What’s Up in Newton – Week of 7/27/2025 [UPDATED]

A quiet, mid-summer week…

• Rep. Jake Auchincloss …holding a Congressional Update and Q&A on Wednesday evening

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City Council

City Council is not scheduled to meet this week.

Public Facilities will meet on Monday regarding a request for:

• A main drain extension from near 16 & 17 Chapin Road to the end of the road, connecting to a proposed on-site infiltration system for new dwellings

Traffic Council will meet on Thursday regarding requests for:

• Changing parking regulations on Norwood Avenue between Parkview Avenue and Bridges Avenue
• Changing parking regulations on both sides of Norwood Avenue in Newtonville to improve safety for area residents and Cabot School students and staff
• An accessible parking space in front of 149 North Street (Newton Gardens)
• Changing parking regulation on Eldredge Street between Franklin Street and Church Street to add “except by Resident Permit”
• A new parking prohibition along the east and south side of the one-way portion of Albemarle Road between Watertown Street and Eddy Street to ensure access for emergency vehicles
• Changing parking regulations on the narrow portion of Lowell Avenue east of Prescott Street
• Considering removal of the Horace Mann Parking District, replacing it with a different parking restriction on Nevada Street and on Linwood Avenue
• Changing the parking regulations along a portion of Woodbine Street and Bourne Street for safe shared parking among residents and a limited number of parking permits for employees of local businesses

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School Committee

School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.

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Boards and Commissions

Newton Cultural Council will meet on Monday regarding:

• Community survey
• Grantee outreach and final report
• Grantee Reception Update, Sept. 18, 2025 in City Hall War Memorial Auditorium
• Planning for new grant cycle

Newton Affordable Housing Trust will meet on Tuesday regarding:

• Transfering $292,500 in Inclusive Zoning funds from 106 River Street project to Newton Housing Authority
• Dream Collaborative – Site Feasibility Project Review and Discussion
• Review of Revised Trust Funding Application
• Update on Newton Gardens Project
• Discussion of CPA Funding Application for August CPC Meeting

Newton Retirement Board will meet on Tuesday.

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Other

Rep. Jake Auchincloss will hold a Congressional Update and Q&A on Wednesday, July 30, 7:30PM-9PM (doors open at 6:30PM) at Newton North HS Theatre Entrance (Elm Road, Newtonville). RSVP here. It will be livestreamed here.

Development Review Team will meet this week regarding:

• 60 Needham Street: Parking waiver for day care use
• 355 Walnut Street: Relief for extending nonconforming FAR to enclose front porch/mudroom

This week’s road construction schedule

Ed. Note: We updated this post to include the Rep. Jake Auchincloss Congressional Update and Q&A on Wednesday.