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Good taste of still. Huh? Yeah. Hi, counselor. Good evening and welcome to the regular meeting for the Len City Council. Today is Tuesday, Tuesday, August 19, uh, 2025 pursuant to chapter 20 of the act of
2022. This meeting will be hybrid allow participation both in person in the city council chambers as well as remotely. Uh the Zoom link was provided to anybody that requested through the through the city clerk's office. This meeting will will be transmitted
live through the Facebook Lawren City Council page as well as well as the YouTube Lawrence City Council page. Uh roll call. Madame Clerk, Councelor Levy, present. Councelor Llant, present. Councelor Luzon,
present. Council del Rosario present. Council Santiago is noted as absent. Councelor Marmal present. Council Reyes. Council Reyes is noted as absent. Although I know she's here. She's here. Um Council Vice President Infante is
noted as absent. Council President uh present. Yeah, they're both here. They they be they'll be here in a minute. Um please join me for the for a moment of silence. to my right. Please join me for the pledge of allegiance
to the flag of the United States of America and the stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Counselors, can I get a motion to approve minute from July 1st, 2025? July
7. July 1st and July 7, 2025. Uh motion on the table properly second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. The eyes have it. Madame clerk, please call the role for council.
Councilman Fonte present. Thank you. Uh participation. Uh you will have two and a half minute to speak on any topic related to the city of Lawrence or any any unrelated topic.
Please refer to this council as a whole. Uh at the 2 minute mark, you're going to hear a beep or a sounds or an indication that you still have 30 seconds to go. Uh please proceed to the podium and identify yourself and provide us with
your address. The first person that we have is H Mali Omayun Mali 53 Chester Street. Good evening honorable members. We the citizen are proud to support Lawrence Police Officers Union. Lawrence police
department with the impeccable leadership by honorable chief Morris Agler doing excellent job to protect our citizen. Lawrence police department this union of pride and honor one of the best police department in the nation. Thank
you for keeping Lawrence a safe city. As a citizen of the 40 years I have been witnessed the best DPW workers and employees. Thank you for keeping your Lawrence a beautiful city. Lawrence inspection department. Thank you for
excellent job. We support your union. We must hire more inspector. Lawrence public school with impeccable leadership by honorable superintendent Ralph Guerrero moving forward. Lawrence teachers, thank you for excellent job.
We support your union because of you. Lawrence will rise again. Lawrence always is strong. Lawrence always unite. We are proud to support our honorable veteran. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your bravery. We must hire
two empty position in the cabinet for the veterans department. We must have create the best commission for elders. We the Lorentian pray for the safety of all police officers and the first respondent. Lawrence police officers.
Thank you for your service and dedication. With the impeccable leadership of honorable chief Delaney, we have the best fire department. Lawrenian are proud because the new majestic building, the architectural
innovation, the home to the best police department, Lawrence police, the indeed the shining superstar in the sky of Loris. Thank you. The next person is is u Tom Espanel.
Good evening councilors and citizens of the great city of Lawrence. My name is Thomas Spittleeri. Uh 60 Island Street, Sweet 320B. Um I'm the board president of Lawrence Community Access TV. Due to disputed cable contract and the hanging fees,
LCAP faced its darkest days. And I take this quote. Um, the darkness upon the law. Um, the darkness is upon us. Um, look to the coming of the first light on the fifth day at the dawn and look to
the east. That came from uh Gandalf at the Lord of the Rings. That day of light came. We sold our building on Essex Street, moved to 60 Island Street. This was the new day. During the dark times, our staff um worked real hard with the
board of directors and stayed on and continued to film all Lawrence events. The staff came in every day and worked their shifts without pay for 3 months. And we continue to provide our viewerships on Roku, Apple TV, uh
Lawrence CTV website. I would like to take this moment to thank the LCAT dedicated staff and their board of directors for the hard work during these dark times. TC, Domingo, Kevin, Josh, Caitlyn, Brenda, Rick, Rich, Mike, and
Aaron who's moved on. We should also like to thank our producers and the nonprofit organizations that have continued to reach out to us today for coming events and the rate payers of Lawrence who continue to reach out today asking what's going on uh with the great
happenings in Hel. We will continue to film video and show this was the vision of our founder James R. Ross and his legacy lives on in each one of us at the studio tonight. If anyone at home or in the audience would like to produce a TV
show, uh, a video podcast, an audio podcast, you can reach out to us at 978-686930 or email us at lawrencectv.com. We look forward to working continuing to work for the citizens here in the great city of Lawrence. Thank you, counselors.
And Labor Day weekend, we are broadcasting the uh Brett and Roses feast all weekend live on those stations. All right. The next person that we has is um Juan Vasquez. Good evening. Uh ladies and gentlemen,
this is from the board. I would like to to talk when my case comes up which is uh parcel 231. All right. Okay. Thank you. Uh the next person is Rich Russell. Councelor Roso. Good evening, councilors. Rich Russell,
34 Cross Street. First of all, a big hats off to the Lawrence Fire Department and all of the mutual aid that came into the city a week ago this evening. I would say that Chief Delaney got his baptism by fire at the L Street fire
last week. A tip of my pilot's cap to goes to Francisco Urina Lawrence. goes to Lawrence uh Francisco Ureina, Lawrence airport manager for giving the local residents a chance to get up close
and uh look at various types of aircraft, some experimentals, others otherwise. This was at the aviation open house last Sunday. Now, several gripes that the council has no real control over as it does affect the
residents. one way or another. First, after making a foyer request regarding the color coding of Lawrence hydrants and their flow rates, I received this map. Come on, get it there. Color coding the
flow rates of the hydrants. Uh I would like to know who is responsible for allowing the condition of these hydrants to exist in the manner that they do and why isn't anything done to improve the water system feeding the hydrants. I am
beginning to think that elected officials are more than happy to have the LFD call in more mutual aid to help deliver water for firefighting purposes for more distance more distant and reliable
hydrants. Finally, I'm getting sick and tired of digging into various public documents, OCPF, Mass Secretary of State, corporate information info, and finding names linked financially in one form or
another to donations to politicians in power for a variety of reasons, i.e. the LRA land giveaways last Tuesday night or the appearance of forced campaign donations by city employees. I thought
city employees kept their job by doing a good job and not how deep they could dig into their wallet. Uh, I will let you know that I am a firm believer in the Mass Supreme Judicial Court decision in 1975
regarding the Commonwealth versus Olivio and all of the legal implications that it carries. If you want to know about it, look it up like I did. Thank you. Thank you. The next person that we have is uh Jeffrey Petrillo.
Good evening, councilors. My name is Jeffrey Petrillo. On November 7, 2024, the Lawrence City Council withdrew attorney Caruso's petition, but allowed attorney Caruso to refile his petition for one year afterwards,
meaning November 7, 2025. Nobody of the nine city councilors on that date requested reconsideration or revote. The the law states when in the absence of reconsideration, the city council cannot hear the same case until
after two years. This is quoting Kitty versus the city of Springfield 1961. We want you to enul the city vote until November 7, 2026. That's two years time, not one. Allow me to further explain.
Pursuant to the Lawrence Mass Code of Ordinances, rule 20, reconsideration, when a vote has passed, it shall be in order for any member voting with the prevailing side to move for reconsideration thereof at the same meeting in which the vote was taken.
Additionally, even if the city council were to suggest that there was a common practice or custom allowing for a reconsideration of a zoning change after unfavorable action at the next scheduled meeting, this practice was summarily rejected by the Supreme Judicial Court
of Massachusetts in Kitty versus the city of Springfield 1961. In Kitty, the court held that in light of legislative importance attached to each stage of the zoning change procedure and the rejection of a proposed change, we think that a custom
inconsistent with the written rules cannot justify reviving at a later time at a later meeting a measure which has failed of adoption by reason of votes final final under the written rules.
Mass General Law, Chapter 48, Section 5. No proposed zoning ordinance or bylaw which has been unfavorably acted upon by a city council or town meeting shall be considered by the city council or town meeting within 2 years after the vote of
such unfavorable action unless the adoption o of such proposed ordinance or bylaw is recommended in the final report of the planning board. Additionally, because there was no timely motion to reconsider prior to the meeting being
adjourned on November 7, 2024, the motion was disposed of adversely and finally at that time. Thank you. The next person that we have um that we have is Luong. Good evening, counselors. Um, I don't
think I should have put my name down. I'm just here to get an event permit. So, if anyone else wants to make comments, I'm happy to wait my turn. Send us Brandon. Yes. All right. The next p the next person that we have is Madame Clerk Bernard.
Good evening, councilors. Eileen Bernell, Lawrence City Clerk, 257 Mount Vernon Street. Um, we have a preliminary election coming up on Tuesday, September 16th, 2025. One of the counselors had
asked me to please speak so that the public is fully informed on that event. So, I just want to make sure people know that on Tuesday, September 16th, at 7 a.m. the polls will open, 8:00 p.m. the polls will close. The last day to register to vote for that election is
Saturday, September 6th. It is a Saturday, and City Hall will be open. Not only will city hall be open on Saturday, September 6th for the last day to register to vote, but it's also the first day for early voting. If you'd like to early vote, it starts on Saturday, September 6th, and it will end
on Friday, September 12th. So, there's one full week of early voting beginning on Saturday the 6th. So, I just want to make sure that people are aware of that. Um, posted inside city hall, both on the first floor and at the basement level, is a specimen ballot. There's a
different ballot for each precinct. So, they are posted clearly. They're also on the city of Lawrence website, which is cityoflaw.com. So you can find that specimen ballot easily, but it is posted two different places inside city hall. If you'd like to look at the ballot ahead of time,
it's there. Um each of you has a calendar that was left at your seat, as well as all of the names of all of the candidates. These are again, um the elections calendar is on the city of Lawrence website, both in English and in Spanish. Um if you go on our website
under the elections division, it's all there and it's pretty clear. But again, just for you folks benefit, but also for the folks at home that might not have that, it is easily accessible on the website. If you cannot find it on the website, give me a call. 9786203232 rings right to my desk. I'm happy to get
you a copy of that um specimen ballot, a copy of the calendar, whatever it is that folks might need. But I want to make sure people know we do have a general election in November. That general election will be on Tuesday, November 4th. But in the meantime, there's a preliminary
election. It is coming right up in a few weeks. It will be on Tuesday, September 16th. And I just want to make sure folks are aware. Thank you. All right. All these name will be submitted for the record. Uh counselors, under the rule for or perhaps under
communication, I would like to extend an opportunity to uh Pat Mariano, the school committee member and the LE board and LE chair. uh she's here today visiting us and she have an special gift
to the council. So with uh if there is no objection to the with the council uh I would like to extend that opportunity to uh Miss Mariano. Good evening councilors. Um thank you
very much for welcoming me here. Um, it's been quite a busy week and a half. Um, and I remember standing here many times asking for the council to approve
monies for the two new schools. Well, our dream came true and we've cut the ribbon on two beautiful state-of-the-art schools for the city. And I want to thank you from the bottom
of my heart for anything and everything that people did to push this forward. I know many of you endured nauseiating phone calls from me begging you to please consider the uh building the
schools. If you were there to witness the um celebrations, the all of the school is magnificent. Um there there aren't enough words to describe that school. Um and if you
haven't taken a tour, I urge you to do that. Um the Ley School which is a very special part of my heart um is more historical and the purpose of doing that was for
the kids to remember where the school came from how it would the history of the school and moving forward for the next let's hope a hundred years. So tonight, um, I brought you in gratitude
a little plaque that, um, Giovanni, you're going to have to help me with that. All right. I'd like to read the inscription in recognition of the Francis M. Ley schools first 100 years of service to
Lawrence students and families and with deepest appreciation for all those who will be served in the next hundred years to come. And he'll flip it over. Why don't you what you'll see is we have we
put a brick in from the original school before it was knocked down. So, we want that to be in our minds that that's where the school came from. There's our original brick and we're looking towards
the future, hopefully the next hundred years. So, I want to thank you again for supporting these projects and I want to thank you on behalf of all the kids that we serve in the district. Thank you.
the brothers uh counselors just a few words uh yesterday I was uh I was surprised when I saw this and I was I didn't want to take this opportunity by for myself alone and um
and I asked Pat uh to come over to the council uh to present this to the entire council. This is this is something that is uh very creative. I have a history of over 100 years stone on it. And uh we
definitely appreciate the fact that Pat was uh leading the discussion with uh both of the schools that we just opened and uh was a champion when it comes to the ley school. uh counselors, this is
something that we're going to keep uh hopefully here in the new building and uh and eventually everybody going to have the opportunity to enjoy and see what the meaning of the Lee School and this brick means. So, thank you.
