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From YouTube: December 18, 2011, City Council Meeting
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December 18, 2011, City Council Meeting
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Thank
you,
council
president
members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
john
bolton
attorney
for
chapel
associates
regarding
ordinance
number
10-11-2
on
your
agenda
this
evening.
Out
of
the
ordinance
committee,
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
this
ordinance
has
received
the
recommendation
of
the
planning
staff
and
the
city
planner
on
december
6.
The
planning
board
unanimously
recommended
the
ordinance,
as
well
as
the
ordinance
committee
on
december
9th.
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Councilman
navarro
and
we
started
to
implement
that
and
we
were
providing
that
information.
I
can
tell
you
right
now
that
the
the
rates
are
so
terrible
that
we're
trying
to
invest
as
as
quickly
and
as
much
as
possible,
but
the
rate
of
return.
Is
it's
going
to
be
difficult
to
even
make
budget
this
year
even
that
we
reduced
it?
Sizably
I
mean
the
banks
are
giving
such
deplorable
rates
of
return.
N
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L
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M
L
No,
I
I
I
think,
based
on
the
charter,
that
mr
councilman
pelletier
mentioned,
that
it
gives
the
ability
to
the
treasury
and
myself
to
invest
in
various
investment
vehicles,
similar
to
what
we
do
with
banks.
This
is
just
another
mechanism
of
getting
a
better
rate
of
return,
so
it's
very
conservative.
It's
not
anything
where
we're
investing
overseas
or
parts
of
the
country,
it's
through
the
state
of
rhode
island.
So
we
can
be
assured
that
what
we're
investing
into
is
going
to
be.
You
know,
supported
by
the
state.
M
L
L
This
should
generate
a
better
rate
of
return,
say
it's
at
the
current
rate.
It
should
be
maybe
0.4
percent,
whatever
the
whatever
the
current
banks
give
us
for
a
rate
of
return.
This
should
far
exceed
it
and
and
what
the
treasurer
of
the
state
was
trying
to
do
is
because
rates
being
so
low,
have
the
ability
to
help
cities
and
towns
get
more
more
of
a
rate
of
return
on
their
investment
than
they're
currently
getting.
M
L
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M
O
My
name
is
james
prescott.
I'm
a
partner
at
braver
with
me
tonight
is
eric
erica
lowbry
she's,
a
manager
of
the
job
here
in
cranston,
which
I
think
most
of
you
have
met
her
before
at
our
last
meeting.
You've
had
these
statements,
I'm
not
sure.
How
long
did
you
get
drafts
this
afternoon
or
get
drafts
before?
O
When
did
you
at
any
rate?
We
we
talked
about
this
at
the
finance
committee
hearing
about
a
week
and
a
half
ago,
and
since
that
time
we've
added
the
transmittal
letter
which
comes
from
the
administration
in
the
front
and
it
kind
of
explains
a
narrative
of
what
the
financials
are
and
how
they
in
the
in
the
results
over
the
last
year
or
so.
O
C
O
C
O
We're
required
to
send
out
requests
to
all
lawyers
or
legal
for
legal
matters
that
might
affect
the
financial
statements
and
so
that
we
have
to
have
that
documentation
in
in
our
files
before
we
can
actually
put
a
date
on.
We
expect
this
not
to
change,
and
we
will
date
it
thursday,
and
it
will
be
final
from
there,
but
this
is.
O
O
Schedule
it's
a
budget
to
actual
comparison
of
the
schools
and,
as
you
can
see,
we
have
the
original
budget,
the
final
budget,
which
didn't
change
the
actual
numbers,
which
is
the
numbers
we
audit
in
the
variances.
As
you
can
see,
they
had
a
four
hundred
and
thirty
five
thousand
dollar
deficit
for
the
year
operational,
but
you
should
also
know
that
they
set
aside
some
money
for
the
health
insurance
which
shows
up
actually
on
page
103
school
department's
internal
service
fund.
O
Now,
in
the
past,
this
has
been
part
of
their
general
fund
and
what
they've
done
is
they
set
up
this
internal
service
fund
to
better
track
the
expenses
for
health
for
the
school
department
and
the
expense
in
the
general
fund
is
actually
the
rate
that
their
co-op
charges
them
during
the
year
and
then
over
here?
This
23
million
is
the
actual
expenditures
that
they
had
on
health.
O
So
when
you,
when
you're
thinking
of
the
school
you
kind
of
cut,
it
got
to
kind
of
look
at
this
number
and
add
it
to
the
deficit
in
the
school.
So
instead,
so
this
2.2
million
gets
added
to
the
half
million.
Now,
what
this
year,
I
understand,
they're
actually
operating
in
a
surplus
on
the
health
side,
so
they
hope
to
recoup
a
lot
of
this
unexpected
expenses
they
had
during
this
year.
O
O
What
I
point
out
to
you
is
that
you
had,
after
all,
said
and
done,
you
had
a
positive
surplus
of
twenty
one
thousand
dollars,
which
is
almost
a
perfect
break.
