[SPEAKER_02]: علامتك التجارية
[Fred Dello Russo]: أهلاً بكم. بالنيابة عن مدينة ميدفورد، يسعدني أن أرحب بكم كضيف للعمدة بيرك، الولاية الأولى في المدينة. في هذه المرحلة، قمت بدعوة Caseinant Casey وعضو في قسم الهاكر في Medford Helfire Hand Heard. نرحب الآن بقسم ميدفورد في الغرفة. نرحب برجال الدين الكرام في وطننا. ستايسي كلايتون والقس نوح والقس ويندي. وسوف ننضم الآن إلى المسؤولين المنتخبين لدينا. ميدفورد هو اختصار لميدفورد. سوف يركضون ويجلسون في الصف الأول على يسارك. نحن ندعوك لشغل مقعد. نرحب بالسيناتور باتريشيا جالين، وسيباين ترانس مايلي كاربر، وتعليق مانشورد كومنز ميشاليتس، وآدم سكريج، وغايس سكرابيلي، والرئيس ريك كارافييلو. لدينا ضيفان مميزان: بول كاموسوت، رئيس مجلس المدينة بول كاموسوت والرئيس الفخري. روبرت ماياركو، وعضو اللجنة كاثي كريتز، وميا ماستوني، وإيرين ديبانتو، وإنماري كوجنو، وبوليت فاندركلوت، وروبرت سموري، والعمدة السابق مايكل جيه ماكجلين. خلال هذا الوقت، ساعدنا على تقديم وعود صادقة. نحيي الآن أولئك الذين أبدوا احترامهم لحاكمة ميدفورد ستيفاني ميتشينيبوك. هذا صحيح! شكرا لك، عمدة، سيدتي. أوه. والآن، وفاءً للوعد الصادق، نرحب بأربعة طلاب في المدرسة الابتدائية. شون سوليفان من مدرسة ماجي الابتدائية، وجينا ماسيدو من مدرسة بروكس الابتدائية وسيباستيان سيمون من مدرسة بروكس الابتدائية، مدرسة بروكس الابتدائية.
[SPEAKER_12]: أتعهد بالولاء لعلم الولايات المتحدة والجمهورية وهي تقف تحت ظل الله بلا منازع، مع الحرية والعدالة للجميع.
[SPEAKER_11]: شكرا لك شكرا لكم يا أطفال.
[Fred Dello Russo]: إذا كنت تستقبلنا الآن، من فضلك استمر في الوقوف وانتظر ستايسي كلايتون لتغني النشيد الوطني.
[Clayton]: آه، أخبرني في أول ضوء يسوع، هل ترى ما الذي تفتخر به؟ في آخر أشعة الغروب، في معركة الخطر، شرائط عريضة ونجوم لامعة. هل ركضوا بشجاعة عبر الجدران التي رأيناها؟ والضوء الأحمر للصاروخ وضوء القنبلة المنفجرة في الهواء يدل على أن علمنا لا يزال موجودا في الليل. أوه، كيف يبدو العلم الرياضي؟ هل تعطي هذا البلد الحرية والوطن الشجاع؟
[Fred Dello Russo]: الآن لدينا نوح إيبانز من كنيسة غريتسيسوبالا الكبرى.
[Noah Evans]: يا رب، أنت تقول في الكتاب المقدس: "اطلبوا خير المدينة التي أرسلتها إليك وصلوا من أجلها". لأنه في سعادتك ستجد سعادتك. نصلي ونشاهد ونزور مدن الأرض، وخاصة ميدفورد، مسقط رأسنا. أرسل روحك إلى المسؤولين المنتخبين وموظفي المدينة والشرطة والإطفاء والمدارس والشركات والعائلات. دعونا نجدد روابط الرعاية المتبادلة التي تشكل حياتنا المدنية. من فضلك أرسل لنا قادة صادقين وأكفاء. تقول في أعمالك أنك نور العالم. لا يمكن أن تخفى مدينة مبنية على جبل. يا إلهي، لقد جلبت الكثير من الهدايا إلى هذه المدينة، بما في ذلك تنوعنا الاستثنائي. الناس من مختلف الأجيال والقدرات والجنسيات والثقافات والأصول العرقية والتوجهات والتعبيرات الجنسية والمعتقدات الدينية والسياسية. ساعدنا في رؤية وفهم قيمة هذه الهدية. في الوقت الذي تنقسم فيه بلادنا والعالم، يرجى دعمنا والاحتفال بوحدتنا وتنوعنا. لذلك نحن مدينة على تل ونور العالم. أعطنا القوة، أعطنا الشجاعة، أعطنا الأمل في الدفاع عن حرية جميع الناس في الحرية والتحرر. ساعدونا في حماية حقوق الجميع، بما في ذلك أولئك الذين تبدو حقوقهم حاليًا غير مستقرة أو معرضة للتهديد. لكي تزدهر هذه المدينة ونتمكن من العيش معًا في تضامن وسلام، وبناء هذا المجتمع لخير الجميع، ولصالحنا جميعًا، ولصالح العالم أجمع. نصلي من أجل هذا باسمك القدوس. آمين.
