5.17.2023 Traffic Board

I like to welcome everyone to the uh May 2023 uh meeting of the forever traffic board will be uh with the uh open meeting uh pursuant to the open meeting law any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or meeting transmit the meeting through any medium attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived or

unperceived by those present and or deemed acknowledged and permissible at this time uh anybody that's uh here for Citizens input uh may come forward no one no no but if you have if you have the issue that's on the agenda you'll you'll be called at that at the appropriate time okay okay very well very well okay uh approval of the minutes um at this time we'll entertain a motion

for the approval of last month's minutes second on fever all right all right motion the minutes will be placed on file um attendance or roll call uh Commissioners Helen Rigo Natalie mellow child then me present what's your name

okay uh this time we're going to proceed to uh crib cuts number one um

number one is Richard aguiar 1500 President Avenue um trip cut to be extended by eight feet

this time I'll enter team in motion the only question I have Charlie yeah is isn't this a new sidewalk and they're gonna break this up yeah it's um the reason why they're doing that is because they're doing the road so they're actually digging up all that curb cut and everything so at the same time when they put it back they'll already give them the footage that they need yeah traditionally I mean um all these

crib Cuts uh approved by the city engineer and um all of them will be restored back to their present or or more improved condition correct motion to approve do we have a second second all in favor aye aye opposed second term cut agenda is Scott and April Cabral for zero to Courtney Street to have uh the accurate curb extended by 13 feet also approved by the city engineer Department welcome to approve we have a second

second all in favor aye opposed a third and final uh trip cut on our agenda um Fidel Australia 53 California Street uh to be relocated I believe this one's to be relocated the present uh cut will be closed and uh presented on the other side

I represent the petitioner uh this curb cut is incident to a site plan review and a zoning variant so that's why I'm appearing if there are any specific questions um real high level it's an existing structure at 53 California Street my client intends to build an addition on the west side of the home there's a 22 foot curve cut there now at the driveway which is intended to be closed and then

he's building a garage on the east side of the home it's a three-car garage and he's looking for a 25 foot curb cut so the net increase is three feet correct I was reviewing the layout that it was presented in the packet here and it overseas uh sees the closure on the existing driveway because I need a presentation of the proposed cut yes all right this time I'll entertain a motion motion to approve second

all right all in favor aye opposed thank you very much

now we'll move on to uh request for handicap spaces that uh even if we uh place out or approve uh handicap signage um anyone with a placket that can park in these places in these spots once they're erected okay um so even if you receive a placket it does not mean that that's a particular place is a US space so anyone a visitor to that neighborhood or a neighbor can

also park in that spot okay just want to remind everybody that you know that's the president law okay and then anyone that's here for a handicapped spot and you are approved today what will happen is you'll see the maintenance guys go down to your area and measure the area as close as possible to the entrance and exit that you use those measurements will then go to city council and it'll be referred to

ordinance so the process can take anywhere between six to eight weeks before you see the polls up good okay uh our first request is um Mark Graham 483 486 3rd Street for the masses okay that's that's okay he has dialysis on Monday Wednesday and Fridays unfortunately Florida absolutely understandable I understand

oh no we're not waiting any questions do we have a second second all in favor all right both okay thank you so much good luck thanks I need it second uh application for placard is Indica spaces is um 578 Division Street Mr elsner are you present all right I'm good

any of the Commissioners have any questions on this application

welcome to approve do we hear a second second I suppose accepted thank you Mr Elsa request is uh 95 June Street georgelina Cody and with Miss Cody today as her great granddaughter

do we have any questions or concerns regarding uh 95 June streets

motion to approve second second second all in favor aye opposed all set Mr Cody

number four is uh Mr Nathan de Silva 86 Palmer Street Fall River is this a silver okay

foreign

application

okay do we have a second second uh all in favor aye opposed she said solo

um if the application is 24 Acacia Street uh this Madeleine moanings

foreign

because there's a driveway and it's a dead end Street s like that so when I come out and I try to get out it's so many applying that without balance I fell a few times it's a policy that you have a you have a homeowner you have a driveway yeah I had it and as of now I just had pancreatic surgery where I can even help her to be

