INVITEES: R. Renee Fernandes, Treasurer/Collector; Michael Gagne, Interim Chief Financial Officer; Atty. David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel; Atty. Eric Jaikes, City Solicitor; Representative, Mayor’s Office

INVITEES: Atty. David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel; Atty. Eric Jaikes, City Solicitor; Paul Oliveira, Chief of Police; Representative, Mayor’s Office

3. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, submitting AN ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 19, Section 19-7, PERSONNEL, by changing the Grade of the First Assistant City Solicitor position from M-16 to M-17. (Ref’d 05/24/18)

3a. AN ORDINANCE, (Ref’d 05/24/18)

4. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lopes, Abreu, Lima, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances review the existing bulky item ticketing notification policy. (Ref’d 03/14/19)

5. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Lopes, requesting, that the Committee on Ordinances review the establishment and membership of the New Bedford Redevelopment Authority. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.) (Ref’d 09/12/19)

6. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Lopes, requesting, that the City of New Bedford establish an Ordinance listing the licensing requirements for short-term home-sharing in New Bedford. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 12/12/19) (02/19/2020 – tabled 60 days)

7. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting that that Committee on Ordinances draft an Ordinance as it relates to short-term rentals in the City of New Bedford. (Ref’d 02/13/2020)

8. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board draft an Outdoor Dining Policy for non-conforming Restaurants. (Ref’d 06/25/2020)

9. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting, that the Committee on Ordinances and City Planner Tabitha Harkin collaborate on amending the existing Planning Board application process, to require that all commercial property applicants be required to submit a vegetation management plan and litter management plan to the Planning Board as part of Planning Board Applications and approval process. (Ref’d 08/20/2020)

10. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, Councillors Abreu, Lima, Giesta and Morad, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances review the existing governing language of the Cemetery Board and amend the Ordinance to include a member of the City Council and the Department of Infrastructure (DPI) or a designee assigned by the DPI Commissioner to the Board.  (Ref’d 5/27/2021)

11. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances review and amend Chapter 17, Section 17-15 – Noise of the City Code to include a section of hours of operation exclusively for auto body and commercial garages. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.) (Ref’d 08/19/2021)

12. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting the following Marine Use Ordinance be referred to the Committee on Ordinances for review, discussion, and Adoption. (Ref’d 09/09/2021)

12a. DRAFT ORDINANCE, Marine Use Ordinance, (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.) (Ref’d 09/09/2021)

13. WRITTEN MOTION Council President Lopes and Councillor Gomes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances and the Commissioner of the Department of Inspectional Services review and consider the following change to the City’s Building codes to allow the establishment of Garden Style apartments in Mixed-Use Business Districts at heights, and density that other multi-family projects are afforded. (To Referred to the Committee on Ordinances, the Planning Board and the Commissioner of the Department of Inspectional Services.) (Ref’d 09/23/2021)

13a. COMMUNICATION, Council President Lopes, submitting proposed Amendments to the City’s Building code from Attorney Michael Kehoe. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances, the Planning Board and the Commissioner of the Department of Inspectional Services.) (Ref’d 09/23/2021)

14. RELATED MOTION, Councillor Morad, that the Committee on Ordinances look to amend the City of New Bedford Zoning Code of Ordinances to again allow petitioners the ability to obtain use variances vs full zoning changes in the City of New Bedford. (Ref’d from Committee on Ordinance on 11/10/021)

15. WRITTEN MOTION Councillor Morad, Council President Lopes and Councillor Gomes, that the City Council explore the development and implementation of policies/Ordinances that will serve to protect City employees from the spread of COVID-19 as an alternative to the Administration’s vaccine and testing mandate; and further how employees’ privacy rights can be protected with regard to the information required to be provided and how employees will be protected from absorbing any costs that vaccination or testing could potentially be imposed on them going forward resulting from the imposition of such a mandate. (Ref’d 11/09/2021) (02/23/2022 – motion not heard, Remain in Committee)

16. WRITTEN MOTION Councillor Morad, Council President Lopes and Councillor Gomes, requesting that the Administration provide the City Council with the protocols and procedures for assuring that the Administration’s vaccine/testing mandate is uniformly enforced among all employees to avoid any favoritism or exceptions for certain employees that is not provided equally to all employees, and further that the Administration supply to the Committee on Ordinance the protocols and procedures requested prior to the item being discussed in the Committee on Ordinance. (Ref’d 11/09/2021) (02/23/2022 – motion not heard, Remain in Committee)

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