The Fall River Traffic Commission held its meeting on May 20th, 2026, addressing a variety of traffic and parking matters. The commission approved the minutes from the previous meeting and subsequently approved three separate curb cut openings at 87 Etna Street, 386 High Street, and 2325 Salisbury Street. Each of these requests had been reviewed and received no objections from the city's engineering department. A key discussion involved a resident's request for a stop sign on St. Joseph Street due to speeding concerns. After hearing from resident Crystal Barkley, the board denied the request for a stop sign on a right-of-way but agreed to install "slow" and "children at play" signage and consider a future traffic study. Two proposals concerning traffic flow around the William S. Green School—making Brenell Street and Cambridge Street one-way—were tabled pending the completion of an external traffic study commissioned by the school. The board approved a request from Diamond Regional Vocational Technical High School for temporary no-parking signs on Locust and Hyest Streets from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. to manage traffic during a major construction project. The commission also processed numerous handicap parking applications. Requests were approved for 49 Richmond Street, 173 Smith Street, 100 Stanley Street, 616 Woodman Street, 18 Pitman Street, and 211 Wade Street. A request for a second spot at 64 Earl Street was denied, and an application for 159 St. Mary Street was tabled until the applicant could provide a letter from their landlord. Finally, the board approved the traffic department's request to rescind 15 outdated handicap parking spaces across the city before adjourning.
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Good evening. May 20th, 2026 traffic commission meeting. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make a audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings of transmissions are being made whether perceived or unpersceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible.
0:20Roll call, please.
0:21Stephanie MacArthur, director of traffic and parking.
0:24Helen Rigo.
0:25William Sutton, interim director, DCM.
0:28John Le Point. Thomas Ferris forward, please. Anyone here for citizen input?
0:33Anything that's not on the agenda?
0:36Anybody?
0:39Great. U motion to approve the minutes from the April 15th meeting.
0:44Motion accepted.
0:45Motion by John. Second by Helen and third by Bill.
0:51Curb cut opening 87 Etna Street.
0:56It's okay. They don't need to be here.
0:58Um, the property is currently served by an existing 16 foot curb opening on Veil Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 16 ft curb opening on street and provide improved access to an existing parking area.
1:13Total opening for this location will be 32 ft.
1:18That has been surveyed by the engineering department as well as location. They haven't found any issues and there are no objections to this request per the city engineer.
1:29Motion to approve.
1:30Motion first by Helen and second by Bill. That's all.
1:41A curb cut opening 386 High Street. The existing parcel parcel is currently cherished by a 14oot curve opening in the driveway on Walnut Street. The applicant proposes to create a new 20ft curve opening for a driveway on High Street to provide access for parking.
1:58Total opening for that location is 34 ft. And the site plan has been completed. Again, the engineering department has reviewed that application as well as the location. They have found no issues. There are no objections to that request.
2:11Motion to approve.
2:12Motion to approve by Helen.
2:14Second and seconded by John.
2:19curbcut opening 2325 Salisbury Street.
2:23The applicant proposes to create two new 16 foot curve openings on Salisbury Street to provide access and parking.
2:31Total opening for the location will be 32 ft. This project has been received and reviewed for site approval. The engineering department has reviewed that application and they found no issues. There are no objections to that request per the city engineer.
2:48Motion to approve.
2:50Motion to approve by Helen and seconded by John.
3:05Miscellaneous table request request was made by a resident on Lafayette Drive for a stop sign to be posted on St. Jo St. Joseph Northreame Street due to vehicle speeding coming from Eastern Avenue.
3:22You was tabled at the last meeting.
3:25Person is not in attendance. Is that person in attendance? Come on right up.
3:32what I just said.
3:33If you could just state your name and uh your address, please for the record.
3:36Crystal Barkley on Lafayette Drive.
3:38Okay.
3:39What do you got going on over there?
3:41So, there's the school, the Notre Dame school coming down St. Joseph. I live like right at the end of Lafayette Place. Um my kids ride their bikes. They come out of um Lafayette Place and cars are coming off Eastern A onto St. Joseph still kind of picking up speed, flying down. And my son like just a car just missed my son because um there was a car coming from um
4:11uh what is it? The falls and they're not supposed to come up. They kind of like it's a oneway. They're supposed to come out and go right, but they come and they do a little left onto Notre Dame.
4:26Okay. Um, so there's no stop sign the whole way down Notre Dame Street, right?
