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Finance Committee — Agenda, Jul 8, 2025
City of Somerville, Massachusetts
Finance Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
Virtual
6:00 PM
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Roll Call
1.
Committee
Minutes
(ID # 25-1049)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the Finance
Committee of the Whole Meeting of June 3, 2025.
2.
Committee
Minutes
(ID # 25-1107)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the Finance
Committee Meeting of June 9, 2025.
3.
Committee
Minutes
(ID # 25-1127)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the Finance
Committee Meeting of June 10, 2025.
4.
Committee
Minutes
(ID # 25-1166)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the Finance
Committee Meeting of June 18, 2025.
5.
Committee
Minutes
(ID # 25-1184)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the Finance
Committee Meeting of June 16, 2025.
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Finance Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
July 8, 2025
6.
Committee
Minutes
(ID # 25-1202)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the Finance
Committee of the Whole meeting of June 24, 2025.
Grant and Gift Acceptances
7.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-0848)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
accept and expend a $38,500 grant with no new match
required, from the Boston Office of Emergency
Management to the Police Department for Special
Response Team equipment.
Authorizations
8.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1086)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting
authorization to dispose of bicycles previously
abandoned in the City of Somerville to a charitable
organization.
Contracts and Agreements
9.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1068)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
enter into a contract of up to ten years for the services of
an operator for the Greater Boston Bike Share program
(Bluebikes).
10.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-0978)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
execute the Fourth Amendment to the lease agreement
with Dana Family Series, LLC, for the Grove Street
parking lot, through June 30, 2026.
11.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1001)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
a time-only extension for the contract with Franklin
Cummings Institute, to December 31, 2026.
12.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1160)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
the final Urban Center Housing Tax Increment Financing
(UCH-TIF) Agreement for the 299 Broadway project.
13.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1163)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
a Public Access and Maintenance Access Easement for
299 Broadway Property Owner LLC.
14.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1164)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
a Maintenance Access Easement and Landscape
Management and Maintenance Plan for 299 Broadway
Property Owner LLC for the future Sewall Park at the
299 Broadway development.
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