[SPEAKER_13]: 如果您能站起来，请允许尊敬的梅德福市议会当选议员艾萨克·B·扎克·巴雷斯 (Isaac B. Zack Bares)、安娜·卡拉汉 (Anna Callahan)、基特·柯林斯 (Kit Collins)、艾米丽·拉扎罗 (Emily Lazzaro)、马特·莱明 (Matt Leming)、乔治·斯卡佩利 (George Scarpelli) 和贾斯汀·桑 (Justin Sang) 入席。 恭喜大家。 如果可以的话，请站起来迎接尊敬的梅德福市第 32 任市长 Breanna Lungo-Koehn。 对于那些我还没有见过的人来说，我是特里·E·科特。 我出生在梅德福，在历史悠久的西梅德福社区（我们称之为 The Ville）长大，并在梅德福公立学校接受教育。 他们工作。 我在距离这里不远的西梅德福社区中心工作，我非常自豪地称自己为梅德福人。 我于 2021 年成为该市首届桂冠诗人，并度过了充实的两年，以各种节奏、韵律和谜语在全市推广诗歌艺术。 今晚，在一个下雪的周日早上推迟之后，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负责管理英联邦最令人惊叹和历史悠久的城市之一的不断发展的业务。 我在这一切中的作用主要是让你们知道接下来会发生什么，并让事情继续进行。 因此，对于在议会厅与我们在一起的每个人，以及在家里观看梅德福社区媒体的每个人，我们很高兴你们能够加入我们，在我们的故乡和平地行使代议制民主。 在我们开始之前，请允许我向贝西·佩斯（Bessie Pace）和梅德福社区合唱团和青少年合唱团的成员表示感谢，以及长笛演奏家米歇尔·科拉多（Michelle Corrado）和伴奏者，我不知道她的名字。 兔子塔巴斯基。 兔子塔巴斯基。 为了营造气氛，您将在不久后再次听到他们的精彩前奏。 现在，我想邀请罗伯茨的“Girls on the Run”团队来带领我们宣誓效忠。 美利坚合众国及其所代表的共和国是一个国家，在上帝统治下，不可分割，所有人享有自由和正义。 我想补充一点，为所有人提供自由和迅速的正义。 谢谢大家，现在我很高兴介绍沙洛姆寺的拉比杰西卡·德勒拉来主持祈祷。
[SPEAKER_11]: 我们可能会坐下来。 我感觉我在工作。 当我们还是孩子的时候，我们中有多少人参加过某种征文比赛或期刊提示，他们问你，如果你当一天总统，你会做什么？ 我想这很熟悉。 现在，我小时候想出的答案之一是，因为我一直都是那个孩子，如果我当一天总统，我会通过一项法律，禁止向运动员和电影明星支付比我们更多的钱。支付护士和教师的工资。 但我们认为这是对孩子们的一种练习，因为我们这些在现实世界中从事实际领导工作的人，无论以何种身份，从民选政府到我们的职业，再到我们自己的家庭，都知道领导力并不是那么简单。 你不能只是说，事情就是这样，然后就是这样，故事就这样结束了。 因此，按照犹太传统，我们刚刚开始阅读托拉，我们在一年的时间内阅读了摩西的全部五本书。 我们刚刚开始写《谢莫特》，即《出埃及记》，摩西在其中得到了领导的呼召。 上帝在燃烧的荆棘丛中对他说话。 他有机会担任总统，不仅仅是一天，而是永远。 他成为领导以色列人摆脱奴隶制的领导者，开始了这个项目。 但他不想要它。 他首先想要一个合作伙伴。 他希望他的兄弟亚伦帮助他完成公开演讲部分，但他对此感到不舒服。 然后他和亚伦建立了一个由以色列社区的长老 Zikne Yisrael 组成的联盟，为他们试图推销的理念建立更广泛的认同，即我们不应该受到压迫。 我们要去见法老，告诉他放我们走。 无论付出什么代价，我们都会实现这一目标。 