2026-09-29 - Ordinance Committee

01:10What you're going to do is listen. You

01:12put the four names wherever you wanted

01:14to put it.

02:11Good evening and welcome to the old

02:13intergovernment relation committee a sub

02:16commmittee of the Lawrence city council.

02:18This meeting is scheduled for today,

02:21Tuesday, September the 29, 2026. It's

02:24right now

02:26uh 652.

02:30Uh this meeting is also conducted uh as

02:34a hybrid meeting and you may remotely

02:36ask at the meeting through the digital

02:39platform.

02:41Mo board members

02:44Franklin Miguel city uh vice chair that

02:48is on my left and also Gregory de

02:52Rosario who is in my right and my sir

02:54Anna Levy who is the chair of the

02:56committee portion to chapter 20 of the

03:00app of 2022 this meeting of ordinary

03:03committee is being conducted both in

03:06person and via remote participation

03:09a reminder that Person who would like to

03:12listen or to view this meeting while in

03:15progress may either attend in person at

03:17the location above or use any of the

03:20following as a location through Facebook

03:23and YouTube Lawrence City Council.

03:26Council,

03:28[clears throat] please stand on for the

03:31pledge of allegiance

03:37to the flag of the United States of

03:40America to the stand. One nation under

03:44God, indivisible, with liberty and

03:47justice for all.

03:51[sighs]

03:58There is a minute for to approve for

04:01September 8, 2026. May I hear a motion,

04:05please?

04:05>> Motion to approve minutes.

04:07>> All those in favor? I

04:10>> I have it. Uh council, the first item on

04:13the agenda for today is the item 39626

04:18is the or gold and secondhand dealing

04:21license.

04:23Uh I think that the city [clears throat]

04:25council brought to us the information

04:27[snorts]

04:29>> um by Celeste Brony.

04:32>> Yes.

04:33>> Okay. And can you come to the front,

04:35please?

04:38Yes.

04:38>> Okay.

04:40>> Okay. So, can you put uh the microphone

04:43um

04:46>> say your name and address for the

04:48record, please?

04:48>> My name is Celeste Broadnik and what was

04:52the other thing?

04:52>> Your address?

04:53>> My home address?

04:55>> Yes, please.

04:56>> 22 Hoffman Avenue in Lawrence.

04:58>> Okay. So, can you tell us a little bit

05:00about this request?

05:04Well, I'm not sure if it's it was from

05:08what I understand it was the closest

05:10thing that was applicable to what our

05:12business is. Um, we sell comic books and

05:18collectible items. We don't sell gold.

05:21We don't buy gold. Um, but we are we do

05:24a lot of secondhand. So, we do have some

05:27people that will bring comic books to us

05:29at our store to sell comic books. We

05:32also sell cards, sports memorabilia,

05:36um, collectible toys, Transformers,

05:39things like that. Um, but I guess this

05:42was the closest thing

05:46to what we would need a a permit to do

05:50so for. Does that make sense?

05:53>> Y

05:57something that we we have never

06:01you. Oh,

06:03>> I'm sorry.

06:04>> Can my husband also helps me with the

06:06business?

06:06>> Just talk a little bit about the this

06:08and then we're going to do uh any

06:11regard. Okay.

06:12>> We're predominantly My name is Jason

06:14Brodick. I'm I'm the husband. We uh

06:16we're predominantly a comic book and

06:19Pokemon store. Like um most of the store

06:22is is Pokemon, sports cards,

06:24>> um comic books, toys, things like that.

06:27We do have some antiques. We have vinyl

06:29records. We have uh a lot of historical

06:32documents from from Lawrence,

06:33coincidentally enough, which is kind of

06:35cool. But um yeah, we don't have a piece

06:38of gold in the store. We don't do

06:40consignment. We don't do pawns. like we

06:43don't pawn and stuff, but like she said,

06:48uh, a gentleman from the city came in

06:50and and sold me a card. And he's like,

06:53"Oh, it just dawned on me that you buy

06:55things, so you need a pawn shop

06:58license."

06:59And I said, "Well, you're not a pawn

07:01shop." And he said, "No, you need a you

07:03need a pawn shop license." And that's

07:05how this all started.

07:07>> We've been there for two and a half

07:08years.

07:09We this is all new to us and uh we don't

07:12so we we're just doing whatever we're

07:14told to do

07:15>> and we were told to do all this. So here

07:18we are.

07:20>> But we don't know if it like

07:24we we were told to ask the advice of the

07:27city attorney if this applies to us

07:30these licenses. But I we'll do whatever

07:34you need us to do. We live here. We love

07:35it here. you know, we're we're happily

07:39employed [laughter]

07:42and and uh so far so good. I mean, we've

07:44been there a couple years, no problems.

07:46And

07:48>> so, this is the first time that you are

07:51requesting the license for

07:52>> Yes, ma'am. So, this is the first time,

07:55but I said that you've been in here for

07:57uh a couple of year having the same kind

08:00of business.

08:01>> Yes, ma'am.

08:02>> Yes.

08:03>> And we've had a business license the

08:05entire time. Yeah, we've

08:07>> you have a business license.

08:08>> Yes, ma'am.

08:09>> So now they are asking you for what kind

08:13of

08:13>> for a secondhand license and I guess an

08:17old gold. I guess they're two separate

08:19licenses now. But when we first were

08:22inquiring about it, we were told that

08:23they were combined as one license for

08:27125. Now there's I think there's two

08:30license, two separate licenses, and

08:32they're saying we need them both.

08:35Um, but we don't know.

08:36>> But maybe that's like the second hand

08:40because you are selling, you know, like

08:42a book.

08:43>> Absolutely.

08:44>> And something like that.

08:46>> We buy Pokemon cards a lot.

08:49>> Pokemon. Okay.

08:50>> And I know there's been a lot

08:51>> Where are you located right now?

08:53>> We're in the Everett Mill.

08:55>> Okay.

08:56>> The third floor of the Everett Mill.

08:59>> Okay.

08:59>> I know there's been a lot of theft in

09:01the Pokemon community as a whole. So

09:04that maybe that

09:06>> prompted it,

09:08>> you know.

09:08>> So, and this is the first time that

09:10asking you to come in front of the m of

09:13the city council.

09:18>> Okay.

09:19Can any question or any comment

09:24>> through you chair? What it is is that

09:26any business that purchase, sales or

09:27bought a secondhand article, they need a

09:30permit.

09:30>> Sure. Okay.

09:31>> That's what it is. So I mean

09:33>> the we don't have just a permit for for

09:38just a secondhand. What we've been doing

09:40is all go secondhand store.

09:42>> Okay.

09:43>> Maybe this is the time to change it,

09:45give you the permit or work the permit

09:46and see if we can somehow check in the

09:48ordinance and just put for secondhand. I

09:50mean what

09:51>> we're happy to do whatever you need us

09:54to do.

09:54>> Whatever you tell us. And we can still

09:56you can still do the old gold and

09:58secondhand cuz they apply to them even

10:00though they don't have any gold. But

10:02this is this is also an opportunity for

10:04us not you guys for us to go back in the

10:07ordinance and create something just for

10:09secondhand cuz I mean if you again if

10:11you buy sell

10:12>> secondhand stuff you need you need a

10:14permit in the city.

