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Everett council approves three National Grid street‑work petitions; one councilor votes no over unresolved path issue
Summary
The council approved three public‑utility petitions to install or relocate conduit and poles at Main Street, Spring Street and Silver Road. Councilor Rogers said she would oppose all National Grid items because of a longstanding unresolved path issue at Rivergreen.
The Everett City Council approved three separate National Grid petitions after short public hearings: a request to run roughly 8 feet of conduit from Manhole B 530 to private property at 229‑231 Main Street (item 1); a request to install an infill pole near the end of Spring Street (item 2); and a request to relocate an existing pole about 25 feet at 24 Silver Road (item 3).
Petitioner Jose Luis Isertia described the first item as a customer‑driven service upgrade that requires an underground conduit from a sidewalk‑side manhole into private property at 229‑231 Main Street. He told the council the work would require breaking one sidewalk panel and that National Grid’s crew would replace the panel with matching concrete.
Council comment and votes
Councilor Rogers announced she would vote no on National Grid items to protest the utility’s failure to address a path at Rivergreen for more than a year; she said she planned to vote no on all National Grid petitions “tonight.” Councilors nevertheless approved the items:
- Item 1 (229‑231 Main St., ~8 feet of conduit from Manhole B 530): council approved after roll‑call; clerk announced the result as “9 yeas, 1 nay.” - Item 2 (new infill pole on Spring St. near Pole 2473 to serve 128 Spring St.): council approved; clerk recorded “9 yeas, 2 nays.” - Item 3 (relocate existing pole ~25 feet at 24 Silver Road): council approved; clerk recorded “9 yeas, 2 nays.”
Public comment and petitioner answers
No members of the public spoke in favor or opposition during the hearings. The petitioner answered technical questions from councilors about sidewalk repair, outage length during pole transfers and placement relative to the house at Silver Road.
Ending
All three petitions were approved by the council and the petitioners were excused. Councilor Rogers was the lone, consistent opposing vote and linked her opposition to unresolved maintenance and public‑way concerns at Rivergreen.