[Fred Dello Russo]: الآن اترك مقعدك. نود أن ننتهز هذه الفرصة لدعوة الطلاب لقراءة قرار التقسيم الذي تمت الموافقة عليه بالإجماع من قبل مجلس مدينة ميدفورد في ديسمبر الماضي. لذلك إذا كنت تستطيع، تعال. الجزء الأول هو مستودع فاتون من تأليف أندروز هيل.
[SPEAKER_00]: إن قوة أمتنا تأتي من تاريخنا المتنوع، مما يجعلنا مجتمعا قويا ذو ثقافات ومعتقدات وتقاليد وعادات متنوعة.
[Fred Dello Russo]: إيما بوري، أندرو وارد.
[SPEAKER_01]: ميدفورد هو مجتمع يرحب ويقدر العنصرية والعرقية لسكانه.
[Fred Dello Russo]: مات موران في المدرسة الثانوية المهنية.
[Noah Evans]: تدعم ميدفورد جميع المهاجرين والوافدين الجدد في السعي لتحقيق الحلم الأمريكي و... جوزفين ريزو، مدرسة روبرتس الابتدائية.
[SPEAKER_06]: بينما تسعى ميدفورد جاهدة لجعل مدينتنا مكانًا آمنًا ومرحبة، يتم تشجيع الجميع بالتساوي على متابعة النمو الشخصي والتطور في ميدفورد و...
[Fred Dello Russo]: فيفالين شافاتونا، مدرسة روبرتس الابتدائية.
[SPEAKER_12]: ومن ناحية أخرى، يرفض ميدفورد تصريحات وأفعال الكراهية واللامبالاة والتعصب التي تقوض مجتمعنا في مدارسنا وتثبط الالتزام المتساوي، وأنا أعتذر.
[Fred Dello Russo]: مدرسة أمين ناز ماكجلين الثانوية.
[SPEAKER_02]: والمبدأ التأسيسي لبلدنا هو أن لكل شخص الحق في الحماية مثل سيادة القانون، وتكافؤ الفرص، والتمتع بالمواطنة وحقوق الإنسان.
[Fred Dello Russo]: مدرسة جاسبريت كور كولومبوس الابتدائية.
[SPEAKER_11]: ونتيجة لذلك، دعمت مدينة ميدفورد مشروع حوار ميدفورد، الذي يهدف إلى تشجيع الحوار والتعاون بشأن قضايا العرق والأقليات في ميدفورد وخارجها.
[Fred Dello Russo]: وغابرييل روسي من مدرسة كولومبوس الابتدائية.
[SPEAKER_03]: اسمي ميدفورد. نحن ميدفورد.
