Now join me for the pledge of allegiance. United States of America and to the republic for it stands nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Councilors, can I get a minute? Can I
get a motion to approve minutes from April 15, 2025? So moved. Second. And April 29, 2025. There is a motion uh properly second. Discussion. I hear no. Madame Clair, please call the role.
Um, Council Reyes, yes. Council Marl, noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council La Plant, yes. Council Levy,
do you um council vice president Infonte? Yes. Council President Rodriguez, every vote. Yes. Uh we're going to uh first of all uh ask everybody to excuse the uh the council for the construction going on. Um, and
we're going to pursue with a public participation. Public participation rules are as follow. Please, you're going to have two and a half minute to speak. At the 2 minutes mark, you're going to have a beep or sounds that indicate that you still have 30 seconds
to speak. Uh, at the 2.5 minutes, uh, your time is up. Please refer to the council as a whole, not to any individual counselors. The first person that we have on the uh on the list is H Mali. Name and address
for the record, please. to the chief of the police. This union of pride and honor has done excellent job to protect our citizens. We are supporting police union senior officers union as a citizen for
four years in this great city. I testify this is the best team and leadership. Thank you for making Norris a beautiful city. 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 Raf. One of the best superintendent in the history of Lawrence public school moving forward. Lawrence teachers thank
you for excellent job. Thank you for doing best sacrifice for improvement of Lawrence public school. Lawrence always strong. Lawrence always unite. We are proud to support our veterans. Thank you for ultimate courage. Thank you for
standing for land of free home of brave. We must hire two vacant position to veterans department. We must create the best elder commission for our city. Laurentian our number one champion of the support of Union Roy. We pray for
the safety of all police officers and first responder. We support Lawrence police union. We the citizen very much sudden one of our beloved counselor has to leave. We the citizen are united. Thank you for your courage. Thank you
for passion for making a law a better city. We love you. We stand united to support you. Thank you. The next person that we have on the list is uh Rich Russell. Councelor Russell. Good evening, councilors. I'm Rich
Russell, 34 Cross Street. Uh will you please finally put the police chief selection to bed so we can start this fiasco all over again with the fire chief? It's a shame that the council's ancestors 10 or 15 years
ago bowed down to several mayor's wishes. No, demands to remove those positions from civil service selection process. But it is what it is. I don't know about you and others that may be politically connected, but there are
several positions in the city government where professionalism is more important than politics. Another position, in my humble opinion, that warrants professionalism is the position of Catho, which I guess the search will commence after the fire chief's search
concludes. Quite frankly, I would like to see the selection for all three of those positions to be put on hold until after the November municipal election is certified. Let the elected mayor, whoever it may be, decide who should get those jobs with no appearance of
impropriy. Just because this speaker may have snow on his roof doesn't mean his attic isn't a deep freeze about political chicainery. I have serious complaints about the nomination process for the upcoming election. The city makes another attempt uh this election
makes another attempt on my part to help the city by getting on the council. In my previous attempts, part of the nomination process packet was a G that was given was a CD ROM. We don't get that anymore. We get a an email account.
We get an email file. Microsoft. I don't do Bill Gates. I don't do Microsoft. It's a pain in the ass, quite frankly, to try to convert Microsoft to Open Office.
Uh, and I was told that the city got new computers that do not have CD writers. Do these computers have a USB port? Then a CD writer could be attached. Why would it make sense to have just one
computer to produce these CD ROMs? Last, the most important agenda item of the year, 16525, the FY26 budget will be introduced tonight. Any bets on the overunder on the number of employees and the salary in the mayor's office will be
I'm taking the over on nine employees and the over on a million dollars in salary. As always, I thank you for the time to express my concerns. Thank you. The next person that we has is uh Brenda Rosie. Name and address for the record, please. Brenda Rosie, 127 Chester
Street. This is going to be really short and sweet. We've been without a qualified police chief for far too long. Please confirm Captain Aguilar as our new police chief. Thank you. The next person that we have is uh Mike
Smart. Good evening. My name is Mike Saran, 90 Lowel Street. I am here on behalf of the superior officers of the Lawrence Police Department, local NAPBA number 145. I'm just here to simply state that it's been a long two years since we've had a permanent chief and this department is
is waiting for that to happen. We appreciate the mayor's nominee, Captain Maurice Aguular, a very honored member of our department who's very worthy of the position. And uh we pledge our full support to Captain Aguilar as our next chief. And we pledge our continued
support to the citizens of Lawrence. Thank you for your your um your support. Thank you. Thank you. The next person that we have is uh James Russo. James Dzel. Sorry. Name and address for the record, please.
Good evening, council. This is James Jazz 090 L Street. A couple months ago, I stood here before you were and brought to the attention because my concerns surrounding the status of the police chief search. As you all aware, I expect to be based on representations to be part of that search committee because I wanted to ensure a fair and transparent
process. When I was told I was not part of that committee, I was worried. Worried that perhaps the most qualified person might not actually be chosen. I wasn't part of the process. I obviously don't know who else was considered, what their qualifications were, but I'm here on behalf of not only myself, but the
superior officers union to to let you know that we are fully support of Captain Maurice Aguilar being our next police chief. I have worked with Captain Aguilar for numerous years, var capacities. He's gained the respect of not only fellow officers, other departments and community. I can attest
personally and professionally. Captain Aua is a hardworking, honest member of community. He is also a licensed attorney, a good standing with the Massachusetts Bar Association. After the past few years, uh, police reform changed policing and I was assigned to the accreditation manager. Past two
years, I've had an uphill battle. Captain Aguilot during those two years consistently been someone who has supported the department's need for accreditation, has assisted whenever I asked him to help. He understood my roadblocks in the path to agency certification. All our neighboring
communities are are certified accredited. Mthuan, North Andover, Andover, and where we are not accredited because of lack of leadership, permanent leadership. We we accreditation shows transparency within, outside the department, shows accountability for everybody's actions. This should not be
a hard process to get to. This is the gold star of policing, striving for excellence. Accreditation is so important in today's day and age. And while Lawrence Police Department has some work to do with with Captain Aguilar as chief, I'm confident that we can be accomplish this in short order by
the end of 2025. If Captain Ed was made chief two years ago, it's my belief we would be working on reacredititation. We would have policy procedures. We would have accountability. Further, Captain Agar has has a proven track record proven track record in handling some of our more complicated current police
department issues such as grant writing, body cameras, dealing with vagrancy issues. He has experience in handling these issues as chief and would have the authority and tools to handle these important issues in a timely manner. He has already established open lines of communications with uh stakeholders and
will listen to anyone or and that has suggestions regarding community and police services. On this note, I believe anyone that wants a voice heard will be given the opportunity by Captain Agular to explain any concerns, get proper feedback, which would include setting up in-person meetings and timely responses
to emails. All these things are going to be for the record and right away anybody from the uh from the mayor's office that would like to introduce the budget. So 10 minutes. So uh we go into
communications from mayor uh city officials and city of Chenny. The first item on there is that item 1642 24 no 16225
164 Okay. Sorry. 1642 24 the 24 25. Yeah. 25. This is the fiscal year 2026 uh municipal budget. Uh if you if we would like would like to get an introduction uh of the budget.
Good evening uh council president, councilors. Good evening. Um, we can finally say that we have uh finalized a draft of the budget uh for the approval of the city council. Uh, there's a memo
and a statement from uh the uh the mayor in regards to uh the new budget that is going to be presented to you. uh despite the fact that there's a balanced budget uh I would like you
during your the process of reviewing the budget to um to consider the fact that there are several or there were complex decision that had to be made in regards to uh the budget this
year because of obviously federal uh policies uh policy decisions as well as the state uh in terms of budget cuts. So um we have uh done a
comprehensive analysis of it. Uh we hope uh that now uh we won't have any additional cuts that will come from uh let's say from the the federal government to the state
that would affect us. One of the uh issues that we looked at was recently there was a um uh a decision to cut the from the department of health in regards to the the uh inspectional services which was
affected and um of which five employees would not be funded this year. But we have proposed two additional uh positions which was previously funded by a grant uh for your consideration. Uh further than that
during the uh budget committee we go will go more extensively into the details and um I was informed by after the conversation with you today uh council president I spoken with uh our acting cattle and she said that she
would be in correspondence with you to determine the date for that. All right. Thank you. With that said, item 16425, the fiscal year 2026 for municipal budget will be sent to the
budget and finance committee. Uh now going on top of that, uh now going to the committee report and we're going to start right away with budget and finance committee. Madame vice president, the chair of the budget and finance committee, Stephanie Fonda. Thank you, Council President. through
you. The first item under the budget and finance committee is item 154-25, the authorization to expend $50,000 from for the Mosaic municipal matching grant and it was sent up as a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. Second. There is a
motion on the table properly second. U discussion on the item. I hear none at this point. Madame Clair, please call the role. Council Reyes. Yes. Council Mamo is noted as absent. Sorry.
Council Mamo is noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. He's noted as yes. Um, Council Luzon, yes. Council La Plant, yes. Council Levy, yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote
yes. Uh, continue with the budget and finance committee. Item 15525. Item 155-25 report and presentation on the creating a thriving Lawrence program was sent up as a committee report and I make
that as a formal motion. Second. There's a motion on the table as uh to accept this as a committee report properly. Second discussion discussion. Madame vice president. Thank you council president. the budget and finance committee decided to send this up as a
committee report uh because we received a very informative uh presentation from our financial manager and I would like for the rest of the council to hear or to learn about this presentation and the
amazing things that are happening within our communities with our partnering um organizations. All right. uh we uh have uh received that presentation at the VA and finance committee and uh and now we're going to have a potential summary of that uh of
the presentation. Um Susan Finn, you have the floor. Good evening, councilors. Oh, I'm having some technical difficulties. Okay. Um through the Creating a Thriving
Lawrence program, um 35 projects were funded to 33 nonprofit organizations. Um you voted to fund $4,445,000 spent to date. As of April 21st, we have spent 2,514,555.
There's 84,30625 in pending payments, leaving us a balance of $1.8 million. So, I'm going to go quickly through um each of the organizations and give you a brief um synopsis of what
they did. Um Comando Amundo de personas discoasad works with families with children that have an IEP. They train parents to become advocates for special education and over 150 parents have graduated and become strong community
leaders. Ato Dominicano de Noea presents the Bohemian sunset program which is a weekly cultural event that showcases music, dance and art for 12 weeks each summer and over 300 people attend the event each week.