Thank you. [Applause] That was beautiful. Council brother, thank you to you. I know Pat. So Pat, Miss Mariano,
that's okay. What are we going to do with your sweater? Are we going to hang it by the library at the leis school? We need to retire that sweater already. Where is it? I thought when when you brought that when they were going to flip it over, I thought it was the sweater inside. Well, there's a couple new projects I
have in the back of my head. Um, so I won't be coming back to Not now. Not now. I I believe, sorry to interrupt you, but I believe that sort of that you wear for all those years um should be kept in a special place, maybe frame or something and put it in the
library at the legend school and do something special for you and keep that sweater there cuz you fought through the years with that sweater on and every time you came here to ask for money and for favors and whatever, you had the sweater on, right? How old is the sweater? How old is this sweater? Your sweater.
Le no the le school sweater that you also wear. Remember the sweater that you used to wear the teacher for the lei school that you usually wear that when you came here while we were going through the conversation you had a you had a significant I think it was a sweater that you wear all the time.
Oh the le school sweater that you wear all the time when you were coming in here. That's what I'm saying and we should frame it and put it at the library cuz that sweater means a lot. It should means a lot to us too. I did some crazy things during my day. Uh,
every year we asked one of we asked all the kids to Oh, I'm sorry. Someday you'll think about this. I hope um we asked the kids to draw a picture
of what the school meant to them and we had a contest in the school and I forget I think we gave them a Toys R Us gift certificate the winner and we had the shirts made and they were available for
people to purchase. So, of course, I have a collection of the years that I was there. And um I believe the one I said I wore said Ley school was the best or something like that. And there were rulers and pencils. I was going to wear
it yesterday, but I was told I needed to look presentable and not in a sweatshirt. To me that was presentable at the ley school but I followed the guidance of those
above me. But um anyway that was a big thing for the kids to draw those shirts. And um I believe the first name of the girl that I wore was the adira. I'll have I'm sorry I don't remember her last
name but it was created in 2008. So, she's probably beyond high school at this point. And um there is a teacher that is looking for those kids because we thought we'd like a picture with them
wearing the shirts that they designed. So hopefully that'll come. As far as the media center goes, it hasn't been fully dedicated yet because it wasn't ready. So, we had a mock dedication in the in
the um cafeterium. So, um that's coming up and certainly you'll all be invited um when that dedication happens. So, that's the latest. Thank you, Miss Mar. Thank you. Any other
any more questions? Sorry, I forget that mine isn't automatic like the like the main one. Uh any other questions or comments from Miss uh Pat Mariano? Councelor Ray. Uh can I have a motion of a three minute
motion to reset? Motion has been made by council marmal. Is there a second? Second. Seconded by council Reyes. Discussion seeing none. All those in favor say I. I. And the eyes have it. Vice President Infante. Thank you, Council President. I'm sorry.
I just want to quickly um because this did not happen in the chamber today, but I I think it's important to say it during this meeting. Um the city council as a whole had the pleasure of recognizing a Lawrence High School graduate um this evening before the
meeting. His name is Joshua Gonzalez. Josh is going to attend Northeastern University in the fall. And the reason why the city council recognized him today was one, he is a mentor, a a
coach, and and a um a volunteer for the tennis program, the youth tennis program that we have in the city of Lawrence for the first time ever. By the way, secondly, and most importantly, um Josh received a scholarship, a college
scholarship from the United States Tennis Association Foundation in the amount of $10,000 that only goes to 30 students, 30 student athletes nationwide. And he is one of those 30 students to receive that that scholarship this year. I wanted to make
sure, thank you, council president, that I said this live during the meeting tonight because we did um present him the citation uh at at the tennis court earlier this evening. And um I just think we the council think it's an amazing um accomplishment and we are so
proud of Josh and honored that he is one of the 30 uh student athletes. Thank you uh council vice president Infante for uh those remarks. Uh now councilors if there is no objections I would like to call ite
33025 out of the personal committee madame madame vice president and the chair of the personal committee council. Thank you council president. Item 33025, the confirmation of an Marine Anne Dherty to the Lawrence Cultural Council
was sent up to the full council with a favor of recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. There's a motion on the table properly. Second discussion discussion is council hear from the candidate first. You want to hear from the candidate? Of course.
Yes. a few awards. Um, I'm a lifelong resident of the city of Lawrence. I care about the city very much. Um, my father was city clerk. My uncle was mayor 22 years. I was born and
bred here. Um, I am the president of the ladies hiburnians and when Pat asked I couldn't say no. Thank you for serving. You're welcome. Council. Yeah. Just want to say just a quick word
about uh Miss Dhy. Uh the cultural council in the city is lucky that if we voted in favor and expect to have her on the this board. Uh, Miss Dhy has spent a lot of time very working in the city and
I would argue is probably one of the more knowledgeable people about the city not only based on the family relationships but because of her work relationships being on the various years boards and commissions uh that she has served on which uh provide an amazing
insight into the good, the bad and the ugly of our city. Um and I think that background and experience um now taking that and moving it into a place where it can be focused and energized in a positive in a very positive direction uh
which is going to better uh cultural council and what that c cultural council's mission and uh I'm I'm delighted I'm so delighted that ma that our chair and school committee
member Pat Mariano O thought of Miss Dhy and equally importantly Miss Dhy said yes she doesn't have to do this. Uh this is truly public uh service again and um I just want to through you I just want
to thank you for applying and for maintaining and continuing the kind of service you have and dedication and love. We emphasize that love for our city. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you again. You're welcome. It's been How How long you been uh out
out of the out of the city? Uh uh I retired in 2019. I still work for the sanitary district though. Yeah. Yep. But thank you. Welcome. Hey counselors, any questions? I none. All those in favor, please say I.
I. Any naysay? Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] Um we have a few people that are here today
that we would like to uh just take care of those first ordinance. Let's go to the ordinance committee. Um if it is no objection Mr. chair from the ordinance committee. We have a few item that we have people
here in the chambers. Uh that's what item 180 item 277 27 286 287 uh and three and 302 37 317 as well.
The first one the first one is document number 18025. the naming of the Lawrence Trail Rail Trail in honor of state representative and s second assistant majority leader Frank Moran. Uh this was sent up just
pull it up for a second. This was sent up to the full council with a favorable recommendation. Uh, I make that in the form of a motion. Second. I'd like to also I'd like to also now amend my motion uh to the following that
um that upon the presumed adoption of this uh that we limit the naming um for um for this um this dedicated the person being dedicated Mr. Moran to one item in our city. Um that's going to be I'm
amending my motion to have a naming for from us for one item in our city. So let's let's get to understand your motion. So your motion is to adopt and restrict if I understand that correctly.
I would adopt and to restrict it so that we the naming of one item which would be this item. So we're not naming another building. We're not naming another park. We're not naming another school. We're just naming one thing like we have throughout in our city for the most part in our city. I want to make sure that we we do it and that this may we keep this
one for Mr. Moran. It's a um if I understand the motion correctly and I just want to make sure that for the record we have it. Uh we if we as per the motion as he's presented
um councelor plan is um put in the motion to adopt and to restrict any other particular renaming or naming in the name of u Mr. Moran. Is that correct? That is correct.
Can you repeat that? The motion is as follows. Is to name the Lawrence Trail the Lawrence Rail Trail in honors in honor of State Representative Ramar and to limit any
other in the future uh name or rename on his behalf. Keep it one. Keep it as one and one forever. For for that for for Mr. Moran,
not for the trail. The trail we live on, but not other structure or park through. No. No. The trail will be named after Frank Moran. The trail will be named, but we're not going to if there's a new school, it's not going to be the Frank Moran school. If there's a new square, it's not going to be the Frank Moran
Square. We're not going to start naming other things. We're gonna name one thing and one thing and this is a very nice thing quite frankly. What one thing for So there is a motion on the table. Everybody understand the motion? Everybody understand the motion? No
question on the motion. Uh council president Retro. The thing is is is that the the motion is restricting Mr. Moran from from getting a park in the future. Let's say perhaps oh
uh in the future uh restricting the chambers perhaps to be name it under his name that's what it is because we already doing that uh the trail council lord and yeah we're going to name the the rail trail
of Taran and that's the only part of we have in the city if we adopt this motion nothing else that's where's name will be forever and nowhere make any noise. Why?
