[Richard Caraviello]: First regular meeting of the Medford City Council of Medford Mass, October 10th, 2017. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Councilor Dello Russo? Present. Councilor Falco? Councilor Knight? Present.
[Clerk]: Councilor Lohnberg? Present. Vice President Marks? Present. Councilor Scarpelli? Present. President Caraviello?
[Richard Caraviello]: Present. Please rise and salute the flag. Aye. for all. 17433 Annie's Pizzeria, Middlesex Avenue, Medford. Special permit, 90 day review, October 10, 2017. We have Mr. Bavuso, the code enforcement officer from the city. Mr. Bavuso. Have there been any complaints or problems at any pizzeria to your knowledge?
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_05]: No, sir, there is not.
[Richard Caraviello]: There have been no complaints. Does anyone have any questions for Mr. Bavuso? Councilor Dello Russo?
[Fred Dello Russo]: I do not have any questions for Mr. Bavuso. I motion that there being no complaints found, that we continue their permit unabated.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Dello Russo, that we move to the next stage of the day, which is another hour and another 90 days. Seconded by? Seconded by Councilor McLaren. All those in favor? Aye. Motion passes. Motion by Councilor Scarpelli for suspension of the rules. Seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor?
[Fred Dello Russo]: Aye.
[Richard Caraviello]: Petitions, presentations, and similar matters, 17694, petition for a common fixture license by James Leo for Wakeman's Massachusetts Inc., 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway, Medford. The file was handed over to the licensing chairman, which is Councilor Scarpelli.
[George Scarpelli]: Thank you, Mr. President. I find all the paperwork in order, and I move to accept and move forward with this.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Scott Beally, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor? Aye. Motion passes. Thank you. Congratulations. 17695, a petition for common fictional license by Gary Hardin, 235 West Third Street, Unit 3, Boston, Mass, 02127, for Meese Place, LLC, doing business as Rose's Roast Beef and Pizza, 51 High Street, Medford, Mass. Name and address of the record, please. Name and address of the record, please.
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_06]: My name and address? Yes. Gary Harden, 235 Western Third Street, South Austin. Thank you. Mass 02127.
[George Scarpelli]: Thank you. Councilor Scarpelli, you have the file. I do. Thank you, Mr. President. I find all the papers in order. So this is just a few questions to the petitioner. This is just a transfer. You're taking over. Are you maintaining the same business? So nothing's changing? No change. You understand the work hours and what we have for your hours of operations. Okay, I find everything in order, Mr. President. Move forward accepting this petition.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Scarpelli, seconded by Councilor Knight. All in favor?
[George Scarpelli]: Aye.
[Richard Caraviello]: Motion passes. Thank you very much, good luck. Thank you, good luck. Dear Mr. President, City Councilors, I respectfully request and recommend that your Honorable Body approves the appropriation of free cash in the amount of $10,000 to fund the purchase of cameras for code enforcement in compliance with Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 148A, Code Enforcement Officer Section 5, Fines, Penalties, and Assessment. The balance of free cash before this vote is $7 million. $823,993. The revised free cash as of 6-30-17 has not been certified by the state at the time. City Commissioner John Bavuso is here to present and answer any of the Council's questions regarding this matter. Mr. Bavuso. Councilor Lungo-Koehn.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Thank you, President Caraviello. Thank you, Mr. Ravuto, for coming to explain this. Maybe just a little more detail about what type of cameras, how many we're purchasing, what they're going to do. Just a little more detail.
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_05]: Absolutely. Three high quality commercial grade infrared night vision cameras that are what they call quick deploy. It means that we can set them up and move them very simply. They're self-contained. They come with a router. They transmit to our cellular data network. They'll be monitored at the police station, and hopefully we'll get a receiver at City Hall in the near future.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: And if you could, what's the reasoning for getting the cameras? What are we going to be doing with them?
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_05]: We're going to monitor. We have a lot of dumping sites throughout the city that happens. We have some favorite sites that go in. We've had a few problems downtown recently with Uh, small thievery, petty stuff. Some elderly people have been slightly harassed by the people hanging out in the square. So we hope that they have the cameras. We'll be able to let us see anybody caught in the act of bothering somebody or stealing anything, any criminal activity.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: So there'll be portable and we'll be able, you'll be able to move them around and that's correct. Great. Thank you.
[Adam Knight]: Councilor Knife. Mr. President, thank you very much, Mr. Babuso. Thank you for that presentation. Ultimately, Mr. President, this council has requested the purchase of portable security cameras for the purpose of code enforcement on numerous occasions in the past. Here we have an opportunity to appropriate the funding to make that a reality and move approval.
[Michael Marks]: Thank you. Vice President Marks. Thank you, Mr. President. As Councilman Knight just mentioned, this has been a request of this council for the past several years, and I would hope that, I know these are portable, But I would hope that one of the first stops will be Commercial Street and the dumping that has taken place on Commercial Street over the years. And I would hope that would be one of the first stops.
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_05]: It is absolutely high on the list. Yes, it is.
[Michael Marks]: That area is notorious for all sorts of garbage refrigerators, you name it, sofas, everything shows up on that street because it's poorly lit at night and there's not much traffic there at all. It's a constant problem. I support this wholeheartedly, Mr. President.
[George Scarpelli]: Thank you, Mr. President. Again, I follow my colleagues in this endeavor. I think that what we'll get back in fines and penalties would be tenfold, and I think it would be automatically. So I appreciate your work in making this come to fruition, and I support this wholeheartedly. Thank you.
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_05]: Thank you, Councilor. I believe this is just a start. I think that what we're going to get from these three cameras is going to show us how valuable they are. That's great. Thank you.
[John Falco]: Councilor Falco. Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. Bavuzzo, thank you very much for your report as well. Um, I, this is something I support a hundred percent. Uh, we've needed this for a long time and I know this council has talked about this repeatedly. Um, I just have a quick question. As far as the cameras go, I mean, how many, we're starting off with three. I mean, ideally do you think we could use more?
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_05]: Ideally could and then these are high-quality camera. They are about $3,000 a little more than $3,000 each So we'd like to get the cameras and use make sure they're working up to our expectations Begin collecting some money back for them.
[John Falco]: Okay, great And as far as um, you know, it's fine just thinking as far as the future goes and from a budgeting perspective Do you know what the life expectancy is for one of these cameras, especially if they're outside? I mean, I'm just you know, is this something they have to purchase on a pretty regular basis? I
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_05]: I don't know what the life expectancy is. A company that we're contracted to does all the maintenance and warranty work on them. So again, it's a high quality commercial grade camera that used throughout the city of Boston, the city of Somerville. So we have looked at that. I don't know what the life period is, but they're made for exposure to the elements.
[John Falco]: Okay. It's okay. I mean, uh, this is, I think a great initiative. I'm glad to see that we're moving forward with it and move approval. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: Councilor Dello Russo. Second. Councilor Lungo-Koehn.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Just one quick question. You said there's going to be a router and the video will come up at the police station? Yes. So if you find out there was dumping, then your office building department would go to the police station to review the footage?
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_05]: Absolutely.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Okay. So that's how it's going to work. We're not going to have somebody sitting there and reviewing hours long data. It's just going to be if something happened, then we'll know.
[cCMLP2REW0g_SPEAKER_05]: Exactly, it'll be recorded so we can back up the time frame and see who was there.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Figured, but I just want to be clear. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Falco, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor? Aye. Excuse me, roll call vote is requested, is required.
[Clerk]: Councilor Dello Russo? Yes. Councilor Falco? Yes. Councilor Knight? Yes. Councilor Lungo-Koehnan? Yes. Vice President Marks? Yes. Councilor Scott Deli? Yes.
[Richard Caraviello]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you very much. 17 699 dear President Caraviello and members of the city council. I respectfully request that the council endorse an approval of food trucks for the Brooks PTO fundraiser that will be held at the Brooks Elementary School on October 22, 2017. Thank you for your consideration. Stephanie and Bergman. Councilor Dello Russo? Move approval. On the motion by Councilor Marks, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor? Motion passes. Motion to revert back to regular business by Councilor Scarpelli, seconded by Councilor Falco. All those in favor? Motion passes. 17-684 offered by Councilor Knight being resolved that the Medford City Council request that the administration expand upon its Adopt-a-Site program to include the grass islands extending from South Border Road to Lawrence Road. Councilor Knight.
[Adam Knight]: Mr. President, thank you very much. As we've seen throughout the community, the Adopt-a-Site program has been very successful in certain locations. Along Lawrence Road and Governor's Avenue, Mr. President, if you take a look, you will see that some of the islands are adopted and some aren't. So we have one island that looks great, another island that doesn't look so great, one island that looks great, another island that doesn't look so great. So there's a little bit of inconsistency there, Mr. President. We have a very successful framework in place, and I'm asking the administration to see if they can seek volunteers to go there and adopt that site, Mr. President, so that we can beautify the neighborhood a little bit more. There's some inconsistencies along that stretch of roadway, and I think that this will do a lot for curb appeal.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Knight, seconded by Councilor Falco. All those in favor? Motion passes. 17-685 offered by Vice President Mox. Be it resolved that the city administration provide the council with an update on the water leak detection program. Vice President Mox.
