COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES  - March 15, 2021
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

 

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1. PUBLIC HEARING on a COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 9, ZONING, to create an Advanced Manufacturing Campus and allow for the redevelopment of approximately 100 acres at the site of Whaling City Golf Course property on Hathaway Road. (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

 

1a. AN ORDINANCE, (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

 

1b. COMMUNICATION, Anne Louro, Acting Director, Planning Board, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on March 10, 2021 to discuss the proposed request for amending Chapter 9, ZONING, to create an Advanced Manufacturing Campus and allow for the redevelopment of approximately 100 acres at the site of Whaling City Golf Course property on Hathaway Road; the Planning Board voted to send a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending that the City Council approve the request for amending Chapter 9, ZONING, to create an Advanced Manufacturing Campus and allow for the redevelopment of approximately 100 acres at the site of Whaling City Golf Course property on Hathaway Road. (Ref’d 03/12/2021)

 

INVITEES: Bruce & Sue Carlson, Owners, Whaling City Golf Course; David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Anne Louro, Interim Director, Planning Department; Mikaela McDermott, City Solicitor; Derek Santos, Executive Director, New Bedford Economic Development Council; Representative, Mayor’s Office; Abutters

 

2. PUBLIC HEARING on a COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting two (2) ORDERS, approving the New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan: Focus Area North and New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan: Focus Area South; also submitting AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 9, Section 2110, replacing Wamsutta Mill Overlay District and WEDROD District with a Waterfront Mixed Use District and amending the Working Waterfront Overlay District and Hicks Logan Sawyer IPOD. (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

 

2a. AN ORDER, New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan: Focus Area North (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

 

2b. AN ORDER, New Bedford Waterfront Redevelopment Plan: Focus Area South (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

 

2c. AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 9, ZONING (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

 

2d. COMMUNICATION, Anne Louro, Acting Director, Planning Board, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on March 10, 2021 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; 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, while encouraging engagement between the Planning Department, consultant, and stakeholders prior to a vote by the Council. (Ref’d 03/12/2021)

 

INVITEES: David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Emily Innes, Project Consultant; George Krikorian, Jr., Interim Executive Director/Director of Finance, New Bedford Port Authority; Anne Louro, Interim Director, Planning Department; Elizabeth Lydon, Associate City Solicitor; Mikaela McDermott, City Solicitor; Derek Santos, Executive Director, New Bedford Economic Development Council; Representative, Mayor’s Office; Abutters

 

3. PUBLIC HEARING on a WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Lopes and Councillor Baptiste, requesting, the following locations be rezoned from Industrial “B’ to Mixed-Use Business: Map 21/Lots 42,1,2, and 4, West side Morton Court Street; Map 25/Lots 122,113,150,72,131,71 and 70, Part of the Right of Way to Route 18; Map 31/Lot 197, 371-383R South Front Street, Lot 142, 13 Rivet Street, Lot 143, 1 Rivet Street; Map 31/Lot 239 56 Potomska Street, Lot 232, 756 South Water Street; Map 31/Lot 245, 65 Potomska Street, Lot 241, Lot 248, 75 MacArthur Drive, (Warehouse I/Industrial “B”), Lot 255, WS MacArthur Drive, (Warehouse I/Industrial “B”); Lot 256, Lots 250 and 257, WS MacArthur Drive, Lot 242, 49 Potomska Street and Map 37-1/Lots 293 and 312, 39 South Street. (Proposed Zoning Change and Ownership Parcel List enclosed.) (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances, the Planning Board and Planning Office.) (Ref’d 01/14/2021)

 

INVITEES: David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Anne Louro, Interim Director, Planning Department; Abutters

 

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

4. PUBLIC HEARING, CONTINUED, 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.) (10/26/2020 – Continue Public Hearing to 11/23/2020 at 6:00 PM)

 

4a. AN ORDER, (Focus Area North) (Ref’d 09/10/2020) (10/26/2020 – Continue Public Hearing to 11/23/2020 at 6:00 PM)

 

4b. AN ORDER, (Focus Area South) (Ref’d 09/10/2020) (10/26/2020 – Continue Public Hearing to 11/23/2020 at 6:00 PM)

 

4c. AN ORDINANCE, (Ref’d 09/10/2020) (10/26/2020 – Continue Public Hearing to 11/23/2020 at 6:00 PM)

 

4d. 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) (10/26/2020 – Continue Public Hearing to 11/23/2020 at 6:00 PM)

 

 

 

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