10:15>> Yes sir. Uh maybe you never had a visit

10:17from from an inspector. Maybe somebody

10:20saw you, a competitor saw you, didn't

10:22saw anything hanging on the door or at

10:24the wall and they call the city and say

10:26these people are selling with our permit

10:28and that's how you got that list.

10:29>> Yeah.

10:30>> Okay.

10:30>> So we can definitely it it whatever they

10:33share the side, but we can definitely

10:34move it up

10:35>> as a second as an old second hand, but

10:38they they definitely need a permit.

10:40>> Okay. Yeah. No, that's is what I'm

10:42saying, you know. Um we maybe because

10:46you are a secondhand in some way but

10:48it's only one license or one permit for

10:52both of uh um the old goal and the

10:56second hand dealer license that's maybe

10:59they ask you to come in front of us to

11:03to get a permit for for that.

11:05>> Yes.

11:06>> Okay. beside or you've been in there for

11:09a couple of years right now

11:11>> through you um mother chef

11:13>> what I don't see here it's I don't know

11:15if they visit the police station or they

11:17contact the police do you guys did

11:19>> yes you had the clear yes according to

11:22this paper yes I got it I got it took a

11:26copy of it just gave it to us the clerk

11:29yeah that's that's I was looking for it

11:30in the book yeah so they they should be

11:32okay

11:33>> no something that also need the

11:35attention is that they send it to

11:38or you brought it this information but

11:42thank you and it uh together they had

11:45the comeo Massachusetts uh serial lines

11:49um

11:50the certificate for you to

11:54uh sell

11:56the

11:59the magazine or the book that you're

12:03doing right now. Yes.

12:05>> Okay. Poor Miguel.

12:08>> Um, no. I mean, if everything is in

12:10place, so I will u make the

12:13recommendation to send to full counsel.

12:14We favor recommendation.

12:16>> Second.

12:18>> Okay. So, there is a motion to send it

12:20to the full council with favor

12:22recommendation after we review all the

12:25paperwork

12:26and already second. All those in favor?

12:30>> I.

12:30>> So, the I have it. Next Tuesday you has

12:34to be in here again at 7:00.

12:37>> At 7:00 Tuesday on Tuesday.

12:39>> On Tuesday. Yes.

12:41>> Thank you.

12:41>> Thank you all.

12:42>> Thank you.

12:43>> Good job.

12:44>> All right.

12:47>> Okay. Council, the next item on the

12:50agenda is item 39726.

12:55A stop sign intersection of Box Forest

12:58Street and Garfield Street. That was

13:01submitted by council llang and Jason

13:04motor

13:06police station for review.

13:09>> There is a motion. May I hear a second?

13:11>> Second.

13:12>> Already second or in favor?

13:14>> I

13:15>> the I have it. 39826

13:19is no parking. Both side Mary view court

13:23by councelor Vivian Marmmo.

13:25>> Motion of Senator Motion of Senator

13:27Police Department for review. There is a

13:29motion. May I have a second? Already

13:31second. All those in favor.

13:34May I have it?

13:37Yes.

13:39>> Okay. Thank you.

13:40>> Okay. So, I'm sorry. So, yes. 397 and

13:44398.

13:45>> Mhm. Got it.

13:46>> Please. Uh for table 39926

13:50is to remove a handicap parking on 114 S

13:55Street. Council

13:58>> motion to send to the police department

14:00removal.

14:02>> Second after that

14:03>> motion to send it to the police

14:06department already. Second or in favor?

14:10>> I have it. Uh item 426 is a handicap

14:16parking three graian terrace.

14:20I a motion

14:21>> motion to send it to the police

14:23department. Second

14:25>> motion to send it in table

14:28>> to the police department already. Second

14:31or in favor?

14:32>> I

14:32>> I

14:34have it. I 40126

14:39is the loading zone

14:4219 Jackson Street.

14:46>> Motion to send to the engineering

14:47department for review and also to the

14:49city attorney. Motion to send it to the

14:53engineer and

14:54>> to

14:55>> and the city attorney.

14:57So already second. Most in favor.

15:01>> They I have it. Item 40226

15:06is the prohibition of parking in

15:08designated bus stop.

15:12Um councelor de Rosario submitted by

15:15councelor Rosario. of rain and MIA.

15:18>> And we do have

15:20Noah from MEA and

15:23so they can come up and talk to us about

15:26what we've been working on on this new

15:29ordinance that we try to implement

15:32and the city.

15:33>> Yes. Good good evening councilors. Um

15:36for the record, my name is Noah Berger.

15:38I am the administrator for MIA Transit.

15:41We are uh one of 15 regional transit

15:44authorities uh in in the Commonwealth.

15:46We serve 16 cities and towns in the

15:48Marramac Valley. Uh but our center of

15:50gravity is here in Lawrence. Um I also

15:53want to introduce uh our deputy uh Neora

15:55Amendes uh who is uh um says everything

15:59I do just just more articulately.

16:03Um,

16:05I just want to thank in particular uh uh

16:06councelor Del Rosario for taking up the

16:10issues uh the issue of bus stops which

16:12has been um an endeavor that we've been

16:15on for several years now. Uh I believe

16:17it was four years ago that that uh that

16:21we first started talking about this and

16:24led to you know planning. Uh we actually

16:28uh brought in a a outside consulting

16:30firm to to to to present a bus stop plan

16:33and identify provisional stops. Uh then

16:36we started the implementation process.

16:39Uh just you know by way of background uh

16:41we had been a flag stop system for about

16:4550 years. Um, and that that just

16:48basically means your passengers have to

16:50wave a bus down or, you know, point it

16:53point it down. Uh, which creates

16:55uncertainty for passengers. Uh, you

16:58don't know whether you're at the the

17:00right spot. You don't know whether it's

17:02a safe place. You don't know if the

17:03driver is going to see you. You don't

17:05know what buses stop there. Um, so the

17:08the plan is to actually put fixed bus

17:11stops in the uh in the ground that will

17:14have a bus icon and in many areas

17:18actually have information that tells you

17:19what buses stop there, where it's going.

