Meeting Details

Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/22/2018 12:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Christopher A. Iannella Chamber, City Hall
City Council Meeting
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2018-1281 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Whittier Street Health Center.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1282 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn, Essaibi-George and Wu offered the following: Resolution recognizing The Fire Alarm Division.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1283 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn, Flaherty, Essaibi-George, Pressley and Wu offered the following: Resolution recognizing Dr. Margaret Lawrence.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1285 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn, Essaibi-George, Flaherty and Wu offered the following: Resolution recognizing 9 EMT.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1286 1 HistoricalCouncilor McCarthy offered the following: Resolution in memory of James (Sedon) Keyes.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1287 1 HistoricalCouncilor Wu offered the following: Resolution recognizing 14 interns for their time in the City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1288 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution congratulating George Canales & Family.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1289 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following; Resolution in memory of Giovanni Desir.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1241 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of William Gross, as Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, effective August 6, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1293 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Father John Nazzaro.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1237 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Dollars ($149,000.00) in the form of a grant for Double Up Food Bucks Pilot, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture, passed through the Fair Food Network, to be administered by the Office of Food Access. The grant will fund subcontracts from the Mayor's Office of Food Access to stores and farmers market in targeted neighborhoods, to provide nutrition incentives to SNAP recipients.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1242 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of his absence from the City from 7:00 A.M. on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 until 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, August 11, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1244 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Auditing Department providing the Fiscal Year 2019 Payroll Allotment Schedules for all City Departments.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1290 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn, Pressley, Essaibi-George, and Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing The 49th August Moon Festival.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1291 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn, Wu, Essaibi-George, Pressley and Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing The Chinese Progressive Association.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1295 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Jennifer Lynn Toler.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1297 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution congratulating Dorothy Keller.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1298 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Patrick Kenneally.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-000 1 HistoricalLegislative Calendar for August 22, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1300 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Bre'aja Nichols.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1302 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution recognizing Nicole Mertiri.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1303 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution recognizing Anaceleste Vuelto-Martinez.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1275 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor Janey offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Chantelle Beaton, Samuel Hurtado in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1279 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor Zakim offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Zoe Swarzenski in City Council effective September 1, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1238 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in the form of a grant for the Boston Marathon Memorial awarded by the Donor Group to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture. The grant will fund the planning of the Boston Marathon Memorial.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1236 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eight Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($855,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY19 SuccessLink Employment Program, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, passed through the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Boston, to be administered by the Department of Youth Engagement & Employment. The grant will fund summer jobs for 439 youth from July 9, through August 17, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1243 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of his absence from the City from 10:22 A.M. on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 until 10;40 P.M. on Thursday, August 16, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1250 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Jennifer Falk as Member of the Boston Cultural Council, for a term expiring October 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1255 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Elizabeth Dean-Clower as Commissioner of the Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, for a term expiring August 1, 2021.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1292 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn, Wu, Essaibi-George, Pressley and Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Union Park Neighborhood Association.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1294 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey offered the following: Resolution in memory of Cecil Guscott.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1296 1 HistoricalCouncilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Hugh Gallagher.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1301 1 HistoricalCouncilors Essaibi-George and Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing 16 individuals for their efforts in the Find Leo Campaign to bring a lost dog home.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1304 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution recognizing Barbara Francois.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1305 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution recognizing Taylor Parker.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1306 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution recognizing Elizabeth St. Brice.