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[0:16] electronic devices.

[0:18] Also pursuant to rule 42 I

[0:18] remind all in this chamber that

[0:22] no demonstration of approval or

[0:22] disapproval from members of the

[0:23] public will be permitted.

[0:23] Thank you.

[0:26] Mr clerk, will you please call

[0:27] the roll to ascertain the

[0:29] presence of a quorum?

[0:37] Oh, councilor breadon

[0:37] councilor colette as per

[0:40] councilor durkan.

[0:40] Councilor fitzgerald.

[0:44] Councilor flynn.

[0:44] Councilor louijeune here.

[0:48] Concilor mejia here.

[0:48] Councilor murphy.

[0:49] Councilor pippin.

[0:52] Councilor S.A..

[0:56] Councilor weber and

[0:56] councilor worrell.

[0:57] A quorum has passed.

[0:59] Thank you.

[1:00] I've been informed by the court

[1:00] that a quorum is present and I

[1:01] also want to welcome back to

[1:03] chambers our 14th

[1:03] councilor michael.

[1:04] Thank you for being here with

[1:06] us to appreciate having you

[1:06] help.

[1:07] Now it is my pleasure to

[1:10] introduce this week's clergy

[1:11] pastor matthew keith thompson,

[1:14] junior of jubilee christian

[1:15] church in mattapan who will be

[1:17] providing our invocation

[1:18] invited by councilor santana.

[1:19] Councilor santana, you have the

[1:21] floor and after the invocation

[1:22] we will recite the pledge

[1:32] of allegiance.

[1:36] Good afternoon.

[1:36] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT and

[1:39] good afternoon to my

[1:39] council colleagues and members

[1:40] of the public.

[1:44] With me today I have someone

[1:47] who is unfamiliar with our

[1:47] body.

[1:48] I was able to bring him and

[1:49] invite him over last year.

[1:51] As many of you know my my

[1:52] number one priority on the on

[1:55] the council was our youth and

[1:55] just love being able to support

[1:58] the individuals and the great

[1:59] leaders that we have that are

[2:02] directly involved with our

[2:02] youth.

[2:03] So with us today we have passed

[2:06] pastor matthew keith thompson

[2:07] junior who is a pastor of the

[2:10] jubilee church youth and young

[2:11] adults ministries called city

[2:13] wide and influence.

[2:14] He is a 25 year old basketball

[2:17] player, a spoken word artist,

[2:20] social justice advocate and a

[2:21] husband to his beautiful wife

[2:24] of two years breanna thompson.

[2:25] His youth ministry has touched

[2:28] the lives of thousands of youth

[2:29] as he does his best to not only

[2:32] present the gospel to young

[2:33] people but also give them a

[2:33] safe space to heal.

[2:36] Have fun and be themselves and

[2:39] to develop as leaders of the

[2:39] world.

[2:40] So with my great honor and to

[2:43] introduce matthew kim, keith

[2:46] thompson junior.

[2:51] Good morning everybody.

[2:51] Well, good afternoon.

[2:55] I was told that the last person

[2:58] that henry brought in spoke for

[2:59] 17 minutes.

[3:02] I'm not going to do that.

[3:06] i'll be before you probably for

[3:06] maybe like 3 minutes.

[3:07] 3 minutes.

[3:07] Okay.

[3:07] Is that cool?

[3:10] Like we are.

[3:10] So I'm the youth and young

[3:11] adults pastor at jubilee

[3:13] christian church and last week

[3:17] we actually celebrated 43 years

[3:17] of ministry.

[3:20] We are a church that believes

[3:24] in legacy and that believes in

[3:24] the next generation.

[3:25] So my grandfather started the

[3:27] church.

[3:28] My dad is the senior pastor

[3:31] of the church and for 43 years

[3:31] we don't just believe in

[3:35] presenting the gospel but

[3:35] economic development,

[3:39] homeownership just helping the

[3:40] community literally in whatever

[3:40] way we can.

[3:43] On a yearly basis we do this

[3:43] thing called jubilee in the

[3:46] city where we just go up and

[3:47] down the streets of every

[3:50] location boston stoughton,

[3:51] worcester paying for people's

[3:51] gas, paying for people's

[3:52] groceries, cleaning up the

[3:54] streets, doing whatever we can.

[3:57] And every friday we have 2 to

[3:58] 300 youth that are in the room

[4:01] that are not just receiving the

[4:02] gospel but also training to be

[4:04] leaders in spaces just like

[4:05] this.

[4:08] And so I'm so grateful that my

[4:09] church believes in legacy and

[4:12] actually a year ago my father

[4:13] and I sat down with someone

[4:17] that was in office and we had a

[4:20] conversation with them and you

[4:21] know, my father was going

[4:21] through some things just with

[4:24] some stuff that he was trying

[4:25] to do and he said I'm trying to

[4:27] set something up for the next

[4:27] generation.

[4:28] We believe in legacy and that

[4:31] person's response was well, we

[4:32] don't believe in legacy.

[4:35] We're just believing for the

[4:36] next election.

[4:39] And what I love about henry

[4:40] what I love about roots is see

[4:43] what I love about you guys in

[4:44] this room is that you guys

[4:47] believe not just in the next

[4:47] election but in legacy in what

[4:51] is coming next.

[4:51] There's a quote from a very

[4:54] famous speaker simon sinek,

[4:55] that says that great leaders

[4:57] they don't think in terms

[4:58] of short term and long term.

[5:01] They don't think in terms

[5:01] of the next election or the

[5:04] next term but they think in

[5:05] terms of legacy what generation

[5:09] is coming next so that we can

[5:09] bless everyone that is coming

[5:09] up.

[5:12] And so with that I just want to

[5:13] pray.

[5:13] Dear father, we thank you and

[5:16] we praise you because we have

[5:16] the opportunity to be in your

[5:20] presence once again.

[5:20] And lord we recognize that in

[5:24] the bible when we see that you

[5:24] were the GOD of abraham.

[5:25] You don't just leave it right

[5:28] there but you say that you're

[5:28] the GOD of abraham, isaac and

[5:31] jacob.

[5:32] You're a GOD of the

[5:32] generations.

[5:35] And so we're grateful that we

[5:36] have the opportunity to emulate

[5:39] your care not just for one

[5:40] generation but for all the

[5:43] generations that are present.

[5:44] You're not a GOD that only

[5:46] cares about one span of time.

[5:47] You care about all time.

[5:50] And so lord today as we're here

[5:51] in this meeting, as we're

[5:52] talking about things that are

[5:54] happening in the city as we

[5:58] bring awareness to cancer, as

[5:59] we are believing for for

[6:02] healing for people that are in

[6:05] broken or sick spaces.

[6:06] We're just saying will you be

[6:07] present in here today?

[6:09] Every word that is spoken.

[6:10] Every thought that is thought

[6:13] will you blessed.

[6:14] And lord, we thank you that

[6:15] you've said in your word that

[6:17] once a blessing has been spoken

[6:18] it cannot be denied.

[6:20] And so lord, we're just saying

[6:21] will you speak a blessing into

[6:22] this room so that nothing can

[6:25] stand up against it?

[6:26] We thank you and we praise you

[6:28] not just for what you're doing

[6:29] but for all that you're getting

[6:30] ready to do in us and through

[6:32] us in jesus name we pray.

[6:33] Amen.

[6:33] Thank you.

[6:34] We'll now recite the pledge

[6:37] of allegiance.

[6:37] I pledge allegiance to the flag

[6:41] of the united states of america

[6:42] and to the republic for which

[6:44] it stands one nation under GOD,

[6:47] indivisible with liberty and

[6:48] justice for all.

[6:51] Thank you.

[6:55] Thank you so much, pastor, for

[6:55] that wonderful invocation and

[6:58] those words.

[6:59] My sisters and I grew up

[7:02] hanging out at the youth nights

[7:03] at before it was jubilee at new

[7:05] covenant and we want to thank

[7:06] your grandfather for his

[7:07] leadership and his vision and

[7:10] his legacy here in the city

[7:10] of boston which we know has

[7:11] expanded outside of the city

[7:13] of boston to stoughton to

[7:14] everywhere around our

[7:16] commonwealth and we are

[7:17] grateful and indebted to you

[7:18] and your family.

[7:21] So thank you MR. Clerk could

[7:22] you please amend the attendance

[7:22] record to reflect that

[7:25] councilors that council durkan

[7:26] is now PRESIDENT With us

[7:29] council and council worrell is

[7:29] now PRESIDENT With us.

[7:30] Thank you.

[7:33] We are on two presentations.

[7:33] We have one presentation today

[7:36] offered by my office uplifting

[7:40] awareness for cancer awareness

[7:41] month and celebrating the elie

[7:41] fund.

[7:42] Thank you to all of my

[7:44] colleagues who look lovely in

[7:45] your pink pretty in pink.

[7:46] But it is also about raising

[7:49] awareness for cancer month.

[7:52] So I would like to welcome to

[7:53] the podium meredith mendelson.

[7:57] Nakia clarke, jenny marceline,

[8:00] our very own michelle goldberg

[8:00] .

[8:01] If you could please come to the

[8:21] podium.

[8:22] Thank you.

[8:26] Behind me are cancer fighters.

[8:30] Cancer warriors,

[8:30] cancer advocates and

[8:33] cancer survivors.

[8:34] As we recognize

[8:37] cancer awareness month, we are

[8:38] honored to welcome meredith

[8:38] mendelson, the executive

[8:41] director of the alley fund, a

[8:41] massachusetts based nonprofit

[8:42] dedicated to providing

[8:45] essentials support to

[8:46] cancer patients and their

[8:49] families for more than 30 years

[8:50] the fund has helped ease the

[8:52] daily burdens that come with a

[8:53] cancer diagnosis offering

[8:56] transportation to treatment,

[8:57] grocery and meal assistance and

[9:00] support for household needs

[9:00] allowing patients to focus on

[9:03] healing and recovery.

[9:04] Their work embodies the

[9:04] compassionate care and

[9:07] community that this month

[9:08] represents and reminds us that

[9:12] that awareness is not only

[9:12] about early detection but also

[9:15] about standing beside those in

[9:16] treatment and recovery.

[9:19] I am also so grateful to have

[9:20] my dear friend jenny marcellin

[9:22] with us here today.

[9:23] Within the past month jenny has

[9:24] been able to benefit from the

[9:26] generosity of the elephant as

[9:30] she is in treatment and

[9:30] recovery.

[9:31] It's just the way the world

[9:31] works.

[9:34] I think we had just the week

[9:34] prior talk to meredith about

[9:38] the elephant and about, about

[9:39] the work that we could do

[9:39] together.

[9:42] And then I got a call from

[9:42] jenny and we made the

[9:46] connection and I this job one

[9:46] of the most important things

[9:49] that we can do in this job is

[9:50] to make connections to support

[9:51] people and our very own

[9:53] michelle goldberg who has her

[9:57] own story with her cancer and

[9:57] who has been valiantly leading

[9:58] us.

[10:00] So thank you so much for your

[10:01] courage and for your strength

[10:02] and for standing with us here

[10:04] today and to my own grandmother

[10:07] who I never met but died of

[10:08] cancer, immaculate care your

[10:13] legacy with me every day.

[10:14] I have the citation here

[10:18] recognizing the work of the

[10:19] elephant and the who is here

[10:19] who is the director

[10:21] of community engagement for the

[10:21] ali fund.

[10:22] So if you could both come

[10:25] forward this is an official

[10:26] resolution presented by the

[10:29] boston city council to be it

[10:33] resolved that the boston city

[10:33] council extends its

[10:34] congratulations to the ali fund

[10:36] in recognition of your tireless

[10:37] efforts to provide essential

[10:39] support services for

[10:40] cancer patients to ease the

[10:41] stresses of everyday life

[10:44] allowing the focus to be on

[10:45] family recovery and healing.

[10:45] So thank you so much, meredith.

[10:48] I know you have a few other

[10:50] things so thank you so much and

[10:55] just okay.

[10:59] So as you heard I am the

[11:00] director of community

[11:00] engagement and outreach but I

[11:03] started off as a caregiver,

[11:06] then a patient and fruition

[11:07] into becoming an elephant staff

[11:10] after volunteering.

[11:14] It's so important to be aware

[11:15] of cancer, to be aware

[11:18] of self-advocacy and for every

[11:19] one of you to know about the

[11:21] elephant so people can refer

[11:24] your constituents so everyone

[11:25] knows about what we do and it's

[11:29] no questions asked we in 2022

[11:32] we became the co-chairs of the

[11:33] boston cancer equity coalition

[11:36] and where we wanted to make

[11:37] sure we get into the community.

[11:40] So as my job I go into each and

[11:41] every communities in the boston

[11:44] area and talk about the design

[11:45] and the work that we do.

[11:46] So we need all of you all to

[11:48] help to get the word out and

[11:49] make sure everyone knows about

[11:52] the elephant.

[11:52] And thanks to council illusion

[11:56] we were able to help.

[11:57] Jenny and I'll let jenny come

[12:00] in say some words before jenny

[12:00] comes.

[12:01] She has a mic and I also like

[12:04] to call up I meant to call up

[12:05] councilor santana as we know

[12:07] from so many this battle is

[12:08] personal for so many of us here

[12:13] in this chamber and I'd like to

[12:13] after jenny offers some

[12:15] remarks, councilor said and if

[12:15] you'd like to you good

[12:18] afternoon.

[12:22] I am fortunate to be here and I

[12:25] mean I've been volunteering

[12:26] with lucy for quite some time

[12:30] now and I called her and said

[12:33] hey, I got to lay low because

[12:34] this is what's going on.

[12:37] We would talk and then next

[12:38] thing I know her chief of staff

[12:41] got to get in touch with me and

[12:42] then she said I'm going to I'm

[12:44] going to connect you with this

[12:45] organization.

[12:45] They're going to call you and

[12:48] then if you want not no

[12:48] pressure.

[12:52] And then when I got the call oh

[12:56] my GOD, it was they didn't they

[12:56] didn't.

[12:57] The only qualification that I

[12:59] had to have was to be to have

[12:59] cancer.

[13:02] Unfortunately they didn't ask

[13:03] me for my income.

[13:04] They didn't ask me for my

[13:04] citizenship.

[13:07] Nothing.

[13:07] And then they've been with

[13:10] me for the past month and I

[13:14] never dreamed of welcoming

[13:18] cancer or cancer itself in my

[13:21] life and then now having it I

[13:22] feel like I have the support

[13:26] that I need to deal with that

[13:29] I'm someone I battled in the

[13:30] past with depression anxiety

[13:33] attempted suicide and it's been

[13:38] a quite a life for me and then

[13:41] to have this battle right now

[13:42] and having these people with

[13:45] me so help me I think that's

[13:49] all people in my shoes right

[13:49] now.

[13:49] That's all we want.

[13:52] We want to be part of a family

[13:53] that is nonjudgmental, that is

[13:56] understanding of what we're

[13:56] going through.

[13:57] It's like right now telling you

[13:57] I'm in pain.

[14:00] You're like oh you look very

[14:00] nice.

[14:00] You look good.

[14:03] How could you be in pain?

[14:03] Well that's wednesday at this

[14:07] time I was at the hospital

[14:08] waiting to have my second

[14:11] surgery so I am in pain but you

[14:11] don't know that.

[14:15] But they do know whether what's

[14:16] going on with me, you know?

[14:19] So I'm very grateful thankful

[14:22] to counselor which I'm and then

[14:26] I hope all of you counselors

[14:27] that you will let your

[14:31] constituent know about ali fund

[14:35] so just like I have that piece

[14:35] of mind.

[14:37] They too can have peace of mind

[14:37] .

[14:44] Thank you.

[14:45] I'm meredith mendelson, the

[14:49] executive director of the L.A.

[14:49] Fund.

[14:51] I've met many of you counselors

[14:52] before and I'm grateful for the

[14:55] opportunity to show you what

[14:59] the ali fund family is like and

[15:00] to show you that we are

[15:03] available and ready for your

[15:03] constituents.

[15:07] We are prepared to serve 2000

[15:10] patients and their families

[15:10] this year.

[15:14] We are laser focused on

[15:18] improving outcomes between

[15:19] black and brown women and men

[15:22] who are going through cancer.

[15:25] They are 40% more likely to die

[15:28] than their white peers.

[15:32] Nikki and I as co-chairs of the

[15:33] boston cancer equity coalition

[15:36] with karen burns white from

[15:37] dana-farber.

[15:41] Our mission is to reduce those

[15:41] disparities and we're here

[15:47] today offering genuine offers

[15:51] of hope, family resources so

[15:52] that our patients are not

[15:52] getting extras.

[15:55] They're being treated whole as

[15:56] they deserve to be.

[16:02] Thank you for your time.

[16:03] Thank you.

[16:06] City council PRESIDENT Rosie

[16:07] louijeune for bringing us and

[16:09] convening us here today.

[16:10] You know, as many of you know

[16:11] you know the most important

[16:13] person in my life has been

[16:14] battling cancer for the last

[16:18] two years and my mother maria

[16:18] santana.

[16:18] And although I wasn't you know,

[16:22] she wasn't originally diagnosed

[16:25] with cancer.

[16:26] She was diagnosed with lung

[16:26] cancer.

[16:29] We've caught it on such a late

[16:29] stage that it spread throughout

[16:32] her entire body and she was

[16:35] giving a timeline to live.

[16:36] Right.

[16:36] And you know, organizations

[16:39] like the ali fund I guess so

[16:43] crucial to to our residents

[16:47] here to all of our families.

[16:48] Because I think the biggest

[16:51] thing that we can do you know,

[16:51] I think I always say

[16:52] cancer doesn't discriminate.

[16:54] It touches all of us.

[16:55] It touches you know and if

[16:56] you're not personally going

[16:58] through it, you MAY know a

[16:58] neighbor or resident or another

[16:59] family member that's going

[17:01] through it.

[17:02] And I think the best thing that

[17:05] we can do as a body and as a

[17:06] city is to invest in

[17:09] organizations like the ali fund

[17:13] and provide early screening for

[17:13] all of our residents.

[17:14] And I think I just really want

[17:17] to thank the council PRESIDENT

[17:18] And the ali fund for being here

[17:20] jenny for sharing your story.

[17:24] Unfortunately you know, I think

[17:25] there are many people who will

[17:28] share that same story and we

[17:31] often stay quiet and we all you

[17:32] know, I think a lot of these a

[17:33] lot of individuals go through

[17:35] this alone.

[17:36] And I think I want to be able

[17:39] to uplift and educate and

[17:42] provide as many resources got

[17:43] to to save lives.

[17:45] So thank you, city

[17:46] council PRESIDENT For for

[17:47] leading on this and I really

[17:49] appreciate that, ali, for being

[17:53] here today.

[17:54] If I could ask my colleagues to

[18:03] come forward for a picture if

[18:21] we could hold it up and look at

[18:32] the cameras and that same

[18:32] chance.

[18:34] Okay.

[18:39] She nice to see you.

[18:43] You in a minute but good

[18:43] familiar face.

[19:18] Thank you so

[19:18] .

[19:33] Thank you.

[19:50] That's a little bit.

[19:51] Okay.

[19:54] Thank you again to meredith, to

[19:55] nakia, to jenny for sharing so

[19:58] much of yourself and your story

[20:01] to our very own michelle

[20:05] goldberg to sam, to henry and

[20:09] to your mother and in the

[20:09] memory of my father's mother

[20:17] immaculate and to my chief

[20:17] of staff emily posten, who's

[20:20] been working so closely

[20:21] alongside the ali fund to make

[20:24] today possible.

[20:24] Okay.

[20:28] MR. Clerk, do we need to amend

[20:28] the minutes?

[20:29] Okay.

[20:29] Thank you.

[20:31] We are now on to the first

[20:32] order of business which is the

[20:33] approval of the minutes from

[20:35] the meeting of OCTOBER first,

[20:35] 2025.

[20:39] All in favor say I.

[20:40] I all oppose say nay.

[20:40] The ayes have it.

[20:42] The minutes of the

[20:42] OCTOBER first meeting are

[20:43] approved.

[20:44] We are now on to communications

[20:46] from her honor the mayor.

[20:47] MR. Clerk, would you please

[20:55] read dockets number 177721782.

[20:55] Docket number 1777.

[20:59] Message not authorizing the

[21:00] city of boston to accept and

[21:04] expand the amount of $2,316,369

[21:05] in the form of a grant for the

[21:08] federal fiscal year 26 total

[21:12] three sea nutrition services

[21:12] program grant awarded by the

[21:13] united states department

[21:17] of health and human services

[21:17] passed through the mass

[21:20] executive office of elder

[21:21] appears to be administered by

[21:24] the strong commission that

[21:24] grant will fund nutrition

[21:25] services for older adults in

[21:28] the city of boston.

[21:29] Talking number 1778.

[21:32] Message in order authorizing

[21:32] the city of boston to expand,

[21:38] accept and expand the amount

[21:38] of $1,067,829 in the form of a

[21:39] grant for the federal fiscal

[21:42] year 26 title three be

[21:46] supportive services grant

[21:46] awarded by the united states

[21:47] department of health and human

[21:49] services passed through the

[21:50] mass executive office of elder

[21:53] affairs to be administered by

[21:54] the eight strong commission.

[21:57] The grant will fund home based

[21:57] support services for older

[22:01] adults in the city of boston so

[22:03] I can have a1779 message in

[22:04] order authorizing the city

[22:07] of boston to accept and expand

[22:10] the amount of $540,791 in the

[22:11] form of a grant for the full

[22:14] federal fiscal year 26 title

[22:18] three family caregiver support

[22:19] program awarded by the united

[22:21] states department of health and

[22:22] human services passed to the

[22:26] mass executive office of elder

[22:27] affairs to be administered by

[22:27] the age training commission.

[22:30] The grant will fund care giver

[22:30] services for older adults in

[22:33] the city of boston.

[22:36] Number 1780 message in order

[22:37] authorizing the city of boston

[22:42] to accept and expand the amount

[22:43] of $470,366 in the form of a

[22:46] grant for the federal fiscal

[22:48] year 26 title three area plan

[22:49] administration grant awarded by

[22:53] the U.S. Department of health

[22:53] and human services passed

[22:56] through the mass executive

[22:57] office of elder affairs to be

[23:00] administered by the h on

[23:01] commission.

[23:01] The grant will fund costs for

[23:04] the administrator of title

[23:04] three programs.

[23:05] The grant will fund consumer

[23:08] protection programs to improve

[23:09] long term services for older

[23:12] adults in the city of boston.

[23:15] Dark number 1781.

[23:16] Message in order authorizing

[23:19] the city of boston accept and

[23:22] expand the amount of $177,619

[23:23] in the form of a grant for the

[23:26] federal fiscal year 26 title

[23:29] three ombudsman program grant

[23:30] awarded by the U.S. Department

[23:33] of health and human services

[23:34] passed to the mass executive

[23:37] office of elder affairs to be

[23:37] administered by the eight

[23:37] strong commission.

[23:40] The grant will fund consumer

[23:41] protection programs to improve

[23:44] long term services for older

[23:45] adults in the city of boston

[23:48] and can number 178 to message

[23:51] an order authorizing the city

[23:52] of boston accept and expand the

[23:57] amount of $84,002 in the form

[23:59] of a grant for federal fiscal

[24:00] year 26 title three d disease

[24:04] prevention and health promotion

[24:04] awarded by the united states

[24:07] department of health and human

[24:08] services passed to the mass

[24:11] executive office of elder

[24:11] affairs to be administered by

[24:12] the eight strong commission.

[24:15] The grant will fund services

[24:16] that assist older adults in

[24:19] boston to prevent illness and

[24:23] manage chronic conditions.

[24:24] Thank you.

[24:24] The chair recognizes

[24:25] councilor murphy, the chair

[24:27] of the committee on strong

[24:27] women families and communities.

[24:28] You have the floor.

[24:30] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[24:31] Thank you, clark, for reading

[24:31] all of those.

[24:34] I'm asking I know this is a

[24:39] large amount these six grants

[24:40] total $4,656,979.

[24:44] I don't want to set a precedent

[24:44] that we just suspend and pass

[24:47] the grants that come through

[24:47] this body.

[24:48] But these are all grants that

[24:50] have come through in the past.

[24:51] I held hearings last year a

[24:52] strong emily came in and her

[24:54] team and spoke to the great

[24:58] work that these grants and this

[24:59] money does to support our

[24:59] seniors.

[25:02] They are going to promote

[25:03] health promotion, disease

[25:06] prevention, consumer protection

[25:07] ,caregiver support, nutrition

[25:09] services in home based services

[25:09] .

[25:11] So I am asking that this body

[25:14] supports me in just suspending

[25:15] and passing these grants so we

[25:18] can get the money where it

[25:18] needs to be.

[25:19] And I am going to be asking

[25:22] denise and emily from age

[25:24] strong to write up a one pager

[25:25] that I'll share with all of you

[25:26] if you do want to get more

[25:28] information on each one it will

[25:29] be after the vote.

[25:29] But I'm hoping that you'll

[25:31] support me in suspending and

[25:32] passing these grants today.

[25:32] Thank you.

[25:36] Thank you.

