00:00:00:00	00:08:02:00	THANK YOU GOOD MORNING,
00:08:02:00	00:08:05:00	EVERYONE.
00:08:05:00	00:08:06:00	PLEASE ACCEPT MY GOOD MORNING
00:08:06:00	00:08:10:00	AS I GUESS MY GAVEL TO OPEN
00:08:10:00	00:08:12:00	THIS HEARING.
00:08:12:00	00:08:17:00	MY NAME IS LUNCH ANDERSON FOR
00:08:17:00	00:08:17:00	THE RECORD MY NAME IS MICHAEL
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00:08:18:00	00:08:20:00	THE DISTRICT SEVEN CITY
00:08:20:00	00:08:21:00	COUNCILOR .
00:08:21:00	00:08:23:00	I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON
00:08:23:00	00:08:24:00	CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS
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00:08:25:00	00:08:26:00	THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED.
00:08:26:00	00:08:28:00	IT IS BEING LIVE STREAMED AT
00:08:28:00	00:08:31:00	BOSTON MAUGA FOR SLASH CITY
00:08:31:00	00:08:36:00	COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST
00:08:36:00	00:08:36:00	AND XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN
00:08:36:00	00:08:39:00	CHANNEL EIGHTY TWO AND FILES
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00:08:43:00	00:08:47:00	COUNCIL'S BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS
00:08:47:00	00:08:48:00	WILL ENCOMPASS A SERIES
00:08:48:00	00:08:49:00	OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT BEGIN
00:08:49:00	00:08:51:00	IN APRIL AND WILL RUN THROUGH
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00:08:51:00	00:08:55:00	WE STRONGLY COURAGE RESIDENTS
00:08:55:00	00:08:58:00	TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENGAGE IN
00:08:58:00	00:08:59:00	THIS PROCESS BY GIVING
00:08:59:00	00:09:02:00	TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD YOU
00:09:02:00	00:09:04:00	CAN DO THIS IN SEVERAL WAYS
00:09:04:00	00:09:04:00	ATTEND ONE OF THE HEARINGS AND
00:09:04:00	00:09:07:00	PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
00:09:07:00	00:09:08:00	WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY
00:09:08:00	00:09:08:00	AT THE END OF EACH DEPARTMENTAL
00:09:08:00	00:09:10:00	HEARING AND OR IN THE MIDDLE
00:09:10:00	00:09:14:00	DEPENDING ON THE FORMAT OF EACH
00:09:14:00	00:09:14:00	HEARING DEDICATED TO PUBLIC
00:09:14:00	00:09:15:00	TESTIMONY.
00:09:15:00	00:09:18:00	THE FULL HEARING SCHEDULE IS ON
00:09:18:00	00:09:22:00	OUR WEBSITE AT BOSTON OR SLASH
00:09:22:00	00:09:26:00	COUNCIL DASH TV OUR SCHEDULED
00:09:26:00	00:09:26:00	HEARINGS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC
00:09:26:00	00:09:29:00	TESTIMONY ARE TUESDAY, MAY 9TH
00:09:29:00	00:09:33:00	AT SIX P.M. AND THURSDAY MAY
00:09:33:00	00:09:37:00	18TH AT 2:00 P.M. WILL VIRTUAL
00:09:37:00	00:09:38:00	TESTIMONY YOU CAN SIGN UP USING
00:09:38:00	00:09:41:00	OUR ONLINE FORUM ON OUR
00:09:41:00	00:09:42:00	COUNCIL BUDGET REVIEW WEBSITE
00:09:42:00	00:09:46:00	OR BY EMAILING THE COMMITTEE
00:09:46:00	00:09:50:00	ACSC W AT BOSTON DOGGE WHEN YOU
00:09:50:00	00:09:53:00	ARE CALLED TO TESTIFY PLEASE
00:09:53:00	00:09:53:00	STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION
00:09:53:00	00:09:54:00	OR RESIDENCE AND LIMIT YOUR
00:09:54:00	00:09:58:00	COMMENTS TO A FEW MINUTES TO
00:09:58:00	00:09:58:00	ENSURE THAT THE COMMENTS ARE
00:09:58:00	00:10:01:00	BEING ALL COMMENTS ARE BEING
00:10:01:00	00:10:01:00	HEARD.
00:10:01:00	00:10:02:00	EMAIL YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO
00:10:02:00	00:10:05:00	THE COMMITTEE ASK W.M. AT
00:10:05:00	00:10:09:00	BOSTON DOT SUBMIT A TWO MINUTE
00:10:09:00	00:10:12:00	VIDEO OF YOUR TESTIMONY THROUGH
00:10:12:00	00:10:13:00	THE FORUM ON OUR WEBSITE FOR
00:10:13:00	00:10:16:00	MORE INFORMATION ON THE CITY
00:10:16:00	00:10:17:00	BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW TO
00:10:17:00	00:10:18:00	TESTIFY, PLEASE VISIT THE CITY
00:10:18:00	00:10:21:00	COUNCIL'S BUDGET WEBSITE AT
00:10:21:00	00:10:23:00	BOSTON GOV OR SLASH
00:10:23:00	00:10:24:00	COUNCIL BUDGET.
00:10:24:00	00:10:25:00	TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DORSETS
00:10:25:00	00:10:28:00	ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO ZERO SEVEN
00:10:28:00	00:10:32:00	SIX TWO ORDERS FOR THE FBI.
00:10:32:00	00:10:33:00	TWENTY FOUR OPERATING BUDGET
00:10:33:00	00:10:35:00	INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
00:10:35:00	00:10:36:00	FOR DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS FOR
00:10:36:00	00:10:39:00	THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOR
00:10:39:00	00:10:40:00	OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
00:10:40:00	00:10:43:00	OPAP ZERO SEVEN SIX THREE ZERO
00:10:43:00	00:10:47:00	SEVEN SIX FIVE TO ZERO SEVEN
00:10:47:00	00:10:47:00	SIX SIX ORDERS FOR A CAPITAL
00:10:47:00	00:10:51:00	FUND TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS
00:10:51:00	00:10:54:00	DOCKET ZERO SEVEN SIX FOUR ZERO
00:10:54:00	00:10:55:00	SEVEN SIX SEVEN ZERO SEVEN SIX
00:10:55:00	00:10:56:00	EIGHT ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL
00:10:56:00	00:10:59:00	BUDGET INCLUDING LOCAL ORDERS
00:10:59:00	00:10:59:00	AND LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.
00:10:59:00	00:11:10:00	OUR FOCUS AREA FOR THIS HEARING
00:11:10:00	00:11:10:00	WILL BE THE FBI.
00:11:10:00	00:11:11:00	TWENTY FOUR BUDGET FOR THE
00:11:11:00	00:11:12:00	OFFICE OF LANGUAGE AND
00:11:12:00	00:11:12:00	COMMUNICATION ACCESS, THE
00:11:12:00	00:11:13:00	OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT IMMIGRATION
00:11:13:00	00:11:13:00	VESTMENT DISABILITIES
00:11:13:00	00:11:14:00	COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE
00:11:14:00	00:11:20:00	OF VETERAN SERVICES.
00:11:20:00	00:11:22:00	I DO NOT HAVE A LIST OF THE
00:11:22:00	00:11:29:00	PANELISTS NOR DO I SEE ANYONE
00:11:29:00	00:11:33:00	HERE WITH US OTHER THAN CHIEF
00:11:33:00	00:11:37:00	WANG I SEE NOW I NOW SEE
00:11:37:00	00:11:44:00	MONIQUE GIVE ME A MOMENT HERE.
00:11:44:00	00:11:45:00	I APOLOGIZE.
00:11:45:00	00:11:47:00	I WAS NOT SENT THE UPDATED
00:11:47:00	00:11:47:00	ANALYST.
00:11:47:00	00:11:51:00	I'M JUST GOING TO LOOK IT UP
00:11:51:00	00:11:59:00	FOR PROPER TITLE TO THE CENTRAL
00:11:59:00	00:12:00:00	STAFF IN YOUR OFFICE SHOULD
00:12:00:00	00:12:00:00	HAVE THE LISTS OF PENN STATE
00:12:00:00	00:12:03:00	ALSO TO SEE ANDREA PACHON ON
00:12:03:00	00:12:06:00	THE NOT AS PANELIST'S SHE CAN
00:12:06:00	00:12:07:00	KEEP UP.
00:12:07:00	00:12:07:00	THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
00:12:07:00	00:12:08:00	SHE'S ON THE DISABILITY
00:12:08:00	00:12:08:00	COMMISSION.
00:12:08:00	00:12:10:00	THANK YOU.
00:12:10:00	00:12:14:00	THANK YOU, SHANTELLE.
00:12:14:00	00:12:15:00	UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE THE
00:12:15:00	00:12:19:00	LIST SO IF YOU CAN BUMP IT UP
00:12:19:00	00:12:24:00	TO ME, SHANTELL THAT'D BE GREAT
00:12:24:00	00:12:24:00	.
00:12:24:00	00:12:36:00	THANK ALL RIGHT.
00:12:36:00	00:12:38:00	I'M HERE NOW SO OUR PANELISTS
00:12:38:00	00:12:42:00	FOR TODAY'S HEARING OPSWARE
00:12:42:00	00:12:46:00	OFFICE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS
00:12:46:00	00:12:47:00	COMMUNICATION ACCESS IS
00:12:47:00	00:12:50:00	JENNIFER RIVOIRE LONG OFFICE
00:12:50:00	00:12:51:00	OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT
00:12:51:00	00:12:56:00	MONIQUE NIANG, DIRECTOR
00:12:56:00	00:13:00:00	CHRISTIAN MARCOS KRISTEN HERE.
00:13:00:00	00:13:01:00	HI CHRISTIAN.
00:13:01:00	00:13:04:00	YES COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN
00:13:04:00	00:13:08:00	COCHE DISABILITIES COMMISSION
00:13:08:00	00:13:09:00	COMMISSIONER ROBERT SANTIAGO
00:13:09:00	00:13:16:00	FROM VETERANS AND BELLA JAMBOS
00:13:16:00	00:13:17:00	SENIOR ADMINISTRATION ALLNESS
00:13:17:00	00:13:19:00	VETS AS WELL.
00:13:19:00	00:13:23:00	THANK YOU.
00:13:23:00	00:13:28:00	NOW WE'RE AT A I'M JOINED HERE
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00:13:31:00	00:13:32:00	COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES
00:13:32:00	00:13:35:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT ED FLYNN
00:13:35:00	00:13:36:00	COUNCILOR FLAHERTY
00:13:36:00	00:13:36:00	COUNCILOR BRADIN
00:13:36:00	00:13:38:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
00:13:38:00	00:13:42:00	COUNCILOR MEKERE FORMAT BECAUSE
00:13:42:00	00:13:47:00	WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT
00:13:47:00	00:13:49:00	DEPARTMENTS WE HOPE TO GET OUT
00:13:49:00	00:13:50:00	OF HERE BY TWO O'CLOCK
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00:13:54:00	00:13:55:00	I WILL ALLOW MY
00:13:55:00	00:13:58:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO JUST GIVE
00:13:58:00	00:13:59:00	AN OPENING STATEMENT IF THEY
00:13:59:00	00:14:01:00	HAVE IT BY SHOW OF HANDS IF YOU
00:14:01:00	00:14:02:00	RAISE YOUR HAND I WILL CALL ON
00:14:02:00	00:14:03:00	TO YOU FOR A THIRTY SECOND
00:14:03:00	00:14:06:00	OPENING STATEMENT IF YOU DON'T
00:14:06:00	00:14:06:00	HAVE ONE THAT'S OK.
00:14:06:00	00:14:09:00	WE'LL MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATION
00:14:09:00	00:14:13:00	PRESENTATION THEN IF WE HAVE IF
00:14:13:00	00:14:14:00	MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
00:14:14:00	00:14:15:00	QUESTIONS WE'LL GO TO OUR FIRST
00:14:15:00	00:14:18:00	ROUND.
00:14:18:00	00:14:18:00	IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC
00:14:18:00	00:14:21:00	TESTIMONIES WE'LL TAKE THAT
00:14:21:00	00:14:22:00	SECOND AND THEN IF THERE'S TIME
00:14:22:00	00:14:26:00	WE'LL TAKE WE'LL DO A SECOND
00:14:26:00	00:14:26:00	ROUND OF QUESTIONS THEREAFTER
00:14:26:00	00:14:30:00	FIRST MR PRESIDENT
00:14:30:00	00:14:34:00	COUNCIL ETTLIN YOU HAVE THE
00:14:34:00	00:14:34:00	FLOOR.
00:14:34:00	00:14:38:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:14:38:00	00:14:39:00	THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT
00:14:39:00	00:14:41:00	HEADS THAT ARE HERE WITH US ALL
00:14:41:00	00:14:42:00	FOUR OF THEM PLAY A CRITICAL
00:14:42:00	00:14:45:00	ROLE WHEN THE CITY PROVIDING
00:14:45:00	00:14:49:00	CRITICAL SERVICES PROGRAMS AND
00:14:49:00	00:14:49:00	SERVICES TO RESIDENTS.
00:14:49:00	00:14:52:00	I THINK THESE FOUR DEPARTMENTS
00:14:52:00	00:14:53:00	THE MOST IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS
00:14:53:00	00:14:56:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS YOU
00:14:56:00	00:15:01:00	KNOW LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
00:15:01:00	00:15:02:00	AND ACCESS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY
00:15:02:00	00:15:04:00	AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERY CITY
00:15:04:00	00:15:05:00	DEPARTMENT SHOULD ALSO PLACE
00:15:05:00	00:15:05:00	LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
00:15:05:00	00:15:09:00	ACCESS AS PART OF THEIR
00:15:09:00	00:15:09:00	PRIORITIES.
00:15:09:00	00:15:13:00	IT'S A CRITICAL DEPARTMENT AND
00:15:13:00	00:15:14:00	WE WANT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH
00:15:14:00	00:15:16:00	THIS TEAM.
00:15:16:00	00:15:17:00	THEY'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING
00:15:17:00	00:15:17:00	JOB TO MAKE SURE EVERY
00:15:17:00	00:15:20:00	RESIDENT'S RESIDENT HAS ACCESS
00:15:20:00	00:15:21:00	TO LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
00:15:21:00	00:15:21:00	ACCESS.
00:15:21:00	00:15:24:00	I REPRESENT A LARGE IMMIGRANT
00:15:24:00	00:15:28:00	COMMUNITY AS WELL IN THE
00:15:28:00	00:15:29:00	IMPORTANCE OF THE OFFICE
00:15:29:00	00:15:29:00	OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT PLAYS
00:15:29:00	00:15:32:00	A CRITICAL ROLE IN BOSTON
00:15:32:00	00:15:36:00	MAKING SURE OUR IMMIGRANT
00:15:36:00	00:15:37:00	NEIGHBORS ARE TREATED WITH
00:15:37:00	00:15:37:00	RESPECT.
00:15:37:00	00:15:40:00	DISABILITY AND ANOTHER
00:15:40:00	00:15:41:00	IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT.
00:15:41:00	00:15:44:00	IT'S CRITICAL IT'S CRITICAL
00:15:44:00	00:15:45:00	THAT WE ENSURE EVERY PERSON
00:15:45:00	00:15:47:00	WITH DISABILITY HAS EQUAL
00:15:47:00	00:15:48:00	ACCESS, FULL ACCESS TO
00:15:48:00	00:15:52:00	BUILDINGS AND SPACES AND
00:15:52:00	00:15:53:00	DISABILITY PERSONS WITH
00:15:53:00	00:15:56:00	DISABILITIES ALSO FULLY ENGAGE
00:15:56:00	00:15:57:00	AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR
00:15:57:00	00:16:00:00	COMMUNITY DISSERVING DESERVING
00:16:00:00	00:16:01:00	OF RESPECT AND DIGNITY.
00:16:01:00	00:16:04:00	FINALLY, VETERANS SERVICES I'M
00:16:04:00	00:16:05:00	A DISABLED VETERAN.
00:16:05:00	00:16:08:00	I ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THIS
00:16:08:00	00:16:09:00	DEPARTMENT MAKING SURE THERE
00:16:09:00	00:16:12:00	ARE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR
00:16:12:00	00:16:15:00	VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
00:16:15:00	00:16:16:00	I KNOW ALL FOUR DEPARTMENT
00:16:16:00	00:16:16:00	HEADS.
00:16:16:00	00:16:19:00	THEY'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB
00:16:19:00	00:16:19:00	.
00:16:19:00	00:16:20:00	THEIR TEAM IS ALSO DOING A
00:16:20:00	00:16:24:00	TREMENDOUS JOB AND I'M HERE TO
00:16:24:00	00:16:24:00	LISTEN.
00:16:24:00	00:16:27:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:16:27:00	00:16:27:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:16:27:00	00:16:28:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN.
00:16:28:00	00:16:31:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA.
00:16:31:00	00:16:32:00	DID YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS UP?
00:16:32:00	00:16:32:00	I DID.
00:16:32:00	00:16:35:00	COUNCILOR ANDERSON.
00:16:35:00	00:16:36:00	BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I
00:16:36:00	00:16:39:00	THINK I WILL RESERVE MY
00:16:39:00	00:16:39:00	COMMENT.
00:16:39:00	00:16:40:00	I'M DOING MY QUESTIONS.
00:16:40:00	00:16:40:00	THANK YOU.
00:16:40:00	00:16:41:00	NO PROBLEM.
00:16:41:00	00:16:42:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:16:42:00	00:16:49:00	WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MISS MISS
00:16:49:00	00:16:50:00	WONG, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR
00:16:50:00	00:16:56:00	YOUR PRESENTATION IF ETHAN IF
00:16:56:00	00:16:56:00	WE CAN GET.
00:16:56:00	00:16:59:00	DID YOU SUBMIT YOUR
00:16:59:00	00:17:00:00	PRESENTATION, MA'AM?
00:17:00:00	00:17:01:00	I DID.
00:17:01:00	00:17:01:00	MADAM CHAIR.
00:17:01:00	00:17:04:00	GOOD MORNING, ETHAN.
00:17:04:00	00:17:05:00	IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE READY FOR
00:17:05:00	00:17:08:00	WITH THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
00:17:08:00	00:17:26:00	ARTS COMMUNICATION ACCESS.
00:17:26:00	00:17:27:00	GOOD MORNING.
00:17:27:00	00:17:31:00	SORRY JUST FOR A MOMENT I
00:17:31:00	00:17:32:00	WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY
00:17:32:00	00:17:34:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE ERIN MURPHY
00:17:34:00	00:17:36:00	FOR SOME REASON I DON'T SEE HER
00:17:36:00	00:17:39:00	SCREEN.
00:17:39:00	00:17:39:00	OH THERE IT IS.
00:17:39:00	00:17:40:00	IT'S JUST A LONGER TITLE.
00:17:40:00	00:17:42:00	SORRY YOUR NAME SORT
00:17:42:00	00:17:42:00	OF DISAPPEARS.
00:17:42:00	00:17:46:00	COUNCILMAN MURPHY.
00:17:46:00	00:17:47:00	WE ARE WE'RE HERE.
00:17:47:00	00:17:49:00	I JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER
00:17:49:00	00:18:00:00	PRESENCE.
00:18:00:00	00:18:01:00	ETHAN, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY
00:18:01:00	00:18:11:00	WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THANK
00:18:11:00	00:18:15:00	YOU SO MUCH SO THANK YOU
00:18:15:00	00:18:16:00	EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR THE
00:18:16:00	00:18:16:00	TIME.
00:18:16:00	00:18:17:00	IT'S IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE
00:18:17:00	00:18:19:00	WITH YOU ALL.
00:18:19:00	00:18:20:00	SO WE ARE THE OFFICE
00:18:20:00	00:18:21:00	OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS
00:18:21:00	00:18:22:00	ACCESS.
00:18:22:00	00:18:23:00	IF I COULD KINDLY ASK FOR YOU
00:18:23:00	00:18:33:00	TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT FLIGHT
00:18:33:00	00:18:38:00	INTO SO OUR MISSION IS UP ON A
00:18:38:00	00:18:41:00	SCREEN BUT OUR OFFICE
00:18:41:00	00:18:41:00	PRIORITIZING ENSURING THAT
00:18:41:00	00:18:42:00	SPEAKERS OF ALL LANGUAGES AND
00:18:42:00	00:18:45:00	COMMUNICATIONS BACKGROUNDS ARE
00:18:45:00	00:18:46:00	ABLE TO ACCESS ALL CITY
00:18:46:00	00:18:49:00	SERVICES AND THAT THEY ALSO ARE
00:18:49:00	00:18:50:00	SEEN AS A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE
00:18:50:00	00:18:53:00	DECISION MAKING OF THE CITY.
00:18:53:00	00:18:56:00	WE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
00:18:56:00	00:18:57:00	FROM MOST LANGUAGE ACTORS
00:18:57:00	00:19:00:00	OFFICES ACROSS THE CITY AS WE
00:19:00:00	00:19:01:00	ARE A COMBINATION OF LANGUAGE
00:19:01:00	00:19:02:00	ACCESS AND COMMUNICATIONS
00:19:02:00	00:19:05:00	ACCESS WHICH IS PRIORITIES
00:19:05:00	00:19:09:00	OF PERSONS SPEAK LANGUAGES
00:19:09:00	00:19:09:00	OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND PERSONS
00:19:09:00	00:19:10:00	WITH COMMUNICATIONS ACCENTS
00:19:10:00	00:19:13:00	RELATED USABILITY SO THAT CAN
00:19:13:00	00:19:14:00	INCLUDE PERSONS WHO IDENTIFY AS
00:19:14:00	00:19:17:00	DEAF PERSONS WHO IDENTIFY AS
00:19:17:00	00:19:20:00	HAVING LOW VISION PERSONS WHO
00:19:20:00	00:19:21:00	AS HARD OF HEARING AND PERSONS
00:19:21:00	00:19:24:00	WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS BLIND.
00:19:24:00	00:19:27:00	NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
00:19:27:00	00:19:32:00	AND SO ANOTHER DIFFERENCE THAT
00:19:32:00	00:19:32:00	WE HAVE COMPARED TO OTHER
00:19:32:00	00:19:35:00	LANGUAGE ACCESS OFFICES IS WE
00:19:35:00	00:19:36:00	APPROACH OUR WORK IN A
00:19:36:00	00:19:37:00	DECENTRALIZED MODEL APPROACH
00:19:37:00	00:19:40:00	AND SO AS COUNSELOR ED FLYNN
00:19:40:00	00:19:44:00	WAS MENTIONING, WE VIEW THAT IN
00:19:44:00	00:19:45:00	ORDER TO ENSURE LANGUAGE AND
00:19:45:00	00:19:48:00	COMMUNICATIONS IS SUCCESSFUL
00:19:48:00	00:19:49:00	THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A SYSTEMIC
00:19:49:00	00:19:51:00	CHANGE WITHIN THE CITY AND THAT
00:19:51:00	00:19:52:00	IS WHY WE MAKE LANGUAGE AND
00:19:52:00	00:19:52:00	COMMUNICATIONS ACT AS A
00:19:52:00	00:19:55:00	PRIORITY FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS
00:19:55:00	00:19:58:00	AND TO BE A FOREFRONTS BEFORE
00:19:58:00	00:19:59:00	PLANNING BEFORE INFORMATION IS
00:19:59:00	00:20:03:00	BEING CREATED AS WELL AS
00:20:03:00	00:20:03:00	EVENTS.
00:20:03:00	00:20:04:00	AND SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER A
00:20:04:00	00:20:06:00	LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE ARE GOING
00:20:06:00	00:20:07:00	DOWN TO ACCOMPLISH THIS VISION
00:20:07:00	00:20:11:00	FOR OUR DECENTRALIZED MODEL.
00:20:11:00	00:20:14:00	SO WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE AND
00:20:14:00	00:20:15:00	COMPLIANCE PIECE OF OUR WORK IS
00:20:15:00	00:20:19:00	SETTING STANDARDS, POLICIES AND
00:20:19:00	00:20:19:00	PROCEDURES FOR WHICH
00:20:19:00	00:20:23:00	DEPARTMENTS WILL EXECUTE THEIR
00:20:23:00	00:20:23:00	WORK IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THOSE
00:20:23:00	00:20:24:00	DEPARTMENTS.
00:20:24:00	00:20:27:00	WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM THAT
00:20:27:00	00:20:28:00	FOCUSES ON TRAININGS WHICH IS
00:20:28:00	00:20:31:00	TRAINING DEPARTMENTS ON HOW TO
00:20:31:00	00:20:31:00	PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE EVENTS,
00:20:31:00	00:20:32:00	ACCESSIBLE CONTENT, HOW TO
00:20:32:00	00:20:35:00	PROVIDE ON-DEMAND
00:20:35:00	00:20:35:00	INTERPRETATION WHICH IS IN
00:20:35:00	00:20:38:00	PLAIN LANGUAGE IN THE SCENARIO
00:20:38:00	00:20:39:00	THAT SOMEONE WALKS INTO THE
00:20:39:00	00:20:42:00	CITY AND NEEDS AN INTERPRETER
00:20:42:00	00:20:46:00	WITHOUT ANY PREPARATION OR
00:20:46:00	00:20:46:00	AWARENESS FROM THE DEPARTMENT
00:20:46:00	00:20:47:00	IN ADVANCE.
00:20:47:00	00:20:50:00	WE ALSO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO
00:20:50:00	00:20:54:00	L.C LIAISON'S WITHIN EVERY
00:20:54:00	00:20:54:00	DEPARTMENT SO EACH DEPARTMENT
00:20:54:00	00:20:55:00	HAS A LIAISON WHO IS TASKED
00:20:55:00	00:20:58:00	WITH ADVANCING THE WORK
00:20:58:00	00:20:59:00	OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS
00:20:59:00	00:21:01:00	ACCESS AND WE WORK CLOSELY
00:21:01:00	00:21:03:00	LIAISON WE ALSO HAVE FROM OUR
00:21:03:00	00:21:06:00	INVESTMENTS IN FISCAL YEAR
00:21:06:00	00:21:07:00	TWENTY THREE WE HAVE ELZY
00:21:07:00	00:21:10:00	SPECIALISTS AND THE EASIEST WAY
00:21:10:00	00:21:11:00	THAT I CAN EXPLAIN THEIR ROLE
00:21:11:00	00:21:13:00	THINK OF THAT AS KIND OF MINI
00:21:13:00	00:21:14:00	CONSULTANTS TO DEPARTMENTS AND
00:21:14:00	00:21:17:00	SO THEY DO MORE OF THE ONE ON
00:21:17:00	00:21:21:00	ONE SUPPORTS DEPARTMENTS AND
00:21:21:00	00:21:22:00	ROLLING OUT IMPLEMENTATION AND
00:21:22:00	00:21:25:00	COMPLIANCE.
00:21:25:00	00:21:28:00	NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
00:21:28:00	00:21:33:00	WE ALSO HAVE A RESEARCH ANALYST
00:21:33:00	00:21:34:00	AND THERE IS A VARIETY
00:21:34:00	00:21:36:00	OF THINGS THAT FALL INTO THIS
00:21:36:00	00:21:37:00	CATEGORY BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
00:21:37:00	00:21:40:00	IT IS RESEARCH ON LOCAL AND
00:21:40:00	00:21:41:00	STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIES
00:21:41:00	00:21:44:00	AROUND LANGUAGE ACCESS.
00:21:44:00	00:21:45:00	ANOTHER EFFORT THAT WE'RE
00:21:45:00	00:21:48:00	AIMING TO ACHIEVE IN OUR OFFICE
00:21:48:00	00:21:49:00	IS ALSO BEING AWARE OF LANGUAGE
00:21:49:00	00:21:51:00	ACCESS REQUIREMENTS OF AGENCIES
00:21:51:00	00:21:55:00	IN BOSTON AS WELL AND OTHER
00:21:55:00	00:21:56:00	MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS
00:21:56:00	00:21:57:00	THAT HAPPEN THERE AS WELL AS
00:21:57:00	00:22:00:00	KNOWING AND STAYING UP TO DATE
00:22:00:00	00:22:01:00	TO THE NEEDS OF CONSTITUENTS IN
00:22:01:00	00:22:02:00	BOSTON WHEN IT COMES TO
00:22:02:00	00:22:03:00	LANGUAGE DISABILITY ACCESS AND
00:22:03:00	00:22:04:00	ALSO BEING AWARE OF ALL THAT
00:22:04:00	00:22:07:00	INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES THAT
00:22:07:00	00:22:12:00	ARE BEING BROUGHT BY OUR
00:22:12:00	00:22:12:00	CONSTITUENCIES THAT WE SERVE IN
00:22:12:00	00:22:15:00	TERMS OUTREACH AND COMMS.
00:22:15:00	00:22:18:00	WE ARE NOT FACING DEPARTMENTS.
00:22:18:00	00:22:19:00	HOWEVER WE DO ELEVATE AND
00:22:19:00	00:22:22:00	SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE
00:22:22:00	00:22:23:00	DOING THAT FROM BASING WORK AND
00:22:23:00	00:22:24:00	DISSEMINATING INFORMATION SO
00:22:24:00	00:22:26:00	UPLIFTING THEIR WORK.
00:22:26:00	00:22:27:00	WE ALSO PARTNER CLOSELY WITH
00:22:27:00	00:22:30:00	SIBOS FOR SPECIAL TRANSLATION
00:22:30:00	00:22:31:00	PROJECTS AS WELL AS BEING ABLE
00:22:31:00	00:22:34:00	TO ATTEND MEETINGS WITH OTHER
00:22:34:00	00:22:37:00	FOLKS ON THE EQUITY CABINET AS
00:22:37:00	00:22:38:00	BEYOND TO SHARE CONCERNS AROUND
00:22:38:00	00:22:42:00	LANGUAGE ACCESS AND DISABILITY
00:22:42:00	00:22:42:00	ACCESS.
00:22:42:00	00:22:45:00	THE LAST PIECE OF OUR WORK IS
00:22:45:00	00:22:46:00	CONTRACTS AND ACCOMMODATIONS SO
00:22:46:00	00:22:50:00	WE DO HOLD THE CITIES CONTRACTS
00:22:50:00	00:22:53:00	FOR LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION OR
00:22:53:00	00:22:54:00	SPOKEN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION
00:22:54:00	00:22:54:00	AND TRANSLATION SERVICES.
00:22:54:00	00:22:58:00	WE ALSO HOLD CITY CONTRACTS FOR
00:22:58:00	00:22:58:00	OVER THE PHONE INTERPRETATION
00:22:58:00	00:23:02:00	AND INTERPRETATION AS WELL AS
00:23:02:00	00:23:02:00	PROCURING SIMULTANEOUS
00:23:02:00	00:23:03:00	INTERPRETATION EQUIPMENTS AND
00:23:03:00	00:23:06:00	ADDITIONAL DEVICES THAT WOULD
00:23:06:00	00:23:07:00	BE HELPFUL FOR IMPLEMENTATION
00:23:07:00	00:23:10:00	OF DISTRICT UNACCEPTANCE.
00:23:10:00	00:23:12:00	THANK YOU.
00:23:12:00	00:23:13:00	THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF HOW
00:23:13:00	00:23:17:00	WE ARE ORGANIZED IN TERMS
00:23:17:00	00:23:20:00	OF OUR OFFICE.
00:23:20:00	00:23:25:00	NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND THIS IS A
00:23:25:00	00:23:25:00	VISUAL REPRESENTATION FOR IT.
00:23:25:00	00:23:29:00	THIS IS A VERY BIG SHIFT FROM
00:23:29:00	00:23:29:00	LAST YEAR'S PRESENTATION.
00:23:29:00	00:23:33:00	WE WENT FROM A TEAM OF THREE
00:23:33:00	00:23:34:00	WE'RE NOW A TEAM OF TWELVE
00:23:34:00	00:23:37:00	EMPLOYEES IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
00:23:37:00	00:23:40:00	SOME ARE FOLKS WHO WILL BE
00:23:40:00	00:23:41:00	JOINING US IN THE NEXT TWO
00:23:41:00	00:23:41:00	MONTHS.
00:23:41:00	00:23:44:00	LOOKS LIKE THINGS I ALSO WANT
00:23:44:00	00:23:48:00	TO ELEVATE ONE OF OUR CORE
00:23:48:00	00:23:51:00	PRIORITIES FROM THE BEGINNING
00:23:51:00	00:23:52:00	WHICH IS CREATING PIPELINES
00:23:52:00	00:23:55:00	OF INTERNSHIPS TO FULL TIME
00:23:55:00	00:23:56:00	EMPLOYEES AND SO WE DO PARTNER
00:23:56:00	00:24:00:00	WITH UMASS BOSTON AS WELL AS
00:24:00:00	00:24:03:00	ROXBURY COLLEGE IN BRINGING IN
00:24:03:00	00:24:04:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAKING
00:24:04:00	00:24:04:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNS
00:24:04:00	00:24:08:00	WITHIN OUR OFFICE TO GAIN
00:24:08:00	00:24:08:00	EXPERIENCE.
00:24:08:00	00:24:09:00	AND OFTEN THIS WILL EITHER LEAD
00:24:09:00	00:24:11:00	TO FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT OR
00:24:11:00	00:24:12:00	SUPPORT IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT
00:24:12:00	00:24:15:00	AFTER GRADUATION.
00:24:15:00	00:24:19:00	NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
00:24:19:00	00:24:20:00	AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
00:24:20:00	00:24:22:00	SOME FOLKS THAT WERE IN A PART
00:24:22:00	00:24:23:00	OF OUR ENTITIES WHO ARE NOW
00:24:23:00	00:24:24:00	FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WITHIN OUR
00:24:24:00	00:24:24:00	OFFICE.
00:24:24:00	00:24:26:00	SO YES, SIDNEY WHO WILL BE
00:24:26:00	00:24:27:00	BECOMING OUR FINANCE
00:24:27:00	00:24:27:00	COORDINATOR REBECCA WHO WILL BE
00:24:27:00	00:24:30:00	JOINING US AS A SPANISH
00:24:30:00	00:24:31:00	TRANSLATE IN HER SPANISH
00:24:31:00	00:24:32:00	TRANSLATOR AND LUISA WHO IS
00:24:32:00	00:24:34:00	CURRENTLY IN OFFICE RIGHT NOW
00:24:34:00	00:24:38:00	AS OUR LC SPECIALIST.
00:24:38:00	00:24:41:00	NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
00:24:41:00	00:24:42:00	AND JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER THE
00:24:42:00	00:24:45:00	HISTORY OF LC A BEFORE MY TIME
00:24:45:00	00:24:49:00	AND IN 2016 THE FIRST ITERATION
00:24:49:00	00:24:50:00	OF OUR ORDINANCE WAS PASSED
00:24:50:00	00:24:53:00	WHICH CREATED THIS OFFICE
00:24:53:00	00:24:53:00	PROGRAM.
00:24:53:00	00:24:54:00	SO IT WASN'T UNTIL AROUND AND
00:24:54:00	00:24:55:00	WE WERE HOUSED UNDER
00:24:55:00	00:24:57:00	NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SO IT
00:24:57:00	00:24:58:00	WASN'T UNTIL AROUND TWENTY
00:24:58:00	00:24:59:00	TWENTY ONE WHERE THE AMENDED
00:24:59:00	00:25:01:00	ORDINANCE LANGUAGE AND
00:25:01:00	00:25:02:00	COMMUNICATION THAT ESTABLISHED
00:25:02:00	00:25:05:00	OUR DEPARTMENTS AS AN OFFICE
00:25:05:00	00:25:06:00	AND AT THAT TIME WERE THREE
00:25:06:00	00:25:09:00	FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
00:25:09:00	00:25:10:00	LAST YEAR WE BECAME A
00:25:10:00	00:25:11:00	STANDALONE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE
00:25:11:00	00:25:13:00	WERE ABLE TO HIRE TWO MORE
00:25:13:00	00:25:14:00	EMPLOYEES WHICH HAS BROUGHT US
00:25:14:00	00:25:15:00	TO FIVE AND NOW TWENTY TWENTY
00:25:15:00	00:25:17:00	THREE.
00:25:17:00	00:25:18:00	THANK YOU TO YOUR EFFORTS.
00:25:18:00	00:25:19:00	WE ARE ALSO UP AT TWELVE FULL
00:25:19:00	00:25:28:00	TIME EMPLOYEES AND I WANTED TO
00:25:28:00	00:25:29:00	HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
00:25:29:00	00:25:30:00	ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS FISCAL
00:25:30:00	00:25:32:00	YEAR AND ALSO SO THANK YOU TO
00:25:32:00	00:25:33:00	MY TEAM WHO IS WATCHING WHO
00:25:33:00	00:25:33:00	WITHOUT THEM THIS WORK WOULD IT
00:25:33:00	00:25:37:00	BE POSSIBLE WE ARE ON TRACK TO
00:25:37:00	00:25:40:00	RELEASE IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL
00:25:40:00	00:25:41:00	YEAR DEPARTMENT PLANS WHICH
00:25:41:00	00:25:43:00	WILL OUTLINE HOW DEPARTMENTS
00:25:43:00	00:25:44:00	WILL BE IMPLEMENTING LANGUAGE
00:25:44:00	00:25:47:00	ACCESS AND COMMUNICATIONS
00:25:47:00	00:25:48:00	ACCESS WITHIN THEIR WORK AS
00:25:48:00	00:25:51:00	WELL AS PUBLICIZE VITAL
00:25:51:00	00:25:52:00	DOCUMENTS LIST AND ALSO
00:25:52:00	00:25:53:00	TRANSLATIONS OF VITAL DOCUMENTS
00:25:53:00	00:25:55:00	AND VITAL INFORMATION AS WELL
00:25:55:00	00:25:59:00	AS RELEASING A FORMAL COMPLAINT
00:25:59:00	00:26:00:00	PROCESS WHICH WILL ALLOW
00:26:00:00	00:26:03:00	CONSTITUENTS TO FILE COMPLAINTS
00:26:03:00	00:26:04:00	, LANGUAGE ACCESS OR
00:26:04:00	00:26:04:00	COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS NOT ONLY
00:26:04:00	00:26:07:00	TO CITY DEPARTMENTS BUT ALSO
00:26:07:00	00:26:10:00	AGENCIES ACROSS BOSTON AND WE
00:26:10:00	00:26:11:00	HAVE ESTABLISHED LARGE-SCALE
00:26:11:00	00:26:12:00	INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION
00:26:12:00	00:26:12:00	CONTRACTS.
00:26:12:00	00:26:15:00	THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
00:26:15:00	00:26:18:00	EFFORTS WITH FUNDING THIS YEAR
00:26:18:00	00:26:19:00	AND FOR CONTINUING.
00:26:19:00	00:26:20:00	WE'VE ALSO BEEN CONTINUING TO
00:26:20:00	00:26:26:00	INCREASE IS UP TO DATE WE'VE
00:26:26:00	00:26:28:00	HAD WE'VE TRAINED OVER A
00:26:28:00	00:26:29:00	THOUSAND EMPLOYEES ON PROVIDING
00:26:29:00	00:26:32:00	OVER THE PHONE INTERPRETATION
00:26:32:00	00:26:33:00	AS WELL AS VIDEO
00:26:33:00	00:26:33:00	INTERPRETATION.
00:26:33:00	00:26:36:00	WE'VE TRAINED OVER 800 STAFF ON
00:26:36:00	00:26:39:00	INTRODUCTORY TRAINING TO LCA
00:26:39:00	00:26:40:00	AND WE CREATED A NEW TRAINING
00:26:40:00	00:26:43:00	THIS YEAR THAT FOCUSED ON
00:26:43:00	00:26:44:00	TARGETING DIRECTORS, CHIEFS AND
00:26:44:00	00:26:47:00	MANAGERS AS LCD.
00:26:47:00	00:26:48:00	THE INSIDE DEPARTMENTS FOCUSED
00:26:48:00	00:26:51:00	ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
00:26:51:00	00:26:52:00	OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS
00:26:52:00	00:26:53:00	ACCESS AND SO THAT IS WHY THE
00:26:53:00	00:26:55:00	NUMBER IS ONE TWENTY SIX.
00:26:55:00	00:26:56:00	BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW
00:26:56:00	00:26:59:00	THOSE TRAININGS AS WELL.
00:26:59:00	00:26:59:00	AND THEN ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP
00:26:59:00	00:27:02:00	THAT WE'VE HAD IS WORKING
00:27:02:00	00:27:03:00	CLOSELY WITH THE BOSTON POLICE
00:27:03:00	00:27:04:00	DEPARTMENT WHERE WE HAVE NOW
00:27:04:00	00:27:06:00	GOTTEN THE GREEN TO EMBED OUR
00:27:06:00	00:27:07:00	TRAININGS INTO THEIR E-LEARNING
00:27:07:00	00:27:10:00	COURSE WHICH WILL IS FOR
00:27:10:00	00:27:11:00	MANDATORY IN-SERVICE TRAINING
00:27:11:00	00:27:14:00	FOR THEIR VETERAN OFFICERS AS
00:27:14:00	00:27:15:00	WELL AS POSTING IN PERSON
00:27:15:00	00:27:18:00	TRAINING ANNUALLY FOR THE NEW
00:27:18:00	00:27:19:00	RECRUITS IN THE POLICE ACADEMY.
00:27:19:00	00:27:22:00	THERE ARE OTHER EXCITING
00:27:22:00	00:27:22:00	DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL WITH THAT
00:27:22:00	00:27:23:00	PARTNERSHIP WHICH I'M HAPPY TO
00:27:23:00	00:27:25:00	ANSWER LATER ON AS WELL.
00:27:25:00	00:27:27:00	AND OF COURSE THE BIG ONE IS
00:27:27:00	00:27:30:00	INCREASING CAPACITY FROM TWO
00:27:30:00	00:27:31:00	FULL TIME EMPLOYEES FROM THE
00:27:31:00	00:27:34:00	INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM TO NOW
00:27:34:00	00:27:35:00	APOLOGIZE AS A TYPO.
00:27:35:00	00:27:37:00	NOW IT'S 12 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES
00:27:37:00	00:27:38:00	AND OF COURSE OUR INCREASED
00:27:38:00	00:27:41:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH ROXBURY
00:27:41:00	00:27:45:00	COLLEGE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
00:27:45:00	00:27:46:00	TO CONTINUE THIS PIPELINE
00:27:46:00	00:27:49:00	OF OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO
00:27:49:00	00:27:50:00	STUDENTS NOT ONLY HER
00:27:50:00	00:27:50:00	EXPERIENCE BUT ULTIMATELY FULL
00:27:50:00	00:27:53:00	TIME.
00:27:53:00	00:27:56:00	NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
00:27:56:00	00:27:57:00	THANK YOU.
00:27:57:00	00:28:00:00	AND THEN OUR PRIORITIES FOR
00:28:00:00	00:28:01:00	FISCAL YEAR FOUR IS THE
00:28:01:00	00:28:02:00	CONTINUING EXPANSION OF OUR
00:28:02:00	00:28:05:00	CONTRACTS PUTTING IN PLACE A
00:28:05:00	00:28:05:00	CONTRACT FOR AMERICAN SIGN
00:28:05:00	00:28:06:00	LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION AS WELL
00:28:06:00	00:28:08:00	AS SERVICES INCREASING PUBLIC
00:28:08:00	00:28:12:00	AWARENESS TO THE RIGHTS
00:28:12:00	00:28:12:00	OF LANGUAGE ACCESS AND
00:28:12:00	00:28:13:00	ACCOMMODATIONS, INCREASING
00:28:13:00	00:28:16:00	PUBLIC AWARENESS
00:28:16:00	00:28:17:00	OF COMBINATION'S BEING PROVIDED
00:28:17:00	00:28:17:00	BY THE CITY CONTINUES TO
00:28:17:00	00:28:19:00	ELEVATE ALL OF THE GREAT WORK
00:28:19:00	00:28:20:00	OF DEPARTMENTS.
00:28:20:00	00:28:24:00	ONE NEW INVESTMENT IN THIS YEAR
00:28:24:00	00:28:25:00	IS GRANTS FOR EXTERNAL LANGUAGE
00:28:25:00	00:28:27:00	ARTS AND SUPPORT AND THESE WILL
00:28:27:00	00:28:28:00	BE FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY BASED
00:28:28:00	00:28:31:00	ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DIVERSE
00:28:31:00	00:28:35:00	BASE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
00:28:35:00	00:28:36:00	COME FOR SUPPORT BUT MAY NOT
00:28:36:00	00:28:39:00	HAVE ALL THE MULTIPLE CAPACITY
00:28:39:00	00:28:40:00	OR ABILITY TO SUPPORT EVERYONE
00:28:40:00	00:28:43:00	IN THEIR LANGUAGE OR
00:28:43:00	00:28:43:00	COMMUNICATION.
00:28:43:00	00:28:44:00	SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS
00:28:44:00	00:28:46:00	FUNDING WILL ALLOW FOR STUDIOS
00:28:46:00	00:28:47:00	TO INCREASE THEIR LANGUAGE
00:28:47:00	00:28:50:00	ACCESS AND COMMUNICATIONS
00:28:50:00	00:28:51:00	ACCESS WORK.
00:28:51:00	00:28:52:00	AND OF COURSE I THINK THIS IS
00:28:52:00	00:28:54:00	GOING TO FOUNDATIONALLY
00:28:54:00	00:28:55:00	CONTINUOUS IS CONTINUE TO TRAIN
00:28:55:00	00:28:58:00	3000 STAFF ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT
00:28:58:00	00:28:59:00	LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS
00:28:59:00	00:29:02:00	ACCESS THE PROCESSES AND
00:29:02:00	00:29:03:00	PROCEDURES THAT US AS AN OFFICE
00:29:03:00	00:29:06:00	ARE IMPLEMENTING AND THAT IS
00:29:06:00	00:29:06:00	ALL FOR MY PRESENTATION.
00:29:06:00	00:29:11:00	THANK YOU.
00:29:11:00	00:29:15:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNIFER.
00:29:15:00	00:29:16:00	GREAT PRESENTATION BY ORDER
00:29:16:00	00:29:20:00	OF ARRIVAL I'M GOING TO ASK MY
00:29:20:00	00:29:21:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IF YOU HAVE
00:29:21:00	00:29:22:00	QUESTIONS.
00:29:22:00	00:29:24:00	I HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN
00:29:24:00	00:29:24:00	BUT IF YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR
00:29:24:00	00:29:27:00	HAND IT'S GOING TO WORK NOT
00:29:27:00	00:29:30:00	UNLESS EVERYONE IN THE ORDER
00:29:30:00	00:29:31:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN, YOU
00:29:31:00	00:29:34:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:29:34:00	00:29:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:29:35:00	00:29:35:00	I WILL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I.
00:29:35:00	00:29:38:00	I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
00:29:38:00	00:29:41:00	WITH JENNIFER EARLIER THIS WEEK
00:29:41:00	00:29:42:00	.
00:29:42:00	00:29:43:00	SO THANK YOU JENNIFER FOR YOUR
00:29:43:00	00:29:45:00	PRESENTATION.
00:29:45:00	00:29:46:00	IT WAS IT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
00:29:46:00	00:29:49:00	TELL ME TELL ME GOING FORWARD
00:29:49:00	00:29:53:00	WHAT WHAT'S YOUR MAIN PRIORITY
00:29:53:00	00:29:57:00	AS AS IT RELATES TO MAKING SURE
00:29:57:00	00:30:00:00	OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS HAVE
00:30:00:00	00:30:04:00	ACCESS TO ENSURE THEIR VOICE IS
00:30:04:00	00:30:05:00	HEARD IN CITY GOVERNMENT?
00:30:05:00	00:30:08:00	WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
00:30:08:00	00:30:09:00	YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO TRY TO
00:30:09:00	00:30:11:00	MAKE SURE EVERY RESIDENT HAS A
00:30:11:00	00:30:15:00	VOICE?
00:30:15:00	00:30:16:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT MISSION.
00:30:16:00	00:30:19:00	I THINK IN ORDER FOR US TO
00:30:19:00	00:30:23:00	ENSURE THAT CONSTITUENTS HAVE A
00:30:23:00	00:30:23:00	VOICE OR FEEL COMFORTABLE
00:30:23:00	00:30:25:00	ENOUGH TO AND I WANT TO GIVE
00:30:25:00	00:30:29:00	THEM MY HAVE THE ABILITY TO
00:30:29:00	00:30:33:00	PLAY A PART IN EVERYTHING
00:30:33:00	00:30:34:00	THAT'S BEING DONE IN THE CITY.
00:30:34:00	00:30:35:00	I THINK THE FIRST PROJECT THAT
00:30:35:00	00:30:37:00	WE'RE ROLLING UP NOW IS REALLY
00:30:37:00	00:30:38:00	AROUND HOW DO WE CREATE A SPACE
00:30:38:00	00:30:41:00	WHERE IN LINE WITH THE MAYOR'S
00:30:41:00	00:30:44:00	VISION OF CREATING A CITY FOR
00:30:44:00	00:30:45:00	EVERYONE, CREATING A WELCOMING
00:30:45:00	00:30:46:00	CITY AND SO ONE OF THE
00:30:46:00	00:30:48:00	IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE
00:30:48:00	00:30:49:00	WORKING ON NOW AND IS BEING LED
00:30:49:00	00:30:52:00	BY OUR CHIEF OF STAFF DIANA
00:30:52:00	00:30:53:00	DANIEL IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH
00:30:53:00	00:30:56:00	THE SECOND VERSE AND THIRD
00:30:56:00	00:30:57:00	FLOOR TELLERS IN THE FRONT
00:30:57:00	00:30:57:00	FACING DEPARTMENTS ON THAT
00:30:57:00	00:30:58:00	FLOOR.
00:30:58:00	00:31:00:00	SO THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT
00:31:00:00	00:31:03:00	WHERE WE ARE PARTNERING WITH
00:31:03:00	00:31:04:00	AND I AM GOING TO MISS SOME
00:31:04:00	00:31:05:00	DEPARTMENTS BUT PARKING
00:31:05:00	00:31:08:00	REGISTRY TREASURY COLLECTIONS
00:31:08:00	00:31:12:00	WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON
00:31:12:00	00:31:13:00	PROVIDING INTERPRETATION BOTH
00:31:13:00	00:31:16:00	OVER THE PHONE AND THROUGH
00:31:16:00	00:31:17:00	VIDEO INTERPRETATION AND I
00:31:17:00	00:31:20:00	THINK OUR VISION FOR THIS IS
00:31:20:00	00:31:20:00	ENSURING THAT ONCE YOU WALK
00:31:20:00	00:31:23:00	INTO THE CITY YOU ARE
00:31:23:00	00:31:24:00	ESPECIALLY FOR TO DO SERVICES
00:31:24:00	00:31:27:00	THAT ARE THE MOST FACING YOU
00:31:27:00	00:31:28:00	ARE GOING TO BE SEEING A CHANGE
00:31:28:00	00:31:31:00	ON THOSE FLOWS.
00:31:31:00	00:31:32:00	WE ACTUALLY BE EQUIPPING THESE
00:31:32:00	00:31:33:00	DEPARTMENTS WITH IPADS THAT
00:31:33:00	00:31:35:00	WILL BE LOADED WITH VIDEO
00:31:35:00	00:31:35:00	INTERPRETATION SERVICE.
00:31:35:00	00:31:39:00	SO IF YOU WALK UP TO GO TO YOUR
00:31:39:00	00:31:39:00	PARKING TICKET OR IF YOU USE
00:31:39:00	00:31:42:00	THE ACCESSIBLE TELLER WHICH IS
00:31:42:00	00:31:43:00	DESIGNED FOR PERSONS WHO USE A
00:31:43:00	00:31:47:00	WHEELCHAIR, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
00:31:47:00	00:31:48:00	SEE THAT THERE WILL BE SIGNAGE
00:31:48:00	00:31:51:00	POSTED THAT WILL TELL YOU IN
00:31:51:00	00:31:51:00	LANGUAGE YOUR RIGHTS TO
00:31:51:00	00:31:54:00	INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION
00:31:54:00	00:31:54:00	.
00:31:54:00	00:31:57:00	IT'LL ALSO ALLOW YOU TO VIEW AT
00:31:57:00	00:31:58:00	AT THE FRONT OF THE TOWERS
00:31:58:00	00:31:59:00	LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION CARD
00:31:59:00	00:32:02:00	WHICH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND
00:32:02:00	00:32:02:00	LANGUAGE YOU CAN SAY I SPEAK
00:32:02:00	00:32:07:00	SPANISH, YOU CAN POINT TO THE
00:32:07:00	00:32:08:00	LANGUAGE AND THAT TELLER WILL
00:32:08:00	00:32:10:00	BE ABLE TO CONTACT AND BRING UP
00:32:10:00	00:32:10:00	AN INTERPRETER ON DEMAND
00:32:10:00	00:32:11:00	WHETHER IT BE SPOKEN LANGUAGE
00:32:11:00	00:32:14:00	ASL WHO WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
00:32:14:00	00:32:15:00	YOU IN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU
00:32:15:00	00:32:15:00	NEED.
00:32:15:00	00:32:18:00	I THINK A LOT OF OUR PRIORITIES
00:32:18:00	00:32:19:00	AND PROJECTS HAVE BEEN HOW DO
00:32:19:00	00:32:22:00	WE ENSURE THE MOST FRONT FACING
00:32:22:00	00:32:23:00	DEPARTMENTS ARE AND THE ONES
00:32:23:00	00:32:26:00	WHO ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH
00:32:26:00	00:32:29:00	CONSTITUENTS DO OUR PREPARED
00:32:29:00	00:32:30:00	AND TRAINED ON PROVIDING
00:32:30:00	00:32:31:00	ACCOMMODATIONS WHICH I THINK
00:32:31:00	00:32:33:00	ULTIMATELY WILL LEAD TO THAT
00:32:33:00	00:32:34:00	TRUST BUILDING THAT WE NEED TO
00:32:34:00	00:32:36:00	MAKE AND WELCOMING OF AND
00:32:36:00	00:32:41:00	REACHING OUR VISION OF CREATING
00:32:41:00	00:32:42:00	LANGUAGE JUSTICE IN THE CITY
00:32:42:00	00:32:44:00	WHICH IS THE CONCEPT OF NOT
00:32:44:00	00:32:48:00	ONLY HAVING RESPECT FOR ALL
00:32:48:00	00:32:51:00	LANGUAGES BUT ALSO RESPECT IN
00:32:51:00	00:32:52:00	THE TERMS THAT ALL LANGUAGES
00:32:52:00	00:32:56:00	CAN COEXIST TOGETHER IN IN THIS
00:32:56:00	00:32:56:00	SPACE.
00:32:56:00	00:32:59:00	AND SO THAT IS THE PRIORITY IS
00:32:59:00	00:33:00:00	HOW DO WE START WITH ADDRESSING
00:33:00:00	00:33:01:00	THE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE THE
00:33:01:00	00:33:03:00	MOST FRONT FACING THE MOST
00:33:03:00	00:33:03:00	IMPORTANT?
00:33:03:00	00:33:05:00	I WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH EVERY
00:33:05:00	00:33:07:00	DEPARTMENT BUT THE MOST FRONT
00:33:07:00	00:33:10:00	FACING DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THE
00:33:10:00	00:33:11:00	CONSTITUENTS ARE GOING TO THESE
00:33:11:00	00:33:15:00	DEPARTMENTS FEEL WELCOME, SEEN,
00:33:15:00	00:33:16:00	HEARD AND OF COURSE ACCEPTED IN
00:33:16:00	00:33:17:00	THE SENSE OF WE ARE
00:33:17:00	00:33:22:00	PRIORITIZING LANGUAGE THE THANK
00:33:22:00	00:33:22:00	YOU JENNIFER.
00:33:22:00	00:33:23:00	MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO FURTHER
00:33:23:00	00:33:26:00	QUESTIONS.
00:33:26:00	00:33:27:00	I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
00:33:27:00	00:33:33:00	JENNIFER AND HER TEAM.
00:33:33:00	00:33:34:00	MADAM CHAIR, YOU MADAM CHAIR
00:33:34:00	00:33:37:00	AND JEREMY.
00:33:37:00	00:33:37:00	THANK YOU.
00:33:37:00	00:33:38:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN CASTLE
00:33:38:00	00:33:40:00	FLAHERTY, YOU HAVE FIVE FOR
00:33:40:00	00:33:40:00	YOUR QUESTIONS.
00:33:40:00	00:33:41:00	THANK YOU.
00:33:41:00	00:33:42:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
00:33:42:00	00:33:43:00	YOU FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:33:43:00	00:33:44:00	FOR HER PRESENTATION.
00:33:44:00	00:33:48:00	JENNIFER, OBVIOUSLY AS YOU KNOW
00:33:48:00	00:33:49:00	PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL THE
00:33:49:00	00:33:49:00	WASHINGTON CITY COUNCIL HAS
00:33:49:00	00:33:52:00	ALWAYS LED IN THESE EFFORTS
00:33:52:00	00:33:56:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE
00:33:56:00	00:33:57:00	ABILITY TO TRANSLITERATE ALL
00:33:57:00	00:34:00:00	OF OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE
00:34:00:00	00:34:01:00	RESIDENTS AS WELL AS INCLUDING
00:34:01:00	00:34:04:00	BALLOTS ETC. SO LET US KNOW HOW
00:34:04:00	00:34:05:00	WE CAN HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB.
00:34:05:00	00:34:07:00	MOST EFFECTIVELY IT'S IMPORTANT
00:34:07:00	00:34:09:00	TO BE AS A CITY WIDE CITY
00:34:09:00	00:34:11:00	COUNCIL WE REPRESENT EVERYONE
00:34:11:00	00:34:15:00	AND AND THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED
00:34:15:00	00:34:16:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING
00:34:16:00	00:34:19:00	UP WITH ALL OF OUR MATERIALS
00:34:19:00	00:34:20:00	BROCHURES IN OUR DEPARTMENTS
00:34:20:00	00:34:23:00	AND SERVICES THAT WE OFFER TO
00:34:23:00	00:34:23:00	PROVIDE.
00:34:23:00	00:34:24:00	AND THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION IS
00:34:24:00	00:34:27:00	BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE FOLKS
00:34:27:00	00:34:28:00	FROM MIT AND CHIEF INFORMATION
00:34:28:00	00:34:31:00	OFFICER ON THE DAY JUST MAKING
00:34:31:00	00:34:32:00	SURE THAT MAYBE YOUR DEPARTMENT
00:34:32:00	00:34:35:00	IS WORKING WITH HIS DEPARTMENT
00:34:35:00	00:34:36:00	CLOSELY BECAUSE ONCE THAT
00:34:36:00	00:34:36:00	MATERIAL BECOMES ONLINE AND
00:34:36:00	00:34:38:00	ONCE THERE'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT
00:34:38:00	00:34:39:00	THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE AND ONCE
00:34:39:00	00:34:40:00	THERE'S A SERVICE THAT IS NOW
00:34:40:00	00:34:42:00	ACCESSIBLE ONLINE BECAUSE WE
00:34:42:00	00:34:43:00	ARE ASKING CONSTITUENTS TO TRY
00:34:43:00	00:34:46:00	TO TRANSACT BUSINESS TO THE
00:34:46:00	00:34:47:00	BEST OF THEIR ABILITY ONLINE,
00:34:47:00	00:34:50:00	MOST FOLKS PREFER THAT THAT
00:34:50:00	00:34:51:00	THEY HAVE TO COME DOWNTOWN, TRY
00:34:51:00	00:34:52:00	TO FIND A PARKING SPACE, GET A
00:34:52:00	00:34:55:00	TICKET, HAVE TO COME INTO THE
00:34:55:00	00:34:55:00	BUILDING.
00:34:55:00	00:34:56:00	SO MAKING SURE THAT YOUR
00:34:56:00	00:34:59:00	DEPARTMENT IN THE IT DEPARTMENT
00:34:59:00	00:34:59:00	ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH
00:34:59:00	00:35:02:00	RESPECT TO LANGUAGE ACCESS IN
00:35:02:00	00:35:02:00	SERVICES WE PROVIDE.
00:35:02:00	00:35:06:00	SO THAT'S SORT OF MY OPENING.
00:35:06:00	00:35:07:00	THAT'S MY QUESTION I GUESS IS
00:35:07:00	00:35:07:00	MAKING SURE THAT ASKING THAT
00:35:07:00	00:35:10:00	YOU DO WORK CLOSELY WITH IT AND
00:35:10:00	00:35:11:00	THEN CONTINUE TO JUST LET US
00:35:11:00	00:35:12:00	KNOW AS YOUR DEPARTMENT
00:35:12:00	00:35:13:00	CONTINUES TO GROW IF THE DEMAND
00:35:13:00	00:35:14:00	FOR THOSE SERVICES CONTINUE TO
00:35:14:00	00:35:17:00	GROW AS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
00:35:17:00	00:35:17:00	OF CITY GOVERNMENT, WE NEED TO
00:35:17:00	00:35:20:00	KNOW ABOUT THAT SO THAT WE
00:35:20:00	00:35:21:00	COULD BE WORKING WITH THE CHAIR
00:35:21:00	00:35:22:00	OF WAYS AND MEANS OUR
00:35:22:00	00:35:25:00	COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:35:25:00	00:35:27:00	YOU HAVE THE PERSONNEL AND
00:35:27:00	00:35:28:00	RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO
00:35:28:00	00:35:29:00	CARRY OUT YOUR FUNCTION SO THAT
00:35:29:00	00:35:32:00	WE CAN CONTINUE TO LEAD ON THIS
00:35:32:00	00:35:32:00	ISSUE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE
00:35:32:00	00:35:35:00	THAT ALL FOLKS FEEL WELCOME
00:35:35:00	00:35:36:00	HERE AND ALL FOLKS CAN TRANSACT
00:35:36:00	00:35:39:00	BUSINESS HERE AND OUR FOLKS CAN
00:35:39:00	00:35:40:00	FEEL THAT CITY HALL IS THEIR
00:35:40:00	00:35:43:00	CITY HALL AND THAT WE ALL
00:35:43:00	00:35:44:00	EVERYONE ON THE SCREEN AND
00:35:44:00	00:35:45:00	BEYOND MUNICIPAL WORK FOR THEM.
00:35:45:00	00:35:47:00	WE WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS AND
00:35:47:00	00:35:48:00	THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY AND
00:35:48:00	00:35:50:00	AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
00:35:50:00	00:35:51:00	THAT WE'RE AN OPEN BOOK ON THAT
00:35:51:00	00:35:52:00	FRONT.
00:35:52:00	00:35:54:00	SO THANK YOU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:35:54:00	00:35:55:00	WONG.
00:35:55:00	00:35:56:00	AND AND JUST IF YOU CAN SHARE
00:35:56:00	00:35:59:00	WITH US THE THE PROGRAM THAT
00:35:59:00	00:36:00:00	YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW AND HOW
00:36:00:00	00:36:01:00	CLOSELY YOU WORK WITH IT I
00:36:01:00	00:36:02:00	THINK THANK YOU.
00:36:02:00	00:36:06:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR .
00:36:06:00	00:36:06:00	SO I YES.
00:36:06:00	00:36:10:00	SO WITH THE GOING BACK TO THE
00:36:10:00	00:36:13:00	ELZY SPECIALISTS AND OUR MODEL
00:36:13:00	00:36:14:00	OF THEN KIND OF SERVING AS MANY
00:36:14:00	00:36:15:00	CONSULTANTS WE DO HAVE ALL LCN
00:36:15:00	00:36:19:00	SPECIALTIES ASSIGNED TO
00:36:19:00	00:36:19:00	DEPARTMENTS.
00:36:19:00	00:36:22:00	SO THE WAY THAT WE'VE KIND
00:36:22:00	00:36:26:00	OF GROUPED THEM IS THAT WE LET
00:36:26:00	00:36:27:00	THE PARENTS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
00:36:27:00	00:36:27:00	AN ALLERGY SPECIALIST AT THE
00:36:27:00	00:36:30:00	SIGN ON TOP OF THE IN EHSAAN
00:36:30:00	00:36:31:00	SUPPORTS THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
00:36:31:00	00:36:34:00	WORK THAT SPECIALISMS THAT
00:36:34:00	00:36:37:00	PERSON THAT THEY CAN GO TO AND
00:36:37:00	00:36:38:00	HAVE EMERGENCIES OR IN CASE
00:36:38:00	00:36:41:00	THEY'RE PLANNING SOME KIND
00:36:41:00	00:36:42:00	OF LARGE EVENT AND INFORMATION
00:36:42:00	00:36:43:00	WE GET TAPPED IN TO PROVIDE
00:36:43:00	00:36:45:00	GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT,
00:36:45:00	00:36:46:00	ESPECIALLY ELEVATING WHAT THE
00:36:46:00	00:36:49:00	STANDARDS ARE IN THE CITY AND
00:36:49:00	00:36:49:00	HOW THEY SHOULD ENSURE THAT
00:36:49:00	00:36:50:00	ACCESSIBILITY IS WORKING
00:36:50:00	00:36:52:00	THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO
00:36:52:00	00:36:53:00	IN TERMS OF OR NOT.
00:36:53:00	00:36:56:00	WE'RE ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH
00:36:56:00	00:37:00:00	TREASURY WHO AND HAS A LOT
00:37:00:00	00:37:01:00	OF VITAL DOCUMENTS THAT GO OUT
00:37:01:00	00:37:05:00	PERSONALLY TO HOUSEHOLDS AND
00:37:05:00	00:37:06:00	WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM IS
00:37:06:00	00:37:08:00	ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY
00:37:08:00	00:37:09:00	BABBLES ON THE MAILERS THAT
00:37:09:00	00:37:13:00	THEY SEND OUT ALSO WORKING ON
00:37:13:00	00:37:14:00	HOW WE CAN CREATE TAILORED
00:37:14:00	00:37:14:00	BABBLES.
00:37:14:00	00:37:16:00	THEY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE
00:37:16:00	00:37:17:00	INFORMATION TO CONSTITUENTS
00:37:17:00	00:37:17:00	OF THE MAILERS THAT THEY'RE
00:37:17:00	00:37:20:00	RECEIVING.
00:37:20:00	00:37:21:00	THAT'S JUST THE CRUX OF THE
00:37:21:00	00:37:21:00	WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
00:37:21:00	00:37:22:00	THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT WE'RE
00:37:22:00	00:37:23:00	DOING.
00:37:23:00	00:37:24:00	BUT IN TERMS KEEPING IN TOUCH
00:37:24:00	00:37:25:00	WITH DEPARTMENTS, WE ALSO HAVE
00:37:25:00	00:37:28:00	MONTHLY MEETINGS ALL THE LC
00:37:28:00	00:37:29:00	LIAISON'S OF THE DEPARTMENTS SO
00:37:29:00	00:37:32:00	WE HAVE I GUESS THE FIRST POINT
00:37:32:00	00:37:35:00	OF CONTACT IS THE TRAINING THE
00:37:35:00	00:37:35:00	LIAISON PART OF THOSE
00:37:35:00	00:37:39:00	DEPARTMENTS AND MEETING MONTHLY
00:37:39:00	00:37:40:00	WITH OUR TEAMS AND THEN THE
00:37:40:00	00:37:40:00	ALSI SPECIALISTS WHO ARE
00:37:40:00	00:37:43:00	ASSIGNED TO EACH DEPARTMENT'S
00:37:43:00	00:37:44:00	AND THE ELFY SPECIALISTS WHO
00:37:44:00	00:37:47:00	ARE INCREDIBLE, AMAZING.
00:37:47:00	00:37:48:00	OUR TEAM ARE ALWAYS UP TO DATE
00:37:48:00	00:37:51:00	IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT
00:37:51:00	00:37:52:00	KEEPING UP WITH THE PRESS
00:37:52:00	00:37:52:00	RELEASES COMING OUT OF THE
00:37:52:00	00:37:54:00	OFFICE CHECKING WITH THEIR
00:37:54:00	00:37:55:00	DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THEY ALSO
00:37:55:00	00:37:58:00	CAMPAIGNS AT ALL HOURS OF THE
00:37:58:00	00:37:59:00	DAY FOR GUIDANCE AND ADDITIONAL
00:37:59:00	00:38:06:00	SUPPORT FROM WITHIN A CERTAIN
00:38:06:00	00:38:07:00	MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO MY SCREEN
00:38:07:00	00:38:07:00	HERE.
00:38:07:00	00:38:08:00	I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT
00:38:08:00	00:38:09:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
00:38:09:00	00:38:13:00	THANK YOU.
00:38:13:00	00:38:14:00	THANK YOU.
00:38:14:00	00:38:16:00	COUNCILOR FLAHERTY,
00:38:16:00	00:38:17:00	COUNCILOR GRAYTON, YOU HAVE
00:38:17:00	00:38:20:00	CLAUDE.
00:38:20:00	00:38:20:00	YES.
00:38:20:00	00:38:24:00	GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
00:38:24:00	00:38:26:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
00:38:26:00	00:38:28:00	PRESENTATION.
00:38:28:00	00:38:29:00	I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT
00:38:29:00	00:38:32:00	YOU'VE GOT ACTUALLY MORE MORE
00:38:32:00	00:38:33:00	EMPLOYEES TO HELP YOU DELIVER
00:38:33:00	00:38:34:00	ON THESE VERY IMPORTANT
00:38:34:00	00:38:35:00	SERVICES.
