[Terry Carter]: 如果您能保持立场，请承认梅德福市议会，艾萨克·B·扎克·贝尔斯（Isaac B. 祝贺所有人。 如果您可以继续站着承认梅德福市Breanna Lungo-Koehn的尊敬的32届市长。 对于那些我还没有见过的人，我是特里·E·科特（Terry E. Cotter）。 我出生于梅德福（Medford），在历史悠久的西梅德福（West Medford）社区中长大，我们称之为维尔（Ville），并在梅德福公立学校（Medford Public Schools）接受教育。 他们工作。 我从这里的西梅德福社区中心（West Medford Community Center）从这里工作了一点，很自豪地称自己为梅德福特（Medfordite）。 我在2021年成为该市的首演诗人获奖者，并以各种节奏，韵律和谜语为宣传整个城市的诗歌艺术服务了两年。 今晚，在周日早晨被下雪的时候推迟后，我们在这里庆祝并向最近当选的市长，市议会和学校委员会收取不断发展的业务，这些业务是经营英联邦最神奇和历史性的城市之一。 我在所有这些方面的角色主要是让您知道接下来会发生什么并保持一切前进。 因此，对于我们在理事会会议厅和在家中的每个人观看梅德福社区媒体的每个人，我们很高兴您能与我们一起在我们的旧故乡进行这种和平的代表民主行使。 在开始之前，请让我对Bessie Pace和Medford Community Chorale，青年和年轻成人合唱团以及长笛演奏家Michelle Corrado和伴奏者表示感谢，我没有得到她的名字。 兔子塔巴斯基。 兔子塔巴斯基。 为了使他们奇妙的序幕设定气氛，您将在短时间内再次收到他们的声音。 现在，我想邀请罗伯茨（Roberts）的跑步团队中的女孩带领我们忠诚的承诺。 美利坚合众国，以及它所占据的共和国，一个国家，在上帝的领导下，不可分割，自由和正义。 我可能会为所有人提供自由和迅速的正义。 谢谢，现在很高兴介绍Shalom Temple Shalom的Rabbi Jessica delera来调用。
[Dell'Era]: 我们可能坐着。 我觉得我在工作。 当我们小时候问你的时候，我们当中有多少人参加了某种散文竞赛或期刊提示，如果您是总统一天，您会怎么做？ 我想那很熟悉。 现在，我小时候想到的答案之一，因为我一直是那个孩子，是，如果我一天担任总统，我将通过一项法律，该法律将禁止向运动员和电影明星付费，而不是我们支付护士和老师。 但是，我们认为这是对儿童的一种锻炼，因为我们中的那些人在现实世界中实际领导的人，无论身份，从当选政府到我们的职业生涯，到我们自己的家，都知道领导能力并不那么简单。 您不仅要说，这就是它的样子，然后就是这样，这就是故事的终结。 因此，在犹太人的传统中，我们刚刚开始在《摩西五经》上阅读，我们在一年的时间里读了整本摩西的五本书。 我们刚刚开始撰写《出埃及记》（Exodus）的书，摩西在那里呼吁领导。 上帝从燃烧的灌木丛中对他说话。 而且他有机会担任总统，不仅是一天，而且永远都是总统。 他成为领导以色列人摆脱奴隶制的领导者，他开始了该项目。 他不想要它。 他想首先一个伴侣。 他希望他的兄弟亚伦（Aaron）帮助他进行公开演讲的部分，他对此感到不满意。 然后，他和亚伦（Aaron）走了，他们建立了一个以色列社区长老Zikne Yisrael的联盟，以建立更广泛的买入，以实现他们试图出售的想法，这是我们不应该被压迫。 我们要去法老，告诉他让我们走。 无论需要做什么，我们都将实现这个目标。 我认为，这是我们所有人的模型。 正确的？ 起初，您应该独自做到这一点，但是您应该做的实际上是在寻找合作伙伴并建立您所服务的人们的联盟。 塔木德（Talmud）最古老的层之一的皮尔基·阿沃特（Pirkei Avot 您必须努力成为某人，我们所有人在生活中都有需要加强的机会。 我们环顾四周，我们认为有人应该做某事，我们有那一刻的意识，我就是某人。 我需要加紧成为领导者，成为需要的人，请确保完成。 这对Altifrosch Min Hatzibo的想法进行了调整，这意味着不要将自己与公众与社区分开。 这是我在梅德福（Medford）这里看到的原则。 我有幸与市长布莱恩纳（Brianna）与女孩一起跑步。 看到与公众互动的人，他们没有将自己与他们当选为各种能力的人，他们在做出艰难的决策是领导者所必需的一部分时，他们始终在各种身份中代表他们。 在犹太教中，领导服务的人被称为犹太教，无论是拉比，康托尔（Cantor），外行人，被称为Shaliach Tzibor，公众被公众派遣的人代表社区的人们，不仅在房间里，而且在我们和神圣之间。 因此，我现在问，有很多上帝的名字，今天向我崛起的是Hamechin Mitzadeh-Gaver，愿引导人类措施的人，指导这些步骤，我们在Medford的领导人，授予他们智慧，可以智慧听取他们所代表的人的许多声音，尤其是这些人，甚至不相同的人，也可能会倾听他们的声音。 以及建立联盟以实现积极行动的勇气，这将使整个社区的需求始终处于最前沿。 阿们。
[Terry Carter]: 感谢您，拉比，肯定和信仰的话。 如果我们错过了一个唱歌的唱歌，我们会用萨拉帕里拉旗帜唱歌的唱歌来庆祝这个国家，我们将被遗忘。 所以，如果贝西
[Pace]: 哦，您能看到，在黎明的早期灯光下，我们为暮光之城的最后一张闪闪发光而骄傲地看到了什么，他的宽阔的条纹和明亮的星星在危险的战斗中， 或者我们看着的城墙是如此勇敢的流媒体？ 火箭的红色眩光，炸弹在空气中爆炸，在整个晚上都证明了我们的旗帜仍然在那里。 哦，说那个星条旗还
[Terry Carter]: 因此，去年早些时候，我很高兴地沿着诗人获奖船的火炬（梅德福的第一艘船）传递给我的继任者，后者是一位亲爱的朋友，是她本人的一位出色的诗人。 因此，我很荣幸介绍梅德福的诗人桂冠Vijaya Sundaram，她将表演她的诗，来自根深蒂固的世界。
[Sundaram]: 技术。 来自根源世界的信息。 坚持不懈地交织，坚固而坚固的根部没有留下怀疑的空间，在地球上，母亲在白天诞生了他们的树皮，它们都在阴暗的天气中一起生长在一起。 真菌细丝传输的新闻似乎计划外，不知情，但实际上都发现了植物中的植物，绿色的芽。 将他们的健康之歌和通过土壤康复的歌曲，通过其所有的广度和所有长度吸引了它们具有根深蒂固的意义和力量的树木。 通过我们所有的故事，我们所有的损失，所有的荣耀，都传达了分享我们的捐赠和关怀的信息。 冷漠找到了共同的目标，我们的独特和统一的灵魂。 这是我们丰富的社区，充满爱心和人性， 可以发展一个没有冲突的空间，一个充满生命的闪亮城市，向旧的人致敬，拥抱新的，拒绝所有的错误，避开了真实的事情。 在这座摇摆的生日和死亡桥之间，它扎根于森林嗡嗡的绿色，它唱歌并让我们呼吸，所以我们在成长的乐队中也可以连接我们的力量，以不同的声音与我们的声音一起唱歌，唱歌和分支，伸向阳光，伸向阳光
[Terry Carter]: 我猜雷·查尔斯（Ray Charles）说最好，宝贝，你得到了正确的一个。 女士们，先生们，这个女人不需要介绍。 她是朋友，她是一位出色的歌手，她戴着很多其他帽子，但是今晚她将为您表演，上帝保佑美国，史黛西·克莱顿（Stacey Clayton）。
[Clayton]: 请随时加入我。 这是一个很难坐着而不是唱歌的人。 所以帮助我和谐地唱歌。 如果您想站起来，可以。 您不必这样做，但请享受它。 上帝保佑美国，我爱的土地。 站在她旁边，带着上面的光在整夜引导她。 从山上到大草原，再到海洋，白色带有泡沫。 上帝保佑美国，我家甜蜜的家。 哦，上帝保佑美国，我们家甜蜜的家。
[Terry Carter]: 现在，我想欢迎另一个真正不需要介绍的人。 她是梅德福（Medford）家庭网络的总监，她在整个城市都做如此出色的工作。 她是父母的拥护者，她是孩子的倡导者，显然是家庭的拥护者，她将介绍我们的社区信息。 玛丽·卡西迪（Marie Cassidy）。
[Marie Cassidy]: 晚上好，大家。 特里，谢谢你的那些美丽的话。 我很高兴来到这里。 很荣幸今天晚上来这里。 这样的庆祝活动，就职典礼，这是我们新领导团队的新开始。 我们的新市议会，我们的新学校委员会，梅·布雷纳·卢格·科恩（May Breanna Lungo-Koehn）表示祝贺。 这是新的一天。 这是一个新的黎明。 这是新生活。 我们可以一起唱歌吗？ 这是一个新的黎明。 这是新的一天。 史黛西，帮我。 这是新生活。 我们有什么感觉？ 而且我们感觉很好。 DA-DUNCE。 DA-DUNCE。 DA-DUNCE。 祝贺所有人。 绝对很棒。 我们都应该今晚感觉良好。 让我们感觉真的非常好。 作为过去30年的梅德福家庭网络的导演，我以令人难以置信的骄傲和谦卑对您说，我们代表我出色的，出色的员工和令人惊叹的小组负责人谈论，在过去的30年中，MFN在过去的30年中，我们不会繁荣而繁荣，并没有对Medford的社区，这是我们这个令人难以置信的社区的支持，这是我们不可思议的社区。 我从一开始就是一个梅德福的女孩，我对梅德福（Medford）充满激情和崇拜，这是我童年梦想和愿望的守护者。 我一直处于一个独特的位置，可以看到并欣赏该社区的一切真正至关重要的是发现其关心的力量。 而且从来没有比2020年3月更明显的照顾了，有人还记得吗？ 2020年3月，世界永远改变。 尽管身体，精神和思想遭受了破坏，但这个社区还是有机会提供团结。 特里，你喜欢那个吗？ 企业和组织聚集在一起，向MFN赠送了10,000美元的支票，因此我们可以与家人联系，并提供巨大必需的具体支持，例如服装，食物，尿布，配方奶粉， 经济援助以支付账单和每月租金，修理汽车，修理破损的窗户，购买药物，购买家用电器以及以任何需要的方式提供帮助。 那是因为这个社区这样做了。 您以其他人可以做的方式聚在一起。 我将列举很多你们中的许多人，塔夫茨大学，我们在工作的出色学校，我们的警察局，消防部门，市政厅，我们的所有部门，我们的大部门，市长，预防外展办公室，公平与包容局，基督教青年会，西诺福克社区中心，公共图书馆，地方图书馆，地方图书馆，崇拜之家，商会，政治领导人，其他人，其他人，我的政治领导人，其他人，我都可以。 你们所有人都在一起真是太神奇了。 1855年，著名的废奴主义者弗雷德里克·道格拉斯（Frederick Douglass）说，要养育强大的孩子比修复一个破碎的男人要容易，否则我会加上女人。 了解到，我们决心在我们的工作中取得成功，以帮助建立强大的儿童在广泛的社会问题，具有挑战性的环境和个人关注以及成为来源的地方，这是我们的工作，是属于归属感的需求，有意义的需求，有意义的需求，需要乐趣，需要接受的需要以及需要接纳的需要。 在加强儿童和家庭，所有家庭以及所有将自己定义为家庭的人，彼此挚爱的人，我们加强了社区。 现在让我们看一下这个词，社区。 社区中有一个你。 实际上，是您在社区中。 您对于不断建立坚实的基础的成功非常重要。 我们将帮助本届政府不断建立他们已经建立的强大基础。 这取决于你。 当然对于这个政府和过去的政府。 社区中有一个我。 I.我最好尽我所能，抬起你，抬起你，以帮助您看到最好的。 在社区中有一个原因。 最终有一个原因。 到最后，但最后，一切都与您有关。 因此，这对您和我现在都是一个挑战。 我们正在与新政府一起成为新的遗产的风口浪尖。 我们可能并不同意这是什么遗产，但是我有一些建议。 第一，互相听。 真正听。 为什么？ 因此，您会被听到。 互相回馈。 为什么？ 因为在不完全同意的情况下，我们得到了一些使我们更深入地挖掘自己的东西。 也许为我们提供新的视角，一种新的新鲜感，一种新的活力。 向上走，走来走去，然后退后一步，甚至退后一步。 有尊严和尊重的人为他人腾出空间。 通过看未来时看着落后的未来来出现。 为什么？ 因为这就是我们所拥有的。 这是一个新的黎明，这是新的一天，这是新的生活。 它很漂亮。 珍惜它。 这就是我们所拥有的。 由于您，我的梅德福（Medford）社区，我们的充实和资源丰富的社区，我们的孩子和我们的家人将永远有一个朋友认识和一个成长的地方，而且我们永远不必独自行走。 谢谢。 恭喜！
