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Meeting Name: Public Utilities and Public Works Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/2/2018 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Argenziano School
290 Washington St
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204944 3204944Public Communication23 residents submitting a petition re: the trees removed on Beacon Street.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205010 3205010OrderThat the City Solicitor advise this Board about whether the way in which the Beacon Street trees were taken down was compliant with state law and the city’s Tree Ordinance.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204856 4204856OrderThat the Director of Engineering and the Commissioner of Public Works work with this Board to consider possible strategies to address the persistent issue of snow being plowed onto sidewalks during large snow storms.Work completed  Action details Not available
204877 4204877OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works report to this Board why snow plows cannot go at a slower speed to avoid throwing snow over curbs and onto sidewalks.Work completed  Action details Not available
204878 4204878OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works deploy a shoveling crew after major snowstorms to shovel out the sidewalks of elderly and disabled residents that get buried by city snowplows, and that the Director of Health and Human Services and the Director of Communications work together to register such residents so they can contact 311 to get their sidewalks re-shoveled after they have been buried by snowplows.Work completed  Action details Not available
204879 4204879OrderThat the Director of Communications coordinate the messaging about when to shovel with the Commissioner of Public Works so that residents are not told to shovel their sidewalks when snow plows are still plowing snow over curbs and burying sidewalks.Work completed  Action details Not available
204949 4204949OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works advise this Board on the priority policy for clearing snow from sidewalk curb cuts at intersections.Work completed  Action details Not available
204950 4204950ResolutionThat the Administration advise this Board on the city's ability to clear sidewalks that have not been cleared and charge the property owner for the cost.Work completed  Action details Not available
204486 4204486OrdinanceProposing an Ordinance for the management and elimination of natural gas leaks.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204731 4204731OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works make the following repairs on Carver Street: fill the pothole behind the sewer cover; straighten the two curbstones on the south side of the street; and remove the pile of cement at the end of the street.Work completed  Action details Not available
202332 5202332OrderThat the City Engineer repair the curb cut and sidewalk ramp at the intersection of Murdock and Clyde Streets.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
203711 5203711OrderThat the City Solicitor consult with the Commissioner of Public Works to draft an ordinance requiring contractors and utilities to secure metal plates during street construction.Work completed  Action details Not available
204263 6204263OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works request that the appropriate utility company address the low hanging wires on Mt. Vernon and Washington Streets.Work completed  Action details Not available
200773 6200773OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works describe to this Board, the rationale for treating multi-unit residences the same as single family residences for purposes of volume-based escalation of water rates.Kept in committee  Action details Not available