e close the door it's close people in and out coming in and coming out uh any questions on the item 2325 did we get a report on email no but
I brought with me uh Sergeant uh um detective um bullo because you you were asked for the U um how how do we how how they going to spend those fund yes just U take an opportunity to expand on that please sure uh good evening everyone
thank you for uh for having us here um so we've done the uh the PSN Grant the last few years um I actually put a packet together if you want to pass so basically the grant is uh the street crimes unit which is the drug
unit and the gang unit uh we partner with the mass State Police and we do directed patrols um in in certain neighborhoods and we focus on drug trafficking and violence uh is pretty much what the grant is far so the grant the 30 last year I believe we uh we
received 50,000 um keep on going I believe last year we uh um were awarded $50,000 this year we awarded $30,000 we have nothing to do with how the awards go out I guess uh every city um that that's on the grant
um got a little bit less money than what they did last year so basically the uh the PSN uh Grant it's a working partnership with the Massachusetts State Police like I said before um it includes uh multiple communities uh it's bondable Boston Brockton Fall River h o Lawrence
Lynn and Springfield and it's uh the money is used to address community- based criminal activity related to gang violence and uh and drug trafficking um again we've done it the last few years with uh with Massachusetts State Police um just for a few numbers on on on what we've done
from 2021 to 2023 uh the partnership was resp responsible for executing over 400 arrests and the seizure of 27 firearms and over 9 kilos of uh of fentol um as a result of the PSN Grant from last year
the money had to be spent between March and June because there a time limit uh it'll be the same thing if if approved this year it has to be done it has to be used by June 30th again um so last year in the three month span uh the street crimes unit which again is consisted of
uh the drug unit and the gang unit uh um along with Mass state police we executed 125 arrests seized five Firearms over 11,000 gam of fenel 1500 gam of cocaine 1,200 gram of methamphetamine and $150,000 in money so the packet that I
passed out shows all the uh the other communities that are involved in the PSN Grant in their specific community that they have to work in and uh it'll show the breakdown of numbers I believe Lawrence is on page six or seven in that pack
um and it had I I highlighted some points there and it has all the totals of what we did but you could compare it to the totals that were done in the other cities and towns and I believe the only other city that um may have better numbers than what we had was Boston and you know um they they should for the
amount of offices and stuff that they have so it's a very successful program uh very successful Grant uh we make a lot of arrests um and and take a lot of drugs and guns off the street so that's pretty much what we did with the money last year no thank you thank you
appreciate it councelors any questions I have a question Council presid so through you um with all the publicity since the new Administration has kicked in um the executive orders and the new things that are going on with the borders both Canada and Mexico I know you don't I doubt you have an answer now
but would be of interest to me going forward if you can kind of keep an eye on the impacts they might have the 10,000 at on Canada 10,000 in Mexico with exp troops on both sides with the express purpose of trying to reduce the opiates and fenals coming into our country and I want to know what what
impact event that's going to have in the City of Lawrence so as you're going through this I'm going to be curious to see what kind of analysis if there is any if there's going to be any difference being made thank you council president council president council president thank you through you council
president I have a question regarding uh the customers that you guys highlighted from uh that this report highlights from New Hampshire Maine and Vermont does Lawrence Police uh keep a a track record of how many you encounter for each so could I I don't I don't like our unit
doesn't keep a tally of you know but it it's certainly something that we could do we could certainly you know um punch in I mean for instance tonight um we made an arrest right before we got here and um there was uh I I believe two males and one female and um I believe
two were from new New Hampshire and one was someplace else I I I forget the other town but from New Hampshire so the majority of the customers are from outside of the city um obviously the the the drugs especially the opioids it's a lot cheaper here and um they come here
for the reduced price and then uh you know they're either using or going to their communities and uh and selling it for much much more I would be c um curious to to know how many from each state do that that travel here to
Lawrence for for this type of activity um I don't know if it's if it's um I'm not sure if if it's a if it's a well it's up to you guys but a data point that we need for for the rest of of this program but as of right now I am curious
to know the number of individuals um put something together for sure can you share it with all the councelors sure thank you councelors any other questions in regard to these $30,000 yes president and I'm going to refer uh to the same paragraph a little bit below
that uh councelor infant mentioned this uh organization uh and it refers to Dominicans Dominican drug trafficking organization is that why it is it called like that so we didn't put this together
this was done by by the state so um um you know the majority of of the drug trafficking organizations that that's you know what it is um but again I I'm not putting this together this is this
was given to us um from the state to um um compare what happened with all the other cities in towns and Lawrence so this was this was we don't we don't handle the statistics we work with the with the state police in regards to this grant there needs to be one uh at least
one Lawrence Police Officer uh and who's on the Grant and one uh state trooper on the grant we can't go out and do our own dired patrols and then all of the numbers and all the arrests get sent in and the state police is what um is who puts this together but you send some
type of data to the state I'm really concerned so so about this naming an organization with uh uh it look it's I read here is a Dominican drug trafficking organization
so my question to you is how do they get this data are they all Dominicans no they're not all Dominicans this name is is making me what they do it it would be correct and I and I understand um but what they do is they take the data that's given to
them the booking sheets or what or whatnot um just like we just spoke about three buyers three customers that came to Lawrence today they were all Caucasian um and it's you know the data is the data and and uh and what we do is
we take the book and sheets we take our arrest stats and we send them in and like I said that that's the the report that was produced I'm going to repeat this again the name is very concerning I understand I just you I think someone should let
them know and I don't know from where they get the data but it it they just form an organization here right I I you and they name taken oh thank you I know you understand
and I thank you for uh uh your answer but this is very concerning please uh if there's any way to to address this issue because it's very concerning to me as a part of the Dominican Community thank you officer
you're very welcome can you uh follow up and clarify those those data uh as councel was requesting sure thank you councilors any other questions in regard to the this grant councelor leing yes there is any other group in mention in the same way that they are mentioned
Dominican group I I I believe that it they they're looking at the the arrest and and and the nationality of of the arrest again like I like I said before we we arrested three customers today and the three customers were all Caucasians but that's
not saying that every drug customer is Caucasian that's not saying that every um drug dealer is Dominican it's it's you know it's it's the the landscape of of the business and um again I don't I
don't believe uh that um I I I don't believe to say that every every um uh drug trafficking organization are Dominicans just like I don't think it's fair that every to to specify that every customer is is Caucasian I I believe that they're
taking the statistics of what comes in like today again we we we we weren't able to lock up the um um the dealer today so we don't know what the dealer was but we do know that the three customers we're
Caucasian through you councel president uming you said this is that like something National that information is uh the data is a national no no what I said wascal we take we take our stats of the arrest
that we make and we send them in and uh it it gets sent into the state police because the state police is is the organization that is the department that's handling this grant so when we make an arrest um the the booking sheets and whatnot are sent in to uh to the
