Grew Park Neighbors Meeting Notes: May 5, 2025
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May 8, 2025, 9:25:54 AMMay 8
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Attendees
Joan Quagenti-Bahadir, Bob and Elaine Dynes, Elijah Ercolino, Gabe Cruz (Councilor Pepén's office), Cecily Graham (Office of Neighborhood Services), Emily Carrara (Representative Consalvo's office), Officer Broderick, Officer Miller
Police Report: 4/7–5/5/25
Assaults: 4/18 West Street [medical assistance for autistic male]
Larceny, Robbery, Breaking & Entering, Auto Thefts, Vandalism, Drugs, Ballistics: 0
E-18: Assaults: 4/17 Hyde Park Avenue [armed man looking for son threatened occupant; later arrested on River Street]
1/1–4/30/25: E-18 crime is up 17% from the same period in 2024. The large increase is due to an increase in larcenies. The number of larcenies has started to decline as BPD officers have been monitoring three stores with high levels of shoplifting and as arrests of habitual shoplifters have been made. At one of these stores, the Dollar Tree, shoplifting has dropped to almost zero. For the same period, motor vehicle larcenies decreased 13% and breaking & entering decreased 30% from 2024.
Cecily Graham, Office of Neighborhood Services
cecily....@boston.gov
Using community input, the city's Streets Cabinet is in the process of finalizing the list of where speed humps will be placed in the neighborhood. Austin Street, Summer Street, and part of West Street are priorities. Gwinnett Street has been removed from the list because it is a dead-end street. Cecily will continue to take community recommendations on streets to include and number of speed humps per street until the list has been finalized. She will follow up with GPN when the list is final, and confirm that public transportation needs are being considered in the plan.
June 12, 10–11am: Neighborhood Coffee Hour with Mayor Wu. Iacono Playground, 150 Readville Street, Hyde Park. Rain location: Hyde Park Municipal Building.
Emily Carrara, Representative Consalvo's office
Emily Carrara: emily....@mahouse.gov; Rep. Consalvo: rob.co...@mahouse.gov
The Massachusetts House finalized work on its FY26 budget last week; the Senate will now commence work and reconciliation will follow. Rep. Consalvo secured funding for a number of local organizations/initiatives, which are likely to be preserved in the final reconciled budget, including:
Rep. Consalvo has also requested funding in the supplemental budget from millionaire's tax revenue (which must be used for either education or transportation) for sound mitigation at the Readville train yard.
Gabe Cruz, Councilor Pepén's office
Gabe: gabrie...@boston.gov; Councilor Pepén: enriqu...@boston.gov
May 9, 5pm: District 5 Amplify & Organize virtual event about budget with Councilor Mejia. Register here: bit.ly/4492V1c
May Field Friday Dates:
May 9, 11am: Roslindale Square
May 16, 2pm: Logan Square
May 30, 2pm: Ruskindale Road neighborhood
May 9, 9–10am: Smoothie Hour at V!Healthy (https://www.vhealthyboston.com), 4166 Washington Street, Roslindale.
Policy Updates: It’s budget season! Follow the hearings via the Public Notices (https://www.boston.gov/public-notices).
Sign up for the District 5 newsletter here: https://bit.ly/PepenNews
GPN will be on summer hiatus from June through September. Meetings will resume October 6.
Joan Quagenti-Bahadir, Bob and Elaine Dynes, Elijah Ercolino, Gabe Cruz (Councilor Pepén's office), Cecily Graham (Office of Neighborhood Services), Emily Carrara (Representative Consalvo's office), Officer Broderick, Officer Miller
Police Report: 4/7–5/5/25
Assaults: 4/18 West Street [medical assistance for autistic male]
Larceny, Robbery, Breaking & Entering, Auto Thefts, Vandalism, Drugs, Ballistics: 0
E-18: Assaults: 4/17 Hyde Park Avenue [armed man looking for son threatened occupant; later arrested on River Street]
1/1–4/30/25: E-18 crime is up 17% from the same period in 2024. The large increase is due to an increase in larcenies. The number of larcenies has started to decline as BPD officers have been monitoring three stores with high levels of shoplifting and as arrests of habitual shoplifters have been made. At one of these stores, the Dollar Tree, shoplifting has dropped to almost zero. For the same period, motor vehicle larcenies decreased 13% and breaking & entering decreased 30% from 2024.
Cecily Graham, Office of Neighborhood Services
cecily....@boston.gov
Using community input, the city's Streets Cabinet is in the process of finalizing the list of where speed humps will be placed in the neighborhood. Austin Street, Summer Street, and part of West Street are priorities. Gwinnett Street has been removed from the list because it is a dead-end street. Cecily will continue to take community recommendations on streets to include and number of speed humps per street until the list has been finalized. She will follow up with GPN when the list is final, and confirm that public transportation needs are being considered in the plan.
June 12, 10–11am: Neighborhood Coffee Hour with Mayor Wu. Iacono Playground, 150 Readville Street, Hyde Park. Rain location: Hyde Park Municipal Building.
Emily Carrara, Representative Consalvo's office
Emily Carrara: emily....@mahouse.gov; Rep. Consalvo: rob.co...@mahouse.gov
The Massachusetts House finalized work on its FY26 budget last week; the Senate will now commence work and reconciliation will follow. Rep. Consalvo secured funding for a number of local organizations/initiatives, which are likely to be preserved in the final reconciled budget, including:
- Resources for Recovery
- The Pryde
- Southwest Boston Pilot Senior Center
- Menino Arts Center
- Riverside Theatre Works
- Catie's Closet (https://www.catiescloset.org)
- State police traffic enforcement on district parkways [separately, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation is looking into making some parkway intersections safer]
Rep. Consalvo has also requested funding in the supplemental budget from millionaire's tax revenue (which must be used for either education or transportation) for sound mitigation at the Readville train yard.
Gabe Cruz, Councilor Pepén's office
Gabe: gabrie...@boston.gov; Councilor Pepén: enriqu...@boston.gov
May 9, 5pm: District 5 Amplify & Organize virtual event about budget with Councilor Mejia. Register here: bit.ly/4492V1c
May Field Friday Dates:
May 9, 11am: Roslindale Square
May 16, 2pm: Logan Square
May 30, 2pm: Ruskindale Road neighborhood
May 9, 9–10am: Smoothie Hour at V!Healthy (https://www.vhealthyboston.com), 4166 Washington Street, Roslindale.
Policy Updates: It’s budget season! Follow the hearings via the Public Notices (https://www.boston.gov/public-notices).
Sign up for the District 5 newsletter here: https://bit.ly/PepenNews
GPN will be on summer hiatus from June through September. Meetings will resume October 6.
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