[Terry Carter]: Si ou ta ka rete kanpe, tanpri, admèt manm yo onorab eli nan Medford City Council la, Isaac B. Zac Bears, Anna Callahan, Kit Collins, Emily Lazzaro, Matt Leming, George Scarpelli, ak Justin Tseng. Konpliman pou tout moun. Si ou ta ka tanpri rete kanpe admèt Onorab Majistra a 32nd nan vil la nan Medford, Breanna Lungo-Koehn. Pou moun nan nou ke mwen pa gen ankò te rankontre, mwen se Terry E. Cotter. Mwen te fèt nan Medford, leve soti vivan nan kominote a istorik West Medford nou rele Ville a, ak edike nan lekòl piblik yo Medford. Yo travay. Mwen te travay jis yon ti fason soti isit la nan West Medford Community Center a ak mwen trè fyè yo rele tèt mwen yon Medfordite. Mwen te vin inogirasyon powèt vil la loreya nan 2021 ak te sèvi de ane ranpli pwomosyon atizay la nan pwezi atravè vil la nan yon varyete de ritm, rim, ak Riddles. Aswè a, apre yo te retade pa yon lanèj dimanch maten, nou yo isit la yo selebre ak chaje majistra a dènyèman eli, Konsèy Vil, ak Komite Lekòl ak biznis la tout tan-en nan kouri youn nan lavil ki pi etonan ak istorik Commonwealth la. Wòl mwen nan tout bagay sa yo pral sitou fè ou konnen sa ki vini pwochen epi kenbe bagay sa yo k ap deplase ansanm. Se konsa, bay tout moun isit la avèk nou nan chanm yo konsèy ak tout moun nan kay ap gade sou medya kominote Medford, nou se konsa kontan ke ou ta ka rantre nan nou pou sa a fè egzèsis lapè nan demokrasi reprezantan nan vil fin vye granmoun nou yo. Anvan nou kòmanse, kite m 'di di ou mèsi Bessie Pace ak manm nan Medford Kominote Chorale la ak jèn yo ak jèn koral granmoun, osi byen ke flutist Michelle Corrado ak akonpayatè a, mwen pa t' jwenn non li. Bunny Tabaski. Bunny Tabaski. Pou prelid bèl bagay yo yo mete atmosfè a, ou pral tande pale de yo ankò nan jis yon ti tan. Kounye a, mwen ta renmen envite moute ti fi yo sou ekip la kouri soti nan Roberts mennen nou nan angajman an nan fidelite. Etazini nan Amerik, ak nan Repiblik la pou ki li kanpe, yon sèl nasyon, anba Bondye, endivizib, ak libète ak jistis pou tout moun. Apre sa, mwen ta ka ajoute, ak libète ak jistis rapid pou tout moun. Mèsi poutèt ou, li se kounye a plezi mwen prezante Rabbi Jessica DeLera nan tanp Shalom bay invokasyon an.
[Dell'Era]: Nou ka chita. Mwen santi mwen tankou mwen nan travay. Konbyen nan nou te gen kèk sòt de konkou redaksyon oswa jounal rapid lè nou te timoun kote yo te mande ou, si ou te prezidan pou yon jou, ki sa ou ta fè? Mwen imajine ke yo abitye. Koulye a, youn nan repons yo ke mwen te vini ak lè mwen te yon timoun, paske mwen te toujou ki jenn ti kabrit, te ke si mwen te prezidan pou yon jou, mwen ta pase yon lwa ki ta entèdi peye atlèt ak zetwal fim plis pase nou peye enfimyè ak pwofesè yo. Men, sa a nou wè kòm yon egzèsis pou timoun yo, paske moun nan nou ki travay nan lidèchip aktyèl nan mond reyèl la, nan tou sa kapasite, ki soti nan gouvènman eli nan tou sa karyè nou yo, nan pwòp kay nou yo, konnen ke lidèchip se pa sa ki senp. Ou pa jwenn jis di, sa a se ki jan li pral yo dwe, ak Lè sa a, li