CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY
CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR
OF THE CITY COUNCIL – FEBRUARY 29, 2000
6:00
P.M.
Convened: 6:16 P.M.
Adjourned: 10:15 P.M.
1.
INVOCATION
– Rev. Charles Dumphy
Blessed
Sacrament Church
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3.
ROLL
CALL
4 REPORT ACCEPTED
& RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL – 11-0
RESOLUTION READ AND PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR
4. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ETHNIC AND MINORITY AFFAIRS Upon the
Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to
Worcester Women’s History Project: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Resolution.
5 TABLED
5. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Communication of the City Manager requesting adoption of an Ordinance amending the Worcester Zoning Ordinance relative to the Regulation of Indoor/Outdoor Shooting Ranges.
6 REFERRED TO COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR APRIL 13, 2000 MEETING
6. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Union Station/Accessibility Complaint.
7. Discussion with the Worcester Redevelopment Authority and their Executive Director.
7a. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Nadire Taka request
handicap parking in front of 33 Tatman St.
Referred to Traffic & Parking
Committee – Suspension of Rules
7b. Councillor Stephen Abraham on behalf of Paula Inzerillo request
hearing impaired child sign at 17 Knox St.
Referred to Traffic & Parking
Committee – Suspension of Rules
8. COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
1. NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the appointment of Sandra Katz, to the Mayor Thomas J. Early
Scholarship Committee..
Placed on file
B. Notification of the appointment of Diane
M. Long and Donna M. Winant, to the Cultural Commission.
Placed on file
C. Notification of the appointment of Donald A. Haapakoski, to the Human Rights
Commission.
Placed on file
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the appointment of Allan
J. Eisenberg, to the Cable Television Advisory Committee.
Appointment confirmed on a roll call 9-0
B. Notification of the appointment of Scott
A. Johnson, to the Community Development Advisory Committee.
Appointment confirmed on a roll call 9-0
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication relative to Revenue Loss
from Exempt Properties.
Referred to Land Use Committee
B. Communication relative to Feasibility of Taxing
Underground Equipment.
Placed on file
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
A. Communication relative to distribution of
Lottery Aid, Additional Assistance and Chapter 70 aid for all Massachusetts
cities and towns for fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
Referred to Finance
6. CIVIC
CENTER:
7. COMMUNICATIONS:
8. DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to Development of a
Public Market.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting
B. Communication relative to City Council Orders
on Ambassador Program, Budget and Timelines for Marketing Plan and Marketing
Web Site.
Held to be First Item of Business March 14, 2000
C. Communication relative to Architectural
Access Board Decision: WRA Response Strategy.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting
D. Communication relative to Union Station
Platform/Handicapped Access.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting
E. Communication relative to Worcester
Medical Center Garage.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting
F. Communication relative to Washington
Square Hotel Project.
Placed on file
G. Communication relative to Purchase and
Sale Agreement – Element of Washington Square Hotel Project.
Placed on file
H. Communication relative to New England
Envelope relocation to Heald Building.
Placed on file
9. ELDER AFFAIRS:
A. Communication relative to Plans for
Developing the second and third phases of Worcester’s Senior Center.
Referred to Elder Affairs Committee
B. Communication relative to Use of
Facilities/Girls Inc. & Worcester Academy.
Referred to Elder Affairs Committee
C. Communication relative to Progress report
on the Worcester Senior Center.
Referred to Elder Affairs Committee
10. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
11. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
12. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
A. Communication relative to St. Vincent’s
Employees.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Total number and
titles of positions at St. Vincent Hospital being replaced by outsourcing.
Placed on file
13. FIRE:
A. Request City Council accept with gratitude
the amount of $6,398.75 to be used toward the purchase of fire fighting
equipment.
Order adopted with gratitude
B. Communication relative to naming a portion
of a state highway or roadway in honor of the six fallen firefighters.
Order adopted requesting
Administration to look into renaming a portion of the Route 146 corridor and to
look into other appropriate avenues in honor of the six fallen firefighters.
