L5.       WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Abreu, Winterson, Bousquet and Oliveira, requesting, that the New Bedford City Council vote to express its support of the efforts of Beacon Compassion Center, Inc., to operate a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary to be established at a suitable location within the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and to direct the City Clerk to indicate this support in writing directed to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; and further, that the letter should read as follows:  “The New Bedford City Council, does hereby provide support to Beacon Compassion Center, Inc. to operate a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary in New Bedford.   I have been authorized to provide this letter on behalf of the New Bedford City Council by a vote taken at a duly noted meeting held on August 18, 2016.  The New Bedford City Council states that New Bedford has no City Ordinance in place related to the siting of a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary.”