THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021 Page 3 Councillors work for safer streets By Adam Swift C ouncillors Steven Morabito and Patrick Keefe want Revere’s drivers to slow down. During last Monday night’s City Council meeting, Morabito requested that Mayor Brian Arrigo and the Traffi c Commission look into establishing a slow streets pilot program. Earlier this summer, Keefe proposed a similar idea to help combat drivers who speed through many of Revere’s cut-through streets. “As you know, speeding is a hot topic throughout the city, and it is a major concern of the residents,” said Morabito. “The purpose of launching a slow streets pilot program is to help curb speeding.” The motion by Morabito includes the introduction of traffi c-calming measures, such as speed tables, speed humps, crosswalks, signage and bollards to help curb the excessive speeding. He said similar measures have been effective in Dorchester and Jamaica Plain. “The slow street pilot program will engage community groups, ward councillors, residents, the mayor, traffi c commission, the police,” Morabito said. “The program will aim to use safety tools MPR ENGINEERING CO. AFFORDABLE & COST EFFECTIVE ~ LICENSED & INSURED~ Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law STEVEN MORABITO Councillor-at-Large to slow down speeds on streets that are used as cut-through streets to primary roads.” Several months ago, Keefe advocated for the city to undertake a campaign against distracted driving. “It’s a problem in our city, it’s a problem in every city,” said Keefe. He said the problems are especially bad on the cut-through streets on Broadway. “There are just too many high speed accidents in the city, and we need to take a step in the right direction,” Keefe said. In other council business last Monday night, Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso was not a fan of Councillor-at-Large Traffic Commission finds parking relief for Jack Satter House By Adam Swift T he parking woes look to be at an end for the residents of Jack Satter House, a senior housing development on Revere Beach Boulevard. For the last several months, the residents have been campaigning before city offi cials in an eff ort to increase the number of visitor parking passes available to the 250 or so residents in the building. Coming before the City Council and the Traffi c Commission several times, they have described the hardship of having only 19 visitor passes available for the entire building. But last week, the Traffi c Commission and new Parking Director Zachary Babo delivered some good news to the residents in attendance at the monthly Traffi c Commission meeting. “We’ve looked through the [city’s parking] ordinance and [Jack Satter House is] listed under Schedule F, which allows for a resident one resident parking sticker per unit, as long as your car is registered in Revere,” said Traffi c Commission Chair Paul Argenzio. “You will be afforded the opportunity to receive a permit, one per unit, and you are also aff orded the opportunity to apply for one visitor permit per unit.” The parking permits are free with vehicle registration, and the visitor permits are free for anyone 65 and above and $10 for anyone under 65. Residents do not have to have a registered vehicle in order to apply for a visitor’s permit. The visitor parking permit will allow for 24-hour parking on Oak Island Street and the adjacent roads. The only potential wrench in that plan is that the state Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) owns Oak Island Street and has the right to take over the street if it sees fi t. Currently, the DCR is allowing the City of Revere to operate the street under its ordinances. “As of right now, we will make these changes and we will support the Jack Satter House residents with their permits, but this isn’t a guaranteed thing,” said Babo. “If DCR takes over this area, the enforcement would be done by them and handled by them.” PARKING | SEE Page 6 PATRICK KEEFE Ward 4 Councillor George Rotondo’s motion to allow a councillor to submit up to 10 motions per meeting and speak on four in months when the council meets twice. Rotondo said there is often important business councillors are approached about that can’t always be handled with the fi ve allowed motions per meeting. “Seriously, there are 11 councillors here and 10 motions each is 110 motions,” said Guinasso. 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