The Fall River Traffic Board convened on January 19, 2022. The meeting began with the reading of the open meeting law and a roll call, confirming all members — Helen Rigo, Natalie Mello, Sergeant Dolan, and Officer Farris (Thomas Stars) — were present. The board unanimously approved the minutes from their December 15th meeting. The board then addressed several curb cut requests, approving all four unanimously: 2629 South Main Street (reducing openings to a total of 38 feet), 466 Warren Street (adding 18 feet 6 inches to an existing driveway on the Jackson Street side for a total of 29 feet 6 inches), 586 Slade Street (adding 10 feet for a total of 22 feet), and 84 Progress Street (adding 8 feet for a total of 24 feet). All these requests had no objections from the consulting city engineer. Following this, the board reviewed tabled handicapped parking requests. A request for 1325 Locust Street was denied with a 4-0 vote. Requests for 602 Dwelling Street, 294 Barnaby Street, and 35 Aetna Street were tabled due to the applicants' absence, all by unanimous votes. Seven handicapped parking requests were approved unanimously: 304 Sunset Hill (to be placed on Bowen Street), 13 Buffington Street, 18 John Street, 339 Globe Street, 53 Everett Street, 553 Williams Street (for a legally blind applicant, to be placed on Hunter Street), and 31 Hanover Street (to be placed across the street). The board also unanimously approved the Traffic Department's request to rescind several handicapped parking spaces on Niagara Street, Division Street, Buffington Street, Everett Street, Walnut Street, and Jenk Street, as the individuals no longer utilized them. The meeting concluded with a unanimous vote to adjourn.
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okay this is the january 19th meeting of the fall river traffic board prior to reading the meeting i have to read the open meeting law pursuant to the open meeting law any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or
0:23unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible first item on the agenda is citizen input is anybody here for citizen input to voice something that they do not have on the agenda okay nobody's here for citizen input um round clerk can you do roll call please uh do you want me to do attendance as well i'm sorry attendance helen rigo here natalie mello here sergeant dolan here thomas stars here
1:08okay everybody's present today next on the agenda is the approval of the meeting minute from the december 15th meeting we all have a copy of it i make a motion that we approve the minute from our last meeting second officer anyone opposed to approving those meeting minutes madam clerk you do well call please approval of the december minutes helen rigo yeah natalie miller yes sergeant dolan yes and officer paris yes
1:43okay the meeting minutes from the december meeting are approved moving on to curb cuts first request is for 2629 south main street party present they don't have to be president the driveway request for 2629 south main street on the last street side existing 19-foot opening will have a three-foot piece of granite curve installed to reduce the opening to 16 feet at the far west of the property
2:23also to the east of this opening they will be reducing an existing opening of 41 feet with 19 feet of granite curb for a new opening of 22 feet total opening for the property will be 38 feet consulting city engineer has no objections uh to this request so basically this is uh uh to add curb and shorten the driveway opening so i make a motion that this be approved for 2629 south main street second
2:56helen seconds it anyone opposed to approving that might of course we need at 2629 south main street alan rico yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes and officer paris yes
3:23all right that passes next is a kurt cut request for 466 warren street over there in the back the address is 466 warren but the request is for the jackson street side of the property the existing driveway at rear of the house on jackson street side is 11 feet with a garage the resident would like another 18 feet 6 inch opening to the south of the existing for a total of 29 feet 6 inches
4:01this will be to remove cars off the street but also to accept deliveries of pellets from burning the deliveries come on pallets and they can drop them off at the end of the driveway instead of on the sidewalk the consulting city engineer has no objections to this request i make a motion not to be abundant at all well that will go when it goes to um city council they'll mail out the
4:33letters to the abutters and then if anybody opposes it they communicate is with the city council any other discussion on it i make a motion that we approve the curb cut at 466 warren street allen seconds it anyone opposed to that and claire can you do well call please call for 466 warren street helen rigo yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes in office of fox yes okay 466 warren street passes you're all
5:10set thank you thank you you're welcome next on the agenda is another ker uh cut request for 586 slade street gentlemen's here driveway request for 586 slate street property has an existing 12-foot opening to the east of the property resident is requesting an additional 10-foot curb to the west of the existing opening total opening for the property will be 22 feet consulting city engineer has no
5:42objections to this request i make a motion that we approve cut 586 second slade street uh not only seconds the motion anyone opposed to that curb cut mountain clerk oh paul for 586 slate street helen rigo yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes officer farris yes okay 586 slate street passes you're all set sir thank you you're welcome our next item on the agenda for curb cuts is 84 progress street
6:26okay party's not present but they don't have to be driveway request for 84 progress street property has an existing 16-foot opening on the front of the property resident is requesting an additional eight-foot curb cut four feet to the west of the existing opening and four feet to the east of the existing opening total opening for the property will be 24 feet the consulting city engineer has
6:53no objections to this request and i make a motion that we pass this request as well anyone care the second that second natalie seconds it anyone opposed to uh the kirk cutter 84 progress street clerk old call for 84 progress street for curb cut helen rigo yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes office of paris yes okay that passes as well for 84 progress street now we move on to uh tabled items
7:35a request for the from the resident at 1325 locust street he's the resident for 1325 locust street present it's a good night okay yes this was tabled once so helen makes a motion to deny i second that motion anyone opposed to denying the motion for 1325 locust stream clerk can you do a whole call please roll call to deny 1325 locust street for handicapped space helen rigo yes natalie mello deny
8:16sergeant nolan tonight office of darris okay 1325 locust street is denied yes next is 602 dwelling street nobody's gotten one yet okay anyone here for 602 dwelling street okay i make a motion that this one gets tables second helen seconds the motion to table it anyone opposed to tabling yet can you do roll call please roll call for 60 602 dwelling street to table it yes natalie mello yes sergeant doling
9:09yes in office of paris yes okay 602.
