City Council - Regular Meeting

Committee are Miguel, Franklin Miguel, Vice Chair, Councilor Gregory Rosario, who is my right, this three D, and Councilor Vice President Meisel is Ana Levy, the Chair of this Committee. Person to Chapter 20 of the Act of 2022, this meeting of order and committee is being conducted both in person and via remote participation. A reminder, the person who would like to listen or to view this meeting while in progress may either attend in person at the location above or use any of the following access locations. Faybou, Lawrence City Council, or U2, Lawrence City Council too. Council, let's stand. Everyone please stand for the pledge of the flag.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Council, there are some meetings to approve. The meeting for April 14, 2026, June 9, 2026, and June 23, 2026. I hear a motion.

Motion to approve. Second.

So the motion to approve, already second. All those in favor? Aye. The ayes have it. New business. Item 293.26, a request to discontinue the use of the open place as a public way. That was ended by Daniel McCartney, and he also sends an email to table this item.

Motion to table. Second.

Motion to table. There is no discussion. All those in favor?

Aye.

The ayes have it. Item 296 is the Chico Summer Shootout. So Batu School Event, Lawrence Playground on Saturday over the 15th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. I got it here, Mirza Caraballo. Hi, good evening. Your name and address, please.

Good evening, Nelsa Caravello, 31 Sargent Street, Lawrence, Mass. Thank you. I got the flyer here to give you. I'm just asking to use the Lawrence Field next to the Popham School, August 15, for the Back to School, Chico Samachuda Back to School event. This is an event I do every year. So this is an event I do every year. Chico Summer Shootout is a basketball league in my son's memory. He passed away 12 years ago. And under the league, we do this back to school event. Every year in different parks, so this year we're going to do it in the Lawrence Park and East Havel Street, so in Prospect Hill. We have food, hot dogs, hamburgers, backpacks, school supplies. We got a clown, we got music, and that's about it.

That's it.

So for how long, Nilsa? It's going to be 11 to 6 by 11 to 1, so we could set up, and then 4 to 6 to clean up. The 4 to 6? Yeah, but the event is 4 to 6.

Okay.

Sorry, one to four, I'm sorry.

For how many years are you celebrating this?

This will be, it started on 22, 2022, so it will be our fifth year. And you said that this is in the name of your son? This is on Chico's with my son. He passed away 12 years ago. And my son did a league, a summer basketball league. And then under the summer basketball league, we do the back to school Easter event for children with special needs. And we also give blankets out to the homeless during Chico when it was his birthday in October. So we give blankets out.

Thank you.

Thank you very much for this event that you do over here. And even though what I'm going to ask you is maybe it's probably related with this, but how are you collecting funds and how you guys are doing all this while your league is actually struggling with the location that you have right now?

We usually have people, well, my family donate the supplies and stuff, and my friend, they donate the hot dogs, the hamburgers, and even my coworkers from here, from the city hall, they, everybody pinching. I usually do bingos and basket bingos, and I do like every other fundraising just to, to get through this.

But Chico basketball, the actual tournament, when it do well, you get funds from there to buy supplies and stuff like that to do your events?

Not really, because the league, we have to pay the referee, and this year has been more hard, because they forced them to go inside, and the school is charging them $11,000, and the police is charging them $9,000.

So it's a budget of $20,000.

And we have to pay the referee and the score girl and all that.

And you still want to do your backpack in the name of your kids?

Yeah.

Thank you, Lisa.

Motion to send a full council with a favorable recommendation. Second.

All those in favor?

Aye. Aye.

So there I have it. Thank you. Thank you. So do you know that we don't have a meeting on August the 5th? August the 5th. Yeah, okay. Okay, so . Thank you. Okay, you're welcome. Item 295.26 is the Children's Day Flag, Footboard, and Backpack Pride. of McCain Park, socket field on Sunday, August 11th. Please, the phone. August 11th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Welcome, your name, please, and address for the record.

Hi, Tawon Hester, 15 Hall Street, Lawrence, Mass.

Okay, can you tell a little bit about this item, the Children's Day?

So it's my first year doing it, so I want to do a fundraiser as a flag football game, as well as give away back to school stuff to students that are going back to school.

So this is your first time?

Yeah, this is my first year doing it.

And you are going to do it on Lawrence Playground?

Yes, in the King Park in South Lawrence.

Okay. So, Council, any question on regard this item or any discussion about it?

Through you, Chair. Do you have any, are you planning to do any music?

Yes, I'm going to have a DJ. That's about it, probably a DJ, because we're basically going to be doing a flag football game. I'm going to have four teams. I have food like hot dogs, hamburger pizzas, nothing special. You know, it's just my first year doing it. So I've been coaching in Lawrence for 15 years. I coached in Lawrence Hurricanes. I coached at Greater Lawrence. It's my great Lawrence Tech. I'm the freshman football coach there. I've gone on four years. I'm just trying to do it from trying to test it out for my first year.

Are you directing this to a specific institutions or you're calling out for public?

No, it's for public, it's for the kids, for the city, for the kids in the city. Okay.

Do you know that any speaker that you had on the ground you need to put a tower to the people who are attending, not to outside, so to bother the resident of the area. That's part of the things that we are asking. Cancel that, Rosario.

Coach, and what is the age of the flag football?

The age is going to be from... I'm doing third or fourth grade, and then I'm going to do... Older kids, I'm like 13, 12, 14 years old. Do two games and then like a little tournament type team, you know what I'm saying?

And you said you already have four teams, so like how many kids?

I'm saying four teams now, but it'll probably be more the day of because, you know, kids show up.

Roughly how many kids do you think that you're going to have? Roughly, just roughly.

I'm probably going to say probably about like 40 to 50 kids probably. Hopefully more, you know. I'm going to have a little couple, probably 100 book bags, so.

And I'm assuming we have the clear from the Recreation Department. Do you have it? Because I didn't see it, but that's not an issue.

Yeah, I brought all that stuff in. Okay.

Just give it one second. It's over there.

You got it? Yeah. Okay. Motion to send to the full council with a favorable recommendation.

Second.

All those in favor?

Aye.

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Yes.

Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. So the next item in the agenda is item 294.26, resolution adopting a vision zero policy to eliminate traffic fatality and serial injury. So council, I'm sorry, Mr. McCarthy from planning director will not be here, but he told me that I had your person.

Good evening, councillors. Thank you. Elias Reyes, 360 Merrimack Street. Thank you for having us. So we're really excited about this. This is the Vision Zero resolution. I've been here before, we've been here before to talk about the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant that the city received to create a comprehensive safety plan. And so under that, or one of the contingencies to create that safety plan is to create a Vision Zero for the city of Lawrence. Vision zero means zero deaths due to vehicle fatalities. And unfortunately, the last five years, and my colleague can correct me if I'm wrong, but it's been, the last five years we've had about 15 fatalities due to vehicle injuries. and so Vision Zero is to have a safer Lawrence, and we have here tonight TEC, who is the engineering firm that was contracted through the Safe Streets and Roads for All grants through the Federal Highway, and they have been actively working with the city to create the Vision Zero plan. So they will be presenting tonight the resolution, and we're excited to be here.