[Terry Carter]: 维杰（Vijay），我们将在诗人结束之前将诗人从他们身上。 他们每个人。 谢谢玛丽的那些鼓舞人心的话。 现在，我们将从第34米德尔塞克斯区的州代表中发表评论，女士。 克里斯汀·巴伯。
[Barber]: 晚上好，大家。 非常感谢玛丽·卡西迪（Marie Cassidy）。 我想实际上，我们可以为玛丽再有一轮回合吗？ 她是梅德福的真正英雄之一。 真的很荣幸与她合作。 我是米德尔塞克斯（Middlesex）第34区的州代表克里斯汀·理发师（Christine Barber），很荣幸代表梅德福（Medford）的社区，包括希尔赛德（Hillside）和南梅德福（South Medford）。 今晚我们庆祝学校委员会成员和新市议员的就职典礼，很高兴与大家在一起。 我要祝贺你们所有人在今天晚上宣誓就职。 我期待着我们在2024年继续合作的合作伙伴关系。 因此，我想欢迎今晚加入我们的每个人。 我知道我们与国家代表团的其他成员一起加入了我们的行列，包括州代表Donato，州代表Garbally和州参议员Pat Jalen。 我还想欢迎今晚宣誓就职的家人和亲人。 我知道您有多支持当选的人，并将继续支持他们，并真正感谢您在这里的存在。 最重要的是，我要感谢并欢迎梅德福社区的所有成员亲自或在线观看的人。 因此，今晚我很荣幸介绍Breanna Lungo-Koehn市长。 Lungo-Koehn市长是终生的梅德福德居民。 她于2020年1月首次宣誓就职梅德福（Medford）。 因此，我们知道在她的第一任期中，市长解决了解决Covid-19-19-19的流行病的巨大挑战，确保居民和雇员安全，可以在大流行中获得食物和住房。 她确保城市计划继续支持我们所有居民的需求。 从那以后，她能够启动梅德福（Medford）的第一个多年综合计划，为我们的社区创建30年的愿景。 她制定了这座城市的第一个住房计划，并资助了整个城市所需的街道和人行道维修。 在过去的三年中，我很荣幸与市长合作与州其他国家代表团合作，因为我们为整个城市提供了许多项目。 因此，最近，我们刚刚为米德兰中学的该市第一个通用的游乐场获得了资金。 我们为临时连接器提供了剪彩，这是连接社区的神秘河沿线的主要多用途路径。 我们还能够获得一些市政赠款，以供气候变化，以保持梅德福的气候弹性。 最近，我们在梅德福高中（Medford's High School）进行了巨大的飞跃，在那里，学校建筑管理局投票赞成，允许梅德福（Medford）迈出下一步获得资金。 这是与市长，学校行政部门，学校委员会的合作伙伴关系，也是一个很好的例子，说明当我们共同努力时，我们可以做些什么。 很好，是的。 绝对鼓掌。 那是一个很大的事情，在梅德福（Medford）面前还有很多大事情。 因此，在市长在梅德福的所有出色工作中，她确实优先考虑支持年轻人，尤其是女孩的计划。 这似乎适合第21岁时首次竞选并赢得市议会席位的人。 市长继续参与诸如女孩们的计划，她今天在这里对效忠的承诺，并继续为梅德福的下一代建立支持并建立信心。 因此，随着我们继续伙伴关系，我期待与市长和城市中的每个人合作。 因此，我很荣幸介绍Lungo-Koehn市长和她的女儿Bailey，他们将在今天晚上为她宣誓就职。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: 贝利在天气下有点，所以这是我的女儿卡拉威。
[Callaway]: 我，说你的名字。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: 我，布兰娜·朗·科恩。
[Callaway]: do solemnly affirm, do solemnly affirm, that I will faithfully and impartially, that I will faithfully and impartially, discharge and perform, discharge and perform, all the duties incumbent upon me, all the duties incumbent upon me, as Mayor of the City of Medford, as Mayor of the City of Medford, according to the best of my ability, according to the best of my ability, and understanding, and understanding, agreeable to the rules and regulations of the Constitution,
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: 可以同意宪法的规则和法规。
[Callaway]: 英联邦的法律。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: 英联邦的法律。
[Callaway]: 以及梅德福市的条例。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: And the ordinances of the city of Medford. Thank you. Thank you. You want to sit? Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Rep. Barber, for that introduction and your kind words. Good evening, and thank you all for coming to the 2024 Medford Inauguration. Thank you to everyone who is taking part in today's ceremony. Thank you to Director of Community Affairs, Lisa Coliani, who did all the planning for this wonderful event, and Director of Communications, Steve Smearty, for helping me work on this very long speech. I took out all the dad jokes, though, that you put in. I also want to take the opportunity to recognize the tireless work of our department heads, city staff, my fellow elected officials, and volunteers who have continued to do amazing things while navigating all of the challenges we have faced over the last four years. As I've always said, the successes of this administration are not due to a single policy or person. They're a contribution of ideas from some of the brightest and most dedicated people I've had the pleasure of working with. So to everyone who works in this building and for the city as a whole, thank you for your hard work to make Medford such a special place. I'd also like to thank my family for supporting me while I continue this work. Dave, Bailey, Calloway, Cody, Mom and Dad, I appreciate your patience, sacrifice, strength and love, no matter how hard it gets for us sometimes. With each new term brings a renewed sense of service and commitment to our city. All of us here standing before you, about to accept the immense responsibility you have bestowed, are filled with gratitude and humility. I can safely say that taking this oath is one of the greatest privileges of my life. And though I've been extraordinarily fortunate to be trusted with this honor several times, I never take it for granted. That's a message I hope my fellow