Institut Cultural de Puerto Rico presents the Bomba Planer Festival that celebrates traditional Bombay planer music performed by distinguished artists and over 500 people attended the 2024 festival. The International Book Fair
brings together adults, children, writers, artists, and professors at various events such as the children's fair held at the Lawrence Public Library and the youth fair held at Lawrence High. Almost 1,200 participants in the 2024 f attended the 2024 festival and
the 2025 festival is dedicated to Chile. Hispanic Image Smart Women's Biz Hub supports local Latina business women through monthly networking breakfasts, conferences, and a gala where awards were given out for impactful community
leaders. Sharing Hope provides healing through art program that fosters creativity, builds confidence, enhances skills, and provides therapeutic benefits to over 100 families. And backpacks filled with school supplies were also provided to the
participants. Straight Ahead Ministries works with youth and young adults involved in the correction system. 35 participants graduated with woodworking skills. 21 received a diploma or high set and 116 DY youth received mentoring
and peer support. Elevated thought expanded the I am art I am change apprenticeship program where 60 youth participated and were paid a stipen to participate in four tracks photo and video visual art creative writing and social justice that enabled
them to visualize creative careers and participate in public art projects coding and workshop found facilitation youth were also exposed to galleries such as the Leica MoMA and the Addison beyond soccer served 1,000 209
youth in year- round soccer, the Lawrence youth soccer, incity league, and winter football. 83 youth had paid jobs as junior coaches and coach mentors. 481 participated in the summer enrichment day camps. 46 received after
school tutoring and college support. 96 participated in Beyond Resilient Girls and 85 students at the Allington and Gilmet schools participated in the inschool soccer and wellness program. Groundwork Lawrence expanded the meals that heal community style cooking classes where participants
learned to prepare healthy meals that incorporate fruits and vegetables. Three sessions of classes were held with a total of 50 participants. The Essex Art Center hosts Fiesta in Laalier, a free block party that features m live music performance,
dancing, art activities, and a community- based art exhibition. Over 2,000 people attend each July. Nectar Community Investments, formerly Mil City Community Investments or MCCI, received funds to provide fan financing capital to Lawrence small
business owners to expand their enterprises and build wealth. Some of this funding was intended to support business owners to purchase and own their own commercial space. Two businesses assisted were Kirby 30, a gym catering to a female clientele, and Sweet Grace Heavenly Cakes, which was
destroyed by a fire in 2023. Sweet Grace rebuilt the bakery and added four residential units above their property. GLCAC's healthy homes program is dedicated to creating safe and healthy living environments for families in Lawrence. The early division learning
division clients were offered solutions for childproofing hazards, maintaining a clean environment, and promoting a safer environment. In 2024, 139 families were provided supplies such as fire extinguishers, first aid kits, carbon monoxide detectors, etc., and connected
to other resources and programs. And to date, in 2025, 87 families were supported the same way. Lazarus House Ministries um used the funds to provide meals at the soup kitchen, provide groceries at the food pantry,
um support emergency shelter bed nights, and the capernum place transitional housing bed nights. Bread and Roses Heritage Festival is a free festival each year on Labor Day and honors the 1912 Bread and Roses strike and promotes social justice, worker rights, and immigrant
stories. features music, art, education, local vendors, and family activities, and attendance is estimated at 2,000 people. In 2024, the logo that represented the theme of literacy and democracy was created by a 14-year-old Lawrence
student. And in partnership with the library, there was a story walking camp allowing visitors to engage with literature in an interactive outdoor setting. the feast of the three saints, another Labor Day weekend um festival. Um in
2023, they celebrated their 100th anniversary and funds were used to help defay the cost of police and fire details, which ultimately provided comfort to all who attended. This funding allowed the society free up capital to used as for scholarships and
charitable giving to nonprofits. Top-notch Scholars is a youth leadership organization and almost 1,200 youth lives were impacted by variousmies, keynote speeches, scholarships and mentoring sessions. Top-notch water is a product of the
entrepreneurship academy and students increased the number of clients from 5 to 15 and learn skills required for a successful company. And in the healthcare academy, students were allowed to explore careers in the healthcare industry with partners such as the greater Lawrence Family Health
Center, Lawrence General, and AFC Urgent Care. And they have a waiting list of over 88 students on it, and they're looking for more partners. The alarmist adult learning center um used funds to expand access to the citizenship process for low-income
residents, providing educational outreach, highquality citizenship and ESOL con instruction, one-on-one tutoring, legal assistance, and voucher support for the N400 application. Citizenship forums were held. More than 200 hours of mark
interviews were held and financial assistance was provided to 20 students. 70 students became citizens, 11 are awaiting their naturalization interview, and over 100 students are involved in the ESOL citizenship classes.
The Great Lawrence Community Boating Program supports the recreation department by hosting 250 children every Monday and Wednesday, including lunch and membership seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. They also provide full summer camp activities for 57 students a day, including lunch program,
arts and crafts, gym and games, science, field trips, puzzles and staging, and water safety education. And 1,820 free scholarships were given. and they have been supporting Lawrence families for 46 years. Seno's basketball provides
afterchool sports programming for 260 youth ages 7 to 18 at three sites. Has 11 teams competing in the AAOU circuit and 30 youth attended two basketball camps in Spain in the summer of 2024. They also provide academic tutoring, a
reading program, assist with private and school choice enrollment, college and career readiness, and have workshops on substance use, mental health, and youth development. The leadership development included year-round and summer youth jobs, coaching training for older students, athletes, and youth tobacco
prevention movement to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco and vaping among youth in the community. Serving Stars is the first and only tennis program in Lawrence. 31 participants in the afterchool program and 250 in the summer program. Funds
helped provide transportation to and from the program. Provided fitness tracking devices. There was assistance with applications for summer programs. There were trips to Brooks School and Harvard University and high school mentor program.
The Lawrence Sports Alliance used the grant to support the launch and continue partnership effort of championing championing her game that introduces hundreds of Lawrence girls to free quality sports experiences for a full week each February. Um since co there's
been a sharp decline in girls sports participation at Lawrence High School. There's over 50% drop in basketball, softball, track and field. field hockey folded entirely and the freshman and JV teams are unable to fill rosters in multiple sports and they want to reverse
this trend. 16 different sports activities were sponsored with over a thousand participants over the two years. Over 30 partners contributed over 1,000 items of sports equipment and gear given out to the to the youth. Funding
also helps support sportsbased youth development training with partner center for healing and justice through sports. All of in July held citizenship classes and ESOL classes. In FY24, 64 of the 74 students became citizens. And in
FY25, 68 out of 76 participants became citizens. There are currently 20 participants in the citizenship classes, 18 in the English classes, and 106 on their waiting list. Lawtown Boxing Gym works to keep individuals active and away from the
streets. They work on the physical and mental well-being of their members. They recently added a women's night Wednesday to promote the gym and increase female membership. They have created a connection with the Lawrence Police Department and officers work out at the gym and create a connection with the
youth. And they plan to have discussions weekly on opioids, gangs, violence, and the consequences that follow. Samana Hispana was first held in September of 1979 and aims to showcase the rich traditions of various Latin
American countries through music, food and dance. During the event, the countries are able to share um their food and traditions and the grand festival Saman Hispan is held on the camping young common for two days and
attracts many families to the to the festival. The Downtown Lawrence Association maintained 18 planters on Essex Street during the summer and holiday season. They coordinated the installation of 80,000 LED holiday lights on Essex Street and 40 poles with
holiday gallons and bows. They collaborated with Elevated Thought on the design and production of Welcome to Lawrence mural in an Essex Street alley. They worked and helped launch the C. Lawrence marketing campaign and they collaborate in part with Mass Development's TDI district to install
banners on Essex Street with branding messages. The Joey Fornia Services is dedicated to violence prevention education and support and public awareness. Second Step teaches children to change the very attitudes and behaviors that contribute to violence
and drug abuse. The afterchool enrichment program uses enrichment activities in art, music, and drama to reinforce the same drug and violence prevention, pro-social skills of empathy, impulse control, and problem solving, and anger management. 50 children
participated, and each participant spent three days in after school classes for an hour and a half each day. The New England Art and Cultural Center provided art lessons in various mediums, modeling classes and music lessons where students are learning to read music and
play guitar and piano. Noro Cosmet beauty certificate program is initiative that was to certify five men or women looking to acquire their cosmetology license to work as buticians in Lawrence and this included manicure and pedicure
certifications as well. The number of students jumped from five to nine and right now eight are awaiting their licensing exam. Family services of the Mary Valley used funds to support the mental health clinic where in FY24 over 300 individuals were provided with more than
5,000 hours of therapy. Funds were also used to support renovations to their building which provided improved client experiences, accessibility enhancements, energy efficiencies, and safety and security measurements. The Boys and Girls Club of
Lawrence received funding for two different programs. The first is planning for the future, which helps middle schoolers and high schoolers determine their next steps. Uh 65 middle schoolers and 115 high schoolers participated. They were provided guidance on admission to colleges, trade school, and prep school.
And this included visits, application, and financial aid. And they held a college fair and a career fair. The second program was a music program. In a study of 100,000 students, music students scored higher in science, math, and English. So, music is very
important. 70 members have one-on-one weekly music lessons in guitar, bass, piano, drum, digital production, singing, and ukulele. and 85 members play instruments during free time more than once a week. They have solo performances, group performances, and
open mic performances. Greater Lawrence Family Health Center was able to prove health improve health outcomes through the purchase of equipment that supported um expanding service capacity and elevate the quality of health care services, expand and improve prenatal and
pediatric care, disease management and screening services. Lawrence Partnership used their funds to support the revolving test kitchen whose mission is to provide a low barrier entry point for food entrepreneurs into the food industry to incubate and
responsibly grow local food businesses creating sustainable businesses, employment and contributing taxes to local community. There are currently 17 active local food entrepreneurs working out of the revolving test kitchen. Some graduates that have moved on into their own brick and mortar establishments are
Three Garcia, Cocoa Rays, Bine Bakery, Jesse's Place, Planted Donuts, Urban Farm, and Wings on Wheels. Funds were also used to support operations, including the support of the Know Your City program, which is held um 10
sessions designed to educate residents about the inner workings of local government. And finally, the Lawrence Theater Festival provided cultural enrichment by highlighting local and global theatrical talents, encouraging the appreciation of diverse stories and traditions, and
revives classical works and promotes contemporary plays. There are community engagement and educational opportunities such as workshops for acting, writing, and directing and student matineese with talkbacks with the artists.
I tried to do that fast. Yes, council trying to keep up. Yeah. Yeah. Council President, I would uh like to uh take a moment uh before the same
way we did during the budget committee uh the budget and finance committee to thank staff for the wonderful work that they have done. that has been done not without glitches, but we did uh overall because I I I say that because I believe
that um uh I mean if I may recall that during the our first presentation when you as a city council or those that were there at that time, you had your concerns whether staff was able to manage the amount of uh you know the the
millions over a million dollars in in grant funding to the community, but they have done a good job with it. And I would like you to uh just the same that we did during the uh budget and finance committee to mention some of the
challenges that we have before the questions that that uh maybe you may have for for us or for the audience. So um what I would say is lessons learned from from this experience. I would probably
um suggest that we do a workshop if we do do a program like this again, do a workshop like we do with the CDBG um subgrantees is to bring everybody together at the beginning of the program and sort of give them a training on what we're expecting out of them, how we want
their invoices to come in, what type of paperwork we're looking for, what type of reporting um is needed. I think that would have cut down on some of the back and forth that I've that we've had to do with some of the organizations and the organizations have really done a great job. Anytime I've asked them to provide
additional information, they've been very responsive. Um, we have had a few organizations that have asked for some budget amendments, moving money from one item to another, which was a relatively easy process. Um, I think that maybe it might have
been better to bring on maybe even another part-time person to help with this because this this was honestly a lot of work. Um, it was 35 contracts um reviewing invoices. Um, some of them agencies just put in for one payment,
some did two, some have done six or eight. And it's a lot of work going over those invoices, making sure everything lines up, making sure it's in line with the budget that's in their contract, making adjustments if we have to do that. So, I think that perhaps it was um
a little ambitious of us, but we got through it. Um couldn't have done it without Kate and Marisol Cologne, who's not here tonight, but she was um a big help to me in in reviewing um invoices. Um yeah, I think that's what I would say. And just a mention to my nonprofits
that are here, if you didn't sign the signin sheet, be sure you sign the clipboard that's out in the lobby before you leave to make sure you get credit for being here. All right. Uh uh thank you. Thank you all for uh actually putting the presentation together.
uh the reporting portion of it. It was some of the requirement that the city council imposed um while we were uh discussing this uh 4 34 million
um out of the ARPA funds so sequentially the free cash. So having this uh information in front of us definitely appreciate it uh and all the work that you guys have done. So thank you Uh, Council President, lastly,
um, we would like to thank our partners uh, for their patience. I know this was a it was not an easy process tonight. It's made easy to you, but it's not uh, especially when it came to reporting and
uh, for them to provide the information. But we are satisfied with all our partners and it shows that we are strong community uh despite our differences, despite our uh lack of resources. Uh but
all our partners have been a true friends to our community and therefore I would like to request you to join me in giving them a round of applause. Thank you.
