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February 20, 2024
2 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Alison M. Leary, John Oliver, Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Susan Albright, Tarik J. Lucas, David Micley, Andrea W. Kelley, Pamela Wright, Julia Malakie, Joshua Krintzman, Leonard J. Gentile, Randy Block, Andreae Downs, Rena Getz, Bill Humphrey, Victoria L. Danberg, Alan Lobovits, Martha Bixby, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis, Stephen Farrell
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
#59-24 Approve: Requesting approval for a Conceptual Design for the Washington Street Pilot project
City Council Approved 20 yeas, 4 nays (Councilors Block, Lucas, Malakie and Oliver)
Yes: Albright, Baker, Bixby, Danberg, Downs, Farrell, Gentile, Getz, Greenberg, Grossman, Humphrey, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Lobovits, Micley, WrightNo: Block, Lucas, Malakie, Oliver
From the minutes
“City Council Approved 20 yeas, 4 nays (Councilors Block, Lucas, Malakie and Oliver).”
Accept the committee recommendations on 13 items without discussion (#64-24, #77-24, #78-24, #81-24, #82-24, #56-24, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 24 Yeas, 0 Nays, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:
One vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #64-24 Request for Extension of Time to Exercise Special Permit # 541-22...; #77-24 Request for Extension of Time to Exercise Special Permit #38-23 at...; #78-24 Request to extend a nonconforming front setback at 300 Cabot Street; #81-24 Request to further extend nonconforming FAR at 21 Marvin Lane; #82-24 Request allow a retaining wall exceeding four feet in height in...; #56-24 Appointment of Eliza Spaulding to the Human Rights Commission; #91-24 Reappointment of John Neville to Newton Commonwealth Foundation; #92-24 Reappointment of Peter Doherty to the Newton Commonwealth Foundation; #93-24 Reappointing Arlene Franklin to the Newton Commonwealth Foundation; #94-24 Reappointment of Thomas Elkind to the Newton Commonwealth Foundation; #29-24 Appeal of Traffic Council Decision TC57-23; #30-24 Appeal of Traffic Council Decision TC35-23; #50-24 Providing the Annual Report of the work of Traffic Council for 2023.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 24 Yeas, 0 Nays, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:.”
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