2026-10-28 - Traffic and Parking Committee Meeting

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02:10>> Good evening. It's Wednesday, October

02:1228th. Uh it's our traffic and parking um

02:15committee meeting. Um we have first

02:18starting off, we have councelor Bella

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02:24councelor Economos, Sergeant Cypro. We

02:27also have department transition mobility

02:29commissioner Steven Raleigh and

02:31assistant director Todd Kurraine

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04:24>> Thank you. We also have uh we can do the

04:27approval of the minutes. City of Council

04:29Standing Committee of Traffic and

04:30Parking hereby approve the minutes of

04:31the traffic and parking committee

04:32meeting of September 23rd, 2026. Roll

04:35call.

04:36>> Councelor Balada.

04:38>> Yes.

04:38>> Councelor O'Hada and Chapen Council

04:40Rivera.

04:41>> Yes.

04:43All right. We move on to um three

04:45handicap parking petitions. 3A Raymond

04:48Eliz request installation of a handicap

04:50parking space in front of 49 Whipple

04:52Street. Anybody here speak on this item?

04:55Come on up, please.

04:59Give your name and residence please.

05:01>> Ellias 50 Street.

05:06>> This is said again.

05:09This is what you want to say about your

05:10petition.

05:11>> Yeah. Um I was told to come today to

05:14hear the final decision made.

05:16>> Okay.

05:16>> So you going to say nothing else you

05:19want to say about it?

05:21>> No, I want to hear the if it's approved

05:23or not.

05:24>> Got you. Is there anybody online want to

05:25speak on this petition

05:26>> to have one person raising their hands?

05:29Uh we have Jeff. Uh please go ahead and

05:32unmute.

05:33>> Yeah. Hi. I just had a a a question

05:36about the placement of the handicap

05:38spot. Um because I don't know if you're

05:40familiar with Whipple Street, but in the

05:42winter if we get snow, that side of the

05:44street is inundated with snow. And my

05:47concern is for the uh the person who

05:49will be parking their car there. It'll

05:51definitely make for an unsafe situation

05:53for them. And I was going to simply ask

05:55if this is something that might be moved

05:57to instead of on Whipple Street over on

06:00the side street there. That way they're

06:03potentially safer from any problems of

06:06getting out of their car because it's

06:07right there next to their home, but also

06:09it would avoid any kind of issues with

06:11the snow or being plowed in the street.

06:15>> I'm going to have Commissioner Raleigh

06:17speak on behalf of that item.

06:18>> Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. So, it is um

06:21it is we did relocate this from the last

06:23meeting to the side of the street that

06:25is outside of the winter parking ban.

06:26So, it is an eligible location in the in

06:29the wintertime. Um sometimes you do see

06:32snow congregate kind of at the corner.

06:34So, that's something we'll want to alert

06:36DPW to to just address that with the the

06:38snow clearing, but it is a legal parking

06:40space in that area, which is why we

06:42recommended that it go across the

06:44street. Um, we don't want to see it get

06:45too far from the petitioner's home

06:47because then it'll be difficult for them

06:48to be able to to access this spot.

06:51>> Sounds good. For that, we're going to

06:53we're going to move to approve the item.

06:55Roll call.

06:58>> Councelor Bada.

07:00>> Yes.

07:00>> Councelor O'Hada and Chair. Councelor

07:02Rivera.

07:03>> Yes. We have 3B. Deborah Pavlos

07:08Pavlasco, sorry. Requesting removal of

07:09handicap parking space in front of one

07:12Burkeman Street. Anybody here to speak

07:14on this item?

07:15>> No.

07:15>> Anybody online?

07:19>> To chair, there's no one raising their

07:20hands on Zoom.

07:21>> Commissioner Ali.

07:22>> Mr. Chair, we recommend approval.

07:24>> All right. I move to approve the item.

07:25Roll call.

07:27>> Councelor Bada.

07:29>> Yes.

07:29>> Councelor O'Hada and chairs and

07:31councelor Rivera.

07:32>> Yes. Move on to 3C. David Kurazini.

07:36Request installation of a handicap

07:38parking space in front of 50 Bristol

07:40Street. Anybody speak on this item?

07:43Anybody online?

07:45Commissioner Raleigh.

07:47>> Um, Mr. Chair, we recommend file on this

07:49item. So, our understanding is that the

07:52petitioner is seeking

07:55>> perfect is seeking to park sort of as

07:58shown in the picture there in your uh

08:00your staff memo, which wouldn't be

08:02permitted even if there was an HP spot

08:04there. The HP spot would actually be out

08:06on the curb and not where they're

08:07parking. So, it's not really meeting the

08:09objectives what they're looking for. So

08:11we recommend to file. Sounds good. Move

08:13to file the item. Roll call.

08:18>> Okay. No problem.

08:22>> Councelor Bada.

08:24>> Yes.

08:25>> Councelor O'Hada

08:27and Chair. Councelor Rivera.

08:29>> Yes. Ry move on to 3D.

08:32Angel Reyes. Request removal of handicap

08:34parking space in front of 54 W Street.

08:38Anybody here on that item? Anybody

08:40online?

08:42>> Ch. There's no one raising their hands.

08:44>> Commissioner Raleigh.

08:45>> Uh, Mr. Chair, so we we did have some

08:47discussions with people in the

08:48neighborhood on this item. Um, the space

08:51at 54 Ward Street is still being

08:53utilized. There is another space um

08:56nearby at number 52 Ward Street, which

08:59it sounds like isn't being utilized and

09:01could be removed. So, we're recommending

09:02that it be held and readvertised for the

09:04proper space number.

09:06>> Sounds good. Move to hold the item. Roll

09:08call. Councelor Bilada.

09:11>> Yes.

09:11>> Councelor O'Hada and Sheriff and

09:13Councelor Rivera.

09:14>> Yes. All right. We have 5E. Hana Vasquez

09:17requested selection of handicap parking

09:19space in front of 13 and a half Hancock

09:22Street. Anybody on this item? Anybody

09:25online?

09:26>> Two chairs. No one raising their hands

09:27on Zoom.

09:28>> Commissioner Raleigh.

09:29>> Recommendation is to approve.

09:30>> Right. Move to approve the item. Roll

09:32call.

09:33>> Uh to councelor O'Hara has just joined

09:35Zoom.

09:36>> Awesome.

09:36>> So, councelor Bilada. Yes.

09:39>> Councelor O'Hada and

09:41>> yes.

09:41>> And chairson councelor Rivera.

09:43>> Yes. Uh 3F Desiree MTO request

09:47installation of handicap parking space

09:48in front of 171 Chandler Street.

09:51Anybody here speaking of this item? Come

09:53on up, please.

10:12So she's saying that this handicap this

10:14is for her son.

10:16Okay.

10:29considered this petition for her son for

10:31basically on the need of the

10:40space they have now is only one car fits

10:43then they don't have a lot of room for

10:46another car

10:55for that They have to park further away

10:57from their residence.

11:05A lot of the residents who are neighbors

11:07take that spot and she has to park the

11:10farthest.

11:22Yeah. So the reason for this is not to

11:24have a convenient parking space, more

11:26for the safety of her son. And

11:32>> no, she asked if she needs to say what

11:34what her son has for that. No

11:36necessaril.

11:41>> Yeah, Mr. Chair. So um unfortunately

11:43there are some um circumstances with

11:45this particular street that make it

11:47difficult to locate uh a handicap

11:50parking spot. Soap.

12:05>> Okay.

12:06>> So, the first one is there's a a bus

12:09stop outside of the uh residence which

12:12we can work around. So, I think that's

12:13that's workable, but just to um let the

12:16petitioner know that we'll need to to

12:19work around that bus stop.

12:34Okay.

12:36>> Okay.

12:36>> So, the second one which is more

12:38challenging is that there's a permanent

12:40winter parking ban on both sides of

12:42Chandler Street. So that means from

12:45December through March, you cannot park

12:48on the street between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00

12:50a.m. regardless of whether it's an HP

12:52spot or not. So even if we do establish

12:55an HP space here, they wouldn't be able

12:57to use it overnight in the winter,

13:00right?

13:16What are the hours? No parking.

13:40Okay.

13:44>> So, I think the the two alternatives

13:45here are we we could consider a handicap

13:48spot on Chandler Street, but it wouldn't

13:50be usable overnight in winter. Um,

13:53usually we look for a cross street

13:54nearby. Unfortunately, there isn't one

13:57all that close. The closest cross street

13:59we could think about is King Street,

14:01which I'm guessing is further away than

14:03the petitioner is looking for, but we

14:05could ask that.

14:06>> Yeah.

14:09King Street.

14:12>> Leo far.

14:14>> Yeah. Um, so, Mr. Sure. So again, just

14:17um

14:19want to make sure the committee

14:20understands that if uh space is approved

14:22here,

14:23>> it's fine to use it during the day, but

14:25it couldn't be used when there's a

14:26declared ban or at any time overnight in

14:29winter.

14:35>> Right. All winter can't be used

14:37overnight because it's a permanent ban.

14:39So, there's no parking from 2:00 a.m. to

14:426:00 a.m. entirely from December through

14:46March.

14:46>> Okay. So,

15:06and get all the challen

15:09I I said

15:16okay

15:17>> yeah so she's

15:20she'll be happy with that regardless you

15:22know just it's a help for her she said

15:25regardless

15:25>> see

15:30So Mr. Chair understanding those those

15:32conditions then we can recommend

15:33approval.

15:34>> Okay. So just

15:38petition.

15:38>> Okay.

15:40>> So move to approve.

15:42>> Councelor Bada.

15:43>> Yes.

15:44>> Councelor O'Hara.

15:46>> Yes.

15:46>> And chair. Councelor Rivera.

15:48>> Yes.

15:50>> All right. We move on to Yeah.

15:54>> 3G. Um, Mary Norfleet requires

15:57installation of handicap parking space

15:59in front of three Clemen Street. Anybody

16:01here to speak on this item? Anybody

16:04online?

16:06>> There is no one raising their hands.

16:08>> Commissioner Raleigh.

16:09>> Recommendation is to approve.

16:11>> All right. Move to approve the item.

16:12Roll call.

16:14>> Councelor Bada.

16:16>> Yes.

16:16>> Councelor O'Hada.

16:19>> Yes.

16:20>> And chips. Councelor Rivera.

16:21>> Yes. 3H. Victoria Duncan requests

16:26removal of handicap parking space in

16:27front of two stool avenue. Body speak on

16:30this item. Anybody online?

16:33>> There's no one raising their hands, but

16:34I would like to take the opportunity to

16:36let people who have who have joined

16:38later on know that um if you hear an

16:41item that you want to speak on, please

16:44use the raise hand functions. And if

16:46you're calling in, the raising function

16:47is star nine. Thank you.

16:50>> All right. Uh Commissioner Ali.

16:52>> Uh Mr. The chair recommendation is to

16:54approve. All right. Move to approve the

16:55item. Roll call.

16:57>> Councelor uh Bana.

17:00>> Yes.

17:00>> Councelor O'Hada.

17:02>> Yes.

17:02>> And chairman councelor Rivera.

17:04>> Yes. Three. I. Councelor John Po request

17:08that the handicap parking space in front

17:10of 18 Stethmore Road be relocated to the

17:14opposite side of the street on the

17:16vicinity of 21 Strathmore Road. Anybody

17:19here speak on this item? Councelor Sto

17:22want to speak on this item

17:25>> through you, Mr. Chairman. Uh I think

17:27the commission knows of uh this he he

17:31advised us what to do. That's why we put

17:33it on Sounds good this way. Thank you.

17:34>> Thank you. Anybody online?

17:36>> Chair is no more raising their hands.

17:38>> Commissioner Raleigh.

17:39>> Uh recommendation is to approve. All

17:41right. Move to approve the item. Roll

17:42call.

17:43>> Councelor Bada.

17:45>> Yes.

17:45>> Councelor O'Hara.

17:48>> Yes.

17:48>> And chairman. Councelor Rivera.

17:50>> Yes. 3J Jasmine Jasmine Martinez request

17:54removal of handicap parking space at 18

17:56Lafayette Street. Anybody here speak on

17:59this item?

18:00Anybody online?

18:02>> Two. No raising their hand.

18:04>> Commissioner Raleigh. Recommendation is

18:06to approve. Right. Move to approve the

18:07item. Roll call.

18:09>> Councelor Bada.

18:11>> Yes.

18:11>> Councelor O'Hara.

18:13>> Yes.

18:14>> And chairperson councelor Rivera.

18:16>> Yes. Uh 3K. Um we have that um Deal and

18:23Brad Braden Ramos Ruiz request

18:25installation of two handicap parking

18:27spaces in front of 243 Tacoma Street.

18:31Uh anybody else speak on this item?

18:34Anybody online?

18:36>> Is no one raising their hands?

18:37>> Commissioner Rowley.

18:39>> Yeah, Mr. Chair. So that side of Tacoma

18:41Street is actually a no parking zone. So

18:43we can't locate HP spaces there. So, we

18:45recommend holding this and readvertising

18:47for opposite the opposite side um across

18:51the street. And we will also reach out

18:53to the um to the housing authority just

18:56to get their input on whether they think

18:58two spaces are justified here. There's a

19:00really high demand for parking in the

19:02area. Um so, when we come back and

19:05report on this, we'll also report back

19:06whether we think one or two spaces is is

19:09warranted, but recommend going ahead and

19:11advertising for both.

19:12>> Sounds good.

19:14Move to hold the item. Um, roll up.

19:17>> Councelor Balada.

19:19>> Yes.

19:20>> Councelor O'Hada.

19:23>> Yes.

19:23>> And chairperson. Councelor Rivera.

19:25>> Yes. 3 L. Abraham Masavedo. Requestation

19:28of handicap parking space in front of 43

19:31Edward Street. Anybody else speak on

19:34this item? Anybody online?

19:38There's one person raising their hands.

19:40Um to the person with phone number

19:42ending in 9737, please go ahead and

19:45press star six to unmute.

19:57>> Hello.

19:58>> Hello.

19:59>> Hello. How are you?

20:00>> Hello. Good. How are you?

20:03>> Good. Are you here to speak on the um

20:07three out?

20:08>> Yes. Yes. The um the 43 Everard Street.

20:12>> Okay.

20:12>> Uh so we own the house next door and our

20:15only concern is that the street is is

20:18pretty full of handicap parking spots.

20:21Um right now I actually put in a request

20:23a couple months ago to um check to see

20:27if a lot of those were still active

20:29because we don't often see cars um

20:32parked in them.

20:34And um there's not much parking on the

20:37street to begin with. And also that 43

20:40Everard Street has a driveway. Um a lot

20:43of those houses next door to them don't,

20:47including ours. So, I'm just um

20:49wondering if before that gets approved

20:52if if we can take a look at the handicap

20:55um there's two to the left of the house

20:58and two to the right of the house and I

21:01don't see cars in them pretty often, if

21:04ever. Um so, if we could look into see

21:06if those are still active before we add

21:08another one onto the street.

21:10>> Thank you, Commissioner Ali.

21:13>> Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. So, there is

21:14an HP space at number 41, I believe,

21:17which is next door. Um, there was a

21:20request to resend that space at a recent

21:23meeting, but um that uh it was

21:27determined that that space was still

21:28being utilized at that time. So, it has

21:31been retained. Um Todd is checking on

21:34other potential spaces in the area.

21:38>> Yeah. Okay.

21:40>> Again, I I looked online and I saw that

21:4143 Everre Street has a driveway. Yes.

21:44>> So through through the chair, um there

21:46is a driveway there, but it it is a

21:48multif family use, which means that

21:50there's

21:51>> probably more demand for parking spaces

21:53than just a a small driveway can

21:56provide. So there there are uh through

21:59through the through the chair to the

22:00committee there is a ordained uh

22:02handicap space at 15B Ever 41 51 67 and

22:0969 as well as across from number 70. Um

22:14we looked at there was the request uh I

22:17believe to uh resend number 41 at a

22:20previous meeting. um 41 has been uh

22:24utilized based on our observations.

22:31>> So, Mr. Chair, just based on that, uh it

22:33sounds like there is one HP space next

22:35door which is getting used. Um 15 would

22:38be well down the street, so that's

22:39really not in the same area. And then

22:42number 51 would be on the same side of

22:44the street about

22:46three uh three properties to the north.

22:49So it, you know, there are a number of

22:51HP spaces there. It sounds like they're

22:52they're being used. It's not um in my

22:55opinion, it's not getting to the point

22:57of uh so much saturation that we would

23:00really um recommend considering not

23:03granting this given the circumstances.

23:05So my recommendation would remain uh to

23:07approve the item.

23:09>> Thank you, sir. We move to approve the

23:10item. Roll call.

23:12>> Council,

23:13>> where would it be placed?

23:15>> In front of 43.

23:17>> Yeah. Through the chair. It'll be placed

23:18in front of 43 to the north of their uh

23:20driveway.

23:25>> All right.

23:27>> Thank you.

23:28>> Councelor Bada.

23:31>> Yes.

23:32>> Councelor O'Hara.

23:35>> Yes.

23:36>> And chairman. Councelor Rivera.

23:37>> Yes. All right. We move on to 3M.

23:41Councelor Jose Vera on behalf of Nicole

23:43Cologne requests the handicap parking

23:45space in front of 34 Newberry Street be

23:47removed. Commissioner Ali.

23:49>> Yeah, Mr. Chair. So, in doing the

23:51research on this, we um learned that

23:54there was no longer an ordinance for

23:55that space. So, um the sign should be

23:58removed. Uh and we've entered a work

24:00order to to have that work done. Um the

24:03item can be filed since there's no

24:05ordinance.

24:05>> We move to file the item. Roll call.

24:08Councelor Bada.

24:11>> Yes.

24:12>> Councelor O'Hara.

24:14>> Yes.

24:14>> And chairs and councelor Rivera.

24:16>> Yes. So before I move on to three and is

24:18the interpreter on

24:21>> to that interpreter is not online. Um

24:24>> okay. So I'm going put this right here.

24:26Hold on to it. Unless we just want to

24:28approve it and let them know that it's

24:30approved because she doesn't speak. Uh

24:32we do have like an app option I can try

24:35just to get to the um meeting.

24:39>> Yeah, Mr. Chair, I can't I can tell you

24:40that our recommendation is to approve

24:42this. So if there's no

24:45>> question try to read and then maybe if I

24:48know somebody here on this um thing we

24:50have a tala request installation of a

24:54handicap parking space at 245

24:57Constitution Avenue.

25:01Um

25:09the best I can tell you I know if you

25:11understand a little bit but uh it's

25:13going to be approved.

25:16>> Understand? Put it down.

25:21>> Okay.

25:22>> Okay. Wait a second. We're gonna

25:33Um so we are at the city council

25:35meeting. Um we have a petitioner here

25:38who speaks Arabic and they are

25:40petitioning for a handicap parking space

25:42and we would like to tell them that the

25:44item is being approved.

25:48So

25:49>> okay sure but I need to collect some

25:51information before I provide

25:52interpretation. Can you tell me what if

25:54you're the president?

25:57>> Oh, um,

26:00wait, sorry. What do I mean?

26:04>> Can you tell me what if you're the

26:05president?

26:06>> Um, the Z clerk. Worster Z clerk.

26:11>> No, no, no. The department.

27:37I'm so sorry I don't have the code like

27:39on set with me.

27:43I'm so sorry about that.

27:46And without that, I won't be able to

27:47provide the quotations.

27:49>> All right. Sorry. U

27:54want me to call so I might have someone

27:56that can translate if needed.

27:57>> Okay.

27:59>> Hello uh to Hea.

28:01>> Yes. Yes. You are the language lens

28:04translator. Is that correct? Uh

28:06>> correct. Uh can you So we do have the

28:08translator on. Okay. All right. Thank

28:12you. Apologize about that. Um I think we

28:14are all set. Thank you.

28:23>> Oh, that's right. So, we're going to

28:24move to approve the item. Roll call.

28:26>> Uh councelor Belada.

28:37>> Sorry. Yes. Councelor Rivera.

28:40>> Yes.

28:41>> And chair. Councelor Councelor O'Hara.

28:44>> Yes.

28:45>> And chairson councelor Rivera.

28:46>> Yes.

28:47>> All right. Move on to 30. Bernardino

28:50Saso. Request that the handicap parking

28:52space in front of 12 Normal Street be

28:54removed. Nobody here on this item.

28:57Anybody online?

28:59>> Uh two. No one raising their hands

29:01online.

29:01>> Commissioner Raleigh.

29:04>> Sorry. Recommendation is to approve. All

29:06right. Move to approve the item. Roll

29:08call.

29:09>> Councelor Bella.

29:11>> Yes.

29:17>> Yes.

29:17>> Councelor Oada.

29:21>> Yes.

29:21>> And chair. Councelor Rivera.

29:23>> Yes. All right. Moving on to no parking

29:25petitions.

29:27We start with 4A.

29:29Um Maria Castillo requests installation

29:32of no parking anytime signage in the

29:34event in the even side of South Street.

29:45And I also um I don't know if uh want to

29:48do 4 A and 4B. I think it's

29:51same.

29:52>> Uh they're different. I take it

29:54separate. Yeah.

29:54>> Okay. Separate.

29:56>> Yeah. We were talking about uh no

29:59parking zone on Chopping Street. This

30:02one here is um on the even side because

30:06you have two.

30:08>> Yeah, because

30:09>> South Street and the even side of South

30:11Street. And then the other one next or

30:14be is uh um no parking anytime signage

30:17on the driveway of 8 Chapen Street.

30:21>> Correct. Yes.

30:24>> Yes, it is.

30:25>> All right. But right now we're talking

30:26about 4A

30:28um no parking anytime signage on the

30:30even side of South Street.

30:34>> Yes.

30:35>> Okay.

30:36>> The reason um basically because

30:38especially for the uh winter band um

30:43I've been living 40 I mean over 30 years

30:46on the same h the same house and for

30:49example the winter band um is not

30:52supposed to be on the even numbers. is

30:55supposed to be on the odd numbers.

30:58That's where all the residents live. So,

31:02um there's a little bit confusion

31:05as time is passing by. So, everybody we

31:10have the nursing home, we have people

31:13from the bus academy, from the school.

31:16So, everybody is parking

31:19on the wrong place. So, everybody that

31:22live on South Street. So getting

31:24affected by it. So we just want to

31:27enforce even the residential parking

31:29only. That would be great if that can be

31:32done on South Street.

