CITY COUNCIL MEETING

1474 Message and orders authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a

RAISE Grant from the Federal Transit Administration. The City of Boston’s

award will not exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) in funding

from the RAISE Grant for the Roxbury Resilient Transportation Corridors

Project, led by the Boston Transportation Department. The City will partner

with local residents, community organizations and consultants to apply the

funds towards planning, designing and construction improvements on

Warren Street, Malcolm X Boulevard, and Melnea Cass Boulevard in

Roxbury.

1475 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the

amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in the form of a grant, for

the Clougherty Pool Project, awarded by the United States Department of

the Treasury passed through the Massachusetts Department of Conservation

and Recreation to be administered by the Public Facilities Department. The

grant will fund the Clougherty Pool replacement and bathhouse renovation

project.

1476 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the

amount of Sixty-Two Thousand One Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars

($62,149.000) in the form of a grant, for the FY24 Port Security Grant,

awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered

by the Fire Department. The grant will fund strengthened port-wide risk

management and protection of critical surface transportation infrastructure

from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies.

1477 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 September 18, 2024.

1162 The Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred on

August 7, 2024, Docket #1162, message and order for your approval an

Order amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances, Chapter XV, Section

15-11.1, regarding Black Male Advancement for Equity and Welfare. Since

its establishment in 2021, the Black Men and Boys Commission has sought

to study the social conditions of the city’s Black men and boys, develop

strategies to remedy or assist in remedying serious adversities, and

recommend courses of action to create equal opportunity for generations of

Black men and boys in the City of Boston, submits a report recommending

that the Ordinance ought to pass in a new draft.

1335 The Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred on September

11, 2024, Docket #1335, message and order authorizing the City of Boston

to accept and expend the amount of Two Million Three Hundred

Twenty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($2,322,200.00) in the form

of a grant, for the Community Mitigation Grant, awarded by the

Massachusetts Gaming Commission to be administered by Budget

Management. The grant will fund to offset cost related to the construction

and operation of a gaming establishment, submits a report recommending

that the grant ought to pass.

0764 Order for a hearing to utilize former school and municipal buildings as

affordable housing.

1201 Ordinance preventing wage theft in the City of Boston.

1002 Order for a hearing to create a Boston Development Fund in the Planning

Department.

1430 Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the City of

Boston to appropriate the amount of Two Million Two Hundred

Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($2,225,000.00) for the purpose of paying

the cost of a feasibility study and schematic design associated with a project

for the Pauline Agassiz Shaw-Charles H. Taylor Elementary School,

Mattapan, MA 02126. 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.

1392 Order for a hearing to provide additional support and informational sessions

on the distribution of Boston’s new 225 liquor licenses.

1478 Councilor Weber and Pepén offered the following: Ordinance to protect

workers from heat-related illness and injury.

1479 Councilor Durkan and Santana offered the following: Order for a

hearing to investigate the use, impact, and potential ban of algorithmic price

setting in the Boston rental housing market.

1480 Councilor Louijeune and Coletta Zapata offered the following: Order

for a hearing regarding the City of Boston's response to sexual assault,

domestic violence, and related resources for survivors.

1481 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution recognizing

October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

1482 Councilor Pepén offered the following: Resolution supporting bold state

legislation to modernize energy production and stewardship.

1483 WITHDRAWN

 

1484 Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for

the appointment of temporary employee Elsa Flores in City Council,

effective October 5, 2024.

1485 Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for

the appointment of temporary employee Sydney Scanlan in City Council,

effective October 12, 2024.

1486 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Order for the appointment of

temporary employee Meagan Corugedo to City Council, effective October

15, 2024.

Legislative Calendar for October 2, 2024.

1487 Councilor Durkan offered the following: Resolution recognizing Bruce

Weinograd.

1488 Councilor Durkan offered the following: Resolution recognizing Maria

Weinograd.

1489 Councilor Durkan offered the following: Resolution recognizing Pamela

Carthy.

1490 Councilor Durkan offered the following: Resolution recognizing Dermot

Doyne.

1491 Councilor Durkan offered the following: Resolution recognizing Dr.

Melissa L. Gilliam.

1492 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 113th

anniversary of the Founding of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and

flag-raising for Taiwan Day.

1493 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Colin's

Joy Project.

1494 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Simon of

Cyrene Society.

1495 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center's Acorn Center for Early

Childhood Care.

1496 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Tinlin

Family.

1497 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing St.

Stephen's Youth Program.

1498 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the

Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center.

1499 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Japan

University Karatedo Federation.

1500 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Boston

Municipal Protective Services.

1501 Councilor Weber offered the following: Resolution in memory of Quami

J. Clarke.