Where

Council Chambers, Waltham, MA 02452

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What's on the agenda

Committees will consider a $462,755.00 loan authorization for additional design services for the Fire Administration Wing of the Police Station, a special permit for Sweetgreen Boston LLC at 96 Tower Road (1265 Main Development), and license renewals for CVS Pharmacy #114 at 12 Harvard Street and a fortune teller business at 24 Crescent St Suite 401F. The Committee of the Whole will hear a presentation on the Police/Fire/911 building complex by Tecton Architects and vote on two Council on Aging Board appointments, while the Finance Committee will review a $120,000.00 cemetery truck appropriation and two grant acceptances.

Agenda items

• Loan authorization of $462,755.00 for additional design services for the Fire Administration Wing of the Police Station
• NGrid petition 17-25 at 205 Second Ave
• NGrid petition 17-25 for South Street
• Fortune tellers license renewal at 24 Crescent St Suite 401F for Minwoo Park
• Extended hours renewal at 12 Harvard Street for CVS Pharmacy #114
• Tabled: Secondhand Dealers License Resolution
• Tabled: Rule 95 Utility Master Plan Resolution (approved 10/13/26)
• Tabled: Annual Outside Dining Resolution

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• Confirmation of Richard Pizzi, Jr as a member of the Council on Aging Board
• Confirmation of Marcia McClary as a member of the Council on Aging Board
• Presentation of the Police/Fire/911 building complex by Tecton Architects
• Appropriation of $120,000 from Cemetery Sale of Lots & Graves for a truck for the PW Cemetery Division
• Acceptance of the FFY2027 Municipal Road Safety Grant of $52,152 for the Police Department
• Acceptance of a $9,000 Department of Energy grant for new EV chargers in the City's public parking lots project
• Special permit application for Sweetgreen Boston LLC at 96 Tower Road (1265 Main Development)
• Compensation Ordinance Amendment for election personnel
• Mayor's request for advisement on easement and parking space at 210-220 Moody Street
• Tabled special permit applications: 20 Williams Street for Sam-EJ Realty Trust, 287 Crescent Street for Dyer's Crescent Suites LLC, 995 Main Street for Service Credit Union, and MICOL, LLC at 220 Moody Street
• Tabled: Health Insurance Resolution
• Tabled: Zoning Ordinance amendment at 181-185 Felton Street
• Tabled: Resolution Amending the MBTA Communities Zoning Ordinance to incorporate inclusionary zoning requirements
• Tabled: Council Rule 92 Resolution
• Tabled: Ordinance amendments for Ch 17 and Ch 1 on leaf blowing
• Tabled: Council Rule 66 Resolution
• Tabled: Resolution to Review and Amend the Snow Removal Ordinance
• Tabled: Resolution Requesting Amendments to Inclusionary Zoning - MAPC
• Tabled: Flock Camera Resolution
• Tabled Economic & Community Development items: transportation in North Waltham, rodent activity strategy, cancer in Waltham, keeping Waltham clean, web-based reporting system, traffic safety technology, solar trash cans, and business development

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 443 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 16, 2026.

The city posted this as a scanned image. The full text above is a readable version.

Terms used here

Committee of the Whole

The whole City Council meeting as a committee, chaired by the Council's Vice President, to discuss matters before they come back to a regular Council meeting.

CIP

Capital Improvement Program: the plan for buildings, roads, equipment, and other long-lasting purchases over the next several years, and how to pay for them.

first reading

The first time a council or board takes up an ordinance or other measure. It usually votes on it at a later meeting.

MBTA Communities

The state law (Section 3A of the Zoning Act) requiring cities and towns near MBTA service to allow multifamily housing by right in at least one district.

tabled

Set aside by a vote, to take up later. A tabled item comes back when the board votes to take it off the table.

ZBA

Zoning Board of Appeals.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.

• Waltham Committee Meetings (opens in new tab), on the city calendar
• Waltham Committee Meeting Docket and Agendas (opens in new tab), on the city's Agenda Center

First recorded by Waltham Publick on October 13, 2026.