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Part 1 (Video ID: VBG-rapVWv0):
- 00:12:12: Meeting Opening, Minutes Approval, Handicap Application Introduction
- 00:13:15: Handicap Application Review: Senier Gomedia, 54 Addison Street
- 00:18:20: Motion to Approve Senier Gomedia's Application; Concerns Addressed
- 00:20:26: Handicap Application: Wilson Estrada, 60 Addison Street
- 00:24:57: Communication: Traffic Calming Measures on Summit Avenue
- 00:29:06: Handicap Application: Shondi Hams Hernandez, 75 Essex St.
- 00:32:59: Lane Shift on Broadway Fire Station; Bellingham Square Config
- 00:38:18: Handicap Application: Josephina Ruiz, 29 Summit; Tabling
- 00:39:43: Shirtlift Street Closure; Adoption of a Public Comment Policy
- 00:42:46: Penrose Project Plan Presentation: 95 Crest Avenue
- 00:56:26: Removal of Handicap Sign at 93 Bellingham Street
- 00:57:14: Move Handicap Sign at 34 C Street; Expired Placard
- 00:58:50: Deny Removal: 27 Gardener Street; Approve: 309 Spruce St.


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Hi everyone. We're going to go ahead and get started at 6 o'clock. We're going to officially open the May 2026 Traffic and Parking Commission public meeting. Just as a reminder, if you wish to speak, we have a sign-in sheet. You need to sign in. Uh when it's your turn to speak, come up to the microphone front and

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center. State your name and address for the record. Everyone will be given four minutes to speak and we do have a Spanish interpreter here should you need one and that will extend your time should we need it. So first up we have the move uh approval of the minutes from the April 7th 2026 meeting. If someone

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was here last month that wants to make a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I abstain because I was not here. Uh if there's no objections, I want to

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go out of order on this agenda and skip to number six uh to do a handicap application April 15, 2026 from Senier Gomedia of 54 Addison Street just to have her come up and speak if that's all right.

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>> No objection. >> Do you um do you mind interpreting helping her? Hello. >> Hi. So, you don't have to speak if you don't want to, but if you want to tell us uh your request for the handicap application, the reason for it, this is

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your time. Feel free to do so. Everything is pretty much stated in the application already. So, >> perfect. Okay. >> Can I ask a question? Uh, this is SA Germania. Grenadia. Sorry.

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>> Um my the paper just printed out a little blurry. Uh there's it indicates in question three that you do have off- streetet parking available to you. Can you clarify? There was a parking space right in front of my house, but it was removed.

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>> Other people were using that parking spot. >> But do you have off streetet parking available to you on the property you live on? >> No, I would have to go far away. >> Okay. sometimes have to go to up to the high

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school to be able to park there. >> Okay, thank you for clarifying. concern I have is there's one right across the street at 55. We also have another applicant that's going to look for one on 60. I know we already have one. We also don't like to to put them back to back. I mean, I'm open to

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putting one there for the both of them if that's something we want to talk about. Agenda number 10 is 60 Addison that's looking for one too. And we, as you know, we already have uh on the other end of Addison at 71 and 60

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67, I believe, or 65. There's already two over there, too. >> Does she know that the handicap uh the handicap signs that are currently there, she could use that as well if she has a placard? Does she know that these signs are sharable for anyone with a placard? >> Which signs, I'm sorry? um the handicap

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signs that are up at number 55 Addison. Does she know that she could share that if she was to park there that never used it before, however, I've been told about it but never used it. >> Okay. Um there's another sign going up

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on maybe Friday, Thursday. Um that's scheduled to go up. Um there's one that was approved for 60. >> Oh 66, but we put that on Spruce, didn't we? >> No, no, there's Yeah,

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>> we put that one around the corner on Spruce because we already had two of them on Addison. So in that general vicinity, there's one, two, three. There's four of them in that general vicinity. And then like I said also number 60 is looking for one too. I mean obviously we feel your pain. We we want to make it accessible for you but at the other token we don't want to take away

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parking from the residents that need to park there also. Um that's what makes it tough. >> Do you think it's better to >> I mean so agenda item 10 brings up an application at 60. Do you think that's better than 54 because there's one at

