--------- Good evening. Welcome to the Zoning Subcommittee, Monday, July 13th, 2026. Please join me to salute the flag. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Madam Clerk. >> Roll call of the members. Councilor Argentino. >> Here. >> Here. Councilor Coggliano. >> Here. >> Here. Councilor Guinasso. >> Here. >> Here. Councilor Kelly. >> Here.
>> Here. And Chairman Silvestri. >> Here. >> Here. Quorum is present. First item on tonight's agenda is an ordinance further amending Title 17 of the Revere Revised Ordinances relative to outdoor lighting. >> Councilor Coggliano. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um
we uh myself and Councilor McKenna, we we heard the council's recommendations loud and clear. Uh I know there were still some issues with it, but we did change the uh if there's an issue with lighting and someone has to pull a permit to update
it, that will not trigger other issues within the home that are grandfathered into, you know, have to be renovated. Uh the holiday lighting um portion of the ordinance was removed, as well as the uh uh if there is uh you know, a
complaint made on someone's home, they have to make an update to it, they are now granted 21 days to see uh hire an electrician or have one coming to their home to fix the issue uh before there's any sort of fines, and that $300 fine was lowered to 50.
Um and like I said, I know there's some other issues, but that's okay. Trying to work it out, but that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilor. Anyone else on Counselor Genzio? >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I fully support the motion. I was just curious
uh enforcing this through inspectional services. ISD doesn't work at night. Uh so a complaint comes in, they respond to the property the next day the day after. Um what exactly are the homeowners have to produce a
spec sheet on what they have out there? Is it by wattage? Can they check the bulbs? I That's it. >> Thank you, counselor. Counselor >> Thank you, uh for you, Mr. Chairman. I haven't had a conversation with ISD yet. Um I would assume that as like many
other things in the city, they would have to if there's a complaint made they would have to provide proof. For instance, if someone's light is shining directly into your yard, which I really think is going to be the major issue that we that we solve or potentially solve with this. Somebody takes a video
or a picture, sends it in as evidence. Um we have to do the same thing with sound complaint or noise complaints. Um you know, illegal building, things like that. So um I know that uh that's a great point that they don't they don't work at night, but I'm sure I'm sure with
evidence they would be able to at least contact that person and say, "Hey, turn your lights off, point them down, solve the issue quickly." >> Thank you. >> Any other Counselor Kelly >> Thank you, Mr. Um so I I I think all the changes that were
made were great, but I still won't be able to support this mainly because and I think it I think it kind of speaks to what Counselor Genzio was saying as well. The the glare aspect of this um I think that's something that could probably only
be seen at night. Um and it to me it's still too subjective to when does that raise an issue? When is the you know, how much glare is going to be a problem? And I think it's still a little too subjective. So, that's the
concern that I have now. Thank you. >> Thank you, counselor. Any other counselors? Uh permission to speak? I I just have a quick question. Um counselor, my my one concern is is also that the who who checks it uh beyond the picture,
right? Have we spoken to ISD to if they're willing to come out at night after that? Are they willing to get into this process? I think as much as we're going to need them to buy into this. Um
Uh I know I just know that comes with overtime and and stuff like that. So, I'm not sure if if just creating something that we don't know if we're going to be able to police is is the right answer. Um have you heard anything like that?
>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um so, no. I I have not spoken directly with ISD. The enforcement, the actual enforcement of it is uh it's a great point to bring up. The only we if we if we table this, we have to handle this because it's zoning.
Um I would rather um vote on this now and if it passes, have that conversation cuz if not, we have to redo the whole process, advertising, all that stuff. And I know that's not a valid really a valid reason, but if it gets voted down,
we don't have to worry about anything. Um and I respect everybody's opinion, obviously. So, happy to have that conversation with ISD. I just unfortunately by rule, we can't wait any longer. So. >> Understood. Thank you. Counselor.
>> Uh Jimmy Currier, 193 Crescent Ave. I know ISD is going to enforce it, but we also have to inform the building department. Uh so, when they uh if you have new construction, uh they're going to have to pull a permit on that according to what I've read in the
uh the the the paperwork that I received. So, that's going to have to go over to the building department also. >> Thank you. Mr. Mr. Chairman. Councilor Cogliano. >> Thank you. Just just to touch on that. So, yeah, this will this will all the
new um all the new construction, new house builds, anything like that will have to follow these new guidelines so that they don't You know what I mean? So, the real issue is uh making sure that what's currently there, any nuisances, and I do understand the the subjectiveness of what glare is and who
can really um who who is going to set the rule for what that is and how we enforce and how bright is something before it becomes a nuisance. It's I understand that. So, um thank you. >> Thank you, Councilor. Uh
Okay, we'll take a roll call as amended. Okay. Please. Thank you. >> Roll call on the proposed amendments as submitted by Councilor Cogliano. Councilor Agenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Cogliano. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Greenough-Sahagian. >> Yes.
>> Yes, Councilor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes, and Chairman Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, the proposed amendments submitted by Councilor Cogliano have passed. Now, the um proposed ordinance as amended as a whole is now on the floor of the zoning subcommittee.
>> If we get a roll call. >> Roll call on that. Councillor Cogliano, I'm sorry, Councillor Argensio. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Cogliano. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Green-Sawayda. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Kelly. >> No. >> No, and uh Chairman Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, the ordinance as amended has
received a favorable recommendation for the uh City Council consideration this evening. Next item is Council order 26-110, communication from the chief of planning relative to a proposal for a tourism
destination marketing district. >> Uh Madam Clerk, I believe that's going to be withdrawn. >> Uh yes, Chairman. I received a communication from the chief of planning, uh Tom Skwarowsky, indicating that the administration will be withdrawing its request at this time.
>> Thank you. >> Mr. Chairman, do we did was a reason stated why it was withdrawn? Just curious. >> Um let me just read and see. He Tom writes on July 2nd, "Any further consideration, I would like after further consideration, I would like to
request that this matter be tabled for the time being for a few different reasons. We do not feel like the tourism management district is ready for Council deliberation. Please feel free to give me a call if you have any questions." >> Okay. I actually just uh Mr. Chairman, thank you. I actually just
received a text message from someone in the planning department. Essentially, they're not ready and need to do more research. So, thank you everybody. >> Thank you. >> [snorts] >> Next Council orders 26-113. This is a motion presented by Councilor Greenough-Swig that the mayor be requested to establish
a housing impact monitoring program. >> Councilor Greenough-Swig? >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would actually like to amend my motion. My motion is extremely long. Um, it's just for the purpose of shortening it and would like it would like to read this in its place. That the mayor request the Department of
Planning and Development in coordination with the relevant city departments to establish a housing impact monitoring program that provides an annual public report on housing development, MBTA communities act compliance, and impact on cities, school infrastructure,
utilities, public safety, and emergency services. The report shall include recommendations for zoning, infrastructure, or planning adjustments and must be presented annually to the City Council and posted on the city's website.
Further, that this motion be referred to Planning Board for review and for recommendation. Thank you. Um, as the city city continues to grow, we need reliable data to understand the impact of growth in our schools, our
infrastructure, our public safety, and and and city services. This motion is just to establish a database so the City Council and the public can get can make informed decisions based on facts, not assumptions. Um, this proposal doesn't slow down
development or create new regulation. It's just simply asks for a report so we're all aware of what what's going on and for us to be more transparent with the public um and the long-term needs of the residents. Thanks.
>> Thank you, counselor. Any other counselors? Counselor Cogiliano? >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um through you to Counselor Gerena-Swaya, do we know if there's any cost associated with doing this? >> Counselor? >> It's just a study right now. So, there shouldn't be any cost associated with it.
>> So, it'll be done in-house for >> In-house, yes. >> Thank you very much. >> Okay. Any other counselors? Okay. Um Madam Clerk, as amended All in favor, all in favor. Uh on the motion as amended, all in
favor, all opposed? So ordered. >> Calendar item number nine, motion presented by Counselor Mercurio that the mayor request State Rep. Jeff Turco and State Rep. Jessica Giannino to appear before the City Council to present a comprehensive map and overviewing I'm
sorry, overview identifying all state agency responsibilities within the City of Revere, etc. >> Um I think Counselor Mercurio wants to amend this, I believe. Maybe. Counselor Mercurio? >> Yes, Jim Mercurio, 193 Crescent Ave. I'd
like to amend this and strike out uh State Representative Jeff Turco and State Representative Jessica Giannino and uh put uh Nick Reisch in um on this and uh Charlie Shurosque on this. As representatives for the City of
Revere, too. And uh and maybe Chris Chammallo, also. Thank you. >> Thank you, counselor. Um On Counselor Mercurio's motion as amended, all in favor, all opposed? So ordered. >> Council order 26-130, this is a special
permit application for 128 Towing and Recovery at 885 North Shore Road. >> Um the applicant sent in an email. They cannot make tonight's meeting. They won't be prepared and they asked for a later date and so we'll just keep this um in zoning.
>> Is there no further business, chair? >> And that is what that wraps up tonight's further business. Thank you. Part: 2
Welcome to the Revere City Council meeting of July 13th, 2026. All rise and salute the flag, please. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Madam Clerk. >> Roll call of the members. Counselor Genzio. >> Here. >> Here. Counselor Coggliano. >> Here. >> Here. Counselor Giannino. >> Here. >> Here. Counselor Guinasso. >> Here. >> Here. Counselor Haas.
