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Meeting Name: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/20/2017 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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202526 3202526OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works provide the Special Committee on Open Space, Environment and Energy with a list of problem lights and what was done to address them.Work completed  Action details Not available
202276 4202276ResolutionThat the Chair of the Conservation Commission report to this Board with an update on that Commission’s activities, primary concerns, and issues that are being worked on.Work completed  Action details Not available
201695 4201695OrderThat the Director of Sustainability and the Environment report to this Board on reducing food waste and expanding composting at city schools.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
201753 4201753ResolutionThat the Mayor re-establish the Tree Advisory Committee, to be staffed by the full-time Arborist, expand its membership to 9 or 11 members, and broaden the scope of the Committee's duties.Recommended to be discharged with no recommendation  Action details Not available
202018 4202018OrderThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
202019 4202019OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Sustainability and Environment report to this Board, and to the School Committee, on the type, brand, cost, and use of all cleaning agents used in city and school buildings, and report on how "green,” non-toxic cleaning products would compare with current practices.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
202726 5202726OrderThat the Director of SPCD report to this Board the City’s position on installing artificial turf fields with crumb rubber infill while the US EPA studies the potential health and environmental hazards of such infill, and explain why the City doesn't use organic infill.Work completed  Action details Not available
201488 6201488OrderThat the Director of SPCD confirm that only native trees are being used in the Lincoln Park renovation and advise of the species.Work completed  Action details Not available