[25:36] The chair recognizes

[25:37] councilor durkin.

[25:37] Councilor durkin, you have the

[25:38] floor.

[25:39] I just wanted to say I'm in

[25:39] total support of this.

[25:40] Thank you, councilor murphy,

[25:42] for pushing this forward.

[25:42] Thank you.

[25:43] Would anyone else like to speak

[25:47] on this matter?

[25:47] Councilor murphy seeks

[25:50] suspension and passage of these

[25:50] .

[25:54] I believe total three six

[25:54] grants.

[25:57] MR. Clerk is best we take it

[25:58] we'll vote one by one.

[25:58] Okay.

[25:59] Councilor murphy seeks

[26:01] suspension of the rules and

[26:05] passage of docket number 1777.

[26:08] All those in favor say I I all

[26:08] the polls say nay.

[26:09] The ayes have it.

[26:10] This grant is passed before we

[26:12] move on, mr clerk, could you

[26:12] please amend the record to

[26:13] reflect that comes with a pen

[26:15] is now present and with us.

[26:16] Yes.

[26:16] thank you so much.

[26:17] Councilor murphy's suspension

[26:19] of the rules and passage

[26:19] of docket number 1778.

[26:23] All those in favor say I aye.

[26:24] All those opposing the ayes

[26:24] have it.

[26:25] This docket is passed.

[26:27] Councilor murphy's suspension

[26:30] of the rules of docket number

[26:30] 1779.

[26:31] All those in favor say aye.

[26:31] Aye.

[26:33] All those opposing the ayes

[26:33] have it.

[26:34] This docket has passed

[26:34] cancer murphy's expansion

[26:37] of the rules and passage

[26:38] of docket number 1780.

[26:38] All those in favor say aye.

[26:41] Aye I all those opposing the

[26:42] ayes have it.

[26:42] This docket has passed.

[26:43] Councilor murphy seeks

[26:44] suspension of the road and

[26:45] passenger docket number 1781.

[26:49] All those in favor say I I all

[26:49] those opposed nay.

[26:50] The ayes have it.

[26:50] This docket has passed casa

[26:52] murphy's expansion of the rules

[26:53] and passion docket number 1782

[26:56] all those in favor say I I all

[26:57] those opposed they nay the ayes

[26:57] have it.

[27:01] This docket has passed and as a

[27:02] quick want to make sure that it

[27:03] had 1781I did that okay.

[27:05] Thank you mr court could you

[27:08] please read docket number

[27:08] 1783.1783 message in order

[27:12] authorizing city of boston to

[27:14] accept an expense in-kind

[27:14] donation of eight hand dryers

[27:15] in the labor and materials

[27:18] required for installation

[27:21] of those dryers valued at

[27:22] $11,070 donated by excel dryer

[27:25] in coordination with co-design

[27:26] collaborative the property

[27:29] management department will

[27:29] utilize these handrails in city

[27:33] hall faneuil hall in the thomas

[27:34] johnson community center so

[27:37] that both city of boston staff

[27:38] and members of the public MAY

[27:41] benefit from their use.

[27:41] Thank you.

[27:42] The jargon as is customary

[27:43] premature the committee on city

[27:45] services innovation technology

[27:46] you have the floor.

[27:46] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[27:49] Which is six suspension of the

[27:49] rule and voting pattern of this

[27:50] docket it is a simple small

[27:52] donation that will bring

[27:52] cleanliness and comfort to our

[27:53] public buildings and restrooms.

[27:56] Thank you.

[27:57] So anyone looking to speak on

[27:59] this matter cancer preventing

[28:00] suspension of the rules and

[28:01] adoption of talking number 1783

[28:03] all those in favor say I I all

[28:04] those opposing the ayes have

[28:04] it.

[28:05] This docket is passed we are

[28:07] now on to reports of public

[28:08] officers and others.

[28:09] Mr clerk, can you please report

[28:13] this number 178421786 docking

[28:13] number 1784 notice we received

[28:14] from the city clerk in

[28:16] accordance with chapter six

[28:18] of the ordinances of 1979

[28:19] relative to action taken by the

[28:22] mayor on papers acted upon by

[28:25] the city council at its meeting

[28:28] of SEPTEMBER 24th, 2025 docket

[28:31] number 1785 communication from

[28:32] councilor of flynn regarding a

[28:35] violent hate crime against

[28:38] lgbtq plus neighbors and number

[28:39] 1786 communication from

[28:43] councilor flynn regarding the

[28:43] late night raid in the south

[28:46] phone thank you.

[28:47] These charges will be placed on

[28:48] file councilor flynn as you

[28:48] have your light on to speak on

[28:50] a communication you have a

[28:50] total of 2 minutes to speak on

[28:53] the docket you have the floor.

[28:54] Thank you MADAM Chair.

[28:55] I'm going to speak on docket

[28:56] 1768.

[28:56] This is a communication

[29:00] regarding late night riot and

[29:03] the south end on around 2:00 in

[29:04] the morning on sunday hundreds

[29:07] of people took over the

[29:07] intersection of bassett,

[29:08] massachusetts avenue and

[29:11] drummond street and immediately

[29:14] began throwing fireworks cones

[29:15] and poles at boston police

[29:18] officers.

[29:18] Several people were arrested.

[29:21] It is never acceptable to

[29:22] assault a police officer or

[29:25] first responder this week under

[29:26] assault in boston police

[29:29] officers must be prosecuted and

[29:30] if convicted a state sentence

[29:30] is warranted.

[29:33] Those arrested should be held

[29:36] on higher high cash bail.

[29:37] We cannot accept lawlessness in

[29:41] boston and it is critical that

[29:41] we swat our police officers and

[29:44] their families as well.

[29:45] A similar incident occurred in

[29:48] the back bay last APRIL in

[29:49] downtown boston just last night

[29:52] as a result I wrote to

[29:52] commissioner cox to

[29:53] respectfully request

[29:56] prioritizing additional public

[29:56] safety resources to main street

[30:00] streets throughout the city,

[30:00] especially on weekends and late

[30:03] night hours.

[30:04] This is where a lot of the

[30:06] majority of the late night

[30:07] traffic is taking place and

[30:11] with visitors to our city often

[30:14] our as you all are aware for

[30:15] many years I have consistently

[30:18] advocated for hiring of police

[30:19] officers every year for the

[30:22] next decade really to address

[30:22] longstanding issues of staffing

[30:26] overstretched resources,

[30:27] mandatory overtime, looming

[30:27] retirements.

[30:30] I will speak more about this

[30:31] issue later in this

[30:34] council hearing.

[30:34] But we have to have zero

[30:38] tolerance against any attack

[30:38] and violence against the men

[30:41] and women of the boston police

[30:42] department unacceptable what is

[30:45] happening in this city.

[30:45] The violent attacks in the

[30:46] boston police are unacceptable.

[30:49] We need to stand up and support

[30:49] them.

[30:50] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[30:52] We are now on to reports

[30:53] of committees.

[30:53] MR. Clerk, would you please

[30:54] read that number 1690 duck

[30:57] number 1690 the committee on

[30:57] ways and means to which was

[31:00] referred on SEPTEMBER 24th,

[31:03] 2025 number 1690 message in

[31:04] order for your approval in

[31:07] order authorizing the city

[31:09] of boston to appropriate the

[31:10] amount of $2,500,000 for the

[31:13] purpose of paying for the cost

[31:14] of a feasibility study and

[31:17] schematic design associated

[31:18] with a project for the roofs

[31:21] perhaps an academy formerly

[31:22] known as the john w mccormick

[31:25] school located at 315 mount

[31:29] vernon street dorchester, mass

[31:29] .

[31:30] Hold 2125 this includes the

[31:33] payment of all costs incidental

[31:33] and related thereto and for

[31:34] which the city of boston MAY be

[31:37] eligible for a grant from the

[31:38] massachusetts school building

[31:40] authority set amount to be

[31:41] expended under the direction

[31:44] of the boston public facilities

[31:45] department on behalf of the

[31:48] boston public schools submits a

[31:49] report recommending that the

[31:51] order ought to be read for the

[31:52] first time in a sign for

[31:52] further action.

[31:53] Thank you.

[31:55] The chair recognizes

[31:55] councilor from the chair

[31:56] of ways and means.

[31:56] You have the floor.

[31:57] Thank you MADAM PRESIDENT.

[31:58] The committee on ways and means

[31:59] held a hearing on thursday,

[32:01] OCTOBER 2nd, 2025 to discuss

[32:05] talking number 1690 testifying

[32:05] on behalf of the administration

[32:08] was chief denis loss of capital

[32:08] planning for boston public

[32:09] schools executive director

[32:12] jones of the public facilities

[32:12] department and project manager

[32:16] magoffin at the public

[32:16] facilities department and the

[32:16] city council.

[32:19] In attendance were a

[32:19] council PRESIDENT Louijeune

[32:20] councilor fitzgerald we

[32:22] received letters of absence

[32:23] from council flynn pepen and

[32:26] santana at the hearing

[32:27] mr magoffin provide an overview

[32:27] of the massachusetts school

[32:30] building authority also known

[32:31] as msp, a state agency that

[32:33] funds the construction

[32:34] of public schools to one penny

[32:37] of the state sales tax.

[32:38] The city has strengthened its

[32:39] partnership with the msb in

[32:39] recent years completing the

[32:42] dearborn's stem academy arts

[32:42] boston arts academy.

[32:46] Josiah quincy upper school and

[32:48] carter school as well as 35

[32:51] accelerated repair projects

[32:51] totaling a $656 million

[32:54] construction and $241 million

[32:55] in reimbursements.

[32:58] the bruce basin academy must be

[33:00] a core process began in APRIL

[33:01] 2024 with the city statement

[33:04] of interest and was formally

[33:07] invited to the program in

[33:08] DECEMBER 2020 for the 270 day

[33:11] eligibility period begin on

[33:14] JULY 1st 2025 allow the mdba to

[33:15] assess district readiness

[33:15] through preliminary

[33:18] requirements such as forming a

[33:19] school building committee,

[33:20] completing an enrollment

[33:22] questionnaire and developing a

[33:22] maintenance plan and

[33:23] educational profile.

[33:25] All requirements have been

[33:26] completed except for the

[33:26] appropriation of funds for a

[33:30] feasibility study with this

[33:32] target fulfilled by requesting

[33:33] $2.5 million to hire an owners

[33:37] project manager and architect

[33:40] chief dan stanislaus emphasized

[33:41] that the merger and forming the

[33:42] bruce basin academy was shaped

[33:44] by robust community engagement

[33:45] to ensure the new school

[33:45] reflected the values and

[33:49] aspirations of students and

[33:49] families.

[33:50] The unified youth in the

[33:53] academy blends the strength

[33:53] of bcl and mccormick offering

[33:56] enhanced academics wraparound

[33:57] supports and expanded early

[34:00] college pathway.

[34:01] Umass boston representatives

[34:03] stated that the feasibility

[34:04] study will take 18 to 24 months

[34:05] and conclude with the project's

[34:08] scope and budget outlining next

[34:08] steps for construction or

[34:11] renovation upon campus board

[34:12] approval.

[34:14] The district returned to the

[34:15] council for additional

[34:17] appropriation in the fall

[34:18] of 2027.

[34:18] The study will examine the

[34:21] entire river basin campus

[34:22] including the soon to be

[34:22] closed.

[34:25] Debra elementary school with

[34:27] projected enrollment increasing

[34:30] from 644 to about 1000

[34:30] students.

[34:31] The study will also evaluate

[34:34] climate resilience given the

[34:34] site's proximity to the

[34:37] waterfront and explore options

[34:38] for outdoor field space.

[34:38] As chair of the committee on

[34:42] ways and means I, I recommend

[34:42] that this matter ought to be

[34:43] read for the first time in its

[34:45] scientific action.

[34:46] Thank you.

[34:47] The chair of the committee on

[34:49] ways and means.

[34:50] I just want to reiterate that

[34:51] anyone want to speak on this

[34:51] matter?

[34:53] I'm very excited this is moving

[34:56] forward as attendee is someone

[35:00] who went to the mccormick.

[35:00] I know that the students are

[35:01] eager to get a new school

[35:04] building that blends in what

[35:04] high school students deserve so

[35:05] very excited and want to thank

[35:08] the administration and the

[35:09] important work of getting an

[35:12] sba funding to make this happen

[35:12] .

[35:13] The chair recognizes you have

[35:15] the floor.

[35:16] Thank you MADAM Chair.

[35:17] I also rise to support this

[35:19] proposal.

[35:19] I also want to highlight the

[35:23] work of state treasurer deb

[35:24] goldberg in our school building

[35:27] authority and the exceptional

[35:28] support they've provided to the

[35:28] residents of boston in our

[35:31] public school students for so

[35:31] many years.

[35:34] Again, thank you to state

[35:35] treasurer deb goldberg.

[35:36] Thank you to the chair, the

[35:38] committee on the way on ways

[35:39] and means recommends acceptance

[35:40] of the committee report and a

[35:42] vote on the first reading

[35:42] of docket number 1690.

[35:45] Mr clerk, can you please take a

[35:46] roll call vote on docket 1690

[35:48] of roll call vote on docket

[35:49] number 1690 account celebrating

[35:53] yes council of breadon yes.

[35:54] Councilor colette as opposed to

[35:56] councilor colette as a partner

[35:56] ?

[35:56] Yes.

[35:57] Councilor durkan

[35:57] councilor durkan yes.

[36:00] Council a fitzgerald yes.

[36:00] Councilor fitzgerald yes.

[36:04] Councilor flynn yes.

[36:05] Councilor louijeune yes.

[36:07] Councilor louijeune yes.

[36:08] Concilor mejia here.

[36:08] Concilor mejia here yes.

[36:12] Councilor murphy

[36:12] councilor murphy yes.

[36:13] Councilor per pen councilor pen

[36:15] yes councilor santana

[36:16] councilor santana yes.

[36:19] Council whether councilor weber

[36:20] yes and councilor worrell yes.

[36:20] Councilor worrell yes.

[36:23] Talking number 1690 has

[36:24] received 12 votes in the

[36:24] affirmative.

[36:27] Thank you.

[36:28] The committee report has been

[36:29] accepted in docket number 1690

[36:30] has been read for the first

[36:31] time and assigned for further

[36:31] action.

[36:34] We are now onto the matter.

[36:35] Recently heard MR. Clerk when

[36:36] you please read docker number

[36:39] 1276 duck number 1 to 7 six

[36:40] ordinance two priority days

[36:40] surplus municipal property is

[36:57] affordable.

[36:57] thank you.

[37:01] The chair recognizes chair

[37:01] of the committee on government

[37:02] operations councilor cllr

[37:02] zapata.

[37:06] You have the floor.

[37:13] Thank you vice chair docket

[37:14] 1276 is an ordinance proposing

[37:14] amendments to the city

[37:17] of boston code to create

[37:18] priorities for the disposition

[37:21] of city owned property deemed

[37:21] specifically the ordinance

[37:24] requires the city prioritize

[37:25] the creation of affordable

[37:26] housing on surplus sites by

[37:29] vesting me with the

[37:29] responsibility of evaluating

[37:32] surplus sites for affordable

[37:33] housing and the authority to

[37:33] upon the chief of housing

[37:37] determination can exempt

[37:37] certain surplus properties from

[37:40] being developed into affordable

[37:41] housing.

[37:41] The matter was sponsored by

[37:45] councilors louijeune pippen and

[37:45] morrell and referred to the

[37:50] committee on JUNE 25th, 2025.

[37:53] We held a hearing on AUGUST

[37:54] 15th, 2025 in a working session

[37:54] a robust working session just

[37:57] recently on OCTOBER six to

[37:58] discuss this docket, the

[37:58] committee heard testimony on

[38:01] behalf of the administration

[38:02] from janey smith, senior

[38:02] environmental compliance

[38:05] manager, mayor's office

[38:05] of housing daniel lesser, chief

[38:06] of staff from the mayor's

[38:08] office of housing and rebecca

[38:09] thomas, civic director of real

[38:12] estate at the planning

[38:12] department.

[38:13] At the hearing on OCTOBER 15,

[38:16] the committee examined how the

[38:16] city identifies transfers and

[38:17] reuses municipal property that

[38:20] are no longer needed for public

[38:20] purposes.

[38:21] The administration described

[38:23] the existing surplus property

[38:24] as a multistep community driven

[38:27] process that includes

[38:28] environmental review and

[38:28] multiple approvals before

[38:32] redevelopment can occur.

[38:32] Acknowledging that these steps

[38:35] often make the process complex

[38:36] and the timeline lengthy

[38:36] councilors discussed the need

[38:39] for earlier coordination among

[38:40] departments clear communication

[38:40] about when properties become

[38:44] surplus and stronger alignment

[38:44] between housing priorities and

[38:47] redevelopment decisions.

[38:48] Community advocates expressed

[38:51] strong support for codifying

[38:52] the process through ordinance,

[38:52] emphasizing that a clear

[38:55] consistent, clear and

[38:56] consistent framework and

[38:59] process would make it easier to

[39:00] turn public land into lasting

[39:00] community benefits.

[39:03] At the working session this

[39:04] monday, the committee reviewed

[39:07] the ordinance line by line to

[39:08] refine definitions and ensure

[39:08] alignment with existing city

[39:10] procedures.

[39:11] There was general consensus to

[39:12] strengthen the definition

[39:15] of affordable housing, extend

[39:15] and clarify timelines for

[39:18] exception determinations and

[39:19] confirm that the ordinance

[39:19] applies only to city owned

[39:22] properties under municipal

[39:22] control.

[39:23] The committee also discussed

[39:26] amendment suggestions aimed at

[39:26] improving transparency,

[39:27] accountability and coordination

[39:29] across departments requiring

[39:30] annual reports on all surplus

[39:34] property activity even in years

[39:37] when no designations occur and

[39:37] mandating that written

[39:38] exception determinations be

[39:41] included in all rfp for public

[39:41] visibility.

[39:44] Councilors agreed that these

[39:45] changes would create a clearer,

[39:46] more efficient and transparent

[39:49] framework for managing surplus

[39:49] municipal property ensuring

[39:53] that public assets are more

[39:53] effectively leveraged to

[39:54] advance boston's affordable

[39:56] housing goals so quickly.

[39:57] And you all have a copy of this

[39:58] with you as well.

[40:00] The summary of amendments to

[40:02] the ordinance as amended

[40:03] revises section one with the

[40:06] purpose to clarify the scope

[40:06] of the ordinance and to

[40:07] strengthen its extant intent by

[40:10] striking the words and

[40:11] subsidies and while allowing

[40:11] flexibility when other

[40:14] municipalities need clearly

[40:15] apply and replacing the letter

[40:18] with once the city has

[40:19] determined the property is not

[40:19] needed for other municipal

[40:22] purposes.

[40:22] The ordinance also amends

[40:26] excuse me revise the section

[40:27] two definition to align the

[40:30] definitions with city processes

[40:30] and to clarify the scope of the

[40:31] ordinance and the duties

[40:34] of city departments in

[40:34] implementation under the

[40:35] definition of affordable

[40:37] housing.

[40:38] The following words concerning

[40:38] individuals eligible for

[40:41] affordable housing were struck

[40:42] with housing costs not

[40:44] exceeding 30% of gross annual

[40:44] income as defined by mass

[40:48] general law chapter 44 b and

[40:50] chapter eight dash 12 of the

[40:51] boston city code and the

[40:54] following words were regarding

[40:54] eligible developments were

[40:58] inserted including at least 40%

[40:58] of the units are considered

[41:01] affordable and the overall

[41:02] project under the definition

[41:02] of exception determination.

[41:05] The word 90 days were struck

[41:08] and replaced with 180 days and

[41:08] the following language was

[41:11] inserted to explicitly include

[41:12] a description of community

[41:13] feedback and to allow for the

[41:16] extension to the 180 day

[41:17] deadline for an exception

[41:19] determination.

[41:20] If additional time is required

[41:22] the chief of housing shall

[41:23] issue a written notice that

[41:24] additional time is needed in

[41:27] which time an automatic

[41:28] extension of 180 days shall be

[41:31] granted the written notice and

[41:32] the property plus the

[41:34] designation must be made

[41:38] publicly available under the

[41:41] definition of surplus municipal

[41:42] property.

[41:42] Language was reworded in the

[41:45] following words were struck and

[41:46] has been formally designated as

[41:47] surplus by the public

[41:49] facilities commission.

[41:50] This includes but is not

[41:53] limited to former borough dpd

[41:54] property police, fire, ems and

[41:54] public school buildings under

[41:57] the care costing control of the

[41:57] city of boston.

[42:01] The ordinance also before I go

[42:02] to that as amended the

[42:02] definition for feasibility

[42:05] evaluation was also struck in

[42:05] its entirety.

[42:08] The audience also amend section

[42:08] three procedure to maintain

[42:09] consistent language, enhance

[42:12] transparency and flaherty and

[42:13] clarify the process the parties

[42:16] involved in the process in

[42:16] their duties as amended.

[42:19] this section inserts the words

[42:20] community input strikes and

[42:20] replace the words mayor's

[42:23] office of housing with the city

[42:23] and strikes and replaces the

[42:24] words public facility

[42:27] commission with pertinent city

[42:27] department language was also

[42:31] revised under the section

[42:31] clarify that exception

[42:32] determinations shall be filed

[42:35] for future rfp issued for the

[42:35] property.

[42:39] The ordinance also means and

[42:39] revises section four reporting

[42:43] to ensure consistent procedures

[42:44] and strengthened transparency

[42:47] reporting by inserting words

[42:47] and the planning department

[42:50] allowing h to submit the report

[42:51] required under the section

[42:54] jointly and inserting following

[42:54] language to ensure that a

[42:58] report is submitted even if no

[42:59] new surplus designations have

[42:59] occurred and to require the

[43:02] report to include a summary

[43:02] of housing units

[43:03] created through surplus

[43:06] designations.

[43:06] I want to thank councilor mejia

[43:07] for that suggestion.

[43:09] Since passage of the ordinance

[43:10] or within the previous five

[43:13] years whichever is shorter.

[43:16] And then lastly section five

[43:17] and thank you for your patience

[43:17] everybody under authority and

[43:20] enforcement to ensure

[43:21] compliance and consistency with

[43:24] all applicable laws by

[43:25] inserting the following

[43:25] language and any other

[43:29] applicable laws or regulations

[43:29] regarding the disposition

[43:32] of property.

[43:32] And so for me this just

[43:36] provides additional structure

[43:36] to an unstructured process

[43:40] right now provides transparency

[43:40] to what is currently an opaque

[43:44] process with the psc and puts

[43:45] it on my page to essentially

[43:47] have first right of refusal to

[43:50] make more affordable housing

[43:51] and proliferate affordability

[43:51] across the city.

[43:54] And it also provides us with

[43:57] the opportunity to continue to

[43:58] advocate in partnership with

[43:59] the community even as a pfc

[44:02] process is happening.

[44:02] So I think overall just really

[44:03] great.

[44:03] I want to thank

[44:05] councilor louijeune for her

[44:06] leadership, her staff jessie

[44:07] purvis I want to thank alex

[44:09] sanchez, my chief of staff for

[44:10] their work on this as well.

[44:11] And so as chair of the

[44:11] committee on government

[44:13] operations, I recommend moving

[44:14] this listed docket from the

[44:14] committee to the full

[44:16] council for discussion

[44:17] of formal action.

[44:17] And at this time my

[44:18] recommendation to the full

[44:21] council is that this matter

[44:22] ought to pass in a new draft.

[44:22] Thank you.

[44:25] The chair recognizes

[44:26] council PRESIDENT Louijeune

[44:26] councilor you have the floor.

[44:27] Thank you.

[44:27] And I want to thank you, MADAM

[44:28] Chair, for your diligence in

[44:29] moving this forward and for

[44:32] your work and your staffer.

[44:33] Please work on this.

[44:33] Really appreciate it.

[44:34] I want to thank all of my

[44:35] colleagues for their

[44:36] engagement, their attendance at

[44:37] the hearing and that the

[44:37] working sessions and thoughtful

[44:40] collaboration which made this

[44:41] legislation that we wrote from

[44:41] the ground up and made it a lot

[44:42] stronger.

[44:44] I want to recognize

[44:44] administration partners chief

[44:47] sheila dillon daniel lesser,

[44:48] devin quirk, james smith,

[44:51] rebecca tomasso vic and and all

[44:52] of my colleagues for their

[44:55] feedback.

[44:56] And I want to acknowledge the

[44:56] advocates who really helped to

[44:59] strengthen this ordinance and

[44:59] underline why it's so

[45:00] important.

[45:02] Charlie adams, a developer at

[45:03] penrose who developed the pride

[45:07] who has expertise in adaptive

[45:07] reuse.

[45:07] Richard giordano at fenway cdc

[45:11] has been a longtime advocate

[45:12] for equitable development and

[45:12] for affordable housing

[45:15] development on municipal land

[45:19] into ambrosi in scio esparza at

[45:20] the madison park development

[45:21] corporation who has deep

[45:22] experience in community

[45:23] centered housing.

