Boston City Council, MA / October 2021

Docket #1009 - Hearing on Boston Public Schools bus transportation reliability

Docket #0901 - Ordinance regulating predatory towing practices and establishing a towing bill of rights

Boston City Council Meeting on October 27, 2021

Docket #0734 - Hearing regarding reparations and their impact on the civil rights of Black Bostonians

Docket #0600 - Ordinance to create a task force to address literacy rates in the City of Boston

Docket #1010 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to apply for, and to accept and expend, the Federal Fiscal Year 2021 Continuum of Care grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount not to exceed Forty Five Million Dollars ($45,000,000.00) These funds will be used to support programs that provide services and housing to persons experiencing homelessness

Dockets #0845, 0954, 0956, 1012, 1036 - Hearing on various Boston Police Department grant appropriations

Boston City Council Meeting on October 20, 2021

Docket #0638 - Ordinance to create the Boston Commemoration Commission

Docket #0849 - Message and order for your approval of the receipt of a Preservation Restriction Agreement on 41 Melrose Street, Boston, Ma 02116 by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities d/b/a Historic New England

Docket #1013 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) in the form of a Land Water Conservation Fund grant awarded by the National Park Service, passed through the Massachusetts Division of Conservation Services, to be administered by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. The grant will be used for improvements at Malcolm X Park that will make paths, entrances, and play areas compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act

Dockets #0825-0826, 1011 -
A hearing regarding the authorization of various grants

Dockets- #0994 - 0997, 0999, 1001 - A hearing on various grants under the American Rescue Plan Act passed through the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs to be administered by the Age Strong Commission

Docket #0397 - Ordinance on surveillance oversight and information sharing

Boston City Council Meeting on October 6, 2021

Docket #0567 - Hearing Regarding Biannual Review of the Boston Employment Commission and Boston Residents Jobs Policy

Docket #0685 - An order regarding a text amendment to the Boston Zoning Code with respect to parking minimums for affordable housing

Docket #0957 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Four Dollars ($254,194.00) in the form of a grant, for the Challenge Grant, awarded by the William T. Grant Foundation, passed through Northeastern University, to be administered by the Department of Youth Engagement & Employment

Docket #0863 - Hearing to discuss pest control and illegal dumping in the City of Boston

Docket #0958 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in the form of a grant for the No Kid Hungry, awarded by Share Our Strength to be administered by the Office of Food Access. The grant will fund school-based food programs (BosFoodLove) and the Community Hub Schools Initiative.

Docket #1014 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in the form of a grant for the FY21 Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program, awarded by the Nation Institute of Food and Agriculture-USDA, to be administered by the Office of Food Access.