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John P. Fresolo

Context

Associated municipality: Worcester.

District 3 councilor. Source: City Council journals (official minutes); spellings from the minutes.

Issues

Log

  • 2026-10-13 - City Council — Asked about the pavement recycler (winter report); asked about the Lake Avenue and Hamilton Street heavy-vehicle study timeline, the delayed Lake Ave. long patch and a public meeting location (possibly the Lake Park field house); had Charter Communications' 135 Kenberma Rd. conduit item filed because residents reached a different plan; in the school safety audit said the Roosevelt principal bars cars until 2:00 PM and Rice Square teachers park on side streets, and urged the Mayor or City Manager to press the school department.
  • 2026-10-06 - City Council — Held the Charter Communications conduit item at Kenberma Rd. under privilege. His tree-removal contractor report and St. Vincent nursing dormitory update were adopted, along with Massasoit Rd. turf and Vernon St. resurfacing report orders; his resolution commending MassDOT's Barry Lorion for McKeon Road resurfacing passed 11-0.
  • 2026-09-29 - City Council — Thanked the City Manager for the $21,000 CSX-funded heavy vehicle exclusion study for Lake Ave. and Hamilton St. (adopted 11-0; wants trucks routed via Route 20, 146 and 290); asked police to ticket cars parking at the no-parking sign at Hamilton St. and Fairmont Ave.; asked Rolle about the Route 20 hybrid beacon; voted against King's amended bathrooms order but with Bilotta, King and Ojeda to hold it; voted to file the one-day event item.
  • 2026-09-22 - City Council — Questioned the Health and Human Services commissioner on the camping ordinance (learned of about 300 encampment locations, which he called alarming); said business owners suffer cleanup and sleepers in doorways and favored congregate housing; named encampment areas in District 3 (McCurdy Rd., the Millbury St. bike trail, behind Vernon Hill Post).
  • 2026-09-17 - Public Service and Transportation Committee — Vice chair; raised a Grafton St. bus stop near Waverly St. he petitioned to remove 10+ years ago; on the Spectrum item pressed for WCCA/channel 194 staff pay and the senior discount (called WCCA a vital service).
  • 2026-09-15 - City Council — Street/sidewalk selection process order went to Public Works as amended; given extra speaking time (11-0) to detail slipped sidewalk lists, permanent speed humps (promised for August), Upsala St. and St. Anthony St.; under suspension said his September 8 yes vote to file the civilian review board item was a mistake, and told of an on-duty sergeant photographing a political sign on his lawn (Internal Affairs took no action).
  • 2026-09-14 - Public Works Committee - Pressed for bollards at 381 Hamilton St. (his district), voted against denying a streetlight at 6 Woodcliffe Ave. (2-1), and spoke on Kelley Sq. lights.
  • 2026-09-08 - City Council — Moved reconsideration of King's multilingual-signage order (approved 11-0, then denied 5-6); explained at length in the civilian review board debate that an unnamed police sergeant had photographed his campaign yard sign on duty and a social media post followed (an HR complaint found insufficient proof), though the minutes record him voting to place the communication on file. His Hamilton St. and Lake Ave. truck bans were adopted 11-0 and his Public Works selection-process order (15l) was held.
  • 2026-08-25 - Public Works and Traffic and Parking Joint Committee - Asked whether the long patch program fixes sunken manholes, when district-pick streets would start, and about FY27 funding, the 21 percent poor figure and MassDOT money for Grafton Street.
  • 2026-08-19 - Traffic and Parking Committee — Presented his Hamilton St. and Lake Ave. truck ban petitions (trucks routed by GPS to the CSX terminal), asked about cameras funded from CSX money, said the Lake Ave. long patch would start in September and finish in October, and asked about mapping-provider rerouting and a night-time exclusion fallback.
  • 2026-08-18 - City Council — Orders on the 15,000-gallon sewer overflow near 23 Southwest Cutoff (placed on file after the Public Works commissioner answered) and Route 20 overgrowth (adopted 10-0); voted for the immigration signage orders (5-5); opposed King's postponement. He said at least a dozen Route 20 residents reported five or six earlier sewer breaks; voted against postponing the meeting.
  • 2026-07-21 - City Council — Legal opinion on 4 Brandt Ln. developers using private Pine Hill Rd. (adopted as amended); moved a project report on the 321 Greenwood St. zone change. Per the captions he described the project as possibly 200 to 400 apartments with Pine Hill Rd. as the only access, and said he had heard the 321 Greenwood St. developer wants apartments.
  • 2026-07-23 - Public Service and Transportation Committee — Sat on the committee for the WRTA hearing; said he does not know when buses run in his district and learned route 12 serves Market Basket; voted to file the snow plan and hold the main order.
  • 2026-07-22 - Traffic and Parking Committee — Defended the Grafton St. no-parking zone at Roosevelt (queues once started at 12:30 and ran an hour); sponsored the Delmont Ave. and Farrar Ave. four-way stop petitions (filed, stop bars ordered) and the Village St. no-parking item (approved); promised slow-down sign and speed hump petitions.
  • 2026-07-21 - Public Works Committee - Voted 3-0 on all items; supported adding East Central St. to the resurfacing list ("I drive it a lot").