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City Council Meetings for the Week of October 12

October 9, 2020

Meeting schedule extracted from the full City Council calendar.

Key to color coding (see below): CPC, Charter/Elections, Education, Environmental, Finance, Housing, Planning.

October 12 – October 16

Mon, Oct 12 Holiday
Tues, Oct 13 6:30 pm

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

Economic Development

Land Use

Community Preservation

EDZoom

LUZoom

CPZoom

Wed, Oct 14 2:00 pm

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

Election Commission

Finance Committee

Armory Advisory

N/A

FCZoom

AAZoom

Thu, Oct 15 6:00 pm

7:00 pm

WA St Bike Lane

Zoning & Planning

WAZoom

ZPZoom

 

Agendas

  • Economic Development Commission:  agenda
  • Land Use Committee:  agenda
  • Community Preservation Commission:  annual performance and evaluation report, full agenda
  • Election Commission:  no agenda posted
  • Finance Committee:  budget updates and possible reimbursements at Newton Public Schools, full agenda
  • West Newton Armory Joint Advisory Planning Group:   historic review process presentation, next steps, full agenda
  • Washington Street Bike Lane Community Meeting:  Zoom community input meeting on trial eastbound bike lane, notice
  • Zoning & Planning Committee:  Demolition delay and landmark ordinances, draft zoning ordinance, full agenda

Reports

  • 10-2 Riverside Special Permit clean and redlined
  • 10-1 Zoning & Planning powerpoint on Garage Design Standards and Parking Requirements
  • 9-14 Zoning & Planning power point presentation and discussion on Residence District Standards (zoning redesign)
  • Zoning Redesign questions/comments by Councilors Bowman, Albright ‘fixing all the non-conformity in Newton might be a red herring’, Wright, Wright  Baker ‘a form based code has become a problem in itself – diverting time and resources from the Department’, Laredo ‘goals seem to be shifting’, Kalis 9-13 Questions submitted “Why did we move from affordable housing to attainable?”

Public Hearings

  • 11-5 Land Use 4 corners 26 unit development

Categories: City Council Meetings: Docket Digest

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