Details Meeting Name: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/20/2019 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (8) 8 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 204355 3 204355 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works and the city’s landscape architects maintain the 30-foot slide at the North Street Veterans Park, check the entire structure for safety, and inform the Ward 7 Alderman of the slide's warranty. Work completed   Action details Not available 205456 3 205456 Resolution That the Administration revisit the decision to abandon plans for curbside composting and move forward with a pilot program. Work completed   Action details Not available 205702 3 205702 Resolution That the Administration consider hiring licensed site professionals for oversight of acquired land and providing them with the authority to impose their recommendations on developers, to protect human health and the environment. Work completed   Action details Not available 205708 3 205708 Resolution That the Administration immediately pursue creation of a public athletic field and recreation complex atop the 36,000 square foot parking deck proposed for construction in the Union Square eminent domain parcel currently designated "D-2". Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205935 3 205935 Resolution That the Administration inform this Board of any opportunities to incentivize waste reduction, such as opt-in composting, PAYT, or charges to phone book distributors for disposal costs. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206307 3 206307 Resolution That the Administration and the Director of Communications work with the Somerville Garden Club on their “Pod Patrol: Spread the word…not the weed” educational campaign to control the invasive Black Swallow-wort vine that is spreading rapidly and is harmful to songbirds, monarch butterflies and native plants. Work completed   Action details Not available 207150 3 207150 Order That the Director of SPCD work with the DPW Commissioner to institute a curbside composting program. Work completed   Action details Not available 206055 4 206055 Order That the City Solicitor draft an ordinance banning plastic straws. Kept in committee   Action details Not available