Feb. 5th 2025 Meeting Minutes

Date: April 2, 2025 Wed. 6 PM NEW Location Tinrays 9 Winter St Brockton, MA Time: 6PM Guest Speaker : City Clerk Timothy Cruise

MONTELLO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 5, 2025 IN ATTENDANCE: Scott Dwyer President, Greg Belcher Treasurer, Lisa Waitt Belcher Secretary, Richard Gowell, Brendan Weeks Deputy Chief BFD, Councilor Win Farwell, Councilor Phil Griffin, Cpt. Bill Hallissey BPD, Al Davis, Gale Lutz-Henrickson and Lee Henrickson, Derek Salamone BPD, Atty. Jay McLaughlin, Councilor Shirley Asack, Councilor Jack Lally, Sam Audi Bassam. See below added names invited to join and/or speak. Special guest Jeffrey Smith of the Community Court system was invited. Scott opened with Old Business, see last month posting. Snow parking regulations have led to midnight shift issuing some tickets. Policing issue brought up of trying to get a full-time dedicated traffic enforcement. Hopefully as well some new officers could be added to Brockton, academy sending some names over. Residency requirement may be holding back some out-of-town qualified officers. Treasurer Greg report. ARPA funds as well need applications to get money for loss of revenue due to street work. Documentation, get your facts and figures from your CPA at this time and apply. Jeffrey Smith introduced himself from District Attorney Cruz office. Grant-funded $900,000 for 4 years with other entities to establish Community Court. This will streamline homeless getting cited and will try to help them get services and resources. Case manager at Old Colony Y will try to coordinate their case charges to see what can be done for this population. Police reports: homeless still under bridges. Cleaned by DPW 3 times a week. Issue is what offenses are arrestable. Crimes, yes. Loitering, probably not. Law department has no clear guidelines regarding Constitutionality. Win Farwell suggested that unions ask law department for clarification in writing to protect officers from liability. Greg questioned current police station being left available when new building becomes occupied. Win said 54 North Main St. proposal of purchase by City for $1Million is in question. Also that a new purpose of the building should not attract the same homeless loitering as ever has been and at Perkins Park as well. Scott brought up all-day parking on North Main St. which should be addressed. By whom? Police vs. parking authority. Shirley will contact parking authority and question why they only monitor downtown parking garage. Jack said they DO have authority over the whole city but they need more resources to expand beyond downtown. Brendan said new recruits for fire department are coming in but there are also many retirements coming up. The firetrucks are mostly up to date and we will likely get 3 more this year. Scott said YMCA at 320 Main St. is up for sale. Question where are the entities going to end up which function there. Shirley said she will keep us posted on Pires Auto license application process. School departments are reviewing contracts for employees per Scott. Shirley brought up form-based code meeting recently at North Jr. High School. Stop N Shop leaving the North Montello St. store closed and still paying the lease will be approached to see if they will allow other tenant[s] to be there. Jack and Shirley will work on this. Membership renewal has been announced! Meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m. “MAKE Brockton BETTER before you make it BIGGER” credit Win Farwell.

Date: March 5th 2025 Wed. 6 PM NEW Location Tinrays 9 Winter St Brockton, MA Time: 6PM Guest Speaker : Jeffery R Smith with Community Court Coordinator Second Speaker Amanda Gomez with Lamacchia Realty

Montello Business Association is proud to announce our newest member Westgate Lanes Pub & Grille 65 Westgate Drive, Brockton Ma 02301

Date: Sept. 4 2024 Wed. 6 PM NEW Location Tinrays 9 Winter St Brockton, MA Time: 6PM Guest Speaker : Manual Buginga with MJM Construction Meeting will Discuss: Trucks, Zoning, Ordinances

Happy New Year 2025 from Montello Business Association. We will resume our next meeting on February 5th at Tinrays 6 P.M.

Montello Business Association is proud to announce our newest member Dan Trout and family owner of Dairy Queen at 1136 N .Main St. Brockton.