[Michael Marks]: Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, this is probably the third time I've offered this as a council resolution. that we receive an update on the proposal that was submitted by this administration back I think it was roughly a year ago myself and I know there were a couple other members of the City Council attended a meeting up here that talked about purchasing a device on behalf of the community that would be able to gauge where leaks are coming from. and to have a systematic approach to replacing the water pipes where they're leaking in order to save the beleaguered ratepayers some money, Mr. President. So I ask, my first request is to ask where we stand on the leak detection program that was proposed to this council some time back. It's also, Mr. President, to once again ask that we take a full look at our infrastructure when it comes to water and sewer. Just for the edification of the viewing audience, the water for 2017 this year was assessed at $6,432,219. That is no increase over 2016. On the suicide for 2017, the assessment was $11,878,789. That was an increase of $525,541, which is a 4.6% increase over 2016 on the suicide. And the combined assessment that the rate payers in this community, every taxpayer is paying for, is a water and sewer assessment is $18,311,008. And of which we also add in the expense of the water and sewer division, which is $5,635,854 bringing the total budget for water and sewer for 2017 to $23,946,862. The reason why I bring this up tonight, Mr. President, as we all know, the MWRA back, I believe it was about a year ago, stated that Medford had approximately 20% for unaccounted for water in the community. And as part of unaccounted for water, that consists of leaks that are taking place, and that's why I'm calling for an update on the leak detection program. It also takes into consideration other usage in the community that's not needed right now, which are many of our hydrants throughout the community. And it also takes into consideration and accounted for water, the municipal and school side, Mr. President, which used to be part of their budget respectively. So the schools would pay for a water and sewer bill depending on the water they used. And the last figure I received, uh, and this is from 2017, I believe the school side, uh, based on a tier two system, uh, their water and sewer bill was $190,457. Now we all know that that used to be part of the school department budget and back some years ago, They took it out of the budget and stopped considering it an operating expense and just passed it off to the ratepayers on the water and sewer side as unaccounted for. But indeed, Mr. President, it's not unaccounted for. It is needed. We know where the water's coming from. And in my opinion, it sends out an awful message. when we're talking about conservation and ways to better utilize our resources, when you have a school department or a municipality that really doesn't pay for the water and sewer because they pass the burden on to the rate payer, I think sends an awful message, Mr. President. And it should be accounted for under the accounting principles within a budget. So according to the MWRA, 20% of our water that we take in, 20% of that $6,432,219 is unaccounted for water. That's roughly $1,200,000 in unaccounted for water, of which about $393,000, almost $400,000 is from the municipal and the school side. in 800,000 of leaks that are happening under our roads, Mr. President, and things that we really need to have a leak detection program in order to cut that cost down and pass that savings onto the ratepayers. And so tonight, Mr. President, I ask that we, first of all, get an update on the leak detection program, where it stands right now. I once again ask, and I've asked a half a dozen times, that water and sewer need to be included, Mr. President, in the operating budget of both the municipal and the school sides. That should happen without any say. That should be an automatic, Mr. President. If we're going to ask ratepayers to, depending on what tier they fall in, If they use less water, they can save on their bill and also conserve. We should also be demanding the same from the municipality and from the school side. That should be a given. So I would ask that it be included back into the operating expense for the water for the schools and for City Hall. As part of that $400,000 I alluded to, the schools was $190,000. The municipal buildings, about 43,000. Irrigation, which is probably 95%. Our parks is 152,000. And then in our different fire stations throughout the community, a little over 6,000, Mr. President. So if you add that up, it comes to about 393,000, almost 400,000 in water and sewer consumption that we know where it's coming from. It's needed, and it should be part of an operating expense, Mr. President. So I'd put that in the form of a motion that we get a response back on those questions immediately on behalf of the ratepayers of this community, Mr. President, that are paying thousands of dollars in water sewer a year. And if there's a way we can save money through I&I inflow in an account just for that purpose. The water and sewer enterprise account was created for that purpose, to offset rates. This is the state legislature that created it, not myself, not this council, to offset rates and to do infrastructure improvements. What better improvement, Mr. President, to tighten up a system that rate payers are paying millions of dollars a year for unaccounted for water and for INI, inflow and infiltration. What better use of that money? I don't know anyone that would stand up against that, Mr. President. Instead, that money is sitting in an account, just sitting there. And every day that goes by is an injustice to every resident in this community that's paying a water and sewer bill, as far as I'm concerned, Mr. President. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you, Mr. Vice President. On the motion by Vice President Marks, seconded by Councilor Lockern. All those in favor? Aye. Motion passes. 17-686 offered by Councilor Lungo-Koehn, be it resolved that once the free cash from last year is certified, that a portion of it be used to hire an outside company to help the Medford City Council update the City of Medford zoning laws. Councilor Lungo-Koehn.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Thank you, President Caraviello. I think this is something that we had asked for to be funded one way or another several months back. I believe there was one maybe subcommittee meeting on it, but I think it's something that needs to be done. I then asked a question of, can we work on our zoning one section at a time? I know we're the ones that, which update the ordinances, but we were told in a written decision that that would be spot zoning, but we are going to be approached with a number of projects coming down the line, which almost seems similar to that. And I think it's something that, We need to have a commitment by the administration to hire an outside company to help guide us through this process. I think we're all capable of going street by street and deciding which zoning changes we should make, but to handle this, which is gonna take, from what I understand, multiple years to do. I know the city of Somerville, it took a couple years to get through the process. We need some guidance and we need some commitment by the administration so we can move forward and get this done. Hopefully it will be something that, you know, can be worked on once the funding is there at the beginning of the year by whoever may sit behind this rail. But it's a project that we've all spoken in favor of doing, and it's something that needs to be done. So I ask that a portion be set aside. She wants us to research different companies and the costs. I'm sure we are capable of doing that. I think we need a commitment first that yes, we are, the administration's willing to put money aside so that we're able to do this.
[Richard Caraviello]: Councilor Scarpelli.
[George Scarpelli]: Thank you, Mr. President. I thank my colleague for bringing this issue forward. I know that this has been one of the biggest questions as we go street to street and talking to residents and asking questions about our zoning laws and our ordinances. I think that months back, when we first brought this issue up, one of the biggest concerns was the amount of money that a consultant would cost. And I think we need that consultant. I think it's time that we do that. But as neighboring communities have done, something that I've mentioned here in the past, they've used the Metropolitan Planning Council, that kind of set an agenda that they could follow to look at our our changing of zoning laws. So I'd like to call for a meeting with maybe possibly bring in the Metropolitan Planning Council, a subcommittee meeting or a community of the whole meeting to bring that organization into just to ask them for some guidance in what they've done with other communities that had similar issues that we have here in Medford that some of our zoning and most of our zoning haven't been looked at in over 30 years. I second my colleague's resolve, and I'd like to make an amendment to that, if she doesn't mind, that we call for a meeting with maybe a committee of the whole meeting relatively soon. I know it's been a very difficult time for scheduling, but maybe set something up with a consultant from the Metropolitan Planning Council and ask them for some guidance. We're already a member of the council, and It's, it's free to us. So I think that that might be an avenue that we could research and move forward with. So again, I thank, thank council for bringing that forward.
[Richard Caraviello]: Councilor Knight.
[Adam Knight]: Mr. President, thank you very much. This certainly has been a topic that's been brought up before and in previous times when the issue was brought up. Um, I, I had a question and the question was, what are we trying to accomplish? We're going to re we want to review our zoning laws, but what is it that we want to try to accomplish? And that started a conversation, Mr. President. And, um, The subcommittee on zoning and ordinances has met a number of times, more than once, to discuss this very issue, Mr. President. And one of the things that we've been doing is trying to develop goals and develop criteria for further debate and discussion as to what we feel is going to be important to put Medford in a position to be successful as we grow up. One of the items that we've been discussing was the ability to ensure that we continue to generate between 1.25 and 1.5% new growth annually. Another item that we've been looking upon, Mr. President, is the ability to expand upon commercially zoned parcels to ensure an equitable residential tax rate, an equitable shift of the residential tax burden to the commercial side. We've also discussed the possibilities that we have to meet and exceed the state established thresholds for affordable housing. protecting the neighborhood's integrity and the historical assets in our community, as well as a few things that we're looking into with the technical assistance from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council with the draft plan to revitalize Method Square and soon to be work on the revitalization of Mystic Avenue, Mr. President. So there are a couple of items that are in the works here, and there's been a conversation that's been ongoing on this current topic. And I think it was the desire of the subcommittee to establish these criteria, to go through the whole entire process, and then to report the paper out to the council. And once we have that paper ready to further debate and deliberate, we can send it to the administration and say, these are the goals we want to accomplish. What's it going to cost to get it done? So that's where we are in the process, Mr. President. I thank the council for putting the measure forward. I think it's a good idea. We've done a lot of work on it, and we're going to continue to work on it, and we're going to continue to make this happen. Thank you.
