By Carol Britton Meyer

The Hull Redevelopment Authority addressed numerous agenda items during last week’s three-hour meeting, including finalizing the requests for proposals for the parking lot lease and vendor concession space license for the summer season.

The parking lot RFP includes language that requires managing the parking lots in such a way as to avoid traffic backing up onto Hull Shore Drive Extension and Water Street. Member Bartley Kelly recused himself in the event a family member submits a bid for the parking lot lease, as has been the case in the past.

Chair Dennis Zaia has requested a meeting with the select board “to be sure they’re in sync with the parking lot lease RFP,” including the HRA’s request for a maximum 900 permitted parking spaces, which is contingent on the board’s review and approval. The winning vendors also are required to go before the select board for the required permits.

On March 31, the HRA will review responses to the vendor RFP, and on April 7, responses to the parking lot lease RFP during in-person meetings, tentatively scheduled to be held at the Memorial School. May 1 marks the beginning of paid parking in the HRA lots.

“These are very well-crafted RFPs now, and I think we will get a good response once advertised,” HRA Technical Operations Manager Mark Hamin said.

In his new role, Hamin assisted the HRA in crafting this year’s RFPs following the state Inspector General’s guidance last year about the need to improve the way they are written.

In other business…

• Following a suggestion she made during a recent HRA meeting, member Adrienne Paquin reported that she contacted the UMass Boston Center for Survey Research, among other polling organizations, regarding the HRA conducting its own survey on top of an earlier independent poll to gauge citizens’ opinions on uses of the HRA property. UMass was the only respondent. After reviewing their response, Paquin will provide details to the board, which will then decide whether to move forward with such a survey.

• Zaia mentioned that in response to an inquiry about the scheduled family-friendly South Shore Revival event June 2-8 celebrating sobriety and recovery from addiction and featuring participation by a number of South Shore churches, the HRA’s legal counsel “said we’re not breaking any rules as long as the event doesn’t discriminate based on any one religion,” he said.

• As promised, Kelly scanned HRA minutes going back to 2010 so they can be posted on the HRA’s website.

• The next scheduled HRA meetings are February 24; March 10 and 31; and April 7, 14, and 28. At the February 24 meeting, the HRA’s legal counsel will provide guidance on how to handle public records requests.

“We didn’t get a request, but we did receive an inquiry related to the HRA’s public records process,” Zaia said.

A replay of last week’s meeting will be available on Hull Community Television’s broadcast channels and on demand at www.hulltv.net.

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