se, e ke sa a nan fen istwa a. Se konsa, nan tradisyon an jwif, nou te jis te kòmanse nan lekti a Tora ke nou li tout senk liv yo nan Moyiz sou kou a nan yon ane. Nou jis te kòmanse Liv la nan Shemot, Liv la nan Egzòd, kote Moyiz vin apèl li nan lidèchip. Bondye pale ak li soti nan touf bwa a boule. Apre sa, li gen opòtinite pou yo dwe prezidan, pa sèlman pou yon jou, men pou tout tan. Li vin lidè a ki mennen Izrayelit yo soti nan esklavaj, ki moun ki antreprann sou pwojè sa a. Epi li pa vle li. Li vle premye yon patnè. Li vle Arawon, frè l 'pou ede l' ak pòsyon piblik la pale nan li, ki li pa santi l alèz ak. Lè sa a, li menm ak Arawon ale epi yo bati yon kowalisyon nan Zikne Yisrael a, chèf fanmi yo nan kominote a nan pèp Izrayèl la, yo bati pi laj achte-an pou sa ki lide a yo ap eseye vann, ki se ke nou pa ta dwe maltrete. Nou pral ale nan farawon an epi di l 'kite nou ale. E pa gen pwoblèm sa li pran, nou pral fè objektif sa a rive. E se sa ki, mwen panse, yon modèl pou tout moun nan nou. Dwa? Li ka sanble nan premye ke ou sipoze fè li pou kont li, men vrèman sa ou ta dwe fè se kap chèche patnè ak bati yon kowalisyon nan moun yo ke ou ap sèvi. Genyen yon di nan Pirkei Avot, youn nan kouch yo pi ansyen nan Talmud a, ki di, Bimkom li'en Anashim, Hishtadel Liyot Ish, ki mwen tradui kòm, nan yon plas kote ki gen pèsonn, Ou dwe fè efò yo dwe yon moun, ke nou tout gen opòtinite nan lavi nou kote nou yo bezwen mete kanpe. Nou gade toutotou ak nou ap panse yon moun ta dwe fè yon bagay, epi nou gen moman sa a nan ka akonpli, mwen se ke yon moun. Mwen bezwen mete kanpe epi yo dwe lidè a, se pou moun ki nesesè, asire w ke li vin fè. E ki apeze ak lide sa a nan Altifrosch Min Hatzibo, ki vle di pa separe tèt ou soti nan piblik la, ki soti nan kominote a. Ak sa a se yon prensip ke mwen wè k ap pase isit la nan Medford. Mwen gen privilèj pou ko-antrenè ak Majistra Brianna ak ti fi nan kouri a. Li jis ranpli m 'ak kè kontan sa yo wè moun ki ap angaje ak piblik la, ki moun ki pa separe tèt yo nan men moun yo ke yo te eli yo reprezante nan kapasite divès kalite yo, ki moun ki gen bezwen yo ak rezon ki nan tout kominote a devan yo nan tout tan kòm yo ap pran desizyon yo difisil ki se yon pati ki nesesè nan lidèchip. Nan Jidayis la, moun ki ap dirije sèvis la rele, si li nan yon raben, yon chantè, yon moun ki rele, yo rele yon shaliach Tzibor, youn nan moun ki te voye pa piblik la ki reprezante moun yo nan kominote yo, pa sèlman nan sal la, men tou ant nou menm ak diven an. And so I ask now, there are many, many names of God, the one that rises to me today is Hamechin Mitzadeh-Gaver, may the one who guides the steps of humankind, guide the steps of these, our leaders here in Medford, granting them the wisdom to listen to the many voices of the people that they represent, and even and perhaps especially those who have been told that their voices don't count. Ak kouraj nan bati kowalisyon yo nan direksyon aksyon pozitif ki pral mete bezwen yo nan tout kominote a nan tèt la toujou. Amèn.
