City Council meeting

0480    Message and order for Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2023.

Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on April 11, 2022.

0481    Message and order for Annual Appropriation for the School Department for 

FY2023.

Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on April 11, 2022.

0482    Message and order approving an appropriation of Forty Million Dollars 

($40,000,000.00) to the Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) Liability 

Trust Fund established under Section 20 of Massachusetts General Law 

Chapter 32B.

Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on April 11, 2022.

0483    Message and order approving an appropriation of One Million Six Hundred 

Thousand Dollars ($1,600.000.00) from the City’s Capital Grant fund to 

address the impact of transportation network services on municipal roads, 

bridges and other transportation infrastructure or any other public purpose 

substantially related to the operation of transportation network services in 

the city. Such funds will be transferred and credited to the Capital Grant 

Fund from revenue received from the Commonwealth Transportation 

Infrastructure Enhancement Trust Fund.                                                                                                                                   

Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on April 11, 2022.

0484    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to enter into one or more 

leases, lease purchase or installment sales agreements in Fiscal Year 2023 

in an amount not to exceed Thirty Six Million Dollars ($36,000,000.00). 

These funds are to be used by various City departments for the acquisition 

of equipment in furtherance of their respective governmental functions. The 

list of equipment includes: computer equipment (hardware and software), 

motor vehicles and trailers, ambulances, firefighting equipment, office 

equipment, telecommunications equipment, photocopying equipment, 

medical equipment, school and educational equipment, school buses, 

parking meters, street lighting installation, traffic signal equipment and 

equipment functionally related to, and components of the foregoing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on April 11, 2022.

0485    Message and order approving an appropriation of Five Hundred Fifty 

Million Three Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($550,370,000.00) for 

the acqu

landscaping, alteration, remediation, rehabilitation improvement of public 

land, the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, 

alteration, remodeling, enlargement, demolition, removal or extraordinary 

repairs of public buildings, facilities, assets, works or infrastructure; for the 

cost of feasibility studies or engineering or architectural services for plans 

and specifications; for the development, design, purchase and installation of 

computer hardware or software and computer assisted integrated financial 

management and accounting systems; and any and all cost incidental or 

related to the above described projects; for the purposes of various city 

departments included Boston Center for Youth and Families, Department of 

Innovation and Technology, Environment, Fire, Neighborhood 

Development, Office of Arts and Culture, Parks and Recreation, Police, 

Property Management, Public Works and Transportation Departments, 

Boston Public Library, Boston Redevelopment Authority and Public Health 

Commission.

Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on April 11, 2022.

0486    Message and order approving an appropriation One Hundred Thirty Eight 

Million Five Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($138,535,000.00) for 

the acquisition of interests in land or the acquisition of assets, or the 

landscaping, alteration, remediation, rehabilitation, or improvement of 

public land, the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, 

alteration, remodeling, enlargement, demolition, removal or extraordinary 

repairs of public buildings, facilities, assets, works or infrastructure; for the 

cost of feasibility studies or engineering or architectural services for plans 

and specifications; for the development, design, purchase and installation of 

computer hardware or software and computer assisted integrated financial 

management and accounting systems; and any and all cost incidental or 

related to the above described projects; for the purposes of the Boston 

Public Schools.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on April 11, 2022.

0487    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Boston Public Schools 

revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to support the maintenance and repair 

for BPS facilities, including custodial and utility costs for extended building 

time, floor refinishing, landscaping and building repairs. Receipts from 

Lease, Permit for Use and Parking Fees for BPS facilities will be deposited 

in the fund. BPS will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund 

and such expenditures shall not exceed Two Million Two Hundred 

Thousand Dollars ($2,200,000.00).

0488    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Boston Public Schools 

revolving fund for the Fiscal Year 2023 for Boston Public School 

Transportation cost, including bus and public transportation costs. This 

revolving fund shall be credited with revenue received by Boston Public 

School Department for the provision of transportation to groups and entities 

for field trips and activities other than transportation to and from school. 

Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed One 

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).

0489    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Boston Public Schools 

revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to repair and purchase Boston Public 

Schools computer technology, including computers, mobile devices, and 

instructional software. This revolving fund shall be credited with any and 

all receipts from equipment sales and repair fees for Boston Public School 

technology. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not 

exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00).

0490    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Boston Police Department 

revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to support the Canine Unit's training 

program for officers and police dogs from non City of Boston law 

enforcement agencies. The Special Operating Division will charge tuition 

and other fees to outside law enforcement agencies for the Canine Unit. The 

tuition and other fees by outside agencies will be used to purchase training 

equipment, certify instructors, update facilities and provide funds for other 

training needs not otherwise budgeted. The Special Operations Division 

will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such 

expenditures shall be capped at One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand 

Dollars ($125,000.00).

0491    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Boston Police Department 

revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to pay salaries and benefits of 

employees and to purchase supplies and equipment necessary to operate the 

Police Department Fitness Center. Revenue for this fund is derived from 

monthly membership fees. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this 

fund shall not exceed One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars 

($125,000.00).

