The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team this week (see Development Review Team Snapshot):
Posts published in January 2023
The Land Use Committee voted to approve the following (see Report): The Land Use Committee held the following:
The Finance Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): NOTE: A question was asked regarding what documents would be available to the public. IT Director, Joe Mulvey stated that most of the Law Department’s documents would be confidential. However, he believes that most of the Health Department’s…
The Zoning & Planning Committee report summarizes comments from Boards, Commissions, and Community Groups on the draft Zoning Ordinance regarding Village Centers (watch the video on NewTV). See also the previous Fig City News article.
The Programs & Services Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The following items were held:
The Public Facilities Committee approved the following (see Report):
The Finance and Public Facilities Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV)):
I recently sent the letter below to Mayor Fuller and the City Council. I am hoping that others interested in these issues will speak out as well. Dear Mayor Fuller and Dear Council Members: The Dudley Road Estate is an opportunity for the City of Newton to practice what it…
The Newton Public Schools district is asking parents of children turning 5 years old before September 1, 2023 to complete this survey to inform the school district about their child entering kindergarten in the fall. This helps NPS to plan staffing and programming for next year. Actual kindergarten registration will…
We updated our article, It takes a community to save a restaurant, to include a quote from Mayor Ruthanne Fuller.
Thank you to Peter Harrington for articulating many of the issues with the zoning “redesign” in his op-ed of 1/9/23. It is impossible to properly give feedback, let alone vote, on the radical re-categorizing of zones without being able to envision what development would be like — especially development “by…
Newton has faced a variety of contentious local civic issues in the past few years – and is about to face another. The Mayor has proposed a tax override ballot measure with the vote scheduled for March 14, 2023. The debate about the override has begun, and if history provides…