[John Falco]: Councilor Falco. Thank you, Mr. President. And I thank council Longo for bringing this forward. It's an important issue that impacts the quality of life of all residents throughout our city. You know, zoning is one of the biggest responsibilities we have here on the council and zoning hasn't been looked at. And I think it's close to 50 years and it needs to be looked at. And, uh, and I, and I, I did offer a paper on this earlier in the term, uh, with regard to, uh, having someone, uh, come in from the outside and take a look at, and you know, that paper did get moved to subcommittee where we have been looking at it and meeting on it. And, um, you know, uh, but I do think it's important to continue the conversation to make sure that we keep it in the forefront. So, um, you know, I, I do support the resolution. I, I, I'm not sure as far as the next step, if we already have a resolution in subcommittee, what the next step would be. I mean, I do support the resolution. I think it's, it needs to be looked at without a doubt. Um, but, uh, so I do, I do support, uh, both resolutions fully. Thank you. Vice president Mox.
[Michael Marks]: Thank you, Mr. President. Um, you know, I, I first, let me say, I appreciate the role of the zoning subcommittee. They've done yeoman's work on this particular issue. And as councilor Falco just alluded to, uh, this is something that really has been ignored for a lot of years in this community. And in my opinion, it's going to merit to bring in a consultant that handles zoning on a day-to-day and can advise us on what our steps are as a community. The only thing I'd state, and I realize this is something that's in subcommittee, is I think this issue is much larger than just a paper before a subcommittee. I think this issue, Mr. President, impacts every walk of life in this community. And as we all know, zoning is the lifeline of a community. And I think it's important while we saw in Cambridge the growth and expansion in Cambridge, we're witnessing it now in Somerville, which, you know, they probably don't have another piece of land to build on. We're experiencing it now in the city. We're going through it right now. And I think we have to react quicker than what we're doing. And it's no reflection on any one particular individual or any particular body in this community, but I think we really have to react. And I think it's prudent to bring in a consultant that will sit down with this council and tell us where we begin. It's great to get feedback, and that feedback can continue while this process happens. But to sit back and wait for recommendations at this point, you know, the horse is already out of the barn. We're experiencing the growth right now. We're attending the ZBA meetings. We're hearing residents stand up and say, I don't want that particular development in my neighborhood based on the lack of parking, based on there's no setback, based on height, based on a number of things, Mr. President, that is concerning. You know, when you look at other communities, they're incorporated right within their zoning ordinances, car share. I believe Cambridge and Somerville have a car share program. So when projects come in in thickly settled areas in Cambridge, Somerville, and many other communities, it's part of their zoning that requires car share, which we refer to. as the zip cars, Mr. President. You know, there's also solar share that's brought up, and many new initiatives now, when it comes to residential and commercial building and so forth, also calls for a solar share, as well as a car share. And there's a lot of initiatives that we could include within our zoning ordinances to help alleviate some of the concern that we're hearing, at least I'm hearing, from residents when I go to these meetings about the fact that these projects don't fit the very fabric of their neighborhood. And it's incumbent upon us. We have, I'd say, two major jobs. One set in the city budget, or approved in the city budget, and the second one is zoning, in my opinion. They go hand in hand. And we'd be remiss if we sat back any longer while this city's gonna go through a building boom and is experiencing right now single families turning into three, four, five units. It's happening throughout the community. You know, a lot that was built with a single family home, as we saw in the Lawrence estates, turns into two giant homes. These are the concerns that I hear from residents and we have to have a way as a council to say, you know what, We're not Cambridge. We're not Somerville. We want to make sure whatever happens in our community is something that we can all agree upon. And whatever new growth happens, whatever direction we go in, that it's going to be sensible for this community. And that people are going to rest assured that when they moved to this community, they moved here for a reason, because of our open space, because of our schools, because of our parks, because of all the natural resources of this community. And I don't want to lose that very fabric that I think people move to this community for. So again, I support this whole heartily. I know it's been offered a number of times by other members of the council to bring someone on board, whether it's MPAC or whether it's any other organization or a private consultant. Really, it doesn't matter to me as long as we bring in an expert that can guide us along this very arduous process of really looking through hundreds and hundreds of pages of local zoning that Thank you, Mr. Vice President.
[Cheryl Rodriguez]: I'm glad that we're talking about zoning and I hope that we move past talking, but when we look for someone to bring in, we need to make sure that that group is independent and non-biased. We need to make sure that the zoning reforms that we make are Medford-centric and benefit Medford. Everyone talked about all the development that's happening in the city, but what I heard was residential, residential, residential. What's different between our development and Somerville and Cambridge's development is that they are very conscious of maintaining a balance of commercial and residential and making sure that they're able to support the infrastructure, the increased needs, the quality of life items that residents require and should have. So I think that's really important. We need to think about that as we move forward. I haven't spoke to one single resident that said, I really hope they sell the house next door to me and put up an apartment building. But we have people living in homes right now that are in apartment zones that that very thing could happen. And if you've ever seen a resident who's heard that there's going to be a 12-unit building shading their home, it's very traumatizing. And there's nothing that we can do because of the way that the zoning is written. Right now, what's happening as we're waiting, this is already happening. People, developers are coming, they're proposing what they want to do, they're going to the ZBA, they're getting multiple, multiple variances. And we see that when you have variances in commercial areas where you add residential, that it can cause problems adding commercial in later. We had a Dog for Days group that couldn't come in because they were abutting an apartment building. We had a meeting about the Wegmans and there were resident concerns about loading dock hours because the residents were there. So I'm very cautious about what happens with Mystic Ave. Of course, the first proposal that came out was 500 units of apartments on Mystic Avenue, dead center of nine parcels, which will impact our ability to develop commercially. And we need to stop being the city where developers believe that they can come in and make their own zoning because we haven't updated the zoning. So they're just gonna change it and do what they want, and we're gonna be left running behind.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you.
[McKillop]: Good evening, David McKillop, 94 Rockland Road. As far as the zoning goes, the only thing I would caution is that we actually have an understanding as to which direction we'd like to take the city as opposed to the zoning advisors coming in and telling us which direction to go. The reason why I say that is because as any situation, if it's driven by tax and tax base, then you're going to see a lot of conversation about high rises and higher up condominiums. When we're really trying to see what we can do about addressing the downtown areas and trying to keep the characters of those areas. And there are certain areas of the city I'm sure that can actually be developed like Mystic Ave, mixed use, whatever it is that we want to do. But we have to have an understanding as a city in itself before this advisor comes in and we really should be able to tell them which direction we'd like the city to go and how do we get there as opposed to them telling us we think this is the way the city should go and this is how it's going to increase your tax base and this is what it's going to do to the city. So that's the one big thing that I would caution everyone to, you know, come together, figure out which direction the city should take and which direction it should go with all the five downtowns, with all the areas that we feel we can develop, whether it should be strictly a high rise or it should be mixed use. Uh, I believe that, you know, we've got to address the middle class and what we can do about affordability and housing in the respect to that, not just low income as far as well. So, Those issues are something that we need to go to the table with and making sure that we understand this is the direction we want Medford to go. How do we get there? Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Name and address of the record please.
[Joyce Paul]: Hi, Joyce Paul, 8 Mason Street. I was at the last city council meeting and I went to the CPA meeting Wednesday. And Michael Marks, Councilor Marks, had brought up three things that I thought were very basic. And he talked about the basics, the roads, the sidewalks, and getting a crossing, not guard, but a crossing thing that doesn't disappear in six months. And that's a very big basic. So when I went to the CPA meeting, I asked them, You know, they say, well, we can't do this and that. And I said, I understand that you can't do this and you can't do that. But if there's any way you could do any of the basic things that we need, it makes more sense than coming up with something that maybe we don't really need, or at least we don't need before the basics. So whether they will do it or not, I don't know. But I did bring it up. And as far as the housing, and I'm very, very concerned about the housing. A few years ago, I tried to help someone get senior housing, and it was impossible. And I talked to the person who was the head of senior housing, and they had gotten about a four-unit housing for grandparents who had custody of their children because the children were sick. There was a woman, and she had multiple sclerosis, and she gave custody to her her mother and father. And I read there was an article in the Globe about the fact that because of the opioid crisis, there are so many more grandparents having custody of their children. And I thought we have to do something for housing. We could do that and it would be a small development and it would be something that we, you know, that we would need and it wouldn't bring in all the problems that, um, you know, that that would be. So I brought some of the, unfortunately I can't go Saturday, but I hope you will go Saturday or at least get out there your opinion that we need the basics and we need limited housing, but maybe housing for seniors. So I'm going to leave some of these over there. And if you don't go Saturday, maybe you could fill one of these out and, you know, drop it off. All sorts. Thank you very much. You guys are really good. I don't know how you can stand listening to all of us all the time.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Name and address of the record, please.
