City Council Meeting

0210 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to except and expend the

amount of One Million Six Hundred Forty Two Thousand Seven Hundred

Twenty Three Dollars and Ten Cents ($1,642,723.10) in the form of a grant,

for the FY23 Senator Charles E. Shannon Jr. Community Safety Initiative,

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

administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund regional and

multi-disciplinary approaches to combat gang violence through coordinated

prevention and intervention, law enforcement, prosecution and reintegration

program.

0211 Message and order for your approval an order appropriating from the

Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund the sum of One Million Four Hundred

Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($1,475,000.00) for projects described in

the attached order. The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund Commissioners met

on December 7, 2022, and voted to approve these projects and to establish a

dedicated repairs and restoration fund for the Browne Fund Projects.

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0212 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the

amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in the form

of a grant from the Friends of Crite Park. The Friends of Crite Park have

offered to provide One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), to

the Public Works Department, for some of the expenses related to the Crite

Park Project.

0213 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Curtis R.

Kemeny, as an alternate member of the Beacon Hill Architectural

Commission for a term expiring on May 1, 2026.

0214 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Maurice N.

Finegold, as a member of the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission for a

term expiring on May 1, 2026.

0215 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Sandra

Steele, as a member of the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission for a term

expiring on May 1, 2026.

0216 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Edward

Bredenberg, as a member of the Aberdeen Architectural Conservation

District Commission for a term expiring on June 30, 2026.

0217 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Andrew

Shelburne , as a member of the Highland Park Architectural Conservation

District Commission for a term expiring on June 30, 2026.

0218 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Ernest

Coston, as a member of the Highland Park Architectural Conservation

District Commission for a term expiring on June 30, 2024.

0220 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Suleman

Gajere, as a member of the Highland Park Architectural Conservation

District Commission for a term expiring on June 30, 2024.

0221 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Dr. Angela

Paige Cook, as a member of the Highland Park Architectural Conservation

District Commission for a term expiring on June 30, 2025.

0222 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Anndie

Chan-Patera, as an alternate member of the Back Bay Architectural

Conservation District Commission for a term expiring on December 31,

2026.

0219 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Tanvi Nayer,

as an alternate member of the Back Bay Architectural Conservation District

Commission for a term expiring on December 31, 2028.

0223 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Thomas

High, as a member of the Back Bay Architectural Conservation District

Commission for a term expiring on December 31, 2023.

0224 Notice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of Carl

Richardson as a member of the Disability Commission Advisory Board for

a term expiring June 1, 2025.

0225 Notice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of Richard

Glovsky as a member of the Disability Commission Advisory Board for a

term expiring January 6, 2026.

0226 Notice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of Zary

Amirhoussini as a member of the Disability Commission Advisory Board

for a term expiring May 1, 2025.

0227 Notice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of Wesley

Ireland as a member of the Disability Commission Advisory Board for a

term expiring August 1, 2024.

0228 Notice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of G.

Paul-Caron as a member of the Disability Commission Advisory Board for

a term expiring August 1, 2024.

0229 Notice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of Elizabeth

Dean-Clower as a member of the Disability Commission Advisory Board

for a term expiring August 1, 2024.

0230 Notice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of Juan

Ramirez-Tapia as a member of the Disability Commission Advisory Board

for a term expiring August 1, 2024.

0231 Notice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of Olivia

Richard as a member of the Disability Commission Advisory Board for a

term expiring August 1, 2024.

0232 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Paulette Sprigss

Durrett as a member of the Disability Commission Advisory Board for a

term expiring January 26, 2026.

0233 Notice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of John Martin

as a member of the Board of Examiners for a term expiring January 2, 2024.

0236 Notice was received from the Mayor of her absence from the City from 9:00

A.M. on Thursday, January 19, 2022, returning the same day at 9:00 P.M.

0234 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 December 14, 2022.

0235 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 January 11, 2023.

