Government · Human Rights Commission
Commission approves letter urging elected officials to support immigrants
Watertown Human Rights Commission voted unanimously on multiple immigrant-support measures at its August 10 meeting.
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The Select Board, Finance Committee, Town Meeting and every other town board, from the meeting record.
Government · Select Board
Council takes no vote on Watertown Square garage
Watertown's City Council, sitting as the redevelopment authority, held its first public hearing on a possible Watertown Square parking garage and took no vote on the question.
Government · Biosafety Committee
Biosafety Committee backs cancer test firm's permit
The Watertown Biosafety Committee voted 4-0 to recommend a biosafety permit for Cellens Incorporated, a cancer-diagnostics startup relocating to a Cambridge Scientific Labs facility in town.
Government · Human Rights Commission
HRC Outlines Plans for Immigrant Outreach, Housing, School Issues
The Human Rights Commission discussed priorities for reaching Spanish-speaking immigrants and supporting school special education complaints. Members planned to attend cultural events, help residents form cultural associations, and partner with the library on a city-wide cultural event.
Government · BioSafety Committee
BioSafety Committee votes to recommend Cellens laboratory
Watertown BioSafety Committee unanimously recommended approval of Cellens, Inc.'s cancer research laboratory at 155 Arlington Street to the Board of Health, voting 4-0 on the application. Brad Parsons, Committee Chairman, presided over the remote meeting.
Committee backs mandatory recycling, composting ordinance draft
Watertown's Solid Waste and Recycling Advisory Committee moved to approve a letter of support for a draft Trash, Recycling, and Composting Ordinance, with additional conditions.
Government · Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee
Bike-Ped Panel Votes to Extend Crossing Time
Watertown's Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee voted to ask the city to add about 27 seconds to the pedestrian crossing phase at the Elton and Nichols intersection.
Government · Bike & Pedestrian Committee
Committee Votes to Request Longer Pedestrian Signal Timing
Watertown Bike-Ped Committee sought longer pedestrian signal time at busy intersection. The Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee voted unanimously to request that city officials extend the pedestrian crossing phase at the Arlington-Nichols-Greenway intersection from 20 seconds to roughly 27 seconds.
Government · Historical Commission Preliminary Review
Commission Clears Two Building Permits Without Full Hearing
The Historical Commission cleared two building permit applications without requiring public hearings.
Government · Human Rights Commission
Commission Addresses Watertown Detention Incidents
The Human Rights Commission discussed four recent immigration detention incidents in Watertown and began planning a response to a Massachusetts Temporary Protected Status Committee event.
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