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TOWN OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE PUBLIC MEETING

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 5:45 pm via Zoom Meeting

Due to current public health concerns, meetings will be conducted virtually using a video-conferencing platform plus phone dial-in.

Register in advance for this meeting using the link below: 

https://brooklinema.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItduGurz0pErVYbJaHipQTlrm2cn3AoiE

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

UPDATED AGENDA (All times are approximate)

Public Comment

5:45 pm           Members of the public may sign up to speak during the meeting (2-3 minutes per person, depending on the number of speakers) or send written public comments. Please sign up or send your written comments to Lisa Portscher ([email protected]) by noon. All public comments are included in the minutes and become part of the public record.

Public Meeting

6:00 pm           Possible discussion and vote to amend previous votes on warrant articles

                        Article 8, item #44: Increase Special Appropriation for the rehabilitation of sidewalks by $147,000 to total $500,000. 

                       Article 8: Increase the Recreation Department’s budget by $1,350,000 (Ananian and Richardson)

                    Article 14: Amend the Town’s Zoning bylaws pertaining to special permit conditions for construction projects (Department of                          Planning and Community Development) 

                       Article 25: Amend General Bylaws to ban single use plastics (Richmond et al.)

                    Article 30: Resolution Regarding the Kent/Station Street Senior Affordable Housing Development (Wachter et al)

6:45 pm           Other business 

The public is welcome to attend. 

You can view and download the agenda, register for the meeting using the Zoom joining link, and access related documents on the Town Calendar.  Public comment is welcome only during the public comment portion of the agenda.  The Advisory Committee welcomes written comments, which will be circulated to members of the Committee if they are sent to [email protected] no later than noon on the day of the meeting. Subcommittees of the Advisory Committee hold public hearings on any matter on which the Advisory Committee makes a recommendation to Town Meeting. Members of the public are encouraged to participate in subcommittee public hearings if they wish to comment on any item under deliberation by the subcommittee. All public comments become part of the public record. Any member of the public may make an audio or video recording of an open session of a public meeting. They must first notify the chair and must comply with reasonable requirements regarding audio or video equipment established by the chair so as not to interfere with the meeting.  

Dennis Doughty, Chair 617-739-7266 [email protected]

Carla Benka, Vice-Chair 617-277-6102 [email protected]