4:32So I mean St. Joseph, sorry.
4:34St. Joseph Street. So there is a stop sign on St. All on Notre Dame.
4:40Notre Dame coming up. Yeah.
4:41So I did a study going back to 2021.
4:43There was one crash in the Central.
4:45Oh, really?
4:46And and the purpose for that crash, the reason was anyway was because somebody didn't stop at the stop sign.
4:52Yeah.
4:52So um Yeah. People coming down that St. Joseph Street is about 930 ft long. It's a rightway.
5:00Yeah.
5:00I personally am not a proponent of putting stop signs on on rightways.
5:05Okay.
5:05I have not done a study there. I'm waiting for some equipment. There's really no place where I can put one of my trailers to get a count on cars, but I can't imagine that um we're going to have a um a very high amount of cars traveling there. I'm not discounting that people are not speeding because I'm I'm sure maybe they are.
5:22It's 25 miles an hour there.
5:24Yeah. It's certainly going to be up to the board, but it would be my recommendation uh for our discussion to maybe put some slow signs, uh children in play, those type of things.
5:35That would be lovely.
5:36But it would be certainly up to the board to do that.
5:38So, we did we did put up some slow signage when the initial request came in um on Monday, March 16th. So, we did put some additional slow signage um approaching that intersection in between Eastern Avenue and Mason Street.
5:51Okay. Do we have flashing signs that say slow down?
5:55That would be great.
5:56Um, we have the solar pedestrian crossing signage. So, unless there's a crosswalk there uh that's ADA compliant, that's the one that I can place at that intersection.
6:07But I'd have to go and see if it's an ADA compliant crosswalk to be able to put.
6:13I'm surprised that the school hasn't like done anything just cuz all the kids, right, that are, you know, coming out of school and It's just a rough area on that other property you're talking about. Somebody coming out the wrong way or or against the one the false.
6:28Yeah. Maybe they could correct some of that signage or put some more to have have they probably wouldn't listen cuz they could just, you know, listen to a stop sign either, right?
6:37No. Well, yeah, probably not cuz it's a different traffic pattern. So, they might not signs are up.
6:42Yes, the slow signage is up. But the solar pedestrian sign, we'll work on a solar solar sign. If I can get um if I can get the equipment I'm looking for, we We'll get a um a detailed traffic study of there if we can and if it requires it. I mean there are times that yeah we can put them on a on a right away on a right away.
7:00Let's see if that helps you a little bit.
7:01Okay. Thank you so much. I'm sorry about the children.
7:03Feel free to reach out.
7:04Okay. Thank you so much. Have a great night.
7:06Thank you.
7:12We have a we need a motion on it.
7:14Oh yeah. Motion for the motion.
7:18Motion to deny or accept a stop sign on it. right away.
7:21Now you stop signing.
7:22I second it.
7:23Okay.
7:24First by Helen, second by apologies.
7:28You're good.
7:30Uh we have the issue of the William S.
7:32Green School to make Brenell Street a one way from Jackson to Lapam.
7:37This traffic pattern will help alleviate the traffic and parking issues and safety concerns brought to the traffic department and the police department and it was tabled in order to contact the abuters. But I believe we're doing a study now.
7:50Correct. So, um I just want to let all the board members know um after meeting with the school administration, they are hiring an outside traffic study firm to come in and do a traffic study around certain areas of certain schools.
8:02So, at this point, the company is recommending that we not make any permanent changes around those schools until the study is complete.
8:09Okay.
8:11Motion table by John.
8:13I second by Bill.
8:14All right. So, we'll take that and we'll find out what that study says.
8:17Yeah.
8:18Is there anybody here that wants to discuss anything? I don't know if there's anybody here. I don't know if there's anybody here that wants to have a discussion.
8:24Is there anybody from uh from Green School for that? Any other Butters?
8:28Anybody has any discussion on that?
8:30Okay. Usually it's the safety consist from Diamond Regional Vocational Technical High School requesting no parking signage on Locust Street from Stone Haven Road to Hyest and on Hyest Street from Locust to possibly Thorn Hill Road.
8:51Here, come on up.
8:52Yes, sir. Mr. Mr. Bentley.
8:59Just good afternoon. Brian Bentley, superintendent director, Diamond Regional Vote Tech High School.
9:06Greg Joy. I'm the architect with Castle Boos Associates, the architect for the project.