31:34>> Thank you. Anybody online on this item?

31:37>> TJ is no one raising their hands on

31:39Zoom.

31:39>> I think uh this gentleman wants to speak

31:41on this item too.

31:43>> Sure.

31:47[clears throat]

31:51Okay. Proxima. Yeah, I um All right,

31:56Commissioner Ali.

31:57>> Uh Mr. Chair, so South Street is one of

31:59those I don't know how we have so many

32:01of them, but one of those streets that's

32:02exactly 26 27 feet, which is right at

32:05the borderline where parking on both

32:07sides of the street potentially gets

32:10viable. Um, what's a little bit unique

32:12about South Street is that between

32:14Providence Street and uh, Chapen Street,

32:18it's a two-way street. So, there's only

32:21about a 12-oot travel lane in the middle

32:22and cars are parked on both sides,

32:24meaning that traffic has to alternate on

32:26that section. When you get to the east

32:28of that, then it's a one-way street and

32:31not really the same sort of set of

32:33issues there. Um so having considered

32:36that our recommendation um based on what

32:40we know the situation would be to go

32:42ahead and prevent um parking on the on

32:45the um even side of the street only

32:49between those two streets that I

32:51mentioned Providence and Chapen Street

32:52where it's two-way and then leave the

32:55parking on both sides further to the

32:56east.

32:58>> All right. So right now, the way it's

33:00written here, it says no parking on the

33:02even side of South Street from

33:04Providence Street to Chapman Street.

33:07>> Right. So we're recommending approval

33:10for a portion of the street, but not the

33:12entire street.

33:13>> All right. So I think he does want to

33:16speak on this one on this item.

33:29Chopping street.

33:46So, he just kind of wants an explanation

33:47on what you explain now um on where the

33:51sign's going to go. So, because he says

33:53he needs space first, but I'm also

33:57explaining to him about the regulations

33:58and stuff like that.

33:59>> Yeah. through through you, Mr. Chair. Um

34:01so, we would be proposing to prohibit

34:04parking

34:06um on the two-way section on the south

34:09side of the street. And then on the

34:11oneway section, we're going to leave

34:13parking exactly like it is.

34:16One way

34:21um um which part you going to prohibit

34:23and what's that?

34:24>> Parking will be uh prohibited on the

34:26south side. So,

34:40>> this was be for everybody, residents

34:43included, or just the public?

34:44>> So, there uh Mr. Chair, there's a

34:46there's an existing RP on the north side

34:49that'll remain unchanged and then

34:51there'd be no parking on the south side

34:53for those two blocks.

34:54>> Okay. So,

35:06Okay.

35:07>> Okay.

35:08>> May I say something?

35:10>> Sure.

35:10>> Um, okay. Talking about Chapping Street,

35:14he lived like two block two houses after

35:16me because I live in the corner. I have

35:19the uh I was here like two months ago.

35:22So we have the the children from school

35:26that they have the the rails that they

35:28can cross the street, right? So uh from

35:31there is 20 ft

35:34um that no one supposed to be um driving

35:39and then there is my driveway that no

35:41one is. It's like from here to here they

35:44have 20 ft that they're not supposed to

35:46drive by law. And from here uh with the

35:50parking of the driveway, we have five

35:53feet that no one is supposed to block.

35:57So the police officer, he used the

35:59webcam and he even mark it and not even

36:03a bicycle can can fit in there.

36:05>> All right. I think you're talking about

36:06now, which will be uh um 4B, the

36:10driveway part. So we'll get to that.

36:12>> I'm so sorry. I jumped once.

36:14>> No problem. We're going to vote first on

36:16this one to prove to approve the item.

36:18>> Um, roll call.

36:20>> Okay.

36:21>> I don't know.

36:22>> 4 A. Go ahead.

36:26>> Is it a roll call?

36:27>> Yes.

36:27>> Okay. Councelor uh Bella.

36:30>> Yes.

36:30>> Councelor O'Hara.

36:32>> Yes.

36:33>> And chair. Councelor Rivera.

36:35>> Yes. We'll move on to 5B. I mean 4B,

36:38sorry. Maria Garcia request installation

36:39of no park anytime signage at the

36:42driveway of 8 Chapen Street.

36:44>> So that's what you were explaining about

36:46the driveway. No problem.

36:47>> So um I have Commissioner Raleigh

36:50explain to you the

36:52>> Yeah, Mr. Chair. So this has previously

36:53been approved and it was actually signed

36:56for a while and the sign's gone missing.

36:58So I don't I don't know what happened to

37:00the sign, but um it doesn't need to be

37:02approved again. We've put a work order

37:04in requesting that DPW replace the sign.

37:06>> So that sign is coming in. soon. It was

37:08already approved.

37:10>> Yes. Um I was very surprised. The same

37:12week after we were here, uh employees

37:16from the DTS, they came to our house and

37:20they told me Maria is going to be here

37:22to here. Everything was fine, but we did

37:25receive this appointment for today.

37:27>> Okay.

37:27>> And so we came.

37:29>> I appreciate it.

37:29>> Because that's what it is. We have to

37:32show up and I appreciate everything they

37:34doing. And thank you. And hopefully the

37:36people stop blocking our driveway

37:38because this is

37:39>> but 30 years there and yes I I know my

37:42neighbor. So yes. Um

37:44>> so call 311 if they keep parking there.

37:47>> Yes, [clears throat] of course.

37:48>> Okay.

37:48>> All right. Thank you so much. M

37:49>> Thank you. We move to father item roll

37:51call.

37:52>> Everybody else.

37:52>> Thank you.

37:53>> Thank you.

37:56>> Move to file the item roll call on 4B.

38:00>> Thank you. Councelor Bella.

38:02>> Yes.

38:03>> Councelor O'Hara.

38:04Yes.

38:05>> And chairman councelor Rivera.

38:07>> Yes.

38:19and then driveway.

38:22>> See?

38:25>> Um,

38:36okay.

38:36>> Okay.

38:41>> Okay.

38:42>> Okay.

38:42>> Yes. All right.

38:44>> 4C. Um, John Jakowski requestation of no

38:50parking 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and 2:00

38:53p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

38:55signage on Ward Street between Richmond

38:57Street and Dorchester Street.

39:00>> Mr. Chairman, Commissioner uh John

39:03Yanchesky, Vernon Hill, Richland Street

39:06area. Uh as as usual, you know, I'm

39:09working the area and uh the traffic

39:14with the buses and all that stuff.

39:15Seeing school is officially back into

39:17full swing has completely picked up. So

39:22having

39:24vehicles on that one side of the street

39:26where it needs to be cleared during

39:29certain parts of the day. So the school

39:32itself

39:34has a total of 16 buses now. just the

39:37school. Uh when I count everything else

39:40that goes by in the area, we're almost

39:42up to 25 buses, maybe a little bit more.

39:44So when we got blockage on both sides of

39:47the street, there's been cars already

39:50getting hit their windows, their

39:52mirrors, and which I say, "Hey, that's

39:54your problem, not mine. You shouldn't be

39:55parked there. I really don't you know

39:57that that's your issue. Take it up with

39:59uh your insurance company." But

40:05it's still traffic-wise

40:09out of control. It's it's crazy. Uh the

40:12morning is tough because if those

40:15vehicles are parked on that lefthand

40:17side when they're trying when the school

40:19and other buses are trying to get by

40:21still,

40:23they're going to clip those vehicles.

40:24It's it's unavoidable. Uh

40:27so in the morning, that's a problem

40:29there. the afternoon one when I'm there

40:33in the afternoon from that 1:30 to 3

40:35o'clock period

40:38I'm going house to house anyways telling

40:39them like move whatever so there has to

40:42be whatever we decide tonight

40:45um then I can I I have a question but I

40:48do have a we do have a representative

40:50from the school here should let her

40:53explain a little bit more what she's got

40:54on

40:55>> name and residence please. Hi, I'm

40:56Elizabeth Sardi. I'm the director of

40:58business services at Learning First

40:59Charter Public School. Um, like John

41:01said, we do have uh 10 large buses and

41:04now we have six van uh three little

41:06buses and and three vans. Um, and the

41:09large buses can't make that corner down

41:12onto Ward Street to make a right. Um, so

41:15we would ask we would hope that this

41:17would be approved tonight.

41:18>> Thank you. Does anybody online want to

41:20speak on this item?

41:21>> To know we're raising their hands.

41:23>> Commissioner Ali,

41:25>> Mr. Mr. Chair, uh we do recommend

41:26approval and just want to thank the the

41:28school for um weighing in on this. We

41:31just recommended holding it last time

41:33because we want to make sure that all

41:34the details have been worked out, but um

41:36certainly a congested area during school

41:38times and we recommend approval of this.

41:40>> Right. Move to approve the item. Roll

41:42call. Okay.

41:43>> Councelor O'Hara is raising.

41:44>> Sure, please. Council, speak away.

41:48>> Thank you. I uh I really appreciate the

41:49work that's being that was done with

41:51this uh commissioner and and with John.

41:53I know it's uh at times it gets pretty

41:55hectic over there. So hopefully this

41:57helps with the with the flow and the

41:58safety in the morning. Um

42:01it seems like a long time coming to be

42:03able to do this, but um I'm glad we were

42:05able to, like I said, get this down and

42:08um hopefully get the signs up so

42:10residents uh the people picking up their

42:12kids, they understand this is generally

42:14and truly all about safety. So thanks

42:16again. Appreciate it.

42:17>> Thank you, Councelor.

42:18>> Thanks, Council.

42:19>> I do have one question. Now, now when

42:22this does come up, these the signs, what

42:25recourse do I have when vehicles are in

42:29way

42:30>> now that I can do something officially

42:32instead of just calling 311?

42:35>> I have Commissioner Riley answer that

42:37question.

42:40>> So, honestly, the first course of action

42:43is to call 311 and get parking

42:45enforcement out there. um when they go

42:47up, we will remind parking enforcement

42:49of this new change and ask them to

42:51emphasize it for a while. Um what we

42:53found in other school locations if is

42:55that if we can get out there for a few

42:57days early on, it helps to reinforce the

42:59behavior.

43:00>> Yeah.

43:00>> Um and then hopefully it becomes just an

43:02occasional thing after that.

43:03>> I'm going to be there anyways anyway. So

43:05these people already know that there

43:07some they know that the signs come, the

43:09signs are coming [laughter] and stuff

43:10like that. So

43:12>> but you know they they're like are we

43:13going to get ticketed and told?

43:15>> Yeah. if you're in the way. So, I I just

43:18wanted to make sure I had I had

43:20something to work with. Sounds good.

43:22>> Thank you.

43:22>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you,

43:23Commissioner. Appreciate it.

43:25>> Right. We want to 4D. Eigor Bison

43:29requestation of no parking here to

43:30corner signage at the intersection of

43:32Ronnie Street and Catherine Street.

43:36>> Two chair. I don't think we've done a

43:38roll call for 4C yet.

43:42>> Say that again.

43:43>> The other one. Okay. I thought we did

43:44the roll call. Yeah. Yeah, go ahead.

43:46>> Uh, so there'll be a roller for

43:48approval.

43:49>> 4 C for approval. Yes.

43:52>> Uh, councelor Belada.

43:54>> Yes.

43:54>> Councelor O'Hada.

43:57>> Yes.

43:57>> And chair. Councelor Rivera.

43:59>> Yes. Uh 4 D. Eigor Bison request

44:03installation of no parking here to

44:04corner signage at the intersection of

44:06Ronnie Street and Katherine Street.

44:08Nobody speak on this item. Anybody

44:10online?

44:11>> There's no one raising their hands on

44:13Zoom.

44:13>> Commissioner Raleigh. Mr. Chair, this

44:15request doesn't change any of the actual

44:17regulations. It just reinforces the

44:19existing regulation by signing it. Um,

44:22and it's a very congested neighborhood

44:24that's difficult to see at this

44:25intersection when vehicles are parked

44:27too close. So, we do recommend approval

44:29in this case.

44:30>> All right. We move to approve the item.

44:31Roll call.

44:33>> Councelor Bada.

44:35>> Yes.

44:36>> Councelor O'Jo.

44:38>> Yes.

44:38>> And chairman councelor Rivera.

44:40>> Yes. Got the 4E eager bison request an

44:43intersection of Ronnie Street and

44:44Catherine Street be reviewed for

44:46appropriate parking uh restrictions such

44:48as a permanent winter parking ban or no

44:50parking anytime signage. Commissioner

44:53Raleigh.

44:54>> Uh Mr. Chair, this was related to the

44:56last item in the event that that wasn't

44:59approved. Um and this one can be filed.

45:01>> All right. Move to file the item. Roll

45:03call.

45:04>> Councelor Bada

45:06>> here.

45:08>> Councelor O'Hada.

45:10>> Yes. and chair and councelor Rivera.

45:12>> Yes. Um for F councelor Louis O'Hara

45:15that requests the existing no park

45:17anytime zone in the vicinity of Winnham

45:19Street be moved across the street from

45:20driveways of 48 Winham Street.

45:24Uh somebody wants to speak on this item

45:27name and residence please.

45:28>> Orlando Lopez 48 Win Street W

45:321610.

45:34Yeah. Yeah. The reason of this uh

45:36parking sign is that we've been having

45:39so much problem, you know, with the the

45:42front of the of our property, you know,

45:44like they they put the sign no parking

45:47anytime right in front of the house,

45:50which is fine,

45:51>> right?

45:51>> But in across the street, they did it.

45:54So I was question I was happen to be

45:56there when they come and do the

45:58installation and I you know talk to the

46:01uh the person who did it the supervisor

46:04or whatever of the of the job and he

46:07said well no is they're supposed to be

46:09coming over here this to be coming right

46:11in front of the house and I said well

46:14but the problem we have also is in in

46:18the other in across the street

46:21that when we try to get into the uh

46:24driveway we having problem and when we

46:27try to get out we also having problem.

46:30winter come is it's even worse and just

46:34recently by having the one we have it

46:37was a person park

46:39in one of the spots I call with the

46:43police they came

46:46and they no the car is parking

46:48appropriate and I say wow I said to the

46:51to the police I said really that's me I

46:55can park in anywhere in the city

46:58right in front of no parking anytime and

47:01I won't get ticket or I don't get tow

47:03you say well that's different story and

47:05I say it's not because this is a park no

47:07parking anytime so if if a car in there

47:12something needs to be done he said well

47:15I'm not going to do anything the car is

47:17parked appropriate that's it if you want

47:20to do something about it you call 311 in

47:22the morning and you can handle it with

47:24that and I said okay that's no problem

47:26and I'm not make a big deal out of it

47:29you know I I I I just, you know, I think

47:32I just approached her uh properly, you

47:34know, just by calling and I don't like I

47:37really don't wasn't looking to get the

47:40car towing. I was looking just to like

47:42the the police give the person a ticket

47:44so the person would learn, okay, I park

47:47in the wrong spot. No parking anytime.

47:52So that's my point, you know, right? I

47:55mean, something needs to be done, you

47:57know. me cuz this parking no parking in

48:00time was approved about three years ago

48:03and it's get done maybe about two three

48:05months ago right in front of the house

48:08fine but we talking about cross the

48:11street now a letter I getting is saying

48:15remove the one in the front cross the

48:18street don't make no sense [laughter]

48:24I mean I got photos in here that I can

48:27show you guys what the problem is all is

48:29all about. You know what I mean? I'm not

48:31trying to like uh make it make it uh

48:34things up, you know?

48:35>> Trying to like uh make sure you guys

48:37know exactly what I'm coming from, you

48:40know?

48:40>> Yeah. I'm going to let uh councelor

48:41O'Hather speak on this item because he's

48:44he's actually the petitioner.

48:46>> Oh, okay.

48:46>> Okay.

48:47>> That's that's fine.

48:48>> Council.

48:49>> Yeah, no problem. Thank you, Orlando.

48:51Thank you as well uh for being here.

48:53Actually, it's Orlando's item. Um I'm

48:56I'm I'm supporting him. Uh again, this

48:58is something that he's been dealing for

48:59for many years and like he said three

49:02years ago and then just you know I think

49:04it was a few months ago they were doing

49:06the work. Correct me if I'm wrong

49:07Orlando. And um he noticed that uh and

49:12uh Commissioner Riley, if you can help

49:14me out as well. This is Was this

49:17[snorts] the petition that was um was it

49:21incorrect or the people that were

49:22installing had the incorrect

49:23information?

49:25through through the chair. The the signs

49:28were installed um in accordance with

49:30what was voted on. Uh and this was

49:32actually voted March of 25. Um so hasn't

49:38>> still a while ago, but but not not quite

49:41three years. Um and the just to recap

49:44briefly. Um it's a one of those

49:48situations where there's an existing

49:49handicap spot um located close to the

49:52intersection and then the testimony at

49:54this meeting was that people were trying

49:57to squeeze between the driveway and that

50:00handicap spot which was creating

50:02problems getting in and out of the

50:03driveway because it's just not enough

50:05space to do that. So the committee

50:07recommended and the city council

50:08approved then making that a no parking

50:11zone. So that was that was in accordance

50:14with the request at the time. Um and

50:16what the petitioner is requesting now is

50:18that the space across the street be made

50:20no parking. Um because if I understand

50:23correctly, you're having a difficult

50:25time getting in and out of the driveway.

50:26>> Correctly. Yeah. Correctly.

50:29>> Thank you. Yep.

50:31>> Yeah. That's that's exactly what what it

50:34was. I just wanted to make sure I

50:36>> like I don't looking for to be the whole

50:38front to be no parking space. just maybe

50:42like a narrow spot, you know. So, so, so

50:45if I come, I I be able to swing by and

50:48be able to get into my driveway. I'm not

50:50looking like for the whole,

50:52>> you know, to the the whole other side to

50:54be coming and available, you know,

50:56because I know people need to be parked,

50:58you know. I just only come I just only

51:00request just a little space and that's

51:03all you know besides the one they

51:06they're you know I mean it's the one

51:08they put now fine because

51:11you know we don't have now blocking a

51:13driveway to be able to get out and in.

51:16The only problem is basically the across

51:18the street which is all line of cars you

51:22know even in uh business uh company

51:25cards are parking in there and then you

51:28know and the winters

51:30is real real bad you know I mean as it

51:33is right now it's bad never mind in the

51:35winter you know and they and people they

51:37don't seems to respect the parking van

51:40because it's also a parking van across a

51:42street you know so I mean it's one of

51:46these things that I would appreciate if

51:48I can have that, you know, with the with

51:52the respect of the commissioner and

51:53everybody else, you know, it'll be nice

51:57to have at least a narrow space, you

52:01know,

52:01>> Commissioner Raleigh.

52:03>> Uh, Mr. Chair, so again, this is

52:06surprise surprise a 26 foot wide street

52:09um 3T wider. we wouldn't be having this

52:12conversation probably in a foot narrower

52:15and parking would all be prohibited on

52:17that side. Um

52:20I you know I I understand and sympathize

52:23that it can be difficult to get out of

52:25driveways on streets of this width. It's

52:26the exact same width as the street I

52:28live on and so when someone parks right

52:30behind my driveway I'm you know doing

52:33the four-point turn to get out. Um but

52:36it is navigable nav that's a hard word

52:39to say. I think you understand what I'm

52:41trying to say. Um, and the existing no

52:44parking space immediately in front of

52:45their house helps give them a little bit

52:47of extra room if someone is is parked

52:49behind. Historically, we have tended to

52:52not um approve these because it's a

52:56circumstance that ends up taking parking

52:59away across the street in front of

53:00someone else's house, although there

53:02wasn't any opposition to it tonight. Um,

53:05and there's a number of other driveways

53:07on the street that have the exact same

53:08circumstances. So, um, you know, this

53:12isn't the only place that applies on the

53:13street. Um, all things being equal, I

53:16would recommend removing parking

53:17entirely on that side of the street, but

53:19that's not what's been petitioned, and I

53:21know there is a lot of parking demand in

53:23this neighborhood, and that may have a a

53:25negative impact.

53:27um

53:28committee certainly could um you know

53:32recommend prohibiting parking for uh you

53:35know maybe five feet either side of the

53:38driveway opposite of that. I wouldn't

53:40recommend taking away the existing no

53:42parking spot though because there were

53:44problems reported there um you know with

53:47people trying to park between the

53:48driveway and the HP spot. So it's kind

53:51of up to the committee in terms of how

53:53you want to approach this.

54:03Uh, Mr. Chair, I I think you could

54:05approve the part of the petition

54:08requesting

54:09uh the new no parking zone, but not the

54:12part recommending removal of the

54:14existing no parking zone. If the clerk's

54:17office is comfortable with that,

54:25Did you get that in

54:29>> uh to chair? Uh

54:34so just be approving for the new no

54:37parking zone

54:39>> through through the chair to the clerk.

54:41Um yeah, so the petition is requesting

54:43to move a new no parking zone.

54:47Um and what I'm recommending is that it

54:49doesn't make sense to remove the

54:50existing one. So, if they want to

54:53establish a new one across the street,

54:54that's that's one thing, but I wouldn't

54:58make up for it by removing the existing

55:00one because that's going to be

55:01problematic.

55:03>> I'm just chair. So, would you like to um

55:06like amend the item and hold for the

55:08next meeting to allow us to uh send

55:11notices?

55:13>> Yeah, let's do that. Um so, we're going

55:16to do is we're going to hold the item.

55:18We're gonna um amend it to have the

55:20wording for what you asked for tonight.

55:22>> Yeah.

55:22>> You don't want the whole street, just

55:24your vicinity of the area, your area,

55:27and then bring it to the next item. You

55:30don't even have to come

55:31>> for that. We just have to

55:33>> I mean, it just, you know, like I can

55:36show you real quick if you don't,

55:40>> you know.

55:42I mean they they did this uh the the

55:45signs you know I mean this one which

55:47should I mean help us with getting out

55:49we need but when we have these cars like

55:51that especially in the winter you know

55:54and it's also like the business you know

55:56trucks and all that you know it's like

55:59um

56:03Yeah.

56:19So, yeah, we're going to do that. We're

56:20going to hold the item so we can amend

56:23the wording and bring it on to the next

56:25item so we can approve it. But, um, we

56:27just can't do it with the wording the

56:29way it's written today.

56:30>> Okay.

56:31>> Okay. All right. And you don't you can

56:33come if you want to come.

56:35>> We don't have to come. It's going to be

56:36in the next uh

56:38>> um

56:40>> so so basically what are we talking

56:43about in here? What do we have leave it?

