Good evening everyone. We're going to go ahead and get started and officially open the March 2026 Traffic and Parking Commission public meeting. Uh just as a reminder, if you do wish to speak when it's your turn, we're going to have you sign in the sign-in sheet here. You do have to state your name and address for the record. I'm going to hold everybody
to about four minutes. Four minutes um when it's your turn to speak. And we do have a Spanish interpreter here should you need one. Okay. So, first on the agenda is the approval of the minutes from the February 3rd, 2026 meeting. Someone wants to make a motion. >> I'll make a motion to accept the
minutes. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. So, I'm going to request if there's no opposition to go out of order on the next agenda item. I want to go right to number 12 and go to the public hearing if if everybody's okay with
that. I don't think so. >> Turn your mic on, Ben. >> I'm asking if we need to be wearing translation devices because people are going to be coming up and speaking in Spanish. Are you going to be translating? >> Oh, we have the interpreter with us. >> Is she going to be speaking to to us
afterwards? >> Exactly. >> All right. So, no no opposition. I'm going to move and um go out of order and go right to agenda item number 12. Uh that's a public hearing to receive comments regarding the review of existing parking conditions along
Crescent Avenue from Lewis Street to Carol Street and proposing to remove on street parking alongside the southeast side. So just to provide a little feedback on this, the board made a motion to reconsider this item last month and table it to this month in order to allow for greater community
feedback. So, at this time, I want to invite Elias up. He's a DBW project engineer. I want him to present the proposal and new parking conditions to the community. So, Elias, >> yeah, you could turn that on. All right. Um, hello. My name is Elias Palmas. I'm with
DPW. I'm going to be presenting u what has been recommended. Uh as stated previously, the re recommendation to remove parking on the odd side only from Lewis to Carol and uh
from Lewis to Carol on Crescent. Uh is following the installation of concrete sidewalk and granite curb. Current existing conditions is only asphalt from property lines to roadway. Uh this current condition creates an
unsafe environment for pedestrians like students from the elementary school to walk along Crescent A. There are also telephone poles that span the full width of the sidewalk along the even side of Crescent A. These telephone poles will
be protected with the addition of granite curb. So this is the current condition from Lewis to Hooper. In this new roadway profile, parking will be m maintained on the even side.
The proposal involves narrowing the existing travel lanes. Narrow travel lanes are a recognized traffic calming measure and are intended to help reduce vehicle speeds. This propo per this proposed roadway
profile allows two-way traffic to steadily flow while maintaining safe conditions for pedestrians and above above ground utilities. So travel lanes will be narrowed in this uh proposed
um roadway profile which is proven to help reduce vehicle speed and again parking on the even side will be maintained. Uh so this is the current existing condition of Crescent A from Hooper to
Carol. Um, same conditions as Crescent A from Lewis to Hooper. Asphalt spans from the property line to the roadway with no distinction between sidewalk and uh roadway. The new proposed road uh road profile
narrows the travel lanes for cars, which previously stated is a method of reducing speeds. Parking will be maintained on the even side of Crescent A. granite curb and concrete sidewalk will create a safer environment for pedestrians to walk along Crescent A.
Overall, we think this is a benefit to the community. However, we understand your concerns and are going to continue to listen to uh listen today to see what improvements we can make to current proposed roadway profiles.
All set? >> Yeah. >> All right. Thank you, Elias. So, at this time, can someone make a motion officially open the public hearing portion? >> I make a motion to officially open the public hearing portion. >> Make it a second. >> All in favor?
>> I. >> All right. So, public hearing portion is officially open. I'm going to invite members of the public that wish to speak up to the microphone one at a time. When someone's speaking to the microphone, please from the crowd, just keep it down so we could hear what you guys have to say. You're going to state your name and
address for the record. I'm going to limit you all to about four minutes. I'm going to give you a warning if you're running close to your 4-minute time. And the Spanish interpreter is here should you need her. She's right over here. Okay. So, just step up to the microphone,
state your name and address for the record. >> I have a question. when they're interpreting it's going to be consecutive interpretation is that cutting into their four minutes like people that are >> so do do you wish to speak >> on this but I'm also just clarifying
>> Yep. So it's come no one can hear you unless you speak in their mic and this is being recorded so if you can come speak and go first and so you're asking if for the interpretation if their limit is going to exceed four minutes >> because >> because of the interpretation I'm going to take that under advisement. Yes. I
I'll I'll consider it. >> No, I'm asking is that it's a yes or no. >> We're going to deliberate on a case by case basis. I can't It hasn't happened yet. So, I can't tell you that yes, we're going to exceed it. No, we're just going to invite people up to the microphone. It's a public hearing. You
guys are going to be heard. And again, this isn't a two-way dialogue. Everything you tell us is under advisement, but there's no >> My name is Jonathan Gomez Pereira. I live at 357 Crescent Avenue. I'm the school committee member representing District 3. I'm here to talk about agenda item number 12. Um, I think it's board planning that y'all are
considering removing parking on the southeast side of Crescent Avenue. This would affect more than 20 households that have more than one vehicle. Um, including my own household and my neighbors. We Sorry, I'm moving very fast. um for the interpreter. Uh that
would impact not just you know the people that are directly losing parking but also our neighboring streets like Carol C uh Lewis and Hooper who already deal with congested parking situations. I've lived in that area for the majority of my life and parking has always been
difficult on Carol which is at the top of the hill. Um, and just this would just displace those 15 plus vehicles onto those other side streets which don't have much space to sort of there's not a surplus of parking in that area. The other thing that's concerning about
the proposed design is that uh it's looking at maintaining or creating uh vehicle travel lanes at 12 ft wide. That's the standard for highways. This is a neighborhood street, a local road. we should be looking to narrow the
streets as a traffic calming measure to make it safer for the stu for the kids that y'all are claiming to sort of move this forward for. Um, and then I would also mention that there are older folks that are going to be directly impacted
by this. Uh, you're asking them essentially to compete with their neighbors on the other side of the street, neighbors on Carol, Cooper. Those are all on inclines, especially given this weather. Things are slippery. It's very hard for people that have mobility issues to be going up and down
sidewalks that are not necessarily always cleaned and are icy. So, that's another uh like quality of life thing that we need to be considering here. Um, what else? Oh, yeah. The other thing is I believe that this body has been breaking open meeting law. Yes, you've
been approving minutes, but they have not been posted. I don't know who the secretary is, but after they've been approved, it's 3 days. That's the sort of limit that you have to approve. Can you not relevant this that's not relevant to the hearing >> is because how else are people going to Well, this isn't a two-way dialogue. So, I'm going to reclaim my time. So, I'm
