Docket Digest
A weekly summary of Board of Aldermen agendas and actions highlighting items of interest to the LWVN. Archive of previous weeks here.
Board and Committee Meeting Schedule
Extracted from full calendar. Links to full calendar and docket packet here.
Key to color coding: CPC, Planning, Environmental, CAG, Charter, Housing.
April 2010 |
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| MON 12 | 7:00 pm | Finance Committee – Early Start #28-10 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE recommending that the sum of $362,500, including $2,500 for City of Newton legal costs, be appropriated from the fiscal 2010 community housing and general reserves of the Community Preservation Fund and expended under the direction and control of the Planning and Development Department, to create two units of perpetually affordable rental housing at 2148-2150 Commonwealth Avenue. CMTEE ON COMMUNITY PRES. APPROVED 5-0-3 (Ald. Blazar, Fuller and Harney abstaining) on 03/23/10 #78-10 ALD. FULLER, GENTILE, FREEDMAN, JOHNSON, DANBERG AND BAKER requesting a review of the elements of the Financial Management Guidelines of January 2008, together with the Mayor’s Office, to ensure they meet the current needs of the City. [03/09/10 @8:23 AM] Chairman’s Note: the Committee will also review the City of Newton Capital Financing Plan, which is attached. ALD. CROSSLEY HESS-MAHAN & LINSKY requesting adoption of a policy to purchase only fuel-efficient vehicles for municipal use whenever such vehicles are commercially available and practicable, in order to satisfy the requirements to qualify as a Green Community under MGL Chapter 25A, §10(c). [02/09/10 @ 7:25 PM] PROG & SERV APPROVED 5-0 ON 04/07/10 |
Room 222 |
| 7:30 pm | School Committee | Ed Ctr., Rm 210 | |
| 7:45 pm |
Zoning and Planning Committee Accessory apartments ALD. CROSSLEY, HESS-MAHAN & LINSKY requesting adoption of an ordinance to provide for as-of-right siting of renewable or alternative energy generating facilities, renewable or alternative energy research and development facilities, or renewable or alternative energy manufacturing facilities in designated locations in order to satisfy the requirements to qualify as a Green Community under MGL Chapter 25A, §10 (c). ALD. CROSSLEY,HESS-MAHAN & LINSKY requesting adoption of an ordinance to create an expedited application and permitting process under which renewable or alternative energy generating facilities, renewable or alternative energy research and development facilities, or renewable or alternative energy manufacturing facilities may be sited within the municipality and which shall not exceed one year from the date of initial application to the date of final approval, in order to satisfy the requirements to qualify as a Green Community under MGL Chapter 25A |
Room 202 | |
| TUE 13 | 7:45 pm | Land Use Committee | Chamber |
| WED 14 | 7:00 pm | Long Range Planning Committee PRESIDENT BAKER, ALD. HESS-MAHAN, VANCE, ALBRIGHT, LENNON, SALVUCCI, LINSKY & SCHNIPPER requesting discussion of the recommendations of the Citizen Advisory Group as may be relevant for long-range planning for the City for coming fiscal years.
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Room 209 |
| 8:00 pm | Budget –New Time Programs & Services and Finance |
Chamber | |
Documents
Pres. Lennon’s News Notes:
- New CFO appointed
- April 20—accessory apartments, mayor’s budget address
Committee actions
Long range planning report—includes
- Discussion with Mal Salter and Neil Silverstein on the CAG—economic forecasting tool for policy & initiatives.
- Report on health care options—including steering employees to lower-cost providers; disease management,
- Report on Green Communities Act
- Potential alternative delivery of EMS (now private) by Fire Department
Supplemental information on Commonwealth Ave affordable housing.