我认为，这是我们所有人的榜样。 正确的？ 乍一看，您似乎应该独自完成这件事，但实际上您应该做的是寻找合作伙伴并建立您所服务的人们的联盟。 《塔木德》最古老的层之一 Pirkei Avot 中有一句话，说的是 bimkom she'en anashim, hishtadel liyot ish，我将其翻译为，在无人的地方， 你必须努力成为某个人，我们在生活中都有机会需要我们挺身而出。 我们环顾四周，认为有人应该做点什么，然后我们在那一刻意识到，我就是那个人。 我需要挺身而出，成为领导者，成为需要的人，确保完成任务。 这与 altifrosch min hatzibo 的理念相协调，这意味着不要将自己与公众、社区分开。 这是我在梅德福看到的一个原则。 我有幸与布里安娜市长共同指导“逃亡女孩”活动。 看到那些与公众接触的人们，他们并没有将自己与他们以各种身份当选所代表的人民分开，他们将整个社区的需求和目标摆在他们面前，这让我感到非常高兴。在他们做出艰难决定的任何时候，这是领导力的必要组成部分。 在犹太教中，领导礼拜的人，无论是拉比、领唱者还是外行，都被称为 Shaliach tzibor，他是由公众派来代表其社区人民的人，而不仅仅是在犹太教中。空间，也是我们与神之间的空间。 所以我现在问，上帝有很多很多的名字，今天我想到的是哈梅钦·米扎德-加弗（Hamechin Mitzadeh-Gaver），愿那位引导人类脚步的人，引导我们在梅德福的领导人的脚步，赋予他们智慧，倾听他们所代表的人民的众多声音，甚至可能尤其是那些被告知他们的声音不重要的人。 以及建立积极行动联盟的勇气，始终将整个社区的需求放在首位。 阿门。
[SPEAKER_13]: 谢谢拉比的肯定和信心之言。 如果我们错过了用歌声庆祝国家的机会，对不起，用歌声菝葜旗，那就是我们的失职了。 所以如果贝西
[SPEAKER_05]: 哦，你说你能看到吗，借着黎明的曙光，我们在暮光的最后一丝光芒中如此自豪地欢呼，它的宽条纹和明亮的星星穿过危险的战斗， 我们所看到的城墙是如此英勇地流淌？ 火箭的红色光芒，炸弹在空中爆炸，整个夜晚都证明我们的旗帜仍然在那里。 哦，那条星条旗还没有
[SPEAKER_13]: 因此，去年早些时候，我有幸将梅德福的第一艘桂冠诗人船的火炬传递给我的继任者，她本身就是一位亲爱的朋友，也是一位出色的诗人。 因此，我很荣幸地介绍梅德福的桂冠诗人 Vijaya Sundaram，她将表演她的诗《来自根深蒂固的世界的讯息》。
[SPEAKER_06]: 技术。 来自根深蒂固的世界的消息。 坚韧而交织的根，坚固而坚固的根不容置疑地紧紧抓住大地，母树在白天生出小树，小树在阴沉的天气里一起成长。 真菌丝传递的信息似乎是无计划的、无意识的，但事实上它们都在传说中的森林中扎根，长出嫩芽。 将他们健康和治愈的歌曲穿过土壤传给树木，通过它们的广度和长度来吸引它们扎根的感觉和力量。 我们也是如此，通过我们所有的故事、所有的损失、所有的荣耀，传递着分享我们的奉献和关怀的信息。 冷漠找到了共同的目标，找到了我们独特而团结的灵魂。 而这，我们富有的社区，充满关怀和人性， 可以建立一个没有冲突的空间，一个充满生机的闪亮城市，向旧的致敬，拥抱新的，拒绝所有的错误，承认什么是真实的。 一片绿油油的森林在它的位置上扎根在这摇曳的生与死之桥之间它唱着它的歌，给我们呼吸所以我们也将在成长的乐队中联合我们的力量，联合我们的手以不同的声音，像一体一样歌唱并分支，到达太阳
[SPEAKER_13]: 我想雷·查尔斯说得最好，你说对了，宝贝。 女士们先生们，这位女士无需介绍。 她是一位朋友，她是一位出色的歌手，她身兼数职，但今晚她将为你们表演，上帝保佑美国，史黛西·克莱顿。