17:22Uh the

17:24so after the all the the the planning

17:27and the outreach that we did, we started

17:29putting uh provisional bus stops in

17:32centered on uh in downtown Lawrence. So

17:35primarily in Essex Street, uh uh Union

17:38Street and and Common Street. Uh they

17:43we've been making the rounds to to

17:45community groups and and just getting

17:48feedback from riders. The reason why the

17:50the the signs are preliminary are

17:53temporary is so we can get the feedback

17:55and if we learn that they're not in the

17:57right place or there's a better place

17:58for them to be, we can move it without

18:00having to dig anything up. Uh we've been

18:04doing that. We they they went out in

18:06starting last spring. We've been

18:07collecting the data. Uh the one of the

18:11biggest challenges is if you have

18:13designated bus stops, then you no longer

18:16have the flexibility to pull in where

18:19wherever there might be a gap between

18:21the cars. Uh so it's very helpful and

18:25particularly for uh for our riders who

18:29might have a mobility device or might

18:30just not be able to to to navigate

18:33walking between cars. I it I think it

18:36would be very helpful and and you know

18:38appreciate the partnership with the city

18:40to to make it so you can't park at at at

18:43at designated bus stops. And so the the

18:46ordinance that the councelor has uh

18:48drafted, I believe, with the city

18:50attorney's uh uh guidance uh provides

18:53just that as an added benefit. Um it

18:58provides a potential, you know, we don't

19:00want people parking in bus stops. If

19:02they do, that's a revenue stream for the

19:04city because it includes a uh a fine of

19:07of $100 uh for for parking. And

19:13you know, there are other there are

19:14other ways to uh you know, I think an

19:16interesting uh uh an interesting sort of

19:21things that are going on in Boston right

19:23now where the the the MBTA just had the

19:26authority to um have cameras that that

19:29that

19:31identify cars that are parking in bus

19:33stops and they just just using the the

19:36MBTA's buses identify 26,000 um uh scoff

19:41laws. Fortunately, I don't think we'll

19:42have that many in Lawrence. Uh but I

19:44think that just helps with the safety

19:47and the just the convenience for our

19:50passengers. Uh which helps, you know,

19:52and that MEA's ability to to to move

19:56people through Lawrence and the Marramac

19:58Valley is really fuels the economic

20:01engine of of Lawrence and and and all

20:03the communities we serve. So, thank you

20:06for your support on this. we strongly uh

20:09strongly uh endorse it uh and and hope

20:12that we can you know move forward. I

20:14think just as a as a test uh you know

20:17the the DPW has painted uh uh the curbs

20:21yellow in front of some of the bus stops

20:23that we have. I think that's been uh

20:26received very favorably by by our riders

20:28who you know gives that added confidence

20:30that they don't have to uh weave their

20:33way through through uh um parked you

20:36know both single and double parked cars

20:39uh which we have here. So again I

20:41appreciate uh the work that went into

20:43this and and thank you for your support

20:47>> through your chair Rosario.

20:49[clears throat]

20:50The purpose of of of this ordinance is

20:53is to protect the public transit access

20:55and p passenger safety by especially

20:58prohibited authorized vehicles for

21:00parking and poster or official

21:02designated bus stop. But it will be only

21:05on MEA uh operation time. Uh it's not

21:08going to be 24 hours. It's um from what

21:12the operation time is. Let's say it is

21:14from 7:00 in the morning to 7:00 at

21:15night. That's when the prohibition uh

21:18will be in effect. uh after drafting oh

21:21before drafting this ordinance every

21:23other city or most of the cities they

21:26have those signs that you cannot park

21:28with the bus stop. Not just that I I got

21:31a phone call from uh city leader or the

21:34leader Morang uh asking us why uh the

21:39elderly from the Rita Hall had to go

21:42around. They were sitting waiting for

21:43the bus but there was a bunch of cars

21:45parked there. He actually sent me

21:47pictures and that's how it all started.

21:49Why are you guys allowing cars to be

21:51parked in front of that while the

21:53elderly have to go in the middle of the

21:54street the way uh the traffic is? If we

21:57can prohibit that while MEA is in in

21:59operation, MIVA can get in, pick up the

22:02passengers and go on. So that's how

22:05everything started. Uh we brought it in

22:07to

22:08uh the city attorney. He looked at it.

22:10We fix a couple of uh uh a couple of

22:13things and the ordinance itself of MIA

22:17also invite us for a meeting. We we

22:19discuss it and we also took stuff out of

22:22the ordinance and this is the final

22:24draft that it was sent to us through the

22:27city attorney. So it has been up there.

22:29He actually cite uh some of the legal

22:31reference as the Lawrence Municipal Code

22:34and we believe that $100 fine it's

22:38suitable if people park there. Uh most

22:41of the bus stops that MEA has right now

22:43they all paint in yellow uh to get the

22:46people used to not park there before the

22:48ordinance gets in place. So it's it's it

22:51seems that it's working. I I live near

22:54Rita Hall and I can drive by Hampshire

22:56Street and you can see that you don't

22:58find the cars like they used to be

23:00parked because they see the yellow line.

23:02But eventually if we I mean put this

23:05through uh it will be an ordinance that

23:07we'll have a sign and people will know

23:09the time and also the consequences if

23:11you park then the bus is not waiting uh

23:13not able to park in there. So hopefully

23:15we can get your support on this which

23:18city is going well. MEA is doing a great

23:20work. We just need to organize a little

23:22bit the city like like all the cities

23:24are organized. I mean we go all the

23:26cities and we don't park in the bus

23:27stop. I mean and again like like like um

23:29Noah said you go to Boston and you park

23:31there and you don't see a parking ticket

23:33but when the bus comes in they have they

23:35have a read a place and they read your

23:37place and they send you a ticket by

23:39mail. In New York they do the same

23:41thing. You park in the bus stuff they

23:42don't you don't see a cop in your

23:44ticket. They send you a ticket by mail.

23:46So this is a good start and it's also

23:48for the benefit of the people and the

23:51safety of the people. Lawrence mostly

23:52the elderly they are the most they use

23:55the buses.

23:56>> Thank you.

24:01>> U through your chair. Um do you you

24:03mentioned that you have designated areas

24:06in downtown specifically. Do you can you

24:09share like what's the data in terms of

24:12um number of parking spots that we will

24:16be basically losing for the public if

24:19that's the case like for instance we

24:21know that the downtown area is I mean we

24:24do have multiple businesses how will

24:27this affect the businesses if we reduce

24:29I mean with the changes and improvement

24:31that we already have in on SS street we

24:34already reduce the amount of parking for

24:37uh for downtown, how will this uh

24:40ordinance take when take place, how will

24:42that affect the businesses in terms of

24:45number of parkings reduced?

24:47>> Right. And and I think when we put the

24:50the the bus stops in and and Essex

24:54Street, we

24:55>> for the most part, we're able to take

24:56advantage of the the work that that that

24:59you referenced. So, uh if there is a

25:02bumpout, that's when we put that put the

25:04bus stop there. So it wouldn't affect

25:06parking in those locations. Uh the ones

25:08where it would um you know that's uh

25:13uh you know I have um

25:16uh

25:20this is uh is not a a glossy uh uh

25:25high-tech uh um thing but just shows

25:27where the locations are. if if you'd

25:29like I can uh um

25:30>> if you can [clears throat] get a copy

25:32for me.

25:35>> I think it's also important to be um be

25:39aware that from the standpoint of of of

25:42local businesses

25:44uh having more convenient bus access is

25:47a is far and away a a positive

25:50>> uh because that's that's the best way to

25:52bring customers and employees frankly to

25:55your business uh is is through the bus.

25:58Um, if you've been following, uh, you

26:01know, uh, we've made tremendous changes

26:04over the last several years. We are

26:07right now 60% above our pre- pandemic

26:09ridership wi which in this industry

26:11that's that leads the industry across

26:13the country. Uh, part of that was based

26:16on increasing the frequency of buses,

26:18extending the hours of some of the

26:19routes uh, and making the routing more

26:22more direct. uh and the goal is to work

26:25with the businesses to to make sure that

26:28we are we are feeding them with with

26:31employees as well as bringing customers

26:33there. I think the exact number is uh I

26:37don't have a figure for that just yet,

26:39but it's you know you see the number of

26:41uh of stops. Some of most of them uh on

26:44Essex Street take advantage of the work

26:46that's already been done.