[Terry Carter]: Mèsi poutèt ou, Mèt, pou mo sa yo nan afimasyon ak lafwa. E nou ta dwe absan si nou rate yon opòtinite yo selebre nasyon an ak chante a nan, eskize m ', ak chante a nan banyè la Sarsaparilla. Se konsa, si Bessie
[Pace]: O di ou ka wè, pa limyè bonè nan dimanch maten byen bonè a, ki sa ki konsa ak fyète nou konsidere nan dènye briyan crépuscule a, ki gen gwo bann ak zetwal klere nan batay la danjere, O'er ranpa yo nou te gade yo te tèlman gallantly difizyon? Ak ekla wouj fize a, bonm yo eklatman nan lè a, te bay prèv nan nwit la la ki drapo nou an te toujou la. Oh, di sa ki etwal-spangled banyè ankò
[Terry Carter]: Se konsa, pi bonè ane pase a, mwen te gen plezi nan pase ansanm flanbo a nan bato a Loreya powèt, youn nan premye nan Medford, nan siksesè mwen, ki moun ki se yon zanmi mwen renmen anpil ak yon powèt bèl bagay nan pwòp dwa li. Se konsa, li nan onè mwen prezante Loreya powèt Medford a, Vijaya Sundaram, ki moun ki pral fè powèm li, mesaj ki soti nan mond lan rasin.
[Sundaram]: Teknoloji. Mesaj ki soti nan mond lan rasin. Ensistans ak antre nan, rasin fò ak solid pa kite plas pou anbreyaj dout sou tè a, kote manman pyebwa nan nesans lajounen yo ki tout grandi ansanm nan solèy la nan move tan lugubr. Filaman chanpiyon transmèt nouvèl ki sanble sanzatann, envolontè, men an reyalite te tout jwenn rasin nan forè etaj, lans vèt. Pran chante yo nan sante ak gerizon nan tè a nan pyebwa apèl nan sans rasin yo ak fòs nan tout lajè yo ak tout longè yo. Se konsa, nou, nan tout istwa nou yo, tout pèt nou yo, tout glwar nou an, pote mesaj nan pataje nan bay nou yo ak k ap pran swen nou an. Endiferans jwenn objektif komen, nanm inik ak Etazini nou yo. Lè sa a, kominote rich nou an, ak pran swen ak limanite, Te kapab grandi yon espas ki nan gratis nan konfli, yon vil klere byen bèl ak lavi, voye bonjou pou fin vye granmoun lan, anbrase nouvo a, rejte tout mal, avow sa ki nan vre. Yon forè imiteu rich vèt se rasin nan plas li ant pon sa a balans nan nesans ak lanmò li chante chante li yo ak ba nou souf konsa tou nou dwe nan ap grandi Gwoup Mizik konjwen fòs nou yo, rantre nan men nou nan vwa diferan, chante kòm youn ak branch, rive nan direksyon pou solèy la.
[Terry Carter]: Mwen devine Ray Charles te di li pi byen, ou te resevwa youn nan dwa, ti bebe. Mesye ak Mesye, fanm sa a pa bezwen entwodiksyon. Li se yon zanmi, li se yon vocalist bèl bagay, epi li mete yon anpil nan lòt chapo, men aswè a li pral fè pou ou, Bondye beni Amerik, Stacey Clayton.
[Clayton]: Tanpri, ezite rantre nan mwen. Sa a se yon yon sèl difisil yo chita nan epi yo pa chante. Se konsa, ede m 'chante ak amoni. Si ou vle kanpe, ou kapab. Ou pa bezwen, men jwi li. Bondye beni Amerik, peyi ke mwen renmen. Kanpe bò kote l 'ak gide l' nan nwit la la ak limyè a soti nan pi wo a. Soti nan mòn yo, nan preri yo, nan oseyan yo, blan ak kim. Bondye beni Amerik, lakay mwen dous lakay mwen. Oh Bondye beni Amerik, lakay nou dous lakay ou.
[Terry Carter]: Epi kounyeya mwen ta renmen akeyi yon lòt moun ki pa bezwen okenn entwodiksyon. Li se direktè a nan Rezo a Fanmi Medford, epi li fè tankou travay bèl bagay tout atravè vil la. Li se yon defansè pou paran yo, li se yon defansè pou timoun yo, li se yon defansè pou fanmi yo, evidamman, epi li pral prezante mesaj kominote nou an. Marie Cassidy.
