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From YouTube: City Council Sub Committee of 12-5-22
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City of Chelsea, https://www.chelseama.gov/
B
Councilman
coopero
Council
to
Navy
Garcia,
Council,
Robinson,
councilor,
Taylor,
Council
Lopez,
here,
Casa
Vega,
baldonado,
councilor
LeBron,
here
Council
vido,
Council
de
Jesus
and
Council
Judy
Garcia
one
two,
seven,
eight,
you
have
eight
members
president,
you
ever
call
Mr
chairman.
The
subject
matter
will
be
discussed
with
the
demulo
supermarket
Inc
DSM
Inc
invited
to
attend
a
city,
Major
Tom,
ambassino,
Alex,
train
director,
Community,
Development
and
change
our
lamp
principal
LT,
Development
LLC,
combine
Thomas
principal
LT
development
and
all
members
of
the
council.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Mr
chair
I
asked
the
maker
of
this
subcommittee
requester
I'm
councilor
Robinson.
If
you
have
open-end
statements,
Yes.
C
Actually
around
like
this
I
will
do
a
little
history
on
a
memorandum
of
understanding
and
then
Alex
and
Kyle
will
pick
it
up
from
there
and
then
when
at
the
end,
we
can
entertain
some
questions
if,
if
we
have
time
so,
whereas
the
most
has
been
operating,
Supermarket
a
missed
the
small
since
December
1
1981,
but
we're
tenants
until
1998.,
whereas
on
behalf
of
the
moon's,
the
second
Francisco
trust
purchase
to
it.
Miss
McMorrow
out
of
bankruptcy
in
1998.,
whereas
Chelsea
would
like
the
property
to
be
redeveloped
into
an
encourage.
C
C
In
addition,
Chelsea
shall
make
its
professional
staff
available
to
provide
input
and
comments
to
the
Moors
as
needed
as
plans
develop
on
September
26
2005
Chelsea
submitted
to
the
city
council
a
proposed
owning
change
that
would
extend
the
existing
iPod
to
the
property,
which
will
require
a
mixed
use.
Projects
comprised
of
combination
of
two
or
more
of
the
following
uses:
residential
office,
retail
restaurant
hotel
and
open
space
upon
the
issuance
of
a
special
permit.
C
If
the
technical
evaluation
of
property
described
above
reveals
that
the
site
conditions
are
such
that
the
infrastructure
building
costs
for
the
Redevelopment
will
be
significantly
more
than
what
normally
accompany
a
similar
project.
Chelsea
and
Des
Moines
agreed
to
work
cooperatively
to
secure
any
state
of
federal
funds
that
would
be
available
to
defray
such
significant
additional
costs.
C
The
move
is
shall
engage
in
Urban
Design
planner,
with
the
approval
of
Chelsea
with
said
Urban
Design
plan
of
working
on
behalf
and
at
the
discussion
of
the
parties.
Chelsea
is
so
Chic
to
secure
the
corporation
financial
support
of
additional
major
stakeholders
in
the
study
of
that
area,
and
now
I'd
ask
Community
Development
tool
get
into
the
West
Chelsea
Economic
Development
study
plan.
C
D
All
right
good
evening,
counselors,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
join
this
evening's
subcommittee
meeting
relative
to
the
West
Chelsea
Economic
Development
study.
My
name
is
Alex
train
and
I
serve
as
the
Director
of
Housing
and
Community
Development
for
the
city
of
Chelsea
and
I'm
joined
by
Carl
Allen,
our
Economic
Development,
specialist
and
Ibrahim
Lopez
Hernandez,
our
sustainability
manager,
who
are
the
key
staff
on
this
project,
and
so
tonight
we're
going
to
walk
through
the
sort
of
overview
of
a
new
plan
that
we're
embarking
upon
in
conjunction
with
many
community-based
partners
and
residents.
D
As
part
of
the
study
before
we
segue
on
to
a
discussion
about
next
steps,
and
so
throughout
the
process,
we're
going
to
be
informed
by
a
number
of
guiding
principles,
I
think,
first
and
foremost,
we
are
looking
to
acknowledge
that
there
are
serious
racial
and
economic
inequities
in
this
existing
District,
as
many
of
you
are
familiar
with,
the
existing
District
lies
within
a
flood
plain,
it's
an
urban
heat
island
and
is
subject
to
an
immense
amount
of
air
pollution.
