Week of 5/9/2010

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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 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Councilors Present: President Ross in the Chair. All members present.
Clergy:Father Patrick Sullivan, Labor Guild, delivered the invocation and the meeting was opened with the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
The following were received:
Docket	Short Description
0690	Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 18 Marden Avenue, #18, 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.
0691	Message and order to declare surplus City owned former Real Estate-Owned (REO) property known as 47 Prescott Street, East Boston to transfer care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0692	Message and order authorizing the Fire Department to accept twenty (20) Stryker Evacuation Chairs from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), for the purpose of assisting in the evacuation of immobile persons from the MBTA and other facilities. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed.
0694	Councilors Arroyo, Turner, Yancey, Pressley, Tobin, Linehan, LaMattina, Feeney, Consalvo, Connolly, Murphy and Ross offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding the asthma epidemic in the City. Referred to the Committee on Environment and Health.
0695	Councilors Turner, Tobin, Yancey, Connolly, Murphy, LaMattina, Feeney and Pressley offered the following: Order for a hearing regarding continued water infiltration at the Agassiz Middle School. Referred to the Committee on Education. Councilor Murphy in the Chair.
0696	Councilors Ross and Tobin on behalf of all Councilors offered the following: Order approving a petition for a Special Law regarding Clarification of the Effective Date of the Residential Exemption. On motion of Councilor Ross, the rules were suspended; the order, as substituted, was passed. President Ross in the Chair.
0697	Councilor Ross for Councilor Tobin offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee David B. Isberg in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules.
0698	Order for the appointment of temporary employees W.E. David Halbert, David B. Isberg and Clifford L. McLean in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules.
0591	Consalvo called Docket #0591, message and order authorizing the Department of Neighborhood Development to apply for, accept, and expend Federal FY10 Housing and Community Development Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, from the Committee on Housing. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Motion of Councilor Consalvo, the order to apply and accept only was passed yeas 13. The expending grant was assign for further action. The Chair moved adoption of a Consent Agenda containing the following matters:
0699	Councilor Connolly offered the following: Resolution recognizing 15 Boston Public Charter Schools.
0700	Councilor LaMattina offered the following: Resolution congratulating 11 people on receiving the Charlestown Community Alumnus Award.
0701	Resolution congratulating English High School’s Great Class of 1955.
0702	Councilor Feeney offered the following: Resolution congratulating Gerard Adomunes on his 60th Birthday.
0703	Resolution recognizing Anne Olmstead.
0687	President Ross moved to adopt the minutes from the May 5, 2010 meeting. Motion prevailed. Councilor Murphy in the Chair. Communication was received from Mayor regarding the Arbitration Award between the City of Boston’s and the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 718. Placed on file.
0688	Message and order authorizing the Fire Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of $69,938.00 from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, for the purpose of funding the Boston Fire Department’s FY09 Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) for its portion of the FY09 Buffer Zone Plan and Vulnerability Reduction Purchasing Plan (VRPP) for the National Grid LNG BZPP site. Referred to the Committee on Public Safety. Councilor Murphy moved reconsideration. Reconsideration prevailed. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed.
0689	Message and order authorizing the Fire Department to accept and expend a grant of $6,699.00 from the United States Department of Homeland Security-USFA Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program, to purchase and install 100 photoelectric strobe light smoke detectors for the deaf and hearing impaired. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed. President Ross in the Chair.
0704	Councilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution recognizing Katie Reed.
0705	Resolution recognizing Joseph A. Walsh.
0706	Resolution recognizing Jerry Quinn.
0707	Resolution declaring May 7, 2010 as “Mark Bao Day”.
0708	Councilor Ross offered the following: Resolution congratulating Carmen Feliciano.
0709	Councilors Turner, Yancey, Arroyo and Pressley offered the following: Resolution declaring May 15, 2010 as Prince Hall Memorial Day.
0710	Councilor Turner offered the following: Resolution in memory of Mr. Robert “Bobby” Vines.
0711	Councilor Consalvo offered the following: Resolution congratulating Carmen Filleti.
0712	Councilor Ciommo offered the following: Resolution congratulating Donna Clark on her 50th Birthday.
0713	Councilors Consalvo and Feeney offered the following: Resolution declaring May 6, 2010 as Kathleen Armstrong Day.
0714	Councilor Tobin offered the following: Resolution congratulating Barbara A. Rothwell on her 80th Birthday.
0715	Councilor Yancey offered the following: Resolution in memory of Dr. Morgan Hill “Brother Blue”.
0716	Resolution in memory of Cecil Moore.
0717	Councilor Feeney offered the following: Resolution congratulating the Bostonian Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Center.
0718	Resolution in memory of Beatrice Gannon.
0719	Resolution in memory of John S. Zammito, Jr.
0720	Resolution in memory of Catherine Nora Ciampoli.
0721	Resolution in memory of B. Veronica Coleman.
0722	Resolution in memory of John F. “Dutchy” Ahern.
0723	Councilors Connolly and Tobin offered the following: Resolution in memory of Charles A. Hughes.
0724	Councilor Pressley offered the following: Resolution honoring Bettye Johnson to serve as the First Elder for the Waymark Seventh-day Adventist Church.
0725	Councilors Tobin, Connolly and Consalvo offered the following: Resolution congratulating Patrick Simas.
0726	Councilor Linehan offered the following: Resolution in memory of Rita M. Gallagher.
0727	Resolution in memory of Mary V. Guerriero.
0728	Resolution in memory of John T. Guerin.
0729	Councilor Connolly offered the following: Resolution congratulating Metro Lacrosse.
0730	Resolution congratulating Good Sports.
0731	Councilor LaMattina offered the following: Resolution in memory of Rita Sullivan. The matters contained within the Consent Agenda were severally adopted. Adjourned at 1:45 p.m. on motion of President Ross in memory of Javone Martin, Thomas Stuart, Patricia Eustace, Linda Adams, Charles A. Hughes, Catherine Ciampoli, John Zammito, Beatrice Gannon, John “Dutchy” Ahern, Lena Horne and a pledge for peace, to meet again on Wednesday May 19, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. Attest: Rosaria Salerno City Clerk
0693	Councilors Tobin, Consalvo, Ciommo, Connolly, Turner, Yancey and Arroyo offered the following: Order for a hearing to review the existing regulations, enforcement and practices pertaining to livery vehicles in the City.