Caption files, March 29 Public Meeting Boston City Council
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>> WELCOME TO OUR WEEKLY BOSTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
COUNCILOR ESSAIBI-GEORGE,
COUNCILOR LINEHAN,
COUNCILOR LAMATTINA
COUNCILLOR McCARTHY,
COUNCILOR O'MALLEY,
COUNCILOR PRESSLEY,
COUNCILOR WU, AND
COUNCILLOR ZAKIM.
MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO ASK ALL COUNCILORS AND GUESTS TO PLEASE RISE AS WE WILL HEAR OUR FAITH LEADER AND AFTER THE INVOCATION PLEASE REMAIN STAJ FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> WE ALL KNOW VERY WELL THAT'S PASTOR IGOR RAZITI, SENIOR PASTOR OF EMPOWERMENT CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS, FOCUSED ON BUILDING UL PEOPLE.
BEFORE LAUNCHING ECC ON
RESURRECTION DAY, 2010 PASTOR
SERVED ON THE MINISTERIAL STAFF
FOR 12 YEARS.
ALONGSIDE HIS FAITH SERVICE
WHICH MANY OF US KNOW HIM
PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, A
NUMBER OF HIS COMMUNITY
INITIATIVES INVOLVE HAVING BEEN
A CANDIDATE FOR BOSTON CITY
COUNCIL, AS WELL AS BEING
APPOINTED BY MAYOR WALSH AS FAIR
HOUSING COMMISSIONER, AND HE
LOST HIS MOTHER BACK IN 2005,
ADVOCATE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
ONE OF HIS LIFE'S MISSION TO
STAND AGAINST EVIL AND SENSELESS
VIOLENCE.
WARM WELCOME AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO A REAR FROM PASTOR RAZITTI
THIS MORNING.
>> I KNOW WE ARE IN THE OWNER
CAN WE PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER
AND GIVE GOD THANKS, I AX SO
HONORED TO BE HERE THANK YOU
COUNCILOR FLAHERTY.
FATHER IN THE NAME OF JEEFS AS
WE PRAY, I SPEAK LIFE AND LOVE
OVER THIS BODY.
GOD PAY EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE
BE DONE TO YOUR GLORY.
MY PRAYER TODAY IS THAT YOU
WOULD LEAD AND GUIDE IN EVERY
WAY, LEAD BY YOUR WISDOM.
LEAD BY YOUR LOVE.
GOD, I THANK YOU OR THE THESE
PUBLIC SERVANTS, WHO HAVE MADE
THEMSELVES AVAILABLE AND WHO
SACRIFICED MUCH OF THEIR
PERSONAL LIVES TO REPRESENT THE
PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
BLESS HEM.
MAY THEY NOT SEE THE -- MAY THEY
THOUGHT MISS THE BUSINESS
PICTURE.
MAY THEY FOCUS ON THAT.
AND MAY EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID
AND DONE TODAY BE MEANT TO
GLORIFY PEOPLE, BUILD UP
FAMILIES, STRENGTHEN THOSE THAT
ARE THE LEAST AND THE LOST AND
THE LEFT OUT AMONG US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THEM,
THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS WORK THAT
THIS BODY DOES.
BLESS IT, IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLAHERTY
AND THANK YOU PASTOR.
WE'LL START WITH APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR
AMENDMENTS TO THOSE MINUTES?
SEEING AND HEARING NONE THE
MINUTES STAND APPROVED.
AND MADAM CLERK IF WE COULD
START WITH COMMUNICATIONS FROM
HIS HONOR THE MAYOR.
DOCKET NUMBER 0464
MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUBMIT TO
THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL
BUILDING AUTHORITY THE STATEMENT
OF INTEREST DATED MARCH 23, 2017
FOR THE CARTER SCHOOL LOCATED AT
396 NORTHAMPTON STREET, BOSTON,
MASS.
>> DOCKET 0464 WILL BE ASSIGNED
TO THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND
MEANS.
F IF YOU COULD READ THE REST OF
THE MATTERS ON THIS AREA.
>> YES.
DOCKET NUMBER 0465
MESSAGE AND ORDER FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF MARIE ST. FLEUR AS A MEMBER
OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A
TERM EXPIRING JULY 1, 2018.
DOCKET NUMBER 0466
MESSAGE AND ORDER FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY PISANI
AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING JULY
1, 2018.
DOCKET NUMBER 0467
MESSAGE AND ORDER FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF BRUCE
BICKERSTAFF AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM
EXPIRING JULY 1, 2018.
DOCKET NUMBER 0468
MESSAGE AND ORDER FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF EUGENE KELLY AS
A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL
FOR A TERM EXPIRING JULY 1,
2018.
DOCKET NUMBER 0469
MESSAGE AND ORDER FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF KERRY WALSH
LOGUE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD
OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING
NOVEMBER 1, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0470
MESSAGE AND ORDER FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF TYRONE KINDELL,
JR. AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING
OCTOBER 1, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0471
MESSAGE AND ORDER FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF MARK FORTUNE AS
A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL
FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 1,
2018.
DOCKET NUMBER 0472
MESSAGE AND ORDER FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF MARK ERLICH AS
A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL
FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 1,
2019.
>> THANK YOU, DOBLGHT NUMBER
0465 THROUGH 0472 WILL BE
ASSIGNED TOUT COMMITTEE ON
REPORTS AND OTHERS.
AND COULD YOU PLEASE MARK
COUNCILOR CAMPBELL AS BEING
HERE.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
DOCKET NUMBER 0473
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM MAYOR
OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF GARY L.
SAUNDERS, AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A
TERM EXPIRING MARCH 20, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0474
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM MAYOR
OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TIM IAN
MITCHELL, AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A
TERM EXPIRING MARCH 20, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0475
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM MAYOR
OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF PETER J.
