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open up the April 2025 traffic and parking commission public meeting first on the agenda is a public hearing to receive comment regarding the approval of the discontinuance of a parcel known as Merit Road between Webster Avenue and
Stockton Street pursuant to section 24-85 of the Chelsea code of ordinance is there anybody here that wishes to speak on this uh doesn't look like anyone is here to speak on it does anyone want to make a
motion motion to approve I will second the motion all in favor I I thank you okay next up on the agenda approval of the minutes from the March 4th 2025 meeting if anyone wants to make a motion
on those minutes a motion to accept second I'll second all in favor I I will note that I have to abstain because I wasn't
there I don't know if that matters I have to abstain because I wasn't there uh next on the agenda approval of the minutes from the March 11th 2025 meeting I'll make a motion to approve second I'll second all in favor I I
thank you okay next up uh communication of January 21st 2025 from Cody SOS of circle Earth excavation requesting two to three temporary parking spaces at 150 Williams Street for the duration of the
project he wasn't able to make it today um and he's also not sure of um when the project will start um he's thinking maybe the middle of April
um I know we spoke before he was he told me he asked the adjacent neighbor if they could park there and they told him no right so he hasn't come up with any alternate solution did notify him of the last meeting um that he needed to present plans of where he wanted to um
request parking for his um project of where he wanted yeah he didn't propose that and all his drawings are just the whole building design and all that stuff yeah yeah um are we able to consider this when he
hasn't told us where he wants the spots to be I think we should hold off just then we should just table it in yeah just table I think that's and request further information I'll make a motion to table with till we get further information yeah second seconded all in favor next communication of February 11
2025 from Gary McDon of Bowman proposing to signalize the Silver Line busway exit onto Central Avenue Gary can you st your name for the record and address please it's Gary MCN with Bowman Consulting uh local office 20
winr square in Boston um we met a month ago talked through the overall plan to signalize the driveway we left with the request to reach out to the hotel I've done that I spoke with the uh manager Stefano and amisus he's actually quite excited about
the idea of the signal um the additional crosswalk thinks it will benefit his employ employees his customers looking to exit out of that driveway so it was a very good um productive conversation I've emailed him all of the plans he didn't email me back I just had a a conversation with them um relaying back
his you know support for the overall project I know the one was wasn't there one particular issue I know we said something about I don't know if it was that back driveway of the hotel or something you have an issue that were going to look at or change or discuss or something wasn't major it was just something I thought it was something I
thought it was just to get feedback okay it might have been just that I just thought there was something with that back driveway or something or the yeah cuz they're directly opposite the Silver Line exit so they would be part of the signal yeah okay um I I think it's a great idea like I said I know the traffic can back up there and this as long as the lights are
timed out properly I think it could be a big plus so I'm I'm all in favor forward very much agreed I'm really excited to see this change especially with all the work that we're planning along Eastern ab and Marginal Street I think it'll be a big Improvement so I will make a motion to accept the
proposal seconded all in favor I I thank you all right thank you thank you next handicap application of February 18 2025 for Geraldo mati of 44 Kimble Road good evening uh my name is j Matea just
came here say March um last month requesting for the handicap the front of the house that's why they tell me to come today to see they going to to check check around to
see do they can approve it or not uh thank you all though yeah so I I'm just going to go back to so I did try to do some digging and and from what I can find out from the assesses map according to at least what I can see online is that you own all the way AC you own the whole driveway I know you
told me your neighbor you told me that your neighbors said you couldn't park there correct yeah I came here to ask to up here they say that was a a a share parking CL that I don't came
park there and CH don't can park it's only to get in and get out okay Emily I don't know if you've had any experience with share driveways in your designs or any looks but it's something so he basically has a garage in the back there's two garage and the him and the
neighbor can both access it but the driveway according to the to the accessor maps is in his property line at least to to what I can read it um so the point is he's been requesting a parking spot in the front on the street when he has access to that back but he can't
block the driveway because then the neighbor can't get to the back of their house either but the Assessor's map says that the property the way you look at if you look at the map and look at the line his property line goes over the driveway and the neighbors doesn't so it looks like
he owns the driveway to me but it' be a right away for the neighbor but I don't know the rules on he's saying that someone in City Hall told him that he can't park there the question but do you know who that was that was here in this office that I came you know when I bought that property in
2014 that when I moved that I parked the car right away the neighbor came and start you know can't park there because I own the park you know the driveway and then when I came here it says a chair parking lot that you don't can't park there either the other person it's only
to get in and get out so do neb have an easement is that what it is like they can get they can they have an easement to like go in and get to their parking garage whereas you can also do the same and there's parking outside your garage too correct yeah yeah wait can you park inside your garage
no why is it not big enough yeah I've have a lot of uh stuff for fix the house you know Mater and stuff inside there the same thing like the neighbor that they have a lot of uh everything that she need to fix for other the properties
