Newport City Council will host their next Regular Council Meeting on Wednesday, January 27 at 6:30 pm.
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CITY OF NEWPORT
DOCKET FOR THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
JANUARY 27, 2021
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD REMOTELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNOR
RAIMONDO’S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-25- 1. (b) “ SUCH MEANS MAY INCLUDE,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS THROUGH TELEPHONE,
INTERNET, OR SATELLITE ENABLED AUDIO OR VIDEO CONFERENCING OR ANY
OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES THE PUBLIC TO CLEARLY FOLLOW THE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE PUBLIC BODY WHILE THOSE ACTIVITES ARE OCCURING”
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The following items of business, filed with the City Clerk under the Rules of the
Council, will come before the Council at a meeting to be held in accordance with
Governor Raimondo’s Executive Order 20-25 on January 27, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
CITIZENS’ FORUM: (Speakers must sign in with the City Clerk) The Citizens’ Forum
period shall be no longer than fifteen minutes, and citizens may address the Council on
one subject only and for no longer than three minutes. Issues to be discussed shall not
include matters to be considered or discussed as part of the regular Council agenda and
must be related to substantive city business. No comments regarding personnel or job
performance are allowed.
- PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Amendments to the Comprehensive
Land Use Plan 2017 to add the North End Urban Plan
a. Recommendation from the Planning Board
b. Ordinance Amending Chapter 14.04 entitled, Comprehensive Plan,
Section 14.04.010, entitled, “Comprehensive Planning and Land
Use Act” (First Reading) - CONSENT CALENDAR (THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS APPROVED IN ITS
ENTIRETY UNLESS THE COUNCIL REMOVES AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. ALL LICENSES
ARE GRANTED SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH ORDINANCES #31-80 AND #98-40.)
a. Holiday Selling License, Renewal, Red Door Ventures, Inc., d/b/a
Wag Nation, 181 Bellevue Ave. (new location)
b. 2020 Boards and Commissions Annual Reports (Receive) - Planning Board
- Tree and Open Space Commission
c. Capital Improvement Program FY 2022-FY2026 (Receive and order
advertised for public hearing on February 10, 2021) – A copy is
available in the City Clerk’s Office and on the website
https://www.cityofnewport.com/cityhall/departments/finance/budgets- cafrs-cips-annual-performance-reports/cips
d. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the year ended June 30,
2020 (Receive) – A copy for review is in the City Clerk’s Office and on the city’s
website http://www.cityofnewport.com/departments/finance
- Communication from Blum Shapiro (Receive)
e. Communication from the Historic Cemetery Advisory Commission, re:
Requesting the City Council to reinstate CIP funding for Cemetery
Restoration (Receive)
f. Communication from Liam Barry, re: Resignation from the Planning
Board (Receive with regret)
g. Communication from Dennis P. Sullivan, St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Chairman, re: 2021 St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Receive)
LICENSES AND PERMITS
- Victualing License, Renewal, 8-10 Broadway Newport, LLC, d/b/a Hope on
Broadway, 8-10 Broadway and 1 River Lane first floor and basement - Victualing License, New/Expansion, Chive Blossom, LLC, d/b/a
Stoneacre Garden, 151 Swinburne Row, and to expand the premises to include 723
sq. foot roof top patio (In conjunction with liquor license transfer of L & B
Associates, LLC) - APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Council Liaison Appointments - Affirmative Action Commission – Angela McCalla
- Brenton Point Committee – Kate Leonard
- City Council/School Liaison Committee – Angela McCalla
- East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) – Jamie Bova
- Edward King House Senior Citizens Center – Lynn Ceglie, Elizabeth
Fuerte - Energy & Environment Commission – Angela McCalla, Jamie Bova
- Fort Adams Foundation – Kate Leonard
- Hospitality Commission– Charlie Holder
- Legislative Liaison – Jamie Bova
- Miantonomi Park Commission– Angela McCalla
- Newport Beach Commission – Charlie Holder
- Newport County Chamber of Commerce Liaison – Charlie Holder, Angela
McCalla - Newport Partnership for Families – Lynn Ceglie
- Newport Public Education Foundation – Lynn Ceglie; Jamie Bova
- Newport Public Library – Lynn Ceglie; Jamie Bova
- Tree & Open Space Commission – Elizabeth Fuerte
- Tourism Marketing District – Lynn Ceglie; Charlie Holder
- Washington Square Advisory Commission – Lynn Ceglie
Reappointments
Historic District Commission – Joanne Salvo (term expires 2/3/2023)
Tree and Open Space – Maureen Cronin Marosits (term expires 3/27/2022)
RESOLUTIONS - Council Rules
- Outdoor Dining- C. Holder, K. Leonard, L. Ceglie, E. Fuerte, A. McCalla, J.
Napolitano
ORDINANCES - Amending Chapter 10.52.010 of the Codified Ordinances, “entitled”,
“No through-streets listed—Signs required”, to add Leal Terrace (Second
Reading) - Amending Chapter 10.32.110 of the Codified Ordinances, entitled “Designated
residential parking streets” to add Marchant Street from Atlantic Street to Eastnor
Road (Second Reading)
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER - Memorandum from the City Manager RE: Homestead Exemption
- Action Item #5955/21 – RE: Award of Bid # 21-014 – Custom
Reactivated and/or Virgin Granular Activated Carbon
(w/accompanying
resolution)
ADJOURN AS COUNCIL AND CONVENE AS BOARD OF LICENSE
COMMISSIONERS
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
LICENSES AND PERMITS - 2020-2021 Liquor License, Renewal, Class BV, 8-10 Broadway Newport, LLC,
d/b/a Hope on Broadway, 8-10 Broadway & 1 River Lane, First Floor and Basement
(Hearing) - Application of L & B Associates, LLC, d/b/a Stonearce, 151 Swinburne Row,
holder of a Class BV alcoholic beverage license to transfer ownership to Chive
Blossom, LLC (Crispy Shallots, LLC- 100%), d/b/a Stoneacre Garden, 151 Swinburne
Row and to expand the license premises to include a 723 sq. foot rooftop patio limited
to 49 seats (Hearing)
Laura C. Swistak
City Clerk
ADJOURN- (01/20/21)
ADJOURN AS BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS