[Chris Summa]: Si mwen ka pote l bay atansyon ou, tanpri. Mwen mande tout moun pou yo chita. Nou pral kòmanse.
[r9j1vFhpClI_SPEAKER_05]: Sa gen 250 ane, mwen te ede òganize yon kous rapid pou mond lan. Mwen konnen ke, kòm manman Boston Teapot ak Bucket Hill, mwen te sèvi patriyòt blese nan konfli pasyan, ou gen benediksyon ou. Mwen te sèvi tou anba Jeneral Washington. Mari m John ak nèf pitit nou yo toujou vivan. Li abite tou pre Platte Bridge. Jan te travay nan sal ajan an, li fè bèl rad kwi. Li pita demenaje ale rete nan yon estad foutbòl nan Golden Road, Texas. Apre sa, mwen te rele Colton Street nan onè mwen. Mwen sèten ou konnen, mesye. Kidonk kounye a mwen toujou vivan, oswa mwen nan menm lari a. Lè sa a, toudenkou li te rive m ', Yon estati tèt li, yon estati tèt li, yon estati yon etidyan FBI ki te wè tout bagay, jis konsa. Mwen pral kite ou rete branche ak FBI la.
[Chris Summa]: Mwen byen kontan ou toujou gen lafwa nan Washington ak Dr King. Mèsi. Mèsi anpil. Si mwen te kapab fè tout moun leve kanpe pou mwen te kapab admèt komite lekòl la. Gad Onè Lapolis Medford.
[r9j1vFhpClI_SPEAKER_14]: Uh-huh.
[r9j1vFhpClI_SPEAKER_11]: Soti an sekirite.
[Chris Summa]: Mèsi a Gad Onè Polis Metwopoliten an. Nan moman sa a, nou dwe mande komite lekòl la pou admisyon. Mwen pral kòmanse ak Jenny R. Graham. Michael Mastroborn. Aaron J. Orapade. Jwèt Jessica Parks. Erica L. Reinfeld Ak Paul R. Russell. Si w kapab, tanpri rete kanpe pou nou kapab akomode manm Konsèy Vil la. Premyèman, pote l sou bounda ou. Emily Nazzaro. Matt Lemming. Liz Mullan. Jorge Scarpelli. Ak Justin Tsang. Tanpri ede m akeyi Majistra distenge Medford la, Breanna Lungo-Koehn. Si mwen te kapab envite tout moun, tanpri pran yon chèz. Non mwen se Chris Zuma. Mwen se yon antrenè rekiperasyon nan Medford. Se mwen menm tou ki asire ke bagay yo deplase soti nan yon etap nan yon lòt pandan tout pwosesis la. Mwen jis vle prezante tèt mwen byen vit ba ou, epi mwen pral kenbe li kout. Mwen se yon antrenè rekiperasyon nan Medford. Pou moun nan nou ki pa konnen ki sa yon antrenè rekiperasyon se, mwen ede moun lè yo ap fè eksperyans dejwe. Travay sa a mande eksperyans lavi. Se konsa, mwen nan rekiperasyon tou. Jodi a mwen jis vle pataje kote mwen te ye ak kote mwen ye kounye a. Lè moun wè sa jodi a epi wè yon moun yo ka gen rapò ak, yon moun ki ap fè fas ak yon maladi abi sibstans, mwen vle di, pou mwen, sa ap travay. Mwen vle di, mwen pa t 'kapab soti nan kabann pou yon ti tan. Mwen pa ka jwenn li nan travay. Mwen dwat devan nou tout bon moun. Ala onè yo ban mwen. Mwen rekonesan pou mwen isit la. Mwen santi mwen trè onore, trè privilejye pou mwen isit la. Sa a se jis yon ti kras nan istwa mwen an. Li evidan, an tèm de sa mwen te akonpli, ou ka wè sa isit la. Sa a se youn nan pi gwo reyalizasyon mwen. Mwen pa janm imajine ke yon moun mwen te admire ak respekte ta akeyi mwen jan mwen te fè sa. Sa a se yon bagay enkwayab. Mwen rekonesan pou mwen isit la. Mwen jis vle asire w ke sa a se di ankò ak ankò. Mwen pral di ke lè mwen te rive nan Medford, mwen te nève. Mwen pa yon moun jeneralman nève. Mwen aktyèlman renmen yo te devan foul moun. Mwen pa konnen si ou reyalize sa. Men, mwen te nève paske mwen te sou kòmanse yon nouvo avanti. Mwen bezwen rankontre kèk nouvo zanmi. Gen nouvo moun. Mwen mande ki jan yo ta santi pou mwen si yo akeyi m '. Mwen dwe di, vil Medford ak tout rezidan li yo eksepsyonèl. Depi premye jou, yo te fè m santi m tankou mwen te fè pati isit la epi mwen ta dwe la a ane de sa. Tout moun akeyi. Tout moun te renmen ak sipò. Ki jan nou ka ede? Ki jan nou ka ede? Sa pale anpil sou kijan Medford bon. Osi lwen ke ofisyèl eli yo ale, mwen pa ka di ase pou tout moun isit la kounye a. Li evidan isit la. Ankò, jan mwen te di a, ou konnen w ap kanpe devan moun ke mwen ta oze yo nan kèk pwen nan lavi mwen paske yo te ka eseye mete m 'nan prizon, men jodi a mwen isit la epi yo akeyi mwen ak premye fwa mwen te antre nan, mwen sonje te rankontre majistra nou an ak fason yo akeyi m 'te gwo epi yo gen kapasite nan sèvi ak pozisyon ou a pou rekipere rezilta yo ki klere ak pote yon limyè sou nou. Super patisipe nan tout bagay. Byenveni nan City Hall, Biwo Sante Pataje, Depatman Prevansyon ak Sensibilisation. Mwen vle di, mwen pa ka mete aksan sou jan tout moun pasyone. Li se gwo yo dwe isit la. Mwen kontan wè ou isit la. Briyan. Tanpri fè sa tout sou mwen. Tout se byen. Si ou kapab, yo mande tout moun pou sipòte lidè yo epi pran Sèman Fidèl yo, ki te dirije pa Medford Scouts yo.
