NewCAL – Newton Center for Active Living – NewCAL takes center stage this week with its appearance at two different committees – Programs and Services and Public Facilities. The Programs and Services Committee will take up this request submitted by the Mayor to acquire by purchase or by friendly eminent domain, a 2-family home located at 47 Walnut Place at its meeting on Wednesday (see agenda). The Public Facilities Committee will hold a public hearing and discuss the 5-58 Schematic Design and Site Plan Approval as well as the request to appropriate $19.5 million for the project (see agenda).
In addition, the Community Preservation Committee has a full agenda this week:
- An update on Future Parks, Recreation, and Culture projects;
- A Public Hearing on the Gath Pool Project – Design and Construction ($486,500 request in CPA Recreation Funding); and
- A Public Hearing on the Jackson Homestead Basement Rehabilitation Study ($75,000 request in CPA Historic Resource Funding.
Trio Survey Results: Also note that the Council has on its docket, a discussion item of results from a survey by the Trio development on Washington Street about resident transportation needs and habits. Among the topics to be discussed when the Land Use Committee takes this item up are:
- The demographics of the TRIO residents, including information on the number of residents (a) who do not or cannot drive at all; (b) who work from home (part-time and full-time); per unit and, if there are children, what ages are the children
- How many residents own or lease cars and how many of those cars are parked at TRIO
- What forms of transit are residents using instead of cars?
- For residents who do not own or lease a car, why have they made that decision – the availability of amenities in Newtonville; the ability to use Lyft and Uber; the current cost of new and used cars; other factors
- Are residents getting subsidized transit passes from their employers
- How much are residents using the bike racks and storage on-site?
- What is the utilization of electric charging stations on-site?
Weekly Road Construction Schedule: This week’s road construction schedule can be found here.