state police um to those who who run the Grant and um and they came up with the and and I believe you know I mean if we looked at the other cities and towns I which I haven't um I I don't know you you know what they say for the other cities and
towns okay thank you uh but yes uh we would like to to follow a little bit on on this and to get a little bit more information because this is very disappoint appointed at least the Dominican Community all right thank you counselors uh councelors if there is no further questions I will call the
question so please say I I any Nam the I have it now Madame Madame chair okay now Madame chair let's go to 2425 which is the authorization to spend $299,825 the authorization to expend in
the amount of 200 299 ,800 60 91 oh okay um let me repeat that authorization to expend 29986 6,000 with 91 cents towards the Shannon Grant from the Executive Office
of Public Safety and Security the budget and finance committee sent this up with a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion is a motion on the table second properly second uh before we call the vote U I would like to recognize uh the councilor that
Rosario have uh recruit himself due to a potential conflict of interest for this vote councilors any discussions on this matter discussion ccel presant thank you um the budget and finance
committee uh asked for a presentation to be put together for towards this CR to know that you sent something over um are we ready for that um do do you have a presentation I did I did send it today
yes yeah I mean um do we need it do we need it do we three four five six seven
pages okay not a problem sure she can do it from there and you can you guys can analyze it on your end so we can advance the meeting council president yeah counil I was just told that the presentation was was not sent
in ATT matters so our Technology Group is not ready to um yeah just just go over the presentation with while we while you have we have it over here so we can take a look at it sure good evening City councils Rosa sheeper director of support service at Lawrence Police Department uh we were awarded
$299,000 um today I just want to emphasize the work that the police department does over with the youth at the at the um with the youth enance um this grant is for the 12 to uh the UN Police Academy from 12 to 18 years um for the uh for
the Youth at at the at the high school department it's a two we summer program program that provides uniform books bags notebooks pens and poce swag for those that participate on the on this program um the past two years they have graduated
80 um 80 students under this uh under the junior Police Department um the skill that is being thought on this grant is communication conflict deescalation and teamw work one of the greatest uh points that I want to emphasize on this grant is that they
have been able to graduate um with out of this grant the the union police department they have been able to obtain four current full-time uh police officers so this is a very Su successful program that is again is we've been having it for the past 11 years and it's
being run by the uh by the police uh by the Lawrence Police Department any questions on this matter all right I'll call the questions all please say hi I any name guys have it we're going straight to the next U item item 25 2025
Madame vice president and share of the of the vi finance committee thank you council president through you item 25-25 authorization to expend $ 37,4 $490 towards the BJ bja FY 24 Ed Edward
Ryan Justice assistance grant was sent up with a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion any questions on the in regard to this matter all right I hear known U to the motion to approve all those in fav
please say I I any n the eyes have it item 2625 Madame Vice presidant item 26-25 authorization to expend $5,000 towards the mini Grant bja comprehensive opio stimulant and substance use program
was sent up with a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion second there's a motion on the table second discussion on the matter discussion counc plan I'm just going to repeat the earlier point I'm very curious what's going on nationally how that's impacting our city with
regard to our borders and knowing what's happening if there's any impact whatsoever and if this this is clearly it's going to try to help the the situation out but if you I'm asking our folks in our city to pay attention to what's happening locally as National issues are affecting us and so I just
want to see what impacts opioids are having in our city um as as the year progresses thank you right thank you any other questions in regard to this matter I hear none um I'll call the questions say I guys have it council president
counc president thank you I would like to take out of order um under old business item 383 b-23 appropriation transfer in the amount of $300,000 um that was towards that was
arpa SL free cash allocation for public and neighborhood safety funds to Lawrence prar make that pra you making that as a as a motion and I make that as a formal motion um that's under old's business the first
it on the old business bus Madame Madame CL do we have any a previous vote on this matter we do uh just let's get the record please was expecting that to come up so fast and fun like that um May I council president yeah uh
you have the floor um on May 7th of 2024 this item was withdrawn from the council those $300,000 were e mared as part of the arpa money it was specifically e marked for project safe neighborhoods um for policing and it was intended for a
program with um the same partner The Proposal today my understanding is um is rather than fund it through the police department where the police department will then have to manage the funds and of law Prospero rather we're going to give the funds right to Lawrence prospera to run the same program that
they would have been running in partnership with the police department that they will be running in partnership with the police department they just redirecting the funds differently um so at that time it was withdrawn they putting it back the funds have been sitting there all this time and so um seem like the agency is in a position
now to receive it directly and so that was the intention it's $300,000 for um Project SAFE neighborhood project and neighborhood safety programs with the police department when that took place it was in May of 2024 the original proposal was in October of 2023 it went
down to budget and Finance in November of 2023 it was $400,000 proposal um 150 of it was split out for um the planning department have some rental assistance funds and the balance of $300,000 was for this um neighborhood safety initiative all right councelors any
questions on this matter so the only difference will be that the the prospa organization is going to fund the fund the money instead of the police department exactly council president counc can you I need to I
would like to know what is oh councelor councelor give me one second please uh for the record we need to stay that councelor the rosar have first go himself due to a potential conflict of interest Council Lon you might continue um what I mean I just want to know what
is prospera mean what is the the organization so we can we can have them come over and explain the organ Center is kind of they're they're that's the umbrella prospa is the
umbrella so you you might you might explain a little more so Dan Hower and 24 Thomas Ro uh the executive director of prospera but that's part of cisu so prospera was Lawrence Family development DBA Lawrence prospera U so
we've kind of got it back to Lawrence prospera since we missed a career left um so cisu is one of the main part of our organization the canana centa and then the uh the schools any questions in regard to this
uh this matter I got a parliamentary question sure we disposed of this in May of 2024 is did I hear that correctly we withdrew which is the final disposition in in May of 2024 so this is within the year so I just want to get some clarification on how we can pull
this up tonight M I'm very supportive of the organization Hopey they get the money but I just want to figure out how we got here the funds were sitting up am I not on the funds were sitting in an account and they have been in the arer free cash account all this time over at Community Development velopment
um so we had withdrawn the document they're just putting it back because just just read through the record to see what we have what was the vote yeah so in May of
2024 the item was withdrawn um with the funding sitting there so but before we get to that point uh Madame cler I think that we actually approved the arpa funds to go to the safe neighborhood safety initiative and
then at that point we approved the funds for the arpa from the arpa to uh the police and then um now we are uh dealing with it because the police was not going to manage it at that point yeah if if I
may speak um so Kate King off the plan in development 360 Marx street I was not originally inv involed with the if you remember the U neighborhood safety initiative came up separate from the other RFP process and everything and I believe the neighborhood safety was
