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From YouTube: May 28, 2012, City Council Meeting
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May 28, 2012, City Council Meeting
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B
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A
B
There
being
none
we'll
move
on
with
public
hearings,
I
have
a
sign
up
sheet
on
docketed
items.
So
after
we
go
through
the
sign
up,
if
there's
anyone
else
that
wishes
to
speak,
I
want
to
remind
you
to
shut
off
or
mute
any
personal
communication
devices
while
you're
in
the
chambers
and
if
you
need
to
have
a
conversation,
please
take
it
out
in
the
hall.
The
first
one
is
first,
speaker
is
francisco
colon.
E
I
live
at
220
macklin
street
in
cranston.
First
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
the
council
I'll
tell
you
that
I
lived
at
220
macklin
street
for
the
past
20
years,
or
so.
I've
raised
two
children
and
currently
raising
a
15
year
old.
I
absolutely
love
cranston,
very
happy
where
I
am
very
happy
living
in
cranston
I'll
tell
you
that
when
I
purchased
the
home
at
220
macklin
street
about
20
years
ago,
the
company
across
the
street
was
soprano
construction.
E
E
I'd
ask
the
council
to
to
please
take
a
ride
by
visit
and
see
what
we
deal
with
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
It's
my
first
time
addressing
the
council
about
the
property
across
the
street
from
me
at
225,
macklin
street,
I'm
not
someone
who
regularly
comes
in
and
complains
and
our
lives
are
busy
and
we
often
are
consumed
by
our
personal
lives
and
work.
But
you
know
I'm
to
the
point
now
to
be
perfectly
honest
with
you
that
that
I
had
to
come
in,
I
had
to
speak.
E
Let
me
say
that
the
applicant
for
the
auto
repair
license
at
the
property
at
220,
225
mcmaster,
I'm
sure
he's
a
wonderful
guy,
I'm
sure
he's
a
good
guy
he's
trying
to
make
a
living.
I
understand
that
he
has
a
family,
no
issues
with
that
gentleman
at
all.
Don't
even
know
who
he
is,
but
my
my
issue
is
is
with
the
owner
of
the
property
at
225
macklin
street
and
his
refusal
to
maintain
the
property
to
be
a
good
neighbor.
E
Every
week
at
least
once
a
week,
I'm
out
there
sweeping
the
curb
along
my
home,
I
put
up
a
new
fence
every
year
for
the
past
20
years,
I've
invested
money
into
my
property
just
to
make
it
look
good.
I've
tolerated
the
deterioration
of
225
machine
street
for
a
long
time,
and
I
just
felt
it
was
time
for
me
to
to
come
in
and
speak.
E
E
E
B
E
I
I
I'd
say
that
we
matter
the
neighbors
matter.
I'm
sure
I'd.
Ask
the
council
to
please
consider
not
only
mr
cuccino's
needs,
but
also
the
needs
of
the
neighborhoods,
the
need
the
needs
of
the
neighbors.
We
too
matter.
We
too
count
and
I'd.
Ask
that
the
council,
when
determining
whether
or
not
to
grant
the
license
to
consider
our
needs
as
well,
and
please
at
least
go
by
the
neighborhood
and
look
at
what
we're
forced
to
look
at
on
a
daily
basis.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
C
Good
evening,
mr
council,
president,
members
of
the
council,
made
me
stephen
carrara
five
fiscal
drive.
However,
this
evening,
I'm
testifying
as
the
vice
chairman
of
the
fort
ward
democratic
committee
and
the
city
committee's
treasurer,
I'd
like
to
thank
those
council
people
that
put
the
resolution
on
the
docket
with
respect
to
the
court
ordered
vacancy
of
the
fourth
ward
council
seat.
C
I
feel
that,
due
to
a
dilemma
that
existed
with
respect
to
a
residency
issue
which
was
resolved
by
the
board
of
elections
some
time
ago-
that,
for
some
reason
there
is
no
decision
being
granted
by
the
superior
court.
I
think
that
this
council
is
totally
within
its
right
to
request
from
this
superior
court
judge
the
decision
so
that
someone
could
be
sitting
in
that
seat
representing
representing
the
members
of
the
fourth
ward.
C
F
F
He
had
his
office
in
front
of
my
house
and
told
me.
This
is
the
way
it
would
be.
His
trucks
did
come
in
and
out
they
were
gone
in
the
morning.
They
came
back
at
four
o'clock.
They
were
very
respectful
and
has
my
neighbor
told
you
the
same
thing
when
the
children
took
over,
they
started
renting
it
to
mechanics,
and
that
causes
a
lot
of
trouble.
F
I
mean
you
can't
have
a
rose
garden
with
mechanics,
they
make
noise
and
with
the
windows
open,
you
can't
hear
the
oil
it's
horrible,
you
know
and
once
again,
I'm
going
to
say
please
somebody
help
us
and
not
with
the
suggestion
that
you
bought
the
property
yeah
we
did,
but
it
was
not
like
that.
Tyler
truck
is
owned
by
soprano.
F
I
was
there
when
he
asked
me
about
the
building
and
we
it
would
face
calter
street.
There
would
be
small
mechanic
works.
Sorry
to
say
that,
isn't
the
truth,
so
that's
all
I
have
to
say
is
the
street
is
getting
bad.
I
have
people
coming
down.
We
can't
walk
around
calder
street
and
at
one
time
we
did
our
children
rode
our
bikes
there.
F
There's
trucks
in
cars
in
mechanics.
Believe
me,
it's
horrible.
We
have
no
peace.
I
am
begging
you
please
help
us
out,
give
us
some
rights,
and
then
we
tell
them.
They
have
certain
times
that
they
open
and
close
and
they're
working
at
all
times.
They
come
in
and
tell
you
one
thing:
not
this
new
young
gentleman
in
which
I
do
feel
bad
for
but,
like
I
even
told
him
your
rent
and
you
can
rent
elsewhere,
we
own
these
homes
seniors.
