Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 5/7/2023

Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 8 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following:

• CDBG Report
• FY25 CDBG-Funded Project Ideas
• Accessible Fines Reports
• MAAB Variance- 80 Crescent Ave
• PRC Updates: McGrath & Gath Pool
• COD Role in NPS Disability Awareness Education
• Treasurer’s Report
• ADA Coordinator’s Report
• Me2/ Concert Wrap-Up
• NWH Subcommittee Meeting Report
• Project Ideas for MOD Grant

Board of Licensing Commissioners will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, May 9 at 10:30AM. The agenda includes the following:

• Request for four One-Day Temporary Entertainment Licenses:
  • Live musical theater performances to be held at War Memorial, Newton City Hall:
    • Saturday, May 13 at 7PM – 9PM
    • Sunday, May 14 at 5PM – 7PM
  • Family Funfest festival to be held at Newton City Hall
  • Saturday, May 13 at 10AM – 4PM
  • Sunday, May 14 at 10AM – 4PM

Newton Free Library Board of Trustees – Nominating and Governance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, May 9 at 3PM. The agenda includes the following:

• Approve minutes from April 25, 2023 Nominating and Governance Committee meeting
• Continuing Business:
  • Policy review update
  • Trustee terms/ Trustee vacancies
  • Officer nominations
• Library Director’s feedback regarding Trustees and processes continued
• Next meeting: 3 – 4:30PM, Thursday, June 15, 2023
• New Business

Community Preservation Committee will meet (virtually) on Tuesday, May 9 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:

• Public Hearing on the Warren House Preservation and Rehabilitation Project ($2,100,000 in Historic Resource Funding)
• Other Business
  • Review of Existing and Potential Future Projects
  • Review of Current Finances

Economic Development Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, May 9 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:

• California Street study, presentation by Utile
• City Updates & EDC Discussion
  • Strengthen Village Centers
    • Village Center Re-Zoning, v. 2.0 maps
  • Facilitate Owning & Operating Businesses
    • BERDO, embodied carbon
    • Water bottle ban, business recycling
  • Review of Economic Development Strategy
    • Location Opportunity Matrix
• Next meeting: June 13, 2023

Design Review Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, May 10 at 6PM to discuss NewCAL and Lincoln Eliot projects. The agenda includes the following:

• NewCAL
  • 95% Construction Documents Set
    • Review submitted comments
  • Vote – Approval for Project to go out to bid
  • Schedule Update
• Lincoln Eliot School Project
  • Exterior Design Updates
  • Exterior Wall Assembly and Thermal Performance (Addition Only)
  • Interior Design Updates

Newton Youth Commission will meet in person (Newton Free Library) on Wednesday, May 10 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following:

• Mental Health Awareness Month – Teen/Parent Workshop with Samaritans
  • Supporting Communication: A Mental Health Workshop for Teens & Parents

Newton Human Rights Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, May 11 at 11AM and discuss Honoree(s) for the Pride celebration scheduled for June 1 on the South Lawn at City Hall (see Agenda).

Newton Upper Falls Historic District Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, May 11 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:

• Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to renovate an existing house and build an addition with an attached garage at 14 Summer Street – see Application.
• Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to add a second-story rear addition and demolition of a shed at 1036-1038 Chestnut Street see Application.

See Staff Memo.

Waban Area Council will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, May 11 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes the following:

• Opening
  • Confirmation of quorum
  • Issues from the Community
• Substantive Topics
  • WAC presence at Waban Village Day – Sunday, May 21, 2023
  • Update on Landmark considerations held at NHC Meeting -Thursday, April 27, 2023
• Zoning Updates
  • Village Center Rezoning
  • City of Newton’s compliance with the MBTA Communities Act
  • WAC discussion with Peter Harrington on proposed VCOD Zoning
• IV. Administrative Items
  • Review & approval of Meeting Minutes
  • Treasurer’s Report
  • Meeting Format for the remainder of 2023
  • New Business