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City Council Agenda 3/7/13

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
March 7, 2013
City Council Chambers
Wallace J. Puchalski Municipal Building
212 Main Street, Northampton

 COUNCILORS AT LARGE

William H. Dwight - President
Jesse M. Adams – Vice-President

 

WARD

1                Maureen T. Carney
2                Paul D. Spector
3                Owen Freeman-Daniels
4                Pamela C. Schwartz
5                David A. Murphy
6                Marianne L. LaBarge
7                Eugene A. Tacy

 

AGENDA

Public Comment - 7:00 P.M.

Regular Meeting - 7:05 P.M.

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

  • ROLL CALL

 

  • APPROVAL of MINUTES of February 21, 2013

 

  • PROCLAMATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

1.     Proclamation: Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month March 2013

2.     Proclamation: Myeloma Awareness Month March 2013

3.     Resolution: Tax Reform

 

  • ONE-MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

  • APPOINTMENTS, ELECTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS

1.     Announcement of Elections – Elections will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2013

  •  Board of Assessors – 1 Member – 3 Year Term to Expire March 201
    -Timothy Fullam seeks re-election

Applicants may submit a letter of interest and/or resume by Thursday, March 28, 2013 to City Council Office, 210 Main Street, Room 18, Northampton, MA 01060:
For more information on the Board of Assessors, please call Joan Sarafin, City Assessor, at 587-1202.

 

  • LICENSES

1.     Request for Approval of Bingo Night – Michael F. Curtain Post 8006

 

  • RECESS FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

  • REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

1.     Transportation & Parking Commission Minutes of November 20, 2012, December 18, 2012, and January 15, 2013

 

  • STREET ACCEPTANCE

 

  • PRESENTATIONS

1.     Land Conservation, Open Space, Recreation and MultiUse Trail Plan – Wayne Feiden, Planning Director

 

  • FINANCIAL ORDERS

1.     Financial Order:  Purchase a Conservation Restriction on Westhampton Road near Parsons Brook                (2nd  Reading)

2.     Financial Order:  Purchase of 21.4 Acres in Broad Brook Greenway/Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area (2nd  Reading)

3.     Financial Order:  City Council Grants a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Plan to Grantham Group Assisted Living Project within Village at Hospital Hill Economic Opportunity Area (EOA)          (2nd Reading)

4.     Financial Order:  Appropriation of $120,000 from Community Preservation Act funding to City of Northampton for Christopher Heights Assisted Living Affordable Housing Project (2nd Reading)

 

  • ORDERS

1.     Order: Authorization to Grant and/or Accept a Historic Preservation Restriction of Florence Grammar School

 (1st Reading)

2.     Order: Storm Water Advisory Taskforce (1st Reading)

3.     Order: Warrant of Special State Primary to be Held on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 (2nd Reading)

4.     Order: Warrant of Special State Election to be Held on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 (2nd Reading)

5.     Order: City Council Rules 2012 - 2013 (2nd Reading)

 

 

  • ORDINANCES

1.     Ordinance:  Amend §312-102 Schedule I: Parking Prohibited All Times – Barrett Place – Councilor Spector (Refer to Committee on Elections, Rules, Ordinances, Orders and Claims)

2.     Ordinance:  Add Chapter §310 Vehicle Charging Stations(Refer to Committee on Elections, Rules, Ordinances, Orders and Claims)

3.     Ordinance:  Amend §312-36 Parking Meter Locations and Regulations(Refer to Committee on Elections, Rules, Ordinances, Orders and Claims)

4.     Ordinance:  Amend §312-109 Schedule VIII: On-Street Parking Meter Zones(Refer to Committee on Elections, Rules, Ordinances, Orders and Claims)

5.     Ordinance:  Amend §312-110 Schedule IX: Off-Street Parking Areas(Refer to Committee on Elections, Rules, Ordinances, Orders and Claims)

6.     Ordinance:  Amend §22-30 to §22-34 and §195-1 to§195-10 and §161-3 Merge Historic District Commission into the Historical Commission (Refer to Committee on Elections, Rules, Ordinances, Orders and Claims)

7.     Ordinance:  Amend §22-3 Committee on Cultural and Recreation Services (Refer to Committee on Elections, Rules, Ordinances, Orders and Claims)

8.     Ordinance:  Add Chapter §23 Public Comment (Refer to Committee on Elections, Rules, Ordinances, Orders and Claims)

 

  • UPDATES FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

 

  • NEW BUSINESS – Reserved for topics that the Chair did not reasonably anticipate would be discussed.

 

  • ADJOURN

The next City Council meeting is March 21, 2013

 

 

Northampton City Council

Finance Committee

March 7, 2013

 

Councilor David A. Murphy, Chairman        

Council President William H. Dwight           

Councilor Marianne L. LaBarge                   

Councilor Eugene A. Tacy

 

AGENDA

  •      ROLL CALL
  •       FINANCIAL ORDERS
  •       NEW BUSINESS – Reserved for topics that the Chair did not reasonably anticipate would be discussed.
  •       ADJOURN

 

 

 

Contact:
Mary L. Midura
Executive Secretary
mmidura@northamptonma.gov
413-587-1210

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