All right, let's get this started. If my colleagues can please join me for pledge of allegiance, councelor Robinson of the United States of America and to the stands nation.
All right, calling this meeting to order. Clerk, please kick us off with a roll call. Councilar Garcia is absent. Council Jimenez Rivera present. Councelor Recupo. Council Taylor here. Council Robinson here. Council
Tesher here. Council Kelly Garcia absent. Councilor Santig here. Council Vega presente. Council Brown here. And council Dus present. Nine members present. You have a quorum. Madam President. Thank you. Cler. Okay. Starting off with memoriams and
celebratory resolutions. Sole resolution on the agenda is for Mother's Day introduced by the council president and all members of the council. Whereas Mother's Day is celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May. And whereas the first official Mother's Day celebration was observed May 10th, 1908
at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, followed by a large ceremony at Watermaker Auditorium in Philadelphia. And whereas Anna Jarvis advocated for the national observation of Mother's Day in memory of her mother, Anne Jarvis, who was a prominent social activist in the aftermath of the Civil
War. And whereas Andrews Methodist Church was incorporated as the International Mother's Day shrine in 1962 as a dedication to all mothers and a memorial to Anna Jarvis. And whereas on May 8th, 1914, Congress passed a law declaring the second Sunday in May as
Mother's Day with President Woodro Wilson issuing a proclamation the following day formally declaring Mother's Day. And whereas mothers have made immeasurable contributions toward building strong families, thriving communities, and a strong nation. And whereas the work of mothers is of paramount importance in the lives of
their children along with families and communities, but is far too often undervalued. And whereas we honor ourselves and the mothers in the city of Chelsea and across the United States when we revere and emphasize the importance of the role of the home and family as a true foundation for our
community. Now therefore, it would be it resolved that we, the members of the Chelsea City Council, recognize May 11th, 2025 as Mother's Day by celebrating and urging all residents of the city of Chelsea to celebrate the crucial role of mothers in the city of Chelsea and across the world. Thank you,
Clerk. Can I get a motion, Councelor Sanage? Yes. Um, well, my mom is on my mind right now. Um, and I'm asking you all to keep her in your minds. She's a great woman and she had a fall on Thursday. So, she was in the hospital
and was just moved to rehab. So, um she needs some love right now, but she's at Leonard Florence short-term rehab in Chelsea, which is very exciting. It's an incredible facility. So, I'm so glad that she'll be close. Um but she's
struggling right now. She spent her 84th birthday on Saturday in the hospital and now will be at rehab for Mother's Day. Thank you, counselor. We will definitely keep mom in our in our thoughts and prayers. Uh councelor Brown, could you
also uh do a motion? Yes. Yeah. Make a motion to adopt on this suspension if there's no objections. You have the floor. Thank you. Just want to wish all the mothers happy Mother's Day. It's a great time to just reflect on our mothers. Um it's also a sad time for those that's lost their mothers,
they still reflect on their mothers. So our thoughts and prayers are with those that are grieving um on the loss of their mothers and you know my colleague Friday night we were together and she was telling me about her mom's birthday coming up and she had felt that day. So we keep her in our prayers and our
thoughts but most importantly we are all here because of our mothers. is I mean there all of us can stand up and talk about an hour about our mothers but I just want again recognize the mothers here on the council wish you ladies a mother's day happy mother's day I know
you work hard not only here but in your homes with your children and it's just an extension just to have that gear in and the love and the care that we get from our moms so happy Mother's Day everyone that's watching if you're mother if not you know if you're auntie you still have to you know be that
mother for that child thank That's right. Thank you, counselor. Counselor Rick Pearl. Um, I lost my mother and I wish she was here. Mothers is the greatest gift any of us can have. Without them, there would be none of us. So, respect your mother and always
cherish her because one day she won't be here. So, enjoy them and treasure them like they're gold. They're more than gold. Happy Mother's Day to all. Thank you, councelor. Counselor Tesy. Um, I'm going to say it in Spanish.
resolution. Okay, moving on to uh no public hearings this evening. Public speaking. Is anyone here for public speaking? Okay. All righty. Public speaking closed. Approval of the minutes. We have
approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of the city council dated April 28th, 2025. Is there a motion on the floor? To file the go the minutes under suspension if there's no objections. Seeing none. Thank you, councelor.
