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This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open

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the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for

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the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of

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the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? has been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Councilor Kadeem. All those in favor? Oppos. AYE. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councilor Raposo. Seconded by Council Vice President Deon. All those in favor? AYE. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This former City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim. Here. Kamara. Here. Canual. Here.

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Dion. Here. Hart. Here. Peckham. Pereira. Here. Repozo. Here. President Ponte. Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persima may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way, and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is

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a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River, and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you

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when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college, and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank

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Linda, as well as the city council, for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have... This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through

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any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at

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748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the

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location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street

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parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? Ordering has been made by Councillor Rapozo. Seconded by Councillor Kadhim. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings will be appropriate. Made by Councillor Rapozo. Seconded by Council Vice -President Dion. All those in favor? Aye. Oppose? The ayes have it. Time is 6 .08. This forover City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim? Here. Camara? Here. Canual? Here.

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Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Repozo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persimmon may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is

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a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach so I tend to talk loud and I have hearing loss so I tend to talk loud. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River and Kristen Pavo who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. We,

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I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. Um, if you want to express your experience, would you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have? And I just want to say when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon or maybe good evening

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to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda as well as the city council for having us here today. Uh, it's really important, um, what these young people have done and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again, uh, is always a fabulous opportunity for us as well as the founding, uh, folks who started the program. Uh, I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did, uh, start my academic career as a community college student. So when I

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sit down and talk to some of these young folks, um, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning. And it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a, a promising start support to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll

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call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor

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Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for

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the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of

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the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Council Raposo. Seconded by Council Vice President Dion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This Forover City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim? Here. Kamara? Here. Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Carrera? Here.

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Proposal? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persimmon may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way, and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Councilor Peckham.

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First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris, who is the President of Bristol Community College, and a dear friend to Fall River, and Kristen Pavo, who is the Principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding Director. I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain

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a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda, as well as the City Council, for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done, and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again

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is always a fabulous opportunity for us, as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol, and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student, so when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their

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career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make

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an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business

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as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant

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proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50

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.2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to

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this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust, 721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number

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four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows. The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road

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Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street, 386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The

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Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and building pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item.

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Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four pole proposals in front of me. Three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I've been here a few times over the past couple months over an ongoing reliability

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project that we're working on in the city. This is part of that. This new pole will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53

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-50 on County Street beginning on the point approximately 45 feet northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street in accordance with plan number 312 -85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This

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is on the north. This will be in the north east corner of California Street and County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class

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4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse in accordance with plan number 313 -07 -175. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset representing National Grid. This is a customer request. The customer is constructing a new home at

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190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The

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petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50 on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 313 -04008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install

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one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Calling all... Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Thank you. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing has been made by Councillor Raposo, seconded by Councillor Kadeem. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councillor Raposo, seconded by Councillor Vice -President Dion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it.

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The time is 6 .08. This four of a City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Counselor Skidim. Here. Kamara. Here. Canual. Here. Dion. Here. Hart. Here. Peckham. Pereira. Here. Repozo. Here. President Ponte. Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persimmon may could audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want

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to make a small announcement. Counselor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay but he is on his way and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Counselor Pereira. First and foremost... Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach so I tend to talk loud and I have hearing loss so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River,

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and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college and

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all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda as well as the city council for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again is always a fabulous opportunity for us as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol, and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have

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done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student, so when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us.

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This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open

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the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for

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the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of

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the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? has been made by Councilor Raposo. Seconded by Councilor Kadeem. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councilor Raposo. Seconded by Council Vice President Dion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Time is 6 -08. This former City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim? Here. Camara? Here. Canual? Here.

