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Council tables National Grid petition, grants related conduit work with conditions
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Summary
Malden council reheard National Grid's petition for underground conduits on Main Street, received updated drawings, tabled one petition to resolve screening and dumpster placement, and granted others with conditions requiring DigSafe notification and public-works restoration.
The Malden City Council reopened a petition from Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid to install underground conduits on Main Street and heard updated plans from Zane Lumah, the company's representative. Lumah said the updated drawings move equipment deeper into the lot and suggested screening and a fence behind bollards to reduce visibility from the street.
Councilors raised questions about parking, vacuum locations for a neighboring car wash, and the placement of dumpsters and how that might affect rodents and the sidewalk. Councilor O'Malley said National Grid and property owners were generally in agreement but asked for more time to resolve screening and dumpster-location issues; he moved to table the petition to allow the parties to finalize details.
The council voted to table the reheard petition so updated plans could be attached to the record and the property owner and National Grid could continue working with the council and clerk on final schematics. For related petitions on 204 and 213 Main Street (including a site at the old Salvation Army property), the council granted the petitions with two conditions: (1) the engineer be called when DigSafe is notified, and (2) streets and sidewalks must be restored to the satisfaction of the director of public works.
Zane Lumah thanked the council for its attention and confirmed National Grid would continue to coordinate with the property owners and the city; the petitions will return to the council docket after the parties resolve the outstanding screening and site-detail questions.
The council's action preserves public-safety safeguards (DigSafe notification) and gives city staff oversight of final street- and sidewalk-restoration work.
