THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021 Page 5 City Council to consider adoption of Transportation Demand Management By Christopher Roberson T he City Council recently heard a proposal from Transportation Planner Jay Monty regarding the addition of Transportation Demand Management (TDM), which is designed to assuage traffi c snarls caused by housing and commercial developments. Monty said the proposal stems from the Everett Design Guidelines, which concluded that “a development should make meaningful contributions to the city’s character and mobility.” Monty also said changes are needed to accommodate the various types of developments. “Something on Revere Beach Parkway is different than something on Broadway,” he said during the council’s April 26 meeting. “We need to refl ect that in the zoning.” Monty said the primary objective of TDM is to reduce “drive-alone commuting.” “We have a commute rate by car of 70 percent,” he said. Therefore, TDM would bolster the use of carpooling, shuttles and rideshare. In addition, Monty said developments with limited access, such as the Gateway Center, would be aff ected by TDM and would need to provide additional access points. He also said residential developments with more than 10 units would be aff ected as well as commercial developments with more than 10,000 gross square feet. Monty said TDM would affect those commercial developments that have too many parking spaces, as it invites additional traffi c volume. He said parking spaces are also included in a tenant’s rent. Therefore, he said, tenants could very well end up paying for unused parking spaces. Monty said that under the current Zoning Ordinance there is no clear indication about when to add new bike lanes, traffic lights or traffic lanes. However, that would be rectified should TDM be adopted. In addition, Monty said another component of TDM would be to establish a Transportation Management Association. He said the purpose of the association would be to enforce commitments that developers have made to the city. Residential Parking Program In other news, Monty updated the council on the proposed amendments to the Residential Parking Program. One change would be to no longer require residents to have parking stickers. “We have a program that is hugely oversubscribed,” he said. However, Monty said this would not apply to residents living in existing multifamily or single-family homes. Monty also said the cost of constructing an off -street parking space is approximately $50,000 and the market rate to rent one of those spaces is between $1,000 and $2,000. Although a motion was made to refer the matter back to the council’s Committee of the Whole, Ward 5 Councillor Rosa DiFlorio said her colleagues should have been ready to vote. “This has been in front of us for two weeks,” she said. “I know we all work, but at some time, we need to make time to look at this stuff.” The council ultimately voted 6-3 to send the matter back to the Committee of the Whole. Two Everett residents arrested in connection with Canton shooting By Christopher Roberson S haquille Lee, 28, and Jessica Araujo, 30, both of Everett, were arrested on April 23 for their alleged involvement in a shooting earlier this year in Canton. In the early evening of February 21, a motorist travelling on Route 138 captured a 22-second video of the incident in which two cars are travelling bumper to bumper. Seconds later, the car in back strikes the vehicle in front, sending it careening into a snowbank. The video then shows an individual, believed to be Lee, exiting the vehicle that was struck and fi ring four shots at the other car while running across Route 138. Miraculously, no one was injured. However, Canton Police Chief Kenneth Berkowitz said this was more than just road rage and that innocent civilians could have been caught in the crossfi re. “We don’t believe it was road rage,” he said in an interview with WCVB. “The parties knew each other and it was intended. But it’s equally as brazen and disturbing. Yeah, they might have known each other and had a feud or whatever, and everyone else around RESIDENTS | SEE PAGE 12 them doesn’t matter.” While executing a search warrant, police allegedly
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