Uh Madame President, uh I'd like to suspend the rules for a second and move out of order the appointments to boards and commissions. Uh, I know we have at least one or two of the folks here. Uh, so I'd just like to move them all out of order. Uh, so that we can give folks the rest of the evening if they would like
to return to to their families. Seeing no objections, counselor, thank you. Uh, and then I'd like to move to um, uh, roll call vote. All righty. Want to read? Yep. Take us up. We have a
communication received from the city manager being read for the second time requesting council approval of appointments to boards and commissions. Dear councilors, pursuant to section 4-2 of the charter of the city of Chelsea, I am writing to recommend the following individuals to boards and commissions. Appointment to the historical
commission, Mr. Cameron Kirkpatrick. Appointment to the historical commission, Miss Nia D. Young. And appointment to the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, Mr. Raymond Morales. Roll call vote requested. Yes. vote to adopt. Yes. Just want to say one
quick thing. Madam President, you have the floor. Counselor. Thank you, Madam President. Again, um we are going to adopt these um board members. Want to just um thank the board member that's here today. Um also, I want to thank those that's leaving those boards for the work and the dedication they gave to
the board. I was speaking to one of the members of the historic commission on Friday night. They were excited about the two new members is coming on. I know we had some folks and because of their health and because of the time that's required, they're no longer able to do
it. But we're grateful for the folks to come on to want to take on these responsibilities. These are unpaid positions and we need people to fill them. So, we want to thank you for your service that you're beginning with the housing authority and also the two that's going to be on the Mass
Commission. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, counselor. All right, moving on to our vote. Yes. This vote to adopt. Councelor Tenari Garcia is absent. Councelor Himenez Rivera, yes. Councelor Rupro, yes. Council Taylor, yes. Councelor Robinson, yes. Council Tesher,
yes. Councelor Kelly Garcia is absent. Councelor Santigette, yes. Council Vega, yes. Council Brown, yes. And councelor Deus, yes. Nine members in favor, zero opposed, and two absent. Appointments approved. Congratulations. Thank you for your service.
All right, moving on to the next item on the agenda. Resuming regular business. We have communications from the city manager. First communication received from the city manager providing an update on the comprehensive master plan. Dear councilors, I am pleased to provide you with an update on the city of
Chelsea's comprehensive planning process. Chelsea Palante onward following the second steering committee meeting held on April 16th. Over 150 comment cards were collected at Chelsea Palante Fest on March 15th. UD delay. Our consultant team along with city
staff had over 200 conversations with Chelsea residents and stakeholders during what we hope will become an annual event to celebrate our city. We're still in the information gathering phase and survey outreach ongoing with 167 respondents to date. The survey closes May 23rd and we would appreciate
it if you would direct residents to the link below so we can capture as much feedback as possible. Key takeaways from the engagement work so far include stronger appreciation for Chelsea's diversity, community resources, and transportation access. And priorities raised include affordable housing, more
recreational spaces, cultural events, and safer streets. Additional researches conducted by the UTA team has illuminated the following findings. Chelsea is younger and more densely populated than the state average. Overcrowded housing remains a significant challenge. Threearters of
residents are renters and large multif family housing predominates and most people who live in Chelsea work in Chelsea. The next phase of the process will focus on developing the plan framework including visioning workshops, scenario development and identifying implementation strategies. Visioning
workshops will take place throughout the summer. In the fall, additional survey work will commence based on feedback from the engagement work in the spring and summer. These are alternative surveys which will give people choices and opportunities to prioritize what they believe is best for Chelsea.
