1. PUBLIC HEARING on a COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting a proposed Zoning ORDINANCE amendment and a proposed ORDER approving the New Bedford MacArthur Drive Redevelopment Plan. (Ref’d 10/13/2022) (Duly Advertised in The Standard-Times on Monday, October 31, 2022 and Monday, November 07, 2022.)

1a. AN ORDER, (Ref’d 10/13/2022)

1b. AN ORDINANCE, (Ref’d 10/13/2022)

1c. COMMUNICATION, Jennifer Carloni, Director, City Planning, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on Wednesday, November 09, 2022, to discuss the proposed Zoning ORDINANCE amendment and the proposed ORDER approving the New Bedford MacArthur Drive Redevelopment Plan; the Planning Board voted to send a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending that the City Council approve the MacArthur Drive Redevelopment Plan and finds the plan in conformance with the Citywide Master Plan; and further, the Planning Board voted to send a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending that the City Council approve the amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to insert the MacArthur Drive District text and map. (Ref’d 11/10/2022)