The Zoning & Planning Committee approved the following (see the report and watch the meeting video):
- CPC Recommendation to appropriate $98,500 in CPA funding from the Community Preservation Act funding for a grant to the West Newton Cinema, built in 1937, for a feasibility study regarding the historic movie theater. “At the Community Preservation Committee meeting on 10/08/24, both committee members and members of the public raised an issue of how the Cinema could better serve as a community space when four out of the six theaters, the bathrooms, and the event space upstairs all require the use of stairs. The West Newton Cinema Foundation assured that improving accessibility within the historic building was a goal of their overall renovation project”(7-0 Finance) (7-0 ZAP)
No further action was necessary for other items, and no items were denied or held.
Present: Councilors Oliver (Vice-Chair), Albright, Wright, Krintzman, Getz, Danberg, and Kalis
Absent: Councilor Baker
Also Present: Councilors Gentile, Malakie, Greenberg, Bixby, Lipof, Humphrey, and Grossman
City Staff: Mollie Hutchings, CPA Program Manager