So um well again thank you most of that organization if not all are here today uh in case that anybody have questions as of what they do what they were doing or what type of service they provide to the community they're going to be available later on u while they getting
out so this is a great opportunity to network uh with our partners the city of Lawrence is here today. So, thank you. Council President, uh, Council Lucen, I have a question. Council President, if I may. Um,
uh, once again, I would like to congratulate uh, K. Maris Soul and, uh, Sufink uh, as always uh, for her leadership um, and the administration for putting this uh, grant together. But I do have a
question in regards to the $400 that uh is that part of that package? Uh 400,000. Thank you, Council President. $400,000. Thank you, Council President. That was voted for uh
Federana was voted by this council and is part of this package. And I understand that um the uh executive director Sarah Perez has been working closely with um
director for getting her name Pimementel Pimentel. Uh and I want I would like to hear from Sue uh for uh from the manager of finance uh Sue think if she's aware
of this conversation where is this money and what is the expect what uh is the federation should be expecting a next step on this amount of money. So I have not been involved in any conversations between director Pimentel and
Federation's executive director. So I really can't can't speak on that. Uh so online may I Oh good. Do you want to ask answer? Yeah, I mean I will Pimementel, Director Pimementel,
do you have any uh answer to the question that just was just asked by councelor Luzon? Good evening everyone. Good evening, city council. Yes. Um we actually had reached out and spoke with um executive
director Perez. Although after the conversations, we have been instructed that there is currently a spending freeze and we're waiting and pending um further guidance and if the senior advisor is there, he might be able to
make a comment on that. But at this point, uh it has been paused due to the spending freeze. Do you have any uh I wasn't able to hear correct the very it was very low the volume. Yes. Uh, council president, uh,
I'm going to repeat the same thing I mentioned uh, during the budget and finance committee meeting. Uh based on the recommendations uh of our acting cafo in terms of uh suggesting a
spending freeze, we have uh the mayor have decided to uh to not to spend those funds and to return it back to the to the uh not to use it uh not to expend
those funds. And that would be uh part of the general funds essentially. Uh for that to happen since the council already allocate those funds to uh drive lens that need to come back to the city council and reallocate it
back. I mean we can look into the process as of how that's supposed to happen. Uh but I mean it's not just I know the vote need to happen. I mean that's that's not enough for sure. the pro process-wise we can discuss that later if yes and and that will come
before you but I would like the uh during the uh discussion of the budget and finance uh committee when there our operating budget is presented to you uh to have those discussions and you can ask our cap or I will be there or uh
member of the of the mayor's office would would be here to explain that council president if I may last week uh senior advisor uh mentioned that the funds were frozen that due to a uh the
federal uh government there was some issues there so from last week to today I'm getting a totally different uh answer senior advisor no it's it's consistent I haven't gone into details
but I did present to you early on that uh based on our comprehensive assessment of the operating uh I mean fiscal year 2026 budget. Um you're does it make any
sense for us to spend money knowing that the federal government at the federal government uh at the federal level as well as state level there's cuts. So we're trying to save as much money as we can. We're not going to overspend money at least as those are the
recommendations. So tonight I mentioned that uh based on a very briefly but when we would have these discussions during the um during the budget presentation uh you will have more clarity. So in other
words we're not going to spend money if we don't have it. We're not spending money if we know that we are going to have uh you know challenges uh in the future. But you mentioned through you council president you thank you council
president you mentioned returning so this is it it's still confusing and I hope that in the next meeting uh you can bring more clarity to this but you just mentioned returning and on the other at the other meet in
the previous meeting you mentioned frozen so for the federana the com it's it you're not giving them a an answer. Uh it it it's it's it's not clear what is the plan. So
is the money here uh are you returning the money? It looks like uh that the administration is not willing to comply with the money that we as a council uh allocated to
federient senior advisor. I think you're mistaken and and I do it that respectfully. Um remember or to refresh your memory uh there was a a reimbursement um requirement. At that time the the
federas uh was not able to comply with that requirement and in order just like the council president mentioned this needs to come before you. But it would not come before you unless uh we will have
our acting capo before you and to explain how we uh how we decided or basically are making the recommendation to you uh to not to expend that money
to you council president. I think thank you. Uh I think uh I think you are confused. I think you need to go back and check the minutes because the council
approved the uh the funds. It was sent uh back the mayor's office. It was sent back to the mayor's office and it came back again to the city council and it was not a reimbursement. It was approved
as a loan uh to the members of the federation of of commerce uh federanes. So it will be uh in the benefit of the community so we can bring clarity to this and especially to the members of
federana because you giving a totally different narrative. Uh we all the respect senior advisor. So hopefully in the next meeting we can bring uh being in one page in in the same page uh to
avoid any future confusion. I remember uh council president through you the I think the city attorney at that time give an extensive explanation to the city council but not to further discuss this. I think we can have the
opportunity uh during the budget and finance committee as you said to give you more clarification. Uh thank you council president. Thank you senior advisor. You're welcome. Thank you. All right. If uh if not if there is any other questions uh we
definitely appreciate um Oh, you have a question. Uh councelor Lan a couple comments and a question. I just want to recognize someone in the audience tonight who was an applicant. Representative Donna Ko Como is here and I just we typically re recognize officials or ex officials who are in
attendance. So I just want to acknowledge Representative and thank you for being here and for all the work that she's done with her organization. That's the first thing. Uh second thing is um the one of the big pockets of money was for the Lawrence Development Authority.
Is that a separate item or is that okay? Um third four things. Third item is uh the balance on the B on on the sheet of money out of the 4.4 there's 1.8 approximately million dollars of balance left. Uh is there a deadline for those
monies to be spent? June 30th of this year. Thank you. And the last question or comment is uh there is an old biblical um brahmide if you will uh that says that if you give a man a fish, he eats
for a meal. uh you teach him how to fish, he eats for a lifetime. Um using that metaphor, if you will, um with the organ with the money that we spent, the approximately $4.4 million that we
spent, do you foresee any seed money being spent that's going to produce not just a one-time situation? There's there's some here that I can see they're going to be one time and that's going to be it. I get it. But I'm hopeful that when we spend these kinds of monies to
prop and to provide certain stimulus and catalyst of monies to our nonprofit sector that that will translate and perhaps provide uh like I said a stimulus or a catalyst to find something that's going to per per continue beyond
this year. Perhaps unfair question but I'll ask it anyway. Are you aware of any organizations that you can highlight that that says to you or says to the to us as government leaders? Yes, I really see promise with this one organization
and what they're doing with respect to having something be a bit more than just a one year. I would have to say that um I can't pinpoint one um off the top of my head, but I would say that the
experience that they have had being like subreients of the city has taught them the skills that they need to apply for other grants and to be able to meet grant requirements, meet deadlines, meet reporting requirements.
So, I think we've sort of trained them in some small way to do what you're hoping that they're going to be doing is seeking other funding sources and be successful with those funds. Thank you, Council President. Through you to to the audience and the people that are here on
behalf of their organization. Uh we do not have time tonight, I don't think, to go through and ask that question to each organization. However, my information is on the website. I'm easy to find. if your organization for you council president has something that you want to highlight that answers that question
that says yes we did something and yes I think this is going to produce something much bigger and greater in years forward I would like to hear that thank you council president thank you councel plan uh well if there is no other questions
or we're going to uh proceed with the agenda counselor at this point thank you councelor I would like to make a motion Motion to withdraw item 155-25. There's a motion to withdraw item 15525. Can you hear a second? Second.
Properly second. Before we withdraw. Before we withdraw, we have another motion uh which is a motion to accept this item as a committee report. Okay. Uh I'll adopt at this point. I'll call uh the question to accept it as a committee report. subsequently uh do the
withdrawal. Uh Madame Clair, please call the role. This is a roll call vote on the um accepting the committee report. Councelor Levy, yes. Council Lant, yes. Councelor Luzon, yes. Councelor Del Rosario, yes. Councelor Santiago, yes.
Council Mama is noted as absent. Councel Reyes, yes. Council Vice President Infonte, yes. Council President, I vote yes. Now I entertain a motion to withdraw. Motion to withdraw. Can I get a second? Second. Properly second. Discussion. I
hear no. Madame Clair, please call the role. Council Reyes. Yes. Council Maml is noted as absent. Council Santiago. Yes. Council del Rosario. Yes. Councelor Luzon. Council Lant. Yes. Council Levy. Yes.
Council Vice President Fonte. Yes. Council President Rodriguez. I vote yes. Thank you everybody that was here for this item. Uh now counselors I would like to entertain who have it
open. Look at the smell. Oh yeah. Um counselors at this point I would like to send a motion to unte it 16325. The confirmation of Maurice Aguilar, nominee of nominee for chief of police.
This is a motion to unt item properly. Second uh madame cla please call the role. No wait one minute. That way he can leave. Council um Levy on the roll call for the untabling. Yes. Council plant.
Yes. Council Luzon. Yes. Council del Rosario. Yes. Councelor Ml is noted as absent. Councelor um Santiago, yes. Councelor Reyes, yes. Council vice president, yes. Council president, I
vote yes. Uh before we send it, uh we send this item to committee. I would like to read for the record an explanation of section 3.7 of the Len City uh and a memo from the city of Cheney. Madame Clerk, do you mind reading the
memo from the city of China? No. Um, can we got the door closed, please? Um, here. This is a memo that Let's be a little louder. This is a memo that the council received from attorney Timothy Hooton on May 2nd
and it reads, "It has been brought to my attention that we are not in compliance with the city of Lawrence charter provision 3.7, appointments of two city offices regarding the other night's meeting. Section A of 3.7 provides the city
council shall refer all such candidates to the standing committee on personnel and administration which shall investigate all such candidates for confirmation and make a report with recommendations to the full city council no less than seven nor more than 21 days
following such referral. Although this matter was referred to personnel and then returned, no investigation in referral was made. The word shall is important word as it implies a requirement. I suggest that this item be untabd and referred to the
committee at the next meeting understanding that the 30-day clock is running. If no vote is taken by the full council before the 30 days after filing, it passes automatically and it's signed Timothy P. Hootin. All right. With that said, I would like I'm going to be
sending this item to committee to the personal committee specifically and subsequentally at the end of the meeting uh that uh the or the the personnel committee will set up appropriate date for the interview and
investigation. Uh thank you everybody that was here representing and representation of this item. So let's go back to the budget and finance committee. Madame Vice President Infante and the chair of the budget and finance
committee. Thank you for you council president. The next item we have is item 156-25 appropriate appropriation transfer in the amount of $5,000 from business and economic development instate travel to office
supplies was sent up as a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. There is a motion on the table properly properly second discussion on the matters. I hear no. Madame Cler, please call the role. Councelor Reyes, yes.
Council Marmal is noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council La Plant, yes. Council Levy, yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes. Council President, I vote yes. Uh, now
item 15725. Item 157-25, appropriation transfer in the amount of $5,200 from business and economic development instate travel to other purchased services is sent was sent up
as a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. There is a motion on the table. There is a motion. Uh, can I hear a second? properly second discussion. I hear none. Madame Clair, please call the role.
Council Levy, yes. Council plant, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Councelor Santiago, yes. Council Mamo is noted as absent. Council Reyes, yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes.
Council President, I vote yes. Item 15925. Item 159-25, authorization to expend $25,000 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of the Attorney General for the Nikki Jam Music and Art
Center design agreement 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. Discussion. Council La Plan. Thanks. So, um, I don't have a problem with this a
grant. I I just remember taking the vote on this and one of the things that we talked about when the vote came for the naming uh was that there was a likelihood possibility there was discussion maybe that's the best way of of the person who we're
naming after being even more engaged in our city perhaps so engaged that he might be able to contribute some um money to help refurbish that building for the purposes that we all want. Uh is there any updates on that uh either
discussions or progress if any on that? Can anybody speak to that? Did that come up during the budget meeting? Is councelor Blanc can you speak a little louder on the mic please? Sorry counselor. I think it's the fan that is u Sure. Were you able to hear
what I asked? Okay. Thank you. No, no. Can you repeat it? Sure. I'll I'll truncate it. Yes. There's been there was talk when we did the naming that there would be some contributions made by the organization that we or the individual that we named the building after and I don't know what
has come from that conversation. Is there an update? Is there any support that we're seeing from Well, the the uh through you, Council President, the the update that I can provide is that um obviously there were certain
understandings in terms of of uh that progress needed to be made in order to report back to the potential donor. uh and uh that's what we're working on
right now. So we are looking at funds to you expend some of these funds to first you receive a rendering but now is the actual design of the of the um of the facility. Once that is done uh there's a
couple of other steps that we need to take. Um, we contemplated uh to hire a uh a consultant to work with us uh number one to identify the grants that uh could be used for the property uh
fundraising strategies. Uh but there was a delay. So I'll be very candid with you. Um there was a delay for uh several reasons uh that um I can I can relate and report to the uh to the city council
but um it's ongoing. So after the approval of this item uh if you so please then we will move forward with the with the design of the of the facility the rehab.
That's the update. Thank you. Thank you. Uh any other questions? All right. I hear none. Uh ML cler please call the roll. Yeah. Council Reyes. Yes. Council ML is noted as absent. Council Santiago. Yes.
Council del Rosario. Yes. Council Luzon. Yes. Council plant. Yes. Council Levy. Yes. Council vice president. Yes. Yes, Council President, I vote yes. Uh, item 16025, Madame Vice President Infante.
