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Council Novoselsky has a point of personal privilege. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, uh over the weekend, uh we lost an old friend, uh who was a former city councilor, uh Kathleen Penn. And uh she was buried this morning, and

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we have to remember her right now a resolution of condolence. Whereas former city councilor Catherine Penn has in rendered conspicuous faithful and honorable public service to the citizens of the city of Revere in

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her duties as a city councilor. And whereas almighty God in his infinite wisdom has called former city councilor Catherine Catherine Penn to her eternal reward. Whereas the sad calling of from our miss

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of former city councilor Catherine Penn leaves a vacancy in the official family of the city of Revere that will be difficult to fulfill and a memory that will long be cherished. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of the Revere City Council

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extend to the family of former city councilor Catherine Penn, on behalf of the citizens of Revere, our heartfelt sympathy and sincerest regrets on their profound loss. And be it further resolved that in recognition

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of former councilor Penn's service to the citizens of Revere, the City Council pay sincere tribute to her memory by spreading upon the official records of the City Council a copy of this resolution of condolence. Ordered by the City Council of Revere on a roll call by

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all our city councilors, approved by Anthony T. Zambuto, Council President, and attested by Ashley E. Melnick, City Clerk. Kathleen Penn was my neighbor for many, many, many years.

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Uh she lived on Campbell Ave, and she moved to the beach on Ocean Ave, and then they moved she moved over to Lynn. Uh she served on the City Council from

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1980 to 1986 as the Ward 2 councilor. She was the first woman to be elected president of the Revere City Council. She made her mark in Revere. She made her mark in Ward 2.

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She did her job and did it well. And I say, Kathleen, rest in peace. Thank you. Amen. Amen. All right, calendar item number three. Motion presented by councilors Iannenzio and Silvestri that the City Council award certificates of merit to the

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Revere High School JROTC Robo Nerds Robotic Club for winning a national title at the National Robot Drone League held at Eastern Tennessee State University. The team traveled to Tennessee to compete on March 27th and 28th of this year. >> [applause]

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[applause] >> I love it. >> [applause] >> That's great. >> [laughter] >> That's great job. Good job. Check your license and registration. Yeah. More coming? Yeah. A drone? I love it.

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>> [laughter] [applause] >> Go, Robo Nerds! I love it. That's great. That's cool. Thank you, uh everyone for coming. It's It's was my pleasure, along with councilor Silvestri, to sponsor this motion.

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Um the Robo Nerds, uh the robotics team, uh of the ROTC traveled to Tennessee, to Eastern State Tennessee, the end of March, and uh they won several awards and won their competition. And the most extraordinary thing, I think, is I

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believe this is their first year in existence. So, I make that >> [applause] >> to make that uh accomplishment their first year is really is extraordinary. Uh we have some uh Councilor Silvestri, would you like to say something? >> Yeah, just real quick. Um I just want to

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commend the team and uh Major Boca for another tremendous accomplishment here at Revere High School with the JROTC program. I also want to send a special thanks to Revere police officer Bullies and Sergeant Alfaro. They were instrumental in helping the team to and

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from and all the support they needed. So, a great community uh collaboration to make this happen. Um I want to commend you all, and congratulations. >> [applause] [applause] [cheering] >> The City of Revere Certificate of Merit

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in acknowledgement of extraordinary, distinguished, and meritorious achievement as a member of the Revere High School Army Junior ROTC Robo Nerds Team 3000. Special recognition is hereby accorded to Victoria Atlas in

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recognition of her outstanding achievement in being crowned national alliance champions at the 2026 Robot Drone League National Competition held March 27th and 28th, 2026.

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And in celebration of a remarkable inaugural season defined by innovation, teamwork, and perseverance. In your your rookie year, you demonstrated exceptional skill in navigating robots and drones through a simulated moon base habitat challenge,

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achieving top qualifying scores and reaching a personal best of 3,255 points at the national level. Your accomplishments further include earning second place overall at the national at the New England regional competition and

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receiving the Alliance Award Engineering Award and Team Showcase Award, reflecting your collaboration, technical excellence, and dedication. Your success brings great pride to the Revere High School and the City of Revere, serving as an

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inspiration to the entire community. In witness whereof this Certificate of Merit is gratefully bestowed by the City Council and Mayor of the City of Revere, Massachusetts, on behalf of its citizens this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 2026

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and of the independence of the United States of America, the 249th. Congratulations. If uh Victoria? Victoria? >> want to You can just call out the names. Yeah. >> [applause] >> You can You can come right up.

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Everyone can come right up. Giselle Alcron Alice. >> [applause] >> Congrats. Nelson Alfaro Vasquez. >> [applause] [applause] >> Which one is this? This one.

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Isabelly Alves Dos Santos. >> [applause] >> Isabelly? Congratulations. Great job. Britney Aguiar De Leon. >> [applause] >> Kairyn Brezanga Aguiar. >> [applause]

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>> Congratulations. Great job. Jack Kimbrello. >> [applause] >> Adekanmi Futuga >> [applause] >> Not here. Congratulations. Great job, buddy. David Flores Luna >> [applause]

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>> Mason Garcia Alvarado >> [applause] >> Congratulations. >> Great job. Diego Leal Robles Okay. >> [applause] >> Radley Lakutu >> [applause]

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>> Douglas Martinez Aguilar >> [applause] >> Congratulations. Great job, buddy. Leslie Mendoza >> [applause] >> Congratulations. Great job. Congratulations. Thank you.

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Congrats. Lindsey Macado >> [applause] >> Catherine Morales >> [applause] >> Larissa Sharyeva >> [applause] >> Great job. And last but not least, certainly, Major

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Deborah Balca >> [applause] [cheering] [applause] >> Great. How are you? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Congratulations, Major. Thank you, sir. Can we bring them all up to get a picture? Yes. Thank you.