mentioning this because people are not able to be informed. I learned about this afterwards and was trying to look up what was being talked about and I couldn't find that. So, that's a failure on this body's part to actually publish that. >> So, anything else regarding the public hearing on topic or
>> that is on topic because I'm trying to find out about what was discussed about prior previously. Yeah. Yeah. And I couldn't find that because you guys failed to do that. >> And then just mentioning so what I had to do because that wasn't available is look at the uh video which is like almost 2 hours long. Who has the time
for that? But because this is directly impacting me, my loss of parking, not only for me, but also my neighbors. Um I don't know what your name is, but the police officer mentioned that there isn't designated parking. That's false. there are polls there that indicate that
you are able to park there um on just like any other street. So that's something that's also worth considering. And then teachers who also park on our street, there isn't enough parking for teachers in the existing park like parking lots that exist. So right now where there is snow that's impeding you
know the maximum use of the roadway for parking they're parking in front of other vehicles like they're double parking on uh the basically the school bus way creating hazards for any sort of emergency vehicles that are trying to get through. The other issue is
speeding. By preserving parking we're creating it's it's essentially a traffic calming measure. A big problem has been speeding down uh Crescent A towards the Mace apartment complex and my car has been hit, my brother's car has been hit, my neighbor's vehicle's cars have been
hit, many like many people's cars have been hit because speeding is an issue. By preserving parking, we're creating the conditions that would change travel behavior in this neighborhood. That brings up my question again about the 12 foot wide uh like travel lanes. So,
there is reason to sort of reconsider this design. it's not conducive to creating safer streets for everyone, particularly the people that live in this area. So, I'll leave it there for now. >> Thank you. >> Hello everyone. Uh Roberto Himenez, uh
40 Elanor Street, uh city councelor at large. Um just wanted to quickly mention a couple of things. I think the first thing I support the goal of what this project is trying to do, right? We are trying to reduce speeding. We are trying to expand sidewalks so they are
accessible. However, we know that we have a significant shortage of parking in the area already. And that makes this proposal very tough on the residents. Right. As we've already heard, we're going to continue to hear from a couple of other folks. It also is something that impacts the residents of the like
of the adjacent uh houses, but it then also has a spillover effect on everybody else in the area. Right? If we remove 20 um spots or however many, right, from right there, then those cars have to go somewhere else and they're going to get pushed into the adjacent streets, right? So, it's going to end up impacting a lot
of those folks. Um I've seen what Johnny mentioned just now, right? I've seen it myself. I was actually knocking doors in the most recent election, ran into Johnny, we were chatting, all of a sudden, boom, boom, boom, a car like basically like pinalled off of three other cars, right? And so, this is it's it's it's a huge problem there, right?
And so I think that um something that is worth exploring is turning this road into a one-way road. Basically going away uh basically from Mace down to um the main road. That way cars that are coming, you know, kind of from the main
road um speeding up towards Mace wouldn't be able to do that because it's a one-way. Um, and I think if I my understanding of the of the proposal and the project are correct that this would accomplish the goals by kind of creating a speed reduction by by having it be a
oneway. Um, and also allow for the expansion of the sidewalks. Um, so I would love for uh to hear u you know thoughts from uh uh DBW and others about whether that might be a way to accomplish the goals while also protecting the parking uh that we do
need for for our residents. Thank you all so much. >> Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. >> Hello. >> Nielisa Jesus uh district district 3 city counselor. I actually live around the corner. I used to live on Crescent.
So I was uh actually Johnny's neighbor. Um so I'm very familiar with this area. I also lived on Lewis Street. I currently live on Lisa. Um and I just want to echo the sentiments of um the two speakers that came before me um and recognize that um I have reached out to
Ben and thank you Ben for being so responsive. We have um we have talked about looking for alternatives and I think that what uh um councelor Himemenz mentioned about um potentially having other options to preserve parking um
would really benefit this this area. Um I I come and speak before you not just um representing the folks that live in the immediate section where parking will be removed, but really just considering Carol Hooper and Lewis. Um acknowledging
also that we do get a large congestion from um folks even in the corner of Clinton Court where the uh public housing development is. Um and um and also to um uh confirm also the
statements that Johnny made regarding speeding. Speeding has been an issue in this area. Um and I think that uh a few um uh studies have been conducted in in the past. um uh and and and you know,
we've been looking for ways to support um the the traffic that's happening and and and the speeding, but I think that removing parking will ultimately just allow more speeding to happen in the area. So, I would I would shy away from
that. Um and just, you know, overall, um encourage everyone to to to work with the community in the neighborhood. Um, you know, there's been, um, a lot of concerns in the community about how, um, how we're able to process changes and
and and really take in the feedback from the the immediate neighborhood. And I think this is a great opportunity for us to um, make sure that we take time before we make these changes. Um, again, similar to councelor Jimenez, fully on board that these requirements have to be
done. Thinking also about our elderly and making sure that our sidewalks are safe. Um, having lived on that street, um, it also is not pleasant to the eye to see how the sidewalks don't exist and how, you know, you just it's it's it's not it's not neighborhood friendly,
right? But we want to make sure that we don't impact the daytoday of our families. Making sure that our families are able to come home and find parking must be our priority. um and making sure that our kids who are uh walking down and up that street to get to school are
safe from speeding must be our priority. So again, thank you all so much for this opportunity and um I'm happy to support in any way possible to make sure that we can ma make this an inclusive decision with the neighborhood. Thank you. >> Thank you.
Anyone? Anyone? Come on up. Don't be shy. >> Hi, my name is Quinnley. I live in 399 Cresant and about the uh parking removal. So, um I
work late at night, so I'm caring about the safety is going to be um safety concern for me because when I go home late at night, I might not have a parking lot for me. And you know, not
only me, there might be like uh many people that work late or there a pregnant woman, uh parents with a little kid, they might have to park far away from the house and that's going to be
difficult. And you know recently we have like blizzard um snowstorm that is definitely like uh harder for us to parking and we are the resident we live
we live at the crescent a and we have to face that concern we have to face the challenge. So hoping that saying all this and you guys will find a way for to helping each other, right?