[SPEAKER_02]: 请随时加入我。 这是一场很难坐着听而不唱歌的曲子。 所以请帮助我和谐地唱歌。 如果你想站起来，你可以。 你不必这样做，但享受它。
[SPEAKER_03]: 上帝保佑美国，我热爱的土地。 站在她身边，用上方的灯光引导她度过整个夜晚。 从高山，到草原，到海洋，白色的泡沫。 上帝保佑美国，我甜蜜的家。 哦上帝保佑美国，我们甜蜜的家。
[SPEAKER_13]: 现在我要欢迎另一位不需要介绍的人。 她是梅德福家庭网络的主任，她在整个城市做了如此出色的工作。 显然，她是父母的倡导者，她是儿童的倡导者，她是家庭的倡导者，她将传达我们的社区信息。 玛丽·卡西迪。
[SPEAKER_10]: 大家晚上好。 谢谢你，特里，那些美丽的话语。 我很高兴来到这里。 今晚很荣幸来到这里。 这样的庆祝活动，是我们新领导团队的就职典礼，是新的开始。 愿我们新的市议会、新的学校委员会 Breanna Lungo-Koehn 向你们所有人表示祝贺。 这是新的一天。 这是一个新的黎明。 这是一个新的生活。 我们一起唱这首歌好吗？ 这是一个新的黎明。 这是新的一天。 史黛西，帮帮我。 这是一个新的生活。 我们感觉如何？ 我们感觉很好。 笨蛋。 笨蛋。 笨蛋。 恭喜大家。 这绝对是太棒了。 今晚我们都应该感觉良好。 让我们感觉非常非常好。 作为过去 30 年梅德福家庭网络的董事，我怀着令人难以置信的自豪感和谦逊的心情对你们说，我们，以及我代表我出色、出色的员工和出色的小组领导人发言，最惠国网络在过去 30 年里取得了巨大的成功。多年来，如果没有这个社区、我们拥有的梅德福这个令人难以置信的社区的坚定支持，我们就不会繁荣和繁荣。 我从一开始就是一名梅德福女孩，我对梅德福怀有深深的热情和崇拜，她是我童年梦想和抱负的守护者。 我处于一个独特的位置，能够看到并欣赏对于这个社区行使发现其关心的事物的力量所必需的一切。 这种关怀从未像 2020 年 3 月那样明显，有人记得吗？ 2020年3月，世界发生了永远的改变。 尽管身体、精神和思想都受到了摧残，这个社区还是看到了团结的机会。 特里，你喜欢那个吗？ 企业和组织齐聚一堂，向最惠国提供了一张 10,000 美元的支票，以便我们能够向家人伸出援手，提供急需的具体支持，例如衣物、食品、尿布、配方奶粉、 经济援助，用于支付账单和月租、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。 你们以其他人无法做到的方式走到了一起。 我会说出你们很多人的名字，塔夫茨大学，我们工作的优秀学校部门，我们的警察局，我们的消防局，市政厅，我们所有伟大的部门，市长，预防外展办公室，公平和包容部、基督教青年会、西诺福克社区中心、公共图书馆、当地工会、礼拜堂、商会、个人政治领袖、其他家庭，我可以继续说下去。 令人惊奇的是你们所有人都聚集在一起。 1855 年，著名废奴主义者弗雷德里克·道格拉斯 (Frederick Douglass) 表示，培养坚强的孩子比修复破碎的男人（或者我补充一下，女人）更容易。 认识到这一点，我们决心在我们的工作中取得成功，帮助培养坚强的孩子，应对广泛的社会问题、充满挑战的环境和个人关切，并成为源泉，这就是我们的工作，是需要归属感、需要有意义、需要享受乐趣、需要被接受、需要联系。 在加强儿童和家庭、所有家庭以及所有将自己定义为家庭、彼此相爱的人的过程中，我们加强了社区。 现在让我们看看这个词：社区。 社区里有一个你。 事实上，社区里的人就是你。 