funded in whole with a portion of it going to Amad to do some Outreach and some some activities and then the bulk of it was left there prospera had come and done a presentation and the vote was taken in a
way to accept the presentation but not do any funding directly to PR SP So today we're trying to make sure that we fund them directly give them a contract and they can manage it and then the police department doesn't have to and the police department still gets their portion of the money
too so that was that was our intention I believe so originally I I believe that the vote that was taken was to withdraw the the plan that it was not funded yeah originally right uh and then because I I don't know if you if you guys remember
but we have Mr Guero coming over think it was a presentation and then uh and there was was over a little bit over a million dollars for that for the safety initiative I'm talking just on top of my head yes roughly and then the plans was with draw because we didn't fund the plans but we did individual uh portion
of funding uh through the church through the churches and stuff like that and other and then I believe the intention was the police department get the portion was for the police department but but out of the plan the original plan that was approv not funded and that
was the That Was the vote that was taken if I if I remember correctly I trying to find that yeah so when they had done the presentation I think PE we had just assumed or you know it was assumed that they had been funded because they were
presented but the presentation was what was voted on and accepted exactly the plan was approved but not necessarily the funding of it not necessarily funding correct so the the the B was with draw was the planed so the motion I I don't want to
get stuck on this I'm I'm going to extract myself very soon but what the the reject the the final disposition was on the on the authorization to spend the money but not actually the appropriation
of the money that's about am making any sense I believe I believe the whole money the million dollars or roughly a million was appropriated and the intention was that I'm AAL they get to get their contract has their existing contract that they've been you know using working and and submitting
invoices for and the bulk of the rest of it was supposed to go to the police department with them Contracting to Lawrence prospera to do the um C2 after school program and they had T well Lawrence prospera had come and done a
presentation that night and the vote was taken but if you read the vote it was just to accept the presentation not to separate out any funding for Lawrence prospera in the interest of making it easier for the
police department for Community Development and for Lawrence Prosperity we want to contract directly with them and they will submit invoices they'll go through the regular contract process you know it's
reimbursable so so the only question I have and by the way I visited cesu I've talked to the their officials there I met I met I'm going to use the word clients the students the individuals who are are getting the services and what they're doing there is phenomenal and I
want to support them as much as I possibly can because I think they're doing fine work there um the question that I have here has nothing to do with the program but has everything to do with how we got here and for I we are pulling something up now that we haven't really debated or
discussed we have now inserted this didn't go to committee I don't think this this sees Prosperity por did it go there this was reported out of committee okay that helps me this was not with all due respect
Council this not only went to committee it went to committee two different times once it went to Committee for Public Safety just to review the proposal and then a second time to budget and finance just to review the funding it's gone to committee I would use the phrase adnasium like it's was that that's why
it was out there from October and November of 23 until May of 24 um at committee and it was discussed several times at at both committees in in that time frame so the challenge that I'm facing here and I'm not disputing that I don't know when the committee met I don't see here on our records maybe here
if I dig in a little bit more but what I am seeing is a message from the M from from Su Fang to the council president on January 23rd of this year so just a few weeks ago saying the mayor wishes to allocate $300,000 of the public and neighborhood Safety project to Lawrence
prospera what that tells me is that he's now making this proposal to spend money there only thing I want to know is did this prospera money go to the committee since the mayor is sending it down to us
several weeks ago now when did the committee meet did they know this was going there they have a chance to V it that's the question yeah in October of um package as well in um October 25th of 2023 the budget and finance committee
met on this item um to allocate $350,000 for Public Safety initiatives which was a partnership between the police department and prospera the funding at that time was going to the police department is the exact same program just handing the money to one
partner and for purposes of accountability they have an excellent reputation on all fronts but they also have an excellent reputation of giving very good um Grant reports back they manage their money and and keep careful track of it so it just on all parts the
agreed easier course for everyone was give them the money let them do the reimbursement Grant piece of it and rather than have the police do that piece for them which is creating work for the police when they're already doing that paperwork themselves directly I'll wrap the like I said at the very
beginning the only difference that's going to be here is that uh now the police department is not going to be part of it as I previously stake let me just wrap it up and I'm going to vote in favor of it I'm not going to put any whatever breaks or whatever on this I I just think it's important that that when
people are watching our meetings wanting to know there full transparency which is a great buzz word now full transparency about what's happening especially when it comes to arpa monies uh that this thing has been vetted it's been vetted by the budget committee now it's before the full Council it is taking a vote and it's just important when I talk to my
constituents that they have full faith and confidence that that this wasn't just tucked in at the last minute we're putting it in right now and then voting on it no there's been a process here and that's and they just needs to be some assurance and this is the reason why I'm asking these questions thank you all right councelor any other
questions in regard to this matter are here no this time I'll call the question I I have council president uh my I'll open the floor just a question counil president can ARA money be used
for salary uh yes I believe it does and my other question C president is um loing hold on second yes the arpa fund was uh remove all the Restriction
from the feather government back in February 2022 uh since then it become free cash okay so have no restriction okay thank you cuz I see here they presented a budget so they planning to hire uh for
two positions thank you council president for your clarification and also uh it's Lauren prospa is a new entity uh it it says here Lawrence Family development uh doing business as Lawrence prospera do they has a new a a
different board what or this is somebody from prpa please take the mic yes hi good evening Paul he house I'm the deputy director um we rebranded as a way to create a division from the
charter school um we had a issue that every every one just assumed that our organization was the charter school and we're two separate organizations so we felt it was important to Rebrand ourselves um and after a rebranding process we came to the name Lawrence
presara um but in order to avoid having to refile with the IRS to get a new EIN number and get a new nonprofit status we did it as a doing business as so we refer to ourselves as Lawrence prospera it is I mean our board has changed over
the years with with members as all nonprofit boards do but it's it's the same organization that was founded in 1992 thank you so much for your clarification thank you council president all right councilors any other questions on this matter at this time I'll call the question and please say I
any n guys have it thank you thank you we're going on top of the agenda oh hold on let's go to personel because we have a couple of people here from Personnel uh Madame Vice shair Madame vice president infant the shair of the the Personnel committee thank you council president
through you the Personnel committee met last week and the first item we have um under the committee is item 13-25 appointment of Daniel McCarthy as planning director this item was sent up with a favorable recommendation and I
make that as a formal motion second there's a motion on the table to approve uh uh Mr mcarthy as a planning director uh it's been properly second discussion council president Council very brief we got a long night I just