56:45Which way we're going to leave this now?

56:47>> Right now we're going to hold the item.

56:49>> Yeah. We're going to bring it back to

56:51we're going to amend it to again add the

56:52proper wording so we can bring it on to

56:55the next meeting in November and approve

56:57it then so you can get what you're

56:59looking for which is not written in the

57:01item today.

57:01>> So all right just get the right verbiage

57:06that's that's basically all we're doing.

57:08So you're going to get what you want.

57:09It's just going to take a little longer.

57:11>> Okay.

57:11>> Okay. I mean because I mean like I like

57:14I just what you see in there, you know,

57:16the ones that are there

57:18>> totally fine.

57:19>> Yeah.

57:19>> You know, which I was surprised, you

57:21know, but I say, "Wait a minute." You

57:22know, I mean, now we have the front

57:24>> and then it's just like a little bit off

57:28thick.

57:28>> Yeah. No problem. And and I can also

57:30have uh make sure that uh and I'm sure

57:32he's going to do it as on his own

57:34anyways, but I'm sure council will speak

57:36with you guys kind of give you guys more

57:38u information on what's going to happen.

57:41>> Okay. Okay.

57:42>> All right. So, we're going to get

57:43something in the mail about

57:44>> You'll get something in the mail.

57:45>> All right. Wonderful. Thank you. So, we

57:47move to hold

57:49very much. Thank you.

57:51>> Councelor Bada.

57:52>> Thank you.

57:52>> Yes.

57:53>> Counselor O'Hara.

57:55>> Yes.

57:55>> And chair. Counselor Rivera.

57:57>> Yes.

57:58>> For G. Tracy Heather Harden on behalf of

58:02Harden um pediatrics request

58:04installation of no parking at any time

58:05signing in the vicinity of driveway

58:07located at 41 Gav and 45 gav. Anybody

58:11here speak on this item? Anybody online?

58:14>> To sure we have two people raising their

58:16hands on Zoom.

58:17>> The first speaker can identify is Tracy

58:19Harding. You can please go ahead and

58:21unmute.

58:25>> Uh yes, good evening. Uh this is Tracy

58:28Harding and I'm the one that is coming

58:30forward with regards to a request for

58:33the um no parking. Um the reason being

58:37is um it's twofold. Um for I own both 45

58:43Oakav as well as 41 Oakav. Um and my

58:48entrance to 41 Oakav

58:50uh to get into the property um into the

58:54driveway is very tight. Um if anybody

58:56has been on Oakav, you know that there

58:59is residential parking on both sides of

59:01the street. Um in the morning when I

59:04have um trash pickup on Friday mornings,

59:07the um cars that are um on the side of

59:12where my building is, both buildings, um

59:16is very tight. Um and the the truck the

59:19garbage truck is very big as you can

59:21imagine [clears throat] and can't make

59:22that turn into the property to dispose

59:25of the trash. And what has happened

59:28unfortunately is I has developed a rat

59:31problem that was brought to my attention

59:33by the garbage truck uh garbage um you

59:37know AJ Laternos

59:39and so that has caused an expense. Um

59:43and so now that I have taken steps to um

59:47fix that problem, um I'm now looking to

59:51the city to help me with that to ensure

59:54that um I have access for the trash

59:59company to um gain to the dumpster to

1:00:03properly dispose of on a weekly basis.

1:00:06And what's happening is cars are parking

1:00:09right up until the entrance of 41, like

1:00:13right to the very end. And so what's

1:00:16happening is you can imagine it just

1:00:18can't make that turn without potentially

1:00:20taking out a car. So it has to then be

1:00:25the pickup has to be delayed whether it

1:00:27can be the um Monday, whatever their

1:00:31schedule permits. Okay. So then trash is

1:00:34backing up because that dumpster that's

1:00:36the only place I can put that dumpster

1:00:39for my two properties because the um it

1:00:42h it takes care of my trash for my

1:00:44medical facility and it takes care of

1:00:46trash for my residential um property

1:00:50that I have residents in. And so not so

1:00:55then I have that issue as well as um

1:00:57winter um snow plows being able to make

1:01:01that corner to get in to um properly um

1:01:05plow the parking area um that is there

1:01:10for my tenants as well as again for the

1:01:13trash company to gain access for

1:01:15disposal of the trash. Um I happen to

1:01:18notice on the notice that um 45 Oak AB

1:01:22came up. Um I do have an issue where I

1:01:26have two entrances to 45 Oak A and one

1:01:30that goes on to um not I'm sorry not to

1:01:34Oak a but to my business of Harding

1:01:36Pediatrics the one that goes out to Oak

1:01:39Avenue if a car is again it because

1:01:44parking is uh at a premium I get it it's

1:01:47resident parking only and you know it

1:01:50they have that right but if their

1:01:53parking right up until the edge. And so

1:01:56parents are trying to edge out, edge

1:01:59out. It's a very dangerous corner coming

1:02:01off of Catherine's I think that's

1:02:03Catherine Street. Um when they want to

1:02:06go down towards Belmont and it's it's

1:02:10there's been a lot of accidents in that

1:02:12area. And so when parents have to edge

1:02:14out uh because they can't see to make a

1:02:18right-hand turn or even to a left,

1:02:20doesn't matter. um you know because a

1:02:23car is blocking their view. Um and just

1:02:26last week I had a cab of a tractor

1:02:29trailer truck parked out in front of my

1:02:32building

1:02:34so nobody could see. So you had to exit

1:02:3745 O gap um closest to ADC care. But

1:02:42again that's a two this is a two-fold

1:02:44issue. But right now the the bigger

1:02:47issue is ensuring I get the access to 41

1:02:53for proper disposal to not only dispose

1:02:56of the trash but to make sure that the

1:02:58rat problem is eliminated. And I'm

1:03:01trying to do my best here. So that's

1:03:03where I'm needing the city's help with

1:03:06that particular um entrance.

1:03:13>> Thank you. So we have for the next

1:03:15speaker canify is Henry Brown. Please go

1:03:19ahead and unmute.

1:03:22>> Hello. Thank you. Uh my name is Henry

1:03:25Brown. I live at 46 Oak Avenue. Um and

1:03:29just wanted to kind of mention on the

1:03:32the resident side, we are, if I'm not

1:03:36mistaken, the only residential building

1:03:38on the block that doesn't have a parking

1:03:42lot or a driveway.

1:03:44Um, and so we're just a little

1:03:47concerned. Obviously, I I can understand

1:03:50the need for this truck to be able to

1:03:52get in there, but we're just a little

1:03:54concerned with the available parking to

1:03:57us, and I know the residents in my

1:03:58building have all been kind of in a

1:04:00tizzy, saying the same thing this week

1:04:02leading up to this meeting, but

1:04:04especially in the winter months when it

1:04:08switches to uh parking on only one side,

1:04:12that is it's an odd side parking. So, we

1:04:14have to park on that side and it's

1:04:17essentially 10 cars fighting for five

1:04:19parking spots. Um, kind of the rest of

1:04:22Oak A from Belmont and up. I know it's

1:04:24resident parking only, but I there

1:04:27there's definitely evidence of people

1:04:30from the hospital and surrounding

1:04:31buildings parking here because I get

1:04:33home at 6:00 and all the parking spots

1:04:35are free, but in the middle of the day

1:04:37they're not. And so myself and all the

1:04:39other residents of 46 OKAB are just

1:04:42worried about the very very limited

1:04:44winter parking that we have access to

1:04:46now becoming even smaller. So thank you.

1:04:50>> Thank you, Commissioner Ali.

1:04:55>> Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. So, this is

1:04:57um this is sort of an interesting

1:04:58situation with the the driveway

1:05:01um that we're specifically looking at

1:05:05with this petition, which is actually

1:05:06the the second one back. It's only about

1:05:0810 ft wide, so it's a really really

1:05:11constrained width on that driveway. And

1:05:14there's also a street light that is

1:05:16about five feet off of the driveway, um

1:05:19which further constrains the ability to,

1:05:22you know, widen that curb cut or

1:05:23anything like that. So there's not

1:05:25really a way to um address it easily on

1:05:29the site itself. Um and we do therefore

1:05:33recommend that we create some additional

1:05:35clearance on the business side um to

1:05:38help facilitate those those maneuvers.

1:05:40Um

1:05:42our recommendation was to create a

1:05:4530foot clear zone to the north of the um

1:05:48of the driveway. So it's equivalent to

1:05:50one one parking space essentially. Um,

1:05:54and then to the south, we would go ahead

1:05:55and just just stick with the 5-ft normal

1:05:59offset from the driveway because the

1:06:00street light is there and we actually

1:06:02kind of want to protect the street

1:06:03light, too. You don't want to create an

1:06:04opening, then have the garbage truck

1:06:06take out the the street light. Um, but

1:06:10yeah, I would recommend uh a no parking

1:06:12zone on the odd side of the street

1:06:14extending for um 30 feet from the

1:06:18driveway.

1:06:21Sounds good. Any of my colleagues want

1:06:24to speak on this item.

1:06:26>> I'm in agreement with the commissioner.

1:06:29>> Right. Approve. Roll call. Approve the

1:06:31item.

1:06:32>> Councelor Bada.

1:06:34>> Yes.

1:06:35>> Councelor O'Jo.

1:06:36>> Yes.

1:06:37>> And chair. Councelor Rivera.

1:06:39>> Yes. For H. Councelor John Folo requests

1:06:42installation of no parking signage on

1:06:44both sides of Blackstone River Road 20

1:06:47from the in from its intersection with

1:06:51Whipple Street. Councelor Pullo.

1:06:53>> As it reads, Mr. Chair,

1:06:54>> as it reads. Anybody online wants to

1:06:56speak on this item?

1:06:58>> No, we're raising their hands.

1:06:59>> Commissioner Riley. Yeah, Mr. Chair. So,

1:07:01this is a intersection that's really

1:07:03difficult to see from when you're

1:07:05turning from Whipple onto onto

1:07:07Blackstone, particularly if people are

1:07:09parked there. So we do this is one of

1:07:11those cases where we do recommend

1:07:13reinforcing the statutory 20 foot

1:07:15parking limit with signs. So we

1:07:17recommend approval.

1:07:18>> Move to approve the item roll call.

1:07:19>> Councelor Bada.

1:07:21>> Yes.

1:07:22>> Councelor O'Hada.

1:07:23>> Yes.

1:07:24>> And chairman. Councelor Rivera.

1:07:25>> Yes. For I councelor Folo request

1:07:28installation no parking signage on both

1:07:29sides of Whipple Street 20 ft from it

1:07:31intersection with Blackstone River Road.

1:07:34Councelor Folo as it reads. Commissioner

1:07:36Raleigh. Uh, same intersection, same

1:07:39issue, same recommendation.

1:07:41>> Sounds good. Move to approve the item.

1:07:43Roll call.

1:07:43>> Councelor Bada.

1:07:45>> Yes.

1:07:45>> Councelor O'Hara.

1:07:47>> Yes.

1:07:48>> And Cherson. Councelor Rivera.

1:07:49>> Yes. For J. Council for Solo.

1:07:51Requestation of no parking in time

1:07:53signage on the north side of Actton

1:07:55Street. Council for Solo.

1:07:57>> Mr. Chair, if I could, I'd recommend we

1:07:59take 5A at the same time as well.

1:08:02>> 5A related.

1:08:04>> Yep. All right. One way and two-way

1:08:06street recureration petitions. Councelor

1:08:09John Folo request a one-way designation

1:08:11of active street to be removed. So uh 4J

1:08:15and 5A council for solo

1:08:17>> through you Mr. Chairman. I filed this

1:08:18on behalf of the constituents. So

1:08:21however the uh commissioner and the

1:08:23staff rule is fine with me.

1:08:26>> Uh Commissioner Raleigh.

1:08:29>> So Mr. Chair, um let me give a little

1:08:30bit of background here. Um the first

1:08:32item is to uh

1:08:35prohibit parking along a very short

1:08:37section of Actton Street. The reason

1:08:39that's being proposed is uh to

1:08:42potentially reestablish two-way travel

1:08:44on that section. So what we're talking

1:08:46about is just the one block between

1:08:50Grafton Street and you'll have to

1:08:53forgive me I'm blanking on the cross

1:08:54street name.

1:08:57>> Kenyan A.

1:08:57>> Kenyan A. Thank you.

1:08:59um which as part of the Grafton Street

1:09:03roadway improvement project that was

1:09:05completed about four or five years ago

1:09:07at this point. Um that short section of

1:09:10Actton Street was made one way

1:09:12westbound. So you can no longer exit uh

1:09:16Actton Street into the intersection.

1:09:19Um and that's proven problematic for the

1:09:22neighborhood in general, but in

1:09:23particular for the the businesses that

1:09:25are grouped right at the uh the

1:09:27intersection there. So if they get

1:09:29deliveries or the garbage truck or

1:09:31whatever the case is, instead of being

1:09:33able to exit out at the traffic signal,

1:09:35they have to find their way through the

1:09:37neighborhood, which is a little bit

1:09:38difficult with the narrow streets and

1:09:40and um you know, high number of of

1:09:43people that are parking there. Uh so

1:09:46Councelor Forcelo did ask us to um begin

1:09:49an investigation as to whether that

1:09:51could potentially be converted back to

1:09:54two-way. Um, and we have completed

1:09:59uh a series of investigations into that.

1:10:02Um, there are some obstacles that I want

1:10:04to talk about to that and there are some

1:10:06things that we'll have to investigate

1:10:07further before we can make a final

1:10:09determination, but just kind of wanted

1:10:10to give the the committee a quick update

1:10:13on that. So, um, the first thing we did

1:10:16is we checked the traffic analysis at

1:10:18the signal because that's a congested

1:10:20location today. by introducing two-way

1:10:23traffic back in, that means we have to

1:10:25add an additional phase to the traffic

1:10:27signal, which will increase the

1:10:28congestion a little bit more. Um, so we

1:10:31did model that. It's actually not too

1:10:33bad of an increase. It was honestly less

1:10:35than I anticipated. Um, looks like the

1:10:38intersection, you know, it's going to

1:10:40operate fairly similar to how it does

1:10:42today. It gets congested in the morning,

1:10:44gets congested in the afternoon, might

1:10:46be a little bit more than it experiences

1:10:48now, but it's not going to be um you

1:10:51know a really meaningful difference by

1:10:53by introducing that phase. Um the second

1:10:56one is looking at the turning movements

1:11:00and this is where we started to have a

1:11:02little bit of concern because of the

1:11:04angle of intersection of all the streets

1:11:05at the intersection. So, right now, and

1:11:08we're able to watch this on video

1:11:10because we have video detection at this

1:11:12at this traffic signal right now when

1:11:14traffic is turning from I guess I'd call

1:11:18it eastbound Grafton Street. So, heading

1:11:21out of town and making that sharp right

1:11:23turn onto Actton Street. They basically

1:11:25take the whole width of the roadway to

1:11:27do that because it's such a sharp turn.

1:11:29Um, and we're noticing that's the case

1:11:31for both trucks and for and for autos.

1:11:34So, um, we think if this, you know, if

1:11:37this were to go forward, we would need

1:11:39to at a minimum prohibit that movement

1:11:41for trucks because they really do take

1:11:43the entire street. Um, and we'd want to

1:11:45think about that a little bit more for

1:11:47automobiles. There may be some other

1:11:48ways we can deal with that, such as

1:11:51placing the stop bar a little bit

1:11:52further back from the intersection to

1:11:54create the space for them to to make

1:11:55that wider turn. So, that was the second

1:11:57issue. Um the third one is um

1:12:03because of that so that stop bar can no

1:12:06longer be located right up at the

1:12:08crosswalk when this intersection was

1:12:10reconstructed. It's actually made a

1:12:12little bit narrower than it was

1:12:14originally. Uh it's just about at its

1:12:16narrowest spot. It's just about 19 ft

1:12:19today, which is extremely narrow for a

1:12:22two-lane um road, particularly right at

1:12:24the the mouth of the intersection. used

1:12:26to be about 23 feet there. Um, and my

1:12:30understanding,

1:12:32uh, you know, this predates our

1:12:34department, so we didn't have

1:12:35involvement in this project, but in

1:12:36talking with the engineers who worked on

1:12:38this project, my understanding is they

1:12:40needed that space to be able to

1:12:42reconstruct the sidewalks in a compliant

1:12:44fashion. So, they weren't going to be

1:12:46able to meet the standards for ADA and

1:12:48and other factors without narrowing that

1:12:51lane a little bit. So when you look at

1:12:53the image on page 23 of your um

1:12:56recommendations, you can see how the

1:12:58curb line kind of bows out there and

1:13:00makes it a little bit narrower. So the

1:13:03way we would propose to deal with that

1:13:04is to move that stop line back a little

1:13:06bit. And what that does is it gets you

1:13:09into the part of Actton Street that is

1:13:11now back closer to 22 23 feet. And it

1:13:15also gives vehicles that are turning

1:13:17into Actton Street some space to recover

1:13:19and get back over on the the correct

1:13:21side of the road.

1:13:24So I think that's a a good solution for

1:13:27this. The one downside that I'm a little

1:13:29bit concerned about and I'm interested

1:13:31in feedback, you know, ultimately from

1:13:33the um the plaza owner there as well as

1:13:36councelor Friscello is um by placing

1:13:39that stop bar there, that means when

1:13:41vehicles are waiting for the red light,

1:13:43they're going to be blocking that

1:13:44driveway. Um, so anyone who is trying to

1:13:48turn in um to that driveway is going to

1:13:51have to either wait for that traffic to

1:13:54clear with a green light or kind of go

1:13:56around the block and enter from the

1:13:57side. Um, same thing exiting. They're

1:14:01not going to, you know, they're

1:14:01occasionally going to be blocked by

1:14:03vehicles there. I don't expect there to

1:14:05be a ton of traffic using this, so I

1:14:06think it's going to be occasional, but

1:14:08it's it's a consideration that we um did

1:14:11identify. Uh the fourth aspect,

1:14:15and this was in talking with the um the

1:14:18engineers who designed the intersection,

1:14:20they expressed concern about the ability

1:14:23for the traffic signal foundation to

1:14:26accommodate um additional weight on that

1:14:29on that signal pole. So when the project

1:14:33was constructed, the existing traffic

1:14:35signal was maintained. Um they ended up

1:14:38removing two traffic signal heads that

1:14:40were facing Actton Street, but they had

1:14:42to put two more facing other directions.

1:14:45Those are actually a little further out

1:14:46on the mast arm. So it's a higher load

1:14:48on the foundation than was there today.

1:14:51Um so they strongly recommended that we

1:14:53get a structural engineer to evaluate

1:14:54that before we made a decision to move

1:14:56forward. Um so that's something that we

1:14:59would we would need to do. We have asked

1:15:00for a scope of work from a structural

1:15:02engineer to to do that work. So, um, and

1:15:05then the fifth one is, uh, and this is

1:15:08just something we can investigate

1:15:09further on our end, the existing

1:15:11detection equipment. So, the the way

1:15:13that we know there's a vehicle there

1:15:14waiting for a green light is actually an

1:15:17older um, model that's no longer

1:15:19supported. We think we can add an

1:15:22additional camera to that, but we're not

1:15:24not certain and need to do some testing

1:15:25on it to find that. If not, we'll have

1:15:27to upgrade the entire detection system.

1:15:30Not necessarily a bad thing, but there's

1:15:32an additional cost there. So, long way

1:15:35of saying there's nothing yet that says

1:15:38this can't be done, but it's quite a bit

1:15:41more complicated than I think it

1:15:43appeared at sort of first glance. Um,

1:15:46and there's some in additional

1:15:47investigations that we would need to do.

1:15:49We're we're prepared to do those. Um, as

1:15:51I said, we've asked for a scope of work

1:15:53from a structural engineer. We can do

1:15:54the investigations with the video

1:15:56detection ourselves. Um, but it's going

1:15:58to take some more time to do that before

1:16:00we definitively know whether this can be

1:16:03converted back to two-way traffic or

1:16:05not. So, with all that, I'm recommending

1:16:07a hold so we can proceed with the rest

1:16:09of the analysis that'll uh allow us to

1:16:11make a determination one way or another

1:16:13if it's feasible.

1:16:18>> I I would recommend holding them

1:16:20together because I wouldn't want to vote

1:16:21on the parking until we voted on the

1:16:23street.

1:16:24>> Mr. Chairman, I I have to apologize. I I

1:16:28had it written down uh on the paper

1:16:30here. This this item I do want to speak

1:16:32on.

1:16:33>> No, go ahead. I

1:16:33>> apologize. Absolutely. No problem.

1:16:35>> Mr. Chairman, through you. I have um

1:16:38spoke on the council floor many times

1:16:40about this intersection. It was a

1:16:42mistake, an error on uh those people

1:16:45that made the decision. in my opinion,

1:16:48when the uh road was uh

1:16:52uh resurfaced and sidewalks and and

1:16:55roads and traffic signals were

1:16:56resurfaced and paid for by the

1:16:58Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I wasn't

1:17:00in office then, but I was in opposition

1:17:02to it then, and I'm in opposition to

1:17:06this staying one way. Uh this is very

1:17:09important to me. Uh I I uh spoke to the

1:17:14commissioner and his staff early on and

1:17:18again uh you know he he mentioned that

1:17:22uh initially they didn't think it was

1:17:24going to be that big of a deal but now

1:17:27uh in researching there are things that

1:17:30have come up uh as far as uh paying for

1:17:33it. Mr. Chairman, any any costs. Uh I

1:17:37have already stated that I would like to

1:17:39take that money out of the CSX Graf &

1:17:41Hill uh funds. I've expressed that to

1:17:45the manager and the city manager is in

1:17:47agreement. Whatever it costs, uh we

1:17:49would take it out of u uh the CSX funds.

