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Meeting Name: Public Utilities and Public Works Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/1/2020 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Somerville
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209691 3209691OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services inform the Committee on Public Utilities and Public Works whether the newspaper boxes throughout the city are permitted.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209785 3209785OrderThat the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management and the Director of SPCD inform the Ward 7 Councilor of the location and width of the Algonquin gas line easement under Route 16, Stop & Shop and any other locations which are not state-owned.Work completed  Action details Not available
210207 3210207OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Commissioner of Public Works work with MA DOT to install a temporary protected pedestrian lane on the Rt. 28/Fellsway Mystic River Bridge.Work completed  Action details Not available
210426 3210426OrderThat the City Engineer and the Director of Water and Sewer appear discuss with this Council’s Committee on Public Utilities and Works plans to address multiple drainage issues, including the broken drain on Medford Street at School Street and the insufficient drainage on Richdale Avenue.Work completed  Action details Not available
210588 3210588OrderThat the Director of Inspectional Services update this Council on the implementation of the Short-Term Rental Ordinance.Work completed  Action details Not available
210589 3210589OrderThat the Director of Inspectional Services update this Council on the implementation of the Vacant Properties Ordinance.Work completed  Action details Not available
210676 3210676OrderThat the City Clerk, in consultation with other departments as needed, discuss with this Council the discrepancies in abutter notifications in applications from various utilities for Grants of Location, and propose mechanisms to resolve those discrepancies.Work completed  Action details Not available
210739 3210739OrderThat the Director of Engineering and the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management urge Eversource to fix gas leaks at 721 Somerville Avenue and nearby, as identified by HEET, and appear with Eversource staff at the next meeting of the Council’s Committee on Public Utilities and Public Works to discuss this matter.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
210821 3210821OrderThat the Director of Inspectional Services update this Council on the processes used to better manage and enforce conditions identified in building permits.Work completed  Action details Not available
210824 3210824OrderThat the Director of Engineering appear before this Council’s Committee on Public Utilities and Public Works to discuss the Medford Street sidewalk repaving “book job” and the subsequent usage conditions left as a result of bringing the sidewalks to ADA compliance.Work completed  Action details Not available
210825 3210825OrderThat the Director of Engineering address residents’ concerns regarding possible property owner liability relating to the conditions created by the City in its efforts to bring sidewalks to ADA compliance.Work completed  Action details Not available
210873 3210873Officer's CommunicationCity Clerk responding to #210676 re: discrepancies in abutter notifications in applications from various utilities for Grants of Location.Placed on file  Action details Not available
209610 4209610OrderThat the City Engineer and Commissioner of Public Works inspect the sidewalk on the east side of Cedar Street for all instances of spalling, and report to this Council 1) what caused it, 2) how the City will correct it, and 3) what measures the City will take against the contractor, if it was caused by improper installation.Work completed  Action details Not available
209714 4209714Officer's CommunicationAssistant City Solicitor responding to #206959, deeming Newport Construction and Northern Tree to be “not considered responsible bidders or offerors” for 5 years.Placed on file  Action details Not available