City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 202018

• File #: 202018
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Approved
• File created: 9/8/2016
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 9/13/2016
• Final action: 5/25/2017
• Enactment date: 9/13/2016
• Enactment #: 202018
• Title: That the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Sustainability and Environment report to this Board, and to the School Committee, on the use and necessity of pesticides in city-owned or city-maintained properties, and report on how organic maintenance would compare to current practices.
• Sponsors: Mark Niedergang, Katjana Ballantyne, Dennis M. Sullivan, Lance L. Davis, William A. White Jr.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/25/2017	6	City Council	Work completed
5/24/2017	5	Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee	Work completed
3/20/2017	4	Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee	Kept in committee
11/30/2016	3	Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee	Kept in committee
9/13/2016	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Sustainability and Environment report to this Board, and to the School Committee, on the use and necessity of pesticides in city-owned or city-maintained properties, and report on how organic maintenance would compare to current practices.

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Official Text

That the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of the Office of Sustainability and Environment, report to this Board, and to the School Committee, on the use and necessity of pesticides in parks, playgrounds, schoolyards and other city-owned and/or maintained properties, including cost, type and frequency of use, and also present a report on what organic maintenance would entail and how it would compare to current practices.