9:16Are you looking to put some signage up to uh We are we have construction that's going to be uh that is going on. It will be completed with the opening of school coming up in this August. Uh what we expect is that when the traffic is circling the building to exit and a traffic pattern which the architect will explain to you and show you a depiction of that is that as they exit from around
9:37the building for the safety of everyone there the buses in particular is that the we clear out that area there has been a conglomeration of cars that do park on higher and street right now because they're going still going into the new the old school. The old school is going to be demolished. It will be fenced off in its entirety when these begins on September the 8th. As the buses enter the building um enter the
10:02drive and they depart dispatch students, okay, they're going to be leaving. If there are cars that are parked on Hyest Street running from the gate um where Locust Street is heading in a northerly direction towards Thornhill Road or U Bulock Street or going westerly from the gate at Locust Street going towards Feno Street, that's going to be a very tight turn for those buses and parents uh to
10:26pick up soon. Parents will be not having a parent dedicated parent pickup spot just yet. So, it's going to be heavily traffked. If there are cars parked there on both Locust Street and on Hyasin Street, it's going to create a log jam.
10:42Right. This is in an attempt to clear out that area so that the morning drop off and the afternoon pickup will be mostly free for the students to board buses safely, the buses to exit diamond prop uh property safely and for parents to pick up and or drop off their students. Um I do I know that the architect here, Mr. joint does have some pictorial displays if you'd like to see them.
11:06Yeah, and I think just echoing Mr.
11:08Bentley's uh point, I think this board is not, you know, new to Diamond's traffic circulation and the uh issues around uh either drop off or mainly dismissal when parents quue along Stone Haven Road. As uh construction progresses and the new building opens, we're we're going to essentially flip uh the site. So the new building will become occupied uh where students will go and obviously where the existing
11:33building w is currently will become uh the construction zone. What that does effectively for uh the traffic is it pushes those drop offs back into the site much more deeply. Uh good for the traffic on Stone Haven Road. Uh but along Locust and Hyasin, which are are are more narrow uh streets, uh it it does pose some challenges, particularly with queuing for parent drop off. If if the parents that are queuing currently
12:01on Stonehaven now start queuing along um Locust Street and Hyasin intermingled with parked cars. Um it it does kind of represent some potential challenges uh with also bus access going out there for the first year of construction uh of the fields and the demolition. uh the main kind of uh two bus loops, the bus loop and the parent loop that are on site that will uh you know more or less resolve those traffic
12:31queuing issues out on the streets are not available because they sit where the current building is and that needs to be demolished before they can be constructed. Uh so at a minimum this would be an interim measure. Uh given the feedback we've gotten from the neighborhood uh potentially a permanent measure uh I think would be uh helpful to resolve some of these issues. Uh in the permanent condition uh when the
12:56building is back there that that queuing out on Stonehaven is likely not to happen anymore. One because we have adequate uh queuing space on site. Uh but two uh the building is just kind of so far away that it's it's less likely that people will queue there. It's more likely that they would continue to queue on Locust and Hyasin uh on streets that are somewhat more restrictive in width
13:17and and may be problematic. We do see this as a one-year situation. Um it may extend, but at least a one-year because the new building that's being uh that's being constructed will have parent a dedicated parent drop off area and pickup area. So that eliminates some of the street parking for sure and there will be a different bus route which will be separated from the cars also. So this
13:40is for this year coming up uh knowing what we're going to be facing in August when we open up the school.
13:46Nice. Are you looking for um school times during the school hours?
13:51Uh Fenoir Street currently has a I took a picture of it of what it's on Fenoir Street and it just indicates no parking 8:00 a.m. to 400 p.m. Monday through Friday. We think that that probably might be a little bit of an overreach because when school's not in session, we don't anticipate a problem. Um, but that's the current signage that's on Fenmore right now. Uh, would that work?
14:11Oh, that would work fine. Um, so I would go for that. But if it is restricted and the board feels that they want to say, well, let's do this just doing school hours. We also have to consider do the neighbor does the neighborhood and do parents know the school time hours? They should.
14:28Okay. But I'll leave it that way.
14:30And they're visitors.
14:32Yeah. Yes.
14:32And also where on Locust, how far are you looking to do the prohibited parking? Same on Hyestence. Are you looking to go up to Thorn Hill? I know that that when we had that meeting, it really wasn't discussed.
