Public Safety and Transportation Committee join the Finance Committee at its virtual (Zoom link) meeting on Monday, January 9 at 7PM. The Public Safety and Transportation agenda includes the following:
- Request to appropriate and expend $258,524.10 from June 30, 2022, Certified Free Cash to the Police Department for the purchase of four (4) Hybrid Ford Police Interceptor Cruisers.
Finance Committee will continue with the Finance agenda and discuss the following:
- Request to accept and expend a $140,000 grant from the Massachusetts Community Compact Cabinet’s (CCC) Information Technology grant program to contract with a document management system provider to scan, OCR (optical character recognition), and index municipal documents currently stored in paper form from multiple City departments and to establish a web-based portal to allow for public access.
- Request to accept and expend a $35,000 grant from the Executive Office of Public Safety and the Department of Fire Services to reimburse Newton Fire Department for the purchase of mobile radios for fire vehicles and apparatus.
- Request to transfer $30,000 from a Health and Human Services, Youth Services/Personnel/Other Stipends Account to a Health – Awareness/Expenses/Consultants Account.
- Request approval for the use of $225,000 in transportation mitigation funds from the Trio transportation demand management plan for NewMo operations consistent with Special Permit #96- 17 and the approved Consistency Ruling dated 8/31/22.
- Request to accept and expend a $2,027,000 grant funding from the MassWorks Program for the Pettee Square Improvement Project (Oak Street at Chestnut Street) in order to reimburse the City for final engineering design, engineering services during construction, resident repudiation services, and construction services of the intersection improvements at Pettee Square.
- Request to increase the curbside mattress recycling fee from the current $50 to $60 in order to make the City whole to cover the cost being charged by the service provider, GGY Transport LLC dba Tough Stuff Recycling, for curbside collection service.
- Request to accept and expend a $68,000 grant from MassDEP Recycling Dividends to be used for grant-eligible recycling services at the Resource Recovery Center, equipment to improve the City’s recycling and composting infrastructure, educational materials, and outreach activities.
- Request to appropriate and expend $3,240,000 in FY2022 Free Cash for synthetic turf carpet and infill materials, installation, and construction oversight to replace the two (2) synthetic turf fields at Newton South High School and to resurface the perimeter track at the school’s Winkler Stadium.
Zoning and Planning Committee will meet in person (Room 204 ) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, January 9 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
Chair’s Note: For the following item the Zoning & Planning Committee will be hearing from
community groups on Version 1.0 of the draft zoning text and draft maps.
- 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 (formerly #88-20)
See Community Letters Received Regarding Village Center Zoning Redesign
Land Use Committee will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, January 10 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Two Requests for Class 1 Auto Dealer Licenses
- Village Motors Group Inc d/b/a Honda Village – 371 Washington Street
- Newton Centre Shell – 1365 Centre Street
- Six Requests for Class 2 Auto Dealer Licenses
- Auction Direct Preowned, Inc. – 1545 Washington Street
- Old Time Garage Ltd. – 1960 Washington Street
- Stan’s Automotive Inc. – 249 Centre Street
- Motorcars of Boston, Inc. – 1191 Washington Street
- KC Auto – 55 Farwell Street
- United Auto Center Inc, – 454 Watertown Street
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to allow the conversion of an existing spa to a commercial prep kitchen at 624-628 Commonwealth Avenue Street – see Special Permit documents and Planning Memo
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to replace an existing sign with a 26-square-foot free-standing sign at 2345 Washington Street – see Special Permit documents and Planning Memo
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to construct a first-floor study and accessory apartment with additional living space above at 28 Putnam Street – see Special Permit documents and Planning Memo
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to raze the existing two-family dwelling and construct a two-unit dwelling at 219 Melrose Street – see Special Permit documents and Planning Memo
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to subdivide the current lot into two, with one single-family dwelling each at 19 Staniford Street – see Special Permit documents and Planning Memo
- Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to allow a three-story structure with 36 feet in height; to allow an FAR of 1.48; to vertically extend a nonconforming front setback; to waive 8 parking stalls and to allow assigned parking at 1 Jackson Street – see Special Permit documents and Planning Memo