2026-10-05 - City Council

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  • Nine of eleven councillors present (Haas and Kelley absent); minutes of the September 28 meeting approved.
  • Public comment: one resident spoke in favor of funding design work for the Garfield School elevators, saying the building has a garage under it, cafeterias on the second and third floors, and middle school students with special needs on the third floor.
  • Garfield elevators: the council voted 6-3 to reconsider the $125,000 request from the capital improvement stabilization fund for elevator design. Councillor Novoselsky said one of three elevators is fully down and another works only sometimes, and asked the council to move the project along and settle funding later. Cogliandro and Guarino-Sawaya argued the school department should pay from its surplus of more than $5 million; Silvestri urged approval. The item was then tabled.
  • Zoning subcommittee: an ordinance amending zoning for body art establishments was engrossed and ordained 9-0 (Body Art Establishments Zoning Amendment).
  • Economic development subcommittee: a feasibility study of two hours of free parking came out favorably, as did a pilot program to collect ideas from residents, businesses and employees, as amended; a third motion on councillors' involvement in new business openings was withdrawn by its maker.
  • Motion by Cogliandro and Guarino-Sawaya that the mayor, council and school committee form a working group on naming city property passed on a voice vote; Councillor Argenzio noted state law gives the school committee authority to name school buildings (Municipal Property Naming Working Group).
  • Motion by Guarino-Sawaya asking the city engineer, as tree warden, to replace the tree removed in front of the Point of Pines fire station with a pine tree passed.
  • Late motion by Kelley asking the CFO for a financial impact statement on council order 26-204, to go to Ways and Means, passed. Discussion clarified that the council must formally vote to request such a statement.
  • Late motion by Guarino-Sawaya asking DCR, State Police and Revere police for an urgent traffic safety review of Revere Beach Boulevard from Revere Street to Carey Circle, including crash data, speeds and an illuminated slow-bend sign, passed (Revere Beach Boulevard Carey Circle Traffic Safety Review). She cited five serious accidents in a year and a half, including a crash the previous weekend, and said the mayor was already contacting agencies.
  • Adjourned until October 26.

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00:09Welcome to the Reier City Council

00:11meeting of October 5th, 2026.

00:15I'll rise and salute the flag, please. I

00:17pledge allegiance to the flag of the

00:20United States of America and to the

00:22republic for which it stands. One nation

00:25under God, indivisible, with liberty and

00:28justice for all.

00:32>> Madame clerk,

00:33>> roll club the members. Councelor Jenzio

00:35>> here.

00:36>> Here. Council Kleandro

00:37>> here.

00:37>> Here. Councelor Gino

00:39>> here.

00:39>> Here. Councelor Go Sua

00:40>> here.

00:41>> Here. Councelor H is absent. Councelor

00:43Kelly is absent. Councelor [snorts]

00:44McKenna

00:45>> here.

00:45>> Here. Council Mccurio

00:46>> here.

00:47>> Here. Councelor Noellki

00:48>> here.

00:48>> Here. Councelor Sylvestri

00:50>> here.

00:50>> Here. And council president Zambo

00:52>> here.

00:52>> Here. Quorum is present. Approval of the

00:54minutes of the September 28th meeting of

00:57the city council.

00:58>> So move.

00:58>> All in favor? So audited.

01:01>> Public comment pursuant to chapter 402

01:03of the acts of 1965. Reier residents,

01:06Rivier business owners or city of Revier

01:08employees only. Reier residents please

01:10provide your name and residential

01:11address. Business owners, provide your

01:13name, business name, and business

01:15address. Employees, please provide your

01:17name and department. Two minutes per

01:18person, and indicate which item you are

01:20speaking on.

01:23>> Anybody here for public comments?

01:27Name and address, please.

01:30>> Good evening. My name is John Kingston,

01:32140 Winterb, and I'm here to speak on

01:34the motion for the study of the elevator

01:35project at the Garfield School Complex.