[45:26] And gretchen van ness of, the

[45:27] lgbtq plus senior housing in

[45:30] hyde park at the pride and a

[45:31] champion for inclusive and

[45:31] senior focused affordable

[45:34] housing who is also tessa who

[45:35] is also able to testify to the

[45:37] problems that occurred by how

[45:38] long it took for the pride to

[45:39] actually develop into what it

[45:41] is.

[45:42] And so the core message of this

[45:42] is that this ordinance is about

[45:45] predictability, ensuring that

[45:46] everybody knows when public

[45:46] buildings come off line and are

[45:49] long no longer being used for a

[45:49] municipal purpose that

[45:50] affordable housing is the

[45:50] city's priority.

[45:54] Like the council that is a part

[45:55] of said when people have asked

[45:56] me how do I describe this?

[45:57] I consider this as giving the

[45:58] mayor's office of housing a

[45:59] right of first refusal so that

[46:00] we can do the work of building

[46:02] more affordable housing.

[46:03] For too long surplus municipal

[46:04] property schools, police

[46:06] stations, libraries have sat

[46:07] vacant for too long or have

[46:11] been or been redeveloped

[46:11] without a clear purpose.

[46:12] This changes that this

[46:15] ordinance creates a transparent

[46:15] ,accountable process to

[46:16] evaluate surplus building for

[46:19] housing potential before

[46:19] anything else.

[46:20] But it doesn't lock anyone into

[46:22] the city and it's not rigid.

[46:23] It allows for an exception

[46:26] determination should there be

[46:27] an alternative or best use

[46:29] through clearly documented

[46:30] reasoning as to why affordable

[46:33] housing be prioritized in this

[46:34] instance?

[46:34] Again, it establishes

[46:37] affordable housing as a first

[46:38] and preferred use for surplus

[46:39] city property subject to

[46:41] feasibility and legal

[46:41] constraints.

[46:42] It requires clear documentation

[46:43] of public reporting when

[46:45] properties are not used for

[46:45] annual reporting to track once

[46:46] which site to move forward.

[46:49] How they're used and how many

[46:50] affordable units result.

[46:50] Again thank you to

[46:51] councilor mejia for that

[46:53] recommendation.

[46:54] It gives the city a stronger

[46:57] data city data driven framework

[46:57] just case by case decisions.

[46:58] We often get questions from

[47:01] constituents why wasn't this

[47:02] building used for this or why

[47:03] did we decide to use it for

[47:05] this instead saying this is a

[47:05] clear value statement that when

[47:08] municipal building is no longer

[47:09] being used for municipal

[47:09] purpose that the highest and

[47:12] best use is affordable housing.

[47:13] Unless there's an exception

[47:13] determination.

[47:16] It's a tool in our toolboxes

[47:16] ordinance is not a silver

[47:17] bullet.

[47:19] There's no silver bullet that's

[47:19] going to help us solve our

[47:20] affordable housing crisis.

[47:20] But it's an important

[47:24] structural reform that should

[47:24] be ensured transparency and

[47:24] public purpose.

[47:27] Housing prices are still at

[47:27] historic highs.

[47:28] This helps ensure that every

[47:28] possible public asset

[47:31] contributes to addressing

[47:31] boston's housing crisis and the

[47:34] ordinance is not exclusively

[47:35] for affordable housing.

[47:36] It allows for mixed use.

[47:36] It allows for mixed housing and

[47:39] I think it gets at the goal

[47:40] of helping make sure that we're

[47:42] building and with a focus on

[47:43] building affordable housing we

[47:43] make concessions on the

[47:46] timeline to ensure that we give

[47:47] the city enough time to think

[47:49] about whether affordable

[47:50] housing is the highest and best

[47:53] use.

[47:54] But our priority has never

[47:54] wavered in moving surplus

[47:57] property to affordable housing

[47:57] efficiently and predictably and

[48:01] is what the legislation

[48:01] reflects what we can accomplish

[48:02] when the council administration

[48:04] and advocates work together in

[48:05] good faith.

[48:07] I want to thank former city

[48:07] councilor tito jackson who

[48:08] first elevated this as an issue

[48:08] of importance.

[48:10] And I want to thank our mayor

[48:11] who's been helpful in thinking

[48:12] through what works and what

[48:15] works and what is sensible and

[48:15] predictable.

[48:15] It's also about turning public

[48:19] assets into public goods homes

[48:19] for families, for seniors and

[48:20] residents who want to stay in

[48:22] the city that they love.

[48:23] Just yesterday I was on the

[48:24] phone with someone from south

[48:27] boston who was saying how we

[48:27] you know, his parents will live

[48:28] there but he was priced out to

[48:30] quincy because of how expensive

[48:31] housing is and we talked about

[48:32] the work of this ordinance and

[48:35] how we can help further those

[48:35] goals.

[48:36] So this is how we create

[48:36] predictability in housing for

[48:37] the city of boston.

[48:39] This is how we make sure that

[48:39] we are one of the ways we can

[48:40] help make sure that we are

[48:41] building a city where

[48:42] generations of bostonians can

[48:42] afford to live.

[48:45] And it's one important part

[48:45] of the toolbox.

[48:46] So I want to thank my

[48:46] colleagues again and want to

[48:48] thank you, MADAM Chair.

[48:49] I want to thank my staff for

[48:50] just who helped work on this

[48:52] and all of the affordable

[48:53] housing advocates who helped us

[48:53] bring this ordinance to where

[48:56] it is today.

[48:56] Thank you.

[48:57] The chair recognizes

[48:58] councilor pepen council give

[48:59] the floor.

[49:00] Thank you, mr chair.

[49:00] And thank you to the MADAM

[49:01] PRESIDENT for including me on

[49:03] this docket but also for her

[49:04] leadership on this issue.

[49:04] Thanks to chair colette, it's a

[49:07] battle for holding a very great

[49:07] hearing and work in session on

[49:10] this transforming older out

[49:11] of youth buildings into much

[49:11] needed housing is something we

[49:14] should continue to advocate for

[49:14] as a city that continues to

[49:17] reinvent old solutions to fix

[49:18] current problems in a similar

[49:18] fashion.

[49:22] This morning I was honored to

[49:22] attend the official ribbon

[49:23] cutting of these hey robert

[49:26] school in roslindale a historic

[49:26] moment where the old washington

[49:27] irving school building was

[49:30] repurposed to fit a merger

[49:31] of two smaller schools in the

[49:31] neighborhood.

[49:34] Now small buildings that could

[49:35] possibly fit who knows what in

[49:38] the future are available and

[49:38] council PRESIDENT Mentioned

[49:42] already the pride that is a

[49:42] very clear example and right in

[49:45] my or my district of a school

[49:45] building that's transformed

[49:46] into this beautiful magnificent

[49:49] senior affordable lgbtq plus

[49:50] friendly institution that now

[49:53] is the heart and soul of high

[49:53] park.

[49:54] So there's so much opportunity

[49:57] that we can do with surplus

[49:58] buildings and land in general

[50:01] in the city of boston.

[50:02] I've also heard creative ideas

[50:04] of using existing library

[50:05] spaces in potentially building

[50:09] affordable housing on top

[50:09] of the libraries etc. So

[50:12] there's just there's a lot that

[50:13] we can do here and I think that

[50:15] in order for us to tackle the

[50:16] housing crisis that we are in

[50:19] right now of people wanting to

[50:19] move into the city of boston

[50:20] but not enough supply we have

[50:23] to be creative here and be

[50:24] proactive as we can which is

[50:26] why I'm so excited to be part

[50:27] this conversation.

[50:27] Thank you.

[50:30] I just want to just also thank

[50:31] the chair also thanked

[50:31] council PRESIDENT Louijeune and

[50:35] also thank the coalition that

[50:35] came together to put together

[50:36] this ordinance.

[50:36] And I believe that when you

[50:39] have the city, the city

[50:39] council, the administration

[50:42] developers and advocates at the

[50:43] table, you make a strong

[50:46] ordinance that works for

[50:46] everyone.

[50:49] We know that we have affordable

[50:50] housing affordability crisis.

[50:51] We hear it too often that

[50:53] people have to move out of the

[50:53] city.

[50:57] But this ordinance starts to

[50:58] make it makes it clear to the

[51:01] residents that the city

[51:02] of boston is making housing

[51:05] affordability a priority.

[51:06] And we know one of the drivers

[51:08] of high housing costs is the

[51:09] land and the city being able to

[51:13] use surplus land hopefully will

[51:13] start to decrease the costs for

[51:16] developers to create affordable

[51:16] housing.

[51:18] There's not one silver bullet

[51:19] but this is one of the other

[51:20] options that are now in our

[51:23] toolbox to fight the

[51:23] affordability crisis.

[51:24] And again, it just makes it

[51:26] clear to the rest of the city

[51:27] and all of our residents that

[51:30] housing affordability is a

[51:31] priority for us and everyone

[51:34] else here in the city

[51:34] of boston.

[51:37] Anyone else looking to speak?

[51:38] The chair recognizes

[51:39] councilor fitzgerald kelsey

[51:39] of the floor.

[51:41] Thank you, vice chair.

[51:42] Question if I could to the

[51:42] council from east boston.

[51:45] Okay.

[51:46] Question to the chair if you do

[51:49] see to yep.

[51:49] Great.

[51:49] Thank you.

[51:52] I just want to make sure in

[51:52] this process that there is

[51:53] nothing that changes the

[51:56] process for which the land is

[51:56] actually attributed to any

[52:00] developer it does not change.

[52:01] It's still the rfp process that

[52:03] will go out that is run that's

[52:04] the same as today.

[52:05] This is just prioritizing the

[52:07] use of that land first.

[52:08] Correct.

[52:10] So it doesn't it doesn't favor

[52:11] any one person to build on that

[52:16] land or not get excited about

[52:16] it.

[52:19] The floor yeah that's exactly

[52:19] correct and I feel like it MAY

[52:20] be helpful for folks to walk

[52:23] through and maybe the not the

[52:24] entire process but generally so

[52:25] there's there's four components

[52:26] of it.

[52:26] So first of all the city

[52:27] department so let's take that

[52:29] as possibly station for example

[52:33] the police department had said

[52:33] that they don't need it any

[52:34] longer and so that commences a

[52:36] surplus process.

[52:37] It goes to pfc.

[52:38] Pfc has the authority upon

[52:40] approval from the mayor to

[52:41] acquire lease, rent or sell

[52:44] city owned property that has

[52:47] been deemed in surplus and then

[52:48] so under 30 b which is

[52:51] procurement, the commission has

[52:51] to first declare that the

[52:54] parcel is available and spell

[52:55] out any sort of use

[52:55] restrictions.

[52:58] And so this is where we kind

[53:01] of bifurcate step three out

[53:01] of four where ammo which is now

[53:05] integrated into the process

[53:08] where before the rfp is given

[53:09] they work in tandem with the

[53:09] planning department to

[53:12] understand what the use will.

[53:13] So is it affordable housing?

[53:14] Will it be used for something

[53:16] like a food hub?

[53:17] All of that but the 30 b is

[53:20] pretty much protected by state

[53:20] law.

[53:21] So it'll it'll basically be the

[53:21] same process but we're

[53:24] splitting that process up and

[53:24] integrating ammo agent into

[53:25] that stuff.

[53:27] Thank you very much.

[53:28] Thank you.

[53:29] The chair recognizes

[53:31] councilor flynn, councilor to

[53:31] the floor.

[53:32] Thank you, mr chair.

[53:35] Mr vice PRESIDENT, I'm going to

[53:37] support this proposal.

[53:38] I just want to make two quick

[53:39] points.

[53:42] I do want to acknowledge my

[53:42] former colleague city

[53:46] councilor tim mccarthy that did

[53:47] a lot of work on pride in hyde

[53:49] park and thank you to tim's

[53:53] leadership for for originally

[53:53] working on this.

[53:57] The second point I do want to

[54:00] make is again I'm supporting

[54:00] this but I do want to

[54:04] acknowledge that we as a city

[54:05] council and as a city have to

[54:09] be very observant that we are

[54:10] not giving a land away to

[54:13] politically connected

[54:13] developers.

[54:14] I think we owe it to the

[54:16] taxpayers to our due diligence

[54:20] to ensure that this process is

[54:21] on the up and up and that no

[54:24] political politically correct,

[54:25] politically connected

[54:28] developers have an inside to to

[54:31] getting the land and developing

[54:31] on this.

[54:34] That's a concern I do have and

[54:39] again we are all subject to the

[54:39] state ethics commission as

[54:40] well.

[54:40] Thank you, mr CHAIRMAN.

[54:43] Thank you.

[54:43] The chair recognizes

[54:44] councilor santana and

[54:44] council the have the floor.

[54:46] Thank you, mr vice PRESIDENT

[54:47] And thank you to PRESIDENT

[54:50] Louijeune as well as councilors

[54:51] pepperdine we're all for your

[54:53] leadership on this matter.

[54:54] City owned land and publicly

[54:55] owned buildings are some of the

[54:57] boston's most valuable and

[54:58] underutilized tools to address

[55:01] our housing crisis.

[55:02] But unfortunately buildings are

[55:03] no longer serving their

[55:05] original purpose have been left

[55:06] vacant due to unclear policy

[55:09] surrounding the repurposing.

[55:10] Today we have the opportunity

[55:11] to ensure that buildings which

[55:13] have since retired from their

[55:14] original purpose can continue

[55:16] to serve the public as

[55:17] affordable housing.

[55:17] Boston is facing a severe

[55:20] housing affordability crisis

[55:21] and too many of our residents

[55:24] are being pushed out the city

[55:25] they love every day where those

[55:26] are the people who make the

[55:28] city special.

[55:29] But it doesn't have to be this

[55:29] way.

[55:31] Initiatives like this one are

[55:32] among the many solutions in the

[55:35] housing crisis that will keep

[55:36] our city alive, vibrant and

[55:39] affordable.

[55:40] By prioritizing the use

[55:40] of vacant municipal property

[55:43] for affordable housing, we

[55:43] ensure its redevelopment

[55:47] centers the community benefits

[55:47] to public rather than private

[55:51] interests.

[55:52] And in doing so we empower our

[55:54] cost burden residents and allow

[55:55] them the opportunity to

[55:56] continue calling boston their

[55:58] home.

[55:59] I look forward to continue my

[56:02] role in support of this measure

[56:02] .

[56:03] Thank you.

[56:03] The chair recognizes

[56:04] councilor breadon cassidy

[56:05] of the floor.

[56:06] Thank you, mr chair and thank

[56:09] you to the lead sponsors and

[56:09] everyone who participated in

[56:13] this conversation and chair

[56:17] clara zapata for her work on

[56:17] this as well.

[56:20] I think it was part of the

[56:20] conversation was the highest

[56:23] and best use that we consider

[56:24] for surplus property in the

[56:27] city is definitely housing

[56:28] affordable housing that would

[56:31] make it add to our housing

[56:34] stock that's affordable for

[56:35] folks in the city.

[56:36] But it also leaves a little

[56:38] flexibility in terms of us

[56:39] councilors have had a lot

[56:42] of support as already mentioned

[56:42] that there are other other

[56:46] public goods that could be

[56:46] served in this situation with

[56:49] surplus property such as a food

[56:50] hub or the other group of of

[56:54] the other group that has been

[56:54] pushed out of the city and

[56:58] finding of increasingly

[56:59] difficult to stay are a

[57:02] nonprofit group small

[57:03] nonprofits community nonprofits

[57:06] that are doing essential work

[57:07] day care facilities and things.

[57:10] So I'm glad that we have that

[57:11] opportunity to.

[57:14] If housing is one need but also

[57:15] to look at other needs that

[57:18] would be determined by the

[57:21] mayor's office of housing to

[57:22] see if if surplus property if

[57:25] there's another that would

[57:26] serve the public good as well.

[57:29] So I'm delighted to vote in

[57:29] favor of this ordinance and

[57:33] these amendments and thank you

[57:33] for all the work that's been

[57:34] done on it.

[57:34] Thank you.

[57:35] The chair recognizes

[57:37] councilor colette as a party

[57:37] councilor you have the floor.

[57:38] Sorry I left out the most

[57:40] important part which was the

[57:40] fourth step which is that it

[57:41] has to no matter what happens

[57:44] this has to come before the

[57:44] council and we have to vote on

[57:45] it twice with two thirds

[57:45] majority.

[57:47] So that's the hook that we have

[57:48] as a council.

[57:49] So no matter what we still have

[57:51] that layer of accountability

[57:51] and have a say.

[57:52] But with what we're trying to

[57:55] do here it's an extra step

[57:59] of of transparency.

[58:00] So I just wanted to say that I

[58:00] didn't want to leave everybody

[58:01] hanging on what the fourth step

[58:01] was.

[58:01] Okay.

[58:02] Thanks.

[58:03] Thank you.

[58:03] The chair of the committee on

[58:07] government seeks acceptance

[58:08] of the committee report and

[58:11] pass it to duncan number 1 to

[58:11] 76 and the new draft.

[58:14] All those in favor say I others

[58:15] opposing they think that oh,

[58:17] mr. Clerk, can you please

[58:18] conduct the roll call vote roll

[58:21] call vote on duncan number 1 to

[58:25] 7 six councilor breadon yes,

[58:25] councilor breadon yes.

[58:26] Councilor collette is a party

[58:27] councilor collette as per the

[58:28] yes.

[58:29] Councilor durkan yes.

[58:31] Councilor fitzgerald

[58:32] councilor fitzgerald yes.

[58:36] Councilor flynn councilor flynn

[58:36] yes.

[58:37] Councilor louijeune yes.

[58:37] Councilor risen yes.

[58:39] Concilor mejia here.

[58:40] Concilor mejia here yes

[58:40] councilor murphy

[58:43] councilor murphy yes.

[58:44] Councilor pen yes councilor and

[58:47] yes councilor santana yes.

[58:47] Councilor santana yes.

[58:48] Councilor weber yes.

[58:51] Councilor weber yes and

[58:51] councilor worrell yes

[58:54] councilor wu yes I have a 1 to

[58:55] 7 six has received 12 votes in

[58:58] the affirmative.

[58:59] Thank you.

[58:59] The committee report has been

[59:01] accepted in docket number 1 to

[59:02] 76 has passed in a new draft.

[59:04] Mr kirkby please redact number

[59:07] 1450 duck number 14502 for a

[59:08] hearing to discuss next steps

[59:11] to improve safety on the

[59:12] northern stretch of hyde park

[59:15] avenue from old walk hill

[59:16] street to the arbor.

[59:16] Thank you.

[59:19] The chair recognizes the chair

[59:19] of the committee on planning

[59:20] development and transportation

[59:21] councilor durkan you have the

[59:24] floor.

[59:28] Thank you so much chair and the

[59:28] committee on planning

[59:29] department transportation held

[59:32] a public on docket one four or

[59:34] five zero on monday,

[59:35] OCTOBER six to discuss next

[59:36] steps to improve street safety

[59:39] on the northern stretch of hyde

[59:40] park and from warfield to the

[59:41] arbor way the matter was

[59:42] sponsored by councilors weber

[59:43] and rick pappin and brian roe.

[59:46] We're also joined by my

[59:46] colleagues council PRESIDENT

[59:47] Louijeune councilor murphy and

[59:50] councilor flynn.

[59:50] The committee also received a

[59:51] letter of absence from

[59:53] councilor santana.

[59:54] The committee heard testimony

[59:55] from yesha franklyn hodge,

[59:58] chief of sts matt moran,

[59:59] transit team director and tyler

[1:00:01] loo, a project manager in the

[1:00:01] streets department.

[1:00:05] The hearing was held offsite at

[1:00:07] b2 school on rock hill street.

[1:00:08] Approximately 40 community

[1:00:08] members gave public testimony

[1:00:10] and there were nearly 100

[1:00:11] people in attendance.

[1:00:12] We heard from community members

[1:00:14] about the urgent need for

[1:00:15] safety improvements along the

[1:00:17] stretch of hyde park of city

[1:00:18] officials provided background

[1:00:18] on the project and the reasons

[1:00:21] for a delay.

[1:00:22] While my colleagues asked

[1:00:25] thoughtful questions focused on

[1:00:25] finding solutions, it was clear

[1:00:26] that there is an overwhelming

[1:00:29] demand for traffic calming

[1:00:29] improvements and more

[1:00:30] pedestrian and bike friendly

[1:00:30] corridor.

[1:00:33] We hope the administration will

[1:00:33] move forward quickly on this.

[1:00:36] While residents expressed how

[1:00:40] they have made the case over

[1:00:43] and over it seems like right

[1:00:44] the administration's plan is to

[1:00:48] do a repave and residents want

[1:00:48] more.

[1:00:51] it was a productive

[1:00:52] informational hearing.

[1:00:52] I want to thank my colleagues

[1:00:55] who attended.

[1:00:56] I also want to give a chance

[1:00:59] for the lead sponsor

[1:01:00] councilor weber to speak on

[1:01:03] this docket.

[1:01:04] Honestly, if I'm just going to

[1:01:07] be frank I was skeptical about

[1:01:07] having an offsite hearing.

[1:01:10] It was very worth it.

[1:01:11] I we saw the frustration

[1:01:14] of residents who have been

[1:01:14] asking for more.

[1:01:18] I would like to as the chair

[1:01:19] of this committee back up these

[1:01:21] residents and their concerns.

[1:01:22] There were it was actually hard

[1:01:25] to speak at times because

[1:01:26] of how many kids were in the

[1:01:29] crowd until 9 P.M. And I just

[1:01:33] think it's kind of crazy that

[1:01:34] we need to do more here.

[1:01:35] So I just want to thank

[1:01:38] councilor weber councilor pep

[1:01:38] fan and councilor all for their

[1:01:39] advocacy here.

[1:01:41] I think as a city council we

[1:01:41] could all come together to ask

[1:01:45] for more improvements on this

[1:01:45] stretch so.

[1:01:46] Councilor weber thank you.

[1:01:50] The chair and council member

[1:01:50] you have the floor.

[1:01:51] Thank you.

[1:01:52] And I'd like to start I really

[1:01:56] want to thank councilor durkan

[1:01:56] for agreeing to chair a

[1:01:57] hearing.

[1:02:00] You know in jamaica plain and

[1:02:03] gave residents and my

[1:02:03] constituents a chance to make

[1:02:07] their voices heard about an

[1:02:07] issue that is incredibly

[1:02:11] important to them and to my

[1:02:15] community that I represent.

[1:02:16] I want to thank my colleagues,

[1:02:18] councilor pepen and earl for

[1:02:19] co-sponsoring and also you

[1:02:19] know, I honestly do.

[1:02:22] MADAM PRESIDENT councilor flynn

[1:02:24] and councilor murphy for making

[1:02:29] it to the hearing how a hyde

[1:02:29] park avenue in front of forest

[1:02:32] hills station has never worked

[1:02:32] .

[1:02:33] You know it combines, you know,

[1:02:36] traffic congestion, unsafe

[1:02:37] driving and unsafe conditions

[1:02:40] for cyclists and pedestrians

[1:02:40] were a year removed from the

[1:02:44] death of glen ingram was killed

[1:02:45] on a concurrent green light you

[1:02:48] know while crossing the street

[1:02:51] by an empty bus, you know and I

[1:02:52] think the hearing highlighted

[1:02:55] how we need to promote

[1:02:56] pedestrian and cyclist safety

[1:02:56] and bus travel through that

[1:03:00] corridor.

[1:03:00] You know, one thing that we

[1:03:03] talked about was the push at

[1:03:04] the state house to allow red

[1:03:04] light cameras.

[1:03:07] You know, my sierra san antonio

[1:03:08] has been pushing that.

[1:03:10] I really hope all of us push

[1:03:11] their state reps to support

[1:03:14] that so we can at least, you

[1:03:15] know, have deterrents on

[1:03:17] speeding and people driving

[1:03:18] through red lights through our

[1:03:21] city and I really feel like,

[1:03:22] you know, the neighborhood made

[1:03:25] the case for that stretch

[1:03:26] of road needs a solution.

[1:03:29] You know, I would just I want

[1:03:30] to just add you know, I think

[1:03:33] you know, on the other side

[1:03:34] of gp we had a 77 year old

[1:03:37] woman who was killed in a hit

[1:03:39] and run on south huntington

[1:03:43] along with her 39 year old

[1:03:46] caregiver was critically

[1:03:50] injured in that hit and run.

[1:03:50] You know, I think it just

[1:03:51] highlights how you know, all

[1:03:53] the flashing lights police

[1:03:57] officers raise crosswalks, you

[1:03:58] know, speed limit signs, speed

[1:04:01] bumps, bike lanes, you know,

[1:04:01] everything else is not going to

[1:04:04] stop that.

[1:04:05] It's not it's going to help

[1:04:08] people but it won't eliminate

[1:04:08] the possibility that people

[1:04:09] will be injured by cars.

[1:04:12] We have so much traffic, so

[1:04:13] much aggressive driving in this

[1:04:16] city.

