Special Board of Aldermen 08-24-2021 Page 9
Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
If | may Madame President.
President Wilshire
Director Cummings.
Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Yes thank you. For the record, Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development. | just want to add a few points
here this evening because | think some of my comments may add some clarity. First the reason why we’re here is
because site plan was approved. I’m not going to go as far as to say it was a scrivener’s error but essentially we
realized rather late in the game that the site plan approved by the Planning Board had from a surveying perspective
lead over into the public right-of-way an encroachment of approximately three feet on the 44ish or 43ish parking
spaces. So what we're talking about is 3 feet of essentially 8 to 9 foot parking space that we need to basically
memorialize in some sort of fashion so the development can proceed and the financers of the project will be issuing
substantial amount of money in the order of $50 million has a comfort level that they have the adequate parking and
have the rights to it.
Really we’re here just from a housekeeping perspective. The two ordinances are companion pieces to the resolution
that this body just adopted. R-21-157 in paragraph 4 specifically outlines that the parking ordinances on Myrtle
Street would need to change. So the two companion pieces O-21-069 eliminates the one-hour parking and then O-
21-070 allows for the overnight parking and it essentially just stays true to what you just approved in the resolution
that preceded this discussion. Thank you for your time.
President Wilshire
Thank you Director Cummings.
Alderman Klee
Thank you Madame President. Alderwoman Lu if you do look on line, you’re absolutely correct. These two items are
not on the on-line agenda. They are on the agenda that was sent to us. Both of those were in there. But as Director
Cummings did speak to, both of these items are talked about in the Memorandum of Agreement — the MOU — both of
these items and they were talked about at the Infrastructure Committee. You're right on the on-line one, these two
aren't there because they were being | believe if | have this correct because we suspended the rules to bring these in.
Am | correct Madame President?
President Wilshire
You are.
Alderman Klee
So that’s why they're not on the agenda because we suspended the rules to bring them in — these two items but they
are on the agenda that was sent to us.
Alderwoman Lu
Okay. Thank you. Just to be transparent. I’m sure like all of you my e-mail has been upgraded and changed
frequently in the last four months. I’ve had mine done a couple of times. What | noticed is that attachments used to
all show when | opened my e-mail. Now there’s a little carrot mark that you have to hit. | discovered that just this
afternoon. | didn’t notice it on this particular e-mail but thank you.
Alderman Klee
| can relate to that. | completely understand. A lot of mine is going to the Mimecast.
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