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5061
03:19:54,326 --> 03:19:54,959
>> yes.

5062
03:19:54,959 --> 03:19:56,959
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5063
03:19:56,995 --> 03:19:58,196
>> yes.

5064
03:19:58,196 --> 03:19:58,864
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5065
03:19:58,864 --> 03:19:59,265
Absent.

5066
03:19:59,265 --> 03:20:00,131
Councilor nolan?

5067
03:20:00,131 --> 03:20:01,000
>> yes.

5068
03:20:01,000 --> 03:20:01,901
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5069
03:20:01,901 --> 03:20:02,367
>> yes.

5070
03:20:02,367 --> 03:20:02,801
>> Clerk: councilor

5071
03:20:02,801 --> 03:20:03,670
sobrinho-wheeler?

5072
03:20:03,670 --> 03:20:03,836
>> yes.

5073
03:20:03,836 --> 03:20:05,836
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5074
03:20:06,204 --> 03:20:07,710
>> yes.

5075
03:20:07,710 --> 03:20:07,605
>> Clerk: mayor?

5076
03:20:07,605 --> 03:20:08,840
>> yes.

5077
03:20:08,840 --> 03:20:10,375
>> Clerk: you have eight members

5078
03:20:10,375 --> 03:20:13,375
recorded in the affirmative and

5079
03:20:15,446 --> 03:20:17,846
one recorded as absent.

5080
03:20:21,119 --> 03:20:23,119
>> Mayor Siddiqui:

5081
03:20:31,329 --> 03:20:33,329
[Indiscernible] Hearing none.

5082
03:20:34,266 --> 03:20:34,500
>> I just wanted you to say my

5083
03:20:34,500 --> 03:20:35,135
name.

5084
03:20:35,135 --> 03:20:37,680
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you.

5085
03:20:37,680 --> 03:20:38,836
We will do a roll call on

5086
03:20:38,836 --> 03:20:39,438
adopting the amended --

5087
03:20:39,438 --> 03:20:40,105
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5088
03:20:40,105 --> 03:20:42,400
>> yes.

5089
03:20:42,400 --> 03:20:43,308
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5090
03:20:43,308 --> 03:20:44,809
>> yes.

5091
03:20:44,809 --> 03:20:45,410
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5092
03:20:45,410 --> 03:20:46,511
>> yes.

5093
03:20:46,511 --> 03:20:47,111
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5094
03:20:47,111 --> 03:20:48,246
>> yes.

5095
03:20:48,246 --> 03:20:49,810
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5096
03:20:49,810 --> 03:20:50,416
>> yes.

5097
03:20:50,416 --> 03:20:50,950
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5098
03:20:50,950 --> 03:20:51,416
>> yes.

5099
03:20:51,416 --> 03:20:51,849
>> Clerk: councilor

5100
03:20:51,849 --> 03:20:52,684
sobrinho-wheeler?

5101
03:20:52,684 --> 03:20:54,619
>> yes.

5102
03:20:54,619 --> 03:20:55,120
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5103
03:20:55,120 --> 03:20:56,454
>> yes.

5104
03:20:56,454 --> 03:20:56,921
>> Clerk: mayor?

5105
03:20:56,921 --> 03:20:58,224
>> yes.

5106
03:20:58,224 --> 03:21:01,260
>> Clerk: you have nine members

5107
03:21:01,260 --> 03:21:02,940
recorded in the affirmative.

5108
03:21:02,940 --> 03:21:04,494
>> Mayor Siddiqui: policy order

5109
03:21:05,640 --> 03:21:06,999
six is filed and adopted.

5110
03:21:06,999 --> 03:21:07,599
We are finished with the city

5111
03:21:07,599 --> 03:21:09,599
manager's agenda.

5112
03:21:11,770 --> 03:21:13,370
We move to calendar.

5113
03:21:13,370 --> 03:21:15,441
There are two charter rights.

5114
03:21:15,441 --> 03:21:17,109
I will go to the first one.

5115
03:21:17,109 --> 03:21:18,509
This was a policy order saying

5116
03:21:18,509 --> 03:21:21,413
that the city manager works with

5117
03:21:21,413 --> 03:21:23,648
the government operations and

5118
03:21:23,648 --> 03:21:26,648
civic unity committee to hold

5119
03:21:26,785 --> 03:21:30,385
hearings to discuss new ideas to

5120
03:21:33,570 --> 03:21:34,593
honor and remember individuals

5121
03:21:34,593 --> 03:21:36,593
criteria for eligibility,

5122
03:21:37,595 --> 03:21:39,430
committee structure with diverse

5123
03:21:39,430 --> 03:21:41,320
representation of the city

5124
03:21:41,320 --> 03:21:42,134
residents and means for

5125
03:21:42,134 --> 03:21:44,134
recording and maintaining

5126
03:21:45,436 --> 03:21:47,836
current and future memorials.

5127
03:21:48,340 --> 03:21:50,740
Exercised by councilor simmons

5128
03:21:51,110 --> 03:21:51,810
in council on DECEMBER 22nd.

5129
03:21:51,810 --> 03:21:52,444
Councilor simmons.

5130
03:21:52,444 --> 03:21:52,645
>> Councilor Simmons: thank

5131
03:21:52,645 --> 03:21:54,479
you.

5132
03:21:54,479 --> 03:21:56,470
I would like to take this off as

5133
03:21:56,470 --> 03:21:58,183
is the rule because the charter

5134
03:21:58,183 --> 03:22:00,218
right can only stay to the next

5135
03:22:00,218 --> 03:22:02,688
meeting to move this forward.

5136
03:22:02,688 --> 03:22:03,389
As it is written in the policy

5137
03:22:03,389 --> 03:22:06,389
order, this is the conversation

5138
03:22:07,892 --> 03:22:11,492
we've been having a long time

5139
03:22:16,868 --> 03:22:18,868
around memorials.

5140
03:22:19,300 --> 03:22:20,505
One started people working in

5141
03:22:20,505 --> 03:22:21,372
service or civic life.

5142
03:22:21,372 --> 03:22:23,308
It's grown.

5143
03:22:23,308 --> 03:22:27,446
It's grown in a way that we, in

5144
03:22:27,446 --> 03:22:29,181
some way, cannot control it.

5145
03:22:29,181 --> 03:22:31,383
We have memorials on one block.

5146
03:22:31,383 --> 03:22:32,317
We'll have four signs with four

5147
03:22:32,317 --> 03:22:34,860
different people.

5148
03:22:34,860 --> 03:22:36,521
All very important but it's not

5149
03:22:36,521 --> 03:22:36,821
a method or practice that we can

5150
03:22:36,821 --> 03:22:38,324
sustain.

5151
03:22:38,324 --> 03:22:40,592
The idea behind this policy

5152
03:22:40,592 --> 03:22:43,628
order is to work with the city

5153
03:22:43,628 --> 03:22:44,797
manager and to the subcommittees

5154
03:22:44,797 --> 03:22:46,699
and city council to say is there

5155
03:22:46,699 --> 03:22:48,300
another way to do it to be

5156
03:22:48,300 --> 03:22:50,836
honoring so we can honor those

5157
03:22:50,836 --> 03:22:53,370
that need to be honored but not

5158
03:22:53,370 --> 03:22:54,607
in such a way we run out of

5159
03:22:54,607 --> 03:22:55,440
city-owned real estate to place

5160
03:22:55,440 --> 03:22:57,408
them up.

5161
03:22:57,408 --> 03:22:58,244
That is what this policy order

5162
03:22:58,244 --> 03:22:59,611
seeks to do.

5163
03:22:59,611 --> 03:23:00,612
Let's look at it.

5164
03:23:00,612 --> 03:23:02,612
Let's have conversations.

5165
03:23:02,881 --> 03:23:06,251
Let's take it out to the

5166
03:23:06,251 --> 03:23:07,852
community and come back with

5167
03:23:07,852 --> 03:23:08,519
recommendation on how to do

5168
03:23:08,519 --> 03:23:09,420
that.

5169
03:23:09,420 --> 03:23:10,880
I yield the floor.

5170
03:23:10,880 --> 03:23:10,521
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

5171
03:23:10,521 --> 03:23:12,191
councilor simmons.

5172
03:23:12,191 --> 03:23:13,626
Any other comment on this?

5173
03:23:13,626 --> 03:23:16,270
I think it's very important and

5174
03:23:16,270 --> 03:23:16,262
there's a lot of thought and

5175
03:23:16,262 --> 03:23:17,529
work.

5176
03:23:17,529 --> 03:23:18,597
I look forward to discussion in

5177
03:23:18,597 --> 03:23:20,231
government ops.

5178
03:23:20,231 --> 03:23:22,300
We can do a roll call on

5179
03:23:22,300 --> 03:23:23,401
adopting the order.

5180
03:23:23,401 --> 03:23:23,768
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5181
03:23:23,768 --> 03:23:25,604
>> yes.

5182
03:23:25,604 --> 03:23:26,304
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5183
03:23:26,304 --> 03:23:27,438
>> yes.

5184
03:23:27,438 --> 03:23:28,139
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5185
03:23:28,139 --> 03:23:28,773
>> yes.

5186
03:23:28,773 --> 03:23:29,808
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5187
03:23:29,808 --> 03:23:31,310
>> yes.

5188
03:23:31,310 --> 03:23:31,744
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5189
03:23:31,744 --> 03:23:32,343
>> yes.

5190
03:23:32,343 --> 03:23:33,444
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5191
03:23:33,444 --> 03:23:34,512
>> yes.

5192
03:23:34,512 --> 03:23:34,946
>> Clerk: councilor

5193
03:23:34,946 --> 03:23:35,647
sobrinho-wheeler?

5194
03:23:35,647 --> 03:23:36,749
>> yes.

5195
03:23:36,749 --> 03:23:37,815
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5196
03:23:37,815 --> 03:23:38,284
>> yes.

5197
03:23:38,284 --> 03:23:38,816
>> Clerk: mayor?

5198
03:23:38,816 --> 03:23:40,386
>> yes.

5199
03:23:40,386 --> 03:23:43,386
>> Clerk: you have nine members

5200
03:23:45,560 --> 03:23:47,456
recorded in the affirmative.

5201
03:23:48,993 --> 03:23:49,260
>> Mayor Siddiqui: that item

5202
03:23:49,260 --> 03:23:51,260
passes.

5203
03:23:53,666 --> 03:23:55,134
Calendar item two which is a

5204
03:23:55,134 --> 03:23:57,534
policy order around restricting

5205
03:23:59,904 --> 03:24:02,904
resident for parking permits and

5206
03:24:08,414 --> 03:24:09,810
more transient oriented

5207
03:24:09,810 --> 03:24:11,810
developments.

5208
03:24:11,349 --> 03:24:11,984
I'll go to councilor simmons.