SHILLAND, AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A
TERM EXPIRING MARCH 20, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0476
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM MAYOR
OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF AARON
MICHLEWITZ, AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A
TERM EXPIRING MARCH 20, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0477
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM MAYOR
OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF GREG
GALER, AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A TERM
EXPIRING MARCH 21, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0478
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM MAYOR
OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF LISA
SOLI, AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A TERM
EXPIRING MARCH 1, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0479
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM MAYOR
OF THE APPOINTMENT OF HANAH
FADRIGALAN, AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR A
TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 1, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0480
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM MAYOR
OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PATRICIA
MCSWEENEY, AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR A
TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 1, 2019.
DOCKET NUMBER 0481
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM MAYOR
OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ANNE
HERDST, AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOSTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION
FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 1,
2019.
>> DOCKETS NUMBER 0473 THROUGH
0481 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR
POSSIBLE ACTION.
>> DOCKET NUMBER 0132
ORDINANCE REGARDING THE
REDUCTION OF PLASTIC BAGS IN
BOSTON.
>> CHAIRS RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
ON THE COMMITTEE FOR GOVERNMENT
ACTION, COUNCILOR FLAHERTY.
>> THIS PAST MONDAY MARCH
TWEIVET 27th, REGARDING THE
REDUCTION OF PLASTIC BAGS, THE
MATTER WAS ASSIGNED TO THE
COMMITTEE IN 2016 AND WAS
REINTRODUCED JANUARY 11th OF
2017.
IN ATTENDANCE WAS CARL SPECTER
AND SUSAN CASINO DIRECTOR OF
RECYCLING.
ADDITIONALLY WE HAD EXPERTS IN
BOTH FIELDS, ENVIRONMENTAL
WORKFORCE, EXPRESSING THEIR
VIEWS ON THE MATTER, INCLUDING
SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED WAS
HOW THE RETAIL INDUSTRY WOULD BE
IMPACT ED.
HOW SENIORS WOULD BE IMPACTED
AND HOW THE LEGISLATION WOULD
WORK HERE IN BOSTON COMPARED TO
HOW IT'S WORKING IN OTHER CITIES
AND TOWNS.
DEFER TO LEAD SPONSOR IF HE
CHOOSES TO SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE
TO KEEP THIS MATTER IN COMMITTEE
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLAHERTY.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO BE HEARD.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT
WORKING SESSION ON MONDAY AND
SIX OR 7 OF YOU PARTICIPATED ON
STAFF AND VIRTUALLY EVERYONE WAS
THERE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU HAVE SET
THE TONE AND HAVING AS ROBUST
AND PUBLIC A PROCESS AS
POSSIBLE, I WANT TO THANK MY
STAFF WHO HAS PUT MANY MEETING
MINUTES UP ONLINE AFTER EACH
MEETING, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO
SO.
THERE WAS PARTICULARLY
COMPELLING TESTIMONY FROM AN
11-YEAR-OLD GIRL REPRESENTING
THE DORCHESTER GIRL SCOUTS, ASK
THAT ECHO THE CALL TO REMAIN IN
COMMITTEE AND LOOK AT HAVING A
BILL THAT WE CAN VOTE AND
HOPEFULLY PASS UNANIMOUSLY ON
THIS BODY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR O'MALLEY.
DOCKET WILL REMAIN ON THE
COMMITTEE FOR GOVERNMENT
REGULATIONS.
>> DOCKET NUMBER 0134
ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW
AND DISCUSS THE FY18 BOSTON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS' SPECIAL
EDUCATION BUDGET AND IDENTIFY
SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE
TRANSITIONS OF BPS YOUTH.
>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
COUNCILOR JACKSON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS THE FOURTH HEARING OF
ITS KIND AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILOR PRESSLEY FOR HER LEERN
IN THIS SPACE MANY COUNCILOR
PRESSLEY WAS OBVIOUSLY PRESENT,
COUNCILOR ESSAIBI-GEORGE AND
COUNCILOR O'MALLEY WAS PRESENT
FOR AN INFORMATIVE HEARING.
I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
LEAD SPONSOR SO SHE CAN GIVE HER
INDEPTH INPUT ON THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR JACKSON.
COUNCILOR PRESSLEY YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
I'LL BE ACTUALLY PRETTY SU SINGT
TODAY BUT WE WILL BE PRODUCING A
MORE COMPLETE COMMITTEE REPORT
ON THIS.
AS THE CHAIR REFERENCED THIS IS
FOURTH HEARING THAT I'VE
SPONSORED IN THIS SPACE RELATIVE
TO ENSURING EQUITABLE INSURANCE
THAT OUR STUDENTS SEVER SERVICES
IN THIS SPACE, POSTSECONDARY
INTO WORKFORCE AND INTO SELF
SUFFICIENT INDEPENDENT LIVES.
I HAVE USED THIS QUOTE A LOT,
THANKS TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND
THE ADVOCACY OF SPEDPAC, MASS
ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN, CAROLYN
FROM SPEDPAC, SAID INCLUSION IS
MORE THAN A SEAT AT THE TABLE,
IT IS AN EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE
VIGILANT TO ENSURE IT IS A GOOD
EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS
RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION
SERVICES.
A COUPLE OF STATS TO SHARE MANY
4115 TRANSITION AGE STOOURNLTS
ENROLLED, 4115.
THE GRADUATION RATES FOR
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE
BEEN STEADILY RISING.
WHICH IS ENCOURAGING NEWS.
HOWEVER, THE POSTSECONDARY
ENROLLMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES HAS BEEN RELATIVELY
STAGNANT.