[Marie Cassidy]: Bonswa, tout moun. Ak mèsi, Terry, pou sa yo bèl mo. Mwen kontan yo dwe isit la. Se konsa, onore yo dwe isit la aswè a. Tankou yon selebrasyon, yon inogirasyon, yon nouvo kòmansman pou ekip nouvo lidèchip nou an. Me Breanna Lungo-Koehn, nouvo konsèy vil nou an, nouvo komite lekòl nou an, Felisitasyon pou nou tout. Se yon nouvo jou. Li se yon nouvo dimanch maten byen bonè. Li se yon nouvo lavi. Eske nou dwe chante sa ansanm? Li se yon nouvo dimanch maten byen bonè. Se yon nouvo jou. Stacy, ede m 'soti. Li se yon nouvo lavi. E kisa nou santi? Epi nou santi nou byen. Da-dunce. Da-dunce. Da-dunce. Konpliman pou tout moun. Li nan absoliman fantastik. E nou tout ta dwe santi bon aswè a. Ann santi reyèlman, reyèlman bon. Kòm yon direktè nan rezo a fanmi Medford pou 30 ane ki sot pase yo, mwen di ou ak fyète enkwayab ak imilite ke nou, epi mwen pale sou non nan etonan mwen an, anplwaye sipèb ak lidè panèl etonan, ki MFN a, sou 30 ane ki sot pase yo, ke nou pa ta mache ak prospere ak te san yo pa kominote a. Mwen se yon ti fi Medford depi nan kòmansman an, epi mwen kenbe gwo pasyon ak adorasyon pou Medford, yon gadò nan rèv anfans mwen ak aspirasyon mwen. Mwen te nan yon pozisyon inik yo wè ak apresye tout sa li te pran yo reyèlman dwe esansyèl pou kominote sa a fè egzèsis pouvwa a nan dekouvri sa li gen sousi pou. E pa janm gen ke swen te pi evidan pase nan mwa mas nan 2020, nenpòt moun ki sonje sa? Mas nan 2020, lè mond lan chanje pou tout tan. Malgre devastasyon nan kò, lespri, ak lespri, kominote sa a te wè opòtinite pou bay inite. Terry, ou renmen sa? Biznis ak òganizasyon te reyini ansanm epi prezante MFN a ak yon chèk pou $ 10,000 pou nou te ka rive jwenn soti nan fanmi nou yo ak bay anpil bezwen sipò konkrè tankou rad, manje, kouchèt, fòmil, Asistans finansye pou peye bòdwo ak lwaye chak mwa, pou repare machin yo, pou ranje fenèt kase, pou achte medikaman, pou achte aparèy nan kay la, epi ede nan nenpòt fason ki te nesesè. Epi se paske kominote sa a te fè sa. Ou te vini ansanm nan fason ke pa gen yon lòt moun te ka fè. Mwen pral nonmen anpil nan ou, Tufts University a, depatman lekòl la bèl bagay ke nou travay nan, Depatman Lapolis nou an, Depatman Ponpye nou an, City Hall, tout nan gwo depatman nou yo, Majistra, Biwo pou Prevansyon Outreach, Depatman Ekite ak Enklizyon, YMCA a, West Norfolk Community Center a, Bibliyotèk Piblik, Inyon lokal yo, kay pou adore, Chamber nan Komès, moun ki mennen nan Commerce, moun ki mennen, moun ki te kapab nan kay, moun ki te kapab nan kay la, moun ki ka fè. Li te etonan ki jan tout moun nan ou te vini ansanm. Nan 1855, abolisyonis eminan Frederick Douglass te di, li pi fasil pou konstwi timoun fò pase pou repare yon moun kase, oswa mwen pral ajoute, fanm. Konprann ke, nou yo detèmine yo reyisi nan travay nou yo ede bati timoun fò atravè yon espèk laj nan pwoblèm sosyal, sikonstans defi, ak enkyetid pèsonèl, menm jan tou yo dwe sous la, sa a se sa ki travay nou an, se yon sous nan bezwen nan fè pati, bezwen an gen siyifikasyon, bezwen an gen plezi, bezwen an yo dwe aksepte, ak bezwen nan konekte. Nan ranfòse timoun yo ak fanmi yo, tout fanmi yo, ak tout moun ki defini tèt yo kòm fanmi yo, renmen anpil youn ak lòt, nou ranfòse kominote a. Koulye a, kite a gade nan mo sa a, kominote a. Genyen yon ou nan kominote a. Aktyèlman, li nan ou nan kominote a. Ou se konsa