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Meeting Name: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/14/2018 5:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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205665 3205665ResolutionThat the Administration collaborate with MIT to build a robust biking infrastructure.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206055 3206055OrderThat the City Solicitor draft an ordinance banning plastic straws.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206230 3206230ResolutionThat the Administration create and fund an Open Space Acquisition Fund, separate from the Community Preservation Act, to acquire more open space towards the SomerVision goal of adding 125 acres of open space.Work completed  Action details Not available
206745 3206745OrderThat the Somerville Climate Coalition provide this Board with updates on their attempts to address climate change.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206980 4206980Mayor's RequestRequesting the opportunity to provide this Board with an update on Somerville Climate Forward.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206237 4206237OrderThat the Director of SPCD finalize the long-awaited formation of the Urban Forestry Committee.Work completed  Action details Not available
206393 4206393OrderThat, 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 4206435ResolutionThat 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)Work completed  Action details Not available
206577 4206577OrderThat 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.Work completed  Action details Not available
206578 4206578OrderThat 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.Work completed  Action details Not available
206070 4206070ResolutionThat the Administration work with interested community groups to implement a pilot program for native street trees.Work completed  Action details Not available
205704 4205704ResolutionThat the Administration report in writing on the net change in total trees and tree inches from all projects in 2017.Work completed  Action details Not available
205705 4205705ResolutionThat the Administration report in writing on the net change in tree inches based on all projects planned for 2018.Work completed  Action details Not available
204887 5204887OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide this Board by end of February with the tree planting schedule, by Ward, for Spring 2018.Work completed  Action details Not available
206982 5206982CommunicationUrban Forestry and Landscape Planner responding to #204887 re: the tree planting schedule for Spring, 2018.Work completed  Action details Not available
206983 5206983CommunicationUrban Forestry and Landscape Planner responding to #205704 re: net changes in trees and tree inches in 2017.Work completed  Action details Not available
206984 5206984CommunicationUrban Forestry and Landscape Planner responding to #205705 re: net changes in trees and tree inches in 2018.Work completed  Action details Not available
206986 5206986CommunicationUrban Forestry and Landscape Planner responding to #206237 re: the Urban Forestry Committee.Work completed  Action details Not available
206985 5206985CommunicationUrban Forestry and Landscape Planner responding to #206070 re: a pilot program for native street trees.Work completed  Action details Not available