D
Additionally,
the
future
of
the
district
hasn't
necessarily
been
charted
by
residents
or
by
community
members.
A
lot
of
you
know:
Market
forces
have
driven
a
lot
of
the
development
in
this
area,
and
so
we're
really
striving
to
create
a
plan
that
builds
upon
the
assets
we
have
in
this
community.
Our
human
resources,
our
economic
resources,
like
our
small
businesses,
as
well
as
other
assets
like
our
geography
and
infrastructure,.
D
We
really
want
to
work
with
community
members
work
with
counselors
and
work
with
many
of
the
businesses
and
Property
Owners
as
well
in
the
district,
like
the
owners
of
of
the
Market
Basket
site,
to
create
the
shared
vision,
and
so
the
map
above
illustrates
The
District
in
question.
And
so
what
we're
entitling
West
Chelsea
is
really
a
district.
That's
delineated
in
red
on
the
map,
on
the
left
hand,
side
bounded
by
Route,
16,
the
city
of
Everett
and
Route
One,
and
so
this
District
envelops
The
Market
Basket
site.
D
Many
of
the
low-lying
light
industrial
buildings
on
Second
Street,
coupled
with
the
commercial
properties
along
Everett,
Avenue
northward.
It
extends
past
the
railroad
tracks
towards
Route,
16
adjacent
to
Chelsea,
High
School,
and
a
lot
of
the
new
development
that's
occurring
in
Everett
and,
despite
it
being
over
175
Acres.
The
district
has
a
lot
of
underutilized
property.
Much
of
it
is
paved
asphalt,
parking
lots
and
other
impervious
surface
areas
that
contribute
to
it
as
an
urban
heat
island.
D
Interestingly,
there's
a
number
of
different
zoning
districts
that
govern
this
area,
including
light
industrial
and
the
industrial
districts,
and
then,
additionally,
there's
an
overlay
District.
That
also
has
to
be
considered
due
to
the
fact
that
this
site
is
within
an
existing
flood
plan.
D
The
lighter
purple
is
light
industrial,
there's,
two
light
industrial
districts
in
Chelsea,
and
so
that's
for
kind
of
some
transportation
and
warehousing
some
light
manufacturing
as
well
as
other
commercial
uses
like,
for
instance,
a
lot
of
produce
companies
are
in
the
the
light
Industrial
District
and
then
the
Green
in
the
center
is
the
shopping
center
district,
and
so
this
enveloped
The
Market
Basket
site
presently,
and
it
allows
that
mix
of
retail,
that's
on
the
site
and
so
everything
within
the
black
boundaries.
Subject
to
the
the
studying
question.
Thank.
E
D
And
so
on,
the
Transportation
side,
as
I
had
alluded
to
at
the
beginning,
the
district's
about
to
experience
a
and
a
whole
assortment
of
changes,
some
of
them
positive,
but
some
of
them
that
could
also
yield
negative
consequences
for
the
city
on
the
bus,
Network
redesign
that
the
MBTA
is
carrying
out
right
now.
The
project
will
see
three
new
or
modified
bus
routes
serving
the
district,
including
direct
service
to
the
Market
Basket
site.
D
Additionally,
there
will
be
a
modified
Route
112,
so
much
like
the
existing
Route
112.
This
bus
line
will
serve
Admirals
Hill,
the
Soldiers
Home
Bellingham
square,
but
the
difference
now
is
that
it'll
go
directly
to
Maverick
Square,
as
opposed
to
going
to
both
the
blue
line
and
the
orange
line,
and
then,
lastly,
the
new
113
is
being
established
by
the
state
to
run
between
Bellingham
Square,
Market,
Basket
and
assembly
row
in
Somerville
with
connections
to
Everett,
and
this
is
a
little
bit
less
frequent,
but
it'll
run
every
30
minutes
or
so
throughout
the
day.
