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August 27, 2012, City Council Meeting Part One of Two
A
B
C
A
A
B
A
Yes
present:
yes,
there
is
a
resolution
on
the
docket
in
error
this
evening.
It's
going
to
be
heard
at
the
public
brix
committee
meeting
on
september
13th
and
that
had
to
do
with
open
space.
So
if
there's
anyone
here
that,
I
won't
prevent
you
from
speaking
about
it,
but
that
won't
be
heard
this
evening.
It
will
be
heard
at
public
works.
A
A
E
Good
evening,
mr
president,
members
of
the
city
council,
my
name
is
matthew.
Olivario
of
the
law,
firm,
oliverio
marcasio.
Many
of
you
know
me
from
your
dealings
with
me
during
the
carullo
case.
That
was
tried
a
number
of
years
ago
before
you
this
evening
is
a
resolution,
and
let
me
just
give
you
a
little
backdrop
before
I
get
into
the
terms
of
the
memorandum
of
agreement
that
was
negotiated
between
the
mayor's
office
and
the
school
committee.
E
You'll
recall
two
years
ago
after
the
cruel
case
was
tried,
and
there
was
an
audit
about
a
year
and
a
half
later,
which
was
july
of
2010,
a
consent
order
was
entered
by
judge
savage
and
in
the
context
of
that
consent
order.
The
the
court
found
that
the
school
department
I
would
accumulated
or
incurred
a
cumulative
deficit
of
about
a
5.6
million
dollars
and
under
the
consent
order.
The
school
department
is
obligated
to
repay
that
deficit
over
a
period
of
four
years,
beginning
in
the
fiscal
year,
2012
and
ending
in
2015.
E
E
The
rest
of
the
monies
were
from
the
the
local,
the
municipality
and
the
taxes
and
other
sources
of
revenue,
but
31
million
was
supposed
to
come
from
state
aid
once
that
appropriation
was
set.
That
is
a
promise
to
the
school
department
that
the
city,
through
whatever
sources
of
revenue,
are
going
to
provide
that
amount
for
the
school
department
operations
to
meet
the
bep
and
all
the
various
programs,
including
the
contracts,
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
etc.
E
Now
the
school
department
brought
that
to
our
attention
early
on
and
said,
meaning
when
I
say
us,
meaning
the
city
and
said
that
you
know
this
was
our
appropriation
city,
you've
shortchanged
us
some
939,
a
thousand
dollars
and
the
city
took
the
position
that
you
know.
We
did
some
statutory
interpretation
and
said
well
we're
not
obligated
we
provided
sufficient
funds
etc.
E
They
appealed
that
to
the
board
of
regents,
the
town
did
and
the
board
of
regents
sustained
the
commissioner,
and
this
was
back
in
2011
and
then
the
town
of
tivorden
went
one
step
further
and
they
tried
to
have
the
matter
reviewed
by
the
rhode
island
supreme
court
through
a
writ
of
certiorari
and
that
rip
was
denied.
So
right
now
the
commissioner's
interpretation
of
the
maintenance
of
effort
statutes
and
what
should
be
appropriated
and
the
interplay
between
the
state
funding
and
the
local
funding
is
in
effect
binding.
E
And
after
that
decision
came
down.
That's
when
the
school
department
came
to
the
city
once
again
and
said
you
know,
we
have
a
problem,
and
now
we
have
some
binding
precedent
and
we
need
to
reach
an
agreement
because
we
can
in
effect,
sue
the
city
for
the
short
funding,
and
this
is
different
from
a
cruel
action
completely
different,
because
the
city
said
we're
going
to
give
you
this
amount.
E
We
just
didn't
realize
the
revenue
and
the
commissioner
says:
well,
that's
no
excuse!
You
have
to
come
up
with
the
funding,
because
that's
what
you
appropriated
so
in
the
last
few
months,
the
attorneys
for
the
school
department,
the
school
committee
chair,
the
mayor
myself,
bob
strom.
We
went
through
the
analysis
and
we
also
double
checked.
E
So
what
we
did
if
I
can
just
continue.
Mr
president,
as
you
know,
the
school
department
has
to
pay
back
about
1.4
million
dollars
a
year,
and
so
what
we
agreed
to
do
was
to
take
that
939
thousand
and
amortize
that
over
the
next
three
years
to
reduce
the
cumulative
deficit
so
that
this
coming
year,
if
the
school
department
owes
the
city
1.4
million
dollars,
that
1.4
million
dollars
will
be
reduced
by
313
dollars,
and
the
agreement
provides
that
that
will
take
place
over
the
next
three
years.
E
And
we
view
this
as
a
a
prudent
and
wise
option
for
the
city
to
handle
it
that
way,
so
that
there's
no
there's
no
cash
out
of
pocket,
there's
no
possibility
of
a
judgment
being
entered
and
it's
in
effect
an
amendment
to
the
consent
decree.
But
we
wanted
to
do
it
in
a
more
informal
manner
because
the
parties
don't
want
to
have
to
get
the
the
the
judge
involved
in
this.
E
We
don't
want
to
have
to
get
the
auditor
general
involved
in
this.
We
think
that
this
memorandum
of
agreement
captures
the
understanding
of
the
parties,
the
intent
and
it
avoids
litigation
which
would
be
costly,
and
I
assure
you
not
only
in
legal
fees
but
in
most
likely
a
judgment
and
adverse
judgment
against
the
city.
So
that's
how
we've
handled
it
I'll
take
any
questions
on
the
memorandum
of
agreement.
I'd
ask
for
you
that
you
approve
this
tonight.
A
E
A
A
F
Richard
tomlin's
400
farmington
avenue
in
cranston
I've
watched
these
budgets
over
the
year
in
the
school
department.