5209
03:24:11,984 --> 03:24:12,417
>> Councilor Simmons: thank

5210
03:24:12,417 --> 03:24:13,718
you, MADAM Mayor.

5211
03:24:13,718 --> 03:24:16,555
I exercised my charter right and

5212
03:24:16,555 --> 03:24:18,824
I'm in the same place.

5213
03:24:18,824 --> 03:24:20,558
On the third whereas seeking to

5214
03:24:20,558 --> 03:24:22,328
use public transit.

5215
03:24:22,328 --> 03:24:24,363
I think public transit is

5216
03:24:24,363 --> 03:24:24,662
important but it's not been

5217
03:24:24,662 --> 03:24:26,632
reliable.

5218
03:24:26,632 --> 03:24:27,666
I know we've talked about

5219
03:24:27,666 --> 03:24:29,666
maintaining, sustaining or

5220
03:24:32,871 --> 03:24:33,705
adopting an idea where we pay

5221
03:24:33,705 --> 03:24:34,539
for free transit to get folks

5222
03:24:34,539 --> 03:24:36,539
around the city.

5223
03:24:37,410 --> 03:24:39,311
It's a noble cause.

5224
03:24:39,311 --> 03:24:40,311
I worry we lay so much on

5225
03:24:40,311 --> 03:24:41,747
unpredictable means of getting

5226
03:24:41,747 --> 03:24:43,348
around the city.

5227
03:24:43,348 --> 03:24:43,581
Public transit being one of

5228
03:24:43,581 --> 03:24:45,581
them.

5229
03:24:45,884 --> 03:24:48,887
Not to throw the mbta under the

5230
03:24:48,887 --> 03:24:49,822
bus but we know that it's been

5231
03:24:49,822 --> 03:24:51,822
less than reliable.

5232
03:24:53,570 --> 03:24:56,527
We offer a policy order that in

5233
03:24:56,527 --> 03:24:58,596
part depends on a system that is

5234
03:24:58,596 --> 03:25:00,299
not tremendously reliable for

5235
03:25:00,299 --> 03:25:01,320
various reasons too long to go

5236
03:25:01,320 --> 03:25:03,320
into.

5237
03:25:05,571 --> 03:25:07,971
It gives me pause.

5238
03:25:08,106 --> 03:25:08,306
It is before us now to be taken

5239
03:25:08,306 --> 03:25:10,306
up.

5240
03:25:10,341 --> 03:25:14,512
It will probably pass and I will

5241
03:25:14,512 --> 03:25:15,980
vote for this only because it

5242
03:25:15,980 --> 03:25:18,316
says that we are to get

5243
03:25:18,316 --> 03:25:21,916
information back so we have some

5244
03:25:22,220 --> 03:25:22,555
policy choices so we can make

5245
03:25:22,555 --> 03:25:24,323
decisions.

5246
03:25:24,323 --> 03:25:27,425
With that I will vote if favor

5247
03:25:27,425 --> 03:25:30,529
but I just wanted to say I would

5248
03:25:30,529 --> 03:25:33,529
like to hear from colleagues,

5249
03:25:33,932 --> 03:25:36,235
councilor zusy, vice mayor, or

5250
03:25:36,235 --> 03:25:38,369
councilor nolan or maybe not.

5251
03:25:38,369 --> 03:25:40,306
The hour is moving along.

5252
03:25:40,306 --> 03:25:43,275
But I wanted for my colleagues

5253
03:25:43,275 --> 03:25:45,511
to understand I'm not trying to

5254
03:25:45,511 --> 03:25:47,812
be obstructionist I just have

5255
03:25:47,812 --> 03:25:48,813
concerns over depending on a

5256
03:25:48,813 --> 03:25:49,715
mode of transportation or

5257
03:25:49,715 --> 03:25:50,983
transportation operation that

5258
03:25:50,983 --> 03:25:52,917
has been less than reliable.

5259
03:25:52,917 --> 03:25:54,786
I yield the floor.

5260
03:25:54,786 --> 03:25:55,254
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

5261
03:25:55,254 --> 03:25:56,789
councilor simmons.

5262
03:25:56,789 --> 03:25:58,290
Councilor zusy and then

5263
03:25:58,290 --> 03:25:59,158
councilor azeem and then

5264
03:25:59,158 --> 03:26:01,590
councilor nolan.

5265
03:26:01,590 --> 03:26:01,994
>> Councilor Zusy: thank you,

5266
03:26:01,994 --> 03:26:03,994
chair.

5267
03:26:10,669 --> 03:26:13,239
This policy order was inspired

5268
03:26:13,239 --> 03:26:13,538
because that's scarcity of

5269
03:26:13,538 --> 03:26:15,538
parking.

5270
03:26:16,574 --> 03:26:18,974
We've all received letters.

5271
03:26:19,544 --> 03:26:22,544
There are concerned about large

5272
03:26:22,982 --> 03:26:23,482
developments around elery

5273
03:26:23,482 --> 03:26:24,515
street.

5274
03:26:24,515 --> 03:26:25,717
There ares parking scarcity.

5275
03:26:25,717 --> 03:26:28,554
Most of the developments are

5276
03:26:28,554 --> 03:26:30,540
within a half mile of the

5277
03:26:30,540 --> 03:26:32,540
harvard square t.

5278
03:26:32,191 --> 03:26:34,895
This would be properties where

5279
03:26:34,895 --> 03:26:36,996
residents would not receive

5280
03:26:36,996 --> 03:26:38,996
parking permits.

5281
03:26:43,902 --> 03:26:46,604
The idea is that those living in

5282
03:26:46,604 --> 03:26:47,940
tran see yent oriented

5283
03:26:47,940 --> 03:26:50,843
developments within a half mile

5284
03:26:50,843 --> 03:26:52,877
of the stations would be

5285
03:26:52,877 --> 03:26:55,877
encouraged to use the mbta.

5286
03:26:56,810 --> 03:26:56,714
It's only going to get better,

5287
03:26:56,714 --> 03:26:58,516
councilor simmons.

5288
03:26:58,516 --> 03:27:00,152
The buses are supposed to be

5289
03:27:00,152 --> 03:27:00,752
getting better in the next five

5290
03:27:00,752 --> 03:27:02,210
years.

5291
03:27:02,210 --> 03:27:06,221
I think the red line is really

5292
03:27:06,457 --> 03:27:08,857
getting much, much better.

5293
03:27:10,610 --> 03:27:13,661
Our concern is that if the

5294
03:27:14,533 --> 03:27:16,000
residents in these oriented

5295
03:27:16,000 --> 03:27:18,404
developments are a given parking

5296
03:27:18,404 --> 03:27:21,720
permits will add to what my

5297
03:27:21,720 --> 03:27:22,141
friend calls parking misery in

5298
03:27:22,141 --> 03:27:24,141
many neighborhoods.

5299
03:27:25,760 --> 03:27:28,676
We want to continue to support

5300
03:27:29,514 --> 03:27:31,182
investment in mass transit.

5301
03:27:31,182 --> 03:27:32,850
Better mass transit.

5302
03:27:32,850 --> 03:27:34,385
Encourage those who can use it

5303
03:27:34,385 --> 03:27:34,853
to use sustainability

5304
03:27:34,853 --> 03:27:36,853
transportation.

5305
03:27:38,690 --> 03:27:41,493
Apparently this is working in

5306
03:27:41,493 --> 03:27:43,596
somerville and those that are

5307
03:27:43,596 --> 03:27:45,430
choice limited, individuals with

5308
03:27:45,430 --> 03:27:47,830
disabilities and residents of

5309
03:27:49,670 --> 03:27:51,102
affordable housing units are

5310
03:27:51,102 --> 03:27:52,704
sometimes given -- are provided

5311
03:27:52,704 --> 03:27:54,505
with exemptions.

5312
03:27:54,505 --> 03:27:55,907
They might get a permit.

5313
03:27:55,907 --> 03:27:59,277
There is a possibility to get a

5314
03:27:59,277 --> 03:28:00,279
permit if you need one in the

5315
03:28:00,279 --> 03:28:02,800
transit-oriented developments.

5316
03:28:02,800 --> 03:28:05,500
We're adding a lot of density to

5317
03:28:05,500 --> 03:28:07,919
the city and I know that's

5318
03:28:07,919 --> 03:28:10,656
something most of the city -- I

5319
03:28:10,656 --> 03:28:13,570
think the whole council supports

5320
03:28:13,570 --> 03:28:14,359
in one way or another but we

5321
03:28:14,359 --> 03:28:16,495
can't have all of those

5322
03:28:16,495 --> 03:28:18,895
residents have cars, too,

5323
03:28:19,797 --> 03:28:21,650
because -- especially if there's

5324
03:28:21,650 --> 03:28:23,650
no parking minimum.

5325
03:28:23,168 --> 03:28:25,770
This will help to encourage

5326
03:28:25,770 --> 03:28:26,704
resident, again, in those

5327
03:28:26,704 --> 03:28:28,704
transit-oriented developments so

5328
03:28:30,508 --> 03:28:33,478
close to mbta stations to use

5329
03:28:33,478 --> 03:28:36,470
mass transit and walk and bike

5330
03:28:36,470 --> 03:28:39,470
and get around other ways.

5331
03:28:40,180 --> 03:28:43,180
Car shares and other mechanisms.

5332
03:28:43,455 --> 03:28:45,890
So that's why I think it's a

5333
03:28:45,890 --> 03:28:46,925
great idea.

5334
03:28:46,925 --> 03:28:49,925
I'm looking forward to hearing

5335
03:28:50,528 --> 03:28:51,229
comments and I yield.

5336
03:28:51,229 --> 03:28:53,229
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

5337
03:28:58,700 --> 03:28:59,710
azeem and then councilor nolan.

5338
03:28:59,710 --> 03:28:59,606
>> Councilor Azeem:.

5339
03:28:59,606 --> 03:29:01,390
Thank you.

5340
03:29:01,390 --> 03:29:02,840
In a new development someone MAY

5341
03:29:02,840 --> 03:29:04,343
say hey, I I don't need to be

5342
03:29:04,343 --> 03:29:06,344
parking without making it easy

5343
03:29:06,344 --> 03:29:06,611
for people to take the bus or

5344
03:29:06,611 --> 03:29:08,179
train.

5345
03:29:08,179 --> 03:29:10,849
I can use street parking.

5346
03:29:10,849 --> 03:29:13,520
Then they take advantage of

5347
03:29:13,520 --> 03:29:15,520
something without providing

5348
03:29:15,860 --> 03:29:15,386
something which is off site

5349
03:29:15,386 --> 03:29:16,955
parking.

