Meeting Details

Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/29/2020 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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2020-0876 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Cheryl Cronin as a member to the Boston Public Library Board of Trustees for a term expiring May 1, 2025adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0882 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Aisha Miller as a member to the Trustees of Charitable Donations for Inhabitants for a term expiring May 1, 2023.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0884 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Karilyn Crockett as Chief of Equity effective June 29, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0901 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing National Purple Heart Day.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0710 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty Two Dollars and Ninety One Cents ($30,722.91) in the form of a grant for the Federal FY16 Innovations in Community Based Crime Reduction (formerly the Byrne Criminal Justice), passed through the Boston Public Health Commission, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund the purchase and installation of video cameras in the Bowdoin/Geneva neighborhood and also training police in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0888 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey offered the following: Order for a hearing concerning residents and neighborhoods in Boston most affected by student debt post pandemic.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0861 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00) in the form of a grant, Boston Resiliency Fund Grant, awarded by the Boston Resiliency Fund to be administered by the Youth Engagement and Employment. The grant will fund the purchase of Chromebooks for the Summer Job Program.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0865 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing for the benefit of the City of Boston a donation from Dell of Four (4) Inspiron 17 3000 Series laptop computers that were recovered in a fraud investigation. The recovered computers will be donated to the Police Department to support the Department's technological needs.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0857 1 HistoricalMessage and order approving an appropriation of Seven Million Fifty thousand Six Hundred Seven Dollars ($7,050,607.00) for the purpose of paying for the costs of associated with the roof and boiler replacement project at the following schools; Mary Lyon School, McKinley School and Curley K-8, for which 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.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0895 1 HistoricalCouncilors Edwards and Janey offered the following: Ordinance amending CBC Chapter 8-13 (Establishing the Equitable Regulation of the Cannabis Industry in the City of Boston).adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0863 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY20 Senator Charles E. Shannon Jr. Community Safety Initiative Grant, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund regional and multi-disciplinary approaches to combat gang violence through coordinated prevention and intervention, law enforcement, prosecution, and reintegration programs. The program was awarded an additional $50,000.00.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0867 1 HistoricalMessage and order for the confirmation of the appointment of W.E. David Halbert to the Board of Directors of the Boston Industrial Development Finance Authority for a term expiring April 1, 2025.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0233 1 HistoricalThe Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred on January 29, 2020 Docket #0233, petition for a special law re: An Act Relative to the Zoning Board of Appeal, submits a report recommending the home rule petition ought to pass in a new draft.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0868 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from the City Clerk of the filing by the Boston Residency Compliance Commission regarding the Semi-Annual Report (January thru June 2020).adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0903 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey for Councilor Breadon offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Oscar Torres in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0904 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey for Councilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee John Studley in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0906 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey for Councilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Ava Sullivan-Thomas in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0885 1 HistoricalCouncilors Campbell and Arroyo offered the following: Ordinance Establishing a Civilian Review Board within the City of Boston.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0907 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Anayte Lopez in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0870 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 June 17, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0869 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from Gregory Rooney, Acting Commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department on the Report of the Small Vehicle Sharing Business Advisory Committee.adopted  Action details Not available
2020- 1 HistoricalLegislative Calendar for July 29 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0872 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Alejandra St. Guillen as a member to the Boston Cannabis Board for a term expiring March 4, 2022.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0875 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Robert Whitney as a member to the Boston Groundwater Trust for a term expiring March 1 2022.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0874 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Aisha Francis as a member to the Boston Employment Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2022.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0880 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Joyce Linehan as a member to the Trustees of Charitable Donations for Inhabitants of Boston for a term expiring May 1, 2023.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0887 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding predatory and deceptive practices by competitive energy suppliers.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0899 1 HistoricalCouncilors Wu and Janey offered the following: Resolution supporting "The Freedom to Move Act".adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0889 1 HistoricalCouncilor Wu offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding food distribution at Boston Public Schools and other institutions.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0883 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Drew Smith as a Trustee of the Franklin Park Maintenance Trust Fund for a term expiring January 14, 2022.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0891 1 HistoricalCouncilor Arroyo offered the following: Order requesting certain information under section 17F: regarding Boston Police Department Court Overtime Slips and Supervisor of Cases Weekly Reports.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0892 1 HistoricalCouncilors O'Malley and Campbell offered the following: Order for a hearing to discuss racial disparities in the Field Interrogation and Observation (FIO) data by the Boston Police Department.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0894 1 HistoricalCouncilor Bok offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding increasing public housing in the City of Boston.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0896 1 HistoricalCouncilors Bok and Edwards offered the following: Resolution in support of An Act to Guarantee a Tenant's Right of First Refusal (H.1260/S.786).adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0858 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventeen Dollars ($3,828,317.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY21 Public Safety Answering Points Support and Incentive Grant, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be administered by the Police Department will fund costs associated with providing Enhanced 911 services.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0866 1 HistoricalMessage and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Mayra Negron-Roche to the Board of Directors of the Boston Industrial Development Finance Authority for a term expiring April 1, 2024.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0905 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Brady Baca, Cisnell Baez, Jacob deBlecourt, Natalie Held, Sandra Sanchez Saavedra in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0871 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 June 24, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0877 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Dusya Lyubovskaya as a member to the Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board for a term expiring June 1, 2023.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0878 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Jerry Boyd as a member to the Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board for a term expiring June 1, 2023.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0879 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of John Barros as a member to the Trustees of Charitable Donations for Inhabitants of Boston for a term expiring May 1, 2023.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0881 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Jerome Smith as a member to the Trustees of Charitable Donations for Inhabitants of Boston or a term expiring May 1, 2023.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0900 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn and Campbell offered the following: Resolution celebrating the centennial adoption of the 19th Amendment granting women's right to vote.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0908 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey for Councilor Wu offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Nikkia Jean-Charles, Vikiana Petit-Homme, Fiona Phie and Cameron Teleau in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0890 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn and Mejia offered the following: Order for a hearing to discuss internet access and digital equity in the City of Boston. adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0898 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution in Support of the NO BAN Act.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0897 1 HistoricalCouncilors Essaibi-George and Wu offered the following: Resolution requesting the MBTA to extend fare-free service to essential workers.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0902 1 HistoricalCouncilors Essaibi-George and Campbell offered the following: Resolution recognizing July as BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0893 1 HistoricalCouncilor Mejia offered the following: Order for a hearing on Racism in Retail Stores in the City of Boston.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0859 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($295,000.00) in the form of a 2020 Transportation Construction Grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, to be administered by the Boston Transportation Department. The purpose of the grant is to fund the Cambridge Street and Maffa Way portions of the Lost Village Project in the Charlestown neighborhood.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0860 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the form of a 2020 Transportation Planning grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, to be administered by the Boston Transportation Department. The purpose of the grant is to fund a portion of the design cost under the Tetra Tech contract for the Sullivan Square/ Rutherford Avenue project.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0862 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the Small Business Relief Grant, awarded by the MA Attorney General to be administered by the Office of Economic Development. The grant will fund emergency grants for small businesses in Boston.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0886 1 HistoricalCouncilors Arroyo and Wu offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding the selection of NWEA as the admissions exam vendor for Boston's exam schools and the impact exam-based admissions has on diverse enrollment at those exam schools.adopted  Action details Not available
2020-0864 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the DOWN DUDLEY Event Series, awarded by the Boston Redevelopment Authority to be administered by the Office of Economic Development. The grant will fund arts related programming in the Dudley Square neighborhood.adopted  Action details Not available