19.       REPORT, Committee on Ordinances, recommending to the City Council to take “NO FURTHER ACTION” on a WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Abreu, Council President Lopes, Councillors Winterson, Martins and Bousquet, requesting that both the City Solicitor and Mayor's Office work with and come before the Committee on Ordinances to re-evaluate the proposed "municipal marketing" strategy as a means to generate a potential substantial amount of positive revenue for the City of New Bedford; Chapter 9, Section 3228 of the City Code currently prohibits the construction of new off-premise signs, if this code were to be amended to allow such "municipal marketing" opportunities for private sector industries, the City would need to establish a competitive procurement process to insure its legality.

19a.      WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Abreu, Council President Lopes, Councillors Winterson, Martins and Bousquet, requesting that both the City Solicitor and Mayor's Office work with and come before the Committee on Ordinances to re-evaluate the proposed "municipal marketing" strategy as a means to generate a potential substantial amount of positive revenue for the City of New Bedford; Chapter 9, Section 3228 of the City Code currently prohibits the construction of new off-premise signs, if this code were to be amended to allow such "municipal marketing" opportunities for private sector industries, the City would need to establish a competitive procurement process to insure its legality.  (Referred to the Committee on Ordinances – January 12, 2017.)