I
sat
in
the
auditorium
many
times
and
watched
them
on
the
screen
and
then
all
the
questions
and
answers
and
there's
no
question,
no
question
in
my
mind
due
to
the
cruel
act
which
I
was
against
from
the
beginning
by
the
very
nature
of
it,
but
it's
it
was
always.
F
I
felt
a
little
convoluted
I'd
go
home
and
take
a
look
at
it
and
I
was
never
quite
sure
exactly
what
we
were
doing
and,
of
course,
in
their
defense.
Some
of
that
has
to
do
with
what's
going
to
come
from
the
state.
What
isn't
the
work
that
you're
now
doing
between
the
council
and
the
school
committee,
which
I
approve?
It's
the
closest
relationship
I've
seen
ever
and
I
think
that's
admirable,
but
the
question
then
comes
down
to.
F
F
A
E
One
of
the
can
I
make
one
more
point,
mr
president,
the
because
now
with
the
state
funding
formula
in
place,
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
more
predictability
in
the
budgeting
process
and
the
appropriation
which
didn't
exist
in
the
2009-2010
budget
year.
So
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out
to
you.
Okay,.
A
G
H
G
Are
you
good
just
very
familiar
with
this?
I've
been
you
know
through
the
whole
process
and
understand
it
pretty
clearly,
the
the
one
question
that
I
do
have
this
is
totally
separate.
This
is
about
the
state
aid
in
that
given
year
correct
that
they
were
shortchanged
now
there's
all
this
has
nothing
to
do
with
what
was
agreed
upon
the
amount
that
was
agreed
upon,
that
the
schools
were
underfunded
from
the
initial
action
and
it
was
like
1.8
million
as
opposed
to
the
2.1.
G
There
was
a
discrepancy
based
on
the
auditor's
reports
that
the
schools
had
said
they
maintained
that
they
were
still
underfunded.
This
has
nothing
to
do
with
that,
because
there's
still
that
right.
That
opens
that
open
argument
that
the
schools
do
do
have
and
can
make
based
on
on.
You
know
the
the
audits-
and
I
just
want
to
make
clarify
that
this
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
amount
that
we
had.
That's.
E
G
E
G
G
E
E
E
Well
it
because
this
area
of
the
law
was
unsettled
until
the
tiverton
decision
came
out
last
summer,
and
then
it
went
through
the
appeal
process
and
then
they
said.
Okay,
now
we
have
some
good
case
law
on
our
side.
So
now
we
have
a
little
bit
of
a
hammer.
Let's
revisit
this
issue
with
the
city,
because
they
were
in
a
better
position
candidly
to
to
make
the
argument,
so
they
made
the
argument
before
we
dismissed
it,
because
we
we
argued
what
tiverton
argued
and
timberden
lost.
E
G
E
A
I
D
I
A
A
A
K
J
A
J
A
J
I
did
receive
another
bid
for
the
council
chambers
and
again
I'm
gonna
meet
with
the
administration
and
the
council
to
go
over
before
I
finalize
just
so.
We
before
anything,
gets
old
or
anything
gets
done.
They
would
have
to
go
through
the
you
know.
The
border
contract
and
purchase
make
sure
we
have
enough
money
and
then
make
sure
it's
what
we
want
for
a
final
project
in
the
city
council
chambers.
A
K
J
J
M
Yeah
councilman,
I
traditionally,
I
believe
the
policy
has
always
been
that
any
proceeds
that
we
would
receive,
that's
greater
than
90
percent
of
the
assessed
value
would
go
to
either
debt
service
or
capital
items.
My
question
would
be,
I
think
we
need
to
talk
about.
As
you
know,
last
year
we
credited
the
school
department
in
our
fund
balance.
We
actually
gave
them
a
million
dollars
off
of
their
deficit
because
it
was
predicated
whether
we
were
gonna,
whether
we
sold
the
property
or
we
didn't
sell
it.
So
we
took
care
of
that.
M
M
A
My
my
response
would
be
that
I
would
ask
for
to
become
a
gender
item
on
the
next
finance
committee
meeting
and
that
you
bring
forth
with
the
solicitor
and-
and
maybe
mr
quinlan
also
any
past
history
that
we
might
have
on
how
that's
handled,
because
it
certainly
seems
like
we
created
a
debt
by
by
dipping
into
those
funds
to
pay
the
school.
So
that
would
be
the
debt
service,
but
again
I'll.
Let
you
guys
figure
that
out
so
we'll
put
that
as
a
gender
item
on
the
finance
committee
agenda
for
the.
M
G
Vice
president,
just
to
follow
up
with
mr
strom
on
that
yeah
I
mean
the
schools,
I
mean
the
sale
never
happened,
and
that
was
promised
to
the
schools
but
their
their
their
deficit
was
reduced
by
by
the
million
dollars.
That's
right
in
lieu
of
that,
you
know
not
selling
the
never
sold
a
police
station.
So
I
don't
see
why
you
know
now
that
we've
had
the
sale.
I
mean
that
that's
that's
not
separate.
Now
you
know
they.
They
we've
reduced
their
their
their
deficit
by
the
million
they
were
promised.
M
M
G
Yeah,
I
think
it's
best-
I
mean
the
council
president
had
said
to
for
it
to
go
on
agenda.
Okay,
but
but
again
I
just
want
to
understand
when
we
credited
the
million
dollars
to
the
schools,
it
was
really
a
paper
transaction.
There
was
no,
we
didn't
take
a
million
dollars
out
of
our
any
account,
no
and
and
and
appropriated
you
know
or
reduced
their
balance.
It
was
just
a
paper
transaction
so
but.
M
A
A
N
N
Mr
president,
members
of
the
council,
I'm
here
on
a
matter
before
you
from
the
safety
services
and
license
committee,
I
represent
jvp
enterprises
doing
business
as
the
grill
on
comstock.