Thank you.

Good evening, councillors. My name is Rana Samifat, 282 Mary Mack Street. I'm a transportation planner and designer with TEC. As Lily mentioned, Am I not? Okay. TUC is a consulting firm helping the Office of Planning and Development to develop a Vision Zero Safety Action Plan. So the city is recipient of $250,000 funding to actually develop this action plan through the SS4A that Lily mentioned, Safe Street and Roads for All program, and I would like to explain what is Vision Zero, why is it important for the city of Lawrence, and why we are asking for your support in adopting the Vision Zero resolution. Can we see the slides, or?

So what is Vision Zero? So it's a commitment that no one should lose their life or suffer a serious injury while traveling on our streets.

And it recognizes that mistakes happen, and people make mistakes. The pedestrian might misjudge traffic, and drivers might get frustrated or distracted. We want to make sure that our transportation systems are designed in a way that those mistakes do not result in death or serious injury. And Vision Zero is a proactive data-driven process, so we focus on crash data. and looking at the hotspots. And instead of waiting for the crashes to happen, we want to see what are the trends and what happened before to understand the safety challenges on a roadway. And it also, it's looking beyond just engineering fixes. It also looks into policy changes, enforcement, targeted education, and land use policies and operational practices, and community engagement. The goal ultimately is develop a transportation safety action plan that would be tailored for the city of Lawrence And it will be a follow-up to a study that Merrimack Valley Planning Commission did, and they reviewed the Merrimack Valley and then Lawrence was included. They identified some areas as part of that study, but this study will be just focusing on all the Lawrence area. And so why Vision Zero? So the need for this becomes clear when we look at the data. We looked into the recent crashes, and over the last five years, there were 15 fatalities. From 2019 to 2025 are the most recent crash data that we got, and 10,478 crashes happened. 200 of them approximately were serious injury crashes and about 1600 were minor injury crashes with 800, about 800 being possible injuries. So maybe like people involved, they did not seek medical attention at the time of the crash, but if we count those as some sort of, if it was a minor injury and they went to the ER after, they would all count into injury crashes. So we wanna know why are these crashes happening, and we also want to, recognize that the roadway safety is influenced by many factors and we want to know that what are, are there any social trends or any behavioral trends that are contributing to these safety issues And also, are there any roadway designs that are causing the issues? And are there any policies or development practices that unintentionally is causing issues that will end up in fatality crashes. And be mindful that our streets should be designed that when people make mistakes, it does not cost them their life or cause them any serious injury. So when this resolution is adopted, our work begins. So basically, TEC would, over the coming months, TEC would closely work with the city staff and the public and regional, the planning agency and safety departments to develop this safety action plan. Our work would include analyzing the crash data and looking into the areas with high risk locations. And we want to evaluate equity considerations and engage with residents and develop practical recommendations for improving safety. We will also look into existing policies that are in effect and want to identify new policies that would, procedures that can support safer transportation system in the city. And the work must be completed by the end of this year and at the end of it, it will provide city with a roadmap for improving the roadway system. So what we started, we didn't start from the scratch. So as I mentioned, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, they prepared a study and also the city of Lawrence were investing in many transportation improvement projects. So highlighted in this map, you can see some different color circles, small circles, and then lines. Those are projects that are in design or under construction or completed within the city. And the green ones are the areas identified in the NVPC Vision Zero plan. And the little black squares are the locations where a fatality happened. And we will build upon these efforts and it will help us prioritize locations that we see urgent and we think will have greatest safety benefit. And this will allow the city to also coordinate improvements within each of the departments you know, coordinated better instead of just approaching single projects at a time. And it will create a more strategic and efficient process for any future investments. So this is the same map again, but here we're looking at locations that were not included in any other improvement projects. The more yellow you see, that means more crashes happen in those areas. And as you can see, some of these areas have single intersection have crashes up to 155 crashes over the past five years. And some locations may require engineering improvement, but they also might benefit from operational changes or enforcement efforts, public education, and policy changes. And the action plan, decision zero action plan would determine which solution is better for each of these location. It might be citywide, it might be specific to each location. So the action plan would help us identify that. So I'd like to clarify exactly what this resolution does. When this resolution is adopted, it doesn't require the city to commit to major capital spending or any construction projects. Instead, it would establish the city's commitment to transportation safety. And it formally adopts the Vision Zero principles, which is zero deaths, zero severe injury crashes, and supports a data-driven decision-making by looking into the crash data. And it encourages collaboration between different parts of the departments in the city. and eventually authorizes the development of a comprehensive safety action plan. So we're gonna, when the Vision Zero resolution is adopted, then this will allow us to move forward with developing that safety action plan, which we already started working on it. We have a task force and we are working to engage more with public but this is the first step that needs to be addressed before we can move forward with the rest of it. And just as importantly, adopting Division Zero strengthened the city of Lawrence's ability to compete for future state and federal transportation safety requirements. safety grants and many grants programs now look upon those communities who adopted Vision Zero and have a safety action plan in hand. the city can, you know, this resolution, when it's adopted, it positions the city of Florence in, you know, an advantage, you know, to take advantage of those funding opportunities. So with that, I respectfully ask for your support for adopting this resolution, and please let me know if you have any questions.

Councilor, any discussion or any question on this item?

Through you, Chair.

Councilor Rosario.