Rounding out the fall and councelor Brown. Madam President, I ask that we wave the rest of the reading and adopt the f accept and file on the suspension, please. And I like to speak on it. See no objections. You have the floor. Counselor. Thank you, Madam
President. Again, I want to thank the city manager and team for putting this together. It's just a notification of the work they're doing. We all got copies of this. I'm sure we read looked through it. There are some dates where they're going to be doing some other additional um research and input from
the community. Those dates are in the paper in in this package here. Um any of the residents at home, if you want it, you can call the office or you can come in. I'm not sure if it's online, but we're just engaging the community of what's going on. So, it's an ongoing process. So, just wanted the community
to know that we appreciate all those that's already submitted. some of the reports and some of the ideas what they think we should be doing and considering and I want to thank the city manager and the team for doing the work. Thank you. Thank you counselor. I echo the sentiments and thoughts of the
counselor. Moving on to the next item. Next communication received from the city manager requesting approval of union contract teams local 25 DBW. Dear councilors, pursuant to section 4-3 L of the Chelsea city charter, I am writing to request city council approval for the
cost items of the new collective bargaining agreement negotiated with Teamsters Local 25 International Brotherhood of Teamsters covering DPW employees for the period July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2028. A copy of the memorandum of agreement is attached. The
memorandum of agreement outlines the changes to the contract terms. Major cost items of this particular agreement are annual raises and the following amounts. FY26 4%, FY27 3.5% and FY28 3%.
In addition, in FY26, there will be a one-time $1,200 base wage increase. The total cost of the contract over three years is approximately $240,000. I respectfully ask that the city council approve the cost items of this contract since the contract takes
effect July 1st, 2025. Madam President, uh move to wave the rest of the reading uh accept and file under communication if there are no objections. Uh seeing no objections, councelor bre objecting. Uh yes, you have the floor. So I was
hoping that we can actually vote on this tonight. Um I spoke to the city manager. It's a really nice piece of work that's being done for our community here. Um the the union and our team here have agreed and ratified this contract. there's no money that's required of us
on this vote this year. Um, next year I believe there's money coming up because of the increase of the salaries. Um, but if we can, I would, you know, see if we can vote on it tonight. So, I ask if it's okay, we vote on it tonight to pass it.
Are there any objections? Any objection? Sorry. Are we are we keeping it in order and doing it later or are we moving it out of order to now? No, it's coming up. Do we have something coming up? Okay, great. All right, awesome. Thanks, team. Moving on to the next item.
Yes. And that's what He-Man has pushed forward. Yeah. Next communication received from the city manager regarding a proposal for digital residential parking permits. Dear counselors, I am writing to share a proposal to transition from physical residential parking stickers to a
digital system. This proposal means that residents will no longer have to show a printed sticker on their vehicle. Instead, we will leverage the parking enforcement software we have today, which already tracks and maintains an electronic database of all approved vehicles. This will result in operational efficiencies, but more
importantly, it will result in a better customer service experience for our residents. In 2025, the city made improvements and shortening lines in city hall by emphasizing our online renewal process. Our community is made up of hardworking residents of whom many
do not have the time to apply in person. The online process saves a lot of time and frustration for many of our residents. This year, we also extended the hours of operation between last week of February and the first week of March. This small change provided our residents with more flexible hours. We intend to
do this every year going forward. In 2026, the city will like to introduce new digital residential parking permits. Residents who apply and are approved online will no longer wait to receive a physical sticker in the mail. Applicants will receive an email confirmation of their approval from our online portal.