WE CONTINUE TO BE MORE FOCUSED
ON THESE STATISTICS AND WE HAVE
SEEN A RISE IN FISCAL INVESTMENT
AND TRANSITION SERVICES.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DOLLARS
ARE BEING LEVERAGED EFFECTIVELY
TO ENSURE A MORE QUIBBLE
TRANSITION.
SO MOVING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, AGAIN I WANT TO THANK
SPEDPAC MASS ADVOCATES FOR
CHILDREN AND BPS FOR BEING
INTENTIONAL ADVOCATES IN THIS
SPACE.
WE ARE A LOT LESS DEFENSIVE AND
ACKNOWLEDGING WHERE THERE HAVE
BEEN DEFICITS AND WHERE WE NEED
TOO IMPROVE, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT
HAPPEN, BASEDDEN THE VENDORS AND
THE NEW CONTRACT OF SERVICES OF
FOLKS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD.
WE'RE ENCOURAGED IN THE
DIRECTION WE'RE MOVING IN AND
MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
WHEN WE'VE DONE THAT THERE WILL
BE A REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR
PRESSLEY.
COUNCILOR ESSAIBI-GEORGE YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU TO THE MAKER FOR
HOLDING THIS HEARING.
IT'S THE SECOND I'VE
PARTICIPATED IN AND FOR ME IT
WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN
ANNIVERSARY SORT OF HITTING THAT
HEARING, WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR
ME.
I ASKED DURING THE HEARING THOSE
THAT WERE ON THE PANEL, WHAT WAS
THE MODEL SCHOOL IN BPS THAT
WORKED ON TRANSITION THE BEST.
AND THE ANSWER FROM CAROLYN FROM
SPEDPAC IS WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
CELEBRATE THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING
AS A DISTRICT THAT WE'RE NOT
DOING THIS WORK, WE DON'T HAVE A
MODEL, THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IN
GREAT PARTNERS TO HELP US WITH
THIS WORK AND THAT WE'RE GOING
TO WORK TOWARDS GOING-BECOMING A
LEADING DISTRICT.
I WANT TO SAY AS MUCH AS THAT
WAS DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR IT WAS
POSITIVE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT,
AS A DISTRICT, AND INCREDIBLY
PROMISING THAT WE KNOW THAT WE
WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THE WORK SO
WE BROUGHT IN THE RIGHT PARTNERS
TO HELP US WITH THAT.
SO I THINK CONTRARY TO WHAT I
SAY ABOUT BPS, I'M EXCITED ABOUT
SORT OF THE FUTURE AND THIS
HEARING CONTINUING THROUGH THE
YEARS AND TO UNDERSTAND THE
PROGRESS, AND TO GET TO A POINT
WHERE WE CAN POINT TO NOT JUST
ONE PROGRAM IN BPS BUT
TRANSITIONAL SERVICES, BUT THAT
ALL OF OUR TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS
ARE DOING THEM INCREDIBLE AND
THEY'RE THE MODEL AND THEY'RE
THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE VISITED
FROM OUTSIDE DISTRICTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR
ESSAIBI-GEORGE.
DOCKET NUMBER 0134 WILL REMAIN
ON THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
>> DOCKET NUMBER 0199
ORDER THAT THE COMMITTEE ON
HEALTHY WOMEN, FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES WILL HOST A SERIES
OF POLICY BRIEFINGS RELATED TO
KEY TOPICS IN EARLY EDUCATION
AND CHILDCARE.
>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH WOMEN'S
CHILDREN AND NEAMS.
COUNCILOR PRESSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO
THANK AGAIN COUNCILOR WU FOR
INITIATING, COMING UP WITH THE
SPIRIT OF THIS IDEA.
IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH
ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS
ISSUE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WU,
COUNCILOR ESSAIBI-GEORGE,
COUNCILOR CAMPBELL FOR THEIR
INPUT LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT WAS SPECIFICALLY
FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY
BASED PROVIDERS OF COMMUNITY
SUPPORT AND CARE.
LITTLE OVER THREE HOUR HEARING,
VERY INFORMATIVE AND VERY
COMPELLING, WE HAD A PANEL OF
FOUR AMAZING EXPERTS, ANN
DOUGLAS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF
EARLY EDUCATION AND
NOTIFICATION, AND SAHARI CRAFT
FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SMART FROM THE START, AND VITAL
VILLAGE NETWORK AT BOSTON
MEDICAL CENTER AND I'M STILL
HONESTLY DIGESTING THE HEARING
BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF
INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT OF IT
BUT JUST THE BIG THINGS THAT I
THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO REITERATE
HERE IS THERE IS NO DEBATE ABOUT
WHAT WE ALL WANT AND THAT IS FOR
CHILDCARE TO BE ACCESSIBLE, TO
BE AFFORDABLE AND TO BE QUALITY.
AND IN ORDER FOR THIS CARE TO BE
QUALITY, WE HAVE TO INVEST IN
THIS WORKFORCE.
THIS IS A WORKFORCE THAT IS NOT
BEEN INVESTED IN.
IT HAS NOT BEEN PROFESSIONALLY
DEVELOPED.
IT IS NOT BEING COMPENSATED
ACCORDING TO THE VERY IMPORTANT
WORK THAT THEY ARE CHARGED WITH
DOING.
