CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
Thursday, February 11, 2021
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NOTE:
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 ON APRIL 7, 2020 AND AMENDED ON AUGUST 20 AND SEPTEMBER 24, 2020, AND JANUARY 14, 2021 -- THIS MEETING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON NB CABLE ACCESS FACEBOOK PAGE
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OPENING OF SESSION BY
CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOSEPH P. LOPES
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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MAYORS PAPERS

M1.     COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting a revised LOAN ORDER, appropriating $420,692.00, to pay the costs of improving Abolition Row Park Phase 2, contingent upon the award of a PARC Grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the identification of additional grants, including but not limited to, Community Preservation Act funding, to support the require local match.  (This Loan Order replaces the previous version submitted on January 14, 2021: and No Further Action Taken – January 28, 2021.)

 

M1a.     LOAN ORDER, (revised)

NEW BUSINESS

1.     REPORT, Committee on City Property, recommending to the City Council ADOPTION of AN ACT, Authorizing the City of New Bedford To Convey Certain Land Acquired for Open Space and Playground Purposes.

 

1a.     AN ACT, Referred to the Committee on City Property - November 12, 2020.)

2.     REPORT, Committee on Finance, recommending to the City Council ADOPTION of the STA application and Resolution approved by the Tax Increment Financing Board for a five (5) year STA Agreement for The Atlantic Red Crab Company, LLC.

 

2a.     RESOLUTION,

3.     REPORT, Committee on Finance, recommending to the City Council ADOPTION of the STA and Resolution approved by the Tax Increment Financing Board for a five (5) year Agreement for Eastern Fisheries, Inc.

 

3a.     RESOLUTION,

5.     REPORT, Committee on Finance, recommending to the City Council ACCEPTANCE of the TAX INCREMENT EXEMPTION/HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM for the National Downtown Club LLC 2135 and 319 Commercial Street and 10 Front Street. 

 

5a.     RESOLUTION,

5.     LOAN ORDER, appropriating $150,000,00, for the purpose of paying costs of a schematic design/feasibility study for the proposed accelerated repairs consisting of the potential replacement of the windows, doors and boiler, including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto at the Elwyn G. Campbell School located at 145 Essex Street. (Passed to a Second Reading - January 14, 2021.)
6.     WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Giesta, Abreu, Carney, Gomes, Lima, Morad and Markey, requesting, that the City Council, through its’ Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications, work closely with the New Bedford School Committee and City administration to properly honor and celebrate the life, public service and achievements of the late Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz, Jr., LPD, with specific consideration given to re-dedicating one of the three New Bedford Middle Schools in Mayor Kalisz’s name due to these schools being the first new City school buildings to be successfully constructed in almost 30 years as a result of the unrelenting leadership and guidance of Mayor Kalisz, who charted a course of action with the goal of improving the quality of education for every New Bedford student and succeeded in reaching this goal which now stands as an important part of our City’s history and a remarkable achievement; and whereby it would be a fitting way for New Bedford to honor the life, public service, memory and legacy of its’ leader in that historic endeavor by re-dedicating one of these schools in the name of Frederick M. Kalisz, Jr. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Memorials and Dedications.)
7.     WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Markey, requesting that DPI Commissioner Jamie Ponte and CFO Ari Sky appear before the Committee of Infrastructure and Redevelopment to discuss the low water pressure issues in the Far North End. (To be Referred to the Committee on Infrastructure and Redevelopment.)

8.     COMMUNICATION, Jane Medeiros Friedman,  First Assistant City Solicitor to City Council, submitting eleven (11)  appraisal summaries for the proposed Infrastructure Improvements at the intersection of Rockdale Avenue and Allen Street.

 

8a.     APPRAISAL SUMMARIES, prepared by Bernard P. Giroux, ASA, MRA for the proposed Infrastructure Improvements at the intersection of Rockdale Avenue and Allen Street.

9.     COMMUNICATION, Jane Medeiros Friedman,  First Assistant City Solicitor to City Council, submitting a proposed Order of Taking to acquire the permanent and temporary easements that are needed for the Infrastructure Improvements at the intersection of Rockdale Avenue and Allen Street.

 

9a.     AN ORDER OF TAKING,

10.      COMMUNICATION, Council President Lopes submitting a copy of a letter regarding the School Committee’s recommendation to purchase property at 449 North Street for the New Bedford Public Schools’ Food Service Department. (To be Referred to the Committee on City Property.)

11.     COMMUNICATION, Council President Lopes, submitting a signed petition and letter regarding the status of the Whaling City Golf Course and the proposed advanced manufacturing campus on Hathaway Road. (To be Received and Placed on File.)


TABLED BUSINESS
NO ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA.