1.     A HEARING on NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for location of one (1) 45”x45”x36” Handhole in FOSTER STREET, East of Mill Street.

1a.     AN ORDER,

M1.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting AN ORDER for the APPROPRIATION of $800,000.00 from ORDINARY REVENUE AND MUNICIPAL RECEIPTS, to FIRE DEPARTMENT, SALARIES & WAGES.

M1a.    AN ORDER,

M2.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting AN ORDER, requesting that certain airport land be declared surplus property and control of the land be transferred from the Airport to the Committee on City Property for the purpose of sale.

M2a.    AN ORDER,

M3.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting the WAIVER OF RESIDENCY for SUSAN BRUCE, Plymouth, MA 02360, our selection for PURCHASING DIRECTOR for the City of New Bedford.

M4.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting a WAIVER OF RESIDENCY for DANIELA MOUTINHO FERREIRA, Norton, MA; Ms. Ferreira is a Librarian II/Branch Manager at the Casa da Saudade Library.

M5.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting a WAIVER OF RESIDENCY for CAROLINE HAWTHORNE, Fairhaven, MA; Ms. Hawthorne is the Education Curator at the Buttonwood Park Zoo.

2.     COMMUNICATION, Derek Santos, Executive Director, New Bedford Economic Development Council, to Council President Lopes and Members of the City Council, submitting STA Agreements and Resolutions approved by the Tax Increment Financing Board for five (5) year STA Agreements for Oceans Fleet Fisheries, Inc. and Harborview Realty LLC, 38 Blackmer Street, New Bedford, MA 02744 and Quality Custom Packing, Inc, and Saluti–St. Ours Realty, 8 South Street, New Bedford, MA 02740. (Copies provided and distributed to all Councillors on October 4, 2017.)

2a.              RESOLUTION, Approving Certified Project Application and Special Tax Assessment Agreement with Oceans Fleet Fisheries, Inc. and Harborview Realty LLC.

2b.         RESOLUTION, Approving Certified Project Application and Special Tax Assessment Agreement with Quality Custom Packing, Inc. and Saluti-St. Ours Realty LLC.

4.     COMMUNICATION, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council, to City Council, on behalf of Ali Bokhari & Sumaira Bokhari, 44 Liberty Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 d/b/a MAGIC WHEELS, 44 Liberty Street, New Bedford, MA 02740, hereby submitting a copy of the Application requesting a RENEWAL of a  PRIVATE LIVERY LICENSE, under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 159A, Section 1, and amendments thereto, and M.G.L. Chapter 270, Section 22 (Smoke Free Workplace Law) and all other laws applicable to such operation to carry passengers for hire over the streets of New Bedford. (Current License expires October 13, 2017.)

5.     COMMUNICATION, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council Farias, submitting a response from Holly Sullivan, Amazon Head of WW Economic Development, informing that Amazon will not be making site visits during Phase I of the RFP.  (To be Received and Placed on File.)

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