Good afternoon.

Now calling to order the public infrastructure and utilities committee meeting for Wednesday, February 11th.

Madam Cork, please call roll.

Alder Woman Boyd.

Present.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Vice Chair Schweitzer.

Present.

Alderman Devotee.

Audible woman Cox Answee.

Present.

Chair Browning.

Present.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Alderman Devotee.

We have four present.

We have a quorum.

Thank you.

With that, we'll move to our next item, which is approval of the minutes.

I will accept a motion to approve the minutes of Wednesday, January 28th, 2026.

I move that we approve the minutes from January 28th, 2026.

Second.

Second.

Moved by the Alderman from the first, seconded by the Alderman from the 8th.

Previous role.

We can't do previous role.

Oh, we can't autumn Boyd.

Aye.

Audder woman Clark Hubbard.

Vice Chair Schweitzer.

Aye.

Alderman Devotee.

Alder Woman Cox and Twee.

Aye.

Chair Browning.

Aye.

Audible woman Clark Hubbard.

Alderman Devotee.

We have four eye votes.

With that, uh, we will move on to board bills for review.

Uh, we will start with uh the one member who is not a member of our committee, uh, Alder Woman Keys.

You are recognized on item number one, which is board bill number 81.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, members of the the board.

Um, if I could please have the clerk to read the summary.

Board bill 81.

Introduced by Alder Woman Laura Keys.

The bill directs the directive streets to install speed humps pursuant to ordinance number 7033 as amended by ordinance number 71394 to calm the flow of traffic on the 3637 blocks of Rendall Square and the 3600 3738 blocks of Washington Avenue.

All righty.

So standard uh board bill, we're having a lot of difficulty um with this particular area of or particular stretch of Washington Avenue between the 36th and 3800 block, where there is now a Montessori school for elementary school children.

And on the other side, there is Loyola Academy.

Uh when people hit that corner from Van Navender, uh they are really moving very, very fast.

Um and it it was so bad to a point while we were waiting to get to this board bill.

Uh actually gave them the glow uh traffic type jackets and you know stop signs so that they could the parents have been volunteering to stand out to help to uh slow the traffic for their children to safely cross.

But we really do need speed humps as an additional barrier to keep the children in that area safe.

Thank you, Alderwoman.

Uh with that, uh, we'll see if we have any uh members of the public here.

We have no.

Okay.

We'll see if any member of the committee, and I'm gonna just we have a lot to get through today, so I'm just gonna look around and see if anyone has any questions.

Uh so does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing everyone shaking their head no.

Uh Alderwoman, you recognize to close.

Well, thank you all again so much.

Um, and I would ask for uh your favorable consideration and do pass uh for this particular board bill.

Thank you.

Thank you.

With that, I will accept a motion for uh to pass board bill eighty one out of committee with a pass recommendation.

So move so move second previous roll moved by the alder woman from the eighth, seconded by the alder one from the first to call for previous roll from the alder woman from the first.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, alder woman.

81 is passed out of committee.

Thank you all so much.

Thank you.

With that, we will move on to it number two, which is uh board bill number 135, introduced by Alderwoman and Schweitzer.

Alder Woman Schweitzer, you are recognized when you are ready.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Chairman and members of the committee.

Uh this is also a speed board bill.

This Robert in the first wards bullet heights neighborhood.

It's a street that does get a significant amount of um quick moving traffic.

It's a very long street uh with not a lot of um stop signs and uh it's the the way we do it in the ward is a uh more than 50 percent of um residences along the street have to sign on, which occurred over half of the people signed on in favor of installation.

Uh and so that is the only speed hump we have on this board bill.

Normally we put a few blocks on one bill, but right now we just have this one petition turned in.

So happy to answer any questions and appreciate your support.

Thank you.

Uh with that, madam court.

Do we have anyone from the public on this bill?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Don't see any questions.

Alder Woman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you.

I uh appreciate a due pass recommendation and board bill 135.

Thank you.

With that, I'll accept a motion to pass board bill number 135 out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

So moved.

I will second previous roll.

Moved and moved by the other one from the eighth, seconded by the Alder Woman on the first, and a call for previous roll from the first.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, Alderwoman.

With that, we will move on to our next agenda.

