| July 19, 2005
| Andrew Gottlieb has scheduled a meeting of this committee for July 26 at his office. He plans to look for commitments toward actions rather than just reports. It’s unclear exactly who will attend, but one commitment is from Dan Grabauskas to be there. |
| August 23, 2005
| Andrew Gottlieb and Jim Hunt convened a meeting of the committee that included representatives of the MBTA, the MTA, DCR, BRA, BWSC, and BGwT, Reps. Rushing and Walz and an aide to Sen. Wilkerson, as well as public attendees from CWRA and Citywide GET. There was a commitment that this would be a true working group with assigned tasks to be completed by the next meeting in September. |
| October 11, 2005
| The Memorandum of Understanding formally established the City-State Groundwater Working Group which will meet at least quarterly to share information and coordinate efforts on the groundwater problem. The group, chaired by Jim Hunt and Andrew Gottlieb, will have its first formal meeting on Oct. 28. It succeeds the informal group that has met twice under their chairmanship. Already, there is a significant increase in information sharing among the agencies. |
| November 17, 2005
| The Working Group had its first formal meeting on Oct. 28. In what will be the standard pattern for the group, I gave a presentation on what our latest readings were indicating. I also highlighted those areas that are showing the lowest groundwater readings, as well as those showing significant changes. The different agencies went through highlights of their current plans, as described below. The Working Group laid out its quarterly meeting schedule for the next year, with the next meeting set for Jan. 12. |
| January 11, 2006
| The Working Group will meet again tomorrow. We will again lead off the agenda with an update on current conditions. Other agenda items include updates from BWSC on its capital planning, from the MBTA on plans for the St. Charles Street area and on its capital improvement plan groundwater expenditure, from DCR on the Storrow Drive underpass, from the MTA on apparent problem areas in East Boston, the North End, and along Herald Street, and from the BRA about the Groundwater Conservation Overlay District zoning. |
| February 15, 2006
| The Working Group met on Jan. 12. The group continues to exchange information, with all parties sending high level staff. The Commissioner of DCR addressed the group about the Storrow Drive project. Details from the agencies are listed below. |
| March 22, 2006
| The Working Group will meet again on April 13. Information continues to be exchanged between meetings. |
| April 27, 2006
| The Working Group met on April 13. The attendance remains excellent, with all parties engaged in open and serious discussion of the issues. Specific agency reports are included below. |
| February 15, 2007
| Ian Bowles, the new Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, attended the January meeting of the Working Group and expressed the new administration’s support for the group. Last week, Jim Hunt, Nancy Grilks, and I met with Phil Griffiths, the new undersecretary, who will be cochairing the Working Group to update him on how it has been working. |
| March 22, 2007
| The Technical Advisory Committee to the Working Group will be meeting twice in the near future. One meeting will be to evaluate the potential recharge systems to be installed as part of the Storrow Drive reconstruction project and the other to review and advise on alternate proposals for increasing groundwater levels in the South End near Back bay Station. These meetings showcase additional ways in which this City-State collaboration has been critical in addressing the groundwater problem. |
| April 23, 2007
| The Working Group will be meeting again on Thursday. The Technical Advisory Committee of the Working Group has been meeting to advise on the St. Charles Street and Storrow Drive projects. |
| May 14, 2007
| The Working Group met again on April 26. Attendance remains excellent, with all groups showing continued cooperation. |
| June 21, 2007
| The Working Group will be meeting again on July 26. |
| August 2, 2007
| The Working Group met again on July 26. Attendance continues to be excellent. Details of the reports are under the agencies below. |
| October 25, 2007
| The Working Group met this afternoon. Attendance and cooperation remain excellent. Specific information from each agency is below. |
| November 29, 2007
| The Working Group is scheduled to meet again on January 24. |
| December 20, 2007
| The Working Group is scheduled to meet again on January 24. |
| January 31, 2008
| The Working Group met on January 24. The level of cooperation and information interchange remains high. Individual reports are summarized under the agencies below. |
| April 29, 2008
| The group met again this month. Although attendance was somewhat less than usual, cooperation remains excellent, with all parties sharing information and efforts. Details are included under the individual agency reports. |
| July 31, 2008
| The group met again last week. Attendance and cooperation remain exemplary. Details are reported under each entity below. |
| October 27, 2008
| The group met again last week. As always, attendance was excellent as was the information exchange. Details from individual agencies are below. |
| November 20, 2008
| The group will meet again in January. |
| December 18, 2008
| The group will meet again in January. |
| January 29, 2009
| The Group met again last week. Attendance and, more importantly, participation continues to be excellent. Information from individual agencies is included in reports below. |
| March 2, 2009
| The Group will meet again in April. |
| March 26, 2009
| The Group will meet again in April. |
| April 29, 2009
| The Group met on April 16. Attendance and participation by all of the constituent groups remains excellent. Specific details are included under the agencies below. |
| May 28, 2009
| The Group will meet again in July. |
| June 29, 2009
| The Group will meet again in July. |
| July 30, 2009
| The Group met on July 23. Participation remains excellent. Details from participants are listed below. |
| August 26, 2009
| The group will meet again in October. |
| September 24, 2009
| The group will meet again in October. |
| October 27, 2009
| The Group met on October 22. As always, attendance and cooperation were excellent. Detailed information is included under the individual entities below. |
| November 19, 2009
| The Group will meet again on January 28. |
| December 21, 2009
| The Group will meet again on January 28. |
| January 21, 2010
| The Group will meet again on January 28. |
| February 12, 2010
| The Group met on January 28. As always, participation and cooperation were excellent. Details of reporting from Group members are below. |
| March 18, 2010
| The Working Group will meet again on April 15. |
| April 16, 2010
| The Working Group met on April 15. Details are under the organizations below. |
| May 20, 2010
| The Working Group will meet next on July 22. |
| June 18, 2010
| The Working Group will meet next on July 22. |
| July 29, 2010
| The Working Group met on July 22. As always, attendance and participation were excellent. Details of particular agency reports are listed under the agency heading below. |
| September 16, 2010
| The Working Group will meet again on October 28. |
| October 19, 2010
| The Working Group will meet again on October 28. |
| November 18, 2010
| The Working Group met on October 28. As always, attendance was excellent and there was a really good exchange of information. Details from the agencies reporting are listed below. |
| December 17, 2010
| The Working Group will meet again on January 20. |
| January 27, 2011
| The Working Group met on January 20. Attendance and participation, as always, were excellent. Details from the agency reports are included below. |
| March 24, 2011
| The Working Group will meet again on April 28. |
| April 29, 2011
| The Working Group met yesterday. Attendance was a little lighter than usual, but all agencies except the MBTA were represented. Details below. |
| May 26, 2011
| The Working Group will meet again in July. |
| June 23, 2011
| The Working Group will meet again in July. |
| July 21, 2011
| The Working Group will meet again next week. |
| August 29, 2011
| The Working Group met on July 28. As always, participation was excellent. Information from individual agencies is summarized below. |
| September 22, 2011
| The Working Group will meet again on October 27. |
| October 28, 2011
| The Working Group met yesterday. In addition to reports from individual agencies as detailed below, we received a briefing from BTD on the City’s Complete Streets initiative and how it ties in to recharge possibilities. |
| November 17, 2011
| The Working Group will meet again in January. |
| December 19, 2011
| The Working Group will meet again in January. |
| January 19, 2012
| The Working Group will meet again in January. |