This will eliminate the risk of a sticker being lost or damaged in the mail and residents will no longer need to place a physical sticker on their windshields. This new process will further incentivize residents to use the online portal and will result in less frustrating lines. Madame President, uh, I'd like to wave the rest of the reading
accept and file under communication if there are no objections and I'd like to speak on it real quick. Seeing no objections, you have the floor council. I just want to, uh, thank the city manager for this. Um, I I know that at least for me, uh, taking off the stickers uh, year-over-year is not a
very fun process. Um, especially when you have a few years worth of, uh, stickers that you need to take off. Um the other piece is uh by doing this we would basically remove the um the time where you know you have the sticker and you just haven't put it on the car yet and you get a ticket which actually happened to me this year. So really
exciting to not be getting another one of those tickets um this year and I know that you know that is likely uh something that happens to other residents as well. Um so just uh you know very grateful for the the work that we're doing to minimize the impact um of these long lines that we've had for many
years uh at the clerk's office. Thank you. Thank you, councelor. Counselor Teshi, let me know who came up with this idea. Good. Thank you, councelor. Counselor Sanage. Um, I believe that Revere already does
this and um so we there is some maybe not longitudal data, but I don't know how long they've done it for, but I think they made this shift and it sounds like it's been successful for them. So, um I'm sorry. Oh, Salem as well. So,
there is some data out there as to how it's worked. So, I agree that it's a the reasons you've outlined in your letter are really important reasons to try to change the process. So, thank you, Councelor. Councelor Brown. Thank you,
Madam President. Um thank you again. And I just, you know, again, I'm all for it, but again, I just want us to realize when we do this, if we do this, let us do all the dillingy we can to make sure the the residents are aware of it. This
is one of our most important sticker pro um program if we're going to do away with it and just do it paperless. It's great idea, but I just want us to really go out and put an effort in advertising, making sure people aware of it so we don't get the backlash. Thank you. Thank
you, councelor. Seeing no other comments, moving on to the next item. Next communication received from the city manager requesting approval for department to pay prior year expense. Yeah, councilors, I'm writing to request approval for the department of housing and community development to make
payments on prior year expenses from their FY25 budget. Madam President, I move to wave the rest of the reading uh accept and file under communication if there are no objections. Seeing no objections, Moving on. Next communication received from the city manager requesting a
authorization for mass development grant for a fork street readiness project. Dear counselors, I am writing with a request for the city council to authorize the use of grant funds from Forbite. The city of Chelsea applied and successfully secured funding through mass development site readiness grant
for $150,000. Through this grant, the city will complete due diligence work at the Forb site. The selected consultant will complete the following scope of work. Survey services. Update top um top topograph utility and property condition surveys to inform site planning. Civil
engineering analysis. Assess site constraints, utility infrastructure and potential zoning and public access requirements. Environmental services. Review existing contamination conditions. Inspect fire damaged areas and prepare remediation cost estimates. Permitting assessment. Evaluate
environmental, zoning, and historical permitting requirements, including chapter 91 and coastal zone management considerations. Structural evaluation. Analyze the structural condition of the bridge providing access to the site, including MBTA coordination. Architectural massing studies. Create
conceptual building layouts and massing diagrams under different zoning and waterfront access scenarios and comprehensive reporting. summarize findings in a final report to guide future public discussion, private development interest, and infrastructure planning. This work is vital to
advancing a communityinformed resilient of redevelopment strategy. Madam President, I'd move to wave the rest of the reading accept and file and uh there will be something coming up under new business. Seeing no objections, thank
you, councelor. Moving on, next communication received from the city manager providing an update on housing and community development grants. Dear counselors, I'm writing to share a comprehensive report outlining various grant programs currently being managed by the department of housing and community development. The pursuit and
oversight of grants is a major priority for our city and our dedicated staff have done an outstanding job in securing funding that significantly enhances our ability to serve the community. Our Department of Housing and Community Development is managing approximately $27 million in grants across several key
categories, including community development block grants, economic development, transportation and infrastructure, climate resiliency, and open space improvements. These funds are critical to advancing a wide range of city projects. These projects would be impossible to finance through the
municipal budget and local taxes alone. Because of these grant resources, we are able to upgrade our parks and open spaces, replace sidewalks and roadways, modernize our water and sewer infrastructure, and address climate resiliency challenges. These improvements not only benefit our residents directly, but also help us
build a stronger, more sustainable future for Chelsea. The city's success is due to our staff's commitment to writing compelling and competitive applications, as well as their diligence in ensuring that all grants are managed in full compliance with local, state, and federal requirements. This work requires both qualified personnel and a