[r9j1vFhpClI_SPEAKER_11]: Mwen sèmante fidelite ak drapo Etazini nan Amerik la ak repiblik li reprezante a, yon sèl nasyon anba Bondye, endivizib, ak libète ak jistis pou tout moun.
[Chris Summa]: Tout moun ka pran yon chèz. Nan moman sa a, mwen ta renmen akeyi Raben Jessica Dallara nan Tanp Shalom pou dirije priyè a.
[nzT0OcLHmhc_SPEAKER_20]: Pi gwo saj nan Talmud la pa t janm travay poukont yo. Yo te fè operasyon lè l sèvi avèk chavruta, ki se mo Arameyen Chaver, ki vle di zanmi oswa konpayon. Kounye a, pi bon chavruta a, yon patnè etid, ki se yon tradisyon jwif ki kontinye jouk jounen jodi a, se yon patnè etid ke w etidye regilyèman, se pa yon moun ki toujou dakò ak ou sou tout sijè. An reyalite, pi bon Chavruta a se ke li di w lè w mal, li di w lè w mal. Pou site Michelet nan Pwovèb, ki te di: barzel b'barzel yachad, fè file fè, sa a se prensip fondamantal pou aprann ak gade mond lan nan lantiy chavruta (prensip asosyasyon ak opozisyon). De raben ki pi popilè nan peryòd Talmudik Mishna yo te Shammai ak Hillel Si ou te tande pale de swa, pwobableman ou te tande pale de Hillel olye de Shammai, kòm Hillel anjeneral pran priyorite. Trete Talmudik Erevin di ke etidyan Beit Shammai te etidye tradisyon Shammai ak Beit Hillel pandan twazan. Elèv ki te aprann tradisyon sa a nan men Rabi Hillel te prezante agiman yo. Finalman, yon vwa sakre bat kol deklare: Elu ve'elu divrei elohim chayim. Sa yo se pawòl Bondye vivan an. Sepandan, deklarasyon sa a konsistan avèk opinyon Hillel la. Kidonk, poukisa Hillel gen priyorite? Se li menm ki te dekrete, kòm anpil nan nou ka abitye ak fèt Hanukkah la, kantite bouji yo dwe ogmante chak jou pou limyè a nan mond lan kontinye ap ogmante pandan tout jounen an, pandan y ap Shammai fè opoze a, konte desann soti nan uit. Agiman an se ke nou toujou leve nan sentete. Kidonk, poukisa yo bay mo Hillel yo priyorite? Paske elèv Hillel yo trè sivilize ak toleran youn ak lòt ak opozan yo. Non sèlman pwòp deklarasyon li, men deklarasyon Shammai tou. Sa a se yon tradisyon ki kontinye nan Jidayis, yon tradisyon polifonik, ak rezon ki fè Talmud la tèlman long, prèske 3,000 paj, se ke tout agiman yo pou ak kont, kèlkeswa efè final yo, yo te anrejistre, etidye, reflete sou, ak rafine. Iron file fè. Koulye a, si ou pa gen javruta ki kòrèk la, li pral di ou, Lè ou kite baz. Li ka aktyèlman fatal. Genyen tou yon istwa nan Talmud la sou Rabi Yochanan ak chavruta li Resh Lakish. Long istwa kout, yo te gen yon tonbe soti ak yon kòmantè neglijans seryezman fè mal Resh Lakish, alontèm Chavruta l 'yo. Yo te gen yon diskisyon epi, malgre lapriyè Rabi Yochanan, madanm Reish Lakish ki te enplike nan dispute a, yo pa janm rekonsilye. Reish Lakish te tonbe malad epi li te mouri, e Rabi Yochanan te oblije jwenn yon nouvo chavruta, men rezilta yo pa t satisfezan. Sou chak pwoblèm, Rabi Yochanan te pale, ak nouvo Chafrut Rabbi Eleazar ben Padat te di l ': Sa a se ansèyman an ki sipòte pwen de vi ou. Rabi Yochanan te di: Ansanm ak Rish Lakish, li t ap poze m 24 difikilte epi m t ap reponn ak 24 repons e desizyon an li menm t ap ranfòse. Se konsa, dezi mwen pou konsèy vil nou an, komite lekòl nou an, majistra nou an, vil nou an se ke nou respekte plizyè lang. Nou gen chans viv nan yon vil ak moun ki soti nan diferan orijin ak pèspektiv, kidonk nou ka toujou gade vwa yo nan tout moun ki deja dakò ak nou ak ki pa dakò ak nou. Moun ki ka pa janm dakò ak jwenn valè nan pratik la pral jwenn valè nan file fè, vini ansanm ak sivilite ak pasyans ak anseye youn ak lòt. Se pou nou tout vin javruta youn lòt, yon moun ki ede nou file lespri nou ak amelyore pèfòmans nou. Mèsi.
[Chris Summa]: Mwen ta renmen prezante w Powèt Loreya Max Hall.
