Public Works Committee — 2021-04-01
Attendance
Christopher Cinella ; Jack Eccles ; Mark Garipay ; Shawn M. MacMaster ; Robb Stewart ; Cory Thomas
Agenda
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE CALENDAR● APRIL 1, 2021 Web-based remote meeting Committee Meeting 7:00 PM , Melrose, MA 02176 The public should take notice that the Melrose City Council may, on certain occasions, have a quorum in attendance due to standing committees of the City Council consisting of both voting and non-voting members. Members attending this duly posted meeting are participating and deliberating only in conjunction with the business of the standing committee. Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Cory Thomas Chair Present Mark Garipay Vice Chair Present Shawn M. MacMaster Voting Present Jack Eccles Voting Present Robb Stewart Voting Present Christopher Cinella President, ex oficio Present The Public Works Committee is called to order by Chair Thomas. This meeting is recorded and may be viewed on www.mmtv3.org
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 City Council City of Melrose Page 1 4/1/2021 7:41 PM
Transcript
▶ 0:00 Cory Thomas: I am ready. Okay. And there's Councilor Garipay. All right, good evening. Today is Thursday, April 1st, 2021, the time being 7 p.m. This is the Public Works Committee. My name is Corey Thomas, City Council, Ward 7, Chair of the Public Works Committee. Pursuant to Governor Baker's order suspending certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law and the Governor's order imposing strict limitations on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Public Works Committee will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible we will post a comprehensive record of these proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting on the city of melrose website and on mmtv mmtv3.org the public can find online access instructions to view this
▶ 0:52 Cory Thomas: meeting at citymelrose.org remote hyphen meetings in lieu of a roll call i'd like to welcome and acknowledge mark Garipay city council vice chair Councilor mcmaster Councilor eccles Councilor stewart president chris sanella ex officio and non-voting member Councilor maya jamaluddin if there's no objection i'd like to make a motion to open public comments seeing no objection madam clerk of committees are there anyone in participation there are no attendees at this time no attendees all right barring any objection i'd like to close public comments public comments are now closed uh we have one order on the docket tonight order 2021-100 a request from national grid to install a two by four primary dock from existing pole p889
▶ 1:58 Cory Thomas: on the sidewalk approximately eight feet northwest towards 99 washington street any discussion on this order i'd like to make a motion council stuart thank you mr chair do we have any representation that will be speaking on behalf of this um this order we will uh but we're we're meeting tonight to move this meeting out of committee and back in front of the full committee on monday the full city council on the monday meeting on april 5th okay so they'll be coming to us on monday yes representatives from national grid will be there very good thank you can i just clarify one thing we're gonna uh do the public hearing on monday so that we will be scheduled on monday so we can supply noticed is there the newspapers residents and the um uh butters that
▶ 3:05 Shawn M. MacMaster: public hearing is tentatively scheduled right now for tuesday april 20th council week master Just a point of clarity through you, Mr. Chairman, to Councilor Stewart, is the other reason this had gone to committee is I had objected when there was a motion for immediate consideration at the last meeting. Not understanding that the motion for immediate consideration was to schedule the public hearing, but rather motion for immediate consideration as I interpreted the way that it was made was to have the public hearing. My concern was that the records that the clerk's office had for the abutters were not accurate. At least one, perhaps two, perhaps even three of the abutters, the addresses were old.
▶ 4:00 Shawn M. MacMaster: We know that for certain with respect to 99 Washington Street, the building had been sold back in or the closing had occurred back in October and that former property owner was It's still listed and I believe, again, at least one other one, perhaps two, the property owners had changed. So the concern was that the proper abutters, whether one or more were not notified, and that was the basis of objecting it. So today, the purpose of the meeting is to put it back on the full meeting of the City Council in order for us to move to to schedule a public hearing. Is that fair, Chair Thomas? Just did I get that right? With the help of- I couldn't have said it better myself. I will set the public hearing meeting
▶ 4:55 Cory Thomas: in front of the full council on Monday, April 5th. And the public hearing is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, April 20th, the day after Patriots Day. So seeing no more discussion, Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll on order 2021-100? Just so I can clarify the record motion by what do I hear a motion? I hear a motion. I make a motion to move or. Right in front of me, I'm sorry to the full committee. To open a set of public hearing and. Yes, all right so we have a motion by council to remain this order to the full council seconded by council. Madam clerk. Can you please call the roll? Chair Thomas. Yes. Yeah. Vice chair. Yes, yes. Counselor McMaster. Yes. Yeah. Counselor Eccles. Yeah, counselor Stewart. Yes. President.
▶ 6:04 Cory Thomas: Yes, yes, success with no more items on the agenda. Do I hear a motion for adjournment? Motion for adjournment by Councilor Eccles, seconded by Councilor Garipay. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Chair Thomas? Yes. Vice Chair Garipay? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. President Cinella? Yes. 6 yes. Thank you all very much. We are adjourned. Enjoy the weekend. Have a great.