[Andrew Castagnetti]: Good. Castagnetti, Cushman street, Method, Massachusetts. Speak back to the Mystic Ave zoning, I'd like to add some input. I lived on Mystic Ave in 1955. That was the old highways of Boston before they built Route 93 in 1960, I believe. And about 1965, I come up with an idea, although I didn't have much in numbers of age or power. The city, in my opinion, should have taken all of Mr. Gav on the east side by Eminent Domain at that time when we had the muscle and it was more affordable, even with a dirty 21E at the junkyard, presumably. And then I'd have the developers go up whatever, 25, 35 stories high. And if you worked here, You'd be at work now, Marshall Sloan took the idea 10 years ago with his billboard. However, that never happened, and Mr. Gabb is underutilized, and it would be a goldmine if it was in New York City, or even for five miles north of Boston, which it is. However, first of all, this new growth, real estate tax, To grow is wonderful because without growth, we start to go backwards. However, when the new growth, when you don't use the new real estate taxes to offset prop two and a half increases, it doesn't help us who have been carrying the weight and paying real estate taxes for all these decades. It actually hurts us infinitely because we need more police, more fire, school, buildings, pensions, infrastructure. And then, in the following year, they add 2.5 percent to a larger inflated number. And I would have put a ring road on Mr. Gaff, keep him off Main Street, unless they wanted to go to Deepa Squally in those days. Now, good luck with this new zoning, because it should have been done a long, long time ago. But I must reiterate, the new growth does not help us. It hurts us infinitely. Thank you for listening. Thank you, Mr. Castagnetti. Councilor Longo, you're in.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Thank you. President Caraviello, I want to thank the speakers, and I know there are a few of many that are interested in this topic in the city with all the development that has gone on and will continue to go on. I think part of why I asked for a development committee and task forces is so that we can get more community input, but I think Mr. McKillop had a good point, and I That is that the seven of us need to sit down, and I agree with maybe that's a place to start, but we need to do it sooner rather than later with regards to meeting with the Metropolitan Planning Council, and then maybe they can guide us on which company that needs to be hired and the pricing that it will cost. But it needs to be the seven of us, and it needs to happen much sooner than it has. I thank the subcommittee for doing the work they've done so far, but I think now it's the seven of us and the committee of the whole that need to take the ball by the horns and get this process started, because time cannot tick away on such an important issue, and it is the seven of us that hear from residents on a daily basis, whether they're for development, against development, for a certain amount of units versus more commercial. I mean, we know what we want, and I think we can tell, no problem tell the Metropolitan Planning Council where we want to go and how we want to get it done. We just need some guidance and we need to start the process sooner than later.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. I'll move the motion by Councilor Lococourin, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor?
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Aye. Plus the amendment.
[Richard Caraviello]: As amended by Councilor Scarpelli. With the master, yes. As amended by Councilor Scarpelli. All those in favor? Aye. Motion passes. 17-687 offered by Councilor Knight, be it resolved that the DPW report back to the Council when the replacement of asphalt concrete panels will be performed, and be it further resolved an inventory of asphalt street panels be forwarded to the Council, including the address where it's located and the date the concrete was initially removed.
[Adam Knight]: Councilor Knight. Mr. President, thank you very much. There are a number of areas throughout the community that have had asphalt patchwork performed on cracking sidewalks, concrete sidewalks that have been removed. And the theory behind it would be that we put a temporary patch down of asphalt sidewalk, and then when we have enough locations in the community that are in a certain area or region, we call the concrete truck up, and we get the concrete truck out there, and we break down these asphalt sidewalk patches, and we put concrete patches down, Mr. President. And I think that enough time has passed now, but we do have enough locations across the city of Medford that could require one, two, maybe ten concrete trucks to get out there and start pouring concrete sidewalks, Mr. President. We look at the Regency and the Rio Condominium buildings right on Winthrop Street. For two and a half years, they sat there and they had a gigantic drainage project performed right beside their house. Their sidewalk was taken down. replaced with an asphalt sidewalk. Two years have gone by. The concrete sidewalk has not been replaced. You go up to Ashcroft Road, Mr. President, and you'll see in front of 129 a tree being removed, the stump being ground down, the sidewalk being replaced with asphalt. I mean, with asphalt and concrete. It still hasn't happened. Two years have gone by. So I think it's time, Mr. President, that we make a focus on this really basic city service and this real quality of life issue. It's a curb appeal issue. When you look out the window of your vehicle, when you're driving down the street, we like to see concrete sidewalks, not a patchwork of concrete and asphalt, Mr. President. So I'm asking the DPW to report back to the council the following information. That is, when the replacement of the asphalt to concrete panels will be performed. and an inventory of those street panels, as well as when the concrete was initially removed. So that we have a better idea as to how long this has been going on. Um, and we can get a better understanding, Mr. President, um, as to how many street panels, how many panels it takes, um, before we call a concrete truck up. So, um, with that being said, I move for approval of resolution.
[Richard Caraviello]: Councilor Dello Russo.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Thank you, Mr. President. I'm glad this issue was brought up. I've been contacted, uh, and stopped by a number of residents regarding this very issue. Mr. President, we only have a couple of weeks before concrete pouring has to stop. So let's pour, pour, pour. Thank you.
[Ray Scarfo]: Name and address of the record, please. Ray Scaffo, 9th Sunset Ave. I want to thank Councilman Knight for bringing this forward. This morning I had shown a picture to the Council President about 39th Sunset Ave. Approximately about 50 feet of frontage and the whole sidewalk's been taken up. It's going on four months now. They totally framed it in and they haven't come back to pour the cement. There's also a couple of panels on the other side of the street that haven't been done as well. It's a walk through to Tufts University up towards College Ave. A lot of people use that route. The problem is they could walk up the street, but they have about 10 yards of gravel. at the end of the street that butt up against the sidewalk as well. The people in the area, well, they're concerned because now we're getting, like Councilor Dello Russo said, we only got a couple of weeks left before we can start pouring cement. So they're concerned about people gonna get hurt walking through. Right now, it's a danger because a lot of leaves now are inside that pit. The pipes are sticking up where shutoffs for water, gas, or whatever on that sidewalk. So people can't see. And if they start to walk in through the pit, somebody's gonna trip and fall. The homeowner at 39 is called numerous times to City Hall And I think there was a contractor involved and has totally either disappeared or whatever. So I would strongly recommend that the council send a letter to whomever to get this taken care of.
[Richard Caraviello]: I did read that to the attention to Mr. Kearns this morning. Hopefully he'll have an answer for me by tomorrow morning.
[Ray Scarfo]: And I appreciate it because the people, homeowners on the street are getting up in arms and they're ready to come up here full tilt. So if you can get back to me as soon as possible, I'll stop. I'll stop the rush. Councilor Falco.
[John Falco]: Thank you, Mr. President. I thank council for bringing this forward. This is an important public safety issue, especially if you don't have sidewalks, you're forcing people into the street and you're forcing kids into the street. And sometimes that becomes an issue. Uh, over the last two weeks, this has come up as an issue where we've had sidewalks that need to be replaced. And we've asked for lists the last few weeks and a list should take literally a few minutes to produce. You just have to print it out. So if you could please, if we could just amend it to get an updated list with regard to the sidewalks that need to be replaced and how many have been replaced so far and how many stumps have been removed. I mean, this is stuff that we have requested. I know the last three meetings now we've requested this and we still have no information. So if we could please, just add that amendment to the resolution.
[Richard Caraviello]: I greatly appreciate it.
[John Falco]: Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: And it was this council who was asked several times for the city to put on a cement crew. That should be working nine months a year because we certainly have enough sidewalks to keep a cement crew busy all the time. On the motion by Councilor Knight, seconded by Councilor Lococo.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Thank you. Just to be clear, Councilor Falco, what are you looking for for a timeframe on those lists from when we appropriated that large portion of money? Yeah. I just want to make sure we're clear. So we get what we exactly what we want.
[John Falco]: Thank you. Uh, we appropriated money, I believe in the spring for this and quite a, uh, quite a bit of money. Uh, so if we could find just basically find out, I'd like to see what progress they've made from the list that we were given in the spring, what progress they've made to date, uh, because there were quite a few sidewalks. and stumps that needed to be removed and sidewalk panels that needed to be replaced and asphalt sidewalks that, some parts of the city actually have asphalt sidewalks, so those needed to be replaced as well. And it'd be good to see what kind of progress they've made, how much money they've spent so far, how much is remaining. You know, like it was, like we said earlier, I mean, the season is, you know, dwindling away to poor concrete. So I'd really like to see you get an update as to what has, You know, with the progress has been so far.
[Adam Knight]: Councilor Knight. Mr. President, I certainly have no problem with the paper being amended. However, I'd ask you to be placed forward in the form of a B paper. I want a complete inventory of all the asphalt street panels in the city. My concern isn't whether or not the funds that we appropriated earlier in the year, I believe it was $300,000 to take down some stumps and replace some sidewalks that were damaged during water service work, if I'm not mistaken. We're done. So I just want to keep them separate, Mr. President. I certainly support Councilor Falco's amendments to the paper. I just would like to see them in a B paper so that the administration doesn't confuse the two issues and only give us one report.
