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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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