00:38:35:00	00:38:36:00	ONE QUESTION I HAD WAS WITH
00:38:36:00	00:38:39:00	REGARD TO JUST ACCESSIBILITY
00:38:39:00	00:38:43:00	FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED RESIDENTS
00:38:43:00	00:38:48:00	DO WE DO WE PROVIDE MATERIALS
00:38:48:00	00:38:50:00	AND ACCESS AND BRAILLE AND ALSO
00:38:50:00	00:38:55:00	DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
00:38:55:00	00:38:58:00	RESIDENTS?
00:38:58:00	00:38:59:00	HOW DO WE SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS
00:38:59:00	00:39:00:00	AND WHAT SORT OF PARTNERSHIPS
00:39:00:00	00:39:02:00	DO WE HAVE WITH OTHER
00:39:02:00	00:39:05:00	ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY BE MORE
00:39:05:00	00:39:06:00	SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE
00:39:06:00	00:39:10:00	OF WORKING WITH BRAILLE AND
00:39:10:00	00:39:13:00	HARD OF HEARING RESIDENTS?
00:39:13:00	00:39:14:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR ,
00:39:14:00	00:39:15:00	FOR YOUR QUESTION.
00:39:15:00	00:39:18:00	SO I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:39:18:00	00:39:19:00	I ADDRESS ALL THE POINTS.
00:39:19:00	00:39:22:00	SO FOR BRAILLE WE ARE ABLE TO
00:39:22:00	00:39:22:00	TRANSLATE MATERIALS INTO AREAS
00:39:22:00	00:39:23:00	REQUESTED.
00:39:23:00	00:39:26:00	I I CAN SEND YOU A STUDY THAT
00:39:26:00	00:39:29:00	WE DID WHICH SHOWS THAT THE
00:39:29:00	00:39:30:00	ACTUAL USES OF BRAILLE BUT
00:39:30:00	00:39:32:00	THERE'S A WHOLE REAL LITERACY
00:39:32:00	00:39:33:00	AWARENESS MONTH IS IS IS NOT AS
00:39:33:00	00:39:37:00	HIGH AS WE WOULD EXPECT BUT WE
00:39:37:00	00:39:40:00	DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
00:39:40:00	00:39:41:00	TRANSLATE START TO CREATE
00:39:41:00	00:39:44:00	MATERIALS INTO BRAILLE AS
00:39:44:00	00:39:48:00	QUESTION AS IN TERMS OF LARGE
00:39:48:00	00:39:49:00	TRANSFER PERSONS WHO HAVE
00:39:49:00	00:39:49:00	LITTLE VISION.
00:39:49:00	00:39:52:00	ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING
00:39:52:00	00:39:53:00	THIS YEAR AND YOU'LL SEE AS WE
00:39:53:00	00:39:53:00	READ THESE VITAL DOCUMENTS WE
00:39:53:00	00:39:56:00	ARE ENSURING THAT ALL ENGLISH
00:39:56:00	00:39:57:00	VERSIONS OF DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO
00:39:57:00	00:40:00:00	NOT ONLY ENGLISH BUT THERE IS A
00:40:00:00	00:40:01:00	LARGE PRINT VERSION OF IT AS
00:40:01:00	00:40:04:00	WELL AVAILABLE IN THIS LIST.
00:40:04:00	00:40:07:00	THIS WILL BE PUBLICIZED OUTSIDE
00:40:07:00	00:40:08:00	AND THEN IN TERMS OF WORKING
00:40:08:00	00:40:11:00	WITH ORGANIZATIONS WE ACTUALLY
00:40:11:00	00:40:12:00	FOR THE PROJECT THAT I SPOKE
00:40:12:00	00:40:13:00	ABOUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
00:40:13:00	00:40:16:00	FIRST AND THIRD FLOORS WE'RE
00:40:16:00	00:40:17:00	ACTUALLY WORKING WITH
00:40:17:00	00:40:17:00	COMMISSIONER MIKAGE AND MONIQUE
00:40:17:00	00:40:19:00	WHO ARE ON CALL AS WELL ON THAT
00:40:19:00	00:40:23:00	PROJECT AND WE ALSO PARTNER
00:40:23:00	00:40:24:00	WITH WORK INC WHO IS GOING TO
00:40:24:00	00:40:27:00	BE HOSTING AND THEY HOSTED US
00:40:27:00	00:40:28:00	LAST YEAR AS WELL A DEAF
00:40:28:00	00:40:31:00	CULTURE TRAINING AND WE'VE ALSO
00:40:31:00	00:40:34:00	PARTNERED WE'RE ALSO IN
00:40:34:00	00:40:35:00	EXPLORATION PHASES OF WORKING
00:40:35:00	00:40:39:00	WITH THE PERKINS SCHOOL WHO
00:40:39:00	00:40:39:00	WOULD ALSO BE DOING AN
00:40:39:00	00:40:40:00	ADDITIONAL TRAINING BUT THAT IS
00:40:40:00	00:40:43:00	STILL IN THE WORKS AND FIGURING
00:40:43:00	00:40:44:00	OUT THE CONTENT AND WHAT WILL
00:40:44:00	00:40:46:00	BE PUSHED FORWARD.
00:40:46:00	00:40:47:00	BUT THOSE ARE ONE OF THE GOALS
00:40:47:00	00:40:50:00	THIS YEAR AS WELL AS NOT ONLY
00:40:50:00	00:40:51:00	THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE
00:40:51:00	00:40:54:00	PROCEDURAL TRAININGS WHICH SAY
00:40:54:00	00:40:55:00	HOW DO YOU INTERPRET HOW DO YOU
00:40:55:00	00:40:56:00	ACQUIRE TRANSLATION BUT
00:40:56:00	00:40:58:00	UNFOCUSSED THAT OUR TEAM HAS
00:40:58:00	00:40:59:00	BEEN WORKING ON AND THAT'S
00:40:59:00	00:41:02:00	BEING LED BY ROBBIE ADAMS AND
00:41:02:00	00:41:03:00	FLORENCE GLEN AND OUR OFFICE IS
00:41:03:00	00:41:06:00	THINKING ABOUT WE AS YOU SAID,
00:41:06:00	00:41:10:00	WE ARE NOT ALWAYS WE WANT TO
00:41:10:00	00:41:11:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVEN
00:41:11:00	00:41:14:00	SPACE FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE
00:41:14:00	00:41:15:00	REPRESENTING THESE COMMUNITIES
00:41:15:00	00:41:18:00	AND WE'RE ALSO THINKING OF HOW
00:41:18:00	00:41:19:00	DO WE PARTNER WITH EXTERNAL
00:41:19:00	00:41:22:00	COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
00:41:22:00	00:41:23:00	TO PROVIDE TRAININGS FOR THE
00:41:23:00	00:41:25:00	THREE OF THE WHOLE.
00:41:25:00	00:41:26:00	AND SO LAST YEAR WE DID A PILOT
00:41:26:00	00:41:27:00	WITH DEAF CULTURE TRAINING.
00:41:27:00	00:41:29:00	WE'RE HOPING TO BRING IT BACK
00:41:29:00	00:41:30:00	FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WE
00:41:30:00	00:41:31:00	MENTIONED ON THE FIRST, SECOND
00:41:31:00	00:41:33:00	AND THIRD FLOOR AND THEN
00:41:33:00	00:41:34:00	CONTINUING THAT INTO THE REST
00:41:34:00	00:41:37:00	OF THE YEAR AS CITYWIDE
00:41:37:00	00:41:37:00	TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR
00:41:37:00	00:41:40:00	EVERYBODY AS WELL AS OUR
00:41:40:00	00:41:41:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PERKINS
00:41:41:00	00:41:41:00	SCHOOL.
00:41:41:00	00:41:45:00	I HOPE I ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
00:41:45:00	00:41:46:00	BUT IF I MISSED ANYTHING PLEASE
00:41:46:00	00:41:53:00	LET ME KNOW AT I'M SO SORRY .
00:41:53:00	00:41:53:00	I THINK YOU'RE MEETING A
00:41:53:00	00:41:54:00	STUDENT.
00:41:54:00	00:41:54:00	THERE YOU GO.
00:41:54:00	00:41:56:00	THIS PROBLEM WE HAVE WE DON'T
00:41:56:00	00:41:58:00	HEAR YOU DON'T HEAR.
00:41:58:00	00:42:02:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:02:00	00:42:06:00	YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE
00:42:06:00	00:42:07:00	FOR NOW, MADAM CHAIR.
00:42:07:00	00:42:08:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:08:00	00:42:08:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:08:00	00:42:10:00	COUNCIL RESOLUTION YOU HAVE THE
00:42:10:00	00:42:22:00	FLOOR ASSOCIATION IF YOU CAN.
00:42:22:00	00:42:23:00	SORRY SORRY I WAS JUST GETTING
00:42:23:00	00:42:25:00	A MUTE OR YOU HAVE FIVE
00:42:25:00	00:42:25:00	MINUTES.
00:42:25:00	00:42:26:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:26:00	00:42:26:00	THANK YOU DIRECTOR WONG FOR
00:42:26:00	00:42:27:00	YOUR PRESENTATION AND REALLY
00:42:27:00	00:42:30:00	APPRECIATE THE WORK OF YOUR
00:42:30:00	00:42:31:00	OFFICE AND REALLY HAPPY TO SEE
00:42:31:00	00:42:32:00	YOUR OFFICE GROWING.
00:42:32:00	00:42:33:00	IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT
00:42:33:00	00:42:34:00	WE ARE MAKING CITY HALL
00:42:34:00	00:42:37:00	ACCESSIBLE IN THE LANGUAGE THAT
00:42:37:00	00:42:40:00	FOLKS FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE AS
00:42:40:00	00:42:44:00	A CITY WIDE CITY COUNCILOR AND
00:42:44:00	00:42:45:00	AS AN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND KNOW
00:42:45:00	00:42:49:00	HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR
00:42:49:00	00:42:50:00	COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO
00:42:50:00	00:42:52:00	ACCESS CITY HALL.
00:42:52:00	00:42:53:00	AND WE'VE HAD THE SUPPORT
00:42:53:00	00:42:53:00	OF YOUR OFFICE FOR AN EVENT
00:42:53:00	00:42:54:00	WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IN
00:42:54:00	00:42:56:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY
00:42:56:00	00:42:56:00	PRESERVATION ACT.
00:42:56:00	00:42:59:00	SO THANK YOU ALONG THE LINES
00:42:59:00	00:43:00:00	OF INCREASING PERSONNEL ON THE
00:43:00:00	00:43:03:00	LINE I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET
00:43:03:00	00:43:03:00	.
00:43:03:00	00:43:04:00	IT SAYS PERSONNEL SERVICES IS
00:43:04:00	00:43:05:00	GOING FROM SEVEN HUNDRED AND
00:43:05:00	00:43:07:00	FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND TO JUST A
00:43:07:00	00:43:08:00	LITTLE BIT OVER ONE MILLION BUT
00:43:08:00	00:43:11:00	IT LOOKS THE FEES ARE ONLY AN
00:43:11:00	00:43:12:00	INCREASE OF ONE PERSON.
00:43:12:00	00:43:15:00	SO LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
00:43:15:00	00:43:18:00	THAT WHOLE 287 THOUSAND DOLLARS
00:43:18:00	00:43:19:00	?
00:43:19:00	00:43:23:00	SO FOR THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
00:43:23:00	00:43:24:00	DOLLARS I BELIEVE THAT INCLUDES
00:43:24:00	00:43:27:00	INCREASE IN SALARIES FOR OUR
00:43:27:00	00:43:37:00	STAFF AND THEN THERE IS THAT
00:43:37:00	00:43:38:00	ADDITIONAL FULL TIME EMPLOYEE
00:43:38:00	00:43:39:00	POSITION FOR OUR FINANCE
00:43:39:00	00:43:39:00	COORDINATOR WHICH GOES BACK TO
00:43:39:00	00:43:40:00	SYDNEY WHO WAS AN INTERN IN OUR
00:43:40:00	00:43:41:00	OFFICE AS A FINANCE FELLOW FOR
00:43:41:00	00:43:42:00	OVER TWO YEARS AND IS NOW
00:43:42:00	00:43:42:00	BECOMING A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE
00:43:42:00	00:43:43:00	WITHIN GRADE SO THAT TWO
00:43:43:00	00:43:44:00	HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN
00:43:44:00	00:43:46:00	THOUSAND DOLLARS REPRESENTS
00:43:46:00	00:43:47:00	INCREASES IN PAY FOR MEMBERS
00:43:47:00	00:43:50:00	OF YOUR STAFF AND A HIGHER AND
00:43:50:00	00:43:50:00	ONE FULL TIME HIRE.
00:43:50:00	00:43:51:00	THAT'S CORRECT.
00:43:51:00	00:43:51:00	GREAT.
00:43:51:00	00:43:53:00	I'M GREAT.
00:43:53:00	00:43:54:00	I'M HAPPY TO BE SEEING
00:43:54:00	00:43:57:00	INCREASES TO INDIVIDUALS
00:43:57:00	00:43:57:00	SALARIES.
00:43:57:00	00:43:58:00	WE DO NOT PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH TO
00:43:58:00	00:43:59:00	DO THIS REALLY, REALLY
00:43:59:00	00:44:01:00	IMPORTANT WORK.
00:44:01:00	00:44:02:00	AS COUNCILOR KAISER PRESIDENT
00:44:02:00	00:44:05:00	FLYNN SAID YOUR OFFICE IS ONE
00:44:05:00	00:44:06:00	OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OFFICES
00:44:06:00	00:44:08:00	IN THE CITY AND TO SEE IT
00:44:08:00	00:44:09:00	SUPPORTED FINANCIALLY IT IS
00:44:09:00	00:44:12:00	IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO
00:44:12:00	00:44:13:00	DO THE WORK OF TRANSLATION
00:44:13:00	00:44:16:00	INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
00:44:16:00	00:44:17:00	I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IS
00:44:17:00	00:44:20:00	THE ONE SERVICE THAT YOUR
00:44:20:00	00:44:21:00	OFFICE RECEIVES A LOT
00:44:21:00	00:44:22:00	OF REQUESTS ABOUT BUT YOU FEEL
00:44:22:00	00:44:23:00	LIKE YOU'RE UNABLE TO PROVIDE.
00:44:23:00	00:44:24:00	I KNOW THAT EVEN WITH THE
00:44:24:00	00:44:25:00	EXPANSION I KNOW THAT THERE'S
00:44:25:00	00:44:28:00	LIMITED MY OFFICE HAS BEEN
00:44:28:00	00:44:28:00	CALLED ON FOR TRANSLATIONS SO
00:44:28:00	00:44:29:00	TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT
00:44:29:00	00:44:32:00	IS THE MOST UNMET NEED OF YOUR
00:44:32:00	00:44:32:00	OFFICE AND AND HOW ARE YOU
00:44:32:00	00:44:35:00	GOING ABOUT MEETING.
00:44:35:00	00:44:36:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR .
00:44:36:00	00:44:39:00	THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
00:44:39:00	00:44:42:00	I THINK ONE NEED THAT IS IS IS
00:44:42:00	00:44:46:00	I WOULDN'T SAY IS UNMET YET BUT
00:44:46:00	00:44:47:00	WE'RE SEEING MORE OF IS IN THE
00:44:47:00	00:44:48:00	PLUS SIDE THERE IS A LOT
00:44:48:00	00:44:51:00	OF CONSTITUENT WE'RE TRUSTING
00:44:51:00	00:44:51:00	US AND CALLING US FOR
00:44:51:00	00:44:55:00	COMPLAINTS THAT AREN'T RELATED
00:44:55:00	00:44:56:00	TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE BUT IT
00:44:56:00	00:44:59:00	PROBABLY IS RELATED TO LANGUAGE
00:44:59:00	00:45:02:00	ACCESS OR COMPLAINTS OR EITHER
00:45:02:00	00:45:03:00	LIKE FOR PROFIT COMPANIES OR
00:45:03:00	00:45:07:00	OTHER AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF OUR
00:45:07:00	00:45:11:00	JURISDICTION AND SO THAT IS
00:45:11:00	00:45:11:00	SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STARTING
00:45:11:00	00:45:14:00	TO TRACK TO SEE THAT WILL
00:45:14:00	00:45:15:00	BECOME SOMETHING THAT WE IN THE
00:45:15:00	00:45:18:00	NEXT FISCAL YEAR MAY HAVE TO
00:45:18:00	00:45:19:00	EVALUATE HOW WE'RE ABLE TO
00:45:19:00	00:45:22:00	SUPPORT THOSE CONSTITUENTS
00:45:22:00	00:45:23:00	RIGHT NOW WHAT WE DO IS WE DO
00:45:23:00	00:45:23:00	TRIAGE.
00:45:23:00	00:45:26:00	WE WE HAVE A RESEARCH ANALYST
00:45:26:00	00:45:29:00	ERIKA GARCIA WHO IS A KNOWLEDGE
00:45:29:00	00:45:30:00	SOURCE OF INFORMATION WHEN IT
00:45:30:00	00:45:31:00	COMES TO BEING AWARE OF THE
00:45:31:00	00:45:34:00	LANGUAGE PLANS FOR DIFFERENT
00:45:34:00	00:45:37:00	AGENCIES AND US BEING AWARE
00:45:37:00	00:45:41:00	OF THE STANDARDS THAT ARE UNDER
00:45:41:00	00:45:42:00	THEIR PLANS AND THEN BEING ABLE
00:45:42:00	00:45:45:00	TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
00:45:45:00	00:45:45:00	AGENCIES AND CONSTITUENTS TO
00:45:45:00	00:45:49:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING
00:45:49:00	00:45:49:00	THE SERVICES THAT THE
00:45:49:00	00:45:52:00	CONSTITUENTS ARE CALLING ABOUT
00:45:52:00	00:45:53:00	IN TERMS OF GETTING SUPPORT IN
00:45:53:00	00:45:56:00	OBTAINING.
00:45:56:00	00:45:56:00	THANK YOU.
00:45:56:00	00:45:57:00	DO YOU WORK AT ALL WITH THE
00:45:57:00	00:46:00:00	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OR WITH
00:46:00:00	00:46:00:00	MASS COMMUNITY COMMISSION
00:46:00:00	00:46:04:00	AGAINST DISCRIMINATION TO REFER
00:46:04:00	00:46:05:00	PEOPLE WHEN THEY DO FEEL LIKE
00:46:05:00	00:46:06:00	THEY HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED
00:46:06:00	00:46:08:00	AGAINST WHEN IT COMES TO
00:46:08:00	00:46:09:00	LANGUAGE ACCESS WE LACK
00:46:09:00	00:46:11:00	ETHNICITY OR ANYTHING OF THAT
00:46:11:00	00:46:11:00	NATURE.
00:46:11:00	00:46:12:00	I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO
00:46:12:00	00:46:13:00	CUT YOU OFF.
00:46:13:00	00:46:14:00	NO, NO, GO AHEAD.
00:46:14:00	00:46:14:00	GO AHEAD.
00:46:14:00	00:46:18:00	PEOPLE GO AHEAD.
00:46:18:00	00:46:19:00	WE ARE WE BECAUSE OF THOSE
00:46:19:00	00:46:21:00	INFLUX AND CAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
00:46:21:00	00:46:21:00	RESEARCHING AND CREATING
00:46:21:00	00:46:25:00	PARTNERSHIPS RIGHT NOW WE ALSO
00:46:25:00	00:46:26:00	BEEN LOOKING INTO A LOT OF PRO
00:46:26:00	00:46:29:00	BONO ORGANIZATIONS WHO GIVE
00:46:29:00	00:46:32:00	FUNDING BUT IN IN FOR YOU KNOW
00:46:32:00	00:46:33:00	OR INTERPRETERS AT THE GREATER
00:46:33:00	00:46:36:00	BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES.
00:46:36:00	00:46:37:00	A LOT OF THE CALLS WE ALSO GET
00:46:37:00	00:46:40:00	IS RELATED TO CONNECTING
00:46:40:00	00:46:40:00	CONSTITUENTS WITH AN
00:46:40:00	00:46:41:00	INTERPRETER FOR, YOU KNOW,
00:46:41:00	00:46:44:00	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR EVEN
00:46:44:00	00:46:48:00	CONNECTING THEM TO THE THE
00:46:48:00	00:46:48:00	COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS WHO
00:46:48:00	00:46:49:00	HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE ACCESS
00:46:49:00	00:46:52:00	AS WELL AND KIND OF TRIAGING IN
00:46:52:00	00:46:53:00	THAT SENSE.
00:46:53:00	00:46:56:00	BUT WE IT IS A RELATIVELY NEW
00:46:56:00	00:46:57:00	KIND OF UPTAKE THAT WE'VE BEEN
00:46:57:00	00:47:00:00	REALIZING IN THIS OFFICE AND WE
00:47:00:00	00:47:01:00	ARE KIND OF LOOKING TO CREATE
00:47:01:00	00:47:03:00	THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
00:47:03:00	00:47:04:00	AND THE PRO BONO LIST IS ALSO
00:47:04:00	00:47:07:00	BEFORE THE GRANTS THAT WE
00:47:07:00	00:47:08:00	RECEIVED THIS YEAR AND THE
00:47:08:00	00:47:11:00	FISCAL BUDGET THE THERE WAS
00:47:11:00	00:47:15:00	LIMITED CAPACITY IN HANOVER AS
00:47:15:00	00:47:15:00	PROVIDING TRANSLATIONS FOR
00:47:15:00	00:47:16:00	OUTSIDE ENTITIES BEYOND WHAT
00:47:16:00	00:47:20:00	THE ORDINANCE IS ALLOWING US TO
00:47:20:00	00:47:20:00	DO.
00:47:20:00	00:47:21:00	SO THESE GRANTS ACTUALLY HAVE
00:47:21:00	00:47:23:00	WILL CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
00:47:23:00	00:47:24:00	US TO GIVE TO COMMUNITY BASED
00:47:24:00	00:47:26:00	ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE
00:47:26:00	00:47:26:00	LANGUAGE ACCESS.
00:47:26:00	00:47:28:00	BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LIST OF PRO
00:47:28:00	00:47:31:00	BONO ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE
00:47:31:00	00:47:32:00	KIND OF CONTACTING WHO WOULD BE
00:47:32:00	00:47:34:00	ABLE TO PROVIDE TRANSLATION
00:47:34:00	00:47:35:00	INTERPRETATIONS FREE OF CHARGE
00:47:35:00	00:47:38:00	TO CONSTITUENTS WHEN THOSE
00:47:38:00	00:47:39:00	NEEDS ARISE AND WE'RE
00:47:39:00	00:47:42:00	FINALIZING THAT.
00:47:42:00	00:47:43:00	THANK YOU DIRECTOR AND THANK
00:47:43:00	00:47:44:00	YOU FOR RESPONDING.
00:47:44:00	00:47:47:00	IT'S GREAT THAT PEOPLE KNOW TO
00:47:47:00	00:47:47:00	CALL YOUR OFFICE EVEN IF YOU'RE
00:47:47:00	00:47:48:00	NOT ABLE TO MEET THEIR NEED.
00:47:48:00	00:47:50:00	IT IS GREAT THAT YOU'RE STILL
00:47:50:00	00:47:51:00	ABLE TO ANSWER THEM WITH
00:47:51:00	00:47:52:00	RESOURCES EVEN IF WE CAN'T
00:47:52:00	00:47:55:00	PROVIDE IT IN HOW TO THANK YOU
00:47:55:00	00:47:55:00	FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
00:47:55:00	00:47:56:00	REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
00:47:56:00	00:47:56:00	THANK YOU.
00:47:56:00	00:47:57:00	I WAS REALLY INTERESTED.
00:47:57:00	00:47:58:00	THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COUNCILOR
00:47:58:00	00:48:01:00	MEJIA YOU HAVE FOR EVERYONE.
00:48:01:00	00:48:05:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
00:48:05:00	00:48:06:00	JENNIFER IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO
00:48:06:00	00:48:09:00	SEE YOU.
00:48:09:00	00:48:10:00	I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
00:48:10:00	00:48:14:00	GROWTH WITHIN YOUR OFFICE SO
00:48:14:00	00:48:17:00	IT'S REALLY INSPIRING TO SEE
00:48:17:00	00:48:21:00	AND I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
00:48:21:00	00:48:22:00	A FEW YEARS AGO YOU AND I WORK
00:48:22:00	00:48:25:00	TOGETHER ON ESTABLISHING THE BE
00:48:25:00	00:48:28:00	REVISED LANGUAGE ORDINANCE TO
00:48:28:00	00:48:29:00	ENSURE THAT WHATEVER GETS PUT
00:48:29:00	00:48:30:00	OUT IN ENGLISH THE SAME DAY
00:48:30:00	00:48:33:00	GETS PUT OUT IN THE TOP ELEVEN
00:48:33:00	00:48:33:00	LANGUAGES.
00:48:33:00	00:48:34:00	AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU CAN
00:48:34:00	00:48:37:00	JUST TALK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:48:37:00	00:48:38:00	HOW THAT'S COMING ALONG, WHAT
00:48:38:00	00:48:41:00	BUMPS YOU HAVE COME ACROSS, HOW
00:48:41:00	00:48:42:00	HAVE YOU PUT IT?
00:48:42:00	00:48:44:00	YOU KNOW JUST JUST HELP US
00:48:44:00	00:48:44:00	UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH
00:48:44:00	00:48:47:00	THAT AND THEN I'M ALSO CURIOUS
00:48:47:00	00:48:52:00	ABOUT HOW ARE YOU MEASURING THE
00:48:52:00	00:48:52:00	IMPACT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS
00:48:52:00	00:48:53:00	OF THE PROGRAM AND SERVICES.
00:48:53:00	00:48:56:00	YOU KNOW, WHAT METRICS DOES THE
00:48:56:00	00:48:57:00	DEPARTMENT USE TO EVALUATE ITS
00:48:57:00	00:49:00:00	PERFORMANCE IN AND IDENTIFY
00:49:00:00	00:49:04:00	AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT?
00:49:04:00	00:49:05:00	I CAN JUST TALK TO ME ABOUT
00:49:05:00	00:49:05:00	YOUR I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO
00:49:05:00	00:49:07:00	FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GROW?
00:49:07:00	00:49:08:00	WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO
00:49:08:00	00:49:08:00	DIFFERENT?
00:49:08:00	00:49:08:00	HOW ARE WE PIVOTING?
00:49:08:00	00:49:09:00	HOW WE HOLDING OURSELVES
00:49:09:00	00:49:11:00	ACCOUNTABLE?
00:49:11:00	00:49:12:00	WE COULD JUST TALK TO EACH
00:49:12:00	00:49:12:00	OTHER ABOUT THAT.
00:49:12:00	00:49:13:00	THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
00:49:13:00	00:49:15:00	AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION THAT
00:49:15:00	00:49:16:00	I LOVE FOR YOU TO JUST LEAN
00:49:16:00	00:49:19:00	JUST A LITTLE BIT DURING OUR
00:49:19:00	00:49:19:00	WORK TOGETHER.
00:49:19:00	00:49:22:00	YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED LITERACY
00:49:22:00	00:49:22:00	WHAT I THINK ABOUT
00:49:22:00	00:49:23:00	COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS I
00:49:23:00	00:49:26:00	THINK THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE
00:49:26:00	00:49:30:00	UNABLE TO READ AND EVEN IN
00:49:30:00	00:49:31:00	THEIR OWN NATIVE LANGUAGE.
00:49:31:00	00:49:33:00	SO I KNOW WE ESTABLISHED
00:49:33:00	00:49:34:00	LITERACY TASK FORCE WHICH IS
00:49:34:00	00:49:35:00	ABOUT TO GET OFF THE GROUND
00:49:35:00	00:49:35:00	SOON.
00:49:35:00	00:49:38:00	BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT ELSE ARE
00:49:38:00	00:49:39:00	YOU DOING IN TERMS OF MAKING
00:49:39:00	00:49:42:00	SURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS,
00:49:42:00	00:49:42:00	REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO
00:49:42:00	00:49:45:00	READ AND WRITE ARE ABLE TO GET
00:49:45:00	00:49:49:00	THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED
00:49:49:00	00:49:49:00	?
00:49:49:00	00:49:50:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR .
00:49:50:00	00:49:51:00	YEAH, AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO
00:49:51:00	00:49:53:00	SEE YOU TOO.
00:49:53:00	00:49:54:00	I HOPE THAT YOU'RE FEELING
00:49:54:00	00:49:54:00	BETTER.
00:49:54:00	00:49:55:00	I KNOW YOU WERE UNDER THE
00:49:55:00	00:49:57:00	WEATHER A FEW THINGS AGO.
00:49:57:00	00:50:01:00	I WANT TO START WITH YOUR MOST
00:50:01:00	00:50:02:00	RECENT QUESTION AROUND THE
00:50:02:00	00:50:04:00	LITERACY TEST WAS ONE THING
00:50:04:00	00:50:05:00	THAT WE DO IMPLEMENT WITHIN OUR
00:50:05:00	00:50:08:00	TRAININGS IS THIS AND I KNOW
00:50:08:00	00:50:09:00	THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN
00:50:09:00	00:50:09:00	THE PAST AROUND THE EIGHTH
00:50:09:00	00:50:12:00	GRADE READING LEVEL AND I KNOW
00:50:12:00	00:50:13:00	WE'RE GOING THROUGH
00:50:13:00	00:50:15:00	CONVERSATIONS WE HAD TO REVISE
00:50:15:00	00:50:16:00	BUT WE HAVE BEEN INTEGRATING IN
00:50:16:00	00:50:19:00	OUR TRAININGS NOT ONLY PRACTICE
00:50:19:00	00:50:20:00	IN PLAIN LANGUAGE WHEN YOU'RE
00:50:20:00	00:50:23:00	WRITING INFORMATION AND AS WELL
00:50:23:00	00:50:24:00	AS REMAINING AN EIGHTH GRADE
00:50:24:00	00:50:28:00	READING LEVEL WHEN IT COMES TO
00:50:28:00	00:50:28:00	THE TEXT THAT ARE BEING
00:50:28:00	00:50:31:00	FORMULATED IN TERMS OF THE
00:50:31:00	00:50:32:00	INFORMATION GOING UP AT THE
00:50:32:00	00:50:36:00	SAME AS ENGLISH SPECIFICALLY
00:50:36:00	00:50:36:00	FOR AND I BELIEVE INCORRECTLY
00:50:36:00	00:50:39:00	WRONG FOR VITAL INFORMATION
00:50:39:00	00:50:39:00	SPECIFICALLY.
00:50:39:00	00:50:40:00	I THINK ALSO BECAUSE YOU SEE
00:50:40:00	00:50:43:00	EMERGENCIES LIKE ORANGE LINE
00:50:43:00	00:50:47:00	SHUT DOWN THE COVID NINETEEN
00:50:47:00	00:50:48:00	RESPONSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
00:50:48:00	00:50:50:00	CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNICATION
00:50:50:00	00:50:51:00	THE MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS TEAM
00:50:51:00	00:50:54:00	AND SO WE HAVE THERE IS A
00:50:54:00	00:50:58:00	LIAISON IN THAT OFFICE WHO
00:50:58:00	00:50:59:00	OVERSEES LANGUAGE ACCESS AND
00:50:59:00	00:51:02:00	VISIBILITY ACCESS BUT WE ALSO
00:51:02:00	00:51:03:00	ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM
00:51:03:00	00:51:06:00	CLOSELY AS THEY ARE THE
00:51:06:00	00:51:07:00	ADMINISTRATORS AND KIND
00:51:07:00	00:51:10:00	OF OVERSEEING ALL THE PILLS THE
00:51:10:00	00:51:11:00	DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE THE MAIN
00:51:11:00	00:51:14:00	SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION THAT
00:51:14:00	00:51:15:00	GOES OUT OF THE CITY.
00:51:15:00	00:51:17:00	I A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE
00:51:17:00	00:51:18:00	WORKING WITH THEN IS HOW DO WE
00:51:18:00	00:51:21:00	ENSURE TO BECAUSE EMERGENCIES
00:51:21:00	00:51:22:00	WILL HAPPEN.
00:51:22:00	00:51:22:00	RIGHT.
00:51:22:00	00:51:23:00	AND OUR TEAM IS HAPPY TO STEP
00:51:23:00	00:51:26:00	IN AT TO SUPPORT EMERGENCIES
00:51:26:00	00:51:29:00	BUT IT'S ALSO CREATING SYSTEMS
00:51:29:00	00:51:30:00	THE MINUTE WE KNOW AN EMERGENCY
00:51:30:00	00:51:33:00	IS COMING LOOPING IN THE
00:51:33:00	00:51:34:00	APPROPRIATE FOLKS LINING UP THE
00:51:34:00	00:51:35:00	APPROPRIATE RESOURCES LANGUAGE
00:51:35:00	00:51:38:00	ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS IS AT THE
00:51:38:00	00:51:38:00	FOREFRONT.
00:51:38:00	00:51:39:00	RIGHT AND CREATING THAT SYSTEM
00:51:39:00	00:51:41:00	IN PLACE.
00:51:41:00	00:51:42:00	WE'VE ALSO WITHIN THE CONTRACT
00:51:42:00	00:51:45:00	THAT WE HAVE ALSO HAVE
00:51:45:00	00:51:48:00	ESTABLISHED NORMS OF RAPID
00:51:48:00	00:51:49:00	TRANSLATION AS NECESSARY
00:51:49:00	00:51:52:00	WHETHER IT BE I BELIEVE TWENTY
00:51:52:00	00:51:53:00	FOUR HOURS OR LESS
00:51:53:00	00:51:54:00	OF TRANSLATION REQUESTS AND
00:51:54:00	00:51:57:00	WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING WITH THEM
00:51:57:00	00:51:59:00	OF A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS
00:51:59:00	00:52:00:00	USUALLY THAT COME OUT OF THE
00:52:00:00	00:52:04:00	CITY IN TERMS LINE LANGUAGE
00:52:04:00	00:52:05:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
00:52:05:00	00:52:07:00	THINKING ABOUT VITAL
00:52:07:00	00:52:08:00	INFORMATION, VITAL DOCUMENTS
00:52:08:00	00:52:11:00	AND REALLY CREATING THEM
00:52:11:00	00:52:12:00	BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES I
00:52:12:00	00:52:15:00	THINK IN GOVERNMENT WE HAVE A
00:52:15:00	00:52:16:00	STANDARD WAY OF WRITING AND SO
00:52:16:00	00:52:17:00	WE ALWAYS WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS
00:52:17:00	00:52:20:00	OF RECREATING A VITAL DOCUMENT.
00:52:20:00	00:52:21:00	WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:52:21:00	00:52:21:00	INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
00:52:21:00	00:52:24:00	KNOWN TO CONSTITUENTS AND
00:52:24:00	00:52:26:00	WITHIN THAT NEED TO BE PUT OUT
00:52:26:00	00:52:27:00	OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM
00:52:27:00	00:52:28:00	TO GROW.
00:52:28:00	00:52:31:00	EMERGENCIES HAPPEN OUT OF THE
00:52:31:00	00:52:32:00	BLUE BUT WE DO HAVE A CLOSE
00:52:32:00	00:52:33:00	RELATIONSHIP THAT THERE IS AN
00:52:33:00	00:52:36:00	EMERGENCY REGARDLESS THEY WILL
00:52:36:00	00:52:37:00	BE OUR DEPARTMENT AND FROM THE
00:52:37:00	00:52:39:00	BEGINNING AND ALSO WITH SUPPORT
00:52:39:00	00:52:43:00	FROM THEIR OWN CITIZENS IN
00:52:43:00	00:52:47:00	TERMS OF METRICS OF PROGRESS, I
00:52:47:00	00:52:48:00	WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE
00:52:48:00	00:52:51:00	ARE ALSO ON TRACK TO RELEASE A
00:52:51:00	00:52:54:00	DASHBOARD I THAT FROM HERE YOU
00:52:54:00	00:52:55:00	AND I AS WELL IN THE NEXT
00:52:55:00	00:52:58:00	FISCAL YEAR WHICH WILL SHOW THE
00:52:58:00	00:52:59:00	DATA OF FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN
00:52:59:00	00:53:02:00	PUT WORDS IN TRANSLATION
00:53:02:00	00:53:06:00	SPECIFICALLY AS WELL AS THAT IS
00:53:06:00	00:53:07:00	A LOT OF THE METRICS THAT WE
00:53:07:00	00:53:07:00	USE INTERNALLY.
00:53:07:00	00:53:10:00	SO WHENEVER A DEPARTMENT IS
00:53:10:00	00:53:14:00	REQUESTING INTERPRETERS FOR AN
00:53:14:00	00:53:14:00	EVENT TRANSLATIONS
00:53:14:00	00:53:15:00	OF DOCUMENTS, WE'RE ACTUALLY
00:53:15:00	00:53:17:00	ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THAT IN
00:53:17:00	00:53:17:00	THERE.
00:53:17:00	00:53:18:00	SO WE USE THAT AS A METRIC
00:53:18:00	00:53:19:00	OF SEEING THE PROGRESS FROM THE
00:53:19:00	00:53:21:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:53:21:00	00:53:22:00	BUT WE'RE ALSO THIS UPCOMING
00:53:22:00	00:53:23:00	FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT YEAR I'M
00:53:23:00	00:53:25:00	SO SORRY THIS UPCOMING FISCAL
00:53:25:00	00:53:26:00	YEAR.
00:53:26:00	00:53:34:00	OK, DIRECTOR, CAN YOU WRAP IT
00:53:34:00	00:53:34:00	UP PLEASE?
00:53:34:00	00:53:34:00	YES.
00:53:34:00	00:53:37:00	WE ALSO HAVE WORKED WITH
00:53:37:00	00:53:38:00	DEPARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT OTHER
00:53:38:00	00:53:41:00	DATA METRICS AND I'M HAPPY TO
00:53:41:00	00:53:42:00	TALK MORE AFTER THIS ABOUT
00:53:42:00	00:53:44:00	THOSE STEPS AS WELL.
00:53:44:00	00:53:45:00	THANK YOU.
00:53:45:00	00:53:48:00	AS A MANAGER YOU HAVE LAST
00:53:48:00	00:53:49:00	REMARKS BEFORE CLOSING?
00:53:49:00	00:53:50:00	NO THANK COUNCILOR .
00:53:50:00	00:53:55:00	OK, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE
00:53:55:00	00:53:59:00	BEFORE THANK YOU CHAIR AND
00:53:59:00	00:54:02:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION
00:54:02:00	00:54:03:00	AND LANGUAGE ACCESS IS SO
00:54:03:00	00:54:07:00	IMPORTANT AND I WAS A TEACHER
00:54:07:00	00:54:11:00	AND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS SO I
00:54:11:00	00:54:11:00	KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO
00:54:11:00	00:54:14:00	MAKE SURE NOT JUST OUR
00:54:14:00	00:54:15:00	STUDENTS, OUR YOUNG KIDS BUT
00:54:15:00	00:54:18:00	ALSO KNOW OUR PARENTS AND
00:54:18:00	00:54:19:00	CAREGIVERS HAVE LANGUAGE ACCESS
00:54:19:00	00:54:20:00	NOT JUST AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL
00:54:20:00	00:54:21:00	BUT CITY DEPARTMENTS.
00:54:21:00	00:54:26:00	SO DEFINITELY HAPPY TO SEE THAT
00:54:26:00	00:54:26:00	YOU ARE GROWING.
00:54:26:00	00:54:29:00	IT MAY BE A MODEST GROWTH.
00:54:29:00	00:54:33:00	IT LOOKS LIKE ONLY A LITTLE BIT
00:54:33:00	00:54:34:00	OF INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S
00:54:34:00	00:54:34:00	BUDGET.
00:54:34:00	00:54:37:00	BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
00:54:37:00	00:54:38:00	LOOKS AS THOUGH EIGHT HUNDRED
00:54:38:00	00:54:41:00	AND THIRTY THOUSAND OF YOUR
00:54:41:00	00:54:42:00	DOLLARS ARE CONTRACTUAL
00:54:42:00	00:54:42:00	SERVICES.
00:54:42:00	00:54:46:00	SO IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON
00:54:46:00	00:54:47:00	WHAT SERVICES ARE BEING
00:54:47:00	00:54:50:00	CONTRACTED, HOW MANY VENDORS IS
00:54:50:00	00:54:51:00	IT LIKE A COUPLE OF BIG ONES OR
00:54:51:00	00:54:54:00	DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF SMALL
00:54:54:00	00:54:55:00	VENDORS AND WHAT DO THE BULK
00:54:55:00	00:54:58:00	OF THE VENDORS DO TO THAT
00:54:58:00	00:55:01:00	CLARIFY THAT THAT WOULD BE
00:55:01:00	00:55:01:00	HELPFUL.
00:55:01:00	00:55:02:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:02:00	00:55:04:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR .
00:55:04:00	00:55:05:00	SO IN OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES
00:55:05:00	00:55:09:00	LINE WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT FOR
00:55:09:00	00:55:09:00	LANGUAGE AND INTERPRETATION
00:55:09:00	00:55:12:00	SERVICES WHICH THAT THE A HUGE
00:55:12:00	00:55:15:00	CHUNK OF OUR FUNDING WE ALSO
00:55:15:00	00:55:16:00	ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON
00:55:16:00	00:55:20:00	IMPLEMENTING AND ANSELL AND
00:55:20:00	00:55:20:00	CONTRACT AS WELL.
00:55:20:00	00:55:21:00	WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
00:55:21:00	00:55:24:00	COMMISSION ON ADDRESSING THE
00:55:24:00	00:55:27:00	RSL NEEDS OF THE CITY AND
00:55:27:00	00:55:31:00	WORKING WITH AGENCIES LIKE THE
00:55:31:00	00:55:32:00	US COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF AND
00:55:32:00	00:55:33:00	HARD OF HEARING AND IN THIS
00:55:33:00	00:55:36:00	SPACE THERE THE CONTRACT THIS
00:55:36:00	00:55:39:00	YEAR IS WE ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT
00:55:39:00	00:55:43:00	FOR OUR OVER THE PHONE
00:55:43:00	00:55:44:00	INTERPRETATION AND VERY REMOTE
00:55:44:00	00:55:47:00	INTERPRETATION SERVICE AND
00:55:47:00	00:55:47:00	THOSE ARE ALL CITY WIDE SCALE
00:55:47:00	00:55:50:00	SO THAT IS A BULK OF THE
00:55:50:00	00:55:51:00	CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT ARE
00:55:51:00	00:55:54:00	COMING FROM OUR OFFICE AND I
00:55:54:00	00:55:55:00	HOPE I AM NOT MISSPEAKING BUT I
00:55:55:00	00:55:58:00	ALSO BELIEVE THAT UNDER
00:55:58:00	00:55:58:00	CONTRACTED SERVICES THERE'S
00:55:58:00	00:55:59:00	ALSO AN ADDITIONAL LINE WHICH
00:55:59:00	00:56:02:00	HAS OUR GRANTS FUNDING IN THERE
00:56:02:00	00:56:05:00	AS WELL FOR THAT GRANT PROJECT
00:56:05:00	00:56:07:00	I WAS MENTIONING A LITTLE BIT
00:56:07:00	00:56:10:00	EARLIER.
00:56:10:00	00:56:10:00	OH THANK YOU.
00:56:10:00	00:56:14:00	AND AS MANY DEPARTMENTS DO WITH
00:56:14:00	00:56:15:00	TEAMS LIKE YOURS IS ONE THAT
00:56:15:00	00:56:16:00	DEFINITELY WORKS CLOSELY WITH
00:56:16:00	00:56:18:00	OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THAT
00:56:18:00	00:56:19:00	OVERLAP IN WORKING TOGETHER IS
00:56:19:00	00:56:21:00	IMPORTANT BUT DO YOU OFTEN FEEL
00:56:21:00	00:56:22:00	AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
00:56:22:00	00:56:25:00	THIS BEFORE AT A DIFFERENT
00:56:25:00	00:56:25:00	HEARING BUT THAT YOUR
00:56:25:00	00:56:29:00	DEPARTMENT YOUR OFFICE, THE
00:56:29:00	00:56:30:00	LANGUAGE ACCESS HAS TO SUPPORT
00:56:30:00	00:56:33:00	OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
00:56:33:00	00:56:34:00	MAYBE WE'RE NOT FUNDING YOU
00:56:34:00	00:56:35:00	ENOUGH AND KIND OF KEEP TRACK
00:56:35:00	00:56:37:00	OF AND I THINK YOUR DEPARTMENT
00:56:37:00	00:56:38:00	ON THE CITY LEVEL I THINK
00:56:38:00	00:56:41:00	OF LIKE THAT TEACHER AT A
00:56:41:00	00:56:42:00	SCHOOL WHO THEN IS ASKED TO
00:56:42:00	00:56:45:00	TRANSLATE WHICH YOU KNOW OR THE
00:56:45:00	00:56:46:00	SECRETARY WHO MAY SPEAK THE
00:56:46:00	00:56:47:00	LANGUAGE OF SOMEONE AND IS
00:56:47:00	00:56:49:00	ASKED TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE
00:56:49:00	00:56:50:00	WE NEED IT AT THE MOMENT.
00:56:50:00	00:56:53:00	BUT THEN IF WE LOOK AT HOW DO
00:56:53:00	00:56:54:00	WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
00:56:54:00	00:56:56:00	CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR OFFICE
00:56:56:00	00:56:57:00	, DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT WAY?
00:56:57:00	00:56:58:00	AND I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY
00:56:58:00	00:57:00:00	ALWAYS WILLING AND WANTING BUT
00:57:00:00	00:57:01:00	I WANT TO MAKE SURE ON OUR END
00:57:01:00	00:57:02:00	THAT WE'RE FULLY FUNDING YOUR
00:57:02:00	00:57:04:00	OFFICE AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE
00:57:04:00	00:57:05:00	ENOUGH RESOURCES AND STAFF SO
00:57:05:00	00:57:08:00	THAT WHEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE
00:57:08:00	00:57:09:00	REACHING OUT FOR YOUR HELP THAT
00:57:09:00	00:57:10:00	YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S
00:57:10:00	00:57:14:00	DRAINING YOUR RESOURCES.
00:57:14:00	00:57:15:00	THINK COUNSELOR AT THIS AT THIS
00:57:15:00	00:57:19:00	TIME I THINK WE HAVE RECEIVED
00:57:19:00	00:57:20:00	THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT
00:57:20:00	00:57:23:00	OF FUNDING FOR THE WAY THAT WE
00:57:23:00	00:57:23:00	ARE OPERATING.
00:57:23:00	00:57:24:00	I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT
00:57:24:00	00:57:27:00	WE ARE STILL GROWING AS A
00:57:27:00	00:57:27:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:57:27:00	00:57:31:00	WE WOULD HIRE ALL THOSE NEW
00:57:31:00	00:57:34:00	STAFF IN THIS FISCAL YEAR WHICH
00:57:34:00	00:57:35:00	WAS I'M SURE YOU ALL CAN RELATE
00:57:35:00	00:57:38:00	WHEN IT COMES TO NOT ONLY
00:57:38:00	00:57:39:00	BRINGING IN THE STAFF, WE WANT
00:57:39:00	00:57:39:00	TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE REALLY
00:57:39:00	00:57:42:00	GIVING THE TIME TO OMBUDS STAFF
00:57:42:00	00:57:42:00	EACH DAY WE'RE PUTTING THEM
00:57:42:00	00:57:46:00	INTO PROJECTS AT A PACE THAT IS
00:57:46:00	00:57:46:00	APPROPRIATE.
00:57:46:00	00:57:47:00	BUT IN TERMS OF THEIR FUNDING,
00:57:47:00	00:57:50:00	I WON'T SAY NO TO ANY MORE
00:57:50:00	00:57:51:00	FUNDING THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE.
00:57:51:00	00:57:54:00	BUT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE
00:57:54:00	00:57:55:00	NOW AND THE PACE THAT WE'RE
00:57:55:00	00:57:56:00	GROWING, I BELIEVE THAT IT IS
00:57:56:00	00:57:58:00	APPROPRIATE.
00:57:58:00	00:57:59:00	I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE ALSO THE
00:57:59:00	00:57:59:00	SCHOOLS AND THEIR OWN BUDGET
00:57:59:00	00:58:01:00	FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS AS WELL AS
00:58:01:00	00:58:05:00	WELL AS OTHER AGENCIES LIKE THE
00:58:05:00	00:58:06:00	EPA AND SO FORTH.
00:58:06:00	00:58:07:00	BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE
00:58:07:00	00:58:08:00	VERY AWARE THAT I'M JUST MAKING
00:58:08:00	00:58:12:00	IT FOR THEM.
00:58:12:00	00:58:13:00	OK, THANK YOU.
00:58:13:00	00:58:13:00	THANK YOU.
00:58:13:00	00:58:20:00	CHAIR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:58:20:00	00:58:20:00	COUNCIL TOMORROW YOU HAVE THE
00:58:20:00	00:58:21:00	FLOOR.
00:58:21:00	00:58:21:00	THANK YOU.
00:58:21:00	00:58:24:00	CHAIR AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR
00:58:24:00	00:58:25:00	LORD FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU
00:58:25:00	00:58:27:00	GUYS DO HERE IN THE CITY
00:58:27:00	00:58:27:00	OF BOSTON.
00:58:27:00	00:58:28:00	GOOD TO SEE THAT THAT YOUR
00:58:28:00	00:58:30:00	DEPARTMENT IS GROWING.
00:58:30:00	00:58:32:00	I LIKE THE INITIATIVE THE ADULT
00:58:32:00	00:58:35:00	LITERACY DOES FALL UNDER YOUR
00:58:35:00	00:58:39:00	YOUR DEPARTMENT CORRECT.
00:58:39:00	00:58:43:00	SO MY UNDERSTANDING AND ITS
00:58:43:00	00:58:44:00	CORRECT IT IS BEING LED BY THE
00:58:44:00	00:58:47:00	EQUITY CABINET EQUITY AND
00:58:47:00	00:58:48:00	INCLUSION CABINET BUT IF THERE
00:58:48:00	00:58:51:00	ARE QUESTIONS THEN I'M HAPPY TO
00:58:51:00	00:58:52:00	MAKE SURE THAT THE QUESTIONS HE
00:58:52:00	00:58:54:00	ASKED ANSWERED AFTER THIS.
00:58:54:00	00:58:55:00	OK I'LL TAKE MY QUESTIONS ON
00:58:55:00	00:58:58:00	THAT FOR THE EQUITY CABINET.
00:58:58:00	00:58:59:00	MY ONE QUESTION THAT IS AROUND
00:58:59:00	00:59:02:00	MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT.
00:59:02:00	00:59:03:00	Q TALK TO ME ABOUT YOU KNOW
00:59:03:00	00:59:07:00	WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING FOR
00:59:07:00	00:59:07:00	MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT.
00:59:07:00	00:59:10:00	OF COURSE THIS IS ACTUALLY A
00:59:10:00	00:59:14:00	DEVELOPMENT DURING THE PANDEMIC
00:59:14:00	00:59:15:00	TIMES EVERYONE IS VIRTUAL AND I
00:59:15:00	00:59:18:00	THINK AS WE'VE BEEN APPROACHING
00:59:18:00	00:59:19:00	I KNOW I BELIEVE THE EMERGENCY
00:59:19:00	00:59:20:00	IS BEING LIFTED ON THE 11TH AND
00:59:20:00	00:59:22:00	THERE ARE MORE CITY EVENTS THAT
00:59:22:00	00:59:26:00	ARE HAPPENING IN PERSON.
00:59:26:00	00:59:27:00	WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO
00:59:27:00	00:59:29:00	THIS FISCAL YEAR IS EQUIP
00:59:29:00	00:59:29:00	OURSELVES WITH ENOUGH
00:59:29:00	00:59:30:00	SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION
00:59:30:00	00:59:37:00	EQUIPMENT WHICH IS NOT ONLY
00:59:37:00	00:59:41:00	OFFERED TO DEPARTMENTS BUT IF
00:59:41:00	00:59:41:00	YOU ALL NEED IT.
00:59:41:00	00:59:42:00	WE ALSO PARTNER WITH MICHELLE
00:59:42:00	00:59:44:00	FROM THE CENTRAL STAFF WHO IS
00:59:44:00	00:59:45:00	ALSO ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE
00:59:45:00	00:59:48:00	EQUIPMENT FOR YOUR EVENTS AS
00:59:48:00	00:59:48:00	WELL.
00:59:48:00	00:59:49:00	SO TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, THE
00:59:49:00	00:59:56:00	EQUIPMENT IS EXPENSIVE ERM I
00:59:56:00	00:59:57:00	THINK THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY
00:59:57:00	00:59:59:00	THAT I COULD FIND AT THE MOMENT
00:59:59:00	01:00:03:00	BUT ONE SETS AND THIS IS FROM
01:00:03:00	01:00:04:00	PREVIOUS SO DON'T QUOTE ME ERM
01:00:04:00	01:00:07:00	I HAVE CHANGED WAS AROUND
01:00:07:00	01:00:07:00	FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND
01:00:07:00	01:00:10:00	ONE SET SUPPORTS TO
01:00:10:00	01:00:11:00	INTERPRETERS FOR SIMULTANEOUS
01:00:11:00	01:00:14:00	INTERPRETATION AS WELL AS UP TO
01:00:14:00	01:00:15:00	TWENTY CONSTITUENTS HEADSET SO
01:00:15:00	01:00:19:00	THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO LISTEN IN
01:00:19:00	01:00:20:00	AND SO AS YOU KNOW I THINK THE
01:00:20:00	01:00:23:00	THE LITTLE PANIC THAT WE HAD
01:00:23:00	01:00:24:00	WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE THAT WE
01:00:24:00	01:00:26:00	WERE EQUIPPED ENOUGH THAT ERM
01:00:26:00	01:00:27:00	TOMORROW EVERY SINGLE
01:00:27:00	01:00:30:00	DEPARTMENT WANTED TO HAVE MANY
01:00:30:00	01:00:31:00	MAYBE THAT'S AN AVERAGE BUT
01:00:31:00	01:00:31:00	THERE ARE MANY DEPARTMENTS WANT
01:00:31:00	01:00:34:00	TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON EVENT AT
01:00:34:00	01:00:37:00	THE SAME TIME WE WOULD NOT BE
01:00:37:00	01:00:38:00	WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE
01:00:38:00	01:00:39:00	INFLUX OF IN-PERSON
01:00:39:00	01:00:41:00	SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION.
01:00:41:00	01:00:45:00	HOWEVER WE ALSO WORK WITH THE
01:00:45:00	01:00:46:00	ABILITY TO IF WE NEED MORE
01:00:46:00	01:00:50:00	EQUIPMENT CONTRACT WITH THE
01:00:50:00	01:00:50:00	VENDOR THAT WE HAVE.
01:00:50:00	01:00:54:00	THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER EXCITING
01:00:54:00	01:00:54:00	PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON
01:00:54:00	01:00:58:00	IS A PILOT PROGRAM WITH IPADS.
01:00:58:00	01:01:01:00	SO IN ADDITION TO WE DID
01:01:01:00	01:01:03:00	PURCHASE A LOT OF IPADS TO HELP
01:01:03:00	01:01:06:00	PROVIDE OVER THE VIDEO.
01:01:06:00	01:01:06:00	WHAT INTERPRETATION
01:01:06:00	01:01:09:00	SPECIFICALLY FOR ACEL
01:01:09:00	01:01:10:00	INTERPRETATION AND SO THAT
01:01:10:00	01:01:13:00	RELATES BACK TO THE PROGRAM
01:01:13:00	01:01:14:00	THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE
01:01:14:00	01:01:15:00	SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR
01:01:15:00	01:01:17:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:01:17:00	01:01:18:00	BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING CLOSELY
01:01:18:00	01:01:19:00	WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS
01:01:19:00	01:01:22:00	WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY
01:01:22:00	01:01:23:00	DO THE SAME MODEL BUT FOR THE
01:01:23:00	01:01:25:00	DISTRICT OFFICES.
01:01:25:00	01:01:26:00	SO OUR VISION IS THAT WHEN YOU
01:01:26:00	01:01:26:00	WALK INTO DISTRICT OFFICE
01:01:26:00	01:01:29:00	YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING AS I
01:01:29:00	01:01:29:00	DESCRIBED ON THE SECOND AND
01:01:29:00	01:01:30:00	THIRD FLOOR AS YOU'LL SEE YOUR
01:01:30:00	01:01:33:00	LANGUAGE ACCESS RIGHTS AN IPAD
01:01:33:00	01:01:36:00	FOR INTERPRETATION AS WELL AS
01:01:36:00	01:01:39:00	THE PERSON WHO WAS THERE WILL
01:01:39:00	01:01:40:00	BE TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO
01:01:40:00	01:01:41:00	PROVIDE YOU ACCOMMODATION.
01:01:41:00	01:01:44:00	THEN YOUR LANGUAGE WILL ALSO BE
01:01:44:00	01:01:45:00	GIVING IPADS TO A COUPLE OTHER
01:01:45:00	01:01:48:00	DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE THEM ON A
01:01:48:00	01:01:48:00	RENTAL.
01:01:48:00	01:01:49:00	WE ALSO HAVE SOME IN OUR OFFICE
01:01:49:00	01:01:52:00	ON THE ABILITY FOR DEPARTMENTS
01:01:52:00	01:01:52:00	TO USE THEM.
01:01:52:00	01:01:56:00	MANY DEPARTMENTS MIGHT WANT TO
01:01:56:00	01:01:57:00	USE THEM FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THEY
01:01:57:00	01:01:59:00	HAVE RESOURCE AREAS WHERE THEY
01:01:59:00	01:01:59:00	MIGHT HAVE MULTILINGUAL STAFF
01:01:59:00	01:02:00:00	AVAILABLE TO BE THERE BUT THEY
01:02:00:00	01:02:03:00	WANT TO JUST HAVE THE
01:02:03:00	01:02:04:00	INTERPRETATION IN CASE THERE'S
01:02:04:00	01:02:07:00	SOME BARRY WHO COMES UP TO THEM
01:02:07:00	01:02:08:00	IN THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY MAY
01:02:08:00	01:02:09:00	NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY IN THE
01:02:09:00	01:02:11:00	HOUSE TO PROVIDE.
01:02:11:00	01:02:12:00	SO THAT IS THE KIND
01:02:12:00	01:02:12:00	OF BREAKDOWN SOME
01:02:12:00	01:02:14:00	INTERPRETATION EQUIPMENT IPADS
01:02:14:00	01:02:15:00	THAT WILL BE USED FOR SPECIAL
01:02:15:00	01:02:18:00	PROJECTS AS LONG TERM LOAN TO
01:02:18:00	01:02:22:00	DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS IPADS
01:02:22:00	01:02:25:00	THAT WILL BE IN ROTATION FOR UH
01:02:25:00	01:02:29:00	I GUESS RESERVING AND USING THE
01:02:29:00	01:02:29:00	OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
01:02:29:00	01:02:30:00	I LOVE IT.
01:02:30:00	01:02:31:00	I LOVE IT.
01:02:31:00	01:02:33:00	TECHNOL ADVANCING LANGUAGE
01:02:33:00	01:02:34:00	ACCESS HERE IN THE CITY
01:02:34:00	01:02:34:00	OF BOSTON.
01:02:34:00	01:02:37:00	NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ARE CHAIR
01:02:37:00	01:02:49:00	THANK YOU.
01:02:49:00	01:02:50:00	NEWCASTLE COUNCILOR CLARA YOU
01:02:50:00	01:02:52:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:02:52:00	01:02:53:00	THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU
01:02:53:00	01:02:54:00	DIRECTOR WONG FOR YOUR
01:02:54:00	01:02:56:00	IMPORTANT WORK.
01:02:56:00	01:02:57:00	THIS IS THE BENEFIT OF ALMOST
01:02:57:00	01:02:57:00	GOING WEST.
01:02:57:00	01:03:01:00	MY QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH
01:03:01:00	01:03:01:00	EQUIPMENT WHOLELY BECAUSE
01:03:01:00	01:03:04:00	YOU'VE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL
01:03:04:00	01:03:05:00	WITH OUR OFFICE JUST WITHIN THE
01:03:05:00	01:03:08:00	PAST MONTH WHEN WE'VE HELD OUR
01:03:08:00	01:03:09:00	BUDGET TOWN HALLS WE WE REACHED
01:03:09:00	01:03:11:00	OUT TO YOU AND YOU PROVIDED US
01:03:11:00	01:03:12:00	WITH THAT SIMULTANEOUS LANGUAGE
01:03:12:00	01:03:15:00	EQUIPMENT AND WE'RE EXTREMELY
01:03:15:00	01:03:15:00	GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
01:03:15:00	01:03:16:00	I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE
01:03:16:00	01:03:17:00	IPADS.
01:03:17:00	01:03:19:00	I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT.
01:03:19:00	01:03:20:00	I AM SHOCKED TO HEAR ABOUT THE
01:03:20:00	01:03:22:00	FACT THAT ONE SET IS ABOUT
01:03:22:00	01:03:23:00	FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
01:03:23:00	01:03:27:00	FOR TWENTY CONSTITUENCIES.
01:03:27:00	01:03:28:00	DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
01:03:28:00	01:03:29:00	THAT IS CORRECT.
01:03:29:00	01:03:31:00	OK, SO HOW MANY SETS I GUESS
01:03:31:00	01:03:32:00	I'M WONDERING JUST THE
01:03:32:00	01:03:35:00	INVESTMENT FOR ALL OF THIS IS
01:03:35:00	01:03:36:00	WHEN WHEN DID WE BUY THESE
01:03:36:00	01:03:36:00	SETS?
01:03:36:00	01:03:38:00	HOW MANY SETS YOU HAVE?
01:03:38:00	01:03:39:00	WHAT'S THE SHELF LIFE?
01:03:39:00	01:03:40:00	ARE THERE ASSOCIATED
01:03:40:00	01:03:43:00	MAINTENANCE COSTS AND WHEN DO
01:03:43:00	01:03:45:00	WE ANTICIPATE NEEDING TO BUY
01:03:45:00	01:03:49:00	MORE OF THESE?
01:03:49:00	01:03:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:03:50:00	01:03:51:00	SORRY I HAVE MY DOUBTS.
01:03:51:00	01:03:54:00	I'M JUST TRYING TO PULL THEM
01:03:54:00	01:03:54:00	UP.
01:03:54:00	01:03:57:00	SO LET ME BEGIN WITH THE
01:03:57:00	01:03:58:00	QUESTION THAT I WANT TO MAKE
01:03:58:00	01:04:02:00	SURE YOU ANSWER ALL OF IT SO
01:04:02:00	01:04:03:00	THE SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION
01:04:03:00	01:04:05:00	OF WOMEN HAS A LIFE OF AROUND
01:04:05:00	01:04:06:00	TWENTY FIFTEEN YEARS WE
01:04:06:00	01:04:09:00	ACTUALLY I BELIEVE TO
01:04:09:00	01:04:10:00	EQUIPMENTS BACK FROM WHEN THE
01:04:10:00	01:04:13:00	PROGRAM BEGAN IN AROUND TWENTY
01:04:13:00	01:04:16:00	EIGHTEEN WHEN IT WAS FULLY
01:04:16:00	01:04:17:00	STAFFED WITH THE FIRST DIRECTOR
01:04:17:00	01:04:21:00	AND WE STILL HAVE THAT
01:04:21:00	01:04:21:00	EQUIPMENT WORKING.
01:04:21:00	01:04:25:00	I THINK THE CONCERN THAT WE
01:04:25:00	01:04:26:00	HAVE SEEN IS WHAT HAPPENED
01:04:26:00	01:04:29:00	HAPPEN IS ONE PEOPLE TAKE IT TO
01:04:29:00	01:04:30:00	THEIR MEN AND IT'S TO NO FAULT
01:04:30:00	01:04:33:00	OF CONSTITUENTS OR ANYONE AT
01:04:33:00	01:04:34:00	ALL BUT SOMETIMES THEY'LL WALK
01:04:34:00	01:04:37:00	OUT WITH WE HAD FOR EXAMPLE AT
01:04:37:00	01:04:38:00	THE STATE OF THE CITY WE KIND
01:04:38:00	01:04:41:00	OF WALKED AROUND THE WHOLE LIKE
01:04:41:00	01:04:42:00	STADIUM AND THERE WERE FOLKS
01:04:42:00	01:04:45:00	WHO ARE PUTTING THE EQUIPMENT
01:04:45:00	01:04:46:00	IN THEIR BAGS AND SO WE HAD TO
01:04:46:00	01:04:48:00	LIKE GRAB ALL THE EQUIPMENT.
01:04:48:00	01:04:49:00	I THINK THAT THAT'S MAINLY THE
01:04:49:00	01:04:50:00	CONCERN THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE
01:04:50:00	01:04:52:00	WALK OFF WITH IT.
01:04:52:00	01:04:56:00	HOWEVER, WE DID PURCHASE NINE
01:04:56:00	01:04:59:00	MORE SETS THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR
01:04:59:00	01:05:00:00	SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION
01:05:00:00	01:05:00:00	EQUIPMENT.
01:05:00:00	01:05:03:00	ANOTHER WE HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER
01:05:03:00	01:05:07:00	TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT AFTER
01:05:07:00	01:05:08:00	WE DID GO THROUGH THE PROPER
01:05:08:00	01:05:11:00	CHANNELS TO PROCURE THIS
01:05:11:00	01:05:11:00	EQUIPMENT.
01:05:11:00	01:05:15:00	BUT ANOTHER I THINK RESEARCH
01:05:15:00	01:05:16:00	THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAVE
01:05:16:00	01:05:19:00	FOUND THAT THE EQUIPMENT AND I
01:05:19:00	01:05:22:00	USE IT SO YOU KNOW HOW IT'S
01:05:22:00	01:05:23:00	VERY SIMPLE TO YOU.
01:05:23:00	01:05:24:00	WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PERHAPS
01:05:24:00	01:05:27:00	EQUIPMENT THAT COULD BE AND I
01:05:27:00	01:05:30:00	DON'T WE HAVEN'T FULLY DONE ALL
01:05:30:00	01:05:31:00	THE RESEARCH BUT EQUIPMENT THAT
01:05:31:00	01:05:33:00	COULD BE MORE DISCREET I THINK
01:05:33:00	01:05:34:00	FOR OUR YOUNGER FOLKS THEY
01:05:34:00	01:05:38:00	DON'T WANT TO WALK AROUND WITH
01:05:38:00	01:05:38:00	BULKY EQUIPMENT.
01:05:38:00	01:05:39:00	SO WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING THAT
01:05:39:00	01:05:42:00	POSSIBILITY OF SEEING IF THERE
01:05:42:00	01:05:43:00	IS CAPABILITIES FOR ANY KIND
01:05:43:00	01:05:43:00	OF LIKE BLUETOOTH ENABLED
01:05:43:00	01:05:45:00	EQUIPMENT.
01:05:45:00	01:05:46:00	BUT THAT IS A RESEARCH THAT IS
01:05:46:00	01:05:49:00	STILL PENDING AND I'M HAPPY TO
01:05:49:00	01:05:50:00	PROVIDE UPDATES AS THE YEAR
01:05:50:00	01:05:51:00	GOES ON AND ON WHERE WE LEFT ON
01:05:51:00	01:05:53:00	THAT.
01:05:53:00	01:05:53:00	AWESOME.
01:05:53:00	01:05:54:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:05:54:00	01:05:55:00	I MEAN THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T
01:05:55:00	01:05:57:00	GOING TO BE A QUESTION.
01:05:57:00	01:05:58:00	I THINK I'M GOING TO JUST PUSH
01:05:58:00	01:06:00:00	OUT MY VISION AND WHAT I WOULD
01:06:00:00	01:06:04:00	LIKE TO SEE COUNCILOR WARRELL
01:06:04:00	01:06:05:00	AND I HAVE PUT FORTH A
01:06:05:00	01:06:05:00	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CIVIC
01:06:05:00	01:06:08:00	ASSOCIATIONS HEARING ORDER AND
01:06:08:00	01:06:12:00	SO FROM MY GOAL OR MY ROLE IN
01:06:12:00	01:06:13:00	MY DISTRICT IS TO BE AS
01:06:13:00	01:06:16:00	WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE, INCLUSIVE
01:06:16:00	01:06:17:00	AS WE CAN FOR OUR CIVIC
01:06:17:00	01:06:20:00	ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE WE DO PUT
01:06:20:00	01:06:21:00	A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THEIR
01:06:21:00	01:06:22:00	OPINIONS WHEN IT COMES TO
01:06:22:00	01:06:25:00	DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND IN A
01:06:25:00	01:06:25:00	LOT OF THAT.
01:06:25:00	01:06:28:00	SO THERE ARE NO TRANSLATION
01:06:28:00	01:06:29:00	SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR
01:06:29:00	01:06:30:00	THEM RIGHT NOW.
01:06:30:00	01:06:32:00	I WOULD LOVE IN A PERFECT WORLD
01:06:32:00	01:06:33:00	AND MAYBE WE CAN BUILD TOWARDS
01:06:33:00	01:06:33:00	THIS RIGHT.
01:06:33:00	01:06:35:00	THIS IS WHY I BRING THIS UP NOW
01:06:35:00	01:06:37:00	BUT TO BE ABLE TO TO HELP CIVIC
01:06:37:00	01:06:39:00	ASSOCIATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM
01:06:39:00	01:06:40:00	WITH THE SIMULTANEOUS
01:06:40:00	01:06:41:00	TRANSLATION RIGHT NOW THAT
01:06:41:00	01:06:44:00	DOESN'T HAPPEN AND I WOULD JUST
01:06:44:00	01:06:47:00	LIKE TO TO SEE MORE FOLKS BEING
01:06:47:00	01:06:48:00	WELCOMED IN THAT WAY AND IN
01:06:48:00	01:06:51:00	SOME OF THESE ROOMS IN MY
01:06:51:00	01:06:52:00	DISTRICT.
