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August 12, 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, Rena Getz, Bill Humphrey, Victoria L. Danberg, Martha Bixby, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis, Stephen Farrell
Absent: Randy Block, Andreae Downs, Alan Lobovits
Every vote, in order
Referred to Zoning & Planning Committee
#24-24(2) Approve: Request for discussion and possible ordinance amendments relative to aiding small businesses impacted by development
City Council Approved 20-1-3 (Councilor Krintzman Opposed) (Councilors Block, Downs, Lobovits Absent)
Yes: Albright, Baker, Bixby, Danberg, Farrell, Gentile, Getz, Greenberg, Grossman, Humphrey, Kalis, Kelley, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Lucas, Malakie, Micley, Oliver, WrightNo: Krintzman
From the minutes
“City Council Approved 20-1-3 (Councilor Krintzman Opposed) (Councilors Block, Downs, Lobovits Absent).”
Accept the committee recommendations on 23 items without discussion (#276-24, #277-24, #257-24, #289-24, #290-24, #291-24, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 21 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Absent, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:
One vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #276-24 Request to allow a garage exceeding 700 square feet at 102 Gordon Road; #277-24 Request to increase the nonconforming FAR, to further extend the...; #257-24 Request to amend Special Permit #176-19 to allow for changes to...; #289-24 Request to further extend nonconforming FAR at 29 Trowbridge Avenue; #290-24 Request to vertically extend nonconforming front setbacks at 224...; #291-24 Request to allow a dormer exceeding 50% and to allow a dormer with...; #292-24 Request to alter/extend the nonconforming side setback and to...; #266-24 Appointment of David Boronkay to the Newton Upper Falls Historic...; #285-24 Appointment for Ed Olhava to the Community Preservation Committee; #286-24 Appointment of Timothy LeBlanc to the Newtonville Historic...; #287-24 Appointment of Nancy Greenberg to the Chestnut Hill Historic...; #76-24(3) Discussion and possible amendments to change how building height...; #272-24 Request for salary increase for City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council; #280-24 Reappointment of Joan Belle Isle to the Council on Aging; #282-24 Reappointment of Barbara Lischinsky to the Commission on Disability; #283-24 Reappointment of Lucille Chansky to the Commission on Disability; #284-24 Appointment of Nathan Persampieri to the Commission on Disability; #105-24 Discussion with Director of Sustainable Materials Management...; #259-24 Request for drain extensions in Edgefield Road; #263-24 Appropriate $31,578,632 for the construction of the Horace Mann...; #268-24 5-58 for the Horace Mann School Building at 225 Nevada Street 5-58...; #279-24 Request for sewer extension in Dedham Street; #281-24 Reappointment of Jay Snyder to the Citizens Commission on Energy.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 21 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Absent, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:.”
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