9.     REPORT, Committee on Ordinances, recommending to the City Council to take “NO FURTHER ACTION” on a WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the City and the State Department of Transportation take immediate action on the new Route 18 railroad overpass to install fencing and temporary surveillance cameras for the purpose of catching those that choose to graffiti the railroad crossing; and further, that the Committee on Ordinances once more look at the laws pertaining to graffiti in the City of New Bedford and see if there’s anything we can do to strengthen them in order to prosecute and hold accountable those persons who put graffiti in the City of New Bedford.

9a.     WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the City and the State Department of Transportation take immediate action on the new Route 18 railroad overpass to install fencing and temporary surveillance cameras for the purpose of catching those that choose to graffiti the railroad crossing; and further, that the Committee on Ordinances once more look at the laws pertaining to graffiti in the City in New Bedford and see if there’s anything we can do to strengthen them in order to prosecute and hold accountable those persons who put graffiti in the City of New Bedford. (Referred Committee on Ordinances – December 14, 2017.)