Docket Digest for the Week of June 21, 2010

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.

June 2010

Monday

7:00 pm

7:45 pm

Public Facilities & Finance Committees

Board of Aldermen -- SPECIAL MEETING (see below)

222

Chamber

Tuesday

7:45 pm

Land Use

Chamber

Wed
23

6:30

7:45 pm

Rules Subcommittee

Programs & Services

Public Safety & Transportation

222

202

Thurs

7:00

Traffic Council

222

Reports:

Public Safety, includes: #143-10 ALD. SHAPIRO, YATES, BAKER, HESS-MAHAN, JOHNSON, SANGIOLO & CICCONE requesting a discussion and Resolution to the Mayor re the establishment of a “Newton Silver Alert” system, a city-based public notification procedure, using existing technology to quickly distribute information locally about missing persons with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or other mental disabilities in order to aid in their safe return. [05/11/10 @ 5:19 PM] ACTION: APPROVED 6-0
- #196-09 ALD. MANSFIELD AND SANGIOLO requesting rescission of Sec. 19-99 (b), Speed humps of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Newton. [06/17/09 @ 11:24 PM]
  PUBLIC FACILITIES HELD 7-0 (Ald. Salvucci not voting) on 06/09/10
  ACTION: APPROVED 4-0-2 (Ald. Johnson and Shapiro Abstaining) (all about process for getting traffic calming and wording of ordinance changes)
Zoning and Planning, includes discussion on flood plains and the Laura Rd. development, and
- #142-10 THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD requesting adoption of an amendment to Chapter 20, Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, of the City of Newton Ordinances relative to regulation of scenic roads. [05/10/10 @ 5:18 PM]
  ACTION: APPROVED 7-0 (Ald. Sangiolo not voting
Wilkinson report on revenue -- includes notes on shortfalls in water and sewer funds

Docket: includes-

#181-10 BOSTON COLLEGE filing on 6/7/10 an application for Administrative Site Plan Review pursuant to §30-5(a) of the City of Newton Rev Zoning Ord, 2007, for construction of an academic building (the “Stokes Project”) to be located off College Road, bounded by Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue.
#183-10 ALD. JOHNSON, CROSSLEY AND HESS-MAHAN requesting to amend Section 30-13(a) Allowed Uses in Mixed Use 1 Districts by inserting a new subsection (5) as follows: “(5) Dwelling units above the first floor, provided that the first floor is used for an office or research and development use as described above;” and renumbering existing subsection (5) as (6). [06/07/10 @12:00 PM]
#201-10 HIS HONOR THE MAYOR requesting authorization to transfer the unobligated balances held by the City in two special appropriation accounts, totaling fifty thousand nine hundred sixty-six dollars and twenty-six cents ($50,966.26), from Bradford Development’s
Sedimentation Chamber Fund and Traffic Mitigation Fund [special permit nos. 514-99(2) and 515-99(2)) and board order nos. 131.05 and 289-03(5)] to the Law Department’s Judgment and Settlement Account and authorization for the City Solicitor to settle a claim brought by the
developer and its successor to recover the unexpended funds in these two special appropriation accounts in accordance with the above special permits. [6/14/10 @6:13PM]

Agendas:

Public Facilities & Finance: #170-10 HIS HONOR THE MAYOR requesting authorization to appropriate and expend (A) seventy nine thousand five hundred dollars ($79,500) from
the Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Fund-Sale of Recyclables to fund the first year of a three-year lease-to-own a new front end loader and (B) eighty five thousand dollars ($85,000) to purchase a new Allu heavyduty compost material processing attachment for use in the composting operation at Rumford Avenue. [6/1/10 @ 5:05 PM]
PUBLIC FACILITIES APPROVED 6-0-2 (Gentile and Salvucci not voting) on 6/9/10
FINANCE HELD 6-0 on 6/14/10
Land Use
Programs & Services-- Includes:
- #95-09(2) PROGRAMS & SERVICE COMMITTEE requesting establishment of an Advisory Committee to review processes of the Board of Aldermen and report recommended efficiency improvements to the Board of Aldermen. Members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Programs & Services Committee and the President of the Board. [11/16/09 @ 3:59 PM]
Traffic Council, including:
- TC3-10 ALD. DANBERG, BLAZAR AND SHAPIRO on behalf of Peter Tamm, Jaimie Heywood, Jonathan Wismer and Kevin Slayne requesting a discussion of traffic calming and pedestrian safety issues on Walnut Street (between Lakewood Road and Forest Street) and on Hyde Street. (Ward 6) [02/25/10 @1:38 PM]
  HELD 5-0 on 04/29/10
- TC10-10 DAVID KOSES requesting the inclusion of pedestrian beacons in the TPR for the following intersections: Langley Road and Langley Path, Centre and Pelham Streets, Harvard and Washington Streets. [04/12/10 @ 1:32 PM

Documents:

review of the petition for Fiorella's restaurant & other current petitions.
News Notes:
- Invitation to NNHS ‘Faculty Walk’ – Monday, June 21st at 12:45p.m. – The basic idea of this day is to have the current North faculty walk together from the old building to the new building and be greeted by invited guests, of which you are one. We will then move together into the cafeteria and hear from Supt. Jim Marini and Mayor Setti Warren before having dessert together in the new cafeteria. After dessert everyone will be permitted to explore the building until 3pm
- Board Meetings for the Summer – For those of you unaware, the number of full Board meetings are reduced during July and August. Instead of meeting on the first and third Mondays, we will be meeting on Monday, July 12th and Monday, August 9th, both at 7:45p.m. Committee meetings will be held on an ‘as-needed’ basis. Please check with your applicable Chair for more details.
- Information regarding Disaster Assistance Deadline – EXTENDED TO MONDAY, JUNE
  28th. This information was reported last week but the deadline to file has been extended another month. If you have any questions regarding this information or the process, do not hesitate to contact NPD Executive Officer Lt. Hugh Downing at 617.796.2101.