01:06:52:00	01:06:52:00	SO JUST PUSHING THAT OUT THERE
01:06:52:00	01:06:53:00	YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMENT ON
01:06:53:00	01:06:53:00	THAT.
01:06:53:00	01:06:55:00	BUT THAT IS THAT IS A GOAL
01:06:55:00	01:06:56:00	OF MINE AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN
01:06:56:00	01:06:56:00	WORK TOWARDS THAT.
01:06:56:00	01:06:58:00	BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
01:06:58:00	01:06:59:00	THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, FOR YOUR
01:06:59:00	01:07:00:00	WORK.
01:07:00:00	01:07:00:00	THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND I'M
01:07:00:00	01:07:01:00	HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE
01:07:01:00	01:07:01:00	GROWING.
01:07:01:00	01:07:04:00	THANKS.
01:07:04:00	01:07:05:00	THANK YOU.
01:07:05:00	01:07:08:00	A LOT OF DIRECTOR WONG.
01:07:08:00	01:07:10:00	JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR
01:07:10:00	01:07:13:00	ME AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO
01:07:13:00	01:07:14:00	WRAP UP IF THERE ARE ANY THERE
01:07:14:00	01:07:15:00	AREN'T ANY MORE QUESTIONS I
01:07:15:00	01:07:17:00	DON'T HAVE ANY MORE TIME BEYOND
01:07:17:00	01:07:20:00	THIS HOUR TO KEEP GOING.
01:07:20:00	01:07:27:00	BUT LET ME JUST CHECK ETHAN.
01:07:27:00	01:07:29:00	DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR
01:07:29:00	01:07:31:00	PUBLIC TESTIMONY?
01:07:31:00	01:07:32:00	WE DO NOT.
01:07:32:00	01:07:35:00	THANKS, MEGAN.
01:07:35:00	01:07:36:00	ALL RIGHT.
01:07:36:00	01:07:40:00	IN TERMS OF YOUR BREAKDOWN FOR
01:07:40:00	01:07:43:00	INTERPRETER SERVICES, CAN YOU
01:07:43:00	01:07:46:00	DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION
01:07:46:00	01:07:47:00	AVAILABLE TODAY OR COULD YOU
01:07:47:00	01:07:50:00	PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF EXACTLY
01:07:50:00	01:07:55:00	WHAT SERVICES ARE OR WHAT
01:07:55:00	01:07:55:00	LANGUAGES ARE REQUESTED BY?
01:07:55:00	01:07:58:00	CAN YOU BREAK IT DOWN BY
01:07:58:00	01:07:59:00	LANGUAGE?
01:07:59:00	01:08:00:00	OF COURSE I I DON'T HAVE THE
01:08:00:00	01:08:03:00	INFORMATION BUT I CAN GET THAT
01:08:03:00	01:08:04:00	TO YOU AT WHATEVER TIMEFRAME
01:08:04:00	01:08:05:00	YOU REQUEST FOR IT OFF THE TOP
01:08:05:00	01:08:09:00	OF YOUR HEAD LIKE WHO'S THE TOP
01:08:09:00	01:08:10:00	?
01:08:10:00	01:08:11:00	GIVE ME JUST A SECOND LET ME
01:08:11:00	01:08:12:00	JUST IF I COULD GET A SECOND I
01:08:12:00	01:08:16:00	CAN LOOK REALLY QUICKLY.
01:08:16:00	01:08:23:00	OH THANK OF COURSE OF COURSE.
01:08:23:00	01:08:24:00	SO SPANISH IS DEFINITELY THE
01:08:24:00	01:08:27:00	FIRST AS OF NOW IN TERMS
01:08:27:00	01:08:31:00	OF CITYWIDE DATA USAGE.
01:08:31:00	01:08:34:00	IT'S SPANISH HOLD ON INCLUDING
01:08:34:00	01:08:39:00	I'M SO SORRY SPANISH HAITIAN
01:08:39:00	01:08:39:00	CREOLE VIETNAMESE CAPERING
01:08:39:00	01:08:43:00	CREOLE PORTUGUESE SIMPLE
01:08:43:00	01:08:44:00	EASTERN CHINESE RUSSIAN SOMALI
01:08:44:00	01:08:46:00	IN FACT IS THAT IN THE ORDER
01:08:46:00	01:08:47:00	OF THE MOST REQUESTED YES.
01:08:47:00	01:08:50:00	MOST REQUESTED LANGUAGE SO
01:08:50:00	01:08:51:00	AGAIN SPANISH THAN HAITIAN
01:08:51:00	01:08:54:00	CREOLE THAN VIETNAMESE THAN
01:08:54:00	01:08:58:00	LIBERTI CREOLE PORTUGUESE WHICH
01:08:58:00	01:08:58:00	IS BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
01:08:58:00	01:09:01:00	SIMPLIFIED CHINESE AND THIS IS
01:09:01:00	01:09:02:00	FOR TRANSLATION YOU ONLY YOU
01:09:02:00	01:09:02:00	YOU PROVIDE INTERPRETING
01:09:02:00	01:09:06:00	SERVICES SPECIFICALLY ONLY IN
01:09:06:00	01:09:07:00	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE.
01:09:07:00	01:09:09:00	OH THAT IS JUST BASED ON THE
01:09:09:00	01:09:13:00	DATA HERE MY IS NOT JUST ONLY A
01:09:13:00	01:09:16:00	BUT BUT THE WAY THAT IT FALLS
01:09:16:00	01:09:17:00	AND KNOW WHAT I MEAN LIKE D DO
01:09:17:00	01:09:20:00	YOU ACTUALLY PROVIDE AN
01:09:20:00	01:09:21:00	INTERPRETER AN INTERPRETER
01:09:21:00	01:09:21:00	THAT'S BRAZILIAN IT'S JUST
01:09:21:00	01:09:24:00	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE.
01:09:24:00	01:09:25:00	THIS WAS IN PORTUGUESE.
01:09:25:00	01:09:28:00	I'M JOKING WITH YOU IT'S OK
01:09:28:00	01:09:29:00	IT'S THE SAME PORTUGUESE I WAS
01:09:29:00	01:09:32:00	LIKE WHY ALL RIGHT SO WITH AN
01:09:32:00	01:09:35:00	ACCENT RIGHT CB AND THEN YOU
01:09:35:00	01:09:36:00	HAVE PORTUGUESE BUT
01:09:36:00	01:09:39:00	SPECIFICALLY MORE FROM
01:09:39:00	01:09:44:00	BRAZILIANS AND SO I WAS THAT
01:09:44:00	01:09:44:00	AFTER THE PORTUGUESE AND AND
01:09:44:00	01:09:47:00	THEN IT WOULD BE CANTONESE
01:09:47:00	01:09:50:00	MANDARIN RUSSIAN SMALLY IN
01:09:50:00	01:09:55:00	FRENCH WAIT RUSSIAN FIRST AND
01:09:55:00	01:09:55:00	SOMALI.
01:09:55:00	01:10:02:00	YEP OK AND AND THEN FRENCH AND
01:10:02:00	01:10:06:00	THEN CAN YOU PLEASE BREAK DOWN
01:10:06:00	01:10:07:00	THE DEMOGRAPHICS OR LANGUAGE
01:10:07:00	01:10:07:00	THAT YOUR INTERPRETERS
01:10:07:00	01:10:12:00	CURRENTLY SPEAK SO THE IN-HOUSE
01:10:12:00	01:10:16:00	OR DO YOU MEAN THE VENDORS
01:10:16:00	01:10:19:00	OBVIOUSLY ARE CONTRACTING OUT
01:10:19:00	01:10:20:00	BECAUSE YOU NEED TO INCREASE
01:10:20:00	01:10:20:00	CAPACITY.
01:10:20:00	01:10:24:00	WHAT'S THE IN HOUSE SO IN-HOUSE
01:10:24:00	01:10:27:00	RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE SPANISH
01:10:27:00	01:10:31:00	WHICH WILL BE JOINING US IN MAY
01:10:31:00	01:10:34:00	ACTUALLY AND LESS THAN ELEVEN
01:10:34:00	01:10:39:00	DAYS AND FOR THE VENDORS I CAN
01:10:39:00	01:10:43:00	GET YOU THAT INFORMATION BUT IT
01:10:43:00	01:10:47:00	IS THEY CAN COVER NOT ONLY THE
01:10:47:00	01:10:48:00	LANGUAGES OF THE CITY AND
01:10:48:00	01:10:53:00	BEYOND AND SO FOR THE TOP FOR
01:10:53:00	01:10:54:00	ARE YOU ALREADY HAVE POSITIONS
01:10:54:00	01:10:58:00	OPEN FOR THE INTERPRETERS A
01:10:58:00	01:11:01:00	VIETNAMESE INTERPRETER, A AN
01:11:01:00	01:11:02:00	INTERPRETER AND A CAPE VERDEAN
01:11:02:00	01:11:02:00	INTERPRETER.
01:11:02:00	01:11:06:00	SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE POSITIONED
01:11:06:00	01:11:09:00	FOR CAPE VERDE THAT IS POSTEN
01:11:09:00	01:11:13:00	EPICOR.
01:11:13:00	01:11:14:00	OSIER IS THEIR PRIORITY OR DO
01:11:14:00	01:11:16:00	YOU HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET TO
01:11:16:00	01:11:17:00	ALSO OPEN A POSITION IN HAITIAN
01:11:17:00	01:11:21:00	CREOLE FOR AN INTERPRETER AND
01:11:21:00	01:11:21:00	VIETNAMESE INTERPRETER?
01:11:21:00	01:11:25:00	I WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRACT AT
01:11:25:00	01:11:28:00	THIS TIME WE ARE CONTACTING DO
01:11:28:00	01:11:32:00	YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO OPEN
01:11:32:00	01:11:33:00	POSITION FOR HAITIAN AND
01:11:33:00	01:11:36:00	VIETNAMESE INTERPRETER FOR THIS
01:11:36:00	01:11:36:00	FISCAL YEAR?
01:11:36:00	01:11:40:00	IT IS NOT IN OUR INVESTMENT AND
01:11:40:00	01:11:45:00	THEN THANK YOU AND SO FOR YOUR
01:11:45:00	01:11:48:00	UPPER MANAGEMENT COULD YOU
01:11:48:00	01:11:49:00	BREAK DOWN THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN
01:11:49:00	01:11:52:00	YOUR OFFICE DEPARTMENT AND YES,
01:11:52:00	01:11:56:00	YOU DON'T HAVE IT IF YOU HAVE A
01:11:56:00	01:11:57:00	GREAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOU
01:11:57:00	01:12:00:00	SUBMITTED OK AND SPECIFICALLY
01:12:00:00	01:12:04:00	WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR
01:12:04:00	01:12:04:00	FROM ME?
01:12:04:00	01:12:05:00	I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:12:05:00	01:12:06:00	YOUR ORG CHART THAT YOU SENT
01:12:06:00	01:12:07:00	COULD SEND SOME SORT OF GRAPH
01:12:07:00	01:12:11:00	BREAKDOWN DOWN DEMOGRAPHICS FOR
01:12:11:00	01:12:15:00	YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM OR YOUR
01:12:15:00	01:12:16:00	YOUR ORG CHART.
01:12:16:00	01:12:19:00	YEAH, IT IS IT OK WE SEND THAT
01:12:19:00	01:12:19:00	TO YOU.
01:12:19:00	01:12:20:00	THAT'S OK.
01:12:20:00	01:12:23:00	OK, I ALWAYS START WITH A BUNCH
01:12:23:00	01:12:26:00	OF QUESTIONS AND PRAISE LATER
01:12:26:00	01:12:30:00	AND I APOLOGIZE IT'S MUST BE A
01:12:30:00	01:12:31:00	LANGUAGE THING ON MY END AND
01:12:31:00	01:12:32:00	HOW I SPEAK YOU KNOW WHAT I
01:12:32:00	01:12:34:00	MEAN THE OTHER WAY BUT I
01:12:34:00	01:12:35:00	ABSOLUTELY ADORE YOU.
01:12:35:00	01:12:37:00	YOU'RE ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
01:12:37:00	01:12:38:00	I THINK YOU ARE DOING AN
01:12:38:00	01:12:38:00	AMAZING JOB.
01:12:38:00	01:12:41:00	YOU'VE TAKEN A STOP DEPARTMENT
01:12:41:00	01:12:42:00	AND YOU HAVE SPEARHEADED YOU
01:12:42:00	01:12:45:00	COMPLETELY DEMONSTRATED
01:12:45:00	01:12:49:00	EXECUTIVE SKILLS AND
01:12:49:00	01:12:49:00	PROFESSIONALISM.
01:12:49:00	01:12:50:00	EVERYONE LOVES YOU.
01:12:50:00	01:12:51:00	HOPEFULLY THEY ALL LOVE YOU IF
01:12:51:00	01:12:54:00	NOT LET ME NOW I'LL BEAT THEM
01:12:54:00	01:12:54:00	UP.
01:12:54:00	01:12:57:00	BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
01:12:57:00	01:12:57:00	.
01:12:57:00	01:12:58:00	I'M JUST JOKING FOR THE RECORD
01:12:58:00	01:13:01:00	IN CASE WE'RE ON A RECORDED
01:13:01:00	01:13:05:00	LEGAL HEARING HERE BUT IN CASE
01:13:05:00	01:13:06:00	I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT
01:13:06:00	01:13:09:00	I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR WORK
01:13:09:00	01:13:10:00	AND LOOKING AT THE GROWTH IN
01:13:10:00	01:13:14:00	JUST MY INTERACTION WITH YOU AN
01:13:14:00	01:13:14:00	UNDERSTANDING OF DEPARTMENT YOU
01:13:14:00	01:13:18:00	ARE YOU ARE VERY SKILLED AND
01:13:18:00	01:13:21:00	YOU DESERVE ALL THE BEST AND
01:13:21:00	01:13:22:00	WHATEVER WAY WE CAN SUPPORT YOU
01:13:22:00	01:13:24:00	WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT
01:13:24:00	01:13:25:00	AND WE MAY MAKE SOME
01:13:25:00	01:13:26:00	RECOMMENDATIONS.
01:13:26:00	01:13:28:00	I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY
01:13:28:00	01:13:29:00	COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES HAVE IN
01:13:29:00	01:13:32:00	MIND BUT I CERTAINLY DO HAVE A
01:13:32:00	01:13:33:00	RECOMMENDATION TO OPEN UP THE
01:13:33:00	01:13:34:00	POSITION FOR HAITIAN AND CUBAN
01:13:34:00	01:13:37:00	AND CREOLE HAITIAN AND AS OUR
01:13:37:00	01:13:37:00	ENEMIES INTERPRETER AS SOON AS
01:13:37:00	01:13:38:00	POSSIBLE.
01:13:38:00	01:13:41:00	SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE SUCCESSFUL
01:13:41:00	01:13:43:00	WITH THAT AND IF WE'RE NOT,
01:13:43:00	01:13:44:00	IT'S A CONVERSATION FOR THE
01:13:44:00	01:13:45:00	NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
01:13:45:00	01:13:48:00	I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
01:13:48:00	01:13:51:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:13:51:00	01:13:52:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR AND
01:13:52:00	01:13:56:00	WITHOUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE
01:13:56:00	01:13:56:00	ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
01:13:56:00	01:13:57:00	YOUR DEPARTMENT.
01:13:57:00	01:13:59:00	SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DISMISSING
01:13:59:00	01:14:00:00	AS MUCH AS WE'LL MISS YOU.
01:14:00:00	01:14:01:00	SO THANK YOU.
01:14:01:00	01:14:03:00	THANK EVERYONE.
01:14:03:00	01:14:07:00	TAKE CARE.
01:14:07:00	01:14:08:00	RIGHT NEXT WE HAVE OFFICE
01:14:08:00	01:14:11:00	OF IMMIGRATION ADVANCED AND
01:14:11:00	01:14:15:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MONIQUE WHEN
01:14:15:00	01:14:16:00	AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
01:14:16:00	01:14:19:00	HERE WITH WE'RE NOT GOING TO
01:14:19:00	01:14:22:00	STALL YOU USUALLY WE HAVE A
01:14:22:00	01:14:23:00	PRESENTATION FROM OUR BUDGET
01:14:23:00	01:14:27:00	ANALYST KARISHMA AND I'LL BE
01:14:27:00	01:14:30:00	PRESENTING THEM FROM NOW ON.
01:14:30:00	01:14:31:00	BUT IF THERE ARE ANY
01:14:31:00	01:14:32:00	DISCREPANCIES I THINK THAT'S
01:14:32:00	01:14:34:00	WHAT I'LL SHOW THE PRESENTATION
01:14:34:00	01:14:35:00	IN.
01:14:35:00	01:14:36:00	BUT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR YOUR
01:14:36:00	01:14:36:00	PRESENTATION.
01:14:36:00	01:14:38:00	WELCOME.
01:14:38:00	01:14:39:00	THANK YOU ALL.
01:14:39:00	01:14:39:00	THANK YOU.
01:14:39:00	01:14:40:00	CHAIR FOR DENNIS ANDERSON AND
01:14:40:00	01:14:41:00	COUNCILORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
01:14:41:00	01:14:42:00	TO TESTIFY TODAY.
01:14:42:00	01:14:43:00	MY NAME IS MONIQUE NGUYEN, THE
01:14:43:00	01:14:44:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
01:14:44:00	01:14:47:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR AMERICAN
01:14:47:00	01:14:48:00	ADVANCEMENT ALSO KNOWN AS MOYAR
01:14:48:00	01:14:51:00	FOR SHORT AND I'M EAGER TO TELL
01:14:51:00	01:14:52:00	YOU ABOUT OUR WORK AND WHY
01:14:52:00	01:14:52:00	PASSING THE BUDGET IS SO
01:14:52:00	01:14:54:00	CRITICAL FOR US THIS YEAR.
01:14:54:00	01:14:55:00	I ALWAYS START OFF WITH MY
01:14:55:00	01:14:58:00	STORY AS THE REASON WHY EVEN
01:14:58:00	01:14:59:00	CAME HERE BUT NOW MY STORY
01:14:59:00	01:15:00:00	ALWAYS STARTS IN THE MOTHER'S
01:15:00:00	01:15:02:00	AND I BELIEVE MY MOTHER ELDERLY
01:15:02:00	01:15:03:00	MOTHER FOR CHRISTMAS AND SHE
01:15:03:00	01:15:05:00	WAS CATCHING UP WITH ME ABOUT
01:15:05:00	01:15:06:00	MY NEW JOB AND WHAT WE'RE DOING
01:15:06:00	01:15:07:00	ESPECIALLY SHE'S BEEN STAYING
01:15:07:00	01:15:09:00	ON TOP OF THE NEWS WITH WHAT'S
01:15:09:00	01:15:10:00	HAPPENING UNITED STATES WITH
01:15:10:00	01:15:13:00	ALL THE NEW MIGRANTS AND AND
01:15:13:00	01:15:14:00	EVEN HER IN OUR GOLDEN AGE.
01:15:14:00	01:15:17:00	SHE SPENT ALL HER TIME WATCHING
01:15:17:00	01:15:18:00	THE NEWS FROM CANADA TO SEE
01:15:18:00	01:15:19:00	WHAT'S HAPPENING TO BE CLOSER
01:15:19:00	01:15:22:00	TO I SPOKE OF A NEW ERA NEW
01:15:22:00	01:15:22:00	MIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING AND
01:15:22:00	01:15:25:00	SEEING THEIR VISIONARY COURAGE
01:15:25:00	01:15:26:00	AND THEIR QUEST FOR SURVIVAL
01:15:26:00	01:15:29:00	TRAVERSING TIME TERRAIN AND HOW
01:15:29:00	01:15:30:00	WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY TO GAIN
01:15:30:00	01:15:31:00	ONE CONSTITUENTS WITH GRIT AND
01:15:31:00	01:15:34:00	BRAVERY IN ADDITION TO THE
01:15:34:00	01:15:34:00	EXISTING TWO HUNDRED K
01:15:34:00	01:15:35:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS
01:15:35:00	01:15:38:00	HERE IN BOSTON I TALKED ABOUT
01:15:38:00	01:15:38:00	HOW THREE AND ONE GETS A CALL
01:15:38:00	01:15:41:00	FROM A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR
01:15:41:00	01:15:42:00	HOSPITAL WORKER, A POLICE
01:15:42:00	01:15:43:00	OFFICER WHO COMES ACROSS AN
01:15:43:00	01:15:45:00	IMMIGRANT AND A CITY TEAM IS
01:15:45:00	01:15:45:00	DISPATCHED TO GREET THEM,
01:15:45:00	01:15:48:00	ASSIST THEM WITH ACCESS TO SAFE
01:15:48:00	01:15:49:00	SHELTER AND EVEN HOT MEALS
01:15:49:00	01:15:52:00	DROPPED OFF WITH THEM MY OWNERS
01:15:52:00	01:15:53:00	AND EVEN BEING SPOKEN TO THEIR
01:15:53:00	01:15:53:00	OWN LANGUAGE.
01:15:53:00	01:15:57:00	THANKS TO THE WORK OF ELSIE, MY
01:15:57:00	01:16:00:00	MOTHER IN THE NAMOI.
01:16:00:00	01:16:01:00	SHE PAUSED AND LOOKED AT ME AND
01:16:01:00	01:16:02:00	SAID AND LOOKED IN THE DISTANCE
01:16:02:00	01:16:04:00	THAT WHEN I WAS ARRIVING I
01:16:04:00	01:16:04:00	DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
01:16:04:00	01:16:04:00	HAPPENING.
01:16:04:00	01:16:07:00	PEOPLE WOULD JUST POINT TO ME
01:16:07:00	01:16:08:00	TO SIT.
01:16:08:00	01:16:08:00	I SAID TO GO THERE.
01:16:08:00	01:16:12:00	I GO THERE AND TO LIVE HERE I
01:16:12:00	01:16:12:00	STAY.
01:16:12:00	01:16:15:00	I HAD TO COMFORT HER AND TELL
01:16:15:00	01:16:16:00	HER THAT WE DON'T DO THAT TYPE
01:16:16:00	01:16:17:00	OF THING TO NEW MIGRANTS HERE
01:16:17:00	01:16:20:00	IN BOSTON AND WE TRAIN WE AIM
01:16:20:00	01:16:20:00	TO TREAT IMMIGRANTS HERE IN
01:16:20:00	01:16:23:00	BOSTON WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY
01:16:23:00	01:16:24:00	AS WE MOVE ON FROM THE
01:16:24:00	01:16:24:00	PANDEMIC.
01:16:24:00	01:16:28:00	LOOKING BACK AND BOARD I AM
01:16:28:00	01:16:28:00	BOTH AND OF WHAT THE IMMIGRANT
01:16:28:00	01:16:30:00	COMMUNITY HAS SPACE TO HOLD THE
01:16:30:00	01:16:31:00	FAMILIES IN OUR CITY TOGETHER.
01:16:31:00	01:16:34:00	BUT WHAT WE WILL FACE TOGETHER
01:16:34:00	01:16:35:00	RECOVER FROM THE INEQUITIES
01:16:35:00	01:16:36:00	FURTHER WORSEN OVER THE LAST
01:16:36:00	01:16:38:00	THREE YEARS INCREASED
01:16:38:00	01:16:39:00	ISOLATION, ENDURING CHRONIC
01:16:39:00	01:16:42:00	STRESS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME HAS
01:16:42:00	01:16:43:00	COMPROMISED THE MENTAL HEALTH
01:16:43:00	01:16:44:00	OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
01:16:44:00	01:16:47:00	MAJOR CONCERN OVER AGE AND
01:16:47:00	01:16:47:00	CULTURE GROUPS TOOLS FOR
01:16:47:00	01:16:50:00	ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND
01:16:50:00	01:16:50:00	RECOVERY IS IN HIGH DEMAND
01:16:50:00	01:16:54:00	LEGAL ACCESS JUST FOR EMERGENCY
01:16:54:00	01:16:55:00	IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
01:16:55:00	01:16:59:00	IS ALL TIME HIGH AS A NIPPER AS
01:16:59:00	01:16:59:00	THE ALL-TIME HIGH AS
01:16:59:00	01:17:02:00	IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS ARE HARD
01:17:02:00	01:17:03:00	TO COME BY AND THERE'S A LOT
01:17:03:00	01:17:03:00	OF SCAMMING AND
01:17:03:00	01:17:06:00	MISREPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE ON
01:17:06:00	01:17:09:00	THE AMERICAN JOURNEY.
01:17:09:00	01:17:10:00	OUR BUDGET REFLECTS THE
01:17:10:00	01:17:11:00	RESOURCING THAT WE WILL NEED TO
01:17:11:00	01:17:14:00	PARTNER WITH THE IMMIGRANT
01:17:14:00	01:17:14:00	COMMUNITY TO BUILD COLLECTIVE
01:17:14:00	01:17:15:00	CAPACITY TO REALIZE THE FULL
01:17:15:00	01:17:18:00	POTENTIAL WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR
01:17:18:00	01:17:19:00	A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR BOSTON AS
01:17:19:00	01:17:22:00	WE BUILD A CITY ALONG.
01:17:22:00	01:17:23:00	AND I JUST WANT TO CALL UPON
01:17:23:00	01:17:24:00	THOSE WHOSE OWN PERSON HANDLING
01:17:24:00	01:17:25:00	THE SLIDE DECK.
01:17:25:00	01:17:29:00	I WAS HOPING TO HAVE A VISUAL
01:17:29:00	01:17:33:00	AIDS FOR ETHAN'S THEN I GIVE IT
01:17:33:00	01:17:35:00	UP FOR YOU DIRECTOR.
01:17:35:00	01:17:47:00	THANK YOU.
01:17:47:00	01:17:48:00	IN THE MEANTIME I'LL SPEAK TO
01:17:48:00	01:17:51:00	MOYERS ROLES IN STATE AND THEN
01:17:51:00	01:17:52:00	WHAT MY VISION IS AS I STARTED
01:17:52:00	01:17:54:00	THAT WHEN I STARTED AS THE
01:17:54:00	01:17:55:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN AUGUST MY
01:17:55:00	01:17:58:00	VISION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:17:58:00	01:17:58:00	AMERICANS ARE AT MINIMUM
01:17:58:00	01:18:02:00	INCLUDED IN EVERYTHING OUR CITY
01:18:02:00	01:18:03:00	HAS TO OFFER IN ADDITION TO
01:18:03:00	01:18:05:00	THEIR LEADERSHIP OF SHAPING AN
01:18:05:00	01:18:06:00	SLIDES IN THE FUTURE.
01:18:06:00	01:18:06:00	BOSTON IN THIS CRITICAL YEAR
01:18:06:00	01:18:09:00	YOUR DEPARTMENT ONGOING
01:18:09:00	01:18:09:00	COMMUNITY DRIVEN STRATEGIC
01:18:09:00	01:18:10:00	PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE FIRST
01:18:10:00	01:18:13:00	TIME EVER I THINK IS REALLY
01:18:13:00	01:18:14:00	IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY
01:18:14:00	01:18:17:00	AS IN THE PAST THEY HAVE BEEN
01:18:17:00	01:18:17:00	MARGINALIZED AND HAVEN'T BEEN
01:18:17:00	01:18:20:00	CENTERED IN THE LEADERSHIP.
01:18:20:00	01:18:21:00	SO WHAT I AM REQUESTING IN OUR
01:18:21:00	01:18:24:00	BUDGET THIS YEAR IS TO BUILD
01:18:24:00	01:18:25:00	OUR OWN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
01:18:25:00	01:18:25:00	LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO
01:18:25:00	01:18:28:00	ENSURE THAT ALL CULTURAL GROUPS
01:18:28:00	01:18:29:00	AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY LEADERS
01:18:29:00	01:18:31:00	ARE IN ALL OF THE CRITICAL
01:18:31:00	01:18:32:00	VISIONING AND DESIGN PROCESSES
01:18:32:00	01:18:33:00	THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR
01:18:33:00	01:18:36:00	DEPARTMENT AND ALL MAJOR
01:18:36:00	01:18:37:00	DEPARTMENTS THIS COMING YEAR
01:18:37:00	01:18:40:00	EVERYONE FROM PPTA TO THE TO
01:18:40:00	01:18:41:00	THE BPL ARE LOOKING TO
01:18:41:00	01:18:44:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ALSO
01:18:44:00	01:18:45:00	CONSTITUENTS TO CENTER THE
01:18:45:00	01:18:48:00	LEADERSHIP.
01:18:48:00	01:18:49:00	WE WILL BE AIMING TO CONTINUE
01:18:49:00	01:18:52:00	ALL OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMING
01:18:52:00	01:18:53:00	AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN
01:18:53:00	01:18:53:00	ADDITION TO SERVICES AND
01:18:53:00	01:18:56:00	PROGRAMS WE SEE SLATED TO
01:18:56:00	01:18:57:00	LAUNCH TO BUILD UP A SYSTEM
01:18:57:00	01:18:58:00	THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BRING
01:18:58:00	01:18:59:00	EQUITY TO OUR IMMIGRANT
01:18:59:00	01:19:00:00	COMMUNITIES TODAY AND
01:19:00:00	01:19:00:00	IMMIGRANTS OF TOMORROW OF THE
01:19:00:00	01:19:03:00	COMING YEAR WE WILL CONTINUE
01:19:03:00	01:19:04:00	DOING OUR NEW MIGRANT ARRIVAL
01:19:04:00	01:19:05:00	SUPPORT THROUGH ADVOCACY AND
01:19:05:00	01:19:07:00	ASSISTANCE BUILDING OUR
01:19:07:00	01:19:08:00	IMMIGRANT FLEETBOSTON PROGRAM
01:19:08:00	01:19:11:00	OUR SIGNATURE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
01:19:11:00	01:19:11:00	PROGRAM CITIZENSHIP AND
01:19:11:00	01:19:15:00	NATURALIZATION WORK THROUGH THE
01:19:15:00	01:19:16:00	ONE DAY THAT WE HAVE
01:19:16:00	01:19:17:00	CITIZENSHIP DAY WHICH IS OUR
01:19:17:00	01:19:20:00	BIG EVENT, WE ARE KNOWN FOR
01:19:20:00	01:19:21:00	WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
01:19:21:00	01:19:23:00	OF THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE DID
01:19:23:00	01:19:24:00	LAST YEAR IN THIS YEAR IS THAT
01:19:24:00	01:19:25:00	WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY BASED
01:19:25:00	01:19:27:00	ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEM TO ALSO
01:19:27:00	01:19:28:00	EMPOWER PEOPLE TO PURSUE
01:19:28:00	01:19:30:00	CITIZENSHIP.
01:19:30:00	01:19:31:00	WE WILL BE DOING CONTINUING
01:19:31:00	01:19:34:00	IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
01:19:34:00	01:19:35:00	WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS
01:19:35:00	01:19:39:00	FOR THE COMMUNITY BUILDING UP.
01:19:39:00	01:19:41:00	WE WILL ACCESS THE CONSTITUENT
01:19:41:00	01:19:42:00	SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT THE
01:19:42:00	01:19:43:00	FIELD HAS ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR
01:19:43:00	01:19:46:00	LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR
01:19:46:00	01:19:47:00	IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE APPLYING
01:19:47:00	01:19:48:00	FROM EVERYTHING FROM ASYLUM TO
01:19:48:00	01:19:50:00	TPS AND OTHER FORMS
01:19:50:00	01:19:51:00	OF IMMIGRATION RELATED
01:19:51:00	01:19:51:00	PATHWAYS.
01:19:51:00	01:19:53:00	EXCUSE ME A MOMENT ETHAN.
01:19:53:00	01:19:57:00	DO WE ARE WE ABLE TO GET THE
01:19:57:00	01:19:58:00	PRESENTATION BEFORE I
01:19:58:00	01:20:02:00	COUNCILOR I DON'T BELIEVE IT
01:20:02:00	01:20:02:00	WAS SHARED WITH ME.
01:20:02:00	01:20:05:00	I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR IT HERE
01:20:05:00	01:20:05:00	.
01:20:05:00	01:20:06:00	OK DIRECTOR ARE YOU.
01:20:06:00	01:20:07:00	YEAH.
01:20:07:00	01:20:10:00	AM ABLE TO DO IT OR SHARE OR
01:20:10:00	01:20:11:00	SHOULD DO YOU WANT TO JUST KEEP
01:20:11:00	01:20:12:00	GOING.
01:20:12:00	01:20:17:00	WE HAVE WE HAVE IT OK GREAT OK
01:20:17:00	01:20:17:00	YEAH.
01:20:17:00	01:20:21:00	DIRECTOR WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
01:20:21:00	01:20:22:00	SCREEN SHARED IF YOU LIKE IT'S
01:20:22:00	01:20:25:00	NOT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT IF
01:20:25:00	01:20:26:00	I HAD IT YEAH.
01:20:26:00	01:20:27:00	CAN YOU DO IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT
01:20:27:00	01:20:35:00	THAT LETTING ME DO SOME SHOULD
01:20:35:00	01:20:41:00	I SCREEN SHARES YOU'RE ASKING.
01:20:41:00	01:20:45:00	YEAH.
01:20:45:00	01:20:46:00	IF YOU HAD THE PRESENTATION I
01:20:46:00	01:20:53:00	THINK THAT BY COUNCILOR AND
01:20:53:00	01:20:54:00	IT'S JUST A VISUAL COMPANION SO
01:20:54:00	01:21:05:00	THE THINGS SPEAK TO THE PROBLEM
01:21:05:00	01:21:10:00	ACTUALLY SORRY I YEAH I THINK A
01:21:10:00	01:21:11:00	TECHNOLOGY I THINK THERE'S
01:21:11:00	01:21:14:00	SOMETHING RESTRICTING OK I CAN
01:21:14:00	01:21:18:00	SPEAK TO THE THE POINTS WE'RE
01:21:18:00	01:21:19:00	CONTINUING TO DO OUR JAMOUS
01:21:19:00	01:21:22:00	FELLOWSHIP THIS YEAR EXPANDING
01:21:22:00	01:21:23:00	INTO ALL IMMIGRANT YOUTH AND
01:21:23:00	01:21:25:00	ALSO FOCUSING THAT FOCUSING ON
01:21:25:00	01:21:26:00	THAT JAMOUS FELLOWSHIP TO BUILD
01:21:26:00	01:21:29:00	TO FIGHT FOR TUITION EQUITY
01:21:29:00	01:21:30:00	WHICH IS EXCITING FOR US THIS
01:21:30:00	01:21:33:00	YEAR AT THE STATE LEVEL AND A
01:21:33:00	01:21:34:00	BIG PROJECT THAT THAT'S
01:21:34:00	01:21:35:00	REACHING LAUNCH THIS YEAR IS A
01:21:35:00	01:21:37:00	THANKS TO ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT
01:21:37:00	01:21:38:00	AND LEADERSHIP FROM LAST YEAR'S
01:21:38:00	01:21:41:00	INVESTMENTS IS OUR COVID-19
01:21:41:00	01:21:52:00	ECONOMIC RELIEF INITIATIVE THAT
01:21:52:00	01:21:53:00	IS SERVING UP TO TWO HUNDRED
01:21:53:00	01:21:53:00	BOSTON IMMIGRANT FAMILIES WITH
01:21:53:00	01:21:54:00	CASH ASSISTANCE FOR A YEAR TO
01:21:54:00	01:21:55:00	HELP PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE
01:21:55:00	01:21:55:00	PANDEMIC.
01:21:55:00	01:21:56:00	SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
01:21:56:00	01:21:56:00	SUPPORT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING
01:21:56:00	01:21:57:00	TO BE LAUNCHING THAT IN THE
01:21:57:00	01:21:59:00	SUMMER AND FALL AND OUR MAJOR
01:21:59:00	01:22:04:00	ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PAST
01:22:04:00	01:22:07:00	YEAR IS SECURING OUR FUNDING
01:22:07:00	01:22:08:00	AND THEN MOVING INTO MAJOR
01:22:08:00	01:22:12:00	PHASES TO LAUNCH THE ARPA
01:22:12:00	01:22:13:00	PROJECT WHICH IS GOING TO BE
01:22:13:00	01:22:15:00	THE MAJOR FOCUS OF OUR OF OUR
01:22:15:00	01:22:19:00	DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR FOR PILOTS
01:22:19:00	01:22:19:00	.
01:22:19:00	01:22:20:00	BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS
01:22:20:00	01:22:23:00	PILOT IS GOING TO BE HAVING A
01:22:23:00	01:22:24:00	LOT OF INTEGRATION WITH ALL
01:22:24:00	01:22:27:00	OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS AND
01:22:27:00	01:22:28:00	SERVICES.
01:22:28:00	01:22:29:00	SO IT'S IT'S A WELL-WORN OLD
01:22:29:00	01:22:31:00	MACHINE TO SERVE THE IMMIGRANT
01:22:31:00	01:22:31:00	COMMUNITY.
01:22:31:00	01:22:35:00	WE WILL BE CONTINUING OUR
01:22:35:00	01:22:35:00	MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS AND
01:22:35:00	01:22:36:00	WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
01:22:36:00	01:22:39:00	BRING BRING MENTAL HEALTH AND
01:22:39:00	01:22:39:00	WELLBEING TO IMMIGRANTS IN
01:22:39:00	01:22:42:00	BOSTON, DESTIGMATIZING MENTAL
01:22:42:00	01:22:43:00	HEALTH CHALLENGES, ENCOURAGING
01:22:43:00	01:22:46:00	NONCLINICAL CULTURALLY AND
01:22:46:00	01:22:47:00	LINGUISTICALLY SENSITIVE
01:22:47:00	01:22:50:00	PRACTICES AND THERAPY AND MOYEZ
01:22:50:00	01:22:50:00	COMMITTEE TO ONE HUNDRED SIXTY
01:22:50:00	01:22:53:00	THOUSAND GRANTS TO SERVING
01:22:53:00	01:22:54:00	GROUPS THAT INCORPORATE
01:22:54:00	01:22:55:00	WELLNESS PRACTICES INTO
01:22:55:00	01:22:57:00	PROGRAMING.
01:22:57:00	01:22:58:00	AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE
01:22:58:00	01:23:01:00	COMMITTEE TO BRING PEOPLE
01:23:01:00	01:23:02:00	ACCESS AND THAT MEANS THAT WE
01:23:02:00	01:23:03:00	ARE GOING TO TRAIN UP AND GIVE
01:23:03:00	01:23:05:00	ACCESS TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO
01:23:05:00	01:23:08:00	WANT TO BE FOUNDATIONS FOR
01:23:08:00	01:23:09:00	ACCESSING LEGAL ACCESS, LEGAL
01:23:09:00	01:23:12:00	REPRESENTATION FOR IMMIGRANT
01:23:12:00	01:23:13:00	COMMUNITY BY GETTING THEM VIA
01:23:13:00	01:23:14:00	ACCREDITED BY THE DEPARTMENT
01:23:14:00	01:23:17:00	OF JUSTICE AND BEING ABLE TO
01:23:17:00	01:23:20:00	HIRE ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS
01:23:20:00	01:23:21:00	TO HELP WITH AMERICAN COMMUNITY
01:23:21:00	01:23:24:00	AND AND ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT
01:23:24:00	01:23:27:00	WAS HERE IS THAT WE HAVE THE
01:23:27:00	01:23:28:00	LARGEST CITIZENSHIP DAY THAT
01:23:28:00	01:23:29:00	WE'VE EVER HAD SERVING UP TO
01:23:29:00	01:23:32:00	TWO HUNDRED BOSTON RESIDENTS
01:23:32:00	01:23:32:00	THIS PAST APRIL AND WE'RE
01:23:32:00	01:23:35:00	REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE
01:23:35:00	01:23:37:00	THAT'S GOING TO GO AND WE
01:23:37:00	01:23:37:00	EXPANDED THE GENIUS FELLOWSHIP
01:23:37:00	01:23:39:00	THIS YEAR AS WELL.
01:23:39:00	01:23:43:00	UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
01:23:43:00	01:23:44:00	WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS THE
01:23:44:00	01:23:45:00	INCREASE OF MIGRANTS IN THE
01:23:45:00	01:23:46:00	BOSTON AREA AND WE WANT TO
01:23:46:00	01:23:47:00	THANK THE COUNCILORS FROM HERE
01:23:47:00	01:23:50:00	CALLING THE HEARING IN DECEMBER
01:23:50:00	01:23:51:00	INVITING ME TO TESTIFY AS THE
01:23:51:00	01:23:54:00	CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE THERE'S
01:23:54:00	01:23:54:00	BEEN AN INCREASE IN NEW
01:23:54:00	01:23:55:00	MIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
01:23:55:00	01:23:58:00	AND AND BEING HERE IN BOSTON,
01:23:58:00	01:23:59:00	MANY ARE FLEEING UNIMAGINABLE
01:23:59:00	01:24:02:00	VIOLENCE AND ALL LEVELS AND
01:24:02:00	01:24:03:00	SHARE THE CHALLENGES AND
01:24:03:00	01:24:06:00	RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGING
01:24:06:00	01:24:06:00	CRISIS.
01:24:06:00	01:24:10:00	WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY
01:24:10:00	01:24:11:00	COUNCIL PARTNERS AND CITY
01:24:11:00	01:24:14:00	COUNCIL COWORKERS ON ACROSS
01:24:14:00	01:24:14:00	SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR
01:24:14:00	01:24:17:00	DEDICATION AND COORDINATION.
01:24:17:00	01:24:18:00	WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THINK
01:24:18:00	01:24:18:00	NON-PROFITS AND HOSPITALS FOR
01:24:18:00	01:24:21:00	THEIR CHILD'S EFFORTS AND THE
01:24:21:00	01:24:22:00	STATE WE'RE SETTING UP A NEW
01:24:22:00	01:24:23:00	CONCERN FOR HYPERTENSION
01:24:23:00	01:24:28:00	ADVOCACY AND OUR PROPOSED
01:24:28:00	01:24:29:00	INVESTMENTS FOR THE COMING YEAR
01:24:29:00	01:24:32:00	IS THE LARGEST FOCUS
01:24:32:00	01:24:33:00	OF PERSONNEL AS WE ARE TRYING
01:24:33:00	01:24:36:00	TO BUILD OUT A TEAM FOR FURTHER
01:24:36:00	01:24:36:00	ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
01:24:36:00	01:24:40:00	DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE ASKING FOR
01:24:40:00	01:24:41:00	FOUR TO FOUR FULL TIME
01:24:41:00	01:24:42:00	EMPLOYEES THAT WILL SEE THROUGH
01:24:42:00	01:24:44:00	REDISTRIBUTING OUR RED LINES
01:24:44:00	01:24:45:00	AND NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL
01:24:45:00	01:24:48:00	THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL IN OUR
01:24:48:00	01:24:49:00	EXISTING BUDGET BUT
01:24:49:00	01:24:49:00	REDISTRIBUTING OUR EXISTING
01:24:49:00	01:24:52:00	RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO
01:24:52:00	01:24:53:00	COVER FULL TIME STAFF SO WE CAN
01:24:53:00	01:24:56:00	BRING IT IN-HOUSE INSTEAD
01:24:56:00	01:24:56:00	CONTRACTING OUT.
01:24:56:00	01:24:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:57:00	01:25:00:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
01:25:00:00	01:25:01:00	SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT
01:25:01:00	01:25:01:00	COMMUNITIES.
01:25:01:00	01:25:02:00	I HOPE YOU'LL PASS THIS BUDGET
01:25:02:00	01:25:04:00	FOR EQUAL AND EQUITABLE ACCESS
01:25:04:00	01:25:05:00	AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR
01:25:05:00	01:25:08:00	RESIDENTS.
01:25:08:00	01:25:09:00	THANK YOU.
01:25:09:00	01:25:11:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:25:11:00	01:25:16:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
01:25:16:00	01:25:19:00	YOU TO MANY FOR YOUR
01:25:19:00	01:25:19:00	PRESENTATION FOR YOUR
01:25:19:00	01:25:22:00	LEADERSHIP AND THE WORK YOUR
01:25:22:00	01:25:23:00	TEAM IS DOING, THE IMPORTANT
01:25:23:00	01:25:26:00	WORK YOUR TEAM IS DOING.
01:25:26:00	01:25:27:00	I WAS WITH THE TEAM FOR PROJECT
01:25:27:00	01:25:31:00	CITIZENSHIP I IT WAS UP IN
01:25:31:00	01:25:34:00	REGGIE LEWIS CENTER SEVERAL
01:25:34:00	01:25:35:00	WEEKS AGO AND I KNOW THAT WAS
01:25:35:00	01:25:38:00	AN OUTSTANDING AND COORDINATED
01:25:38:00	01:25:39:00	EVENT SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
01:25:39:00	01:25:41:00	THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU'RE DOING
01:25:41:00	01:25:45:00	ON DIFFERENT FRONTS.
01:25:45:00	01:25:50:00	SO MONIQUE, I LISTEN TO THE
01:25:50:00	01:25:50:00	DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS.
01:25:50:00	01:25:54:00	I KNOW CHRISTA MCAULIFFE IS
01:25:54:00	01:25:57:00	GOING TO BE SPEAKING SOANE AND
01:25:57:00	01:25:58:00	AND COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO BUT
01:25:58:00	01:26:04:00	BUT BUT ALSO WITH IMMIGRATION
01:26:04:00	01:26:08:00	COMMUNICATION ACCESS.
01:26:08:00	01:26:09:00	BUT IT'S ISN'T IT IMPORTANT
01:26:09:00	01:26:11:00	THAT ALL ALL DEPARTMENTS WORK
01:26:11:00	01:26:16:00	TOGETHER, COORDINATE WITH EACH
01:26:16:00	01:26:20:00	OTHER, BE ON THE SAME PAGE
01:26:20:00	01:26:21:00	BECAUSE WHAT IMPACTS ONE
01:26:21:00	01:26:24:00	DEPARTMENT IS REALLY IMPACTING
01:26:24:00	01:26:27:00	ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AND IT'S THE
01:26:27:00	01:26:27:00	COORDINATION OF SERVICES THAT'S
01:26:27:00	01:26:28:00	ALSO KEY.
01:26:28:00	01:26:31:00	SO I KNOW YOU'RE DOING THAT,
01:26:31:00	01:26:32:00	MONIQUE, BUT WHY DON'T YOU GIVE
01:26:32:00	01:26:35:00	US GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF HOW
01:26:35:00	01:26:38:00	THAT COMMUNICATION BENEFITS
01:26:38:00	01:26:39:00	RESIDENTS OF BOSTON?
01:26:39:00	01:26:43:00	YES, DEFINITELY IN ONE OF MY
01:26:43:00	01:26:44:00	BIGGEST WORK AREAS THIS YEAR
01:26:44:00	01:26:46:00	IT'S CONSOLIDATING COORDINATION
01:26:46:00	01:26:47:00	SO WE CAN BEST SERVE
01:26:47:00	01:26:51:00	CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE ONE THING
01:26:51:00	01:26:52:00	CONSTITUENTS HAVE A HARD TIME
01:26:52:00	01:26:54:00	WITH THAT THEY ALWAYS GET
01:26:54:00	01:26:55:00	STEERED AROUND ALL THESE
01:26:55:00	01:26:58:00	SERVICES FROM THE NONPROFITS TO
01:26:58:00	01:26:59:00	CITY DEPARTMENTS AND JUST KIND
01:26:59:00	01:27:00:00	OF BEEN LED TO LIKE THAT AND A
01:27:00:00	01:27:02:00	LOT OF TIME FLIPPING THROUGH
01:27:02:00	01:27:02:00	THE MAYOR'S PRIORITY OF MAKING
01:27:02:00	01:27:05:00	SURE THAT WE DELIVER GREAT
01:27:05:00	01:27:06:00	CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND THAT
01:27:06:00	01:27:09:00	WE'RE BUILDING OUT CASE
01:27:09:00	01:27:13:00	MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR THAT
01:27:13:00	01:27:14:00	OUR DEPARTMENT CAN BECOME MORE
01:27:14:00	01:27:17:00	EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN AND
01:27:17:00	01:27:18:00	SECURE IN THE WAY WE HANDLE AND
01:27:18:00	01:27:18:00	SUPPORT CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR
01:27:18:00	01:27:21:00	NEEDS BUT ALSO COORDINATE WITH
01:27:21:00	01:27:22:00	OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SO THAT
01:27:22:00	01:27:25:00	THERE'S THIS ONE PLACE WHERE WE
01:27:25:00	01:27:26:00	CAN ALL LOOK AT HOW WE CAN
01:27:26:00	01:27:26:00	COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT.
01:27:26:00	01:27:29:00	BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING THAT
01:27:29:00	01:27:30:00	REALLY GREAT THROUGH ALL THE
01:27:30:00	01:27:33:00	COMMUNICATION CHANNELS THAT WE
01:27:33:00	01:27:37:00	CAN USE FROM EMAIL TO MAKING A
01:27:37:00	01:27:37:00	PHONE CALL.
01:27:37:00	01:27:38:00	SO WE'RE HOPING THROUGH
01:27:38:00	01:27:40:00	TECHNOLOGY WE'RE ABLE TO BECOME
01:27:40:00	01:27:41:00	MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.
01:27:41:00	01:27:42:00	BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND I
01:27:42:00	01:27:44:00	THINK IT'S A CRITICAL CONCERN
01:27:44:00	01:27:45:00	AND A CRITICAL PRIORITY FOR
01:27:45:00	01:27:48:00	ADMINISTRATION ALSO MY
01:27:48:00	01:27:49:00	DEPARTMENT TO DELIVER THAT.
01:27:49:00	01:27:52:00	THANK YOU AND I KNOW ONE
01:27:52:00	01:27:53:00	DEPARTMENT THAT'S HERE THAT
01:27:53:00	01:27:54:00	ALSO PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN
01:27:54:00	01:27:56:00	THIS CITY IS OFFICE OF FOOD
01:27:56:00	01:27:57:00	ACCESS AS WELL.
01:27:57:00	01:28:03:00	YEAH, BUT I I DON'T HAVE ANY
01:28:03:00	01:28:04:00	FURTHER QUESTIONS.
01:28:04:00	01:28:07:00	JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR
01:28:07:00	01:28:08:00	TEAM FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU
01:28:08:00	01:28:08:00	ARE DOING.
01:28:08:00	01:28:12:00	BOSTON'S AN IMMIGRANT CITY.
01:28:12:00	01:28:13:00	WE'RE PROUD OF OUR IMMIGRANT
01:28:13:00	01:28:16:00	ROOTS HERE AND IMMIGRANTS
01:28:16:00	01:28:17:00	HELPED BUILD OUR CITY AND
01:28:17:00	01:28:17:00	HELPED BUILD OUR COUNTRY.
01:28:17:00	01:28:19:00	SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
01:28:19:00	01:28:20:00	YOUR TEAM, MONIQUE AND THANKS
01:28:20:00	01:28:21:00	FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU'RE
01:28:21:00	01:28:23:00	DOING.
01:28:23:00	01:28:24:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING
01:28:24:00	01:28:24:00	SUPPORT.
01:28:24:00	01:28:27:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:28:27:00	01:28:28:00	THANK YOU.
01:28:28:00	01:28:29:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
01:28:29:00	01:28:31:00	COUNCIL FLAHERTY, YOU THANK YOU
01:28:31:00	01:28:32:00	MADAM CHAIR AND THANKS TO THE
01:28:32:00	01:28:34:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WIND FOR
01:28:34:00	01:28:35:00	THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND AS
01:28:35:00	01:28:36:00	REFERENCED EARLIER ON THE
01:28:36:00	01:28:39:00	BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS
01:28:39:00	01:28:39:00	TAKEN THE LEAD ROLE WITH
01:28:39:00	01:28:42:00	RESPECT TO OUR NEW BOSTONIANS
01:28:42:00	01:28:42:00	IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.
01:28:42:00	01:28:44:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT
01:28:44:00	01:28:46:00	YOU DO AND LOOK TO THE
01:28:46:00	01:28:47:00	CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND LIKE
01:28:47:00	01:28:48:00	I MENTIONED TO EXECUTIVE
01:28:48:00	01:28:51:00	DIRECTOR WONG, IF THERE'S
01:28:51:00	01:28:51:00	THINGS THAT YOU NEED THAT TO
01:28:51:00	01:28:54:00	HELP MAKE YOUR DEPARTMENT RUN
01:28:54:00	01:28:55:00	MORE EFFECTIVELY AND MORE
01:28:55:00	01:28:57:00	EFFICIENTLY THAN NOW'S THE TIME
01:28:57:00	01:28:58:00	OR THE BUDGET PROCESS IT LET US
01:28:58:00	01:29:01:00	AS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND
01:29:01:00	01:29:02:00	CITY GOVERNMENT KNOW WHERE WE
01:29:02:00	01:29:03:00	CAN BE HELPFUL AND WHETHER
01:29:03:00	01:29:05:00	THAT'S IN PERSONNEL OR IT'S
01:29:05:00	01:29:06:00	TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY
01:29:06:00	01:29:10:00	AND OR OTHER SERVICES.
01:29:10:00	01:29:11:00	SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CONTINUE
01:29:11:00	01:29:13:00	TO DO THE WORK OURSELVES AS
01:29:13:00	01:29:14:00	OPPOSED TO HAVING TO CONTRACT
01:29:14:00	01:29:14:00	IT OUT.
01:29:14:00	01:29:17:00	BUT SOME SITUATIONS LEND
01:29:17:00	01:29:18:00	THEMSELVES TO TO THAT.
01:29:18:00	01:29:19:00	BUT WE HAD TO BE SUPPORTIVE.
01:29:19:00	01:29:21:00	WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE
01:29:21:00	01:29:22:00	ECHO THE COMMENTS OF COUNCIL
01:29:22:00	01:29:23:00	PRESIDENT FLYNN THAT WE'RE A
01:29:23:00	01:29:25:00	CITY FOUNDED ON THE BACKS
01:29:25:00	01:29:25:00	OF IMMIGRANTS AND THAT'S
01:29:25:00	01:29:26:00	IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE
01:29:26:00	01:29:28:00	THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE
01:29:28:00	01:29:29:00	ALWAYS WELCOME IN THAT WE DO
01:29:29:00	01:29:30:00	THE VERY BEST WE CAN TO MAKE
01:29:30:00	01:29:32:00	SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE
01:29:32:00	01:29:33:00	RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES
01:29:33:00	01:29:36:00	AND THEIR FAMILIES TO MAKE
01:29:36:00	01:29:37:00	VITAL MAKE A VITAL CONTRIBUTION
01:29:37:00	01:29:37:00	TO OUR CITIES.
01:29:37:00	01:29:40:00	THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
01:29:40:00	01:29:41:00	APPRECIATE YOUR VIEW.
01:29:41:00	01:29:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:29:44:00	01:29:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:29:44:00	01:29:45:00	COUNCIL FLAHERTY
01:29:45:00	01:29:59:00	COUNCIL BREADON YOU HAVE FOR OK
01:29:59:00	01:30:02:00	WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL LUZHIN AND
01:30:02:00	01:30:06:00	CIRCLE BACK.
01:30:06:00	01:30:07:00	THANK YOU GUYS VERNON JENNISON
01:30:07:00	01:30:10:00	AND THANK YOU THAT YOU WENT FOR
01:30:10:00	01:30:11:00	YOUR PRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY
01:30:11:00	01:30:14:00	AND ALSO FOR YOUR STORY WHICH
01:30:14:00	01:30:15:00	REALLY GUIDES THE WORK THAT YOU
01:30:15:00	01:30:18:00	DO.
01:30:18:00	01:30:20:00	OBVIOUSLY MY OFFICE AS A CHAIR
01:30:20:00	01:30:21:00	OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN
01:30:21:00	01:30:22:00	ADVANCEMENT CARED DEEPLY ABOUT
01:30:22:00	01:30:25:00	THIS WORK AND AS THE DAUGHTER
01:30:25:00	01:30:25:00	OF HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS, HAITIANS
01:30:25:00	01:30:29:00	ARE THE BIGGEST MIGRANT GROUP
01:30:29:00	01:30:30:00	OF NEW ARRIVALS THAT WE HAVE
01:30:30:00	01:30:33:00	COMING INTO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:30:33:00	01:30:34:00	AND SO FROM THE BEGINNING WE'VE
01:30:34:00	01:30:37:00	BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MORE FUNDS
01:30:37:00	01:30:40:00	NOT JUST FOR NEW ARRIVALS BUT
01:30:40:00	01:30:41:00	ALSO WITH PROJECT CITIZENSHIP.
01:30:41:00	01:30:42:00	WE WERE HAPPY TO WORK ALONGSIDE
01:30:42:00	01:30:44:00	COUNSELOR ÓRALE AND WE ARE
01:30:44:00	01:30:45:00	REALLY GLAD TO HEAR AND TO SEE
01:30:45:00	01:30:49:00	HOW THAT HAS BEEN EXPANDING AND
01:30:49:00	01:30:52:00	CONSIDER AS A PARTNER IF IF
01:30:52:00	01:30:53:00	SORRY IF YOU HEAR THE TRAIN IN
01:30:53:00	01:30:56:00	THE BACKGROUND IF WE WANT TO
01:30:56:00	01:30:57:00	CONTINUE TO GROW THAT WITH OUR
01:30:57:00	01:31:00:00	WITH OUR GREAT NONPROFIT
01:31:00:00	01:31:01:00	PARTNER THAT THAT REALLY
01:31:01:00	01:31:01:00	SPEARHEAD THAT EFFORT.
01:31:01:00	01:31:04:00	I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
01:31:04:00	01:31:08:00	SOME LIGHT ITEMS ON THE BUDGET
01:31:08:00	01:31:13:00	ON PAGE 302 THAT IS THAT LIKE
01:31:13:00	01:31:13:00	THERE ARE SOME PROJECTIONS AND
01:31:13:00	01:31:16:00	I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THE
01:31:16:00	01:31:17:00	PROJECTIONS ARE MADE UNDER THE
01:31:17:00	01:31:19:00	GOAL.
01:31:19:00	01:31:20:00	THAT'S A SUPPORT CITY, STATE
01:31:20:00	01:31:21:00	AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO MORE
01:31:21:00	01:31:23:00	EQUITABLY SERVE OUR IMMIGRANT
01:31:23:00	01:31:23:00	RESIDENTS.
01:31:23:00	01:31:24:00	THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE
01:31:24:00	01:31:27:00	THE NUMBER OF EQUITY ORIENTED
01:31:27:00	01:31:28:00	RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO CITY
01:31:28:00	01:31:31:00	STATE FEDERAL AGENCIES.
01:31:31:00	01:31:32:00	CAN YOU CAN YOU DETAIL WHAT
01:31:32:00	01:31:32:00	THAT MEANS?
01:31:32:00	01:31:34:00	EQUITY ORIENTED RECOMMENDATIONS
01:31:34:00	01:31:35:00	AND THEN EXPLAIN WHY THE
01:31:35:00	01:31:39:00	PROJECTION INCREASES THE AMOUNT
01:31:39:00	01:31:40:00	IT DOES?
01:31:40:00	01:31:42:00	YES, MOST OF OUR ADVOCACY
01:31:42:00	01:31:43:00	EFFORTS AND PARTICULARLY
01:31:43:00	01:31:47:00	WORKING WITH THE STATE AND
01:31:47:00	01:31:47:00	FEDERAL TO MAXIMIZE WHAT THEY
01:31:47:00	01:31:51:00	OR THEIR ROLE ROLES ARE POISED
01:31:51:00	01:31:52:00	TO DO.
01:31:52:00	01:31:53:00	FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE NEW
01:31:53:00	01:31:55:00	MIGRANTS IS THAT ON THE STATE
01:31:55:00	01:31:58:00	LEVEL THE STATE IS
01:31:58:00	01:31:59:00	OF RESPONSIBLE FOR FAMILY BASED
01:31:59:00	01:31:59:00	SHELTER.
01:31:59:00	01:32:02:00	SO MOST OF OUR RESPONSE HAS
01:32:02:00	01:32:03:00	BEEN ALSO RESPONDING TO PEOPLE
01:32:03:00	01:32:04:00	ON THE GROUND BUT ALSO DOING
01:32:04:00	01:32:07:00	ADVOCACY WORK WITH LOTS
01:32:07:00	01:32:10:00	OF MEETINGS AND LOTS OF LETTERS
01:32:10:00	01:32:11:00	AND LOTS OF MOBILIZING THE
01:32:11:00	01:32:14:00	COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TO
01:32:14:00	01:32:15:00	ADVOCATE TO THE STATE ON THE
01:32:15:00	01:32:17:00	FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THE NEW
01:32:17:00	01:32:18:00	ARRIVALS THAT ARE COMING INTO
01:32:18:00	01:32:19:00	THE COUNTRY.
01:32:19:00	01:32:22:00	SO THOSE ARE THE METRICS THAT
01:32:22:00	01:32:23:00	WE USE.
01:32:23:00	01:32:24:00	WE CANNOT USE IT AS LIKE
01:32:24:00	01:32:25:00	ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE IS HOW
01:32:25:00	01:32:27:00	MUCH EFFORT THAT WE PUT INTO TO
01:32:27:00	01:32:30:00	TO THOSE TYPE OF CAMPAIGNS.
01:32:30:00	01:32:34:00	YEAH, OK, AND SO SIMILARLY
01:32:34:00	01:32:37:00	VERSUS THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR
01:32:37:00	01:32:38:00	GIVEN LIKE THERE'S AN INCREASE
01:32:38:00	01:32:41:00	IN THE NUMBER OF NEW MIGRANTS,
01:32:41:00	01:32:42:00	THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER
01:32:42:00	01:32:45:00	OF CONSTITUENTS ASSISTED
01:32:45:00	01:32:46:00	DOESN'T SEEM TO GO UP AS MUCH
01:32:46:00	01:32:47:00	AS WE SEE NEW ARRIVALS COMING
01:32:47:00	01:32:49:00	RIGHT.
01:32:49:00	01:32:50:00	IT'S A GREAT SEVEN 7500
01:32:50:00	01:32:53:00	ENTWISLE AND THE PROJECTION IS
01:32:53:00	01:32:53:00	EIGHT THOUSAND.
01:32:53:00	01:32:54:00	BUT GIVEN THAT WE'RE SEEING
01:32:54:00	01:32:57:00	MORE AND MORE NEW MIGRANTS
01:32:57:00	01:32:58:00	COMING, WHY ISN'T OUR
01:32:58:00	01:32:58:00	PROJECTION HIGHER?
01:32:58:00	01:33:00:00	YEAH, IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD TO
01:33:00:00	01:33:01:00	DO THE ANALYTICS OF FORECASTS A
01:33:01:00	01:33:04:00	NO THAT'S THAT'S NOT TRUE
01:33:04:00	01:33:05:00	OVERREACHING BUT THEN ALSO A
01:33:05:00	01:33:06:00	MODEST SO WE JUST BASE IT ON
01:33:06:00	01:33:08:00	THE RATE OF THE ONES THAT HAVE
01:33:08:00	01:33:09:00	BEEN ENGAGING THROUGH OUR
01:33:09:00	01:33:12:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:33:12:00	01:33:12:00	BUT IF YOU HAVE FURTHER
01:33:12:00	01:33:15:00	INFORMATION THAT CAN GIVE US
01:33:15:00	01:33:16:00	BETTER DATA ABOUT HOW WE CAN
01:33:16:00	01:33:18:00	HAVE THAT NUMBER, HOW IS
01:33:18:00	01:33:19:00	CENTRALIZED WITH BOSTON THAT I
01:33:19:00	01:33:23:00	I'M OPEN TO HELPING THAT NUMBER
01:33:23:00	01:33:24:00	INFORM OUR DECISION TO EXPAND
01:33:24:00	01:33:27:00	THAT THAT BUT WE JUST BASED ON
01:33:27:00	01:33:28:00	OUR EXISTING DATA THAT WE'VE
01:33:28:00	01:33:31:00	HAD IN OUR HISTORY, YOU KNOW,
01:33:31:00	01:33:32:00	IF WE DO SEE THE NUMBER
01:33:32:00	01:33:35:00	INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS
01:33:35:00	01:33:36:00	WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, IS
01:33:36:00	01:33:38:00	THERE CAPACITY WITHIN MOYAR TO
01:33:38:00	01:33:38:00	ADDRESS THAT?
01:33:38:00	01:33:43:00	I WOULD SAY THE THE FOUR FULL
01:33:43:00	01:33:44:00	TIME EMPLOYEES THAT I HAVE I
01:33:44:00	01:33:47:00	PROJECT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO
01:33:47:00	01:33:48:00	SUPPORT US IF WE INCREASE OUR
01:33:48:00	01:33:48:00	CAPACITY.
01:33:48:00	01:33:50:00	TWENTY PERCENT TO ADDRESS THE
01:33:50:00	01:33:50:00	NEED.
01:33:50:00	01:33:51:00	BUT IF WE THINK FIFTY OR ABOVE
01:33:51:00	01:33:52:00	I WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL
01:33:52:00	01:33:55:00	PERSONNEL OR CONTRACTING
01:33:55:00	01:33:56:00	CLIENTS OR WILL WE CAN ALSO
01:33:56:00	01:33:58:00	WORK WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET
01:33:58:00	01:33:59:00	TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW DO WE
01:33:59:00	01:34:02:00	REGRET TO ORGANIZATIONS TO
01:34:02:00	01:34:03:00	SUPPORT US AND ALSO HIRE
01:34:03:00	01:34:13:00	CONTRACTORS.
01:34:13:00	01:34:14:00	YEAH I WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING
01:34:14:00	01:34:14:00	COUNCILOR FLAHERTY STATED
01:34:14:00	01:34:15:00	RIGHT.
01:34:15:00	01:34:15:00	WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE
01:34:15:00	01:34:16:00	AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND TO DO
01:34:16:00	01:34:18:00	THAT VIA THE BUDGET I GET CALLS
01:34:18:00	01:34:19:00	EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM OUR
01:34:19:00	01:34:22:00	MIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND I WANT
01:34:22:00	01:34:23:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGET
01:34:23:00	01:34:25:00	REFLECTS WHAT YOU STATED AND
01:34:25:00	01:34:26:00	WHAT OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED
01:34:26:00	01:34:29:00	IS A NEED TO ADDRESS THESE
01:34:29:00	01:34:29:00	ISSUES.
01:34:29:00	01:34:31:00	AND I KNOW THAT A GOOD CHUNK
01:34:31:00	01:34:33:00	OF IT WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILY
01:34:33:00	01:34:37:00	PLACEMENT IS IS IS WITHIN THE
01:34:37:00	01:34:38:00	PURVIEW OF THE STATE AND SO THE
01:34:38:00	01:34:41:00	ROLE OF MOYAR AND THE IN OTHERS
01:34:41:00	01:34:42:00	IS TO BE IN COMMUNITY.
01:34:42:00	01:34:43:00	I'M IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE
01:34:43:00	01:34:45:00	STATE EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, TO
01:34:45:00	01:34:46:00	MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING
01:34:46:00	01:34:48:00	WHAT THEY SHOULD REGARDING
01:34:48:00	01:34:49:00	FAMILY BASED PLACEMENT
01:34:49:00	01:34:50:00	OF HOUSING HOUSING BEING THE
01:34:50:00	01:34:53:00	NUMBER ONE ISSUE LIKE WHERE ARE
01:34:53:00	01:34:55:00	WE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, SHELTER
01:34:55:00	01:34:56:00	FOLKS, NEW ARRIVALS.
01:34:56:00	01:34:59:00	BUT WE ALSO HAVE INDIVIDUALS
01:34:59:00	01:35:00:00	WHO ARE ARRIVING AND OTHER
01:35:00:00	01:35:04:00	NEEDS AND I AM WONDERING HOW
01:35:04:00	01:35:07:00	CAN THE OFFICE YOU KNOW WHERE
01:35:07:00	01:35:08:00	THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE
01:35:08:00	01:35:09:00	JURISDICTION, HOW CAN WE REALLY
01:35:09:00	01:35:11:00	SORT OF GROW THE WORK THAT
01:35:11:00	01:35:11:00	WE'RE DOING?
01:35:11:00	01:35:12:00	YEAH.
01:35:12:00	01:35:12:00	YEAH.
01:35:12:00	01:35:15:00	LIKE I THINK ESPECIALLY THE
01:35:15:00	01:35:15:00	RESOURCES THAT YOU STEWARDED
01:35:15:00	01:35:18:00	FOR US THROUGH THE HOUSING FOR
01:35:18:00	01:35:22:00	EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN MAKING SURE
01:35:22:00	01:35:23:00	THAT IT'S LIKE OUR VERY EXTREME
01:35:23:00	01:35:24:00	FUND THAT WE PROTECT THEM BUT
01:35:24:00	01:35:27:00	MAKING SURE THAT THE FEDERAL
01:35:27:00	01:35:28:00	GOVERNMENT, THE STATE, OUR USE
01:35:28:00	01:35:30:00	EXISTING RESOURCES THAT DO
01:35:30:00	01:35:31:00	HAPPEN THAT THEY DO HAVE THAT
01:35:31:00	01:35:32:00	WASN'T BUT A LOT OF MONEY.
01:35:32:00	01:35:32:00	RIGHT.
