Friday, November 15, 2024

Medford City Council Meetings on November 19 and November 20, 2024.

 






Fri, Nov 15 at 9:54 AM

I have attached agendas for the Medford City Council Meetings on November 19 and November 20, 2024.

 

I have also attached the agenda for the Resident Services and Public Engagement Committee Meeting on November 19 and for the Committee of the Whole Meeting on November 20.

 

Medford City Council Meeting, November 19, 2024, 7:00 p.m.:

 

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89116572066
Call-in Number: +13017158592,,89116572066# US

 

 

Medford City Council Meeting, November 20, 2024, 7:00 p.m.:

 

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89112482219
Call-in Number: +13052241968,,89112482219#

 

 

Resident Services and Public Engagement Committee Meeting, November 19, 2924, 6:00 p.m.:

 

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82488085478

Call-in Number: +16469313860,,82488085478# US

 

 

Committee of the Whole Meeting, November 20, 2024, 6:00 p.m.:

 

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84296318382
Call-in Number: +13017158592,,84296318382# US

 

 

 

Adam Hurtubise

City Clerk

Medford City Hall, Room 103

85 George P. Hassett Drive

Medford, MA 02155

(781) 393-2425

AHurtubise@medford-ma.gov

 

Please note: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts considers most electronic communications to and from public employees to be public records and disclosable under the Massachusetts Public Records Law and its regulations. *Please consider the environment before printing this email.* 

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Alleged Sex Buyers to Be Exposed in Medford on Route 16 in Cambridge Superior Court Will among the alleged be Caraviello, Scarpelli, Bears, all the MacGilvrays and Fat Paul Mackowski be among the alleged and the accused?

 this is a parody, of course

4040 Mystic Valley Parkway, Medford, MA 02155   Allegedly for Quickie Caraviello, 5 minutes could cost him a lifetime in prison


The Supreme Judicial Court rejected the johns’ latest appeal to keep the proceedings and records at Cambridge District Court under wraps in a decision essentially upholding a clerk magistrate’s ruling in the case.
Thursday’s SJC decision was the alleged sex-buyer’s third legal loss on the issue. Pending further activity at the district court, the identities remain sealed for now. But in accordance with the SJC decision, their hearings in Cambridge District Court will be open to the public.
A clerk at the Cambridge court told the Herald Thursday that those hearings have not been scheduled yet. The hearings will likely be scheduled for late January, or early February, the clerk’s office said.
The full court on Thursday upheld Justice Scott Kafker’s singular February order to deny the johns’ appeal of the Cambridge District Court’s decision to open preliminary hearings to the public, but to still keep the preliminary criminal documents sealed.
The court found that the “the clerk-magistrate acted reasonably and within the proper scope of her discretion” when she decided to grant public access to the hearings since the U.S. Attorney’s office public notice that the defendants were powerful — including “unidentified government officials, corporate executives, and others in positions of power, wealth, and responsibility — raised legitimate public concerns about potential favoritism and bias if such hearings were held behind closed doors, and that these concerns outweighed the interests in continued anonymity for the Does.”

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

passage of Question 7 will also allow us to retain those currently employed in our schools, will allow for a yearly Chromebook refresh

 

Hi Joseph,

I hope everyone had a Happy Veterans Day weekend.
It has been a week since the election and the passage of Questions 7 and 8.
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your review, research, and support for the two questions that will help us fund our schools and a DPW Crew dedicated to our streets and sidewalks.
The passage of Question 7 will also allow us to retain those currently employed in our schools, will allow for a yearly Chromebook refresh, and allow us to maintain our school buildings.
We will be transparent as we proceed with the process, spending, and budgeting.
Sincerely,

Breanna Lungo-Koehn

 


 

Friday, November 8, 2024

Medford to Help Strengthen Small Businesses with Significant Tax Relief Program

 Medford to Help Strengthen Small Businesses with Significant Tax Relief Program

 

Fri, Nov 8 at 11:56 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 8, 2024 
Contact: Steve Smirti, Director of Communications (ssmirti@medford-ma.gov), 781-393-2529 

  

Medford to Help Strengthen Small Businesses 

with Significant Tax Relief Program 

Vacant Storefront District Program offers a total award of up 

to $10,000 in tax credits to help eligible businesses 

 

(MEDFORD) — The Medford Economic Development division is establishing a Vacant Storefront District Program in partnership with the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, announced Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn. The program aims to revitalize business districts through tax relief for vacant storefronts.  

 

The Vacant Storefront District Program provides tax credits of up to $10,000 to businesses that occupy eligible first-floor storefronts and have been vacant for 12 months or more within the six Medford Vacant Storefront Districts. The Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) will award Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP) tax credits of up to $5,000 with a $5,000 match from the City using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, for a total potential award of up to $10,000. A business may only receive one award from this program. 

 

"Many of our vacant storefronts are facing financial challenges that are keeping them from successfully opening in our downtown,” said Mayor Lungo-Koehn. “As we work to revitalize Medford’s business districts, this tax credit will relieve some of that financial burden and allow businesses to flourish.” 

 

Interested businesses or individuals must submit an indication of interest form before applying to the EACC by the posted State deadlines to be considered at the corresponding EACC meeting. Find the indication of interest form here. 

For more information about the program, visit medfordma.org/vacant-storefronts. With questions about the application process, contact Jessica Martinez, Economic Development Planner, at jmartinez@medford-ma.gov.  

 

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Steve Smirti

Director of Communications | Office of Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn

Medford City Hall

85 George P Hassett Dr, Medford, MA 02155

781-393-2529 (office)

781-885-4296 (mobile)

ssmirti@medford-ma.gov

www.medfordma.org

Please note: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts considers most electronic communications to and from public employees to be public records and disclosable under the Massachusetts Public Records Law and its regulations. *Please consider the environment before printing this email.* 

 

Please note: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts considers most electronic communications to and from public employees to be public records and disclosable under the Massachusetts Public Records Law and its regulations. *Please consider the environment before printing this email.* 




 

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

I am looking into what in life works best for me. We now know there are many very questionable Americans. Let us find a solution. Nothing is written in stone and life offers many good changes. Gravitate to the positive

 I am looking into what in life works best for me. 

We now know there are many very questionable Americans. 

 

Very stupid Americans voting for a rapist.

A Felon. A criminal. 

 

Let us find a solution. 

 

Nothing is written in stone and life offers many good changes. 

 

Gravitate to the positive

Count Your Blessings, Time for a Revolution

 

We wipe  the sleep from our eyes this morning to find a rapist / felon elected 
to ruin the country.

It is a wake-up call for we progressive Democrats.

There is a silver lining.  The jackasses who voted for the criminal Trump
can now watch him destroy our economy, destroy Ukraine, and steal.

Ever the optimist, I count my blessings every day.