1. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the City and the State Department of Transportation take immediate action on the new Route 18 railroad overpass to install fencing and temporary surveillance cameras for the purpose of catching those that choose to graffiti the railroad crossing; and further, that the Committee on Ordinances once more look at the laws pertaining to graffiti in the City in New Bedford and see if there’s anything we can do to strengthen them in order to prosecute and hold accountable those persons who put graffiti in the City in New Bedford. (Ref’d 12/14/17)

2. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances meet with the Inspectional Services Commissioner to discuss implementing an Ordinance that would give City residents and Property Owners, with enough footage, an opportunity to put solar panels in their backyards instead of the traditional roof solar panels; and further that the City Solicitor along with the City Council’s Legislative Counsel begin drafting an Ordinance that would allow residents with enough space, to utilize their backyards to locate a solar farm. (Ref’d 9/13/18)

3. RELATED MOTION, Councillors Gomes and Lopes, requesting, that the Committee on Ordinances take a look at the current Abutter Lots Program and Ordinance, to see what improvements can be made to acquiring and moving these properties onto the tax roll; and further, that the Committee meet with the Tax Title Attorney to give the City Council an explanation as to why the process is so complicated to roll over these vacant and abutting lots from the City onto the tax roll which would improve the look and the quality of these neighborhoods throughout the City; and further, that any lots that abut non-owner occupied property, that the City hold a public auction for those lots to dispose of surplus properties. (Ref’d 9/13/18)

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