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Congratulations. Great job. Thank you. We should just We should just stand here. Yeah, maybe we could do Yeah, we can do that. That'll work. You can stay there. Stay right there and Get everyone to come in. Come on, Chris.

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Big button. >> [laughter] >> Deep breath. >> [laughter] [applause] >> We're good. Thank you very much. Thank you. Calendar item number four, motion presented by Councillor Guarino Squalia, that the Revere City Council award a certificate of commendation to Mr. Jamie

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Russo in recognition of his continued support of the Revere Fire Department through the voluntary donation of property slated for demo for use in critical hands-on fire training exercises. Councillor Guarino Squalia Thank you, Mr. President. Unfortunately, Mr. Russo could not make it this

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evening, but I would like to just take a few moments to recognize something that often happens behind the scenes but has a real direct impact on public safety in our city. Before certain buildings are demolished in the city of Revere,

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Mr. Mr. Russo has consistently allowed the Revere Fire Department to use those properties for hands-on training exercises. I think it's important for the public to understand just how valuable that is.

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These are not simple drills. This is real-world practicing training. Our firefighters are able to practice forcible entry, search and rescue, ventilation, ladder operations, all

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within actual structures. That level of experience simply cannot be replicated in a classroom setting. That was from the chief Chief Cullen himself. He wanted to be here this evening, but since Jamie wasn't going to be here, I I

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I told him it wasn't necessary. Um What this does What What Jamie does by giving the firefighters these buildings is, especially to the newer members of the Fire Department, in a way that would otherwise take years of on-the-job

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training to achieve. At the same time, it allows the veteran firefighters to stay sharp and maintain critical skills. It also results in cost savings for the city of Revere by reducing the need for outside training facilities and limiting

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overtime expenses. So, to us, that is very, very important and it's something that's constantly overlooked. And the key point here is this is something that has that does not need to be done and these prop- properties can just simply be demolished, but instead they're being

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used in a very practical way, in a way that directly benefits the safety and preparedness for our community. So, today, this recognition is not about development, it's about public safety, readiness, and a strong community partnership. And for that, I just wanted

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to take a moment and say thank you for what he does for the city of Revere. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. Public hearings, calendar item number five, hearing called as ordered on an ordinance further amending title eight of the Revere Revised Ordinances

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relative to cryptocurrency ATMs. Proponents, people in favor. Hearing and seeing none, we'll close that side of the hearing. Opponents, anybody opposed to this? Hearing and seeing none, we'll close

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that side of the hearing. City Councilors, my Councilor Silvestri Yes, Councillor Zambuto, Mr. President. I thank you, and I thank the City Council. This will be going to Legislative Affairs. I'll keep majority of my comments for then. But this is

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uh short answer is this will be a uh an amendment that will take crypto ATMs out of the city of Revere. It's currently uh targeting elderly and uh migrants, working-class people. I just had a conversation with a a resident who lost

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$350,000 from November 11th to like the 23rd um right here at Shell gas station. I I did a quick Google search uh to see how many there were in the city, and I think there's too many to to really put a finger on. There's so many little stores

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that have them. So, uh this policy will will help us remove those and and carry a $300 fine if not. So, this will go to Legislative Affairs, Mr. President. Thank you. Thank you, Councilor. Any other Councilors? Hearing and seeing none, Legislative

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Affairs. Calendar item number six, hearing called as ordered on a bond authorization in the amount of $3.6 million for stormwater improvements. Proponents Mr. Superintendent Good evening, Council. Chris Charamella,

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Superintendent of Public Works, 319 Charger Street. I just like to state that I'm a proponent for this. It uh goes forward some much-needed drainage improvements in the Library School Street area. After this is complete, then we can move forward with paving and sidewalks for the area and

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wrap up that whole neighborhood. That's all I have. Thank you. Any other proponents? People in favor? Council President, uh CFO Richard Viscay would like to be recorded as a proponent presenting it to you this evening. Yes, the CFO will be recorded as in favor.

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Uh any other proponents? Hearing and seeing none, we'll close that side of the hearing. Any opponents? People opposed? Hearing and seeing none, we'll close that side of the hearing. City Councilors Councilor Mercurio Thank you, Mr. President. Uh Mr. Charamella, just one

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quick question, please. Um we'll be doing the School Street area, right behind the uh library. Are we going to be doing some sidewalks and street renovation down there also? Yep. And you can specify just a little bit more what's going to take place after the new pipes are in. So, after we complete the drainage upgrade, it um

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about 6 months, everything has to settle. So, once it goes through most like a winter, spring will be paving and installing sidewalks in the that whole area. Okay. >> Library, School, Elm. Um Paris. Cuz it's going to cut through that section as well. So.

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>> Okay, this because there's a part of School that does not have any sidewalks right now. And with the new traffic pattern, um getting a lot of calls from people that have no place to walk. So, really like to see the the sidewalks at that uh um that School beginning of School Street right off of Harris there. So. >> Okay. All right.

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>> Yeah, but as soon as everything is installed, we'll we'll put throw a study together and we'll figure out exactly where the sidewalks are going to be installed. Great. Thank you very much, Chris. I appreciate it. >> Of course. Okay. Um any other city councilors? Hearing Can we vote on this? Okay.

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Roll call. Shall the city council approve a bond authorization in the amount of $3.6 million for storm water improvements? Councilor Argenzio? Yes. Yes, Councilor Cogliano? Yes. Yes, Councilor Ginino? Yes. Yes, Councilor Greenough-Solaya?