>> Here. >> Here. Counselor Kelly. >> Here. >> Here. Counselor McKenna. >> Here. >> Here. Counselor Macchiorlati. >> Here. >> Here. Counselor Ruszkowski. >> Here. >> Here. Counselor Silvestri. >> Here. >> Here. And Council President Zambuto. >> Here. >> Here. Quorum is present. Approval of the
minutes of the June 22nd meeting of the Revere City Council. >> So moved. >> All in favor, all opposed. So ordered. >> Calendar item number two. >> Mr. President. >> Counselor McKenna. >> I would like to do a point of personal
>> privilege. Go right ahead. >> Uh tonight I would like to pay tribute to my good friend who was currently a teacher at Revere High School. Billy O'Brien, known as OB, passed away two weeks ago. OB was not only a loyal friend, he was a
son, a brother, uncle, mentor, and touched thousands of young lives over the course of 30 years. He truly made a huge difference as a teacher and was loved by so many. He will solely be missed and never forgotten. Could we all please stand and
have a moment of silence in honor of Obi? Thank you. Thank you. >> Mr. President. Councilor Mercurio. >> Uh I'd like to give a big shout-out to the Revere Fire and Police Marina division that was uh
present at Sail Boston 2026. Uh they escorted uh of quite a few ships uh and uh worked hard this weekend with the uh Sail Boston. Just want to give them a big shout-out and a a job well done. Thank you. >> Right. Thank you.
Any other points? Okay, hearing none. Madam Clerk. >> Calendar item number two, the City Council will award a certificate of appreciation to Jack Polcari in recognition of his tireless dedication, volunteer service, and commitment to the Gibson Park Community Garden.
>> Olayvaran. >> Olayvaran. >> Congratulations. >> Oh, thanks. >> Congratulations. >> So tonight we are recognizing John Polcari for his tireless volunteer service and dedication to the Gibson Park Community Garden.
John has been a steady behind-the-scene force in making the project successful. From the beginning, he helped prepare the garden space and ensured the essential work was done and to get it up and running properly. He also played a key role in organizing the garden's
plots with the residents, helping create a structure that allowed community members to participate, enjoy, and take pride in their own growing spaces. In addition, John made sure that the water system was properly set up and functioning. An essential piece of infrastructure
that helps keep the entire garden operating. What stands out most is his reliability and commitment to the garden. When John takes on a task, it gets done. And the entire community benefits from this effort. This award is a small way to say, "Thank
you, John." for the time, care, and dedication you give to the shared space and for bringing the residents together. City of Revere, certificate of appreciation, in grateful recognition of your tireless dedication,
outstanding volunteer service, and unwavering commitment to the Gibson Park Community Garden. Special recognition is hereby accorded to John Jack McGarry. Through your hard work, generosity, and countless hours of volunteerism, you have helped cultivate not only a
beautiful community garden, but also a place where neighbors come together, friendships flourish, and the pride of our community continues to grow. Your selfless efforts have made a lasting and meaningful impact on the residents of Revere and serve as a
as an inspiration to others. This certificate of appreciation presented by the City Council of the City of Revere, Massachusetts, on behalf of its citizens on the 13th day in July, in the year of our Lord 2025. 2026. And of the independence of the United
States of America. The 250th. Congratulations, John. >> Oh, thank [applause] you. >> Let's take a photo. >> [applause] >> You got a photo? >> Want to come up? Yeah. >> Okay. [laughter] >> I just looked at it. I'm like, what?
>> It's all right. I'm a little behind the times. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Um we'll have it fixed. We'll give you a new one. >> Sorry? >> We'll have it fixed and give you a new one. >> Oh, that's okay. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> Thank you.
>> Thanks. >> [applause] >> We got another one? >> Yeah, we got three. >> Calendar item number three. The The City Council award a certificate of commendation to Danny Hope Randall, Revere High School class of 2026, in recognition of her outstanding academic
achievements, exemplary leadership, dedication to community service, and remarkable accomplishments as a student athlete. >> [applause] >> You want to bring her up for this? >> Yeah. Melissa, come up. Oh, yeah. >> Oh, yeah. >> It's okay.
>> Congratulations. [laughter] >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Good evening, everyone. And it is my privilege. This is my first certificate as a councilor, and I am honored and privileged to give it to you for being
such a great excelling in your academics, and excelling in your sports that you've done for the last 4 years for the Revere High School and the city of Revere. You are an inspiration to all the young girls out there
uh that want to excel in sports and they look up to a person like you and see that you do well academically and you excel in on and off the field. So, with that being said, I have a list of accomplishments that Danny has uh achieved her last 4
years and it's a very long list and I'd like to thank her mother for getting this all in this and also Ashley for putting this on the certificate. The certificate of commendation and acknowledge of the outstanding academic achievements, exemplary
uh uh leadership, dedication, and community service, and remarkable accomplishments as a student-athlete, special recognition is hereby uh accorded to Danny Hope Randall. Whereas Danny Hope Randall has
distinguished herself academically as a member of the National Honor Society Honor Society maintaining an impressive 4.2 GPA ranking in the top 6% of the graduating class and whereas she has
demonstrated exceptional leadership and civic engagement through her participation in College Board AP Scholarship Program, Harvard Model Congress, and the Revere High School Student Council and whereas Danny has
excelled academic uh athletically as a 5-year member of the Revere High School Softball Team serving as the captain earning her Greater Boston League All-Star honors three times and establishing a new Revere High School
record with 606 career strikeouts. >> Wow. >> Unbelievable. [applause] >> Whereas she also is a 4-year member of the Revere High School Track and Field Team serving as a team captain earning Greater Boston League All-Star honors
twice, and helping set the school record in the sprint medley relay. Congratulations on that, another great accomplishment. And whereas she further represented Revere High School as a four-year member of the field hockey team, earning
Greater Boston League All-Star honors, and participated in the MIAA Women in Sports Day, exemplifying sportsmanship, leadership, and a commitment to athletic excellence. And whereas she accomplished
her accomplishments have earned her numerous scholarships and the opportunity to attend Assumption University on a full scholarship. >> [applause] >> And as she would continue her academic
and athletic pursuits. And whereas Danny Hope Randall dedicated, perseverance, leadership, and commitment to excellence have brought great pride to her family, Revere High School, and the city of Revere.
Now, therefore, be it ordered that the certificate of commendation be presented to the City Council of the City of Revere, Massachusetts, on behalf of the citizens, 13th day of July in the year year of the Lord 2026,
and in the independence of the United States of America and 250th 250th anniversary. Congratulations. Remarkable achievements. [applause and cheering] Remarkable. I know it's your first certificate. Thank you. I'm sorry.
>> [laughter] >> Come on, Mom. Did you take it? She wouldn't come up here. We tried to get her up here, but >> Okay. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations, best of luck.
Good job on your first certificate here, my friend. >> Calendar item number four, the chief of police and director of parking will and director of parking will appear before the city council to speak about Flock systems, such as how they were used, who has access to the data, and how that data is being shared.
>> Um Madam Clerk, I don't see the chief. Um Uh so, I guess we'll >> We have We have uh Louis here, so he can speak for the >> Well, I I'm speaking with the parking department, they don't use the Flock system, so it's they're only on Gen
Tech. Um So, it would only be the chief. >> Place this on file? >> We'll get placed on file. >> Placed on file. >> Public comment pursuant to chapter 402 of the acts of 1965, Revere residents and Revere business owners only and city employees only. Residents and business
owners shall provide their name and address for the record. Employees [snorts] shall provide which department they work for. Two minutes per speaker. Please indicate which council order you'll be speaking on. >> Anybody here looking to speak under the public comment section of the
evening. It appears there's nobody here. So, we'll move on. >> Unfinished business, calendar item number five, motion presented by councilors Co-Leandra and Zambuto that the city council amend rule 34 public comment pursuant to chapter 402 of the acts of 1965 to include employees of the
city of Revere. >> Councilor Cogliano. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh this is just correcting um mistake in our rules of order to make it align with state law.
Uh and just to be clear, if you're a resident of the city, you're to give your residential address. If you're a business owner, you're to give your business address. And the clerk just said this in the public comment section, but if you're an employee of the city, uh you just let us know what department you're with. You don't You're not
required to give an address, so those are the only changes and um hopefully this is uh favorable with everyone. Thank you. >> Anybody else? Madam Clerk. Did you amend it? Wasn't amended, right?
>> Technically it was. We added um the employee section where cuz originally the employee was not in there. >> amendment uh section two was amended. >> Yes. >> Okay. Uh On the motion as amended, all in favor,
all opposed. >> Aye. >> So ordered. Madam Clerk, will you call the roll? >> We just did all in favor and all opposed as amended. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I thought I thought it was just approving the amendment. Okay.
Good. So we're good. We'll move on. >> Next up is the zoning subcommittee report. >> Chairman Silvestri. >> Thank you, Mr. President. This evening we had the zoning subcommittee. Um we had five things on on the agenda.
The first being the ordinance amending the title 17 Revere revised ordinance relative outdoor lighting. Uh that received a favorable motion. Um and I'd like to put that out for a roll call. >> Mr. President.