THEY ARE CHARGED WET WELFARE THE
WELL-BEING AND THE WELFARE OF
OUR CHILDREN AND WE KNOW THAT
THAT FOUNDATION IS A PREDICTOR
AND INDICATOR FOR EVERYTHING
ELSE, EVERY MITIGATION OF
ASPECTS OF AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
IT ALL STARTS RIGHT HERE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME
UP THROUGHOUT THE HEARING IS WE
CERTAINLY DO WANT TO COMMEND THE
MAYOR FOR EXPANDING PREK, NOT
ONLY ARE WE STRUGGLING TO MEET
THE DEMAND FOR EARLY EDUCATION
AND CARE TO STABILIZE OUR
FAMILIES TO GROW OUR WORKFORCE
AND OUR ECONOMY BUT WE ARE AT A
DEFICIT WHEN IT COMES TO CARE
FOR CHILDREN ZERO TO 3.
KIDS DON'T SPONTANEOUSLY COME
SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTAND END AT AGE 4.
THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
NEED FOR DATA AND SUPPOSE THAT
THE CITY OF BOSTON BE THE
CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THIS DATA
BECAUSE WE KNOW BEST HOW TO
LEVERAGE THAT DATA AND WHERE TO
PUSH FOR THESE TYPES OF
INVESTMENTS.
JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU THE
CONTRAST AND THE DISPARITIES,
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND
PROVIDERS ARE MAKING 21 TO
$27,000 ANNUALLY.
AND OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT THOSE EDUCATORS IN
CONTRAST ARE STARTING AT
$40,000.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
CHARGING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF
OUR CHILDREN.
SO THEY HAVE GOT TO BE
RESPECTED, WE NEED TO APPROACH
THEM AND CHALLENGE THIS DEFICIT
THINKING AND HAVE AN ASSET-BASED
APPROACH BECAUSE THEY ARE
ASSETS.
NOT ONLY BECAUSE THE WORK THAT
THEY DO IS CRITICAL, TO
DEVELOPING THE BEST FOUNDATION
AND LAUNCHING PAD FOR OUR
CHILDREN, LET US NOT FORGET THAT
THEY ARE SMALL BUSINESSES.
THEY ARE STARTUPS.
THEY ARE ENTREPRENEURS, AND SO
WE NEED TO TREAT THEM AS SUCH.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED AND
APPRECIATIVE OF THE COOPERATION
OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THIS
SPACE.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING
THE INVESTMENT IN THIS
WORKFORCE, IN THIS INDUSTRY THAT
WE KNOW WILL YIELD THE GREATEST
RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
AND THAT IS MORE QUALITY CARE OR
THE OUR CHILDREN AND A BETTER
FUTURE FOR ALL OF US.
SO THANK YOU.
FEST.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR
PRESSLEY.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
THAT?
DOCKET 0199 WILL REMAIN ON THE
COMMITTEE ON HEALTHY WOMEN
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
>> DOCKET NUMBER 0482.
COUNCILOR JACKSON OFFERED THE
FOLLOWING: ORDER FOR A HEARING
TO ADDRESS RECOVERY SERVICE BEDS
AT THE SOUTHAMPTON STREET
SHELTER.
>> COUNCILOR JACKSON YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC
AND ISSUE AND I JUST WANT TO BE
CLEAR THAT THIS IS THE LOSS OF
40 BEDS AND THE REASON WHY IT'S
THE LOSS OF 40 BEDS IS YES THE
CITY IS SAYING AT A THEY'RE
REPURPOSING THESE BEDS FOR
EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
BUT THE SOUTH HAMPTON SHERL WAS
THE ONLY DEDICATED RECOVERY
SHELTER THAT ACCOMMODATED
HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS.
I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL.
WE KNOW THERE ARE OVER 300
HIV-POSITIVE HOMELESS RESIDENTS
IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
SO THOSE REPURPOSE BEDS ARE FOR
EMERGENCY SHELTERS, WHICH MEANS
THOSE FOLKS ARE COMING ON A DAY
BY DAY BY DAY BASIS AND WE KNOW
THAT PEOPLE DO BETTER IN
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND WE KNOW
THAT OUTCOMES ARE MUCH BETTER IN
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
THESE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE
PEOPLE IN OUR CITY AND WE MUST
DO BETTER.
THIS BODY VOTED AND APPROVED A
BUDGET, AN OPERATIONS BUDGET
LAST YEAR THAT INCLUDED A $15
MILLION INFUSION OF DOLLARS TO
THE MORGAN AVENUE BRIDGE, $15
MILLION ON A BRIDGE THAT COULD
HAVE CAME FROM A CAPITAL BUDGET
BUT CAME FROM THE OPERATIONS
BUDGET.
THE ADMINISTRATION KNEW FOR TWO
YEARS THAT THESE FUNDS WERE
GOING TO BE CUT.
THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED
ABRUPTLY, THERE IS NO SURPRISE
HERE, AND WHAT DOES THIS HAPPEN
TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
BEING SUPPORTED HERE, IT PUTS
THE MOST VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS
IN OUR CITY INTO FLUX.
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY
CRITICAL THAT WE LOOK AT HOW WE
RESTORE THESE SERVICES, LISTEN
TO THE ADVOCATES, LISTEN TO THE
PATIENTS WHO ARE BEING SERVED
HERE.
THIS IS A POTENTIAL PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS, AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ROLL
OUR SLEEVES UP AND REALLY THINK
ABOUT.
FIRST LONG ISLAND, NOW THIS.
WE DMOLT ALLOW THE BOSTON PUBLIC
HEALTH COMMISSION TO PUT US INTO
A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE MAKING
DECISIONS ABRUPTLY WITH THE MOST
VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS IN THE
INTOFT.
I LOOK FOR AN EXPEDITED HEARING
AND I LOOK TO HEAR THE VOICES
THAT ARE NOT BEING HEARD WITH
THE COMMUNICATION THAT HAS COME
OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR JACKSON.
COUNCILOR ESSAIBI-GEORGE, YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
THANK YOU TO THE MAKER.
