Monday's Meeting with Mayor, Alderman, and City Departments

[ward6resistat.livejournal.com]

I'm passing along this post to the Ward 6 City of Somerville ResiStat Mailing List in hopes residents can make Monday's meeting. Hope to see you there!

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Hello all -

Please plan to attend the Ward 6 (Davis Square area) fall ResiStat meeting this coming Monday, 11/23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ciampa Manor at 27 College Ave. This is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and concerns with Mayor Curtatone, Alderman Gewirtz, and City Department Heads.

They will also provide updates to you on neighborhood topics, including:
*Parking regulations change roll-out;
*Community path extension plans;
*Hodgkins-Curtin Park renovation progress;
*Davis Square economic development projects;
*Environmental policies and initiatives; and
*Neighborhood-specific housing and transportation trends.

Take advantage of this chance to share your thoughts on life in Somerville with key city decision makers. Topics you raise will be tracked in ongoing internal City SomerStat meetings.

For a preview of the presentation, go to:
http://www.somervilleresistat.org/uploads/Ward_6.11.20.09.pdf

To see a list of issues raised for Ward 6 in prior meetings, go to: http://somervilleresistat.blogspot.com/search/label/**Ward%206%20%28Davis%20Square%29

Hope to see you Monday!

Stephanie

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Comments

[pjmorgan.livejournal.com]

Is the Cedar to Central portion of the Community Path extension really happening in 2010?

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

The preview of the presentation is immensely informative. Thanks for posting it! Alas, I can't get to the meeting on Monday evening, but I'm interested in finding out what happened.

[jlauspitz.livejournal.com]

The budget presentation was overly static. It excluded any reference to "new growth" revenues. The summary slide erroneously stated that the City is limited to 2.5% revenue growth annually, without noting that revenue from new growth is exempted from this cap.

According to the basic state figures, new residential growth in Somerville-- which does not include increases in market value of existing homes-- totals 1.1 billion dollars for the past decade, yielding $13 million in residential new taxes above and beyond the 2.5% cap. No reference to this from a Resistat program that prides itelf on being "data driven."

In discussing fiscal matters, it is important to present the basic facts before trying to spin them.