she have she had the the garage for for whatever she need to utility that's what she was telling that she need to get in and get out and I said okay then I just came here they they say no you know can park there it's only a share parking
lot I think my issue is is that you know so many people need parking spaces and he has an option to have parking do you think whereas there's people that do not have any sort of parking abilities in their property he does and you know so we're going to take away a parking space
on the street for somebody who has nothing and he has something and I just you know I I feel bad by saying that but there is an element of we have very limited space and if somebody has a driveway and an easement and could park in front of his garage or in his
garage I don't know why we're not insisting that people Park in their property on their property yeah we said that last time that was my first question was his garage why can't you park in it and it's full of other stuff um I just think that effort needs
needs to be made like like Mara said about parking on your own property or in your own driveway or garage if you can would it be possible to remove the stuff from your garage so that you can park there it's a lot of material that I have inside there but everything that I
have for fix the house window wood uh all my material and what you call like Hammer everything that I need is inside there I think the issue becomes like I think the issue becomes that if people
start filling their garages with storage items when the purpose for a garage should be to store your vehicle it becomes I don't know if we want to set that precedent because you really should have a shed or maybe a basement or somewhere else to store all those materials cuz
they need storage but you have a driveway to parket the car the car should be in the garage is so it becomes a delic like Mar said too A lot of people don't have drive withs you don't even have that so you know he's lucky to have a driveway in a garage so I would be more inclined to deny his requests
and see if he can possibly clean out his garage like you said or or or park in the driveway well I mean to me if if it looks like I own the piece of property I'm going to park there and let your neighbor your neighbor can't call the cops on you it's your driveway the neighbor very well may have an easement if not in writing then because
years yeah but he should know that when he bought the house he would know he had an easement but if he doesn't understand not if it wasn't in writing correct like the law allows for ements that are implied because of the use case over so many years sure sure that only really comes up if you try and take away that
use correct correct yeah I agree I just meant you know like we like Mora said I think we should make he should try the either clear out his garage and use that or try to park outside of his garage in the back of his house if he has the room for it which looks like he does that's that's what I was going to say I mean looking at it I mean you can pull in and
pull off to the left and park right in front of your garage you can't tell you you can't park in front of your garage to offer a counterargument if you're parking on the street right now then we're not taking away a parking space by putting a handicap sign in
front of the house we're just specifying which spot his car is likely to go in true I'm saying this in part because I'm trying to imagine my parents having to clean out their garage and it is sure not ideal it's kind of the same as I can't imagine someone telling me I can't
park in my own driveway I mean the same time I mean I I I understand where you're coming from but again I we are being bombarded by a lot of parking requests and congestion and I'm just saying that we have to you know in my mind it's like if you have the ability
to park somewhere then you should use it you know if you have no ability to park somewhere and you need handicap space absolutely but he has access to a garage and he has access to a parking space behind his garage and in my mind that that's something that um you know if he
had none of that there wouldn't even be an argument right now I I just feel like there's so many people that need parking and to your point I don't disagree with you but handicap space does take away from the normal resident who doesn't have handicaps par Park
blackards um I I agree with Mario and the fact that neighor has a and the fact that neighbor has another spot on the other side of his house too yeah that's that's what I don't get either the neighbor has a driveway on the right on the right side of their house the neighbor has a driveway so this driveway is just to access the he just wants an it's either
shared driveway or it's an or it's an easement or right of away for the that neighbor to get to his garage in the back cuz the property line looks like it goes right between the two garages yeah I feel like that could be arranged by just like moving a car when the neighbor wants to access it that's especially if
they don't park in there either he's confirming that they use it as a storage tool too so they don't need to park there obviously I mean at the end of the day like Mar said you know if you have access or means to park other than parking in the street it should be used so I think in this case I would it would
warrant to reject his claim but also give him the guidance to go to your neighbor and say you know I'll park down in the back or can I block you know let me know when you need to get out like we can work together like you know you should be able to work with your neighbor unless they're not yes sir but in a city as Denis Chelsea
for a driveway to sit empty and yeah that isn't isn't great correct every time I park there always the you know the neighbor kid you know the kid and everything it's like I one is like a little have problem with the
mind they always come in and start yelling eating the house you not supposed to part we own this here and everything I said you know I call the police and everything and they always police there cuz you know I don't want to have problem with a neighbor and
always the kid always say we own this we own this I say okay I'm tell you don't have problem either that I go inside startop yelling get out get out yeah I mean we understand but at the end of the day our job on this commission is to just decide whether or not it's prudent
to take that spot from the street and where you have access to it it just doesn't seem like it we understand you're having problems with your neighbors but that also seems seems like something you're going to have to work out with your neighbor um like I said it just it just it it as much as we see that you're in pain we see that you need the spot you need the access but you