colleagues experiencing this again, or for the first time, take to heart. Enjoy this day, cherish the road that brought you to this point, and never lose sight of the ultimate goal, serving the people of this city with pride, purpose, and professionalism. Congratulations to you all. We are at the forefront of the future of Medford, and I'm excited to work with you all and continue the relationships with those re-elected, Jenny, Paul, Melanie, Zach, Kit, Justin, and George. and forge new partnerships with those serving for the first time, Erica, Aaron, Nicole, Anna, Emily, and Matt. Over the past two terms, we have taken so many steps forward in creating a vibrant, equitable, accountable, and forward-thinking city from our hiring practices to everyday decisions we make. We have done the hard work, faced many obstacles, and now look to keep moving forward and continue to build on the foundation we have created. For years, it has been said that Medford has lagged behind other surrounding cities in terms of maximizing its development potential, increasing our commercial tax base, leveraging city-owned assets, and investing in its infrastructure. I shared in those concerns and criticisms while on the Council and made it a priority as Mayor to redirect our development strategy to focus on growth that contributes both to the bottom line as well as addresses key needs in our community. None perhaps more critical to our future than creating more affordable housing options. To help make that possible, my office, along with the Office of Planning, Development and Sustainability, led by Director Hunt, Alicia Hunt, worked closely with the City Council to establish an affordable housing trust. The trust will use various funding streams to help facilitate more affordable units coming to market. I thank the Council for being a strong partner in that process and look forward to working with the new members to expand on its potential. Much of this progress is also thanks to the advocacy and work of the former council that passed a much-needed recodification of the city's zoning ordinances in 2022. Through this recodification process, My administration worked with the City Council to establish a new zoning district, called the Planned Development District, which encourages proposals that specify a mixture of commercial, industrial, residential, open space, or other uses, as well as a DIF district for Medford Square. To help manage our lofty and complex development and zoning goals, it's critical that we have a top-tier team in place. That's why I'm grateful for the work that Bill 40 has done during his tenure as building commissioner, and thank him for staying on in an interim role as we searched for our successor. Our new commissioner starts in a few weeks, which is exciting. But Bill, please know, you have been instrumental in furthering our work here. And by doing this work together, we are seizing on the opportunity to bring real, transformative change to the city. We are in the process of bringing over 500 new residential units to the community through eight residential developments. To further support the housing crisis that is affecting nearly every municipality, we have also allocated $400,000 in ARPA funds to help offset permitting costs of renovations and upgrades to the current and new affordable housing units at the Medford Housing Authority. The guiding force behind our housing development strategy is the Housing Production Plan. This document serves as our roadmap to more meaningful community experience for our residents, and has been crafted with insight from housing advocates, local leaders, and the City Council. I thank everyone involved who has lent their time, resources, and knowledge to help address this evolving and complex crisis. In addition to increasing the housing stock, we are also working to bring new innovative industries to Medford that can tap into the talent pool and transform neighborhoods into technology hubs for the region. There are currently four life science development projects underway. And this is just the beginning. To truly activate the economic engine of Medford, we must continue to support and invest in our squares and green spaces. The next two years will bring about significant change to Medford Square, the central hub of our downtown commercial district. With three undeveloped lots located in the heart of the square, we are continuing that work that is stretched back to 2010. Armed with significant input from our residents, our past economic development director, Victor Schrader, and moving forward with the help of our newly