[Fred Dello Russo]: شكرا لك القرار نفسه، الذي قرأه الطلاب وشاركوه ببساطة، تم التصويت عليه بالإجماع ليس فقط من قبل مجلس مدينة ميدفورد، ولكن أيضًا من قبل لجنة مدرسة ميدفود ولجنة حقوق الإنسان. ويشرفني الآن أن أقدم الحالة الأولية لجاذبية المدينة إلى ستيفاني موتشيني بيرك، عمدة ميدفورد.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening, elected officials, clergy, Ms. Clayton, you who sung so beautifully, city and school employees, and fellow Medford residents. Thank you so very much for being here, and thank you to all of those watching from home. To the youth of our community who just recited the proclamation, you inspire us. You have been raised in a time of tolerance and compassion. You embrace the diversity of our city and our country. Remain vigilant. These are trying times for our nation, no matter our personal views. But as Tip O'Neill always said, all politics is local. We're together this evening as one city because we are strong and believe in writing this chapter together. The current state of the city of Medford is summed up in three words, sound, stable, and sturdy. And as- As your mayor, I stand ready to work with you to chart a new course into an even greater tomorrow. It seems like the inauguration was just yesterday when we, as a community, collectively said, it all starts today. Well, since that day, much time has been spent among our residents, business owners, and staff working in collaboration with one another and elected officials on all levels of government to have a high-level dialogue to renew and improve our city. And I am very proud of the work done thus far, because it continues today. And I'd like to start with a focus on our finances, because a sound financial foundation is the catalyst for continuing our progress. The city's unemployment rate on 12-31 was 2.3 percent, compared to Boston's 2.5. Medford dropped from 3.7 percent this past June. Our bond rating is AA from Standard & Poor's and AA3 from Moody's, high-quality ratings. Average single families' homes are assessed at 476,000, and Medford has a stable housing market. We closed out fiscal 16 with free cash of $9.7 million. This is our city's rainy day fund. And since last February, Treasurer Irwin has aggressively pursued tax title cases, having collected $1.9 million, thus far compared with— Compared with 900,000 the previous year, the treasurer and assessor are implementing the Community Preservation Act, CPA, which was passed by the Medford voters this past November of 15 and went into effect on July 1st of 16. We project fiscal 17 collections to estimate $1.2 million, which will be available for use beginning in July. Its purpose is for affordable housing, open space, and historic preservation initiatives. We are accepting applications until February 12th for the four at-large appointments to the Community Preservation Commission. We have reinvented the senior work-off abatement program, allowing 35 seniors to earn up to $1,500 in abatements during this current fiscal year. This successful program This successful program was a win for us seniors, it was a win for City Hall, and it was a win for the residents as a whole. Thank you so, so much for your dedication to the city. Thank you, Ruth and Vivian. The roles included assisting in early voting, which we got 20,000 people to early vote this year, greeting people at city hall, handling the mail and other tasks. We're looking to open up the program again to new seniors starting April 1st. In addition to this abatement, the city offers many statutory exemptions for seniors and veterans. I will also be forwarding a request to the city council to raise the exemption levels by 50% for veterans and seniors in the coming months. We are also working with the State Division of Local Services to review the owner-occupied exemption calculation. We know there's a fundamental flaw in it, and we're going to work with our partners at the state to try and correct it, at least for Medford, if not for the whole Commonwealth. So the focus on finances continues today. In March, our community signed on to the Governor's Community Compact, which is a commitment to best practices. Through this compact, we are pursuing two major initiatives that directly impact the quality of life in our city. The first is Complete Streets. Complete Streets changes the thought process when performing road projects. It provides equal weight to all modes of transportation, whether it be walking, biking, wheelchairs, transit, as well as motor vehicles. We were awarded a $400,000 grant from the state to implement this strategy. This funding will allow us to focus on six projects that will provide the reconfiguration of intersections, pedestrian signals, bike lanes, signage, and crosswalk enhancements. The Complete Streets team, led by our engineer, Cassandra Koudelidis, We'll be holding forums the next two Wednesday nights to review the plan so the construction can begin in the spring. One such project is a major reconfiguration of Tufts Square. The second compact item is the Medford Square revitalization plan. We have received $90,000 from the State Technical Assistance Grant and the Barr Foundation Grant to facilitate the planning process. Director Lauren DiLorenzo has spearheaded public meetings, which provided