Even
there
were
some
things
I'll
just
also
mention
is
that
when
you
prepared
the
budget
for
this
this
year
june
of
2011,
you
had
a
transfer
of
fund
balance
that
you
counted
as
revenue
in
your
budget
and
what,
because
things
turned
out
kind
of
positively,
the
administration
decided
not
to
actually
make
that
transfer
and
you'll
see
that
number
up
here
under
appropriation
of
accumulated
surplus.
O
O
O
The
next
area
just
go
back
to
the
front
of
the
report
or
near
the
front
of
the
report,
which
shows
your
balance
sheet
for
the
general
fund,
and
it
also
shows
the
school
department's
balance
sheet,
and
I
talked
about
this.
The
last
time
we
were
here.
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
go
over
that
again
under
fund
balance,
so
on
page
29
is
the
list
of
assets
of
the
general
fund
list
of
assets
in
the
school
department
and
other
governmentals
the
liabilities
and
then
the
fund
balances
of
these
funds.
O
O
These
reserve
they're
kind
of
what
I
would
characterize
as
reserves
of
non-spendable
3.2
million
restricted
of
63
and
committed
of
one
three.
Those
are
all
part
of
that
twenty
one
million,
and
most
of
that
is
related
to
reserves
set
up
because
of
the
school
so
because
the
school
is
operating
in
a
deficit
position.
You
kind
of
reserve
your
general
fund,
because
overall,
you
have
to
really
kind
of
combine
the
two,
because
you're
really
one
entity
when
all
is
said
and
done.
So
that's
what
those
reserves
are.
O
Producing
about
a
one
point:
six,
I
can't
read
this
1.6
million
one
point:
yes,
1.6
million
dollar
surplus
and
sewer
that's
been
the
case
for
a
few
years,
you're
generating
surplus
in
the
sewer,
a
lot
of
talk
about
pensions,
the
pension
trust
fund,
which
is
on
page
38
at
least
this
year.
Anyways
you've
had
some
what
I
would
call
dramatic
appreciation
on
the
assets
of
over
almost
10
million
dollars
because
of
the
stock
market
recovered.
So
much
our
report,
we
are
asked
primarily
well.
O
What
this
basically
says
is
that
we
look
at
the
financial
statements
prepared
by
the
administration,
the
administration's
responsibility
with
your
supervision,
and
we
come
to
a
conclusion
that
they
are
fairly
stated.
We
don't
audit
every
transaction,
we
don't
count
nickels
and
dimes.
We
set
up
tests
that
test
controls
that
are
involved
in
the
city,
handling
finances
and
we're
able
to
render
an
opinion
that
we
think
the
statements
are
fairly
stated.
We
also
do
a
what
they
call
a
single
audit,
which
is
an
exam
compliance
examination
of
federal
funds.
There
are
special
tests.
P
O
This
explains
our
duties
and
we
are
required
to
communicate
this
to
you
as
a
governing
board
of
what
we,
what
we
do
it
talks
about
what
I
just
mentioned.
We
come
to
reasonable
assurance
on
the
financial
statements.
We
have
to
communicate
whether
or
not
we
have
difficulties
in
performing
the
audit.
We
didn't
have
any
such
difficulties
there.
It
talks
about
estimates
that
are
used
in
a
financial
statements,
capital
assets
and
depreciation
doubtful
accounts.
Those
things
that
you
should
be
aware
of:
they're,
not
exact
numbers.
O
We
had
some
corrected
journal
entries.
Some
are
directly
related
to
a
change
in
accounting
method
that
was
required
by
the
gasby
and
the
others
were
receivable
in
the
sewer
department,
which
really
doesn't
affect
the
overall
health
or
or
condition
of
the
sewer.
We
had
no
disagreements
with
management
management
made
requests
made
no
separate
requests
from
us.
They
didn't
opinion
shop.
As
far
as
we
know,
we
have
no
indication
of
that
and
we
have
no
other
major
things
that
we
should
be
communicating
to
you
other
than
this
letter
in
our
audit.
M
O
M
M
O
Right,
the
10
million
dollar
deficit
in
the
school
is
being
really
accounted
for
on
the
left
in
these
restrictions
that
we
have
so
your
actual
fund
balance
is
21
million
dollars,
but
because
of
the
school's
deficit,
so
to
speak,
not
directly,
but
so
to
speak.
We
we
have
these
unspendable
restricted,
which
is
primarily
related
to
the
contract.
You
have
the
deficit
reduction
clause
or
contract.
You
have
with
the
city
with
the
school
and
then
there's
some
committed
funds
of
encumbrances
there.
So.
O
N
O
Well,
I
can't
say
they
wouldn't
look
at
it,
but
it's
not
it's
not
the
important
figure.
You
ask
what
the
important
figure
was.
It's
the
10
million
surplus
that
you
have
remaining
now,
that
necessarily
maybe
maybe
bob
mentioned.
I
mean
he
has
the
conversations
with
moody's
at
various
times.