0108 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the

amount of Thirteen Million Five Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars

($13,520,000.00) in the form of a grant for continued support of planning,

exercises, trainings and operational needs that will assist in building

enhanced and sustainable security capacities to help prevent, respond to and

recover from threats to acts of terrorism, including Chemical, Biological,

Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive incidents, awarded by the United

States Department of Homeland Security, passed though the MA Executive

Office of Public Safety & Security, to be administered by the Department of

Emergency Management. The grant will fund the Federal FY2022 Urban

Areas Security Initiative.

0109 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the

amount of One Million One Hundred Sixty Nine Thousand Six Hundred

Twenty Three Dollars ($1,169,623.00) in the form of a grant for the

Boston-Providence Regional Catastrophic Preparedness project, through

which we work to close known capability gaps, encourage innovative

regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents and build in

existing regional preparedness efforts, awarded by the United States

Department of Homeland Security, passed through the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, to be administered by the Department of Emergency

Management. The grant will fund the Federal FY22 Regional Catastrophic

Preparedness.

0110 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the

amount of Five Hundred Sixty Seven Thousand Dollars ($567,000.00) in

the form of a grant for the FY23 State Information System Improvements,

awarded by the United States Department of Transportation, passed through

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

the Police Department. The grant will fund specialized equipment for 564

marked and unmarked cruisers to implement the Motor Vehicle Automated

Citation and Crash System in Boston. The eCitation technology issues

electronic traffic citations which can be printed out in the police cruisers.

0135 Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to Reorganization of the

Boston School Committee.

0237 Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Ordinance and

Amendment to the Boston Municipal Code in Regard to Measuring Racial

Equity in Affordable Housing.

0238 Councilor Mejia and Flynn offered the following: Order for a hearing on

accountability and accessibility of language access services in the City of

Boston.

0239 Councilor Mejia and Arroyo offered the following: Order for a hearing

on expanding access for minority business enterprises into high volume

commercial centers.

0240 Councilor Mejia and Lara offered the following: Order for a hearing on

workforce development housing for City of Boston employees.

0241 Councilor Mejia and Lara offered the following: Order for a hearing

regarding the Boston Public Schools Transportation system.

0242 Councilor Mejia and Lara offered the following: Order for a hearing on

an audit for Boston Public School's Special Education services and return

on investment.

0243 Councilor Mejia and Arroyo offered the following: Order for a hearing

on government transparency and accountability towards surveillance

equipment.

0244 Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for a hearing on

establishing a mental health curriculum in Boston Public Schools.

0245 Councilor Mejia and Lara offered the following: Order for a hearing

examining the implementation and outcomes of restorative justice practices

in the Boston Public Schools.

0246 Councilor Lara and Flaherty offered the following: Order for a hearing

to assess the need for a Senior Center in the neighborhood of West

Roxbury.

0247 Councilor Lara and Mejia offered the following: Order for a hearing to

discuss the Academic Performance and Social-Emotional Well-Being of

LGBTQ+ Students In Boston Public Schools.

0248 Councilor Lara and Arroyo offered the following: Order for a hearing to

discuss the Disproportionate Criminalization of the LGBTQ+ Community

and Their Health And Well-Being While Incarcerated.

0249 Councilor Lara and Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order

for a hearing to discuss the Impact Of Inequitable Housing Code

Enforcement of Boston's Proactive Rental Inspection Program.

0250 Councilor Lara and Arroyo offered the following: Order for a hearing on

Installing Adjustable Height Basketball Hoops in the City of Boston Parks.

0251 Councilor Lara and Bok offered the following: Order for a hearing to

Discuss Establishing A Walking City Trail Connecting Urban Green Spaces

Across Boston Neighborhoods.

0252 Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding

public safety measure recommendations for Boston Public Schools and

Boston Police.

0253 Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for a hearing to audit the

City of Boston's procurement processes, procedures and progress.

0254 Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for a

hearing to discuss how the Boston Public Schools can more effectively

support the needs of its Muslim students.