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55? I mean, >> I would think it would better be better to have it across the street than another on the same side of the street. So, if >> there's only one side parking, it has to be it has to be on the even side odd side. Sorry. >> Sorry. >> Yeah, it's okay. But like we said, I

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mean, I agree with with Joe, you know, putting one further up at 64, but I I just think doing the both of them for 54 and 60 would be I think too much there. So I would only I would re I would make a motion to approve it for 54 with the with the notion that we can appro that

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will be the one for Addison as well and they'll have to share it. >> So Jimmy's making a motion to approve this handicap application. Is there a second to approve? >> Seconded. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> So we we'll approve this application to

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install a sign. >> Uh can I make one note for the board? I think we should change question three on the application. I think that confuses a lot of people. >> Same. >> Yeah. Confused her. Yeah. >> So, let's check in before next time about what that process is.

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>> Okay. >> She was being approved. That's the question she had before. But >> approved. >> Yeah. Another thing, um, if every time her, um, placard expires, if she can bring a, um, copy of the new one, so to

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always update her records with us. >> How often does it expire? >> It depends. I don't know how long they give it to her for. It's usually two, three years. >> Referring to the DMB. Um, >> yeah, she has to renew with the

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>> So, hers hers expires on um >> 2031. >> 2031. So in March of um of that year, she needs to come back with updated records for >> Yes, that's precisely she said 2031. Thank you,

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>> J. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. So, since we approved that one, if there's no objections, we should go out of order to number 10 and read the handicap application April 21st from Wilson Estrada of 60 Addison Street. Is

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is Wilson here? Wilson Estrada? >> Wilson, can you sign in real quick? Get a few more. And if can you just remind him have him state his name and address into the

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microphone for those at home. >> Wilson Estrada, 60 Addison Street, apartment number three. >> And then if you if you want to speak to us about your application, now now's your time. >> If he if he wishes to tell us anything about his application, the reason for

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being here tonight, The reason was because I cannot walk that much. I had an operation. I had surgery. I have cancer. >> Yes. Yes. >> Thank you. U as if you could just specify with like Joe said before make

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sure that he knows he can park at any handicap spot that's in the vicinity of his house. Now Elsa said going across the street there'll be one re there's also one a couple houses down from there. Plus there's going to be two or three on Addison Street. And the in the in the same vicinity of his house there's going to be multiple signs that you can park at.

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The only problem is that typically when there is a uh space available there for handicap there they are never available. They're always busy never vacant. >> Yeah. I mean I Uh we've we've heard that before unfortunately. Um and like I

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stated to the previous request, you know, if we go and just make, you know, all the spots handicap spots, then it doesn't let the residents that need regular parking to park. So it's it's very tough to balance both of those. >> So Jimmy, which is the one that >> Can I let him know in Spanish that

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Go ahead, >> Wilson. Um, so on the 7th or on the 8th, so this week we're installing one on 66 Addison. And we just approved one for 54 Addison

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right now. That's going to go up next month. 54 and 66 >> and he can use those anytime >> and if he is having issues with neighbors he can let us know and we'll send notices to them. We sent letters

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and also the officers I think you guys visit them as well. 26. She said 54 and 66. >> So that's exactly on Addison stream. >> Yes. >> Okay. So someone want to make a motion. >> So unfortunately our motion would be to

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deny his request but knowing that there is going to be one going at 54 that he can use as well. Second favor. So we're going to deny his request at 60, but he knows that 54 and 66 are

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going up. Perfect. Perfect. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> That's it. Right. >> That's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> So, we'll uh we'll move on with the agenda. Agenda item number three is a

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communication from January 15, 2026 from councelor Darren Hines requesting the commission to explore trafficcoming measures on Summit A traveling in the direction of Lafayette and Warren Avenue to address concerns related to speeding vehicles. >> I got here just on time. Um good evening

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you all. Um my name is Don Hines. Um I'm the um city councelor for district 2. Um, I've been getting a couple of concerns and complaints about um, speeding up on Summit A from um, some of the residents up there, particularly some of the older residents. I know I

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had mentioned it before to um, to the chief and he had asked me um, if there was like a time frame that I could like specify that might help narrow it down and there was no time frame given to me. It was mostly about um like concerns with backing out of parking backing out

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of um driveways, trying to get into cars, pulling out of parking spots on the on the right hand side up there where cars are kind of coming flying down towards that like Warren Lafayette intersection there. Um and you know,

