Yes. >> Hello everyone. Good evening. We're going to go ahead and get started. 6 o'clock. We're going to officially open up the January 2026 Traffic and Parking Commission public meeting. Uh just a few things real quick. If you haven't signed in and you're planning on speaking, you need to sign in right over here. There's
a little signin sheet. When it's your turn to speak, I'm going to announce the agenda item. Just make sure you go into the center microphone and you need to state your name and state where you live. Okay? Um and for the sake of time, everyone's going to be limited to about four minutes. Uh we do have a Spanish
interpreter available should you need one. And the first uh number uh first agenda item we have is uh the approval of the minutes from the December 2025 meeting. I will make a motion to accept the
minutes of that meeting. >> One second. Technical difficulty. No, no microphone working on that side. >> Do you want to switch? >> Emily, come over here. >> This This one's working. >> Great. >> Thank you.
>> Um, I would like to make a motion to table the minutes to work with Elsa on a couple edits before next month. Just some things that titles that could use a little clarity. >> I will second the motion. Second the motion. All in favor table. >> I >> I
>> All right. Table working now. No, not yet. Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Uh so next up we have a public hearing to receive comments regarding the approval of four electric vehicle charging installation projects. The
first being at Highland Park, second at Crescent A, third at Cabbage Street, and the fourth on Washington A. If there's anyone here from the public that wishes to speak on these electric vehicle charging installations, public hearing is open, just come up to
the mic. So I don't see anyone here from the public. Um, so nobody here wants to talk speak on that. Electric vehicle charging stations. No, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing for this uh and open up to the committee
if anyone has any comments talk about it. >> I I would just like to bring up I know we talked last meeting about possibly getting more was it more locations in less spots kind of like maybe they wanted 16 total. We thought that was a little bit much. We thought maybe to get
six or seven or eight spots if they could, but now with talking about with the grant and the timing, I don't think they have time for all that or the budget. I don't know how if you have any more insight on that, Emily. >> I think that we do have room in the budget for potentially other spots, but it's just that the timeline won't necessarily work at this point to do the
feasibility. Um, I know that we have heard concerns about like the number of spots at any given location. Um, so I think that we're going to have to have some discussion and be a little flexible on that. Um, but whatever decision we make here tonight, like the project team
will go back and either look at more spots if that's possible. I think it's likely not, but they'll come back to us if they determine that it is. >> Can I can I ask a question about the outreach because last month it was pretty slim. Has there been more outreach?
>> I would like to invite the project team up here to answer that. >> Okay. Good evening everyone. Steve Ki with Commonwealth Electrical Technologies. Um you know we're the vendor who's running the uh the program for the Mass Clean Energy Center. But um we have not done
any additional uh community outreach or engagement activities since the uh survey and other um outreach was concluded over the summer where we got uh close to 30 respondents to that that survey. But I would say that in for this meeting, Elsa, folks got a mailing to
their house about the public hearing happening tonight. Right. So that was additional outreach that happened. >> So it was in the neighborhoods that the parking is going in. Is that where Okay. >> Did Elsa, did you get any responses back?
>> Um, so it's just a letter I sent inviting them to the um to the meeting. >> Okay. So, it would be something we'd want to vote on and accept, but also accept with maybe adding more locations down the
road in the future. >> Yeah, I think from the feedback we've heard, I'm going to suggest that we do two chargers at each location, but Highland, and do four at Highland.
Um, with 12-hour restrictions on those parking spots for charging during the day, but available to residents at night. residents uh uh electric residents meaning >> no residents without electric vehicles. Okay. Like electric vehicle only for the 12 hours of the day from like 7 to 7, 8
to 8. I don't know if there's a standard we have in our parking codes. Right now >> we enforce from um >> 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. >> and then we go back at 12 a.m. to um 5
a.m. >> It's 12:00 to 5 only residential parking. So it wouldn't be necessarily for the meters, but it be for the people that live there after like Emily, >> right? Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Um so let's say 7:07 electric vehicle charging and outside
that time no restriction that you must be an electric vehicle. >> What do you have on um uh is it uh by the courthouse >> on Lower Broadway? That's 24. >> That's 24 hours. I was going to say as
somebody who doesn't have off streetet parking in EV, sometimes we kind of need access to the chargers after 7. Like we'll park there overnight to charge, but if it's all taken up by people with other cars, it might be hard if you come home late. >> That's true. That's just a balancing
thing with the people who don't have EVs but still need to park their cars. So, I mean, normally I mean, if we're taking away the park, if if we're going to do electric on Cabbage Street, it's going to stay that. There's not going to be no one from the neighborhood's going to be allowed to park there after like you would on Highland. What what what
makes you want to do it down on Highland and not the other spots or is there any reason specific for it? >> Differential and feedback. Okay. >> People concerned about the other spots but less concerned about Highland and the fact that like if we put four in on Highland and there is a lot of resident concern, we can evaluate shifting the
hours. we can talk about like so that if we say maybe we say 8 to 8 so if you get home before 8 and plug in your EV that's fine um but if it's causing people pain on one end or the other we can adjust I just >> I am in part motivated by the fact that
you know we did get this grant money we're not going to get it back I'd like to use what >> No I'm not saying not to use them I'm just more saying that to just leave those four spots as electric parking like we would the other the other six spots thoughts. That's all I meant. >> Oh, I'm proposing they would all be 12-hour EV parking. >> Oh, oh, not just Oh, not just Okay.
