Warrant Articles Pertaining to Businesses Panel

Stay up-to-date on Town Politics! Join the Brookline Chamber of Commerce to learn about Brookline Warrant Articles that could impact your business. Short presentations from Warrant Article petitioners will be moderated by Anne Meyers, Co-chair of the Economic Development Advisory Board. Ask questions, learn more, and be civically engaged in Brookline.

Warrant Articles that Impact Businesses Panel
Wednesday, September 23^rd, 9:00 – 10:30 am

Moderator, Anne Meyers, Co-Chair of Brookline’s Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB). Two of her grandchildren attend BHS.

ARTICLE 14 Submitted by: Anthony Ishak, Kate Silbaugh TMM1, Maura Toomey TMM8, Nancy Daly

Proposing to 1) increase the minimum age for purchasing tobacco – only people born before 1/1/1976 would be able to purchase tobacco products in Brookline, and 2) eliminates the ability of existing tobacco license holders to transfer their license to a new business owner

Presenter, Anthony Ishak is an Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, US/world citizen interested in helping the marginalized, increasing healthcare access to all and trying to make the world a better place 1 day at a time.

ARTICLE 9 Submitted by: Select Board – Presented by Victor Panak, Planner, Town Planning & Community Development Department

Legalize and regulate some types of short-term rentals

Presenter, Victor Panak is a Planner for the Regulatory Division of the Planning and Community Development Department. He joined the Department in August 2019, after working in the Town of Wellesley’s Planning Department for approximately 3 years.

ARTICLE 26 Submitted by: Michael Zoorob, Lara Jarrell, Shira Fischer

Amend the Zoning By-law to eliminate off-street residential parking minimums in the Transit Parking Overlay District.

This Article proposes to eliminate parking spot quotas for new housing in the Transit Parking Overlay District (0.5 miles or less from a Green Line stop). This would allow housing developers to build as much parking as makes sense for that project, rather than imposing a “one size fits all” quota that leads to environmentally and economically damaging overbuilding of parking.

Presenter, Michael Zoorob is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University. Moved to Coolidge Corner in part to live comfortably without a car. Though housing for people like Michael currently exists, our zoning no longer allows it to be built.

ARTICLE 12 Submitted by: Land Bank Study Committee, Heather Hamilton, Chair

Enable the Town to Accept the Community Preservation Act

Presenter, Heather Hamilton is a Brookline Select Board Member, running as an Independent for Norfolk County Commissioner. Heather is passionate about sustainability and affordability.

ARTICLE 15 Submitted by: Deborah Brown, Arthur Conquest, III, Bob Lepson, Nicole McClelland, Hadassah Margolis, C. Scott Ananian, Bettina Neuefeind, Sean Lynn-Jones, David Lescohier, Bob Schram, Luciana Schachnik and Anne Greenwald

Increasing Disadvantaged Business Opportunities in the Town of Brookline

Presenter, Deborah Brown has lived in Precinct 1 since 2001 where she has been active on a number of issues. She played a lead role in reducing the scope of the proposed Holiday Inn expansion; a co-petitioner for renaming the Coolidge Corner School; advocated for bestowing a posthumous BHS diploma to a 16-year-old Brookline soldier killed in WWI; and working in coalition with other residents to tackle a variety of diversity and inclusion issues. She is an environmental attorney with 30 years of experience.

ARTICLE 24 - 25 Submitted by: Amie Lindenboim TMM5, Michael Zoorob, Neil Gordon TMM1, Wendy MacMillan TMM4

Arrange for public notices to also be mailed to tenants and residents of commercial and residential buildings

Presenter, Neil Gordon is a Precinct 1 Town Meeting Member, a member of the Advisory Committee, a Brookline Constable, and Secretary of Brookline PAX. He has been a frequent petitioner of warrant articles encouraging inclusion and diversity in Town government.

ARTICLE 38 Submitted by: Select Board, Lisa Cunningham, Jesse Gray, Steven Heiken, Werner Lohe, Paul Saner, Kathleen Scanlon, Cora Weissbourd

To see if the Town will adopt the following resolution: A Resolution calling for Swift, Just Building Decarbonization in the Commonwealth

ARTICLE 39 Submitted by: Select Board, Lisa Cunningham, Jesse Gray, Steven Heiken, Werner Lohe, Paul Saner, Kathleen Scanlon, Cora Weissbourd

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE LOCAL REGULATIONS RESTRICTING NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE IN CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION.

Presenter, Lisa Cunningham, Architect, Town Meeting member Precinct 15, member of Brookline Mothers Out Front, also one of the co-petitioners for last year's Warrant Article 21: A Prohibition on Fossil Fuels for Major Construction. Currently completing an all-electric house three blocks from Brookline Town Hall.

Presenter, Kathleen Scanlon is an architect, Town Meeting member pct 3, member of the Select Board Climate Action Committee, and Coordinator of Brookline Mothers Out Front. She was one of the co-petitioners for last year's Warrant Article 21: A Prohibition on Fossil Fuels for Major Construction.

Warrant Articles Pertaining to Busine...

Date and Time

Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Wednesday, September 23rd, 9:00 - 10:30 am

Location

Zoom link will be sent when registered.

333 Washington Street Brookline MA

Fees/Admission

Registration required. No fee.

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