City Council is not scheduled to meet this week.
Finance will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, September 23 at 7PM. The agenda includes:
- Appoint:
- Christopher di Bonaventura as a trustee of the Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund
- Meghan Kennedy to the Horace Cousens Industrial Fund
- Appropriate $25,000 for Inspector Training
- Accept a $1,240,000 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness State grant to address flooding challenges around Cheesecake Brook by Albemarle Park
- Appropriate $2,000,000 in CPA funding to the control of the Planning & Development Department for a grant to the First Baptist Church for the restoration of its bell tower
- Appropriate $650,000 in CPA funding to the control of the Planning & Development Department for a grant to the Newton Family Access for the renovation of the historic former Davis School Building, which will allow for necessary code-related upgrades
Zoning and Planning will meet virtually (Zoom link) and in person (Room 204) on Monday, September 23 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes:
- Possible ordinance requiring large property owners (campuses and large commercial buildings) to report energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions annually to the City of Newton, to encourage reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in accordance and support of the goals set forth in the Newton Climate Action Plan
- Possible amendment to the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance to require developers and property managers to provide training for their employees regarding bias toward residents of the IZ units and how to mitigate this bias
- Discussion with the Planning and Development Department and the Newton Housing Partnership about re-evaluation and possible amendments to Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance to include 4-6 units, including raising the requirements for the number of affordable units in large developments (see Planning Memo)
- Possible amendments to retaining wall regulations for Multi-Family / Commercial / Industrial / Civic Buildings (Ch. 30 Zoning, Section 5.4.2) (see Planning Memo)
- Possible amendment to Garage Design Standards (Ch. 30, Section 3.4.4, subsection B. Definitions, Subparagraph 1 “Garage”) by inserting the words “above grade” after the clause, “or portion of the structure” as it appears in the first sentence of the “Garage” definition (see Planning Memo)