>> Thank you. >> Hello, my name is Melanie. So I live at uh 399 Crescent F. So I know a lot of people already like you know provided concerns and thank you for your opportunity to redecide like the thing
again. So uh first is that like you know the city keep charging her the sticker and it's kind of like hard for her to find a parking. If one day I cannot find a parking I have to drive all the way to my job so to park my car. So it's like if it's actually approved then it's
really hard for me to find a parking space. Um also like since the last few day I really you know hard to find a parking spot because the city doesn't let us like you know leaving the chair or the stuff just to save the spot. So
like few night I have to actually have to park on different street to and walk all the way to mine. So it's kind like really scare at night like you know Massachusetts doesn't allow you to bring weapon or pepper spray. So it's quite
like scare and I don't have anyone to walk with me home. So yeah thank you. >> Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. I'm a little short so okay. Can everyone hear me? Oh lord. I'm just gonna hold it. Good evening, Kelly Garcia, Chelsea city
counselor at large. I'm really here to uplift the the voices of the residents in district three. You have heard a lot of what has already been mentioned, but the common trends when I was phone banking that I heard were two things. The preservation of parking and the
safety of residents walking on the non-existent sidewalks. And so I'll be brief. Uh, a couple of us counselors have to step out for a subcommittee at 6:30, but thank you for allowing us to speak tonight. >> Thank you. Let's
see. Um, >> can you can you come up to the mic and translate after? >> Just have him say his name and address for the record before he starts. >> Okay. Avenue
Roas and he lives at 399 Avenue. >> Oh yeah, just real close. >> His name is Rosalie Roas and he lives at 399 Crescent Avenue. driveway. He says that he's been living there for 18 years. He's um thankful for the
meeting today concerning the um parking development. However, he wants to know if you can consider the fact that that area is very short in parking, doesn't have a lot of space, even though there's a lot of property owners that have driveways. He wants to make sure that you um the committee here can take that
into consideration. He says, especially in the winter time, it's a real problem in that since he's been living there for a while, he knows who's parks there, who doesn't park there. So, it's really convenient if you know they propose it can maintain that way.
>> Uh, said there's also a problem with parking with other um people. for example, he knows who lives in the area in that um neighborhood. So if somebody comes in parks that doesn't belong there, he knows who it is because they all take care of the neighbors in their spots.
>> So college He also states that it's a problem because with the new project trying to remove parking spots, it's going to be a problem. For example, he has kids that are going in college. If they try to come home and park there, it's going to
be a problem. Also with the winter, it's also a serious problem for them to park or find parking because it's hard to find any parking there. >> So yeah, thank you. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Okay, all set. Oh,
no. >> Oh, okay. >> My name is Fernando Santos and I live on 362 Crescent Avenue. Louis Street. He says he's been living there for 15 years and that there's a problem with having the proposed project there
because it's going to affect the neighborhood and it's going to affect the other neighbors. He thinks that if you can make a different proposal for Lewis and Carol Street where the um street is much wider that you can have parking there because it's going to affect the community especially in the
winter time because people that have lived there a long time I've also parked and they might find difficulty and that's all he has to say. >> Yeah, I never see people fired for Parkinson there. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Hi everyone, my name is Adala Gonzalez.
I live on 98 Carol Street. Um, so we will definitely have any spillage that comes with this project. Um, I want to echo everything that's been said. Um, I think it's more of an accessibility issue when it comes to seeing this. Um,
and what's been echoed already is just harder to find parking. The city is already it already has a parking issue. Um, so I don't think it would make sense to continue taking out parking. Um, in terms of the accessibility part, which
is the super important part, I think um is just um relates to the safety of our folks. Uh, you know, I think of our elderly um who also um park on on that street. I think of our staff and um
teachers that work at the Mary Burke that also use Crescent A as a um as a place to park. Um and also I did want to mention that by um Crescent Street and also it's like the intersection of Carol and Crescent where there's like this
small store restaurant, there's already a lot of congestion there. Um people park really crazy there at times. say double park and so um it's already dangerous when it comes to turning in into Carol. So um if people if there's
no parking around um this also adds on to another layer of when it comes to residents looking for parking um they have to deal with that already. Um so I think yeah that's mainly it. Thank you. >> Thank you.
Anyone else? My name is Andre Mahet. I live on 399 Crescent F. Appreciate for the opportunity to come here um and discuss that topic. Um I sometimes I need to get home late from
the job and we don't find parking in our streets. Sometime I need to park couple blocks away. And if I wonder if we remove the parking there, so where those cars are going to park there have no space at all. And and hearing people
talking here about over there sometimes have accident and it's like cars driving too fast and and hit um the parking cars. I think it will be a good idea if we maybe install some yeah some pumps
over there something to um don't allow the drivers to drive too fast and and one thing I was wondering is um um Carrot Street and Clinton Street they
have um sidewalks on both sides and still two ways and Clint Street is busier have more traffic I feel that not sure but I is have more traffic than Cresenv. So if Clint Street can keep two
ways so and have and and have um um sidewalks on both sides so why Crescent F can't but I I don't know my feeling honestly is maybe if Crescent A is become a oneway we'll be we will resolve
all the issues we'll be safier and um we the community like me and everybody who lives on Cresv will have spots to park because if they eliminate the park over there I really can't see
um where we are going to park our cars don't have at all um like Cres the 399 C is a three family have only two parking spots in the driveway how the three family people everybody have two three cars with the family everybody how can
we where we going to park so yeah thanks appreciate >> can you sign in for me if you haven't already and just Just as a reminder, if you guys spoke on the microphone, if you don't mind, I just need to take everybody's name down that spoke. Can you come up here and just sign and then the mic's open for anyone else that
wishes to speak, too. Come on up. >> Hello. >> Hi. Hello. My name is Maria Varela. So, I do live in 102 Carol Street, right next Dr. Lamesa. So I do work for the nursing home. My schedule three times a week is 3 to
11:30. So when I get home 11, I leave 11:30. By the time I get home, it's like almost 12:00. Right now, we already have a parking issue. So the days that I get home, let's say before
11:30, I have to sit in my car almost 15 minutes to wait for someone move that I can park. So, I'm thinking like when I get home like 12:00 and I and don't find a park space, where I'm going to park to walk at that time
to my house because it's already issue right now. So, that's my concern. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Oh, is this unreal? Is this is she here for the public hearing or handicap?
Not yet. Not yet. Okay. Okay. No problem. >> Is there anyone uh anyone else here that wishes to speak on the public hearing portion for this? >> Hello. >> Hello. Uh my name is Michael. I live at 98 Carol Street. Uh Michael de Jesus.
And um pretty much everyone's kind of said it already. Parking is a big issue there. eliminating will not make it better. U so that that's it. Just want to reiterate what everyone else said. They all already said it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anyone else?
