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City Council to consider eminent-domain action and Coakley Road connector layout; will tour site
Summary
At its July 14 meeting, the City Council said it will consider eminent-domain and highway layout proceedings for Forthwick Avenue and take evidence on a resolution for the Coakley Road connector, and will travel to 100 Coakley Road for a site visit; council also voted to leave and seal a nonpublic session.
Mayor McCaffran announced during the City Council meeting July 14, 2025, that the council will consider eminent-domain proceedings and highway layout proceedings for Forthwick Avenue and will take evidence on a resolution concerning the Coakley Road connector, then travel to 100 Coakley Road for an on-site view before resuming the regular meeting.
City staff gave a brief overview of the night’s sequence. “As you all know, the council will be considering connecting eminent domain proceedings, and layout proceedings of a highway, for a Forthwick Avenue,” a staff member told the council, explaining that the council would bus to the Coakley Road site and then return to council chambers. The deputy city attorney said, “I understand there will be a non public session before the regular meeting is reconvened.”
Council members approved a motion to leave the nonpublic session and to seal the minutes of the nonpublic session by voice vote; following that voice vote, the mayor asked for a roll call. The roll call recorded Mayor McCaffran, Assistant Mayor Kelly, and Councilors Tabor, Cook, Denton, Vlilock, Bagley, Monroe and Lombardi as present.
According to the staff overview, the council will take evidence during the regular meeting in consideration of a resolution regarding the layout of the Coakley Road connector. The council’s stated plan is to inspect the property at 100 Coakley Road, described in the meeting as the site for a proposed sidewalk, and then reconvene in chambers to continue the agenda and any evidentiary proceeding.
No formal vote on eminent-domain authority, property acquisition, or on the Coakley Road layout resolution was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt. The meeting sequence described—staff overview, site visit, taking of evidence during the regular meeting, and a nonpublic session—was presented as the process the council will follow that evening.
The council’s next public action in this sequence will be the on-site inspection at 100 Coakley Road and the subsequent evidentiary hearing on the Coakley Road connector resolution when the meeting reconvenes in chambers.
