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A
All
right
good
evening,
everyone
first
section
of
the
public,
acknowledgments
and
commendations
I,
don't
believe
there
are
any
up.
Thank
you
can
I.
Please
have
motion
dispensed
to
the
reading
of
the
minutes
of
the
last
meeting,
so
move.
Second
I
have
a
motion
in
a
second
a
discussion
there
being
none
clerk.
Please
signal!
Yes,.
C
B
D
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B
A
Yes,
now
with
the
public
acknowledgment,
acknowledgments
and
commendations
I,
don't
believe
there
are
any
public
hearings.
They
are
limited
to
docketed
matters.
So
please,
if
anyone's
here
from
the
general
public
to
get
up
and
speak
on
anything
on
the
docket.
Now
is
your
time.
I
do
have
a
sign-up
sheet.
F
Hello,
my
name
is
Ralph
Diltz
I
live
at
141
Spring
Street
Oh
2
9
1,
o
I'd,
like
to
speak
to
two
items.
The
first
is
actually
a
docket
item.
The
the
snow
removal
in
my
neighborhood
I'm
required
to
remove
the
snow
from
my
sidewalks
as
I.
Understand
it,
because
I'm
close
enough
to
a
school
quite
often
I
find
that
at
the
intersection
the
city
snowplow
drivers
have
piled
the
snow
out
of
the
intersection
directly
into
the
area
of
where
I
would
have
to
shovel
to
get
from
the
sidewalk
to
the
street.
F
You
know
I'm
over
60
years
old,
I
use
a
shovel.
My
budget
doesn't
include
money
for
an
expensive
snow,
blower
and
I.
Don't
have
that
much
frontage
on
my
corner
lot,
but
I,
don't
think.
There's
a
judge
in
town.
That's
gonna
make
me
a
shovel
what
your
employees
pushed
with
their
trucks
right
in
front
of
the
intersection
of
the
street
I
have
some
pictures
on
my
phone,
but
they
didn't
print
when
I
thought
to
bring
them
here.
F
So
my
my
recommendation
would
be
that
the
plow
drivers
push
the
snow
from
the
intersection
down
the
road
a
little
at
least
a
little
bit,
rather
than
directly
perpendicular
to
the
corner
when
they're
plowing
the
corners.
On
the
other
hand,
in
my
neighborhood
again
in
Eden
Park,
the
my
house
is
on
the
corner.
There
are
occasions
when
my
the
trash
service
comes
that
they
they
essentially
visit.
F
However,
in
walking
my
dog
around
the
neighborhood
there
are
I
have
not
seen
any
houses
that
face
spring
summer
and
autumn
that
do
not
also
have
frontage
on
the
streets
running
perpendicular
to
Pontiac,
and
it
seems
to
me
that
the
trash
company
could
save
a
little
time
and
the
city
some
money
if
they
required
us
to
put
our
trash
bins
on
the
side
streets
and
not
run
the
service
down
those
streets.
So
those
are
two
items
I
had
to
speak
about.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
G
Evening,
gentlemen,
my
name
is
Roland
Koo,
2:27,
Lee,
Street,
Korea,
an
island
and
just
like
that
gentleman
I
think
really.
The
city
needs
to
learn
how
to
plow
snow
before
they
stop
finding
people
like
that
gentleman
said
that,
especially
on
my
neighborhood
in
Russia
Anika
and
Krantz,
the
street
people
plow
a
nice
path
and
then
especially
if
they're
on
a
corner
lot
they'll
take
this
giant
pile
of
snow
and
then
just
put
it
right
in
the
way.
Now
these
people,
you
know
you've,
got
a
pile.
G
This
high
I
would
just
tell
them
where
I
work
in
Medfield
Walpole.
They
actually
have
someone
a
mile
around
every
school
plow
those
streets
wide
enough
for
a
wheelchair,
even
if
they
plow
and
make
a
spot
wide
enough
for
a
wheelchair
you've,
just
blocked
it
by
every
corner,
because
you
have
nowhere
to
put
the
snow
I
still
believe
it
I'm
still
saying
this.
There
is
no
reason
on
like
when
I
live
on
a
dead-end
street
that
you
have
to
block
my
driveway
every
time
you
come
down
there,
there's
just
no
way.
G
You
should
be
able
to
take
that
plow
angle.
It
at
a
45
degree
angle,
away
from
my
driveway
and
all
my
neighbours
and
push
it
to
the
end
of
the
street
I've
seen
it
done
and
I've
asked
them
to
do
it
well
ten
years
ago.
They
did
it
and
it
worked.
Fine
I
just
really
think
Alaska
Canada
someone's
got
to
be
a
way
to
move
snow
and
I
really
think
we
need
to
do
that
before
we
start
finding
people
$250
or
buy
the
correct
equipment
to
do
to
do
their
thing.
G
The
right
way
before
you
stop
finding
people
for
doing
this.
I
would
like
to
say.
I
do
want
to
thank
DPW,
because
my
street
isn't
a
floodplain
and
the
snow
did
pile
up.
They
did
come
down
to
pay
the
order
and
well
that
last
storm
with
all
the
water
they
did
free
it
up
and
I
didn't
want
to
thank
them
for
that.
There
is
some
good.
What
I'm,
saying
and
I
do
want
to
thank
them
for
that,
because
they're
freed
up
all
the
water
for
my
neighbors,
so
they
wouldn't
get
flooded
so
I.
H
H
Those
that
have
been
here-
I,
don't
know
if
you're
blind
or
not
aware,
but
something
should
be
done
about
that
you
just
can't.
You
can't
have
that
what
if
L
lose,
gets
out
and
people
hear
about
these
things.
I
live
here
and
my
family's
here.
It's
just
that
something
is
wrong.
We
just
said
I
pledge
allegiance
justice
for
all
justice
for
all.
If
you're
white
I
think
about
it,
and
hopefully
we
can
do
something
about
it
and
people
saying
you
don't
have
we're
not
getting
the
applications.
H
That's
baloney,
Cranston,
East,
High,
School,
it's
full
of
minorities,
the
fire
department,
the
police
department.
All
these
departments
got
the
coaches,
they
know
who's
whose
they're
there.
If
this
should
be
the
first
stop
on
the
bus
who's
in
the
who's
in
the
senior
class
who
graduated
a
couple
years
ago,
that
might
wanna
take
one
of
these
jobs
that
has
their
head
screwed
on
right.
Who
are
they?
H
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J
Okay,
then
I'll
use
the
opportunity,
while
I'm
up
here
to
speak
about
another
issue.
I
was
thrilled,
I,
don't
remember
how
many
years
ago,
I'm
gonna
guess
maybe
four
or
five
years
ago,
Broad
Street
was
repaved
and
I
was
so
happy
to
be
a
Cranston
resident
and
a
biker
because
it
just
made
that
ride
so
nice
over
the
last
two
years
with
what's
going
on
Broad
Street.
When
you
talk
about
public
safety
and
we've
had
some
issues
about
public
safety.
J
The
other
day
an
associate
was
riding
his
bike
and
hit
one
of
those
things.
That's
five
feet.
Long
deep,
can't
move
you're
on
a
bike
head
over
tea
kettles
on
his
back
the
the
road
on
Broad,
Street
and
others.
They
are
terrible
and
it's
bad
for
cars.