It's
a
restaurant,
that's
been
operating
in
cranston
for
several
months
was
issued.
A
class
bv,
limited
alcoholic
beverage
license.
Mr
joseph
pennacchio
is
with
me
he's
the
principal
he's
finding
as
most
restaurants
do
that
he
needs
to
have
a
full
class
bv
license
patrons
ask
for
it.
N
He
needs
it
to
compete
and
based
upon
the
fact
that
you
have
a
cap,
we
have
to
come
before
the
full
council
after
the
recommendation
from
the
safety
services
and
license
committee.
We
will
be
for
that
committee
and
they've
recommended
approval
of
this
license
to
you,
and
I
would
ask
that
you
grant
the
full
class
bv
alcoholic
beverage
license
to
jvp
enterprises
doing
business
as
the
grill
on
comstock.
O
Good
evening,
mr
president,
members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
thomas
mcandrew.
My
address
is
one
turks
head
place,
providence,
rhode,
island,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
falvey
linen
supply
and
its
owner,
mr
jim
o'hara
who's
here
with
me
this
evening,
company
that
employs
over
250
private
sector
employees
here
in
cranston
and
an
individual
who
has
built
a
very
substantial
business
working
in
concert
with
the
city
council
in
the
past
and.
L
O
And
looks
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
the
council
on
a
go
forward
basis.
Mr
president,
we're
here
this
evening
because
last
thursday,
mr
o'hara
received
notice
that
the
city
was
going
to
entertain
a
substantial
change
in
the
sewer
system
in
private
waste
water
disposal,
ordinance
and
we've
had
prior
conversations
with
your
various
departments
and
particularly
your
solicitor
evan
kirschenbaum,
who
has
worked
collaboratively
with
falvey
linen
over
a
long
period
of
time
and
we're
indeed
thankful
for
his
assistance
over
over
the
past
few
years.
O
But
as
far
as
the
ordinance
is
concerned.
Mr
president,
as
you
know,
when
I
became
aware
of
it,
I
wrote
you
a
letter
on
friday
morning
august
24th,
in
which
I
essentially
indicated
that,
with
this
type
of
quantum
leap
that
was
going
to
be
made
by
the
city
of
cranston,
that
we
felt
an
appropriate
period
of
gestation
where
people
could
review
and
analyze,
and
we
could
get
our
experts
in
to
make
recommendations
to
you
so
that
the
ordinance
could
be
appropriate
and
proper
and
could
also
incorporate
other
concerns
that
we
might
have.
O
F
F
The
other
thing
is
even
though
I
think,
there's
a
five-year
plan
now
for
the
school
committees
of
the
districts
to
be
reimbursed
from
the
state.
That's
about
what
it
is
a
plan.
So
those
of
you
who
keep
your
nose
under
the
tent
up
there
on
the
hill
better,
keep
it
there,
because
there's
no
there's
no
guarantee
that
next
year,
they'll
do
the
same
thing.
It's
going
to
be
dependent
on
politics
and
the
financial
situation
of
the
state
at
the
time
on
the
sale
of
the
police
building.
F
F
The
last
time
I
knew
that
unfunded
amount
was
250
to
300
million
dollars.
If
I
stand
corrected
I'll
stand
corrected,
but
that
can
do
nothing
but
grow
if
we're
doing
it,
nothing
to
it.
Now
I
don't
know
why
the
administration
or
the
council
doesn't
go
forward
and
come
up
with
a
plan
for
that.
That's
the
thing
that
we
were
put
on
the
watch
for
it
wasn't
because
of
our
operating
budget.
F
It
was
because
of
that
unfunded
liability,
if
that
isn't
attended
to
very
quickly
you're,
going
to
see
more
pressure
put
on
the
city
you're
living
on
the
edge,
we're
very
fortunate
that
we're
only
on
the
edge,
but
that's
what
we're
living
on
is
the
edge
you
could
put
15
million
dollars
a
year
into
that
thing.
If
you
had
it
and
it
would
still
grow
because
obviously
the
obligation
would
grow.
H
Good
evening
my
name
is
fred:
joslin
23,
gaglion
court
cranston,
I'm
here
to
address
the
ordinance
proposed
ordinance
number
6-12-7,
which
is
on
page
two.
I
attended
the
ordinance
committee
hearing
on
august,
the
16th
that
was
cheered
by
councilman
psychos,
and
I
sensed
a
some
degree
of
urgency
that
this
ordinance
needed
to
be
enacted
with.
H
The
supreme
court
wrestled
with
this
ordinance
strike
there
with
that
with
the
statute,
both
from
the
zoning
perspective
and
from
the
comprehensive
land
use
plan
act
and
stated
that
the
time
period
in
that
matter
was
not
a
directory
strike
that
it
was
not
mandatory.
It
was
directory
and
it
was
a
matter
of
statutory
interpretation
quite
frankly,
because
the
court
said
that
there
were
no
sanctions
involved
in
the
statute.
H
H
F
C
To
trudeau
cheer
council
president,
my
name
is
peter
lapollo.
I
am
the
director
of
planning
for
the
city
of
granston.
I
wasn't
going
to
speak
tonight.
I
was
just
going
to
sit
here
and
answer
questions,
but
just
a
couple
points
of
clarification
at
the
august
or
in
the
july,
at
the
ordinance
committee
meeting,
it
wasn't
brought
forth
that
there
was
a
matter
of
urgency.
It
was
a
question
as
to
if
the
city
council
had
raised
no
major
concerns
with
the
comp
plan,
the.
C
C
C
C
I
think
that
the
city
would
want
to
put
itself
in
then.
Lastly,
I
think
what's
being
missed
here
is
the
process
that
we're
going
through.
