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Meeting Name: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/17/2021 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Somerville
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209655 3209655OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Director of Inspectional Services report to this Council how they plan to monitor and enforce green roof, tree planting and other green zoning requirements that require watering and maintenance, beyond issuing certificates of occupancy.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209775 3209775CommunicationDirector of Public Space and Urban Forestry responding to #207167 re: updated Capital Investment Plan progress reports for parks and open space projects.Work completed  Action details Not available
211242 3211242OrderThat the Director of Sustainability and Environment provide this Council with updates to the Climate Forward Plan.Work completed  Action details Not available
209781 4209781CommunicationDirector of Infrastructure and Asset Management responding to #s 209656, 209641, 209546, 209348 & 209174 re: flooding in various locations.Work completed  Action details Not available
209840 4209840CommunicationDirector of Public Space and Urban Forestry responding to #209444 re: the field at Lincoln Park.Work completed  Action details Not available
210135 4210135OrderThat 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
210916 4210916Officer's CommunicationDirector of SPCD responding to #205709 re: public fields in the Inner Belt District.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209612 4209612OrderThat the Director of Parks and Recreation work with the Superintendent of Schools to develop a policy for "utilizing artificial turf in the heat" similar to the policy used by Burlington, MA.Work completed  Action details Not available
209613 4209613OrderThat the Director of Sustainability and Environment, the Director of SPCD, The Director of Communications, and the Commissioner of Public Works develop a plan for a "Resiliency Hub" when extreme weather events occur.Work completed  Action details Not available
209614 4209614ResolutionThat the Commission on Energy Use and Climate Change discuss its 2020 plan with this Council’s Committee on Open Space, Energy and Environment.Work completed  Action details Not available
208042 5208042OrderThat the Director of Sustainability and Environment inform this Council about New York City's "Climate Mobilization Act," which includes dramatic emission reductions for tall buildings, and explain which aspects could be adapted here.Work completed  Action details Not available
208232 5208232OrderThat the Director of Parks and Recreation and the Commissioner of Public Works explore starting a monthly volunteer trash pickup day for the Dilboy DCR and Alewife Brook areas.Work completed  Action details Not available
207373 5207373OrderThat the Director of Sustainability and Environment develop an electric vehicle charging infrastructure program.Work completed  Action details Not available
207884 5207884OrderThat the City Solicitor draft an ordinance to ban the use of plastic flatware.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209444 5209444OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Director of Finance advise this Council, in writing, why, with an appropriation of $9.3 million, the grass field at Lincoln Park was incorrectly installed the first time.Work completed  Action details Not available
204968 6204968OrderThat 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
205709 7205709ResolutionThat 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
207167 7207167OrderThat the Director of SPCD share biannual CIP progress reports for all new open space and parks projects.Work completed  Action details Not available
208567 7208567Public CommunicationElizabeth Lundgren submitting comments re: #206495, the proposed native plant ordinance.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
207999 8207999Public Communication3 residents submitting comments re: #206495, the proposed native plant ordinance.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206495 12206495OrderThat 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 12205683Public CommunicationTori Antonino submitting comments re: #203365, calling for a native planting ordinance.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
203365 15203365OrderThat 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