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1276 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor McCarthy offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Walter Apperwhite, Elizabeth Blasi, Stephen Maguire in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1251 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Justina Crawford as Member of the Boston Cultural Council, for a term expiring October 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1284 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution in memory of Anthony L. Catalano.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1277 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor Zakim offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Zoe Swarzenski in City Council effective August 5, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1252 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Olivia Richard as Commissioner of the Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, for a term expiring August 1, 2021.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1256 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of G. Paul Caron as Commissioner of the Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, for a term expiring August 1, 2021.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1299 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution in recognition of Mike Bivins.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1274 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Kelly M. Ransom, Nadine F. Jean, Karen Foley, Jessica Rodriguez in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1307 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Malick Folk Performing Company.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1309 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Alvaro Torres.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1312 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Henry Chavez.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1278 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor Zakim offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Zoe Swarzenski in City Council effective August 25, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1280 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell for Councilor McCarthy offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Nita Holder in City Council.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1246 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Mark Liu as Member of the Neighborhood Housing Trust Fund, for a term expiring January 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1253 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Juan Ramirez-Tapia as Commissioner of the Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, for a term expiring August 1, 2021.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1257 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Wesley Ireland as Commissioner of the Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, for a term expiring August 1, 2021.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1313 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Tony Portillo.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1259 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Deborah Wright as Commissioner of the Boston Employment Commission, for a term expiring July 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1239 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($33,500.00) in the form of a grant for the Survey and Planning, awarded by the the United States Department of Interior, passed through the MA Secretary of the Commonwealth/Archives, to be administered by the Environment Department. The grant will fund Phase lll of the Roxbury Survey Update, and the nomination for the Malcolm X-Ella Little Collins House in Roxbury to the National Register of Historic Places.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1308 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Salvador Sanchez Gochez.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1310 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing La Maquina.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1311 1 HistoricalCouncilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing Carnaval 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1314 1 HistoricalCouncilor McCarthy offered the following; Resolution recognizing Sandy Kourkoulis.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1247 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Sister Margaret Leonard as Member of the Neighborhood Housing Trust Fund, for a term expiring January 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1248 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Harry Smith as Member of the Neighborhood Housing Trust Fund, for a term expiring January 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1249 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Daniel Francois as Member of the Boston Cultural Council, for a term expiring October 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1254 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Yardley Sanchez as Commissioner of the Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, for a term expiring August 1, 2021.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1261 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Jorge Martinez as Commissioner of the Boston Employment Commission, for a term expiring July 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1266 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Janine Commerford as a Trustee of the Boston Groundwater Trust, for a term expiring March 22, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1316 1 HistoricalCouncilor Wu offered the following: Resolution recognizing Randy Lee.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1325 1 HistoricalCouncilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution congratulating Kathy Taylor and Richard Taylor.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1235 1 HistoricalMessage and order to reduce the FY19 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Twenty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred and Fourteen Dollars ($26,914.00) to provide funding for the Property Management Department for the FY19 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 25adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1234 1 HistoricalMessage and order approving a supplemental appropriation order for the Property Management Department for FY19 in the amount of Twenty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred and Fourteen Dollars ($26,914.00) to cover the FY19 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 25. 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 contract include base wages increases of 2% effective the first pay period of October of each fiscal year. The agreement also include other benefits including a new step beginning in 2018. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on August 20, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1240 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) to enter into a contract with Crown Castle Fiber, LLC for a period of up to thirty (30) years for the lease of fiber optic cable connecting 170 City buildings with the City's existing fiber optic network. The contract term of twenty years plus two five-year City renewal options requires City Council approval pursuant to section twelve (12) of chapter 30B of the General Lawsadopted  Action details Not available