hired economic development director, Sal DiStefano, we are finalizing an RFP to be released soon. With that portion of the square poised for transformation, it's wonderful to see Salem, Forest, and High Street becoming a nighttime destination for families and the public at large. Seeing the square bustling during the evening thanks to Chevalier Theatre and our amazing restaurants, with more to open in 2024, brings such a great smile to my face. That type of draw and that level of interest does not happen overnight. It takes commitment, dedication, and strong partnership between city staff, private partners, the council, and our Chamber of Commerce, now led by the new President Rocco DiRico. Together, we've been able to help strengthen our local businesses in many ways and support their journey through the pandemic. Last year, we awarded many of our local businesses a total of over $100,000 through the Small Business Facade Improvement Grant Program. Also, with so many people eager to frequent our commercial corridors, it only makes sense to fully activate our waterfront property. which we have plans for, and make green spaces in our squares more accessible and pedestrian-friendly. We have officially broken ground on the Clippership Connector, uniting a pedestrian pathway between Riverbend Park and Clippership Park. The path will allow people to walk, run, bike, and push strolls along a section of the river that to date has been blocked from public access. I thank Mayor Burke, City staff, and our partners at DCR especially new Commissioner Brian Arrigo for helping get that process off the ground and now in construction. We are also sitting on a truly transformative and generational opportunity with 28 acres of air rights above the Wellington MBTA station. For decades, this city-owned area went undeveloped and we are now in a position to activate that area and transform it into a mixed-use, transit-oriented residential and commercial destination. We received proposals on what could be feasible for the space and are now in the process of releasing an RFP to hire a consultant to help us move forward in the next stage of the development process. There are significant development projects that will have a substantial impact on not only the landscape of our community, but our projected revenues as well. And while that is a profound positive for our city, it is not the highlight of our future project prospects. That distinction squarely falls on the amazing news of our Mass School Building Authority application. It was recently announced that we have secured a spot in this year's process and we're on the path to reimagining a new state-of-the-art high school. I'm thrilled that through the work of Superintendent Maurice-Edouard-Vincent, our school committee, school district staff, community partners, and our team at City Hall, we now have the opportunity to collaborate with the state to make this project a reality for our community. This would not be possible without the advocacy and support from so many advocates, as well as the City Council who approved moving forward with the application. The only project that may rival the high school in terms of size and scope is that we're also doing our fire headquarters over. Our firefighters need a facility that meets the needs of a 21st century department. Last year, we hired the Gallant Architecture Studio, Inc. to design and envision a new fire department headquarters, and we are about to begin the design phase of a $25 to $30 million facility. In addition, there has been nearly $4 million put towards our fire department projects that are complete or near completion at our substations, and $2 million going towards two fire pump trucks that have recently been ordered to upgrade the fleet we currently have. We have also solicited a reviewing proposal for architects to assist with designing much-needed additional upgrades and renovations to our stations. These needs were on the top of my list when I ran in 2019. And I thank Chief of Staff Nina Nazarian and Chief John Friedman for helping us make it all a reality for the department. In addition to all the work being done to our fire stations and high school, we're also now, through the hard work of Paul Riggi, the city's first ever facilities maintenance director, reviewing, planning, and investing in our facilities by taking important steps to ensure their longevity and usefulness. We're also making significant progress in all things IT related, thanks initially to Jim Silva and our IT director, Rich Lane. Our IT infrastructure, IT's not fancy, but it's pretty important. Our