We would like to thank Senator Michael Brady, Councilors Winn Farwell, Shirley Asack, and Jack Lally for making our Christmas Party a success and for honoring Deputy Chief Edward Williams with citations from the Mayor. the State, and the City Council. The food was excellent thank you to our member Joe Murray owner of Tinrays. In attendance Firer Chief Brian Nardelli , Chief of Police Brenda Perez, former Fire Chief Ken Galligan, Scott and Sue Dwyer , David Lynch, Greg & Lisa Belcher, Sam Audi, Rich and Lori Gowell., Captiain William Hallisey, Esq Jay McLaughlin, David LaChance, Conner Lachance, Vinny Colarusso. Merry Christmas to all our members and a safe New Year.

MONTELLO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES FOR NOV. 6, 2024 IN ATTENDANCE: Scott Dwyer President, Greg Belcher Treasurer, Lisa Waitt Belcher Secretary, Fran Fistori, Richard Gowell, Cpt. Bill Hallissey BPD, Al Davis, Derek Salamone BPD, Gale Lutz-Henrickson and Lee Henrickson, Inspectional Services Bill Forte, Atty. Jay McLaughlin, Vinny Colarusso. Deputy Chief Ed Williams BFD arrived later. Scott Dwyer opened with Old Business, see last month posting. Greg walked with Nathan from the DCR in the area regarding the tree projects. Brockton Police reps attending saying protective patrols are now along North Main St. to monitor drivers. The new paving and striping looks great but will need to be watched as drivers tend to speed. Greg mentioned Form Based Code coming into the Montello area with the MBTA stations nearby creating parks as well. Scott said we need balance to get homeless out of the parks and focus on building with purpose. Parade planning brought up, City Hall Mayor’s office in charge, no one knows what is happening, there is no parade committee. Stop N Shop now closed on North Montello St. Giant commercial trucks parking all night on East Main, Lansdowne, Rosseter Streets among other area streets including residential areas. Bill Forte Deputy Commissioner announced inspection coordination for the City so that code enforcement is more effective. Building, electrical, plumbing, gas, health are the five components working better together now. Many immigrants are trying to just live and the conditions here are much better than in their home countries however they may be substandard and not in legal compliance here in the U.S. Father Bill’s is making progress in the intake center to help homeless people get placed. Civil rights balance with cleaning up the streets is a challenge. Mitigation fees to the city put on developers would help with the added societal burdens. Zoning if done correctly should work with infrastructure to improve the economics of the City. Planning Board key to this future. Zoning system antiquated in Brockton, needs updating for modern purposes. 69 North Montello St. will be demolished soon. 46 Montello St. application for permit done, MBTA needs to approve 46 residential units. Building, wiring, health, planning, zoning. Ed Williams commended for his great service to the City of Brockton and will be missed upon his retirement shortly. ADU accessory dwelling units in 2025 for up to 900 square feet allowed in MA moving forward. Not necessarily owner-occupied; this will change the single family residential units into 2-family units. SeeClickFix one way for small issues to be reported. Citizenserve is an online portal to report as well. Complainant not named unless the issue goes to court. His contact: wforte@cobma.us 508-897-6404 if urgent situation George DePina, inspectional enforcement gdepina@cobma.us for ongoing issues. Perpetual open dumpster not allowed, should be covered overnight 10 feet from structure and not overflowing. When construction permit issued the project finish should end the dumpster permit. Case numbers being issued and follow-through includes investigation, enforcement, fines. Ed Williams announced new Ladder 4 and new Ladder 2, all models made in this century now in Brockton stations, modern not necessarily better made though. Eight new people coming onto the Fire Department. Lithium ion batteries started a recent fire in Brockton. He is retiring on December 4. Christmas Party in place of December meeting…bring an unwrapped toy and a friend! Wednesday December 4 at TinRay’s at 6 p.m. Meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.