[1:04:17] You know, I just 1897 this was

[1:04:19] the city the first city in

[1:04:20] north america with the subway

[1:04:22] and this is apocryphal maybe

[1:04:23] but you know, one of the

[1:04:24] reasons why they put that

[1:04:26] subway in was because so many

[1:04:27] horses were packed on tremont

[1:04:31] street that it was unsafe and

[1:04:34] unhealthy for people we put in

[1:04:35] the subway there are no more

[1:04:39] horses, you know, on fremont

[1:04:39] street.

[1:04:40] You know, I think we I really

[1:04:42] want to see this city band

[1:04:42] together and show the same kind

[1:04:43] of innovation.

[1:04:45] You know, we we we showed in

[1:04:46] 1897 we need a better public

[1:04:50] transportation infrastructure

[1:04:50] here in the city.

[1:04:54] And until we do that, you know,

[1:04:54] we'll be talking about

[1:04:55] pedestrian deaths and unsafe

[1:04:58] driving until we get people out

[1:04:58] of their cars.

[1:05:01] So thank you very much to

[1:05:02] councilor durkin for for

[1:05:05] allowing us to highlight this

[1:05:05] in district six.

[1:05:05] Thank you.

[1:05:06] MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:05:06] Thank you.

[1:05:08] The chair recognizes

[1:05:09] councilor depending on the

[1:05:09] floor.

[1:05:09] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:05:12] And thank you to

[1:05:12] councilor weber for having

[1:05:13] me as a co-sponsor of this very

[1:05:17] important topic that impacts my

[1:05:17] district as well.

[1:05:19] Hyper cab is that quarter that

[1:05:20] connects the southwest part

[1:05:21] of boston into the downtown

[1:05:24] boston area as opposed to the

[1:05:25] forest hills area.

[1:05:27] And I just want to thank

[1:05:28] councilor durkin for hosting

[1:05:29] that hearing in person as well

[1:05:30] in the district that was very

[1:05:32] important.

[1:05:32] I think we were able to really

[1:05:35] hear from a numerous amount

[1:05:35] of people that were in

[1:05:36] attendance a lot of people that

[1:05:38] live on hyde park hour near the

[1:05:39] area that use it frequently and

[1:05:42] for the for the third time it

[1:05:43] was clear what people who live

[1:05:45] on the north more than part

[1:05:46] of hypercard want and need out

[1:05:47] of the street design.

[1:05:49] I'm hopeful that the

[1:05:50] administration will listen to

[1:05:51] the constituents and provide

[1:05:51] much needed improvements

[1:05:54] particularly the exceptional

[1:05:54] dangerous intersection

[1:05:55] of ukraine way in high park

[1:05:57] avenue.

[1:05:58] I compel the administration to

[1:05:59] do so promptly so no more

[1:06:00] fatalities occur.

[1:06:01] I'm also looking forward to the

[1:06:05] entire safety improvements

[1:06:05] of the of the entirety of high

[1:06:06] park avenue.

[1:06:09] It's not just one stretch that

[1:06:10] needs improvement.

[1:06:10] It's the entire stretch of it

[1:06:12] that goes all the way from

[1:06:13] wolcott square and redeveloped

[1:06:16] to forest hills and we just

[1:06:17] need to act now.

[1:06:20] And I want to remind everyone

[1:06:24] that even those that are not

[1:06:24] impacted by what's happening on

[1:06:25] high park have you MAY use it

[1:06:28] here and there and we all need

[1:06:29] to be part of the solution.

[1:06:29] So thank you, councilor weber

[1:06:33] for for leading the charge on

[1:06:33] this.

[1:06:34] I look forward to supporting

[1:06:34] you.

[1:06:34] Thank you.

[1:06:36] The chair recognizes

[1:06:37] councilor have ryan floor.

[1:06:37] Thank you councilor PRESIDENT

[1:06:39] And thank you to the chair

[1:06:39] councilor durkin for hosting

[1:06:40] this hearing and also thank you

[1:06:43] to the lead sponsor

[1:06:44] councilor weber and my close

[1:06:47] and our co-sponsors

[1:06:47] councilor pepen for your

[1:06:48] continued leadership to

[1:06:50] bringing attention to hyde park

[1:06:51] dive and also just thank you to

[1:06:51] the residents that continue to

[1:06:54] raise their voices around this

[1:06:58] stretch for many years and we

[1:06:59] heard that on full display at

[1:06:59] the hearing.

[1:07:02] I am in support of the

[1:07:02] automated traffic enforcement

[1:07:03] reform moving through the state

[1:07:06] house the proposed legislation

[1:07:07] that would allow cities and

[1:07:10] towns to install road safety

[1:07:13] cameras including for red light

[1:07:13] running and intersection

[1:07:14] blocking and also speeding and

[1:07:17] like councilor weber said, I

[1:07:20] encourage all my colleagues and

[1:07:21] residents who advocate at the

[1:07:25] state house to get that, you

[1:07:25] know, accepted and passed.

[1:07:26] I also want to continue to push

[1:07:29] the administration to push for

[1:07:29] the rollout of transit signal

[1:07:32] priority systems ensuring

[1:07:33] busses aren't delayed as

[1:07:35] signals which will help create

[1:07:36] safer traffic flow.

[1:07:37] I think these tools and cameras

[1:07:40] and smart signal timing are key

[1:07:41] to changing driver behaviors

[1:07:44] especially in place and when

[1:07:45] enforcement resources are thin.

[1:07:47] And I also want to encourage

[1:07:51] bpd and btd to do more

[1:07:55] coordination around these areas

[1:07:55] for more traffic enforcement.

[1:07:59] I know that there's currently

[1:07:59] no traffic enforcement officers

[1:08:02] or department inside of bpd but

[1:08:03] I do believe that in areas

[1:08:06] where we are hearing these

[1:08:10] complaints or high crash areas

[1:08:10] that there should be some level

[1:08:11] of traffic enforcement.

[1:08:14] So looking forward to working

[1:08:14] with my colleagues in the

[1:08:18] administration and our state

[1:08:18] house colleagues for temporary

[1:08:22] fixes and also more permanent

[1:08:23] solutions.

[1:08:23] Thank you.

[1:08:24] The chair again, it's kind

[1:08:25] of funny you have the floor.

[1:08:25] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:08:29] Thank you to councilor durkan

[1:08:30] for holding this important

[1:08:33] meeting and councilor pepen

[1:08:33] councilor weber council we're

[1:08:36] all for being the original

[1:08:37] co-sponsors of the meeting as

[1:08:40] well.

[1:08:40] I attended and was was there

[1:08:44] and heard most of the public

[1:08:44] testimony.

[1:08:45] I've learned a lot from from

[1:08:48] the residents of jamaica plain.

[1:08:51] I didn't necessarily advocate

[1:08:52] for any particular design

[1:08:53] because I'm not familiar with

[1:08:56] the what the area but what I

[1:08:56] highlighted is something

[1:08:59] similar to what councilor we're

[1:09:02] all mentioned is the critical

[1:09:03] need for traffic enforcement in

[1:09:06] boston ensuring that the boston

[1:09:10] police department do more on

[1:09:13] traffic enforcement citing

[1:09:16] people arresting people.

[1:09:17] one person council of pepen

[1:09:18] will tell you was driving up

[1:09:20] hyde park avenue going 70 miles

[1:09:24] an hour, 70 miles an hour on a

[1:09:28] on a narrow, narrow street and

[1:09:32] they could not stop he if he

[1:09:36] had to crossing a crosswalk.

[1:09:37] Imagine imagine as a little kid

[1:09:39] and it's been in the child's

[1:09:40] mother or father would taking

[1:09:41] him or an elderly person or

[1:09:44] persons with disabilities.

[1:09:45] We need to do more on traffic

[1:09:48] enforcement that's a that's a

[1:09:48] critical issue across across

[1:09:48] the city.

[1:09:51] Is this across the city?

[1:09:52] One of the final point I made

[1:09:55] was and I think

[1:09:55] councilor councilor weber

[1:09:58] mentioned it concurrent

[1:10:02] signaling and that is when a

[1:10:06] pedestrian almost has the same

[1:10:06] right of way to cross the

[1:10:09] street as a vehicle taking say

[1:10:10] taking a right turn and then

[1:10:13] the pedestrian crosses at the

[1:10:14] same time this body the city

[1:10:17] council body voted 13 to

[1:10:21] nothing to ask the city not to

[1:10:24] have that policy anymore and I

[1:10:25] want to say thank you to my

[1:10:26] city council colleagues.

[1:10:26] I brought this up the other

[1:10:28] night and I received pushback

[1:10:32] from the chief of streets on

[1:10:33] this particular issue and we we

[1:10:36] debated it and I still believe

[1:10:37] that we need to make this

[1:10:40] significant change across the

[1:10:40] city.

[1:10:43] We need to see it happen today

[1:10:43] .

[1:10:44] Again, I'm calling on the chief

[1:10:47] of streets to implement a that

[1:10:48] a change in the lighting where

[1:10:51] the pedestrian and the car

[1:10:52] don't have the same right

[1:10:55] of way at the same time in my

[1:10:56] opinion the pedestrian has the

[1:10:57] right away and then at a

[1:10:59] certain point then the vehicle

[1:11:00] has the right away but under no

[1:11:04] circumstance can both of them

[1:11:04] have the right of way.

[1:11:05] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:11:08] Being the chair recognizes

[1:11:08] times are great and you have

[1:11:09] the floor.

[1:11:10] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT and

[1:11:11] thank you.

[1:11:11] I know this hearing pertains to

[1:11:15] hyde park avenue and walk

[1:11:17] straight over it near the over

[1:11:21] in constable happens

[1:11:25] councilor webber's district we

[1:11:28] just last week got seven speed

[1:11:28] bumps as part of the safety

[1:11:33] surge on fabulous street in

[1:11:33] brighton.

[1:11:36] It's close to a public housing

[1:11:40] facility and a park that's well

[1:11:40] used by neighbors.

[1:11:43] We've had a incredible amount

[1:11:44] of positive feedback and

[1:11:47] excitement about having these

[1:11:50] first seven safety surges and

[1:11:51] 50 surge speed bumps and I said

[1:11:56] the first and only we have

[1:11:57] seven speed bumps in allston

[1:12:00] brighton that are part of the

[1:12:01] safety surge only seven with

[1:12:05] the size of somerville yet

[1:12:08] within that was last week on

[1:12:09] the weekend we had a few

[1:12:12] hundred feet from from faneuil

[1:12:12] street on market street we had

[1:12:16] a car traveling at speed that

[1:12:16] hit a concrete light pole,

[1:12:20] knocked the concrete light pole

[1:12:23] down and hit hit a house and

[1:12:24] thankfully there was nobody

[1:12:27] seriously injured and the folks

[1:12:28] were able to walk away from the

[1:12:31] the site the scene.

[1:12:32] But I think back to the point

[1:12:34] about traffic enforcement.

[1:12:35] We've talked to the boston

[1:12:38] police department traffic

[1:12:39] enforcement 24 seven is not

[1:12:42] really a feasible option given

[1:12:46] staffing levels, etc. But I

[1:12:47] think the red light cameras and

[1:12:48] and they think we need to

[1:12:50] revisit concurrent signaling

[1:12:53] and the bottom line is that

[1:12:54] many of our neighborhoods are

[1:12:55] used as cut through for people

[1:12:58] who are traveling through the

[1:12:58] neighborhood to get somewhere

[1:12:59] else and they're always in a

[1:13:01] hurry and it's making our

[1:13:02] roadways very, very dangerous

[1:13:02] for our residents.

[1:13:05] So thank you.

[1:13:09] I thank you for holding this

[1:13:09] hearing.

[1:13:10] I know it wasn't in my district

[1:13:12] but I think we need to continue

[1:13:13] elevating the importance

[1:13:13] of this issue so that all

[1:13:17] of our residents especially

[1:13:18] families, elders and folks with

[1:13:21] mobility issues and all of our

[1:13:21] road users are safe.

[1:13:25] Thank you.

[1:13:26] The CHAIRMAN Of this

[1:13:27] council murphy had the floor.

[1:13:28] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:13:29] I just want to rise to thank

[1:13:32] chair durkin and the other

[1:13:33] councilors who sponsored and

[1:13:36] thank central staff.

[1:13:36] I've been a strong advocate for

[1:13:37] having more offsite hearings

[1:13:40] but I do understand it's a lot

[1:13:42] of work but any time I've

[1:13:43] cheered one or attended them

[1:13:46] they're so well attended by the

[1:13:47] residents and there was just

[1:13:50] great feedback and testimony

[1:13:51] when will be able to hear

[1:13:52] directly from the residents

[1:13:54] alongside the administration

[1:13:55] who can also hear directly from

[1:13:58] them and traffic concerns

[1:13:59] probably next to wraps are

[1:14:02] something all of us get a lot

[1:14:05] of calls from in our office and

[1:14:06] i do just want to also uplift

[1:14:10] something I think you said

[1:14:10] council are prepared that this

[1:14:11] is a citywide issue.

[1:14:13] We address to this small

[1:14:14] section and there was some real

[1:14:17] concerns and need and a want to

[1:14:21] not pause some of the ideas

[1:14:21] that the residents have been

[1:14:22] waiting for to make that

[1:14:25] stretch safer.

[1:14:26] But the day after the hearing I

[1:14:28] was in the north end and so as

[1:14:29] someone who works on the north

[1:14:30] end who said oh, I saw you last

[1:14:32] night I was a resident in at

[1:14:36] that meeting and I ride my bike

[1:14:36] from jamaica plain into the

[1:14:39] north end every day so they

[1:14:40] were thanking us for holding

[1:14:40] that meeting.

[1:14:43] So this does affect all of our

[1:14:44] residents and just looking

[1:14:44] forward to continuing to

[1:14:47] advocate for offsite hearings

[1:14:48] at and at the same time making

[1:14:51] sure we're supporting and thank

[1:14:52] you to ethan, meghan and

[1:14:52] candice who worked late into

[1:14:55] the night and I did also just

[1:14:55] want to give a shout out to

[1:14:59] durkin, weber and pepen staff.

[1:14:59] I saw them all there and they

[1:15:02] were helpful to not just us as

[1:15:02] councilors but also the

[1:15:03] residents, the neighbors who

[1:15:03] showed up.

[1:15:05] So thank you.

[1:15:10] Thank you.

[1:15:10] I want to thank

[1:15:11] councilor durkin for chairing.

[1:15:13] It was a very packed room and

[1:15:14] residents were rightly

[1:15:18] frustrated and I also want to

[1:15:18] thank the work of the

[1:15:18] administration.

[1:15:21] I know that this is something

[1:15:22] that matters a lot to the

[1:15:25] administration and we just need

[1:15:26] to work faster and getting it

[1:15:26] right.

[1:15:28] I think central staff and the

[1:15:29] sponsors for bringing this

[1:15:33] topic to the community and want

[1:15:36] to think again central staff

[1:15:36] all the work that they do this

[1:15:37] docket will remain in

[1:15:37] committee.

[1:15:40] We are now on to motions,

[1:15:40] orders and resolutions.

[1:15:41] A reminder to my colleagues

[1:15:43] that if you are a lead sponsor

[1:15:43] you have 3 minutes on a docket.

[1:15:46] If you are a counselor working

[1:15:47] wishing to speak on a docket or

[1:15:50] a co-sponsor you have 2 minutes

[1:15:50] to speak on a docket.

[1:15:51] MR. Clerk, could you please

[1:15:56] read a number 1787 dock number

[1:15:57] 1787 it councilor fitzgerald

[1:15:59] off of the following petition

[1:16:00] for a special law regarding an

[1:16:03] act directing the city

[1:16:03] of boston police department to

[1:16:04] waive the maximum age

[1:16:07] requirement for police officers

[1:16:10] for elijah osborne, thank you.

[1:16:11] The chair recognizes

[1:16:11] councilors.

[1:16:12] Gerald, do you have the floor?

[1:16:13] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:16:16] Elijah osborne is 43 years old

[1:16:16] and a resident of dorchester.

[1:16:19] His he has a current role as an

[1:16:20] assistant superintendent at the

[1:16:20] massachusetts convention center

[1:16:23] authority.

[1:16:23] He has passed civil service

[1:16:26] exam and attended the first

[1:16:27] orientation that was just held

[1:16:27] on saturday SEPTEMBER 20th.

[1:16:30] I'm looking to suspend and pass

[1:16:31] this whole room so elijah can

[1:16:31] continue the process and enter

[1:16:34] the police academy.

[1:16:35] Thank you.

[1:16:36] Is anyone else looking to speak

[1:16:36] on this matter?

[1:16:37] The chair recognizes country

[1:16:38] club as a party on the floor.

[1:16:39] Thank you so much.

[1:16:40] And I'm rising to support and

[1:16:41] support the others that are

[1:16:41] coming in.

[1:16:42] I think there's a deadline

[1:16:43] approaching so we're seeing

[1:16:45] these come in more often.

[1:16:46] I just wanted to give an update

[1:16:46] that I was pleased to go in

[1:16:48] front of the committee on

[1:16:52] public service to prove or ask

[1:16:53] for a favorable favorable

[1:16:53] report out of that committee

[1:16:56] for the formal petition that we

[1:16:57] set up sent up there.

[1:17:00] It's going through that process

[1:17:00] .

[1:17:01] It's a long process but just

[1:17:02] wanted to give folks that

[1:17:02] update as these keep coming

[1:17:04] through.

[1:17:05] I'll continue to keep pushing

[1:17:05] the state house to pass that.

[1:17:06] Thank you.

[1:17:08] And I support all the dockets

[1:17:09] including council fitzgerald's

[1:17:09] thank you.

[1:17:09] Thank you.

[1:17:10] Is anyone else looking to speak

[1:17:12] on this matter but anyone else

[1:17:13] like to add their name?

[1:17:16] MR. Clerk, please.

[1:17:17] That counts as breadon because

[1:17:18] I was a potter durkin flynn

[1:17:23] here pippin santana, weber

[1:17:24] world please out add the chair.

[1:17:24] Councilor fitzgerald's

[1:17:27] expansion of the rules and

[1:17:30] adoption of docket number 1787

[1:17:31] all those in favor say aye all

[1:17:34] those opposing the ayes have

[1:17:34] it.

[1:17:35] This docket has passed.

[1:17:35] Mr clerk, could you please read

[1:17:38] docket number 17881 duncan

[1:17:40] number 1788

[1:17:41] council of fitzgerald offer the

[1:17:41] following petition for a

[1:17:44] special law regarding an act

[1:17:44] directing the city of boston

[1:17:47] police department to waive the

[1:17:48] maximum age requirement for

[1:17:52] police officers for domingos

[1:17:52] rosa, the chair recognizes

[1:17:53] councilor fitzgerald.

[1:17:55] You have the floor.

[1:17:56] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:17:56] Domingos rosa is 44 years old

[1:17:59] and as a lifelong resident

[1:18:00] of boston who has been living

[1:18:00] at the same address in

[1:18:02] dorchester for the past 15

[1:18:03] years, he's passed the civil

[1:18:04] service exam and attended the

[1:18:05] first orientation on saturday

[1:18:05] SEPTEMBER 20th.

[1:18:09] He's also has an extensive

[1:18:09] resume of service as a veteran

[1:18:11] of the united states marine

[1:18:12] corps six years of service as a

[1:18:12] correctional officer with

[1:18:13] suffolk county sheriff's

[1:18:15] department and 11 years

[1:18:16] of experience in his current

[1:18:19] work as a compliance officer in

[1:18:19] the boston public health

[1:18:20] commission's tobacco

[1:18:20] department.

[1:18:22] He's also fluent in cape

[1:18:23] verdean creole and can

[1:18:23] understand spanish and

[1:18:24] portuguese which will help our

[1:18:27] police department better serve

[1:18:28] all our residents of the city.

[1:18:28] I welcome the suspended pastor

[1:18:30] sean also domingos can continue

[1:18:31] the process to enter the police

[1:18:31] academy.

[1:18:31] Thank you.

[1:18:32] Thank you.

[1:18:33] The chair recognizes

[1:18:37] councilor fellini on the floor

[1:18:37] .

[1:18:37] Thank you.

[1:18:38] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:18:40] And I just want to say thank

[1:18:41] you to councilor fitzgerald for

[1:18:44] bringing this forward.

[1:18:45] Domingos is a united states

[1:18:48] marine.

[1:18:49] We need to give every and all

[1:18:52] consideration to a veteran who

[1:18:53] have served who has served our

[1:18:56] country and I think this is a

[1:18:56] is his right to do this.

[1:19:00] Give a veteran an opportunity

[1:19:00] to continue that same level

[1:19:04] of service and the leadership

[1:19:04] that they provided the country

[1:19:08] doing it here again right in

[1:19:08] the city of boston.

[1:19:09] I want to say thank you to john

[1:19:10] fitzgerald dickey membership.

[1:19:11] Thank you.

[1:19:12] Is anyone else looking to speak

[1:19:12] on this matter?

[1:19:13] Would anyone else like to add

[1:19:15] their name?

[1:19:16] MR. Clerk pleased councilors

[1:19:19] brayden zapata flynn here but

[1:19:20] ben santana weber world please

[1:19:23] of the chair councilors gerald

[1:19:23] suspension of the rules and

[1:19:26] adoption of docket number 1788

[1:19:30] all those in favor say I all

[1:19:30] opposing the ayes have it this

[1:19:34] docket is passed.

[1:19:35] Mr clerk can you please read

[1:19:37] docket number 1789 doc number

[1:19:40] 1789 council of S.A. For the

[1:19:41] following petition for a

[1:19:42] special law regarding an act

[1:19:44] directing the city of boston

[1:19:45] police department to waive the

[1:19:48] maximum age requirement for

[1:19:48] police officers.

[1:19:52] The teyana taylor closing thank

[1:19:52] you.

[1:19:52] The chair recognizes

[1:19:53] councilor santana.

[1:19:53] Councilor santana you have the

[1:19:55] floor.

[1:19:56] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT

[1:19:59] taylor taylor rossini is a 40

[1:20:00] year old boston resident who

[1:20:03] has wanted to be a boston

[1:20:03] police officer officer since

[1:20:06] childhood though she was hired

[1:20:07] by the department in 2019 she

[1:20:10] withdrew due to childbirth and

[1:20:11] has since been waiting

[1:20:14] patiently to answer the call

[1:20:16] for public service once again

[1:20:17] since 2019 MS. Taylor has taken

[1:20:21] and passed the massachusetts

[1:20:21] civil service examination each

[1:20:25] year, demonstrating her sincere

[1:20:25] commitment to public service,

[1:20:26] her preparedness and her

[1:20:28] unwavering dedication to

[1:20:29] serving her community.

[1:20:30] I believe that MS. Taylor rose

[1:20:32] the longstanding commitment to

[1:20:33] community safety would make her

[1:20:37] an asset to the boston police

[1:20:37] department and the communities

[1:20:37] it serves.

[1:20:41] I am committed to this home a

[1:20:42] petition to waive the maximum

[1:20:44] age requirement for boston

[1:20:45] police officers.

[1:20:45] I am thinking of my colleagues

[1:20:46] support and moving this to

[1:20:48] suspend the rules and pass this

[1:20:49] petition today.

[1:20:49] Thank you.

[1:20:52] Is anyone else looking to speak

[1:20:53] on this matter?

[1:20:53] What anyone else like to add

[1:20:56] their name?

[1:20:56] MR.

[1:20:57] MR. Clerk could you please add

[1:20:59] council's brayden zapata flynn

[1:21:03] maria murphy but then weber

[1:21:04] world please add the chair

[1:21:07] carlos santana suspension

[1:21:08] of the rules and partial docket

[1:21:10] number 1789 MR. Clerk could you

[1:21:16] please conduct a roll call vote

[1:21:20] roll call vote on number 1789

[1:21:20] council brief yes.

[1:21:27] Councilor breadon yes.

[1:21:27] Councilor collette as of the

[1:21:28] council color as a party yes.

[1:21:29] Consider councilor fitzgerald.

[1:21:29] Councilor fitzgerald yes.

[1:21:32] Councilor flynn yes.

[1:21:36] councilor allusion yes.

[1:21:37] Susan yes.

[1:21:37] Councilor me here council me

[1:21:38] here.

[1:21:39] Yes.

[1:21:40] Councilor murphy

[1:21:40] councilor murphy yes.

[1:21:43] Councilor pippin

[1:21:43] councilor griffin yes.

[1:21:44] Councilor santana

[1:21:48] councilor santana yes.

[1:21:49] Councilor weber councilor weber

[1:21:51] yes and councilor world yes.

[1:21:54] Councilor well yes talking over

[1:21:54] 1789 as we see 11 votes

[1:21:57] information thank you this this

[1:21:58] docket has passed now so like

[1:22:02] to say hello to welcome to

[1:22:02] chambers haitian community

[1:22:03] leader gary zizi.

[1:22:05] Thank you for being with us

[1:22:05] here today.

[1:22:09] The chair recognizes county

[1:22:13] councilors gerald you so at

[1:22:13] just the point where there was

[1:22:16] not a roll call and my two

[1:22:16] passages, is there a difference

[1:22:17] of why that was done tonight

[1:22:20] and if we could I just want to

[1:22:20] be consistent.

[1:22:20] Yeah, my apologies.

