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On the message and order, referred on June 21, 2017 Docket #0911, authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the City's Capital Grant Fund in order to increase Boston's Vision Zero capital program investment in Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) to $4.1 million. This funding which will expand our Neighborhood Slow Streets program is part of the City's comprehensive investment in street safety, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.

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On the message and order, referred on June 21, 2017 Docket #0910, an appropriation of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Liability Trust Fund established under Section 20 of Massachusetts General Law Chapter, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.

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On the message and order, referred on June 21, 2017 Docket #0909, for Annual Appropriation for the School Department for FY2018, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 11 nays 2 (Jackson, Pressley).

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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2017 Docket #0543, an appropriation in the amount of Six Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($660,000.00) in aid of the Economic Development Industrial Corporation and the Boston Redevelopment Authority d/b/a Boston Planning and Development Agency for the engineering and design of improvements at the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed. The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed; yeas 13. Assigned for further action.

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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2017 Docket #0542, for an appropriation in the amount of Three Million One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($3,135,000.00) for the construction and rehabilitation of municipal golf courses, including the acquisition and reconstruction of land, installation and replacement of irrigation systems, the construction and rehabilitation of buildings, and the cost of equipment and furnishings, for the purpose of the Parks and Recreation Department, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed. The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed; yeas 13. Assigned for further action.

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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2017 Docket #0541, for an appropriation in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty-Five Million Two Hundred Sixty Thousands Dollars ($255,260, 000.00) for the acquisition of interests in land or the acquisition of assets, or the landscaping, alteration, remediation, rehabilitation of improvement of public land, the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, demolition, removal or extraordinary repairs of public buildings, facilities, assets, works or infrastructure; for the cost of feasibility studies or engineering or architectural services for plans and specifications; for the development, design, purchase and installation of computer hardware or software and computer –assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems; for any other public work, improvement or asset with a maximum useful life of at least 5 years and not otherwise specified; for planting shade trees, for the purpose of various city departments including the Boston Center for Youth and Families, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Department of Innovation and Technology, Public Works, School and Transportation departments, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed. The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed; yeas 13. Assigned for further action.

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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2017 Docket #0540, authorizing the City of Boston to enter into one or more leases, lease-purchase or installment sales agreements in Fiscal Year 2018 in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($27,500,000.00). These funds are to be used by various City departments for the acquisition of equipment in furtherance of their respective governmental functions. The list of equipment includes: computer equipment (hardware and software), motor vehicles and trailers, ambulances, firefighting equipment, office equipment, telecommunications equipment, photocopying equipment, medical equipment, school and educational equipment, school buses, parking meters, street lighting installation, traffic signal equipment and equipment functionally related to, and components of, the foregoing, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed. The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed; yeas 13. Assigned for further action.

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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2017 Docket #0539, authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of Forty-Five Million Three Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,385,000.00) from the City's Capital Grant Fund in order to provide funding for various transportation and public realm improvements. These projects are aligned with the goals of GoBoston 2030, the City's transportation master plan. The funds shall be credited to the Capital Grant fund from the Parking Meter Fund, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed. The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed; yeas 12 nays 1 (Jackson). Assigned for further action.

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Councilors O'Malley, Flaherty, Jackson, LaMattina, Linehan, McCarthy, Pressley, Zakim, Baker, Campbell, Ciommo, Essaibi-George and Wu offered the following: Resolution naming the community room of the West Roxbury Branch Library the "Alice G. Hennessey Community Room".

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Councilors McCarthy, O’Malley, Baker, Campbell, Ciommo, Essaibi-George, Flaherty, Jackson, Linehan, Pressley, Zakim and Wu offered the following: Resolution supporting H.R 1037, a Bill to Establish a National Emergency Medical Services Memorial in Washington D.C. On motion of Councilor McCarthy, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, nays 0. Not present 1(LaMattina)

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