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		<title>4/5/12 Somerville Planning Board Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/18/events/4512-somerville-planning-board-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 5, 2012; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Agenda includes Assembly Square Blocks 1 and 4 and small changes to the Assembly Square PUD. Adopting the Somerville Comprehensive Plan may be deferred.]]></description>
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		<title>3/29/12  Somerville Joint Land Use/Housing and Community Development Committee Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/18/events/32912-somerville-joint-land-usehousing-and-community-development-committee-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/18/events/32912-somerville-joint-land-usehousing-and-community-development-committee-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 29, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] This is a joint meeting of the BOA Land Use and Housing and Community Development Committees. The agenda includes adopting the Somerville Comprehensive Plan.]]></description>
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		<title>11/22/11 Somerville Board of Assessors Public Hearing</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/11/20/city-finances/112211-somerville-board-of-assessors-public-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/11/20/city-finances/112211-somerville-board-of-assessors-public-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This public hearing will affect property tax percentages for fiscal year 2012, giving revenue implications of various rates. Every Somerville property owner will be affected by this hearing.]]></description>
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		<title>10/26/11 Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/10/23/events/102611-comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/10/23/events/102611-comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 26, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The group will review the draft comprehensive plan document and discuss the stakeholder's presentation.]]></description>
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		<title>9/19/11 Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/09/19/events/91911-comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/09/19/events/91911-comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ September 19, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The group will review the zoning change maps, begin to review the comprehensive plan draft document, and create a map describing future transportation improvements.]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville &#8220;Happiness Survey&#8221; Weighted Towards Wealthy</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/09/07/media/somerville-happiness-survey-weighted-towards-wealthy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/09/07/media/somerville-happiness-survey-weighted-towards-wealthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 6, 2011:  The City of Somerville has generously published the raw data spreadsheets from the much-touted &#8220;Happiness Survey&#8221; online.
The Community Access Project heard from low-income, disabled and senior residents, who felt excluded.  Instead of receiving a Happiness Survey included with our Street Census, we received a sheet of information heralding the new bike sharrows.
How [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trends in Parking Ticket Appeals: Uncovered</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/05/19/city-finances/trends-in-parking-ticket-appeals-uncovered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/05/19/city-finances/trends-in-parking-ticket-appeals-uncovered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 04:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@BarryRafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Watertown, MA resident Mark Pickering received a parking  citation  during a visit to a friend in nearby Somerville, he figured a  simple  letter to the Office of the Parking Clerk would result in a  scheduled  hearing or a ticket dismissal. Instead, he received an  anonymous note of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>4/6/11 BOA Finance Committee Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/04/03/events/4611-boa-finance-committee-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/04/03/events/4611-boa-finance-committee-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 6, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Convened to discuss the Assembly Row DIF Bond proposal. If Assembly Row is not developed to produce a high enough tax base, the city could end up repaying this bond from general funds.]]></description>
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		<title>3/31/11 Assembly Row DIF Bond Hearing</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/03/20/events/33111-assembly-row-dif-bond-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/03/20/events/33111-assembly-row-dif-bond-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 31, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] If Assembly Row is not developed to produce a high enough tax base, the city could end up repaying this bond from general funds.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>3/11 SomerVision Conversation on Comprehensive Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/02/20/events/311-somervision-conversation-on-comprehensive-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/02/20/events/311-somervision-conversation-on-comprehensive-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 1, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. March 15, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. March 28, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. March 31, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] These meetings provide an important opportunity to weigh in on the direction Somerville is setting for its future.]]></description>
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