It's
not
a
question
of
whether
the
city
wishes
to
a
diopter,
comprehensive
plan
and
the
land
use
policies
that
are
contained
within
that
plan.
The
city
has
already
adopted
that
they
have
adopted
that
over
a
year
ago,
for
the
purposes
of
local
enforcement.
The
comprehensive
plan
was
adopted
in
2010,
and
that
includes
the
future
land
use
plan
and
the
zoning
that
will
come
from
it.
C
So
it's
not
like
you,
don't
adopt
this
plan,
you
don't
have
an
adopted
comp,
updated,
comprehensive
plan.
What's
before
the
city
council
is
the
process,
and
I've
explained
this
once
before
or
other
times.
The
process
that
you
go
through
for
this
is
that,
once
it's
adopted
by
the
local
community,
it
is
sent
to
the
state
for
basically
a
consistency
review
with
its
guide
plans.
C
The
state
then
either
approves
the
comprehensive
plan
finds
where
it
is
inconsistent
with
their
guide
plans
and
make
recommendations
for
change,
and
then
the
city,
basically
through
the
planning
departments,
usually
work
out
the
changes
to
the
comp
plan
to
bring
them
in
to
consistency
with
the
state
guide
plans.
That's
the
process
that
we
followed
over
the
last
year
year
and
a
half,
so
the
state
has
given
us
a
letter
saying
these
are
the
areas
of
inconsistency.
C
These
are
the
types
of
things
you
need
to
do
to
bring
the
comprehensive
plan
into
consistency
with
the
state
guy
plan,
so
the
state
may
formally
approve
the
comprehensive
plan.
The
we've
made,
those
changes
and
again,
if
the
council
want
to,
I
can
go
through
the
changes
that
we
have
made
not
this
time.
It's
still
political.
C
That
and
that
the
requirement,
then,
is
that
this
council
adopt
the
plan
is
suggested
agreed
to
by
the
state
with
the
changes
in
it,
and
then
they
can
approve
the
comprehensive
plan.
So
the
question:
that's
before
the
council
is,
to
my
mind,
very
simple:
they
want
to
live
with
a
comprehensive
plan,
that's
only
been
locally
adopted
or
that
they
wish
to
make.
The
changes
to
the
comprehensive
plan
is
agreed
to
by
the
state
so
that
the
state
may
approve
the
comprehensive
plan
and
that's
sort
of
what's
before
the
city
council.
C
Now
we
made
no
changes,
except
for
the
few
changes
that
I
talked
about
on
the
johnson
wales,
property.
The
land
use
plan
stays
the
plan
say
is
the
same.
What
changes
is
simply
how
we
handle
the
zoning
amendment
mending
bringing
consistency
in
the
expansion
of
utilities
and,
lastly,
in
response
to
the
court
ruling,
the
state
has
updated
its
comprehensive
plan
act,
we're
not
under
that
for
the
comprehensive
plan.
But
what
it
clearly
says
is
now,
where
there's
a
conflict
between
the
comprehensive
plan
and
zoning
zoning
controls.
A
Anyone
else
from
the
public
wishing
to
speak
on
an
agenda
item.
Mr
president,
those
comments
deserve
to
be
obama.
May
I
have
an
opportunity,
please
there's
not
a
position
for
a
rebuttal
here,
we'll
have
to
let
the
council
take
this
up.
You
had
your
time
to
speak.
I'm
sorry,
anyone
else
wishing
to
speak.
We
have
a
long
agenda
tonight
judge
we
have
a
anyone
else
in
the
public
wishing
to
speak.
A
P
My
name
is
sandra
haupt.
I
live
at
130
shirley
boulevard
and
I
would
like
to
make
a
few
short
comments
on
both
the
comprehensive
plan
and
the
ordinance
zoning,
unless
you
want
me
to
separate
them
and
wait
and
come
back
to
the
next
one,
but
in
general,
my
looking
at
this
and
I've
been
studying
it
and
coming
to
your
ordinance
meetings,
and
it
does
seem
to
be
quite
a
bit
of
a
rush.
I
don't
know
that
I
have
ever
seen
things
that
I
thought
were
agreed.
P
You
were
going
to
provide
the
public
that
being
what
exists
now
and
what
you're
replacing
it
with.
So
it's
very
difficult
to
match
apples
to
apples,
but
there
are
several
instances
I
found
where
you
are
weakening
the
governance
that
cranston
has
and
you
are
giving
applicants
which
I
can
only
assume
are
business
applicants
for
land
use,
supremacy
over
voters
and
neighborhoods
and
people
and
you're,
giving
the
city
planner.
A
A
Q
A
Q
I'm
sure
mr
mcandrew
knows
in
general
what
we're
doing
and
that
we're
required
to
do
this
under
our
new
dem
permit.
I
think
what
he
was
referring
to
is
that
he
didn't
know
how
it
would
impact
falvey
linen
specifically
mr
mcandrew,
and
I
communicate
all
the
time
I
think
falvey
linen
has
been
great
throughout
this
process.
Q
They
met
with
the
city
several
times
and
we've
generally
been
able
to
work
out
all
issues
with
falvi
linen.
I
think
there
was
a
understanding
or
misunderstanding
that
tonight
we're
going
to
pass
this
ordinance
tonight.
What
we're
doing
is
simply
having
a
public
hearing,
as
required
by
dem,
to
inform
the
public
as
to
what
the
changes
are
going
to
be
following
this
presentation,
dem
will
have
a
concurrent
commentary
period
that
any
user
can
comment
to
dem
about
how
they
feel
this
will
affect
their
business.
Q
So
I
think,
as
I
told
mr
mcandrew
tonight,
is
exactly
what
he
wants.