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rather than like request for like a speed bump, I myself am not a fan of all the speed bumps. I was hoping for something like a uh one of the the blinking signs um that like a speedometer of some sorts that could like alert somebody like, "Hey, you're

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going too fast." And hopefully get them to like slow down or to second guess their their speeding up there. >> Great. >> Would it if I could ask a question? >> Yeah. >> Would it be possible for you to put us in touch with the residents you heard from? I can >> because it's really helpful to us to know like things about what time of day

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is it weekday commuter hours or is it weekend nights? >> We'll do we'll do we'll do >> that would be great for sure. For sure. >> Yeah. Just that reading this agenda item like right off the bat I'm going to put officers there to do traffic enforcement regardless. But it'd be great to know a time frame just to make sure we're down there at those times. But until we get

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that information probably the morning commute. I'm thinking maybe the afternoon commute might be the most congested. Yeah. So I'll make sure enforcement's done there. Um, we get grant money from the state. We do get speedometers once or twice a year and uh, the chief makes a decision where in

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the city is best to put those speedometers because Eastern AB's an issue and beach streets an issue, but this place can definitely be on the list for the next one just to get it up there because you're right that that is an issue. People do speed and that that's a good place for one too. >> Got it. Okay. So, next steps for me to

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get residents in contact with you with you all. >> That would be great. Do you have my email? I do not. >> Of course, I didn't bring any cards. I'll give me one second already. >> Okay. Okay. Thanks. >> And if you want to let them know, too. We'll have officers up there conducting enforcement. We have traffic grant money to have officers doing. >> I put you both in an email today.

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>> So, you should already send that. >> My name is Emily. Elsa sent us both an email earlier today. >> Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. >> Just shoot us back. >> We'll do. We'll do. Okay. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. >> There's no no vote on that. That's just information. All right. We don't take a vote.

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>> No. >> Um I think we have to table it again. >> Table it. Someone want me to make a motion to table? >> Motion to table it until September because we're not going to have anything by next month. >> I'll second. >> Second. All in favor? >> I I Next up, we have a handicap application

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from March 6, 2026 from Shondi Hams Hernandez from 75 Essex Street. Shondi, here. Do you need an interpreter? No. Okay. Did you sign in? Okay, cool. >> Name and address if you have it there.

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Yeah. >> Also, can you tell me if the one is still at 91 Essex? Is that sign still there? They remove it um yesterday. I I'm sorry. I saw >> Hello. >> So um when I had two kids so when uh

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they did the epidural to myself, they broke a nerve in my back. So every time this happened 2018 that's why I have the black heart because when I walk too much like certain feet uh my leg this leg has

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the sclerosis because the nerves are like killing my some type of uh something in there. That's what they told me. And uh when I walk too much my leg gets stuck. It's like I can't walk anymore. And I worry a lot because

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I have two little kids and every time that I get home, I never find parking spot. So I had to park all the way to a suffk and there is like up in the hill on a shamu that it's like really hard to walk and uh I don't mind about stopping

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but my two kids are always running because they are little and I worry because every time I park there I park there either I find a spot or sometimes I don't and I always get tickets because I park like half of the the driveway

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from the people. It's always for me and I go to church like seven or six three times a week. So when I come back I never find parking spot and I'm really worried about it. >> So was there one there and they removed it? >> Oh >> no, I was asking about the one. There is

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one at 71 and then there was one at 91 which I thought was removed. Is 91 removed? >> I don't remember the ones we removed this week. Is it on your email? Yeah, >> it wouldn't be there.

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>> So, we probably did. >> No, you move your move 71 S6. Okay. >> Then >> so they move seven. So, they remove 71 S6. So, I would just say >> I make a motion to approve. >> Yeah. And keep it and keep the sign at 71 if that's okay. It's a couple houses down. Is that okay? We could always we

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can always look Emily at signs. If there's a sign near there, we can always move it up to it's not a big deal. Yeah. >> So, there was one at 71 prior um a couple houses down from your request. Emily makes a motion. >> One um in front of the store. >> Yeah. So, they either passed away or

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moved. I'm not sure what happened. >> No, 71's to the other way. >> Yeah. before before yours. >> It was taken down yesterday, I believe. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> So, you make a motion. >> I make a motion to approve this one and put up a new sign in front of 75.

