Public Comment

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▶ 14:04 Jen Grigoraitis: move into the public comment portion wherein any member of the public wishing to speak regarding any item on tonight's agenda should come forth sign their name and address and state the same for the record can i entertain a motion for open public to open public comment motion to open public comment second we have a motion to open public comment by councillor senella seconded by councillor mcnaught all in favor aye any opposed the motion carries do we have any members

▶ 14:36 Speaker 10: of the public wishing to come forward hi everybody finn mcsweeney 160 west wyoming avenue i'm here tonight to speak on order 2020-72 which is the appointment of Ms. Paracas-Ellis to serve as the DPW director effective March 30th. I'm just here to read a statement from the officers of the Melrose Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee. The officers of the PBC are happy to endorse the mayor's recommendation of Elena Paracas-Ellis for director of public works. Ms. Paracas-Ellis Ellis has been the committee's number one partner in advancing Safe Streets improvements for the people of Melrose she is an incredibly resourceful and solutions oriented engineer and will be a pragmatic disciplined and effective leader for the department Ms. Paracas Ellis has already strengthened Melrose Public Works processes and projects as liaison to the committee she has shared information about planned street repair paving and utility projects and solicited input on ways to complement these routine but important public works efforts with strategies to make the streets and sidewalks safer for people walking biking and driving in Melrose she is proactively engaged with the committee on state complete streets grant proposals and continues to seek out expertise and input on these submissions from the committee. The PBC looks forward to Ms. Paracas-Ellis' leadership. We share Mayor Broder's vision of Melrose as a model city for safe streets and look forward to Ms. Paracas-Ellis' continued voice in that process. We encourage the administration to empower her to make the changes she sees fit to ensure Melrose continues to a vital and vibrant part with the greater boston community and to meet the department's fiscal infrastructural and operational challenges head-on and proactively thank you congrats maya

▶ 16:49 Jen Grigoraitis: do we have any other members of the public wishing to speak tonight

▶ 16:53 Jen Grigoraitis: seeing none i would entertain a motion to close public comment motion to close public comment second give a motion to close public comment by councillor senella seconded by councillor McLeorelli all in favor any opposed the motion carries my understanding that you