1:17:53So again, I'm I'm realistic. I see uh

1:17:56the issues that exist. Uh but at the

1:17:59same time, I'd like this to move as

1:18:01quick as possible. I had promised people

1:18:04that this would be done this calendar

1:18:06year and looks like it probably won't

1:18:09and um that's a that's uh you know very

1:18:13dis disappointing to me and uh having

1:18:16said that uh I'd like I'd like traffic

1:18:20and mobility to take an aggressive

1:18:24uh

1:18:25aggressive uh you know stance on this

1:18:28and that issues those issues that

1:18:32Commissioner Rally had brought up. I

1:18:34would like them to put somebody on them

1:18:37and and and

1:18:39see how fast these things can be done. I

1:18:42was hoping that it could be done for the

1:18:44businesses, the especially the bakery

1:18:47and the deli for the holiday season and

1:18:50uh obviously it's not going to be done

1:18:52for Thanksgiving. I'm hoping as an

1:18:54outside shot it might be done for

1:18:56Christmas as far as and I'll end here,

1:18:58Mr. chairman because I know uh you have

1:19:00many items and I don't want to take up

1:19:02your time but as far as um uh you know a

1:19:06vehicle having to uh stay back a few

1:19:09feet and it coming in um interference

1:19:13with the opening of the uh entrance to

1:19:16the parking lot. I've talked to both

1:19:19both businesses and they're fine with

1:19:21that. They they want, as I do, they want

1:19:24to see two-way traffic back to this

1:19:27location. And as I'll end here, as the

1:19:30commissioner has stated, um making

1:19:33trailer trucks that deliver here to this

1:19:36property go back through Actton Street

1:19:39and then onto H Hotton Street to find a

1:19:43way back to a uh you know, a route like

1:19:46Grafton Street. uh it's very narrow and

1:19:50they have taken out many side view

1:19:53mirrors on cars and also uh when they

1:19:57take the turn on Holton Street uh it is

1:20:00a tough turn and uh in that course of

1:20:04time that they've had to go that way

1:20:06they've also taken out stop sign uh

1:20:09poles they've taken down so it's too

1:20:11narrow of a road for a 18-wheeler which

1:20:15these businesses do get Coca-Cola Ola

1:20:18and uh the uh distributor that uh that

1:20:23uh delivers to the bakery, Cisco Foods,

1:20:26they they deliver in uh long trailer

1:20:30trucks and it's a nightmare to navigate

1:20:33that area. Having said that, Mr.

1:20:35Chairman, I appreciate the

1:20:37commissioner's um attention to it and I

1:20:39just ask again that it move as quickly

1:20:42as possible. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1:20:45>> Thank you. So, uh, as you're aware,

1:20:47we're going to hold the item for further

1:20:49investigation. Um, roll call.

1:20:52>> Councelor Bada.

1:20:54>> Yes.

1:20:55>> Councelor O'Hara.

1:20:56>> Yes.

1:20:57>> And Chair and Councelor Rivera.

1:20:59>> Yes. All right. We're going to move on

1:21:01to get some people in the audience out

1:21:04of here. So, we're going to first get uh

1:21:06start off with 6A stop sign petitions.

1:21:09We have Sarah Espino request

1:21:11installation of fourway stop signage at

1:21:14the intersection of West Street and

1:21:16William Street. [clears throat] Um, go

1:21:19ahead.

1:21:23Uh, Fred Nathan Worester, I'm sure

1:21:25there's probably a good reason to put a

1:21:27four-way stop sign. Uh but I think um

1:21:32at some time we are becoming a city of

1:21:36nothing but stop signs.

1:21:39At some point there has to be common

1:21:41sense amongst the drivers.

1:21:46What I really like to see is put the

1:21:48lock cameras every single intersection.

1:21:55Plain and simple.

1:21:58Thank you. Anybody online?

1:22:00>> Two have one person raising their hands

1:22:02online.

1:22:04Uh to the speaker, please state your

1:22:08name and seat of residence and you can

1:22:09begin testimony.

1:22:12>> My name is Denise Dow and I live at 52

1:22:16William Street.

1:22:18The intersection of William and West

1:22:20Street um would end up being a three-way

1:22:23stop sign if it was put in. The south

1:22:26side of William Street is one way um as

1:22:31is the the north side. So, it would be a

1:22:34three-way stop. That intersection is

1:22:37horrible. People have accidents there

1:22:40almost every day. It is dangerous um to

1:22:44try and pull out from William Street

1:22:47onto West Street, either going east or

1:22:50west on West Street and even going

1:22:53across to continue on William Street.

1:22:57Um, it is just very hazardous and I

1:23:00actually will go through several parking

1:23:03lots to go around so that I don't have

1:23:07to pull out at that intersection because

1:23:09I myself have almost been hit there

1:23:12several times and it is just very

1:23:14dangerous.

1:23:16>> Thank you.

1:23:17>> Thank you.

1:23:18>> Thank you. We do have one more person

1:23:19raising their hands on Zoom to speaker

1:23:22phone number ending

1:23:24>> in 3900. You can please go ahead and

1:23:28press star six to unmute.

1:23:36Hello.

1:23:41Hello

1:23:44to here. You can see that uh they have

1:23:46unmuted but seems like they they're

1:23:48having issues with their microphone.

1:23:52>> Okay. Is that everybody?

1:23:54>> Uh yes, that's everyone.

1:23:56>> Commissioner Raleigh.

1:23:58>> Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, for an

1:23:59all-way stop like this, even even as the

1:24:02last caller mentioned, um even though

1:24:04it's just three legs of the intersection

1:24:06because of the one-way direction on

1:24:08William Street, uh it's still considered

1:24:10an all-way stop. And so there's a higher

1:24:13threshold that's established in the

1:24:15federal regulations um that apply as to

1:24:18whether that's an appropriate traffic

1:24:20control device or not for this location.

1:24:22Um we have completed the warrant

1:24:24assessment and it does not qualify based

1:24:27on vehicles. Um there's quite a bit of

1:24:31traffic on West Street, but there's not

1:24:33nearly as much on William Street. It's

1:24:36quite close looking at the accident

1:24:38history or the crash history. um doesn't

1:24:41appear to currently meet that warrant,

1:24:43but it's close enough that it's I think

1:24:45it's something we want to keep our eye

1:24:46on. Um and then the other one that there

1:24:51was some consideration given to were the

1:24:52the sight lines when you're on William

1:24:54Street trying to see oncoming traffic at

1:24:56both directions of of West Street. Um we

1:24:59think that is correctable by preventing

1:25:02people from parking within 20 ft of the

1:25:04intersection as they're already supposed

1:25:06to to not do. Um, so our first

1:25:08recommendation is at this location, we

1:25:11do recommend a chair's order for signage

1:25:14establishing the no park or reinforcing

1:25:16the no parking zones within 20 ft of the

1:25:18intersection.

1:25:19>> And that should help improve the view of

1:25:21oncoming traffic.

1:25:22>> We don't recommend uh an always stop at

1:25:26this time, but as I said, I think this

1:25:27is an intersection we want to keep our

1:25:29eye on. If we don't see the crash

1:25:31history improved there, it's might be

1:25:33something that's worth revisiting um and

1:25:36considering an always stop at a future

1:25:38time.

1:25:39>> Thank you.

1:25:40>> Um

1:25:42um councelor Hoa is raising his hand.

1:25:45>> Absolutely. Councelor,

1:25:47>> thank you uh Mr. Chairman. So yeah, I

1:25:49agree with uh councelor I'm sorry,

1:25:51commissioner Raleigh. I was going

1:25:53definitely I was going to ask about uh

1:25:55what what other things we can do. So

1:25:57hopefully the signage helps as well uh

1:25:59with the no parking if we can if we can

1:26:02add that. Um and then also one of my

1:26:05concerns about that is um there's a

1:26:08there's a school right down the street

1:26:09so it's very very close um to that

1:26:12intersection and there is a obviously

1:26:15you mentioned a sight line um so when

1:26:17you're coming up William Street um there

1:26:19is that potential of not seeing the the

1:26:22kids cross the street as well. So, I'm

1:26:25not sure if there's something else um if

1:26:27that was thought of in the in the um

1:26:30while you you know were doing some of

1:26:33the research in in in the area. Um can

1:26:35you allude to that at all

1:26:38>> through through the chair to the

1:26:39counselor? Yeah, I think this is

1:26:40something that will help that as well

1:26:42because it'll improve visibility of the

1:26:44crosswalk as you're approaching it from

1:26:45either of the streets. Um I actually was

1:26:49through that intersection earlier today

1:26:52um just to take one more look at it and

1:26:53there were cars parked right up like

1:26:55literally right up to the edge of the

1:26:56crosswalk. So it would make it very

1:26:58difficult to see someone particularly a

1:27:01school age child crossing um at that

1:27:04location. So this will help improve um

1:27:06those conditions as well.

1:27:10>> Okay. Thank you. Uh I really appreciate

1:27:12it. Uh like I said just being so close

1:27:14to to the schools. I just want to make

1:27:15sure you know that the kids can uh be

1:27:18able to get to school safely. Uh thank

1:27:20you.

1:27:21>> Thank you. So with that, we're going to

1:27:22move to father item and then I'll do a

1:27:24chair's order requesting installation of

1:27:26no parking anytime signs to reinforce

1:27:28the statutory 20 foot no parking anytime

1:27:31from an intersection on William Street

1:27:34and West Street. Roll call.

1:27:37>> Councelor Bada.

1:27:42>> No.

1:27:44Councelor O'Jada.

1:27:46>> Yes.

1:27:46>> And chair and councelor Rivera.

1:27:48>> Yes. Move on to 6B. Councelor Tony

1:27:53Economo on behalf of the residents of

1:27:54Valley Hill Drive and Valley Hill Lane.

1:27:57Request installation of three-way stop

1:27:59signs with stop bars at the intersection

1:28:01of Valley Hill Drive and Valley Hill

1:28:03Lane in the interest of public safety.

1:28:06Name a residence, please. Yeah. Name a

1:28:08resident.

1:28:10>> Uh friend Nathan again. Worcester.

1:28:14And like I uh mentioned already in the

1:28:17previous item, I mean, you could

1:28:21probably make some justification for

1:28:22putting up some stop signs, but I think,

1:28:25you know, a three-way

1:28:27uh area or a four-way.

1:28:30Um,

1:28:32we have to start talking common sense,

1:28:35common sense, common sense, common

1:28:37sense. Uh, Mr. Chair.

1:28:41Uh, can I ask a question of the, uh,

1:28:45police officer here?

1:28:47>> Sure.

1:28:49Sergeant Cypro.

1:28:51>> Yes.

1:28:51>> All right.

1:28:54Sergeant, um, I I'm just curious

1:28:58and your experience as a police officer.

1:29:01I'm sure you're out on the streets a

1:29:02lot.

1:29:04Uh what do you think about these uh

1:29:06three and four-way uh stop signs uh that

1:29:11uh people are asking for? I would like

1:29:13to hear your input.

1:29:16So uh through the chair to the

1:29:19petitioner, the speaker um

1:29:21[clears throat]

1:29:23stop signs always slow traffic which is

1:29:24so very important in our city. It does

1:29:27uh uh

1:29:30which which is needed and with

1:29:32distracting drivers these days

1:29:35um and speeds sometimes [clears throat]

1:29:37in some of these roads. Having that stop

1:29:39sign uh is one way to slow and calm

1:29:44traffic amongst many other ways that our

1:29:46uh department of transportation mobility

1:29:48is trying to affect that uh through the

1:29:51vision zero method. So I find it to be

1:29:54effective. It may be inconvenient.

1:29:56People may think it's inconvenient, but

1:29:58it does help overall traffic safety uh

1:30:00within the city.

1:30:02>> Thank you, Commissioner Raleigh.

1:30:05>> Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

1:30:07So, um as was the case with the previous

1:30:10location, we conducted a a warrant uh

1:30:12analysis of um of this location as well.

1:30:15And I know one of the concerns on this

1:30:17street in particular is is speeding. Um

1:30:20we have treated Valley Hill Drive with

1:30:23is it two or three speed humps? Two two

1:30:25speed dumps um this year. So that's

1:30:28going to give us some data to analyze

1:30:30once we get into the winter and have

1:30:31some before and after data. Um and then

1:30:34we'll work with the uh district

1:30:36counselor in terms of potentially

1:30:37putting permanent speed humps there in

1:30:39the future. Um speed humps are for a

1:30:41residential street like this are an

1:30:43effective way to to help manage the

1:30:45speeds. There's some challenges on

1:30:47Valley Hill Drive because a lot of it's

1:30:49steep and we can only put them in

1:30:51locations that have sort of extended

1:30:53areas of under 8% grade. So, there's

1:30:57limited locations where we can put

1:30:58those. In terms of the all the way stop

1:31:02control, again, it's it's three stop

1:31:04signs, but that's considered always stop

1:31:05control. Um, it does not meet the the

1:31:09mandatory warrants um specified by the

1:31:12MTCD. So, the volumes out here are

1:31:14pretty light. Um, so it doesn't come

1:31:16close to meeting that warrant. There

1:31:18haven't been any um crashes that have

1:31:22been recorded at the location, so it

1:31:24doesn't meet the the crash history

1:31:26warrant. Sight lines are okay. I think

1:31:28what we really have is sort of a a

1:31:31traffic management issue at a lightly

1:31:33used intersection, so people aren't

1:31:35necessarily probably some issues with

1:31:38people running the existing stop sign on

1:31:40the side street, maybe taking those

1:31:42corners too fast. Um, so that's

1:31:44something we can put some thought into,

1:31:46but it doesn't meet any of the warrants

1:31:47for an allway stop. So, we have to

1:31:49recommend um not approving the request.

1:31:53>> Council Con.

1:31:55>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, I

1:31:58appreciate um the Department of

1:32:00Transportation Mobility's

1:32:02um input on this as well as Worester PD.

1:32:06Um, I can tell you this. Over the

1:32:08summer, I met with the neighbors up

1:32:09there, approximately 20, 25 of us, uh,

1:32:14meeting at one of the residents homes.

1:32:16We talked about the issues. Um, and even

1:32:20as we were standing there,

1:32:23people come in from Salsbury Street or

1:32:26up for the same purpose. They hit that

1:32:29hill and they just take off one way or

1:32:31the other. They're flying up the hill,

1:32:33they're flying down the hill. Um, I sat

1:32:36I went back and sat at the intersection

1:32:39of

1:32:41um, oh my god, it escapes me, the street

1:32:44that comes into Valley Hill there at the

1:32:46bottom. Um, just to see what's going on

1:32:49at that intersection and how um, these

1:32:53stop signs may be effective in that

1:32:55area. um people are rolling through or

1:32:59barely stopping at the stop sign um that

1:33:03is that is there now. Um if this isn't

1:33:06something that's allowable, what options

1:33:10are available to the residents in that

1:33:12in that in that street? Because it is

1:33:15like I said, we were there for about an

1:33:16hour just talking. You know, there were

1:33:19it was evident people were just flying

1:33:21down the hill, flying up the hill. Um

1:33:24something needs to happen. Commissioner

1:33:26Ali.

1:33:27>> So through the chair, I think um

1:33:29probably two different issues here. One

1:33:30is on Valley Hill Drive itself, we have

1:33:32a a speeding issue. Um so I think you

1:33:36know we'll want to assess the the speed

1:33:38hump data and then think about whether

1:33:40we have those deployed in the right

1:33:41places or whether there's some

1:33:43additional locations that might make

1:33:44sense in closer proximity to this

1:33:47intersection. Then with regard to to

1:33:49Valley Hill Lane, um which is the Pine

1:33:53Tree Drive kind of turns into that as it

1:33:54comes into the intersection. This is one

1:33:56of those classic intersections where it

1:33:58has a great big sweeping curve,

1:34:00>> right?

1:34:01>> So you're driving that and it just

1:34:02encourages you to just kind of keep

1:34:04flying around the corner there. Um

1:34:08we could look at this is a little bit

1:34:11longer term um potential project, but

1:34:14tightening that corner up. Something

1:34:16you'll typically see when we do a

1:34:17resurfacing project in the city now is

1:34:19when you have those big sweeping

1:34:21corners, they'll usually get tightened

1:34:22up to help sort of force traffic to slow

1:34:25down as they're making the turn.

1:34:27>> If I may interrupt, would that be

1:34:28something similar to um the intersection

1:34:31of Flag uh Flagree in front of the

1:34:34school and or at what you guys just did

1:34:37at Russell Street at the end of Russell

1:34:38as it approaches park. Um it used to

1:34:42just it was almost like a Y.

1:34:44>> Yep. And now you get a you get a bank

1:34:46left stop to take a to take a turn.

1:34:49>> Hit it at 90 degrees. Yeah, it' be

1:34:51something like something more like that.

1:34:53Um, typically we would do something like

1:34:55that at the next point where that street

1:34:57needs to be resurfaced. Um, I don't I'm

1:35:01just sort of looking at the uh the

1:35:04images here. Um, you know, it's starting

1:35:06to deteriorate, so it may not be all

1:35:09that far in the future. Um, another

1:35:11thing that strikes me that could be

1:35:13helpful here is get the painted stop bar

1:35:16in for the stop sign. It's always good

1:35:18on the side street. It's always good to

1:35:19reinforce that with a painted stop bar.

1:35:21And even though we don't put double

1:35:23yellows on lightly used residential

1:35:25streets, it may make sense for 50 feet

1:35:28or so here right at the intersection

1:35:30just to try to keep traffic on the

1:35:32correct side of the road, feeding it

1:35:34into where the stop sign is instead of

1:35:36them just kind of hugging that curb line

1:35:37and and going around the corner. So,

1:35:39those are things I would recommend

1:35:40looking at initially and then again

1:35:43having the follow-up conversation on

1:35:44speed humps once we have some more data

1:35:46on that.

1:35:47>> Well, I'd appreciate that and you know,

1:35:50maybe through a chairman's order ask for

1:35:52those two items to be implemented um at

1:35:55that intersection and I know the myself

1:35:58and the residents would welcome that

1:36:00conversation. I would always I wouldn't

1:36:02be doing my due diligence if I didn't

1:36:04ask for speed enforcement in that area

1:36:06as well. So thank you.

1:36:08>> Thank you. So uh you can do a follow

1:36:11item and then do a chairman in order. Oh

1:36:13wait, is there people online?

1:36:15>> We have one person raising their hands

1:36:17on Zoom.

1:36:17>> Okay, please Rachel Zovitz, you can go

1:36:20ahead and unmute.

1:36:25>> Hello. Good evening. Can you hear me?

1:36:28>> Yes.

1:36:30>> Thank you. Thank you all very much for

1:36:32your time and I want to thank our our

1:36:33council representative Economo for

1:36:35taking the time to meet with us. Um,

1:36:36Rachel Zelkowitz. I live on Valley Hill

1:36:38Drive uh with my family, an elderly um

1:36:41individual and my two-year-old daughter.

1:36:43So, I am very very concerned about the

1:36:45speeding that I see um that is is

1:36:48happening. I think it is um really

1:36:50deeply concerning. I think the speed

1:36:52bumps have been a welcome improvement,

1:36:55but we still see people absolutely just

1:36:57flying down um up and down that hill and

1:37:00it it really makes me deeply concerned.

1:37:02um have a number of kids that are living

1:37:04on the street um and it just does not

1:37:05feel safe to let the kids go out and and

1:37:07play and walk. And I worry myself um out

1:37:10walking as well. If the stop sign is is

1:37:14not if it doesn't meet the requirements

1:37:15for the three-way stop um then certainly

1:37:18exploring other options. Um I think the

1:37:20placement of the speed bumps has been a

1:37:22challenge because of the grade of the

1:37:23street. I think some other things that

1:37:25we had discussed at the meeting were

1:37:26possible like rumble strips or something

1:37:28else that could be um put on the street

1:37:30to slow people down because what's

1:37:32happening is is really deeply concerning

1:37:34and unsafe right now. Thank you all for

1:37:36your time. I appreciate it.

1:37:40>> Thank you. And that's all um that's

1:37:43who's raising their hands on Zoom.

1:37:45>> All right. Thank you. So uh um we're

1:37:47going to move to file the item and then

1:37:49also chair's order for some traffic

1:37:51comment measure in that area. Roll call.

1:37:53Councelor Bada.

1:37:55>> Yes.

1:37:56>> Councelor O'Hada.

1:37:58>> Yes.

1:37:58>> And Jefferson. Councelor Rivera.

1:38:01>> Yes. All right. We're going to be going

1:38:03through uh I'm going to go uh I should

1:38:07get out the way because we got 6F and

1:38:097A, but they come most related to so I'm

1:38:12going to go first 6 C which is mine.

1:38:15Council Jose request installation of

1:38:16stop sign on Wharton Street at this

1:38:19intersection with Inglewood Avenue.

1:38:21Anybody on this item?

1:38:27Name your residence, please.

1:38:30>> That one's fine.

1:38:31>> My name

1:38:33>> My name is Marie Legacy and I live at 48

1:38:37Englewood A and that address is within

1:38:41the block.

1:38:42>> Yes.

1:38:43>> Yeah. Go ahead. of Wharton Street and

1:38:46the next two Clive Street and um

1:38:49>> well the other ones are going to be uh

1:38:52Clive Street and Mentor with Mentor

1:38:54Street and then uh um Englewood AB add

1:38:58with Mentor Street

1:39:00>> and uh and then uh Main Street with

1:39:03Level Street.

1:39:04>> So my property is within that area.

1:39:08>> Okay.

1:39:09>> Um

1:39:09>> Sure.

1:39:10These are not the uh 6C is not my

1:39:14petition, but

1:39:15>> okay.

1:39:16>> U to put a stop sign on Wharton Street

1:39:20um I think might be a little excessive.

1:39:23It's a private road. There are no there

1:39:26are the sides of houses there, but there

1:39:30are no houses that face that street. Um

1:39:34it is a very short street um that comes

1:39:39uh from a a blend of streets. Um but it

1:39:45really comes down I think to what

1:39:48another resident said just down to

1:39:50common sense. You're coming you're

1:39:52coming you're you're coming into a a

1:39:55into a line of traffic. You're at the

1:39:58corner and I think it's just common

1:40:01sense that you stop there and you just

1:40:03it's like you're crossing the street.

1:40:05You just look. I don't think that that

1:40:07particular corner needs a stop sign. I

1:40:10think that's excessive.

1:40:11>> No problem. I just want to let you know

1:40:13that we have people who don't stop at

1:40:15stop signs.

1:40:16>> What's that?

1:40:17>> She said just so you know. I said we

1:40:18have people who don't even stop at stop.

1:40:20>> I know that. I know that.

1:40:22>> All right. I'm gonna have is nobody

1:40:23online. I'm have Commissioner Raleigh

1:40:25speak on this item.