D
The
state
is
not
yet
programmed
funding
to
extend
the
Silver
Line,
although
we
are
expecting
that
the
new
state
Administration
will
be
acting
upon
it
relatively
shortly
and,
most
importantly,
you
know
we're
urging
that
transportation
and
land
use
actions
in
this
District
are
are
tightly
coordinated,
and
so
that's
recognizing
that
Transportation
will
have
an
impact
on
what
occurs
throughout
the
district
and
vice
versa,
that
the
district
becomes
a
much
more
attractive
area
because
of
its
Transportation
connections
and
so
environmentally.
The
district
is
also
in
a
state
that
warrants
further
action.
D
First
and
foremost,
it
represents
an
urban
heat
island
due
to
its
large
expansive
swaths
of
asphalt,
parking
and
impervious
surfaces.
So
any
given
summer
day,
if
you're
a
resident,
that's
trekking
over
to
Market
Basket,
it's
a
sweltering
area
with
very
little
Refuge.
Moreover,
air
quality
is
poor,
exacerbated
by
air
pollution
from
Route,
One
and
so
mitigating
that
Urban
heat
is
really
key
to
creating
a
healthier,
more
vibrant
environment
for
our
residents,
relative
to
sea
level
rise
and
climate.
D
The
district
is
currently
encompassed
by
a
flood
plain,
that's
scheduled
to
intensify
over
the
coming
years,
and
so
right
now,
within
a
hundred
year
storm.
We
anticipate
that
the
district
will
flood
with
about
one
to
three
feet
of
water.
As
we
grew
up
closer
to
2050
and
2060
that'll
increase
the
floods
that
will
be
more
frequent
and
deeper,
with
flooding
between
5
and
10
feet
in
elevation
during
a
100
Year
storm
in
most
years.
D
And
so
as
we're
embarking
upon
the
study
before
we
begin
engaging
with
an
advisory
committee
and
focus
groups,
we
wanted
to
understand
kind
of
the
data
and
what's
been
occurring
in
this
district,
and
so
all
in
all
you
know.
The
district
has
similar
demographic
and
socioeconomic
characteristics
as
the
rest
of
the
city.
But,
interestingly,
there
are
a
couple
of
you
know,
notable
exceptions,
and
so
first
you
know
the
sheer
size
of
the
district,
especially
by
Chelsea.
Standards,
is
notable
at
a
coming
under
about
174
acres
of
land
and
all
in
all
you
know.
D
Almost
six
percent
of
this
area
are
what
we
consider
kind
of
standard.
Office,
Buildings
and
almost
30
to
35
percent
are
kind
of
the
warehouse
industrial
buildings
that
we
commonly
see,
but
there's
also
an
expansive
amount
of
property.
Almost
11
acres,
that's
considered
vacant
land
that
can
either
be
parking,
lots
that
are
underutilized
or
land,
that's
dormant
and
not
used
for
any
type
of
business
purposes,
and
so,
in
a
district
where
you
know
we're
striving
to
obtain
as
much
property
as
possible
for
open
space,
public
amenities
and
the
like.
D
This
represents
a
significant
opportunity
to
really
broaden
public
realm
and
public
amenities
for
residents
Additionally.
The
building
makeup
is
of
relative
interest
to
us,
given
the
mix
of
sort
of
larger
apartment
buildings
that
are
now
spilling
in
from
the
city
of
Everett,
as
well
as
a
variety
of
office
and
light
industrial
buildings.
Now,
while
these
could
sustain
jobs
and
grow
businesses,
a
lot
of
them
are
obsolete,
they're
office
spaces
that
were
built
20
plus
years
ago,
that
haven't
been
renovated
in
quite
some
time.
D
And
so
throughout
the
throughout
the
next
two
months,
we'll
be
kind
of
digging
into
a
lot
of
the
data
that
I
just
mentioned,
and
convening
an
advisory
committee
and
a
series
of
focus
groups
with
residents
to
begin
the
planning
process.
And
so
this
will
be
guided
by
a
recognition
that
there
are.
D
You
know,
deeply
entrenched
inequities
throughout
this
District
that
require
City
involvement
and
we're
looking
to
you
know
include
as
many
residents
businesses
and
stakeholders
as
possible
throughout
this
process,
and
so
that
includes
kind
of
the
standard
stakeholders
like
property
owners
and
small
businesses.
