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ORDER-2017-120 : Acceptance of Complete Streets Grant in the amount of Forty Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred and Eighty Two Dollars and Twenty Three Cents ($49,782.23) from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Said funds to be deposited into Fund Number 4027, Complete Streets.
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ORDER-2017-120 Acceptance Acceptance of Complete Streets Grant in the amount of Forty Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred and Eighty Two Dollars and Twenty Three Cents ($49,782.23) from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Said funds to be deposited into Fund Number 4027, Complete Streets. Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 2 Updated 4/12/2017 10:32 AM
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▶ 1:26:08 Peter D. Mortimer: motion to recommend mcintyre margolis has made a motion to recommend this order for passage said motion was duly seconded by alderman boy cell all in favor please say aye any opposed hearing none the motion passes and this order will be recommended for passage at our next full board meeting our fifth and final order of the evening is order 2017-120 it is the acceptance of a complete streets grant in the amount of forty nine thousand seven hundred and eighty two dollars and twenty three cents from the commonwealth of massachusetts department of transportation mass dot said funds to be deposited into fund number four zero two seven complete streets
▶ 1:26:56 Speaker 6: mr shadow police so in 2016 i think many of you are aware mayor dolan um formed the complete streets working group the working group is chaired by our city engineer it's comprised of staff members from public works myself included and us some of our staff engineers members of the planning office mayor's office the police department the mass and motion working committee and the ped bite committee and now the board of aldermen are represented through alderman voyzel that's the working group the majority of last year was spent developing a complete street policy the policy outlines some of the core commitments that melrose would follow the some of the best practices that we would commit to following in our roadway projects and our infrastructure projects and it also explains how we would implement the complete street philosophy which is basically the street belongs to more than just a car and projects should address that pedestrians pedestrian handicap accessibility bike bicycle access and bike lanes those type of those type of a traffic calming measures are all in this program so once the policy was complete we applied to mass thought to enter the Complete Streets program the the working group received
▶ 1:28:31 Speaker 6: a score of 100 on its our application so it was very well received it was a really nice piece of work collaborative piece of work from all those departments throughout the city after that we issued an RFQ to solicit a consultant to work with that working group at the end of that process the city hired beta group to come in and do that work we reapplied to MassDOT for MassDOT to pay for the initial work that beta had to do it's $50,000 for their work some is digitizing in some of our plans into GIS but the the end product the deliverable is going to be a list of projects that meet the goals we outlined in our policy that MassDOT will possibly fund next fiscal year during FY 18 for construction that's where we stand right now beta is working we're ready to to accept, we've signed a contract with MassDOT, we're ready to accept them $50,000 or just
▶ 1:29:39 Speaker 6: short of that, $49,782. We're ready to accept that. This way we can move forward and present, start presenting back to the working group and to the general public what our 15 priority projects will be that we will go back to MassDOT in hopes of them funding.
▶ 1:29:58 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you, Mr. Shanna. First in line, we have Alderman Inferno, please.
▶ 1:30:02 Gail Infurna: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. 19 years ago when I sat here, there was never any talk of street repairs or sidewalk repairs. And I have to say, under this administration, it's been a great improvement. I just want to publicly thank you and Mayor Dolan and the whole administration for putting money into this and looking for different grants and doing all this work because I sat here for four years and it was very hard to try to get street work done. It's one of the things that our constituents, where it's right outside their door and they travel on every day, be it pedestrian, be it bike, be it vehicles. They really look at and it's a big issue. So thank you for the work that you have done and applying for this grant and getting 100% on your grade. So thank you.
▶ 1:30:52 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you, Alderman Inferno. Is there a motion, please? Motion to recommend. Second. Alderman Zwirko has made a motion to recommend this order for passage. Said motion duly seconded by Alderman Inferna. Seeing no further discussion, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed, hearing none, this order will be recommended for passage at our next full board meeting. Thank you, Mr. Shenna. Thank you, Mr. Della Russo. A motion to adjourn from Alderman Lemmerman. Second. Seconded by Alderman Inferna. All in favor of the motion to adjourn, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, the Committee on Appropriations is hereby adjourned. Thank you, one and all.