C. Request City Council accept with gratitude
a donation in the amount of $12,285.15 given toward the purchase of fire
fighting equipment.
Order adopted with gratitude
14. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
15. INFORMATION
SERVICES:
16. LAW:
A. Communication relative to adoption of
legislation relative to Police and Fire Age Limitation.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
B. Communication relative to a summary of House
Bill 3210.
Referred to Legislative Affairs Committee
C. Communication relative to City of
Leominster/Noise Control Ordinance.
Placed on file
Placed on file
E. Communication relative to Amending and
Removing Property within USURP.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting
F. Communication relative to “contiguous and
compact” requirement of federal tax law and the eminent domain powers of the
W.R.A.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting
17. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
18. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to Department’s
Policy Regarding the Use of Facilities for Various Events.
Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation Committee
B. Communication relative to 2000 March
Madness Basketball Tourney.
Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation Committee
C. Request adoption of a resolution to accept
with gratitude a donation of $10,000.00 from Mr. Daniel Hartwell of 3-D
Entertainment, Inc. to benefit the Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Department’s
proposed Skate Park at Green Hill Park.
Resolution adopted with gratitude
19. PLANNING
& COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
A. Request adoption of a Application for an
Affordable Housing Fee Waiver, for the Worcester Housing Authority.
Order adopted approving application
B. Communication relative to FY99 Worcester
County Domestic Preparedness Equipment Support Program Grant Award.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
C. Communication relative to the Proposed
Better America Bond Program.
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
D. Communication relative to Waller Avenue
Relocation Map.
Referred to Land Use Committee
E. Communication relative to Grime Watch
Program – Progress Report #7.
Referred to Public Works Committee
F. Communication relative to U.S. Census
Bureau Census Promotion Bus.
Placed on file
G. Communication relative to Lincoln Plaza
Redevelopment.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee and Traffic & Parking Committee
H. Communication relative to Piedmont
Initiatives.
Placed on file
I. Communication relative to Greater
Worcester Access Improvement Project.
Referred to Land Use Committee
J. Communication relative to Housing Conference/Holy
Cross College.
Placed on file
K. Request adoption of a Resolution to file
and accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development
Administration Public Works program.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
L. Request adoption of a Resolution relative
to the disposition of a vacant piece of land located at 104 Harrison Street.
Resolution adopted
M. Request adoption of a Resolution relative
to the Massachusetts EOHHS homeless transportation and day services grants.
Resolution adopted
N. Communication relative to Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant Round IV.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
O. Communication relative to
Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Streets Revitalization Initiative.
Resolution adopted on a roll call 11-0
Also referred to Community Development Committee for informational purposes only
20. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to Interim Policy
and Procedure Manuel for the Internal Affairs Division of the Worcester Police
Department.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
21. PUBLIC
HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to Random checks on
Heating Oil Meters.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Listing of the
Nurses Schedules.
Referred to Education Committee
C. Communication relative to Southbridge
Street Transloading Facility.
Placed on file
D. Communication relative to Worcester
Healthy Start Initiative.
Placed on file
E. Request adoption of two Tobacco Control
Program resolutions.
Two Resolutions adopted
F. Communication relative to Pediatric
Asthma, Teen Pregnancy, Infant Mortality/Aids and Sexually transmitted disease.
Referred to Health Committee
22. PUBLIC LIBRARY:
23. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
A.
Communication relative to the new North High School.
Referred to Education Committee
B. SUPPLEMENTAL
– Communication relative to a progress report on the Worcester Vocational High
School.
Referred to Education Committee
24. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to “Not a Cut Through Street”.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
B. Communication relative to Lake View School on Coburn Avenue.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
C. Communication relative to Leaf Composting Site.
Referred to Public Works Committee
D. Communication relative to Funding Mechanism/Central Garage.
Referred to Public Works Committee
E. Request adoption of a resolution relative
to Mercury Emission Standards.
Referred to Health Committee
F. Request City Council approval of the Year
2000 Perambulation.
Two appointments approved for Perambulators for the Year 2000 – William Niemitz and Stephen Palmieri
G.