F
F
D
D
D
So
the
issue
is:
what
does
the
people
of
ford
ward
4
do
forget
about
the
personalities
involved
in
a
sense
they're
not
important
at
all?
It's
only
the
people
in
ward,
4
they've
been
without
having
representation
for
how
long.
Now
that
is
the
unfairest
thing
that
anybody
in
government
could
do
or
put
up
with
is
to
allow
constituencies
to
go
without
representation.
D
D
G
So
I
would
like
to
remind
everyone
that
my
war,
my
house,
has
been
mortgaged
to
the
hilt
by
you
all
and
there's
no
room
to
raise
taxes
anymore,
so
anything
about
municipal
pensions.
The
big
answer
is
screw.
You
there's
no
money,
the
checkbook
is
empty,
there's
no
pension
and
I
have
to
say
how
frustrated
I
am
to
sit
and
waste
my
time
and
all
these
people
finally
come
to
city
council,
which
I'm
thrilled
to
see
them,
but
to
stand
here
and
talk
about
nothing
more
than
code
enforcement
issues.
G
G
You
see,
I'm
a
religious
zealot,
I
believe
in
the
10
commandments,
where
it
says:
thou
shalt
not
commit
adultery,
but
I'm
in
the
by
god
the
best
state
for
it,
because
there's
a
law
in
rhode,
island
that
says
adultery
is
illegal
and
it's
not
sex
between
two
women,
two
men
or
two
men
and
women
that
aren't
married.
It's
sex
between
anybody,
that's
not
married
and
it's
punishable
by
a
hundred
dollar
fine
and
a
criminal
record.
B
I
B
C
K
L
L
I
don't
know
what
other
steps
it
could
take.
I
mean
I
don't
think
the
resolution,
I
don't
look
at
it
as
a
strategic
issue.
I
I
was
asked
to
prepare
it
because
the
council
felt
that
this
was
an
issue
that
should
be
brought
to
the
courts
of
tension
that
the
council
would
like
this
question
answered,
because
if
we're
going
to
have
a
special
election
or
we
go,
you
know
what
are
we
going
to
do
here?
We're
running
out
of
time?
So
I
I
can't
comment
on
whether
it's
a
good
idea.
A
Thank
you,
council
president.
Well,
I
understand
that
this
is
obviously
of
concern
to
many
parties,
especially
ms
buchi
who's
been
waiting
or
sat
for
a
while
and,
as
mr
tomlin
said,
this
has
nothing
to
do
with
personalities,
it's
parties,
but
I
think
this
is
it's
totally
inappropriate
for
us
to
be
asking
a
judge,
who's
waiting
to
make
a
decision
on
a
case
to
have
a
communication
from
one
party,
because
basically
the
city
and
it's
through
its
various
agencies,
such
as
the
board
of
canvassers
and
our
our
own
counsel,
to
the
city
council.
C
A
It's
one
thing
if
it
was
a
generic
situation,
but
you're
talking
about
a
specific
case
with
a
specific
judge
and
we're
all
in
all,
the
parties
are
represented
by
attorneys,
including
us
for
us
to
to
to
try
to
do
that.
You
don't
see
that
in
any
other
case
before
the
courts,
where
one
party
sends
in
a
letter
to
the
judge,
it's
unacceptable.
It's
not
accepted
by
the
judges,
and
it
certainly
to
me,
is
grossly
inappropriate.
B
B
Know
the
recruital
process
and,
and
the
our
attorney
will
explain
this
to
you.
It
says
that
whenever
you
vote
on
something
that
cannot
either
positively
or
negatively
impact
you
so
by
you
voting
against
it
that
might
potentially
positively
impact
you,
because
you
said
you
would
not
vote
against
it
because
it
could
potentially
the
imagery
in
favor.
L
J
Thank
you,
council
president,
just
my
understanding.
This
resolution
send
a
message
to
the
judicial
system
that
it's
been
long
enough.
I
think
they've
been
dragging
their
feet
and
we
need
to
have
you
know
a
conclusion
on
this
on
this
issue.
State
board
of
elections
has
rendered
a
decision
to
allow
maria
bucci
to
represent
ward
4
ward
4
ward
committee.
Its
citizens
are
lobbying
the
city
council
to
gain
representation.
J
J
M
I
too
share
the
frustration
that
the
ward
4
seat
has
been
vacant
for
so
long
and
I
think
actually,
mr
tomlins
characterized
it
best
that
the
whole
situation
regarding
the
ward
4
seat
this
year
seems
to
be
just
one
mistake
after
another.
Basically,
and
I
feel
that,
for
the
reasons
that
councilman
favico
articulated
earlier,
why
why
make
a
potentially
additional
mistake,
the
judiciary
has
it
in
their
hands.
N
M
The
solicitor
that
a
legislative
body
passing
an
ordinance
or
a
resolution
rather
giving
direction
to
the
judiciary
does,
in
my
mind,
present
the
conflict
that
when
I
saw
it,
that's
what
struck
me
first,
I
do
think
it's
been
horribly
unfair
to
the
residents
of
ward
4,
that
they
do
not
have
a
specific
council
person
representing
them,
and
it's
my
hope
that
this
will
be
resolved
soon,
because
councilman
arketo
is
correct.
We
went
through
a
budgeting
process
without
a
ward
four
council
person
here
and
we
went
through.
M
We
finished
the
redistricting
process
without
award
for
council
person
here
and
we
work
together
to
make
it
happen,
but
it's
a
tragedy
really
for
those
residents,
but
I
can't
support
this
resolution
because
again,
I
just
don't
think
this
is
the
right
way
to
go
about
getting
to
the
end
result.
Thank
you,
mr
house.
President.
B
With
the
with
the
lack
of
the
vice
president
to
turn
the
gavel
over
to
the
next
one
would
be
the
majority
leader,
so
the
minority
leader
would
be
taking
the
gavel
which
is
locked
in
the
draw
and
the
clerk
is
on
medical
leave,
so
so
usually
minority
leader.
