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businesses and employees, as amended; a third motion on councillors' involvement in new business openings was withdrawn by its maker.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.