Week of 3/7/2010

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A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Boston was held in the Christopher A. Iannella Chamber, City Hall at 12:30 on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Councilors Present: President Ross in the Chair. All members present.
Clergy:Minister Don Muhammad, delivered the invocation and the meeting was opened with the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
The following were received:
Docket	Short Description
0357	President Ross moved to adopt the minutes from the March 3, 2010 meeting. Motion prevailed.Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 37 Maywood Street, Roxbury, to transfer care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0385	Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 46 Woodbine Street, Roxbury, to transfer care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0386	Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 26 Itasca Street, Dorchester, to transfer care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0387	Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 28-30 Hopkins Street, Dorchester, to transfer care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0388	Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 40 Mountain Street, Dorchester, to transfer care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0389	Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 140 Harvard Street, Roxbury, to transfer care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0390	Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 36 Hawthorne Street, Roxbury, to transfer care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0391	Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 29 Leighton Road, Hyde Park, to transfer care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0392	Notice was received from the Mayor of his absence from the City on March 6, 2010 until March 13, 2010. Placed on file.
0393	Notice was received from the City Clerk in accordance with Chapter 6 of the Ordinances of 1979 re: actions taken by the Mayor on papers acted upon by the City Council at its meeting on January 27, 2010. Placed on file.
0278	Councilor Ciommo, on behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following: On the order, referred on February 24, 2010, Docket #0278, authorizing the issuance of tax-exempt refunding bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $95,000,000.00 in order to pay the principal, redemption premium and interest on the bonds to be refunded, and costs of issuance of the refunding bonds), the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the report was accepted; the order was passed.
0280	Councilor Feeney, on behalf of the Committee on Government Operations, submitted the following: On the order, referred on February 24, 2010, Docket #0280, to accept the provisions of Chapter 40T of the Massachusetts General Laws, enacted as Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2010, An Act Relative to Unpaid Municipal Fines), the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass in a new draft. On motion of Councilor Feeney, the report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft; yeas 13.
0310	On the order, referred on February 24, 2010, Docket #0310, approving a petition for a Special Law re: An Act Authorizing the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Commission to lease certain real property under its control and owned by the City of Boston), the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. Councilor Murphy in the Chair. On motion of Councilor Feeney, the report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
0311	Councilor Feeney, on behalf of the Committee on Government Operations, submitted the following: On the order, referred on February 24, 2010, Docket #0311, that, in accordance with Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution, policies be established and implemented so as to enter into lease agreements for the use of the Comfort Station (“Duck House” as it is called) in the Back Bay Fens and the Men’s Comfort Station (“Pink Palace” as it is called) on Boston Common), the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. On motion of Councilor Feeney, the report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13. President Ross in the Chair.
0394	Councilors Murphy, Ross, Feeney, Arroyo, Ciommo, Pressley, Yancey, Consalvo and Linehan offered the following: Order for a hearing to discuss FY2011 Budget issues regarding Boston School Police Officers. Referred to the Committee on Public Safety.
0395	Councilors Arroyo, Ross, Pressley, LaMattina, Feeney, Yancey and Turner offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding job creation in the City. Referred to the Committee on Labor, Youth Affairs and Human Rights.
0396	Councilor Ross for Councilor Yancey offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Wanasha Fahie and Donalin L. Cazeau in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules.
0397	Councilor Ross offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules. The Chair moved adoption of a Consent Agenda containing the following matters:
0398	Councilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution in memory of Daniel Dennis Sr.
0399	Councilor Ross offered the following: Resolution recognizing Beacon Hill Nursery School on their 55th Anniversary.
0400	Councilor Consalvo offered the following: Resolution congratulating Phil Paradis.
0401	Councilors Yancey and Turner offered the following: Resolution congratulating Stanley Pollack.
0402	Resolution congratulating Joe Jackson.
0403	Resolution congratulating Sonia Alleyne Mathews.
0404	Councilor LaMattina offered the following: Resolution congratulating Vincent Leo.
0405	Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution congratulating Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila.
0406	Councilor Connolly offered the following: Resolution congratulating 26 people for their dedication to Chinatown and the entire City of Boston.
0407	Resolution congratulating 14 people for their outstanding merit and overall positive influence in the Boston Collegiate Charter School Community.
0408	Resolution congratulating the Honorable Tony Ward.
0409	Councilor Linehan offered the following: Resolution congratulating 9 people for winning the South Boston Citizens Association 2010 High School Level Essay and Poster Competition.
0410	Councilors Connolly and Tobin offered the following: Resolution in memory of Lawrence J. Costello.
0411	Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution in memory of Maria Eugenia Mata.
0412	Resolution in memory of Dionisia Hernandez.
0413	Resolution congratulating 7 people for participating in the Lulac Sweetheart 2010 Event.
0414	Councilor Murphy on behalf of all City Councilors offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 78th AlphaEast Regional Convention.
0415	Councilor Linehan offered the following: Resolution in memory of Patricia Fiasconaro.
0416	Councilor Murphy offered the following: Resolution in memory of Robert E. White. The matters contained within the Consent Agenda were severally adopted. Adjourned at 1:20 p.m. on motion of President Ross in memory of Michelle Gorman McCabe, Michael P. Lyons, James G. Olson, Irene Seale, Louis Knight and Ramon Daley, meet again on Wednesday March 24, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. Attest: Rosaria Salerno City Clerk