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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/31/2019 12:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Christopher A. Iannella Chamber, City Hall
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2019-1115 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from the City Clerk of the filing by the Boston Redevelopment Authority of the "Application for the Cote Village Chapter 121A Project."adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1114 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from Brian P. Golden, Director of the Boston Planning and Development Agency regarding Proposed Minor Modification to the Charlestown Urban Renewal Plan, Project No. Mass. R-55, with respect to the creation of Parcel R-36.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1160 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution in memory of George F. Cronin Jr.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1117 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Ryan Woods as Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Commission for a term to coincide with his tenure as Commissioner of the Parks and Recreation Department.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1173 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Raymond Flynn.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1112 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the withdrawal of Docket #1049 originally filed with the Office of the City Clerk on July 10, 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1149 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing 11 individuals for their commitment and work in the community.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1151 1 HistoricalCouncilors O'Malley and Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing John Connolly.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1156 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn, Campbell, Wu, Flaherty, Essaibi-George, and Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Sarina Chang.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1162 1 HistoricalCouncilors O'Malley and McCarthy offered the following: Resolution in memory of Angelo and Kelly Rossi.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1164 1 HistoricalCouncilor McCarthy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Patricia Odem.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1169 1 HistoricalCouncilors Campbell, Edwards, and Janey offered the following: Resolution declaring July 25th as International Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Diaspora Women's Day in the City of Boston.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1048 1 HistoricalThe Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred on July 10, 2019 Docket #1048, message and order authorizing an appropriation in the amount of Twelve Million One Hundred One Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Five Dollars ($12,101,645.00) for the purpose of paying the cost associated with boiler and window/door projects at the following schools: The Rafael Hernandez School, Patrick Lyndon School, Donald McKay School, James Otis School, Josiah Quincy School and the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, submits a report recommending the order ought to read for the first time and assigned for further action.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1121 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of his absence from the City from 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2019 until 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 29 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1175 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution in appreciation of Diane Picard.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1132 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Leslie and Beverly Harris.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1133 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Mark Vickers, Sr.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1134 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Barbara Lewis Thompson.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1137 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Bob and Dottie Dunford.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1113 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of his absence from the City from 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 until 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1158 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Lawrence R. Carbonaro.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1154 1 HistoricalCouncilors O'Malley and Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Father Brendan Darcy.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1152 1 HistoricalCouncilors O'Malley and Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Maureen Connolly.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1147 1 HistoricalCouncilor Zakim offered the following: Resolution congratulating the Jae Hun Kim Taekwon-do Institute.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1143 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution recognizing George McCormack.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1139 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Gail and Louis G. O'Malley.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1110 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY19 MHC Survey & Planning Grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Historical Commission to be administered by the Environment Department. The grant will fund technical support for the Architectural Conservation District Study concerning Highland Park in Roxbury.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1109 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($58,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY20 Local Consumer Program (LCP) Fund, awarded by the MA Attorney General to be administered by the Office of Consumer Affairs & Licensing. The grant will fund the intake, resolution and administration of consumer complaints and outreach on the topics of concern to consumers.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1107 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Nine Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Dollars ($936,920.00) in the form of a grant for FY20 SuccessLink Employment Program, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, passed through the Economic Development & Industrial Corporation of Boston, to be administered by the Department of Youth Engagement & Employment. The grant will fund Summer Jobs for 427 Youths from July through August 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1145 1 HistoricalCouncilors Ciommo, Essaibi-George and O'Malley offered the following: Resolution in memory of Jairam Miguel Rodrigues Rao.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1123 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Siobhan Hayes-Keane in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1119 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Leonard M. Lee as a Member of the Parks and Recreation Commission for a term expiring on July 7, 2023.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1142 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Boston Unity Cup.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1141 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Albert Henry Downing.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1172 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Samuel Guylas Lindemann.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1106 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) in the form of a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program Action Grant awarded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The purpose of the grant is to facilitate preliminary design, technical analysis, and pre-permitting for proposed climate-resilient capital improvements to the Joseph Moakley Park located in the neighborhood of South Boston.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1174 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing 14 individuals and their families for their commitment to furthering the common good for all in the City of Boston.adopted  Action details Not available
