A City Council committee weighed raised crosswalks near schools but took no vote. Councilor LaVar Click-Bruce chaired the Maintenance and Development Committee session, where Walk Bike Springfield's Betsy Johnson urged an ordinance directing DPW to install them.
The Historical Commission approved a Pine Street duplex design but rejected vinyl siding as a hardship. Petitioner Jim Morrissey, the Office of Housing's preferred developer for the former 227 Pine Street lot, said the project must close by the end of the month.
Springfield's Health and Human Services Committee weighed the status of the East Springfield biomass plant permit and took no vote.
Springfield's Board of License Commissioners approved three used car dealer licenses contingent on special permits. LA Auto Sales and Services, AG Auto Group and DriveLand Motors each won 4-0 votes after snowstorms canceled City Council hearings and pushed their permits to April 13 at the earliest.
Springfield City Council approved a downtown rezoning and continued a contested Indian Orchard zone change.
Springfield councilors questioned the school food contract and a $1.9 million audit finding without taking a vote. At the City Council Finance Committee, Chair Zeta Gobin heard Tim Gray, who works for Pat Roach in school food service, defend a requested five-year contract now out to bid.
A Springfield City Council subcommittee sent the public speak-out pilot to the full council with a recommendation for an up-or-down vote.
Springfield's Board of Police Commissioners fielded resident complaints at its annual meeting. The five-member board met at the Ray Jordan Senior Center and told residents its role is police discipline, not running the department.
Springfield's DPW said permanent pothole repairs would start next Monday.
The Springfield License Commission dismissed a complaint against the Irish Ale House after complainants failed to appear. The commission voted 5-0 to dismiss the complaint, received by email Feb. 8, against Build an Ale House LLC at 536-540 Worthington Street.
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