Naima Saeed, Ward 5 city councilor and chair, presented a council order requesting a speed bump on Ashland Street near the Kennedy School neighborhood after residents submitted a petition.

Brad Rosson, director of mobility in the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD), said city staff have been in touch with the petition organizer and expressed condolences for a resident whose pet was struck. Rosson described the city's standard traffic-calming process, which begins with data collection on vehicle counts and speeds and uses that data to compare candidate streets across Somerville.

"We have scheduled data collection for Ashland Street in spring 2026," Rosson said, noting staff collect data in spring and fall to get representative conditions. Rosson said after data collection the department will produce a technical memorandum to petitioners explaining how the street compares to other candidates and the inputs used in prioritization.

Councilor Saeed said she would follow up at the end of spring to discuss results and thanked neighbors who organized the petition. The committee marked the item complete.