City Council — 2018-11-13
Attendance
Manisha Bewtra ; Robert A. Boisselle ; Scott M. Forbes ; Jennifer L. Lemmerman ; Kate Lipper-Garabedian ; Shawn M. MacMaster ; Monica C. Medeiros ; Peter D. Mortimer ; John N. Tramontozzi ; Francis X. Wright Jr. ; Michael P. Zwirko
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Public Comment
- Communications from Her Honor, The Mayor And Other City Officials
- New Business
- Orders Out of Order
- Orders from Committee
- REPORTS - RULE 53
- Calendar
- ORDER-2019-20 : Authorization to Accept a Grant in the amount of $168,000.00 from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) through the Housing Choice Initiative; and Authorize the Mayor to Execute a Contract with DHCD
- ORDER-2019-21 : Application by James Turner et. al, doing business as Rising Eagle Publick House, 503-509 Main St., Melrose for a Common Victualler License
- ORDER-2019-22 : Application of Jawad Danguir, d/b/a AYYA Transportation at 139 West Emerson St., Apt. 10 Melrose, MA for a Livery License
- Adjournment
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE BOARD OF ALDERMEN BULLETIN● NOVEMBER 13, 2018 Aldermanic Chamber, Melrose City Hall Regular Meeting 7:45 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Manisha Bewtra Alderman at Large Present Robert A. Boisselle Ward 4 Alderman Absent Scott M. Forbes Ward 7 Alderman Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present Kate Lipper-Garabedian Alderman at Large Present Shawn M. MacMaster Ward 5 Alderman Present Monica C. Medeiros Alderman at Large Present Peter D. Mortimer Ward 6 Alderman Present John N. Tramontozzi Ward 1 Alderman Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Ward 3 Alderman Present Michael P. Zwirko President, Alderman at Large Present
ORDER-2019-20 Grant Authorization to Accept a Grant in the amount of $168,000.00 from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) through the Housing Choice Initiative; and Authorize the Mayor to Execute a Contract with DHCD Adopted
ORDER-2019-21 License - Common Victualler Application by James Turner et. al, doing business as Rising Eagle Publick House, 503-509 Main St., Melrose for a Common Victualler License Adopted
ORDER-2019-22 License - Hackney License Application of Jawad Danguir, d/b/a AYYA Transportation at 139 West Emerson St., Apt. 10 Melrose, MA for a Livery License Adopted City of Melrose Page 1 11/29/2018 1:12 PM
Transcript
▶ 44:55 a full regular meeting of the full board of aldermen I'm the president Michael work oh this meeting is being recorded in accordance with the open meeting law it is available on the city's website as well as mm TV 3.org at this time I would ask that the clerk please call the roll alderman Bewtra here alderman boys L alderman Forbes alderman lemmerman here alderman Letter Garabedian here alderman McMaster. Here. Alderman Medeiros. Here. Alderman Mortimer. Here. Alderman Tramontozzi. Here. Alderman Wright. Here. President Search. Here. At this time could everybody please stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance with us. Mr. President, I make a motion to open the floor for public comment at this time.
▶ 45:57 Michael P. Zwirko: It's been a motion made by Alderman Mortimer for public comment. Second. It's been seconded by Alderman Lemmerman. Any discussion? Maybe just to clarify, this would be just for public comments on our full board agenda, and I anticipate then we'll return back to the Appropriations Committee? That's correct. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? portion of our meeting where we will hear public comment for any of the items that are on our agenda this evening this is the agenda of as noted earlier the full board there any members of the public wishing to speak on any of these items that are before us at this time motion to close public comment mr. president second there's been a motion made by alderman Mortimer to close
▶ 46:42 public comment has been seconded by alderman Lemmerman all those in favor aye any opposed no public comment is now closed may i uh respectfully point out that this is being recorded by mmtv i did make that i'm sorry i missed that at this time because we still are in the middle of the appropriations committee i would entertain a moment uh motion to recess second there's been a motion to recess made by alderman mortimer has been seconded by alderman forbes all those in favor aye we are recessed now return to the appropriations committee meeting and we'll resume public comment are there additional members of the public who wish to speak this evening seeing none madam chair I make a motion to close public open I withdraw the motion at this point for taking our comment
▶ 2:59:05 Michael P. Zwirko: we last left off at public comment we now move to section three of the agenda which is communications from her honor the mayor and other city officials there are no items under that item that agenda item the next agenda item is new business we do not have any items beneath new business next is item five orders out of order do not have any items that fall under the items out of order move to item six orders from committee do you have orders from committee will there be a removal at this time seeing none we move to reports section 7 under rule 53 this rule is for any member of the Board of Aldermen who is on a member of a commission or committee outside of this chamber they can speak and give an
▶ 3:00:05 Manisha Bewtra: update on any of the activities that have occurred from the last time we've addressed this rule alderman Bewtra thank you I just wanted to update folks that the library strategic planning committee met again in this last meeting we spent some time fleshing out the mission and vision statements for the strategic plan and broke up into working groups um for the for the strategic planning document and in december we'll reconvene um where i will have the opportunity to present some some of the community demographics which is much in line with the earlier discussion this evening in terms of where where we are as a city in terms of our population and potentially um how that relates to our library needs
