You noticed me. Thank you. Check right now. Well, you know what we could do? Let's just start. We don't have fifth person. If Wendy was here, you'd have five. Oh, no, no, no. I'm sorry. You don't
need it. You can have five virtual, but you only have one virtual. You got three in the room. There's only four. You need five. Okay. Yeah, but they're not here. I was just saying if Wendy was here
is the 21st. Um, this one's Yeah. Just to show you a few things. I think it might be that one. No, Good.
>> Is this on you? >> Good evening. Good evening and welcome to the Lawrence City Council meeting. The regular meeting for October 21st, 2025 pursuant to chapter 20 of the act of 2022. This
meeting will be um hybrid allow participation both in person at 165 uh Crashford Street South Lawrence East complex as well as remotely. Uh the Zoom link for this meeting was
provided to anybody that requested. Uh this meeting is also transmitted live through the Lawrence City Council Facebook page as well as the Lawrence City Council YouTube page. Uh Madame Clair Roco. >> Councelor Levy >> present.
What is that? Councelor Levy is remote. Council La Plant >> present. Council Luzon is noted as absent. Council Del Rosario >> present. Council Marl >> present. >> Council Reyes >> present. >> Council Vice President Infonte
>> present. Council President Rodriguez >> present. Please join me for a moment of silence uh dedicated to uh Frank Cody of Cody's Towing. Now join me for the pledge of
allegiance. The flag of United States of America and the republic which stands one nation under God indivisible and justice for all. All right, we have public participation.
The people have signed up. Um, the rules for public participation are as follows. You're going to have two and a half minutes. At the two minute mark, you're going to hear something, a beep, one indication that you still still have 30 seconds. Please refer to this C as a
whole. Um the first person that we have is H named for the record please. >> Mali 53 Chester Street. Good evening honorable members. We the citizen are united to support our police officers
union. Lawrence police department with the impeccable leadership by honorable chief Morris Agler doing excellent job to protect our citizen. Lawrence police, this union of pride and honor. Thank you
for making Lawrence a safe city. Million thanks to our DPW workers and leadership. Thank you for making Lawrence a beautiful city. Lawrence inspection department. Thank you for excellent job. We support your union. We
must hire more employees. Lawrence public school with impeccable leadership by honorable superintendent Ralph Guerrero. Moving forward, Lawrence teachers, thank you for excellent job. We support your union. Lawrence
teachers, because of you, Lawrence, we rise again. Lawrence always strong. Lawrence always unite. We are proud to support our veterans. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your bravery. We must hire two position for Veterans
Administration. We must have the best commission on elders. We must pay our long-term city employees the same as the newly hired. We pray for the safety of all police officers and the first responder. Lawrence firefighters with
the impeccable leadership by honorable chief Delan doing excellent job. Be the Lorentian or proud of the new Lawrence police officer building. Lawrence police, a shining supertore in the sky of Lawrence.
The next person that we have is Rich Russell. Councelor Russell. >> Good evening, council. Rich Russell, 34 Cross Street. I come to you with several bits of good news. First, I have retired from Lawrence politics after six tries
at running for office. I probably have retired the title of being the Harold Stasson of Lawrence politics. For those of you unfamiliar with Harold Stasson, he ran for a variety of offices, totaling 19 times in 44 years, including
nine times as a presidential candidate at conventions and one time for the mayor of Philadelphia. When I found out about his running for mayor, that was the turning point in my decision-making. I could not see me running for mayor and possibly winning. I would have a serious
problem finding enough friends to fill all the various positions that our present mayor has created. Second, in a little over 337 hours, this crap show of an election will be over. I have followed politics since the early 60s
from Lynn to Greater Boston to Providence to New Haven to Philly and Baltimore. Uh I can say with no problem that this election in Lawrence by some individuals is the dirtiest that I have ever seen.
The end of those 337 hours cannot come soon enough. Next week. Next. Several weeks ago, I posted a a picture of the disappearing parking lane on Essex Street in front of Eastern Bank and the former LCAT Studios. A female
city official made disparaging comments about me posting the picture along with making some valid along with me making some valid comments. Quite frankly, lady, you don't even live in this city. I pay taxes here. You don't. Lastly, I am not particularly fond of William
Galvin because of his treatment of me in the 2023 political campaign, but I will say I am a happy as a person can be to find out that Galvin and his entourage are coming to ensure coming to town to ensure a fair and honest election. To
those of you sitting in front of me, there are some of you I wouldn't shed a tear for if you lost. There are some that have great potential and there are some with a great deal of knowledge. I wish you all luck. To those watching, please vote. Please get out and vote. We can change Lawrence by getting people to
vote. As always, thank you for the time. >> Thank you. The next person that we have is Mark Plan. Councelor Plan. Good evening, Council President. Uh I rise today to remind folks and inform people about the next two individuals that are going to be unveiling the new
signs for the Lawrence Square project. The good news here is that we are now going to be having it on on the same days, Thursdays at 4 pm to eliminate any kind of confusion about the setting of the times. So, the next one will be October 23rd when we unveil the new sign for Tech Sergeant Lionel Barrosa.