It's
bad
for
bikers
and
you're
talking
about
public
safety.
This
was
an
accident
that
happened
and
Cranston
is
lucky
that
this
person
didn't
severely
injured
himself,
or
else
you
would
be
probably
having
some
other
kinds
of
things.
We.
B
K
K
I'm
the
snow
plowing
any
place,
I've
ever
lived,
it's
better
complain
and
it'll
always
be
that
way.
As
far
as
Cranston
specifically
is
concerned,
what
I
see
I
look
across
the
street
I
see
a
side
street
that
is
far
better
than
Farmington
Avenue.
Eventually
they
come
back
and
clean
it
up.
I
have
a
man
on
call
from
the
first
drop.
That's
out
my
houses
shoveling
everything,
but
you
know
later
in
the
afternoon
when
that
plow
comes
back
and
shoves
a
bunch
of
stuff
across
my
driveway.
That
can
be
a
problem.
K
Yours
truly
is
not
going
to
go
out
and
do
anything
about
it.
Otherwise,
I
wouldn't
have
the
privilege
to
standing
here
in
front
of
such
an
Argus
group,
so
I
think
any
problem.
Any
program
to
come
up
with
just
has
to
use
common
sense
as
I
ride
around
after
storm
half
the
sidewalks,
including
my
neighbor's,
will
not
shovel
right
across
the
street.
K
They
allow
cars
in
that
home
has
multiple
families
to
park
on
the
street,
I
mean
on
the
sidewalk,
so
that's
never
going
to
get
shovel
all
right,
so
the
snowplow
comes
up
plows
them
in
they
have
to
come
out
and
get
enough
just
enough
Stover's
snow
out
of
the
way
so
that
they
can
get
out.
So
you
have
325
miles
of
roads
in
this
city.
God
knows
how
many
homes
that
is
in
the
different
areas
that
you
could
look
at
for
clearing
snow.
It
takes
an
awful
lot
of
due
diligence
and
maybe
you're
doing
it.
K
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O
Good
evening,
I
had
the
privilege
of
addressing
the
ordinance
committee
a
few
weeks
back.
This
essentially
is
two
two
folders
who
one
is
the
initial
fairness
for
those
who
answer
residents
that
are
ticketed
an
overnight
parking.
We've
had
a
number
of
incidences
where,
for
lack
of
a
better
term,
it's
almost
better
when
the
residents
don't
show
up
than
they
do
for
the
ticket
things
back
essentially
to
win
the
council
a
few
years
ago,
actually
raised
the
ticket
to
a
$50
fee
and
can
commonly
raised
the
core
course
fee
up
to
39
dollars.
O
Of
course,
as
you
aware,
after
somewhat
discussion,
the
ticket
was
again
revised
downward
to
25
dollars.
However,
the
core
course
fee
was
not
revised
could
commonly,
though,
so
what
this
proposed
ordinance
essentially
does
is
it
gives
the
court
the
Mizpah
coin
a
little
bit
of
leeway.
What
we
have
residents
come
before
us
of
varying
degrees
is
various
links
of
residences.
A
residency
with
varying
different
stories
gives
the
court
the
judge
of
the
court
myself
and
my
Allah
my
Allah
brothers
assembly
way.
O
We
think
to
treat
the
residents
of
grants
with
a
little
more
fairly
and
if
we
think
that
those
residents
deserve
a
break
and
the
ticket
should
be
dismissed,
we
can
then
impose
what
we
believe
would
be
more
appropriate
core
course
of
$20
upon
dismissal
as
opposed
to
imposing
a
being
locked
in
with
$39
core
cost
for
a
$25
ticket.
So
we
think
it's
common
sense.
O
It's
fair
to
the
residents,
gives
the
court
a
little
bit
of
leeway
and,
quite
frankly,
allows
us
to
address
this
issue
without
having
a
lot
of
zeros
next
to
these
tickets
and
having
blank
dismissals.
So
it's
a
question
of
fairness
for
the
for
the
residents
of
Grants
and
both
sides
of
budgetary
concerns.
We
feel
it
will
address
adequately
and
I'm
open
any
questions
for
any
members
of
the
council.
I
M
O
The
good
driving
statute
councilman,
is
a
state
statute.
We
have
no
very
little
leeway
in
that.
That's
a
$60
fee.
The
state
imposes
of
that
with
it's
a
mandate.
So
if
the
water
is
used
as
a
good
driving
statue
for
any
moving
violation,
we
would
we
don't
have
any
leeway
with
that.
However,
this
being
a
non
moving
violation,
it
falls
within
the
city
ordinance
and
within
the
city's
purview
and
again
it's
it's
I
mean
we
have
any
number
of
stories.
O
O
So
if
we
accept
the
residents
explanation,
it
allows
us
to
what
I
what
I
tribute
to
the
right
through
the
right
thing
by
the
grants,
a
resident
dismiss
the
ticket
upon
payment
of
cost
and
I
just
saw
no
value
in
dispersing
a
$25
ticket
and
imposing
on
the
resident
a
39th
down
the
court
course.
It
made
no
sense
to
me.
Well,
I
think
this
is
a
matter
of
fairness
to
the
residents
and
again
allows
the
judges
for
the
language
of
statutes
only
way
to
make
those
individual
determinations.
That's
all.
Thank
you.
Anyone.
A
O
Correct
what
we
have
essentially
now
is
if
whether
the
ticket,
mr.
president,
is
dismissed
based
on
discretion
of
the
court
or
or
the
finest
suppose,
whether
it's
my
vehicle
or
by
residents
or
either
raw,
we
have
a
way
of
tracking
that
ticket.
So
the
next
time
the
resident
comes
in
and
says,
hey,
you
know,
I
really
wasn't
aware
up
pops,
the
old
fuel
certificate,
we'd
be
able
to
say
geez.
O
You
were
here
a
year
and
a
half
ago
we
dismiss
the
ticket
based
on
the
fact
that
you
said
you
weren't
aware
the
ordinance
or
those
particular
circumstances.
You
know,
what's
what's
the
story
this
time,
so
we
do
have
a
way
of
tracking
it's
just
a
way
of
avoiding
you
know,
literally
having
a
a
great
number
of
tickets
dismissed
without
you
know,
without
any
budget
watch,
Derry
plug
and
again,
most
importantly
to
me,
is
just
organic
question.
It's
just
basic
fairness
to
the
residents
on
a
$25
ticket
I
feel
a
fear
concomitant.
O
B
C
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L
A
R
Informational
purposes
only
Rosie
campesi,
no
$50
for
property
damage,
Ingrid
C,
Rodriguez,
1340
$3.22
for
vehicle
damage.
Thank.
A
B
Q
A
word
I,
don't
know
the
exact
account
account.
Seven
or
eight
good
citizens
got
tickets
tonight
for
violating
the
ordinance
for
panhandling
I'm
sure
that
will
be
back.
I
was
one
of
those.
The
court
case
is
in
the
works,
but,
more
importantly,
we
want
to
protect
our
brothers
and
sisters
that
have
human
needs
and
have
to
get
out
there
and
Panhandle.
Q
J
J
Me
to
come
back
up
again:
I
I
wanted
to
address
I'm
sorry,
my
name
is
Tom
whoa,
chick
11,
Hall
place
and
I
wanted
to
briefly
discuss
an
issue
that
I
became
aware
of,
and
that's
the
lack
of
diversity
in
our
city's
workforce.