01:35:32:00	01:35:34:00	THAT'S LIKE ONE MILLION WHICH
01:35:34:00	01:35:37:00	IS LIKE A LITTLE DROP IN A
01:35:37:00	01:35:38:00	GERAS MY TIME UP.
01:35:38:00	01:35:42:00	OH ANYWAY CAN SHE FINISH THE
01:35:42:00	01:35:45:00	ANSWER COCHAIRS THAT OK?
01:35:45:00	01:35:49:00	NO OF COURSE IT IS GAZA LUGANDA
01:35:49:00	01:35:53:00	YOU WANT TO JUST ADD A FINAL
01:35:53:00	01:35:53:00	QUESTION?
01:35:53:00	01:35:54:00	NO NO NO NO NO NO JUST SAYING
01:35:54:00	01:35:55:00	LIKE THE MONEY THAT WE WERE
01:35:55:00	01:35:57:00	ABLE TO OPERATE IS LIKE A PENNY
01:35:57:00	01:36:01:00	COMPARED TO THE NEED THAT WE
01:36:01:00	01:36:04:00	SEE SO JUST ONE AND THERE'S
01:36:04:00	01:36:05:00	MORE THAT WE CAN KEEP IN THIS
01:36:05:00	01:36:06:00	BUDGET.
01:36:06:00	01:36:07:00	I'M READY TO DO THAT AND I KNOW
01:36:07:00	01:36:08:00	THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE READY TO
01:36:08:00	01:36:09:00	STAND WITH ME TO DO THAT
01:36:09:00	01:36:10:00	YESTERDAY WE RECOGNIZE ACTUALLY
01:36:10:00	01:36:12:00	HERITAGE.
01:36:12:00	01:36:13:00	WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE NEW
01:36:13:00	01:36:15:00	MIGRANTS COMING EVERY DAY AND
01:36:15:00	01:36:16:00	WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM.
01:36:16:00	01:36:17:00	IT'S NOT A ZERO SUM GAME WE CAN
01:36:17:00	01:36:18:00	CARE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE JUST
01:36:18:00	01:36:20:00	ARRIVED AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
01:36:20:00	01:36:21:00	HERE FOR DECADES AND
01:36:21:00	01:36:22:00	GENERATIONS AND WE CAN DO SO
01:36:22:00	01:36:24:00	OPERATIONALLY TO THIS BUDGET IN
01:36:24:00	01:36:25:00	WAYS WHERE THE STATE DOESN'T
01:36:25:00	01:36:27:00	HAVE JURISDICTION.
01:36:27:00	01:36:28:00	I KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE
01:36:28:00	01:36:29:00	THRILLED TO HELP YOU AND THINK
01:36:29:00	01:36:32:00	ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO AS WE
01:36:32:00	01:36:32:00	REALIZE.
01:36:32:00	01:36:33:00	YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S CALLING
01:36:33:00	01:36:36:00	AND TALKING ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO
01:36:36:00	01:36:37:00	ARE SLEEPING ON BOSTON MEDICAL
01:36:37:00	01:36:39:00	CENTER WHICH IS ON THE FLOOR
01:36:39:00	01:36:40:00	OF BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH
01:36:40:00	01:36:41:00	IS NOT A NEW PHENOMENON.
01:36:41:00	01:36:42:00	IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
01:36:42:00	01:36:44:00	BEEN ELEVATING SINCE LAST YEAR.
01:36:44:00	01:36:47:00	AND SO IF WE CAN USE THIS
01:36:47:00	01:36:48:00	BUDGET TO DO THAT TO ADDRESS
01:36:48:00	01:36:51:00	SOME OF THESE ISSUES, I'D LIKE
01:36:51:00	01:36:51:00	TO DO THAT.
01:36:51:00	01:36:52:00	AND SO SORRY YOU WERE TALKING
01:36:52:00	01:36:55:00	NO, I APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT
01:36:55:00	01:36:56:00	ADDED AND TRUTHFULLY IN THE
01:36:56:00	01:36:58:00	NUMBERS THAT WE FORECASTS WERE
01:36:58:00	01:36:59:00	BASED ON INFORMATION THAT WE
01:36:59:00	01:37:02:00	HAD AT THAT TIME WHEN WE DID
01:37:02:00	01:37:03:00	BUDGET AND ALSO THE NUMBERS HAS
01:37:03:00	01:37:06:00	INCREASED A LOT IN THE LAST FEW
01:37:06:00	01:37:07:00	WEEKS AND THE BUDGET WAS
01:37:07:00	01:37:10:00	ALREADY SET.
01:37:10:00	01:37:11:00	SO I DO I DO ECHO THAT WE NEED
01:37:11:00	01:37:14:00	TO THE SCALE OF THE OF WHAT
01:37:14:00	01:37:17:00	NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE AND I
01:37:17:00	01:37:18:00	WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE
01:37:18:00	01:37:21:00	CONNECTION WITH YOU GUYS.
01:37:21:00	01:37:22:00	THINK ABOUT A NUMBER THAT'S
01:37:22:00	01:37:23:00	MORE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE'LL
01:37:23:00	01:37:25:00	NEED BUT I FEEL CONFIDENTLY
01:37:25:00	01:37:26:00	THAT THE BUDGET THAT WE DO HAVE
01:37:26:00	01:37:27:00	WE CAN WORK WITH BECAUSE
01:37:27:00	01:37:29:00	PARTICULARLY WITH THE GRANTS,
01:37:29:00	01:37:30:00	THE CONTRACT LINES THAT WE HAVE
01:37:30:00	01:37:31:00	AND MOVING MONEY AROUND WE CAN
01:37:31:00	01:37:32:00	WE CAN MEET THEM MOMENTS.
01:37:32:00	01:37:36:00	YEAH.
01:37:36:00	01:37:37:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:37:37:00	01:37:41:00	THANK YOU VERY THANK YOU FOR
01:37:41:00	01:37:41:00	INDULGING ME IN MY TIME GOING
01:37:41:00	01:37:42:00	OVER.
01:37:42:00	01:37:44:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
01:37:44:00	01:37:44:00	YEAH.
01:37:44:00	01:37:45:00	I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR
01:37:45:00	01:37:46:00	LEADERSHIP AND CONTINUE
01:37:46:00	01:37:48:00	ADVOCACY.
01:37:48:00	01:37:52:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR LUZHIN AND
01:37:52:00	01:37:53:00	DIRECTOR COUNCILOR MCGEER YOU
01:37:53:00	01:37:55:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:37:55:00	01:37:56:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:56:00	01:37:56:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:56:00	01:37:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:57:00	01:37:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:57:00	01:38:00:00	I I GUESS YOU KNOW I WANTED TO
01:38:00:00	01:38:02:00	JUST UPLIFT THE IMPORTANT WORK
01:38:02:00	01:38:03:00	OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT AND
01:38:03:00	01:38:06:00	THE ROLE THAT YOU HAVE PLAYED
01:38:06:00	01:38:07:00	IN ADVOCACY NOT JUST DURING
01:38:07:00	01:38:11:00	COVID BUT JUST OVERALL JUST
01:38:11:00	01:38:12:00	MAKING SURE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
01:38:12:00	01:38:14:00	FOR OUR RECENT ARRIVALS AND
01:38:14:00	01:38:15:00	THOSE WHO ARE HERE.
01:38:15:00	01:38:16:00	SO REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR
01:38:16:00	01:38:17:00	WORK.
01:38:17:00	01:38:18:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT.
01:38:18:00	01:38:19:00	I'M CURIOUS MOST OF MY
01:38:19:00	01:38:22:00	QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE
01:38:22:00	01:38:26:00	AROUND SO HOW WE CAN SUPPORT
01:38:26:00	01:38:29:00	YOU MENTIONED THE DREAMERS AND
01:38:29:00	01:38:30:00	THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
01:38:30:00	01:38:33:00	INITIATIVES AND I'M CURIOUS IN
01:38:33:00	01:38:34:00	TERMS OF STRENGTHENING THAT YOU
01:38:34:00	01:38:37:00	KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
01:38:37:00	01:38:37:00	NIKE, THE BOSTON FOUNDATION AND
01:38:37:00	01:38:41:00	OTHER GROUPS TO HELP SUPPORT
01:38:41:00	01:38:42:00	THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE
01:38:42:00	01:38:44:00	GOING TO BE CHANGING OUT
01:38:44:00	01:38:45:00	OF DHAKA.
01:38:45:00	01:38:45:00	RIGHT.
01:38:45:00	01:38:46:00	THAT ARE GOING TO FIND
01:38:46:00	01:38:48:00	THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE
01:38:48:00	01:38:49:00	THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
01:38:49:00	01:38:52:00	TO QUALIFY AND HAVE SUPPORT.
01:38:52:00	01:38:53:00	SO CAN YOU JUST TALK TO US A
01:38:53:00	01:38:54:00	LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU PLAN
01:38:54:00	01:38:56:00	TO DO TO RIDE THAT SAFETY NET
01:38:56:00	01:38:57:00	FOR SOME OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE?
01:38:57:00	01:39:00:00	YES, I BELIEVE LIKE THE
01:39:00:00	01:39:01:00	EVERYTHING FROM OUR ECONOMIC
01:39:01:00	01:39:03:00	RECOVERY PROJECT FOR CASH
01:39:03:00	01:39:04:00	ASSISTANCE TO ALSO DOING WORK
01:39:04:00	01:39:07:00	ACROSS OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS
01:39:07:00	01:39:08:00	WITH THE WORKFORCE PATHWAYS
01:39:08:00	01:39:09:00	THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE WORK
01:39:09:00	01:39:11:00	EMPOWERMENT CABINET.
01:39:11:00	01:39:12:00	THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES
01:39:12:00	01:39:15:00	FOR ALL ALL IMMIGRANTS AND ALL
01:39:15:00	01:39:15:00	CONSTITUENCIES WORKFORCE
01:39:15:00	01:39:16:00	TRAINING AND PATHWAYS TO
01:39:16:00	01:39:19:00	DIFFERENT CAREERS THAT THE THAT
01:39:19:00	01:39:20:00	THEY DREAM OF OR EVEN THINK
01:39:20:00	01:39:21:00	ABOUT THAT THEY'LL NEED FOR
01:39:21:00	01:39:23:00	STABILITY FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
01:39:23:00	01:39:24:00	SO I'M HOPING WITH THE
01:39:24:00	01:39:27:00	ADDITIONAL STEP THAT I HAVE WE
01:39:27:00	01:39:28:00	CAN DO WICHMAN OF PEOPLE TO BE
01:39:28:00	01:39:31:00	STEWARDED INTO THOSE PATHWAYS
01:39:31:00	01:39:32:00	THAT COULD CREATE A LOT
01:39:32:00	01:39:32:00	OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR
01:39:32:00	01:39:34:00	THEM.
01:39:34:00	01:39:38:00	YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN
01:39:38:00	01:39:39:00	THINKING A LOT ABOUT IS THE
01:39:39:00	01:39:42:00	LIFESPAN OF OF IMMIGRANTS
01:39:42:00	01:39:46:00	PARTICULARLY FROM THE BABY TO
01:39:46:00	01:39:47:00	EVEN BEING A YOUTH AND ALSO
01:39:47:00	01:39:47:00	BECOMING AN ADULT AN ADULT
01:39:47:00	01:39:48:00	WORKER.
01:39:48:00	01:39:49:00	SO I'M HOPING THROUGH OUR
01:39:49:00	01:39:50:00	ADMINISTRATION THAT WE CAN
01:39:50:00	01:39:53:00	PROVIDE FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS
01:39:53:00	01:39:57:00	OF WHERE THEY ARE WITH
01:39:57:00	01:39:57:00	IMMIGRATION STATUS TO THEIR
01:39:57:00	01:39:58:00	THEIR AGE GROUP.
01:39:58:00	01:40:02:00	SO I'M GOING TO BE DOING A LOT
01:40:02:00	01:40:04:00	OF ORGANIZING WORK TO THANK
01:40:04:00	01:40:05:00	YOU, MONIQUE, JUST BECAUSE I
01:40:05:00	01:40:09:00	KNOW THAT THE HANDS ARE GOING
01:40:09:00	01:40:10:00	TO GO UP QUICKLY AND I WANT TO
01:40:10:00	01:40:13:00	MAKE SURE THAT I GET IN A FEW
01:40:13:00	01:40:13:00	MORE QUESTIONS BUT I'M STILL
01:40:13:00	01:40:16:00	UNCLEAR IN TERMS JUST IN TERMS
01:40:16:00	01:40:20:00	OF DOLLAR WISE HOW WORLD ARE WE
01:40:20:00	01:40:23:00	GOING TO INVEST TO SUPPORT THE
01:40:23:00	01:40:24:00	DREAMERS IN THE WORKFORCE
01:40:24:00	01:40:24:00	DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE?
01:40:24:00	01:40:28:00	SO THE I'M NOT ASKING FOR
01:40:28:00	01:40:28:00	ADDITIONAL FUNDS THIS YEAR WE
01:40:28:00	01:40:31:00	HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST BUDGET BUT
01:40:31:00	01:40:35:00	WE ARE MOVING THINGS AROUND IN
01:40:35:00	01:40:36:00	WITHIN OUR EXISTING LINES TO BE
01:40:36:00	01:40:39:00	ABLE TO INVEST IN EXPANDING THE
01:40:39:00	01:40:39:00	PROGRAM.
01:40:39:00	01:40:40:00	SO SO YES.
01:40:40:00	01:40:44:00	SO TWO THIRDS OF OUR BUDGET IS
01:40:44:00	01:40:45:00	GRANTING AND WORKING WITH THE
01:40:45:00	01:40:47:00	COMMUNITY SO WE EXPANDING THAT
01:40:47:00	01:40:48:00	LINE TO WE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
01:40:48:00	01:40:51:00	SERVE MORE MORE IMMIGRANT YOUTH
01:40:51:00	01:40:52:00	BUT THEN ALSO WITH OTHER CITY
01:40:52:00	01:40:55:00	DEPARTMENTS WHO ALSO STEP UP
01:40:55:00	01:40:55:00	AND SUPPORT AND EXPAND THEIR
01:40:55:00	01:40:58:00	WORK IN IMPACTING THE
01:40:58:00	01:40:59:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMMIGRANT
01:40:59:00	01:41:00:00	YOUTH REGARDLESS OF THEIR
01:41:00:00	01:41:02:00	STATUS.
01:41:02:00	01:41:03:00	SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER
01:41:03:00	01:41:04:00	CITY DEPARTMENTS, MAKE SURE
01:41:04:00	01:41:05:00	THERE'S INCLUSION OF THEM EVERY
01:41:05:00	01:41:06:00	EVERYTHING FROM EMPLOYMENT
01:41:06:00	01:41:13:00	OPPORTUNITY TO THE TO THE WHY
01:41:13:00	01:41:13:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:41:13:00	01:41:14:00	THANK YOU.
01:41:14:00	01:41:15:00	AND THE LAST THING BECAUSE I
01:41:15:00	01:41:17:00	WANT TO BE SUPER FULL OF TIME
01:41:17:00	01:41:19:00	YOU KNOW I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE
01:41:19:00	01:41:22:00	CITY IS RESOURCE RICH BUT
01:41:22:00	01:41:24:00	COORDINATION POOR HAVE A HARD
01:41:24:00	01:41:25:00	TIME INTERACTING WITH OTHER
01:41:25:00	01:41:25:00	DEPARTMENTS.
01:41:25:00	01:41:29:00	SO CAN YOU JUST TALK TO US A
01:41:29:00	01:41:30:00	LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW MOYAR
01:41:30:00	01:41:32:00	INTERFACES WITH DIFFERENT
01:41:32:00	01:41:33:00	DEPARTMENTS WHETHER IT'S
01:41:33:00	01:41:36:00	HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S AND WHAT
01:41:36:00	01:41:37:00	INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO
01:41:37:00	01:41:38:00	STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR
01:41:38:00	01:41:41:00	THOSE WHO ARE RECENTLY ARRIVING
01:41:41:00	01:41:42:00	TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HOW
01:41:42:00	01:41:44:00	WE ACCLIMATE THEM TO THE CITY
01:41:44:00	01:41:45:00	AND CONNECT THEM TO THE SUPPORT
01:41:45:00	01:41:47:00	SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
01:41:47:00	01:41:48:00	YES, YEAH.
01:41:48:00	01:41:49:00	BEING EVEN A CONSTITUENT IN
01:41:49:00	01:41:52:00	BOSTON FOR A LONG TIME I'VE
01:41:52:00	01:41:53:00	ALSO EXPERIENCED PREVIOUS
01:41:53:00	01:41:55:00	EXPERIENCE FROM PREVIOUS
01:41:55:00	01:41:56:00	ADMINISTRATIONS HOW I FELT LIKE
01:41:56:00	01:41:57:00	THERE WAS A LACK
01:41:57:00	01:42:00:00	OF COORDINATION IN SERVING ME
01:42:00:00	01:42:01:00	BUT UNDER DURING MY TIME UNDER
01:42:01:00	01:42:04:00	THIS ADMINISTRATION I'VE BEEN
01:42:04:00	01:42:04:00	SEEING REALLY GREAT
01:42:04:00	01:42:05:00	COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION
01:42:05:00	01:42:07:00	ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
01:42:07:00	01:42:07:00	THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO
01:42:07:00	01:42:11:00	EVERYONE BEING SO MISSION
01:42:11:00	01:42:11:00	DRIVEN TO SUPPORT BOSTON.
01:42:11:00	01:42:16:00	I HAVE AN EXPERIENCE AND WE
01:42:16:00	01:42:16:00	WERE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY
01:42:16:00	01:42:18:00	AS A NEW ADMINISTRATION AND
01:42:18:00	01:42:19:00	THEN FOR HOW WE'RE APPOINTING
01:42:19:00	01:42:20:00	NEW MIGRANTS.
01:42:20:00	01:42:23:00	IT'S WE'VE BEEN REALLY
01:42:23:00	01:42:24:00	CENTERING IN LIKE A HUMANE AND
01:42:24:00	01:42:27:00	DIGNIFIED RESPONSE IMAGINING
01:42:27:00	01:42:28:00	THE NEW ARRIVALS AS TO WHERE A
01:42:28:00	01:42:30:00	FAMILY MEMBER THAT'S COMING
01:42:30:00	01:42:32:00	FROM SAFETY AND THEN HOW DO WE
01:42:32:00	01:42:32:00	EVEN GREET THEM.
01:42:32:00	01:42:35:00	SO THREE ON ONE TAKE THE CALL
01:42:35:00	01:42:36:00	FOR EXAMPLE AND THEN IT
01:42:36:00	01:42:36:00	TRIGGERS JUST A WORKING GROUP
01:42:36:00	01:42:39:00	THAT WE HAVE FROM CABINET HEADS
01:42:39:00	01:42:42:00	TO EVEN FRONTLINE STAFF ONIS
01:42:42:00	01:42:42:00	AND THEN EVERYONE HAS THEIR
01:42:42:00	01:42:43:00	ROLE INTO HOT RESPONSE.
01:42:43:00	01:42:46:00	SO ONIS ACTUALLY DEPENDING ON
01:42:46:00	01:42:50:00	THE NEIGHBORHOOD GO RIETZ OR
01:42:50:00	01:42:51:00	CULTURAL HERITAGE THEY THEY GO
01:42:51:00	01:42:54:00	GREET THE NEW ARRIVAL AND THEN
01:42:54:00	01:42:55:00	FIND OUT MORE WITH WHOEVER IS
01:42:55:00	01:42:55:00	THEIR CASEWORKER OR WHOEVER
01:42:55:00	01:42:58:00	INTERFACED THEM WHAT THEIR
01:42:58:00	01:42:59:00	SITUATION IS, MOVE THEM QUICKLY
01:42:59:00	01:43:02:00	WITH WITH THE OFFICE POLITICS,
01:43:02:00	01:43:03:00	ITS ABILITY TO SORT OUT ACCESS
01:43:03:00	01:43:06:00	TO EMERGENCY SHELTER AND ALSO
01:43:06:00	01:43:07:00	COORDINATING WITH THE STATE TO
01:43:07:00	01:43:09:00	FIND SPACES FOR THEM.
01:43:09:00	01:43:10:00	AND THEN WE MOYAR ALSO WORKS IN
01:43:10:00	01:43:13:00	SUPPORTING THE INTEGRATION
01:43:13:00	01:43:14:00	OF THEM AFTER THEY STABILIZED
01:43:14:00	01:43:17:00	GETTING EMERGENCY HOUSING.
01:43:17:00	01:43:18:00	SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL
01:43:18:00	01:43:21:00	PROVIDE THEM FROM DISEASE
01:43:21:00	01:43:21:00	SUPPORT.
01:43:21:00	01:43:22:00	YEAH, WE'RE SENDING A HUMAN
01:43:22:00	01:43:25:00	RESPONSE TO THIS.
01:43:25:00	01:43:26:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU CHAIR.
01:43:26:00	01:43:29:00	I WILL I'M I KNOW I IT I DON'T
01:43:29:00	01:43:30:00	HAVE ANY MORE TIME LEFT SO
01:43:30:00	01:43:33:00	THANK YOU KAZMAIER YOU HAVE A
01:43:33:00	01:43:33:00	FINAL QUESTION.
01:43:33:00	01:43:36:00	NORI'S THANK YOU.
01:43:36:00	01:43:40:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:43:40:00	01:43:41:00	YOU HAVE THANK YOU.
01:43:41:00	01:43:43:00	THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU
01:43:43:00	01:43:48:00	FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND SHARED IT
01:43:48:00	01:43:49:00	AS I MEAN AS WE KNOW WE'RE A
01:43:49:00	01:43:52:00	CITY OF IMMIGRANTS WHAT MAKES
01:43:52:00	01:43:53:00	US STRONG?
01:43:53:00	01:43:56:00	SO I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE
01:43:56:00	01:43:57:00	GROWING THE OFFICE A LITTLE BUT
01:43:57:00	01:43:59:00	IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE IT'S A
01:43:59:00	01:44:00:00	MODEST INCREASE.
01:44:00:00	01:44:04:00	SO JUST QUESTIONS AROUND AND I
01:44:04:00	01:44:04:00	KNOW MY PREVIOUS COLLEAGUES ASK
01:44:04:00	01:44:08:00	THEM BUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU
01:44:08:00	01:44:08:00	ARE FULLY FUNDED AND ARE ABLE
01:44:08:00	01:44:11:00	TO DO THE WORK THAT'S NEEDED.
01:44:11:00	01:44:12:00	ARE THERE ANY AREAS THAT YOU
01:44:12:00	01:44:16:00	FEEL THAT YOU COULD USE MORE
01:44:16:00	01:44:19:00	SUPPORT IN OR CERTAIN CASES FOR
01:44:19:00	01:44:20:00	OUR IMMIGRANTS THAT YOU FEEL
01:44:20:00	01:44:23:00	AND SO YOU COULD YES.
01:44:23:00	01:44:26:00	GO AHEAD.
01:44:26:00	01:44:27:00	YES.
01:44:27:00	01:44:28:00	SOMETHING YOU WANT TO NAME
01:44:28:00	01:44:29:00	ABOUT OUR OFFICE GROWING UP AS
01:44:29:00	01:44:30:00	A MANAGER.
01:44:30:00	01:44:31:00	IT'S ALSO I WANT TO GROW TO
01:44:31:00	01:44:34:00	THAT THAT'S SUSTAINABLE FOR OUR
01:44:34:00	01:44:35:00	MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AS WELL
01:44:35:00	01:44:38:00	AND ALSO REFLECTIVE OF HOW HARD
01:44:38:00	01:44:39:00	IT'S ALSO BEEN BEING ABLE TO
01:44:39:00	01:44:42:00	HIRE QUICKLY ENOUGH.
01:44:42:00	01:44:43:00	SO I FEEL LIKE THE NUMBER THAT
01:44:43:00	01:44:46:00	WE HAVE IS IS A MODEST BUT ALSO
01:44:46:00	01:44:47:00	REASONABLE NUMBER OF WHAT WHAT
01:44:47:00	01:44:50:00	WE FORECASTED DURING THAT TIME.
01:44:50:00	01:44:51:00	BUT I WILL TAKE INTO
01:44:51:00	01:44:51:00	CONSIDERATION ALL
01:44:51:00	01:44:54:00	CONSIDERATIONS OF ALL YOUR
01:44:54:00	01:44:54:00	ADVOCACY OF EXPANDING IT IF
01:44:54:00	01:44:55:00	NEEDED.
01:44:55:00	01:44:58:00	SO BUT AT THIS POINT THERE AND
01:44:58:00	01:45:01:00	I APPRECIATE THAT LIKE WE HAD A
01:45:01:00	01:45:01:00	NEW DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR AND
01:45:01:00	01:45:02:00	DOUBLING THEM EVEN THOUGH WE
01:45:02:00	01:45:05:00	KNOW IT'S A GREAT DEPARTMENT,
01:45:05:00	01:45:06:00	WE COULD ALMOST HURT THEM RIGHT
01:45:06:00	01:45:06:00	IN THE LONG RUN.
01:45:06:00	01:45:08:00	I APPRECIATE THAT YOU KNOW THAT
01:45:08:00	01:45:10:00	AND JUST MAKE SURE TO LEAN ON
01:45:10:00	01:45:12:00	US BECAUSE ALL OF US DEFINITELY
01:45:12:00	01:45:13:00	WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS WORK
01:45:13:00	01:45:14:00	GOES FORWARD AND KIND OF LIKE
01:45:14:00	01:45:17:00	THE LANGUAGE ACCESS A LOT
01:45:17:00	01:45:17:00	OF IT.
01:45:17:00	01:45:18:00	IT LOOKS LIKE ONE POINT EIGHT
01:45:18:00	01:45:21:00	MILLION IS IN CONTRACT WITH
01:45:21:00	01:45:21:00	SERVICES.
01:45:21:00	01:45:22:00	FIFTY SIX PERCENT OF THE
01:45:22:00	01:45:25:00	DEPARTMENT'S FUNCTIONS ARE
01:45:25:00	01:45:25:00	BEING CONTRACTED OUT.
01:45:25:00	01:45:26:00	IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON
01:45:26:00	01:45:29:00	WHICH SERVICES THEY ARE AND HOW
01:45:29:00	01:45:33:00	MANY VENDORS YOU VISIT A FEW DO
01:45:33:00	01:45:37:00	WE OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
01:45:37:00	01:45:38:00	BOTH OF THAT WORK IF YOU COULD
01:45:38:00	01:45:41:00	JUST SPEAK TO THAT THAT IT
01:45:41:00	01:45:41:00	RANGES FROM VERY SMALL VENDORS
01:45:41:00	01:45:45:00	FOR FOR FOOD CATERING TO LARGE
01:45:45:00	01:45:45:00	VENDORS THAT ARE FOR EVALUATORS
01:45:45:00	01:45:48:00	FOR OUR HUGE OUR PROJECTS.
01:45:48:00	01:45:49:00	SO I CAN GET YOU THAT EXACT
01:45:49:00	01:45:52:00	NUMBER OF HOW MANY VENDORS AND
01:45:52:00	01:45:53:00	THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THEY ARE.
01:45:53:00	01:45:55:00	BUT I CAN SPEAK TO IS NOT LIKE
01:45:55:00	01:45:57:00	A HIGH VOLUME BUT IT'S IT'S IS
01:45:57:00	01:46:00:00	MOSTLY FROM EVERYTHING THAT
01:46:00:00	01:46:01:00	WE'LL NEED TO PULL OFF EVENTS
01:46:01:00	01:46:02:00	TO EVEN CALLING OFF A BIG
01:46:02:00	01:46:04:00	PROJECT THAT WE COULD NOT EVER
01:46:04:00	01:46:07:00	SUSTAIN IN-HOUSE THAT ONE TIME
01:46:07:00	01:46:07:00	ONE TIME PROJECT.
01:46:07:00	01:46:11:00	SO OUR BIGGEST ONE FOR EXAMPLE
01:46:11:00	01:46:15:00	IS LIKE THE EVALUATOR FOR OUR
01:46:15:00	01:46:16:00	PROJECT WHICH IS LIKE A COUPLE
01:46:16:00	01:46:18:00	HUNDRED LIKE A COUPLE HUNDRED
01:46:18:00	01:46:19:00	THOUSAND YOU KNOW LIKE YEAH
01:46:19:00	01:46:19:00	IT'S A BIG ONE.
01:46:19:00	01:46:22:00	YEAH IT'S A BIG ONE IS THERE
01:46:22:00	01:46:23:00	ANY LIKE CLIFF FUNDING THAT WE
01:46:23:00	01:46:26:00	TALK ABOUT IN THE SCHOOL
01:46:26:00	01:46:27:00	DEPARTMENT TO WHERE IT'S OPPER
01:46:27:00	01:46:30:00	SO IT WON'T BE THERE AND WE'RE
01:46:30:00	01:46:31:00	GOING TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR
01:46:31:00	01:46:32:00	AND WANT TO PUT IT INTO THE
01:46:32:00	01:46:34:00	REGULAR BUDGET.
01:46:34:00	01:46:35:00	ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS THERE
01:46:35:00	01:46:38:00	AND AT THIS TIME BUT I'LL HAVE
01:46:38:00	01:46:39:00	TO REFLECT MORE AND GET BACK TO
01:46:39:00	01:46:40:00	YOU BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
01:46:40:00	01:46:41:00	I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT
01:46:41:00	01:46:42:00	RIGHT BECAUSE DURING THESE
01:46:42:00	01:46:45:00	OPPER YEARS WHERE WE ALLOCATED
01:46:45:00	01:46:46:00	A LOT LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR
01:46:46:00	01:46:47:00	THEY'RE BEING SPENT OUT.
01:46:47:00	01:46:49:00	BUT THEN I JUST WANT TO MAKE IN
01:46:49:00	01:46:50:00	THE TWO, THREE YEARS OUT THAT
01:46:50:00	01:46:53:00	IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS
01:46:53:00	01:46:54:00	REALLY NEEDED IN SUPPORTING OUR
01:46:54:00	01:46:55:00	IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND THEN WE
01:46:55:00	01:46:58:00	DIDN'T PUT IT INTO THE THE
01:46:58:00	01:46:58:00	REGULAR BUDGET.
01:46:58:00	01:47:02:00	SO DEFINITELY REACH OUT IF YOU
01:47:02:00	01:47:02:00	SEE THAT THAT'S COMING SO WE
01:47:02:00	01:47:03:00	CAN BE STRONG ADVOCATES SO I
01:47:03:00	01:47:05:00	CAN SUPPORT THAT.
01:47:05:00	01:47:06:00	YEAH, MY HOPES ARE WITH
01:47:06:00	01:47:07:00	PARTICULARLY WITH THE ONE TIME
01:47:07:00	01:47:10:00	PROJECT THAT IT'S A PILOT
01:47:10:00	01:47:10:00	SUDDENLY BECOMES A SUCCESSFUL
01:47:10:00	01:47:13:00	PROJECT TURNING THE TIDE IN
01:47:13:00	01:47:14:00	ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR FOR
01:47:14:00	01:47:17:00	IMMIGRANTS SO FINGERS CROSSED
01:47:17:00	01:47:18:00	THAT IT'S IT GETS EXECUTED WELL
01:47:18:00	01:47:21:00	AND THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY
01:47:21:00	01:47:22:00	RESPONSIVE TO IT THAT WE MIGHT
01:47:22:00	01:47:25:00	BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE
01:47:25:00	01:47:26:00	CAN EXPAND IT FOR THE CITY FOR
01:47:26:00	01:47:28:00	OTHER CONSTITUENT GROUPS AS
01:47:28:00	01:47:29:00	WELL.
01:47:29:00	01:47:30:00	SO WE'LL BE IN COMMUNICATION
01:47:30:00	01:47:31:00	ABOUT THAT FROM THANK YOU.
01:47:31:00	01:47:35:00	THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR.
01:47:35:00	01:47:36:00	THANK YOU.
01:47:36:00	01:47:37:00	COUNCILOR OF MURPHY, CAN YOU
01:47:37:00	01:47:38:00	CLARIFY THE QUESTION FOR THE
01:47:38:00	01:47:39:00	RECORD SO THAT THE DIRECTOR CAN
01:47:39:00	01:47:42:00	SUBMIT IT THROUGH MY EMAIL?
01:47:42:00	01:47:43:00	YEP.
01:47:43:00	01:47:47:00	IT'S ANY FUNDING SHE MENTIONED
01:47:47:00	01:47:48:00	ONE OF THE BIG CONTRACTED ONES
01:47:48:00	01:47:50:00	THIS YEAR IS TO OFFER AN UPDATE
01:47:50:00	01:47:50:00	.
01:47:50:00	01:47:52:00	SO WE ALLOCATED MONEY TO THIS
01:47:52:00	01:47:55:00	DEPARTMENT OFFER FUNDS AND
01:47:55:00	01:47:55:00	MAKING SURE THAT ARE ANY OF THE
01:47:55:00	01:47:59:00	PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO NEED TO
01:47:59:00	01:48:00:00	BE SUSTAINED PASSED THIS YEAR.
01:48:00:00	01:48:01:00	SO WHEN THEY OFFER FUNDS RUN
01:48:01:00	01:48:02:00	OUT, WHERE IS THIS MONEY GOING
01:48:02:00	01:48:05:00	TO COME FROM OR IS IT A PROGRAM
01:48:05:00	01:48:06:00	PROJECT THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE
01:48:06:00	01:48:07:00	A ONE TIME THING AND I THINK
01:48:07:00	01:48:10:00	MONEY YOU ARE SAYING THAT IF
01:48:10:00	01:48:11:00	IT'S SUCCESSFUL WE'RE GOING TO
01:48:11:00	01:48:13:00	WANT TO CONTINUE IT AND GROW
01:48:13:00	01:48:14:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE GET IT INTO
01:48:14:00	01:48:18:00	THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR IF
01:48:18:00	01:48:18:00	IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO
01:48:18:00	01:48:21:00	CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OFTENTIMES
01:48:21:00	01:48:21:00	IF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THIS
01:48:21:00	01:48:25:00	RESOURCE, WHATEVER IT IS AND
01:48:25:00	01:48:26:00	THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S GONE
01:48:26:00	01:48:27:00	AND WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT
01:48:27:00	01:48:29:00	WELL THAT WAS JUST A ONE TIME
01:48:29:00	01:48:30:00	OPPORTUNITY.
01:48:30:00	01:48:33:00	SO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING
01:48:33:00	01:48:36:00	OUR MONEY THE VALUE INTO A
01:48:36:00	01:48:37:00	BUDGET NEXT YEAR TO MAKE SURE
01:48:37:00	01:48:38:00	THAT ANY PROJECTS ARE GOING TO
01:48:38:00	01:48:40:00	GO FORWARD NOT UPWARDS.
01:48:40:00	01:48:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:48:42:00	01:48:46:00	CARSON MURPHY.
01:48:46:00	01:48:47:00	YOU'RE VERY WELCOME,
01:48:47:00	01:48:47:00	COUNCILOR .
01:48:47:00	01:48:50:00	WE'RE ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:48:50:00	01:48:50:00	THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
01:48:50:00	01:48:55:00	THANK YOU, DEREK AND YOU, JANE,
01:48:55:00	01:48:56:00	I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
01:48:56:00	01:48:59:00	YOU ARE DOING HERE IN THE CITY
01:48:59:00	01:49:01:00	OF BOSTON JUST TO ECHO SOME
01:49:01:00	01:49:02:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES IS JUST WANT
01:49:02:00	01:49:02:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
01:49:02:00	01:49:05:00	SUPPORTING OUR MIGRANTS.
01:49:05:00	01:49:06:00	THE INVESTMENT AND SUPPORT
01:49:06:00	01:49:06:00	SERVICES ARE THERE TO SUPPORT
01:49:06:00	01:49:09:00	THEM AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
01:49:09:00	01:49:10:00	ARE DOING BUT JUST MAKING SURE
01:49:10:00	01:49:13:00	THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND
01:49:13:00	01:49:14:00	THE INVESTMENTS TO TAKE ON THE
01:49:14:00	01:49:17:00	DEMAND THAT'S COMING INTO THE
01:49:17:00	01:49:21:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND ALSO ECHOING
01:49:21:00	01:49:22:00	WHAT COUNCILOR MEJIA SAID, I
01:49:22:00	01:49:22:00	LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE
01:49:22:00	01:49:25:00	EXPANDING THE DREAMERS
01:49:25:00	01:49:25:00	FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND WE'D
01:49:25:00	01:49:29:00	LOVE TO JUST CONTINUE AS EACH
01:49:29:00	01:49:30:00	GOES ON WHERE EVERY COUPLE
01:49:30:00	01:49:31:00	OF YEARS THAT WE CONTINUE TO
01:49:31:00	01:49:32:00	EXPAND THAT PROGRAM.
01:49:32:00	01:49:33:00	BUT ALONG THOSE LINES THE
01:49:33:00	01:49:36:00	IMMIGRANT PROFESSIONAL
01:49:36:00	01:49:37:00	FELLOWSHIP AND ONE THING THAT I
01:49:37:00	01:49:41:00	REALIZE THAT MANY IMMIGRANTS
01:49:41:00	01:49:42:00	WHO COMPLETED SCHOOL IN THEIR
01:49:42:00	01:49:44:00	COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DO NOT
01:49:44:00	01:49:45:00	RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE
01:49:45:00	01:49:46:00	EDUCATION EVEN WHEN THEY HOLD
01:49:46:00	01:49:48:00	PROFESSIONAL DEGREES TO
01:49:48:00	01:49:52:00	PRACTICE MEDICINE AND WHAT
01:49:52:00	01:49:53:00	EFFORTS IS THE DEPARTMENT
01:49:53:00	01:49:56:00	MAKING SURE THAT NEW ARRIVALS
01:49:56:00	01:49:56:00	RECEIVE CREDIT AND
01:49:56:00	01:49:57:00	ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR THEIR
01:49:57:00	01:49:59:00	EDUCATION?
01:49:59:00	01:50:00:00	AND DO WE HAVE RESOURCES TO
01:50:00:00	01:50:03:00	HELP ENSURE ALL NEW IMMIGRANTS
01:50:03:00	01:50:04:00	HAVE ACCESS TO THESE PROGRAMS?
01:50:04:00	01:50:05:00	BECAUSE I SAW ON THE WEBSITE
01:50:05:00	01:50:07:00	UNDER THE IMMIGRANT
01:50:07:00	01:50:08:00	PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP THAT
01:50:08:00	01:50:11:00	YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL
01:50:11:00	01:50:11:00	DEGREE.
01:50:11:00	01:50:12:00	RIGHT.
01:50:12:00	01:50:13:00	AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MEANS
01:50:13:00	01:50:16:00	A U.S. HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE OR
01:50:16:00	01:50:16:00	ANY HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE.
01:50:16:00	01:50:19:00	SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO
01:50:19:00	01:50:23:00	HEAR HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT
01:50:23:00	01:50:24:00	AND HOW WE'RE TAKING INTO
01:50:24:00	01:50:25:00	CONSIDERATION THE WORK THAT
01:50:25:00	01:50:26:00	THEY HAVE DONE IN THE COUNTRY
01:50:26:00	01:50:27:00	OF ORIGIN AND THEN ALSO THE
01:50:27:00	01:50:27:00	CURRENT PROGRAM FOCUS.
01:50:27:00	01:50:31:00	IT FOCUSES MOSTLY ON HEALTH
01:50:31:00	01:50:31:00	CARE AND THERE IS ANY ABILITY
01:50:31:00	01:50:34:00	OR INTEREST IN EXPANDING THIS
01:50:34:00	01:50:35:00	PROGRAM TO NEW INDUSTRY.
01:50:35:00	01:50:36:00	AND WHICH ONES DO YOU THINK
01:50:36:00	01:50:41:00	WILL MAKE A YES.
01:50:41:00	01:50:43:00	SO IN REGARDS TO MAX LIKE THE
01:50:43:00	01:50:45:00	PAST CREDIT AND EDUCATION?
01:50:45:00	01:50:46:00	YES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I
01:50:46:00	01:50:49:00	FEEL LIKE SUCH A MISSED
01:50:49:00	01:50:50:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT
01:50:50:00	01:50:51:00	OF MUNICIPALITIES AND ALSO THE
01:50:51:00	01:50:53:00	COUNTRY WHENEVER WE DON'T
01:50:53:00	01:50:53:00	MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL
01:50:53:00	01:50:56:00	OF IMMIGRANTS OR EVEN JUST
01:50:56:00	01:50:57:00	CONSTITUENTS HERE IN BOSTON
01:50:57:00	01:51:00:00	OF WHAT THEY CAN CAN OFFER SO
01:51:00:00	01:51:01:00	DO WE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH
01:51:01:00	01:51:04:00	PARTNERING WITH OR THE
01:51:04:00	01:51:04:00	IMMIGRANTS PROFESSIONALS
01:51:04:00	01:51:07:00	FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND THEN I'M
01:51:07:00	01:51:08:00	LEARNING A LOT THAT'S ALREADY
01:51:08:00	01:51:09:00	OFFERED THROUGH THE CITY AND
01:51:09:00	01:51:12:00	HOW THEY CAN HOW WE CAN BETTER
01:51:12:00	01:51:12:00	OUR EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE
01:51:12:00	01:51:15:00	THAT WE HAVE A PATHWAY FOR
01:51:15:00	01:51:16:00	PEOPLE TO HAVE A FULL
01:51:16:00	01:51:17:00	ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THEY DESIRE
01:51:17:00	01:51:18:00	AND TO ACHIEVE TO DO BUT ALSO
01:51:18:00	01:51:19:00	AN AUDIT OF WHAT THEY HAVE
01:51:19:00	01:51:20:00	ALREADY BEEN DONE TO HONOR THAT
01:51:20:00	01:51:23:00	ADEQUATELY.
01:51:23:00	01:51:23:00	THE OFFICE WORKER DEPARTMENT
01:51:23:00	01:51:24:00	HAS A GREAT TOOL AND A SUCCESS
01:51:24:00	01:51:27:00	CENTER AND HOPING THAT WE CAN
01:51:27:00	01:51:28:00	MAXIMIZE AND WORK WITH THEM
01:51:28:00	01:51:29:00	CLOSELY TO REFINE THAT TO
01:51:29:00	01:51:31:00	BETTER IMMIGRANTS AS WELL AND
01:51:31:00	01:51:35:00	THEN ALSO OTHER INDUSTRIES I
01:51:35:00	01:51:36:00	GUESS HELP I THINK I BELIEVE
01:51:36:00	01:51:39:00	HEALTH CARE IS A KEY INDUSTRY
01:51:39:00	01:51:40:00	BUT ALSO I BELIEVE THROUGH THE
01:51:40:00	01:51:42:00	CITY THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS
01:51:42:00	01:51:43:00	OF MY SENSES AND ALSO WITHIN
01:51:43:00	01:51:45:00	THE NEW GREEN DEAL
01:51:45:00	01:51:46:00	INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING.
01:51:46:00	01:51:47:00	SO LIKE THINKING ABOUT TRADES
01:51:47:00	01:51:50:00	EVEN HELPING JOBS AND HELPING
01:51:50:00	01:51:51:00	RUNNING THE CITY OR EVEN
01:51:51:00	01:51:54:00	HELPING BUILD NEW ECOSYSTEMS
01:51:54:00	01:51:57:00	FOR LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY SO I
01:51:57:00	01:51:58:00	THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT
01:51:58:00	01:52:02:00	OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD A LOT
01:52:02:00	01:52:03:00	OF MARGINALIZED GROUPS INTO
01:52:03:00	01:52:06:00	SUSTAINABLE JOBS FOR THE FUTURE
01:52:06:00	01:52:07:00	AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
01:52:07:00	01:52:08:00	HOW WE CAN STEWARDED THAT FOR
01:52:08:00	01:52:08:00	IT FOR THEM.
01:52:08:00	01:52:12:00	YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER
01:52:12:00	01:52:13:00	BUT NOTHING CURRENTLY LIKE IN
01:52:13:00	01:52:16:00	PLACE OR ANY PILOT PROGRAM OR
01:52:16:00	01:52:17:00	ANY THOUGHTS AROUND HOW DO WE
01:52:17:00	01:52:20:00	ACKNOWLEDGE I GUESS I NEED A
01:52:20:00	01:52:21:00	LITTLE BIT MORE FLAHERTY ON
01:52:21:00	01:52:24:00	THAT.
01:52:24:00	01:52:24:00	YEAH YEAH.
01:52:24:00	01:52:25:00	WE HAVE THE IMMIGRANT
01:52:25:00	01:52:28:00	PROFESSIONALS FELLOWSHIP NOW
01:52:28:00	01:52:29:00	WE'RE INTEGRATING IT IN OUR OUR
01:52:29:00	01:52:31:00	INTEGRATION PROGRAM SO IT
01:52:31:00	01:52:32:00	SHOULD DO OUR TYPICAL WORK IN
01:52:32:00	01:52:36:00	THE AFRICAN NETWORK IS ALREADY
01:52:36:00	01:52:37:00	CONNECTED WITH WORKFORCE
01:52:37:00	01:52:39:00	DEVELOPMENT SO I BELIEVE OUR
01:52:39:00	01:52:40:00	ROLE IS MAKING SURE THAT A LOT
01:52:40:00	01:52:41:00	OF THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED
01:52:41:00	01:52:43:00	THAT ARE EFFECTIVE ARE GOING TO
01:52:43:00	01:52:44:00	BE PART OF THE CITY
01:52:44:00	01:52:47:00	INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE CAN PILOT
01:52:47:00	01:52:48:00	A PROGRAM IN OUR DEPARTMENT
01:52:48:00	01:52:48:00	LIKE LIKE YOU SAW THROUGH OUR
01:52:48:00	01:52:49:00	PROGRAM PROFESSIONALS.
01:52:49:00	01:52:51:00	BUT AND HOW DO WE INTEGRATE
01:52:51:00	01:52:52:00	THAT AGAIN AND MAKE IT
01:52:52:00	01:52:54:00	ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY SO
01:52:54:00	01:52:55:00	THERE ISN'T LIKE A PROGRAM TO
01:52:55:00	01:52:59:00	INVEST.
01:52:59:00	01:53:00:00	IT'S ALREADY PART OF LIKE OUR
01:53:00:00	01:53:02:00	INFRASTRUCTURE I WOULD SAY SO I
01:53:02:00	01:53:03:00	THINK THAT HOPEFULLY THAT'S
01:53:03:00	01:53:06:00	HELPFUL BUT WE'RE JUST
01:53:06:00	01:53:07:00	CONTINUING TO DO THAT WORK.
01:53:07:00	01:53:10:00	THE IMMIGRANT PROFESSIONALS
01:53:10:00	01:53:11:00	PROGRAM BUT BE MORE INTEGRATED
01:53:11:00	01:53:21:00	SYSTEMS WISE FOR IT.
01:53:21:00	01:53:22:00	THANK YOU.
01:53:22:00	01:53:23:00	I KNOW OF NO FURTHER QUESTIONS
01:53:23:00	01:53:23:00	COUNCILOR UNDERSTAND.
01:53:23:00	01:53:24:00	THANK YOU COUNCIL .
01:53:24:00	01:53:25:00	WE'RE ALL COUNCILOR ALETTA YOU
01:53:25:00	01:53:29:00	HAVE BEFORE AS A LETTER YOU
01:53:29:00	01:53:32:00	WILL CIRCLE BACK TO APOLOGIES I
01:53:32:00	01:53:32:00	CAN YOU HEAR ME.
01:53:32:00	01:53:35:00	YES.
01:53:35:00	01:53:36:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU
01:53:36:00	01:53:39:00	CHAIR AND THANK YOU EDWIN IT'S
01:53:39:00	01:53:40:00	BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE YOUR
01:53:40:00	01:53:40:00	LEADERSHIP AND BE IN
01:53:40:00	01:53:43:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU AND
01:53:43:00	01:53:44:00	PROVIDING A COORDINATED AND
01:53:44:00	01:53:47:00	DIGNIFIED RESPONSE AND CITY
01:53:47:00	01:53:47:00	SERVICES FOR MIGRANT FAMILIES
01:53:47:00	01:53:48:00	MANY OF WHOM HAVE COME TO EAST
01:53:48:00	01:53:52:00	BOSTON POLICE STATIONS AND OUR
01:53:52:00	01:53:52:00	OUR HEALTH CENTER.
01:53:52:00	01:53:54:00	SO JUST APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT
01:53:54:00	01:53:55:00	AND WORKING WITH US TO FILL
01:53:55:00	01:53:58:00	SOME OF THE SERVICE GAPS THAT
01:53:58:00	01:53:59:00	WE IDENTIFIED PRETTY EARLY ON
01:53:59:00	01:54:02:00	AND YOU'VE SPOKEN AT LENGTH IN
01:54:02:00	01:54:03:00	YOUR OPENING REMARKS AND IN
01:54:03:00	01:54:04:00	ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM MY
01:54:04:00	01:54:04:00	COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS AND HOW
01:54:04:00	01:54:07:00	YOUR OFFICE IS TRULY BEING
01:54:07:00	01:54:07:00	INTEGRATED IN THE RESPONSE.
01:54:07:00	01:54:11:00	SO I DO INTEND TO BRING UP THE
01:54:11:00	01:54:11:00	NEED FOR MORE FUNDING FOR
01:54:11:00	01:54:12:00	HOUSING DURING MSH AND OTHER
01:54:12:00	01:54:14:00	HEARING.
01:54:14:00	01:54:17:00	SO I'LL SAVE THAT FOR FOR THOSE
01:54:17:00	01:54:18:00	HEARINGS.
01:54:18:00	01:54:19:00	BUT I DO RECOGNIZE WHERE A CITY
01:54:19:00	01:54:21:00	WHERE NEARLY 30 PERCENT OF OUR
01:54:21:00	01:54:22:00	RESIDENTS ARE FOREIGN BORN AND
01:54:22:00	01:54:23:00	SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
01:54:23:00	01:54:25:00	HAVE STRONG ADVOCACY FOR
01:54:25:00	01:54:26:00	UNDOCUMENTED NEIGHBORS ACROSS
01:54:26:00	01:54:27:00	THE CITY AND IN MY DISTRICT IN
01:54:27:00	01:54:29:00	RESPONSE AND IN PARTICULAR IT'S
01:54:29:00	01:54:30:00	A COMMUNITY WITH A RICH
01:54:30:00	01:54:30:00	IMMIGRANT HISTORY AND THAT
01:54:30:00	01:54:34:00	DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH.
01:54:34:00	01:54:35:00	AND SO IN ORDER TO FOSTER THIS
01:54:35:00	01:54:37:00	PIPELINE OF LEADERSHIP AND
01:54:37:00	01:54:38:00	EMPOWER VOICES, I WAS I WAS
01:54:38:00	01:54:41:00	PROUD TO PUSH FOR THE AMENDMENT
01:54:41:00	01:54:42:00	LAST YEAR THAT ALLOWED FOR AN
01:54:42:00	01:54:45:00	ADDITIONAL HUNDRED THOUSAND
01:54:45:00	01:54:46:00	DOLLARS FOR THE IMMIGRANTS LEAD
01:54:46:00	01:54:46:00	BOSTON PROGRAM, WHICH IS A
01:54:46:00	01:54:49:00	BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM.
01:54:49:00	01:54:50:00	I REALLY ENJOYED GOING TO THE
01:54:50:00	01:54:52:00	GRADUATION AND SEEING FOLKS GO
01:54:52:00	01:54:53:00	THROUGH IT.
01:54:53:00	01:54:54:00	MY QUESTION IS CENTERED AROUND
01:54:54:00	01:54:57:00	THIS AND IT'S MY ONLY QUESTION
01:54:57:00	01:54:58:00	FOR RIGHT NOW CHAIR BUT ARE WE
01:54:58:00	01:54:58:00	AT THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNDING
01:54:58:00	01:55:01:00	FOR LAST YEAR?
01:55:01:00	01:55:02:00	I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND
01:55:02:00	01:55:04:00	IT TO 20 ADDITIONAL FOLKS AND
01:55:04:00	01:55:04:00	IF NOT, WHY NOT?
01:55:04:00	01:55:08:00	THANK YES.
01:55:08:00	01:55:09:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:55:09:00	01:55:12:00	ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO DO
01:55:12:00	01:55:13:00	IMMIGRANTS BOSTON BUT
01:55:13:00	01:55:16:00	ADVOCATING FOR A COHORT THE
01:55:16:00	01:55:17:00	SPANISH SPEAKING I DO BELIEVE
01:55:17:00	01:55:20:00	THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND I'M
01:55:20:00	01:55:21:00	COMMITTED TO LANGUAGE JUSTICE
01:55:21:00	01:55:24:00	TOO AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT
01:55:24:00	01:55:25:00	THAT I FOUND WHEN I CAME INTO
01:55:25:00	01:55:27:00	THE APARTMENT THAT YOU HAD SUCH
01:55:27:00	01:55:28:00	DEEP DESIRE FOR THIS AND I ALSO
01:55:28:00	01:55:29:00	HAVE THAT DESIRE AS WELL.
01:55:29:00	01:55:31:00	BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFFING
01:55:31:00	01:55:33:00	IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO FULLY
01:55:33:00	01:55:35:00	IMPLEMENT WHOLE EMERGENCY
01:55:35:00	01:55:39:00	BOSTON PROGRAM, A COHORT WITH
01:55:39:00	01:55:40:00	INS IN SPANISH WITH THE SKILLS
01:55:40:00	01:55:43:00	OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WE NEEDED
01:55:43:00	01:55:43:00	.
01:55:43:00	01:55:44:00	SO I REALIZED TO THAT THAT'S
01:55:44:00	01:55:46:00	ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
01:55:46:00	01:55:47:00	TRAIN UP EXISTING IMMIGRANT
01:55:47:00	01:55:48:00	NEEDS BOSTON A LOT RIGHT FOR
01:55:48:00	01:55:51:00	THEM TO DEVELOP THE LEADERSHIP
01:55:51:00	01:55:51:00	OF OTHERS SO WE CAN MULTIPLY
01:55:51:00	01:55:52:00	THE EFFORTS OF THEM.
01:55:52:00	01:55:55:00	HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN GROW IN THE
01:55:55:00	01:55:55:00	FUTURE?
01:55:55:00	01:55:56:00	SO THE MONEY THAT YOU ADVOCATED
01:55:56:00	01:55:58:00	FOR WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED TO DO
01:55:58:00	01:55:59:00	AN IMMIGRANT IN THESE BOSTON
01:55:59:00	01:56:00:00	LAB WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY
01:56:00:00	01:56:02:00	RECRUITING PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE
01:56:02:00	01:56:05:00	ABLE TO FACILITATE THE NEXT
01:56:05:00	01:56:06:00	COHORT BUT TRAINING THEM UP TO
01:56:06:00	01:56:06:00	BE THOSE TRAINERS.
01:56:06:00	01:56:07:00	SO IT'S A TRAINING OF TRAINER
01:56:07:00	01:56:10:00	MODELS WHICH YOU MIGHT BE
01:56:10:00	01:56:10:00	FAMILIAR WITH IN COMMUNITY
01:56:10:00	01:56:13:00	ORGANIZING AND I'M HOPING THIS
01:56:13:00	01:56:14:00	COULD BE ACTUALLY A PATHWAY FOR
01:56:14:00	01:56:18:00	US TO SCALE TO THE TO THE NEED
01:56:18:00	01:56:18:00	OF HAVING IMMIGRANTS IN
01:56:18:00	01:56:21:00	BOSTON'S LIKE HUNDREDS OVER THE
01:56:21:00	01:56:22:00	YEARS BECAUSE OF TRAINING OTHER
01:56:22:00	01:56:23:00	LEADERS THAT WE BROUGHT INTO
01:56:23:00	01:56:25:00	THE PROGRAM.
01:56:25:00	01:56:26:00	I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S STILL
01:56:26:00	01:56:26:00	THAT.
01:56:26:00	01:56:27:00	SO I HAD TO TAKE A PAUSE TO
01:56:27:00	01:56:29:00	THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE
01:56:29:00	01:56:29:00	SUSTAINABLY DO THIS ONGOING BUT
01:56:29:00	01:56:32:00	ALSO FOR SPANISH FOR HAITIAN
01:56:32:00	01:56:33:00	CREOLE, FOR CHINESE SPEAKING
01:56:33:00	01:56:36:00	DIALECTS AS WELL AND CAPE
01:56:36:00	01:56:37:00	VERDEAN FOR EXAMPLE.
01:56:37:00	01:56:38:00	BUT I REALIZE IT'S A MISSED
01:56:38:00	01:56:39:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US NOT DEVELOP
01:56:39:00	01:56:40:00	THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PEOPLE WE
01:56:40:00	01:56:41:00	ALREADY INVESTED IN.
01:56:41:00	01:56:44:00	SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO
01:56:44:00	01:56:45:00	TO PIVOT AND I'M HOPING THAT I
01:56:45:00	01:56:48:00	CAN ACTUALLY DO MORE THAN 20 IN
01:56:48:00	01:56:49:00	THE COMING YEAR FOR SPANISH ILB
01:56:49:00	01:56:54:00	AND OTHER LANGUAGES AS WELL.
01:56:54:00	01:56:55:00	THAT'S EXCELLENT.
01:56:55:00	01:56:58:00	I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I
01:56:58:00	01:56:59:00	DO KNOW THAT YOU'RE DEFINITELY
01:56:59:00	01:57:00:00	TAKING A PAGE FROM THE
01:57:00:00	01:57:02:00	COMMUNITY ORGANIZING BOOK WHICH
01:57:02:00	01:57:03:00	I KNOW YOU COME FROM AND YOUR
01:57:03:00	01:57:04:00	DEEP ROOTS IN.
01:57:04:00	01:57:07:00	SO JUST APPRECIATE THAT I THINK
01:57:07:00	01:57:07:00	THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.
01:57:07:00	01:57:08:00	AGAIN, BRINGING UP THE CIVIC
01:57:08:00	01:57:11:00	ASSOCIATIONS THAT THAT WAS MY
01:57:11:00	01:57:12:00	GOAL WHERE THERE IS A LOT
01:57:12:00	01:57:15:00	OF CENTRALIZED POWER IN SOME
01:57:15:00	01:57:15:00	OF THESE ROOMS AND SO TRAINING
01:57:15:00	01:57:18:00	FOLKS TO NOT ONLY LOBBYISTS AND
01:57:18:00	01:57:19:00	BE ADVOCATES TO THEIR CITY
01:57:19:00	01:57:23:00	GOVERNMENT BUT WITH THEIR OWN
01:57:23:00	01:57:23:00	NEIGHBORS.
01:57:23:00	01:57:24:00	AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A
01:57:24:00	01:57:26:00	FANTASTIC GOAL FOR FOLKS TO
01:57:26:00	01:57:26:00	BUILD UP THEIR LEADERSHIP
01:57:26:00	01:57:27:00	SKILLS AND THEIR ADVOCACY
01:57:27:00	01:57:30:00	SKILLS WITH THEIR OWN MEMBERS.
01:57:30:00	01:57:31:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK
01:57:31:00	01:57:34:00	YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
01:57:34:00	01:57:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:57:34:00	01:57:35:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:57:35:00	01:57:38:00	ADVOCACY FOR THAT.
01:57:38:00	01:57:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:57:38:00	01:57:41:00	COUNCIL COLLETTA DIRECTOR NUENG
01:57:41:00	01:57:45:00	I WANTED TO ASK YOU JUST A
01:57:45:00	01:57:48:00	COUPLE OF QUESTIONS JUST GOING
01:57:48:00	01:57:49:00	BACK TO WHAT COUNCILOR MEJIA
01:57:49:00	01:57:53:00	WAS ASKING YOU SPECIFICALLY YOU
01:57:53:00	01:57:54:00	ARE ASKING IN GENERAL IN TERMS
01:57:54:00	01:57:57:00	OF METRICS I GUESS I WANTED TO
01:57:57:00	01:58:01:00	COMPARE BOTH YOUR STAFF TO WHAT
01:58:01:00	01:58:02:00	THE NEED IS IN BOSTON.
01:58:02:00	01:58:05:00	I KNOW THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO I
01:58:05:00	01:58:06:00	HAD ASKED THE SAME THING AND
01:58:06:00	01:58:09:00	LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION TO
01:58:09:00	01:58:09:00	UNDERSTAND IF YOU FEEL HOW YOU
01:58:09:00	01:58:13:00	FEEL YOU ARE PROPERLY
01:58:13:00	01:58:13:00	ADDRESSING THE NEEDS
01:58:13:00	01:58:14:00	OF DEMOGRAPHIC OF IMMIGRANT
01:58:14:00	01:58:17:00	DEMOGRAPHICS IN BOSTON.
01:58:17:00	01:58:17:00	YES.
01:58:17:00	01:58:18:00	WHAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF IS
01:58:18:00	01:58:21:00	THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS VERY
01:58:21:00	01:58:21:00	DIVERSE.
01:58:21:00	01:58:22:00	I THINK ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE
01:58:22:00	01:58:25:00	DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY AND
01:58:25:00	01:58:26:00	THERE'S NOT ONE NO TWO TEAM
01:58:26:00	01:58:28:00	MEMBERS THAT ARE THAT THAT HAVE
01:58:28:00	01:58:29:00	ALL THE SAME LANGUAGES AND FROM
01:58:29:00	01:58:32:00	THE SAME COUNTRY SOME OF THE
01:58:32:00	01:58:33:00	THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO
01:58:33:00	01:58:33:00	CONTINUE GROWING TO REFLECT THE
01:58:33:00	01:58:36:00	NEEDS OF THE CONSTITUENTS.
01:58:36:00	01:58:37:00	BUT ONE THING I WANT TO HONOR
01:58:37:00	01:58:40:00	TOO ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT IS
01:58:40:00	01:58:43:00	THAT WE'RE NOT A MAJOR
01:58:43:00	01:58:45:00	FRONTLINE DEPARTMENT LIKE A LOT
01:58:45:00	01:58:45:00	OF DEPARTMENTS THAT THAT WE
01:58:45:00	01:58:48:00	CONSTITUENTS ON A DAY TO DAY.
01:58:48:00	01:58:51:00	AND I THINK THAT THOSE I
01:58:51:00	01:58:52:00	ACTUALLY EVEN THOUGH I SPEAK
01:58:52:00	01:58:53:00	VIETNAMESE, I REALLY HAVE USED
01:58:53:00	01:58:55:00	IT MYSELF AND THANKS TO THE
01:58:55:00	01:58:56:00	WORK OF LANGUAGE ACCESS
01:58:56:00	01:58:56:00	COMMUNICATIONS, IF SOMEONE
01:58:56:00	01:58:59:00	WORKED IN THE DEPARTMENT
01:58:59:00	01:59:00:00	ANOTHER LANGUAGE WE CAN UTILIZE
01:59:00:00	01:59:02:00	THOSE SKILLS AS THOSE TOOLS TO
01:59:02:00	01:59:03:00	ACTIVATE LIKE JUSTICE.
01:59:03:00	01:59:07:00	SO I WANT A NAME THAT AND I
01:59:07:00	01:59:10:00	THINK JUST TO SPEAK TO SOME
01:59:10:00	01:59:11:00	DEMOGRAPHIC THAT YOU WANT TO
01:59:11:00	01:59:12:00	LEARN ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR
01:59:12:00	01:59:14:00	STAFF BREAKDOWN OR IS THAT
01:59:14:00	01:59:15:00	SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESENTED IN
01:59:15:00	01:59:24:00	THE TO THE CITY ALREADY?
01:59:24:00	01:59:25:00	SO I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING
01:59:25:00	01:59:28:00	THAT WAS A TOPIC I COMMUTE I'M
01:59:28:00	01:59:29:00	SORRY THAT WAS OUR VIEW.
01:59:29:00	01:59:29:00	YEAH.
01:59:29:00	01:59:33:00	SO IT WAS PROVIDED LAST YEAR
01:59:33:00	01:59:36:00	BUT EVERY YEAR WE ASK RIGHT AND
01:59:36:00	01:59:39:00	EVERY YEAR THERE'S AN UPDATE SO
01:59:39:00	01:59:43:00	I ASKED SO I GUESS I'M LOOK I'M
01:59:43:00	01:59:44:00	SORRY DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER
01:59:44:00	01:59:45:00	WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THEN THE
01:59:45:00	01:59:46:00	THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR DEMOCRATIC
01:59:46:00	01:59:50:00	I'D LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION OK
01:59:50:00	01:59:51:00	THANK YOU.
01:59:51:00	01:59:54:00	SO I GUESS I'M WONDERING IF THE
01:59:54:00	01:59:55:00	DEMOGRAPHICS OF YOUR STAFF
01:59:55:00	01:59:59:00	TODAY REFLECTS THE DEMOGRAPHIC
01:59:59:00	02:00:00:00	OF THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN
02:00:00:00	02:00:03:00	BOSTON.
02:00:03:00	02:00:04:00	YEAH, I WAS THAT I FEEL LIKE WE
02:00:04:00	02:00:06:00	NEED MORE IF WE HAD TO GO TO
02:00:06:00	02:00:07:00	THE SCALE OF REPRESENTING ALL
02:00:07:00	02:00:09:00	COMMUNITIES WILL PAANI LIKE
02:00:09:00	02:00:11:00	LIKE FIFTY IS THAT YOU KNOW IF
02:00:11:00	02:00:12:00	WE LOOK AT BOSTON IS VERY
02:00:12:00	02:00:14:00	DIVERSE IN THAT WAY BUT YEAH
02:00:14:00	02:00:18:00	BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S IT'S
02:00:18:00	02:00:19:00	REFLECTIVE OF OF OF SOME
02:00:19:00	02:00:22:00	BOSTONIANS BUT NOT NOT ALL.
02:00:22:00	02:00:23:00	SO I'M HOPING ONE DAY THAT WILL
02:00:23:00	02:00:26:00	BE BIG ENOUGH TO BE REFLECTIVE
02:00:26:00	02:00:26:00	OF EVERYBODY BUT WE'RE PROBABLY
02:00:26:00	02:00:30:00	THE FIRST BOSTON THERE ARE
02:00:30:00	02:00:31:00	SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT I SEND
02:00:31:00	02:00:34:00	OUT IN OUR FAVOR AND I
02:00:34:00	02:00:35:00	UNDERSTAND THAT YOU PRESENTED A
02:00:35:00	02:00:38:00	BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.
02:00:38:00	02:00:39:00	I REALLY APPRECIATED HOW YOU
02:00:39:00	02:00:41:00	STARTED YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY
02:00:41:00	02:00:42:00	WITH THE STORY OF YOUR OWN
02:00:42:00	02:00:45:00	FAMILY AND WHICH IS VERY NEAR
02:00:45:00	02:00:49:00	TO OUR HEARTS SINCE A LOT OF US
02:00:49:00	02:00:50:00	ARE EITHER FIRST GENERATION OR
02:00:50:00	02:00:53:00	SECOND OR MY COLLEAGUES, SOME
02:00:53:00	02:00:56:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES I GUESS IF YOU
02:00:56:00	02:00:58:00	COULD PLEASE SEND ME THE
02:00:58:00	02:01:01:00	RESPONSES TO THE ARCHIVES THAT
02:01:01:00	02:01:02:00	I'VE SUBMITTED AND I'VE BEEN
02:01:02:00	02:01:05:00	LOOKING TO WORK WITH AGHAN
02:01:05:00	02:01:08:00	ADMINISTRATION TO THERE ARE
02:01:08:00	02:01:09:00	CERTAIN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS
02:01:09:00	02:01:09:00	THAT DID NOT GET THE
02:01:09:00	02:01:12:00	INFORMATION BARFY IN TIME.
02:01:12:00	02:01:13:00	AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
02:01:13:00	02:01:16:00	MAY NEED MORE TIME TO RESPOND
02:01:16:00	02:01:19:00	TO THOSE QUESTIONS IF YOU CAN
02:01:19:00	02:01:24:00	PLEASE ANSWER TO YOUR BEST
02:01:24:00	02:01:25:00	OF YOUR ABILITY THOROUGHLY AND
02:01:25:00	02:01:27:00	SUBMIT IT TO ME.
02:01:27:00	02:01:27:00	NICE.
02:01:27:00	02:01:28:00	THANK YOU.
02:01:28:00	02:01:31:00	I GUESS IN TERMS
02:01:31:00	02:01:32:00	OF MEASUREMENTS JUST OVERALL
02:01:32:00	02:01:35:00	MONITORING YOUR PROGRESS AND
02:01:35:00	02:01:36:00	UNDERSTANDING WHAT EXACTLY THE
02:01:36:00	02:01:39:00	NEEDS ARE FOR THE IMMIGRANT
02:01:39:00	02:01:40:00	POPULATION IN BOSTON TO
02:01:40:00	02:01:43:00	CONCLUSIONS POINT IS A GROWING
02:01:43:00	02:01:44:00	DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE HAITIAN
02:01:44:00	02:01:47:00	IMMIGRANTS AND OTHERS.
02:01:47:00	02:01:50:00	AND SO HOW ARE YOU PROJECTING
02:01:50:00	02:01:51:00	THE NEED AND HOW DO YOU KNOW
02:01:51:00	02:01:51:00	THAT YOU HAVE YOU MENTIONED
02:01:51:00	02:01:54:00	THAT THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE
02:01:54:00	02:01:58:00	TODAY YOU FEEL IS SUFFICIENT TO
02:01:58:00	02:01:59:00	ADDRESSING THAT NEED HAVE YOU
02:01:59:00	02:02:02:00	YOUR OFFICE PARTICULARLY DONE
02:02:02:00	02:02:06:00	ANY RESEARCH OR ASSESSMENT IN
02:02:06:00	02:02:07:00	TERMS OF WHAT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC
02:02:07:00	02:02:10:00	GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC IS AND WHAT
02:02:10:00	02:02:11:00	THE NEED WILL BE?
