City Council - Oct 12 2021

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[0:01] in real life good evening everyone thank
[0:03] you for joining our regularly scheduled
[0:05] uh court of common council meeting for
[0:07] today october 12th 2021 uh my name is
[0:10] councilman tj clark i'm serving i serve
[0:12] as the major majority leader and i will
[0:15] be presiding over our city council
[0:16] meeting tonight uh we are broadcasting
[0:19] live on uh comcast
[0:22] channel 96
[0:23] as well as uh frontier
[0:26] uh six six zero nine
[0:29] and as well as on all of our harford
[0:31] public access tv's social media site and
[0:34] their website we are here uh with my
[0:37] steam colleagues councilman james
[0:39] sanchez uh councilwoman shirley surgeon
[0:43] councilwoman marilyn rossetti councilman
[0:45] john gail uh and
[0:48] that is all that we have here today
[0:50] uh and so uh with
[0:52] no no other business um to discuss right
[0:55] now mr clerk can you please call the
[0:57] roll
[0:59] councilwoman bermudez
[1:03] councilman clark here
[1:05] councilman gayle here
[1:07] councilman lebron
[1:10] councilman mitchum
[1:14] councilwoman rosado
[1:18] councilman rosetti here
[1:20] councilman sanchez
[1:23] president
[1:24] council and surgeon here
[1:27] you have a quorum
[1:31] thank you mr clerk and now our uh city
[1:33] clerk will lead us in the pledge of
[1:34] allegiance
[1:38] i pledge allegiance to the flag
[1:41] of the united states of america
[1:43] and to the republic
[1:44] for which it stands one nation under god
[1:48] indivisible with liberty and justice for
[1:51] all
[1:58] thank you mr clerk uh cosmo sanchez you
[2:00] have the floor
[2:05] thank you and good evening everyone and
[2:07] through you uh uh mr president i'd like
[2:10] to make a motion to approve the minutes
[2:12] of september 27 2021's uh meeting
[2:19] second
[2:21] the motion is made by councilman sanchez
[2:23] and it's been seconded by council miguel
[2:25] any discussions
[2:26] any discussions uh hearing none mr clerk
[2:29] can you please call the role
[2:31] councilman clark
[2:32] yes
[2:34] councilman gail yes
[2:36] councilwoman rosetti
[2:42] councilman rosetti
[2:43] yes
[2:45] councilman sanchez
[2:47] yes
[2:48] comes from surgeon
[2:51] yes
[2:52] motion pass
[2:55] thank you mr clerk uh councilman sanchez
[2:57] you have the floor
[2:58] yes i'd like to uh through you council
[3:00] president i'd like to make a uh
[3:03] motion to refer the following items
[3:06] 3.1
[3:08] 3.2 to the operation management budget
[3:11] and budget and government accountability
[3:13] committee and to the planning and
[3:16] planning and zoning commission
[3:18] the public hearing will be held on
[3:20] monday october 18th
[3:22] 2021
[3:24] uh item
[3:25] number 3.8
[3:28] to the operation management budget and
[3:30] government accountability committee
[3:33] now before i continue i will read out
[3:36] what those items are
[3:38] 3.1
[3:39] and
[3:44] 3.2 go back here
[3:47] this uh mayor brolin is with a company
[3:49] resolution authorizing the mayor subject
[3:51] to review and approval of a term sheet
[3:53] for the project
[3:56] yes sir i'm sorry i just have to enter
[3:58] juggle point of order uh we actually
[3:59] went out of order uh on our agenda uh so
[4:03] if you could just withdraw your motion
[4:05] and so that we can begin with the uh
[4:07] consented items on the consent calendar
[4:09] i withdraw my motion uh for the
[4:11] referrals
[4:12] thank you uh any objection
[4:15] saying done all right councilman you may
[4:17] call the
[4:19] call the order for consent item
[4:24] go to councilman sanchez
[4:26] okay so
[4:29] so just for clarification i will repeat
[4:34] my motion uh to put the following items
[4:38] on the consent calendar is that correct
[4:40] yes okay contain a motion for
[4:44] consent calendar items
[4:46] okay
[4:47] so the consent item are 3.1
[4:51] and uh i will read those no sir no sorry
[4:55] um on the
[4:57] on the list the consent calendar starts
[4:59] with 3.3
[5:03] my apologies that's okay
[5:05] so the so the items are
[5:08] 3.3