0255 Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for a

hearing to discuss how Boston Public Schools are addressing the needs of

the parents of English language learner students.

0256 Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for a

hearing to discuss ways of creating a partnership between colleges and high

schools to create jobs and academic support for students.

0257 Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for a

hearing to discuss the need for a health center in Nubian Square.

0258 Councilor Fernandes Anderson and Arroyo offered the following:

Order for a hearing to explore a digital marketplace pilot program.

0259 Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for a

hearing to discuss renaming the Roxbury branch of the Boston Public

Library to the Nubian Library.

0260 Councilor Coletta and Breadon offered the following: Order for a

hearing to address the loss of rehearsal spaces for musicians in the City of

Boston.

0261 Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order for a hearing to discuss

the results of last year's youth summer jobs programs and the social

emotional benefits of summer employment.

0262 Councilor Worrell offered the following: Order for a hearing to bring the

2026 NBA All-Star Weekend to Boston.

0263 Councilor Fernandes Anderson and Worrell offered the following:

Resolution to request Walgreens to postpone all closures of Boston

locations.

0264 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution celebrating Lunar New

Year and the contributions of our AAPI community.

0265 Councilor Flynn for Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order for the

appointment of temporary employee Kate O'Donovan in City Council,

effective January 30, 2023.

0266 Councilor Flynn for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the

appointment of temporary employee Ann C. DeGeorge in City Council,

effective January 21, 2023.

0267 Councilor Flynn for Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following:

Order for the appointment of temporary employee Lindsay Dieudonne in

City Council, effective February 4, 2023.

Legislative Calendar for January 25, 2023.

0268 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing Eddy

Brisseaux.

0269 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Chrystome Yves Bazile Junior.

0270 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing John

William Humphrey.

0271 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Pastor Borneon Accime.

0272 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Austin Morda.

0273 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing Sonje

Ayiti.

0274 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Nixon Léger.

0275 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Brockton Arts.

0276 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing the

Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts.

0277 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing Sant

Kominoté Ka Kók.

0278 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Chrispin Dragon.

0279 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing Dr.

Seema Jacob.

0280 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Oenone Calixte.

0281 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Benietta Marton.

0282 Councilor Bok offered the following: Resolution recognizing Rabbi

Mayer Zarchi and Chenchie Zarchi.

0283 Councilor Bok offered the following: Resolution recognizing Mike

Lynch.

0284 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Dr.

Stephen L. Williams Sr.

0285 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Desie

Roberts.

0286 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Pastor

Dana Gunsah.

0287 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Ricardo

Antoine.

0288 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Hurun

America Summit.

0289 Councilor Bok offered the following: Resolution recognizing Rt. Rev.

Gayle E. Harris.

0290 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Emmet

"Pat" Nichols.

0291 Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Anthony Ortiz.

0292 Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Vincent

H. Stephens.

0293 Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing

Reginald Romain.

0294 Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Hasani

Little.

0295 Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Gail

Cummings.

0296 Councilor Murphy and Flynn offered the following: Resolution in

memory of Christophine Otto.

0297 Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution in memory of

Herbert L. Riggs.

0298 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution in memory of Connor

M. Flanagan.

0299 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England.

0300 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Asian

American of Boston.

0301 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Karma

Restaurant Group.

0302 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution in memory of Arthur

F. James.

0303 Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing Jose

Masso.

0304 Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing Fabian

Depiza.

0305 Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing Barbara

Hamilton

0306 Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing Matzaris

Del Valle.

0307 Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing James

Michel.

0308 Councilor Coletta offered the following: Resolution in memory of

Calogero "Charlie" Tinnirello.

0309 Councilor Coletta offered the following: Resolution in memory of

Beverly Gibbons.

0310 Councilor Coletta offered the following: Resolution in memory of John

"Cat" Harrington.

0311 Councilor Coletta offered the following: Resolution in memory of Mary

Romano.

0312 Councilor Coletta offered the following: Resolution in memory of

Michele A. Tirella.