I love the plan, but there's nothing, there's not, I love when they contract the company, the company goes with data that is already in there and they collect the data, but the best data knowledge is councilors and district, and we don't get involved in that. I get every call when there's an accident in my neighborhood. and we don't get our mind used, or we don't participate in providing data. You guys got what the road says, what the police is in there. But we have little roads in our neighborhoods where the accident happens every day and people may not report it. We have, when was it? I was talking back there that it's where the crashes happen, where the speeding is happening, what people are asking for. And nobody pick up their brain. I mean, we go, data is picked to what is already in there. And we pay thousands of dollars with this consultants, whatever the consultant is, which I love, I love it. I'm all in favor of it. But we pay thousands of dollars for consultants. What they do is what I do. They go in. I'll go to the police station and say, how many crashes happened on Alder Street? And they're going to give me that. And I'll say, oh, that's a high thing. It's 15 crashes there. And that's how they do the work. But you guys don't use nine of us here that we get calls every day from constituents on how the traffic is out there, where the crashes are. I mean, where people are asking for... behavior changes like satellite or change that intersection, we engage on those conversations every day, 365 days a year. But we pay thousands of dollars on consultants that are going to just pick the data that is already in there, but they don't have contact with the everyday situation that we face, like counselors. I mean, I'm talking about myself, what I represent, I believe where the worst traffic is right now in the city. But I mean, the Consultants Command charges the city, and I love how they put it. Now we're gonna put, we adopt this, and the city is in a great advantage to take grants. Take grants for what? To contract more consultants and not pick our brains? Again, I love it. I'm in favor of it, but I want you guys to let us participate in this type of things. I mean, police officers, are they in there? You took a drive with me. Counselor, let's drive for your Wall Street and let's sit down 15 minutes on Alder and Hampshire Street so you can see their behavior. No, but they go and check the data. I mean, it's great. I like the plan, but... We are in contact with the people every day. We get the calls when the accident happened, with the complaints, what the worst areas in the city is. And we still go out and contract, outside contract with these lovely consultants that they talk beautifully and they put it in videos like they do. But we do it on a real life, on an everyday basis. Again, I'm in favor, but I would love the city to, that's why nine of us are here too, to put our input into this type of things that happen on an everyday basis that affect our neighborhoods, that affect our people. Where are you guys located? On Merrimack Street?

Yeah, 282 Merrimack Street. Okay.

So you see, the traffic on Merrimack Street is different than Hampshire Street and Alder. So from their office, they don't see what I see from Juniper Street. So they don't struggle to get out of the parking how I struggle and the car is flying by. We don't sit out on a table to have this conversation. Listen, we got this grant and we're gonna spend it in this. What do you guys think? We're gonna contract this consultant That's how I see it, but again, I love the plan. I think we should improve, but we got to do it more realistic. I mean, I drive up and down at the Allentown neighborhood where nobody wants to drive. I don't sit at home and pull out the data from the police station. I live it on an everyday basis. And that's how I think the city should, even though we should contract consultants, but you should pick your own people, our brains, and our daily activities that we deal with on an everyday basis. That's what I have to say. It's lovely. The presentation is lovely. I'm all in favor for improvement. I think traffic needs to improve. But we also need to look at another thing. We get hundreds of people coming in from different countries on an everyday basis. So that data has to change on an everyday basis. on an everyday basis. We have 20,000 more cars than what we had in 2019. So that data from 2019 to now is different. That's all I have to say. But again, I like the plan. I think we should go with this and see what happens. But again, We gotta be more realistic. Consultants, consultants are great. They coming from somewhere part of the city, they don't struggle like I do. And they don't have the data I do, the real data. You know, the car from the neighborhood, it's crashed right outside. And what are we gonna do with that street that the cars are crashing on an everyday basis, but just parked or whatever, so. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS SO AGAIN I LOVE THE PRESENTATION BUT I THINK THE CITY ALSO HAVE NINE BRAINS OVER HERE WITH DIFFERENT SITUATIONS ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS THAT WE DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE EVERYDAY BASIS WE DRIVE OUR CITY WE DON'T PULL OUT DATA FROM THE POLICE STATION WE DO DRIVE OUR CITY ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS

May I add some comment? So I understand your point. And the reason we are hired to do this is actually gather all this information that you're talking about. So there was a salsa event that we created a map so that people can comment where they see as issue problems. So we want to bring everything that we see, including the crash data, but not just limited to the crash. more engagement, get more engagement from the public and also being in front of you to present this and also we were at the Board of Health to get their support for this so we can gather as much info as we can to find the strategies that's going to help with the issues in the city and the safety problems in the city.

Did you like to add anything else? through you, Councilor. And I would also like to add, well, I would like to say thank you so much for your feedback because I can put myself in your shoes and it may seem like we just get consultant after consultant after consultant. And I want to say that you guys are in luck because we're still in the early planning phases. So you are welcome to attend the Vision Zero Task Force meetings that we will be having on a more regular basis. We had our first Vision Zero Task Force meeting, I think it was two months ago. And unfortunately there was a little bit of a low attendance from the city. And I have here the Vision Zero Task Force committee members and we do have Councilor Celina Reyes, Councilor Franklin Miguel, on that and you should have received an invitation over two months ago to attend the Vision Zero meeting and so again, there's still opportunity to participate, provide feedback and all your ideas. What we'll do is invite you again and hope that you attend.

That's great. You know why it was low attendance? I can tell you, because you didn't invite me, you didn't invite none of us. We represent the people. I can invite the people from my neighborhood to be part of it. He can invite the people from his neighborhood that he represents to invite them. But if we represent the people, if we're not invited, if we're not part of the conversation, the people are not going to show up. We are the one that have engagement with the people on an everyday basis. And to be frankly honest, we're not part of any decision making on the city side, unless it's here now that you want us to adopt this resolution. But I wasn't invited to write the resolution. I wasn't invited to that first meeting two months ago. Can you bring the people from that? I have one of the worst corners, Lawrence, which is not there. Lawrence and Arlington Street, it's not there. It's the worst block in Lawrence. And I have the Rotary at the cemetery, which is the worst part of the city. And it's not even there. But we can bring that in. But if I was invited, I would bring those people from there. And you can hear how a struggle they have on those blocks. And they can talk to you what the struggle is. But if I'm not part of the conversation, how my people that I represent are going to be part of the conversation. But again, I love the vision. I'm all for it. I just think that to get participation and to get the real feedback, you need to get us involved a little bit more.

I will personally send you the invitation for our next Vision Zero meeting. I promise.

Councilor Reyes, are you over, Councilor Rosario? Okay. Councilor Reyes, do you have any question?

Yes, I have a, I'm not sure if she is there, but I want to say thank you to my colleagues, Councilor Rosario, for bringing out this beautiful comment because I think working together is very important to us. At the same time, through the presentation, I tried to find out, we include through the student, Lauren Connor Arlington Street, because I don't see through the presentation.

I believe that we're starting this. As soon as we get the resolution, then something else will get done, and now they can introduce all that kinds of streets and stuff like that, Councilor. But we'll listen to them.

Thank you, Councilor, because that's an area we receive a lot of phone calls and a lot of concern in this area.

Good evening, councillors. My name is Rene Fanini. I'm one of the city planners, comprehensive planners for the planning department. Just to answer the comments or questions about Arlington Street and Lawrence Street, that intersection is part of a different project that MassDOT is facilitating for the city. They are kind of like fixing the entire street to make it safer for children to walk to the school. And that intersection, I believe, is included in that project. It was actually the first part of the conversation about that project. That project is ongoing on the city side. We're already speaking with the community members or the supporters to the project so that we can then start probably next year with the construction phase. But that is already in conversations.

Thank you. Thank you for clarification.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Lily, do you want to add something?