strong financial infrastructure, both of which are essential to the continued success of our city. Grants must continue to play a critical role in helping us meet the needs of our residents in a fiscally responsible manner. Madame President, like to wave the rest of the reading and accept and file the
communication under suspension if there's no objections. Seeing none, thank you councelor. Moving on. Our next communication received from the city manager requesting approval of 5-year contract for quiet zone construction. Dear counselors, I'm writing with a request that the city council approve
the extension of a contract with Electrical Corporation for up to 5 years in order to complete the construction of the quiet zone. Our current three-year contract with Dagel for the quiet zone work expires June 20th, 2025. As you know, we have experienced a significant delay in starting construction as we
worked to receive the necessary plans from the MBTA, which owns the grade crossings where the quiet zone work will take place. With the assistance of state and agency leadership, we obtained the plans earlier this month. Our engineers are revising the design and preparing to seek a new round of approvals, but the
work cannot be completed prior to the end of the contract. I am asking for approval to extend the contract for an additional two years until June 2027. We fully expect that the site construction and signal modifications will be completed well in advance of this deadline, but this allows the construction contract to align with the
timeline we have to utilize grant funds for this project and will prevent the need to return to council should there be any unforeseen circumstances. Extending the mad president move to wave the rest of the reading uh accept and file under communication if there are no objections. Seeing none, something coming up under new business. Thank you,
councelor. Moving on to the next item. Our final communication received from the city manager regarding the friendly taking of properties for island and river flood barrier. Dear councilors, the city of Chelsea has been working for many years together with the city of Ever on the island and river flood barrier, a critical infrastructure
project designed to protect thousands of residents and key facilities from severe coastal flooding. Although the recent loss of a $50 million brick grant has delayed the construction timeline, the project remains a priority. In FY25, Chelsea and Effort received a $5 million
MVP state grant for design, engineering, and land acquisition related to the project. This grant will cover the cost for the cities to purchase the land abuing the project in order to make construction feasible in the future. This grant has a spending deadline of June 30th, 2025. After significant due
diligence, legal review, and conversations with the property owners, we are ready to complete the first round of acquisitions. Moving forward at this stage ensures we maintain momentum and keep the project on track for eventual construction. This purchase is done through eminent domain procedures, but rest assured that these are friendly
taking of properties. The property owners support the project and have worked closely with the city. It is mutually agreed that the city purchasing this land along with the temp. Madam President, I'd ask to wave the rest of the reading and accept and file the communication under suspension. If
there's no objections, there's something coming up under new business. Can can we just read the addresses of the properties taken and the amounts please? Sure. Uh clerk, the first set of friendly takings are 145 Market Street
and 359 Beachham Street with with the with the corresponding amounts. 145 Market Street in the amount of $821,16351 and 359 Beichum Street in the amount of $9375870. Thank you. Thank you, Cler. Moving on to the next item. We completed second
readings out of order. May we move on to new business. First order under new business introduced by Council Taylor. Ordered that pursuant to section 4-3L of the charter of the city of Chelsea, the Chelsea city council hereby approves the cost items set forth in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated with
Teamsters Local 25 International Brotherhood of Steams covering DPW employees memorialized in the memorandum of agreement for the period July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2028 dated April 22nd, 2025. Councelor Taylor. Uh, I
actually would like to send this to the um Ways and Means as a financial order. I feel like all financial orders need to go through the Ways and Means Committee. Councelor Himenez, I thought I thought this was just approving the contract and not a financial order. Am I missing
something? It's ID 25F23. That is money attached to what I guess. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. The bargaining of um Yes. City manager, could you share with us some insight regarding the order? Move to suspend the rules so that
the city manager can answer questions if there are no objections. Thank you, councelor. Uh thank you, councel. Um, I did not get uh uh clarification from our city solicitor ahead of time.
Uh uh if it could be done on one vote, but uh uh just so we're clear, the the um what the city council is approving is a new three-year contract, right? That and all of our contracts are
pending appropriation. Obviously, uh um the um the cost components are built into into the FY26 budget uh which will be uh presenting to the city council on on Monday uh uh uh night in particular
when we review the DPW items. Um the the current contract uh uh is in place and expires on June 30th of this year which uh um you know means that we're ahead of
the game obviously in terms of of negotiating a new contract and and personally what's excited about this one is that uh um once this contract is is ratified by the city council it was ratified already by the body by the
union uh um the uh the city no longer has any uh uh any outstanding agreements. So we all of our labor contracts at that point uh will be fully negotiated.
