City Council meeting

9    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 Boston Red Sox Arts Fund, awarded by the Boston Red Sox 

    to be administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture. The grant 

    will fund programs supported by the Boston Cultural Council, with a 

    portion directed specifically to Fenway area groups or artists.

    0800    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expect the 

    amount of One Hundred Seventy Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty 

    Six Dollars and Thirty One Cents ($177,886.31) in the form of a grant, for 

    the FY22 State Elder Lunch Program, awarded by the MA Executive Office 

    of Elder Affairs to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The 

    grant will fund nutrition services for older adults in the City of Boston. This 

    award represented additional funding for the program.

    0801    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, for 

    the FY22 Safe and Successful Youth Initiative, awarded by the MA 

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

    Police Department. The grant will fund a comprehensive, inter agency 

    strategy that connects law enforcement, employment, education, public 

    health and youth development agencies to reduce youth violence in the 

    Commonwealth.

    0802    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) in the form of a grant for 

    two charitable donations, awarded by the Frank R and Elizabeth Simoni 

    Foundation Inc. to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will 

    fund training initiatives for the Homicide and Youth Violence Strike Force 

    Units.

    0803    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Six Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Dollars ($6,460.00) in the 

    form of a grant for the Federal FY22 Senior Companion Program, awarded 

    by the Corporation for National and Community Service to be administered 

    by the Age Strong Commission. The grant will fund reimbursement for 

    travel and meals, plus stipends. The supplemental award represents a 

    mandatory increase in the stipend from $3.00 to $3.15 per hour, effective 

    July 1, 2022.

 

0804    Communication was received from Council President Ed Flynn calling for 

    the election of City Clerk for the City of Boston on June 29, 2022.

    0805    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Reyes 

    Coll Tellechea as a Chair of the Human Rights Commission.

    0806    Notice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Ellen Hatch as 

    Temporary Collector Treasurer of the City of Boston..

    0807    Notice was received from the City Clerk in accordance with Chapter 6 of 

    the Ordinances of 1979 re: action taken by the Mayor on papers acted upon 

    by the City Council at its meeting of May 18, 2022.

    0808    Notice was received from the City Clerk in accordance with Chapter 6 of 

    the Ordinances of 1979 re: action taken by the Mayor on papers acted upon 

    by the City Council at its meeting of May 25, 2022.

    0809    Notice was received from the City Clerk in accordance with Chapter 6 of 

    the Ordinances of 1979 re: action taken by the Mayor on papers acted upon 

    by the City Council at its meeting of June 8, 2022.

    0810    Notice was received from the City Clerk in accordance with Chapter 6 of 

    the Ordinances of 1979 re: action taken by the Mayor on papers acted upon 

    by the City Council at its meeting of June 15, 2022.

    0811    Communication was received from Councilor Liz Breadon submitting a 

    letter from Allston Brighton elected representatives addressed to the Mayor 

    regarding the proposed Harvard Enterprise Research Campus project.

    0812    Communication was received from the Interim City Clerk of the filing by 

    the Boston Redevelopment Authority of the Second Amendment to the 

    Report and Decision on the Maverick Gardens Chapter 121A Project.”

    0813    Message transmitting certain information under section 17F: relative to 

    Personnel Review Committee and Personnel Vacancies, Docket Number 

    #0641, passed by the Council on May 18, 2022.

    0814    The Constable Bonds of Corita Miles and Gerald Fanfan, have been duly 

    approved and received by the Collector Treasurer.

0259    The Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred on 

    February 9, 2022, Docket #0259, An Ordinance Amending City of Boston 

    Code, Ordinances, Chapter XV, Section X and Establishing the Boston Fair 

    Chance Act, submits a report recommending that the ordinance ought to 

    pass in a new draft.

    0435    The Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred on 

    March 30, 2022, Docket #0435, Petition for a Special Law re: An act 

    authorizing the City of Boston to grant four additional licenses for the sale 

    of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the specified premises, submits a 

    report recommending that the home rule petition ought to pass in a new 

    draft.

    0536    The Committee on Housing and Community Development to which it was 

    referred on April 27, 2022, Docket #0536, Message and order authorizing 

    the Mayor's Office of Housing to accept and expend payments in the 

    amount of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) given to the City of 

    Boston's Inclusionary Development Policy Fund for the purpose of 

    producing and preserving affordable housing in the City of Boston, submits 

    a report recommending that this matter ought to pass.