1:40:26>> Yeah, Mr. Chair. So in this case, the

1:40:28proposal is just for a stop sign facing

1:40:30the the street that ends at that

1:40:32location. Um so

1:40:36um you know they are they are fairly

1:40:38lightly traveled streets as the the

1:40:40person who spoke on it noted. It's um

1:40:43the side streets really not um very

1:40:45long. It's just one block, but there is

1:40:46some cut through traffic that does does

1:40:48come down that street. Um so this

1:40:52warrantying this stop sign will be based

1:40:53on trying to communicate to people that

1:40:55the street essentially is ending at this

1:40:57cross street and to expect um cross

1:41:00traffic.

1:41:02It's a bit of a judgment call um in

1:41:04terms of whether it's necessary or not.

1:41:06It's my opinion is it's never a bad idea

1:41:09to have a stop sign uh at a cross street

1:41:11where that street clearly doesn't have

1:41:13the rightway because particularly a

1:41:15neighborhood like this where at night

1:41:16it's fairly dark. if you're not familiar

1:41:18with it, it may be um easy to get

1:41:21confused and not realize that you're

1:41:23coming upon a cross street that has the

1:41:25the rightway. So, I certainly wouldn't

1:41:27be opposed to adding a stop sign facing

1:41:29just Wharton Street at this location if

1:41:31that's something the committee was

1:41:33interested in doing.

1:41:34>> Yes. Um committee's interested in that

1:41:36and then you're going to be happy with

1:41:38the other ones. Uh so, you can hang on

1:41:40there because I know the other ones

1:41:42affect you as well. First, we're going

1:41:43to roll call approve this item.

1:41:46Councelor

1:41:49Bada.

1:41:55>> Yes.

1:41:56>> Councelor O'Hada and Chair and Council

1:41:58Rivera.

1:41:59>> Yes. Uh 6D, Council Z requestation of

1:42:02stop sign on Clive Street at his

1:42:04intersection with Mentor Street.

1:42:07>> Again, my name is Marie Legacy and I

1:42:10live at 48 and Gwood A. um Clive Street,

1:42:14excuse [clears throat] me, is um at that

1:42:17point it enters into

1:42:20um what would be like an invisible um

1:42:24rotary or roundabout. Uh there's

1:42:27Menthorne Street comes down into that

1:42:30area. Wharton Street comes into that

1:42:33area and then um

1:42:36Menthornne Street which extends further

1:42:39up to North Circuit A. So that

1:42:42particular corner of Clive Street and

1:42:45Menthorne

1:42:47does enter like a three or a four-way

1:42:50roadway. So I can see um I I did hear

1:42:55the uh the neighbor who or the neighbors

1:42:58who raised their concern

1:43:00um about uh about the stop sign for that

1:43:05area. It's preventative driving. You

1:43:09know, it would probably be helpful um

1:43:12especially since it gets into that busy

1:43:15little area.

1:43:17>> There's nobody online. Commissioner,

1:43:21we have one person raising their hands

1:43:23to speaker with phone number ending in

1:43:253900. You can go ahead and press star 9

1:43:29star six to unmute.

1:43:36>> Hello.

1:43:36>> Hi, my name is Steve Pup. Hello.

1:43:39>> Hello. Yes, we can hear you.

1:43:40>> My name is

1:43:42>> Okay. My name is Steve Paploski and I

1:43:44live at 19 Actton Street. And this is in

1:43:47relation to um John Folo's proposal. I'm

1:43:51sorry I got online late.

1:43:53>> Yeah. Can I comment about

1:43:55>> You've already heard this item, sir.

1:43:58>> All right. But can I comment about it in

1:44:00any case?

1:44:01>> Uh we're on to other items, sir. I'm

1:44:03sorry.

1:44:07>> All right. Thank you. Thank you.

1:44:10Anybody else online?

1:44:12>> Jud is no one knows raising their hands.

1:44:14>> Commissioner Ali. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

1:44:16We actually had an item on this um not

1:44:19too long ago as well. Um and it it is a

1:44:22a funny intersection geometry-wise.

1:44:25There's not um

1:44:29there's not a real obvious fix to the

1:44:31geometry until you get into moving curb

1:44:34lines and drainage structures and that

1:44:35kind of thing. So, you know, again, at

1:44:38some future point in time when these

1:44:39streets get resurfaced, that's when

1:44:41we're going to want to sit down and and

1:44:42think about how to make this look more

1:44:44like a traditional intersection. Um, but

1:44:48given the there's not really a crash

1:44:50history here, um, currently it it just

1:44:53doesn't justify that kind of work as a

1:44:56standalone project. Um, so our

1:44:58recommendation is to to go ahead and

1:45:00file this item. Um recognizing there's

1:45:03previously a chair's order requesting

1:45:05that we do develop a concept plan so

1:45:08that at some future time when the street

1:45:09is resurfaced that could be implemented

1:45:11as part of the plan.

1:45:12>> Sounds good. Move to father item roll

1:45:14call.

1:45:16>> Councelor Bado.

1:45:20>> Yes.

1:45:20>> Councelor O'Hada and chair chairperson

1:45:23councelor Vera.

1:45:24>> Yes. Succeed. Council requestation of

1:45:27stop sign on Inglewood A at his

1:45:29intersection with Mentor Street.

1:45:32Again, my name is Marie Legacy. I live

1:45:34at 48 Enorav.

1:45:36Uh, this request uh was actually made um

1:45:41by my husband. Um, and it's an effort to

1:45:45try to slow down the traffic on

1:45:48Menthornne Street um that was paved in

1:45:52the recent past. And so now it's become

1:45:55a very um very smooth road that just uh

1:46:00allows or invites uh faster driving um

1:46:05from

1:46:07um from the top of North Circuit and

1:46:11driving across Anglewood and then going

1:46:15onto Menthornne Street that you can pick

1:46:18up some speed there and there are a few

1:46:21hidden driveways. Um so with that speed

1:46:25and the hidden driveways um there is

1:46:28potential for um some problems there but

1:46:32it is uh the effort of trying to slow

1:46:36down some of the traffic some of the

1:46:38speeding on Menthornne Street. The

1:46:40street is pretty lengthy and especially

1:46:43coming down or extending onto North

1:46:46Circuit A. It's a it's a clear

1:46:49straightaway. It is it is um a pretty

1:46:52pretty nice place to practice your fast

1:46:56driving.

1:46:57>> Thank you. Is anybody online?

1:46:59>> Chair is no one raising their hand.

1:47:01>> Commissioner Rally.

1:47:03>> I have to admit, Mr. Chair, that I I've

1:47:05been guilty of riding my bike faster

1:47:07than I should have through there. Um

1:47:09probably. But um the uh so we did the

1:47:13warrant analysis here. Again, always

1:47:15stop requires that higher level of

1:47:18scrutiny and and um this location

1:47:20doesn't have the traffic volumes or the

1:47:22crash history to to meet the warrants.

1:47:24We check the site distances. They're um

1:47:27a little bit compromised, but it still

1:47:29meets the requirements for the um the

1:47:31observed speeds there. Uh just kind of

1:47:35thinking here in terms of this is this

1:47:38is one of the tricky things about always

1:47:40stops because as Sergeant Cypro said

1:47:42earlier, we know they do have a positive

1:47:44effect on um travel speeds in

1:47:48neighborhoods where we're trying to

1:47:49trying to address those,

1:47:52but the standards also specifically

1:47:55call out and prevent us from using it

1:47:58for that purpose alone. So, we can't

1:48:02justify their installation unless it

1:48:04meets one of the volume warrants or the

1:48:06crash warrants or um then there's a a

1:48:09series of warrants related to sort of

1:48:11unique geometric conditions there. Um

1:48:15so, this doesn't meet that and we

1:48:16therefore can't recommend the always

1:48:18stop. Um, I do think that it may make

1:48:21sense and I I did not inventory the

1:48:25warning signs approaching that

1:48:26intersection, but there may be um some

1:48:29additional warning signs we can put

1:48:31particularly in the kind of westbound to

1:48:33southbound direction where it's a

1:48:35straightaway and then you've got that

1:48:37sharp curve right before the

1:48:38intersection that might merit um either

1:48:42a a advanced curve sign or an

1:48:45intersection ahead sign. So, if you were

1:48:47interested in a chair's order requesting

1:48:48the DTM evaluate and install appropriate

1:48:51warning signs, we could certainly do

1:48:53that.

1:48:53>> Yes, definitely.

1:48:54>> And then, uh, the stop bar at the

1:48:57existing stop sign should be painted.

1:48:58So, we'll we'll do that as well.

1:49:00>> Perfect.

1:49:03And did you get that

1:49:05>> uh to chair? Yes. For the uh

1:49:09>> signs. Yes.

1:49:10>> Okay. So, we're going to move to father

1:49:12item and then you have the chair's

1:49:14order. Roll call. Councelor Bada.

1:49:17>> Yes.

1:49:18>> Councelor O'Hada and chairs and

1:49:20councelor Rivera.

1:49:21>> Yes. Uh

1:49:24this is 6F. Council Va requestation of

1:49:27stop sign at the intersection of Main

1:49:28Street and Level Street. Come on up,

1:49:31please. Name and residence.

1:49:37>> Good evening. My name is an Naponan

1:49:41Singer. I reside at 133 May Street,

1:49:47170 feet from the intersection um that

1:49:51is proposed in this petition. I am on

1:49:55the south side. There are serious safety

1:50:00concerns um not just regulating speed.

1:50:05Okay. So of the coming from um a heavy

1:50:11trafficked area, one from the west side,

1:50:15the tatnic, you only have five streets

1:50:19that are going to bring you down to

1:50:21Route 9, Park Avenue. Main Street has

1:50:25picked up in its volume of traffic by

1:50:29virtue of the um student campus housing

1:50:34at Worcester State.

1:50:36for always for Main Street School.

1:50:40Um then you have the Fairlon

1:50:43Rehabilitation Hospital. You have

1:50:45medical offices in front of that. You

1:50:49then come down to a wooded area. Okay.

1:50:54And what happens in addition to the you

1:50:58add the traffic, okay, which has again

1:51:03disproportionately

1:51:04become larger. The construction of the

1:51:08road on May Street is such that coming

1:51:12from the west side traveling down to the

1:51:16east side to Park Avenue, you are on in

1:51:20um you're declining. So you start off on

1:51:25um from June straight down in a decline

1:51:29by the by the um pitch of the road, the

1:51:34construction of the road, you will

1:51:36naturally as a resident for 55 years

1:51:39driving 50 of those, you will naturally

1:51:43pick up speed. Okay, as you go ahead and

1:51:48go down the decline,

1:51:50throwing in the curve at that

1:51:53intersection right there, literally

1:51:55throwing in the curve because it bends

1:51:58and it is not apparent as you're coming

1:52:02down from Tatnik Square west to east to

1:52:07Park Avenue. You become aware of this

1:52:10curve pretty close to that intersection

1:52:14and you have to a lot of drivers have to

1:52:18go ahead and make quick adjustments

1:52:20because they couldn't assess. And what

1:52:24is um tends to to confuse them is you've

1:52:28got a wooded area. You've got you've got

1:52:32um and you're thinking, okay, this is

1:52:34this is, you know, just woods and you

1:52:37can kind of it it almost lends itself to

1:52:40accelerating almost. It's like, well,

1:52:42there's only houses on this side, the

1:52:44south side, and and and so that is also

1:52:48happening.

1:52:50The curve and the speed and the volume

1:52:53of traffic. When you get to that

1:52:56intersection, you have the last

1:52:58challenge, which is a smaller narrow

1:53:02road, level street, which most people

1:53:04would assess to be a small crossroad.

1:53:08Okay? So, you all of us on traveling on

1:53:13Main Street, any driver, this is a

1:53:16thoroughare, I will always have the

1:53:18right of way. They will have to there's

1:53:21a stop sign there already. They will

1:53:23have to stop. What they don't understand

1:53:26is anyone coming from Park Avenue uh

1:53:29Route 9 using that as a as a cut over

1:53:33which is very very much done. Okay. If

1:53:37you want to go to Tatnik, if you want to

1:53:39go over to the um Newton Square, if you

1:53:42want to go over, this is the way I do it

1:53:45all the time myself.

1:53:47>> Yes. Okay. you you will eliminate a good

1:53:51number of lights on Park Avenue. Okay?

1:53:56And and so everyone does that. So this

1:53:59small little thoroughfare narrow road

1:54:02becomes a very big thoroughare

1:54:07not a crossroad. So ch next part of that

1:54:11challenge is you have woods at your stop

1:54:15sign there on the south side. You will

1:54:18stop there and only the car at the stop

1:54:21sign will be able to look up to the

1:54:23street to the west and see cars coming

1:54:27down. Okay? So, car number two, number

1:54:31three, number four has no preparation.

1:54:34Car number one at the stop sign has a

1:54:37little roll out. We all know that roll

1:54:39out is not legal. But when you have big

1:54:42thick trunk trees and wooded area for

1:54:46the property belonging to Clark

1:54:48University and there's been no attempt

1:54:52to try to take the forestation and cut

1:54:55it down. You almost have to roll out a

1:54:58little bit. A driver estimates and

1:55:02guesstimates how much they have to roll

1:55:04out. So what normally you would think

1:55:06would be a small fender bender if if if

1:55:09the guess is wrong becomes a major

1:55:13collision with parts almost up to the

1:55:16windshield on on on cars both May Street

1:55:20and Levelvel Street. That is a dangerous

1:55:22roll out. It's a dangerous gueststimate

1:55:26and people coming down from again the

1:55:28west to the east on May Street. They do

1:55:31not necessarily break because we have

1:55:34the right of way and the curve will make

1:55:37them slam on their brakes. So thieves

1:55:40roll out cars from Level Street, look up

1:55:42and when they do see a breaking, they're

1:55:45like, "Oh, are they breaking to let me

1:55:47out? Oh, I'm going to estimate the

1:55:50distance I can make it." And I can tell

1:55:54you more often than not they don't get

1:55:58they do not make a correct estimation.

1:56:02We are talking about the kinds of

1:56:05accidents at a four at a four-way

1:56:08intersection that is re in the 55 years

1:56:11is multiple fatalities,

1:56:15multiple

1:56:17serious injuries, including the

1:56:19gentleman that was in my driveway 25 ft

1:56:22up making that curve coming down Main

1:56:25Street.

1:56:26EMTs at the time they took him away

1:56:28didn't think that he would survive. I I

1:56:30never did find out what what would

1:56:32happen. If they do make it around that

1:56:34corner and they have accelerated and and

1:56:37or haven't decelerated, I should say in

1:56:40terms of their speed, there's rollovers.

1:56:42So on the north side of Main Street, we

1:56:46have had cars end to end standing up on

1:56:49porches. We have had bushes and

1:56:51shrubbery. There's a guard rail at that

1:56:54very intersection on the south side of

1:56:56Main Street because they've been hit so

1:56:59many times. There is far too many loss

1:57:03of lives, serious injuries. And now it

1:57:06has become more and more of a walking

1:57:09area. Walking to the Big Y, walking to

1:57:13Beaverbrook Park, which is just Main

1:57:17Street right off of May. coming down

1:57:19Worcester State, the students are going

1:57:21to go to Park Avenue. So, put all of

1:57:25that together, and I would not, and I'm

1:57:28I'm saying this, I'm not really

1:57:30overstating it, you have a catastrophic

1:57:34safety issue. of every petition that

1:57:37I've been reading tonight, I I granted I

1:57:40am biased, but this is probably one of

1:57:43the more important ones that is being

1:57:45presented into the council and I would

1:57:49ask you to please give it serious

1:57:51consideration because we need to be able

1:57:55to offset the construction, the traffic

1:57:59volume, the speed, and those three

1:58:02things are very critical. And it's just

1:58:05getting worse. I I have $6,000 on a

1:58:10backend uh bumper right now just pulling

1:58:13out of the driveway. So from Level

1:58:15Street down to Beaverbrook,

1:58:18the only way all of we owning houses is

1:58:21to back out onto May Street because

1:58:24we're landlocked

1:58:26up, you know, heading towards the

1:58:28Columbus Park area. So that that makes

1:58:31it even more dangerous. I thank you for

1:58:34your time.

1:58:34>> Thank you for your time. Do we have

1:58:36everybody online?

1:58:37>> Two. There's no one raising their hand.

1:58:39>> Commissioner Raleigh.

1:58:41>> Mr. Chair, as as was just stated, this

1:58:44is a location that um has a number of

1:58:47serious concerns. Um it's both streets

1:58:50actually carry a significant amount of

1:58:52traffic. Um May Street has seen it its

1:58:55traffic volume grow quite a bit, but so

1:58:56is Level Street. I was actually just

1:58:58looking on Google Maps and there's a

1:58:59pretty long backup on Level Street right

1:59:01now. people trying to turn on and off.

1:59:04Um,

1:59:06this uh this intersection was actually

1:59:09studied uh a year and a half ago,

1:59:12>> I want to say about a year and a half

1:59:13ago. Um, and we did the warrant analysis

1:59:15at that time and it meets meets the

1:59:17warrants going off of memory here, I

1:59:19believe, for both crashes and for the

1:59:20traffic volume. So, it meets two of the

1:59:22warrants, probably meets the site

1:59:23distance warrant as well. Um, and we did

1:59:26recommend approval at that time and it

1:59:28actually was ordained. So, there is a

1:59:29four-way stop here that's ordained

1:59:32because of the location on a busy

1:59:34arterial with the the bend in the

1:59:36arterial as was described. Um, we

1:59:39recognized that we couldn't just go and

1:59:41put couple of stop signs up and and walk

1:59:44away from it because people were not

1:59:45going to expect this to be a new

1:59:47four-way stop. It really does merit the

1:59:50lighted stop signs like you've seen

1:59:51start to appear at major intersections

1:59:53around the city as well as some advanced

1:59:56warning um signs. We applied for that

2:00:00equipment through the grant program with

2:00:01Mass DOT that's also funded the other

2:00:03recent always stop intersections and we

2:00:06were awarded that set and recently took

2:00:08delivery of it. So that will no action

2:00:10needed by the council. The item can be

2:00:12filed um because it has already been

2:00:14ordained. Now that the equipment's been

2:00:16received, it will uh will be going in.

2:00:19It may not go in until spring at this

2:00:20point because we got it a little bit too

2:00:22late to probably get the whole

2:00:24installation in before fall. But in

2:00:26addition to um lighted stop signs, there

2:00:29will be advanced warning signs uh on

2:00:31both approaches as well. So drivers will

2:00:33get multiple points of information that

2:00:35there's an always stop ahead.

2:00:37>> That's music to my ear. So I'm move to

2:00:39file the item. Roll call. Councelor

2:00:41Bado.

2:00:43Councelor

2:00:47Bada.

2:00:52>> Yes.

2:00:53>> Councelor O'Jada and chairs and

2:00:55councelor Vera.

2:00:56>> Yes. Um, thank you very much.

2:01:00All right. So, I'm just going to do this

2:01:02last six and before we get into the back

2:01:04to the out of order of stuff like that.

2:01:066G. Councelor Sajimitra request

2:01:08installation of a stop sign on Venus

2:01:10Drive at his intersection with Westport

2:01:13Road. Uh, anybody online for that?

2:01:16>> To ensure there's no one raising their

2:01:17hands.

2:01:17>> Commissioner Raleigh.

2:01:18>> Yeah, Mr. Chair. So, this is another um

2:01:21case where the the road terminates at

2:01:23the at the intersection. So, just

2:01:25helping to convey that to the driver.

2:01:27Um, I know in talking with the district

2:01:28counselor, he's spoken with some

2:01:30residents out there who are concerned

2:01:31about people kind of whipping around

2:01:32that corner right now. Um, so this would

2:01:35address that by putting the stop sign at

2:01:37the terminal into that key intersection.

2:01:39>> We move to approve the item. Roll call.

2:01:42>> Councelor Balada.

2:01:44>> Yes.

2:01:45>> Councelor O'Hara and Chair. Councelor

2:01:47Rivera.

2:01:48>> Yes. I move on to 7A. Uh, Diana Mora

2:01:52request installation of 1hour parking in

2:01:54front of 326 Shberry Street. Uh, come on

2:01:58up.

2:02:03She can speak Spanish.

2:02:11Yeah.

2:02:17>> The main reason of this petition is

2:02:18because it's affecting her business and

2:02:20and she's the petitioner and stuff right

2:02:23there.

2:02:24Um

2:02:26>> Okay. Um

2:02:37There's no sign and people some people

2:02:39park there days, weeks. Yeah. They leave

2:02:43their cars there.

2:02:51>> She said there's been a car there since

2:02:52June parked there. Black cars parked

2:02:55there every day.

2:02:56>> Um

2:03:00Yeah. And it's harder in the winter time

2:03:02to clean.

2:03:03>> Um,

2:03:13is there anybody online? I don't know if

2:03:14uh Council wants to speak on this item.

2:03:19>> I'm just looking up on the the street

2:03:20mark. Yeah.

2:03:21>> Gotcha.

2:03:22>> I think that might be helpful.

2:03:24>> All right. Commissioner Raleigh.

2:03:27Mr. Chair, so in um evaluating this

2:03:30petition, we learned that it actually

2:03:33should be one hour already. Um not sure

2:03:36why it's not signed that way. Um but we

2:03:39went ahead and put a work order in to to

2:03:42get um to get the appropriate signage up

2:03:44for that. So

2:03:46>> should be should be addressed shortly,

2:03:47but the item itself can be filed.

2:03:58Mr. Chair, that'll extend from the

2:04:00driveway um back to the intersection at

2:04:04Laia Street. So that whole

2:04:08block Okay.

2:04:11All right. So we're going to move to

2:04:12file this item. Roll call.

2:04:13>> Councelor Bada.

2:04:15>> Yes.

2:04:15>> Councelor O'Hara and chairs and

2:04:17councelor Rivera.

2:04:18>> Yes. Moving on to 8A truck ban

2:04:21petitions. Councelor Tony Economo on

2:04:23behalf of Bill Hurley requestation of

2:04:26not a truck route signage at the

2:04:28intersection of West Chester Street and

2:04:30Chester Street.

2:04:32Councelor Econom

2:04:36as it reads Mr. Chairman I think further

2:04:38down to I think we talked about this

2:04:40before at another meeting um there and I

2:04:44think at Grove and Chester true I think

2:04:46was on uh further down the agenda as

2:04:48well. So AB council Tony Konamo on

2:04:50behalf of Bill Hurley request solation

2:04:51of not a truck route signage at the

2:04:53intersection of Chester Street and Grove

2:04:55Street. Is that the one you're talking

2:04:57about?

