City Council

Tuesday, February 18, 2020, Regular 7:00 PM – 191 Meeting of the Cabot Beverly Street, 3rd Floor City CouncilCouncil Chambers, Beverly AGENDA Roll Call of Members: Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: Councilor Flaherty Moment of Silence: Carl P. Larcom Jr- Worked for City of Beverly as a Tree Surgeon 1968-96 John Jack) P. Frates Sr. –Served on the Planning Board, Historic Committee and as Chairman of the Harbor Management Authority. Mr. Frates is also the father of Ward 6 Councilor John Frates Jr. Margaret Falloni Resolutions: None Presentations, Awards and Memorials: Beverly Human Rights Committee –Leah Jones Federal Caucus-William Coughlin Comments by Citizens (subject to the conditions contained in Appendix A to the “Rules and Orders”): Anyone who would like to speak at the Meeting has until 9:30AM on the day of the Meeting to register with the City Clerk. (Limit of 3 @ 5 minutes each): 1. Matt Pojo, 11 Longwood Ave Public Hearings: 1. #045 – 7:30 PM –Budget Transfers – $923,661 from Free Cash to Stabilization fund and $184,732 from free cash to OPEB trust. 2. #046- 7:45PM- Budget Transfers-$1,275,000 from Free Cash to School Security Capital Fund 3. #047- 8:00PM-Budget Transfers-2,000,000 from Free Cash to new Police Station Capital Project Fund. Acceptance of Minutes of Previous Meeting: 1. Regular Meeting – Monday, February 3, 2020 Communications from His Honor the Mayor: 1. #058-Donation-$25,000 donation from Beverly Crossing via the Essex County Community Foundation’s ASD Fund. 2. #059-Grant-$100,000 Municipal Vulnerability Prepareness (MVP) from Mass Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs. 3. #060-Amend the Senior Citizen Tax Work-off Abatement Program. 4. #061-Appointment-Beverly Planning Board, Ms. Andrea Toulouse 21 Puritan Rd. 5. #062-Reappointment-Constable-Mr. Timothy R. Creamer, 36 Appleton Avenue 6. #063-Appointments-Economic and Community Development Council-Mr. Neiland Douglas, Mr. William Howard, Mr. Richard Marino, Mr. Michael O’Brien, Mr. Richard Vincent, Mr. Aaron Clausen, Mr. Michael Collins and Ms. Denise Deschamps. 7. #064-Grant-$118,117 FY’20 911 Support and Incentive from the Executive Office of Public Safety (EOPSS) and Security/Office of Grants & Research (OGR) 8. LATE FILE-#070-Reappointment-Mayor’s Representative of the Contributory Retirement Board-Mr. Bryant Ayles, Finance Director Communications, from other City Officers and Boards: 1. #065-City Clerk-Application for Hawkers & Peddlers License, Mr. William Curdo d/b/a North Shore Catering Plus, 81 Cabot Street, Beverly 2. #066-School Committee President-Appointment, School Committee representative-Financial Forecast Committee, Lindsay Ducharme, 31 Bertram St. Communications, Applications and Petitions: 1. #067-FOTH-MEPA Application-Endicott College Proposed Seawall Replacement 2. #068-Phase V Remedy Operations Status Inspection & Monitoring Report 3. #069-Cummings Properties, LLC.-Project change (ENPC) submission Unfinished Business: None Motions and Order: 2nd Reading for the Ordinance #050- Request for Handicapped Sign on Carver St. 2nd Reading Ordinance #055- Request for Handicapped Sign on Federal St. Reports of Committees: See attached Committee Reports with Actions taken noted. Note that the Council is likely to act on matters listed on the Committee Reports, unless they are held in Committee. Committees also may meet during a Recess of the full Council, and consider any Agenda Item identified herein, or on the attached Committee Reports, and report back to the full Council on such matters when it reconvenes. The foregoing matters are those reasonably anticipated by the President up to 48 business hours prior to the scheduled Meeting time. It is possible that not all matters will be addressed. To the extent permitted by law, matters may be discussed that are submitted or arise within 48 business hours of the scheduled Meeting, if they were not reasonably anticipated by the President.