Uh sir, you already spoke once. I can't reinvite you up. Oh, sign. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh anyone else here that has not spoken yet that wishes to speak on this matter? All right. All right. So, at this time, I don't see any new faces that wish to speak on this matter. I'm going to make a motion to officially close the public
hearing portion and open it up to the committee for uh discussions. >> Second. >> So, what do you guys So, we are So, tonight was an opportunity for everybody to give feedback from the public. We
will take that back. We are working on a plan that um looks to significantly hopefully reduce the number of parking spots that need to be eliminated in order to put sidewalks in on this portion of Crescent A. We can't commit
to what that number may be or what that solution may be, but we will be presenting a new solution at the meeting next month. So, that is where we're going to leave that for now. We're not going to vote on anything tonight. Um, but we will be presented with a new plan um at next month's meeting.
>> So, is there like a motion to defer the vote to next month or >> We're going to motion to table this until next month >> where we will review the new plan. >> Um, and I think at that point we can
determine if that needs to go to another public hearing or not. >> Is there a second for that? >> I'll second. >> Second. All in favor? >> I just ask a question. We're taking way park. Wouldn't we need another public hearing? >> Can you speak up? >> Wouldn't we need another public hearing if we're going to do a redesign?
>> We will. We need to determine that offline. I don't know what the rules are for it. >> Okay. All right. We might. >> So, no vote was made on this tonight. It's deferred to next month. Like Ben said, they're going to revisit designs hopefully to reduce the amount of parking that this proposal stated. So, they're going to look and revisit it and
see what they could do for you guys. Okay. So, there was no vote on this tonight. So, we took all your your feedback, your input under adisement, and they're going to go back in the city and they're going to look at plans, see what they could do better to benefit everybody on both sides. Okay. All
right. Thank you. All right. >> I have one question. I just want to understand the process that like next month um do we have to come back here for this? >> So, next month, check the city of Chelsea website for the agenda. There
may be an item on here that says um it may go to another public hearing or it might just be new information for you guys that says this is the new proposed um changes down Lewis and Crescent. So I would come back next month to see what those changes are. Definitely.
>> It will be sent to our landlord like the letter or we just have to know. So, we just tabled it. So, it it we're not scheduling a public hearing, but um you're more than welcome to come next month. Okay? Or you can check the agenda
a week before it will be posted. Okay. >> Okay. Sounds good. Thank you. >> Under the traffic and parking commission. Okay. >> It's the first Tuesday of the month. >> The first Tuesday of April >> and at the same time at 6.
>> So, I'm going to continue on with this agenda in order. And the next item on the agenda, it's a communication from January 23rd, 2026 from the parking clerk, Janette Centron White. She's requesting the review of the parking situation at 654th Street.
So, I don't see Janette here. I don't know if she had proposed a solution, but she wants us to review those conditions. >> I saw her, but >> she was here. Unfortunately, she >> might not have been able to wait, >> but I think I don't think she has a
recommendation. I think she wants us to just come up with a solution. >> So, I know Emily and discussed it. We discussed it last month. Basically, the the way the parking is now, it's parallel, it's um angle parking, and we just want to defer whether we're going to keep it angle parking. We just need to adjust uh not justify, we need to
mark the lanes, there's no marked lanes, so it's kind of a free-for-all. So, if we keep it the same way it as is, which is fine if the fire has an issue with the space behind it, but if there's enough room for a firet truck to get behind it to the outfall, then I'm fine with leaving it as it is. We just need to designate specific widths parking
spots, >> right? So, it is to maximize parking on that part of the street. I think tonight we can approve it with the condition that it meets appropriate safety criteria as defined by the fire department. Does that make sense?
>> Okay. >> Is that your motion? >> So motion to approve this order to create angled parking on this street with the condition that it meet appropriate fire safety regulations. >> Second. >> All in favor?
>> I. So next up is a communication from January 27th, 2026 from Sarah Han of Housing and Community Development presenting traffic calving measures for Cottage Street between Shamit and Highland Street. >> Good evening everyone. Uh Connor Murphy
presenting for Bowman Consulting on behalf of Sarah who I assume is not here obviously. Um we were tasked with uh performing a speed study on CODev um between Shaman and Highland. Uh we performed traffic counts uh did some field work, reviewed the area um took
took that all back and did some analysis um and more or less found that the majority of speeds that are or majority of people that are driving down uh Cottage Avenue are more or less um driving at or below the speed limit. Um
that said, there are still people that are a few people going above that. Um the 85th percentile or 85% of the speeds are at 27 miles an hour or lower. Um the speed limit is currently 25 miles an hour on that road and um the recommendations we were making based off
of a federal tool is to uh suggesting to lower the speed limit to 20 miles an hour there. Um or that it's potentially something that could uh could occur to help um curb some of the higher speeds. Um, additionally, uh, some vertical traffic calming measures, um, including
but not limited to, uh, speed humps or speed bumps, um, uh, could help reduce some of those higher vehicle speeds. Um, and then lastly, uh, some potential parking, um, uh, pavement markings and some buffers, uh, could be implemented on the street.
>> Oh, >> sorry. It's just there's talking back there. It's very hard to hear. >> Thank you. um uh potential to put in some uh pavement markings uh related to uh parking and
parking buffers to help narrow the roadway a little bit to help reduce uh some of the crashes uh that uh were seen as it related to some parked vehicles um in our study period. So >> I will leave that. >> Thank you. >> Last month I think we we did talk about
that buffer. I don't know if a decision was made but we talked about that, right? The that was the >> cottage cottage. Yeah. Did we talk about that? >> I don't remember because I know Sarah wasn't here yesterday. I thought we just >> tabled it because of the lines. Um you guys weren't sure about the lines. >> The buffer lines. >> Oh,
>> but everything else you >> Oh, all the ones on the side. Okay. That's that white line. I wish Janette was here to talk about that too as well because she's the one >> I think Emily said too that so the speed limit is 25. We wouldn't reduce the speed on one street. She did say that. Not just make cottage street.