[Heinegg]: Mèsi paske w envite m. Powèm mwen an rele "Komansman an" epi li dedye a inogirasyon an. isit la nou ale. Ann kòmanse ak nouvo ane a. Koresponn ak panse ou ak kalandriye a, aliman karaktè ou ak entansyon, epi chèche travay nòb nan yon mond ki bezwen li. Kòmanse ak sa ou bezwen ak volonte w pou reziste. Misk pa ka grandi san yo pa kraze, ni eritaj pa ka fleri nan lonbraj yo. Nou ap viv nan yon tan enteresan kounye a, epi nou nòmalize tèt nou lè nou enkyete sou tit yo, enkyete sou vwazen divès ak bèl vil nou yo kreye. Kòmanse ak tèt ou, ak tout lanmou ak chans ki te fè ou byen lwen, sonje pouvwa a nan ogmante vwa ou nan sèvis bay lòt moun. Kòmanse nan chanm sa a, ak nan jou kap vini yo, pwomèt ak komèt ideyal ou yo pandan y ap parèt nan moman ou fòme ak konfyans. Kòmanse gade nan kèk ane kap vini yo kòm yon opòtinite pou reyalize grandè. Ki lòt bagay yo merite? Ki kote bèl vil sa a ak mond majik nou an pral ale?
[Chris Summa]: Mwen ta renmen prezante Carmen Katherine Clark, tanpri kite yon kòmantè.
[r9j1vFhpClI_SPEAKER_14]: Mèsi. Mèsi tout moun. Bòn ane. Chris, mèsi paske w te kòmanse ak rekonesans ak remèsye raben an pou pawòl enspire l yo. Mwen pral fè yon nouvo obsèvasyon sou tèt mwen: mwen pap janm swiv loreya powèt Medford la. Mèsi. Mèsi anpil Max. Avèk sitwayen Medford yo ak nou tout, zanmi, fanmi, sipòtè ak delegasyon eta nou an, Rep. Den Barber ak Senatè eta Pat Jalen. Mèsi paske w te rantre nan nou. Men, mwen kontan pou mwen avèk majistra a, manm konsèy nou yo ak manm komite lekòl nou an. Antanke yon veteran nan Komite Lekòl Melrose, mwen gen yon plas espesyal nan kè mwen pou manm Komite Lekòl yo. Mwen toujou panse travay ki pi difisil la se politik. Se konsa, nou remèsye nou tout. Epi felisite pou chak nan nou pou travay di nou nan vil li te mete a. Mèsi paske w sèvi moun Medford yo. Sèvis piblik yo vivan e byen nan vil sa a, nan Commonwealth ak nan peyi nou an. Moun ki gen entegrite, konpasyon ak pran swen lòt moun toujou Chwazi dedye tan ou ak enèji pou yon pi bon avni. Malgre tout sa nou wè sou sèn nasyonal la, dirijan nou yo toujou kwè règ lalwa pa yon sijesyon. Yon kominote ki kwè bon jan kalite edikasyon piblik se dwa chak timoun, chanjman nan klima reyèl, swen sante ak swen pou timoun Manje pi enpòtan pase bilyonè yo. Nou gen lidè tankou Oratè Lungo-Cohen, ki te sèvi kominote sa a pandan plizyè dizèn ane, ki mennen nou atravè yon pandemi, epi kounye a ap dirije Medford nan tout dezòd nou wè k ap soti nan Washington. Nou nan yon etap nan listwa kote pafwa li sanble ke vwa ki pi mal yo se tou ki pi fò. Men jodi a se yon rapèl ak reafimasyon efò nou pou konstwi yon kominote solid ak vil nan Medford. Pandan administrasyon an ap demonte Depatman Edikasyon, n ap kontinye fè sa ki bon pou timoun nou yo epi n ap envesti nan lekòl Medford yo. Toutotan vwazen imigran nou yo pè, n ap kontinye sipòte yo. Pandan fanmi nou yo ap fè efò pou yo reyisi, n ap pwouve sa nou konnen se vre: finalman, Evaris ak mechanste echwe. Finalman, jistis genyen. Mwen trè rekonesan dèske mwen se patnè gouvènman w lan. Mwen remèsye w paske w kanpe e w mete non w sou bilten vòt la. Mèsi paske w te chwazi sèvis la. Mwen remèsye w paske w chwazi goumen pou yon avni ki pou tout pitit nou yo. Felisitasyon ankò e mèsi pou envitasyon an.
[Chris Summa]: Si mwen te kapab, mwen ta devye de script la yon ti kras. Manm Kongrè a, ou mansyone rekonesans. Dapre mwen, rekonesans se sekrè a nan yon lavi kè kontan. Ki sa mwen vle di se, si nou ka transfòme panse nou an panse pozitif, rekonesans ap swiv. Mwen di tout moun, si nou ka konsantre sou sa ki pozitif, nou pral jwenn sa ki pozitif. Paske panse nou vin kwayans nou. Kwayans nou vin aksyon nou. Aksyon nou vin abitid nou. Vin karaktè nou, e karaktè nou detèmine desten nou. Si nou ka kòmanse jounen nou ak yon ti rekonesans, yon pèspektiv pozitif ap tann. Mwen ta renmen prezante manm Kongrè Zach Bares pou kòmantè ou yo.
