City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 210739

• File #: 210739
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Approved
• File created: 10/20/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/22/2020
• Final action: 10/28/2021
• Enactment date: 10/22/2020
• Enactment #: 210739
• Title: That the Director of Engineering and the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management urge Eversource to fix gas leaks at 721 Somerville Avenue and nearby, as identified by HEET, and appear with Eversource staff at the next meeting of the Council’s Committee on Public Utilities and Public Works to discuss this matter.
• Sponsors: Mark Niedergang, Ben Ewen-Campen, Kristen Strezo

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/28/2021	7	City Council	Work completed
10/25/2021	6	Public Utilities and Public Works Committee	Work completed
9/27/2021	5	Public Utilities and Public Works Committee	Kept in committee
2/9/2021	4	Public Utilities and Public Works Committee	Kept in committee
12/1/2020	3	Public Utilities and Public Works Committee	Kept in committee
10/22/2020	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That the Director of Engineering and the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management urge Eversource to fix gas leaks at 721 Somerville Avenue and nearby, as identified by HEET, and appear with Eversource staff at the next meeting of the Councils Committee on Public Utilities and Public Works to discuss this matter.

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Official Text

That the Director of Engineering and the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management advocate forcefully with Eversource to fix the known gas leak at 721 Somerville Avenue and additional nearby gas leaks identified by HEET that are spewing methane into the street and killing trees in that area and report to this Council on this matter; and that these City officials or their designees appear at and request that their Eversource counterparts appear at the next meeting of the Council’s Committee on Public Utilities and Public Works to discuss this matter.