City Council — 2022-10-03

City Council Regular Meeting

This meeting starts at 9:20 in a recording that covers several meetings.

Attendance

Christopher Cinella present · President; Jack Eccles present · 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 present · At-Large; John Obremski present · Ward 2; Robb Stewart present · Ward 3; Ryan Williams present · Ward 7

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CITY OF MELROSE CITY COUNCIL BULLETIN● OCTOBER 3, 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 Present 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 Present John Obremski Ward 2 Present Robb Stewart Ward 3 Present Ryan Williams Ward 7 Present Christopher Cinella President Present

ORDER-2023-20 Grant Acceptance of Federal Title III B FY23 Grant Through Mystic Valley Elder Services in the Amount of $10,000 Assigned to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDER-2023-21 Grant Acceptance of Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in the Amount of $75,000 For Enhancements to Recreational Developments and Parks Assigned to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDER-2023-22 Grant Authorization to Accept a MassWorks Infrastructure Grant in the amount of $615,000 from the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED) through the Community One Stop for Growth Program and Authorize the Mayor to Execute a Contract with EOHED; funds to be deposited into Fund 4519 Assigned to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDER-2023-23 Grant City of Melrose Page 1 10/18/2022 12:28 PM Minutes City Council October 3, 2022 Authorization to Accept a Grant in the amount of $500,000.00 from the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) through the Green Communities Division and Authorize the Mayor to Execute a Contract with DOER; funds to be deposited into Fund 4520 Assigned to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDER-2023-24 Appropriation Funding Authorization in the amount of Sixty Eight Thousand Five Hundred ($68,500) Dollars for Design Services for Public Safety Facilities Assigned to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDER-2023-25 Proclamation Proclaiming the month of October, 2022, as Domestic Violence Awareness Month Placed on File

LIC-2023-1 License - Gasoline Storage Gasoline & Storage License Post Deadline Renewal 2022 Granted

ORDER-2023-10 Appointment Appointment of Shane Egan, 21 Boston Rock Ave, to the Melrose Historical Commission, for a three-year term, said term to expire on the last day of February, 2025. Adopted

ORDER-2023-11 Appointment Appointment of Kate Roberts, 25 Rockland St, to the Melrose Historical Commission, for a three-year term, said term to expire on the last day of February, 2025. Adopted

ORDER-2023-14 Grant Acceptance of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 2023 Coastal Habitat and Water Quality Grant in the Amount of $100,868.00 Passed

ORDER-2023-15 Grant City of Melrose Page 2 10/18/2022 12:28 PM Minutes City Council October 3, 2022 Acceptance of Two Grants from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Community Compact Best Practices Program in the amounts of $35,000 and $25,000 Passed

ORDER-2023-16 Bond Authorizing a Bond for the purchase of landscaping equipment necessary to run Mt Hood Golf Course Passed City of Melrose Page 3 10/18/2022 12:28 PM

Transcript

▶ 9:37 Christopher Cinella: counselor grigoritis here counselor. Jamaladin. Council karamchetti here Council McMaster here Council migliarelli here Council o'brimski. Yeah counselor Stewart here counselor Williams here and president. Sonella. Yeah, 11 president. Okay and pursuant to an act relative to extending certain state of emergency accommodation signed into law by Governor Baker on July 16th, 2022 giving public bodies the ability to authorize the members to participate in meetings remotely constellation will be participating in our meeting tonight by remote means Please rise from pledge. For which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay, and if there is no objection, I'd like to approve our meeting minutes from September 19th

▶ 10:50 Jeff McNaught: without reading into the record. so, you know objection that is now has been as approved and if there's no objection I'd like to now open the floor for a public comment and if anybody wishes to Speak to an item on our agenda this evening. Please do so. President Obama counselor mcnaught if you could please state your name and address. Jeffrey mcnaught 562 Main Street Melrose, Mass Rather not give my personal address. It does feel a little bit different not being in our pajama pants and on WebEx, but It's my first time back in the chamber and I'm here to read a letter pertaining to item number five on your new business. This is a letter from the public safety buildings committee. requesting funding for pre-designed services

▶ 11:43 Jeff McNaught: for the public safety buildings Dear honorable City councilors. We the Melrose Public Safety building committee request 68,500. For design services, including reimbursable expenses for an architectural firm to complete pre-designed services. For proposed upgrades to the city's fire and police stations. These Services which include developing conceptual design plans schedules and cost estimates. For several options will allow our committee. To refine two options and present these options to the mayor the city council. and the public for review in early 2023 in late 2021 the mayor established as public safety building committee. To come up with a recommendation for how to upgrade our Public Safety buildings.

