Boston City Council, MA / October 2019

Docket #1455
Message and order for approval of an appropriation order in the amount of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00) for the Cemetery Division of the Parks and Recreation Department to be funded from the Cemetery Trust Fund established under Chapter 13 of the Acts of 1961

No description provided.

Docket #0193 - Hearing to discuss domestic violence and sexual assaults in the City of Boston

(Off-Site - Held at 250 Dockser Hall @ Northeastern University
65 Forsyth Street, Boston, MA)

Docket #1054 - Hearing to discuss public health disparities in Boston's communities of color

Docket #0396 - Hearing on black maternal health, racial and gender equity in the healthcare system in the City of Boston

Docket #0459 - Biannual review of the Boston Employment Commission/ Boston Residents Jobs Policy

No description provided.

Docket #1105 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from Verizon Wireless for an amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00). The purpose of this grant is to fund Digital Equity Programs and to support a Smart City Fellow position

Joint Committee on City, Neighborhood Services & Military & Veterans Affairs

Docket #0583 - Hearing regarding vacant properties in the City of Boston

Docket #0316 - Hearing to discuss strategies to reduce and activate vacant residential properties in the City of Boston

Docket #1292 - Order for a hearing regarding prohibiting wearing a mask, hood or other device to conceal any portion of the face to conceal the identity of the wearer upon or within public property in the City of Boston

Docket #1275 - Message and order authorizing the City to adopt a property tax exemption for members of the National Guard and reservists who are serving in foreign countries

Docket # 0545 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a the amount of Fifty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Sixteen Dollars ($58,916.00) in the form of a Recreational Trails Program grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs/Department and Conservation and Recreation, to be administered by the Boston Transportation Department. The grant will fund additional expenses, fees, and professional services beyond what was originally anticipated for a new, accessible gateway and path in the Arnold Arboretum from the Bussey Street Underpass in Roslindale.


Docket # 0665 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) in the form of a grant awarded by the Boston Redevelopment Authority d/b/a the Boston Planning and Development Agency , pursuant to the 135 Morrissey Boulevard Cooperation Agreement. The purpose of the grant is to facilitate planning, design and capital improvements at and adjacent to the MBTA’s JFK/UMASS Station.


Docket # 0970 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a the amount of Two Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($260,000.00) in the form of a grant awarded by the Boston Redevelopment Authority d/b/a the Boston Planning and Development Agency, pursuant to the Winthrop Square Cooperation Agreement, One Post Office Square Cooperation Agreement and the 15-19 Congress Street Cooperation Agreement. The purpose of the grant is to facilitate planning and design for the Seaport to North Station Rapid Bus Corridor, which was identified in the Go Boston 2030 as a key future rapid bus corridor.

Docket #0318 - Hearing to discuss the Senior Home Repair Program and other housing programs

No description provided.

Docket #1111 - Petition of Flixbus, Inc., for a license to operate motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers for hire over certain streets in Boston

No description provided.