02:02:11:00	02:02:14:00	YES, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING AND
02:02:14:00	02:02:15:00	DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH FROM
02:02:15:00	02:02:16:00	EXISTING DATA SETS AND ALSO
02:02:16:00	02:02:19:00	FROM LIKE JUST HEARING FROM THE
02:02:19:00	02:02:21:00	NEWS AND DOING SOME FORECASTING
02:02:21:00	02:02:22:00	BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE GOT
02:02:22:00	02:02:23:00	FROM OTHER STATES AND WHAT
02:02:23:00	02:02:26:00	WE'RE HEARING INTERNATIONALLY I
02:02:26:00	02:02:29:00	THINK MOST OF LIKE THE GROWING
02:02:29:00	02:02:30:00	POPULATION THAT WILL WILL GET
02:02:30:00	02:02:33:00	IN BOSTON AREA WILL BE PEOPLE
02:02:33:00	02:02:34:00	WHO HAVE BEEN BENEFICIARIES
02:02:34:00	02:02:34:00	OF THE CUBAN, HAITIAN,
02:02:34:00	02:02:37:00	NICARAGUAN, VENEZUELAN ASYLUM
02:02:37:00	02:02:38:00	PROGRAM.
02:02:38:00	02:02:41:00	SO FOR ALL PROGRAMS OF BEING
02:02:41:00	02:02:44:00	THAT BOSTON IS ALSO THE THIRD
02:02:44:00	02:02:45:00	LARGEST HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN
02:02:45:00	02:02:48:00	BOSTON, A LOT OF COMMUNITY
02:02:48:00	02:02:49:00	MEMBERS COME TO AREAS WHERE
02:02:49:00	02:02:50:00	THERE'S SOCIAL TIES.
02:02:50:00	02:02:53:00	SO WE ANTICIPATE A LOT OF THE
02:02:53:00	02:02:54:00	GROWING MEMBERS WILL BE HAITIAN
02:02:54:00	02:02:56:00	AND LATIN BOOKS.
02:02:56:00	02:03:00:00	DO YOU DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE
02:03:00:00	02:03:01:00	STATION IN YOUR DEPARTMENT?
02:03:01:00	02:03:02:00	NOT THIS TIME BUT I WOULD LOVE
02:03:02:00	02:03:04:00	TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TEAM
02:03:04:00	02:03:04:00	MEMBERS.
02:03:04:00	02:03:05:00	SO I'M HOPING WITH THE NEW
02:03:05:00	02:03:08:00	HIRES THE POSITION WE HAVE ONE
02:03:08:00	02:03:09:00	POSITION OPEN RIGHT NOW ITS
02:03:09:00	02:03:12:00	POLICY ADVISOR IF YOU CAN HELP
02:03:12:00	02:03:12:00	US FIND GOOD FOLKS FOR THAT.
02:03:12:00	02:03:13:00	AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE FOUR
02:03:13:00	02:03:16:00	POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING THE
02:03:16:00	02:03:16:00	CITY THE COUNCIL FOR AND MAYOR
02:03:16:00	02:03:20:00	FOR THE WHOLE THING.
02:03:20:00	02:03:21:00	WE WILL HAVE A HAITIAN SPEAKING
02:03:21:00	02:03:23:00	REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR STAFF THE
02:03:23:00	02:03:24:00	FUTURE WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT
02:03:24:00	02:03:25:00	POSITIONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING
02:03:25:00	02:03:27:00	FOR AGAIN?
02:03:27:00	02:03:28:00	SO POLICY ADVISORS OPEN RIGHT
02:03:28:00	02:03:31:00	NOW THEN WE WILL HAVE THREE
02:03:31:00	02:03:32:00	COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOLKS.
02:03:32:00	02:03:35:00	ONE COMMUNICATE COMMUNICATIONS
02:03:35:00	02:03:35:00	ASSOCIATE AND ONE SPECIAL
02:03:35:00	02:03:39:00	PROJECTS MANAGER AND THIS WHOLE
02:03:39:00	02:03:40:00	TEAM WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER
02:03:40:00	02:03:43:00	TO SPEND THEIR TIME ON NEW
02:03:43:00	02:03:44:00	ARRIVALS PLANNING AND RESPONSE
02:03:44:00	02:03:45:00	BUT ALSO TO THE GENERAL
02:03:45:00	02:03:47:00	COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
02:03:47:00	02:03:51:00	AND ORGANIZED WORK ON SOME
02:03:51:00	02:03:52:00	THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT I
02:03:52:00	02:03:54:00	GUESS MAYBE THIS IS ALREADY
02:03:54:00	02:03:55:00	ANSWERED IN TERMS OF YOUR
02:03:55:00	02:04:05:00	CONTRACT OR AMOUNTS THE THERE
02:04:05:00	02:04:05:00	WAS A FIFTY EIGHT PERCENT FIFTY
02:04:05:00	02:04:08:00	POINT SEVEN PERCENT OF YOUR FY
02:04:08:00	02:04:09:00	2012 BUDGET UNDER CONTRACT
02:04:09:00	02:04:16:00	SERVICES NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE
02:04:16:00	02:04:17:00	AND HAVE FIFTEEN THOUSAND FOR
02:04:17:00	02:04:20:00	CURRENT CHARGES BUT I'M NOT
02:04:20:00	02:04:21:00	SURE WHAT THEY ARE EITHER.
02:04:21:00	02:04:24:00	COULD YOU COULD YOU EXPLAIN
02:04:24:00	02:04:25:00	OTHER CURRENT CHARGES?
02:04:25:00	02:04:28:00	OH, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE
02:04:28:00	02:04:28:00	CONTRACTED SERVICES.
02:04:28:00	02:04:29:00	YES.
02:04:29:00	02:04:31:00	SO OUR CONTRACT CONSERVATIVES
02:04:31:00	02:04:32:00	SERVICES RANGE FROM BIG THINGS
02:04:32:00	02:04:36:00	LIKE OUR ADMINISTRATOR FOR
02:04:36:00	02:04:36:00	ADMINISTRATOR AND ALSO
02:04:36:00	02:04:37:00	EVALUATED FOR A PROJECT WHICH
02:04:37:00	02:04:40:00	IS ONE HUNDRED K TO ONE POINT
02:04:40:00	02:04:43:00	TWO MILLION ONE POINT TWO NOT
02:04:43:00	02:04:44:00	TWO POINT NINE MILLION FOR OUR
02:04:44:00	02:04:45:00	UPPER PROJECT WHERE THE
02:04:45:00	02:04:47:00	ADMINISTRATIVE CASH ASSISTANCE
02:04:47:00	02:04:48:00	FROM EVERYTHING FROM SMALL
02:04:48:00	02:04:50:00	THINGS FROM CATERING
02:04:50:00	02:04:51:00	CITIZENSHIP DAY EVENTS.
02:04:51:00	02:04:54:00	SO IT'S A RANGE OF WHAT'S IN
02:04:54:00	02:04:55:00	UNDER THE CONTRACT SERVICES
02:04:55:00	02:04:58:00	LINE EVENT PROJECTS MOSTLY
02:04:58:00	02:04:58:00	EVENTS AND PROJECTS.
02:04:58:00	02:04:59:00	YES, YEAH.
02:04:59:00	02:05:02:00	AND PHOTOGRAPHERS,
02:05:02:00	02:05:03:00	VIDEOGRAPHERS, RANDOM THINGS
02:05:03:00	02:05:06:00	LIKE THAT THAT WE DON'T HAVE
02:05:06:00	02:05:07:00	STAFFING CAPACITY OR THE SKILL
02:05:07:00	02:05:09:00	SET THAT'S NEEDED FOR ONGOING
02:05:09:00	02:05:09:00	BASIS.
02:05:09:00	02:05:14:00	SO WE CONTRACT OUT AND FOR A
02:05:14:00	02:05:21:00	OTHER CURRENT CHARGES I BELIEVE
02:05:21:00	02:05:22:00	THAT'S THE OTHER CURRENT
02:05:22:00	02:05:22:00	CHARGES.
02:05:22:00	02:05:25:00	THE OTHER STATED COSTS THAT WE
02:05:25:00	02:05:29:00	THAT WE WE HAD FOR JUST
02:05:29:00	02:05:29:00	REOPENING AFTER THE PANDEMIC
02:05:29:00	02:05:33:00	PARTICULARLY FROM STAFFING AND
02:05:33:00	02:05:34:00	BEING IN PERSON AGAIN.
02:05:34:00	02:05:36:00	SO THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE
02:05:36:00	02:05:37:00	JUST DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT
02:05:37:00	02:05:38:00	THAT WERE ROLLED TO THAT OTHER
02:05:38:00	02:05:40:00	CURRENT CHARGES FROM OUR
02:05:40:00	02:05:41:00	COMMUNICATIONS TO TO MATERIALS
02:05:41:00	02:05:45:00	FOR PERSON OR EVEN OFFICE
02:05:45:00	02:05:45:00	SUPPLIES FOR OUR GROWING STAFF
02:05:45:00	02:05:48:00	BUT ALSO BEING ASKED AGAIN
02:05:48:00	02:05:48:00	THANK YOU.
02:05:48:00	02:05:53:00	I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
02:05:53:00	02:05:53:00	QUESTIONS.
02:05:53:00	02:05:57:00	DIRECTOR, THANK YOU SO VERY
02:05:57:00	02:05:59:00	MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK.
02:05:59:00	02:06:03:00	WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WILL LOOK
02:06:03:00	02:06:04:00	FORWARD TO INVITING YOU TO WORK
02:06:04:00	02:06:05:00	IN SESSION IF NECESSARY.
02:06:05:00	02:06:07:00	WE HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS JUST
02:06:07:00	02:06:08:00	IN CASE ANY COUNCILORS ARE
02:06:08:00	02:06:10:00	THINKING ABOUT SUGGESTING
02:06:10:00	02:06:11:00	AMENDMENTS.
02:06:11:00	02:06:11:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:06:11:00	02:06:15:00	AND AT THIS TIME OF ANYONE HAS
02:06:15:00	02:06:18:00	ANY LAST QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR
02:06:18:00	02:06:20:00	NUENG AS THIS IS YOUR LAST
02:06:20:00	02:06:22:00	CHANCE.
02:06:22:00	02:06:23:00	ALL RIGHT.
02:06:23:00	02:06:27:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:06:27:00	02:06:28:00	OH, I AM ACTUALLY HERE FOR THE
02:06:28:00	02:06:31:00	QUESTION AFTER WHAT A HIGH YOU
02:06:31:00	02:06:32:00	THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO
02:06:32:00	02:06:32:00	LEAVE.
02:06:32:00	02:06:34:00	I KNOW QUITE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
02:06:34:00	02:06:35:00	WAITING FOR YOU.
02:06:35:00	02:06:38:00	I'M LIKE WHERE SHE WELL THAT'S
02:06:38:00	02:06:38:00	RIGHT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO
02:06:38:00	02:06:39:00	BRING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HEAT
02:06:39:00	02:06:42:00	NOW I'M BEING REALLY GENEROUS
02:06:42:00	02:06:45:00	AND GRACIOUS WITH YOU ALL
02:06:45:00	02:06:46:00	BECAUSE I AM AN IMMIGRANT AND I
02:06:46:00	02:06:47:00	LOVE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
02:06:47:00	02:06:48:00	SO I REALLY WANT TO BE
02:06:48:00	02:06:49:00	SUPPORTIVE.
02:06:49:00	02:06:50:00	I AM CURIOUS NICOLETTA WAS
02:06:50:00	02:06:54:00	TALKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL
02:06:54:00	02:06:54:00	SUPPORT AROUND THE CIVIC
02:06:54:00	02:06:55:00	ENGAGEMENT PIECE AND THAT'S
02:06:55:00	02:06:57:00	ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR DEAL
02:06:57:00	02:06:57:00	WITH ME.
02:06:57:00	02:07:01:00	I'M CURIOUS ABOUT SOME FUNDING
02:07:01:00	02:07:04:00	SPECIFICALLY NOT JUST WITHIN
02:07:04:00	02:07:05:00	CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS BUT
02:07:05:00	02:07:08:00	I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THE ROLE
02:07:08:00	02:07:09:00	THAT YOU ALL CAN PLAY TO
02:07:09:00	02:07:12:00	SUPPORT SOME OF OUR FAMILIES
02:07:12:00	02:07:16:00	WHO ARE NAVIGATING BECAUSE I
02:07:16:00	02:07:17:00	WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
02:07:17:00	02:07:19:00	COORDINATION POOR SITUATION AND
02:07:19:00	02:07:21:00	IT'S KIND OF LIKE HOW ARE YOU
02:07:21:00	02:07:23:00	INTERFACING WITH BHP'S PARENT
02:07:23:00	02:07:24:00	AS THEY NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM AND
02:07:24:00	02:07:27:00	WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT ARE YOU
02:07:27:00	02:07:28:00	ABLE TO GIVE THEM?
02:07:28:00	02:07:31:00	AND THEN LAST WE GET IMMIGRANTS
02:07:31:00	02:07:32:00	THAT CALL OUR OFFICE DAY IN AND
02:07:32:00	02:07:35:00	DAY OUT AND OFTENTIMES WE HAD
02:07:35:00	02:07:38:00	TO WALK THEM DIRECTLY TO YOUR
02:07:38:00	02:07:39:00	OFFICE OR YOU KNOW, HAVE GONE
02:07:39:00	02:07:42:00	THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
02:07:42:00	02:07:43:00	HOOPS JUST TO GET TO YOU ALL
02:07:43:00	02:07:46:00	THE ALLIES OF WHAT PUT IT TO
02:07:46:00	02:07:47:00	US.
02:07:47:00	02:07:48:00	SO I'M JUST CURIOUS KIND
02:07:48:00	02:07:50:00	OF LIKE IN TERMS OF EASE WITH
02:07:50:00	02:07:50:00	CONNECTING OUR CONSTITUENTS
02:07:50:00	02:07:54:00	DIRECTLY TO YOUR OFFICE, WHAT
02:07:54:00	02:07:55:00	ARE SOME OF THE THINGS ARE YOU
02:07:55:00	02:07:56:00	GOING TO BE MAKING INVESTMENTS
02:07:56:00	02:07:58:00	ON SO THAT IT'S EASIER TO
02:07:58:00	02:07:59:00	ACTUALLY CONNECT WITH YOU ARE
02:07:59:00	02:08:02:00	THE TO QUESTION?
02:08:02:00	02:08:02:00	YEAH.
02:08:02:00	02:08:03:00	SO I'LL ANSWER THE CONNECTION
02:08:03:00	02:08:03:00	FIRST.
02:08:03:00	02:08:06:00	YEAH, I'M HOPING WITH MORE MORE
02:08:06:00	02:08:09:00	OUTREACH THAT THEY HAVE A
02:08:09:00	02:08:10:00	BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO
02:08:10:00	02:08:11:00	CONNECT AS EFFICIENTLY.
02:08:11:00	02:08:14:00	I MEAN I FEEL LIKE I THIS IS
02:08:14:00	02:08:15:00	GOOD FEEDBACK FOR ME AND I CAN
02:08:15:00	02:08:17:00	TALK TO THE TEAM ABOUT THIS OUR
02:08:17:00	02:08:18:00	TEAM MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE
02:08:18:00	02:08:19:00	ALWAYS HAVE A TEAM MEMBER IN
02:08:19:00	02:08:21:00	THE OFFICE EVERY DAY.
02:08:21:00	02:08:22:00	SO I APOLOGIZE TO THAT
02:08:22:00	02:08:24:00	CONSTITUENTS WHO DIDN'T MEET
02:08:24:00	02:08:25:00	SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE.
02:08:25:00	02:08:26:00	WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY
02:08:26:00	02:08:27:00	RESPONSIVE BUT WE HAVE AN EMAIL
02:08:27:00	02:08:29:00	THAT GOES TO OUR WHOLE TEAM THE
02:08:29:00	02:08:30:00	IMMIGRANT INVESTMENT AT BOSTON
02:08:30:00	02:08:33:00	DOT GOV AND THEN ALSO OUR
02:08:33:00	02:08:33:00	OFFICE.
02:08:33:00	02:08:36:00	BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO DIRECTING
02:08:36:00	02:08:37:00	OUR CONSTITUENTS.
02:08:37:00	02:08:38:00	WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED TO
02:08:38:00	02:08:38:00	CONNECT WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS
02:08:38:00	02:08:40:00	TWO, THREE, ONE AND THREE AND
02:08:40:00	02:08:41:00	ONE CAN CAN CONNECT IT TO US
02:08:41:00	02:08:44:00	AND FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE
02:08:44:00	02:08:45:00	THAT WE CONNECT THIS MORNING.
02:08:45:00	02:08:46:00	I JUST WANT TO LIKE PUT A PIN
02:08:46:00	02:08:48:00	ON THAT REAL QUICK BECAUSE A
02:08:48:00	02:08:48:00	LOT OF OUR RECENT ARRIVALS
02:08:48:00	02:08:50:00	EITHER DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ
02:08:50:00	02:08:51:00	AND WRITE SOMETIMES HAVE
02:08:51:00	02:08:54:00	INTERRUPTED EDUCATION OR SOME
02:08:54:00	02:08:55:00	MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
02:08:55:00	02:08:56:00	APPARATUSES LIKE YOU JUST
02:08:56:00	02:08:59:00	MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE APP
02:08:59:00	02:09:00:00	OR YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT SORT
02:09:00:00	02:09:00:00	OF STUFF.
02:09:00:00	02:09:03:00	SO OUTSIDE OF TECHNOLOGY, WHAT
02:09:03:00	02:09:04:00	ARE SOME OF THE OTHER WAYS
02:09:04:00	02:09:05:00	WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH
02:09:05:00	02:09:06:00	RECENT ARRIVALS?
02:09:06:00	02:09:09:00	YEAH, RECENT ARRIVALS RIGHT NOW
02:09:09:00	02:09:10:00	WE WHOEVER THE THE FIRST FRONT
02:09:10:00	02:09:14:00	LINE PEOPLE WHO INTERACT WITH
02:09:14:00	02:09:14:00	THEM OFTENTIMES YES.
02:09:14:00	02:09:15:00	THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE HOPING
02:09:15:00	02:09:15:00	TO DO.
02:09:15:00	02:09:18:00	MAURICIO MULTILINGUAL NEED FOR
02:09:18:00	02:09:19:00	PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW TO REACH US
02:09:19:00	02:09:22:00	BUT RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY
02:09:22:00	02:09:25:00	APARTMENTS OR ANY CONSTITUENT
02:09:25:00	02:09:26:00	IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT KNOWS
02:09:26:00	02:09:29:00	OF US JUST WE JUST STOOD THERE
02:09:29:00	02:09:29:00	.
02:09:29:00	02:09:30:00	BUT I'M HOPING TO CHANGE THAT
02:09:30:00	02:09:31:00	IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR
02:09:31:00	02:09:32:00	ORGANIZERS SAID I'M HOPING THAT
02:09:32:00	02:09:34:00	YOU WILL PROOF THAT WE CAN GET
02:09:34:00	02:09:34:00	MORE AWARENESS ABOUT HOW TO
02:09:34:00	02:09:37:00	CONNECT WITH US MORE
02:09:37:00	02:09:37:00	EFFECTIVELY.
02:09:37:00	02:09:38:00	WHY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEAVE
02:09:38:00	02:09:41:00	THE FRIENDLY REASON THEY CALL
02:09:41:00	02:09:42:00	US AND THEN OUR PHONE LINE IS
02:09:42:00	02:09:45:00	BUSY LEAVE A VOICEMAIL.
02:09:45:00	02:09:46:00	WE ALWAYS RETURN CALLS WITHIN
02:09:46:00	02:09:48:00	TWENTY FOUR HOURS IF IT'S NOT
02:09:48:00	02:09:48:00	BUT IF IT'S URGENT THEN WE
02:09:48:00	02:09:49:00	DEFINITELY WILL RESPOND QUICKER
02:09:49:00	02:09:52:00	AND IF IT'S EMERGENCY OF COURSE
02:09:52:00	02:09:53:00	THEN WHEN ONE AND THEN YEAH
02:09:53:00	02:09:56:00	THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PRIDE
02:09:56:00	02:09:57:00	OURSELVES WITH THEM.
02:09:57:00	02:10:00:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
02:10:00:00	02:10:01:00	THANK YOU CHAIR THANK YOU FOR
02:10:01:00	02:10:01:00	STICKING AROUND.
02:10:01:00	02:10:02:00	THANK YOU MONIQUE.
02:10:02:00	02:10:03:00	WHILE YOU'RE AT WORK.
02:10:03:00	02:10:06:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH CONSUL MEJIA
02:10:06:00	02:10:08:00	DIRECTOR NIANG HOW ARE YOU
02:10:08:00	02:10:11:00	WORKING WITH OR ARE YOU ABLE TO
02:10:11:00	02:10:12:00	WORK WITH AWARENESS IN TERMS
02:10:12:00	02:10:14:00	OF I KNOW THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
02:10:14:00	02:10:15:00	IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
02:10:15:00	02:10:19:00	ENGAGEMENT SO HOPEFULLY LOOKING
02:10:19:00	02:10:22:00	FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THAT
02:10:22:00	02:10:22:00	COLLABORATION.
02:10:22:00	02:10:23:00	OH YES WE WORK TOGETHER VERY
02:10:23:00	02:10:24:00	CLOSELY RIGHT NOW.
02:10:24:00	02:10:26:00	I'M ACTUALLY I'M HOPING MY TEAM
02:10:26:00	02:10:27:00	OR TEAM MEMBERS AND THEIR TEAM
02:10:27:00	02:10:30:00	ARE LIKE ONE BIG TEAM TOGETHER
02:10:30:00	02:10:31:00	TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL
02:10:31:00	02:10:31:00	COMMUNITY.
02:10:31:00	02:10:35:00	SO I SEE US AS LIKE A HYBRID
02:10:35:00	02:10:35:00	TEAM WORKING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS
02:10:35:00	02:10:38:00	TO DO OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
02:10:38:00	02:10:38:00	FOR SURE.
02:10:38:00	02:10:39:00	YEAH, AND I FORGOT IT AND
02:10:39:00	02:10:42:00	DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.
02:10:42:00	02:10:45:00	WE ARE WORKING WITH BP TO TO OR
02:10:45:00	02:10:46:00	WOULD LIKE TO OUTREACH TO AND
02:10:46:00	02:10:49:00	CONNECT WITH BP PARENTS
02:10:49:00	02:10:49:00	DIRECTLY.
02:10:49:00	02:10:53:00	SO I'M HOPING TO BECOME MORE
02:10:53:00	02:10:54:00	EFFECTIVE WITH THAT IN THE
02:10:54:00	02:10:54:00	FUTURE BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY
02:10:54:00	02:10:55:00	SOMETHING I NOTICED THAT'S A
02:10:55:00	02:10:57:00	GAP IN COORDINATION ESPECIALLY
02:10:57:00	02:10:58:00	FOR BP'S PARENTS OR EVEN FUTURE
02:10:58:00	02:11:02:00	EXPERIENCE TO KNOW HOW THEY CAN
02:11:02:00	02:11:02:00	BE SUPPORT SUPPORTIVE AS
02:11:02:00	02:11:04:00	PARENTS BUT ALSO FOR THEM AS
02:11:04:00	02:11:05:00	ADULTS WHO ALSO NEED SUPPORT AS
02:11:05:00	02:11:08:00	PARENTS.
02:11:08:00	02:11:09:00	THANK YOU, KATHLEEN.
02:11:09:00	02:11:10:00	AGAIN, DID YOU HAVE A FINAL
02:11:10:00	02:11:14:00	QUESTION?
02:11:14:00	02:11:15:00	YEAH, JUST FOR THE RECORD
02:11:15:00	02:11:19:00	BECAUSE DIRECTOR, WHEN YOU
02:11:19:00	02:11:19:00	TALKED ABOUT LIKE BEING VERY
02:11:19:00	02:11:20:00	JUDICIOUS IN THE USE OF THAT WE
02:11:20:00	02:11:23:00	WON WE COULD TO THE CHAIR GET A
02:11:23:00	02:11:24:00	BREAKDOWN OF HOW MUCH OF THAT
02:11:24:00	02:11:29:00	ARE FUNDING HAS BEEN USED IN
02:11:29:00	02:11:30:00	OUR BUSINESS?
02:11:30:00	02:11:31:00	I THINK THAT WOULD BE
02:11:31:00	02:11:34:00	INFLUENTIAL MORE SO TO KNOW.
02:11:34:00	02:11:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:34:00	02:11:35:00	YES.
02:11:35:00	02:11:35:00	YES.
02:11:35:00	02:11:37:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
02:11:37:00	02:11:38:00	EXPERTIZE AND THAT FORESIGHT TO
02:11:38:00	02:11:40:00	GET THAT FUNDING THAT WE NEEDED
02:11:40:00	02:11:41:00	THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS
02:11:41:00	02:11:44:00	REALLY CRITICAL AND I REALIZED
02:11:44:00	02:11:45:00	THAT THAT MONEY WAS ALSO WE HAD
02:11:45:00	02:11:49:00	UNTIL THE END UP BY TWENTY FOUR
02:11:49:00	02:11:50:00	TWENTY TWENTY SIX TO USE AS OUR
02:11:50:00	02:11:53:00	FUNDS AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
02:11:53:00	02:11:54:00	THAT WE HAD ENOUGH TO TO SAVE
02:11:54:00	02:11:56:00	FOR THIS LONG HAUL BUT MAKING
02:11:56:00	02:11:57:00	SURE WE MAXIMIZE ALL THE
02:11:57:00	02:12:00:00	RESOURCES SO WE ALREADY HAVE
02:12:00:00	02:12:04:00	ALLOCATED WITH ONE WE WILL MOVE
02:12:04:00	02:12:05:00	THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
02:12:05:00	02:12:07:00	INFRASTRUCTURE HAS THEY HAVE
02:12:07:00	02:12:08:00	MORE BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE
02:12:08:00	02:12:09:00	WHICH IS WHY I THOUGHT THIS WAS
02:12:09:00	02:12:10:00	AN I THOUGHT IT WAS WITH EMILY
02:12:10:00	02:12:11:00	SO I WASN'T GOING TO ASK YOU
02:12:11:00	02:12:13:00	BUT THEN YOU BROUGHT IT UP IN
02:12:13:00	02:12:15:00	TERMS OF SO I WANTED TO EXPLAIN
02:12:15:00	02:12:16:00	ALL THAT BECAUSE YOU DID THAT
02:12:16:00	02:12:16:00	WORK.
02:12:16:00	02:12:26:00	SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:12:26:00	02:12:27:00	WHAT WE DID WITH THAT MONEY TO
02:12:27:00	02:12:27:00	BE TRANSPARENT AND ALSO
02:12:27:00	02:12:28:00	COURTEOUS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE
02:12:28:00	02:12:29:00	WITH THAT MONEY SO WE MOVED IT
02:12:29:00	02:12:30:00	TO EMILY BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE
02:12:30:00	02:12:30:00	OF AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM TO
02:12:30:00	02:12:31:00	HANDLE HOUSING HOUSING SUPPORTS
02:12:31:00	02:12:34:00	AND THAT WE WORKED WITH THEM
02:12:34:00	02:12:35:00	CLOSELY TO ALLOCATE THAT TO AN
02:12:35:00	02:12:38:00	ORGANIZATION THAT CAN
02:12:38:00	02:12:38:00	CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
02:12:38:00	02:12:39:00	CULTURALLY COMPETENTLY WORK
02:12:39:00	02:12:42:00	WITH NEW ARRIVALS.
02:12:42:00	02:12:45:00	SO WE DEDICATED THIRTY THREE
02:12:45:00	02:12:46:00	HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND WHO
02:12:46:00	02:12:47:00	HAVE SEEN WHO ARE WE DOING WHO
02:12:47:00	02:12:49:00	HAS AND DOING AND WILL CONTINUE
02:12:49:00	02:12:50:00	TO DO THE HOUSING OF IMMIGRANT
02:12:50:00	02:12:53:00	NEW IMMIGRANT ARRIVALS.
02:12:53:00	02:12:54:00	BUT THEN WE'RE SAVED ME AND
02:12:54:00	02:12:55:00	WE'RE SAVING ONE HUNDRED OR
02:12:55:00	02:12:57:00	MOYAR SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY
02:12:57:00	02:12:58:00	BE GRANT TO THE COMMUNITY WHO
02:12:58:00	02:13:01:00	ARE FRONT LINES OF NEW ARRIVALS
02:13:01:00	02:13:01:00	FORM.
02:13:01:00	02:13:02:00	SO WE HAD TO DO THAT IN THE
02:13:02:00	02:13:04:00	FALL AND THE REST OF THAT
02:13:04:00	02:13:05:00	THAT'S STILL IN MSH WHERE WE'RE
02:13:05:00	02:13:06:00	JUST SAVING THAT FOR LIKE
02:13:06:00	02:13:08:00	EMERGENCY RAINY DAY HOUSING
02:13:08:00	02:13:09:00	SUPPORT IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO
02:13:09:00	02:13:13:00	ACTIVATE STATE AND FEDERAL
02:13:13:00	02:13:14:00	RESOURCES AND I JUST WANT TO
02:13:14:00	02:13:16:00	NAME THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY
02:13:16:00	02:13:17:00	PUSHING TO USE A LOT OF FEDERAL
02:13:17:00	02:13:20:00	FUNDING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
02:13:20:00	02:13:21:00	TO GET BEFORE WE EXPAND THAT
02:13:21:00	02:13:24:00	REALLY IMPORTANT MONEY THAT YOU
02:13:24:00	02:13:25:00	HARD-EARNED GOT FOR US.
02:13:25:00	02:13:28:00	SO THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED WITH
02:13:28:00	02:13:28:00	THAT FUND.
02:13:28:00	02:13:29:00	THANK YOU.
02:13:29:00	02:13:29:00	I APPRECIATE THAT.
02:13:29:00	02:13:32:00	IF WE CAN JUST HAVE A WRITTEN
02:13:32:00	02:13:33:00	BREAKDOWN, SANTOS AND I I DON'T
02:13:33:00	02:13:36:00	KNOW IF IT'S NEW OR I'M AWAKE.
02:13:36:00	02:13:37:00	I CAN TALK TO SHEILA, MAKE SURE
02:13:37:00	02:13:40:00	THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS BUT I
02:13:40:00	02:13:41:00	MENTION I WAS LIKE OK, SHOULD I
02:13:41:00	02:13:43:00	ASK YOU I MEAN IT'S OK AND I
02:13:43:00	02:13:44:00	THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO
02:13:44:00	02:13:45:00	TELL YOU WHAT I WHAT HAPPENS
02:13:45:00	02:13:47:00	ABOUT FUNDING BECAUSE YOU GOT
02:13:47:00	02:13:51:00	OK THANK YOU.
02:13:51:00	02:13:52:00	THANK YOU CONSTITUTION DIRECTOR
02:13:52:00	02:13:54:00	NUENG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
02:13:54:00	02:13:55:00	RESPONDING TO THE QUESTIONS FOR
02:13:55:00	02:13:58:00	THE PRESENTATION WHERE YOU WORK
02:13:58:00	02:13:59:00	YOU ONLY HAVE TWO QUESTIONS TO
02:13:59:00	02:14:03:00	SUBMIT FROM CASTLE MURPHY AND
02:14:03:00	02:14:05:00	COUNCILOR LUZHIN WE LOOK
02:14:05:00	02:14:06:00	FORWARD TO AGAIN INVITING YOU
02:14:06:00	02:14:09:00	TO OUR WORKING SESSION IF
02:14:09:00	02:14:09:00	NECESSARY.
02:14:09:00	02:14:13:00	IF NOT WE'LL SEE YOU SO THANK
02:14:13:00	02:14:14:00	YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE.
02:14:14:00	02:14:17:00	THANK YOU.
02:14:17:00	02:14:18:00	ALL RIGHT.
02:14:18:00	02:14:21:00	NEXT YOU HAVE THE DISABILITIES
02:14:21:00	02:14:25:00	COMMISSION AND WE'RE JOINED BY
02:14:25:00	02:14:26:00	OUR PANELS TODAY IS
02:14:26:00	02:14:29:00	COMMISSIONER LUKASH AND IS
02:14:29:00	02:14:32:00	ANYONE ELSE JOINING YOU THAT I
02:14:32:00	02:14:33:00	KNOW?
02:14:33:00	02:14:33:00	JUST ME.
02:14:33:00	02:14:34:00	OK, ALL RIGHT.
02:14:34:00	02:14:37:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:14:37:00	02:14:37:00	WELCOME.
02:14:37:00	02:14:39:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR YOUR
02:14:39:00	02:14:40:00	PRESENTATION.
02:14:40:00	02:14:44:00	THANK YOU CONSTABLE.
02:14:44:00	02:14:44:00	MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
02:14:44:00	02:14:45:00	FLYNN AND ALL THE OTHER
02:14:45:00	02:14:48:00	COUNCILORS FOR GIVING ME THIS
02:14:48:00	02:14:48:00	TIME TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT MY
02:14:48:00	02:14:51:00	WORK AND MY PROPOSED BUDGET.
02:14:51:00	02:14:52:00	I DO HAVE A SHORT SLIDE
02:14:52:00	02:14:55:00	PRESENTATION IF YOU COULD PULL
02:14:55:00	02:14:56:00	IT UP AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO
02:14:56:00	02:15:05:00	ANSWER QUESTIONS.
02:15:05:00	02:15:06:00	GREAT.
02:15:06:00	02:15:09:00	THANK YOU.
02:15:09:00	02:15:10:00	SO OUR OFFICE AIMS TO INCREASE
02:15:10:00	02:15:11:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH
02:15:11:00	02:15:13:00	DISABILITIES IN THE CITY
02:15:13:00	02:15:14:00	OF BOSTON BY ENSURING FULL
02:15:14:00	02:15:15:00	ACCESS AND EQUAL PARTICIPATION
02:15:15:00	02:15:18:00	AT ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
02:15:18:00	02:15:19:00	WE WORK ON ELIMINATING BARRIERS
02:15:19:00	02:15:21:00	IN MUNICIPAL POLICIES,
02:15:21:00	02:15:22:00	PROCEDURES, PROGRAMS AND
02:15:22:00	02:15:23:00	SERVICES AS WELL AS IN
02:15:23:00	02:15:26:00	ARCHITECTURE, COMMUNICATION AND
02:15:26:00	02:15:26:00	ATTITUDES.
02:15:26:00	02:15:27:00	AND THIS LANGUAGE COMES FROM
02:15:27:00	02:15:30:00	OUR AUDIENCE THAT THE CITY
02:15:30:00	02:15:33:00	CREATED TO CREATE OUR
02:15:33:00	02:15:37:00	COMMISSION IN THE 1980S AND WE
02:15:37:00	02:15:38:00	DO LIVE BY THAT MISSION TODAY.
02:15:38:00	02:15:39:00	SO IT'S STILL VERY RELEVANT AND
02:15:39:00	02:15:40:00	EXCITING.
02:15:40:00	02:15:45:00	SO OUR MISSION IS TO BASICALLY
02:15:45:00	02:15:48:00	WE WORK ON SYSTEMIC ACCESS SO
02:15:48:00	02:15:49:00	WE LEAD THE CITY'S
02:15:49:00	02:15:50:00	COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO ENSURE
02:15:50:00	02:15:53:00	ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION IN
02:15:53:00	02:15:53:00	ALL PROGRAMS, POLICIES, PUBLIC
02:15:53:00	02:15:57:00	RIGHTS OF WAY AND MUNICIPAL
02:15:57:00	02:15:57:00	BUILDINGS IN BOSTON WE STRIVE
02:15:57:00	02:16:00:00	TO CREATE IDEAL ACCESS WHICH
02:16:00:00	02:16:01:00	MEANS WE PUSH PEOPLE TO GO
02:16:01:00	02:16:04:00	BEYOND NEEDING ONLY THE BARE
02:16:04:00	02:16:04:00	MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE WE
02:16:04:00	02:16:05:00	FEEL LIKE THE CITY DOESN'T DO
02:16:05:00	02:16:08:00	THAT IN ANY AREA AND WE DON'T
02:16:08:00	02:16:09:00	WANT TO MAKE DISABILITY SUCH A
02:16:09:00	02:16:12:00	LOW BAR TO MEET COMPLIANCE.
02:16:12:00	02:16:13:00	WE WANT TO CREATE IDEAL ACCESS
02:16:13:00	02:16:14:00	AND I CAN GIVE YOU SOME
02:16:14:00	02:16:16:00	EXAMPLES OF THAT LATER ON.
02:16:16:00	02:16:17:00	BUT AS I SAID, THE PRIMARY
02:16:17:00	02:16:20:00	FOCUS OUR OFFICE IS TO SYSTEMIC
02:16:20:00	02:16:21:00	ACCESS AND WE DO THIS BY
02:16:21:00	02:16:21:00	WORKING WITH ALL OTHER CITY
02:16:21:00	02:16:24:00	DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE ALL
02:16:24:00	02:16:25:00	THE WORK THEY DO IS ACCESSIBLE
02:16:25:00	02:16:26:00	AND INCLUSIVE AND THIS WOULD
02:16:26:00	02:16:27:00	POLICIES, PROGRAMS, SERVICES,
02:16:27:00	02:16:31:00	COMMUNICATION, BUILD
02:16:31:00	02:16:32:00	INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE BUILT
02:16:32:00	02:16:34:00	ENVIRONMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO
02:16:34:00	02:16:38:00	MAKE SITE.
02:16:38:00	02:16:42:00	SO THIS IS JUST A SMALL LIST
02:16:42:00	02:16:42:00	OF SOME OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS
02:16:42:00	02:16:43:00	THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH ON
02:16:43:00	02:16:46:00	SYSTEMIC ACCESS PUBLIC WORKS.
02:16:46:00	02:16:47:00	WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM
02:16:47:00	02:16:50:00	IN RECONSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS,
02:16:50:00	02:16:54:00	INTERSECTIONS, ANY TYPE OF WORK
02:16:54:00	02:16:55:00	THAT GOES ON IN THE PUBLIC
02:16:55:00	02:16:56:00	RIGHT AWAY.
02:16:56:00	02:16:57:00	THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
02:16:57:00	02:16:58:00	WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON
02:16:58:00	02:17:02:00	BIKE LANES AND ACCESSIBLE
02:17:02:00	02:17:03:00	RESTROOMS SIGNALS A LOT
02:17:03:00	02:17:03:00	OF TRANSPORTATION STUDIES TO
02:17:03:00	02:17:05:00	LOOK PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
02:17:05:00	02:17:06:00	MY STAFF IS REALLY PLUGGED IN
02:17:06:00	02:17:09:00	WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSIT TEAM
02:17:09:00	02:17:13:00	PUBLIC FACILITIES AS YOU KNOW
02:17:13:00	02:17:14:00	WE JUST UNVEILED THE BRAND NEW
02:17:14:00	02:17:15:00	ACCESSIBLE CITY HALL PLAZA LAST
02:17:15:00	02:17:18:00	FALL SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY
02:17:18:00	02:17:21:00	WITH THEM ON PROJECTS NOT IN
02:17:21:00	02:17:22:00	CITY HALL BUT ACROSS THE CITY
02:17:22:00	02:17:25:00	IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE
02:17:25:00	02:17:28:00	LISTED BELOW AND LIBRARIES,
02:17:28:00	02:17:29:00	STAFF CENTERS, PUBLIC
02:17:29:00	02:17:32:00	FACILITIES SORT OF OVERSEES ALL
02:17:32:00	02:17:33:00	THAT AND WE GIVE THEM INPUT ON
02:17:33:00	02:17:34:00	ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION
02:17:34:00	02:17:37:00	BEST PRACTICES AND THEN
02:17:37:00	02:17:37:00	OF COURSE WE WORK CLOSELY WITH
02:17:37:00	02:17:40:00	ESTEE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS.
02:17:40:00	02:17:43:00	SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS WE WORK
02:17:43:00	02:17:44:00	WITH THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT
02:17:44:00	02:17:45:00	YOU MAY REMEMBER A FEW YEARS
02:17:45:00	02:17:48:00	AGO IN KOBANI THE CITY
02:17:48:00	02:17:48:00	IMPLEMENTED AN ACCESSIBLE VOTE
02:17:48:00	02:17:52:00	BY MAIL OPTION WHICH WAS REALLY
02:17:52:00	02:17:54:00	GROUNDBREAKING IN THE STATE AND
02:17:54:00	02:17:55:00	WE GOT A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT
02:17:55:00	02:17:56:00	AND THAT REALLY THE CREDIT DOES
02:17:56:00	02:17:59:00	GO TO ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT FOR
02:17:59:00	02:18:00:00	WORKING WITH US TO SAY OK, THIS
02:18:00:00	02:18:00:00	IS WHAT PEOPLE DISABILITIES
02:18:00:00	02:18:03:00	NEED AND WE'RE GOING TO PAY
02:18:03:00	02:18:04:00	ATTENTION TO IT LANGUAGE,
02:18:04:00	02:18:06:00	COMMUNICATION, ACCESS.
02:18:06:00	02:18:07:00	LISTEN TO JENNIFER'S TESTIMONY
02:18:07:00	02:18:10:00	AND EVERYTHING SHE SAID CAN BE
02:18:10:00	02:18:11:00	ECHOED FROM OUR DEPARTMENT.
02:18:11:00	02:18:14:00	WE PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO
02:18:14:00	02:18:15:00	ENSURING THAT WE HAVE
02:18:15:00	02:18:15:00	ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION
02:18:15:00	02:18:19:00	WHETHER IT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO
02:18:19:00	02:18:20:00	ARE DEAF HARD OF HEARING IF
02:18:20:00	02:18:21:00	THEY NEED ASL OR THE NEED KHAT
02:18:21:00	02:18:22:00	.
02:18:22:00	02:18:23:00	KHAT IS THE LIVE TRANSCRIPT ON
02:18:23:00	02:18:26:00	A BIG SCREEN THAT YOU MAY SEE
02:18:26:00	02:18:27:00	AT SOME EVENTS IN CASE YOU
02:18:27:00	02:18:28:00	DON'T KNOW THAT I DID HEAR A
02:18:28:00	02:18:30:00	QUESTION ABOUT BRAILLE AND
02:18:30:00	02:18:30:00	FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
02:18:30:00	02:18:33:00	I WOULD SAY BRAILLE ISN'T
02:18:33:00	02:18:34:00	REQUESTED AS ROUTINELY AS YOU
02:18:34:00	02:18:37:00	WOULD THINK LIKE JENNIFER SAID
02:18:37:00	02:18:38:00	.
02:18:38:00	02:18:39:00	BUT A REASON FOR THAT IS
02:18:39:00	02:18:39:00	BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MORE
02:18:39:00	02:18:40:00	TECHNOLOGIES NOWADAYS.
02:18:40:00	02:18:42:00	A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND
02:18:42:00	02:18:45:00	USE AUDIO TOOLS OR EVEN JUST
02:18:45:00	02:18:45:00	CONVERSATIONS.
02:18:45:00	02:18:48:00	IF THEY HAD A QUESTION THEY CAN
02:18:48:00	02:18:49:00	STILL CALL ON THE PHONE THINGS
02:18:49:00	02:18:50:00	LIKE THAT.
02:18:50:00	02:18:52:00	SO REAL ISN'T OUR BIGGEST ASK
02:18:52:00	02:18:53:00	BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT
02:18:53:00	02:18:55:00	DONE IF WE WERE TO WORK CLOSELY
02:18:55:00	02:18:56:00	WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
02:18:56:00	02:18:57:00	OF HOUSING WE CREATED A
02:18:57:00	02:19:00:00	DISABILITY HOUSING TASK FORCE
02:19:00:00	02:19:01:00	SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO AND WE
02:19:01:00	02:19:04:00	ARE JUST ESTABLISHING THAT NOW
02:19:04:00	02:19:05:00	BECAUSE WE MET ALL OUR GOALS.
02:19:05:00	02:19:06:00	BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOUSING
02:19:06:00	02:19:08:00	POLICIES TRICKLE DOWN INTO
02:19:08:00	02:19:09:00	BUILT UNITS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS
02:19:09:00	02:19:12:00	LIKE.
02:19:12:00	02:19:12:00	WE WORK CLOSELY WITH EMERGENCY
02:19:12:00	02:19:13:00	MANAGEMENT.
02:19:13:00	02:19:15:00	WE'RE ACTUALLY PART OF A TEAM
02:19:15:00	02:19:16:00	RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT OUR
02:19:16:00	02:19:17:00	OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:19:17:00	02:19:20:00	NEUDORF LOCATION SYSTEMS ARE
02:19:20:00	02:19:21:00	ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
02:19:21:00	02:19:24:00	BLIND AND DEAF, WORK CLOSELY
02:19:24:00	02:19:25:00	WITH THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH
02:19:25:00	02:19:25:00	COMMISSION.
02:19:25:00	02:19:27:00	WE REALLY PARTNER ON VACCINES
02:19:27:00	02:19:31:00	AND ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND
02:19:31:00	02:19:32:00	SYSTEMS DURING COVID AND THEN
02:19:32:00	02:19:35:00	OF COURSE BEING PART OF THE
02:19:35:00	02:19:36:00	INCLUSION CABINET.
02:19:36:00	02:19:37:00	I WORK CLOSELY WITH ALL MY
02:19:37:00	02:19:39:00	OTHER DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING
02:19:39:00	02:19:39:00	ONES WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
02:19:39:00	02:19:46:00	NEXT I AND THEN ONE DAY I
02:19:46:00	02:19:47:00	WANTED TO TOUCH ON BECAUSE THIS
02:19:47:00	02:19:50:00	IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT.
02:19:50:00	02:19:51:00	SO THE ADA REQUIRES EVERY
02:19:51:00	02:19:54:00	MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS OVER 50
02:19:54:00	02:19:55:00	EMPLOYEES TO ASSIGN AN EDITOR
02:19:55:00	02:19:58:00	TO COORDINATE TITLE TWO OF THE
02:19:58:00	02:20:01:00	ADA OVERSEES ALL STATE AND
02:20:01:00	02:20:02:00	LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND
02:20:02:00	02:20:03:00	REQUIRES THEM ALL TO BE
02:20:03:00	02:20:05:00	ACCESSIBLE.
02:20:05:00	02:20:06:00	SO AS PART OF MY ROLE AS
02:20:06:00	02:20:07:00	COMMISSIONER I AM ALSO
02:20:07:00	02:20:09:00	DESIGNATED AS THE CITY'S ADA
02:20:09:00	02:20:10:00	TITLE TO COORDINATOR.
02:20:10:00	02:20:13:00	SO IN THAT ROLE I HAVE CERTAIN
02:20:13:00	02:20:14:00	THINGS I MUST DO WHICH INCLUDES
02:20:14:00	02:20:17:00	POSTING PUBLIC NOTICES
02:20:17:00	02:20:18:00	OF NONDISCRIMINATION, RESOLVING
02:20:18:00	02:20:21:00	COMPLAINTS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION
02:20:21:00	02:20:22:00	ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY THAT
02:20:22:00	02:20:24:00	MAY BE FILED WITH THE CITY.
02:20:24:00	02:20:28:00	WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:20:28:00	02:20:29:00	PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING LIKE A
02:20:29:00	02:20:32:00	LONG RANGE PLAN THAT
02:20:32:00	02:20:33:00	ACCESSIBILITY IS A PART OF THAT
02:20:33:00	02:20:36:00	BECAUSE THOSE TRANSITION PLANS
02:20:36:00	02:20:37:00	TO GO FROM TWENTY THOUSAND CUTS
02:20:37:00	02:20:40:00	ARE ACCESSIBLE TO EIGHTY
02:20:40:00	02:20:41:00	THOUSAND CUTS ARE ACCESSIBLE.
02:20:41:00	02:20:42:00	THAT WOULD BE A LONG TERM
02:20:42:00	02:20:44:00	TRANSITION AND SO WE HELP WITH
02:20:44:00	02:20:46:00	THOSE ALL THOSE THINGS AND THEN
02:20:46:00	02:20:50:00	EXCITE SO THE ADA HAS FIVE
02:20:50:00	02:20:55:00	TITLES TOTAL AND LIKE I SAID WE
02:20:55:00	02:20:57:00	FOCUS ON TITLE TO STATE OR
02:20:57:00	02:20:58:00	LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES BUT
02:20:58:00	02:21:01:00	TITLE ONE HAS EVERYTHING TO DO
02:21:01:00	02:21:02:00	WITH EMPLOYMENT WHETHER
02:21:02:00	02:21:05:00	SOMEONE'S TRYING TO APPLY FOR
02:21:05:00	02:21:06:00	HER JOB OR THEY'RE ALREADY IN A
02:21:06:00	02:21:07:00	JOB ANYTHING RELATED TO
02:21:07:00	02:21:09:00	DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT IS
02:21:09:00	02:21:10:00	COVERED BY TITLE ONE.
02:21:10:00	02:21:11:00	SO WHILE THE HUMAN RESOURCES
02:21:11:00	02:21:14:00	OFFICE IN THE CITY WORKS ON
02:21:14:00	02:21:17:00	INDIVIDUAL CASES, WE WORK
02:21:17:00	02:21:18:00	CLOSELY WITH THEM ON POLICIES
02:21:18:00	02:21:19:00	THAT PROMOTE EQUITY, INCLUSION
02:21:19:00	02:21:21:00	IN THE HIRING OF PEOPLE
02:21:21:00	02:21:21:00	DISABILITIES.
02:21:21:00	02:21:22:00	SO THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE
02:21:22:00	02:21:23:00	SHOP.
02:21:23:00	02:21:24:00	I FEEL LIKE WE GIVE INSIGHT AND
02:21:24:00	02:21:28:00	THAT INPUT TO HELP OTHER
02:21:28:00	02:21:29:00	DEPARTMENTS DO THEIR WORK AND
02:21:29:00	02:21:32:00	THEN TITLE THREE EIGHT OVERSEAS
02:21:32:00	02:21:33:00	PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
02:21:33:00	02:21:37:00	SO ANYTHING THAT'S OPEN TO THE
02:21:37:00	02:21:38:00	PUBLIC IT WOULD BE RESTAURANTS
02:21:38:00	02:21:41:00	MOVIE THEATERS, YOU KNOW,
02:21:41:00	02:21:44:00	OFFICES, ANYTHING THAT'S OPEN
02:21:44:00	02:21:45:00	TO THE PUBLIC RETAIL BUILDINGS,
02:21:45:00	02:21:48:00	THEATERS AND HOUSING
02:21:48:00	02:21:48:00	DEVELOPMENTS THAT AREN'T PUBLIC
02:21:48:00	02:21:49:00	HOUSING.
02:21:49:00	02:21:52:00	SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY INSIGHT
02:21:52:00	02:21:52:00	OVER THAT EITHER.
02:21:52:00	02:21:54:00	BUT WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR
02:21:54:00	02:21:56:00	CITY AGENCIES WHO LICENSE OR
02:21:56:00	02:21:57:00	PERMIT SUCH WORK LIKE THE
02:21:57:00	02:22:00:00	VIRGINIA LOOK AT THE LICENSING
02:22:00:00	02:22:00:00	BOARD.
02:22:00:00	02:22:01:00	SO WE WORK ON EVERYTHING FROM
02:22:01:00	02:22:04:00	THE BUILT INTO OUR
02:22:04:00	02:22:04:00	INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE
02:22:04:00	02:22:05:00	REPAVING SHOW THEY HAVE
02:22:05:00	02:22:06:00	ACCESSIBLE UNITS TO LICENSING
02:22:06:00	02:22:07:00	COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT
02:22:07:00	02:22:12:00	RESTAURANTS ARE ABIDING BY THE
02:22:12:00	02:22:12:00	CAPTIONS ORDINANCE.
02:22:12:00	02:22:15:00	SO WE DO TOUCH ON EVERYTHING IN
02:22:15:00	02:22:16:00	BOSTON THAT WE HAVE AN IMPACT
02:22:16:00	02:22:18:00	EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY DIRECTLY
02:22:18:00	02:22:19:00	RECEIVE MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND
02:22:19:00	02:22:26:00	MEXI.
02:22:26:00	02:22:30:00	SO SOME OF THE SERVICES ARE
02:22:30:00	02:22:31:00	PROVIDED BY OUR DEPARTMENT EVEN
02:22:31:00	02:22:33:00	THOUGH LIKE I SAID WE'RE MOSTLY
02:22:33:00	02:22:34:00	FOCUSING ON SYSTEMIC ACCESS.
02:22:34:00	02:22:38:00	WE DO HAVE THREE ARCHITECTURAL
02:22:38:00	02:22:39:00	ACCESS STAFF TO OUR ARCHITECTS
02:22:39:00	02:22:41:00	AND ONE IS AN ENGINEER SO THEY
02:22:41:00	02:22:42:00	DO PLAN AND REVIEW ALL AND ALL
02:22:42:00	02:22:45:00	BIG DEVELOPMENTS AT THE BBVA WE
02:22:45:00	02:22:46:00	DEVELOPED WHAT WE CALL AN
02:22:46:00	02:22:49:00	ACCESSIBILITY CHECKLIST OVER
02:22:49:00	02:22:49:00	FIVE YEARS AGO AND EVERY
02:22:49:00	02:22:53:00	PROJECT THAT GOES TO THE PDA
02:22:53:00	02:22:54:00	HAS TO FILL OUT THIS CHECKLIST
02:22:54:00	02:22:55:00	AND IT DOESN'T ADD ANY NEW
02:22:55:00	02:22:57:00	REQUIREMENTS.
02:22:57:00	02:22:58:00	LIKE I SAID, IT'S A WAY TO PUSH
02:22:58:00	02:23:01:00	THEM TO DO IDEAL ACCESS SO IF
02:23:01:00	02:23:02:00	THEY HAD A PLAN AND THEY WERE
02:23:02:00	02:23:03:00	GOING TO PUT ALL OF THE
02:23:03:00	02:23:05:00	ACCESSIBLE UNITS ON THE FLOOR
02:23:05:00	02:23:06:00	WITH THE CHECKLIST, WE WOULD
02:23:06:00	02:23:07:00	SAY WHAT IS THE LOCATION OF THE
02:23:07:00	02:23:09:00	ACCESSIBLE UNITS IF THEY COME
02:23:09:00	02:23:10:00	BACK TO US WITH THAT PLAN WE
02:23:10:00	02:23:12:00	SAY NO, WE WANT TO SEE THEM
02:23:12:00	02:23:13:00	SCATTERED SO THAT SOMEBODY MAY
02:23:13:00	02:23:14:00	WANT A HIGH RISE FOR SOMEBODY
02:23:14:00	02:23:16:00	THEY WANT MID RANGE FLOOR.
02:23:16:00	02:23:17:00	MAYBE SOMEONE DOES WANT THE
02:23:17:00	02:23:20:00	GROUND FLOOR SO WE LOOK THINGS
02:23:20:00	02:23:21:00	LIKE THAT IN THE CHECKLIST AND
02:23:21:00	02:23:24:00	THAT WAS INCORPORATED TO THE
02:23:24:00	02:23:25:00	BOSTON ZONING CODE LAST YEAR.
02:23:25:00	02:23:26:00	SO NOW IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR
02:23:26:00	02:23:28:00	ANYONE DOING DEVELOPMENT.
02:23:28:00	02:23:29:00	I ALSO HAVE A SEAT ON THE
02:23:29:00	02:23:32:00	PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION
02:23:32:00	02:23:33:00	WHICH OVERSEES ALL WORK ON
02:23:33:00	02:23:33:00	PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.
02:23:33:00	02:23:36:00	I DO DESIGNATE MY ARCHITECTURAL
02:23:36:00	02:23:39:00	ACCESS SPECIALISTS PROGRAM TO
02:23:39:00	02:23:40:00	SIT ON THOSE MEETINGS FOR ME SO
02:23:40:00	02:23:43:00	SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
02:23:43:00	02:23:44:00	ONE OF MY STAFF, PATRICIA
02:23:44:00	02:23:47:00	MÉNDEZ, MY DIRECTOR
02:23:47:00	02:23:48:00	OF ARCHITECTURAL ACCESS AS A
02:23:48:00	02:23:49:00	SEAT ON THE ARCHITECTURAL
02:23:49:00	02:23:51:00	ACCESS BOARD.
02:23:51:00	02:23:52:00	SO SHE OVERSEES ALL VARIOUS
02:23:52:00	02:23:55:00	REQUESTS WHICH MEANS WHEN
02:23:55:00	02:23:56:00	SOMEONE IN BOSTON IS BUILDING
02:23:56:00	02:23:58:00	AN EXCUSE ME RAVAGERS IS
02:23:58:00	02:23:59:00	BUILDING SOMETHING AND THEY
02:23:59:00	02:24:00:00	DON'T WANT TO OR THEY'RE NOT
02:24:00:00	02:24:03:00	ABLE TO THEY SAY NOT ABLE TO
02:24:03:00	02:24:03:00	MAKE IT COMPLIANT.
02:24:03:00	02:24:06:00	THEY CAN APPLY FOR VARIANCE.
02:24:06:00	02:24:07:00	SO PATRICIA OVERSEES ALL THE
02:24:07:00	02:24:10:00	APPEARANCES OF BOSTON AND SHE
02:24:10:00	02:24:11:00	GETS TO WORK WITH PEOPLE
02:24:11:00	02:24:13:00	PROPONENT'S AND SEE WHAT WE
02:24:13:00	02:24:14:00	WOULD SUPPORT AND WHAT WE
02:24:14:00	02:24:14:00	WOULDN'T SUPPORT.
02:24:14:00	02:24:17:00	WE ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING AND
02:24:17:00	02:24:18:00	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
02:24:18:00	02:24:22:00	RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
02:24:22:00	02:24:23:00	IF SOMEBODY CALLS US AND SAYS
02:24:23:00	02:24:26:00	OH THEIR MOTHER HAD A STROKE
02:24:26:00	02:24:27:00	AND NOW SHE NEEDS A CHAIRLIFT
02:24:27:00	02:24:29:00	LIFT, GET UPSTAIRS PATRICIA
02:24:29:00	02:24:30:00	SARAH OR SO WE'LL CALL THEM,
02:24:30:00	02:24:31:00	TALK THEM THROUGH IT AND GIVE
02:24:31:00	02:24:33:00	THEM SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO MAKE
02:24:33:00	02:24:34:00	THE HOUSE ACCESSIBLE EVEN
02:24:34:00	02:24:36:00	THOUGH IT'S NEVER EASY.
02:24:36:00	02:24:37:00	WE ALSO HAVE A SERIES
02:24:37:00	02:24:38:00	OF CHECKLISTS AND SELF
02:24:38:00	02:24:38:00	ASSESSMENTS.
02:24:38:00	02:24:41:00	THIS IS A GREAT TOOL THAT WE
02:24:41:00	02:24:42:00	SPREAD TO OTHER CITY
02:24:42:00	02:24:42:00	DEPARTMENTS.
02:24:42:00	02:24:45:00	WE HAVE ONE WE'RE REALLY PROUD
02:24:45:00	02:24:45:00	OF .
02:24:45:00	02:24:46:00	IT'S CALLED MEETINGS AND EVENTS
02:24:46:00	02:24:48:00	CHECKLIST AND IT'S SUPER
02:24:48:00	02:24:48:00	SIMPLE.
02:24:48:00	02:24:50:00	IT'S ONE PAGE YOU DON'T HAVE TO
02:24:50:00	02:24:50:00	BE AN ARCHITECT.
02:24:50:00	02:24:52:00	YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SHOWING UP
02:24:52:00	02:24:52:00	WITH THAT TAPE MEASURE.
02:24:52:00	02:24:53:00	YOU LITERALLY JUST ANSWER THESE
02:24:53:00	02:24:56:00	TEN QUESTIONS AND THEN YOU'LL
02:24:56:00	02:24:57:00	KNOW YOUR READING IS GOING TO
02:24:57:00	02:24:59:00	BE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE,
02:24:59:00	02:25:00:00	DISABILITIES AND THEN FOR
02:25:00:00	02:25:00:00	OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT.
02:25:00:00	02:25:04:00	WE HAVE OUR DISABILITY
02:25:04:00	02:25:04:00	COMMISSION ADVISORY BOARD WHICH
02:25:04:00	02:25:07:00	IS A GROUP OF THIRTEEN
02:25:07:00	02:25:08:00	RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN DIFFERENT
02:25:08:00	02:25:09:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:25:09:00	02:25:11:00	THEY MEET MONTHLY TO TALK ABOUT
02:25:11:00	02:25:12:00	ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE IN THE
02:25:12:00	02:25:13:00	DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND THE
02:25:13:00	02:25:16:00	OTHER ONES WHO SPEARHEADED THE
02:25:16:00	02:25:16:00	CAPTIONS ORDINANCE.
02:25:16:00	02:25:17:00	SO WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT WORK
02:25:17:00	02:25:19:00	TO DO WITH THE BOARD AND WE'RE
02:25:19:00	02:25:20:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
02:25:20:00	02:25:20:00	WE DO SOCIAL MEDIA.
02:25:20:00	02:25:23:00	WE HAVE A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER.
02:25:23:00	02:25:24:00	OUR STAFF DOES INFORMATION
02:25:24:00	02:25:27:00	REFERRAL AND THEN WE HAVE THREE
02:25:27:00	02:25:28:00	MAIN ANNUAL EVENTS THAT WE ARE
02:25:28:00	02:25:31:00	VERY PROUD OF AND WE REALLY,
02:25:31:00	02:25:31:00	REALLY LOVE.
02:25:31:00	02:25:32:00	OUR DISABILITY COMMUNITY FORUM
02:25:32:00	02:25:35:00	IS A CHANCE FOR US TO LISTEN TO
02:25:35:00	02:25:36:00	RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND
02:25:36:00	02:25:38:00	THAT'S BEING HELD NEXT WEEK.
02:25:38:00	02:25:39:00	WE DO THAT EVERY SPRING AND IT
02:25:39:00	02:25:42:00	GIVES RESIDENTS A CHANCE TO
02:25:42:00	02:25:43:00	MEET ME WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS,
02:25:43:00	02:25:46:00	MEET THE MAYOR, ANY CITY
02:25:46:00	02:25:47:00	OFFICIALS WHO CHOOSE TO ATTEND
02:25:47:00	02:25:50:00	AND ALSO ASKED QUESTIONS LIKE I
02:25:50:00	02:25:51:00	WANT TO GO TO THE BOSTON COMMON
02:25:51:00	02:25:53:00	WHICH ENTRANCES ARE ACCESSIBLE
02:25:53:00	02:25:55:00	ON THIS ONE BUT IT'S ACCESSIBLE
02:25:55:00	02:25:55:00	OR ANYTHING THAT THEY MAY WANT
02:25:55:00	02:25:58:00	TO OR THEY MAY TELL US WHAT'S
02:25:58:00	02:25:59:00	NOT WORKING AND WE'RE OPEN TO
02:25:59:00	02:26:01:00	THAT.
02:26:01:00	02:26:02:00	THAT WILL GIVE US SOME THINGS
02:26:02:00	02:26:05:00	TO DO AS TAKE HOME ITEMS.
02:26:05:00	02:26:06:00	WE HAVE OUR ADA DAY CELEBRATION
02:26:06:00	02:26:09:00	EVERY JULY AND THAT WILL BE
02:26:09:00	02:26:10:00	HELD THIS YEAR ON JULY 18TH.
02:26:10:00	02:26:13:00	WE ALWAYS CELEBRATE PARTNER WHO
02:26:13:00	02:26:14:00	HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON ACCESS
02:26:14:00	02:26:16:00	THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATE IN THE
02:26:16:00	02:26:17:00	STREETS CABINET BECAUSE THEY
02:26:17:00	02:26:17:00	WORKED WITH US ON A CAMPAIGN
02:26:17:00	02:26:20:00	THAT WILL BE LAUNCHING NEXT
02:26:20:00	02:26:21:00	MONTH ON BICYCLE SAFETY AND
02:26:21:00	02:26:26:00	PEDESTRIANS LOOKING FORWARD TO
02:26:26:00	02:26:27:00	THAT AND THEN OUR OTHER BIG
02:26:27:00	02:26:29:00	EVENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TODAY WE
02:26:29:00	02:26:30:00	HOLD THIS IN THE FALL AND WE
02:26:30:00	02:26:33:00	ASK PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO
02:26:33:00	02:26:34:00	COME TO CITY HALL BECAUSE I
02:26:34:00	02:26:35:00	KNOW IT'S A VERY INTIMIDATING
02:26:35:00	02:26:37:00	LOOKING BUILDING BUT WE SAY
02:26:37:00	02:26:38:00	COME ON AND YOU CAN SEE THE
02:26:38:00	02:26:39:00	CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER WHERE YOU
02:26:39:00	02:26:41:00	CAN MEET YOUR CITY COUNCILORS,
02:26:41:00	02:26:42:00	LEARN HOW TO TESTIFY.
02:26:42:00	02:26:45:00	SO WE HAD OVER 150 PEOPLE
02:26:45:00	02:26:46:00	ATTEND LAST SEPTEMBER AND WE'RE
02:26:46:00	02:26:46:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AGAIN
02:26:46:00	02:26:56:00	THIS YEAR NEXT AND THEN A FEW
02:26:56:00	02:26:57:00	OTHER DIRECT SERVICES THAT WE
02:26:57:00	02:26:59:00	PROVIDE WE RUN THE ON-STREET
02:26:59:00	02:27:00:00	ACCESSIBLE PARKING PROGRAM.
02:27:00:00	02:27:03:00	WE REVIEW APPLICATIONS FROM
02:27:03:00	02:27:04:00	RESIDENTS.
02:27:04:00	02:27:07:00	WE APPROVE THEM AND WORK WITH A
02:27:07:00	02:27:08:00	SIGN SHOP TO GET THE SITE
02:27:08:00	02:27:09:00	INSTALLED OF ARCHITECTURAL
02:27:09:00	02:27:11:00	ACCESS AND ENGAGEMENT I SPOKE
02:27:11:00	02:27:12:00	ABOUT.
02:27:12:00	02:27:13:00	BUT JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
02:27:13:00	02:27:14:00	MORE ABOUT THE ADVISORY BOARD,
02:27:14:00	02:27:15:00	THIS IS A GROUP OF REALLY
02:27:15:00	02:27:18:00	COMMITTED RESIDENTS.
02:27:18:00	02:27:19:00	THE BOARD WAS FORMED IN 2008
02:27:19:00	02:27:23:00	AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE MEMBERS
02:27:23:00	02:27:26:00	WHO REPRESENT DIVERSE
02:27:26:00	02:27:27:00	POSSIBILITIES, DIVERSE RACIAL
02:27:27:00	02:27:30:00	AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS AND
02:27:30:00	02:27:31:00	DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:27:31:00	02:27:35:00	SO WE'RE HAPPY TO INVITE
02:27:35:00	02:27:35:00	ANYBODY TO BOARD MEETING IF
02:27:35:00	02:27:36:00	YOU'D LIKE TO MEET THEM.
02:27:36:00	02:27:39:00	BUT IT'S A GREAT RESINS THAT WE
02:27:39:00	02:27:40:00	CALL OUR EYES AND EARS OF THE
02:27:40:00	02:27:42:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN NEXT
02:27:42:00	02:27:43:00	SLIDE I THINK IT'S MY LAST
02:27:43:00	02:27:46:00	SLIDE AND THIS IS MY STAFF.
02:27:46:00	02:27:50:00	I LIKE I SAID, I'M A DISABILITY
02:27:50:00	02:27:51:00	COMMISSIONER.
02:27:51:00	02:27:53:00	I MADE OUT TO COORDINATOR AND
02:27:53:00	02:27:54:00	YOUR IS WHEN SHE STARTS
02:27:54:00	02:27:57:00	PATRICIA MENDEZ, A DIRECTOR
02:27:57:00	02:27:57:00	OF ARCHITECTURAL ACCESS.
02:27:57:00	02:28:00:00	CHRIS MOROWSKI IS A LICENSED
02:28:00:00	02:28:01:00	SOCIAL WORKER.
02:28:01:00	02:28:02:00	HE DOES OUR SUPPORT FOR
02:28:02:00	02:28:04:00	CONSTITUENTS.
02:28:04:00	02:28:05:00	SO YOUNG IS A SENIOR
02:28:05:00	02:28:07:00	ARCHITECTURAL LIKE SPECIALIST
02:28:07:00	02:28:08:00	COLLEEN FLANAGAN DOES OUTREACH
02:28:08:00	02:28:08:00	AND ENGAGEMENT.
02:28:08:00	02:28:12:00	KYLIE POTTER DOES PARKING THE
02:28:12:00	02:28:12:00	ACCESSIBLE PARKING PROGRAM AND
02:28:12:00	02:28:16:00	THEN SIERRA IS A NEWER ADDITION
02:28:16:00	02:28:17:00	AND SHE IS ALSO WORKING ON
02:28:17:00	02:28:20:00	ARCHITECTURAL ACCESS AND I
02:28:20:00	02:28:23:00	THINK THAT'S ALL IN MY SLIDES.