So
you
should
use
your
fist.
I
wish
to
be
recognized
yeah
I
I
did
I
I
did
think
as
not
only
as
a
city-wide
councilman,
but
primarily
as
a
resident
of
ward
4.
B
I
I
felt
that
it
was
very,
very
disingenuous
to
the
voters
to
not
have
a
representation
in
ward
4
during
the
budget
process.
It's
not
as
cut
and
dry,
as
mrs
isler
wishes
to
make
it.
You
know,
councilman
pelletier
did
resign,
and
and
that's
why
we're
in
the
the
situation
that
we
are
here
now
with
all
the
other
innuendo
going
on
about.
I
still
state-
and
I
say
said
it
a
thousand
times
what
we
had
was
a
res
was
a
resignation
and
a
position
to
fill.
B
B
His
intention
was
there
just
to
remain
and
due
to
the
fact
that
he
resigned
that
we
had
a
a
position
to
to
to
fill
when
it
was
presented
to
the
judge-
and
I
was
not
at
the
chambers
that
day,
but
the
way
it
was
related
to
me
was
that
she
failed
to
remove
or
lift
the
temporary
restraining
order,
because
there
was
nothing
in
writing
from
the
board
of
elections,
but
we
have
that
now
we
have
presented
that.
To
that.
B
B
This
is
this
is
going
through
enough
of
the
process
and
you're
holding
approximately
14
000
residents
of
ward
4
at
bay.
They
have
no
representation.
It's
inherently
unfair
and
it's
unfair
for
any
of
my
colleagues
to
vote
against
the
resolution
for
the
reasons
that
they're
giving
we
need
to
have
represent
representation
in
ward
4.
B
and-
and
I
would
just
ask
you
to
think
a
second.
If
you
were
a
voter,
if
you
were
a
resident
of
of
what
won
and
this
whole
process
the
whole
budget
process,
the
the
assignment
of
taxes
and
tax
rates
and
sewer
rates
and
and
all
of
the
other
interests
intricacies
of
the
budget
went
through,
and
you
had
nowhere
near
to
be
your
voice.
B
O
I
do
agree
with
a
lot
of
what
has
been
said
as
a
paralegal.
I
don't
think
this
is
the
right
way
to
approach
the
judge.
I
think
that
the
attorneys
you
know
I
I
typed
letters
like
this.
I
think
the
attorneys
need
to
do
this,
not
the
council.
I
think
we're
stepping
over
a
line
here.
It
could
be
serious.
You
know
there
is.
We
are
a
government,
that's
a
governing
body.
O
We
can't
muddy
the
waters
any
further.
I
don't
agree
that
wardport
does
not
have
representation,
I'm
a
city-wide,
so
I
represent
everybody.
I
don't
know
about
what
the
other
city-wide
people
think,
but
I've
helped
people
from
all
over
the
world.
It
doesn't
matter
to
me.
I
don't
care,
call
me
you
know,
so
I
don't
think
that
they're
completely,
maybe
they
don't.
O
B
Since
it
seems
to
be
somewhat
of
an
agreement
from
some
of
the
other
council
members
that
no
one
has
said
anything
about
the
other
leading
statements,
I
believe
they
are
stated
and
they
are
the
truth
and
they
are
the
they
are
facts.
So
what
I
would
propose
is
a
friendly
amendment
to
the
last
paragraph.
B
B
M
M
The
place
of
the
council
is,
I
think,
to
let
the
judiciary
make
a
decision,
and
then
we
would
have
to
respond
to
that
decision
one
way
or
the
other,
and
it
seems
to
me
that
she's
either
going
to
decide
that
councilwoman
buchi
was,
as
as
suggested
in
this
resolution,
properly
appointed
and
and
returned
her
to
her
seat
or
not.
And
if
not,
then
we
have
to
deal
with
whatever
the
consequences
of
that
are
so
that
that's
those
are
the
specifics
of
my
objection,
so
I
won't
be
supporting
the
friendly
amendment.
Unfortunately,.
J
Thank
you,
council
president,
and
I
respect
my
colleague
minority
leader,
donahue,
that
the
second
paragraph
you
referred
to
council
and
state
board
of
election
already
rendered
the
decision.
The
state
board
of
election
stated
that
maria
pucci
was
properly
appointed
by
this
body
due
to
the
fact
that
that
former
councilman
pelletier
resigned,
you
see
so
that
that
decision
has
been
rendered
by
the
state
board
of
elections.
B
J
K
J
B
J
I
B
B
P
P
B
Again-
and
I
I
thought
you
know,
and
so
I
think
that
mr
santa
maria
believed
that
he
was
finally
going
to
get
a
good
night's
sleep
when
this
came
out
of
committee
and
was
and
was
denied
now
we
have
the
appeal
again.
I
I
would
still
have
to
support
the
applicant
in
this,
because
there
is
no
legal
reason
to
deny
him
his
right
to
do
business
at
that
location.
B
The
issues
that
the
neighbors
seem
to
have
are
with
the
landlord
of
the
property
and
he's
the
person
that
should
be
brought
in
to
say
where
are
the:
where
are
the
recommendations
from
the
formal
recommendation
as
far
as
making
it
a
better
or
more
attractive
situation?
It's
a
it's!
A
tough
neighborhood,
it's
a
it's
a
neighborhood
of
very
nicely
kept
residential
homes
against
an
industrial
area
is
what
it
is.
It's
not
your
usual
mix
of
residential
to
to
lighter
commercial,
and
I
sympathize
with
you.
But
it's
you
know
with
with
this.
B
With
this
issue,
I
think
we
can.
You
know,
work
with
this
gentleman
because
he
seemed
to
be
reasonable
and
put
some
restrictions
on.
You
know.