Thank you, city manager councelor Brown and then councelor Taylor. Madam President, thank you. Um I don't if if the council want to send it to second reading, that's fine. I was just, you know, I had spoke to the manager. was aware of this here and it's already done but if he wants to do it that's fine or
the body wants to do it that's great. I know we just have a lot coming up in the next few days and next week with um budget hearing. I did inform the clerk that I will be out of the country from the 20th after. So I was just hoping that we can just get through all the stuff we need to get through and try to
get ready for the budgets and be able to take the votes when we need that. But if he wants to do it, no problem. Councelor Councelor Taylor. Yeah. I mean, look, I I you know, I I unfortunately I haven't talked to the city manager about it. I you you you
Oh, I'm sorry. Through the chair, please. So, you know, I I just I I feel like I feel like I need to do my due diligence in in having all the financial orders come through my committee. So, you know,
even if this is, you know, um u you know, I I'm I'm taking somebody else's word for it. I haven't asked any questions, haven't done any, you know, so so I, you know, not that I I'm sure that everything is will be fine, but uh
uh I I feel like that's that's uh that's my own due diligence and uh I don't think anything is going to be affected negatively by doing that. Am I is there is there is there any is there any I would ask the city manager if there's
any reason why this needs to be done tonight or anything's going to be impacted. Nothing can happen before we approve the budget anyway. So you know this is just I I don't see any rush to do it tonight. Thank you. Thank you counselor. I see
no objections and so move to ways and means. Thank you. Next item on the agenda. Next item under new business, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor ordered that in accordance with Mass
General Law Chapter 44 section 64 budget management procedures whereby cost incurred in FY24 were not paid and are owed to the vendor. And to meet this obligation, funds are required from current year FY25 budget. As noted, the Chelsea City Council authorizes the
following expenditures to satisfy the unpaid balances that total $32,931.97 from prior years as follows. Move to Ways and Means. Seeing no objections, thank you, councelor. Moving on.
Next item under new business, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor. Whereas the land located at 1C Forb Street, Chelsea, Massachusetts, has been deemed a site suitable for site readiness program administered by the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Mass
Development. And whereas the city of Chelsea, a Massachusetts Municipal Corporation having a mailing address at 500 Broadway, Chelsea, Massachusetts 02150, has been awarded a site readiness recoverable grant in the amount of $150,000 from Master President. wave the
rest of the reading um and move to ways and means. Seeing no objections. Thank you, councelor. Moving on. We have an order introduced by council Taylor order that pursuant to master general law chapter 30b section 12. The
Chelsea City Council hereby approves a 5-year contract with Electric Corporation for quiet zone construction for the Chelsea Public Works Department. Move to move to ways and means, please. Seeing no objections, moving on. Next, we have an order introduced by
councelor Kelly Garcia. Whereas the most common sources of lead and drinking water are lead pipes, faucets, and plumbing fixtures. I would ask if we could move it to the next meeting uh for when Kelly is here. Thank you, counselor. Sorry, quick question. Does moving to the next meeting count as a
second reading? Next meeting. Okay, great. Thank you. All right. committee and talk about it. So that's um that yeah that mo the motion that councelor uh Robinson just put on the floor is to move it for when Kelly is
back in the room. When we have that meeting you are more than welcome to put in an order or a motion to move it to a subcommittee. Yeah. Thank you councelor. Moving on now. Next we have an order introduced by councelor Ruparo. Order that the city manager direct the department of public works to paint stop
markings at the intersection of Central Avenue and Shaman Street. acceptance for was already done. Adopt under suspension was already done. The city manager already did it. Thank you. Thank you, councelor. All right. Order introduced by council
Cubaro. Order that the city manager direct the parking clerk to communicate with the parking enforcement contractor to have more enforcement of overnight residential parking permits. Seeing none, you have the floor, counselor. Um, one of the biggest
problem we have is parking. And one of the ways we can eliminate people from parking all over the place is by going out at night and enforcing the parking program because I I don't see too many people enforcing it. I don't even know how many we have. Do we have parking