Recommend City Council adoption of an order amending
Chapter Five of the revised ordinances of 1996 relative to Sewers and Storm
Water Management.
Council voted to advertise the proposed Ordinance
H. SUPPLEMENTAL
– Request postponement of Item #39 on the March 1, 2000 Public Works Committee
agenda.
Placed on file
25. PURCHASING:
26. TREASURY:
A. Communication relative to Tax Delinquent Cases.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Tax Title –
Contaminated Properties, Cambridge Street.
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to Boston Taxpayer
Newsletter.
Placed on file
D. Communication relative to Registered
Vehicles.
Placed on file
27. VETERANS'
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that Ten Thousand Five Hundred
Forty Five Dollars and Seventy Four Cents ($10,545.74) be transferred from the
following accounts:
|
Account |
Description |
Amount |
|
18S102 |
Demolition Abandoned Bldg. |
$331.00 |
|
18S102 |
Park Ranger Program |
$163.26 |
|
18S102 |
Community Schools |
$20.42 |
|
18S102 |
Worc. Fire Dept. |
$.74 |
|
18S102 |
Worc. Youth Center |
$10, 000.00 |
|
18S102 |
Police Tactical Equipment$ |
$22.55 |
|
18S102 |
Organizational Development |
$7.77 |
|
|
Total |
$10,545.74 |
and be
appropriated to the following account:
Account Description Amount
to
provide funds for the Black F.B.I. Youth Internship Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
B. Recommend that Twenty Two Thousand Six
Hundred Eighty Seven Dollars and Sixty Two Cents ($22,687.62) be transferred
when and as received, from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated
to Account #41C703, DPW Department Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the
purpose of purchasing the following items:
|
1) |
Portable Air Compressor |
$10,594.00 |
|
1) |
Brake Lathe |
$5,895.00 |
|
1) |
Street Signs |
$5,063.85 |
|
1) |
Computer |
$1,137.77 |
|
Total |
|
$22,687.62 |
for
the Department of Public Works, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
C. Recommend that Ten Thousand Three Hundred
Twenty One Dollars and Seventy One Cents ($10,321.71 be transferred from
Account #330-07 Reserve for Appropriation Damage Settlement, and appropriated
to Account #250-92000, Police Department Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds
for the purpose of payment for repairs to a Police Department vehicle.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Recommend that One Thousand Eight Hundred
Eighty Three Dollars ($1,883.00) be authorized from Account #340-92000, Elder Affairs
Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of payment of prior year
invoices.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
E. Recommend that Two Hundred Forty Thousand
Dollars ($240,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C713, Water Mains, and appropriated
to Account #45C720, Water Mains, to provide funds for the payment of
contractual obligations related to various Water Mains projects, as approved in
the Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
F. Recommend that Five Thousand Nine Hundred
Ninety Six Dollars and Eighty Nine Cents ($5,996.89) be transferred from
Account #560-91000, Regional Library Personal Services, and appropriated to
Account #560-92000, Regional Library Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for
the purpose of payment for van repairs and rental of garage space for the
delivery vans at Federal Plaza Garage.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
G. Recommend that One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C741, Street Construction,
and appropriated to Account #41C741, Street Resurfacing, to provide funds for
the payment of contractual obligations related to various Street Resurfacing
projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
H. Recommend that Sixteen Thousand Six
Hundred Ninety Five Dollars and Ninety Seven Cents ($16,695.97) be transferred
from Account 330-91000 Health and Code Personal Services, and be appropriated
to Account 140-92000 OPCD Ordinary Maintenance to provide funds for the purpose
of the delivery and installation of the permit software.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
I. Recommend adoption of a Loan Order in the
amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C711 for the purpose of funding the rehabilitation of the Worcester Senior
Center.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
29. ORDINANCES/ORDERS:
30. MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Request City Council accept with gratitude
the amount of $1,000.00 from New England Synod, EICA.