COUNCILOR JACKSON CONSISTENTLY
SPEAKS OUT ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE URGING US
TO DO BETTER AND DO MORE.
AND THAT IS CERTAINLY WHAT WE
NEED.
HOAXLESSNESS IS A TOUGH AND
PERSISTENT FOE, OUR STATE AND
CITY GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN
BATTLING IT FOR DECADES.
WE KNOW THIS IS A CRISIS FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND ONE
THING WE ALSO AGREE ON IS THE
PERMANENT SOLUTION TO
HOMELESSNESS IS HOUSING,
SHELTERS IS NOT THE SOLUTION,
THEY ARE A STOPGAP FOR PEOPLE IN
CRISIS.
WHAT PEOPLE REALLY NEED IS
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
IN RECOGNITION OF THIS FACT THE
FUNDING LANDSCAPE HAS BEEN
CHANGING.
HUD IS SHIFTING ITS SIGHTS TO A
RAPID REHOUSING MODEL THAT HELPS
PEOPLE STAY STABLE IN THEIR OWN
HOMES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IN
BOSTON.
THE SAFE HARBOR PROGRAM HAS USED
HUD FUNDS FOR 40 TRANSITIONAL
BEDS FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
IN 2013 WHEN THE BRIDGE TO LONG
ISLAND WAS DEEMED TOO DANGEROUS
TO USE THE PROGRAM WAS RELOCATED
TO SOUTHAMPTON STREET SHELTER.
THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY CREATING
INDIVIDUAL PLANS FOR EACH GUEST
IMPACTED BY THIS CHANGE AND IS
WORKING TO STABILIZE EACH
INDIVIDUAL INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
FEST RAPID REHOUSING IS A PROVEN
MODEL THAT CREATES LONG TERM
STABILITY.
STABILITY RATHER THAN CONTINUED
CRISIS.
FEST WE ARE WORKING TO MOVE
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
INTO THEIR OWN HOMES.
MANY PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MANY, MANY YEARS.
JUST IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD BE
LIKE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
COUNCIL AND IN THE FIELD TO HELP
MORE PEOPLE MOVE INTO REAL HOMES
AND SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS.
I HOPE THAT THIS BE ASSIGNED TO
THE COMMITTEE I CHAIR ON
HOMELESSNESS MENTAL HEALTH AND
RECOVERY.
WE HOPE TO EXPEDITE A HEARING TO
SUPPORT THE CONTINUED WORK OF
RAPID REHOUSING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR
ESSAIBI-GEORGE.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
THIS DOCKET?
DOCKET 0482, WILL BE ASSIGNED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON HOMELESSNESS
MELT HEALTH AND RECOVERY.
COULD YOU ADD COUNCILOR
ESSAIBI-GEORGE TO THE DOCKET
0482, PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR
CAMPBELL, COUNCILLOR McCARTHY,
COUNCILLOR CIOMMO, COUNCILLOR
ZAKIM, COUNCILOR O'MALLEY,
PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR'S NAME,
COUNCILOR BAKER.
OKAY AND AGAIN DOCKET 0482 WILL
BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS MENTAL HEALTH AND
RECOVERY.
>> DOCKET NUMBER 0483
COUNCILORS WU AND PRESSLEY
OFFERED THE FOLLOWING: ORDER FOR
A HEARING REGARDING THE FENWAY
CULTURAL DISTRICT.
>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE LEAD
SPONSOR COUNCILOR WU.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO
DEFER TO OUR COLLEAGUES WHO KNOW
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE BEST
BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN ADVOCATING
FOR A LONG LONG TIME.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THE OUTLINE OF
THE HEARING ORDER IS THAT THE
FENWAY CULTURAL DISTRICT WHICH
HAS RECEIVED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
IN BOSTON REALLY BEEN A LANDMARK
AND HISTORY-MAKING DISTRICT IN
SO MANY WAYS IS UP FOR RENEWAL
AFTER THEIR FIVE YEARS.
SO I'LL DEFER TO HER BUT BEFORE
THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD
COUNCILLOR ZAKIM AND COUNCILOR
JACKSON AS CO-SPONSORS.
>> ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS?
SEEING NO OBJECTION WE'LL ADD
COUNCILLOR ZAKIM AND COUNCILOR
JACKSON.
>> THANK YOU MR. VMENT.
>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR
PRESSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
WU AND COUNCILLOR ZAKIM, I WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO THANK, I'M SURE
HE'S WATCHING FORMER CITY
COUNCILLOR MICHAEL ROSS, WITH
COUNCILOR JACKSON AND MYSELF
BACK IN 2011, I DON'T KNOW IF
KELLY WAS HERE, HOPEFULLY SHE IS
WATCHING TOO, ARE FROM THE
FENWAY ALLIANCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY
THANKS FOR THE ROLE SHE PLAYED
IN GETTING THIS DISTRICT CREATED
AND ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF THE
DISTRICT.
AS COUNCILOR WU ALLUDED TO THE
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL
ACQUIRED THE DISTRICT, TO BE
REAUTHORIZED FIVE YEARS AFTER
THEY WERE FIRST CREATED.
THIS AFFORDS US AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE A QUICK LOOK BACK AND TO
CELEBRATE THE WONDERFUL THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS
DISTRICT OVER THE LAST FIVE
YEARS.
I SHOULD ALSO SAY THEY WERE SORT
OF THE PIONEERS IN BOSTON NOT IN
THE COMMONWEALTH BUT DISTRICTS
DESIGNATEBUT THE FENWAY WAS THE
VERY FIRST CULTURAL DISTRICT
DESIGNATED FOR BOSTON.
NOW WITH THE SUPPORT OF
EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SECOND ONE
BEING CREATED.
