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[0:13] colleagues and those in the
[0:13] audience to please silence
[0:15] their cell phones and
[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.
[6:51] 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.
[27:56] 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.
[34:46] 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.
[36:04] 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.
[44:22] 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.
[48:56] 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.
[50:27] 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.
[53:28] 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.
[58:29] 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.
[1:06:34] 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.
[1:08:23] 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.
[1:13:25] 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.
[1:16:35] 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.
[1:20:49] 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.
[1:21:32] 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.
[1:23:15] 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.
[1:52:53] 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.
[1:58:08] 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.
[2:12:40] 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.
[2:18:23] 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.
[2:20:52] 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