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Prospect Hill Park to Close Monday, April 8, for Rehabilitation
On Monday, April 8, Prospect Hill Park will close to the public for the next phase of the Prospect Hill Park Rehabilitation Project. Preliminary work began in October 2018. The park is expected to reopen in 2020. The renovated park will feature landscape and accessibility improvements, as well as elements to highlight the site’s significance in American history. As part of this project, new plantings will provide a net increase of 47 trees in the park, and traffic-calming measures…Powder House Blvd. Traffic Safety Plan Available Online
Learn more at www.somervillema.gov/PHBPublic Hearing on Traffic Calming and Pedestrian Safety April 3 at 6 p.m.
Members of the public are invited to attend and speak at a Public Hearing on traffic safety, traffic calming, and the Traffic Calming Petition submitted by the Somerville Pedestrian and Transit Advocacy Group and signed by approximately 350 people. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, April 3, at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The Traffic and Parking Committee of the Whole will hear testimony on the general topic of traffic calming, including pedestrian and…Two Public Hearings on Youth Voting Rights for Municipal Elections April 4 at 3 and 6 p.m.
Members of the public are invited to attend and speak at two April 4 Public Hearings on a request from Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone to file a Home Rule Petition to the State Legislature requesting that 16- and 17-year-old Somerville citizens be granted legal voting rights for municipal elections. The Legislative Matters Committee will hold hearings at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 92 Highland Avenue. Committee Chair and Ward 5 City Councilor Mark…Upcoming Vision Zero Safe Streets Meetings and Public Hearing
The City of Somerville has been working to produce a strategic plan to guide its safe streets work, using the global “Vision Zero” movement as a framework to eliminate traffic crashes that result in severe injuries and fatalities. A series of community engagement opportunities have been scheduled for residents and stakeholders to discuss the City’s public policy framework around safe streets. Upcoming opportunties include: Community Meeting, Wednesday, March 27, 6:30 p.m…Members Sought for Mayor’s Appointments Advisory Committee (Deadline Extended to April 3)
The City is now accepting applications for positions on Mayor Joseph Curtatone’s Appointments Advisory Committee (AAC). The Committee reviews applications and makes recommendations for vacant Mayor-appointed posts on boards and commissions with regulatory or decision-making authority. Individuals on the AAC are entrusted with making nonpartisan and informed recommendations for appointments to critical boards and commissions that serve the community such as, but not limited to, the Affordable…Mayors of Cambridge and Somerville Partner to Establish United Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants
Mayor Marc C. McGovern and Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced this morning the establishment of the United Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants, a partnership between the Mayors’ Offices and the Cambridge Community Foundation. “By unifying efforts to raise funds for the most vulnerable families in our community, we can help valued neighbors and stabilize families impacted by the stress and uncertainty of ongoing shifts in TPS and DACA status, and those seeking asylum.” The creation of the United…Joint Statement On New Zealand Mosque Attacks
In Somerville, we pride ourselves on being a city that is home to people from all around the world and of every religion. So, when an atrocity like the mosque attacks in New Zealand takes place, we feel it here. We want to state emphatically our revulsion over this type of prejudice-driven violence and our solidarity with the people in our local Muslim community. We understand the hurt and feelings of vulnerability that terrorism like this is designed to inspire. Know that you are not alone.…Somerville Council Committee May Vote on Proposed Condominium Conversion and Short-Term Rental Ordinances on March 21
The Somerville City Council wishes to inform the community that two significant votes may take place on Thursday, March 21. At the 6 p.m. meeting of the Legislative Matters Committee of the Whole at City Hall, Committee Chair & Ward 5 Councilor Mark Niedergang believes that votes may be taken on the Proposed Condominium Conversion Ordinance as well as the Proposed Short-Term Rental Ordinance. Council members welcome any further input on both proposed ordinances at citycouncil@…Somerville Community Preservation Committee To Hold Community Preservation Plan Hearing; Pre-Application Workshop
SOMERVILLE – The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) is holding their annual Community Preservation Plan public hearing on Wednesday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in the 3rd floor Community Room at the Visiting Nurse Association, 259 Lowell St. The Community Preservation Plan establishes the annual funding priorities and allocations for the three categories that Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds can support. From fiscal years 2015 to 2018, the annual funding minimums were 45% for affordable…Feedback
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