Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Councilors review $150,860 free-cash appropriation for parking kiosks, soil remediation at 448 High Street

AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

The Committee of the Whole discussed a mayoral request to appropriate $150,859.89 from free cash for replacement of remaining Flowbird parking kiosks with IPS kiosks and continued soil remediation at 448 High Street; staff said kiosks in the Boston Avenue/Tufts area are unreliable and the remediation is long-running.

Medford City Councilors at a Committee of the Whole meeting discussed a mayoral request to appropriate $150,859.89 from free cash for parking kiosk replacement and continued soil remediation at 448 High Street.

Parking Director Sarah McDermott told the council the city has 12 remaining Flowbird kiosks that “are unreliable and are not able to be repaired according to my meter foreperson, Mike Viola.” She said three are on Clippership Drive and nine along Boston Avenue between Harvard Street and Cousins Gym. McDermott said the kiosks cover multiple spaces (pay-by-space) rather than single-space meters and that the…

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe to keep reading

Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.

  • Unlimited articles
  • AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
  • Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
  • Follow topics and more locations
  • 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
30-day money-back on paid plans