[1:22:23] I usually do roll calls on all

[1:22:24] formal petitions and so they

[1:22:27] like that something that an

[1:22:31] elder a councilor taught

[1:22:32] suggested that we do roll calls

[1:22:32] on all human petitions.

[1:22:35] If I didn't I apologize it was

[1:22:36] it just I I for that I'm happy

[1:22:39] to do a roll calls on those

[1:22:40] yeah yeah yep yep happy to do

[1:22:43] so so can we do a roll call

[1:22:48] vote mr clerk undocking number

[1:22:49] 1787 if roll call vote on

[1:22:53] docket number 1787

[1:22:53] council operated yes

[1:22:54] councilor breadon yes.

[1:22:58] Councilor colette as a partner.

[1:22:58] Councilor as a party yes.

[1:22:59] Councilor durkan.

[1:23:00] councilor fitzgerald counts

[1:23:00] of his show.

[1:23:01] Yes.

[1:23:05] Councilor flynn yes.

[1:23:06] Councilor flynn yes.

[1:23:06] Council yes.

[1:23:06] Councilor louijeune yes.

[1:23:08] Council me here councilor you

[1:23:11] mejia yes councilor murphy.

[1:23:12] Councilor murphy yes

[1:23:13] council have a pan council have

[1:23:14] a pan yes.

[1:23:15] Councilor santana yes.

[1:23:18] Councilor weber council member

[1:23:19] yes.

[1:23:19] In councilor worrell yes.

[1:23:23] Councilor worrell yes so I can

[1:23:25] number 1787 has received 11

[1:23:26] votes of the permanent thank

[1:23:27] you and can we do a roll call

[1:23:29] vote on number 1788 roll call

[1:23:33] vote and I can number 1788

[1:23:34] councilor braid yes.

[1:23:37] Councilor breadon yes.

[1:23:38] Councilor colette as a partner.

[1:23:40] Councilor as a partner, yes.

[1:23:40] Councilor durkan

[1:23:44] councilor fitzgerald is

[1:23:44] councilor vice-chair yes.

[1:23:45] Councilor flynn councilor flynn

[1:23:45] yes.

[1:23:48] Council louijeune yes louijeune

[1:23:49] yes concilor mejia here

[1:23:51] concilor mejia here yes

[1:23:52] councilor murphy

[1:23:52] councilor murphy as

[1:23:55] councilor pippin

[1:23:55] council opinions yes.

[1:23:56] Councilor santana yes.

[1:23:59] Councilor santana yes.

[1:23:59] Councilor weber yes.

[1:24:00] Councilor weber yes.

[1:24:03] In councilor worrell yes

[1:24:03] councilor worrell yes talking

[1:24:06] number 1788 has received 11

[1:24:06] votes in the affirmative.

[1:24:06] Thank you.

[1:24:09] This one has passed.

[1:24:10] Did we and we did a roll call

[1:24:12] vote on docket number 1789 we

[1:24:12] did.

[1:24:12] Okay.

[1:24:12] All right.

[1:24:14] So now we are on docket number

[1:24:15] 1790.

[1:24:15] Mr clerk, could you please read

[1:24:17] docket number 1790 docket

[1:24:17] number 1790.

[1:24:21] Councilor weber offer the

[1:24:21] following petition for a

[1:24:25] special law regarding an act

[1:24:26] directing the city of boston

[1:24:26] police department to waive the

[1:24:30] maximum age requirement for

[1:24:30] police officers for edney.

[1:24:30] Joseph thank you.

[1:24:33] The chair again as a

[1:24:33] council member you have the

[1:24:36] floor.

[1:24:36] You now have the floor.

[1:24:36] Okay.

[1:24:39] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:24:40] I like it too.

[1:24:43] Movement for age waiver say I'm

[1:24:44] glad to join in in moving

[1:24:47] forward requests for an age

[1:24:50] waiver for any joseph he lives

[1:24:54] in west roxbury born in haiti

[1:24:55] but moved here as a kid and

[1:24:57] graduated from west roxbury

[1:24:58] high school.

[1:25:02] He has a family was dedicated

[1:25:02] to law enforcement.

[1:25:03] His brother is a boston police

[1:25:05] officer.

[1:25:06] He has spent the last several

[1:25:06] years.

[1:25:09] First he worked as a court

[1:25:09] officer in in the district

[1:25:13] courts and for the last couple

[1:25:14] of years has worked as a police

[1:25:16] officer at northeastern because

[1:25:17] he's 44 and given his ties to

[1:25:20] the city and having worked as a

[1:25:21] court officer in northeastern

[1:25:24] police officer, I believe he'd

[1:25:24] be a great fit for the boston

[1:25:28] police department.

[1:25:29] You know, it's why I'm seeking

[1:25:29] a suspension and passage

[1:25:31] of this order today.

[1:25:31] Thank you very much.

[1:25:34] Thank you, councilor weber, I

[1:25:35] actually I have a I have a

[1:25:38] question if I MAY myself to ask

[1:25:39] the question through the chair

[1:25:42] of government operations or

[1:25:42] anyone who knows is there an

[1:25:43] upcoming deadline that folks

[1:25:46] are because we have one that we

[1:25:47] were working on in my office

[1:25:48] but want to know if there's an

[1:25:49] upcoming deadline that we

[1:25:50] should be aware of that anyone

[1:25:54] should be aware of.

[1:25:55] The chair can I just kind

[1:25:55] of record as a party of the

[1:25:55] floor?

[1:25:57] I had heard anecdotally that

[1:25:58] there's an upcoming deadline

[1:25:58] having to do with the academy

[1:26:01] or the test but I can't say for

[1:26:01] sure.

[1:26:02] Okay.

[1:26:02] All right.

[1:26:02] For now.

[1:26:02] Thank you.

[1:26:03] All right.

[1:26:05] Anyone would like to ask to

[1:26:05] speak on this matter but anyone

[1:26:06] else like to add their name?

[1:26:10] MR. Clerk, please.

[1:26:11] Councilors breadon and collette

[1:26:13] as a partner fitzgerald flynn,

[1:26:13] mickey murphy band santana

[1:26:16] world please are the chair

[1:26:16] councilor weber suspension

[1:26:17] of the rules and adoption

[1:26:19] of dock number 1790.

[1:26:20] MR. Clerk could you please

[1:26:23] conduct a roll call vote roll

[1:26:26] call vote on dock number 1790

[1:26:26] with councilor breadon?

[1:26:27] Yes.

[1:26:27] Councilor breadon yes.

[1:26:30] Councilor colette as a party

[1:26:30] councilor as a party, yes.

[1:26:33] Councilor durkan

[1:26:33] councilor fitzgerald.

[1:26:34] councilor fitzgerald yes.

[1:26:36] Councilor flynn yes.

[1:26:37] Councilor flynn yes.

[1:26:37] Councilor louijeune yes.

[1:26:40] Councilor louijeune yes.

[1:26:40] Concilor mejia here.

[1:26:41] Concilor mejia here.

[1:26:41] Yes.

[1:26:44] Councilor murphy.

[1:26:44] Councilor murphy yes.

[1:26:45] Councilor pippin council have

[1:26:47] been yes.

[1:26:48] Councilor santana.

[1:26:48] Councilor santana yes.

[1:26:51] Councilor weber yes.

[1:26:52] Council whatever.

[1:26:52] Yes.

[1:26:52] And councilor worrell?

[1:26:53] Yes.

[1:26:55] Councilor wu yes I can have

[1:26:58] a1790 has received ten votes in

[1:27:00] the permanent I mean 11 votes

[1:27:01] and in four.

[1:27:01] Thank you.

[1:27:03] Docket number 1790 has passed.

[1:27:05] MR. Clerk, can you please read

[1:27:09] docket number 1791 duck number

[1:27:10] 1791 council breadon and

[1:27:12] louijeune offer the following

[1:27:13] order for a hearing to discuss

[1:27:14] the role of publicly owned

[1:27:17] grocery stores in addressing

[1:27:18] food insecurity.

[1:27:18] Think of the challenges

[1:27:21] councilor brading has operated.

[1:27:21] You have the floor.

[1:27:22] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:27:24] I would like to suspend suspend

[1:27:25] the rules not consider colette

[1:27:26] as a partner as a third

[1:27:26] co-sponsor.

[1:27:29] Councilor breadon seeks to bend

[1:27:29] the rules had council cut as

[1:27:31] about as a third original

[1:27:32] co-sponsor seeing and hearing

[1:27:32] no objections councilor colette

[1:27:34] as a partner so added

[1:27:35] councilor and you have the

[1:27:35] floor.

[1:27:38] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:27:39] this is a hearing order and I

[1:27:42] emphasize it's a hearing order

[1:27:42] to discuss the role of publicly

[1:27:43] owned grocery stores in

[1:27:46] addressing food insecurity in

[1:27:46] the city of boston.

[1:27:50] This hearing order has

[1:27:50] generated a lot of interest as

[1:27:54] many of you are aware in the

[1:27:57] news is right in this moment as

[1:28:01] we see snap cuts as snap

[1:28:05] benefits being cut and the

[1:28:05] increase of increase of food

[1:28:09] due to inflation due to tariffs

[1:28:13] the cost of food sorry and it's

[1:28:13] in this moment the boston

[1:28:17] greater boston food bank did is

[1:28:21] is flagging up the fact that an

[1:28:21] increasing number of our

[1:28:22] residents in the city of boston

[1:28:25] are food insecure to this

[1:28:29] hearing is asking us to explore

[1:28:33] the possibility of whether or

[1:28:33] not establishing publicly

[1:28:37] funded grocery stores would be

[1:28:40] another tool that we could use

[1:28:41] to strengthen our food

[1:28:41] infrastructure in the city

[1:28:47] of boston developing

[1:28:51] alternative modes of food

[1:28:51] access is vital at this point.

[1:28:52] Many of us live in

[1:28:55] neighborhoods such as rundle

[1:28:59] square and brighton center is a

[1:28:59] food desert.

[1:29:00] Believe it or not, we have

[1:29:03] residents in the city of boston

[1:29:04] who live across the street from

[1:29:07] wonderful grocery stores but

[1:29:07] they MAY be on limited income.

[1:29:11] They MAY be retirees or folks

[1:29:11] with disabilities.

[1:29:15] They MAY be single parents

[1:29:15] trying to raise a family.

[1:29:16] And very often the the fact

[1:29:18] that there's a food food store

[1:29:19] across the street but they're

[1:29:22] not able to access it.

[1:29:23] Our former colleague, former

[1:29:26] city councilor ayanna pressley

[1:29:26] congresswoman ayanna pressley

[1:29:29] uses the term food apartheid

[1:29:30] because of the fact that you

[1:29:33] have a grocery store across the

[1:29:34] street doesn't necessarily mean

[1:29:34] that you're able to afford to

[1:29:37] buy food there.

[1:29:40] So I really would love to set

[1:29:41] this forward.

[1:29:44] I know that council PRESIDENT

[1:29:45] Louijeune had a very similar

[1:29:49] hearing order to discuss access

[1:29:53] to food, different modes

[1:29:54] of allowing access to food in

[1:29:57] the city of boston.

[1:29:58] So it's a great pleasure that

[1:30:00] I'm actually melding these

[1:30:01] these two dockets and having a

[1:30:04] conversation about food

[1:30:05] insecurity in the city

[1:30:08] of boston.

[1:30:09] You know, food it's a sad

[1:30:12] reflection of the fact that we

[1:30:13] live in the richest country in

[1:30:13] the world and there are

[1:30:15] children and young people and

[1:30:16] elders going to bed hungry at

[1:30:19] night when there's an abundance

[1:30:19] of food.

[1:30:22] We are literally plowing

[1:30:23] thousands of tons of food into

[1:30:26] food into landfill going

[1:30:26] perfectly edible.

[1:30:27] So it's been disposed of in

[1:30:30] landfill when we have folks

[1:30:31] hungry in the in the in the

[1:30:33] city and across the country.

[1:30:33] So thank you.

[1:30:34] I look forward to this very

[1:30:37] important hearing and thank you

[1:30:37] for your partnership on this

[1:30:38] one.

[1:30:41] Thank you.

[1:30:42] Accounts are great and I really

[1:30:42] like the framing of abundance

[1:30:45] because we do live in a city

[1:30:46] of abundance and just don't

[1:30:47] know you're doing the best

[1:30:47] of ensuring that all of our

[1:30:53] residents have access to food

[1:30:53] quality food.

[1:30:54] I was really 15 on this because

[1:30:57] we were thinking very similarly

[1:30:58] and you filed this one.

[1:30:59] I filed it very similar here in

[1:31:01] order to look at how we support

[1:31:02] our nonprofit grocers and

[1:31:05] looking at alternative models

[1:31:05] like city owned supermarkets so

[1:31:08] that I do hope in our hearing

[1:31:09] we're able to also have a

[1:31:09] broader discussion to support

[1:31:13] our nonprofit grocers.

[1:31:13] Many of you know the closure

[1:31:14] of the daily table in mattapan,

[1:31:16] roxbury and dorchester really

[1:31:17] affected the residents.

[1:31:20] I was in roxbury a few weeks

[1:31:21] ago with the madison park

[1:31:24] corporation residents over on

[1:31:24] do it drive and who are really

[1:31:25] lamenting the closure of the

[1:31:28] daily table we have a number

[1:31:28] of others the closure of farms,

[1:31:31] the closure of boston organics

[1:31:31] and we have dorchester food

[1:31:35] co-op which is in need

[1:31:36] of assistance and in need

[1:31:36] of help that I've been happy to

[1:31:39] support.

[1:31:40] So I want this hearing to be

[1:31:40] about how we support our

[1:31:42] nonprofit grocers, how we're

[1:31:43] supporting more urban farming

[1:31:44] and looking at what's been

[1:31:47] working in places like atlanta

[1:31:47] is opening a city supported

[1:31:50] grocery store after large

[1:31:51] grocers have abandoned black

[1:31:54] neighborhoods or madison,

[1:31:54] wisconsin or venice, illinois

[1:31:55] that have looked at city

[1:31:57] sponsored markets.

[1:31:58] These are examples that that

[1:32:01] exist that we can continue to

[1:32:02] work on and a hearing can give

[1:32:05] us the opportunity to examine

[1:32:06] what we can do better as a

[1:32:06] city.

[1:32:07] See eliza wasserman from the

[1:32:07] office of food justice

[1:32:09] of course want to thank her for

[1:32:09] all of the work that she does

[1:32:10] and a number of what really

[1:32:12] really made me want to put the

[1:32:16] proposal this forward was last

[1:32:16] week a number of us were on a

[1:32:17] call with the boston food

[1:32:20] access council and they were

[1:32:21] uplifting the challenges that

[1:32:21] our residents especially our

[1:32:24] senior residents had with

[1:32:24] securing food.

[1:32:25] I mean so I think now's the

[1:32:27] time really for us to have this

[1:32:27] conversations we've shouted out

[1:32:31] councilor weber brought the

[1:32:32] students here kids here from

[1:32:32] hyde square task force.

[1:32:35] We didn't amazing work

[1:32:35] of pointing out food

[1:32:36] discrimination or super at

[1:32:39] stopping shop over charging

[1:32:42] folks at roxbury and compared

[1:32:43] to what folks in the suburbs

[1:32:43] are getting.

[1:32:44] So I just think this is a

[1:32:46] timely conversation to explore

[1:32:46] fragile food network in

[1:32:47] partnership with our food

[1:32:51] justice advocates to see how we

[1:32:51] can move this forward.

[1:32:51] Thank you.

[1:32:52] The chair could I just

[1:32:54] counselor gabriela colette

[1:32:55] zapata, you have the floor.

[1:32:56] Thank you so much, MADAM

[1:32:56] PRESIDENT.

[1:32:58] And I want to thank brayden and

[1:32:59] yourself for adding me as a

[1:33:01] co-sponsor on this important

[1:33:02] hearing order in east boston.

[1:33:03] I've talked about this often.

[1:33:06] I held a hearing thanks to a

[1:33:09] council prepared under the city

[1:33:09] services committee.

[1:33:13] I held a hearing in boston on

[1:33:14] the topic of a food hub and a

[1:33:16] food hub is loosely defined as

[1:33:20] a low cost or free grocery

[1:33:21] store for folks that need it

[1:33:24] most while also helping and

[1:33:27] supplementing the existing food

[1:33:31] systems and food nonprofits

[1:33:32] with refrigerated storage

[1:33:32] space.

[1:33:36] So it's a it's it's a wonderful

[1:33:36] idea concept and I'm just

[1:33:39] really excited about the food

[1:33:39] hub refrigerated storage space

[1:33:43] that this council all voted to

[1:33:44] fund with arpa funds that's

[1:33:47] open at newmarket that now

[1:33:51] services dozens of food access

[1:33:51] organizations in boston and is

[1:33:55] helping to feed hundreds

[1:33:56] probably thousands of residents

[1:33:59] in and in boston now especially

[1:34:00] with the snap cuts this is just

[1:34:02] so important in east boston far

[1:34:03] too many residents live in

[1:34:06] what's considered a food

[1:34:06] desert.

[1:34:07] Families, seniors and

[1:34:10] immigrants struggle to find

[1:34:10] affordable and healthy grocery

[1:34:12] stores to home because we only

[1:34:13] have one grocery store that is

[1:34:16] monopolizing everything in the

[1:34:16] entire neighborhood and it's

[1:34:17] not even transit adjacent.

[1:34:20] My office has done outreach to

[1:34:20] grocery operators.

[1:34:21] We met with the portland food

[1:34:21] co-op.

[1:34:23] We went to dorchester food

[1:34:24] co-op as well.

[1:34:24] We're talking to everybody all

[1:34:27] the way to minnesota, to

[1:34:28] florida and we're really

[1:34:31] interested in this and I and I

[1:34:32] love the fact that this is at

[1:34:32] the forefront of public

[1:34:35] discourse now because we talk

[1:34:35] about government helping to

[1:34:39] assist people and having a real

[1:34:39] impact in people's lives and

[1:34:42] helping to provide basic human

[1:34:43] needs and dignity.

[1:34:47] We talk about housing as a

[1:34:50] human right access to dignified

[1:34:50] stable housing and the city and

[1:34:54] the state gets involved in that

[1:34:54] .

[1:34:55] Food is also a basic human

[1:34:55] right access to healthy,

[1:34:58] nutritious food and but we

[1:34:59] don't talk about the city or

[1:35:01] the state coming to play in

[1:35:02] that of course we have

[1:35:03] different subsidies but to keep

[1:35:05] it short I'm really looking

[1:35:06] forward to this hearing and I

[1:35:06] look forward to the

[1:35:09] conversation.

[1:35:10] Any ideas that folks have?

[1:35:11] Obviously everyone's welcome to

[1:35:14] the table and we welcome all

[1:35:14] stakeholders.

[1:35:14] Thank you.

[1:35:15] Thank you.

[1:35:15] The chair recognizes

[1:35:17] councilor for any of the floor

[1:35:17] .

[1:35:17] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:35:21] I also want to recognize the

[1:35:22] important role our co-ops play

[1:35:25] across the city as well and

[1:35:26] community gardens I have

[1:35:28] several in my district

[1:35:29] including the berkeley

[1:35:32] community garden and the salt

[1:35:35] end area across from castle

[1:35:36] square.

[1:35:36] But I also wanted to highlight

[1:35:39] the important role nonprofits

[1:35:40] play in supporting residents in

[1:35:43] critical need of food.

[1:35:47] Many of my constituents are in

[1:35:47] need of food clothing residents

[1:35:51] in chinatown in the south in

[1:35:52] south boston want to

[1:35:55] acknowledge the important role

[1:35:56] the woman's lunch place plays

[1:36:00] in the city of boston located

[1:36:03] near the location on newbury

[1:36:04] street near copley public

[1:36:06] library.

[1:36:07] But a lot of my constituents

[1:36:10] especially chinese elderly

[1:36:11] people do go there and they do

[1:36:14] have food for them that is

[1:36:18] culturally appropriate for

[1:36:18] them.

[1:36:19] So I want to want to say thank

[1:36:22] you to the nonprofit arts that

[1:36:23] play in co-ops but say thank

[1:36:25] you to the nonprofits that play

[1:36:26] a critical role on social and

[1:36:30] economic justice issues.

[1:36:31] Our city thank about china the

[1:36:32] chair recognizes council areas

[1:36:33] law thank you.

[1:36:34] MADAM PRESIDENT, I just want to

[1:36:38] rise is to say thank you for it

[1:36:38] .

[1:36:38] Councilor breadon

[1:36:39] councilor louijeune and also

[1:36:41] councilor led as a partner for

[1:36:41] bringing this forward.

[1:36:42] Food insecurity is an issue

[1:36:44] that I hear across my district

[1:36:45] especially when it comes to our

[1:36:49] seniors and I do believe that

[1:36:49] we need to do everything to

[1:36:52] strengthen our food ecosystem.

[1:36:56] I do also want to point out and

[1:36:56] advocate for the support for

[1:37:00] dorchester food co-op if you

[1:37:03] live in dorchester we are

[1:37:04] fighting to keep this open.

[1:37:05] The co-op isn't backed by a

[1:37:07] corporation is powered by

[1:37:08] residents who built it from the

[1:37:11] ground up to make sure fresh

[1:37:12] food is available right here in

[1:37:12] our community.

[1:37:15] We already lost daily table and

[1:37:15] we can't lose dorchester food

[1:37:16] co-op.

[1:37:19] They need our now and I would

[1:37:19] just say if you live nearby go

[1:37:22] shop there this week.

[1:37:22] They're struggling but the

[1:37:23] struggle will be even deeper

[1:37:25] for our community if they close

[1:37:28] their doors and all I need and

[1:37:29] I need all of dorchester and

[1:37:30] all of boston to fight to keep

[1:37:33] the lights on the co-op.

[1:37:34] also just want to uplift the

[1:37:37] work that our common square

[1:37:40] farmer's market does and also

[1:37:41] beef back and also the fresh

[1:37:41] truck.

[1:37:44] They have been fred truck has

[1:37:45] been filling in the gaps for

[1:37:48] daily table with a lot of our

[1:37:48] senior sites in our public

[1:37:48] housing.

[1:37:51] I'm looking forward to this

[1:37:52] area and I do support to

[1:37:53] strengthen in our food access

[1:37:55] system.

[1:37:55] Thank you.

[1:37:56] Thank you.

[1:37:56] Is anyone else looking to speak

[1:37:57] on this matter?

[1:37:59] Would anyone else like to add

[1:37:59] their name?

[1:38:02] MR. Clerk please add councilors

[1:38:07] here pepen santana weber world

[1:38:10] this docket docket number 1791

[1:38:11] will be referred to the

[1:38:11] committee on city services

[1:38:14] innovation and technology.

[1:38:17] MR. Clerk can you please read

[1:38:18] docket number 179 to talk

[1:38:20] number 179 to council a reading

[1:38:21] of the following order for a

[1:38:24] hearing to discuss the minimum

[1:38:24] wage in massachusetts.

[1:38:25] Thank you.

[1:38:27] The chair recognizes

[1:38:27] councilor brading has a great

[1:38:30] and you have the floor.

[1:38:30] Thank you MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:38:34] I rise to offer a hearing order

[1:38:38] for a hearing to discuss the

[1:38:38] minimum raising the minimum

[1:38:41] wage in massachusetts this is

[1:38:42] just a way to sort of open the

[1:38:43] conversation, elevate this as

[1:38:45] an important issue we live in

[1:38:46] one of the most important and

[1:38:49] most expensive cities in the

[1:38:53] country and as we know as we

[1:38:54] all know in the aftermath

[1:38:57] of covid with rising inflation,

[1:39:01] tariffs on food imports, the

[1:39:04] arrest and detention of of this

[1:39:05] is really relevant to the

[1:39:08] previous the previous hearing

[1:39:12] order on the public grocery

[1:39:12] stores.

[1:39:13] But the detention of farm

[1:39:16] workers etc. The cost of food,

[1:39:17] the cost of housing we are

[1:39:20] anticipating a dramatic

[1:39:20] increase in the cost of health

[1:39:24] care in it which is why we are

[1:39:27] in the middle of this stop it

[1:39:28] this this stoppage at the

[1:39:31] national level the minimum wage

[1:39:34] in massachusetts was

[1:39:35] established under the minimum

[1:39:38] wage law and it was since 2013

[1:39:39] the raise up massachusetts

[1:39:42] coalition which comprised

[1:39:43] of more than 150 community

[1:39:46] organizations faith based

[1:39:47] groups, labor unions and was

[1:39:51] led had led a legislative and

[1:39:54] ballot campaign advocating for

[1:39:55] an increase in the minimum

[1:39:55] wage.

[1:39:58] I know many of you probably

[1:39:58] participated in the raise

[1:39:59] of massachusetts campaign back

[1:40:02] then to raise the minimum wage

[1:40:08] up to $15 so it was passed, the

[1:40:09] ballot measure was passed and

[1:40:12] the ground up when it was went

[1:40:12] to the state house the grand

[1:40:16] bargain was struck which

[1:40:19] increased the minimum wage to

[1:40:25] $12 in 2019 $12.75 in 2020

[1:40:28] $13.50 and 21 and $14.25 in

[1:40:28] 2022.