I just also wanted to add that we do have the fire chief on this task force. We have the captain also from the fire department, we have pretty much everyone from different departments, even the school department, even local nonprofits, and so we are being mindful of having as many voices as possible, but it's impossible to have everyone in the task force, but we do encourage as many people as possible to attend them.

Council Member Gill.

Thank you for the presentation. It was good to know that we are taking, you know, the first steps to address one of the conditions that is actually affecting all the neighborhoods in the city of Florence. I will appreciate that for next meeting I get the calendar invite so we can, you know, be part of it. And I have to agree with my colleague, Councillor De Rosario, I noticed that in the map, at least in my district, there are other streets that needs to be included. We are the one that get the calls on a daily basis. Like for instance, I know that Ferry Street is, I didn't see anything on Ferry, Prospect or High Street and Woodland. So those three are major street that they fly through there. The people usually drive like it is a highway. So if you want to, you know, take some notes and add those and the intersection of Berkeley and Jackson, that area is also very heavy traffic and a lot of concerns. We receive on a daily basis concern related to traffic. I can be one of the counselors that probably call the police department every day. So I'm very active also in my neighborhoods, in my neighborhood just driving around as well as my colleague and making sure that, you know, our residents are I'm very pleased with the situation. And one of the main concerns is the speeding in the streets. So I just wanted to highlight that. And I'm in favor of this resolution, but I just wanted to bring that up. Thank you.

Thank you, Council. Thank you for the presentation. That was great, you know, and to know so many things regarding what is happening. But I agree with my fellow that we are not included. Practically sometimes the tax force, that is one thing that I already mentioned before, that we should, as a council, we should be invited to the tax force. In principle, things like this, that we need to participate, because we are the one who receive the phone call. We are the one that has to face the face of the residents. Anytime that they call us, that we have to call the fire department, the police department, so many other agencies, the inspection service. So we are the one who face the resident. and that is why we need to know what is going to happen, what is happening in our city. So like I can respond and I can speak with regarding Prospect Street and I didn't see practically this city, the council, Miguel, he's part of the District 8. I can respond about like Prospect Street is a very area. We have very heavy traffic. And also this is two hospitals, practically every side of the street. And we have an ambulance, we have a fire department, we have so many cars. And it looks like the traffic in there, they think that we are in a highway. And sometimes I'm very scared. Almost in the calling of fulton and prospect, almost every day we have something that happen in there. The same thing near to the hospital, the Lawrence General Hospital. because they are not putting attention. And I'm being, Councilor Miguel and myself, we've been calling, you know, and say that we have to put some kind of attention. We are asking for a flashlight at the school that is over there. We have a hospital right across the street. And people don't think that we have children sometimes crossing the street. It's a very heavy traffic. And they running, like I said before, like a highway. So I'm glad that we are working on something like this to the Vision Zero policy. But if you have a meeting, and that meeting only having one council ask for because why the other one are not there. But when you send an invitation, and this is something that I'm asking, so you send an invitation, it's more easy to say city council. and invite all the city council, a large, no a large, so by district, whatever, but as we mentioned on the invitation, all members of the city council. So that email is right in there because we want to be part of whatever that is happening in this city. We are the one who most try to take care of what's happening in our neighborhood. And we would appreciate it. So thank you so much for the presentation. That was great.

Thank you.

So what is the motion to send to see the attorney and lawrence police department.

There is a motion to send to see the lawrence police department.

Yep.

Made it by council Miguel. Can I hear a second.

uh there is a second and discussion council de rosario yeah this is a resolution so i mean the word it's already in the resolution and the police are not going to do with this because they have a consultant to do the study so that's that's what i'm seeing so this resolution just to send it to the city attorney for uh to review the language of the If you want to send it, you can send the review. I mean, if they want to review the language. I'm assuming that it's already in here. But if you want to send it there, yeah. And also, this should go right up to the full council to get approved of the resolution. And you can send it up by pending. Pending the documentation of the city attorney. Yeah, police, I believe police are not going to do it.

Yeah, okay. Yeah.

and so yeah i think so that is uh there is a still time so from now to yeah if you accept the friendly amendment then send it to the uh full council of favor recommendation pending uh the revised document from the city of china that is correct please uh okay okay so second any other discussion

There is no more discussion. Madam Clerk, please roll call.

Sure. Councilor Celina Reyes? Yes. Councilor Griego del Rosario? Yes. Vice Chair Franklin Miguel? Yes. And Madam Chair Anna Levy? Yes. Thank you. Motion carries.

Thank you. Have a good night. Council. We have a couple of items from the police department. Can we take those items or do you want me to continue with the agenda?

Take it as a block.

Okay, thank you.

Officer Soto, Lawrence Police Department, 90 Lowell Street. Good evening, councillors.

Good evening.

So I don't have many that I submitted recently, it's four. They're gonna have the same outcome, but I can read them out to you if you'd like. So the first one is 138-26. 138. 138-26. Okay. This was submitted by Councilor Reyes and Councilor Miguel. I'm submitting this memorandum in response to ordinance.

Madam Chair, excuse me for a second. You have to take them out of table matters.

Yes. So let's take it, item 138.26. This is a 15-minute parking on Berry Street. As an intercession, Santa Bakery, I'm going to take it out of table from April 7, 26. Okay. May I hear a second?

Second.

Okay. All those in favor? Aye.

Roll call.

Roll call.

Councilor Selena Reyes.

Councilor Selena Reyes. Councilor Reyes, can you hear? Okay, I'll go back to her. Councilor Gregorio Rosario. Yes. Vice Chair Franklin.

Yes.

Yes. Councillor Serena-Reyes, you vote. Councillor Serena-Reyes, there is a vote for taking item 138.26 out of table. Okay. So, I have it. So, council? Okay. Item 136.28. 138.26? 138.26. Okay.

So I'm submitting this memorandum in response to Ordinance 138.26 concerning requests for 15-minute parking restrictions at Amesbury Street between Essex Street intersection, Santia Bakery, as submitted by Councilor Reyes and Councilor McGill. After review, the Lawrence Police Department defers its recommendation to the city for further evaluation. Matters involving residential parking controls are best addressed through traffic engineering review, including an assessment of roadway conditions, parking demand, signage, and compliance with applicable standards. These determinations fall outside the primary subject matter expertise of the Lawrence Police Department and are more appropriately evaluated through professional traffic engineering analysis.

Yeah, do you check? Do you check? So Officer Soto, I see that everyone has the same outcome, right? So do we have to change here the way that we do things? Since I've been sitting here, even this type of matters, we've been sending it to the police, the police bring back the resolution, but now I'm seeing all this defer to an engineering department that I'm gonna say we don't have an engineer and this has been done for the police. This has been done by the police for the longest that I've been here. So are we changing the way we're doing things?

