On Oct. 11, a man robbed a woman at knifepoint and
assaulted her in the Market Basket parking lot. While a police officer
on duty was on the scene within moments of the attack, Heuston said the
lack of security cameras in the parking lot and crowding are a public
safety issue. Police are still searching for the assailant.

At
the Oct. 22 Board of Aldermen meeting, Heuston passed a resolution
asking for the company's management to explain itself to the board.

"They
are an enormously successful enterprise, and I think that the fact that
they can't manage that parking lot is unconscionable," she said. "If
anyone had a heart attack in that parking lot they would be dead,
because you can't get an ambulance in there."

Heuston added that
the constantly busy parking detracts from the long-awaited completion
of infrastructure improvements along Somerville Avenue.

"(After a) $25 million Somerville Avenue project, we've still got Market Basket wreaking havoc at that location," Heuston said.

The resolution passed unanimously.