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Meeting Name: Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/9/2018 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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205369 3205369OrderThat the Director of SPCD share with this Board the exact open space inventory, and clarify why there is a discrepancy between SomerVision’s Open Space Plan and the State inventory of the city's open space.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205427 3205427OrderThat the Director of Sustainability and the Environment and other appropriate city staff report to this Board on the hazardous waste that was recently found in soil tests at Conway Park.Work completed  Action details Not available
205437 3205437OrderThat the Director of Parks and Open Space update this Board on all current parks projects.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205463 3205463ResolutionThat the Administration put the Conway Park renovation out to bid without delay.Work completed  Action details Not available
204588 3204588ResolutionThat the Administration prioritize restorative and preventative maintenance in Seven Hills Park, including the statues and pillars, the brick Community Path, and the soil and grass.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204872 3204872ResolutionThat the Administration provide an update on the progress of plans outlined in the Somerville Fields Master Plan.Work completed  Action details Not available
205392 4205392Officer's CommunicationDirector of Parks and Recreation requesting to update this Board on the Fields Master Plan.Work completed  Action details Not available
202769 4202769ResolutionThat the Administration present to this Board's Committee on Open Space, Environment and Energy the Fields Presentation dated November 15, 2016.Work completed  Action details Not available
203365 5203365OrderThat 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
203387 6203387ResolutionThat the Mayor update this Board on discussions with DCR about the fields at Draw 7 Park and Foss Park.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
203881 6203881ResolutionThat the Administration draft a Dark Sky ordinance addressing applicability, color temperature standards, prescriptive or performance standards, DPW oversight, and exemptions.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
200299 7200299OrderThat the Director of SPCD, the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Sustainability and Environment consider the pros and cons of artificial turf and identify alternative designs for publicly accessible open space.Kept in committee  Action details Not available