I attended many meetings as your representative. I was glad to
represent our Ward's issues, neighbors' city-wide concerns, learn more,
and advocate for our neighborhood. I tried to keep folks informed
via this Blog, by email blasts and by being available in person, by
phone, and by email.
Here's a list of ALL meetings I attended 2009 - 2011 (more than 220):
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links to Blogs and/or other helpful, related websites)
WEEKLY Office Hours: every Tuesday from 9:30am to 10:30 @ Deja Brew (Edgewood & West Rock)
1/4 BOA Regular Meeting
1/8 Complete Streets Meeting
1/13 Yale New Haven Hospital meeting
1/14 BOA New Alderman info meeting
1/19 BOA Regular Meeting
1/26 Yale - NH & State Affairs meeting
1/28 Legislation Committee (I'm a member)
2/1 BOA / State of the City
2/2 TFC Board meeting - monthly Tennis Center & Tournament meeting
2/8 Legislation Committee
2/11 Capital Projects Committee (BOA elected representative)
2/11 Legislation Committee
2/16 BOA Regular Meeting
2/17 Community Management Team Meeting (CMT)
2/18
City Services & Environmental Policy Committee (CSEP)
meeting/public hearing. I'm the Vice-Chair of this BOA committee as
assigned by the BOA President.
2/21 McKinley Ave. (Chapel to Edgewood) block watch re-launch
2/22 Administration's State Legislation Priorities Briefing
2/24 Economic Development Annual Briefing
2/24 Finance Committee meeting (not a member) - first Finance meeting of 2010
2/25 Burton St. Block Watch Meeting
2/26 Mayor's Budget Preview
3/1 BOA Regular Meeting
3/2 Tennis Foundation of CT (TFC) Board Meeting - neighborhood representative as Ward 25 Alderman
3/2 Introduction to new Director of the City's Office of Sustainability (paid for with Fed grant $)
3/3 Police Chief Briefing
3/3 Mayor's Budget Workshop
3/4 Meeting with Anne Wooster. Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament Director & Market New Haven Director
3/8 Legislation Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee member)
3/9 BZA hearing to support neighbors' zoning issues
3/10 Mayor's Community Budget presentation
3/12 School Change preview
3/15 BOA Regular Meeting
3/16 Aldermanic Affairs Committee (not a member) - Charter Reform Briefing and agenda
3/17 Annual Cultural Affairs and Subsidies Briefing
3/22 Finance Committee meeting (not a member) - Budget Briefing by Management & Budget
3/23 Budget Office meeting - Parking Meters Monitization & FY11 Budget
3/24 FY11 Budget Workshop/public hearing
3/25 CSEP Committee Meeting
3/31 School Change & Edgewood Tier 1 Briefing
4/1 BOA Education Committee Meeting (I'm a member) - School Change Workshop
4/6 TFC Board Meeting
4/7 BOA Regular Meeting
4/8 Whalley Ave. SCROG Public Workshop
4/13 FY11 Budget Workshop/public hearing
4/15 FY11 Budget Workshop/public hearing
4/19 BOA Regular Meeting
4/28 BOA Budget Workshop/public hearing
5/3 BOA Regular Meeting
5/4 Unite Here/CORD meeting
5/5 BOA Budget Workshop/public hearing regarding Parking Meter Monitization
5/10 BOE Budget discussion
5/10 Legislation Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee member)
5/10 Budget discussion with BOA Colleagues
5/12 Finance Committee Budget deliberations
5/14 Additional "Early Office Hours"
5/15 constituent meeting
5/17 "Late" Office Hours at Edgewood - Neighborhood Budget discussion
5/18 Finance Committee Budget deliberations
5/20 BOA Regular Meeting
5/27 BOA Special Budget Meeting
6/1 TFC Board meeting - monthly Tennis Center & Tournament meeting
6/21 Re-assessment Meeting - Assessor update to Aldermen
6/23 Pilot Pen Traffic Meeting
6/24 City Services and Environmental Policy Committee Meeting
7/1 FY11 Press Conference at City Hall
7/6 BOA Regular Meeting
7/6 TFC Board meeting - monthly Tennis Center & Tournament meeting
7/9 Constituent Meeting regarding NHPS data and information sharing and transparency
7/12 Legislation Committee public hearing and meeting
7/14 Community Management Team Meeting (CMT)
7/15 2010-11 Re-Assessment information meeting for Neighbors at Edgewood School w/ City Assessor
7/21 City Plan meeting regarding Tide Gate/Wetland Restoration/Edgewood Duck Pond Impact
7/22 CSEP Committee Meeting
7/29 Special Legislation Committee Meeting and Public Hearing: Science Park PDD Amendments
8/2 BOA Regular Meeting
8/16 Budget Working Group (I chair this working group collaborating for change and doing oversight)
8/26 City Services and Environmental Policy Committee Meeting
8/31 Legislation Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee member)
9/7 BOA Regular Meeting
9/13 Legislation Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee member)
9/17 mtg w/ Econ Dev & City Plan regarding Downtown Crossing zoning
9/20 BOA Regular Meeting
9/23 City Services and Environmental Policy Committee Meeting
9/27 Budget Briefing/Working Group (I chair this working group collaborating for change and doing oversight)
10/4 BOA Regular Meeting. One of the shortest: 15 minutes.