26:47>> Uh and some of it is just reminding

26:49folks uh that that this you you can't

26:52park here. um shouldn't be able to park

26:55there. And you know, in particular, this

26:57is a benefit for

27:00folks who don't have the option to get

27:02to the bus via um

27:06uh if if if it's blocked by uh um Thank

27:09you. if it's blocked by by by parked

27:12cars, if you're using a mobility device,

27:14if you have a walker, if you have other

27:17um challenges that make it make it so

27:20you you you don't have the mobility uh

27:22that uh to be able to get get through uh

27:25get around parked cars and like, you

27:27know, I think Rita Hall is a great

27:29example. Uh that particular um example

27:33is is there's there's actually a shelter

27:35there. So, you know, you would think

27:37people would know you don't park in

27:39front of a bus shelter. Uh, other

27:41places, you know, what we have on Essex

27:42Street, for the most part, there is one

27:44shelter, but for the most part, they

27:45they wouldn't be parking there. Uh, but

27:48I think the the important thing from the

27:50the business perspective is that this is

27:52this is a an opportunity to bring more

27:55people to your to your business, more

27:57people to to work at your business. It's

27:59it's definitely a a a benefit that's

28:02that's uh that's very business-minded.

28:06Thank you. And can I add can I add

28:07something in the meeting when I had the

28:09meeting with Ma?

28:12>> I'm sorry. So I don't know say council

28:14me finish please.

28:15>> Um no it's okay.

28:17>> It was just to add what what thank you

28:19through your chair in the meeting that

28:21we had also what they expressed was that

28:24the hottest place that they starting

28:27working or trying to work was access

28:28street. So access street they haven't

28:30determined exactly how many bus stops

28:32are going to be there. So, it's going to

28:34be on the works. That would be right now

28:36the second step of everything. It's we

28:38had the conversation is to talk to some

28:40business owners. Um, we we kind of talk

28:44about solutions. We talk about to name a

28:47restaurant. It says Michael's in front

28:48of Michaels and I told him I said that's

28:50a brand new restaurant. So, but also if

28:52you drive

28:54less than a block and there's La Palma's

28:56restaurant, which it works at night, you

28:59lose one parking space there, which he

29:00opens at 7:00 at night. if if eventually

29:03the bus stop is there. Most of the bus

29:05stops are in access street according to

29:07what I heard if if if I'm wrong I mean

29:09you always fix it. It's it's just

29:12like a like a like a a try out to see

29:15how it works.

29:15>> Yeah.

29:16>> So it hasn't been determined. So the

29:18most important on this ordinance is

29:20those canopies or or those uh bus stops

29:24established on the neighborhoods inside

29:26the neighborhoods outside of downtown

29:27which are already there and and that

29:29this this parking uh no ban parking is

29:33being I mean it's being affected by the

29:35elderly cannot access to the one in

29:37South Lawrence uh the one uh right on

29:41Elm Street with the um with the um

29:43housing department. So those are the

29:46right now that's what we targeting. Um,

29:47Ex Street, again, if I'm if I'm

29:49mistaken, you can clarify that. Ex

29:52Street for them also has been on the

29:54works, which has been the hardest part

29:56to somehow stop the bus, pull out the um

29:59the ramp. They have a ramp. If you have

30:00a wheelchair and they stop on Exit

30:02Street, you're going to have a hard time

30:03getting on the bus with a chair. So,

30:05eventually we can we can find middle

30:07grounds with the business and and you

30:09know, I'm going to stop the bus. That's

30:11going to be just temporary. You you

30:12might lose, but it's not right now. You

30:14might lose a a parking space. So we can

30:16deploy we [snorts] can deploy the the

30:19ramp so they can the wheelchair can come

30:21up or or the people on on the crutches

30:23can come up. So but right now when it

30:25comes to these ordinance is not going to

30:27affect street immediately

30:30unless they decide that this is the bus

30:32stop after they talk to the business and

30:33know this is the actual bus stop that's

30:35going to be there. What they have on

30:36street I don't know if you've seen is

30:37only one canopy I think is at the

30:39beginning of exis right with there's no

30:41parking allowed there. Yeah, I mean it's

30:43and if you can see on this map here,

30:45it's a um it's not labeled what the

30:47streets are, but you you can see where

30:48on on on Essex Street it is. But

30:50[clears throat] I think it's also

30:51important to remember that, you know,

30:53one parking spot that's maybe one or two

30:56people. Uh but a bus can carry 50

30:59people. So that's, you know, a sign,

31:02it's an order of magnitude different. So

31:04the best way to think of this is we are

31:07a free valet for every uh every business

31:10on Essex Street. So just park in our

31:13garage, take any any bus to to to the

31:16location. Uh that's, you know, that's

31:19that's supportive of the local

31:21businesses.

31:23>> Are you sure?

31:24>> Okay.

31:24>> Um again,

31:26>> uh so I see in the the layout that you

31:30provided us, if I'm able to um read this

31:34right, from um Broadway to Union on SS3,

31:39we are taking 11 spots.

31:42um first stops if that's if that's SS3.

31:45>> Yeah, I mean some of those spots will

31:47not take parking because it's it's uh

31:50you know particularly the area where

31:51where it it um the it bumps out. Areas

31:54where there there might be a fire

31:56hydrant, we can stop where there's a

31:57fire hydrant, we just can't you know,

31:59folks can't park there. So those are

32:01areas that already are areas where you

32:04can't legally park. So with the U ramp

32:07from the bus, there won't be a need to

32:10improve the the curb to make it ADA so

32:14they can just go down.

32:15>> No, this this is the ADA. Uh this this

32:18is how you make it ADA accessible. And

32:20that's that's the issue that when we you

32:22know I think we all recognize it's a net

32:24benefit to have bus stops. Yes. Right

32:26now we just it's kind of a the wild west

32:29where we stop and

32:31the the province to to if you say you

32:34we're we're going to stop here then we

32:36have to guarantee to to riders

32:38particularly uh riders with you know

32:40using mobility devices that they can

32:42actually get on the spot that get on the

32:44bus at the spot that we tell them that

32:46that that's where they should wait for

32:47the bus. So that's that's the ADA uh um

32:51angle on that.

32:52>> Okay. So with this uh you will be adding

32:55canopies on every everywhere we we have

32:58stopped or that's going to be open?

33:00>> No, we we have multip we have so the

33:02shelters uh we will be adding four new

33:05shelters in Lawrence. That was through a

33:07grant that uh that Neo actually

33:09authored. Um and but I think we will not

33:13be we don't anticipate adding any more

33:16shelters on Essex Street. What we do is

33:18have a a flag in the ground. It'll have

33:20a bus icon and information. Uh so if you

33:24look right now, there's temporary

33:26information, but it tells you what the

33:28uh what the bus that route that stops

33:31there and where the where the route is

33:32going.

33:34>> Yeah, the accessibility.