have means to it it's just you might have to fight for it a little I think so and I don't know what the situation was with the city hall employee who told you you can't park there in 2014 but it may be worth looking into exactly why that is and what the parameters of it
are and you thought they would try to like a show like a letter and say you know that c give me permission to get one spot in the either that I only I want to be in the park and then go that's only I request the neighbor but
always have a problem you I'm not you know I don't want to have no more problem because I'm my heart condition I don't can you know I got heart failure I don't want to have agreement and I can TR did you say your neighbor doesn't use their garage either that's also storage
yeah that's what I said he knows for fact but that's that's regardless what what in our in our job to do is to decide whether or not that street parking is is is right and I just don't believe it is so I'm going to make a motion to deny his
request and hero after this meeting you can go downstairs with the assessors and maybe they can help you determine if that's really yours or yeah he'd probably have to get it surveyed but maybe they can help them more set and advise you on what to do
just your neighbor telling you is not sufficient in my opinion and I would say the the police could assist in mediating with your neighbor because I think your application is to kind of eliminate the problems with the neighbor if they're kind of harassing you in a sense of not
parking um but we could talk after the meeting I think because you have a driveway they're going to make a motion but I could talk to you after the meeting and kind of help you with the steps of how you can safely live next to your neighbor you know does anyone want to make a second motion
I'll second all in favor I I I hi so I'll talk to you after the meeting but okay um thank you next up communication February 24th 2025 from Commissioner of Public Works Kate Fox lent providing an
update on the downtown Broadway utility project should I read this into the record uh as we move into April crew one will work around the Gazebo and then move up Broadway towards TD Bank crew two is currently on Broadway near Everett and
will continue on to winess simmit Street a water bypass system will be set up on this block so that the properties continue to receive Water Service while the main is being replaced properties will be notified of a short shut off when their service is switched to the bypass line thank
you next is a communication February 26 2025 from councelor Tesh to temporarily remove the dedicated bus lane on Broadway for the duration of the ongoing construction project um I think it's quite obvious obviously the way construction is going
they're already using that bus lane probably 90% of the day so it makes and it's probably it's at night time too but just with the way the construction is going I think it just be much smoother and easier for traffic so I make a motion to accept the communication I'm inclined to disagree
uh the way traffic like obviously there is often only one lane anyway but to me the order is a little too non-specific to be able to work with like until the for the duration of the ongoing construction
project like that could be this fall or it could be in like 2029 like there's going to be different construction projects happening for a while and the council voted to approve the bus lane in 2022 because it is a real asset so like in many cases right now the bus isn't using the bus lane because the bus lane
is being used for construction and that's fine but where it's not or very early in the morning or late at night like it does help 30 people on a bus get down the road much faster than one person in a single car taking up a lot
more space on the road and that's like we want to be encouraging people to take transit during this kind of construction project because it means less cars on the road and it means less congestion the bus is still going to go down the lane regardless the bus is still going to be there right to me it's just a
matter of like before construction and after construction hours but even then the bus is still going to go down that lane it's still going to be there there's just going to be other cars in the lane with them yeah um I mean could we ask him to be more specific I mean I don't dis I don't
necessarily disagree with who surpr surprise because it is like five bus rots that that go down Broadway um you know it there's a lot of people use that but there's also a lot of cops there that have to stay in one lane which does cause traffic even after when they're not working when we're at
home there's traffic down there because the bus people don't go in the bus lane takes one car or double park on the left hand lane and then you can't go on the bus they don't go around them and that's true but the 112 is also the single highest ridership line on the MBTA still it's still going to stay in the bus lane it's still going to pick people up it's
not going to stop doing anything different for the bus buses are going to go as usual I think it's more for the the the pedest the cars and the people down there sh right I think that's what his biggest thing was was for the Shoppers and people going downtown because construction is hurting business people are not going down there I I I think
that's from what I remember reading in one of his things I thought that's what it was one of his Council orders was to help the the businesses down there somehow recoup and and try to draw more people in there my issue is on the weekend um all this is going to do is just exacerbate double parking and then
people parking people in and if we want to remove the bus lane during construction hours that's already happening because it's being used for construction lay down so it doesn't seem to me like that requires a vote on our part no but this would be for after Al CL exactly and I absolutely am sensitive
to how difficult it is for businesses on Broadway right now but there are other things we're doing like working with the Chamber of Commerce and trying to support those businesses on a case-by casee basis when we can that doesn't then inconvenience the hundreds and
hundreds of people that ride buses like the 111 every day like they're also having a tough time with construction so maybe we table it to see if we can get Council Tes to come and talk about it maybe he can give us some more insight on it maybe he can get his
