Zoning and Planning Committee will meet in person (Council Chamber/Room 207) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 28 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
Chair’s Note: There will be a presentation and discussion on the preliminary text of the proposed village center zoning.
- 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; and Community Letters
- Two reappointments to the Zoning Board of Appeals:
- Denise Chicoine
- Lei Reilley
- Reappointment of Daphne Romanoff to the Newton Upper Falls Historic District Commission
Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 28 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Request to accept and expend $235,500 in Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and MassDevelopment’s Housing Choice Grant funding to conduct an analysis of the best manner to preserve and redevelop four homes for affordable housing which the City purchased in late 2021 from the Walker Center for Ecumenical Exchange.
- Request to transfer$7,000 from a Disability Commission Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account to an Operation Access – Disability Commission Account to fund targeted enforcement during the holidays by the Police of accessible parking violations.
- Requesting to transfer $174,000 from June 30, 2022, Certified Free Cash, to a Building Demolition/Other Repairs for the emergency demolition of a residential structure located at 91 Newtonville Avenue.