External 10-28-2015

MEETING START TIME: 5:02

ATTENDANCE:

Committee: Montecalvo, Kim, Bailey, L. Duffy, Bertel, Donnelly, Lawrence, Antoine

Absent:

Non-Committee:

COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:

  • Clean Up
    • Committee feedback
      • Collective agreement that it was pretty successful for a week’s notice
        • Next time need to target Eastward better, Bonnet had about 45 + students
  • Meeting from Narragansett Town Council work meeting, Monday 26 October 2015
    • Recap of important points
      • Budgetary aspects
      • Comments made from each Council member
      • The in depth description of orange stickers
    • Montecalvo’s report tonight in the Senate chambers will give full description so no rumors will go awry  
      • 3 separate sections
        • 1. Limiting to 4 people per household
          • Specifically targeting students; other criteria such as social host is on renters and landlords
        • 2. Social host law
          • Currently: Every person in house pays $500; Ad-Hoc Committee recommendation: Every tenant under 21 and their parents and landlord will pay the fine
        • 3. Educate students
          • “This is your neighbor campaign”
            • Show that students are being active neighbors, possibly a complaint box for residents
            • Target younger students: freshman and sophomores. Show them how to live off campus; possibly a Spring conference. Tame the upperclassman; improve relations to their neighbors, etc.
    • Next work meeting: Monday, 30 November 2015 at 18:30 at Town Hall
  • Opinion Bill
    • Committee must compose the bill
      • What we think is good about the changes, what we want changed, and what we don’t like
      • The bill will be on the Senate floor by the Executive committee on 4 November 2015
        • Vote on the bill on 18 November 2015
    • Ideas for the bill
      • Premature changes without how the new ordinances would work within a given amount of years or time period.
      • Limiting number of students feedback:
        • The limit should not exist
        • There is no gage as to what the special permit use is
      • Social host law
      • Generalization of renters in Narragansett
  • Extra
    • Leases for next year: Possibly Good Neighbor policy will be included
    • No committee meetings on 11 November and 25 November, 2015 due to Veterans Day and Thanksgiving break.

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME:  5:42