um it's important to get continuity in the city more more now than ever a lot of shuffling shuffling shuffling across the city and to have some continuity and institutional memory is critical and um I'm glad that um Mr McCarthy uh will
stay with us and and this title uh continue to work because um he knows on awful lot about his job knows an awful lot about the city and to um and it's important that we keep someone with the kind of experience that he brings to the
table and make sure that he continues to help the city out uh we need some old blood with the new blood no offense your old blood and we're we're glad to have the old blood so thank you any other questions um it sounds a lot like you call me old but that's fine just just
your blood that's all that I don't deny that you the S blood all right any questions uh no questions uh for Mr McCarthy um I do have a Qui question though um councelor uh McCarthy uh can
you explain the difference between of what you were doing before uh to what are you going to do now compared to your duties and and actually uh if it is any difference who is going to be doing your job your for job so the the position of
that I was employed with before if you remember I was actually uh beginning this Administration as the op OPD director and that was taken over by Carlos MOS uh at some point um I was still a union member and contractually I
went back to my job job in the Union as a land use planner so the land use planner does the day-to-day planning that was um that involves the boards and commission reviewing new permits um reviewing site plans and construction
projects uh but I been continue to be doing the the planning positions what we call the long-term comprehensive planning um so we we do have a uh two other positions budgeted as planners um Our intention is to hire uh we have a
young person who's been working in the office as an administrator and he's going to be taking a job as a u uh as a planner um I believe in that is a comprehensive planner and he's going to be working doing some of the work that I was doing before but I'll still be overseeing most of that uh as as well so
it's the same job um I've essentially been doing for the last uh five six seven years um the the I think the OPD director administrates more of the overall office making sure that you know people are taking their vacations properly they were getting their time
sheets in things of that here that's more of administrative process that's why there's a little more money in that but uh the directors all the Community Development Economic Development planning all oversee their own departments and uh we all work together as a team as well something that I have
seen uh that we have missed in the last a couple of years uh is that we we we don't have so many project at the 10% level design that might be applicable to actually apply for uh perhaps uh transp
Transportation Improvement uh yes project uh once once those projects that might not be able to be funded because of any particular issue fall off MH and then those those uh kickoff projects might jump in right away uh we we have
do do are you planning to increase those type of projects and those designs that are done with local funds yeah I I've been the the primary person working with the the mo which is our uh Metropolitan planning organization they oversee all our transportation project projects
working with mass do um the projects that go into the transportation Improvement plan are cyclical they're on a 5ye sixe cycle uh I know you understand that the um but the way it works is they go in as a as a as a suggestion we get 25% plans it's worked
up there's a process for get these projects ready uh for instance next next summer we actually have four Transportation Pro plans starting within the city which is an incredible number of plans to start uh in one summer but we have the two
intersection projects the Asberry Street reconstruction and the rail trail so they all those are all projects that I've been working over on for the last three years so and that's that's and I'll continue to do that but I'll I'll have the opportunity to bring more Staffing in to assist me with it I just
want to make sure like at least the city understand the importance of investing some fund at at front so we can have better products or better more projects coming in from the state those specific specific projects so m
madame I don't have no more questions thank you you're welcome any other further questions or comments seeing none all those in favor say I I any knows any Nam the eyes have it congratulations Mr
McCarthy thank you thank you very much thank you [Applause] all so counselors uh we have an item counselors that actually uh in takes Mr mcari to be here uh with us in case that
we need we have any questions and that's item out of the old business item 5212 24 um which is the approve of tax uh increasement finan Finance uh Tiff agreement between espar Academy Nunes
LLC and the City of Lawrence so then uh do you mind going over that I mean what have any other what is the mo underline motion on that it was approved it was approved but we just need to retake a
vote so we need a second vote it's basically to allow for some put yeah yes yes um yes go over we are asking for a ratification and the what I had is based on input from the city attorney's office and the acting
planning director this item is being resubmitted with request for ratification of the vote there are no substantive or material changes to the Tiff agreement the ratification is request to allow for the correction of scriveners errors and for additional signatories to be added to the agreement
so that's in a memo that's in a memo in your packet all right councelors any questions in regard to this matter we need to revote I guess on this matter um any questions I Hear No so at this point I'll I'll entertain a motion obviously uh and the motion they have a
specific language for the ratification of the vote is to ratify the vote um that there will be no material or substantive changes made to the Tiff agreement but to allow for the correction of scriveners errors in for additional signatories to be added to the agreement
councilors can all I'll entertain a motion to uh ratify the vote motion motion to to ratify the mo to approve uh with those a specific language that was provided specific language at the our U Madam clerk just
friend second there is a motion on the table properly second discussion on this matter I hear none all please say hi hi any n there is have it thank you Mr Mar thank you so going up to portional committee uh we have item 27 uh 1325
which is no sorry 2725 which is the confirmation of appointment of uh sis Camilo Madame vice president and the shair of personal committee please present this um thank you present this item president through you item
27-25 the the confirmation to appoint Sadie le le um Camilo pmo to the zoning board of appeals was sent up with a favorable recommendation and I make that as a formal motion there's a motion on the table to accept this properly second
discussion and this matter discussion C plan tell me if you heard this all before my colleagues regarding housing you've heard it all before but this person apparently may not have heard that so thank you for applying we appreciate your willingness to serve our city and the point that I'm making with
my colleagues is is when someone from the zba specifically or a planning board both of those boards one of the biggest issues that I find facing our city is uh is housing critical issue it impacts so many things the short story is this it's important in the role that you're in to
be very um uh the bars should be set high for for for Prov for providing excuse me uh variances and special permits when it comes to projects and um we have enough
of an issue I'll be speaking before your board I often do so you'll be hearing a little bit more of this but I just want you to understand or Hope from my perspective from the people that I represent that housing is a critical issue um we need to make sure we're doing it smartly and right now we just
can't say yes to every housing project that comes before the zba we just can't do it because it has impacts on parking it impacts on education it's impact on congestions and traffic Etc and it goes on and on and on so please be mindful of that uh as you consider if you adopted
here this evening as you consider those housing matters thank you thank you well I want to start off by saying that I'm I'm well aware of uh s's um uh years of experience in the real estate industry and I think finally
we've uh we're able to see a a viable candidate to take part in a committee where I believe that your network and your your knowledge would be invaluable um uh I believe that the city
will definitely benefit from having you um take place in this board and making decisions and um and I I I I believe that I can trust in your judgment um um to be able to make proper decisions that would be a benefit to the city um with
that I also want to add to the fact that in my district uh specifically We have dealt with um shelters uh coming into place uh there were issues in regards to zoning um I'm not sure if you um being a
