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City Council amends ordinance, approves raised crosswalk and exemption to help Boys & Girls Club crossing
Summary
The Holyoke City Council voted to allow a raised crosswalk on Nick Cosmos Way in front of the Boys & Girls Club and approved a late-file amendment exempting non-residential petition areas from the voter-signature requirement, after committee review and debate about the application process.
The Holyoke City Council on Jan. 21 approved an ordinance amendment and took final action to allow installation of a raised crosswalk or other traffic-calming measure on Nick Cosmos Way in front of the Boys & Girls Club and to amend the city's speed-hump ordinance to provide an exemption where there are no nearby residential homeowners or registered voters.
The ordinance committee had forwarded the order recommending adoption but members said the city's application rules did not clearly allow organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club to petition for a raised crosswalk because the existing process requires signatures from nearby registered voters. Councilor Israel Rivera said the council voted in support of the safety measure but that an…
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