AGENDA

Public Comment - 7:00 P.M.

Regular Meeting - 7:05 P.M.

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC HEARINGS

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
1. Proclamation: Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month March 2013
PROCLAMATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ONE-MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
EVENTS

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Resolution: Tax Reform (2nd Reading)

PRESENTATIONS
1. Water/Sewer Enterprise Funds – Discussion and Rational/Determination for Rate Increases – Ned Huntley,
DPW Director and Terry Culhane, BPW Chair

LICENSES AND PETITIONS
1. Street Petition Acceptance (recommended by Board of Public Works)
§ Depot Avenue
§ Graves Avenue
§ King Avenue
§ Wilder Place

APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, APPOINTMENTS, AND ELECTIONS

1. 1.Committee on Public Safety Minutes of February 4, 2013
2. Reappointment: Dr. Joanne Levin, Board of Health, Term to Expire March 2016

RECESS FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE
FINANCIAL ORDERS

ORDERS AND ORDINANCES

1. Order: Authorization to Grant and/or Accept a Historic Preservation Restriction of Florence Grammar School (2nd Reading)
2. Ordinance: Amend §22-97 through §22-99 Commission on Disability (1st Reading)
3. Ordinance: Amend §22-130 Community Preservation Committee: Powers and Duties (1st Reading)
4. Ordinance: Add Chapter §310 Vehicle Charging Stations (1st Reading)
5. Ordinance: Amend §312-36 Parking Meter Locations and Regulations (1st Reading)
6. Ordinance: Amend §312-109 Schedule VIII: On-Street Parking Meter Zones (1st Reading)
7. Ordinance: Amend §312-110 Schedule IX: Off-Street Parking Areas (1st Reading)
8. Ordinance: Add Chapter §23 Public Comment (1st Reading)
9. Ordinance: Chapter 312, Add Article XIV Vendors, Section 1. Permitting of Ice Cream Truck Vendors (Request 2 Readings)
10. Ordinance: Amend §350-3.4 Rezone Parcels on Easthampton Road from BP and SR to GI to Help Fulfill the Business Park Vision (1st Reading)
11. Ordinance: Amend §350-4.4 Language Regarding Home Occupation be Amended to be Consistent with Current “Home Business” Classification (1st Reading)
12. Ordinance: Amend §350j Water Supply Protection: Larger Accessory Structures Allowed, Addressing Mistakes in Attached Garage Setbacks, Relaxing Photovoltaic Structure Standards (1st Reading)
13. Ordinance: Amend §350-11.2, 11.3, 11.4, and 11.6b Consistent with Sustainable Northampton Minimize Permit Review Also Add Recording Requirements (1st Reading)
14. Ordinance: Amend §350-10.1B Site Plans Approved with Special Permits be Recorded with the Decision (1st Reading)
15. Ordinance: Amend §350-9.3A New Non-Conforming Aspects to Already Existing Non-Conforming Single or Two Family Homes be Allowed by Special Permit Consistent with Recent Court Rulings on the Matter (1st Reading)
16. Ordinance: Amend §350-350a et seq. Increase Height Limits in Office/Industrial, General Industrial, and Central Business District by Five Feet (1st Reading)
17. Ordinance: Amend §350-7.7 General Advertising Signs (Billboards) May Not Be Reconstructed to Contain
    Electronic Technology (1st Reading)

UPDATES FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

INFORMATION REQUESTS (CHARTER PROVISION 2-7)

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

ADJOURN

The next City Council meeting is April 4, 2013

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