new member are you are you made aware as to the things that are pending or any prior uh cases to which um would affect the the city going forward now that you're joining the board I haven't been um full aware of
like the things that are pending at the moment because I haven't like you know gotten engaged with the things you know that are going on but I'm pretty sure that McCarthy will put me uh up to date but I know you know what's going on in the community because I live in the
community I live in Lawrence So and I've attended some of the meetings as well before so I know the things that are you know critical to the community and what we're looking to get so yes and I appreciate the efforts that you've made so far um such as attending the meetings
to be able to be aware as to um what are the things that are critical to the city um so I look forward to meeting with you um just like one of many members um making decisions that a lot of folks don't understand as to how important and
how it affects the city um and how sometimes uh as counselors that we represent and we try to be a voice um we're sometimes um blocked and and and shun away from from those important factors um so yeah thank you you're
welcome thank you I passing the to council vice president council president thank you for the opportunity um s thank you for applying for this position this is very important um and knowing you well about how how you care about the
community that's extremely extremely I'm extremely happy about having somebody that really cares about uh what's going on in the city uh you've been part of multiple organization that I'm also part of and that's that's great um I just
want to know like the importance of these uh the of this board is is to the top I mean sometime we don't understand uh how important this is until we actually get a affected by decision made by the board uh but knowing the fact
that this is so important having somebody on board that really cares about the community is a plus and I know that you care so thank you the second thing that I would like to mention is that sometime uh as a counselor uh we're not aware of what's going on at the
board uh and sometime an open communication uh of a project coming up uh the assumption is is terrible because sometime we assume that everybody knows about it but guess what sometime strategically uh that information is not
provid not by the city necessarily but you know uh sometime because the project is very delicate the project is not good to for people to know what's going on and and sometime that skip like under the radar uh and is affecting us big
time especially with things that we care that is different counselors that care about housing there's different counselors that care about shelters there's counselors that care about all those stuff Al together so sometime we don't know so having a key communication point it's important so we can talk
about things that affect the community uh and if you see something that um you think is important sharing it with us it it's it's something that is that is great as a board member you have completely independence of of information that get to you how to
dispay those information this public information don't be scared about sharing it uh with with with us or the public if if they ask for uh there is information that is U you know not necessarily up to that level but please dissipate all those uh because I think
it's important to have open communication with the different boards and especially the city council so thank you s thank you councelor Santiago welcome s and yes want to
highlight how Community how Community people how Community person you are and you love to help and that's the people we need H in the city people love to do community service
and and I I let me highlight your resume you are very prepared for any kind the position you can apply thank you thank you any other questions or comments Ms seeing none all those in favor say I
I any n the I have it congratulations thank you thank you sir thank you all right uh we're going on top to top of the agenda there is anybody else from the public that you have a pending item I don't think that is there is any
so we're going on top of the agenda with the public hearings uh Madame shair please don't read the notice for public hearing uh related to item 32524 sorry yeah 15 minute parking at 294
Prosper Street um Council document number 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the council chambers 200 Common Street Lawrence Mass pursuing to chapter 2 of the acts of 2023 and in accordance with the recently revised city council rule 2 this meeting shall
be hybrid allowing participants to participate in person and remotely to accommodate any participant with health considerations that prevent them from participating in person to receive access codes for remote participation please contact the city clerk at eileen.
bral cityof lawrence.com or 9 78620 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 in the proper alphabetical order section 10. 36.2 60 of the municipal code 15minute parking East havil Street North Side from a point 20
ft West W of Prospect Street to a point 40 ft west of Prospect Street between 7:00 a.m. and 10 p.m. persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity uh public hearing is now open anybody from the public that wishes to speak public hearing is now close
councelors what the motion motion to approve and waave the 30 days there's a motion to approve and wave the 30 days properly second discussion on the matter say any have it Madame Madame chair Madame clerk uh
please read the notice for IR 410 526 562 and 5752 24 motion to wave the Preamble there a motion to wave the Preamble properly second discussion I hear none all please say I I Madame
cler um document number 410- 24 52624 56 5 5 62-24 and 575-2426 and reading the Preamble sorry uh the purpose of this hearing is to gather testimony information and public input concerning the proposed amendment
to the revised ordinances of the City of Lawrence to be further amended by adding the following sub paragraphs section 10. 36. 340 of the municipal code handicapped parking in the proper alphabetical order document number
41024 Forest Street East Side from a point 219 ft north of Highgate Street to 239 ft north of Highgate Street document number to point 420 ft north of havil Street
document number 562- 24 High Street West Side from a point 77 ft north of Pleasant Street to a point 97 ft north of Pleasant Street and document number 5 75-24 Hancock Street Southwest side from
a point 220 ft south of Doyle Street to a point 240 ft south of Doyle Street persons wishing to be heard shall be afforded the opportunity all uh public hearing is now open for item 41024
52624 5622 24 and 5752 24 anybody from the public that wishes to speak I hear none uh at this time public hearing is now closed I we're going to take uh each individual Island to take a proper vote councelors I'll entertain a
motion to for item 41024 which is the handicap parking at 234 Street motion pass 10 motion to pass 10 has been made properly second discussion I here none all please say guys have it item 4124
handicap parking 234 Street there a motion to approve properly second um any discussion on this matter I hear not all those in fav please say I I the I haveit item 52624 the handicap parking on 18 Fon Street uh can hear a
motion there's a motion to approve properly second discussion on this matter I hear please say I the I have it IR 5 6224 handicap parking at 120 High Street can he motion motion to approve properly
second discussion discussion I hear none all in please say I have it item 5752 24 handicap parking at 128 Hano Street can motion motion to approve properly second any discussion I Hear n all please say I
guys have it now counselors if you don't if you if if councelors I'm going to go to the ordinance committee and there's one specific item that we have for Mr McCarthy but before we do that uh Mr chair from the ordinance committee will you please present the uh report for
item 1625 yes the last one on the ordinance report the committee made on this document 1625 to approve the layout and alteration plan for a portion of Glenn Street this was sent up to the full council with a favorable recommendation and make that
in the form of a motion thinking e e e e e this is being um paid for um by the state the MBTA is going to do all this
work it's a um it's under a section of the of Federal Financing called uh chapter 130 in Massachusetts and it's a project to uh improve intersections dangerous intersections for Road rail Crossing um it's part of a wider project
which we're doing which is the industrial rail uh project IRP uh we recently repaired the rail line from Broadway to Beacon Street uh The Next Step will be to do the work we're talking about the chapter 130 which will
be our our Engineers designing it but it will be completely work will be completely done by the state and then we'll move move on to the second part of that which is IRP 2 which will be an industrial a Spur line that goes through several private industrial areas into the industrial park providing
uh uh Freight rail service to a number of businesses within the city uh it'll Increase jobs it'll increase efficiency and it'll give us a a leg up in the future as we deal with the cost of moving Freight uh through this country so it's a it's a big advancement again