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Yes. Yes, Councilor Haas? Is absent. Councilor Kelly? Yes. Yes, Councilor McKenna is absent. Councilor Macario? Yes. Yes, Councilor Novaselsky? Yes. Yes, Councilor Silvestri? >> Yes. Yes, and Council President Zambuto? Yes. Yes, the bond authorization has

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been approved. Um uh public comment next. It's not on the agenda, but that should have been that should be next, okay? Public comment pursuant to chapter 402 of the Acts of 1965. Okay, so anybody that's uh has public comments,

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come name and address for the record. Need to be a Revere resident. You have 2 minutes. Name and address, please. I forgot about that. Nico Christopoulos, 111 Mill Street. Um I've contacted a couple of you guys up here in regards to

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what's going on in our neighborhood on Mill Street and the surrounding streets. Um Huh? Motion 13. So, basically what's happening is we're inundated with driving schools, right? And I think what's happening is the Registry does their road test in our

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neighborhood. So, the driving schools knowing this, they teach their students in that neighborhood. You can't really fault them. I mean, they want a successful outcome for their student. However, it comes down to us on the quality of life. I mean, this goes on

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all day from 7:00 a.m. till it gets dark out. Every day, all day. And the problem is, I don't know if the people teaching these kids are qualified because when you come in the neighborhood in the morning, and I invite any of you guys to

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come down and just check it out for a half hour, and you know, 15 ft after a major intersection, a four-way intersection, they're doing a U-turn. They're trying to parallel park against traffic when it's just, you know, a line of cars down the neighborhood. And this goes on constantly.

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So, I was instructed to you know, take some video evidence, the name the plate, don't interact with them. So, I just take the video. So, I'm walking my dog during lunch one day, and a driving school instructor wanted to engage with me. And so, I felt,

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you know, I just told him I'm not going to engage with you. This is going to the city. You know, he's asking me why I'm doing it and so forth. So, he wanted to continue to engage the conversation, and I just wanted to disengage. So, when I was walking away, and I told him, "Just go to the council meeting, and we can

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talk about it there in a professional setting." He told me he knew where I parked my car and what kind of car I drove. So, you know, when it comes to inappropriate comments and behavior like that, just because I'm doing what I was told

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to do and not even engaging with them, I feel like it's time to turn to you guys. You guys are the professionals. You guys represent us. I'm not sure what to do from a resident standpoint. So, I'm going to turn to the body that helps us. Um do you guys have any questions about it? I mean, I can

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answer any questions if you guys have. I thought High Street was the only place where they had uh uh I get more I get more driving schools up in near my house, but uh >> So, Just to give >> Listen, I'll give you a suggestion. Call the police. That was a threat he made.

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Yeah. I have a report of it. So, I just logged that incident, so that way if something did happen, you know, we can go back. Mhm. You know, check that out. And I have the recording if anyone wants it, I can email it to anyone of you guys if you guys want it. Um also, just to give you guys a little

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more information, I did a little digging. You got to hurry up. You're over your 2 minutes. Hurry up. >> And all right. So, they all stage up at MDC skating rink. So, I think that's the problem. Like, there are signs they have follow the Registry that say road test parking. Yeah. So, I think, you know, we're the

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one of the first neighborhoods over there, you know, Hyde Street, Mill Street. So, I think that's the draw. Plus, this is where the Registry does their road test. >> that on to the police, and they can pass that on to the Registry officials. >> would appreciate any help you guys can give.

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>> Thank you. Thank you, guys. Anyone else on public comments? Give me a second. Take your time. Hi, I'm Maria Christopoulos, 111 Mill Street. I just want to say that I was also affected by these driving schools.

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First off, one woman almost hit me. She put I was crossing from Mill Street up going across Vine Street, and she was stopped at the stop sign, and all of a sudden hit the gas. And I was walking my son's dog at that time. I

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didn't have this, I had the dog. So, you know, I said, "Wow, what are you doing?" And the guy Good thing he quickly hit the um the brake that he had. And I know it was a maroon car, but I don't know

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which driving school it was. So, I mean, I just wanted to add that to it because of the safety factors. This is definitely a problem down there. >> Oh, definitely. >> Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay.

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Oh, we got another one. Name and address. I see it. Okay. Brenda Gericke, 150 Town Street. It's This isn't just starting now. It's been going on for 2 years. We have pictures of every single driving school from Lynn, Everett, Chelsea. I

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mean, it's everywhere. Yeah. And the instructors aren't following the going through stop signs, making them make U-turns where they don't belong, or coming up the one-way, and these kids crossing the streets, someone's going to get hurt, someone's going to get killed, and they don't seem

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to care. They just Yeah. go on your way, we don't care, you know. So, that's how we're getting answered, but it's been going on for a long time now, a couple of years. So, it's getting aggravating. That's good to know it's going on, and we'll >> It's a long time. >> follow up on it. I don't know if it's because of the the Registry, the new

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Registry in Chelsea. >> the reason. Yeah. But also at night, um up until 8:00, 9:00, and they come at 7:00 in the morning. They're not supposed to start till 9:00. They're at there at 7:00 in the morning when I'm dropping people off. I have to drop my mother off at doctor's or whatever. And they're at 8:00 or 9:00 at night

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after the driving school. They're there with their own parents. You can see doing their practicing or whatever. It's beyond just the driving school. So. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Okay, moving on. Calendar item number seven,

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communication from the HYM Investment Group LLC relative to its annual project update for Suffolk Downs as required by the special permit issued by the city council for the development. Right. Okay. Um good after Good evening, everybody. Thanks so much for uh for seeing us. I'm here with Doug Manz, my

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partner, who uh you folks know well. We sent some slides ahead of time. I'm not sure if those are if those get I know posted. Understood. Yeah, so we can send them later, but I I can speak from the slides if that's okay. I I kind of I came to be

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prepared in case Oh, great. >> [clears throat] >> And I'm looking at myself on the TV, just so you know, I had cataract surgery over the last couple of weeks, so I'm There we go. So, I I cataract surgery, so that's why Yeah, that's why I'm wearing these.