Item 160-25, authorization to expense in the amount of $17,500 towards the firefighter safety equipment grant program for turnout gear, which is round two of funding for the fiscal year 2025, 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. I hear none. Madame Clair, please call the role. Councelor Levy, yes. Council La Plant, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes.
Council Santiago, yes. Council ML is noted as absent. Council Reyes, yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote yes. Now, thank you, Madame Vice President Fante. Now we going to communications
item 162 uh 25 the status update from groundwork Lance uh on the Nunio de Mara Park. With that I would like to uh call councelor Levit she would like to speak on behalf of this project and subsequently uh the representative uh
from groundwater Clarence they have a quick presentation on the matter. So cancel right you connected I haven't connected right okay we got it all right just Let's
allow councelor Levy to say a few words before you guys uh give us an update. Thank you, Council President. Okay, so good evening. My name is Anna Levy, Lauren City Council, and it is a pleasure to introduce you
that to what will soon be Nunio de Mara Park. It has been a long process since 1118 2022, but with many meetings and with the support with the mayor the PA
administration, his staff, community development, DPW and so many others like uh Lawrence Groundwork, the Lawrence community works, especially congre
usband Loris Rahang who has been the person who brought the money for the realization of this project. It has been a joining effort where everyone has put their or into making the best play for families and their
children. This project was created prim primarily for the Lawrence community and his family in mind. As one of the Nunio children say, we want our father to be an example for everyone regarding the race,
religion, sex, and uh whatever they come from now. And also he said all for Lawrence. That's is uh his big sign of a war when he roam
for Mayo. This he said all for Lawrence. So I want to thank you also you all members of the city council for the approval of this project when we will asking for the name uh to be or the park
to be named a Lawrence city council without the support your support this never can be happen thank you so much and now I would like also to call Mr. Bra from Lawrence Community Work who's going to do a presentation or a
PowerPoint on what is going to be the future part Nuno de Mara here in the city of Lawrence. Thank you. Thank you councelor Levy. Thank you for all the work they have done on this project. Uh now the representation from uh ground work. Lawrence uh keep it a little
short. Um good evening everyone. My name is Olivia Rosa. I'm a project manager with Lawrence Community Works and we're working in partnership with Groundwork Lawrence. Um, and we're here, we have the pleasure to present the proposed park improvements, uh, recreational amenities and walking pathways to the
Nuna Demarco Park. Park was created in 2013. We're excited it has a name, Nunio Demarco Park, but it wasn't done until we figured out what was going to happen next to the site on Island Street. We engaged a lot of
children. I don't For some reason I've lost the connection to the to the presentation. Oh, Gregory, what are you doing? Gregory. Anyway, I'll just keep going. Yes, ma'am. Yes. Yes, I can. Um,
yeah, it's all right. Um, again, lots of kids help build this space. It's very special and we're excited to add these additions to it. I'm really excited that LCW has named it after Arman Michael Hyatt. He is a man who means a lot to me
and he has done a lot to the community. Um Oh, sorry. I'm a little bit fast. For some reason, you can't see my Yeah. It's okay. This this project will include the the creation of a new
playground and renovation of of the Nunzio Demarco Park, including the addition of a splash pad and a cool City of Lawrence sign at the top of the mound. And you can't see it,
but but this is the before. This is the this is the after. Yeah, we'll just keep going. I know your time is short. So, the the the splash pad has these cool lights that come out. And then the playground, it has lots of
seating and space for the littles. And then finally, we'll have a sign, City of Lawrence Park sign there. Thank you. That's it. And a and a really cool playground.
Yeah. Yeah. We're going to be submitting the presentation to through the city clerk's office. So we anybody that uh would like to see it, it's going to be uh part of the public record. Um all right, the presentation is gone
already. So thank you so much groundwork for putting this together. And please can you do you mind sending it to us by email so we can have a better um picture of it? Uh thank you. The city will forward to us. Thank you so much. Now we are we
councelor Levby. So now the R is still here. Can I pull uh out of table? Item 6422. Second. Out of the out of the table matters. You
would like to unte it 6422. Old business. Yes. Uh second. There's a motion on the table properly. Second. Uh Madame Clair, please call the role. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Council Marvel is noted as absent. Council Laure Reyes. Yes. Thank you. Council Vice President. Yes. Council President Rodriguez. But yes. Uh do you have a presentation? I do. Let's have
somebody from the uh from the IT department to help you out to make sure that the presentation get reflected on the TV. Council President. Yes. Councelor Rosario. No, I was I was just making sure that you guys could hear me because I couldn't hear the clerk and I didn't vote on the pass item. Yeah, we we have
a little bit of technical difficulties. Uh but we trying to uh fix her in a minute. Thank you. Okay. So, Carlos is going to take the control. So, in the meantime, just give us an update of what's going on with the item
and and then we're going to go presentation. As many city councilors know, is this my good? This is my desktop. Yeah, that's your desktop right there. All right, perfect. As as as the city council knows, the Lawrence
Hydroelectric project is up for rellicensing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. There are two meetings this week where the owners will present the initial findings of their study plan.
one of which pertains to the uh the canals um and the historic works and I will make sure that the the report is provided to the clerk so that she can see it but as you can see from this diagram Brad can you speak to the mic a little more a little louder? Yeah,
please. Of course. The there are there are significant issues with the integrity of the north canal walls. Um, and then the report that they just submitted shows that the South Canal Gate House and the North Canal Gate House are inoperable. Another issue with the
project is flooding upstream from the dam and erosion at the Greater Lawrence Boating Program. Um the the flood impacts in the lower Tahoe neighborhood include the Boys and Girls Club, uh two steel
salvage large yards that could flood, the city's primary grocery store, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center. Um so significant assets potentially at risk as our climate changes. We're expecting more wintertime flooding in this area of the
city. It's important that the city pays attention to this project. It's the one time in the next 35 years we will be able to determine the benefits for to the community associated with the impact of
the project. Um, additionally we're working with the project owner on accessing project land development of a shared use path along the south bank of the Marramac. They have instituted roadblock after roadblock to achieve
this community goal that's been present since 2005. This is a closeup look. It's really important because it connects to the Lawrence Rail Trail and then takes you all the way down to the Shasheen River. We're also working with them
above the dam to create an off- streetet connection from Riverfront State Park to Broadway and the rail trail beyond. We hope to continue working with them on this, but they without the full force of the city to support these efforts, it's
going to be hard for a community-based org to carry the load. So uh in another word they have they are going to have two a two today's meeting uh coming up and uh and you are asking
uh and suggesting to us and to the community to get all involved. Yes. Uh to be able to push forward and the community needs. Right. Right. The sto uh counselors any questions in
regard to this matter? It is a definitely a complicated matter. Uh it is a rellicensing that haven't been done in the last 50 years. uh and um and there is uh
responsibilities that uh need to be well defined within the uh project limits and the scope of the work uh to ensure that the city of Lawrence uh is uh is is basically getting uh the best out of
that uh the whole relicensing uh to ensure that uh we don't carry the potential u issues that we were not responsible for from the get- Right. That is correct. Council President Council Land. Yeah. It wasn't this council. It was the
previous council, but this coun the previous council actually spoke on this matter and spoke with a strong voice as I joke um in support of of making sure that the footprint of the relicensing included the canals. And
that was a force that we actually had several you may recall several times when we met here and on that. So the the it's really important as you would say council it's important to note that um that this
is our opportunity to deal with water power. This is our opportunity to deal with uh wildlife in that area. U flooding to a lesser extent but still an issue. Uh but this is an opportunity. But beyond that talks about the
aesthetics, the appearance, what makes Lawrence our city with the canals and the ties in with our industrial base back over 100 years ago. And so while many of us, me included, are relatively recent
immigrants to our families are since postindustrial times of this of the canals. we need to remember that that that history remains important today um and that we should do all that we can. So I would ask Mr. Busher through you uh
as he goes as we go through this process um we need someone with the kind of experience and expertise that you have uh Mr. Busher to to say this is the time council input. This is the time. Say something. Write a letter. Take a vote.
We need that kind of strategy because right now I I I can't see where that is, but maybe with your connections, etc. That would be helpful so we know where to press the buttons and then do the work the council president was talking
about the community and the council and the city collectively because I think the mayor's on board too. This is an issue that I think the the administration and this council are in agreement on. Let's take that and let's work on that. We are in agreement across
the board. Thank you. Thank you, Council Land. You good? Yeah, I'm good. I will definitely lean in and let you guys know when when Thank you. And it's important to recognize that uh
um groundwork Lawrence has been uh always uh helping us as of what is going on with that uh with their uh licensing that has been doing that has been um has been uh happening uh through the
federal government uh for the canal and the water rights. So, thank you groundwork for always m uh keeping us updated uh with this issue and many other issues around the community. Thank you. Uh with that said, uh I will
u Thank you, bro. There is a motion to table. Can I hear a second? Second. Properly second. Madame Clair, please call the role. Council Reyes, yes. Council Maro is noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes.
Council Del Rosario, yes. Council Lon, yes. Council, yes. Council Levy, yes. Council Vice President, yes. Council President, I vote yes. A motion um motion carries. Uh let's go on top of the agenda. Let's
go to personal. Um, I mean, sorry, let's go to the committee report. Let's go to personal. Um, okay. So, we have people here for personals. All right. We also have somebody here from All right. Let's go to ordinance. That's not a problem. Item 31024.
Council President, I like to go out of order. We do have somebody here and they've been very patient. I'd like to take document um the ordinance committee report for 14325 threeon-ree basketball tournament uh scholarship fundraider at Nina Skero Park uh and courts at 49 Brook Street
from 7 a.m. to 300 p.m. This was sent up to the full council with a favorable recommendation to approve. I make that in the form of a motion. It's a motion on the table properly. Second discussion and I also but the applicant may want to speak but I also want to report back that we was pending of course getting
the proper sign signage and it is open for those two days. So we do have the paperwork. All right. Great. Awesome. Uh let's let's allow the applicants to give us an update or a little bit of information about the event. Yeah, absolutely. Um so on that day uh and
good evening everybody. Thank you for having me. Um name address for the Elvis Cabal 41 Berkeley Street. Um so that day we have a 303 tournament which is to get funding for a scholarships that we've been giving out for quite a few years under Armen Hyatt's name actually who
started the the scholarship for us. Um which is cool because he's getting the apartments made and he has a scholarship under his name in our program and it's also part of our block party that we celebrate every year and we celebrate it for a long time and we activate that side of the community. Uh we activate the splash park, we activate Scarto Park
for a three and three tournament, which is uh the request um that was sent up. Um and it's just uh we get over 500 um members of the community to participate there. We have a lot of volunteers. We have um other uh nonprofits participate. Last year we had 13. Now we're expecting
to have 20. Matter of fact, a lot of the programs in those in that presentation we had earlier are going to be having tables in that event to participate and be part of the community as well. So, it's just activating a part of Lawrence that doesn't get activated much and just sharing with the neighbors from that community and obviously getting some
funds so we could keep on giving these scholarships to our amazing uh members of our program. Right. Thank you. Uh I might visit you guys. Please, you're all invited. Uh June 7th, June 7th, you all invited.
Please be there. Thank you. All right. Uh counselors counselors, any other questions in regard to this event? Uh I hear none. Madame Clair, please call the role.
Councelor Levy, yes. Council Lant, yes. Councelor Luzison, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Councelor um Santiago, yes. Council ML is noted as absent. Council Reyes, yes. Council Vice President Infante, yes. Council
President Rodriguez, I vote yes. Council Lan, what's the next item? Same date, same event, please. I'm excited. Council President, uh, ordinance committee sending up document number 14425, Liesta Delbario spray park from
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. June 7th. Sub full counsel with payroll recommendation. Make that in the form of a motion. Second there's a motion on the table properly second u discussion u I hear none it's going to be a continuation of the same event as
previously there's two event together so thank you for doing that uh at this time I'll call the question madame clair please call the role councel rees yes councel ml is noted as absent councel santiago yes council del roario yes
councelon yes council Council Levy. Yes. Council Vice President Fonte. Yes. Council President Rodriguez. How about Yes. Uh I Let's go top of the agenda. Item 31024 from the ordinance committee. Yeah. We have one more. I think Miss Chalice is here as well. So we we'll
deal with that one. What item? 14225. Yeah. Next time just let me know the item as you want to take it and so we can proceed. You got it. 145. 14225. And then I'll do I think Angelo's here. So I think I do 14625 after. So 14225 this is
uh city employee disclosure of a conflict of interest for Joel Chalice. Send it up to full council as a committee report. Make that in the form of a motion. There's a motion on the table. Properly second discussion. I hear none. Uh you have question. I
would like to discussion. Okay. Discussion. Okay. Let's uh let's go in order. Council Lord what was the first one? Council Lon Santiago. Yes. If he's here, I would like to to is is for Hi.