▶ 12:37 Jeff McNaught: To serve the needs of the police and fire departments. We initiated our effort by reviewing the previous feasibility study for the public safety buildings completed in 2017. And are coming up with our recommendations which balance both the needs of the city and an effective use of our taxpayer dollars. We will present our recommendations to the mayor. The city council and the general public in stages as we come up with our findings. Our task is to make an informed recommendation on the best path for Public Safety buildings for our city. And to explain this to our fellow citizens. So that we as a community can reach a consensus on the funding for this effort. Our committee is confirmed that our police and fire stations

▶ 13:28 Jeff McNaught: have been in dire need of upgrades for quite some time now. Improving our Public Safety buildings will be a major multi-year project for our city to undertake. The actual cost of this effort will to plan depend on which plan Melrose selects the design fees the construction and land costs and the phasing of the project. Outdated police and fire stations are not a local phenomenon. We have studied how surrounding municipalities of upgraded their public safety building infrastructure. And our learning from their planning funding and execution. Door and Whittier, the Architecture Firm who also performed the previous 2017 feasibility study have completed a number of Public Safety projects. for municipalities in New England

▶ 14:20 Jeff McNaught: They are presented us with the scope of work and fee proposal to assist our committee, which we determine to be reasonable. Their work will take approximately four months. pending approval of this appropriation request Contracting and signing a notice to proceed we are requesting this funding for door and Whittier to refine their design including schedules and cost estimates for the following options identified by our committee through our work over the past year. Making structural utilities and accessibility improvements to the central fire station on Main Street. Renovating and adding a two-story addition to Engine 2 on Tremont Street. demolishing and building a new engine to on Tremont Street

▶ 15:08 Jeff McNaught: renovating and adding a second floor to engine 3 on East Foster Street. demolishing and building a new engine 3 on East Foster Street renovating engine 3 on East Foster Street without any additions Building a new police station and Dispatch Center on a larger site. Converting a larger existing building into a new police station on a new site. And different combinations of the above. We appreciate your consideration of this request and look forward to discussing it with you and it's signed respectfully Eugenia Gibbons and myself the co-chairs, but I can assure you. There's many great residents of the city of Mars who have helped over the past year in this project. So I thank you for your time.

▶ 15:55 Thank you. Anybody online? There are zero attendees at this time anybody else wishing to speak? Seeing none if that objection will close public comment. And we have some new business filings. Order twenty twenty three twenty that's twenty acceptance of a federal title. Three be fy23 Grant through Mystic Valley Elder Services the amount of $10,000 Appropriations and oversight. Order 2023-21 acceptance of a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation vcr and the amount of $75,000 for enhancements to recreational developments and Parks medical Appropriations and oversight. order 20 20 23-22 authorization to accept a mass Works infrastructure Grant the amount of 615,000 from

▶ 17:00 the executive office of Housing and economic development. EO h e d through the community one one stop for growth program and authorize the mayor to execute a contract with e o h e d. Funds to be deposited into fund four five one nine gotta go to Appropriations and oversight. order 2023-23 authorization to accept a grant in the amount of 500,000 from the Department of energy resources doer through the green community's Division and authorized the mayor to execute a contract with the oer funds to be deposited into fund. Four five two zero to Appropriations and oversight. order 2023-24 Funding authorization in the amount of 68,500 for Design Services for Public Safety facilities Appropriations and oversight.