[1:40:31] And right now the current rate

[1:40:34] is $15 which became effective

[1:40:38] on JANUARY 1st, 2023.

[1:40:39] The grand bargain also made

[1:40:39] increases for tipped workers

[1:40:45] raising the service rate to $4

[1:40:47] and 20 $0.35 in 2019 and that

[1:40:51] was increased incrementally.

[1:40:54] So in 2023 it reached $6.75

[1:40:55] with employing employees

[1:40:58] required to ensure that tips

[1:40:59] plus wages equal at least the

[1:41:02] standard minimum wage.

[1:41:07] It seems a you know it's a it's

[1:41:10] it's an really important issue

[1:41:11] to bring to the spring to bring

[1:41:13] up right now this is an

[1:41:17] economic justice issue and it's

[1:41:18] really a just an opportunity to

[1:41:22] start the conversation as the

[1:41:22] city of boston we're not really

[1:41:25] don't really have the power to

[1:41:29] legislate and insist on raising

[1:41:29] the minimum wage across

[1:41:32] massachusetts.

[1:41:33] But we can certainly open the

[1:41:34] conversation and highlight the

[1:41:37] plight of our many, many

[1:41:37] workers who are minimum wage

[1:41:38] workers who are finding it

[1:41:40] increasingly difficult to

[1:41:41] survive and stay in the city.

[1:41:41] Thank you.

[1:41:45] Thank you, councilor breadon

[1:41:46] the chair recognizes

[1:41:47] councilor weber, council member

[1:41:48] you on the floor.

[1:41:49] Thank you very much, MADAM

[1:41:49] PRESIDENT.

[1:41:50] Thank you to councilor brayton

[1:41:52] for filing this.

[1:41:53] You know there is a federal

[1:41:56] minimum which is the floor and

[1:42:00] states and municipalities can

[1:42:01] set a wage is higher than that

[1:42:03] floor.

[1:42:04] I'm thankful that the federal

[1:42:07] minimum wage is stuck at around

[1:42:08] 725 an hour think that we have

[1:42:10] higher minimum wage and look

[1:42:14] for ways to, you know, support

[1:42:14] our workers.

[1:42:15] I'd ask that at the hearing

[1:42:19] maybe we talk about also the

[1:42:19] boston living wage ordinance

[1:42:20] which sets a slightly higher

[1:42:22] minimum wage I think it's about

[1:42:25] $18.78 for city vendors who are

[1:42:26] paying city workers.

[1:42:29] Uh, look at that formula and

[1:42:30] make sure we're supporting our

[1:42:30] city workers too.

[1:42:33] I think you know, we heard from

[1:42:36] a lot of folks or not we but

[1:42:37] you know around the country

[1:42:39] when they set a minimum wage

[1:42:39] of $0.25 an hour in 1938 that

[1:42:42] this is going to destroy the

[1:42:43] economy in the united states

[1:42:46] and wouldn't be supportable.

[1:42:47] Well, you know, we've seen

[1:42:47] that's not correct.

[1:42:50] And by supporting our workers,

[1:42:51] you know, we're only helping

[1:42:52] not just the workers but our

[1:42:54] economy too.

[1:42:55] And so I look forward to

[1:42:58] joining councilor brayton on

[1:42:58] this, you know, in the in the

[1:42:59] hearing.

[1:43:01] Thank you.

[1:43:02] Thank you.

[1:43:02] The CHAIRMAN Is concentrating

[1:43:03] on the floor.

[1:43:06] MADAM PRESIDENT, I was remiss I

[1:43:07] would like to suspend the rules

[1:43:10] and add you as a second

[1:43:10] co-sponsor.

[1:43:11] Thank you.

[1:43:11] Times are great and I'm so at

[1:43:13] it and I want to thank you for

[1:43:14] adding me and filing this.

[1:43:16] It does relate to the prior

[1:43:17] hearing order on food justice

[1:43:17] and I think it's important that

[1:43:21] we look at the economic justice

[1:43:24] issues here in our city.

[1:43:25] The work that my office has

[1:43:26] been doing in talking about a

[1:43:28] minimum having a floor, a

[1:43:29] minimum wage for city employees

[1:43:32] if there's work that we can

[1:43:32] outside of the collective

[1:43:33] bargaining process that's work

[1:43:33] that we've been doing on it.

[1:43:36] We've gotten some data from

[1:43:40] chief florence's shop on that

[1:43:40] but I think it's really

[1:43:41] important if we are talking

[1:43:44] about housing as a basic right

[1:43:44] for everyone but our residents

[1:43:47] aren't having enough funds to

[1:43:47] make that possible.

[1:43:50] I think it's time for us to

[1:43:51] really have this discussion and

[1:43:52] realize that these economic

[1:43:55] issues, these pocketbook issues

[1:43:55] are the issues that residents

[1:43:58] care about a higher minimum

[1:43:58] wage we have less food justice

[1:43:59] issues and so I'm looking

[1:44:02] forward to this conversation

[1:44:02] and to hearing from the city

[1:44:06] the office of work empowerment

[1:44:07] and different departments on

[1:44:10] how we can we how we can as a

[1:44:11] city tackle some of these

[1:44:13] economic issues.

[1:44:14] Would anyone else like to speak

[1:44:15] on this matter but anyone else

[1:44:18] like to add their name?

[1:44:19] Mr clerk to the council's

[1:44:22] claudia zapata fitzgerald flynn

[1:44:22] murphy pepen santana weber

[1:44:26] world this docket docket number

[1:44:26] 1792 will be referred to the

[1:44:29] committee on labor workforce

[1:44:30] and economic development.

[1:44:30] Mr clerk, could you please read

[1:44:32] docket number 1793 docket

[1:44:35] number 1793 councilors flynn

[1:44:36] and louijeune for the following

[1:44:39] resolution recognizing domestic

[1:44:40] violence awareness functions in

[1:44:43] the city of boston.

[1:44:44] Thank you.

[1:44:44] The chair recognizes

[1:44:44] councilor flynn.

[1:44:45] You have the floor.

[1:44:46] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:44:47] MAY I suspend the rules and

[1:44:51] councilor murphy, please.

[1:44:52] Counselor murphy counselor

[1:44:52] flynn since it's been the rule

[1:44:55] and rules and outcomes

[1:44:55] counselor murphy is the third

[1:44:56] original co-sponsor seeing and

[1:44:56] hearing no objections.

[1:44:58] Counselor murphy so eddie

[1:44:58] castro flynn you have the

[1:44:58] floor.

[1:44:59] thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:45:01] Secretary to counselor murphy

[1:45:02] and councilor PRESIDENT

[1:45:05] Louijeune for me.

[1:45:05] OCTOBER 1st marked the

[1:45:08] beginning of domestic violence

[1:45:09] awareness month the issue

[1:45:12] of domestic violence and sexual

[1:45:13] assault remain prevalent in our

[1:45:16] society including in the

[1:45:16] commonwealth of massachusetts

[1:45:20] and here in the city of boston

[1:45:20] in 2023.

[1:45:23] A report by jane doe documented

[1:45:26] that were that there were 19

[1:45:27] domestic violence homicides in

[1:45:31] massachusetts in 2024 boston

[1:45:34] police crime stats report there

[1:45:37] were 903 incidents of domestic

[1:45:40] aggravated assault up by 43

[1:45:43] incidents compared to 2023 in

[1:45:46] massachusetts nearly one in two

[1:45:47] woman and one in four men have

[1:45:50] experienced sexual violence

[1:45:50] with nearly one in three women

[1:45:54] and one in five men experienced

[1:45:54] rape, physical violence and or

[1:45:57] stalking according to the

[1:45:58] domestic national domestic

[1:46:01] violence hotline, the presence

[1:46:02] of a gun in domestic violence

[1:46:04] situations increases the risk

[1:46:08] homicide for woman by 900% in

[1:46:11] nearly eight years at the

[1:46:12] council I have been deeply

[1:46:12] involved with this issue

[1:46:15] of domestic violence and sexual

[1:46:15] assault holding a number

[1:46:18] of city council hearings on

[1:46:21] this issue going back to 2018,

[1:46:21] 2019, 2021.

[1:46:22] What then city

[1:46:25] council PRESIDENT And now

[1:46:26] attorney general andrea

[1:46:29] campbell as well as with

[1:46:30] council flaherty I worked

[1:46:32] closely with a number

[1:46:33] of organizations including the

[1:46:34] asian task force against

[1:46:37] domestic violence, kassam

[1:46:37] lerner as well.

[1:46:41] I also wanted continue the work

[1:46:41] of my mother cathy flynn, who

[1:46:44] sought to support survivors

[1:46:47] of domestic violence when she

[1:46:48] was the first lady of boston at

[1:46:51] the city council meeting last

[1:46:51] OCTOBER.

[1:46:55] I also mentioned that the

[1:46:55] national center for injury

[1:47:01] prevention that 33 34% of women

[1:47:02] and 31% of men experience

[1:47:04] physical violence, sexual

[1:47:05] violence and stalking.

[1:47:08] These numbers are actually much

[1:47:09] higher in the military as well.

[1:47:12] I follow these numbers numbers

[1:47:16] closely in the military and the

[1:47:16] sexual violence and of sexual

[1:47:19] assaults military member on

[1:47:23] military member is staggering

[1:47:24] since being elected to the body

[1:47:27] of advocated for survivors

[1:47:31] of domestic domestic violence

[1:47:34] and I think it's a critical

[1:47:35] issue and we need to work

[1:47:36] together to ensure that

[1:47:39] survivors of domestic violence

[1:47:43] have the necessary support.

[1:47:47] This issue relating to domestic

[1:47:47] violence and sexual assaults

[1:47:48] are often underreported by

[1:47:51] immigrant neighbors.

[1:47:54] Members of the lgbtq community

[1:47:54] .

[1:47:55] I represent a large community

[1:47:58] here in district two and I know

[1:47:58] a lot of those incidents

[1:48:02] violence does not get reported

[1:48:02] in the month of OCTOBER and

[1:48:05] throughout the year it is

[1:48:06] critical that we continue to

[1:48:07] work together to break the

[1:48:09] stigma and remind survivors

[1:48:10] that they are not alone.

[1:48:10] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[1:48:13] Thank you and thank you for

[1:48:14] adding me.

[1:48:14] This is an important

[1:48:15] resolution.

[1:48:16] it's one that I filed every

[1:48:19] OCTOBER since my since I got

[1:48:22] here last term and again 15

[1:48:22] twice today.

[1:48:23] So thank you for having me.

[1:48:26] This is a matter that is

[1:48:26] personally important to me and

[1:48:29] my loved ones and something

[1:48:30] that is important to so many

[1:48:30] here in the city of boston.

[1:48:33] We last year earlier this year

[1:48:37] I sponsored a hearing here and

[1:48:38] chambers and we heard from so

[1:48:40] many people from shakira

[1:48:41] robinson from the asian task

[1:48:45] force against domestic violence

[1:48:49] from casimir and our from our

[1:48:49] very own city staffer at the

[1:48:50] boston public health commission

[1:48:53] who is right now entrenched in

[1:48:53] data to figure out how we show

[1:48:56] up better for folks who are

[1:49:00] experiencing domestic violence

[1:49:00] .

[1:49:01] And I want to give her a shout

[1:49:02] out kimberly mendoza everett

[1:49:04] who is deeply involved in

[1:49:04] making sure that we can

[1:49:05] eradicate domestic violence if

[1:49:11] you look at any major issue

[1:49:11] of mass violence or gun

[1:49:15] violence at root there is often

[1:49:15] a story of domestic violence so

[1:49:18] routing out and really

[1:49:19] addressing the issues

[1:49:19] of domestic violence helps us

[1:49:22] to eradicate all forms

[1:49:22] of violence.

[1:49:23] Intimate partner violence is

[1:49:25] probably one of the hardest to

[1:49:26] address often because of the

[1:49:27] financial burdens that people

[1:49:33] feels stuck in situations.

[1:49:34] And so it's incumbent upon us

[1:49:35] to give people resources and to

[1:49:37] help people gain.

[1:49:38] If any councilor here has

[1:49:39] worked on an issue that

[1:49:41] involved domestic violence, you

[1:49:42] know that getting our residents

[1:49:45] help on these issues can be

[1:49:45] really difficult.

[1:49:46] So I just wanted to make sure

[1:49:48] that people know who are

[1:49:49] watching and listening, you

[1:49:49] know, that they are not alone

[1:49:52] on these issues and that help

[1:49:52] is available even in situations

[1:49:55] that feel impossible.

[1:49:56] And I wanted to make sure that

[1:49:57] we give out information.

[1:50:00] Information is powerful and is

[1:50:00] the most important thing that

[1:50:01] people who are in these

[1:50:05] situations can have.

[1:50:06] So their safe link which is via

[1:50:08] casimir or which is 24 seven

[1:50:08] domestic violence dating

[1:50:14] violence hotline that number is

[1:50:14] 18777852020.

[1:50:18] There's also the asian task

[1:50:19] force against domestic violence

[1:50:21] a task they have a 24 seven

[1:50:26] multilingual helpline at

[1:50:27] 6173382355 and they're among

[1:50:30] others is beth israel deaconess

[1:50:31] center for violence prevention

[1:50:34] and recovery that has community

[1:50:35] based on domestic violence and

[1:50:35] violence support advocacy

[1:50:39] programs.

[1:50:39] So one again shut out all

[1:50:40] of these organizations want to

[1:50:43] shut out shakira robinson and

[1:50:43] shakira a story we want to shut

[1:50:46] out jane doe want to shut out

[1:50:47] also the work of colleen

[1:50:49] desmarais association

[1:50:50] of haitian women in boston for

[1:50:51] all the work that they do to

[1:50:54] center the lived experience

[1:50:54] of women and men and all

[1:50:57] of those who have been victims

[1:50:58] of domestic violence, the chair

[1:51:01] recognizes counselor murphy on

[1:51:02] the floor.

[1:51:02] Thank you.

[1:51:05] Thank you counselor flynn for

[1:51:09] adding me and always being a

[1:51:09] strong advocate and reminding

[1:51:12] us of the work that your

[1:51:16] wonderful mother did for so

[1:51:17] many years.

[1:51:18] This is a heavy topic but it's

[1:51:21] something that we do need to

[1:51:24] always uplift and any time we

[1:51:25] can reach out and make sure

[1:51:28] those who are victims are aware

[1:51:28] that there are resources out

[1:51:32] there that that is important.

[1:51:33] Many times they struggle and

[1:51:36] stay silent because of shame.

[1:51:37] But there are so many dedicated

[1:51:40] city workers and nonprofits and

[1:51:41] just state level also.

[1:51:44] So I do just want to take the

[1:51:44] opportunity to thank our boston

[1:51:47] police, our family justice

[1:51:48] center, the social workers who

[1:51:51] work alongside so many of them

[1:51:51] the public health commission

[1:51:52] but also the da's office.

[1:51:55] So if you are a victim or if

[1:51:58] you need help, know that you

[1:51:59] can reach out to any of us here

[1:52:02] on the council or any city

[1:52:02] agency in that we're here to

[1:52:03] give you support.

[1:52:05] Thank you.

[1:52:06] Would anyone else like to speak

[1:52:11] on this matter but anyone else

[1:52:11] like to add their name?

[1:52:12] Mr clare, could you please that

[1:52:14] council's in collette zapata

[1:52:17] country gerald maria santana

[1:52:18] weber world and please oh okay.

[1:52:22] Councilor louijeune and murphy

[1:52:22] suspension of the rules and

[1:52:25] passage of docket number 1793

[1:52:29] all those in favor say I I oh

[1:52:30] and councilor prepared

[1:52:33] MR. Clerk, could you please

[1:52:34] conduct a roll call vote don't

[1:52:37] get left the roll call vote on

[1:52:37] number 1793.

[1:52:42] Councilor breen councilor and

[1:52:43] yes councilor colette as a

[1:52:43] panel.

[1:52:44] Councilor colette as a partner.

[1:52:44] Yes.

[1:52:45] councilor durkan.

[1:52:45] Councilor fitzgerald yes.

[1:52:48] Councilor fitzgerald yes.

[1:52:49] Councilor flynn yes.

[1:52:49] Helpline yes.

[1:52:52] Councilor louijeune yes.

[1:52:53] Councilor louijeune yes.

[1:52:53] Concilor mejia here.

[1:52:54] Yes.

[1:52:56] Councilor murphy.

[1:52:57] Councilor murphy yes.

[1:52:57] Councilor pippin.

[1:53:00] Councilor years

[1:53:00] councilor santana.

[1:53:01] Councilor santana yes.

[1:53:04] Councilor weber council member

[1:53:04] yes.

[1:53:05] And councilor worrell yes.

[1:53:08] Councilor wu yes talking over

[1:53:10] 1793 as received 11 votes in

[1:53:11] the affirm thank you this

[1:53:14] docket has passed and again if

[1:53:14] there is anyone who is

[1:53:15] listening at home or in

[1:53:17] chambers who didn't get all

[1:53:18] those resources, my office as

[1:53:19] we do every year will put out a

[1:53:22] number of resources if anyone

[1:53:23] is in need, if anyone is

[1:53:23] experiencing intimate partner

[1:53:25] violence or domestic violence

[1:53:26] for them to reach out to the

[1:53:27] resources that exist here in

[1:53:30] the city.

[1:53:30] The chair record.

[1:53:31] MR. Clerk would you please read

[1:53:36] docket number 1794 number 1794

[1:53:36] council is colette as a part

[1:53:37] of an louijeune off of the

[1:53:39] following resolution in support

[1:53:40] of an east boston cultural

[1:53:44] district designation.

[1:53:44] Thank you.

[1:53:44] The chair recognizes

[1:53:45] councilor that as a partner you

[1:53:46] have the floor.

[1:53:47] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[1:53:48] I'd like to suspend the rules

[1:53:51] and add councilor mejia as a

[1:53:51] third co-sponsor.

[1:53:52] COUNCILMAN, here comes a closer

[1:53:52] partnership.

[1:53:54] Suspend the rules that caused

[1:53:54] me.

[1:53:55] He has a third original

[1:53:55] co-sponsor.

[1:53:56] Seeing and hearing no

[1:53:58] objections comes from here.

[1:53:59] So at it comes record as a

[1:53:59] party of the floor.

[1:54:01] Thank you so much and I rise

[1:54:02] partnership with

[1:54:03] council PRESIDENT Louijeune and

[1:54:05] councilor mejia to offer this

[1:54:06] resolution in support of an

[1:54:06] east boston cultural district

[1:54:09] designation.

[1:54:10] This is a request that came

[1:54:11] directly from the east boston

[1:54:13] community.

[1:54:14] This boston has always been a

[1:54:14] neighborhood defined by its

[1:54:16] creativity resilience and

[1:54:17] diversity.

[1:54:17] Our artists, small businesses

[1:54:21] and cultural organization are

[1:54:22] the heart of our community

[1:54:22] telling our stories, bringing

[1:54:25] people together and driving

[1:54:25] local economic opportunity.

[1:54:26] Designation as a cultural

[1:54:29] district would help strengthen

[1:54:29] and protect this ecosystem.

[1:54:30] It would provide new

[1:54:33] opportunities to preserve

[1:54:33] historic landmarks, support

[1:54:34] local artists and attract

[1:54:37] investment from community based

[1:54:37] programing, public art and open

[1:54:40] space improvements.

[1:54:41] It would also help us better

[1:54:42] protect residents and cultural

[1:54:44] organizations from displacement

[1:54:45] ensuring that east boston's

[1:54:45] creative identity remains

[1:54:48] accessible inclusive for all

[1:54:49] who call it home.

[1:54:52] Not too many people know but

[1:54:53] boston was home to a lot

[1:54:53] of artists in the 1980s.

[1:54:56] In the early 2000s because it

[1:54:59] was very affordable for them

[1:54:59] and they have also with with

[1:55:00] the displacement gentrification

[1:55:03] crisis have had to move.

[1:55:04] But there there's a resurgence

[1:55:06] and renaissance of of cultural

[1:55:07] identity in east boston

[1:55:10] centered around various

[1:55:14] countries and ethnicities but

[1:55:15] also really speaking to east

[1:55:18] boston's identity over the last

[1:55:19] century really across the city

[1:55:22] we've seen how cultural

[1:55:23] districts and places like

[1:55:24] fenway, roxbury, the latin

[1:55:26] quarter and boston's little

[1:55:27] saigon have brought new energy,

[1:55:28] collaboration and visibility to

[1:55:30] local.

[1:55:31] It's time for east boston to

[1:55:31] join that network and be

[1:55:34] recognized for the incredible

[1:55:34] cultural asset and artistic

[1:55:35] assets that we have.

[1:55:37] I'm grateful and grateful to

[1:55:38] organizations like lawyers

[1:55:39] committee for civil rights

[1:55:41] yvonne who is also an east

[1:55:42] resident east neighborhood

[1:55:45] advocates civically leaders and

[1:55:46] cultural organizations who have

[1:55:48] been laying the groundwork for

[1:55:49] this effort.

[1:55:49] And I'm proud to bring this

[1:55:50] forward to honor and uplift

[1:55:52] east boston's creative spirit.

[1:55:53] And I respectfully ask my

[1:55:53] colleagues to join me in

[1:55:57] supporting this resolution.

[1:55:57] Thank you.

[1:55:58] Thank you, councilor cleta

[1:55:59] zapata I want to thank the

[1:56:00] boston advocates who made this

[1:56:00] possible.

[1:56:01] You listed some of them

[1:56:03] including yvonne espinosa

[1:56:06] madrigal who's been meeting

[1:56:07] month after month to make this

[1:56:07] possible.

[1:56:08] I want to thank jessie purvis

[1:56:10] on my team who's attended many

[1:56:11] of those meetings.

[1:56:11] It's so important that we

[1:56:13] celebrate the richness of our

[1:56:14] diverse cultures in the city

[1:56:18] of boston but we also ensure

[1:56:18] that it's not just a

[1:56:19] designation that there's

[1:56:22] economic empowerment along with

[1:56:23] that economic development.

[1:56:23] So I just wanted to also shout

[1:56:26] out michael bobbitt for the

[1:56:26] mass cultural council who has

[1:56:27] had many conversations with

[1:56:29] me about cultural districts and

[1:56:30] hopefully we'll be able to

[1:56:33] bring him in here to talk a bit

[1:56:33] more about these cultural

[1:56:34] squared these cultural

[1:56:36] designations because I think

[1:56:37] they can if done right and

[1:56:38] thoughtfully can really be an

[1:56:41] economic boon to the

[1:56:41] neighborhoods that are so

[1:56:42] designated.

[1:56:42] So I think you can take that as

[1:56:44] a positive or bring this

[1:56:44] forward.

[1:56:45] And thank you to all of the

[1:56:46] east boston advocates for the

[1:56:48] work that they've been doing

[1:56:49] for over a year to make the to

[1:56:50] bring this before us the chair

[1:56:52] recognizes comes from here you

[1:56:52] have the floor.

[1:56:53] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT and

[1:56:56] thank you to councilor clarissa

[1:56:57] pata for inviting me to

[1:57:00] participate as a co-sponsor.

[1:57:03] You know the heart of every

[1:57:04] neighborhood is its peoples,

[1:57:06] its stories and its creativity

[1:57:07] .

[1:57:07] East boston represents all

[1:57:10] of that and more.

[1:57:11] When we invest in culture we

[1:57:14] are investing in belonging.

[1:57:15] A cultural district is about

[1:57:16] preserving identity.

[1:57:19] It is about celebrating

[1:57:19] community.

[1:57:20] It is about creating

[1:57:20] opportunities that reflect the

[1:57:23] vibrancy of the people who call

[1:57:23] east boston home.

[1:57:26] This effort is a reminder that

[1:57:27] art is not separate from our

[1:57:30] daily lives.

[1:57:31] It is woven into how we connect

[1:57:32] and how we build stronger

[1:57:34] of neighborhoods.

[1:57:34] I am proud to stand in support

[1:57:35] of this resolution because it

[1:57:37] centers community voice and I

[1:57:38] hope that as a city we continue

[1:57:41] to support spaces that not only

[1:57:45] showcase culture but sustain it

[1:57:45] .

[1:57:46] And as a donna mccay graduate

[1:57:49] and someone who also attended

[1:57:52] the humana back in the day it's

[1:57:52] possible for all will forever

[1:57:53] be in my heart so really

[1:57:56] excited to see this work and

[1:57:57] having participated in some

[1:58:00] of the meetings that have

[1:58:00] existed prior to this

[1:58:03] resolution being filed, I'm

[1:58:04] really excited to make every

[1:58:07] effort that we can make this

[1:58:08] possible.

[1:58:08] Thank you.

[1:58:09] Anyone else looking to speak on

[1:58:12] this matter?

[1:58:13] Would anyone else like to add

[1:58:13] their name?

[1:58:15] MR. Clerk said council is

[1:58:19] braedon flynn, santana weber

[1:58:22] worl fitzgerald murphy

[1:58:23] councilors clarke zapata

[1:58:27] louijeune and mcguire

[1:58:28] suspension of the rules and

[1:58:30] adoption of DR. Number 1794 all

[1:58:33] those in favor say I I all any

[1:58:34] the ayes have it this docket is

[1:58:34] passed.

