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*COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES* - October 26, 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*


	*REVISED AGENDA*

	*THIS MEETING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON* *NB CABLE ACCESS FACEBOOK PAGE*

	1. PUBLIC HEARING on a COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting at the request of the City Planning Department and the New Bedford Redevelopment Authority, TWO (2) ORDERS AND AN ORDINANCE, requesting approval of the New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan: Focus Area North and the New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan; Focus Area South, which can be found at https://www.newbedford-ma.gov/planning/strategic-plans-initiatives/, along with financial plans for these areas and amendments to current zoning, also requesting, that the City Council hold a Public Hearing on the New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan; Focus Area North and the New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan; Focus Area South, as required by Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 121B, Section 48. (Ref’d 09/10/2020) (Duly advertised in the Standard-Times on Monday, October 12, 2020 and Monday, October 19, 2020.) 1a. AN ORDER, (Focus Area North) (Ref’d 09/10/2020) 1b. AN ORDER, (Focus Area South) (Ref’d 09/10/2020) 1c. AN ORDINANCE, (Ref’d 09/10/2020) 1d. COMMUNICATION, Kirsten Bryan, Deputy Director of City Planning, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on October 7, 2020 to discuss the proposed request for amending the City of New Bedford Zoning By-laws, Chapter 9, to include a new Waterfront Mixed Use District (WMU); the Planning Board voted to send a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending that the City Council approve the request for amending the City of New Bedford Zoning By-laws, Chapter 9, to include a new Waterfront Mixed Use District. (Ref’d 10/08/2020)
	INVITEES: Edward Anthes-Washburn, Director, New Bedford Port Authority; Kirsten Bryan, Deputy Director, Planning; David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Emily Innes, Project Consultant; Elizabeth Lydon, Associate City Solicitor; Mikaela McDermott, City Solicitor; Derek Santos, Executive Director, New Bedford Economic Development Council
	2. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances amend the existing Food Truck Ordinance Sec. 15-72 Section B, 1E, to allow for the placement and location of food trucks on Commercially Zoned Private Property. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.) (Ref’d 08/20/2020) (09/30/2020 – tabled for drafting)
	INVITEES: Damon Chaplin, Director, Health Department; David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Danny Romanowicz, Commissioner, Department of Inspectional Services


Chair Suggests 'No Further Action' and 'Report Out to the Full City Council'


	3. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 9, Section 4400, Flood Hazard Overlay District (FHOD) which updates references to the Bristol County Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) that will become effective on July 8, 2020. (Ref’d 02/13/2020) 3a. AN ORDINANCE, (Ref’d 02/13/2020)

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