Um, his claim to fame was that he was in the Army Air Force. Uh and during World War II on a bombing run over Germany, he was looking to hit one of the factories over there. His plane was hit by anti-strapping um measures and he
crashed and he died during that war. His sign is on the intersection of um Easton and Brown. It's in your district counselor. B word. I can't Brookfield Street. Brookfield and East. Exactly right. Thank you. So, it's going to be this
time on the 23rd at 4 PM. The next one after that is Vice Admiral William Sullivan. Uh, he did not die in war. He actually lived a very long life. He was actually a Vice Admiral during World War II. An amazing story that you can find more about uh both on that day through
the library and the QR codes. But he is called the father of naval salvage. He was the go-to guy during World War II. A guy from Lawrence. if there was any kind of ships that were sunk or that were damaged that were impacting uh during
the war at ports and such, he was in charge of getting those ships up and potentially salvaging them or at least moving them so that we can go whether it was Pearl Harbor, whether it was down in in the Mediterranean, um whether it was in the Pacific area, it didn't make a difference. This guy was one of the top
guys uh in salvage operations and he's from the city of Lawrence. His intersection is at the intersection of South Broadway and Salem, right where St. Patrick's Church is. His will be at 4 pm on October 30th. As always, I invite you all to show up if you can't.
I understand there's 50 of them. There's an awful lot. But I do want you to please be aware of their stories. Please uh download the QR codes, watch the YouTube video that has a narration either by me in English or Yadira Batan says Maldun in Spanish so that you can get a flavor of some of these people
whose shoulders we stand on today and what they have done to accomplish where we are as a city. So thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Um all these names are going to be submitted for the record. So councelor, we have a few announcements. Uh the Lawrence trick-or-treating
Halloween night is going to take place on Friday, October 31st from uh 5 to 7:00 p.m. CD wise. And also the trunk or treat uh event that is going to take place on the Sunday, October 31st
uh at 155 Her Street at the center. That's going to take place also from 5 to 7:00 p.m. if you don't want to go around the neighborhoods. Uh so those two public announcement uh are also going to going to be
submitted for the record. We are, if you don't mind, counselors, we have an um an item from the U budget and finance committee, which is item 39125, the authorization to spend a million uh
a million 54800 MBP grant from the office of energy and environmental affairs. Uh, madame chair and the vice president of this council, uh, Infante, can you provide us with the report? >> Yes. Um, item 391-25,
authorization to expend 1 million $54,800 from the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Grants from the Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs was brought up to the was sent up to this full council with a favorable
recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. Motion on the table properly second. Discussion >> discussion council presidente. >> Thank you. There were two points before we we we bring it over to Brown
Lawrence. The two major points that were asked about during the budget and finance discussion aside for funding was the flood areas that the maps show that are part of your packets packets and also the safety of that area. as we are
aware of the tragedy that happened in the city of Lawrence a few years ago and and if you did not watch the budget and finance committee meeting I do recommend even regardless of the discussion that happens at this level I do recommend for you to go back and and listen to that discussion because it was a very very
good discussion with groundwork laws and community engagement as well a third point community engagement was another major topic um as we were discussing this uh this item All right. Any anyone from that administration that would like
to uh just share a few thought about it uh the project? >> Good evening councilors. Thank you councelor president for um putting this item out of order. So we have the river to refuge tower
hill waterfront transformation grant. This is a project that that will take place on water street. It's about 12 acres and it entails planning community engagement and some clean up cleanup I believe and
we're really looking forward to addressing a lot of the flood mitigation and the flood plane resiliency. the so in terms of the concerns that uh the councilors had in the previous meeting, I did not see the meeting uh or watch
it, but I uh councelor Ponte, you mentioned it now. And so that's part of this grant. We're going to be enhancing the flood plane resiliency >> and the project will also um if we have anybody from groundwork that explain more about what the that the actual
project intakes. >> Absolutely. We have Brad here. >> So Brad, do you mind going over what you >> the map is not here. The map that was shared with us they have it. Thank you. Uh Brad Busher, Grac
