Where

City Council Chamber, 375 Merrimack Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA / Zoom (Hybrid)

From the posted agenda, as read by AI. The agenda is the official notice; check it before you go.

Recordings of City Council meetings: LTC (Lowell Telecommunications Corporation) (opens in new tab).

What was decided

Minutes haven't been posted on the city's Agenda Center (opens in new tab) yet, 6 days after the meeting. Minutes usually come out after the board approves them at a later meeting.

Agenda

The council will consider several member motions on traffic safety, building permit access, school bus cameras, and street paving plans, plus city manager reports on vacancy ordinance, short-term rentals, the reservoir, and social districts. The council will also vote on releasing land restrictions for the Lowell Housing Authority and hear committee reports.

Agenda items

• Motion to develop real-time public access to search building permits
• Motion for traffic safety plan on Woburn Street, including possible parking prohibition at 178–194 Woburn Street
• Motion for report on new Mini Forest and Pollinator Garden in Centralville
• Motion for report on pilot camera program for school buses
• Motion for 2027 street and sidewalk paving and traffic calming plans
• Motion for report on costs and benefits of fire department response to non-fire calls, including EMS and helipad calls
• Motion for traffic engineer to monitor Beacon Street congestion near Robinson School and consider signage or crossing guard
• Motion Response - Vacancy Ordinance

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• Motion Response - Short Term Rentals
• Motion Response - Reservoir
• Motion Response - Portrait Mayor Palmer
• Motion Response - Social Districts
• Communication on resignations of members from various boards and commissions
• Communication on appointment of Olivia Hart-Paulson to Commission on Disability
• Vote to authorize City Manager to execute release of land restrictions for Lowell Housing Authority
• Report from Rules & Election Law Subcommittee, October 6, 2026
• Report from Housing Subcommittee, October 13, 2026
• Petition - claim for property damage

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 124 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 12, 2026.

Source

This meeting's agenda in the City of Lowell's Agenda Center (opens in new tab). First recorded by Lowell Publick on October 12, 2026.