HOPE THERE WILL BE MANY MORE TO
COME.
AS FAR AS THE FENWAY IS
CONCERNED, BASED ON THE RESEARCH
BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE FENWAY
ALLIANCE, THE FENWAY INSTITUTION
HE BRING MORE THAN 4 MILLION
VISIT OORGS TO THE FENWAY
CULTURAL DISTRICT EACH YEAR AND
THEY EMPLOY OVER 20,000 PEOPLE
AND THEY EDUCATE MORE THAN
60,000 STUDENTS AND THIS
CULTURAL DISTRICT HAS REALLY
BEEN A CATALYST FOR THE CITY
BEING ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY
PRESERVE INSTITUTIONS SICH AS
THE HUNTINGTON THEATER SLATED TO
CARLOS LAST YEAR, AND PUBLIC BY
DESIGN, TO HIGHLIGHT THE
DISTRICT AND ARTISTS ABROAD AND
AT HOME.
AND LAST YEAR THIS PUBLIC BY
DESIGN, THEY WERE ABLE TO
PARTNER THE MEDICINE WHEEL, IT
WAS A PUBLIC INSTALLATION WITH
AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ARTIST
FROM IRELAND, OUR VERY OWN
MICHAEL DOWELING.
CLOSE TO THE ANNUALED THE X
FENWAY, WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS,
AND THIS IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN FIVE YEARS
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING
EVEN MORE AND TO SEEING EVEN
MORE IN HOPE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT
THIS REAUTHORIZATION IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE.
AGAIN I THINK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP
THIS THIS ENDEAVOR AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FENWAY
CULTURAL DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR
PRESSLEY.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILLOR
ZAKIM.
>> MR. VICE PRESIDENT I WANT TO
THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT WU,
COUNCILOR PRESSLEY, AND
COUNCILOR JACKSON.
INCLUDING THIS HEARING ORDER I
JUST WANT TO ECHO THE WORDS OF
MY GOOD COLLEAGUES THAT THIS HAS
BEEN A HUGE POSITIVE IMPACT IN
THE FENWAY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR
RESIDENTS FOR VISITORS ALIKE FOR
PEOPLE IN BOSTON, OUTSIDE OF
BOSTON, CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
ECONOMY THE VIBRANT CULTURE AND
THE THRIVING COMMUNITY WE HAVE
HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
I OBVIOUSLY HOPE WE WILL MOVE
SWIFTLY ON THIS, FOR THE
BENEFITS OF BECOMING A CULTURAL
DISTRICT.
>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR
JACKSON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THE
GREATEST PART OF ABOUT THIS
WHOLE PROCESS IS LOOKING AT THE
RICHES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON, AND SO THE COOLEST
PART ABOUT SITTING THROUGH THESE
MEETINGS IS JUST LOOKING AND
CONNECTING WITH ALL OF THE
PEOPLE, INSTITUTIONS AND WEALTH
AND COMMONWEALTH THAT WE HAVE IN
THE CITY OF BOSTON, AND I WANT
TO GIVE KUDOS ON THE LITERARY
DISTRICT AND I'M REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE APPROVAL OF A
ROXBURY CULTURAL DISTRICT ALSO.
AND I WOULD SAY TO ALL OF MY
TRENDS ON THE COUNCIL, AND
PARTICULARLY THE DISTRICT
COUNCILORS IT'S AN AMAZING
PROCESS GOING THROUGH THIS
BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY REALLY DOES
PROVIDE THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE,
HAVE EVERYONE SIT DOWN AND AS
COUNCILOR PRESSLEY BROUGHT UP
EARLIER, THINKING OF ASSETS
RATHER THAN DEFICITS.
AND CONNECTING FOLKS AND
BRINGING PEOPLE OFTEN THE SAME
PAGE IN THE SAME ROOM.
SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING A THIRD BUT ALSO RENEWING
THIS ONE.
I BELIEVE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN
THIS WAS THE FIRST.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO I THINK IT'S ALSO NOTABLE
THAT BOSTON AGAIN WAS FIRST
IN -- WHEN IT CAME TO CULTURAL
DISTRICTS IN THE WHOLE STATE OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR JACKSON.
ILL YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR
FLAHERTY MADAM CLERK, ALSO ADD
COUNCILOR CAMPBELL, COUNCILLOR
CIOMMO, COUNCILOR ES
ESSAIBI-GEORGE, COUNCILOR
LAMATTINA, COUNCILOR LINEHAN,
COUNCILLOR McCARTHY, COUNCILOR
O'MALLEY AND ADD MY NAME MADAM
CLERK.
WITH THAT DOCKET 0482 WILL BE
ASSIGNED TO ARTS CULTURE AND
SPECIAL EVENTS.
>> DOCKET NUMBER 0484
COUNCILOR WU OFFERED THE
FOLLOWING: ORDER THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL HOLD BIANNUAL URBAN
RENEWAL PROGRESS UPDATE HEARINGS
UNTIL 2022.
>> THIS ONE IS JUST A QUICK
REFILE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE
COUNCIL, FOLLOWING OUR URBAN
RENEWAL IMREAM THAT WE VOTED ON
WITH THE BRA AND AS PART OF THAT
AGREEMENT AS YOU ALL KNOW THE
COUNCIL HAS SIX MONTHS OVERSIGHT
MEETINGS WITH THE BRA, THIS WILL
BE THE SECOND THAT COUNCILOR
LINEHAN WILL HOST BUT BECAUSE
OUR DOCKETS WERE CLEARED AT THE
END OF LAST CALENDAR YEAR THIS
IS JUST A REFILE TO GET IT BACK
INTO THE SYSTEM.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT ONE?