Order adopted with gratitude
B. Request an Executive Session on March 14,
2000 to discuss strategies relative to collective bargaining.
To be last item of business on the March 14, 2000 City Council Calendar
C.
Communication relative to orders concerning the
amendment of the USURP.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting
D.
Communication relative to responses regarding various
City Council orders of February 8, 2000.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting
E.
SUPPLEMENTAL –
Communication relative to Additional Invoicing Materials Requested by Council.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting
F. SUPPLEMENTAL
– Communication relative to Union Station/Decision of Architectural Access
Board.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000
meeting
8a. Request City Solicitor to provide City Council with a written
legal opinion as to the appropriateness of asking for a zone change that would
allow a shooting gallery only in a BG-6 zone and if that would achieve the same
result as prohibiting shooting galleries within 1,000 ft. of a school or
park. Motion-Clancy @ #5CC – Adopted
8b. Request Administration to define the lines of responsibility
relative to the Union Station project. Motion-Patton at discussion with the
Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8c. Request Administration report on the progress of the Washington
Square hotel. Motion – Patton at discussion with the Worcester Redevelopment
Authority – Adopted
8d. Request Administration provide City Council with any documents
relative to the tax credit syndication dated November 10, 1999. Motion-Lukes
at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8e. Request Administration report on the ability and legality of
asking that Worcester Redevelopment Authority expenses be funded through the
City Auditor’s Office. Motion-Patton at discussion with Worcester
Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8f. Request Administration to provide City Council with a
best/worst case scenario relative to a garage for Union Station. Motion-Patton
at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8g. Request Worcester Redevelopment Authority update City Council on
the prospectus for a parking garage for the Medical City project. Motion-Patton
at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8h. Request Administration report on tax credit issues relative to Union
Station; the rate, cost of borrowing, whether we could advance some of the
funds that are coming in in 2003 and 2004 rather than actually having to pay an
interest cost, if there is an interest cost who will pay that cost. Motion-Patton
at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8i. Request City Auditor or City Solicitor provide City Council
with the Cooperative Agreement between the City and the Worcester Redevelopment
Authority and report on the City Council’s legal and fiduciary responsibilities
relative to the Union Station project. Motion-Patton at discussion with Worcester
Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8j. Request Administration provide City Council with a list of consultants
who work with the Worcester Redevelopment Authority. Motion-Patton at
discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8k. Request Administration to determine whether the City will be
responsible to assume responsibility for the $50,000.00 mortgage to the Second
Baptist Church in the event it is not foreclosed. Motion-Lukes at discussion
with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8l. Request Administration provide City Council with documents
signed between the Medical Center and the Worcester Redevelopment Authority
relative to a garage as to what spaces will be used for, by whom, what access
the City has to those spaces and details as to any stream of income being
generated for the Worcester Redevelopment Authority or the Medical Center. Motion-Lukes
at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8m. Request Administration report on what the operational costs will
be for the basic operations of keeping heat and lights on in Union Station in
light of the fact that we may be using previously designated revenue stream;
the buses and trains to pay for their prior leases. Motion-Luster at
discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8n. Request the Worcester Redevelopment Authority to keep City Council
and the Administration informed of negotiations regarding the accessibility
issue at Union Station and also any developments regarding the Variance and any
possible settlements regarding same. Motion-Abraham at discussion with Worcester
Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8o. Request the Worcester Redevelopment Authority forward to City
Council all correspondence relating to Amtrak and MBTA relocation issues. Motion-Petty
at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted
8p. Request City Manager to provide City Council with an explanation
of what “additional assistance” is in Item 5A of the City Manager’s Calendar of
February 29, 2000. Motion-Patton @ #5A CM – Adopted
8q. Request City Manager, within the next month, submit to City Council
all of those planned capital improvement projects with the total price tag and
a prioritization of those projects as to what we could fund in the next two,
three or four years. Motion-Clancy @ #9C CM – Adopted
8r. Request City Manager to include in his report on planned
capital improvement projects any anticipated cost over-runs for the Vocational
School pending any anticipated delays that are already known about and any
future delays. Motion-Lukes @ #9C CM – Adopted
8s. Request Administration review the TIF agreement with St.