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Exactly. I look like Kurt Rambis, I think. No Nobody remembers Kurt Rambis. So, I I'll just as as we're hooking that up, I'll uh I'll just kind of start on a couple of things. Um the first is just to uh make sure that we say thank you. Uh this council and the the mayor have

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been uh really great with us in terms of helping us try to work our way through the the last uh call it 24 months or so of of um uh increased interest rates and increased costs and some of the things that affected the the pace of development. Um and uh and I just, you

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know, right at the outset want to make sure that we say thank you to uh to the members of this council and uh and to the mayor and to the whole team of of people with whom we've worked here. A great uh team, I think, which in which we've all worked together to try and uh get the the project make sure it stays

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on track, and also put people to work, which is which is great. So, I may start to launch in if that's I don't know if it's going to come up or not. Up. There we go. Okay. So, folks can see this. So, if we go to the first slide, um so really what this is about,

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remember that when we uh completed the approvals, um the the part of the the requirement was that we would come back each year and give it a presentation, sort of an update to the council on on the project. And so, this is really that that update. So, if we go to the

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next can see it on your laptop, but it may show it Uh there we go. Okay. So, um on this slide, you'll see that the green is Amaya, uh which has been completed, as folks know. Um so, that uh continues to

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operate very very well, 475 units. It's been a great project for us. And then, uh in addition to that, we have under construction uh the Portico project, which, you know, we all participated in a groundbreaking for that. We're very happy with that. Things are on track. Uh that too is another 475 units, approximately. That

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has a high-rise component uh to it, and that, as I said, is is underway. Um and uh you'll see the see the steel start to come out of the ground on that uh later this year. In addition to that is the Amp. Uh I'll have another slide in here that we'll talk about some of the infrastructure, but the Amp is uh an

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outdoor amphitheater uh that is also part of the uh full infrastructure system and the water management system over time. And then, in the yellow are two other projects that we expect to start this year. One is the R2 hotel. Um that hotel is about 160 keys. I have a

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slide on that in a moment. Um and then, Art the Arden, which is another residential project. Again, a slide coming up on that uh in just a few moments. We have other projects that are um part of this first phase that we're working to also get under the ground that I'll I'll talk a little bit about more. Those are in the sort of the light

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uh lighter blue uh in the slide as well as we move forward. So, if we go to the next slide, um this is these are pictures of progress to date. So, you'll see the Amaya up and running. In the lower left-hand corner is the yard at Beachmont Square, just a a group of of activation elements that

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we put together. Up on top uh is the Beachmont Plaza Park. Uh we've we've really worked hard to kind of create open space that is of interesting design, but also, you know, attractive for people to come in and visit. And then, on the lower right, uh you'll see uh all the different outlines of of

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streets, parking lots, uh the infrastructure pieces that we put in place. So, we spent uh kind of an uh uh you know, this may not be the most exciting stuff, but the a lot of the work that we've done has been to spend on on infrastructure uh as we go forward. So, we go to the next slide. Um just a picture of the groundbreaking

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for Amaya. Uh 475 units, over 80% uh leased. In fact, that's higher now. That's probably around 90% at this point. Uh with ground floor retail, including Twisted Fate uh Brewing and The Point Barre um uh Yoga, uh both both of which are opened and and uh and doing great. Uh

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and the building has attracted quite a few people. If we go to the next slide, um these are just some slides that show Twisted Fate Brewery uh and The Point uh uh Yoga as well. So, these two uh organizations have continued to do well in the building. If we go to the next slide,

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the Yard, um which is the the space that's just outside of Amaya. Uh you know, our our effort there is to activate that space, particularly as the weather gets better. So, we've got the spring pop-up market, uh which is Saturdays beginning uh April 19th. Uh we've got Thursdays at the Yard with

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some music. Got the dog park at the Yard. Uh a a bunch of other summer track activities as well. Uh in a variety of other uh kind of outdoor fitness and and pieces that happen, including the Blue Flex line Blue Line Flex, uh which begins on June 7th, I think it is, which will uh go

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every Tuesday uh and Saturday uh through the course of the of the summer. Um then we go to the next slide, please. Um and for that, again, uh some additional progress around events and activations. We've got the track, um the dog park, uh the a variety of other

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community events. We just announced uh last week uh working in partnership with the city and with the mayor's office, um some uh activities around FIFA and and uh and block watching uh soccer watching parties. Uh the stage at Suffolk Downs and uh and the Paddock, which uh also continues to play be a place for

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activities. Uh the the effort really is to kind of bring people to the site and try and make it a place that is active. If we go to the next slide, so this is really about infrastructure and traffic mitigation. So, a lot of the uh uh funds have been spent on infrastructure to kind of set the stage

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for the site to move forward. So, we've actually spent a lot of uh of time, money, uh and effort on building out the infrastructure to prepare it. So, we built out on-site roadways. This These slides we can send around to you, but these uh these are lists of the on-site roadways and utilities. Every every road

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that we build has to have utilities uh built into it as well. So, the Beachmont Plaza open space as well, the Yard at Beachmont Square, the Amp, which I which we described, that's uh will be completed this coming summer. Uh the installation of the Washburn Ave uh climate barrier berm, which we

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completed. Uh the Winthrop Avenue and uh Revere Beach Parkway off-site intersection improvements, which we've completed. We've done 10 off-site intersections as well throughout Revere. And we've got seven that are in active construction right now. So, these are all part of our approvals and all uh work that we need to to take care of.