5350
03:29:16,955 --> 03:29:18,691
i think it's a problem and makes

5351
03:29:18,691 --> 03:29:20,425
it harder for people already in

5352
03:29:20,425 --> 03:29:21,590
the city and need the parking to

5353
03:29:21,590 --> 03:29:22,827
use it.

5354
03:29:22,827 --> 03:29:23,829
I think that's the issue we were

5355
03:29:23,829 --> 03:29:25,829
trying to solve.

5356
03:29:27,432 --> 03:29:28,366
An issue we come across is that

5357
03:29:28,366 --> 03:29:30,366
under general massachusetts

5358
03:29:30,468 --> 03:29:32,868
general law, under housing

5359
03:29:33,710 --> 03:29:35,807
development rules we have to be

5360
03:29:35,807 --> 03:29:36,841
fair in how we assess properties

5361
03:29:36,841 --> 03:29:37,750
and requirements we have on

5362
03:29:37,750 --> 03:29:39,440
them.

5363
03:29:39,440 --> 03:29:40,778
One way to have a fair

5364
03:29:40,778 --> 03:29:42,114
assessment is to say development

5365
03:29:42,114 --> 03:29:43,949
that is are near transit we

5366
03:29:43,949 --> 03:29:45,949
should have additional

5367
03:29:45,951 --> 03:29:48,351
requirements saying that, hey,

5368
03:29:49,870 --> 03:29:51,156
if your residents are going to

5369
03:29:51,156 --> 03:29:53,570
bring a car, we need you to

5370
03:29:53,570 --> 03:29:56,657
provide a parking spot for them.

5371
03:29:57,328 --> 03:29:59,297
It's unfair for them to use

5372
03:29:59,297 --> 03:30:01,660
on-street parking when you're

5373
03:30:01,660 --> 03:30:02,467
not building parking for them

5374
03:30:02,467 --> 03:30:04,335
and you're expecting them to --

5375
03:30:04,335 --> 03:30:06,370
you're saying to us we expect

5376
03:30:06,370 --> 03:30:08,873
them to take the t but you're

5377
03:30:08,873 --> 03:30:10,408
trying to take advantage of the

5378
03:30:10,408 --> 03:30:12,211
public realm and make it harder

5379
03:30:12,211 --> 03:30:12,844
for everyone else to park and

5380
03:30:12,844 --> 03:30:14,844
drive.

5381
03:30:15,460 --> 03:30:17,516
That is what our expectation is.

5382
03:30:17,516 --> 03:30:19,485
In general I share a lot of

5383
03:30:19,485 --> 03:30:21,419
councilor simmons's concerns the

5384
03:30:21,419 --> 03:30:23,556
mbta isn't up to snuff and isn't

5385
03:30:23,556 --> 03:30:25,556
improving rapidly enough.

5386
03:30:26,925 --> 03:30:30,290
I think of this as a way to

5387
03:30:30,290 --> 03:30:32,290
properly align incentives.

5388
03:30:32,298 --> 03:30:33,431
If someone isn't spro providing

5389
03:30:33,431 --> 03:30:34,966
parking they expect people to

5390
03:30:34,966 --> 03:30:36,340
get around on transit not

5391
03:30:36,340 --> 03:30:37,435
because they are taking

5392
03:30:37,435 --> 03:30:38,736
advantage of the system and

5393
03:30:38,736 --> 03:30:39,437
making it harder for everyone

5394
03:30:39,437 --> 03:30:40,638
else to park.

5395
03:30:40,638 --> 03:30:40,905
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

5396
03:30:40,905 --> 03:30:41,539
nolan.

5397
03:30:41,539 --> 03:30:43,408
>> Councilor Nolan: thank you.

5398
03:30:43,408 --> 03:30:45,760
Just as a reminder this is

5399
03:30:45,760 --> 03:30:47,312
asking for what the legal

5400
03:30:47,312 --> 03:30:49,147
options are which we don't know.

5401
03:30:49,147 --> 03:30:52,918
I think we asked it in various

5402
03:30:52,918 --> 03:30:54,686
forms yet we haven't gotten the

5403
03:30:54,686 --> 03:30:56,788
full form of legal opinion to

5404
03:30:56,788 --> 03:30:59,458
say here's what you can do.

5405
03:30:59,458 --> 03:31:00,125
I know the city solicitor is

5406
03:31:00,125 --> 03:31:03,125
aware of this request because

5407
03:31:03,428 --> 03:31:06,699
the fact is we did say there's

5408
03:31:06,699 --> 03:31:08,434
no minimum parking.

5409
03:31:08,434 --> 03:31:09,434
It means that anybody who builds

5410
03:31:09,434 --> 03:31:11,135
in the city has no requirements

5411
03:31:11,135 --> 03:31:13,710
to build any parking.

5412
03:31:13,710 --> 03:31:15,440
That does have an impact.

5413
03:31:15,440 --> 03:31:17,840
I voted for that.

5414
03:31:18,760 --> 03:31:20,511
I first talked about it.

5415
03:31:20,511 --> 03:31:23,511
It makes since moving forward

5416
03:31:23,515 --> 03:31:25,500
yet there have been real serious

5417
03:31:25,500 --> 03:31:26,840
impact on certain people and it

5418
03:31:26,840 --> 03:31:27,853
very much depends on the part of

5419
03:31:27,853 --> 03:31:29,256
the city you're in.

5420
03:31:29,256 --> 03:31:31,891
Reality is there's parts of the

5421
03:31:31,891 --> 03:31:34,159
city it has a greater impact the

5422
03:31:34,159 --> 03:31:36,929
utilization of on street parking

5423
03:31:36,929 --> 03:31:38,496
is probably 90%-95%.

5424
03:31:38,496 --> 03:31:40,466
Other areas of the city

5425
03:31:40,466 --> 03:31:41,600
including where I live it's more

5426
03:31:41,600 --> 03:31:43,600
like 70%.

5427
03:31:43,602 --> 03:31:45,436
You could add 30% more cars and

5428
03:31:45,436 --> 03:31:46,838
still get utilization that meant

5429
03:31:46,838 --> 03:31:48,306
people can find it.

5430
03:31:48,306 --> 03:31:49,800
I think it's important that we

5431
03:31:49,800 --> 03:31:50,442
own that.

5432
03:31:50,442 --> 03:31:51,442
We acknowledge it and, again, I

5433
03:31:51,442 --> 03:31:53,512
hope we pass this.

5434
03:31:53,512 --> 03:31:54,446
I think we need to know what are

5435
03:31:54,446 --> 03:31:56,446
our legal options.

5436
03:31:57,480 --> 03:31:58,616
Of course, all of us if we had a

5437
03:31:58,616 --> 03:32:01,616
magic wand would tomorrow make

5438
03:32:02,754 --> 03:32:04,757
this mbta and public transit

5439
03:32:04,757 --> 03:32:06,757
completely reliable, affordable,

5440
03:32:08,493 --> 03:32:08,826
frequent, no problems

5441
03:32:08,826 --> 03:32:10,395
whatsoever.

5442
03:32:10,395 --> 03:32:13,640
Over the last couple of weeks

5443
03:32:13,640 --> 03:32:15,340
I've been on the red line and it

5444
03:32:15,340 --> 03:32:17,680
it was amazingly fast and I've

5445
03:32:17,680 --> 03:32:18,404
been on it when it's not so

5446
03:32:18,404 --> 03:32:19,804
amazingly fast.

5447
03:32:19,804 --> 03:32:22,106
I waited for a bus that was

5448
03:32:22,106 --> 03:32:23,274
supposed to come and took longer

5449
03:32:23,274 --> 03:32:25,276
than it should have and also got

5450
03:32:25,276 --> 03:32:27,460
on a bus right away.

5451
03:32:27,460 --> 03:32:28,514
We're in a situation that as a

5452
03:32:28,514 --> 03:32:29,314
city the more we is solve this

5453
03:32:29,314 --> 03:32:31,849
and work together we have a

5454
03:32:31,849 --> 03:32:32,784
bunch of ways we as a city are

5455
03:32:32,784 --> 03:32:34,552
working with public transit to

5456
03:32:34,552 --> 03:32:36,870
try to improve that.

5457
03:32:36,870 --> 03:32:37,823
We hopefully will do our own

5458
03:32:37,823 --> 03:32:40,158
form of transit as we move

5459
03:32:40,158 --> 03:32:41,492
forward with the study of how it

5460
03:32:41,492 --> 03:32:42,194
is we improve transportation

5461
03:32:42,194 --> 03:32:44,950
across the city.

5462
03:32:44,950 --> 03:32:45,464
I do fully support it and

5463
03:32:45,464 --> 03:32:47,232
acknowledge that the reason this

5464
03:32:47,232 --> 03:32:48,300
is brought forward and thanks

5465
03:32:48,300 --> 03:32:49,935
councilor zusy for taking the

5466
03:32:49,935 --> 03:32:51,437
lead on this, is because we need

5467
03:32:51,437 --> 03:32:51,770
to figure out what the options

5468
03:32:51,770 --> 03:32:53,770
are.

5469
03:32:54,106 --> 03:32:55,107
Once we know what they are, we

5470
03:32:55,107 --> 03:32:58,707
can't do anything until we know

5471
03:32:59,377 --> 03:33:00,746
what we can do legally.

5472
03:33:00,746 --> 03:33:02,114
>> Mayor Siddiqui: I go to

5473
03:33:02,114 --> 03:33:02,580
councilor McGovern and then

5474
03:33:02,580 --> 03:33:03,181
councilor flaherty.

5475
03:33:03,181 --> 03:33:04,820
>> Councilor McGovern: thank

5476
03:33:04,820 --> 03:33:06,584
you, MADAM Mayor, through you.

5477
03:33:06,584 --> 03:33:10,184
I do support this, as well.

5478
03:33:12,257 --> 03:33:12,992
I won't ask to be added just for

5479
03:33:12,992 --> 03:33:14,992
speed sake.

5480
03:33:15,361 --> 03:33:17,863
I do really support this.

5481
03:33:17,863 --> 03:33:20,366
I do think this has to be part

5482
03:33:20,366 --> 03:33:23,569
of a broader picture as we start

5483
03:33:23,569 --> 03:33:24,360
to deal with parking issues in

5484
03:33:24,360 --> 03:33:25,671
the city.

5485
03:33:25,671 --> 03:33:27,272
I think and residential

5486
03:33:27,272 --> 03:33:29,272
stickers.

5487
03:33:30,275 --> 03:33:33,112
We need to look at the fact my

5488
03:33:33,112 --> 03:33:34,546
wife and I can register eight

5489
03:33:34,546 --> 03:33:35,880
cars at our house because it's

5490
03:33:35,880 --> 03:33:37,482
four per person.

5491
03:33:37,482 --> 03:33:39,385
I think it's something we need

5492
03:33:39,385 --> 03:33:39,617
to take another look at, as

5493
03:33:39,617 --> 03:33:40,985
well.