>> to help make it palatable to residents. If we're cool doing 24-hour EV parking, I'm cool with that. >> I thought initially that's what the request was was for complete EV park just like it is in the other six spots throughout the city. >> The grant requires minimum 12 hours. So, I I thought that's what we were looking at, but if we're talking 12 hours,
that's fine. >> I'm sorry. So, CL So, Highland would be four and the other three would be two. >> Yes. And then everything would be like say seven to seven something like that. >> I would I would I was to the over you finish >> one more question. I'm sorry. And when
you're charging you have to pay. >> Can you talk about the payment scheme? >> Sure. That's really up to you how you want to set it up or whoever is managing the the charging stations on behalf of the city. Um, you can make it free for everybody, but most municipalities charge, you know, modest fee per
kilowatt hour of charge to kind of recoup some of the cost of electricity. >> I will say that on our current chargers, we initially were offering them just like free to people who were using them and that did help like boost usage of them at the start. Um, and then we got
to a point where they were actually like getting more expensive to operate and now we charge a fee on our other chargers. So, I think that's probably what we would do here. >> Yeah. I mean, I'm also assuming, you know, neighborhoods that are or cities that are close by would come into our city and use the charging. So, I think
we should charge. >> Yeah, >> we do. Yeah, we do. >> Yeah, we do. Okay. >> I'm sorry. >> No, I was a question um for the overnight parking after it's fully charged, right? You get charged idling fees. So, that encourages people not to just leave it plugged in, right? So,
would you not charge, but then that's still a parking spot for an EV vehicle like overnight? Um, I think that would be something that would have to be worked out between like DPW and the parking department about whether we would start charging a fee if you were already >> fully charged, >> fully charged, but still there. I think there are some trade-offs around that
because and I don't know all the all the details of what those trade-offs would be, but that's not necessarily a TPC decision that we need to decide tonight. >> So, do you want to make a motion that you >> Yes, I would like to make a motion, which I will reiterate as carefully as
possible. I would like to approve four spots at Highland with 12-hour EV charging from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and two spots at each of the other three locations
with 12-hour EV charging from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. >> Sounds reasonable. >> I will second the motion. Second. All in all in favor? I >> I >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Next on the agenda is a communication
from June 2025 from councelor Giovanni Rupo requesting the installation of a speed bump in front of 140 Essex Street. >> I will say we are in progress on a study for this and I'm happy to report back to the committee when that is complete but it is not yet. >> Okay.
>> So I would motion to table >> table >> give me a couple months. >> I agree. I'll second. >> Sorry. You said a couple months. >> Yeah. Is that a What are we doing? March. >> Motion to table to March. >> Motion to table to March. >> Second. Second. All in favor? >> I
>> I. >> Next on the agenda, communication from October 2025 from Nia De Young of 175 Cottage Street requesting the installation of stop signs at the intersection of Willow and Cottage Street. Nia.
