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Council moves a slate of traffic and parking items; many referred, withdrawn or set for public hearings
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the council’s ordinance committee placed dozens of street, stop-sign and handicapped-parking items before the full council. Most items were handled on voice votes: many were set for public hearings, several were withdrawn per police recommendations, and a handful were tabled for further discussion with police.
The council acted on a long slate of ordinance-committee items relating to stop signs, one-way streets and handicapped parking across Lawrence. The items were taken in committee batches and dispositioned by voice votes: several items were ordered for public hearing, a number were withdrawn (mostly at the police department’s recommendation), and four stop-sign matters were tabled for further police/council discussion.
Highlights of the committee report and council dispositions included:
- Document 42923 (discontinue a portion of Bay State Road as a public way): sent to a public hearing. - Document 59124 (regional hazard mitigation plan): moved earlier in the evening and adopted (separate article). - Dozens of handicap-parking requests (20 Belmont St; 343 South Broadway; 57 Sargent St; 177–179 Bailey St; 25 Boyd St; 294 Prospect St; 44 Perry Ave; 46 Kendall St; 48 Saunders St; many others) were either ordered for public hearing or withdrawn per police recommendation. - Several stop-sign items (Appleton/Canal; Mill/Canal; Museum Square Garage/Canal; Center/Walnut; Lowell/Milton; Irving Ave one-way) were withdrawn or tabled for follow-up; councilors asked police to be prepared to discuss accident-data bases and neighborhood consultations.
Several councilors asked the clerk and committee chairs to flag tabling requests and police follow-ups so items do not get lost in the council’s “tabled matters” list. Councilors also said they want police staff to be prepared to discuss accident reports and door-to-door outreach when a councilor requests a traffic change for a neighborhood.
The ordinance committee’s report covered many items; the record shows routine technical dispositions (public hearings, withdrawals, or tabling) and no final ordinance adoptions besides the DPW, which was handled separately.
