ORDER-2015-47 : Petition of National Grid to install 185 feet of 6” Plastic Gas Main on Grandview Ave., Melrose as shown on Plan #MELK1472, dated 09/18/2014 – marked Nationalgrid. This main extension is required to provide gas service to #11 & 18 Grandview Ave., Melrose.

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▶ 35:27 Speaker 1: yes yes yes yes the order as amended passes thank you very much gentlemen the next and final order that's before us for this evening is 215-47 petition of National Grid to install a a install 185 feet of six inch plastic gas main on grandview ave as shown on plan dated september 18th to 14 mark national grid the extension is required to provide gas service to 11 and 18

▶ 36:00 John N. Tramontozzi: grandview avenue motion to open for public hearing from the table alderman treyman toesy moves to

▶ 36:07 Speaker 1: commence the public hearing second seconded by alderman medeiros on the motion all those in favor aye aye anyone opposed motion passes we're going to conduct a public hearing relative to order 215-47 if somebody could ask mr di lorenzo to step back into the chamber please

▶ 36:25 Monica C. Medeiros: president my motion for a one minute recess so mr di lorenzo may

▶ 36:30 Speaker 1: pass that information on to the alderman medeiros moves for a recess second second by alderman mcateer margolis sorry on the motion to recess all right actually i don't think we would need one we withdraw the motion in a second yes mr di lorenzo could you come forward please

▶ 36:55 Speaker 1: could you describe the work that's going to be done on grandview avenue please sir

▶ 37:00 Speaker 8: yeah i installed 185 feet of six inch plastic gas main approximately a week's worth of work out there maybe less um obviously a pyramid will be pulled uh street will be open police details signs butters notices um any paving it has to be restored whether it's grinding it's grinded in lay concrete sidewalks or lumen seed okay sidewalks be disturbed

▶ 37:35 Speaker 8: at all as a part of this I at the for just that I think it's just that one of this two there's two houses it's possible yeah okay I think we're gonna

▶ 37:44 Speaker 1: invite you to come back in a minute or two is there anybody else who wants to speak during the public hearing on this mr. Street do you want to come forward

▶ 38:06 Speaker 11: wouldn't address this order please so I've same same concerns and conditions as the previous order same pavement restoration from the gutter line to just beyond the trench projects marginally longer still fairly quick operation if all goes well and the pull a permit and coordinate with our office prior to getting got started and we'll be on site to make sure everything goes smoothly

▶ 38:31 Speaker 1: you folks here to speak on the pub on the public hearing on the Grandview

▶ 38:43 Speaker 1: Avenue would you identify yourself please sir Thank You mr. president my

▶ 38:45 Speaker 12: name is Brian lie do I speak now yes I'm on failure so I'm a resident at 18 Grandview Ave and I my family and I requested this proposition to extend the gas main and the reason why we wanted this to happen was the fact that oil has become very expensive and throughout each winter several thousand dollars is worth goes into heating it up with oil and with the recent dip in natural gas prices we were thinking that this would be economic switch and as outlined by the previous technical operative operators this seems like a very safe alternative to oil does not seem like there will be any complications as national grid seems very experienced in this field so winter is fastly approaching and I would implore that the board please move on with this permit

▶ 39:49 Speaker 1: great thank you sir thank you thank you I think we've heard from everybody who's

▶ 39:53 Speaker 1: in the hall chair would entertain a motion to close the public hearing aspect of the alderman forbes moves to conclude the public hearing seconded by alderman medeiros on the motion all those in favor right motion passes order is before you discussion on the

▶ 40:15 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: order of the mecca margolis could we please add the same um make the same amendment that we had on the last one particularly in relation to alderman rights amendment regarding the sidewalks

▶ 40:29 Speaker 1: to be ada so you're moving to adopt the four conditions that have been put forth by mr street uh with the proviso that the uh suggestion of alderman right that paragraph three indicate that sidewalks disturbed are replaced in an ada compliant manner that's true that is your motion yes sir motion seconded by alderman mortimer for discussion further discussion relative to

▶ 40:54 Speaker 1: to this order do you have a question for mr. Street mr. Street could you come forward the rules have been previously suspended I know a lot of the

▶ 41:00 Scott M. Forbes: conversation we had on Altamont Ave is can tie directly into Grandview but with a week's worth of work it was just a quick question as far as there's any of residents going to be impacted that are tied in the natural gas during the

▶ 41:16 Speaker 11: construction phase of this project I believe the only impact would be traffic related and things of that nature getting in and out of driveways may be

▶ 41:26 Scott M. Forbes: challenging at times okay and that we've I can see he has a he has a letter I assume everyone's been notified as far as the work is everything if they

▶ 41:33 Speaker 11: haven't been already they will be and and again this is something we do with all jobs we've done with national grid and we have very good relationship through that process yeah and then people who are tied in the gas does it

▶ 41:47 Speaker 11: impact their houses already as it is or is she not no okay no all right thank

▶ 41:49 Speaker 1: you very much thank you Alderman Boyce L just out of curiosity when you're

▶ 41:57 Robert A. Boisselle: looking at the map from echo to Whitman Ave where is 11 and 18 Grandview is it

▶ 42:08 Speaker 11: on the north side or south side it is the where's my bearings here so 11 and are well on either side of the street there so do you have the color map in front of you there there's the red line that extends around the corner is the new gas main yeah and 11 and 18 would be I'm sorry so close it's closer yeah it's

▶ 42:31 Robert A. Boisselle: closer to Whitman than to echo then correct yeah yes okay so they're taking

▶ 42:37 Robert A. Boisselle: from echo they're coming all the way down to the curb or to the curve instead of coming off Whitman is that because of pressure the tent of the line or also so we talked about Altamont this coming the 96 feet right they seem to be coming a long way to these two homes instead of just coming off Whitman they're doing

▶ 43:05 Speaker 11: know frankly doing the whole street yeah was that well gas main currently exists from echo to number 25 on Grandview that's already in place oh that's already okay that's so they would be extending it from that point there okay

▶ 43:24 Speaker 1: good thank you thank you anything else on the motion to amend all those in favor anyone opposed what are as amended is before you madam clerk could you call

▶ 43:35 Speaker 1: roll please oh we're in motion for passage uh we can take a motion to take a motion if you'd like to make a motion for passage second the motion for passage there's a motion for passage made by alderman Tramontozzi seconded by alderman Boisselle madam clerk could you please call the role yes

▶ 43:53 Speaker 4: yes yes