Alder Woman Boyd, you are up uh with it number three, which is board bill number one thirty-nine.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair and the board.

Can you all hear me?

Yes.

Okay.

Uh what I did was we we uh did a cleanup of uh speed humps that we had done over the last year or so to make sure that streets had all the necessary documentation so they can move forward on this ordinance.

And so uh item number three in board bill one thirty-nine was one of those uh bills that we had uh brought up so we can make sure that it can go through the process so the work can be done, and so we're asking for your favorable consideration for uh Board Bill 139 for safety of the streets within the 13th board.

Thank you, Alder Woman.

Uh with that, we'll see if there's any members of the public here on this bill.

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, Alder Woman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you so much.

I ask for favorable consideration for Board Bill 139 to uh for necessary passage.

Thank you.

With that, I'll accept a motion for a due pass recommendation uh for board bill 139.

So moved.

Second previous roll.

Moved by the Alder Woman from the first, seconded by the Alder1 from the 8th, and a call from previous roll from the 8th.

Hearing no objection, we have passed board bill 139 out with a due pass recommendation.

Moving on, item number four, board bill number 140.

Alder Woman Boyd, you're recognized.

Thank you again, Mr.

Chair.

And again, this is one of the uh bills for speed humps that we were cleaning up to make sure that the process was done and everybody had their checks and balances.

So I asked for favorable consideration for Board Bill 140.

Thank you.

That uh is there anyone from the public on this bill?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, Alder Woman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you so much.

I asked for uh favorable consideration for Board Bill 140 140 uh to be passed.

With that, I'll accept a motion to pass board bill 140 out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

So moved.

Second previous roll.

Moved by the Alder Woman from the first, seconded by the Alderman from the eighth, and a call for previous role from the eighth.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, Alderwoman.

140 is passed out of committee.

With that, we'll move on to number five, which is board bill number 141.

Alderman Boyd, you are recognized.

Again, uh, Mr.

Chair, thank you very much.

Uh I asked for favorable consideration for Board Bill 141.

And this is a board bill that we're cleaning up to ensure the street has all proper documentation to move forward.

Thank you, Alderwoman.

Uh, with that, do we have any members of the public on this bill?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, um, I'll just note that uh Alderwan on this one you might want to look.

There it there is a discrepancy between item line 12, which says 5300 block of Clayton, and then line 13 says quaxton.

So that's probably a scribner's error that could just be fixed by the Cork, but you might want to note that as we move forward.

With that, I will accept uh motion for a due pass recommendation for board bill number 141.

So move.

So question could it could I amend it now?

You can if you'd like.

So outside of committee, it's uh it's just a typo.

So I don't think there's a need for an amendment.

Um so uh we had a motion from the Alder One from the 8th.

Is there a second?

Second.

Uh seconded by the Alderman from the first and a call for previous roll from the Alderman from the hearing no objection.

141 has been passed out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

Uh moving on uh to item number six, Alder Woman Boyd.

You're recognized on board bill number one forty-two.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair and Committee.

Uh this is another uh bill to clean up the uh paperwork in regards to the speed humps.

And so I'm asking for favorable consideration for Board Bill 142.

With that, uh Madam Court, any members from the public on 142?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, Alder Woman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you so much.

Uh again, I ask for favorable consideration and to pass Board Bill 142.

That I will accept a motion to pass board bill number 142 out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

Uh I move to pass board bill 142 out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

Second previous roll.

It's moved by the Alder Woman from the first, seconded by the Alder Woman from the 8th, and a call for previous roll from the Alder Woman from the 8th.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, Alder Woman.

142 is passed out of committee.

And we're almost done here.

Uh item number seven.

Board bill number 143.

Alder Woman Boyd, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair and Committee.

I ask for favorable consideration for Board Bill 143.

And this is to clean up our books to make sure that we're on point with street department.

Thank you.

Well, with that, do we have any members of the public on 43?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, you're recognized to close.

Thank you so much.

I ask for favorable consideration for board bill 143.

With that, I'll accept a motion for a due pass recommendation uh for board bill number 143.

So moved.

Second previous rule.

Moved by the Alder One from the first, seconded by the Alder One from the 8th.

A call for previous roll from the Alder One from the 8th.

