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Committee recommends residential parking zone, $4 million Temple Street safety project and solar leases
Summary
A City Services committee recommended a residential parking zone near Tweed to protect emergency access, a $4 million Temple Street safety and streetscape project funded by a U.S. grant, and lease agreements for solar arrays that the city estimates would generate more than $100,000 annually.
The New Haven Board of Directors heard a City Services and Environmental Policy Committee report recommending three items the committee urged the full board to approve.
Speaker 5 told the board that travelers flying out of Tweed are parking on nearby streets, causing problems for residents and potentially blocking emergency vehicle access, and said community members had petitioned for a residential parking zone. "People flying out of Tweed are parking on this street, causing issues and concerns for residents, including emergency vehicle access," Speaker 5 said.
The committee also recommended accepting roughly $4,000,000 in federal transportation funding to make safety and accessibility improvements on Temple Street, including installing raised crossings and reconstructed intersections at the Green’s main entry points on Church, College, Chapel and Elm streets and restoring a more historic cross section to parts of Temple Street. Speaker 5 said the changes are intended "for safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists all the same." Speaker 6 added that the New Haven Green is an "incredible asset" and urged colleagues to support measures that would make the Green more accessible and safer.
Finally, the committee recommended several lease agreements with a company identified in the meeting as Green Skies to install solar panels at Bowen Field, East Shore Park, Clemente School and Allen Golf Course. Speaker 5 said the leases are projected to generate "over a $100,000 of annual revenue to the city." Speaker 5 urged board members to vote in favor of these recommendations.
Procedural status: the committee report was presented and committee members urged the full board to "favorably support this item." The transcript records the committee recommendation and advocacy on the floor; a full-board vote on these specific items is not recorded in the provided transcript.
What’s next: the items were recommended by committee and were before the board for consideration tonight; the board discussion on these items was part of the evening’s agenda.
