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Ordinance committee forwards large batch of parking, handicap and traffic requests to police and DPW; many will be scheduled for hearings or withdrawn
Summary
The Ordinance Committee moved dozens of parking, handicap and traffic petitions Tuesday, forwarding many items to the police department or DPW for review and sending several recommended accommodations to the full council for public hearings.
The Ordinance Committee spent substantial time reviewing a large set of traffic and parking petitions brought by residents, businesses and city departments. Most matters were procedural: the committee recorded motions to send specific petitions to the police department or DPW for operational review, to forward recommended handicapped parking locations to the full council for public hearing, or to withdraw petitions when the police department issued an unfavorable recommendation.
The police representatives said the department is prioritizing older pending requests and handicap parking requests and will work through a backlog. Detective Jay Hegarty, Sergeant Mark Panjatakas and Captain Michael McCarthy represented the department and…
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