Committee advances multiple handicap‑parking requests and several pole installations to full council; rezoning request at 128 Parker Street tabled

At its Nov. 25 meeting, the Lawrence City Ordinance & Intergovernmental Relations Committee handled a long list of routine but consequential docket items: several handicap‑parking requests from the police department, two pole‑installation items recommended for public hearings, and a rezoning request that the committee tabled for Planning Board review.

Early in the meeting the committee introduced document 45825, a rezoning request for 128 Parker Street. The committee said it had received a correspondence from Dan McCarthy asking that the matter be tabled while the Planning Board reviews it; Vice Chair Selena Reyes moved to table the item, Councilor Franklin Miguel seconded, and the roll call vote carried. The committee recorded that Planning Board review would precede any committee action.

The committee approved motions to send multiple handicap‑parking requests to the police department for evaluation or to forward police recommendations up to the full council with favorable recommendations and orders to hold public hearings. Addresses moved or recommended included (as listed on the agenda and corrected in committee): 464 Haverhill Street (document 45925, corrected from 446), 41 Juniper Street (46025), 15 Brook Street (46125), 8789 Greenfield Street (46225), May Street (46325), 288 Lawrence Street (police report/document 39925), 25 Belmont Street (document 40120), 81 Bunker Hill Street (document 42525), 94 Dracut Street (document 325), and 52 Basswood Street (document 40425). For each item the committee recorded motions and conducted roll call votes; each motion carried and will move to the full council for public hearing as appropriate.

Two pole installation items were advanced with favorable recommendations and orders for public hearings: document 29825 (install a J‑pole at the midspan pole on Mount Vernon and Crawford Circle) and document 29920 (install a midspan P7 pole on Mount Vernon near James Street). The committee voted to send both to the full council with favorable recommendations.

The committee concluded with a housekeeping discussion about moving outstanding items off the agenda as the year ends and then adjourned. A motion to adjourn carried by roll call; the chair extended Thanksgiving wishes to members and participants.

Outcome at a glance: rezoning 128 Parker Street — tabled pending Planning Board review; multiple handicap‑parking requests — sent to police or forwarded to the full council with favorable recommendations and ordered public hearings; pole installations 29825 and 29920 — forwarded with favorable recommendations to order public hearings.