City Council — 2022-04-25

City Council Regular Meeting

This meeting starts at 2:27 in a recording that covers several meetings.

Attendance

Christopher Cinella present · President; Jack Eccles absent · At-Large; Mark Garipay present · Ward 4; Jen Grigoraitis present · Ward 6; Maya Jamaleddine present · At-Large; Manjula Karamcheti present · Ward 1; Shawn M. MacMaster present · Ward 5; Leila Migliorelli absent · At-Large; John Obremski late, 8:25 AM · Ward 2; Robb Stewart absent · Ward 3; Ryan Williams present · Ward 7

Agenda

Minutes

CITY OF MELROSE CITY COUNCIL BULLETIN● APRIL 25, 2022 Council Chamber, First Floor, Melrose City Hall Regular Meeting 7:45 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Jack Eccles At-Large Absent Mark Garipay Ward 4 Present Jen Grigoraitis Ward 6 Present Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Present Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1 Present Shawn M. MacMaster Ward 5 Present Leila Migliorelli At-Large Absent John Obremski Ward 2 Late 8:25 AM Robb Stewart Ward 3 Absent Ryan Williams Ward 7 Present Christopher Cinella President Present

ORDER-2022-106 Bond Authorizing a Bond under the Water Enterprise System through MWRA Local Water System Assistance Program bonds for FY2022 in the amount of Six Hundred Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($685,000) Assigned to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDER-2022-107 Appointment Appointment of Carolyn Federoff, 108 Ashland Street, to the Affordable Housing Trust for a three-year term. Assigned to Committee Health, Education & Welfare Committee

ORDER-2022-108 Appropriation An Appropriation From Free Cash, Account Number 01-324001, in the Amount of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000) to Parks - Turf Replacement, Account Number 014753-551177 Assigned to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDER-2022-109 Grant City of Melrose Page 1 4/26/2022 10:08 AM Minutes City Council April 25, 2022 Acceptance of a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in the amount of $1,500 Assigned to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDER-2022-110 Grant Acceptance of a MassSave Community First Partnership Award in the Amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars to Support Energy Efficiency Measures for Melrose Homes and Businesses Assigned to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDNC-2022-3 Amending Something Previously Adopted An Order to Amend Revised Local Options for Property Tax Exemptions Assign to Committee Legal & Legislative Committee

ORDNC-2022-4 Amending Something Previously Adopted Revocation of Chapter 59, Section 5 Clause 57 to Allow for Qualifying Tax Relief Assign to Committee Legal & Legislative Committee

ORDER-2022-91 Appointment Re-Appointment of Tarcia Leskiw, 47 Lovell Road, to the Beebe Estate Board of Trustees for a term to expire on the last day of February 2024. Adopted

ORDER-2022-92 Appointment Re-Appointment of Betsy Friedberg, 48 Walton Park, to the Beebe Estate Board of Trustees for a term to expire on the last day of February 2024. Adopted

ORDER-2022-93 Appointment Re-Appointment of Jessica Rowcroft, 5 Marmion Road, to the Beebe Estate Board of Trustees for a term to expire on the last day of February 2023. Adopted

ORDER-2022-94 Appointment City of Melrose Page 2 4/26/2022 10:08 AM Minutes City Council April 25, 2022 Re-Appointment of William Butler, 102 Crescent Road, to the Beebe Estate Board of Trustees for a term to expire on the last day of February 2023. Adopted

ORDER-2022-95 Appointment Re-Appointment of Sean Heneghan, 31 Reading Hill Ave, to the Beebe Estate Board of Trustees for a term to expire on the last day of February 2023. Adopted

ORDER-2022-101 Appointment Re-Appointment of Francisco Brincheiro, MD, 14 Geneva Road, to the Board of Health; said term to expire the last day of February 2025 Adopted

ORDER-2022-98 Appointment Re-Appointment of Paul Moore, 35 Laurel Street, to the Conservation Commission; said term to expire the last day of February 2024 Adopted

ORDER-2022-99 Appointment Re-Appointment of J. Ryan Sloan, 421 East Foster Street, to the Conservation Commission; said term to expire the last day of February 2025 Adopted

ORDER-2022-100 Appointment Re-Appointment of Michael Paiewonsky, 71 Warwick Road, to the Conservation Commission; said term to expire the last day of February 2025 Adopted

ORDER-2022-102 Appointment City of Melrose Page 3 4/26/2022 10:08 AM Minutes City Council April 25, 2022 Re-Appointment of Michael Margolis, 22 Stowecroft Road, to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building Trustees; said term to expire the last day of February 2023 Adopted

