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Councilor Weber, on behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following:

1311 On the message and order, referred on July 8, 2026, Docket #1311, authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) for the purpose of paying the costs of a feasibility study and schematic design associated with a project for the Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, located at 75 Malcolm X Blvd, Roxbury, MA 02120. This includes the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto, and for which the City of Boston may be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”), said amount to be expended under the direction of the Public Facilities Department on behalf of the Boston Public Schools, the committee submitted a report recommending that the docket ought to be read for the first time and assigned for further action.
The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).
Assigned for further action.

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1400 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eighteen Thousand One Hundred Sixteen Dollars ($18,116.00) in the form of a grant, Federal FY26 Title III D Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund services that assist older adults in Boston to prevent illness and manage chronic conditions.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).

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1399 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty Three Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Dollars ($23,860.00) in the form of a grant, the Federal FY26 Title III A Area Plan Administration Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund costs for the administration of Title III programs.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).

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1398 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Eight Dollars ($50,978.00) in the form of a grant, the Federal FY26 Title III C Nutrition Services Program Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund nutrition services for older adults in the City of Boston.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).

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1396 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, FY26 Fair Share Supplemental Funds, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to be administered by the Public Works Department. The grant would fund the replacement of public safety lighting in the Brighton neighborhood in the City of Boston.
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).

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1393 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty One Thousand Seven Hundred Eight Dollars ($251,708.00) in the form of a grant, Save America's Treasures, awarded by the National Park Service to be administered by the Office of Historic Preservation. The grant would fund an archaeological assemblage that was excavated from the Parker Harris Pottery Site in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood, for personal and maintenance costs on collections currently housed at the Archaeology Laboratory, and a consultant's fee.
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).

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1392 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant award in the amount not to exceed Eight Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars ($810,000.00) from the Boston Planning and Development Agency for the Phillips Square Project.
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).

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1225 Councilor Santana called Docket #1225, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) of credits from Anthropic to strengthen the City’s cyber defenses. These credits are granted by Anthropic through the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Cyber Defenders Program. The credits will be utilized to automate the scanning, triaging, and patching of our City’s technology infrastructure using Claude Opus 4.8, the latest model of Anthropic’s generative AI tool. This initiative will help to significantly elevate our cybersecurity posture against increasingly sophisticated, AI driven threats, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.
No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.
On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1035 Councilor Santana called Docket #1035, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty Four Thousand Ninety Five Dollars ($24,095.00) in the form of a grant, FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement, awarded by United States Department of Justice, passed through the Massachusetts State Police / Crime Laboratory, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund training and continuing education for forensic examiners, criminalists and laboratory personnel, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.
No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.
On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1352 Councilors Culpepper, Breadon, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of declaring July 11th as MADMOMS Day in the City of Boston.
On motion of Councilor Culpepper, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 9 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 3 (Durkan, Mejia, Santana), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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