0492    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Boston Centers for Youth and 

Families (BCYF) revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to pay salaries and 

benefits of employees and to purchase supplies and equipment necessary to 

operate the City Hall Child Care. This revolving fund shall be credited with 

any and all receipts from tuition paid by parents or guardians for children 

enrolled at the center. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund 

shall not exceed Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000.00).

0493    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Mayor's Office of Arts and 

Culture revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to purchase goods and services 

to support the operation of the Strand Theatre. This revolving fund shall be 

funded by receipts from rental fees for the use of the Strand Theatre. The 

Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture will be the only unit authorized to 

expend from the fund and such expenditures shall be capped at Three 

Hundred Thousand Dollars (300,000.00).

0494    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Mayor's Office of Arts and 

Culture revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to purchase goods and services 

to support public art to enhance the public realm throughout the City of 

Boston. This revolving fund shall be funded by receipts from easements 

within the public way granted by the Public Improvement Commission. The 

Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture will be the only unit authorized to 

expend from the fund and such expenditures shall be capped at One 

Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00).

0495    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Mayor's Office of Tourism 

revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to purchase goods and services to 

support events and programming on and around City Hall Plaza to advance 

tourism and promote participation in public celebrations, civic and cultural 

events. This revolving fund shall be funded by receipts from payments for 

the use of City Hall Plaza pursuant to City of Boston Code, Ordinance, 

11 7.14. The Mayor's Office of Tourism will be the only unit authorized to 

expend from the fund and such expenditures shall be capped at One 

Hundred Fifty Thousand ($150,000.00).

0496    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Law Department revolving 

fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to purchase goods and services for repairs to city 

property. This revolving fund shall be funded by receipts from recoveries 

for damages to city property caused by third parties. The Law Department 

will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such 

expenditures shall be capped at Three Hundred Thousand Dollars 

($300,000.00).

0497    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Distributed Energy Resource 

Revolving Fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to facilitate the purchase of offsets of 

greenhouse gas emissions which shall be associated with a portion of the 

electricity consumed by the City annually; and to operate, maintain, monitor 

and expand the City's existing solar arrays and Boston Public Schools' 

combined heat and power facilities. This revolving fund shall be credited 

with any and all receipts from the sale of renewable and alternative energy 

certificates and demand response program revenues produced by combined 

heat and power units located at Boston Public Schools sites and solar 

renewable energy certificates produced by the City's photovoltaic arrays. 

Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed One 

Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00).

0498    Message and order authorizing a limit for the Environment Conservation 

Commission revolving fund for the Fiscal Year 2023 for the purpose of 

securing outside consultants including engineers, wetlands scientist, 

wildlife biologists or other experts in order to aid in the review of proposed 

projects to the Commission, per the city’s ordinance protecting local 

wetland and promoting climate change adaptation. The revolving fund shall 

be funded by receipts from fees imposed by the Commission for the purpose 

of securing outside consultants. The Environment Department will be the 

only department authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures 

shall be capped at Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).

0499    Message and order approving an appropriation of Five Hundred Thousand 

Dollars ($500,000.00) from the City’s Boston Equity Fund to create a 

special revenue project grant in order to support equity applicants and 

licensees, as defined by the Equity Program and to established and operate a 

cannabis business in the City of Boston. The fund shall be credited to the 

special Revenue Grant Fund from the Boston Equity Fund established 

pursuant City of Boston Ordinances Chapter 8 Section 13: Establishing the 

Equitable Regulation of the Cannabis Industry in the City of Boston.

0500    Message and order approving an appropriation of Four Million Five 

Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($4,560,000.00) from the 21st Century 

Fund, also known as the Public Educational, or Governmental (PEG) 

Access and Cable Related Fund, pursuant to Section 53F 3/4 of Chapter 44 

of the General Laws, to the PEG Access and Cable Related Grant for cable 

related purposes consistent with the franchise agreement between the cable 

operator and the city including but not limited to: (i) supporting public, 

educational or governmental access cable television services; (ii) 

monitoring compliance of cable operator with the franchise agreement; or 

(iii) preparation of renewal of the franchise license.

0501    Message and order authorizing the appropriation of One Million Four 

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000.00) from the income of the George 

Francis Parkman Fund. The funds are to be expended under the direction of 

the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the maintenance and 

improvement of Boston Common and Parks in existence since January 12, 

1887.

0502    Message and order approving an appropriation of One Million Four 

Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Six Dollars 

($1,423,386.00) for the administrative and operating expenses of the City of 

Boston Community Preservation Committee (“CPC”) for the Fiscal Year 

2023 and a further appropriation order in the amount of Thirty Eight 

Million Eight Hundred Sixty One Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Four 

Dollars ($38,861,894.00) from the Community Preservation (“the Fund”) 

estimated annual revenues for Fiscal Year 2023, to be appropriated and 

reserved for future appropriation.

