Board of Aldermen 04-12-2022 Page 25
| do want to add to what Alderman Thibeault said. San Francisco Kitchen got no PPE. They got none of that stuff
because they could not prove that they had any revenue because they bought it just as COVID hit. They had no earnings.
So therefore they had no losses as far as the COVID monies and all that was concerned. So the one business, at least
one of the businesses downtown, that did not get any of that leg up, or a hand up, or whatever you want to call it was San
Francisco Kitchen and | don't think we should continue to hurt them over and over again when we can do this compromise
of putting a handicapped spot there. We're only taking one extra space from what we just approved. That's it. One
space is what's being affected by this. They don't lose a 15 minute parking and they gain a dedicated handicapped spot.
| think this is a win/win all around. So thank you very much.
Alderman Cathey
Thank you, Madam Chair. Gosh this is not an easy topic to figure out. There's a lot of variables at play, but to make my
job more easy, | like to stay in my lane and as a city we can only give so much. We're only allowed by law to do so much
and I'm not going to authorize barriers here, barriers there when | or we haven't heard on the record from a property
owner because | think it creates too much confusion. It's just not something that we should be doing. I'd rather have a set
plan before we lay down barriers and get permission from the property owner about what we're going to do. | think doing
it ahead of time is short of putting the cart before the horse and it's sort of arbitrary and so for that reason just on
procedural grounds, I'm not going to support it because I'd rather know for sure what we're doing moving forward. Thank
you.
MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD TO MOVE THE QUESTION
MOTION CARRIED
President Wilshire
So we are considering now Alderman Klee’s amendment.
Alderman Cathey
Roll call.
MOTION BY ALDERMAN KLEE TO AMEND TO RETURN TWO FULL SPACES IN FRONT OF 127 MAIN STREET
(SAN FRANCISCO KITCHEN) AND SHORTENING THE LENGTH OF THE BARRIERS ON THE NORTHWEST
CORNER AT FACTORY STREET AND MAIN STREET BY 20 FEET FROM THE NORTH SIDE AND RETURNING
THOSE TWO SPACES; AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO ALLOW THAT BEYOND THE TWO SPACES THAT ONE BEA
DEDICATED AND SIGNED HANDICAPPED SPOT TO BE PLACED IN FRONT OF THE WINGATE PROPERTY AS
WELL AS TO MOVE THE 15 MINUTE PARKING BEHIND THAT, BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Moran, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman Clemons, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Comeau, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Thibeault, Alderwoman Timmons, Alderman Wilshire 11
Nay: Alderman Sullivan, Alderman Jette, Alderman Gouveia, Alderman Cathey 4
MOTION CARRIED
MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORAN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-22-022 AS AMENDED
Alderwoman Kelly
| wanted to start by thanking Alderwoman Klee for bringing forward a compromise. | think that this whole exercise has
been, you know, compromise and listening to the downtown. | know that | probably have a unique experience. Most of
the people who will sit on this Board do not go to downtown 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and | have really done the
homework in terms of talking to the business owners. Every time | walk around to get lunch, we have some discussions.
| think had been uncharacteristically quiet on this. | wanted to really listen and let the committee's do their work. | think
there's been a lot of pros and cons. | feel both sides of that every day in my work and being downtown. | think that where
we have landed is right for the downtown. | think there's been a lot of deliberation, a lot of public input, and that