I
think
everybody
and
the
council
would
agree
that
to
ensure
that
our
city
thrives.
J
When
we
have
issues
like
this,
they
create
forces
that
can
build
isolation
and
polarization
that
can
really
lead
to
a
lot
of
costly
social
educational
and
he
Nikhil's.
The
obvious
absence
of
diversity
in
our
city's
workforce
is
a
serious
concern
and
problem.
We
cannot
build
trust,
we
cannot
build
on
these
cherished
connections
and
we
cannot
demonstrate
to
all
of
our
residents
that
they
can
participate
in
our
shared
aspirations
of
being
a
working
contributing
member
of
this
community.
J
J
When
people
feel
left
out
unable
to
have
a
chance,
it
can
breathe
serious
problems
and
I
think
we're
fully
aware
of
them,
but
I
think
we
always
have
a
tendency
to
think
it
happens.
Someplace
else,
but
terrorism,
suicide
and
other
kinds
of
problems
happen
when
people
feel
left
out
not
able
to
participate,
not
able
to
join,
not
to
be
a
contributing
member,
and
we
have
that
problem
right
now
we
have
a
workforce,
I
think
it's
around
600
and
a
very
small
percentage
of
that.
600
are
minorities
and
it's
not
diverse.
J
We
need
to
do
something
about
that.
We
really
need
to
do
something
about
that.
So
I
would
recommend
that
the
council
seriously
look
at
this
issue
and
I
think
residents
and
citizens
of
Cranston
need
to
participate
in
this
also
and-
and
we
will
I'm
also
part
of
the-
can
stand
Action
Network,
and
this
will
be
a
primary
issue
that
we're
going
to
be
following
and
try
to
help
our
communities
work
with
and
also
to
keep
it
present
in
front
of
the
council.
So
I.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
this
this
issue.
J
S
Good
evening
Council,
my
name
is
Dana
holmgren
161,
Forest
Avenue
Cranston.
I
too,
would
like
to
go
on
record
in
support
of
Cranston
moving
forward
on
a
proactive
hiring
policy
which
will
work
to
alleviate
the
lack
of
diversity
in
the
city's
workforce
and
which
will
move
towards
being
inclusive
of
all
the
city's
residents
for
reasons
others
have
addressed.
As
you
may
know,
Cranston
is
at
least
23%
quote-unquote
minority,
while
only
2%
of
the
city's
workforce
is
quote-unquote
minority.
S
So,
rather
than
reinventing
the
wheel,
there's
lots
of
other
practices
that
have
been
successfully
utilized
in
other
municipalities,
whether
it's
the
model
used
in
Central
Falls
or
whether
it's
another
model.
You
know
there
are
a
lot
of
different
ways
to
look
at
this,
but
clearly
it's
time
to
move
forward.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
T
T
I,
don't
see
very
many
minorities
represented
on
this
council,
but
that's
that's
the
voters,
problem
and
fault,
and
maybe
it's
partly
the
Democratic
and
Republican
parties
in
this
state
for
not
trying
to
get
in
or
more
diverse
council
to
seek
out
minorities,
but
my
understanding
as
it
was
of
Dana's,
that
this
City
much
of
its
strength,
has
to
do
with
its
mine.
Its
diversity
and
I
understand
that
23%
of
France
and
residents
are
minorities
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
come
close
to
that
representation
in
our
hiring
process
in
city
government.
T
I
find
it
somewhat
amazing
that
we
don't
have
a
better
representation
I'm,
not
sure
how
the
police
department
functions
if
they
go
and
talk
to
off
some
of
our
minorities,
whose
English
is
maybe
not
as
good
as
it
should
be
without
those
kind
of
representations
on
the
force,
as
well
as
the
fire
department.
So
I
think
there
needs
to
be
a
plan
by
this
council
to
find
a
way
to
make
that
happen.
I
know
that
they
have
to
take
tests
to
become
part
of
the
city.
T
Government
and
I
have
no
problem
with
that,
but
maybe
that
test
is
not
lent
leaning
towards
a
need
for
diversity,
and
maybe
it
needs
to
be
we've
heard
about
problems
with
the
SAT
when
it
comes
to
minority
and
getting
into
college,
and
there
was
changes
made.
So
maybe
the
test
that
the
people
who
try
to
get
into
safe
government
is
are
taking
needs
to
be
relooked
at
and
change
so
that
it
would
be
more
reflective
of
hiring
minorities.
Thank
You.
U
Len
Cabral
30,
mossy,
Street
I've,
worked
in
I,
don't
know
how
many
of
you
have
been
in
the
elementary
schools
or
the
middle
schools
in
the
town
of
Cranston
I'm
in
and
out
of
schools
all
the
time
across
the
country,
but
I
work
a
lot
in
there
Cranston
schools
and
when
I
stand
in
front
of
200
students.
At
a
time
I
see
the
world
I
hear
a
different
language
spoken
I,
I,
ask
kids,
I,
say
yeah.
U
How
many
of
you
raise
your
hand
if
you're,
if
any
of
your
parents
speak
a
different
language
ever
I'm
speaking
right
now,
70%
of
the
hands
go
up,
that's
diversity.
So
it's
important
that
these
kids
look
and
see
someone
who's
working
for
the
city.
So
maybe
someone
on
this
council
that
looks
like
them.
There
maybe
speaks
with
an
accent
like
they
speak.
I
grew
up.
U
I've
lived
in
problem
in
Cranston
for
32
years,
I'm
from
Rhode
Island
I
grew
up
in
North
Providence,
my
oldest
brother
Ken
Cabral
was
the
first
black
police
officer
in
North,
Providence
and
I.
Don't
know
if
there's
any
others,
black
police
officers
in
north
promise
now,
but
he
was
the
first
black
police
officer
in
North.
I
was
back
in
the
60s,
so
I
know
a
bit
about
diversity
and
I
know
through
what
he
went
through
being
the
only
minority
on
a
force.
U
So
when
we
think
about
diversity
to
be
Chancellor
and
think
about
oh
well,
let's
have
one
one
person
from
this
place
and
one
person
from
that
place.
You
need
to
have
people
more
than
just
one
or
two
people,
minorities
in
on
the
team
and
so
I
would
just
suggest
it.
Maybe
some
of
you
walk
into
some
of
the
elementary
school
and
look
at
the
people
who
live
and
pay
taxes
in
Cranston
and
their
children
walk
to
school
and
they
don't
see
a
police
officer
who
looks
like
them?
U
They
don't
see
a
fireman
that
looks
like
them.
They
hardly
see
a
teacher
that
looks
like
them
it,
but
they
can
put
the
TV
on
and
see
you
want
to
see
minorities,
you
see
them
on
TV
or
you
see
them
in
the
paper
when
something
goes
wrong
in
their
lives.
But
we're
talking
about
raising
children,
we're
talking
about
making
our
city
a
place
where
families
will
come
in
to
raise
their
kids
and
maybe,
instead
of
having
a
brain
drain.
U
K
I'm
back
with
the
same
thing,
Richard
Tomlinson
before
same
address,
400
Farmington,
Avenue
I
wasn't
going
to
speak
them
some
of
the
things
I
heard
tonight,
so
I'll
get
over
this
quite
quickly.