enpòtan nan siksè nan la toujou bati yon fondasyon fò. E nou pral ede administrasyon sa a toujou bati sou fondasyon an fò ke yo te deja bati. Sa a jiska ou. Sètènman pou administrasyon sa a ak moun ki te ale nan tan lontan an. Epi gen yon kominote mwen. I. Mwen te pi bon fè pati mwen an kenbe ou leve, leve ou, ede ou wè pi bon an nan ou. Epi gen yon poukisa nan kominote a. Genyen yon poukisa nan fen anpil. Li nan fen a, men nan fen a, li nan tout sou ou ak mwen. Se konsa, isit la nan yon defi pou ou ak mwen kounye a. Nou se sou korn la nan yon nouvo eritaj ak yon nouvo administrasyon. Nou ka pa tout dakò sa ki eritaj se, men mwen te gen yon sijesyon kèk. Nimewo yon sèl, koute youn ak lòt. Vrèman koute. Poukisa? Se konsa, ou pral tande. Remèt youn ak lòt. Poukisa? Paske nan pa totalman dakò, nou jwenn yon bagay ki fè nou fouye yon ti kras pi fon nan tèt nou. Petèt ofri nou yon nouvo pèspektiv, yon nouvo fraîcheur, yon nouvo vitalite. Etap moute, etap alantou, ak Lè sa a, etap retounen lakay yo epi petèt menm etap sou kote. Fè plas pou lòt moun ki gen diyite ak respè. Fè prezan pa gade nan direksyon lavni an pandan y ap gade dèyè. Poukisa? Paske se tout sa nou genyen. Li se yon dimanch maten byen bonè, li nan yon nouvo jou, li nan yon nouvo lavi. Li bèl. Trezò li. Li se tout sa nou genyen. Poutèt ou, kominote mwen an Medford, kominote plen ak resous nou yo, timoun nou yo ak fanmi nou yo ap toujou gen yon zanmi yo konnen ak yon kote yo grandi, epi nou pa janm ap gen nan mache pou kont li. Mèsi. Konpliman!
[Terry Carter]: Vijay, nou pral fè powèt soti nan yo anvan li a sou. Chak nan yo. Mèsi poutèt ou, Marie, pou mo enspirasyon sa yo. Epi kounyeya nou pral gen remak ki soti nan reprezantan eta a nan 34yèm Distri Middlesex, Ms. Christine Barber.
[Barber]: Bonswa, tout moun. Mèsi anpil pou Marie Cassidy. Mwen vle aktyèlman, nou ka gen yon lòt wonn pou Marie? Li se youn nan ewo yo vre nan Medford. Vrèman onore pou travay avèk li. Mwen se reprezantan eta Christine Barber nan 34th Middlesex Distri, onore reprezante katye nan Medford, ki gen ladan Hillside ak South Medford. Mwen kontan ak onore yo dwe avèk ou tout isit la aswè a kòm nou selebre inogirasyon an nan manm komite lekòl la ak nouvo Councilors vil la. Mwen ta renmen felisite nou tout sou ki moun ki te fè sèman nan aswè a. Apre sa, mwen kap pou pi devan pou patenarya nou an jan nou kontinye travay ansanm nan 2024. Se konsa, mwen vle akeyi tout moun ki nan ansanm nou aswè a. Mwen konnen nou ansanm ak lòt manm yo nan delegasyon eta a, ki gen ladan Reprezantan Eta Donato, Reprezantan Eta Garbally, ak eta Senatè Pat Jalen. Mwen ta renmen tou akeyi manm fanmi yo ak moun yo renmen nan moun ki yo te fè sèman nan aswè a. Mwen konnen konbyen ou sipòte moun ki eli epi yo pral kontinye sipòte yo e vrèman apresye prezans ou isit la. Ak sa ki pi enpòtan, mwen vle remèsye ak akeyi tout manm yo nan kominote a Medford ki te rantre nan nou isit la nan moun oswa ki ap gade sou entènèt. Se konsa, mwen onore aswè a prezante Majistra Breanna Lungo-Koehn. Majistra Lungo-Koehn se yon rezidan Medford dire tout lavi. Li te premye sèmante nan biwo kòm majistra a 32nd nan Medford nan mwa janvye nan 2020. Se konsa, nou konnen nan premye tèm li, majistra-a aborder defi yo gwo nan adrese epidemi an COVID-19, fè sèten rezidan yo ak anplwaye yo te an sekirite, te gen aksè a manje ak lojman nan