CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY
CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR
OF THE CITY COUNCIL – MARCH 21, 2000
7:00
P.M.
Convened: 7:00 P.M.
Adjourned: 8:55 P.M.
1. INVOCATION - Major Phil R. Satterlee
Salvation Army Citadel
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3.
ROLL
CALL - All present
ORDINANCE
COMMITTEE HEARING - 7:00 P.M.
4 ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
ACCEPTED THE REPORT OF
THE PLANNING BOARD
AND DENIED THE PETITION
ON A ROLL CALL
VOTE OF 11 YEAS AND 0 NAYS
4. 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.
FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS
5 REFERRED TO
COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
5. Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to City Council Orders on Ambassador Program, Budget and
Timelines for Marketing Plan and Marketing Web Site.
TO
BE ORDAINED
6 ORDAINED ON A ROLL
CALL 11-0
6. Amending Chapter 5 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996
relative to sewers and storm water management.
CHAIRMAN'S
ORDERS
6a-c FROM FINANCE -
Adopted - Suspension of Rules
6a. Request Administration try and put a dollar amount on
capital budget items.
6b. Request Administration report to City Council the balance
in the Stabilization Account.
6c. Request Administration report what the impact on the budget
would be if the City had a 1% increase in last year's budget, 2%, 3%, 4%.
ORDERS
6d. Request City Manager to report to City Council as to what
City Departments will be on the City's web site, timelines for getting all
departments on the web site and what departmental information will be
provided. Motion-Lukes @ #4A CM - Adopted
6e. Request City Manager report to City Council as to what the
introduction page to the City's web site might look like. Motion-Clancy
@ #4A CM - Adopted
6f. Request Economic Development Office to include in their
quarterly reports to City Council on the status of projects in the City,
feedback received during the course of interviews with businesses in the City
on their concerns and any issues they might have. Motion-Murray @ #8A CM -
Adopted
6g. Request City Manager report to City Council detailing the
donations received for fire equipment.
Further, request report include expenditures of said donations to date
and future expenditures of said donations.
Motion-Petty @ #13A CM - Adopted
6h. Request City Manager provide City Council with a follow-up
from Congressman McGovern on the federal legislation for grant money for the
Fire Department. Motion-Petty @ #13A CM - Adopted
6i. Request City Manager to provide City Council with further
clarification of the breakdown for overtime for the D.A.R.E. program. Motion-Clancy
@ #19A CM - Adopted
6j. Request City Manager report what other Massachusetts cities
have as a complement of marked and unmarked Police vehicles. Further, request City Manager provide the
rationale for the number of marked and unmarked Police vehicles in the
City. Motion-Clancy @ #20A CM - Adopted
6k. Request City Manager to provide City Council with the
rationale for the upgrading of Police Officer weapons and what happens to the
replaced weapons. Motion-Murray @ #20A CM - Adopted
6L. Request City Manager report as to why a certain size air
cylinder is purchased for the Fire Department versus other types of
cylinders. Motion-Petty @ #28D CM - Adopted
6m. Request City Manager provide City Council with a timeline
for the Court House project. Perotto - Suspension of Rules - Adopted
6n. Request Administration report to City Council on the use of
the additional $65,000.00 in sewer rate relief funds. Murray - Suspension of
Rules - Adopted
6o. Request Grime Watch Team address Webster Square area, Gates
Lane, Bennet Field, Stafford and James Sts.
Murray, Abraham - Suspension of
Rules - Adopted
6p. Request City Manager report on the condition and repair of
Institute Rd. Lukes - Suspension of Rules - Adopted
6q. Request City Manager to forward to City Council on his next
agenda, a copy of the letter he has sent to DOR regarding questions about the
Enterprise Account. Clancy - Suspension of Rules - Adopted
6r. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report on
the arrests that had to do with the Youth Center investigation. Nadeau
- Suspension of Rules - Adopted
6s. Request Administration to request the Off-Street Parking
Board review the hazardous conditions at the 570 Main St. garage, in
particular, the third floor elevator threshold. Luster - Suspension of Rules
- Adopted
REPORT
6t ACCEPTED -
Suspension of Rules
6t. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Upon the Communication
of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to distribution of
Lottery Aid, Additional Assistance and Chapter 70 Aid for all Massachusetts
cities and towns for Fiscal Year 2000 and 2001: recommend Communication be
placed on file.