14:43Thornhill. Thornhill was a good spot. I actually the it could go beyond probably be better. Thornhill is a pretty I'm looking at walking. If I'm a person that's going to walk into the school and I'm down by Thorn Hill, that's a pretty good walk. North Mary Street would actually be a better spot, okay? Because that really pushes it down because that's going to be one of the bus routes
15:02that way heading on Highest Hyest Street and going on Logus Street um up to Fenmore would be a good spot because Fenmore already is no parking. So, we would just keep that in its solidity right there.
15:16And are you looking for both sides or just one side?
15:19Both sides.
15:20Okay.
15:25questions from the board.
15:27The hour would be se 7 7 to three would be better, Mr. Bentley.
15:29That's what I was thinking.
15:307 to three.
15:31Sure. Our our school operating hours are actually uh for Let's go with the faculty. Faculty has plenty of room to spot, but the the glut of cars are 7:30 in the morning until approximately 3:00 in the afternoon. That's the glut right there. Uh I know that this sign that's on Fenmore 8 to 4 is a little throwback to a few years ago. And uh it it probably 7 to three would be better.
16:01And once the school gets uh up and running full-blown and the building is demolished, then the traffic we do expect by uh September of 2027 when the school is now back and it's mostly in completion stage to a degree.
16:15There will be athletic fields that will still going to go where the current building is right now. Uh it may have to extend beyond that uh of what I've just stated. Uh but this is a good buffer in there to get people into a patent where are they going to park and when that finally gets relieved with our soccer field, our track and so on football field, it will be uh a welcome addition
16:34to people to be able to park where they can.
16:37I think for the benefit of the board and and the audience, the the main driver of people queued out on the road and parking out on the road is not necessarily the availability of parking or queuing space on the site even as it currently stands. It's really the confl the conflict between the bus traffic, the student traffic and the parking those that kind of drop off loops going through the parking areas. So when the
17:02buses are queued, nobody can get out of the parking when parents are lined up in the Q- line uh through the school right now. I think most of you have probably been down the drives there. You can't pull out of parking spaces. So to alleviate that that kind of delay in leaving, people park out on the road or people queue out on the road. It's not necessarily for the lack of space on the
17:23building uh side. It's really the the lack of abil ability to get out, right?
17:28The new bus loops uh are double wide in one direction or parent dropoff loops are double wide in one direction. So there's a lane for queuing and and and waiting and there's a lane for travel.
17:40uh they're separated out uh fully from the parking. So people pulling out of parking spaces are not in direct conflict with those people queuing for pickup. So the new scenario uh not only gives more queuing, you know, line space uh within the site proper, it also eliminates those kind of uh tertiary delays uh for folks when they're getting in and out of there. So hopefully, you know, the the design is intended to
18:07resolve these issues that happen out on the street. Uh we can't obviously control people when they're driving. Uh but uh that is what the design intends to do and we took a lot of time to to make sure we address those issues best we could uh on the on the site.
18:21So it's obviously that's a main concern of the bus drivers, right?
18:24Yes. That's the main the main problem is that we have 17 buses uh every single day uh and at the end of the day they stage uh for the students to come out safely exit the building and get onto the buses but we're mixing them and as Mr. Joints already said with the cars, the parent pickup so it's going to be congested. Uh these stop signs stop signs no these no parking signs would help eliminate that
18:46congestion on the turns and the travel.
18:49And if we need to revisit in September of 27 to make an adjustment or removal, we can always do that.
18:55Absolutely.
18:56I'm satisfied with that.
18:59Motion the board.
19:00We're going to make the motion the same time as 7 to three or the same time on the sign. You want to do 7 to three?
19:05I say 7 to three.
19:067 to three. Yes, please.
19:07Motion to approve from 7 to three.
19:09Motion by Bill to approve and seconded by John.
19:13Sir, thank you very much. Have a good day.
19:16Enjoy.
19:16Good day, folks.
19:30That's another one for me.
19:34That was another one for green, but it's another All right. We have a request to make Cambridge Street a oneway from Ars 4 to Lapam Street. This is around the green school.
19:53I don't think anybody's here.
19:54Is there anybody here for that?
19:58I'll I'll I'll read it off and then we can table it.
20:01Uh should be noted this request was by the traffic board on 26th June 2024 and was denied due to opposition from former director of DCM.