2:04:58>> Yes. And I just I just want to be clear

2:05:01um it's happened multiple times where

2:05:04flatbeds will try to navigate up

2:05:06Westchester Street and they they get

2:05:08stuck. They can't make the S turns up

2:05:10there. So um this would be very helpful.

2:05:13>> Commissioner Raleigh.

2:05:15>> Mr. Mr. Chair, we do recommend approval

2:05:16on both of these items. Um, I did want

2:05:19to just note that they're not actual

2:05:21truck uh prohibitions. We know from the

2:05:24the amount of use out there that they

2:05:26won't qualify for a an actual enforcable

2:05:29ban, but this is a type of sign we can

2:05:32post to convey information to truck

2:05:34drivers that it's not an appropriate

2:05:36street for them to to navigate on.

2:05:39>> Yes, Council Econom,

2:05:40>> if I may just ask a question to through

2:05:42the chair to the commissioner. Uh is

2:05:44there what's the process for like

2:05:47notifying like Google maps or ways or

2:05:49any truck mapping company? Is there is

2:05:53there a method to that? There is um one

2:05:56of the departments and I'm forgetting

2:05:58which one it is but we will communicate

2:06:00it. Um I think it's emergency

2:06:01communications or or tech. Yeah, it

2:06:04might be tech services. Um has

2:06:06established relationships with them to

2:06:08convey this information. Sometimes they

2:06:12incorporate it, sometimes they don't.

2:06:14Um, but we do we do make an effort to

2:06:16convey it.

2:06:17>> I just didn't know if there was if there

2:06:18was such a thing, but thank you. I

2:06:20appreciate all your help.

2:06:21>> All right. Thank you. Um, move to uh

2:06:25approve both of those items. Roll call.

2:06:27AAB.

2:06:29>> Councelor Bada.

2:06:31>> Yes.

2:06:32>> Councelor O'Hada and Chair. Councelor

2:06:34Rivera.

2:06:35>> Okay. Okay, I'm going to move on to real

2:06:37quick to 14B.

2:06:41Let me find it right here.

2:06:45Here we go. Um, Michelle Murphy requests

2:06:49a traffic calming study be conducted in

2:06:52the vicinity of Abdorp Street,

2:06:55specifically looking at issues related

2:06:57to speeding.

2:06:59Name your residence.

2:07:00>> Yes, I'm Michelle Murphy. I live at 56

2:07:03Apporp Street and I wondered in the

2:07:05interest of time if it was possible to

2:07:06understand the recommendation before I

2:07:08make my speech and before the others

2:07:11speak so we can speed things along if we

2:07:13can.

2:07:14>> If you want to know the recommendation

2:07:16that's great, Commissioner Raleigh,

2:07:18>> I'd be happy to. I just need to find it

2:07:20in my Oh, here we go.

2:07:21>> Sorry.

2:07:22>> Um, so we we did conduct a study on the

2:07:25street to understand the traffic volume

2:07:27and speeds. Um, there's about 960

2:07:30vehicles a day that use the street. So,

2:07:32that's starting to get busier for a

2:07:35residential street. It's it's still

2:07:37within the range you expect to see on a

2:07:39local street, but it's it's starting to

2:07:42get busier. Um, when Tyson Road was

2:07:45converted to oneway traffic about a year

2:07:47and a half ago, there was an uptick in

2:07:49traffic on um, ABTH, which is parallel

2:07:53to it. So, it's not terribly surprising

2:07:55it happened. Um, looks like about a

2:07:58third of the traffic that was shifted

2:08:01off of Tyson Road ended up probably

2:08:02going down to Appar. Um, the average

2:08:07speed in the street is 24 miles per

2:08:09hour, which at face value sounds okay.

2:08:11It's right around the speed limit, but

2:08:12Apporp doesn't have sidewalks, pretty

2:08:16narrow street, cars parked on it. So,

2:08:18that's

2:08:19really starting to get a little bit

2:08:21uncomfortable on that type of street.

2:08:22And then the 85th percentile speed is 29

2:08:25mph. So that's you know comfortably

2:08:28above the applicable speed limit. Um

2:08:32the uh you know it's an obvious and

2:08:37commonly used connection between Burnut

2:08:39Street and West Boilston Street. Um,

2:08:43one one thought that came to mind and

2:08:45it's not really necessarily um

2:08:47immediately pertinent to this, but that

2:08:49this is a street that in the future at

2:08:51some point if it gets resurfaced, I

2:08:53think something we'll want to talk with

2:08:55DPW and the neighborhood about is

2:08:56whether it does make sense to get

2:08:58sidewalks on at least one side of the

2:08:59street so it's safer for pedestrians to

2:09:01to walk there. Um,

2:09:05in terms of trafficcoming, you know, I

2:09:07think this is one that should be added

2:09:09to this the speed hump candidate list.

2:09:12People have very mixed opinions about

2:09:14speed humps, but they're really

2:09:15effective way to address speeding on

2:09:17residential streets. I know parts of AP

2:09:19Thorp are steeper, however. So, we'd

2:09:21have to look at where we have grades

2:09:23that are less than 8% uh as potential

2:09:26candidates, but that's that's really the

2:09:29uh the thing that jumps out at me is

2:09:30probably the the first thing you'd want

2:09:32to try um is to to look at speed humps

2:09:35there. So, knowing now his

2:09:38recommendations and my chair's order,

2:09:40then I'm going to ask for a speed hump

2:09:42um candidate list chairway. So I wonder

2:09:46there was a an issue I think on one of

2:09:48your previous meetings where someone

2:09:50else on my street already requested

2:09:51speed humps. So do we know if that one

2:09:53was approved already?

2:09:54>> Okay. So if it's already on the pending

2:09:56list then we can look into that.

2:09:58>> So you're right. So uh wasn't included

2:10:00in this p. So we just wrapped up the

2:10:02last year's program and it wasn't part

2:10:04of that program. Have not selected next

2:10:06year's program. That'll be something we

2:10:07do over the winter but we'll ensure

2:10:09either way that it's on the candidate

2:10:10list. So that's one of the ones that

2:10:12that we evaluate and talk with the

2:10:14district counselor about.

2:10:16>> Okay. So in terms of timing, what are we

2:10:17looking at for an actual change?

2:10:20>> The um the program will be identified

2:10:23over the winter and then um typically we

2:10:26try to trial speed humps first. So we

2:10:29use the temporary speed humps um for a

2:10:31year or two just to see how that works

2:10:33and let the neighborhood sort of gauge,

2:10:36you know, how how effective they are and

2:10:38and how comfortable they are with them.

2:10:40Um those are generally installed uh end

2:10:45of May. We like to do it a little bit

2:10:47sooner, but it also depends on how soon

2:10:49the street sweeping gets completed on

2:10:50the street in in spring. So it's kind of

2:10:53a mid to late spring um installation if

2:10:56it is selected.

2:10:57>> Okay. Thank you. Um can I ask if any my

2:11:00neighbors still want to speak?

2:11:01>> Absolutely. Yes.

2:11:04>> Hi there. My name is Michelle Cronin.

2:11:05I'm at 55 at Thorp Street. I just moved

2:11:07in in April. This street is very busy.

2:11:10The 29 mph average seems very surprising

2:11:12to me. I've watched trucks go barreling

2:11:15down the street. They knock out limbs

2:11:18from trees. There are children. There

2:11:19are dogs. There are no sidewalks as you

2:11:21noted before. It's very concerning.

2:11:24That's my petition.

2:11:26>> Thank you.

2:11:29>> I have um one of the homes or the last

2:11:32of the single family homes really on the

2:11:34street have been there since 1957.

2:11:37He says it's they've done a traffic

2:11:39study. I don't know when they go and do

2:11:41it or I'd like to know how it's done.

2:11:44Are they there for an hour? Are they

2:11:46there for a week? Are they looking at it

2:11:48all day long? Because I'm telling you,

2:11:5029 cannot be the average speed. It's

2:11:53just not. And the traffic that is coming

2:11:56from Tyson is doubled what we had

2:11:59before. Like I would really like to know

2:12:02how a traffic study is done because what

2:12:05we've seen happen over the years. I mean

2:12:07first APTOP got paved then they got 190

2:12:11and then all the building started all

2:12:13around it. All that traffic funnels

2:12:15through Apor Street. Everybody's traffic

2:12:18comes through and now Tyson was like the

2:12:21tipping point and they're just going to

2:12:23build more. It's going to still keep

2:12:26going. We got to stop it now. There's

2:12:28not even uh speed limit signs on the

2:12:30street. It says 30 still. There's a

2:12:33small sign that says children and it's

2:12:35way down the end. There's also another

2:12:36sign that says no trucks in the bushes

2:12:39that no truck can see. I mean there

2:12:42there's got to be other ways besides

2:12:44speed bumps. Can we not even just get

2:12:46one of those flashing signs, one of

2:12:48those uh speed limit things on wheels to

2:12:51tell people how fast they're going?

2:12:53Because he's right. It is a hill and

2:12:55that they come down in the flat right in

2:12:57front of my house and by then they're

2:12:58going 50. I swear I don't 29 just I

2:13:02don't I don't buy it. So could you

2:13:05explain to me how a traffic study is

2:13:07done?

2:13:07>> Commissioner Riley.

2:13:08>> Yeah. Through through the chair. So we

2:13:10subscribe to a service that gathers um

2:13:13data from connected vehicles and cell

2:13:15phones. And so this is collected 24

2:13:18hours a day all around the city. Um it's

2:13:21obviously a sample because not every

2:13:22vehicle is so equipped. Um but for

2:13:26speeds it's pretty good because all you

2:13:28need is a statistically significant

2:13:30sample. So um now admittedly that is the

2:13:33average speed over the entire length of

2:13:35the corridor. So that I don't doubt that

2:13:37there are places on the corridor where

2:13:39people are going faster than on other

2:13:41locations. Um it's pretty good with

2:13:44traffic volumes. It's especially good at

2:13:46relative changes in traffic volumes, and

2:13:48you just about nailed it in terms of

2:13:51guessing the uh the increase. It was

2:13:53about 45%.

2:13:54>> Yeah.

2:13:54>> When Tyson Road um went into effect, now

2:13:59a much greater share of traffic was

2:14:01shifted off of Tyson Road than was

2:14:03shifted onto this street and dispersed

2:14:04in several different um corridors. Um so

2:14:08we're looking at a total volume of

2:14:09around 960 still. Um, but in terms of

2:14:13controlling the speed, really the first

2:14:14thing we would look at doing is is speed

2:14:16humps. Um, we will go and check that

2:14:21there shouldn't be a 30 mph plaque out

2:14:23there still. So, if there is, we'll get

2:14:24that we'll get that removed.

2:14:26>> Um, most most streets do not have a

2:14:28speed limit sign. So, the 25 mile per

2:14:30hour applies citywide. So, rather than

2:14:33signing every single street in the city,

2:14:34there's just a a blanket speed limit

2:14:36that applies unless you see a sign that

2:14:38says something else. Um

2:14:41but uh certainly want to look at the 30

2:14:43mile per hour plaque that sounds like

2:14:45it's a a straggler and um take a look at

2:14:48the existing truck signage too if that's

2:14:51obscured by vegetation. We can put a

2:14:53work order in to have that vegetation

2:14:54cleared or the sign relocated. And maybe

2:14:57another thing for Google to tell the

2:14:59trucks they're not even supposed to be

2:15:00going down that street because Google is

2:15:02telling them this is the cut through now

2:15:05because you can't go down Tyson or you

2:15:07can't they don't want to go all the way

2:15:09around Burncoat to get to Route 12. I

2:15:12mean there's just a thousand cars on a

2:15:15small street like that. That doesn't

2:15:17seem like normal volume to me. I don't

2:15:20know. It used to be just a used to be a

2:15:22dirt road. And I don't want to give my

2:15:24age away, but that whole neighborhood

2:15:26was dirt. There is a still a dirt road

2:15:28behind us. Bee Street is still dirt. So

2:15:32even those people will go down appar to

2:15:35go to their house because they don't

2:15:36want to go down their dirt road. Now

2:15:39there's got to be something I I don't

2:15:41know if we can wait till May.

2:15:42Something's going to happen on that

2:15:44street. It's 50 feet wide. It is not a

2:15:47skinny street. So when they get going,

2:15:49we can park in the street and they can

2:15:51still get two by. It's it's a racetrack

2:15:54and it's dangerous and something's going

2:15:56to happen. Just like that other woman

2:15:58said, she thought she had the most

2:15:59important one. This one's going to come

2:16:01back to bite y'all for building all

2:16:04around us and then leaving just that one

2:16:06street to cut through.

2:16:08>> Um,

2:16:08>> thank you very much.

2:16:09>> Thank you. Um, Commissioner, if I can

2:16:11ask, when was the last time they did a

2:16:13traffic study in that area? I know you

2:16:15said they did it.

2:16:17So we collected this data for for this

2:16:19year. So this is this is current data.

2:16:21>> This is current data.

2:16:22>> Um we we could we could put one thing we

2:16:24could do is we could I think Sergeant

2:16:26Cra is probably thinking the same I am.

2:16:28So

2:16:29>> and I have called the police too. Called

2:16:30the police. Call I actually wrote to the

2:16:32mayor at one point. We used to know one

2:16:35of them. But

2:16:35>> help us out Sergeant Cypro.

2:16:37>> Yes. Uh through the through the chair to

2:16:40the petitioner. [clears throat] Um so I

2:16:42took my notes here. Uh so thank you for

2:16:44that. Um, so what I plan to do then is

2:16:47go back to our traffic division. I'm

2:16:49going to try to put up a poll traffic

2:16:51monitor, right? That then uh because

2:16:55they're all over I have three eyes that

2:16:56are all over the city,

2:16:57>> right?

2:16:58>> Um, and people just don't listen to

2:16:59Google uh because we have a lot of

2:17:01bridge strikes as you already know that

2:17:03tells them not to go this way anyways.

2:17:05Uh, so we do a lot with that. But I'll

2:17:06send up our traffic enforcement team uh

2:17:09our truck enforcement team up there

2:17:11periodically just to see if they see

2:17:13what that truck truck is uh truck

2:17:15enforcement will be and we'll conduct

2:17:17some speeding. So normally what we do is

2:17:19we put up a traffic monitor. We let the

2:17:21people know what that speed is for a

2:17:22period of time. We then get that

2:17:24information the same thing that the

2:17:25commissioner is talking about. That

2:17:27comes to us though uh and I think it

2:17:29goes to the commissioner also. Um and I

2:17:32can read it and it tells us what the

2:17:33speed limit is. And then after that

2:17:35period of time, we usually do it for a

2:17:36week or two. Um, and then we go then go

2:17:39up and do enforcement after that. Um, so

2:17:43just give me a little bit of time. Uh,

2:17:45and I will have some people up there.

2:17:47>> So you think you guys will be first

2:17:48before speed humps? Is that going to be

2:17:50>> more? Yes, absolutely.

2:17:53>> God bless you. Thank you so much. I just

2:17:56don't go between one and two. That is

2:17:57like the only time that

2:17:59>> you're not dating yourself. I grew up

2:18:00right on West Bison Street, [laughter]

2:18:02right across from St. Christopher. So, I

2:18:04know exactly I know exactly what you're

2:18:06talking about. That was my old paper

2:18:07route up there.

2:18:08>> Oh, I did the paper route. My gosh.

2:18:11[laughter] We probably have a lot in

2:18:12common.

2:18:13>> We do. All right, ma'am. Thank you.

2:18:15>> Thank you, Sergeant Cypro, for that. Oh,

2:18:17you got somebody online

2:18:18>> to Yes. to share to have a couple people

2:18:20online. Um, first speaker I can identify

2:18:24as Tim Kennedy. Please go ahead and

2:18:26unmute.

2:18:29>> Hi, can you hear me?

2:18:30>> Yes.

2:18:32Hi, uh, Timy Kennedy. I live at 31 at

2:18:35Thorp Street, which is, um, at the

2:18:38bottom of the hill. Um, so I, second,

2:18:41fifth, whatever it is at this point,

2:18:43what everyone is saying, and really

2:18:45would recommend that that speed monitor

2:18:47goes down towards my home. Um, because

2:18:50as they're saying, when people get down

2:18:51to the bottom of the hill, it is quite

2:18:54fast. Um, I have three young children

2:18:56who do have to walk in the street to get

2:18:58to their bus stop. So, I was very

2:19:00interested in what you had mentioned

2:19:01about um sidewalks and if there's any

2:19:03actions we could take to to put those

2:19:06forward. I think you had said

2:19:07resurfacing. It would have to wait until

2:19:09at least then, but I I encourage you to

2:19:12to consider that as well.

2:19:17>> Thank you. And the next speaker I can

2:19:19identify is Louise. Please go ahead and

2:19:22state your name and city of residence

2:19:24and you can begin your testimony.

2:19:27Hi. Um Louise, um Louise O'Neal, uh city

2:19:30of Worcester. Just wanted to call in uh

2:19:33former resident of uh App Thorp Street.

2:19:36And now with you know, up on Burn Coat,

2:19:40um still, you know, we have a

2:19:4114-month-old baby. Um growing up on the

2:19:44street, like they've said before,

2:19:46traffic has increased immensely. Um it's

2:19:49very busy. It's very dangerous. Um and

2:19:52sidewalk, speed humps would be

2:19:54absolutely welcomed. um for all of the

2:19:57residents in the area.

2:20:01>> Thank you.

2:20:02>> Thank you. And the next speaker I can

2:20:04invite is John Smith. Please go ahead

2:20:07and unmute.

2:20:11>> Hello. Can you hear me?

2:20:13>> Yes.

2:20:15>> Good evening. My name is John Smith. I

2:20:17live on 54 Appdorf Street. I just um

2:20:21want to piggy back off of everyone that

2:20:23said what uh they said previously. I

2:20:25just want to make sure that we know that

2:20:28there is a bus stop um and that bus stop

2:20:32is around the same time that the traffic

2:20:34does increase from 2 to 6:00 p.m. and

2:20:37the children come out of that bus stop

2:20:40and try to cross the street as we have

2:20:42speeding vehicles coming down the hill.

2:20:45Um, on several occasions I've been

2:20:47nearly hit by speeding vehicles while

2:20:49walking my dog and I'm [clears throat]

2:20:52very concerned about the children as

2:20:54they're waiting for their bus stop and

2:20:55that's on Doro and Ator Street. Um, we

2:20:58also have a lot of children on bikes and

2:21:01playing outside. So, I think this is uh

2:21:03very concerning.

2:21:06>> Thank you.

2:21:07>> Thank you. The next speaker I have I can

2:21:10identify is a phone number ending in

2:21:138862. Please go ahead and state your

2:21:16name and city of presence. You can be in

2:21:18testimony.

2:21:20>> Hello, this is uh Kevin Murphy, 56

2:21:23Athorp Street. I just want to say that I

2:21:25was shocked when I heard the 29 miles

2:21:27per hour. Like a lot of other people

2:21:29said, I've sat out there for days and I

2:21:31was going to say on the call before I

2:21:33heard those numbers that 90% of the

2:21:35people are going over 40 the time they

2:21:37hit that, you know, 56 55 EPO street

2:21:40down that hill. So that study through

2:21:42Google or whatever, I I understand it's

2:21:44an average, but there is no way. People

2:21:47are going 29 miles an hour down that

2:21:49road. It's so scary and it's dangerous

2:21:51for all the kids and people playing

2:21:53soccer next door. And uh like everyone

2:21:55else is saying, I appreciate you guys

2:21:58looking into it and hopefully get some

2:21:59speed pumps and and whatever else can

2:22:01happen because something's going to

2:22:03happen on that road.

2:22:05>> Thank you.

2:22:05>> Thank you.

2:22:06>> Cheers, J. That's all that we have for

2:22:09this item.

2:22:10>> All right. All right, with

2:22:10[clears throat] everything being said,

2:22:12uh um before I move to file the item, we

2:22:15already heard Sergeant Cypro is going to

2:22:16be taking care of some um traffic

2:22:19enforcement over there. I'm going to put

2:22:20a chair's order to add street speed hump

2:22:23um on the candidate list for this. And

2:22:25uh your council econom was here before

2:22:28we'll be putting a petition for

2:22:29sidewalks and stuff like that. Um move

2:22:31to further item. Roll call.

2:22:33>> Councelor Bado.

2:22:40Yes,

2:22:41>> councelor O'Hara and chairperson

2:22:43councelor Rivera.

2:22:44>> Yes,

2:22:45>> Mr. Chairman.

2:22:47>> Yes, go ahead.

2:22:48>> Uh, could we have some folks I was just

2:22:50notified we had some folks waiting

2:22:51online for 8C. Could we take that item

2:22:53next?

2:22:55>> 8C. Yeah. Um, we could I don't know if

2:22:58there's anybody here for that, but we'll

2:22:59find out because I took all the numbers

2:23:01that didn't come up. Councelor Robert

2:23:04Bot on behalf of Marissa Cruz

2:23:05requestation of a truck ban weight

2:23:08restriction um from the beginning of

2:23:10short drive at the intersection with

2:23:12Norton Drive to exclude trailer trucks

2:23:15from traveling on short drive. Anybody

2:23:17here on this item

2:23:20>> before u excuse me Mr. Chair if you

2:23:22could before we start I just there was I

2:23:24think there was an issue with the

2:23:25wording the language on this. Um, I I

2:23:30wanted to cuz the the original petition

2:23:33was for requesting uh DTM imposing

2:23:37vehicle restrictions

2:23:39uh on Holden on Holden Street from the

2:23:42beginning of Shore Drive to Grove

2:23:45Street. But then another individual, I

2:23:47think it happened on the floor of a

2:23:49council meeting, asked to start the the

2:23:51truck ban weight restriction at on on

2:23:54Holden Street, but at the intersection

2:23:57of Shore Drive.

2:24:00There was a little confusion on I was um

2:24:03hoping we could amend.

2:24:08>> Uh Mr. Mr. Chair, that sounds to me like

2:24:10it probably needs to be um a held and

2:24:14amended to get the extent right. That

2:24:16would Holden Street would make more

2:24:18sense to me because we looked at Shore

2:24:20Drive and it actually,

2:24:21>> you know, provides access into at least

2:24:24on the interchange end into the uh

2:24:26industrial area there. So, um, you know,

2:24:30I I hate that there's people that have

2:24:32been waiting online for this, but, um, I

2:24:35think it's probably important that we

2:24:36get it defined correctly before we get

2:24:39too deep into a conversation on it.