▶ 3:00:54 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: and that process will be ongoing through the early spring thank you thank you alderman deutro alderman Letter garabedian thank you president Zwirko just a few updates from the most recent um october 23rd meeting of the school committee um at that time um the minutes from the the October 16th executive session meeting were endorsed and the school committee has completed negotiations on two collective bargaining agreements one with the unit B school secretaries and one with the unit C paraprofessionals the secretaries contractors for three years it includes a 2% increase in each of the three years of the contract on compensation and then for the paraprofessionals at the two-year agreement again 2% increase in
▶ 3:01:43 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: compensation for each of those two years at the October 23rd meeting the school committee had a really nice presentation and discussion of the metco program in which we participate it is a state program with which students from the Boston the city of Boston are able to attend schools in the region it was originally created as something of a voluntary desegregation plan and it's continue to this day it really can enrich the communities that were that help that have these students come it's a collegial partnership and it just essentially aligns with the core beliefs of our district the medical grant is that we receive is seven hundred and fifty eight thousand dollars to cover the cost of that program it includes the cost it covers fully the cost of
▶ 3:02:35 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: transportation for the students as well as professional development workshops and staff costs the superintendent indicated that it probably contributes about two hundred and twenty thousand dollars to the operation of the district because it helps cover some of the the salaries and professional development we would other we would still be spending for and then the last update was with respect to enrollment updates but I think we heard plenty about that tonight I just would let the board members know in the public that of course on the public facing website with all of the agenda packets there is a memo from the superintendent related to enrollment and that's available for anyone to take a look at thanks thank you for that update Alderman for Garabedian any other
▶ 3:03:25 Michael P. Zwirko: aldermen have an update under rule 53 seeing none we then move to the calendar We have three orders before us on the calendar. We have Order 2019-20, an authorization to accept a grant in the amount of $168,000 from the Department of Housing and Community Development through the Housing Choice Initiative and authorize the Mayor to execute a contract with DHCD. This does come from us from the Appropriations Committee with a recommend of passage. This will be a roll call vote. Motion for passage. Second. There has been a motion for passage made by Alderman Lemmerman. has been seconded by alderman mortimer on discussion thank you i just wanted to share with this board that i had the pleasure today of thanking the lieutenant governor at the local
▶ 3:04:12 Monica C. Medeiros: government advisory commission meeting um where and speaking on this issue to talk about how it affected melrose and so it was um it was great to talk about how these initiatives kind of a culmination of initiatives between being designated as a housing choice community and getting this sort of carrot on the stick for the good work that we've done creating 525 new building new housing permits and using the complete streets program and some of the things that we've done even with mass works and that grant in order to entice development and make our community right to have this opportunity we all see that affordable housing is is certainly at a crisis and we just heard in the previous meeting you know the superintendent say
▶ 3:05:05 Monica C. Medeiros: certainly that two teachers you know making $100,000 combined would have a hard time to find housing here and you know we can see on on clear gov that are actually meeting in household income here in Melrose is only eighty seven thousand dollars so there's a problem you know even for many of our residents trying to keep up with affording where we are right now and you know almost that crisis thank you thank you on further discussion seeing no other alderman madam clerk to my calling uh vote alderman Bewtra yes alderman oh sorry no he's not here alderman forbes yes alderman lemmerman yes alderman Letter garabedian yes alderman mcmaster yes alderman medeiros yes alderman mortimer yes alderman Tramontozzi yes alderman wright yes president Zwirko yes that order passes
▶ 3:06:04 Michael P. Zwirko: second order before us order 2019-21 application by james turner at all doing business as rising eagle public house 503-509 main street melrose for a common victoria license this order comes before us out of the protection and license committee it has a recommendation for passage with motion for passage second there's been a motion for passage made by alderman Tramontozzi it has been seconded by alderman forbes on discussion all those in favor aye aye any opposed that order passes final order before us this evening order 2019-22 application of jawad dangier doing business as ayya transportation at 139 west emerson street apartment 10 melrose massachusetts for a library license this comes also from the protection and license committee also with a recommendation for
▶ 3:06:57 Michael P. Zwirko: passing motion for passage second a motion for passage made by alderman Tramontozzi seconded by alderman mortimer on discussion all those in favor aye aye any opposed i'd order passes also to adjourn mr president then a motion to adjourn by alderman mortimer second seconded by alderman Letter garabedian all those in favor aye any opposed we are adjourned