point more across as you I think I think he should I'll make a motion to table it we hopefully we can get counselor to come and give us more insight second to table seconded all in favor next communication March 14th from
beatric Rivera requesting a handicap sign at Betty's flowers and Botanical shop located at 791 up Broadway yes yep just sign in there and then come to the microphone and just state your name and address for the record just out of curiosity to Elsa
have we given handicap placards for work addresses before no but I'm seeing it more like you know Broadway that we added some there because of businesses right okay
um and I think in that area there is um besides your your um business there's another one there right there's like stores and there's I've been in the same cor first of all my name is betus Rivera um we're speaking about my
business not my home address I've been in that corner for 25 years now um during the construction there's a lot of parking spaces the problem there
is one car will park right in the middle in between four spaces to save parking for other people and when I get there maybe around 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. there's three parking spaces and there's one car in the middle
right in the middle there's no parking lines now uh 2023 I had a stroke and I had bypass surgery but I'm going through healing because I have ulcers in my legs so I can't
walk and every time I get there I have to go around the block to park Park and there's three parking spots but there's one car right there in the middle I had there's one two there's three businesses and there's an uh an
attorney firm across the street and the same across the street if there's three parking spots there's one car in the whole sidewalk there's no lines there's no parking so you have to
go around the block so I have to go around the block um my partner has to un the wheelchair cuz I can't use the Walker yet until I heal from the ulcers but my thing is if they can put a
handicap Park in there for me would be great would be great I could get back to work if they put it there and someone else's park there I wasted my time this is that Broadway at Eleanor
I'm sorry the cross street is that by Elanor that's by Elanor yes that's by Elanor so I don't know I mean I'm I'm only requesting that I get a handicap parking until I heal if
possible but you you do recognize that if we were to put a handicap plaque like a handicap sign there it would be a place where anyone with a handicap placard could park it wouldn't be specifically yours that's what I was informed um I was informed this morning
that if if they do put a handicap parking sign um it's not only exclusively for me or for my business so I'm requesting that they put it there for me if they cannot then
there's nothing I can do I mean do you still want to request it because there's no way we can say it's only for you like that's that's unfortunately not how the how the policy Works although I'm requesting it from my business they don't they don't um it can't specific to
your business either like it is a spot on the street that you can only Park in with a handicap placard so then why request it I mean I'm I'm the only one here requesting it because it's a place that it that you need to access frequently but if I get there and I
don't have a spot then I might as well go back to the same around the block thing she's just saying it's anybody with a handicap plaer could park there so for instance say someone up the street parks there and then you come there and you can't park there there's nothing can do about it that's what she's basically saying you understand that right that that's what I'm was
saying why request it if I'm not going to get well you're still requesting it cuz and and if someone else doesn't use it it's available for you but it's basically available for anybody with a handicap placard that's just right but handicap plaque no no I know you do I'm saying but if if he showed up and wanted
to park there he could park there too and so could anybody that has a handicap plaer so I'm basically wasting my time getting it for my business because when I get there well it's very well that it could be empty it's now and I get there and there's three parking spots
available and there's only one vehicle right in the middle well that vehicle parking in a handicap spot would be ticketed right and so if I get there in the morning and there's no parking I'm going to have to go back to the same thing and I'm the only one here
requesting the parking spot for a handicap I would just say what you have going in your favor too is that there's no handicap sign currently in that immediate area there never there may not be any people that need a handicap I've there 25 years in that same corner and
never there's been a parking spot there for so is Elsa I know she asked is there any regulations against giving a handicap packet for someone's business or no that's that's the question I was going to ask the rule that's the that's the ultimate question is there any regulations looking at it like you know
how we added some by the library right because people do business there right there's people with handicap plat CS that go there Broadway we have a couple there because those are from asoc technically but they're yeah they're just strategically placed there not it's
like Broadway that way oh yeah there we there yeah so I'm saying so it's then it's then then it's then we can do it for her business yeah that's fine I think we can but it's not exclusive correct it's not exclusive for her but it will be in front of her business and if the spots open it's all hers you
might be lucky there might be days where you know maybe five days a week you'll you'll have space right maybe you'll just have to instead of seven days a week going around maybe it'll just be five days right or one day or one or one or two days yeah most likely like like Lieutenant Fern said there's nobody that
really Parks their handicap so you should be fine so as long as you keep if you want to keep it open and just you know that someone else could park there but it's mostly you know it's it's open for the anybody with a handicap Placer then we don't have a problem granting it cuz like like Lieutenant said there's no
the the stat is recently fixing the road as you know and they're putting up handicap SCS but they didn't put any in that section I don't know why Bas I've never seen I've been there yeah well they they put one down past the old church but they basically went from there all the way up to the Broadway Glen with no signs so can I just ask a question so where exactly would we put