10/12 Legislation Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee member)
9/7 BOA Regular Meeting
10/13 Community Management Team Meeting (CMT)
10/18 BOA Regular Meeting
10/28 City Services and Environmental Policy Committee Meeting. Agenda includes discussing developement grants for Downtown Crossing project. (I'm vice-chair of this committee)11/1 Mayor's budget briefing
11/4 BOA Regular Meeting
11/9 Capital Projects Committee meeting/mid year requests. I'm one of two BOA elected members.
11/15 BOA Regular Meeting
11/22 Tax Abatement Committee meeting/public hearing/workshop -
recommendations to improve Assessor and Tax Collector departments
11/23 Finance Committee Workshop (I'm a committee member) - Mayor Budget Briefing
11/29 TIGER II Grant Briefing - Grant acceptance before BOA for $ for 1st phase of Downtown Crossing Project
11/29 BOA Tax Abatement Committee meeting - recommendations for Assessor's office improvements
11/30 School Reform discussion
12/6 BOA Regular Meeting
12/7 TFC Board meeting - monthly Tennis Center & Tournament meeting
12/7 informational meeting - proposed parking meter monetization
12/9 Finance Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee member)
12/10 informational meeting/tour - proposed West River Tide Gate project
12/14 New Haven Transportation Authority meeting - assist constituent with request
12/14 New Haven Police Commission - Street Outworkers Program to reduce youth gun violence update
12/16 City Services and Environmental Policy Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm vice-chair of this committee)
12/20 BOA Regular Meeting
12/22 Finance Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee member)
12/28 Legislation Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee
member). Agenda includes hearing Yale's PDD application for new
residential colleges project
1/3 BOA Regular Meeting
1/5 Proposed Storm Water Authority Briefing
1/7 mtg w/ Director of TT&P regarding traffic calming and related issues in and around our neighborhood
1/11 Finance Committee Workshop - NHPS Administrators new contract
1/13 Walking Tour w/ Sen. Blumenthal about Downtown Crossing w/ Mayor, Econ Dev, Developer and Bio Tech Firms at 300 George St.
1/18 BOA Regular Meeting
1/20 Committee of the Whole - Storm Water Authority
1/25
New Haven Free Public Library Board meeting. The Mayor has appointed
me the BOA's representative on the Board of Library Directors for the
2011 term.
1/26 Finance Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee member)
1/31 Unite Here briefing regarding BOE food service workers contract
2/3 Office of Sustainability briefing
2/7 BOA Regular Meeting
2/11 BOA Snow Briefing
2/15 City Services and Environmental Policy Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm vice-chair of this committee)
2/17 Legislation Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee
member)
2/22 BOA Regular Meeting
2/22 Library Board Meeting (I'm Aldermanic rep for 2011)
3/1 TFC Board meeting - monthly Tennis Center and Tournament meeting:
New Haven Open at Yale is the new name (was Pilot Pen). This summer
will host a Women's only US Open Tour event and the USTA amateur
playoffs for Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles for a qualifying round
spot in the US Open.
3/7 BOA Regular Meeting
3/9 CMT meeting
3/10 Finance Committee Budget Hearing at Hillhouse. First public hearing on the Mayor's Proposed FY 11-12 Budget.
3/14 Legislation Committee
3/15 City Services and Environmental Policy Committee
3/17 Committee of the Whole: Stormwater Authority proposal hearing part 2
3/18 meeting with Yale's new City liason.