Council Lil Mama. Um, council president, am I allowed to ask in terms of like um why why that adoption for this specific um city property as opposed to any previous dedications or renaming? Yeah. Just to
kind of gain an understanding. Professor Le. No, I'm happy to answer that and and and it's a legitimate question. Why why why is this amendment started now? Um I've been noticing that there's been a trend, a potential trend to start naming things several times after people and I think
the whole idea and and um so we have something in the ordinance committee. We'll try to do this as well, but rather than having that blanketed, I wanted to start doing this at this point, but I will be doing it for more as well. When I ask the proponent, I go, "What happens if
Mr. Moran becomes the speaker of the house? Are we going to do something else?" I think the idea behind a naming is to remember that individual, to showcase that individual for all the good work that that person's done, highlight that person's story. I I think we should be doing that one time in our
city, not multiple times for an individual. I think I have a lot of um high regard not only for this one, but I expect to be doing this going forward to be honest with you, which I think will partially answer your question. Um I I could see this one right here being one
where we might at some council down the road may want to do more than this. And I I suspect from my position, I've seen the monuments throughout our city. This should not be a controversial vote. We typically I can name a couple of exceptions and if I was on the council
when that thing happened I would not been in favor of it but for the most part 99% of the things that we've done in our city has been one time one time only. My fear is that um on this he is a young man there may be more opportunity people may want to do more than this and
I just think that in our city once should be good enough. We should have a nice plaque. We should tell his story. We should commemorate the good work that he does, but we don't need to have more than one thing to do that. We should be doing that for other people and other
for other things. Uh yeah, council plan very quick. You mentioned something that you've seen as a trend and can you mention any uh double name rename or naming that we have done uh or this council have done in the past. So my fear is that it can become a
trend. If I said it was if I said it was a trend, we have not double named think we have not double named anything since I've been on the council. Uh and I want to keep it that way. Um I
think that's a good thing. Um so I I find this to be a very non-controversial vote. If we just continue doing that, I I don't think there'll be a problem. But I I suspect that in future councils, for whatever reason, I will I probably won't be here when another council comes and
wants to do something like that. But I think it's important that we look at this collectively as a group and say, "Yeah, this is important. We're doing this. This is an amazing honor. Someone is alive, has done amazing work, and we're going to do it here." That is
amazing. Most of the memorials that we have in our city, that does not fit. Most of the people have passed, but I'm answering the question. So, in this particular case, it's kind of a unique situation, but I do want to continue this. I don't want to think that I'm harping on one person. So, I want to
continue this in the future. So, we do anything else, I will probably put that caveat in it as well. Hopefully, it passes. And again, I don't think it's controversial. Uh, council plan, what we're doing essentially is something that have never done in the past. with restricting the
opportunity of uh allowing the council to do the research and the study that they are supposed to do in the future. What about if 100 years from now something happened and the council wanted to do something different? We cannot just limit the future generations
of our city because we don't trust them because we don't see uh or we see something trending. I got a good example for you that it happened a 100 years ago. uh Donovan Park have a multiple statues and and the city 100 years ago
this council or now the council within my 10 years here have done anything similar so restricting this for no reason it's a matter of not trusting the future of the city of lman's future generation when it comes to the council I'd like to comment on that council
president I am not 100% convinced that that Dunovan park and this may sound really crazy I' I've done a lot of research on our parks and our namies throughout the And I've documented about three 200 pages worth of information regarding the parks and corners etc. I've got no background information that
the Dunovan Park is named after Dunovan and because we already have a Dunovan square. I suspect there was another gentleman who was a firefighter from World War I that park. I'm just letting you know council president if you brought that up. I'm letting you know that I'm not con I'm not convinced that that Dunovan Park should have been
Dunovan Park. It's something over time because he lived across the street and they were saying you know that park across the street where Dunovan lives and over time I'm guessing I can't prove this but became Dunovan Park. I am waiting for the Eagle Tribune to be digitized through 1951. I was told that
that's going to be happening as early as by the end of this year so I can put this discussion to bed regarding Dunovan Park. Hopefully, we will find some research that says yes, that happened or no. Um, and even right now, the Dunan Park sign said he was a World War II veteran. He didn't even he wasn't even
alive during World War II. He was a World War I veteran. The information that we have that we're banking on right now is faulty. And so, I just want to that's I just want to to clarify that since you brought up Dunovan Park because I've done a lot of research on it. But my sense is that this is really
the heart of the matter which is regarding what do we do for naming of people's names. And last point is this. This is going to be an ordinance. We're voting for it. What happens with another ordinance? There could be a city council down a road of peace 100 years from now that can change the ordinance. If
somebody feels that strongly about it, this is not a forever thing. If somebody feels that strongly about this or any other thing, we change the ordinances. Well, the good thing is that we have a a democracy that people will be able to change. Vote in favor or vote against
it. I mean, uh, it's something that we have a discussion. If the council decide to go this way, they can vote in favor of it or vote against it or if they decide to change that, they can by all means within the discussion uh, change that too.
So, let's opening up discussion. Uh, thank you, council president. Uh Mr. Muran is still serving as a state rep. Correct. Uh isn't unusual to uh name something
when a person is still serving because we don't have an ordinance actually that stipulates how to deal with this naming of places. We we still don't don't have an ordinance. So that uh brings uh
but somebody can be alive and be No, no, I'm not saying that. We don't want to we want to honor him uh when he's alive. I'm in favor of that. Uh but my question is he is still serving and and it it it looks like um not common
practice. This just my my comment put it out there. It looks like it's not a common practice. Like I see presidents uh leaving their office and and naming places after they serve
uh mayors uh same situation but naming a place when a person is still serving is kind of unusual just to put it out there. Point uh point taken. Um any other counselors? Council president.
Councelor Rosario. Councel Infante. Thank you Dio. I mean I have no issues with that but on the Oliver school uh river cotton he had a great story to tell. My concern is he had a great story to tell. He went to
the Oliver school. My concern is that we do this and Seliv says the the principal of the Oliver school says we want to dedicate this piece of land inside the school because that's when he walked through or he played ball cuz he had a great story to tell cuz he
went to the Oliver school what he did back there's no fights and all that stuff like we're going to put in the lei school a little place for Pat Mariano. So don't you think the pomeariano deserves something else too? So if we go
this way also we're limited on some of the people to recognize these people for what they did. We just limited to us. We're going to recognize you to what you think or what we think that we should recognize you and we're going to limit you just to this. That's
the only issues that I have. I believe that Pomearano might deserve more than that if we go this way. Right. And so all of a sudden something happened and Miranda is no longer there and the Oliver school come back and says you know what he was a great student here and he has a great story he went so hide and we want to dedicate this so we're
going to limit it the Oliver school to do things because we think it it it going to be an issue or it's going to be trending that's the only thing that is not clicking to me. We are doing it for ourself here but we limited somebody else to recognize these people
even if they serve and they alive or they dead. So, we limited these people to uh pay tribute to what they did if we do it here. That's the only I don't know. That's the only issue that I have right now. There is a The floor is open. If you
want to change it through an ordinance, through a through a motion, it is it is acceptable. Council Fonte. Thank you for you, Council President. I do I have two comments. one. Um I do believe that the city council should
establish some type of criteria. I know they um the the Mass Senate does have a criteria that they follow when they give out citations and proclamations which will be easier in general for naming recogni recogniz recognition whatever um
it is that the council chooses to do. Uh secondly, I want to make a comment regarding um the representative. Um, aside from working with him as a school committee me, former school committee member and city counselor, I had the the
opportunity to work with him as an employee when I was a legislative affairs manager at um the health center and that was a whole different process. Uh, that was a whole different different perspective and his office was always on
point. Um I I don't see I I I don't think anyone is more deserving of of this recognition. And to my other colleague's points, I would like to see his name more. He has brought many many many
millions of dollars throughout his his um his years as state rep. And he's going to do more. And um what really solidified that for me, I mean, I've always known he's
he's a great rep, but what solidified it for me was when I was when I worked with him as as an employee representing an organization. And I think that's a side that many people, especially in local government, don't see when when you're in the elected official side. So, I just
wanted to put that out there. Um, Coun Council President, hold on. Um, council de Rosario, one last comment and then we'll go to council president. Make a motion. I lost my thought. I'll make a motion.
Council. All right. Council president, what is your motion? I would like to make a motion to adopt item um the naming of the Lawrence Rail Trail in honor of a state representative Frammorang
and I would like to make that as a form of a motion. But we have a motion. So uh we have an underlining motion is that's on top of the motion that's that's in order. No, it's not in order. Is that Mhm. One motion on top of the motion? Madam Cler.
Yeah. It's the same motion. Mm-m. It's completely different. Madam clerk, u we're going to have the madam clerk clarify because there's two different opinions here. No, it's a motion on top of the motion. Okay.
It's a motion on top. Okay. Can you speak into microphone, please? You guys are failing. A motion on top of the motion is in order. Can you count? Uh, madame clerk,
council president is correct. A motion on top of a motion is in order. That is true. Um, I guess my own my confusion mainly is if that motion that council Clint had made had failed, someone could make a motion
to say um unconditional approval and that would be substantially different motion. Um, so where he he's saying it now before the item actually failed or passed or was voted on at all, it is a substantially different motion. So, um,
okay. Okay. Thank Thank you. So, so just to address before we go that I had I have the gabble at the moment. I have two counselors saying two different things instead of inputting I it's
better to get clarification from the city clerk whether I will say this madame chair at the moment you have the gavl it really is like it's your meeting at this moment so I understand you can make a decision
either way if you deem it appropriate is appropriate if you deem it inappropriate it's inappropriate like it's your call to make as a chair um that is one of of things. Being the chair gives you a lot of leeway. Yes, I understand that. But when we have counselors trying to speak over each
other, I would rather have the city the the city clerk jump in, clarify what the motion is, what the rules are, and we we keep this moving. So, thank you for your clarification. The council president's motion is in order. Is there a second?
Second. This probably seconded by council Marmal. Discussion. Councelor Llant. What happens if this fails? Do we not have Frank Moran become the No, we go to the the line motion. So you we So I can now I can make a
motion again saying I want to have If you have a second one motion council president, if you have a second a motion on top of the motion and another motion on top of the motion is in order. Council former council presidential plan. It is in order.
We cannot change the rule when it's convenience. Exactly. The other those are the rules. Thank you very much. I I just there's the the underlying motion was to adopt. I made a motion. Then the council president says I'm going to make a
motion to the underlying motion. That's that's not how this works. That's how it works. That's and so to to clarify um council the plant you you're mentioning that that's not how it works. I did have a clarification from the city clerk. We are in order. There
is a motion. Is there anything else you would like to add in terms of of this itself? Because whether if it's in order now, we just clarify that it is. So a vote so a vote for this on the on the council president's motion means
essentially if it if it passes then it goes back to my motion again because it's a motion on top motion. Don't you got to go back to the like onion? You got to go back. But it would wipe it out basically. It will wipe it out and you know that coun the council council president
please the underlying motion was made by council plant. You can't friendly amend your own motion. You amend your motion like you you don't make a new motion. So there's no two second underlying motions. You have a motion that you as the author has a motion amended
with the second. So, so there is an underlying motion that is the underlying motion is what is to approve and then it was to limit the naming to one item in the city. Okay. So, that was the underlying motion. Okay. And so so so just so I'm clear on this motion that to council president
that means that that's going to essentially wipe out the the other the other one. If his motion passed, it would have the effect of wiping it out because it would make it non Okay. If it failed, your motion would still be there. Still the underlining motion. I understand. Thank you.
Thank you. Any other questions or comments? C this council Rosario. Thank you to you. And I would like to offer an amendment to council president uh Rodriguez uh motion motion to adopt and also if we can add that
uh the name of Fram Ram stay there and not be replaced with another name or rename it because that's what I thought council president Lean what's coming with. I thought that was that's what that was and I was all for it until the explanation came in. So if you accept that friendly amendment, it will be
adopted as a frame and we cannot change it. Council president, do you accept that friendly amendment? I accept the friendly amendment. Council President accepts. Any other questions or comments? See, councelor Luzon, can can the u council president Joan
repeat the motion? motion. I'll have the the I'll have the the the M madame clerk repeat it. Thank you. The current motion is to adopt document number 180-25 without conditions other than those condition placed on it that that park would not be renamed for
anyone else besides Moran um the rail trail park. Does that clarify the motion? It does. And if it passes council and if it passes that's the final voters that go back to the motion again. If it passes as the final vote, if it does not
pass, then it goes under to the original. Can I get one? Can I get through the Can I get the folks opinion on that? Madam passes, right? So, the underlying motion is not The underlying motion is now wiped away.