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Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Repozo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persimmon may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is

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a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach so I tend to talk loud and I have hearing loss so I tend to talk loud. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River and Kristen Pavo who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. We,

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I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. Um, if you want to express your experience, would you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have? And I just want to say when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon or maybe good evening

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to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda as well as the city council for having us here today. Uh, it's really important, um, what these young people have done and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again, uh, is always a fabulous opportunity for us as well as the founding, uh, folks who started the program. Uh, I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did, uh, start my academic career as a community college student. So when I

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sit down and talk to some of these young folks, um, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning. And it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a, a promising start support to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll

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call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor

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Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for

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the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of

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the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? none. Any hearing has been made by Councilor Raposo. Seconded. By Councilor Kadim. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councilor Raposo. Seconded by Councilor Vice -President Dion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This for our City Council Committee on Finance meeting will

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now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim? Here. Kamara? Here. Canual? Here. Deion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Repozo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Laura, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into

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an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. Thank you. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River,

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and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. Thank you. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college and

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all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda as well as the city council for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again is always a fabulous opportunity for us as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol, and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have

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done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student. So when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us.

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This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open

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the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for

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the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of

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the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly

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owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and building pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing

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National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four pole proposals in front of me. Three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I've been here a few times over the past couple months over an ongoing reliability project that we're working on in the city. This is part of that. This new

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pole will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street in accordance with plan number 312 -85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the north east corner of California Street

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and County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street

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approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse in accordance with plan number 313 -07 -175. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset representing National Grid. This is a customer request. The customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9

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-50 on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 313 -04008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Calling all

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opponents. Calling all, thank you Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? Has been made by Counselor Raposo, seconded by Counselor Kadeem. All those in favor? Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Counselor Raposo, seconded by Counsel Vice President Deion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time

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is 6 .08. This four of our city council committee on finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim. Here. Kamara. Here. Canual. Here. Dion. Here. Hart. Here. Peckham. Pereira. Here. Repozo. Here. President Ponte. Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persimmon may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want

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to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way, and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall

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River, and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college and all the

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way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda, as well as the city council, for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done, and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again is always a fabulous opportunity for us, as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol, and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have

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done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student, so when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us.

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This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open

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the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for

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the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of

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the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? none. The hearing has been made by Counselor Raposo. Seconded by Counselor Kadeem. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Counselor Raposo. Seconded by Counsel Vice President Deion. All those in favor? Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This former City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now

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be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim. Here. Kamara. Here. Canual. Here. Dion. Here. Hart. Here. Peckham. Pereira. Here. Repozo. Here. President Ponte. Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persima may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into

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an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way, and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River,

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and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you

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said that you started out at a community college, and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda, as well as the city council, for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done, and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again is always a fabulous opportunity for us, as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol,

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and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student. So, when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that

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we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether

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perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan.

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I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak.

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Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street

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parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? The following has been made by Councillor Raposo. Seconded by Councillor Kadeem. All those in favour? Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councillor Raposo. Seconded by Council Vice President Dion. All those in favour? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This former City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim. Here. Kamara. Here. Canual. Here.

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Dion. Here. Hart. Here. Peckham. Pereira. Here. Repozo. Here. President Ponte. Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persima may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way, and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is

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a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River, and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you

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when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college, and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank

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Linda, as well as the city council, for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done, and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again is always a fabulous opportunity for us, as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol, and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student.

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So, when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll

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call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor

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Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for

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the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of

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the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? none. The closed hearing has been made by Councillor Raposo. Seconded by Councillor Kadeem. All those in favor. Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councillor Raposo. Second. Seconded by Council vis odorwind Deion. All those in favor. Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This horrible City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now

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be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim? Here. Camara? Here. Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Repozo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persimmon may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into

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an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach so I tend to talk loud and I have hearing loss so I tend to talk loud. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River

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and Kristen Pavo who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. We, I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. Um, if you want to express your experience, would you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have? And I just want to say when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started

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out at a community college and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda as well as the city council for having us here today. Uh, it's really important, um, what these young people have done and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again, uh, is always a fabulous opportunity for us as well as the founding, uh, folks who started the program. Uh,

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I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did, uh, start my academic career as a community college student. So when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, um, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning. And it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a, a promising start support to wherever they

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want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through

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any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at

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748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the

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location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street

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parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? Seconded by Councillor Kedem. That gdyby the public hearing was made, it was made by Councillor Repozo Seconded by Councillor Kedem. All those in favor. Aye. Opposed? The Ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councillor Repozo Seconded by Councillor Vice President Dion. All those in favor. Aye. Opposed? The Ayes have it. Let's reply to 9 1 PM. Bank of Derek Medicare Report This affirmative City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim? Here.