Hello. >> Good evening. Hi, I'm Nia D. Young. Um, I do live at 175 Cottage Street and I requested signage because it's getting really hard to just turn the corner onto Willow Street. I live on Cottage across from the new construction that's going
up. Um, a lot in the last six months or so that that building's been going up, there's been a lot more parking. I think either residents or just people who are doing the construction are parking on the corner of Willow Street. So when I'm turning that corner to go to work in the morning, I can't see anything. I have a
sedan. It's low to the ground. I can't see over the cars on my left or my right. There's many times I've come out and almost gotten a hit. >> Um only by the grace of God, somebody slowed down and I didn't get hit. But there's no stop sign on Willow Street on either side. There's a stop sign on either side of Cottage. Um, and as
you're going up cottage, um, from where I live, you can't go straight because it's a do not enter sign. So, initially I had reached out, um, to Mr. Recupo to ask for just put a sign on either side of Cottage Street that says on either side of Willow Street that says no parking here to
corner. Um, and I think the request I submitted to this committee was specifically for a stop sign. But really, anything would be helpful. Speed bumps, stop sign, no parking from here to corner, police detail at that street all the time. Um but just something that would prevent um the cars just flying by
and not being able to see anything. Like literally there will be cars parked to the corner of Cottage Street and then also of Willow Street. So there's no visibility. I sent um to Elsa here. I've sent photos and videos. So I don't know if you all already have seen those, but
just you need additional evidence. >> Yes, we do have those in our packet. Um I will say the no parking here to corner sign is a very low lift. Jimmy, any problem getting those out? >> I agree. No, that and that. We don't need the commission's approval for that. That can be done as just the safety of as fire trucks and plows need to make
the turns there. So, we can start with that and then revisit it or if it's still an issue down the road, you can come back and we can look at doing one stop sign or or two and add a three or fourway stop sign in that location. >> Yeah. I will just for context to put in stop signs, we need to go through a
traffic study process. Uh so, it costs a sum of money and it can take a while. Also, I think that our preference would probably be to put in the no parking here to corner signs to improve visibility and see what impact that has and let us know if you feel like it's not adequate. Cars are still really
going by and we'll work on um we can probably also have some police enforcement there. >> So, the no parking corner signs are like an immediate thing. They can put those up right away and then if vehicles are parked within that space where they shouldn't be, >> uh when the fire department's driving by, they usually call us and say, "Hey,
there's a vehicle parked and we hit a corner." stuff to make the turn. We can have we have authorization to tow right away or even a you can call that type of thing. Um but once people see those signs, they normally don't park there because they're going to get towed. So, let's start with that. We can see if that helps your visibility and then if
it doesn't, call us and we'll again >> we're also working on a number of speeding studies in that area. So, we will in the near future probably have some good data for to back up what's going on there. I know you sent us pictures and videos and that's all very helpful. It's just useful if we can show
empirically the issue ourselves. >> Yeah. Um what would be the timeline if you were to do ste stop signs? You said it would take some additional funds and resources. I think the no parking here to corner would be great. Um I don't know what the effectiveness of that is
in Chelsea particularly. It seems like people are pretty law-abiding citizens, but um I don't know if it's proven effective in other areas of Chelsea where those signs are added. I would say that it largely has particularly because we have such rigorous traffic or um parking enforcement officers. So you
will get a ticket if you are parked somewhere you should not be and that does tend to people notice that and I think are responsive to it in in my experience of doing this. >> Is there a standard distance like do we
have a a 12 foot or 15 foot spot? >> There is something in the municipal code. That's why anywhere we want to, we can put up those signs that say no parking here at corner because in our city code, you're not allowed to park within that distance of the corner at any intersection. >> Right. Well, as hard as it is to get
your car up that intersection of 48 foot long fire truck trying to get through there. So, it would be helpful to us on both sides of the intersection because of the telephone poles and the cars parked there. It's extremely difficult and it's usually a seven minute
disentanglement to get off that street. >> That's good to know. Do you think we can do >> signs on both sides? >> Oh yeah, easily. Perfect. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Keep in touch. >> Yeah, just let us know if it if it doesn't get any better. We can we can
reevaluate the stop signs at that time. >> You want to make a motion to >> So technically I mean it does say stop signs. We don't need to deny it. I mean I don't necessarily say we can just can we adjust it to say no parking signs or do we need to deny it? >> Doesn't need your approval.
>> Doesn't need our approval. >> Nope. So then then the request >> before we can >> I don't necessarily want to deny it because if we deny something then that thing cannot come back to our commission for a year. And if >> that's why I'm saying change it. I would just >> Can we just not vote on it? Can we just
table it indefinitely? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I would like to table it indefinitely. >> Okay. whenever you want to bring it up again or if she wants to bring it up again then um I'll pull it right up. >> Okay, >> I'll second. >> So just a question. So if you table I
mean so we could table it indefinitely and if there is an issue then they can come back and ask for a sign and then you would have to do a study. Yes. >> Is that right? Okay. >> Whereas if we deny it then we can't talk about it again for a year. >> Good point. >> Okay. >> Which I would not like.
>> Motion to approve. Jimmy second. All in favor? I >> Okay, great. Hi. >> Next up, communication from November 2025 from Monica Rosco of Coffee Glow requesting on street parking at 62nd Street in Chelsea Square and at 40 Washington A across from City Hall to
operate her mobile coffee trailer. Monica, good afternoon. Um, so I didn't know that this was going to be like this. So I'm just like preparing coffee globe that is a coffee trailer. Uh, people say
don't say that is a food truck because they imagine that it's a taco, but this the purpose is to sell coffee to the neighbor. So I'm requesting uh to operate in Chelsea Square. That's
one location. I have also um park in Washington Park and here either the back of the city hall or the front but I'm
flexible to open any other location that you might have. I think my first question is like do you want which of these would you prefer because I don't think that we would do like 12-hour we I don't think
we would give you all of this time at all of these locations. >> I prefer the first one in Chelsea Square that is near by the police station. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Um and you're looking at the two parking spots along the side there.
>> Those two. Do other people have questions? >> So, is it is it seven days a week or is it >> No, just the weekends. >> Just the weekends. >> Friday, Saturday, Sunday if it's possible. >> Three days. >> Uh the the email says Friday from 3:00
to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. >> Okay, >> that's correct. I will add as context for the committee that we had a food truck and like trial or pilot last summer that no one took us up on.
>> Yes. >> So I am interested in approving this because we never did get to pilot anything like this. >> Yeah, >> I agree. So my question only is that is it the trailer itself? Is it going to be connected to the truck or can you disconnect it and leave the trailer
there? Um, it can be disconnected. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> I'm only thinking of that because you're going to take up another spot with your truck. So, if you could if we approve it and give you the spots for the trailer, then it's just one less parking spot we got to lose. That's all. >> Yeah, that's possible. I can disconnect
it from my car and just leave the the >> I I am a little concerned about what happens at the end of the day to get the trailer back onto your car then. >> Oh, >> correct. But she'd have to be so if the spot she's talking about are at the end of the
on the corner necessarily, right? So she's What was she looking for? Sorry. >> Oh, you're saying she could park in the front spot on Chelsea on Second Street in Chelsea Square. >> Yes. >> Oh, that makes sense. Okay. >> That way she can't get hurt. You know what I mean? So that way >> That way you can't get trapped in. Okay,
that makes sense. >> Yeah. >> I got my own trash can inside of the trailer. So I just throw it away. Right now I use the one from my work here in I work in yellow glow. So I use there.
>> So you remove the trash yourself. >> Yes. >> Yeah. I I I agree with Emily. I think it's a good thing to start up. It'd be nice to if we can get one started, then you might get a few more or you might encourage those food trucks that did want to participate to step in and come in with us. So I think it's a great idea.
So, I will make a motion to accept her application and just make sure that we have the right parking, you know, we're both clear on the parking spots and and the time and that's good enough for me. >> Thank you. >> Just sorry, one clarifying question. If you are parking, if you're putting the trailer there and then driving the truck
away, do you need two parking spaces or do you need one parking space? >> Probably still two for the >> I would rather to have two two >> then that's yeah seconded. >> The trail is 11 ft long. So, I mean it it does fit in a spot 11. It's only 11
ft long. A spots a spot's 18 feet. So, it should fit into a 18 or 20. So, it should fit into one spot. >> Unless you wanted to do the two with the truck connected. >> I'm just looking at if I'm taking away, you know. >> No. Yeah. >> Too much parking.
>> But I think 11 feet you can fit one 11 foot long. You should be able to fit it in one spot. >> Very small. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, you can fit it in that last spot would be perfect. Yeah. >> Okay. And and just one more question and I'm sure it's in the packet. Is it for one year or is it for >> question? >> Yes, it's for one year
>> and so she would have to come back again if it's successful to apply again. >> Yes, I will say I think that one ongoing effort is to try and so for someone to get a trailer like this in Chelsea, they need to come to us and then they need to go to the law and
licensing department and then they need to do some other step that I'm sure you or Omar could tell us. Um, but I think there are efforts underway to simplify that process. So, we won't necessarily continue to have that under our >> I guess my question is if the community has an issue, where do they go? They come to us.
>> The the license needs to be renewed every year, whether it's by us or someone else. >> So, they would either come to us or probably the licensing department >> because if we're removing three spaces, I would assume that they would have to come to us regardless, right? >> I think we're talking about removing one space. >> Yeah. But but I'm saying
>> there's only two there. What I'm saying is that I I don't necessarily agree with you that I think it should be coming before us, too. >> Okay. >> Um because I think we're taking a space away and we have to revisit it with the community. I mean, it probably it's going to be fine >> and it's not going to be an issue, but I
I don't agree that they shouldn't come back here because we are taking spaces away. >> Okay. Nothing is a done decision. It's just to alert you that conversations are ongoing in that realm and we will hear more about it and have more discussions about it before any decisions are made there. Okay.
>> Also, um this is one of the last step for me because I got approval. I pass inspection. I got some permits and license here in in the city hall. So, they're waiting for this approval to
just to operate legal to start operating. >> Y Okay. >> Okay. >> Jimmy, do you want to restate the motion? >> Yep. So, I will make a motion to accept her application and we will give her that first spot on Second Street just before you turn on to Park Street. Cart
>> second. >> Seconded. >> All in favor? >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Next up is a handicap application from December 2025 from Manuel Otanz of 157 Highland Street.