He
wants
the
ability
to
come
before
the
council
and
to
tell
what
he
thinks
about
this
local
limit
and
clearly
his
opinion
is
he'd
like
some
more
time
to
study
the
local
limit
and
how
it
may
affect
his
client
falvi
linen.
I
have
no
objection
to
meeting
with
mr
mcandrew
and
the
sewer
team
to
go
over
what
we
feel
are
his
major
problems
with
the
potential
new
limits.
Q
Q
And
it's
not
it's
not
a
situation
whereby,
even
if
the
council
were
to
pass
this
today,
it's
not
we're
going
to
phase
it
in
we're
going
to
work
with
grants
and
businesses
to
assure
them
that
they
can
get
into
compliance
and
they're
fairly
certain
about
what
they
have
to
do.
We
don't
want
to
create
uncertainty
in
the
business
climate.
I
think
that
would
be
counterproductive
to
the
needs
of
cranston
and
tonight,
as
I
said
before,
we're
not
going
to
ask
the
council
to
pass
anything.
Q
Just
simply
ask
questions
and
hear
from
maybe
local
users
who
may
be
in
the
system
to
explain
their
concerns
and
we
can
address
them
with
that
being
said,
I
have
dave
bowen
from
wright,
pierce
brian
werner,
from
wright
pierce
as
well
dan
gorka
from
violia
and
al
tatella,
from
tutela
engineering
who
is
in
charge
of
our
municipal
industrial
pre-treatment
program
and
with
the
six-minute
cap.
I've
left
you
maybe
30
seconds
between
all
of
you
again
larry.
R
R
There's
a
number
of
pollutant
limits
within
that
permit
that
the
plant
can't
meet
the
plant
is
actually
under
a
consent.
Agreement
that
was
signed
in
november,
2009,
right
and
so
part
of
part
of
that
consent.
Agreement
was
to
allow
cranston
to
evaluate
what
it
can
do
to
meet
those
future
limits,
and
it
really
fell
under
two
options,
both
of
which
are
being
exercised.
R
The
first
one
was
related
to
the
facility
plan,
for
which
there
was
a
public
hearing
several
weeks
ago,
and
that
involves
upgrading
the
wastewater
plant.
However,
there
are
significant
loadings
coming
to
the
facility,
so
another
part
of
the
review
was-
and
it
was
also
under
the
consent.
Agreement
with
dem
under
our
new
permit
was
to
evaluate
the
local
limits
and
see
if
there's,
if
we
need
to
refine
those
limits
to
ensure
that
we're
protecting
the
treatment
plant
from
being
overloaded.
R
R
Sorry
so
this
this
is
a
list
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
over
each
each
one
of
these,
but
I
would
highlight
this
is
epa's
pollutants
of
concerns.
There
were
some
new
ones
in
the
right
column
that
they
added
nitrogen,
being
one
of
them
biochemical,
oxygen
demand
and
those
were
really
two
of
the
most
impacted
pollutants
of
concerns.
As
far
as
the
revision,
the
proposed
revisions
to
the
ordinance.
R
Additional
pollutants
or
concerns
are
listed
here.
They,
they
include
various
other
things,
there's
some
some
concerns
that
were
associated
with
these
particular
pollutants
that
that
cranston
identified,
specifically
that's
specific
to
the
treatment
plant,
things
that
might
be
otherwise
toxic
to
the
plant
if
they
were
too
high
in
concentration,
contribute
to
odor
corrosion
of
the
underground
sewer
piping
and
then
again,
the
the
capacity
of
the
plant.
R
R
Basically,
because
these
are
uncontrolled
discharges.
We
can't
monitor
what
every
one
of
the
70
000
sewer
users
are
are
discharging
to
the
system,
and
then
the
last
step
is
is
after
we
deduct
their
loadings
from
what
the
plant's
capacity
is.
We
would
then
go
ahead
and
allocate
the
remaining
loading
allowable
loading
that
the
plant
can
handle
to
the
industries.
R
R
So
basic,
basically,
there
were
two
ways
of
allocating
the
loading
to
the
to
the
industrial
users
and
particularly
with
respect
to
the
three
pollutants
that
were
mentioned.
One
way
is
to
uniformly
allocate
it
where
everybody
has
the
same
concentration
limit
and
they
are
able
to
discharge
a
mass
loading
and
that's
proportional
to
the
flow
that
they
discharge.
R
A
Actually
you're
at
80
minutes
in
30
seconds,
so
only
a
couple
more
minutes.
I
I
want
to
interrupt
you.
I
stopped
the
time
for
now.
Okay,
what
I
have
to
ask
you
is
this:
is
this
report
in
this
form
available
to
yes,
absolutely
members
of
the
public?
Absolutely
so,
how
would
they
obtain
that
copy?
Can
it
be
sent
elected?
They.
R
A
R
The
last
slide
brian-
these
are
the
particular
industries
that
that
are
most
most
affected,
and
it's
based
on
this
limit.
Carbonation
bio-oxygen
demand
biochemical
oxygen
demand
and
some
of
these
users
listed
here
based
on
how
we
were
able
to
allocate
the
loadings
what
was
available,
they
would
have
to
see
take
pre-treatment
measures
to
their
wastewater
that
are
on
the
order
of
a
50
reduction.
R
C
A
Q
A
A
A
U
U
G
B
G
B
V
G
S
S
Mr
mason
brings
an
array
of
experience,
both
private
and
public,
to
his
his
resume,
and
he
currently
is
the
deputy
director
of
public
works
at
the
town
of
that
is
the
city
of
newport
rhode
island.
As
mr
stykos
indicated,
the
unique
abilities
that
he
brings
to
this
position
is
that
he
oversees
the
wastewater
contractor
for
the
city
of
newport
much
like
our
arrangement
that
we
have
with
viola
water.
So
he
has
a
great
deal
of
experience
in
overseeing
that
kind
of
contractual
help.
