COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS AND BRIEFINGS  - July 14, 2020
MEETING AT 7:00 PM,
THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD REMOTELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS’ MARCH 12, 2020 ORDER SUSPENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW G. L. C. 30A, SECTION 20 AND THE CITY COUNCIL’S VOTE TO WAIVE RULE 21A.
AGENDA
 

1.     COMMUNICATION, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council, to City Council, on behalf of Nasar Bokhari, 347 North Street, New Bedford, MA 02740, d/b/a GOOD LIMOUSINE/AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION, LLC. hereby submitting a copy of the Application requesting a NEW PRIVATE LIVERY LICENSE, to carry passengers for hire over the streets of New Bedford. (License will expire June 30, 2020.) (Ref’d 03/12/2020) (Tabled 6/09/2020)

 

1a..       COMMUNICATION, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council, to City Council, on behalf of Nasar Bokhari, 347 North Street, New Bedford, MA 02740, d/b/a GOOD LIMOUSINE/AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION, LLC. hereby submitting a copy of the Application requesting a RENEWAL of a PRIVATE LIVERY LICENSE, to carry passengers for hire over the streets of New Bedford. (Term of License July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021.) (Ref’d 03/12/2020) (Tabled 6/09/2020)


INVITEES:  Nasar Bokhari 

2.     COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting the REAPPOINTMENT of BETHANY FAUTEUX, New Bedford, MA to the HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION; this term will expire April 2022. (Ref’d 4/7/20) (Tabled 6/09/2020)

INVITEES:  Bethany Fauteux 

 


3.     COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting the APPOINTMENT of TRACY TARVERS, New Bedford, MA to the COMMISSION FOR CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES, replacing Linda Carreiro; this term will expire May 2021. (Ref’d 5/14/2020) (Tabled 6/09/2020)

INVITEES:  Tracy Tarvers 


4.     COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell to City Council, submitting the REAPPOINTMENT of PETER BOSWELL, New Bedford, MA, to the PARK BOARD, this term will expire May 2025. (Ref’d 5/28/202

INVITEES:  Peter Boswell 


5.     COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell to City Council, submitting the APPOINTMENT of PAULA POPEO, New Bedford, MA to the AIRPORT COMMISSION, replacing Paul L. Barton; this term will expire December 2021. (Ref’d 6/11/2020)

INVITEES:  Paula Popeo

 6.         COMMUNICATION, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council to City Council, on behalf of Marco Merisier, 23 Salisbury Street, New Bedford, MS 02744 d/b/a M&R LUXURY CAR SERVICE, 23 Salisbury Street, New Bedford, Ma 02744, hereby submitting a copy of the Application requesting a NEW PRIVATE LIVERY LICENSE, to carry passengers for hire over the streets of New Bedford. (Term of License – July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021)

 


INVITEES:  Marco Merisier


7.     PUBLIC HEARING, on a COMMUNICATION/DEMOLITION REVIEW - 23 ROBESON STREET (Map 71/Lot 45) Circa 1903 two-story wood framed residence-partial demolition of east façade bay, the building is a contributing property (NBE.419) within the Acushnet Heights National Register District, this area is characterized by its late 19th and early 20th century residences developed on the rise of County Street overlooking the inner harbor; the building is associated with the political and social history of the City, as it was constructed in 1903 by Thomas Desmond, a local leading Attorney and a City Solicitor for several years, the Desmond Family also constructed the abutting properties at 17 and 27 Robeson Street, this house is locally known as the longtime residence of former Senator, Councillor and Mayor George Rogers; the building is architecturally significant as it embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Queen Anne style, the subject building is part of a group of buildings which share identical architectural features including cut shingles, arched openings, swag motifs and full bays with stained glass windows and the property owner has indicated that he will follow the Historical Commission’s recommendations to mitigate the partial demolition of the façade wall; therefore, in light of these findings, the New Bedford Historical Commission has determined that the building at 23 Robeson Street is Historically Significant but the east façade bay is not a Preferably Preserved Historic Structure. (Ref’d 4/23/2020) (Advertised in the Standard-Times on Wednesday, July 1, 2020)

 INVITEES:  Diana Henry, Chairperson, New Bedford Historical Commission; Anne Louro, Preservation Planner; Danny Romanowicz, DIS Commissioner; Tabitha Harkin, City Planner; P & I Realty Trust Corp; Abutters

 

 

 

 

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