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Meeting Name: Public Utilities and Public Works Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/29/2012 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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192523 2192523Public CommunicationNStar Electric responding to #192310 re: street lights, double poles, power outages, and other items.Work completed  Action details Not available
192593 3192593OrderThat this Board’s Committee on Public Utilities and Works investigate the repeated power outages around 470 Medford Street and take the necessary steps to ensure that NStar resolves this problem.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
192597 3192597OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works update the Public Works and Utilities Committee with the status of double poles and street lamps not working.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
192487 3192487OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works advise the appropriate utility company to repair/replace the streetlamps at the locations listed within.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
190062 5190062OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works Direct the Appropriate Utility to Remove the Double Pole at 29 Delaware Street and Check the Utility Lines for Safety as They Appear to be Touching the House.Work completed  Action details Not available
191674 5191674OrderThat the City Clerk request that representatives of NStar Gas and Electric appear before this Board’s Committee on Public Works and Public Utilities regarding the recent power outage in Magoun Square (June 14-15), ongoing repairs in West Somerville, and ongoing repairs and improvements citywide.Work completed  Action details Not available
191981 5191981OrderThat the City Clerk contact NStar Electric to request that a representative appear before this Board to explain the process for requesting commercial service.Work completed  Action details Not available
192242 5192242ResolutionThat this Board requests that the Administration coordinate efforts with NStar to inventory the non-operating lights in West Somerville and make them operational as quickly as possible.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
192279 5192279ResolutionThat this Board requests that NStar and National Grid create a policy to notify the Mayor’s Office, Communications Dept., Constituent Services Dept. and all affected Aldermen of scheduled outages, ensuring that a repeat of the November 16 incident, where only residents were notified, is not repeated.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
192309 5192309OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works arrange for all utilities with equipment on double poles to meet with the Committee on Public Utilities and Works early in 2012.Work completed  Action details Not available
191056 6191056OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works contact the appropriate utilities to address the overloaded and low hanging wires at Somerville Avenue at Kent Street, Somerville Avenue at Linden Street, and along Tyler Street.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
190133 7190133OrderThat the Public Utilities and Public Works Committee discuss the damage done to the roof of 140 Willow Avenue by the utility companies working there.Kept in committee  Action details Not available