01:38I'm here to speak as a private citizen

01:40and not speaking for the school

01:41committee. I am hoping for a favorable

01:43vote on the motion as an imperative to

01:44the Garfield school community. St.

01:47Jean's Credit Union has been a long

01:48partner with Garfield Middle School

01:49providing financial literacy education

01:51to students. I have been a provider of

01:53these services and this is start my

01:54start of my fourth year. I attend class

01:57three to five times a week as my

01:59schedule permits helping the teacher. My

02:01point is I'm in the building constantly.

02:03The Garfield School is unique in our

02:05city. It's very densely populated area,

02:07so there is a garage underneath the

02:09school for staff parking. Staff must

02:11either use stairs or an elevator to get

02:13to their classroom, and many of them are

02:15on the fourth floor.

02:17Unlike our other schools, the cafeteria

02:19for elementary is on the second floor,

02:20and the middle school cafeteria is on

02:22the third floor. That was the original

02:24design of the building. I don't really

02:25know why. It doesn't make sense to me to

02:27be honest with you, but that's the way

02:28the building is. Food deliveries are

02:30stored in the basement, must be taken to

02:32the respective calf, with the elevator

02:34situation. Sometimes heavy boxes must be

02:35walked through up the stairs by

02:37cafeteria staff. It's not an easy thing

02:39for them to do.

02:42Whale and SBA schools have their calf

02:45and admin offices on the first floor

02:46providing easy access for both cafeteria

02:48staff and visitors to the school. It is

02:51a vertical arrangement from top to

02:52bottom. Garfield Middle School is more

02:54horizontal. Floors one and two are

02:57elementary and floors three and four are

02:58middle school. Garfield Middle School

03:00visitors have to take an elevator or

03:02stairs to the fourth floor admin office

03:04to meet with staff. Meet the teacher

03:06nights, parent teacher conferences, and

03:08other middle school activities required

03:09an elevator as walking up three flights

03:11of stairs can be a tough ask. I walk up

03:13the stairs uh three to five times a week

03:15while maybe good for my health.

03:17Sometimes I feeling it when I get to

03:18that fourth floor.

03:21Last but certainly not least, we house

03:23middle school children with special

03:24needs on the third floor and many

03:25students need elevator access. The

03:28building is about 37 years old and the

03:30elevators are heavily used. My concern

03:32is for calf workers, educators, parents,

03:34visitors, and of course our students

03:36with special needs. Thank you.

03:40>> Thank you,

03:44Council. Uh, Council Sylvestri.

03:48>> Oh, I sorry. Anybody else in public

03:50comment? Hearing and seeing none, we're

03:53going to close that

03:55now. Any counselors? Council Sylvestri.

03:59>> Thank you, Mr. President. Um I I want to

04:01thank Mr. Kingston for coming up and

04:03speaking on behalf. Uh I I too hope we

04:06can come to a favorable um vote on this

04:09today, at least get the the feasibility

04:12and the money to for the planning ahead

04:14and then we can sit with the um school

04:17committee and and school board and

04:18discuss how the funding is going to go.

04:20But I I think getting this moving

04:22forward is is uh paramount to the

04:24students and the faculty inside the

04:26school. Thank you.

04:39>> I apologize. I I think I jumped ahead

04:41here. We got to we got to finish the

04:44unfinished bit. We'll get back to this

04:46in a minute.

04:47Um,

04:48>> unfinished business. Calendar item

04:49number two. Council Nobasilski filed for

04:51reconsideration on September 15th on the

04:53following request. Communication from

04:56the CFO requesting an appropriation in

04:58the amount of $125,000 from the capital

05:00improvement stabilization fund for the

05:03Garfield School elevator design.

05:09>> On the motion to reconsider.

05:10>> On the motion to reconsider. Councelor

05:12Aenzio.

05:14>> Yes.

05:14>> Yes. Council Cogleandro.

05:15>> No.

05:16>> No. Councelor Janino.

05:18>> Yes.

05:18>> Yes. Councelor Go Sua.

05:21>> Yes.

05:21>> Yes. Councelor Hass is absent. Council

05:23Kelly is absent. Council McKenna.

