On the Menu at City Council Meeting Monday

I highlighted the more intriguing agenda items by placing them in bold. What is with #53?

COMMUNICATIONS
1. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to apply for, receive and execute contracts and contract amendments with the State and various providers to provide various health services using the Per Capita grant.
2. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to accept State Department of Education Child Nutrition Program/USDA Grant funds to provide nutritious breakfasts and lunches to Hartford youth.
3. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to allocate funds to South Arsenal Neighborhood Development Corporation (SAND) for reimbursement of expenditures for the 2008 Midget Football Program.

4. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to continue contractual agreements with Family Life Education, Inc. for the Grandparents Program.

5. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to accept funds from the State and enter into contracts with various agencies and increase its collaboration with Police Department’s PAL Program in conjunction with Office of Youth Services programs.

6. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to accept 2008 Department of Public Safety funding to provide on-going training for its Public Safety Telecommunicators.

7. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to accept the 2009 Department of Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) E 911 funding to provide telecommunication services.

8. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to receive funds and enter into contract with the State for Block Grant funds to support the work of the Cancer Task Force.

9. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to accept Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) from the State to support the Emergency Management Program.

10. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to enter into a certain Master Lease Agreement with GE Capital Public Finance, Inc. to purchase vehicles, software, equipment and services for various City departments to improve operations. HEARING DATE – Monday, August 18, 2008

11. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to allocate funds to the Hartford Action Plan for teenage pregnancy prevention.

12. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Request to provide a report on any complaints made to any City departments that would be constituted discrimination on the part of any City Employee.

13. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to accept funds from the State for the 2008 Aggressive Driving Enforcement Program.

14. MAYOR PEREZ, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to accept grant funding from the State for Youth Services to operate the Juvenile Review Board.

15. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Allocation of funds to support programs by Hart Beat Ensemble.

16. LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE de Update on contract compliance.

17. HOUSING COMMITTEE de Anti Blight follow up.

REPORTS

18. PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to enter into and execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Temple of Prayer and Worship for City-owned vacant lot located at 175 Mather Street.

19. PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to lease to the Hartford Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union the property located at 521 Main Street.

20. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying Resolution de Report from the Health and Human Services Committee concerning allocation of funds to the North End Little League.

21. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Report from the Health and Human Services Committee concerning designation of funds from the Civic and Cultural Account to Hartford Knights After School

Program.

22. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying substitute resolution de Report from the Health and Human Services Committee concerning allocation of funds from the Sundry Account and authorization to enter into contract with Gussie Wortham Foundation for 5th Annual Basketball Tournament.

23. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Identifying unspecified funds to provide partial funding for Hartford Organizing for Tomorrow (HOT).

24. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying substitute resolution de Report concerning allocation of funds from the Civic and Cultural Account to help offset costs associated with improvements to the facility owned by Carpe Diem Fraternity.

25. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying substitute resolution de Allocation of funds from the Civic and Cultural Account to help cover expenses for Connecticut Latinos/as Achieving Rights and Opportunities.

26. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying substitute resolution de Allocation of funds from the Civic and cultural Account to help cover expenses for Connecticut Pride Hartford Rally and Festival, Inc.

27. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Allocation of funds from the Civic and Cultural Account to help cover expenses for the Hartford Stage.

28. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying substitute resolution de Allocation of funds from the Civic and Cultural Account to help cover Guakiarte’s expenses for Guakia, Inc.

29. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to transfer outstanding motor vehicle taxes to the Suspense Book.

30. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Authorization of grant funding for the maintenance, marketing, consulting services and other expenses to Park Street Special Service District.

31. OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Request to increase allowance to Re-Housing Assistance Program.

32. HOUSING COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Adoption of policy to protect tenants and landlords against tenant/landlord harassment.

33. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Authorization to enter into and execute and agreement with the Team Training New England, LL (TTNE,LL) to use Batterson Park Pond.

34. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees for 30th Annual Clay Hill Recognition Day sponsored by the Clay Hill Improvement Association, Inc. at Delucco Park.

35. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Permission to serve food, beverages and alcohol for events hosted by Hartford Public Library.

36. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees, permission to sell various items, hang banners and display signage and allocation of funds from the Civic and Cultural Account to the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, Inc. for the 17th Annual Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz at Bushnell Park.

37. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees, permission to use City equipment and serve food and beverages for 17th Annual Fair for Children and Families sponsored by the Hispanic Health Council at Barnard Park.

38. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees and permission to use City equipment and serve food and beverages for Independence Day of Colombia sponsored by Grupo Integracion Colombiana at Colt Park.

39. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees, and permission to serve food and beverages and vend music compact discs for Second Annual Gospel Explosion sponsored by the First Cathedral Outreach Ministry at Sigourney Park.

40. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees for plays in the parks sponsored by [sic]Heart Beat Ensemble.

41. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees, use of City equipment, permission to vend food and beverages and street closures for Gospel Festival sponsored by Lift Every Voice and Sing Organization at Bushnell Park.

42. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees and permission to serve food and beverages and street closures for Heart Walk sponsored by the American Heart Association at Bushnell Park.

43. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees and permission to vend food, beverages and alcohol and street closures for ING Hartford Marathon sponsored by the Hartford Marathon Foundation.

44. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees and permission to serve food and beverages and erect tents for 11th Annual Women’s 5 Mile Run, the Red Dress 5 Miler sponsored by the Hartford Marathon Foundation, Inc. at Elizabeth Park.

45. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees and permission to use City equipment, vend food, beverages, erect tents and a secondary stage for Hope Out Loud 7 Peace and Music Festival sponsored by the Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice at Bushnell Park.

46. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees, use of various parks and permission to serve food and beverages, erect tents and closure of right lanes on various streets for Discover Hartford Bicycling and Walking Tour sponsored by the Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance.

47. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Waiver of half the fees and permission to vend food and beverages for a performance sponsored by the Connecticut Ballet at Riverfront Plaza.

48. PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, with accompanying resolution de Allocation of funds to purchase an outdoor tent from the Civic and Cultural Account to First Night Hartford.

FOR ACTION

49. Report de Approval for the permanent monument commemorating worker’s killed while on the job and to be placed in Bushnell Park.

50. Report de Authorization to approve funding for the school-community partnerships, through the Office of Youth Services.

51. Report de Disapproval of waiver of half the fees for City Day 08 event sponsored by the United States Army and Renaissance II, LLC at the Bulkeley High School parking lot.

52. Ordinance amending Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9-18 of Code de Accessibility to ownership information.

53. Ordinance concerning the City of Hartford’s policy of providence of City services as it TO BE WITHDRAWN relates to residents’ immigration status.

54. Resolution de Reappointment of Sara C. Bronin to the Historic Properties Commission.

55. Resolution de Appointment of Constance Belton Green to the Hartford Public Library

Board of Directors.

56. Resolution de Identifying funds to match various foundations to provide support for Sheff Movement.

PROPOSED ORDINANCES

57. (MAYOR PEREZ) Ordinance concerning a Supplemental Appropriation in the Capital Improvement Fund for the construction, inspection, and maintenance of the Riverwalk

North Project.

HEARING DATE – Monday, August 18, 2008

58. (COUNCILPERSONS COTTO, WINCH, BOUCHER, DEUTSCH, RITTER AND SEGARRA) Ordinance concerning the City of Hartford’s policy of providence of City services as it relates to residents’ immigration status, as amended.

SEE 53 FOR ACTION

RESOLUTIONS

59. (MAYOR PEREZ) Hartford Parking Authority de Approval of a supplemental agreement to the Joint Ownership Agreement in connection with the ownership and operation of the Morgan Street Garage between the State, City and.

60. (COUNCILWOMAN AIREY-WILSON) Northend Agent’s Newspaper and collaborating sponsors de Waiver of half the fees and permission to use City equipment for the 3rd Annual “I am the Future” School Readiness/Back to School Celebration hosted by.

61. (COUNCILPERSON COTTO) Pope Park de Waiver of half the fees and prohibition of advertisement for carnival sponsored by the Coleman Brothers Show and Friends of Pope Park at.

62. (COUNCILMAN DEUTSCH) Hartford Public Library de Allocation of funds from the designated City Account for the immediate temporary re-opening of the Blue Hills and Mark Twain Branches of.

63. (COUNCILMAN KENNEDY) Soccer Task Force de Establishment of.

64. (COUNCILMAN KENNEDY) Lozada Park Playground de Waiver of half the fees and street closure for First Back to School Jam hosted by the Upper Albany Avenue Clay Arsenal Weed and Seed Steering Committee and Hartford Neighborhood Center, Inc. at.

65. (COUNCILMAN KENNEDY) Evergreen Avenue de Waiver of half the fees, street closure and permission to serve food and beverages for Block Party hosted by Evergreen Avenue Block Association at.

66. (COUNCILPERSONS RITTER AND WINCH) Wadsworth Atheneum de Waiver of permit fee for valet parking application for the Amistad Center for Arts and Culture Annual Gala at.

67. (COUNCILMAN RITTER) Wadsworth Atheneum de Waiver of permit fee for valet parking application for the Wadsworth’s Annual Gala at.