TOWN OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING AND MEETING
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 7:00 pm via Zoom Meeting
Due to current public health concerns, meetings will be conducted virtually using a video-conferencing platform plus phone dial-in.
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https://brooklinema.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItd-CsrzMtHdujDkL8XArJXmgVDD-jRO0
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UPDATED AGENDA (All times are approximate)
Public Comment
7:00 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 Hearing
7:15 pm Report of Third-party Review of Stanley Spiegel Indemnification Materials - Judge Bonnie MacLeod
Public Meeting
8:00 pm Discussion and Possible Vote on Article 30: Resolution Regarding the Kent/Station Street Senior Affordable Housing Development (Wachter et al)
8:20 pm Discussion and Possible Vote on Article 33: Amend Article 2.1 of the Town’s General Bylaws pertaining to Codifying the Town Meeting Handbook (Ananian et al)
8:40 pm Possible discussion and vote to amend previous votes on warrant articles including but not limited to
1.Article 8 (Special Appropriation #7: $1,350,000 for the upgrade of Washington/Harvard/Kent/Davis traffic signal);
2. Article 22 (Amend Town By-Laws to restrict PFAS);
3. Article 27 (Amend Article 8.31 of the Town’s General By-Laws pertaining to leaf blowers)
9:00 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 and hearing 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]