Highlights this week…
- Public Safety and Transportation …discussing the City’s response to ICE
- School Committee …holding a Special Meeting on the FY27 Budget
- Newton Affordable Housing Trust …discussing reports on Site Feasibility Project and the Newton Housing Priorities Task Force
- Councilor David Micley …holding an office hour on Tuesday at the Cooper Center
City Council
City Council will meet on Monday regarding the following items from the Reports Docket:
- Special permit to allow an oversized secondary sign at 199 Boylston Street (The Mall at Chestnut Hill)
- Special permit for three attached single-family dwellings and reduced setbacks at 11 Parsons Street
- Petition to amend Wells Avenue deed restriction to allow a veterinary hospital at 60 Wells Avenue
- Reappointment of M. Ronald Mendes as City Treasurer/Collector
- Accept a $50,000 grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness 2.0 (MVP 2.0) program
- Accept a $113,956 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s Electric Incentive Program (MassEVIP) and appropriate $9,290.85 from the Energy Stabilization Fund to install seven electric vehicle charging stations
The New Docket contains the following:
- Public hearings on March 24 for special permit for:
- Oversized dormer and FAR extension at 25-27 Lewis Street
- Detached accessory building home office extending nonconforming FAR and lot coverage at 199 Otis Street
- Request for pre-budget planning discussion
- Request for resolution to endorse bills supporting access to primary care
- Overview of the Sustainable Materials Management Division
- Overview of the Utilities Division
- Eversource petition for a grant of location on Smith Avenue (public hearing April 8)
- Request for discussion and ordinance requiring energy use reporting by certain residential building owners for buildings not…