I
think
we
we
were
very
specific
and
that's
and
that's
important.
We
were
very
specific
councilman
steichos,
passed
a
resolution
and-
and
we
passed
an
ordinance
earlier
on
in
this
session,
limiting
hours
of
operation
that
we
have
to
go-
that
people
that
go
before
the
safety
services
and
want
to
extend
their
hours
from
what
they
originally
agreed
to
must
go
through
a
hearing.
B
P
I
B
I
P
P
P
He
is
in
the
process
of
cleaning
up
debris
left
behind
by
the
former
tenants
and
is
knowledgeable
about
the
property
he
had
a
copy
of
our
zoning
certificate,
allowing
the
use
of
repairs
in
the
m1
zone
by
variants
and
a
copy
of
the
decision
from
nineteen.
Seventy
two
he
stated
the
fence
area
adjacent
to
the
property
was
that
which
satisfied
the
condition
of
the
variance.
P
This
seemed
to
make
sense,
but
cannot
be
determined
to
be
true
at
this
time.
I
will
look
into
the
matter
further
and
see
if
I
can
verify
this
I'll,
also
contact
the
property
owner
to
discuss
the
course
of
action
on
maintenance
to
satisfy
the
neighborhood
and
to
try
to
ease
some
tension
in
the
air
signed.
Direct,
stan,
pikel,
director
building
official
department
of
inspection
city
of
cranston.
P
So
the
the
two.
The
two
points
that
I
was
making
the
other
night
at
the
committee
was
that
there
are
two
distinct
issues
here.
Does
the
applicant
have
the
right
to
operate
the
premises
for
which
he
sought
at
the
location
that
he
chose?
I
think
the
answer
to
that
is
yes.
The
second
question
is:
has
the
property
owner
complied
and
as
the
property
owner
bid
a
good
neighbor
so
called
to
the
people
on
macklin
street?
P
I
think
the
answer
to
that
is
clearly
in
doubt
at
this
point,
given
the
testimony
and
the
debris
that
even
this
tenant
has
been
forced
to
clean
up.
So
I
see
no
problem
in
approving
the
license
for
the
applicant
and
I
also
see
no
problem
in
sending
building
maintenance
or
issuing
a
short
course
of
the
gentleman
who
owns
the
property
to
clean
that
property
up
I've.
I
see
it
and
I
continue
to
see
it.
I
P
B
B
B
I
History
of
the
whole
area,
so
we
could
be
here
all
night,
but
I'm
just
I.
The
issue
was
basically
the
complaints
came
from
maple.
When
I
got
this,
I'm
sorry.
Can
you
hear
me
now
when
I
got
the
complaints
on
this
matter?
It
was
all
the
way
back
to
eastfield,
which
is
another
street
over
the
smell
is.
Is
this
is
very
strong?
I
Now
I'm
not
saying
it's
from
him
because
obviously
he
hasn't
it
hasn't
been
there
yet,
but
it
kind
of
like
raised
my
eyebrows.
When
I
heard
it
was
from
eastview
there's
been
other
issues.
There
too,
there's
been
issues
with
trucks
going
downstream
pulling
down
wires.
We
we
made
it
so
that
they
had
to
go
into
a
coiler
rouhani
plastics
a
few
years
ago
had
a
fire.
They
left
the
rubble
there
for
two
years
before
it
finally
got
cleaned
up
again.
These
are
all
I
know.
These
are
all
landlord
issues.
I
We
have
a
one
of
the
constituents
whose
spokes
daughter
is
asthmatic.
This
is
not
going
to
help
recondition
any
it's.
Just
the
square
peg
and
a
round
hole
is
the
best
way
I
can
put
it.
I
don't
know
why
house
were
ever
approved
there,
because
it's
back
from
the
old
1930s,
when
the
new
york
new
haven
arrival
used
to
unload
their
cargo
there.
So
it's
been
m1
for
a
long
time.
I
I
I
Not
really
the
issue,
it's
it's,
the
the
whole
conundrum
of
the
of
the
area
and
the
and
the
type
of
businesses
that
are
there.
If
there
was
a
convenience
store
going
there,
we
probably
wouldn't
have
be
having
this
argument,
but
there's
a
business
going
there
that's
going
to
exacerbate
the
situation.
B
Q
Thank
you,
council
president
council
members.
My
name
is
russell
casino.
It's
225,
macklin,
like
the
council
president
stated
the
building
is
l-shaped.
I
had
taken.
Some
pictures
in
my
garage
bays
are
facing
tyler
truck
service,
which
also
has
a
bay
in
this
alley
that
a
license
was
granted
on
the
seventh
of
this
month.
To
do
the
same
thing.
Q
Q
B
A
Q
I
believe,
like
the
council
president
said
it
has
been
probably
there
long
before
me.
I
really
don't
think
I'm
I
wouldn't
say
adding
to
it,
because
I
really
haven't
done
anything
the
building's
there.
I
know
a
state
representative
come
by
and
they
are
looking
to
have
dem
look
into
it
further
than
that.
I'm
really
not
positive.
Q
B
Just
a
clarification,
the
the
when
he
talked
about
dem
and
someone
else
mentioned
the
former
drew
oil,
that's
at
a
different
address.
That
is
not
it's
I
I
would
say
a
portion
of
it
is
slightly
adjacent
to
the
building
that
this
gentleman
would
would
occupy.
But
it's
on
call
the
street
on
two
different
on
two
different
parcels,
which
is
not
at
the
location
where
this
with
soprano
owns
this
property.
A
N
Q
Q
M
Donahue,
thank
you,
council
president.
If
I
can
continue
along
the
lines
councilman
vickio
good
evening,
mr
cacino,
thank
you
for
coming
tonight.
I
just
actually
have
a
follow-up
question
to
the
councilman's
as
you've
been
talking
to
the
neighbors
outside
of
the
smell.
How
would
you
describe
the
concerns
that
you've
been
hearing
from
the
neighborhood?