3/20 neighborhood meeting regarding FY11-12 Budget and union-City bargaining
3/21 BOA Regular Meeting
3/22 Library Board Meeting (I'm Aldermanic rep for 2011)
3/23 Gov. Malloy's State budget briefing at Wilbur Cross HS
3/24 Finance Committee meeting/public hearing (I'm a committee member)
3/28 Joint Aldermanic Affairs/Legislation Commitee hearing on Democracy Fund proposal
3/31 Finance Committee Budget Workshop #1
4/4 BOA Regular Meeting
4/5 TFC Board meeting - monthly Tennis Center and Tournament meeting: New Haven Open at Yale is the new name (was Pilot Pen).
4/5 Finance Committee public hearing at Wilbur Cross HS regarding FY11-12 proposed budget
4/6 Finance Committee workshop to hear revenue ideas for FY11-12 proposed budget
4/7 Finance Committee FY11-12 Budget Workshop #2
4/12 Finance Committee public hearing at Fairhaven MS regarding FY11-12 proposed budget4/12 CMT meeting
4/12 Finance/Legislation Committee joint meeting on Living Wage proposal
4/14 Finance Committee FY11-12 Budget Workshop #3
4/21 BOA Regular Meeting (moved to Thurs for Passover.) NHPS Spring break - I will not attend
4/26 Library Board Meeting (I'm Aldermanic rep for 2011)
4/26 Finance Committee FY11-12 Budget Workshop #4
4/28 City Services and Environmental Policy Committee
5/2 BOA Regular Meeting
5/3 TFC Board meeting - monthly Tennis Center and Tournament meeting: New Haven Open at Yale is the new name (was Pilot Pen).
5/3 Finance Committee public hearing at City Hall regarding FY11-12 proposed budget
5/9 Legislation Committee
5/10 Finance Committee Budget Deliberations
5/12 Finance Committee Budget Deliberations
5/16 BOA Regular Meeting
5/17 City Services and Environmental Policy Committee
5/23 NHFPL Ribbon cutting for new renovations Main Library Lower Level
5/23 BOA Special Budget Meeting
5/24 Library Board Meeting (I'm Aldermanic rep for 2011)
5/31 Finance Committee
6/6 BOA Regular Meeting
6/7 TFC Board meeting - monthly Tennis Center and Tournament meeting: New Haven Open at Yale is the new name (was Pilot Pen).
6/13 Legislation Committee
6/21 CSEP Committee and Wall & High Streets workshop
6/22 BOA Committee of the Whole about Auto Tax Refunds
6/28 Library Board Meeting
7/5 BOA Regular Meeting
7/5 TFC Board meeting
7/11 Legislation Committee meeting
7/14 Legislation/Tax Abatement joint meeting
7/18 Finance/Public Safety committee meeting on COPS grant
7/19 CSEP public hearing and regular committee meeting
7/26 NHFPL board meeting
7/27 Finance committee meeting
8/1 BOA Regular meeting
8/8 Legislation Committee meeting
8/16 CSEP Committe meeting
8/24 Finance Committee meeting
8/25 TFC meeting with State Legislators
9/6 BOA Regular meeting
9/19 BOA Regular meeting
9/20 CSEP committee meeting
9/22 Finance Committee meeting
9/27 NHFPL board meeting
9/27 joint Finance/Education Committee meeting
9/28 Community Development Committee meeting on RT34 Project Resolution
9/29 RT 34/100 College Project Briefing
10/3 BOA Regular Meeting
10/4 TFC Board Meeting
10/7 NHFPL new branding meeting
10/11 Legislation Committee meeting
10/13 Comunity Development hearing for RT 34 Project
10/24 BOA Regular Meeting
10/25 NHFPL board meeting
10/26 Finance Committee meeting
11/10 BOA Regular Meeting (moved due to Election Day)
11/14 Legislation Committee meeting
11/15 CSEP Committee meeting
11/18 NHPD Chief swearing in ceremony
11/21 BOA Regular meeting
11/29 NHFPL board meeting
11/30 CSEP Committee meeting
11/30 Finance Committee meeting
12/1 Tide Gates/Edgewood Duck Pond pre-construction meeting
12/5 BOA Regular Meeting
12/12 Legislation Committee meeting
12/19 BOA Regular meeting (my last one)
