Communication, referred on September 29, 2021, Docket #1023 received from Susan L. Sullivan Executive Director, Newmarket Business Association regarding the proposed petition for a Newmarket Business Improvement District, the committee submitted a report recommending the communication ought to pass.
Duncan Amber 1023 The Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation, to which was referred on September 29th, 2021. Docket number 1023a Communication Received from Susan L. Sullivan, Executive Director of Newmarket Business Association, regarding the proposed petition for Newmarket Business Improvement District, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass. Thank you. The Chair recognizes, actually our new chair of the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation with, of course, the mayor's resignation. The vice chair has moved up. So Chair Baker, chair of the Committee on Planning, Development, Transportation, the floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. President. If you don't mind, I'm going to read this committee report, and it's a little bit lengthy, so bear with me. First, I want to acknowledge to Solomon in the work that you've done in all this, I think it was about seven or eight years ago. We first met with Rosemarie Sansone. We were talking about the bid for Newmarket, the Boston City Council Committee on Planning and Development and Transportation, to which was referred the following docket 1023 Communication was received from Susan Sullivan, Executive Director of Newmarket Business Association, regarding the proposed petition for a Newmarket Business Improvement District. This matter was filed with the city, with the council, by the City Clerk upon filing of a petition with the City Clerk seeking the City Council's approval for a proposed business improvement district and was referred to the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation on September 29, 2021. The Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation held a public hearing via Zoom on November 8th, 2021 to take testimony and consider the same. The chairman entered into record formal language requirements outlining by the state according to Mass General Law Chapter 40 oh, which is included, which included a letter from the City Clerk stating the petition to establish the Newmarket Business Improvement District meets all criteria for the establishment of the bid as set forth in general law 40 all and also an assessment certificate from the assessor for the City of Boston certifying that he has received and reviewed the list of fiscal year 2019, assessed real property and real property owners within the proposed Newmarket Business Improvement District, and that stated signatures exceeded 60% of the real property owners within the bid and that they exceeded exceeded 51% of the assessed value of all real property within the bid. The fee structure as set forth and also the fee structure as set forth in general law 40 all documents read into the act into the record . The Council and the Council want to first thank the councilors that were present. Council will chair. I was there. Councilor Frame was there. Council Clarity was there. Council was zero. Councilman He was there. Also in attendance were a State Representative Liz Miranda, State Representative John Santiago, Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins and Andrew Grace, the Director of Strategic Planning for the Mayor's Office of Economic Development, attended the hearing and presented testimony in favor of the petition to establish the Newmarket Business Improvement District, citing their familiarity with the mission, the mission, the goals and the aspirations of this project, their long term efforts and commitment to advocating for planning and better future together with residents, leaders, property , property owners, business owners, organizations and institutions in the Newmarket Business Association. They pledged their full support in moving this matter forward and bring it to fruition and urged the Boston City Council to approve the petition in the Newmarket Business Improvement District. Also testifying in favor of Sue Solomon, the executive director of Newmarket Business Association. Ben Murphy, the program manager. And Berke, who's a consultant for Newmark and an expert on bids, also attended the hearing presenting in in favor of. Um, the components of the Business Improvement District and the enabling legislation. Chapter 40 of the Community Outreach Education Partnership Formation efforts. The data substantiate substantiating the well. It well above required legal threshold to establish the Newmarket Business Improvement District and the dist in the description and maps of the proposed boundaries of the New Market Business District. It also stated the mission's goals, the mission and the goal is to better. Have better quality of life, increase safety and security, greater area cleanliness, improve transportation around the district. Advocacy for local business, property owners and residents. And also advocacy for change in the homeless addiction crisis and the promotion of business growth. Growth. The proposed development and improvement plans for Newmarket Business Improvement District. And the overall associated benefits and enhanced programing services and resources and activities brought about by the establishment of the New Market Business Improvement District and is a copy of the whole presentation in the back. I just want to make one point about this. This is this is services that the business community has been looking for from the city for years. This will not be a replacement of the city services. We still need to be down there full time city. That's public works, police, public health, transportation, fire department. We're all still there. This will argument augment the city services that were there it was it will also. It will also augment a transportation plan. It will merge be you South Bay. And I think there's one more transportation plan that will merge there and augment so so the people now that are trying to transit transverse this area will be able to get there safely and securely. And I think it will be a much needed benefit. Just the transportation plan based on the documents, documentation, information and testimony submitted and presented at the hearing and have considered the same. The Committee to determine that the petition seeking the formation of the Newmarket Business Improvement District satisfied satisfies the proposed set the purposes set forth in established criteria of general law. 40 All I respectfully recommend that the City Council vote to approve the petition to establish the Newmarket Business Improvement District that a roll call vote be taken and this matter ought to pass. Signed by Michelle Ward, the Committee Chair. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr.. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And if there is some further discussion, the chair recognizes the District Council from South Boston on docket 01631023. Councilor Flynn, the floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to say thank you to my colleague, Councilor Baker, for his leadership on this, but also to recognize Sue Sullivan and the work she did in the Newmarket area, which also overlaps into my district as well. I want to say thank you to Sue and her team for working closely with the businesses in and around the new market, including residents and businesses in the South End as well, and engaging Steve Fox and other neighborhood organizations. It was a great working relationship that they had and thank you to Sue and her team. We were able to get it done and also obviously our colleague, Councilor Baker. So thank you, Mr. President. Thank you very much. Councilor Flynn, the chair now recognizes the District Council from Mattapan Councilor Andre Campbell. The floor is. Yours. Thank you, Mr. President. Of course. Thank you to Councilor Baker. And I also want to thank Sue and her team, because part of this connected to some constituents in the other part of Dorchester in District four. And she was able to navigate some of the constituent cases and concerns with respect to folks who didn't want to be in and who thought about being in it and did it with such grace that it all turned out really well. So thank you for for really pouring in on this. And thank you again to Councilor Baker. Thank you. Thank you very much. Councilor Campbell, would anyone else wish to speak on docket 1023? Seeing No Takers. Councilor Frank Baker, chair of the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation on behalf of Mayor Woo, who is the past immediate chair at the time of this hearing, seek acceptance of the committee report and passage of Docket 1023. All those in favor please indicate by saying I. I oppose say nay. Mr. Chair, the chair did ask for. I was waiting for you to yield out the vote. The chairman doubts the vote. Mr. Clark, would you please call a roll call on docket 1023? Well, no, it is the opinion of the chair that the matter has passed, but we will have a roll call on record. Councilor Arroyo. Yes. Councilor Arroyo. Yes. Councilor Baker. Yes. Councilor Baker. Yes. Councilor book. Councilor. Book. Yes. Councilor Braden. Yes. Councilor Braden. Yes. Councilor Campbell. Councilor Campbell. Yes. Councilor Edwards. Councilor Edwards. Yes. Councilor Sabi George. Councilor Sabi George. Yes. Council. 30 Council 30 years. Councilor Flynn. Yes. Councilor Flynn. Yes. Cancel the Janey. Council on me here. Council on me here. Yes. Councilor O'Malley. Yes. Councilor O'Malley. Yes. The matter has passed unanimously. Congratulations. I it. Thank you all and congratulations. Moving right along to matters recently heard for possible action. Mr. Clark, could you please read docket 0900? Duncan Number 0900 Ordinance to Provide for legal legal representation of the Boston Groundwater Trust by the City of Boston Law Department.