ORDER-2022-103 Appointment Re-Appointment of Louis Izzi, 45 Damon Avenue, Road, to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building Trustees; said term to expire the last day of February 2024 Adopted

ORDER-2022-104 Appointment Re-Appointment of Mary Sexton, 19 Sears Avenue, to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building Trustees; said term to expire the last day of February 2025. Adopted

ORDER-2022-105 Appointment Re-Appointment of Jason Webb, 92 Morgan Street, to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building Trustees; said term to expire the last day of February 2025. Adopted

ORDER-2022-97 Appointment Re-Appointment of Jaron Green, 279 Lebanon Street, to the Human Rights Commission for a three-year term; said term to expire the last day of February 2025. Adopted

ORDER-2022-90 Presentation Briefing on Draft Compliance Guidelines for Multi-family Districts Under Section 3A of the Zoning Act Placed on File

ORDER-2022-89 Appropriation An Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) in the amount of $151,200 (One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand, Two Hundred dollars), to various police accounts as set forth herein. Held in Committee City Council

LIC-2022-1 Surety Bond City of Melrose Page 4 4/26/2022 10:08 AM Minutes City Council April 25, 2022 Confirmation of Melrose City Clerk surety bond in the amount of $15,000.00 for the year 2022. Place on File

LIC-2022-2 License - Common Victualler License: Common Victualler renewals for 2022 Place on File

LIC-2022-3 License - Common Victualler Licenses Not Renewed: Common Victualler for 2022 Place on File

LIC-2022-4 License - Class II Motor Vehicle Licenses renewed: Class II Motor Vehicle for 2022 Place on File

LIC-2022-5 License - Class II Motor Vehicle Licenses Not Renewed: Class II Motor Vehicle for 2022 Place on File City of Melrose Page 5 4/26/2022 10:08 AM

Transcript

▶ 2:28 Christopher Cinella: welcome to the april 25th melrose city council meeting the time is 7 45 and this meeting is called to order madam clerk if you could please call the role counselor eccles counselor Garipay Councilor Grigoraitis. Here. Councilor Jamaleddine. Here. Councilor Karamcheti. Here. Councilor McMaster. Here. Councilor Migliorelli. Councilor Obremski. Councilor Stewart. Councilor Williams. Here. President Cinella. Here. 7 present. Okay this provides a quorum for this evening. If we could all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. and if there is no objection I would like to enter our minutes from the April 4th into the April 4th City Council meeting into the record without reading and seeing no objection those are now in our and if there's no objection I'd like

▶ 3:49 Christopher Cinella: to open the floor for a public comment seeing no objection we are now open for public comment if anybody in this audience would like to come forward and speak this evening please do so at this time madam clerk do we have anybody online this time there is no one in the queue on WebEx should we give it a few minutes you think we're good okay if there's no objection I'd like to close public comment the comment is now closed no public hearings files by your Honorable Mayor for 2022-106 authorizing a bond under the water enterprise system through MWRA local water systems system assistance program bonds for fiscal year 2022 in the amount of six hundred eighty five thousand Okay, that'll go to Appropriations and Oversight.

▶ 4:37 Order 2022-107, appointment of Caroline Federoff, 108 Ashland Street, to the Affordable Housing Trust for a three-year term. That'll go to Health, Education, and Welfare. Order 2022-108, an appropriation from Free Cash, account number 01324001, in the amount of $600,000 to Parks, Turf Placement, account number 014753-551177. that'll go to appropriations and oversight order 2022-109 acceptance of a grant from the massachusetts cultural council in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars i'll go to appropriations and oversight order 2022-110 acceptance of a mass save community first partnership award in the amount of twenty five thousand dollars to support energy efficiency measures for melrose homes and businesses appropriations and oversight ordinance 2022-3

▶ 5:31 Christopher Cinella: in order to amend revised local options for property tax exemptions we'll go to the legal and legislative committee and filings by the honorable city council ordinance 2022-4 revocation of chapter 59 section 5 clause 57 to allow for qualifying tax relief that will go to legal and ledge and we don't have any communication from the mayor reports from committee um what i just to give you a heads up on this what I'd like to do is we can join some of these by board or Commission just so you understand what I'm doing for purposes of one vote these are all reappointments so if there is no objection I'd like to can join orders 2022-91 92 93 94 and 95 and i will have the clerk read those off i'm seeing

▶ 6:34 there's no objection at this time we'll proceed mr clerk if you could order 2022-91 reappointment of tarsia lescue 47 level road to the bb estate board of trustees for a term to expire on the last day of february 2024. order 2022-92 reappointment of betsy friedberg 48 walton park to the bb estate board of trustees for a term to expire on the last day of february 2024. order 2022-93 reappointment of jessica rowcraft five marymond road to the bb estate board of trustees for a term to expire on the last day of february 2023 order 2022-94 reappointment of william butler 102 crescent road to the bb state board of trustees for a term to expire on the last day of february 2023 order 2022-95 reappointment of sean hennigan 31 reading hill

