2.         REPORT, Committee on Appointments & Briefings, recommending to the City Council, APPROVAL of the APPOINTMENT of JOSEPH M. TAVARES, New Bedford, MA to the HARBOR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, Mr. Tavares will be replacing James Boyle whose term has expired; this term will expire December 2019. 

2a.        COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting the APPOINTMENT of JOSEPH M. TAVARES, New Bedford, MA to the HARBOR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, Mr. Tavares will be replacing James Boyle whose term has expired; this term will expire December 2019. (Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefings – September 14, 2017.)