Meeting Details

Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/18/2015 12:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Christopher A. Iannella Chamber, City Hall
City Council Meeting
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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2015-1817 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution [choose one: in memory of Charles Mercer.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1818 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Ms. Karen Burns White.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1809 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Yolanda M. Pettiglio.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1810 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Fredrick William Quebec.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1811 1 HistoricalCouncilor Jackson offered the following: Resolution recognizing 6 people for completing Haley House's Transitional Employment Program.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1814 1 HistoricalCouncilor LaMattina offered the following: Resolution recognizing Toto La Momposina.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1815 1 HistoricalCouncilor LaMattina offered the following: Resolution in memory of Giovanna Colarossi.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1816 1 HistoricalCouncilor LaMattina offered the following: Resolution recognizing Felix Bezeredy.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1820 1 HistoricalCouncilor Baker offered the following: Resolution recognizing the work of Ray of Hope Children Services, Inc.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1812 1 HistoricalCouncilor Zakim offered the following: Resolution recognizing Kaji Aso Studio.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1813 1 HistoricalCouncilor LaMattina offered the following: Resolution recognizing eight people from The North End Waterfront Neighborhood Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1822 1 HistoricalCouncilor McCarthy offered the following: Resolution congratulating Mari Adams.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1819 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution in memory of Ann Louise Perella.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1591 1 HistoricalThe Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred on September 30, 2015 Docket #1591,message and order authorizing the Police Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of Two Hundred Fifty Two Thousand Sixty-Two Dollars ($252,062.00) from the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) used to support the development of enhancement of Youth Violence Prevention Plan, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1592 1 HistoricalThe Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred on September 30, 2015 Docket #1592, message and order authorizing the Fire Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of Two Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars (237,500.00) from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Department of Fire Services for the Boston Fire Department Hazmat Division. This award is made for the sole purpose of supplementing the City appropriations to maintain hazmat material response team operations, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1823 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution congratulating Maura Twomey.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1821 1 HistoricalCouncilors Linehan and Flaherty offered the following: Resolution in memory of Dorothy "Dotsy" Downey.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1826 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution in memory of Paul J. Burns.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1829 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution congratulating the Boston Scholar Athletes. adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1590 1 HistoricalThe Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred on September 30, 2015 Docket #1590, message and order authorizing the Fire Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of One Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,750,000.00) from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Department of Fire Services, for the Boston Fire Department Training Division, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1593 1 HistoricalThe Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred on September 30, 2015 Docket #1593, message and order authorizing the Police Commissioner to accept and expend supplemental funding of Seventy Thousand Dollars and Twelve Cents ($70,000.12) for the FY11 and FY14 Community-based Violence Prevention Demonstration Project grant, from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) which will be used to implement evidence based strategies that will positively impact violent crime trends submits a report recommending the order ought to pass.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1794 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the Mayor‘s Office of Emergency Management to accept and expend a grant of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($139,950.00) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS), Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) FFY2013 and FFY2014, to provide resources to assist local governments to sustain and enhance all hazards emergency management capabilities.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1795 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the Mayor‘s Office of Emergency Management to accept and expend a grant of Sixty Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($69,975.00) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS), Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) FFY2015, to provide resources to assist local governments to sustain and enhance all hazards emergency management capabilities.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1793 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the Mayor‘s Office of Emergency Management to accept and expend a grant of Fourteen Million four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($14,400,00.00) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS), Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant FFY2015, address the unique planning, training, exercise, equipment, and operational needs of large urban areas, and assist them in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to and recover from threats or acts of terrorism, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidentsadopted  Action details Not available