So that's a great question, counselor. This is coming directly from the chief. Okay. So I was told by my supervisor, his supervisor, and it came down from the chief that when it comes to anything outside of handicap parking at this time, we are to respond with this response.

Okay, so Madam Chair, so what we're gonna have to do is revise everything that we have here on the ordinance sitting at the police station and reroute it completely to tons of ordinance that we draft the same way, because I know I have a few of those waiting. Yeah, because if it's changing, we're gonna have to check our ordinance on the waiting, maybe sitting at Officer Soto desk, and it's gonna have the same outcome. So it's gonna take now longer for residents to get what they need. I mean, when it comes, I thought it was just one. I mean, when it comes to, Santia knows it had meters. I understand, you know, I knew that was probably would come back and say the engineering is a meter there. And there's also a no parking zone on the Ansboury side. I would myself as a city council, I would have put it in. I would tell, I will tell Santia that, listen, you have a meters outside on extra street and, and Ansboury, she has a no parking zone. There's no way we're going to put a 15 minute there. But, but there's all the ones that,

Yeah, Councilor, I mean, I agree with you, and it's...

But that's okay. It's just trying to... Maybe it should be revised.

I don't know, on our end, where the ball was dropped. But as far as, you know, my duties are concerned when it comes to certain ordinances, I've been told directly that this is what I have to respond with.

No problem. I'm just trying to get an understanding. No, no, of course. Moving forward, I guess I don't...

Officer Soto. Yes, ma'am. I think that we need to bring the chief of police over here. Because in conversation that I had, or that, yeah, that we had, including the president, there was no, he was told to us. So, that we gonna continue following the direction that we were doing before, only thing we find the way to hire somebody so and after that we got either the person working from the fire department or from the engineering department from dpw or whatever so we're gonna define the situation but by the meantime we're gonna continue working and doing you know because

right now we have how many pages more i'm very aware and i've been making a lot of phone calls to folks with the handicapped stuff because we have to vet them and you know we have to try to be as fair as possible you know sometimes people say oh well I was denied because I own the house and I have parking, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we're going to say no. You know, it's case by case. And on top of my other duties, I'm calling, you know, the residents and I say, hey, you know, somebody is asking for this. Why do you need it? You know, who has access to the driveway and things like that. So, you know. those i have no problem with and i've been directed that yes that i can give you know my attention to unfortunately at this time this is what i've been told but i can certainly bring this up to my supervisor and run it up the chain for sure

Yeah, we have to, there is, you know, something that has to be done. Because we have iron sitting in here that we inherited. This group of council inherited from the 2024.

I completely understand. And on the police side also, my colleague, Detective Hegarty, he inherited quite a few. And then when I came aboard, then I inherited what he has.

Three years right now behind with all of this. It's frustrating.

RIGHT. COUNSELOR, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. THIS IS WHY WE ALL GOT TO WORK TOGETHER AND FIND A SOLUTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS COUNSELOR WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THIS TIME. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE READING AND GETTING TO THE SAME OUTCOME.

I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE, COUNSELOR. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I DON'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME.

What we can do is take it all as a block and send it up to the engineering department. Read the item numbers. I'll read the item numbers.

Okay.

Obviously, you already know the outcome. Without the one that we just discussed?

I think you got to take it out of the table as a block.

Yeah.

Yeah, we're going to take it out of the table.

Take it out of the table as a block and send it all as a block for the engineering department.

So he can read it, and I'm going to take it out of the table, each one of the items.

Okay.

So through your chair, let me make a motion also to add item 164.26, 165.26, and 168.26 to take it out of table. There is a motion to take item 164.26, item 165.26, and item 168.26 out of table. Second. Second.

So, motion already made by Councilor De Rosario and second by Councilor Reyes. All those in favor?

Aye.

All in favor, please.

Sure. Councilor Selena Reyes?

Yes.

Councilor Frank, I'm sorry. Vice Chair Franklin Miguel? Yes. Councilor Gregoire De Rosario? Yes. And Madam Chair Anna Levy? Yes. Yes.

Okay. I'm gonna read each item. Okay. Okay, and then you can. 164, 26. Item 164, 26. It's from table matter on April 21, 2026. No parking area on Peer Street, the west side beginning at Riverside Drive and heading in northerly direction.

Yeah, so again, this same response that unfortunately I have to give is, after review, Lawrence Police Department defers its recommendation to the city for further evaluation to the appropriate, through professional traffic engineering analysis.

Can you give me a second, please? So, there is some feedback or background that is coming from your side. Okay, thank you. So, iron. 164 so you already gave the.

Yeah, it's just again we're going to defer back to the city to the professional traffic and engineering of analysis.

I don't want 6526 is a 50 minute parking on 67 Jackson Street. A F cafe by council or Rosalie Gonzalez.

And so for one 6526 same after review, the last police department's going to defer back to the city.

I don't want 6826 6826 is the resident parking one was free between me to a street in a street.

Yes, again, and lastly, after review, the Lawrence Police Department is gonna defer and recommend back to the city for further evaluation.

Council, discussion?

None, so we're gonna take, as a block, 138.26, 164.26, 165.26, and 168.26, and send it to the engineering department, and that will be the motion for review.

discussion.

Okay, there is a motion to send the item 168.26, item 164.26, item 165.26, item 138.26 to be sent to the engineering department? Correct. And that was second by Councillor Reyes. This was Councillor Miguel.

Yes. As Councillor De Rosario was referring to 138.26. Yeah. It came to my mind that we also have a project on converting Amesbury Street on a two-way. Mm-hmm. So that street is gonna, I mean, that side of the street, I don't think it's gonna be feasible for parking. Right. But I will have, I mean, I will, you know, defer to the engineering department as well, but we know that Amesbury Street will be basically no parking because of the two-way traffic that is coming through, or that will be coming through.

Yeah, through your chair, but I will send it to them in the meantime. You never know, everything change. And if they come up with something, better idea, and it's not there, it's maybe down the road or something. Down the road or something, yeah.

I agree. I think that can be tabled and send it to the engineer department.

Yes, yeah.

Okay, there is a motion to table the items that we mentioned.

Okay.

And send it to the engineer department. So that was already second by Councilor Reyes. Discussion? All those in favor? Who's second? I said second by Councilor Reyes. Okay.

Roll call? Yes.

Give me one second. Roll call.

Okay. Councilor Salinas-Reyes?

Yes.

Councilor Griego del Rosario?

Yes.

Vice Chair Franklin Miguel? Yes. And Madam Chair Ana Levy?

Yes.

Thank you. Motion carries.

So the motion carries. Thank you so much.

Thank you, councillors, and we'll be in touch. I'll obviously speak to my supervisor about this.

Yes, I see, so that we're gonna need to have a meeting. We'll get some communication and get something. Yeah, with the fire chief, because that's in the meeting. The police chief. Yes, because at the meeting that we have with the council president, you know, we discussed that we're going to continue doing the same work that we did have before.