5494
03:33:40,985 --> 03:33:43,756
I appreciate this order and I

5495
03:33:43,756 --> 03:33:44,890
will be supporting it.

5496
03:33:44,890 --> 03:33:44,689
Thank you.

5497
03:33:44,689 --> 03:33:45,570
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

5498
03:33:45,570 --> 03:33:45,857
flaherty.

5499
03:33:45,857 --> 03:33:47,526
>>Councilor Flaherty: thank

5500
03:33:47,526 --> 03:33:49,600
you, through you, MADAM Mayor.

5501
03:33:49,600 --> 03:33:52,600
This is an essential order.

5502
03:33:52,898 --> 03:33:54,499
The elimination of minimum

5503
03:33:54,499 --> 03:33:54,733
parking requirements requires

5504
03:33:54,733 --> 03:33:56,733
this.

5505
03:33:59,371 --> 03:34:01,373
It requires a legal opinion.

5506
03:34:01,373 --> 03:34:04,373
We're living in an alternate

5507
03:34:04,543 --> 03:34:07,278
reality if we think that persons

5508
03:34:07,278 --> 03:34:10,716
who either rent or purchase a

5509
03:34:10,716 --> 03:34:11,951
unit in a transit-oriented

5510
03:34:11,951 --> 03:34:14,351
building or development then

5511
03:34:18,157 --> 03:34:20,391
just going to unilaterally

5512
03:34:20,391 --> 03:34:21,694
advocate their own right to have

5513
03:34:21,694 --> 03:34:24,229
a vehicle and park it publicly

5514
03:34:24,229 --> 03:34:26,198
on the street by obtaining a

5515
03:34:26,198 --> 03:34:27,432
parking permit from the city of

5516
03:34:27,432 --> 03:34:28,000
cambridge, we're kidding

5517
03:34:28,000 --> 03:34:30,000
ourselves.

5518
03:34:30,369 --> 03:34:32,104
That will lead to further

5519
03:34:32,104 --> 03:34:34,504
difficulties for residents and

5520
03:34:34,606 --> 03:34:36,541
those development areas

5521
03:34:36,541 --> 03:34:38,477
obtaining parking.

5522
03:34:38,477 --> 03:34:41,346
I think there will be.

5523
03:34:41,346 --> 03:34:44,282
I wish the city solicitor all

5524
03:34:44,282 --> 03:34:46,282
the good will.

5525
03:34:48,621 --> 03:34:50,422
There will be a challenge to

5526
03:34:50,422 --> 03:34:52,490
this, whatever policy we enact.

5527
03:34:52,490 --> 03:34:53,259
I fully support this.

5528
03:34:53,259 --> 03:34:55,590
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

5529
03:34:55,590 --> 03:34:57,590
councilor flaherty.

5530
03:34:59,998 --> 03:35:01,650
I think we've heard from whoever

5531
03:35:01,650 --> 03:35:03,465
wants to be heard.

5532
03:35:04,904 --> 03:35:07,904
We can adopt the order.

5533
03:35:08,720 --> 03:35:08,674
On a motion by councilor zusy.

5534
03:35:08,674 --> 03:35:09,400
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5535
03:35:09,400 --> 03:35:10,608
>> yes.

5536
03:35:10,608 --> 03:35:11,277
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5537
03:35:11,277 --> 03:35:13,211
>> yes.

5538
03:35:13,211 --> 03:35:14,179
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5539
03:35:14,179 --> 03:35:15,380
>> yes.

5540
03:35:15,380 --> 03:35:15,647
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5541
03:35:15,647 --> 03:35:17,582
>> yes.

5542
03:35:17,582 --> 03:35:18,182
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5543
03:35:18,182 --> 03:35:19,217
>> yes.

5544
03:35:19,217 --> 03:35:20,652
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5545
03:35:20,652 --> 03:35:21,119
>> yes.

5546
03:35:21,119 --> 03:35:21,519
>> Clerk: councilor

5547
03:35:21,519 --> 03:35:22,587
sobrinho-wheeler?

5548
03:35:22,587 --> 03:35:23,221
>> yes.

5549
03:35:23,221 --> 03:35:24,123
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5550
03:35:24,123 --> 03:35:25,657
>> yes.

5551
03:35:25,657 --> 03:35:26,325
>> Clerk: mayor?

5552
03:35:26,325 --> 03:35:27,559
>> yes.

5553
03:35:27,559 --> 03:35:29,761
>> Clerk: you have nine members

5554
03:35:29,761 --> 03:35:32,161
recorded in the affirmative.

5555
03:35:33,431 --> 03:35:34,766
>> Mayor Siddiqui: item two is

5556
03:35:34,766 --> 03:35:36,101
adopted.

5557
03:35:36,101 --> 03:35:37,690
We have now a zoning petition on

5558
03:35:37,690 --> 03:35:39,690
the table.

5559
03:35:40,171 --> 03:35:40,905
This is the cambridge street

5560
03:35:40,905 --> 03:35:42,740
zoning petition.

5561
03:35:42,740 --> 03:35:44,576
It was passed to a second

5562
03:35:44,576 --> 03:35:45,760
reading as amended in council

5563
03:35:45,760 --> 03:35:47,760
DECEMBER 8th.

5564
03:35:48,460 --> 03:35:50,348
It's eligible to be ordained.

5565
03:35:50,348 --> 03:35:51,820
It was tabled last DECEMBER 22nd

5566
03:35:51,820 --> 03:35:52,918
meeting.

5567
03:35:52,918 --> 03:35:53,284
The petition expires

5568
03:35:53,284 --> 03:35:55,284
JANUARY 28th.

5569
03:35:56,522 --> 03:35:59,240
We have one more meeting which

5570
03:35:59,240 --> 03:36:00,192
is JANUARY 26th where we can

5571
03:36:00,192 --> 03:36:03,428
adopt this or let it expire.

5572
03:36:03,428 --> 03:36:06,265
What is the pleasure of the city

5573
03:36:06,265 --> 03:36:08,132
council?

5574
03:36:08,132 --> 03:36:10,100
Vice mayor has stated he would

5575
03:36:10,100 --> 03:36:11,102
like to leave this on the table.

5576
03:36:11,102 --> 03:36:13,104
Councilor nolan has stated she

5577
03:36:13,104 --> 03:36:15,440
would like us to leave this on

5578
03:36:15,440 --> 03:36:17,410
the table.

5579
03:36:17,410 --> 03:36:19,410
Anyone else?

5580
03:36:19,811 --> 03:36:21,450
We will go ahead and we don't

5581
03:36:21,450 --> 03:36:22,781
have to take any motion.

5582
03:36:22,781 --> 03:36:23,948
I don't see a motion to take it

5583
03:36:23,948 --> 03:36:25,684
off the table.

5584
03:36:25,684 --> 03:36:26,484
We need five votes to take it

5585
03:36:26,484 --> 03:36:28,484
off the table.

5586
03:36:29,540 --> 03:36:33,570
We'll leave it on the table and

5587
03:36:33,570 --> 03:36:34,726
talk about this JANUARY 26th.

5588
03:36:34,726 --> 03:36:38,130
We are done with the calendar.

5589
03:36:38,130 --> 03:36:38,464
We move onto applications and

5590
03:36:38,464 --> 03:36:39,430
petitions.

5591
03:36:39,430 --> 03:36:39,732
>> Councilor Simmons: move

5592
03:36:39,732 --> 03:36:40,665
adoption.

5593
03:36:40,665 --> 03:36:42,660
>> Mayor Siddiqui: on a motion

5594
03:36:42,660 --> 03:36:43,668
by councilor simmons to adopt

5595
03:36:43,668 --> 03:36:43,935
applications and petitions 1 and

5596
03:36:43,935 --> 03:36:45,436
2.

5597
03:36:45,436 --> 03:36:46,905
We'll do a roll call, please.

5598
03:36:46,905 --> 03:36:47,505
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5599
03:36:47,505 --> 03:36:49,400
>> yes.

5600
03:36:49,400 --> 03:36:50,575
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5601
03:36:50,575 --> 03:36:51,744
>> yes.

5602
03:36:51,744 --> 03:36:52,644
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5603
03:36:52,644 --> 03:36:53,278
>> yes.

5604
03:36:53,278 --> 03:36:53,978
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5605
03:36:53,978 --> 03:36:55,214
>> yes.

5606
03:36:55,214 --> 03:36:55,980
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5607
03:36:55,980 --> 03:36:56,581
>> yes.

5608
03:36:56,581 --> 03:36:58,830
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5609
03:36:58,830 --> 03:36:58,784
>> yes.

5610
03:36:58,784 --> 03:36:59,217
>> Clerk: councilor

5611
03:36:59,217 --> 03:36:59,817
sobrinho-wheeler?

5612
03:36:59,817 --> 03:37:00,818
>> yes.

5613
03:37:00,818 --> 03:37:02,860
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5614
03:37:02,860 --> 03:37:02,854
>> yes.

5615
03:37:02,854 --> 03:37:03,488
>> Clerk: mayor?

5616
03:37:03,488 --> 03:37:04,756
>> yes.

5617
03:37:04,756 --> 03:37:06,624
>> Clerk: you have nine members

5618
03:37:06,624 --> 03:37:08,394
recorded in the affirmative.

5619
03:37:08,394 --> 03:37:09,461
>> Mayor Siddiqui: the two

5620
03:37:09,461 --> 03:37:09,762
application and petitions are

5621
03:37:09,762 --> 03:37:11,762
adopted.

5622
03:37:14,660 --> 03:37:16,402
We'll move onto communications.

5623
03:37:16,402 --> 03:37:17,102
There are 139 communications.

5624
03:37:17,102 --> 03:37:17,735
>> Councilor McGovern: place on

5625
03:37:17,735 --> 03:37:18,436
file.

5626
03:37:18,436 --> 03:37:19,104
>> Mayor Siddiqui: on a motion

5627
03:37:19,104 --> 03:37:21,390
by councilor McGovern to place

5628
03:37:21,390 --> 03:37:23,439
all communications on file.

5629
03:37:25,430 --> 03:37:27,679
We'll do a roll call.

5630
03:37:27,679 --> 03:37:28,179
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5631
03:37:28,179 --> 03:37:29,480
>> yes.

5632
03:37:29,480 --> 03:37:30,150
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5633
03:37:30,150 --> 03:37:30,949
>> yes.

5634
03:37:30,949 --> 03:37:31,349
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5635
03:37:31,349 --> 03:37:32,116
>> yes.

5636
03:37:32,116 --> 03:37:32,885
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5637
03:37:32,885 --> 03:37:34,186
>> yes.

