[SPEAKER_02]: 标记一二
[Fred Dello Russo]: 大家晚安。 我非常高兴地代表梅德福市政府欢迎大家参加伯克市长的第一次市情咨文演讲。 此时，我请凯西中尉和梅德福警察局仪仗队成员上台。 我们现在欢迎梅德福市的部门负责人来到商会。 我们欢迎尊敬的神职人员来到会议厅。 史黛西·克莱顿、诺亚牧师和温迪牧师。 现在加入我们的将是民选官员。 梅德福市，代表梅德福市。 他们将在处理中，并将坐在您左侧的前排。 欢迎您坐下。 我们特别欢迎参议员帕特里夏·贾伦、众议员肖恩·加巴利、众议员克里斯汀·巴伯、米德尔塞克斯县地方检察官马里昂·瑞安、米德尔塞克斯县法院书记员迈克尔·沙利文，马萨诸塞州水资源局局长 Frederick Lasky、梅德福市议会的同事 John Falco、Adam Knight、George Scarpelli 以及我们的主席 Rick Caraviello。 我们有两位特邀嘉宾，两位是退休的梅德福市议会主席保罗·卡穆索和名誉主席。 Robert Mayarco、学校委员会成员 Kathy Kreatz、Mia Mastoni、Erin DiBenedetto、Annmarie Cugno、Paulette Vanderkloot 和 Robert Skerry，以及我们的前市长 Michael J. McGlynn 阁下。 此时此刻，指导我们宣誓效忠。 此时此刻，我们欢迎梅德福市长斯蒂芬妮·莫奇尼·伯克阁下。 是的！ 谢谢市长女士。 哇。 现在，为了引导我们宣誓效忠，我们欢迎来自小学的四名学生。 麦格林小学的肖恩·沙利文、麦格林小学的索菲亚·埃尔南德斯、布鲁克斯小学的吉娜·马塞多和布鲁克斯小学的塞巴斯蒂安·西蒙。
[SPEAKER_12]: 我宣誓效忠美利坚合众国的国旗和它所代表的共和国，这个国家是上帝统治下的一个国家，不可分割，人人享有自由和正义。
[SPEAKER_11]: 谢谢。 谢谢，孩子们。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 如果您现在欢迎我们，请继续站立，等待史黛西·克莱顿唱国歌。
[Clayton]: 哦，说吧，你能在黎明的第一缕曙光中看到你如此自豪的东西吗？ 在暮色的最后一丝光芒中，在危险的战斗中，宽阔的条纹和闪亮的星星 我们看到的墙壁上，他们奔跑得那么英勇吗？ 还有火箭的红光， 炸弹在空中爆炸的亮度在夜间证明我们的旗帜还在那里，哦，那面满是星星的旗帜说了什么？ 在自由的土地和勇敢的家园上挥手？
[Fred Dello Russo]: 我们现在邀请来自恩典圣公会的诺亚·埃文斯牧师。
[Noah Evans]: 亲爱的上帝，你在圣经中说：为我派你去的那座城市寻求福祉，并为此向主祈祷。 因为在你的幸福中你会找到你的幸福。 我们祈祷，看看并参观地球上的城市，特别是梅德福，这是我们的家。 将您的精神传达给我们的民选官员、我们的城市雇员、我们的警察、消防和学校部门、我们的企业和我们的家庭。 更新构成我们公民生活的相互考虑的纽带。 请派给我们诚实和有能力的领导人。 在你们的经文中你们说你们是世界的光。 建在山上的城市是无法隐藏的。 哦，圣人，您为这座城市带来了很多很多的礼物，包括我们非凡的多样性。 具有不同能力、国籍、文化、种族血统、性取向和表达方式、宗教和政治信仰的不同世代的人们。 帮助我们看到并了解这份礼物的价值。 在我们国家和世界分裂的时刻，与我们站在一起，庆祝我们的团结和多样性。 因此，我们是山上的城市，是世界的光。 给我们力量，给我们勇气，给我们希望，捍卫所有人与生俱来的自由和自由的权利。 帮助我们保护所有人的权利，包括那些目前权利似乎不稳定或受到威胁的人。 以便这座城市繁荣发展，我们能够团结、和平地共同生活，为了所有人的利益、为了我们所有人的利益以及整个世界的利益而建设这个社区。 我们以您的圣名祈求这个。 阿门。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 此时，请就座。 此时此刻，我们想邀请学生为我们宣读去年12月梅德福市议会一致通过的团结决议。 所以如果你能上来的话。 第一部分是来自安德鲁斯高中的内森·维尔。