9:13dwelling street is tabled the applicant didn't show up next is 294 barnaby street we're off to quite a start here 294 barnaby all right i make a motion that we table 294 barnaby street anyone can emotionally the second rather second alan's second that anyone opposed to tabling 294 barnaby street round unfortunately roll call please uh roll call to table 294 barnaby street for an hp space helen rigo yes natalie
9:54mello yes sergeant dolan yes office of paris yes okay 294 barnaby street is tables next is 304 sunset hill oh we have somebody okay you stay right there thank you all right this is sunset hill there's no upstream parking available for the applicant um my question on that though sir what street are you looking for to have it on on bowen street yes you're one road down from that though correct yes it's direct
10:35line right to my house from the center three three six has a head cat spa right behind it is my house that goes right down to that all right all of his paperwork is in order um i make a motion that we approve this handicap request that'll be second to anyone opposed to approving three zero four sunset hill all right all right because you guys are way ahead of me so we're gonna prove that
11:04who seconded it ellen and you did it first right yep
11:23yes sir motion to approve 304 sunset hill but signs are going to be going on bowen helen rigo yes natalie medal yes sergeant dolan yes yes all right sir since you're our first contestant i guess to give you the speech that everyone here that's applying can hear once the city installs the handicapped parking space with the signs on it you're welcome to park there because you have a placard on occasion
11:54somebody one of your neighbors may have a visitor that has a valid handicap placard i know that they can and sometimes they do park there i know it might be a surprise to you but the police department receives calls from people that said hey there's a car in my parking spot as long as they have a valid placard they are welcome to park there okay do you want to tell them time frame
12:15yep um so this is the first step coming to the traffic board here in the application it's approved the next step you're going to be seeing the maintenance screw go down to the area and do the measurements because you have to have measurements for it to go into ordnance those measurements then will go to city council so it could take anywhere between six to eight weeks if there is a snow storm it could delay
12:37it a little bit you know depending on how much snow we get so we try to get these as soon as they're approved and get them up as soon as possible okay i agree all set then sir it's been approved thank you you're welcome next on the agenda is 13 buffington street right here okay they're here in the back all the paperwork is in order it's a multi-family house there is no driveway available to the tenant
13:04i make a motion that we approve 13 buffington street helen seconds it anyone opposed to approving 13 buffington street madam clerk can we do roll call please sure roll call for 13 buffett street for an hp space helen rigo yes natalie melo yes sergeant yes yes okay 13 muffins buffington street has been approved you're all set right so now they're going to put that right in front of my house oh yes okay
13:41thank you very much i was going to say because when it snows like i can't talk on that side thank you so much you're welcome next time the agenda is 18 john street guess our gentleman right here
14:04okay exact same scenario as 13 buffalo street there's no off street parking available for him all of his paperwork is in order i make a motion that we approve off street parking for 13 i'm sorry for 18 john street i don't care the second thought second there's a tie we'll give it to natalie allen's got quite a few seconds tonight anyone opposed to approving 18 john street okay madam clerk give you a roll call please
14:36um roll call for 18 john street helen rigo yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes in office yes okay 18 john street passes sir you're all set thank you very much you're welcome have a great evening
15:00339 globe street over here in the corner it's a multi-family residence above a store um no driveway available i make a motion that we approve uh handicapped parking space for three three nine street anyone care to second helen seconds it is that's for you yes it just looks so different it's me yeah but look at the year of the plaid car that's been expired so that's a reason yeah it's an old picture
15:41all right is anybody opposed to 339 globe street madam clerk can you do roll call to east side well call for 339 globe street for a handicapped space helen rigo yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes officer yes okay 339 globe street passes uh the only thing i have to say i'm sorry that goes across the street it's going to go right on your side in front of your house but they live above us
16:13we can't put it across the street in front of someone else's house we have to put it as close as possible to where you're almost there is house across hey this is space over there after the 350 uh globe streets it's a it's not a drop value i saw that yeah but it's like you can't put it there it's a little path um i guess i'll figure out a way
16:39before he gets to the new condos over there it'll be either further up from the store parking or across the street if i don't think there's a house across the street right isn't
17:00but there's a store there that has parking assigned to it already so we might move their times we'll work it because unfortunately but in the wintertime i can park in and say that all right when there is a snow storm if it's a regular snow storm anything below six inches you can stay in your handicapped spot if you get tagged it gets dismissed unless we're going to have a blizzard or a major snowstorm
17:26then you have to move your car because it's considered a blizzard or a major snowstorm other than that if it's three inches four inches just like the last storm a lot of people left their car in their handicapped spot if they did get a ticket they brought in their placard and it was dismissed okay now one other thing that you have to know similar to what i told the other gentleman it's a story there so if