05:25>> Yes.

05:26>> Yes. Council Mccario.

05:27>> No.

05:28>> No. Council Nasellki.

05:29>> Yes.

05:30>> Yes. Council Sylvestri.

05:32>> Yes.

05:33>> Yes. And Council President Samuto?

05:34>> No.

05:35>> No. The motion to reconsider prevails.

05:38The communication is now on the floor.

05:44>> Councelor Novasowski. I guess.

05:46>> Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President,

05:48you know, I reconsidered this and I

05:50know, you know, I I sent notes around to

05:54uh all my colleagues and I explained

05:56that I know we all feel

06:00the way we all feel about the school

06:03department always asking for money.

06:06>> And I agreed. I had no problem with

06:09that. Uh but a afterwards, you know, I

06:12thought about you what are we really

06:15doing here? We're only hurting the kids

06:17and the families and the students and

06:20the parents and all the workers and all

06:24the vendors

06:26by not having the three elevators

06:29working right now. One elevator is

06:30totally down. We have one elevator that

06:34is work working kind of properly and the

06:36third elevator only works periodically

06:39and a lot of people get stuck in it.

06:42And I think we ought to move along with

06:44this project and deal with the money as

06:48we go along. We still have to this

06:50thing's going to still take a year and a

06:52half

06:54to get done because we're only talking

06:56about the engineering now and then we

06:58have to talk about bidding it out and

07:01getting the, you know, getting the

07:03contractor in. And I know we're gonna be

07:05talking another million,2 million, three

07:08down the road with the three elevators.

07:11And

07:13we still have to discuss it and talk to

07:16them and see what we can do about it. I

07:19ask you, please, let's move it along and

07:22we can talk about the money afterwards.

07:25You know, I know some get folks say no,

07:27but I think it's ridiculous and you have

07:30to look at public safety and concern

07:32with the those using the school. So

07:36hopefully, you know, some of you

07:38colleagues that uh voted against it will

07:42have a little consideration and look at

07:44the kids.

07:46You know, this isn't even in my ward,

07:48believe it or not. It's in Wad One and

07:53Wad Wad two was cut out of the whole

07:55Garfield school area. So, but I still

08:01have a touch for the school. I helped

08:04build a school and I'm glad it's there

08:08and I just want to move this thing along

08:12and get things squared away and deal

08:14with the money issue later. Thank you.

08:18>> Thank you, council. Councelor Sylvestri.

08:21>> Thank you, Mr. President. I want to

08:23thank my colleagues who who changed

08:25their vote and voted yes, and I uh look

08:28forward to talking this out further.

08:29Thank you.

08:31>> Thank you, councelor. Councelor

08:32Cargleandro.

08:33>> Thank you, Mr. President. Where I do

08:35sympathize for everyone that needs to

08:37use these elevators, I refuse to take

08:39responsibility as a council

08:42>> for them not being fixed. The elevator's

08:44been down for quite some time and to put

08:46that responsibility on this council is a

08:49little bit crazy in my opinion. All I

08:51want to know is why the school

08:52department won't pay for this when they

08:54have over $5 million in a surplus.

08:56That's all I want to know. That is not

08:58an unreasonable ask. It is not

09:00unreasonable to wonder why they won't

09:02pay for this and why since we're going

09:04to put responsibility why they haven't

09:07uh put this this communication into us

09:10sooner because that elevator has not

09:12worked in quite some time. That's all I

09:15want to do. We have a responsibility to

09:16the taxpayer. If we have a school

09:18department with a surplus, why is it

09:20coming out of our pockets to pay for

09:21that? And again, I sympathize with

09:23teachers, everybody you mentioned, but

09:25it is not I am not taking responsibility

09:28for this happening now. when we

09:30ourselves as a city need to tighten the

09:32belt and we have to be creative with

09:34ways that we generate revenue and

09:36whatnot. Thank you.

09:38>> Thank you, councelor. Councelor Gino

09:40Sawaya.