Lawrence, 50 Island Street. Um thank you, Council President. Uh this is a two-year project. The the first year will be focused on concept development for this uh this 12acre parcel. As Lily outlaid earlier, the um at the end of
that first year, we hope to have the majority of engagement done particularly with residents. um uh stakeholders throughout the lower Taho Hill neighborhood and the city at large. Um and then in the second year, we will focus on um developing 60% plants. So,
it'll take us all the way up to uh being able to permit this 12acre park at the end of the project. Essentially what we have is uh the water frontage being develop been developed as a park
and the recreational area right? Yes, it is. Um, at the east end of the site, there's there's a new park that's actually being built. Uh, the groundbreaking is on Friday, uh, Bay State Park, uh, just east of the Boys and Girls Club. And then on the west end
of the project is the solar panels that you see at Water Street. And so it's that's the sliver of waterfront that we're talking about. Uh the core design component is is uh a waterfront path to formalize people being able to walk
along this waterfront. Um and then whatever the neighborhood brings to the project. Uh another component is how do we bring people safely across water street to their waterfront. Um, so we'll be looking at vehicular and pedestrian
circulation of the five or six courts that link Water Street to this waterfront. Um, we're all really excited. Uh, sub awards will be given to Boys and Girls Club, uh, Cue and, um,
Psychological Center for Homeless Outreach during the project. >> Any questions, counselor? All right, I hear no questions. All those say I any names. Um, Roco
>> councelor, I I apologize. Uh, can we request a 30-day uh >> the 30 days? >> Yes. >> That u that's something that the council was what was the motion? Oh. Um I I will adopt the the 30 to wave the 30 days as
part of the motion. >> It's been one second. >> Cler, could you please um call the roco? >> Council Reyes. >> Yes. >> Council Marmal. >> Yes. >> Council. Council Del Rosario.
>> Yes. >> Council Luzon is noted as absent. Council plant. >> Yes. >> Council Levy. Yes, >> council president. >> Well, yes. >> All right. Thank you. >> Congrats. It's going to be a very beautiful project. Sorry, Council
President. >> And congratulations to you. It's in your district. >> Anybody from the uh from the city that is here with another item from the police department? Yes. >> So, let's council, let's entertain um >> Thank you, counselors. >> The Thank you. the budget and finance
committee items. We have a couple from the police department. Mr. Madame uh Madame Vice President, do you mind going over the um budget and finance uh committee reports? >> Um I'm going to go to the top. Item 390-25 acceptance of donated vehicle from the
National Insurance Crime Bureau to the Lawrence Police Department was sent up as a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. >> There's a motion on the table properly. Second discussion. Uh there's no discussion. All those in
favor. >> Any names? Ro cler. >> Um councel levy. >> Yes. >> Council plant. >> Yes. >> Council Luzon is noted as absent.
Council del Rosario. >> Yes. >> Council Marmal. Council Reyes. >> Council Vice President Infonte. >> Yes. >> Council President Rodriguez. >> Yes. Council President, I'd like to make a motion to reconsider my vote. >> There's a motion to reconsider.
>> Second >> properly second discussion. >> Council President, only reason why I'm be voting for this again, but I was a little late to the draw. I think what we should do on this when we make the motion again is if someone's going to be doing us a donation like this, I think it'd be a very nice gesture on our part
to an official thank you to the individuals or to the organizations that's providing this in this case a vehicle. So, I'd like to um when we do make the motion again, I'd like to amend the motion to ask for a letter of thanks of gratitude from the city council for
to the individuals who are offering the the vehicle. >> All right. Uh Madame Clair, please call the role for that um reconsideration. >> Okay. >> This is on the same item. Is a motion to reconsider. So, I'm going to start with councelor um Reyes.
>> Councelor Marl, >> yes. >> Council Del Rosario, >> yes. Council Luzon, >> noted as absent. Council Lant, >> yes. >> Council Levy, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Infonte, >> yes. >> Council President Rodriguez,
>> yes. Uh, who was the one the underlying motion originally? >> The underlying motion was favor recommendation with >> No, but I mean it have to be a new motion. So, you can um you can go ahead. >> Okay. Uh the motion now is the this item was
sent up as a favorable recommendation and I'm adding council the plan's suggestion to send a thank you note to the national insurance crime bureau on behalf of the entire city council and I make that as a formal motion. >> Second the table properly second
discussion. >> I hear none please call the role. Um, Council Levy, >> yes. >> Council Lant, >> yes. >> Council Luzon is noted as absent.
