MassVoter.com← Newton City CouncilNewton City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Regular meeting
April 17, 2018
4 recorded votes, 4 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Allan L. Ciccone, Alison M. Leary, Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Susan Albright, Andrea W. Kelley, James R. Cote, Barbara Brousal-Glaser, Joshua Krintzman, Leonard J. Gentile, Christopher J. Markiewicz, Andreae Downs, Deborah J. Crossley, John B. Rice, Victoria L. Danberg, Brenda Noel, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, David A. Kalis, Cheryl Lipof Lappin
Absent: Jake Auchincloss, Emily Norton, Greg Schwartz, Richard A. Lipof
During the meeting:
- Marc C. Laredo recused from the vote on: Approve 2 items without discussion (#90-18, #138-18).
Every vote, in order
Approve 12 items without discussion (#136-18, #133-18, #175-18, #176-18, #177-18, #179-18, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 20 Yeas, 4 Absent (Councilors Auchincloss, Lipof, Norton and Schwartz) to Approve the following items:
One vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #136-18 Petition to exceed FAR at 2 Terrace Avenue; #133-18 Petition to allow a restaurant with more than 50 seats at 2095...; #175-18 Petition to amend Board Order 147-79(2) at 333 Nahanton Street; #176-18 Petition to exceed FAR at 133 Park Street; #177-18 Petition to extend non-conforming use at 36 Cummings Road; #179-18 Petition to exceed FAR and extend nonconforming side setback at...; #181-18 Petition to further increase nonconforming FAR at 64 Green Park; #71-18 Petition to amend Special Permit #515-61 at JFK Circle; #150-18 Ordinance amendments related to pilotless aircraft; #189-18 Appeal of Traffic Council Decision TC9-17 Lagrange Street; #81-18 Discussion regarding preparedness for automated, electric and...; #207-18 Submittal of the CAFR, and external audit reports.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 20 Yeas, 4 Absent (Councilors Auchincloss, Lipof, Norton and Schwartz) to Approve the following items:.”
Referred to Land Use Committee
#136-18 Suspend the rules to allow the acting Chair of the :Land Use Committee to poll her Committee: Petition to exceed FAR at 2 Terrace Avenue
Motion to suspend the rules to allow the acting Chair of the :Land Use Committee to poll her Committee was Approved by Voice Vote
The Actions record this as a voice vote with no count, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to suspend the rules to allow the acting Chair of the :Land Use Committee to poll her Committee was Approved by Voice Vote.”
#71-18 Suspend the rules to allow the acting Chair of the :Land Use Committee to poll her Committee: Petition to amend Special Permit #515-61 at...
Motion to suspend the rules to allow the acting Chair of the :Land Use Committee to poll her Committee was Approved by Voice Vote
The Actions record this as a voice vote with no count, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“Motion to suspend the rules to allow the acting Chair of the :Land Use Committee to poll her Committee was Approved by Voice Vote.”
Approve 2 items without discussion (#90-18, #138-18)
The City Council voted without discussion 19 Yeas, 1 Recused (Councilor Laredo), 4 Absent (Councilors Auchincloss, Lipof, Norton and Schwartz) to Approve the following
Yes: Albright, Baker, Brousal-Glaser, Ciccone, Cote, Crossley, Danberg, Downs, Gentile, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Lappin, Leary, Markiewicz, Noel, RiceOne vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #90-18 Petition to amend Special Permit #45-10 at 70-80 and 93 Union...; #138-18 Petition for Comprehensive Sign Package at Piccadilly Square. Marc C. Laredo recused and is left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 19 Yeas, 1 Recused (Councilor Laredo), 4 Absent (Councilors Auchincloss, Lipof, Norton and Schwartz) to Approve the following.”
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