Hearing no objection, 143 is passed out with a due pass recommendation.

And moving on to item number eight, board bill number 144.

Alder Woman Boyd, you're recognized.

Thank you so much.

I asked for favorable consideration for Board Bill 144.

This bill was created so we can make sure that we got all the checks and balances for the department of streets so they can move forward in regards to uh and uh installing speed bumps.

Thank you, Alder Woman.

Uh Madam Clerk, do we have any members of the public on four?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, Alderwoman Boyd, you're recognized to close.

Thank you.

Uh I'd ask for favorable consideration for Board Bill 144.

With that, I'll accept a due pass recommendation for board bill number 144.

Uh so moved.

Second, previous roll.

Moved by the Alderwoman from the first and a call for previous roll from the Alder, or is seconded by the Alderman from the 8th, and call for previous roll from the 8th.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, Alderwoman Boyd.

144 is moved out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

Wishing you peaceful streets in your ward.

Yes.

Thank you so much.

With that, we'll move on to resolutions for review.

We don't have any that I can see.

And we don't have any committee discussions either.

Madam Cork, was there any written testimony today?

We have none.

Any member of the committee have any announcements?

With uh that I don't have any announcements either.

So uh we'll see.

Oh, yeah, I do have an announcement actually.

For all the people who are watching now, uh and uh uh for anyone who watches this later, we do have a great meeting plan next week.

I hope all members of the committee can be there on the 11th or on sorry on the um 18th.

We will have Amran uh in front of us to talk about large load tariffs.

These are the tariffs that they're proposing for customers that draw large amounts of electricity like data centers.

Uh and uh we will also have a presentation from the consumer council on large load tariffs.

So this should be a very educational meeting, uh very on topic for today.

So we're looking forward to that.

Um I will excuse the Alder Woman from the 10th and the Alder Woman from the 5th for necessary absence today.

And with that, I will accept a motion to adjourn.

So moved.

Second, previous roll.

Moved by the alder woman from the first, seconded by the alder one from the 13th, seconded or call for previous roll from the Alderman from the first.

Hearing no objection, we are adjourned.

Good afternoon.

Now calling to order the public infrastructure and utilities committee meeting for Wednesday, February 11th.

Madam Clerk, please call roll.

Alder Woman Boyd.

Present.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Vice Chair Sweitzer.

Present.

Alderman Devotee.

Alder Woman Cox Antwig.

Chair Browning.

Present.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Alderman Devotee.

We have four present.

We have a quorum.

Thank you.

With that, we'll move to our next item, which is approval of the minutes.

Uh I will accept a motion to approve the minutes of Wednesday, January 28th, 2026.

I move that we approve the minutes from January 28th, 2026.

Second.

Second.

Moved by the Alderman from the first, seconded by the Alderman from the 8th.

Uh please call right.

We can't do previous role.

Uh we can Alderwoman Boyd.

Aye.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Audible Vice Chair Sweitzer.

Aye.

Alderman Devotee.

Alder Woman Cox and Twee.

Aye.

Chair Browning.

Aye.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Alderman Devote.

We have four eye votes.

With that, uh, we will move on to board bills for review.

Uh, we will start with uh the one member who is not a member of our committee, uh, Alder Woman Keys.

You are recognized on item number one, which is board bill number 81.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, members of the the board.

Um, if I could please have the clerk to read the summary.

Board bill 81 introduced by Alder Woman Laura Keys.

The bill directs the director of streets to install speech humps pursuant to ordinance number 7033 as amended by ordinance number 71394 to calm the flow of traffic on the 3637 blocks of Randall Square and the 3600 3738 blocks of Washington Avenue.

All righty.

So standard uh board bill, we're having a lot of difficulty um with this particular area uh or particular stretch of Washington Avenue between the 36th and 3800 block, where there's now a Montessori school for elementary school children.

And on the other side, there is Loyola Academy.

Uh when people hit that corner from Van Navender, uh they are really moving very, very fast.

Um and it it was so bad to a point while we were waiting to get to this board bill.

Uh actually gave them the glow uh traffic type jackets and you know stop signs so that they could the parents have been volunteering to stand out to help to uh slow the traffic for their children to safely cross, but we really do need speed pumps as an additional barrier um to keep the children in that area safe.

