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WR# 31177554 371 E Foster Street National Grid Petition. Proposed Installation 40 ft C3 (Class 3) JO (Jointly Owned) Pole #5 in the eastern sidewalk in front 371 E Foster St. (ID# 13038)
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i. (ID # 2025-221): WR# 31177554 371 E Foster Street National Grid Petition. Proposed Installation 40 ft C3 (Class 3) JO (Jointly Owned) Pole #5 in the eastern sidewalk in front 371 E Foster St.
(ID# 13038) 4 Councilor Williams asked what direction they will put the pole and it will be eastbound. He asked who pays for the removal and replacement. This is a customer request so the customer will pay for the work with no charge to the city. Motion to Approve made by Councilor Williams Seconded by Councilor Romanul All were in favor and motion passed. RESULT: PASSED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Cal Finocchiaro, Mark Garipay, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski, Devin Romanul, Robb Stewart, Kim Vandiver, Leila Migliorelli, Ryan Williams NAYS: None ABSENT: Ward Hamilton Motion to Close public hearing made by President Migliorelli at 8:04 pm and public hearing was closed. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Appropriation
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▶ 50:48 Speaker 3: Id number 2 0 2 5 dash 2 21 WR number 3 1 1 7 7 5 5 4 3 71 East Foster Street, national Grid Petition. Proposed installation 43 C3. Class three, jointly owned poll number five in the Eastern sidewalk in front. 3 71 East Foster Street? ID number 1 3 0 3 8.
▶ 51:17 Leila Migliorelli: Okay, wonderful. Um, public hearing is now open. I'll invite, uh, members of National Grid, um, to talk and, um, have a portion for public comment for the public hearing after they introduce the matter.
▶ 51:33 Speaker 10: Good evening. My name is Anina and uh, I work for National Grid at, uh, Malden. I'm here with my colleague Rafa. Uh, we are petitioning for pole number five, um, at 3 71 East Foster Street to be relocated 30 feet on the east direction. Uh, so that will be a new pole installation and the removal of the existing one.
▶ 51:58 Speaker 5: Thank you. Rafael? One 70 Metford Street. The purpose of the relocating the pole is because in front of a Melrose resident house that is also here in the hearing.
▶ 52:12 Speaker 8: Okay. Thank you.
▶ 52:16 Speaker 8: Um, any questions for National Grid from the council?
▶ 52:24 Speaker 8: Um, councilor Williams?
▶ 52:26 Ryan Williams: Um, could you tell me again what direction you're intending to move the pole?
▶ 52:29 Speaker 10: Um, eastbound. Yeah.
▶ 52:33 Ryan Williams: Can, um, with this kind of request, do the homeowners pay for the removal or just National Grid? Who pays for the work to remove and replace?
▶ 52:40 Speaker 5: So, uh, all the joint on Poles are national, have National Grid and have Verizon in this case. Eh, so there is a Verizon cost that I, I don't know how much it's gonna be, but National Grid Place
▶ 52:58 Speaker 10: We check Yeah. Yeah. We are charging the
▶ 53:00 Speaker 5: As well because it was a customer request. I see. So she's gonna be charged. Yeah, they are gonna be charged.
▶ 53:06 Ryan Williams: Okay. If National Grid requests it, it's no charge to the Exactly. City Homeowner. Okay. Thank you that, thank you.
▶ 53:14 Leila Migliorelli: Okay. Um, I'd like to invite anyone, um, if there's no other questions for colleagues, I would like to invite anyone from the public to come up and talk about, um, the poll moving if anyone would like to, to approach for public comment for the public hearing.
▶ 53:30 Speaker 8: Okay. Seeing no comments.
▶ 53:34 Speaker 6: Um, what is the will of the council motion to approve?
▶ 53:36 Speaker 8: Second. Second. Motion to approve made by Councilor Williams, seconded by Councilor Romanul on discussion. Seeing none. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? That passes. Thank you. Thank you. Um, and that is our only, uh, public hearing
▶ 53:53 Leila Migliorelli: or for a poll tonight. So, um, I will motion by you Unanim as consent to close a public hearing. Um, seeing no objections, we are now closed, um, for the public hearing on this poll. Um, at this time