I
would
think,
but
that
is
not
necessarily
I
mean
for
an
entity
this
size,
that's
not
a
big
number,
at
least
in
my
opinion,
it
could
be
much
larger.
M
Q
M
I'm
just
again
it's
for
the
moody's
for
the
bond
rating.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
you
know
the
way
the
the
accounting
has
been
done,
that
that
it
doesn't,
you
know,
affect
us
in
any
way
because
of
the,
because
that's
the
most
important
thing,
the
unassigned,
that's
the
unrestricted!
That's
our
surplus
right.
O
I
think
they
they
will
really
the
same
way,
but
I
think
it's,
the
10
million
is
in
these
numbers
above
the
non-dis
non-spendable,
which
is
what
the
number
that
we
determine
the
school
didn't
have
the
ability
to
repay
in
a
current
period,
which
is
12
months,
the
restricted
is
mainly
the
contract
between
the
school
and
the
city
to
reduce
their
deficit,
which
gets
million
dollars
a
year.
I
believe
it
is,
and
then
committed
has
to
do
with
a
lot
that
has
to
do
with
the
school's
encumbrances.
M
O
M
O
If
you
were
to
compare
last
year's,
then
this
year's
you'd
have,
to
kind
of
you
know,
look
at
that
and
and
see
that
that
was
the
kind
of
expenditure
they
had
if
we
had
treated
it
if
they
had
treated
it
without
setting
up
that
side
fund
this
year,
if
they
had
not
set
up
the
site
fund,
that
loss
would
be
in
here
now.
Conversely,
last
year
they
had
a
surplus,
I
mean.
When
I
talked
about
last
year
I
mean
2010.
O
O
O
Right
they're
operating
operating,
not
including
the
previous
year's
surplus,
was
negative
3.4
and
so
the
difference
between
the
what
they
call
the
working
rate
and
the
actual
claims
are
are
the
is
this
difference
here.
The
20
million
is
the
working
rate.
The
23
8
was
the
actual
claims
in
that's
how
they
distinguish
it.
They
got
now.
I
O
I
K
A
A
I
I
B
B
C
B
R
R
I
think
the
discussion
tonight
about
the
school
internal
service
fund
made
a
lot
of
sense,
and
I
think
the
auto
report
shows
that
the
city
did
a
good
job,
managing
our
side
of
the
budget
and
the
deficit
that
ended
up
showing
was
because
of
the
transfer
of
the
million
dollars
to
the
police
station
that
where
the
sale
didn't
happen.
That
was
an
agreement
I
believe
two
years
ago,
maybe
three
years
ago
now,
but.
F
Q
Thank
you.
Council
president.
The
ordinance
committee
passed
two
ordinances.
The
first
is
10
11-2
ordinance
in
amendment
of
chapter
17,
dakota,
the
city
of
cranston
2005,
entitled
zoning
change
of
zone
to
noland
avenue.
It
was
past
three
to
zero.
This
deals
with
chapel
view,
I
believe,
entertain
a
motion
for
passage.
G
B
C
Q
Extraordinary
business
council
president's
resolution
resolution
authorizing
the
appointment
of
the
committee
to
develop
the
redistricting
plan
for
the
six
wards
of
city
cranston,
as
amended
in
committee
12
8
to
11.
this
past
unanimously.
4-0
council
president
entertained
a
motion
for
passage
as
amended.
C
M
M
M
A
M
C
Q
C
C
So
and
as
amended
in
committee.
It
says,
and
also
two
members
of
the
city
council
appointed
by
the
majority
leader
and
one
council
member
appointed
by
the
minority
leader
correct,
and
it's
your
amendment.
That's
saying
that
you
want
to
take
up
those
lines
on
27,
28
and
29,
and
go
back
to
three
regular
members
of
the
board
of
campuses.
The
way
it
was
originally
presented
that.
M
Well,
I'm
I'm
a
little
disappointed
with
councilman
pelletier
and
this
amendment
only
because
he
did
vote
for
it
in
committee
and
he
made
no
objection
whatsoever
and
he
didn't.
He
did
not
make
any
argument.
As
a
matter
of
fact
he
was
for
the
amendment,
so
I
am
a
little
bit
disappointed
that
he
he's
he
wants
to
bring
it
back
to
the
original
form
when
he
voted
for
it
in
committee
to
to
go
with
the
the
amendment
that
I
had
put
forth
so
with
that
said,
and
I'm
sure
he'll.
M
B
B
So
by
keeping
us
out
of
it,
it
just
prevents
any
perception
of
of
wrongdoing
by
this
council,
but
I
do
agree
with
you
when
you
did
put
it
forward
that
it
does
give
it
would.
It
would
actually
give
us
oversight,
but
I
just
don't
want
to
have
the
perception
of
trying
to
to
rig
the
voting
districts,
and
it's
look
I
mean
look
at
prime
example.
