Finance
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The Finance Committee will meet virtually on Monday, April 25th at 7:00 p.m.
The agenda includes the following:
- Request authorization to accept, appropriate, and expend $2,500 from a grant through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Office of Grants and Research for the purpose of purchasing an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
- Request to amend Chapter 29 by adding a new Article VIII and for Chapter 17, Sections 16 and 21 Fees to be Paid to the Department of Public Works and General Fine of the City of Newton Revised Ordinances to be amended to add defining language, provide for enforcement, establish permit fees and fines for violations of the stormwater management and erosion control ordinance established in Article VIII.
DEPARTMENT BUDGET & CIP DISCUSSIONS:
Comptroller/Retirement
Treasurer
Purchasing
NOTE: Use this link on the Comptroller’s webpage for budget information. See also Comptroller’s Budget Analysis.
- Submittal of the Fiscal Years 2023 to 2027 Capital Improvement Plan pursuant to Section 5‐3 of the Newton City Charter
- Submittal, in accordance with Section 5‐1 of the City of Newton Charter the FY23 Municipal/School Operating Budget, the passage of which shall be concurrent with the FY23‐FY27 Capital Improvement Program – NOTE: EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUBMISSION 04/19/22; LAST DATE TO PASS THE BUDGET 06/03/22
- Submittal of the FY23 – FY27 Supplemental Capital Improvement Plan.
Zoning and Planning
The Zoning and Planning Committee will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually on Monday, April 25th at 7:00 p.m.
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The agenda includes the following:
- Request for amendments to the Newton Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 30, including, but not limited to, the addition of a definition for Microfulfillment Center, and amendments to Section 4.1.1 Allowed Uses, Section 5.1.4 Number of Stalls, Section 5.1.12 Off-Street Loading Requirements, and Section 6.4 Commercial Uses to regulate the use of land, structures, and buildings for the siting and operation of a facility whose primary use is for the receipt, transfer, short-term storage, dispatching, coordination, preparation, routing of package delivery, and parking of vehicles, associated with the delivery of goods directly to consumers, by allowing such uses in the Business Sse 4, Mixed Use 1, Mixed Use 2, Manufacturing, and Limited Manufacturing Districts by right and subject to listed standards, and to prohibit such uses in the Business Use 1 and Business Use 2 Districts, or allow the uses in the Business Use 1 and Business Use 2 Districts either by right and subject to listed standards, or only upon the granting of a special permit. See Planning Memo
- Appointment of Laxmi Rao as an Alternate member of the Planning and Development Board
- Appointment of Zach Knowlton as a member of the Economic Development Commission
- Request for a review, discussion, and possible ordinance amendments relative to Chapter 30 zoning ordinances pertaining to Mixed Use, business districts, and village districts relative to the draft Zoning Ordinance – See Planning Memo
- Reappointment of Jack Leader as a member of the Economic Development Commission
Land Use
The Land Use Committee will meet in -person (Council Chamber) and virtually on Tuesday, April 26th at 7:00 p.m.
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The agenda includes the following:
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to waive parking stalls and allow single‐level non accessory parking at 858 Walnut Street – See Special Permit documents and see Planning Memo
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to allow parking facility waivers including; to allow parking in the front setback, to waive interior landscape requirements, and to waive lighting requirements in order to expand an existing parking area at 55‐67 Border Street – See Special Permit documents and See Planning Memo
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to construct a second attached one‐car garage, further increasing the total garage area to more than 700 square feet at 75 Pleasant Street – See Special Permit documents and See Planning Memo
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to raze an existing attached garage and construct a new porch and attached two‐car garage, further extending the nonconforming front setback at 54 Goddard Street – See Special Permit documents and See Planning Memo
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to extend the existing nonconforming FAR by constructing a single‐story rear addition to the dwelling at 27 Village Circle – See Special Permits documents and See Planning Memo
- Request for periodic updates and discussions with the Planning, Inspectional Services, and Information Technology Departments regarding process improvements and the benefits of the implementation of the new permitting software
Committee of the Whole
The City Council will meet as a Committee of the Whole on Wednesday, April 27th at 6:00 p.m.
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The agenda includes the following:
- Request for a discussion with the Comptroller regarding the FY2023 Comptroller’s Budget Analysis as well as how to read a typical department’s budget.
Public Facilities
The Public Facilities Committee will meet virtually on Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00 p.m.
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The agenda includes the following:
- Appointment of Jessica Baccari as a community member of the Design Review Committee for the Franklin Building Project
- Request authorization to transfer $171,490 from Current Year Budget Reserve to a Public Building Project Account to fund the replacement of the Franklin School Boiler which is forty years old and operable but leaking.
- Request for authorization to appropriate and expend $224,510 from June 30, 2021, Certified Free Cash to fund the replacement of an inoperable boiler at Newton South High School.
DEPARTMENT BUDGET & CIP DISCUSSIONS:
Public Buildings Department
NOTE: Use this link on the Comptroller’s webpage for budget information.
- Submittal of the Fiscal Years 2023 to 2027 Capital Improvement Plan pursuant to Section 5‐3 of the Newton City Charter
- Submittal, in accordance with Section 5‐1 of the City of Newton Charter the FY23 Municipal/School Operating Budget, the passage of which shall be concurrent with the FY23‐FY27 Capital Improvement Program – NOTE: EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUBMISSION 04/19/22; LAST DATE TO PASS THE BUDGET 06/03/22
- Submittal of the FY23 – FY27 Supplemental Capital Improvement Plan.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee will meet virtually on Thursday, April 28th at 7:00 p.m.
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The agenda includes the following:
DEPARTMENT BUDGET & CIP DISCUSSIONS:
Assessing
Human Resources
Financial Services
Executive/Sustainability
NOTE: Use this link on the Comptroller’s webpage for budget information.
- Submittal of the Fiscal Years 2023 to 2027 Capital Improvement Plan pursuant to Section 5‐3 of the Newton City Charter
- Submittal, in accordance with Section 5‐1 of the City of Newton Charter the FY23 Municipal/School Operating Budget, the passage of which shall be concurrent with the FY23‐FY27 Capital Improvement Program – NOTE: EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUBMISSION 04/19/22; LAST DATE TO PASS THE BUDGET 06/03/22
- Submittal of the FY23 – FY27 Supplemental Capital Improvement Plan.