it if there's is there ramps nearby I'm sorry is there a ramp nearby that we can there's um a ramp like is or is there so are you going to have to go all the way up to elen Street to catch the ramp to come on if you come out of your car and your wheelchair that's what I do that's what I do you want the sign be closer to
the ramp on Elanor Street um well to get over the curb i' that's what I've been doing every time that I get there and there's no parking I go around the block I drive around until there's a parking spot you know big enough in order for me
to be able to unload the wheelchair can you use that little there's a driveway just two houses away like can you use that to come on instead of going all the way up to the block oh no this with your wheelchair I me with your wheelchair no no not Park in there meaning if you park down the street can you come you can enter the sidewalk through the through
their driveway I park on the side I unload yeah she helps me unload it and that's what we do because there's no so she does come I bet you she comes on the driveway if she can or she goes to the that's what I've been doing yeah okay so you you get on there the only question I'm asking is because if we're going to put handicap spaces in they should be in
areas that people can safely get out of a vehicle and get safely onto a sidewalk and so uel that's myu Sanchez he owns the building where I began back 2000 and he has a driveway with a ramp right like
near to where two two spots away from we saw yeah his building is on the left of me and then there's his ramp for his for his driveway and then there's seven seven I next yeah yeah we know what some
so I'm like to a house after him yeah know I'm but that parking in front of right next to his driveway I don't know if it would be appropriate but that parking is fine in order to be able to unload yeah like I
say the yeah cuz you don't stay there cuz you don't stay other than that there's no other driveways there yeah well like you said other than I mean obviously we just we put them and it's obviously assuming that the people are safely going to get out of the car so I don't think it'll be an issue but but if you're driving and you get
out of your car no matter where you're parking a handicap spot you're getting out into traffic no no but you still need to get onto a ramp to get onto correct correct correct yeah yeah yeah I think if it's any I think if it's either if it's on either side of this driveway she can go right she can go literally right into the driveway apron and get
onto the sidewalk she doesn't have to go she doesn't have to go three buildings up what I'm saying say you can put something in the middle of the yeah I think I think it can be right there in front of that have to go yeah I think it could be right where this car is right in front of the 793 go right there 793 that's the blue door it can go right there the
driveway is right there she comes this way goes right in the driveway and then has access to the sidewalk so I will make a motion to pass and put the sign right in front of 793 Broadway seconded all in favor I I thank you thank you thank
you okay next communication communication of March 17th 20125 from yahad no of 23 wasburn Street addressing his concerns on Clinton Street and nearby intersections doesn't look like there's
anyone here to talk on it I know when is uh well one thing I would definitely say is that for wasburn Street I don't think that we prevent parking within like the turn radius of the street like cars are parking too close to the intersection and I would suggest uh in response to
number three we put some tape at least some sorry paint um in those like first parking spots inside the intersection where it's where you're not really supposed to be parking anyway you talking about number three on his description yeah okay I also had the
benefit of speaking with the gentleman okay I will no no I'm just looking no I was just reading like you said I mean he's and number three he's saying how tight it is is since moving to the neighborhood I observed significant issues with traffic flow on safety on Washman is a two-way street with allowed pocket on both sides it creates a narrow passage of course when cause a pocket on
both sides it's tight to squeeze by which delays response time in emergencies Additionally the ongoing difficulty of navigating the street during peak hours increases the likelihood of accidents now unfortunately like we said we it's very tight Street we've we have to put certain trucks in there in the winter
and the fire trucks have an issue going up there when it's two side parking as well um one of those tight streets that just has been always been tight um I know he's also talking did he say much about like I know his first thing was the the one way onto Clinton Street
which was so the one way onto Clinton Street he seemed fine with okay and I should clarify that I did not speak to the gentleman myself he I misspoke he spoke to my director okay who filled me in just for clarity um the one way under
Clinton Street seemed fine the Easter Na and Carol and the like that area around Eastern Carol and Broadway were concerned concerns because there he's worried that congestion is going to get worse in those areas and there are like a lot of bus stops and kids being
dropped off of buses um that I don't really have concrete suggestions for I spoke to a couple Traffic Engineers who indicated that like in places where like a school bus
is dropping off you guys are familiar with how school buses flip out that stop sign and just like everybody in both directions has to stop and that there you generally don't do a lot of like hard infrastructure changes for a school bus stop because the bus is already like
everyone is supposed to be stopping anyway I I didn't believe there was any bus stops school bus stops on on Eastern AB or Clinton to be quite honest with you the buses come from the school down Crescent to Clinton and they come out that way but they don't stop there there's no pickup there it's too close
to the school even on Eastern a I mean I gu it's obviously even if it was a school that wasn't Mary C Burke no meaning meaning yeah they they don't I just never I I grew up up the street I'm just saying I don't see many buses there but I'm not familiar with the bus routs I live I'm a neighbor so I live on
Clinton and um I don't see any bus stops there yeah okay um obviously now so I know we do have the message board out at the intersection EAS in Carol to prevent blocking the intersection which has been a trouble I grew up up the street on Carol Street it's been like that for 45