2015-1796 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City to adopt a property tax exemption for members of the National Guard and reservists who are serving in foreign countries, pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 59, Section 5 (56), the City of Boston shall offer a property tax exemption of up to 100% for active members of the National Guard and reservists for Fiscal Year 2016.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1797 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from MassPort re: Boston-Logan International Airport Terminal E Modernization Project for public review.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1798 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, re: Petition of NSTAR Gas Company d/b/a Eversource Energy pursuant to G.L.c. 25, Sec 21, for approval by the Department of Public Utilities of its Three-Year Energy Efficiency Plan for 2016 through 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1799 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, re: Petition of NSTAR Electric Company and Western Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy pursuant to G.L.c. 25, Sec 21, for approval by the Department of Public Utilities of its Three-Year Energy Efficiency Plan for 2016 through 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1824 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Noel Daly.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1827 1 HistoricalCouncilor Jackson offered the following: Resolution recognizing Project Right.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1828 1 HistoricalCouncilor Jackson offered the following: Resolution recognizing Boston Neighborhood Network.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1806 1 HistoricalCouncilor Linehan for Councilor Murphy offered the following:Order for the appointment of temporary employees Addison Koelle, Bernadette Lally, Kathryn Vicino and Robert E. Powers, in City Council effective November 28, 2015.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1825 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Steve Slyne.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1804 1 HistoricalCouncilor Linehan for Councilor Pressley offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Samuel Miller in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1807 1 HistoricalCouncilor Linehan for Councilor Ciommo offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Clancy Main, Deborah O'Leary, Daniel Polanco, and Joseph T. Walsh in City Council, effective November 28, 2015.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1830 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Centro Cultural Cubano.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1831 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Organizacion Maximo Gomez.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1835 1 HistoricalCouncilor Yancey offered the following:Resolution congratulating 9 people on the Hidden Heroes and Sheroes award.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1836 1 HistoricalCouncilor Yancey offered the following: Resolution congratulating 7 people on the GBOS Image Award.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1837 1 HistoricalCouncilor Yancey offered the following: Resolution congratulating Charity Cochran-Murphy adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1802 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from the City Clerk of the filing of the Amended and Restated Contract between the City of Boston and the Boston Restoration Housing Corporation pursuant to Chapter 121A, Section 6A of The Massachusetts General Law.adopted  Action details Not available
2015- 1 HistoricalCouncilor Yancey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Eleanor Yancey-Fuller.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1553 1 HistoricalThe Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred on September 23, 2015 Docket #1553, ordinance amending Chapter 16 of the City of Boston Code, ordinances, Regulation of Advertising, submits a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1805 1 HistoricalCouncilor Linehan for Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Addison Koelle, Bernadette Lally, Kathryn Vicino and Robert E. Powers, in City Council, effective November 21, 2015.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1808 1 HistoricalCouncilor Linehan for Councilor Ciommo offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Clancy Main, Deborah O'Leary, Daniel Polanco, and Joseph T. Walsh in City Council, effective November 21, 2015.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1832 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Fundoarcu & Benilejos Unidos.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1833 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Carolyn Barnes.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1834 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Susan Curry.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1722 1 HistoricalThe Committee on Economic Development and Planning and Labor, to which was referred on October 28, 2015 Docket #1722, message and order authorizing the Department of Neighborhood Development, to apply for, accept and expend United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Brownfield Cleanup Grant funding not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00), submits a report recommending the order ought to pass.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1838 1 HistoricalCouncilor Yancey offered the following: Resolution congratulating three members of the Lily Of The Valley Baptist Churchadopted  Action details Not available
2015-1800 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the City Clerk in accordance with Chapter 6 of the Ordinances of 1979 re: action taken by the Mayor on papers acted upon by the City Council at its meeting of October 21, 2015.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1801 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the City Clerk in accordance with Chapter 6 of the Ordinances of 1979 re: action taken by the Mayor on papers acted upon by the City Council at its meeting of October 28, 2015.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1839 1 HistoricalCouncilor Yancey offered the following: Resolution congratulating George Magazineadopted  Action details Not available
2015-1840 1 HistoricalCouncilor Yancey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Turkish Republic Dayadopted  Action details Not available
2015-1841 1 HistoricalCouncilors Murphy and McCarthy offered the following: Resolution congratulating Louie Giannangelo.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1842 1 HistoricalCouncilor LaMattina offered the following: Resolution regognizing Mohammed Murad.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1843 1 HistoricalCouncilor LaMattina offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Toastmasters International Conference.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1803 1 HistoricalCouncilor Linehan offered the following: Order that pursuant to Chapter 40, section 56, the residential factor in the City of Boston for FY2016 shall be the minimum residential factor as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue pursuant to M. G. L., Chapter 58, section 1A, and be it further that pursuant to Chapter 403 of the acts of 2000, a residential exemption in the amount of value equal to thirty percent (30%) of the average assessed value of all Class One-Residential parcels in the City of Boston be, and hereby is approved for Fiscal Year 2016.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1845 1 HistoricalCouncilor Yancey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Eleanor Yancey-Fuller.adopted  Action details Not available
2015-1844 1 HistoricalCouncilor Linehan offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee John F. Kelly in City Council, effective November 14, 2015.adopted  Action details Not available