City Council — 2021-03-15
Attendance
Christopher Cinella ; Jack Eccles ; Mark Garipay ; Jen Grigoraitis ; Maya Jamaleddine ; Shawn M. MacMaster ; Jeff McNaught ; Leila Migliorelli ; Robb Stewart ; Cory Thomas ; John N. Tramontozzi
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Remote Meeting
- Public Comment
- Communications from His Honor, The Mayor And Other City Officials
- ORDER-2021-91 : Acceptance of a Melrose Wakefield Healthcare grant to support behavioral health programming
- ORDER-2021-92 : Acceptance of 911 Support & Incentive Award to support dispatch costs
- ORDER-2021-93 : Appointment of Erin Heyneman, 54 Highview Avenue to the Commission on Disability for a three-year term; said term to end on the last day of February 2024.
- ORDER-2021-94 : Reappointment of John J. Higgins, III, 47 Malvern St., to the position of Constable
- ORDER-2021-95 : Reappointment of Mark J. Snider, 103 Boardman Ave., as a Constable in the City of Melrose
- ORDER-2021-96 : Amending Melrose Revised Zoning Ordinance to create Incentive Zoning Provisions and related Zoning Map and Parking Regulation Amendments as set forth herein.
- ORDER-2021-97 : Amending Article VII, Section 198-20 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Melrose entitled “Sustainable Food Containers and Packaging”
- ORDER-2021-98 : Appointment of Jennifer Strasburger, 88 E Foster St, Melrose MA., to the Human Rights Commission for her first full term, said term to expire on the last day of February 2024.
- ORDER-2021-99 : Declaration of a Portion of City -Owned Land along Central Terrace as Surplus Property Available for Disposition via Lease Agreement
- New Business
- ORDER-2021-100 : A request from National Grid to install 2-4" primary duct from existing pole P889 on sidewalk approximately 8ft northeast towards 99 Washington St.
- ORDER-2021-101 : Application of Caffe Nero Americans Inc., d/b/a Caffe Nero- 530 Main Street, Melrose for a Common Victualler License
- Orders Out of Order
- Orders from Committee
- REPORTS - RULE 53
- Calendar
- ORDER-2021-80 : Amending Chapter A, Article II, Section 202 of the Administrative Code of the City of Melrose to Expand the Membership of the Council on Aging
- ORDER-2021-89 : Acceptance of the Fiscal 2021 Local Cultural Council Grant from the Mass Cultural Council in the amount of $13,000.00. Funds will be deposited into fund number 2543 for grants awarded by the Melrose Cultural Council.
- ORDER-2021-86 : Appointment of Paul Fahey to the Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term; said term to end on the last day of February, 2024
- ORDER-2021-87 : Re-Appointment of Cathryn M. Mercier, 466 Pleasant St., to the Melrose Public Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term; said term to end on the last day of February, 2023
- ORDER-2021-85 : Acceptance of a Donation of Land from Deborah Killam and Dawn Marie Killam into the care and custody of the Melrose Conservation Commission
- ORDER-2021-88 : Re-appointment of Cynthia Ann Silveira, 298 Vinton Street, to the Board of Registrars of Voters; said term to expire on the last day of March 2024.
- ORDER-2021-90 : An Order Requesting Information on Safe Use of Fire Pits
- Adjournment
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE CITY COUNCIL BULLETIN● MARCH 15, 2021 Web-based remote meeting Regular Meeting 7:45 PM , Melrose, MA 02176 Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Christopher Cinella President Present Jack Eccles At-Large Present Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Present Leila Migliorelli At-Large Present John N. Tramontozzi Ward 1 Present Jeff McNaught Ward 2 Present Robb Stewart Ward 3 Present Mark Garipay Ward 4 Present Shawn M. MacMaster Ward 5 Present Jen Grigoraitis Ward 6 Present Cory Thomas Ward 7 Present
ORDER-2021-91 Grant Acceptance of a Melrose Wakefield Healthcare grant to support behavioral health programming Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee
ORDER-2021-92 Grant Acceptance of 911 Support & Incentive Award to support dispatch costs Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee
ORDER-2021-93 Appointment Appointment of Erin Heyneman, 54 Highview Avenue to the Commission on Disability for a three-year term; said term to end on the last day of February 2024. Assigned to Committee Health, Education & Welfare Committee
ORDER-2021-94 Appointment Reappointment of John J. Higgins, III, 47 Malvern St., to the position of Constable Assigned to Committee Protection and License Committee
ORDER-2021-95 Appointment City of Melrose Page 1 4/15/2021 2:57 PM Minutes City Council March 15, 2021 Reappointment of Mark J. Snider, 103 Boardman Ave., as a Constable in the City of Melrose Assigned to Committee Protection and License Committee
