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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large batch of parking, handicap and traffic requests to police and DPW; many will be scheduled for hearings or withdrawn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 answered procedure questions. Councilor Del Rosario and Vice Chair Selena Reyes moved and seconded many of the committee’s procedural recommendations; the committee repeatedly recorded “the ayes have it.”
Votes at a glance (select examples from the meeting, motions are committee actions recorded in session):
- Document 14019 (handicap relocation at 9 Saratoga Street): motion to table for verification of sign location and ordinance deletion (tabled). - Document 4024 (handicap parking at 20 Belmont): police recommended; motion to send to full council with favorable recommendation to order public hearing (forwarded). - Document 20924 (request for four-way stop at Lowell & Warren): police recommended withdrawal; committee motion to send to council with intention to withdraw (withdrawn). - Document 30724 (handicap parking at 177–179 Bailey Street): police recommended; motion to send to full council to order a public hearing (forwarded). - Document 32924 (no parking on south side along the Spicket River from Bennington to Hampshire): police recommended; motion to send to full council with favorable recommendation to order a public hearing (forwarded). - Document 31024 (Irving Avenue one-way proposal): committee moved to send to DPW for review (sent to DPW). - Several stop-sign petitions (e.g., Appleton & Canal; Museum Square Garage & Canal; Mill & Canal; others): police often issued unfavorable recommendations and the committee moved to send those items to the full council with intent to withdraw (withdrawn or tabled per memo). - Dozens more handicap parking petitions were accepted by the police department for forwarding to public hearing (examples: 31224, 33124, 33724, 34624, 37924, 38624, 40424, 40924, 41024, 43624, 43724, 44624, 49524, 56224, 57524 and others); motions recorded to send to full council with favorable recommendation to order public hearings.
The committee instructed police to provide clearer memos going forward (noting recommendations, driveway checks and whether applicants hold valid placards) and asked police to copy the full committee on follow-up communications. Several items were routed to DPW or city engineer for engineering review when signage, traffic pattern changes or curbing were in question.