33:36>> So I wanted to add something real quick.

33:39So your name address, please.

33:41>> I'm so sorry. I'm not used to this.

33:44>> So my name is Neores and I am the deputy

33:46administrator Amoeba Transit.

33:48>> Thank you.

33:50God. So, just to add a little bit to

33:53>> Oh, my address. Oh my god. 35 Sanborn

33:56Street here in Lawrence.

33:57>> Thank you.

33:58>> Am I good now?

34:00>> Yeah.

34:00>> Okay. So, um just to add a little bit to

34:03that accessibility piece, uh how the

34:05buses work, they have a needler which

34:07actually makes the bus kneel comes down

34:10and then the the ram deploys onto the

34:12sidewalk. So you you have that bridge

34:15there so that people can get on not only

34:17with a mobility device but it could be

34:19someone with a hurt knee with a back

34:21pain with a recent surgery.

34:24>> So that's that's also important. Not

34:26only someone on a mobility device can

34:28access it easily, but someone that you

34:30know cannot go up a step because they're

34:32very high. But once you know you deploy

34:34the ramp on the sidewalk, then you have

34:37that little bridge that connects the bus

34:38and the sidewalk and makes it accessible

34:40for people to use.

34:42>> Okay.

34:43Uh just one last question. Now that we

34:46are approaching to winter season, is

34:49there any plan for cleaning the snow on

34:51the on these stops from MIA or are you

34:55relying on the city to uh provide some

34:57type of snow removal? Uh I mean if we

35:01have the spots and you know you we know

35:03that we live in New England so when we

35:05get you know snow on the ground that we

35:09have to shovel do we rely on the city to

35:12make this stops clean or do will you be

35:15providing any type of assistance to it?

35:19>> I believe the Lawrence DPW plows the

35:22sidewalks.

35:23>> Yeah. Well, uh,

35:25>> I mean our,

35:27>> um,

35:30>> I think this is something that is that

35:33>> we always want to partner with the city.

35:35Um, our

35:37building maintenance staff is three

35:39people. Um so I think what we um what we

35:44have done in uh just by by prior

35:48agreement is where we have a shelter we

35:51will you know if there's if there's

35:53stuff on on the ground and stuff like

35:55that we'll we'll take care of it but

35:57certainly rely on um on the you know the

36:01the municipal uh DPWs

36:04uh where we're on state roads work with

36:06the um uh state highway

36:09>> uh But it's that's that's a partnership.

36:11Uh but I think in these cases, most most

36:14of what we're talking about here, the

36:15stop is not going to be a fancy station.

36:18It's just going to be, you know, a

36:20yellow line on the ground.

36:30>> I'm sorry.

36:31>> Sorry.

36:34>> Sorry about that. I was showing them

36:36showing them the an email that I got

36:38from DPW director or it says that as

36:40part of the review and confirmation they

36:42share responsibility on the maintenance

36:45uh between me and the DPW department. So

36:47when it comes to the cleaning and stuff

36:49but I I don't know cuz I request them to

36:51send the email to the whole committee

36:53and I don't know why it doesn't get to

36:54the whole committee but I will share

36:56with you guys. I think

36:58>> yeah this is part of the thing that

36:59sometime I'm asking that when they send

37:02us something to a person belong to a

37:05committee just to send it to the group

37:07that we all know what's going on

37:10not [clears throat] just to send it to

37:12one person but most of these um I have a

37:15lot of question but most of the question

37:17has been already answered in one of the

37:20like the canopy that you said no that

37:22you're going to you are not going to

37:24install um This past week I saw a lot um

37:32paper hanging sometime on on the tree

37:36that's said this is the part of the

37:43uh it just only is going so something

37:47that maybe when you put the sign should

37:49be and say okay that's this is going to

37:51be from 7:00 in the morning to whatever

37:55in the afternoon that people

37:58that day after that time you know they

38:02will be able to use the the park most of

38:04them was like a in front of the rest I

38:09don't know then I said well like a too

38:11many

38:13uh

38:15store is going to be belong to the bus

38:18so how we going also to compensate

38:22uh with the the parking uh that people

38:26sometime you know they has to pay or or

38:30for those parking and also it's part of

38:33that uh uh business that uh the city and

38:39to compensate those stuff that we going

38:42to be taking from from them but I'm so

38:45glad and who is going to pay also by uh

38:49for the ramp it's going to be through

38:51the city or it's going to be through the

38:52new

38:53>> there there's no ramp that needs to be

38:54in so the ramp is in the bus itself. So

38:56it automatically deploys. So that's not

38:59added infrastructure that's required.

39:00>> So all the MIA bus has the the RAMs that

39:04it's been pulling out. Yes.

39:07>> You've written our buses. You know that

39:08>> I mean on the buses but I haven't seen

39:11[laughter]

39:11>> you should come and write them. Both of

39:14you.

39:15>> Yes. The entire committee.

39:17>> So we've been right on that. Yes. I was

39:20I was part of the you know the beginning

39:22since the beginning

39:23>> but we didn't I don't think so that we

39:26use the the run to when we stop it just

39:29only just to

39:31>> get the right and see how things were

39:34and

39:34>> that was very nice very clean I you know

39:37everybody like it so but uh but it's

39:40good yeah I think so that we should

39:42start doing some

39:45movement that's to help and also And I

39:49think

39:49>> right now we've been working because

39:51there's there is so many complaint

39:54regarding

39:55elderly and people with disability

39:59with uh that they can know walk through

40:03the sidewalk in that part of like you

40:06say or whatever I can Rosario who

40:09mention that they has to go through all

40:12the cars sometime to get uh the bus or

40:16to to a stop or or get to any play for

40:20them to to be in in there. But, uh, I'm

40:24so glad to hear. Yeah.

40:25>> And I think, you know, one thing that

40:27that that's great about Lawrence is

40:29Lawrence, a large percentage of the

40:32population does ride the bus. Yes.

40:34>> And, and so that's, you know, everything

40:36is a trade-off. Um, and that's what we,

40:39you know, we do in in in transit every

40:41day when we're figuring things out. If

40:43you make a change to this route, who's

40:46going to be inconvenienced? who's going

40:47to benefit and that's what we make our

40:49decisions based on. Obviously, when you

40:51talk about parking, that's a trade-off,

40:53too. But I think if you look at the

40:55numbers, if you take one spot, that's

40:58one or two people. Um, if you open up a

41:01bus stop for a bus full of people,

41:04that's hundreds of people. Um, and you

41:06think, you know, think buses that come

41:07come by, we we have buses that come by

41:10every 20 minutes. uh think about the

41:12number of people who benefit as opposed

41:14to the number of people who may have to

41:16walk another five feet.

41:18>> We need to estab

41:25on this city that this is a small city

41:27that can go

41:30here

41:32but we need to start using M. Maybe

41:36that's is going to be more helpful to

41:39the city, you know, before the problem

41:41that we have with

41:44this. That's one of the things that we

41:45have.

41:46>> I agree with you 100%. I think, you

41:48know, if you see um the traffic that we

41:51have in this city, you know,

41:53particularly like, you know, 3 4:00 at

41:55night.