ORDER-2021-96 Amending Revised Zoning Ordinances Amending Melrose Revised Zoning Ordinance to create Incentive Zoning Provisions and related Zoning Map and Parking Regulation Amendments as set forth herein. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee
ORDER-2021-97 Amending Revised Ordinances Amending Article VII, Section 198-20 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Melrose entitled “Sustainable Food Containers and Packaging” Assigned to Committee Legal & Legislative Committee
ORDER-2021-98 Appointment Appointment of Jennifer Strasburger, 88 E Foster St, Melrose MA., to the Human Rights Commission for her first full term, said term to expire on the last day of February 2024. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee
ORDER-2021-99 General Declaration of a Portion of City -Owned Land along Central Terrace as Surplus Property Available for Disposition via Lease Agreement Assigned to Committee Legal & Legislative Committee
ORDER-2021-100 Utility Petition A request from National Grid to install 2-4" primary duct from existing pole P889 on sidewalk approximately 8ft northeast towards 99 Washington St. Assigned to Committee Public Works Committee
ORDER-2021-101 License - Common Victualler Application of Caffe Nero Americans Inc., d/b/a Caffe Nero- 530 Main Street, Melrose for a Common Victualler License Assigned to Committee Protection and License Committee
ORDER-2021-80 Administrative Order City of Melrose Page 2 4/15/2021 2:57 PM Minutes City Council March 15, 2021 Amending Chapter A, Article II, Section 202 of the Administrative Code of the City of Melrose to Expand the Membership of the Council on Aging Passed
ORDER-2021-89 Grant Acceptance of the Fiscal 2021 Local Cultural Council Grant from the Mass Cultural Council in the amount of $13,000.00. Funds will be deposited into fund number 2543 for grants awarded by the Melrose Cultural Council. Passed
ORDER-2021-86 Appointment Appointment of Paul Fahey to the Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term; said term to end on the last day of February, 2024 Passed
ORDER-2021-87 Appointment Re-Appointment of Cathryn M. Mercier, 466 Pleasant St., to the Melrose Public Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term; said term to end on the last day of February, 2023 Passed
ORDER-2021-85 Property: Acceptance of Land Acceptance of a Donation of Land from Deborah Killam and Dawn Marie Killam into the care and custody of the Melrose Conservation Commission Passed
ORDER-2021-88 Appointment Re-appointment of Cynthia Ann Silveira, 298 Vinton Street, to the Board of Registrars of Voters; said term to expire on the last day of March 2024. Passed
ORDER-2021-90 General An Order Requesting Information on Safe Use of Fire Pits Placed on File City of Melrose Page 3 4/15/2021 2:57 PM
Transcript
▶ 0:01 Christopher Cinella: Recording. All right. Good evening. Welcome to the March 15th Melrose City Council meeting. The time is 7 45 and I am Councilor Chris Cinella and pursuant to Governor Baker's March 12th order suspending certain provisions of the open meeting law and the Governor's March 15th order imposing strict limitation on the number of people that they gather in one place, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. We will post an audio or video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of these proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting on the City of Melrose website and on MMTV3.org. Madam Clerk, could you please call the roll?
▶ 0:51 Councillor Eccles. Here. Councillor Garipay. Here. Councillor Grigoraitis. Here. Councillor Jamaleddine. Here. Councillor McMaster. Here. Councilor McNaught? Here. Councilor Migliorelli? Here. Councilor Stewart? Here. Councilor Thomas? Here. Councilor Tramontozzi? Here. Councilor Sinella? Here. Or President Sinella, sorry. 11 present. Great. And if there is no objection, I'd like to open up the floor for public comment. There's no objection. We are now open for public comment. Do we have anybody waiting in queue, wishing to address an item on the agenda for this evening? I don't see anyone. It's just us. All right. With no objection, I'd like to close public comment. Seeing there's no objection, we are now closed.
▶ 1:59 Adam, Clerk of Committees, where are you? I know I saw you on the screen somewhere. Do we have any communications? Do you want to go through the communications? Can't hear you. We can see you. Can you hear me? I can hear you now. My screen just went down. I'm going to try the best I can. Yeah, I just unmuted you. So maybe there's something wrong with the controls, but I think you should be all set now. Yeah, no, my 2 monitors are now black and blinking back and forth. So I'm going to I'm going to read from my paper copy. Order 2021-91, acceptance of a Melrose Wakefield healthcare grant to support behavioral health programming. And that will go to appropriations. Order 2021-92, acceptance of a 911 support and incentive award to support dispatch costs.
