The School Committee will meet in person (Room 210, Ed Center) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, October 3 at 6PM. (NOTE Early Start Time.) The Committee will meet in Open Session in Room 210 and then vote to go into Executive Session via Zoom and go into Room 304,…
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The Four Area Councils (Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Upper Falls, and Waban) will hold a special information session on the proposed new Zoning for the Village Centers on Monday, October 3, at 7PM. The meeting will be both in person (Waban Library) and virtual (Zoom link). This is the second session…
There are no potential projects/proposals scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team this week. (See Development Review Snapshot.)
The Finance Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): Request to appropriate and expend $4,120,000 and authorize a general obligation borrowing of an equal amount for the construction and engineering services for the City of Newton Pump Station Rehabilitation CIP Project 1 and design…
The Zoning and Planning Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): Appointment of Scott Friedman as an alternate member of the Newton Historical Commission Re-appointment of Leigh Gilligan to the Conservation Commission Re-appointment of Nancy Grissom to the Auburndale Historic District Commission and the…
The Public Facilities Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): Request to appropriate and expend $4,120,000 and authorize a general obligation borrowing of an equal amount for the construction and engineering services for the City of Newton Pump Station Rehabilitation CIP Project 1 and…
The Programs and Services Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): Appointment of Petr Chovanec to the Commission on Disability Appointment of Shawn Fitzgibbons as a Commissioner of the Board of Licensing Commissioners The Committee voted against the request to revise and amend Chapter…
The Public Safety and Transportation Committee voted to approve the following (see Report): Request for triennial renewals of six bus licenses for Mass General Brigham. There are no changes proposed from 2021. Request for four new triennial bus licenses for Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Request to approve a detail of a…
The Land Use Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to allow the construction of an attached garage with living space above, further extending the non-conforming front setback and further reducing the non-conforming open space at 39 Floral Street. See Special Permit…
The Programs and Services Committee met on Wednesday, September 21 (watch video on NewTV), voted to reject the request for a temporary moratorium on tree cutting while the Council considers two proposals to amend the current Tree Preservation Ordinance: One request submitted by the Mayor on behalf of the City’s…
The Planning and Development Board met on Tuesday, September 20, and voted to recommend approval of two requests to amend the City’s Zoning Ordinance. Request for a review of and possible amendments to, Section 6.7.1 Accessory Apartments, to remove barriers to creating accessory apartments, such as to consider conditions under…
The Negotiations sub-committee of the Newton School Committee will initially meet in Open Session on Wednesday, September 28 at 3PM in Room 210 at the Ed Center. The sub-committee will then enter into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA (See…