Council Del Rosario, >> yes. >> Council Marl, >> yes. >> Council Reyes, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Fonte, >> yes. >> Council President, >> I vote. Yes. Item 39725. Item 397-25,
authorization to expend $179,190 with49 um for for the PAP 911 training grant was brought up as a recommendation and I made that as a formal motion.
>> There's a motion on the table properly second discussion. Um, any questions? All those in favor, please. Man, please call the role. >> Council Reyes, >> yes.
>> Council Mamo, >> yes. >> Council Del Rosario, >> yes. >> Council Luzon, >> voted as absent. Council Lant, >> yes. >> Council Levy, >> yes. >> Council Vice President, >> yes. Council President, >> yes. Item 39825.
Item 398-25, authorization to expend $299,861 I mean 200 $299,861 from the 2026 Sharon Grant from the executive office of public safety and security was sent up as a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. There
>> a motion on the table. Can you hear a second? Properly second by councelor Reyes. discussion. There is a there is councelor there is a little difference between uh what is what is on intaken on this year's item related to this grant compared to
previous items. So let's allow that uh the police department expand a little more on that. >> Sure. Good evening city councils. My name is Rosa Shepard, director of support service at the Lawrence Police Department. This year for this grant we took a different approach. Uh in the
past we have always chosen the organizations that we're going to go ahead and work with the city on behalf of the police department. Just this year we're going to follow the procurement process which we're going to do an RFP or bit. We're going to put it out there uh and we're going to choose uh seven
organizations that are going to be able to work with us. But those organizations has to have the history of working with youth at risk and have to demonstrate with not only a narrative but they have to produce at least one year report that they have worked for the city of
Lawrence and helping the youth at risk of the city of Lawrence. >> Uh when you say a year of um experience what's that means? That means volunteering that means working for for pay or how? Uh it can it can be both
since uh we are uh since it's a grant for the uh for the community. They have to they have to demonstrate the programs that they has they have uh created or programs already working in the community. >> Right. Any questions?
>> I hear no questions. So Melan, please call the RO. This is on document number 398. Um, council >> Levy, >> yes. >> Council La Plant, >> yes. >> Council Luzon is noted as absent. Council Del Rosario, >> yes. >> Council Marmal, >> yes.
>> Council Reyes, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Infonte, >> yes. >> Council President Rodriguez, >> yes. >> Cancel. >> Susan, what item are you looking for? 394.
Uh let's go to the ordinance committee reports. Let's jump into item 39425. Uh councelor Lang and the chair of this committee provide us with this report. >> 39425 is the authorization of a contract
of over three years contract number 7220 with groundwork Lawrence. This is uh to deal with the Okonnell park renovations. This was set up to the full council with a favorable recommendation and that's the motion. >> The motion on the table properly second
discussion. >> Uh just uh uh Susan, do you mind giving us the intakes of the project very quick? >> Good evening councilors. Susan F six
Rockford Lane and Lawrence. Um so this is for um contract that we have with Ron Lawrence. We entered into a contract with them in February of 2020 to provide services for the renovation of Okonnell
Park including um community outreach survey design subcontractors and construction management services. Unfortunately then we had the COVID pandemic so community outreach was delayed. um and the project was stalled. We then
um in the meantime applied for a land and water conservation fund grant which we were awarded. We went out to bid. Um unfortunately the bids came in well above um the budget that we had. So we had to do some redesign. We eliminated the band stand um renovation because
that was the largest um high-cost item in the in the project. we decided to go with a different um design firm. The firm we had originally um worked with Brownark Lawrence on wasn't quite capturing what the neighborhood
wanted. So, we got a new design for him. The project has been completed, but unfortunately there was um some equipment failure on the splash pad that we need to address and some drainage issues. So, we just need to keep groundwork Lawrence on um a little bit longer to finish up that um button that
up and get their billing in. So, we're looking to extend it till December of this year. >> Any questions? >> I hear no m please call the RO. >> Um
the document 394-25. Um council Reyes. >> Yes. Council Marl, >> yes. >> Council del Rosario, >> yes. >> Council Luzon is noted as absent. Council Lant, >> yes. >> Council Levy,
>> yes. >> Council Vice President Infante, >> yes. >> Council President Rodriguez, >> yes. >> Thank you, councilors. >> Thank you. There is now any other uh city employee here today. We go on top of the agenda.
