City Council
AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, COUNCIL CHAMBERS PORTSMOUTH, NH
DATE: MONDAY, MAY 6, 2002 TIME: 7:00PM

6:15 p.m. - An Anticipated "Non-Meeting" with Counsel regarding Cable Contract Negotiations - RSA 91-A:2, I(b-c)
AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER
   
   
2. ROLL CALL
   
   
3. INVOCATION
   
   
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
   PROCLAMATION - Older Americans Month
   PRESENTATIONS
   
   1. Letter Carriers Food Drive - Patricia Hersey & Buddy Collins
   2. City of Portsmouth Poet Laureate Maren Tirabassi - Portsmouth Unabridged: New Poems for an Old City
   
   
   
5. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES - APRIL 15, 2002
   
   
6. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION
   
   
7. APPROVAL OF GRANTS/DONATIONS
   1. Acceptance of Donation for the Restoration of the Stephen Chase Tombstone in North Cemetery
   2. Acceptance of Grant from the NH Highway Safety Agency for Enforcement Patrols
   3. Acceptance of Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for Operation Streetsweeper
   4. Acceptance of Donation from the Portsmouth Regional Hospital for the Police Honor Guard
   5. Acceptance of Donation for training and the purchase of equipment
   
   
   
8. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES
   
   1. First reading of Ordinance amending Chapter 1, Article III, Section 1.3 - Boards
   2. Third and final reading on proposed amendment to Chapter 10, Article II, Section 10.202 for the Rezoning of Land on Deer Street
   
   
   
9. PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS & PETITIONS
   
   1. Letter from Alanson Sturgis, Chairman of Conservation Commission, requesting permission to plant a tree to honor Mrs. Straus and her long service to the Commission
   2. Request for Approval of Sidewalk Obstruction Licenses for the following businesses with no changes from last year:
      • Runner's Alley - 1 A-frame sign
      • Moe's of Portsmouth, Inc - 1 A-frame sign
   3. Letter from Carl Walton, Central Veterans' Council, requesting the participation of the City Council in the Memorial Day Parade and Services on Monday, May 27, 2002
   4. Letter from Lucy Tillman and Shaler McReel, Pheasant Ridge Farm, requesting permission to continue to be a vendor and relocate to the Municipal Complex during the Farmers' Market
   5. Letter from Ingrid Getman, Richards Avenue Area Residents Association requesting permission to hold the 6th Annual Richards Avenue Memorial Day Relay Race and the closing of Richards Avenue on Monday, May 27, 2002 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
   6. Letter from Shelley Coughlin, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, requesting permission to hold the Seacoast Safari for CF Bicycle Tour on Saturday, July 20, 2002 through Sunday, July 21, 2002
   
   
   
10. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY OFFICIALS
    1. CITY MANAGER
    Items which require Action under other sections of the Agenda
    1. Consideration of First Reading of Proposed Resolutions/Ordinance Amendments:
    1.1 First Reading of Proposed Amendment to Chapter 1, Article III, Section 1.3 - Boards (Action on this matter should take place under Section VIII of the Agenda)
    2. Third and Final Reading on Amendments to Ordinances:
    2.1 Third Reading of Proposed Amendment to Zoning Map for the Rezoning of Land on Deer Street (Action on this matter should take place under Section VIII of the Agenda)
    3. Request from Pheasant Ridge Farm to Relocate
    City Manager's Items Which Require Action
    1. Request for Approval of Pole License Agreements
    2. Request to Establish a Work Session on Monday, June 10th at 6:30 p.m.
    Informational Items
    1. Reminder - FY03 Budget Work Session with Fire Department on Wednesday, May 8th at 7:00 p.m.
    2. Financial Summary - Month Ending March 31, 2002
    B. MAYOR SIRRELL
    1. Amendment to City Council Rule 45 - Public Hearings
    2. Acceptance of Donation to the Coalition Legal Fund
    3. Acceptance of Donation from Duncan MacCallum for Save the Old State House Committee
    4. Appointments
    5. Open Letter to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
    6. *Reports
    C. ASSISTANT MAYOR HANSON
    1. Traffic & Safety Committee Action Sheet and Minutes of the April 18, 2002 meeting
    D. COUNCILOR GRASSO
    1. *Report from the Joint Building Committee
    
    
    
11. MISCELLANEOUS/UNFINISHED BUSINESS
    
    
12. ADJOURNMENT

KELLI L. BARNABY
CITY CLERK
(* Indicates verbal report)

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

1. Board of Adjustment minutes of the March 19, 2002 meeting
2. Planning Board minutes of the March 21, 2002 meeting
3. Letter from Jerry Reese, AT&T Broadband with franchise fee payment for the first quarter of 2002
4. Letter from Jerry Reese, AT&T Broadband regarding programming changes
5. Letter from State Senator Lou D'Allesandro regarding House Bill 1462 and statewide property tax issue
6. Letter from Edward Lawrence regarding dangerous trees that should be removed

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