Be irrelevant at that point because it would superseded it. It would it would have superseded it because the effect of the vote is to approve. So, the document would have been approved. Your item would be to approve a document with those already approved. So you want to make a new motion after
that to say that you'd like to place a condition on the prior document. You could do that. Say it again. Motion on top. The counselor's vote would approve the document. So there would be nothing left to approve from the underlying motion
because it had already been approved. So in that sense, it would be wiped out if you wanted to make a new motion at that time. But the item is already approved. At that point, I like to I like to see if the council president would would entertain this. I like if if he's willing to withdraw his
motion. I'm willing to make a motion to be seconded and then we would have a vote and be very clear. We would have two votes. The first vote is whether or not you agree with the amendment. If the vote fails, the vote fails and then we go to the final the first version which is no amendment and that it streams this
tremendously and it gets to where people want it. people think that my argument makes sense, they're going to go yes for the amendment and then yes for this and and and it'll pass. If they say no, then the amendment is that amendment is struck and then it's just it's just a
basic U Frank Moran without anything else on it. Thank you, council president. Do you uh three of my chair? It's yes or no. Well, and and he have something I need to explain something before I say yes or no. Okay, go ahead. Council Lan, you have an
opportunity to do the right thing and put in put in the motion correctly from the get-go. I'm not going to take a risk now that I have my motion second to withdraw it just because your desire are not going the way you want it. This
council have an opinion and the opinion got to be respected. Let's take a vote if the council desire and the way it is and I withdraw my motion. Okay. So motion is not going to be withdrawn. Is everyone clear on what the motion is?
Everyone's clear. Okay. Madame Clerk, can you please call the role? We're going to start with um my The motion is to name just just one last time for the absolutely no confus
confusion. Can you read what the motion is, Madam Clerk? Yeah, we have a motion to approve the document. Um initially that motion was to approve it without conditions. document number 180-25. However, the condition is now been accepted as there will be no renaming of
the park. So, once it's named for councelor, excuse me, representative Maran, it would no longer be renamed. Thank you, Madam Cler. Can you please call the role? Councelor Reyes, yes. Councelor Marmal, yes.
Council Santiago, noted as absent. Council del Rosario, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council plant, I'll explain later. Yes. Council Levy, yes. Council President, yes.
Council Vice President Fonte. Yes. Motion carries. We'll go to the agenda. All right. We going uh to the ordinance committee to if there is no objection with the council. Item 277 uh 25.
Uh Mr. the chair from the ordinance committee. Which number president? Uh we have we have 277 286 287 302 and 317. It's your choice. The ordinance
two number 277, the junk dealer permit that sent up to the full council with a fable recommendation and make that in the form of a motion to approve. Yes, there's a motion to approve the John uh the John Deer uh permit uh u properly second discussion.
All those in favor please say I I roll call please. This is the the the um the metal letter Document document number 277-25. I'm going to
start with council Levy. Council Levy, yes. Council plan, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council Del Rosario, no. Council Santiago noted as absent. Council, yes. Council Reyes,
yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote present. What's the count? Uh, six in favor, one absent, one present, and one um, no. So, motion carries.
Ian 28625. U, council president, that's probably going to take a little bit longer because there's a presentation. I'd like to skip 286 and 287. No problem. And head over. I think this won't take as much time, I don't think. Document 30225, approval of the contract for no more than 3 years for the lead
inspection contract. This was sent up to the full council with a fable recommendation. Let me double check. That's a 302 and yes. And I make that in the form of a motion. Item 3025, the approval of contract uh for more than 3 years for the lension
contract. Um any questions? Um Kate King, Office of Planning Development. Sure. This is a 48-month contract with a local company, XYZ Inspectional Services. It is a Lawrence owned company. Um the cost
of the contract is 231,000 for 200 units of housing. This includes um inspections, risk assessments, visual soil assessments, dust wipes, and clearance for the units once the deleting is done in order for the people
to move back in. Um I know that there were questions about um the need for the lead grant and how effective it's been. So approximately 31,000 units of housing in Lawrence. Of that 76% of the housing
stock was be 1978. So the high probability that there is lead in about 23,000 plus units of housing. Of that 76 52% were constructed prior to 1940. So, there is a very high probability of lead
in at least 16,000 units of housing. Um, our four-year grant is going to clear 200 units of housing. Our previous grant cleared about 160 units. So, there's definitely a need. I mean, we're making a difference, but there's a lot of units of housing out there.
Counselor, any questions? Why an extension? They have no capacity. The length of the grant we have is four years. So we didn't want to have to go back out for a invitation for bid or an RFP again in the middle of the grant. We wanted to be able to contract him for the entire grant.
So the city have a need of having a contract. This is actually going to be our match. So it's coming from the community development block grant. So you can actually have a contract that's four years or what you could even have it for one year and you and you don't specify
the funding source just as you fund it with the purchase order you hit that contract. But I this year I will cover a good portion of it with our CDBG funds. Can you repeat the the the the scope of the work that that this company is going to do?
Yes. So every unit you have to go in and inspect, do testing, dust wipes. Um it's a risk assessment. They also do a visual soil assessment. Sometimes you have to send the soil out, but most of the time you can do a visual. And I think the big
piece is the clearance. So when um a unit's been deleted, they have to go in, do the wipes all over again, make sure there's no dust, make sure it's safe for the um residents to move back in. There's any other questions? I hear no. All those in fail, please say.
Wait, wait. L is is that the name of the vendor? XYZ lead inspections. Raphael Vasquez. I have to refrain from U and if I could ask that we could wave
the 30 days too because I want to get going on the contract. Uh councel zone is uh is going to be absent from this vote due to due to conflict due to a potential conflict of interest. Uh the motion u the city is asking for
the motion to also add the wave of the 30 days. I will add that as part of my motion. All right. Any questions counselors? I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any nays? Have it. Thank you. Thank you, Council President. Document
number 31725, Conmore Exel Novanta, a community picnic at Julio Cavio Park on August 23rd, 2025 from 11 to 6:00 p.m. Send it up to the full council with a favorable recommendation. And that's in the form of a motion.
It's a motion to adopt item 31725 properly. Second by councelor Rees uh discussion. Um do we have the people that going to do the the event? Good evening council. Thank you. Thank you for doing this. Can
you tell us a little more? Yeah. My name is Hansel German. I'm the owner and operator of Denoentilum Embroidery and 15 Union Street. Den noentilum. Got you. So, um, yeah, I'm doing a we want to throw a little, uh, picnic event
where just for to create some brand awareness, let them know that we're in the 15 Union Street and we're offering uniforms, embroidery services, any uh, printing services that people need. Okay. Um, we have the person Julia Sio. She's
alive. So, if you extend that invitation to her park on the first event, I'm pretty sure she will be there. Ah, I appreciate that. Yeah, I didn't know. I actually wanted to find out who she was. Oh, you don't know? Do you want to give her a little
The book's coming out soon. You'll have a lot of information about her. I'll get you a free copy. She's writing a book. But she was the first Dominican woman to be elected on Lawrence. Nice. And uh and she she's very active within the community. Uh as a result of she's
been elected uh as the first city council woman in Lawrence. Now we have a council with six women uh elected on the in the council. So her job was well done. Nice. Congratulations.
Thank you for Thank you for applying. Uh any questions, counselors? question. Council L. Let's move the question. Oh, all those in fo, please say I. I. Any nays? Have it. Thank you. Thank you, council president. My
understanding that we have somebody on Zoom for document number 30725. So, I like to take that one, which is the recovery of the month celebration, recovery month celebration, Cronin Park, September 6, 2025. Um, from 8, let me make sure this is all
correct. All right. Uh, we have uh from 8 a.m. to 4 pm. I have I just want to make sure this is this drives cuz I just it's Cronin Park correct. I just got the the sheet for the from recreation. Uh yep, we have that sheet right here. You do have it. She's online.
Okay. Right. September 6th. That's right. And 8 to 4 at this looks good. Yeah. So that's in form of a motion. All right. There is a motion on the table properly second. We have um Miss Javier here online. Any questions?
Answellers have Miss Javier, do you have anything to add to the item before we call the question? Can you all hear me? Yes. Yes. Good evening everyone. Um, my apologies
for not being over there in person. Um, I'm away with with family and I'll be flying back in on Thursday, just for the record. Um, no. I think I we this is something that I've been doing for several years. Last year we did it, but
we were able to we went to another park and this year we have chosen to go to the Cronin Park. And so we know that recovery month um is actually in September, but August 31st
is overdose awareness day. So, we put them both together and we are um planning to actually go to the common park first and just put the little flags that we did last year in memories of the people that we have lost due to overdoses. And then after that, we are
marching. And I just want to make clear that we last year we didn't use the police department. We have a lot of chaplain that will be assisting us as we march and we will be walking on the sidewalk and um we will march and pray and just
have signs um of hope and um just signs that the that will uplift the community especially the recovery community as we walk to the park at the at the crowning and celebrate in that neighborhood this year.
All right. Um, counselors, any questions? I hear none. All those in fo, please say I. I. Any nays? The eyes have it. I just I noticed another one. 30525, which is Spit River clean of a Manchester Street park on September
30th, 2025. This was sent up to the full council with a favorable recommendation and make that in the form of a motion. There's a motion on the table properly second discussion. And we have that um people from the Speaker River Cleanup.
Good evening, counselors. I'm Isaong here on behalf of Groundwork Lawrence at 50 Island Street. Um every year we have the Sput River Cleanup in September to sort of wrap up the cleanup season. Um usually it's our biggest turnout. We have about 300 people. We bust them from
Manchester Street Park out to various parks along the Spigot River. Um, and then we come back and have like a small celebration. Um, so pretty much the same formula every year. Um, happy to answer any questions. Any questions?
Uh, are you going are you is the is the cleanup this year will be in combination with the contractor that we hired for the Spa River cleanup? No. All right. Thank you. Uh, councilors, any questions? I hear none. All those in f please say I I
thank you. Thank you councel. Uh chair of the ordinance committee council. Yeah. Let's go back to one of the longer ones and this is a document 28625. This is the approve of a notice of declaration for the James J. O'Neal Park. This was sent up to the full
council with a fable recommendation pending a presentation by that's on that's on public hearing. No. Yeah. You just finish up with the with these committees. So anyway, that's in the form of a motion. That's the motion.
The what what was the item? 286. 286 and 286. All right. Um All right. There is a motion uh to approve. Correct. Or this is the order public hearing.
Public hearing. I think so. No public hearing. There's no public hearing on that. Mr. McCarthy, is there no requirement for a public hearing? 286. Yeah. 28. Start with 286.
Yeah. We need a public hearing on that. Can you hear me? What is it? Do we need a public hearing on 286? It's documents 286, right? Does there need to be a public hearing on 286? It does not. Does not. Okay. That's what I thought. Thank you.