V
Address
9
10th
avenue
in
warwick.
I
would
like
to
thank
the
city
council
for
considering
me
to
be
the
next
public
works
director.
I
believe
my
combination
of
private
and
public
sector
work,
including
significant
experience
in
storm
and
wastewater
utilities,
building
construction,
road
work.
Municipal
work,
I
believe,
provides
a
very
good
fit
for
this
position.
V
A
A
I
Sir,
just
a
couple
of
questions,
mr
mason,
I
apologize
for
not
being
at
the
hearing.
I
had
prior
commitment,
but
in
ward
3
we've
got
issues
with
sidewalks.
We
have
trees
and
and
the
roots
of
the
trees
uproot
the
sidewalks.
So
I'm
getting
calls
on
how
to
address
to
repair
these
sidewalks
on
harmon
avenue
crescent
avenue,
and
do
you
have
any
suggestions
how
we
can
deal
with?
V
There's
a
method
that
the
city
of
newport
has
actually
put
in
place
for
the
last
couple
of
years
and
that's
where
they
actually
grind
the
edges
of
the
sidewalk
to
make
a
smooth
transition
and
they've
been
able
to
do
that
and
been
able
to
save,
repairing
and
replacing
entire
panels.
It's
it's
worth
trying.
I
believe,
I'm.
I
Glad
you
had
a
response
and
answer
for
it
sounds
good.
I
want
to
commend
your
application
here.
I'm
gonna
support
you
I'd
like
to
see
cranston
hire
people
from
cranston
I'd
like
to
see
the
mayor
get
along
with
this
cabinet.
We
need
to
all
work
together
in
these
trying
times,
so
I
am
going
to
support
your
candidacy.
Thank
you.
Council
president.
A
A
A
B
I
D
G
U
U
M
My
understanding
is
that
when
the
council
wanted
to
use,
it
was
a
total
of
a
hundred
forty
five
thousand
dollars
for
lease
payments.
We
got
a
legal
opinion
that
we
could
use
impact
fees
for
the
payment
of
the
lease
or
the
rent,
and
this
is
for
my
understanding.
This
is
the
first
time
it's
ever.
It's.
M
M
M
I
A
M
X
X
I
L
X
G
G
So
so,
basically,
there's
no
changes
in
the
titles
for
the
two
confidential
secretary,
that's
staying
the
same
director
of
constituent
affairs,
but
their
salaries
are
being
decreased,
but
there
is
a
change
in
in
name
from
the
from
deputy
director
of
administration.
Now
it's
going
to
be
called
chief
of
staff.
Is
that
correct
through
the
chair?
Mr
that's,
correct?
Okay,
why
the
why
the
change
in
name
I
mean
you
kept
the
other
ones
the
same.
S
The
existing
constituent
affairs
person
would
become
chief
of
staff
and,
along
with
that,
would
be
a
number
of
additional
responsibilities
that
he
didn't
have
in
the
past
and
among
those
would
be,
if
you'd
like
me
to
go
down
through
this,
for
you
is,
he
would
assume
responsibility
now
for
the
mayor's
direct
report,
support
staff.
That
would
be
the
full-time
admin,
two
part-time
admins,
and
then
the
new
constituent
affairs
person
would
all
be
answerable
to
him
and
he
would
be
immediate
oversight
for
them,
okay.
S
Secondly,
the
other
thing
that
he
would
be
responsible
for
going
forward
is
all
of
the
liaison
efforts
that
go
on
between
various
entities
of
government,
not
only
local
but
also
state
and
federal,
so
that
there's
a
constant
communication
there
at
that
level
as
well.
And
thirdly,
he
will
also
be
involved
in
policy
creation
and
policy
implementation
going
forward
as
far
as
administrative
policy
and
then
last
but
not
least,
he
will
continue
to
handle
constituent
affairs
that
are
directly
related
to
council
requests,
so
that
part
of
his
responsibility
will
remain
with
the
new
chief
of
staff.
S
Sir,
no,
no
we're
not
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
consolidate
like-minded
sorts
of
responsibilities
into
the
chief
of
staff
position,
and
one
of
the
things
we
didn't
want
to
give
up
is
the
ongoing
relationship
he
had
in
dealing
with
council
as
far
as
constituent
responsibility.
So
that's
the
only
thing.
That's
really
not
changing,
but
the
rest
of
the
response
responsibilities
went
on
in
that
executive
office.
Q
G
Gotcha
gotcha,
and
just
thank
you,
mr
cordy,
and
just
one
final
note,
I'm
talking
to
my
colleagues-
and
you
know
you
know,
looking
at
the
numbers
here,
they're
saying
it's
revenue:
what
is
it
revenue
neutral?
I
just
want
to
do
point
for
the
record
that
it
is
off
by
four
dollars,
so
we're
gonna
have
to
find
those
four
dollars
somewhere,
because
it's
not
revenue
neutral
right
now,
but
so
we
gotta
figure
out
who's.
G
G
D
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A
X
X
X
The
first
ordinance
the
committee
recommends,
and
it
has
to
do
with
its-
we
recommend
it
because
it
was
simple,
unlike
the
others,
and
it
has
to
do
with
the
the
requirement,
the
rule
that
on
certain
in
certain
zones,
you
can
only
have
one
residential
building
and
the
current,
as
it
was
explained
to
us.
The
current
ordinance
says
you
can
only
have
one
building,
but
it
only
mentions.
X
I
don't
remember
the
specific
zones,
but
it
only
mentions
a
couple
of
zones.
So
this
is
a
clarification
to
make
it
crystal
clear
that
there's
supposed
to
be
only
one
residential
building
in
various
really
all
the
residential
zones,
except
for
the
residential
zone
that
allows
multiple
buildings
or
apartment
buildings
apartment
complexes.