I understand. I just take orders.

And try to move, sorry, and try to move

right this of course no it's it's piling up and don't be surprised if this is going to go to the engineering department and they're going to defer to the police i won't be surprised yeah so you guys have once they send it from me over there they're going to say they should go to the police before you leave so you are just approving the hand i mean dealing with the hands so so as of right now

uh when it comes to any city ordinances I've been directed to only um really okay appropriate the handicap so those and those take a little bit more because obviously I'm contacting the residents I drive by you know yeah it's a it's a whole process so but I will be submitting a good batch very soon so thank you so much okay so getting back to the agenda

If it's okay, can we take item 31326 out of order in order to take out Mr. Diaz that is here and is a city employee and has been working all day. It's on the second page. It's just a disclosure. So if we can pick up item 31326.

motion to say I don't 3, 1, 3, out of order. 26, this is the city employee disclosure of complete election, complete election working. Freddy Diaz, that is. Seconded. Okay, so it's already seconded by Councillor Miguel. All those in favor? Aye. The council, the roll call please.

Councilor Salinas-Reyes. Councilor Raya. Councilor Salinas-Reyes, your vote.

Yes. She said that's no hearing anything.

Okay.

Okay. Can you continue with this?

Sure. Please. Vice Chair Franklin Miguel. Yes. And Councilor Gregorio Rosario? Yes. Madam Chair Ana Levy? Yes. Motion carried. Motion carries. Okay.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Vice Chair Franklin Miguel, Madam Chair Ana Levy, and Councilor Gregorio Rosario for the opportunity, and I really appreciate it. Thank you for the good work. Have a great night.

Am I all set?

Not yet. Okay.

Okay.

Oh, okay. Frederick Diaz, 19 Bailey Street. I'm here presenting to you the disclosure for the conflict of interest. I want to work in the election this year. I want to have the opportunity to serve the community by helping out the system and my fellows, city councils. And I would like to have the opportunity to to be there and participate in an important election.

So that is your first time working on this?

Yeah, that's what I always wanted to experience. Why now? Because I always wanted it and I never had the chance to do it. I was involved and you guys know. So it's a great experience to work and educate the community and be there for you guys and be for all of us, which is a really, really important thing. exercise that we do every two years or every four years. I want you guys to give me the opportunity, as I say.

Maybe I'm going to say something that I don't know if you already know about it, that as an employee of the city, you have to take it, you don't get paid for the day as an employee.

I know, yeah. Thank you for reminding me.

I know that. So I wanted you to know that you don't see any compensation for the day, so I...

YEAH, I WAS TOLD I HAVE TO TAKE A PERSONAL DAY AND NOT TO GET PAID AS AN EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY. I KNOW THAT. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME THAT AND THE MENTORING ALSO. I'M AWARE OF IT. THAT'S WHY I FILLED UP THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO PROTECT MYSELF AND PROTECT YOU GUYS, TOO, TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL YOU GUYS, AND WE'RE HERE TO WORK TOGETHER. WE WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER, AND YOU GUYS ARE. Because I'm doing a thing. I'm really proud to have you guys part of the community and we all to be able to express ourselves and what the things that we need. Thank you.

Well, I hope that you have a great experience on that day. Yeah. Sometimes it's getting long, long day.

Yeah, so it was good to be in the inside and see how things are from the inside. We need to continue to keep educating our community the best way. We're moving forward, and we cannot do it without you guys. So, you know, like I say, I'm so proud that we're all in this, and we're here, and it's getting better. I'm loving it. So, you know.

Council?

Motion to send a full council with a favor recommendation.

Second.

So most of us are ready made it to send it to the full comes away favor recommendation by council. The Rosario and second by can some yet all of the favor.

All right.

Well for police. Consular greater than Rosario, yes, consulate in a race. I can see yeah. Vice chair from to Miguel yes, and madam chair on a levee yes motion.

Thank you thank you thank you.

Sure if if with all your respect if you allow me to also take the rest of them as a block, I mean we all know all of them. THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE ELECTION, INCLUDING MARIA. SO IF WE CAN TAKE AS A BLOCK 314-26, 315-26, 316-26, AND 317-26, AND SEND IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, THAT SHOULD BE MY MOTION, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

SECOND.

THANK YOU, COUNCILOR REYES. YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU'RE NOT HERE, I KNOW YOU'RE ONLINE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

Thank you. So there is a motion by Councilor Rosario, already second by Councilor Miguel regarding item 314, 314, 26, 315, 26, 316, 26, 317, 26, to take it as a block. All those in favor? Aye. Is there a protocol?

Yeah, roll call. Roll call. Vice Chair Franklin Miguel.

Yes.

Councilor Selena Reyes. Councilor Gregor Del Rosario.

Yes.

And Madam Chair Anna Levy.

Yes.

Thank you.

So, item 3-13-26 is the disclosure of conflict for, oh, we already did that one. 3-14 is the closure of conflict for Adele Lee Gonzalez. 3-15 is the disclosure of conflict for election working for Lisa Maduno. 3-16-26, the city employee disclosure of conflict for Alyssa Coco. And 3, 17, 26, City employee disclosure of conflict for Maria Jalolan. So can I hear a motion?

We just did it.

That was a motion.

Motion to send it to the food council. Yeah, that was done. That was the motion that was voted, yes. Any other item that we want to take, Council?

Through you, Chair. If we want to, I mean, all the handicap requests.

Okay, let's finish, let's continue with the agenda. Sure. And then we can finish. 298.26 is the request, sideward assets for retail sale. Uh, that is for an international wireless. Yes. So can I hear a motion for item two 98 26 to be send it to the city at all.

Motion to send to the city attorney.

Can I hear a second? There is a second by Councilor Ray.

I got it.

Any discussion on this item?

Discussion through you. Just to make sure.

Okay, Councilor Miguel.

Just to make sure that retail sales is for.

For the sale of international wireless.

Okay, so they're looking for a permit so they can do some sales on the sidewalk and stuff? On the sidewalk. Okay.

The motion 298.26 is already made by Councilor Miguel, second by Councilor Reyes. All those in favor? Discussion?

I saw that Councilor Reyes was trying to talk.

Yeah, I thought she.

Okay.

Do you want me to do the roll call or?

Through you, Chair. Councillor Miguel. Yes. Since our next meeting is on August 5th, is it safe to send it to the full council or do we have to wait for the report from the city attorney?

I think that we should wait for the report from the city attorney to the fact that we will I mean I know that I don't that I think this is what I have a in here. In way for whatever that he said because the other white or was supposed to be the request that permit true. Yes, they. The council that was out of the you mentioned that we will have in some problems with the

Yeah, they just let Selena back in. That's why I came out, because you were going to lose quorum.