    0537    The Committee on Housing and Community Development, to which was 

    referred on April 27, 2022, Docket #0537, Message and order authorizing 

    the City of Boston to apply for, accept and expend the Federal Fiscal Year 

    2022 Housing and Community Development funds from the United States 

    Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This Order 

    includes the following grant programs, with final awards estimated not to 

    exceed the totals listed. Community Development Block Grant 

    $18,000,000.00, HOME Investment Partnership Program $7,000,000.00, 

    Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS $4,000,000.00 and the 

    Emergency Solution Grant $2,000,000.00, submits a report recommending 

    that this matter ought to pass.

    0708    The Committee on Housing and Community Development, to which was 

    referred on June 8, 2022, Docket #0708, Message and order authorizing the 

    City of Boston, acting through the Mayor’s Office of Housing, to apply for, 

    accept and expend the amount of Twenty One Million Five Hundred Ninety 

    Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars ($21,597,797.00) 

    provided under the HOME Investment Partnerships Program American 

    Rescue Plan (HOME ARP) Act of 2021 from the United States Department 

    of Housing and Urban Development. The purpose of the HOME ARP funds 

    is to provide housing to individuals, to households who are homeless, at 

    risk of homelessness and other vulnerable populations in the City of 

    Boston, submits a report recommending that this matter ought to pass.

    0625    The Committee on City Services & Innovation Technology, to which was 

    referred on May 18, 2022. Docket 0625, Message and order for your 

    approval an Order to reduce the FY22 appropriation for the Reserve for 

    Collective Bargaining by One Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Two 

    Hundred and Ninety One Dollars ($123,291.00) to provide funding for 

    various departments for the FY22 increases contained within the collective 

    bargaining agreements between the Boston Public Health Commission and 

    AFSCME, Council 93, submits a report recommending that the Committee 

    Report ought to pass.

    0626    The Committee on City Services & Innovation Technology, to which was 

    referred May 18, 2022, Docket 0626, Message and order for the 

    supplemental appropriation Order for the Boston Public Health Commission 

    for FY22 in the amount of One Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Two 

    Hundred and Ninety One Dollars ($123,291.00) to cover the FY22 cost 

    items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the 

    Boston Public Health Commission and AFSCME, Council 93. The terms of 

    the contracts are October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2023. The major 

    provisions of the contract include base wage increases of 2%, 1.5% and 2% 

    percent to be given in January of each fiscal year of the contact term, 

    submits a report recommending that the committee report ought to pass.  

    Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on May 16, 2022.

    0627    The Committee on City Services & Innovation Technology, to which was 

    referred May 18, 2022, Docket 0627, Message and order for your approval 

    an Order to reduce the FY22 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective 

    Bargaining by Ninety Four Thousand One Hundred Thirteen Dollars 

    ($94,113.00) to provide funding for the Inspection Service Department for 

    the FY22 increases contained within the Collective Bargaining agreements 

    between the City of Boston and the Office and Professional Employees 

    International Union, Local 6 (OPEIU), submits a report recommending that 

    the committee report ought to pass.

    0628    The Committee on City Services & Innovation Technology, to which was 

    referred on May 18, 2022, Docket 0628, Message and order for the 

    supplemental appropriation Order for the Inspectional Services Department 

    for FY22 in the amount of Ninety Four Thousand One Hundred Thirteen 

    Dollars ($94,113.00) to cover the FY22 cost contained within the collective 

    cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between 

    the City of Boston and the Office and Professional Employee International 

    Union Local 6 (OPEIU). The terms of the contracts are July 1, 2020 through 

    June 30, 2023. The major provisions of the contract include base wage 

    increases of 2%, 1.5% and 2% percent to be given in October of each fiscal 

    year of the contact term, submits a report recommending that the committee 

    report ought to pass.

    MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION:

    0762    Message disapproving the Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for 

    FY2023, (Docket #0480), passed by the City Council June 8, 2022. I am 

    filing an amended Annual Appropriation and Tax Order.

    0763    Message and order for Amended Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for 

    FY2023.

