L1.       REPORT, Committee on Ordinances, recommending that the City Council requests the Board of Health to use their regulatory authority and enact a regulation banning the sale of synthetic drugs in the City of New Bedford, and that they use the current Wareham and Lowell Ordinances for guidelines; and further, that the Board of Health has the leeway to use other Ordinances as they see fit.

L2.     REPORT, Committee on Finance, recommending to the City Council City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), appropriating $5,509,000.00 for the purpose of making critically-needed repairs to City-owned building including, but not limited to, projects for the repair and renovations of public safety facilities, recreational facilities and general office space.

L2a.     LOAN ORDER, (To be Passed to a Second Reading),

L3.       REPORT, Committee on Finance, recommending to the City Council APPROVAL of the LOAN ORDER, in the amount of $520,000.00 to pay the costs of improving Hazelwood Park for recreational purposes including new pedestrian entrances and walkways, enhanced lighting, benches, table and other amenities and all other costs incidental and related thereto (the “Project”) for which project the City has been awarded a grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the amount of $24,500 for design costs and $339,500 for construction costs.

L3a.     LOAN ORDER, (To be Passed to a Second Reading),