Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 9/3/2023

Newton Human Rights Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, September 5 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following:

• Student Reports
• Newton Police Department Reports
• Complaints Received
• Update 2023 Boston Marathon
• Programming for 2023 -2024

Newton Fair Housing Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, September 6 at 8AM. The agenda includes the following:

• Review of City Oversight of Affordable Housing Marketing, Lottery, and Leasing/Sales
• Recommendation for Enhancing Newton’s Oversight of Deed Restricted and City-supported Affordable Housing—See Attachment
• Subcommittee Updates
  • Lottery Results & Lease-ups Sub-Committee
  • Membership & Nominating Sub-Committee
  • Fair Housing Award Sub-Committee
• Fair Housing Committee Priorities Discussion

Board of License Commissioners will hold a special virtual meeting (Zoom link) on Thursday, September 7 at 11:30AM. The agenda includes the following:

• Request for a one-day temporary wine and malt license for an event on Saturday, September 9, 2023 from 5:30PM – 11PM at the Windsor Club, 1601 Beacon Street.

Franklin School Building Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, September 7 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following:

• Evaluation Criteria
• Design Progress

Conservation Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, September 7 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:

• Conservation Updates
  • Webster Woods – Information presentation and discussion with Assistant City Solicitor Andrew Lee
• Wetland Decisions
  • Four requests to extend Order of Conditions
    • Various Trails maintained by the Newton Parks, Recreation, and Culture Department
    • 288 Mill Street – additions, walls, and plantings
    • 149 Pleasant Street – Solar Canopy over the Mason-Rice School Parking Lot
    • 145 Warren Street -renovations to an existing single-family house and construction of 4 new units
  • 4 Requests for a Certificate of Compliance (COC)
    • 45 Greenwood Street – landscaping and utilities work for a single-family house
    • 148 Pine Street – demolition of an existing duplex, construction of 3 single-family homes
    • 16 Grace Street – tear down/rebuild a single-family house
    • 5 Wyoming Street – work never initiated for an addition to an existing single-family house

West Metro Consortium will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, September 7 at 9AM. The agenda includes the following:

• Introductions
  • Welcome Lara Kritzer, the new Director of Housing and Community Development
  • Consortium Member introductions
• Consolidated Pool Updates
  • Review Proposed Relinquished and Retained Funds Summary
  • Review and Approve of Member Community Extension Requests
  • Review and Approve CHDO and Consolidated Pool funding amounts and RFPs
  • Form Evaluation Committee
• HOME-ARP Update
  • RFP Update
• Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI) Update
  • Fair Housing Testing Program
    • Update from Paige Stopperich, Esq. – Suffolk Housing Discrimination Testing Program (HDTP)
  • MAPC Consortium Overnight Parking Utilization Study
    • Discussion
• FY21 & FY22 HOME Monitoring
  • FY21 & FY22 HOME Monitoring Update
  • Upcoming Deadlines
• NSPIRE Inspections
  • Update
• FY24 AAP & FY24 Subrecipient Agreements
  • Update

Newton Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Friday, September 8 at 2PM. The agenda includes the following:

• Consent Agenda
  • Vote to approve July 2023 Disbursement Report
  • Vote to approve August 2023 Disbursement Report
• Haywood House Update
• Capital Improvement Votes
  • Vote to approve Change Order for Woodall Construction Co., Inc. in the amount of $4,419.26 for additional work to extend concrete knee walls to secure railings to the concrete base at 80A Thurston Road ADA Ramp project, FISH 211108.
  • Vote to accept award from Carpenters Local 339 to rebuild 6 sheds at 237 Watertown Street Units A-F.
  • Update on previous votes
    • Change Order #1 for Vareika Construction, Inc. FISH 211107 223/225 Tremont Street totaled $24,913.88 (voted not to exceed $30,000 in July 2023). The contract time for completion of the project is therefore extended an additional 29 days at no cost.
    • Contract for the roof replacement at 45 Pelham Street was awarded to Fairway Roofing & Maintenance LLC in the amount of $52,250 (voted not to exceed $100,000 in July 2023).
  • Vote to approve Contract with TBD for Wyman Street parking lot reconstruction/paving in the amount of TBD. (Bids due September 7th)
  • Vote to approve Change Order for window replacement project at Jackson Gardens and Horace Mann in the amount of $186,109.92. This change order is necessary to install the 286 windows at Jackson Gardens using break metal construction.
  • Vote to approve HUD 2024 PHA Plan
• Vote to approve HUD 2023 Capital Fund Plan
• Vote to approve EOHLC 2024 Annual Plan
• RSD 2023 Mid-Year Report
• Old Business
  • Action CPC Meeting Update
  • Strategic Plan Update
• New Business Action
  • NSPIRE Discussion