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>> Second. All in favor? >> I >> I >> Okay. Approve. >> I really appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you. You're welcome. So, next is uh communication from April 8th, 2026 from Fire Chief John Quiteri requesting the review of the lane shift and newly right turn lane on Broadway in

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front of the Milh Hill Fire Station. I'll invite Joelman from DBW up to speak on this. He's already here. Hi, Joelman. >> Good evening. Name is Jordan Moda, assistant city engineer with the Department of Public Works. Um so, I had actually spoken with Chief Katy um regarding these concerns last week. Um

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we had agreed on a number of quick build improvements for um to be done in front of the Milh Hill Fire Station. Uh those in part of his concerns are the the amount of capacity that's available um when approaching the intersection of Broadway and Webster. So, what I had

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proposed was to either uh place some black tape or black paint um to take away the turning pocket, which is just a bump out of the yellow pavement markings that are currently there as well as the gore lines or the dash lines that are immediately in front of the fire

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station. Um that way that we ensure the bikes are actually within the travel lane and then they would have to then once they're past the intersection jump back into that dedicated bike lane. Um along with that I'm also proposing the installation of some flexible post as well in front of the businesses right at

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the corner of Broadway and Webster along the right hand side when you're facing the intersection. So those are the number of things that we um we had discussed and uh DPW intends to take action pretty soon on those. >> Perfect. Thank you gentlemen.

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>> Thank you. >> Any like fire department want to chime in on this at all? I think uh Jordan uh summed it up really well. It's um it's a hazard when cars are coming down Broadway and they assume that they can bump into that that uh right turn lane

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and it's uh it's been problematic with us pulling out even at low speed with people kind of treating it uh too quickly. >> I'm motion to approve the proposed changes in response to Chief Quader's concerns. >> I will second. >> All in favor?

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>> I thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Joan. >> Thank you. >> Uh Joan, why don't you stay up here because next is an uh communication April 15, 2026 from Megan HRA of H&TB Corporation proposing a configuration of Bellingham Square to extend the stop

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sign at Washington Avenue to accommodate three buses. >> Uh yes. So um I am here to uh talk on behalf of the MBTA and H&TB who had submit originally submitted this request. Um we are working with them

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ahead of the downtown Broadway surface reconstruction project that is uh hopefully scheduled to to begin next year. Um as a part of this there is a signalized intersection that's being installed at Bellingham Square. Um in association with that signal we are

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doing a number of curb line uh geometric adjustments. So we're pulling all the curb lines closer in together. What this allows us to do is to shorten the crosswalks, providing safer crossings for pedestrians. Um, but in turn, what ends up happening is that you are

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presented with a a turning conflict. So, with the new two-way street that is proposed on Broadway, um, there's going to be approach for vehicles on Broadway with a signal. So vehic vehicles will be able to turn right from Broadway to Fifth. But what we're proposing is to

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restrict the right-hand turn from Washington Avenue onto Fifth Street because we are bringing in those curb lines pretty tightly. And the turns are very difficult and almost impossible for larger, you know, heavy vehicles, trucks, and the like. So, given that we we know that we have a right-hand turn

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for Chestnut Street and Cherry Street, as well as the option to continue down Broadway onto Second and Third with right-hand turns, uh we're proposing that the right turn be restricted. Um opening up the space for uh three bus births, essentially three buses that can

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service uh our transit users here in the city. >> I have one question. How are we going to notify drivers coming down Washington that they cannot turn on to Fifth Street? Is it going to be some kind of notification? Can we let them know in advance down here that that's not an

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option for them? Because getting down to to Chestnut is fine because you can just go down straight down Chestnut, but Cherry's a one way at Fifth Street, so they can't go to Cherry that way if they choose chose to. And just to let them know in general, >> um I think we can work with the design team to install some signage um ahead of

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time, maybe uh some multiple signage as you both approach the intersection, but maybe a few feet ahead as well. Maybe at the the block prior, maybe at Chestnut Street, a sign that says no right turns on Fifth Street. >> And then Broadway, you said you can still come Broadway. So for anyone that's coming Broadway, they can come and make that turn to Fifth Street, no

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problem. >> Yes. So instead of t taking the right down city hall a and looping around uh city hall, they can just come straight down Broadway and take the righthand turn onto fifth. >> Speaking for the housing and community development department, we have been working with DPW and with the MBTA and

