City Council Committee on Environment and Sustainability Hearing on Docket #1465

Messages and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the form a grant for the Beta Blocks grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to be administered by the Mayor's Office. The grant will fund experiments that aim to improve civic life by supporting Boston's efforts to create a process for deploying sensors in urban environments.

This matter was sponsored by the Mayor, and referred to the Committee on November 29, 2017.

NOTICE:  The Boston City Council may have a quorum in attendance due to standing committees of the City Council consisting of both voting and non-voting members.  However, members attending this duly posted meeting are participating and deliberating only in conjunction with the business of the standing committee.

Public Testimony

Members of the public are cordially invited to attend and testify.  If you have not testified at a Council hearing before, please arrive five (5) minutes before the call of the hearing to sign up and become familiar with the hearing format, testimony locations and sound system.  Please bring fifteen (15) copies of any written documentation you wish to present at the hearing.

Written comments may be made part of the record and available to all Councilors by sending them by email, fax or mail to arrive before the hearing, please use the information below.

Mail Address:  Docket #1465, City Council, City Hall, 5^th Floor, Boston MA  02201

Fax Number:  (617) 635-4203 Attn: Kate Sullivan, Docket #1465    Staff Telephone:  (617) 635-4644

Committee Email:  ccc.es@boston.gov   Staff Email:  Kate.Maire.Sullivan@boston.gov   

Broadcast Live on Comcast 8/RCN 82/Verizon 1964 and streamed on: boston.gov/city-council-tv