But
it
also.
D
So
this
also
includes
residents
and
businesses
that
are
often
marginalized
from
government
and
so
over
the
course
of
the
next
month.
Right
after
the
new
year
we'll
be
releasing.
You
know
calls
for
participation
in
a
series
of
focus
groups
to
guide
the
plan
moving
through
2023.,
and
so
the
larger
kind
of
plan
will
kick
off
with
the
community
visioning
meeting
that
will
occur
in
early
2023
to
really
set
the
direction
for
the
team
here,
as
well
as
the
folks
that
are
involved
in
these
focus
groups.
D
Additionally,
we'll
release
a
city-wide
survey
to
collect
ideas
and
input
from
residents
and
small
businesses
on
the
built
environment,
infrastructure
parks
and
open
space,
as
well
as
land
use,
and
then
we'll
be
holding
a
series
of
smaller
meetings
with
existing
Property
Owners
community-based
organizations,
representatives
of
different
business
sectors,
as
well
as
local
boards
and
commissions,
like
the
planning
board.
D
This
effort
will
culminate
in
about
10
months
with
the
presentation
that
we
would
propose,
holding
with
city
council
at
a
subcommittee
to
exhibit
a
draft
plan
for
your
review
and
then
once
we
incorporate
your
feedback
and
revisions
into
that,
we
would
look
to
publish
a
final
version
of
this
at
the
end
of
2023.,
and
so
our
timelines
being
driven
also
by
the
new
MBTA
communities
law.
That's
been
passed
and,
and
so
one
of
the
one
of
the
major
outcomes
of
this
plan
could
be
land
use,
policy
and
Zoning
recommendations.
D
And
currently
the
city
is
statutorily
required
to
address
residential
zoning
in
the
city
in
order
to
comply
with
the
new
MBTA
communities
Act.
So
you
will
be
hearing
a
lot
of
chatter
in
the
near
future
about
compliance
with
the
zoning
district.
There
will
be,
you
know
an
amendment
put
forward
in
order
for
the
city
to
comply
and
there's
an
opportunity
to
kind
of
obtain
compliance
in
this
District
without
changing
the
zoning
to
any
significant
degree
away
from
what
it
is
right
now.
C
F
Thank
you
counselors.
My
name
is
Carmine
Thomas
with
me
tonight
is
my
my
partner
Jim
lamp.
We
are
both
from
LT
development.
We
are
Consultants
basically
who
work
with
Market
Basket
to
manage
their
real
estate
in
basically
throughout
their
their
properties.
F
So
I'll
give
some
thoughts
and
reactions
to
what
council
Robinson,
you
said,
and
I'll
I'll
Jim
will
have
an
opportunity
as
well
to
add
anything
else
that
he
might
want
to
talk
about
as
I.
Look
at
this
I
think
we're
presented
with
a
couple
of
things:
I
I
look
at
it
in
one
sense
to
look
we're
looking
back
to
the
past,
so
the
the
2006
memorandum
of
agreement
counselor
that
you
read
from
to
start
the
meeting
so
there's
a
part
of
it,
that's
backward
looking
and
there's
a
part
of
it.
F
Let
me
just
say
at
the
outset:
I
think
the
most
important
thing
for
us
to
say,
and
for
the
for
the
council
for
all
the
counselors
to
hear
is
that
we
are
committed
on
behalf
of
Market
Basket,
to
work
with
the
city
on
its
vision
for
this
area.
We
recognize
the
importance
of
this
area
to
the
city
of
Chelsea.
Obviously,
it's
of
great
importance
to
Market
Basket.
As
our
client
too.
F
F
Successful
store
in
a
lot
of
ways
and
and
I
think
everyone
benefits
from
that.
F
F
So
and
there's
a
lot
that
can
be
said
in
terms
of
benefits
to
the
community.
There
are
probably
almost
a
thousand
jobs
that
are
created
at
almost
800
of
which
are
Market
Basket,
a
lot
of
which
are
benefiting
the
city
residents
as
well.
So
it's
it's
an
important
it's
an
important
property
for
Market
Basket,
as
well
as
Chelsea
and
I.