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Again, it's not the uh the most uh visible, maybe not even the most interesting, but it's perhaps the most important cuz it sets the stage for investing in the site and making it possible for things to happen after that. So, if we go to the next slide, please. >> [clears throat] >> So, now coming up this year, we've got

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the grand opening of the Amp uh this coming summer, 2026. That will be a place where we'll be able to have uh music and performances. Uh we've got Portico underway, 473 units and 33,000 sq ft of retail. As folks know, that's under construction. Later this year, we'll probably have a

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topping-off ceremony uh for the the steel on that. We've got the hotel uh that is uh that will begin in the fourth quarter of this year. We've got a flag set up for that. We've got uh an agreement set up. That's all ready to move forward. Um and we've got the Arden, which is the uh the new

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residential building that will start in fourth quarter of this year. And then, Gateway Plaza, which is 619 uh Winthrop Avenue. I'll show you that in a little bit. Uh and that will be completed this coming fall as well. Next slide, please. Just a little bit of detail on the Amp. So, remember, uh this is an outdoor

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performance uh venue, kind of part of the park system with uh tree groves and seating areas and a performance platform at the water's edge. But it's also a key part of our resiliency, our stormwater management plan. So, remember, we've got a a very forward-thinking stormwater management plan in which when storms

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come, as they eventually will, we can manage the water into the space, and the water can uh gather here and not affect the roadways or the buildings. And so, we can sort of say to people, future tenants, future commercial businesses, that if you come here, um you we can

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tell you that you will not be flooded even given the changes that are expected with climate and and the like. And so, the water will flow in here and then flow out with the uh when the water uh issue subsides. Uh we've also got site activation um uh that will be coming to that location

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in the summer uh of this year as well. If we go to the next slide, please. So, Portico, um yep, Portico. Uh so, remember that construction commenced. We had a wonderful ceremony in November of 2025. Uh and the groundbreaking that um that kind of, you know, started at that time.

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473 units uh of market-rate apartments. 30 33,000 sq ft of ground floor retail, and it'll open in uh first quarter of 2028. Uh and that's underway, construction going well. Um the team is all fully engaged. We've kind of uh bought out all the different trades at

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this point uh up to I think 95% of all the trades, and we're we're good to go on that. If we go to the next slide, please. And the next slide is the hotel. So, the hotel will get underway this year. It's a full-service hotel, 150 keys. Um we've kind of hung on to the fact

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that uh we really want a rooftop restaurant and bar there that'll have a a really great gathering spot, we think, and a great uh view of the of the ocean. So, we think that really adds a lot to the site and brings makes it uh even more attractive for people to want to be there.

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Uh it's a a national uh upscale uh tiered flag that uh that will be uh running that that hotel. Uh and we'll, as you say, get that underway this year. Next slide, please. The Arden is a 243-unit residential project. That too will get underway this

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year. You really helped us quite a bit by helping us get Portico started, as I think we said, in this um environment, you know, the key thing was if we get past that, we could kind of free things up and get moving. And so, these two projects are part of that effort. So, this will be a mix of studios and one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments.

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Seven-story building. It'll face Beachmont Plaza, so it'll help us start to uh flesh out and finish out Beachmont Plaza and bring more retail. So, we've got a a really good spot for people to gather, outdoor seating and the like. And this will have about 12,500 sq ft of of ground ground floor retail

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[clears throat] on that one. Next slide, please. 619 Winthrop, um we expect it will be kind of the long-term entrance. So, remember, this was a commercial business that we purchased um a couple years ago. Uh we really wanted to make sure that the entrance to Suffolk Downs was something that started

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right at the Blue Line station. And so, we wanted this to be a a a key part of people's experience as soon as they got off at Beachmont, they were part of Suffolk Downs. And so, this is the plan for, at least for now, to kind of start to think this through. It'll be an upgrade of the former Beachmont Roast Beef site, creating a direct pathway

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from the station, directly kind of opening it up and and uh creating that pathway directly from Beachmont into the site uh with a kind of a beacon um format, you know, kind of people may remember that there was a tower that existed there for the MBTA that came down a few years ago. We sort of liked

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it cuz it was a good with the tower that could be lit at the MBTA station is a key part of this together with that kind of a marketing and presentation space that can be retail and food trucks here as well as as part of this whole effort. But we really wanted to make sure that that plaza could be something that could

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be part of the entrance and allow us to you know begin that experience for people as soon as they get off of Beachmont station. And I think that might be it for our slides. We're going to Yep. I'm happy to answer any questions that folks may have for either Doug or myself.

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Any counselors? Councilor Mercurio. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Tom, for being here. Doug, thank you also for being here. Uh it's good to see the project moving forward. Um we're going to talk about a little about Don Lee Square now. Uh uh I have mentioned on several occasions

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to both gentlemen and the mayor of redoing the square over and Mr. Gravalese actually did a study for us. They had Fuss & O'Neill come in and do a third-party peer review of what I would like to see get done into the square and I think

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residents of Ward 1 uh would like to see get done into the square uh lowering of all the wires, decorative lighting, trees, uh streetscaping. Um I know it's uh it's a big ask at this point uh looking at the numbers coming in. How

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much money do we have earmarked for that Don Lee Square area? So we we share the same goal of trying to make Don Lee Square this special place that that you and we you know share in a vision. And I think I I can I think this through with Doug in terms of what the money is today that's allocated

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from us for that. I think what we've also talked about is we'll need partnerships I think with MassDOT and perhaps the MBTA and other pieces cuz remember below grade the key thing is below grade there's a ton of infrastructure.