>> Yeah, I I wouldn't because Unfortunately, the citywide speed limit is 25 already. So then it's like if you go and do that on this street, you know, >> but she wants to talk. >> I mean, I've spoken with council before in that area for speed reduction with enforcement, which we've done. And usually I just take it under advisement
when when I'm reached out to when cars are >> exceeding the speed limit. I send an officer down there and do enforcement. Um, but this um Bowman study was >> speaking to putting that line in. I don't know how you feel about the buffer zone if it works if it's >> I only brought it up because it was
brought up to me by the city the parking clerk and it was a parking it was an issue with I don't know if it was an issue with parking and ticket ticketing and how that works but she's not here she was here to speak up but she's not so um but in terms of of like you said at Bowman you know unfortunately the speeds there don't meet the criteria for
even a speed hump in my mind so I don't know what else I know council uh sate wants to talk you can speak >> yeah just this was an order I put in last year and what you're um what Bowman
presented tonight was exactly what Emily presented last month and I know about the line and I guess that was um connected to the fact that cars have been hit. So, I'm not sure if they were speeding when
they hit other cars, but that's what I think was generally suggested that the speeding caused cars to be hit and that that line that narrowing the road helps that situation. So, um I think
there was also some discussion of I can't remember in addition to the line if it was it wasn't a flashing was it flashing stop sign? signage. >> Flashing signage or >> it was just signage and speed.
>> There's a stop at the a speed a speed limit sign. >> Those your speed limit sign and I know that the consultant recommended reducing the speed and I guess that's not something you want to do for just one street and because the criteria was
pretty much met by 85% I guess of the drivers. I understand that. But um hopefully there'll be some mitigation because there have been issues >> Mhm. >> on the street. So I understand if we don't meet the criteria for speed bump
or any kind of um road mitigation, but >> if we could paint or something, >> yeah, >> that would be great. Would this would this um committee be interested in seeing what that line would actually look like so that we could we could basically table this and then maybe get
a quick mockup of what that buffer line would look like since that feels like the most convenient solution, lowcost solution, wouldn't require reducing the speed below city limits. Does that sound good? >> I thought that's what you did from last month to this month.
>> Unfortunately, we don't have any updated drawings. Is that why? Okay. >> So, um I think we need to wait for those. >> Um apologies on that. So, I will make a motion to table this for next month. At next month, we will review a buffer stripe um proposal to reduce speeds on
that street. >> That's great. I know also that was where the fire that block is where the fire occurred. So, I don't know really what's going to happen in terms of demolition and construction, etc., But it's going to be a hot, no pun intended, a hot
block for the foreseeable future. Um, so who knows if some of this will actually benefit that work too because summer is approaching and this is when I came to you I think a year ago because the kids are going to be out of school and so
thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, counselor. >> Thank you. I'll make a sec. I'll second Ben's motion. >> All in favor? I >> I >> Next we have handicap application from February 4th, 2026 from Byron Morales
Rodas of 69 Central Lab. Byron. >> Do you want to interpret her? You can come together. >> Do you have questions for them? >> No. They want >> They don't They don't have to speak if
they don't want to. Just let them know. If they want to speak, they can. Okay. She said it's fine. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> So, they're going to deliberate. They're going to look at what handicap signs are there and they're going to come to a conclusion. So, we'll let her know.
We'll let you know to tell her what they This was central Africa >> 69. Yeah, there's that. From what I saw between Lind Street Extension and Shamut, there's no handicap signs on that entire block. So, I'd make a motion to accept his application.
>> Second. >> All in favor? I >> accepted. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. You're welcome. Uh, next up is a handicap application from February 9, 2026 from Gastavo Restrepo
of 124 Wimmit Street. >> If you want Oh, the microphone. Microphone. Okay. Okay. name and she lives at 162 Winnson Street.
Winnson Street, >> 124 Winn Street is her husband. Okay. Um, she's requesting to get a handicap plate because her husband has a lot of medical conditions. He suffers
from heart conditions, diabetes. Also, he's been waiting sometimes to get a parking there like an hour and then she's found that his um glucose level has gone down and he's not been doing well. So, it's very hard to get a
parking, you know, spot in that area. >> Same same situation as Central F from what I've seen over there. That's uh just behind the police station in case anyone wants to know where it is down the street from Greg's service station and in front of the police station there's no handicap sign. So actually there's no handicap sign. The closest handicap sign is either at Curley's or
it's down at the U ever Broadway. So I would make a motion to accept his application. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I approve. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. You're welcome. Um, next we have communication February
12, 2026 from councelor Darren Hines requesting the commission to explore trafficcom homing measures on 855 Broadway toward the intersection of Broadway and Webster. >> Thank you so much. >> Council Hines is not here to speak on
this matter. >> He was here earlier but he had to leave. we saw him and unfortunately he's he had to head over to his other council meeting for 6:30. Um I believe that more information is being gathered on this internally. Um and I'm hoping that through that process we'll have something more concrete to offer to the
committee at a future meeting. So we will table this one until more information is available. >> Table motion to table. >> I'll second. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. Next is communication from February 18, 2026 from Joan Moda of DPW requesting
the review of the parking layout along Sturgeis Street and proposing the prohibition of on street parking along Sturgeis Street resulting in the removal of three parking spaces. >> Good evening. Um so we are proposing the
removal of three parking spaces. Um our intent at DPW, sorry I should begin with I'm Jordan Motus is a city engineer with the Department of Public Works in Chelsea. Um, our intent isn't usually to remove parking spaces, but um, in this specific scenario, this is a case of
public safety. Um, in its current layout, um, the parking arrangement, um, currently um, you'll find that at 9 Sturgge Street, there is angled parking. That is private parking for that particular home. But immediately across from it, you'll find three parallel
parking spaces that create a essentially a uh, bottleneck or a pinch point. Um this poses a number of safety risks and limitations. Um and this includes uh the inability for a fire apparatus to reach the dead end portion of this street um
at 11, 12, and 13 Sturgeis Street. Um there is a fire a city fire hydrant at the end of this um uh street as well um which also needs to be uh accessible for uh the fire department to utilize for fire suppression activities. Um on top
of that as well during snow emergencies um DPW snow plows have a difficult time making it the entire way up um this uh dead end portion of the road uh at for to clear the roadway for 112 and 13 Sturgeis Street. So, uh, pursuant to the
National Fire Prevention Code, um, chapter 18, um, access roads require 20 ft of operating with, um, for, uh, fire apparatuses to, uh, pass and as well as 50 ft from the exterior door from from each property in order to perform fire
suppression operations. So, um, what we would look to do and if this, uh, proposal were to be accepted was to either, uh, install some cross-hatching, um, for pavement markings coupled with some no parking signage or, um,
alternatively, we'd like to in institute or construct some sidewalks that are accessible um, for the home at 12 Sturgeis Street. Um, also providing access to that fire hydrant at the end of the street there. So, thank you.