How are you? Yes. Joel Shala, nice to meet you. Thank you for coming. Thank you. Can you explain the discussion? Yes. So, I'm a school counselor for the law and public school district. I also have my private practice for mental health provider and I apply for a contract that
the police department is um promoting. So I just want to make sure that we clarify that my role with the police department do not interfere with the Lawrence public school. Okay. Thank you for the So just to just to be clear, so you work as a counselor
for the school for the school uh the the Lawrence public school. Exactly. And you apply for a a contract with a mental health workshop through the police department. Yeah. Okay. So it's two different uh two different entities uh
but with the city it's two different entity is two different role because one I'm a school counselor and the other one I'm just going to be providing the workshop and I just want to make sure that doesn't overlap since I'm going to be getting two different paycheck from the city
definitely counselors any questions council vice presidente thank you I would just like to hear from the chair of the committee why this was sent up as a committee report. It's a It's a disclosure. They're just giving us information to disclose. It's not we're f we're not looking on it favorably or
unfavorably. It's just a committee report to say yes, we've received it. Yes, you've given us notice. That's why it's a committee report. Thank you. Um now, thank you. And now we are going to call the questions uh to for to
accept this as a committee report. Madame Clair, please call the role. Council Levy, yes. Council Lant, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Councelor Santiago, yes. Councelor Marl is noted as absent. Councelor
Reyes, yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes. Council President, I vote yes. Now we I entertain a motion. Uh motion to withdraw. We have a motion to accept it. It's a disclosure. We accept it. We They need to be approved by us. We just They're
giving us notice. What? We just approve it. Yeah, that's fine. I I It's It's Sure. So, you want to make a motion to approve? I just It's It was It was a non-controversial, which is the matter just letting us know. They let us know. But if that's helpful, make I don't Does it make a
difference to me? I'll make a motion to approve this document. Document 142. There's a motion to approve properly. Second discussion. I hear none. Madame Clair, please call the role. Um, Council Reyes, yes. Council Mal is noted as absent. Council
Santiago, yes. Councelor Del Rosario, yes. Councelor Luzon, yes. Council La, yes. Council Levy, yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote. Yes. Uh, um, go on top of the
agenda. I, we have Mr. Nunees here. If we could just do last one. Uh document number 14625, another city employee disclosure of a conflict for Angela Nunees was sent up to the full council as a as a as a as a committee report. I will make a motion
afterwards to approve. But that's the the motion committee report. There is a motion on the table in front of us properly second. Uh madame cler please call the role. Council Levy, yes. Council plant, yes. Council Luzon, yes.
Council del Rosario. Yes. Council of Santiago. Yes. Council Mamo is noted as absent. Council Reyes. Yes. Council Vice President Infonte. Yes. Council President Rodriguez. Vote. Yes. Uh make a motion that we accept or approve the 146. Motion to approve properly second.
Uh discussion. This discussion. Councelor Santiago. Okay. Just explain to us as of how this is a conflict of interest potential. Um, so good good evening counselors. Uh, my name is Angelo Nunees. I live on 170 Common Street. Uh, I believe that I'm
not sure if this is considered a conflict of interest. I I believe this is a disclosure just informing the council that I am doing minutes for various boards. Those boards being the Bell Cemetery, the Lawrence Municipal Airport Commission, and the Lawrence
Commission on Disability. and that my my role as an employee for the city of Lawrence, specifically the mayor's office, does not interfere or these responsibilities do not clash in any way. Thank you. Any other questions? I hear no. Madame Clair, please call the
role. This is on the motion to accept. Motion to accept. I'm sorry. Um, council Reyes, yes. Council ML is noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council Lant, yes. Council
Levy, yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes. Council President Rodriguez, about Yes. Uh, thank you, Angelo. Thank you, counselors. Have a good night. All right, let's go on top of the agenda uh with the ordinance committee. So, we can finish with the ordinance committee and
proceed uh item 31024. This is for Saratoga Street Oneway. Um, we send it to full council with a recommendation to order a public hearing. That's the motion. There's a motion to order a public hearing. Properly second. Madame Clair, please call the role. Council Levy. Yes.
Council Lint. Council Lon. Yes. Council Del Rosario. Yes. Council Santiago. Yes. Council Mamo. I'm not absent. I'm losing it. Council Reyes. Yes. Council Vice President Fonte. Yes. Council President
Rodriguez. I vote yes. Item 13425. Uh this is to relo the ordinance committee set this up with a full council to order a public hearing for relocation of one esopole on Amsterbury street. Make that in the form of a motion. It's a motion to order a public hearing. Can I hear a second? Properly second discussion here.
No. Madame cler please call the role. Councelor Reyes. Yes. Council Levy. I'm really not I apologize. Council Reyes. Thank you. Council Ml is noted as absent. Council Santiago. Yes. Council
Del Rosario. Yes. Council Luzon. Yes. Council Lant. Yes. Council Levy. Yes. Council Vice President Infante. Yes. Council President Rodriguez. But yes. Item uh 135 13525. This is to relocate two JO pools on
Amesberry Street was sent up to the pool council with a favorable recommendation to order a public hearing. And that's the motion. There's a motion to order a public hearing. Properly second discussion. I hear none. All those in f I mean, please call the role. Council, yes. Council Lant, yes. Council
Luzon, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Council Santiago, yes. Council Marmal is noted as absent. Council Reyes, yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote yes. Item 14125. Uh this is a uh for 333 Lauren Street,
50minute parking from 8:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. This was sent up to the full council with a recommendation to order a public hearing. Make that in the form of a motion. There's a motion to order a public hearing. Probably second discussion. I none. Madame Clair, please call the role.
Councel Reyes. Yes. Council Mama is noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council Lant. Yes. Council Levy. Yes. Council Vice President Infonte. Yes. Council President Rodriguez. Yes.
Item 14595. This is a crafts for Alzheimer's Howard's placed dead on April 28th which is have has come and gone. Ordinance committee met with a motion to withdraw. That's the motion. Motion to withdraw. Appropriately second discussion. I hear
none. Madame Clair please call the role. Council 11. Yes. Council. Yes. Yes. Council del Rosario. His mic is muted. Council Delar. Yes. Thank you. Council Santiago. Yes. Council Maml is noted as absent. Council
Reyes. Yes. Council Vice President Infonte. Yes. Council President Rodriguez. I vote yes. Item 15025. The removal of a handicap parking spot at 264 AM Street was sent up to the full council with the federal recommendation to order a public hearing. That's the
motion. Motion is to order a public hearing properly second discussion. I know Madame Clair, please call the role. Council Reyes, yes. Council ML is noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Councelor
Luzon, yes. Council Plant, yes. Council Levy, yes. Council Vice President Fonte, yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote yes. Uh, now let's go to personnel committee. Madame uh Madame Vice President Fonte, you asked me to take item 3825. Um out of order.
Item 38-25, the confirmation to appoint Pamela Pamela Gonell as the assistant commissioner of health and code services was sent up to the full council as a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion. There's a motion on
the table uh properly second. Discussion discussion. Madame Vice President Infante. Thank you counselors. Um during the the personnel committee meeting there was a discussion about cred academic
credentials which we all received and have in front of us. Uh there al there is also on my it was a mistake on my behalf that I forgot to send but I just sent to you I forwarded the letter from the ethics commission. Um oh it's in the package. It is okay. It is in the
package. Okay. So you guys do have that. Um, and I also, but in the email to you, I don't know if it's included or not, but uh, I did have our city attorney review that to ensure that I was understanding the the lengthy um, email and the suggestion that was given to
Miss Gonell and um, we we were on the same page as that. So, from our end, everything is clear and um, we sent her her confirmation up as a favorable recommendation because she did provide everything that that we asked for. Thank you.
question. This position is to confirm. The position is assist commissioner of health. And I would like to ask maybe Carol Garcia or
or inspection service. Can I ask the question that I have? If it did if assistant commissioner I'm sorry. Say again. Assistant commissioner. Yes. And who's
the commissioner? Well, the building commissioner is Peter Blanchett, which is a total different um position. So, she'd be the commissioner of health and safety basically. Assistant. Okay.
So essentially there is a there is several commissioner on the department. So so um as most of you know the inspectional services has um three main three main divisions. We have the building division. We also have the health and safety division with the
health code and food inspectors. And then we have the licensing division for the alcohol and all the other licenses. And then we also have the clerks. So um so this position right now um as you know in most um leadership classes the span of control is five to seven five to
seven people that you can manage effectively. So as this position right now is going to help me assist with the health code inspectors and also the food inspectors which she has the experience um uh with with you know with the with
the food um food food type inspections and stuff like that. So the question that councelor Santiago have asked is that if if the position is if if this position is an assistant who is the main commissioner of that department that she's going to assist.
So, so the the so I would be the the director of inspectional services. Then Peter is the next in command and then she would be number three. Still confused but I mean that's fine. It is confused because if he if he the
position is for assist and she I don't have any problem with the candidate. Mhm. The question is for the position. Yeah. And I I want to make sure because when when you have assistant is because
you got the boss. Mhm. The the position it is required assistant for because you got another the main position. Yes. That's why it's confused. Yeah. So that's the that's um so that that position the way they I
would have ne never named it that that I would have never gave it that name but that's the name that whoever brought it to the front of the council previously that's the name that they gave you know it should have been like assistant um you know assistant um director um that's
that's the the name like position Yeah, like opening position. Second, this position is opening position. Open
to do another another position. It looks like to to h build another position. Well, that that's a position that's part of the inspectional services department.
So, as a director, I I can't do everything. I can't be, you know, you know, one person. I can't do everything. So, I need someone to oversee the health code division and also I need somebody to oversee the food the food division. The food division, we have 500 over 500
food uh food establishments that need to be inspected twice, you know, twice a year. And also, we have all the illegal dumping. We have, you know, so I need somebody to manage that. I can't manage that daily. Um I do you know we do now but I mean we do the best we can but
like I said you know the in leadership the span of control to manage people is five to seven people effectively. Okay. H the the confusion come because h it's for assistant but I know you can how you
are the director you can you can do it h but the you can do it the your department you can manage your department exactly yes yeah yes but the confusion is for the name the position yeah I don't like the name either that's
the name they gave it so but she's doing the job right now so she's been doing for the last 6 months. She's doing an doing an excellent job. Um the staff um respect her. Um you know, I met her I've been here for a year. I met her like a year ago. You know, she was doing a
great job. Um when the position became available because someone left, um even though she was only there probably six, seven months, I I I asked I I was the one that asked her if she would be interested in being, you know, the assistant for this position. Uh at first, she didn't want it. Uh, but I kind of talked to her talked her into it
and um, ever since she's been there for the last five months, she's she's been doing doing an excellent job. You can go and interview anybody you want, inspectional services, but you know, I think I think she's been doing a great job down there. Okay.
And I need I need to clarify. Yes. I she came for interview and the interview has different part and one of the parts the interview has is question. Mhm. You got presentation you got
question. Yes. Yes. And I made some question to her and the question that I met it was because she was in in in medical college. Mhm. and she was studying medicine and she answered me
some question that was wrong and she confirmed in front of me and told me I was wrong but that's why I required it and I appreciate it she sent the document that we required and just to
clarify it I I was not wrong I got the the paper and I was not wrong yeah that's that's fine yeah that's fine Thank you, councelor Santiago, president. Uh, hold on. I have somebody else. Councelor Councel Reyes.
I mean, I know I thought I was somebody before you guys, but let me know. Councelor Reyes. Uh, uh, thank you, councelor President. Uh, thank you for clarification. You mentioned you are the director. The next person is uh firer
and the third person is uh Pamela. It's very clear. Thank you so much. Thank you councel plan. Yeah. Thanks. So through you. I think what's important here is we have uh you provided for us and thank you. You didn't need to do this. This is
a confidential document from the ethics commission between the ethics commission and you you I think wisely chose to share this with us uh because potentially uh questions could arise down the road about a conflict of interest. I think it's important um at
this time to actually Was this discussed in the personnel committee? It was. Yes. All right. Thanks. Um then I don't need a long dissertation. I just need to know exactly what the what the potential conflict is and then the summary of what the what the ethics commission said.
