City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, July 8 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and New Docket. The meeting will be broadcast on NewTV’s government channel (Comcast 9, RCN 13 & 614 HD), Verizon 33) and NewTV’s Youtube channel.
Finance will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, July 8 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following requests:
- Transfer $650,000 from FY25 Reserve Funds- Current Year Wage Reserve to the FY25 Fire/Rescue- Full Time Salaries Account. (NOTE: Finance will meet with the Public Safety and Transportation Committee on this item.)
- Accept and expend $190,000 in grant funding from MassDOT’s Community Transit Grant Program FY24 for the City’s senior transportation program
- Transfer $25,000 from FY24 Reserve Funds- Current Year Budget Reserve to FY24 Health & Human Services Admin- Full Time Salaries Account
- Appropriate and expend $72,608,506 and authorize a general obligation borrowing of an equal amount for the construction of the Franklin School project and authorization to apply any premium received upon the sale of the bonds or notes, less the cost of preparing, issuing, and marketing them, and any accrued interest received upon the delivery of the bonds or notes to the costs of the project and to reduce the amount authorized to be borrowed for the project by like amount. The amount authorized to be borrowed by and under this order shall be reduced to the extent that any grants are received by the City from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) for this project.
Public Safety and Transportation will meet jointly with Finance in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, July 8 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Request to transfer $650,000 from FY25 Reserve Funds- Current Year Wage Reserve to the FY25 Fire/Rescue- Full Time Salaries Account.
Land Use will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, July 9 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following requests:
- Rezone 2 parcels as follows: 329-331 River Street and 335 River Street from Single Residence 3 to Multi Residence 1. See Special Permit documents and Planning Memo. (This item will be a joint meeting with the Planning & Development Board.)
- Raze the existing dwellings and combine the two lots for the construction of six attached single-family dwellings in three separate buildings with parking dimensional waivers at 329-331 River Street and 335 River Street. See Special Permit documents and Planning Memo.
- Raze the existing garage and construct a new attached garage and mudroom as well as a 2.5 story rear addition, requiring relief to exceed the maximum FAR and to allow retaining walls exceeding four feet in height in the front yard at 8 Everett Street. See Special Permit documents. See Request to withdraw attached to the end of the agenda.
- Remove a wall between the two-car garage and workshop to allow for additional garage space exceeding 700 square feet at 102 Gordon Road. See Special Permit documents and Planning Memo.
- Establish an as of right accessory apartment within the carriage house and construct oversized dormers further extending the nonconforming FAR(increase the nonconforming FAR, to further extend the nonconforming height of a detached accessory building, to allow a dormer exceeding 50% and to allow a dormer with an uninterrupted wall plane) at 62 Lenox Street. See Special Permit documents and Planning Memo.
Programs and Services will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, July 10 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Appointment of Nathan Persampieri to the Commission on Disability
- Request to increase in the salary of the City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council to $139,310 effective July 1, 2024 to match the percentage increase included in the FY25 budget for H-grade employees.
- Request to provide the Programs & Services Committee with an update regarding the City Seal redesign
- Reappointment of Joan Belle Isle to the Council on Aging
- Reappointment of Barbara Lischinsky and Lucille Chansky to the Commission on Disability
Public Facilities will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, July 10 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Public Hearing for a grant of location to relocate one jointly-owned pole from its existing location to accommodate a new driveway on Chase Street. See Supporting documents.
- Public Hearing regarding relocating the existing City sanitary sewer main located at 949 Dedham Street to a portion of the property just easterly of its current alignment to allow for an expansion of the dwelling on the property – 27 Champa #1. See Supporting documents.
- Public Hearing for a grant of location for Commonwealth Avenue to install and maintain approximately 378 feet of conduit westerly from the new manhole MH32297 at the intersection of Auburn Street and Evergreen Avenue to support the MWRA Tunnel Boring Machine project. See Supporting documents.
- Public Hearing – Pursuant to 5-58 for schematic design and site plan approval at 225 Nevada Street to construct a new 22,000 SF addition to be located directly behind and adjacent to the existing gymnasium (Horace Mann School Building Project)
- Request to appropriate and expend $31,578,632 and authorize a general obligation borrowing of an equal amount for the construction of the Horace Mann project and authorization to apply any premium received upon the sale of the bonds or notes, less the cost of preparing, issuing, and marketing them, and any accrued interest received upon the delivery of the bonds or notes to the costs of the project and to reduce the amount authorized to be borrowed for the project by like amount. The amount authorized to be borrowed by and under this order shall be reduced to the extent that any grants are received by the City from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) for this project.
- Request for a drain extension in Edgefield Road starting in York Road from a new drain manhole and extended 152 foot northeasterly for the purposes of providing an overflow connection for their onsite drainage system. See Supporting documents.
- Request for an update from the Director of Sustainable Materials Management regarding progress on recycling, Newton’s waste contracts, progress on composting, and other essential aspects of waste management.
- Reappointment of Jay Snyder to the Citizens Commission on Energy