CITY OF NEWPORT
DOCKET FOR THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
AUGUST 25, 2021
The following items of business, filed with the City Clerk under the Rules of the Council, will come before the Council at a meeting to be held in on August 25, 2021 at 6:30 p.m., City Hall, Council Chambers, 43 Broadway, Newport, RI
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
CITIZENS’ FORUM: (Speakers must sign in with the City Clerk) The Citizens’ Forum period shall be no longer than fifteen minutes, and citizens may address the Council on one subject only and for no longer than three minutes. Issues to be discussed shall not include matters to be considered or discussed as part of the regular Council agenda and must be related to substantive city business. No comments regarding personnel or job performance are allowed.
a. Recommendation from the Planning Board;
b. Amending Section 17.08.010 entitled, “Definitions” (First Reading)
c. Amending Section 17.12.010 entitled, “Establishment of districts” (First Reading)
d. Add New Section- Chapter 17.65 entitled, “Innovation Hub” (First Reading)
e. Add New Section- Chapter 17.66 entitled, “Innovation Hub Floating Overlay Zone (IHF)” (First Reading)
f. Add New Section- Chapter 17.108.040, entitled, “Unified Development Review” (First Reading)
a. Amending Section 17.12.020, entitled, “Zoning Map” to add New Zoning District, “Innovation Hub (IH), Subdistricts-Urban Village, Maker Tech and Maker” (First Reading)
a. Special Events :
1) Redwood Library & Athenaeum, d/b/a Sounds from the Big Chair, Redwood Library & Athenaeum; 8/26/2021 & 9/02/2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
2) The Preservation Society of Newport County, d/b/a Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival, Rosecliff & The Breakers Stable; September 17-19, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
3) Interweave Channing Church, d/b/a Born This Way Prom, Easton’s Beach Rotunda; September 24, 2021 from 6:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
4) Food Truck Festivals of America, d/b/a Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival, Fort Adams State Park; October 16& 17, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
b. Second-hand License, New, Tresor Curated, LLC, d/b/a Tresor Curated, LLC, 22 Franklin St.
4. Victualing License, New, Umi Asian Cuisine Inc., d/b/a Umi Asian Cuisine, 82 Broadway
5. Annual Entertainment License, Renewal, Class A & B, Shaner Rhode Island, LLC, d/b/a Saltwater, In the Newport Harbor Hotel
NOTE: Vacancies currently or soon will exist on the following Boards and Commissions: Beach Commission, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, Henderson Home, Historic DistrictCommission, Energy and Environment Commission
Appointments:
Beach Commission – Elaine Trainor (3 - year term expires 8/25/2024)
Reappointments:
Waterfront Commission- Peter Baum (3-year term expires 1/11/2023)
Mary Ann Marin (3 - year term expires 1/11/2023)
Housing Authority of Newport – Nikki Vazquez (5 - year term expires 6/3/2025)
7. Amending Chapter 12.28 entitled, “City Harbor”, to amend Section 12.28.055 entitled, “Use of vessels as abodes or floating businesses” (Second Reading)
8. Amending Chapter 5.40 entitled, “Hotels”, to amend Section 5.40.020 entitled, “Registration of hotels and guesthouses” (First Reading)
9. Action Item No. 6000/21, re: Lease Agreement- Save the Bay- Gateway Center (w/accompanying resolution)
ADJOURN AS COUNCIL AND CONVENE AS BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
1. Class F-1 Daily Liquor Licenses:
a) The Preservation Society of Newport County, d/b/a Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival, Rosecliff & The Breakers Stable; September 17-19, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
b) Oliver Hazard Perry, d/b/a Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, Bowen’s Wharf; October 16-17, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
c) Food Truck Festivals of America, d/b/a Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival, Fort Adams State Park; October 16& 17, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
2. Communication from Radish Patch, LLC, d/b/a Vieste Vino Yagi, 580 Thames St., re: Change in hours of operation (Receive and make part of licensee’s file)
3. Class A Liquor Store, Sunday Selling License, New, AMAR7377 LLC, d/b/a Bliss Road Wine & Spirits, 25 Bliss Rd.
Laura C. Swistak
City Clerk
ADJOURN- (8/18/21)