09:41>> Thank you, Mr. President. I completely

09:43agree with Council Kaggleandjo.

09:45Um,

09:48we want we care about the children, we

09:50care about the teachers, we care about

09:51everybody who has to go into the school.

09:53But with the $5 million plus [snorts]

09:56surplus,

09:58how do they justify asking for $125,000

10:03more from the council? If you did not

10:05have that money there, then 100% yes,

10:08the council would would make that

10:09allocation right away. But the fact that

10:12they're sitting on that type of money

10:15and then coming asking for more to fix

10:17something that should have been fixed

10:18months ago, if not a year ago, it it's

10:22just it it's very it's it's

10:25heart-wrenching to me. You these are

10:28your children in your school, our

10:30children in your school. Take the

10:32responsibility and do what you need to

10:34do. Fix that elevator. At least get a

10:37price. So then we then you can come to

10:40the council if you see that you do need

10:42the help but in order to take the

10:44initiative it should come from the

10:46school department and I agree with

10:47councelor Cogleandro. Thank you.

10:49>> Thank you councelor. Any other

10:50counselors?

10:52Uh if I might add Mike or you want

10:55councelor Cogleandro.

10:56>> Thank you Mr. President. Just one more

10:58uh fact. I think council go just said

11:00it. The elevator that one elevator has

11:03been out for a year. The other one as

11:05someone put it to me is use at your own

11:07risk the other elevator. So we cannot

11:09put responsibility on this council. We

11:11have given the school department what

11:13between the early childhood education

11:14eminent domain and the high school close

11:17to 600 million already. I want to know

11:21why they can't afford this. Thank you.

11:23>> Thank you. So if I might just add a

11:25couple of comments. I've heard some

11:27comments uh that the school department

11:30can't pay for capital improvements and I

11:33find that as a a difficult uh situation

11:37because I believe that they paid two and

11:40a half million for the or donated or

11:44contributed I should use that word

11:46better uh two and a I think two and a

11:49half or three and a half million to the

11:51early childhood center.

11:54>> Huh? 6.9

11:56>> 6.9 million. That's even better. Thank

11:58you. Uh so that's a conflict uh in my

12:02head when people tell me they can't pay

12:04for uh capital expenditures. It's not

12:08true and uh the proof is in the pudding.

12:11But I know it's that 6 million is even

12:13better. Um but bottom line is this is

12:17not something we should be paying for.

12:19Should be coming out of the surplus of

12:20the school department. And uh that's

12:23where I stand on this.

12:25So um on the motion,

12:29>> Mr. President, move the table.

12:34>> What? And I and your table. Just the

12:37table. Okay.

12:39on the table.

12:52>> Next up is the zoning subcommittee

12:53report.

12:57>> Chairman Sylvestri.

13:01>> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, this

13:03evening we had two uh items on the

13:05agenda. Uh first was the um the amending

13:10the zoning around body art

13:13establishments and that came out

13:15favorable. So if we could have a roll

13:17call.

13:19>> Madame clerk.

13:25Audit on audit to a second reading. All

13:27in favor? All opposed. So audited. Audit

13:32to a third and final reading. All in

13:34favor. All oppose. I

13:36>> So audited. Roll call for engrossment

13:39and ordainment.

13:41>> Shall the city council approve an

13:42ordinance further amending the zoning

13:44ordinances of the city of River relative

13:46to body art establishments? Councelor

13:48Arenzio.

13:48>> Yes.

13:49>> Yes. Council Kogleandro.

13:50>> Yes.

13:51>> Yes. Council Janino.

13:52>> Yes.

13:52>> Yes. Council Gino SA.

13:54>> Yes.

13:54>> Yes. Council H is absent. Council Kelly

13:57is absent. Council McKenna.

13:59>> Yes.

13:59>> Yes. Council mccurio.

14:00>> Yes.

14:01>> Yes. Council Novaski.

14:02>> Yes.

14:02>> Yes. Council Sylvester.

14:04>> Yes. Yes. And [clears throat] Council

14:05President Zambudo.

