Councilor Arroyo called Docket #0505 Message and order for your approval a Home Rule petition to the General Court entitled “Petition for a Special Law Re: An Act Relative to Creation of a Branch of the Boston Public Library (BPL) within an Affordable Housing Development at Parcel R-1 in the South Cove Urban Renewal Area in the Chinatown Section of the City of Boston, from the Committee of the Government Operation. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Arroyo, the petition was passed.
Mr. Clarke, would you please read to 0505 and to the record, as Councilor Royal mentioned, it should be on page 12. Yes. Page ten from the Committee on Government Operations, Duncan Number 0505 message in order for your approval, a home rule petition to the General Court entitled Petition for a Special Law regarding an Act relative to creation of a branch of the Boston Public Library within an affordable housing development at Paracel or Dash one in the South Cove Urban Renewal Area in the Chinatown section of the city of Boston. Mr.. Mr. Clarke, can you please poll the committee members to see if if they would allow the doctor to come before the body? Members of the Government Operations Committee. Counsel Arroyo. Yes. Counsel Luis Yen. Sorry. Country Council, the Royal Council, the Media Council, the Book Council for Clarity and Council a color collective. The Docket 0505 is now properly before the body. Councilor Roy, you have the floor. Thank you. Council President Flynn, this home rule petition will allow the Boston Redevelopment Authority doing business as the Boston Planning and Development Agency to ground lease the BPA owned vacant land to a developer selected by a RFP process using state and federal funds to fund the development of affordable housing. Because of the limited buildable land in Chinatown, this project would create a space that would be conveyed to the Boston Public Library, creating the much awaited Chinatown Branch Library within this development. The passage of this docket relies on very much the same issues that were faced by Docket 0707. You might remember that from like 4 hours ago regarding an extremely structured sub bid process. However, also constructing a library within a nonprofit development requires exceptions from the Commonwealth contract procurement and award laws. So due to the matter of urgency with the state legislature ending their sessions in July as chair of the Government Operations Committee and suspension of the rules to pass 505, which will hopefully with passage and with passage to the State House. Bring us the Chinatown Branch Library. Thank you. Counsel Royal Counsel. Royal moves for passage of docket 0505. All those in favor say I. I say nay. The ayes have it. Docket 0505 has passed. The chair recognizes. Oh, no. Sorry. Okay. Okay. Anyone else like to remove anything from the green sheets? We're on to the consensus consent agenda. I have been informed by the clerk that there are no additions to the consent agenda. The Chair moves for the adoption of the consent agenda as presented.