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GRANT-2025-10 : Requesting Grant Acceptance of a Complete Streets Grant from MassDOT in the amount of $450,803.50 for the construction of sidewalks on Swains Pond Avenue.

Passed · PASSED [8 TO 0] Yes: Cal Finocchiaro, Mark Garipay, Ward Hamilton, Maya Jamaleddine, Devin Romanul, Robb Stewart, Kimberly Vandiver, Leila Migliorelli. Absent: Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski, Ryan Williams.

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GRANT-2025-10 Acceptance of general law; decision; fund Requesting Grant Acceptance of a Complete Streets Grant from MassDOT in the amount of $450,803.50 for the construction of sidewalks on Swains Pond Avenue. Passed City Council City of Melrose Page 4 3/26/2025 12:17 PM

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▶ 37:20 Speaker 1: Councilor fro? Yes. Councilor Repe. Yes. Councilor Hamilton. Yes. Councilor Jamine. Yes. Councilor Ram. Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes.

▶ 37:32 Speaker 1: Councilor Vandiver. Yes. Is it Lyre? Yes. Motion passes. Okay.

▶ 37:38 Leila Migliorelli: Next up are grants ID number 1 2 4 2 9. Requesting grant acceptance of a Complete Streets grant from mass DOT in the amount of $450,000. $450,803 and 50 cents for the construction of sidewalks on Swains Pond Avenue. Councillor Repe,

▶ 38:00 Mark Garipay: Uh, Madam President. This comes from appropriation and oversight with a recommendation for passage. At this time, I make a motion for passage.

▶ 38:07 Leila Migliorelli: Second, motion For passage made by Councillor Repe, seconded by Councillor Stewart On discussion Councillor remodel.

▶ 38:12 Devin Romanul: Just want to express my gratitude to the administration for wrangling this particular grant. And, uh, had a chance to talk to the DPW during, uh, director during the hearing. And, uh, really excited about the rollout over the next couple of fiscal years. And look forward to working with Councilor Fero at, um, figuring out where, where this is, uh, gonna go and, um, doing the community engagement legwork as well. So Thank you very much.

▶ 38:36 Speaker 5: Go Ward six.

▶ 38:39 Leila Migliorelli: Great. Um, I was on discussion, so seeing no one else on discussion. Madame Clerk

▶ 38:45 Speaker 1: Councilor for Norms? Yes. Councilor Repe. Yes. Councilor Hamilton? Yes. Councilor Aldine. Yeah. Councilor Romanul. Yes. Councillor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Vandiver. Yes. President Elli. Yes. Ocean Passes.