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City Council, September 21, 2026

Decided: Docket 1395 - MBI Digital Equity Partnership Program grant acceptance hearing

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On September 21, 2026, Boston acted on Docket 1395 - MBI Digital Equity Partnership Program grant acceptance hearing.

This was a Boston City Council Committee on City Services hearing on three grant/gift acceptance dockets (non-land-use items): Docket 1085 (a $20,930 El Centro Fellowship Grant), Docket 1395 (a $225,125.11 MBI Digital Equity Partnership Program grant), and Docket 1397 (a gift of…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Boston, MA
Governing body
Final authority
Date
September 21, 2026
Decisions
3 zoning decisions
Outcome
Decided

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Docket 1085 - El Centro Fellowship Grant acceptance hearing

Hearing on message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend $20,930 in the form of the El Centro Fellowship Grant to Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Boston, administered by the Department of Innovation and Technology, to fund an IT fellowship program. Sponsored by Mayor Wu, referred to committee June 3rd, 2026. No vote taken; chair plans to bring to floor Wednesday.

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Key Decisions (3)

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Docket 1085 - El Centro Fellowship Grant acceptance hearing

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Docket 1395 - MBI Digital Equity Partnership Program grant acceptance hearing

Other

Docket 1397 - Gift of 43 HVAC mini-split units acceptance hearing

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Development Activity (1)

BHA West Broadway and Archdale broadband connectivity project

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Market Signals (2)

Infrastructure

Boston is deploying $1.3 million in state MBI funds to…

Infrastructure

The city is upgrading HVAC using donated Friedrich mini-split systems…

Who spoke

7 distinct speakers; 6 identified names.

All speaker roles: 4 Staff, 2 Councilmember, 1 Chair.

Identified name roles: 2 Councilmember, 3 Staff, 1 Chair.

Speaker sample: Trish Kaferski, Staff.

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Zoning terms (1)

2 recorded timestamps

  • approved (2 timestamps)

Decision moments (3)

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