Uh the first item that we have on the agenda is public hearing item uh 52824 uh compensation for school committee members. Uh madame clerk, please u read the notice. Notice is hereby given that the Lawrence
City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 7 p.m. in the South Lawrence East Auditorium, 165 Crawford Street, Lawrence Mass, pursuant to chapter 2 of the acts of 2023 and in accordance with the recently revised city council rule two. 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. Access codes for remote participation are available from the city clerk eene.brol
city oflorence.com or 978-6203230. Meeting is also available on Facebook and YouTube. 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 a follow this
following sub adding the following sub paragraph to section 2.200. 200 of the municipal code parenthesis school committee and parenthesis chapter 2.200 200 school committee. School committee members, whether elected or appointed, shall
receive a $10,000 per year stipened and be eligible for all benefits available to city council members. To the extent that there exist any ordinances to the contrary, they are hereby repealed in that respect only. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. >> Public hearing is now open. Anybody from
the public that wishes to speak? Name and address for the record, please. Mali, 53 Chester Street. Good evening honorable members. We the citizen are united and agree to ask from
this honorable council to allow the compensation for our upcoming school committee members. The these citizen we stand up for the children to in creation of the best public school in the nation for our
city. We have the best teachers that teach in our public school. We have the best citizen and the parent. The teachers who inspire the whole world. The teachers who educate the children of the world. Education for the future of
the laws. Compensation for these group of the citizen that volunteering to run for the school committee is only symbolic. We demand of the future school committee members highest degree of the support of the teachers and the union.
In this exciting moment that for first time in a history of Lawrence we trying to have the school committee from all district as at large and appointed Lawrence public school with the best support and appreciation of the teachers
union. Lawrence public school employees and Lawrence citizen are deserve to have the best elite citizen as our elected school committee and appointed a school committee members to be to build the best future for the children of the
Lawrence. Offering this small compensation shows that we the Lorentian public education is important. Support of our teachers are important. The teachers who are true guardian of our
children making our city so proud that the future of the Lawrence depend on how well we support of our teachers and union public school in the Lawrence. We the citizen approve and we ask this
honorable honorable council to accept the allowing the compensation for the Lawrence public school elected school committee members in this historical decision from this honorable council. We
request to vote yes. Lawrence always strong. Lawrence always unite. Lawrence teaches. Thank you. Because of you, Lawrence will rise again. >> Right. Anybody else from the public that wishes to speak?
>> I hear none. At this time, public hearing is now closed. Counselors, what's the motion? >> Motion to approve. >> There's a motion on the two to approve properly. Second discussion.
>> I hear none. Um, Madame Clair, please call the RO. >> Councelor Levy, >> yes. >> Council Lant, >> yes. >> Councelor Luzon is noted as absent. Council Del Rosario, >> yes.
>> Councelor Marl, >> yes. >> Council Reyes, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Infante, >> yes. >> Council President Rodriguez, >> yes. Motion carries. The next item that we have
>> is the committee uh communication from the mayor, city officials, city of Chenny that is none. >> Committee reports we have the housing the budget and finance committee. We already finished with those housing committee that is not report ordinance committee. The chair of the ordinance
committee car council la plan item 37425. This first item is for hillside a oneway from Yale Street to Hable Street in southernly direction was sent out to the full council with the fable recommendation to order a public hearing. That's the motion. >> Second. >> There's a motion on the table properly
second. Discussion all those in Malanch please call the role please. >> Um council Reyes. >> Yes. >> Council Marmal. >> Yes. >> Council del Rosario. >> Yes. >> Councelor Marmal I'm sorry. Councelor
Luzon is noted as absent. Council Lant, >> yes. >> Councelor Levy, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Infante, >> yes. >> Council President Rodriguez, >> yes. And the next item is item 375. Motion
carries. The next item is 375. Council, I'm going to make this motion, but I'm also going to make a motion to table and I'm going to make a motion after that to reconsider the previous vote. And you'll find out why in a second. Document 37525 AM Street Oneway Haven Street to Yale Street in a Northly
direction was sent out to the full council with Haval recommendation pending a report in a study and recommendation by DPW city engineer. I don't see that. I If anybody else has that, this is the time for us to know about it. If not, um that's the that's
the motion. So, I'm going to put that out there as a favorable recommendation. Then I'm going to make a motion to table. >> Okay. There is a motion u to >> Can you It's a favorable recommendation ending that. So, but what I'm going to do is after I get a second, I'm going to
make a motion to table to wait for the DPW. >> All right. >> There's a motion on the table. Can hear a second. >> Second. >> Properly second. Now, the motion to table would be another. I'd like to make a motion to table this matter and and um and send correspondence again to DPWC
Engineer informing them that this matter is now before the full council and to provide the documentation so we can take a vote. >> Second. >> There's a motion on the table to table properly second. Madame Cler, please call the role and also to send correspondence to the PW. >> Yeah. and the city engineer too. Council
president >> say that again councel >> and send corresponded to the uh to the city engineer. >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> So just with regard to this document document 375
24. I have a motion to order public hearing. No vote on that. >> And then motion to table. >> So I think we're going to make a motion to table. I mean I can work around that a little bit. Maybe we I mean now that bear with me for a moment as I think out
loud. Um we certainly can make a motion to table to wait for that information to come here. We certainly can order a public hearing, but I don't feel comfortable ordering a public hearing until we get that document. So yes, we're going to make a motion to table and leave it here. >> Right. To leave it here. >> The motion is to table. >> Right.
