City Council meeting

1518 Message and order authorizing and approving the City of Boston Conservation Commission (the "ConCom") to receive a property identified by the City of Boston Assessing Department as 0 Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston with a parcel identification no. 20-09228020 (the " Property"). The property is currently under the care and custody of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (the BPDA) and is located on the banks of the Cow Island Pond area of the Charles River in West Roxbury.

1519 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Million Three Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($4,342,674.00) in the form of a grant for the FFY19 Lead Paint Hazard Reduction Grant Program, awarded by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Development. The grant will fund abatement, inspection, risk assessment, temporary location and interim control of lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned, single-family and multi-family housing units that are occupied by low-income families.

1520 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations of Communities (PARC) Grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Executive 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 Phase III of the renovation of Harambee Park in Dorchester.

1521 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) in the form of a grant for the Go Boston 2030, awarded by the Barr Foundation to be administered by the Transportation Department. The grant will fund transparent communication, tracking and evaluation of the progress of implementing the projects identified in Go Boston 2030, the City's long-term mobility plan.

1522 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eleven Dollars and Twenty Cents ($99,811.20) in the form of a grant for the FY 19 BJA Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund a cross-system collaboration to improve responses and outcomes for individuals with mental illnesses (MI) or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse (CMISA) who come into contact with the justice system.

1523 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the form of a grant from the Harvard-Allston Public Realm Flexible Fund, awarded by the Boston Redevelopment Authority to be administered by the Arts and Culture Department. The grant will fund a consultant to identify both creative place-making and place-keeping opportunities in keeping with the unique and varied present-day character of the dynamic Allston-Brighton neighborhood.

1524 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) in the form of a grant for the FY2020 Jail/Arrest Diversion Grant, awarded by MA Department of Mental Health to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund crisis intervention training.

1525 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Dollars ($4,520.00) in the form of a grant for the FFY17 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, awarded by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Development. The grant will fund planning and implementing programs to move Boston from a city where multiple programs serve youth and young adults at risk and experiencing homelessness, to a city with a coordinated, resourced and data-informed system with common vision and goals aimed at preventing and ending youth homelessness. The original award of $4,920,000.00 was increased by $4,520.00 when the contract was finalized by HUD.

0396 The Committee on Healthy Women, Families and Communities, to which was referred on February 27, 2019 Docket #0396, An Order on black maternal health, racial and gender equity in the health care system in the City of Boston, submits a report recommending the order ought to be placed on file.

0193 Order for a hearing to discuss domestic violence and sexual assault in the City of Boston.

0250 An Ordinance Protecting Local Wetlands and Promoting Climate Change Adaptation in the City of Boston.

1526 Councilor Essaibi-George offered the following: An Ordinance to Create the Special Commission on Ending Family Homelessness.

Legislative Calendar for October 30, 2019.

1527 Councilor Zakim offered the following: Resolution recognizing Megan Walsh.

1528 Councilor Zakim offered the following: Resolution recognizing Will Clark.

1529 Councilor Zakim offered the following: Resolution recognizing Kaji Aso Studio.

1530 Councilors Flynn, Baker, Wu, McCarthy, Flaherty, Garrison, Zakim, Essaibi-George, Campbell, O'Malley, Janey, Ciommo and Edwards offered the following: Resolution recognizing The Disability Commission.

1531 Councilors Flynn, Baker and Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing James O'Connor.

1532 Councilors Flynn, Baker and Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Arthur Green.

1533 Councilor Zakim offered the following: Resolution recognizing the DiMaiti family.

1534 Councilor Campbell offered the following: Resolution recognizing Janet M. Spence.

1535 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing VIETAID.

1536 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Reverend Steven Chin.

1537 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing AOH Division 14 Watertown.

1538 Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing Jane M. Mahon.

1539 Councilor Wu offered the following: Resolution recognizing Reverend George C. Woodruff.

1540 Councilor Campbell offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Turkish American Cultural Society of New England.

1541 Councilor O'Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing Steve Slyne.

1542 Councilor Campbell offered the following: Resolution congratulating the Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church on the 150th anniversary of legal incorporation.

1543 Councilor Campbell offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church's 30th Annual Harvest Gala.

1544 Councilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution recognizing The Horace Mann School for the Deaf.

1545 Councilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Ruth Rollins.

1546 Councilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Ronald and Kim Odom.

1547 Councilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Sam Williams.

1548 Councilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Monalisa Smith.

1549 Councilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Clarissa Turner.

1550 Councilor Janey offered the following: Resolution recognizing Clementina Chéry.

1551 Councilor Edwards offered the following: Resolution congratulating Reverend Stephen T. Ayers.