THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020 Page 7 Officials present timeline for citywide resident parking program By Barbara Taormina T he Traffi c Commission approved citywide overnight resident parking last April with the intention of launching the program at the start of winter, and then in December and now, according to the latest word from City Hall, soon. Last month, Parking Department and Traffi c Commission offi cials were at the City Council’s Public Works Sub-Committee meeting with an update on the program that will restrict parking from midnight to 6 a.m. to vehicles with a resident parking sticker. “When we started this, the idea was to put signs at the entrances to the city alerting people that we have permitted parking,” said Public Works Superintendent Paul Argenzio, who is also chairman of the Traffi c Commission. But Argenzio said that after discussing the program with members of the police and traffi c departments, it became clear that signs would be needed for every street in the city. According to Argenzio, most of Revere’s street sweeping signs that were put up back in 2001 have faded or disappeared. The city decided that the 15,000 to 16,000 new signs will be a combination of street sweeping schedules and the overnight resident parking restriction. Argenzio said the city was in the process INCIDENT | FROM PAGE 3 In addition, Ennamorati and Armstrong admitted that they had been drinking and were “behaving belligerently.” As a result, on February 27, Ennamorati was charged with two misdemeanor counts of Assault and Battery, two felony counts of Violating Constitutional Rights with Bodily Injury and one felony count of Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon to wit: shod foot. Armstrong was charged with two misdemeanor counts of Assault and Battery and two felony counts of Violation of Constitutional Rights with Bodily Injury. In response to the incident, Rollins reiterated that Suff olk County has “no place for hatred or bigotry.” “The sense of entitlement and privilege these defendants must have felt to utter these hateful and racist words, and then to physof getting quotes for the signs and the plan was to open bidding for the installation at end of February. “By May 1, hopefully, we will have most of the signs up,” said Argenzio, adding that enforcement of the overnight restriction would not start until all the signs are posted. The plan is to use existing poles, although Argenzio added that there will probably be a need to erect some new poles to fi ll some gaps. The new signs will not be put up in the commuter areas, which already have specific parking restrictions. Argenzio said once the bulk of the citywide signs are up, the city will begin updating signs in the commuter areas to include the new overnight restriction. Argenzio also said that the Traffi c Commission has decided to table any new requests for parking restrictions in the commuter areas until the city gets overnight resident parking off the ground. Parking Department Director Jim Rose said the city has hired City Hall Systems, which will be working with excise tax records to produce the resident parking stickers, which will be color-coded for four different areas in the city and will include a barcode and vehicle plate number. “Anyone who has a vehicle registered in Revere and has paid excise tax will get a stickically attack a mother and her child for laughing and speaking Spanish is outrageous and reprehensible,” she said. “In Suff olk County, we respect and protect everyone, no matter the God you worship, who you love, how you identify, the language you speak, your immigration status, or your physical and mental abilities. Everyone is welcome here. Everyone is worthy of dignity and respect. Everyone deserves to feel safe.” Rollins said she has also called upon the Civil Rights Unit of the Boston Police Department for further investigation. “The rise in hate crimes is completely unacceptable,” she said. “I take these allegations very seriously and will personally be watching this case at every step.” Ennamorati and Armstrong are scheduled to appear in East Boston District Court on April 28. Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma ATM on site Sunday er mailed to their address free of charge,” said Rose, adding that the hope is to start sending out stickers sometime in March. Each household will be able purchase one visitor pass, temporary passes and special consideration passes at the Parking Department for a $10 fee, which will be waived for seniors over 65 and disabled veterans. Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso said he is happy to see the resident parking program coming to fruition but added that he is concerned about the many people who currently violate the city’s parking regulations. “I see it on Lowell Street every day and it drives me nuts,” said Guinasso, who asked if the Parking Department has enough manpower to enforce the overnight restriction. “We have 500 streets and six parking control offi cers spread out through the city, and they are doing a great job,” said Rose, who added that the department will add one more enforcement officer for the overnight hours. “We will be enforcing this, and enforcing it aggressively,” he said. 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As with existing parking restrictions, residents will still be able to park on adjacent streets if there are no spots on their streets. “This is exciting but it’s going to be a learning curve for everyone in the city to get used to,” said Councillor-at-Large Jessica Ann Giannino. “But it will give us some accountability and some way to control the issue of what’s happening in the city.” Rose agreed but also seemed to acknowledge that citywide parking programs have a lot of moving parts and unforeseen hurdles. “We can get this started and when problems come up, we’ll fi x it as we go and do the best we can,” he said.
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