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The power companies, the MBTA, MassDOT, all of those pieces. So we're going to need partnerships with all those entities in order to relocate all of that below grade equipment and free it up so that we can make the the overhead lighting work the way we want to all want to make it work. The

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sidewalks, the street, all those different pieces. So I think what's really required which we would love to be you know help lead and and be part of certainly working with you and the the city is a team effort on the part of all of those different agencies. So we're we're we're ready to engage on that. As I said before, we

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don't want to be the uh residents on the other side of the train tracks and and be neglected and part of your sales pitch prior to this development project coming into the city was doing Don Lee Square over. So I'm going to make it a point that we work together and try to get that done

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effectively cost-wise and you know make the square the way it should be and it's more of an introduction into yard development. So looking forward to engaging both you and Doug and Mr. Gravalese and and working to try to get this project to where it needs to be. We

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agree. It's a it's a shared effort and it's an appropriate thing to do and we it it benefits the neighborhood that has been so good to us and and we think it benefits all of us. So Thank you for being here. I appreciate your time and effort. >> Thank you, counselor. Thank you, counselor. Councilor Silvestri. Thank you, Mr. President. Tom, I just

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want to say thanks for coming up tonight. Greatly appreciate it. Um I greatly appreciate you you being a a good neighbor. So as a right now like putting use to the site as as the yard is being used for the for the farmers market and whatnot. Really

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keeping life to that site as it's being developed is a huge plus for the city as well as as yourself. Any big staple restaurants going into the area or something that we can look forward to that's really my biggest question. >> That's our objective. I think one of the things you may remember we talked about

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two when we came in to talk about Portico is getting Portico underway and bringing you know kind of an additional mass. If you just think about it, you've got 473 units at at Amaya that usually just the basic rule of thumb is you probably have as a

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result of that maybe close to 650 or so people maybe 700 people who will live in that building. You add the same number of units you get another 700 so you get 1400 people living there plus the hotel plus the pieces. So now suddenly we have enough of a mass where we think we can be an

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attractive place for a restaurant. We're we're working every day to try and attract one and we'd be willing to you know not have it be a huge money maker. Honestly for us if it's a break even and it brings people there and it's a good restaurant, we'd like to have that happen. So we've a great retail staff that's working with

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us and together with an outdoor team outside team I mean and we're that's our objective is to try and bring a restaurant there. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, counselor. Any other counselors? So I guess I'll ask permission to use a little of the time then.

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Tom, I want to thank you for the presentation and it it looks great and we're excited I'm excited about the hotel. I'd like to know the name of it, but I'm not going to put you on the spot. I'm sure it's >> months. We we have the name we just can't say >> I know I know you can't release it, but

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that's >> [laughter] >> Listen, we're we're just thrilled that it's going to be there and and at least by looking at the slide you see how it's piecing together and and and I'm excited about it. Um I'd be more excited if we weren't going

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to use the money for something that we except for reducing taxes, but I lost that fight. Um We got more tax revenue coming. When we get these buildings going and we get a hotel, we get all these >> Well, when you get that that'll that'll help. They but we need a lot more help than than just

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you. We're not going to get into that here tonight, but I uh it it looks nice the way it's coming together and and I'm hoping that the economy's going to turn around and it looks like interest rates are going to start coming down and

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I hope so. Things are things things are going to be smooth. Uh the sun the sun will come out tomorrow. >> It always does, right? Yeah. >> [laughter] >> It's and I if I could just before I give up the microphone just say, you know, I Doug and I worked together for almost 20 years and Doug really

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is the day-to-day person really seeing everything move forward and and things are really starting to come together. So we feel great about where we are. So I just want to thank Doug for being Doug Doug is a professional like you are and it's it's a pleasure to work with professionals. Even when times get tough. Yes. And maybe especially when

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times get tough. But we're we're excited at least I'm excited uh as as one counselor up here. Um I'm looking forward to next building coming online and I'm really looking forward to this uh this nice hotel. Yeah, it's going to be

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good. Restaurant on top. And next time you see me I won't have to wear the glasses anymore too which will >> [laughter] >> which will be good. All good. All good. Thank you so much. Thank you all. Yeah. Placed on file. Calendar item number eight, communication from the mayor relative to the reappointment of James O'Brien to

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the Zoning Board of Appeals. Calendar item number nine, communication from the mayor relative to the appointment of Gerard Cole as a constable for the City of Revere. Appointments. Motions, calendar item number 10. Motion presented by Councilor Novoselsky

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that the City Council approve the attached proclamation relative to the month of May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Month. Councilor Novoselsky. Thank you, Mr. President. Everybody knows we all have our holidays and remembrances that we want to

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acknowledge. And this is a proclamation says whereas the City of Revere has continually renewed and enriched by the many different people who choose to reside here each bringing a part of their own heritage

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which over time becomes part of our common heritage and generations of Jewish Americans have helped make the City of Revere and the United States of America what they are today. And there are currently more than 5

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million Jewish Americans in the United States of America. And whereas approximately 1/4 of Revere's population was Jewish in the mid-20th century with three synagogues located throughout the city and Jewish Americans have

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shared their rich culture, faith, and traditions with neighbors and friends while also setting fine examples of modern model citizens and public servants. And whereas Jewish people around the globe have fled

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persecution endured pogroms and genocides for centuries and currently face a recognized of anti-Semitism. And Jewish Americans have joined with all faiths to work for this tikkun olam

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a repair of the world. Remembering lessons of the Holocaust and leading movements for civil rights and social justice. And now therefore be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Revere

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hereby proclaims that the month of May 2026 in the City of Revere is Jewish American Heritage Month. Be it further resolved that the residents of the City of Revere are encouraged to join us and our Jewish American neighbors in

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this special observance to learn more about the heritage and contributions of Jewish Americans embrace Americans diversity and celebrate the spirit of community that binds us together as one nation.

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This proclamation is presented by the city may by the mayor and the city council of the city of Revere on behalf of the citizens the 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 2029th

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and of the independence of the United States of America 249th and signed by Mayor Patrick Keefe Jr. Anthony T. Zambuto City Council and attested by his our city clerk Ashley

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Melnick. So I thank everybody and I I can say that I was one of those people that were here in the 20th century following everything that was said down in this line. You know I remember Shirley Ave when it was called Little Israel.