20:10Uh at this meeting, prohibited parking Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the south side of Cambridge Street from Oxford Street and Lapam was approved by the board to help with parking issues with the Green Elementary School. Motion to uh table this motion to table.
20:26Second by John and second.
20:28And again, I just uh want to add to the record um this will also be a request that should be tabled until the traffic study is received. I' I'd agree. Once that traffic study is complete, um that may alleviate all of the issues there al together.
20:43All right.
20:46We have a table handicap from 49 Richmond Street. I you don't have to get up. We looked at it. I did go by the house.
20:54Um this was um if you have in your packet 49 tabled it because the the single family home does have a driveway and a gate at the front of it. I did go by and measure it. The curb cut is 13.4 and the driveway is 10.4. Um the vehicle that is listed in the packet was parked uh in front of the house on several occasions I went by. So
21:23it it appears at least on the times I went by, which was very random, um the vehicle is not utilizing the driveway.
21:29There was a car in there last month.
21:32That vehicle is no longer there. Um, so it would be up to the board to uh and that would be the only disqualifier would be the driveway, but it's it would be up to the board to approve or not.
21:45You having trouble getting out of the out of the car?
21:47My my dad, he uses two canes and my mom, she uses um like a walker and she has oxygen and to open the doors and be able to even me assist them, I can't. And for them to get out, it's very difficult. So having the front parking makes it easier for the both of them to be able to access the car and and you know get into the car. It's just it it's I mean for
22:17the average person who squeeze we do what we can but they're like 80. They were born in 47 46.
22:26Is it that tight?
22:27The only thing I would add with that is um it's an SUV type vehicle. So, it's probably typically about 8 ft wide. And again, the driveway is 104. So, you you got a couple of feet on either side, but I don't have a problem.
22:43All right. Is a motion on the board to approve or disapprove?
22:46Motion to approve.
22:47Motion to approve by Helen, seconded by John. So, be all you'll be all set over there. Um, just hang on. If the vehicle begins to magically make its way into that driveway, you can expect a a rescending of that handicap parking.
23:04All right. And we do we do do compliance on that. We do compliance on all of them. So, um we'll keep an eye on it. Be 8 to 12 weeks or so. Um so, people will be out to make take some measurements and and that should be all set. And the last thing is is it's not their spot.
23:23Anyone with a plaque can pocket anything?
23:27No.
23:28Okay, you're all set.
23:30Okay, thank you.
23:31Thank you.
23:3764 Earl Street for handicap spot. You You can stay there, sir.
23:44Um, so 64 Earl Street, apartment 2. Um, the applicant does drive, has a valid placket, a registration provided, the applicant is a tenant, and there is a letter from the homeowner stating that the applicant does not have access to that driveway area.
24:06She just be Which one's that? The Sienna.
24:12The Sienna. So, there were handicap signs in front of that house. Am I wrong to say that? And your vehicle was parked in a in a spot.
24:21Yeah. The time I got it because you know my my wife had the parking lot.
24:29My wife had the parking space there.
24:32Yeah. So you looking for an additional spot?
24:35No, I I'm looking. No, my wife.
24:39You're looking for your wife, huh?
24:42I explain.
24:43Yep. That's okay.
24:46My wife, he had the parking.
24:48Yep.
24:49Handicap.
24:50Okay.
24:50But we got I got my car.
24:53You have your own car. So, you're looking for an additional spot?
24:56Yes.
24:56We can't do that.
24:58No.
24:58Both of the way for handicap.
25:00No.
25:01Yeah. They both have placards and there's already a space there for his wife. Um, so he's looking for an additional space for his vehicle.
25:08Right. Oh, so I did go by there. There is a a handicap parking there and in the applicant's vehicle, at least the vehicle that was listed was parked in that spot. Um, but I'm not so sure about an additional spot.
25:22Does your wife own a vehicle?
25:24Yeah.
25:25Okay.
25:26My I found my own.
25:28Yeah.
25:29And she had Okay.
25:32All right.
25:33Yeah. No, we can't.
25:35Motion to deny.
25:36Motion to deny.
25:38by Bill and seconded by Ellen.
25:40So, we're not going to put another spot in there, sir.
25:43Okay, sir.
25:44Thank you.
25:49Second was 173 Smith Street. Applicant does drive.
25:55They have a valid plaque and registration provided. Applicant is a tenant and there's no off streetet parking. Is that 173 Smith? I'm trying.