years so unfortunately it's always been a problem blocking the intersection we do have signage we do have painted on the roadways telling people not to block it they still do it I know Lieutenant fernance had some enforcement out there at times so hopefully we can get some more enforcement out there um it's just
you can't have a cop there 24/7 telling people not to block the intersection I mean as far as Wash's concerned like I said for 50 years it's been like that I've I've not been able to plow that street because it just cos poed on both sides um I wish the first I wish this guy was here because he could make a motion to a do one side parking or make
it a one way like he can request that he didn't he's just talking about his concerns so I don't want to I mean obviously there's really nothing to vote on but if he wants to come back or if you want to reach out Emily if Ben did talk to him maybe reach back out to him and make him see if he wants to request like actually make concrete suggests
actually make a make a make a proposal for one side parking or one way if that's how he feels you know I mean he's talking about the bottom section so the top section and I know it's just more parking even a couple weeks ago I went by there and you couldn't even get down the street because the mosque was in
session was a bunch of cars there and they just parked both sides of the street so I know Aqua lines back in town and they've been working so I think they're poing sidewalks I know that the curbs I think they bump outs now Eastern have at uh Clinton so I don't think much
can be done about that oneway directional well that was already that was voted on the commission by two or three years ago so that's already that's that's in effect today so that's today is the first day of the Clinton being a one way now so uh just at that entrance Point yeah but like I said it's just the concern so there's really nothing to
vote on but I would I would if if Emily you feel comfortable reaching out to Ben and reaching out to him maybe see if he wants to make a suggestion and and and properly give it to Elser and we can vote on it when it comes up and we can decide at that point if we would need any kind of traffic study but I kind of suspect that we would not
given that we've created a traffic pattern that goes from Carol of wasburn to Clinton like that's probably the direction it would need but so in terms of a motion Joe I uh Lieutenant I don't know I would say that we can we've addressed his concerns and
so no vote taken yeah I don't think you need a vote taken okay no vote for that one uh next communication March 17th from Sylvia deista dasta proposing a change to the current visitor parking pass regulation
is not clear I mean is this even under our purview he doesn't say does the parking and traffic commission have anything to do with the I mean side parking Elsa do you know if this is within our Authority um yeah well if she
wanted to make changes um she would have to um what's the word for a petition petition yeah she would have to petition um to make changes to it but through the traffic and parking commission or
through the she could bring it to us um I I think it's with us because we do we do the parking but I would assume we' have to go to a public hearing before something like that done I mean the original thisa count make the regulations well maybe they did we w't
postive we have to get people to sign okay so she needs a certain number of signatures can we reach back out to her to provide information about how she could petition us and what what her suggestion is too because I don't Elsa should have a contct well I think she has some specific OB some specific
suggestions here about some of them were basically how to loosen up regulations I me can we can we clarify that in fact because I mean I remember this being like a whole city Jimmy can you get up and shut the door a whole Citywide city manager oh sorry I'm sorry I just could
to hear you Jimmy Jimmy just we can't it's a public meeting it's a I just remember it being a whole Citywide city manager like movement I just I don't know to make the parking passes the way they are now yeah I mean it was like it was like
the way we have them now it's really good because we're able to catch people who do fraud we're able to have more control of it um and here she wrote that she wants online passes um there's almost no way to police that really yeah
there's no not much she might just be ordering them online cuz she goes on to say that like waiting in the long line is the issue she can place um she can order the visitor passes as early as January 1st and uh we'll process
them and she doesn't have to wait in line for that right we mail it's just like the sticker okay so that might be an education thing I was also going to it sounds like she has people visiting frequently and I
know we offer passes for longer term yeah or even if you're having like a party we have um uh I forget the name of the past but it's a ga uh for Gatherings um I think it's up to 10 and we can sell those
um uh I think it's we sell them we can sell them to you uh twice a year if I'm not mistaken so if you're having a party you're having guests we can sell those passes and how long do those last for a night so like let's say you're having a
party you know and you your guests are staying there until let's say I don't know 1:30 2 3 a.m. you can use those we have weekly passes we also have the um
night visitor passes which those are good for two days a week she WR she only she seems to think the passes only last days is that incorrect then the visitor passes yes but there's other options um I can call her and let her know other um
permits we have available for visitors indefinitely I think maybe giving her a call to let her know about those and also how she can petition us if she still wants to I get that Chelsea is really dense and like needs tighter parking controls but I also get that it
might be frustrating to want to have like all your family visit you and but I I'm under the Imp because my friend's parents used to come and they would stay like a week yeah you I mean there there's passes that you can get yeah we have the weekly pass you can get
up to four per year per registration okay yeah and is it I haven't looked online but is it very clearly spelled out what people can okay and then she also said to flip the day pass to the night pass she didn't like that but in
terms of enforcement that's kind of is that necessary then yeah so it depends like so if this person lives where does she live 231 Washington where oh okay so certain streets um so for certain