[Zac Bears]: Mwen konnen ou pa t espere tande m epi ajoute yon lòt diskou nan pwogram nou an, kidonk mwen pwomèt mwen pral kenbe li kout. Mwen vle remèsye Majistra a paske li te aksepte demann mwen an pou asire ke Konsèy Vil la reprezante jodi a. Mwen vle remèsye tout moun ki te pale jiskaprezan pou pote limyè nan espas sa a nan yon moman ke mwen panse ke anpil nan nou te santi fè nwa sou, espesyalman nan jou ki sot pase yo. Mwen vle remèsye tout moun paske yo te isit la ak rantre nan nou. Nan kòmansman yon nouvo ane, nou reyini ankò nan chanm sa yo pou pote nouvo posiblite nan vil nou renmen anpil la. Pandan kèk mwa ki sot pase yo, mwen te reflechi sou ki jan nou genyen an komen, ki jan nou fyè de Medford, ak ki jan li enpòtan ke nou chak te chwazi bati lavi nou ak avni isit la. Nou aspire ak satisfè atant sa a pou ekselans nan gouvènman minisipal yo. Gouvènman an se pa sèlman yon filè sekirite men se yon tranplen pou nou fè gwo bagay gwo kou piti pou amelyore lavi nou tout ki rele Medford lakay yo. Nan dènye ane yo, mwen tande anpil moun di ke yo pèdi lafwa yo, yo santi yo tankou nou twò lwen, yo santi yo alyene ak vwazen yo, Yo pa sèten nou ka reyini ansanm epi yo dwe gwo epi fè gwo bagay si nou pa ka fè konfyans. Poutan jodi a mwen pote avèk mwen espwa renouvèlman, espwa rekoneksyon, espwa ke nou ka retabli lafwa nan vil nou an ak nan konte nou an. Se nan nou chak, sitou lidè eli nou yo, pou nou reflechi epi aji sou responsablite nou pataje pou fè gouvènman vil la vin yon plas kote nou tout kwè ke, travay ansanm, espwa nou ka vin yon reyalite. Mwen kontan anonse ke Konsèy Vil la pral kòmanse òganize reyinyon katye regilye yo pou tande rezidan yo dirèkteman. Sa a elaji sou gwo travay Anna, Emily, Matt, ak Justin te fè semès pase a nan Komite Sèvis Rezidan ak Angajman Piblik, òganize odyans Konsèy Vil la, Kominikasyon Konsèy Vil la, ak plis ankò. Mwen kontan plis toujou pou m anonse mwen ak George pral travay sou efò sa a ansanm ak tout Konsèy la ak nouvo kòlèg nou an, Konsèy Liz Mullane. M ap fè tout sa m kapab pou m kenbe konpasyon pou kominote nou an nan sant travay mwen paske, omwen, nou koute youn lòt ak kè ouvè, menm lè nou gen pi gwo diferans ak dezakò. Se fondasyon fyète nou nan vil nou an, sa ki pèmèt nou fè efò pou ekselans, ak fason nou travay pou retabli lafwa nan vil nou an ak youn nan lòt. Nou gen kèk gwo pwojè k ap vini pou Medford pandan de ane kap vini yo, espesyalman nouvo Medford High School nou an, ke nou pral tande pale de, gras a Manm Graham. Nou dwe travay ansanm pou atenn objektif sa yo. Mwen pral pote pi pwofon konpasyon mwen ak devouman pou fè reyalizasyon sa yo yon reyalite. Mwen akeyi tout vwazen mwen yo pou yo vini nan vwayaj sa a. Mèsi.
[Chris Summa]: Mwen akeyi Manm Komite Lekòl Jenny Graham pou ban mwen yon mizajou sou sitiyasyon Medford High School.
[Jenny Graham]: 嘿伙计们。 感谢邀请我今天发言，感谢我们在过去六年中共同完成的所有工作。 你们很多人都知道，这感觉就像是我一生中最长和最短的六年。 我从来没有真正打算参与政治，我仍然认为这不符合我所说的，但我会谈谈高中。 我的信中说，在我的第一次竞选活动中，制定一项全面、整体的计划来解决我们每栋校舍的未来问题。 你看到第一轮，你会走得很精细，因为你想被选中。 我想我毕竟是一名政治家。 第一年，我还说了一些话，比如为我们的学校争取更多、公平的资金。 今天会更直接。 我们需要在梅德福建立一所新的高中，而我们的学校资金不足，需要更多。 那是六年前我的。 但我一路走来学到的是，人们欣赏这种开放性，也欣赏那些站出来说“出了问题，我们需要解决它”的人。 斯科特和我在这里住了 10 年，从某些标准来看，我们是新来的。 我们受到了许多人的欢迎，他们在这里的时间比我们长得多。 当我们的孩子很小的时候，我们去了梅德福高中，这真是太棒了。 仿佛我回到了过去。 所以我觉得我好像回到了过去，即使是高中毕业后，我还是 1995 年毕业的。 在我的记忆中，我的学校看起来比我在梅德福高中看到的更现代化。 这确实让我思考：这真的适合我们长期发展吗？ 然后，你知道，我们带孩子去学校，我们遇到了邻居，我们说，是的，这就是我们的地方。 但哇，高中仍然感觉像一个遗迹。 而我一直在等待一个人 我会做一些事情来解决这个问题。 快进，我们就到了。 显然我是那些愿意做某事的人之一。 我真的很兴奋，因为我们终于可以做点什么了。 根据记录，目前有数百名志愿者和将要做某事的人。 它正在变成一个很长的电子表格，随着我们的进展，它会变得越来越长。 2022 年，我们向 MSBA 提交了一份提案并入围决赛。 但由于创纪录的通货膨胀和竞争有限资金的项目数量，我们没有前进，我们没有前进。 2023年，我们再次这样做并进入。 所以我说，是的，正如孩子们所说，我们走吧。 但后来我们知道这个过程是一个过程。 MSBA 非常重视纳税人资金管家的角色。 因此，我们在整个过程中与他们一起工作，这有时很乏味，但我们推动，而且我坚持不懈，我们希望迅速采取行动，因为这是我们的孩子应得的。 作为总裁，我们找到了一群同样坚持并愿意尽快度过这些初始阶段的人，因为这个社区重视行动。 然而，在这种情况下，文书工作是第一位的。 这就是我们过去两年一直在做的事情，而且似乎永远都是这样。 不过，我很高兴地说我们很快就进入了文档阶段。 我们聘请了一家项目管理公司和一名建筑师。 他们在船上，努力快速地探索该地点，了解它，与我们的数百名教育工作者交谈，并请他们告诉我们我们想在这座新建筑中做什么。 全国各地的建筑师将于本月向我们的建筑委员会提出初步概念，我相信该委员会将于 1 月 14 日举行。 今天是星期三。 他们告诉我他们会像 事物可能在财产上的位置的圆圈和形状。 这就是为什么我认为他们希望我们明白这是第一步。 但我们将在二月份做出初步成本估算。 到六月，我们将有一个可以推进的项目。 因此，尽管文书工作似乎花了很长时间，但我们已准备好迅速采取行动。 几天前，我发表了自己的时事通讯，更详细地概述了其中一些重要步骤，特别是在接下来的三个月内。 请留意这些参与和提供反馈的机会，因为这是一个应该为这座城市的每个人带来好处的转变。 这包括通过向社区和一般老年人提供更多的学生职业服务来改善学生的教育。 保护游泳池，增加社区运动队可用的场地空间，并创建一个能够充分容纳我们引以为傲的艺术的剧院空间。 今天宣誓就职的我当选的同事们，欢迎来到这个项目。 无处可藏。 这个项目将带我们所有人。 我请求你的帮助。 确保我们听取社区各个方面的意见，并共同努力，即使我们不同意，使这个项目成为现实。 我们需要共同努力，最大限度地提高国家对该项目的补偿，并创造收入来源，减轻居民的项目成本。 国家拨款支付总成本的一半是一个好的开始，但我们可以做得更多。 该项目是为梅德福设计的。 前进的道路将取决于我们所有人。 由于这是我第四次就职，我会直言不讳。 2027 年春季，我们需要共同努力批准债务免除，以支付我们部分的潜在高中项目。 将会是我们。 我会要求你们每个人参与每一步，并确保你们实现它。 我还非常高兴地宣布，我们已获得三项 MSBA 拨款，用于更换罗伯茨、密西塔克和布鲁克斯的屋顶和 HVAC 系统。 与麦格林和安德鲁斯一样，这些系统都很旧。 它们已达到使用寿命，需要更换。 这些捐款将为每个项目提供一半以上的资金。 因此，几年之内我们将拥有现代化的系统和一所新的高中。 也许我们终于可以停止在梅德福高中谈论互联网了，我知道这对于在那里度过大量时间的教育工作者和学生来说将是一个可喜的变化。 所以大家亲自听，在线或稍后，如果您想观看公共电视，请随时联系。 我认真对待自己作为民选官员的角色，并且关心您的想法。 让我们一起做这件事，因为当然。 对不起。 这是前进的最佳方式。 谢谢。
[Chris Summa]: Donk mwen jis te vle di ou, ou konnen sa yo di lè ou marye, si lapli tonbe li pote bon chans? Oke, ki sa sa vle di si li nèj de gwo ouvèti nan yon ranje? Gen yon bagay ki di m nou te pran bon desizyon an, ki se bèl bagay. Nan moman sa a, mwen ta renmen akeyi Bailey Kern pandan l ap prete sèman an nan non Majistra Brianna Lunga. Mwen te pral di, ou te wè li?
[r9j1vFhpClI_SPEAKER_11]: salklas.