milye ki pandemi. Li te asire pwogram vil la kontinye sipòte bezwen tout rezidan nou yo. Depi lè sa a, li te kapab lanse premye Medford nan milti-ane plan konplè yo kreye yon vizyon 30-ane pou kominote nou an. Li te kreye premye plan lojman vil la ak finanse bezwen lari ak reparasyon twotwa nan tout vil la. Plis pase twa ane ki sot pase yo, mwen te gen onè nan patenarya ak Majistra a, ak rès la nan delegasyon eta a, jan nou te finanse yon kantite pwojè nan tout vil la. Se konsa, dènyèman nou jis sekirite finansman pou premye lakou rekreyasyon vil la inivèsèl aksesib nan lekòl mwayen Midland. Nou te gen riban-koupe a pou Connector a Clippership, ki se yon gwo chemen milti-itilize ansanm larivyè Lefrat la Mystic konekte kominote nou yo. Nou te tou te kapab jwenn kèk sibvansyon minisipal pou chanjman nan klima prezève rezistans klima nan Medford. Ak pi resamman, nou te pran yon gwo kwasans pi devan ak lekòl segondè Medford a, kote otorite bilding lekòl la te vote yo ki pèmèt Medford pou yo ale nan pwochen etap la nan rive finansman pou sa. E sa ki te yon patenarya ak majistra a, administrasyon lekòl la, komite lekòl la, ak yon gwo egzanp sou sa nou ka fè lè nou tout travay ansanm, nou ka deplase bagay sa yo. Li bon, wi. Definitivman bat pou sa. Sa se yon gwo e gen anpil bagay ki pi gwo devan nou nan Medford. Se konsa, sou tèt tout bon travay Majistra a nan Medford, li te reyèlman priyorite pwogram ki sipòte jèn moun, espesyalman ti fi. Epi li sanble apwopriye pou yon moun ki premye kouri pou ak te genyen chèz konsèy vil li a nan laj 21. Majistra a kontinye ap patisipe nan pwogram tankou ti fi sou kouri a, ki moun ki te fè angajman an nan fidelite isit la jodi a, epi li kontinye bati sipò ak bati konfyans pou jenerasyon kap vini an isit la nan Medford. Se konsa, mwen gade pou pi devan pou travay ak majistra -a ak tout moun nan vil la jan nou kontinye patenarya nou an pwal pi devan. Se konsa, ak sa, mwen onore prezante Majistra Lungo-Koehn ak pitit fi li Bailey, ki moun ki pral administre sèman an nan biwo pou li aswè a.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Bailey te yon ti kras anba move tan an, se konsa sa a se pitit fi mwen Callaway.
[Callaway]: Mwen, endike non ou.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Mwen, Breanna Long-Koehn.
[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]: agreyab pou règleman ak règleman Konstitisyon an.
[Callaway]: Lwa yo nan Commonwealth la.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Lwa yo nan Commonwealth la.
[Callaway]: Ak òdonans nan vil la nan Medford.
[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]: Tout tan majistra a ap pale, mwen panse a plonje, ki se endepandan aparèy pou l respire anba dlo. Li evidamman pa bezwen yon tank. Majistra bèl bagay, mo bèl bagay. Epi kounyeya pou administre sèman nan biwo a nan nouvo konsèy vil la, Adan Hurtubise, grefye vil la.
[Adam Hurtubise]: Si ou ta ka tout kanpe, tanpri. Leve men dwat ou. Repete apre mwen, tanpri. Se pa tout moun, jis, regrèt. Ou pral repete apre m 'lè l sèvi avèk non ou. Mwen fè solanèl afime ke mwen pral fidèlman ak san patipri egzeyat ak fè Tout devwa yo sou mwen kòm yon manm nan Medford City Council la, dapre pi bon nan kapasite mwen ak konpreyansyon, agreyab nan règleman yo ak règleman nan Konstitisyon an, lwa yo nan Commonwealth sa a, ak òdonans yo nan vil la nan Medford.