Canso Reyes, can you hear now? Okay. I hear other moments. But no can talk. Okay, do you have a question or any discussion on this item?

No.

Canso de Rosario? No. So Oroz en Fuego? So the motion was made by Councilor Miguel, second by Councilor Ray. So roll call please.

Okay, Councilor Gregor Del Rosario.

Yes.

Councilor Celina Reyes. Yes. Vice Chair Franklin Miguel.

Yes.

And Madam Chair Anna Levy.

Yes.

Motion carries.

motion carries so I don't do that in I 26 it is no parking that at all guys 3. West side between some say I mean you're in all into a street.

The motion motion to send to the engineer Department for the review. And we are can they did can we are to know as soon as this go up to let them know that the police. It's not doing this type of job in the meantime, so they are deferring the items that have to do with this type of things to the engineering department. That way they don't send them back to the police department.

So that is, did you carry? Yes. Okay.

Second.

The motion is already second. No more discussion? All those in favor?

Can you table in that as well?

We're going to table the item. Okay. So roll call, please.

Councillor Gregor Del Rosario.

Yes.

Councillor Selena Reyes.

Yes.

Vice Chair Franklin Miguel. Yes. And Madam Chair Ana Levy.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Motion carries. So, Councillor, there are a couple of items that we can take as a block. uh... and i had a motion but i don't three hundred twenty six three oh one twenty six three oh two twenty six three oh three twenty six three oh four twenty six three oh five twenty six three oh six twenty six three oh seven twenty six so most of me if i can still be getting sick on bike and so that was that 326 is a handicap parking on 428 Andover Street. 301 is a handicap parking 99 Berkeley Street. 302.26 is a handicap parking 66 Hermes Street. 303 is a handicap parking on 36 Harlan Avenue. 304.26, handicap parking 67 Inma Street. 305-26, a handicap parking on 22 Reservoir Terrace. 306-26, a handicap parking 83 Warren Street. 307-26 is a handicap parking 125 West Street. Madam Clerk, did you get all the items? Yes, I did. Okay. So discussion.

Motion to send to the police department for their review.

Second.

Is the motion to set all of this item to the police department for review already made by Councilor Rosario. Second by Councilor Miguel. Any discussion? All those in favor? Madam Clerk?

Sure. Are you tabling also that? In table, yes. Okay, thank you. Councilor Selena-Reyes? Yes. Consular Greg with a Rosario yes, vice chair, Franklin. Madam chair on a levee.

Yes, thank you motion carries so motion. So I don't feel a 26 is that we move the handicap parking. I'm 16 bus was 3 may him as you. You want me to take yes, a block from 3 or 9.26.

Yeah motion to take it as a law. Yeah.

It's a motion to take as a block. Already second. 308.26, remove the handicap parking, 16 Boswell Street. 309.26, remove handicap parking for 25 Dorhan Street. There is a motion to take it out of blocks.

Okay, roll call. Yes. Councilor Salinas-Reyes. Yes, comes over the Rosario, yes. Vice chair, Franklin again, yes. And madam chair on a levee yes motion carries.

I don't 3, 10, 20, 6, you have to make a motion that I'm sorry motion to tell much of the Senate, a full concert or a public hearing for the move.

So motion to saying to.

To a public hearing.

To order a public hearing.

Second.

All those in favor of God, please.

Okay.

Consular Salina Reyes.

Yes.

Consular Gregorio Rosario.

Yes.

Vice chair, Franklin Miguel. Yes. And Madam Chair, Anna Levy.

Yes.

Motion carries.

So I don't 3, 10, 20, say is the 15 minute parking or one of 7, you know, a street by council or Gregory the Rosario and cuts are ready.

So can a motion please motion to send to the engineer department for the review.

I'm also going to end up by the police department for the review already second by council ready. They book.

I got a roll call for item 3, 10, 26. Vice chair, Frank and Miguel.

Yes.

Consular Selena Reyes. Yes. Consular, whether Rosario.

Yes.

And Madam chair, Anna Levy. Yes. Motion carries.

I don't 3, 11, 20, 6, is the I mean no parking or the names 10 point 36 point. They don't think I'm sure it's 3. East side from Ellington is 3 to the lower history made a bike and so that was I was going to have most.

Yeah, the motion would be to send a full council to remove the ordinance. What it is, but let me give you a little explanation. What it is in this address is the same address as 513 Hampshire Street, which is a business there. They're looking for 15 minute parking. In that area, they have two signs that says no parking. There's an ordinance, only that ordinance 103.36010, it's that ordinance for that little spot where they have the two little signs that says no parking. So what we're trying to do is to remove the ordinance which has been there for years and now they have a business there. So eventually looking for one of those two spots or one of them to have a 15 minute parking.

So this is on Hampshire Street? Yes. On the side of the Arlington Street?

Yep. The correct address will be 513 Hampshire. Okay. But the ordinance, because, well, that's what the business is, but the ordinance cover over 513. So it's like two signs that says no parking on this side. So it's right on that, right outside the business. So what I was looking to do is, again, remove the ordinance there that's been there, like I did the research, and it's been there over 15 years. But now they have like a little convenience store there. They didn't need those parking spots. Or the parking spots, they're allowed to park and leave for 15 minutes in that spot. So if you guys can... I mean it's appointment with that would be great show. I would like to send this to the full console with a favor recommendation to remove the ordinance.

They got there is a there is a motion to send it to the full council with a favor to commend this by council that the value already. Second by council selena ready. All of us in favor. Okay, I'll call roll call please roll call item 3, 1126.

Councilors? 3-11-26. Yeah, 3-11-26. Yes. Councilor Gregor Del Rosario? Yes. Councilor Selena Reyes? Yes. Vice Chair Franklin Miguel? Yes. And Madam Chair Anna Levy? Yes.

Motion carries. Item 3-12-26 is a 15-minute parking on 513 Hampshire Street by Councilor Del Rosario.

Yeah, thank you very much, Madam Chair. And this one, I will send it to the engineering department in a minute, but again, hopefully we can eventually we could remove that ordinance or amend it to be the 15 minute parking. So I will send this 3-12-26 to the engineering department for the review and table after. And that will be my motion.

So item 3-12-26 is a 15-minute parking. It was made a motion by Councilor Rosario, already second by Councilor Selena Reyes. All those in favor, roll call, please.

Consulate in every other thing going to the table. I got that. Thank you. Consulate in the radius. Yes, I'm sorry with the Rosario. Vice chair, Franklin Miguel, yes, and madam chair and let the. Yes, motion carries.

Council I got a memo from. The city attorney is regarding item 4926. I want to take it out of table. It's from February 17, 2026. The item 49-2026 is the creation of a security assistant position to the police department. This was saying that before by Carol Garcia and I have information on a memo that I think that everyone have it on the package and I would like to read it for you to know what is the this assistant position for the police department. Okay, so can I hear a motion to take I don't 4926.