Think
we
look
back
on
what
was
accomplished
since
that
2005
agreement,
and
it
certainly
a
lot
has
happened
since
then.
F
We
have
also
Alex
was
talking
about
the
MBTA
and
all
those
initiatives.
So
since
then,
Jim
and
I
can
say
that
we
have
been
involved
with
the
MBTA
directly,
not
just
with
the
silver
line,
but
also
the
new
Commuter
Rail
station
working
with
them
granting
easements
having
meetings
basically
doing
everything
we
can
to
try
and
facilitate
everything
that
the
MBTA
is
doing
there
and
again.
The
MBTA
has
has
Market
baskets
full
support
in
that
effort
and
again
looking
to
the
Future
I.
Think
that
really,
what's
most
important
to
say,
is
that
again
we're
committed.
F
F
There
is
development
potential
there
and
we
can
assure
you
that
Market
Basket
is
looking
at
this
property
has
been
looking
at
this
property
and
will
continue
to
look
at
this
property,
both
in
terms
of
our
own
team
meetings,
as
well
as
in
conjunction
with
the
city
and
it's
its
and
its
staff
Jim.
Anything
to
add
any
questions.
Of
course,
we're
happy
to
answer.
Counselors.
A
G
G
G
I
would
like
to
know
more
about
not
so
much
how
the
data
of
the
community
input
is
collected,
but
who
is
actually
going
to
be
collecting
it
right,
because
sometimes
that's
the
most
important
part
in
ensuring
that
there
is
some
type
of
familiarity
with
the
community's
culture
and
customs
and
and
trying
to
make
sure
they're
accessing
everyone
at
at
their
level.
D
Yeah,
that's
a
great
question.
So
as
part
of
this,
we
are
going
to
be
working
with
both
internal
staff
that
are
multilingual
as
well
as
external
Partners,
including
the
metropolitan
area
planning,
Council
and
community-based
organizations,
to
do
a
lot
of
the
stakeholder
engagement,
data
collection
and
really
relationship
building
around
the
particular
district.
And
so
this
will
involve
primarily
one-on-one
discussions,
focus
group
meetings
and
you
know
smaller
stakeholder
meetings
that
are
more
intimate
where
folks
aren't
feeling,
as
you
know,
pressured
to
potentially
share
or
not
share
and
so
being
able
to
approach.
D
Folks,
you
know
primarily
in
Spanish
and
primarily
in
places
that
they're
comfortable
is
going
to
be
really
really
important
to
this,
and
so
the
Civic
engagement
is
going
to
be
led
by
our
internal
team,
Lourdes
and
and
our
team,
as
well
as
supplemented
by
community-based
organizations
and
the
mapc
staff,
the
majority
of
which
are
are
multilingual.
Awesome.
E
I,
just
initially
when
this
was
brought
up,
I
thought
that
we
didn't
have
any
right
to
even
impose
anything
on
the
Market
Basket
side
I'm.
Looking
at
something
that's
18
years
old,
the
city
has
changed
significantly,
but
I
really
love
the
route
that
the
city
is
going
and
the
things
that
we're
censoring
as
what
our
priorities
are
and
from
what
I
heard
from
the
other
side
or
I'm,
not
assuming
that
their
size,
but
for
Market
Basket
was
that
there
is
a
willingness
that
that
folks
are
amenable.
E
F
F
You
know.
Obviously
there
is
a
lot
that
this
site
provides
in
terms
of
retail
amenities,
that's
important
to
be
able
to
serve
a
lot
of
the
things
we're
talking
about
here,
so
but
it's
important
for
us
to
be
able
to
engage
openly
in
a
discussion
with
the
city
to
understand
what
the
city's
vision
is
and
and
to
be
able
to
look
to
the
Future
to
see
what
you
know
would
be
a
benefit
to
both
the
city
and
Market
Basket
for
this
site
and
really
all
the
properties
around
beautiful.
C
C
A
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
tonight
appreciate
it.
We
got
about
five
minutes
counselors
before
the
7
P.M
she'll
start,
if
you'd
like
to
say
hello
to
the
guys
outside
from
Market
Basket.
Please
do
so
outside.
Thank
you
meet
in
and
join.