enforcement people to go out or is that policemen going out and doing that? So that's what we need. We need more enforcement of the parking program so there will be less issues where people taking other people's parking where they don't belong here. They don't belong
here. They shouldn't be here. So they shouldn't. So I would like the city manage to instruct to put more enforcement at night to make sure that people are following the regulations and the ones that live here have more places to park instead of the ones that don't
live here take it away from them. Thank you. Thank you, councelor. Madam President, sorry. Has there been a motion to adopt? Oh, I Yes. Sorry, I I missed that. I I I have a question, I guess, first. Um, so I I'd like to move to suspend the rules to ask the city
manager a question if that is possible. Seeing no objections, city manager, if you can join us. And I'll just start start asking while you got there. I'm just I'm just curious, you know, I know that there's we have this contract. um you know if we
are moving to have more enforcement of overnight residential parking um is there a cost attached to this and what does that look like and if you could just clarify absolutely what um I think what what's um the contract that we have is is to
provide service I think we can increase the number of staffing they do so at the moment uh uh it's one vehicle right and it's uh uh is two employees of the contractor uh a and a a police
officer as well, right? So So it's both that that basically travel at the same time. The the uh the police officer handles the uh non-traffic related things, right? Like if someone is at a hydrant, if a vehicle has to be towed
and those kind of things, uh the the parking enforcement vehicle uh takes care of of sticker issues, right? or things like that. Uh um I think that that we can trial it, you know, and and
see obviously if if uh um you know the the contract is based on revenue, right? So so I I I do expect uh um that additional tickets will be given, right? And that will offset the cost. I think I think it's it's a matter of, you know,
of of uh um how many tickets they're able to issue, right? and that cost balance because I it does mean that a a whole another crew has to go out, right? So, it it's one more police vehicle and one more car with two more employees,
but it it is possible and something that uh uh we can look into and report back to the city council on the effectiveness. Great. Yeah, I I'm in support of of doing that. I was just curious to to think through what the cost would be attached to it. So, thank you. I uh yeah, withdraw my objection.
Thank you, councelor. M Madam President, councelor Taylor. So, I I would I I would just ask one additional question. I'm I'm I'm all for more enforcement um on this issue. Um, however, I would
point out that every time I drive down Broadway, it's like a uh obstacle course because of all the double parked cars, which I have been complaining about for some time, and there has been zero
enforcement about any of that. I understand the travailes of driving and and trying to park in Chelsea, which is a reason why I keep harping on this issue. But um I I would like to really
see more enforcement of uh people uh consistently double parking and causing not only delays but uh safety hazards with oncoming buses, pedestrians,
etc., etc. Thank you, councelor. Councelor Sandigate, I just wanted to say that um for the double parking issue on Broadway, just it's very near to home. I have seen the police stopping vehicles
and telling vehicles to move along quite frequently. I'm not sure if they're receiving any um parking violation amounts, but they are asked to go. And so um it has been better. It It's a
little complicated right now because so much else is happening there, but I have seen them. I have I really have. Thank you, counselor. Moving on to the next item. Next item on the agenda, we have an order introduced by the council
president ordered that pursuant to mass general law chapter 43 section 30, a public hearing shall be scheduled on June 2nd, 2025 at 7 p.m. to discuss the proposed eminent domain taking of 145 Market Street and 359 Beum Street. Move
to adopt under anonymous suspension. Unanimous suspension. Seeing no objections, councelor Brown. June second. June that will be during your next council meeting in first
meeting in June. Okay. Thank you, clerk. We have one item introduced by councelor Cooper or received late. If there are no objections to receiving the late order. Seeing no objections, ordered that the city manager direct the commissioner of public works to provide
reminders to all private trash haulers that indicate trash may not be picked up before 7 a.m. in the city of Chelsea. I'd like to adopt under suspense. You like to speak on it? You have the floor, counselor. Um, it's come to my attention that there's been somebody hauling trash