What should they. I don't for an answer and is that a table second.

Or else in favor and this caution.

I will call for I for yes for 4926 that was taken out of table. Consulates Lena Reyes. Yes, yes, consular where the Rosario yes. Vice chair Frank and you know, yes and madam chair on a levee yes motion carries.

Thank you. The document read this way, that be ordinance by the City Council or the City of Lauren that the revised ordinance of the City of Lauren are hereby further amended by adding the following subparagraph as section 2.56.115 of the municipal code, a security assistant to the chief of police. A, position established. Position established. There is a hereby established within the police department of the city of Florida in the position of a security assistant to the police chief, to the police chief. This position shall be a full-time benefit SM, F, LSA position within the city classification and compensation plan. B, appointment. The security assistant or the chief of police shall be appointed by the mayor upon the recommendation of the police chief. The appointment shall be made in accordance to the city charter and the city personal policies and procedure. B, powers and duties generated. The security assistant or the chief of police shall perform such duty and responsibility as are assigned by the police chief, which shall include but not limited to those set forth in the approved job description on fire with the personal department and the office of the city clerk. C, appropriation. The funding for the position of security assistant to the chief of police shall be appropriate by the city council through the ANMAR budget process. No individual shall be appointed to this position prior to the council appropriation of funds sufficient to cover all costs associated therewith, including salary, benefit in any related administrative expenses. D, qualifications. The minimum qualification for the position shall be as established in the job description approved by the city council and maintained on file in the personal department. Qualification shall include a minimum I, graduation from a high school or vocational school or possession of a GED equivalent, or an associate or a bachelor degree in business administration, public administration, criminal justice, or a related field. Second, most fees will specifically pass a comprehensive background check, including a criminal offender record information, CORE, check and fingerprint, due to the handling of high life sensitivity and confidential department records. And three, proficiency in a standard computer system and software, including Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, iBluke, Adobe Acrobat, and relevant record management or database systems. Familiarity with municipal financial or payroll system is preferred. The salary and benefits, C. The position of security assistant to the chief of police shall be compensated at a grade E, that is between $54,600 and $50,000. to $87,360 per the city classification and compensation plan. And shall be entitled to receive all benefits provided to employees regularly employed in the administration service of the city. To the extent that there exists any ordinance to the contrary, there They are hereby repealed in their respect only. So, councilor, discussion on this memorandum signed by the city attorney?

Through you, Chair, you read the memorandum about exactly what the city attorney would like to do.

This is the creation of the assistant position for the police department. That is the. That is the that right now that since I just to send it to the full council see we want to approve or no. This recommendation.

Motion to send a full concert to a public hearing.

There is a thank you to send it to the full Council for a public hearing. Second by Council ready. Any this motion. There is no. So please show. Roll call roll call.

For document 4926 I don't 4926. Yeah, I'm concerned with the Rosario yes, I'm so Selena Reyes. Yes. Vice Chair, Franklin Miguel. Yes. And Madam Chair, Anna Levy.

Yes. Motion carries.

Thank you.

Thank you. Okay, so council, there is another item. So we have also a correspondent by the city attorney regarding item 270.26 that I want to take out of table from the new business from June 16, 2026. This is item 270.26. is the Hawkers Imperial License that was submitted by Lourdes Garcia Ureña. This item was sent to the city attorney and also to the Department of... The Personnel Service on 7-7-26. So we had in here I request from OK first I would like to he had a motion to take in that I don't to 7026 out of table. So they also have already made a bike and so that was that you and say go by guns or me yet.

And so please roll call roll call comes from Selena Reyes. Yes, comes from the other side of this. Vice chair, Franklin, you know, yes. And madam chair on a levee. Yes, motion carries.

According to the city of Tony. This I don't mean this I don't is a requirement that have been registered with the state. So the city. The city rule regarding how can in Peter game be foul says you 5.36 of the ordinance. So the petition was seeking approval to sell religion items at the park and at least for three days a week or any other special day or any other community events. But we don't have right now nothing to do with this and she has to be registered at the estate. So council, what is the motion?

Motion to withdraw.

There is a motion to withdraw may have taken second. A motion already may have to withdraw by council that Rosario and second by cancel me yet. Please roll call.

They will call for document to 7026. Concer Greg with the Rosario yes concert Selena Reyes.

yes vice chair franklin miguel yes and madam chair anna levy yes motion carries um cancer i would like also to take idle table i don't do 47 26 um It's a resident parking gay or a street in green was 3. That was to meet a bike and so if you're my mom and she asked him to we draw the hour without pray is that you think to ensure each is 3 is address it on the is on I don't think that. Thank you most of us. Okay, so I think he's already made it to we draw this I don't already second by council. Yeah, I was in favor.

I saw broke broke off or for that coming to 4726 concert with the Rosario, yes. Counselor Selena Reyes. Yes, vice chair, Franklin, you know, yes. And madam chair and I love you. Yes.

Councilor, there is any other item that you would like to take out of table or?

Through you, Chair.

Councilor Miguel.

Given the recent advice from the Lawrence Police Department, I have items from May 5th that were referred to the police department that should be forward to the DPW. So I would like to send this item instead of the Lawrence Police Department, send it to Lawrence Police, to the Department of Public Works. That will be item 194-26 and 198-26. And I will also add our colleague Gregory Del Rosario who had an item 199-26 to be sent to DPW as well. Second.

So there is a motion to take it out of table from May 5th, 2026. I don't want 9426. I will take a look and also you want to do as a block as a law as a case I can see it here. So the motion has been made it by cancer me here and second by council that was I don't is I don't want 9426. It's a 20 minute parking 67. East cable s 3. When I said foot market. 19826 is a resident parking on Oakwood Avenue and 19926 resident parking is Steamed Avenue. It's too, okay, so right now is to take it out of table and also to do it as a block. Yes. And right here. I said it.

He also said to send it to the DP down to send it to the people don't know yet we table them again. And they want to get okay. Broke off what that mean one in 426 one in the 26 and one 90 9.26 that was taken out of the block and out of table matters and sent to DP W. For study review. Consolidate areas. Yes, concert with the Rosario yes, vice chair, frankly, Miguel yes, and madam chair on a levee yes motion carries motion.

Any of the I don't that you would like to take care of the table.

Motion to adjourn.

There is a motion to adjourn. already second by comes away at all of them favor. So all of this.

And so the way that was area, yes, comes with the number yes. I see a frankly Miguel yes. And madam chair on a living. Yes, much.

Thank you guys and have a good night. Some forget that tomorrow we had a special meeting. The special meeting is at 7, but also we have.

Personnel, right?