Meeting on Wed, Feb 19, 7 pm

Hi all -- looking forward to getting back together this Wednesday for our next beautification meeting! We've got a couple great guests and some exciting updates and plans for the coming months. We'll be meeting in the back room at Kelley Square Pub at 7 pm. Here's our agenda:

INTRODUCTIONS / new attendees

UPDATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Our requests passed along to Lydia Edward’s office for consideration in budgeting

• 100 & 104 Lexington petition / upcoming Feb 25 ZBA hearing

• City Council meeting on Feb 25 re: reforming the ZBA

• TreeEastie initiative (btw, follow “TreeEastie” on FB, Instagram, Twitter) – tree well count complete, Taste of Eastie presence, Parks Dept meeting, outlook for spring

• Litter / dog poop situation out of control

• Eversource substation – did anyone attend community meeting?

GENERAL BUSINESS

Debra Cave: EHCA website & developer information gathering, sharing

Nat Taylor & Magdalena Ayed: background on and future efforts for getting the waterfront behind Shaws designated a “problem property” and hopefully getting it cleaned up and put to better use

Lara Caralis: developer guidelines & preservation efforts

• EHCA board meeting re: developer guidelines

• January EHCA meeting vote

• Proposed guidelines to submit to board

• Single-family home tracking plan

• Demolition tracking plan

• PLEASE ATTEND EHCA MEETINGS & VOTE!!!

FUTURE BUSINESS

• Early spring clean up?

• Get someone from CPA to come speak to the group about types of projects most likely to get funding

• Work with Speak for the Trees on a resident tree giveaway