Now,
maybe
you
did
your
recognition,
but
I
thought
it
was
terrific
that
the
Cranston
East
swimming
team
in
the
relay
won
the
state
title
and
only
one
of
them
had
previous
swimming
experience.
So
it
just
shows
what
dedication
and
hard
work
pays
off
our
hats
off
to
those
young
men.
K
This
idea
of
what
goes
on
in
the
city,
whether
two
of
the
gentleman
that
spoke-
and
they
spoke
basically
I-
guess
about
prejudice
every
time.
I
hear
that
or
get
involved.
I
get
kind
of
wound
up.
First
of
all,
I
try
to
study
my
own
experience.
I
try
to
look
around
me
and
see
what's
taking
place
to
make
it
current
when
I
ran
my
Apollo
time
was
campaign.
When
I
ran
my
home
when
I
ran
another
one,
there
was
no
question.
K
People
would
say:
there's
a
great
divide
between
the
east
to
the
west
in
the
city
and
there's
no
question
about
it.
If
you
want
to
not
think
that,
then
that's
what
that's,
how
you're
going
to
act
and
that
act
could
very
well
be
wrong.
I
met
a
young
man
that
I'm
mentoring.
Who
was
you
have
Iraq
better?
You
have
problems
over
there
and
he's
the
first
thing
he
said
to
me
pod.
My
language
I
can't
do
any
more
cuz,
I'm
dumb
as
I,
looked
them
in
the
eye
and
said.
K
K
If
you
want
to
know
about
prejudice,
I
did
business
in
Egypt,
I
did
business
in
Kuwait
and
other
countries.
Nearby
I
was
in
those
countries
during
the
six-day
war.
Thank
God
for
my
military
training
that
I
come
out
alive,
but
the
prejudice
there
is
nothing
like
we
know
about
it
in
this
country,
when
I
was
in
Atlanta
and
I
was
a
vice
president
of
Days,
Inn
and
I
started
up
the
Boston
University
community.
K
For
individuals
that
had
graduated
the
police
department
in
Atlanta
had
a
black
Union
and
a
white
Union
think
about
that.
When
I
was
business
manager
at
Boston
University,
the
federal
government
come
down
on
you,
they're
gonna
pull
all
your
money
unless
you
hire
more
minorities.
I
personally
went
out
of
my
way
and
everybody
going
out
of
their
way
and
we
didn't
have
much
success.
K
I'm,
sorry
to
say
the
same
thing
when
I
was
at
Barnard
College
part
of
what
goes
on
in
society
is
that
people
tend
of
ously
to
associate
with
family
with
cultural
groups,
ethnic
groups,
religious
groups
that
they
know
when
I
was
at
Sheraton.
It
was
well
known
in
the
accounting
department.
You
better
be
Catholic.
K
If
you
wanted
to
be
hired
what
happened
to
some
of
the
big
companies,
three
examples:
ATT
IBM
and
another
big
company
of
skips,
my
name
out
mini
Annapolis
I
was
in
their
offices
in
their
plants,
and
it
was
that
you
became
a
manager
and
assistant
vice
president,
a
vice
president
and
executive
vice
president,
and
if
you
were
lucky
it
became
the
president.
So
what
did
that
mean?
They
all
followed
each
other
and
they
did
exactly
what
allowed
them
to
go
up
the
ladder.
K
So
it
took
people
to
come
in
and
break
up
those
companies.
Ibm
is
now
headed
up
by
a
woman.
That's
doing
a
terrific
job
ATT
course,
as
you
all
know,
we're
divided
up
into
several
companies,
but
that
type
of
imbrie
d
inbreeding
creates
dwarfism
and
cattle,
and
that's
what
all
of
us
can
be
part
of.
When
you
invite
somebody
else
to
run,
it's
not
somebody,
that's
walking
down
the
street,
say
hey.
Would
you
like
to
run
for
counsel?
It's
probably
somebody
that
you
know
a
neighbor.
K
Remember
the
church,
a
friend
a
business
associate,
so
that's
kind
of
the
excuse
as
to
why
we
end
up
with
who
we
end
up
with
that's
a
tough
cycle,
very
tough
cycle
to
to
break
I
know
a
lot
about
Sheraton
and
stuff.
I
mean
keep
playing
that
some
Freudian
slip,
cranston
Issa,
and
what
goes
out
on
that
school
or
what
doesn't
go
on
on
that
school?
It's
a
very
difficult
situation.
K
A
lot
of
it
just
has
to
do
with
the
population
that
they're
representing
they
don't
choose
to
count
if
they
don't
choose
what
area
they're
going
to
be
taking
and
children
from.
If
the
wards
are
divided
up
the
way
they
divided
out.
So
it
takes
an
awful
awful
lot.
Maybe
I
might
say
understanding
one
understanding
even
before
courage
to
try
to
keep
your
mind
open
to
try
to
think
about
what
makes
a
vibrant
society
and
our
society
is
changing.
K
Gentlemen,
as
more
than
we
think
as
we
stand
here
tonight,
so
we
ought
to
start
thinking
about
it
and
being
prepared.
I
just
want
to
say
one
other
thing
in
closing
kind
of
blowing.
My
whole
cover
here,
I,
don't
think.
There's
anybody
on
the
council
that
I
haven't
spent
time
with,
certainly
more
with
mr.
Lemmon.
K
The
years
I
met
mr.
Kaul
ffred,
because
the
son
was
playing
war
at
the
West
and
I
met
him
at
that
time
met
his
wife
met.
His
daughter
met
his
son
in
a
sofa
his
son's
girlfriend
I,
don't
know
if
he's
still
the
same
girlfriend
and
I've
admired
the
man
in
the
many
conversations
I've
had
Paul
I've
met
from
time
to
time
he's
a
solid
citizen.
K
Mr.
Seki,
oh
not
only
knows
how
many
conversations
we've
had
the
latest
one
being
on
the
makeup
of
this
council,
whether
I
agree
or
disagree
with
them.
He
so
he
studied.
He
was
always
polite
and
I
learned
from
him
no
question
about
it.
Mr.
Stiles
I
have
a
fairly
long
history.
Mr.
Hopkins
I've
known
personally
for
a
while
mr.
Arquette.
Oh
of
course,
is
my
councilman
mr.
papal
I,
guess.
I
know
him
primarily
through
his
family,
which
I've
known
for
years,
and
your
new
legal
beagle
up.
There
I've
had
many
conversations
with
him.
Mr.
K
Strom,
when
I
served
to
have
to
two-year
terms
in
the
contract
and
purchasing.
Not
only
did
I
have
a
lot
of
conversations
with
them,
some
off
the
rocket,
if
you
will
afterwards,
even
if
I
disagreed
with
him,
he
always
gave
what
I
thought
was
learned.
It
responses
and
learner,
and
the
young
man
sitting
in
the
middle
out
there
I
remember
him
when
he
was
on
the
council,
he's
what
I
would
call
a
firebrand.
He
was
a
fireman
still
is
probably
now
for
the
president.
The
new
president
I
told
him
privately
so
I'll
say
it
publicly.
K
In
the
two
meetings
I
attended
with
a
full
chamber,
we
only
get
you
know
when
there's
something
going
on.
That
brings
out
sort
of
a
an
emotional
response
to
what
should
be
a
non-emotional
problem,
but
I
said
he
conducted
himself
with
somebody
sitting
up
there
very
professional
he
kept
McGowan.
