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City Council meeting

The City Council is holding a meeting on November 2 at 12 p.m.

All Council Meetings are held at 12 p.m. (noon) in the Christopher A. Iannella Chamber on the fifth floor of Boston City Hall, unless otherwise noted. All meetings are open to the public and are also available on Xfinity Channel 8, RCN 82, Fios 964, and livestream via City Council TV.

Discussion Topics

  1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
  2. COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR, THE MAYOR:

    1343    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend  the 

        amount of One Million Four Hundred Three Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty 

        Six Dollars ($1,403,856.00) in the form of a grant, for the State FY23 

        Council on the Aging formula allocation, awarded by the MA Executive 

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

        The grant will fund services for 116,988 older adults in the City of Boston 

        at $12 per person, according to 2020 Census data from UMass Boston 

        Donahue Institute.

        1344    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston for an appropriation in 

        the amount of One Million Five Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars 

        ($1,515,000.00) for the purpose of paying cost of a feasibility study and 

        schematic design work associated with roof, boiler and window and door 

        replacement projects at the following schools: the Jeremiah E. Burke High 

        School, English High School, the Dr. William Henderson Upper School, the 

        Dennis C. Haley Elementary School and the Curley K 8 School.



        1345    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a 

        grant in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars 

        ($400,000.00) from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office 

        of Environmental Affairs (EOEEA), Division of Conservation Services’ 

        Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) Program. 

        This grant is awarded to the City of Boston through the Parks and 

        Recreation Department for renovations to O’Day Playground located in the 

        South Neighborhood.

        1346    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston Public Works 

        Department (“PWD”) to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand 

        Dollars ($50,000.00) from the Boston Planning and Development Agency 

        (“BPDA”),  pursuant to the 267 Old Colony cooperation agreement by and 

        between the BPDA and PWD.

     

  3. REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS:

    1347    Communication was received from the City Clerk of the filing by the 

        Boston Residency Compliance Commission regarding the Annual Report 

        (January thru December 2020).

        1348    Communication was received from the City Clerk of the filing by the 

        Boston Residency Compliance Commission regarding the Annual Report 

        (January thru December 2021).

        1349    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Rachel Skerritt, 

        as a Member of the Boston School Committee Nominating Panel, for a term 

        expiring October 28, 2024.

        1350    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 October 19, 2022

  4. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES:



        1275    The Committee on Redistricting, to which was referred on October 19, 

        2022, Docket #1275, An Ordinance Amending City Council Electoral 

        Districts, submits a report recommending that the ordinance ought to pass in 

        a new draft.

  5. MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION:

    0241    Order for a hearing regarding a supplemental sidewalk clearance program 

        during snowstorms in Boston.

  6. MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS:

    1351    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: An ordinance amending City 

        Council Electoral Districts.

        1352    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding 

        diversion services for trash at large Boston venues.

        1353    Councilor Worrell offered the following: Order for a hearing to address 

        gun violence.

        1354    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order for the adoption of City 

        Council Redistricting Protocols.

  7. PERSONNEL ORDERS:

    1355    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Bok offered the following: Order for the 

        appointment of temporary employees Anthony Baez and Jacob Werner in 

        City Council.

        1356    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for the appointment of 

        temporary employee Ethan Vara in City Council.

        1357    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: 

        Order for the appointment of temporary employee James Lambert III in City 

        Council.

  8. GREEN SHEETS:

    /2/22    Legislative Calendar for November 2, 2022.

  9. CONSENT AGENDA:

    1358    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing John 

        Linehan.

        1359    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing 

        Pasteur Bob Deschamps.

        1360    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing Greg 

        Larson.



        1361    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing 

        Candace Morales.

        1362    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing 

        Winston Lloyd.

        1363    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution in memory of Isabel 

        Domeniconi.

        1364    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution in memory of 

        Darryl Alphonso Rowell.

        1365    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution in memory of Frank 

        L. Skelton.

        1366    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing Maria 

        Theodore.

        1367    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing Lauren 

        Shurtleff.

        1368    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing George 

        Papadopoulos.

        1369    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing Kenny 

        Gregorio Jr.

        1370    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing Willie 

        E. Hicks Sr.

        1371    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing Stratos 

        Efthymiou.

        1372    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing Bonnie 

        McGilpin.

        1373    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing 

        Heather Campisano.

        1374    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing 

        Nicholas Muldowney.

        1375    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing The 

        Switch Co Op in Hyde Park.



        1376    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution recognizing Leah 

        Arteaga.

        1377    Councilor Worrell offered the following: Resolution recognizing The 

        Codman Academy Charter Public School.

        1378    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Boston 

        Collegiate Charter School.

        1379    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Jeff 

        Hampton.

        1380    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Dennis 

        McLaughlin.

        1381    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing 

        Coleman Nee.

        1382    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Jerry 

        York.

        1383    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Mary 

        Swanton.

        1384    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing Jon 

        Cronin.

        1385    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing November 

        6 12 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Week

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