[1:58:37] MR. Clerk could you please read

[1:58:37] the number 1795.

[1:58:40] Number 1795 council as murphy

[1:58:40] and flynn offer the following

[1:58:43] resolu tions supporting

[1:58:46] boston's police officers and

[1:58:47] first responders in condemning

[1:58:47] violence against those who

[1:58:50] serve.

[1:58:51] The chair recognizes murphy on

[1:58:51] the floor.

[1:58:54] Thank.

[1:58:54] MADAM PRESIDENT, I would like

[1:58:59] to suspend the rules and add

[1:58:59] fitzgerald councilor murphy has

[1:59:00] been the riverside county

[1:59:02] manager of the third original

[1:59:03] co-sponsor seeing and hearing

[1:59:03] no objections, he added

[1:59:05] councilor murphy to the floor.

[1:59:06] Thank you.

[1:59:09] This resolution is supporting

[1:59:10] boston police officers and all

[1:59:11] first responders in condemning

[1:59:13] violence against those who

[1:59:14] serve in the early morning

[1:59:17] hours of OCTOBER fifth a

[1:59:18] violent incident in the south

[1:59:18] and roxbury neighborhood

[1:59:22] resulted in a boston police

[1:59:22] cruiser being torched and

[1:59:25] officers assaulted while

[1:59:26] responding to an unlawful

[1:59:29] street takeover.

[1:59:33] This was the third in a long

[1:59:33] night of violence across

[1:59:33] boston.

[1:59:36] The first one started in the

[1:59:36] home depot parking lot in west

[1:59:37] roxbury.

[1:59:39] There was an incident that

[1:59:40] occurred in high park and then

[1:59:43] ended in the south end.

[1:59:44] This incident underscores the

[1:59:47] real dangers faced by the men

[1:59:47] and women who wear the uniform

[1:59:51] police officers, firefighters,

[1:59:51] emergency medical personnel and

[1:59:55] also many of our city workers.

[1:59:55] These individuals perform

[1:59:59] difficult and often dangerous

[1:59:59] work with professionalism and

[2:00:02] dedication to serving the full

[2:00:03] support and gratitude of the

[2:00:06] communities they serve.

[2:00:07] The families of our first

[2:00:10] responders also carry the

[2:00:11] weight of this sacrifice hoping

[2:00:13] each day their loved one return

[2:00:13] home safely.

[2:00:16] Our city strength and public

[2:00:17] trust depend on standing firmly

[2:00:20] with those who protect and

[2:00:20] serve while ensuring that

[2:00:21] violence and lawlessness will

[2:00:24] never be tolerated.

[2:00:27] I also want to highlight last

[2:00:28] night since we filed this

[2:00:32] resolution there was a rally

[2:00:36] going on in arrest and at same

[2:00:37] time a couple of blocks away an

[2:00:39] arrest was being made for

[2:00:40] something completely different

[2:00:41] and those officers needed

[2:00:41] backup.

[2:00:44] Someone they called a one for a

[2:00:47] backup and the cruisers came to

[2:00:48] support our officers who were

[2:00:48] doing their job.

[2:00:51] Many of those who were a part

[2:00:52] of the rally then blocked the

[2:00:54] police cars and then broken

[2:00:58] bones and beer sprayed was

[2:01:00] targeted to many of our first

[2:01:01] responders and police officers

[2:01:02] here who were injured.

[2:01:05] So I think it's important that

[2:01:08] we as a council reaffirm our

[2:01:08] commitment to ensuring that

[2:01:09] boston's first responders have

[2:01:13] the resources, respect and

[2:01:13] protection they need to do

[2:01:16] their job safely and that their

[2:01:17] family know that this city

[2:01:20] stands with them today and

[2:01:20] always.

[2:01:21] Thank you.

[2:01:21] Did you recognize the times

[2:01:23] of plenty on the floor?

[2:01:27] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[2:01:28] Thank you, councilor murphy,

[2:01:29] for adding me as an original

[2:01:31] co-sponsor.

[2:01:32] Over the last several weeks we

[2:01:35] have seen ongoing violent

[2:01:36] assaults against the men and

[2:01:36] women of the boston police

[2:01:37] department.

[2:01:40] This includes a police officer

[2:01:44] shot and roxbury police

[2:01:44] officers, an assault and the

[2:01:45] south end where their car was

[2:01:47] set ablaze.

[2:01:47] This is awesome.

[2:01:51] This is attempted murder last

[2:01:54] night in downtown boston police

[2:01:55] officers were assaulted by a

[2:01:55] violent protest mob.

[2:01:58] It was a riot.

[2:01:59] Police officers were

[2:02:02] outnumbered and unprepared for

[2:02:02] this riot.

[2:02:06] Although we are a city that

[2:02:06] welcomes public protest, what

[2:02:09] we experienced last night was a

[2:02:09] riot.

[2:02:10] It is never acceptable to

[2:02:13] assault police officer or four

[2:02:14] first responder.

[2:02:18] Last night in this weekend's

[2:02:18] assault on boston police

[2:02:21] officers must be prosecuted and

[2:02:22] if convicted a state's sentence

[2:02:25] is warranted.

[2:02:26] There also needs to be higher

[2:02:29] bail for those who are

[2:02:29] arrested.

[2:02:32] We cannot accept lawlessness on

[2:02:32] the streets of boston.

[2:02:36] It is critical that we support

[2:02:36] our police officers and their

[2:02:39] families.

[2:02:40] I wrote to commissioner cox on

[2:02:44] monday morning asking for more

[2:02:47] enforcement throughout the city

[2:02:47] .

[2:02:48] For years I've advocated for

[2:02:51] hiring hundreds of police

[2:02:51] officers every year for the

[2:02:52] next decade to address long

[2:02:55] standing issues of police

[2:02:55] staffing levels, mandatory

[2:02:59] overtime overstretch resources,

[2:03:02] looming retirements.

[2:03:03] What do we think the

[2:03:06] environment over the last

[2:03:07] several years for police

[2:03:10] officers or incidents like this

[2:03:10] do for recruitment?

[2:03:11] What does it do for retaining

[2:03:14] police officers?

[2:03:15] Many have gone on to the fire

[2:03:17] department.

[2:03:18] I hold monthly meetings year

[2:03:21] round to prepare for this.

[2:03:22] For the st patrick's day parade

[2:03:24] they told me we lost we lost

[2:03:25] 130 police officers last year.

[2:03:29] It is long past time for the

[2:03:32] boston city council and all

[2:03:32] elected officials to stand up

[2:03:33] and support the men and women

[2:03:36] of the boston police department

[2:03:37] firefighters, ems personnel and

[2:03:40] condemn all acts of acts

[2:03:41] of violence intimidation

[2:03:44] against our dedicated city

[2:03:44] employees.

[2:03:45] I'm asking my city, my

[2:03:48] colleagues not to worry about

[2:03:48] activist and do what's right

[2:03:49] for this city.

[2:03:51] The boston police department is

[2:03:52] one of the most highly trained

[2:03:52] in the country.

[2:03:55] They are not part of the

[2:03:55] problem.

[2:03:56] They are part of the solution.

[2:03:56] I'm calling for an

[2:03:59] investigation of the facts.

[2:04:00] What happened last night?

[2:04:04] What happened in the south end.

[2:04:04] Thank you.

[2:04:05] I'm not kidding.

[2:04:05] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[2:04:07] I'm not I'm not happy with the

[2:04:11] way things are going and I want

[2:04:11] to make sure that we have the

[2:04:12] right resources.

[2:04:14] MADAM Chair, last night at the

[2:04:15] at the riot we didn't have

[2:04:18] enough police officers present.

[2:04:19] I don't think the police

[2:04:21] officers had the right

[2:04:22] equipment as well.

[2:04:22] That's a concern to me.

[2:04:25] I can't sit here and remain

[2:04:29] remain silent while men and

[2:04:29] women of the boston police

[2:04:32] department don't have the

[2:04:33] resources or the tools to do

[2:04:33] their job.

[2:04:36] We need to get involved in this

[2:04:37] issue and get off the

[2:04:37] sidelines.

[2:04:37] Thank you, MADAM

[2:04:40] Councilor fitzgerald, you have

[2:04:40] the floor.

[2:04:44] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[2:04:45] It's great to have people who

[2:04:46] care and people who want to

[2:04:48] speak up and speak out whether

[2:04:51] it's about democracy being

[2:04:52] dismantled before our eyes or

[2:04:53] standing up for any of the

[2:04:56] numerous atrocities around the

[2:04:56] world, people should stand up.

[2:04:57] That gives me hope.

[2:05:00] But make no mistake we're at a

[2:05:02] tipping point beyond actually

[2:05:03] with how folks are standing up.

[2:05:07] Since when does breaking a

[2:05:07] police officers a boston police

[2:05:10] officer's nose a member of the

[2:05:11] finest police force in the

[2:05:11] country help advocate for your

[2:05:14] cause no matter the cause

[2:05:15] between saturday's takeover in

[2:05:18] the south end and last night's

[2:05:18] protests by boston common, at

[2:05:19] least six boston police

[2:05:22] officers have been injured and

[2:05:23] multiple vehicles vandalized.

[2:05:26] I think about the hearing we

[2:05:27] had around the bpd clerk that

[2:05:30] was assaulted and the disgust

[2:05:30] and outrage we all felt when

[2:05:31] the city worker was assaulted

[2:05:34] in past three days we've had

[2:05:38] six assaulted.

[2:05:38] Discipline is not fun but it is

[2:05:39] necessary.

[2:05:41] I'm learning that as a parent

[2:05:42] of three kids we must apply

[2:05:45] proper discipline for the

[2:05:46] people to understand the

[2:05:46] severity of their actions

[2:05:49] whether it be for political or

[2:05:49] entertainment purposes.

[2:05:52] And finally I challenge those

[2:05:53] who participate in any type

[2:05:56] of protest anywhere for any

[2:05:56] cause.

[2:06:00] Follow the golden rule lead by

[2:06:00] example.

[2:06:01] That's the hard thing to do to

[2:06:04] lead by example.

[2:06:05] I think of my own children

[2:06:06] looking up to me and how I

[2:06:08] would act and might act.

[2:06:09] And I want to make sure this

[2:06:11] next generation has good role

[2:06:12] models and good people to

[2:06:16] follow.

[2:06:16] Anyone can start a fight.

[2:06:20] Anyone can cause trouble.

[2:06:20] That to me is the easiest and

[2:06:23] lowest form of action anyone

[2:06:24] can take to truly enact change.

[2:06:27] You must be the change you want

[2:06:28] to see in the world.

[2:06:31] And if we do embrace the words

[2:06:32] of martin luther king jr that

[2:06:32] only love can drive out hate.

[2:06:35] Then let's start acting like

[2:06:35] that.

[2:06:36] Our police officers and first

[2:06:39] responders have a difficult job

[2:06:39] as it is and we should support

[2:06:40] them every day not just when

[2:06:40] violence occurs.

[2:06:43] And my thoughts are with those

[2:06:44] injured this past week.

[2:06:46] Thank you, MADAM Counselor or

[2:06:47] any other floor.

[2:06:50] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[2:06:51] And I really want to thank the

[2:06:55] council of murphy calls my

[2:06:56] friend and colleague fitzgerald

[2:06:58] for this important resolution

[2:07:02] as our communities are facing

[2:07:02] an epidemic of violence.

[2:07:05] It's necessary that we call out

[2:07:06] these attacks when we see them

[2:07:07] in just the past few weeks.

[2:07:10] I've called out multiple times

[2:07:13] the systemic violence that's

[2:07:14] happening in our country.

[2:07:14] This violence is affecting our

[2:07:17] youth.

[2:07:17] And this weekend's incidents is

[2:07:18] another example of how

[2:07:21] nationwide violence is seeping

[2:07:22] into our communities.

[2:07:25] I put forward some policy

[2:07:26] approaches to address this

[2:07:26] epidemic of violence and I am

[2:07:29] committed to continuing to work

[2:07:30] with our residents, community

[2:07:33] organizations long enforcement

[2:07:34] and my colleagues and pursuing

[2:07:34] concrete actions.

[2:07:38] We take at the city level here

[2:07:38] in boston to address the

[2:07:41] national crisis.

[2:07:41] Our police officers deserve to

[2:07:45] do their jobs with the

[2:07:45] assurance of safety that they

[2:07:48] deserve their families who

[2:07:49] carry the worry that their

[2:07:52] loved ones will not return home

[2:07:52] safely.

[2:07:53] Deserve better than this.

[2:07:56] As chair of the committee on

[2:07:56] public safety and criminal

[2:07:57] justice, I am committed to

[2:07:59] ensuring our police and first

[2:08:00] responders are protected, safe

[2:08:00] and supported.

[2:08:03] I look forward to continuing to

[2:08:04] support our law enforcement and

[2:08:07] call for the full

[2:08:10] accountability of those

[2:08:11] responsible for this incident.

[2:08:12] I really want to thank the

[2:08:15] league sponsors for putting

[2:08:16] this and for always standing

[2:08:17] with our first responders.

[2:08:18] And I'm going to continue to

[2:08:22] you know, advocate for these

[2:08:22] changes and for these

[2:08:25] approaches to make sure that

[2:08:25] all our first responders,

[2:08:26] including our police officers

[2:08:28] are safe here in the city

[2:08:29] of boston.

[2:08:29] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[2:08:30] Okay.

[2:08:32] Is anyone else willing to speak

[2:08:32] on this matter?

[2:08:33] What anyone else like to add

[2:08:34] their name, MR. Clerk because

[2:08:36] it concerns graydon carter,

[2:08:39] zapata mejia, santana weber

[2:08:40] world peace other chair

[2:08:41] councilors flynn murphy and

[2:08:45] fitzgerald so expect on the

[2:08:46] rules and adoption of docket

[2:08:47] number 1795 all those in favor

[2:08:47] say I am opposing.

[2:08:50] The ayes have it.

[2:08:51] This docket is passed.

[2:08:51] Mr quote could you please

[2:08:56] conduct a roll cover roll call

[2:08:59] vote on duck number 1795.

[2:09:03] Councilor breadon yeah.

[2:09:03] Councilor breadon yes.

[2:09:05] Councilor colette a zapata

[2:09:06] councilor colette as a party,

[2:09:06] yes.

[2:09:09] Councilor durkan.

[2:09:10] Councilor fitzgerald yes.

[2:09:10] Council of australia yes.

[2:09:13] Council flynn yes.

[2:09:14] Councilor flynn yes.

[2:09:14] Council yes.

[2:09:17] Council region yes.

[2:09:17] Concilor mejia here.

[2:09:18] Concilor mejia here.

[2:09:18] Yes.

[2:09:20] Councilor murphy.

[2:09:20] Councilor murphy yes.

[2:09:24] Councilor per pan

[2:09:24] councilor santana.

[2:09:25] Councilor santana yes.

[2:09:28] Councilor weber.

[2:09:28] Council member yes.

[2:09:29] And councilor worrell yes.

[2:09:32] Councilor oh yes duck can have

[2:09:35] us 1795 has received ten votes

[2:09:35] in the affirmative.

[2:09:35] thank you.

[2:09:37] This target has passed

[2:09:38] MR. Clerk, could you please be

[2:09:45] talking number 1796 duck number

[2:09:45] 1796 council louijeune offer

[2:09:46] the following resolution

[2:09:48] recognizing OCTOBER is

[2:09:49] cancer awareness month in the

[2:09:53] city of boston.

[2:09:54] Thank you MS. Court could I

[2:09:56] please add councilor santana as

[2:09:59] a second original co-sponsor

[2:10:00] and since we had the

[2:10:03] presentation this morning I'm

[2:10:04] not going to speak on this

[2:10:04] matter.

[2:10:05] I just want to thank again the

[2:10:07] ali fund jenny marcellin and

[2:10:07] michelle goldberg all for

[2:10:11] standing up here.

[2:10:12] It was more emotional than I

[2:10:15] realized but it's important

[2:10:15] that we help our residents with

[2:10:18] screenings that we reduce the

[2:10:18] disparities between when when

[2:10:21] black women and women of color

[2:10:25] their prognosis and that we

[2:10:26] support and let people know

[2:10:27] about the resources that exist

[2:10:29] with the fund.

[2:10:30] Is anyone else looking to speak

[2:10:33] on this matter?

[2:10:34] The chair recognizes

[2:10:35] councilor santoni on the floor.

[2:10:37] Thank you MADAM PRESIDENT.

[2:10:38] Thank you for added me to this

[2:10:40] important resolution.

[2:10:44] I also I wrote long remarks but

[2:10:45] I think I will get too

[2:10:48] emotional so I won't read it.

[2:10:49] But I do want to highlight you

[2:10:52] know we've been doing really

[2:10:52] one thing the early fun for

[2:10:55] being here this morning,

[2:10:55] looking forward to connecting

[2:10:56] them with my family and my

[2:10:59] mother to see if there's any

[2:11:00] services that that my mother

[2:11:03] can benefit from but also just

[2:11:04] want to give out a few shout

[2:11:07] outs you know, since you know

[2:11:07] this year I've been very

[2:11:10] focused on trying to do more

[2:11:13] work in this area and one

[2:11:13] of the connections that we've

[2:11:14] been able to make in my office

[2:11:17] and I have been able to make is

[2:11:17] I'm connecting with the flores

[2:11:20] love doctor flores it's my

[2:11:21] mother's doctor and she's just

[2:11:24] been incredible and we're so

[2:11:24] lucky to have her.

[2:11:25] But you know, she's very

[2:11:29] concerned about early screening

[2:11:32] and she's been able to produce

[2:11:33] resources and tests to get

[2:11:33] already screenings to our

[2:11:36] residents and to our families,

[2:11:37] particularly at our latino

[2:11:40] black and asian populations.

[2:11:41] I just want to give her a shout

[2:11:44] out for the incredible work

[2:11:44] that she's doing.

[2:11:45] I also just want to give a

[2:11:48] shout out to milagro milagros

[2:11:48] maltese who has been an

[2:11:49] incredible partner and

[2:11:52] collaborator with my office to

[2:11:53] try to get resources and

[2:11:56] information out to our

[2:11:56] residents.

[2:11:57] And you know, I think I just

[2:12:00] want again I mentioned in my

[2:12:03] remarks earlier we're often so

[2:12:04] quiet and this and I think so

[2:12:07] many people are facing this

[2:12:08] battle and it's something

[2:12:11] that's so personal, so

[2:12:11] emotional and I just want to

[2:12:14] use my platform to to uplift,

[2:12:18] you know, this issue and to

[2:12:19] just amplify the resources to

[2:12:21] make sure that the resources

[2:12:22] early testing or screening gets

[2:12:25] to our most vulnerable families

[2:12:26] here in the city of boston.

[2:12:29] So I really want to thank you,

[2:12:30] MADAM PRESIDENT, for leading in

[2:12:33] this and for the work that you

[2:12:33] and your office are doing.

[2:12:36] and I look forward to the

[2:12:37] future collaboration between

[2:12:37] our offices.

[2:12:40] Thank you.

[2:12:41] Councilor santana, is anyone

[2:12:41] else looking to speak on this

[2:12:44] matter?

[2:12:45] Would anyone else like to add

[2:12:45] their name?

[2:12:49] MR. Clerk please add counselors

[2:12:49] .

[2:12:50] Coletta oh, apologies the

[2:12:52] jargon I just come from here

[2:12:52] comes mejia on the floor.

[2:12:52] Thank you.

[2:12:54] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[2:12:56] I just want to thank you all

[2:12:58] for filing the resolution and

[2:13:02] also your advocacy in the

[2:13:03] space.

[2:13:03] Earlier this year as I

[2:13:06] mentioned in the chamber I lost

[2:13:07] one of my peer leaders from

[2:13:10] back in the day to her battle

[2:13:14] to cancer and so that's been a

[2:13:17] journey for her and her peers

[2:13:18] who are still very active here

[2:13:20] in the city of boston.

[2:13:21] And I also just want to uplift

[2:13:25] and the boston rhythm writers

[2:13:28] angie dickerson in particular

[2:13:29] who has been leading a lot

[2:13:33] of the work in this space and

[2:13:34] for advocacy and her organizing

[2:13:37] and really bringing awareness

[2:13:38] to particularly people of color

[2:13:40] in regards to how we can better

[2:13:41] support cancer survivors and

[2:13:45] also those who have fallen

[2:13:45] victim to cancer.

[2:13:49] So I just wanted to uplift

[2:13:49] angie and the boston rhythm

[2:13:50] writers for all their advocacy

[2:13:52] in this space and the double

[2:13:56] dutch crew as well.

[2:13:56] Thank you.

[2:13:57] Is anyone else looking to speak

[2:13:57] on this matter?

[2:14:00] What anyone else like to add

[2:14:01] their name MR. Clerk to that

[2:14:02] council is breadon zapata

[2:14:04] fitzgerald mcguire murphy

[2:14:08] warren flynn this councilors

[2:14:11] louijeune and santana 6.0 and

[2:14:18] weber anybody any at the hands

[2:14:19] of councilors louijeune and

[2:14:20] santana as expansion of the

[2:14:22] rules and adoption of docket

[2:14:23] number 1796 all those in favor

[2:14:26] say I held the vote.

[2:14:27] MR. Clerk, could you please

[2:14:29] conduct a roll call vote roll

[2:14:34] call vote on docket number 1796

[2:14:38] councilor breadon is

[2:14:39] council breadon yes.

[2:14:39] Councilor carla zapata

[2:14:41] council of the party yes.

[2:14:41] Councilor durkan

[2:14:44] councilor fitzgerald

[2:14:45] councilor vasco yes.

[2:14:46] Councilor flynn councilor flynn

[2:14:49] yes.

[2:14:49] Council louijeune yes.

[2:14:50] Council louijeune yes

[2:14:52] concilor mejia here.

[2:14:53] Council me here yes

[2:14:56] councilor murphy

[2:14:57] councilor murphy yes

[2:15:00] council open councilor santana

[2:15:00] councilor S.A. Yes.

[2:15:01] Councilor weber council member

[2:15:04] yes and councilor worrell yes.

[2:15:06] Councilor wu yes I can number

[2:15:07] 1796 has received ten votes in

[2:15:07] the affirmative.

[2:15:10] Thank you.

[2:15:11] This docket is passed.

[2:15:11] MR. Clerk, could you please

[2:15:16] read the number 1797 stuck in

[2:15:17] number 1797 council's louijeune

[2:15:19] and mejia for the following

[2:15:20] resolution recognizing

[2:15:24] indigenous peoples day thank

[2:15:24] you.

[2:15:25] The chair recognizes

[2:15:25] council PRESIDENT Louijeune

[2:15:28] councilor you have the floor.

[2:15:29] I like to suspend the rules and

[2:15:32] add council whereas the third

[2:15:32] original co-sponsor

[2:15:33] council PRESIDENT Louijeune see

[2:15:36] suspension of the rules here

[2:15:36] and seeing no objection.

[2:15:37] Councilor weber so added

[2:15:39] council PRESIDENT Louijeune the

[2:15:40] floor is yours and before I

[2:15:41] continue I'd like to hand it

[2:15:44] over to councilor breadon who a

[2:15:44] few years ago wrote a land

[2:15:45] acknowledgment that you would

[2:15:47] like to read the chair

[2:15:48] recognizes councilor brading

[2:15:48] council.

[2:15:50] You have the floor.

[2:15:50] Thank you, mr chair.

[2:15:53] And thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT

[2:15:53] .

[2:15:54] Several years ago it's

[2:15:57] customary it should be

[2:15:58] customary every every day at

[2:16:01] this time when we're in a

[2:16:02] moment of trying to erase

[2:16:09] history we MAY often overlook

[2:16:10] that this land was inhabited by

[2:16:10] native americans and indigenous

[2:16:13] peoples for hundreds

[2:16:14] of generations before europeans

[2:16:17] arrived on these shores.

[2:16:18] This is reflected in some place

[2:16:21] names we use today we still use

[2:16:24] today such as massachusetts,

[2:16:24] massachusetts, mattapan,

[2:16:29] merrimack, walton sponsored

[2:16:29] shawmut in allston brighton

[2:16:33] square we have the anthem and

[2:16:36] washburn as we prepare to

[2:16:37] recognize indigenous peoples

[2:16:38] day in the city of boston.

[2:16:40] Maybe be intentional in making

[2:16:41] a land acknowledgment to

[2:16:45] recognize indigenous peoples as

[2:16:45] a traditional stewards of this

[2:16:48] land.

[2:16:49] We also honor the enduring

[2:16:52] relationship between indigenous

[2:16:52] peoples and their traditional

[2:16:55] territories despite painful

[2:16:56] histories of genocide and

[2:16:59] forced removal, this land

[2:17:00] acknowledgment is based on the

[2:17:03] modified form of the upstander

[2:17:07] project, a boston based

[2:17:07] organization committed to

[2:17:08] challenging indifference to

[2:17:11] injustice by raising awareness

[2:17:12] and sharing resources to

[2:17:15] encourage upstander as those

[2:17:16] who stand up speak out and take

[2:17:21] action against injustice so the

[2:17:22] land acknowledgment as we

[2:17:25] acknowledge the sacred land

[2:17:26] where we work, live, learn and

[2:17:29] build community has been a

[2:17:30] place where people have lived

[2:17:32] for over 13,000 years.