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You know and that's what the the cops called it. You know we're going down a Little Israel to do something. So some people thought it was cute. Some people didn't. And they were told and they stopped doing it. But remembering the synagogues and shutting

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off the streets when you had hundreds and hundreds of people on Shirley Ave on the Antoinette Ave Walnut Ave and Beachmont on Wave Ave and it's just

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a good feeling to remember all those good times that we had. So I want everybody to remember it in honor of Jewish Heritage Month and during the month of May. Thank you very much Mr. President. Thank you. On the motion all in favor all opposed

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so ordered. Calendar item number 11 motion presented by Councillor Gerena Solaya that the mayor request the city solicitor in coordination with the Department of Public Health and the Inspectional Services Department to draft and submit for adoption an ordinance requiring that all unstaffed fitness facilities including but not

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limited to those located within apartment buildings condominium complexes and residential developments particularly those along Revere Beach whether resident operated or managed by building ownership or management shall be equipped with a fully functional

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automated external defibrillator on premises. Councillor Gerena Solaya Thank you Mr. President. In a few words this motion is about saving lives. Across the city especially along Revere Beach we have many residential buildings

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with unstaffed fitness centers. People are working out alone without trained personnel present. In a cardiac emergency every second matters and access to an AED can mean the difference between life and death.

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This effort is also in conjunction with legislation recently passed at the state level by representatives Jessica Giannino. Acquiring AEDs in key locations like sports field and staffed gyms. The

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Commonwealth has recognized the need and here in Revere we've already been ahead of the curve by equipping public buildings with the AEDs. The state has already recognized the importance of AED access by requiring them at athletic facilities and sports

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events. AED bill H4993 What I am proposing locally simply builds on that framework. Extending protection to unstaffed or residential fitness facilities where emergencies can

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happen just as easily. This is simply the next step that we should do be working on. Any unstaffed or resident operated fitness facility should be required to have an AED on site and properly maintained.

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The cost is very reasonable typically between a thousand and 2500 per unit with minimal annual upkeep but the value is immeasurable. This is practical responsible measure to protect our residents and ensure that in

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an emergency we're giving people the best possible chance of survival. And I respectfully ask for your support on this motion. I have spoken to a few building managers that are willing to already step up to the plate and put them in on Revere Beach. Thank you.

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Thank you Councillor. Any other councillors? Councillor Mercurio Uh thank you Councillor President. It's a great motion and I'm fully behind this 100% and I thank uh call my fellow councillor for bringing this to our attention. I think it's important that these fitness

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centers have this type of equipment for them. So great motion and I'm behind it 100%. Thank Anybody else? I will say it's a great motion but it also reminds me that my certification has expired and I need to I'm looking

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around though and I don't see a unit in here. Do we have one? One downstairs. There's one downstairs? Downstairs center we just we just did training today actually. Yeah there should be one on each floor shouldn't there? Well

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we'll talk about that later. Okay but it is a great motion and that they do save lives and they're pretty easy to use. Um Okay on the motion all in favor all opposed so ordered. Calendar item number 12

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motion presented by Councillor Gerena Solaya that the mayor request the traffic commission to install a painted crosswalk at 425 Revere Street in the interest of public safety for the newly operational child care center at this location. Councillor Gerena Solaya Thank you Mr.

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President. Um I want to speak for the need on the painted crosswalk at 425 Revere Street because people have already voiced their concerns that there is a school right down the street uh the Paul Revere School and already has signalized

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crossing. However this location prevents uh presents a different issue. Once vehicles pass that light and continue down Revere Street towards Northshore Road there is nothing that signals to drivers that there are that

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they are entering an active pedestrian traffic involving um area involving students. So involving involving children. With the daycare now operating at the site we have children being dropped off and picked up in that zone where traffic can be pick up can usually

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pick up speed after they stop and they just increase their speed right away. So it's really really important. All I'm asking for is a painted crosswalk ASAP. Um it's low cost and it's the first step to improve visibility and alert the drivers that there's something coming

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up. But in the longer term we may need additional safety measures such as a flashing uh beacons or solar uh children crossing signage if possible. But right now all I'm asking I'm urging Mayor Keefe and the DPW to paint those crosswalks immediately. Thank you.

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Thank you Councillor. Any other councillors? On the motion all in favor all opposed so ordered. Calendar item number 13 motion presented by Councillors Gerena Solaya and Mercurio that the mayor request the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to review and enforce regulations

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regarding driving school instructors conducting on-road instruction in the city of Revere in a disruptive manner which places a burden on local infrastructure and public safety resources. Councillor Zambuto is recused from discussion on this motion. Councillor Mercurio Thank you Councillor

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President. I'd like to read a brief statement if I may. And I'd like to thank all the residents that came up here this evening uh to support this motion. Uh it's great when uh the community gets together and comes up and speaks about important issues like this. So I thank you for all for being here tonight.

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This motion addresses a growing concern I am hearing directly from the residents in the ward. Vinal Street Taft Street and the surrounding areas. These streets have effectively become informal training grounds for multiple driving schools creating ongoing strain on both quality

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of life and public safety. During my campaign for Ward 1 while standing with signs at the corner of Broadway and Vinal I personally observed as many as 10 10 different driving school vehicles circulating through the area at that

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same time. That level of concentration instructional traffic is not incidental it's a pattern. Residents are reporting repeating stop and go driving sudden braking improper turns and vehicles pulling over

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unpredictably all of which are expected behaviors for learners but when multiplied across numerous schools in a dense residential neighborhood it creates a real safety concern. This is especially troubling on streets where families

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children and seniors are present. I am not opposed to driver ed. It's essential but it must be conducted responsibly and without without impacting specific neighborhoods. At this point the volume and concentration of these vehicles in this

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area is excessive. This is why we are asking the mayor to work with the Mass Registry of Motor Vehicles to review these practices and ensure that regulations are being followed enforced strengthened when necessary and

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that no single neighborhood is unfairly burdened. Our priority is clear. Protect the safety and quality of life for our residents while ensuring accountability across all driving schools operating in our area.

