City Council, October 21, 2026
1 land-use item: 1 plan amendment.
Watch: Order regarding a text amendment to the Boston Zoning Code to prohibit data centers in… plan amendment.
Every land-use item on the agenda, its hearing status, the agenda facts, and comparable prior decisions.
The full record: verbatim conditions, the vote, and the case history, delivered after the vote.
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- ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR MATTERS PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO 10:00 A.M
- APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 7, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
- Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Six…
- Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Burton Malkofsky as a…
- Communication was received from Councilor Flynn transmitting the Fiscal Year 2026 Annual…
- Communication was received from Councilor Flynn regarding Boston Police Officers…
- Communication was received from Councilors Culpepper and Worrell regarding civil rights…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on…
- The Committee on Civil Rights, Racial Equity, and Immigrant Advancement, to which was…
- Order for a hearing to explore raising the percentage of Community Preservation Act funds…
- Order for a hearing to review prevention and response to bullying, sexual harassment…
- Ordinance Establishing a "Bad Landlords List" and Extending Rental Property Code…
- Ordinance Establishing the Displacement Impact Mitigation Initiative and Trust Fund
- Ordinance Establishing Neighborhood-Based Affordability Standards
- Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Directing the City of Boston Fire Department to…
- Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Directing the City of Boston Police Department to…
- Order for a hearing to discuss the 3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) and increasing the…
- Order for a hearing to discuss the recent verdict in the civil lawsuit against the Boston…
- Order for a hearing to examine the central booking agreement between the Boston Police…
- Order for a hearing to discuss the future of the SuccessLink Youth Employment Program
- Order for a hearing to discuss the Office of the Veteran Advocate's Fiscal Year 2026…
- Order for a Summons for Phillip Eng, General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay…
- Order requesting certain information under Section 17F regarding outstanding responses to…
- Resolution urging the United States Postal Service to secure a new location for the…
- Resolution recognizing Ride for Your Life and remembering the lives lost to traffic…
- Resolution in support of H.R
- Resolution urging Congress to reverse devastating cuts to the Federal Public Housing and…
- Resolution in support of designating the Dorchester division of the Boston Municipal…
- Resolution declaring Election Day a holiday for City Council employees and calling upon…
- Resolution recognizing November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Boston
- Legislative Calendar for October 21, 2026
- Resolution recognizing Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
- Resolution recognizing 2026 Cedar Grove Civic Association Scholarship Award Recipients
- Resolution recognizing Staff Sergeant Craig Crowley
- Resolution recognizing Kathleen Joyce
- Resolution recognizing the Haitian American Students Corporation
- Resolution recognizing the Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation
- Resolution congratulating Malika Whitley
- Resolution congratulating Norman Parks
- Resolution recognizing VOCHEI
- Resolution congratulating Nina Vansuch
- Resolution congratulating Ana Liz Chavez
- Resolution congratulating Juan Chavez
- Resolution congratulating EMPath graduates
- Resolution recognizing Pedro Pinales Martinez
- Resolution recognizing the East Boston Soup Kitchen
- Resolution recognizing community members and supporters of Nouvel Horizon
- Resolution recognizing the Central American Civic Cultural Alliance
- Resolution recognizing Nigerian Independence 2026
- Resolution recognizing Rutshelle Guillaume
- Resolution recognizing the Pathfinder's Club of Temple Salem
- Resolution recognizing Allen Francis Knight
- Resolution recognizing Edwidge Danticat
- Resolution recognizing Marc Joseph
- Resolution recognizing October 17, 2026 as Jean-Jacques Dessalines Day
- Resolution recognizing Reverend Bruce Wall and Karin Wall
- Resolution recognizing Rose's Bounty's 10th Year Celebration
- Resolution recognizing Analia Garay
- Resolution recognizing David Goldsztajn Farelo as a 2026 Pilares de la Hispanidad Award…
- Resolution recognizing the 50th Anniversary and naming October 16, 2026 as "Boston Lyric…
- Resolution recognizing the Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center
- Resolution recognizing National POW/MIA Recognition Day
- Resolution recognizing Brookline Lunch
- Resolution recognizing One Nation Diversity
- Resolution recognizing June Weinberg
- Resolution recognizing Bova's Bakery
- Resolution recognizing the Boston Chapter of Gold Star Wives of America
- Resolution recognizing Harrison Clark
- Resolution recognizing Crite Park
- Resolution recognizing Dr
- Resolution recognizing Samuel Hurtado
- Resolution recognizing the Witherspoon Institute
- Resolution recognizing Marisol Camilo
- Resolution recognizing Nicolasa Lopez
- Resolution recognizing Nancy Rojas
- Resolution recognizing Edwardo Vasallo
- Resolution recognizing John Diaz
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