PAWTUCKET CITY COUNCIL

 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

137 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET, RI

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2024

12:00 PM

AMENDED AGENDA (**Denotes Added Item)

 

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PRE-COUNCIL AGENDA

 

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12:00 PM – BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS

12:00 PM – CITY COUNCIL

 

DOCKET

 

CONVENED__________________PM

 

 

 

1.     Previous Minutes of         8/7/2024    Ordinance Committee

                                                      Committee on Claims and Pending Suits

                                                      City Council

 

 

2.     *CONSENT AGENDA (*Denotes all items on the Consent Agenda)

 

*CORRESPONDENCE

 

            A.     Various Forms and Statements from RI Infrastructure Bank

           

            B.     Communication from Jordan Karlik, Blackstone Distribution Center, LLC, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council (Response – 1 Moshassuck Q2 2024 Construction Update) POSTPONED ON 7/24/24, 8/7/24

           

            C.     Communication from The Honorable Mark J. Wildenhain, Second District Councilor, to Carl Johnson, Zoning Director (Signs on Utility Poles)

           

            D.     AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 227 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, ENTITLED “GRAFFITI” (SUBSTITUTE B) – TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE WITH RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE

           

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

Gregorio Monteiro – $417.51 (Drain Cover)

 

 

 

3.     Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following appointment as a member of the City Planning Commission, FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

CITY PLANNING COMMISSION

 

Christopher Fontes, 150 Walcott Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860.

Term Expires the 1^st Monday in January 2026.

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

4.     Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following appointment as a member of the City Planning Commission, FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

CITY PLANNING COMMISSION

 

Adam Greenman, 311 Vine Street, Pawtucket, RI 02861.

Term expires the 1^st Monday in January 2026.

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

5.     Communication from His Honor, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, to the Honorable Members of the Pawtucket City Council, submitting the following appointment as a member of the City Planning Commission, FOR CONFIRMATION:

 

CITY PLANNING COMMISSION

 

Maribel Echeverry McLaughlin, Esq., 87 Varnum Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860.

Term expires the 1^st Monday in January 2027

(To fill the unexpired term of Antero Martins)

 

ROLL CALL FOR CONFIRMATION

 

AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

6.     THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RETURNS THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL:

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

7.     RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $18,350,000 BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025.

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

8.     AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 410 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, 1996, ENTITLED “ZONING” (Amendment to Zoning Ordinance to Regulate Accessory Dwelling Units) AS AMENDED

 

FOR SECOND PASSAGE

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

**9.     RESOLUTION SUPPORTING INITIATIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN THE AARP/WHO AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES NETWORK.

 

ROLL CALL   AYES_____   NOES_____

 

 

 

 

ADJOURNED__________________P.M.  

 

 

 

Posted: August 15, 2024                                        **Amended Agenda Posted: August 19, 2024

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