02:28:23:00	02:28:26:00	BUT I'M SORRY WE DISABILITY
02:28:26:00	02:28:27:00	DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THIS WAS
02:28:27:00	02:28:31:00	COMPILED BY LCA AND I WANTED TO
02:28:31:00	02:28:32:00	INCLUDE IT JUST TO GIVE YOU A
02:28:32:00	02:28:35:00	SNAPSHOT OF THE RESIDENTS WE
02:28:35:00	02:28:36:00	SPEAK OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
02:28:36:00	02:28:38:00	IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK.
02:28:38:00	02:28:39:00	SO AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
02:28:39:00	02:28:42:00	ALMOST 700000 RESIDENTS
02:28:42:00	02:28:43:00	OF BOSTON.
02:28:43:00	02:28:44:00	SEVENTY THOUSAND OF THEM MORE
02:28:44:00	02:28:47:00	THAN 70000 IDENTIFIED AS HAVING
02:28:47:00	02:28:48:00	AT LEAST ONE DISABILITY AND
02:28:48:00	02:28:50:00	THAT'S ONLY PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY
02:28:50:00	02:28:51:00	YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
02:28:51:00	02:28:54:00	IDENTIFY ESPECIALLY OLDER
02:28:54:00	02:28:55:00	PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE TO THINK
02:28:55:00	02:28:55:00	OF THEMSELVES AS DISABLED.
02:28:55:00	02:28:58:00	BUT WE KNOW THEY COULD STILL
02:28:58:00	02:28:59:00	BENEFIT FROM ALL OUR WORK.
02:28:59:00	02:29:02:00	FORTY THOUSAND PLUS RESIDENTS
02:29:02:00	02:29:02:00	HAVE A MILITARY DISABILITY
02:29:02:00	02:29:06:00	THAT'S SIX PERCENT OF OUR
02:29:06:00	02:29:06:00	POPULATION WHO ARE FIVE AND
02:29:06:00	02:29:07:00	OLDER.
02:29:07:00	02:29:09:00	FIFTEEN THOUSAND RESIDENTS OR
02:29:09:00	02:29:10:00	TWO PERCENT HAVE A HEARING
02:29:10:00	02:29:13:00	DISABILITY.
02:29:13:00	02:29:14:00	FIFTEEN THOUSAND ALSO A VISUAL
02:29:14:00	02:29:17:00	DISABILITY AND THEN COGNITIVE
02:29:17:00	02:29:18:00	DIFFICULTIES AFFECT THIRTY SIX
02:29:18:00	02:29:21:00	THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
02:29:21:00	02:29:22:00	SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT AS A
02:29:22:00	02:29:24:00	SNAPSHOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING
02:29:24:00	02:29:25:00	ABOUT WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WITH
02:29:25:00	02:29:28:00	DISABILITIES AND THIS IS ONLY
02:29:28:00	02:29:28:00	RESIDENTS.
02:29:28:00	02:29:29:00	WE KNOW THAT BOSTON IS ALSO
02:29:29:00	02:29:32:00	HOME TO COMMUTERS AND TOURISTS
02:29:32:00	02:29:33:00	FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM
02:29:33:00	02:29:33:00	AROUND THIS COUNTRY AND AROUND
02:29:33:00	02:29:35:00	THE STATE.
02:29:35:00	02:29:36:00	SO ON ANY GIVEN DAY THERE COULD
02:29:36:00	02:29:37:00	BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH
02:29:37:00	02:29:39:00	DISABILITIES WALKING ON THE
02:29:39:00	02:29:40:00	STREETS IN BOSTON AND I THINK
02:29:40:00	02:29:46:00	THAT'S EVERYTHING.
02:29:46:00	02:29:46:00	HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
02:29:46:00	02:29:53:00	THANK YOU AND SOME CASH I WILL
02:29:53:00	02:29:58:00	GO TO MY COLLEAGUES I I HAVEN'T
02:29:58:00	02:29:58:00	BEEN ACTUALLY PRESENTING WE
02:29:58:00	02:30:01:00	USUALLY HAVE A BUDGET ANALYST
02:30:01:00	02:30:01:00	PRESENT HERE.
02:30:01:00	02:30:02:00	I HAVEN'T BEEN PRESENTING BUT I
02:30:02:00	02:30:05:00	JUST HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT
02:30:05:00	02:30:06:00	WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF YOUR
02:30:06:00	02:30:09:00	DEPARTMENT YOU ARE ONE OF THE
02:30:09:00	02:30:13:00	VERY FEW DEPARTMENTS WITHOUT
02:30:13:00	02:30:13:00	ANY DISCREPANCIES LIKE THE
02:30:13:00	02:30:14:00	NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE JUST ALL
02:30:14:00	02:30:17:00	ACROSS A BOARD, JUST A CLEAN
02:30:17:00	02:30:17:00	BUDGET.
02:30:17:00	02:30:20:00	SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
02:30:20:00	02:30:22:00	AND I'LL GO TO OUR FIRST ROUND
02:30:22:00	02:30:24:00	OF QUESTIONS TO
02:30:24:00	02:30:25:00	COUNCILOR PRESIDENT FLYNN AND
02:30:25:00	02:30:27:00	THEN COUNCIL FLAHERTY.
02:30:27:00	02:30:32:00	WE'RE STILL HERE.
02:30:32:00	02:30:33:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
02:30:33:00	02:30:35:00	THANK YOU MADAM FOR THE
02:30:35:00	02:30:36:00	IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU ARE
02:30:36:00	02:30:39:00	DOING ON DISABILITY ACCESS
02:30:39:00	02:30:44:00	THROUGHOUT YOUR DISTRICT BUT
02:30:44:00	02:30:44:00	ALSO THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
02:30:44:00	02:30:47:00	I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME
02:30:47:00	02:30:48:00	AKAASH SOMEONE I'VE HAD GREAT
02:30:48:00	02:30:51:00	RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR FOR
02:30:51:00	02:30:55:00	MANY YEARS NOT NOT JUST BECAUSE
02:30:55:00	02:30:56:00	SHE'S A FRIEND BUT FOR THE WORK
02:30:56:00	02:30:59:00	SHE DOES ACROSS THE CITY
02:30:59:00	02:31:02:00	REPRESENTING PERSONS WITH
02:31:02:00	02:31:03:00	DISABILITIES AND IN THE CIVIL
02:31:03:00	02:31:07:00	RIGHTS I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
02:31:07:00	02:31:08:00	ACKNOWLEDGE I HAVE AT LEAST ONE
02:31:08:00	02:31:14:00	ONE DISABILITY AS WELL BUT I I
02:31:14:00	02:31:15:00	RESPECT THE WORK COMMISSION THE
02:31:15:00	02:31:20:00	DOES AND HER TEAM.
02:31:20:00	02:31:21:00	SO COMMISSIONER, I GUESS MY
02:31:21:00	02:31:25:00	QUESTION IS I KNOW THE CITY
02:31:25:00	02:31:28:00	OF BOSTON IS CONTINUING TO MAKE
02:31:28:00	02:31:33:00	OUR SIDEWALK SIDEWALKS, THE
02:31:33:00	02:31:36:00	RAMPS HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.
02:31:36:00	02:31:40:00	I KNOW THERE WAS A THERE WAS AN
02:31:40:00	02:31:41:00	ORDER THAT CAME DOWN.
02:31:41:00	02:31:43:00	I BELIEVE IT'S WITHIN THE STATE
02:31:43:00	02:31:44:00	OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT
02:31:44:00	02:31:47:00	WE NEED TO INVEST MILLIONS
02:31:47:00	02:31:48:00	OF DOLLARS INTO MAKING SURE OUR
02:31:48:00	02:31:51:00	SIDEWALKS WERE COMPLYING WITH
02:31:51:00	02:31:52:00	ADA FOR PERSONS WITH
02:31:52:00	02:31:55:00	DISABILITIES.
02:31:55:00	02:31:57:00	I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A
02:31:57:00	02:31:59:00	LOT OF YEARS, CERTAINLY A LOT
02:31:59:00	02:32:00:00	OF MONEY BUT ARE WE MAKING ARE
02:32:00:00	02:32:05:00	WE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT?
02:32:05:00	02:32:10:00	THANK YOU, CONSTABLE.
02:32:10:00	02:32:11:00	SO THAT QUESTION SO YES, IT WAS
02:32:11:00	02:32:14:00	A CONSENT DECREE THAT THE CITY
02:32:14:00	02:32:15:00	ENTERED INTO VOLUNTARILY WITH A
02:32:15:00	02:32:17:00	GROUP OF DISABILITY ADVOCATES.
02:32:17:00	02:32:18:00	SO THAT TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR.
02:32:18:00	02:32:21:00	SO WE DO HAVE A TEN YEAR PLAN
02:32:21:00	02:32:24:00	TO INSTALL A CERTAIN NUMBER
02:32:24:00	02:32:25:00	OF PROGRAMS EVERY YEAR AND WE
02:32:25:00	02:32:26:00	ARE WORKING AWAY LIKE YOU SAID,
02:32:26:00	02:32:29:00	IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
02:32:29:00	02:32:30:00	IT'S A LOT OF RESOURCES.
02:32:30:00	02:32:32:00	SO MANY THINGS IMPACT PUBLIC
02:32:32:00	02:32:32:00	RIGHT AWAY.
02:32:32:00	02:32:34:00	WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE
02:32:34:00	02:32:36:00	OUT IF THERE ARE LIKE OUTDOOR
02:32:36:00	02:32:37:00	DINING ISSUES THAT IMPACTED A
02:32:37:00	02:32:40:00	LOT THAT PUBLIC WORKS DID.
02:32:40:00	02:32:44:00	BUT AS FAR AS THE CURB RAMPS,
02:32:44:00	02:32:45:00	WE ARE ON TRACK.
02:32:45:00	02:32:48:00	WE DIDN'T MEET OUR GOALS FOR
02:32:48:00	02:32:49:00	THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR A
02:32:49:00	02:32:49:00	VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS
02:32:49:00	02:32:52:00	BUT WE HAVE THEM STILL PENDING
02:32:52:00	02:32:53:00	AND WE HOPE TO CATCH UP THIS
02:32:53:00	02:32:55:00	YEAR.
02:32:55:00	02:32:59:00	THANK YOU QUESTION AND ONE
02:32:59:00	02:33:00:00	FINAL ONE FINAL POINT I LOVE I
02:33:00:00	02:33:03:00	LOVE BEING WITH THE TEAM BUT
02:33:03:00	02:33:04:00	THE VARIOUS EVENTS THAT YOU
02:33:04:00	02:33:07:00	HAVE ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY.
02:33:07:00	02:33:08:00	BUT WHAT I ESPECIALLY LIKE
02:33:08:00	02:33:11:00	ABOUT THE EVENT IS WHEN WHEN
02:33:11:00	02:33:14:00	RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
02:33:14:00	02:33:15:00	COME UP AND THEY TALK WITH THE
02:33:15:00	02:33:18:00	TEAM AND ITS STAFF, THE STAFF
02:33:18:00	02:33:19:00	PROVIDES THEM WITH SOME GOOD
02:33:19:00	02:33:22:00	INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES AND
02:33:22:00	02:33:26:00	PROGRAMS AND AS A CITY
02:33:26:00	02:33:27:00	COUNCIL OR AS A RESIDENT,
02:33:27:00	02:33:30:00	THERE'S NOTHING NOTHING BETTER
02:33:30:00	02:33:31:00	THAN SEEING A RESIDENT COMING
02:33:31:00	02:33:33:00	UP TO A CITY OFFICIAL ENGAGING
02:33:33:00	02:33:34:00	WITH THEM AND THEN LEARNING
02:33:34:00	02:33:37:00	ABOUT WHAT PROGRAMS ARE
02:33:37:00	02:33:38:00	AVAILABLE.
02:33:38:00	02:33:39:00	SO I JUST WANT TO JUST WANT TO
02:33:39:00	02:33:41:00	THANK YOU BUT ALSO ENCOURAGE
02:33:41:00	02:33:42:00	YOUR TEAM TO CONTINUE DOING
02:33:42:00	02:33:45:00	THAT BECAUSE IT GOES A LONG WAY
02:33:45:00	02:33:46:00	AND IT REALLY HELPS SOMEBODY SO
02:33:46:00	02:33:53:00	MANY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
02:33:53:00	02:33:54:00	MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE I HAVE NO
02:33:54:00	02:33:57:00	FURTHER QUESTIONS.
02:33:57:00	02:33:58:00	I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU,
02:33:58:00	02:33:59:00	MADAM CHAIR AND TO COMMISSIONER
02:33:59:00	02:34:02:00	MCCLOSKY AND OUR TEAM AS WELL.
02:34:02:00	02:34:03:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:34:03:00	02:34:05:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT ELLEN
02:34:05:00	02:34:06:00	FLAHERTY.
02:34:06:00	02:34:06:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:34:06:00	02:34:08:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND GOOD
02:34:08:00	02:34:09:00	AFTERNOON COMMISSIONER.
02:34:09:00	02:34:10:00	IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.
02:34:10:00	02:34:12:00	I'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF KNOWING
02:34:12:00	02:34:13:00	YOU MY WHOLE LIFE SO I KNOW HOW
02:34:13:00	02:34:17:00	HARD YOU WORK AND HOW MUCH YOU
02:34:17:00	02:34:17:00	CARE AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT
02:34:17:00	02:34:20:00	YOU MAKE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE
02:34:20:00	02:34:21:00	, VISITORS, PEOPLE ACROSS THE
02:34:21:00	02:34:22:00	CITY AND ALSO VISITING.
02:34:22:00	02:34:24:00	SO AND I APPRECIATE HOW
02:34:24:00	02:34:25:00	RESPONSIVE YOU ARE ALWAYS TO MY
02:34:25:00	02:34:28:00	TEAM AS WELL.
02:34:28:00	02:34:29:00	SO IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO I
02:34:29:00	02:34:32:00	THINK THAT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
02:34:32:00	02:34:33:00	DONE AS A COMMISSIONER WHEN I
02:34:33:00	02:34:35:00	FIRST STARTED HERE A LONG TIME
02:34:35:00	02:34:36:00	DISABILITIES COMMISSION WASN'T
02:34:36:00	02:34:38:00	REALLY ENGAGED IN A LOT OF THE
02:34:38:00	02:34:39:00	VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT THAT
02:34:39:00	02:34:43:00	YOU HAVE ENGAGED WITH WHICH IS
02:34:43:00	02:34:44:00	EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND I THINK
02:34:44:00	02:34:45:00	UNDER THE LEADERSHIP AT THE
02:34:45:00	02:34:47:00	TIME OF MAYOR WALSH AND NOW SEE
02:34:47:00	02:34:48:00	MAYOR, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE
02:34:48:00	02:34:51:00	WIDE LATITUDE TO BE INVOLVED
02:34:51:00	02:34:52:00	WITH PUBLIC WORKS, TO BE
02:34:52:00	02:34:52:00	INVOLVED WITH BTD, TO BE
02:34:52:00	02:34:54:00	INVOLVED WITH INSPECTION
02:34:54:00	02:34:55:00	SERVICES THAT THE EPA IS THE
02:34:55:00	02:35:02:00	BAPS ELECTIONS SEE EMERGENCY
02:35:02:00	02:35:03:00	MANAGEMENT I MEAN ALL PLAYING
02:35:03:00	02:35:04:00	VITAL CRITICAL FUNCTIONS FOR
02:35:04:00	02:35:06:00	OUR CITY BUT NEVER REALLY
02:35:06:00	02:35:10:00	HAVING SORT OF A LENS TO TO
02:35:10:00	02:35:10:00	DISABILITY PERSONS WITH
02:35:10:00	02:35:10:00	DISABILITIES.
02:35:10:00	02:35:14:00	SO YOU'VE BEEN A HUGE LEADER
02:35:14:00	02:35:15:00	AND TRENDSETTER IN THAT REGARD.
02:35:15:00	02:35:17:00	SO WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND
02:35:17:00	02:35:18:00	APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO
02:35:18:00	02:35:19:00	DETAIL ON THAT AND AS A
02:35:19:00	02:35:22:00	REFERENCE TO SOME FOLKS EARLIER
02:35:22:00	02:35:23:00	ON, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ON THE
02:35:23:00	02:35:26:00	HEARING SINCE IT STARTED.
02:35:26:00	02:35:27:00	PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN
02:35:27:00	02:35:28:00	DO AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW AND
02:35:28:00	02:35:30:00	YOU CONTINUE TO TO GET INVOLVED
02:35:30:00	02:35:33:00	IN OTHER AREAS OF CITY
02:35:33:00	02:35:34:00	GOVERNMENT IN AND THEY ARE
02:35:34:00	02:35:37:00	BRINGING YOU IN TO THE EQUATION
02:35:37:00	02:35:38:00	WHICH IS A BIG PIECE OF IT IN
02:35:38:00	02:35:41:00	GETTING YOUR EXPERTIZE GETTING
02:35:41:00	02:35:42:00	YOUR TEAM TO BE INVOLVED WITH
02:35:42:00	02:35:43:00	THEM AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS
02:35:43:00	02:35:45:00	A CITY THAT DEMAND ON YOU AND
02:35:45:00	02:35:45:00	YOUR DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO
02:35:45:00	02:35:46:00	ALSO GROW.
02:35:46:00	02:35:48:00	SO DON'T BE BASHFUL.
02:35:48:00	02:35:51:00	OFTENTIMES YOU YOU TEND TO
02:35:51:00	02:35:53:00	SOMETIMES BE QUIET AND AND YOU
02:35:53:00	02:35:56:00	JUST DO WHAT YOU DO WITH THE
02:35:56:00	02:35:57:00	RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE.
02:35:57:00	02:35:59:00	BUT PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
02:35:59:00	02:36:00:00	TO DO A FULL ASSESSMENT
02:36:00:00	02:36:03:00	OF WHERE YOU ARE NOW, WHERE YOU
02:36:03:00	02:36:04:00	WANT TO TAKE OUR CITY AND LEAN
02:36:04:00	02:36:08:00	ON US IF IT'S A PERSONNEL ISSUE
02:36:08:00	02:36:11:00	OR IF IT'S YOU EQUIPMENT YOU
02:36:11:00	02:36:12:00	LET US KNOW WHERE WE CAN HELP
02:36:12:00	02:36:15:00	YOU PERFORM A JOB TO AN EVEN
02:36:15:00	02:36:16:00	HIGHER LEVEL THAT YOU'RE
02:36:16:00	02:36:16:00	CURRENTLY PERFORMING.
02:36:16:00	02:36:20:00	SO THAT'S IT FOR ME I'M SURE.
02:36:20:00	02:36:21:00	I JUST WANT TO COMMEND OUR
02:36:21:00	02:36:22:00	COMMISSIONER WHO DOES A
02:36:22:00	02:36:23:00	TREMENDOUS JOB AND WE ARE AGAIN
02:36:23:00	02:36:24:00	AS A REFERENCE LUCKY TO HAVE
02:36:24:00	02:36:27:00	HER AND IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE
02:36:27:00	02:36:30:00	HER ENGAGE IN WORK WITH ALL
02:36:30:00	02:36:31:00	THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO
02:36:31:00	02:36:31:00	BRING THOSE ISSUES TO THE
02:36:31:00	02:36:31:00	FOREFRONT.
02:36:31:00	02:36:34:00	AND THE LAST SLIDE I THINK SAYS
02:36:34:00	02:36:35:00	IT ALL IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER
02:36:35:00	02:36:36:00	OF FOLKS THAT HAVE AT LEAST ONE
02:36:36:00	02:36:39:00	DISABILITY AND THEN YOU HAVE
02:36:39:00	02:36:39:00	SOME CITY PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE
02:36:39:00	02:36:40:00	HEARING IMPAIRMENT, YOU GO
02:36:40:00	02:36:42:00	RIGHT DOWN THE LIST.
02:36:42:00	02:36:43:00	WE HAVE TO BE BETTER.
02:36:43:00	02:36:44:00	WE ARE BETTER AND WE ARE BETTER
02:36:44:00	02:36:46:00	BECAUSE OF SHOW LEADERSHIP.
02:36:46:00	02:36:50:00	THANK YOU.
02:36:50:00	02:36:51:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR .
02:36:51:00	02:36:52:00	AND I WILL JUST REALLY WANT TO
02:36:52:00	02:36:54:00	GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO MY
02:36:54:00	02:36:54:00	STAFF.
02:36:54:00	02:36:57:00	THERE ARE EIGHT OF US SOON TO
02:36:57:00	02:36:58:00	BE NINE AND WE'RE A REALLY WELL
02:36:58:00	02:37:02:00	OILED MACHINE AT THIS POINT.
02:37:02:00	02:37:03:00	BUT REALLY YOU KNOW I HAVE THE
02:37:03:00	02:37:06:00	VISION, THE LEADERSHIP BUT THEY
02:37:06:00	02:37:07:00	DO THE WORK AND THEY ALL DO AN
02:37:07:00	02:37:09:00	INCREDIBLE JOB AND SO ANDERSON,
02:37:09:00	02:37:10:00	I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO ANDREW
02:37:10:00	02:37:12:00	PAYTON MUCH STAFF SHE WAS A
02:37:12:00	02:37:13:00	BUDGET AND I AGREE IT WAS A
02:37:13:00	02:37:17:00	VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD BUDGET AND
02:37:17:00	02:37:17:00	LOOKS GREAT.
02:37:17:00	02:37:18:00	SO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN,
02:37:18:00	02:37:20:00	COMMISSIONER.
02:37:20:00	02:37:21:00	I JOINED THE COUNCIL I BELIEVE
02:37:21:00	02:37:24:00	THAT THE TEAM WAS TWO MAYBE
02:37:24:00	02:37:25:00	THREE FOLKS.
02:37:25:00	02:37:26:00	SO THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GROWN
02:37:26:00	02:37:28:00	THE DEPARTMENT TONIGHT AND
02:37:28:00	02:37:29:00	YOU'RE IN ALL THESE OTHER
02:37:29:00	02:37:30:00	AREAS, IT'S TREMENDOUS,
02:37:30:00	02:37:31:00	TREMENDOUS WORK.
02:37:31:00	02:37:32:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:32:00	02:37:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:37:35:00	02:37:36:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:36:00	02:37:39:00	COUNCILOR FLAHERTY,
02:37:39:00	02:37:40:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE
02:37:40:00	02:37:41:00	BEFORE SORRY IS CONCENTRATED
02:37:41:00	02:37:43:00	STILL WITH US COUNCILOR BRADIN
02:37:43:00	02:37:46:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:37:46:00	02:37:51:00	ABSOLUTELY JEN YOU HAVE THE
02:37:51:00	02:37:51:00	FLOOR.
02:37:51:00	02:37:54:00	THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
02:37:54:00	02:37:55:00	MCCUISTION.
02:37:55:00	02:37:56:00	THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT
02:37:56:00	02:37:58:00	YOU'RE DOING.
02:37:58:00	02:38:00:00	I WANT TO SHOUT OUT YOUR CHIEF
02:38:00:00	02:38:00:00	OF STAFF WHO IS ALSO AMAZING
02:38:00:00	02:38:02:00	AND HAS COME TO MY OWN VERY
02:38:02:00	02:38:05:00	PERSONAL ON STREET TO ASSESS
02:38:05:00	02:38:06:00	ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AND I JUST
02:38:06:00	02:38:10:00	REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HANDS ON
02:38:10:00	02:38:10:00	APPROACH.
02:38:10:00	02:38:14:00	I AM HAPPY THAT YOUR OFFICE IS
02:38:14:00	02:38:14:00	GROWING.
02:38:14:00	02:38:17:00	I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING
02:38:17:00	02:38:19:00	WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS
02:38:19:00	02:38:22:00	ABOUT HOW WE MAKE OUR SMALL
02:38:22:00	02:38:25:00	BUSINESSES MORE ACCESSIBLE AND
02:38:25:00	02:38:30:00	I KNOW THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THE
02:38:30:00	02:38:30:00	ADA IS A PROBLEM.
02:38:30:00	02:38:31:00	WE STILL HAVE OURSELVES SOME
02:38:31:00	02:38:33:00	SMALL BUSINESSES THAT STRUGGLE
02:38:33:00	02:38:34:00	WITH MAKING THEIR SMALL
02:38:34:00	02:38:37:00	BOOKSTORES OR THEIR SHOPS
02:38:37:00	02:38:38:00	THEY'VE HAD FOR YEARS AND YEARS
02:38:38:00	02:38:42:00	AND YEARS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
02:38:42:00	02:38:43:00	OF US NO MATTER HOW WE ARE ABLE
02:38:43:00	02:38:43:00	TO.
02:38:43:00	02:38:45:00	AND SO WONDERING LIKE WHAT WORK
02:38:45:00	02:38:46:00	YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING, I
02:38:46:00	02:38:47:00	YOU KNOW, I HAD THE IDEA
02:38:47:00	02:38:49:00	OF LIKE YOU KNOW, COULD WE
02:38:49:00	02:38:53:00	POSSIBLY HAVE A GRANT WE WERE
02:38:53:00	02:38:54:00	ABLE TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW,
02:38:54:00	02:38:55:00	BUSINESSES THAT I'VE BEEN THAT
02:38:55:00	02:38:57:00	HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 50
02:38:57:00	02:38:58:00	PLUS YEARS THAT WANT TO MAKE
02:38:58:00	02:39:01:00	ACCESSIBILITY UPDATES.
02:39:01:00	02:39:02:00	ARE WE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM IN
02:39:02:00	02:39:02:00	FINANCIALLY?
02:39:02:00	02:39:05:00	SO IT WOULD BE I WOULD LOVE TO
02:39:05:00	02:39:05:00	HEAR YOUR TAKE ON THAT REGARD.
02:39:05:00	02:39:09:00	I I WANT IF PEOPLE WANT TO BUY
02:39:09:00	02:39:10:00	BOOKS AND THEY WANT TO BUY
02:39:10:00	02:39:12:00	BOOKS FROM THEIR LOCAL BOOKSHOP
02:39:12:00	02:39:13:00	, I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO
02:39:13:00	02:39:14:00	THAT INSTEAD OF LIKE GOING TO
02:39:14:00	02:39:16:00	BIG BOX CHAIN TO DO THAT BIG
02:39:16:00	02:39:17:00	BOX CHAIN HAS AN EASIER TIME
02:39:17:00	02:39:20:00	COMPLYING WITH ADA BECAUSE THEY
02:39:20:00	02:39:21:00	HAVE MORE FUNDS AND THINGS
02:39:21:00	02:39:21:00	OF THAT NATURE.
02:39:21:00	02:39:24:00	SO THAT'S THAT'S THE GENESIS
02:39:24:00	02:39:25:00	OF THE ROOT OF THIS QUESTION AN
02:39:25:00	02:39:27:00	ISSUE AS IT WAS BROUGHT TO ME
02:39:27:00	02:39:28:00	BY SOMEONE WHO IS DISABLED.
02:39:28:00	02:39:32:00	YEAH, AND WE FEEL THE EXACT
02:39:32:00	02:39:32:00	SAME WAY WE WANT TO SUPPORT
02:39:32:00	02:39:33:00	LOCAL BUSINESSES, SMALL
02:39:33:00	02:39:36:00	BUSINESSES, MAIN STREETS IN THE
02:39:36:00	02:39:36:00	CITY.
02:39:36:00	02:39:39:00	SO THIS IS REALLY GOOD TIMING
02:39:39:00	02:39:40:00	THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION
02:39:40:00	02:39:41:00	BECAUSE THE PAST FEW MONTHS
02:39:41:00	02:39:44:00	WE'VE STARTED A FEW PROGRAMS.
02:39:44:00	02:39:45:00	ONE OF THEM ONE I MENTIONED IN
02:39:45:00	02:39:46:00	MY PRESENTATION IS CHECKLISTS
02:39:46:00	02:39:47:00	AND TOOLS THAT WE GIVE OUT.
02:39:47:00	02:39:50:00	WE CREATED WHAT IT'S CALLED A
02:39:50:00	02:39:51:00	SELF-ASSESSMENT ACCESSIBILITY
02:39:51:00	02:39:54:00	SURVEY AND AGAIN IT'S IT'S VERY
02:39:54:00	02:39:55:00	NON CUMBERSOME.
02:39:55:00	02:39:56:00	IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT PAGES
02:39:56:00	02:39:59:00	AND IT'S FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
02:39:59:00	02:40:00:00	WHO DON'T HAVE LIKE A BIG
02:40:00:00	02:40:03:00	BACKER BEHIND LIKE A WALMART OR
02:40:03:00	02:40:03:00	SOMETHING.
02:40:03:00	02:40:06:00	IT WOULD BE FOR SOMEONE LIKE ON
02:40:06:00	02:40:07:00	BROADWAY IN SOUTH BOSTON THEY
02:40:07:00	02:40:07:00	MIGHT HAVE ONE STEP.
02:40:07:00	02:40:10:00	SO IT'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT
02:40:10:00	02:40:10:00	THEY CAN ASSESS THEIR BUSINESS
02:40:10:00	02:40:13:00	FOR AND THEN TO A COMPANY THAT
02:40:13:00	02:40:14:00	WE HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT TALKS
02:40:14:00	02:40:18:00	ABOUT FREE AND LOW COST
02:40:18:00	02:40:18:00	ACCESSIBILITY ENHANCEMENTS AND
02:40:18:00	02:40:22:00	THEN ALSO A DOCUMENT ABOUT TAX
02:40:22:00	02:40:22:00	INCENTIVES FOR CREATING ACCESS
02:40:22:00	02:40:25:00	TO NEW BUSINESS.
02:40:25:00	02:40:26:00	RECENTLY WE'VE BEGUN TO DISCUSS
02:40:26:00	02:40:29:00	THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME GRANT
02:40:29:00	02:40:30:00	FUNDING TO GIVE OUT TO
02:40:30:00	02:40:33:00	BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET.
02:40:33:00	02:40:34:00	WE ARE WORKING WITH THE MAIN
02:40:34:00	02:40:36:00	STREET'S OFFICE TO TO TRY TO
02:40:36:00	02:40:37:00	MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
02:40:37:00	02:40:38:00	WE LOOKED INTO THEIR NATIONAL
02:40:38:00	02:40:41:00	CONFERENCE CHAPEL IN BOSTON
02:40:41:00	02:40:42:00	THIS YEAR SO WE HAVE A LOT
02:40:42:00	02:40:44:00	OF IRONS IN THE FIRE.
02:40:44:00	02:40:45:00	IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESSES
02:40:45:00	02:40:46:00	AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
02:40:46:00	02:40:49:00	I MEAN MAIN STREET USA WHEN WE
02:40:49:00	02:40:50:00	THINK OF IT YOU THINK OF THE
02:40:50:00	02:40:52:00	LITTLE SHOPS WITH ONE STEP AND
02:40:52:00	02:40:53:00	AT ONE STEP CAN BE A HUGE
02:40:53:00	02:40:54:00	BARRIER BUT WE CAN MITIGATE AT
02:40:54:00	02:40:56:00	THINGS LIKE DOOR BELL ON THE
02:40:56:00	02:40:57:00	SIGN THAT SAYS YOU NEED
02:40:57:00	02:40:59:00	ASSISTANCE, PLEASE RING THE
02:40:59:00	02:41:00:00	BELL AND THERE ARE A LOT
02:41:00:00	02:41:01:00	OF TIPS THAT WE GIVE PEOPLE
02:41:01:00	02:41:04:00	THAT DON'T COST MUCH AND I
02:41:04:00	02:41:04:00	WOULD REALLY INCREASE
02:41:04:00	02:41:05:00	ACCESSIBILITY.
02:41:05:00	02:41:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:07:00	02:41:08:00	I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE
02:41:08:00	02:41:11:00	WORKING ON IT IN PARTNERSHIP.
02:41:11:00	02:41:12:00	MAIN STREET'S HAPPY TO BE
02:41:12:00	02:41:12:00	SUPPORTIVE.
02:41:12:00	02:41:15:00	HOWEVER WE CAN EITHER FORMALLY
02:41:15:00	02:41:19:00	THROUGH THIS BUDGET OR LATER
02:41:19:00	02:41:19:00	ON.
02:41:19:00	02:41:20:00	SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND
02:41:20:00	02:41:23:00	GETTING AN UPDATE ON THE WORK
02:41:23:00	02:41:26:00	THAT YOU'RE DOING AROUND
02:41:26:00	02:41:26:00	COMPLIANCE WITH THAT CLOSED
02:41:26:00	02:41:27:00	CAPTIONING ORDINANCE.
02:41:27:00	02:41:28:00	SO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL
02:41:28:00	02:41:30:00	OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND
02:41:30:00	02:41:31:00	HAPPY TO SUPPORT.
02:41:31:00	02:41:31:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:31:00	02:41:34:00	AND I JUST I THINK ALL OF THE
02:41:34:00	02:41:35:00	FOLKS IN THE DISABILITY
02:41:35:00	02:41:38:00	COMMUNITY WHO MAKE SURE THAT WE
02:41:38:00	02:41:39:00	ARE ALWAYS ACTIVELY THINKING
02:41:39:00	02:41:39:00	ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS AS WELL
02:41:39:00	02:41:41:00	IN THAT WE ARE CENTERING
02:41:41:00	02:41:42:00	CENTERING THEIR VOICES AND
02:41:42:00	02:41:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:49:00	02:41:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:49:00	02:41:52:00	CONSERVATION COUNCILOR .
02:41:52:00	02:41:56:00	I MEAN HERE YOU HAVE FOUR I'M
02:41:56:00	02:41:57:00	SORRY I I DON'T HAVE ANY
02:41:57:00	02:41:57:00	QUESTIONS.
02:41:57:00	02:41:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:41:57:00	02:42:07:00	OR YOUR COUNCILOR MURPHY COS
02:42:07:00	02:42:11:00	HE'S NO LONGER WITH US
02:42:11:00	02:42:12:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTA YOU HAVE THE
02:42:12:00	02:42:26:00	FLOOR OK THAT'S OK
02:42:26:00	02:42:27:00	COUNCILOR MICHELLE THANK YOU
02:42:27:00	02:42:27:00	AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND
02:42:27:00	02:42:30:00	YOUR WONDERFUL WORK.
02:42:30:00	02:42:34:00	I GUESS IN THE INTEREST OF JUST
02:42:34:00	02:42:37:00	RACIAL EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY
02:42:37:00	02:42:38:00	WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT
02:42:38:00	02:42:38:00	DEPARTMENTS AND FIGURING OUT
02:42:38:00	02:42:42:00	TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE
02:42:42:00	02:42:45:00	AS HE ALWAYS PUTS GETTING OUR
02:42:45:00	02:42:46:00	RETURN ON INVESTMENT, HOW ARE
02:42:46:00	02:42:47:00	WE MEASURING IT?
02:42:47:00	02:42:49:00	HOW ARE WE MONITORING IT?
02:42:49:00	02:42:51:00	AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU IN
02:42:51:00	02:42:54:00	TERMS YOUR CAPACITY IN YOUR
02:42:54:00	02:42:58:00	OFFICE ITSELF, WHAT IF YOU
02:42:58:00	02:42:59:00	COULD IF YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE
02:42:59:00	02:43:02:00	IT HERE, IF YOU CAN SEND THE
02:43:02:00	02:43:02:00	DEMOCRAT THE RACIAL
02:43:02:00	02:43:03:00	DEMOGRAPHICS OF YOUR STAFF?
02:43:03:00	02:43:05:00	I SAW SOME PICTURES, NOT
02:43:05:00	02:43:05:00	OTHERS.
02:43:05:00	02:43:08:00	I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE BUT
02:43:08:00	02:43:09:00	IF YOU COULD BE SPECIFIC IN
02:43:09:00	02:43:10:00	SUBMITTING THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE
02:43:10:00	02:43:16:00	IT TODAY, I KNOW THAT TWO OF MY
02:43:16:00	02:43:19:00	STAFF ARE IDENTIFIED AS BIPAC
02:43:19:00	02:43:23:00	IN THAT COMMUNITY SO I THAT'S
02:43:23:00	02:43:24:00	PROBABLY THE MOST INFORMATION I
02:43:24:00	02:43:25:00	HAVE RIGHT NOW BUT I CAN
02:43:25:00	02:43:28:00	DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
02:43:28:00	02:43:28:00	OK, WONDERFUL.
02:43:28:00	02:43:39:00	ALSO IN THE SAME BREATH WHAT I
02:43:39:00	02:43:40:00	DID IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS
02:43:40:00	02:43:41:00	MALE FEMALE ALSO RACE AND PAY
02:43:41:00	02:43:42:00	EQUITY IS IMPORTANT TO US AS
02:43:42:00	02:43:43:00	WELL LOOKING AT THAT WHILE WE
02:43:43:00	02:43:44:00	GO THROUGH BUDGET AND HOW WE
02:43:44:00	02:43:47:00	CAN SUPPORT WOMEN AS WELL IN
02:43:47:00	02:43:51:00	EQUAL PAY I DON'T HAVE ANY
02:43:51:00	02:43:54:00	OTHER QUESTIONS IF THERE IF ANY
02:43:54:00	02:43:55:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
02:43:55:00	02:43:58:00	FURTHER QUESTIONS BEYOND HERE.
02:43:58:00	02:43:59:00	AS I MENTIONED, I'VE GONE
02:43:59:00	02:44:02:00	THROUGH THE BREAKDOWN OR THE
02:44:02:00	02:44:02:00	ANALYSIS OF YOUR BUDGET.
02:44:02:00	02:44:05:00	I REALLY APPRECIATED NOT HAVING
02:44:05:00	02:44:06:00	ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL,
02:44:06:00	02:44:07:00	UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT IT'S
02:44:07:00	02:44:10:00	FOR AND BACKED BY WORK, BACKED
02:44:10:00	02:44:11:00	BY POLICY AS COUNCILOR HAD
02:44:11:00	02:44:14:00	MENTIONED ME PREVIOUSLY JUST
02:44:14:00	02:44:18:00	AMAZING WORK AND I REALLY
02:44:18:00	02:44:18:00	APPRECIATE IT.
02:44:18:00	02:44:19:00	AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO
02:44:19:00	02:44:22:00	CONTINUING CONVERSATION ABOUT
02:44:22:00	02:44:22:00	HOW TO SUPPORT YOU AND
02:44:22:00	02:44:26:00	INCREASING RACIAL EQUITY OR
02:44:26:00	02:44:28:00	POPULATION OF INTEREST IN YOUR
02:44:28:00	02:44:32:00	OFFICE AS WELL.
02:44:32:00	02:44:32:00	ALL RIGHT.
02:44:32:00	02:44:33:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN .
02:44:33:00	02:44:37:00	ABSOLUTELY.
02:44:37:00	02:44:37:00	THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
02:44:37:00	02:44:38:00	THANK YOU.
02:44:38:00	02:44:40:00	IF THERE ARE ANY IF YOU HAVE
02:44:40:00	02:44:41:00	ANY OTHER REMARKS YOU'RE FREE
02:44:41:00	02:44:46:00	TO TO GO.
02:44:46:00	02:44:47:00	ALL RIGHTY.
02:44:47:00	02:44:55:00	NEXT WE HAVE LAST BUT NOT LEAST
02:44:55:00	02:45:04:00	THE VETERAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
02:45:04:00	02:45:10:00	AND WE ARE JOINED BY
02:45:10:00	02:45:18:00	COMMISSIONER ROBSON GIAGO AND
02:45:18:00	02:45:18:00	BELLA DAMASO.
02:45:18:00	02:45:22:00	IS THAT IS THAT IS THAT IS THAT
02:45:22:00	02:45:23:00	HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT?
02:45:23:00	02:45:24:00	OH, THAT'S CORRECT.
02:45:24:00	02:45:26:00	VERY CLOSE.
02:45:26:00	02:45:27:00	THAT'S GOOD.
02:45:27:00	02:45:30:00	HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE
02:45:30:00	02:45:34:00	GM SO GM BUZO OK THANK YOU
02:45:34:00	02:45:34:00	COMMISSIONER.
02:45:34:00	02:45:38:00	WE YOU CAN GET RIGHT TO IT.
02:45:38:00	02:45:41:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR YOUR
02:45:41:00	02:45:42:00	PRESENTATION.
02:45:42:00	02:45:43:00	DID YOU HAVE A SLIDE DECK TO
02:45:43:00	02:45:45:00	SHARE OR JUST YOU WAS GOING TO
02:45:45:00	02:45:46:00	SPEAK.
02:45:46:00	02:45:49:00	OH NO I JUST HAVE JUST A COUPLE
02:45:49:00	02:45:50:00	OF REMARKS TO TO KICK OFF OUR
02:45:50:00	02:45:53:00	OUR PORTION OF THE AREA.
02:45:53:00	02:45:54:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:45:54:00	02:45:57:00	YOU ARE PRESIDENT MADAM CHAIR
02:45:57:00	02:46:00:00	PRESIDENT FLYNN AND CITY
02:46:00:00	02:46:01:00	COUNCILOR THANK YOU FOR THIS
02:46:01:00	02:46:02:00	OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
02:46:02:00	02:46:04:00	OF VETERANS SERVICES AS YOU
02:46:04:00	02:46:05:00	HAVE MENTIONED WITH ME AS BELLA
02:46:05:00	02:46:09:00	BUESO WHO IS OUR SENIOR BUDGET
02:46:09:00	02:46:09:00	ANALYST AND SHE IS ONE OF THE
02:46:09:00	02:46:12:00	PEOPLE THAT KEEPS ME OUT
02:46:12:00	02:46:13:00	OF TROUBLE GIVEN THE AUTHORS I
02:46:13:00	02:46:16:00	WANT TO THANK THE
02:46:16:00	02:46:16:00	COUNCIL FLEXIBILITY THIS
02:46:16:00	02:46:19:00	MORNING I FLEW IN FROM DC
02:46:19:00	02:46:20:00	YESTERDAY I HAD ATTENDED A
02:46:20:00	02:46:21:00	MEETING THAT WAS SPONSORED BY
02:46:21:00	02:46:23:00	THE BLUE STAR FAMILIES
02:46:23:00	02:46:24:00	ORGANIZATION AT BOOZ ALLEN
02:46:24:00	02:46:27:00	HAMILTON HELIX FACILITY.
02:46:27:00	02:46:31:00	SO REAL QUICKLY I JUST REALLY
02:46:31:00	02:46:32:00	WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS
02:46:32:00	02:46:33:00	BECAUSE IT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT
02:46:33:00	02:46:35:00	WE'RE DOING IN OUR OFFICE HERE
02:46:35:00	02:46:35:00	.
02:46:35:00	02:46:36:00	THERE WERE A LOT OF NATIONWIDE
02:46:36:00	02:46:37:00	LEADERS FROM THE VETERANS AND
02:46:37:00	02:46:39:00	MILITARY COMMUNITIES AND YOU
02:46:39:00	02:46:40:00	KNOW, WE DISCUSS BEST PRACTICES
02:46:40:00	02:46:43:00	AND HOW WE CAN ADVOCATE TO
02:46:43:00	02:46:44:00	STRENGTHEN OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR
02:46:44:00	02:46:45:00	MILITARY AND VETERANS AND THEIR
02:46:45:00	02:46:48:00	FAMILIES AS WELL AS THE BLUE
02:46:48:00	02:46:49:00	STAR FAMILIES JUST RECENTLY
02:46:49:00	02:46:52:00	RELEASED A REPORT ON THIS DATA
02:46:52:00	02:46:53:00	ALONG WITH THE COMBINED SHARED
02:46:53:00	02:46:56:00	EXPERIENCES THAT WE TALKED
02:46:56:00	02:46:57:00	ABOUT YESTERDAY IS GOING TO
02:46:57:00	02:47:00:00	LEAD US TO ENSURE THAT
02:47:00:00	02:47:00:00	COMMUNITY ACTION AND SOLUTIONS
02:47:00:00	02:47:04:00	ARE GOING TO BE USED TO ENHANCE
02:47:04:00	02:47:04:00	THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR
02:47:04:00	02:47:07:00	MILITARY VETERANS COMMUNITY
02:47:07:00	02:47:08:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
02:47:08:00	02:47:09:00	SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
02:47:09:00	02:47:12:00	COLLABORATION WITH BLUE STAR
02:47:12:00	02:47:12:00	FAMILIES WITH BOOZ ALLEN
02:47:12:00	02:47:16:00	HAMILTON FOLKS AND AS WELL AS
02:47:16:00	02:47:17:00	ALL THOSE THAT WERE IN
02:47:17:00	02:47:17:00	ATTENDANCE YESTERDAY.
02:47:17:00	02:47:19:00	SO THAT CONVERSATION IS GOING
02:47:19:00	02:47:19:00	TO CONTINUE.
02:47:19:00	02:47:21:00	THEY DID THEY DO HAVE THE
02:47:21:00	02:47:23:00	REPORTS.
02:47:23:00	02:47:24:00	IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE
02:47:24:00	02:47:24:00	REPORT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY
02:47:24:00	02:47:27:00	TO TO SHARE WITH ANYBODY WHO IS
02:47:27:00	02:47:28:00	WILLING TO READ THE SURVEY THAT
02:47:28:00	02:47:30:00	THEY PUT OUT.
02:47:30:00	02:47:32:00	SO OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS AS
02:47:32:00	02:47:35:00	WE ALL HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL
02:47:35:00	02:47:36:00	IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND
02:47:36:00	02:47:38:00	UNCERTAINTY THEY HAVE LEFT
02:47:38:00	02:47:39:00	THEIR FAMILIES TO FACE THE
02:47:39:00	02:47:42:00	ENEMY BOTH SEEN AND UNSEEN THAT
02:47:42:00	02:47:42:00	GIVING THEIR BLOOD, SWEAT AND
02:47:42:00	02:47:43:00	TEARS AND EVEN THEIR LIVES TO
02:47:43:00	02:47:46:00	PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS AND OUR
02:47:46:00	02:47:47:00	WAY OF LIFE WHEN THERE WAS A
02:47:47:00	02:47:48:00	NEED THEY ANSWERED THE CALL.
02:47:48:00	02:47:50:00	NOW IT'S BECOMING UPON ALL
02:47:50:00	02:47:51:00	OF US TO RETURN TO CALL IN
02:47:51:00	02:47:54:00	THEIR TIME OF NEED.
02:47:54:00	02:47:55:00	SO THE MISSION OF THE MAYOR'S
02:47:55:00	02:47:58:00	OFFICE OF VETERANS SERVICES IS
02:47:58:00	02:47:58:00	TO FACILITATE FULL AND EQUAL
02:47:58:00	02:48:02:00	PARTICIPATION IN ALL ASPECTS
02:48:02:00	02:48:03:00	OF LIFE FOR OUR VETERANS WHO
02:48:03:00	02:48:03:00	CALL THE CITY OF BOSTON HOME
02:48:03:00	02:48:05:00	THE OFFICE OF VETERANS SERVICES
02:48:05:00	02:48:06:00	WE RECOGNIZE WE ENGAGE WITH ALL
02:48:06:00	02:48:09:00	OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS,
02:48:09:00	02:48:10:00	ALL OUR VETERANS AND THEIR
02:48:10:00	02:48:10:00	FAMILIES AND SURVIVORS AND WE
02:48:10:00	02:48:13:00	DO THIS BY CONNECTING THEM WITH
02:48:13:00	02:48:14:00	THE BENEFITS, SERVICES AND
02:48:14:00	02:48:15:00	RESOURCES THAT THEY'VE ALL
02:48:15:00	02:48:15:00	EARNED.
02:48:15:00	02:48:17:00	WE WE STRIVE TO FIND INNOVATIVE
02:48:17:00	02:48:18:00	WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS TO
02:48:18:00	02:48:21:00	SUPPORT OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AND
02:48:21:00	02:48:22:00	THEIR FAMILIES TO LIVE A
02:48:22:00	02:48:22:00	HEALTHY AND THRIVING LIVES.
02:48:22:00	02:48:25:00	SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS
02:48:25:00	02:48:28:00	OFFICE BECOME A ONE STOP SHOP
02:48:28:00	02:48:29:00	AND CONTINUE TO BRIDGE THE GAPS
02:48:29:00	02:48:30:00	FOR ALL OUR VETERANS AND THEIR
02:48:30:00	02:48:33:00	FAMILIES WHO AGAIN ARE OUR
02:48:33:00	02:48:34:00	NEIGHBORS HERE IN THE CITY
02:48:34:00	02:48:36:00	OF BOSTON.
02:48:36:00	02:48:37:00	ONE OF OUR MANDATES IS TO
02:48:37:00	02:48:38:00	ASSIST BOSTON'S LOW-INCOME
02:48:38:00	02:48:40:00	VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS
02:48:40:00	02:48:41:00	WELL AS VETERANS EXPERIENCING
02:48:41:00	02:48:41:00	HOMELESSNESS.
02:48:41:00	02:48:44:00	THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
02:48:44:00	02:48:45:00	PROGRAM KNOWN AS MASS GENERAL
02:48:45:00	02:48:48:00	LAW CHAPTER 115 ACTS AS A
02:48:48:00	02:48:49:00	RESOURCE OF INCOME FOR OUR
02:48:49:00	02:48:49:00	VETERANS EXPERIENCING
02:48:49:00	02:48:52:00	HOMELESSNESS AND FOR AT RISK
02:48:52:00	02:48:52:00	VETERANS.
02:48:52:00	02:48:53:00	THESE BENEFITS ALSO INCLUDE
02:48:53:00	02:48:56:00	MILITARY BURIAL ASSISTANCE,
02:48:56:00	02:48:57:00	SUBSIDIES FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES
02:48:57:00	02:48:57:00	AND ALSO DECORATIONS
02:48:57:00	02:49:00:00	OF VETERANS GRAVES AND HEROES
02:49:00:00	02:49:01:00	SQUARES FOR MEMORIAL DAY WHICH
02:49:01:00	02:49:05:00	IS THIS MONTH HERE IN THE MONTH
02:49:05:00	02:49:05:00	OF MAY.
02:49:05:00	02:49:07:00	JUST ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
02:49:07:00	02:49:08:00	A LOT OF THE IN-PERSON EVENTS
02:49:08:00	02:49:11:00	THAT WE STARTED WRAPPING UP
02:49:11:00	02:49:12:00	AGAIN THIS PAST YEAR.
02:49:12:00	02:49:15:00	WE'VE HAD SOME VERY SUCCESSFUL
02:49:15:00	02:49:16:00	EVENTS WHERE OUR MILITARY
02:49:16:00	02:49:19:00	VETERANS COMMUNITY TO THAT I
02:49:19:00	02:49:20:00	WANT TO FOCUS ON AND SPEAK
02:49:20:00	02:49:21:00	ABOUT INCLUDE THE WOMEN'S
02:49:21:00	02:49:24:00	ROUNDTABLE AND THE BLACK
02:49:24:00	02:49:24:00	VETERANS APPRECIATION BRUNCH
02:49:24:00	02:49:26:00	AND WE'VE HAD JUST RECENTLY
02:49:26:00	02:49:27:00	THESE TWO EVENTS.
02:49:27:00	02:49:27:00	THESE TREATMENTS INCLUDED
02:49:27:00	02:49:28:00	MEMBERS OF OUR VETERANS AND
02:49:28:00	02:49:31:00	ACTIVE COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
02:49:31:00	02:49:34:00	THESE EVENTS CONTINUE TO ALLOW
02:49:34:00	02:49:35:00	TO PROMOTE OUR PROGRAMS TO
02:49:35:00	02:49:36:00	PROMOTE OUR SERVICES AND TO
02:49:36:00	02:49:39:00	ENSURE THAT THE BENEFITS THAT
02:49:39:00	02:49:39:00	THEY HAVE EARNED ARE AVAILABLE
02:49:39:00	02:49:40:00	TO THEM.
02:49:40:00	02:49:43:00	YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT
02:49:43:00	02:49:43:00	ALL OUR VETERANS AND THEIR
02:49:43:00	02:49:46:00	FAMILIES ACROSS ALL
02:49:46:00	02:49:47:00	DEMOGRAPHICS HERE IN THE CITY
02:49:47:00	02:49:47:00	OF BOSTON.
02:49:47:00	02:49:50:00	SO IT WAS INCUMBENT UPON US AND
02:49:50:00	02:49:50:00	IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
02:49:50:00	02:49:54:00	INCLUDE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS
02:49:54:00	02:49:54:00	.
02:49:54:00	02:49:55:00	YOU KNOW THIS EVENTS WE HAVE
02:49:55:00	02:49:56:00	COORDINATED WITH AND WORKED
02:49:56:00	02:49:57:00	WITH WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT FROM
02:49:57:00	02:49:58:00	THE BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT
02:49:58:00	02:50:02:00	DEPARTMENT JUST TO NAME A FEW.
02:50:02:00	02:50:02:00	THEY'VE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
02:50:02:00	02:50:03:00	TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEIR
02:50:03:00	02:50:05:00	DEPARTMENT.
02:50:05:00	02:50:07:00	SO WE HAD FRANK FERO ALEX ALSO
02:50:07:00	02:50:10:00	SPEAK DURING THE WOMEN'S
02:50:10:00	02:50:10:00	ROUNDTABLE.
02:50:10:00	02:50:14:00	SO THAT'S ALSO WHAT IT DOES.
02:50:14:00	02:50:15:00	IT ENABLES US TO INCLUDE OUR
02:50:15:00	02:50:18:00	EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND GIVE THEM
02:50:18:00	02:50:19:00	AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THEIR
02:50:19:00	02:50:21:00	REACH INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND
02:50:21:00	02:50:21:00	OUR MILITARY COMMUNITIES AS
02:50:21:00	02:50:22:00	WELL.
02:50:22:00	02:50:25:00	A LOT OF THESE EVENTS ARE ON
02:50:25:00	02:50:26:00	OUR WEBSITE AND IS UPDATED
02:50:26:00	02:50:28:00	REGULARLY.
02:50:28:00	02:50:29:00	IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY MONTH
02:50:29:00	02:50:30:00	THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN
02:50:30:00	02:50:33:00	THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SO FOR
02:50:33:00	02:50:34:00	AN UPDATE AND LET'S JUST GO TO
02:50:34:00	02:50:35:00	BOSTON LEGAL STATUS METROZOO
02:50:35:00	02:50:37:00	CONTACT US HERE IN THE OFFICE
02:50:37:00	02:50:38:00	AND WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
02:50:38:00	02:50:39:00	SHARE ANY AND ALL INFORMATION
02:50:39:00	02:50:40:00	THAT WE HAVE ON ALL OUR
02:50:40:00	02:50:41:00	UPCOMING EVENTS THAT ARE VERY
02:50:41:00	02:50:44:00	IMPACTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
02:50:44:00	02:50:44:00	WE ALSO MAINTAIN GREAT
02:50:44:00	02:50:48:00	PARTNERSHIPS LIKE I MENTIONED A
02:50:48:00	02:50:49:00	SECOND AGO WITH OTHER VETERANS
02:50:49:00	02:50:49:00	ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
02:50:49:00	02:50:49:00	COMMONWEALTH.
02:50:49:00	02:50:52:00	MANY ARE VETERANS OF TRANSITION
02:50:52:00	02:50:53:00	AND JUMP FROM CITY TO CITY.
02:50:53:00	02:50:54:00	SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE
02:50:54:00	02:50:56:00	COMMUNICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT
02:50:56:00	02:50:57:00	THE VETERANS ARE TAKEN CARE
02:50:57:00	02:51:00:00	OF NO MATTER WHAT TOWN OR CITY
02:51:00:00	02:51:01:00	THEY RELOCATE TO OR WHEN THEY
02:51:01:00	02:51:03:00	COME INTO THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:51:03:00	02:51:04:00	HERE AS WELL.
02:51:04:00	02:51:05:00	BUT AS SUCCESSFUL AS OUR
02:51:05:00	02:51:07:00	PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH HAS BEEN
02:51:07:00	02:51:08:00	, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO EXPAND
02:51:08:00	02:51:09:00	AND MAKE THINGS BETTER.
02:51:09:00	02:51:12:00	THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
02:51:12:00	02:51:13:00	THAT I PLAN ON EXPANDING OUR
02:51:13:00	02:51:15:00	OUTREACH AND PROMOTING THE
02:51:15:00	02:51:16:00	OFFICE OF VETERANS SERVICES BUT
02:51:16:00	02:51:18:00	I ALWAYS GO BACK AND BELIEVE
02:51:18:00	02:51:20:00	THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY IS TO GO
02:51:20:00	02:51:23:00	INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND MEET
02:51:23:00	02:51:23:00	WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND EDUCATE
02:51:23:00	02:51:24:00	THEM ON THE SERVICES AND
02:51:24:00	02:51:27:00	RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE
02:51:27:00	02:51:28:00	HERE IN OUR OFFICE OF VETERANS
02:51:28:00	02:51:28:00	SERVICES.
02:51:28:00	02:51:31:00	I CONTINUE AND KURLANTZICK
02:51:31:00	02:51:32:00	CONTINUE TO ATTEND, YOU KNOW,
02:51:32:00	02:51:33:00	DIFFERENT POST MEETINGS RATHER
02:51:33:00	02:51:34:00	THAN THE AMERICAN LEGION, THE
02:51:34:00	02:51:36:00	VFW, THE ABA AND ALSO COMMUNITY
02:51:36:00	02:51:38:00	MEETINGS.
02:51:38:00	02:51:39:00	RECENTLY I SPOKE TO MANY OF THE
02:51:39:00	02:51:42:00	LIAISONS WITH HONEST AND THAT
02:51:42:00	02:51:44:00	TALK TO THEM TO ALSO LET ME
02:51:44:00	02:51:46:00	KNOW OF ANY MEETINGS THAT
02:51:46:00	02:51:47:00	THEY'RE GOING TO WHERE THERE BE
02:51:47:00	02:51:48:00	A VALUE FOR OUR OFFICE TO BE A
02:51:48:00	02:51:50:00	PART.
02:51:50:00	02:51:51:00	I WILL ALSO BE REACHING OUT TO
02:51:51:00	02:51:53:00	A LOT OF OUR YOUNGER VETERANS
02:51:53:00	02:51:54:00	THAT ARE HERE IN THE CITY
02:51:54:00	02:51:55:00	OF BOSTON AND CONTINUE TO GO TO
02:51:55:00	02:51:57:00	OUR SENIOR CENTERS AND THIS
02:51:57:00	02:51:58:00	AGAIN IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A
02:51:58:00	02:52:01:00	STRONG COMMITTEE.
02:52:01:00	02:52:02:00	SOME PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LOVE
02:52:02:00	02:52:06:00	TO RECOGNIZE IS THE STAFF HERE
02:52:06:00	02:52:07:00	AT OBC, THE OFFICE OF VETERANS
02:52:07:00	02:52:07:00	SERVICES.
02:52:07:00	02:52:09:00	THERE'S NO WAY AT THAT I'D BE
02:52:09:00	02:52:10:00	ABLE TO DO THIS WORK ALONE AND
02:52:10:00	02:52:12:00	THAT CANNOT BE ANY PROUDER
02:52:12:00	02:52:13:00	OF THE STAFF THAT I HAVE AND
02:52:13:00	02:52:14:00	HOW THEY CONTINUE TO WORK
02:52:14:00	02:52:16:00	TIRELESSLY IN TAKING CARE
02:52:16:00	02:52:17:00	OF OUR VETERANS.
02:52:17:00	02:52:18:00	YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED
02:52:18:00	02:52:20:00	EARLIER, OUR VETERANS AND OUR
02:52:20:00	02:52:21:00	MILITARY FOLKS HAVE ALWAYS
02:52:21:00	02:52:22:00	ANSWERED THE CALL IN TIMES
02:52:22:00	02:52:24:00	OF CRISIS AND UNCERTAINTY THEY
02:52:24:00	02:52:25:00	HAVE LEFT THEIR FAMILIES AND
02:52:25:00	02:52:28:00	LIVES BEHIND TO FACE AGAIN THE
02:52:28:00	02:52:29:00	ENEMY SEEN AND UNSEEN.
02:52:29:00	02:52:30:00	THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR BLOOD,
02:52:30:00	02:52:30:00	SWEAT AND TEARS.
02:52:30:00	02:52:32:00	SO NOW AGAIN I'M VERY HAPPY TO
02:52:32:00	02:52:36:00	YOU KNOW, BE THEIR VOICE TO BE
02:52:36:00	02:52:36:00	THEIR ADVOCATE AND TO ENGAGE
02:52:36:00	02:52:39:00	WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT
02:52:39:00	02:52:40:00	THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF .
02:52:40:00	02:52:41:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE
02:52:41:00	02:52:44:00	WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL TO
02:52:44:00	02:52:44:00	ENSURE THAT OUR VETERANS
02:52:44:00	02:52:45:00	SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR
02:52:45:00	02:52:47:00	FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO ALL
02:52:47:00	02:52:47:00	THESE BENEFITS AND SERVICES.
02:52:47:00	02:52:48:00	SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
02:52:48:00	02:52:51:00	TIME AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU
02:52:51:00	02:52:51:00	DO AND TODAY'S REPORT.
02:52:51:00	02:52:54:00	SO MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
02:52:54:00	02:52:55:00	AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
02:52:55:00	02:52:58:00	QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
02:52:58:00	02:52:59:00	I THANK YOU SO MUCH,
02:52:59:00	02:52:59:00	COMMISSIONER.
02:52:59:00	02:53:03:00	I'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE MY
02:53:03:00	02:53:05:00	SCREEN FOR A MOMENT JUST TO GET
02:53:05:00	02:53:08:00	PEOPLE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT YOUR
02:53:08:00	02:53:12:00	BUDGET.
02:53:12:00	02:53:13:00	I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN
02:53:13:00	02:53:16:00	UNDERSTANDING YOUR SERVICES AND
02:53:16:00	02:53:17:00	HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU IN DOING
02:53:17:00	02:53:21:00	THIS WORK.
02:53:21:00	02:53:31:00	I THINK I CAN JUST SHARE ETHAN
02:53:31:00	02:53:33:00	, OK, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
02:53:33:00	02:53:35:00	SHARE COUNSELOR, THANK YOU SO
02:53:35:00	02:53:42:00	MUCH AND I'M JUST GOING TO MY
02:53:42:00	02:53:43:00	COLLEAGUES SHOULD HAVE YOU GUYS
02:53:43:00	02:53:46:00	SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS SAID TO
02:53:46:00	02:53:47:00	YOU ALREADY FROM OUR SHOW I
02:53:47:00	02:53:50:00	MEAN FROM KARISHMA SORRY BUT
02:53:50:00	02:53:50:00	JUST GOING THROUGH IT THE
02:53:50:00	02:53:54:00	OPERATING BREAKDOWN FOR BOSTON
02:53:54:00	02:53:58:00	BEDS AND HERE THE EXPLAINS
02:53:58:00	02:53:59:00	ALREADY BEEN GIVEN BY THE
02:53:59:00	02:53:59:00	COMMISSIONER.
02:53:59:00	02:54:01:00	SO I'M GOING TO SKIP THAT.
02:54:01:00	02:54:01:00	COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO JUST
02:54:01:00	02:54:02:00	WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A
02:54:02:00	02:54:05:00	LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO IS IN YOUR
02:54:05:00	02:54:09:00	ORG CHART ITS DEMOGRAPHICS AND
02:54:09:00	02:54:10:00	HOW ARE YOU REPRESENTING PEOPLE
02:54:10:00	02:54:13:00	THAT ARE VETERANS IN BOSTON AS
02:54:13:00	02:54:17:00	FAR AS THE RECOMMENDED BY
02:54:17:00	02:54:20:00	EXPENSE TYPE HERE YOU SEE THAT
02:54:20:00	02:54:21:00	THE CURRENT CHARGES AND
02:54:21:00	02:54:22:00	OBLIGATIONS OF SIXTY NINE POINT
02:54:22:00	02:54:24:00	SIXTY NINE POINT FIVE PERCENT
02:54:24:00	02:54:25:00	TOTAL OF THREE MILLION THREE
02:54:25:00	02:54:28:00	HUNDRED THIRTY ONE THOUSAND AND
02:54:28:00	02:54:32:00	EIGHT DOLLARS AND THEN FOUR
02:54:32:00	02:54:32:00	PERSONNEL SERVICES TWENTY FIVE
02:54:32:00	02:54:35:00	POINT FOUR PERCENT ONE MILLION
02:54:35:00	02:54:36:00	TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR DOLLARS
02:54:36:00	02:54:39:00	TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR THOUSAND
02:54:39:00	02:54:40:00	NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS
02:54:40:00	02:54:44:00	FOR CONTRACTOR SERVICES A TOTAL
02:54:44:00	02:54:45:00	OF THREE POINT NINE PERCENT ONE
02:54:45:00	02:54:47:00	HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND
02:54:47:00	02:54:48:00	SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLARS
02:54:48:00	02:54:51:00	IN SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS JUST
02:54:51:00	02:54:52:00	ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT AT
02:54:52:00	02:54:55:00	SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE
02:54:55:00	02:54:59:00	HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
02:54:59:00	02:55:00:00	AND THEN HERE WHEN YOU LOOK AT
02:55:00:00	02:55:02:00	THE BREAKDOWN OVER THE YEARS AS
02:55:02:00	02:55:03:00	YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE SAME
02:55:03:00	02:55:04:00	BREAKDOWN WHICH IS SORT OF OVER
02:55:04:00	02:55:06:00	THE YEARS BLUE BEING UP BY
02:55:06:00	02:55:10:00	TWENTY ONE RED TWENTY TWO AND
02:55:10:00	02:55:14:00	THEN ADD ON UP TO DATE FOR
02:55:14:00	02:55:18:00	SPENDING CHANGES.
02:55:18:00	02:55:19:00	YOU CAN SEE HERE THE RECURRING
02:55:19:00	02:55:21:00	CHARGES OF OBLIGATIONS IN TERMS
02:55:21:00	02:55:22:00	OF CHANGES FROM AFGOOYE TWENTY
02:55:22:00	02:55:29:00	THREE TO TWENTY FOUR THE
02:55:29:00	02:55:30:00	DIFFERENCE IS LAID OUT HERE
02:55:30:00	02:55:32:00	WHETHER NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE
02:55:32:00	02:55:33:00	AND THEN FOR SPENDING CHANGE
02:55:33:00	02:55:37:00	AGAIN IN PERCENTAGE WE'RE NOT
02:55:37:00	02:55:42:00	GOING TO GET DEEPER INTO IT BUT
02:55:42:00	02:55:42:00	THAT'S USEFUL TO GIVE US A
02:55:42:00	02:55:45:00	QUICK OVERVIEW JUST SO WE CAN
02:55:45:00	02:55:45:00	UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE WORKING
02:55:45:00	02:55:49:00	WITH AND MY QUESTIONS ARE GOING
02:55:49:00	02:55:50:00	TO BE ABOUT THE NEED AND DO YOU
02:55:50:00	02:55:53:00	FEEL YOU ARE WHERE YOU ARE?
02:55:53:00	02:55:54:00	WE NEED TO BE IN TERMS
02:55:54:00	02:55:57:00	OF BUDGET REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER
02:55:57:00	02:55:59:00	TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
02:55:59:00	02:56:00:00	BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN
02:56:00:00	02:56:03:00	THE FLOOR TO OUR
02:56:03:00	02:56:04:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN WHO IS
02:56:04:00	02:56:08:00	OBVIOUSLY A NON-RURAL VETERAN
02:56:08:00	02:56:08:00	HIMSELF.
02:56:08:00	02:56:13:00	COUNTERPLAN YOU HAVE FOUR THANK
02:56:13:00	02:56:14:00	YOU MADAM CHAIRMAN AND THANK
02:56:14:00	02:56:17:00	YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR THE
02:56:17:00	02:56:18:00	IMPORTANT WORK YOU HAVE DONE IN
02:56:18:00	02:56:22:00	SUPPORT OF VETERANS IN YOUR
02:56:22:00	02:56:26:00	DISTRICT AND IN ACROSS THE CITY
02:56:26:00	02:56:26:00	REALLY ACROSS THE STATE
02:56:26:00	02:56:29:00	SUPPORTING MILITARY FAMILIES.
02:56:29:00	02:56:30:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:56:30:00	02:56:33:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:56:33:00	02:56:36:00	I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
02:56:36:00	02:56:37:00	PRIVILEGE REALLY TO WORK WITH
02:56:37:00	02:56:40:00	COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO FOR FOR
02:56:40:00	02:56:41:00	MANY YEARS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES
02:56:41:00	02:56:44:00	IMPACTING THE VETERANS
02:56:44:00	02:56:44:00	COMMUNITY INCLUDING SUPPORTING
02:56:44:00	02:56:48:00	WOMEN VETERANS, VETERANS
02:56:48:00	02:56:51:00	OF COLOR AND CERTAINLY
02:56:51:00	02:56:52:00	CERTAINLY DISABLED VETERANS BUT
02:56:52:00	02:56:57:00	ALSO PROVIDE THE LGBT Q VETERAN
02:56:57:00	02:57:00:00	COMMUNITY AS WELL.
02:57:00:00	02:57:03:00	LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, ROB
02:57:03:00	02:57:04:00	, ON WOMEN VETERANS.
02:57:04:00	02:57:08:00	I KNOW THE VA HAS GREAT MEDICAL
02:57:08:00	02:57:12:00	CARE FOR WOMEN VETERANS IN
02:57:12:00	02:57:14:00	JAMAICA PLAIN IN WEST ROXBURY
02:57:14:00	02:57:15:00	NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE ACROSS
02:57:15:00	02:57:19:00	THE COUNTRY BUT IMPROVING.