[Michael Marks]: Vice President Mox. Thank you, Mr. President. This council has called for an audit of our streets and our sidewalks for the past several years. To date, we have received uh, no correspondence from the city administration regarding either. Um, you know, we talk about this and we've been talking about it for years, this sidewalk list, like it's some secretive list that's in a vault somewhere that no one can view, but it's out there. Residents aren't sure if they're on the sidewalk list. They've been told they are. Mr. President, why can't we have a list that's on the city website that's updated, that shows you what's being worked on, the progress? Why does it have to be this secretive list that we have to beg for to get a copy to see if things are actually working in this community? There's no transparency at all. And this has been the way And actually, in the past, Mr. President, I've actually voted against requests because I've asked, you know, DPW directors, can you show us what you want to spend this money on? How many sidewalks? How many stumps? And we couldn't get any answers. And today, we're still continuing with the same format where, you know, you'll have a resident that calls you up and says, I've been told by City Hall I'm on the list. And I'll tell them, well, there's multiple lists. I don't know what list you're on, but, uh, you may or may not be on a list. Uh, it's just too confusing for residents. It's confusing for this council. I would ask if you want to do a C paper or D paper that, uh, this be put on the city website. So a resident can go on Mr. President and look and say, yes, 32 High Street is on the list. Yes, it was called in on February 2nd, they plan on getting it to October 3rd, and this is the status, it was closed out. It seems to me a simple request to track, and by leaving it open-ended, no one knows in this community what's going on. No one knows if this sidewalk's gonna get done, they don't really know if they're on the list or not, and until we do a complete audit, I have a couple of things on the resolution for this afternoon, and I know Councilor Falco does also. Mr. President, I was on Bowen F to see one particular sidewalk. And honestly, an hour later, I viewed 25 different sidewalks, because residents kept on coming out and said, hey, look at this sidewalk. Hey, look, I'm supposed to be on the list. Hey, look, they dug this up five months ago. They never came back. All they put was orange cones out here. And literally, that's a microcosm, that one street, on what's happening in this community. It's on every street, Mr. President. And until we do a complete audit and come up with one list that's publicized on, uh, the city website or on local cable or wherever you want to put it, we're never going to get a handle on this issue. We're never going to get a handle. Mr. President.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Do you want to make that an emotion of a C paper?
[Michael Marks]: If he, if he wants to make it a C paper or part of this paper for the purpose of clarity, we'll make that a C paper.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you.
[Ray Scarfo]: Name and address of the record, please. Ray Scaffo, 9 Sunset Ave. There's so many out there. I mean, I drive the city every day because my business is in the city and between the stumps and the sidewalks and the streets and everything. The problem is, is that we only have five DPW highway department workers. Can't expect them to do everything. You've got contractors out there. They come, they go, they disappear, whatever the situation may be. It's time to start to think about hiring some more DPW workers so we can have multiple crews out there doing different things, which will be stumps, sidewalks, potholes, whatever needs to be done. If you have multiple crews doing different things, this will start to move forward and we'll start to get a lot of this cleaned up.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Thank you. Name and address for the record, please.
[McKillop]: David McKillop, 94 Rockland Road. I didn't get a chance to say it before, but it's nice to see your houses all done over. Very nice. It's very good. Glad to be home. I'm sure you are. It's the city's house. As far as the sidewalks, I too have experienced several areas where people are just truly completely frustrated and fed up with the whole process of why they can't get anything completed in this city. My fear right now is the ADA compliance on some of these sidewalks is horrific. It's dangerous. I've seen wheelchairs literally go out on the street because they cannot pass on the sidewalks, on some of the sidewalks that we have. and the elderly and the darkness at night. When a sidewalk is raised six to eight inches above where it normally should be and someone is walking down the street and it's dark, you can't see. So first things first, there is a company out there and I can find the name of the company that will actually come in in an emergency situation and shave down the sidewalk. So at the very least, until these things are fixed, we can shave the issues that we have so they'll be less likely to trip over them. So let's take some sort of action even if it's just something that's temporary and letting the people know that show us where the worst situation is and we can solve that for you by at least shaving the sidewalks down so no one can trip. So let's start there. Then secondly, this complete streets project kind of really should change the name because in my eyes it's not very complete if we can't add the issues that we currently have in the city to the situation of the corners of every square and some of the sidewalks and some of the ADA. If we're making the entrances onto the sidewalks ADA compliant, we should make the sidewalks ADA compliant. Enough is enough, we've got to fix this.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you.
[George Rick Sacco]: Name and address of the record, please. George Sacco, 21 Ridgeway Road, Bedford. I'm going to pick up what Councilor Box was talking about. Right now, we do a budget on a yearly basis on street repairs, sidewalk repairs, X amount of money is allocated. Just a little story. I was in my backyard with my grandchildren and my daughter-in-law and my son. And my daughter-in-law happened to be on her little iPhone. And she said, hey, Brian, I just got a text from the city of Salem, Salem, New Hampshire. And my son said, well, what's it about? Gee whiz, they're gonna do our street, complete street in 2020. And here I am thinking, Medford, 58,000 people. We do it on a yearly basis. Salem, New Hampshire, they do it on a three-year basis. So what they do is they go out, they prorate, they go out three years. We know, the engineering department, they know three years out what street has to be done. They know three years out what sidewalks have to be done. Now, going out three years, you look down the road and you say, okay, we'll take my street, my old street, Sherwood Road. We're going to do Sherwood Road in 2020. Utilities know they're going to do it in 2020. The water department knows they're going to do it in 2020. They plan. Okay. We've got to put water pipes in. We're going to put hydrants in. So that's all planned ahead. Estimated costs can be planned ahead, even though it's not budgeted, but it can be all planned ahead. So maybe we ought to look at a three year plan. Go out three years. We do a yearly budget 2017. We move it out to 2021. Just keep moving it that way. And this way here, the residents know you publish it. You publish it on the internet. publish it in the local newspaper, so the people know three years from now that they have a shot at having their street done. So that's just a suggestion. Appreciate your time.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. On the motion by Councilor Knight on the seat paper offered by Councilor Marks, seconded by Councilor Knight. All those in favor? motion passes on the beat paper offered by council Falco seconded by councillor night all the favor And on the original paper offered by Councilor Knights, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favour? Motion passes. 17-688, offered by Councilor Lungo-Koehn. Be it resolved that the administration give a written update with regards to the Riverside Plaza project, including a detailed breakdown of how the monies have been spent thus far and what remains to be funded. Councilor Lungo-Koehn.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Thank you, President Caraviello. I think this is pretty self-explanatory, looking for a breakdown from Office of Community Development on what monies have been expended thus far and how much more we have to go. I know there was somewhat of an update that we had to read about in the transcript, but if the council could be given a detailed breakdown, that would be much appreciated because it sparked follow-up calls from residents to us of why is this project potentially going over? and we really weren't notified. I had to learn about it in the paper.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Councilor Knight. Move approval, Mr. President. On the motion by Councilor Lueb-Kern, seconded by Councilor Knight. All those in favor. Motion passes. 17-689, offered by Vice President Mox. be it resolved that the sidewalk in front of 29 Lawrence road be repaired in the interest of public safety. Vice president marks.
[Michael Marks]: Thank you, Mr. President. This sidewalk requires attention by the city and I would ask that it be reviewed and replaced in the interest of public safety.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by councilor mark seconded by councilor night. All the favor motion passes 17 six nine zero offered by councilor night. Be it resolved that the Medford City Council request that the sidewalk panel on the corner of Governors Avenue and Sherwood Avenue be repaired. Councilor Knight.
[Adam Knight]: Mr. President, yes. Very similar to the situation that Councilor Marks just spoke of. This sidewalk panel on the corner of Sherwood Road and Governors Avenue was broken down and it was replaced with gravel. And the gravel remains. There's no smooth surface there. As leaps fall, it becomes a trip hazard. Move for approval, Mr. President. Hopefully the DPW can get to this before long.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Nice, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor? Motion passes. 17-691, offered by Councilor Falco, be it resolved that the Medford City Council congratulate Duncan McLean from the Boy Scouts Troop 416 on earning the rank of Eagle Scout. Councilor Falco. Oh, okay, I'm sorry. Along with Councilor Marks. Councilor Falco. 17 692 by vice president marks being resolved at the Medford city council. Recognize Duncan Bruce McLean. We're obtaining the Ezekiel scout badge and be it further resolved that doesn't Bruce McLean appear before the city council on a council commendation. Councilor Falco.
[John Falco]: Thank you, Mr. President. We just want to congratulate Duncan McLean, uh, for, uh, this significant achievement. Uh, you'll be officially becoming Eagle Scout. It's really remarkable to go through the whole process and to earn that rank. I believe the statistic, there's only 4% of young men that actually get to that point where they go all the way through the program and become an Eagle Scout. It's really a remarkable achievement. He's a great kid. He's in college now. The surface project was to basically, I believe it was improving the landscaping down at the Otis Street Church. It actually did a lot of structural work to prevent the foundation from flooding as well. He did a great job. I went down there and visited him during the project. And, uh, unfortunately that day was pouring out, it was raining. Uh, but really he and his, uh, uh, fellow, uh, troop worked through it and really did a great job of really, uh, upgrading the, uh, the grounds. And they did a nice job with the foundation work as well. Uh, so I just wanted to, uh, congratulate him on the, uh, this achievement. And of course, If we could have him come down to receive a council of common kind of nation, that'd be great. Thanks.
[Richard Caraviello]: Outstanding young man. Vice president marks.