    0503    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Three Hundred Forty Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand 

    Dollars ($349,500,000.00) in the form of a grant, awarded by the United 

    States Department of Treasury, to be administered by the City of Boston’s 

    Chief Financial Officer/Collector Treasurer. This grant payment is made 

    from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) in the 

    Treasury of the United States established by Section 9901 of the American 

    Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Pursuant to the requirements of the 

    ARPA, the grant payment would fund COVID 19 response and recovery 

    efforts and accelerate a Green New Deal for Boston through 

    once in a generation, transformative investments that address the systemic 

    health and economic challenges in the areas of affordable housing, 

    economic opportunity and inclusion, behavioral health, climate and 

    mobility, arts and culture and early childhood.

    0504    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) in the form of a grant, 

    awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury to be 

    administered by the City of Boston’s Chief Financial Officer/Collector 

    Treasurer. This grant payment is made from the Coronavirus State and 

    Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) in the Treasury of the United States 

    established by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 

    (ARPA). Pursuant to the requirements of ARPA, the grant payment would 

    fund provisions of government services to the extent of the reduction in 

    revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to the COVID 19 

    public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the most recent 

    full fiscal year of the State, territory or Tribal government prior to the 

    emergency.

 

0815    Councilor Lara and Coletta offered the following: Order for a hearing to 

    utilize American Rescue Act federal and state COVID recovery funds to 

    preserve affordable housing in East Boston.

    0816    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution 

    recognizing July 5th As Dia Di Kabuverdianus Na Boston aka "Boston 

    Cabo Verdean's Day".

    0817    Councilor Lara and Flynn offered the following: Resolution calling for 

    the announcement of a public health crisis related to traffic safety and 

    injuries and implementation of sound prevention policies.

    0818    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution Recognizing June 27 

    As National PTSD Awareness Day

    0819    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution Recognizing July 

    1, 2022 as Somali Independence Day.

 

0820    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Worrell offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employees Kurt Faustin, Dustin Gardner and 

    Dianna Vega in City Council, effective June 18, 2022.

    0821    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Worrell offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employees Dustin Gardner in City Council, 

    effective June 25, 2022.

    0822    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Worrell offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Dianna Vega in City Council, effective 

    June 25, 2022.

    0823    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Gina Endres in City Council, effective 

    June 18, 2022.

    0824    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Gina Endres in City Council, effective 

    June 25, 2022.

    0825    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Asli Ercem in City Council, effective 

    June 18, 2022.

    0826    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Asli Ercem in City Council, effective 

    June 25, 2022.

    0827    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employees Rayshon Irby and Skhashah Charles 

    in City Council, effective July 2, 2022.

    0828    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Order for 

    the appointment of temporary employee Hodan Hashi in City Council, 

    effective July2, 2022.

    0829    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Albert Chen in City Council, effective 

    June 18, 2022.

    0830    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employees Ryan Clark and Joseph Gaffney in 

    City Council, effective July 2, 2022.

0831    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing Stephanie 

    Fredericks.

    0832    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing Bannet 

    Steele.

    0833    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing April 

    Ricci.

    0834    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution in recognition of 

    Father Frantzy Petit Homme Manman Mari.

    0835    Councilor Flaherty and Flynn offered the following: Resolution 

    recognizing 20 people on their academic achievements during 

    unprecedented times as a member of the Condon Community Center's 

    ASPIRE Program".

    0836    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing Lisa 

    Evans and Tim Smith We Grow Microgreens.

    0837    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing Julian 

    Zapata.

    0838    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing 31 

    students from Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.

    0839    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Patricia 

    Anne Morse.

    0840    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution in memory of Ann 

    M. Kineavy.

    0841    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution in memory of Helen 

    Danilecki.

    0842    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 

    Neighborhood Food Action Collaborative of Hyde Park and Ric Henry.

    0843    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 

    Belnel Family Neighborhood Association and Helena Tonge.

    0844    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Carole 

    Brittan.

    0845    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution congratulating Police 

    Superintendent James K Chin.

    0846    Councilor Breadon and Louijeune offered the following: Resolution 

    congratulating English for New Bostonians for their 20th anniversary.

    0847    Councilor Breadon and Louijeune offered the following: Resolution 

    congratulating Nefisa Siraj.

    0848    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution congratulating the 

    American Legion Post no. 328

    0849    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution celebrating 75th 

    anniversary of Paralyzed Veterans America.

    0850    Resolution recognizing Mrs. Alma Wright.

    0851    Councilor Breadon offered the following: Resolution in memory of Mary 

    Moran.