41:56>> Um it's it's um there's not enough room

42:00for all those cars. And I think the

42:02solution uh part of the part of the big

42:04part of the solution is is having robust

42:07public transportation which is what

42:09we've been working on. Also changing the

42:11perception of public transportation and

42:12you know

42:13>> and mostly that is free.

42:15>> It is 100% free and I think

42:17>> everyone has to spend money on on gas

42:20that is the gas is expensive.

42:23>> It's right. I mean owning a car is

42:25expensive. Uh you know obviously parking

42:27a car is expensive. So we want to give

42:31give, you know, residents of Lawrence

42:33the the mobility to access all that life

42:35has to offer. Uh so that's that's part

42:37of our mission and making it so I think

42:40not that long ago it was perceived if

42:42you rode the bus then there was

42:43something wrong with you. And now um

42:46dare I say it's actually cool to ride

42:48the bus. Um and you might want to take

42:50it to a restaurant, you might want to

42:52take it to to a business. And that's

42:54something we we look forward to working

42:56with the business community to to be a

42:59partner uh to say, you know, to to say

43:02that you're on the route that makes you

43:04a strong business and we'll we'll

43:06promote you, you promote us.

43:08>> Yeah. No, I think that one of the major

43:10things that the major problem that we

43:12have in here is the lack of sign.

43:15>> Yeah. So I know I see a bus that's

43:19stopping practically right across my

43:21house um on the other side of my house

43:24but I don't I don't know where the bus

43:26go right

43:26>> and I don't know what's the rule of this

43:29bus or where is coming or from where is

43:33coming sometime and in Walmart and I see

43:36I wish that maybe I know the time that

43:39is going to pass by through my house or

43:42the time that is coming from or is

43:46coming. So that's one of the major

43:48problem. We we don't we don't have that

43:51kind of sign that means okay this bus uh

43:55bus 35 is going to stop it in here and

43:58then from here they go uh to the

44:01downtown and they're going to make it a

44:03few stop in here and there. So we don't

44:05have that kind of of information. So,

44:08Council Levy,

44:09>> we need that.

44:10>> Council Levy, this is you are the number

44:12one target uh that this this initiative

44:15will benefit because we will put those

44:17signs up. We'll have the bus stop

44:19that'll tell you exactly what bus is

44:20stopping there and where it's going.

44:22>> Yep. Okay, [laughter]

44:23let's go. Let's go.

44:25>> Yeah. I think um that's probably the

44:26main challenge that people have to use

44:28our service. Like it's very easy for

44:31someone that is familiar with the system

44:33and with the area, but can you imagine

44:35getting here new from another city, from

44:38another state, from another country,

44:40like we have a lot of immigrants, right?

44:42And getting here and be like, okay, I

44:45can't afford a car, but I have to pay

44:46Uber because I see the buses going by,

44:48but I don't even know where that goes,

44:50what it does, you know, what times.

44:52>> So, that's one of the issues that are

44:54going to get resolved automatically with

44:55uh bus stops in place. It's going to

44:57take that guessing part out so that

45:00people that are not familiar with the

45:02system are going to be able to you know

45:04naturally very easily take use our

45:07system as well.

45:08>> Okay. Well, we have to start thinking on

45:12having more sign with the specification

45:16what kind of okay what's the bus that's

45:20going to stop here where they going or

45:22the from they coming and that's part of

45:25the thing that we need to start singing.

45:27So that is a great idea just to have in

45:30those processes

45:32stop it on different places but I also

45:35think that we has to start think

45:40and I think we have that information. So

45:44principle on the on the on the canopy.

45:48So there most of those should have like

45:52a little m say okay you taking that bus

45:55in here and you're going to go now to

45:58here to there and we going to stop it

46:00and we're going to come back or

46:01whatever. But that's part of the the

46:04thing that we need and that way we're

46:05going to start teaching you know the

46:07public and to start taking the bus. I

46:10can tell you that if we do that,

46:12>> we're going to bring more people

46:14responding and to use uh the bus.

46:17>> And I can tell you some funny stories

46:19talking from when I was a driver, when I

46:21started here as a bus driver. And you

46:23have like you pay attention, you have to

46:25pay attention to the streets, you have

46:26to pay attention to the cars. So you

46:28avoiding accidents, too, because then

46:29you have to pay attention to people on

46:31the sidewalks not knowing if they're

46:33going to take the bus or not. or you as

46:35a nice bus operator, you're friendly and

46:38everybody likes you and you like

46:39everybody and you're driving and people

46:40are like flagging the bus down and you

46:42go like bye and then you realize, oh,

46:44that person's taking the bus. So, it

46:46also eliminates that part like from our

46:49perspective, from MEA, from the drivers.

46:52It's also safety.

46:54>> Yeah.

46:54>> And it makes us move faster as well. So,

46:56we're not stopping every two feet or

46:58wondering, oh, is this person taking the

46:59bus or not?

47:03>> Counselor Any [clears throat]

47:05other comments or what is the motion?

47:09>> Motion to send the full council with a

47:11favor recommendation

47:13>> through you. Uh do you have to order

47:15public hearing for or that's after

47:16that's approved in city and full

47:19council.

47:20>> It's approved.

47:21>> Okay. Okay.

47:23>> Second.

47:24>> So there is a motion to send it with

47:27favor recommendation to the full cast

47:29already.

47:32Any additional comment before

47:36approval?

47:37>> Uh I will amend it and send

47:39correspondent to the city attorney as

47:41well to so he can send a review. I know

47:44that councelor the Rosario already

47:46explained that he received all of uh the

47:51reference from the city attorney but

47:52it's not in the package and you know in

47:55the future if something comes up we

47:56already have the the backup documents

47:59for that. Councelor De Rosario, did you

48:01accept that the little amendment?

48:04>> Yeah.

48:05>> Okay. All those in favor?

48:07>> I

48:08>> I have it. Thank you so much.

48:10>> Thank you. Thank you.

48:11>> See you on Tuesday

48:14uh at the next meeting uh for the full

48:17council at 7 o'clock here. All right.

48:20Thank you. [laughter]

48:26>> [clears throat]

48:32>> Okay,

48:34council. We had a couple of items from

48:43the engineer department and also I think

48:47that just only one item from the police

48:49department. So we have item two. Let's

48:54take item

49:00let's take it from table item 25526

49:06um resident parking on G S3.

49:11So

49:13may I hear a motion just to take the

49:15item 2556

49:17from table please?

49:18>> So move t. There is a motion to take in

49:23item 25526

49:25out of table and the item 25526

49:29is there from

49:32um that was sended to by the engineer

49:36Theodoro Rosario and the engineering

49:39division has review council document

49:4225526

49:45requesting resident parking only on

49:47Gayor Street and after considering the

49:51parking knee of the neighborhood. I am

49:54pleased to offer a favor recommendation

49:58uh for this item. Kor Street is

50:00primarily residential and the available

50:03core space serve the people who live

50:07along the street. Establishing resident

50:11parking only will help

50:14the limit parking for neighborhood

50:17resident and discourage vehicle from

50:19outside the immediate area from

50:23occupying spaces for extended period.