▶ 3:02 That will go to appropriations. Order 2021-93, appointment of Aaron Heinemann, 54 Highview Avenue to the Commission on Disability. For each 3 year term said term to end on the last day of February 2024. That'll go to health education and welfare order 2021 dash 94 reappointment of John J. Higgins. The 3rd, 47, Melbourne street to the position of constable protection and license for 2021 dash 95 reappointment of Mark J. Schneider 103 Boardman Ave as a constable in the City of Melrose. That will go to protection and license. Order 2021-96, amending Melrose Revised Zoning Ordinance to Create Incentive Zoning Provisions and Related Zoning Map and Parking Regulation Amendments as set forth herein.
▶ 3:56 That is under appropriations. Order 2021-97, amending Article 7, Section 198-20 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Melrose, entitled Sustainable Food Containers and Packaging. That'll go to legal and legislative. Order 2021-98, appointment of Jennifer Strasberger, 88 East Foster Street, Melrose, Mass., to the Human Rights Commission for her first full term, said term to expire on the last day of February 2024. That'll go to appropriations order 2021 dash 99. Declaration of a portion of city owned land along central terrorists as surplus property. Available for disposition via lease agreement, but a legal and legislative. Is there any new business order 2021 dash 100 a request from national grid to install 2 to 4 feet primary duct from existing pool?
▶ 4:57 Shawn M. MacMaster: P, 8, 8, 9 on sidewalk, approximately 8 feet Northeast towards 99 Washington street. Council, Thomas, thank you. Mr. president. I'd like to make a motion for me to consideration of order 2021 dash 100. Thomas is making a motion for me to consideration or any objection. Objection. Okay. Mr. President, just for just for the record, the list of the butters, 2 of the 3 of butters, there's question as to whether or not, at least on 1 of them that the, they are the current owners. We know 99 Washington street has been under new ownership for at least 6 months. The old owner. Mr. is listed. 5, Brazil street, I believe is actually under. New ownership as well. Thank you. Counselor. Next order, Madam board of 2021 dash 1 on 1 application of caffeine, narrow Americans, incorporating, doing business as caffeine, narrow 530, main street Melrose for a common virtual license that a lot of protection and license.
▶ 6:16 John N. Tramontozzi: Any orders out of order none known. You want us from committee to report under rule? 53. Councilor Eccles Thank you. Thank you. Mr. President. Um, the traffic commission will meet at Wednesday. On 530, and they have 3 items on the agenda. Thank you, Mr. President. On March 11th, the Water and Sewer Committee met for the second time. We're still waiting on some details from the MWRA and we anticipate that at our next meeting we will be setting a rate for the water and sewer, which will be then presented to the Council. the full City Council at a later date. The projection is at this point that regarding water that the rates for Tier 1 and 2 will increase as well as the base fees. In terms of sewer, it's pretty level and the base fees will remain the same. However, we are looking
▶ 7:33 at the possibility of using retained earnings in the water and sewer budgets to keep the rate increase at a minimum and possibly to eliminate a rate a proposed rate increase so that will be discussed at our next meeting and we'll have further information at that time thank you thank you anybody else have anything to report on rule 53 seeing none madam clerk of committees can you hear me at this time have the calendar items order 2021-80 amending chapter a article 2 section 202 of the administrative code of the city of melrose to expand the membership of the council on aging mr president this order comes from the legal and legislative committee with a recommendation for passage and at this time i would motion for passage second mr president for the record i
▶ 9:01 I do not meet myself motion made by counseling, seconded by council. Any discussion seeing none please call the roll. Uh, counselor echoes yes. Counselor, yeah, counselor Gregoritis. Yes, yes. Yes. Council McMaster. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Counselor, yes. Counselor Stewart yes. Counselor Thomas Thomas yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Um, for 2021 dash 89 acceptance of the fiscal 2021, local cultural council grant from the mass cultural council in the amount of 13,000 funds will be deposited into fund number 2543 for grants awarded by the Melrose cultural council. Mr. president, this comes from the appropriations committee with a recommendation for passage and at this time I move for passage. 2nd, motion for a passage made by constantly not 2nd, if I can't say Gregoritis any discussion.
▶ 10:33 Seeing none, Madam clerk, please call the roll. Counselor Eccles yes. Counselor. Yes. Counselor Gregoritis yes. Counselor. Yes. Councilor McMaster yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Thomas? Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi? Yes. President Sinella? Yes. 11 yes. Order 2021-86, appointment of Paul Fahey to the Library Board of Trustees for a three year term. Said term to end on the last day of February 2024. Thank you, Mr. President. This order comes from health, education and welfare with a recommendation for passage. And at this time, I would like to move the motion for passage. Motion for passage made by councilor and seconded by councilor Thomas. Any discussion?
