Minutes - Monday 19 March 2018Regular Meeting - Beverly City Council, Beverly, MA
MINUTES - Monday, 19 March 2018 @ 7:00 PM
Beverly City Hall, 191 Cabot Street, 3r Floor Council Chamber
Called to Order @ 7:05 PM
Roll Call: Timothy P. Flaherty, Julie R. Flowers, John P. Frates Jr. -Vice President
(Absent), Scott D. Houseman, David J. Lang, James F. Latter, Donald G. Martin, Estelle
M. Rand, Paul M. Guanci- President.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: Councilor Rand
Moment of Silence:
1. Roland A. Beaulieu, DPS Water Department Supervisor — 35 Years of Service
Resolution:
1. #054 - Charles H. Perlo
Approved on the Floor — Vote: 8 -0
Comments by Citizens (subject to the conditions contained in Appendix
A to the "Rules and Orders "): Anyone who would like to speak at the
Meeting has until 9:30AM on the day of the Meeting to register with the
City Clerk. (Limit of 3 @ 5 minutes each):
1. George Binns, 51 Baker Avenue
Presentations, Awards and Memorials:
1. Presentation - State Representative Jerry Parisella & State Senator Joan
Lovely — Legislative Update
2. Presentation - MaryAnn Holak, Director, Council on Aging & Caitlin Coyle,
PhD, Research Fellow, Assistant Professor, Gerontology Institute —
University of Massachusetts Boston - "Aging in Beverly, MA: A Community
Needs Assessment"
Public Hearings:
8:00 PM - #043 — Petition — National Grid Plan #25692757 - West Street
City Clerk reported that National Grid Engineer was not present for the
Public Hearing. Council President entertained a Motion to Recess the Public
Hearing until the next Regular Council Meeting — Monday, 2 April 2018 @ 7:30 PM.
Approved — Vote: 8 -0.
8:05 PM - #050 — MA -DOT Aeronautics -4 Beverly Regional Airport — 6 Grants /
Matching Funds Public Hearing held & closed — Referred back to Finance &
Property
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Acceptance of Minutes of Previous Meetings:
1. Monday, 5 March 2018 - Regular Meeting
Vote to Annrove: 8 -0
Communications from His Honor the Mayor:
#051
March 19, 2018
The Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable City Council:
I hereby appoint subject to your review and recommendation, Mr. Todd P. Callaghan, 9 Clark
Avenue, Beverly to serve on the Open Space and Recreation Committee.
His term is to be effective until August 31, 2020.
Sincerely yours,
Michael P. Cahill
Mayor
Referred to Legal Affairs
#052
March 19, 2018
The Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable City Council:
I hereby reappoint subject to your review and recommendation, Ms. Wendy Pearl, 15 Andover
Street, Beverly to serve on the Beverly Historic District Commission.
Her term is to be effective from April 1, 2018 to April 1, 2021.
Sincerely yours,
Michael P. Cahill
Mayor
Referred to Legal Affairs
#053
March 19, 2018
The Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable City Council:
I am pleased to inform you that the City of Beverly, through the Beverly Planning Department,
has received earmark funding from the Massachusetts Marketing Partnership / Massachusetts
Office of Travel & Tourism (MMP /MOTT) in support of the City's ongoing effort to rehabilitate
the GAR Hall. On behalf of the people of Beverly, I want to express our city's deep gratitude to
Senator Joan Lovely, Representative Jerry Parisella and their staff for the great work they all did
to secure this important funding to aid our preservation efforts for this historic building.
The MMP/MOTT has contributed to the restoration of the historic GAR Hall through a state
contract $50,000. This funding will allow Beverly to hire an architect to complete the design
services restoration of the front and side facades of the building, and will allow the rehabilitation
of the handicap access ramp at the rear of the building — a necessary improvement to bring the
building into compliance with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) standards. Should any
additional funding be left after these two aspects of the GAR Hall's restoration, the funds will be
put toward electrical improvements that are also an aspect of the building's full restoration.
Massachusetts General Law Chapter 44 Section 53Arequires that any grants, gifts or
contributions to the city must be presented to the Council for approval prior to expending said
funds. Therefore, I respectfully ask your approval of this funding in the amount of $50,000 to be
used toward the projects noted above and in support of the funding award stipulations. Please
initiate action on this matter at you next City Council meeting scheduled for March 19, 2018.
Sincerely yours,
Michael P. Cahill
Mayor
Referred to Finance & Property
Communications from other City Officers & Boards:
#050A
Communication — Beverly Regional Airport — Revisions to Grants / Matching Funds
Referred to Finance & Pro
Communications, Applications & Petitions:
#055
Application for License to Peddle — Cut Flowers — Joan Bediz, 34 Rocky Hill Road /
Essex
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Referred to Legal Affairs
Council President entertained a Motion to Accept 2 LATE FILES —
Approved - Vote: 8 -0
LATE FILE - #056
Communication — Glovsky — 268B Cabot Street — Request for Approval of Easement
and License Agreements
Referred to Legal Afffairs
LATE FILE - #057
Application for License — Livery — Tristar Vehicle Leasing INC. 100 Cummings Center
#220G
Referred to Legal Afffairs
Unfinished Business: None
Reports of Committees:
#050
The Committee on Finance & Property, to whom was referred the matter of Communication — Beverly
Regional Airport Commission, for Acceptance /Approval of 6 MA -DOT Aeronautics Grants, have considered
said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Receive and Place on File
Order read once and adopted — Vote: 8 -0
#050A
The Committee on Finance & Property, to whom was referred the matter of Communication — Beverly
Regional Airport — Revisions to Grants / Marching Funding, have considered said matter and beg leave to
report as follows, to wit:
Recommend the Council Approve the Request
Order read once and adopted — Vote: 8 -0
#053
The Committee on Finance & Property, to whom was referred the matter of Communication — Mayor —
Parisella / Lovely Earmark Funding -4 Rehabilitate GAR Hall, have considered said matter and beg leave to
report as follows, to wit:
Recommend the Council Approve the Request
Order read once and adopted — Vote: 8 -0
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#055
The Committee on Legal Affairs, to whom was referred the matter of Application for License to Peddle — Cut
Flowers — Joan Bediz, 34 Rocky Hill Road / Essex, have considered said matter and beg leave to report as
follows, to wit:
Recommend the License be granted
Order read once and adopted — Vote: 6 -2 (Councilors Latter & Guanci against)
#057
The Committee on Legal Affairs, to whom was referred the matter of Application for License — Livery — Tristar
Vehicle Leasing INC, 100 Cummings Center #220G, have considered said matter and beg leave to report as
follows, to wit:
Recommend the Licenses be granted pending receipt of all necessary paperwork by the Clerk's Office
Order read once and adopted — Vote: 8 -0
#046
The Committee on Public Services, to whom was referred the matter of Communication — Mayor —
Reappointment — Board of Registrars of Voters — Paul Knight, 5 Garden Street as the Beverly Democratic
City Committee representative, have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Recommend the Council Approve the Reappointment
Order read once and adopted — Vote: 8 -0
Motions and Orders: None
Meeting Adjourned: 8:54 PM Attest: D. Wesley Slate, Jr.
City Clerk
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