02:57:19:00	02:57:20:00	BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
02:57:20:00	02:57:23:00	THAT YOU AND I KNOW YOU DO THIS
02:57:23:00	02:57:26:00	VERY WELL BUT YOU ARE ENGAGED
02:57:26:00	02:57:26:00	WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY
02:57:26:00	02:57:27:00	BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING
02:57:27:00	02:57:30:00	NATIONALLY IMPACTS OUR VETERANS
02:57:30:00	02:57:31:00	HERE IN BOSTON.
02:57:31:00	02:57:34:00	SO WHY DON'T YOU GIVE AN IDEA
02:57:34:00	02:57:35:00	ABOUT HOW YOU ADVOCATE AS A
02:57:35:00	02:57:38:00	VETERAN LEADER WITH OTHER
02:57:38:00	02:57:42:00	VETERANS LEADERS ACROSS THE
02:57:42:00	02:57:42:00	STATE BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S
02:57:42:00	02:57:45:00	CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT
02:57:45:00	02:57:46:00	GETTING SERVICES LOCALLY HERE
02:57:46:00	02:57:46:00	IN BOSTON.
02:57:46:00	02:57:49:00	SO IT'S ALSO ABOUT
02:57:49:00	02:57:50:00	RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU MAKE
02:57:50:00	02:57:54:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN
02:57:54:00	02:57:57:00	WASHINGTON DC.
02:57:57:00	02:57:58:00	THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
02:57:58:00	02:58:01:00	FOR THE QUESTION AND IT IS VERY
02:58:01:00	02:58:02:00	IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK
02:58:02:00	02:58:04:00	WITH AND ENGAGE WITH THE WOMEN
02:58:04:00	02:58:05:00	VETERANS NOT JUST IN OUR
02:58:05:00	02:58:06:00	COMMUNITY, IN OUR STATE BUT
02:58:06:00	02:58:09:00	ALSO NATIONALLY BECAUSE WHAT
02:58:09:00	02:58:09:00	HAPPENS NATIONALLY TRICKLES
02:58:09:00	02:58:13:00	DOWN AND EVENTUALLY IS GOING TO
02:58:13:00	02:58:14:00	COME DOWN AND AFFECT US HERE AT
02:58:14:00	02:58:16:00	THE LOCAL LEVEL.
02:58:16:00	02:58:17:00	I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT I HAVE
02:58:17:00	02:58:18:00	A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP
02:58:18:00	02:58:20:00	WITH THE WOMEN'S VETERANS
02:58:20:00	02:58:21:00	NETWORK WHICH IS WHICH IS THE
02:58:21:00	02:58:24:00	DIRECTOR OF MCDONOUGH WHO WAS A
02:58:24:00	02:58:25:00	VETERAN HERSELF AND SHE'S ALSO
02:58:25:00	02:58:28:00	THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALLIED WAR
02:58:28:00	02:58:28:00	COUNCIL AND ALSO THE COMMANDER
02:58:28:00	02:58:32:00	OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST IN
02:58:32:00	02:58:33:00	IN SOUTH BOSTON.
02:58:33:00	02:58:34:00	SO WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING
02:58:34:00	02:58:36:00	RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND ALSO
02:58:36:00	02:58:36:00	WITH THE BOSTON VA.
02:58:36:00	02:58:37:00	I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE
02:58:37:00	02:58:40:00	THAT THE SERVICES THAT THE
02:58:40:00	02:58:41:00	BOSTON VA OFFERS OUR WOMEN
02:58:41:00	02:58:44:00	VETERANS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND
02:58:44:00	02:58:47:00	ANY OTHER VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
02:58:47:00	02:58:48:00	IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT WAS
02:58:48:00	02:58:49:00	PRETTY EVIDENT FROM SOME OF THE
02:58:49:00	02:58:52:00	CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD JUST
02:58:52:00	02:58:52:00	YESTERDAY AT THE AT THE BLUE
02:58:52:00	02:58:56:00	STAR FAMILIES ROUNDTABLE THAT I
02:58:56:00	02:58:59:00	WAS A PART OF A DOWN IN DC.
02:58:59:00	02:59:00:00	BUT THE WORK CONTINUES AS AS
02:59:00:00	02:59:03:00	YOU KNOW AND JUST TO LET
02:59:03:00	02:59:04:00	EVERYBODY ON THIS CALL KNOW THE
02:59:04:00	02:59:06:00	WOMEN VETERANS DEMOGRAPHIC IS
02:59:06:00	02:59:07:00	THE LARGEST GROWING
02:59:07:00	02:59:08:00	DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE VETERANS
02:59:08:00	02:59:10:00	COMMUNITY TODAY.
02:59:10:00	02:59:11:00	RIGHT NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY
02:59:11:00	02:59:12:00	ABOUT EIGHT PERCENT OF OUR
02:59:12:00	02:59:15:00	WOMEN VETERANS HERE IN THE CITY
02:59:15:00	02:59:16:00	OF BOSTON AND IT WAS UP A
02:59:16:00	02:59:16:00	COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS
02:59:16:00	02:59:18:00	FROM JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
02:59:18:00	02:59:19:00	RIGHT NOW NATIONALLY I BELIEVE
02:59:19:00	02:59:22:00	THE NUMBER IS UP TO OVER 28 22
02:59:22:00	02:59:26:00	PERCENT NATIONALLY AS WELL.
02:59:26:00	02:59:27:00	SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
02:59:27:00	02:59:30:00	AMPLIFY AND THAT WE REALLY GO
02:59:30:00	02:59:31:00	DOWN IN THE TRENCHES TO TAKE
02:59:31:00	02:59:31:00	CARE OF OUR WOMEN VETERANS
02:59:31:00	02:59:34:00	BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SERVICES
02:59:34:00	02:59:35:00	THAT THEY REQUIRE ARE VERY
02:59:35:00	02:59:37:00	SPECIFIC TO TO TO GOD TO THEIR
02:59:37:00	02:59:38:00	NEEDS AS A WOMAN VETERAN AS
02:59:38:00	02:59:40:00	WELL.
02:59:40:00	02:59:41:00	SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
02:59:41:00	02:59:42:00	CONTINUE TO DO IS SOMETHING
02:59:42:00	02:59:44:00	THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
02:59:44:00	02:59:45:00	ADVOCATING FOR AND ENGAGE WITH
02:59:45:00	02:59:48:00	THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY AS WELL
02:59:48:00	02:59:49:00	AS THE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
02:59:49:00	02:59:50:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
02:59:50:00	02:59:52:00	WITH THE NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICE
02:59:52:00	02:59:53:00	OF VETERAN SERVICES IN THE
02:59:53:00	02:59:54:00	STATE UNDER SECRETARY JOHNSON
02:59:54:00	02:59:57:00	THIAGO WAS A REALLY FOCUS IN
02:59:57:00	02:59:58:00	ENSURING THAT THAT THEIR VOICES
02:59:58:00	03:00:01:00	ARE HEARD AND THAT THEY ARE
03:00:01:00	03:00:02:00	TAKING AT THE STATE STATE LEVEL
03:00:02:00	03:00:02:00	AS WELL.
03:00:02:00	03:00:04:00	SO THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE
03:00:04:00	03:00:04:00	GREAT.
03:00:04:00	03:00:07:00	AND PRESIDENT YOU KNOW, AS A
03:00:07:00	03:00:08:00	VETERAN I ALSO WANTED TO THANK
03:00:08:00	03:00:09:00	YOU.
03:00:09:00	03:00:10:00	I KNOW JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS
03:00:10:00	03:00:12:00	AGO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE
03:00:12:00	03:00:13:00	OF GOING DOWN WITH YOU TO DC TO
03:00:13:00	03:00:16:00	ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN VETERANS FOR
03:00:16:00	03:00:19:00	OUR BAYPORT VETERANS AS WELL AS
03:00:19:00	03:00:20:00	LGBTQ VETERANS AND ALL OUR
03:00:20:00	03:00:21:00	VETERANS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE
03:00:21:00	03:00:23:00	PEOPLE IN YOU SEE THAT HEARD
03:00:23:00	03:00:26:00	THE VOICES OF OUR BOSSOM
03:00:26:00	03:00:27:00	VETERANS UP HERE IN OUR CITY.
03:00:27:00	03:00:31:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT THAT
03:00:31:00	03:00:32:00	THANK YOU ROB AND I SEE ON AS
03:00:32:00	03:00:32:00	WELL.
03:00:32:00	03:00:35:00	THANK YOU BELLO.
03:00:35:00	03:00:39:00	TO YOUR TEAM TO ALL OF YOU FOR
03:00:39:00	03:00:39:00	DOING IMPORTANT WORK.
03:00:39:00	03:00:42:00	ROB, I'M GOING TO GIVE MY
03:00:42:00	03:00:46:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES MORE OF AN
03:00:46:00	03:00:47:00	OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
03:00:47:00	03:00:48:00	I AS I TALK TO YOU AT LEAST
03:00:48:00	03:00:50:00	ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK BUT I KNOW
03:00:50:00	03:00:53:00	WHAT OTHER ISSUES ARE OUT YOU
03:00:53:00	03:00:54:00	AND I HAVE FOCUSED ON IS
03:00:54:00	03:00:58:00	SUPPORTING OUR LGBTQ VETERANS,
03:00:58:00	03:00:59:00	VETERANS OF COLOR, MAKING SURE
03:00:59:00	03:01:01:00	THAT THEY ARE TREATED WITH
03:01:01:00	03:01:02:00	RESPECT AND DIGNITY BUT EQUALLY
03:01:02:00	03:01:05:00	AS IMPORTANT MAKING SURE THAT
03:01:05:00	03:01:09:00	THERE ARE SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR
03:01:09:00	03:01:10:00	THEM THAT THEY HAVE EARNED.
03:01:10:00	03:01:14:00	BUT LET LET ME STOP THERE
03:01:14:00	03:01:14:00	BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE MY
03:01:14:00	03:01:17:00	COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
03:01:17:00	03:01:18:00	WEIGH IN.
03:01:18:00	03:01:20:00	BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
03:01:20:00	03:01:20:00	COUNCILOR COUNCILOR ANDERSON
03:01:20:00	03:01:21:00	FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
03:01:21:00	03:01:25:00	BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK
03:01:25:00	03:01:25:00	YOU, COUNCILOR FERNANDES
03:01:25:00	03:01:26:00	ANDERSON.
03:01:26:00	03:01:29:00	THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU ARE
03:01:29:00	03:01:29:00	DOING.
03:01:29:00	03:01:29:00	THANK YOU.
03:01:29:00	03:01:30:00	THAT'S PRESIDENT FOR
03:01:30:00	03:01:32:00	COUNCIL FLAHERTY.
03:01:32:00	03:01:33:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:01:33:00	03:01:34:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND GOOD
03:01:34:00	03:01:34:00	AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER
03:01:34:00	03:01:36:00	INVALID'S.
03:01:36:00	03:01:37:00	GREAT TO SEE YOU AND ALWAYS
03:01:37:00	03:01:38:00	GREAT TO BE IN YOUR COMPANY.
03:01:38:00	03:01:41:00	AND AS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE
03:01:41:00	03:01:41:00	CITY COUNCIL EVEN PRIOR TO YOUR
03:01:41:00	03:01:44:00	ARRIVAL HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED A
03:01:44:00	03:01:45:00	VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
03:01:45:00	03:01:49:00	GIVING THAT DEPARTMENT THE
03:01:49:00	03:01:49:00	RESOURCES THEY NEED TO RESPECT
03:01:49:00	03:01:52:00	AND RECOGNIZE SERVICE MEN AND
03:01:52:00	03:01:56:00	WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE
03:01:56:00	03:01:56:00	ARMED FORCES AND PARTICULARLY
03:01:56:00	03:01:59:00	THOSE THAT UNFORTUNATELY GAVE
03:01:59:00	03:02:00:00	THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND THEN
03:02:00:00	03:02:03:00	OBVIOUSLY GOLD STAR FAMILIES.
03:02:03:00	03:02:07:00	AND SO WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU,
03:02:07:00	03:02:08:00	COMMISSIONER, IS YOUR SINCERITY
03:02:08:00	03:02:10:00	AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM THAT WHEN
03:02:10:00	03:02:11:00	YOU'RE AT THESE EVENTS AND YOU
03:02:11:00	03:02:14:00	ARE RESPECTED LOCALLY RESPECTED
03:02:14:00	03:02:15:00	ACROSS THE STATE AND YOU'RE
03:02:15:00	03:02:18:00	RESPECTED NATIONALLY AND IT'S
03:02:18:00	03:02:19:00	ALWAYS GREAT TO BE IN YOUR
03:02:19:00	03:02:20:00	COMPANY AND AND EVEN AS
03:02:20:00	03:02:23:00	RECENTLY AS WE HAD AN AWARDS
03:02:23:00	03:02:24:00	CEREMONY FOR A JUNIOR ROTC
03:02:24:00	03:02:30:00	PROGRAM AND YOU JUST YOU COULD
03:02:30:00	03:02:31:00	SENSE THAT ALL THE KIDS WANT AN
03:02:31:00	03:02:41:00	OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU.
03:02:41:00	03:02:42:00	YOU MADE IT A POINT TO MAKE
03:02:42:00	03:02:43:00	SURE THAT YOU SPOKE TO THE KIDS
03:02:43:00	03:02:43:00	INDIVIDUALLY.
03:02:43:00	03:02:44:00	SO FOR FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU
03:02:44:00	03:02:45:00	KNOW, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL
03:02:45:00	03:02:46:00	ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE IN CITY
03:02:46:00	03:02:47:00	GOVERNMENT AND YOU'RE IN PUBLIC
03:02:47:00	03:02:47:00	SERVICE AND YOU EXEMPLIFY THAT
03:02:47:00	03:02:48:00	TO THE DEGREE SO WE ARE LUCKY
03:02:48:00	03:02:50:00	TO HAVE YOU AS AS OUR
03:02:50:00	03:02:50:00	COMMISSIONER.
03:02:50:00	03:02:51:00	AND ON THAT NOTE, I JUST WANT
03:02:51:00	03:02:54:00	TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
03:02:54:00	03:02:54:00	JROTC PROGRAMS.
03:02:54:00	03:02:57:00	OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SENSING THERE'S
03:02:57:00	03:02:58:00	A RECRUITMENT ISSUE MAYBE
03:02:58:00	03:02:59:00	NATIONALLY AND IS THERE
03:02:59:00	03:03:02:00	SOMETHING WE AS A CITY BOSTON
03:03:02:00	03:03:03:00	WE'VE ALWAYS PRIDED OURSELVES
03:03:03:00	03:03:06:00	IN IN THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE
03:03:06:00	03:03:07:00	SEND TO THE ARMED FORCES FACT
03:03:07:00	03:03:09:00	OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
03:03:09:00	03:03:10:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FORD AND I
03:03:10:00	03:03:13:00	CAN ATTEST THAT NO NEIGHBORHOOD
03:03:13:00	03:03:13:00	SENT MORE IN LOST MORE DURING
03:03:13:00	03:03:16:00	THE VIETNAM WAR THAN THAN SOUTH
03:03:16:00	03:03:17:00	BOSTON.
03:03:17:00	03:03:18:00	SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO A
03:03:18:00	03:03:20:00	COMMUNITY IN A CITY THAT NEVER
03:03:20:00	03:03:20:00	FORGETS OUR VETERANS AND
03:03:20:00	03:03:23:00	WANTING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT
03:03:23:00	03:03:24:00	WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAYBE
03:03:24:00	03:03:27:00	GROW AND EXPAND THESE JROTC
03:03:27:00	03:03:28:00	PROGRAMS.
03:03:28:00	03:03:29:00	AND I ALSO I WANT TO GET YOUR
03:03:29:00	03:03:31:00	OPINION ON THE LOCAL VETERANS
03:03:31:00	03:03:33:00	HOSTS DON'T SEEM TO BE SORT
03:03:33:00	03:03:35:00	OF HAVE THAT LEVEL
03:03:35:00	03:03:36:00	OF ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY MAY
03:03:36:00	03:03:37:00	HAVE HAD WHEN I KNOW WHEN I WAS
03:03:37:00	03:03:39:00	YOUNGER IN WHEN MY DAD WHO ALSO
03:03:39:00	03:03:40:00	LIKE YOU AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
03:03:40:00	03:03:43:00	SERVED IN THE NAVY FOLKS COME
03:03:43:00	03:03:44:00	HOME FROM SERVICE AND THEY
03:03:44:00	03:03:47:00	WOULD KIND OF GRAVITATE TO THE
03:03:47:00	03:03:48:00	LOCAL VETERANS MOST.
03:03:48:00	03:03:49:00	BUT THE LOCAL VETERANS POST WAS
03:03:49:00	03:03:51:00	A REAL SORT OF CORNERSTONE, A
03:03:51:00	03:03:52:00	BIG PIECE OF THE COMMUNITY
03:03:52:00	03:03:55:00	ALONG WITH THAT COMMUNITY
03:03:55:00	03:03:56:00	HEALTH CENTERS AND OUR LOCAL
03:03:56:00	03:03:56:00	SPORTS TEAM.
03:03:56:00	03:03:58:00	IT'S KIND OF THOSE VETERANS
03:03:58:00	03:04:00:00	SORT OF KIND OF LOST A LITTLE
03:04:00:00	03:04:01:00	BIT OF THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF
03:04:01:00	03:04:03:00	IT'S JUST THAT THE YOUNGER MEN
03:04:03:00	03:04:04:00	AND WOMEN THAT ARE VETERANS,
03:04:04:00	03:04:04:00	THEY DON'T NECESSARILY
03:04:04:00	03:04:07:00	GRAVITATE TO THE POST THAT SAY
03:04:07:00	03:04:08:00	THEY MAY HAVE DONE IN THE
03:04:08:00	03:04:11:00	VIETNAM AND WORLD OR TWO ETC.
03:04:11:00	03:04:12:00	BUT I'D JUST LOVE TO GET YOUR
03:04:12:00	03:04:15:00	THOUGHTS ON THE JROTC PROGRAM
03:04:15:00	03:04:16:00	AND WHETHER WE HAVE THE ABILITY
03:04:16:00	03:04:17:00	TO THROW A SHOULDER INTO IT AND
03:04:17:00	03:04:19:00	GROW ACROSS OUR CITY AND THEN
03:04:19:00	03:04:20:00	TO LIKE YOU SORT OF FEEL THE
03:04:20:00	03:04:23:00	SAME WAY ABOUT THE VETERANS
03:04:23:00	03:04:23:00	POST IN.
03:04:23:00	03:04:24:00	DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S
03:04:24:00	03:04:25:00	SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A
03:04:25:00	03:04:26:00	CITY TO REACTIVATE THEM, IF YOU
03:04:26:00	03:04:27:00	WILL, OR HAVE THEM BE PLACES
03:04:27:00	03:04:30:00	WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING, YOU
03:04:30:00	03:04:31:00	KNOW, BASIC CITY SERVICES
03:04:31:00	03:04:34:00	THROUGH OR INCLUDING AS A
03:04:34:00	03:04:35:00	CONDUIT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING
03:04:35:00	03:04:37:00	HERE IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND
03:04:37:00	03:04:38:00	MANY OF THEM THEY SAID, YOU
03:04:38:00	03:04:42:00	KNOW, THEY ARE ALL GREAT PIECES
03:04:42:00	03:04:42:00	OF REAL ESTATE.
03:04:42:00	03:04:45:00	SOME OF THEM ARE IN DISREPAIR.
03:04:45:00	03:04:46:00	SOME OF THEM ARE STRUGGLING TO
03:04:46:00	03:04:47:00	KEEP THOSE DOORS OPEN.
03:04:47:00	03:04:49:00	SO WHAT PARTNERSHIP CAN WE
03:04:49:00	03:04:50:00	CREATE AS A CITY WITH OUR LOCAL
03:04:50:00	03:04:53:00	VETERANS FOLKS TO KIND
03:04:53:00	03:04:54:00	OF REENGAGE THEM IN A WAY THAT
03:04:54:00	03:04:57:00	MAY ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY TO GET
03:04:57:00	03:04:58:00	INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT MORE AS
03:04:58:00	03:05:01:00	WELL AS INSPIRE OTHER MEN AND
03:05:01:00	03:05:01:00	WOMEN TO TO JOIN THE ARMED
03:05:01:00	03:05:02:00	FORCES?
03:05:02:00	03:05:03:00	I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
03:05:03:00	03:05:05:00	HERE AND AND CLEARLY WE HAVE
03:05:05:00	03:05:06:00	THE RIGHT COMMISSIONER TO DO
03:05:06:00	03:05:09:00	THAT AND WE'D LOVE TO PARTNER
03:05:09:00	03:05:09:00	WITH ON THAT.
03:05:09:00	03:05:10:00	AND OF COURSE THIS
03:05:10:00	03:05:11:00	COUNCIL WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER
03:05:11:00	03:05:12:00	WITH YOU SO THANK YOU, MADAM
03:05:12:00	03:05:13:00	CHAIR AND TO SIT BACK AND JUST
03:05:13:00	03:05:16:00	LISTEN TO THE COMMISSION AND
03:05:16:00	03:05:17:00	YOUR COMMENTS THEN YOU CAN
03:05:17:00	03:05:20:00	SEPARATE THOSE KIND OF WORDS.
03:05:20:00	03:05:21:00	BUT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER,
03:05:21:00	03:05:24:00	IT IT'S IT'S IT'S PASSIONATE
03:05:24:00	03:05:25:00	WORK FOR ME BUT IT'S WORK THAT
03:05:25:00	03:05:28:00	I CANNOT DO ALONE AND IS THE
03:05:28:00	03:05:28:00	FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
03:05:28:00	03:05:29:00	ACTUALLY MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE
03:05:29:00	03:05:32:00	IN ENSURING THAT THAT OUR
03:05:32:00	03:05:32:00	VETERANS ACROSS THE BOARD ARE
03:05:32:00	03:05:36:00	RECOGNIZED AND HONORED TO TALK
03:05:36:00	03:05:39:00	ABOUT THE JERROLD'S YOU SEE
03:05:39:00	03:05:40:00	THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BEST
03:05:40:00	03:05:41:00	YOUNG ADULTS THAT WE HAVE IN
03:05:41:00	03:05:43:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
03:05:43:00	03:05:44:00	THEY GO OUT THERE ON WEEKENDS
03:05:44:00	03:05:47:00	TO DO COLOR GUARDS AT HERO
03:05:47:00	03:05:48:00	SQUARE DEDICATION TO COLOR
03:05:48:00	03:05:49:00	GUARDS AT OUR VETERANS CENTER
03:05:49:00	03:05:52:00	EVENTS RATHER BE AT A MEMORIAL
03:05:52:00	03:05:55:00	OR AT A POST OR OR ONE OF THE
03:05:55:00	03:05:56:00	EVENTS THAT THAT WE HOLD HERE
03:05:56:00	03:05:58:00	AT THE BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES
03:05:58:00	03:06:00:00	WHEN I FIRST STARTED AS DEPUTY
03:06:00:00	03:06:03:00	COMMISSIONER I BELIEVE WE HAD
03:06:03:00	03:06:04:00	EIGHT JROTC PROGRAMS IN THE
03:06:04:00	03:06:06:00	CITY.
03:06:06:00	03:06:07:00	I BELIEVE NOW WE'RE DOWN TO SIX
03:06:07:00	03:06:10:00	WITH ONE POSSIBLY GOING AWAY
03:06:10:00	03:06:11:00	HERE VERY SHORTLY.
03:06:11:00	03:06:15:00	I THINK THE PROGRAM IS IS A
03:06:15:00	03:06:16:00	PROGRAM THAT'S THAT IT'S NOT A
03:06:16:00	03:06:18:00	RECRUITMENT TOOL.
03:06:18:00	03:06:19:00	THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
03:06:19:00	03:06:20:00	IT IS IT'S A TOOL TO REALLY
03:06:20:00	03:06:23:00	HAVE OUR YOUNG ADULTS IN HIGH
03:06:23:00	03:06:23:00	SCHOOL ENGAGED IN THEIR
03:06:23:00	03:06:26:00	COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE IN TO
03:06:26:00	03:06:27:00	HAVE A STRUCTURE JUST JUST SO
03:06:27:00	03:06:28:00	HAPPENS THAT THAT STRUCTURE YOU
03:06:28:00	03:06:30:00	WHERE YOU YOU WERE IN UNIFORM.
03:06:30:00	03:06:31:00	ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
03:06:31:00	03:06:34:00	DOING RIGHT NOW AS A MATTER
03:06:34:00	03:06:35:00	OF FACT ON MONDAY WE HAVE A
03:06:35:00	03:06:37:00	CALL IN WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF
03:06:37:00	03:06:38:00	OF BP'S ALONG WITH LEE FIFE,
03:06:38:00	03:06:42:00	THE JROTC AMANAT FOR THE CITY
03:06:42:00	03:06:43:00	OF BOSTON AND SOME OF THE
03:06:43:00	03:06:45:00	LEADERS IN THE JROTC PROGRAM TO
03:06:45:00	03:06:45:00	TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND HOW
03:06:45:00	03:06:50:00	WE COULD EXPAND IT AND AND AND
03:06:50:00	03:06:51:00	WE'RE HERE TO CITY JUST TO GIVE
03:06:51:00	03:06:53:00	YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
03:06:53:00	03:06:54:00	JARKESY PROGRAM EVERY YEAR THEY
03:06:54:00	03:06:57:00	DO HAVE IN THIS A PROGRAM AND
03:06:57:00	03:07:01:00	THEY SAY CONTEST AND TOP A
03:07:01:00	03:07:02:00	WINNER ACTUALLY GETS FIVE
03:07:02:00	03:07:04:00	HUNDRED DOLLARS SCHOLARSHIP IS
03:07:04:00	03:07:05:00	PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR IS
03:07:05:00	03:07:06:00	PRESENTED BY THE CITY
03:07:06:00	03:07:07:00	COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL LAST
03:07:07:00	03:07:09:00	YEAR WE HAD IT AT THE MEZZANINE
03:07:09:00	03:07:12:00	IN CITY AND NOW THAT CAUGHT THE
03:07:12:00	03:07:15:00	EYE OF YOU KNOW, SPEAKING
03:07:15:00	03:07:17:00	OF THE POST THE VFW, THE VFW
03:07:17:00	03:07:19:00	HAS WHAT'S CALLED THE PATRIOTS
03:07:19:00	03:07:20:00	, WHICH IS AN ESSAY CONTEST
03:07:20:00	03:07:24:00	THAT THAT A THAT THE WINNER FOR
03:07:24:00	03:07:27:00	THE STATE WILL THEN BE IT WILL
03:07:27:00	03:07:28:00	BE SUBMITTED NATIONALLY TO THE
03:07:28:00	03:07:29:00	VFW AND HERE IN THE STATE
03:07:29:00	03:07:32:00	OF MASSACHUSETTS THIS PAST YEAR
03:07:32:00	03:07:33:00	WE GOT THIRD PLACE AND THIRD
03:07:33:00	03:07:36:00	PLACE GAVE THAT YOUNG ADULT
03:07:36:00	03:07:37:00	THAT WINNER OF THE ESSAY
03:07:37:00	03:07:37:00	CONTEST FIFTEEN THOUSAND
03:07:37:00	03:07:39:00	DOLLARS FOR A SCHOLARSHIP
03:07:39:00	03:07:40:00	LOCALLY HERE IN THE
03:07:40:00	03:07:43:00	COMMONWEALTH I BELIEVE IS A
03:07:43:00	03:07:44:00	FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR
03:07:44:00	03:07:45:00	SCHOLARSHIP IF THEY IF THEY WIN
03:07:45:00	03:07:48:00	BUT THIS IS ALL PART OF THE
03:07:48:00	03:07:51:00	AMERICANISM OF ENSURING THAT
03:07:51:00	03:07:52:00	THESE THAT THESE YOUNG ADULTS
03:07:52:00	03:07:52:00	ARE GIVEN THE OPTION ALL
03:07:52:00	03:07:55:00	OPTIONS LAID OUT ON THEM AS TO
03:07:55:00	03:07:58:00	HOW THEY WANT THE FUTURE TO BE
03:07:58:00	03:07:59:00	AND BY TAKING AN OPTION AWAY
03:07:59:00	03:08:00:00	FROM THEM FROM THE JROTC I
03:08:00:00	03:08:02:00	THINK IS A DISSERVICE TO THESE
03:08:02:00	03:08:03:00	YOUNG ADULTS AND I THINK WE
03:08:03:00	03:08:05:00	REALLY NEED TO WORK ON
03:08:05:00	03:08:06:00	EXPANDING THE PROGRAM AND
03:08:06:00	03:08:07:00	BRINGING THEM BACK TO WHERE IT
03:08:07:00	03:08:07:00	WAS.
03:08:07:00	03:08:11:00	WITH THAT SAID THE POST NOT I'M
03:08:11:00	03:08:12:00	SORRY NOT TO POSE A QUESTION TO
03:08:12:00	03:08:14:00	BUT THE JROTC THAT WE DO HAVE
03:08:14:00	03:08:15:00	LIKE I MENTIONED SAYING THEY
03:08:15:00	03:08:17:00	ARE VERY ACTIVE IN OUR
03:08:17:00	03:08:18:00	COMMUNITY AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL
03:08:18:00	03:08:19:00	TO THEM AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL
03:08:19:00	03:08:21:00	TO TO THEIR INSTRUCTORS IN THE
03:08:21:00	03:08:24:00	SCHOOLS FOR ENSURING THAT THEY
03:08:24:00	03:08:25:00	THEY THEY KEEP THOSE KEEP THOSE
03:08:25:00	03:08:28:00	JROTC ALIVE IN THEIR SCHOOLS
03:08:28:00	03:08:29:00	AND YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'RE VERY
03:08:29:00	03:08:32:00	ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE PROGRAMS
03:08:32:00	03:08:32:00	THEY HAVE.
03:08:32:00	03:08:33:00	THEY'RE ALSO VERY PASSIONATE AS
03:08:33:00	03:08:36:00	WELL AND I HEAR IT EVERY DAY AS
03:08:36:00	03:08:37:00	A MATTER OF FACT, A COUPLE
03:08:37:00	03:08:38:00	OF THEM WERE HERE EARLIER TODAY
03:08:38:00	03:08:40:00	IN THE OFFICE PICKING UP THEIR
03:08:40:00	03:08:41:00	WREATHS AND FLAGS FOR MEMORIAL
03:08:41:00	03:08:41:00	DAY DECORATIONS.
03:08:41:00	03:08:44:00	BUT BUT THANK YOU,
03:08:44:00	03:08:45:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR AMPLIFYING
03:08:45:00	03:08:47:00	THE JROTC PROGRAM IS SOMETHING
03:08:47:00	03:08:48:00	THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING A LOT
03:08:48:00	03:08:51:00	ABOUT HERE IN THE NEXT COMING
03:08:51:00	03:08:52:00	WEEKS AS WE HEAD INTO THE
03:08:52:00	03:08:53:00	SUMMERTIME WITH REGARD TO THE
03:08:53:00	03:08:56:00	POST, I KNOW A LOT OF THE POST
03:08:56:00	03:08:57:00	THEY ARE FLEDGELING, THEIR
03:08:57:00	03:08:59:00	MEMBERSHIP IS FLEDGELING
03:08:59:00	03:09:00:00	BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE
03:09:00:00	03:09:00:00	AGING.
03:09:00:00	03:09:03:00	THE PROBLEM WITH THE POST IS
03:09:03:00	03:09:06:00	THAT THEY HAVE AN IDENTITY
03:09:06:00	03:09:07:00	ISSUE WHERE A LOT OF THE YOUNG
03:09:07:00	03:09:10:00	SERVICE MEMBERS THINK THAT IT'S
03:09:10:00	03:09:11:00	A PLACE FOR THE OLDER VETERANS
03:09:11:00	03:09:14:00	TO GO, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE A TWO
03:09:14:00	03:09:15:00	TWO DOLLAR GLASS OF BEER OR
03:09:15:00	03:09:16:00	SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
03:09:16:00	03:09:18:00	THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT
03:09:18:00	03:09:19:00	IMAGE RIGHT NOW AS BEST AS THEY
03:09:19:00	03:09:19:00	POSSIBLY CAN.
03:09:19:00	03:09:21:00	I MYSELF AM A LIFE MEMBER
03:09:21:00	03:09:22:00	OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THE
03:09:22:00	03:09:25:00	VFW AS WELL AS THE YOU KNOW,
03:09:25:00	03:09:26:00	THE DAVE THESE THESE THESE
03:09:26:00	03:09:29:00	POSTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE
03:09:29:00	03:09:30:00	COMMUNITY AND I THINK ONE
03:09:30:00	03:09:31:00	OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO
03:09:31:00	03:09:33:00	DO AND CONSIDER APPROPRIATE
03:09:33:00	03:09:34:00	WOULD YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE
03:09:34:00	03:09:35:00	HEAD IS HAVING REENGAGING THE
03:09:35:00	03:09:38:00	COMMUNITY WITH THE POST YOU
03:09:38:00	03:09:39:00	KNOW, IN A LOT OF THE POST WHAT
03:09:39:00	03:09:41:00	THEY'RE DOING NOW THEY'RE
03:09:41:00	03:09:42:00	BEGINNING TO OPEN THE DOORS TO
03:09:42:00	03:09:43:00	THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THE
03:09:43:00	03:09:45:00	COMMUNITIES COME IN AND START
03:09:45:00	03:09:46:00	WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITIES TO
03:09:46:00	03:09:46:00	LET THEM KNOW THAT THESE FOLKS
03:09:46:00	03:09:50:00	ARE HERE NOT JUST FOR THE
03:09:50:00	03:09:50:00	VETERANS BUT THE COMMUNITIES
03:09:50:00	03:09:51:00	THAT THEY'RE LOCATED IN AS
03:09:51:00	03:09:51:00	WELL.
03:09:51:00	03:09:53:00	YOU KNOW, I THOUGH THE BOSTON
03:09:53:00	03:09:54:00	POLICE POST THERE, THEY DO A
03:09:54:00	03:09:54:00	LOT OF WORK.
03:09:54:00	03:09:57:00	I MEAN THE DORCHESTER MATTAPAN
03:09:57:00	03:10:01:00	AREA JUST LIKE 076 DOES IN JP
03:10:01:00	03:10:02:00	AND THEY DO MORE OF COURSE THEY
03:10:02:00	03:10:05:00	CAN DO MORE BUT HAVING THE
03:10:05:00	03:10:05:00	COMMUNITY ENGAGE WITH THEM AND
03:10:05:00	03:10:08:00	VICE VERSA I THINK IS SOMETHING
03:10:08:00	03:10:09:00	THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AGAIN
03:10:09:00	03:10:13:00	TO KEEP THESE POST OPEN AND
03:10:13:00	03:10:14:00	ALIVE FOR ALL OUR VETERANS.
03:10:14:00	03:10:16:00	THEY OFFER MORE AND JUST A
03:10:16:00	03:10:17:00	PLACE TO GO.
03:10:17:00	03:10:17:00	THEY OFFER MORE THAN JUST A
03:10:17:00	03:10:19:00	FUNCTION ROOM LIKE I HAD
03:10:19:00	03:10:21:00	MENTIONED EARLIER MYSELF AND A
03:10:21:00	03:10:24:00	CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN.
03:10:24:00	03:10:25:00	WE WENT WITH THE D.A. TO DC TO
03:10:25:00	03:10:27:00	ADVOCATE FOR OUR VETERANS HERE
03:10:27:00	03:10:28:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT ALSO
03:10:28:00	03:10:31:00	THE AMERICAN LEGION DOES THAT
03:10:31:00	03:10:31:00	AT A STATE LEVEL.
03:10:31:00	03:10:33:00	THE VFW ALSO DOES THAT AT A
03:10:33:00	03:10:35:00	STATE LEVEL AND ALL.
03:10:35:00	03:10:36:00	THANK YOU.
03:10:36:00	03:10:36:00	SO ALL THESE ALL THESE
03:10:36:00	03:10:39:00	ORGANIZATIONS, THEY'RE VERY
03:10:39:00	03:10:40:00	THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO
03:10:40:00	03:10:40:00	ENSURING THAT OUR VETERANS ARE
03:10:40:00	03:10:41:00	TAKEN CARE BECAUSE THEY DO
03:10:41:00	03:10:43:00	ADVOCATE OUR VETERANS AND
03:10:43:00	03:10:44:00	THEY'RE JUST NOT A BRICK AND
03:10:44:00	03:10:44:00	MORTAR POSTAL.
03:10:44:00	03:10:48:00	THANK OUR SHARE AND MADAM CHAIR
03:10:48:00	03:10:50:00	THE ISRAA COLLEGE EDUCATION THE
03:10:50:00	03:10:51:00	COMMISSION HAD RECENTLY ON THE
03:10:51:00	03:10:54:00	HERO SQUEERS IS TAKING THE
03:10:54:00	03:10:55:00	OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE GOLD
03:10:55:00	03:10:58:00	STAR FAMILIES WITH MINIATURE
03:10:58:00	03:11:02:00	REPLICAS OF THE ACTUAL HERO
03:11:02:00	03:11:03:00	SQUARE AND IT'S A HUGE HIT.
03:11:03:00	03:11:04:00	IT JUST GOES IT'S TESTAMENT TO
03:11:04:00	03:11:06:00	HOW MUCH HE CARES AND HIS
03:11:06:00	03:11:06:00	ENTHUSIASM AND I'VE HEARD FROM
03:11:06:00	03:11:09:00	FAMILIES THAT HAVE RECEIVED
03:11:09:00	03:11:10:00	THESE MINIATURE AND I'M SURE
03:11:10:00	03:11:11:00	HE'S GOT A GREAT LESSON FOR ALL
03:11:11:00	03:11:13:00	OF YOU TO SIGN.
03:11:13:00	03:11:14:00	BUT JUST ANOTHER ANOTHER WAY
03:11:14:00	03:11:18:00	THAT WE AS A CITY THROUGH THE
03:11:18:00	03:11:18:00	COMMISSIONER REACHING OUT TO
03:11:18:00	03:11:19:00	GOLD STAR FAMILY.
03:11:19:00	03:11:21:00	SO ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES,
03:11:21:00	03:11:22:00	COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR
03:11:22:00	03:11:23:00	DOING THAT AND ON BEHALF OF THE
03:11:23:00	03:11:24:00	GOLD STAR FAMILIES WHO THINK
03:11:24:00	03:11:25:00	IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A GREAT
03:11:25:00	03:11:25:00	TOUCH.
03:11:25:00	03:11:28:00	IT'S FIRST CLASS YOUR FIRST
03:11:28:00	03:11:28:00	CLASS.
03:11:28:00	03:11:29:00	THANK YOU AGAIN.
03:11:29:00	03:11:30:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:11:30:00	03:11:32:00	THANK YOU SO SOME FLAHERTY AND
03:11:32:00	03:11:35:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:11:35:00	03:11:36:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
03:11:36:00	03:11:39:00	THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
03:11:39:00	03:11:40:00	SANTIAGO FOR YOUR SERVICE FIRST
03:11:40:00	03:11:44:00	AND FOREMOST FOR YOUR WORK FOR
03:11:44:00	03:11:47:00	YOUR SERVICE AS WELL ON BEHALF
03:11:47:00	03:11:48:00	THE CITY IN MEETING THE NEEDS
03:11:48:00	03:11:51:00	OF OUR VETERANS I APPRECIATE
03:11:51:00	03:11:52:00	EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHARED AND
03:11:52:00	03:11:55:00	MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR
03:11:55:00	03:11:56:00	QUESTIONS.
03:11:56:00	03:11:57:00	I MEAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
03:11:57:00	03:11:59:00	ABOUT HOW THE ROLE OF THE
03:11:59:00	03:12:02:00	OFFICE IS REALLY WELL, HOW THE
03:12:02:00	03:12:03:00	LANDSCAPE OF WHO VETERANS ARE
03:12:03:00	03:12:04:00	HAS REALLY CHANGED OVER THE
03:12:04:00	03:12:07:00	YEARS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT
03:12:07:00	03:12:08:00	COMES TO WOMEN AND HOW THAT HOW
03:12:08:00	03:12:10:00	IS THAT CHANGE OF THE SERVICES
03:12:10:00	03:12:11:00	THAT YOU AND YOUR OFFICE NEED
03:12:11:00	03:12:12:00	TO PROVIDE THAT THAT LIKE
03:12:12:00	03:12:16:00	NATIONAL AND SHIFT THAT YOU'RE
03:12:16:00	03:12:16:00	SEEING?
03:12:16:00	03:12:17:00	HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE TYPES
03:12:17:00	03:12:18:00	OF SERVICES THAT YOUR OFFICERS
03:12:18:00	03:12:18:00	?
03:12:18:00	03:12:19:00	RIGHT.
03:12:19:00	03:12:23:00	WELL, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE
03:12:23:00	03:12:26:00	OFFICE OF VETERANS SERVICES OH
03:12:26:00	03:12:27:00	, WE WERE THE MAIN MANDATE WAS
03:12:27:00	03:12:30:00	CHAPTER ONE FOR OUR TEAM AND
03:12:30:00	03:12:31:00	THAT'S ALL WE PRETTY MUCH
03:12:31:00	03:12:34:00	FOCUSED ON WHAT'S CHAPTER ONE
03:12:34:00	03:12:37:00	FIFTEEN AND NOTHING MORE
03:12:37:00	03:12:38:00	OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THE MANDATES
03:12:38:00	03:12:39:00	AROUND MEMORIAL DAY, THINGS
03:12:39:00	03:12:42:00	THAT WE DO MEMORIAL DAY, YOU
03:12:42:00	03:12:42:00	KNOW OTHER EVENTS BUT IT WAS
03:12:42:00	03:12:46:00	NEVER TAKEN TO ANOTHER IT WAS
03:12:46:00	03:12:50:00	NEVER REALLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING
03:12:50:00	03:12:51:00	ON RIGHT NOW IN MAKING ANY ONE
03:12:51:00	03:12:52:00	STOP SHOP FOR ALL OUR VETERANS
03:12:52:00	03:12:54:00	FOR ALL VETERANS FAMILIES AND
03:12:54:00	03:12:54:00	OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AS WELL.
03:12:54:00	03:12:58:00	YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD AN
03:12:58:00	03:12:58:00	IDENTITY CRISIS.
03:12:58:00	03:13:01:00	YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE THINK THE
03:13:01:00	03:13:01:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF VETERANS
03:13:01:00	03:13:02:00	SERVICES, THEY DON'T THINK
03:13:02:00	03:13:04:00	OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
03:13:04:00	03:13:05:00	OF VETERANS SERVICES.
03:13:05:00	03:13:06:00	THEY THINK OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS
03:13:06:00	03:13:09:00	A COMPARISON WITH THE VA.
03:13:09:00	03:13:10:00	WELL, WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
03:13:10:00	03:13:12:00	AND WE COLLABORATE WITH WITH
03:13:12:00	03:13:13:00	THE VA BUT WE'RE NOT PART
03:13:13:00	03:13:13:00	OF THE VA.
03:13:13:00	03:13:15:00	YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE CITIZENS
03:13:15:00	03:13:16:00	OFFICE OF VETERANS SERVICES BUT
03:13:16:00	03:13:17:00	THERE'S ALSO A MISNOMER WAS
03:13:17:00	03:13:20:00	JUST BEING CALLED VETERANS
03:13:20:00	03:13:20:00	SERVICES.
03:13:20:00	03:13:21:00	YOU KNOW, WE ALSO ENGAGE WE
03:13:21:00	03:13:24:00	ALSO ADVOCATE FOR OUR VETERANS
03:13:24:00	03:13:25:00	AND THEIR FAMILIES.
03:13:25:00	03:13:26:00	WE DO A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN
03:13:26:00	03:13:28:00	JUST PROVIDE SERVICES AND
03:13:28:00	03:13:29:00	THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
03:13:29:00	03:13:32:00	I'M WORKING ON IN TRYING TO
03:13:32:00	03:13:33:00	REBRAND THIS OFFICE AND TRY TO
03:13:33:00	03:13:36:00	MAKE IT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
03:13:36:00	03:13:36:00	OF ENGAGEMENT, A VETERANS
03:13:36:00	03:13:40:00	ENGAGEMENT AND MILITARY
03:13:40:00	03:13:41:00	AFFAIRS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE
03:13:41:00	03:13:43:00	WILL THIS ALL OF IT YOU KNOW,
03:13:43:00	03:13:44:00	THE COUNSELOR HAD MENTIONED,
03:13:44:00	03:13:47:00	YOU KNOW, THE HERO SQUARES YOU
03:13:47:00	03:13:47:00	.
03:13:47:00	03:13:48:00	WHY DO WE JUST DO HERO SQUARE
03:13:48:00	03:13:51:00	DO A CEREMONY THAT JUST LEAVE
03:13:51:00	03:13:52:00	IT AT THAT?
03:13:52:00	03:13:52:00	NO.
03:13:52:00	03:13:53:00	YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANTED TO
03:13:53:00	03:13:55:00	TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.
03:13:55:00	03:13:56:00	WE GIVE THE MINIATURE PLAQUE
03:13:56:00	03:13:59:00	WELL WE ALSO REMAIN IN CONTACT
03:13:59:00	03:14:00:00	WITH THAT GOLD STAR FAMILY
03:14:00:00	03:14:02:00	BECAUSE GOLD STAR FAMILIES ALSO
03:14:02:00	03:14:03:00	HAVE BENEFITS AND SERVICES THAT
03:14:03:00	03:14:03:00	COULD BE GIVEN TO THEM AS WELL
03:14:03:00	03:14:07:00	AND THEY ARE ORGANIZATIONS THEY
03:14:07:00	03:14:08:00	COULD BE A PART OF AS WELL.
03:14:08:00	03:14:10:00	SO SO ONCE THOSE GOLD STAR
03:14:10:00	03:14:11:00	FAMILIES ARE IDENTIFIED, DO THE
03:14:11:00	03:14:14:00	HERO SQUARE PROGRAMS AS AN
03:14:14:00	03:14:15:00	EXAMPLE, WE COULD THEN TAKE
03:14:15:00	03:14:16:00	THAT GOLD STAR FAMILY AND
03:14:16:00	03:14:18:00	CONNECT THEM WITH THOSE
03:14:18:00	03:14:19:00	SERVICES THAT THEY MAY BE
03:14:19:00	03:14:19:00	ELIGIBLE FOR.
03:14:19:00	03:14:22:00	YOU KNOW, SO SO YOU KNOW, IT'S
03:14:22:00	03:14:22:00	ALWAYS TAKEN ABOUT ONE STEP
03:14:22:00	03:14:23:00	FURTHER IS ALWAYS ABOUT
03:14:23:00	03:14:27:00	BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS FOR
03:14:27:00	03:14:27:00	OUR VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES
03:14:27:00	03:14:28:00	AND THE SERVICE MEMBERS THAT
03:14:28:00	03:14:29:00	ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AS WELL
03:14:29:00	03:14:30:00	AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND
03:14:30:00	03:14:33:00	THINGS CHANGE AND THEY'RE
03:14:33:00	03:14:34:00	CHANGING PRETTY RAPIDLY AND WE
03:14:34:00	03:14:37:00	MUST CHANGE WITH THEM AS WELL.
03:14:37:00	03:14:38:00	WE'RE NO LONGER IN THAT SILO.
03:14:38:00	03:14:41:00	WE MUST WORK OUT OF THAT SILO
03:14:41:00	03:14:42:00	AND NOT JUST IN THE CITY
03:14:42:00	03:14:43:00	OF BOSTON AND IN THE STATE
03:14:43:00	03:14:44:00	OF MASSACHUSETTS BUT NATIONALLY
03:14:44:00	03:14:45:00	AS WELL BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT
03:14:45:00	03:14:46:00	HAPPENS NATIONALLY AGAIN IS
03:14:46:00	03:14:49:00	LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER,
03:14:49:00	03:14:50:00	FILTERS DOWN AND TRICKLES DOWN
03:14:50:00	03:14:51:00	TO US HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
03:14:51:00	03:14:51:00	AS WELL.
03:14:51:00	03:14:52:00	SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
03:14:52:00	03:14:53:00	ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE VETERANS
03:14:53:00	03:14:56:00	COMMUNITY THAT I REMAIN UP TO
03:14:56:00	03:14:57:00	DATE AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN
03:14:57:00	03:14:58:00	WITH THOSE POLICIES THAT AFFECT
03:14:58:00	03:15:01:00	US AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THOSE
03:15:01:00	03:15:01:00	POLICIES THAT MAY AFFECT THOSE
03:15:01:00	03:15:04:00	WHO ARE AFFECTING US NOW IN THE
03:15:04:00	03:15:05:00	FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL,
03:15:05:00	03:15:08:00	ESPECIALLY HAVING TWO MAJOR VA
03:15:08:00	03:15:09:00	FACILITIES IN OUR CITY, THE ONE
03:15:09:00	03:15:12:00	IN WEST ROXBURY AND JAMAICA
03:15:12:00	03:15:13:00	PLAIN ALSO ANSWERED YOUR
03:15:13:00	03:15:13:00	QUESTION.
03:15:13:00	03:15:16:00	YEAH, IT DID.
03:15:16:00	03:15:17:00	COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE A
03:15:17:00	03:15:20:00	POLICY LEAD ON YOUR TEAM?
03:15:20:00	03:15:21:00	IS THERE A POLICY ADVISOR IN
03:15:21:00	03:15:21:00	YOUR OFFICE?
03:15:21:00	03:15:24:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT.
03:15:24:00	03:15:25:00	WE JUST RECENTLY HIRED AND IT
03:15:25:00	03:15:28:00	WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR
03:15:28:00	03:15:29:00	ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS PAST
03:15:29:00	03:15:32:00	FISCAL YEAR WE HIRED A POLICY
03:15:32:00	03:15:33:00	DIRECTOR WHO'S ALSO OUR NEW
03:15:33:00	03:15:36:00	OUTREACH DIRECTOR COUNTERTREND
03:15:36:00	03:15:36:00	.
03:15:36:00	03:15:38:00	SO HE IS GOING TO BE IN CHARGE
03:15:38:00	03:15:41:00	WITH ENSURING THAT THE POLICIES
03:15:41:00	03:15:42:00	HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ARE
03:15:42:00	03:15:45:00	THOSE THAT BENEFIT OUR VETERANS
03:15:45:00	03:15:46:00	AND THEIR FAMILIES BUT ALSO TO
03:15:46:00	03:15:48:00	ENSURE THAT THE POLICIES THAT
03:15:48:00	03:15:49:00	ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT IN THE
03:15:49:00	03:15:50:00	STATE HOUSE AND THOSE THAT ARE
03:15:50:00	03:15:52:00	BEING PUT FORWARD NATIONALLY
03:15:52:00	03:15:55:00	THAT OUR VOICES ARE ALSO BEING
03:15:55:00	03:15:56:00	HEARD HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL AS
03:15:56:00	03:15:57:00	WELL.
03:15:57:00	03:15:58:00	SO HE JUST STARTED A COUPLE
03:15:58:00	03:16:00:00	OF MONTHS AGO WELL ACTUALLY NO
03:16:00:00	03:16:01:00	LESS THAN A MONTH AGO.
03:16:01:00	03:16:02:00	SO HE'S STILL FAIRLY NEW IN OUR
03:16:02:00	03:16:03:00	OFFICE.
03:16:03:00	03:16:04:00	SEEMS LIKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS
03:16:04:00	03:16:05:00	BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S DOING A
03:16:05:00	03:16:08:00	GREAT JOB RIGHT NOW IN LEARNING
03:16:08:00	03:16:08:00	THE SYSTEM.
03:16:08:00	03:16:12:00	HE'S ACTUALLY WE STOLE THEM
03:16:12:00	03:16:13:00	FROM SETH MAULDIN'S OFFICE BUT
03:16:13:00	03:16:15:00	HE'S A LOCAL RESIDENT HERE IN
03:16:15:00	03:16:16:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON WHERE WE'RE
03:16:16:00	03:16:18:00	HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AND I'M
03:16:18:00	03:16:19:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
03:16:19:00	03:16:22:00	HIM AND ALSO ENSURING THAT THIS
03:16:22:00	03:16:23:00	COUNCIL KNOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING
03:16:23:00	03:16:26:00	WITH REGARDS TO POLICY WHEN IT
03:16:26:00	03:16:27:00	PERTAINS TO OUR VETERANS, OUR
03:16:27:00	03:16:27:00	VETERANS FAMILIES THINK.
03:16:27:00	03:16:31:00	THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER AND I'M
03:16:31:00	03:16:31:00	REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU
03:16:31:00	03:16:32:00	HAVE A POLICY LEAD FOR THE VERY
03:16:32:00	03:16:35:00	REASONS THAT YOU STATED AND
03:16:35:00	03:16:35:00	THINK OF REBRANDING IS ALWAYS
03:16:35:00	03:16:36:00	GREAT.
03:16:36:00	03:16:38:00	I DON'T KNOW THE
03:16:38:00	03:16:39:00	COUNCILMAN WELL LET ME ASK YOU
03:16:39:00	03:16:39:00	ANOTHER QUESTION.
03:16:39:00	03:16:42:00	SOMETHING WAS INTERESTING.
03:16:42:00	03:16:43:00	THE NUMBER OF VETERANS
03:16:43:00	03:16:43:00	RECEIVING CHAPTER 115 BENEFITS
03:16:43:00	03:16:46:00	SAYS IT'S GOING FROM FIFTY
03:16:46:00	03:16:47:00	PROJECTED IS FIFTY THREE BUT
03:16:47:00	03:16:50:00	THE TARGET IS FIFTY FIVE.
03:16:50:00	03:16:51:00	ISN'T THAT INTERESTING IN THE
03:16:51:00	03:16:54:00	NUMBERS IS IT IF THE IF THE
03:16:54:00	03:16:55:00	TARGET IS MORE THAN THE
03:16:55:00	03:16:56:00	PROJECTION JUST HOPING THAT YOU
03:16:56:00	03:16:57:00	IN YOUR OFFICE HAS THE
03:16:57:00	03:16:58:00	RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY
03:16:58:00	03:17:04:00	LIKE WHAT THE TARGET NUMBER IS
03:17:04:00	03:17:04:00	IF YOU WANTED TO.
03:17:04:00	03:17:05:00	YEAH I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
03:17:05:00	03:17:08:00	I'M SORRY FOR THE WATER WENT
03:17:08:00	03:17:12:00	DOWN THE WRONG SIDE BUT I KNOW
03:17:12:00	03:17:16:00	OUR 2015 NUMBERS IS AN ANOMALY
03:17:16:00	03:17:16:00	WHILE THEY'VE BEEN TRICKLING
03:17:16:00	03:17:17:00	DOWN FOR SO MANY YEARS NOW BUT
03:17:17:00	03:17:20:00	AT THE SAME TIME WE SEE IT
03:17:20:00	03:17:21:00	REALLY DEPENDS ON MONTH TO
03:17:21:00	03:17:24:00	MONTH HOW MANY VETERANS ARE
03:17:24:00	03:17:25:00	COMING IN TO APPLY FOR CHAPTER
03:17:25:00	03:17:27:00	115 AND THERE ARE A LOT
03:17:27:00	03:17:28:00	OF VARIABLES THAT COME ALONG
03:17:28:00	03:17:28:00	WITH THAT.
03:17:28:00	03:17:31:00	A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON THE
03:17:31:00	03:17:32:00	STATE BECAUSE IT IS A STATE
03:17:32:00	03:17:32:00	SPONSORED BENEFIT.
03:17:32:00	03:17:36:00	SO IF A LOT OF TIMES THE STATE
03:17:36:00	03:17:36:00	COMES BACK AND THEY WANT MORE
03:17:36:00	03:17:39:00	INFORMATION FROM OUR VETERANS
03:17:39:00	03:17:40:00	OR THEY COME BACK AND STATE
03:17:40:00	03:17:40:00	THAT OUR VETERANS DO NOT
03:17:40:00	03:17:43:00	QUALIFY FOR CHAPTER 134, I WILL
03:17:43:00	03:17:47:00	SAY THAT THAT SINCE I STARTED
03:17:47:00	03:17:47:00	AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OUR
03:17:47:00	03:17:48:00	NUMBERS HAVE GONE WAY DOWN IN
03:17:48:00	03:17:51:00	CHAPTER TWO OF THE TEAM THAT
03:17:51:00	03:17:52:00	HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT
03:17:52:00	03:17:54:00	THAT OUR VETERANS POPULATION IS
03:17:54:00	03:17:55:00	AGING BUT IT ALSO HAS TO DO
03:17:55:00	03:17:58:00	WITH THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL
03:17:58:00	03:18:02:00	BEING PART OF THE THE MET THE
03:18:02:00	03:18:03:00	METRIC THAT IS USED BY THE
03:18:03:00	03:18:04:00	STATE FOR QUALIFICATION
03:18:04:00	03:18:06:00	OF CHAPTER ONE 115 RIGHT NOW
03:18:06:00	03:18:07:00	IT'S AT TWENTY PERCENT OF THE
03:18:07:00	03:18:08:00	POVERTY LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO
03:18:08:00	03:18:10:00	QUALIFY FOR CHAPTER 115.
03:18:10:00	03:18:11:00	YOU AND I KNOW EVERYBODY ON
03:18:11:00	03:18:14:00	THIS CALL KNOWS THAT THAT JUST
03:18:14:00	03:18:15:00	DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT A
03:18:15:00	03:18:18:00	VETERAN WHO'S EARNING LESS THAN
03:18:18:00	03:18:19:00	TWENTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS A
03:18:19:00	03:18:20:00	YEAR SHOULD ONLY QUALIFY FOR
03:18:20:00	03:18:21:00	CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
03:18:21:00	03:18:26:00	WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DO FORECAST
03:18:26:00	03:18:27:00	A SMALL INCREASE IN THAT NUMBER
03:18:27:00	03:18:30:00	THAT HAS TO DO AGAIN WITH OUR
03:18:30:00	03:18:30:00	OUTREACH.
03:18:30:00	03:18:31:00	THAT HAS TO DO WITH US GOING
03:18:31:00	03:18:32:00	OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
03:18:32:00	03:18:35:00	ENSURING THAT THOSE VETERANS
03:18:35:00	03:18:36:00	THAT NEED CHAPTER 115 THEY
03:18:36:00	03:18:37:00	QUALIFY FOR CHAPTER 115 NO, IT
03:18:37:00	03:18:38:00	IS THERE FOR THEM AND THAT WE
03:18:38:00	03:18:41:00	WILLING AND READY EVEN IF WE
03:18:41:00	03:18:42:00	NEED TO DO IT ON THE SPOT WITH
03:18:42:00	03:18:43:00	OUR LAPTOPS HOPEFULLY WE GET
03:18:43:00	03:18:45:00	CONDUCTIVITY COULD HELP THEM
03:18:45:00	03:18:46:00	AND ASSIST THEM IN APPLYING FOR
03:18:46:00	03:18:48:00	CHAPTER 115 BENEFITS.
03:18:48:00	03:18:49:00	WE ALSO HAD THE FORM ON OUR
03:18:49:00	03:18:52:00	WEBSITE FOR CHAPTER 115 AS
03:18:52:00	03:18:53:00	WELL.
03:18:53:00	03:18:54:00	SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME INTO
03:18:54:00	03:18:54:00	THE OFFICE.
03:18:54:00	03:18:55:00	THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL US.
03:18:55:00	03:18:57:00	THEY WERE GOING TO OUR WEBSITE
03:18:57:00	03:18:58:00	AND APPLY FOR CHAPTER 115 AND
03:18:58:00	03:19:00:00	THEN THEY'LL BE CONTACTED BY
03:19:00:00	03:19:01:00	ONE OF OUR VETERANS BENEFITS
03:19:01:00	03:19:02:00	SPECIALIST FOR CHAPTER ONE.
03:19:02:00	03:19:04:00	THE TWO.
03:19:04:00	03:19:05:00	THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AND
03:19:05:00	03:19:06:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR GREEN ANGIE
03:19:06:00	03:19:08:00	ANDERSON, THIS IS NOT A
03:19:08:00	03:19:09:00	QUESTION I'M JUST GOING TO PUT
03:19:09:00	03:19:10:00	IT ON FOR THE RECORD THAT I
03:19:10:00	03:19:11:00	KNOW THAT THERE'S EVEN A
03:19:11:00	03:19:12:00	DISPARATE IMPACT FOR OUR
03:19:12:00	03:19:15:00	VETERANS OF COLOR AND I'M
03:19:15:00	03:19:16:00	ASSUMING THAT THE NUMBER ONE
03:19:16:00	03:19:17:00	QUESTION THAT YOU GET IS
03:19:17:00	03:19:19:00	RELATED TO HOUSING.
03:19:19:00	03:19:21:00	SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS,
03:19:21:00	03:19:22:00	YOU KNOW, WAYS THAT WE CAN TO
03:19:22:00	03:19:23:00	SUPPORT THAT MAKE SURE THAT
03:19:23:00	03:19:27:00	THOSE WHO SACRIFICED ARE BEING
03:19:27:00	03:19:27:00	CARED FOR, ESPECIALLY OUR BLACK
03:19:27:00	03:19:30:00	AND BROWN ONES WHO SHOWS UP TO
03:19:30:00	03:19:31:00	SERVE THIS COUNTRY.
03:19:31:00	03:19:32:00	SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE
03:19:32:00	03:19:34:00	AND KNOW THAT I'M A PARTNER
03:19:34:00	03:19:35:00	HERE IN A THOUGHT PARTNER HERE
03:19:35:00	03:19:38:00	BUT ALSO A PARTNER IN GETTING
03:19:38:00	03:19:39:00	YOU AND YOUR OFFICE THE MONEY
03:19:39:00	03:19:39:00	AND SUPPORT NECESSARY THROUGH
03:19:39:00	03:19:40:00	THE BUDGET.
03:19:40:00	03:19:42:00	SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
03:19:42:00	03:19:43:00	THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK FOR
03:19:43:00	03:19:46:00	YOUR ADVOCACY FOR OUR LOANS,
03:19:46:00	03:19:50:00	OUR CUSSLER LUZHIN YOU HAVE THE
03:19:50:00	03:19:51:00	FLOOR I'M SORRY COUNCILMAN HERE
03:19:51:00	03:19:52:00	YOU HAVE A FLOOR.
03:19:52:00	03:19:54:00	OH YOU WANT MORE TIME?
03:19:54:00	03:19:55:00	NO, JUST GIVE TO TAKE A SEAT
03:19:55:00	03:19:58:00	THERE WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK
03:19:58:00	03:20:01:00	YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU
03:20:01:00	03:20:02:00	COMMISSIONER FOR ALL YOUR HARD
03:20:02:00	03:20:02:00	WORK.
03:20:02:00	03:20:05:00	I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
03:20:05:00	03:20:06:00	BIT MORE ABOUT THE CHAPTER ONE
03:20:06:00	03:20:09:00	CHAPTER ONE FIFTEEN IF YOU
03:20:09:00	03:20:10:00	COULD JUST KIND OF LIKE STAY
03:20:10:00	03:20:13:00	HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
03:20:13:00	03:20:13:00	I'M JUST CURIOUS CAN YOU SPEAK
03:20:13:00	03:20:16:00	TO ANY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES OR
03:20:16:00	03:20:17:00	PROGRAMS THAT THE BOSTON THAT
03:20:17:00	03:20:20:00	IS PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT THE
03:20:20:00	03:20:21:00	COMING YEAR TO BETTER SUPPORT
03:20:21:00	03:20:24:00	VETERANS IN HOW THE NY BUDGET
03:20:24:00	03:20:25:00	AND YOU KNOW AND HOW THE APPLY
03:20:25:00	03:20:28:00	TWENTY FOUR BUDGET WILL
03:20:28:00	03:20:28:00	INCREASE TO SUPPORT THESE
03:20:28:00	03:20:31:00	EFFORTS?
03:20:31:00	03:20:32:00	OH THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR THAT
03:20:32:00	03:20:32:00	QUESTION.
03:20:32:00	03:20:35:00	WILL YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT
03:20:35:00	03:20:36:00	CHAPTER ONE FOR THE TEAM AND A
03:20:36:00	03:20:39:00	LOT OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAN
03:20:39:00	03:20:39:00	CHAPTER ONE TEAM?
03:20:39:00	03:20:40:00	ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
03:20:40:00	03:20:43:00	DOING HERE IN BOSTON METRO
03:20:43:00	03:20:47:00	SERVICES IS A PROGRAM THAT WE
03:20:47:00	03:20:48:00	ARE CALLING WHICH THE GAP IS
03:20:48:00	03:20:50:00	PART OF OUR ALLEVIATION FUND
03:20:50:00	03:20:51:00	AND THIS ALLEVIATION FUND IS
03:20:51:00	03:20:54:00	PRIMARILY FOR THOSE VETERANS
03:20:54:00	03:20:55:00	RIGHT NOW IS AN EMERGENCY FUND
03:20:55:00	03:20:56:00	FOR THOSE VETERANS WHO DON'T
03:20:56:00	03:20:58:00	QUALIFY FOR CHAPTER 115.
03:20:58:00	03:20:59:00	WE'RE LOOKING AT EXTENDING THE
03:20:59:00	03:21:00:00	PROGRAM AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT
03:21:00:00	03:21:02:00	I'LL BE WORKING WITH ON SETTING
03:21:02:00	03:21:03:00	THE POLICY FOR THAT PROGRAM IN
03:21:03:00	03:21:06:00	THE NEAR FUTURE.
03:21:06:00	03:21:07:00	I'M WORKING OBVIOUSLY WITH THE
03:21:07:00	03:21:08:00	DIRECTOR OF POLICY ON THAT AS
03:21:08:00	03:21:09:00	WELL AS WITH MY TEAM HERE TO
03:21:09:00	03:21:10:00	GET THEIR INPUT BECAUSE I THINK
03:21:10:00	03:21:11:00	THE TEAM'S INPUT IS VERY
03:21:11:00	03:21:13:00	IMPORTANT.
03:21:13:00	03:21:14:00	THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL
03:21:14:00	03:21:15:00	PROCESS CHAPTER ONE FIFTEEN
03:21:15:00	03:21:17:00	BENEFITS.
03:21:17:00	03:21:18:00	SO WE WANT TO EXTEND IT HERE AT
03:21:18:00	03:21:21:00	THE LOCAL CITY LEVEL AND TO
03:21:21:00	03:21:22:00	TAKE THOSE PARAMETERS FROM
03:21:22:00	03:21:25:00	CHAPTER 113 AND TAILOR THEM FOR
03:21:25:00	03:21:26:00	OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY
03:21:26:00	03:21:27:00	OF BOSTON BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
03:21:27:00	03:21:27:00	A LOT OF THE PARAMETERS
03:21:27:00	03:21:29:00	OF CHAPTER FOURTEEN UNDER THE
03:21:29:00	03:21:30:00	THE CMA ARE ONE WAY WHICH
03:21:30:00	03:21:33:00	REGULATES CHAPTER 115 IN MANY
03:21:33:00	03:21:34:00	OCCASIONS THAT'S NOT ENOUGH
03:21:34:00	03:21:37:00	WHICH IS WHY WHICH IS WHY OUR
03:21:37:00	03:21:38:00	ATTRITION RATE IS WHERE IT'S AT
03:21:38:00	03:21:41:00	RIGHT NOW WITH CHAPTER 115.
03:21:41:00	03:21:41:00	SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS
03:21:41:00	03:21:44:00	ALLEVIATION FUND TO ENSURE THAT
03:21:44:00	03:21:45:00	THOSE VETERANS WHO QUALIFY AND
03:21:45:00	03:21:55:00	HAVE A NEED ARE GIVEN THAT
03:21:55:00	03:21:56:00	FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY
03:21:56:00	03:21:57:00	TO BE ABLE TO TO HAVE A BETTER
03:21:57:00	03:21:58:00	QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN THE
03:21:58:00	03:21:58:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
03:21:58:00	03:21:59:00	THAT'S THE MUCH I AND I JUST
03:21:59:00	03:22:00:00	WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
03:22:00:00	03:22:01:00	TALIBAN EVEN YOU OK, TWO MORE
03:22:01:00	03:22:03:00	QUESTIONS AND YOU'RE GOING TO
03:22:03:00	03:22:04:00	HAVE TO GET THESE TO THEM
03:22:04:00	03:22:05:00	BEFORE KIND OF SO I UNDERSTAND
03:22:05:00	03:22:07:00	PUT HER HAND UP.
03:22:07:00	03:22:08:00	I JUST WANT YOU IF YOU COULD
03:22:08:00	03:22:09:00	JUST EXPLAIN WHY THE BUDGET FOR
03:22:09:00	03:22:10:00	THAT HAS INCREASED ONE POINT
03:22:10:00	03:22:15:00	SIX IN BOTH NY 23 AND 24 GIVEN
03:22:15:00	03:22:16:00	THAT THERE'S A REDUCTION IN
03:22:16:00	03:22:17:00	QUALIFYING THAT'S JUST TALK TO
03:22:17:00	03:22:20:00	ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND
03:22:20:00	03:22:21:00	THEN WHAT AND WHAT SPECIFIC
03:22:21:00	03:22:23:00	EFFORTS THAT BOSTON BATTS HAS
03:22:23:00	03:22:24:00	MADE TO ENSURE THAT VETERANS
03:22:24:00	03:22:26:00	FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED
03:22:26:00	03:22:27:00	OR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
03:22:27:00	03:22:31:00	HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES
03:22:31:00	03:22:32:00	AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AND
03:22:32:00	03:22:35:00	WHAT IMPACT HAVE THESE SERVICES
03:22:35:00	03:22:35:00	AND SUPPORTS ON IMPROVING
03:22:35:00	03:22:39:00	EQUITY IN VETERAN SERVICE?