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Camara? Here. Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Repozo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persimmon may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but

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he is on his way and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach so I tend to talk loud and I have hearing loss so I tend to talk loud. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River and Kristen Pavo who is the principal at the Agassi

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Collegiate School. Founding director. We, I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. Um, if you want to express your experience, would you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have? And I just want to say when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you.

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It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda as well as the city council for having us here today. Uh, it's really important, um, what these young people have done and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again, uh, is always a fabulous opportunity for us as well as the founding, uh, folks who started the program. Uh, I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol and it's an opportunity

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for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did, uh, start my academic career as a community college student. So when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, um, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning. And it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a, a promising start support to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that

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we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether

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perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan.

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I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak.

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Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street

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parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly

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owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and building pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing

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National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four pole proposals in front of me. Three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I've been here a few times over the past couple months over an ongoing reliability project that we're working on in the city. This is part of that. This new

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pole will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street in accordance with plan number 312 -85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the north east corner of California Street

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and County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street

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approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse in accordance with plan number 313 -07 -175. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset representing National Grid. This is a customer request. The customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9

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-50 on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 313 -04008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all

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opponents. Calling all... Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing has been made by Councilor Repozzo. Second. by Councillor Kadeem. All those in favor. Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councillor Repozzo. Second. Seconded by Council Vice -President Dion. All those in favor. Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This four of a City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Counselor Skidim. Here. Kamara. Here. Canual.

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Here. Dion. Here. Hart. Here. Peckham. Pereira. Here. Repozo. Here. President Ponte. Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persimmon may could audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Counselor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay but he is on

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his way and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Counselor Pereira. First and foremost is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach so I tend to talk loud and I have hearing loss so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River, and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School.

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Founding director. I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank

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Linda as well as the city council for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again is always a fabulous opportunity for us as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol, and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student,

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so when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll

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call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor

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Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for

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the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of

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the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councillor Raposo. Seconded by Council Vice President Dion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This four of a City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim? Here. Kamara? Here. Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Carrera?

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Here. Proposal? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Laura, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the Council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way, and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Councilor Peckham.

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First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College, and a dear friend to Fall River, and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain

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a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation at Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college, and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda, as well as the city council, for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done, and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again

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is always a fabulous opportunity for us, as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol, and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student, so when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their

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career path in a fabulous institution. that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make

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an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business

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as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant

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proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50

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.2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to

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this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust, 721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number

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four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows. The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road

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Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street, 386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New

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England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing

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National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This

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new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53

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-50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This

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is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class

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4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street. Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at

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190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition

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is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50 on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span

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pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? Has been made by councilor Raposo. Seconded by councilor Kadeem. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by councilor Raposo. Seconded by council vice president Dion. All those in favor? Aye.

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Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This former City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim. Here. Kamara. Here. Canual. Here. Dion. Here. Hart. Here. Peckham. Pereira. Here. Repozo. Here. President Ponte. Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persima may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want

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to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way, and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River,

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and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you

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said that you started out at a community college, and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank Linda, as well as the city council, for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done, and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again is always a fabulous opportunity for us, as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol,

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and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student. So, when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that

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we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether

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perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan.

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I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak.

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Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street

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parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? none. Hearing none. Seconded by Councillor Rapposso. Seconded by Councillor Kadeem. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councillor Rapposso. Seconded by Councillor Vice President Dion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This former City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim. Here. Kamara. Here. Canual. Here.

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Dion. Here. Hart. Here. Peckham. Pereira. Here. Repozo. Here. President Ponte. Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persima may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way, and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is

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a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River, and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you

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when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college, and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank

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Linda, as well as the city council, for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done, and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again is always a fabulous opportunity for us, as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol, and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student.

