2. PUBLIC HEARING on a COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting two (2) ORDERS, approving the New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan: Focus Area North and New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan: Focus Area South; also submitting AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 9, Section 2110, replacing Wamsutta Mill Overlay District and WEDROD District with a Waterfront Mixed Use District and amending the Working Waterfront Overlay District and Hicks Logan Sawyer IPOD. (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

2a. AN ORDER, New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan: Focus Area North (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

2b. AN ORDER, New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan: Focus Area South (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

2c. AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 9, ZONING (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

2d. COMMUNICATION, Anne Louro, Acting Director, Planning Board, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on March 10, 2021 to discuss the proposed request for amending the City of New Bedford Zoning By-laws, Chapter 9, to include a new Waterfront Mixed Use District; the Planning Board voted to send a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending that the City Council approve the request for amending the City of New Bedford Zoning By-laws, Chapter 9, to include a new Waterfront Mixed Use District, while encouraging engagement between the Planning Department, consultant, and stakeholders prior to a vote by the Council. (Ref’d 03/12/2021)