COMMITTEE ON CITY PROPERTY  - March 23, 2022
MEETING AT 7:00 PM,
THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD REMOTELY
AGENDA
 

THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD REMOTELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS’ MARCH 12, 2020, ORDER SUSPENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW G. L. C. 30A, SECTION 20 WITH AN EXTENSION SIGNED ON JUNE 16, 2021, AND THE CITY COUNCIL’S VOTE TO WAIVE RULE 21A ON JANUARY 13, 2022

 

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1. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting a Purchase & Sale Agreement between the City and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the sale of the New Bedford Armory building at 989 Pleasant Street. (Ref’d 02/24/2022)

 

1a. AN ORDER, (Ref’d 02/24/2022)

 

INVITEES: Atty. David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel; Atty. Eric Jaikes, City Solicitor; Representative, Mayor’s Office

 

2. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting a Request For Proposals (RFP) for the sale and development of an Advanced Manufacturing Campus on 100 acres of the Whaling City Golf Course property on Hathaway Road. (Ref’d 02/24/2022)

 

2a. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) for the sale and development of an Advanced Manufacturing Campus on 100 acres of the Whaling City Golf Course property on Hathaway Road. (Ref’d 02/24/2022)

 

INVITEES: Atty. David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel; Atty. Eric Jaikes, City Solicitor; Derek Santos, Executive Director, New Bedford Economic Development Council; Representative, Mayor’s Office

 

Chair Suggests ‘Waive Reading’, ‘No Further Action’ and ‘Report Out to the Full City Council’

3. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Rebeiro, requesting, that the Committee on City Property meet with representatives of the Zeiterion Theatre, Inc. and the City Administration to discuss the potential for a long-term lease, possibly up to 99 years, of the building at Purchase Street currently being used as the Zeiterion Theatre Performing Arts Center. (Ref’d 05/09/19)

 

4. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the Administration explain the large increase in costs for membership at the Woodcock Rifle Range that has been implemented on members; and further, that this increase be reconsidered unless the Administration can express why the increase has been implemented and what benefits does is it provide to the membership. (Referred to the Mayor and Committee on City Property.) (Ref’d 06/27/19) (10/22/19-tabled)

 

5. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Abreu, requesting, that the Park Board explore possible uses of land in and around the Pulaski Park and School area for parking and/or alternative access roads and determine whether the land is Article 97 land, and if so, develop some viable options for developing said road or parking; and further, that the Park Board report its findings to the Chair of the Committee on City Property, Councillor Naomi R. A. Carney. (Ref’d from Committee 07/16/19) (10/22/19-tabled) (09/27/2021 – tabled)

 

 

 

 

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