[r9j1vFhpClI_SPEAKER_16]: Mwen te di non ou. Mwen menm, Brianna Lungo-Cohen. Mwen deklare solanèlman mwen pral egzekite ak egzeyate fidèlman ak san patipri tout devwa ak responsablite mwen genyen kòm Majistra Vil Medford. Nan pi bon kapasite li ak konpreyansyon li, an akò ak règ ak règleman Konstitisyon an, lwa Commonwealth sa a, ak òdonans Vil Medford yo. Mèsi, byen fèt, byen fèt.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Congresswoman Clark, our state delegation, city council, school committee, my mother and father. Good morning and thank you for coming to the 2026 Medford inauguration. will be my state of the city too, so bear with me. I do want to get a lot in, and it's not everything. But I hope you've enjoyed our program so far this morning as much as I have. Thank you to Chris Sumer, our recovery coach, for bringing such energy to the hosting duties. Thank you to our newest poet laureate, Max Heinig, for his inspiring words, and Rabbi Jessica. Congresswoman Clark for sharing your perspectives and all that you do for us and the state, and everyone who's making this ceremony possible. Thank you to the team who planned this event, led by our Community Relations Director, Lisa Coliani, and Director of Communications, Steve Smerdy, and my Chief of Staff, who both are here, who helped me write this speech. I also want to take this opportunity to recognize the tireless work of our department heads, city staff, and volunteers who have continued to do so many amazing things despite the challenges that emerge from running a city. The people who work here are 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 making Medford such a special place. What makes Medford so special can also make it challenging at times for us electeds and us managers. We're all passionate about our community, making it more sustainable, making it more affordable and making it more resilient for our future. But we are not perfect. Public service is not for the thin. It's hard and it's grueling and it takes a toll. But doing the hard work and making the hard decisions that you hope are the best decisions, and it's something we never take for granted. There is a privilege in doing something hard and taking the criticism. There's a privilege in adjusting your look, listening to other voices and pivoting your view based on new information. There is a privilege in being tasked with guiding a community. For those getting inaugurated for another term, I know you share this with me. You wouldn't go the process of governing and campaigning again without having a deep desire. To those of you here for the first time, please cherish this moment and realize what is being bestowed upon you as an elected leader. Congratulations. Enjoy this day, cherish the road that brought you to this point, and never lose sight of the ultimate goal, serving all of the people of Medford with pride, purpose, and professionalism. I'm excited to continue the relationships with those reelected and forge new partnerships with those for the first time. We have a lot of hard work to do, but I have faith in this group, and I look forward to moving Medford forward together with you all. For more than four decades, Medford has been governed by a city charter that no longer reflected who we are. how we operate as a modern growing community. Written 40 years ago, our charter had become increasingly out of step with the needs of residents, city staff, and elected officials alike. As early as 2016, when I took my first vote as a city councilor to review the charter, I believe strongly that Medford deserved a governing document that was transparent, representative, and built for the future. Finally, together, our residents, our city council, our school committee, our state delegation, the Collins Center, myself, and most importantly, the Charter Task Force, advanced a charter that modernizes Medford's governance while respecting our values and traditions. This included changes to council representation, mayoral term limits and lengths, and the overall structure of city government. Thank you so much to the voters for recognizing the need to revamp the charter and sharing in our vision for a document that better serves our community. As we reflect on the progress we've made together, few conversations about the future of our city are as important as the work underway to update Medford zoning. Zoning shapes not just what we build, but how we live, how our corridors grow and how our community adapts to opportunities and challenges. This comprehensive review is essential to guiding Medford into the next decade and beyond. That said, the journey has not been without its challenges. The speed and scope were outpacing the capacity of our residents and staff, and we needed to refocus our efforts on better communication and public trust. Thank you to the Medford City Council for collaborating with me on a path forward that puts our community first in this process. We are extending our contract with the Innis Land Group to continue work through May 2026 on critical areas, including Medford Square, Tufts Institution, and Boston Avenue, while clearing the way for a broader request for proposals to be put out in March of 2026. As with all the work we do, we remain committed to open and transparent communication with the public. We know our responsibility on all issues, including rezoning, is to lead with honesty, accountability, and accountability no matter what. After years of careful planning, we have taken a major step towards revitalizing Medford Square. The city has selected Transcom Rail Estate as our partner in transforming three underutilized city-owned parcels behind City Hall into a vibrant mixed-use destination. This project will create a true village square atmosphere and ensure ample parking for our seniors and patrons of the Chevalier Theater. Transom's proposal reflects the values we share as a city. It includes both market rate and affordable housing anchored by 13,500 square foot grocery store across from our senior center and designed with pedestrian access and safety at the center. It is a vision that aligns with the comprehensive plan and advances the goals laid out in our RFP. Medford Square that is walkable, welcoming, and filled with opportunity. As we activate the square, we are reconnecting our city to one of the greatest natural assets. This past summer, the Clippership Connector opened, linking more than 10 miles of continuous waterfront greenways and inviting residents and visitors of Medford in a new way. We are already seeing the results of this renewed energy. The opening of the Great American Beer Hall has created a new regional strengthening in our commercial tax base, and brought new life to Mystic Avenue. We finally have a coffee shop in Medford Square and another new one in West Medford. Yet as we grow, we remain aware of the challenges those successes can bring, namely as it relates to affordable housing. Medford is confronting a housing crisis that is shared across the region and the nation. We are meeting it head