The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team this week: 9 Orouke Path – Variance for a pool within the front setback (two front setbacks, not a corner lot 37 Truman Road – Special Permit for a third story and nonconforming floor area ratio 50…
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Land Use – 05-17-22 Committee Report – Watch the NewTV recording here. The Land Use Committee voted to approve the following: Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approval to construct a second‐story rear addition over the existing footprint, vertically extending the nonconforming side setback at 9 Day Street – See…
Public Safety and Transportation and Finance Committee: The Public Safety and Transportation Committee and the Finance Committee will meet jointly and both in person (Council Chamber) and on Zoom, on Monday, June 6th at 6:00 p.m. Go here to join the Zoom meeting. The agenda includes the following: Request to…
Modifications to the Grove Street roundabout that was approved as part of the Riverside Special Permit project remain controversial. Two councilors, Alison Leary and Alicia Bowman have urged DPW Commissioner, James McGonagle, in this memo, suggesting that the Ward 4 Councilors made an incorrect claim regarding whether the proposed design…
The Craft Street proposal – a partnership between Mark Development and SRG Senior Living – for a 209 unit elder housing project (129 independent living units – studio – 2 bedrooms; 52 Assisted Living Units -studio – 2 bedrooms; and 28 Memory Care Units – studio only) will be presented…
The City Council was poised to vote on the conceptual design of the project at its Full Council meeting on May 2nd (begins at 2:15:15). After a 1-hour and 45-minute debate -which included dropping a possible trial and substituting Option 3 with Option 2 – the motion to substitute failed…
Finance: The Finance Committee will meet virtually on Monday, May 9th at 7:00 p.m. Go here to join the Zoom meeting. The agenda includes the following: Request to accept, appropriate and expend $114,682 from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to be used in the City’s efforts to enhance the…
The Law Department issued this Guidance Memo to all City Councilors regarding COVID-19 Measures and Open Meeting Law. According to the memo, “the legal requirement that public bodies must resume meeting in-person. Open Meeting Law will still allow remote participation of public body members, but only in limited circumstances.” With…
The City Council voted to approve a $16 million water meter replacement project at its meeting earlier this month by a vote of 22-1 (Downs abstaining)-1 (Kelley) The City went through a major upgrade/replacement project of water meters in 2009 – installing meters with attached antennas to transmit information to…
This week, the City Council will be reviewing the following departmental budgets this week: Comptroller/Retirement, Treasurer, Purchasing, Public Buildings, Assessing, Human Resources, Financial Services, and Executive/Sustainability. In addition, the Council will meet as a Committee of the Whole on Wednesday, April 27th at 6:00 p.m. to discuss the Comptroller’s FY2023…