您对于持续建立坚实基础的成功非常重要。 我们将帮助本届政府继续建立他们已经建立的坚实基础。 这取决于你。 当然对于本届政府和过去的政府来说也是如此。 社区中有一个“我”。 I. 我最好尽自己的一份力量来支撑你、鼓舞你、帮助你看到最好的自己。 社区中有一个原因。 最后有一个原因。 一切都结束了，但最终，一切都是关于你和我的。 所以现在对你和我来说这是一个挑战。 我们正处于新政府的新遗产的风口浪尖。 我们可能并不都同意这个遗产是什么，但我有一些建议。 第一，互相倾听。 真正地听。 为什么？ 所以你会被听到。 互相回报。 为什么？ 因为在不完全同意的情况下，我们会得到一些让我们更深入地了解自己的东西。 也许会给我们带来新的视角、新的新鲜感、新的活力。 站起来，走过去，然后退后一步，甚至退到一边。 以尊严和尊重的方式为他人腾出空间。 展望未来，同时回顾过去，保持当下。 为什么？ 因为这是我们所拥有的一切。 这是新的黎明，这是新的一天，这是新的生活。 它很美丽。 珍惜它。 这是我们所拥有的一切。 因为你们，我的梅德福社区，我们完整且资源丰富的社区，我们的孩子和我们的家人将永远有一个可以认识的朋友和一个成长的地方，我们永远不必独自行走。 谢谢。 恭喜！
[SPEAKER_13]: 维杰，在结束之前我们会把他们培养成诗人。 他们每一个人。 谢谢你，玛丽，那些鼓舞人心的话语。 现在我们将听取第 34 米德尔塞克斯选区州代表 Ms. 克里斯汀·巴伯.
[SPEAKER_01]: 大家晚上好。 非常感谢玛丽·卡西迪。 我实际上想，我们可以为玛丽再进行一轮吗？ 她是梅德福真正的英雄之一。 能和她一起工作真的很荣幸。 我是米德尔塞克斯第 34 区的州代表 Christine Barber，很荣幸能够代表梅德福的社区，包括 Hillside 和 South Medford。 我很高兴也很荣幸今晚能与大家一起庆祝学校委员会成员和新市议员的就职典礼。 我谨祝贺今晚宣誓就职的所有人。 我期待着我们在 2024 年继续合作。 我想欢迎今晚加入我们的所有人。 我知道州代表团的其他成员也加入了我们，包括州众议员多纳托、州众议员加巴利和州参议员帕特·贾伦。 我还要欢迎今晚宣誓就职者的家人和亲人。 我知道你们有多支持当选者，并将继续支持他们，并非常感谢你们来到这里。 最重要的是，我要感谢并欢迎梅德福社区的所有成员亲自加入我们或在线观看。 今晚我很荣幸向大家介绍市长 Breanna Lungo-Koehn。 市长伦戈-科恩 (Lungo-Koehn) 是梅德福的终身居民。 她于 2020 年 1 月首次宣誓就任梅德福第 32 任市长。 因此，我们知道，市长在她的第一个任期内解决了应对 COVID-19 疫情的巨大挑战，确保居民和员工的安全，在疫情期间获得食物和住房。 她确保城市计划继续满足所有居民的需求。 从那时起，她启动了梅德福第一个多年期综合计划，为我们的社区制定 30 年愿景。 她制定了该市第一个住房计划，并为全市所需的街道和人行道维修提供资金。 在过去的三年多里，我有幸与市长以及州代表团的其他成员合作，因为我们资助了整个城市的许多项目。 最近，我们刚刚为位于米德兰中学的该市第一个全民游乐场获得了资金。 我们为克利珀船连接器剪彩，这是沿着神秘河连接我们社区的一条主要的多用途道路。 我们还获得了一些针对气候变化的市政拨款，以保持梅德福的气候弹性。 最近，我们在梅德福高中取得了巨大的进步，学校建筑当局投票允许梅德福迈出下一步以获得资金。 这是与市长、学校行政部门、学校委员会的合作，也是一个很好的例子，说明当我们共同努力时，我们可以做什么，我们可以推动事情。 这很好，是的。 