City IT infrastructure is getting an overhaul with the buildings getting connected with fiber optics and important changes to the network inside City Hall to make our system more reliable and support the needs of our departments. In addition to the work being done in city facilities, we are also forging ahead with millions invested towards incredible upgrades and renovations to our parks and open spaces. Thanks to the hard work of staff planner Amanda Centrella, along with our entire parks team, which includes rec director Kevin Bailey, tree warden Aggie Tooden, our chief procurement officer Fiona Maxwell, and our DPW crew, this past year alone, a number of additional projects have either been completed or celebrated with a groundbreaking. Including just this week, we upgraded, we did a groundbreaking for the accessible McGlynn Playground. Many parks and recreation spaces have also been upgraded with new art murals, including our latest reveal by artist Jamie Chan at Wrights Pond. Our most ambitious park project, a major renovation undertaking at Carr Park Broke Ground this past fall. The car park renovation project is split into two phases, and the second phase, which is going to have all seasons basketball court, thanks to Congresswoman Kathleen Clark, who secured us a $1.5 million federal earmark for that phase. Investing in our parks and open spaces is a critical part of our effort to combat and reduce the effects of climate change. Making our parks more sustainable, accessible and resilient is just one facet of our strategy to reduce emissions. We are also taking the same approach to the City's infrastructure and operations. Medford's work with the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness continues as the City was granted over $400,000 from the State in December to expand climate resiliency efforts and $500,000 more recently in grant money from the Barr Foundation. With this funding, the City is enhancing its climate resiliency and emergency preparedness efforts through Medford Connects. Medford Connects, headed by our Board of Health Director, Marian O'Connor, and the Office of Prevention and Outreach Director, Penny Fanioli, will seek to expand and strengthen resources for community members who are most marginalized to build the community's ability to withstand and recover from climate crises in the future. The Green Communities Division awarded Medford $100,000 to make Gulcani Ice Rink and the Department of Public Works more energy efficient and further reduce the city's carbon emissions. As a designated green community, we have committed to reducing municipal energy use by 20 percent from our baseline year, a goal we have in our sights. The City is also committed to expanding its tree canopy. We set a goal to plant over 200 trees throughout the community during the 2023 season as part of this continual strategy. That number builds upon the 180 trees that were planted the year before. Using Community Preservation Act funds and ARPA funding, the goal is to plant trees in greater numbers of species and varieties in locations where they can grow and thrive into maturity so they can have an impact and provide benefits to the greater community. We're also heavily invested in removing tree stumps and repairing sidewalks damaged by the backlog of untreated stumps. As a start, this past year, we removed almost half on the list by investing almost a half million dollars to the tree stump removal process alone, through CDBG, ARPA, and state earmarks advocated for by our state delegation and in partnership with the city council. Thank you, Rep. Barber, Representative Donato, Representative Garbally, and Senator Jalen, for all the earmarks you got us, including on the stumps. And thank you to our CPA coordinator, Theresa DuPont, CPA committee led by Roberta Cameron and our CDBG coordinator Laurel Siegel for making this and so many more projects a reality for Medford. To aid in our climate goals, the city is in the process of transitioning its parking fleet and police department cruiser fleet to fuel-efficient, climate-friendly hybrid options. Just a few weeks ago, the Police Department took delivery of six hybrid vehicles that will be utilized by officers in the field, and the Parking Department took delivery, before that, of three hybrid vehicles. I thank the Police Chief Jack Buckley and Parking Director Faye Morrison for their support and patience in making sure we all transition to a more fuel-efficient way of doing business. The City also secured a $230,000 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act grant from the