GREAT DISOBLGHT 0484 WILL BE
ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
I'M INFORMED BY THE COURT THERE
ARE NO LATE FILED MATTERS TODAY
TO ADD.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE GREEN
SHEETS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL A
MATTER FROM THE GREEN SHEETS?
COUNCILLOR CIOMMO YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
DOCKET 0388 ON PAGE 2 ASIGNED
FOR FURTHER ACTION AND ALSO ON
PAGE 7 OF 7 FOR THE DETAIL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK COULD
YOU PLEASE READ THAT INTO
RECORD.
>> WHEAT OF WAYS AND MEANS
DOCKET NUMBER 0388 SPONSORED BY
THE MAYOR, MESSAGE AND ORDER
APPROVING APPROPRIATION EF
9,202,101, FOR REPLACEMENT OF
BOILER, BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL,
PARTIAL BOILER REPLACEMENT, JOHN
CONDON, ROOF REPLACEMENT, ROOF
REPLACEMENT AND THE WILLIAM E.
CHANING MIDDLE SCHOOL,EST
INCIDENT AND RELATED THERETO FOR
WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE
ELIGIBLE FROM A GRANT, TO BE
EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT
ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IT WAS
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MARCH
8th, 2017, HAD ITS FIRST
READING ON MARCH 15, 2013 AND IS
ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK,
DOCKET 0388 BROUGHT FORWARD BY
OUR CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS
AND READ INTO THE RECORD IS NOW
PROPERLY BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A MASS BUILDING
AUTHORITY ACCELERATED REPAIR
PROGRAM PROJECT, WHICH THE CITY
WILL RECOVER APPROXIMATELY 65%
FOR THIS $9 MILLION
APPROPRIATION WILL ENABLE US TO
GET REIMBURSED FOR A LITTLE
UNDER $6 MILLION.
THE WORK WILL TAKE PLACE OVER
THE SUMMER MONTHS AND NOT
DISRUPT THE START OF SCHOOL IN
SEPTEMBER SO I ASK FOR SUPPORT
AND A POSITIVE VOTE FOR THE
SECOND READING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR CIOMMO,
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
COMMENT?
OKAY AT THIS TIME COUNCILLOR
CIOMMO MOVES FOR SECOND READING
OF DOCKET NUMBER 0388.
MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
POLL THE COUNCIL?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
COUNCILOR BAKER, YES, COUNCILOR
CAMPBELL, COUNCILOR CAMPBELL
YES, COUNCILLOR CIOMMO,
COUNCILLOR CIOMMO YES, COUNCILOR
ESSAIBI-GEORGE, COUNCILOR
ESSAIBI-GEORGE YES, COUNCILOR
FLAHERTY, COUNCILOR FLAHERTY
YES, COUNCILOR JACKSON,
COUNCILOR JACKSON YES.
COUNCILOR LAMATTINA, COUNCILOR
LAMATTINA YES, COUNCILOR
LINEHAN, COUNCILOR LINEHAN YES,
COUNCILLOR McCARTHY,
COUNCILLOR McCARTHY YES,
COUNCILOR O'MALLEY, COUNCILOR
O'MALLEY YES.
COUNCILOR PRESSLEY, COUNCILOR
PRESSLEY YES, COUNCILOR WU,
COUNCILOR WU YES.
AND COUNCILLOR ZAKIM, COUNCILLOR
ZAKIM YES.
MADAM PRESIDENT, DOCKET NUMBER
0388 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS
SECOND READING.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, DOCKET
NUMBER 0388 HAS RECEIVED A
UNANIMOUS SECOND READING AND HAS
BEEN PASSED.
ANY OTHER TAKERS FOR THE GREEN
SHEETS?
OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY
ANNOUNCEMENTS OR STATEMENTS.
COUNCILOR JACKSON, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
PRESIDENT CONSENT TO MAKE A
BRIEF STATEMENT.
UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE AND I
DIDN'T HIT MY BUTTON FAST EN
ENOUGH.
RAPID REHOUSING DOESN'T WORK FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ADDICTED
BECAUSE YOU MUST AND NEED TO
TAKE CARE OF THAT ADDICTION.
I BELIEVE PRIOR.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES THAT
WRAP AROUND IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON, SO I THINK THAT SHOULD
BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
THINK ABOUT.
AND SO WE FACE MANY INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN HOUSING
AND THEN ACTUALLY WERE TOSSED
OUT OF THEIR HOUSING LOSING
THEIR VOUCHER AND NOT ABLE TO
APPLY UNTIL SEVERAL YEARS AFTER.
I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL
THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON
KNOWLEDGEABLY AND THOUGHTFULLY
TAKE CARE OF THIS VERY
VULNERABLE POPULATION IN
PARTICULAR WITH THE ONLY BEDS
THAT HELP AND SERVE HIV-POSITIVE
PATIENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ONLY 40
BEDS HERE AND WE KNOW THERE ARE
OVER 300 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
HIV WHO ARE HOMELESS IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON AND THAT IS OUR
CHARGE, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE
OF THOSE PATIENTS.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR JACKSON.
COUNCILOR PRESSLEY FOR WHAT
PURPOSE DO YOU RISE?
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS ABOUT
THIS WORK IS THAT CHANGE IN LIFE
IS NORTHWEST OF INEVITABLE BUT
THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT EASY.
I WOULD LIKE TO RISE TO
CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A
MEMBER OF MY A TEAM, JAMES
SOUTHERN LIN.
LYN.