What
what
do
they
consist
of.
Q
Safety,
children,
yeah
riding
bicycles
or
something
with
the
trucks
up
and
down
the
street,
which
not
so
much
pertains
to
me
because
I'm
not
on
that
street,
I'm
more
on
calder
street
there's
a
fenced
in
yard.
For
my
garage,
that
is
on
calder
street,
my
garage
bays
are
actually
in
a
throughway
between
the
two
streets,
but
I
really
don't
go
on
macklin
so
other
than
that.
M
So,
if
I
may,
through
the
chair,
it
sounds
like
I
mean,
there's
not
much,
you
can
do
about
real
estate
values.
If
you
could,
we
have
you
working
all
throughout
the
city,
yeah
right
and
their
the
safety
issue.
I
imagine
you
would
encourage
your
customers
to
be
thoughtful
about
right.
The
fact
that
it
is
a
residential
neighborhood
but
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
upkeep.
What's
what's
the
plan
for
that.
Q
They've
they're
concerned
about
paving
a
lot.
I
don't
know
how
much
of
that
I
could
could
physically
do
as
the
as
the
day
went
on
today
and
I
was
visited
by
the
the
inspector
he
had
asked
that
I
start
I
was
in
the
process
of
actually
cleaning
when
he
showed
up
and
he
had
asked
that
I
cleaned
somewhere
in
front
of
the
building
in
the
side
where
former
residents
and
tenants
had
left
stuff,
which
I
have
done
already
today
and
granted.
There's
still
more.
M
Q
Well,
I
had
actually
worked
directly
next
door
at
tyler
truck
service
for
years
and
come
this
past
february
at
the
beginning
of
march
I
had
walked
in
and
actually
the
end
of
the
day.
On
friday
he
told
me
I
was
being
laid
off
because
he
was
going
out
of
business
and
that
was
pretty
much
the
end
of
my
jobs.
N
M
M
J
J
We
stated
that
in
1972
there
was
a
code
that
requested
a
buffer
zone,
a
fence
or
hedges.
At
that
location.
40
years
have
gone
by.
There
is
no
buffer
zone.
There
is
no
fence.
There
are
no
hedges
from
the
citizens
of
that
area,
while
on
the
ordinance
committee
who
are
testimony
pertaining
to
odors,
strange
odors
strange
smells
the
noise
at
various
hours,
and
today
we
hear
about
safety
issues,
children
riding
their
bicycles
and
trucks,
driving
up
and
down
that
location.
J
J
K
This
you
know,
I
I'm
also
not
on
the
committee,
so
these
things
are
new
to
me
and
this
gentleman
seems
to
be
making
some
improvements.
Do
you
see
a
possibility
where,
if
we
were
to
table
this,
and
he
continued
to
make
improvements
that
the
safety
services
committee
might
then
approve
his
application?
I
I
just
I,
I
just
think
that
the
property
is
so
troubled
now
that
just
adding
this,
this
business
would
just
add
to
the
problem.
You
know,
if
it
you
can't,
you
know
they.
They
talk,
you're
talking
about
different
buildings
and
different
addresses.
The
owners
don't
have
an
address,
they
just
permeate
wherever
they
want.
You
know,
because
building
drew
oil
had
odors
doesn't
mean
they
don't
smell
it
and
true
oil
is
not
there.
I
mean
odors
are
rotors
they're
gonna.
I
B
B
O
O
Right
so
we're
talking
about
you
know
we
want
to
be
business
friendly.
We
want
to
help
the
constituents
in
that
neighborhood
what
about
just
solving
the
problem?
If
the
problem
is
the
property
owner,
where
is
the
property
owner?
Why
is
the
property
owner
being
fined?
Why
isn't
the
property
owner
being
forced
to
do
something
that
was
dated
in
1972
like
there
seems
to
be
a
lot
of
failures
here?
Maybe
the
source
of
the
problem
needs
to
be
addressed.
First.
P
P
P
P
The
people
apparently
don't
want
the
trucks
to
return
to
the
area
which
I
understand,
but
the
property
still
is
owned,
m1
if
the
property's,
not
in
the
condition
as
anticipated,
I
don't
think
that
the
applicant
should
be
at
the
brunt
of
that
the
property
owner
should,
and
if
this
council
feels
as
strongly
as
the
two
questions
previously
intimated,
do
then
we
should
issue
a
hearing
as
to
what
should
be
done
to
that
property.
I
said
you
know:
stan
was
there
today
to
investigate
it?
P
B
I
I
make
I
make
no
claim
to
know
the
financial
condition
of
the
owner
of
the
property,
but
certainly
it's
been
it's
been
vacant
for
a
while,
and
it
could
very
well
be
that
this
rental
would
allow
him
or
allow
them
or
whoever
owns
it,
to
continue
to
improve
the
property.
What
he's
what
the
applicant
has
told
you
he's
been
doing
is
he's
cleaning
up
not
only
his
own
area
he's
cleaning
up
the
calder
street
property,
which
these
people
have
been
complaining
about,
so
he's
making
a
good
best
effort
to
be
a
good
neighbor.
B
But
I
don't
know
what
the
financial
condition
is
of
the
owner
of
the
property.
It
could
be
that
a
lack
of
tenants
there
is
preventing
him
from
doing
any
further
cleanup,
so
you're
putting
a
condition
before
a
condition.
I
think
you
have
to
take
what
the
applicant
is
asking
for
he's
asking
to
do
business
in
a
building.
B
That's
zoned
properly,
to
do
business
right
across
the
alleyway
from
a
business
that
was
granted
a
license
to
do
business,
the
same
business
on
the
same
evening
that
he
came
before
safety
services.
So
that's
that's!
What's
that's!
What's
in
front
of
you
as
far
as
cleaning
up
the
property,
we
still
have
the
safety
services.
B
We
still
have
the
building
inspections.