great input and feedback. In March, we will be ready to move forward and ensure that this planning comes to fruition. In coordination with this process, I am very, very proud to make an announcement tonight that the Rudra Hospitality Group has closed on the property at 101 George B. Hassett Drive, just next door to us. They will be applying to construct a 124-room Premier Brand hotel with a sky bar and a 350-seat rooftop function room. This $25 to $30 million investment will create 200 construction jobs, an estimate 50 permanent jobs, and projected tax revenues just at construction cost, not value, Mr. Assessor, is $600,000 per year to start. I want to thank the team that includes John Veneziano of ERA Andrew, Realtors, and the Rudra Group for working with us to be the first domino to fall in the revitalization of Medford Square and trusting in this city's vision and process. Thank you very much to the group, John and the Rudra. I know you're here. The end. Thank you. The city was also awarded a land and water grant of $250,000 that will match city money to reimagine the Riverside Plaza adjacent to the burial grounds in Medford Square. We envision this multi-purpose space to act as a common of sorts for our community events. As Vince Lombardi said, individual commitment to a group effort, that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. It is this commitment by my transition teams, citizens, city employees, and elected officials on all levels of government that has fostered this cooperative effort. Economic development and development in general is necessary to maintain a financially strong municipality. Prop two and a half without new growth barely covers contractual obligations, let alone health and pension costs. We rely on new growth to be able to augment services, such as offering a year-round recreation program that is being recommended by our focus group, which Councilor Scott Peli is spearheading with a group of committed residents. Thank you, George. With the housing shortage forecast from the state, we must continue to invite varied housing opportunities in our community. And I applaud Councilman Knight, Chair of the Zoning Subcommittee, for work toward revising some outdated zoning ordinances on our books. To assist in this process, we have applied for a technical assistant grant with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, specifically for the Mystic Avenue Corridor. Thank you, Adam. So economic development continues today. And while we stress economic development, we cannot forget the richness that the creative economy brings to our city. The Chevalier Theater is the gem of our community and adds tremendous value from cultural events, musical performances, and much, much more. And while the first request for proposal, or RFP in our world, for management of the theater was deemed non-responsive, we have formed a new evaluation team. It is comprised of three members of the commission and three members from City Hall to craft a new RFP, which is nearly complete. We learned a great deal from the first round, and we will use this to select a partner that will invest in the infrastructure of this historic gem while managing it with a focus on partnerships with local businesses and organizations. Speaking of organizations, as a community, we are so very blessed to have entities such as Medford Arts Council, Cachet, Mystic Makerspace, Mackey, the Farmer's Market, Chamber of Commerce, Brooks Estate Land Trust, and the Human Rights Commission. You enrich our being every day. And I... I thank you for the selfless work you do each and every day to embrace and promote our creative, historic, and cultural perspectives. We also want to thank those that served on the library building committee led by Barbara Kerr, our library director, and our president, Rick Caraviello. Proud to say we have submitted the grant to the state for library funding, quite an accomplishment in such a short amount of time. And also, I ask you, how do we make you aware of all the things we're doing? First, we have created linguistic capability to have ConnectCTY, better known as hashtag Barry called, to reach out to the community via phone, text, and email in 11 different languages. Thank you, Diane McLeod, for spearheading that. Thank you. We are on Facebook. Twitter, and of course, the web. Second, public access will be back on the airwaves by late spring. The studio is being constructed at the front of Medford High School, where we will get a double bang for our buck. The students will learn media tech during the day, while the public will have access during the evenings. Who better to tell the stories of Medford than you, the citizens of Medford? Thank you, Mayor Mike McGlynn, for leading this. Bringing arts and culture to the forefront continues today. This winter, I signed on to the Metro Mayors Mitigation Compact to become carbon neutral region-wide by 2050. This raises This raises environmental consciousness with every decision the City makes going forward. To this end, we initiated the process last fall to purchase the streetlights that are owned and managed by National Grid, with the goal to convert to LED over the summer. We anticipate savings in electricity usage, thus reducing environmental emittances. And