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H&TB and MASDOT, lots of parties involved in making this intersection safer and we think this is a really important improvement uh to ensure that everyone can travel through the intersection safely. So, if no one has any further questions,

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I motion to approve the change. >> Second. I'll second. All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you, gentlemen. >> So, next we have a handicap application

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from April 17th from Josephina Ruiz, 29 Summit Josephina Ruiz. There's nothing here. >> Looks like she's not here. And it looks

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also like there's no handicap sign at that location either. >> She did check that she has off streetet parking available to her, but as we have seen in every case, that has been a matter of confusion. >> She says, if you read her description,

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she says she has it. She just doesn't want to walk that far. But >> I mean ultimately I mean >> and it says that she has four spaces. Yeah, I mean I'd like to question her on it, but I think we should just table it because I think that she should be here to speak on it >> just so she can confirm. I know she wrote in the letter that it's too far

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for her to walk and it's easier for her to come out of her front door, >> but when you also have four parking spots regardless if there's 10 if there's plenty of parking in the neighborhood or not. It just, you know, it just >> just to explain why you can't use >> Yeah, that too. Well, I mean, just and to hear someone say with four a big

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driveway that, you know, unfortunately though, if she can't get to her driveway, it's kind of useless. But I I make a motion to table until we can find out more information if she can possibly come to the next meeting. >> Someone want to seconded. >> Second. All in favor? >> I >> I.

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Next, we have a communication from April 23rd, 2026 from Assistant Director of Facilities Frank Henry requesting the closure of Shirtlift Street from Central to Congress A for Spirit Day at the Early Learning Center on June 18, 2026.

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>> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> I'll second. All in favor? >> I. >> So, next is a communication from April 22nd from myself, Lieutenant Joseph Fern Jr. requesting the adoption of a public comment policy for the commission. So, I

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put this on the commission uh agenda this month for the uh the commission to approve consider approving. Uh the way we operate now is that we read these agenda items and allow the public to come speak after every agenda item. I think the meeting would be more seamless and transition more smoothly from item

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to item. If we uh implement a public comment um as an agenda item every month going forward, uh the same rules would apply. Basically, we would give everybody from the public a chance to speak with a four uh minute time limit. We would increase that time should they

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need a Spanish interpreter. Um they would speak on items that are on the agenda, items off the agenda, whatever they wish to speak. after they have their turn to speak and they sit down, they can't come back up and revisit the microphone. Uh this is separate from public hearings. So when there's a public hearing, we don't

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discuss public hearing topics on public comment. So if we have a public comment period every month and then there's a public hearing, you would come up and still um have an opportunity to speak on that public hearing topic. um in the policy and a a clerical error was uh made uh under section seven which uh

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talks about language access. Basically, individuals that require interpretation services should notify the commission clerk at least 24 hours before the meeting. Um but I wrote 48, but it should say 24 hours. And um the decorum, you know, we're going to still be respectful, same as always, like we do

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every month. And yep, so that's basically what I want to do with the public comment. policy. >> Speaking for myself, I think that this is probably a good move for the commission and will streamline some of how our meetings work to have everyone

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give comment at the start. Um, so I I would be in favor. >> I would be as well. I agree. >> The only question I have is if we have questions with like handicap plaque cards, can we ask those out of the public comment period? >> Exactly. So, when we have separate agenda items for handicap applications,

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that will not be discussed during the public comment. You just wait for that agenda item for that. >> Because my understanding is that the chair can still invite people up to speak on a specific item like the applicant or like German from DPW. >> Exactly. Someone want to make a motion?

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>> Motion to approve and adopt the policy. >> Second. All in favor? Hi. >> Hi. >> Thank you. >> Next, we have a communication uh from April 24th, 2026 from Jason Flood of Conigley presenting the project plan at

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95 Crest Avenue for review. Jason, >> you signed in for me this. I think I saw it. >> I'm gonna sign in. >> Yeah, sure. >> Sure. Happy to. Uh good evening everybody. Nice to see you again. Ryan Kirkoff from Penrose uh partnering with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the

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redevelopment of the Veterans Home at Chelsea campus. Um we are here with our uh our team from Conigley, the general contractor working on this project um to review the construction logistics construction management plan as proposed for construction of the first phase uh

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which are those buildings north of Crest Avenue on the site with the exception of the power plant building which will be redeveloped in a later later phase as well as the commonance house which was originally contemplated as part of this first phase. It has been moved to a future phase. So, 65 units across three

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historic structures and one new construction addition. And uh right now we're on track uh pending uh city of Chelsea building permit uh approval from HUD, approval from Mass Housing, approval from lenders towards a closing

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and a construction start at the end of July. Um possible it begins uh slightly later in the summer, but that's what we're targeting at this time is the end of July for the first phase. The uh construction contract with Conigley for the first phase is uh for 24 months.

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Okay. And with that uh are you good Jason? >> Y. >> All right. I will hand over to Jason Flood from Concealing. >> Thank you. >> Do you want to maybe Can you wheel that close to the mic? I want to grab the mic with you. Just you you could talk in front of the screen, but I just need the

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people at home. You want to grab the mic and walk to the computer? >> Sure. >> Yeah. Sorry. Perfect. >> How's this? Yeah. >> Amazing. Yep. >> Okay. So, we'll start with the graphic that's included with our construction management plan. So, it's a a uh 29page

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document. And I will say there's a narrative portion in there. Uh first off, I'm a construction planner. Mike is the general superintendent who will be in charge of the work when we're there overseeing our operations crew. So, you kind of have the planning side and uh the team that will actually be on site

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during the construction. We thought it was important that you see the faces that you'll continue to see throughout. So, the plan that we put together, we try to address a lot of things in a construction management plan, not just traffic, but first off, I want to make sure I establish

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your purview is traffic and parking, right? So that is just a component of this plan that we've shared. Um but we'll try to emphasize and highlight the things to talk about relative to uh construction traffic, parking, etc. So starting with our site plan, uh Ryan

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already mentioned, so this project is the north side of Crest Avenue um uh between uh Summit and down to where Hillside wraps back around. So I think uh if everybody understands where the project

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is um pretty much our construction zone will be the entire north side of Crest A as part of our construction zone. We plan to take up the north side of Crestav including the parking lane. We need to do that because the construction

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is such that we'll need to put scaffolding in front of the buildings. We'll need to make material delivery so on and so forth. So >> yeah. So, we are proposing to eliminate parking along that stretch. Um, I'm going to change gears a little bit

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and talk about the overall timeline. Right now, the intent is to start this project later this summer and it is approximately 24 months. So, that is the entire duration of the phase one project here. Uh, that would see this impact.

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Um, as we get closer to the end of the 24 months, we'd be starting to open some of this area. Um, and there will be parking that's included on site as part of the permanent plan that's being approved with the design. Um, but in the short term, there will definitely be

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impacts. Uh I think we've estimated at the peak of construction we may have as many as >> 120 to 140 uh construction worker vehicles coming on site meaning you know vans and trucks uh people coming to the

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site. Uh as most of you probably also know there's been construction in this neighborhood for several years with the soldiers home that we built across the street. Uh phase two of that project is underway. Mike and I were over there this afternoon. The Quigley Hospital is currently being demolished. Um, I think

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it's worth going to that for just a second to understand the site across the street. This is the Quigley Hospital. This entire hospital is going to become a parking lot that's going to serve a good portion of this community. It is two separate entities because this is a

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DAM project. And the project that Ryan and this team are here for today is a private development of DAM buildings, which is the the project on Crestalf. Um, but so that said, there is a short-term

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impact to parking and a short-term impact with the number of vehicles that will be coming to and from the site on a daily basis. Um, that said, we've tried to cover everything that we can in terms of how we're going to manage and mitigate those impacts. That's something that we do every day. Um, hopefully you

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all know of Conigley by reputation. Uh, and that we, you know, try to minimize our impact to the communities that we work in. Um, that said, this report has a lot in it. So, I'm not going to attempt to give a presentation of the 30-page document. We did send it out in

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advance. And I guess at this point, I don't want to talk too much. Does anybody have any questions about it? I mean obviously like you said it's it what it what in there is pertinent to us is just the parking. It's parking for your employees. Now you said that's going to be all off. They're going to have prevent they're going to be off the

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streets. They're not going to require any any parking spots other than in front of the building which is under construction. So that's my first question. Uh like I said second and then my other biggest concern is is the truck route. I know in previous the first development the trucks would come uh Washington up to Jefferson. Is that