Thank you, Alderwoman.

Uh with that, uh we'll see if we have any uh members of the public here.

We have none.

Okay.

We'll see if any member of the committee, and I'm gonna just we have a lot to get through today, so I'm just gonna look around and see if anyone has any questions.

Uh so does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing everyone shaking their head no.

Uh Alder Woman, you're recognized to close.

Well, thank you all again so much.

Um, and I would ask for uh your favorable consideration and due pass uh for this particular board bill.

Thank you.

Thank you.

With that, I will accept a motion for uh to pass board bill eighty one out of committee with a pass recommendation.

So moved so move second previous roll.

Moved by the alder woman from the eighth, seconded by the alder one from the first to call for previous roll from the alder woman from the first.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, alder woman.

81 is passed out of committee.

Thank you all so much.

Thank you.

With that, we will move on to item number two, which is uh board bill number one thirty five, introduced by Alderwoman and Schweitzer.

Alder Woman Schweitzer, you are recognized when you are ready.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Chairman and members of the committee.

Uh this is also a speed board bill.

This Robert in the first wards boulevard heights neighborhood.

It's a street that does get a significant amount of um quick moving traffic.

It's a very long street uh with not a lot of um stop signs and uh the the way we do it in the ward is a uh more than 50 percent of um residences along the street have to sign on, which occurred over half the people signed on in favor of installation.

Uh and so that is the only speed hump we have on this board bill.

Normally we put a few blocks on one bill, but right now we just have this one petition turned in.

So happy to answer any questions and appreciate your support.

Thank you.

Uh with that, madam court.

Do we have anyone from the public on this bill?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Don't see any questions.

Alder Woman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you.

I uh appreciate a due pass recommendation and board bill 135.

Thank you.

With that, I'll accept a motion to pass board bill number 135 out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

So moved.

I will second previous roll.

Moved and moved by the Alderman from the eighth, seconded by the Alder Woman from the first, and a call for previous roll from the first.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, Alderwoman.

With that, we will move on to our next agenda.

Alder Woman Boyd, you are up with it number three, which is board bill number one thirty-nine.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair and the board.

Can you all hear me?

Yes.

Okay.

Uh what I did was we we uh did a cleanup of uh speed humps that we had done over the last year or so to make sure that streets had all the necessary documentation so they can move forward on this ordinance.

And so uh item number three in board bill 139 was one of those uh bills that we had uh uh brought up so we can make sure that it can go through the process so the work can be done.

And so we're asking for your favorable consideration for uh board bill 139 for safety of the streets within the 13th board.

Thank you, Alderwoman.

Uh with that, we'll see if there's any members of the public here on this bill.

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, Alderwoman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you so much.

I ask for favorable consideration for Board Bill 139 to uh for necessary passage.

Thank you.

With that, I'll accept a motion for a due pass recommendation uh for board bill 139.

So moved.

Second previous roll.

Moved by the Alderwoman from the first, seconded by the Alderwoman from the eighth, and a call from previous roll from the eighth.

Hearing no objection, we have passed board bill 139 out with a due pass recommendation.

Moving on, item number four, board bill number one forty.

Alderwoman Boyd, you're recognized.

Thank you again, Mr.

Chair, and again, this is one of the uh bills for speed humps that we were cleaning up to make sure that the process was done and everybody had their checks and balances.

So I asked for favorable consideration for Board Bill 140.

Thank you.

That uh is there anyone from the public on this bill?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, Alderwoman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you so much.

I asked for uh favorable consideration for Board Bill 140140 uh to be passed.

With that, I'll accept a motion to pass board bill 140 out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

So moved.

Second previous roll.

Moved by the Alder One from the first, seconded by the Alder One from the 8th, and a call for previous roll from the 8th.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, Alderwoman.

140 is passed out of committee.

With that, we'll move on to number five, which is board bill number 141.

Alderman Boyd, you are recognized.

Again, uh Mr.

Chair, thank you very much.

Uh I ask for favorable consideration for Board Bill 141.

And this is a board bill that we're cleaning up to ensure the street has all proper documentation to move forward.

Thank you, Alderwoman.

Uh, with that, do we have any members of the public on this bill?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, um, I'll just note that uh Alderman on this one.

