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.

How to take part

• Attend in person at City Council Chamber, 375 Merrimack Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA / Zoom (Hybrid).
• Residents can speak on a specific agenda item, in person or by Zoom. Email the City Clerk at mgeary@lowellma.gov, or call 978-674-4161, before 4:00 PM on the day of the meeting, naming the item and giving a phone number. Source: City Council agenda of October 13, 2026 (opens in new tab).
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What's on the agenda

The agenda includes a public hearing on a loan order to acquire land at 276 Broadway for a Senior Center. It also includes motions on a residency requirement for development projects and on penalties for improper use of license plate readers.

Agenda items

• Notice on how to watch online and how to sign up in advance to speak remotely, with sign-up due by 4:00 PM on the meeting day
• Public hearing on loan order for land acquisition at 276 Broadway for Senior Center, scheduled for 7 PM
• Motion to get an update on a draft ordinance requiring a 25% apprenticeship or residency requirement on development projects
• Motion to get input on a path to ask the State to set criminal penalties for unlawful or improper use of ALPRs by authorized users
• Informational reports on the Zoning Rewrite and GFOA
• Communication on the resignation of Chan Huot from the Lowell Cultural Council
• Vote to accept and expend $115k in FY27 earmarked funds for rapid rectangular flash beacons
• Vote to accept and expend $65,000 FY27 Municipal Road Safety Grant from LPD

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• Non-Profit Organization SC report dated October 20, 2026
• Wire inspector reports: Boston Gas requests to relocate a gas main on Stockbridge Avenue, replace gas mains along Lawrence and Woburn Streets, replace gas mains on Leroy, Canal and Grove Streets, and replace gas mains on Llewellyen, Beacon, Third and Bennett Streets
• Petition for a claim for property damage
• Petition from Hilda Pimentel Negron to install a handicap parking sign at 92 Fort Hill Avenue (Apt. 2)
• Petition from Boston Gas to replace existing gas mains at 217-250 Westford Street and portion of Lane and Fernald Streets
• Petition from National Grid to install underground electric conduit along Robeson Street for service at 225 Middlesex Street
• Petition from Zayo Enterprise Networks to install underground fiber optic conduit at 174 South Street

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

Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 110 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 17, 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 17, 2026.