Boston City Council, MA / February 2023

Arts, Culture & Special Events Hearing- Docket #0118- Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($297,200.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY23 Local Cultural Council Program, awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to be administered by the Office of Arts and Culture.

Government Operations Hearing - Docket #0323 - An Act to Improve and Modernize Planning and Community Development in the City of Boston.

City Services & Innovation Technology Hearing:
Docket #0407- Message and order for your approval an order at the recommendation of the Chair of the Board of Election Commissioners, I hereby transmit for the approval of your Honorable Body an Order Fixing the date of the Preliminary Election for this Municipal Year as September 12, 2023.

Environmental Justice, Resiliency & Parks Hearing-

Dockets #0116 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Six Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,633,500.00) in the form of a grant, for the Resilient Moakley Connectors, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, passed through the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, to be administered by the Environment Department.

#0117-Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eight Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($870,000.00) in the form of a grant, for Climate Resilience, awarded by the Barr Foundation to be administered by the Environment Department.

Government Operations Hearing- Docket #0408- Petition for a special law authorizing the City of Boston to implement rent stabilization and tenant eviction protection.

Education Hearing - Docket #0245- Order for a hearing examining the implementation and outcomes of restorative practices in Boston Public Schools.

Boston City Council Meeting on February 15, 2023

Education Hearing- Docket #0167 - Order for hearing on government transparency and accountability towards COVID safety in Boston Public Schools.

Public Safety and Criminal Justice -

Dockets #0210- A grant for the FY23 Senator Charles E. Shannon Jr. Community Safety Initiative, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be administered by the Police Department.

#0325 - A grant for the Local Fire Department Projects and Grants Line Item 83240050 of the FY23 State Budget, awarded by Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Fire Department.

#0326 - A grant for the Local Fire Department Project and Grants for the FY23 State Budget Line Item 8240050 awarded by Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Boston Fire Department

City Services and Innovation Technology Hearing

Dockets #0362-Appropriation for Collective Bargaining between the Boston School and the New England Police Benevolent Association, Local 160 Boston School Police Patrolmen's Association. #0363- Supplemental appropriation for Collective Bargaining between the Boston School and the Local 160 Boston School Police Patrolmen's Association. #0364-Appropriation for Collective Bargaining between the Boston School Committee and Local 1952, Painters Allied Trades District Council No. 35 (School Custodians). #0365 -Supplemental appropriation for Collective Bargaining between the Boston School Committee and Local 1952, Painters and Allied Trades District Council No. 35 (School Custodians). #0370-Appropriation for Collective Bargaining between the Boston Public Schools and the United Steelworkers Local 2936 (Bus Monitors). #0371- Supplemental appropriation for Collective Bargaining between the Boston Public Schools and the United Steelworkers Local 2936 (Bus Monitors)

Planning, Development & Transportation Hearing - Docket #0324 - Message and order temporarily extending Urban Renewal Plans in the City of Boston until March 31, 2025 or passage of a proposed relevant Home Rule Petition

Housing Committee Hearing - Docket #0157- Order for a hearing regarding the state of anti-displacement as to Boston's Acquisition Opportunity Program.

Boston City Council Meeting on February 8, 2023

City Services & Innovation Technology Hearing- Docket #0211:
Message and order for your approval an order appropriating from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund the sum of One Million Four Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($1,475,000.00) for projects described in the attached order.

Strong Women, Families, & Communities Committee Hearing - Docket #0246: Order for a hearing to assess the need for a Senior Center in the neighborhood of West Roxbury.

Boston City Council Meeting on February 1, 2023