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*COMMITTEE ON MEMORIALS AND DEDICATIONS* - June 20, 2023 MEETING AT 6:30 PM, *City Hall, 133 William Street, 2nd Floor, New Bedford, MA 02740* *AGENDA*


	*REVISED AGENDA*

	1. COMMUNICATION, Department of Parks, Recreation and Beaches, submitting a Memorial Park Bench and Tree Dedication Program Application for a Memorial Park Bench and Plaque to be located at Buttonwood Park Zoo (outside of the Zoo facing the Elephant Enclosure) in memory of BEVERLY A. (ALMEIDA) SOUZA. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications.) (Ref’d 05/11/2023) (Matter ID #0843)
	INVITEES: Peter Boswell, Chairman, Park Board; Pamela A. Kelly, Applicant; Mary Rapoza, Director, Parks, Recreation and Beaches
	2. COMMUNICATION, Department of Parks, Recreation and Beaches, submitting a Memorial Park Bench and Tree Dedication Application for a Memorial Park Bench and Plaque to be located at Buttonwood Park (in the tennis grove area) in memory of WILLIAM “BUD” MONTIGNY. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications.) (Ref’d 06/08/2023)
	INVITEES: Peter Boswell, Chairman, Park Board; John Montigny, Applicant; Mary Rapoza, Director, Parks, Recreation and Beaches
	3. COMMUNICATION, Department of Parks, Recreation and Beaches, submitting a Memorial Park Bench and Tree Dedication Application for a Memorial Park Bench and Plaque to be located at Buttonwood Park (in the tennis grove area) in memory of ELIZABETH “BETTY” MONTIGNY. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications.) (Ref’d 06/08/2023)
	INVITEES: Peter Boswell, Chairman, Park Board; John Montigny, Applicant; Mary Rapoza, Director, Parks, Recreation and Beaches
	4. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the City use Community Development money, or another resource to replace the two existing flag poles at the Cape Verdean American Veterans Memorial Square, the two present poles are too tall and the pole with the American flag is bending, the replacement poles should be shorter like the standard American white poles being used across the City at different monuments; and further, requesting, that the Department of Public Infrastructure’s Electrical Department run underground lighting to spotlight these two flags, and further asking that Department of Public Infrastructure’s Forestry Department trim all the trees at the Square and once these poles are installed and the work has been done, that the City have a rededication of the square with the raising of the American and Cape Verdean flags. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications, the Mayor’s Office, and Department of Public Infrastructure.) (Ref’d 06/10/2021) (06/25/2021 – RETURNED UNSIGNED by the Mayor)
	INVITEES: Jamie Ponte, Commissioner, Department of Public Infrastructure; Representative, Mayor’s Office
	5. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, once again, that the flagpoles at the Cape Verdean Veterans monument located at Washington Square be replaced immediately, this is the second request for two new standard-height white flagpoles to be installed at said location, one flagpole is now bending and unsafe due to its height; and further, requesting that the Administration maintain this monument in the same manner that other veteran monuments from other cultures have been maintained throughout the City, so that we can appropriately honor the Cape Verdean Veterans who have served our country; and further requesting, that the Mayor not return this request unsigned as he did to the first request. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Memorials & Dedications and the Administration.) (Ref’d 10/13/2022) (10/28/2022 – RETURNED UNSIGNED by the Mayor)
	INVITEES: Jamie Ponte, Commissioner, Department of Public Infrastructure; Representative, Mayor’s Office


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	6. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting that the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications meet with the Administration for the purpose of discussing a suitable site for a Memorial honoring the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, for his 47 Years of Service of Dedication and Representation to our Country, Commonwealth and our City while serving in the United States Senate, seeing that Senator Kennedy’s ties to the City of New Bedford were infused by his many actions to help this City and its Citizens and the people who were dedicated to and supported the Senator; further, in this Councillor’s opinion, a suitable location for a dedication would be the completion of the hurricane dike walkway reflecting the late Senator’s love for the City, and for the ocean; further that this recommendation be forwarded to the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications to work with the Army Corps of Engineers; and further requesting that, if the hurricane dike walkway is not feasible, then the Committee, along with the Administration, look for another location to memorialize the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy. (Ref’d 09/10/2009) (05/22/2012-tabled, letters mailed) (05/20/2013–tabled until we get federal approval confirmation to build this memorial in the Whaling National Historic Park) (09/15/2014 – tabled) (06/27/2017 – tabled; the next time this matter is on an agenda, New Bedford National Parks Superintendent Meghan Kish should be invited) (04/25/2018-tabled 30 days)

	7. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lopes, Gomes, Abreu, Bousquet, Carney, Martins, Winterson, Coelho, Rebeiro and Oliveira, requesting, that the Hurricane Dike Walking Path on the east beach be named after the former Ward Six City Councillor, Ralph J. Saulnier. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications) (Ref’d 09/22/2016) (10/18/2016-tabled)

	8. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting that the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications, meet for the purpose of discussing exactly what the City's intentions are with the Franco-American Veterans Square, this Veteran's Memorial has been under construction due to the road work; and further, that the Committee look into what happened to the plaque dedicated to Roland G. Saulnier Square, that was located at the former Saint Anne's Church at the corner of Brock Avenue and Ruth Street which was dedicated on July 4, 1946 by New Bedford Post 62 Vets; furthermore, this request comes from the family asking the City plans to complete and rededicate the square to this American, our City hero. (Ref’d 04/28/2022)

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