He
listened
to.
Mr.
stack
goes
when
he
was
questioning
this
time
that
was
allowed
for
a
speaker.
K
He
each
one
of
you
on
the
subject
to
speak,
was
courteous
to
you
and
then
it
was
what
I
most
admire
when
it
was
his
time
rather
than
saying
you
know,
when
I
was
in
the
second
school.
My
teacher
told
me
he
just
went
right
at
the
problem
spoken
three
or
four
sentences
and
told
why
he
had
the
opinion
he
had
and
I
admire
that
so
I
want
to
close
with
that.
I
hope
that's
a
positive
statement.
Thank
you.
K
A
You
Miss
Tomlin,
so
anyone
else
speak
there
be
none.
I
will
close
public
comment.
We
are
to
the
election
of
city
officials.
Stephen
Carrera
has
resigned
as
a
member
of
the
Zoning
Board
of
Review.
To
finish
his
unexpired
term.
I
am
recommending
joy,
Montanaro,
the
former
chairwoman
and
member
of
the
committee
point.
A
Sir,
is.
L
L
C
I
Another
question
I
I
sent
this
to
evan
Kirshenbaum
this
afternoon,
but
I
don't
know
if
he
received
it
or
not
in
time.
The
I
know
that
that
joy
Montanaro
was
on
the
Zoning
Board
and
that
there
are
term
limits
on
the
Zoning
Board
of
I
believe
two
four-year
terms
and
so
I.
Don't
know
how
long
she's
been
out,
but
I'm
wondering
does
she
have
to
be
out
for
years
revolve
in
order
to
do.
L
I
A
I,
don't
to
be
honest,
I,
don't
know
my
assumption
is
consecutive.
I
would
actually
think
that
once
you're
gone
you're
gone
and
you
could
be
reappointed.
So
if,
let's
say
you
decided
to
resign,
they
could
appoint
counsel
in
Santa
Maria
replaced
your
fields
in
your
ward
because
he
didn't
want
for
election.
He
was
gone
for
a
time.
I
don't
think,
is
in
a
limit
on
how
long
you
have
to
be
going
just
that
you
can't
run
for
another
term,
but
since
the
clerk
is
back,
we
can
ask
the
park.
A
A
R
A
Yeah,
if
you
could
yeah
we'll
continue
with
while
they're
looking
at
all
this
information,
we'll
continue
to
report
of
city
officers.
Well,
it'll
give
mr.
Christian
all
a
couple
minutes
to
kind
of
read
and
reflect
and
it'll
give
the
clerk
a
chance
to
see
when
she
was
in,
because
I
think
she
was
gone
before
I
believe
Steve
Carr
was
actually
replaced
her
and
then
was
reappointed
so
but
she'll
check
and
get
the
date
for
us.
I.
Don't
think
it
I
think
it's
a
moot
point,
but.
V
A
V
D
E
C
B
V
V
A
B
B
C
E
M
V
And
finally,
mr.
president
I've
been
asked
to
update
the
Council
on
a
response
to
a
that
came
in
the
form
of
a
resolution.
Looking
for
information
on
a
discussion
that
took
place
last
fall
regarding
the
construction
of
a
playground
for
the
Oak
Hill
neighborhood,
several
council
members,
along
with
our
parks
and
recreation
director,
Tony
laboratory
and
I,
toured
the
site
with
other
other
elected
officials.
V
State
officials
and
a
administrator
from
DM
and
I
have
confirmed
with
diem
on
the
available
of
availability
of
grant
funding
to
fund
this
project,
and
they
tell
me
that
a
green
economy
bond
a
referendum
did
pass
last
November
and
that
they
anticipate
having
a
the
first
round
of
grant
awards
in
the
fall,
and
they
have
promised
to.
Let
me
know
when
those
applications
become
available
so
that
the
city
can
apply
for
that
funding.
P
I-I-I
was
at
that
meeting
also,
and
I
believe
the
lady
from
DM
said
as
a
possible
$35,000
grant.
Now,
even
if
we
get
a
thirty
five
thousand
dollar
grant,
it
still
wouldn't
be
enough
to
put
a
playground
in
with
all
the
other
amenities
that
go
with
it.
As
the
administration
put
aside,
any
money
for
playgrounds.
V
Not
to
not
to
disagree
with
councilman,
but
I
do
recall
that
that
there
was
no
set
limit
on
the
on
the
amount
that
could
be
requested,
although
there
was
a
recommend,
a
recommendation
not
to
exceed
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
but
I
do
recall
that
we
could
ask
for
any
figure.
However,
the
more
we
asked
for
the
less
likely
it
would
be
to
be
approved.
In
the
meantime,
we
are
looking
at
other
sources
of
funding
for
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
as
well.
Your.
P
M
Away
through
the
chair,
mr.
Cooper
hi,
sorry
to
make
you
get
up
again,
I'm
the
oak
hill
playground.
Just
a
reminder
there
was.
We
had
had
some
discussion
as
well,
and
you
know
councilman
Laney
was
there
during
that
session,
but
the
there
was
a
talk
about
an
easement
issue,
possibly
negotiating
an
easement.
You
know
for
access
to
that
parcel,
so
I
don't
know
whether
that
would
need
to
be
done
before
or
after
the
the
grant
is
awarded.
But
it's
just
something
because
of
the
the
business.
M
V
As
I
as
I
understand
the
question
we're
talking
about
not
the
easement
from
the
that
would
be
a
walking
path
from
the
neighborhood,
but
an
easement
that
would
gain
access
to
a
parking
lot
next
door
and
again
something
we
should
talk
about
sort
of
a
chicken-and-egg.
Do
you
start
talking
about
the
easement
before
you
know?
You
have
the
funding.
You
know
we'd
have
to
figure
that
out,
but
definitely
should
be
part
of
the
conversation
and
you.
V
A
Any
other
questions
about
the
playground
being
none
will
by
the
council.
President
communications
I
will
be
very
brief,
as
there's
not
a
lot
in
the
docket
tonight.
You
know
a
lot
of
people
came
up
and
talked
about
diversity
and
the
council's
role
in
diversity.
We've
we've
had
a
lot
of
discussions
over
the
four
years
I've
been
in
this
council.
The
different
budget
hearings
grilling
the
people
who
actually
do
the
hiring,
which
would
be
the
chief
Simic
colonels
and
the
mayor
literally
asked
them.
Is
it
the
test?
Is
it
the
funding?
A
Is
it
getting
in
the
schools
and
doing
better
education?
You
know,
we've
done
a
lot
of
that
work,
to
try
to
figure
out
what
the
issue
is
and,
to
be
frank,
we
we
haven't
really
figured
it
out
with
their
help.
I
know
it'll
come
up
again
during
this
budget
cycle,
where
we
will
talk
to
the
colonel
and
we'll
talk
to
the
chief
they've,
both
gone
out
and
done
hiring
and
had
application
processes
and
we'll
ask
them
how
many
minority
applicants
they
got.
How
many
passes
the
process?
How
many
sat
on
the
tests?
A
How
many
took
jobs
and
other
municipalities?
We
do
do
our
due
diligence
every
year.
Unfortunately,
we
can't
seem
to
figure
out
the
code
to
help
them
change
their
rules
or
impart
their
rules,
because
we
don't
want
to
change
their
rules.