streets is daytime restricted right so the pass you have to flip the pass um if it's daytime you have to make sure it's it's it reads daytime it once um it hits night time you want to be protected from
12 a.m to 5 a.m. so you have to flip it or if you have if no one else is using the other pass you can also have the daytime and the night time right there you just got to make sure you mark it um but I can let her know of the different
options so she doesn't have to go out and you know flip it she doesn't want to flip it and is that something you would have to do at 5: in the morning when the night pass night pass you can put you can mark it before you know you go to bed or whenever you park the car
yeah so I don't disagree you need PhD to figure some of this out just you but I mean there there's options yeah there's options yeah so what what should the motion be to have to prop is it
to do you move it along and table it do you move it along and and I don't know what the could code we have you reach out to her and discuss it and then if she wants to pursue it then I guess she would need a petition table
it so I'll make a motion to table it with clarification from Mrs dasta second seconded all in favor I next commercial and 15minute parking Zone application March 25th 2025 from
Bruce black of the Chelsea Employee Federal Credit Union thank thank you so much hi thank you uh Bruce black representing Chelsea Employees Federal Credit Union um after 89 years we're moving out of City Hall we're going through uh 311
Chestnut Street um this been The Works a few years first brought up to us by uh n Keefe back in 22 and 23 um we tracked
our uh traffic coming in from outside the building uh which uh results in about 20 to 40 people uh each day coming in from outside the building uh we believe that
uh having one or two 15minute spots in front of 311 uh would greatly alleviate the traffic and the parking uh situations both here in City Hall lot in the senior center lot and additionally the St Rose
lot um basically the people who come into our office don't need to be there that long uh a huge majority and uh 15 minutes would be plenty for them to conduct their business um we also have uh in those
packets I gave you support from our immediate neighbors Chelsea Community cable and the uh Chelsea fire department uh we verbally also have support from the senior center just don't have the note at this point uh the
pictures uh that are there my understanding I don't know whether it's official is the first spot is generally uh the chief's vehicle or a v a uh party department vehicle uh I would recommend
or I'm asking for the spots one or two spots after that um it's easily uh uh they can monitor that easily in that the parking enforcement people are also in that
building with us and Community cable uh so there won't there shouldn't be much abuse on that 15minute limit yeah I I don't disagree I know I talked about it with Chief before and uh Steve we don't technically we don't it's
not for fire parking our front there as far as I know right you guys do park there but there's not a desert designated spot no there's no designated spots for the only on for right in face I know that uh and speaking with the chief I SP uh spoke with him yesterday you know he's fine with it one
spot um just trying to figure out where it was he was thinking maybe the first spot from the driveway to the senior center so someone can kind of you know maybe pull up and back into it or something it's easier to get into you know as opposed to trying to back into a a middle spot I think that would be the
easiest spot for you guys or whoever going to the credit union and they can you know just get up and walk in I mean that's that's what his thoughts I mean I don't think he's sat on a specific spot but that's what we just kind of threw out there yesterday and and talking with them so there would be I think I just
think it' be easier for anyone visiting the Credit Unit it's a lot easier to get into that spot than some of the other ones you know so so I mean as was the case with the other person earlier it's actually for anyone it's not specifically the credit union
correct and it's just going to be during senior centor whoever it didn't specify but I know is it meant that it's only during Credit Union hours correct yes I think uh is it just uh 8 to 4: even though we're open lat on on Tuesday nights um just just to 4:00 make it easy
yeah so and um one other not I know is a 30 day as the parking uh uh clerk mentioned to me there's a 30 day after it's approved if approved yeah uh we will not be in there until uh May 5th so it would be that so it wouldn't go in
effect until May 5th okay I I I agree with Steve especially where you could see it at the end of the it makes it I don't like to put 15minute spots whether any Stills you don't want to have to parallel park it's easier in the front or in the beginning um we're obviously trying to keep parking away from the front Bay now that the fire
truck has a new apparatus in there yeah so we're trying to keep that kind of open uh we're not we're not we're not blocking the spots we're trying to keep it open as best we could which definitely the chief one of his main concerns is I wouldn't put it in the front I would put it in the back where like deputies stood up up right in front
of the driveway to the senior center exiting Riley way yeah so I mean it does not I mean I don't know if anyone else has any comments but I'll just make a motion to accept one spot uh 15minute parking uh what you say 8 to 4 yes yeah 8 to 4 on Chestnut Monday through Friday
Friday Monday through Friday yep yep would we sorry would we consider doing another 15minute spot like for up Chestnut just cuz given that they did all the counts and data Gathering that
we would like for people to be doing and I from my understanding a fair number of your patrons are on the older side and might have a harder time walking like I'm not deeply familiar with how much foot traffic you get but
given that you did these counts like if we don't want to put two spots right there can we put one on the other side of the street like that's something I would I would have to bring that up obviously speak with the chief about it I mean I would I could say we could approve one today and if you want to
come back for another May um we are trying to digitize our operations as well we believe in May when we first move and in June when we switch our systems over we're going to have a much higher volume than we normally would but we also believe it's going to taper off
