Meet The New Ward Councilors

Last month, the GESNA chairpersons had an informal meeting with our two new ward councilors, Christine Madore (Ward 2) and Lisa Peterson (Ward 3). At that time, we invited them both to come out and meet our neighbors at the next GESNA meeting. We are pleased to announce that the councilors accepted our invitation. This meeting has been scheduled and will be taking place:

Wednesday, February 28th at 7:00 PM
3rd floor Conference Room, City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street.

Councilors Madore and Peterson will be afforded the opportunity to introduce themselves to the neighborhood, say a few words and respond to any questions or concerns you may have. Also, Traffic Director Matt Smith will be in attendance to do the same and to possibly discuss a few initiatives in our area that his department is working on.

Please save the date. GESNA will send out another reminder that this meeting is taking place shortly before Feb. 28th. In the meantime, if there are any specific items you would like to see brought up that night, please inform us by replying to this message, or write us at:
Gesna.Salem@gmail.com

Thank you. We hope you will attend!

Bob Femino & Barbara Mann
Co-Chairpersons, Greater Endicott Street Neighborhood Assn. (GESNA

Ward 2 Candidate Forum!

Dear Ward 2 Neighbor,

A forum for the two candidates vying to be our next Ward 2 Councilor (Christine Madore / Mary Usovicz) will take place on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
(See the flier below)

Thank You,

Bob Femino
Co-Chair, Greater Endicott Street Neighborhood Assn. (GESNA)

 

Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting

Markwood recently received the following notification about a Zoning Board of Appeasl meeting about an issue that may or may not affect us here at 24 Norman Street.

Dear Neighbor,

Many of us in the greater Endicott Street neighborhood recently received a meeting notice from the Zoning Board of Appeals. The notice reads that Excel Recycling is seeking a Special Permit which will allow them "to operate a metal storage, recycling and transportation facility categorized as a junkyard at 99 MARGIN STREET". That location is in Ward 3 between the Salem Police station and 1 Jefferson Avenue. It is diagonally across the street from the bottom of Summer Street.

If you are interested in hearing more about this development, or have concerns as to its impact on our neighborhood, the issue will be on the Zoning Board of Appeal's Meeting Agenda. It will take place at:

6:30 PM, Wednesday Evening, February 15, 2017
City Hall Annex
120 Washington Street, 3rd Floor

Concerns or inquiries can also be directed to Ward 3 Councilor Stephen Lovely.
stephen.lovely@verizon.net

Thank You,

Barbara Mann & Bob Femino
Co-Chairpersons, Greater Endicott Street Neighborhood Association (GESNA)

UPDATE: PARKING MEETING TONIGHT!

There will be a meeting of the Salem City Council tonight, Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 7:00 PM in the Council Chamber at 93 Washington Street to discuss a new parking arrangement for Holyoke Street.
This meeting is about turning parking spaces on Holyoke Street into tour bus parking spaces.
This means we could potentially lose all of the parking spaces on Holyoke.

The council will also be deciding weather to change this:
"ORDINANCE to amend traffic, chapter 42 Sec, 11: Bus Stops, by deleting Holyoke Square, Bus Stops on the easterly side in a northerly direction, beginning twenty feet from Gedney Street and extending eighty feet. Tour bus parking two hour limit."

and replace it with this:

Holyoke Street, Bus Stops, on the easterly side in a northerly direction, beginning 20 feet from Gedney St. and extending 160 feet. Tour Bus parking Two Hour limit.

Ward Councillor Famico has moved to adopt the first passage. Which means we would keep at least some of the spaces.

If you care about parking on Holyoke Street at all, please consider attending this meeting, or if you cannot make the meeting please call your city councillors. Their phone numbers are on the Salem.com website. Or e-mail them at citycouncilors@salem.com.