2018-1258 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Charles Cofield as Commissioner of the Boston Employment Commission, for a term expiring July 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1317 1 HistoricalCouncilors Wu, Janey, and Pressley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Fort Hill Bar and Grill.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1318 1 HistoricalCouncilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution in recognizing the Chumak Bicycle Riders.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1319 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing seven people as Marshalls of the Dominican parade.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1233 1 HistoricalMessage and order to accept and expend reimbursements up to the amount of Four Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,300,000.00), from various government agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for expenses related to the March 13-14 2018 Snowstorm. adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1231 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to apply for, accept, and expend Federal Fiscal Year 2018 Continuum of Care grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in an amount not to exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00). These funds will be used to support programs that provide services and housing to the homeless.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1320 1 HistoricalCouncilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing four student leaders of the Dominican Festival and Cultural Week.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1321 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn and Flaherty offered the following resolution recognizing South Boston Yacht Club.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1273 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn and Flaherty offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding the South Boston Seaport Waterfront and the South Boston Seaport Transit Strategic Plan.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1268 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of his absence from the City from 9:00 A.M. on Monday, August 20, 2018 until 9:00 AM. on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1270 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from the City Clerk of the filing by the Boston Redevelopment Authority of the "Gardner Apartment Chapter 121A Project, Certificate of Project Termination”.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1271 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from the City Clerk of the filing by the Boston Redevelopment Authority of the "First Amendment to the Report and Decision on the 252-258 Huntington Avenue Chapter 121A project”.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1272 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from the City Clerk of the filing by the Boston Redevelopment Authority of the "Fourth Amendment to the Report and Decision on the Fieldstone Apartments Chapter 121A Project".adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1260 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of John Redd as Commissioner of the Boston Employment Commission, for a term expiring July 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1264 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of James McNeil as a Member of the Living Wage Advisory Committee, for a term expiring June 1, 2021adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1267 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Mark Pasnik as a Member of the Boston Art Commission, for a term expiring April 1, 2023.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1315 1 HistoricalCouncilor Wu offered the following: Resolution recognizing Bri Baang.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1322 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn, Flaherty, Essaibi-George, Wu and Pressley offered the following resolution recognizing Boston Chinese Freemason's Athletic Club - Gung Ho Club.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1324 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell on behalf of the Council as a whole, offered the following: Resolution congratulating Commissioner Evans for over 30 years of service in the Boston Police Department.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1327 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn and Baker offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding Boston Speed Limits and Pedestrian Safety.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1328 1 HistoricalCouncilors Pressley, Edwards and Zakim offered the following: Order for a hearing to explore requiring landlords to provide voter registration information to all new tenants.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1329 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Steve Ross.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1330 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Loretta A. Leveret.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1332 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell offered the following: Resolution recognizing Boston Children's Hospital.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1262 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Mark Fortune as Commissioner of the Boston Employment Commission, for a term expiring July 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1263 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Travis Watson as Commissioner of the Boston Employment Commission, for a term expiring July 1, 2020.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1265 1 HistoricalNotice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Benjamin Stuart as a Member of the Living Wage Advisory Committee, for a term expiring June 1, 2021adopted  Action details Not available
2018- 1 HistoricalNotice was received from Councilor Campbell of her absence from the City Council Meeting on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018- 1 HistoricalCouncilors Flynn and Baker offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding Boston Speed Limits and Pedestrian Safety.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1269 1 HistoricalCommunication was received from the City Clerk transmitting a communication from the Boston Landmarks Commission for City Council action on the designation of the The Saint James African Orthodox Church, 50 Cedar Street, as a Landmark. (In effect after September 18, 2018 not acted upon).adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1232 1 HistoricalMessage and order authorizing the Department of Neighborhood Development to accept and expend an award of Four Million Nine Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($4,920,000.00) from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the FFY17 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program. adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1326 1 HistoricalNotice was received from Councilor Campbell of her absence from the City Council Meeting on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.adopted  Action details Not available
2018-1331 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Nataka S. Crayton Walker.adopted  Action details Not available
2018- 1 HistoricalCouncilors Pressley, Edwards and Zakim offered the following: Order for a hearing to explore requiring landlords to provide voter registration information to all new tenants.adopted  Action details Not available
2018- 1 HistoricalCouncilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Steve Ross.adopted  Action details Not available
2018- 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Loretta A. Leveret.adopted  Action details Not available
2018- 1 HistoricalCouncilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Nataka S. Crayton Walker.adopted  Action details Not available
2018- 1 HistoricalCouncilor Campbell offered the following: Resolution recognizing Boston Children's Hospital.adopted  Action details Not available