Date: March 29, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: City Council Chamber, 375 Merrimack Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA / Zoom (Hybrid)
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MAYOR'S BUSINESS
2.1.
Communication Remote / Zoom Participation:
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2.2.
Communication - Laura Ortiz - Complaint.
2.3.
Citations:
1. AG Hardware; and
2. Gold Tea Café
2.4.
Recognition - Heroic rescue efforts by the LFD at the Maude Street fire on March 3, 2022.
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CITY CLERK
3.1.
Minutes Of Housing SC March 22nd; City Council Meeting March 22nd, For Acceptance.
4.
GENERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS
4.1.
Amending Loan Order - $38,568,011 For High School Project.
5.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY MANAGER
5.1.
Motion Responses
A) Motion Response - Hot Pot Restaurant
B) Motion Response - HVAC Grants for School Buildings
C) Motion Response - Cawley Memorial Stadium Project Funding
D) Motion Response - Separated Areas
E) Motion Response - Wireless Emergency Alerts
F) Motion Response - Marijuana Delivery Status
G) Motion Response - St Louis School
H) Motion Response - Open Space Prioritization and Funding
I) Motion Response - Rourke Freedom Way
J) Motion Response - City and School Finance Collaboration
K) Motion Response - Bookmobile Partnerships
Documents:
- A) Motion Response - Hot Pot Restaurant.pdf
- B) Motion Response - HVAC Grants for School Buildings.pdf
- C) Motion Response - Cawley Memorial Stadium Project Funding.pdf
- D) Motion Response - Separated Areas.pdf
- E) Motion Response - Wireless Emergency Alerts.pdf
- F) Motion Response - Marijuana Delivery Status.pdf
- G) Motion Response - St Louis School.pdf
- H) Motion Response - Open Space Prioritization and Funding.pdf
- I) Motion Response - Rourke Freedom Way.pdf
- J) Motion Response - City and School Finance Collaboration.pdf
- K) Motion Response - Bookmobile Partnerships.pdf
5.2.
Informational Reports
L) Informational - NSS Compliance and FY23 School Spending
6.
REPORTS (SUB/COMMITTEE, IF ANY)
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PETITIONS
7.1.
Claims - (5) Property Damage; (1) Personal Injury.
8.
CITY COUNCIL - MOTIONS
8.1.
C. Yem - Req. City Mgr. have the appropriate department provide an update on the status of the collapsed retaining wall of CityPoint Condominiums at the corner of Middlesex and School Streets.
8.2.
C. Mercier - Req. City Mgr. find ways and means to televise the meetings of the Lowell Sustainability Council.
8.3.
C. Gitschier - Req. City Mgr. look into purchasing handheld decibel (dB) meters for all police cruisers to enforce the City’s Noise Ordinance (Chapter 204).
8.4.
C. Gitschier - Req. City Mgr. provide the City Council with a list of City board members serving with an expired term.
8.5.
C. Robinson - Req. City Mgr. have DPW provide a list of all monuments the City is responsible to maintain and what the detailed maintenance schedule as to ready these sites for Memorial Day; including re-mulching of locations.
8.6.
C. Robinson - Req. City Mgr. have DPW provide the Council with a detailed weekly cleaning schedule including all locations for City business districts in regards to the Tennant vacuum that comes out of DPW Parks.
8.7.
C. Jenness - Req. City Mgr. provide an update on the current status of the Beaver Street Bridge project.
8.8.
C. Drinkwater - Req. City Mgr. work with the HR Department to identify any positions in need of a wage adjustment to keep pace with the current State minimum wage, or the scheduled State minimum wage increase to $15 per hour in 2023.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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