City of Central Falls

City Council Meeting

Board of License Commissioners Meeting

Central Falls City Hall

580 Broad St., Central Falls, RI 02863

Monday, February 10, 2020

6:00 p.m.

 

Meeting Minutes

 

City Council President Maria Rivera called the meeting to order at 6:05pm

 

I.       Roll Call

Sonia Grace, City Clerk, conducted the roll call. Present were Council President Maria Rivera, Councilman Jonathon Acosta, Councilman Robert Ferri, Councilman Hugo Figueroa, Councilman Gus Silva, Councilman Franklin Solano, and Councilwoman Jessica Vega. Quorum was present.

 

II.     Pledge of Allegiance

Councilwoman Rivera lead the reciting of the pledge of allegiance

 

III.    Public Comment

Thomas Lazieh, 1072 Lonsdale Ave.- inquired about the way the City will reimburse residents who have overpaid on their taxes based on the announcement of the miscalculations in the current fiscal year. Mr. Lazieh also asked about the status of construction of the fields and spoke various topics related to the city.

Representative Jim McLaughlin- spoke about funding of the Central Falls School District, current legislation that might affect Central Falls including

Tia Ristaino-Siegel, 14 Worth St.- asked questions related to the FY20 budget. Ms. Ristaino-Siegel expressed her discontent with the current situation and her desire to hear about solutions to the problem.

 

IV.    Approval of Records- meeting minutes of January 13, 2020 

Motion to approve the meeting minutes was made by Councilman Ferri, seconded by Councilman Silva and Councilman Solano. Motion carried unanimously.

 

V.      Executive Communications

A.   Department Financial reports: Police, December 2019; Finance: FY20 year-todate  (unaudited) through January 31, 2020  

Received

 

VI.    New Business

A.   City Council Sitting as Board of License Commissioners 

1.    Consideration of petition of license

Class of License	Business Information
Entertainment-Per Diem New	St. Joseph Church, 391 High St. Dinner Dance, February 22, 2020, 7PM- 1AM

 

City Clerk Sonia Grace explained that the application was miscoded in the agenda and it should have been listed at a F/F1 application.

Motion to amend the application was made by Councilman Ferri, seconded by Councilman Silva. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion to waive the application fee was made by Councilman Silva, seconded by Councilman Ferri. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion to approve the application was made by Councilman Silva, seconded by Councilman Ferri. Motion carried unanimously.

 

B.   Consideration of Tax Abatement submitted by Tax Assessor  

Property Owner	Tax Year	Property Information
Luis, Maria J	2019	RE: 79 Washington Street
Lopes, Maria	2019	RE: 72 Moore Street
Vanderly Coffee Restaurant	2019	PP: 765 Broad Street
Raheb, Ronald	2019	RE: 66 Cross Street
Silva, Joel & Dulce	2019	RE: 413 Hunt Street unit B
Raposo, Joao C	2019	RE: 47 Clifton Street
Rodriguez, Julio & Magana, Maria	2019	RE: 19 Butler Avenue

 

Mr. Robert Battey, Tax Assessor, answered questions from the Council regarding the abatements and about systems within the department to identify and correct duplicate accounts.

Motion to approve the abatements collectively was made by Councilman Silva, seconded by Councilwomen Vega. Motion carried unanimously.

 

C.   PUBLIC HEARING- Request for public input and comment on the City of Central Falls “Year 16 RIPDES MS4 Report,” as required by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management  

Ms. Elaine Partridge, Director of Code Enforcement and Public Works provided an overview of the work of the City as described the report.

Public Hearing: no one signed up to speak

 

D.  Hearing and/or consideration of Easement Agreement between the City of Central Falls and National Grid to install, construct, reconstruct, repair, replace, add to, maintain and operate an underground distribution system for the distribution of electric current at 1420 Broad St, Central Falls  

Motion to accept the agreement was made by Councilman Ferri, seconded by Councilwoman Vega and Councilman Silva. Motion carried unanimously. 

 

E.   Presentation and update by Ms. Barbara Addison, Director of Finance, regarding FY20 City Budget

 

F.   Election (Renewals) of Special Constable pursuant to RIGL 45-16-8  

Name	Address
John Agrela	131 Pleasant Ave, #18, Smithfield, RI 02917
Charles E. Beaudoin	30 Washington St., Central Falls, RI 02863
Jason N. Dymek	308 Hunt St., Central Falls, RI
Charlene Gaffney	354 York Ave., Pawtucket, RI 02860
Dakota Jacobowitz	176 Bay Spring Ave., Barrington, RI 02806
Thomas Lazieh	1172 Lonsdale Ave., Central Falls, RI 02863
Michael A. Lussier	36 Pleasant View Dr., N. Providence, RI 02904
Elaine Partridge	70 Clark St., Cumberland, RI 02864
Venus Zayas	66 Carpenter St., Cumberland, RI 02864

Motion to approve the election of constables with the amendment of Mr. Thomas Lazieh’s address from 1172 to 1072 was made by Councilman Silva, seconded by Councilman Solano. Motion carried unanimously.

 

VII.   Schedule of Bills- Hearing and/or consideration

A.   Ordinance amending  Appendix A,  Zoning of the Code of Ordinance Article X, Definitions by (a) deleting the numbering of the definitions and arranging in alphabetical order and (b) adding the definition for Formula Business; Article IX , Administration, Enforcement and Relief by adding subsection: Special use permit for a Formula Business; Amending Section 304, Table 1, Use Regulations by adding to 5.0 Trade Use Number 59 – Formula Business (Rivera)- Introduction

Introduced

 

B.   Resolution supporting Common Sense Gun Safety Laws: The Large Capacity Feeding Device Ban Act of 2020 (H-7264 and S-2130) (Rivera)

Motion to approve the resolution was made by Councilman Acosta and Mr. Jerzyk answered questions from the Council

Motion carried unanimously.

 

VIII. Continued Business

None

 

IX.    Adjournment

Motion to adjourn was made by Councilman Silva, seconded by Councilman Solano.

Meeting adjourned at 6:58pm

 

Sonia Grace

City Clerk

 

Approved March 12, 2020

 

 

 

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