Week of 6/22/2008

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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 11:50 on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Councilors Present: President Feeney in the Chair.
Clergy:Father Rubin Patino, Paulist Center, delivered the invocation and the meeting was opened with the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
The following were received:
Docket	Short Description
0816	The Chair states that in the absence of objection, 1 late-file matter would be added to the Consent Agenda. No objection being heard, the following matter was added: Councilor Yancey offered the following:Resolution congratulating 11 people for completing the Operation A.B.L.E. Training Program. The matters contained within the Consent Agenda were severally adopted. President Feeney moved that the Council adjourn in memory of Nicholas Scaringello, Patrick McCole, John Burkett, Jonathan Joseph, Thomas “Ted” Gaffigan and in honor of Robert Travaglini who is having his portrait unveiled up at the State House today and a happy birthday to Councilor Steve Murphy and John McDonough, to meet again on Wednesday July 9, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. The motion was carried. Adjourned at 3:50 p.m., on motion of President Feeney to meet again on Wednesday July 9, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. The papers acted upon at the foregoing meeting of the City Council, which contain action requiring the approval of the Mayor, were deposited in the Mayor’s Office on June 26, 2008. Attest: Rosaria Salerno City Clerk
0801	Councilor Consalvo offered the following:Resolution recognizing Jhonneris Mendez.
0802	Councilor Flaherty offered the following:Resolution recognizing Anne Butler on her 99th birthday.
0803	Councilor Tobin offered the following:Resolution recognizing 22 people on completing the residency and internships at Angell Animal Medical Center in Jamaica Plain.
0804	Councilor Yancey offered the following:Resolution congratulating Orlu Regional Assembly, Inc.
0805	Councilors Yancey and Turner offered the following:Resolution congratulating 23 people for completing the GED exam.
0806	Councilor Linehan offered the following:Resolution congratulating Pedro Santiago.
0807	Resolution congratulating Jenny Cintron.
0808	Resolution congratulating Vanessa Calderon-Rosado.
0809	Resolution congratulating Reyito Santiago.
0810	Councilor Ciommo offered the following:Resolution congratulating Kathleen Phenix.
0811	Resolution congratulating Debbie Walsh on her50th Birthday.
0812	Councilor Tobin offered the following:Resolution recognizing 24 people on their first place finish in the June 2008 Joyce Kilmer Poetry Slam.
0813	Councilor Yancey offered the following:Resolution congratulating 20 people for their years of servicing Boston school children as School Traffic Supervisor.
0814	Councilor Connolly offered the following:Resolution congratulating Louis and Gertrude “Dolly” and “Miller”.
0815	Councilor Ciommo offered the following:Resolution congratulating Lieutenant Thomas D. Steiner.
0789	Councilor Yancey offered the following:Order for a hearing regarding the Boston EMS response to a recent shooting. Referred to the Committee on Public Safety.
0790	Councilors Connolly, Feeney, LaMattina, Linehan, Tobin, Turner, Yancey, Yoon, Ciommo, Consalvo and Ross offered the following:Order for a hearing on the safe usage and disposal of compact fluorescent light bulbs. Referred to the Committee on Environment and Health.
0791	Councilors Turner, Feeney, Murphy, Yancey, Ciommo, Connolly, LaMattina, Linehan and Yoon offered the following:Order for a hearing regarding protocols during school emergencies. Referred to the Committee on Education.
0745	Councilor Murphy called Docket #0745, message and order for Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2009, from the Committee on Ways and Means No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the order was passed; yeas 11 nays 2 (Yancey Yoon).
0746	Councilor Murphy called Docket #0746, message and order for Annual Appropriation of $832,000,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thirty Two Million Dollars) for the School Department for FY2009, from the Committee on Ways and Means No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the order was passed; yeas 12 nays 1 (Yoon).
0747	Councilor Murphy called Docket #0747, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend $2,234,590.00 (Two Million Two Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Dollars) received from one time settlement reached between the Attorney General’s Office and private corporations, for the purpose of a year-round jobs program for Boston youth, from the Committee on Ways and Means No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the order was passed; yeas 13.
0792	The Chair moved adoption of a Consent Agenda containing the following matters: Councilors Yancey and Turner offered the following:Resolution congratulating Muriel Leonard.
0793	Councilor Flaherty offered the following:Resolution recognizing 4 people for their dedication on planning the “Calling All Virtuous Women’ Retreat”.
0794	Resolution congratulating Teacher Christine Ashby, Overseer.
0795	Resolution congratulating Al Vega.
0796	Councilor Ciommo offered the following:Resolution congratulating 7 people on winning the Brighton Board of Trade scholarship.
0797	Councilor Feeney offered the following:Resolution congratulating 7 people from graduating from the Dorchester Youth Academy.
0798	Resolution congratulating 3 people for completing the GED Plus Program.
0799	Councilors Yoon and Turner offered the following:Resolution congratulating Renae Gray.
0800	Councilor Consalvo offered the following:Resolution recognizing Alex Jesus.
0783	Petition of Pantages Transit Co, Inc, for a license to operate motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers for hire over certain streets in Boston. Referred to the Committee on Aviation and Transportation.
0784	The Constable’s Bonds of Dominique Chester and Inez Chester, having been duly approved by the Collector-Treasurer was received and approved under the usual terms and conditions.
0785	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 May 21, 2008. Placed on file.
0786	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 June 4, 2008. Placed on file.
0787	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 June 11, 2008. Placed on file.
0647	Councilor Ross, on behalf of the Committee on Government Operations, submitted the following:On the message and order, referred on June 4, 2008, Docket #0647, approving a petition for a Special Law re: The Designation of Polling Places in the City of Boston, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft.
0587	Councilor Linehan, on behalf of the Committee on Economic Development and Planning, submitted the following:On the message and order, referred on May 14, 2008, Docket #0587, for confirmation of the appointment of David Marr, as a member of the Zoning Commission for a term expiring May 1, 2011, , the Committee submitted a report recommending the appointment ought to be confirmed. The report was accepted; the order was confirmed.
0708	Councilor Murphy, on behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following:On the message and order, referred on June 11, 2008, Docket #0708, approving a supplemental appropriation of $9,873,500.00 for the School Department FY2008 to cover the cost of an anticipated budget shortfall, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.
0788	Councilors Flaherty, Yoon, Yancey and Turner offered the following:Order for a hearing to discuss how the city can improve its Tax Increment Financing (TIF) process and enhance community input. Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Planning.
0778	Message and order authorizing the Police Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of $289,614.00 from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, for the purpose of Statewide Emergency Telecommunications Board Training grant. Referred to the Committee on Public Safety.
0779	Message and order authorizing the Police Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of $30,000.00 from the Massachusetts Department of Social Services, for the purpose of funding the Police Department’s Child Abuse Unit Training Project. Referred to the Committee on Public Safety.
0780	Message and order authorizing the Police Commissioner to accept and expend a grant of $25,000.00 from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, for the purpose of additional police patrols, walking beats and youth activities in District C-11 and B-3 areas of the City. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed.
0781	Message and order authorizing the Police Commissioner to accept and expend a gift of 250 safety helmets from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Highway Safety Division as part of the 2008 Statewide Helmet Distribution Program. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed.
0782	Message transmitting certain information from the Police Department re: crime statistics for the period of May 1, 2008 and ending May 31, 2008. Placed on file.