The Zoning & Planning Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The Zoning & Planning Committee held the following: Jennifer Caira, Deputy Director of Planning; Zachary LeMel, Chief of Long Range Planning; and consultant Tim Love, Principal at Utile Architecture & Planning led…
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All items were held by Public Safety and Transportation Committee (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The Chair reported that five hundred emails have been received and recorded (referencing this study, and reported here in Fig City News) stating that a public hearing will be held when a…
The Finance Committee recently discussed how the City deals with delinquent property taxes and what State/City laws dictate when the City can put a lien on a property (see 2/27/2023 Finance Report and NewTV video). Prompted in part by the 91 Newtonville Avenue situation (which has a tax delinquency more than…
Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 27 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Chair’s Note: Planning staff and Utile will first review with the committee the many design standards embedded within the version 1 text (highlighted in last week’s…
The Programs and Services Committee voted to hold the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): Parks, Recreation, and Culture staff provided an overview of what the Department and the City has done to improve the quality and increase the number of athletic fields, referencing a 2020 petition…
The Traffic Council voted to approve the following requests (see Report): The Council held the following:
The City Council met as a Committee of the Whole (with the Zoning and Planning Committee presiding) and voted to approve the following (see Draft Report and watch the video on NewTV): After an introduction and background offered by the Chair of ZAP, she explained that “the purpose of the…
The Land Use Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The Land Use Committee voted to Deny the following: The Land Use Committee voted to No Action Necessary for the following:
The Finance Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV):
The Zoning and Planning Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The Zoning & Planning Committee voted to hold the following: NOTE: Concern was raised regarding the allowance of presentations to the Committee without these materials submitted to the Committee 48 hours in…
The Public Facilities Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV):
The Land Use Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The Committee voted to Deny the following: The Committee, concerned about information regarding the petitioner’s business practices from a previous hearing and from a remote participant at this meeting, and also concerned about…

