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The committee did not receive substantive testimony on the map-change request at the meeting; a motion to table the item carried on a roll call. Committee members did not take final action on the zoning change and asked staff to keep the item on the record for future consideration.

Next steps: staff will retain the item on the committee docket while the petitioner or staff supply additional information for the committee to consider.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lawrence City Council | Ordinance | February 11, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee voted to table a zoning map amendment request for a parcel on George Street, which would change the designation from General Industrial (I-2) to Open Space/Recreation; the item was set aside pending further information.","taxTitle","Lawrence City, Essex County, Massachusetts","taxId",5815,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6336727,"Committee seeks police and personnel department briefings on proposed Lawrence Police clinician ordinance",267,1743000,2010000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2281849-9d9b2ee1d398a9cd0e84aea72f47ba8e&start=1743&end=2010","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2281849-9d9b2ee1d398a9cd0e84aea72f47ba8e/thumbnail_1743000.jpg","/articles/6336727/Lawrence-City/Essex-County/Massachusetts/Committee-seeks-police-and-personnel-department-briefings-on-proposed-Lawrence-Police-clinician-ordinance","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6336727-0ac0083afa6ca5f7508a324646a37871/orig.mp4?Expires=1771199804&Signature=F3-a24Evj1e~lh1kG7zPUWYnGXoH4jrwfPiN~VwhwOyYLQaE68x-wnvG2k2-WItfJt-00R5AjKvd~eDuHV5KuxPfZledxY3qyAS88XlcBUPu0vVxCRPpkVzL06MW8agLi84fU31IQg2y3iQBhGvagM3NiyYaLYve4yf527oqyt~qe2fTx-S37cbO4IrAuOgJ4traOoCMhioJAOKzCiLbBDOjjRYUcwGNpoqLjh07~y3puYraD6vJjfvBEYmz4blOsCLJ1Awk6zJbItMhdQ~5oaTBdxypHhWrLhRwaHn83FNjlZhqqdnCrR7QnWT5xTPy5IMvWbfoYv5M02s2kurVpQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lawrence City Ordinance Committee on Feb. 11 advanced a procedural request on a proposed ordinance that would create a clinician position for the Lawrence Police Department’s CIT mobile outreach team and asked department personnel to appear at the committee’s next meeting to present background.

The draft ordinance (document 3725) was introduced to the committee through city-attorney language submitted by Attorney Tim Hooten. The committee chair read the job summary into the record: “The Lawrence Police clinician will be expected to respond in real time to provide an assessment and implementation at intervention,” carry a small caseload, facilitate groups, and ensure record-keeping compliant with internal and external requirements.

Committee members said the city attorney’s draft is a useful starting point but requested that either a Police Department official (identified by members as Sergeant Panjatakas or Chief McCarthy) or the city’s personnel director attend the next committee meeting to answer operational and personnel questions. The committee voted to request those officials’ attendance; the motion carried on a roll call.

Why it matters: the clinician role would be embedded in an interdisciplinary outreach team and could change how the Police Department responds to behavioral-health calls; committee members said they want departmental and personnel input before moving the ordinance forward.

Next steps: staff will ask the Police Department and the personnel director to attend the next Ordinance Committee meeting to provide operational detail and to answer questions about hiring, supervision, and recordkeeping.","The ordinance committee reviewed a city-attorney–drafted ordinance to create a clinician position for the Lawrence Police CIT mobile outreach team and voted to request that Police Department and personnel officials appear at the next meeting to provide background.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6336731,"Earth Day cleanup date moved to April 26; ordinance committee forwards event to full council pending recreation confirmation",168,828000,996000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2281849-9d9b2ee1d398a9cd0e84aea72f47ba8e&start=828&end=996","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2281849-9d9b2ee1d398a9cd0e84aea72f47ba8e/thumbnail_828000.jpg","/articles/6336731/Lawrence-City/Essex-County/Massachusetts/Earth-Day-cleanup-date-moved-to-April-26-ordinance-committee-forwards-event-to-full-council-pending-recreation-confirmation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6336731-a999ec0a9a182d6fe2198ed96e6a2258/orig.mp4?Expires=1771199804&Signature=bcW4yNPKzA1~6uGibtRAZiWdQCoAjUeOEuiXX1B3mL-JnEJXKsuBD9gkHEK4dJVxzHcFSsvxb0T6Gy8eJgJXSZQzvH78mEdsobb0RdXOq~jCfKc9odbN6P85G72X1DdHMbK-zfnI-WqtGud8IaETvTYDupqkbCXNce6H40NWBWVr0za1Do5uiVmJxJMymWgCI-7hQAHDlaTylOyRSMI4fE2XMkspgbUTGPhP-Bwpi~2LwWP9G9ASZmltolzAecELmNTW2to6DYJwdBBj~F-egVIDan6c4GOaHGnfks33IfoewxIGMTkldG4mWuxl1b52-Ff8taxT3KAkN8w5nq5kMg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Organizers of the Lawrence City Earth Day cleanup told the Ordinance Committee on Feb. 11 that the event date has been moved from April 19 to April 26, 2025, because Easter falls on the original weekend. The committee voted to forward document 538-24 to the full City Council with a favorable recommendation pending written confirmation from the Recreation Department.