State to assist with the purchasing of an all-electric commercial-grade street sweeper that we just took delivery on. While we've made those strides on the City side, thanks to Traffic and Transportation Director Todd Blake, we've also benefited from a public-private partnership with Lyft and Blue Bikes. About three weeks ago, we completed installation on two new stations, one in West Medford and another at Logan Park, bringing the network to 10, with more coming in the spring. Our EV charging station count has also gone up from 2 to 10 over the last four years. Over the last term, we also cut the ribbon on the Tufts-Medford branch of the Green Line Extension. Reducing our reliance on gas-powered vehicles and investing in green transportation options will only make our community more sustainable, equitable and accessible. But, of course, we cannot forgo our responsibility in fixing our roads and sidewalks. That's why this year alone we've made significant progress in extending the life of our streets through preventative maintenance and leveraging private partnerships to repair portions of major arteries like Winthrop Street, Pinkert, Haines Square and Riverside Ave. In the fall, we began an extensive patchwork program on 34 streets identified in the pavement assessment. Also, over the last year, we crack-sealed 94 streets, which extends their use and improves navigability and drainage on those streets. To coincide with our patchwork strategy, we also invested nearly $3 million in repairs to our sidewalks. About one-third of the total sidewalk funding, roughly $800,000, was used to address sidewalk issues logged by constituents in our C-Click Fix platform that also coincide with sidewalk locations identified in the 2021 sidewalk assessment. Thanks to the incredible work of our DPW Commissioner Tim McGivern, City Engineer Owen Wartella and their staffs, we have repaired nearly two miles worth of sidewalks this past season. We're continuing this work into the next year thanks to the $1.5 million bond that the City Council approved at the beginning of last year. We'll deploy the rest of the funding to address sidewalks and curb cuts on Salem Street and beyond. Leadership within the City Council, School Committee, and City have also been and will continue to meet to figure out our projected assessment, budgeting, and borrowing needs for sidewalks, our major building improvements, and more. Thanks to the support of our Finance Director and Auditor Bob Dickinson, our Treasurer-Collector Judy Johnson, Assessor Ted Costigan, and our budget director, Courtney Cadello. We have come a long way in our new growth projections, how the city borrows and budgets, and we'll continue to work together with the council to enhance that process. And everything we do in Medford is informed through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. With the help of our director, Frances Wojcicki, we are working towards ensuring that services, programs, and events are not only accessible, but share in the values and meet the needs of our diverse community. For the past two years, Frances and her work with stakeholders has strengthened relationships with community members and created lasting partnerships that have yielded meaningful experience for everyone. Whether it be reaffirming the City's commitment to human rights, championing accessible language options for visitors to City Hall, or building on the success of our first-ever Pride Month series events in 2022 with the help of our Pride Planning Committee, the City's desire to be an inclusive and welcoming place for all would not be possible without the work of our DEI office and department heads who support these goals. Our DEI endeavors, however, are not siloed to one office. they reach across departments, programs, and communications. The interdepartmental cohesion is best exemplified by the work being done through our human resource department, led by our director, Lisa Crowley, who, along with Francis, works diligently to ensure our hiring practices are based on best practices and that our workforce is more representative of our community. That's why we've been focused on training our staff and diversifying our staffing. We have made progress, but my commitment is to keep pushing to do better. We need our staffing to represent the community we live in, and I promise to continue this work no matter what it takes. An important part of this project... was the hiring of our Medford Connectors and liaisons who serve communities across the city and are fluent in four environmental justice languages. They have been working to