Prepared by: Citizens’ Research Education Network,
Hartford Public Library, and Hartford 2000
There are 39 items on the agenda. The Council meeting
will begin at 7 P.M. at Hartford City Hall in Council Chambers. It
will be preceded by an open agenda public hearing that will begin at 6:30
P.M. The next Council meeting will be Monday, March 28, 2005 at 7
P.M.
State of the City: Mayor
Eddie Perez will make a presentation on the State of the City at the March
14th Council meeting. (Item #1)
Youth and Police Working Together: The
Council will vote on a resolution authorizing the Mayor, through the Department
of Health and Human Services, to apply for and receive $10,000 from the Connecticut
Office of Policy and Management for Youth and Police Working Together programs
for the period July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006. These funds will be
used to support the activities of the Neighborhood Enforcement and Stabilization
Team (NEST), a North District community policing initiative. (Item #2)
HIV Prevention: The Council
will vote on a resolution allowing the Department of Health and Human Services
HIV Program to apply for refunding in the amount of $251,294, to begin July
1, 2005 and end June 30, 2008, to provide HIV prevention clinical services
to the residents of Hartford. (Item #10)
311 Call Center: The Council will
vote on a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with EMA,
Inc., to provide services required for the implementation of a 311 call center
and integrated work management system and to create a Technology Master Plan
for the City of Hartford. The cost is not to exceed $2,200,000. The
goal of the 311 call center and the integrated work management system is to
improve the quality of service delivery, increase efficiency in City government,
hold departments accountable, and increase citizen access to government. (Item
#19)
Pope Park: The
Council will vote on a proposed ordinance that if approved would result in
a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 in the Hartford Parks Trust Fund to
implement the Master Plan for Pope Park. In addition to the $50,000 to
be appropriated by the proposed ordinance, $100,000 was previously allocated
and $400,000 will be funded by a grant from the State of Connecticut Department
of Environmental Protection. Total project costs are $550,000. This
Item has been to committee and is on the agenda for action. (Item #16)
Violent Music Cessation: The Council
will vote on a resolution calling for local and national radio and television
affiliates to “demonstrate constructive leadership.” The
resolution requests that the media review music that promotes positive messages
to youth, discontinue playing music (and promoting artists) with messages that
promote violence, and convene a meeting of key communication leaders to consider
a one to two week cessation of music which promotes violence. The
resolution cites recent violence that impacts school-aged youth and music that
promotes acts of violence. (Item #39)
Information for Residents: The
council will vote on a resolution which would establish as city policy that “the
City has no interests separate from the collective interests of its citizens
and that city departments will respond to requests for information quickly.” Specifically,
the resolution would mandate that claims or potential claims by or against
the city would be available upon request (subject to Constitutional protections.) This
resolution was drafted by the Cintron Plaintiffs who also brought civil action
against the city in 1973. The resulting Cintron Consent Decree Order
set standards for a range of police actions. (Item #25)
If you have any questions about the agenda call Greg Vickers at CREN, 509-3701 or Richard Frieder at the Hartford Public Library, 695-6365. The Council Preview is a joint project of the Citizens' Research Education Network and the Hartford Public Library.
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