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So, when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll

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call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as been made by Councilor

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Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC. 200 4th Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on auto repair shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the assessor's plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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All opponents. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two, McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor. And just state your name and address for

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the record, please. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the City Council. Thank you. If I can just have you speak it to the microphone, please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering, 190 Guiders Nick Road, Swansea, representing the applicant. What they have is an existing residence on McDonald Street. They have about 50 .2 feet of frontage. It's all curb. They'd like to provide off -street parking. It's a two -family dwelling. And they want to park on the side of

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the house. There's about 22 feet from the property line to the house. So they'd like to open up a curb cut and then put the cars off street into their parking in the back of the property. Thank you very much, Mr. Barabee. Thank you so much. We're good. You're all set. Thank you. Any other proponents wishing to speak on this item? Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Any opponents? Anybody opposed to this public hearing? Hearing none. Thank you. Item number three. Steven T. Gomes, Living Trust,

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721 Oak Grove Avenue for the removing of curbing as follows. The applicant proposes to create two new 16 -foot opening driveways on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 32 feet. This project has received site plan approval. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number four. 87 Aetna Street, LLC. 87 Aetna Street for the removal of curbing as follows.

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The existing parcel is served by a 16 -foot curb opening on Vail Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 -foot curb opening on Aetna Street to provide improved access to the existing parking area. And parking. The total opening will be 32 feet. The total opening will be 32 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item five. Biswas, LLC. 80 Jensen Farm Road Braintree for the removing of curbing as follows. This is on Walnut Street,

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386 High Street. The existing parcel is served by a 14 -foot opening on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 -foot curb. A curb opening on High Street to provide access and parking. The total opening for the location will be 34 feet. Site plan review has been completed. Calling all proponents. Calling all proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this matter. Hearing none. Item six. The Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location. This is on Bay Street. This petition is

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proposing to install one jointly owned 45 Class II pole, P88 -50 on Bay Street, approximately 200 feet northeasterly of the center line of the intersection of Bay Street and Mount Hope Avenue between existing pole 88 and pole 89 in accordance with plan number 31292208. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Good evening. City Council President and City Council Members. My name is Aaron Roy representing National Grid, 1250 Brayton Point Road in Somerset. Tonight I have four

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pole proposals in front of me, three of them being company asset requests and one being a customer request. This first job on Bay Street, National Grid has requested a new mid -span pole in line in the sidewalk. I have been here a few times over the past couple of months over an ongoing reliability project that we are working on in the city. This is part of that. This new poll will allow us to install one of those reliability devices. Thank you very

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much. Calling all other proponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Calling all opponents wishing to speak. Hearing none. Item number seven. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England Inc. for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on County Street. The petition is proposing to install one new jointly owned 45 foot class 2 mid -span pole P53 -50 on County Street. Beginning on the point approximately 45 feet

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northwest of the center line of the intersection of California Street. In accordance with plan number 312 85703. Calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy representing National Grid 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Same situation. National Grid is requesting a new mid -span pole in line. This will be installed in the sidewalk up against the curbing. This is on the north. This will be in the northeast corner of California Street and

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County Street. Is that it? That's it. Thank you very much. Hearing all other proponents. Hearing none. All opponents wishing to speak on this item. Hearing none. Number eight. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Eclipse Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned 35 foot class 4 pole P2 and one jointly owned anchor on Eclipse Street.

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Approximately 130 feet of existing P31 on Tucker Street and between the property lines of 81 Tucker and 190 Eclipse. In accordance with plan number 31307. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. This is a customer request. Customer is constructing a new home at 190 Eclipse Street in this location. There are currently no poles or any

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power lines. So the proposal here is to set a new pole and anchor and extend secondaries to feed this house. Thank you. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none. Calling all opponents. Wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Number nine. And finally. Massachusetts Electric Company doing business as National Grid and Verizon New England for one jointly owned pole location as follows. This is on Jefferson Street. The petition is proposing to install one jointly owned mid -span pole P9 -50

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on Jefferson Street approximately 100 feet northerly of the center line of the intersection of Omen Street and Jefferson Street. This is in accordance with plan number 31304008. Calling all proponents. Aaron Roy, 1250 Brayton Point Road, Somerset. Representing National Grid. Another one of those requests for our reliability projects. We're requesting a new mid -span pole to install one of those devices. Calling all other proponents. Hearing none.

