The Fall River Traffic Board convened on September 21, 2022, with all members present. The board began by approving the meeting minutes from August 17, 2022, by a unanimous vote. Following this, a request for a curb cut at 323 William S. Canning Boulevard, for a property slated to become a gas station and market, was unanimously approved. The board then addressed several requests for handicapped parking spaces. New spaces were unanimously approved for 254 Locust Street, 23 Sunset Hill, and 59 Hafford Street, with the condition that applicants for 254 Locust Street and 59 Hafford Street provide proof of updated address registration with the registry. Requests for 54 Kellogg Street and 38 Pitman Street were unanimously tabled due to the absence of the applicants. Finally, the board unanimously approved the Traffic Department's request to rescind multiple existing handicapped parking spaces on various streets, including Washington Street, Plymouth Avenue, Eastern Avenue, Grove Street, Locust Street, Woolly Street, Tower Street, Broad Street, Webster Street, Ridge Street, and French Street, as these spaces were no longer being utilized by the original individuals.
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uh this is the september 21st meeting of the fall river traffic board prior to the meeting i'm going 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 uh prior to that can we do a roll call please madame clark take attendance you got it helen rigo yeah natalie mello here sergeant dolan here and officer faris present okay everybody's present today first item on the agenda is citizen input is anybody here for a matter that's not on the agenda a citizen has a complaint about something or whatnot
0:54no no okay nobody's here for citizen input next is the approval of the meeting minutes from the previous meeting of august 17 2022. i make a motion that we approve the minutes from the previous meeting second hell in seconds and anyone opposed to approving the meeting minutes madam claire can you do roll call please yes helen rigo yes natalie yes sergeant dolan yes officer faris yes okay the meeting minutes from
1:26the previous meeting have been approved next on the agenda are curb cuts and there's only one for 323 william s canning boulevard nobody's here for that they don't have to be this is going to be uh become a gas station and market where that family market used to be on the northwest corner at that intersection so they have uh i'm not going to go through all these numbers they want to they want to change the
2:01the openings on questions you should be right aid a long time ago oh my god well there's there was a there's a building another gas station another gas station yes we do i i love it all right they want to rearrange the driveways there on william s canning boulevard site uh cars don't park there in the first place so it has no uh bearing at all on on an ability to park there
2:34so i make a motion that we approve the curb cut at 323 william s canning boulevard motion to approve natalie seconds it anyone opposed to the curb cuts madam clerk can you do a roll call please helen yes natalie yes sergeant dolan yes and officer yes okay the curb cuts for three two three william s canning boulevard now we move on to the uh request for handicap spaces the first one is for 254 locust street
3:15you're here for 254 locus sir okay i went by there there is no off street parking available for the tenant however have you changed your address with the registry um i i haven't yet because my because my registration and my license is not up yet they don't have to be up you can actually go online and change it on the computer now tonight okay um i want us i want those changes to go to
3:49your office though yeah so what will happen is once you get a new registration with your address i mean the license they won't do it they'll just put the statement but the registration once you have your address on the correct address just bring it guys we'll make a copy and then put it in your file okay it's something you could just do online with the registry now okay so based on
4:08that as i was saying there's no off street parking available uh i make a motion that we approve the handicapped parking for 254 locust street anyone care the second second natalie seconds it anyone opposed madam clerk can you roll call please okay approval of 250 254 locust street for a handicapped spot helen yes natalie yes sergeant dolan yes officer faris yes okay so the parking space has been
4:39approved as long as you bring in proof that you've changed your address with the registry okay now i'm going to let you know there's two things we have to let you know one is this spot is in front of your house and every once in a while it happens that you may have a neighbor that has a relative that shows up and they have a valid placard if they're parked in that spot they're
4:58not breaking the lawyer in doing so the spot oh yes i understand it happens a lot with people that live near convenience stores and stuff so sometimes i do it too yeah if you find one on a street across the street and i see that nobody never parks there yep so i will park there all right just so you know like people call the police say somebody's in my spot that's not necessarily the case and um
5:20miss forever is going to tell you the time frame about the installation so once it's approved here my maintenance crew will go out and do the measurements where the sign is supposed to go that goes into city council so it goes to city council to be referred to ordinance it's approved in ordinance and then it goes to emergency pre-amp which it's heard at the next council meeting so it
5:40could take anywhere between six to eight weeks okay and you're all set sir thank you very much you're welcome next on the agenda is 54 kellogg street okay parties aren't present i make a motion to table 54 kellogg street ellen seconds it anyone opposed madam clerk can you do roll call please motion to table for the next meeting 54 kellogg street helen yes natalie yes sergeant dolan yes
6:15and officer yes okay 54 kellogg street is tabled next on the agenda is 23 sunset hill okay parties present this is one of those cottages that are right on bay street there's a spot available there's no off street obviously for the applicant i make a motion that we approve and we put a parking a handicapped pocket space right in front of 23 sunset hill what street is that is that main street
6:51right across from gold medal helen has uh seconded my motion anyone opposed to allowing handicap park in front of 23 sunset hill adam clark can you do a little call please motion to approve 23 sunset hill for the signs to go on bay street helen yes natalie yes sergeant dolan yes and officer yes okay the handicapped spot has been approved ma'am thank you you're welcome next on the agenda is 59 hafford street
7:25that's me hardy's present you're in the same boat yeah i should tell you right then uh have you done it yet no i have no okay you need to do exactly what we told him you can go right online do it and you have to show her office the proof that you uh changed your address with the registry uh again this this house has no off street parking available no driveway
7:49uh i make a motion that we approve 59 halfridge street anyone care a second there second natalie seconds it anyone opposed to approving 59 halfridge street madam clerk can you do roll call please approval for hp's for 59. street helen yes natalie mello yes sergeant dolan yes and now opposites yes okay you're all set sir thank you very much you're welcome next is 38 pitman street there's nobody else here so i'm sure
8:28they're not present i make a motion that we table 38 pitman street second second anyone care officer paris is second thirty eight minutes anyone opposed to tabling 38 pitman street madam clerk can you do real quickly motion to table 38 pitman street um applique was not present helen yes natalie yes sergeant dolan yes an officer yes okay 38 pitman street is tabled next on the agenda are
9:04rescinding handicap spots a request from the traffic department to have the following handicapped spaces rescinded due to individuals no longer utilizing the space because because they have either moved no longer drive or have passed away washington street plymouth avenue eastern avenue grove street locust street woolly street tower street broad street webster street locust street again
9:30ridge street and french street i make a motion that we remove these handicapped parking spaces second natalie seconds it anyone opposed to removing those spaces madam clerk you do roll call please approval to remove all the rescinded applications from ordnance helen yes natalie yes sergeant dolan yes yes okay all those spaces are to be rescinded any other matters that are not on the agenda
10:09i make a motion to adjourn the meeting and i will second it helen seconds it anyone opposed to adjournment of the meeting jesus
10:28yes helen natalie yes sergeant dolan yes in office of ferris yes the speeding is adjourned