2:24:43>> Is there anybody else online for this?

2:24:45>> To chair, we do have two people raising

2:24:47their hands. Um, the first speaker I can

2:24:49advise, Marissa Cruz.

2:24:55>> Hello.

2:24:55>> Hello, Marissa. How are you? I'm good,

2:24:58thank you. How are all you doing? Good.

2:25:00>> I know it's been a long night.

2:25:02>> Um, thank you for um taking this uh

2:25:05call. Um, so I had um asked uh uh

2:25:08District 2 councelor uh Belada to on

2:25:12behalf

2:25:13of my neighbors to um put a restriction

2:25:18on trucks. Uh we're getting very large

2:25:22vehicles, trailer trucks, uh along with

2:25:26um you know heavy duty construction

2:25:29vehicles um coming through Holden Street

2:25:33and they they're speeding as you know

2:25:36we've had a traffic problem with

2:25:40speeding on Holden Street for quite a

2:25:42while now. Um, we did get uh the

2:25:45temporary speed pump put in last year

2:25:48and then again this year. We need to

2:25:50have more put in because it is a long

2:25:53street. And when these trucks, vehicles

2:25:56come in, they go flying over these um

2:25:59speed humps and you can actually feel

2:26:02the house shake when this happens. Um,

2:26:05so we have, you know, several concerns

2:26:08about traffic issues here, but this has

2:26:11been one that's just gotten a lot worse

2:26:13because we have become a cutth through

2:26:15street um for this the city. I think um

2:26:19people coming in from Holden, coming in

2:26:21off the Shore Drive and um and then the

2:26:24other issue too is that we are now a

2:26:27route for this Worcester public school

2:26:29buses which also come flying down Folden

2:26:32Street. um and the speed bumps really

2:26:35don't deter that. So we would like to

2:26:38have you know these large vehicles um

2:26:42restricted from coming onto Holden

2:26:45Street and when I had asked I had asked

2:26:47from you know coming from Shore Drive

2:26:50onto Holden Street down to Grove Street

2:26:53and I know that there wasn't this

2:26:54petition put in from Shore Drive which

2:26:57is an industrial area. Um again also

2:26:59having the um Amazon center there um has

2:27:04increased traffic and we just as a city

2:27:06grew so of course that has increase the

2:27:10traffic on Northern Street but

2:27:12especially a lot of commercial vehicles,

2:27:15trucks, construction and so on.

2:27:20>> Thank you.

2:27:22>> And the next speaker we have who's

2:27:24raising her hand is Susan Luring.

2:27:27Oh.

2:27:29Oh, no.

2:27:35Mute. Can you hear me?

2:27:37>> Yes.

2:27:38>> Okay. Um um

2:27:41>> we have spoken about this before. This

2:27:43has been brought to the council back in

2:27:45February 2025. um Stephen Royal

2:27:50um had the committee had said that they

2:27:53would look into it and they would study

2:27:56it and get back to us on this. Um I

2:28:00haven't heard anything.

2:28:03So I don't know what the study what

2:28:06became of the study. Um

2:28:10they had nothing has changed. So

2:28:14evidently nothing has been done.

2:28:17So I'm just stating the fact again that

2:28:19back in February 2025 this was already

2:28:21brought up and so it sounds like it's an

2:28:24issue still because other neighbors now

2:28:26are bringing it up. Thank you.

2:28:29>> Thank you

2:28:31Commissioner Raleigh.

2:28:34>> Yeah, thank you Mr. Chair. So um so

2:28:37Holden Street's a minor arterial which

2:28:38means it's pretty high on the hierarchy

2:28:41of streets in the city. And while it's

2:28:43residential in nature, that means that

2:28:45it does have a role in moving traffic

2:28:48not only locally but throughout the

2:28:50region as well. Um so it's a little bit

2:28:54different set of tools and options we

2:28:56have and um a higher bar to try to

2:29:01prohibit things like like trucks on a

2:29:03street like that because it's been

2:29:05officially designated as having that

2:29:07that role. Um, back when we last looked

2:29:12at this, there there were some

2:29:13recommendations that were made. Um, one

2:29:16was the the speed um tables, which

2:29:19there's two temporary speed tables on

2:29:20Holden Street. We'll have the

2:29:22conversation about whether those should

2:29:23go permanent um next year over the

2:29:26winter. Uh, I will say for the first

2:29:28time this year, we are testing permanent

2:29:31speed tables in the city. So, there's

2:29:32two that were recently installed on um

2:29:35Richmond and Flag Street and then um two

2:29:40also uh on why am I blinking?

2:29:43>> Malden Street. Actually, there's six

2:29:45then

2:29:46>> and three on Canterbury. So, seven in

2:29:48total. Um and these are more appropriate

2:29:52for uh a higher level street like a a

2:29:55minor archer or a collector street. So,

2:29:58that's going to give us some good

2:29:59experience in terms of testing how

2:30:01effective those are. Drivers can drive

2:30:03over them at a higher rate of speed than

2:30:05a a regular speed hump, but again,

2:30:07they're more appropriate on a street

2:30:08like this that carries 10,000 vehicles a

2:30:10day. Um the other recommendation that

2:30:14came out of that meeting was to stripe

2:30:18um edge lines on Holden Street. So, one

2:30:21of the issues that was noted currently

2:30:23is it's it's a pretty wide street. Um

2:30:26people don't really park on the street

2:30:28because it's just sort of the wrong

2:30:30width. If you park on the street, you

2:30:32kind of force traffic to go over the

2:30:34double yellow line.

2:30:36Um all the houses on this section of

2:30:38Holden Street have driveways. So it was

2:30:40um there was an order that was passed at

2:30:42that prior meeting to to paint edge

2:30:44lines and go ahead and designate those

2:30:46as bike lanes because that way the space

2:30:49is taken up by some other use. And then

2:30:51the visual narrowing of the roadway

2:30:52should help have a a modest effect on

2:30:54moderating speeds. Um and then in terms

2:30:57of a truck study, that's something we

2:30:59can certainly look at. um it is a high

2:31:03threshold in terms of meeting the the

2:31:05criteria to establish an actual uh truck

2:31:08ban and that does have to be approved by

2:31:10Mass DOT um after we demonstrate that

2:31:13there is sufficient truck traffic and

2:31:16sufficient impact and a suitable

2:31:18alternate route for for that traffic.

2:31:20So, um, you know, I think probably the

2:31:24best thing for this item is let's hold

2:31:26it, have a conversation with the

2:31:28district counselor just to make sure we

2:31:29get the parameters right in terms of

2:31:31what he would like us to look at. We can

2:31:34pull some additional updated preliminary

2:31:36data from the the um sources that we

2:31:40have uh to help inform that conversation

2:31:42when we come back then.

2:31:44>> Sounds good. All right. Uh, councelor

2:31:47Conamo, I mean, councelor Bala, do you

2:31:49want to speak for this item or you just

2:31:50good with holding it?

2:31:52>> I I just didn't know if it would would

2:31:55it be possible just to amend it here

2:31:57just to have it the truck van be on

2:31:59Holden Street from Short Drive to Grove

2:32:03Street.

2:32:05Commissioner Rally.

2:32:06>> Uh, I'll defer to the clerk's office,

2:32:08but my opinion would be no because the

2:32:11agenda item doesn't even identify Holden

2:32:14Street.

2:32:15>> All right. We have

2:32:18>> All right. So, we move to uh hold the

2:32:20item. Roll call.

2:32:23>> Councelor Bada.

2:32:25>> Yes.

2:32:26>> Councelor O'Hada and chairperson.

2:32:28Councelor Rivera.

2:32:29>> Yes. Move on to 9A. Winter P winter

2:32:32parking ban petitions. Paula Zette

2:32:34requests a permanent snowb on Hamilton

2:32:37Street from Harrington Way to Coburn

2:32:39Avenue be removed or be modified to only

2:32:42encompass being in effect from

2:32:44Harrington Way to Middle Sex Avenue.

2:32:48Mr. Lazot.

2:32:49>> Yes. Paul Lazot.

2:32:50>> Yes.

2:32:51>> Uh thank you for staying and hearing me.

2:32:54Uh gentlemen, just quick. I'm 73. Grew

2:32:58up on Grafton Hill. I lived uh Chrome

2:33:01Street to Almont A. I bought my first

2:33:02house and now I'm at 444 Hamilton. That

2:33:06block between Boston A and Middle Sex A

2:33:10right before the railroad bridge.

2:33:12There's two houses there and it's almost

2:33:15150 to 200 feet of straight parking. No

2:33:18driveways. Now, I've lived there and

2:33:20I've watched it. I used to when I was

2:33:23working had a van parked out there. I

2:33:25have a two family with usually two

2:33:26college kids on the top floor. uh one

2:33:30parks there occasionally but every night

2:33:33there is six to seven vehicles there

2:33:36including my son's truck now or his van

2:33:40every night uh four at least at any time

2:33:43I took a picture this morning I'm happy

2:33:45to show or leave you uh five cars at

2:33:488:30 are still there after the some went

2:33:51to work and at 4:30 today there was six

2:33:54cars there so here's what's up being

2:33:58there 21 years since 2005.

2:34:01I can tell you straightfaced, honest,

2:34:0498% of the time between November and

2:34:08April, there's no snow on Hamilton

2:34:10Street at all. And we scratch our heads

2:34:14and say this.

2:34:18Uh

2:34:21at this point, uh Boston A to the

2:34:24railroad bridge is now very crowded. I'm

2:34:28saying that in the last 21 years. I

2:34:30swear the city's been inundated with

2:34:32population explosions. Most of what I've

2:34:34heard for the last two hours is growing

2:34:37pains.

2:34:39Slow them down. Most all right. You know

2:34:41what I'm talking about. It's all over.

2:34:43Right now, we need those parking spots.

2:34:46When these five to seven vehicles are

2:34:48told in a few weeks, move, we got to

2:34:51walk two blocks usually not to tick

2:34:55someone off. Uh

2:34:59at this point uh I would have to walk

2:35:01down from my house on the corner of

2:35:03Boston to Middle Sex A and go up a few

2:35:07houses just to park a van if I had to.

2:35:09My son's going to be in that predicament

2:35:11short. He had to go to Middle Sex A for

2:35:14his his mirror truck. Uh he's a foreman

2:35:17there. But basically, uh

2:35:21Hamilton Street, it's like five lanes

2:35:23wide. There's two parking spots in each

2:35:26side. There's bicycle lanes. You get

2:35:28very wide street there. Then you have

2:35:30the y double yellow line in the middle.

2:35:33It's not that crowded for vehicles going

2:35:36by. Uh so I recommend just change it to

2:35:39the regular snow band. If that's a day

2:35:42or two, it gets all clean. Then you get

2:35:45guys like me that I I snow plow that

2:35:47whole street there and I make sure

2:35:49they're open to the street. We try to do

2:35:51our duty. Uh

2:35:55so in the last 21 years maybe there used

2:35:58to be three or four cars there at the

2:36:00most at night. There's now six to seven.

2:36:04These houses on the other side of Boston

2:36:06have their small houses and they're very

2:36:09crowded. I'm talking like five adults in

2:36:11a two-bedroom house and they each have a

2:36:14car. So I have no problem with people

2:36:17parking there. 200 feet there's plenty

2:36:19of room. Uh and we've worked it out. So

2:36:22there's like four casts from one house

2:36:23or two houses down there. No problem.

2:36:26But when the snow band comes, those

2:36:27people are going to come around the

2:36:28corner, take one of my student places.

2:36:31They're ticking off. Matt uh who lives

2:36:33on the corner of Boston who doesn't have

2:36:36a driveway. I have a driveway. So I I

2:36:38got a place to, you know, go to. But

2:36:41between my son, a tenant, and all these

2:36:43people coming there to park all summer

2:36:46long,

2:36:47I haven't seen a street cleaner like I

2:36:49used to in a couple of years because of

2:36:51all the neighboring cars that have gone

2:36:54there. I don't say anything. It is what

2:36:57it is. Maybe they they can clean the

2:37:00streets during the day for one hour when

2:37:02people are all at work. But anyway, this

2:37:05get up at 2 in the morning to go move

2:37:08your car if you forgot it and until 6 in

2:37:11the morning. That four hours, [snorts]

2:37:13that's crazy. I've been there 21 years,

2:37:16Grappton Hill all my life. There's no

2:37:18need for that anymore. That's like three

2:37:21decades ago thinking in my opinion. And

2:37:24the trucks now, the you know the snow

2:37:25plows and all that, they're better,

2:37:27stronger. So please get rid of this.

2:37:31What is it? permanent snow bear for five

2:37:34to six months. Imagine your house. You

2:37:36buy it. I moved from Elmo to 444

2:37:39Hamilton. You buy a two family. Looks

2:37:41good. And you find you can't even park

2:37:45out front. So there were times when I

2:37:48was working, I would park my van on

2:37:49Middle Sex A used to work at Rolling

2:37:51Business Machines, family business, but

2:37:53fine. I'd be in my shoes and have to

2:37:55walk back in the snow and stuff like

2:37:57that. Things like that or the rain. you

2:38:00just can't park there anymore. But

2:38:02again, if I say 98% of the time from

2:38:06November to April, there is no snow on

2:38:08the ground, cut back to 90 even,

2:38:12but it's really 98%. We watch it and we

2:38:14talk about it in our house. So, I don't

2:38:16want to hold you up much longer, guys,

2:38:18but and ma'am, but uh that's basically

2:38:24it. And there's only two of our houses

2:38:25there. the Generellis on the corner boss

2:38:28on Middle Sex Avenue and Lizard's over

2:38:30here on Boston Avenue. But let everybody

2:38:32park there. There could be 10 cars there

2:38:34if you wanted them, but typically six to

2:38:36seven every night. So I appeal to you.

2:38:39Give us a break. My taxes have gone from

2:38:432500 to 4500 or higher. Uh

2:38:48I'm just saying I'm paying more getting

2:38:50less. So that's my appeal. Please work

2:38:54it out. Council Fuller, I don't know if

2:38:56you want to speak on this item.

2:39:00>> I know the area well. Yes,

2:39:02>> gentleman makes a good point. It's very

2:39:04wide there. Uh it's not a question of

2:39:08even if we had a lot of snow that uh the

2:39:10vehicles are going to be uh uh you know

2:39:13in the way of oncoming traffic. There's

2:39:16plenty of space in that space from uh

2:39:20Commonwealth to the railroad bridge.

2:39:22Actually, it's just Boston A.

2:39:25>> But you're only asking Yeah, you're only

2:39:26asking Boston.

2:39:27>> Two houses worth

2:39:29>> Boston A to M East uh to Middle Sex A.

2:39:32>> It stops at Boston A.

2:39:34>> The people on that side, the railroad

2:39:36bridge, they cannot park in the front of

2:39:38their house. It's it's narrowed down to

2:39:41a bike lane. That's that curve there.

2:39:43That's a dangerous curve.

2:39:44>> Yeah. Yeah.

2:39:44>> So, there's no parking there. So,

2:39:46they're down here. That's fine. Uh,

2:39:50I could go on, but I won't late.

2:39:52[laughter]

2:39:52>> It's late, right? But, Mr. Chairman, if

2:39:55if it if it could if uh the U

2:39:58commissioner could consider that, I' I'd

2:40:00be in agreement with it.

2:40:02>> Thank you.

2:40:02>> Um, is anybody online?

2:40:04>> Chair is no one raising their hands.

2:40:06>> Commissioner Rally.

2:40:09>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, we did speak

2:40:11with DPW Street operations today. really

2:40:13defer to them on on you know matters of

2:40:16um managing the streets during the the

2:40:19winter operations since they're

2:40:20conducting all the snow removal. Um most

2:40:25of the major streets in the city have a

2:40:26a permanent ban on them and that's to

2:40:28help facilitate clearing the the street

2:40:30curb to curb. Um and it can be difficult

2:40:34for crews to clear when there are cars

2:40:37obviously parked on the street. So they

2:40:38they prefer to have that that permanent

2:40:40ban on streets like this. Uh DPW Streets

2:40:43did confirm to me that they would like

2:40:45the ban to remain in place as is. Um

2:40:48something I heard here [snorts] that's a

2:40:50little bit different than what the

2:40:51petition says. So the petition requested

2:40:53removing the ban completely. Um whereas

2:40:56I heard here the gentleman he might he

2:40:59might be amendable to uh to having a

2:41:02change from a permanent to a declared

2:41:04ban which would mean instead of every

2:41:06night it's only you know when you're

2:41:07have those snow events. So, we could

2:41:11potentially amend this and request that

2:41:13that block be changed to a declared ban

2:41:16and then I would ask uh DPW to actually

2:41:19then attend the meeting that's heard at

2:41:21so they could speak more directly about

2:41:23how that impacts their plow operations.

2:41:25>> So, do we need to do the same thing with

2:41:27this item like we did the item? Hold it,

2:41:28amend it, and

2:41:30>> yeah,

2:41:30>> sounds good. So, we're going to do that.

2:41:32We're going to we're going to work with

2:41:33you. We're going to

2:41:35>> Oh, wait. Councelor Bella, please go

2:41:37ahead.

2:41:37>> Yeah, thank you. No, I just I live

2:41:39around the corner and uh I think that

2:41:42the challenge is even

2:41:46now like over the years there's been

2:41:48more and more larger commercial vehicles

2:41:50parking on this residential uh street.

2:41:53Um it's really just not appropriate for

2:41:56to have this amount of large commercial

2:41:58vehicles parking on Hamilton Street um

2:42:01in this area. I know we've tried to to

2:42:03to you know uh take that on but again

2:42:06like if you for folks that are coming

2:42:08out of Boston a if there's

2:42:16>> juice seems like

2:42:17>> you know

2:42:19parking van I think it just makes sense

2:42:20to keep it there are some tough sight

2:42:22lines there and again all of I'll say

2:42:24just between Middle Sex and and Boston

2:42:27it's it's really hard to it's really

2:42:29hard to see oncoming traffic if you're

2:42:30coming out of Austin. So, it's just a

2:42:32concern I have, but uh it really makes

2:42:35sense to keep the the the winter band.

2:42:38Thank you,

2:42:39>> Mr. Mazette.

2:42:40>> There's there's uh trailer trucks that

2:42:44have been trying to park there and the

2:42:46police department has moved some like

2:42:48leaving their whole trailer there taking

2:42:51off. So, he's talking about the cabs of

2:42:53a truck. And there's one guy, one guy

2:42:57that's down closer to Middle Sex A that

2:42:59lives way up Austin A where the city has

2:43:02built like 50 houses,

2:43:0580 houses, five a year at least for 20

2:43:07years. That's why we got crowded. What

2:43:10he's talking about has got to be that

2:43:11one truck.

2:43:13He's talking about my son's truck in in

2:43:15the middle of the two houses where he

2:43:17parks.

2:43:19It's a box van. It's not one of these

2:43:22trailer trucks with the high wind.

2:43:24Also in the winter the city even puts

2:43:27the snow on the corner and I leave my

2:43:30house drive up boss nav the snow pile

2:43:33there does blocks view it's a part of

2:43:37life at b in my opinion with the snow in

2:43:40the winter again they pile it up I'm the

2:43:42guy that cleans the hydrant over there

2:43:45and calls sometimes saying they just

2:43:47blocked in my walkway that I dug through

2:43:49that pile thank you to help but I

2:43:53totally disagree with him. He doesn't

2:43:55live there. He doesn't see the seven

2:43:57vehicles. Six are always cars. And I'm

2:44:01not here just for my son.

2:44:02>> I live on Dallas Street. I see it every

2:44:04day. Excuse me, sir.

2:44:05>> There you go.

2:44:05>> I live on Dallas Street. I see

2:44:07>> seven at night.

2:44:10>> One second.

2:44:27Gotcha. All right. So, so basically we

2:44:30we're gonna because the way your

2:44:31petition is written a little different

2:44:34than the way you explained it. So, what

2:44:36we're going to do is we're going to hold

2:44:38it. Well, we're gonna ask to hold it um

2:44:40so we can uh um amend it so it can say

2:44:44from so we're going to remove the

2:44:46permanent but from go from permanent to

2:44:49declared emergency ban um from middle

2:44:53sex to um Boston is

2:44:56>> yes

2:44:57>> that's what I'm asking

2:44:58>> right

2:44:59>> all right so roll call on that

2:45:02>> please

2:45:04>> councelor Bada

2:45:07>> uh Oh,

2:45:08>> councelor uh O'Hara and chairperson

2:45:11councelor Rivera.

2:45:13>> Yes. So, what do we do?

2:45:14>> Um because we have like a tie. Um

2:45:20so, uh so the motion is denied because

2:45:23there's no um majority.

2:45:27>> Shut it down.

2:45:28>> So, so through through the chair, if I

2:45:30could to the clerk, what happens if

2:45:32there's not any action taken on an item?

2:45:37Uh I believe theoretically it would just

2:45:39like stay in the committee. It doesn't

2:45:42go.

2:45:55>> All right.

2:45:59>> Okay. So what was the sorry was the

2:46:00result of that?

2:46:02It's

2:46:04>> so then I would um consider the next

2:46:07choice you have would someone could you

2:46:09could make a motion to file it and take

2:46:11a vote on that and see if that passes.

2:46:13>> Okay. So we're just going to file the

2:46:15item. Roll call.

2:46:16>> Councelor Bada.

2:46:18>> Yes.

2:46:19>> Councelor O'Hada and chairperson

2:46:21councelor Vera.

2:46:22>> Yes.

2:46:24Okay. We're going to move on to 16 name

2:46:27miscellaneous petition of councelor

2:46:28Robert Bada and councelor John Folo

2:46:31requesting solation of Ballard's curb

2:46:34extensions andor another type of barrier

2:46:36on Hamilton Street from 96 Hamilton

2:46:38Street to its intersection with Fairmont

2:46:41Avenue. Anybody councelor Fzola want to

2:46:45speak on this item?

2:46:51>> Yes, Mr. Chairman through you. Um,

2:46:55Mr. Chairman, this intersection is uh

2:46:58very dangerous intersection.

