City Council The Full City Council will meet TONIGHT, Monday, February 6 (see New Docket). Items the Council will vote on include: Zoning and Planning Committee will meet prior to the start of the Full Council meeting on Monday at 7PM to discuss the proposed ordinance to make outdoor dining…
Posts published in February 2023
As previously reported in Fig City News, at the Zoning and Planning Committee meeting on January 23 (video), Councilor Pam Wright had said that since 2020, over 3,500 housing units were either approved or in the pipeline for approval — either by the special permit process through the Land Use…
The Newtonville Area Council (NAC) unveiled modeling of the proposed Village Center Zoning at its meeting in January. According to the NAC, “After ZAP and the Planning & Development Department repeatedly asserted that 3D modeling was neither necessary nor even possible within their time and budget constraints, the Newtonville Area Council voted to allocate…
Full City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 6 at 7:45PM — see Reports Docket and New Docket. Zoning and Planning Committee will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 6 at 7PM. The agenda includes the…
School Committee will meet in person (Room 210, Ed Center for School Committee members and staff only) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 6 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet three times this week in person (Room 210,…
Planning and Development Board will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 6 at 7:45PM. The agenda includes the following: Packet has not been posted. Auburndale Historic District Commission will conduct two Lasell Village site visits at 24 Robin Dell and 120 Seminary Avenue to review the staked-out areas for…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
Getting significant additional funding to help restore the city’s loss of street trees is a major reason that I will vote “Yes” for Newton’s override on March 14. At the beginning of the 1980s, Newton had 39,000 street trees. After years of losing trees that were not replaced, the city…
The Programs and Services Committee voted to hold the following items (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): NOTE: The Report includes a comparison of the two proposals without discussion.
The Land Use Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The Committee held the following item:
The Zoning and Planning (ZAP) Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): All other items were held. After a brief presentation by the Planning Department and questions and comments from Committee members and other Councilors (see article in Fig City News), the Committee…
The Traffic Council approved the following (see Report): The Traffic Council held: