Amendment ID: S2188-14

Amendment 14

The South Boston Community Development Foundation

Ms. Forry moves to amend the amendment by adding the following section:

“Section xxxx:  subsection (g) of section 4 of chapter 152 of the Acts of 1997 is hereby amended by striking out the first and second paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the following paragraphs: -             

The South Boston Community Development Foundation or foundation shall consist of a committee of nine members: six members appointed by the governor: one of whom shall be a representative of a non-profit organization from the locally impacted neighborhood; one of whom shall be appointed from a list of persons nominated by the District two Boston city councilor; two of whom shall be appointed from a list of persons nominated by the state senator of the First Suffolk District; two of whom shall be appointed from a list of persons nominated by the state representative from the Fourth Suffolk District; and three members appointed by the mayor of Boston who shall be representatives of small business owners from the locally impacted neighborhood.  Members of the foundation shall be residents of South Boston and shall serve a two year term and may be extended by reappointment.

The Community Development Fund shall consist of monies held in a Massachusetts Charitable Trust, to be placed in a money market interest-bearing account to be administered by the South Boston Community Development Foundation”