[5:09] 3.4
[5:11] 3.5
[5:12] 4.2
[5:14] 4.3
[5:16] 4.4
[5:18] 4.5
[5:20] 4.6
[5:22] 4.7
[5:24] 4.8
[5:25] and 5.1
[5:30] second
[5:32] it's been probably the motion has been
[5:33] made in property second uh
[5:36] on consent calendar items that were
[5:38] called any discussion on the consent out
[5:40] calendar items and discussion uh hearing
[5:43] none uh mr clerk can you please call the
[5:44] role
[5:46] councilman clark
[5:48] yes
[5:49] councilman gayle yes
[5:52] councilman rosetti
[5:54] yes
[5:55] councilman sanchez
[5:56] yes
[5:57] councilman surgeon yes
[5:59] motion pass
[6:03] thank you mr clerk councilman sanchez
[6:05] now on the referral items okay thank you
[6:07] and through you council president i'd
[6:09] like to refer the following items and
[6:11] make a motion to refer the following
[6:13] items
[6:14] 3.1 and 3.2
[6:17] to the operation management budget and
[6:19] government accountability committee and
[6:21] to the planning and zoning commission uh
[6:25] for public hearing monday october 18
[6:28] 2021
[6:33] second
[6:36] motion has been made in property second
[6:38] to refer
[6:39] uh items 3.1 and 3.2
[6:43] um
[6:44] but i'm not necessarily sure we should
[6:46] just do separate motions you can
[6:48] continue on the rest of the referral
[6:49] items
[6:50] okay so i just want to uh clarify that
[6:53] 3.1 is a resolution by mayor
[6:56] bronin
[6:57] with um authorizing the mayor subject to
[7:00] review and approval of a term sheet for
[7:02] the project to enter into a purchase and
[7:04] sales agreement and ground lease with
[7:06] the development team of wonder works
[7:08] construction corporation of 275 pearl
[7:11] street
[7:13] the 3.2 is mayor broner with a company
[7:16] resolution authorizing the mayor subject
[7:19] to review and approval of a term sheet
[7:21] for the project to enter into a
[7:23] development agreement and ground lease
[7:25] with the development team of wonder
[7:27] works construction corp of 525 main
[7:30] street and lease slash sale for 17 and
[7:34] 21 wellspring
[7:38] you can continue with the rest of the
[7:40] referral items we can take them all at
[7:41] one time
[7:42] thank you
[7:43] i'd like to make motion to refer the
[7:46] following item of 3.8 to the operation
[7:48] management budget and government
[7:50] accountability committee
[7:53] and 3.8 is
[7:57] uh mayor broner with a company
[7:58] resolution authorizing to make the
[8:00] following transfers from the uncommitted
[8:04] fiscal year 2021 budget surplus for the
[8:07] board of education
[8:09] uh like to make a motion
[8:11] i'm just going to continue on with the
[8:13] motions that find the council president
[8:15] that's right you don't have to continue
[8:16] to make a motion you can just continue
[8:18] on reading the referral right okay
[8:20] um the following items are 3.9 and 7.2
[8:25] to the planning economic development and
[8:27] housing committee uh those items are
[8:32] 3.9 mary broner with a company
[8:34] resolution confirming the appointment of
[8:36] los caderon to the housing authority and
[8:41] scroll down
[8:46] and
[8:48] resolution
[8:50] authorizing the creation implementation
[8:52] of a south metals area redevelopment
[8:55] task force smart
[9:01] following item 3.10 and 7.1 to the
[9:04] health and human services committee
[9:06] 3.10
[9:14] is a more is a
[9:16] mayor's bonus with accompanying
[9:18] resolution authorizing and empowered to
[9:20] enter into a memorandum of understanding
[9:23] the mou with harford healthcare
[9:31] just scrolling down here
[9:33] and
[9:35] resolution um that urges the department
[9:37] of health and human services the
[9:39] department of public works and other
[9:40] department in using existing completed
[9:43] research of
[9:46] 753.7
[9:47] nm uv-c lighting for an added extra
[9:51] level of disinfection
[9:56] and we'll continue with the
[9:59] item 3.7 to the committee of the whole
[10:04] that item
[10:10] mayor brown with accompanying resolution
[10:12] confirming the appointment of
[10:15] client
[10:16] kelly
[10:17] as the first troubadour of the city of
[10:19] harper and leo