▶ 17:55 Christopher Cinella: Communications from design er the other City officials order 2023-25 claiming the month of October 2023 as domestic violence, Awareness Month counciloritis Thank you, Mr. President. At this time. I would motion for immediate consideration of this order, which is a resolution offered by mayor Broder every year. The month of October is designated as domestic violence awareness month. So given that week are in October. It would be helpful to hear this tonight. Okay here, you know objection this matters now before us and If there is no objection, we will suspend our rules so we could hear from his honor the mayor. this item Huh? If you show choose but usually down there, but I will I will allow that we have more guests good. You

▶ 18:48 Paul Brodeur: guys want to come up? Thank you, Mr. President and members of the council as you know. The most alliance against violence is about to have at the end of the month on October 23rd is 27th Candlelight vigil and walk and as part of those. As part of that activity we typically gather to remember. Those victims in and point out that October is in fact domestic violence awareness month and if you'll indulge me and the folks here before me domestic violence Awareness Month of proclamation, whereas domestic violence is one of the most critical and far-reaching issues of our time affecting individuals every age culture class gender race and religion. And whereas according to the US Department of Justice domestic violence is a leading cause

▶ 19:51 Paul Brodeur: of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 that every 21 days a woman is killed by domestic violence and more than three million children witness accidents domestic violence every year. Whereas since October 16 16 people have died in Massachusetts as a result of domestic violence. And whereas for the past 27 years the Melrose alliance against violence in conjunction with the Miller's police department and the Melrose Public Schools has taken important steps to reduce domestic violence in our community Through education Outreach and support services as well as programs to prevent domestic violence such as mentoring peer leadership and bullying prevention. Therefore I Paul Broder mayor of the city of Melrose, Massachusetts

▶ 20:40 Paul Brodeur: do hereby get the Claire October 2022 to be domestic violence Awareness Month in the city of Melrose and recognize the accomplishments of the Melissa alliance against violence on its 27th anniversary and offer my best wishes for the organizations continued success. It is signed this day and as as you all know, each of you has had the opportunity to sign this and as we have each year of come together to recognize both the progress in the psalmility of the event as you know, this year will be a little bit different because the first time in 25 years Rebecca, Mooney will not be at the helm but Crystal if you'd like to say a few words say hello to the community. I think that would be appropriate.

▶ 21:34 I appreciate it. We look forward to hosting everyone on October 23rd, which is a Sunday at 4 pm for our 27th annual walk. It will be my first one as the Director of Maeve and I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone there as you all know, this is a community awareness event to raise awareness of domestic violence, but also to fund our programs and services and to continue to expand those programs and services for the community. So I appreciate you all and all your support and I look forward to seeing you at the walk. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Trump and what is the will of the Council on this order? Second motion to play some file made by counselor gregoritis second second by counselor Stewart.

▶ 22:35 Any discussion seeing none? Madam clerk. If you could please call the roll councils. Yes Council Gary. Yes constant grigoritis. Yes Council jamaladin. Yes counselor Karim Teddy. Yes. Councilman McMaster. Yes Council. Migliarelli. Yes counselor o'briensky. Yes counselor Stewart. Yes counts the Williams. Yes in president. Sonella. Yes 11. Yes. licenses licensed 2023-1 Gastly and storage license posted line renewal 2022 How's the airplane? Thank you, Mr. President license 2023-1 comes from the protection licensing committee with a recommendation for passage at this time. I make a recommendation. Seconds the motion for passage made by constant Garrett pay second by counselor Echols any discussion seeing none

▶ 23:32 Madam clerk. Please call the roll councilor Eccles. Yes comes the garapay. Yes. Constant grigoritis. Yes counselor. Jamaladin. Council karamchetti, yes Council McMaster. Yes, counselorelli. Yes counslow bremski. Yes counselor Stewart. Yes. Count the Williams. Yes president. Sonella. Yes 11. Yes. 2023-10 appointment of Shane Egan 21 Boston Rock Ave to the Melrose historical historical commission for three-year term said term to expire in the last day of February 2025. Councils Mr. President just comes from the health education and Welfare committee with recommendation for passage. And I moved for passage motion for passage means that counselor Eccles seconded by counselor Stewart any discussion

▶ 24:22 seeing none Madam clerk. Please call the role counselor Eccles. Yes counselor pay. Yes configuritis. Yes counselor gemology Yeah counselor. Karamchetti. Yes Council McMaster. Yes Council. Migliarelli. Yes counselor abramski. Yes counselor Stewart. Yes counsel Williams. Yes president. Zanella. Yes, loving yes order 2023-11 appointment of Kate Roberts 25 Rockland Street to the Melrose historical commission for a three-year term said terms expire on the last day of February 2025. Concert records Mr. President. This comes from the health education welfare committee with the recommendation for passage. I moved for passage session for passage made by Council seconded by councilor Stewart. Any discussion seeing none Madam clerk.