honest with you if I say we've had that incline with if we you know she stumbled a few times and fall and I had to help her up but uh um yeah I mean we both owned a home together you know we understand that but unfortunately you do for one we have to do for all and because you do have a driveway and because it is a dead end Street we just

can't do it I apologize okay thank you you're welcome all the time it's fair is fair okay sorry okay all right to formalize the vote uh okay we have a motion afford to deny second or do we have a second I'm a second all right post only because that's a big driveway and it's a dead end Street Charlie Charlie yeah just uh have to make it official I feel bad but that's just no I understand

that and um you know two for one you do it for oil that's correct the driveway appears to be pretty Global and you know right you know you're right you have to stay yeah towards them yes okay um on our sixth application uh 56 Hamlet Street uh Mr Robert Robidoux are you Mr robidou no uh Mr Robert globe all right third time Mr Roberto uh do we like to entertain a motion to table

table okay do we have a second second all right give a table of this until next meeting all right we have some miscellaneous um some miscellaneous items in our first miscellaneous item is a request from m a convenience located at 229 Eastern Avenue right here but time signs for business hours for Monday the business hours are from Monday to from 6 to 11 p.m we would you like to come up

and uh that way you can elaborate and not just fill this in on what happens over there I'm going through the storm numerous times myself it's hard to get spot out there yeah so it really is it's street parking uh also my dad asked me to ask uh that it's like so you know how there's a curb usually but it's also I don't know how to describe it it's kind of paved

like a driveway if that makes sense but I think I did speak to a traffic cleric and they said that I could ask again here but they said uh most likely we still need a sign posted as far as anything parking related goes but uh again I'm just asking again just to clarify because my dad wanted me to double check in case we need a parking sign or is that just going to be used

like as like you know Drive-In parking I have pictures of it because it's kind of weird to explain yeah is it like a driveway and there's no curb is that what you're saying

he's the man he knows yeah the crib just sort of ends and yep and then it begins uh right past that flag there yeah right over here yeah yeah this this um to modify it 'll be here but um because quite often people just pull in the park here yeah as opposed to parking on the street so my dad just wanted me to ask in case you know they could

modify it it's a spot for it the part in the spot up they choose to put sign up then they'll get one in there um the procedure and how do we move forward with that if we choose to put a sign in there it'll depend on the measurements yeah so when the guys go and measure they send you boys in there take a peek because it is a busy it's hard

yeah because I think it's been closed for a few years since that whole intersection the whole street so it's Northeastern Avenue I mean Eastern Avenue from Northeastern from New Boston Road all the way down it's nasty yeah yeah and over there is even worse than what my section is said this for a long time Northeastern Avenue should have those resident signs that I sent to you Laura

back in February and now in that section needs a lot of attention more so because you got a lot of like three decades six Deckers you've got a convenience store you've got a dealership there you know so yeah it needs a lot of attention over there and even the signage on uh per mile some some little sections has 30 the next I did my little research and around that whole area some have 30 some have 25.

it's like 25 then 30. 25 then 30.

work in the future but um yeah I I I'll make a motion that we uh traffic take a look over there and uh try to find the right spot to put some signage lighting it up so that we can get some parking over there because it right where that is there's really no convenient place to stop and and to get anything until you get either one weight all the way down and either back yeah

and uh it's really Gonna Hurt the business after we take your parking in there yeah I agree okay so I'll make a motion that we've in traffic and it take to see if they can put some signage up here second all right uh all a favor hi very good thank you thank you I'm sorry can I ask uh what would like the next steps be and now we just wait for it to like process and

it's forever it's gonna what moving uh she's gonna send her a crew out there they're gonna look at the area and and see if where they can uh put up some signage and you should be in contact with you oh yeah she's uh she's the one that does all the heavy lifting over there not me yeah what will happen guys it's time signs it's going to take a little bit longer than the handicap because

handicap is considered emergency preamp but the same procedure follows for you they'll go down there they'll measure it send me the measurements we'll send at the council the only difference is once it's approved in ordinance it has to go to First reading second reading so you might be about eight to nine weeks okay thank you good night take care stay safe second request we have on our