If
consummate
santa
maria
has
has
stated
he
sent
building
inspector
or
asked
building
inspections
to
go
there.
Many
times
this,
mr
pikel
has
told
us
that
he
has
a
log
of
complaints,
so
that
should
be
in
his
log
somewhere.
So
we
can
look
at
the
look
at
the
complaints
at
safety
services.
B
So
I
think
what
what
I
would
ask
the
colleagues
to
do
to
avoid
any
more
legal
issues
is
approve
the
license
based
on
his
on
his
hours
of
operation
and
call
in
the
owner
of
the
property
to
get
the
other
issues
that
the
people
are
complaining
about.
They're,
certainly
not
complaining
about
him.
He
hasn't
started
business
yet
and
on
the
other
side
of
that,
the
cleanup
that's
going
on
now
wouldn't
be
happening
if
it
weren't
for
the
applicant
councilman
favichio.
A
Thank
you,
council
president.
As
a
reminder,
too,
the
one
of
the
resolutions
that
I
presented
and
we
passed
earlier
this
year,
was
to
urge
the
municipal
court
to
impose
the
fines
and
sanctions
that
are
in
our
code
more
vigorously,
and
if
mr
pikel
brings
this
forward
and
the
owner
doesn't
comply,
then
we
do
have
some
hefty
sanctions
financially.
A
I
B
I
If
he
hasn't
been
cited,
then
they
found
no
problems.
There's
a
lot
of
unanswered
questions
here.
How
many
times
have
they
been
here
in
the
last
year?
Right
I
like
to
ask
how
many
times
the
inspector
has
been
there
in
the
last
year.
Have
they
not
noticed
this
mess
that
the
owner's
cleaning
up
and
all
this
time
that
he's
cleaning
up
on
his
own,
which
he
doesn't
really
have
to?
Where
were
the
inspectors
you're
talking
about.
B
J
J
J
B
M
B
M
A
A
B
I
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councilman
4
12
6
ordinance,
amendment
of
title
10,
chapter
32
of
the
quarter,
city
of
cranston
2005
entitled
motor
vehicles
in
traffic,
sprague
avenue
and
douglas
street
stop
intersections
enumerated.
This
is
unanimous
vote.
Council
president.
There
is
a
deaf
child
on
the
street
councilman
keto
would
urge
passage
for
that
reason.
O
N
K
B
C
C
C
I
have
too
much
respect
and
too
much
love
for
the
city
and
it's
charter
to
essentially
ignore
that,
and
I
would
I'm
standing
here
this
evening
to
voice
my
displeasure
with
respect
to
those
issues
and
there's
one
more
issue.
Council
president,
if
I
may
department
of
personnel,
I
understand
that
there
was
a
semantical
exchange
with
respect
to
defunding
it.
C
C
C
R
Good
evening
my
name
is
susan
blake
I
live
at
16
richard
street.
I've
been
a
resident
of
cranston
for
the
last
20
years.
Previously
I
lived
across
the
street
at
23
richard
street,
and
before
that
I
lived
on
pontiac
avenue
over
near
the
woodlawn
funeral
home,
so
I've
been
accustomed
to
living
close
to
and
being
a
neighbor
to
various
types
of
businesses,
restaurants,
salons,
the
funeral
home,
etc.
R
In
all
of
my
years,
up
until
last
year,
I
have
never
even
seen
one
rat
ever
day
or
night,
never
had
a
care
taking
my
daughter
out
trick-or-treating
for
fear
of
crossing
paths
with
a
rat,
but
starting
last
year
they
became
not
only
present
but
bold
out
in
the
daylight
running
through
my
backyard
jumping
out
at
neighbors
walking
their
dogs,
the
dogs
would
grab
them
and
by
the
neck
and
shake
them.
I
mean
this
is
a
freaky
situation.
R
The
city
inspector
with
regards
to
pest
control
has
been
out
over
the
course
of
the
last
year,
at
the
behest
of
various
neighbors
on
my
street
and
also
on
potter
street,
to
come
and
bait
for
the
rats,
take
away
the
carcasses
etc,
and
he's
done
that.
My
issue
here
tonight
is
to
plead
with
you
and
I'm
sorry
that
mr
navarro
isn't
here,
because
I've
been
trying
to
get
some
action
with
him
too,
to
take
it
upon
you
to
somehow
address
the
situation
more
than
just
on
a
call
basis.
R
It's
obviously
an
issue,
that's
not
just
on
my
street.
It's
it's
in
the
entire
auburn
neighborhood.
I've
spoken
to
many
many
neighbors,
just
between
my
building,
my
next
door
neighbor
and
the
people
across
the
street.
We
have
eight
school-age
children,
so
you
can
do
the
math
on
on
the
the
number
of
school
kids
in
this
area
and
we're
coming
into
the
warm
weather
and
I've
pleaded
with
mr
navarro.
R
All
it's
going
to
take
is
one
kid
roasting,
a
marshmallow
at
night,
dropping
it
and
going
to
pick
it
up
and
gets
bit.
That's
all
it's
going
to
take,
and
this
is
going
to
blow
wide
open,
and
I
know
that
it's
not
easy
to
control
rats
and
everybody
needs
to
do
their
share.
I
don't
have
dogs,
but
I
a
lot
of
my
neighbors.
Do
they
pick
up
the
poop?
There
are
some
neighbors
that
don't
they
let
their
dogs
roam
freely
in
their
yards.
The
poop
goes
out
there.
The
rats
come
and
eat
it.
R
There's
various
food
sources,
there's
also
various
places
in
my
neighborhood
that
the
city
inspector
and
mr
navarro
knows
where
these
rats
are
living.
Why
is
the
city
not
acting
and
laying
down
the
law
with
these
property
owners?
I
mean
it's
called
a
harborage.
It's
right
in
your
your
rules
of
you
know
living
in
the
city.
B
R
But
it's
just
it's
a
cyclical
thing:
it's
not
getting
any
better!