14:06>> Yes.

14:06>> Yes. Uh the ordinance is engrossed and

14:08ordained.

14:11>> And then the uh second item on the

14:13agenda, Mr. President, was a motion by

14:17Council Garino Sua. And that also came

14:20out with a favorable motion.

14:27>> All in favor? All opposed.

14:30So I

14:32>> economic development subcommittee

14:34report.

14:37>> Thank you madam chair.

14:38>> Chairman Gino SA.

14:40>> Thank you Mr. President.

14:41>> Chairwoman. I apologize. [laughter]

14:44>> Thank you. Um and the first

14:48mo um item was 26-0550.

14:54It was about a feasibility study

14:56offering a 2hour free twohour parking.

14:59It's just a feasibility study and that

15:00came out of the committee as favorable.

15:05Um I would like a roll call in the

15:06affirmative, please.

15:13>> I I'm not sure we need a roll call. We

15:15just all in favor, all opposed. So on.

15:18>> Thank you. Um the second item was a

15:21pilot program um to have some innovative

15:24ideas from residents, businesses, city

15:27employees, students, etc., etc., such as

15:30a a suggestion box at city hall. And

15:34that also came out of the committee in

15:37the affirmative.

15:40>> I'm sorry.

15:41>> As amended. Yes, as amended. Thank you.

15:45>> On the motion. All in favor? All oppose?

15:47As amended? I

15:49>> I so voted.

15:51>> And the third item was

15:56the one regarding um

16:00having planning and development suggest

16:03to the councils um having the counselors

16:06whenever a a um business wants to open

16:10up have the counselors involved and I

16:12chose to withdraw that as the maker of

16:14the motion.

16:16>> Great.

16:17>> Thank you.

16:18Thank you.

16:20[clears throat]

16:21>> Calendar item number eight, motions.

16:23Motion presented by councilors

16:24Kaggleandro and Gino SA that the mayor,

16:27city council, and school committee

16:28discuss as a whole establishing a

16:30decision-making working group regarding

16:31naming all city property.

16:34>> Councelor Cogleandro.

16:35>> Thank you, Mr. President. So,

16:38as we discussed the other day, we just

16:40we had a naming ordinance that we just

16:42passed. Um, and there's discussion

16:45whether the council should have a say

16:47over naming the buildings and the rooms

16:49and all these things and we've been

16:52asking for to be able to have a say in

16:54that. So, I believe in fairness and

16:58because we are not the only elected

16:59officials in the community that we all

17:01get together, us, the administration,

17:05uh, the council, the administration and

17:06the school committee have a a working

17:08group for all buildings. That means

17:10giving school committee as well as say

17:12in the buildings that happen in the

17:14city. Um, and I think that that would be

17:16fair since we're all elected by the

17:18people in this community. Thank you.

17:21>> Thank you, councelor. Councelor Green

17:23Slaya.

17:25>> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, I remember

17:28when we first brought this when this was

17:29first brought up, I I um wanted to have

17:33the three entities work together, the

17:36council, this the the school committee,

17:39and the mayor. And I'm so glad Council

17:42Kagglandro and I kind of shared the same

17:44views with this and um to together we

17:49can all develop a thoughtful policy with

17:52input from all of us including the city

17:54solicitor to clarify which actual body

17:58has the legal authority and

17:59responsibilities. But we can all make

18:01these decisions together. You know as I

18:03mentioned previously the language

18:04concerning school buildings and school

18:06grounds deserves particular attention. I

18:09respect the school committee's role and

18:11I believe we should work together

18:13towards a process that reflects the

18:15interest of the entire community and

18:17naming a public pro property is last is

18:21a lasting decision. It should follow

18:23clear standards, provide an opportunity

18:26for public input and give residents

18:29confidence into how these decisions are

18:31made. And with all of us coming together

18:33as one, this will this will be the way

18:35to solve it. and the working group will

18:38definitely help. Thank you.

18:40>> Thank you, councelor. Any other

18:42counselors on the motion? All in favor?

