Lara Caralis
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