26:03I did go by there. You You don't have anything over there. That's That's They're here.
26:08Yep. She's She's here in back.
26:09Oh, okay.
26:11Um I did go over the application and everything is in order with regard to that and there is no off street parking.
26:19Motion to approve.
26:21Motion to approve on the on the uh second board for Helen and second by John.
26:26John.
26:26Yep.
26:27So, you're going to be all set.
26:29Thank you.
26:29Um it was the same spiel I I told her. It's not your spot when it does go in 8 to 10 to 12 weeks.
26:36I totally get that.
26:37And uh it's not your fault.
26:38There's a handicap right down the road for me. I would never talk.
26:42Right. But you could, but I would.
26:44But you could.
26:44I I get that.
26:45All right. Thank you. You're welcome.
26:47Yep. Have a great night.
26:48Thank you.
26:49100 Stanley Street. Sir, um applicant does drive, has a valid placket and registration provided the applicant's a tenant. Let us from a homeowner tennis says he can't he does not have access to the driveway. Um, I did go through the paperwork. Your paperwork is squared away, sir. Um, I did notice your car parked on um on the other side near the bank, the red car. I did see that.
27:13Um, I don't see any issues with this one at all.
27:16All right. Motion to approve.
27:17Second.
27:18Motion to approve by Bill and seconded by Helen. Same thing, sir. You're all set. 8 for 10 to 12 weeks. Thank you.
27:23Yes, sir. Thank you for your time. Thank you.
27:26616 Woodman Street.
27:33Um, I'll read it out. The applicant does drive, has a valid plaque and a registration provided. Applicant is a homeowner with no off streetet parking available, which is true. Um, there is a handicap parking one house over from you. Is that from the other house?
27:51Yeah.
27:52All right.
27:53Okay. I don't see any issues with this for the board.
27:55Motion approved.
27:56Motion approved by John. Seconded by John. All set, sir. Thank you.
28:0218 Pitman Street. 18 Pitman Street.
28:0918 Pitman Street. The applicant does drive as a valid plaque registration provided and is a tenant. And a letter from the homeowner says that the tenant does not have access to the driveway. Yep. He's here in the back.
28:21Oh, okay.
28:23Motion to approve.
28:24Yep. Yep. It's It's going to be all set.
28:25All the paperwork is in order and there's a motion to approve by Helen.
28:29Yep.
28:30Seconded by Okay, you're all set, sir. Have a nice weekend.
28:35211. You too.
28:37Thank you, sir.
28:39211 Wade. I did go by your place there.
28:42What's What's that parking in the back?
28:44It's on the side of the old Aries.
28:46That's um Everybody's supposed to be able to park there, but there's no signed parking.
28:51No.
28:52And my truck is hard to get in that dodge. And there's uh multiple families who have take them home.
29:00You know, they're all related. So, they all have two and three cars, so I'm never able to.
29:05You're not getting in there. I saw your car. You you you were in there. Um yeah, I try to sneak in there, but I can't get in there all the time.
29:13And we And we do have a letter from the property manager saying that he does drive. He has a valid plaque and the registration was provided. The applicant is a tenant with a driveway, but we do have a letter from the property manager saying that he can't have access to that driveway.
29:26And there's a handicap um sign in front that's for the special need kid next door.
29:33I I I did go by there. Um so I can't park in that spot cuz he definitely needs his spot.
29:40I don't see any issues with this application.
29:42All right. Motion to approve.
29:44Motion to approve by Bill and seconded by uh John. You're all set, sir.
29:48Okay. Thank you. How do I um make a uh complaint about something like uh you know I didn't put in for it?
29:56Um like on on Fourth and uh Wade Street there's six school buses that come there every morning and Tupac in front of my house.
30:07So on Fourth Street to the left there's a bus. on Fifth Street, uh, just before Fourth Street, there's a bus getting kids on and off at the same time. But if you come from Robersonson Street up fourth, you can turn on the Wade because the buses aren't there and people just zoom right by there and then kids are running down Wade Street trying to catch the bus.
30:31So if you if you sat there and saw that, you'd be like, "How the hell is that happening without someone getting hit or anything like that? They're not. Yeah.
30:41So, second street. Second street. You talking about second um um fourth and fifth is Wade Street.
30:49And then um um coming off Rollers Rodman.
30:54Rodman Street. Yeah. Robert uh Yeah. And um fourth.