this is being done uh almost mainly with with with um Grand money any questions councelor what is the participation of the city when it comes to funding the city uh portion of it on our
part which is the IRP it's a 6040 split uh we're responsible for 40% we try and do that mainly within kind service and we've got a uh project agreement with the MBTA so they provide us all um our supp FES which are Rail lines ties um in
in infrastructure the the the basically the the materials for constructing the rail line that provided us to through their their excess uh uh excess um project um
services so we get those and and those are valued and give given to us in kind and that's part of our value um at the end of the day it's important for us um for instance the um the rail line that we did from
Broadway to Beacon Street um I believe the the final cost on that was about uh $800,000 the city had to pay 29,000 to its that so it's a very minimal amount of money uh councelors any questions in regard to this
matter uh that is done all fa please say I hi any names there I have it thank you Mr M okay thank you so we go e e that's fine uh yeah that's that's f mean
it's like if it's fine keeping it there and that is not Federation raise up uh and then we we good at the end of the day we need to discuss these counselors uh today is not a good day to discuss that on in SEC SE ction uh and then that's why we put them on for two
weeks all right we're just going to keep it there uh committee report we have the budget and finance that we already finished we have the housing committee with that is no report and we're going on top of the agenda which is the ordinance committee U item 1824 U councelor uh llant and the chair
of the ordinance committee thank you 24 and that's a oneway Orchard Street this is sent up to full Council the recommendation to withdraw and make that as a motion there is a motion to withdraw properly second and
discussion I Hear n discussion pleas hi item 3832 24 this item was sent this said No Parking On Canton Street on the right side and this was sent up with with the with the ordinance committee's recommendation based on councelor
Santiago and the police department in respect to the area of Canton Street between High Street and ECT Street the police department is a favorable recommendation for no parking on the right hand side of Canton Street that is what's being sent up to the full Council to order a public hearing and make that in the form of a motion there's a motion
to the to order a public hearing properly second discussion I hear non all please say hi hi there eyes have it item 55424 four-way stop sign this was sent up to the Full Count uh fourway stops intersection of jenesy street and Madison Street this was sent up to the
full council with a recommendation to withdraw and to make that as a motion motion there's a motion to withdraw discussion proberly second on the withdraw discussion Council pressing fund thank you councelor uh council
president I had a discussion with the supervisor of this uh of of the the officer that um that's that handled this matter um I I did I was made aware that the reason
why he made a a a he did not recommend for the four for the four-way stop sign was because of the accident record however I've had three constituents of that area complain to me about speeding and when I spoke to
uh Captain M uh McCarthy who is the supervisor I reminded him of that there are times when we put things on the item is to prevent something from happening I also shared with him the process that we went through um when it was officer aoco
that was in charge of this I I mentioned to to Captain McCarthy that counselors should at least receive a call before LPD make a a recommendation because they might not have the full story or um so yeah so I I don't recommend I I would
like to make a motion to approve this um like I said I I had three constituents of from this area complaining about speeding I I mentioned to to Captain McCarthy unless you guys are going going to have a dedicated police officer always on the side streets there we
don't have any other um solution to try to remedy the the the speeding I mean in addition to that we have four years waiting on the administration to implement speed reducers that we we keep hearing about and they're nowhere to be found either so something needs to be
done before something happens councilors we have a suggestion to the uh from councelor vice president Infante which is in regard to actually uh approve this item to order a public hearing I guess right uh and uh and then
have further discussion if we approve the public hearing that doesn't mean that we approving the item that means that we're going to have further further uh hearing from the public which they going to have an opportunity to come and then at that point we're going to have uh the optimal decision uh and we're
going to look at everything uh also that is important to recognize like how many accidents we have on that intersection if the accident had passed a certain amount U it should be recommend but we don't have that data at this point
um I believe um he said that there are no accidents reported um but it wasn't necessarily the ACT it's it's the speeding issue of those side streets um and that road is just a long road that yeah I understand some sometime
what happened with that accident reporting is that um intersections are not being taken into consideration instead what they do they take uh perhaps addresses the address is right at the intersection but it's not being report as as an accident being happening
at the intersection so that is a that is a kind of like you know a a way of uh kind of like you know making sure that we got the right data so it happened in the past I don't know if that is the case but I mean that's also oh my God that's coun president um I
from my discussion with Captain McCarthy he he it was it was a very good conversation understood and he's going to go back and look at ways um that we can improve this I I also mentioned to him that the officer that is now doing the ordinance should have every city councilor's phone number to check in
with ordinance uh at least uh before moving forward um and if they still believe that something should be there or something shouldn't but at least we we have that connection it comes back to and C pres we have a meeting next next week actually with the police department
in regard to this matter because we we're going to look at this in a in a broader uh way to actually make sure that you know counselor's opinion it's been taken care of at least a phone call as because there is couple of sections at the federal level that allow an the
stop sign or traffic light uh a couple of warn that need to take care and so of that is also uh the what's happening on the neighborhood u in a different dimension but I mean definitely having a conversation with the counselors it is extremely needed because we have we have
information from the constituents I I was going to say I wouldn't say opinion this comes from our constituents uh uh Madame Vare do you do you mind first uh having a u having those conversation table this at this
matter and then probably have uh and and a writing opinion from the police department so so we don't deviate from uh the home tents of getting an opinion from the police yeah that's I'm okay with that c plan you have a
question no I think we just have a motion to withdraw this before us right now that we haven't dispense with from the committee so that's still there motion yeah there is a motion to withdraw from the committee that then there was a a motion a desire to make a
motion to table did you make the motion to table coner no I mean it was not and then another motion might take president if if there is another motion uh motion to table it's a motion to table no discussion on the table matters properly second all those in favor please say hi
the ice haveit so going on top of the agenda which is item uh 56024 Council councelor the plant the chair of the of the ordinance committee I just just a port a parliamentary Cree
if you look at rule 16 under our rules it goes an order of of of order of Precedence number one is adjourn second two is recess number three is motion to withdraw and then number four is a motion to table we wanted to do it correctly the motion I could have with
drawn the motion to withdraw and and then allow the council vice president to make a motion to table if he wanted to do it as our rules require us to do we can follow the rule 16 no problem so there is a do you do you want to go back let's go back to the item let's untable
it uh there is a motion to un table I on 55424 motion to un table there's a motion to untable properly second say hi the I have it Cel a plan sure so I'm I'm going to make a motion to um I'm going
to make a motion as a committee report and that's going to be my motion that's neutral I'm looking for a second So you you're looking for to the your motion originally the underly motion is to withdraw removing that motion to withdraw and now I'm just making a