[Michael Marks]: Thank you, Mr. President. As councilor Falco just alluded to, um, you know, I don't know what it is in the water in the city of method here, but, uh, we are turning out, uh, Eagle scouts, uh, a real great rate in this community. Um, the Otis street church needs to be commended, uh, because a lot of the Eagle scouts are coming from that particular, uh, PAC and, um, uh, Duncan, uh, has done yeoman's work as John just alluded to, uh, about doing some landscaping and foundation work around the church itself as a community project. Uh, last Saturday, Mr. President, I had the opportunity to go around with another young gentleman, uh, John fee, uh, in this community who was going for his Eagle Scout badge. And his community project was to have made up hydrant markers, 100 hydrant markers that he personally installed with his other Cub Scouts. And he went around and he went to the vocational school and had them made up. They painted them, they installed them, and it's a real good community service project. And in this day and age, with all that's going on, It's nice to hear the positive stories that are happening, in particular with young people in our community that are getting involved and seeing the importance of community building and helping the community. So I want to congratulate Duncan and I hope John Fee with his project moves forward and we'll be seeing him shortly too, Mr. President.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you, Mr. Vice President. And if we can get them, if we can get them up here soon. to get a citation and congratulations to the council, we greatly appreciate it. On motion by Councilor Marks and Councilor Falco, all those in favor? Motion passes. 17-693, offered by Councilor Knight, be it resolved that the Medford City Council wish Rose DeLuca a happy and healthy 90th birthday. Councilor Knight.
[Adam Knight]: Mr. President, thank you very much. Rose, happy birthday. I'd like my Council colleagues to join me in wishing Mr. Luker a happy birthday. 90's a milestone, Mr. President, and I wish her another 90 happy and healthy years.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. On the motion by Councilor Knight, seconded by Councilor Lococoon, all those in favor? Motion passes. 17-697, offered by Councilor Falco, whereas the City of Medford has recently removed many of the outdated fire call boxes located throughout the city, be it resolved that the City of Medford Electrical Department remove the remaining base of the firebox that still remains in front of 201 Main Street in the interest of public safety. Councilor Falco.
[John Falco]: Thank you, Mr. President. Actually, it's 201 Salem Street. It's right in front of Brookline Bank on Salem Street. Uh, I've got a number of calls on this and uh, sometimes if I get off the bus, uh, when it coming out of town on Salem Street, I, you know, actually the bus drops you off. It's right there on the ground. It's, it's actually where the old fire call box used to be. They took the call boxes out, but there's like a small pipe that's sticking up. And there was some wires that were in the pipe that had been cut, but it's definitely a trip hazard to anybody that's walking through there. And that is a highly traversed area with people catching the bus and just walking to and from school. And it's right in our crosswalk. So if we could have the electrical department or the DPW department, whoever's that's Mr. Randazzo. Exactly. If we could have him come down or maybe with the assistance of the DPW department, uh, just have him come down and remove that. Um, it's, it's definitely a safety hazard and it needs to be taken care of right away. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. On the motion by Councilor Falco, seconded by Councilor Scarpelli. All those in favor. Motion passes. 17 6 9 8 offered by Councilors Falco and Scarpelli. Whereas there were a number of blinded intersections located on the Fulton street, Be it resolved that the City of Medford install mirrors at the following intersections in the interest of public safety. Fulton Street and Ridgeway Road, Fulton Street and Wausen Street. Councilor Knight, excuse me, Councilor Falco.
[John Falco]: Thank you, Mr. President. I've received a lot of phone calls on this as well, and I know my colleague has as well. Up in the Heights, there are a couple of intersections Uh, and this has actually came up at the police community meeting as well, where if you're going from Fulton street or actually if you're coming from, uh, Watson, uh, coming from Highland Ave and you want to take the left or right onto Fulton street, it's a blind intersection. I mean, you really, you kind of have to guess if there's any cars coming. Same thing with Ridgeway road. Um, you know, so I think a mirror on the, um, telephone pole that actually would help indicate whether or not the cars are coming from the other direction would be beneficial, um, you know, from a safety perspective. Uh, so if we could, uh, if we could actually have, uh, actually probably if we can move this paper to the traffic commission for approval and if we could actually have those, um, mirrors installed, that would be a, I think a great in the interest of public safety. Thank you. Thank you. Councilor Nice.
[Richard Caraviello]: Councilor Scarpelli's paper as well? He's a sponsor. Councilor Scarpelli?
[George Scarpelli]: Shame, Rick. Thank you. Again, thank you. Councilor Falco and I both were, I think we're all in attendance at the St. Francis traffic meeting. And one of the things that we talked about where the mayor is, and I believe Chief Sackler said that those wouldn't be an issue. And, it would be very helpful for those neighbors. So I think that, um, with the residents that, that asked and we brought it forward and it seemed like it was pretty positive. So if we can get that update and get those, get those installed as soon as possible, it would be greatly appreciated.
[Adam Knight]: So thank you. Thank you. Councilor Scott. Councilor Knight. Um, Mr. President, thank you very much. And thank you to the sponsors of this resolution. Um, I'd like to amend with a B paper as well. Mr. President, uh, if you're traveling northbound on main street, You go underneath the highway, past South Street, underneath the highway, and you go to take a left-hand turn onto Route 16. With the renovations that they've made to the Karatek Bridge and the relocation from the construction on the left side of the street to the right side of the street, right now it's very difficult when you're taking a left-hand turn onto Route 16 to see one whole lane of traffic. So I'm asking the engineering department if they'd be willing to take an inspection of the site and make recommendations to improve safety at the location, Mr. President.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Back to the main paper, Mr. President, I just wanted to chime in on what Councilor Scarpelli said, was that a number of locations were mentioned by citizens for up there. And I just want to urge the Chief, who, as Councilor Scarpelli mentioned, was amenable to these types of improvements, to move on them quickly and to expand the scope. I think there were three or four spots that had been mentioned. if I'm not mistaken, where these would be most helpful. It was serious enough for a significant neighbourhood meeting and the people in there were very patient with us. It was a hot summer night and a lot of headway was made. A lot of people who offered really solid stuff and really solid assessments of what's going on there. And I just hope that we're able to implement some of these recommendations, have them hashed out in the traffic commission and moved on just to give these people some relief. It's a major regional issue there. They're seeing it acutely. They shouldn't have to live under this type of disturbance. So the slightest thing we can do to help them, I would recommend.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Councilor vice president box.
[Michael Marks]: And just if we can add a resident only, I know that was brought up several times at the meeting too. And some of the roads up there, our residents are looking at resident only because of, uh, the severe cut through traffic.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you.
[George Rick Sacco]: Name and address for the record, please. George cycle 21 Ridgeway road. Uh, I've been on Ridgeway road for 16 years and I have to thank council Scarpelli, Councilor Falco for bringing this up tonight. I'm going to let my neighbors know that maybe we're going to get a mirror there. Um, it's so dangerous. Uh, I mean, I, I know there's other blind spots in Medford, but Ridgeway road is so dangerous. It's almost like suicide when you come up Ridgeway road, you don't even want to try to take a left hand turn at Ridgeway road because number one, Traffic is unbelievable, but number two, the speed. They come down, even though the stop sign is at the Fulton Spring Road intersection, they come down that street, 40, 45 miles an hour. It's amazing no one's been killed, okay? But you're right about the other areas having mirrors. Ridgeway Road, Council Box, residents only. We do have a no right turn on that street. There's two of them, no right turn. And what I've been finding out is that a lot of the traffic that's coming out of the heights is North Medford residents. What we're seeing is we're seeing a tremendous amount of traffic coming in from Malden, Melrose. They've already been coming off 93, go by the Stonehenge Zoo, and they come down, Elm Street's backed up, they come right around the rotary and come down Fulton Street. So what you're seeing is a tremendous amount of traffic. The only street off of Fulton Street to get off to 93, other than the Felsway, is Ridgeway Road. I've counted 80, 90 cars in an hour. Some mornings, having a cup of coffee, just watching them coming down. Police enforcement just doesn't exist up there. Okay, so I think in the long run, if we can at least get a mirror there, the people on Ridgeway Road, at least we can see that traffic coming down. And most importantly, these people coming down Fulton Street, they're gonna be able to see Ridgeway Road. And that's critical because they come around, when they come off Fulton Street, they swing on the other side of Ridgeway Road. And I've seen cars hit head on since I've been there. Thank God no one's been killed. So that's another issue. So thank you. Thank you. I was at that meeting and, uh, it was very constructive. So, uh, hopefully we'll see a mirror on the pole again. Thanks. Thank you. I appreciate the time.
[Ray Scarfo]: Name and address of the record, please. Ray scaffold, nine sensitive as council Knight stated, um, taking a left onto main street onto the 16. It's very dangerous. Especially if there are no police officers there once the site gets closed down for the evening. They should put up barriers so they can't take a left‑hand turn. Somebody is going to get hurt if that is opened up. traffic coming the other way, it's very difficult to see the person taking a left hand turn there. So let them go through the center and come around and, and take a right to get onto route 16. So whatever you guys can do to, um, to make that happen, uh, I would appreciate it. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: Councilor Scarpelli.