Before u we get to that point, do you mind introducing yourself and uh to the council and to that uh community and then right away jump into that question please? Of course. Uh good evening everyone. Uh my name is Pamela Gonell. I was a former chef and a chef consultant
for several j years with my husband and we did uh restaurant consultation and business consultation for other businesses around here in New York in Orlando, Florida and Rhode Island in Boston. So the conflict was um that it
might conflict that my husband do some work for other businesses around here and my affect the the performing the job that I was making but it's not because I'm not the one that approve or or
require um any accreditation for other business businesses like that. Yeah. I I just got this document that was sitting here today and I didn't watch the personnel committee so I'm reading this very quickly skimming it frankly the one thing that I could not find on here I
this makes me feel a lot better because you are suggesting to the ethics commission you can't conduct your job in an impartial way that it will not benefit you or your family you will separate yourself from your husband's business you've extrapolated yourselves I think legally as well so that that's
not even an issue um the the but the other part of this that I don't see on here and maybe this doesn't make a difference. Uh, but I don't know all the details and and and and the what what the job entails. The one thing that I
did not pick up and maybe it's not that important, but I have to ask when you're reviewing other businesses, right? Not your not your husband's business now, other businesses. Is there a potential of the way that you do that you look at
other businesses that could give your husband's business an unfair advantage? Could you possibly be harsher on other businesses? Could you go into that direction? I I'm just thinking out loud as to a potential issue that could arise. And I just want to get your
sense. Maybe that's not an issue. Maybe it's apples and oranges. You're not going to be able to do that. And there's no there's no way that your company your your husband's company could could profit from your overview of the other companies. You understand what I'm driving with this question? So, I'll
listen to your response. Thank you. Okay. No, it's not because my husband what his job is is he's a business consultant. He doesn't uh guide them to the licenses or primitive processes. They just train the staff. He create
inventory. He uh designed the the kitchen layout for the workflow. Um he helped the business to create a business plan for the business maybe for growing and or developing and is it doesn't interfere with my my job with my current
job. Council President Thank you. I just want to read an email that was sent and again my apologies counselors for for the for forgetting to send this to you in a timely manner, but now you do have them in in your inboxes.
But I did have, like I mentioned earlier, the city attorney review uh this this the advice from the ethics commission and I just want to state this for the record. He said, "I am happy to speak about this, but it appears that filing a disclosure and abstaining from
any decisions involving her husband's company, she is free to be appointed permanent." So, how I'm taking it is if if if a situation does come up where perhaps it it might, you know, overlap. Um, you would have to abstain and then
the director would would have to take over and I'm sure that you have no problem doing that. But that that was that was the the snippet summary that I received from the city attorney when he reviewed the um the advice that you were given. Okay. President and councelor councel Rosari.
Thank you through you. U I would like to thank Pamela for uh taking this challenge. I say challenge because she was demolished on the previous u interview and she came back and provide everything that was asked
for. But I want to encourage my colleagues to actually take a minute and work with Pamela like I have done so you can see how ethic she is and what kind of job she brings to the city. Those are the people that we need to hire. People
like Pamela, they are so dedicated. They have the experience of what the position is bringing for before we judge them for any type of thing. We need to give them the opportunity ourself. As a city councilors, we can demand from her anything that we need and you can put
her to prove that she's capable to do it. I had a conversation with her last week and I was amazed of her knowledge and the patient that she has and everything that she has bringing in the past year or so to the city at that position at that level and that's why
the director is actually recommending her to do this job. So I encourage my colleagues to give her the opportunity to be in this position and also give yourself counselors colleagues an opportunity to work with her and anything you need when it comes to that
position and you'll see how capable she is to do her job. Thank you Pamela and and hopefully we can we can get you confirmed tonight. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. And now we are uh through with that. Councelor Levy. Thank you C.
I just only echo so I already spoke with a couple of other people who work with with with Pamela. They are very comfortable with the work that she's been doing that she's very great on whatever that she does right now and very helpful. So everybody on her
department or in your department uh is very okay with everything that you've been doing and they thank you for everything that you do. So thank you. So it is an asset right now for the department. Thank you.
Um let me entertain um u director Pimementel that she's here willing to speak. So before we continue with the second round of questioning from the counselors uh uh director Pimentel uh this is your time. I thank you so much
council president. I would just like to say um I have gotten the opportunity to work very closely uh with Mrs. Gonell and I will say that she is very competent, very caring and extremely
hardworking and uh there's been many assignments that I have tried to initiate with her and she has always been available even you know staying with me late to the evening at any time to discuss some of the projects. Um, and
I am just very very honored to recommend her and I hope you guys can all confirm her. She is extremely hardworking and I hope she can continue to do this work uh for the city of Lawrence. So, thank you very much. Thank you, Council Vice President. Thank
you. To add, the first time that that Mrs. Gonell was in front of the personnel committee, she did pack the room with her with her colleagues. they they did appear in support uh the department in support of her and I and I
want to say that I appreciated the fact that when I spoke about obtaining the the ethics commission um opinion, she was very understanding and she understood that it was just we we want to make sure that we were covered on the city end and she was more more than
willing to to work with us. So I appreciate that and um we also did review her qualifications and I agree with Director Pimenta. I I said it that night. It was It was great, but I just wanted to make sure that you were okay on your end and we were okay on our end and you and you provided that. So, thank
you. Yeah. All right. Any other questions? Counselors President. Um, thank you, Council President. You knowing that uh the hard work, the ethics of work uh that that I
we know um that Pamela has. Um but I also want to ask about the challenges that you uh think you will face. I know that you are going you're making changes and you have a lot of challenges but I mean can you mention one of the challenges that you see and I'm speaking
as a owner of a um restaurant uh what will be your one of your challenges? Yeah. um streamline the process for the business owners to get the their
permitting and their how they how they know how they can proceed to obtain a permit uh to get a business in in in compliance. For example, when entrepreneur want to start a business, they have to go to the city clerks, then
they have to go to community development to to find the resources. when I think they can maybe go straight forward to one place and say and have everything in one document that like a package and we have we have been working on that
creating one package for the entrepreneurs so they can start the process as soon as that as soon as possible. Well, um thank you for mentioning that and I think that could be great for um the department also for the business
owners, the one that own uh food places, but sometimes it it's it it's difficult and and we don't have the time uh basically we spend half of the day here when it's time to renew permits for
some of us. For some it's the portal is working perfectly but we know that our community is not very good with technology. I just hope that that communication continues to be open uh and I know the inspectional department
it's uh doing the best that they can uh to have that line of communication open to the business owners. Um I just hope that that continues. It's needed especially for the new business owners that are coming into the city. Uh
try to make this transaction more fast, more easier and um just take that into consideration and I hope you get confirmed. Uh and I know your first meeting was hectic, but just keep in
mind that counselors were doing their job. they were asking questions and you survived that and you provided what is needed. So I wish you the best of luck. Um I know about your work ethics and I know you're going to be a great access
up to the city of Florence. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. Uh this is a great opportunity to just mention that you know as as you heard under uh this process is because this process u is is established under our city
shadow and uh and the personnel committee need to interview and investigate um is and that's part of the exactly how it says it. So if the process were were not as as expected uh it is this is a
great opportunity to uh take as an take it take it as an example and digest the situation that we just follow in the chat. All right. Yeah. Uh any other questions from the counelors at this time I will u um the motion is to approve. I'll call the
questions. Madame Clair please call the role. Council Levy, yes. Council Lant, yes. Council Lozone, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Council Santiago, yes. Council ML is noted as
absent. Council Reyes, yes. Council Vice President Infante, yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote yes. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you, counselors. Thank you. Uh now top of the personnel committee item
1022 madame vice president infante. Item 1022 appoint Modesto Maldonado to the Lawrence redevelopment authority board was sent up to withdraw as a withdrawal and I make that as a as a formal motion. There's a motion to withdraw properly. I
can second properly second discussion. discussion. Councelor Laant, which which open is there an there must be an opening there? It was I'm I'm assuming that it was an opening, but I doubt it to be honest with you. Is this the controversy regarding the governor's
appointment or not? No, they have a government appointment. We asked that question before when it comes to the LAR and then the administration said that if the uh if the governor doesn't appoint anybody there is a process that they can send somebody and they send somebody uh back
then like two years ago not a governor when it's an opening is all we need to know and it wasn't a governor's opening it was a a regular opening okay thank you um at this time I'll call the question Madame Clair please call the role
councel Reyes Yes. Council ML is noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Councelor Luzon, yes. Council Lant, yes. Council Levy, yes. Council Vice President Infante, yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote.
Yes. Item uh 39, The Motion carries. Item 39323. Item 39323, police chief position search committee and update was sent up to the full council as a withdraw. Withdrawal and I make that as a formal motion.
Second. There's a motion to withdraw properly second. Discussion. I hear no. Madame Clair, please call the role. Councelor Levy, yes. Council Lant, yes. Council Luzon, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Council
Santiago, yes. Councelor Marl noted as absent. I'm so sorry. Councelor Reyes, it's a long night. Council vice president. Yes. Council President Rodriguez, I vote yes. Thank you. Now we going to all business.
At this time, I need to recruit myself uh due to the fact that it's a potential conflict of interest uh for item 15825. Item 158-25, authorization to expend 5
$519,000 towards the 40R initiative funds from DHLC Massd road projects for 2025-2026. We are here Mr. with director McCarthy. Um this was in front of the budget and finance committee. However,
um with the council president needing needing to recuse himself last last week, I did not have a quorum and uh you were there so graciously. So now we are here to discuss this item. Mr. McCarthy, thank you. Thank you all. Um Daniel
McCarthy, uh planning direct to the city of Lawrence, uh at 360 max. Hold on, hold on just one second. Sorry. I need a motion to pull this out of committee. Motion has been made by councelor Reyes. Um, is there a second? Second. Seconded
by Councelor Santiago. We do need six votes to pull this out out of committee. Um, and we're missing one, three, five, five. Council zone. Okay. Okay. Uh, discussion
on this matter. As I mentioned earlier, I did didn't have quorum for this. Okay. C. Uh, Madame Cler, can you please call the role? South. Councelor Reyes, yes. Council Mahamel is noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes.
Councelor Luzon, this is to pull the document from committee. Um, yes. Councelor Lelant, yes. Councelor Levy, yes. Council Vice President, yes. For that seven, what is the MO motion? We got seven votes. All
right. Seven mot seven votes. Motion carries. Director McCarthy, now you have Thank you. Good evening, everybody. Daniel McCarthy, uh, director of planning. Um, as before the budget committee, um, um, looking for the
approval to for the expenditure of funds that we received from the department of um, housing and living communities. This is an annual incentive bonus that we've been receiving for the past 11 years. Um, for the past eight years, this money
has come back as capital uh improvement funds. For the last four years, we've been using these funds to finance the construction projects um for Mass DOT. Um, when we have projects that are on
the um on the mass uh transportation improvement plan, the state pays for the construction and um the city is responsible for what are the called the soft costs. So, we've been using those funds uh for that. This year's um
incentive funds is an amount of $519,000. We received this money for participating in what's called the 40R program, which is the pro which is the city has created several smart growth overlay districts. And we designed um a
ordinance to permit these projects. and we get a $3,000 grant for every unit of housing that we produce through this program. So, in this case, the funding is for two major programs that we permitted over the last year that have finally come to completion. One of those
is the Stone Mill um at 15 Union Street and the other project was I believe it was a Trinity project, the Mariner Mill project, 608 Broadway. That's by Trinity Corporation.
So, that's a a um a multifamily project that was built in the um at 608 Broadway in the middle in the uh Arlington Mills overlay district. So, one of these is in the downtown district, one of these is in the Arlington Mills. So, that's where the funding's coming from. And again,
there's no matches for this. The money is an incentive bonus that goes to the city to use as as we see fit for uh for capital improvement projects. It's not does not go into general funds but we have to use it in this manner. So that's
the purpose of this. Thank you counselors. Actually can I have a a motion for this so we can continue the discussion to discussion to approve the item 158 25.
