City Council meeting

    0346    Message and order for your approval an order authorizing the City of 

    Boston to submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) 

    Statement of Interest for its Accelerated Repair Program for the following 

    schools: the Warren Prescott, Haley Pilot School, Curley K 8 School Lower 

    Building, Henderson K12 Inclusion School Upper Campus, Ohrenberger 

    School, and the English High School. The Statements of Interest describe 

    and explain the deficiencies and the priority category for which the City of 

    Boston may be invited to apply to the MSBA Accelerated Repair grant 

    program in the future.

    0347    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Two Hundred Sixty Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars 

    ($266,500.00) in the form of a grant for the FY22 Local Cultural Council 

    Program, awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to be 

    administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture. The grant will fund 

    innovation arts, humanities and interpretive sciences programming that 

    enhance the quality of life in our city.

    0348    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Two Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars 

    ($237,500.00) in the form of a grant for the FY22 HazMat Earmark, 

    awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be 

    administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund decontamination 

    equipment, vehicle and maintenance expenses for the Hazard Response 

    Team at Boston Fire Department.

    0349    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 grant, for the FY22 COVID 19 SA/DV Trust Fund, awarded by the 

    Department of Public Health to be administered by the Police Department. 

    The grant will fund two full time Domestic Violence advocates who will 

    work with social service agency partners at the BPHC Family Justice 

    Center.

    0350    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Forty Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($40,500.00) in the form 

    of a grant, for the Adopt A Statue Endowment Fund, awarded by the Boston 

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

    The grant will fund the care and maintenance of the John Boyle O’Reilly 

    sculpture by Daniel Chester French.

    0351    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Thirty Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($36,250.00) in 

    the form of a grant, for the Dialogue to Action, awarded by the Boston 

    Redevelopment Authority to be administered by the Office of Resiliency & 

    Racial Equity. The grant will fund programmatic activities to deepen 

    participants’ understanding of racism, in historical and present day forms 

    and foster a sense of agency to change the system through actions at 

    individual, interpersonal or systemic levels.

    0352    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Twenty Eight Thousand Dollars and Thirteen Cents ($28,000.13) 

    in the form of a grant, for the FY21 Violence Against Women Act STOP 

    grant, awarded by the United States Department of Justice, passed through 

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

    the Police Department. The grant will fund a Civilian Domestic Violence 

    Advocate who provides services for victims in Jamaica Plain, East Boston 

    and Charlestown.

    0353    Message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Guale 

    Valdez, as a member of the Boston Public Health Commission’s Board of 

    Health for a term expiring on January 15, 2025.

    0354    Message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Philomin 

    Laptiste, as a member of the Boston Public Health Commission’s Board of 

    Health for a term expiring on January 15, 2025.

    0355    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 February 9, 2022.

    0356    Communication was received from Nicholas Ariniello, Assessing 

    Commissioner, of the appointment of Walter Hyde to a position in the 

    Commercial Unit in Assessing.

    0259    An Ordinance Amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances, Chapter XV, 

    Section X and Establishing the Boston Fair Chance Act.

    0272    Message and order for your approval an order to reduce the FY22 

    appropriation for the Reserve for Collective bargaining by Two Million 

    Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Nine Dollars ($2,016,409.00) to provide 

    funding for various departments for FY22 increases contained within the 

    collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and SENA.

    0273    Message and orders for a supplemental appropriation order for various 

    departments for FY22 in the amount of Two Million Sixteen Thousand Four 

    Hundred Nine Dollars ($2,016,409.00) to cover the FY22 cost items 

    contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of 

    Boston and SENA. The terms of the contracts are October 1, 2020 through 

    September 30, 2023. The major provisions of the contacts include base 

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

    year of the contract term.

    Filed in Office of the City Clerk on February 14, 2022.

    0357    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Order for a 

    hearing to explore a Rent to Own Pilot Program.

    0358    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing March 13, 

    2022 as Essential Workers Day in the City of Boston.

    0359    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing March as 

    National Social Worker Month.

    0360    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee David Mareira in City Council, 

    effective March 5, 2022.

    0361    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee David Mareira in City Council, 

    effective March 12, 2022.

    0362    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Breadon offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Brenna Broderick in City Council, 

    effective March 26, 2022.

9/22    Legislative calendar for March 9, 2022.

    0363    Councilor Baker offered the following: Resolution recognizing Nancy 

    Wass.

    0364    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing six 

    organizations for their work uplifting and supporting essential workers 

    during the COVID pandemic.

    0365    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing Shirley 

    Shillingford.

    0366    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing Lisa 

    Searcy.

    0367    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Black 

    Boston COVID Coalition.

    0368    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution congratulating 

    Ashley Armand.

    0369    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution congratulating 

    Regine Phillipe.

    0370    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution congratulating 

    Sophia Edmé.

    0371    Councilor Flynn, Flaherty and Baker offered the following: Resolution 

    congratulating Owen Rogers.

    0372    Councilor Lara offered the following: Resolution recognizing Eneido 

    "Tony" Barros.

    0373    Councilor Bok offered the following: Resolution recognizing Greg Galer.