[Marie Cassidy]: Konpliman, Councilors.
[Terry Carter]: Epi, koulye a, yon lòt fwa ankò, inimitabl Stacey Clayton a chante monte.
[Clayton]: kraze ak fatige nan k ap viv lavi sou yon kontan-ale-wonn epi ou pa ka jwenn avyon de gè a, men mwen wè li nan ou pou nou pral travay li soti ak deplase mòn nou pral mache li soti ak deplase Apre sa, mwen pral leve, mwen pral leve tankou jou a mwen pral leve, mwen pral leve san pè mwen pral leve, epi mwen pral fè l 'yon mil fwa ankò Apre sa, mwen pral leve wo tankou vag yo mwen pral leve nan malgre nan doulè a mwen pral leve, mwen pral fè l 'yon mil fwa ankò pou ou pou ou pou ou Lè silans la se pa trankil epi li santi l tankou li ap vin difisil yo respire men mwen konnen ou ka santi tankou mouri men mwen pwomèt nou pral pran mond lan nan pye li yo ak deplase mòn pote l 'nan pye li yo ak deplase mòn. Apre sa, mwen pral leve. Mwen pral leve tankou jounen an. Mwen pral leve nan malgre nan doulè a. Mwen pral leve, mwen pral fè l 'yon mil fwa ankò. Pou ou. Pou ou. Pou ou. Ak pou ou, tout sa nou bezwen, tout sa nou bezwen se espwa. Ak pou sa, nou gen youn ak lòt. Ak pou sa, nou gen youn ak lòt. Epi nou pral monte. Nou pral monte. Nou pral. Nou pral monte. Nou pral monte. Se konsa, nou pral leve. Leve non tankou vag yo. Nou pral leve. Malgre doulè a, nou pral leve. Epi nou pral fè li yon mil fwa ankò. Pou ou pou ou pou ou pou ou pou ou
[Terry Carter]: E kounye a, retounen nan nou pou administre sèman nan biwo a nan komite lekòl la nouvo, Adam Hurteby, grefye vil la.
[Adam Hurtubise]: Komite lekòl la ka monte, tanpri. Epi tanpri repete apre mwen. Tanpri leve men dwat ou epi repete apre mwen. Mwen afime solanèl. Mwen afime solanèl. Ke mwen pral fidèlman ak san patipri. Ke mwen pral fidèlman ak san patipri. Egzeyat ak fè. Egzeyat ak fè. Tout devwa yo. Incombe sou mwen. Incombe sou mwen. Kòm yon manm nan Komite Lekòl Medford la. Kòm yon manm nan Komite Lekòl Medford la. Dapre pi bon nan kapasite mwen. Dapre pi bon nan kapasite mwen. Ak konpreyansyon. agreyab nan règleman yo ak règleman nan Konstitisyon an, lwa yo nan Commonwealth sa a, ak òdonans yo nan vil la nan Medford. Konpliman.
[Terry Carter]: Epi kounyeya pou ofri mo lafwa ak lapriyè pandan n ap fèmen, Reveran Dr. David M. Kilpatrick nan Legliz Batis West Medford la.