>> There's a motion to table second. >> No order public hearings. >> And you have a motion to do that. >> We do. We're going to table that motion. So that that's what I was trying to clarify for the record. Thank you. So this is the motion to table and I'm going to start with councelor Reyes.
>> She's saying yes. Thank you. Council >> Mamo, >> yes. >> Council Del Rosario, >> yes. >> Council Luzon is noted as absent. Council Lant, >> yes. >> Council Levy, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Fonte, >> yes. >> Council President Rodriguez,
>> yes. Council President, the same facts are in place for document 37425. I'd like to make a motion to reconsider that motion again so we can treat both of them in the same way. >> Second. >> Motion to reconsider. Properly second. Madame Cler, please call the role.
>> Um, this is on a motion to reconsider >> item 374. >> 37425. Um, council Levy. >> Yes. >> Council plant. >> Yes. >> Council Lozon is noted as absent. Council del Rosario. >> Yes. Council
Lo, can you take that uh read that up? >> Yes. Go ahead. Go ahead. >> Yeah. Go ahead. >> Council Marl. >> Yes. >> Council Reyes. >> Yes. >> Council Vice President Fonte. >> Yes. >> Council President Rodriguez. >> I would. Yes. Can you call the role for council Luzon? She's on Zoom.
>> Did I miss her? >> I know. But you mean just call the role first. >> Oh, Council um Council Luzon. >> Present. Council Loausan is noted as present. Thank you. >> Wondering. Clerk, I was going to vote
yes on that one. I'd like to make a motion now that um that we send correspondence to the DPW city engineer asking them for the report and then tableabling this matter. >> There's a motion to send correspondence
to the DPW city engineer uh to send the report over to the city council and a motion together with a motion to table. Uh, it's been properly second. Madame Clair, please call the role. >> Council Reyes.
>> Yes. >> Council Marmal. >> Yes. >> Council Dazario. >> Yes. >> Council Luzon. >> Yes. Yes. >> Council La Plant. >> Council Levy.
>> Yes. >> Council Vice President Fonte. >> Yes. >> Council President Rodriguez. >> I vote yes. Item 38025. Uh, chair of the budget of the ordinance committee. >> This is no parking Irving between Hampshire Street and Bington Street from
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. This was sent up to the full council with a table recommendation uh to order a public hearing. That's the motion. >> Second. >> Make note that it's from 6 pm to 7 a.m.
>> There's a motion on the table. properly second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Council Levy, >> yes. >> Council La Plant, >> yes. >> Council Luzon,
>> yes. >> Council Del Rosario, >> yes. >> Council Marmal, >> yes. >> Council Reyes, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Fonte, >> yes. >> Council President Rodriguez, >> yes. Item 3 31525. Um, councelor Le
4:1525 hayride uh for Halloween event on camp common October 24th from 6 to to 10 p.m. This was sent up to the full council with a favorable recommendation. Make that in the form of a motion. >> There's a motion on the table properly
second. Madame Clerk, please uh any questions? Madame Cler, please call the role. >> Council Reyes. Council Mamo, >> yes. >> Council del Rosario, >> yes. >> Council Luzison, >> yes. >> Council La Plant, >> yes.
>> Council Levy, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Fonte, >> yes. >> Council President Rodriguez, >> I vote on the affirmative. Motion carries. Item uh 41625. This is life, health, and wealth community cleanup walk 2025 at the
Arlington School to Howard Park on October 25th of this year from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. This was sent up to the full council with a fable recommendation. That's the motion. >> The motion is to properly second discussion.
It says uh community cleanup work. So I I think they're going to walk and clean as they go and then starting at one end and finishing at the other. >> Sounds ambitious. >> Council Rosario is going to headquartered and he's going to be one of the guest speakers of this. Is that
right, counselor? >> I haven't received the invite yet. No. >> All right. Any questions? You're going to walk in. Oh, those please call the role, please.