5638
03:37:34,186 --> 03:37:34,452
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5639
03:37:34,452 --> 03:37:36,880
>> yes.

5640
03:37:36,880 --> 03:37:36,822
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5641
03:37:36,822 --> 03:37:37,356
>> yes.

5642
03:37:37,356 --> 03:37:37,789
>> Clerk: councilor

5643
03:37:37,789 --> 03:37:38,656
sobrinho-wheeler?

5644
03:37:38,656 --> 03:37:39,424
>> yes.

5645
03:37:39,424 --> 03:37:40,124
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5646
03:37:40,124 --> 03:37:41,260
>> yes.

5647
03:37:41,260 --> 03:37:41,826
>> Clerk: mayor?

5648
03:37:41,826 --> 03:37:42,995
>> yes.

5649
03:37:42,995 --> 03:37:45,995
>> Clerk: you have nine members

5650
03:37:46,364 --> 03:37:47,532
recorded in the affirmative.

5651
03:37:47,532 --> 03:37:48,634
>> Mayor Siddiqui: the 139

5652
03:37:48,634 --> 03:37:48,866
communications are placed on

5653
03:37:48,866 --> 03:37:50,866
file.

5654
03:37:51,135 --> 03:37:52,700
We move onto resolutions.

5655
03:37:52,700 --> 03:37:54,700
There's one resolution.

5656
03:37:55,474 --> 03:37:57,750
Would anyone like to pull it?

5657
03:37:57,750 --> 03:37:59,750
>> Councilor McGovern: move

5658
03:37:59,310 --> 03:37:59,677
adoption making unanimous upon

5659
03:37:59,677 --> 03:38:00,679
adoption.

5660
03:38:00,679 --> 03:38:01,914
>> Mayor Siddiqui: on a motion

5661
03:38:01,914 --> 03:38:03,949
by councilor McGovern we will do

5662
03:38:03,949 --> 03:38:06,718
a roll call on adopting the

5663
03:38:06,718 --> 03:38:08,954
resolution and making unanimous

5664
03:38:08,954 --> 03:38:09,988
upon adoption.

5665
03:38:09,988 --> 03:38:10,622
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5666
03:38:10,622 --> 03:38:12,622
>> yes.

5667
03:38:12,690 --> 03:38:13,191
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5668
03:38:13,191 --> 03:38:15,191
>> yes.

5669
03:38:15,460 --> 03:38:16,328
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5670
03:38:16,328 --> 03:38:16,794
>> yes.

5671
03:38:16,794 --> 03:38:17,562
Councilor McGovern?

5672
03:38:17,562 --> 03:38:19,640
>> yes.

5673
03:38:19,640 --> 03:38:19,564
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5674
03:38:19,564 --> 03:38:20,799
>> yes.

5675
03:38:20,799 --> 03:38:21,199
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5676
03:38:21,199 --> 03:38:21,666
>> yes.

5677
03:38:21,666 --> 03:38:22,660
>> Clerk: councilor

5678
03:38:22,660 --> 03:38:22,567
sobrinho-wheeler?

5679
03:38:22,567 --> 03:38:23,134
>> yes.

5680
03:38:23,134 --> 03:38:24,436
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5681
03:38:24,436 --> 03:38:25,360
>> yes.

5682
03:38:25,360 --> 03:38:26,371
>> Clerk: mayor?

5683
03:38:26,371 --> 03:38:27,439
>> yes.

5684
03:38:27,439 --> 03:38:28,606
>> Clerk: you have nine members

5685
03:38:28,606 --> 03:38:29,308
recorded in the affirmative.

5686
03:38:29,308 --> 03:38:31,760
>> Mayor Siddiqui: the

5687
03:38:31,760 --> 03:38:33,440
resolution is adopted.

5688
03:38:33,440 --> 03:38:33,845
Committee reports.

5689
03:38:33,845 --> 03:38:36,245
There's one committee report

5690
03:38:36,414 --> 03:38:37,582
from government ops.

5691
03:38:37,582 --> 03:38:39,417
Pleasure of the city council?

5692
03:38:39,417 --> 03:38:41,520
If you're making a motion speak

5693
03:38:41,520 --> 03:38:41,719
into the mic.

5694
03:38:41,719 --> 03:38:42,320
>> Councilor Nolan: accept and

5695
03:38:42,320 --> 03:38:42,954
place on file.

5696
03:38:42,954 --> 03:38:44,222
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

5697
03:38:44,222 --> 03:38:45,624
nolan moves to accept the report

5698
03:38:45,624 --> 03:38:47,492
and place it on file.

5699
03:38:47,492 --> 03:38:47,959
Roll call on that.

5700
03:38:47,959 --> 03:38:49,861
thank you.

5701
03:38:49,861 --> 03:38:50,128
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5702
03:38:50,128 --> 03:38:51,397
>> yes.

5703
03:38:51,397 --> 03:38:52,197
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5704
03:38:52,197 --> 03:38:52,964
>> yes.

5705
03:38:52,964 --> 03:38:53,698
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5706
03:38:53,698 --> 03:38:54,332
>> yes.

5707
03:38:54,332 --> 03:38:55,990
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5708
03:38:55,990 --> 03:38:57,990
>> yes.

5709
03:38:57,101 --> 03:38:57,435
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5710
03:38:57,435 --> 03:38:58,369
>> yes.

5711
03:38:58,369 --> 03:38:59,170
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5712
03:38:59,170 --> 03:39:01,170
>> yes.

5713
03:39:03,975 --> 03:39:04,375
>> Clerk: councilor

5714
03:39:04,375 --> 03:39:05,310
sobrinho-wheeler

5715
03:39:05,310 --> 03:39:06,277
sobrinho-wheeler

5716
03:39:06,277 --> 03:39:06,511
sobrinho-wheeler?

5717
03:39:06,511 --> 03:39:07,790
>> yes.

5718
03:39:07,790 --> 03:39:07,413
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5719
03:39:07,413 --> 03:39:07,980
>> yes.

5720
03:39:07,980 --> 03:39:08,614
>> Clerk: mayor?

5721
03:39:08,614 --> 03:39:09,748
>> yes.

5722
03:39:09,748 --> 03:39:10,949
>> Clerk: you have nine members

5723
03:39:10,949 --> 03:39:12,850
recorded in the affirmative.

5724
03:39:12,850 --> 03:39:13,718
>> the report is accepted and

5725
03:39:13,718 --> 03:39:15,454
placed on file.

5726
03:39:15,454 --> 03:39:18,590
We have no round table minutes.

5727
03:39:18,590 --> 03:39:21,600
We'll go onto communications and

5728
03:39:21,600 --> 03:39:22,728
reports from other city

5729
03:39:22,728 --> 03:39:24,728
officers.

5730
03:39:28,434 --> 03:39:29,500
Pleasure of the city council?

5731
03:39:29,500 --> 03:39:31,336
On a motion by councilor simmons

5732
03:39:31,336 --> 03:39:31,970
to place all four on file.

5733
03:39:31,970 --> 03:39:32,804
Roll call.

5734
03:39:32,804 --> 03:39:33,338
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5735
03:39:33,338 --> 03:39:34,372
>> yes.

5736
03:39:34,372 --> 03:39:34,907
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5737
03:39:34,907 --> 03:39:35,608
>> yes.

5738
03:39:35,608 --> 03:39:36,740
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5739
03:39:36,740 --> 03:39:36,875
>> yes.

5740
03:39:36,875 --> 03:39:37,742
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5741
03:39:37,742 --> 03:39:38,610
>> yes.

5742
03:39:38,610 --> 03:39:39,410
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5743
03:39:39,410 --> 03:39:40,612
>> yes.

5744
03:39:40,612 --> 03:39:41,450
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5745
03:39:41,450 --> 03:39:41,646
>> yes.

5746
03:39:41,646 --> 03:39:42,800
>> Clerk: councilor

5747
03:39:42,800 --> 03:39:42,380
sobrinho-wheeler?

5748
03:39:42,380 --> 03:39:43,349
>> yes.

5749
03:39:43,349 --> 03:39:44,515
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5750
03:39:44,515 --> 03:39:45,950
>> yes.

5751
03:39:45,950 --> 03:39:46,718
>> Clerk: mayor?

5752
03:39:46,718 --> 03:39:47,820
>> yes.

5753
03:39:47,820 --> 03:39:49,454
>> Clerk: you have nine members

5754
03:39:49,454 --> 03:39:50,488
recorded in the affirmative.

5755
03:39:50,488 --> 03:39:51,289
>> Mayor Siddiqui: all four

5756
03:39:51,289 --> 03:39:53,689
communications and reports for

5757
03:39:54,492 --> 03:39:57,492
other city officers are adopted.

5758
03:39:58,630 --> 03:39:58,998
We now move onto any late

5759
03:39:58,998 --> 03:40:00,832
resolutions?

5760
03:40:00,832 --> 03:40:01,200
Clerk, are there any late

5761
03:40:01,200 --> 03:40:03,200
resolutions.

5762
03:40:03,902 --> 03:40:05,690
>> Clerk: one late resolution.

5763
03:40:05,690 --> 03:40:07,139
>> Mayor Siddiqui: we have one

5764
03:40:07,139 --> 03:40:09,139
late resolution.

5765
03:40:09,407 --> 03:40:10,875
We need to make a motion to

5766
03:40:10,875 --> 03:40:11,843
suspend is rules.

5767
03:40:11,843 --> 03:40:12,176
>> Councilor McGovern: so

5768
03:40:12,176 --> 03:40:12,877
moved.

5769
03:40:12,877 --> 03:40:14,512
>> Mayor Siddiqui: on a motion

5770
03:40:14,512 --> 03:40:16,180
by councilor McGovern to suspend

5771
03:40:16,180 --> 03:40:16,814
the rules to bring the late

5772
03:40:16,814 --> 03:40:17,682
resolution forward.

5773
03:40:17,682 --> 03:40:18,283
Roll call.

5774
03:40:18,283 --> 03:40:19,117
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5775
03:40:19,117 --> 03:40:21,117
>> yes.

5776
03:40:21,420 --> 03:40:21,853
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5777
03:40:21,853 --> 03:40:22,787
>> yes.

5778
03:40:22,787 --> 03:40:23,255
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5779
03:40:23,255 --> 03:40:24,122
>> yes.

5780
03:40:24,122 --> 03:40:24,789
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5781
03:40:24,789 --> 03:40:25,524
>> yes.

5782
03:40:25,524 --> 03:40:26,724
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5783
03:40:26,724 --> 03:40:28,724
>> yes.

5784
03:40:32,830 --> 03:40:33,970
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5785
03:40:33,970 --> 03:40:33,665
Absent.

5786
03:40:33,665 --> 03:40:34,466
Councilor sobrinho-wheeler?

5787
03:40:34,466 --> 03:40:35,330
>> yes.

