Incoming Senate President Stan Rosenberg recently organized a briefing for Senators on the state’s economic and fiscal outlook. The presentations (which are attached below with permission of the authors and Senator Rosenberg) were sobering.
Budget
budget and local aid updates, community preservation act, financial outlook, local aid policy, priorities/requests, resources, revenue, taxes
Silver Maple Forest
The important land at Alewife Reservation is in imminent danger of being razed and developed, which not only annihilates an irreplaceable piece of nature, but also apparently leaves surrounding residential areas more vulnerable to severe flooding. Please intervene, see postings at the Friends of Alewife Reservation website.
Pension/OPEB obligations
Roger Wrubel expresses concern about pensions and Other Post-Employment Benefit obligations in Belmont, and asks what can be done at the state level to control these obligations.
September 2014 MyRWA Clean Water Campaign Committee
Karen Grossman of the MyRWA Clean Water Campaign reports on recent improvements in the Charles River and the upcoming annual meeting of the Mystic River Watershed Association.
We’re number…….46???? Are we really that bad at managing our infrastructure?
Rich Carlson expresses concern about Massachusetts’ comparative state rankings on highways and road infrastructure.
FY15 Chapter 90 Summary – Municipal Roads
FY15 Chapter 90 highway funding totals for Senator Brownsberger’s constituent communities. Although higher levels of Chapter 90 highway funding may be available in the future, the FY15 state budget has the same overall $200 million allocation that has been authorized for the three previous fiscal years.