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The Newport City Council met on October 14, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 43 Broadway, Newport, RI. The docket included public hearings on proposed North End zoning changes and a Community Development Block Grant application, consent calendar items, entertainment licenses, city manager contracts, and a Sister City funding resolution. The meeting adjourned with the Sister City resolution still pending after a motion to table it failed 4-3.
All right, Madam Clerk, take the roll, please. David Carlin. Here. Lynn Underwood Segley. Here. Charlie Holder. Here. Side Cam Savor. Gene Maria Palazzano. Here. Ellen Pinock. Here. Stephanie Smite. Here. There's a quorum present, Mr. Chair. Thank you, please stand for Pleasure of Allegiance. Councilor Carlin, you want to take a moment. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move uh to use a point of personal privilege, please. And I thank the chairman for such. I use this because what I'm about to speak on is not on the agenda this evening. But I want uh members of the third or residents of the third board and the city as a whole to understand uh a couple of uh important issues in front of you or in front of all of us. Uh first of all, uh I want to update uh the uh construction activity that is taking place between LEAV and uh Morton Avenue in the third ward regarding the replacement of a gas line. Uh you may have seen from me and others information regarding when the work was going to be done, specifically uh was the work going to be done at any time during the evening, and uh was the work going to be done during the daytime at any time, not true the daytime, but uh the evening work, unlike first reported, will not commence yesterday. It did not start yesterday, uh as many residents of the third ward already know. Uh it uh starts in two weeks. So starting yesterday, the Mortonav Kaliav area, or if you will, the first part of the construction for two weeks uh will be done there, and then uh the construction will continue uh from Lee to Wellington. And and very specifically, uh, and thank you, Mr. Chairman and my colleagues and the public for your patience. Uh let me just uh read from well, let me go on to the the second point very quickly so I can pull up the accurate statement from Rhode Island Energy. The second uh statement is that uh the Anne Street Pier will be shut down uh from earlier today until uh Saturday morning. There's a need to do temporary work on the Anstreet Pier related to ADA American Disability Act, as well as uh uh some structural and uh other improvements, but the the pier will be reopened on uh on Saturday morning, and I apologize there was not enough time to put all of this out. Uh but uh because of uh meeting notice schedules, etc. Uh but the uh the work very specifically for my friends, especially in the third ward, uh beginning the week of October 26th, October 26th, night work from Lee Avenue side on uh will be done for at least two weeks. Now, this is uh as you might have heard already, a very intensive and very necessary project. The gas line dates back to the 1880s, unfortunately. Uh, but this will be an 18-week possibly an 18-week project. So I ask all of you to bear with us, bear with the city, uh, because there will be some inconveniences for you, but I did want you to know that uh what you heard prior is the opposite of what's actually happening, the night work versus the day work for the first two weeks. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Councilor.