Community Engagement & Inclusion Committee

215 Pleasant Street Anderson Room Malden, MA 02148

Agenda — 11 items

1. 1 Roll Call
2. 2 Business
3. 2 Also Present: Councillor Winslow Chris Mooney-Assistant City Solicitor Magdalena Ifram-Constituent Councillor Colon Hayes called the meeting to order at 6:34 PM. Please note: Councillors Spadafora and McDonald are in attendance via TEAMS. There will be audio and video recordings of the meeting via Teams.
4. 3 Committee will discuss the following outstanding items as tasked by the City Council for community engagement and feedback.
5. 4 Order: That the Community Engagement and Inclusion Committee (CEIC) work with the Director of the Board of Health to hold a public workshop with residents to discuss impacts of excessive noise throughout the city. The CEIC is further ordered to report back to the full City Council with recommendations on how to better regulate noise from certain industrial uses, including but not limited to car wash dryers and large heating and air conditioning units. 54-24
6. 5 Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC) Title 11, Chapter 08, Section 010 PROCEDURE FOR REPAIR OR ALTERATION OF STREETS is hereby amended by adding Subsection F as follows: The City will provide a transparent, consistent, and predictable public engagement standard for projects that permanently impact the flow of traffic, reduce travel capacity in a material way, or reduce on street parking in any area zoned for business. The use of the word permanently is defined as any such projects that effect the above noted scenarios for one year or more. The following public engagement process will be implemented and led by the Citizens’ Engagement and Inclusion Committee, if still applicable, in conjunction with the department, group, or public body spearheading the project. Alternatively to the Citizens’ Engagement and Inclusion Committee, the City Council will implement this process. The requirements for each such project will include: 1. A minimum of three public meetings will be held to discuss the proposed changes, with one meeting held during the daytime hours, one the evening hours, and one on a weekend. 2. Full proposed project details must be made available to the public a minimum of ten days prior to the first public meeting, available online and in hard copy made available for public review by the department responsible for the implementation of the project. 3. All public meetings must include a remote participation option. 4. All abutters will be notified via mail with the project details, and a full schedule of the upcoming meetings. 5. All meetings will be advertised in a local newspaper at least one week in advance and publicized on the City's Web page and social media pages starting two weeks before the first meeting and continuing regularly until the conclusion of the last meeting. 298-24
7. 6 Order: That Section 3.00 ORDER OF BUSINESS subsection 3.01 of the 2023 City Council Rule Book be amended by inserting ‘Land Acknowledgement’ as item 3 and renumbering the subsequent items. 28-25
8. 7 Resolve: That it is the sense of the Malden City Council that they express their support for the Sale of Surplus Property for the Purpose of Affordable Home Ownership. 80-25
9. 8 Committee will discuss questions related to the organization of the Malden Youth Council.
10. 9 Adjournment adjourned Pass
11. 10 If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Maria Luise, ADA Compliance Coordinator at mluise@cityofmalden.org or 781-397-7000 Ext. 2005 For instructions on enabling live translated captions in Teams, please visit: www.cityofmalden.org/captions