City Council meeting

1032

Message and order for your approval an Ordinance amending City of Boston Ordinances, Chapter X, to be known as the Housing Stability Notification Act.  The purpose of this ordinance is to promote housing stability of Boston residents by ensuring that they have information about their right and about housing resources that may be available to them.

Filed in the City Clerk's Office on October 5, 2020.

1033

Message and orders authorizing the City of Boston to participate in the Massachusetts Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (PACE Massachusetts). This order authorizes the City to enter into a Municipal Assessment and Assignment Agreement with MassDevelopment, thereby allowing building owners in Boston to participate in this statewide financing program.

1034

Message and order to declare surplus two City-owned former Public Works Department parcels, to transfer the care, custody, management, and control of said properties to the Public Facilities Commission. The parcels are located in the Roxbury District at: Tremont Street (Ward 09 Parcel 02240020) and Melnea Cass Boulevard (Ward 9 Parcel 02225005).

1035

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend amount of Nine Hundred Sixty One Thousand Eighty-Six Dollars and Twenty-Nine Cents ($961,086.29) in the form of a grant for the FY21 YouthWorks, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, passed through the Economic Development & Industrial Corporation of Boston, to be administered by the Youth Engagement & Employment. The grant will fund Boston’s SuccessLink Employment Program for Summer 2020.

1036

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-one Dollars ($498,291.00) in the form of a grant for the First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Health and Human Services to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund a collaborative effort between Boston Fire Department first responders, the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Services, the Boston Public Health Commission, and community-based organizations to improve the City’s response to opioid overdoses. Year 3 of a 4-year grant.

1037

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($55,000.00) in the form of a grant for the No Kids Hungry Campaign, awarded by Share Our Strength to be administered by the Office of Food Access. The grant will fund staff costs for the School Food Insecurity Specialist.

1038

Communication was received from Timothy J. Smyth, Esquire Executive Officer, regarding election of Michael D. O'Reilly and Michael W. McLaughlin as Trustees of the Boston Retirement Board, commencing October 1, 2020 and ending September 30, 2023.

0226

Ordinance to provide for safe disposal of sharps through the establishment of a Product Stewardship Program.

0747

Order for a hearing regarding the status of college and university plans to reopen for Fall 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

0817

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty-Three Million Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars ($23,348,669.00) in the form of a grant for the FY20 Emergency Solutions Grant-COVID-19 Supplemental, awarded by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Development.

The grant will fund special activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic among individuals and families who are homeless or receiving homeless assistance. This award is the second allocation to the program under the CARES Act.

0985

Order for a hearing discussing Permits for At-Home Entrepreneurs in the City of Boston.

1039

Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Order for a hearing to discuss the City of Boston and Boston Police Department's oversight protocols for BPD overtime and to discuss ensuring effective oversight measures.

1040

Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for a hearing to discuss pedestrian safety, traffic enforcement, and Vision Zero.

1041

Councilor Mejia offered the following: Ordinance Amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances, Chapter VI, Section 6-10, Language and Communications Access for City Services.

1042

Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution celebrating the centennial of Disabled American Veterans (DAV).

1043

Councilors Breadon and Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing White Cane Safety Day on October 15.

1044

Councilors Essaibi-George and Bok offered the following: Resolution recognizing October as National Co-op Month.

1045

Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution in recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

1046

Councilor Janey for Councilor O'Malley offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Justin McClarey and Jessica Morris in City Council.

Legislative Calendar for October 7, 2020.

1047

Councilors Mejia and O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Rafael Ventura.

1048

Councilors Mejia and O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Felix Antonio Cruz Jiminian.

1049

Councilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Gabriela M. Ramirez.