50:27Accordingly, I respectfully recommend

50:30that the city council approve council

50:33document 2 5526

50:38and establish a resident parking only on

50:41Gor Street council. Um, may I hear?

50:45Okay. So, we make a motion to take it

50:47out of table. It's already second. All

50:52in favor?

50:53>> I. May I hear a motion for this item 25

50:595526?

51:01>> Motion to send to full counsel to order

51:03public hearing.

51:04>> Second.

51:06>> There is a motion already. Second or in

51:09favor?

51:10>> I

51:12have it.

51:19Item 25726

51:22is from the new business on June 2nd 26.

51:27Uh can I hear a motion to take an table

51:29please?

51:30>> So move.

51:32>> There is a motion to take it on 25726

51:37out of table is a resident parking

51:41SX3 from Greenwood Street to Waring

51:45Street. The engineering division has

51:48reviewed the council document 25726

51:53requesting a resident parking only on

51:56SX3

51:58between Greenb Street and Waring Street.

52:02After considering their request in the

52:04parking needs within this session, I

52:07recommend that the city council approve

52:10the item. The proposed restriction is

52:14limited to a defined setment and will

52:17help protect available core space for

52:21resident of the surrounding properties.

52:24Issue redo loans and parking by vehicle

52:27from outside the immediary

52:30area while maintaining a clean parking

52:34arrangement for the neighborhood.

52:37Clearly posted resident parking only

52:39sign. Identify the beginning and the end

52:42of the regulation section.

52:45May the restriction isn't to motorist to

52:49understand and provide the police

52:50department with enforcable parking

52:54regulation. So there is a motion to take

52:58[clears throat]

52:58item 25726

53:01out of table already second. May I hear

53:04all those in favor?

53:06>> I. So councelor what is the motion for

53:10item 25726

53:12>> motion to um send it to full council to

53:15report hearing

53:17>> motion already made it in second or in

53:20favor

53:21>> I have it

53:36council.

53:40We have one, two,

53:48we have three item to take it out of

53:52table. Can we also take as a blocks from

53:56September 2nd, 2026?

54:00So we have iron 37426,

54:04item 37526

54:08and item 38426.

54:11Can we can we take in our table and also

54:14as a block

54:16>> and do you mention 38536 as well?

54:19>> 385

54:20I don't have it in 385.

54:30Okay. So, including out of I item 385.

54:35>> Yeah. Motion to take it as a block.

54:38>> Out of table and as a block.

54:42>> All those in favor?

54:43>> I item 37426

54:47is the creation of fourway

54:50stop at the intercession of Bruce and

54:54Corny Street. The engineering division

54:57has reviewed the request

55:00reference above concerning the creation

55:03of a four-way store at the intersection

55:06of Bruce Street and Corn Street. The

55:09engineering division is providing a

55:11favor recommendation for this request

55:14establishing a stop control and more

55:17approaches. We

55:20we will provide a clear defined right of

55:23way at the intersection and it is

55:26intended to improve traffic organization

55:30and safety of the motor and pedestrian

55:33traveling through the area. Accordingly,

55:36the engineer division recommend approve

55:39of document 37426

55:43with the appropriation traffic control

55:45sign to be installed in coordination

55:47with the department of public work.

55:50Should you have any question or the

55:52required addition information, please do

55:54not hesitate hesitate to contact the

55:57engineering division.

56:00May I hear a motion? Motion to send it

56:03to full council to order a public

56:05hearing.

56:06>> Second. [snorts]

56:07>> All in favor?

56:09>> I

56:10>> they have it. Item two 37526

56:16a stop sign

56:19street calling on Highland A.

56:23[clears throat] The engineering division

56:25has reviewed the request concerning the

56:27installation of a stop sign on sunrise 3

56:32uh instant session with high lamp

56:35avenue. The engineer division is

56:38providing a favor recommendation for the

56:41proposed EPSto sign. The installation of

56:45appropriate stock control will establish

56:48a clear right of way for vehicle

56:51entering the intersection from zone r

56:53street and will assist in promoting

56:56orderly and safer traffic booming at

57:00this location. Therefore, the

57:02engineering division recommend approval

57:04of document 37526

57:09with installation of the appropriate

57:11regulatory signal to be coordinated

57:14through department of public work.

57:16Should you have any question or require

57:19additional information, please feel free

57:22to contact engineer division. Council,

57:26what is the motion?

57:27>> Motion to send the full council to a rep

57:28hearing. Second

57:30>> or in favor?

57:31>> I

57:32>> say I have it.

57:37>> Item 3 8426

57:42with a resident parking west three

57:46between Archer S3 and Marchester Est.

57:51The engineering division has reviewed

57:53the request to establish a resident

57:55parking on West Street between Archer

57:59Street in Manchester Street. The

58:02engineering division

58:05has no objection to the proposed

58:07resident parking designation and provide

58:11a favor recommendation for this request.

58:14Establishing resident parking within

58:17this section of West Street will provide

58:21the city with an additional parking

58:24management tool intended to prioritize

58:27available on street parking for

58:30neighborhood residents.

58:32Accordingly, the engineer division

58:35recommends approval for document 38426

58:40subject to the installation of the

58:42appropriate regulatory signals and

58:45enforcement in accordance with the

58:48applicable city ordinance. Should you

58:50have any question or require additional

58:53information,

58:55please do not hesitate to contact the

58:58engineer division. Council, what is the

59:01motion?

59:02>> Motion to send the full council to a

59:04public hearing.

59:05>> Second or in favor?

59:07>> I may I have it.

59:11Items 38526

59:14is a resident parking bay state row. So

59:19um the engineering division has reviewed

59:23the request to establish resident

59:26parking only on Bay State Road. The

59:30engineering division has no objection to

59:32the proposed designation and provides a

59:36favor recommendation for the request.

59:39The proposed resident parking

59:41restriction we are six in Mar on street

59:44parking and in prioritizing available

59:47parking space for resident obey state.

59:52They are for the engineering division

59:55recommend approval of document 38526

1:00:00with the appropriate regulatory signal

1:00:02to be installed and the restriction

1:00:04enforced in accordance with the app

1:00:08applicable city ordering. If you have

1:00:11any question or require additional

1:00:13information,

1:00:15please feel free to contact the engineer

1:00:19division council. May I hear a motion?

1:00:22>> Motion to send it to council to our

1:00:24bully hearing.

1:00:25>> Second.

1:00:26>> Motion is already approved. I am to send

1:00:31it to the for council. All those in

1:00:34favor?

1:00:35>> I I

1:00:37>> I have it. Guys, so before

1:00:47before we finish or before we close, I

1:00:50would like it I'm going to ask the vice

1:00:53chair

1:00:58the vice chair Frankly Miguel to mention

1:01:01a couple of item to send letter

1:01:06that we would like to have information

1:01:10on item on all items that are belong

1:01:16to August 7, 2024.

1:01:19I'm sorry, starting on

1:01:26November 19, 2024.

1:01:30We would like to hear would like to get

1:01:32the uh the status of all of this item.

1:01:36November 19, 2024,

1:01:40November 7, 2024,

1:01:44September 17, 2024,

1:01:48August 7, 2024, July 16, 2024,

1:01:53June 18,

1:01:552024, and also April 2nd, 2024.