We
don't
do
the
hiring.
We
don't
set
the
rules
but
to
try
to
impart
some
kind
of
changes
to
maybe
drive
some
some
diversity
in
all
our
facets.
I
will
say
we
you
know
the
City
Hall
is
pretty
diverse.
We
do
have
a
diverse
mayor.
His
staff
is
pretty
diverse.
A
We
have
a
few
Latinos
on
his
staff,
so
we
do
have
some
diversity
in
the
City
Hall,
but
you
know
we
have
to
work
a
little
harder
and
I
promise
you
during
this
budget
hearing
during
the
budget
hearings.
Again,
we
will
go
after
talk
to
the
Colonels
talk
to
the
Chiefs
and
just
see
where,
where
we
can
help
it's
tough
being
on
the
council,
because
we
really
don't
do
the
hiring
and
we
can't
set
the
hiring
rules,
but
we
could
try
to
influence
where
we
can
so
I.
Thank
you
for
the
comments
tonight.
A
Everyone
and
know
that
we
know
about
the
issue
and
we've
been
trying
to
work
with
our
partners
to
fix
it.
As
for
elected
officials,
you
know
I
can't
control
who
the
people
vote
for
who
decides
to
run.
Jumping
into
this.
It's
a
lot
of
work.
I
know
all
nine
individuals
in
here
work
very
hard
at
this,
especially
those
of
us
that
have
still
have
careers.
It's
a
lot
of
work
doing
this,
so
it's
tough
to
to
try
to
get
people
to
run.
A
I
know
when
I
was
a
telecraft
and
as
a
Republican
we've
recruited
different
people,
we've
talked
to
people,
we've
had
lunches
and
dinners
and
breakfasts
with
women
and
and
Spanish
people
and
minorities,
and
in
when
it
comes
right
down
to
it.
Jumping
into
this
is
a
lot
of
work
and
people
get
scared
by
the
work.
A
So
I
promise
you
where
I
am
now
we
will
continue
to
recruit
the
best
candidates
we
can
and
make
sure
we
have
it
as
diverse
of
the
council
as
we
can
looking
at
us,
we
get
nine
white
guys
in
this
room,
so
it's
probably
little
tough
to
say
were
diverse,
but
we
all
come
from
different
backgrounds.
So
in
that
way
we
are
a
little
diverse
onto
Councilmember
communications,
councilmen,
psychos.
I
Just
to
continue
on
this
diversity
theme,
the
first
item
I
have
and
maybe,
if
I
could
just
take
a
second
and
explain
to
the
new
council
members.
What
why
this
is
on
the
agenda
in
the
fall
of
last
year,
I
proposed
an
ordinance
that
would
grant
5
points
to
job
applicants,
who
spoke
either
I
think
I,
said
Spanish
or
c'mere,
and
at
the
hearing
for
that
at
the
hearing
for
that
which
was
November
17th,
there
was
a
problem
with
the
bill,
but
it's
really
not
related
to
to
this
issue
and
mr.
I
coop
came
up
and
said
that
the
administration
supported
the
idea
and
that
the
proper
way
to
do
to
do
that
would
be
for
the
personnel
administrator,
which
is
mr.
Koo,
to
propose
a
personnel
rule
to
grant
those
extra
points
to
people
who
speak
a
foreign
language
and
that
then
the
council
ratifies
those
those
personnel
rules.
So
it's
it's
been
I,
think
four
months
now
no
December
January
February
March
for
months,
and
we
don't
have
a
any
personnel
rule.
I
I
You
know
certify
that
legitimately
and
what
they
do
in
Central.
Falls
is
I,
think
they
they
do
it
in
Central
Falls,
for
Portuguese
and
for
Spanish,
because
that's
where
their
large
segments
of
the
population
are
that
speak
foreign
languages,
that
they
have
high
school
teachers.
In
that
those
subjects
they
prepare
ten
questions,
standard
questions
and
then
people
who
say
I
speak
Spanish
have
to
go
speak
with
the
Spanish
teacher,
who
then
certifies
whether
they
do
or
they
don't
speak.
Spanish
I
did
look
in
on.
I
If
you
go
online
to
something
called
the
American
I
think
it's
called
the
American
Community
Survey,
it's
it's
part
of
the
Census
Bureau
they
every
year
they
take
a
selected
sample
of
all
around
the
country.
Different
communities,
including
Cranston,
and
that
sample
shows
that
I
think
it's.
Thirteen
percent
of
of
Cranston
residents
speak
Spanish
at
home
and
then
the
other
languages
that
are
spoken.
I
They
don't
specify
the
language,
they
say
an
Asian
language,
but
the
percentages
are
much
smaller,
I
think
five
percent
speaking
Asian
language
and
there
are
some
other
categories,
but
the
Asian
is
the
second
largest.
So
my
suggestion
at
this
point
is
that
to
get
this
moving,
that
I
would
suggest
that
the
personnel
administrator
propose
five
extra
points
if
you
speak
Spanish
and
that
we
move
ahead
with
that
and
now,
if
we
want
to
continue
discussion
of
other
languages,
we
do
that.
I
But
I
think
we
definitely
have
a
large
segment
of
the
population
speak
Spanish
and
many
of
them
only
speak
Spanish
and
we
need
to
address
that
and
we
ought
to
be
giving
people
on
their
their
job
application
not
on
up
for
promotions
but
for
job
application
and
extra
five
points
on
their
civil
service
exam
for
speaking
Spanish.
So
I
guess
I'd,
like
I,
wanted
to
both
give
some
information
out.
I
I
also
have
these
I
gave
this
out
to
the
council
in
November,
but
this
these
are
the
the
numbers
of,
and
these
are
from,
the
2010
census,
not
the
American,
Community
Survey
and,
as
a
number
of
people
have
mentioned,
they're
approximately
600
full-time
employees
on
the
city
workforce,
excluding
the
schools
and
14
out
of
the
out
of
the
12
12
out
of
the
589.
Are
minorities
so
I
just
I'm
wondering
what
mr.
coop
takes
of
my
suggestion.
If
he's
made
any
progress
on
me
on
this
issue,.
V
So,
mr.
president,
in
response
to
councilman
psychosis
question,
I
will
restate
what
I
said
in
the
very
beginning
and
I
think
I've
said
since
then
and
I
wish
that
some
of
the
members
of
the
public
who
spoke
earlier
we're
here
to
listen
to
this,
because
I
I
feel
as
though
they
came
in
here
with
the
impression
that
there
is
no
support
in
this
administration
for
creating
more
diverse
workforce.
And
that
is
absolutely
not
true,
and
this
is
one
strategy
that
the
administration
supports.
V
As
I
said
in
the
beginning,
the
Devils
and
the
details
and
the
idea
of
using
high
school
foreign
language
teachers
to
give
a
test.
It's
a
pretty
novel
idea
and
if
they're
willing
to
do
it
and
if
we
can
work
it
out
and
if
their
union
doesn't
object
to
it
and
our
unions
don't
object
to
it.
I
think
that's
a
great
idea,
particularly
for
Spanish
speakers.
V
I'm,
not
sure
we
have
native
speakers
of
Asian
languages
who
teach
in
the
high
schools
in
Cranston,
so
that
if
we
get
to
that
point,
maybe
another
bump
in
the
road
we
have
to
overcome.