You might want to look there.

It there is a discrepancy between item line 12, which says 5300 block of Clayton, and then line 13 says Claxton.

So that's probably a scribner's error that could just be fixed by the clerk, but you might want to note that as we move forward.

Uh with that, I will accept uh motion for a due pass recommendation for board bill number 141.

So moved so question could it could I amend it now?

You can if you'd like.

Um I'm sure this is something that can just be fixed by the court.

So outside of committee, uh it's uh it's just a typo.

So I don't think there's a need for an amendment.

Um so uh we had a motion from the Alder One from the eighth.

Is there a second?

Second, uh seconded by the Alder One from the first and a call for previous roll from the Alder One from the hearing no objection.

141 has been passed out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

Uh moving on uh to item number six, Alder Woman Boyd, you're recognized on board bill number one for thank you, Mr.

Chair and Committee.

Uh this is another uh bill to clean up the uh paperwork in regards to the speed humps, and so I'm asking for favorable consideration for Board Bill 142.

With that, uh Madam Court, any members from the public on 142?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, Alder Woman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you so much.

Uh again, I ask for favorable consideration and to pass board bill 142.

That I will accept a motion to pass board bill number 142 out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

Uh I move to pass board bill 142 out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

Second previous roll.

It's moved by the Alder One from the first, seconded by the Alder One from the 8th, and a call for previous roll from the Alder Woman from the 8th.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, Alder Woman.

142 is passed out of committee.

Uh we're almost done here.

Uh item number seven.

Board bill number 143.

Alderoman Boyd, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair and Committee.

I ask for favorable consideration for Board Bill 143.

And this is to clean up our books to make sure that we're on point with street department.

Thank you.

Well, with that, do we have any members of the public on 43?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, you're recognized to close.

Thank you so much.

I ask for favorable consideration for board bill 143.

With that, I'll accept a motion for a due pass recommendation uh for board bill number 143.

So moved.

Second previous rule.

Moved by the Alder One from the first, seconded by the Alder One from the 8th.

A call for previous roll from the Alder 1 from the 8th.

Hearing no objection, 143 is passed out with a due pass recommendation.

And moving on to item number eight, board bill number 144.

Alder Woman Boyd, you're recognized.

Thank you so much.

I asked for favorable consideration for board bill 144.

This bill was created so we can make sure that we got all the checks and balances for the department of streets so they can move forward in regards to uh and uh installing speed bumps.

Thank you, Alder Woman.

Uh Madam Clerk, do we have any members of the public on four?

We have none.

And does any member of the committee have any questions?

Seeing none, Alderwoman Boyd, you're recognized to close.

Thank you.

Uh I'd ask for favorable consideration for board bill 144.

With that, I'll accept a due pass recommendation for board bill number 144.

Uh so moved.

Second, previous roll.

Moved by the other one from the first and a call for previous roll from the Alder, or is seconded by the Alderman from the 8th, and call for previous roll from the 8th.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, Alderwoman Boyd.

144 is moved out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

Wishing you peaceful streets in your ward.

Yes.

Thank you so much.

With that, we'll move on to resolutions for review.

We don't have any that I can see.

And we don't have any committee discussions either.

Madam Clerk, was there any written testimony today?

We have none.

Any member of the committee have any announcements.

With uh that I don't have any announcements either.

So uh we'll take Amory.

Oh, yeah, I do have an announcement actually for all the people who are watching now.

Uh and uh uh for anyone who watches this later.

We do have a great meeting plan next week.

I hope all members of the committee can be there on the 11th or on sorry on the um 18th.

We will have Amran uh in front of us to talk about large load tariffs.

These are the tariffs that they're proposing for customers that draw large amounts of electricity like data centers.

Uh and uh we will also have a presentation from the consumer council on large load tariffs.

So this should be a very educational meeting, uh very on topic for today.

So we're looking forward to that.

Um I will excuse the Alderwoman from the 10th and the Alderwoman from the fifth for necessary absence today.

And with that, I will accept a motion to adjourn.

So moved.

Second previous roll.

Moved by the other one from the first, seconded by the other one from the 13th, seconded or call for previous roll from the other one from the first.

Hearing no objection, we are adjourned.