What’s Up in Newton – Week of 3/15/2026


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…