Boston City Council, MA / November 2020

Dockets #0195, 0247, 0363-0365, 0689, 0859-0860, 0910 -
Grants to fund various Transportation Projects in the City of Boston

Docket #0502 - Hearing regarding Expanding the Services Available on 311

Docket # 0984 - Hearing to review the Melnea Cass Blvd Design Project

Docket #1074 - Hearing to discuss speeding cars as a public health emergency and address infrastructure improvements.

Docket #1040 - Hearing to discuss pedestrian safety, traffic enforcement, and vision zero.

Docket #0718 - Hearing to discuss the phases of implementing net-zero-carbon requirements for all new buildings in the City of Boston

Docket #0811 - Ordinance restricting the use of chemical crowd control agents and kinetic impact projectiles

Boston City Council Meeting on November 18, 2020

Dockets #0998, #0587, and #0218

Docket #0998 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Nine Million Seven Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars ($9,781,393.00) in the form of a grant from the CDBG FY20-Cares Supplemental, awarded by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to be administered by the Department Neighborhood Development. The grant would fund programs to help alleviate housing and economic crisis conditions caused by COVID-19

Docket #0587 – Hearing regarding the creation of temporary rental assistance to support residents impacted by COVID-19

Docket #0218 – Hearing to discuss ways to support tenants facing eviction and displacement

Docket 1085 - Message and order approving an appropriation of One Hundred Eighty Two Million Eight Hundred Forty One Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Seven Dollars ($182,841,467.00) for the purpose of paying costs of designing, constructing, equipping, and furnishing a new six story Josiah Quincy Upper School building at 900 Washington Street in the City of Boston, including the payment of cost incidental or related thereto.

Docket #1086 - Message and order approving an appropriation of Eight Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($8,550,000.00) for the purpose of paying cost of designing, constructing, equipping, and furnishing a new six story Josiah Quincy Upper School building at 900 Washington Street in the City of Boston including the payment of costs incidental or related thereto.

Docket #0839 - Hearing regarding Boston Police overtime.

Docket #1039 - Hearing to discuss the City of Boston and Boston Police Department’s oversight protocols for BPD overtime and to discuss ensuring effective oversight measures.

Dockets #0738 0743, 0866 0867, 0918 0921- Message and orders for the confirmation of Appointments and Reappointments to the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission, Boston Landmarks Commission, Zoning Commission and the Board of Directors of the Boston Industrial Development Finance Authority

Docket #0425 - Hearing on public hearings as they relate to Government Accountability and Accessibility

Docket #0273 – Order for a hearing regarding Build BPS.

Docket #0274 – Order for a hearing to analyze the safety and security measures taken to protect school environments from threatening situations.

Docket #0937 – Order for a hearing regarding Libraries and library Staff in the Boston Public School

Docket #0424 - Hearing discussing the status of Late Night MBTA Service in Greater Boston

Docket #0684 - Ordinance on surveillance oversight and information sharing

Docket #0981 - Order for a hearing regarding zoning relief for 100% affordable and deeply affordable projects

Docket #1054 - Hearing to discuss house parties and gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic

Docket #0427 - Hearing Regarding Biannual Review of the Boston Employment Commission and Boston Residents Jobs Policy

Boston City Council Meeting on November 4, 2020