PET-2024-2 : Petition of National Grid for grant of location to construct underground electric conduit at Chipman Ave.

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▶ 0:50 Speaker 1: No, uh, participants online at this time?

▶ 0:52 Jack Eccles: Thank you. Um, with unanimous con through unanimous consent, we can close public comment. We have a public hearing at seven 20, but we can start with the first order on this evening's Agenda petition 2024 dash two Petition of National Grid for grant of location to construct underground electric conduit at Chipman Ave. Ms. Reese is joining us from the administration tonight through unanimous consent. We can suspend the rules to hear from her.

▶ 1:24 Speaker 2: Hello. Thank you. Um, I was supposed to have somebody from National Grid join me and they may, they may show up since we have a couple minutes left, but I can get started. Um, this first petition for grant of location is related to the development that is happening at 5 43 Franklin Street. Um, it's a petition for National Grid to install 65 feet of two to four inch PVC concrete ENC case conduit from Pole number 49, um, into existing manhole number 300,

▶ 1:59 Speaker 3: which is in the corner of Chipman Ave and Franklin Street.

▶ 2:04 Speaker 3: And, um, the DPW recommends, um, approval of this grant of location. The National Grid team will, or the developer's team will be required to do curb to curb pavement restoration when they're done, um, to clean up.

▶ 2:23 Jack Eccles: Thank you. Any comments from members of the council committee? Councilor Carrum Shady.

▶ 2:30 Manjula Karamcheti: Hi. Thanks for being here. Um, just will there be any need for any traffic diversion on Franklin Street when this work is happening?

▶ 2:40 Speaker 2: There will not be any need for diversion on Franklin. Um, on Shipman there will be.

▶ 2:46 Manjula Karamcheti: Okay. And just in terms of making sure that there's it, the directions are well posted when there's been this kind of work in Ward one before it's been a little confusing where people need to go and we've had some issues. So just one, making sure as it says that people are notified and that everything is clear in terms of where folks need to go and not go would be helpful.

▶ 3:10 Speaker 2: Okay. Great. Um,

▶ 3:15 Manjula Karamcheti: and then also just in terms of will abuts be notified as well in terms of, is it, who will sort of be notified in terms of the work going on?

▶ 3:28 Speaker 2: When we have national grid due notifications that we notify all immediate abutters plus a little,

▶ 3:33 Speaker 3: um, so, uh, people directly adjacent to the work will be notified the businesses in that area. Mm-Hmm. Will get notified too. Oh,

▶ 3:45 Manjula Karamcheti: Great. Okay. Yeah, just with all of the developments and all the different things happening in that area, I think the more we communicate with constituents, the better. So even expanding that a little bit wouldn't, wouldn't hurt, I think.

▶ 4:00 Jack Eccles: Okay. No other questions. Thank you Councilor Garbe.

▶ 4:03 Mark Garipay: Uh, just one, one question regarding the curb to curb. Um, we're going from the corner of Franklin Street. Um, is the curb to curb only gonna be from Franklin and Chipman up to the, um, six six dash 10 Chipman nav right before that, that whole section.

▶ 4:21 Speaker 3: It will, it will only go up Chipman a as far as where they disturb it, you know, plus a little bit, obviously to get a nice clean cut. But they won't be, um, they won't be going past that point on Chipman Ave in front of Franklin Street. I believe the developer is responsible and owns the restoration of that when they're done with that development.

▶ 4:46 Speaker 4: That's, thank you. Thank you.

▶ 4:51 Speaker 5: Councillor Repe, what is the will of the committee

▶ 4:55 Speaker 6: Motion to recommend to the full board?

▶ 5:01 Jack Eccles: Second Motion to recommend from Councillor Ella, seconded by Councillor Repe on discussion. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? This motion, this petition passes. It is now seven 20. So through the unanimous consent, we can open the public hearing, which is scheduled for seven 20.