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Council Affirms Boston's Green Infrastructure Commitment

Last activity June 5, 2026 (4 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    May 29, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council passed a resolution on June 3, 2026 affirming Boston's commitment to green infrastructure. The measure notes the City’s climate goals, highlights the Office of Green Infrastructure, and calls for restoring staffing, clear timelines, and transparent reporting. It references the FY27 budget context with a modest increase for the Streets Cabinet and urges interdepartmental coordination and accountability.

Affects Boston residents

Filed by Benjamin Jacob Weber, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia, Ruthzee Louijeune, Ed Flynn, John FitzGerald, Miniard Culpepper, Brian Worrell, and Liz Breadon

Now with the City Council

About Environment & Climate and Budget & Finance

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Official title

Resolution affirming the City of Boston's commitment to green infrastructure.

Timeline

  1. June 3, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilors Breadon and Worrell, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 3 (Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Santana).