Um I don't think he is here. So I will just ask does anyone know what no MOA means? >> I was reading thinking the same thing Emily I do not know. >> He says in his application no MA >> like I think he checked yes by mistake
and then wrote no MOA on the >> those are his initials. Um, >> oh, >> he had previously >> answered yes to question three. >> Um, and I double checked with him and he
said that um, there is no off street available parking. >> Okay. Wouldn't his initials be M something O? >> Um, >> that's just what he wrote. Okay. >> Yeah, he probably has another name of last name. I don't mean to be nitpicking
anyone's name. Um Jimmy, any spots near there? >> No, I was just looking. I know last month we had a couple, but they were Oh, it's at the other end. No, this is on there. >> Yeah, this is on that little section around the corner on Grove going towards the uh water is one
spot, but it's a good 3 400t away. So >> then I would motion to approve. >> I will second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> Thank you. Hi. >> Next communication from December 4th,
2025 from Loara Robar requesting additional crosswalks and lighting on Second Street. >> Um I don't know if she is here, but I would like to start this one by giving an update to the committee. Um as she references in her email, obviously there
was a tragic and very serious accident on Second Street, actually the night of our last traffic and parking commission in December. Um, as folks might remember, that was really horrific weather that day. There was fleeting rain. It was very dark all day. Um,
following this accident, myself, uh, Sarah Han, the planner, project manager in our office, and German Moda, assistant city engineer, went down to Second Street with the crash report and uh, looked at the conditions, looked at
what was contributing to that. Um, as uh Miss Roarge notes in her email, there is not enough lighting there. So, DPW is already underway installing uh new additional light heads along Second Street and improving the brightness of
what's there. Um, the person who was hit was not in a crosswalk, but it isn't a place that it would probably make sense to put a crosswalk. Uh, so I would definitely be interested in hearing from her about
like where on Second Street she wants to see additional crosswalks. Uh, but right now we're focusing on some other efforts that were already in progress to put in rapid flashing beacons at all of the crosswalks currently on Second Street so that if someone is crossing the street
in these kinds of very dark, dim conditions, they can hit the button and it's one of those signs that will light up and flash yellow at you. So, that will have a real safety impact for people crossing in these kinds of conditions to protect pedestrians. Um, we're already underway installing, I
think, two of those rapid flashing beacons and we're installing a third later this spring, probably once the weather is a little bit warmer. Just if give folks an update on our currently in progress efforts on this one, >> if you if you want, >> where are the rapid flashing beacons
going to be? >> Yeah. Uh, so they're going to be at all of the currently existing crosswalks. >> There are three crosswalks across Second Street in Chelsea north of Spruce and they will all have rapid flashing beacons. Can you tell me a little bit more about
the lighting? Loose had reached out to me right after this happened because I guess she's been here before. And one of the things she said was that um when she was here before, although her request was denied, you did agree to have more
police details and help with the lighting, but she hadn't seen that happen at all. So, could you tell me a little bit more about how the lighting will change? Yeah. So, you know how there are snake headlights off of the utility poles, but it's only every like second or third utility pole. There
going to be lights on every utility pole. >> Okay. >> Um and DPW already has that work underway with their lighting contractor. >> Okay, that's good. >> Yeah, >> great. I encouraged her to write to you again because she was um so concerned and I know that the circumstances of
that accident were um not necessarily connected to what we need, but it is very dark there. So, >> completely. Yeah. Um, very glad that we were able to take that action so quickly. Very thankful to DPW for >> Does she liv Does she live further up
towards towards Chestnut? >> She lives on the corner um of Chestnut. She lives in the Regginald, >> but she lives So, she lives on that corner. It's pretty bright there. It's not that dark. >> I don't think she's talking about her corner necessarily, but when she passes
through the area and I have the same concerns cuz if you come down that way >> Yeah. Um it it's very very dark. >> Yeah. Get on the bridge. It gets a little dark like Emily said that >> and there's hope, you know, it's it's become there are more people there now.
In addition to the school, there's also the hotels, etc. And it's people that sometimes I don't think are used to necessarily our streets and our city and how busy it is. And there are a lot of big trucks down there that cut through
and go to Market Street. And it's it can be really really busy. >> Yeah. Because I would say that to your point that it's getting more and more crowded with pedestrians and because you're less I mean since I've moved here it's >> you don't used to not see people crossing the street. Now you see because
of the bus stops and the hotel basket with the liquor store going in. >> I mean it are you guys putting out signs that say stop you know crosswalks and stuff. >> So the RFBs will do that. They flash and they have crosswalks right on. So they're supposed to stop legally when they come.