B
E
First
of
all,
because
I
think
that
having
a
council
person
serving
on
this
committee
is
unethical,
I
don't
think
that
we
should
be
involved
in
redis
districting,
because
it
can
be
self-serving,
and
I
think
that
then
you're
going
to
get
into
things
with
with
the
ethics
commission
and
and
that's
not,
we
don't
need
that
we're
supposed
to
just,
as
the
president
said
at
the
inauguration,
you
run
as
a
democrat.
You
run
as
a
republican,
but
you
rule
as
a
council
person.
G
Thank
you,
council
president,
I'm
going
to
echo
councilwoman
luciano's
sentiments
as
well
as
councilman
pelletier.
I
think
what
swayed
me
was
the
the
issue
for
mr
cicilline
with
regard
to
him
having
some
influence
over
his
own
district,
and
I
think
the
same
could
be
said
for
us
as
ward
councilman,
not
necessarily
as
the
city-wides,
because
they're
really
the
redistricting
doesn't
affect
them
at
all.
But
as
far
as
the
ward
councilman,
I
think
that
we
would
have
a
a
problem
and
a
perception
of
some
kind
of
impropriety
or
some
kind
of
influence.
Q
N
Q
Redistricting
is
a
major
part
and
the
assembly
does
contribute
we're
asked
about
the
ethnicity.
We're
asked
about
the
area,
the
population
movement,
so
state,
reps
and
states.
Senators
do
play
a
role
at
the
state
redistricting,
who
better
knows
the
area
who's
more
knowledgeable
than
the
incumbent
public
official.
However,
due
to
providence
journal
and
the
publicity
that
congressman,
cicilline
and
langevin
had.
M
Thank
you,
yeah,
there's
a
few
things
that
I
just
want
to
clarify
that
some
of
the
council
members
had
mentioned,
because
this
is
the
the
lines
that
are
going
to
be
drawn
that
are
going
to
be
are
going
to
be,
are
are
accepted
by
the
full
council.
The
councils
are
the
ones
that
have
the
voting
to
make
them.
What
they're
going
to
be
the
the
board
of
canvases
have
no
such
powers.
M
M
You
know
make
us
aware
of
that
or
just
verify
that
I'm
I'm
correct
in
the
sense
that,
if
any
of
those
any
of
those
recommendations,
we
want
to
change
them.
We
can
do
that
at
that
city
at
that
council
meeting
when
they
come
before
us
and
we
can
make
changes
and-
and
someone
mentioned
it's
unethical.
Well,
that's
what's
going
to
happen
at
the
full
council
meeting
regarding
changes
that
you
might
see
something
that
you
don't
like
on
there
and
and
councilwoman
luciano
can
can
amend
it
and
and
so
you're
going
to
have
direct
input.
M
M
M
I
think
that
we
as
council
members
need
to
bring
forth
to
the
full
council
some
of
the
demographic
changes,
one
of
the
things
that
that's
important,
because
someone
just
mentioned-
oh
well,
it's
not
going
to
be
that
that
big,
it's
only
2
000
population
change
and
my
point
was
well
just
because
it
was
two
thousand
they
could
have
been
influx
of
about.
Fifteen
thousand.
M
The
overall
net
was
two
thousand,
but
the
demographics
of
the
new
ten
thousand
people
that
moved
in
or
that
could
be
different
ethnic
backgrounds
and
everything,
and
there
could
be
all
around
the
city.
So
we
have
to
look
at
the
at
the
economics:
the
demographics,
it's
not
just
by
population
and
and
council
members
that
that
represent
each
ward
knows
exactly
how
their
awards
are
changing
and
what
the
demographics
is,
that
that
are
there
and
who
they
have
to
represent
and
what's
important
and
what's
at
stake
for
those
constituents.
M
So
I
mean
so
when,
when
those
lines
are
being
drawn
up
and
and
they're
carving
out
a
demographic
that
a
council
person
represents,
you
want
to
have
input
and
say
you
know
what
the
that's
you
know,
it's
not
just
a
population
shift.
There's
there's
you
know
six
more
hispanics
in
that
edgewood
community
that
I
need
to
represent
or
whoever
rep.
So
I
mean
that
all
has
to
be
taken
into
account.
M
M
Very
I'm
very
torn
because
all
it
was
was
an
amendment
to
have
council
representation
on
a
work
level
with
the
registrar
with
with
the
board
of
canvassing,
so
that
the
constitu,
the
the
demographic,
the
changes
within
each
wards
are
being
are
being
accounted
for
and
done
right.
You
know
not
for
anything
but
our
board
of
camp.
M
You
know
the
board
of
canvassing
I'd
like
to
be
part
of
that,
but
if,
if
there's
an
illusion
here
that
there's
going
to
be
some
kind
of
of
you
know,
jeremy
or
whatever
self-serving
I
mean,
I
don't
believe
me,
that's.
The
last
thing
I
want
is
to
have
that
kind
of
reflection.
But
if
I
mean
if
this
council
or
this
community
school
council
right
here,
feels
that
having
council
members
on
there
is
going
to
be
a
black
eye
for
us,
I
I
you
know.