Vincent’s and report to City Council on whether there are any provisions in
that agreement that address job security for the existing workforce. Motion-Luster
@ #12A & B CM – Adopted
8t. Request Administration provide a report of any and all TIF
recipients who have replaced any of their existing workforce at the time of
signing the TIF with the City with any unbenefitted or otherwise lower
compensated or outsourced employees. Motion-Luster @ #12A & B CM – Adopted
8u. Request Administration report to City Council on whether TIF
agreements may contain provisions to promote job security of existing
workforces whereby they could not be replaced by unbenefitted or lower paid
people. Motion-Luster @ #12A & B CM – Adopted
8v. Request City Manager to include in the report on the TIF with
St. Vincent’s responses from previous requests relative to downsizing at St.
Vincent’s. Motion-Lukes @ #12A & B CM – Adopted
8w. Request City Manager report as to the original amount of
employees, by department, at St. Vincent’s when the TIF was approved and how
many, by department have been displaced since that time and how many, by
department, have been displaced with privatization. Motion-Clancy @ #12A &
B CM – Adopted
8x. Request City Manager report on who has taken Civil Service
examinations for Police and Fire and not been ranked on the Civil Service
list. Motion-Petty @ #16A CM – Adopted
8y. Request City Manager to consider establishing a graffiti library
for the purposes of assisting with criminal charges. Motion-Irish @ #19E CM –
Adopted
8z. Request City Manager provide City Council with an update at the
March 14, 2000 City Council meeting on the traffic signal on Lincoln St. in
order for elderly to cross Lincoln St. to CVS in light of the closing of
Walgreens and also an update on the interim plan for delivery service to the
elderly at Lincoln Village. Motion-Luster @ #19G CM – Adopted
8aa. Request Administration report on the location of a food store at Caldor
Plaza. Motion-Patton @ #19G CM – Adopted
8bb. Request Public Safety Committee to look at funding the Piedmont
Alert Center or the component of the network center in the Piedmont area. Motion-Nadeau
@ #19N CM – Referred to Public Safety Committee
8cc. Request the Office of Planning and Community Development to
provide City Council with a definition of “Alert Center” and “Network
Center”. Motion-Murray @ #19N CM -
Adopted
8dd. Request Administration report as to what the current status is of
the Section 108 guarantees on Healthlink and the Brewing Co., including a
narrative and specific figures associated with them. Motion-Clancy @ #19 O CM
– Adopted
8ee. Request Administration provide a back up plan for the
Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Sts. Revitalization Initiative. Motion-Lukes @ #19 O CM –
Adopted
8ff. Request Administration to update City Council on the ownership of
the ball fields in the Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Sts. Revitalization
Initiative. Motion-Perotto @ #19 O CM – Adopted
8gg. Request City Manager to update City Council quarterly on the
progress of the Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Sts. Revitalization Initiative. Motion-Petty
@ #19 O CM – Adopted
8hh. Request Administration to consider amending the Policy and
Procedures Manual for the Internal Affairs Division of the Worcester Police
Department by deleting under the section “Who may complain and how” from and
including the fourth paragraph, second sentence up to and including the seventh
paragraph, first sentence in order to give citizens direct access to the
Internal Affairs Office during normal business hours. Motion-Luster @ #20A CM –
Referred to Public Safety Committee
8ii. That when the Policy and Procedure Manual for the Internal
Affairs Division of the Worcester Police Department comes back, after
consideration by Administration to delete from and including the fourth
paragraph, second sentence up to and including the seventh paragraph, first
sentence of the section “Who may complain and how” that the Administration also
consider incorporating the recommendations of the Human Rights Commission. Motion-Luster
@ #20A CM – Referred to Public Safety Committee
8jj. If the deletion of the fourth paragraph, second sentence up to
and including the seventh paragraph, first sentence of the section “Who may
complain and how” of the Policy and Procedure Manual for the Internal Affairs
Division of the Worcester Police Department and inclusion of the
recommendations of the Human Rights Commission are not incorporated in the
final recommended policy, that the City Council receive a report from
