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September 16, 2024
3 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, Julia Malakie, Joshua Krintzman, Leonard J. Gentile, Randy Block, Andreae Downs, Rena Getz, Victoria L. Danberg, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis
Absent: Pamela Wright, Bill Humphrey, Alan Lobovits, Martha Bixby, Stephen Farrell
During the meeting:
- Victoria L. Danberg recused from the vote on: #278-24 Accept the committee recommendation: Verizon petition for a Grant of Location on Chase Street.
Every vote, in order
Referred to Land Use Committee
#300-24 Postpone to 10/07/24: Request to amend Special Permit #392-22 at 120-126 Norwood Avenue 120 NORWOOD REALTY TRUST petition for SPECIAL...
City Council Voted to Postpone to a Date Certain on 10/07/24; 19-0-5 (Councilors Bixby, Farrell, Humphrey, Lobovits, Wright Absent)
From the minutes
“City Council Voted to Postpone to a Date Certain on 10/07/24; 19-0-5 (Councilors Bixby, Farrell, Humphrey, Lobovits, Wright Absent).”
Accept the committee recommendations on 17 items without discussion (#325-24, #326-24, #327-24, #328-24, #330-24, #335-24, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 19 Yeas, 0 Nays, 5 Absent, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:
One vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #325-24 Request for Extension of Time to Exercise Special Permit #446-22...; #326-24 Request for Extension of Time to Exercise Special Permit #227-23...; #327-24 Request for Extension of Time to Exercise Special Permit #265-23...; #328-24 Request to vertically extend a nonconforming side setback at 228...; #330-24 Request to exceed FAR and to vertically extend nonconforming front...; #335-24 CPC Recommendation to appropriate $650,000 in CPA funding; #294-24 CPC Recommendation to appropriate $150,000 in CPA funding; #293-24 Eversource petition for Grant of Location for Commonwealth Ave; #313-24 Appropriate $105,253 for the Newton South Lighting Project; #315-24 Transfer $215,000 for new traffic signal equipment; #318-24 Authorization for MWRA loan program for Sewer CIP Project 10; #319-24 Authorization for MWRA loan program; #308-24 Reappointment of Jeffrey Silton as a Constable; #309-24 Acceptance of a $302,922 from the Executive Office of Public...; #310-24 Acceptance of a $93,376 grant from the Massachusetts Department of...; #314-24 Appropriate $7,416.12 for the full and final settlement of A.M. v....; #316-24 Acceptance of a $60,000 grant from the Executive Office of Public....
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 19 Yeas, 0 Nays, 5 Absent, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:.”
#278-24 Accept the committee recommendation: Verizon petition for a Grant of Location on Chase Street
The City Council voted without discussion 18 Yeas, 0 Nays, 5 Absent, 1 Recusal (Councilor Danberg), to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:
Yes: Albright, Baker, Block, Downs, Gentile, Getz, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Lucas, Malakie, Micley, OliverVictoria L. Danberg recused and is left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 18 Yeas, 0 Nays, 5 Absent, 1 Recusal (Councilor Danberg), to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:.”
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