2:47:01Uh back uh looks like almost a year ago,

2:47:07uh we filed a petition to uh put up no

2:47:10parking from Fairmont A maybe about 10

2:47:14or 12 feet uh back and there is a sign

2:47:18there and it says no parking from here

2:47:21to the corner. And uh unfortunately most

2:47:26times, especially at night when I go by,

2:47:28there's a car there. So, uh, I've talked

2:47:32to the chief about it. I've talked to

2:47:34the root call officer at the Grafton

2:47:37Hill Neighborhood Association to see if

2:47:39we could, uh,

2:47:41pound those cars that are there with

2:47:43with tickets. But until then, it's not

2:47:47working. And, um, I was wondering

2:47:50through you, Mr. Chairman, if it's

2:47:53possible uh through you to the

2:47:56commissioner, could we put two or three

2:47:59bullets in the area of where that uh no

2:48:04parking sign starts

2:48:07and uh toward the uh toward the uh

2:48:11curbing at Fairmont A and uh you know in

2:48:15the street. Is that is that allowable?

2:48:18that would obviously stop a car from

2:48:21parking there.

2:48:22>> Yeah. Through through the chair. So,

2:48:24that was our our thought as well. I

2:48:26think the longer term improvement here

2:48:27is to go ahead and construct an actual

2:48:30physical curb extension, you know,

2:48:31moving the curb out. Um, but in the

2:48:34interim, because we're having so much

2:48:36difficulty enforcing that no parking

2:48:38zone, the the quick thing to do is to

2:48:41get some flex posts in there. um

2:48:43probably take about four four or five

2:48:45flex posts to physically prevent people

2:48:48from parking there and keep those sight

2:48:49lines clearer than they are. Um you know

2:48:51the announce that we've collected the

2:48:53crash data and crashes are just they're

2:48:55going up. They're not going the right

2:48:56direction. I see that.

2:48:57>> So um we think it's it's warranted and

2:49:01would uh would recommend that.

2:49:03>> Okay, Mr. Chairman, quickly. I know it's

2:49:05late. Um through you to the

2:49:08commissioner. Commissioner,

2:49:10uh, I've been in contact and in

2:49:13discussion with many people and around

2:49:15that neighborhood. Is it possible I

2:49:18think we did it once before, but I

2:49:20wasn't in office then, so refresh my

2:49:23memory. Is it possible to change the

2:49:25direction of Fairmont A to go one way

2:49:28towards Grafton Street and make

2:49:31Ingleside A one way toward Hamilton

2:49:34Street to to just swap those two

2:49:36streets? Ingleside A at Hamilton Street

2:49:39is wide open and it's much uh more you

2:49:43know visible for for cars to come out of

2:49:46there and see the oncoming traffic and

2:49:49uh uh you know I think that that could

2:49:54be an answer but and and in in this case

2:49:56where uh you know we need obviously we

2:49:59need funding to uh to uh uh you know

2:50:03bring out those um I forget what you

2:50:06call them to the that jet out and make

2:50:09the uh area more safe. But uh I just

2:50:12asked that question, Mr. Chairman. Thank

2:50:14you.

2:50:15>> So, Mr. Chair, we could certainly take a

2:50:16look at that. We'd want to take a look

2:50:18at kind of the whole grid system to

2:50:20think about how that affects traffic

2:50:21flow, and I know we'd want to talk with

2:50:23the fire department as well because this

2:50:24is a a route they use to sort of get up

2:50:27to the Hamilton Street corridor and

2:50:29points north. So, we'd want to talk that

2:50:30through with them as well,

2:50:32>> but happy to entertain that if if there

2:50:34was a chair's order. um on that.

2:50:37>> Yes, I I'd like I'd like that, Mr.

2:50:40Chairman. I'm sorry, through you, Mr.

2:50:41Chairman. Uh if the fire department, you

2:50:44know, is obviously it's going to be

2:50:46factored in, they they'd only have to go

2:50:48one more street to Engleside to get back

2:50:50up to Hamilton. So, it's not like we're

2:50:52restricting them from it. Thank you, Mr.

2:50:54Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Commissioner.

2:50:56>> Thank you, Mr.

2:50:57>> Chairman. If you if you do that and the

2:50:58chairman's appela, do you want to speak

2:51:01on this item? No, I just appreciate uh

2:51:04everyone's, you know, input on this. It

2:51:07is a really dangerous intersection. I

2:51:08think the notes alone that DOT uh DTM,

2:51:11excuse me, has submitted here, you know,

2:51:13I think really uh point to that that you

2:51:16know what I mean. It is uh dangerous

2:51:18there. And again, I travel Hamilton

2:51:20Street several times a day and um there

2:51:23are often, you know, vehicles parked on

2:51:25Hamilton right at the corner there. And

2:51:27it is it's next to impossible to see

2:51:29cars coming out of Fairmont. So, we were

2:51:31hoping, you know, I think but yeah,

2:51:33agreement with the chairman's order, but

2:51:35I think having some type of ballers or

2:51:37something there would be helpful.

2:51:39>> Sounds good. Um, [clears throat] and did

2:51:41you get the other chairman's order about

2:51:42the streets

2:51:43>> to chair? So, the chairman orders would

2:51:45be for flex post in the interim.

2:51:49>> Yes.

2:51:50>> Thank you.

2:51:52from from the no parking sign to the

2:51:56curb of uh Fairmont, not beyond it

2:51:58because people do park there and and

2:52:01businesses need parking there. I just I

2:52:04just suggest just that.

2:52:05>> Yeah, there's no parking.

2:52:07>> We would only put Flex Post in to

2:52:08enforce the existing no parking zone.

2:52:11>> So, I think there's three chairs orders.

2:52:13There's flex post is an interim measure.

2:52:15There's curb extensions as a long-term

2:52:17measure pending funding. Yeah. Yeah.

2:52:19>> And then there was the request to look

2:52:21at the directionality of the streets.

2:52:23>> Yeah.

2:52:25>> Thank you. I've got it.

2:52:27>> All right. So, we're going to move to

2:52:29approve the item. Roll call.

2:52:31>> Okay. Councelor Bada.

2:52:34>> Yes.

2:52:34>> Councelor O'Hara and chairperson.

2:52:36Councelor Ria.

2:52:38>> Yes. Move on to might as well take care

2:52:41of it. I'm right on here. 15 speed

2:52:43traffic enforcement petitions. Councelor

2:52:45Robert Bulada requests installation of

2:52:47two permanent speed monitors on Shbury

2:52:49Street, westbound and eastbound.

2:52:52Councelor Bada, want to speak on this

2:52:53item?

2:52:54>> Yeah, I had brought uh discussed this

2:52:56with DTM earlier and they notified me

2:53:00that just because of the two lanes on

2:53:03Shbury Street that the speed monitors

2:53:06really don't work well because they

2:53:09can't distinguish between the two lanes

2:53:10of traffic. So, uh, I think we had

2:53:12agreed to to try to put some on or to

2:53:15put to put monitors on Plantation Street

2:53:18and, uh, Belmont, and that's what we're

2:53:20going to go with. So, thank you.

2:53:21>> Sounds good. So, we move to father item.

2:53:23Roll call.

2:53:24>> Councelor Bada.

2:53:26>> Yes.

2:53:27>> Councelor O'Hara and chairperson.

2:53:28Councelor Rivera.

2:53:31>> Uh, Mr. Mr. Chair, the only thing I'd

2:53:32add is that we do have 25 mph speed

2:53:34limit signs that are going to be going

2:53:36up on Shoesbury Street, several of them

2:53:40later this month. Are we getting them in

2:53:41this month or is it going to be a spring

2:53:42thing?

2:53:43>> No, we're going to try to get them in uh

2:53:45November and then hopefully if we have a

2:53:47welcome to December uh go into December

2:53:50as well.

2:53:50>> That's awesome. Okay, moving on to 15B.

2:53:54Councelor Robert Bilata requestation of

2:53:56two permanent speed monitors on Belmont

2:53:59Street between Officer Many Familiar Way

2:54:01and Lincoln Square eastbound and

2:54:03westbound. Councelor Bada.

2:54:06>> Yeah. Uh thank you DTM. We agreed to to

2:54:09get this done. So uh looking forward to

2:54:11seeing that those go up next year.

2:54:14>> All right. Uh Commissioner Raleigh.

2:54:16>> Um just one clarification. So we're

2:54:18going to recommend one on the um

2:54:20eastbound direction which is one lane

2:54:23have the same issue westbound with with

2:54:25two lanes. Um we are

2:54:29separate from this we are preparing to

2:54:31do a a more comprehensive traffic study

2:54:34that could result in a future lane

2:54:35configuration change and at that time

2:54:37then we could consider the monitor in

2:54:39the other direction.

2:54:39>> All right. So we move to approve the

2:54:41item. Roll call. One monitor eastbound

2:54:44pending funding for purchase and

2:54:45installation. Councelor Bilada.

2:54:48>> Yes.

2:54:49>> Councelor O'Hada and chairperson

2:54:51councelor Vera.

2:54:52>> Yes. We're moving on to 9B. Councelor

2:54:55Candy Mero Carlson requests the existing

2:54:57Winter Parking Band provisions on

2:55:00Providence Street between Waverly Street

2:55:02and Winthrop Street be placed within

2:55:04oddside ban when declared.

2:55:07U anybody want to speak on this item?

2:55:12>> Commissioner Raleigh.

2:55:13>> Mr. Chair, this could be taken with C as

2:55:15well. I would I would suggest

2:55:16>> I see chairman's order from committee of

2:55:19traffic and parking request standing

2:55:20committee on traffic and parking review

2:55:22the physibility of amending the

2:55:24permanent winter parking ban on

2:55:26Providence Street to be declared a

2:55:27winter parking ban. Commissioner

2:55:29Raleigh.

2:55:29>> Uh Mr. Chair, so um it turns out that

2:55:32the parking ban while these are subject

2:55:35to a parking ban, it actually doesn't

2:55:37apply on these streets because they're

2:55:39what's called an even side standard ban

2:55:42and parking is normally only allowed on

2:55:44one side of the street. So there's a

2:55:45provision that says that basically

2:55:47excludes them from the winter ban. Um so

2:55:50long story short, they can be filed.

2:55:52Parking's already allowed there. There

2:55:53is in effect no winter ban. Um except

2:55:56for a very short segment where parking's

2:55:58allowed on both sides.

2:55:59>> So 9 B and C. We're going to move to

2:56:01file the items. Roll call.

2:56:03>> Councelor Bada.

2:56:05>> Yes.

2:56:05>> Councelor O'Hada and chairperson.

2:56:07Councelor Rivera.

2:56:08>> Yes. 10 A. Crosswalk and lighted

2:56:11crosswalk system petitions. Robert

2:56:13Phillips request installation of a

2:56:15crosswalk on Reactory Drive across from

2:56:18the existing sidewalk on the western

2:56:21side of the big of the site entrance.

2:56:24Um,

2:56:25anybody online to speak on this item?

2:56:27>> Chair, there's no one raising their

2:56:29hands.

2:56:29>> All right, Commissioner Raleigh.

2:56:30>> Um, I'm going to actually ask Todd to

2:56:33jump in on this one. Did we So, we found

2:56:35that this was actually required through

2:56:36a planning board approval.

2:56:38>> Yeah. So, so the uh part of the

2:56:40condition for planning board uh DSP

2:56:42planning board 2025-053

2:56:45uh require the petitioner to required

2:56:48the the developer to petition the city

2:56:50council for the installation of this

2:56:52crosswalk.

2:56:53>> Okay.

2:56:54>> Okay. So, I move to approve the item

2:56:57roll call.

2:56:58>> Councelor Bada.

2:57:00>> Yes.

2:57:00>> Councelor O'Hara and chairperson

2:57:02councelor Rivera.

2:57:03>> Yes. 10B. Report of the committee on

2:57:06public works upon the petition of

2:57:08councelor Tel on behalf of Jeffrey

2:57:11Mack request installation of an ADA

2:57:13compliant curb ramp on her street across

2:57:15from his intersection with Waterman

2:57:18Street. Anybody online

2:57:20>> to no one raising their hands?

2:57:22>> Commissioner Raleigh and uh Mr. Chair, I

2:57:25might need Todd to help fill in the

2:57:27details here, but as I recall um I

2:57:29believe there's a sidewalk and a bus

2:57:31stop on the far side that we're trying

2:57:33to connect to. Who's that?

2:57:35>> So, the the sidewalk along Heard uh

2:57:37Street is on the opposite side. Um

2:57:39they're trying to get a connection to

2:57:41that sidewalk so that kids who are

2:57:43walking up to the school at the top of

2:57:45the hill are able to walk up via the

2:57:46sidewalk as well as make the connection

2:57:48into uh the playground and park area.

2:57:51>> All right, that's great because I've

2:57:53actually met um with this constituent uh

2:57:56last week and he brought this to my

2:57:58attention and I was I was looking it up

2:58:01then I saw it was on the agenda already.

2:58:03So glad that it's we move forward to

2:58:05approve the item. Roll call.

2:58:08>> Councelor Bada.

2:58:10>> Yes.

2:58:10>> Councelor O'Hada and chairperson.

2:58:12Councelor Rivera.

2:58:13>> Yes. All right. 10 C. Christina Foley

2:58:17request installation of a crosswalk and

2:58:19flashing crosswalk alert signal at the

2:58:21intersection of Miscoco road and road.

2:58:25>> To aer I believe the petitioner is on

2:58:27Zoom. I will go ahead and recognize them

2:58:30now to speaker Chrisa Foley. You can go

2:58:33ahead and unmute.

2:58:35>> Okay. Can you hear me?

2:58:36>> Yes.

2:58:37>> Okay, great. Um, good evening, Chairman

2:58:39Rivera and members of the Standing

2:58:41Committee on Traffic and Parking. My

2:58:42name is Christina Foley. I live at 378

2:58:45Massasoya Road. I am speaking on item

2:58:4710C, which petitions for a crosswalk and

2:58:49lighted crosswalk signal at the

2:58:51intersection of Massasoya and Misco

2:58:52roads. Thank you for the opportunity to

2:58:54speak tonight. I know it is late. Uh

2:58:57several pedestrians including families

2:58:58with young children, local residents,

2:59:01public transit riders and school

2:59:02children are routinely crossing

2:59:04Massasoya Road at Miscoco Road to access

2:59:07Blewood Park and playground, the WRTA

2:59:10city bus stops as well as local school

2:59:12bus stops on Massasoya Road. Massoya

2:59:15Road also is a key travel corridor and

2:59:18there's a consistent volume of vehicle

2:59:20traffic in both directions.

2:59:22Unfortunately, at often very high speeds

2:59:24with um no speed control measures in

2:59:27place. This combination makes crossing

2:59:29the road difficult and dangerous for

2:59:31neighborhood residents. I personally

2:59:33have two young children and simply

2:59:35crossing the street to go to the park

2:59:36with a stroller feels risky even on the

2:59:39best of days. To address these

2:59:41conditions, the petition requests the

2:59:43installation of a marked crosswalk

2:59:44paired with a lighted crosswalk signal.

2:59:47This addition would provide clear visual

2:59:49indication to approaching drivers as

2:59:52well as established a safe and defined

2:59:54crossing point for all pedestrians. So,

2:59:56I'm asking that this committee consider

2:59:58the request and again, thank you for

3:00:00your time.

3:00:01>> Thank you, Christina. Commissioner Ali.

3:00:04>> Yeah, Mr. Chair. So, um, Massoya Road

3:00:07is, um, actually going through a design

3:00:09exercise right now for improvements. Um,

3:00:11the first phase of that being

3:00:13constructed to the north and then we'll

3:00:15be moving to the south, including this

3:00:17section.

3:00:18>> This is a good location for the

3:00:19crosswalk for all the reasons that the

3:00:21um, petitioner just described. Um, and

3:00:24we do recommend a rapid flashing beacon

3:00:26at the location. it um it can't be

3:00:30incorporated now because the sidewalks

3:00:32that are there now are actually too

3:00:33narrow to actually fit any of the stuff.

3:00:36Um which is one of the reason why

3:00:37they're being expanded and reconstructed

3:00:39throughout the whole corridor. Um but

3:00:41that you know with with um presuming you

3:00:45you agree and and pass the order, we'll

3:00:47incorporate that into the design so that

3:00:49when this section of roadway gets

3:00:50reconstructed that'll be incorporated.

3:00:53>> Absolutely. Move to approve the item.

3:00:55Roll call. Councelor Bada.

3:00:58>> Yes.

3:00:58>> Councelor O'Hada and chairperson.

3:01:00Councelor Rivera.

3:01:02>> Yes. Uh 11. School zone petitions. 11A.

3:01:05Councelor Satcha Mitra on behalf of

3:01:08Khali Hes request installation of school

3:01:11safety zone signage in the vicinity of

3:01:13Thornike Road. School located at 30

3:01:15Thornike Road including but not limited

3:01:17to signage indicating appropriate and

3:01:20inappropriate locations for vehicles to

3:01:22turn onto the road. Anybody online?

3:01:26to chair. There's no one raising their

3:01:27hands.

3:01:28>> Commissioner Ali,

3:01:29>> Mr. Chair, so we did meet on site and

3:01:31review the traffic patterns during

3:01:33school dismissal. Um, and both Todd and

3:01:35I had reviewed school arrivals

3:01:37previously. Um, and we are going to be

3:01:40making some recommendations about

3:01:42traffic control at the intersections as

3:01:44well as street directionality. All of

3:01:47those will require ordinances, so they

3:01:49can't be approved just through an order

3:01:51like this. So, what we're going to do is

3:01:53document that. Then we'll follow up with

3:01:56um the counselor who made the original

3:01:58petition as well as the district

3:01:59counselor to alert them to what our

3:02:01recommendations are and then they would

3:02:03be able to make those petitions of the

3:02:05the specific ordinances.

3:02:07>> We'll recommend file for this item, but

3:02:09it's it's uh resulting in the outcome

3:02:12that I think the council was looking

3:02:14for.

3:02:14>> There you go. All right, we move to file

3:02:16the item. Roll call.

3:02:17>> Councelor Bada.

3:02:19>> Yes.

3:02:19>> Councelor O'Hara and chairperson

3:02:21councelor Vera.

3:02:22>> Yes. Uh 12, traffic control signal

3:02:25petition. Uh 12A, Janet Moore, request

3:02:28installation of right traffic control

3:02:30signals at the intersection of Mountain

3:02:32Street, East M and Mountain Street West

3:02:35onto West Ba Street.

3:02:37>> Anybody online?

3:02:38>> SH, there's no one raising their hands.

3:02:40>> Commissioner Ali,

3:02:41>> Mr. Chair, so this is obviously a busy

3:02:43intersection with about 10,000 vehicles

3:02:45a day on West Boilston Street and 8,000

3:02:48on on Mountain Street. Um the it's a

3:02:52really strange traffic signal right now

3:02:54because for a short period of time

3:02:57during the day you get a protected green

3:02:59arrow and then that goes away. And the

3:03:01reason for that is the two left turning

3:03:03movements have to cross each other. So

3:03:05you can't give them both green arrows at

3:03:07the same time. Um we do recommend

3:03:10upgrading that. Um the the sort of

3:03:14intermediate term solution would be to

3:03:16do what we call lead lag phasing. So,

3:03:18one direction would get the arrow at the

3:03:20beginning of the green, the other

3:03:22direction would get the arrow at the end

3:03:23of the green. So, they're never

3:03:25overlapping. Um, and then ultimately

3:03:27really what needs to happen here is some

3:03:29lane configuration as well because right

3:03:31now when you're trying to turn left,

3:03:32you're doing it out of a shared lane and

3:03:34you're way over on the right side of the

3:03:36roadway so you can't see the oncoming

3:03:37traffic. Um, so we are recommending uh

3:03:42basically uh chair's order requesting a

3:03:44DTM implement protected left turn

3:03:46phasing um for Mountain Street at this

3:03:49intersection pending funding to do out.

3:03:51There will be some upgrades to the

3:03:52equipment that's necessary. So it's not

3:03:53an immediate thing. Um but we think we

3:03:56can get to that in our uh traffic signal

3:03:58program over the next year or so.

3:04:00>> Okay. So we're going to move to follow

3:04:01item and chair's order requesting that

3:04:03department transition mobility implement

3:04:05protected left turn phasing for east and

3:04:08west mountain street at west pson street

3:04:11pending funding roll call. Councelor

3:04:14Bada.

3:04:15>> Yes.

3:04:16>> Councelor O'Hada and chairperson.

3:04:18Councelor Rivera.

3:04:19>> Yes. Moving on to 13. Traffic lane

3:04:22reconfiguration petitions. 13A. Roseanne

3:04:25Fowler, etc. Request installation of fog

3:04:29lines on Level Street in the vicinity of

3:04:31Columbus Park Preparatory Academy

3:04:33located at 75 Level Street. Is there

3:04:35anybody online?

3:04:37>> To the chair. There's no one raising

3:04:39their hands.

3:04:39>> Commissioner Raleigh.

3:04:40>> Mr. Mr. Chair, we are going to recommend

3:04:42filing the item, but it's it's good news

3:04:44because um we actually have developed a

3:04:46complete signing and pavement marking

3:04:48plan which is shown in the next three

3:04:50pages. It's a comprehensive plan. We

3:04:53applied for safe roots to schools

3:04:54funding to implement this and we just

3:04:56received word today that we got the

3:04:57grant. So

3:04:58>> that's awesome. Very happy because this

3:05:00is my district. So we move to file the

3:05:01item. Roll call.

3:05:03>> Councelor Balada.

3:05:05>> Yes.

3:05:06>> Councelor O'Hada and chairperson

3:05:07councelor Rivera.

3:05:09>> Yes. Uh, moving on to 14, uh, which is

3:05:12our last one because we went out of the

3:05:14voter. Traffic study petitions. 14A.

3:05:17Keith Larris request a traffic study be

3:05:19conducted on Clark Street at the

3:05:20intersection of Ununice Avenue and Bay

3:05:23State Road for traffic coming solutions

3:05:25due to multiple car accidents and at set

3:05:28intersection. Anybody online?

3:05:31>> To chair, there's no one online.

3:05:33>> Commissioner Ali. Mr. Chair, we're going

3:05:34to ask for a hold on this to conduct

3:05:37further study. Okay, we move to hold the

3:05:40item. Roll call.

3:05:41>> Councelor Bada.

3:05:43>> Yes.

3:05:43>> Councelor O'Hada

3:05:46and chair councelor Rivera.

3:05:48>> Yes. All right. Uh take attendance to uh

3:05:52during the meeting. Roll call.

3:05:53>> Councelor Bada.

3:05:55>> Yes.

3:05:55>> Councelor O'Hada and chair. Councelor

3:05:57Rivera.

3:05:58>> Yes. Thank you very much.

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