So documents 286 and 287 uh go together. The first one number numerically is 286 which is a dedication of a piece of land. Um it's currently part of the public way that's being worked on Lawrence Street and it's going to be made part of the James G. O'Neal Park
and the purpose of the dedication is because we're losing a piece of land as well. I prepared a slide presentation uh that was at the request of one of the city councils at ordinance committee and I can uh run through that right now. It should only take about five five 10
minutes. So if you go to slide number one um in I'll be requesting that this matter be approved what's called article 97. Article 97 is a part of the constitution, an amendment to the constitution which protects open space
for recreation, uh conservation and other sources for public good. Go to the next slide. The next Okay. So the state policy is provided by the executive office of environmental affairs and they require
that this goes to the state house for a vote by a twothirds majority to protect the land. This is the article 97 protection but this requires uh a home rule petition which needs the vote of this board to send this forward to to allow the mayor to send this forward to
our state representative. In this case, it will be Estella Reyes is going to be filing the homebrew petition on behalf of this because this is her district, the park, O'Neal Park. I'll show you a little more about the land that we're talking about. So, if we can go to the next policy, um this is how we comply
with it. Uh the policy requires that we substitute land. And if you go to the next slide, which shows this will show you where O'Neal Park is located. It's at the corner of Chestnut Street in Lawren where that blue dot is is going to be the affected land. So to give you
an idea which park we're talking about. If you go to the next slide, it'll gives you a a portion of the park which if if you look at that square box, the area in pink and right here, the pink area is the land that's being
removed. It's being removed because we're putting a a roundabout, a rotary turn in Amesbury Street and because of the um the dynamics of it, the the geography, it's removing 77 square ft of
the sidewalk. We're adding 363 feet, which is that green strip of land right here, the green strip along the side. So, we're adding 363 feet to the park. So the PL So it'll be a a net gain of land in O'Neal Park. It'll be growing
actually. So that would that protects us and satisfies the conditions of article 97. If we go to the next slide, this is the the rotary section here. We got with another picture of this. This is currently under construction. I I don't know if anybody's been down there have
seen the work going on. But this is the corner of the park where the Rotary is going to go in the streets that are connected on Chestnut Street, Ames Street, and Lawrence Street. Ames Street is going to become a two-way street and Lawrence Street right here is going to be a one-way street feeding into the
Rotary. Um the this is the design was done to relieve traffic along Lawrence Street. um clear up some of the bottlenecks and make the cars move sit more safely for pedestrians and for the children because as everybody knows this is a big school district and a park um
for softball, soccer, and other sports. Um and if you go to the last one, here's our public notice that we chose. We had a public hearing on this. It's fairly straightforward. Um like I said, there's two votes here. One is to um is for the notice of dedication to allow the mayor
to sign that notice. That notice will become part of the submission for the home rule petition. You have a package in your um you have se several documents in your package. One of those the first one is the dedication notice. The second one is the home rule petition and the
third one is a letter from the state executive office of environmental affairs who've reviewed this and approved this and they said that that's a satisfactory land trade. So what I So the two votes we're asking for you is one to approve the ded the notice
dedication and two to approve the home rule petition. Great. We have items in front of us counselors. We have item 28625 which is basically the first part of this uh of this uh discussion which is the approval
of the note of education for the James O'Neal Park. And this is the little portion that was uh that was going to be uh added which is about you mentioned the squad footage. It's about 187 square feet I believe. Uh any questions on the first vote
counselors? I hear none. All those in favor please say I. Any nays? The eyes have it. Item 28725. I'd like to make a motion for document 28725 that we the home rule petition to allow an article 97 legislative protection for
a parcel of land identified as to the J James J. O'Neal Park and sent up to the full council with a favorable recommendation to make that in the form of a motion. There's a motion on the table properly second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. The eyes have it. Um,
we're done. Thank you, Council President. I have one more. Um, you're good, Mr. McCarthy. Thank you. One more which is document. Mr. McCarthy, do you have another item later on? He does have another later on. Yes. Yeah.
He have another item council. Uh, in public hearings, he have item 23125. Uh, Madame Clair, do you mind reading the notice for item 230 uh 23125 uh for the reasoning of the give
reszoning of the parcel of land on Madison Street map 177 lot 5 uh from I I1 Industrial Park to residential one single family. Um good evening again. I'm just going to read the the notice.
This is document 231-25. its notice of a legal notice. Its notice is hereby given that the Lawrence City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers, 200 Common Street, Lawrence, Mass, pursued to chapter two of the acts
of 2023 and in accordance with the recently revised city council rule 2. This meeting will be hybrid, allowing participation both in person and remotely to accommodate participants with health considerations that prevent them from participating in person. To receive access codes for the remote
participation, please contact the city clerk at eileen.brol@c cityoflawence.com or 978-6203230 or view the meeting on Facebook or YouTube. The purpose of this hearing is to gather testimony, information, and public input
regarding document 231-25, a proposal to amend the zoning ordinances and zoning map as follows. to amend the zoning for parcel of land on Madison Street, map 177, lot 5, from I1 industrial I1
industrial park to R1 single family. Copies of the relevant plans for the above reference petition are on file with the office of the city clerk and may be viewed upon request. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. Councilors, uh, public hearing is now
open. Anybody from the public that would choose to speak? Yes, I do, sir. Yes. Name and address for the record. My name is Juan Vosquez Figo. I live in 103 Janese Street. For the past uh four months or five months, I've been
fighting to get this resone. I want to have instead of me paying taxes for it, I want to have it reszone R1 so I could whoever buys it make a property there. Uh, I started it to
build up a a fence, but uh I stopped and I'm waiting for this to be approval finally. All right. Uh, counselors, any questions? This McCarthy, can you explain a little more? This is an ESPA zoning change or this is
Yes, I I did appear at the um committee and I made a favorable recommendation in favor of this. I said that the planning department as we looked at this the value of this land is probably more important as a residential district. Right now it's zoned as industrial park but it's a it's at the very far edge of
a piece of land um off of um Shepherd Street in Glenn Street. So it really has little values. Industrial land can't be built upon. It can't be used in any way. Um Mr. Vasquez did not subdivide the land this way. He purchased it this way. It's a 10,000 square foot pe par p
parcel of land which is the bu the size of a buildable lot in a residential one neighborhood. So it would make better value for him to develop this as a home on Madison Street, get a single family home and add to the tax base rather than have it as a piece of woods in an
industrial park that'll never be utilized. So we so the city's plane department think it's more valuable to reszone this for for the purposes of redevelopment. Any questions? I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I.
Any nays? Guys have it. Thank you. Thank you. Public hearing closed. There's no there's no motion. No, wait, wait. Counselors, my mistake. Uh, it was the public hearing, but no motions. Motion to approve and wave the 30 days.
Wait, wait, let me close that public hearing first. Uh we entertain we entertain the uh yeah they Yes, please. We entertain the public hearing. Public
hearing is now closed. Counselors, what's the motion? Motion to approve and wave the 30 days. There's a motion to approve and wave the 30 days. Discussion on the motion to approve. I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. There was second by council. Councelor
U. All right. Now we are going back to ordinance committee. One more ordinance committee member. There's somebody here for this and this is document number 20 8 308 excuse me. Uh local acceptance of national laws chapter 40 section 70 regarding school bus violation detection
monitoring system for illegally passing a school bus. This was sent up to the full council with a favorable recommendation. I make that in the form of a motion. There's a motion on the table properly second uh discussion. Um just introduce yourself and explain a
little more about it. Good evening. My name is Michael Gorman. I live in Middleton and I represent bus patrol. We were the company that was the pilot program leads in Peabodyy and
Salem last fall to create the awareness and the understanding of the just the grossness of the of the violations that were occurring throughout the Commonwealth in Peody and Salem alone. There were over 1600 violations in three
months on a total of 14 buses. And why I'm here tonight is to seek your ask respectfully to see if you would be willing to adopt the state law locally. That state law was adopted in January
with our help and in order to bring it to Lawrence and other communities. Each community has to adopt that law locally. And that's why I'm here tonight to seek your support for that effort. Council, any questions in regard to this to this
matter? Council President, I I had a constituent who reach out to me earlier today regarding this matter. I I told him I would ask this question on his behalf. Of course. Uh so I think there's a fundamental understanding behind the cameras, how they work and how the there's issuance
of issuance of the of the citation if there's an infraction. I think we all understand that. What the constituent said was asking is that there's on occasion uh you'll see a bus who will be uh without their lights on will just be parked there for a while. Maybe they're waiting for the student to come out of
the house or whatever. And so they're not putting their lights on maybe as a courtesy. Um and then the student is coming out. Meanwhile, cars are passing because the lights aren't on. Cars are passing. And so, uh, the question that was sent to me was, "What would happen if you know the car is starting to my
lights aren't on, car starting to pass, and then the the camera catches this happened and this person at the time there wasn't a problem, but then was like in the middle, right, in that no man's no man's land." So, and so he asked me that question. I I said I
would ask you tonight. So, what would happen in that kind of instance? Well, the good news is the final eyes on every possible violation are always always going to be the Lawrence Police Department. So, this information that's
collected uh through video each week. Uh our company removes all the frivolous and the things that would never quantify or qualify a violation in your community. However, the last eyes on it are always going to be the Lawrence Police Department.
There's going to be a design from the chief's office that will review each and every violation or perceived one. So what you just described if if I'm hearing it correctly, if the arm is not extended, so if the bus
hasn't pulled up, traditionally the lights start blinking, the arm gets extended, that's when the camera goes to work. When that arm is being extended, that that camera is triggered by that reaction. That reaction starts filming
those potential moments. Um, the the way I heard it from you, that arm was not extended or the lights weren't flashing and the bus was simply stopped in front of a house and cars were passing a bus
that wasn't actively picking up a student or or or in this particular scenario and I don't know how likely this is, but in this scenario, the arm is not out, car starting to drive by, arm goes down, cars halfway or almost by the way and
then then continues that kind of halfway almost in between that kind of situation. Well, well, that that one's a little clearer. Uh because even though there is some ambiguity to that moment for the driver, um I would surmise that
wiser minds would come together in the police department and coalesce and say that's not a an actual violation because the car didn't have a moment to react because the car was already moving and the arm was coming out. It was just one
of those perfect storms. Gotcha. And my last question to move this along rather quickly. There must be appeal rights. U just very briefly explain what the appeal rights are if someone feels as though they were wrongfully captured and provide a citation. Sure.
Everybody has the right to appeal. Okay. On the back of every citation you receive are the instructions in each community as to how you can appeal that process at your local district court. Because
this is violator funded, the onus of that playing this conversation through nobody from the police department or the legal department here would have to appear. It would be our company that would appear in and advocate on behalf
of Lawrence. Thank you. The president, thank you. U great question. I mean those are possibilities that we need to analyze. Councelor Rosario, thank you to you. And who who's going to to bring this info to the school bus
companies? I I I'm proud to say that I used to be a school bus company, a driver, and I still hold my license. But sometimes we picked up habits that that even the actual uh school bus uh company you know we'll stop we'll put the lights
on and we'll we'll wave the people to you know kids is not coming out we wave them the arm is extended. Yeah. So who's going to go back to the school bus company and says this is going to be in effect and this is the way that now drivers need to act
so people are not penalized for what a driver thinks is doing. Correct. It's a great question. I I just spent 4 days with uh bus companies in Massachusetts at their local convention in Massachusetts. Uh this I don't know if you've ever been the Stam uh
conference for all the bus companies and their drivers. Um this conversation was front and center in terms of the education for the bus companies and the bus drivers to understand that this implementation is underway. It's also
very important um the bus drivers as you well know given your past the bus drivers shouldn't have the onus of watching kids driving a vehicle and monitoring license plates that's
shouldn't be the case this removes that so what this also does ancillary to what I've already described to councelor Lelant was the kids and it's enhanced safety for for the children, enhanced
safety for the bus driver, and on top of that, the insurance for the bus goes down because the bus is better protected. Thank you. All right. Any other questions, counselors? At this time, I'll call the questions.
