LDNA 10\/23\/17<\/p>\n
7 PM, LTC<\/p>\n
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Present:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Jack Moynihan<\/p>\n Carolyn Alphen<\/p>\n Stephen Greene<\/p>\n Sam Litvin<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meeting called to order at: 7:03<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Opening greeting<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approval of minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n Approval of August and September minutes; Motion was made by Jack and 2nd<\/sup> by Carolyn.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n $615.29 balance.\u00a0 Everyone is invited to make a voluntary $10 membership contribution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Police Report<\/strong><\/p>\n Overall crime count down from last month.\u00a0 Several assaults\/robberies solved.<\/p>\n Q & A from public:<\/p>\n Issues with persons hiding behind barricades behind Canal Place.\u00a0 LPD will follow up.<\/p>\n Canal walkway behind 58 Prescott St building is a site of reorted drug deal activities.<\/p>\n Constant drug activity reported behind Wings\/Asian Bistro area on Market Street.<\/p>\n Bar Crawl planned for Halloween despite license being denied.\u00a0 Who is responsible for this sort of situation?\u00a0 What recourse?<\/p>\n No update on robbery near TD Bank from 9\/17.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Presentation by Jim Dyment:\u00a0 Brush Art Gallery Director<\/strong><\/p>\n Discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n Lowell is much improved since 10 yrs ago.\u00a0 City council support of LPD has been crucial to downtown quality of life.\u00a0 Also, improved License Commission oversight.<\/p>\n Update on parking increases?\u00a0 Parking rate hike for downtown is essentially a tax hike that no other residents have to pay.\u00a0 At the very least, we need to ensure that trash collection policy and overall tax policy takes downtown residents into account.<\/p>\n New creperie coming to downtown next to Jimmy John\u2019s.\u00a0 Lowell Burger and Warp&Weft now have their liquor licenses.<\/p>\n Meeting Adjourns at 7:54.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LDNA 10\/23\/17 7 PM, LTC Present: Jack Moynihan Carolyn Alphen Stephen Greene Sam Litvin Meeting called to order at: 7:03 Opening greeting Approval of minutes Approval of August and September minutes; Motion was made by Jack … Continue reading \n
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