THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, January 17, 2020 Page 7 Sica announces City Council committee assignments By Barbara Taormina C ity Council committees will continue this year with only a few changes among members and chairmanships. Ward 8 Councillor Jadeane Sica, who was reelected to serve a second term as City Council president, said the new term gave her a chance to look at committee assignments a little differently. Several committees are working on proposals carried over from last year, and Sica said that for that work, institutional knowledge is as valuable as new ideas. “The assignments for 2020 represent quite a bit of continuity from 2019, with some changes to make sure we bring in new perspectives,” she said. Ward 6 Councillor David Camell will continue as chair of the Finance Committee with Ward 2 Councillor Paul Condon serving as vice chair. Ward 3 Councillor Amanda Linehan, Ward 5 Councillor Barbara Murphy, Ward 7 Councillor Neal Anderson and Councillor-at-Large Debbie DeMaria will also serve on the Finance Committee. The Rules & Ordinance Committee will, once again, be chaired by Councillor-at-Large Craig Spadafora, with Ward 1 Councillor Peg Crowe as vice chair. Councillors Camell, Ward 4 Councillor Ryan O’Malley and Councillor-at-Large Stephen Winslow were also assigned to Rules & Ordinance. Crowe will continue as chair of the Personnel Committee with DeMaria as vice chair. Councillors Condon, Anderson and Linehan will serve as members. The Licensing Committee will again be chaired by Murphy with Anderson named as vice chair. Councillors Spadafora, Linehan and Condon were also assigned to the Licensing Committee. Murphy will continue to head up the Waterfront Access Committee; Condon will remain as chair of the Parking Review Committee; and DeMaria will stay on as chair of the Citizens Engagement Committee. The biggest change among committee assignments came with Sica’s decision to name Linehan as chair of the Malden Hospital Redevelopment Committee previously chaired by former Ward 3 Councillor John Matheson, a staunch opponent of residential development on the site. Linehan, who in the past supported the Fellsmere Housing Group’s proposal to build several hundred market-rate condos on the site, has said that her position on the redevelopment of Malden Hospital has Lewis, Donato & Ultrino announce $225K grant to improve Dartmouth Street M alden’s state legislators, Senator Jason Lewis and Representatives Paul Donato and Steven Ultrino, are applauding the announcement from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development that the City of Malden will receive almost a quarter of a million dollars in grant funding as part of the Housing Choice Communities grant program. Malden will receive $225,438 to implement Complete Streets roadway improvements on Dartmouth Street in order to increase multimodal access in the downtown area, which has seen the construction of more than 1,000 units of housing in the past five years. The work, part of a fiveyear Capital Improvement Plan, includes adjustment of utility structures, removing/resetting granite curb, reconstruction of cement concrete sidewalks, driveways, wheelchair ramps and thermoplastic line striping. The grant was announced last Thursday by Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy. “Economic development in Malden’s downtown continues at an exciting pace, and these accessibility and safety improvements will make it easier for people to live, work and visit downtown businesses and city amenities,” said Senator Lewis. “I’m very pleased that the state’s Housing Choice Communities program is recognizing the city’s smart development and providing support to ensure that multimodal access remains a core priority in the downtown.” “It is a credit to the City of Malden to qualify for this grant which will provide them financial resources to assist in the improvement to the infrastructure on Dartmouth Street as part of GRANT | SEE PAGE 22 We Now Offer For Your Eating Pleasure A FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE GROUP Commercial Sales and Leasing Residential Home Sales Real Estate Consulting Apartment Rentals Real Estate Auctions Business Brokerage Personal Property Appraisals Mass Licensed Auctioneer “UBER EATS” Convenient Delivery Service Bianchi’s Pizza and Renzo’s Full Menu To Go ~ Renzo’s Entertainment Schedule ~ Wednesday: DJ George * Thursday: Smokin Joe * Friday: Billy Pezzulo Saturday: Joey Canzano * Sunday, 3 p.m. : DJ George 560 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149 | 617-512-5712 | sam@broadwayRE.com ADRIANA RESNICK DOMENICA RIGGIO SAM RESNICK Entertainment Wed. 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