based on direct maintenance by us of the lights, there will be a less than 5-year payback from converting to LED. In addition, In collaboration with the City Council, we are experimenting with increased lighting in Medford Square for our decorative lights. Once finalized, we will fully install for a safer streetscape in our square. Our Office of Environment has been hard at work to receive the following grants for additional projects. $250,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation to build a dog park at Riverbend Park, which will be built this spring. And thank you, PAWS4. A grant from the Mass Coastal Zone Management for $125,000 to build the city's first green infrastructure to naturally clean stormwater before it flows into the Mystic. This is a partnership with the Mystic River Watershed Association, or MIRA as we refer to it. a partnership grant for the Clippership Connector from DCR to design and engineer the half-mile multi-use path between Medford Square and Riverbend Park. This is in partnership with Block Medford and Myra and a generous donation from Wegmans for $23,000. Thank you, Wegmans. They're not even in our city and they're already contributing to these wonderful things. So we're very lucky to have them coming and they expect construction to end by next October, November timeframe. We received a green community grant, another green community grant for 250,000. That's for LED lighting in our schools, which will be installed over the next few weeks. These grants would not be possible without the hard work of the team in the energy and environment under the leadership of Alicia Hunt. Alicia recently received the Mystic Municipal Leadership Award from the Mystic River Watershed Association. Thank you very much, Alicia, for all your hard work. And I also want to thank Eagle Scout candidate Calvin Lambert. I believe he's in the audience. Calvin. He's working with our environmental office and our Department of Public Works to build bridges around Wright's Pond for sensitive areas. So thank you very much, Calvin, for your efforts. Lastly, we have created the Go Green Medford Coalition, which will be an umbrella entity for all sustainability-minded groups in Medford to coordinate activities and track outcomes. Environmental focus continues today. As chairperson of the Medford School Committee, working with committee members, administration, and faculty, our public schools continue to make great achievements. Examples include. increased access to career and technical education for Medford students. The integration of Medford High and Medford Voc Tech has enabled our students to simultaneously participate in both rigorous academics and occupational exploration skill development. Nine new Chapter 74 technical programs are now available. Thank you, Heidi, Riccio, and the superintendent. Enrollment of ninth grade students in career tech education has doubled under her leadership. We've also secured over $1 million in new grants to revitalize our vocational technical learning environment, and we've also captured out-of-district tuitions and generated new sources of regionalized revenue to support expansion of educational opportunities for our youth. We have maintained a comprehensive curriculum that provides a full range of core academic subjects and specialized electives. Medford offers 16 advanced placement courses, among the most in the area, as well as a full complement of art, music, technology, foreign language, and health education programs. Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. and members of the school committee. We have two standout Medford students with us tonight, Joseph Farah and Ketty Toussaint. Joseph, a Medford High School senior, took first place at the Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair in developing scientific models, while Ketty graduated last spring from Medford Tech and is currently enrolled at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services. As an immigrant from Haiti, she left her homeland at the age of 11 with her dad. She worked hard to learn the English language and excelled in her technical program. Ketty also earned college credit through a dual enrollment program at Bunker Hill Community College. Both of these young adults demonstrate the Medford Public Schools advantage, MPS advantage, in our commitment to you. We have introduced before school programs at our elementary schools, while after school programs are growing exponentially. They provide substantial coverage and constructive activities for students after regular hours. We are enhancing our programs and activities to provide inclusive opportunities for all students. In order to accomplish this, substantial professional development with an emphasis on social and emotional learning in our schools has been made. We have added counseling and behavior support staff to our teams. Lastly, we're recognized by the National School Board's Journal for School Security Practices. We have tightened security at all schools by adding staff and the Raptor ID system. Investments in our school children continue today. Augmented security measures at our schools would not be possible without collaboration with our public safety professionals. Safety is a core component to an individual's comfort in and desire to be in a community. We have invested in state-of-the-art self-contained breathing apparatus for our firefighters and a second set of turnout gear. Thank you, Medford City Council for voting that last night, for supporting this initiative. These are to provide the most current apparatus for firefighters' safety and ultimately for your safety. Nine new firefighters graduated the academy last month and one entered this past Monday. We are working hard to keep up with retirements by accelerating the civil service process. Kudos to our Board of Health for receipt of a seven-year, $100,000 per year grant from the Mass. Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse to provide opiate abuse prevention services for six cities and towns in our area. We all understand the impact this drug has on our society, and we are making every effort to raise awareness, erase the stigma, and provide assistance for those suffering from addiction, as well as support for their families. We have formed a team approach under Mary Ann O'Connor, who recently came to us in the last several months, for our prevention and outreach. We have an outreach manager, a recovery coach. We work with Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the Police Department. Every life matters, and we thank our police and firefighters for volunteering to administer Narcan in this cause. And while we are not declared a trust act city, be assured that our police department protocols do not allow for profiling. Witnesses and victims are not asked about their immigration status. So be sure, and that's the way it is. If you would ask me what the question posed to me most often, I would have to say it's when are we getting a new police station? I hear it day in and day out. And today, just this morning, I announced that we will be submitting a loan order to the city council next week on February 14th, requesting funds to commission an architect to begin the plans for a new station. We have turned this city upside down looking for a new location. We've toured commercial spaces. We've contacted property owners. Property owners have contacted us. And in the end, the right location, with no land costs and no relocation during construction, is the current site of the training facility on Main Street. The current facility will be demolished, and the proposed 35,000-square-foot, three-story new construction will house all amenities of the state-of-the-art resilient headquarters, including deserved equal space for our female and male officers, technology upgrades, and, most importantly, safe interior space for our offices' well-being. Public safety investments continue today. In conclusion, this city of ours, this great city of ours, continues to move forward on a foundation built on dialogue. A dialogue that echoes in this building, allowing the voices of all residents to be heard with an attitude of inclusion and fairness. A dialogue of renewal, where creative and imaginative ideas are brought forward to better the quality of life in our city. A dialogue that resonates with the message that Medford is on the move, embracing a future of possibilities, embracing a future of hope. On this night, in our beautiful city hall, and I say that the state of our city is sound, it is stable, and it is sturdy. And as your mayor, I stand as committed as ever to foster this dialogue with you as we continue to cultivate a city on which we can be partners in progress. God bless Medford, the Commonwealth, and the United States of America. Thank you all very much for being here this evening, and good night, and be safe tomorrow with the upcoming blizzard. Thank you all very much.
[Fred Dello Russo]: أوه. من فضلك قف. قمنا بدعوة القس ويندي للصلاة الختامية والبركة.
[Wendy Miller Olapade]: أوه. هل أنت ملهم؟ لقد ألهمتني. أعتقد أنني لا أحب الصوت الثابت والمستقر لأنه يبدو قويًا ومستقرًا ويدوم طويلاً. أعتقد أنها تبدو رائعة ومشرقة وآمنة للجميع وستيفاني. لهذا السبب ألهمتني دعوتك، كمواطن من ميدفورد، لتفعل شيئًا من أجلي. أتساءل عما إذا كان بإمكاننا الجلوس للحظة مع مسؤولينا المنتخبين وموظفيهم وموظفي المدينة. المنتخبون والبلديون. أطلب من الآخرين مساعدتي في مباركة هؤلاء الناس. هل يمكنك الوصول إلى أولئك الذين يخدمونك اليوم؟ لأنه مستمر حتى يومنا هذا. وتعالوا إلي بروح البركة. روح الكون المحبة والرحيمة. الله هو كل شيء. إله هذه المدينة. إله هذه المدينة. الله هو الخير والتغيير والاستقرار والمستقبل والمستقبل، أمس واليوم. متابعة ولهذا نطلب منك أن تبارك الأشخاص الطيبين الذين اخترناهم وتعطيهم المسؤولية الكاملة لخدمتنا. نشكرك على حكمتك وشجاعتك وكل ما تفعله كل يوم لمساعدتنا على البقاء أقوياء ومستقرين وصحيين. الرجاء مساعدتهم على التحلي بالشجاعة ونحن نمضي قدمًا الليلة. ساعدهم على أن يصبحوا ما ينبغي أن تكون عليه المدينة: ذكية ومثيرة للاهتمام ومتطلعة إلى المستقبل، مع الحفاظ على ما لدينا بالفعل. يا رب، نشكرك ونصلي من أجل بركتك على كل هؤلاء الناس. لو أن الجميع وقفوا سأبارككم جميعا. نسأل الله أن يباركنا ويحفظنا اليوم. ليستمر الله في أن يرينا كيف يرحمنا وينيرنا اليوم. ليظل الله ينظر إلى ميدفورد اليوم بالرحمة والنعمة والمحبة. ونصلي من أجل كل هذا باسم المحبة. ليقول الجميع "آمين".
[Fred Dello Russo]: يا إلهي، هل تستطيع أن تصلي؟ مركز كيسي يصفي اللون. شكراً لكم جميعاً، ويدعوكم رئيس البلدية للجلوس في دائرة لتناول الحلوى والقهوة في حال لم يكمل الطفل تناول الطعام. شكرا للجميع.