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CITY COUNCIL

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

137 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET, RI

MARCH 21, 2018

7:00 PM

 

PRE-COUNCIL AGENDA

 

5:15 PM – JOINT ORDINANCE, RECREATION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE/DARE FUND COMMITTEES

5:25 PM – ORDINANCE COMMITTEE

6:35 PM – PRE-COUNCIL – DAVE CLEMENTE

6:45 PM – PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD

6:45 PM – BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS

7:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING – RESOLUTION TAX TREATY – FULLER MILL

7:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING – RESOLUTION ABANDONMENT OF R.O.W. ON NEWPORT AVE

7:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING – ORDINANCE CREATING A CMU ZONE

7:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING – ORDINANCE COMP PLAN/ZONING FROM MO & CG TO CMU

7:00 PM – CITY COUNCIL

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

CONVENED___________________PM

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A 12-YEAR TAX STABILIZATION AGREEMENT FOR FULLER MILL REALTY LLC, 145 EXCHANGE STREET (AP22 L58)

 

ADJOURNED__________________PM

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

CONVENED___________________PM

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ON NEWPORT AVENUE, ENCOMPASSING APPROXIMATELY 93 SQUARE FEET OF LAND

 

ADJOURNED__________________PM

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

CONVENED___________________PM

 

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 410 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, ENTITLED “ZONING” ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT (CMU) SUBSTITUTE A

 

ADJOURNED__________________PM

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

CONVENED___________________PM

 

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 3124 OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET AMENDING THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (CHANGE FROM MO & CG TO CMU - 7 AND 45 NEWPORT AVENUE; 0 & 675 BEVERAGE HILL AVENUE; AP41 L335, 347, 348, 370) SUBSTITUTE A

 

 

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 410 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, ENTITLED “ZONING” (CHANGE FROM MO & CG TO CMU - 7 AND 45 NEWPORT AVENUE; 0 & 675 BEVERAGE HILL AVENUE; AP41 L335, 347, 348, 370) SUBSTITUTE A

 

ADJOURNED__________________PM

 

 

 

DOCKET

 

CONVENED__________________PM

 

The purpose of this meeting is for discussion and/or consideration of the following:

 

1.     Previous Minutes of 03/05/2018:            City Council  

Previous Minutes of 03/07/2018:      City Council  

                                                            Committee on Claims and Pending Suits

                                                            City Property Committee

                                                            Finance Committee

 

2.     *CONSENT AGENDA 

 

3.     *CORRESPONDENCE

 

 

A.    Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to Her Excellency Gina M. Raimondo, Governor.  (Requesting that some Pawtucket’s Census Tracks be identified as Opportunity Zones)

 

 

 

B.    Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Opioid Lawsuit Agreement)

 

 

 

A.    Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to All Members of the Transfer Station Stakeholder Group.  (Suspension of the Hassenfeld Institute Process)

 

 

 

B.    Communication from Patricia St. Germain, FACT President, Stop the Dump Coalition Member, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Requesting an Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Transfer Station Issues)

 

 

 

C.    Communication from Beverly Hall, Warwick City Clerk’s Office, to RI City and Town Clerks.  (Resolution Supporting the Removal of the Sunset Provision in the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program)

 

 

 

D.    Resolution from the Smithfield School Committee, to RI City and Town Clerks, in Support of Article 5 of H-2018 7200 that would place a Referendum before the Voters for $250 Million for Renovation of Existing and Construction of New Public Schools.

 

 

 

E.     Communication from Amy Rose Weinreich, CMC, Charlestown Town Clerk, to RI City and Town Clerks.   (Resolution in Opposition to the Inclusion in the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leaking Program)

 

 

 

F.     Resolution from the Town of Exeter in Support of the Removal of the “Sunset” Provision Regarding Residential Foreclosure Mediation.

 

 

 

G.    Various Forms and Statements from Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank.

 

 

 

H.    Communication from Joanna L’Heureux, Finance Director, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Annual Report on Take Home Vehicles)

 

 

 

I.       Communication from Dylan M. Zelazo, Deputy Director of Administration, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Response – Purchase of National Grid Street Lights)

 

 

 

J.      Communication from Don Zimmerman, Director of Human Resources, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Play Plan Ordinance Changes for Local 3960)

 

 

 

K.    AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING THE SCHEDULE OF PAY RATES FOR LOCAL 3960 IN §88-12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996.  (Reclassify: Assistant Tax Collector, Chief of Project Development and Deputy Finance Director) – TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE AND REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

 

 

 

L.     THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES AGAINST THE CITY TO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND PENDING SUITS:

June Aronson – Pending Estimates

Christina Bento – No Amount Specified

Rose Ross Dickens - $154.00

Christopher LeFort - $335.85

Christopher LeFort - $264.50

Peter Medeiros - $50.00

Maria Silva by Wayne G. Resmini, Esq. - $100,000.00

Shirley Thurber - $3,565.00/$3,690.00

Gabriel German Urena by Allstate Insurance – $1,091.13

Jody Wheeler - $341.67

Marialana Wilkinson – Pending Estimates

 

 

1.     Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council.  (Memorial Hospital Update)

 

 

 

2.     RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF 2018 S-2437 ENTITLED “AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY – THE HOSPITALS CONVERSIONS ACT” CREATING NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSPITAL CLOSURES.

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

3.     RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF 2018 H-7385 AND S-2270 ENTITLED “AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY – MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE MEDIATION CONFERENCE” ELIMINATING THE “SUNSET” PROVISION FOR RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE MEDIATION.

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

4.     RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOT TRANSFER THE MONEY FROM RI HOUSING TO ADDRESS THE DEFECTS IN THE FISCAL 2019 BUDGET AND SEEK ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

5.     RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF THE OPERATING LEASE WITH LINK ENVIRONMENTAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2018.

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

6.     THE CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL:

 

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONVEYING AN EASEMENT OVER AND ACROSS CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON SMITHFIELD AVENUE (NATHANAEL GREENE SCHOOL) TO NARRAGANSETT ELECTRIC COMPANY

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

7.     THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL:

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A 12-YEAR TAX STABILIZATION AGREEMENT FOR FULLER MILL REALTY LLC, 145 EXCHANGE STREET (AP22 L58)

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

8.     THE CITY PROPERTY COMMITTEE SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL:

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ON NEWPORT AVENUE, ENCOMPASSING APPROXIMATELY 93 SQUARE FEET OF LAND

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

9.     THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:

 

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 410 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, ENTITLED “ZONING” ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT (CMU) SUBSTITUTE A

 

FOR FIRST PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

10.  THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:

 

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 3124 OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET AMENDING THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (CHANGE FROM MO & CG TO CMU - 7 AND 45 NEWPORT AVENUE; 0 & 675 BEVERAGE HILL AVENUE; AP41 L335, 347, 348, 370) SUBSTITUTE A

 

FOR FIRST PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

11.  THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:

 

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 410 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, ENTITLED “ZONING” (CHANGE FROM MO & CG TO CMU - 7 AND 45 NEWPORT AVENUE; 0 & 675 BEVERAGE HILL AVENUE; AP41 L335, 347, 348, 370) SUBSTITUTE A

 

FOR FIRST PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

ADJOURNED__________________P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted: March 16, 2018

 

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