ROONEY I'M COMING FOR YOU, THAT
HE'S -- BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS
IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE TO
HAVE HIM A PART OF OUR TEAM AND
TO SEE HIS GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT, JAMES STARTED WITH
AN INTERN WITH US AT EMANUEL
COLLEGE AND IN SEVEN YEARS TIME
HE HAS GONE FROM BEING AN INTERN
TO BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON,
TO BEING OUR LIAISON IN ALL
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, TO OUR
RESEARCH DIRECTOR, HE ORIGINALLY
WAS A STUDENT AT EMANUEL AND
RECENTLY, NOW HAS THE TITLE OF
DR. SOUTHERLIN HAVING RECEIVED
HIS PH.D. AT NORTHEASTERN
UNIVERSITY, DARING THAT
COMMITTEE TO SAY NO.
HE IS DECENT AND BRILLIANT AND
WE WILL MISS HIM TERRIBLY.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM.
AND I GOT TO SAY GOOD LUCK TO
OUR SOFTBALL TEAM GUYS BECAUSE
HE WAS OUR PITCHER AND OUR
RINGER.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO FROM
HERE.
I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO
BAY VILLAGE RESIDENTS, LIFETIME
A TEAM MEMBER DR. JAMES
SOUTHERLIN AND WE WILL MISS YOU,
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
FTC
>> COUNCILOR ESSAIBI-GEORGE FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE?
>> I WANT TO RESPOND TO
COUNCILOR JACKSON'S COMMENTS
ABOUT RAPID REHOUSING.
MOST OF MY COMMENTS FOCUSED ON
RAPID REHOUSING AND FOR NO
MOMENT IN TIME ARE WE TO MISREAD
RAPID REHOUSING, IT IS TO ITS
CORE WHAT RAPT REHOUSING WHAT
IT'S ALL ABOUT.
NOT ONLY ARE WE RESPONDING TO
THE NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS BUT ALSO THEIR
SPECIFIC NEEDS AND CASE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXPEDITED
HEARING WHERE WE WILL TALK ABOUT
THIS NO DOUBT BUT IT'S
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE
ANSWER TO HOMELESSNESS IS
CREATING PERMANENT HOMES.
NOT INCREASING -- WELL
INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
EMERGENCY SHELTER NO DOUBT BUT
WE HAVE TOO MANY INDIVIDUALS AND
TOO MANY FAMILIES WHO HAVE SPENT
TOO MANY NIGHTS IN SHELTER.
THEY NEED HOUSING, AND THAT'S
WHAT WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS AS
A CITY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR
ESSAIBI-GEORGE.
SO I JUST -- I APPRECIATE THE
SPILLOVER OF PASSION FROM THE
DOCKET NUMBERS BUT AT THIS
PROCEDURE I WANT TO REMIND YOU
ALL THAT THIS TIME IS NOT SPACE
FOR GOING BACK AND REVIEWING THE
VARIOUS DOCKETS.
SO BOTH THE ORDER OF THE COUNCIL
BUT ALSO FOR CONFUSION OF
VIEWERS.
SO I DID WANT TO ALLOWS THE
SECOND, JUST BECAUSE WE ALREADY
STARTED DOWN THIS PATH BUT
COUNCILOR LINEHAN IF YOU ARE
PRESSING TO TALK ABOUT RAPID
REHOUSING I'M GOING TO --
>> BUT THEY WERE BOTH OUT OF
ORDER AND THAT IS NOT THE TIME
AND THE PLACE FOR THIS AND I
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU
MADE.
THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SPECIAL
MOMENT IN OUR AGENDA WHERE YOU
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE
COUNCIL THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY
DISCUSSED, NOR A OMATTER ON THE
DOCKET, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MR. FORMER
PRESIDENT FOR THAT REMINDER.
AGAIN MY FAULTS ARE NOT PAUSING
LONG ENOUGH ON THE PREVIOUS
DOCKET AND JUST A REMINDER IN
THE FUTURE.
I WILL INSERT A REQUIREMENT THAT
IS NOT RELATED TO ANY OTHER
DOCKET.
JUST A NOTE I WILL SEND AN
E-MAIL OUT BUT WE ARE STILL
MAKING PROGRESS ON THE COUNCIL
ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT OF LIFTING
UP THE FLOOR SO WE WILL NO
LONGER NEED TO CREATE ISSUES FOR
FOLKS WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES.
THE NEXT MEETING IS MONDAY APRIL
3rd RIGHT THEY CHAMBER AT
11:30.
YOU ALL ARE WELCOME, PLEASE
COME, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
DESIGN AND BID SCHEDULE WHICH TO
MY KNOWLEDGE IS STILL ON
SCHEDULE TO HAPPEN THIS SUMMER.
PLEASE COME AND/OR SEND A REP.
ANYONE ELSE?
OKAY GREAT, AT THIS TIME, OH
APOLOGIZE THERE ARE TWO LATE
FILE MATTERS FOR THE CONSENT
AGENDA WHICH NEEDS TO ADOPTED,
CHAIR MOVES CONSENT AGENDA
ADOPTION, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE,
OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
PLEASE RISE.
TODAY THE COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN
THE MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE
FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, FOR
COUNCILOR ESSAIBI-GEORGE, HATTIE
McKAY.
FOR COUNCILOR LAMATTINA, SACCARY
JOSHUA HOLMES.
FOR COUNCILOR LINEHAN, LEO CODY.
FOR COUNCILLOR McCARTHY, TIM
O'SULLIVAN.
FOR COUNCILOR PRESSLEY, TRACY
BENTON WHIT LI.
KATHLEEN LENNON AND GLORIA EL MA
SAMUEL THOMAS.
FOR COUNCILLOR ZAKIM, LEONIDAS
PAPAS.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE ]
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOVES THAT
WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY
WE DO SO IN MEMORY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.
WE WILL MEET WEDNESDAY APRIL
5th, 12:00 NOON.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, OPPOSED
NAY, COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.
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