House Lottery at Council Meeting

The lottery for the renovated home at 78 Anthony Street will take place Tuesday night, Dec. 18, at the City Council meeting.

After the lottery winner is chosen, the house will be sold to the winner for $130,000. Four applications had been submitted as of about two weeks ago.

The completely renovated, two-story single-family home includes 1,592 square feet of living space, including 3 bedrooms, 1-½ baths, a laundry area on the second floor, an eat-in kitchen, full-sized dining and living rooms, high-efficiency gas heating and windows, fully insulated walls and ceiling, and a back yard with off-street parking.

East Providence purchased the abandoned house out of foreclosure about 15 months ago for $110,000. It then spent $100,000 in state-managed federal funds to renovate it.

Here is the complete agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the City Council:

CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE

DOCKET OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

December 18, 2012

Council Chambers, City Hall, 145 Taunton Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914

7:00 P.M. Executive Session, Room 101

7:30 P.M. Open Session 

I.                   EXECUTIVE SESSION

The City Council of the City of East Providence will meet in Executive Session pursuant to RI General Laws § 42-46-5 (a) (2

A. New Claims

1. Joseph Correira

2. Radius Marketing Group, LLC

B. Litigation

1. Janelle Thompson vs City of East Providence

     Workers' Compensation Court

II.                CALL TO ORDER

III.             SALUTE TO THE FLAG

IV.             TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR

All items under “CONSENT CALENDAR” are considered to be of a routine and noncontroversial nature by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Council member so requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the “CONSENT CALENDAR” and will be considered in its normal sequence on the docket.

A. Letters

1. Coastal Resources Management Council, December 2012 Calendar.

2. Coastal Resources Management Council Semi Monthly Meeting, Tuesday December 11, 2012, 6:00 PM, Conference Room A, Administration Building, One Capitol Hill, Providence. 

3. Peter Midgley resignation from the Zoning Board of Review, Alternate.

B. Cancellation/Abatements

Year

Amount

2012

$24,904.23

2011

$151.00

Total

$25,055.23

C. Council Journals

1. Council Organizational Meeting December 3, 2012

2. Regular Meeting December 4, 2012

V.                PUBLIC COMMENT

VI.             APPOINTMENTS

A. School Committee Liaison (by Mayor Briden)

Councilwoman Chrissy Rossi 

B. Carousel Park Commission Liaison (by Councilwoman Rossi)

Assistant Mayor Thomas Rose

 VII.          LICENSES NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARING

A. Vict/Not Over 25

U & A Food and Fuel, Inc. DBA Express Gas & Food Mart, 1345 Wampanoag Trail (02915), Haji Ahmad, 7 Richard Street, Attleboro, MA 02703.

B. Holiday Sales

U & A Food and Fuel, Inc. DBA Express Gas & Food Mart, 1345 Wampanoag Trail (02915), Haji Ahmad, 7 Richard Street, Attleboro, MA 02703.

VIII.       PUBLIC HEARING - ORDINANCES FINAL PASSAGE

A. An ordinance regarding tree root liabilities.

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1998, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED “UTILITIES.”

SECTION I.  The definition of building sewer lateral as contained in Section 17-76 entitled “Definitions” of Article III entitled “Sanitary Sewer System” of Chapter 17 entitled “Utilities” is amended to read as follows:

Building sewer lateral means a pipe laid incidental to the original construction of a sewer from that sewer to some point at the side of the street, highway or similar location, and there capped, having been provided and intended for extension and for use at some time thereafter as a part of a building sewer. When a building sewer lateral has been connected with and extended for the purpose of installing a building sewer, the lateral shall become and thereafter be a part of such building sewer, to be maintained as provided for building sewer. Sewers constructed prior to 1951, where building sewer laterals were installed at the owners expense, shall continue to be installed at the expense of the owner. The city will assume responsibility for repair of a broken or cracked sewer lateral between the curb line and the sewer main or for any blockage caused by a city tree. This provision shall not prevent the city from holding any third parties liable for damages to a sewer lateral.

SECTION II.  This ordinance shall take effect upon its second passage and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Requested By:  City Solicitor

 B. An ordinance regarding a one way street westbound on Alice Street.

AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1998, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED “VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC”

SECTION I.  Section 18-247 entitled “Designation of one-way streets” of Article VIII entitled “One-Way Streets” of Chapter 18 entitled “Vehicles and Traffic” is amended by deleting therefrom the following:

Alice Street (westbound) from Taunton Avenue to James Street

SECTION II.  This ordinance shall take effect upon second passage and all ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Requested By:  Director of Public Works

IX.             NEW BUSINESS

A. City Managers Report (by City Manager Peter Graczykowski)

1. Departmental Activity Update

2. Proposed 2013 Schedule for Council Docket Submissions

3. EPBC Activity Update

4. Response to Proposal for the Pension Plan to Finance TANS

5. TLA/Pond View Litigation Status

B. Reports of Other City Officials

1. Claims Committee (by City Solicitor Orlando Andreoni)

 C. Council Members

1. Legal RFP Update (by Mayor Briden)

2. Chorus of East Providence (by Assistant Mayor Rose)

3. Street Sweeper (by Assistant Mayor Rose)

4. Status of Police Cruisers (by Assistant Mayor Rose)

5. Happy Holidays (by Assistant Mayor Rose)

6. Six Years of EPPD Crime Statistics (by Councilwoman Rossi)

7. Follow up on Asset Forfeiture/Google Money (by Councilwoman Rossi)

8. Update on VAMCO Property (by Councilwoman Rossi)

9. Update on Soccer Task Force (by Councilwoman Rossi)

10. Update on Sabins Point Dock/DEM Grant (by Councilwoman Rossi)

11. Fleet Coordinator/Military Surplus Vehicles (by Councilwoman Rossi)

12. Economic Development Ambassador in the Planning Department (by Councilwoman Rossi)

13. Real Estate/City Surplus Buildings (by Councilwoman Rossi)

14. EP Junior Townies (by Councilwoman Rossi)

15. Parks and Recreation Department Split (by Councilwoman Rossi)

16. Carousel (by Councilwoman Rossi)

17. Highway Superintendent Position (by Councilwoman Rossi)

D. Communications

1. Anthony Ferreira, 44 Brightridge Avenue (02914) requesting to address the Council regarding steps/answers to the finalization of the two closed libraries ie: equipment, utilities etc...

2. Freddie Rybka, 9 Cozzens Avenue (02915) requesting to address the Council regarding the growth of the sink hole on Bullocks Point Avenue and the status of the Carousel. 

X.                ADJOURNMENT