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THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, DECEmbER 5, 2025 Page 15 BEACON | FROM PAGE 14 students, Massachusetts is undertaking a generational reinvestment in educating our residents and strengthening our higher education system.” “The [bill] will help usher in a new era for public higher education in Massachusetts,” said Rep. Dave Rogers (D-Cambridge), House Chair of the Committee on Higher Education. “The House has created free community college, exponentially increased financial aid and now [this bill] invests nearly $3.65 billion in public higher education campuses statewide. This new investment will: address essential campus infrastructure needs, develop modern learning spaces and decrease reliance on fossil fuels.” “The [bill] will modernize every public higher education campus in Massachusetts,” said Rep. Mike Finn (D-West Springfield), House Chair of the Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets. “This investment will spur economic development creating good-paying jobs, and deliver cleaner, state-of-the-art facilities that will prepare our students to lead in a competitive, sustainable future.” None of the five representatives who voted against the bill responded to repeated requests by Beacon Hill Roll Call asking them why they voted against it. Those five representatives are Reps. Nicholas Boldyga (R-Southwick), John Gaskey (R-Carver), Marc Lombardo (R-Billerica), Alyson Sullivan-Almeida (R-Abington) and Kenneth Sweezey (R-Hanson). “While it’s very important to have high quality public colleges, not everyone goes to college,” said Paul Craney, executive director of the Mass Fiscal Alliance. “These funds could have been used for expenditures that impact more people, like repairing and maintaining our roads and bridges or as local aide to offset costs in local municipal public education.” (A Yes” vote is for the $3.65 billion bill. A “No” vote is against it.) Rep. Joseph McGonagle Yes WORKPLACE VIOLENCE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (H 4767) House 153-0, approved and sent to the Senate a bill that supporters said would strengthen protections for health care workers, establish preventive and protective standards to reduce the risk of violence, improve health care facility incident reporting, enhance interagency coordination to safeguard privacy and create legal protections for certain employees harmed in the line of duty. Another key section would establish that employees, directly employed by a health care employer, who suffer workplace violence resulting in bodily injury or serious bodily injury are entitled to paid leave without using any vacation, sick or personal time. Supporters said that every 38 minutes in Massachusetts health care facilities, someone, most often a clinician or an employee, is physically assaulted, endures verbal abuse or is threatened – most often in emergency rooms, inpatient units and psychiatric units, according to the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association. “Every day, health care workers face an imminent risk of workplace violence,” said Rep. John Lawn (D-Watertown), lead sponsor of the bill and House Chair of the Committee on Health Care Financing. “This bill takes decisive action to ensure our laws reflect our values and deliver real protections for those who protect us.” “Every day frontline health care workers are asked to do their jobs under the threat of violence,” said Rep. Dan Cahill (D-Lynn), House Chair of the Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. “This bill makes it clear that protecting our health care workers is a matter of public safety and an urgent responsibility. By requiring health care employers to assess risks, train staff, report incidents and respond to violence with real accountability, we are taking long overdue steps to ensure that no worker stands alone in harm’s way.” (A “Yes” vote is for the bill.) Rep. Joseph McGonagle Yes ALSO UP ON BEACON HILL DON’T MISS THIS TRANSPORTATION POLICY FORUM - Massachusetts faces a turning point in transit. Long underfunded systems are getting a boost from a new Transportation Bond Bill — but key challenges remain. On Tuesday, December 9, the CITY OF EVERETT - LEGAL NOTICE - ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 484 BROADWAY, ROOM 24 To Whom It May Concern: This notice is to inform you that a public hearing will be held on Monday December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM, Everett City Hall, 3rd Floor George Keverian Hearing Room. All interested parties may attend and opinions will be heard regarding the following petition. Whereas a petition has been presented by: Property Address: Map/Parcel: 34 Franklin St. M0-02-000133 Person Requesting: Mr. Geucimar Aquino, Mucio M. Aquino Franklin St. Realty Trust 48 Parkview Road Reading, MA O 1867 Building Permit#: B-25-943 The applicant seeks to convert the existing one (1) family residence built in approximately 1900 into a three (3) Family apartment building. Permit was denied in accordance with the City of Everett Zoning Ordinance as follows: Violations and Zoning: Violation: • Section 3 General Requirements (P): Up to three (3) dwelling units shall be prohibited except by the grant of a Special Permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals. • The Everett Zoning Ordinance, Section 4(B) (2)b, requires an FAR of .5 where the new dwelling units propose .64 Also your existing left side yard set-back is three (3.2) feet two inches, where four (4) feet is required. The two additional dwelling units will increase these nonconformities.1 A special permit is required, pursuant to Section 3(F) of the Zoning Ordinance. • Pursuant to Section 17.A. l of the Zoning Ordinance, the existing residential dwelling unit would require two (2) parking spaces, but the lot contains only two (1) parking space your proposal would only include three (3) parking spaces. Therefore, the property is nonconforming as to parking requirements, and your proposal will increase this nonconformity, because six (6) spaces would be required for the proposed three-unit structure. You may either seek a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals to increase the parking nonconformity, pursuant to Section 3(F) of the Zoning Ordinance, or participate in the Transportation Demand Management program under Section 35 of the Zoning Ordinance. REBECCA EDMONDSON KOREM - Chairman ROBERTA SUPPA - Clerk of Board of Appeals December 05, 12, 2025 State House News Service and MASSterList host TransitNEXT, a policy forum at the MCLE in Boston (Downtown Crossing). Speakers include interim MassDOT Secretary and MBTA General Manager Phil Eng, former Federal Highway Deputy Administrator and MassDOT Secretary Stephanie Pollack, along with key legislators and transportation advocates. Networking begins at 7:30 a.m. with the policy conversation starting at 8:30 a.m. Register here: https:// events.humanitix.com/transitnext $2.3 BILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET (H 4761) Gov. Maura Healey signed into law a $2.3 billion fiscal year 2025 BEACON | SEE PAGE 16

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