▶ 25:09 Please call counselor Eccles. Yes counsel garapay. Yes constantly grigoritis. Yes counsela. Jamaladin. Yeah counts. The karamchetti. Yes counselor McMaster. Yes counselor. Migliarelli. Yes counselor o'briensky. Yes counselor Stewart. Yes counsel Williams. Yes in president. Zanella. Yes 11. Yes. order 2023 - 14 sentence of a Massachusetts executive office of energy and environmental Affairs 2023 called Coastal habitat and water quality Grant and the amount of 100,868 counciloritis Mr. President, this order comes from the Appropriations and oversight committee for a recommendation for passage and I motion second. motion for passing me by counseling gregoritis seconded by counselor Williams any discussion

▶ 26:00 seeing none Madam clerk. Just call it all counselor Eccles. Yes counsel garapay. Yes comes the grigoritis. Yes counselor. Jamaladin. Yeah, consulate karamchetti. Yes Council McMaster. Yes Council. Migliarelli. Yes counsel o'briensky. Yes counselor Stewart. Yes counselor Williams. Yes in president. Zanella. Yes 11. Yes. Ordered 2023 - 15 acceptance of two grants from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Community compact best practices program the amounts of 35,000 and 25,000. Counciloritis Mr. President, this order comes from the Appropriations and oversight committee with the recommendation for passage and emotion for passage. Second motion capacity by counseloritis seconded by Council comedy.

▶ 26:49 any discussion Seeing none Madam clerk. Please. Call it councilor Eccles. Yes councilor. Yes counts the gregoritis. yes counselor jamaladin Yeah counselor. Karamchetti. Yes Council McMaster Council. Migliarelli. Yes counselor. Ramski. Yes counselor Stewart. Yes counsel Williams. Yes in president. Sonella. Yes 11. Yes. order 2023 - 16 authorizing a bond for the purchase of landscaping equipment necessary to run Mount Hood Golf Course Catholic Uranus Mr. President, this order also comes from the Appropriations and oversight committee with a recommendation for passage. And at this time I motion for passage. Okay motion for passage made by Council gregoride discussion seconded by counselor Eccles on discussion Council

▶ 27:39 Ryan Williams: Williams. I just wanted to note for the Public's benefit that we had a number of questions with this Bond and they have been very thoroughly answered by the representatives of the park commission representatives of the city. They provided a lot of additional information to us. It's all contained in iqm2 in the packet. And so having seen the additional information that's been provided to the council. I'm happy to support this order at this time. Thank you anybody else on discussion. Seeing none Madam clerk. Please. Call the roll counselor Eccles. Yes counselor pay yes constant grigoritis. Yes counselor. Jamaladin. Yes, okay. Council McMaster, yes. I'm sorry. Pardon me Council. Cam Teddy. Yes.

▶ 28:31 Councilorelli. Yes counselor bremski. Yes counselor Stewart. Yes counsel Williams. Yes in president. Zanella. Yes 11. Yes. And did you want to say something constant jamalogy? Just I don't want to. I didn't see. You before we came up with this decision and if you answers. To find their best to answer all our questions. Unfortunately. We are verified in a Time rise in giving in making this decision because the you know the deal that we have before us with inspired by very soon and we don't have time to even extend. In a discussion so from that we have to make the decision quickly and we decided and I decided to on my behalf to to vote Yes. Thank you counselor. and that concludes everything on our agenda this evening anything to report under

▶ 30:03 Christopher Cinella: rule 53. I think just a quick housekeeping October 11th. If you could Mark that date off in your calendar for special meeting, we'll be having at 7 pm in this room. Agenda will be posted by Wednesday evening. Okay at this time, I will motion adjourn. It's an emotional adjourn by a counselor Williams seconded by a consular Stewart. Adam Clark if you call the roll the last counselor Eccles, yes Council garapay. Yes comes the gregoritis. Yes counselor. Jamaladin. Yeah. Counts the carem teddy. Yes Council McMaster. Yes counselor. Migliarelli. Yes counselor bremski. Yes counselor Stewart. Yes counts the Williams. Yes president. Sonella. Yes.

City Council — 2022-10-03

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