REVISED AGENDA

1. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Morad requesting that EMS Director Mark McGraw and Deputy Director Michael Thomas be invited to the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods to demonstrate the new LUCAS device, an automatic CPR machine, which is now being utilized by the EMS Department to save lives of the residents in the City of New Bedford. (To be Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods.) (Ref’d 8/15/19)

2. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, the Eversource Gas conduct a complete inspection and study of the gas lines and regulators that run through the City; and further that this study be conducted by air and ground to assure the residents and business community that there are no breaches or ground leaks; further that Eversource Gas pay close attention to the construction work that is being done in the City which is providing new gas lines to many of residents and that Eversource Gas provide the City with a report of the complete evaluation that has been done within a reasonable amount of time. (To be Referred Eversource Gas and the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods.) (Ref’d 9/27/18)

3. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Gomes, Oliveira and Abreu, requesting that the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods meet with Pulaski School Parents and School Staff in conjunction with the Far North End Neighborhood Association, to discuss the ongoing traffic and public safety issues at Pulaski school and that the Administration look into funding for two (2) traffic guards during drop off and pickup times at said school further requesting, that this Committee Meeting be held at the Pulaski School to get Parents and School staff input. (To be Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods.) (Ref’d 3/23/17) (4/18/17-tabled; forward the list provided by Mrs. Tavares to the School Committee, DPI and the City Council, from the Committee, explaining that the attached are possible short and long term solutions to the traffic congestion and student safety issues as they relate to the Pulaski School.) (4/26/17-letter and list forwarded to all contacts outlined above) (4/23/19-tabled 45 days) (6/26/19, Motion made requesting Administration to allocate $250,000 for the construction of a rear entrance to the Pulaski School to alleviate the traffic flow issues in the area. Main motion tabled for 90 days)

3a. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Gomes, submitting an email from Lisa Tavares, concerned    parent of a student at Pulaski School, regarding the traffic issues at the school. (To be Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods.) (Ref’d 3/23/17) (4/18/17-tabled; forward the list provided by Mrs. Tavares to the School Committee, DPI and the City Council, from the Committee, explaining that the attached are possible short and long term solutions to the traffic congestion and student safety issues as they relate to the Pulaski School.) (4/26/17-letter and list forwarded to all contacts outlined above) (4/23/19-tabled 45 days) (6/26/19, Motion made requesting Administration to allocate $250,000 for the construction of a rear entrance to the Pulaski School to alleviate the traffic flow issues in the area.  Main motion tabled for 90 days)

4. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Coelho, requesting, in the interest of public safety, that the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods address what can be done with the matter of pocket parks that are being vandalized by overnight loiterers, the homeless and those engaging in illicit activity, also the trash and debris that is left behind; and further, that representatives from the Police Department and DPI be invited when this matter is heard before the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods. (Ref’d 7/18/19)

5. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the Department of Public Infrastructure do an immediate inventory of all of the City’s street lights and their ground bases, due to the number of deteriorating ground bases throughout the City; and further, that immediate action be taken to replace those streetlights and ground bases, this request is made on behalf of public safety and liability to the City if one of these light poles should come down due to their deteriorating conditions. (To be Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods.) (Ref’d 4/25/19)