City Council meeting

1115

Message and order for your approval an Ordinance Reauthorizing Condominium Conversion Protections in the City of Boston.

Filed in the City Clerk's Office on November 30, 2020.

1116

Message and order approving an appropriation of Seven Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars ($775,866.00) from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund for projects described in the attached Order. The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund Commissioners met on October 09, 2020, and voted to approve these projects. It is my belief and that of the Commission that these projects will "ornament the City's street, ways, squares and parks" as Mr. Browne directed in his Will in the year 1892.

1117

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) Grant Program awarded from the Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Division of Conservation Services, in the amount not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) to be administered by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. The grant will fund the renovation of Mission Hill Playground in Mission Hill.

1118

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a Local Acquisition for the Natural Diversity (LAND) Grant Program award from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Division of Conservation Services, in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Fifty-Five Dollars and Eighty-Cents ($387,055.80), to be administered by the Boston Environment Department. The grant will fund, for conservation and passive recreation purposes, the acquisition of the parcel located at 108 Walter Street in the Roslindale neighborhood. (Assessing Department Identification Number 2005195000)

1119

Communication was received from Maureen Joyce, City Auditor; transmitting reports listing transfers made solely for the purpose of closing accounts for Fiscal Year 2020.

1120

Communication was received from the City Clerk of the filing by the Boston Redevelopment Authority of the "Application to the Report and Decision on the Trinity Orient Heights Phase Three Limited Partnership Chapter 121A Project.

1121

Communication was received from the City Clerk of the filing by the Boston Redevelopment Authority of the “First Amendment to the Report and Decision on the Foley Chapter 121A Project”.

0195

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the form of a 2019 Transportation Planning Grant awarded by Massachusetts Gaming Commission to be administered by the Boston Transportation Department. The purpose of the grant is to fund a portion of the design cost under the Tetra Tech contact for the Sullivan Square/Rutherford Avenue project.

0363

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, in an amount not to exceed Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for the design and engineering services related to the North Washington Street Bridge project.

0364

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy, in an amount not to exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($3,860,000.00) for costs related to construction of the North Washington Street Bridge.

0365

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from the Boston Gas Company d/b/a National Grid, in an amount not to exceed Two Million Eight Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($2,890,000.00) for costs related to construction of the North Washington Street Bridge.

0689

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from the Boston Planning and Development Agency in the amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to pay for the cost related to the 100% design (PSE) of the intersection improvements project at Heath Street and South Huntington Avenue in Jamaica Plain.

0859

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($295,000.00) in the form of a 2020 Transportation Construction Grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, to be administered by the Boston Transportation Department. The purpose of the grant is to fund the Cambridge Street and Maffa Way portions of the Lost Village Project in the Charlestown neighborhood.

0860

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the form of a 2020 Transportation Planning grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, to be administered by the Boston Transportation Department. The purpose of the grant is to fund a portion of the design cost under the Tetra Tech contract for the Sullivan Square/ Rutherford Avenue project.

0910

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in the amount not to exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00) for cost related to the construction and implementation of dedicated bus lanes and similar bus priority measures in various locations within the City of Boston.

0840

Order for a hearing regarding police contracts as policy documents.

0885

Ordinance Establishing a Civilian Review Board within the City of Boston.

1094

Message and order for your approval an Ordinance establishing the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, amending the City of Boston Code, Chapter 11, with the insertion of a new Section 2-16.

1102

Order relative to the adoption of Classification in the City of Boston in FY 2021.

1122

Councilor Mejia offered the following: Ordinance to Establish Guidelines for Permitting Residential Kitchens.

1123

Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order requesting certain information under section 17F: regarding spending to address violence and substance use disorder in Mass/Cass.

1124

Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Order requesting certain information under Section 17F re: BPD overtime records for the category of "Special Events" from January 2015 through November 2020.

1125

Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Order for a hearing to discuss COVID-19 rates by neighborhoods and strategies to reduce transmission.

1126

Councilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Petition for a Special Law re: Enfranchising the Boston School Committee Student Member

1127

Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Native American Heritage Day.

1128

Councilor Janey for Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Ana E. Calderón, Charles Levin, Melissa Lo, Sophia Wang, and Vanessa Woo in City Council effective November 28, 2020.

1129

Councilor Janey for Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Ana E. Calderón, Charles Levin, Melissa Lo, Sophia Wang, and Vanessa Woo in City Council effective December 5, 2020.

1130

Councilor Janey for Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Melissa Lo in City Council effective December 26, 2020.

1131

Councilor Janey for Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Melissa Lo in City Council effective January 1, 2021.

1132

Councilor Janey for Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Samantha Bennett in City Council.

Legislative Calendar for December 2, 2020.

1133

Councilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Arsen Tashjian.

1134

Councilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution in memory of Minetta Waite.

1135

Councilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution in memory of Lorenzo Petruzziello.

1136

Councilors Campbell, Flaherty, Essaibi George and Wu offered the following: Resolution recognizing State representative Russel Holmes.