Details Meeting Name: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 11/9/2020 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Virtual Somerville Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (18) 18 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 210135 3 210135 Order That the Director of SPCD and a representative from the MBTA discuss with the Committee on Open Space, Environment and Energy, the plan to recapture the trees and green space lost after the decimation of the GLX forested corridor. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 210689 3 210689 Order That the Director of Public Space and Urban Forestry work with the Ward 3 Councilor to facilitate a community meeting to plan a replacement tree(s) for the large Elm tree in Prospect Hill Park that appears to be succumbing to Dutch Elm disease. Work completed   Action details Not available 208590 4 208590 Resolution That the Administration revisit the proposal to institute citywide curbside composting. Work completed   Action details Not available 207884 4 207884 Order That the City Solicitor draft an ordinance to ban the use of plastic flatware. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204434 4 204434 Resolution That the Administration provide this Board’s Special Committee on Open Space, Environment and Energy with an analysis of the attached communication regarding LED street lights. Work completed   Action details Not available 204968 5 204968 Order That the Director of SPCD provide this Board with a list of all city owned parcels, indicating any brownfields, and any plans to remediate those sites and use them for housing. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205711 5 205711 Resolution That the Administration present a Heat Island Impact Analysis on the proposed replacement of Conway Park's grass fields with artificial turf. Work completed   Action details Not available 207376 5 207376 Order That the Director of Sustainability and Environment and the Director of SPCD formalize and implement a modern urban forestry management plan, including best practices and a resilient species list. Work completed   Action details Not available 208920 5 208920 Order That the Director of SPCD develop a plan to plant a native species pollinator garden along the Community Path. Work completed   Action details Not available 209624 5 209624 Order That the Committee on Open Space, Environment and Energy provide feedback on the SomerVision 2040's chapters on 1) Public Space & Natural Environment and 2) Climate & Sustainability with respect to metrics, key tasks, and other strategies as noted within. Work completed   Action details Not available 208567 6 208567 Public Communication Elizabeth Lundgren submitting comments re: #206495, the proposed native plant ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205709 6 205709 Resolution That the Administration immediately pursue creation of a public fields and recreation area in the Inner Belt District pursuant to the Fields Master Plan. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202992 6 202992 Order That the Director of Sustainability and Environment and the City Solicitor advise this Board on the feasibility requiring certain commercial and multi-family buildings to require composting as a part of regular waste disposal. Work completed   Action details Not available 207999 7 207999 Public Communication 3 residents submitting comments re: #206495, the proposed native plant ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 201857 8 201857 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Sustainability and Environment inform the Special Committee on Open Space, Environment and Energy which elements of the AMA's 2016 guidelines on LED lighting could be or have been used to minimize potential harmful effects. Work completed   Action details Not available 206495 11 206495 Order That the City Solicitor consider the attached language in the drafting of a Native Tree and Plantings Ordinance, as ordered by #203365. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205683 11 205683 Public Communication Tori Antonino submitting comments re: #203365, calling for a native planting ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203365 14 203365 Order That the City Solicitor draft an ordinance requiring native tree and plantings for all open space, to meet the goals of sustainability and biodiversity. Kept in committee   Action details Not available