▶ 7:33 ave to the b estate board of trustees for a term to expire on the last day of february 2023 thank Thank you. Councilor Commerciati. So these recommendations reappointments come from the Health Education and Welfare Committee and all with an ought to pass. So I'd like to make a motion for these to pass. Okay, motion made by Councilor Commerciati for a ought to pass, seconded by Councilor Williams. Madam Clerk, if you could please call the roll. Councilor Garipay. Yes. Councilor Grigoraitis. Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine. yes council caron chidi yes councillor mcmaster yes councillor williams yes president sanella yes seven yes on the recommend passage okay order 2022-101 reappointment of francisco brinchero md

▶ 8:24 Christopher Cinella: 40 geneva road to the board of health set terms expire on the last day of february 2025. councillor Karamcheti this also comes from health education and welfare With a recommendation for passage and I had moved for passage second Motion made for passage made by consulate camera charity seconded by councillor Williams Madam clerk, could you please call the roll councillor Garipay? Yes, councillor Grigoraitis. Yes, come solution. Melody. Yes Council Karen treaty. Yes, councillor McMaster. No councillor Williams. Yes Come president Sunilla. Yes six yes one no okay next up i'd like to um if there's no objection uh conjoin orders 2022-98 99 and 100 for purposes of a singular vote is the clerk seeing no objection those are conjoined

▶ 9:21 order 2022 98 reappointment of palm moore 35 laurel road laurel street to the conservation commission said term to expire on the last day of february 2024 order 2022 99 reappointment of j ryan sloan 421 east foster street to the conservation commission said term to expire on the last day of february 2025 order 2022-100 reappointment of michael pwanski 71 warwick road to the conservation commission set term to expire on the last day of february 2025. all right who wants to step in for public service on this one uh these orders come from the public service committee with a recommendation not to pass and i would motion to accept that recommendation okay we have a motion made for passage made by councillor williams seconded by councillor

▶ 10:16 Christopher Cinella: Grigoraitis any discussion seeing none madam clerk please call the roll councillor Garipay yes councillor Grigoraitis yes councillor maladin yes council caram chedi yes councillor mcmaster yes councillor williams yes president sinella yes seven yes and next up um if there's no objection i'd like to conjoin uh the following orders 2022-102 103 104 and 105 for purpose of a singular vote seeing no objection those are now conjoined order 2022-102 reappointment of michael margolis 22 stowcroft road to the soldiers and sailors memorial building trustees set terms expire on the last day of february 2023. order 2022-103 reappointment of louis izzy 45 damon avenue to the soldiers and sailors memorial building trustees set term to expire on the

▶ 11:19 last day of february 2024. order 2022-104 reappointment of mary sexton 19 sears avenue to the soldiers and sailors memorial building trustees set term to expire on the last day of february 2025. order 2022-105 reappointment of jason webb 92 morgan street to the soldiers and and sailors Memorial building trustees said term to expire the last day of February 2025 make a motion for passage on these motion for passage made by councillor Garipay seconded by councillor McMaster any discussion seeing none madam clerk please call the roll councillor Garipay yes councillor Grigoraitis dis yes councillor Maladine yes Yes. Councillor Karim Chidi. Yes. Councillor McMaster. Yes. Councillor Williams. Yes. President Zanella.

▶ 12:16 Yes. Seven yes. All right. Order 2022-97, reappointment of Joran Green, 279 Lebanon Street, to the Human Rights Commission for a three-year term. Set term to expire at the last day of February, 2025. Councillor Gress. Mr. President, this order comes from the Appropriations and Oversight Committee with a recommendation for passage, and at this time, I would motion for passage. okay motion for passage made by counselor Grigoraitis seconded by counselor jamala dean any discussion seeing none madam clerk please call the roll councillor Garipay yes councillor Grigoraitis yes councilor maladin yes council caramchetti yes councillor mcmaster yes councillor williams yes president sanella yes seven yes order 2022-90 briefing on draft

▶ 13:04 compliance guidelines for multifamily districts under section 3a of the Zoning Act mr. president this comes from appropriations and oversight with a recommendation to place on file as it was an informational order and at this time I would motion to place on file second motion to place on file made by councillor Grigoraitis seconded by councillor any discussion seeing none Madam Clerk please call the roll. Councillor Garipay. Yes. Councillor Grigoraitis. Yes. Councillor Shmueledin. Yes. Councillor Karamcheti. Yes. Councillor McMaster. Yes. Councillor Williams. Yes. President Sinella. Yes. Seven yes. Order 2022-89 an appropriation from free cash account zero one dash three two four zero zero one in the amount of one hundred fifty