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Thank you Mr. President. Thank you Councillor. Councillor Gerena Solaya Thank you Mr. President. Thank you, Jimmy. Very nicely said, counselor. Last week, I sent a correspondence to State Representative Janino, um, Mayor

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Keefe, and Councilor Macchiero regarding these ongoing concerns in the Mill Street, Vinal Street, Taft Street, and Victoria Street neighborhood. Residents continue to report a significant increase in driving schools operating in the area. Often conducting instructions in a way

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that creates safety and quality of life concerns. These include unsafe maneuvers, such as three-point turns in a roadway, and parking practices too close to intersections, contributing to congestion and unnecessary risk on

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residential streets. Many of these driving schools, like Councilor Macchiero said, are coming from outside the city of Revere, staging near the MDC skating rink, and then moving into this neighborhood in concentrated numbers, placing a disproportionate burden on a

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residential area. In my prior letter, I also outlined concerns about early morning activity, as early as 6:30 a.m., unheard of, along with repeated reports that posted signage and basic roadway rules are not

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constant um, consistently being followed. Despite that outreach, I continue to receive ongoing complaints that the activity has not improved. I I understand I know that the mayor, as well as, um, State Representative

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Jessica Giannino has already been on the phone and has sent emails to the Registry of Motor Vehicles. I am requesting again that the mayor continue with the Mass Registry of Motor Vehicles to review and enforce regulations regarding driving school instructions in

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the city of Revere, particularly in this impacted street right now. This is not about limiting drivers education at all. It is about ensuring that it is a conduct that it is conducted in a safely and responsibly

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it conducted safely and responsibly within a residential neighborhoods. And, um, thank you, Councilor Macchiero, for jumping on this with me. I I really appreciate it. And, um, hopefully we will get the results that we're looking for. Thank you, counselor. Councilor

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Silvestri. Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank the councilors for putting this motion forward. I actually met, um, with a few of the residents uh, a couple months back, and unfortunately, uh, what I came to find out was that

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there are no restrictions on neighborhoods or use of or time zones or anything like that. There are no restrictions that driving schools have put on them from the Department of Motor Vehicles. Now, we could we could initiate times that they can operate and

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and move forward with issues like that, and then we would have to have our own police department enforce those, but they the more or less the the moral and what they told me was that, uh, traffic violations is the way you stop them, and and the only ones

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that can hand out traffic violations are the are the police. So, um, really the only thing we could do is enforce hours of maybe when they can operate, and then have our police department really enforce traffic violations. Thank you, counselor. Councilor Novoselsky.

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Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I want to thank all the councilors that spoke tonight about this, cuz I have seen it live on my streets down in Shirley Ave area. They're there early in the morning picking people up and honking their horns, trying to get people out of their

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houses. Some people work nights and need need their sleep. They can't do it when some of these uh, driving schools come up. And you said eight, nine, or 10 different schools were have been notified. I can tell you

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they're all coming down Shirley Ave. They're from Lynn, East Boston, I've seen Malden and Everett, and of course we have the one in Revere. But, uh, you know, I want to thank them for putting it up, and whatever support they need from me, I'll give it to them.

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You know, my my people are tired of it, also. Thank you. Thank you, counselor. Councilor Cogliano. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, I was just doing a little research, and and great job, everybody. I agree with everything you said, and to kind of piggyback off of what Councilor Silvestri was going

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it's really not difficult for these drive these driving instructors to renew every year. It's $25, they renew annually, and it's a simple query and driving records check. And what concerns me more, Nico, I think you did that guy a favor, by the way, by just backing up and and de-escalating. But it's our first amendment right to to

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film from a sidewalk, especially if it's a public area. Um, but I'm glad you got that on camera, so maybe at the state level we can look into a, you know, some some more strict recertification renewal, uh, you know, uh, you know, requirements for that, because hearing that that that angers

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me. And not for nothing, why would they pick that area? That is like a maze over there. I don't understand. So, that's all. Thank you. Thank you, counselor. Anyone else? Okay, on the motion, all in favor, all opposed. So ordered. Calendar item number 14, motion

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presented by Councilor Cogliano, that the mayor direct the chief of police and the director of parking to increase the enforcement of delivery trucks blocking lanes on Squire Road. Further, that both departments increase enforcement relative to parking within 20 ft of an intersection at all intersections of Squire Road.

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Councilor Cogliano. Thank you, Mr. President. I also want to thank Councilor Gerena Suwaya. This This issue has been ongoing, and we had a resident reach out who wasn't sure who was who. Councilor Gerena Suwaya really did a good job explaining things to the resident, and but I just want to thank

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her publicly for that. But this has been a big a big issue, the old Esposito's bakery. The people are parking, they're not pulling all the way in, the the the rear ends are sticking into Squire Road. And I do, you know, understand that there are delivery trucks, and they need to make deliveries, and I want these

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businesses to, you know, >> [clears throat] >> to be able to get deliveries like Papa John's, but that area right there, specifically, that third lane goes away. And when they park there, they're not realizing they're parking into that second lane. So, I would really like

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some more enforcement, especially given, uh, the for the 20 ft from an intersection, because you can't see when you pull out of those streets. And all of them, most of them are one way down my Newman, Lock, and Conant, they're all one way down to, uh, Squire Road. Thank

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you. Thank you, counselor. Anyone else? On the motion, all in favor, all opposed. So ordered. No further business, this council will stand adjourned until May 4th.

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Thank you.