M
I
then,
then
I'm
I'm
a
little
disappointed,
but
I
mean
I'm
not
gonna
it
was.
It
was
in
good
intention,
so
I'll
reserve
my
vote
when
a
time
comes,
but
that
was
the
reason
for
it.
Not
so
I
mean
councilwoman
luciano,
then
wouldn't
be
able
to
vote
on
the
full
council
because
you're
going
to
be
voting,
you
know.
If
you
feel
it's
unethical,
then
you
probably
have
to
recuse
yourself
because
you're
going
to
be
voting
exactly
on
on
the
ward
that
represent
on
the
areas
that
you
know.
C
C
It's
population
only
it's
a
division
of
the
six
wards
of
the
city,
and
they
cannot
vary
by
more
than
five
percent
from
war
to
ward,
so
demographics
absolutely
positively
does
not
come
into
consideration,
and
for
that
reason
I
think
that's
why
we
should
just
put
it
in
the
hands
of
the
board
of
canvases.
It
will
come
here
as
a
recommendation
from
the
recommendation.
An
ordinance
will
be
drafted.
C
I
So
I
don't
know
if
I
want
to
make
a
friendly
amendment
to
put
that
in
if
we
can
just
ask
them
to
make
sure
that
the
meetings
are
at
night,
because
that's
all
part
of
the
process
councilman
so
to
allay
concerns,
I
think
that'll
solve
all
the
problems
of
any
gerrymandering
or
ethics
violations.
Thank
you.
F
F
Where
there
may
be,
I'm
not
sure
by
the
way
and
I've
had
conversations
with
councilman
tomorrow
that
that
was
his
thinking.
I
think
he
was
looking
at
the
precedent
and
how
this
commitment
and
was
in
the
group
and
put
counsel
people
in,
but
I
think
times
have
changed
and
because
we
did
it
one
way
in
the
past.
Q
Thank
you,
council,
president
and
and
you're
absolutely
right.
The
the
the
researcher
is
going
to
be
based
on
population.
However,
the
public
isn't
naive
here.
Our
council
president
realizes
a
lot
of
other
variables.
They're
involved
beside
population,
it's
done
on
population,
but,
as
you
and
I
know,
different
areas,
different
boroughs
in
this
city
are
inhabited
by
different
people,
different
economic
backgrounds
and
all
those
things
come
into
play
at
the
state
house
and
on
the
console
level.
Q
C
M
A
S
F
N
H
G
C
E
J
H
C
C
M
C
R
B
A
C
C
C
I
G
A
G
C
S
G
B
T
E
A
G
T
B
T
No
it'll
be
effective.
I
believe
the
actual
date
is
the
16th
of
january,
I'm
sorry
december.
Okay,
what
four
days
ago,
I
guess,
and
the
only
real
hold
up
was
the
fact
that
we
had
through
our
cooking
company
our
outside
contractor,
who
evaluates
these
claims,
did
request
an
independent
medical
exam
and
the
independent
medical
exam
did
concur
with
its
doctors.
So
that's
why
we
are
now
bringing
it
forward.
Okay,
thank
you.
T
T
Emergency
management
informed
us
that
36
of
those
homes
did
not
meet
the
necessary
requirements
from
a
benefit
cost
analysis.
Now
there
are
some
alternative
measures
that
are
available
to
us.
It's
a
complicated
issue.
I
don't
really
want
to
get
into
it
tonight,
but
I
did
want
council
to
understand
that
that
initial
application
has
been
denied
on
all,
but
one
of
those
homes.
T
A
T
Are
the
buyouts
that
cover
both
amanda
court
and
perkins
avenue
and
again
there
are
some
options
that
are
available
to
us,
but
again
it's
a
very
complicated
issue
and
what
I'd
like
to
do
with
your
permission,
is
to
address
this
in
more
detail
at
the
flood
commission
meeting
on
the
30th.
In
the
meantime,
we
are
notifying
all
of
the
applicants
of
the
situation.
I
N
M
M
T
I'm
sorry,
I
was
using
acronyms
the
benefit
cost
analysis,
which
is
a
very
complex
process
that
fema
uses
to
determine
whether
or
not
the
amount
of
damage
that's
done
to
these
homes
over
the
life
of
the
home,
justifies
taking
that
home
out
of
the
flood
prone
areas
and
again
without
getting
into
too
much
detail.
Part
of
the
handicap
that
we
were
dealing
with
here
is
a
lot
of
these
homes
were
built
in
the
1940s
and
50s,
and
there
was
no
real
reporting
mechanism
for
damages
from
floods
until
the
mid
80s.
M
So
so,
basically
I
mean,
as
I
went
to
one
of
the
meetings
where
everything
was
spelled
out
and
it
seemed
like
everything
was
pretty
clear-cut.
What
parameters
needed
to
be
met
and
things
of
that
nature-
I
I
mean
so
so
so,
given
the
fact
I
mean
this
course
analysis.
I
mean
we
had
no
idea
that
at
this
I
mean
that
they
weren't
even
going
to
qualify
based
on
the
costs.
