{"id":692,"date":"2016-06-20T10:37:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T14:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/?p=692"},"modified":"2016-06-20T10:37:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T14:37:57","slug":"may-meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/?p=692","title":{"rendered":"May Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LDNA 5\/23\/16<\/p>\n<p>Present:<\/p>\n<p>Jack Moynihan<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn Alphen<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Greene<\/p>\n<p>Corey Sciuto<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start:<\/strong> 7:02<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Approval of March Minutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moved by Carolyn; Second by Jack<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer\u2019s Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>$287.29 + $40 deposits<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Police Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Captain Richardson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Discussed recent incidents downtown. Largely typical bar stuff.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Report graffiti to Mike Demaras at Neighborhood Services <a href=\"mailto:mdemaras@lowellma.gov\">mdemaras@lowellma.gov<\/a> or via e-gov <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egovlink.com\/lowell\/action.asp\">http:\/\/www.egovlink.com\/lowell\/action.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Councilor John Leahy, Public Safety Chair:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Increases to staff on Police Department and Fire Department. City Manager and the Police Chief are in Washington, D.C. today receiving a reward for Community Policing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paul A: How is the Hamilton Canal District work coming?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Leahy: Contractors are being picked; hopefully the courthouse and the planned buildings start soon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stephen G: Will we get sidewalk repairs done before Folk Festival?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Leahy: We would like to.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jack M: Can we do anything about traffic light enforcement? Can we get cameras?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Leahy: We haven\u2019t discussed that in particular. We\u2019ve talked about cameras in general.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sam L: The downtown lights have cameras in them. Can\u2019t we just use those?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Leahy: We are continually looking into this sort of thing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sam L: What does the city offer for teens to do in the summer?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Leahy: They can help work with the Parks Department.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Councilor Bill Samaras enters; discussion on the panhandling and loitering laws)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reminder to contact Nick Navin, Parking and Garages Dept. with any questions: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellma.gov\/parking\/Pages\/default.aspx\">http:\/\/www.lowellma.gov\/parking\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIY Lowell:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diylowell.org\">www.diylowell.org<\/a> to submit ideas. Summit looks like it will be July 14.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Thursdays:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cultureiscool.org\/downtown-lowell-first-thursdays\">http:\/\/www.cultureiscool.org\/downtown-lowell-first-thursdays<\/a> now through September.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sam L: Can we make it legal to get to Western Avenue Studios from Dutton Street?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Samaras: It would cost $2M to build a pedestrian bridge over that.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adjournment: <\/strong>8:32 PM<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LDNA 5\/23\/16 Present: Jack Moynihan Carolyn Alphen Stephen Greene Corey Sciuto &nbsp; Start: 7:02 &nbsp; Approval of March Minutes: Moved by Carolyn; Second by Jack &nbsp; Treasurer\u2019s Report: $287.29 + $40 deposits &nbsp; Police Report: Captain Richardson &nbsp; Discussed recent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/?p=692\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-meetings-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions\/693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}