0503    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

amount of Three Hundred Forty Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand 

Dollars ($349,500,000.00) in the form of a grant, awarded by the United 

States Department of Treasury, to be administered by the City of Boston’s 

Chief Financial Officer/Collector Treasurer. This grant payment is made 

from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) in the 

Treasury of the United States established by Section 9901 of the American 

Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Pursuant to the requirements of the 

ARPA, the grant payment would fund COVID 19 response and recovery 

efforts and accelerate a Green New Deal for Boston through 

once in a generation, transformative investments that address the systemic 

health and economic challenges in the areas of affordable housing, 

economic opportunity and inclusion, behavioral health, climate and 

mobility, arts and culture and early childhood.

0504    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

amount of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) in the form of a grant, 

awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury to be 

administered by the City of Boston’s Chief Financial Officer/Collector 

Treasurer. This grant payment is made from the Coronavirus State and 

Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) in the Treasury of the United States 

established by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 

(ARPA). Pursuant to the requirements of the ARPA the grant payment 

would fund provision of government services to the extent of the reduction 

in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to the 

COVID 19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the 

most recent full fiscal year of the State, territory or Tribal government prior 

to the emergency.

0505    Message and order for your approval a Home Rule petition to the General 

Court entitled “Petition for a Special Law Re: An Act Relative to Creation 

of a Branch of the Boston Public Library (BPL) within an Affordable 

Housing Development at Parcel R 1 in the South Cove Urban Renewal 

Area in the Chinatown Section of the City of Boston."

0506    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 March 9, 2022.

    0507    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 March 16, 2022.

    0508    Notice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Meena Carr as 

    a Chairperson to the Boston Housing Authority Monitoring Committee, for 

    a term expiring February 28, 2024.

    0509    Communication from Shumeane Benford, Chief, Emergency Management 

    regarding the Metro Boston Homeland Security Region (MBHSR) contract 

    renewal.

0313    The Committee on the Community Preservation Act, to which was referred 

    on March 2, 2022, Docket #0313, Message and order for an appropriation 

    order in the amount of Twenty Seven Million Two Hundred and Five 

    Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Four Dollars ($27,205,854.00) from 

    Fiscal Year 2022 community preservation fund revenues for community 

    preservation projects at the recommendation of the City of Boston 

    Community Preservation Committee, submits a report recommending that 

    the order ought to pass.

0199    Order for a hearing on state receivership for Boston Public Schools.

    0187    Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to Reorganization of the 

    Boston School Committee.

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

    Section X and Establishing the Boston Fair Chance Act.

0265    An order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant 

    funded through the coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery fund 

    (CLFRF) in the Treasury of the United States established by section 9901 of 

    the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) awarded by the United 

    States Department of the Treasury.

0510    Councilor Flynn and Murphy offered the following: Petition for a 

    Special Law re: An Act regarding the Disability Pension for Kurt Stokinger.

    0511    Councilor Bok and Baker offered the following: Order for a hearing to 

    utilize federal COVID recovery funds to construct municipal composting 

    infrastructure.

    0512    Councilor Worrell and Flaherty offered the following: Order for a 

    hearing regarding allocating ARPA funds to a homeownership voucher 

    program.

    0513    Councilor Mejia and Lara offered the following: Resolution in Support 

    of the Out of Hospital Birth Access and Safe Act (H.2341/S.1519) and 

    Recognizing Black Maternal Health Week in the City of Boston.

    0514    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution Celebrating the 75th 

    Anniversary of Paralyzed Veterans Of America.

    0515    Councilor Lara offered the following: Resolution in support of H.225, an 

    Act regarding the use of aversive therapy.

    0516    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing 

    National Public Safety Telecommunications Week.

    0517    Councilor Louijeune and Flaherty offered the following: Resolution in 

    support of fully funding ABCD Title X funding.

 

0518    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Ann C. DeGeorge in City 

    Council,effective April 9, 2022.

    0519    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Maya McNeil in City Council,effective 

    April 23, 2022.

    0520    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Worrell offered the following: Order for the 

    appointment of temporary employee Therese Fitzgerald in City 

    Council,effective April 23, 2022.

13/22    Legislative calendar for April 13, 2022.

0521    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution in recognition of 

    Jonel Dalexis.

    0522    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution in recognition of 

    Monette J. Phillippe.

    0523    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution in recognition of 

    Rev. Lemeck Louis.

    0524    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution in memory of 

    Desilia Ita Monereau Lafontant.

    0525    Councilor Bok offered the following: Resolution recognizing Casa 

    Romero.

    0526    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing Dr. 

    Ndidiamaka Amutah Onukagha.

    0527    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution in tribute to Robert 

    Rabin.

    0528    Councilor Lara offered the following: Resolution in memory of Charles 

    Whitley Granberry.

    0529    Councilor Breadon offered the following: Resolution congratulating 

    Lynda Roberts.

    0530    Councilor Breadon offered the following: Resolution recognizing Jason 

    Desrosier.

    0531    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing 

    Carleigh Schievink.

    0532    Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution recognizing James 

    Michel.