5788
03:40:35,330 --> 03:40:36,267
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5789
03:40:36,267 --> 03:40:37,336
>> yes.

5790
03:40:37,336 --> 03:40:37,936
>> Clerk: mayor?

5791
03:40:37,936 --> 03:40:39,104
>> yes.

5792
03:40:39,104 --> 03:40:40,406
>> Clerk: you have eight members

5793
03:40:40,406 --> 03:40:43,406
recorded in the affirmative and

5794
03:40:43,675 --> 03:40:45,443
one recorded as absent.

5795
03:40:45,443 --> 03:40:46,477
>> Mayor Siddiqui: we are in

5796
03:40:46,477 --> 03:40:48,477
suspension.

5797
03:40:50,381 --> 03:40:51,449
We go to the resolution.

5798
03:40:51,449 --> 03:40:53,449
Councilor McGovern.

5799
03:40:56,387 --> 03:40:58,389
>> Councilor McGovern: I was

5800
03:40:58,389 --> 03:40:59,240
sad to read about the passing of

5801
03:40:59,240 --> 03:41:01,240
bob.

5802
03:41:01,920 --> 03:41:03,461
I was talking to him a month or

5803
03:41:03,461 --> 03:41:05,461
so ago.

5804
03:41:05,730 --> 03:41:08,730
The resolution goes into detail

5805
03:41:09,680 --> 03:41:11,637
about his many, many, many, many

5806
03:41:11,637 --> 03:41:12,837
contributions to the city of

5807
03:41:12,837 --> 03:41:14,837
cambridge.

5808
03:41:15,473 --> 03:41:18,509
He's a kid of cambridge, born

5809
03:41:18,509 --> 03:41:20,511
here and raised here.

5810
03:41:20,511 --> 03:41:23,549
But the list of things he

5811
03:41:23,549 --> 03:41:26,549
accomplished in his 92 years in

5812
03:41:26,718 --> 03:41:29,880
this city is spectacular.

5813
03:41:29,880 --> 03:41:33,288
Beyond all of that I just what

5814
03:41:33,492 --> 03:41:36,728
I'm going to really MISS The

5815
03:41:36,728 --> 03:41:37,930
most is his kindness.

5816
03:41:37,930 --> 03:41:39,930
His smile.

5817
03:41:40,365 --> 03:41:42,365
His guidance.

5818
03:41:46,772 --> 03:41:49,400
Just a genuinely nice, wonderful

5819
03:41:49,400 --> 03:41:51,400
person.

5820
03:41:51,310 --> 03:41:53,110
Obviously at 92 he retired a

5821
03:41:53,110 --> 03:41:53,478
little while ago but not

5822
03:41:53,478 --> 03:41:55,478
completely.

5823
03:41:55,781 --> 03:41:58,500
We were just at the, I think,

5824
03:41:58,500 --> 03:42:01,500
MADAM Mayor, you were there.

5825
03:42:01,530 --> 03:42:03,889
We were at the rotary club

5826
03:42:03,889 --> 03:42:04,256
meeting with the high school

5827
03:42:04,256 --> 03:42:06,190
kids.

5828
03:42:06,190 --> 03:42:08,190
He was there.

5829
03:42:09,600 --> 03:42:12,230
Helping to organize that even as

5830
03:42:12,230 --> 03:42:13,265
recently as this past year.

5831
03:42:13,265 --> 03:42:16,265
Just a remarkable person and

5832
03:42:17,680 --> 03:42:19,710
it's a big loss for the city.

5833
03:42:19,710 --> 03:42:19,671
I know others probably want to

5834
03:42:19,671 --> 03:42:21,607
be added.

5835
03:42:21,607 --> 03:42:23,341
I read today and wanted to get

5836
03:42:23,341 --> 03:42:25,110
this in quickly.

5837
03:42:25,110 --> 03:42:27,445
I know he's -- a lot of us knew

5838
03:42:27,445 --> 03:42:31,820
him and he touched a lot of us

5839
03:42:31,820 --> 03:42:31,349
and influenced a lot of our

5840
03:42:31,349 --> 03:42:33,349
lives.

5841
03:42:34,286 --> 03:42:35,153
This will be unanimous upon

5842
03:42:35,153 --> 03:42:37,153
adoption anyway.

5843
03:42:37,422 --> 03:42:38,890
But a loss for city and

5844
03:42:38,890 --> 03:42:39,557
condolences to his family.

5845
03:42:39,557 --> 03:42:40,992
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you

5846
03:42:40,992 --> 03:42:41,292
for brig it forward, councilor

5847
03:42:41,292 --> 03:42:42,728
McGovern.

5848
03:42:42,728 --> 03:42:43,462
We'll go to councilor zusy and

5849
03:42:43,462 --> 03:42:44,829
then councilor nolan.

5850
03:42:44,829 --> 03:42:47,565
>> Councilor Zusy: I just wanted

5851
03:42:47,565 --> 03:42:50,268
to say I'm thankful to councilor

5852
03:42:50,268 --> 03:42:51,637
McGovern for drafting this

5853
03:42:51,637 --> 03:42:52,137
excellent resolution honoring

5854
03:42:52,137 --> 03:42:54,600
bob.

5855
03:42:54,600 --> 03:42:56,474
I was lucky enough to know him,

5856
03:42:56,474 --> 03:42:57,977
too, from the crick club, which

5857
03:42:57,977 --> 03:42:58,244
he was a member of for many

5858
03:42:58,244 --> 03:43:00,244
years.

5859
03:43:01,800 --> 03:43:02,715
He was the executive director of

5860
03:43:02,715 --> 03:43:04,250
the cambridge community

5861
03:43:04,250 --> 03:43:05,985
foundation and he launched

5862
03:43:05,985 --> 03:43:07,985
cambridge volunteers, which

5863
03:43:09,530 --> 03:43:11,289
continues to go strong today

5864
03:43:11,289 --> 03:43:13,580
under lori's leadership, which

5865
03:43:13,580 --> 03:43:14,250
is another very, very important

5866
03:43:14,250 --> 03:43:15,461
institution.

5867
03:43:15,461 --> 03:43:18,897
I feel like the two institutions

5868
03:43:18,897 --> 03:43:22,497
help to define cambridge in a

5869
03:43:23,269 --> 03:43:26,105
very, very nice charitable way.

5870
03:43:26,105 --> 03:43:28,941
We'll MISS Bob and thank you for

5871
03:43:28,941 --> 03:43:30,808
this lovely synopsis of some of

5872
03:43:30,808 --> 03:43:32,110
his contributions.

5873
03:43:32,110 --> 03:43:33,450
Many contributions.

5874
03:43:33,450 --> 03:43:33,711
Thank you.

5875
03:43:33,711 --> 03:43:34,613
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

5876
03:43:34,613 --> 03:43:35,713
nolan.

5877
03:43:35,713 --> 03:43:35,948
>> Councilor Nolan: thank you.

5878
03:43:35,948 --> 03:43:36,515
Yes.

5879
03:43:36,515 --> 03:43:38,515
Thank you.

5880
03:43:39,180 --> 03:43:41,119
We missed by a few minutes.

5881
03:43:41,119 --> 03:43:43,555
I think I submitted with the

5882
03:43:43,555 --> 03:43:44,223
mayor a resolution similar.

5883
03:43:44,223 --> 03:43:44,990
Councilor McGovern already has

5884
03:43:44,990 --> 03:43:45,924
it in.

5885
03:43:45,924 --> 03:43:47,924
Many of us.

5886
03:43:48,126 --> 03:43:48,927
I read about it.

5887
03:43:48,927 --> 03:43:50,662
There was the obituary appeared

5888
03:43:50,662 --> 03:43:52,164
in the globe over the weekend.

5889
03:43:52,164 --> 03:43:52,363
It's first time I heard about

5890
03:43:52,363 --> 03:43:53,998
it.

5891
03:43:53,998 --> 03:43:56,268
I reached out to a few people

5892
03:43:56,268 --> 03:43:57,836
and said I didn't know.

5893
03:43:57,836 --> 03:43:58,871
They hadn't known either.

5894
03:43:58,871 --> 03:44:00,371
I think having this happen right

5895
03:44:00,371 --> 03:44:02,840
around the holidays meant it

5896
03:44:02,840 --> 03:44:05,100
took a while for news to filter

5897
03:44:05,100 --> 03:44:06,678
out and cambridge day had a

5898
03:44:06,678 --> 03:44:08,179
lovely article about him today.

5899
03:44:08,179 --> 03:44:09,881
As the resolution points out he

5900
03:44:09,881 --> 03:44:11,550
was the first executive director

5901
03:44:11,550 --> 03:44:13,510
of the community foundation.

5902
03:44:13,510 --> 03:44:15,287
He had been a teacher.

5903
03:44:15,287 --> 03:44:17,550
Like many others my interactions

5904
03:44:17,550 --> 03:44:19,591
with him also -- he was

5905
03:44:19,591 --> 03:44:21,393
incredibly gracious and

5906
03:44:21,393 --> 03:44:22,794
knowledgeable and always pushing

5907
03:44:22,794 --> 03:44:24,862
for more to be done for the city

5908
03:44:24,862 --> 03:44:26,640
that he loved and lived in for

5909
03:44:26,640 --> 03:44:27,967
so long.

5910
03:44:27,967 --> 03:44:29,734
It's a real loss to community

5911
03:44:29,734 --> 03:44:32,571
and yet it was a treasure he was

5912
03:44:32,571 --> 03:44:34,306
able to do all that.

5913
03:44:34,306 --> 03:44:36,141
He also helped create the

5914
03:44:36,141 --> 03:44:38,777
coalition of nonprofits in the

5915
03:44:38,777 --> 03:44:39,110
city in addition to cambridge

5916
03:44:39,110 --> 03:44:40,379
volunteers.

5917
03:44:40,379 --> 03:44:42,647
I'm not sure if that was

5918
03:44:42,647 --> 03:44:45,840
mentioned in this write up but

5919
03:44:45,840 --> 03:44:46,418
he did touch so many different

5920
03:44:46,418 --> 03:44:48,153
lives and we were lucky to have

5921
03:44:48,153 --> 03:44:49,654
him in the city.

5922
03:44:49,654 --> 03:44:51,523
I would ask to be added but

5923
03:44:51,523 --> 03:44:55,940
since I know the mayor and I put

5924
03:44:55,940 --> 03:44:56,227
it in but if it's going to be

5925
03:44:56,227 --> 03:44:57,529
unanimous upon adoption that's

5926
03:44:57,529 --> 03:45:00,529
fine if it's very clear.

5927
03:45:01,650 --> 03:45:03,569
Again, thanks to everyone in the

5928
03:45:03,569 --> 03:45:06,569
community who he touched and

5929
03:45:08,374 --> 03:45:10,309
lucky us for having met him.