simple committee report yes so it's a it's a motion to asset that as a committee report correct all right uh there is a motion to asset it as a committee report properly second uh and then now we have a motion
to table properly second say have it 56 24 this item was no parking at 37 shat Street between 8:00 a.m. and and 5:00 p.m. that was sent up to the full council with the recommendation order a public hearing and make that as a motion a motion on the table properly second
discussion on the matter I hear none pleas say the IIT item 573 24 a stop sign at High Street so this is a stop sign High Street at high Highland and High Street
at High Street correct hold on High High Street at Highland Avenue right so the full Council send us up to the full council with a favorable recommendation uh to order public hearing pending of DPW report which we
all have in front of us in support of it as long as it's on high as long as the stop sign is on Highland Street Highland Avenue excuse me and not on High Street make sense that's the motion there's a motion on the table to
order public hearing properly second uh discussion celor councelors there is there is a we we have an issue the City of Lawrence through you m madame Vice President
inant we have an issue in the City of Lawrence and we need need to address this it's been it's very concerning that uh we have we have this issue and this is a safety issue minor intersections in the City of Lawrence
sometime do not have an stop sign so therefore if we don't have an stop sign on either intersection either minor or mayor intersection we are authorizing both
approach both V to collide and to have an accident it is happening throughout the City of Lawrence and what I'm trying to propose at some point is to allow the administration to
have a an stop sign or a traffic control at the minor intersection without not necessarily going through city council if we're going to do a four-way stop sign which is basically on each approach having an stop sign and then it
will come to us but we have to have one of the two in one of the two approaches coming into that intersection to be controlled to avoid accidents right now we done if somebody from Mississippi perhaps come over to the
city of lens they don't know the city they going to go straight somebody from all from any other place they're going to go they're going to keep on driving a lot of people might said you need to use common sense not necessarily because traffic
conditions are traffic conditions we need to provide that common sense as a city we need to have traffic control on one of the approaches usually all the cities and towns they have an ordinance they that they authorize the DPW to do
that recognition of what is the minor Street and then on that minor Street they install a traffic control usually and a stop sign on the minor Street if we look at the city roads we
have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of uh intersections that Collide to each other that do not have a traffic or traffic control which is on this case stop signs if we do an administrator
administrator policy or ordinance that allow the administration to indicate what's the minor Street and what they going to control we are going to have a better safe city um I don't I
I'm I'm I've been thinking about this for years I have brought it up before but people misunderstand what I was saying and they keep on saying that I wanted to have fourway stop sign on each
intersection no that's not the case Cas we have to have minor uh Minor Road controll it and if we don't essentially we're going to keep on having accidents so this is the situation I believe there
is no stop sign on this intersection we need to actually make an ordinance for this specific intersection but we need to do it for every single one of them I don't think it's productive so I think I will suggest in
the future to please uh look into this so when we have an ordinance to allow the administration uh to identify Minor Road and actually control those intersections without having to come to city council because it's already approve and a
broader uh ordinance that please look into it because it is important so with that said my share thank you for the opportunity thank you any other questions or comments discussion
uh councelor Santiago yes and in this item the the cons me about the speed limit over there in accident in this intersection and that's the T
intersection and that's why I put a stop sign High Street and high L High L Avenue and they only approve for high not for high
stre and if he I am not wrong I think they are already in Highland Avenue doesn't make sense thank you any other questions or comments just going to make a comment if
I I to be and I'm going to be completely honest I don't know why this counil has to deal with stop SS and handicap uh parkings uh we not antic Transit I don't
have any knowledge of um how do it called Transit uh engineering um in in in in trans Transit traffic traffic engineer thank
you and uh maybe the council president knows more uh he's an engineer but the rest of us we spend so much time talking about stop signs handicapp uh parking that they they have to be approved by
law h i I think that should be moved to DPW department or to a different commission like other cities do I to be honest nothing that I will say here will make a lot of sense to an engineer cuz
I'm not an engineer a traffic engineer so I just going to put it out there we get so many calls for things that we not necessarily have the right information thank you thank you C uh counselor Reyes
so I I I think we don't have the knowledge to decide but it's a beautiful connection we have with our constituents because uh the other way you don't have close connection with our people with our
consent because they request to us and we know what they need and and what they looking for I think it's a beautiful connection to you connect with youing and supporting and moving forward what is the iron day request I love it to do
that any other questions or comments see another motion on the table is to order a public hearing all those in favor say I I um clerk Madam clerk you do the can you do a roll call
please um going to you take a roll call that's okay yeah roll call Council Rees yes counil M yes counil Santiago no counil Del Rosario yes counil Luzan no
counil plant yes counil Levy yes Council vice president in fonte I'm sorry I probably should have done the CC president and this item I vote Yes um counc vice president
I'm going to vote with the District counselor I won't know motion car 63 what's the count 63 63 motion carries all right we're going to go on top of the agenda which is item uh 5872
24 uh Mr uh C llan the chair of the ordinance committee second there's a motion on the table properly second any discussion on this matter uh is this is a four-way stop sign discussion counc Council inant
thank you this is not a four-way uh this is a a T intersection sent um that's not a fourway no no no I say sent H I say senten same thing that's not the same thing as previously oh yeah so so so
what's happening with that so that's where Jefferson Street um turns into the main Mount Vernon Street uh there there were videos so there's a there's a Facebook malver and neighborhood page uh the constituents were sharing videos of
people just running that intersection now this is an intersection that many frost school kids um cross and also as you guys know Mal Vernon Street is and Jefferson Street is is are streets that many people walk and run and ride bikes
um so so yeah so that's so the comments within those videos of constituents were saying you would think it like you mentioned it's common sense to stop uh but sometimes if it might not be so I'm just going to take the pre the precaution and and request for the
council to to approve a stop sign so for the stop sign going to be on Jefferson on it'll be it'll be facing Jefferson cuz the incidents happen Jefferson going onto Mal Veron so is is is the stop sign going to be on Jefferson going what the S yeah got you all right uh counselors
any questions so for the for the uh for this matter I just want to make one quick comment C plan so there's been some talk this evening which I don't disagree with um which is having communication with the police department with respect to things that are in our district makes sense right um I would
recommend as a practice for us to contact the police department if you put something whoever you are on the agenda that has a oneway or a stop sign or a handicap or whatever make a phone call to the police department go listen I got three items I got this item this item I
want you to know where I'm coming from I put it on because of this reason that reason and this reason hope you'll factor that in when you make your recommendation be proactive have a conversation and then you're good right and it puts the it's obligations on us to make that to B so that's my recommendation I would have for my
colleagues I'm going to support this thank you all right any other questions on this matter council president Council Council thank you um I think in terms of being proactive when officer ableo was uh the the LPD appointe um he made sure
that we had his contact UM information and and made sure that that he welcomed that communication and and in discussion with Captain McCarthy what I was told was this was also just put on their plate where these detectives or or Lieutenant
