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May 20, 2025
12 recorded votes, 4 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: Tracey Bryant arrived at 7:05 PM.
Present: Philip Ottaviani, Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Christine Long, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Order 2025-037
Approve: Juniper Farms Ice Cream Hawker/Peddler License. Background_Info_-_F._Bernal__Juniper_Farms_2025_Hawker_Peddler_License_Application__05.20.25__Redacted
To approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Christine Long to Approve . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Long)
Order 2024-068-001
Open Public Hearing
Open Public Hearing
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Open Public Hearing . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Close Public Hearing
Close Public Hearing
From the minutes
“Moved by Christine Long; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Close Public Hearing . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Long, second: Leombruno)
To close the public hearing
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon to Close Public Hearing . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Cannon)
Approve First Reading
Approve First Reading
Yes: Alexander, Bryant, Cannon, Harvey, King, Leombruno, Long, Ottaviani, Steiner, WardNo: MallachThe vote record gives no result word; the result is read from the count (10-1). The minutes also say: “Councilor Mallach voted not in favor.”
From the minutes
“Moved by Christine Long; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve First Reading . Motion : 10- 1 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: Leora Mallach.” (Motion: Long, second: Leombruno)
Authorize the Planning Department perform a study of a transition zone adjacent to the newly proposed Central Business District and report back to the Council
Authorize the Planning Department perform a study of a transition zone adjacent to the newly proposed Central Business District and report back to the Council
From the minutes
“Moved by Brandon Ward; seconded by Michael Cannon to Authorize the Planning Department perform a study of a transition zone adjacent to the newly proposed Central Business District and report back to the Council. Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey, Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Ward, second: Cannon)
Order 2025-039
Approve: Owner of 111 Speen Street, a consideration and vote to abandon a draining and sloping easement taken by the Town of Framingham in 1997
To approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Christine Long; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Long, second: Leombruno)
Order 2025-029-001
Approve: The reservation of FY2026 Community Preservation Funds
Approve
Yes: Alexander, Bryant, Cannon, Harvey, King, Leombruno, Long, Ottaviani, Steiner, WardThe minutes say Leora Mallach was not in the room for this vote; left out. The minutes also say: “Councilor Mallach was out of the room.”
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Leombruno)
Order 2024-076-001
Approve: Approval of the 2025 meeting calendar (v2). v2_amended_2025_Council_Meeting_Calendar.pdf
To approve
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Leombruno)
Order 2025-028-001
Table the item until June 3, 2025
To table the item until June 3, 2025
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Table . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Minutes
Approve a presented
To approve a presented
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, Ottaviani, Steiner, WardNo: Bryant, Harvey
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve . Motion Passed: 9- 2 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: Tracey Bryant, Leslie White Harvey.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Adjournment
Adjourn the meeting
To adjourn
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Ottaviani, SteinerNo: Bryant, Harvey, Mallach, Ward
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Adjourn . Motion Passed: 7 - 4 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner Voting Against: Tracey Bryant, Leora Mallach, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
From the Framingham City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s public meeting portal (linked from the Public Meeting Calendar on framinghamma.gov). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: Framingham Patch (George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Michael Cannon, Noval Alexander, Philip Ottaviani, Leora Mallach, John Stefanini; candidate and courtesy photos), District2Framingham.com (Brandon Ward), Run for Something (Mary Kate Feeney) and Framingham SOURCE (Tracey Bryant, 2021 candidate Q&A, photo courtesy of the candidate). The city’s website has no councilor photos. Former councilors show initials.
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