The Full City Council will meet as a Committee of the Whole virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, August 1 at 7PM.
According to the agenda, the Council President may call for a roll call to enter into Executive Session in order to discuss strategy with respect to the pending action, Arnstein, et al. v. City of Newton, et al., filed against the City of Newton in Middlesex Superior Court.
The Finance Committee will meet virtually (go Zoom link) on Monday, August 1 at 7:30PM after conclusion of Committee of the Whole. (NOTE: Zoom link indicates that this meeting starts at 8PM.)
The agenda includes the following:
- Request to appropriate and expend $19,500,000 and authorize a general obligation borrowing of an equal amount for the Newton Center for Active Living (NewCAL) and authorization to apply any premium received upon the sale of the bonds or notes, less the cost of preparing, issuing, and marketing them, and any accrued interest received upon the delivery of the bonds or notes to the costs of the project and to reduce the amount authorized to be borrowed for the project by a like amount.
- Request to accept a recommendation from the Community Preservation Committee to appropriate $133,002 in Community Preservation Act funding from the Unrestricted Prior Year Funds to the control of the Planning and Development Department for the completion of the 100% design of the Commonwealth Carriageway Redesign Project in Auburndale.