I'm un short of what their titles are but they have other responsibilities within the L LPD department so it's not sometimes it's not they just have too much on their plates but I would gladly get his contact number number and be more
proactive uh any other uh comment or questions on this matter uh council president and just to add to my colleague comment uh we have a lot of items that we haven't received any respond and I spoke with members of
the ordinance committee uh I spoke with Teresa I sent emails she had sent different emails and the respon is not uh C there is there was a change on
the police department so the a lot of reports are coming uh through the ordinance committee uh well but thank you for letting us know that cuz we I sent emails and there was is no zero respond just to put it uh out there for the record all right any other questions
in regard to this matter to order public hearing all say any the eyes have it item 5 924 handicap parking at 71 start I'll start if that's right 5882 24 which is handicap parking at 359 Lawrence Street
this was set up to the full council with a recommendation order a public hearing that's the motion all there is a motion on the table to order public hearing properly second the discussion I Hear n pleas hi there have it uh 58924 handic parking on
71 Fur Street this sent up to the full Council the recommendation over a public hearing that's the motion all right there's a motion to order a public hearing for second discussion on this matter I hear none all please say hi hi the I have it item 5924 this is no parking anytime Water Street Southside from a street to do
Street set up to the full council with a recommendation order of public hearing that's the motion motion to order a public hearing on this on this matter any questions um there's no questions all Avail say I I the I have it item 0325 handicap parking at 17 Butler
Street was sent up to full council with fa recommendation order a public hearing that's the motion there's a motion a motion on the table properly second only discussion on this matter I hear none all say I have it it 0425 this is the order public hearing as well this the handicap Park in at 111a
Chester Street was sent up to the full Council to order public hearing that was um they make that in form of a motion there's a motion to order public hearing properly second discussion I hear n525 this is handicap parking at 248 Salem Street was sent up to the full council with favor recommendation order
a public hearing that's the motion second there's a motion on the table to order public hearing properly second all um there any questions are he n all and please say hi hi guys have I on 0625 this is handicap parking at 30 Well street was sent up to the full Council a
fa Fable recommendation to order a public hearing that's the motion second there a motion on the table to public hearing prop second any discussion I hear none all those in favor please say I I the I have 0725 this is handicap parking at 143 Parker Street this was sent up to the full council with
favorable recommendation to order of public hearing that's the motion second motion to order public hearing properly second and discussion on this matter I hear none all those in fav say all guys have it 0825 uh this is a document uh no parking anytime on Brookville Street between
Kenne Street and lenck Street both sides was send up to the PO council with a recommendation to order a public hearing that's the motion second all right there is a motion on the table properly second any discussion to other public hearing on this item I hear none all pleas say I the I have it um we're going on top of
the agenda Public Safety Committee there is no reports Committee of the hall there is no report old business uh we already discussed the old business uh any table matters councelors that we're not would like to discuss all right that is none so we go
straight to the new business U item 2024 review the city the city to list criteria and procedures uh requesting LPD and DP W to participate uh this is going to ordinance committee
I oh yes this is on Public Safety we're going to we're going to send this item to Public Safety Madame vice president so we we have an item on the public safety item uh 3225 25 handicap parking on 33 Bru Street uh this is going to
ordinance committee item 3325 handicap parking 19 exension Street uh this is going to ordinance committee em 3425 removal of handicap parking at 57 uh bigal Street this is going to the ordinance committee item 35225 remove of handicap parking at 39
East ha Street this is going to the ordinance committee item 3625 remove of handicap parking at uh 67 faran Street this is going to the ordinance committee item um 3725 proposed ordinance uh 2
2.56 160 uh clinicians this is going to the ordinance committee item 3825 confirm the appointment of Mel uh assistant commissioner to uh of he he and cod services this is going to
personal committee uh item 3925 authorization to spend $35,000 uh uh 25 2025 Department of fire services and safety equipments this is going to The Bu and finance committee item 4025 appropriation transfer of
$100,000 from AP account uh to uh 26259 to new project account this is going to buet and finance committee item 4125 in uh Insurance a grant of Grant insurance and authorizations to spend
25,2 15 housing Choice Grant uh planning Grant uh for reendo Getaway 2 uh 2.0 this is going to the B finance committee itan uh 44 no
4325 say just span 130,000 housing Choice uh from AO hlc planning Grant government Transportation Center this is is going to The Bu and finance committee item 4425 opio settlement funds update model
of phone application development pregnancy tracker this is going to the buget and finance committee item 25 uh 25 uh item 4525 merge of a portion of Bay Road with
a city on land uh Mar law C40 section 15 uh for future development and recreational park this is going to the housing committee item 4625 resoning a portion of the city land
of Bay Street Road uh in Jordan Street uh from General uh from General Industry I2 to open space recreational uh OCR this is going to uh we we we're going to send it to
zoning uh so they can start working on that and then subsequently we're going to be um reviewing that at the ordinance committee once they get the report to us you want to keep those two together and both to only because it's the same
project basically just kind of two parts the merging of the land and then the resoning of the land but there are two different two different uh situations going on there yeah just keep it like that I know but I mean we it's different thing
because one is the merch one is the the resoning and then they all work together at the ordinance committee all right um essentially the item 425 uh I also once it get discussed at the housing it's also going to be merged uh together with
the report coming from the uh from the uh from the uh uh the Z the zoning board is going to go to to the ordinance committee Alto together uh because this is all one project
councilors any other matters if he not we going straight to the Committees uh bu um ordinance next Tuesday 11th 7 p.m. all right ordinance next Tuesday uh volum and
finance Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. uh H uh housing um can we do housing at Wednesday at 7: is just one item just one item
um and then we have Public Safety Public Safety Thursday at 6 Thursday at 6 Public Safety uh we have Personnel Wednesday at 5:30 there only it's only one item Wednesday at 5:30 council president I got a question for the
budget committee chair is is an hour enough time because you have a 6:00 meeting for budget and 7:00 for housing is that enough time for the budget to complete their business I like four
4 unless unless um um our vice president wants to allow me to take the six and then they could do 6:30 you only have one item exactly I could do six and then 30 minutes 6:30 for budget and finance
let's switch it yeah let's I think it will make more sense just keep budget at 7 yeah housing is going to be at 6:30 on on Wednesday and then we find housing is at 6 but Finance is at 6:30 I just
really oh okay you want a seven okay 63 on 7 really liked how early we got out last time when we made all the meetings earlier and put Public Safety I mean Personnel excuse me on that same day and Personnel is going to be on Thursday together with safety I
believe no that was Wednesday 5:30 but I can put it with Public Safety you can put it on you put Public Safety and and that will be yeah this is Thursday at 5:30 so let's go let's go back ordinance
is a next Tuesday at 7 uh bu and finance I mean uh housing is at 6:30 on Wednesday no 6:30 630 630 and then seven Finance right yeah and then and then you have uh on
Thursday you have personel and safety personnel will be at 5:30 and then Public Safety at 6:00 p.m. yeah you have one one item personal all right councelors any other
any anything else all right thank you counselors for being patient with the uh with this meeting today uh will entertain a motion to adjourn motion toj second there a motion to adjourn properly second discussion I hear none please say I hi
any ni the ice have it