03:22:39:00	03:22:40:00	THANK YOU FOR THOSE TWO
03:22:40:00	03:22:42:00	QUESTIONS IN ANSWERING YOUR
03:22:42:00	03:22:43:00	FIRST QUESTION IS THAT WE ARE
03:22:43:00	03:22:46:00	BUILDING OUR TEAM.
03:22:46:00	03:22:47:00	THAT'S WHY OUR BUDGET HAS
03:22:47:00	03:22:49:00	INCREMENTALLY HAS GONE UP JUST
03:22:49:00	03:22:50:00	FOR FY TWENTY THREE.
03:22:50:00	03:22:53:00	WE'VE HAD THE TWO POSITIONS
03:22:53:00	03:22:54:00	THAT WE'VE THAT WE FILLED THE
03:22:54:00	03:22:55:00	ONE FOR THE DIRECTOR
03:22:55:00	03:22:58:00	OF OUTREACH POLICY AND ALSO THE
03:22:58:00	03:22:59:00	INTEGRATION AND TRANSITION
03:22:59:00	03:23:02:00	ADVOCATE POSITION THAT WE HAVE
03:23:02:00	03:23:05:00	RECENTLY ALSO FILLED HERE.
03:23:05:00	03:23:05:00	SO THE INTEGRATION TRANSITION
03:23:05:00	03:23:09:00	ADVOCATE IS A POSITION THAT'S
03:23:09:00	03:23:10:00	ALSO GOING TO BE THERE TO
03:23:10:00	03:23:13:00	ASSIST OUR VETERANS THAT ARE
03:23:13:00	03:23:13:00	MARGINALIZED.
03:23:13:00	03:23:14:00	NOW I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO
03:23:14:00	03:23:17:00	WHAT I WENT THROUGH YESTERDAY.
03:23:17:00	03:23:18:00	YOU KNOW, A BIG PART OF WHAT WE
03:23:18:00	03:23:21:00	DISCUSSED YESTERDAY AT THE BLUE
03:23:21:00	03:23:22:00	STAR EVENT, THE BLUE STAR
03:23:22:00	03:23:25:00	FAMILIES EVENT WAS INCLUSION.
03:23:25:00	03:23:26:00	SO PART A LOT OF THE
03:23:26:00	03:23:29:00	INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT
03:23:29:00	03:23:29:00	OF THEIR SURVEY THEY'VE ALSO
03:23:29:00	03:23:30:00	BROKEN DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO
03:23:30:00	03:23:33:00	PEOPLE OF COLOR WHEN IT COMES
03:23:33:00	03:23:34:00	TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY WILL
03:23:34:00	03:23:37:00	ALSO COME TO BORROW BORN
03:23:37:00	03:23:37:00	SPOUSES AND MILITARY FOLKS AS
03:23:37:00	03:23:38:00	WELL.
03:23:38:00	03:23:41:00	IF I SHARE A COUPLE OF A COUPLE
03:23:41:00	03:23:45:00	OF RESPONSES FROM THAT
03:23:45:00	03:23:46:00	EXPERIENCES OF RACIAL ETHNIC
03:23:46:00	03:23:48:00	DISCRIMINATION OF ACTIVE DUTY
03:23:48:00	03:23:49:00	PERSONNEL IN THE CIVILIAN
03:23:49:00	03:23:52:00	COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE WHEN
03:23:52:00	03:23:53:00	THEY GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR A LOT
03:23:53:00	03:23:56:00	OF THE RECRUITERS THAT MAY BE
03:23:56:00	03:23:57:00	STATIONED HERE IN BOSTON, YOU
03:23:57:00	03:23:58:00	KNOW, LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY
03:23:58:00	03:24:00:00	I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE
03:24:00:00	03:24:01:00	NUMBERS COME FROM BOSTON.
03:24:01:00	03:24:02:00	THIS IS A NATIONAL SURVEY BUT
03:24:02:00	03:24:04:00	THE THE RESPONDENTS 30 PERCENT
03:24:04:00	03:24:05:00	OF THEM SAID THAT THEY FEARED
03:24:05:00	03:24:07:00	FOR THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY
03:24:07:00	03:24:08:00	BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE OR
03:24:08:00	03:24:11:00	ETHNICITY 36 PERCENT SAID THEY
03:24:11:00	03:24:12:00	WERE SUBJECT TO RACIAL ETHNIC
03:24:12:00	03:24:15:00	SLURS OR JOKE IN THE COMMUNITY
03:24:15:00	03:24:16:00	THAT THEY SERVE AND ALSO
03:24:16:00	03:24:17:00	ANOTHER 36 PERCENT SAID THAT
03:24:17:00	03:24:19:00	THEIR CHILDREN EXPERIENCE
03:24:19:00	03:24:23:00	RACIALLY ETHNICALLY ETHNIC
03:24:23:00	03:24:23:00	MOTIVATED BULLYING AS WELL.
03:24:23:00	03:24:27:00	SO THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE
03:24:27:00	03:24:28:00	BEING AMPLIFIED THROUGH THE
03:24:28:00	03:24:31:00	SURVEY TO ENSURE THAT THESE
03:24:31:00	03:24:32:00	COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT THESE
03:24:32:00	03:24:35:00	FOLKS THAT ARE SERVING OUR
03:24:35:00	03:24:36:00	MILITARY ARE ALSO TREATED WITH
03:24:36:00	03:24:38:00	RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE AND
03:24:38:00	03:24:42:00	ALSO THAT THE CIVILIAN
03:24:42:00	03:24:43:00	COMMUNITY ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT
03:24:43:00	03:24:46:00	THESE PEOPLE ARE SERVING AND
03:24:46:00	03:24:47:00	THEY SHOULD BE TREATED, YOU
03:24:47:00	03:24:48:00	KNOW, JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE IN
03:24:48:00	03:24:50:00	THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
03:24:50:00	03:24:51:00	SO INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE
03:24:51:00	03:24:52:00	COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT'S
03:24:52:00	03:24:53:00	VERY IMPORTANT.
03:24:53:00	03:24:54:00	YOU KNOW, TO ME BEING YOU KNOW,
03:24:54:00	03:24:57:00	PUT YOUR PUERTO RICAN MYSELF IN
03:24:57:00	03:24:58:00	PART OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AS
03:24:58:00	03:25:01:00	WELL IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME
03:25:01:00	03:25:02:00	THAT ALL OF OUR VETERANS, ALL
03:25:02:00	03:25:03:00	OF OUR VETERANS FAMILIES AND
03:25:03:00	03:25:04:00	ALL SERVICE MEMBERS THAT ARE
03:25:04:00	03:25:06:00	SERVING IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE
03:25:06:00	03:25:07:00	TREATED WITH RESPECT THAT ARE
03:25:07:00	03:25:10:00	TREATED IN THE MANNER THAT THEY
03:25:10:00	03:25:11:00	SHOULD ALL BE TREATED, YOU
03:25:11:00	03:25:14:00	KNOW, AS AS ANY OTHER NEIGHBOR
03:25:14:00	03:25:14:00	IN THE COMMUNITY.
03:25:14:00	03:25:15:00	SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP
03:25:15:00	03:25:17:00	THAT QUESTION AND IT'S
03:25:17:00	03:25:18:00	SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO
03:25:18:00	03:25:19:00	CONTINUE TO DO.
03:25:19:00	03:25:20:00	AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M
03:25:20:00	03:25:21:00	GOING TO CONTINUE TO WHO IS
03:25:21:00	03:25:21:00	GOING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITIES
03:25:21:00	03:25:22:00	IS ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE
03:25:22:00	03:25:25:00	IMPACTFUL EVENTS FOR ALL OF OUR
03:25:25:00	03:25:26:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ATTEND AND
03:25:26:00	03:25:29:00	BE A PART OF AND BRING THEM YOU
03:25:29:00	03:25:32:00	KNOW, AND AND BE A PART
03:25:32:00	03:25:33:00	OF BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
03:25:33:00	03:25:36:00	THAT THESE FINDINGS ARE ARE
03:25:36:00	03:25:37:00	TAKEN VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
03:25:37:00	03:25:39:00	AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
03:25:39:00	03:25:41:00	THINGS THAT WAS A REAL QUICK
03:25:41:00	03:25:42:00	AND I KNOW I MEAN I COULD GO ON
03:25:42:00	03:25:44:00	A LITTLE BIT LONGER BUT YOU
03:25:44:00	03:25:45:00	KNOW, A LOT OF OUR STRATEGIES
03:25:45:00	03:25:46:00	HERE IN THE CITY BY SOME
03:25:46:00	03:25:48:00	VETERANS SERVICES, YOU KNOW, WE
03:25:48:00	03:25:49:00	WANT TO BE DEEPLY INFORMED BY
03:25:49:00	03:25:49:00	THE COMMUNITY.
03:25:49:00	03:25:52:00	YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE
03:25:52:00	03:25:55:00	EMPOWERED BY THE COMMUNITY AND
03:25:55:00	03:25:56:00	TO HEAR THOSE VOICES SO THAT NO
03:25:56:00	03:25:59:00	VOICES ARE LEFT OUT INTO THE
03:25:59:00	03:26:00:00	WORK THAT WE DO HERE AT
03:26:00:00	03:26:01:00	VETERANS SERVICES AND THAT'S A
03:26:01:00	03:26:03:00	HUGE PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING
03:26:03:00	03:26:04:00	TO BE DOING, WHAT WE'RE GOING
03:26:04:00	03:26:05:00	TO CONTINUE TO DO AND MOVING
03:26:05:00	03:26:07:00	FORWARD THAT ALL OF OUR
03:26:07:00	03:26:07:00	VETERANS RECEIVE THE BENEFITS
03:26:07:00	03:26:08:00	AND SERVICES THAT THEY'VE
03:26:08:00	03:26:11:00	EARNED.
03:26:11:00	03:26:12:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
03:26:12:00	03:26:15:00	ALLOWING COMMISSIONER TO GO A
03:26:15:00	03:26:15:00	LITTLE BIT LONGER AND YOUR
03:26:15:00	03:26:16:00	GRACE IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED.
03:26:16:00	03:26:18:00	THANK YOU.
03:26:18:00	03:26:19:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNSELOR
03:26:19:00	03:26:22:00	HERE COUNSELOR COUNCILOR WAWRO,
03:26:22:00	03:26:25:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND
03:26:25:00	03:26:26:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR
03:26:26:00	03:26:30:00	OF VETERANS COMMITTEE HAS
03:26:30:00	03:26:34:00	REJOINED US AND I'LL GO TO YOU
03:26:34:00	03:26:34:00	NEXT.
03:26:34:00	03:26:35:00	WELL, ARE YOU STILL WITH US?
03:26:35:00	03:26:37:00	YEAH, I'M STILL WITH YOU GUYS.
03:26:37:00	03:26:38:00	PEGU CHAIR AND THANK YOU
03:26:38:00	03:26:41:00	COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO AND THANK
03:26:41:00	03:26:42:00	YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND
03:26:42:00	03:26:44:00	COMMITMENT TO THE CITY
03:26:44:00	03:26:45:00	OF BOSTON TO OUR VETERANS.
03:26:45:00	03:26:49:00	I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING
03:26:49:00	03:26:49:00	THE BUDGET.
03:26:49:00	03:26:53:00	CAN YOU TELL ME AID TO VETERANS
03:26:53:00	03:26:54:00	IS THIS DIRECT SERVICE BEING
03:26:54:00	03:26:57:00	GIVEN TO VETERANS AND HOW MANY
03:26:57:00	03:27:01:00	VETERANS DID YOU PROVIDE TO
03:27:01:00	03:27:04:00	LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR AND WHAT
03:27:04:00	03:27:05:00	WAS THE AVERAGE DOLLAR AMOUNT
03:27:05:00	03:27:05:00	GIVEN PER RECIPIENT AND ARE
03:27:05:00	03:27:08:00	THERE ANY VETERANS ON THE WAIT
03:27:08:00	03:27:09:00	LIST FOR SERVICE AND ARE YOU
03:27:09:00	03:27:12:00	ABLE TO SERVE ALL VETERANS WHO
03:27:12:00	03:27:13:00	REQUESTS HELP?
03:27:13:00	03:27:16:00	CAN YOU CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR
03:27:16:00	03:27:17:00	FIRST QUESTION?
03:27:17:00	03:27:18:00	COUNSELOR, I'M SORRY I MISSED
03:27:18:00	03:27:20:00	THE FIRST ONE.
03:27:20:00	03:27:21:00	SO LINE ITEM IN YOUR BUDGET.
03:27:21:00	03:27:23:00	FIFTY FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED IT
03:27:23:00	03:27:27:00	SAYS AID TO VETERANS AND TWO
03:27:27:00	03:27:28:00	POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IS
03:27:28:00	03:27:31:00	THIS DIRECT SERVICE BEING GIVEN
03:27:31:00	03:27:32:00	TO VETERANS?
03:27:32:00	03:27:33:00	I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EIGHT
03:27:33:00	03:27:35:00	VETERANS MORE CLARIFICATION
03:27:35:00	03:27:36:00	AROUND THAT.
03:27:36:00	03:27:36:00	SURE.
03:27:36:00	03:27:40:00	SO THE FIVE OR FIVE LINE THAT
03:27:40:00	03:27:41:00	YOU'RE REFERRING TO THAT'S THE
03:27:41:00	03:27:42:00	SUBURBAN THAT'S THE MONEY THAT
03:27:42:00	03:27:44:00	WE DISBURSED TO OUR VETERANS
03:27:44:00	03:27:47:00	FOR CHAPTER 113.
03:27:47:00	03:27:48:00	SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THAT IS
03:27:48:00	03:27:49:00	ACTUALLY REIMBURSED BACK TO THE
03:27:49:00	03:27:51:00	CITY FROM THE STATE AND 100
03:27:51:00	03:27:52:00	PERCENT OF THAT IS REIMBURSED
03:27:52:00	03:27:55:00	IF THE VETERAN WHO IS BEING
03:27:55:00	03:27:56:00	SERVICE UNDER THE AGE THE
03:27:56:00	03:27:57:00	VETERAN IS EXPERIENCING
03:27:57:00	03:27:58:00	HOMELESSNESS.
03:27:58:00	03:27:59:00	SO THAT'S WHERE THAT LINE ITEM
03:27:59:00	03:28:00:00	COMES FROM.
03:28:00:00	03:28:02:00	I FROM A FIVE FOUR FIVE LINE
03:28:02:00	03:28:03:00	BELOW.
03:28:03:00	03:28:03:00	DID I GET THAT CORRECTLY?
03:28:03:00	03:28:04:00	IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED
03:28:04:00	03:28:06:00	TO ADD FOR THAT?
03:28:06:00	03:28:09:00	NO, THAT IS ACTUALLY CORRECT AS
03:28:09:00	03:28:10:00	FAR AS THE OUR AVERAGE DOLLAR
03:28:10:00	03:28:14:00	AMOUNTS I WOULD NEED TO GET
03:28:14:00	03:28:15:00	BACK TO YOU ON THAT BECAUSE IT
03:28:15:00	03:28:17:00	FLUCTUATES MONTH TO MONTH AND
03:28:17:00	03:28:20:00	VETERANS ARE VETERAN AND I
03:28:20:00	03:28:21:00	BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AVERAGED
03:28:21:00	03:28:25:00	OUT BUT THE AVERAGE VETERAN I
03:28:25:00	03:28:26:00	WOULD SAY RECEIVES
03:28:26:00	03:28:30:00	APPROXIMATELY I WANT TO SAY 600
03:28:30:00	03:28:32:00	A MONTH AGAINST SOME THAT
03:28:32:00	03:28:33:00	RECEIVE A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN
03:28:33:00	03:28:34:00	THAT, OTHERS A LITTLE BIT MORE
03:28:34:00	03:28:37:00	THAN THAT DEPENDING ON THE
03:28:37:00	03:28:38:00	MEDICAL EXPENSES THAT THEY MAY
03:28:38:00	03:28:41:00	HAVE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR
03:28:41:00	03:28:41:00	EXPENDITURES ARE.
03:28:41:00	03:28:42:00	YOU KNOW, WITH REGARDS TO
03:28:42:00	03:28:45:00	HOUSING AND AND UTILITIES ARE
03:28:45:00	03:28:45:00	CONCERNED AS WELL.
03:28:45:00	03:28:49:00	SO IT FLUCTUATES BUT WE TRY TO
03:28:49:00	03:28:50:00	WORK ON AN AVERAGE FOR YOU,
03:28:50:00	03:28:53:00	COUNSELOR AND GET BACK WITH YOU
03:28:53:00	03:28:53:00	ON THAT ONE.
03:28:53:00	03:28:54:00	THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
03:28:54:00	03:28:56:00	I KNOW YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION
03:28:56:00	03:28:57:00	WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT
03:28:57:00	03:29:01:00	THAT IS MY QUESTION AND THEN
03:29:01:00	03:29:01:00	OTHER CURRENT CHARGES WHAT GOES
03:29:01:00	03:29:05:00	INTO OTHER CURRENT CHARGES?
03:29:05:00	03:29:06:00	SEE THAT FROM AFGOOYE 22 TO NY
03:29:06:00	03:29:09:00	20 23 WAS A LARGE JOB JUMP FROM
03:29:09:00	03:29:12:00	6000 TO 600000.
03:29:12:00	03:29:13:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT
03:29:13:00	03:29:16:00	GOES INTO OTHER CURRENT CHARGES
03:29:16:00	03:29:20:00	AND WHY THE JUMP FROM FCI 22 TO
03:29:20:00	03:29:23:00	FBI 23 SO THAT SO THAT
03:29:23:00	03:29:24:00	COUNSELOR THAT'S THE IMMEDIATE
03:29:24:00	03:29:25:00	ACTION FUND THAT I REFERRED TO
03:29:25:00	03:29:25:00	EARLIER.
03:29:25:00	03:29:28:00	THAT'S THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE
03:29:28:00	03:29:29:00	USING FOR THOSE VETERANS THAT
03:29:29:00	03:29:31:00	DON'T QUALIFY UNDER CHAPTER 15
03:29:31:00	03:29:32:00	.
03:29:32:00	03:29:33:00	SO THAT MONEY COMES OUT
03:29:33:00	03:29:33:00	OF THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY THERE
03:29:33:00	03:29:34:00	WAS SUCH A STEEP JUMP FROM THE
03:29:34:00	03:29:36:00	SIX TO 600000 BECAUSE THOSE ARE
03:29:36:00	03:29:37:00	THE FUNDS THAT WE USED FOR
03:29:37:00	03:29:39:00	THOSE VETERANS THAT DON'T
03:29:39:00	03:29:40:00	QUALIFY FOR CHAPTER 115 THAT
03:29:40:00	03:29:43:00	THAT THAT MONEY IS NOT
03:29:43:00	03:29:44:00	REIMBURSABLE BY THE STATE
03:29:44:00	03:29:45:00	BECAUSE IT IS BEING FUNDED BY
03:29:45:00	03:29:50:00	THE CITY OURSELVES AND IN ARE
03:29:50:00	03:29:54:00	WE GOING THROUGH IN NY 23?
03:29:54:00	03:29:57:00	DO WE USE ALL OF IT?
03:29:57:00	03:29:57:00	WAS THAT ENOUGH?
03:29:57:00	03:30:01:00	WAS IT 600000 ENOUGH RIGHT NOW
03:30:01:00	03:30:05:00	IT IS ENOUGH WITHIN WELL WITHIN
03:30:05:00	03:30:06:00	THE CAPACITY OF OF THE 600000
03:30:06:00	03:30:09:00	AGAIN LIKE I HAD MENTIONED
03:30:09:00	03:30:10:00	EARLIER CURRENTLY WE'RE USING
03:30:10:00	03:30:13:00	THAT LITIGATION FUND FOR
03:30:13:00	03:30:13:00	EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY WHILE
03:30:13:00	03:30:14:00	WE WERE IN THE PROCESS TO
03:30:14:00	03:30:16:00	EXPAND.
03:30:16:00	03:30:17:00	YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT
03:30:17:00	03:30:20:00	RIGHT NOW TO GET CLOSER TO THE
03:30:20:00	03:30:24:00	AMOUNT WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL
03:30:24:00	03:30:24:00	THE NEXT COUPLE OF FISCAL
03:30:24:00	03:30:25:00	CYCLES WITH THE HOPES THAT
03:30:25:00	03:30:28:00	MAYBE AT SOME POINT MAYBE
03:30:28:00	03:30:29:00	EXPANDING EXPANDING THAT
03:30:29:00	03:30:32:00	PROGRAM FURTHER REACHES TO
03:30:32:00	03:30:33:00	IMPROVE OUR VETERANS QUALITY
03:30:33:00	03:30:36:00	OF LIFE.
03:30:36:00	03:30:37:00	THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
03:30:37:00	03:30:37:00	SANTIAGO'S TEAM NO FURTHER
03:30:37:00	03:30:39:00	QUESTIONS CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR
03:30:39:00	03:30:42:00	ANSWERING.
03:30:42:00	03:30:46:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUNCILOR
03:30:46:00	03:30:47:00	MURPHY, YOU HAVE TO THANK YOUR
03:30:47:00	03:30:51:00	CHAIR AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE
03:30:51:00	03:30:54:00	YOU, COMMISSIONER.
03:30:54:00	03:30:55:00	OBVIOUSLY I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
03:30:55:00	03:30:58:00	AND MAKE SURE AS THE CHAIR
03:30:58:00	03:30:59:00	OF VETERANS BUT MY COLLEAGUES
03:30:59:00	03:31:02:00	I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN ALL ASK
03:31:02:00	03:31:02:00	GREAT QUESTIONS AND JUST LIKE
03:31:02:00	03:31:05:00	THE COMMITTEE IS NOT JUST
03:31:05:00	03:31:06:00	VETERANS, IT'S MILITARY
03:31:06:00	03:31:09:00	FAMILIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
03:31:09:00	03:31:10:00	WHICH REALLY ENCOMPASSES ALL
03:31:10:00	03:31:10:00	YOU DO.
03:31:10:00	03:31:10:00	RIGHT.
03:31:10:00	03:31:13:00	SO JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING
03:31:13:00	03:31:17:00	SUCH A PARTNER TO OUR OFFICE.
03:31:17:00	03:31:18:00	MOST OF OUR CALLS THAT COME IN
03:31:18:00	03:31:21:00	FROM VETERANS AROUND THE
03:31:21:00	03:31:22:00	HOUSING OR WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME
03:31:22:00	03:31:25:00	THAT DAY YOU GAVE ME AN
03:31:25:00	03:31:25:00	OVERVIEW OF YOUR DEPARTMENT AND
03:31:25:00	03:31:28:00	ALL THAT YOU DO ALSO ALL OF THE
03:31:28:00	03:31:29:00	BENEFITS THAT YOU KNOW THEY
03:31:29:00	03:31:33:00	EARNED AND DESERVE BUT HAVE NOT
03:31:33:00	03:31:34:00	YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT KNOW HOW TO
03:31:34:00	03:31:39:00	CONNECT TO SO THERE'S JUST A
03:31:39:00	03:31:39:00	LOT YOU DO FOR OUR VETERANS
03:31:39:00	03:31:42:00	THAT DESERVE IT.
03:31:42:00	03:31:43:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
03:31:43:00	03:31:46:00	AND COUNCILOR ÓRALE DID TOUCH
03:31:46:00	03:31:47:00	ON I I THINK YOU NEED MORE
03:31:47:00	03:31:50:00	MONEY SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS
03:31:50:00	03:31:51:00	AS A YOU KNOW WHY IS IT DOUBLED
03:31:51:00	03:31:55:00	BUT THE CURRENT CHARGES AND
03:31:55:00	03:31:55:00	OBLIGATIONS DEFINITELY HAD
03:31:55:00	03:31:56:00	JUMPED OUT WHEN I LOOKED
03:31:56:00	03:31:59:00	THROUGH THE NUMBERS BUT I THINK
03:31:59:00	03:32:00:00	YOU DID A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING
03:32:00:00	03:32:03:00	THAT WHY THAT IS SO IN GOING
03:32:03:00	03:32:04:00	FORWARD DO YOU THINK WE'LL
03:32:04:00	03:32:06:00	CONTINUE TO NEED THAT?
03:32:06:00	03:32:09:00	IS THERE A WAY TO KIND
03:32:09:00	03:32:10:00	OF MAINSTREAM THAT OR LIKE WHAT
03:32:10:00	03:32:13:00	DO WE THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
03:32:13:00	03:32:15:00	IT SEEMS LIKE MAKING A RED FLAG
03:32:15:00	03:32:18:00	AND THEN MAYBE WENT IN WITH
03:32:18:00	03:32:18:00	THIS NEW POWERS WE HAVE WHICH I
03:32:18:00	03:32:19:00	KNOW WE'RE ALL STILL TRYING TO
03:32:19:00	03:32:21:00	GET USED TO BUT WHEN WE WANT TO
03:32:21:00	03:32:24:00	MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT OR AN
03:32:24:00	03:32:25:00	AMENDMENT WE HAVE TO TAKE FROM
03:32:25:00	03:32:26:00	SOMETHING AND THESE LIKE RED
03:32:26:00	03:32:29:00	FLAGS WHICH ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE
03:32:29:00	03:32:30:00	WONDERFUL EXPLANATIONS OF WHY
03:32:30:00	03:32:33:00	THEY'RE THERE IF WE CAN MAYBE
03:32:33:00	03:32:34:00	LIKE PUT A LITTLE NOTE NEXT TO
03:32:34:00	03:32:37:00	IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING
03:32:37:00	03:32:37:00	TO A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE.
03:32:37:00	03:32:40:00	BUT IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH IS
03:32:40:00	03:32:41:00	ABSOLUTELY CONSTANT.
03:32:41:00	03:32:44:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION AND
03:32:44:00	03:32:45:00	YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS
03:32:45:00	03:32:47:00	PROGRAM EXPAND AGAIN.
03:32:47:00	03:32:48:00	WE USE IT FOR JUST FOR
03:32:48:00	03:32:49:00	EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY.
03:32:49:00	03:32:52:00	WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT YOU
03:32:52:00	03:32:53:00	KNOW, HOPEFULLY TO MAYBE WORK
03:32:53:00	03:32:55:00	WITH WITH YOU KNOW, AND
03:32:55:00	03:32:58:00	TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR VETERANS
03:32:58:00	03:32:59:00	.
03:32:59:00	03:33:00:00	WE NEED TO TO GO TO THEIR
03:33:00:00	03:33:01:00	APPOINTMENTS WHICH IS BECOMING
03:33:01:00	03:33:03:00	A HUGE THING.
03:33:03:00	03:33:04:00	WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS
03:33:04:00	03:33:07:00	ESPECIALLY AS A VA IS CURRENTLY
03:33:07:00	03:33:08:00	OUTSOURCING A LOT OF THEIR
03:33:08:00	03:33:11:00	APPOINTMENTS TO THE CIVILIAN
03:33:11:00	03:33:12:00	SECTOR AND NOT HAVING IT
03:33:12:00	03:33:15:00	IN-HOUSE AT THE VA FACILITIES.
03:33:15:00	03:33:16:00	THAT'S THAT'S SO SO THAT'S
03:33:16:00	03:33:16:00	THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE
03:33:16:00	03:33:19:00	GOING TO START LOOKING TO.
03:33:19:00	03:33:20:00	BUT AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED,
03:33:20:00	03:33:21:00	ONCE WE START WORKING ON THE
03:33:21:00	03:33:24:00	POLICY, ONCE I WORK WITH MY
03:33:24:00	03:33:24:00	TEAM TO EXACT THAT POLICY, ONCE
03:33:24:00	03:33:25:00	I GO INTO THE VETERANS
03:33:25:00	03:33:27:00	COMMUNITY AND ONE THING THAT I
03:33:27:00	03:33:28:00	DIDN'T MENTION THAT I THINK I
03:33:28:00	03:33:30:00	DO WANT TO MENTION RIGHT NOW IS
03:33:30:00	03:33:31:00	THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING
03:33:31:00	03:33:31:00	ON A SURVEY.
03:33:31:00	03:33:34:00	IT'S GOING TO BE I DON'T RECALL
03:33:34:00	03:33:35:00	IF THERE'S EVER BEEN A VETERAN
03:33:35:00	03:33:38:00	CENTRIC SURVEY HANDED OFF BY
03:33:38:00	03:33:39:00	THE OR TAKEN BY THE CITY
03:33:39:00	03:33:42:00	OF BOSTON.
03:33:42:00	03:33:43:00	WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING A
03:33:43:00	03:33:44:00	BASELINE LIFESTYLE SURVEY FOR
03:33:44:00	03:33:45:00	ALL OF OUR VETERANS IN ALL
03:33:45:00	03:33:46:00	OF OUR ZIP CODES HERE IN THE
03:33:46:00	03:33:47:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND THAT'S GOING
03:33:47:00	03:33:50:00	TO BE PART OF OUR WHOLE
03:33:50:00	03:33:51:00	REBRANDING OF THE OFFICE.
03:33:51:00	03:33:53:00	SO YOU KNOW, WE IT'S FROM MY
03:33:53:00	03:33:54:00	UNDERSTANDING IT'LL BE THE
03:33:54:00	03:33:55:00	FIRST EVER SURVEY OF OUR
03:33:55:00	03:33:57:00	VETERANS POPULATION AND ALL
03:33:57:00	03:33:58:00	THESE DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO
03:33:58:00	03:33:59:00	BE COLLECTING FROM THIS WILL
03:33:59:00	03:34:01:00	HELP US TO PROVIDE BETTER
03:34:01:00	03:34:02:00	SERVICES AND CARE TO KNOW WHERE
03:34:02:00	03:34:12:00	YOU KNOW WHERE THE SERVICES
03:34:12:00	03:34:13:00	NEED TO BE.
03:34:13:00	03:34:14:00	IT'LL GIVE US THOSE TANGIBLE
03:34:14:00	03:34:14:00	NUMBERS THAT THE MOST UP TO
03:34:14:00	03:34:15:00	DATE TANGIBLE NUMBERS THAN WHAT
03:34:15:00	03:34:16:00	WE'VE HAD HERE.
03:34:16:00	03:34:17:00	I MEAN AS WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU
03:34:17:00	03:34:17:00	KNOW, THE VETERANS POPULATION
03:34:17:00	03:34:18:00	IN WEST ROXBURY MAY HAVE
03:34:18:00	03:34:18:00	DIFFERENT NEEDS THAN THOSE IN
03:34:18:00	03:34:19:00	ROXBURY.
03:34:19:00	03:34:21:00	SO WE WANT TO KNOW THAT WE WANT
03:34:21:00	03:34:21:00	TO HAVE THAT EXACTLY SO WE CAN
03:34:21:00	03:34:24:00	KNOW WHERE IT IS, WHERE THE
03:34:24:00	03:34:25:00	BRIDGE THE GAP PROGRAM NEEDS TO
03:34:25:00	03:34:28:00	BE MOST EFFECTIVE, HOW IT'S
03:34:28:00	03:34:28:00	GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THE
03:34:28:00	03:34:29:00	DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT WE
03:34:29:00	03:34:31:00	SERVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
03:34:31:00	03:34:32:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR THIS
03:34:32:00	03:34:35:00	FOR THIS PROGRAM TO EXPAND
03:34:35:00	03:34:36:00	RIGHT NOW WE DO WE ARE WITHIN
03:34:36:00	03:34:40:00	OUR CAPACITY BUT TRUST ME THAT
03:34:40:00	03:34:43:00	IF AND WHEN THE TIME COMES
03:34:43:00	03:34:44:00	YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM OUR
03:34:44:00	03:34:44:00	OFFICE.
03:34:44:00	03:34:48:00	THANK YOU AND I KNOW THAT
03:34:48:00	03:34:48:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN
03:34:48:00	03:34:51:00	UPLIFTED THE ROTC AND ALSO
03:34:51:00	03:34:51:00	CONSTABLE FLAHERTY TALKED ABOUT
03:34:51:00	03:34:52:00	OUR POSTS WHICH ARE SO
03:34:52:00	03:34:54:00	IMPORTANT.
03:34:54:00	03:34:55:00	SO I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH ALL
03:34:55:00	03:34:58:00	YOU SAID THE WONDERFUL THINGS
03:34:58:00	03:34:59:00	THE ROTC PROGRAMS DO AND I LOVE
03:34:59:00	03:35:00:00	SEEING THEM OUT THERE AT THE
03:35:00:00	03:35:03:00	PARADES BUT ALSO THE ESSAY
03:35:03:00	03:35:03:00	CONTESTS AND THE OTHERS.
03:35:03:00	03:35:06:00	IT'S IT'S JUST A GREAT PROGRAM
03:35:06:00	03:35:07:00	AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE OR
03:35:07:00	03:35:08:00	EXPAND IT EVEN IN THE POST
03:35:08:00	03:35:11:00	DEFINITELY MORE THAN WHAT YOU
03:35:11:00	03:35:12:00	SAID IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE
03:35:12:00	03:35:15:00	ALWAYS HAD THE MEMORIAL DAY
03:35:15:00	03:35:18:00	PARADE AND THE POST WOULD PUT
03:35:18:00	03:35:19:00	THE FLAGS INTO ALL OF THE
03:35:19:00	03:35:23:00	GRAVESTONES AND ALSO MARCH INTO
03:35:23:00	03:35:24:00	THE CEMETERY AND NOW LIKE YOU
03:35:24:00	03:35:27:00	SAID, IT'S AGING AND A LOT
03:35:27:00	03:35:28:00	OF THE YOUNGER VETERANS ARE NOT
03:35:28:00	03:35:31:00	JOINING THE POST AT THE SAME
03:35:31:00	03:35:31:00	RATE.
03:35:31:00	03:35:32:00	SO THE FLAGS YOU KNOW, WE JUST
03:35:32:00	03:35:34:00	CAN'T KEEP UP RIGHT.
03:35:34:00	03:35:35:00	BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH POST
03:35:35:00	03:35:35:00	MEMBERS.
03:35:35:00	03:35:39:00	SO WORKING WITH YOU AND WE LOVE
03:35:39:00	03:35:42:00	TO CONTINUE TO OLD IS WONDERFUL
03:35:42:00	03:35:43:00	ADVOCATE THERE AT HIS POST AND
03:35:43:00	03:35:46:00	JUST SUPPORTING THE DIFFERENT
03:35:46:00	03:35:50:00	POST MEMBERS AND MAKING BECAUSE
03:35:50:00	03:35:51:00	THEY'RE MORE LIKE YOU SAID THAN
03:35:51:00	03:35:52:00	JUST A SPOT TO GRAB A BEER
03:35:52:00	03:35:53:00	THERE.
03:35:53:00	03:35:54:00	WONDERFUL SOCIAL SPOTS FOR
03:35:54:00	03:35:58:00	VETERANS TO GATHER LIKE MINDED
03:35:58:00	03:35:59:00	NEEDS AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THE
03:35:59:00	03:36:02:00	OLD AND THE YOUNG COME TOGETHER
03:36:02:00	03:36:02:00	TO TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND
03:36:02:00	03:36:04:00	JUST WANT TO END ON SAYING IT
03:36:04:00	03:36:06:00	MUST BE THE NAME SANTIAGO MOMS
03:36:06:00	03:36:09:00	MUST RAISE GREAT VETERANS BUT
03:36:09:00	03:36:10:00	WE DO HAVE A WONDERFUL ALLY AT
03:36:10:00	03:36:13:00	THE STATE HOUSE NOW TO WITH
03:36:13:00	03:36:14:00	JOHN SANTIAGO.
03:36:14:00	03:36:17:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
03:36:17:00	03:36:18:00	RELATIONSHIP TO HELP US WRITE
03:36:18:00	03:36:21:00	IN THE BOSTON LEVEL ROW AND NO
03:36:21:00	03:36:22:00	NOT THAT WE DIDN'T BEFORE BUT
03:36:22:00	03:36:25:00	KNOWING THAT LIKE YOU SAID WE
03:36:25:00	03:36:26:00	NEED TO REBRAND IT'S TWENTY
03:36:26:00	03:36:29:00	TWENTY THREE AND HOW DO WE ALL
03:36:29:00	03:36:29:00	WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE OUR
03:36:29:00	03:36:30:00	VETERANS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY
03:36:30:00	03:36:33:00	NEED IN A VERY DIGNIFIED WAY.
03:36:33:00	03:36:34:00	SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE
03:36:34:00	03:36:36:00	BUDGET YOU KNOW I THIS IS AN
03:36:36:00	03:36:37:00	EASY ONE FOR ME AND THANK YOU
03:36:37:00	03:36:41:00	TO YOURSELF AND ANY VETERANS ON
03:36:41:00	03:36:42:00	THIS CALL AND JUST ALL THE
03:36:42:00	03:36:44:00	VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
03:36:44:00	03:36:44:00	INCLUDING COUNCILOR ANDERSON IN
03:36:44:00	03:36:48:00	THE CITY THAT I APPRECIATE ALL
03:36:48:00	03:36:49:00	OF YOU DO WHEN YOUR SACRIFICES
03:36:49:00	03:36:52:00	AND WE LIKE I THINK OF OUR
03:36:52:00	03:36:53:00	SENIORS ALSO IT'S NOT SOMETHING
03:36:53:00	03:36:56:00	WE'RE GIVING YOU WITH SOMETHING
03:36:56:00	03:36:57:00	YOU'VE EARNED AND YOU DESERVE.
03:36:57:00	03:37:00:00	SO WE SHOULD NOT BE CUTTING
03:37:00:00	03:37:00:00	COSTS OR QUESTIONING IT.
03:37:00:00	03:37:02:00	SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN
03:37:02:00	03:37:04:00	THINGS DOUBLE ON THE BUDGET OR
03:37:04:00	03:37:05:00	LOOKS HIGHER THAT IT'S A CLEAR
03:37:05:00	03:37:07:00	EXPLANATION BECAUSE I BET YOU
03:37:07:00	03:37:08:00	COULD USE MORE NOT NOT LESS SO
03:37:08:00	03:37:09:00	THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
03:37:09:00	03:37:12:00	THANK YOU CUSTOMERS.
03:37:12:00	03:37:15:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:37:15:00	03:37:19:00	COMMISSIONER FROM THE DATA WE
03:37:19:00	03:37:20:00	RECEIVED IT LOOKS LIKE THE
03:37:20:00	03:37:24:00	600000 THEN FOR THE BRIDGE THE
03:37:24:00	03:37:25:00	GAP I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY IT
03:37:25:00	03:37:31:00	WAS SIX HUNDRED HAD TO DATE OR
03:37:31:00	03:37:32:00	NY THREE YOU'VE ONLY SPENT IT
03:37:32:00	03:37:35:00	LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE ONLY SPENT
03:37:35:00	03:37:36:00	EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.
03:37:36:00	03:37:39:00	CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
03:37:39:00	03:37:40:00	YES.
03:37:40:00	03:37:41:00	A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH
03:37:41:00	03:37:44:00	THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY
03:37:44:00	03:37:47:00	SET A POLICY FOR IT AND AGAIN
03:37:47:00	03:37:50:00	WE FIRST WANTED TO HAVE MONEY
03:37:50:00	03:37:51:00	ALLOCATED TO SEE WHERE THE NEED
03:37:51:00	03:37:55:00	IS AND WE JUST BASICALLY JUST
03:37:55:00	03:37:56:00	WANTED TO DO IT FOR EMERGENCY
03:37:56:00	03:37:58:00	PURPOSES.
03:37:58:00	03:37:59:00	YOU KNOW SOME OF THE USES THAT
03:37:59:00	03:38:02:00	WE HAD THE MONEY FOR WAS FOR
03:38:02:00	03:38:03:00	PROSTHETICS.
03:38:03:00	03:38:04:00	WE'VE HAD A VETERAN WHO CAME TO
03:38:04:00	03:38:05:00	US THAT HIS PROSTHETIC DIDN'T
03:38:05:00	03:38:09:00	FIT WELL, THAT THE THE COMPANY
03:38:09:00	03:38:10:00	DID IT YOU KNOW, DIDN'T MEASURE
03:38:10:00	03:38:11:00	IT CORRECTLY ON HIM.
03:38:11:00	03:38:14:00	SO IT WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN.
03:38:14:00	03:38:15:00	WE TRIED TO GO THROUGH CHAPTER
03:38:15:00	03:38:17:00	ONE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A
03:38:17:00	03:38:18:00	NEW PROSTHETIC.
03:38:18:00	03:38:21:00	WE WERE TOLD GO THROUGH SOCIAL
03:38:21:00	03:38:21:00	SECURITY.
03:38:21:00	03:38:22:00	WELL, WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAD
03:38:22:00	03:38:25:00	THAT THE VETERAN GO THROUGH THE
03:38:25:00	03:38:26:00	WHOLE PROCESS AND WENT TO
03:38:26:00	03:38:26:00	SOCIAL SECURITY.
03:38:26:00	03:38:27:00	WE WENT AHEAD AND PAID FOR HIS
03:38:27:00	03:38:29:00	NEW PROSTHETIC THAT WAY AND
03:38:29:00	03:38:30:00	THAT WAS LIKE NINE HUNDRED
03:38:30:00	03:38:32:00	DOLLARS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY
03:38:32:00	03:38:32:00	.
03:38:32:00	03:38:36:00	ANOTHER ONE WAS A WIDOW WHO HER
03:38:36:00	03:38:37:00	HUSBAND.
03:38:37:00	03:38:37:00	SO THAT'S OK.
03:38:37:00	03:38:38:00	THANK YOU.
03:38:38:00	03:38:40:00	I'D PREFER IN WRITING I JUST
03:38:40:00	03:38:44:00	FOR THE SAKE OF TIME I HOPE YOU
03:38:44:00	03:38:44:00	CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
03:38:44:00	03:38:45:00	YES.
03:38:45:00	03:38:48:00	THE SO THE EIGHT THOUSAND
03:38:48:00	03:38:49:00	DOLLARS IF IT'S BROKEN DOWN AND
03:38:49:00	03:38:51:00	YOU NEED A POLICY PERSON IN IN
03:38:51:00	03:38:52:00	ORDER TO GUIDE THE SERVICES CAN
03:38:52:00	03:38:56:00	YOU PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAKDOWN
03:38:56:00	03:38:57:00	OF THE SCOPE OF WORK IN TERMS
03:38:57:00	03:39:00:00	OF LIKE VETERAN SERVICES?
03:39:00:00	03:39:03:00	I HEARD THE CLOSING THE GAP OR
03:39:03:00	03:39:07:00	BRIDGING THE GAP PROGRAM AND
03:39:07:00	03:39:07:00	THEN THERE THE OBVIOUSLY
03:39:07:00	03:39:11:00	CONNECTING FOLKS TO SERVICES OR
03:39:11:00	03:39:15:00	REFERRALS TO HOUSING.
03:39:15:00	03:39:16:00	AND THEN I ALSO HEARD THE
03:39:16:00	03:39:19:00	BRIDGING THE GAP IS GOING TO
03:39:19:00	03:39:20:00	FIGURE OUT WAYS
03:39:20:00	03:39:23:00	OF SUPPLEMENTING NEEDS BEYOND
03:39:23:00	03:39:24:00	WHAT FOLKS ARE GETTING
03:39:24:00	03:39:27:00	OBVIOUSLY SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A
03:39:27:00	03:39:30:00	MONTH IS RIDICULOUS AND SO SIX
03:39:30:00	03:39:31:00	HUNDRED THOUSAND IF YOU WORK TO
03:39:31:00	03:39:34:00	SUPPLEMENT THESE NEEDS.
03:39:34:00	03:39:35:00	I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:39:35:00	03:39:38:00	THAT IT DOES SOUND REALLY LOW
03:39:38:00	03:39:39:00	AND I GUESS WHAT DIRECTION ARE
03:39:39:00	03:39:42:00	YOU GOING INTO BEYOND POSSIBLY
03:39:42:00	03:39:45:00	HIRING SOMEONE TO DO POLICY?
03:39:45:00	03:39:49:00	WHAT OTHER SERVICES YOU PROVIDE
03:39:49:00	03:39:50:00	IN VETERANS AND HOW ARE YOU AND
03:39:50:00	03:39:53:00	I APPRECIATE YOU ARE WORKING
03:39:53:00	03:39:54:00	WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN
03:39:54:00	03:39:58:00	ORDER TO GAUGE AND BE ABLE TO
03:39:58:00	03:40:01:00	REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY.
03:40:01:00	03:40:02:00	BUT I GUESS I'M WONDERING, YOU
03:40:02:00	03:40:05:00	KNOW, CAN WE CAN WE TALK ABOUT
03:40:05:00	03:40:06:00	HOLISTICALLY IN TERMS
03:40:06:00	03:40:06:00	OF CONNECTING TO MENTAL HEALTH
03:40:06:00	03:40:09:00	SERVICES IN TERMS YOU KNOW,
03:40:09:00	03:40:10:00	MAKING THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT
03:40:10:00	03:40:13:00	THE SERVICES ARE EXIST AND
03:40:13:00	03:40:17:00	OBVIOUSLY DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS
03:40:17:00	03:40:20:00	OR ANY IDEAS IN TERMS
03:40:20:00	03:40:21:00	OF SPECIFIC CONTRACTS OR GRANTS
03:40:21:00	03:40:24:00	THAT YOU COULD PUT FOR VETERANS
03:40:24:00	03:40:25:00	TO APPLY FOR THROUGH YOUR
03:40:25:00	03:40:28:00	DEPARTMENT?
03:40:28:00	03:40:29:00	YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.
03:40:29:00	03:40:33:00	WELL, SOME OF THE THE SERVICES
03:40:33:00	03:40:34:00	THAT WE OFFER AS WE PROCESS
03:40:34:00	03:40:36:00	OF VA SERVICE THE COMPOSITION
03:40:36:00	03:40:36:00	COMPENSATION COMPENSATION
03:40:36:00	03:40:40:00	CLAIMS WE ALSO DO THE VA SO
03:40:40:00	03:40:40:00	ATTENDANCE VA DISABILITY AND
03:40:40:00	03:40:44:00	ANYTHING WITH VA HEALTH CARE AS
03:40:44:00	03:40:44:00	WELL.
03:40:44:00	03:40:47:00	WE ASSIST OUR VETERANS IF THEY
03:40:47:00	03:40:48:00	HAVEN'T DONE SO APPLIED FOR
03:40:48:00	03:40:51:00	MASS HEALTH YOU KNOW SO
03:40:51:00	03:40:52:00	BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT THEY
03:40:52:00	03:40:55:00	NEED TO COME IN HERE FOR WE ARE
03:40:55:00	03:40:56:00	EITHER GOING TO HELP THEM OUT
03:40:56:00	03:40:59:00	WITH IT OR DO A WARM HANDOFF TO
03:40:59:00	03:41:00:00	EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER CITY
03:41:00:00	03:41:01:00	DEPARTMENTS OR THROUGH AN
03:41:01:00	03:41:02:00	AGENCY THAT CAN HELP THEM WITH
03:41:02:00	03:41:03:00	THAT NEED.
03:41:03:00	03:41:06:00	THIS COULD AGAIN INCLUDE ANY
03:41:06:00	03:41:07:00	TYPE OF VA OR HEALTH CARE.
03:41:07:00	03:41:10:00	YOU KNOW, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY
03:41:10:00	03:41:11:00	WITH WITH BRIGHT GREEN.
03:41:11:00	03:41:14:00	THEY ALSO HAVE HOUSING ON THEIR
03:41:14:00	03:41:15:00	CAMPUS FOR VETERANS.
03:41:15:00	03:41:18:00	WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE
03:41:18:00	03:41:19:00	VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES OFFICE
03:41:19:00	03:41:22:00	FOR BAD CONDUCT WITH PAPER
03:41:22:00	03:41:23:00	DISCHARGES AS FAR AS THOSE
03:41:23:00	03:41:24:00	VETERANS WHO FEEL THAT THEY
03:41:24:00	03:41:26:00	WERE WRONGFULLY DISCHARGED WITH
03:41:26:00	03:41:26:00	A BAD PAPER DISCHARGE AND YOU
03:41:26:00	03:41:30:00	KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE IN AN LGBTQ
03:41:30:00	03:41:34:00	VETERAN WHO RECEIVED A OTHER
03:41:34:00	03:41:34:00	THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE WELL
03:41:34:00	03:41:37:00	NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT VETERANS
03:41:37:00	03:41:38:00	WHO ARE LGBTQ KIDS ARE PROBABLY
03:41:38:00	03:41:41:00	IN THE ARMED FORCES.
03:41:41:00	03:41:42:00	SO FOR THOSE THEY'VE GOT THOSE
03:41:42:00	03:41:43:00	THOSE WHAT WE CALL OUR
03:41:43:00	03:41:46:00	TEENAGERS WE ASSIST THEM IN
03:41:46:00	03:41:47:00	GETTING THEM UPGRADED SO THEY
03:41:47:00	03:41:49:00	CAN RECEIVE SERVICES AND
03:41:49:00	03:41:52:00	BENEFITS WITH A GOOD CONDUCT A
03:41:52:00	03:41:53:00	DISCHARGE.
03:41:53:00	03:41:54:00	YOU KNOW WHAT WAS MENTIONED A
03:41:54:00	03:41:57:00	LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE
03:41:57:00	03:41:58:00	HAVE THAT INCLUDE THAT HE WAS
03:41:58:00	03:42:00:00	QUOTE REMEMBRANCE GOLDSTAR
03:42:00:00	03:42:04:00	EVENTS, P.W. RECOGNITION.
03:42:04:00	03:42:06:00	WE ALSO HAVE DONE A LOT OF TOWN
03:42:06:00	03:42:09:00	HALLS WHERE WE HAVE WHERE WE
03:42:09:00	03:42:09:00	HEAR THE VOICES OF OUR
03:42:09:00	03:42:10:00	VETERANS.
03:42:10:00	03:42:11:00	WE'VE DONE IT WITH THE LGBTQ
03:42:11:00	03:42:12:00	COMMUNITY.
03:42:12:00	03:42:13:00	WE'VE DONE IT WITH WITH WOMEN
03:42:13:00	03:42:16:00	VETERANS AND WE'RE GOING TO
03:42:16:00	03:42:17:00	CONTINUE TO DO THAT SO THAT WE
03:42:17:00	03:42:17:00	CAN HEAR THE VOICES AND FROM
03:42:17:00	03:42:20:00	THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND FROM
03:42:20:00	03:42:20:00	THOSE THOSE DISCUSSIONS REALLY
03:42:20:00	03:42:24:00	TRY TO TAKE ALL THAT
03:42:24:00	03:42:25:00	INFORMATION AND SEE WHERE LIKE
03:42:25:00	03:42:26:00	I SAID EARLIER, WHERE IT IS,
03:42:26:00	03:42:28:00	WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE THESE
03:42:28:00	03:42:29:00	SERVICES, MOVE THESE BENEFITS
03:42:29:00	03:42:31:00	FORWARD AND TO CONTINUE TO GROW
03:42:31:00	03:42:32:00	OUR OFFICE.
03:42:32:00	03:42:35:00	SO ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE
03:42:35:00	03:42:36:00	CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE
03:42:36:00	03:42:39:00	CARE OF ALL OUR VETERANS, THEIR
03:42:39:00	03:42:40:00	FAMILIES AND ALSO THE SERVICE
03:42:40:00	03:42:40:00	MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES AS
03:42:40:00	03:42:41:00	WELL.
03:42:41:00	03:42:43:00	SO HOW WILL YOU DO THAT?
03:42:43:00	03:42:44:00	HOW WILL YOU.
03:42:44:00	03:42:46:00	WELL, RIGHT NOW WE RIGHT NOW WE
03:42:46:00	03:42:47:00	HAVE A STAFF OF SIX VETERAN
03:42:47:00	03:42:50:00	BENEFIT SPECIALISTS AND WHAT
03:42:50:00	03:42:51:00	THEY NORMALLY ARE CHARGED TO DO
03:42:51:00	03:42:54:00	IS FILL OUT THE PROCESS.
03:42:54:00	03:42:57:00	THE CHAPTER 115 CLAIMS AS WELL
03:42:57:00	03:42:58:00	AS DO THE INVESTIGATIONS FOR VA
03:42:58:00	03:43:02:00	COMPENSATION CLAIMS AS WELL.
03:43:02:00	03:43:03:00	SO THEY THEY SIT DOWN WITH THE
03:43:03:00	03:43:05:00	VETERANS AND SEE WHAT THE NEED
03:43:05:00	03:43:06:00	IS FOR THE VETERAN.
03:43:06:00	03:43:09:00	I'M SORRY , WHAT'S THE PAY
03:43:09:00	03:43:13:00	RANGE FOR THE SIX BENEFITS VETS
03:43:13:00	03:43:14:00	BENEFITS SPECIALISTS FROM THE
03:43:14:00	03:43:17:00	PAY RANGE.
03:43:17:00	03:43:18:00	SO THEY RIGHT NOW THERE ARE
03:43:18:00	03:43:22:00	HUFFINS I THERE I MEAN THE
03:43:22:00	03:43:25:00	SALARY RANGE IS IT IT'S AN SEIU
03:43:25:00	03:43:28:00	FIFTEEN POSITION.
03:43:28:00	03:43:32:00	I DON'T WANT THEM MUCH NO MONEY
03:43:32:00	03:43:32:00	.
03:43:32:00	03:43:33:00	LET ME JUST LOOK THAT UP.
03:43:33:00	03:43:34:00	GIVE ME ONE MINUTE.
03:43:34:00	03:43:36:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH LOSSES
03:43:36:00	03:43:37:00	LOOKING THAT UP COUNCILOR I
03:43:37:00	03:43:38:00	COULD GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN
03:43:38:00	03:43:40:00	OF OUR STAFF AS WELL.
03:43:40:00	03:43:44:00	I'M RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE MYSELF.
03:43:44:00	03:43:45:00	WE ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE A VACANT
03:43:45:00	03:43:47:00	PHYSICIAN FOR THE DEPUTY
03:43:47:00	03:43:48:00	COMMISSIONER SPOT.
03:43:48:00	03:43:48:00	THEY JUST RECENTLY BECAME
03:43:48:00	03:43:48:00	VACANT.
03:43:48:00	03:43:51:00	WE HAVE OUR FINANCE MANAGER
03:43:51:00	03:43:56:00	WHO'S HE IS THE ONE WHO WANTS
03:43:56:00	03:43:57:00	THERE THEY'RE APPROVED SENDS
03:43:57:00	03:43:58:00	OUT THE CHECKS FOR THE CHAPTER
03:43:58:00	03:44:00:00	ONE FIFTEEN BELLA IS OUR
03:44:00:00	03:44:00:00	DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS BUDGET
03:44:00:00	03:44:04:00	AND H.R. WE ALSO HAVE LIKE I
03:44:04:00	03:44:05:00	MENTIONED EARLIER, THE NEW
03:44:05:00	03:44:08:00	POSITION WHICH IS DEPUTY I'M
03:44:08:00	03:44:08:00	SORRY THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY
03:44:08:00	03:44:09:00	AND OUTREACH.
03:44:09:00	03:44:12:00	WE ALSO TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS
03:44:12:00	03:44:13:00	SPECIALISTS THAT WORK WITH THE
03:44:13:00	03:44:15:00	DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND OUTREACH
03:44:15:00	03:44:16:00	AND THE REST OF THE STAFF.
03:44:16:00	03:44:19:00	WE HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATOR
03:44:19:00	03:44:20:00	SECRETARY, ONE BIG RELIGION WHO
03:44:20:00	03:44:24:00	MUST BE A VETERAN AS WELL AND
03:44:24:00	03:44:27:00	HE PROCESSES ALL THE ALL THE
03:44:27:00	03:44:28:00	BURIAL BENEFITS FOR OUR
03:44:28:00	03:44:32:00	VETERANS AS WELL AS IT IS IN
03:44:32:00	03:44:34:00	CHARGE OF ABOVE THE FLAG
03:44:34:00	03:44:35:00	DECORATIONS FOR MEMORIAL DAY AS
03:44:35:00	03:44:36:00	WELL AND THAT PRETTY MUCH
03:44:36:00	03:44:39:00	EVERYBODY ELSE IS A VETERANS
03:44:39:00	03:44:39:00	BENEFITS SPECIALIST.
03:44:39:00	03:44:42:00	AND THEN WE HAD THE ONE TRUE
03:44:42:00	03:44:43:00	XITIAN INTEGRATION ADVOCATE ON
03:44:43:00	03:44:43:00	OUR STAFF.
03:44:43:00	03:44:47:00	WHAT IS THAT PERSON TO
03:44:47:00	03:44:47:00	TRANSITION AND INTEGRATION
03:44:47:00	03:44:51:00	ADVOCATE THAT PERSON IS CHARGED
03:44:51:00	03:44:51:00	WITH SHE'S AN AIR FORCE
03:44:51:00	03:44:52:00	VETERAN.
03:44:52:00	03:44:55:00	SHE'S CHARGED WITH ONE OF OUR
03:44:55:00	03:44:55:00	ALSO NEW PROGRAMS WHICH IS
03:44:55:00	03:44:58:00	CALLED GUARDIANS OF GRADUATES
03:44:58:00	03:45:03:00	OR GUARDIANS TRYING TO WORK
03:45:03:00	03:45:03:00	THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE
03:45:03:00	03:45:04:00	FUTURE SOLDIERS AND FUTURE
03:45:04:00	03:45:06:00	SAILORS FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT
03:45:06:00	03:45:07:00	ARE JOINING THE RANKS
03:45:07:00	03:45:08:00	OF SERVICE AND GETTING TO KNOW
03:45:08:00	03:45:10:00	THEM, GETTING TO KNOW THEIR
03:45:10:00	03:45:11:00	FAMILIES AS WELL.
03:45:11:00	03:45:12:00	SO IF AND WHEN THE TIME COMES
03:45:12:00	03:45:14:00	THAT THEY DO LEAVE SERVICE,
03:45:14:00	03:45:15:00	THAT THEY DO COME BACK TO TO
03:45:15:00	03:45:16:00	THE COMMUNITY, THEY KNOW WHERE
03:45:16:00	03:45:18:00	TO GO TO.
03:45:18:00	03:45:19:00	THEY ALREADY HAVE A FOOTPRINT
03:45:19:00	03:45:22:00	AS TO HOW THEY NEED TO PROPERLY
03:45:22:00	03:45:23:00	INTEGRATE AND TRANSITION BACK
03:45:23:00	03:45:25:00	INTO CIVILIAN LIFE AS A VETERAN
03:45:25:00	03:45:26:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
03:45:26:00	03:45:28:00	BUT ANOTHER PART OF THAT
03:45:28:00	03:45:29:00	POSITION IS ALSO THOSE
03:45:29:00	03:45:30:00	RETURNING CITIZENS THAT ARE
03:45:30:00	03:45:33:00	CURRENTLY INCARCERATED WHO MAY
03:45:33:00	03:45:33:00	BE VETERANS IN ASSISTING THEM
03:45:33:00	03:45:37:00	AS WELL WITH THEIR TRANSITION
03:45:37:00	03:45:37:00	BACK.
03:45:37:00	03:45:38:00	SO WE WORKING WITH THE OFFICER
03:45:38:00	03:45:40:00	RETURNING CITIZENS AND ALSO I'M
03:45:40:00	03:45:41:00	BEGINNING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS
03:45:41:00	03:45:42:00	WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS
03:45:42:00	03:45:44:00	WELL ON HOW WE COULD IMPLEMENT
03:45:44:00	03:45:47:00	THAT POSITION AND HAVING THAT
03:45:47:00	03:45:52:00	THAT STAFF GO INTO AND TALK TO
03:45:52:00	03:45:52:00	THOSE VETERANS THAT ARE
03:45:52:00	03:45:53:00	CURRENTLY INCARCERATED AND HOW
03:45:53:00	03:45:55:00	ARE WE GOING TO ASSIST THEM IN
03:45:55:00	03:45:59:00	RETURNING TO OUR BRANXTON ONCE
03:45:59:00	03:45:59:00	THEY COME OUT?
03:45:59:00	03:46:00:00	THAT'S THE BEST THING I'VE
03:46:00:00	03:46:00:00	HEARD.
03:46:00:00	03:46:03:00	I MEAN IN TERMS OF THE
03:46:03:00	03:46:04:00	TRANSITION GETTING TO KNOW THE
03:46:04:00	03:46:07:00	FAMILIES NOW, RIGHT.
03:46:07:00	03:46:08:00	SO THAT YOU'RE NOT WORKING
03:46:08:00	03:46:11:00	DOUBLE TIME TRYING TO FIND
03:46:11:00	03:46:11:00	PEOPLE LATER.
03:46:11:00	03:46:12:00	THAT'S THAT'S AMAZING.
03:46:12:00	03:46:15:00	AND OBVIOUSLY I DEFINITELY
03:46:15:00	03:46:16:00	SUPPORT THE RETURNING CITIZENS
03:46:16:00	03:46:19:00	COLLABORATE.
03:46:19:00	03:46:20:00	THAT'S REALLY AWESOME.
03:46:20:00	03:46:20:00	SORRY MISS BALLARD.
03:46:20:00	03:46:23:00	YES, SORRY .
03:46:23:00	03:46:24:00	SO THE SALARY RANGE FOR THE VA
03:46:24:00	03:46:27:00	VASSOS VETERANS OFFICES FROM
03:46:27:00	03:46:28:00	FIFTY THREE FIVE TO SEVENTY
03:46:28:00	03:46:33:00	FOUR TO SIX.
03:46:33:00	03:46:34:00	OK, THANK YOU.
03:46:34:00	03:46:37:00	YOU'RE WELCOME.
03:46:37:00	03:46:38:00	AND THEN IN TERMS OF LIKE
03:46:38:00	03:46:40:00	CONTRACTURAL OR GRANTS YOU'LL
03:46:40:00	03:46:41:00	WAIT FOR THE POLICY TO
03:46:41:00	03:46:45:00	DETERMINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
03:46:45:00	03:46:46:00	AND DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS
03:46:46:00	03:46:49:00	OF HIRING SOMEONE SPECIFICALLY
03:46:49:00	03:46:50:00	FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
03:46:50:00	03:46:50:00	OUTREACH?
03:46:50:00	03:46:52:00	WE HAVE THE TWO COMMUNITY
03:46:52:00	03:46:56:00	RELATIONS SPECIALISTS BUT UNDER
03:46:56:00	03:46:57:00	SO THE THE THE POLICY PERSON IS
03:46:57:00	03:47:00:00	IS DUAL HATTED.
03:47:00:00	03:47:01:00	SO HE ALSO WORKS UNDER THE
03:47:01:00	03:47:03:00	OUTREACH SIDE OF THE HOUSE AS
03:47:03:00	03:47:04:00	WELL TO ENSURE THAT WE BOLSTER
03:47:04:00	03:47:07:00	THAT PROGRAM AS WELL BECAUSE I
03:47:07:00	03:47:08:00	THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR
03:47:08:00	03:47:09:00	US TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE
03:47:09:00	03:47:11:00	AND AGAIN, A LOT IT'S YEOMAN'S
03:47:11:00	03:47:12:00	WORK BUT I THINK THE REBRANDING
03:47:12:00	03:47:15:00	OF THE OFFICE AND HAVING THAT
03:47:15:00	03:47:16:00	SURVEY AND SEEING WHAT THE
03:47:16:00	03:47:19:00	RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY ARE,
03:47:19:00	03:47:20:00	IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE TO HOW WE
03:47:20:00	03:47:21:00	MOVE THIS MOVE THIS OFFICE
03:47:21:00	03:47:23:00	HOLDER.
03:47:23:00	03:47:26:00	OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:47:26:00	03:47:27:00	I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
03:47:27:00	03:47:30:00	QUESTIONS LEAVING IT TO MY
03:47:30:00	03:47:31:00	COLLEAGUES THAT ARE STILL
03:47:31:00	03:47:31:00	REMAINING IN HERE.
03:47:31:00	03:47:34:00	IF YOU HAVE ANY FINAL
03:47:34:00	03:47:35:00	QUESTIONS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
03:47:35:00	03:47:35:00	HAND.
03:47:35:00	03:47:39:00	IF NOT COMMISSIONER ISOBELLA,
03:47:39:00	03:47:42:00	IF YOU HAVE ANY FINAL REMARKS,
03:47:42:00	03:47:42:00	NOW'S THE TIME.
03:47:42:00	03:47:46:00	MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY
03:47:46:00	03:47:47:00	MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME.
03:47:47:00	03:47:49:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN IN THE
03:47:49:00	03:47:50:00	CITY COUNCIL , THANK YOU VERY
03:47:50:00	03:47:53:00	MUCH FOR ELEVATING AND LIFTING
03:47:53:00	03:47:54:00	THE WORK THAT WE DO OBVIOUSLY
03:47:54:00	03:47:55:00	IN THE CITY.
03:47:55:00	03:47:58:00	BUT ALSO IN OUR OFFICE
03:47:58:00	03:47:58:00	OF VETERAN SERVICES.
03:47:58:00	03:47:59:00	YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO
03:47:59:00	03:48:01:00	EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN
03:48:01:00	03:48:02:00	TO BETTER THE QUALITY OF LIFE
03:48:02:00	03:48:04:00	OF OUR VETERANS AND I KNOW
03:48:04:00	03:48:05:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD MENTIONED
03:48:05:00	03:48:09:00	OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE STATE
03:48:09:00	03:48:09:00	SECRETARY JOHN SANTIAGO.
03:48:09:00	03:48:12:00	I WILL SAY THAT I'M BETTER
03:48:12:00	03:48:13:00	LOOKING AND HAVE MORE HAIR THAN
03:48:13:00	03:48:13:00	HE DOES FOR THE RECORD.
03:48:13:00	03:48:16:00	BUT BUT HAVING HIM ME THAT THAT
03:48:16:00	03:48:19:00	EXECUTIVE OFFICER METRO
03:48:19:00	03:48:20:00	SERVICES IS GOING TO ALSO HAVE
03:48:20:00	03:48:22:00	TO GO A LONG WAY WITH WHAT WE
03:48:22:00	03:48:23:00	DO HERE IN BOSTON.
03:48:23:00	03:48:25:00	SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO TO WORK
03:48:25:00	03:48:27:00	WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF.
03:48:27:00	03:48:29:00	I'LL BE SURE TO PLAY THIS
03:48:29:00	03:48:32:00	RECORDING TO OUR COMMISSIONER
03:48:32:00	03:48:35:00	SANTIAGO ON THE OTHER OF THE
03:48:35:00	03:48:35:00	OTHER END.
03:48:35:00	03:48:36:00	THANK YOU ALL WHO ATTENDED
03:48:36:00	03:48:39:00	TODAY TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
03:48:39:00	03:48:40:00	INVOLVEMENT IN QUESTION CITY
03:48:40:00	03:48:43:00	ADMINISTRATION FOR YOUR WORK
03:48:43:00	03:48:47:00	AND OBVIOUSLY TO THE
03:48:47:00	03:48:48:00	COUNCIL AND MY STAFF AND ALSO
03:48:48:00	03:48:51:00	TO SENATOR SHANTELLE WHO IS
03:48:51:00	03:48:54:00	HERE AND MADE US A VERY SMOOTH
03:48:54:00	03:48:55:00	PROCESS TO FOUR DIFFERENT
03:48:55:00	03:48:56:00	DEPARTMENTS IN SANTIAGO.
03:48:56:00	03:48:58:00	IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
03:48:58:00	03:48:59:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
03:48:59:00	03:49:00:00	SERVICE TWICE AND SERVICE HERE
03:49:00:00	03:49:02:00	IN AS OUR COMMISSIONER AND BOSS
03:49:02:00	03:49:03:00	AND BELO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:49:03:00	03:49:06:00	WE WORK LOOKING FORWARD TO
03:49:06:00	03:49:09:00	WE'LL SEND SUBMIT SOME
03:49:09:00	03:49:10:00	QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE THEM.
03:49:10:00	03:49:11:00	IF ANY OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
03:49:11:00	03:49:13:00	HAVE ANY AMENDMENT IDEAS JUST
03:49:13:00	03:49:14:00	ASK FOR CLARIFICATION BEFORE
03:49:14:00	03:49:18:00	PRIOR TO ACTUALLY SUGGESTING
03:49:18:00	03:49:21:00	WHAT YOU SHOULD DO ADD OR
03:49:21:00	03:49:25:00	RETRACK TO YOUR IN YOUR OFFICE
03:49:25:00	03:49:26:00	ELSOM HERE YOU'RE STILL HERE
03:49:26:00	03:49:29:00	WITH ME COUNCIL PRESIDENT IF NO
03:49:29:00	03:49:32:00	FURTHER REMARKS I WHETHER LOOKS
03:49:32:00	03:49:36:00	ALL RIGHT OK THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:49:36:00	03:49:37:00	WE MOVE TO ADJOURN.
03:49:37:00	03:49:38:00	THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
03:49:38:00	03:49:38:00	THANK YOU.
03:49:38:00	03:49:43:00	THANK YOU.
03:49:43:00	03:50:11:00	THANK.