over the summer months yeah so if you want to try two now and let's look at it in three months and perhaps we can cut it back if our traffic lessens like I hope it will yeah yeah I mean I like I said
I'm I have no problem with one I would just have to bring for two I would just want to speak with the chief first sure so I I don't want to speak for him um you know just in reading his letter he said would be fine for one spot you know so I don't want to override my chief I'm not good I'm not getting on that side of
him I wouldn't do that so but uh you I'll make that motion to approve one if someone wants to change it that's up to them but that's that'll be my motion absolutely anyone want to Second the approval for one 15minute parking spot
or change it more seconds for one do we have all all in favor approve one minut I I okay approve than you okay next up uh communication March 25th
2025 from pocking Clerk janets and Tron white requesting the removal of the handicap signed at8 Reynolds AV due to their failure to update the expired placard on file uh before we make a motion on any of these I do just want to say I do know that I'll correct me if I'm wrong El
it's just paperwork that needs to be given correct so these are tell us the process of how what it takes for that so um whoever applies for these um handicap spaces they have to update their
information with us um a lot of these people I've been chasing for a year or two um I had a resident that hadn't updated her since 2022 um and I think the clerk made the
decision to um take them down and the only reason I'm only bringing it up because a we're most likely going to I mean approved to take these down because they haven't given the proper paperwork and then did they get notified that so they're going to get notified and in two weeks from now you might
get whatever Jared might come up here with paperwork and say here you go now at that point we haven't taken the signs down yet so they can just stay up there but so I I just don't want to go down and take the signs all off and then have you come back and say everybody gave paperwork we're going to go put all the signs back up again because this is going to mess up the the people that now parking there and even if it's not the
actual people that are on it someone who's using it is going to want to come and put another application we have sent letters and we have also called multiple times and there's no response do we know it sorry do we do we know if people are
using these at all or are they you know because I mean we just told if someone is using it so let's say we take these down and someone is using it well they they can submit a request to us they can submit an application and will be under their name um and again it's not going to be just specifically for them but um
so for instance I'm just going sorry more 72 Addison I drive by it almost every day there's always two cars at that handicap spot at 72 Addison so now if for one so someone hasn't updated that so they're going to come back and update is all I'm saying I just don't want to go and do all the work of DBW taking the signs down and just mess that's all I'm saying so if it could be
fixed in in the time we meet again over the time it takes to get this all on the paper and taken away hopefully they can come back with their paperwork well my other question is since we we just told this woman here that it's not specifically hers right no it's not and and then but now we're telling them if they don't update their files were
taking this well because is there they they submitted for it they they app but I'm saying if it's if people need the space it makes sense but they're not the ones requ requesting the spot I know it makes sense what you're saying though I agree right no I'm not I'm not just saying that it just seems like I'm not
argu no no I know so then then new person right right yes yeah and that's on it's on them it's not us to tell them to do it correct correct okay all right like for example like in Broadway we we put up handicap spots for you know
people who are going to the you know business businesses is there neighborhoods where we think that we should be putting some of these in and leaving them in like we do on Broadway or do I mean instead of like him going out there putting in taking out putting in taking out you could but again that's up to the say City councelor or whoever
got that request like for instance the ones on Broadway was councelor recupero from his constituents wanted to put signs up there and they came and he asked for it we put the signs up because people were requesting it someone would have to request down by the store on Addison to put a handicap for their okay so put it on the yeah there you go right
there we go for the people in the neighborhoods that want those the handicap signs yeah so thank you for clarifying so I I will make a motion to accept the communication actually well we do them individually do them all at once or each one before we read number
14 again there was only one uh agenda item number 16 that actually had sent the paperwork in Prior so can I make a motion that we read um number 16 first and then the rest we can all combine um I think we have to approve that motion though
just exactly motion to take number 16 out of order all in favor I okay so we're going to read number 16 First Communication on March 25th from the podast cler Centon white requesting the removal uh the handicap sign at 108 win Road due to their failure to update the expired
placard on file so Elsa you have an update for that one right uh so she actually came in um today and uh she gave us an updated a handicap black card so um if you guys can make a motion to my Mo motion to
deny I'll second it yep second all in favor all so now if I can make a motion to combine the remaining agenda items 14 15 and then 17 through 22 I just have that motion uh motion to combine agenda items 14 15 17 through 22
into one vote yes please second all in favor I I okay so I'm just going to go ahead and read the um addresses um that Parking Clerk Janette Centron white is requesting the removal of since they fail to update um their
placard on file so 8 Reynolds Avenue 32 tutor Street 72 Addison Street 22 Blossom Street 309 Spruce Street three Clinton Court 132 Congress Avenue and
107 Maro Street motion to approve uh second second all in favor I thank you I'm sorry who um who denied the the 108
wiro very possibly me Emily Emily yep and then and I second thank you um that was the last item or items on this month's agenda uh meeting adjourned thank you for coming thank you lieutenant thank you thank you thank
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