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City Council Meetings for the Week of October 5

October 3, 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 5 – October 9

Mon, Oct 5 6:30 pm

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

7:45 pm

Programs & Services

CPC & Planning & Dev

School Committee

City Council

PSZoom

CPZoom

SCZoom

CCZoom

Tues, Oct 6 6:00 pm

7:00 pm

7:30 pm

Land Use

Human Rights

Board of License

LUZoom

HRZoom

BLZoom

Wed, Oct 7 8:00 am

2:00 pm

6:00 pm

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

7:30 pm

Fair Housing

Election Commission

Rules Subcommittee

Programs & Services

Public Facilities

Public Safety & Transp

Newton Community Ed

N/A

N/A

RSZoom

PSZoom

PFZoom

PTZoom

N/A

Thu, Oct 8 7:00 pm

7:00 pm

Traffic Council

Programs & Services

TCZoom

PSZoom

 

Agendas

  • Programs & Services:  Moving Ward 3 polling stations, agenda
  • Community Preservation Committee & Planning & Development Board joint meeting on Haywood House Proposal, annual performance report, full agenda
  • School Committee:  High School in-person learning, FY21 Systemwide goals, facilities update, full agenda
  • City Council:  $150K for Bullough’s Pond rehabilitation, Webster Woods rezoning, taxi licenses, LED lighting and insulation project for Auburndale library,  CPC funds for Golda Meir Senior housing expansion, full agenda,
  • Land Use:  4 corners 26 unit development, Riverside, full agenda
  • Human Rights:  Discussion of Mayor’s response to Resolution, Protocol on Hate, full agenda
  • Board of License:  KENO monitor for WA St 7-11, outdoor dining provisions, full agenda
  • Fair Housing:  no posted agenda
  • Election Commission:  no posted agenda
  • Rules Subcommittee:  agenda
  • Programs & Services:  Discussion of Library reopening, update on leaf blower ordinance, agenda
  • Public Facilities:  update on ventilation at public schools, agenda
  • Public Safety & Transportation: Joint meeting with Public Facilities on Adoption of a Vision Zero resolution (no traffic deaths), agenda
  • Newton Community Education:  election of Chair and Vicechair, agenda
  • Traffic Council:  agenda
  • Programs & Services:  Resolution to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, agenda

Reports

  • 10-2 Riverside Special Permit clean and redlined
  • 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?”
  • Notice of City Request to Dept of Housing to Release Funds for Haywood Housing Development

Public Hearings

  • 10-6 @ 7 pm Land Use Petition to allow 26-unit mixed use development at 1149-1151 Walnut Street notice 
  • 10-8 @ 7 pm Programs & Services Resolution to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, notice
  • 11-5 Land Use 4 corners 26 unit development

Categories: City Council Meetings: Docket Digest

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