>> Council Reyes. Yes. >> Council Maml, >> yes. >> Council Del Rosario. >> Yes. >> Council Luzon. >> Yes. >> Council Lant. >> Yes. >> Council Levy. >> Yes. >> Council Vice President Infonte. >> Yes. >> Council President Rodriguez.
>> Well, yes. Now we go to personal committee. Item 39 39325. Madame chair for the personal committee. Councel infante. >> Item 393-25. Appointment of Jacqueline Jacqueline Marmo unenrolled voter to the board of
registars was sent up as a motion to withdraw was sent up as a as a withdrawal and I make that as a formal motion. >> There's a motion to withdraw >> discussion. Uh there is there is some discussion counc
>> I just want to hear I just think it's important especially in this time of year why this is being withdrawn >> or why there's a recommendation being withdrawn. >> Yep. Cler, give you the floor. >> I was going to say the third to the packet as well.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. In short, we did have correspondence from Secretary Galvan's office. We reached out to them directly and asked with regard to an unenrolled voter. And there's some very unique circumstances where you could do it, but this didn't meet any of the criteria. um the normal
and regular is that persons being appointed by a mayor um should fall into one of the two major political parties and there's restrictions right now we have two Democrats on the board um a vacancy and a Republican so the person being appointed should be a Republican
um and the person being appointed was unenrolled so at that because of that the um secretary's office recommended that we not um entertain this matter so the committee chose to withdraw it >> thank Councilors, any questions at this time? Madame Cler, please call
the role. >> A motion to withdraw. >> Motion to withdraw. Council Reyes. >> Yes. >> Council ammo. >> Yes. >> Council del Rosario. >> Yes. >> Council Luzon. >> Yes. >> Council Lant. >> Yes. >> Council Levy. >> Yes.
>> Council Vice President Infante. >> Yes. >> Council President Rodriguez. >> Yes. All right. Uh public safety committee there is no report. Economic development committee there is no report. Economic uh community committ of the hall there
is no report. We have two old business counselors that we need to uh we need to take care of. One of them is for item uh 24525. This item is been recommend to hold off an item to be uh discussed on the next
meeting. So what we'll do we will follow the recommendation of the administration. Um and the next item is item um the next item is for 1425 vote to confirm locations of that
November uh city council meeting per city rule number two. Um we're here today counselors and uh I don't foresee the chambers to be ready for November uh 6 due to the
fact that we're going to have the early voting that full week going to take place at the chambers as we announced and also after that the following week uh we believe that u employees that are working
uh on on the chambers will be busy doing personal matters. So, we will ask uh the council to reconsider moving this meeting again to this location on the November 6 meeting. I'll take
recommendation at this point. >> I make a motion to have the November 6 meeting at the South Lawrence East School Auditorium located at 165 Crawford Street, Lawrence Mass. Second. >> There's a motion on the table properly second. discussion.
I hear none. All those please call the role. >> Councelor Levy, >> yes. >> Council Lant, >> yes. >> Council Luzon, >> yes. >> Council Del Rosario, >> yes. >> Councelor Marmal, >> yes. >> Council Reyes,
>> yes. >> Council Vice President Infonte, >> yes. >> Council President Rodriguez. >> But on the affirmative, motion carries. So any table matters that we would like to discuss? I hear no. We're going straight to uh new business.
Uh item 41825 authorization to spend 405,377 uh uh BISP 911 support and incentive grant that's going to the B finance committee. Item three uh 41925
authorization to spend 23,946 uh fiscal year 2023 so grant uh address verification program that's going to the finance committee item 42025 author 36 to spent 23,846,000
uh $23,846 fiscal year 2024 um server grants address verification program that's going to the regional finance committee. Item 421 uh 42125
fiscal year 2026 property tax classification hearing uh that's going to the ban finance committee item uh 4225 disclosure of conflict of disclosure of conflict city employee as poll working
on pole worker on the election day Maria Hollerand u this will require a vote today counselors if we want to allow uh Maria uh Hollerin to participate on the election. For that, we need to
suspend rules uh suspend the rule first and then um to advise sending it to committee and then be able to discuss this item at this level. Can I hear a motion counselors to uh suspend the rules and not to be sent
to committee? Uh there is a motion to suspend the rule >> properly. Second discussion >> discussion council. >> So I want to ask this now and not during the next vote. How important is it that we have this
worker or any more workers uh to be working on the election. We're about to go ahead and go into pretzel mode is what I call it to try to shoehorn things that are coming in late. And the question I ask is it is it really an emergency? We
we're not doing an emergency vote yet, but I'm anticipating that. Do we really need to get that done tonight? >> D. >> Yeah, we have some strong city employees who really do a great job helping with the election. Uh Maria had
traditionally been one of those key people and hadn't done it for the last few years. We did speak and I did we actually invited her to please do this. So, it would be helpful to the office if she can get this accommodation and if she can't, we do understand um it did
come in late but um if possible, my office would really appreciate the accommodation if possible. >> Any other questions? >> I hear none. Now, call the questions to suspend the rules. Clair, please call the role.