listen and support Medford's diverse communities and help us improve communication policies and programs. We are committed to making Medford safe, welcoming, and are always looking to improve communication efforts and policies to continue to make that a reality. Through this initiative, we have been able to offer expanded translation services through a variety of communication methods. Of course, our multilingual resource line is always available. We are also working to ensure that important information on our website and sent through the City Alert System and other avenues is translated into our five major languages, main languages. This is a first for the City and will allow us to message important City-related information to populations that were previously underserved in this area. The Office of Prevention and Outreach, with the help of these teams, is also working to strengthen resources available to community members who have been affected by the opioid crisis with an over 830,000 settlement from the Opioid Settlement Fund, with the potential for more funding in the future. Using interview surveys and other community outreach, the team is currently working through recommendations and strategies for investing these funds. I'm also happy to announce, as of last week, we hired our new Veterans Director, Veronica Shaw, who will continue the hard work of Jeremy Johns servicing our veterans and their needs. Thank you for joining our team, Veronica. You're a great addition to the staff we have here at City Hall and beyond, such as Pam Kelly, who runs our Senior Center and our Tax Workoff Program, Director Barbara Kerr, who operates our new Medford Public Library, Kevin Harrington, who helped video this tonight, who runs our Medford Community Media, and so many others. For those of you worried that the speech will be wrapping up soon, I'm almost halfway through. It's very hard to try to get every department in there. I can't not do it. I'm sorry. Just kidding. A few brief highlights and we're done. Just today, thanks to Clerk Adam Hurtubise, we were able to swear in and promote two firefighters in the department. And just last week, we welcomed six new police officers. The highlight of our police hires last week is that, once again, we were able to hire a diverse group that represents our community, which was not only a goal of Chief Buckley and I's, but something we are proud of to actually see become a reality. Run Medford, hopefully we'll be back for our third year in 2024, thanks to Dave McGilvery and Dempsey Sports. Our Charter Study Committee is deep into their work, gathering input, researching and holding community meetings on how to best shape our charter and how to move this city forward into the future. Thanks to our election manager, Melissa Ripley, and crew. Thank you to them. They're getting ready for the smooth presidential primary and election season this year. Thank you to our parking team for working on two phases of meter installs to make sure our squares have upgraded equipment, the remainder of which are going live, I believe, this month. Thank you to our police department, who are now equipped with body cameras for their safety, the safety of others, and for accountability purposes. There's so much more, but I've had enough, and I know you all have. We want to listen to Stacey in the Corral, I know. To conclude, I'm often asked what some of my most notable achievements during my time as mayor are, and I always say that no achievement is earned by one person, or in many cases, by one department. Every positive piece of progress that happens here is the result of the team we have here in the city. So thank you again for all your hard work, and in advance for your hard work coming in the next two years. I would also be remiss if I did not give a special thanks to my assistant, Daria Tajera. Her patience and kindness is felt by all. And she has dealt with me for eight years. Bless you. I am so excited for what the next two years will bring and thank you for entrusting me to lead our city for another term. I am dedicated to keeping the promises I've made to you and delivering on this vision for a better future for Medford. And I know City Hall staff and my fellow elected officials are ready to do the work necessary to make that happen. No matter what challenges we face, we have proven that we are able to unite as a community and as a result are ready to take the next step into the future. We're at the forefront of a more sustainable, equitable, and prosperous time for Medford, and I can't wait to share that experience with you. Thank you.