>> Councillor >> Coun- uh Councillor Haas. I had a few questions about the the light um issue. I was unfortunately I was was unable to attend the zoning meeting, but I just wanted to know if this would include ballfields, parks, the
stadium, um I also had questions regarding motion lights like in driveways or backyards for for our residents, some of whom work at night, pull into the driveway, the motion light. Now if they have a neighbor that's saying the motion
light's too bright, and that goes down, um I think that's going to cause a little bit of concern for the residents, but just a few questions. Obviously uh if a neighbor has a spotlight shining in your backyard, obviously I believe that's an issue, but did have a few questions regarding if the
city parks, city events, and stadium, Griswold Park would all be affected as well. Thank you. >> Thank you. Very good questions, and uh I'm going to give some leeway to the maker of the motion. Councillor Coggliano. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh through you
to Councillor Haas. So I would imagine that all of that comes down to whether it's a nuisance or not. If there's a light that is going directly into a a homeowner's window or an apartment uh window, it would have to be rectified. Uh there would we would have to try to find a way
to not be not make it a nuisance. Without obviously Do need lights at parks and things, but that would be at the discretion of the building commissioner, the zoning enforcement officer. So. >> That That clear up what you what you
needed, Counselor Hash? >> Yes, city parks. That was it. City of I'm city parks. The counselor touched on it. Thank you. >> Mr. President. Counselor Novasasky. >> Thank you, Mr. President. You know, first of all,
very difficult to enforce. You know, I think this is almost like matching it up with the sign ordinance. Almost terrible to enforce. But, I like the way that the the planning
board had some amendments to it. And I don't know if these amendments were included in the discussion of the committee. Yeah, cuz I think you know, people should be grandfathered in and not have to spend money to change their lights.
You know, if they've had it in for 20 years, so you know, I'd like to amend if they haven't made the amendments to uh adopt those amendments that the planning board submitted and basically it's uh
that all lighting shall be brought into compliance with the uh of the ordinance upon notif- notification of the subject property requiring a permit for the city review. Uh >> Counselor,
this this has come out of committee favorably. >> I don't care. I still can talk about it, Counselor. >> it was amended in committee. >> I don't know that. It wasn't told us. It wasn't mentioned to us. I was I couldn't make it. And I don't >> No, no, no, it's okay, but it was amended in committee. >> I I just asked that if it was amended and nobody answered me.
>> Okay, I apologize. I didn't answer quick enough. >> I'm glad that >> it was amended in committee. >> To to to remove all those lines throughout the uh >> Yeah. >> ordinance. >> The only thing I think might be an issue is you're saying that you want to
grandfather uh you know, if it's a nuisance, you can't grandfather it, you know. Uh if it's if it's shining in somebody's bedroom, I I I don't think you're going to be able to grandfather that in. >> Mr. President. >> Go ahead, Councillor Carrabba.
>> I mean, it it is said if it's determined to be a nuisance by the zoning enforcement officer, the building commissioner, it would have to be changed. And we also changed the language so it would not trigger anything else that's grandfathered in the home. We know what happens, you pull a permit to you know,
make a new bedroom and then your house is out of compliance in other areas. So, that's gone. They're not going to be able to do that. And I do want to state that athletic fields are actually exempt from this ordinance. My apology. >> Moving in. Yeah. >> On the second reading reading as amended, all in favor, all
opposed. So ordered. On the third and final reading as amended, all in favor, all opposed. So ordered. Roll call for engrossment and enactment.
>> Shall the City Council approve an ordinance further amending title 17 of the Revere Revised Ordinances relative to outdoor lighting? Councillor Agganis. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Coggliano. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Giannino. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Guinasso Waya. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Haas.
>> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Kelly. >> No. >> No, Councillor McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Mercurio. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Novoselsky. >> No. >> No, Councillor Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, and Council President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes, the outdoor lighting ordinance has
been approved as amended. >> I'm I'm sorry, Chairman Silvestri. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um the next [clears throat] motion was a uh motion uh by a communication by the Chief of Planning relative to the proposal of tourism
destination and marketing. That was withdrawn. Um the motion also we had a motion from Council Guerino Swyer that the mayor be requested to establish a housing impact monitoring program. Um I believe that was that was voted on
with a favorable um I'd like to call roll call. >> That was uh as amended. >> I would go back to the first one, Council 26-110. >> Okay. >> do something and get the disposal of that somehow. I mean, you can put it on
the floor. >> Are you talking about the tourism? >> Yes. >> That was placed on file. >> Now, on Council 26-113. Housing impact monitoring program. >> So, as amended. >> It was as amended.
>> We'll have a roll call. >> Roll call on the amended version of Councilwoman Guerino Swyer's request relative to a housing impact monitoring program. Councilwoman Agenzia. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilman Coglianadro. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilman Gianino. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilwoman Guerino Swyer. >> Yes.
>> Yes, Councilman Haas. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilman Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilman McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilman McCurrie. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilman Wasielski. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilwoman Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, and Council [clears throat] President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes, the motion as amended has been approved.
>> The next motion um Mr. President, was a motion from, um, Councilor Mercurio, and he also, uh, that also received a favorable as amended, and I'd like a roll call.
>> On the motion, call the roll. >> The motion as amended read as follows, that the mayor request Nick Restrum, Tom Skrowsky, and Chris Charmelo to appear before the City Council to present a comprehensive map and overview identifying all state agency responsibilities within the City of
Revere, etc. On the motion, Councilor Addenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Cogliandro. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Giannino. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Greinow-Swain. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Haas. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor McKenna. >> Yes.
>> Yes, Councilor Mercurio. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Novaselsky. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, and Council President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes, the motion is approved as amended. >> And the last item we have, um, Mr. President, was 128 Towing & Recovery LLC.
Uh, they requested to, uh, remain on file. They couldn't make it to tonight, and we'll be reaching out to them to come to the next zoning. >> So, that will remain in committee. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> Thank you. >> Communications, calendar item number 11,
communication from the mayor relative to a proposed ordinance, an ordinance establishing regulations for naming city property in the City of Revere. >> Good evening. >> Good evening, honorable members of the Revere Revere City Council, Rose Burns, 281 Broadway, Mayor's Office.
Um, so, this proposed addition to title one, section, it's 1.10.030, um, an ordinance establish an ordinance establishing regulations for naming property in the City of Revere, is some housekeeping in the city of Revere is some housekeeping that aims to establish a consistent, historically accurate, and
meaningful proper process in naming and renaming city property. Um, this ordinance aims to mirror the school department's pre-existing charter with consistent and collaborative guidelines moving forward that maintain accordance with MGL chapter 43 section 33. Although
I know this communication may be up for further discussion at a public hearing or legislative affairs, I wanted to briefly speak on it and thank you for your consideration. >> Thank you very much. Anybody want to uh Councilor Haas. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Rose, thanks
for being here. I had one question just looking this over. Um Property may be named shall have the person should have will have been deceased for at least 10 years so that their contribution to the city will have stood the test of time. So, I was just curious how
the office came to the mayor's office came to the conclusion of 10 years or and not like an age. I mean >> Mhm. Um, so I mean that that was just our suggestion obviously for this draft. Um, and that was in collaboration with the mayor's office and the solicitor's office. We just want to make sure that
any property where like a significant building with someone's name on it um is named after someone who you know had a significant impact on the city and has stood the test of time. And I think 10 years is a decent test of time, but obviously if that's something that we want to have a discussion further about, I'm
open to it. >> All right, thank you. Anybody Councilor Novoselsky. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, this is only a draft and you know, I don't know if we're prepared to vote on something tonight. >> is going to a public hearing tonight.
>> may may I say at this point I disagree that school department is exempt from this. It should be every single city building. Period. >> Well, that we talk about in committee when it goes after the public hearing. >> I would say that that section when the time comes
that we address that. >> Right. >> Thank you. >> Good. Anybody else? Councilor Cargiulo. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Is this not the same rules as the school committee? >> Um it's it's meant to mirror what the school committee follows, which is, like I said, MGL chapter 43 section 33. So,
if we wanted to, you know, overrule what the school committee follows, that would have to be a special legislation from the city council. >> Which means it has to go through us, the mayor, the house, the senate, etc. and so forth. >> is just basically meant to be the city's way of doing the exact same thing. >> I
It personally, I think 10 years is a long time. Um but I know we're going to have more discussion on that, so >> Yeah, it was like after the public hearing, there'll be a lot of discussion on this. >> I agree. Thank you. Councilor Mercurio. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Yeah, I I I have to agree with everyone else on this
one, the 10-year uh um decease for 10 years. I I think 5 years would be more appropriate. And uh I'm going to have to agree with uh Councilor Novaslosky on this one, but uh every building uh that's paid by the taxpayers
should be on the school buildings, every building. Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you. Uh any other councilors? This will be ordered to a public hearing on July 27th. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Cal- Calendar item number 12, communication from the city auditor requesting various fiscal year 2026 year-end free cash and retained earnings appropriations. >> Mr. CFO.
>> Good evening, Mr. President and council. Richard Biskay, 281 Broadway. CFO, city auditor. Um over the next uh couple of votes, you'll see a lot of the year-end transfers that we typically do every year. Make sure our books are in line. So,
when we close the books and we submit our free cash and our documents to the Department of Revenue, we um have no issues with them. So, happy to talk through any of the transfers as they appear. Thank you. >> I think we're going to take them up separately. Um
So, um Madam Clerk, how are we going to handle this? Yeah, that's what I intend to do. Yes. Um but I don't have them in front of me. Well, I'm sure I do, but Oh, there is any discussion on any of the
uh items is fine. So, what's the first one we're taking up here? Sand Sculpting Festival. What's that? Okay. All righty, let's take up fire overtime. >> Shall the City Council approve an appropriation from free cash in the
amount of $435,000 to fire overtime? Councilor Argenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Cogliano. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Janino. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Greenough-Sahagian. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor House. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor McKenna.
>> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Macario. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Novoselsky. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes. And Council President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes, that free cash cash transfer has been approved.
For workers' compensation, $539,998 from free cash. >> Before we call the roll, excuse me, does anybody have Does anybody have any discussion? I We kind of cut everybody off on the last one. so Council Coggliano. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Through you to
Mr. Biscay. It says here we expect this figure to be substantially lower in FY27. Do we have any idea what a forecast on what that might be? >> We have several workers comp cases that are now um
went through their time and process. So, once the individuals get retired out, that's usually when you settle these cases up and you get rid of them. So, we do have some long-term basically paying people's yearly salary at the amount approved by workers comp for the year. So,
some of these that have been lingering along since COVID, but we're starting to clear them up now. So, we expect them to go down. Of course, we never know what's going to happen with workers comp, but some of the long-term cases have definitely fallen off the books in '27. >> And that's the same for the fire overtime as
well? >> That might be a longer story, but um we can talk about fire overtime and I think you know, the best way to put it is we basically opened up a point of pines fire station without enough staffing. So, um overtime was basically used to to staff that station.
>> Yeah. Right. So, I the question was it says it says here we expect the figure to be substantially lower next year. >> Well, we just hired at least eight more new firefighters. We've had some long-term cases come off, so um less vacation time. >> Not against overtime for these guys by
any means. I'm just curious if you know what the number might be. >> It was substantial this year and I think it was just the phasing out of that station and along with keeping Freeman Street open and and you know, we didn't have any black or brown outs or anything. So, we we manned it 12 months more or less with overtime and we're
working with the chief administration here to get the staffing levels up to run that without all the overtime. >> So, 435 this year, what are we looking at next year? >> It was it was a million this year, so maybe 435 this year.
You see the other 500,000 on an extra incentive. >> Got you. Okay. Thank you. >> Anybody else? Councilman Curio. >> Yeah. With all due respect, uh, Mr. President, we had some questions regarding the fire overtime on this end. So, uh, next time we would like to discuss
these line items in a little bit more detail. >> Well, I I just said that. And I apologized for doing that. But nobody had a hand up or nobody let me know that they wanted to speak. So, I'll take blame for it. >> Okay.
>> And I already apologized for jumping. And can we go back to this? Let's go back. >> We already voted in past. So, we I mean, we can't >> answered on the fire overtime. So, let's start down here. Anybody?
Questions on the fire overtime? Nobody? Anybody down here? >> I did. >> Councilman Curio. >> Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you Thank you, Mr. Viscuse. The 435 was from 2026. That's a That's to clear the books up on 2026. Correct?
>> It's more like a million dollars, Councilman, because you'll notice on your year-end transfer there's another 560,000 being transferred in. So, it's a million dollars. >> So, the total was a million dollars? >> Million dollars over budget. Yes, sir. >> O- Over budget? >> Yes.
>> And didn't we appropriate, uh, 1.4 million for the 2027 budget for the fire department and overtime? >> No. >> No? >> No. >> Okay. >> Uh, I I don't have the number off the top of my head, but it was It certainly wasn't 1.4 million. >> How much was it? >> it was My guess was I think it was about 650,000.
>> Ooh. And we need to get those those cadets into the academy and out of the academy real fast to try to get this overtime down. Thank you, Mr. Viscuse. >> Uh, anybody else? Any questions down here?
Obviously, uh I I think that the the justification was the new fire station staffing on overtime. I don't expect that next year, and I think the CFO said he's looking at 400 grand next year in overtime, around that. So, or
444 grand, whatever you said. >> We said we got a new fiscal year, and they got the new money, and we're just going to uh watch it week to week and and have balance sheets and have the discussion. So, uh >> Great. >> It's not that I'm not that I'm happy about, so
Don't ask me too many questions. >> [laughter] >> Okay, moving on to the next item. Um >> You're going in the order of the communication. The next one is the >> Okay, but did we finish up the other one? After fire? >> We're going to go in order of the
communication. After fire was the hearing on the infraction. >> Okay. I will take up the Revere Beach partnership now. Councilor Coglianese. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Rich, um last year it was mentioned that this bolsters the
local economy through the businesses. And there was talk of maybe measuring that somehow. Do we have any idea what if there's an increase in meals and rooms tax for that weekend? >> You know, Council, that'd be
pretty difficult to weigh, honestly. I um you know, certain things you might be able to weigh as far as permits pulled and and you know, types of revenue that's that's measurable. It'd be hard for me to say how busy each restaurant was and compare that whether there was or wasn't a
uh a festival. I mean, logic would would think that it certainly brings some people to the city and hotel rentals and and you know, meals tax and such, but um I don't have a great way to you know, give you a solid figure on that. It's just more of a hunch, but you know, there certainly could be
some some discussion about how we can measure that. I just don't have a great answer for you right now on that. >> So, in your opinion, do you think that we donate this money and we get it back through things like permitting and tax tax money and >> I think we definitely get some money
back through local receipts that weekend. I mean, I think it's it's a lot more long-standing with regard to having an international event here in the city and name recognition and and and attracting people to the city, but I don't have a great way of kind of uh getting all that data and and giving you
a solid figure, but um you know, I'm not I'm probably not the best person to to give any overarching, you know, No, I I hate to put you on the >> I don't mean to put you on the spot. I know we asked you a lot of questions over the year that that are unfair and all that. >> have a a great way of measuring how it
would come in. Like I said, logic would think that it helps the city. Uh certainly costs the city as well. So, um it's uh it can be debated to a certain extent, I suppose. >> That that is that is my concern that it does cost us and do you know, due to the discussions we had about a month and a
half ago with gaps in the finances, you know, overtime goes I understand. So, what what is this 140 paying for? >> I mean, essentially this pays for the public safety of the event. It's um you know, we have our own force, but we also have DCI, we have the state police, etc.
So, it's always usually kind of a dollar for dollar on what it takes to make sure that it's a a safe event for the city. So, we like to think that these dollars go towards public safety. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Councilor Silvestri. >> Uh thank you, Mr. President. And just uh
a little point of information also, um the I don't know about receipts for restaurants and stuff, but the um Mission the the hotel on the beach is uh booked solid all of that week through Saturday. I actually had friends coming
in and they tried to get the room at the Mission Hotel and they could only get one night on the weekend because it was it's been book solid. So, I do think it it brings in that um I I'd like to see this come before us a little sooner than than what it does,
but I'm it it's a great um event for the city and uh I think it's something that we we should support. Thank you. >> Councilor Novoselsky. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, uh we've been doing this for 20 years.
Anywhere from 100,000 way back when up to 140,000 now. It's an international event. We are put on the map. People know where Revere is. And I see people not only the people
that are doing the sculpting from out of country, but people walking the beach out of country. And I mean and I can tell you that the Comfort Inn is also packed beside the Mission. So, the hotels
are being addressed and being taken advantage of as far as people utilizing them. It's a great great event. We all support it in in another way. I'm sure I'm hopefully we all support
it. I know I do. And uh I just hope that we pass this and continue our support for this great event. Thank you. >> Anybody else? If I might.
Um Mr. CFO, you you just indicated that uh this 140,000 goes for public safety or you hope it would go for public safety. Can we dictate that it goes for public safety? >> I believe we can. Again,
I don't work directly with the partnership in in the budget for the event, but my understanding of the $140,000 is strictly for the overtime costs for the state troopers that monitor the event. So, I don't have all the direct figures, so I can tell you for sure. Maybe someone from the partnership can give speak a little more
to it, but my understanding is that this money is for public safety for the event. >> Well, I mean that's the first I've heard of this and I I would support it. Uh for public safety. Uh Uh if it's directed. Now, everybody knows that I have slight resentment against the
partnership and I have for years. And there's been some misinformation and I think even the president and I disagree, but I have I have printouts coming in the figures. Uh Wheelabrator for 10 years gave $10,000 a year. And most of us remember
the Wheelabrator logo on the logo uh saying. So, I don't think anybody disputes that. Uh and there was a time that uh in the beginning when they were a little low on funds and asked for some extra money
and uh they gave it. And then I'm going to be kind and say politicians got involved and talked about uh Wheelabrator polluting and we shouldn't take their money. And uh
I I might add that recently there was a a private engineering environmental engineering company hired by uh city of Saugus and there was a a report that came back completely clean on the NOx levels and
everything was completely in compliance. And you know what? I didn't see it anywhere in the media. I didn't see it on social media, but God forbid there's a breakdown, I see it a million times on every possible media. So, I just wanted to put
that out there for public record that there was a completely clean independent study that showed no pollution. And the only reason I'm bringing all this up is the year that they sent the $10,000 check back to Wheelabrator,
they didn't send Massport's check back, and they didn't send Global's check back. So, if we're talking about if we're talking about this was for environmental reasons, which is a joke, uh it wasn't. It was a political hit.