It's
just
treating
the
problem.
The
problem
comes
back.
You
put
out
the
bait,
the
rats
come
back,
you
put
out
the
rate,
the
bait,
the
rats
come
back,
it's
and
every
time
they
come
back,
they're
a
little
bolder
they're.
You
know
it's
it's
disgusting
to
walk
out
into
the
driveway
and
find
dead
rat
out
there.
R
R
S
S
I
stand
before
you
tonight,
councilman
psychos,
and
tell
you
that
I
have
been
a
member
of
this
board
since
1993
and
since
2001
I
have
personally
taken
notes
at
every
meeting
detailing
each
appellant's
case.
These
notes
are
included
in
every
packet
for
every
meeting,
along
with
all
the
necessary
documents,
I.e,
appraisals,
comparisons,
recent
sales,
pictures
field
cards,
appeal,
number
file,
number,
etc.
S
All
these
records
are
kept
by
the
assessor's
office.
Since
we
do
not
work
for
the
city,
we
have
no
office
and
they're,
mostly
in
the
vault.
I
know
this
to
be
a
fact,
because
when
I
review
the
documentation,
the
notes
brought
prior
to
a
decision
referred
to
the
packet
containing
the
said
information,
so
these
records
do
exist.
S
The
procedure
for
the
appellants
to
follow,
as
you
probably
well
know,
is
when
they
receive
the
notification
of
the
assessment.
They
appeal
to
the
assessor
and
then,
if
they're
denied
they
go
before
the
board.
If
there's
a
further
denial,
then
they
have
a
window
of
opportunity
to
go
before
a
superior
court,
the
exception
being
when
you
have
a
rebound
such
we
just
had
recently
in
the
case
of
revaluation,
then
the
first
step
is
to
go
before
the
revaluation
agent,
in
this
case
vision,
appraisal
and
ask
for
an
abatement
or
an
explanation.
S
If
that's
denied,
then
you
follow
the
other
three
steps.
I
might
further
mention
that
this
board
many
years
ago-
and
I
was
part
of
it-
we
went
before
the
legislature
of
the
state
and
had
the
revaluation
process
changed
when
I
first
came
on
the
board.
Those
you
old
enough
to
remember
the
revaluation
process
was
every
10
years
having
been
in
the
real
estate
business
for
many
years.
Along
with
my
colleagues
at
the
time,
we
thought
this.
This
was
highly
unjust
and
inequitable
because
of
the
fluctuations
of
the
market.
S
S
S
I
might
mention
councilman
steichos,
that
your
proclivity
to
reduce
the
budget
in
any
manner
is
indeed
commendable.
However,
your
direction
is
questionable,
rather
than
investigating
departments
of
great
magnitude
involving
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
to
it.
Public
safety,
public
works,
school
department
and
others
where
the
overtime
layers
of
bureaucracy
and
questions
of
possible
pension
fraud
have
emerged
represent
tens
of
thousands
of
wasted
taxpayer
dollars.
S
S
B
S
What
we'd
like
to
mention
is
that
we
have
had
since,
since
the
sense
councilman
steiko's
made
his
presentation,
the
chairman
of
our
board,
rory
budlong,
who
has
an
esteemed
record
and
reputation.
He
was
the
former
director
of
appraisal
for
old
stone
bank
with
16
employees,
and
over
three
million
dollar
budget
has
decided.
He
wants
no
further
part
of
this.
If
he's
going
to
be
subjected
to
this
scrutiny
and
he's
decided
to
resign,
the
two
remember
remaining
members
are
carrying
on,
because
that
represents
a
quorum.
We
have
interviewed
31
people
for
this
position.
S
K
K
K
K
B
D
D
D
D
I
just
want
to
say
a
couple
of
words
too,
on
this
business
of
the
city
and
the
refuge,
the
rats
and
everything
I
thought
for
a
long
time,
each
ward,
each
ward,
member
and
then
the
councilman
at
large
should
try
to
set
up
some
public
people
to
work
with
them.
I
have
in
my
neighborhood
as
an
example:
people
that
are
not
keeping
up
their
yards.
I
know
it
creates
rats.
My
wife
got
so
upset
she's
spending.
D
Now
forty
dollars
every
quarter
to
have
a
real
professional
to
come
into
our
yard,
to
make
sure
that
we
are
not
infested-
and
I
remember
when
mayor
napolitano
was
on
the
bench
and
I
went
to
several
many
of
these
locations
with
him.
He
went
with
this
robot.
He
went
with
his
judge's.
Robot
went
up
and
rang
the
doorbell
and
said
we
have
a
complaint.
D
You've
got
a
pile
of
wood,
all
over
the
yard
or
whatever
it
was,
and
this
was
some
homes
in
western
cranston
too.
I
might
want,
and
it
was
I
followed
up.
It
was
extremely
effective.
Maybe
we
ought
to
get
back
to
a
little
of
that,
the
last
thing
and
richard
that
was
mild
and
I
did
have
supper
tonight.
So
I
want
you
to
understand
that,
but
mr
stykos
I've
stood
here
now
too
long
to
witness
you
standing
up
and
not
saluting
that
flag
or
participating
in
the
pledge
of
allegiance
you're.
The
worst.
B
D
D
Well,
I
will
keep
up
the
battle.
I
can
assure
you
and
you
can
throw
me
off
the
podium
any
time
you
want.
That's
already
been
done.
There
are
no
policemen
tonight,
but
you
got
a
couple
of
hefty
firemen
there.
They
may
give
you,
but
this
battle
will
not
go
and
believe
me,
it
is
a
public.
It
is
a
public
battle.
D
This
is
a
public
room,
there's
taxpayers
that
pay
for
this
room,
taxpayers,
that's
paying
you
your
salaries
and
there's
a
flag
up
on
that
wall,
and
anybody
in
this
room
that
disrespects
that
flag
should
be
brought
to
order.