[10:21] marie syaz as the first flow artist of
[10:24] the city of hartford
[10:28] and that completes that motion
[10:31] i'll second it
[10:32] all right motion has been made and
[10:34] properly second uh on all the referral
[10:37] items that were uh read by councilman
[10:39] sanchez any discussion on these referral
[10:42] items
[10:44] and just want to make a point of
[10:46] clarification items three point one and
[10:48] three point two is going to planning as
[10:50] well and because of the fact that it's
[10:51] uh requires a 824 review uh per
[10:54] connecticut general statues
[10:56] a discussion on the matter uh
[10:58] saying none mr clerking please call the
[10:59] roll
[11:01] councilman clark
[11:02] yes
[11:03] councilman gail yes
[11:07] councilman mitchum
[11:08] yes
[11:10] councilman rosado
[11:12] i'm sorry councilwoman rosetti
[11:15] yes
[11:16] councilman sanchez yes
[11:19] councilwoman surgeon
[11:20] yes
[11:21] motion pass
[11:23] thank you
[11:25] councilman uh mitch jim good to see you
[11:27] uh councilman sanchez you have the floor
[11:30] yes and through you uh uh council
[11:32] president i i'd like to make a motion to
[11:34] postpone the following item until
[11:36] october 25 21 and those are
[11:40] uh 4.1 and 6.1
[11:46] second
[11:48] the motion has been made second to
[11:50] postpone items 4.1 to 6.1 any
[11:52] discussions any discussions uh any
[11:55] discussions uh hearing mr clerking
[11:57] please call the role councilman clark
[12:00] yes
[12:01] councilman gayle yes
[12:03] councilman mitchell
[12:05] yes
[12:06] councilwoman rosetti
[12:07] yes councilman sanchez yes
[12:10] council woman surgeon yes motion pass
[12:14] thank you uh mr clerk uh councilman
[12:16] sanchez you have before yes i'd like to
[12:18] make a motion to enter into executive
[12:21] session for the item um of 3.6
[12:25] which is
[12:27] mayor broden with company resolution a
[12:30] proving settlement of the tammy kenny
[12:34] versus city harford
[12:38] second
[12:39] motion has been made and probably second
[12:41] to enter into executive session any
[12:43] discussions
[12:44] uh hearing none mr clerking please call
[12:46] the role councilman clark yes
[12:49] councilman gail yes
[12:51] councilman mitchdom yes
[12:53] councilwoman rosetti
[12:55] yes
[12:57] councilman sanchez yes
[12:59] councilwoman surgeon yes motion pass
[13:03] thank you mr clerk um for those that are
[13:05] viewing are viewing a
[13:07] health meeting the council will now
[13:09] enter to an executive session you can
[13:11] feel free to stay on until we get done
[13:14] but now the council will stand at ease
[13:16] as we enter into executive session
[23:37] you um mr president i'd like to make a
[23:39] motion to reconvene from executive
[23:42] session
[23:44] second
[23:45] has been made in property
[23:46] second in discussion
[23:48] uh hearing none mr clerk can you please
[23:50] call the roll
[23:51] husband clark yes
[23:53] councilman gayle yes
[23:55] councilman yes
[23:57] councilwoman rosetti yes councilman
[23:59] sanchez
[24:01] yes
[24:02] councilwoman surgeon yes motion pass
[24:06] thank you mr clerk councilman sanchez
[24:09] yes i'd like to make a motion to
[24:14] place on action item 3.6
[24:20] second
[24:23] ocean has been mainly property second to
[24:24] take action on uh
[24:26] his settlement offer of 3.6 which was an
[24:29] executive session any discussion any
[24:32] discussion
[24:33] uh seeing none mr kirk can you please
[24:35] call the role
[24:36] huntsman clark yes councilman gail yes
[24:41] councilman mitchell yes
[24:43] councilman woman rosetti yes councilman
[24:46] sanchez yes councilwoman surgeon yes
[24:50] motion pass
[24:53] all right thank you very much uh seeing
[24:55] that we have no other business to
[24:56] discuss uh this council meeting is now
[24:58] adjourned thank you very much for tuning
[25:01] in uh we wish you a farewell please
[25:03] continue to stay safe stay healthy get
[25:06] tested get vaccinated if you choose to
[25:09] and we'll see you next time have a good
[25:11] evening good night good night good night