Motion has been made. Is there a second? Second. Probably seconded. discussion on this item. Councelor Le uh through you, Madam Chair. So, uh so Stone Mill was, let me say I understand this correctly. If we build
the housing, not we if this if there's more housing built in the city, one of the ancillary benefits is that we would get money per unit. Did I understand that correctly? There was a dollar amount of fixed to each unit. That's correct. That's correct. So the units
have already been built that so we're not this is no incentive for more growth. This is essentially a check for the growth that's already exists. Am I understanding this correctly? That's correct. It's the the the bonus becomes
valid when when um occupancy permits are issued. So you'll see an affidavit from the building commissioner when he issued the occupancy permits. But these projects have been under construction for uh several years. So, since the projects have been built,
how much money will the grants be? If you said it, if you could repeat it again, how much money are we going to get per unit at each of these facilities in aggregate total? Um, I think we we're getting 300. The numbers are in there. It's a little over $300,000 for each
project. The total uh total is 5 Well, it's 519. Um, we're getting 261,000 for the Mariner Mill project and we're getting 258,000 for the Stone Mill project. So,
we have $3,000 for each unit of housing in those $3,000 for each unit of housing. I'm just I have a hard time hearing this. It's it's me. Okay. So, that's Yes. So, doing the quick math there, it's it's it's over half a million dollars. 261 plus 258 is what?
539 529. Yep. So, one had one of one of them had 87 units and one had 86 units. So, the math adds up to the the numbers I just told you. Right. So, I'm just doing the math of 261 plus 258. I came up with a
very quick 329 I mean a 529, excuse me. $529,000. Right. So, if we vote yes for this this evening, uh the Commonwealth will send us a check for $529,000 that will be deposited for monies that we could use for capital improvement projects. Correct? Is that understandable? All right. So, to me,
this is fine, right? You know how I stand about housing. What I don't want is to be an in this is weird because I'm not in favor of those of the of of having this kind of growth without us being smart about managing the growth we already have and we're just kind of
going into all this new growth without proper management. The I'm going to say this is already this is already been I'm going to say the damage but that's not true. We've already been past this now. So the people are living there. So, if we vote
no, we're not going to get 569 that could go to a project, a park, or some improvements or something that's in our city. So, um, oddly, I'll be supporting this tonight, but what I don't like about it is thinking that yes, if we have more growth in the city, we can get
some more money from it. That to me is a very twisted logic that I can't support. Uh, but in the way that it's presented this evening, I I think it I don't think I can oppose this. So I just want to the record everything I say is on the record but I want to reflect that. So thank
you. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Do we have councelor de Rosari? I know one of one of the the locations is in your district. Do you have any questions or comments for director McCarthy?
Not at this time. Thank you. All right. Seeing none, madame clerk, can you please call the role to approve this item? Council Levy, Council Levy, Council La, yes. Council
Luzon, yes. Council Del Rosario, yes. Council Santiago, yes. Council Mama is noted as absent. Council Reyes, yes. Council Vice President, yes. Motion carries. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Someone let the council president know that he can come back. All right, let's go on top of the agenda. Now we can go back to public hearings. Are 43 council president 4325 still something that needs to be brought up
this evening? 4325. That's correct. So let's get them out of here. Yes. All right. Uh we got item 4325 ditches the authorization to spend 132,000 from
housing from housing uh housing choice grant from the uh EOHLC planning grant from the grand transportation center and Mary Morric corridor. So counselors can I get a motion to untroperly second. Uh Madame Clair
please call the role. Council Reyes, yes. Council ML is noted as absent. Council Santiago, yes. Council Del Rosario, it looks like councilario is gone. And if he is, we can stop with roll call. Um, council Del Rosario is noted as
absent. Councelor Uzan, yes. Council Lin, yes. Council Levy, yes. Council vice president, yes. Council president, yes. Perfect. I vote. Yes. Uh, Mr. McCarthy, can you explain a little bit about the trend? Okay, thank you again.
Um the document for you is uh document 4325. Um the city was was the recipient of a smart growth um um housing choice planning grant in the sum of $132,000 which we applied for in the
2024 year. The um the purpose of doing this was to uh conduct a planning exercise, review and potential draft of a new overlay district around the uh McGovern Transportation Center. The um
the idea was to combine the principles of smart growth along with transit orientated uh development which is based upon uh public um you know public transportation. The McGovern Center uh
as we all know is the center for our train station. It's also the center for the um bus um public transportation hub and the idea is to do an uh review of the Marrymac corridor and the properties
outside of that along Market Street to come up with a overlay district for uh potential smart growth development um around the train station. The again this is a planning grant and it's some $132,000 um in their packages. There was a
breakdown of what the money was going for. Essentially the the bulk of the money is going to be going towards uh consultants. Um we'll be hiring engineering um um uh the planning dep uh planning offices and
um and um engineers as well. engineers, architects, and uh community planners to assist us with this program. So, we we currently have three overlay districts in the city right now.
There's the Raviendo overlay district, there's a downtown Smart Growth District, and there's the Arlington Mills uh district. So, this would be the fourth one in the city. Only of of those two three only two of them are actually what are considered smart growth ones.
Um we would again um for development within this district we would get the same benefits in the in the bonus overlays but it would also allow us to develop these with principles based upon you know historic development um
landscaping um design and projects and and and input s such as that. Uh trying to create a a uh village of sorts around the train station. uh right now um and I think a lot of us recognize that around
the uh Marramac corridor it's very industrial. It's um it's it's in tough shape. There is um a lot of abandoned uh mill space and um brownfields, things of that nature. Uh the city would like to see that red redeveloped in the future
into mixeduse uh commercial developments, a commercial corridor, uh recreation, and of course housing. So that's the goal of this project. But again, this is a planning grant and it's going to be overseen by this the office of planning and development and uh we'll
all be participating in it and there'll be public hearings and we'll be asking the public to participate in this as well. just to uh to to bring some clarity and and potentially some confusion. The city have uh already
approved that MBTA community plan. Is this grant is going to develop that MBTA communities uh overlay area that we have discussed in the past? This grant going to be used for that or this
is something else. So can you clarify that? So if at the end at the end of this planning u process, we hope to have an overlay district for the full Marmac corridor which might be much more detailed and more progressive and and
and better suited for the city. Um what we did in adopting the MBTA communities last year was we did the the minimum of what the state required because we we were one of the um the communities that was impacted mostly because we have a a
train station in the city. We were required to adopt that ordinance within the first year. Um whereas this um grant is a was a three-year grant and we're are we're into the second year of that right now. So we want to move forward but to qualify for that we instead of
these usually take six to nine months to do and we realized that we were in a position that we needed to adopt the MBTA communities grant and we did that by adopting the smallest parcel of land that qualified us. All right counselors
any questions in regard to this matter? This is an authorization to spend $132,000 uh for this overlay uh design. Councelor Councel Plant.
Um, one thing I'm not hearing at all and and is parking. Uh this is a a street Marramac street which I get it it's it's an uh it's a challenge to deal with the parking there between the businesses and
the residents and customers coming in for businesses and people living and people living in historic homes mean the legacy homes that have been there for a number of years compared to the the new growth that's going on with the with folks living in the in the um Riverwalk
complex, for example. So, there is um there's not enough parking. I'm hopeful. I can't create parking. Um we we don't have we don't have the ability to create more land. Uh all we can do is regulate the land, but we can't create
it. We need more land for people to park. We can't do it. So, I don't know how I'm voting on this. I've got I got significant for me anyway challenges when we're looking again. The state is forcing us to try to find more housing. This is another carrot to try to find
more housing. And I I'm I'm tired of eating carrots. It's it's over, right? We need to we need to start working on deal dealing with our current population, our current folks, make sure that their quality of life is good as opposed to bringing in more and more units. Um, but if we are voting for this
tonight, I just want to make sure that you hear from me that represents that area loud and clear that parking is a major issue that needs to be addressed and I don't have an answer. Yeah. I I think we recognize that as part of this development going into this, we we knew
the administration was strongly stating that we don't want this to be an all residential type of project. What we want to do is is develop mixed use and that includes parking so that every project that comes before us is going to be required of parking. Not just for the residents who live there, but for the
businesses that are going to be there and the customers who come and ser go to those those projects. Um, you know, we'd like to see restaurants, we'd like to see stores that serve the the population in the city. So, um, so the parking situation is going to be a key component
of that. I don't want my point to be missed through you, Council President. My point should not be missed. My point is this. There are current people who are living not are are living on the street who are living in multi-unit family housing that's on the street. They're being pushed out. They're being pushed out because of the businesses.
They're being pushed out because customers are coming in. They're being pushed out because now across the street from them, they have a major complex that yeah, there's some parking, but oftentimes they have to park on the street. There is not enough parking. I want to be absolutely clear on this.
There's not enough parking on Marramac Street and we need I'm being as emphatic as I can. I'm raising my voice for a reason. We have to be as we have to figure out a way to deal with this to deal with parking on that street. Uh it's it's it's it's a nightmare and I'm
I'm getting lots of phone calls from folks who are are more frustrated than I am right now and we got to find an answer. I don't have it and I'm looking for this. I'm looking for help on this. Thank you. Right. Councel or uh Vice President Infante. Thank you. Through you, Council President. When this item
was before the budget and finance committee, I I I want to thank my colleague for and and as the district counselor of that area for making these points because these points were also made um throughout the budget and finance presentation. And a few things
that I that I called out was one uh there was an emphasis on generating outside um interest and I and I did speak about taking care of our people here first. The second thing that I brought up was market rate. I asked if
if these developments will be affordable housing, a mix or market rate. in the response that I got that that it it would be market rate which our issue right now pertaining to housing our major issue is that people can't afford to live here that could have changed since then and I I'm seeing that that
you have a response so that that could have changed since then and another thing the whole industrial aspect of it um that was presented to the budget and finance committee in a negative way and I clearly remember stating that the industrial era is the reason why our
city was even created is the reason why we're here today. So, those are the three points that I made. I was frustrated during the budget and finance committee presentation. Um, I'm still not agreeing with this today and I will not be supporting this item tonight.
Right. Item um 4325. Any other questions around this item? Um, council president and and thank you to madame chair to u bringing those points uh to the table. I wanted to know if what will be the
process uh are you guys are planning to do uh community meetings uh to inform the residents the business owners in their area. What will be the process uh to get to the point that you are proposing? Yeah. So, so again this is a
planning grant. So that's one of the requirements is that we conduct several public hearings. We quick set up committees to look at things such as recreation, uh, transportation, um, travel between different aspects of the area. All that goes into the design
criteria. So, right now, the there's large portions of this are going to be developed by individual developers. We want to come up with a plan to tell the developers what the city would like to see there. that we don't want this to be dictated by several uh deep pocketed land owners, but we want the the city
and the community and the residents to have input and and provide feedback on how they want to see this district look. This has to reflect the the needs for the city and for the community. Um, you know, if we're looking at uh if at the
current way way it's going now, several one or two uh large property owners will dictate what's built on there. And that's not what the city wants. And I remember asking in that meeting, who uh are the outboarders uh in that
project? Who who owns the land surrounding the project? Do we have that information tonight? I did a inventory of the properties that are involved. So, and again, uh we were thinking more just around the train station, but this district goes all the way to to South
Broadway. There's a total of 84 properties. I I do have a list that I can provide you, but there's 84 properties that will be impacted includes um includes large mill buildings and includes small residential houses that are doing it. So is a is a
whole wide mix of property owners and people who live in this district that can participate through you council president. Uh it some of the projects that we are that we will see from the L8 are in that area. I think they are some
of the projects is that correct? At least two of them are two of them. What do you remember which ones? I think there was one at 55 South Canal Street, which is a property owned by the city. Uh that's in between um Simpsons
Brothers in in New Balance in that area there uh on the river and the other one is Mary Mac paper that we're all familiar with. After you console president, so after the meetings that you're planning to hold with the community, with the
residents and the business owners, is this item is coming back to us? Well, essentially, uh, no, we are authorizing the uh the community uh the planning the planning um the the planning director to spend
that amount of dollars doing the planning section of the overlay area, right? So they're going to uh eventually once they they they finish up with the overlaid uh area they will come up to the full council for look seeking for
the approval of that uh overlay area. Yeah. Any any changes would it be adoption of a change in the ordinance and that would have to come to city council for approval. So essentially is planning around what that might look like. That's what they want to do.
