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          3. Agenda Ready
            Council Legislative Resolution

            Resolution declaring July 26, 2026, as "BarberTime Day" in the City of Boston.

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            Council Hearing Order

            Order for a hearing regarding the City of Boston's response to noise complaints and enforcement of noise control laws.

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            Mayor Order

            Message transmitting certain information under Section 17F regarding Article 80 large project review and small project review denials at the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) due to parking relief. (Docket #1003 passed by Council on 5/13/2026).

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            Council Ordinance

            Ordinance to Amend the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency.

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            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a gift of 43 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Units of various types valued at Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred and Ten Dollars ($84,210.00) from FWC2026 US, Inc. This gift is awarded to the City of Boston through the Mayor’s Office for use in the public facilities of various departments across the City, including police stations, schools, and municipal offices.

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            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant award in the amount not to exceed Eight Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars ($810,000.00) from the Boston Planning and Development Agency for the Phillips Square Project.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing The Hurley School.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing John Edward Roche.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Sue Fox.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Jamie Fox.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Brigitte Currier.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Brian Hayward.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Bellflower Court Community.

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          21. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Fairmont Residents and Community.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing South Boston Neighborhood House.

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          25. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Sal's Ristorante & Pizzeria.

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          26. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Hanscom Federal Credit Union.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Willie Gross.

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          28. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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          29. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Chaplain Clementina Chery.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Iiman Abdirahman.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing La CASA.

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          32. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Wang YMCA of Chinatown.

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          33. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Daily Provisions.

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          34. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Michael J. McCormack.

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          35. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution in memory of Superintendent-In-Chief John Gill.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Petit Robert Bistro.

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          38. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing the Haley House.

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          39. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution in memory of Helene L. "Betsy" McDonough.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Boston Chinese Evangelical Church.

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          41. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Mary Balaconis.

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            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing Brighton Marine.

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          44. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution in memory of Carol Sullivan.

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          45. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing BCYF Tynan.

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          50. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution in memory of Freda T. Nolan.

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          51. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution in memory of Dudley McDonagh.

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          52. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing July 24, 2026 as "Passion Pit Day" in the City of Boston.

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          53. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution recognizing the Immunology Department Staff at Boston Children's Hospital.

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          54. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution in memory of Pastor B. Christopher Sumner.

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          55. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution in memory of Christopher Washington-Conway.

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          56. Agenda Ready
            Consent Agenda Resolution

            Resolution in memory of Rose Marie Nicholas.

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          58. Agenda Ready
            Personnel Orders

            Councilor Breadon for Councilor Weber offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Jordan Frias in City Council, effective July 25, 2026.

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          59. Agenda Ready
            Personnel Orders

            Councilor Breadon for Councilor Weber offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Jordan Frias in City Council, effective July 11, 2026.

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          60. Agenda Ready
            Council Legislative Resolution

            Resolution declaring July 1, 2026, as "Jaylen Brown Day" in the City of Boston.

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          61. Agenda Ready
            Council Legislative Resolution

            Resolution recognizing the month of July as Disability Pride Month.

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          62. Agenda Ready
            Council Legislative Resolution

            Resolution celebrating the retirement of Eddy Chrispin.

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          67. Agenda Ready
            Council 17F Order

            Order requesting certain information under Section 17F regarding the Massachusetts School Building Authority eligibility period for Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.

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          68. Agenda Ready
            Council 17F Order

            Order requesting certain information under Section 17F regarding the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science Capital Planning Process.

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          69. Agenda Ready
            Council Hearing Order

            Order for a hearing regarding the future of the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science.

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          70. Agenda Ready
            Council Legislative Resolution

            Resolution urging improved response to noise complaints and enforcement of Boston's noise control laws.

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          74. Agenda Ready
            Council Ordinance

            Ordinance Amending Chapter 16 of the City of Boston Code - Ordinances, Prohibiting the Sale and Use of Synthetic Mitragynine and 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) and Other Dangerous Chemical Compounds.

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          75. Agenda Ready
            Council Ordinance

            Ordinance Amending Boston's Regulations Related to Public Trust, Public Interest, and Police Transparency and Accountability.

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          76. Agenda Ready
            Report of Public Officer

            Notice was received from Celina Barrios-Millner regarding her resignation as a Member of the City's Board of Appeals, effective April 6, 2026.

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          77. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Camilo Esquivia-Zapata, as a Member of the Building Emissions Reduction And Disclosure Ordinance Review Board for a term expiring on July 20, 2029.

