3.     REPORT, Committee on Appointments and Briefings recommending that the City Council go on record in support of the HSCC Program.

3a.     COMMUNICATION, Council President Lopes, submitting a copy of H.S.C.C. Home, School, Community and Court, from Randy Jones, relative to youth intervention, intervention and support. (Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefings - October 14, 2021.)

4.     REPORT, Committee on Appointments and Briefings, recommending to the City Council APPROVAL of the APPOINTMENT of LEE BLAKE, New Bedford, MA to the BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS, replacing Paula Robinson Deare, who has resigned; this term will expire May 2026.

4a.     COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting the  APPOINTMENT of LEE BLAKE, New Bedford, MA to the BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS, replacing Paula Robinson Deare, who has resigned; this term will expire May 2026. (Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefings - September 23, 2021.)

5.     REPORT, Committee on Appointments & Briefings, recommending to the City Council APPROVAL of the APPOINTMENT of SCOTT D. GRANT, JR., New Bedford, MA to the CONSERVATION COMMISSION, replacing Paul R. Pacheco who has resigned; this term will expire June 2023.

5a.     COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council submitting the APPOINTMENT of SCOTT D. GRANT, JR., New Bedford, MA to the CONSERVATION COMMISSION, replacing Paul R. Pacheco who has resigned; this term will expire June 2023. (Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefings - November 09, 2021.)

6.     REPORT, Committee on Finance, recommending to the City Council APPROVAL of the starting salary of ROBERT DICKINSON as CITY AUDITOR at a Salary Step 4 ($108,926) on the Unit C Salary schedule which is commensurate with his professional experience.

6a.     COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, requesting the reconsideration of the starting  salary of ROBERT DICKINSON as CITY AUDITOR at a Salary Step 4 ($108,926) on the Unit C Salary schedule which is commensurate with his professional experience.(Referred to the Committee on Finance - November 09, 2021.)

7.     REPORT, Committee on Appointments and Briefings, recommending to the City Council to enact the City's Demolition Delay Ordinance for 94 CLARK STREET, (Map 84, Lot 134.)

7a.    COMMUNICATION/ DEMOLITION, New Bedford Historical Commission, to City Council, re: BUILDING DEMOLITION REVIEW OF 94 CLARK STREET, (MAP 84, LOT 134) a Circa 1911, three story wood-framed residence – Partial demolition: Porches, advising that “the building is associated with the architectural, cultural and social history of the City, as it is a prime example of a middle-class tenement, the iconic building archetype built to house the immigrant groups who came to New Bedford for employment in the textile industry; the building is architecturally significant as it embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Colonial Revival style with details such patterned shingles, wide cornices, tapered columns and the use of monumental center porticos capped by a triangular pediment, the porches dominate the front façade and are a defining feature of the building; the City’s Demolition Ordinance promotes the public welfare by making the City a more attractive and desirable place in which to live and work by preserving and protecting significant buildings, structures, streetscapes and neighborhoods, the loss of tenement porches has been widespread and often results in an unattractive, blank building that no longer contributes to a neighborhood, and may assist in the neighborhood’s visual, physical and social decline; if a demolition permit is granted, the Commission has sought that the current small porch windows be replaced with more appropriately sized windows, “in light of these findings, the New Bedford Historical Commission has determined that the building at 94 Clark Street is Historically Significant and a Preferably Preserved Historic Building or Structure.” (Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefings - September 23, 2021.)

8.     REPORT, Committee on Appointments & Briefings, recommending to the City Council APPROVAL on behalf of TEOFILO DASILVA, 24 Nye Street, New Bedford, MA 02746 d/b/a FRIENDLY FAMILY TRANSPORTATION, 24 Nye Street, New Bedford, MA 02746, of the APPLICATION, for a NEW PRIVATE LIVERY LICENSE, to carry passengers for hire over the streets of New Bedford. (License Expires June 30, 2022.)

8a.     COMMUNICATION, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council, to the City Council, on behalf of TEOFILO DASILVA, 24 Nye Street, New Bedford, MA 02746 d/b/a FRIENDLY FAMILY TRANSPORTATION, 24 Nye Street, New Bedford, MA 02746, of the APPLICATION, for a NEW PRIVATE LIVERY LICENSE, to carry passengers for hire over the streets of New Bedford. (License Expires June 30, 2022.) (Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefings - November 09, 2021.)

9.     REPORT, Committee on Finance, recommending to the City Council to take "NO FURTHER ACTION" on the WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lima, Abreu, Lopes and Dunn, requesting, that the Administration review fees as they relate to solar energy projects.

9a.     WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lima, Abreu, Lopes and Dunn, requesting, that the Administration review fees as they relate to solar energy projects. (Referred to the Committee on Finance - March 14, 2019.)

10.     REPORT, Committee on Finance, recommending to the City Council to take “NO FURTHER ACTION” on the COMMUNICATION, John W. Parsons, Esq., Executive Director, Commonwealth of Massachusetts/Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission, to City Council, submitting a copy of a memorandum sent to the New Bedford Retirement Board regarding the amount to be appropriated for the City of New Bedford’s retirement system for Fiscal Year 2022.

10a.     COMMUNICATION, John W. Parsons, Esq., Executive Director, Commonwealth of Massachusetts/Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission, to City Council, submitting a copy of a memorandum sent to the New Bedford Retirement Board regarding the amount to be appropriated for the City of New Bedford’s retirement system for Fiscal Year 2022. (Referred to the Committee on Finance - December 09, 2020.)

11.     REPORT, Committee on Finance, recommending to the City Council to take “NO FURTHER ACTION” on the WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting that Interim CFO Gagne provide the members of the City Council with a breakdown of fiscal year losses in revenues which can be attributed to the COVID-19 Pandemic as well as determination if the lost revenues is recoverable under the American Rescue Plan Act.

11a.     WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes, requesting that Interim CFO Gagne provide the members of the City Council with a breakdown of fiscal year losses in revenues which can be attributed to the COVID-19 Pandemic as well as determination if the lost revenues is recoverable under the American Rescue Plan Act. (Referred to the Committee on Finance.)

13.     WRITTEN MOTION Council President Lopes and Councillor Gomes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board, review and consider the following change to the City’s Building Codes to allow the establishment of Garden Style apartments in Mixed-Use Business Districts at heights, and density that other multi-family projects are afforded. (To Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.)

13a.     COMMUNICATION, Council President Lopes, submitting proposed Amendments Chapter 9, Section 2230 “Table of Principal Use Regulations” Appendix A from Attorney Michael A. Kehoe. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.)

16.     COMMUNICATION, Derek Santos, Executive Director, New Bedford Economic Development Council, to Council President Lopes and Members of the City Council, submitting a TIF application and Resolution approved by the Tax Increment Financing Board for a five (5) year TIF Agreement for NFI LLC and 22 Logan Street, New Bedford, MA  02740. (Copies provided and distributed to all Councillors on 11/19/2021.)  

16a.     RESOLUTION, Approving Certified Project Application and Special Tax Agreement with NFI LLC and 22 Logan Street LLC.

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