▶ 11:41 Seeing none, Madam clerk, please call the roll. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Garipay? Yes. Councilor Grigoraitis? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Thomas? Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi? Yes. President Sinella. Yes. 11 yes. Order 2021-87, reappointment of Catherine M. Mercer, 466 Pleasant Street, to the Melrose Public Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term. Said term to end on the last day of February 2023. Thank you. This order comes from Health, Education, and Welfare with the recommendation of passage. And at this moment, I would like to make a motion for passage. Second, second passage made by consultationality and seconded by constantly.
▶ 12:51 Madam clerk, please call the roll. Yes. Counselor, yes. Counselor Gregoritis yes. Counselor. Yes. Counselor McMaster yes. Counselor, yes. Councillor Migliorelli. Yes. Councillor Stewart. Yes. Councillor Thomas. Yes. Councillor Ciamantosi. Yes. President Sinella. Yes. 11 yes. Order 2021-85 acceptance of a donation of land from Deborah Killam and Dawn Marie Killam into the care and custody of the Melrose Conservation Commission. Mr. President, this comes from the Appropriations Committee with a recommendation for passage and at this time I move for passage. Motion for passage made by Councillor McNaught, seconded by Councillor Garipay. Any discussion? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Councillor Eccles? Yes.
▶ 14:02 Councillor Garipay? Yes. Councillor Grigoraitis? Yes, yes. Yes. Council McMaster yes. Councilor not yes. Counselor Michael, you're early. Yes. Yes. That's our steward. Yes, yes. Yes. Councilor yes. President. Yes. 11 yes, or 2021 dash 88, re-appointment of Cynthia Ann Silvera, 298 Minton Street, to the Board of Registrars of Voters, said term to expire on the last day of March, 2024. Okay, Councilor Migliorelli. Mr. President, this comes with a recommendation from passage from the Committee on Finance. So at this time, I'd like to motion for passage. Second. Motion for passage made by Councilor Migliorelli, seconded by Councilor Grigoraitis. Any discussion? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, Please call them. Yeah.
▶ 15:17 Shawn M. MacMaster: Yes, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes counselor. Yes steak is. Yes, yes. 11 yes all right order 2021-90 an order requesting information on safe use of fire pits uh council mcmaster yes thank you mr president at this time i move to attach to the order 2021-90 citizen correspondence that we received we received three emails on march 8th i'll note for the record we received an email from rebecca blumenthal katie kennedy and gerald larry again those are on march 8th we did receive some earlier correspondence prior to the filing of the order that relates to the order going back mr president to january 4 january 4th 2021 from laura azevedo and going back to may 21st 2020 from mike lambert again mr president this time i move to attach those to the order
▶ 16:38 Okay, so we have a motion made to attach all correspondence made by Councilor McMaster, seconded by Councilor Garipay. Any discussion around that? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Garipay? Yes. Councilor Grigoraitis? Yes. Councilor DeMaledin? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes, Councilor McNaught. Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Thomas? Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi? Yes. President Sinella? Yes. 11 yes. Councilor Garipay? Thank you, Mr. President. This order comes from protection and license with the recommendation to place on file. At this time, I'll make a motion to place this order on file. 2nd, we should need to place this order on file made by Council, seconded by Councilor, not a discussion.
▶ 17:52 Seeing none, Madam clerk, please call the roll. Counselor Eccles yes. Councilor yes. Counselor Gregoritis yes. Counselor. Yes. Counselor McMaster yes. Councillor McNaught? Yes. Councillor Migliorelli? Yes. Councillor Stewart? No. Councillor Thomas? Yes. Councillor Tramontozzi? Yes. Councillor Sinella, I mean President Sinella? Yes. Ten yes, one no. Do you want to make a motion to adjourn unless you want to hang out? Motion to adjourn. Second. Motion to adjourn made by Councillor McNaught, seconded by counselor Eccles with the new haircut a discussion seeing none of madam clerk please call the vote counselor Eccles yes counselor Garipay yeah counselor Grigoraitis yes president Jamala geez I'm crow I don't know what's going on with my notes here counselor Jamaladeen
▶ 19:04 all right we lost an hour that's okay it's killing me counselor Jamaladeen yes counselor McMaster Yes, Councilor McNaught. Yes. President, I could see it's because I keep messing up President's knowledge, but like, don't mess up. Don't mess up. Uh, Councilor, make the rally. Yes. Counselor Stewart yes. Counselor Thomas yes. Yes. President, yeah, yeah. Get some sleep everybody 11. yes. Have a good night. Enjoy these short meetings. Good night. We've got some long ones coming up.