18:44All Oh, sorry, Council Aensio.

18:47>> Thank you, Mr. President. So, I'm in

18:49[clears throat] favor of this motion and

18:51I will support it. Uh, however, uh, Mass

18:54General Law gives the school committee

18:56the right to name city building, excuse

18:58me, school department property and

19:01school department buildings. Um,

19:04I'm assuming they could they could just

19:05refuse this and they would be within

19:07their rights. Um,

19:10there is a system in place now where the

19:12city council and the mayor name city

19:15buildings and the school committee and

19:17the mayor sits on the school committee.

19:19They name they uh name the school

19:22buildings. So, there is a process in

19:24place. I have no problem sitting down

19:26and discussing, but uh they could

19:28certainly refuse and they would be

19:29within their rights and the law does

19:31back them up. So I but I'm in favor.

19:33We'll give it a shot. Thank you

19:38>> on the motion. All in favor? All

19:40opposed. So audited.

19:43Challenge item number nine. Motion

19:45presented by councelor Gino SA that the

19:47mayor request the city engineer in his

19:49capacity as tree warden to coordinate

19:51with the roundabout project team to

19:53replace the tree removed from in front

19:55of the porn point of pines fire station

19:57with a pine tree. Recognizing this

19:59location as the entrance to the point of

20:01pines and reflecting the neighborhood's

20:02name and identity.

20:06>> Council Gorino SA.

20:07>> The motion speaks for itself.

20:12>> Uh council McKenna.

20:14>> I think it's a great motion. Councelor

20:17Garina SA especially if you're going to

20:19put a tree there. Thank you.

20:24Council mur.

20:25>> Thank you Mr. President. And it's uh

20:27Very pleasing to see a counselor finally

20:30coming around to plant the tree in the

20:32city of Riviera. Thank you councelor. I

20:35appreciate it.

20:41>> On the motion, all in favor, all

20:43opposed. So audited.

20:46There is a couple of late motions

20:48tonight. Calendar item number 10. Motion

20:50presented by councelor Kelly that the

20:52may request the CFO to prepare a

20:54financial impact statement relative to

20:56council order 26-204.

20:58Further that the financial impact

21:00statement be provided to the ways and

21:02means subcommittee to aid in its

21:03deliberations concerning said council

21:06order. Councelor Kelly did ask that the

21:08motion be taken up tonight instead of

21:10being held over

21:11>> in her absence.

21:12>> Anybody uh councelor Cogleandro.

21:14>> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, I know

21:16councelor Kelly isn't here tonight, but

21:17I want to 100% support this. Uh, she

21:20contacted me uh after she had a

21:23discussion with uh the clerk. It turns

21:26out that I personally have been

21:28misinterpreting the ordinance for the

21:29financial impact statement. I know

21:30that's a shock to everybody. So,

21:32basically, if we feel that a financial

21:34impact statement needs to happen, we

21:36need to start amending these uh motions

21:39and send them to the CFO voted in. So

21:43then the CFO will act on that request to

21:45do the financial impact statement.

21:48>> That's that's okay. Just making sure.

21:50See, I I'll for a second I just doubted

21:52what I was saying, but um

21:54>> uh but

21:54>> I don't I disagree, but that's okay. You

21:57can but that's

21:58>> you can have your opinion.

22:00>> That's our ordinance.

22:02>> Our ordinance is that you we need

22:06when something's over $5,000,

22:09we have to have a financial impact

22:11statement. Is that not correct?

22:13>> 10,000.

22:13>> Oh, it's 10,000. That's right. I It was

22:155,000 when I put it in 20 years ago or

22:18whatever that was.

22:19>> But in in order for

22:25>> Okay.

22:26>> Right. So So that that was the whole

22:28point is we

22:29>> So you're saying we got to formally ask

22:30for it. I agree. Okay.

22:32>> This actually just happened with the

22:33solicitor. We we asked him to do

22:35something, put it into subcommittee, and

22:36he said, "Well, you didn't vote it in

22:37yet." Okay.