5930
03:45:10,309 --> 03:45:13,770
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you to

5931
03:45:13,770 --> 03:45:14,547
those who spoke and certainly

5932
03:45:14,547 --> 03:45:16,947
condolences to the family.

5933
03:45:17,810 --> 03:45:18,349
He lived an amazing life.

5934
03:45:18,349 --> 03:45:18,816
Go ahead.

5935
03:45:18,816 --> 03:45:19,618
Councilor McGovern.

5936
03:45:19,618 --> 03:45:21,520
>> Councilor McGovern: is

5937
03:45:21,520 --> 03:45:24,520
councilor simmons in the room.

5938
03:45:25,890 --> 03:45:26,292
She did ask earlier she wanted

5939
03:45:26,292 --> 03:45:27,493
to be added.

5940
03:45:27,493 --> 03:45:29,893
>> Mayor Siddiqui: it's going

5941
03:45:30,595 --> 03:45:31,397
to be unanimous upon adoption.

5942
03:45:31,397 --> 03:45:31,897
>> Councilor McGovern: that's

5943
03:45:31,897 --> 03:45:32,630
fine.

5944
03:45:32,630 --> 03:45:32,897
>> Mayor Siddiqui: councilor

5945
03:45:32,897 --> 03:45:33,532
nolan.

5946
03:45:33,532 --> 03:45:34,767
>> Councilor Nolan: there was

5947
03:45:34,767 --> 03:45:37,350
also just so folks know there

5948
03:45:37,350 --> 03:45:37,535
will be a celebration of life on

5949
03:45:37,535 --> 03:45:39,505
APRIL 11th.

5950
03:45:39,505 --> 03:45:40,639
that was announced.

5951
03:45:40,639 --> 03:45:43,408
There hasn't been one but I'm

5952
03:45:43,408 --> 03:45:44,676
sure it will be a community

5953
03:45:44,676 --> 03:45:46,411
event.

5954
03:45:46,411 --> 03:45:47,413
>> Mayor Siddiqui: we'll go

5955
03:45:47,413 --> 03:45:49,810
ahead on councilor McGovern's

5956
03:45:49,810 --> 03:45:52,170
motion to adopt the resolution

5957
03:45:52,170 --> 03:45:52,318
and making it unanimous upon

5958
03:45:52,318 --> 03:45:52,750
adoption.

5959
03:45:52,750 --> 03:45:53,651
Roll call.

5960
03:45:53,651 --> 03:45:53,985
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5961
03:45:53,985 --> 03:45:55,521
>> yes.

5962
03:45:55,521 --> 03:45:57,890
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5963
03:45:57,890 --> 03:45:58,724
>> yes.

5964
03:45:58,724 --> 03:46:00,724
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

5965
03:46:01,326 --> 03:46:02,126
>> yes and MAY GOD have mercy on

5966
03:46:02,126 --> 03:46:02,760
his soul.

5967
03:46:02,760 --> 03:46:03,270
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

5968
03:46:03,270 --> 03:46:03,829
>> yes.

5969
03:46:03,829 --> 03:46:05,430
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

5970
03:46:05,430 --> 03:46:06,632
>> yes.

5971
03:46:06,632 --> 03:46:08,132
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

5972
03:46:08,132 --> 03:46:08,733
Councilor simmons is absent.

5973
03:46:08,733 --> 03:46:09,680
Councilor sobrinho-wheeler?

5974
03:46:09,680 --> 03:46:10,435
>> yes.

5975
03:46:10,435 --> 03:46:11,350
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

5976
03:46:11,350 --> 03:46:11,836
>> yes.

5977
03:46:11,836 --> 03:46:12,403
>> Clerk: mayor?

5978
03:46:12,403 --> 03:46:13,472
>> yes.

5979
03:46:13,472 --> 03:46:15,540
>> Clerk: you have eight members

5980
03:46:15,540 --> 03:46:16,441
recorded in the affirmative and

5981
03:46:16,441 --> 03:46:17,675
one recorded as absent.

5982
03:46:17,675 --> 03:46:19,611
>> Mayor Siddiqui: the late

5983
03:46:19,611 --> 03:46:21,800
resolution is adopted.

5984
03:46:21,800 --> 03:46:23,781
I will need to entertain a

5985
03:46:23,781 --> 03:46:25,830
motion to suspend the rules to

5986
03:46:25,830 --> 03:46:26,986
go back to communication and

5987
03:46:26,986 --> 03:46:29,986
reports from other city officers

5988
03:46:30,154 --> 03:46:32,624
number two because we actually

5989
03:46:32,624 --> 03:46:34,260
have to accept the reports to

5990
03:46:34,260 --> 03:46:36,494
the current legislative term and

5991
03:46:36,494 --> 03:46:36,862
place those communication on

5992
03:46:36,862 --> 03:46:37,595
file.

5993
03:46:37,595 --> 03:46:39,265
So on a motion by councilor

5994
03:46:39,265 --> 03:46:40,398
nolan to suspend the rules we'll

5995
03:46:40,398 --> 03:46:41,660
do a roll call.

5996
03:46:41,660 --> 03:46:41,766
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

5997
03:46:41,766 --> 03:46:43,401
>> yes.

5998
03:46:43,401 --> 03:46:44,300
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

5999
03:46:44,300 --> 03:46:44,836
>> yes.

6000
03:46:44,836 --> 03:46:45,136
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

6001
03:46:45,136 --> 03:46:46,700
>> yes.

6002
03:46:46,700 --> 03:46:46,638
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

6003
03:46:46,638 --> 03:46:47,805
>> yes.

6004
03:46:47,805 --> 03:46:49,708
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

6005
03:46:49,708 --> 03:46:50,709
>> yes.

6006
03:46:50,709 --> 03:46:51,209
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

6007
03:46:51,209 --> 03:46:51,709
Yes.

6008
03:46:51,709 --> 03:46:52,144
>> Clerk: councilor

6009
03:46:52,144 --> 03:46:52,544
sobrinho-wheeler?

6010
03:46:52,544 --> 03:46:53,112
>> yes.

6011
03:46:53,112 --> 03:46:53,546
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

6012
03:46:53,546 --> 03:46:55,546
>> yes.

6013
03:46:56,247 --> 03:46:56,514
>> Clerk: mayor?

6014
03:46:56,514 --> 03:46:58,150
>> yes.

6015
03:46:58,150 --> 03:47:00,219
>> Clerk: you have nine members

6016
03:47:00,219 --> 03:47:01,953
recorded in the affirmative.

6017
03:47:01,953 --> 03:47:04,353
>> Mayor Siddiqui: we'll go

6018
03:47:06,525 --> 03:47:09,525
ahead and do an additional

6019
03:47:11,130 --> 03:47:14,730
needed roll call on the awaiting

6020
03:47:15,501 --> 03:47:16,534
reports and bringing them

6021
03:47:16,534 --> 03:47:17,335
forward.

6022
03:47:17,335 --> 03:47:19,300
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

6023
03:47:19,300 --> 03:47:20,500
>> yes.

6024
03:47:20,500 --> 03:47:20,272
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

6025
03:47:20,272 --> 03:47:20,873
>> yes.

6026
03:47:20,873 --> 03:47:21,340
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

6027
03:47:21,340 --> 03:47:21,973
>> yes.

6028
03:47:21,973 --> 03:47:22,674
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

6029
03:47:22,674 --> 03:47:23,342
>> yes.

6030
03:47:23,342 --> 03:47:23,976
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

6031
03:47:23,976 --> 03:47:24,676
>> yes.

6032
03:47:24,676 --> 03:47:25,110
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

6033
03:47:25,110 --> 03:47:25,611
>> yes.

6034
03:47:25,611 --> 03:47:26,100
>> Clerk: councilor

6035
03:47:26,100 --> 03:47:26,544
sobrinho-wheeler?

6036
03:47:26,544 --> 03:47:27,212
>> yes.

6037
03:47:27,212 --> 03:47:28,146
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

6038
03:47:28,146 --> 03:47:28,847
>> yes.

6039
03:47:28,847 --> 03:47:29,415
>> Clerk: mayor?

6040
03:47:29,415 --> 03:47:30,516
>> yes.

6041
03:47:30,516 --> 03:47:33,516
>> Clerk: you have nine members

6042
03:47:34,920 --> 03:47:35,620
recorded in the affirmative.

6043
03:47:35,620 --> 03:47:36,210
>> Mayor Siddiqui: reports are

6044
03:47:36,210 --> 03:47:38,210
brought forward.

6045
03:47:38,591 --> 03:47:39,992
We will go ahead -- there's no

6046
03:47:39,992 --> 03:47:41,992
late policy orders.

6047
03:47:42,727 --> 03:47:44,762
We'll go to announcements.

6048
03:47:44,762 --> 03:47:45,231
Announcements from the body.

6049
03:47:45,231 --> 03:47:47,231
Councilor simmons.

6050
03:47:47,299 --> 03:47:47,533
>> Councilor Simmons: thank

6051
03:47:47,533 --> 03:47:48,533
you.

6052
03:47:48,533 --> 03:47:49,668
It's the chair.

6053
03:47:49,668 --> 03:47:52,680
A couple of things.

6054
03:47:52,203 --> 03:47:53,438
As many of you know this week --

6055
03:47:53,438 --> 03:47:56,438
not this weekend, next weekend

6056
03:47:56,508 --> 03:47:58,577
will be the mlk weekend.

6057
03:47:58,577 --> 03:48:00,612
There will be helping hands,

6058
03:48:00,612 --> 03:48:00,913
365, I hope I'm saying that

6059
03:48:00,913 --> 03:48:02,647
right.

6060
03:48:02,647 --> 03:48:04,316
They will be laufrnging their

6061
03:48:04,316 --> 03:48:05,830
program over at the central

6062
03:48:05,830 --> 03:48:06,752
square church.

6063
03:48:06,752 --> 03:48:08,219
There will be a lot of

6064
03:48:08,219 --> 03:48:09,255
activities in the hall, in the

6065
03:48:09,255 --> 03:48:11,255
senior center.

6066
03:48:13,570 --> 03:48:16,661
I think they are using the ywca.

6067
03:48:16,661 --> 03:48:19,797
Also there will be a program at

6068
03:48:19,797 --> 03:48:22,434
st. Paul ame on the same day

6069
03:48:22,434 --> 03:48:24,434
from 11:00 to 1:45.

6070
03:48:25,360 --> 03:48:27,806
I would recommend you come.

6071
03:48:27,806 --> 03:48:29,775
The millennium gospel choir is

6072
03:48:29,775 --> 03:48:30,508
the most incredible in the

6073
03:48:30,508 --> 03:48:31,544
boston area.

