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That the Melrose City Council vote to dissolve the Melrose Redevelopment Authority

Clerk file 2026-475 — its full path through the council

Passed · Refer to Committee · moved by Bradley Freeman Yes: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams.

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i. (ID # 2026-475): That the Melrose City Council vote to dissolve the Melrose Redevelopment Authority Motion to Refer to Legal & Legislative Committee made by President Freeman. RESULT: ASSIGN TO COMMITTEE TO: Legal & Legislative VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Appointments/Reappointments Motion to Conjoin Item ID's 2026-381, 2026-445, 2026-446, 2026-456, and 2026-476 made by Councilor Williams. 3 Seconded by Councilor Romanul All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: PASSED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None Motion to Approve as conjoined Item ID's 2026-381, 2026-445, 2026-446, 2026-456, and 2026-476 made by Councilor Williams Seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: PASSED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None

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▶ 38:55 Speaker 5: ID number 2026-475, that the Melrose City Council vote to dissolve the Melrose Redevelopment Authority.

▶ 39:03 Bradley Freeman: This will go to legal and legislative. Moving on to unfinished business, appointments and reappointments. Councilor Williams.

▶ 39:11 Ryan Williams: President Freeman, these following five orders all come from the, uh, committee on boards and commissions, and they were all recommended favorably, so at this time I'm going to motion to conjoin orders 2026381, 2026445, 2026446, 2026456, and 2026467 to be voted on at the same time.