Administration explaining why they choose not to take those
recommendations. Motion-Luster @ #20A CM – Adopted
8kk. Request Department of Public Health attempt to summarize the data
contained in Item 21F of the City Manager’s Calendar of February 29, 2000 into
a table. Motion-Irish @ #21F CM – Adopted
8ll. Request Education Committee to hold a public hearing on the
location of the new North High School on the west site. Motion
– Perotto @ #23ACM – Adopted
8mm. Request Administration report as to the number of students in each
of the City’s high schools. Motion-Nadeau @ #23A CM – Adopted
8nn. Request Administration provide City Council with statistics as to
how many students have graduated each year for the last ten years from City
high schools. Motion-Lukes @ #23A CM – Adopted
8oo. Request Administration provide City Council with an interim plan
as to what the City is going to do between now and the time that Vocational
School students are able to go to a decent school building. Motion-Luster
@ #23B CM – Adopted
8pp. Request Health Department to review and respond to letter from AJS
Environmental, Inc. relative to an RAO report for release located at Route
290/Borsnihan Square. Further, request
report on what the sources of mercury contamination are and what are the
regulations for residual mercury in the ash that is then stored in some
communities. Motion-Luster & Patton @ #24E CM – Adopted
8qq. Request Administration provide City Council with a report on any
balances remaining in CDBG accounts. Motion-Perotto @ #28H CM – Adopted
8rr. Request City Administration look at private parking lot and Morse
Court parking issues with an eye towards public safety and access. Nadeau
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted
8ss. Request City Administration review the parking issues from 169
Fremont St. to the intersection of Exeter St., specifically the illegal parking
and the public safety. Nadeau – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
8tt. Request Public Works report on the sweeping on Portland St. Lukes
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted
8uu. Request City Manager provide City Council with the update on the
new Fire Class and the time line as quick as possible. Petty
– Suspension of Rules - Adopted
8vv. That the City Council of the City of Worcester hereby thanks
Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly for this rapid response on behalf of the
people of Worcester and Worcester County relative to the home heating oil
crisis. Motion-Mariano @ #21A CM – Adopted R.C. 11-0
9 REFERRED TO
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE FOR A HEARING
9. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Attorney
Samuel R. DeSimone on behalf of E & E Realty Trust requesting to change the
Zoning Map of the City of Worcester from RL-7 to BL-1 by extending the BL-1
zone in an easterly direction between Brandt Lane and Pineland Rd.
10 & 11 REFERRED
TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
10. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Gloria Venincasa,
President & Treasurer, Monogram Properties, Inc., Developer requesting that
Fourth St. (Extension) be accepted as a public street.
11. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Gloria
Venincasa, President & Treasurer, Monogram Properties, Inc., Developer
requesting that Admiral Ave. be accepted as a public street.
12 & 13 ORDAINED
ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
12. Amending Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 relative to parking of buses, commercial vehicles or trailers in residential zones.
13. Amending Section 35 of Chapter 2 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 relative to the Responsible Employer Plan for the City of Worcester.
Amending Section 32 of
Chapter 2 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 relative to the Jobs Requirements
for City Residents Program.
VIEWS ONLY – 3:00 P.M. – Upper
Blackstone Water Pollution
Abatement
District
Enter from
Southwest Cutoff
4:00 P.M. - Ballard St. Incinerator Site
5:00 P.M. - Current Leaf Composting Operation
off Goddard
Memorial Dr.
View to include
the entrance to proposed
location of leaf
composting operation
on Airport Dr. near pumping station
closest to
Prouty Lane
MARCH 1, 2000 PUBLIC
WORKS COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
MARCH 9, 200 EDUCATION COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30 P.M.
MARCH 9, 2000 COMMERCE & COUNCIL CHAMBER
7:00 P.M. DEVELOPMENT
MARCH 22, 2000 TRAFFIC & PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.