>> Counselor, I think you've gone way too far in laboring this point. >> I'm talking. >> Yeah, I know, but this is personal. You have a personal issue right here. This isn't personal. >> putting facts on the table. That's it. So, I don't want to hit the button here. Uh
so, that's my point that if Massport was sent that check back, and if Global was sent that check back, then I wouldn't have this little resentment that I have. So, that's just some public information that I'm putting out there. And uh now that I know this money is
dedicated to public safety, I'm probably going to support this tonight, which will be the first time uh ever, I think. So, we'll move on. >> On a motion. >> Shall the City Council approve a transfer from free cash to the Revere Beach Partnership for the Sand Sculpting
Festival in the amount of $140,000? Councilor Argieenziano. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Correale-Mcandro. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Giannino. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Greenaough-Suaya. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Haas. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Macchiorla. >> Yes.
>> Yes. Councilor Novoselsky. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, and Council President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes, that transfer has been approved. >> Next item. >> Next item would have for the free cash transfers would have been the workers
compensation in the amount of $539,998. >> Any discussion on this workers comp? >> Councillor Haas. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Rich, 559, I mean you you said a couple of those are coming off the books this year. Is that what we talked about with workman's comp? >> Yes.
Yes, we definitely had some long-term workers comp cases of some individuals got injured that were waiting for retirement paperwork to go through and and and some of those have happened now and you'll see that fall off. Again, we never really know
what's going to happen over the course of a year, but there was definitely some kind of fixed costs that were embedded in the workers comp this year that you should see fall off, so for sure. >> All right, thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Anybody else? On the motion. On the
appropriation. >> Shall the City Council approve a transfer and appropriation from free cash to the workers compensation account in the amount of $539,998? >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Coggliano. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Guinazzo. >> Yes.
>> Yes, Councillor Greenough-Solaya. Is absent. Councillor Haas. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Macchiorlati. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Novaselski. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councillor Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, and Council President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes, that appropriation has been
approved. Next on the request is for $70,000 from the retained from the water and sewer retained earnings account to the for I'm sorry, water meter replacement citywide in the amount of $70,000.
>> Any discussion on the water meter replacement appropriation? Hearing and seeing none, let's move on. >> Shall the City Council approve a transfer from the water and sewer enterprise free cash retained earnings to the
water meter replacement citywide fund in the amount of $70,000? Councilor Iannizio. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Coggliano. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Janino. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Greenough-Solaya. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Haas. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor McKenna. >> Yes.
>> Yes. Councilor Macariol. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Novaselsky. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes. And Council President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes. That appropriation has been approved. And lastly, from the water and sewer enterprise free cash retained earnings
account, 600 I'm sorry, $62,604 to the water sewer department overtime account. >> Any discussion here? No discussion. We move on. On the appropriation. >> Shall the City Council approve an appropriation from the water and sewer
enterprise retained earnings account to the water sewer department overtime account in the amount of $62,604? Councilor Iannizio. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Coggliano. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Janino. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Greenough-Solaya. >> Yes.
>> Yes. Councilor Haas. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Macariol. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Novaselsky. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councilor Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, and Council President Zambuto? >> Yes. >> Yes, uh the appropriation has been
approved. Calendar item number 13, communication from the City Auditor requesting various transfers from the general fund and enterprise fund to close out fiscal year 2026. >> Good evening, Mr. President. Richard Viscay. >> Mr. Viscay.
>> City Hall, 21 Broadway. Um so, at the beginning of the fiscal year, the Council appropriates all the money for 2026. Within those appropriations, uh as the budget director, I'm able to move money within salary and expense lines in in
respective departments. However, any transfers that are made from one department to another or from within a department from a salary line to a non-salary line has to be approved by this body. Um every year we come before you right before the end of the fiscal year and essentially clean the books up and move
that money uh from certain accounts to certain accounts to bring all balances positive. So, um happy to speak on anything in particular in that transfer if anyone uh has any questions. >> Councillor Cogliano. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. Viscay, I just want to make sure license
commission permanent salary it says one. Is that $1 you're transferring? >> It's $1, Councillor. Yes, sir. Everything's in the positive. >> All right, thank you. Any >> Councillor Novosawski. >> Thank you, Mr. President. This is just a adjustment cuz
it says Legion Landscaping. >> That's a different order, Councillor. That's coming up next. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> This is just the the journal entry transfers account from account to form. If you see it, I think it's page 64. >> Okay. Thank you. Sorry.
>> Anybody else? Okay, on this particular uh appropriation. >> Yep, I see it. >> Okay, Councillor Mercurio. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh Richard, uh Uh uh ECC, what what is that for $496,000?
>> Regional Emergency Communication Center that we uh we fund. So, we essentially get an assessment from them every year. That assessment is an estimate. When they get their um grant money from the state on the volume of 911 calls, we get credits. So, essentially this was left
over uh appropriation from that, and so we're using that to fund some of that deficit. So, yeah, we we typically will uh we kind of budget that at the gross number, and and we typically will uh get more grant dollars than we anticipate, so we'll have a little bit of uh money at the end of the year to transfer around. I mean, we can't count on that
every year specifically, but it's tended to work that way the last couple of years. You're welcome. >> Councilor Nowosielski. >> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President, for the leniency. Um Rich, on the Department of Public Works,
streetlights, $90,000 were taken out of. That means we had an extra $90,000 in that account for the year. And also for veterans benefits, an extra $387,000. Why did we have so much money in each
account? >> Always I mean, the short answer is that every year we budget, and sometimes we spend more, and we ask for transfers, and sometimes we spend less, and uh we transfer it out. I mean, veterans, there hasn't been any wars, thankfully, and and we don't
cut the veterans budget, so we we fund it at the same amount every year, and the money that's left over is uh typically used to to help fund other accounts, but um you won't find me coming in here to cut in veterans budget, so that's uh >> And I I don't >> That's how that works, Councilor. >> you. Excuse me, Mr. President. Just one
other thing. Relating to the uh streetlights, if we have $90,000, why are me specifically, I don't know about the other council, am I am I getting uh trouble of trying to change the size of lights in certain neighborhoods.
We got the money to do it and all I'm getting is oh, we can't afford it. And $90,000, I don't think we can afford it. >> The street lights were tricky because a couple years back when we replaced all the heads, we we were supposed to realize some savings and then seem like we realized it and then I believe Chris
and some of the DPW guys pressed pressured them a little bit to do some calculation and I think there may have been some errors in in I think you're seeing the benefits of that right now, but uh street lights are always a tricky account, you know, it's a commodity more or less, so we have a we have a set
contract for electricity, then we go out to bid, we get new new prices and and the rates going to be higher or lower, so it's uh you know, maybe Council agenda can give you a little more insight on that. I know he's managed a few years, but it's never an exact science on this. >> think we go out to bid for street lights. >> No, this is this is just to pay for the
the power to power the lights. This This isn't for building lights. >> that, but you know, I'm getting I'm getting feedback from the department head saying and and in the mayor's office, you know, I have to scrounge to try and get lights in certain neighborhoods where the kids
are coming out of school and I can't get brighter lights down there. That's terrible. It's not safety-wise. >> But I think that Counselor, I think what you'd be talking about is like a capital expense, which is different than this is just the literally an electric bill. >> It's not a capital expense to change a
headlight on a on a >> No, but the appropriation I'm talking about is just for the electric bills to run the lights. >> No, I understand that, but if we have extra money, that's part of the package. Changing light bulbs. >> I'm sure the mayor would be happy to hear about some of the things you're looking for and we can try to find them, but it's first I'm hearing of it
Council. >> He has. I'm just throwing it at you, too. >> Okay, anybody else? Let's move on. >> Council President, there will be two separate votes, one for the general fund and the year transfers and one for the water and sewer. >> Okay, so we've got two votes coming up.
Did everybody hear that? Okay. Let's take the first one. >> Shall the City Council approve the fiscal year 2026 year-end general fund transfers as reported by the city auditor? Councilor Agenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Cogliano.
>> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Gennaro. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Grieco Sawaya. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor House. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Macario. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Novaselski. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Silvestri. >> Yes.
>> Yes, and Council President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes, the year-end transfers for the general fund have been approved. On to the next the next one. >> Next vote, please. >> Shall the City Council approve the fiscal year 2026 year-end water and sewer enterprise fund transfers as
reported by the city auditor? Councilor Agenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Cogliano. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Gennaro. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Grieco Sawaya. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor House. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Kelly. Yes, Councilor McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Macario. >> Yes.
>> Yes, Councilor Novaselski. >> Yes. >> Yes, Councilor Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, and Council President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes, the water and sewer enterprise end-of-year transfers have been approved. Calendar item number 14, communication from the city auditor requesting appropriations from the community
improvement trust fund for landscaping at the American Legion lawn and Freeman Street fire station repairs. >> Mr. CFO. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um again, two separate votes needed from our community um
uh investment trust account improvement trust account. One would be for um landscape and services next door here at the uh back of the Legion building for $25,000. And another one is a little more substantial. It's for some Freeman
Street fire station repairs that um I have enclosed a copy of Weston and Sampson's uh estimated repair option construction costs um Councilor Soia was uh gracious enough to offer up some help in getting that station up and running and I'm here to
try to answer any questions I could on that. Thank you. >> Councilor Guarino Soia. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um Rich, thank you so much for making my dream come to fruition here. Um I'm more than happy to dedicate my
CIT funds to this project. Um it's been my intention from the onset. Since the day I was elected, the first the first thing I heard is, "Oh, now that you have the Point of Pines fire station, we're not going to keep engine five
anymore on Freeman Street. It's no we don't need it." And that is so far from the truth. Um so whatever we need to do with my CIT funds for um Ward 5, we were going to do to keep
Freeman Street open and functioning. Um Freeman Street's really important to ensuring the public safety of the residents in our area because it serves so many different purposes. We have Revere Street, we have North Shore Road, and we have Revere Beach
Boulevard. Not to mention Sagamore Street and that entire area. This this station takes care of this entire area. And to me, it's more important than any other reason anybody would want our CIT funds. So, I I thank you for for making
this come to fruition. Take whatever you need for this and just keep that engine keep that fire station going. Fix that floor. And then hopefully whenever we get some money back into my CIT funds, we can probably buy another engine that would be a fantastic as well. Thank you.
