I.                   EXECUTIVE SESSION

The City Council of the City of East Providence may meet in Executive Session pursuant to RI General Laws § 42-46-5 (a)(2).

A.    New Claims

B.     Sewer Charge Abatements

C.    Disposition of City Owned Property

1.      Union Primary School

D.    Litigation

1.   GeoNova Development Co., Inc. vs. City of East Providence C.A. No. PB-09-5341

Status Update

II.                OPEN SESSION

III.             CALL TO ORDER

IV.             SALUTE TO THE FLAG

V.                TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR

All items under “CONSENT CALENDAR” are considered to be of a routine and noncontroversial nature by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Council member so requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the “CONSENT CALENDAR” and will be considered in its normal sequence on the docket.

A.    Letters

VI.             COMMUNICATIONS

VII.          PUBLIC COMMENT

All persons wishing to make public comment shall sign a public comment sheet stating their name, address, and the subject of their comments.  Said public comment sheet shall be available on a desk at the entrance of the City Hall Chambers no later than forty-five (45) minutes before the call to order of any regularly scheduled council meeting and shall be delivered by the City Clerk to the presiding officer no earlier than five (5) minutes before the call to order of the meeting.  Each speaker will be limited to three (3) minutes.  The order of speakers will be on a first come, first serve basis and the maximum time for public comment shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes per meeting.

VIII.       APPOINTMENTS

IX.             COUNCIL MEMBERS

A.    Current Budget-School Bond- 5 Year Tax Impact Scenarios (by Mayor Briden)

B.     Culvert Project and 5 Year Invasive Species Clean-Up (by Councilwoman Sousa)

C.     Net Metering Update (by Councilwoman Sousa)

D.    Townie Pride Park Construction (by Councilwoman Sousa)

X.                LICENSES NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARING

XI.             PUBLIC HEARING – ORDINANCES FINAL PASSAGE

A.  AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 8 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1998, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED “LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS”

Motion to dispense with the reading of the ordinance

SECTION I.  Section 8-5 entitled “Closing hours for businesses” of Article I entitled “In General” of Chapter 8 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of East Providence, Rhode Island, 1998, as amended, entitled “Licenses and Business Regulations” is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 8-5. Closing hours for businesses.

(a)   Generally. No shop, store or other place of trade or entertainment in the city, with the exception of licensed taverns, pharmacies, victualing houses and bowling alleys, shall be kept open between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. during the last six days of the week.

(b)   Victualing houses and bowling alleys; permit required for extension of closing hours. No licensed victualing house or bowling alley shall be kept open between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. during the last six days of the week without first obtaining a special permit from the city council extending the closing hour beyond 1:00 a.m. Such special permit may be granted for a probationary period or with such conditions and terms as the city council may provide. The fee for such permit shall be $100.00 125.00.

(c)   Bowling alleys on Sunday. No bowling alley shall be licensed to operate on the first day of the week between 1:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon 1:00 p.m. of the first day, unless granted a special license pursuant to Sec. 8-66.

SECTION II.  This ordinance shall take effect upon its second passage and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Requested by:  Councilwoman Sousa

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B.  AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 8 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1998, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED “LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS”

Motion to dispense with the reading of the ordinance

SECTION I.  Sec. 8-31 entitled “Sunday sales and holiday sales” of Article II entitled “Miscellaneous Business and Occupational Licenses and Permits” of Chapter 8 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of East Providence, Rhode Island 1998, as amended, entitled “Licenses and Business Regulations” is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 8-31. Sunday sales and holiday sales.

(a)   Sunday sales. No retail establishment Retail establishments possessing a class A license shall may sell alcoholic beverages prior to twelve noon (12:00 p.m.) from no earlier than ten o’clock (10:00) a.m. to no later than six o’clock (6:00) p.m. on Sundays or on Christmas Day, if Christmas shall occur on a Sunday, unless the following Monday is a holiday, in which event the holders may remain open no later than nine o’clock (9:00) p.m. the prior Sunday.

(b)   Holiday sales. No person or retail establishment shall engage in sale on a holiday unless said person or establishment has received approval by the city council and has obtained a license from the city clerk. No license shall be issued on December 25 of any year or on Thanksgiving Day except to those retail establishments provided for under Rhode Island law.

(c)   The fee for each holiday license shall be $100.00 125.00 paid to the city clerk upon obtaining the license.

SECTION II.  This ordinance shall take effect upon its second passage and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Requested by:  Councilwoman Sousa

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*** Place Holder for Pension Ord.

XII.          NEW BUSINESS

A.    City Managers Report  (by Acting City Manager Christopher J. Parella )

1.      TIF Modification for the Chevron Property

B.     Reports of Other City Officials

1.   Claims Committee Report (by City Solicitor Gregory Dias)

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C.    Report of School Committee Liaison

D.    Resolutions

E.     Introduction of Ordinances

XIII.       ADJOURNMENT

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*If communications assistance is needed or any other accommodations to ensure equal participation please contact the City Clerk’s at 435-7590.