1. PETITION, Nathaniel Ellis, Westport, MA 02790, d/b/a/ FLIP THIS DOLL HOUSE, 127 West Rodney French Boulevard, Suite 201, New Bedford, MA 02744, requesting that he be granted a Waiver of Residency in accordance with Section 15-38 of the City Code, to obtain a LICENSE TO DEAL IN JUNK, OLD METALS OR ANY OTHER SECONDHAND ARTICLES. (Ref’d 09/22/2022) (10/18/2022 – tabled)

2. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting the APPOINTMENT of JUVENAL ALVES NEVES, New Bedford, MA 02740 as a CONSTABLE. (Ref’d 10/13/2022)

2a. AN APPLICATION, (Ref’d 10/13/2022)

3. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Gomes, Carney, Burgo, Lima, Giesta, Dunn, Markey, Baptiste, and Council President Abreu, requesting, that the Committee on Appointments and Briefings meet with local musician and cultural educator Ms. Candida Rose to discuss her proposal for expanding the Cape Verdean Recognition Month of July in the areas of culture, education, art, and music, as well as ideas on promoting New Bedford’s tourism attractions; and further, that a representative of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park and New Bedford Tourism & Marketing Director Ashley Payne, be invited to said meeting. (To be Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefings.) (Ref’d 9/8/2022)

4. RELATED MOTION, Councillor Pereira, requesting that the entire City Council tour the Tripp Towers and Melville Towers properties within 90 days. (Ref’d from Committee 06/28/2022)

5. RELATED MOTION, Councillor Pereira, requesting that the Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners and the Management Team of Peabody Properties for Melville Towers be invited to appear before the Committee on Appointments & Briefings in order to address the issues that were raised by tenants at the June 28, 2022 Appointments & Briefings Committee Meeting. (Ref’d from Committee 06/28/2022)

6. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, that letters of support be sent to our Federal delegation, Senators Markey, Warren and Congressman Keating, requesting that HUD’s Senior Citizens Housing Rules be reviewed and reverse the current practice of allowing mix-use in Senior Housing, other than 65 and over, and Citizens with disabilities; this request is on behalf of our local Senior population that have been put into a housing situation that is unsafe and detrimental to their quality of life; and further that a letter be sent to HUD’s Boston Regional Office requesting a meeting with the Council’s Committee on Appointments & Briefings to discuss the Senior housing situation along with testimony from New Bedford’s Senior Citizen population regarding their quality of life and living standards. (Referred to the Committee on Appointments & Briefings, and Waiving Rule 40.) (Ref’d 07/21/2022)

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