Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 7/10/2024 12:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Agenda packet: Agenda Packet Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (66) 66 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 2024-1105 1   Mayor Order Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) and any interest accrued thereon-received in the form of annual Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) payments and held in an interest-bearing escrow fund until designated for use by the City-for the Sullivan Square Infrastructure Project. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1106 1   Mayor Order Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the Mayor’s Office of Human Services’ Connect, Learn and Explore Initiative, awarded by Boston Children’s Hospital to be administered by the Office of Human Services. The grant will fund youth sports and swim activities in partnership with Boston Public Schools. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1107 1   Mayor Order Message 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 development of urban space at 581 Dudley Street in the Roxbury section of the City of Boston to improve climate resiliency and provide outdoor recreation space, awarded by the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Development. The grant will fund Dudley Street (State ARPA Earmark). The rules were suspended; the order was passed.   Action details Video 2024-1108 1   Mayor Order Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty-Eight Thousand ($38,000.00) in the form of a grant for the MHC FY24 Survey and Planning Grant Phase II, awarded by the United States Department of the Interior, passed through the Massachusetts Historical Commission, to be administered by the Office of Historic Preservation. The grant will fund Phase II of the East Boston Survey Update. The aim of Phase II is to produce new and updated inventory forms for properties in East Boston's Orient Heights area. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1109 1   Mayor Order Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00) in the form of a grant, for the Child Care Licensing Support grant, awarded by the United Way to be administered by the Office of Early Childhood. The grant will fund stipends for individuals who have completed the Family Childcare Licensing Support Training and have opened their businesses. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1110 1   Mayor Order Message and order for your approval an Order to reduce the FY25 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Seven Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred and Three Dollars ($786,503.00) to provide funding for a City Department for the FY25 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and Boston Public Library Professional Staff Association. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on July 8, 2024. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1111 1   Mayor Order Message and order for a supplemental appropriation Order for a City Department for FY25 in the amount of Seven Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred and Three Dollars ($786,503.00) to cover the FY25 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the Boston Public Library Professional Staff Association. The terms of the contract are July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027. The major provisions of the contract include a base wage increase of 2% to be given in October of each fiscal year of the contract term and flat amounts of $500, $250, $900, and $800 to be added to annual salaries in January of each fiscal year. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on July 8, 2024. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1112 1   Mayor Order Message and order for your approval an Order to reduce the FY25 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Thirty-Four Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-One Dollars ($34,331.00) to provide funding for a City Department for the FY25 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and Teamsters Local 25. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on July 8, 2024. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1113 1   Mayor Order Message and order for a supplemental appropriation Order for a City Department for FY25 in the amount of Thirty-Four Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-One Dollars ($34,331.00) to cover the FY25 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the Teamsters Local 25. The terms of the contract are July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027. The major provisions of the contract include a base wage increase of 2% to be given in July of each fiscal year of the contract term and flat amounts of $500, $250, $900, and $800 to be added to annual salaries in January of each fiscal year. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on July 8, 2024. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1114 1   Mayor Order I hereby transmit for your review the City of Boston’s 2023 Annual Surveillance Report, pursuant to the Ordinance on Surveillance Oversight and Information Sharing, Boston City Code Section 16-63 (the “Ordinance”). Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1115 1   Report of Public Officer Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Jerica Bradley as Temporary First Assistant Collector-Treasurer for a period of 60 days, effective June 29, 2024. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1116 1   Report of Public Officer Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Tim McKenzie as Temporary Second Assistant Collector-Treasurer for a period of 60 days, effective June 29, 2024. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1117 1   Report of Public Officer Notice was received from the Mayor of her absence from the City on Monday July 1, 2024 from 9:00 a.m., returning Monday July 1, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1118 1   Report of Public Officer Notice 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 May 8, 2024. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1119 1   Report of Public Officer Communication was received from Timothy J. Smyth, Executive Officer of the Boston Retirement Board re: the FY25 Retiree Cost of Living Adjustment ("COLA") vote. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1120 1   Report of Public Officer Notice was received from Governor Healey of the appointment of Mayor Wu as a member of the Advisory Commission of Local Government, for a term expiring January 15, 2025. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1121 1   Report of Public Officer Notice 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 26, 2024. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1122 1   Report of Public Officer Communication was received from Keegan Werlin LLP, re: NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy, EFSB 22-03 D.P.U. 22-21, of the final decision issued by the Energy Facilities Sitting Board dated July 2, 2024. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1123 1   Report of Public Officer The Constable Bonds of Sleamms Petit-Maitre and Francisco Mejia having been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer were received and approved under the usual terms and conditions. Approved under the usual terms and conditions   Action details Video 2024-0903 3   Committee Reports On the message and order referred on June 5, 2024, Docket #0903, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the Culture Access Fund, awarded by the Boston Foundation to be administered by the Office of Arts & Culture. The grant will fund the support of the Cultural Access Pilot Program, BPS Sundays, from the Boston Foundation, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed. The report was accepted; the order was passed.   Action details Video 2024-0904 3   Committee Reports On the message and order referred on June 5, 2024, Docket #0904, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($297,200.00) in the form of a grant for the FY24 Local Cultural Council Program, awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to be administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture. The grant will fund innovative arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences programming that enhances the quality of life in the City of Boston, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed. The report was accepted; the order was passed.   Action details Video 2024-0905 2   Committee Reports On the message and order referred on June 5, 2024, Docket #0905 authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the Cultural Access Fund, awarded by the Barr Foundation to be administered by the Office of Arts & Culture. The grant will fund support for the Cultural Access Fund Pilot Program, helping to support the BPS Sundays initiative across several arts and cultural institutions, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed. The report was accepted; the order was passed.   Action details Video 2024-0906 2   Committee Reports On the message and order referred on June 5, 2024, Docket #0906, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in the form of a grant, BPS Sundays pilot program support, awarded by Pilot House Philanthropy to be administered by the Office of Arts and Culture. The grant will fund the learning and evaluation component of the BPS Sunday Pilot Program, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed. The report was accepted; the order was passed.   Action details Video 2024-0303 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action Order for a hearing to review the rules and regulation of vehicles in relation to expansion of micro mobility access. Remains in   Action details Video 2024-0357 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action Order for a hearing to discuss the possibility of congestion pricing in Boston. Remains in   Action details Video 2024-0925 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action An Ordinance to Adopt the Small Commercial Tax Exemption as a Local Option in the City of Boston. Remains in   Action details Video 2024-1124 1   Council Ordinance WITHDRAWN withdrawn   Action details Video 2024-1125 1   Council Home Rule Petition Petition for a Special Law RE: An Act Providing Certain Death Benefits for Pamela Thompson, the Widow of a Former Firefighter of the City of Boston. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1126 1   Council Hearing Order Order for a hearing to discuss resources for early childhood education and ways to ensure access to early childhood education for Boston families. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1127 1   Council Hearing Order Order for a hearing to discuss alternative sidewalk options than concrete. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1128 1   Council Hearing Order Order for a hearing to discuss a fundamental overhaul of the Massachusetts Cannabis System. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1129 1   Council Hearing Order Order for a hearing to improve recruitment of civilian crossing guards to serve Boston families. On motion of Councilor Pepén, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Santana and Weber as original co-sponsors. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1130 1   Council Hearing Order Order for a hearing to implement community-safe rodent birth control to protect Boston families, companion animals, and wildlife. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1131 1   Council Hearing Order Order for a hearing to review capital planning, budgeting, and project management practices in the capital program of the City of Boston. On motion of Councilor Breadon, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Mejia and Worrell as original co-sponsors. Referred to   Action details Video 2024-1132 1   Council Legislative Resolution Resolution calling for the reinstatement of the Community Syringe Redemption Program in the City of Boston. On motion of Councilor Flynn, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors FitzGerald and Murphy as original co-sponsors. On motion of Councilors Flynn, FitzGerald and Murphy, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.   