So
we
recommend
that
this
pass.
D
B
X
I
K
A
A
B
X
U
L
G
A
I
A
B
G
A
Y
If
there
are
prior
convictions
unrelated
to
the
license
before
the
council,
then
I
don't
believe
that
that
disqualifies
or
gives
the
council
of
power
to
disqualify
them
from
obtaining
a
new
license
in
another
matter.
So
if
it
were
a
business
where
there
are
a
number
of
criminal
violations
in
that
business,
and
they
came
back
for
renewal,
the
council
could,
within
their
power,
deny
a
renewal
in
that
context,
but
just
be
but
taking
a
different
context,
which
someone
has
criminal
convictions
unrelated
to
the
operation
of
the
business.
Y
A
A
I
A
B
A
I
Q
D
Z
A
Z
I'm
here
tonight,
colin
following
up
a
a
meeting
of
the
zoning
board
on
august,
8th
I'm
new
to
our
cranston
we've,
my
wife
and
I
have
lived
here
about
a
year
and
so
we're
just
becoming
familiar,
but
we're
very
familiar
with
the
block
that
I
live
on,
because
that's
very
friendly
lots
of
children.
I
have
we
have
three
grandchildren
right
across
the
street
from
where
we're
living
now
and
at
the
meeting
of
the
zoning
board.
Z
There
were
at
least
40
people
bodies,
including
women,
children
and
this
at
a
hearing
that
went
till
10
o'clock
before
they
could
even
be
considered
to
be
heard,
and
there
was
a
petition
signed
by
50
some
odd
people.
I
was
involved
in
getting
some
of
those
names
on
the
petitions,
because
there
is
very
serious
concerns
about
this
project
at
I
think
it's
10
54
narragansett
boulevard.
Z
Z
The
way
that
traffic
is
is
supposed
to
flow,
and
also
even
the
setback,
issues
that
were
variances
that
were
granted
by
the
zoning
board,
because
it
it
looks
very
much
that
you're
going
to
cut
back
on
the
view
of
the
avenue
looking
to
the
north
from
our
street.
When
you
come
out
of
it
and
which
is
you
know,
it's
a
narragansett
boulevard,
it's
pretty
busy,
particularly
at
certain
hours
and
also
at
the
corner
of
narragansett
and
bay
view.
Z
There
is
that
that
is
a
school
bus
stop
and
there
are
at
least,
I
think,
about
15
children,
school-aged
children
on
our
block
and
the
the
way
I'm
getting
kind
of
muddled
in
the
way.
I
present
this,
but
one
of
the
issues
is
that
the
design
of
of
that
of
the
traffic
pattern
into
that
facility
and
out
there
are
two
entrances
to
the
to
this
large
facility.
It's
going
to
take
the
whole
block
where
the
sunoco
gas
station,
the
remnants,
are
still
there.
You
can
come
in
from
narragansett
boulevard.
Z
Even
if
you
make
a
right
and
don't
try
to
cut
across
to
the
left
and
all
the
additional
traffic
that
would
be
loaded
onto
this
24
foot
bayview
avenue
is
is
is
really
scary
and
also
the
fact
that,
right
now
we
also
it's
a
dead-end
street
and
sometimes
people
make
the
wrong
turn.
They
don't
know
it's
dead
end
and
they
have
to
go
down
and
they
don't
go
slowly
quite
often
and
they
have
to
turn
around
and
come
back
unless
there
is
some
way
to
prevent
that.
Z
Z
So
these
are
some
concerns
and
I
didn't
really
mean
to
get
into
the
specific
concerns
tonight,
because
this
is
obviously
not
the
right
a
place
to
discuss
all
this
I
mean,
but
but
the
point
was
what
happened
after
the
zoning
board
meeting
was
that
everyone
got,
incidentally,
the
only
notification.
There
was
nothing
from
the
planning
board
or
planning
committee,
and
I
don't
know
what
their
procedures
are
ahead
of
time
about.
The
discussion
of
this.
Z
This
proposal,
where
it
seems
to
me,
would
have
been
an
appropriate
way
to
just
place
to
discuss
some
of
these
issues
because
they're
not
so
simple,
some
of
them,
but
this
we
got
this.
This
is
the
notice
that
we
got,
I
think,
within
proper
time,
prior
to
the
zoning
board
meeting
and
then
there's
the
same
one
that
we
got
for
the
notification,
which
just
says
this
application
was
approved
on
8
8
12..
Z
Now,
I'm
one:
where
is
the
opportunity
for
the
residents
of
the
community
to
really
engage
in
this
process?
This
is
not
academic
for
them.
You
know
this.
This
visit
this
area.
What
we're
talking
about?
It's
a
c2,
a
zoning
area,
but
it's
at
the
very
edge
of
the
c2
and
you
look
around
it's
a
residential
area.
Okay,
I
know
I'm
I'm
sorry.
I've
extended
you.
A
Z
Z
A
If
it's,
if
it's
within
the
uses
that
are
prescribed
for
the
property-
and
there
are
changes,
it's
basically
going
to
the
zoning
board
to
get
approvals
for
those
in
those
nuances
that
they
need
parking
and
traffic
would
be
borne
by
the
developer
to
determine
what
this
traffic
would
be.
The
zoning
board
who
you
have
to
address
is
autonomous.
We
have
no
control.
There
should
be
no
political
control
over
the
zoning
board
so
well.
A
Z
Yeah,
I
don't
want
to
delay
and
use
it
more
of
your
time.
I
just
want
to
say
that
of
course
has
been
considered.
Someone
has
been
in
touch
with
an
attorney,
but
it
the
fee
for
the
attorney
is
25
000
I
mean
we're
talking,
take
a
look
at
this
in
the
street
in
bayview
avenue,
no
one's
gonna
together
or
anything
or
smith.
