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
MON 19		Patriot’s Day Holiday – Offices Closed
TUE 20	7:45 pm	Board of Aldermen Mayor’s Budget Presentation (45 days; June 4)	Chamber
TUE 20	7:45 pm	Bicycle-Pedestrian Task Force	Cafeteria
WED 21	6:30 pm	Rules Subcommittee #394-09 ALD. BAKER requesting clarification of the Rules of the Board regarding referrals to Committee of appeals of decisions of the Traffic Council. [11/30/09 @ 9:34 AM]	Room 222
	7:45 pm	Public Facilities Committee	Room 209
	7:45 pm	Programs & Services Committee	Room 222
	7:30	Public Safety & Transportation Committee – Early Start Includes: DISCUSSION ITEM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT requesting presentation and discussion of a "complete streets" study performed by Northeastern University civil engineeringstudents of Washington Street between Commonwealth Avenue and Parsons Street. #101-10 PLANNING DEPARTMENT requesting presentation and discussion of the Pedestrian Mobility Project to be completed by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Pedestrian Mobility Project Team. [03/29/10 @ 10:45 AM]	Room 202
THU 22	~~7:00 pm~~	~~Traffic Council~~ - Cancelled
THU 22	7:00 pm	Budget – Public Safety Committee Police, Fire	Chamber

Reports:

Programs & Services:

discussion of Legal Dept. cost containment;
approval of fuel-efficient vehicle provision of Green Communities Act;

Public Safety

long discussion of commercial parking permits;

Zoning

Accessory Apartment amendments approved; NAN of Green Communities as-of-right siting for renewable technology industries and expediting permitting;

Reports Docket — Includes:

#83-10 THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE recommending that the sum of sixty three thousand, eight hundred forty five dollars ($63,845) be appropriated from the FY10 Community Preservation Fund’s historic resources and general reserves to be expended by the Public Buildings Department to complete the design of storage and accessibility improvements for the archives at the Jackson Homestead. [03/09/10 @ 4:20 PM]

CMT ON COMM PRES APPROVED 7-0 (Ciccone not voting) on 3/23/10

FINANCE HELD 6-0 (Ciccone and Danberg not voting)

HELD 7-0 (Danberg not voting)

#147-08 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE recommending that the sum of $359,400, including $2,000 for legal costs, be appropriated from the FY’08 Community Preservation Fund’s historic resources and general reserves, for a project to rehabilitate and expand storage space for the research library and archives at the Newton History Museum, to preserve the existing collections, and enhance public access to the collections. [04-01-08 @ 4:10 PM]

(A) COMMUNITY PRESERVATION APPROVED 6-0 on 4-29-08

DESIGN FUNDS ESTIMATE $37,500.00 – BOA APPROVED ON 07/21/08

(B) BALANCE OF PROJECT ESTIMATE $321,900.00 – HELD

FINANCE HELD (B) 6-0 (Ciccone not voting)

(B) HELD 7-0 (Danberg not voting)

#68-10 ALD. FULLER, CROSSLEY, SCHNIPPER, DANBERG, FREEDMAN, JOHNSON, LAPPIN, SWISTON, BAKER, LINSKY, ALBRIGHT & YATES requesting a Resolution to His Honor the Mayor to conduct a comprehensive survey of the physical condition, maintenance and renovation/replacement needs of municipal buildings, roads, sidewalks, recreational, utility and other infrastructure elements throughout the city, resulting in a database for prioritizing, maintaining and tracking of maintenance, and capital projects. [02/23/10 @ 2:04 PM]

PROGRAMS & SERVICES APPROVED 8-0 on 3/17/10

APPROVED AS AMENDED 6-0-1 (Gentile abstaining; Danberg not voting)

#50-10 ALD. CROSSLEY, HESS-MAHAN & LINSKY requesting the adoption of a policy to reduce energy use baseline inventory for municipal buildings, vehicles, street and traffic lighting by 20%, in order to satisfy the requirements to qualify as a Green Community under Mass General Law Ch. 25A, §10(c). [02/09/10 @7:25 PM]

APPROVED 7-0 (Danberg not voting)

Docket — Includes:

#46-10(3) ALD CROSSLEY, HESS-MAHAN AND LINSKY proposing a RESOLUTION to demonstrate support by the Board of Aldermen of the Green Communities Act application for the City of Newton to achieve the designation as a Green Community. [04-12-10 @ 9:30 AM]

116-10 ALD. CROSSLEY AND HESS-MAHAN requesting discussion regarding status of ESCO weatherization audit focusing on building envelope retrofits proposed for Phase II and Phase III and coordinating those efforts to inform decision making on related capital expenditures.

Documents

Memo from Ald. Johnson on accessory amendments