22:38>> So it's the same. You know what I mean?

22:40>> You're right. And I'll agree with that

22:41now. I don't disagree with you anymore.

22:45>> I agree with that.

22:46>> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President.

22:49>> But let me ask you another question.

22:50>> Absolutely not.

22:51>> Did you agree did you agree that this

22:54belonged in ways and means?

22:57>> So So what would happen is when we get

22:59that financial

23:00>> No, I mean before the before the

23:02financial impact statement.

23:04>> Yes. Because I was under the impression

23:05that's how the ordinance was worked. But

23:07now that I understand.

23:09>> All right. All good.

23:10Anyways, it's all semantics

23:13on the motion. Anybody else want to

23:15speak on this?

23:16>> I didn't think so. [laughter]

23:20On the motion, all in favor, all oppose.

23:22So, audited

23:23>> and an late motion presented by

23:25councelor Go SA that the mayor request

23:27the DCR to take immediate action to

23:31improve safety along the stretch of

23:32Reier Beach Boulevard in the Linway near

23:34Kerry Circle. further that the mayor

23:36request DCR, Mass State Police, and

23:38Reier police in coordination with all

23:40appropriate city departments to conduct

23:42an urgent traffic safety review of Reier

23:45Beach Boulevard from River Street to

23:46Kerry Circle, including the Linway

23:48approaches, and recommend appropriate

23:50trafficcoming measures. The review shall

23:53include the past three years of crash

23:54data, vehicle speeds, roadway design,

23:57signage, pavement markings, pedestrian

24:00safety and enforcement needs with

24:02particular attention to vehicles leaving

24:04the roadway and endangering nearby

24:06homes.

24:07>> Council Green Slaya.

24:10>> Thank you, Mr. President.

24:13We continue to see serious accidents in

24:15and around Kerry Circle and the most

24:17recent crash where a person was ejected

24:21this past weekend really emphasizes this

24:24urgency. I have raised concern about

24:27this bend before and I believe we need

24:29to stop waiting and take action right

24:32now. I'm asking for a review of the

24:34accidents in the area. There have been

24:37five that I know of within the last year

24:40and a half. and more importantly for an

24:43illuminated slow bend sign to be

24:46installed as soon as possible. I have

24:49given everyone a copy of the three major

24:52accidents I actually g to Ashley um our

24:55city clerk of that that occurred and

24:59they were really really serious and I'm

25:01I'm concerned that this is a death

25:04waiting to [clears throat] happen. It

25:06needs to be taken care of immediately. I

25:08did meet with the mayor earlier and he

25:11is working on it right now. Um he he has

25:16contacted agencies and I'm praying that

25:20we do what we need to do and make sure

25:23this doesn't happen again. Thank you.

25:26People do need to slow down though. I

25:28have to say that.

25:30>> On the motion. Anybody else

25:33on the motion? All in favor? All

25:34opposed. So audited.

25:42SA,

25:42>> a quick moment of personal privilege.

25:44I'm sorry. Um, I just want to remind

25:46everybody that Thursday is Italian

25:48Heritage Festival at the Beachmont VFW

25:50at 5:30 p.m. Um, everyone is welcome.

25:54And also, um, this is also breast cancer

25:56month. So, I wanted to let everyone know

25:58that, um,

26:01prayers to everybody who has lost

26:02someone to breast cancer. And praise to

26:05everyone who has survived it and we're

26:08all sisters. Thank you.

26:10>> Thank you. And um I I'd like to

26:13>> councelor Sylvester

26:14>> I'd like to wish um our COG league

26:17council McKenna a very happy birthday.

26:19>> Hey

26:21>> 39.

26:23>> Uh and I uh I'll take I'll take a minute

26:27to uh wish everybody a happy Columbus

26:29Day next week.

26:31And uh I know that's a taboo, but

26:34>> happy Columbus Day.

26:34>> It's still Columbus Day to me.

26:36>> Um okay. And uh so uh this city council

26:42will stand adjourned until the 26th of

26:45October.