[Terry Carter]: 市长一直在讲话，我在想水口，这是自有的水下呼吸器。 她显然不需要坦克。 很棒的市长，很棒的话。 现在，要宣誓就职，向新市议会，城市文员亚当·赫特维斯（Adam Hurtubise）。
[Adam Hurtubise]: 如果你能站起来，请。 举起右手。 请重复我。 并非每个人，只是对不起。 您将在我使用您的名字之后重复。 我确实庄严地确认我将忠实，公正地履行和执行 根据我最好的能力和理解，所有职责作为梅德福市议会的成员，可以同意宪法的规则和法规，本联邦法律以及梅德福市的法令。
[Marie Cassidy]: 恭喜，议员。
[Terry Carter]: 现在，再次，唱歌的史黛西·克莱顿（Stacey Clayton）唱歌。
[Clayton]: 分解并厌倦了在旋转木马上生活的生活，你找不到战斗机，但我在你里面看到了，所以我们要努力搬家并移动山脉，我们会走出去，搬家 我会站起来，我会像我上升的那一天一样起床，我会毫不畏惧地站起来，我会再做一千次 尽管疼痛，我会站起来，我会站起来，我会崛起 当沉默不安静并且感觉就像呼吸困难时，我知道您会感到垂死 山。 我会站起来。 我会像这一天一样起来。 尽管疼痛，我还是要站起来。 我会站起来，我会再次做一千次。 为你。 为你。 为你。 对于您来说，我们需要的只是希望。 为此，我们彼此之间。 为此，我们彼此之间。 我们将崛起。 我们会上升。 我们将。 我们会上升。 我们会上升。 所以我们会起床。 像海浪一样上升。 我们会站起来。 尽管疼痛，我们还是会起床。 我们将再次做一千次。 为你为你而为你
[Terry Carter]: 现在返回我们，向新学校委员会宣誓就职，即市政府店员亚当·赫尔特比（Adam Hurteby）。
[Adam Hurtubise]: 请上学委员会可以上升。 请在我之后重复一遍。 请举起右手，然后在我之后重复一遍。 我确实庄严地肯定。 我确实庄严地肯定。 我会忠实，公正地。 我会忠实，公正地。 放电和执行。 放电和执行。 所有职责。 有责任我。 有责任我。 作为梅德福学校委员会的成员。 作为梅德福学校委员会的成员。 根据我的能力。 根据我的能力。 和理解。 可以同意宪法的规则和法规，本联邦法律以及梅德福市的法令。 恭喜。
[Terry Carter]: 现在，当我们关闭时，要提供信仰和祈祷的话，西梅德福浸信会教堂的大卫·基尔帕特里克（David M. Kilpatrick）牧师。
[Kilpatrick]: 由于多种原因，今晚在这里是一种荣幸，其中最重要的是我恰好有一个女儿叫Brianna。 因此，该进入新的一年和新政府时，是时候为梅德福市祈祷了。 我们将为市长祈祷。 我们将为市议会祈祷。 我们将为学校委员会祈祷。 我们将为城市，警察，消防和学校以及其他许多部门的所有出色部门祈祷。 对于所有组成委员会和委员会的志愿者以及使这座城市成为如此美好的地方的所有事物。 所以请和我一起祈祷。 全能的上帝，伟大的是你的忠诚，主，对我们。 即使在这个温和的一月夜晚，我们也会看到新的怜悯。 您的话说，每一个好的完美礼物都来自灯光之父。 我们的市长从来没有声称自己是完美的，但是她很好。 对那些认识她的人来说，对她所服务的国家有益，对她领导的社区有益。 因此，我们以感恩节的祈祷为我们的市长Breanna Lungo-Koehn结束。 然而，即使我们感谢她今天与我们同在，我们在这一天为领导任务而与我们区分开。 和她在一起。 建立她的手的工作。 即使有些人不想服务，也可以让她保持服务的心脏。 即使批评家苛刻，她也能够保持雄辩的舌头。 即使在困扰着不适的情况下，也要确保她的心充满希望。 父亲，您的话向我们表明，良好的领导需要良好的性格，因此我们感谢您为Breonna的心，正直和她为您服务的服务。 父亲，即使在这一天重视实用主义的日子，也保留了母马的原则。 在重视捷径的这一天，让她对长途旅行有了远见。 在陷入困境的这一天，她的脑海一直在真正的公共服务上。 父亲，我们认识到，即使在这个美丽的一月夜晚，水域显得平静，但这个社区中仍然有一些撕裂的电流。 有些人和机构表面表面赋予了正直的外观，但是下面有迅速的不公正指导引导他们的行动。 父亲，给这母马柔软的手和坚硬的骨干。 不管她可能面对什么，给她一个安静的决心，朝着正义前进。 让她像蛇一样明智，像鸽子一样无辜。 父亲，不仅是她，还与我们所有人在一起。 让我们所有人成为鼓励的声音，淹没了悲观的声音。 当大多数人快速交谈时，让我们快速采取行动。 让我们以一种挑战强大并安慰被压倒性的方式的方式。 父亲，我们还向您对市议会议员，学校委员会，梅德福市所有雇员和志愿者的祝福， 共同努力，他们可以使这个社区成为我们所有人都可以为之自豪的地方。 最后，父亲，让这是梅德福的孩子们的一天。 让布雷娜的生活和地位成为鼓励希望的人， 以及从高街到神秘大道的可能性。 让梅德福的所有孩子都知道，领导力，影响力和服务的可能性来自杰罗姆街（Jerome Street）和大街。 主，这些领导人将需要的一切，您将提供。 因此，给他们今天的力量，并为明天带来灿烂的希望。 我们奉我们所有人的名字，我们祈祷。 阿们。
[Terry Carter]: 现在，用令人愉悦的歌曲将我们关闭，您永远不会独自一人走，由梅德福社区合唱团的成员表演，由贝蒂·佩斯（Betsy Pace）领导，米歇尔·柯拉多（Michelle Corrado）在长笛上。
[Pace]: 抬起头，不要害怕黑暗。 暴风雨结束时是金色的天空，还有一首赞云的甜银歌。 当您走过风暴时，将头高高地抬起头，不要害怕黑暗。 还有催眠曲的甜美声音。
[Terry Carter]: 恭喜，市长女士。 恭喜，学校委员会。 恭喜，市议会。 并祝贺梅德福市正确。