Action details Video 2024-1133 1   Council Legislative Resolution Resolution in support of H.115 and S.49, "An Act to facilitate labor peace among the cannabis workforce." On motion of Councilor Weber, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.   Action details Video 2024-1134 1   Council Legislative Resolution Resolution congratulating John McGahan and recognizing July 10th as John McGahan Day in the City of Boston. On motion of Councilors Murphy and Flynn, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor FitzGerald as an original co-sponsor. On motion of Councilors Murphy, Flynn and FitzGerald, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.   Action details Video 2024-1135 1   Council Legislative Resolution Resolution in support of MCAS. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the resolution was not adopted; yeas 1, nays 7 (Fernandes Anderson, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell), present 3 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, FitzGerald), absent 2 (Durkan, Flynn). The rules were suspended; the ordinance was adopted.   Action details Video 2024-1136 1   Personnel Orders Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Logan M. O'Neill is City Council, effective July 15, 2024. Passed under suspension of the rules.   Action details Video 2024-1137 1   Personnel Orders Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Weber offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Bonnie Delaune in City Council, effective July 1, 2024. Passed under suspension of the rules.   Action details Video 2024-1138 1   Personnel Orders Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Ewura Yankah in City Council, effective July 6, 2024. Passed under suspension of the rules.   Action details Video 2024-1156 1   Report of Public Officer Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Bayle Vines in City Council, effective July 22, 2024. Passed under suspension of the rules.   Action details Video 2024-1157 1   Report of Public Officer Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Carly Johnson in City Council, effective July 24, 2024. Passed under suspension of the rules.   Action details Video 2024-1158 1   Report of Public Officer Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees in City Council, effective June 15, 2024. Passed under suspension of the rules.   Action details Video 2024-1159 1   Report of Public Officer Communication was received from Councilor Durkan regarding her absence from the July 10, 2024 City Council Meeting. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1160 1   Report of Public Officer Communication was received from Councilor Ed Flynn regarding his early departure from the July 10, 2024 City Council Meeting. Placed on file.   Action details Video 2024-1161 1   Report of Public Officer An ordinance amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances, 2-8.3. On motion of Councilor Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the ordinance was passed. The rules were suspended; the order was passed.   Action details Video 2024-1043 1   Mayor Order Councilor Santana called Docket #1043, message 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 Youth Sports Fund, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to be administered by Neighborhood Services. The grant will fund referee training, payments for travel expenses related to sports and purchase of sport equipment for Boston School students, from the Committee on Education. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed. The report was accepted; the order was passed.   Action details Not available GS-7/10/24 1   Green Sheet Legislative Calendar July 10, 2024.     Action details Not available 2024-1139 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing US Navy Week.     Action details Not available 2024-1140 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing Boston Harborfest.     Action details Not available 2024-1141 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing St. Theresa Society.     Action details Not available 2024-1142 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing Cheers Bar and Hampshire House.     Action details Not available 2024-1143 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing Boston Police Officer Dudley Hill.     Action details Not available 2024-1144 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing Whittier Street Health Center.     Action details Not available 2024-1145 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution in memory of Alba Zacaj.     Action details Not available 2024-1146 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution in memory of Doña Betsaida Gutiérrez.     Action details Not available 2024-1147 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing Jeanne DuBois.     Action details Not available 2024-1148 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing Alta McDonald.     Action details Not available 2024-1149 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing DJ T. Clark.     Action details Not available 2024-1150 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution in memory of Russell Flynne Sr.     Action details Not available 2024-1151 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution in memory of Amilcar Cabral.     Action details Not available 2024-1152 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing Nha Balila.     Action details Not available 2024-1153 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing the Cabo Verdean Community of Boston.     Action details Not available 2024-1154 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing Cabo Verdean Heritage Month.     Action details Not available 2024-1155 1   Consent Agenda Resolution Resolution recognizing Bikes Not Bombs.     Action details Not available