on with a comprehensive approach that includes new funding tools, zoning reform, work from our affordable housing trust, and stronger development partnerships. Through firm negotiations, we secured tangible community benefits from our two 40B projects, safer streets, better transit access, more open space, and more affordable homes prioritized for Medford residents. I'm thrilled to see that both of these projects have shovels in the ground and are on their way to being built. Those two projects alone will bring in 161 affordable units to Medford. And we are ensuring that no one is left behind. Our commitment to veterans is unwavering. To many veterans facing housing instability, Through a meaningful partnership with our office, our city, the Veterans Service Office, American Post Legion 45, Suffolk Construction, we are taking a critical step. Together we are working to transform the American Legion site at 321 Winthrop Street into transitional housing that will provide veterans with stability and a clear path forward towards permanent housing. This effort reflects the best of Medford. Suffolk Construction has stepped up to fund a full feasibility study for the project and committed an additional $15,000 in facility upgrades. Through a community fund grant, the city is investing alongside them to ensure this project moves forward with care and intention. That is what true public-private partnership looks like, shared responsibility, shared purpose, and shared impact. As our city grows, so does activity in our neighborhoods. New residential and commercial projects bring new energy, new foot traffic, and inevitably more vehicles on our streets. Growing demands that we plan not just for today, but for how people move safely and efficiently through Medford tomorrow. That is why we are making deliberate investments to improve traffic flow and create safer streets across our community. Through our complete streets initiatives in places like Haines Square and Riverside Avenue, we are redesigning roadways to better serve every driver, cyclist, pedestrians, and transit users alike. In collaboration with MassDOT, our state delegation, and the city council, we've advanced plans to reconstruct high crash intersections along Main Street. I want to thank our traffic and transportation team for leading this work. and for expanding blue bikes across the city. We now have 16 stations making sustainable transportation more accessible than ever, with the hope of opening three more in 2026. Safe, well-designed streets are not just a transportation priority. They are central to our development goals and to the safety of our neighborhoods. To support that vision, we are investing in the basics, our roads and sidewalks. With the dedication of our engineering team and Department of Public Works, we are making steady progress, although slow, on the decades of backlog. This year, we invested hundreds of thousands in sidewalks repairs and completed patchwork improvements on seven of our more heavily traveled roads. We have significant sidewalk repair on Salem Street, Park Street, and at the intersection of Spring and Central Avenue, just to name a few. We are also investing in our urban canopy and neighborhood appearance, removing nearly 400 tree stumps in 2025 and planting 200 new trees once again. Thanks to this amazing work, we now have less than 100 stumps left on our current list. We have not seen a number this low since 2009. We have also made targeted investments in the facilities at both Andrews and McGlynn to ensure our buildings support safe and conducive learning environments. We are beginning the work thanks to a second MSBA grant on the roofs at Missitech, Roberts, and Brooks, another $20 to $25 million undertaking that the state will help fund. These investments are essential to maintaining strong, reliable school buildings, value we place on education in Medford. and as you just heard from member graham we are at the forefront of transforming our high school and into an innovative and state-of-the-art best equipped to shape the young minds that will enter its halls this effort is now in the feasibility study phase of the msba process in the months ahead the school committee building committee which I'm proud to serve on, will begin exploring design options that reflect not only the needs of our students, but the values and aspirations of the entire Medford community. This will remain an open and transparent process. Residents will be invited, continue to be invited to share their perspectives in our community forums throughout 2026. This is how we build a Medford that honors its present and invest boldly in its future together. Some of the most valuable resources we have here in Medford are extensive green spaces. As we continually work to maintain and improve these areas, the largest projects is Carr Park, which, thanks to Congresswoman Clark for the very healthy grant, entered its first phase, and we will break ground on the second phase, or actually third phase, in the spring. Other projects around our parks include resurfacing the basketball court and upgrading the splash pad at Capen Park, adding a natural play area at Logan Park, shade improvements at Riverside Plaza, and much more. This is truly a team effort with many departments collaborating on these projects. including Medford Recreation, Procurement, Finance, CPA, DPW, and PDS who has taken the lead. Over the past year, we've been taking a closer look at how people get around Medford and what obstacles may be in place when trying to find your way through the city. Working with Mass Development and the design firm Over Under, we kicked off a citywide effort to improve our wayfinding so it's clearer, accessible, and more consistent, and more welcoming for residents, visitors, and businesses alike. The next step is refining these designs with the hope that project is finalized early next year. We're also making sure accessibility is front and center by working with the Institute for Human-Centered Design to review and draft sign types and host a focus group with people who bring a wide range of user perspectives. At the end of the day, this is