I
also
need
to
have
some
research
done
to
make
sure
that
if
we
single
out
one
language
other
than
English
that
spoken
in
the
city,
we're
not
committing
some
sort
of
equal
equal
protection,
offense
against
people
who
speak
other
languages
besides
English,
something
that
I
will
have
to
look
into.
V
As
all
the
members
of
this
council
know,
I
am
the
acting
personnel
director,
which
means
I'm,
covering
that
as
a
second
job
and
I
deal
every
day
with
long
term,
medical
leaves
and
injured
on
duty
status
and
retirement
requests
and
pension
questions
and
I
fit
these
questions
about
second
languages
in
when
I
can
and
I
am
committed
to,
hopefully
working
with
a
full-time
permanent
personnel
director
beginning
in
July.
That's
a
hint
for
you,
members
of
the
council,
and
getting
this
done
before
more
than
if
possible.
I
Thank
You
Jen
I'll
just
to
go
back
to
the
Central
Falls
example:
they
used
the
American
Community
Survey
and
they
used
the
they
picked
the
languages
where
there
was
more
than
10%
of
the
population
that
spoke
that
language
according
to
the
American
Community
Survey.
So
that's
why
I'm
suggesting
that
we
do
basically
the
same
thing.
They
told
me
that
they
also
they
worked
with
the
teachers
union
and
I,
think
they
paid
the
teachers
50
dollars
for
two
hours,
I
believe
in
the
teeth.
I
I
know
in
the
teacher's
contract
there
is
an
hourly
rate
for
doing
after
school
type,
things
or
being
on
committees,
and
that's
at
least
when
I
was
on
the
school
committee.
It
was
around
$21,
it's
probably
around
higher
now,
but
so
that
was
how
they
did
it
in
Central,
Falls
and
I
really
would
would
urge
the
administration
to
make
this
a
priority.
It
is
it
yeah,
I,
don't
think
it's
it
would.
A
A
W
Thank
You
councilman
well
I
did
some
research
based
on
your
request.
I
contacted
the
states
both
to
the
tribunal
assistant
director,
there's
a
number
of
reasons
why
he
felt
that
we
were
spending
more
money
and
giving
more
money
to
the
state
of
Rhode
Island
than
what
we
budgeted
for
in
the
past,
and
some
of
the
reasons
is
that
some
of
the
fees
have
increased
over
the
last
couple
of
years
and
also
somewhat
of
a
good
news.
Is
that
we're
writing
more
Municipal
Court
tickets
in
resolving
issues
at
our
own
miserable
Court?
W
When
you
do
that,
you
have
to
pay
the
state
of
Rhode
Island
and
it's
at
a
high
of
fee.
So
the
good
news
is
that
our
revenues
are
increasing
at
Municipal
Court,
but
also
our
expenses
are
increasing
as
well
because
of
the
fees
that
we
have
to
send
into
the
state
of
Rhode
Island.
So
still
looking
into
it
to
see
what
these
fees,
what
we
can
do
to
see
if
there's
any
way
of
keeping
our
costs
down.
W
I
O
Especially
since
Rama
saying
is
correct,
the
one
ticket
sort
of
written
is
before
the
more
we
are
able
to
send
directly
into
our
municipal
court
accounts.
What
the
more
we
also
pay
state
fees,
because
a
lot
of
the
tickets
are
bifurcated
or
does
it
wind
up
with
a
certain
minimum
mandatories
that
we
have
to
pay?
The
state
good
example
was
counseling
for
Vecchio's
a
good
driving
statute.
It's
a
$60
ticket.
We
have
no,
we
handle
any
number
of
them
for
speeding
and
other
moving
violations.
O
I
O
Or
adjudicating
more
cases,
we're
not
dismissing
as
many
cases
as
we
were,
dismissals
I
believe
we'll
be
down
well
over
50%
from
the
previous
administration
of
the
court.
We
watch
every
nickel
I
indicated
before,
with
with
the
ordinance
change.
I
look
at
the
numbers
when
I
get
in
when
I
was
appointed.
I
saw
a
lot
of
zeros
next
to
those
particulars
for
overnight
parking
tickets,
there
are
literally
hundreds
of
them
were
being
dismissed
and
without
any
revenue
we've
been
able
to
plug
that
revenue
stream.
O
O
I
Think
it
they're,
basically
writing
more
tickets,
that's
correct
right
and
I
just
want
to
clarify
one
thing:
I
mean
Bob
kind
of
gave
the
impression
that
this
was
my
idea
and
really
Bob.
You
brought
it
to
the
council
and
I
just
asked
you
to
follow
up
on
it.
I
know
so
yeah,
but
I.
Don't
think
you
deserve
the
credit
for
spotting.
The
the
oddity
and
chasing
after
it
counts.
O
O
O
M
A
O
Think
the
Chairman
I
think
the
council
for
the
opportunity
I
really
do
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
I
I
do
think
we're
making
changes
that
are
important
not
only
for
the
you
know,
for
the
council,
but
also
for
the
citizens
appear
before
the
court
and
the
officers
will
testify
and
I
I.
Think
you
see
it
turn
around.
Thank
you.
O
M
M
So
we
do,
we
have
more
diversity
than
you
think,
but
and
some
more
Spanish
speakers
and
don't
you
be
speaking
people
but
I-
do
think
it's
a
good,
a
good
idea.
I
think
that
we
need
to
recruit
more
people,
but
you
know
we'll
see
it
in
the
budget
season
again
that
the
you
know
the
fire
department,
the
police
department
have
made
a
tremendous
effort,
doesn't
always
pay
off
because
they
have
difficulty
getting
people
to
actually
apply
for
jobs.
But
you
know-
and
mr.
X
You,
mr.
president,
just
want
to
touch
on
the
diversity
issue,
I
think
Herzl.
Some
of
the
comments
were
a
little
swayed
tonight
because
it
doesn't
take
into
account
the
number
of
educators
teachers,
administrators
in
the
school
department
that
do
work
for
the
city,
get
paid
by
the
taxpayers
and
I'm,
not
sure
if
that
was
discussed
this
evening.
But
in
my
27
years
working
on
Cranston
East
I
could
see
the
number
of
increased,
diverse
teachers
and
administrators
a
good
one
that
we
just
lost
jenniemike
to
Woonsocket,
who
was
of
Asian
descent.
X
But
if
you
walk
through
the
halls
of
Cranston
East,
you
will
see
a
significant
increase
in
the
number
of
diverse
teachers
and
educators
in
the
system.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
point
of
that,
because
I
think
the
the
public
comment
about
only
600
employees
is
a
little
bit
swayed
because
it
doesn't
take
into
account
the
workforce
in
our
educational
system.
That.
D
Thank
You
mr.
president,
I've
been
working
recently
with
Councilman
Hopkins
in
very
much
so
with
mr.
Barone
on
the
missing
traffic
signal
in
front
of.
What's
going
to
be
days,
market
I
know
this
progress
being
made
through
the
efforts
of
mr.
Barone
and
some
city.
Employees
I
just
need
an
update
if
possible.
Y
The
border
contract
and
purchases
had
has
awarded
a
bid
to
purchase
a
new
light
and
it
was
awarded
last
week.
The
light
was
ordered.
