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City Council meeting

The City Council is holding a meeting on May 4 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.

Discussion Topics

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



        0577    Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Greg 

        Wilmot as a member of the Boston Public Health Commission's Board of 

        Health, for a term expiring January 15, 2025.

        0578    Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Sandro 

        Galea a member of the Boston Public Health Commission's Board of 

        Health, for a term expiring January 6, 2024.

  3. REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS:



        0579    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Renee Bushey 

        as Director of the Office of Labor Relations effective, April 23, 2022.

        0580    Notice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Inez Foster as 

        a Member of the Make Boston Shine Trust Fund.

        0581    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Brianna Millor 

        as a Member of the Make Boston Shine Trust Fund.

        0582    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of John Romano as 

        a Member of the Make Boston Shine Trust Fund.

        0583    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Henry Santana 

        as a Member of the Make Boston Shine Trust Fund.

            0584    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Kevin Tran as a 

        Member of the Make Boston Shine Trust Fund.

        0585    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Tiffany Chu as 

        Chief of Staff, effective April 18, 2022.

        0586    Communication was received from the Mayor providing a list of the Fiscal 

        2022 reallocations prior to April 15, 2022.

  4. MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION:



        Dockets #0480 0482, Orders for the FY23 Operating Budget, including annual 

        appropriations for departmental operations, for the School Department, and for other 

        post employment benefits (OPEB). 

        Docket #0483, Order for capital fund transfer appropriations. 

        Dockets #0484 0486, Orders for the Capital Budget, including loan orders and lease 

        purchase agreements.

        0503    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

        amount of Three Hundred Forty Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand 

        Dollars ($349,500,000.00) in the form of a grant, awarded by the United 

        States Department of Treasury, to be administered by the City of Boston’s 

        Chief Financial Officer/Collector Treasurer. This grant payment is made 

        from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) in the 

        Treasury of the United States established by Section 9901 of the American 

        Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Pursuant to the requirements of the 

        ARPA, the grant payment would fund COVID 19 response and recovery 

        efforts and accelerate a Green New Deal for Boston through 

        once in a generation, transformative investments that address the systemic 

        health and economic challenges in the areas of affordable housing, 

        economic opportunity and inclusion, behavioral health, climate and 

        mobility, arts and culture and early childhood.

        0504    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

        amount of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) in the form of a grant, 

        awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury to be 

        administered by the City of Boston’s Chief Financial Officer/Collector 

        Treasurer. This grant payment is made from the Coronavirus State and 

        Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) in the Treasury of the United States 

        established by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 

        (ARPA). Pursuant to the requirements of the ARPA the grant payment 

        would fund provision of government services to the extent of the reduction 

        in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to the 

        COVID 19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the 

        most recent full fiscal year of the State, territory or Tribal government prior 

        to the emergency.

        0436    Order for a hearing on the state of Boston's non governmental, nonprofit 

        social sector and charting a post pandemic recovery.

  5. MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS:

        0587    Councilor Lara and Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order 

        for a hearing to discuss the impact of inequitable housing code enforcement 

        and Boston's proactive rental inspection program.

        0588    Councilor Lara and Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order 

        for a hearing to discuss the Malcolm X Park renovation.

        0589    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for a hearing on 

        Diversifying Cannabis Business Models.

        0590    Councilor Fernandes Anderson and Murphy offered the following: 

        Order for a hearing to discuss ways in which ARPA Funding can support an 

        ecosystem of Non Profit Holistic Wraparound Health Services for 

        Disenfranchised Populations.

        0591    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Order requesting certain 

        information under Section 17F: relative to the Mission Hill K 8 School.

        0592    Councilor Mejia, Lara and Arroyo offered the following: Resolution 

        Recognizing November 20 December 20, 2022 as National Survivors of 

        Homicide Awareness Month.

        0593    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution Recognizing the 

        Contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders During Asian 

        Pacific American Heritage Month in May.



        0594    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution in Support of S.2671 

        An Act Relative to Forfeiture Reform and S.2105 An Act Relative to Civil 

        Asset Forfeiture Data Reporting.

        0595    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing May 

        as Haitian Heritage Month.

  6. GREEN SHEETS:

    Legislative calendar for May 4, 2022.

  7. CONSENT AGENDA:

        0596    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution congratulating 

        Gerard F. Paul.

        0597    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Asian 

        Women for Health's 10th Anniversary Celebration.

        0598    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing The 

        Benevolent Asian Jade Society's 40th Anniversary Celebration.

        0599    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing The 

        Taiwan Day Celebration.

        0600    Councilor Bok offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 

        reopening of the French Cultural Center.

        0601    Councilor Bok offered the following: Resolution recognizing Jacqueline 

        Royce.

        0602    Councilor Bok offered the following: Resolution recognizing Stephanie 

        Warburg and the Max Warburg Courage Curriculum.

        0603    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution Recognizing May 6, 

        2022 as Provider Appreciation Day in the City of Boston.

        0604    Councilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing 

        Patricia Romano.

        0605    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution in memory of Denny 

        Vo.

     

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