绝对为此鼓掌。 这是一件大事，在梅德福我们面前还有更多大事要做。 因此，除了市长在梅德福所做的所有出色工作之外，她还确实优先考虑了支持年轻人，尤其是女孩的计划。 对于 21 岁时首次竞选并赢得市议会席位的人来说，这似乎很合适。 市长继续参与“逃亡女孩”等项目，今天在这里宣誓效忠，并继续为梅德福的下一代提供支持和信心。 因此，我期待着与市长和该市的每个人一起继续我们的合作伙伴关系。 因此，我很荣幸地向大家介绍隆戈-科恩市长和她的女儿贝利，贝利将在今晚为她主持就职宣誓。
[SPEAKER_08]: 贝利有点不舒服，这是我女儿卡拉威。
[SPEAKER_04]: 我，说出你的名字。
[SPEAKER_08]: 我，布里安娜·伦戈-科恩。 郑重申明，郑重申明，我将忠实而公正地，我将忠实地、公正地履行和履行，履行和履行我作为市长所应承担的所有职责，我将忠实而公正地履行和履行我应尽的职责梅德福，作为梅德福市的市长，尽我所能，尽我所能，理解、理解、同意宪法的规则和条例， 符合宪法的规则和规定。 英联邦法律。 英联邦法律。
[SPEAKER_09]: 还有梅德福市的法令。
[SPEAKER_08]: 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.
[SPEAKER_13]: 在市长讲话的整个过程中，我一直在想着水肺，这是一种自给式水下呼吸器。 她显然不需要坦克。 伟大的市长，伟大的话语。 现在由市书记员 Adam Hurtubise 主持新市议会的就职宣誓。
[SPEAKER_00]: 如果你们都能站起来，请。 举起你的右手。 请跟着我重复一遍。 不是每个人，只是，抱歉。 你要跟着我用你的名字重复一遍。 我郑重申明，我将忠实、公正地履行和履行职责 根据我的能力和理解，我作为梅德福市议会成员所应承担的所有职责，符合宪法的规则和规定、本联邦的法律以及梅德福市的条例。
[SPEAKER_14]: 恭喜各位议员。
[SPEAKER_13]: 现在，无与伦比的史黛西·克莱顿（Stacey Clayton）再次演唱《崛起》（Rise Up）。
[SPEAKER_03]: 崩溃了，厌倦了旋转木马上的生活，你找不到斗士，但我在你身上看到了它，所以我们要解决它并移动山脉，我们要走出去并移动 我会站起来，我会站起来，就像我站起来的那一天一样，我会站起来，无所畏惧，我会站起来，我会再做一千次 我会像波浪一样高高地升起 我会升起 尽管疼痛 我会升起 我会再做一千次 为了你 为了你 为了你 当寂静并不安静，感觉呼吸变得困难的时候，但我知道你可能会想死，但我保证我们会让世界站起来，移山，让它站起来，移动 山。 我会站起来。 我会像白天一样崛起。 尽管疼痛，我仍会站起来。 我会站起来，我会再做一千次。 为你。 为你。 为你。 对于你来说，我们所需要的只是希望。 为此，我们拥有彼此。 为此，我们拥有彼此。 我们将会崛起。 我们会崛起。 我们将。 我们会崛起。 我们会崛起。 所以我们会起来。 像波浪一样升起。 我们会起来。 尽管疼痛，我们仍会站起来。 我们会再做一千次。 为你为你为你为你为你为你为你
[SPEAKER_13]: 现在回到我们这里，主持新学校委员会市书记员亚当·赫特比 (Adam Hurteby) 的就职宣誓。
[SPEAKER_00]: 请学校委员会起立。 请跟着我重复一遍。 请举起右手，跟着我重复一遍。 我郑重确认。 我郑重确认。 我会忠实且公正地。 我会忠实且公正地。 放电并执行。 放电并执行。 所有的职责。 责无旁贷。 责无旁贷。 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。 尽我所能。 尽我所能。 和理解。 同意宪法的规则和规定、本联邦的法律以及梅德福市的条例。 恭喜。