Street
they're,
not
gonna,
come
up
with
twenty
five
thousand
dollars.
I
mean,
I
suppose,
as
an
alternative,
you
don't
you
can
represent
yourself.
Can
you
not
in
an
appeal.
Z
Yeah,
I
I
know
I
didn't
really
explain
they
take
that
back.
I
apologize
for
that,
but
I
mean
basically,
this
is
the
frustration
at
no
point
in
this
process.
Has
there
been
an
open
invitation
to
the
members
of
the
community
who
are
going
to
live
with
this
from
here
on
out
and
we're
all
struggling
to
improve
this
block,
but
we're
going
to
live
with
it
has
been
no
opportunity
except
the
zoning
board,
which
was
a
bad
opportunity.
It
was
late
at
night.
Z
F
Richard
tomlins
400
farmington
avenue
in
cranston
I'll
make
a
couple
of
quick
comments
and
then
I'll
get
on
to
something
else.
I
want
you
to
know
that
this
idea
of
a
five-year
plan
to
prevent
this
city
from
going
under,
I
will
not
give
up
on
it.
You
will
be
hearing,
you
will
be
seeing
writings
and
you
will
be
seeing
other
things
when
I
talk
about
it,
particularly
during
the
election
area.
F
When
you
look
at
that
unfunded
liability
that
stands
over
us,
so
I
would
suggest
that
you
turn
yourself
around.
You
took
an
oath
of
office
and
start
to
work
on
something
now,
if
there's
something
that
you've
done,
that
I'm
not
aware
about,
and
that
you're
working
on
everybody
knows
my
email,
please
use
it
the
the
thing.
F
I've
talked
to
my
neighbors
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on,
particularly
in
this
environment
that
we're
in
because
of
the
economic
situation,
the
turmoil
in
the
country
even
going
through
the
national
election.
I
suppose,
but
also
the
cleanup,
I
see
I
think
in
one
situation
a
refrigerator
out
there
without
a
door
off.
Everybody
knows
what
the
danger
of
that
is.
So
I
think
each
council
persons
should
take
a
tour
of
their
own
wards
and
determine
what
should
be
done.
F
There
are
things
that
can
be
done
and
I
was
in
the
west
end
of
the
city
in
western
cranston
during
mike
napolitano's
election,
and
we
went
out
there
and
had
to
correct
things.
So
no,
no
ward,
in
that
case
they
had
sheep
on
their
property.
There's
no
ward.
That
is,
is
off
the
chart.
As
far
as
what
you
have
to
watch
out
for
it's
not
going
to
get
better,
it
can
only
get
worse,
so
please
get
out
there
and
do
your
own
investigation.
A
A
A
J
A
L
D
G
A
X
X
A
B
Chairman,
so
in
in
response
to
your
suggestion,
the
ordinance
committee
could
hold
a
special
hearing
on
the
comprehensive
plan
ordinance.
Then
it
would
vote
that
potentially
back
to
the
full
council
for
the
september
council
meeting.
So
as
a
point
of
clarification
before
I
make
this
vote,
if
I
may,
through
the
chairman
to
mr
lopola,
is
there
any
risk
downside
risk
to
having
the
comprehensive
plan
be
voted
on
a
month?
From
now.
C
This
came
about
because-
and
I'm
not
sure-
and
I
got
that's-
why
you're
going
to
have
to
ask
the
lawyers
on
this.
The
law
says
if
you
continue
adhering
to
a
date
time
place
and
that's
all
that's
required
for
the
continuance
of
that
hearing
is,
if
you
don't
continue
it
to
a
date
time
place
certain.
Then
the
requirement
for
notifications
is
the
same
notification
as
to
what's
the
original
notification.
So
for
the
comp
plan
for
this
city,
it's
notification
twice
a
week
in
a
paper
of
general
circulation
for
three
consecutive
weeks.
C
Now
I
it's,
I
don't
know
where
the
notification
comes
in,
if
it's
with
city,
council
or
the
ordinance
committee.
If
it's
the
ordinance
committee,
you
have
the
same
problem.
If
you,
you
still
may
have
the
same
problem
because
you
had
it,
this
was
scheduled
for
a
public
hearing
and
it
wasn't
continued
to
a
daytime
place.
Certain
I
don't
know
that's
you
need
to
that's
why
you
have
lawyers
and
I'm
only
a
planner.
L
A
V
A
I
You,
council
president,
my
concern
is,
if
we
send
it
back
the
ordinance
and
we
create
a
special
hearing
for
the
audience
committee,
then
we're
going
to
be
in
the
same
boat.
We
were
a
few
weeks
ago
with
only
two
members
attending
and
the
president
being
forced
to
attend
because
we
can't
get
a
quorum.
I
In
my
opinion,
I
think
we're
safe
for
sending
it
to
the
next
council
meeting
for
all
the
members
to
have
their
input
and
discuss,
discuss
the
comprehensive
plan.
My
concern
is,
we
call
a
special
meeting
and
then
we
have
a
problem
with
a
quorum.
I
think
we're
going
to
look
pretty
bad
and
we're
going
to
risk
that
if
the
council
members
want
to
risk
that
we
risk
it,
but
it
was
my
opinion
we
should
send
this
to
the
september
council
meeting.
A
L
X
D
D
The
issue
has
come
up
for
for
quite
a
long
time
and
the
and
it
has
been
advertised-
and
I
believe
mr
lapollo
has
been
here
many
times
to
explain
this
to
all
of
us,
so
I
don't
think
it's
new
and
I
think
we've
all
had
a
chance
to
digest
it.
But
if
anyone
has
questions,
do
it
beforehand,
so
we
can
get
this
behind
us
councilman.