out of uh District 6 at 2:00 in the morning. They're picking up I don't know. It's coming there. It's at Maverick Street around that area. Somebody called me and told me that they're picking up trash at 2 in the morning. I was always wondering who
picks up trash 2 in the morning. That is the craziest thing I ever heard, you know. And so I would like the city manager and DPW director to send a letter to all these private contractors that do pick up trash not to pick up any trash at 2:00 in the morning because it
disturbs people. They sleeping. Thank you. Thank you, counselor. All right, moving on to public announcements. I got a shout out. Councelor Brown. Thank you, Madam President. Um again, I want to just thank the youth and everyone this
weekend. We had a great youth um rise festival. Uh it was tremendous. We had um some of our council members there to support the youth. Um our state representative was there. Um school committee members were there. A lot of youth. We got to hear from them. We got
to sit up in close contact with them and talk to them and find out some of the things they really engaged in engaging in. Um one the group that I was in and my fellow council would love this um is
that um none of them knew who Johnny Ruiz was. So I said you know one of the things that we do as city council we advocate for certain things. So I put a test to them. I said, you know, you folks, and these are seniors in the um Chelsea High, and I said, these are the
some of the things that we like to hear. So, um it was really um really weird not to hear, uh to hear that they hadn't heard of Johnny Ruiz, but we were promoting them and telling them about them. But it was a really good festival. It was very knowledgeable. They had
everything from healthy eating to exercise to um you know, going to college. Um there was the students were very great. Um be who um helped put that together with all the vendors who did a great fantastic job. But it just goes to
show us that you know we still have a lot of work to do to make sure they know our history and also some of the great people to come from our community. Thank you. Thank you councelor uh councelor Tesy. I would just remind the community that next week we're going to have budget hearings. So, if you want to find
out where the city is pouring millions of dollars, um I think we're doing a great job at it. Come over and find out. Councelor Himenez. Just want to quickly mention that on uh Thursday of next week, May 15th, uh there's going to be the fourth annual
Chelsea Research Festival taking place uh at Chelsea High School. Um it the festival highlights residents contributions to science and it um brings back some of the folks that have done research on Chelsea uh to our community uh to so that they can share back with the community some of the research that our our folks and
residents have participated in. Um it is a poster session. We have about 30 posters presenting uh you know researchers from you know universities in the area up to um high school students that are presenting their own projects. Uh so the first session uh is
1:30 to 3 pm. Uh and the second session is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. So you can either go during the school day or you can join the rest of the community uh in the evening. Um it's at the Chelsea High uh red gymnasium. So please uh swing by Thursday uh of next week. Thank you,
counselor. Um council next week the 15th. Yeah, it's a great event. Um I would like to just announce that um on Saturday uh there will be a uh
Mother's Day celebration at La Collaborativa. Um for all the moms in Chelsea, uh reach out to La Collaborativa, get more information on how you can sign up. Historically, this has been an event that we bring uh to all the moms in our community to honor
them and um ensure that they uh know how special they are and how important they are in our families and in the community as a whole. I actually have my mama here today, Alisa De Jesus. Yes. And I also have the young lady that
made me a mom, Nalia Silvetree. And so it's really exciting. Um I'll be joining the celebration as well and so for anyone who's interested please call la collaborative. Now I would like to move on to moments of silence. One one quick
announcement actually our chief of police will be on it next Thursday up in puberty for a special award on all this work around mental health and stuff. Thank you counselor. Do we have any um yes counselor I um yes one additional
announcement and that is there is um an African Latin black festival scheduled for 12 to 4 on Saturday um in Chelsea Square. Awesome. Yes. Love that. Love that. Thank you for sharing.
Uh any moments of silence? No. I would just end with a moment of silence in general for our community. Um with the recent violence that we have seen, the losses that we have seen uh for just our families, our
community as a whole, our youth, keeping them in our prayers and ensuring that um we continue to work together as a community for their safety and our city as a whole. Okay, meeting journed