City Council is not scheduled to meet this week.
Land Use Committee will meet in person (Room 207) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, November 12 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Class 2 Auto Dealers Licenses for:
- Regans Inc., 2066 Commonwealth Avenue
- Newton Auto Group, Inc., 182 Brookline Street
- Newton Centre Shell Inc., 1365 Centre Street
- Jacob & Associates, 1232 Washington Street
- Velocity Motors, 14 Hawthorn Street
- Stan’s Automotive Inc. D/B/A Newton Automotive and Sales, 249 Centre Street
- MAP Development & Investments Inc. D/B/A Christian Tapia/Master Used Cars, 175 North Street
- Newton Trade Center Associates Inc., 103 Adams Street
- Grand Auto Sales D/B/A KG Motors LLV, 1235 Washington Street (licenses for remainder of this year and for the next year)
- Request for Extension of Time to Exercise Special Permit to convert a two-family dwelling to a single-family dwelling and convert an accessory building into a second single-family dwelling at 373 Lexington Street
- Request to exceed FAR for the construction of a two-story rear addition at 16 Chaske Avenue (see Planning Memo)
- Request to waive two parking stalls at 15-17 Playstead Road (see Planning Memo)
- Request to rezone 2 parcels to Multi Residence 1 at 329-331 River Street and 335 River Street (see Planning Memo)
- Request to allow six attached single-family dwellings in three buildings with associated parking waivers at 329-331 River Street and 335 River Street
Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, November 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Appointment of Patrick Moriarty to the Financial Audit Advisory Committee
- Appropriate and expend $1 million for the Vehicle Replacement Program
- Appropriate and expend $200,000 for FY25 Traffic Calming projects
- Appropriate and expend $43,189.52 to Newton Public Schools from FY24 Helpsy textile collection and recycling funds
- Appropriate and expend $338,119 for McKinney-Vento Homeless Student Transportation
- Appropriate $2 million to the NPS Educational Stabilization Fund
- CPC recommendation to appropriate $1,841,719.78 in CPA funding to the Newton Affordable Housing Trust
- Appropriate and expend $50,000 for the purchase of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Bottles
- Appropriate and expend $1 million to purchase PFAS-free firefighter gear
- Appropriate and expend $75,000 for the Fire Shift Commander’s Vehicle Replacement
- Appropriate and expend $1.8 million for the Fire Ladder Truck 3 Replacement
Zoning & Planning Committee will meet in person (Room 207) and virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, November 14 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Public Hearing: Joint meeting with the Planning & Development Board on:
- Appointment of Charles Eisenberg as an associate member of the Zoning Board of Appeals
- Appointment of Deborah Crossley as an associate member of the Zoning Board of Appeals
- Discussion and possible amendments to enhance the preservation of existing homes over replacement by larger structures (see Memo)
- Discussion on amending setbacks in multi-residence (MR) zones to encourage preservation of existing buildings and regulate the size of new constructions (see Memo)