>> Thank you, counselor. Counselor Mercurio. Um Mr. Biscay, uh can you get give us a breakdown of the CIT money and who is funding the uh 500 and uh 570,000?
Is it Is there a breakdown of who what >> What ward five? >> Ward five is is giving most of the money to that? >> All of it. >> All of all Okay. And ward one is giving the 25,000 for the landscaping at the Legion
building? >> Yeah, that's correct. I mean, again, this this fund is um a fund of uh dollars that come in from uh development. I think that the ward to ward um recommendations or or you know, whose
money is it? I don't think that's uh necessarily part of an ordinance as such, but we do account for it ward by ward for you. We give you quarterly reports you have an idea and uh you know, I feel like it's city money, but I uh I I keep with the I keep with the theory here, so I know you guys don't want me to sweep
it for the high school, so uh until then we'll we'll keep it we'll keep it like this, but uh um but uh to your point, counselor, there was $571,000 for ward five and and and counselor area is uh basically used that to use all our money to fix this station, so it's all ward five.
>> Okay, great. Thank you. And a couple of questions regarding the construction estimate here that we received from Weston and Sampson. They're going to charge us $90,000 for a structural engineer. >> I mean, that's what they say. But that's the the not None of this is
This is all estimate. Again, it's based upon three different options with estimates for each, estimates for overruns, estimates for uh contingency, general construction costs, so um you can see on the bottom um to fix both apparatus bays, we're talking anywhere from 674 to 794. This
stuff would have to go out to bid anyhow, but you know, to the council, so why you put up 570 if this comes in under that? You know, we may be able to return some funds or do some envelope repairs or what have you. So, we'll never know what the cost is until we put it all out to bid.
>> And if it goes over the 570, is it going to come out of the capital improvement budget? >> Well, if it comes over that and I talked to the mayor and the mayor wants to press forward and use some city funds to complement the the the funds from Ward 5, then we'll do that. I expect that that would
probably be the most logical scenario, not to speak for the mayor. I haven't had a chance to talk to him on this today, but I'd look at it like a grant of if we got 570 from one source and it cost us 800,000, we'll leverage in the those dollars, so I would think it's it's good money spent. >> Okay.
>> Thank you, counselor. >> Thank you. >> Councilor Novasawski. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Rich, just a clarification and this Legion landscaping for 25,000, is that the work they did in the back of the Legion or the for the front?
>> No, I think that's the back to beautify the back. I think that's irrigation, some some sod. Like I said, that we don't have a lot of time and it was probably the right season to plant grass in there, so I think in order to make that aesthetically pleasing to the neighbors, we want to get that up and running. So, I believe Councilman
Cario starts with it get that use some sod and get some irrigation over there and get it all done. >> and it looked it looks good. You know, I was glad to see it happen. The only thing is calling it Legion property. Okay.
Like we had to change the name of the front of the Legion to McMackin Veterans Park. And what happened was that the Legion itself got sued because somebody got injured because it was considered the Legion
lawn. But if this is considered It's the back of the Legion. The back of the building. I don't know, you know, you call the inspectional services if you want, but you know, I just don't want the Legion to get >> whatever you want, counselor. That's why I think so people knew what we were talking
>> I just don't want the Legion to get sued again and lose the money that they can barely afford. And that's what happened last time. >> I'll wait for the ordinance to come out when we can name stuff and we'll figure out a new name. >> It's just >> I don't know what to call it. I don't know what else to call it. >> It's a matter of calling it something
other than American Legion uh property because it's not. Well, the front is the front is the back of the this is the back. >> Okay. >> I'll call it anything you like, but that's the area. >> Yeah. >> All right, we're not going to name it here tonight. >> Right. >> Anybody else?
Okay, yeah, on that's I think you can take them together. Okay, we're taking both of these together as one. >> Shall the city council approve the following appropriations from the community improvement trust fund? $25,000 for the American Legion lawn
landscaping and $570,000 for the Freeman Street fire station repairs. Counselor Agenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes, Counselor Cogliandro. >> Yes. >> Yes, Counselor Giannino. >> Yes. >> Yes, Counselor Greenough-Swigart. >> Yes. >> Yes, Counselor Haas. >> Yes. >> Yes, Counselor Kelly. >> Yes.
>> Yes, Counselor McKenna. Yes, Counselor Macario. >> Yes. >> Yes, Counselor Novaselski. >> Yes. >> Yes, Counselor Silvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes, and Council President Zambuto. >> Yes. >> Yes, the appropriations have been approved. >> Thank you, counselors. Have a good night. >> Thank you, Richard.
>> Thank you, Richard. >> Mr. President, suspension of rules, please. Suspension of rules, all in favor, all opposed. So ordered. Bye, Richard. >> I like >> The reason is to take up a motion by the counselor. Uh by the two counselors.
That's uh Serino Memorial. >> Item number 20, please, on the agenda. >> 26148 >> 26148 >> Council order I'm sorry, calendar item number 20, motion presented by Councilors Silvestri and Genino that the mayor direct the veteran service officer
to approve and install a veteran memorial pole for Sergeant Richie Serino at the corner of Malden Street and Washington Avenue. >> Yes. >> Councilor uh Silvestri, I guess. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um so, I I
know we dedicated the the corner in that area um a little while ago, but I wanted to make sure the the veterans pole was was uh intact. I spoke with the the family. They sent the request into the veterans office. Um so,
um I I don't I I want to make sure that that veterans pole is is presented in in that area. Uh we all know the the commitment and the service that Mr. Serino made to to the city and the country, and um I just wanted to be sure that this was inquired in as well as the
family. >> Thank you, Councilor. Councilor Genino. >> Thank you. Yes, I spent many years working with Richie um on the department. You know his love for the country, city, the people of Revere. I'd like to see his pole put in there. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilor Novoselsky.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I'm all for this. I loved Richie Serino. He was a great great guy. Uh his son's a great guy. Uh the problem I have with what's happening here is there were three
locations that were put up over the last three or four months. We did not get notification of those to approve those. And the protocol that was set up probably maybe 4 years ago was that
somebody would go to the veterans office request that it be made. They would check out to make sure that the veteran was eligible and that he had a DD214 or he was KIA or whatever it was. And then
they would send it up to us for approval. All these signs and memorials have to be approved by us, the Revere City Council. Now, it seems as though here we're getting it from two councilors.
We didn't get it from the veterans office. The last three we didn't get anything from the veterans office. I have a issue with the veterans office not following the protocol that was established several years back. And I would like that to be noted and
that they be told that there's a protocol and that we that they follow it. >> Are you asking for a communication to be sent to the veterans from the mayor to the veterans department to follow the protocol that we set up years ago? >> Yes. >> Okay.
That's a motion from the floor, I'll I'll take it. Anybody else on the particular motion for this >> [clears throat] >> Council Councilor Gagliano. >> I just wanted to show my full support for this great family. Um very deserving that
that whole corner should say Serino's Corner like we said, you know, during that meeting. So, and please tell your son I miss him up here dearly. Thank you. >> Anybody else? Okay, I'll take a minute. Uh everybody knows how I feel about the
Serino family and uh Richard, of course, and his son and the whole family and his son, Ricky, who I miss dearly up here. The genuinely uh intelligent great young man and he's
truly missed, but uh this is a great motion. I supported it wholeheartedly. I know we're we're kind of diverting from the policy here. The same way >> Mr. President. >> The same way that the uh >> If I may. Sorry to interrupt. >> here? You want to You want to jump in
before I finish? Okay. Uh that you want to speak. Okay. >> Okay. >> Well, you should have let me know sooner. I wouldn't be speaking. You can't interrupt me. Anyhow, um uh I'm I'm thrilled that we we kind of
broke the protocol ourselves here tonight and maybe we're going to get this back on track after this one, but this one's important and uh we're going to get this done tonight. Uh Counselor Haas. >> Thank you, Mr. President. So, going back
to the protocol protocol, why wouldn't we just put the whole council on this motion to act as in place of the protocol if the councilors would be okay with that? >> I don't think anybody has a problem with that. Yeah. This will be uh this motion will speak for the whole council.
I I think our hearts are all there and everybody knows that. So, uh that's a good point. Thank you. Okay. Okay. No, that'll be a separate motion. We're going to vote on the Serino motion first then we're going to go back to the uh
floor motion by Counselor Novasasky. Good. Okay. On uh roll call. >> Shall the City Council approve a motion by the entire City Council that the mayor direct the Veteran Service Officer to approve and install a Veteran Memorial Pole for Sergeant Richie Serino
at the corner of Baldwin Street and Washington Avenue. Counselor Argenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Cogliandro? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Giannino? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Greenough-Solaya? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Haas? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Kelly? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor McKenna? Yes. Councillor Macario?
>> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Novoselsky? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Silvestri? >> Yes. >> Yes. And Council President Zambuto? >> Yes. >> Yes. The motion is approved. >> Now, we'll take the motion from Councillor Novoselsky to Well, I think you wrote it down, correct?
The mayor directed veteran's office. >> Yeah. That the mayor direct the veteran service officer to follow the protocol as provided by section 12.22. 0 010 through 060 of the Revere Revised
Ordinances. >> On the roll. >> On a roll call, Councillor Genzale? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Cogliandro? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Giannino? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Greenough-Solaya? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Haas? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Kelly? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor McKenna? >> Yes.
>> Yes. Councillor Macario? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Novoselsky? >> Yes. >> Yes. Councillor Silvestri? >> Yes. >> Yes. And Council President Zambuto? >> Yes. >> Yes. The motion has been approved. >> Back to the regular order of business. >> Motions. Calendar item number 15. Motion presented by Councillors Cogliandro and
Macario. That the mayor, city planner, and any other appropriate department heads appear before the city council to provide information and discuss concerns regarding construction vehicles being diverted through residential side streets. Further, that advance notice of any road closures or detours be provided to the
effective affected board councillors and residents to ensure they are informed of anticipated traffic impacts and changes to local road access. >> Councillor Cogliandro. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um once in a while somebody files something
just like this. Especially I feel like right now there are so many projects happening simultaneously in the city, but this came about when I received a whole bunch of complaints from Elm Street and Sewall Street regarding construction vehicles.
I think I'm kind of tapping into the next motion as well, but we have MBTA buses going down, you know, side streets they shouldn't be going down. We have construction vehicles not only being diverted through neighborhoods, they're parking there. And
you know, I guess we'll talk about that stuff a little bit more, but it seems like there's a been a a small communication breakdown. The ward councilors, and no disrespect to the at large councilors, the ward councilors should be the first people to know about road closures cuz we are normally
the first line of defense, the people that should know what's going on. And again, I understand, you know, that our DPW and the police department, everybody's incredibly busy. I have all the respect in the world for those guys and girls. Um I would appreciate a heads up. I will say the water department on water
breaks, whenever there's a water break anywhere, I think they notify all of us. So, if we could get on to some sort of system like, "Hey, uh we just had um at Revere Street, Malden Street at the intersection of ward three and five." We just had that portion of Broadway
completely blocked off, so stuff like that I had no idea. And I know they were working, but you know, long and short of it, we just like an increase in communication because stuff like this can't be happening either. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilor. Councilor Mercurio. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I I echo my
fellow councilors motion here. It's important that we have a lot of construction going on throughout the city of Revere, and it's up to the city engineer and the the the department of
Chris Chammallo to notify us about rerouting traffic, especially on Broadway right now. We're putting a brand new water main in that's running down the length of Broadway, and I had no idea that all the traffic was going to be diverted to the way it was.
And we have a you know a big project right now at the McMackin Little League field that we didn't get notified that the construction vehicles, the the dump trucks and the delivery trucks were going to be going down School Street and Harris Street. So, just a little notification,
we can let the residents know what's going on. We can do it send out a email or put it on Facebook or any other ways of communicating, but I'm in strong favor of this motion. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councillor Novachewski. >> Thank you, Miss President. Miss
President, I like this. I can tell you two instances in the last 4 days. The water department had a water break on Centennial Ave. And we got a message. The water break was cutting off water for a lot of the neighbors, and then we couple hours
later we got a note that it was back on. Perfect. This afternoon, I'm coming down Shirley Ave. Shirley Ave is blocked off, and it's the developers. It's a lot of the developers blocking off the street, not letting us know that it's happening,
and all the cars have to go up Walnut Ave, Campbell Ave, Centennial Ave, all in the little neighborhoods. And also, this was street work, and they didn't even have a detail
to do it. Now, I'm not saying that the police didn't do it, but sometimes they don't have enough people to fill them. And I understand that, but they shouldn't just put cones down. They should put trucks there a vehicle there or they put a person there with a stop
sign or a directional sign. But, it's not fair to some of the businesses the way they cut off the street. You know, I know people can walk down, but the parking department is very strict on neighborhood parking about not people
not living there and tagging them. So, I think there's a great motion and we got to make sure that everybody knows that we're concerned. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councillor. Councillor Guerrino Sawaia.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Um I strongly support this motion. Um with dozens of construction projects happening at the same time, residents and the award council deserve advanced notice on public um road closures, detours, and traffic impacts. Just last week um I had
a contractor who ignores who completely ignored the city's approved traffic plan. Um What what happened is we had National Grid doing work in the Point of Pines, which is that the pipeline, and then we
had National Grid sending Riley Brothers to fix the sidewalks on the same street that they're going to still continue to rip up because the pipeline's not done yet. And they were trying to do two jobs at once without appropriate
notification to anybody. And then thank God that the city um that Chris Chamela stepped in and intervened and shut that job site down because they were supposed to start on the other end where there's no work being done. It's it's absolutely crazy.
I I just don't understand how they can get away with doing what they do, especially National Grid. It's just it's awful. I had the MWRA one project, National Grid at another. It's just I don't understand. We definitely need better communication. And thank you, Anthony, um
Councillor Coglinadro, thank you so much for putting that in. And thank you, Councillor Mercurio, for putting that in. It's really, really important that we get to the bottom of this and we are informed because we cannot inform our constituents unless we know. Thank you. >> Thank you. Councilman Curio and Andrew.
>> Thank you for the leeway, Mr. President. I just um I have to apologize to Councilman McKenna. When I submitted these, I was supposed to add her to this motion and the next one. If we could do that, I would greatly appreciate it and I also apologize as well, Councilman. Sorry about that. >> Councilman McKenna.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. I just think it's a bigger problem than National Grid and uh not communicating. I think it's a city uh problem. I think there are departments that don't tell us what's going on. Um and I just think the right hand's not telling the left hand and
we're left blinded. Um but but the the other thing um I want to say is that we just had an incident in Beachmont um the cutting up uh Summer Street and Winthrop Ave, which they're not supposed to do because
uh Winthrop Ave and Summer Street just got paved and they're supposed to wait 5 years. So, but they're cutting it up and they're put laying down pipes and I said to Mayor Keefe the other day when we were at a function, I said, "Mayor, do you know that this is
happening?" He didn't even know it was happening. So, it's a bigger problem than uh and really, we should as a city, we should get on board and they should talk to us so we know. And and even the mayor didn't even know. So,
um that's just where I'm at. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman. Okay, everybody done so I can speak? Thank you. So, uh I think one of the most egregious things right now is National Grid. It's cutting up the whole city. It's
blocking off streets. There's no notification of anything. They're running rampant. They're parking equipment everywhere. I'm getting calls from everybody complaining. It's it it it's out of control. Now, I know that we don't have a lot of control over utilities, but we do when they're
cutting up our roadways. We got to we got to get with the mayor's office and there's got to be some strict rules put in place here that we can't have a detour and and some of these detours are just ridiculous. And I think somebody mentioned that Broadway was shut off the
other day. And I came down I wanted to go down Tuckerman, but it was blocked. I couldn't get to Tuckerman. I go down to Cushman Ave and Cushman Ave is blocked at Broadway. And I go around and Broadway is blocked off. It's
ridiculous. And there's there's got to be some there's got to be some rhyme or reason to this. And we all got to get on board and and and ask the mayor to to really help us with this cuz it's we got to reach out to the utility. And you know, these are these are contractors
that are hired by the utility. This one happens to be Devereux, but there's there's many of them. And and they're running rampant and we got to put a stop to it. >> Councilor McKenna. >> Thank you for the leeway, uh Mr. President. You go and Winthrop has been doing the streets over and sidewalks
over for the last 3 years. They got a a grant from Biden before when he was the president. And um you don't see these big uh trucks parked on you know, uh on the street. You don't see anything. Everything is all cleared
up. And I mean everything is nice and neat. So, I just feel like they take advantage of Revere. >> Well, we're we're a lot bigger and there's a lot more mileage to be run and parked here. >> I just >> I'm not I'm not defending them, but
they're you know, we can do better. There's no question about it. We can't do as well as Winthrop Sure. got a smaller area and and they're parking the the the trucks in in the big areas that they have there right off of their main drag. So, I if we could do that, that
would be wonderful, but I I think that's being overly optimistic. Councilor >> Thank you, Mr. President. Just as an FYI, uh I don't know if Summer Street and Winthrop Ave were planned or if they're just upgrading their own pipes or if they were emergencies, but
we have a city ordinance that says they can't dig up paved street for 5 years. >> I know. >> And we have to make sure our DPW knows remembers that. I think I'm sure they know it, but they have to remember that and then enforce it.
>> All right. That's the end of this one. On the motion, all in favor, all opposed. So ordered. >> Council item number 16, motion presented by Councilors Coggliano, McKenna, and Mercurio, that the mayor, city planner, and any other appropriate department heads appear before the city council to
provide information and discuss concerns regarding parking from McMackin Field, the impacts of the neighbors being inundated with parking from games and or practices at this field, and any plans in place for the neighborhood to prevent any parking-related issues. >> Councilor Coggliano.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Um at one of the community meetings I don't even know if I want to bring up Harris Street right now, but at one of the community meetings revolving around that, one of the concerns that was brought up was the angled parking at this park. And I know that we're adding a lot of spaces, um but when this park was opened years ago,
when I was a kid, there wasn't nearly nearly as many people as there are now. And the intention would be to make sure that this park is in use constantly. It's good for the kids, it's good for revenue through permitting, but I also [clears throat] do not want to see
the side streets Winthrop Ave illegal parking on Winthrop Ave, you know, then people parking on Elm, Sewall, Bixby, you know, all the way down to Butler library. I don't want to see you know, they're already dealing with enough on Sundays because of the church.