I'm
telling
you
right
now
and
there's
got
to
be
rules
and
regulations
that
would
that
would
attest
to
that.
D
B
B
B
T
P
T
N
B
N
T
D
A
B
B
B
It
just
boggles
my
mind
that
a
a
function
hall
which
has
has
had
some
successes
here
in
the
air
which
is
operating
on
a
very
part-time
business,
could
have
ever
met
the
requirements
of
the
employment
portion
of
the
tax
incentive.
So
I'd
like
to
report,
we
were
told.
I
know
confidence.
Psychos
asked
a
question.
I
also
asked
at
another
session
about
who
is
watching
the
store
on
these
tax
incentives.
As
far
as
employment
numbers
figures
that
they're
adhering
to
what
we
extended
to
them.
K
T
Yes,
sir
councilman-
I
I
do
have
it
with
me
tonight.
I
do
want
to
apologize
from
the
standpoint
that
and
and
this
isn't
anything
negative
against
the
clerk's
office.
She
had
to
make
a
couple
of
changes
to
the
docket
late
friday,
actually
midday
friday,
and
I
did
not
receive
those
changes
which
included
the
paving
request
until
this
morning.
So
I
do
have
it
here
and
I
will
leave
it
with
the
clerk
to
distribute
with
the
rest
of
it.
Thank.
I
T
T
I
P
P
Yeah
at
the
risk
of
disclosing
my
undercover
operation
tonight
I
know
mr
cray,
I
won't
tell
anybody
what
I'm
going
to
do.
Is
I'm
going
to
go
by
the
dumpster
tonight
and
to
see
if
there's
a
particular
company
on
the
dumpster
I'll
call
that
company
and
find
out
who
is
requesting
the
trash
pickup
at
that
particular
time,
and
then
we
will
find
out
who
the
culprit
is
and.
P
I
I
Okay,
okay,
tom
one
last
question:
evan.
While
I
have
you
up
there,
I
have
three
law
firms:
okay,
I
added
them
up
quickly:
totaling
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
legal
fees,
little
madeiras,
kinder
bulman
and
whitney
vetter
and
white
and
been
augusta
all
we
all
in
regards
to
arbitrations
pension
issues,
grievances,
yadda,
yadda,.
P
You're,
referring
to
okay,
little
madeiros,
kinder
bulman
and
whitney
that
involves
a
policeman's
bill
of
rights,
that's
something
that
we
didn't
necessarily
bring
on
ourselves,
but
yet
we're
forced
to
expend
money
on
it.
Apparently,
it's
a
rather
contentious
situation
and
with
many
witnesses
involved,
and
I
understand
that
even
after
the
arbitration
is
over
or
whatever
they
call
it.
The
next
remedy
is
to
superior
court.
If
that
happens,
so
I
in
all
honesty,
of
course,
I
don't
think,
there's
any
end
in
sight.
I
P
P
Perhaps
some
of
the
issues
we
could
talk
about,
I
know
the
policeman's
bill
of
rights
is
very
tricky.
I
know
that
you
know,
I
don't
even
know
what
the
whole
case
is
about
in
that
one.
Like
someone
said
it's
confidential,
I
couldn't
even
be
told
what
the
whole
issue
was
here,
so
I
couldn't
even
pass
that
on
what
that
was
about.
P
D
B
N
B
Several
sources
that
the
property
is
being
prepped
for
sale.
The
question
I
have
is
that
all
of
the
restrictions
and
or
covenants
that
we've
established
through
the
approval
process
for
those
businesses
that
that
are
there
up
to
including
the
trash
pickup
issues
those
are
in
those
get
transferred
to
or
disclosed
to
the
potential
is
that
correct.
B
Well,
I
think
I
I
know
I
haven't-
bought
any
or
sold
any
commercial
real
estate
lately,
but
I
know
that
in
residential
real
estate
there
are,
there
is
a
disclosure
form
that
has
to
be
filled
out,
and
I
would
hope
that
for
the
record
that
someone
get
the
word
out
to
whomever
the
realtor
is
that
that
there'd
be
disclosures.
Concerning
the
strict
limitations
about
hours
of
operation
in
indoor
trash
pickup.
P
I
would
say
this
that
if,
if
someone
buys
the
plaza,
let's
say-
and
the
tenants
stay
there
of
course,
they'll
be
under
the
same
restrictions.
If
a
new
tenant
were
to
apply
for
a
license,
then
you'll
tell
them
when
they
come
before
you
that
these
are
the
restrictions
so
either
way.
The
word
will
get
out.
B
B
P
We
are
approaching
that
I
think
I
would
anticipate.
I
have
a
meeting
tomorrow
with
the
gentleman
from
broad
rock
that
was
before
the
council
on
the
concept.
I
know
that
you,
you
assisted
assistant
smith
and
I
on
this,
and
I
think
we
may
have
something
to
talk
about
after
tomorrow's
meeting
on
what
the
council
might
like
to
see
out
of
an
agreement
with
broad
rock.
P
B
P
T
B
B
U
B
A
I
just
wanted
to
bring
something
up.
I
had
sent
a
couple
of
proposed
ordinances
and
I
know
that
maria
was
out
so
that
they
may
not
have
gotten
to
it.
I
just
would
like
to
rose
to.
You
know,
keep
an
eye
out
for
them.
I
don't
mind
if
they
go
on
next
months,
but
I
sent
in
a
couple
of
emails
friday,
but
she
may
have
been
gone
by
that
time.
A
B
Well,
I
guess,
what's
going
to
be
crucial,
councilman
is
if
she
returns
before
the
agenda
for
the
june
meeting
is
set.
So
if
there's
a
question
that
she
may
not
be,
you
may
want
to
resend
us
to
rosalba.
Okay,
I
will
thank
you.
Those
have
gone
through
the
have
you
checked
with
pat
or
the
solicitor
to
see
if
they
I.