All those in favor, please say I. I. Any nays? That have it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Great. Um um any other any other item from um from the ordinance committee that people are here?
I have I think I think something huh 316 316 Got it. Yep. 31625. Yep. Uh liver license is in the second page.
31625. This is the issuance of delivery license to float LLC was sent up to the full council with a favorable recommendation. Move that in the form of a motion. There's a motion in the table properly. Second 360 discussion. Discussion council Rosario.
Uh through your chair is this is a new company. What are they doing? What type of tracks? I mean it's like we have them all the last time here and and they'll explain what do they do? were kind of pick up and now I see float meaning that they will be floating around by the name
or how was you guys going to operate just a question I wasn't here by the ordinance committee maybe ask your questions to be clear you're asking about the naming convention behind the business or was the business your item okay so we are a new um transportation company trying to serve the Marramac
area um I've noticed there's a growing concern about privacy discrete discretion and safety among travelers so we're trying to target um safe travel between the Marramac Valley area primarily to the airport and um local
attractions around the nor the northeast area. So you guys are not going to be like a regular cap uh company. No, we're not. This is pre- booked um face to face um interactions. Okay, thank you.
So the difference with the delivery on the cup is that they cannot charge cash. No, we're not charging cash. Everything will be pre-booked. Yeah. Council president with the contract council council vice presidente. Thank you. And you you guys are going to be based in Lawrence? Yes, please.
Um where do you um right now we are currently looking for area um we're operating remotely. We have a garage um currently in Mthuan. As we expand our operations, we're looking to have a couple different garages in different cities just based off of locations of our customer base.
Thank you. And can you repeat that company name again? Floating. Floating. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Councilors. I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any ns? The eyes have it. Let's go to
Thank you. Uh budget and finance committee. Madame chair from the van finance committee airport man I believe I don't see the airport manager so I'm I'm
going to I'm going to take 3 3125 first council president if that's okay. Yes of course. Um item 312-25 the author the authorization to pay prior bills in the amount of 947
$947.60 60 cents was brought to us by the director of veteran service and the budget and finance committee make brought brings this as a as a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. There's a motion on the table properly second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor please say I.
I. Any nays. The eyes have it. Thank you. Thank you. Have a good night. Item 31025. Item 310-25, authorization to expend in the amount of $381,287 for of the FAA grant fund for federal
project RW5N and drainage project was brought up as a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. There is a motion on the table to the authorization to spend 381,287
properly second by council laes discussion. We have that the manager of the apron. Good evening counselors. Any questions counselors? If it is council president you it is a very lengthy um wordy item. So if we can
have the airport director just explain it a bit more. Absolutely. So, thank you counselors and as discussed in the subcommittee, this is a part of a a grant, a federal and state grant uh that is coming to the city and the Lawrence
Municipal Airport for a project which is runway 5, that's the RWY, runway 5 and drainage. So the airport has a mandate to adhere to uh redirect the water that is coming uh so that we could manage
properly the drainage of the airport. So through this project we will address the aspect of properly draining about 14 acres that is draining at the end of runway 5 and redirect it properly uh is the the key. uh over the over the
decades some silt has built up into the drainage natural drainage and so has elevated some grounds and so what we're trying to do is to keep the water within the drainage so it can make its way towards the Marramac River. Any questions? I hear none. This is the end of the project.
I'm I'm sorry. This is the end of the drainage project. This is the start of the drainage. The end end means runway five end is the section of the runway. Yeah. All right. because I mean we've been hearing a lot about the drainage. Sure. This is the the start of the
project and if uh all willing this will start uh at shortly after Labor Day here next month. Councilors any questions? I hear none. All those in favor please say I. I. Any nays? The eyes have it. Item 31125. Madame chair from the general finance
committee. Item 311-25, the approval to file bond authorization application for a construction phase of airport administration building project was brought up as a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion.
There's a motion on the table properly second discussion. What is the amount? Uh the amount uh right now based off what we're looking at councelor uh president could be about anywhere 2.6 to $3.2 $.2 million. Uh we're still on the
60% design, so call it 3.2. Uh so higher rather than lower. So we authorizing that uh the airport to go ahead and buy bonds, right? What on sale? What the request is to go out to the bond market and talk to bound bond council to see what the likelihood
of the airport and the airport commission to be able to bond for a a time period so that we could make up the funds that the state is awarding us to what the actual cost of the building is to to design. Right now the state has awarded the Lawrence Municipal Airport
$7 million. That was five that was a figure from 5 years ago. the actual cost as we are at the 60% design is about 9.6 at the time of uh the the 60% design. So there is that gap um and potential the longer the project delays the more it's
going to cost to actually fulfill a government uh built uh administration building. You're just trying to understand the item as of what we authorizing. Um so essentially there is a reimbursement portion of the project that is going to come to the to the city.
Yes. uh through the Lawrence Aper and and we author we are authorizing the the aper to go ahead and get a loan additional additional for the additional portion of it. Correct. I'm assuming that is for the uh for the entire amount and then get get reimbured
potentially or the difference of what the the building costs minus the state uh grant so that we could be able to fulfill the we are we while we do have a uh a fund at the airport that retained revenues it doesn't meet those $2.6
million at any given time. So what we would do is to bond for a long period of time or explore the possibility. So what we're looking today is your authority uh your approval for the airport with the finance department to go out and talk to bond council. So that essentially is the
first phase for then us to explore uh and then eventually the council will have another vote to authorize the bond from what I understand from or this is the final vote. No, I believe this is just the the start of the conversation. All right. The vote is to explore. Sure. All right. Counselors, are we clear with
that? All right. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any nays? Uh, the eyes have it. Thank you, counselors. Um, do we have anybody else from the public? All right, I'll entertain councelor Rees which have a
new new business item that we would like to discuss. Yeah, second. Hold on one second. What is the item? Okay. 351.
Um 350 on 25. Hello. Hola. Uh this is a sidewalk uh produced display for 187 Lawrence Street. Uh this was uh um this what the council would like to do is to declare
this an emergency and be able to discuss this at this level right now due to the fact that that plates already expired on the 15 and they and the current use of the display at the bodega every day.
Yeah. So counselors, we need to declare this as an emergency first. So and there is a motion to declare that as an emergency. Yes. Second by councelor Lon and this is for the convenience of the public. Correct. Discussion.
All right. Discussion. Councelor L. Sure. So I'll be I'll be voting in favor of of the emergency rule this evening and I'll tell you why. Um because we have a funky summer schedule that's become very unreliable. Um my understanding is that um these
individuals in good faith uh put forward the proposal. Okay. But because but because of the the changes and the uncertainty of the city council schedule during the summer, u they were caught in some sort of um loop where they weren't able to get it to us in a timely manner.
So through no fault of their own is my understanding um uh they're here asking for an emergency. And when we're at fault uh because of our situation, I don't want to put the burden on to the people who are trying to who did the things the right way and are were trying
to get things done. So, I'll be voting in favor of this tonight for the emergency, but I do have I'll have discussions regarding the final final vote. Thank you. Great. Uh councelor Blan have a statement uh an opinion of on the item. This is to declares an emergency.
Councilors, any questions um for the um for the motion in front of us? All those in favor, please say I. I. Have it. Councelor Ray, yes, you have the floor. Motion to approve. There's a motion to approve. Properly second. Discussion. Thank you.
We're not quite there. You'll probably just get a little more pain before we get to the pleasure part. So, um I just have a question regarding that was probably inappropriate, but I also have a question regarding approvals. I mean, you're going to have a sidewalk. I just want to make sure that uh
you're going to be blocking. Are we going to have people able to walk by there? Uh wheelchair accessible, for example. These are common questions when you're blocking the sidewalk that we need to have answers to. So, and I don't think has this gone before any other this is a
this item has been in front of us, I believe, twice before. It has they've been in display for as there was a year ago that they actually came in front of us and this is the renewal. Oh, it's a renewal. That's helpful. That's helpful to know. And we have not
heard any pro and everything's exactly the same as the last year. And have we the council president, do we have any records of there being any complaints about it? No. And that was awfully fast before I can even ask the question. Uh any complaints from the last year uh regarding uh
regarding this? No. The answer. Uh as far as as the city council knows, we have no complaints. ISD, we don't have any complaint from the ISD. The question is to them. Uh the complaint no.
No. No. That is your answer. And complain by way the same thing. By the way, complain in Spanish is the same. Complain. Complain. Yeah. Know anything sometime tonight? Um
thank you councel Rosari. Thank you to you. And I'm going to use a word that that the the council president use. Good to recognize that they were the first they were the first bodega to actually come in and ask for permission
to use the sidewalk which which it was it was amazing to me that they wanted to do the right thing. Right. and and I always embrace that that when they want to do the the good thing, we should support them. They were the first one coming in to ask for permission to use the sidewalks. Uh they located with
district B and this C actually collide together on Lawrence Park and there is to me hasn't been any complaints and the way they do their business and they clean the sidewalk. It's amazing. So we should support them for being the first one actually to try to get it
legally and how to keep it clean. Every business should follow them how they keep the sidewalk clean after every date of business. So I'll be supporting this council president. Just for correction park and
Lawrence they don't collide there. Just for the record. The district for the district. No, just for the record. The district. They are in my district. They are in your district. They have nothing to do with C. I know this has nothing to do with C. I say that's when they divide.
Yes, I have. Can I reclaim my time? Council of President for the people that are watching that corner belongs to district B and it also belongs to the district at large. And I was going to answer um concert
wait concert la plan concert la plan uh you should stop by and buy and do groceries at the mayos. That's where I buy my food and and for my business as well. Uh they keep their sidewalks clean. It's one of
the best uh stores in the area. So I'm inviting you to start buy and buy from that. Council counselor if if the council from my good friend in college wishes to invite me and it sure sounds like she did and she wants to give me a date and time I will be there with her
to do some grocery shopping I'm council president I to you it's very interesting because my colleague is fighting for her district but I request the petition and represent you as a counselor alash
oh my goodness That's what happened when everybody love you guys. That's what happened when everybody love you guys. Thank you. Now everybody's fighting for you guys. All right. I would like to say something about Yes, we do have a complaint.
Yes, no complaints. Yes, we do have a complaint. Okay, we do have a complaint regarding the good products that they are selling and the good price also that they offer to the community. That's the complaint that we have. So many other business around say
how they can sell the things you know lower than us. Thank you for the service. Okay. Thank you. Uh I have a council. Yes, I have a I have a remarks um for
Dodega. Dodega that we are talking about was the one that um I I believe the governor back in 2017. Yes. Uh together with uh the current mayor at the moment, Dan Rivera went over and and make an assessation of their displays
and the good and healthy food that they have back in 2017. I have a good memory when it comes to that because that was a great example uh for that what of good uh good eating habit bodega means to the
city. So thank you for what you do. Thank you. All right at this time I call the questions. All those in favor please say I any have it. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Uh going on top of the agenda, let's go
to public hearings. If there is any objection, let's go to the top of the agenda. Councelor I mean uh Madame Clerk, please read the notice for I'll ask that the clerk I'll ask the clerk dispense with the preamble.