▶ 13:56 Christopher Cinella: one thousand two hundred dollars to various police accounts as set forth herein mr. president this comes from the Appropriations and Oversight Committee with the recommendation for passage and at this time I would motion for passage motion for passage made by councillor Grigoraitis seconded by councillor Jamal the Dean any discussion seeing none Adam clerk please call the roll Councilor Garipay. Yes. Councilor Grigoraitis. Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine. Yes. Councilor Karamcheti. Yes. Councilor McMaster. Yes. Councilor Williams. Yes. President Sinella. Yes. 7 yes. Now this next order 17 if it's on your agendas should not be. 2022-66 is held in committee. So disregard that. Thank you, Mr. President, this comes from protection and license committee with the recommendation for passage at this time. I make a motion for passage motion for passage made by counseling, second by counselor Williams. Any discussion seeing none. Madam clerk, please call the roll.

▶ 14:59 Christopher Cinella: from protection and license committee with the recommendation for passage at this time I make a motion for passage motion for passage made by counseling Gara pay seconded by councillor Williams any discussion seeing none madam clerk please call the roll councillor Gara pay yes councillor Grigoraitis yes councillor Jamal adine yes councillor Karam Chetty yes councillor McMaster yes councillor Williams yes president Sinella yes yes Now, if there's no objection, I'd like to conjoin the following orders for purposes of singular vote, 2022-2, 3, 4, and 5. Seeing no objection, those are now conjoined. Mr. Clerk. License 2022-2. License. Common vitular renewals for 2022. License 2022-3. Licenses not renewed.

▶ 15:50 Common vitular for 2022. license 2022 dash 4 licenses renewed class 2 motor vehicle for 2022 license 2022 dash 5 licenses not renewed class 2 motor vehicle for 2022 council Garipay thank you again mr. president these four orders come from protection and licensing with the recommendation to place on file at this moment I will make a motion to place these on file on file made by councillor Garipay seconded by councillor Grigoraitis any discussion seeing none madam clerk councillor Garipay yes councillor Grigoraitis yes councillor Jamaleddine yes councillor Karamcheti yes councillor McMaster yes president I'm sorry councillor Williams yes president Sinella yes yes all right we don't have any unfinished business no expires anything to report under rule

▶ 16:54 Christopher Cinella: 53 nothing to report under rule 53 you guys are all watching the Celtics on your computers I can tell so at this time I would like to move into EXECUTIVE SESSION YEAH DO YOU WANT TO RECESS MOTION TO RECESS SECOND MOTION TO REPASS MADE BY COUNCILOR MCMASTER SECONDED BY COUNCILOR Grigoraitis ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RECESS OKAY WE ARE NOW BACK OUT OF RECESS AND AT THIS TIME PROCEDURALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH AN OUTSTANDING CITY CLERK POINTED OUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED EIGHT VOTES ON ORDER 2022-89 SO IF I COULD TURN over to our appropriate chair appropriations thank you mr president because we're only have seven of us here tonight i am going to withdraw my motion regarding order 2022-89 and appropriation for free

▶ 17:52 Christopher Cinella: cash um to various police accounts um at this time okay so original motion has been withdrawn and at this time is there a motion to hold this in council sure motion to hold second motion to hold made by councillor Grigoraitis seconded by councillor Garipay is there any discussion seeing none madam clerk please call the role councillor Garipay yes council Grigoraitis yes councilor maladin yes council caram chetty yes councillor mcmaster yes councillor williams yes president sanella yes seven yes thank you my bad for not seeing that i just turned 45 so my My eyesight's not, you know, it's going on me. At this time, we will be moving into Executive Session to discuss the deployment of security personnel or devices

▶ 18:44 Christopher Cinella: with respect thereto. With the City of Melrose Police Chief, Mike Lyle, the City Council will not be returning to Open Session and we will be adjourning from Executive Session. I just ask that while in Executive Session, all questions and comments need to be on topic with the matter at hand. So at this time, I'll entertain a motion to go into executive session. Motion to go into executive session. Second. Motion made to go into executive session made by Councilor Williams, seconded by Councilor Karamcheti. Any discussion? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Councilor Garipay? Yes. Councilor Grigoraitis? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor McMaster?

▶ 19:32 Yes. Williams. Yes. President Cinella. Yes. We are now in executive session. We are now in executive session.

City Council — 2022-04-25

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