Carla Wyman Benka

Precinct	Address	Email	Age	Active?	Term Expires	Party Affiliation
14	26 Circuit Road	rcvben@earthlink.net	68	Yes	2025	N

Recorded Votes

Appropriation for Driscoll School, Friedman Amendment capping expenditure at $98m, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

Appropriation for Driscoll School, Advisory Committee capping expenditure at $108.8m, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

Appropriation for Driscoll School, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Abstain

Authorization of the sale of the Oak Street properties near Baldwin School, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

Resolution requesting higher stipends for Select Board Members, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Resolution to request the maintenance of all street markings, including bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

Motion To Refer Discussion of a Real Estate Transfer Tax to the Land Bank Study Committee, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

Request for a Home Petition to Allow Brookline to Institute a Real Estate Transfer Tax for the Purpose of Funding Affordable Housing, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Resolution To Restrict Further e-Scooter Program/Pilots without the State Legislature Setting Regulations, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

Referral of Short Term Rental Regulation Discussions to the Town Planning Department for Continued Work, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

By-Law prohibiting new fossil fuel infrastructure in major construction, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

Motion to Refer the Renaming of the Coolidge Corner School to the Naming Committee for further deliberation, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

Rename the Coolidge Corner School the "Florida Ruffin Ridley School", November 2019 Special Town Meeting
Abstain

Rename the Coolidge Corner School the "Ethel Weiss School", November 2019, Special Town Meeting

Yes

Resolution pertaining to the Town's response to Climate Change, November 2019 Special Town Meeting

Yes

Home Rule Petition to allow 16 and 17 year-olds to vote in Town elections, November 2019 Second Special Town Meeting

To limit the hours of Marijuana Establishments in Brookline, November 2019 Third Special Town Meeting

Yes

To require recreational marijuana sales in Brookline to be exclusively by appointment only, November 2019 Third Special Town Meeting

Yes

To request that the Licensing Review Board create a study committee to understand the impacts and propose enhancements to the retail marijuana regulations, November 2019 Third Special Town Meeting

Resolution to request a new override vote to rebuild Driscoll, May 2019 Annual Town Meeting
Yes

Establish a WaldoDurgin Overlay District to Allow Mixed Use Development, May 2019 Annual Town Meeting
Yes

Establishment of a Parking Benefit District in Brookline Village , May 2019 Annual Town Meeting
No

Article to strengthen the enforcement of the Green Dog Program, May 2019 Annual Town Meeting
No

Article to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, May 2019 Annual Town Meeting
Abstain

An apology to Gerald Alston and commitment to do better, May 2019 Annual Town Meeting
No

A pledge to recognize the hurt caused by hate speech, and to recommit to a hate-free town, May 2019 Annual Town Meeting
Yes

Resolution in support of changing the Massachusetts flag and seal, May 2019 Annual Town Meeting
Abstain

Resolution regarding Newbury College, Special Town Meeting April 2019
Yes

Amend the Town's Zoning By-laws to modify density requirements for marijuana establishments, November 2018 Special Town Meeting
Yes

To grant an easement to the Boston Gas Company to install a gas line for Fire Station 6, November 2018 Special Town Meeting
Yes

Action to prohibit Non-Disclosure Agreements, November 2018 Special Town Meeting
No

Create Zoning for Marijuana Establishments, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Yes

Zoning Marijuana Establishments: Prohibition of Consumption Retailers in L Districts, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Yes

Zoning Marijuana Establishments: Prohibition of Retail Storefronts in L Districts, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Yes

Limiting the Maximum Number of Marijuana Retailers, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Yes

Renaming the Devotion School, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Abstain

Allowing an Override and Debt Exclusion Tax Exemption for Seniors, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Yes

Motion to Continue to Study Increasing Community Control over Police Surveillance and Militarization, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Article to Prohibit Non-Disclosure Agreements from the Town, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Restrict the Installation of Plastic Turf at Cypress Field, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Restrict the Installation of Plastic Turf at Cypress Field in High School Appropriation, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Restrict the Installation of Plastic Turf at Cypress Field without Further Town Meeting Action, Annual Town Meeting, May 2018

Biography

2018 League of Women Voters' Guide

Question 1: What town wide issue affects your precinct the most and how would you address it?
Question 2: Biographical data.

1. Precinct 13, like all other precincts, faces the challenge of accommodating growing school enrollments and preserving educational excellence while keeping Brookline affordable, maintaining economic diversity, and preserving the services that residents expect. Significant backlogs in road, sidewalk, and School and Town building repair and maintenance are of increasing concern. I have been committed to efforts that benefit the entire community and will continue to be directly and significantly involved in addressing these issues.

2. TMM since 2002. Vice-Chair, Town Advisory (Finance) Committee; Chair, Capital Subcommittee (Town and School capital projects); member, 9th School Ad Hoc and Long-Range Planning and Policy Subcommittees. Member, Town Zoning By-Law Review Committee, Town Naming Committee and Planning Board Strategic Asset Plan Subcommittee. Executive Board, Brookline Neighborhood Alliance; Steering Committee, Chestnut Hill Neighborhood Association. Former Preservation Planner for Brookline; former Heath PTO Co-President; parent of Heath and BHS graduate; former Trustee, Brookline Community Foundation.

Previous Election Results

2018 Result	Won
2018 Vote Total	313
2015 Result	Won
2015 Votes	386
2020 Result
2020 Vote