Newport City Council will host a Regular City Council Meeting on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at 6:30 pm in the Council Chamber at Newport City Hall.
The meeting is open to the public. Here’s a look at what’s on the docket.
CITY OF NEWPORT
DOCKET FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
JANUARY 24, 2024*
The following items of business, filed with the City Clerk under the Rules of the
Council will come before the Council at meeting to be held at 6:30 pm in the City
Council Chambers, 43 Broadway, Newport, RI 02840
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.
- 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. Minutes of the Boards and Commissions Interviews held January 6, 2024
(Approve)
b. Special Events: - Irish American Athletic Club, d/b/a Not Your Grandma’s Bingo, 642
Thames St.; January 28, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Emeline McKeoun, d/b/a Newport Winterfest, Newport Art Museum,
Cushing Building; February 24, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Newport Life Magazine, d/b/a Newport Wedding Show, Newport
Craft Brewing & Distilling, 293 Connell Highway & Rosecliff
Mansion; February 25, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Irish American Athletic Club, d/b/a Drag Me to Lunch, 642 Thames
St.; March 24, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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- Newport Art Museum, d/b/a Summer Art Party, Newport Art Museum;
July 12, 2024 from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. - R.I. Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., d/b/a Newport Classical Music
Festival, King Park Gazebo; July 4, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. - R.I. Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., d/b/a Newport Classical Music
Festival, The Breakers; July 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 2024 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. - R.I. Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., d/b/a Newport Classical Music
Festival, The Elms; July 9, 11 and 17, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. - R.I. Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., d/b/a Newport Classical Music
Festival, Newport Art Museum; July 10, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:45
p.m. - R.I. Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., d/b/a Newport Classical Music
Festival, The Chinese Tea House; July 12 & 19, 2024 from 5:15 a.m.
to 6:30 a.m. - R.I. Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., d/b/a Newport Classical Music
Festival, Redwood Library and Athenaeum; July 14, 2024 from 3:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - R.I. Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., d/b/a Newport Classical Music
Festival, Castle Hill Mansion and Inn; July 16, 2024 from 7:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. - RI Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., d/b/a/ Newport Classical Music
Festival, The Colony House; July 21, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. - Newport Design Festival, LLC, d/b/a Newport Design Week, 115
Narragansett Ave.; July 25, 26 & 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Historic Wharves, d/b/a Newport International Boat Show, layout
attached; September 12-15, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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c. Tattoo License Renewal, Owner/Operator, Jennifer Clinch Guertin, d/b/a
Anchor Steam Tattoo Gallery, 44 Broadway
d. Bingo License, Daily, Irish American Athletic Club, 642 Thames St,
January 28, 2024
e. Communication from Dennis Sullivan, re: Requesting permission to be the
sole vendor at the 68 th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 16, 2024
(Approve)
f. 2023 Annual Reports:
- Henderson Home
- Zoning Board of Review
LICENSES AND PERMITS - Mobile Food Cart (MFEC) License, Renewal, The Newport Lobster Shack
Group Cooperative, d/b/a Newport Lobster Shack, 150 Long Wharf - Victualing License, Renewal, MMKJR, Inc., d/b/a A-1 Pizza, 306 Broadway
- Victualing License, Renewal, Ash Mart, Inc., d/b/a Ash Mart, 2 Carroll Ave.
- Victualing License, Renewal, Bellevue Boards, LLC, d/b/a Bellevue Boards, 84
Broadway - Victualing License, Renewal, The Nitro Bar, LLC, d/b/a Nitro Bar, The, 404
Thames St. - Victualing License, Renewal, The Nitro Bar, LLC, d/b/a Nitro Bar, The, 2 Pond
Ave. - Entertainment License, Expansion, Class B (outdoors), Carpe Noctem
Restaurant, LLC, d/b/a Fifth Element, to expand the entertainment by adding an
outdoor skating rink at 105 Broadway Monday through Thursday from 3:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Saturday and
Sunday from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Hearing) - Entertainment License, New, Class A (indoor) & Class B (outdoor), The
Quencher Newport, LLC, d/b/a The Quencher Newport, 95 Long Wharf,
indoors Sunday through Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. and second
floor deck Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Hearing)-
continued from January 10, 2024
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- APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Council Liaison Updates
Appointments
Planning Board- Patricia Antonelli (3-year term expires 10/31/2024)
RESOLUTIONS - ~ Memorandum from City Solicitor Christopher J. Behan, Esq.
Approving the Easement Benefiting 50 Washington Square Property for the
Installation of a Subterranean Vault in the Sidewalk on the South Side of
Farewell Street Sidewalk Abutting the 50 Washington Square Property
COMMUNICATIONS - Communication from the Town of Jamestown, re: Gould Island Presentation
- Council Priorities Dashboard
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER - Memorandum from the Director of Planning and Development RE: Updates on
Resolutions Nos. 2023-10, 2023-11, 2023-12; Submittal of Work Plan and
Budget, Resolution No. 2023-09 - Memorandum from the City Manager re: Soil Stockpile and Landfill at Rogers
High School. Recommendations to be discussed and a possible vote on action
to be taken. - Action Item #6226/24 – re: Soil Stockpile at Rogers Testing Report
- Action Item #6227/24 – re: CRMC File No. 2021-05-075 – Revised
Application of Susan LaChapelle Ropolo – 80 Washington Street – Residential
Boating Facility
ADJOURN AS COUNCIL AND CONVENE AS BOARD OF LICENSE
COMMISSIONERS
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BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
CONSENT CALENDAR
- Class F-1 Daily Liquor License, R.I. Arts Foundation at Newport, Inc., d/b/a
Newport Classical, The Breakers; July 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 2024 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
LICENSES AND PERMITS
- Application of Radish Patch, LLC, d/b/a Hooked, 580 Thames St. Unit A102,
holder of a Class BL alcoholic beverage license to transfer ownership and
location to Yagi Noodles, LLC, d/b/a Yagi Noodles, 20 & 22 Long Wharf Mall
(Hearing)
The Council will adjourn as the Board of License Commissioners and convene as City
Council in Open Session and by open call by an affirmative vote of a majority of its
members, vote to convene the meeting in a closed session in the Second Floor
Conference Room, Newport City Hall, 43 Broadway, Newport, RI, pursuant to Rhode
Island General Laws, Section 42-46-1, as amended, and in accordance with Section
42-46-5 Purposes for Which Meeting May be Closed, “(a)(1) Personnel
Issues”…Discussions of the job performance, character or physical or mental health
of persons…” in order to discuss the search for a City Manager and pursuant to
Rhode Island General Laws Section 42-46-5 (a)(2) “sessions pertaining to litigation”
to discuss the Ann Street Pier litigation.
Adjourn in Executive Session and reconvene in Open Session to discuss or take votes
on matters discussed in Executive Session.
Adjourn- January 17, 2024
*(Rev. 1.22.24)
Laura C. Swistak, CMC
City Clerk
