2014-12-15Regular Meeting
Beverly Meeting Minutes
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From: Kathy Connolly [kconnolly @beverlyma.gov]
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Subject: Dec. 15,2014, Meeting
Regular Meeting
Beverly City Council 7:00 PM December 15, 2014
Roll Call: Councilors: John P. Frates Jr., Scott D. Houseman, David J. Lang, James F. Latter, Donald G. Martin, Estelle
M. Rand, Matthew J. St.Hilaire, Jason C. Silva, Paul M. Guanci
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: Councilor St. Hilaire
Acceptance of Minutes: Regular Meeting of December 1, 2014
Public Speakers and Hearings:
Judith Teague 802 #1 B Manor Road re Police (cancelled)
PH 7:20PM #276 Request for appropriation $950,000.00 for the purchase of Camp Paradise, 44
Cole St.
Referred to Finance & Property
Presentations, Awards and Memorials:
Communications from His Honor the Mayor:
#278
December 15, 2014
Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable Council:
Attached hereto are two permanent easements that are necessary for the City to obtain in order to proceed with the planned Brimbal
Avenue project. The permanent easements are for the relocation and maintenance of overhead public utilities. The property owner, CEA
Beverly, LLC, is willing to grant the permanent easements to the City without compensation.
A proposed Acquiring of Easements Order is attached hereto. Upon your approval, the City will file the Easements with the Registry of
Deeds.
I respectfully request that you vote to approve this at your December 15th Meeting.
Sincerely yours,
Michael P. Cahill, Mayor
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Refer to
#279
Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable Council:
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I respectfully request that you approve a transfer of $182,663 into the Airport's FY15 budget from the Enterprise Fund balance to support
the design work relating to capital projects at the Airport. Please see the attached memo from the Airport Commission which provides
additional details relating to this request.
Please initiate action on this matter at your next City Council meeting, December 15, 2014. This transfer request will require a public
hearing be set prior to a Council vote. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Michael P. Cahill, Mayor
Refer to Finance and Property
Communications from other City Officers and Boards:
#241A
Communication from Planning Board re request to superimpose the IR Overlay district at Cummings Properties at corner of McKay and
Elliott Streets
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Communications, Applications and Petitions:
#280
Communication from PERAC re FY 2016 Appropriation
Receive and place on file
#281
Communication from T. Berube Contracting relative to removal os a section of sidewalk at 130 Cabot St.
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Application by Windover McKay, LLC (Special permit) Residential reuse of former Public Building
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Refer to Legal Affairs
Reports from Committees:
#276
The Committee on Finance and Property / Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the matter of request for appropriation of
$950,000.00 for the purchase of Camp Paradise, 44 Cole St have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying order and recommend its adoption
Ordered: That $950,000 is hereby appropriated to pay costs of purchasing the land and buildings located at 44 ole Street, Beverly,
Massachusetts, commonly known as "Camp Paradise," and consisting of approximately 12 acres, more or less, for public park and
recreational use, including the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto, and that to meet this appropriation, (i) $100,000 shall be
transferred from the Recreation Enterprise Fund balance, (ii) the Treasurer, with the approval of the Mayor, is authorized to borrow
$450,000 under and pursuant to Chapter 44B of the General Laws (the Community Preservation Act), or any other enabling authority, and
(iii) the Treasurer, with the approval of the Mayor, is authorized to borrow $400,000 under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7(3) of the
General Laws, or pursuant to any other enabling authority; provided, however, that this amount shall be reduced to the extent of any
Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) grant funds received by the City from the Executive Office of Energy and
Environmental Affairs ( "EEA" ).
The Mayor is authorized to proceed with taking all steps necessary to purchase Camp Paradise; to file, accept and expend
rants from EEA and pursuant to the Community Preservation Act, which grants shall be applied to costs of the purchase; and to grant a
onservation restriction in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 184 as required by Chapter 44B, section 12 to any organization qualified and
filling to hold such a restriction. The grant of the conservation restriction shall be simultaneous at the closing. The property will be
edicated to public park and outdoor recreational uses under G.L. ch. 45, sec. 3 and will be protected under Article 97 of the Constitution of
ie Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Order shall take effect upon passage.
Order read once and adopted 8 -1 Vote St. Hilaire against
#241
The Committee on Legal Affairs / Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the matter of the Communication from Cummings
Properties re Zoning change from IR at the Corner of Elliott & McKay have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to
wit:
Submit the accompanying order and recommend its adoption
Ordered: That the Zoning Map of the City of Beverly is herby amended as follows:
The zoning district for that area of land known and numbered as 201 Elliott Street, formerly designated as Parcel 19 -130, currently part of
Parcel 30 -228 lease, and at the corner of Route 62 (Elliott Street) and McKay Street, shall be and hereby is changed from Restricted
industrial /Research /Office District (IR) to Restricted Industrial /Research /Office District Overlay (IR Overlay). The area encompasses 2.1
acres and is labeled "ZONE IR" on a Plan of Land prepared by Meridian Associates, dated November 5, 2013, and recorded at the
Southern Essex Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 441, Plan 3.
Zoning Ordinance read once and held for final passage as per charter provisions 9 -0 Vote
#241•A
The Committee on Legal Affairs / Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the matter of the Communication from Cummings
Properties re Zoning change from IR Corner of Elliott & McKay have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Receive and Place on File
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Order read once and adopted 9 -0 Vote
#241 -B
The Committee on Legal Affairs / Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the matter of the Communication from Cummings
Properties re Zoning change from IR Corner of Elliott & McKay have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Receive and Place on File
Order read once and adopted 9 -0 Vote
#246
The Committee on Legal Affairs / Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the matter of Ordinance change 410 Rantoul St have
considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying Ordinance and recommend its adoption
In the Year two thousand and fourteen
An Ordinance amending an ordinance entitled Article XXI
Be it ordained by the city council of the city of Beverly as follows, to wit
DELETE: Article XXI Sec. 21.13, h,(i) "Rantoul St., 15 minute parking in front of 410 Rantoul Street
ADD: Article XXI Sec. 21.13, k,(i) Rantoul St., 2 hour parking in front of 418 Rantoul Street
Ordinance read once and held for final passage as per charter provisions 9 -0 Vote
#253
The Committee on Legal Affairs / Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the matter of isolated Stop Sign at Landers Drive have
considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying ordinance and recommend its adoption
In the year two thousand and fourteen
An ordinance amending an ordinance entitled article SSI Sec.21.12
Be it ordained by the city council of the city of Beverly as follows, to wit
ADD: Article XXI Sec. 21.12 Obedience to isolated stop signs Sec L (II)
Landers Drive westbound at Middlebury Lane
Ordinance read once and held for final passage as per charter provisions 9 -0 Vote
#272
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The Committee on Legal Affairs /Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the matter of 2015 Amusement device Licenses have
considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Recommend the Licenses be granted
Order read once and adopted 9 -0 Vote
#273
The Committee on Legal Affairs /Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the matter of 2015 Motor Vehicle Dealer Licenses have
considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Recommend the Licenses be granted
Order read once and adopted 9 -0 Vote
#275
The Committee on Legal Affairs / Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the matter of 2015 Taxi / Livery Licenses have
considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Recommend the Licenses be granted
Order read once and adopted 9 -0 Vote
Unfinished Business:
Motions and Orders:
#283
By Councilor Guanci
Ordered that all pending orders and ordinances of the current year (2014) be forwarded to next years (2015) City Government
Order read once and adopted on floor 9 -0 Vote
Meeting Adjourned: 8:13 PM Attest: Kathleen P. Connolly, CMC
City Clerk
1/22/2015