Item three, which what was that? 9925 and a motion to wave the preamble been properly. Can I hear a second? Second. Properly second. Discussion. All those in favor, please say I. The eyes have it. Madame Clair, please
read the notes. Document number 99-25. This is a uh the purpose of this hearing is to gather testimony, information, and public input concerning the proposed amendment to the revised ordinances of the city of Lawrence to be further amended by adding the following
subparagraphs in the proper alphabetical order to section 10.36.010 of the municipal code. Parking prohibited on certain streets. Blanchard Street, west side, between Abbott Street and Farnum Street. Persons wishing to be
heard shall be afforded the opportunity. There is um the public hearing is now open. Anybody from the public that wishes to speak? Public hearing is now closed. Counselors, what's the motion? To approve. There's a motion to approve. There is
there is a motion to approve. Properly second. Uh discussion. Uh any anybody that can explain the item, please? Council President I guess I mean I'm not part of the
ordinance committee but um from my understanding of the documents shared with this um which is this it's item this first item. So and this is since this is in in district E I'm just going to take the privilege
to explain um the situation. So, um, this is the the company that's in the corner of Andover Street and, um, and, um, Blanchford Street, the iron, the Diamond Iron Works, right in front of their entrance. And this is an issue
that we've been having across the city where people are parking, you know, big commercial trucks or rentals um, in in residential areas. And what's happening here, even though that's it's semi-residentidential, semicommercial,
but what's happening is is that when their big trucks are coming out with their m their materials, uh that's causing a safety concern for that business. And that's why they're proposing that no parking between Abbid and um Fernum Street right in front of
their business. And that's how many parking lots? How many parking spacing spaces? Oh, that I I don't I don't know. over 10, but it was I mean it it was favorably um recommended by the Lawrence Police
Department. So, they did their their work on that. And also, I mean there's again pictures, same issues that we're having across the city. Um, and this is actually similar to another proposal that I I I
pres I present in front of the council for another area in district be due to the same the same issue. If you look at the photos provided by the police department um with regard to the location, these aren't residential cars that are
parking here. It's commercial trucks and it's from the site next door. They have their own parking lot. They should be using it. They're coming out and parking on the street which is inhibiting their ability to open their gates and have their trucks come in and out. They it really they're just asking to keep the
the way open and it's not like it's hindering the neighbors or residential vehicles. It's it's commercial parking on what really isn't even a you know I mean it's their land. Um it's not a sidewalk and that these vehicles are coming in parking there
and it's for the most council person if I may for the most part that I mean that part is not a sidewalk is is where it's the commercial side of that street the most residential parking on Blanchford Street occurs a little bit further down in front of the homes at the closer to
the intersection of Salem Street with Blanchford. So, it really won't impact the residential um uh h homes that are that are on that street. It'll just impact that area on the side of of the commercial on the commercial side. And
as Madame Clerk mentioned, the other property does have a massive parking lot that could be in use of use. Um uh anybody anybody else? I see J Santiago. um that he's raising his hand
uh on the online. I don't know if it's uh mean to be for this item. Jody, do you do you have anything related to this specific item or you have your hands raised before separate item? Okay. Just let me know the item. Uh put
your hands down that way I don't get confused. Thank you. Um all right. Uh counselors, any questions in regard to these specific matters? I hear none. All those in fail, please say I. I.
Both present. Please call the role. This is this is document number 99-25. Um motion was made by councelor Infante, seconded by councelor Reyes. Councelor Levy, I'm going to start with you. Motion to approve.
No parking. Yes. Council La Plant. Yes. Council Luzon. Yes. Council Del Rosario. Yes. Council Santiago is noted as absent. Council Maml is also absent at the moment. Council Reyes. Yes. Council Vice President.
Yes. Sorry. No problem. Council President Rodriguez, your vote present. Motion carries. It passes. Um it 11125. Madame Clerk, Council President, um, document number 11125 is lumped together with several
other handicap parkings. I'm I'm just going to read all the numbers. Yep. Um, document number 111-25, 1112-25, 113-25, 124-25, 136-25, 147-25, 186-25, 187-25,
188-25, 189-25, 190-25, 191-25, 249-25, 250-25, 251-25, 252-25, 253-25, and 254-25.
These are all um relating to the issuance of public um excuse me of handicap parking spaces. And the purpose of the hearing is to gather testimony, information, and public input concerning the proposed amendment to the revised ordinances of the city of Lawrence to be further amended by adding the following
subparagraphs to section 10.36.340 of the municipal code handicap parking in the proper alphabetical order. Document number 111-25 is Ames Street, east side from a point 94 ft north of Texas Avenue to 114T north of Texas
Avenue. Document number 112-25 is Tremont Street, southside from a 86 ft north of Franklin Street to 106 ft north of Franklin Street. Document number 113-25 is Lynen Street, west side from a 28 ft northwest of Pearl Street to a 48t
northwest of Pearl Street. Document number 124-25 is South Broadway West Side from a point 60 ft north of Kenneth Street to 80 ft north of Kenneth Street. Document number 136-25 is Bradford Street north side from a point
130 ft southwest of Hampshire Street to 150 ft southwest of Hampshire Street. Document number 147-25 is Arlington Street north side from a 58 ft northwest of Willow Street to 78t northwest of Willow Street.
Document number 186-25 is Summer Street, south side, from a point 121 ft east of Jackson Street to a point 141 ft east of Jackson Street. Document number 187-25 is Sergeant Street, east side from a point 136 ft south of Sergeant Street,
excuse me, south of Sergeant Avenue to 156 feet south of Sergeant Avenue. number 188-25 is Summit Avenue, north side from a point 139t east of Prospect Street to a point 159 ft east of Prospect Street. Document number 189-25
is Bennington Street east side from a 138 ft north of Park Street to 158 ft north of Park Street. Document number 190-25 is Bruce Street, southeast side, from a 146 ft southwest of Park Street
to 166 ft southwest of Park Street. Document number 191-25 is Woodland Street, northeast side from 98 ft northwest of Alustin Street to a point 118 ft northwest of Alustin Street. Document number 49-25 is Short Street,
east side from a point 119 ft north of Oak Street to a point 139 ft north of Oak Street. Document number 50-25 is Lel Street, east side, from a point 117 ft south of Cypress Avenue to a point 137 ft south of Cypress Avenue. Document
number 251-25 is Garden Street, north side, from a point 269 ft west of Newbury Street to a point 289 ft west of Newbury Street. Document number 252-25 is Packard Street, southwest side, from
a point 221 ft northwest of Koolage Street to 241 ft northwest of Koolage Street. Document number 253-25 to Saratoga Street northeast side from a point 277 ft southeast of Stern Avenue
to a point 297 ft souththeast of Stern Avenue. And last but not least, document number 254-25 Woodland Street, northeast side, from a point 190t northwest of Alustin Street to a point 210 ft northwest of Alston
Street. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. All right. Now, public hearing is now open. Anybody from the public that wishes to speak. Public hearing is now closed. Counselors,
motion to approve and wait 30 days. There is a a motion to take it as a all as a block as as it was mentioned on the public hearing. Do we need to mention it all for the uh for the motion? We just for the record. Yeah.
Is that enough? Right. They have to be read all at once. No problem. Uh there is a motion to take it as a block and approve properly. Second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor please say I. Any nays?
Nice have it. Take it as block and approve. Yes. Yep. And wait for 30 days. Uh madame clerk, we have um 15 minute parkings and we have a couple others.
Two uh two at least two items on this. Uh item 120 125 15125. Um, document number 120-25 and 151-25. The purpose of this hearing is to gather testimony, information, and public input concerning the proposed amendment to the revised ordinances of the city of
Lawrence to be further amended by adding the following subparagraphs in the proper alphabetical order to section 10.36.260 of the municipal code 15minute parking. Document number 120-25 is Holly Street,
West Side, from a point 160 ft northwest of Daisy Street to a point 180 ft northwest of Daisy Street between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. And document number 151-25 is Bradford Street, north side, from a point 45 ft northeast of Broadway
to a point 65 ft northeast of Broadway between 8:00 a.m. and 6 p.m. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. All right, public hearing is now open. and anybody from the public that wishes to speak. Uh public hearing is now closed.
Counselors, what's the motion? Motion to approve. There's a motion to take it as a block. Approve. Yes. And there's a motion to take it as a block and approve those two items. Item one um 12025 and 15125.
Any 30 days? We can wait on it. Yeah, they've been waiting for a long time. What the 30 days? and we have the 30 days. Uh any questions? I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. The eyes have it. Item 13325
one 47 25 and item 248 25. My my what was the question? My Yeah, it's
um the first one is 13325 uh 24725 and 24825. Mine is is clear. Please read the notice. Yep. 13325,
24725, and 24825. The purpose of the hearing is to gather testimony, information, and public input concerning the proposed amendments to revised ordinances of the city of Lawrence be further amended by adding to the section 10.28.100A of the municipal code, stop signs, and
flashing red lights, flashing red signals, the following paragraph in the proper alphabetical order. Document number 13325, Crescent Street, Northeastbound drivers on Crescent Street at May Street. Document 24725 is Bennett Street. Northwestbound drivers
on Bennett Street at Medford Street. And document 24825 Bennett Street, southwestbound drivers on Bennett Street at Water Street. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. Public hearing is now open for item um
for item 133 25 247 25 and 24835. Anybody from the public that wishes to speak? I hear none. All those uh public hearing is now closed. Counselors, what's the motion? To approve. There's a motion to approve to take it
as a block and approve. All right. There's a motion to take it as a block and approve properly. Second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor please say I. I. Any nays? The eyes have it. I run 25225.
Madame clerk 152. Sorry. Document number 152-25. The purpose of the hearing is to gather testimony, information, and public input concerning the proposed amendments to the revised ordinances of the city of large to be further amended by adding to
section 10.36.330 of the municipal code bus stops, taxi cab stands, ambulance stands, and service zones. The following paragraphs in the proper alphabetical order. Document number 152-25, Summer Street,
North Side, from a point 20 ft east of Jackson Street to a point 70t east of Jackson Street between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. Uh, public hearing is now open. Anybody from the public that wishes to speak,
this is the opportunity. There is none. Public hearing is now closed. Counselors has a motion. Motion to approve. Second. There's a motion to approve properly. Second discussion. Quick question on the proponent or whoever can answer this. Is
this is that um this is an area with that have mirrors on uh I don't think it's an area that has meters. It's um if you go up Jackson Street and you take a right um so there's really not meters to the right of Jackson. It's the meters on the on
the left going back towards the common. Um I I think they have me. has meters in it. We should check that with the that area has meters. If it's me going towards it, park that block. Yeah. Let's let's take a look at the address very quick.
