5. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Abreu and Baptiste, requesting that Marco Li Mandri, President of “New City America, Inc.,” appear before the Committee on Appointments & Briefings, to discuss the New Bedford Business Improvement District (Community Benefit District) proposal for 2021, which would be formed under the regulations set forth in Section 6 of Chapter 400 of the General Laws of Massachusetts. (To be Referred to the Committee on Appointments & Briefings, Marco Li Mandri of “New City America, Inc.,” James DeMello of the DeMello International Center, Kevin Carter of Carter’s Clothing & Footwear and Jeff Pontiff of E.J. Pontiff Real Estate.) (Ref’d 03/25/2021)

5a. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Abreu, submitting a copy of the “New City America, Inc.’s New Bedford Business Improvement District (Community Benefit District) proposal for 2021. (To be Referred to the Committee on Appointments & Briefings.) (Ref’d 03/25/2021)