>> This is on suspending the rules. Council Reyes. >> Council Mamo, >> yes. Council Del Rosario. >> Yes. >> Council Luzon. >> Council Luzon. >> Um, at this time I'm going to note that she's abstaining on this item. Council plant.
>> No. >> Council Levy. >> Yes. >> Council Vice President Infante. >> Yes. >> Council President Rodriguez. >> Yes. What's the count? The count is um
in favor one um voting no and one um voting absent being >> motion carries. >> All right. Now that we suspend the ring not to send it to committee we be able to discuss this item here. At this point I entertain a motion counselors to be
able to discuss this uh for the disclosure of conflict. >> Motion to approve. uh a parliamentary record. >> We just took a vote to suspend the rule so we don't send it to the committee, right? Doesn't there if we're going to
be taking action tonight, doesn't that require an emergency? >> Because we're going to take action tonight. It's going to be effective this evening. >> I'm sorry you're asking me. Yeah, I it would that would be the best of action
>> motion to declare item uh >> 422 >> 422-25 as an emergency for um community >> con convenience of the public >> right we are declaring this item as an emergency
for the convenience of the public u properly Second discussion. >> I hear no quite no discussion. Madame Clair, please call the role. >> Councelor Reyes. Reyes. Council >> Mamo. >> Yes. >> Council Del Rosario. >> Yes.
>> Council Luzon noted as absent. Council Lant. >> No. >> Councelor Levy. >> Yes. >> Council Vice President Fonte. >> Yes. >> Council President Rodriguez. >> Yes. What's the >> name again? Is this 611? So,
>> Council President, let me just remind that when we need to reverse the roll call votes on those, I believe it was the same one I s >> motion carries. Uh, yes, we we'll take care of that. I noted that. Uh, now we'll entertain a motion to approve.
>> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> The motion to approve properly second. Discussion. I hear none. Uh, all clear, please call the role. >> Levy, >> yes. >> Plant, >> yes. Council Luzon noted is absent. Council del Rosario.
>> Yes. >> Council Marmal. >> Yes. >> Council Reyes. >> Yes. >> Council Vice President Fonte. >> Yes. >> Council Rodriguez. >> Vote. Yes. What's the count? >> I Yes. >> Yeah. >> All right. Motion carries. It
congratulations. Item 42325 November 28 November 8, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This is going to the ordinance committee. Item 42425 Hendica parking at 124 Trimmond Street Tren
Trenton Street. That's going to the ordinance committee. Item 42525 removal of Hendica parking located at 18 Fton Street. That's going to the ordinance committee. Item 42625, removal of handicap parking
of 17 High Street. That's going to the ordinance committee. Item uh 428 25 removal of parking 43 M Street. That's going to the ordinance committee. Item, excuse me, that was item 42725, removal
of Hendica parking on 43m Street. Now item uh 42825 uh rename a portion of Orchard Street uh to Jackson Terren that's going to the ordinance committee. Item 42925 resident parking at Saratoga Street
between U St and Alington Street that's going to the ordinance committee. Item 43025, no parking area on Pur Street. That's going to the ordinance committee. Uh now, councilors, we are going to entertain.
We're going uh we're going to ask um for subcommittee meetings or >> next Tuesday, October 28th, 7 p.m. >> Next Tuesday. Uh, and then we have budget and finance.
>> I'm going to do my callers a favor. I'm going to do Monday 7 at 700 p.m. so that you guys can have the rest of the week October 27th. >> Any other committee or if any other meeting uh for other
committee they can uh please reach out to Teresa to uh schedule those meetings. Uh yes, all the subcommittee meetings also going to be zoom. So if you have um if you would like to participate on any of
those meetings, make sure that you request the zoom link. U members of the public who would like to participate counselors any other item I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> Motion to adjurnn.
>> Second. Is anything call clear? Please call the roll. I think I'm forgetting something. >> Council Levy, >> yes. >> Council plant, >> yes. >> Council Luzon noted as absent. Council
del Rosario. >> Yes. >> Council Marl, >> yes. >> Council Reyes, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Infante, >> yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote, >> yes. Thank you, counselors. >> Good night.
>> Thank