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still the plan? Meaning is they going to stay on those roadways? We just don't want them on the smaller streets. We don't want them up >> bel just just grab the mic. >> Just grab the mic, please. Just >> Yeah. >> And just explain a little bit of the truck route. Like I said, just to confirm. >> It's the same route that we used when we

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built the soldiers home. Um approximately the same number of workers are going to be on that were on the soldier home are going to be on this project. Um, we have the parking. Can you switch back to the There is a parking lot in backs north side, but there's uh all new utilities going in

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the parking lot. There's a geotherm wells going in the parking lot. So, we're not going to have a lot of use of the parking lot. So, we built it in such a way that, you know, if we're excavating and working down here, we can get some vehicles up here and and vice versa, but we are not going to be able um have much parking on site.

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>> Correct. Then I'm just looking to that you don't take away that much impact. You only what you have to from the residents and and like you said if it's just from hillside up to the end up to summit then that's most of the people park there now are residents of the home anyway. So it doesn't you're not going to get Crest and Willard and all those

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people that park up there. So and like I said the truck route is just keeping the trucks off of Eleanor and Summit which Summit's a tough turn. I I assume you're going to come in Washington and up Jefferson that way. >> Yes. Okay. >> Those are my questions. Thank you. I had a question about the Quigley

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coming down. Is this going to impact the creation of the circular drive and entry to the new building? Are you going to use that space >> for parking? >> We're not going to use anything from Quigley. So, this becomes when Quigley comes down, that becomes the main

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entrance to the new veterans home. >> So, that's moving forward. >> That's moving forward. So, right now, I think there's about six to eight weeks left um to take the bu building down. There's a little hiccup with um hazmat that they're working through. So, as soon as the building comes down, they're going to roll right into construction of

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the new parking lot. Um they're hoping to have the parking lot in pretty good shape by the end of the season, by the end of the the end of the year. Uh so, and once that's done, the lower parking lot goes away. Malone Park goes back. That'll happen next year because of plantings and whatnot.

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>> Thank you. So, one thing we've seen with construction projects that have been going on in Chelsea over the last few years is like there's a construction management plan and then in the middle of the project a subconsultant comes for additional parking like additional on

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street uh occupancy permits for more vehicles because they weren't considered in the original plan or they have more vehicles than was anticipated. I know that no one can tell the future, but can you speak to whether you expect this to fluctuate over the course of

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construction? >> There will be very very little con uh work parking on this project because there's no space. So, one of the things that we did is we tried to um when because I started the I started soldiers home five years ago. It's been a while.

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Um but what we tried to we do a daily orient we do orientation with all new new people that come on site. We try to get them to park down at the um Home Depot. Uh and we try to get them to carpool. We try to get them to use uh

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ebikes to come up the hill because it's tough to pedal. But uh so that's one of the things that we will put in our orientation. um for the sight specific portion of the orientation. Every when any new hire or any new worker comes in goes through it, we'll ask them to try to be respectful, park at the lot, team

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up with what with another driver so we cut down on the number of spots that we take. >> Thank you. >> I just I was just add to I guess address your specific question is we don't you know we're we're approximating 120

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vehicles at the peak of construction. That would be inclusive of workers, employees, consultants, etc. We're not earmarking spots for any workers or consultants. So, there would be no reason for anybody to come asking for

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dedicated parking. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. This um are we anticipating on closing that road to two residents or is that going to be a live roadway? What we're looking to do on Crest Street is split it in half. Okay? So we would

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it would Crest Street would be one way going down. So you could come up Summit down Crest and Hillside would there would be no coming up the hill on hillside. So they come back up. Bus would move over to here. So the bus could go down, turn around and come up

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and pick up any passengers here. >> And at some point later on, this is this green line is the sewer line. At some point we're going to have to go down um summit but that's not that's not happening right away. >> Okay.

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>> Does that reflect the now hillside? >> So you're going to have a separate >> does it have >> not plan but like a separate proposal for obviously we're turning an English hillside's going to be coming a oneway next week. It's already that's already in motion. We know that.