>> Well, so I I just did it outside tonight. >> Unfortunately, you know, unfortunately they're supposed to legally by law they're supposed to stop. Yeah. >> I mean, but the other question is, but do we have like signs saying that there are, you know, like densely populated or something? >> You can put signs up that say crosswalk
ahead. We've done some of that. This on the actual poll, it'll have the crosswalk sign with a symbol with the person crossing, but that you can put them up prior to it say crosswalk. I mean, I like I as a driver, I like the flashing lights because I don't always see because you you're so concerned about the bus >> and down at the down at the hotel was an
issue prior to this person getting unfortunately getting getting hit. It was an issue already down there because when you're going across at the hotel, it was dark and cars don't stop because second streets technically a a thorough. It's it's people's speeds are a little bit faster than they normally would go on a side street. So,
>> and I think also pedestrian traffic is from um the Amazon Fulfillment Center and there are people that come from Beum Street that walk down Market Street to get to Second Street. And I am I am very
surprised at this point that there have not been more people that have been injured. >> Even just even with the 104, there's two there's two bus stops that were never down there. Yeah. There's just more. Yeah. >> Really really dangerous. And that night particular, like Emily said, the weather was bad. It was foggy. It was rainy. It was cruddy. You couldn't see even with
the And our our lights are turned up bright. Like our our street lights in Chelsea are some of the brightest street lights you're going to see. And it was pretty dark just driving around that whole night. >> And there's just an increase in people there getting home, etc. And >> yeah, so I think this is a great step in the right direction for lighting, but I
think that the whole area >> um from the Everett border on Beichchum down and the Curvette Market, I I think we could even do better. >> If you are in touch with this person, could you ask her if she has like specific places in mind that she wants
crosswalks that she's like seen a need for a crosswalk because Second Street is just quite long. Yes. and there are parts of it that don't make sense to have a crosswalk maybe, but like if she has a specific place in mind, I would love to know that. >> Yeah, I can definitely reach out to her. Um, we corresponded via I have her phone
and so I can ask specifically because I when I learned where she lived, I also did wonder. Um, but then she mentioned the school and that area which definitely was a need with more pedestrian traffic. So, >> yes, and there will also be rapid flashing beacons going in two crosswalks
near the school. I haven't heard from her again since you corresponded with her. >> Okay. I wasn't so >> Oh, this is the same person. >> Yes. Loose. Yes. >> Forgot that. >> That's it. So, I think that uh >> your intervention is
um satisfactory for now. And I think that I I again because she'd been here and she didn't have any traffic or uh lighting mitigation and didn't see that the police had been down there. So what
she was told would happen hadn't happened and then someone got hit. I think it was just a a whole bunch of stuff. So it sounds good. Everything you're doing I think will be satisfactory. >> Well, we'll start with the lighting. We'll start with that other stuff. Like Emily said, we can always look at doing the improving the sidewalk, impling the streets down there. Maybe the sidewalks
are in shape or or need to be done over. Plus, it's around the school, too. So, that's something that that Emily and her department are always looking into. >> Well, >> just just as a side comment, like at the school there's a no turn on I'm sorry, my left and my >> no turn. >> No turn on red. The sign is about this
big and it's across the street. And so, I would say >> which location? >> This is right at the school. >> Second Street. You literally see it. I mean, and can't be that small. I mean, most the smallest sign we have is 12 by 18, which is >> it's across the street. I mean, I've
seen other signs that are a lot bigger, but it it really is um I mean, I've probably for school, too. >> Council, you want to sign in for me real quick? >> I'm sorry, >> Lisa. Did you sign in, please? >> I had already. >> Great. >> Thanks for following.
Elsa, I don't know of a vote we would need to take on this because we're not taking new action about it, but we are already like putting in rapid flashing beacons and lighting. What would you suggest we do here procedurally? >> I would just say no vote. >> No vote. >> No vote. I agree. No vote. Rapid flash
and beacon's already >> Everything's already in process. I've already got the bids back for the RFPs. So, >> perfect. >> That should be in in the next >> Great. >> Three, four months. Perfect. Uh, next on the agenda is communication from December 11th, 2025
from project engineer Ilas Pales requesting the review of existing parking conditions along Crescent Avenue from Lewis to Carol Street and proposing to remove on street parking along the southeast side. >> Uh, hello Leas DPW. Uh we are suggesting
removing parking along the souththeast side uh of Crescent from Lewis to Carol. Uh this this portion of the sidewalk is along the water uh just to give you an idea. Uh there are a lot of driveways on
this uh portion of sidewalk. Current current existing uh conditions is just asphalt uh along this stretch of crescent. So in tandem with removing parking there will be sidewalk installation. So curb concrete and this
is to uh create a safer environment for pedestrians and also allows us to protect uh above ground utilities. So >> So if we currently left parking on both sides and we put sidewalks the road would be too wouldn't be wide enough. Correct.