65 Jackson Street. If it's But no parking is on Summer Street. That's why I don't think there's no parking on Summer Street. We don't meet on Summer Street. Not in Summer Street. Oh, not on Summer Street.
No, but in Jackson. So, is the parking is going to be on Jackson Street or on Summer Street? Jackson Street. Jackson. Oh, Summer 65 Jackson. 65 Jackson Street. That's that's where that um that um the
actual business is located. But, uh is that is the Yeah, it's a it's a is a center for kid.
So is the recommendation for the for the drop off and pick up on the on on on Summer Street. That's what they requested. That's what they requested. Summer Street. Yeah, I know. Yeah. On summer street. So there is no
meters on there. Counselors. What's the what's the motion? The motion is to approve. Uh and that's to unw properly second discussion. meters sir definitely meters
there's no on but they requested an on street which is a it's street doesn't have meters but street doesn't have meters does have meters correct just for the record yes and summer street is coming down one way towards Jackson street mhm
um any president that can be corrected because it says 65 Jackson no no no I mean on the police Look on the police uh report. I read it and they requested on summer. Okay. On summer street. That is what I said that we should
correct the on here. Okay. No, no, no. Um this is the the address that we have here is for the business that is requesting it. The recommendation from the uh from the police department is on Summer Street. So the signs will go on S Street. Summer Street.
Correct. This is the entrance of the uh of the business on Summer Street. Yeah. All right. Uh, any questions? I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any nays? The eyes have it. Um,
the next item will be item 19325. Mad clerk, please read the notice. Document number 193-25. The purpose of this hearing is to gather testimony, information, and public input concerning the proposed amendments to the revised ordinances of the city of
Lawrence to be further amended by deleting the following subparagraphs of section 10.36.340 of the municipal code handicap parking in the proper alphabetical order. So it's document number 193-25 Danforth Street West Side from a point
125 ft southeasterly of the intersection of Dunstable Street to 145 ft southeasterly of the intersection of Dunstable Street. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. Public hearing is now open. Anybody from the public that wishes to speak?
I hear none. Uh public hearing is now closed. Counselors, what's the motion? Motion to second. There's a motion to approve and properly second. Do you want to wait the 30 days? It's a removal. Waiting the 30 days.
Yeah, it's a handicap removal. So to wave the 30 days properly second for discussion. I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. The eyes have it. Uh Madame Clair, please read the notice for item 225. Document number 200-25.
The purpose of this hearing is to gather testimony, information, and public input concerning the proposed amendments to revised ordinances of the city of Lawrence to be further amended by adding the following subparagraph in the proper alphabetical order to section 10.36.300
of the municipal code 30 minute parking. Document number 200-25 Essex Street. both sides between Winter Street and Oxford Street between 8 am and 6 pm. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. Um, anybody from the public that wishes
to speak? Public hearing is now open. Anybody from the public that wishes to speak? I hear none. Uh, public hearing is now closed. Counselors, what's the motion? Approve. There's a motion to approve. Can I a second? Second.
Properly second. Discussion. Discussion. Council Rosario. Thank you. Three. Winter. Exit street between Winter and Oxford. Yes. Does Oxford cross to exit street? The no the
winter and is on exit street between Winther and Oxford between those street. of the 30 minute will be on street where the 30 minutes are going to be on exit street between those two sides. So if I'm not mistaken, that's where the
housing is right from and Oxford Street doesn't come off anywhere there. And also I believe there's no parking restriction on that area on that side. That's across the street from 640s, the tire place and all that stuff. And al
Street doesn't cross street at all through there. Those are the projects. You're wrong. I'm wrong. Yes, I I represent that desert for I understand. But the question is winter it's after the McDonald's, right? That's winter street right there. What the what the um extra 640 what the metala is.
That's winter street right there, isn't it? If you keep going, that's what regardless of what we're going to approve or not. If you keep going, the next street coming over is the one coming from Pesado. That's not That's Osha. That's Oxford across from there. Yep. That's Osra Street.
Okay. Osw street goes all the way from uh from uh Habra Street to the project where the fire happened and then the project goes across and off we continue on the other
side uh of on exis. So basically the the location that we are talking about we have one side that is already been restricted which is the the the side of the of the project and then the side of
the businesses uh they have request to have 30 minutes parking on all that section. So that's why this item is been uh voted the way that it is between Winter Street and Oxford Street. Okay.
30 minute uh parking there. All right. Any other questions? All right. I'll call the questions. All those in favor, please say I. Any nays? There have it. Uh there is no public hearings. Now we are going to uh
communication from the mayor, city officials, and city attorney. There is none committee report. We already finished with the budget and finance committee. Uh no housing committee reports, ordinance committee. Uh Mr. Chair from the ordinance committee 26725 handicap parking 23 Washington
Street send up to the full council of favorable recommendation order public hearing that's the motion the motion is to order a public hearing properly second discussion I hear none all those in favor please say I have item 28 26825 handicap parking 38 fosters rec center
full counsel with favorable recommendation to order a public hearing that's the motion second motion is to order a public hearing uh properly second uh discussion I hear none All those in favor, please say I. Item 26925. Handicap parking at 130 Aspbury Street.
Sent to the full council with favorable recommendation. That's the motion. Second. There's a motion on the table properly second to order a public hearing. Discussion. I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. The eyes have it.
Item uh 32725. Remove childc care parking signage at 41 Tyler 3 cent full council with a favor recommendation order public hearing. And that's the motion. Second. Uh there's a motion on the table to order a public hearing. Probably second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor, please say I.
The eyes have it. Uh personal committee. Uh personal committee item 32125. Uh this is an item to withdraw. Uh the chair from the personal committee may item 33125.
Um confirmation confirmed temporary appointment of Carlos Matoss to the LRA completing the term of of Sarah Perez has been requested to be a withdrawal by the mayor by uh Mayor Deena and I make that as a formal motion.
There's a motion to withdraw properly second discussion council plan. Was there any correspondence or anything that went with that? Do you There's no correspondence. Yeah. Who there is? You all got an email. Um,
Mr. Spinner sent an email to all of you and I fored to read to forward to all of you and it is in the file now, too. So, that's the only correspondence. All right. Um, any questions? I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. Have it. Public safety, there is no
committee. No committee report. Economic development, there is no committee report. Committee of the hall, there is nothing. Uh, all business, there is none. Uh counselors, any table matters that wishes to be removed from the table matters? I hear none. So we go straight to new
business. Uh new business item uh 34025 allocate funds for the amount of 2,316 uh 57.60 from the C from the free cash to to the capital improvement project.
That's going to the budget and finance committee. Item 24125, increase stipen for retirement board and treasurer through uh from 3,000 um established in 1995 to 4,500. That's going to uh the bon finance
committee. Item item 241 is lost. I think Yeah, that's going item 341 is going to ordinance committee. Uh item 34225 confirmation appointment of Shalin Pasual as a director of community
development that going to personnel committee. Item 240 uh 34325, no parking one side of Champlain. That's going to the the ordinance committee. Item uh 34425, no parking one side for Midia Street.
That's going to ordinance committee. Item 34525, childcare parking at 36 336 Howard Street. Ordinance committee item 34625, dedication of Ruiz Boulevard at the current location of uh uh Appleton
Way that's going to the um ordinance committee item 34725 Hendica parking to Ferman Street ordinance committee item 34825 handicap parking at 26 uh six straight street uh that's
going to ordinance committee item 349 25 Hindica parking at 62 Washington Street that's going to the ordinance committee item 35025 Hendica parking at 7 Edon uh endicup street that's going to
the ordinance committee. Item 35125 sidewalk produced. We just deal with that. Item 35225 disclosure of conflict uh disclosure of conflict by city employee election worker. That's going to
personal committee that they always go to ordinance. Yeah, that's going to ordinance committee. Item 35325, disclosure of conflict by city employee election uh election working uh Rosa
Araenna. That's going to uh the ordinance committee. Item 35425 disclosure of conflict by city employee election working Alicia Koko. That's going to ordinance committee. Item 35525 disclosure of conflict city employee
election work. Lisa Lisa uh Madukno that's going to the ordinance committee. Item 35625 authorization to spend funds up to 500,000 ever sources free repairs reimbursement that's going to the budget and finance committee. Item uh 35725
authorization uh authorized contract over three years is a four years contract for the amount of 164,750 uh Caden Associate LLC that's going to the B finance committee. Item
yeah um item 35825 authorization of a contract over three years to a four years contract usually contract Yeah. Item 35725 will go to ordinance counselors. Item 35825 authorization to
uh for contract over three years uh four years contract for the amount of 164 164750 TR environmental that's going to um ordinance committee item 35925
uh reclassification of ADA coordinator position city attorney put this item together and send it to us uh and this is going to go to personal committee Uh counelors, let's go to the committee meetings. It's a reclassific reclassification.
Yeah, I think it will go. Yeah, the reclassification go to ordinance because we're not changing I mean the reclassification go to personnel because we're not changing the ordinance.
We're changing the reclassification what is already uh on the ordinance. All right. We will send it to both if it it's if any any changes on the ordinance happen and then um we'll deal with that of the ordinance committee and if any u
changes on the perhaps on the salary on the not on the salary but on the job description on the job description and anything related that will go that will be uh pretending the personal committee. So the item will go to both
uh counselors. Um the committee meetings uh budget ordinance Tuesday 26 7 o'clock uh budget and finance budget and finance Wednesday the 27th at
7. Personnel Wednesday the 27th at 6 housing. We have item from previous meetings. Tuesday and what time? The L stuff. Tuesday. Wednesday's Tuesday. Okay. And no items no other items for
housing. Um, so councelor, don't we have the L stuff that was sent to the housing? That was she will be discussing with the city clerk that to address that um those items um
public safety economic development. I have an item in public safety and I don't see it anywhere. All right. If any other committee will be scheduled, we will um that will be discussed with the chairs.
Uh council president, the public I would like to schedule public safety meeting for somebody in the public that wishes to speak. I just want to Wednesday at 5. Yeah. 5:30. 5:30. Can I can I actually change personnel? We have how many two
things are personnel? Personnel 6:30 um public safety actually no let's change let's keep it public safety 530 personnel 6 um budget and finance 7. All right, we have the
time. Uh, counselors, any other any other items before we adjone? I have to out of respect of the uh people that are online Santiago, you have a question for us. You've been in the meeting uh since the beginning.
Not a question. Thank you so much, counselors, for all that you do. Wanted to invite you guys for Sunday's back to school charity tournament we are having in South Common Park. That's uh a three on three or full court. Three on three. Okay. Three on three guys. Who got the
challenge? I want to take the challenge. Three on three basketball. I love those. All right. Thank you for the inviting us, Jody. He is the uh that the CEO of Mind with Purpose that is here with us online. Thank you, Jody.
I saw you councelor Councel um councelor Infante. answer the question. Thank you. I actually I want to change this the the dates. It's been brought to my attention that there may be a calendar conflict. Um
same times but for Monday the 25th. Monday. Okay. We received that. Thank you. Thank you. Um anybody else? All right. I'll entertain a motion. There's a motion to adjurnn properly second. Discussion that is done. All
those in favor please say I. Guys have it. Thank you counselors. Am I going to move first? Okay.