[2:17:35] This land is the territory

[2:17:36] of the massachusetts pawtucket

[2:17:39] and their neighbors the

[2:17:39] wampanoag and the nipmuc

[2:17:43] peoples who have stood this

[2:17:43] stewarded this land for

[2:17:44] hundreds of generations.

[2:17:47] We recognize the repeated

[2:17:48] violations of sovereignty,

[2:17:51] territory and water perpetrated

[2:17:51] by invaders who have impacted

[2:17:55] the original inhabitants

[2:17:58] of these lands for 400 years.

[2:17:59] We extend our respect to the

[2:18:01] citizens of these nations who

[2:18:02] live here today and their

[2:18:06] ancestors who have lived here

[2:18:08] for over 500 generations and to

[2:18:12] all indigenous peoples.

[2:18:12] We also affirm that this

[2:18:15] acknowledgment is insufficient

[2:18:15] .

[2:18:16] It does not undo the harm that

[2:18:19] has been done and continues to

[2:18:20] be perpetrated against

[2:18:20] indigenous people, their land

[2:18:23] and water.

[2:18:23] Thank you.

[2:18:28] The chair recognizes

[2:18:28] council PRESIDENT Louijeune

[2:18:29] council you have the floor.

[2:18:29] Thank you and thank you to

[2:18:31] councilor breadon for for your

[2:18:32] work and for that land

[2:18:32] acknowledgment.

[2:18:35] I'm proud to introduce this

[2:18:35] resolution and recognizing

[2:18:39] indigenous peoples day as we

[2:18:39] did last year.

[2:18:40] This resolution honors the rich

[2:18:42] history culture and

[2:18:42] contributions of the indigenous

[2:18:43] peoples particularly the

[2:18:46] massachusetts people on whose

[2:18:47] traditional territory the city

[2:18:50] of boston is situated including

[2:18:51] the ponca boag tribe who lived

[2:18:53] around the blue hills area and

[2:18:54] calibrated mentioned mattapan

[2:18:57] where I was born and raised

[2:18:58] which means a good place to sit

[2:19:01] we must acknowledge the

[2:19:01] difficult legacy

[2:19:02] of colonization and the

[2:19:05] dispossession of these lands

[2:19:05] and displacing indigenous

[2:19:06] peoples from their ancestral

[2:19:06] lands.

[2:19:08] We attempted to erase their

[2:19:09] cultures, languages and ways

[2:19:09] of life.

[2:19:12] This legacy is highlighted with

[2:19:13] broken treaties, forced

[2:19:16] removals, acts of violence all

[2:19:17] of which have lasted have had

[2:19:18] lasting effects on indigenous

[2:19:21] populations including the

[2:19:21] massachusetts and the ponca

[2:19:24] poet peoples.

[2:19:25] By acknowledging this painful

[2:19:26] history we are committing to a

[2:19:28] more honest understanding

[2:19:29] of our past and to advancing

[2:19:29] justice and healing for

[2:19:32] indigenous communities.

[2:19:33] I want to recognize in addition

[2:19:34] the connection to other

[2:19:36] indigenous nations including

[2:19:37] the wampanoag, the nipmuc, the

[2:19:40] penicuik, the and pawtucket

[2:19:41] tribes who have shaped the

[2:19:41] history and culture of this

[2:19:44] region region this resolution

[2:19:44] encourages all bostonians

[2:19:45] reflect on these histories,

[2:19:47] honor the indigenous

[2:19:48] communities that continue to

[2:19:48] enrich our city and to

[2:19:51] celebrate indigenous peoples

[2:19:52] day with respect and a

[2:19:52] recognition they deserve.

[2:19:53] I'm sure a council website will

[2:19:56] also mention niqab the north

[2:19:57] american indian center

[2:20:00] of boston and I was at the

[2:20:01] pleasure at jp open studios a

[2:20:03] few weeks ago to visit and to

[2:20:06] talk to the artists and to just

[2:20:07] see how important it was

[2:20:07] through art for them to

[2:20:10] continue to keep their

[2:20:11] histories and their stories

[2:20:11] alive.

[2:20:14] And so I want to thank everyone

[2:20:18] at niqab to to recount your

[2:20:19] look at reggie for all the work

[2:20:22] that they do and and making

[2:20:22] sure that we're centering

[2:20:23] indigenous communities whether

[2:20:23] when or whether it's when we're

[2:20:25] talking about long island and

[2:20:28] recognizing that when the

[2:20:29] colonial colonialization and

[2:20:30] settlement that many of the

[2:20:32] indigenous of this land were

[2:20:36] pushed off to our to our small

[2:20:37] islands and have legacies and

[2:20:38] histories and stories there

[2:20:40] that it's important for us to

[2:20:41] honor and make space for.

[2:20:44] So thank you to our indigenous

[2:20:45] community here for teaching us

[2:20:46] and for leading the way and

[2:20:48] thank you to my colleagues and

[2:20:49] I'm looking for suspension and

[2:20:50] passage and hoping that we can

[2:20:52] pass this today.

[2:20:52] Thank you.

[2:20:56] The chair recognizes

[2:20:56] councilor me here councilor the

[2:20:57] other floor.

[2:20:57] Thank you chair and thank you

[2:21:00] to MADAM PRESIDENT and thank

[2:21:00] you to councilor breeden for

[2:21:03] reading that land

[2:21:03] acknowledgment indigenous

[2:21:07] people day is a reminder not

[2:21:07] just of the injustices that

[2:21:08] indigenous communities have

[2:21:11] faced but their continued

[2:21:11] strength and stewardship

[2:21:11] of this land.

[2:21:14] Our indigenous communities

[2:21:15] deserve to be centered as they

[2:21:18] are countless generations who

[2:21:18] cared for this land long before

[2:21:22] our city took shape.

[2:21:22] Today is about honoring that

[2:21:26] truth as we all know

[2:21:26] recognition is important but it

[2:21:29] is must be paired with action

[2:21:30] that means amplifying

[2:21:31] indigenous voices in our civic

[2:21:34] life investing in partnerships

[2:21:35] rooted in respect and ensuring

[2:21:37] that indigenous communities

[2:21:38] have the space and resources to

[2:21:41] thrive.

[2:21:42] So as we as we recognize

[2:21:44] indigenous people day let's

[2:21:45] make sure that our city

[2:21:46] continues to be a place where

[2:21:49] all communities see themselves

[2:21:49] reflected, valued and heard.

[2:21:49] Thank you.

[2:21:52] Thank you.

[2:21:53] The chair recognizes

[2:21:54] councilor weber council you

[2:21:54] have the floor.

[2:21:56] Thank you chair.

[2:21:57] Thank you MADAM PRESIDENT

[2:21:57] louijeune and concilor mejia

[2:22:01] here for for adding is a third

[2:22:04] sponsor to this resolution.

[2:22:04] I'm honored to have the north

[2:22:05] american indian center

[2:22:08] of boston and I grew up in my

[2:22:08] district which has been a

[2:22:11] valuable resource to me and is

[2:22:14] an important advocate for

[2:22:15] peoples you know who's who

[2:22:18] continue to suffer due to the

[2:22:19] impacts of dispossession and

[2:22:22] who rely on groups like niqaab

[2:22:26] to make their voices heard.

[2:22:27] I look forward to joining my

[2:22:33] colleagues on monday and and

[2:22:34] and I support the adoption

[2:22:34] of this resolution.

[2:22:35] Thank you.

[2:22:37] Thank you.

[2:22:38] It's one also thank.

[2:22:41] MADAM PRESIDENT and council me

[2:22:41] here in council weber and also

[2:22:44] thank you to councilor braydon

[2:22:45] for it for that letter.

[2:22:46] And as we celebrate indigenous

[2:22:48] peoples day we need to

[2:22:49] recognize that this land was

[2:22:50] home to native americans long

[2:22:52] before us.

[2:22:53] To continue to honor them not

[2:22:54] just today but every year.

[2:22:56] And this resolution is one

[2:22:56] meaningful way to do that.

[2:22:57] I also want to highlight that

[2:22:59] the cities equity and inclusion

[2:23:00] cabinet has dedicated program

[2:23:03] manager for indigenous

[2:23:03] communities a resource for

[2:23:04] anyone looking to learn more

[2:23:07] and support indigenous

[2:23:07] initiatives here in the city

[2:23:08] of boston.

[2:23:11] Is anyone else looking to speak

[2:23:12] on this matter?

[2:23:13] When anyone else like the other

[2:23:15] name is a click keep that

[2:23:16] counter brain encapsulate as a

[2:23:18] party councilor fitzgerald

[2:23:18] councilor flynn

[2:23:19] councilor murphy

[2:23:19] councilor santana please as add

[2:23:22] the chair council councilor

[2:23:26] PRESIDENT Louijeune mejia in

[2:23:26] weber c suspension of the rules

[2:23:31] and pass of the docket number

[2:23:32] 17997 all those in favor say I

[2:23:35] are those opposing need as have

[2:23:35] it.

[2:23:37] Thank you doctor number 179697

[2:23:45] has passed.

[2:23:45] thank you.

[2:23:46] Before we move on would anyone

[2:23:49] like to add their name or seek

[2:23:53] a motion to reconsider on a

[2:23:53] vote when they were out

[2:23:53] of chambers?

[2:23:54] The chair recognizes

[2:23:56] councilor murphy on the floor.

[2:23:57] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[2:24:00] I did add my name when we went

[2:24:01] back and did a roll call vote

[2:24:03] but I wanted to make sure my

[2:24:05] name was added to talk at 1787

[2:24:09] and 1788.

[2:24:13] I voted in favor but I wasn't.

[2:24:14] I did not add to the name

[2:24:16] originally so thank you.

[2:24:17] Do you have that, MR. Clerk?

[2:24:17] Okay.

[2:24:18] Thank you.

[2:24:20] Anyone else?

[2:24:21] Okay.

[2:24:24] We are now on to green sheets.

[2:24:25] Would anyone like to pull

[2:24:28] anything from the green sheets

[2:24:28] ?

[2:24:28] Okay.

[2:24:29] We're now moving on to late

[2:24:29] files.

[2:24:31] I've been informed by the clerk

[2:24:32] that there are no late file

[2:24:32] matters.

[2:24:33] Good job, everyone.

[2:24:35] Okay.

[2:24:36] We are now moving on to the

[2:24:36] consent agenda.

[2:24:37] I've been informed by the clerk

[2:24:39] that there are no additions to

[2:24:40] the consent agenda.

[2:24:40] The question now comes on

[2:24:43] approval of the various matters

[2:24:43] contained within the consent

[2:24:44] agenda.

[2:24:47] All those in favor say I.

[2:24:47] I think the consent agenda has

[2:24:48] been adopted.

[2:24:50] We're now on to announcement.

[2:24:51] Please remember these are for

[2:24:51] upcoming dates and events.

[2:24:54] We have some birthdays coming

[2:24:55] up.

[2:24:58] Deborah glennon on OCTOBER 11.

[2:25:01] Sean jacobson OCTOBER 17th and

[2:25:05] rhc on OCTOBER 21st.

[2:25:06] So happy birthday to the

[2:25:06] upcoming birthdays.

[2:25:10] This weekend or next weekend we

[2:25:16] have open streets mattapan on

[2:25:17] OCTOBER 18th and we also have

[2:25:20] the dietrich y's block party at

[2:25:21] a painting center block party

[2:25:24] next saturday.

[2:25:25] I hope everyone has a good long

[2:25:28] weekend and in celebration

[2:25:28] of indigenous peoples day and

[2:25:32] also next wednesday we will

[2:25:32] have our hispanic and latino

[2:25:36] heritage month celebration.

[2:25:36] I hope you have all let us know

[2:25:37] who your honorees are.

[2:25:40] We are looking again to move a

[2:25:40] lot quicker.

[2:25:41] We are going to have a

[2:25:43] performance here in the b at

[2:25:44] the top of the event and we're

[2:25:47] looking to have colleagues come

[2:25:50] on the mic very briefly, 30

[2:25:50] seconds introduce your honoree

[2:25:51] and have your honoree speak.

[2:25:54] Yes, yes.

[2:25:55] Cover it it and have your

[2:25:56] counselor and have your

[2:25:58] honorees speak for 2 to 3

[2:26:01] minutes so that we can move

[2:26:01] over into the monte room for

[2:26:02] more entertainment, more

[2:26:05] fellowship and more food.

[2:26:06] Sooner rather than later.

[2:26:08] It's that people are often

[2:26:09] quite hungry and it would be

[2:26:10] great if we are all.

[2:26:13] It'd be great if for the

[2:26:14] duration of everyone's honorees

[2:26:16] if all of my colleagues can be

[2:26:17] standing up here and we get

[2:26:19] through that in 3040 minutes

[2:26:20] and then we're over to the

[2:26:23] monte room so try to switch it

[2:26:24] up this year that thank you to

[2:26:25] the recommendations of council

[2:26:28] santana guzman here and guzman

[2:26:29] pen in the planning to try to

[2:26:31] make this a great event and one

[2:26:32] in which we spend more time

[2:26:33] together fellowship being in

[2:26:36] the monte room okay if anyone

[2:26:37] has an announcement now is the

[2:26:39] time that you recognize this.

[2:26:40] Councilor murphy, you have the

[2:26:40] floor.

[2:26:41] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[2:26:42] I just want to rise to give my

[2:26:45] annual birthday wishes to my

[2:26:45] three boys.

[2:26:47] So I want to wish my son brian

[2:26:49] collin and michael who shares

[2:26:50] your birthday counselor

[2:26:50] santana.

[2:26:53] But I also want to send love

[2:26:54] and prayers to my daughter in

[2:26:57] law and my son who I think any

[2:27:00] hour now any day now will be

[2:27:01] adding a grandson to my family.

[2:27:04] So looking forward to a fourth

[2:27:05] OCTOBER birthday and my family.

[2:27:05] So thank you.

[2:27:05] Thank you.

[2:27:08] Congratulations,

[2:27:09] councilor murphy, the chair

[2:27:09] recognizes councilor weber.

[2:27:11] You have the floor.

[2:27:11] Okay.

[2:27:15] Thank you.

[2:27:18] On sunday, OCTOBER 12th at from

[2:27:19] 4 to 6 at evergreen cafe in

[2:27:22] jamaica plain there will be a

[2:27:22] celebration of the life

[2:27:23] of marie turley.

[2:27:25] Hope you know everyone can join

[2:27:25] me.

[2:27:26] Thank you.

[2:27:29] Thank you, ben.

[2:27:30] Thank you for uplifting her

[2:27:33] charlie here and her legacy.

[2:27:33] The chair recognizes control

[2:27:34] flynn, you have the floor.

[2:27:36] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[2:27:37] And this is the first time I

[2:27:40] made an announcement and it's

[2:27:41] important for me to make this

[2:27:44] announcement because tomorrow

[2:27:45] we have a city council hearing

[2:27:48] on the impact the government

[2:27:48] shutdown is having on veterans.

[2:27:51] It's tomorrow at 10:00 but

[2:27:53] prior to that at 930 I'm

[2:27:54] hosting a reception kind

[2:27:57] of informal reception for any

[2:27:58] veteran that wants to come

[2:28:01] testify but have a cup

[2:28:04] of coffee at 930 so right in

[2:28:05] the curly room.

[2:28:08] So I want to invite my

[2:28:08] colleagues here to the

[2:28:11] reception obviously to the

[2:28:11] hearing.

[2:28:12] But for those that are watching

[2:28:15] on television I do want to

[2:28:16] welcome you to the city

[2:28:19] council hearing tomorrow again

[2:28:20] tomorrow at 10:00 it's a

[2:28:23] hearing on the impact of the

[2:28:26] federal government shutdown and

[2:28:27] the impact it has had on or

[2:28:30] will have on veterans and

[2:28:31] military families.

[2:28:31] I invite you to the reception

[2:28:37] prior to that as well and I I'm

[2:28:38] going to be going down to D.C.

[2:28:41] Probably in the next week or so

[2:28:44] with some veterans to advocate

[2:28:45] in support of our veterans and

[2:28:45] military families.

[2:28:49] But this government shutdown is

[2:28:52] going to have a major impact on

[2:28:53] veterans military families

[2:28:56] especially low income veterans,

[2:29:00] low income families that need

[2:29:01] the critical services that they

[2:29:01] earned and some of those

[2:29:05] services are a little bit

[2:29:05] of financial support that they

[2:29:09] receive monthly from the

[2:29:09] government for their services.

[2:29:13] Not a lot of money but it's

[2:29:16] money that helps pay their for

[2:29:17] their groceries or for their

[2:29:17] electric bill.

[2:29:19] So just one encourage my

[2:29:22] colleagues to be here tomorrow

[2:29:22] at 10:00 or 930.

[2:29:23] Thank you.

[2:29:25] Thank you.

[2:29:26] Does anyone else have any

[2:29:26] announcements?

[2:29:30] Okay, I'll make an announcement

[2:29:33] and ron would like us all to

[2:29:33] take a photo in our pink.

[2:29:34] So right after the

[2:29:36] council adjourns our staff and

[2:29:41] and colleagues we're here.

[2:29:42] Just sit tight for us to take a

[2:29:44] photo right in front of our

[2:29:44] clerk and stenographer.

[2:29:48] Okay.

[2:29:48] We are now moving on to

[2:29:49] memorials.

[2:29:49] Would anyone like to uplift a

[2:29:51] name?

[2:29:52] The chair recognizes counselor

[2:29:52] clara zapata.

[2:29:53] You have the floor.

[2:29:55] Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[2:29:59] First I just want to express

[2:30:00] respects because I didn't get a

[2:30:00] chance to commemorate charlie

[2:30:01] who was a mentor.

[2:30:03] My campaign fairy godmother.

[2:30:03] MAY she rest in peace and I'm

[2:30:06] going to be there.

[2:30:07] And so thank you for for

[2:30:07] uplifting that.

[2:30:10] But I'm also here rising to

[2:30:10] memorialize rocco.

[2:30:13] Charlie's deeply saddened by

[2:30:14] the passing of rocco who we

[2:30:17] think is east boston's last

[2:30:20] world war two veteran rocco was

[2:30:20] 100 years old.

[2:30:21] He was survived by many cousins

[2:30:25] friends and a partner of over

[2:30:27] 40 years clara clare o'dea

[2:30:28] rocco served honorably in the

[2:30:31] us army with the 85th infantry

[2:30:31] division in italy earning a

[2:30:34] bronze star and a purple heart

[2:30:35] for his bravery on the gothic

[2:30:38] line which was a german in

[2:30:38] italian defensive line.

[2:30:39] The more I learn about rocco

[2:30:42] the more I realize he was a

[2:30:43] real life forrest gump his life

[2:30:46] was remarkable in the most

[2:30:46] peculiar ways.

[2:30:47] Yesterday at his memorial I saw

[2:30:50] photos of him with bob dole.

[2:30:50] PRESIDENT Clinton celebrities.

[2:30:53] His life was the inspiration

[2:30:54] for a number one bestselling

[2:30:57] book the rifle written by east

[2:30:58] boston resident petty officer

[2:31:01] and veteran andy baggio.

[2:31:02] Rocco won an emmy for his

[2:31:04] appearance in a youtube

[2:31:05] documentary world war two vets

[2:31:08] return to italy and for his

[2:31:09] role in erecting monuments to

[2:31:09] the fallen.

[2:31:12] This council voted to dedicate

[2:31:13] his own square in east boston.

[2:31:13] Thank you so much for that.

[2:31:17] You got a chance to see that

[2:31:17] before he passed.

[2:31:18] MAY he rest in peace and MAY we

[2:31:20] carry forward his legacy with

[2:31:20] gratitude.

[2:31:21] And I'm thinking of his loved

[2:31:25] ones during this difficult

[2:31:25] time.

[2:31:25] Thank you.

[2:31:26] Thank you.

[2:31:27] I'm so glad as bob the chair

[2:31:28] recognizes councilor murphy at

[2:31:28] the floor.

[2:31:29] Thank you.

[2:31:31] I want to uplift greg tumulty

[2:31:32] who passed suddenly who leaves

[2:31:33] behind young children a family

[2:31:36] who loved him and will MISS

[2:31:36] Him.

[2:31:36] Thank you.

[2:31:37] Thank you.

[2:31:40] Greg is the name greg tumulty.

[2:31:40] Okay.

[2:31:40] Thank you.

[2:31:43] Would anyone aspect uplift

[2:31:43] anyone who was passed?

[2:31:43] Okay.

[2:31:47] Today we will adjourn our

[2:31:48] meeting in memory of the

[2:31:48] following individuals.

[2:31:51] I'm bob of country club zapata

[2:31:51] rock.

[2:31:55] Oh, that the chair recognizes

[2:31:55] comes flynn.

[2:31:56] You have the floor.

[2:31:56] Thank you, MADAM Chair.

[2:31:58] I also wanted to mention greg

[2:31:59] tumulty.

[2:31:59] Thank you to councilor murphy

[2:32:02] for mentioning him.

[2:32:03] He was he was a close friend

[2:32:05] of mine.

[2:32:06] I also want to highlight a

[2:32:10] wonderful woman that passed

[2:32:10] away.

[2:32:14] I went to her wake last night

[2:32:18] in south boston and nancy lee

[2:32:21] MRS. Lee was a wonderful woman

[2:32:21] mother, grandmother.

[2:32:24] She had seven children, five

[2:32:27] boys, two two girls.

[2:32:28] She was active in the south

[2:32:28] boston community.

[2:32:31] She was active in the go to

[2:32:32] heaven and saint bridget

[2:32:32] parish.

[2:32:35] But also active in the south

[2:32:38] boston sports programs and and

[2:32:42] in so many other nonprofit

[2:32:45] organizations in south boston

[2:32:46] including supporting veterans

[2:32:50] and military families.

[2:32:51] Many of her children went on to

[2:32:54] serve on the boston fire

[2:32:54] department but also in other

[2:32:58] public safety agencies and in

[2:32:58] the us military.

[2:33:02] Her husband, mr MR. Lee is a

[2:33:05] retired school principal as

[2:33:05] well.

[2:33:09] But the family is well

[2:33:10] respected in the south boston

[2:33:10] neighborhood.

[2:33:13] And just want to acknowledge

[2:33:14] the passing of of MRS. Lee and

[2:33:17] her contributions.

[2:33:18] She's married to our city and

[2:33:18] our country.

[2:33:19] Thank you, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

[2:33:21] thank you.

[2:33:22] And I'd also like to adjourn

[2:33:23] today on behalf of louis aviles

[2:33:25] cortez, the husband of high

[2:33:26] park community leader eileen

[2:33:29] mcclellan.

[2:33:30] I know that this is a very big

[2:33:31] loss for her so I just want her

[2:33:32] to know that we are keeping her

[2:33:36] and her family in our prayers

[2:33:37] on the passing of her husband

[2:33:40] today and our meeting in memory

[2:33:41] of the following individuals on

[2:33:41] behalf of castro carlotta

[2:33:42] zapata.

[2:33:45] Rocco talese and joseph gerald.

[2:33:49] Dynamo dumas to you.

[2:33:50] On behalf of councilor

[2:33:52] fitzgerald marie maguire.

[2:33:53] I'm able to come to flynn,

[2:33:55] peter joseph meade and in nancy

[2:33:56] lee on behalf of myself, louis

[2:34:00] and counselor pepen louis a

[2:34:03] valise cortez husband of eileen

[2:34:04] mcclellan devils on behalf

[2:34:07] of councilor morale andre

[2:34:07] taylor on behalf of councilors

[2:34:11] murphy and flynn greg tumulty a

[2:34:18] moment of silence the chair

[2:34:19] moves that when the

[2:34:20] council adjourn today do so in

[2:34:20] memory of the aforementioned

[2:34:22] individuals.

[2:34:23] Reminder to my colleagues to

[2:34:23] stick around for us to take the

[2:34:27] photo in pink round request and

[2:34:29] for any staffers who are

[2:34:30] currently in the office if you

[2:34:31] could come to chambers and we

[2:34:31] could take the photo here.

[2:34:34] That would be great.

[2:34:35] The council was scheduled to

[2:34:35] meet again in dianella chamber

[2:34:38] on wednesday OCTOBER what's

[2:34:38] that date?

[2:34:42] I don't have a date in here.

[2:34:45] OCTOBER 22nd wednesday,

[2:34:45] OCTOBER 22nd at 12 noon.

[2:34:48] Thank you to my colleagues

[2:34:49] central staff.

[2:34:49] the clerk in the clips office

[2:34:52] and the council stenographer.

[2:34:52] And thank you so much for

[2:34:53] filling in for alan today.

[2:34:54] We really appreciate it.

[2:34:56] Thank you so much.

[2:34:57] All in favor of a german police

[2:34:58] say I I the capsule is

City Council on 2025-10-08 12:00 PM

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