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But in the terms of of turning Crest into a temporary oneway for construction and the removal of all that parking over there, it can be done under the permit through DPW. It's only 30 days and that can be extended for, you know, we can talk more about that when we do the permit for it for the sidewalk. But um

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I like I said, I like Emily Emily reared. I mean, as long as we're not taking away more parking from people or that any parking extra parking from the from the residents in the neighborhood, then I'm fine with it in the truck room. As long as that's kind of those numbers of hle, I'm fine with it. And we still have to go and meet the um uh fire

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department to run the plan past them so that we can make sure we conform with gates and whatnot and access and whatnot. So >> yeah. >> Yeah. Even just to turn if you want to make crest a temporary oneway during construction, it's going to have to come through here too. We'll have to have a public hearing on it. But I mean it's

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during construction, so it shouldn't be too much of an objection, I wouldn't think. I think when you know when I gave the design presentation to Devin and the the group that met six weeks ago or so I highlighted we were we're proposing that

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we maintain a 20 foot clear width uh on crest >> for the fire truck to make the turn. Yeah, we talked about that last >> you know that's that was our our guess as to what the fire department would want. So if that is you know sounded like you're amendable to that if it changes let us know. >> Absolutely.

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>> Yep. So this presented to us make a motion to >> Does anyone else any questions? >> I motion to approve the transportation management plan. >> I will second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> thank you.

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>> Thank you gentlemen. >> Thank you guys. >> So next up we have a communication from April 28th, 2026 from Pock and Clerk Janette Centron White. She's requesting to remove the handicap sign at 93 Bellingham Street due to their failure to update the expired placard on file,

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but they did send updated paperwork. Elsa, is that correct? >> No. >> No, that's number 15. >> Uh, so we have been trying to get paperwork since October 3rd of 2025 and they have failed to submit their new

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handicap plat card. I will make a motion to accept her communication and remove the park handicap sign. >> Second. >> Second. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> And again, just as a reminder, just because we're, you know, approving the

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um the denial of this, they could always resubmit the paperwork to Elsa. The next month will be on the agenda. If she um submits the required paperwork that she was trying, >> they would have to reapply. >> Reapply. Uh, next communication 20 April 28th from

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Park and Clark at Central White requesting to move the handicap sign at 34 C Street due to the failure to update the expired blackground file. >> This one, it hasn't been updated since seven uh since July 27 of 2024. We've been trying to get them to bring their

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information and they failed to provide. I guess my only one question would be and I'm just thinking because I'm thinking Clott Street, did we reject someone's application that lived near there and we said there's one at 34. So now if we go and remove say this particular one and someone down the street's parking there now they're going

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to lose access to that spot too. I just remember 34 cottage for some reason. I don't know why I'm thinking that spot. >> Um well I know >> it may not be the spot. It may just be in my head but I thought there was somebody near cottage that wanted it and we were like there's one right next door and she's like >> could we table this one for a month? >> I'm just curious. I'm just curious if that's one of I don't want to take it

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away from, you know, if there's two people using it. >> That That's true. That's an issue with when we say, "Well, you can use the one on the street because >> there's already there's already one there." >> Oh. At uh what number? >> We have one for 32 cottage. >> Oh, okay. So, we did put one next door. Yeah. Okay. >> Yeah.

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>> Okay. As long as that one's next door. Like I said, I'm just thinking ahead if if you know, we these people don't you know, we take it away and we've told someone else go park there like down in Madison. If we remove one, someone over there is going to be like, "You told me to go park there. Now it's gone." So, But >> that's worth putting some thought into

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whether we can tie multiple handicap placards to a but since there's one right next to it motion to approve the removal of 34 Cottage Street. >> All in favor? >> I I >> I. >> So number 15 next communication April

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28, 2026 from Park and Clerk Janet White requesting to remove the handicap sign at 27 Gardener Street due to their failure to update the expired pl. Uh for this one um they were able to provide documentation before the meeting. So um if we can please >> make a motion

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>> motion to deny the removal. >> Second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Next communication April 28, 2026 from Pock and Cler Janette Centron White requesting to remove the handicap sign at 309 Spruce Street due to their failure to update the expired placard on

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file. >> And for this one, we've been trying to get the um their updated records since November 19th of 2025. >> Motion to approve the removal. >> Second. >> Second.

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>> All in favor? >> I. >> So that was the last item on this month's agenda. Thank you all for coming. Thank you all for watching at home. Meeting is adjourned. Thank you.