M
I
mean
that's
a
pretty
set
number
and
not
to
know
or
give
these
people
the
idea
that
that
they
were,
you
know
that
they
might
meet
these
course
analysis
or
were
they
aware?
I
mean
I'm
just.
I
feel
really
bad
for
these
people
they're
going
to
be
very
disappointed
that
they
didn't
meet.
This
cost
analysis
basis
and
we
didn't
know
that
or
have
an
idea
at
least
let
them
know
that
chances
are,
they
might
not
meet
it
based
on
references
like
you
just
mentioned
of
the
past,
so
I'm
just.
T
We
made
it
very
clear-cut
in
all
of
our
public
meetings
leading
up
to
these
applications
that
there
were
no
guarantees.
This
was
a
grant
request
and
there's
no
way
of
knowing
what
the
benefit
cost
analysis
is
going
to
be
until
we
manage
to
accumulate
all
of
the
information
and
input
it
into
fema's
programs.
T
Basically,
all
the
cities
is
a
conduit
for
this
and
I
don't
think
anybody's
been
misled.
I'm
sure
anybody
that's
been
at
those
public
meetings.
Remember
me
saying
on
multiple
occasions:
there
are
no
guarantees,
and
secondly,
they
remember
me
saying
this
is
a
fema
program,
not
a
cranston
program.
We
were
just
the
conduit
there's
no
way
of
knowing
what
the
bca
is
going
to
come
out
with
until
the
information
gets
loaded
into
fema's
computers.
T
C
C
B
It's
just
brief,
just
a
brief
statement
to
mr
cooley.
Miss
corey.
I
just
find
it
it's!
It's
mind-boggling
that
out
of
39
people
that
applied
it
looked
like
the
people
down
in
on
perkins
avenue
and
amanda
court
that
the
federal
government
didn't
see
that
there's
going
to
be
future
floods
and
that
these
these
same
properties
are
going
to
be
affected
again,
so
the
benefit
cost
analysis
should
clearly
show
that
that
this
is
going
to
happen
again
and
they're
going
to
keep
paying
fema
is
going
to
keep
paying
for
more
flood
damage.
B
T
T
Is
that
the
fema's
benefit
cost
analysis
process
doesn't
take
every
situation
into
consideration
and
the
things
that
it
did
not
take
into
consideration
that
worked
against
us
was
the
first
thing.
I
suggested
that
these
homes
have
been
around
since
the
40s
fema
independent
assistants
didn't
come
about
until
the
mid
80s,
so
there's
a
40-year
gap
of
no
information
as
far
as
the
damages
that
these
homes
were
suffering
which
worked
against
them
in
this
bca
process.
T
Okay,
and
if
you
were
at
the
last
flood
commission
meeting,
I'm
sure
the
councilman,
santa
maria
will
tell
you
that
we
saw
a
very
interesting
presentation
from
the
national
weather
service.
That
shows
how
the
frequency
and
the
velocity
of
these
storms
have
increased
by
quantum
amounts
since
the
eighties.
So
that's
part
of
what
we're
going
to
be
basing
the
the
our
address
to
this
denial
on,
because
fema
does
allow
us
to
use
a
creative
method
to
address
it.
T
C
C
N
E
A
A
G
B
C
C
C
P
C
P
C
I
I
would,
I
would
ask,
on
behalf
of
the
council,
that,
because
of
the
seriousness
of
the
matter,
that
that
we
not
wait
for
the
meeting
to
get
updates
that
we
we
get
them
as
a
an
executive
communication,
either
from
the
mayor
or
from
yourself
as
soon
as
any
developments
happen.
So
we
can.
We
know
how
to
deal
with
our
constituents
who
are
calling
on
it.
P
Absolutely
council,
president,
and
just
to
further
add
we,
the
volume
of
calls
has
remained
steady
to
our
office
and
we
are
encouraging
people
to
continue
to
call
the
rhode
island
resource
recovery
because
keeping
up
the
pressure
on
those
people
is
really
what's
going
to
work.
And
you
know
we're
dealing
with
the
constituents
frustrations.
C
You
know
they'll
they're,
going
to
put
in
data
as
far
as
wind
speed,
wind
direction
and
how
far
away
it's
going.
So
it's
very
very
important
to
not
just
call
your
councilman
and
complain.
That's
important
also,
but
please
call
rhode,
island
resource
recovery.
They
have
a
24-hour
line.
If
you
can't
get
on
the
24-hour
line,
you
can
call
the
next
day
and
let
them
know
that
you
that
you
smelled
it
at
such
and
such
a
time-
and
it's
very,
very
important.
I
C
I
D
I
P
Still
smell
it
in
niceville
councilman.
I
completely
concur
with
your
opinion
that
the
smell
is
horrible
and
I
have
dealt
with
the
constituents
at
alpine
estates
and
I
honest
quite
honestly,
I
feel
sorry
for
them,
because
they're
living
in
beautiful
homes,
paying
high
property
taxes
and
their
house
smells
like
the
dump.