17:48somebody with a handicapped placard happens to run into that store and park in that spot just wait until they come out and then you can take it they're not they're not taking your spot away from you no okay i'm afraid a lot of people go in and out of the school yeah sometimes you have to walk for a long time okay you're all set thank you you're welcome next is an application for 53 everett street
18:15gentlemen over here that's a back house correct sir no it's in the front that's the front one the back house is a single family and in the front it's a small town double three two floors and apartment it's like it looks like um a garage but i mean it's something it's regular house i never all my life i didn't know that was the house for my life i thought it was just a fallen pop building but
18:42it's a regular two apartments in the house okay and there is there is no driveway no street parking available uh the paperwork's all in order i make a motion that we approve handicapped parking for 53 everett street natalie seconds it anyone opposed to 53 everett street adam clark can you do a call please for 53 everett uh roll call from 53 everett street for a handicapped space helen rigo yes natalie mello yes
19:21sergeant dolan yes okay um the handicapped parking space is approved for you sir okay could you put a workshop on that by the next sunstone or something you'll get you'll get municipal rush house government rush yeah yeah okay thank you very much you're welcome good thing because i'm always losing these things okay next is 553 williams street yes sir over here um in your application sir you say that
20:04you don't drive your spouse drives correct i'm 100 blind okay as i've done for the three and a half years i've been here i i will not approve a handicap parking space i'm sorry to interrupt but if he's considered legally blind space because if they only run and they don't die we have a similar situation with someone on dwelling street and we don't even they don't even have to go through this
20:34when they're legally blind they don't even have to do this we automatically can give them a hand and they get the spot yes sir so that's the law is that what you're saying because i learned something new today because he's illegally blind okay so i'm just letting you know because we have a similar situation of an individual on dewali street and she didn't even come across here we just got a life yeah and i denied it
21:00we get a letter from the blind association or something like that yeah right we get a letter from them that says that he's legally blind and they don't even have to go through this process then why did they come in front of us though because well i don't know who took the application i don't you know i don't think the answer because sometimes then it shouldn't have to come down yeah i would say
21:20i didn't even know i mean they i don't know if they put it on the application that he was legally blind yes we did we submitted our application we did put in that stephanie let me know that next time yeah this way you know you know that's something for us to know where you know you don't have to come and waste your time okay based on the information that came to light they make
21:45a motion that we approve handicapped parking for 553 williams street helen seconds it anyone opposed to that okay you will call please rope off of 553 williams street for a handicapped space helen rigo yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes and office of virus yes okay that's approved sir thank you if i may uh we live on the corner of hunter and william uh isn't it all possible because i we
22:20have a front door and a back door but at the moment the front door we can't go out because the porch isn't safe it needs to be repaired by our landlord the back door is on hunter street so if it's possible can i get the put right in front of our house but it's not on william thank you so much i appreciate that thank you you're welcome okay next is 31 hanover street right here
22:57a multi-family house no wall street parking there's a parking lot right on the side of the apartment that belongs to your neighbor i would imagine the white house that sideways right okay so they don't have any parking available to them i make a motion that we approve handicapped parking for 31 hand over streets excuse me sir uh there's no parking on my side so uh pack on one side yeah so in their
23:23case it would go across so can i have a 28 hand over because that's well we're going to try it'll be as close as possible that okay across the street from your house though okay okay i made a motion that we approve it anyone take a second that natalie seconds at anyone opposed to approving it mountain clerk can you do all call please roll call for 31 hanover street for a handicapped space
23:48natalie mello yes helen rigo yes sergeant dolan yes and opposite that yes okay that passes you're all set thank you you're welcome i'm gonna go out on a limb and say that these people are not here but i'm going to say it anyway because there's nobody else here 35 aetna street they're not present i make a motion every table 35 ethnicity helen seconds it and they want to post the tabling 35 aetna street
24:27madam clerk can you do one call please sure to table 35 aetna street helen rigo yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes yes okay 35 aetna street is tabled next on the agenda is to rescind handicap spots requests from the traffic department to have the following handicapped spaces rescinded due to individuals no longer utilizing the space because they have either moved no longer drive or have passed away
25:04niagara street division street buffington street everett street walnut street and jenk street i make a motion that will rescind those handicapped spots anyone care to second that motion ellen once again seconds my motion anyone opposed to that clerk the hp spaces that sergeant dolan read helen rigo yes natalie mello yes
25:49any other matters to discuss during the meeting anybody care to make a motion i'll second your emotion anyone opposed to a journey adam clark can you do your final roll call please motion to adjourn helen rigo yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes yes okay this meeting is adjourned