Finance will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, October 28 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Appointments of JP Nahmias and Patrick Moriarty to the Financial Audit Advisory Committee
- Request to accept and expend a $53,015.90 grant from Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to fund traffic safety enforcement overtime, safety equipment, pedestrian and bike enforcement overtime, safety activities, professional development on safety, and bike/pedestrian safety items, including bike lights, reflectors and flags
- Request to transfer and expend $29,056.47 for rectangular rapid flashing beacon(RRFB) pedestrian signal for the crosswalk across Lowell Avenue at Page Road
- Authorization to accept and expend a $50,000 grant from the FY25 Community Compact Grant Program for the development of a Wage and Classification Plan
- Request authorization to acquire a 11,210 square foot portion of the Price Center parking lot at 25-27 Christina Street for the price of $430,000 to be used for development of access to a new shared-use path bridge over the Charles River.
- Request to appropriate $17,500 in Community Preservation Act funds from the FY25 CPA Unrestricted Budgeted Reserves for a grant to the Newton Planning Department for Phase II of the Midcentury Architectural Survey.
- Reappointment of Antonio Bianchi as a Constable
Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, October 28 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Appointment of Jennifer Pucci to Zoning Board of Appeals
- Request for a discussion and an ordinance that would require large property owners (campuses and large commercial buildings) to report energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions annually to the City of Newton, to be used to encourage reductions in said energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in accordance and support of the goals set forth in the Newton Climate Action Plan.
- Request for a discussion and possible amendments to Chapter 30 Zoning or other City Ordinances to enhance the preservation of existing homes over their replacement by larger and more expensive homes. Chair’s Note: Josh Morse, Commissioner of Public Buildings will join the Committee to discuss current conditions that affect conducting a significant renovation and addition to a building.
- Request for discussion to consider ordinance amendments that would revise the metrics in the multi-residence (MR1, MR2 and MR3) zones, to regulate the size of new buildings better, enable a wider range of housing options close to public transit, and better incentivize preservation and renovation of existing housing stock.
- Request to appropriate $1,841,719.78 from Community Housing FY24 Reserve Account and Unrestricted Prior Year Reserves to the control of the Planning & Development Department for a grant to the Newton Affordable Housing Trust for their FY25 funding.