P
I
totally
agree
with
you:
I've
spoken
directly
with
mike
o'connell.
I've
had
a
constituents
from
alpine
estates
call
me.
I
had
one
constituent
come
to
my
office
and
I
conference
called
him
and
put
him
directly
in
touch
with
mike
o'connell,
and
they
are
very
aware
of
the
trials
and
tribulations
of
the
people
in
alpine
states
and
in
other
parts
of
the
city.
P
You
know
their
they're
telling
us
that
they're
doing
everything
they
can
dem
has
been
out
there.
Dm
is
on
them,
as
you
see
in
the
news,
there's
been
fines
assessed
and
there's
going
to
be
more
penalties
coming
down
the
pike
for
those
people,
but
I
I
think,
quite
honestly,
we
are
doing
everything
that
we
can
do
to
try
to
try
to
have
at
least
cranston's
voice,
cranston's
residents
voices
heard
in
terms
of
this
crisis.
M
P
Q
I
have
three
counts
of
president
here,
giving
me
some
indulgence
here.
The
first
I
think
was
on
last
month's
agenda
sprague
mansion.
We
did
discuss
that.
It's
been
there.
It's
in
the
process
of
being
worked
on.
So
I'd
like
to
withdraw
that
I'd
like
to
add
to
councilman
of
the
communications
for
next
month
kat
and
on
on
park
avenue.
Q
They
have
a
rubbish
dumpster
in
the
street.
They
have
it
in
old
park
avenue
and
it
shouldn't
be
on
a
city
street.
It's
going
to
snow,
I
would
assume
by
february
that's
going
to
cause
major
problems,
so
I
would
like
to
hear
the
results
by
next
month
whether
that
rubbish
dumpster
is
going
to
be
removed
from
city
property
or
not.
N
Q
Well,
I
need
to
know,
what's
going
to
happen
to
that
dumpster
before
it
snows
and
I've,
you
know
been
in
contact
with
the
administration.
I've
been
in
contact
with
the
business
and
it's
been
going
on
six
weeks
now,
so
we
need
to
address
that
before
the
snow
falls
and
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
I
I
know
we
get
an
email
pertaining
to
zoning
board
meetings
and
what's
going
to
be
heard
in
front
of
the
zoning
board,
but
what
I've
noticed
in
my
three
years
on
the
council.
Q
H
Q
There
be
a
way
for
the
clerk
to
communicate
with
the
chairwoman
of
the
zoning
board
after
the
results
transpire
to
forward
you
some
type
of
documentation
where
it
could
either
occur
on
the
docket
or
a
website
for
us.
So
we
could
ascertain
what
the
the
decision
was.
What
the
vote
was
from
the
zoning,
but
that
would
be
nice
to
know.
Thank
you.
I
I
I
I
Also,
we've
run
into
semis
trailers
and
campers
parked
all
over
the
walmart
lot
in
front
of
it
and
over
to
the
side
with
the
abandoned
buildings
I
did.
I
talked
to
the
police
department.
They
did
a
little
research
for
me.
Evidently,
walmart
encourages
this
on
one
website.
They
say
that
you
can
park
in
their
lots
if
you're
on
a
trip,
et
cetera,
et
cetera,
you
want
to
sleep
over
there's
also
another
website
that
tells
you
you
can't
pop
at
the
plainfield
pike
location.
I
I
T
Councilman
we're
well
aware
the
complaints
in
regards
to
the
walmart
and
plainfield
pike.
The
lighting
has
been
looked
at
again
and
it
meets
the
planning
requirements
the
trash
is
issue
has
been
under
control.
Every
time
we've
gone
out
there
there's
also
been
complaints
of
rodents.
We've
had
our
rodent
inspector
out
there.
He
can
find
no
evidence
of
rodents
in
regards
to
the
overnight
campers,
we're
still
looking
to
see
if
there's
any
reason
or
way
for
us
to
legally
prevent
that.
T
C
C
It's
a
parking
lot:
it's
not
a
campground,
that's
ridiculous
and
how
we're
gonna
send
inspections
out
there
at
three
o'clock
in
the
morning
when
the
tractor
trailers
are
parked
they're
running,
do
we
have
someone
that
works
on
that
shift?
Then
we
have
to
send
the
police.
That's
not
acceptable,
so
unacceptable.
The
answer.
I
T
I
T
Again,
the
the
parking
lot
lights
have
been
addressed.
They
meet
to
the
requirements.
We've
had
the
building
inspector
out
there
multiple
occasions
for
the
trash
complaints
for
the
rodent
complaints.
I
don't
know
what
more
we
can
do,
but
continue
to
keep
an
eye
on
them.
I
had
mentioned
to
you
earlier.
We
are
looking
at
the
legalities
of
overnight
parking
of
campers.
I
can't
answer
that
question
for
you
right
now.
C
Absolutely
absolutely
I
I
see
no
reason
the
parking
lot
lights
are
in
the
in
the
front
where
the
parking
lot
is
and
they're.
