Details Meeting Name: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/3/2018 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: City Council Chamber-City Hall-93 Highland Avenue City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (13) 13 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 205683 3 205683 Public Communication Tori Antonino submitting comments re: #203365, calling for a native planting ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205704 3 205704 Resolution That the Administration report in writing on the net change in total trees and tree inches from all projects in 2017. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205705 3 205705 Resolution That the Administration report in writing on the net change in tree inches based on all projects planned for 2018. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206070 3 206070 Resolution That the Administration work with interested community groups to implement a pilot program for native street trees. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206237 3 206237 Order That the Director of SPCD finalize the long-awaited formation of the Urban Forestry Committee. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206393 3 206393 Order That, in the interest of tree preservation, the City Solicitor draft a revision of the Tree Ordinance to include restrictions and regulations on cutting trees of at least six inches in diameter on private property, and explain how the proposed revision differs from the ones that Cambridge, Lexington and Newton that have already passed to protect trees on private property. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206435 3 206435 Resolution That the Administration report in writing on the net change in total trees and tree inches (plantings-removals) from all city projects in 2017. (2nd request-see #205704) Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206495 3 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 206577 3 206577 Order That the Director of SPCD explain to this Board why not a single tree was spared when they were cut along the commuter rail line, including trees far from the tracks, and what the GLX Team’s plans are to replant trees to prevent erosion on the hills. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206578 3 206578 Order That the Director of SPCD report to this Board on whether the City plans to plant trees by the fence at the north edge of Junction Park to replace the nearby trees lost when they were cut down recently for the GLX project. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205807 4 205807 Resolution That the City Solicitor draft an ordinance to establish the city’s current green space as a minimum allowed amount, as described within. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204887 4 204887 Order That the Director of SPCD provide this Board by end of February with the tree planting schedule, by Ward, for Spring 2018. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203365 6 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