Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The East Providence City Council gives initial approval to an ordinance that will set up a tax-increment financing plan for the residential development on the waterfront.
The developer of the Kettle Point residential housing complex on the East Providence waterfront got the initial approval it wanted from the City Council Tuesday night for the financing of public improvements and remediation at the 48-acre site. The vote was unanimous on an ordinance that will set up a tax-increment financing plan and authorize the issuance of up to $9.7 million in bonds to build the roads and lay the water and sewer lines to the former petroleum tank farm on Watchemoket Cove that is being developed by Churchill & Banks of Providence. The ordinance now will get a public hearing and a final vote at the June 4 City Council meeting. The only change to the proposed ordinance involves the date of the final installment of …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The East Providence City Council meets tonight at 7:30 with a tax increment financing ordinance and resolutions for permanent tax exemptions on the docket.
The East Providence City Council meets tonight for its second meeting in May with the introduction of an ordinance for a tax increment financing plan for the Kettle Point housing development on the docket. The docket also includes resolutions that provide permanent tax-exempt status for a variety of local organizations. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm in the Council Chamber in City Hall after an executive session at 7 pm. The Kettle Point residential development received unanimous approval from the East Providence Waterfront Commission on May 8. The 407-unit complex -- a combination of rental apartments and condominiums for sale – now is up for review by the RI Department of Transportation, the RI Department of Environmental management, and…
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Nine East Providence businesses that sold liquor to underage customers will have "show-cause" hearings starting May 21.
The East Providence City Council will start dealing next Tuesday, May 21, with nine local businesses – including five liquor stores -- that have sold alcohol to underage customers. Two of the businesses – a liquor store and a restaurant – are multiple violators. “There will be three show-cause hearings at each of the next three meetings of the City Council, sitting as the liquor licensing board,” said Jennifer Wall of the East Providence Prevention Coalition. The hearings are the result of a “sting” of the businesses in February and March by the East Providence Police Department working with the prevention coalition, said Wall. Underage customers were sent into businesses to test their compliance with the law. “Basically, they are simply …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The 2013-2014 list of applicants and their requests for Community Development Block Grants was presented to the East Providence City Council Tuesday night.
Applicants for federal community development funds stated their cases for the cash before the East Providence City Council Tuesday night in City Hall. Now you have a chance to comment on the requests and the recommendations for the Community Development Block Grants by the city’s community development director. David Bachrach, the community development chief in the planning department, presented to the City Council the list of applicants and his recommendations for more than $620,000 in funds – or about 30 percent less than three years ago. “The budget is shrinking,” he said, which makes the competition for the funds more difficult. The list of projects was built from significant public input already, Bachrach said. So, if there are …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The East Providence City Council meets tonight in City Hall; the annual public hearing for the HUD cash is on the agenda.
Proposed appropriations for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) go before a public hearing at the East Providence City Council meeting tonight. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm in the Council Chamber in City Hall. East Providence has a bit more than $620,000 in the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds to spend between July 1 of this year and June 30 of next year, said David Bachrach, community development coordinator for the planning department. That amount is significantly less than last year when the city had almost $893,000 in CDBG cash. The federal grants will be spent in four areas: economic development, public facilities, public services and affordable housing, Bachrach said. Among the applicants for the funds are a bevy of …
Friday, April 26, 2013
City Councilor Chrissy Rossi thinks Mayor James Briden has breached the City Charter by asking the Budget Commission to get involved again in personnel decision in E.P.
East Providence City Councilor Chrissy Rossi thinks Mayor James Briden has breached the City Charter with his request to ask the Budget Commission to again handle personnel matters in the city. Briden considers a complaint Rossi reportedly filed with the police department to be “frivolous.” The confrontation between the two city councilors involves the investigation into Police Chief Joseph Tavares by the city manager, who placed Tavares on administrative leave, according to a story in eastbayri.com. “As one Council Member of the City of East Providence, it is my position that Rosemary Booth Gallogly, the Director of Finance for the State of R.I., has been baited into using the power of the State of Rhode Island to control personnel …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Streaming of East Providence City Council and School Committee meetings will resume next Tuesday, April 16.
Can’t make the next East Providence City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 16? Don’t fret. It will be streamed live and archived for watching on your computer any time you desire to watch it. The School Committee meeting a week later also will be streamed live and archived, said City Clerk Kim Casci. Casci received approval to resume the live streaming from the East Providence Budget Commission several weeks ago. But the city needed to replace a cable to make the resumption happen, said Casci. “We still use an older public-access camera,” she said. “That means we had to change a cable for the new company.” ClerkBase of Warwick, RI, is taking over the live streaming of the four meetings each month for $6,000 a year -- $7,000 the first …
Friday, April 5, 2013
Keller-Williams was awarded a contract by the East Providence City Council to try to sell eight vacant city-owned properties or parcels of land.
Keller-Williams was awarded a contract by the City Council on Tuesday to help East Providence sell or lease eight vacant properties or parcels. The real estate company submitted the highest-priced proposal to peddle the surplus municipal properties, Planning Director Jeanne Boyle told the City Council. But the firm has the most experience selling commercial properties, she said. "It also submitted the best marketing plan," Boyle said. Those factors among others made the firm the most qualified realtor among those realtors that responded to an RFP to market the properties. There were lower bidders. But if a lower bidder without their commercial experience can't sell the properties, said City Manager Peter Graczykowski, the city gets nothing…
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The East Providence City Council votes unanimously to send a resolution to state officials showing its support for the marriage-equality legislation after about 90 minutes of often impassioned comments for and against.
The East Providence City Council supports Rhode Island’s controversial marriage equality legislation. The councilors voted unanimously Tuesday evening, April 2, to send a resolution to the governor, lieutenant governor, president of the Senate, speaker of the House and the city’s legislators indicating their support of the proposed law. The resolution, in short, describes same-sex marriage as a fundamental civil right for gay couples who should have the same legal protections through marriage as every other adult in Rhode Island. The vote followed about 90 minutes of often emotional public comment from about two dozen supporters and opponents. Representatives from Rhode Islanders United for Marriage and Marriage Equality Rhode Island took …
Monday, April 1, 2013
For the first time since December, 2011, the City Council will meet without having to get approval for every expense from a budget commission.
The East Providence City Council meets Tuesday, April 2, in complete control of the city's finances for the first time since December, 2011. The meeting in the Council Chamber in City Hall starts at 7:30 pm. The councilors will gather after regaining spending authority from the East Providence Budget Commission last week. That transfer of authority ended almost 16 months of control by the state-mandated budget board. The City Council is not completely out of the shadow of the Budget Commission, however. It still exists and a new member, Christy Healey, deputy director of the RI Department of Revenue, will serve as a liaison to the City Council and keep a close eye on spending. Among the items on the agenda: - Resolution supporting the same…
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12:53 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
never mind they cut it out but i have my own copy will download it soon i see rico act laws being bent hear the feds must clean up this mess! more ›