It
should
be
in
in
four
to
six
weeks
this
week.
Public
Works
is
removing
the
pole
and
the
overhang
that
presently
sits
there
and
it's
going
to
be
replaced
with
a
new
one.
D
Y
X
L
You
council
president
Farina
there's
a
couple
of
items:
I
think
last
council
meeting
I
requested
the
administration
to
look
into
the
the
private
vendors
when
they
were
plowing
snow
weren't,
displaying
the
city,
logo
and
I
just
wanted
to
know.
If
mr.
coop
didn't
for
mr.
Corso
and
for
next
winter,
is
there
gonna
be
some
type
of
policy?
L
Y
I'm,
a
councilman
I
had
had
a
conversation
with
the
public
works
director.
The
all
the
private
vendors
that
are
hired
by
the
city
to
plow
snow
are
issued
by
the
dispatcher,
a
magnetic
sign
that
has
the
Cranston
local
logo
seal
correct
part
of
the
dispatchers
responsibility
when
they're
checking
out
their
private
vendors
is
to
assure
that
that
logo
is
attached
to
their
door.
Now
that
doesn't
mean
that
they
take
it
off.
Y
L
L
Y
L
L
Y
So
I
agree
with
Councilman
Aikido.
You
need
to
call
me
because
I'm
not
out
on
the
road
looking
at
the
stuff
that
he
is
the
Public
Works
Department,
is
very
quick
to
respond
to
collecting
that
debris.
That
may
be
on
the
side
of
the
road.
But
one
thing
you
have
to
keep
in
mind,
especially
the
month
of
March
and
in
the
month
of
September,
you
may
see
debris
in
front
of
houses
that
is
the
week
the
month
that
the
city
offers
the
bulky
waste
pickup.
Y
L
Y
So
you
may
see
it
out
there
for
three
or
four
days
we
have
to
kind
of
you
know,
that's
maybe
convenient
for
the
resident.
That
may
be
the
only
time
he
can
get
it
out
there
so
there,
in
the
month
of
March
in
the
month
of
September
we're
kind
of
lenient
with
our
inspectors
when
they
go
out
to
check
that
because
they
pick
up
days
on
a
Friday,
you
might
see
it
on
a
Monday.
Well,
that
may
have
been
the
only
time
they
can
get
that
heavy
piece
out,
because
somebody
might
have
been
there.
Y
B
Y
L
Up
I
on
be
on
for
individuals
that
call
me
in
the
past,
maybe
five
weeks
on
the
issue
of
mattresses.
They
did
not
know
the
city
has
a
mattress,
recycle
policy
program.
So
what
is
the
administration
doing
to
inform
our
residents
that
they
can
take
their
old
mattress
to
the
city
garage?
If
any,
that
has
the
administration
been
yeah.
Y
Yeah
we
do,
we
have
it
on
our
website.
We
have
a
new
newsletter
that
goes
out
on
a
monthly
basis
that
announces
all.
You
know,
efforts
that
we
put
forward
to
address
this
I
know
some
of
the
councilmen
reach
out
to
their
own
constituents.
I
know
for
a
fact:
councilman
pebble
ascus
has
stopped
at
different
places
when
he
saw
a
mattress
and
advised
the
people,
so
you
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
how
to
be
a
councilman,
but
you
have
you're
the
first
contact
of
your
constituent.
Y
A
A
E
You,
mr.
council
president,
speaking
of
a
clean
City
I
just
wanted
to
invite
everybody
here
and
remind
you
that
April
23rd,
so
it's
a
Sunday
one
o'clock
next
month,
we'll
be
having
our
cleanup
at
Masonic,
a
Lake
Park
we're
gonna
meet
in
the
Krantz
in
the
West
parking
lot.
It's
open
to
everybody,
plenty
of
gloves
and
bags,
but
I
know
we're
not
gonna
have
a
full
council
meeting
before
that.
It's
April
23rd
at
1:00
p.m.
so
just
wanted
the
pass
that
information
along
Thank.
V
I
A
I
A
Councilman
so
it
looks
like
councilmember.
Communications
are
all
sunless.
Somebody
had
something
that
was
on
the
docket,
no
okay.
Let's
go
back
to
the
appointment
of
mrs.
Martin
ro
to
the
Zoning
Board
of
Review.
Before
we
get
going
I
left
in
a
motion
to
a
point:
join
ro
to
these
on
board
review,
I'll.
Z
Council
president,
the
question
was
asked
whether
or
not
droid
Montanaro
is
an
acceptable
candidate
to
replace
mr.
Carrara
others
owning
water
review
and
looking
at
the
applicable
ordinance
governing
the
Zoning,
Board
or
review
it
states
that
no
member
shall
serve
for
more
than
two
five-year
consecutive
terms
in
checking
with
the
clerk
appears
amiss.
Montanaro
has
been
out
of
service
from
the
zoning
water
view
for
five
years,
so
I
think
that
her
appointment
is
properly
in
a
water
tonight.
If
you
would
need
to
vote
on
it.
A
I
P
C
P
P
Z
A
C
B
E
A
R
Proposed
ordinance
number
3
1701,
an
amendment
of
title
12
of
the
code
of
the
city
of
Cranston
2005
entitled
streets
sidewalks
in
public
places
for
snow
removal
for
a
three
foot
clearance
sponsored
by
consonants
Tycho's
to
be
referred
to.
Public
Works
for
hearing
on
April
13th
proposed
ordinance,
3
1702,
an
amendment
of
title
9.0,
a
to
the
code
of
the
city
of
Cranston
2005,
entitled
public
peace,
morals
and
Welfare.
The
offences
pertaining
to
property
for
back
of
sidewalk
programs
sponsored
by
consonants
Tycho's
to
be
referred
to.
R
R
Finance
committee
for
hearing
on
April
third
resolution
encouraging
the
Zoning
Board
of
Review
to
adopt
rules
that
promote
transparency
and
open
government
and
create
efficiency
sponsored
by
consonants
Tycho's
to
be
referred
to
ordinance
committee
for
hearing
on
April
13
resolution,
accepting
a
land
donation
from
the
Edgewood
home
builders
for
admitted,
Amanda,
Street,
Warren,
Avenue
neighborhood,
sponsored
by
councilman
comfort
and
co-sponsored
by
council
majority
leader
Phil
Vecchio
referred
to
that
should
say.
Council
vice-president
for
Vickie
o
refer
to
ordinance
committee
for
hearing
on
April
13th.
R
Excuse
me:
March
14,
2017,
Walter,
Craddock,
March,
14th,
2017
John
and
Paula
Montanaro,
March,
14th
2017
mr.
and
mrs.
Bruce
Treme
March
14th
2017
in
Christopher,
Clifton,
March,
14th,
2017
and
that's
oh
there's
also
a
personal
injury
claim
from
Lisa
justa
from
March
12
2014
and
that's
all
I
have
thank
you.
L
Point
of
personal
privilege,
council
president
I,
want
to
just
explain:
Nature
had
called
and
I
missed
the
float
on
the
Zoning
Board
appointment
had
I
been
in
the
room,
I
would
have
voted
yes,
Joey
Martin
now
did
makes
a
little
job
when
she
served
on
the
Zoning,
Board
I
think
she
brings
experience
out
to
the
Zoning,
Board
and
I'm
sorry
I
missed
that
boat.
Thank
you.