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Meeting Name: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/17/2021 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Somerville
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209655 4209655OrderThat 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.Work completed  Action details Not available
210135 5210135OrderThat 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 5210916Officer's CommunicationDirector of SPCD responding to #205709 re: public fields in the Inner Belt District.Work completed  Action details Not available
207884 6207884OrderThat the City Solicitor draft an ordinance to ban the use of plastic flatware.Approved  Action details Not available
204968 7204968OrderThat 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 8205709ResolutionThat the Administration immediately pursue creation of a public fields and recreation area in the Inner Belt District pursuant to the Fields Master Plan.Work completed  Action details Not available
208567 8208567Public CommunicationElizabeth Lundgren submitting comments re: #206495, the proposed native plant ordinance.Work completed  Action details Not available
207999 9207999Public Communication3 residents submitting comments re: #206495, the proposed native plant ordinance.Work completed  Action details Not available
206495 13206495OrderThat the City Solicitor consider the attached language in the drafting of a Native Tree and Plantings Ordinance, as ordered by #203365.Work completed  Action details Not available
205683 13205683Public CommunicationTori Antonino submitting comments re: #203365, calling for a native planting ordinance.Work completed  Action details Not available
203365 16203365OrderThat the City Solicitor draft an ordinance requiring native tree and plantings for all open space, to meet the goals of sustainability and biodiversity.Work completed  Action details Not available