CITY COUNCIL MEETING

    1506    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the United States 

    Department of the Interior under the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

    (LWCF) to be administered by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department 

    for the purpose of making capital improvements to the Mary Ellen Welch 

    Greenway in East Boston. The grant will fund improvements to the 

    Greenway, including newly paved pathways, enhanced entrances, new site 

    furnishings, and drainage improvements to address chronic site flooding.

    1507    Message and order requesting and recommending that the city hold 

    in person early voting for both the September 9, 2025, Preliminary 

    Municipal Election (presuming this body acts favorably on my separate 

    submission related to the date of the Preliminary) and the November 4, 

    2025, Municipal Election. I make this request in accordance with the 

    provisions of G.L. c.54, § 25B (c)(1) upon the request of the registrars of 

    the City of Boston. That statute provides a local option to allow for 

    in person early voting for any Preliminary or Municipal Election.

    1508    Message and order at the recommendation of the Chair of the Board of 

    Election Commissioners, I hereby transmit for the approval of your 

    Honorable Body an Order fixing the date of the 2025 Preliminary Municipal 

    Election as September 9, 2025.

    1509    Message transmitting certain information under section 17F pertaining to 

    White Stadium documents, Docket #1447 passed by the Council on 

    September 25, 2024 and Docket #1358 passed by the Council on September 

    11, 2024.

    1510    Communication was received from Councilor Ed Flynn regarding certain 

    information under section 17F pertaining to Boston Housing Authority 

    Elevators, Docket #1357 passed by the Council on September 11, 2024.

1130    Order for a hearing to implement community safe rodent birth control to 

    protect Boston families, companion animals, and wildlife.

    1385    Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the City of 

    Boston (the "City") to accept and expend the amount of Seven Million 

    Dollars ($7,000,000.00) in the form of a grant (the "Grant Payment"), 

    awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury, to be 

    administered by the City's Chief Financial Officer/Collector Treasurer. This 

    Grant Payment is made from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal 

    Recovery Fund in the Treasury of the United States established by Section 

    9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021.

    0911    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in the form of a grant, for 

    the FY24 Earmark for Fairmount Housing Development, awarded by the 

    MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be administered by the 

    Police Department. The grant will fund the support of Police overtime for 

    visible patrols in the Fairmount Development.

    1166    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Four Million One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars 

    ($4,125,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY25 Public Safety 

    Answering Point Support and Incentive Grant, awarded by the MA 

    Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be administered by the 

    Police Department. The grant will fund costs associated with providing 

    Enhanced 911 services.

    1168    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000.00) in the form 

    of a grant for the FY24 Boston Regional Intelligence Center Earmark, 

    awarded by the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be 

    administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund upgrading, 

    expanding, and integrating technology and protocols related to 

    anti terrorism, anti crime, anti gang and emergency response.

    1170    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Four Hundred Forty Five Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Five 

    Dollars and Seventy Seven Cents ($445,865.77) in the form of the grant for 

    the FY25 State 911 Training Grant, awarded by the MA Executive Office of 

    Public Safety & Security to be administered by the Police Department. The 

    grant will fund the training and certification of Enhanced 911 

    telecommunications staff.

    1175    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Eighty Seven Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Seven Dollars 

    ($87,427.00) in the form of a grant, for the United States Attorney’s Project 

    Safe Neighborhood (PSN) Initiative grant, awarded by the United States 

    Attorney’s Office passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety 

    & Security, to be administered by the Boston Police Department. The grant 

    will fund the purchase of needed equipment, software, and other technology 

    items considered vital for preventing or reducing violent crime.

    1177    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in the form of a grant for the 

    FY23 National Violent Death Reporting System, awarded by the MA 

    Department of Public Health to be administered by the Police Department. 

    The grant will fund data collection by the Bureau of Investigative Services 

    and the Drug Control Unit.

    1286    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($11,200.00) in the form 

    of a grant, for the FY23 Safe and Successful Youth Initiative, awarded by 

    the MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services to be administered 

    by the Boston Police Department. The grant will fund to support enrollment 

    in the Certificate of Intensive Training in Motivational Interviewing for the 

    SSYI Boston Case Management Team.

    1432    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00) in 

    the form of a grant, for the FY24 Police Reform and Equitable Justice Grant 

    Program, awarded by the Target Corporation to be administered by the 

    Police Department. The grant will fund the Youth and Police Initiative 

    (YPI), which provides police with the skills and tools necessary to 

    understand and deal with troubled youth and gives troubled youth new ways 

    to understand, perceive and deal with police authority.

    1425    Order for a hearing to discuss inadequate delivery services by the United 

    States Postal Service within Mission Hill and other Boston neighborhoods.

1511    Councilor Weber offered the following: Petition for a Special Law re: An 

    Act Directing the City of Boston Police Department to Waive the Maximum 

    Age Requirement for Doumy Pamera of Jamaica Plain.

    1512    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for a hearing to explore 

    utilizing surcharges to provide residential tax relief.

    1513    Councilor Breadon and Pepén offered the following: Order for a hearing 

    to discuss the use of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in the City of 

    Boston.

    1514    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order requesting certain 

    information under section 17F: re: Information on Residential Tax Relief 

    Proposal.

    1515    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order requesting certain 

    information under section 17F: re Information on Boston Landmarks 

    Commission.

    1516    Councilor Louijeune and Mejia offered the following: Resolution 

    recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

    1517    Councilor FitzGerald offered the following: Resolution declaring 

    October 18, 2024 as Ryan Woods Day in the City of Boston.

    1519    Councilor Flynn and Murphy offered the following: Resolution in 

    support of the International Longshoremen's Association.

    1518    Councilor Mejia and Coletta Zapata offered the following: Resolution 

    in support of holders of Temporary Protective Status (TPS).

    1520    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 

    contributions and legacy of Alberto Vasallo, Jr.

    1521    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution in support of a 

    domestic violence and sexual assault committee at the Boston City Council.

 

    1522    Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Worrell offered the following: Order for 

    the appointment of temporary employee Anastasia Owen in City Council, 

    effective October 12, 2024.

    1523    Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Durkan offered the following: Order for 

    the appointment of temporary employee Laurie Shorrosh in City Council, 

    effective October 21, 2024.

Legislative Calendar for October 9, 2024.

1524    Councilor Pepén offered the following: Resolution recognizing Janet 

    Maude Spence.

    1525    Councilor Pepén offered the following: Resolution recognizing Steve 

    Smith.

    1526    Councilor Pepén offered the following: Resolution recognizing Ann 

    Cushing.

    1527    Councilor Pepén offered the following: Resolution recognizing John 

    Cushing.

    1528    Councilor Pepén offered the following: Resolution recognizing Cathleen 

    Fiumara.

    1529    Councilor Durkan offered the following: Resolution recognizing Asian 

    Community Fund.

    1530    Councilor Coletta Zapata offered the following: Resolution in memory 

    of Lina Capogreco.

    1531    Councilor Fernandes Anderson and Louijeune offered the following: 

    Resolution recognizing Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church.

    1532    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution 

    recognizing Charlotte M. Nelson.

    1533    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution 

    recognizing Susan Curry.

    1534    Councilor Coletta Zapata offered the following: Resolution in memory 

    of Michele Morgan.

    1535    Councilor Breadon offered the following: Resolution in memory of 

    Robert Alan O'Connell.

    1536    Councilor Breadon offered the following: Resolution recognizing four 

    winners of the 2024 Allston Brighton Renter's Garden Contest.

    1537    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing Tu 

    Hispanidad Flag Day.