West Roxbury Neighborhood Council
Meeting Minutes – September
26, 2006
Comella’s Restaurant 1844 Centre Street
Brothers J.P. and Matt Comella of Comella's, an Italian restaurant
currently with two locations -- West Newton and Wellesley, are looking to open a third
location at the former Yankee Copy, 1844
Centre Street. They met with the WRNC to discuss their plans and get feedback. This
family run restaurant has no intention of applying for a beer or wine license. They will require a common victuallers (food
only) license. A large percentage of the
expected business will be take-out. They
plan to be open from 11:00 a.m.
until 9:00 p.m. seven days
a week.
A motion to
recommend the Licensing Board approves a common victualler’s license for
Comella’s at 1844 Centre Street
passed unanimously.
New Area E Police Captain James Hasson
Members of the Neighborhood
Council and meeting attendees welcomed Captain Hasson to West Roxbury. Captain
Hasson was previously at the Area B station in Roxbury. He plans to continue the work of his
predecessors at West Roxbury. Issues he has had to deal with since arriving
include teenage youth around Billings Field and Catholic Memorial
High School, and traffic
enforcement.
Council members requested that the Captain have someone in
his command periodically provide the Neighborhood
Council with police reports.
Captain Hasson stated that he was expecting a new computer program that
will provide up to date police reports and statistics and that he would share
the information with the Neighborhood Council.
Committee Reports
Zoning
At a meeting of the Zoning Advisory Committee held on September 20, 2006, the
Committee considered the following proposals and reports as follows:
1680 VFW
Parkway: Proposal to erect a free standing
sign at the new car wash. The owner
worked with the local neighborhood on the sign placement and lighting. The sign will be three feet by ten feet and be
raised thirteen feet off the ground.
There was no opposition. RECOMMEND
APPROVAL
A motion to recommend approval passed unanimously.
New Business
Gordon Woods
Gordon Woods is a condominium project proposed for the
location of the old Star of David Nursing home at 1100 VFW Parkway. The plan includes 42 units housed in three,
four story buildings. Cars will enter
and exit from VFW Parkway. The project has been approved by the Boston
Redevelopment Authority. Work is
expected to start this spring.
Thanks to Ryan Fitzgerald of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services
Ryan was thanked by two residents who live on Libby Street for
his help with a variance issue and by another attendee for getting the volume
of the locator tone for the crosswalk buttons at Corey and Centre turned down. This is not the walk signal tone, it is a locator
tone that constantly beeps and was loud enough to be heard from the resident’s
back porch.
West Roxbury Main Streets Sweet Success
Gala
The gala will be held October 21st from 7:00 p.m. until midnight at Roxbury Latin
School. It will be catered by the Masona Grill with
entertainment by EJ Oulette & Crazy Maggy.
For tickets and additional information go to www.wrms.org.
Cap on Boston
Beer and Wine Licenses
The number of beer and wine licenses that can be issued by
the City of Boston
is limited by the State Legislature. Boston is currently at its
limit and cannot issue any more licenses.
The City has requested the Legislature raise the limit.
Election of Officers
Election of officers for the 2006-2007 Neighborhood Council session will be held at the
October meeting.
Attendance:
Jerry Carlson, Kathleen Colby, Larry Costello, Bill
McDonough, Kathleen Ryan, Tony Saroufim, Judy Settana, Steve Smith, Don Torok
(Minutes prepared by Don Torok)
The West Roxbury Neighborhood
Council meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Area E Police
Station. The public is encouraged to
attend. These and prior West Roxbury Neighborhood Council minutes are available on the internet
at http://members.aol.com/lcostello/wrnc/.
