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Tuesday, September 17 at 6:00 PM in the
Mayor’s Reception Room at Lowell City Hall

The City of Lowell Department of Planning and Development invites you to participate in a public meeting to discuss The Restoration of Two-Way Traffic Patterns in Downtown Lowell.

The City’s consulting engineers from Nelson Nygaard and TEC will present their 25percent designs for the restoration of two-way traffic to Merrimack, Market, Central, and Shattuck Streets as well as the extensive traffic analysis they have conducted to establish the feasibility of this change.

The City is very interested in hearing from Downtown stakeholders to help refine and improve the designs, prior to bidding this winter and construction in the late spring/summer.

Should you have any questions about the meeting or the project, or if you require any special accommodations to participate in the meeting, please contact Transportation Engineer Eric Eby
at 978-674-4252 or eeby@lowellma.gov.

LDNA meeting August 26th, 7pm, at LTC, 246 Market St. our guest will be Interim Police Superintendent Deborah Friedl.

On August 22, 2013 the United Teen Equality Center will be holding a silent visibility in response to the recent acts of violence on Sunday August 18th where Keny Sien , a 25 yr old man was shot and killed. Staff and teens from UTEC are meeting at 4:15 pm at Lords Overpass on Thorndike St. where they will stand in silence with signs espousing their message of non-violence. Anyone who is interested in attending the visibility is welcome to meet at Lords Overpass on Thorndike St at 4:15 pm.

UTEC has made an organizational commitment to make a public statement every time there is an act of violence against our overall community. Similarly, last year, UTEC organized a rally with the theme of “Stop Shooting. Reclaim our CommUNITY.” Similar themes will be present at tomorrow’s rally.

Contact: Greg Croteau, Executive Director (978) 265-7173

License Commission meeting, Thursday August 22, 2013 at 6:30 PM in the Council Chamber

Downtown related items:
2. Hearing on the allegations of misconduct as charged by Deborah Friedl, Interim Superintendent of Police, against The Middle Street Village, Inc., d/b/a The Village Smokehouse, 92-98 Middle St., Alan F. Kaplan, Mgr., all alc. bev. Restaurant licensee, date of alleged violations April 25, 2013 – M.G. L. c. 138, s. 34, sale or delivery of alcohol beverage to person under 21 years of age; and Massachusetts regulation 204 CMR 2.05 (2), to wit: violation of M.G.L. c. 138, s. 34, and violation of M.G.L. c. 94C (Controlled Substances Act).

3. Hearing on the allegation of misconduct as charged by Deborah Friedl, Interim Superintendent of Police, against Hayhurst Group, Inc., dba Finn’s Pub, 76-86 Merrimack St., Kevin Hayhurst, Manager, all alcoholic beverages Restaurant licensee, date of alleged violation May 4, 2013 – Section 1.16 of License Commission Regulations Manager’s Responsibilities, and Section 1.20 Illegal Activities.

Special one-day licenses
4. Corey Belanger of Major’s Pub for Saturday, September 7, 2013 from 8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The event is Brew-Fest, micro brew beer tasting, to be held at the Athenian Corner parking lot @ Shattuck and Market Sts.

10. Request for amendment to license granted June 6, 2013, #62SP2013, from Steve Syverson, President, Arts League of Lowell, from date of September 26, 2013 to new date of September 14, 2013; event to be held at 307 Market Street, hours 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
11.
License Commission review of schedule of meetings for the balance of calendar year 2013.

newly elected Senator Markey had a chance to hear about many of them on his visit.  Thank you to Jen Myer for documenting the visit on her blog: http://room50.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/sen-markey-visits-lowell/

One of the things I found most remarkable was this tidbit from Adam Baacke, ” In 2000, the city had 3 million square feet of vacant mill space. Today it is nearly full. That would not have been possible without the tax credits”.
“Three million square feet is three John Hancock Towers, in Lowell,” said Markey.

Certainly never thought of it on those terms…but it does provide a great mental visual.

From the city manager’s blog…
http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/lowell-among-grant-recipients-for-distressed-properties/