Board of Aldermen 03-09-2021 Page 29
Alderman Jette
| just wanted to point out to that there is a separate Ordinance coming up the next one that talks about the 15
minute parking.
President Wilshire
So what’s your pleasure Alderman Jette?
MOTION BY ALDERMAN JETTE TO AMEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LANGUAGE SUGGESTED BY
ATTORNEY BOLTON BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Jette
And | think as long that it is clear we are adopting this plan but it does give the Mayor, upon the
recommendation of the Director of Public Works and the Parking Manager the ability to make adjustments.
President Wilshire
OK, you’ve heard the motion. Discussion? Alderman Klee?
Alderman Klee
Thank you Madam President, I’m sorry | think Alderman Lopez was first, so please let him go first and | will
come after.
President Wilshire
Actually Alderman O’Brien was first and then Alderman Lopez.
Alderman Lopez
Alderman Klee, if | go before you, you’re just going to have to say, “I agree with him” so you should go first.
President Wilshire
Alderman O’Brien?
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you, Madam President. | know there was a little bit of a delay there, thank you. The thing is here as the
Chairman of Infrastructure, let me kind of remind you of what is going on. Since we are discussing about the
Jette Amendment to this, at the very least | would probably offer something else, the Mayor or his designee
and if it's the Mayor and/or his designee then that would make Director Cummings, to which Director
Cummings has been dealing with this all along. So | don’t see the absolute necessity to get the Mayor in.
But | want to make the Alderman aware of there is a lot of concerns with this. Number one is whenever you put
up barriers, you have got reinstitute or reteach the public to follow the proper traffic patterns. There is some
barriers, as Alderman Jette and all of you may remember, that were kind of like bump outs, but they existed
only to assist with the traffic pattern. But whenever you put barriers up on Main Street, we are not the City of
Boston or the State of Massachusetts, we do not have like, I’m going to date myself to Southeast Expressway,
but we do not have the HOV Barriers and these cannot be moved. As a matter of fact, | think in order to put
