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Meeting Name: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/24/2017 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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202974 3202974OrderThat the Director of Parks and Recreation provide this Board with a fields maintenance plan, and comment on the current condition of the East Somerville Community School artificial turf field.Work completed  Action details Not available
203362 3203362OrderThat the Director of Capital Projects discuss with this Board’s Committee on Open Space, Environment and Energy, using water from the storm water tanks at Nunziato Field to water the field and the Growing Center gardens.Work completed  Action details Not available
203364 3203364OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Director of Parks and Open Space consider planting the following list of shrubbery and ground cover at Lincoln Park to meet the goals of sustainability and biodiversity.Work completed  Action details Not available
203382 3203382OrderThat the City Arborist advise the Ward 3 Alderman of the condition of the tree on Belmont Street adjacent to Bailey Park.Work completed  Action details Not available
203389 3203389OrderThat the Director of SPCD update this Board on plans for a soccer field at the Healey School playground and the redevelopment of the fields at Conway Park, with timelines for both projects.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
203387 3203387ResolutionThat the Mayor update this Board on discussions with DCR about the fields at Draw 7 Park and Foss Park.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
203388 3203388ResolutionExpressing to Governor Baker, our State Delegation, and DCR this Board's concern about the possible renovation of Draw 7 Park as a concert venue, due to the resulting traffic and air pollution, and its preference for a high-quality soccer and athletic field there instead.Work completed  Action details Not available
203451 3203451OrderThat the City Engineer discuss with this Board’s Special Committee on Open Space, Environment and Energy, requiring new building projects to have storm water tanks on site or underground.Work completed  Action details Not available
203413 4203413Officer's CommunicationDPW Commissioner responding to various Board Orders submitted 4/27/17.Work completed  Action details Not available
200428 5200428Grant of LocationSubmitted by Envirotrac for Speedway LLC, to advance 3 soil borings in the sidewalk at 24 and 26-28 Kensington Avenue, and install monitoring wells in 2 of those borings.Work completed  Action details Not available
202018 5202018OrderThat 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.Work completed  Action details Not available