agenda is a a study of uh of traffic on Branch Street uh the narrowness of Bridge Street from second to John uh what's on your agenda yeah it's only uh on the back page just below the um request for handicap spaces it says miscellaneous okay no the other page there you go I got this one here no you're looking at the wrong one I think oh yeah you're right

you want to pick that up more yeah so what happened was the mayor asked me if I could go take a look at Branch Street um because several residents approached him to make it into a one-way I went down there and I visited from 2nd Street to John Street and there was a section where Corky row is that I had actually I had to actually go onto the sidewalk for

a car to get by so it is very narrow so right now there is no parking on the south side but there is parking on the North side I spoke to the police department in the fire department there both have no issues they're they're surprised that it hasn't been done before so the recommendation of the traffic department is to make it a one-way from second to John because John

is the one way and people would have to travel too much to get you know back to Branch Street um if the board is there's no questions from the board um then we have to notify all the residents to come to our mail I agree I agree they support it should have been one day yeah

second well we have to make a motion table next month I'll invite all these that's right very good okay so most of the tables is on the uh yep and a table all in favor aye aye and uh survey Quest is for a resident that lives near the intersection of High Street is from is from Resident at the intersection of high-end Locust in uh when I understand from our war is that this is uh this has

come up in the past um intersection of uh Locust and high there is a stop signs on the both sides of locust and no stop sign that high but there is one on Walnut and I the request is to put one on high I in my feeling and was the feeling in the past when this came up before is I think it would bottleneck the traffic between Locust and Walnut Street

I think in my opinion I I feel would have it's it's merely the people that are speeding up High Street and they just have to control that you know um how many times have we traveled up Locust Street and down Locust Street and you know just to do a little more courses and it's the speeding it's the speeding you I have it in front of my house on Parliament built the speeding's out of control in the

city I'm sure it's like everywhere else too but I know in the past that um the offices and the lieutenants and the Sergeants they think it's more of a hazardous to put a stop sign on in they check up on the brakes yeah and then so and then also I think they mentioned something about Insurance wise sometimes the people don't realize but they're going to get tagged yeah I don't I don't know I don't

know how to explain that officer Ferris wood so I don't know how I feel by putting that the stop sign there maybe they need to come in front of us maybe we can table it and until the officers are here yeah I think that's a good idea table it until maybe we get office of Paris here and he's the professional and maybe let them voice their opinion yeah he's the professional he would you know that's

what he does that's his job to table whatever so now the uh

nice if I'm not mistaken I do that afternoon there's nothing to be sent

nope no I just have a question yeah all right it's coming from Stop and Shop earlier this morning and just be this just reminded me they are crosswalks Laura you can't see it where and um Plymouth Avenue and is that Rodman Street where Stop and Shop is and the gas station Walgreens yes it needs attention big time the only thing is is that was fixed if you're talking about Plymouth Avenue and Rodman

um Herrera construction did a lot of things there they're going to go back and they're going to do the striping right because it's maybe you need to give them a call because you've got so many people will schedule it yeah so you know maybe the mayor's office can call them and tell them that needs attention well they're not going to do just that crosswalk they're going to do all there's a whole lot yeah right in that

section at least one two three four or five yeah that's that particular that area is crazy okay talk about striping you've got this Sullivan whatever you call this Sullivan drive and you've got the courthouse put that period from Second Street that's what is that which feet come out before that might need a courthouse third the street right after the second it's second and then you've got the street what is it

bought it in second now I had trouble I had to stop because I just crossed these people just crossed into this I've just been striking so they can walk on the striping the people going into them I can't put any new striping it's whatever's there we did okay so if there's none I can't put uh is there it's a faded I don't I don't think there's any a nominal levels I can't do

it uh to do it and then she goes like this you've got to stop the lady look real yeah well look at that I know we just started striping this week we're down at the Water Street right now because there's going to be a lot of activity down there you can probably need more help to be doing a lot of striping you only have like two guys so the way things are you

wouldn't need more than that yeah but anyway so we're doing Water Street first and then they already have a list of locations to go yeah motion to adjourn motion to adjourn