Also
in
the
back,
where
the
loading
platform
is
they're,
denied
access
to
loading
and
unloading
between
the
hours
of
11
pm
and
7
a.m
in
the
morning,
so
there's
no
reason
to
have
lights
back
there
other
than
than
lights
on
the
building.
They
don't
need
the
they
don't
need
the
overhead
lights.
C
C
They
did
not
respond
to
multiple
complaints
last
year
for
trash.
Their
claim
was
that
the
adjoining
property
was
not
their
property,
and
I
argued
with
the
manager
that
it's
not
their
property,
but
it
was
their
trash.
It
was
there.
It
should
have
been
their
incentive
to
go
and
talk
to
the
neighboring
property
owner
or
put
up
a
fence
to
prevent
the
trash
from
going
there,
but
they
they
refused
to
pick
it
up.
C
B
S
You
could
do
that
if
you
wanted
that'd
be
fine
to
have
another
executive
session.
The
status
of
the
inter-jurisdictional
agreement
is
that
we
still
don't
have
one.
There
appears
to
be
a
lack
of
willingness
on
the
town
of
johnson
to
sign
the
amended
inter-jurisdictional
agreement
worked
on
by
our
consultant
and
their
now.
Former
public
works
director.
B
C
C
B
S
I
think
the
problem
without
disclosing
what
happens
is
that
in
the
executive
sessions
and
public
works,
there's
insufficient
amount
of
time
to
really
delve
into
the
intricacies
of
the
project,
because
there
are
other
committees
on
that
night.
I
thought
that
we
had
spoken
about
gaining
a
bigger
scope
in
executive
session
by
having
this
particular
meeting
on
a
standalone
night,
so
we
wouldn't
have
to
run
into
rushing
into
other
committees.
M
Point
well
taken
and
as
chair
of
the
public
works
committee,
we'll
do
is
we'll
coordinate,
have
all
the
experts
everyone.
There
will
designate
a
time
that
I
designate
that
we
can
spend
five
six
seven
hours,
because
it's
it's
complex,
of
course,
so
we'll
you
know
make
sure
that
everyone
will
give
everyone
plenty
of
time
to
click
clean,
clear,
their
calendar
and
we'll
you
know,
find
a
way
to
shut
the
spigot.
G
Council
president,
just
to
follow
up
on
something
councilman
santa
maria
said
I'd
like
to
also
I
have
some
issues
that,
with
regard
to
inspection,
minimal
housing
inspection.
So
I
would
wonder
if
I
may
ask
that
mr
pike
will
be
asked
to
attend
the
next
safety
services
session
so
that
he
can
address
the
issues
for
councilman,
santa
maria
and
the
whole
the
process
itself,
because
I'm
working
on
some
legislation
that,
I
think
would
be
better.
If,
if
we
ask
some
questions
first.
I
G
M
M
G
H
M
Okay,
all
right
there's
certain
ones.
If
you
can
just
let
me
know
who
the
sponsors
are
and
I'll.
I
guess
I'll
get
copies.
You
know
of
the
full,
the
new
business,
but
I
just
wanted
to.
I
have
an
incomplete
packet.
I
don't
know
if
anybody
else
does.
I
just
know
mine
is,
but
it
seems
to
be
missing
some
pages.
There's
one
on
the
zoning
board
of
review
that
it
says
one
of
four.
I
only
have
one
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
it
was
a
12-11-3.
H
H
We
have
six
new
ordinances
being
introduced
tonight.
All
six
of
these
ordinances
are
being
referred
to
the
ordinance
committee
for
hearing
on
january
12th
proposed
jordan's
12-11-1,
an
amendment
of
chapter
17
zone
change
for
860
reservoir
avenue.
This
is
the
form
of
bigfoot's
property,
proposed
ordinance,
12-11-2,
another
zone
change.
This
is
for
45-51,
stockholm
crossroad.
H
We
have
a
proposed
ordinance,
12-11-3
zoning
border
review,
hearing
procedure,
reform
proposed
jordan's
12-11-4.
This
is
another
zoning
ordinance
regarding
commercial
accessory
uses
proposed
ordinance
12-11-5.
This
is
an
amendment
of
title
5
of
the
code
on
business
licenses.
This
is
specifying
that
radius
maps
for
notification
of
a
butters
are
to
be
measured
from
the
property
line
rather
than
from
the
building
proposed
ordinance
12-11-6.
H
F
A
C
H
C
C
We
have
a
special
meeting
on
thursday.
It's
an
executive
session
dealing
with
negotiations
for
upcoming
labor
unions.
Next
scheduled
meeting
is
going
to
be
monday
january
23
2012.,
I'd
like
to
take
this
moment
to,
on
behalf
of
the
council,
to
wish
all
our
administration,
our
staff,
our
workers,
the
clerics
and
everyone
from
the
public,
a
very
happy
and
prosperous
and
sacred
christmas.
Christmas,
not
ashamed
to
say
that
word
that
you
have
a
merry
christmas
and
a
a
safe
and
healthy
new
year,
and
we
will
see.