[George Scarpelli]: Uh, one last thing. I know that, um, thank you Mr. President, but, uh, Councilor Falco's, uh, hard work and, uh, the new traffic, uh, engineer that will be coming in, I think that, That was one of the, so the residents know that one of the first priorities that they talked about is the Fulton Heights and what's happening there. That's a major cut through for 93. So it hasn't been forgotten. I think that that's one of the things that residents have been stopping me and Councilor Falco about that we live in the neighborhood that it's, where have we gone since that meeting? So it's still a hot topic and we won't let it die across the community. So thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilors Falco and Scarpelli, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor?
[George Scarpelli]: Aye.
[Richard Caraviello]: Motion passes. With the beat paper. With the beat paper. Motion by Councilor Scarpelli to take hands, papers in the hands of the clerk. We have two under suspension. And under suspension. And under suspension. Seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor? 17, 700 offered by Councilor Knight be it resolved that the tree stump in front of 34th Toro Avenue be removed. Councilor Knight.
[Adam Knight]: Again, Mr. President, a basic service request. I was out knocking on doors yesterday and I came up to 34 Toro Ave in front of this residence was a very large tree stump, probably three to four feet in diameter. The tree has been gone for an extended period of time and the residents expressed some frustration that the tree has not been removed yet. So with that being said, I told them that I'd do my best to get it removed. I placed the matter on the agenda and I hope that our administration will take the appropriate steps to do such.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Knight, seconded by Councilor Falco. All in favor?
[Unidentified]: Aye.
[Richard Caraviello]: Motion passes. 17-701 offered by Councilor Lococo. Be it resolved that the Medford City Council congratulate Metro resident Henry Millering for receiving the MPAH 2017 Patriot Award in recognition of his leadership and contribution to the Haitian community in Massachusetts. Councilor Lungo-Koehn.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Thank you, President Caraviello. I was able to read an article and find out that Henry Millering was is receiving this Patriot Award, and I think it's such an honor. Henry is a friend to many of us, and he does a tremendous amount of work in the disability community, but also in the Haitian community, and he's being recognized for it. I'm obviously very proud. He's being, they're going to have a ceremony for him at the end of the month, and I think it's something that I wanted to bring up, just to let him know we appreciate all his hard work and effort for what he does for a tremendous amount of people.
[Richard Caraviello]: If you'd like to invite him up here for a citation by the council? Yes, please.
[George Scarpelli]: It would be appreciated. Councilor Scarpelli. Thank you, Mr. President. Again, I thank my colleague Brianna Longo-Curran for bringing this forward. I think that I had a problem about three months ago with a resident, a Haitian resident, a young teenager that was having some issues with a passport. to get to his grandmother's funeral in Haiti. And all I had to do was make one phone call to Henry. And the consulate called this young man back and made sure he could be back home with his family to rest his grandmother at peace. And these are just little things that Henry does. So I, too, he's a great man and a recognition well-deserved. Thank you.
[Michael Marks]: Vice President Marx. Thank you, Mr. President. I too just would like to thank Councilor Lungo for bringing this recognition. Henry's been a long established member of this community and as Councilor Scarpelli so eloquently said, will be the first to step forward in order to help someone that's in need. And I too want to thank him for all his efforts on behalf of all Method residents in this community.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you, Mr. Vice President.
[Adam Knight]: Councilor Knight. Mr. President, thank you very much. And I think my colleagues have hit the nail on the head. Um, Mr. Miller's work in the community is not just limited to that at the MPHA. He's also been a strong advocate for the disabled in our community. And he's also been a strong advocate for his neighbors. And he's been a strong member of the democratic body chairing our wood six city committee. Um, so with that being said, thank you Henry for your service and your work and congratulations.
[John Falco]: Councilor Falco. Thank you, Mr. President. I also just wanted to take a second to congratulate Henry. He's a big part of our community. He's always there when you need him. Uh, he's, uh, uh, helping organize that word six, uh, candidates night. So he's always active. He's always there when you need him. He's a great guy. And so congratulations to Henry.
[Richard Caraviello]: And again, it's not a week old that goes by that I don't talk to Henry and he's a good man and good leader of this community. And we're glad I'd say I'd like to have him come down for a citation the next few weeks. On the motion by Councilman O'Connor, seconded by? Second. By Councilor Dello Russo and Councilor Scarpelli. All those in favor? Motion passes. Offered by Councilor Falco, be it resolved that the Medford City Council requests that the tree warden examine the tree in front of St. Francis Parish Center in the interest of public safety. Councilor Falco.
[John Falco]: Thank you, Mr. President. I had the, I actually received a call from a resident the other day and uh, I actually took a walk down there to check it out myself. There is a tree, a rather large tree in front of us, St. Francis parish center. And I'm not sure if there was a car accident there recently, but it looks like it is just hollowed out completely. And it's a really large tree and I'm really concerned that this thing is about to tip. But, um, If we could send out our tree warden to take a look to see what exactly route should be taken as far as if the tree is, you know, if it's still viable, I guess. The tree looks like it's about to go and I really have a major concern that it's going to fall into the road. It looks like it's hollow. I'm assuming if we could have a tree warden go out there as soon as possible to take a look into this, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: Councilor Dello Russo.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Mr. President, I feel that I should inform the body that that tree no longer exists. It's gone. When I made the bend around to be on time for a 10 o'clock funeral mass at St. Francis this morning, the tree was being taken down right before our eyes. shredded into a million pieces and thrown into a truck and driven away.
[John Falco]: Thank you very much. When I left early this morning, it was still there. So I'm glad they took care of it right away. They knew this was coming. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: I'm glad to hear what was done, Mr. President.
[Michael Marks]: I received the same call. And I'm glad to hear that the tree was definitely a public safety concern. I'm glad to hear it's been removed.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Falco, seconded by Councilor Scarpelli. All those in favour? Motion passes. I'm sorry, I apologize. Thank you, sir.
[Joe Viglione]: Name and address of the record, please. Joe Villione, 59 Garfield Ave. This is Tree City, one of the Tree City Americas, there's a lot of them. But City Hall has bragging rights again this year in Tree City. And what I'm concerned about is people know that last year I saved a tree that wasn't supposed to be taken down. Thank you, Councilor Falco. If that one was hollowed out, we don't want to have problems. When I first moved here, the tree in front of my house was rotting and the wires came down. That was 2003, 2004. So there was a tree hearing and I went to it and on Paris Street, there's a beautiful tree. Now this tree is healthy. The street is a mess. So there's a petition to take the tree down. My concern with it is the street itself is a mess and is a big hazard, a bigger hazard than any tree. You can pave around the trees, you can put a handicapped access.
[Richard Caraviello]: Point of information, Councilor Scarpelli.
[George Scarpelli]: At the podium, Paris Street, I talked to the city engineer today, it's ready for some work and repaving, so pretty excited about that.
[Joe Viglione]: That's great to hear, Councilor Scarpelli. That is great to hear because the streets around there have been hazardous. And I would like to see, if we're Tree City USA, I just want to see the good, healthy trees. If the roots are coming up, we need to pave around them, build a nice way to keep the tree preserved because it's the tallest tree on Parris Street. But it is great to see that Medford cares about trees. I want to see that we protect the good ones. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Falco, seconded by Councilor Scarpelli. All those in favor? Motion passes. Offered by Vice President Mox, be it resolved that the street be repaired at 496 Winthrop Street in the interest of public safety. Vice President Mox.
[Michael Marks]: Thank you, Mr. President. I know Councilor Knight brought up this issue last week, but I received an email from a resident that lives at 496 Winthrop Street that stated that the street in front of his home is in deplorable condition. You also referred to the corner of Wildwood and Woodford. I know Councilor Knight brought that up last week, and I would ask that because of the utility excavation that's going on there, that that area be looked at immediately, Mr. President, in the interest of public safety.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Mogg, seconded by Councilor Falco, all in favor. Motion passes. Offered by Vice President Mogg, be it resolved that the missing cement sidewalk from 63 Bowen Avenue be replaced. Vice President Mox.
[Michael Marks]: Thank you, Mr. President. This is the sidewalk I referred to earlier. They removed a tree and just left the vacant hole there for some time now. And this definitely needs to be re-cemented in the interest of public safety. It's a very hazardous trip and fall.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Marks. Second. Seconded by Councilor Falco. All those in favor? Aye. Motion passes. Offered by Councilor Marks. Be it resolved that the stump at 6466 Bowen Avenue be removed. Be it further resolved that the sidewalk at 8789 Bowen Avenue be replaced in the interest of public safety. Vice President Marks.
[Michael Marks]: Thank you, Mr. President. The sidewalk at 8789 was dug up, according to the resident, about four months ago. And now there's just some orange cones sitting out there with a giant hole waiting for someone to fall into it. So I would ask that DPW go out there immediately. And the tree stump, just for my expertise as an arborist, which I'm not, looks like it's been there for about 25 years based on the outer coating of the stump itself. So I would ask that that stump, Mr. President, be ground down immediately in the interest of public safety. I also, Mr. President, I need to say, in an agenda that had some 18 items, over a third of the items are for tree stump and sidewalks. I mean, there's much more, and those are important issues. but those are the day to day issues that should be attended to by the city. There's much more important issues regarding zoning, public safety, airplane noise, uh, things that we should be attending to and discussing and really not bogging down, uh, our agenda with issues that should be, you know, it should be an automatic, uh, you know, so I would hope that the process, uh, regarding the sidewalks and streets, uh, especially with, the 3-1-1 system where residents can actually reach directly out. The whole reason why we did 3-1-1, does the council remember? It was a way that the residents can interact with the city and then get a response. So that tells me one of two things, Mr. President, that the 3-1-1 system is not working and that needs to be revisited. or that, as was mentioned earlier, that we don't have the manpower. I think it was Mr. McKillop that mentioned that. We don't have the manpower to handle the need that we have in a city that's, you know, seven square miles with 56,000 people in it, Mr. President, and something needs to be done. Thank you, Mr. Vice President.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Vice President Marx, seconded by Councilor Falco, all in favor. I'm sorry, Mr. McKellar, I apologize.