Thank you. >> This needs to be moved to a public hearing in April >> um to review with public. So, I would for we're on number eight, right? >> Yes. >> Okay. Yeah. So, motion to move this to a public hearing. >> Actually, before you do that, I just had
a question. Is so is there already a design in play or we're just removing the three parking spaces? >> Oh, yeah. Is there already is there a design for that sidewalk or what plans? >> I heard sidewalk but I I wasn't clear if it was going to be put in or
>> there's no current design in place the free parking spaces and not put a sidewalk in. >> Exactly. So there's there are no plans to um construct a sidewalk unless the approval of the parking spaces is approved by the commission. >> Okay. So once you move the parking spaces then we can go and design for
sidewalks. Okay. I'll make a I'll second Ben's motion. >> Yep. All in favor? >> I >> I >> gentlemen, you want to come back up? Next is a communication February 18th from Drummond Motor DBW requesting the installation of a new emergency preemptive traffic signal to support the
central fire station in Faceway. >> Um we have our consulting engineer from Bowman tonight, Connor Murphy. I'll let him provide an overview for the central fire preeemption system. Good evening again, Connor Murphy, Bowman Consulting. Um, so working with
DPW, uh, we are tasked with designing a emergency preeemption signal, um, at the intersection around the corner here with the central fire station. Um, so I believe you have the plans in front of you. Excuse me. Um but what we have uh
provided here are uh traffic signal posts um that are placed throughout the square um to control traffic on city hall a Washington Avenue Chestnut Street and Sixth Street um for when a uh the fire trucks need to leave the station.
The a button would be pressed inside the fire station alerting or in um uh turning on the signal. Uh the signals themselves would be on flash mode throughout the throughout the day. So they would be functioning more or less as stop signs in the flash mode when the uh button is pressed and the fire trucks
are looking to leave uh the station itself. Um the signals will go to a fully red or a hard red um indicating to all the vehicles on the approaching streets that they need to stop until uh the button or the uh the fire station is
able to turn off uh the call such that um the vehicles have already or the fire trucks have already made their way into the square and are on their way to assisting with the city of Chelsea. Um at that point the signals will go back to flash and uh allow the intersection to continue operating. Um we have designed this in such a way that it will
require less m or less um adjustment in the next year. Uh it's my understanding there is a larger project that is coming in um through a mastoot uh mastoot funding with a different consultant that is redesigning not just um this intersection but uh Broadway and some of
the other streets around. Um so we have been in coordination with them to ensure that the placement of these traffic signal posts and the design um of the intersection itself will be able to more um more nimly function with their future design uh such that less uh work needs
to be done in the future. Uh so we are uh collaborating on that end. Um so that way we are getting what's done need what's done now or needed getting what's needed done now and they'll be able to come in and make this a little bit more permanent u with their full uh full design. I think that's all I need. And
>> can I just one question? So the signals are just like the regular traffic light signals. So like a flashing >> it would you still have a your red, yellow, green. It will just be flashing red throughout the day. And then um >> and then once the fire trucks or the fire station activates it, it will go to
a hard red. So that's your that will be the normal signals. Um obviously in the future if there was ever a need that could be reused, but that would be the the normal setup. Um just from a consistency from a a user standpoint. So, I think I can add to that. Uh, at the Millh Hill Fire Station on Broadway, we have a similar button. So, the lights
always flashing until we hit a walk button style thing on the inside of the building, it starts a timer for a minute or two minutes to give us the opportunity to get the doors open and get out. So, it gives us a red light for for traffic to to stop. and not just
leaving on a call, >> but coming back is is >> almost as dangerous when a firefighter is out on the sidewalk trying to stop traffic frequently. We we we probably have a close call once a month. >> They're going to get people with a lipo, right? >> They're absolutely going to get out.
But uh to have this going to a call and coming back or even from training or whatever else to be able to control traffic >> is is a great advantage for us in even in a year or now or from now whenever the plan changes it would be very advantageous to us. And I will add
there's uh pavement markings that we've proposed in front of the garage door or the doors for the fire station um to help identify vehicles on chestnut so that way they're not running right into um any out u not outcoming but vehicles leaving the the garage itself. Um
there's also a flashing warning sign that um pedestrians uh vehicles and bicyclists on city hall a approaching the square uh that will start flashing when the button is pressed. So that way pedestrians as well aren't confused or um surprised if they come around the
corner that vehicles would be >> I'm just confused with terminology. So you said paper warning or >> sorry paper markings. There'll be markings on the roadway. >> Oh man. I thought you said paper. >> No, I'm sorry. Sorry. >> So yes, just adding to the the points you're making. >> Okay. >> Yeah.
>> Great. >> Thank you. No questions for me. Thank you. >> Anyone want to make a motion? I'd make a motion to accept it. >> Second. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
Next, we have communication from February 20th, 2026 from Carl Allen requesting a street closure from June 11th, 2026 to July 19, 2026 for the Fiesta Football 2026 Chelsea.
Come on up. Hello. >> Hi. >> So, for 39 days, >> are you Carl? >> Pardon? >> Are you Carl? Just Just to get your name for the committee. >> Just >> Carl Allen. Okay. Uh, >> City of Chelsea Department of Housing
and Community Development. uh for 39 days uh from June 11th through July 19th uh Chelsea is going to be hosting a street party uh for the World
Cup. Uh we will be broadcasting with the help of partnering with Telmundo the Spanish language feed for uh pretty much all of the World Cup games. We're not going to do the ones
that are happening at midnight. Um, and there are a couple others that are at odd times that doesn't make sense. Um, in order to facilitate that, um, and uh, basically bring people to our
downtown. Uh we're asking to close Winnimmit Street between Broadway and Park and to close Second Street between Park and Broadway
uh for the duration of that. Um that's because we want to use concrete barriers, not movable barriers. Uh in order to protect it, we're going to be either renting or acquiring a very large
uh screen 16 by9 that we're going to be leaving there. uh we don't want anyone to bump into it uh or anything and to keep it safe. It's
going to it'll be an expensive piece of equipment. Um so in addition to that on weekends our I guess our law department has suggested
that we should close Broadway um from Williams Street up to Everett A and Cross Street and take that extra capacity
and fence off the area to create a uh alcohol zone. So that rather than having a single fenced in beer garden, um I guess her analogy was to uh Bourbon
Street or to uh which one in Boston? >> Newbury. >> Oh, Newbury. Uhhuh. Occasionally they shut down that uh and you know there would be formal processes
for age verification. All of the beverages would be in specially designated uh containers so that it would be obvious to all of the people there whether uh you had the
permission and had gone through the proper process to get there. But so in that case we would shut down uh second at Cherry Street. We would shut down uh Broadway at Williams Street. And we
would shut down uh with temporary barriers uh Broadway at Everev and Cross Street. Um truck diversions would happen further back at Arlington
extension uh so that we don't have the tractor trailer traffic that uh would normally try and cut through Chelsea Square uh coming into the area and having to
back up or turn down uh to Cherry Street, which isn't going to happen. And I don't know, that's broadly it. The packet we sent you gives you the counts
of the number of spaces we'd be losing temporarily. Um, all of the weekend stuff would be done with uh movable temporary police barriers
and all of the uh weekday permanent semi-permanent for five and a half week stuff uh would be done with concrete jersey barriers. Happy to answer any questions.
