HEARING, on NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for location of six (6) 4” Conduits, one (1) 6’x10’x8’ Manhole and one (1) 5’x7’6’5” Manhole in UNION STREET, West of Pleasant Street.

AN ORDER,

HEARING, on NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for location of two (2) 4” Conduits and one (1) 6’x10’x6’ Manhole in UNION STREET, East of Acushnet Avenue.  (139 Union Street)

AN ORDER,

COMMUNICATION, Deputy DPI Commissioner Manuel H. Silva, to Right of Way Agent, Eversource, Donna Rosa granting approval for the advance request submitted by Eversource Energy for work to be done at 139 Union Street, acknowledges the time-sensitivity of this project and will permit work to conduct at the specified location.

HEARING, on NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for location of two (2) 4” Conduits in UNION STREET, East of Acushnet Avenue. (141 Union Street)

AN ORDER,

COMMUNICATION, Deputy DPI Commissioner Manuel H. Silva, to Right of Way Agent, Eversource, Donna Rosa granting approval for the advance request submitted by Eversource Energy for work to be done at 141 Union Street, acknowledges the time-sensitivity of this project and will permit work to conduct at the specified location.

HEARING, on NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for location of two (2) 4” Conduits in POTTER STREET, West of Turner Street.

AN ORDER,

M1.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting RFP and two responses for Purchase of Real Property for the South Public Safety Center and an ORDER requesting the Committee on City Property ratify the RFP process, select the preferred site, commission an appraisal and provide direction regarding Purchase and Sales Agreement.

M1a.    City of New Bedford’s Request for Proposals for the Purchase of Real Property,

M1b.    PROPOSAL – Ahmet F. Dirican, President, Peacefully at Home Wellness and Health, Inc submitting a proposal for a parcel of land at 890 Brock Avenue – Map 15, Lot 154.

M1c.    PROPOSAL – John E. Williams, Manager, Clark’s Cove Development Co., LLC, submitting a proposal for parcels of land the ES Bolton Street and WS Orchard Street – Map 19, Lot 1 and Map 23, Lots 295, 158 and 294.

M1d.    AN ORDER, requesting the Committee on City Property ratify the RFP process, select the preferred site, commission an appraisal and provide direction regarding Purchase and Sales Agreement.

M2.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell to City Council, submitting AN ORDER, disclosing of Michael Watson, Principal, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School of his employment with Southeastern Massachusetts Educational Collaborative as a teacher in the Sheltered English Immersion Program.

M2a.    AN ORDER,

M3.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell to City Council, submitting AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 9, of the City Code by adding Section 5720 TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS.

M3a.    AN ORDINANCE,

M4.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell to City Council, submitting a request from PACE, Inc to enter into a long-term lease agreement with the City for 32 Madison Street, the former T.A. Greene School, now the home of PACE’s Head Start child care program.

M5.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell to City Council, submitting a SEWER ABATEMENT REQUEST for Ana Mourao, 366 Church Street, New Bedford, MA, in the amount of $140.36.

M6.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell to City Council, submitting a ONE-YEAR WAIVER OF RESIDENCY for PHILLIP STANLEY, Marion, MA as a Plumbing/Gas Inspector under the General Building Fund in the Department of Inspectional Services.

M7.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting a ONE-YEAR WAIVER OF RESIDENCY for SEAN SILVA, Marketing Assistant at the Buttonwood Park Zoo, who currently lives in Acushnet, MA; Mr. Silva, has been employed by the zoo since March 2017.

M8.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting a ONE-YEAR WAIVER OF RESIDENCY for WILLIAM SHURTLEFF, Carpenter and Tradesman for the Department of Facilities and Fleet Management, who currently lives in Dartmouth, MA.

M9.      COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell to City Council, submitting the APPOINTMENT of CHRISTOPHER A. AMARAL, New Bedford, MA 02745 to the COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, replacing Arthur Motta who resigned January 23, 2018; this term will expire April 2020.

5.     AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 2, Section 2-58 RELATIVE TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY PROPERTY. (Passed to a Second Reading – January 11, 2018; TO BE PASSED TO BE ORDAINED.)

6.     WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lima, Lopes and Council President Morad, requesting, now that Free Cash has been Certified, the Audit Committee meet with Mary Sahady from Hague, Sahady & Company and CFO Ari Sky to discuss the City's financial condition prior to the Administration's presentation of the 2019 Fiscal Year budget.  

7.         WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lima and Morad, on behalf of Eduardo and Natalie Guilherme, requesting that the Traffic Commission consider the installation of Loading Zone signage in front of 45 Bay Street. (To be Referred to the Traffic Commission.)

7a.        COMMUNICATION, Councillors Lima and Morad, submitting a copy of the Traffic Commission petition requesting the installation of Loading Zone in front of 45 Bay Street. (To be Referred to the Traffic Commission.)

9.     PETITION, Joao P. Gomes, 24 Fitch Terrace, Randolph, MA 02368 d/b/a TOO GOOD TO PASS CONSIGNMENT, 1670 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, MA 02746, requesting that he be granted a Waiver of Residency in accordance with Section 15-18 of the City Code, to obtain a LICENSE TO DEAL IN JUNK, OLD METALS OR ANY OTHER SECOND HAND ARTICLES.

11.     COMMUNICATION, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council, Dennis W. Farias, submitting a copy of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the South Coast Rail Phase 1, filed with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs dated January 31, 2018. (To be Received and Placed on File.)

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