[McKillop]: No worries, no worries. My question on the 311 call, where does it go into and who's monitoring it and what kind of a graph comes out of that? Where is that list of all of those items and the age of those items? Because I believe that if you actually take the list, if it's done, if it's there, if it's somewhere, And you go by the age of the issues and you start to break them down I believe it should be very palatable to get these things done in in a seasonal Seasonable manner and putting it into the budget. So so if if the first season of the first quarter You get 10 of those sidewalks that are 15, 20 years old that are issues, you get them out of the way. Then you work on the next 5 to 10 year old ones, you get those out of the way. Then you work on the next 1, 2, 3, 4 year old ones, and you get those out of the way. There's no rhyme or reason as to the way we do this as far as I can see. So where are the 311s going? What list is it on? What is the chronological age of each of these items? And how do we, how do we attack this? And that's really what we need to do. You know, it's just, again, common sense, looking at the problems, breaking them down so it's more palatable. You can fit them into the budget so it's easy to do. And you let the people know it's coming and we're doing it and we're working on it. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Offered by Vice President Moxby, resolved at the sidewalk at 63 Tentistry be replaced in the interest of public safety. Vice president mocks.
[Michael Marks]: Again, Mr. President, uh, the concrete was broken up and removed, uh, sometime back. And, uh, there is just a hole there waiting for new cement. Uh, it's been over several months and, uh, in the interest of public safety, uh, that should be, uh, uh, replaced immediately. Mr. President.
[John Falco]: Councilor Falco. Thank you, Mr. President. I have received this, uh, call about this as well. and went down to take a look at the situation. Like the Councilor said, it's just a hole in the ground and there's no curb in there. I guess a few years ago they tried to plant the tree there, but the tree literally just fell out because there's no curbing to hold the soil in. So really the curb needs to be replaced. There really needs to be a strategy, I think, for Bowen Street in general. Like Councilor Marks mentioned, I took a drive there as well, the sidewalks are really bad shade.
[Richard Caraviello]: There's some flooding issues on Bowling Avenue also.
[John Falco]: Yeah. I mean, a lot of the sidewalks look like they might just need a skim coat, but I mean, just because a few, they just kind of, the top's gone, but there's other, there's other sidewalks that are just completely gone.
[Richard Caraviello]: Yeah. The upper part of Bowling Avenue has some pretty serious flooding issues when it rains. So I know they're in the midst of addressing those also. On the motion by Vice President Mox, seconded by Councilor Falco. All those in favor. Motion passes. The table of records. Vice President, I'm sorry. Councilor Knight.
[Adam Knight]: Mr. President, I just want to take a brief opportunity to thank the DPW for the restriping work that they've done on Woburn Street. We put a resolution forward last week asking that the four-way intersections on Woburn Street be repainted, and in short time, they were done. So I'd like to thank Joe Palladino from the sign department and the members of the highway department for their work. Thank you.
[Richard Caraviello]: Councilor Lungo-Koehn.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Do you want to talk on that?
[Richard Caraviello]: Oh, thank you.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: I'm president Caraviello. Just before we adjourn, I know that there is no school committee meeting on October 30th. So I see if we maybe take a vote to move our October 31st meeting to October 30th.
[Richard Caraviello]: If you'd like to make that into a motion.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Yes, please.
[Richard Caraviello]: Okay. On the motion by Councilor Lungo-Koehn, that we change the October 31st meeting to October 30th.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Councilor Dela Rosa. I would be opposed to that, Mr. President. Okay. And I wouldn't hold it against any councilor who wanted to spend one evening with their children to do it. But I think the people have reasonable expectation that we meet on Tuesday nights. Uh, it's been a constant practice. It's part of our rules and I'll see this, uh, uh, uh, as a compelling reason to change the date of meeting. Thank you.
[Michael Marks]: Vice president marks. Uh, I was just wondering maybe if the Councilor or the council would be amendable to possibly meeting at six or six 30, um, uh, that night rather than seven o'clock. It's still, it's still a Tuesday. It's, you know, need an hour earlier.
[Richard Caraviello]: I don't, I think that makes it worse.
[Michael Marks]: That makes it worse. It makes it worse. Yes. Yeah.
[Adam Knight]: Yeah. Councilor Knight. Um, I was just going to say that I have no problem coming on Tuesday night. You know, it's one of the sacrifices that we make if we have the privilege and opportunity to serve as Councilors that sometimes we have to spend time away from our family. Um, but with that being said, I think that I can still get some trick or treating in between five and seven. Mr. President, my kids are young, but I'm moving it to an earlier time. Wouldn't work out so well for me.
[Richard Caraviello]: Okay. On the motion by council, I'm going to go current that we move the October 31st meeting to October 30th, seconded by seconded by councilor Scarpelli. All those in favor, the chair seems to be in doubt. Mr. Clerk, could you please call the roll?
[Clerk]: Councilor Dello Russo. You forecast my vote, Mr. President, and I want to declare that this is- Mr. Dello Russo, again.
[Fred Dello Russo]: That if the Councilor were to be absent, again, I state that there is in no way, shape, or form that I would consider her to be shirking on her responsibilities. In fact, I think it's laudatory that a parent would want to be with their child on such an auspicious occasion.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
[Clerk]: Councilor Dello Russo. Councilor Falco.
[Joyce Paul]: If I may, no, I actually may have a problem with everyone, at least, that's why. No. No? Okay.
[Clerk]: It's okay. Speak louder. Councilor Haynes. No. Councilor Kerr. Yes. Vice President Miles. No. Councilor Scarpelli. Yes. President Caraviello.
[Richard Caraviello]: Yes. Three, four, three, four. 4 in the negative, 3 in the positive, motion fails. I apologize. The table records of September- Vice President Mox.
[Michael Marks]: Mr. President, I'd just like to take the opportunity to announce that Boston Pride recently selected the Medford High School Gay Straight Alliance. as one of two finalists for the Best Youth Group Award at the 2017 Boston Pride Parade. Ms. Nicole Shalafo, the club's advisor, followed up with the representatives from the Pride Committee to learn how they were selected. She was told the selections were based on a variety of factors. such as a unified group appearance, effort in coordinating how the group engage with the crowd and spectators during the parade. They're enthusiastic and full of energy. And the winner will be announced at their fall open house Thursday, October 19th at 6.30 PM. And the event will take place at the Pride's new office space at 12 Channel Street in Boston. which is in the Seaport District. And I just want to commend the GSA, the Gay-Straight Alliance at Medford High School, Mr. President, for a job well done.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you, Mr. Vice President. And if I could mention one thing, if the council could send its prayers to and support to Marguerite Mandarini, who was struck by a car on Friday evening and hurt pretty seriously. She's in the hospital. I mean, I think both of her legs were broken, her pelvis. If we could send our prayers to her, it would be appreciated.
[Ray Scarfo]: Yes, yes.
[Richard Caraviello]: So there was three, there was three accidents that was met last week, so. But Marguerite was hurt pretty seriously. So if we can send our prayers to her. The tabled records of the meeting of September 19th were passed to Councilor Scarpelli. Councilor Scarpelli, how did you find those meetings, those records?
[George Scarpelli]: Did you make- Finally, finally, I find those records in order and move approval.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you very, very much. The records of the meeting of October 3rd were passed to Councilor Falco. Councilor Falco, how did you find the records?
[John Falco]: I reviewed the records. They appear to be in order and I move approval.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Councilor Neill.
[Adam Knight]: Paper 17668, amendment A. The amendment was made by, I was the sponsor of the initial paper, you were the sponsor of the amendment.
[Richard Caraviello]: On which week? October 3rd, 2017. It's the third item on the agenda. Councilor Valcoe, if you could verify Councilor Knight's question then.
[Adam Knight]: If you look at 17668.
[John Falco]: Yes.
[Adam Knight]: I was the lead sponsor on the paper.
[John Falco]: Okay.
[Adam Knight]: Councilor Caraviello was the one that amended it.
[John Falco]: So if we could have the. So if you could amend that.
[Adam Knight]: Councilor Caraviello.
[John Falco]: So if we could have approved amendments as amended.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Seconded by Councilor Dela Rosa. We will make an annotation on that. On the motion by Councilor Lungo-Koehn that we accept the records of September 19th, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. Motion passes. On the motion by Councilor Scarpelli that we accept the amended records as a pass to Councilor Falco, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favour? Motion passes. Motion by Councilor Knight, meeting to adjourn. Seconded by Councilor Falco. All those in favor. Meeting is adjourned.
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