Just to temper expectations for this meeting, we can think of this as a first reading. We can digest some of the options. We can have a dialogue about concerns and then at the next meeting, we could actually take a formal vote um
on one of these three options. >> I've seen the whole packet. My concern was a long-term closure of any part of Wimmit Street. I mean, aside from the fire department access, does does businesses there? Are they do they have
concerns? Like the restaurant supply store, does he have an issue with not having access to the front of his building for six weeks? Uh, so part of my discussion with businesses has been surprisingly very positive. Um, in general, a lot of them
are in the brink of going out of business anyway, uh, for many situations that we know about. So they rather have the food traffic and sales than you know lose parking. Obviously there's more
specific businesses on Wimmit um that deal with restaurant equipment. There's the theater um which is we partner with them and we'll be working directly and some other uh other businesses are um
tenants of the Apollinaire so we can work with them and talk to them. Uh but I the feeling I've been getting is we rather have thousands of people walking our streets with disposable income, people that are tourists um you know uh
and and and make good business for you know a couple of months and you know get ready for construction for the next two years that it's going to be rough for them. >> Understandable. But so that's the businesses. Now what about the what about the people that live there?
uh you know it's a handful of spots in Wimid. I think one side is metered and and the other one is uh I think half of the >> so on the business side. Yeah. No, I mean I bring up because obviously we saw the last public hearing where people were out cried for for losing parking
spaces for five and a half weeks. If I had to park blocks away from my house living on one of Simmon Street, I'd be opposed to it obviously. Um >> yeah. No, absolutely. And we've discussed this plan with you know with fire and police. Uh and you know we were
take would take any suggestions but it seems that the the desire and the feedback we've gotten by locals people from even outside the cities is been extremely you know positive. Everyone's super excited and you know we have an
opportunity to also showcase everyone through our partners in Telmundo that are going to be setting up a station for five weeks and doing the news from Chelsea to show how positive and vibrant community we have and I think we've all been working to show that and it's I
think it's the time to do that >> and there is the underutilized lot underneath the Tobin um that you know for a couple weeks people will have to walk a little further than they would like but it's
not like there's no parking. >> So we have a couple options in this packet. So option one allows for the alcohol zone. So would alcohol be sold at the businesses like Curies, Latino Falcon, Tijana in special cups and then they just walk outside and now it's an
open alcohol zone. And in addition, uh there may be um we may have a brewery that's running a effectively a food truck doing the same thing within the
>> but that so that zone there's no gated area like the beer garden. So it's just you can walk sidewalk street. >> Yeah. and in coordination with with the police uh which is their major concern. People walking with open containers everywhere >> because the liquor store is right next
door. That's my concern. >> They've also gave us a proposal of police and this is why we've you know Carl mentioned the the street closures. Uh there'll be like two details in every street closure. There will be a police
uh doing the traffic and they really want to make sure that doesn't happen. So, they're going to have police also within the crowds and we're planning on hiring people to do ID checks. We're going to have volunteers, you know, uh
it's a long period so we'll see how the first one or first couple goes and we can always adjust to that. Um so but um >> so that option I just want to go on record saying that's my concern having a large zone in terms of I don't know how
many people will show up. Um I know that when we've done beer gardens at Taste of Chelsea it's more gated and smaller and it's controlled. I'm just concerned um the length the openness how how many for
the public safety factor of it. And this option is the one that would reduce the 37 spaces. The second option wouldn't reduce as many. Um I just again I don't want to limit the fund to be had. I'm just thinking in terms of the scope of resources needed for a alcohol zone
compared to a beer garden that's gated. >> So I don't want to be a party pooper. I just want to go on record say it's important to weigh all of the the costs and the benefits. And as someone that has set up events like this before, um,
in in Reading, Massachusetts, we shut down a whole public square and a street and there were businesses nearby. Um, and it was a huge success for the downtown. It required management, required oversight. Um, but the value of
it was huge. So, it's important that we talk about the trade-offs for sure. I would also I would like to ask a question about like the hours is it because this is 247 for five and a half weeks is there a time where like with the drinking I'm assuming they would stop at what time and how does that
control if it's a wide open space and then you also have neighborhood you know so it's going to potentially spill out how would you address that >> the other question I have is you know if it's I don't know forgive me I'm not a big soccer player so I don't know how
long these asked, "Is there a plan for getting people out of the city if it goes beyond the MBTA hour? Like, how are you going to get people home if they're coming from outside the city?" >> Um, so that's why we're avoiding the midnight games and anything that goes
past 10 pretty much. I would say it's about two hour. Um, based on the schedules, uh, there's a game that starts at three. There's a three-hour gap um, between games. There's three to four games per day. Uh, so we've kind of looked at the schedule and said, I think
this is what we can realistically do and make every sure that everyone's safe and can leave and we're not bothering everyone. Um, the the hours vary, but pretty much we're doing this 12 hours a day. Um, on
on the weekends it's like 10 in the morning to close streets, so police can do that all the way to midnight. Um, on Sundays we're considering doing until 6 PM. I mean, we we don't know. Um, but I'm assuming people want to go to bed
before a Monday. Um, and then during the week, we're only doing the square. We're not closing Broadway and it's going to be a lot more toned down and it's more to go and enjoy the game outdoors. I don't know if you want to add anything to that.
So, we don't really know how many people are going to show up. Um, and you know, we do plan on kind of adapting as Mar was saying, uh, as we
gain experience during it. Um, one of our concerns, particularly on weekends, is it will be fairly easy to get several thousand people showing up.
And if we try and confine them just to Chelsea Square, they're going to be spilling into Broadway, whether we want them to or not. And then you're going to have conflicts that are much harder to manage.