30:59It's terrible over there. If you sat there, you'd be like, "How come there's no flashing slow kids or no um flashing signs on the stop signs or people just zoom through there?" And and I've seen kids from my window almost get hit a few times, you know.
31:19Where would you propose putting that sign?
31:23right where um fourth and uh Wade Street because bus comes down on the fourth and the other one comes down Wade Street comes up Wade Street.
31:35The only thing I would say is once those buses in the road there's no one going by they but these cars still go by then. Uh the bus monitors they're helpless. They can't What I'm saying is is once that bus is in the roadway s the car is not going to go around it.
31:50Yeah. Way too tight. Yeah. That's way too tight.
31:53Yeah, but I'm just saying on Fourth Street and Wade when you come off the other side of the street, you can still go by the buses cuz that bus is back a little bit on fourth and the other one's back on fifth, but if they're coming off the main street, they can take a right and come down or take a left and come down Wade Street.
32:15Right.
32:16And the kids are running down uh Wade Street trying to catch the bus.
32:20Right. So if if you sat there in the morning, you'd see what I was talking about. It just looks crazy.
32:27I I understand. I get it. I would hope the children are being accompanied by adults.
32:34I I hope that too, but I don't see it.
32:36All right. We'll we'll take a peek at that sir.
32:38Yeah. Someone could just absolutely in the morning.
32:42It's crazy.
32:44And do you find that it's it's more morning than the afternoon?
32:47Uh more in the morning.
32:48Okay. Yeah.
32:49Okay. All right. Thank you.
32:51Thank you. Have a great night.
32:53159 St. Mary Street.
33:00159 St. Mary Street.
33:02Is that you?
33:04The applicant drives has a ballot plaque registration provided. Applicants attend.
33:09Um, you got a large driveway there.
33:11You won't let us.
33:12I should have got a letter, but he won't.
33:14Yeah. So, we need a letter.
33:15Can we get a letter?
33:16We need a letter. been I go by I go by all of these. Anyone listening on TV, you're watching. I go by every single one of these all.
33:24I don't know if he'll even provide a letter. He's such a heavy landlord.
33:27Excuse my language. Like I have issues.
33:30I have to wait a year for something. So I don't know how long it will take to get the letter. But he won't allow me to because he said if I do the other four tenants will last.
33:40Well, this is his way to stop it, right?
33:43That'll keep you out of there for sure.
33:45If you could get a lot of that would certainly help your application move forward back.
33:50No, next month we're going to table it.
33:52So it'll be tabled for next month. Um so you can give you some time to get that letter.
33:56Bring it upstairs.
33:57Yep. Exactly where you dropped off the original documentation.
34:01Just bring that letter.
34:03You'll get a letter in the mail.
34:04How important it is.
34:06Absolutely.
34:07Basically stating you're a tenant there and that you have you don't have um or you're not you're not allowed to park in that driveway. And can I also bring up too, I know across the street there is two handicap there, but they park there faithfully and he won't allow us to use the front entrance. So where he parks his vehicles, that's a ve that's the entrance I have to go in. So if it does
34:28get approved, would it be possible to have it on Wellington?
34:32Yeah, that's not a problem as long as if that's Yep, we can um if it's approved, we can absolutely put the signage if that's the entrance that you use. It just it'll have to be closest to the entrance. because the other two that are there right there sure you know what I mean?
34:52So, okay. Thank you.
34:53Can we get a motion to table this?
34:54Motion to table.
34:55Motion to table.
34:56First by John, seconded by Helen.
34:59All right. Rescended handicap spots request from the traffic department. I have a following.
35:03Thank you.
35:04Handicap spaces rescended due to individuals no longer utilizing the space because they have either moved, they don't drive anymore, or they have passed away.
35:12Thank you.
35:13You're welcome, ma'am. Yep. Lewis Street from 2008, North Main Street from 2020, Walnut Street from 2014, South Main Street 2017, Montgomery Street from 2024, Brow Street also from 2024, Cookan Street from 2025, Albian from 2024, Bowen from 2022, North Main from 2013, Center Street from 2018, Oxford from 2018, North Underwood from 202 24 Merchant Street from 2018 and Kellogg Street from 2025.
35:49Motion to remove those signs.
35:51Motion to remove first by John, seconded by Bill. Do we have any other motion to motion to adjurnn? First by Allen, seconded by John. Thank you.