(Board of Alders Notice New Haven) The City Services and Environmental Policy Committee of the Board of Alders will meet “in‐person” on Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Board of Alders Chamber located at 165 Church Street, 2nd Floor; New Haven, CT to hear and act on the following items:
1) LM‐2023‐0156
ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS AUTHORIZING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS: 1. THE MANY MATURE TREES CURRENTLY BEING FELLED FROM THE YALE GOLF COURSE; AND 2. THE PROPOSAL TO BUILD A HAULING ROAD THROUGH THE YALE NATURE PRESERVE BEHIND LONGHILL TERRACE PAST 20 HOMES, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE FELLING MANY MORE TREES.
2) LM‐2023‐0318
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ALDERS OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN APPROVING THE PARKS & PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT UP TO $550,000 FROM THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT ‐ URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.
3) LM‐2023‐0319
ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT THE ‘CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE DISCRETIONARY GRANT’ FROM THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, PRIMARILY IN NEW HAVEN’S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES.
4) LM‐2023‐0354
ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT THE COMPOSTING AND FOOD WASTE REDUCTION PILOT PROJECT GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PILOT STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING FOOD RESCUE AND FOOD SCRAP DIVERSION IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
5) LM‐2023‐0347
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF ALDERS OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN ADOPTING THE 2023 SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (“SCRCOG”) HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE.
6) OR‐2023‐0021
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO TITLE IV OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN’S CODE OF ORDINANCES (THE FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE) TO BRING THE FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE FOR THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
7) LM‐2023‐0326
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ALDERS OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,000,000 OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, FOR THE FOOD SYSTEM POLICY DIVISION TO SUPPORT ITS CAPACITY TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT A SERIES OF PLANS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL CREATE AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE, REDUCE BARRIERS TO ENTRY AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND IN WHICH ALL RESIDENTS WILL EQUITABLY BENEFIT FROM THE POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF MORE GREEN AND GROWING SPACES.
8) LM‐2022‐0475
ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS REGARDING THE REQUEST REQUIRING RESTAURANTS TO PUBLIC DISPLAY THE PRICES OF ALL MENU ITEMS.
9) LM‐2023‐0158
ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS CHANGING THE NAME OF WHITNEY AVENUE TO BOUCHET AVENUE.
Per Order: Hon. Anna M. Festa, Chair; Attest: Hon. Michael Smart, City/Town Clerk
These items are on file and available in the Office of the City Clerk, Room 202 at 200 Orange Street; New Haven, CT 06510.
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Public comment/testimony may also be submitted via email to publictestimony@newhavenct.gov before 2:00 pm on the day of the meeting.
This meeting may be viewed on the New Haven Board of Alders YouTube page.