March 25, 2013
7:03 – Started
Retirement party for Chief Levalee 2-4 Friday, March 29
Kathleen Passed out crime statistics
Reminder: Rentees must do a $50 inspection every three years
Absentee ballots are available for Senate Primary – City Hall, election office.
Henri Marchand
City boards have openings
- Animal Advisory non-dog owner
- Taxi and Livery
- Solid Waste
- May be a few more (City HR site)
Captain Sullivan
- Did very well this month including St. Patrick’s Day
- 8 disorderly conduct (7 of them 11-3 Thursday-Saturday by O.T. officers)
- Officers are out in key areas @ 1:45.
- Vandalism, vomiting, etc are way down.
- 10 officers and two supervisors on Saturday.
- MV breaks down (four this month)
- More work to do getting patrolling going in the Market St garage.
- Used to be more patrols with the old company.
- Bill Riley is the new garage security head.
- Pre-gaming going on again in the garages
- Cleanliness issues with the stairwells.
- Cars that haven’t moved in 72 hours can be towed.
- Motion detector in Derby Park to help with public urination?
- Graffiti on Back Prescott St.
- Increasing patrols on Canalway over by 30 Market – kids shooting at windows.
- New acting superintendent – Deborah Friedl. Should come to one of her meetings.
Steve Perez (D-Tension)
- Downtown is missing a local live music venue.
- Bought the Under Impact on Merrimack and Palmer Sts.
- Looking to reach out to the neighborhood to address noise, etc before it gets going.
- Taking on the old name, The Safe.
- Reach out on Facebook (Dee Tension)
- The Safe will to install deadening equipment – Steve has a lot of experience as an Audio Engineer
- 100 person capacity
Stephen Greene
- Master Plan being discussed tomorrow – green space
- Mack Plaza / Victorian Garden
- Broken granite columns ($150k repair!)
- DCR property
- There are 27 benches – some should be fixed.
- $17,000 plumbing bill for fountain last year.
- Pruning will be done.
- What other improvements?
- We’re seeing more trash receptacles
- Cast iron tree pits broken
- Broken sidewalks
- DPD – is adding additional trees in Lucy Larcom
- Additional barrel in Lucy Larcom
- Chess boards @ Mack
- Lighting improvements @ Kerouac
- Community Gardens Neighborhood cleanup (April 27th 9 AM Mack Plaza)
8:06 ends