City Council is not scheduled to meet this week.
Zoning & Planning Committee will meet in person (City Hall, Room 207) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 8 at 7PM. The agenda includes:
- Public Hearing: Ordinance change in Chapter 30 to allow raised beds in the front and rear setback under certain conditions
- Request for information on expiring deed restrictions and options to maintain them as affordable units (see spreadsheet)
- Request to amend the MR zones to encourage preservation of existing buildings
- Presentation on Town of Brookline Rezoning at Route 9 & Hammond Street
Finance Committee will meet in person (City Hall, Room 211) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 8 at 7PM. The agenda includes:
- Authorization to appropriate and expend $550,000 from June 30, 2025 Certified Free Cash for SAN replacement
- Appropriation of $150,000 from June 30, 2025 Certified Free Cash for netting at the Halloran Sports Complex Multi-Purpose Field
- Authorization to accept and expend a grant of $3,275.15 from the Department of Fire Services to purchase smoke and CO detectors for Newton’s older adults
- Appropriation of $225,000 from June 30, 2025 Certified Free Cash for Police firearm equipment replacement
- Appropriation of $105,000 from June 30, 2025 Certified Free Cash to support the Police Department
- Authorization to transfer $277,499 from the Energy Stabilization Fund for the installation of heat pumps at Fire Station 2
- Transfer of $100,000 for increased water and sewer usage
- CPC recommendation to appropriate $347,534.91 for War Memorial Stairs
- Authorization to accept and expend a grant of $150,000 from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Complete Streets Funding Program for the continued design of traffic calming improvements in Newton Highlands
- Authorization to accept a low-interest loan of $4,329,664 from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust State Revolving Fund for Fiscal Year 2027 construction of stormwater projects at Cold Spring Park, Cabot Dog Park, and potentially Braceland Park
- Transfer of $900,000 for improvements to roadways, sidewalks, and ramps
- Appropriation of $3,000,000 from June 30, 2025 Certified Free Cash for Transportation and Paving Improvement Program
- Appropriation of up to $2,792,700 from Water Budget Reserves for Fiscal Year 2027 water main improvements
- Appropriation of $135,000 from June 30, 2025 Certified Free Cash to complete upgrades to fuel stations at Crafts Street and Elliot Street Yards
- Appropriation of $577,175 from June 30, 2025 Certified Free Cash to purchase two multipurpose Trackless vehicles and two Snowrator machines for winter maintenance and sweeping operations
- Transfer of $200.00 for reconciliation
Traffic Council will meet in person (City Hall, Room 211) and virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, June 11 at 7PM. The agenda includes:
- Accessible parking space in front of 17–19 Beech Street
- Parking restriction on Cynthia Road at the corner of Greenwood Street up to the driveway of 5 Cynthia Road
- Extend the “No Parking Except Sundays and Holidays” restriction on the north side of Suffolk Road further west to the Church of the Redeemer Driveway
- Change to parking regulations on the north side of Otis Street between Lowell Avenue and Walden Street
- Trial or permanent change to parking regulations on one side of Lowell Avenue between Elm Road and Highland Avenue
- Review and possible change to parking regulations along both sides of Highland Avenue between Lowell Avenue and Walnut Street, and parking programs within the Austin Street Municipal Lot
- Continue the Traffic Council trial allowing vehicles displaying TIGER permits to park in the Austin Street Lot without payment on school days