[Kilpatrick]: Li se yon privilèj yo dwe isit la aswè a pou yon kantite rezon, pa pi piti a nan ki se mwen rive gen yon pitit fi yo te rele Brianna. Se konsa, li lè yo priye pou vil la nan Medford kòm li antre nan yon nouvo ane ak yon nouvo administrasyon. Nou pral priye pou majistra a. Nou pral priye pou konsèy vil la. Nou pral priye pou komite lekòl la. Nou pral priye pou tout depatman yo bèl bagay nan vil la, lapolis ak dife ak lekòl ak tout anpil lòt depatman yo. Ak pou tout moun sa yo volontè ki fè moute komite ak komisyon ak tout bagay sa yo ki fè lavil sa a tankou yon kote ki bèl. Se konsa, tanpri priye avè m '. Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa, gwo se fidelite ou, Seyè, pou nou. Menm sou sa a modere aswè janvye, nouvo pitye nou wè. Pawòl ou di tout kado bon ak pafè soti nan papa limyè yo. Majistra nou an pa janm te reklame yo dwe pafè, men li se bon. Bon pou moun ki konnen li, bon nan peyi a li te sèvi, bon pou kominote a li mennen. Se konsa, nou fini jou sa a ak yon lapriyè nan di Bondye mèsi pou majistra nou an, Breanna Lungo-Koehn. Men, menm jan nou di ou mèsi ke li se avèk nou jodi a, nou mete l 'apa de nou nan jou sa a pou travay la nan lidèchip. Dwe avèk li. Etabli travay la nan men l '. Pèmèt li kenbe kè li nan sèvis menm lè kèk pa vle yo sèvi. Pèmèt li kenbe lang li nan elokans menm lè kritik yo se piman bouk. Asire kè l 'yo dwe plen ak espwa menm lè malèz la nan Vag se alantou. Papa, pawòl ou te montre nou ke bon lidèchip mande bon karaktè, e konsa nou di ou mèsi pou kè Breonna a, entegrite li, ak sèvis li nan ou. Papa, menm nan jou sa a ki valè pragmatism, kenbe sa a mare prensip. Nan jou sa a ki valè chemen kout la, ba li yon vizyon pou bwote la long. Nan jou sa a nan politik Gotcha, kenbe lide li sou sèvis piblik vre. Ak papa, nou rekonèt ke menm si dlo yo parèt kalm sou sa a bèl aswè janvye, gen kèk kouran RIP nan kominote sa a. Gen kèk moun ak enstitisyon ki sou sifas la bay aparans nan entegrite, men anba gen yon aktyèl rapid nan enjistis k ap gide aksyon yo. Papa, bay sa a mare yon men mou ak yon zo bwa tèt rèd. Ba li yon detèminasyon trankil ki mache nan direksyon jistis, kèlkeswa sa li ka fè fas a. Se pou l 'tankou saj tankou sèpan ak kòm inosan tankou pijon. Epi se pa sèlman li, papa, men avèk nou tout tou. Se pou nou tout gen vwa nan ankourajman ki nwaye soti vwa yo nan pesimis. Se pou nou dwe rapid nan aji lè pi fò yo rapid nan jis pale. Se pou nou renmen nan yon fason ki defi pwisan an ak konfò downtrodden la. Papa, nou menm tou nou mande benediksyon ou sou manm yo nan konsèy vil la, komite lekòl la, tout anplwaye yo ak volontè nan vil la nan Medford, Travay ansanm, yo ka fè kominote sa a yon kote ke nou tout ka fyè pou nou fè pati. E finalman, papa, kite sa a se yon jou pou timoun yo nan Medford. Se pou lavi ak pozisyon Breonna a se youn ki ankouraje espwa, ak posibilite soti nan High Street nan Mystic Avenue. Se pou tout timoun yo nan Medford konnen ke lidèchip, enfliyans, ak sèvis se jis kòm chans yo soti nan Jerome Street kòm li se soti nan Main Street. Seyè, tout sa ki lidè sa yo ap bezwen, ou pral bay. Se konsa, ba yo fòs pou jodi a ak yon espwa klere pou demen. Nan non Seyè a nou tout, nou priye. Amèn.
[Terry Carter]: Koulye a, yo fèmen nou soti, nan chante délisyeu, ou pa janm ap mache pou kont li, fèt pa manm nan Medford Kominote Chorale a, ki te dirije pa Betsy Pace, ak Michelle Corrado sou flit.
[Pace]: Kenbe tèt ou wo, epi ou pa bezwen pè fè nwa a. Nan fen tanpèt la se yon syèl an lò, ak chante an ajan dous nan yon lark. Lè ou mache nan yon tanpèt, kenbe tèt ou moute segondè, epi ou pa bezwen pè nan fè nwa a. Ak son an dous nan yon Lullaby.
[Terry Carter]: Konpliman, Madam Majistra. Konpliman, komite lekòl la. Konpliman, Konsèy Vil la. Ak konpliman nan vil la nan Medford sou jwenn li dwat.