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City Council meeting

The City Council is holding a meeting on June 16 at 12 p.m.

All Council Meetings are held at 12 p.m. (noon) in the Christopher A. Iannella Chamber on the fifth floor of Boston City Hall, unless otherwise noted. All meetings are open to the public and are also available on Xfinity Channel 8, RCN 82, Fios 964, and livestream via City Council TV.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, meetings are currently being held remotely via Zoom.

Discussion Topics

  1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
  2. COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR, THE MAYOR:

    0762    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty Million Ninety Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety One Dollars and Thirty Cents ($30,092,991.30) in the form of a grant, Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA2), awarded by the United States Department of Treasury to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Development. The grant will fund direct financial assistance, including rent, rental arrears, utilities and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs in arrears and other expenses related to housing.

    0763    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in the form of a grant for the 2021 Summer Jobs Fund, awarded by Harvard University to be administered by Youth Engagement & Employment. The grant will fund summer employment and supportive activities for youth.

     

  3. REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS:

    0764    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 19, 2021.

    0765    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 26, 2021.

    0766    Communication was received from the Mayor regarding the resignation of School Committee Member Lorna Rivera.

    0767    Communication was received from the Mayor regarding the resignation of School Committee Member Alexandra Oliver-Davila.

    0768    Notice was received from the Acting Mayor of the appointment of Stephanie Everett as a member to the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency (OPAT) Commission.

    0769    Notice was received from the Acting Mayor of the appointment of Beyazmin Jimenez as a member to the Boston Fair Housing Commission.

    0770    Notice was received from the Acting Mayor of the appointment of Priscilla Flint-Banks as a member to the Boston Employment Commission.

    0771    Notice was received from the Acting Mayor of the appointment of JocCole Burton as a member to the Boston Public Facilities Commission.

    0772    Notice was received from Dion Irish of his resignation from the Public Facilities Commission, effective May 19th, 2021.

     

  4. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES:

    0630    The Committee on Strong Women, Families & Community, to which was referred on May 5, 2021 Docket #0630, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the  amount of Five Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($526,120.00) in the  form of a grant, for the FFY21 Title III-E Caregiver Services, awarded by the U.S. Department of  Health and Human Services, passed through the MA executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be  administered by the Age-Strong Commission, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass.

    0651    The Committee on Strong Women, Families & Community, to which was referred on May 12, 2021 Docket #0651, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the  amount of Nine Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty Dollars and Twenty-Five  cents ($936,440.25) in the form of a grant, for the FFY21 Nutrition Service Incentive Program,  awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the MA executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Age Strong Commission, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass.

    0652    The Committee on Strong Women, Families & Community, to which was referred on May 12, 2021 Docket #0652, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Nine Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($489,609.24) in the form of a grant, for the FY2022* State Allocation, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Age Strong Commission, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass in a new draft.

     

  5. MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD-FOR POSSIBLE ACTION:

    0327    Order for a hearing regarding increasing oversight, transparency, and coordination of PILOT community benefit offsets.

    0102    Message and order authorizing and approving the City of Boston Conservation Commission (the "ConCom") to receive a property identified by the City of Boston Assessing Department as 0 Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston with a parcel identification no. 20-09228020 (the " Property"). The property is currently under the care and custody of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (the BPDA) and is located on the banks of the Cow Island Pond area of the Charles River in West Roxbury.

    0103    Message and order for your approval of the receipt of a Preservation Restriction Agreement on the Aldrich House located at 59 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities d/b/a Historic New England.

    0389    Message and order for your approval to declare surplus City-Owned former Boston Transportation Department parcels of land and transfer the care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. The land is located at: 18 Hamlet Street, Dorchester, MA, Ward 07 Parcel 03916000, consisting of approximately, 1450 square feet of vacant land and an unnumbered parcel on Hamlet Street, Dorchester, MA, Ward 07 Parcel 03894000 consisting of approximately 34,270 square feet of vacant land.

     

  6. MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS:

    0773    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Ordinance Creating a Commission on Black Men and Boys.

    0774    Councilors Mejia and Arroyo offered the following: Ordinance Creating a Commission on Latino Men and Boys.

    0775    Councilor O'Malley offered the following: Ordinance Amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances, Chapter VII, Sections 7-2.1 and 7-2.2, Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure (BERDO).

    0776    Councilors O'Malley and Flaherty offered the following: Petition for Special Law re: An Act to Restore Boston's Governmentally-Involved Housing Protection.

    0777    Councilors Breadon and Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution Recognizing World Refugee Day on June 20.

  7. PERSONNEL ORDERS:

    0778    Councilor O'Malley for Councilor Breadon offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Moira McCrave-Carragee in City Council.  

    0779    Councilor O'Malley for Councilor Campbell offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Dustin Gardner, Cheryl Harding, Carl Jean-Louis and Elizabeth Pimentel in City Council.

    0780    Councilor O'Malley for District 7 offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Kristen Halbert in City Council. Effective June 24, 2021

     

  8. GREEN SHEETS:

    Legislative Calendar for June 16, 2021.

  9. CONSENT AGENDA:

    0781    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing P&G's Gillette World Shaving Headquarters.

    0782    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Philip Begeal.

    0783    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Class 508 of the U.S. Army Engineer Officer Candidate School.

    0784    Councilor Wu offered the following: Resolution in memory of Turhan Shepherd.

    0785    Councilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution congratulating Bishop Everett Dallas Jr.

    0786    Councilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Resolution recognizing 27 people for their years of service to the DotHouse Health Centre.

    0787    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution congratulating Crane Ledge Working Committee.

    0788    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution congratulating HPMS, HBOT, SWCDC.

    0789    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution congratulating Hyde Park Racial Justice Forum.

    0790    Councilor Campbell offered the following: Resolution appreciating 6 individuals for leadership, commitment and dedication to the EduSports After School Program.

    0791    Councilor Campbell offered the following: Resolution congratulating 12 individuals for outstanding performance and dedication through this pandemic.

    0792    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Afrimerican Culture Initiative and Marlon Solomon.

    0793    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing HERE for Justice Coalition.

    0794    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Southwest Community Development Corporation - Green Initiative.

    0795    Councilors Bok and Flaherty offered the following: Resolution in memory of Theresa Parks

    0796    Councilor Bok offered the following: Resolution in memory of Adline Stallings

    0797    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Linda Marie Strother-Lyons.

    0798    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Antoinetta M. Giovanni.

    0799    Councilor Baker offered the following: Resolution recognizing Elise Taddeo.

     

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