Yeah, good point. Yeah. So, >> are we assuming they're all going to be taking public transit? >> Are we assuming they're all taking >> We're advertising a second no parking uh except bicycle parking. >> Okay. >> Uh people want to bike in, we're happy
to have them do that. Um we will be marking the path from the uh silver line and the commuter rail and making made it very obvious how to get from there uh to
the party. Um you know the 111 will still flow through there. We have Park Street open uh 116. All of 104 all of those bus routes will
still operate without any changes. And um you know we expect and will encourage the vast majority of visitors to not try and drive into
Chelsea and Park because they will fail at that and to uh take public transportation. >> I think a great ex a great analogy for maybe folks that have lived around the area is we don't really have a great
like porchfest >> turnout. This is like a mini porchfest though. >> No, abs. No, absolutely. For sure. Um I just I think it's it's really exciting and that's a great point, Mara, about the transportation and transit and folks
coming in. Um I expect a lot of our local residents to be the ones enjoying this. Um so I expect a lot of people to be coming in >> you'll have some travel, but >> for sure including some of us around this table, right? So it's it's for everybody. Um, yeah. >> Yeah,
>> I think it's a great I think we I mean we obviously we're on board. We think it's a great idea just like like Lieutenant said, you know, just making sure that we're keeping that public safety in mind and that that spewing over, but like you said, Ben, we can discuss the options and look at them and and get it in our head and then get back to it next month, too. >> I think Yeah, go ahead.
>> I would like to say I think even if we don't want to I like the idea of the larger zone of fun, I am very excited. I will personally be going to this. Um, but if we don't, if we're uncomfortable with the large alcohol zone, I think for
for public safety, just for minimizing conflict of cars driving through, there will be a lot of people, especially on the weekend, that even if I say we probably should close Broadway on the weekend, even if there is not alcohol, I think that would be like just from a
safety perspective. >> And if that is what we're asking you, uh, not asking you to do the alcohol policy. We're going to go to the licensing commission and work with them on that. Um, but
I I want to be able to go talk to the licensing commission saying that, you know, traffic is going to allow us to shut down Broadway. Here are the options. We could, you know, fence in a
large beer garden on Broadway. uh or we could, you know, go with this kind of open model >> and, you know, let them weigh the pros and cons since that's their curfew.
>> Yeah, that area in the city also has a homeless population that drinks. So I I would want clarity on what kind of cups are being used because they could go to the liquor store, pour in a red cup and then legally am I enforcing one group says she has
>> cups that she wants to use >> and and everybody regardless of socioeconomic bracket that wants a wristband and a cup >> can enjoy and that will be regulated and >> so it'll be it'll be like a Chelsea Dave beer gun where we have to pay it'll
hopefully Chelsea beer garden. It'll be very similar to a Chelsea day situation. We just are up here ensuring that we're providing feedback at this meeting so that they can adopt I'm sorry adapt any of these options and then at the next
meeting we can vote to approve all of those options and say up to you guys, right? Or say we don't you know this option with the caveat that you do this or anything like that. So, we're really just advising on um our purview, which
is really just about the street closures and the temporary parking impacts. That is really our decision to to make licensing commission will do the alcohol stuff and then there's other internal control systems that will like plan out the party responsibly. >> And like you said, Benny, it's
temporary. None of it's permanent. It is temporary. It's all temporary. It's just for that time period. Exactly. I just wanted to say two things. one we really coordinated with fire and police emergency management is coordinating with FEMA and the state um you know we
communicated with FIFA or Boston 26 they're know of our event uh we have Telmundo we're gathering sponsors this is very very expensive too so we're applying to get more fund that would allow this to so um it's just
knowing what we can do maximize this event. It's extremely helpful and we appreciate all of your input. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> We also view it in part is a pilot because we're going to uh repeat it in
2027 for the women's world cup in Brazil. >> Nice. >> Okay. >> Cool. Awesome. >> Thanks. >> Thanks, Omar. >> Thank you. >> Thank you guys. Nice work. >> Motion to be made, right? >> There's no motion. There's no vote to take tonight. I would say let's table
this to the next meeting next month. Um with the understanding that we will be voting on you know >> one of the options >> one of the options some one or all of the options for approval. >> I will committee second. >> All in favor? >> I. So, next up is communication from
February 26th, 2026 from Sarah Han of Housing and Community Development presenting a traffic study and recommendations for the existing one-way street configuration and potential routing improvements within the 11 unsignalized intersections along Maverick Street,
Congress AB, and Essex Street, and recommending improvements to vehicle routing challenges during construction activities. >> Good evening again, Connor Murphy Bowman on behalf of Sarah. Um so as stated by the lieutenant uh we were tasked with uh looking at the routing and one-way
routing um particularly along Maverick Street, Congress AB and Essex Street. Um we similar to earlier uh went out did field review of the area, traffic counts, crash data analysis um really kind of looked at the the overall
neighborhood um from a a routing standpoint and all the oneways. Um ultimately what we came to the conclusion of is that if any of the one-way streets were converted to a two-way street um there wouldn't be a
significant gain in terms of uh rerouting and benefit from a traffic standpoint. There would be a very impactful loss of parking and as we've heard tonight that is certainly a problem for many of the residents in Chelsea. Um what we did identify is that
where routing challenges have likely been presented. Um and not that we have a specific case of this, but from what was um identified to us is that if there have been construction activities along um several of these streets at the same time that there may have been routing
issues with um with traffic getting around the area because one street that they may have been able to go on to was shut down as was one adjacent to or so um or so forth from there. So I think the recommendation we were coming out with was more that if there is um
rerouting or detouring along any of these streets, they uh should be coordinated um amongst each other amongst the neighborhood and look at more potentially at a detour plan. So, if there is a um a detouring or work being done on Congress that there will
be specific uh traffic management plans enacted for Maverick and Essex and other roads in the area to account for traffic needing to be rerouted through the area, but ensure that it's not multiple streets all at the same time, which could cause a problem um throughout the
area. So, uh I will leave you with that. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. There's no vote needed to take tonight. Um, we'll take this back to councelor Ricupro was his original request. Um, and we'll share the results of the study with him. And so this this does not need to go um this doesn't even
need to be tabled. Um, it will reemerge as a discrete item if councelor recupo um decides to bring it forward as such based on the findings of the study that we share with him. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> With that said, there are no other items left on this month's agenda. So, thank you all for coming and watching at home.
The meeting is adjourned. Thank you. >> Thank you.