about making Medford easier to navigate and more welcoming for everyone who spends time here. To better prepare our city for the future, we are continuously working to expand sustainable and climate-focused goals. Using the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan as our framework, we're laying out our strategies to reduce our energy and waste consumption throughout the community and mitigate the impending effects of climate change. Composting is a key way to reach our climate goals through sustainable waste management. Our curbside composting program with Garbage to Garden has been an enormous success, so 8,000 active households participating now. We're innovators in the space and have been highlighted by both regional and national agencies for our efforts. Expanding our composting program is essential to reducing the amount of waste we produce as a community. Recently, we secured $200,000 from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to bolster waste reduction efforts and put us on to adjusting our trash collection strategy in July of 2027. I know you've heard about this. Trash is a personal topic, and I know everyone has an opinion on how we should move forward. We will continue with our community listening to all of the data and adjust our plans accordingly. Our new Keep Medford Beautiful chapter is another way we're keeping the city clean, accountability through action, and foster social responsibility for our public spaces. We have formed a committee who will help coordinate more neighborhood-centric cleanups and develop more ideas and plans on how we can help to beautify our downtowns and open spaces. So look for more information this spring. Our latest Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Grant for $750,000 is currently funding our MedforConnects program led by our Office of Prevention and Outreach. This program connects vulnerable residents to essential city resources and funds a wide variety of programs and events throughout the city, including our amazing multilingual and multicultural community engagement team. Another way in which we are working for underserved communities through a $300,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to create our Electrify Medford program, which aims to strengthen outreach and support for vulnerable communities. Our goal is to make sustainable to all Medford residents. Medford is participating in the mass CEC on street charging program, which looks to reduce barriers to electric vehicle adoption for renters and residents without a dedicated driveway garage or parking space. Additionally, the city owns 11 operational level two charging stations and plans to add more. We are also committed to making our facilities as accessible for the public as possible. I want to thank our facilities team, our school leadership team, and our DEI director for coordinating ADA projects at the McGlynn Middle School and here at City Hall that will help make the experience of interacting with public spaces more inclusive and efficient. I'm almost done, sorry. None of this work happens without the dedicated people who show up every day at City Hall to serve this community. Real progress only happens when you have the right people in place, people who lead with integrity and are united around a shared purpose. That's been a core focus of my administration from day one. Changing culture is never easy and it doesn't happen overnight, but we're doing it one day at a time, one department at a time, leading by example and making decisions on what's best for you, people of Medford. Despite the noise, we are deeply committed to those values, and I'm proud to say that nearly everyone across City Hall shares that commitment. That's why we're able to get so much work done. We've also made important leadership moves to strengthen our operations, including hiring our interim superintendent, Suzanne Galusi, our new elections manager, promoting Chief Evans to our permanent fire chief, and hiring a new facilities maintenance director who starts in a couple of weeks. And the results speak for themselves. Our 2026 budget earned the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Office yet again. Our community relations continue to grow from Lunar New Year to PorchFest, Run Medford, and so many others. Our arts scene is thriving, including our inclusionary programming is expanding, and community participation has never been stronger. Thank you to everyone inside City who make this work possible. I could keep going, but I'm not going to. Last page. Thank you to the City Council and the School Committee for all the important hard work you do each day to improve the lives of our students, our staff, and our residents. Medford is lucky to have such caring, hardworking individuals leading their city, and I look forward to continuing this progress alongside you. Thoughtful collaboration is the key to unlocking the city's potential, and while each new term is brought with it to tremendous partnerships, there's always an opportunity to strengthen our relationships, forge new ideas, and bring our city even closer together. to include life to serve as your mayor. This is my home. It's where I choose to raise my family. It's where I chose to start a business and grow my career. Thank you to my family. I saw my husband pop in after hockey in the back, my daughter, Bailey, Cody, and Calloway, who are at hockey, my parents, Ed and Sue, for your support, your understanding, no matter what the day may bring. To conclude, I'll never take this job or the trust you've all put in my team for granted. I can't wait to continue this work and deliver even more success for everyone who calls Medford home. Thank you.
[Chris Summa]: Oke, kounye a mwen ale nan Adjwen Grefye Vil Rich Alicio pou bay manm konsèy vil yo sèman.
[Rich Eliseo]: Mèsi tout moun. Mèsi, Chris. Tanpri leve men dwat ou epi repete apre mwen. Mwen deklare solanèlman Mwen pral egzeyate ak egzekite fidèlman ak jistis tout devwa mwen dwe antanke manm Konsèy Vil Medford. Konprann osi lwen ke posib, an akò ak règ ak dispozisyon Konstitisyon an, Lwa kominote sa a ak règleman vil Medford. Felisitasyon.