Miss Gruyon, representing the cleanup organizers, said the Recreation Department confirmed availability for April 26 and that the group typically assembles at a central location, historically Campagnon Common, before dispersing volunteers across parks. Committee members asked her to send the Recreation Department email confirmation and other documentation to clerk Teresa and to copy committee members for the packet.

Councilor Gregor Del Rosario asked how parks are selected; Miss Gruyon said the organizers typically focus on the commons and a set of parks including Manchester Street Park, Immigrant Park, O'Connell, and others along the Spicket River corridor, and that they are exploring other parks during the season.

The committee amended the referral to include the revised date (April 26) and asked staff to include the Recreation Department documentation. The motion to send the item to the full council with a favorable recommendation pending receipt of that documentation carried on a roll call with members present voting yes and one member noted absent.","Organizers told the Ordinance Committee the Earth Day cleanup will be April 26, 2025 (moved from April 19), and the committee voted to forward the event to the full council with a favorable recommendation pending documentation from the Recreation Department.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6336737,"Ordinance committee sends multiple handicap and resident-parking requests to police for review, advances urgent request",612,148000,760000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2281849-9d9b2ee1d398a9cd0e84aea72f47ba8e&start=148&end=760","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2281849-9d9b2ee1d398a9cd0e84aea72f47ba8e/thumbnail_148000.jpg","/articles/6336737/Lawrence-City/Essex-County/Massachusetts/Ordinance-committee-sends-multiple-handicap-and-resident-parking-requests-to-police-for-review-advances-urgent-request","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6336737-41041952d6a1a1eab5fcc74f73912390/orig.mp4?Expires=1771199804&Signature=gAT~eHO3R6gIN8QPBwYSb9hmFxfRVNJ1ZkRTG8LTHAZWtv0THqpIEBqg~wk6MDs~92Op9VIqYdsCSu64bEWroDWuzDI3xm8pqfUJDHFVUqnZ0v9PjiAWvhrgYUmpdAIq3-hctsap8r30hwXghvP3St1uJbyV8li9s7ug8rW5VISSYCfG5YJq3j6uRBexNAFfFhU~2ZconRi4I5F7Hm1c~~qy1n9jGNV4Oke-efa2R2Hb9QmnYXb9QL7rImDkjuh42nUaDsKZdLu6SENEFxaYL3LCJtWajCHlJ6fwOLLHOWyxdfUfAjVsxrJAZnSNAF5gt-OkQxiUwPZcTZI~992zLg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lawrence City Ordinance Committee on Feb. 11 voted to send a string of resident and handicap-parking requests and petitions for removal to the Lawrence Police Department for review, including an urgent request for 160 Garden Street that Councilor Wendy Luzon described as a “life and death situation.”

The committee’s action covers multiple docketed items: document 494-24 (160 Garden Street), 438-24 (a broader parking ordinance submitted by another councilor), and a series of more routine petitions (documents 3225/303 Bruce Street; 33-25/19 Exchange Street; 34-25/remove sign at 57 Bigelow Street; 35-25; and 36-25/remove sign at 67 Farnham/60 Seventh Street). Members recorded votes to send each item to the Police Department for a recommendation; one item (438-24) was formally tabled pending further review.

Why it matters: curbside and handicapped parking changes are determined locally but rely on Police Department field verification and recommendations; residents and councilors said delays are producing hardship and, in one case, safety concerns.

Committee members and staff said the police were not present at the meeting, and the clerk and committee urged councilors and petitioners to contact Sergeant Panjatakas directly to request expedited handling. Councilor Wendy Luzon, who brought several requests to the committee, said constituents had been waiting months and described the request for 160 Garden Street as \"a really... life and death situation.\" She asked the committee to record the item and seek a police update.

The committee chair moved to request the Police Department provide updates and asked committee members to contact the department if they wanted expedited handling; the motion was seconded and carried. Similar motions to forward other resident and removal requests to the Police Department for review carried on roll calls. In one case, the committee voted to table document 438-24 so staff and police could clarify whether the filing represented a new ordinance or overlapped with existing rules.

Several petition letters in the packet showed turnover at properties and requests to remove previously authorized handicap placards after tenants passed away and properties changed hands; committee members noted that signs cannot be moved informally and that police verification is standard practice before formal removal.

What happens next: the Police Department will be asked to investigate each location and return recommendations to the committee. Committee members said staffer Teresa and the clerk will collect and circulate any additional documentation from petitioners and that councilors’ direct calls to the patrol sergeant are the fastest way to request priority handling.

The committee recorded no final removals or ordinance adoptions at the meeting; all items were referred to police for follow-up or tabled for further information.","The Lawrence City Ordinance Committee voted to send several resident and handicap-parking requests and removal petitions to the Police Department for investigation and recommendation, and advanced an urgent request described by a councilor as a \"life and death\" situation.","actionData","errors"]

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