[SPEAKER_13]: 现在，西梅德福浸信会教堂的大卫·M·基尔帕特里克牧师牧师在闭幕式上表达了信仰和祈祷的话语。
[SPEAKER_07]: 出于多种原因，我很荣幸今晚能来到这里，其中最重要的是我碰巧有一个名叫布丽安娜的女儿。 因此，现在是为梅德福市祈祷的时候了，因为它进入了新的一年和新的政府。 我们要为市长祈祷。 我们将为市议会祈祷。 我们将为学校委员会祈祷。 我们将为这座城市所有出色的部门祈祷，警察、消防、学校以及所有其他部门。 感谢所有组成委员会和委员会的志愿者，以及所有使这座城市变得如此美妙的地方。 所以请和我一起祈祷。 全能的神，主啊，你对我们的信实何等伟大。 即使在一月这个温和的夜晚，我们也看到了新的怜悯。 你的话说每一个美好和完美的礼物都来自光之父。 我们的市长从来没有声称自己是完美的，但她很优秀。 对那些认识她的人有利，对她所服务的国家有利，对她领导的社区有利。 因此，我们以对市长 Breanna Lungo-Koehn 的感恩祈祷来结束这一天。 然而，尽管我们感谢她今天与我们在一起，但我们在这一天将她与我们分开，以承担领导任务。 和她在一起。 建立她双手的工作。 即使有些人不想被服务，也要让她保持服务之心。 让她即使在批评者严厉的时候也能保持雄辩的口才。 确保她的心充满希望，即使周围有冷漠的不适。 父亲，您的话向我们表明，优秀的领导力需要良好的品格，因此我们感谢您布伦娜的心、她的正直以及她为您提供的服务。 父亲，即使在注重实用主义的今天，这匹母马也保持着原则性。 在这个重视捷径的时代，请给她一个长远的愿景。 在当今政治陷阱重重的今天，请把注意力集中在真正的公共服务上。 神父，我们认识到，尽管在这个美丽的一月夜晚，水面看起来平静，但这个社区仍然存在一些离岸流。 有些人和机构表面上正直无私，但骨子里却有一股不公正的潮流在引导他们的行为。 父亲，请赐予这匹母马柔软的手和坚硬的脊梁。 给她一种安静的决心，无论她面临什么，都会走向正义。 让她像蛇一样聪明，像鸽子一样纯真。 不仅仅是她，父亲，还有我们所有人。 让我们都发出鼓励的声音，淹没悲观的声音。 当大多数人只是说说而已时，让我们迅速采取行动。 让我们以挑战强者、安慰受压迫者的方式去爱。 神父，我们也请您祝福市议会成员、学校委员会、梅德福市的所有员工和志愿者， 他们共同努力，可以使这个社区成为我们所有人都可以自豪地成为其中一员的地方。 最后，神父，让这一天成为梅德福孩子们的一天。 让布雷娜的生活和地位充满希望， 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、影响力和服务同样可能来自杰罗姆街，也可能来自大街。 主啊，这些领袖所需要的一切，你都会提供。 因此，请给他们今天的力量和明天的光明希望。 以我们所有人之主的名义，我们祈祷。 阿门。
[SPEAKER_13]: 现在，我们以令人愉悦的歌曲《你永远不会独行》结束我们的节目，由梅德福社区合唱团成员演唱，由贝特西·佩斯 (Betsy Pace) 领衔，米歇尔·科拉多 (Michelle Corrado) 演奏长笛。
[SPEAKER_05]: 抬起头，不要害怕黑暗。 暴风雨的尽头是金色的天空，还有云雀甜美的银色歌声。 当你走过暴风雨时，昂首挺胸，不要害怕黑暗。 还有甜美的摇篮曲声。
[SPEAKER_13]: 恭喜你，市长女士。 恭喜你，学校委员会。 恭喜你，市议会。 祝贺梅德福市做得对。