[Chris Summa]: Nan pwen sa a, mwen ta renmen akeyi Stacey Clayton, ki moun ki pral chante yon chante.
[Clayton]: Ou se kraze, fatige ak lavi-go-round, epi ou pa ka jwenn yon avyon de gè. Men, mwen wè li nan ou epi nou pral repare li epi deplase mòn yo. Ann chèche konnen epi deplase mòn yo. Mwen pral leve, mwen pral leve, menm jan ak jou mwen pral leve, mwen pral leve san pè, mwen pral leve, mwen pral fè li mil fwa plis M'ap leve tankou yon vag M'ap leve malgre doulè a M'ap leve M'ap fè'l mil fwa Pou ou Pou ou Pou ou Pou ou Lè pa gen silans, li santi l ap vin pi difisil ak pi difisil pou respire. Mwen konnen ou vle mouri, men mwen pwomèt mwen pral fè mond lan leve kanpe ak deplase mòn yo. Nou pral reziste epi deplase mòn yo. Mòn. Mwen vle monte. Mwen pral leve tankou nan jounen an. Mwen leve kanpe malgre doulè a. Mwen pral leve kanpe epi fè li yon mil fwa ankò. pou ou. pou ou. Pou ou, pou ou. Tout sa nou bezwen, tout sa nou bezwen se espwa. Se poutèt sa nou genyen youn lòt. Se poutèt sa nou genyen youn lòt. Nou pral leve. Nou pral leve. Nou pral leve. oh. Wi, nou pral leve, nou pral leve tankou nan jounen an. Malgre doulè a, nou leve kanpe. Ann leve kanpe epi fè li 1,000 fwa ankò. Ou menm wo tankou vag yo. Malgre doulè a, nou leve kanpe. Ann leve kanpe epi fè li 1,000 fwa ankò. pou ou pou ou pou ou pou ou pou ou
[Chris Summa]: Mwen dwe di sa se yon chante trè bèl. Sa a se enkwayab. Ekselan. Nan moman sa a, mwen ta renmen akeyi Rich Alicio pou bay manm Komite Lekòl la sèman.
[Rich Eliseo]: Mèsi. Komite lekòl la, tanpri kanpe. Tanpri leve men dwat ou epi repete apre mwen. Mwen fè sèman solanèlman mwen pral fè tout devwa mwen yo ak fidèl ak jistis. Antanke manm Komite Lekòl Medford la, selon sa mwen kapab ak konpreyansyon mwen, an akò ak règ ak règleman Konstitisyon an, lwa eta sa a, ak òdonans Vil Medford yo. Felisitasyon.
[Chris Summa]: Nan moman sa a, mwen ta renmen akeyi Rabi Jerome, ki pral dirije nou nan lapriyè final la.
[nzT0OcLHmhc_SPEAKER_20]: Sa a se yon lapriyè ki rele Tefilat Medina, souvan tradui kòm yon lapriyè pou peyi nou an. Men, mo Medina a ka refere tou ak vil kote n ap viv la. Sa a se yon atik ki te ekri pa raben vil mwen an, Raben Mark Bloom nan tanp Beth Abraham nan Oakland, Kalifòni. Bondye nou an ak Bondye zansèt nou yo, nou mande w pou beni vil nou an, gouvènman nou an, dirijan nou yo, sitwayen nou yo ak peyi nou an. Nou eksprime rekonesans pou kado presye k ap viv nan yon kote ki gen bote natirèl sublime, libète pèsonèl, pwosperite ekonomik, ak yon istwa rich ak bèl pouvwa. Nou ofri lapriyè di Bondye mèsi pou moun ki te ale anvan nou, moun ki te fè sakrifis pou kreye nasyon sa a. Nou rekonèt gen moun nan vil nou an k ap soufri. Nou ofri lapriyè espwa pou moun ki gen tas vid, pou moun ki gen libète limite, pou moun ki pa totalman pataje nan tout benediksyon nasyon nou an. Nou ofri lapriyè sipò bay lidè gouvènman nou yo, konpreyansyon ke dirije yon vil konsa divès ak liberal se yon travay difisil. Nou ofri lapriyè aksyon sitwayen yo nan vil sa a pou nou ka konprann obligasyon nou pou patisipe nan fè vil nou an yon pi bon plas pou nou tout k ap viv isit la. Bondye nou an ak Bondye zansèt nou yo, nou mande w pou beni vil nou an, gouvènman nou an, dirijan nou yo, sitwayen nou yo ak peyi nou an. Epi di amèn.
[Chris Summa]: Si ou ka gen yon Medford Police Honor Guard, retire koulè sa yo.
[r9j1vFhpClI_SPEAKER_11]: Li te fè yon gwo travay.
[Chris Summa]: Nou pral ouvri an 2026. Mwen jis vle remèsye nou tout paske w te vini, mèsi tout paske ou te isit la, epi tanpri sonje ou dwe pi bon vèsyon tèt ou jodi a. Se tout sa nou ka mande. Felisitasyon.
[r9j1vFhpClI_SPEAKER_10]: Sa a se youn nan premye, kidonk li sanble bon.
[Unidentified]: Ou menm ak mwen. Ta dwe gen yon kontwòl remote la. Epi ou pa ta dwe li pou yon ti tan. Ou ta dwe li li chak mwa. Gen yon nouvo bibliyotèk. Tout bagay isit la. Eske ou tcheke dlo a? Wi. Mwen panse ke sa a se yon baz enfòmasyon jeneral. Mwen pa gen okenn lide. Wi. Nou itilize li. Apre sa, gen yon nouvo bank isit la.