COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES  - September 17, 2018
MEETING AT 7:00 PM,
133 William Street, New Bedford, MA - City Council Chambers - Room 214
AGENDA
 

REVISED AGENDA

 

 

1. PUBLIC HEARING on a WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Giesta, requesting, on behalf of Mr. Bruno Frustazi, that Plot 100/ Lot 108 (NS Davis Street), be Rezoned from Mixed-Use Business to Industrial “B”, in its entirety. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 8/16/18) (Duly advertised in The Standard-Times on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 and Tuesday, September 11, 2018.)

 

1a. COMMUNICATION, Tabitha Harkin, City Planner, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on September 12, 2018 to discuss the proposed request for the rezoning of NS Davis Street (Map: 100, Lot: 108) from the Mixed Use Business (MUB) zone to Industrial B (IB) zone; the Planning Board voted to send an UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending that the City Council deny the rezoning request for NS Davis Street, and as such, keep the current zoning for this parcel as a Mixed Use Business (MUB) zone. (Ref’d 9/13/18)

 

INVITEES: Bruno Frustazi, Petitioner; David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Tabitha Harkin, City Planner; Abutters

 

2. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances review the governing structure of the Board of Park Commissioners, as it relates to the Members of the said board. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.) (Ref’d 2/23/17) (3/21/17-tabled) (2/21/18-tabled)

 

INVITEES: Peter Boswell, Chairman, Park Board; David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Tabitha Harkin, City Planner; Jamie Ponte, Commissioner, Department of Public Infrastructure; Mary Rapoza, Director, Parks Recreation and Beaches

 

3. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Coelho, Abreu, Lopes, Giesta, Dunn and Lima, requesting, that the Committee on Ordinances revisit the Ordinance, Chapter 17, Section 14, pertaining to false alarm calls placed throughout the City to the Police Department to update said Ordinance, to reduce the number of 911 calls that are placing a strain on Police Department resources. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.) (Ref’d 7/19/18)

 

INVITEES: Joseph Cordeiro, Chief of Police; David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Mikaela McDermott, City Solicitor

 

 

 

 

 

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