>> Yeah. So currently because there are telephone poles along the northwest portion uh on Crescent that goes out to 11 ft, that sidewalk would have to be 11 ft wide and the remaining width of the
roadway uh doesn't support parking on both sides. Surely >> can you repeat for me why the sidewalk would have to be 11 ft wide? So on the northwest portion of the sidewalk along Crescent, utility poles span out close
to 11 ft and you need to bring the sidewalk out to and put curb in front of the utility pole to protect it, >> right? >> Um so >> okay, >> I seen somewhere else where they didn't put the curb all the way out. I don't know if it's Chelsea. I forget where it is, but they literally put the curb inside the poles and the poles are
outside the curb. It looks kind of weird. >> I saw that when I lived in Somerville. It was bizarre. somewhere. Maybe it is Somerville. I seen I just seen it somewhere and I was just like this. >> Not to put them on blast. >> It might have been Salem for me, but it just looks odd. >> Um, and did you take a look at how much that parking is used by the folks around there?
>> Yes. Uh, so parking is used on both sides. I would say that the northwest side is utilized more because there aren't any driveways or near to none on that portion. On the southeast side, there are
residents that use that portion as well. However, there are more driveways, underutilized park, private parking on that side that could be used. That currently isn't because I mean it's easier to just kind of pull up in front of your house.
>> So, there were driveways that were empty while the sidewalk had cars on it. So, yeah. >> Exactly. >> Okay. >> Um I would motion to move this to a public hearing. Y motion to move to a public hearing for this. >> Uh yes. >> Yep. >> Second.
>> It's kind of the right course of action here. >> Yep. All in favor? >> I >> I >> thank you. >> All right. Always. >> Thank you. We will see you next month. Next is communication from December 19, 2025 from project manager Thomas Quattromani of the MBTA requesting the
approval of the bus network redesign for routes 112, 113, 114 Capital needs on Broadway at 4th Street bus stop. >> Um I'm going to speak to this one because I told Mr. um Quattromani that he didn't need to come here from Plymouth for this. Um what happened is
that we all approved making the bus stop at Broadway and fourth from one bus birth into two uh in the future reimagined Broadway. That doesn't require losing any parking spaces. It's just changing where the paint lines are. You can fit two buses in a space that
fit one bus and no other cars. Um, so we all approved that and then it went to city council packaged with some other approvals that we gave particularly for a one- foot bumpout on Pearl Street which the council had a concern with and they uh rejected the entire item even
though it had multiple things in it. So this Broadway at 4th is the one that no one had any concerns with. It's just on the agenda again so we can approve it again, send it to council for their approval and get this wrapped up and in the final plans for Broadway. So, with that in mind, if no one has
questions, I would motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> I >> Thank you very much. >> Next communication from December 23rd, 2025 from Will Kaufman requesting a four-way stop at Williams and Wesimmit
Street. >> Um, I will also give an update on this if it's okay. Um, so we are actually already in process looking at this. Um, we are working with MASDOT as part of their allway stop program to perform a traffic study at this location to determine if an allway stop is
warranted. They should let me know sometime later in the spring the results of that study and then I will come back to this committee with any luck and propose that we change this to a four-way stop which Masdot will then give us all the equipment for. Um, so I would propose to table this until I'm
going to say April. Um, and I will come back with an update. Second. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> Next up, communication from December 30th, 2025 from project manager Sarah
Han of Housing and Community Development proposing painted curb extensions with flexible posts at Broadway, Shortlift Street, and City Hall Avenue to improve turning movements and sight lines at the intersection. Um I am going to also kick this one off
by just introducing it and then I am sure that Lisa will want to get up and speak. I would never deny her that on this issue. Um so everyone is probably familiar with the intersection of Sherliff Broadway and Marlro which is right this way kind of over my shoulder. Um
crossing Marlro as a pedestrian is really quite dangerous because of the way cars are either speeding down Short Lift or speeding down Broadway and swinging around the turn. So, we worked with our on call traffic consultant, Bowman, uh, to design something that's really lowcost and can be installed
fairly quickly and it will be in place until the reimagined Broadway project comes through and rips up the sidewalk and makes this curb alignment permanent. Uh, what it is is you can see in your packet, um, I did not bring extra printouts today, that's my bad. But you can see in your packet, it's basically
bumping out the curb from where it is with a kind of graceful slope to uh being a little wider and more angular so that people have to like come up to Broadway, stop, turn onto Broadway, and then be on Broadway and turn again onto
Marlboro rather than swinging all of that around as one turn. And we'll do that with red paint and flex posts over the next year or so. Uh and following that once the construction comes through that curb alignment will be in granite.