[SPEAKER_00]: 我们国家的力量源于其多元化的历史，它以多种文化、信仰、传统和观点丰富了我们的社区。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 艾玛·伯克，安德鲁斯高中。
[SPEAKER_01]: 梅德福市是一个欢迎并重视居民种族和民族多样性的社区，
[Fred Dello Russo]: 来自职业高中的马特·莫兰。
[Noah Evans]: 梅德福市支持所有移民群体和新移民追求美国梦，以及……罗伯茨小学的约瑟芬·里佐 (Josephine Rizzo)。
[SPEAKER_06]: 鉴于梅德福市将努力将我们的城市打造成一个安全和热情的地方，同样鼓励所有人追求个人进步并在梅德福和……
[Fred Dello Russo]: 罗伯茨小学的 Vivalin Chavatona。
[SPEAKER_12]: 鉴于梅德福市拒绝所有破坏我们学校邻里信仰社区、挫败平等正义承诺的仇恨、冷漠和不宽容的言论和行为，并且……我很抱歉。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 阿明·纳兹·麦格林高中。
[SPEAKER_02]: 而我们国家的基本原则是所有人都有权受到法律的平等保护、机会均等以及享有公民权利和人权。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 哥伦布小学的 Jaspreet Kaur。
[SPEAKER_11]: 因此，梅德福市现在自豪地支持梅德福对话项目，以促进梅德福及其他地区有关种族和民族的对话与合作。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 还有来自哥伦布小学的加布里埃尔·罗西。
[SPEAKER_03]: 我叫梅德福。 我们是梅德福。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 谢谢。 学生们阅读并非常雄辩地分享了同一份决议，不仅得到了梅德福市议会的一致投票，而且还得到了梅德福学校委员会和人权委员会的一致投票。 现在，我很荣幸向梅德福市市长斯蒂芬妮·穆奇尼-伯克阁下介绍并宣读您的第一份市情咨文。
[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]: 哇。 请保持站立。 为了最后的祈祷和祝福，我们邀请了温迪牧师。
[Wendy Miller Olapade]: 哇。 你受到启发了吗？ 我受到启发。 我在想，我不喜欢稳定、有抵抗力的声音，因为它听起来很扎实、稳定、有抵抗力。 我认为它看起来壮观、闪亮、对每个人和斯蒂芬妮来说都很安全。 这就是为什么它激励我邀请你们为我，梅德福的公民做一些事情。 我想知道我们是否可以让所有当选的官员和雇员、城市雇员坐下一分钟。 民选官员和市政官员。 对于其他人，我请你们帮助我祝福这些人。 您能联系一下今天为您服务的人吗？ 因为这种情况一直持续到今天。 并以祝福的精神与我一起。 伟大、慈爱、仁慈的宇宙之灵。 万物之神。 这座城市的神。 这座城市的神。 善良、变化、坚固、未来、昨天和今天的上帝。 继续。 这就是为什么我们请求您祝福我们所选择的这些好人，并赋予他们为我们服务的责任。 我们感谢您的智慧、您的勇气、您每天所做的一切，让我们变得强大、稳定和健康。 当我们从今晚开始前进时，帮助他们勇敢起来。 帮助他们成为这座城市所需要的人，让我们变得聪明、令人兴奋、面向未来，同时扎根于我们曾经的一切。 上帝，我们感谢你，并祈求你祝福所有这些人。 现在，如果每个人都站起来， 我会祝福我们大家。 愿神继续祝福并保守我们今天。 愿神今天继续为我们指明道路，怜悯我们，光照我们。 愿上帝今天继续以仁慈、恩典和爱看待梅德福。 我们以爱的名义祈祷这一切。 让人们说阿门。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 天啊，她能祈祷吗？ 凯西中尉，把颜色去掉。 谢谢大家，市长诚挚地邀请你们在环形交叉路口见面，享用点心、糖果和咖啡，以防那里的小孩子们还没吃完。 谢谢大家。