The Holyoke Public Safety Committee voted Dec. 15 to advance a suite of parking and crosswalk matters to full City Council and to other city bodies for implementation or further study.

Councilor David Bartley and Chair Jenny Rivera discussed multiple on‑street parking orders. A proposal filed by Bartley and Rivera to install perimeter fencing and a pay‑to‑park system for the Main Street lot across from 299 Main Street and the Canal Street lot was referred to full City Council and the Parking Advisory Committee for further consideration. Engineering staff advised evaluating the proposal alongside the city's broader, ongoing project to improve parking citywide.

Councilor Bartley told the committee he would file a late order at the next meeting to move signage and striping recommendations forward; he said, “I'll just file a late file for tomorrow night's meeting to follow‑up on the recommendation and to have the sign signage installed.” The committee accepted the approach and marked related items as complied or referred as appropriate.

Other parking items included recommendations for no‑parking restrictions on Fairmont Avenue, additional striping on South Street, and temporary striping or police enforcement in front of the former Main Street fire station to preserve sidewalk access for people using wheelchairs. Councilor Carmen Ocasio described a case where a wheelchair user could not pass because a vehicle was parked partially on the sidewalk and supported forwarding enforcement to the Holyoke Police Department.

Several items were tabled pending engineering lists (for example, Elm Street no‑parking recommendations) or awaiting funding for traffic data collection; the committee also noted that several orders filed by retiring councilors may be disposed of at the end of the legislative term unless a current member adds their name.