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            Mayor Order

            Message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Gail Latimore, as a Member of the Building Emissions Reduction And Disclosure Ordinance Review Board for a term expiring on April 24, 2029.

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          79. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Lori Ferriss, as a Member of the Building Emissions Reduction And Disclosure Ordinance Review Board for a term expiring on July 13, 2029.

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            Mayor Order

            Message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Hessann Farooqi, as a Member of the Building Emissions Reduction And Disclosure Ordinance Review Board for a term expiring on March 19, 2029.

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          81. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Stephen Ellis, as a Member of the Building Emissions Reduction And Disclosure Ordinance Review Board for a term expiring on May 26, 2029.

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          82. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Jessica Boatright, as a Member of the Building Emissions Reduction And Disclosure Ordinance Review Board for a term expiring on April 24, 2029.

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          83. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Samira Ahmadi, as a Member of the Building Emissions Reduction And Disclosure Ordinance Review Board for a term expiring on May 23, 2029.

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          84. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order approving the receipt of a Conservation Restriction on land at 190-198 West Eighth Street, Boston, MA 02127. The Grantor’s title of the land is located at Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at Book 71757, Page 35. That description of the land includes all the land in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts containing the entirety of the parcels of land, totaling 4,655 square feet of land, more or less, known as the Sister Mary Veronica Park, shown as “Lot 5, Lot 6, Lot 7, Lot 8, and Lot 9” on a survey dated August 12, 2025 titled “Plot Plan 190-198 West Eighth Street, South Boston, MA,” and prepared by Joyce Consulting Group, Braintree, Massachusetts.

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            Mayor Order

            Message and order approving the receipt of a Conservation Restriction on land at 0 Dale Street, Boston, MA 02136. The Grantor’s title of the land is located at Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at Book 70459, Page 316. That description of the land includes all the land in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts containing the entirety of a 44,137± square foot (1.013± acre) parcel of land (“Premises”), which Premises is which land is located at Unnumbered (aka “0”) Dale Street in the Hyde Park District of the City of Boston (numbered in the records of the Assessing Department as Parcel 1808198000), and formerly the property of the former Boston and Providence Railroad Company further bounded and described according to a plan of survey made by Harry R. Feldman, Inc., Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors, Joseph L. Calabro, Jr., Registered Land Surveyor No. 15998, dated January 18, 1993 and recorded at Suffolk County Registry of Deeds Book 24453, Page 302.

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          86. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eighteen Thousand One Hundred Sixteen Dollars ($18,116.00) in the form of a grant, Federal FY26 Title III-D Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund services that assist older adults in Boston to prevent illness and manage chronic conditions.

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          87. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Dollars ($23,860.00) in the form of a grant, the Federal FY26 Title III-A Area Plan Administration Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund costs for the administration of Title III programs.

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          88. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Eight Dollars ($50,978.00) in the form of a grant, the Federal FY26 Title III-C Nutrition Services Program Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund nutrition services for older adults in the City of Boston.

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          89. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26 Fair Share Supplemental Funds, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to be administered by the Public Works Department. The grant would fund the replacement of public safety lighting in the Brighton neighborhood in the City of Boston.

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          90. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and Eleven Cents ($225,125.11) in the form of a grant, the MBI Digital Equity Partnership Program, awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury, passed through the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, to be administered by the Department of Innovation & Technology. The grant would fund services and support for residents of the Commonwealth who cannot afford broadband service and/or internet connected devices or lack the digital literacy skills needed to utilize the internet.

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          91. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Forty Thousand Eight Hundred Six Dollars and Fifty Cents ($240,806.50) in the form of a grant, the FY27 DMH CIT-TTAC Grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund the implementation of 40-hour Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for officers under the umbrella of the Bureau of Professional Standards.

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          92. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Eight Dollars ($251,708.00) in the form of a grant, Save America's Treasures, awarded by the National Park Service to be administered by the Office of Historic Preservation. The grant would fund an archaeological assemblage that was excavated from the Parker-Harris Pottery Site in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood, for personal and maintenance costs on collections currently housed at the Archaeology Laboratory, and a consultant's fee.

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          93. Agenda Ready
            Mayor Order

            Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twelve Million Eight Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($12,855,000.00) in the form of a grant, Bloomberg Philanthropies grant, awarded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant would fund the Skilled Trades Initiative which aims to enhance vocational training, expand pre-apprenticeship opportunities, and support students’ participation in Registered Apprenticeship programs. The initiative focuses on student persistence and completion, employer engagement, and program coordination to build pathways in the construction industry, water utility management, and other skilled trades. This will be administered in collaboration with Boston Public Schools.

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