6074
03:48:31,544 --> 03:48:33,112
Please come.

6075
03:48:33,112 --> 03:48:35,346
If you don't like gospel music

6076
03:48:35,346 --> 03:48:37,810
you should come, still.

6077
03:48:37,810 --> 03:48:40,681
The most important thing is we

6078
03:48:42,720 --> 03:48:45,324
just adopted an order around the

6079
03:48:45,324 --> 03:48:48,324
100 years of negro history week.

6080
03:48:48,561 --> 03:48:50,129
This is a time of reflection,

6081
03:48:50,129 --> 03:48:51,931
redemption and restoration.

6082
03:48:51,931 --> 03:48:53,832
Ahope we launch the process by

6083
03:48:53,832 --> 03:48:54,833
attending a number of these.

6084
03:48:54,833 --> 03:48:57,233
These are just cambridge.

6085
03:48:57,836 --> 03:49:00,380
If you go to our website it will

6086
03:49:00,380 --> 03:49:02,807
mention a number of other

6087
03:49:02,807 --> 03:49:03,876
commemorations you go to.

6088
03:49:03,876 --> 03:49:06,876
If you're so interested there

6089
03:49:07,680 --> 03:49:10,816
are a lot of things happening

6090
03:49:10,816 --> 03:49:11,317
across the metro boston area, as

6091
03:49:11,317 --> 03:49:12,116
well.

6092
03:49:12,116 --> 03:49:13,751
Let's stay in cambridge and take

6093
03:49:13,751 --> 03:49:14,852
part in what's happening in our

6094
03:49:14,852 --> 03:49:16,550
own city and town.

6095
03:49:16,550 --> 03:49:17,890
I yield the floor.

6096
03:49:17,890 --> 03:49:18,757
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

6097
03:49:18,757 --> 03:49:20,757
councilor simmons.

6098
03:49:22,695 --> 03:49:24,163
I will add that wednesday

6099
03:49:24,163 --> 03:49:26,563
JANUARY 14th from 6:00 to 7:30

6100
03:49:26,699 --> 03:49:29,101
at the main library there's the

6101
03:49:29,101 --> 03:49:32,170
51st year of the DR. Martin

6102
03:49:32,170 --> 03:49:32,704
luther king JR. Day lecture

6103
03:49:32,704 --> 03:49:33,504
series.

6104
03:49:33,504 --> 03:49:35,904
Definitely come to that.

6105
03:49:37,410 --> 03:49:39,511
We will be hearing from

6106
03:49:39,511 --> 03:49:43,111
DR. Brennan and terry who has

6107
03:49:43,214 --> 03:49:44,716
done a lot of really important

6108
03:49:44,716 --> 03:49:46,716
work.

6109
03:49:48,253 --> 03:49:49,722
Then specifically mondays

6110
03:49:49,722 --> 03:49:51,957
iteration is from 11:00 to 2:00

6111
03:49:51,957 --> 03:49:52,224
as you see on the flier passed

6112
03:49:52,224 --> 03:49:54,224
around.

6113
03:49:54,726 --> 03:49:57,950
The 16th annual mlk service in

6114
03:49:57,950 --> 03:49:59,950
learning is mentioned.

6115
03:50:00,966 --> 03:50:02,966
It's from 3:00 to 5:00.

6116
03:50:04,202 --> 03:50:05,690
It will be -- definitely join.

6117
03:50:05,690 --> 03:50:07,690
It's really important.

6118
03:50:07,438 --> 03:50:08,940
We'll go to councilor zusy.

6119
03:50:08,940 --> 03:50:11,176
>> Councilor Zusy: two other

6120
03:50:11,176 --> 03:50:15,179
events for those of you that are

6121
03:50:15,179 --> 03:50:18,179
interested in our combined sewer

6122
03:50:20,452 --> 03:50:23,452
overflows and -- the virtual

6123
03:50:23,855 --> 03:50:26,855
meeting on thursday JANUARY 15th

6124
03:50:26,958 --> 03:50:28,593
at 6:00 P.M. With the mwra, city

6125
03:50:28,593 --> 03:50:29,695
of cambridge and somerville.

6126
03:50:29,695 --> 03:50:32,950
That will be important.

6127
03:50:36,535 --> 03:50:40,135
Then we don't have council on

6128
03:50:41,439 --> 03:50:42,974
monday but tuesday between 5 and

6129
03:50:42,974 --> 03:50:43,975
7, there's girls sport night.

6130
03:50:43,975 --> 03:50:45,440
A great event.

6131
03:50:45,440 --> 03:50:45,610
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

6132
03:50:45,610 --> 03:50:46,770
councilor zusy.

6133
03:50:46,770 --> 03:50:46,679
Councilor flaherty.

6134
03:50:46,679 --> 03:50:47,378
>>Councilor Flaherty: thank

6135
03:50:47,378 --> 03:50:49,378
you, MADAM Mayor.

6136
03:50:50,115 --> 03:50:52,184
I have an announcement.

6137
03:50:52,184 --> 03:50:54,285
JANUARY 31st at 5:00 P.M.

6138
03:50:54,285 --> 03:50:54,986
There will be a basketball game

6139
03:50:54,986 --> 03:50:57,386
btween the cambridge police

6140
03:50:59,240 --> 03:51:01,240
department defenders versus

6141
03:51:01,600 --> 03:51:01,794
defenders the cambridge

6142
03:51:01,794 --> 03:51:03,794
warriors.

6143
03:51:06,130 --> 03:51:07,465
This is at the war memorial gym

6144
03:51:07,465 --> 03:51:10,465
JANUARY 31st at 5:00 P.M.

6145
03:51:10,803 --> 03:51:11,502
The program that will be playing

6146
03:51:11,502 --> 03:51:13,771
the cambridge police department

6147
03:51:13,771 --> 03:51:15,507
are the -- as I mentioned the

6148
03:51:15,507 --> 03:51:16,841
cambridge warriors, which is a

6149
03:51:16,841 --> 03:51:18,841
special needs team.

6150
03:51:19,430 --> 03:51:21,800
the undefeated gold medallist

6151
03:51:21,800 --> 03:51:22,547
cambridge warriors and they'll

6152
03:51:22,547 --> 03:51:24,947
be representing massachusetts at

6153
03:51:27,118 --> 03:51:30,118
the special olympic games which

6154
03:51:30,421 --> 03:51:30,924
I believe is in -- it might be

6155
03:51:30,924 --> 03:51:31,824
minnesota this year.

6156
03:51:31,824 --> 03:51:33,824
I'm not sure.

6157
03:51:34,325 --> 03:51:37,325
Tickets are $10 a person or $5

6158
03:51:38,970 --> 03:51:38,329
for people under 15 years of

6159
03:51:38,329 --> 03:51:40,329
age.

6160
03:51:41,320 --> 03:51:42,867
This is a mandatory attendance

6161
03:51:42,867 --> 03:51:45,690
for all members of the cambridge

6162
03:51:45,690 --> 03:51:46,604
city council.

6163
03:51:46,604 --> 03:51:48,604
Most especially councilor

6164
03:51:50,409 --> 03:51:52,244
al-zubi who, as I know for the

6165
03:51:52,244 --> 03:51:53,745
record, is an outstanding

6166
03:51:53,745 --> 03:51:54,846
basketball coach and we're

6167
03:51:54,846 --> 03:51:57,716
looking forward to having here

6168
03:51:57,716 --> 03:51:59,450
in my company at this game.

6169
03:51:59,450 --> 03:52:00,752
Thank you.

6170
03:52:00,752 --> 03:52:02,621
>> Mayor Siddiqui: thank you,

6171
03:52:02,621 --> 03:52:04,621
councilor flaherty.

6172
03:52:09,528 --> 03:52:10,863
I think we should entertain.

6173
03:52:10,863 --> 03:52:11,629
>>Councilor Flaherty: I'm glad

6174
03:52:11,629 --> 03:52:13,629
you mentioned it.

6175
03:52:13,832 --> 03:52:15,301
I have some thoughts on who can

6176
03:52:15,301 --> 03:52:17,502
be the point guard.

6177
03:52:17,502 --> 03:52:18,370
We'll get to that later.

6178
03:52:18,370 --> 03:52:19,939
>> Councilor Al-Zubi: we have

6179
03:52:19,939 --> 03:52:20,673
thoughts on who can be the

6180
03:52:20,673 --> 03:52:22,673
shooting guard.

6181
03:52:22,708 --> 03:52:24,143
>> Mayor Siddiqui: any other

6182
03:52:24,143 --> 03:52:24,944
announcements for the body in?

6183
03:52:24,944 --> 03:52:26,944
Anything else.

6184
03:52:28,146 --> 03:52:29,948
Hearing none we'll go on a

6185
03:52:29,948 --> 03:52:30,315
motion by councilor simmons to

6186
03:52:30,315 --> 03:52:31,160
adjournment.

6187
03:52:31,160 --> 03:52:31,883
Roll call.

6188
03:52:31,883 --> 03:52:32,318
>> Clerk: councilor al-zubi?

6189
03:52:32,318 --> 03:52:34,318
>> yes.

6190
03:52:34,452 --> 03:52:35,588
>> Clerk: vice mayor?

6191
03:52:35,588 --> 03:52:36,221
>> yes.

6192
03:52:36,221 --> 03:52:36,621
>> Clerk: councilor flaherty?

6193
03:52:36,621 --> 03:52:37,789
>> yes.

6194
03:52:37,789 --> 03:52:38,890
>> Clerk: councilor McGovern?

6195
03:52:38,890 --> 03:52:39,490
>> yes.

6196
03:52:39,490 --> 03:52:40,859
>> Clerk: councilor nolan?

6197
03:52:40,859 --> 03:52:41,460
>> yes.

6198
03:52:41,460 --> 03:52:42,293
>> Clerk: councilor simmons?

6199
03:52:42,293 --> 03:52:42,762
>> yes.

6200
03:52:42,762 --> 03:52:43,161
>> Clerk: councilor

6201
03:52:43,161 --> 03:52:43,529
sobrinho-wheeler?

6202
03:52:43,529 --> 03:52:44,960
>> yes.

6203
03:52:44,960 --> 03:52:44,996
>> Clerk: councilor zusy?

6204
03:52:44,996 --> 03:52:46,265
>> yes.

6205
03:52:46,265 --> 03:52:46,898
>> Clerk: mayor?

6206
03:52:46,898 --> 03:52:47,866
>> yes.

6207
03:52:47,866 --> 03:52:50,866
>> Clerk: you have nine members

6208
03:52:51,536 --> 03:52:53,936
recorded in the affirmative.

6209
03:52:55,441 --> 03:52:55,773
>> Mayor Siddiqui: we are

6210
03:52:55,773 --> 03:52:57,000
adjourned.