Any questions on the technical side or I will turn it over to Lisa our fearless leader on this intersection project. >> I I just want to say that this was so exciting before the holidays to receive um word after having advocated for many
many years about this particular intersection. It's actually even more complicated than what Emily has just described because there are issues not only from Broadway turning right onto Malro, but also from Shortlift turning
um diagonally onto Broadway with the crosswalk in front of Shirtlift Street. um just because by nature of the diagonal of the street, uh drivers are looking to the left to see when they
have a chance to pull out. So, they're at the stop sign, they're turning, the pedestrians think that are in the crosswalk that the traffic has stopped and then people are just gunning it as soon as they see that there's an opening. And I have seen many people get
hurt. Um, I was fascinated and not at all surprised that the data that came back from Bowman when they had looked at the mass DOT data, I think it said that it was in the top 5% danger wise for
cyclists and pedestrians. So, I am quite flummixed as to how this had not been on uh radar in a more serious way. Any Lopez, counselor Neo Lopez and I at least 10 years ago got crosswalks. There weren't even crosswalks. We got
crosswalks there. Um, and now after many years of advocacy, it looks like we are going to finally address it. So, I am absolutely thrilled. I'm hoping that what you what
is put is actually helps also with the shirtlift street. And when we did reimagining Broadway, there had been the problem was serious enough, especially with the two-way traffic on the books
coming uh in on in Broadway in front of city hall. There was going to be a traffic light and that was gone after they redid reimagining Broadway. So, we were quite bereff that there was not going to be a traffic signal there. I
think that it's going to just be a flashing yellow. I believe and one of the questions I had about reimagining Broadway and this very area is that once that area becomes two-way from city hall a to Chelsea to Bellingham Square, where
will cars that are coming off of Shirtless Street go in terms of getting to City Hall? A there's no traffic signal. So, how do they go to city hall app? They cut diagonally through two-way
traffic. So, that is a concern for this area as well because I really don't know what that's going to look like. >> So, I think the concept is that they'll turn from Sherliff onto Broadway and go up a little past Marlboro and then turn >> turn left
>> and then turn left >> because the the um little >> because there won't be that slip. >> The barriers won't be there. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So that's not >> because we're not going to have the barriers when there's two-way traffic. >> So that's not going to help necessarily it will >> but this curb alignment will slow people down.
>> It'll slow people down >> and it also narrows the road which also helps. But I just wanted to make the point that although it will definitely help the pedestrians who have been in danger for cars turning from Broadway right onto Malro, we still need to be aware of the fact that the traffic that
comes down Shortlift and turns onto Broadway is also a concern. So um I think I don't know if these flexible barriers will help with both issues. Um so we just need to keep an eye on that.
>> Yeah, fully. Yes. I just can't I can't >> I mean, you know, a big part of vision zero is following up and measuring whether the thing we did had an impact. >> Absolutely. And I I am so grateful for vision zero. So grateful for the work that um I I collected so much data um
from uh the police department um but not from the same time period. So I had 30 31 people having been injured there. Um, but the fact that it was I think did it say there were 12 from 2000? What what
was the time band again? It was not a long time and there was a lot of people that were hurt. I I it's I guess you have to be inside your home and listen to the sound
of metal on metal or a person getting hit to understand what this intersection is like for us. So I'm sorry to be repeating and repeating and repeating but if we really are committed to vision
zero then we need to keep on this. So I am thrilled that after I think it was probably one almost a year since the consultants looked at this >> um it's actually
>> maybe longer. It's been about a year since you talked to me about it, for which I apologize, but we spent the first six or seven months of that trying to figure out contract issues to get our traffic consultant on board. >> So, it's actually only been and then so that took like seven months. It took us another couple months to
>> do the things that were first on the list. >> Yeah. >> Um so, they've probably had it for four months. >> Wow. I am absolutely thrilled. You waited 10 years for that. I'm very sorry >> so much um for uh listening and making
it a priority and uh it literally is going to save injury and lives. Um so what a great win. I was I was so happy. It was like the best gift for the holidays to see the plans and to know that something was going to happen.
Well, if I may, if no one has questions, I would like to motion to approve this change. >> Great. >> The uh I missed a second half of your statement. We're going to have flexible barriers temporarily and then what will happen after that?
>> Um after that, we may need to talk about it again, but uh it'll changing the curb alignment would be part of the final Broadway plan. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, this this mitigation will be temporary um safety measures from whenever it
happens, which I hope can be soon until 2027 when the surface work picks up again. And hopefully data will still be collected during the the that period so that we know what we need to do to make
it permanent or change it, >> right? You know, or refine it. >> Yeah. >> So, Great. >> So, Emily made a motion to approve. Is there a second? >> I will second it. >> Second. All in favor? >> I >> I. >> Thank you.
>> How's that for a gift, Lisa? >> Oh my goodness. >> So, that >> I got one I do one question related to that that in our packet we have a whole section on Kimble and in Prattville and Washington, but I don't see it on the agenda. >> That is going to be for next month. >> Okay. So, this is the packet stay. Okay.
>> So, this month's agenda is finished. There's no other item left for us to talk about. Thank you all for coming. Happy New Year. Uh meeting a journ. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.