2019- 1 HistoricalLegislative Calendar for July 29, 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1120 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Kathryn Bennett as Acting Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority effective July 26, 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1148 1 HistoricalCouncilor McCarthy offered the following: Resolution in memory of Jasper Fuller.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1150 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell offered the following: Resolution recognizing Pastor Roberto Miranda.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1159 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Genesis Rojas.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1163 1 HistoricalCouncilors O'Malley and McCarthy offered the following: Resolution in memory of Sharon Nawrocki.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1105 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from Verizon Wireless for an amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00). The purpose of this grant is to fund Digital Equity Programs and to support a Smart City Fellow position.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1103 1 HistoricalMessage and order to reduce the FY20 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand One Hundred Four Dollars ($241,104.00) to provide funding for the Boston Public Health Commission for the FY20 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the Boston Public Health Commission and SENA, Local 9158.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1140 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Michael J. Mulyk and Michael B. Pratt.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1138 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing April Weinicki.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1136 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Ruby Marson.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1135 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Bobbie and Jerry Williams.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1131 1 HistoricalCouncilor Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing Shirley A. Ridley.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1130 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Christian Merfeld.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1127 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Frank Chin.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1129 1 HistoricalCouncilors Essaibi-George and Ciommo offered the following: Resolution recognizing Emma Walters.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1128 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Feliciano “Belo” Gonzalez. adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1144 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Susan Anne Grilk.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1146 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Boston Vet Center.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1155 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1161 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution in memory George T. O'Dea.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1165 1 HistoricalCouncilor McCarthy offered the following: Resolution congratulating Paul F. Sebago.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1124 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor McCarthy offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Lee Blasi in City Council effective August 3, 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1125 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor McCarthy offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Lee Blasi in City Council effective August 10, 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1116 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from Councilor Janey of the notification that she and other elected officials will be meeting with anti-violence activists on Friday, July 26th at 10 AM.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1166 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Sandra Wong.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1167 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Sophia Autor.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1168 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution declaring July 25th, 2019 as "Bill McGonagle Day".adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1126 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Joseph Okafor in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1170 1 HistoricalCouncilors O'Malley and McCarthy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Robert Consalvo.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1171 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Henry Tibor Lindemann.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1118 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Christopher Cook as a Member of the Parks and Recreation Commission for a term expiring on July 7, 2023.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1101 1 HistoricalMessage and order to reduce the FY20 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Eight Hundred Nineteen Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars ($819,588.00) to provide funding for the Boston Public Schools for the FY20 cost contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the Boston School Committee and the United Steelworkers Local 2936 - Bus Monitors. .adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1178 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flaherty and Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Demaine Thomas.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1180 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing Mia De La Rocha.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1108 1 HistoricalIMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00) in the form of a grant for the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District (BID) Public/Private Safety Initiative awarded by Donor Group to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund the purchase and installation of video cameras and related monitoring equipment, bicycle gear and related equipment to enhance the visibility of community police officers and unmarked vehicles for use in the Downtown business area, in an amount not to exceed $450,000.00. This equipment will assist BPD with enhancing public safety and improving the quality of life in the downtown area. adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1153 1 HistoricalCouncilors O'Malley and Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Mary Swanton.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1157 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn, Campbell, Flaherty, Wu, Essaibi-George, and Garrison offered the following: Resolution recognizing eleven students from Taiwan.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-0645 1 HistoricalThe Committee on Arts, Culture and Special Events, to which was referred on April 10, 2019 Docket #0645, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($199,100.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY19 Local Cultural Council Program, awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to be administered by the Office of Arts and Culture. The grant will fund Boston Cultural Council subgrants, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass. adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1122 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: An act authorizing the City of Boston to grant one additional license for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1176 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flaherty and Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Reverend Dale Robinson.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1177 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flaherty and Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Gina Haynes.adopted  Action details Not available
2019- 1 HistoricalCouncilors Janey, Essaibi-George andCampbell offered the following: Resolution recognizing Minority Mental Health Month.adopted  Action details Not available
2019- 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution in memory of Pauline A. McLaughlin.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1179 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flaherty and Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Julia Martin.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1102 1 HistoricalMessage and order approving a supplemental appropriation for the Boston Public Health Commission in the total amount of Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand One Hundred Four Dollars ($241,104.00) to cover the FY20 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the Boston Public Health Commission and SENA, Local 9158. The terms of the contracts are October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2021. The major provisions of the contracts include base wage increases of 2% effective the first pay period of January of each fiscal year. The agreement also contains other benefits including a new step beginning in 2020. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on July 29, 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1104 1 HistoricalMessage and order approving an appropriation of Two Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,200,000.00) for the purpose of paying for the costs of a feasibility study and schematic design work associated with the renovation or new construction of a facility for the Josiah Quincy Upper School. Upon completion of the feasibility study, the City of Boston may be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority, said amount to be expended under the direction of the Public Facilities Department on behalf of Boston Public Schools. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on July 29, 2019.adopted  Action details Not available
2019-1100 1 HistoricalMessage and order approving a supplemental appropriation for the Boston Public Schools in the amount of Eight Hundred Nineteen Thousand, Five Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars ($819,588.00) to cover the FY20 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the Boston School Committee and the United Steelworkers Local 2936 - Bus Monitors. The terms of the contracts are July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 and July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020. The major provisions of the contracts include base wage increases of 2% in each fiscal year. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on July 29, 2019.adopted  Action details Not available