So looking at the different scenarios, let's say perhaps that uh we use this grant for the planning and then you're going to have multiple scenarios as to how they're going to look like, right? And let's say perhaps that we don't use this grant to do this,
then everything is going to stay stay as is and we're not going to be able to mandate any land owner. Uh what are the restrictions that they can um that they can use the land for? upset for the fact that they have they are on their in a
specific uh zone as of right now. That's correct. Right now, right now there's two two underlying zoning districts. One is the general industrial and the other one's in I4 which is a an industrial district that was created by the uh past
administration and that's like a smart energy type of of of zoning district. the overlay will create a uh planning um concept or scheme of how we would do it. Certain basic requirements are in that
one of the state requirements is that at a minimum the developer has to provide 20% affordable housing. Um you'll see that a lot of these projects will go more than that. Um for instance, the two projects that we approved tonight were both 100% affordable. Um those were done
through an overlay district. So it's up to the developer to choose it. They must do 20% but they can do up to 100% affordable. Yeah. Because and Yep. Go ahead. Got it. So it's a planning. They going to use this this money to plan.
Yeah. And then eventually they're going to uh they're going to any type of changes they need to be approved by the council and and again if the community and this com council is not satisfied with the plan they we won't adopt it. Um it's as simple as that. But again this is money that was given to the city. Um
if we don't use it for this study then we'll just be given the money back. Right. Any other questions? Counselors. Mr. President. Councelor Levy. So if if
if Yeah. If if if it's not if you don't approve the expenditure of those funds, they'll go back to the department of housing. Is that what they are they waiting for us to spend the money? Yes. So they are waiting for us to spend the
money otherwise they go back to the state. How sooner? How sooner? Um, we Well, if you if you if you deny it, I will go back. We probably No, no,
no. Just just tell us when uh when is the deadline. We have another We have another year on the grant. Another year. No, we have another year. Yeah. Another year to spend the money, not to necessarily make a determination. Right. Through June 30th of 2026. That's the time to spend the money. Yes.
Okay. Thank you. All right. council president if I may. I um I know that Mr. McCarthy has a state and and he dealing with so many projects at once but something and for the record once again
I would um respectfully ask to please send us the information about any community meetings uh in person or be as soon because it's important for the people that we represent uh to be there and I know that
sometimes it's hard for community development to do the advertisement uh to promote this type of meeting but us as a counselors I think we're willing to help in that end. Uh so you mentioned that this project is is going to have u
community meetings. So we want to see it if it gets approved by this council. I would like to see it with plenty of time so we can distribute and give the opportunity to the business owners and the residents to participate. But having an anti- meeting
is not no no absolutely it's just not good for the city. We we will do these meetings in person and they'll be you know we'll we'll be well advertised. We want to get as much turnout as possible especially from the residents of that neighborhood. Just for the record through you, council
president, please send us flyers, the proper information so we can share because I know there's a lot of concerns about parking and other issues and at least uh it it we need to give the opportunity for the residents uh to participate. Thank you, council
president. No problem. So we can always make this as a requirement uh for the grant while they spend it. We can make a motion to send uh I mean we can make a motion to make uh proper notification to the council as part of their authorization to spend this money. So we
can make that as a motion. I mean uh we can we can definitely do that. I entertain I mean if you guys entertain it as an order motion to approve second there's a motion to approve probably second. That was a previous motion and now the motion
to make that as a requirement. Yeah. Okay. Make there's a motion to make notification to be sent to the council as part of the requirement to spend this grant. Uh there is a motion uh made by councelor Reyes. Uh second by councelor Lson.
Discussion. I hear none. Um uh all those in favor please say I. So this is a standalone a standalone amendment. Just a standalone amendment. Yeah. Uh all those in favor please say I. I. Any nays? The eyes have it. Now let's go to the
on on the the main motion which is to approve. Any other questions on the approval? I hear none. Madame uh let's u all those in f please say I I no any nays. No. No. Uh madame clair please call the role.
Council Levy. Yes. Council. No. Council. Yes. Council del Rosario is noted as absent. Council Thiago. Yes. Council is not absent. Council, yes.
No. Council President Rodriguez, I vote yes. Uh, was the count? Five. Yes. Motion carries. Congratulations. Thank you, councils. Thank you. Please documents 425 23 and 80-25.
Notice is hereby given that the Lawrence City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 7 o'clock p.m. in the council chambers 200 Common Street Lawrence Mass. Pursuant to chapter 2 of the acts of 2023 as extended and in accordance with recently
revised city council rule two, this meeting will be hybrid, allowing participation in person and remotely to accommodate participants with health considerations that prevent in-person participation. To receive access codes for meeting for for remote participation, please contact the city
clerk at eileen.brol cityoflawance.com or 978-620-3230. The meeting may be viewed on Facebook and YouTube. 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 handicapped parking in the proper alphabetical order. Document number
425-23 Exchange Street East Side from point 283 feet south of Park Street to a point 303 ft south of Park Street in document 80-25 Basswood Street east side from a
30 ft north of Alder Street to 50 ft north of Alder Street. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. Second motion I Motion by a motion.
Hi 4565. I 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 deleting the following sub paragraphs of
section 10.36.340 of the municipal code handicap parking in the proper alphabetical order. Document 3, 34-25 Bigalow Street, north side, from a point 135 ft westerly of the intersection of Carlton Street to
a point 155 ft westerly of the intersection of Carlton Street. Document number 35-25 is East Haveril Street, east side from a 50 ft north of Elm Street to a 70 ft north of Elm Street. Document number 36-25 Farnum Street
southside from a 85 ft easterly of the intersection of Parker Street to 105 ft easterly of the intersection of Parker Street in document number 12625 Lexington Street west side from a point 135 ft northwest of Buswell Street to a
point 155 ft northwest of Buswell Street. Persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity. is now open. 57 Second. There is a motion to u approve item one
3525 which is the removal of indicica parking of 39 East Street properly second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor please say I. Any nays? The eyes have it. Item 3625, the removal of Hendica Park for Hendica Park and for
67 Faringer Street. Um there's a motion to motion to approve. Properly second. Uh discussion. I hear none. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any nays? The eyes have it. Item 12625, removal of
handicap parking on of 108 Lexington Street. Um can I hear a motion? There's a motion to approve. properly second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor please say I. Any naysay? The eyes have it.
Um so u committee report uh committee report finance housing there's no report from housing ordinance committee that is done. Personal committee is done. Public safety committee there is uh no report. Economic development there is no report. Community uh committee of the hall there
is no report. All business is done. Uh any table matters? Uh any table matters. All right, we're going to new business. Uh new business 16424 fiscal year of 20 uh fiscal year. Uh
that's 16424 already was sent to the bal finance committee. Item 16525, authorization to spend $120,000 pay off housing housing and stabilization funds uh neighborhood restoration initiative loans. Uh this is going to the budget
finance committee. Item 16625 uh transfer of 1,281 3554 from retaining earnings to u fund of GLSD fiscal year 2025 assessment. This is going to the
bay and finance committee. Item 16725 transfer of 792 thou 782,000 from free cash to the fi to the fire overtime account. This is going to the volume and finance committee. Item
16825 authorization to spend $173,166 from their community uh competitive grant for upgrade allowance high school. This is going to the budget and finance committee. Item 16925, the submission of the annual audit report to the city council fiscal year 2020 uh
fiscal year 2024 report. Uh this is going to the ban and finance committee. Item 17025 disposition of real estate uh property of 389 Water Street tax map at 206 lot 22. This is going to the housing
committee. Item 17125, declaration of surplus of Marshall Street tax map 33, lot 172. This is going to the housing committee. Item 17225 um grant of utility easement to
Eversauce Gas Company for the installation of the utility infrastructure of uh on 19 Huffman Street um AKC Marshall Street. This is going to uh housing committee item
17325 a sentence of the easement uh from Whitemore Company to um Glenn Street Associate uh to the city of Lawrence for the operational of a friend rail line uh to the Lawrence Industrial
Park and this is going to the housing committee. Item 17425 approval of uh of changing pool changing of pooling locations for present uh B4. This is going to the uh to the ordinance
committee. Item 17525 approval of approval of changing of polling polling location for C3 present C3. This is going to that ordinance committee item 7625 creation of new ordinance American with disability program
administrator. Uh this is going to that ordinance committee item 17725 uh fellow position vacant for more than six months for municipal hearing officer of special services department. This is going to the ordinance committee item
17825 opposition vacant for more than 6 months. Uh neighborhood planner. This is going to that ordinance committee item 17925 disclosure of conflict of conflict by municipal employee. Uh Angelis Viso.
This is going to the um ordinance committee. Item 18025 uh naming of the Len Lens Rail Trail in honor of a state representative second assistant majority leader from Morang. Um this is going to
the ordinance committee item 18125 impact Lawrence companion common June 7th 2025. Uh this is going to the ordinance committee. Item 133
uh 18325 Bohemia Sunset uh Water Warehouse Park June 19 to September 12th, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 6 uh to from 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This is going to the ordinance committee item 18425 uh
evangelis out outright outreach at the companion park at the companion common June 8 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This is going to the ordinance committee uh item 18525 handicle parking 136 uh
Davis Street. Uh this is going to the ordinance committee. Item 18625, Handicap Parking, 114 Summer Street. Uh, that's going to the ordinance committee. Item 18725, Handicap Parking at 30 31 Sergeant Street. That's going to the
ordinance committee. Uh, item 18825, Handicap Parking at 23 Summit Avenue. Uh, ordinance committee. Item 18925. Handicap parking at 45 uh Benon Street. Ordinance committee at item 19025.
Handicap parking at 25 Woodland Street. That's going to the ordinance committee. Item 1922, removal of Hindica Parking, 71 Elf Street. Uh ordinance committee. Item 1932, removal of Hindica Park in three
uh Dutch Street. That's going to the ordinance committee. Item um 1942, removal of Hindica Parking, 23 North Valenton Street. That's going to the ordinance committee. Item 90 19525
loading zone uh 375 377 access street that's going to the ordinance committee. Item 1962 no parking on 96 to 100 rail uh rail rail street uh railroad street um that's going to the ordinance
committee. Uh item 9725 child childcale parking at 129 Trimmond Street that's going to the ordinance committee. Item 19825, childcare parking at uh 411 High Street. That's going to the ordinance committee. Item 99 1992, appointment of
uh Erin Mata to the zoning board of appears. That's going to that personnel committee item 225 30-minut parking on street between Winter Winter Street and Ashra Street.
That's going to that ordinance committee committee meetings schedules um ordinance May 13 7 p.m. You got it. Uh push no
May 12th six housing Wednesday the following Wednesday the is 13 Wednesday 14 the 13th housing house is the Wednesday the 14th May 14
at 7 I won't be able to make it that Yeah, I mean u the chair I actually request that they to see if it's possible. Just just one item. I mean uh that's a Wednesday. No,
but I mean the chair actually requested 13 for housing for the housing. 6:30. But I mean the thing is she's she requested on Wednesday. She can change it later
on the 13th. I mean the Wednesday. She can change it. I mean you guys can check to see if that's that's possible to do it on Tuesday. Um um uh housing I mean housing I'm sorry. uh
safety. There's no item for safety. Um and there is no other items on other committee. So we can we can uh finance Wednesday. Budget and finance will be Wednesday the
14th at 7. Um and tomorrow the council that's uh that's housing. So we can do housing at at 16. The 14th at 7. Housing is at six. No, this is seven, but I mean we can they can do budget and finance. Yeah. 6:30 for housing and seven for budget
and finance. Perfect. Um and then tomorrow counselors you'll be receiving from me the the schedule for the budget hearings. Yeah. Um you want to meet with Ramona for that? Mr. President, I want to say thank you for
some res some constituent gave me the flowers. My birthday was the 24. If you if you have to, I can take one. Um, can I just read those back? I don't feel confident about the dates we just said.
What the dates? Yeah, you have ordinance on Tuesday. And then we have house budget and finance on Wednesday May 14th at 7 p.m. I've got personnel on Monday
May 12th at 6 p.m. Second housing at a motion pass then properly second discussion. I hear none. All those in favor please say I. The eyes have it. You may continue. Housing on May 14th at 6:30. Yes. Okay. You got it. and the
rest of them if it is any other items they will uh contact you to schedule. All right. Uh counselors at this point entertain a motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn. Second. Please second. All those in favor please say I. I. I have it. Thank you. Happy birthday. Yeah.
Thank you.