Uh they inundate that area constantly. So, it's they're not going to have any relief during baseball season. And I'd like to see a plan or even a presentation regarding this. Uh the park's coming along beautiful, but I want to give some answers to the
people that are very concerned about this. Thank you. >> Thank you, counselor. Counselor Mercurio. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Once again, I'm going to echo my colleagues over here. Uh I think the Mac Mac and Little League field's going to have 20 spots angled parking,
uh which is not enough. Oh, 17. Okay, thank you. 17. Uh I think we have to look into probably asking the Immaculate uh church to use their parking facility uh in the back um to accommodate We're going to have a lot
of residents parking. Uh see if we can work a deal with them possibly uh to use their parking during during the week at least. So, but it's going to be an issue. Um and I it's something that I'm not looking forward to, but I am looking
forward to the opening of the new park. It's coming along greatly and uh everyone's excited about it. Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you. Anybody else? Counselor McKenna. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I know when the park was opened years ago, we had a
lot of problems with cars just parking in front of uh resident residential houses. Um I'm thinking about maybe, you know, um Victoria Harris, Hadden, Sewall, Elm, maybe they should get something maybe
residential parking so they won't uh people that are attending that. I mean, I think 17 uh parking space is pretty good. We didn't have any back in the day. We just parked on the street and we parked in the side streets, but I think we should at least give some of these
residents that are abutting the this park some special parking. Instead of just, you know, city parking because anybody from Wayland school up in that area can park down there if they're they're trying to see their, you know, kid play. So, you
know, I just think that we should help the residents that live about the property. Thank you. >> My hope is that when McMackin, some of us remember when McMackin was a was a beautiful park and it was full all the time. We had no parking. We're going to have
17 spots there. I'm hoping that's going to alleviate a lot of the residential parking. It's not going to be perfect. Let's face it. There's a lot more people, but uh I think it's going to be better with all those spots. Council Silvestri. >> Yes, thank you, Mr. President. Um I I
agree um the the parking might might become an issue, but I I think it it's going to be less than what we've seen in in the heyday of the McMackin field just because of what's going to be scheduled there where you had McMackin running from early morning right through the
night and like non-stop one game behind another. There's not a league running out of there, so I don't think it's going to be as much volume. >> You're right. >> Um so, I'm just looking forward to it. We were all very excited to to see the park open and I I think uh it's going to be an addition that we much need.
Thank you. >> Okay, on the motion. All in favor of Is someone else? No. All in favor, all opposed. So ordered. >> Council item number 17, motion presented by Councilors Argenzio and Genino that the mayor, superintendent of public works, and city
engineer be requested to allocate a portion of funds from next year's Chapter 90 monies to pave Washington Avenue and install sidewalks from 134 Washington Avenue to the Chelsea line. >> Councilor
Agensio. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I put the address 134. There's a seam in the street there and from there north the street was paved. From there south to the Chelsea line it's in deplorable condition. It's a short stretch through
the Park Avenue intersection. And I think one of the things about this section of Washington Ave that's unique, I don't think there's another major city street that a portion of it doesn't have a sidewalk. If you're walking up from the Chelsea
line on the east side there's no sidewalk. So when you're walking there you're either forced to go in the street or cross Washington Avenue at at a bend. So it's very dangerous. So I'd like to see that done and uh my colleague uh
Councilor Ginino uh I think we'll also agree. >> Councilor Ginino. >> Thank you. Yeah, this this part of Washington Avenue has been neglected for years and it's it's way overdue. The sidewalks are a mess, the street's a mess. I mean it's where Chelsea River and Revere all come together, too.
>> On the motion, all in favor, all opposed. So ordered. >> Calendar item number 18, motion presented by Councilor Cogliano that the mayor direct the chief of police to increase patrols on Tuttle Street due to alleged suspicious activity in the area.
>> Councilor Cogliano. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to add Councilor Gerena Soliya to this motion as well. Getting multiple phone calls regarding some sort of suspicious activity. I don't want to say what I've been told because they're just allegations, but I'm hoping we can get
some more patrol down there to monitor what's going on at night. Thank you. >> To Councilor Gerena Soliya. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Council Coggliano for adding me to the motion. Um you know, I fully support this
motion. Um my family also lives around that area and um I understand these concerns firsthand. This happened a few years back as well. And um I think it was actually last year that this happened. What that area that they're actually
talking about is that marshy area that Amazon owns. And what happens is there are um tents back there and there's a bunch of people that end up doing suspicious things in the back.
And what what happened is last year they did make people leave that area. But now with the overgrowth that's there, you can barely see what's happening. So, I think we
also need to add to this motion um Council Coggliano, if possible, to have Amazon provide maintenance to that area as well so they can cut down that brush and there could be more visibility for the police when they do go down there.
Um if that's okay with you. I need Amazon to clean up the brush back there as well. >> I spoke about Amazon, I told them they should put migrants in the facility on Squire Road. So, why don't you call Amazon and see if you can get that done? >> I will gladly do that. >> [laughter] >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> On the motion. All in favor, all
opposed. So ordered. >> Calendar item number 19, motion presented by Council Coggliano that the mayor request the chief of police to provide the city council with a report detailing fireworks enforcement activities conducted between July 1 and
July 8 of 2016, including but not limited to the number of citations issued, warnings given, arrests made, and any other enforcement actions taken during that period. >> Councilor Coggliano. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I I swear this is my last motion. Um
Uh yeah, it's just a a simple report of what actions were taken regarding fireworks. They're illegal. We have an ordinance. Um I just want to know what the police department's doing about it. Um you know, I I see both sides of this. I'm a dog owner.
And I have to spend the nights in my house, you know, holding my dogs that get very nervous. Um but I do see both sides of this. I understand the enjoyment of them, but I also understand that it's a law against the law to have them. Um so, I'm just curious to know what is
being done uh on the enforcement end. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anybody else? On the motion, all in favor, all opposed. So ordered. >> Council item number 21, motion presented by Councilor Gerena Swaia, that the
mayor request the fire department, police department, engineering department, and emergency management to report on the feasibility of expanding municipal drone operations for emergency response, shoreline monitoring, infrastructure inspections, and disaster assessment.
>> Councilor Gerena Swaia. >> Thank you, Mr. President. This motion is actually similar to the one Councilor Silvestri put in for the flock system motion. Um as a coastal community, Revere is constantly dealing with issues related to flooding,
severe weather, and impact of climate change. In water flood areas, especially the areas like the Point of Pines, Oak Island, and Riverside, we know how important it is to have accurate information quickly when storms and flooding occur. Drones can provide first
responders with and city departments with real-time information without putting employees in potentially dangerous situation. They can help identify flooding problems, monitoring shoreline conditions, inspect infrastructure, and assist during
emergencies. Just to be clear, the motion does not commit the city to purchasing the equipment. It's simply to ask our departments to study whether this technology can improve public safety, save resources, and better prepare Revere for future challenges. Um
many communities are looking at these innovative ways to deliver services, and I believe Revere should really look into it and explore the tools that may help us protect our residents and our coastline. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councillor. Councillor Silvestri.
>> Uh thank you, Mr. President. Um just for point of information, uh Chief Lavita actually sent me a message this evening um apologizing for not being able to make tonight, but she's going to come up the next meeting and she's going to present on the Flock and the drone system that the police are
using. So >> Wonderful. >> That's great information. Thank you. On the motion, all in favor, all opposed? So ordered. >> Council item number 22, motion presented by Councillor Guarino Swartz that the mayor request the office of emergency
management and public health department to develop an extreme heat preparedness plan identifying cooling centers, vulnerable populations, communication strategies, and long-term mitigation efforts to address increasing summer temperatures.
>> Councillor Guarino Swartz. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um especially with tomorrow's heat coming up um the next couple of days are going to be extremely hot. It's becoming a growing concern, and we as a city need to be prepared before a crisis occurs.
Uh the motion just asks for help identifying what we can do to help them, um help people be more aware of of a stra- of communication strategies and solutions on where they can go if they're extremely hot and they have
nowhere to go. Um our seniors, children, and residents health could depend on it. So tonight I actually spoke to Adrian and information will be going out this week through the mayor's office in the liaison. They also are putting together
misters for different events to like cooling stations for residents in the city whenever we have extreme heat. Thank you so much. >> Anybody else? On the motion all in favor all opposed? So ordered.
>> Mr. President. >> Councilor Carigliano. >> No further business I understand. If so I just want to take a point of personal privilege. >> Take your point. >> I just want to invite everyone in on from July 23rd to the 25th
this to the city of Revere. We have three different continents worth of competition excuse me competitors coming to compete in the 2026 Boston International Karate Championships. It's being held at Revere High School and I invite all of Revere to to come
and enjoy it. So thank you very much for the time. >> Thank you. It sounds like a great event counselor. This city council stands adjourned to July 27th.