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Calling all opponents. Thank you, Mr. Roy. I don't think you're in opposition. Calling all other opponents. Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? has been made by Councillor Raposo. Seconded by Councillor Kadeem. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion to adjourn. Our public hearings would be appropriate. Made by Councillor Raposo. Seconded by Council Vice -President Dion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. The time is 6 .08. This former City Council Committee on Finance meeting will now be called to order. Madam Clerk. Councilor Skidim. Here. Kamara. Here. Canual. Here.

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Dion. Here. Hart. Here. Peckham. Pereira. Here. Repozo. Here. President Ponte. Here. Pursuant to the open meeting, Lauren A. Persima may go to audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. I just want to make a small announcement. Councilor Peckham is on his way. He did get into an accident on his way to the council meeting. He's okay, but he is on his way, and he is running a little late. First item on our agenda is

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a presentation of citations. Councilor Pereira. First and foremost, this isn't on. Is this on? Can you hear me? I used to teach, so I tend to talk loud, and I have hearing loss, so I tend to talk louder. First and foremost, I would like to have Dr. Sedgwick Harris, who is the president of Bristol Community College and a dear friend to Fall River, and Kristen Pavo, who is the principal at the Agassi Collegiate School. Founding director. I helped you

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when we founded that. I thought you were doing a good job there. I remember that. Those were tough days. If you want to explain a little bit about the program that you have, and I just want to say, when I was at the graduation of Bristol Community College, and you spoke, Dr. Harris, I was shocked when you said that you started out at a community college, and all the way to your doctorates. Good for you. It was inspirational. Well, good afternoon, or maybe good evening to the folks here. I'd like to thank

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Linda, as well as the city council, for having us here today. It's really important what these young people have done, and having the opportunity to celebrate them once again is always a fabulous opportunity for us, as well as the founding folks who started the program. I'm just lucky enough to be the fifth president at Bristol, and it's an opportunity for me to share the wonderful things that these students have done. As Linda said, I did start my academic career as a community college student.

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So, when I sit down and talk to some of these young folks, I tell them it's not just a community college. It's the beginning, and it's an opportunity for each and every person that walks through our doors to start their educational or their career path in a fabulous institution that gives them a promising start to wherever they want to go. To be able to provide the education and the workforce opportunities that we're offering is something fabulous for us. This Forver City Council public hearing will now be called to order. Madam Clerk roll

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call please. Councils Kadeem? Here. Camara? Canual? Here. Dion? Here. Hart? Here. Peckham? Pereira? Here. Raposo? Here. President Ponte? Here. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. Motion to open the public hearing. Second. Motion to open the public hearing as being made by Councilor

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Raposo. Second by Council Vice President Dion. Discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. First item on our public hearing is Bridgestone Retail Operations LLC. 204th Avenue Suite 100 Nashville, Tennessee. Doing business as Firestone Complete Auto Care for a license to operate on Auto Repair Shop at 748 Pleasant Street. Map M1082 in the Assessor's Plan. I'm calling all proponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all proponents.

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Hearing none. Hearing none. Hearing none. Hearing none. Hearing none. Is there any other proponents wishing to speak? Calling all opponents wishing to speak on this item. Calling all opponents. Hearing none. Item number two. McDonald Street, Realty, LLC, 317 Lindsay Street for the removing of curbing as follows. The existing parcel currently has no curb opening or driveway. The applicant proposes to create a new 20 foot curb opening to 20 foot curb opening driveway. The total opening for the location will be 20 feet. Calling all proponents wishing to speak. Come on down right to the floor.

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And just state your name and address for the record please. You can sit right where their laptop is. You can sit right where their laptop is just to see the city council. Thank you. Bob Barabee, Proline Engineering. If I can just have you speak into the microphone please. Mr. Barabee. Bob Barabee. Bob Barabee. Proline Engineering. 190 Guidesnick Road, Swansea representing the applicant. Bob Barabee, Proline Engineering. 190 Guidesnick Road, Swansea representing the applicant. Bob Barabee, Proline Engineering.