1:02:02Council me through you, your chair.

1:02:04Thank you. Um so we are requesting

1:02:08um a written request uh on the status of

1:02:12all these items. We do have from 2024

1:02:16about 21 items that still has not been

1:02:19responded from you know their respective

1:02:21department. So we will have item 55324

1:02:25one way on beacons 3 beacon.

1:02:28Uh we'll request to um DPW and city

1:02:32engineer

1:02:3455 item 55524

1:02:37a stop sign and the intersection of Carb

1:02:40Street and Merry Street. We'll be

1:02:42sending car this request to DPW and city

1:02:45engineer. Um item 55 56324

1:02:51one way on Sheridan Street the same

1:02:54department DPW and and city engineer

1:02:59uh item 52924

1:03:02one way on Columbus a

1:03:04uh same department DPW and city engineer

1:03:08and to the same department the DPW and

1:03:11city engineer we have item 53124

1:03:16one way on tennis Street. We have item

1:03:1853224,

1:03:20resident parking on Brunfield Street.

1:03:23Item 53324, resident parking on 73

1:03:28Irving Avenue.

1:03:31Item 53524,

1:03:33no parking one side on Boswell Street.

1:03:38Two,

1:03:39Lawrence Police Department and DPW. We

1:03:42have item 14019

1:03:45is a handicap parking on 9 Saratoga

1:03:48Street.

1:03:49It is a relocation um of the stop sign.

1:03:54So we need to have uh the written

1:03:55response on that as well for DPW and

1:03:59city engineer. We are requesting item

1:04:0243424 resident parking only on Josephine

1:04:05A. Item 43524 oneway Josephine A. Item

1:04:1143924,

1:04:13childc care parking 220 Sunrise Street

1:04:163.

1:04:19And

1:04:20item 44724,

1:04:23the status of uh the historic rolling

1:04:26rolling school clock tower to DPW.

1:04:30Items 374

1:04:3437224 child care parking 59 Fern Street

1:04:39to DPW and city engineer. Uh item 37324

1:04:45child care parking 20 245 Bruce Street

1:04:49to DPW and city engineer.

1:04:53Item 34524,

1:04:55stop sign, corner of Habil Street and

1:04:58Columbus A.

1:05:00Uh, item 305 30524,

1:05:04Lynch Street, traffic study request to

1:05:07modify parking or make a oneway.

1:05:10Item 30824, Magnolia Street, one way.

1:05:14Item 31124, Royal Street, one way.

1:05:19and item 3324

1:05:22Holdton Street oneway

1:05:24and for

1:05:28the department of

1:05:31HR. This one is HR director. No, this is

1:05:34for the request of veterans advisory

1:05:37council. So, this will go to the HR

1:05:40personnel.

1:05:42These are the 20 21 items that we still

1:05:45have in the ordinance committee agenda

1:05:49that I still have not received any

1:05:50responses. We do request them multiple

1:05:54times um

1:05:56correspondence from from the department

1:05:58but we still have not received any

1:06:00updates. Um this is all I have madam

1:06:04chair. Thank you.

1:06:04>> Thank you. Um, madame chair, quick

1:06:07question on the last one, just to HR.

1:06:11>> Um,

1:06:12>> on the 15124,

1:06:15>> uh, we should send it to the HR also,

1:06:19uh, to the uh, the veteran advisor

1:06:23council.

1:06:29Okay.

1:06:33So that would be

1:06:36that name.

1:06:36>> That's it.

1:06:37>> Well, one of the requesttor during this

1:06:39is also uh Mr. Bing. So maybe he can

1:06:44provide us with an advice on this.

1:06:48>> Um I think they waiting still from from

1:06:52the HR director and the administration

1:06:55on that.

1:06:56>> Okay.

1:06:58And another question, are you taking all

1:07:01these items out of table and for me to

1:07:04send respect?

1:07:05>> We're going to send it from

1:07:06>> We are requesting a written uh status.

1:07:09>> Yeah. But I think the last time I think

1:07:11you have to take it out of table.

1:07:13>> We have to take it all of these item out

1:07:15of table.

1:07:16>> Uhhuh.

1:07:16>> Okay.

1:07:18>> And then ret them again.

1:07:19>> Can I hear a motion to send all Okay.

1:07:27Let me take a

1:07:29>> for taking all this iron out of table

1:07:31and

1:07:33notifications.

1:07:35>> Yes. Uh yeah request all the items that

1:07:38we uh presented to be taken out of

1:07:41table. Second.

1:07:43>> There is a motion to take all this item

1:07:47that we already presented from GR 2024

1:07:51to take it out table and send

1:07:54correspondence

1:07:56to uh the people who are part of the

1:08:01items

1:08:03already. Second de Rosario or in favor

1:08:07>> I

1:08:08>> so they I have it

1:08:11>> and table ends again.

1:08:13>> Hello.

1:08:14>> That will be table two.

1:08:15>> Yeah.

1:08:16>> Yeah. So right we're going to make a

1:08:18motion to table all the idol again.

1:08:23Can I hear a motion to table?

1:08:26>> Already second. Motion already second to

1:08:29to take the item out to send it back to

1:08:33table and already second or in favor

1:08:37>> I

1:08:37>> the I have it. So council any

1:08:42other item or any other things that we

1:08:45would like to talk um

1:08:47>> today

1:08:48>> through you share before we adjourn.

1:08:51Uh I know that we requested

1:08:55uh for item 4326 to is to the review the

1:08:59snow emergency process and procedure and

1:09:02winter parking enforcement policies as

1:09:05well as item 3926

1:09:08uh to amend the snow emergency ordinance

1:09:10declaration. We request that um you know

1:09:14the all the departments involved in the

1:09:15snow operations since we have for every

1:09:19winter we have uh issues with um with

1:09:24this operations and as a way to make

1:09:27improvements. Uh we want to send

1:09:30correspondence for the next ordinance

1:09:31meetings for uh to DPW police whoever is

1:09:36in charge for the police department. I

1:09:38believe Lieutenant Cerillo,

1:09:40Officer Cerillo and

1:09:44the police, the police department and

1:09:46the and ISD.

1:09:48>> Yeah, we have

1:09:49>> Yeah, this we received correspondent

1:09:51from the special services but

1:09:53>> that was for the last uh the last

1:09:55meeting that we cancel. Yep.

1:09:58>> So nobody anyway show today. Thank you.

1:10:02>> Yes.

1:10:04Um there is a motion to take it. There

1:10:07are two items to take it out of table

1:10:12>> and to ret again and same correspond to

1:10:18fire department

1:10:23>> and and councelor Bivia Mammo who who

1:10:25was the one who presented this to this

1:10:28the items as well.

1:10:30>> Second

1:10:33Sec.

1:10:36>> I

1:10:37council

1:10:38>> motion to adjourn.

1:10:40>> Second.

1:10:40>> There is a motion to

1:10:46>> I

1:10:46>> thank you for being here tonight. Thank

1:10:51you, Maria.

1:10:52>> Thank you.

1:10:54>> Have a great day. Very nice.

1:10:56>> Thank you, too.