7. RECESS TO FINANCE:
a) #40CC June 22,
1999
Order – Request
City Council to schedule Finance sessions beginning the first week in January 2000
in order to commence discussions regarding budget issues. (Lukes)
b) #41CC June 22,
1999
Order – Request
City Manager to present a budget for the next fiscal year with a rate of growth
that is either at the rate of inflation or excludes new growth, whichever sum
is lower. (Lukes)
c) #63CC September 21,
1999
Order – Request City Council pledge to
maintain the existing tax rate for the next three fiscal years. Further, request City Council instruct the
City Manager to prepare the next three budgets using only “New growth”, state
and federal funds and existing tax revenues.
(Mariano)
d) #5B CM February 8, 2000
Communication of the City Manager relative to Budgetary
Projections for FY 01-05.
e)
5A
CM February 29, 2000
Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication
relative to distribution of Lottery Aid, Additional Assistance and Chapter 70
Aid for all Massachusetts cities and towns for Fiscal Year 2000 and 2001. Considered
in Finance - Placed on file - See #6t
8. COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
Thomas
R. Hoover
City
Manager
City Council Calendar for March 21, 2000
APPOINTMENTS
1. NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A.
Notification of Constable Appointments - Joseph J.
Monahan, Mark S. Sarian.
Placed on file
2. CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
TRANSMITTAL
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication relative to City’s
municipal website and online searches for assessed valuations of City property.
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
5. BUDGET OFFICE:
A. Communication relative to Department
of Revenue’s Division of Local Services website that provides information about
the category of state aid known as Additional Assistance.
Placed on file
B. SUPPLEMENTAL
- Communication relative to several financial issues impacting both the fiscal
2000 and 2001 budgets.
Placed on file
6. CIVIC CENTER:
7. COMMUNICATIONS:
8. DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to City of
Worcester’s Business Retention Plan, the Worcester Business Support and
Retention Program (WBSRP).
Placed on file
9. ELDER AFFAIRS:
10. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
11. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
12. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
13. FIRE:
A. Request that a donation of $1,000.00
from the Knights of Columbus, Ware, Mass. be accepted with gratitude. This
donation is to be used towards the purchase of firefighting equipment.
Order adopted with gratitude
14. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
15. INFORMATION
SERVICES:
16.
LAW:
17. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
18. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
19. PLANNING
& COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to Evaluation
of the D.A.R.E. Program.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
B. Communication relative to Graffiti
Library.
Placed on file
20. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to Equipment in
use at the Worcester Police Department.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
21.
PUBLIC HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to Healthy
Start Initiative.
Referred to Health Committee
22. PUBLIC LIBRARY:
A. Communication relative to Temporary
Library Facility Improvements.
Referred to Education Committee
B. Communication relative to Heating
System for Temporary Library Facility.
Referred to Education Committee
23.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
A. SUPPLEMENTAL
- Communication relative to the North High School Site.
Referred to Education Committee for March 23,
2000 meeting
24. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to
Comprehensive Plan – Revised Winter Parking Ban.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
25. PURCHASING:
26. TREASURY:
27. VETERANS'
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) be transferred from Account #900-92000 City Manager’s Contingency, and be appropriated to Account
#140-92000, OPCD Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of
providing two full real estate appraisals for the project.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
B. Recommend that Eight Hundred Sixty
Three Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($863,100.00) be transferred from #91C790
School Construction and appropriated to the following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
33C718 Forest
Grove Construction $450,000.00
33C724 North High Construction 200,000.00
33C711 Woodland
School Equipment 45,000.00
33C709 Woodland School Construction 168,100.00 Total $863,100.00
to
provide funds for the purpose of payment for various contractual obligations
related to various school construction projects.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
C. Recommend that One Hundred Fifty Six
Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-Eight Dollars ($156,188.00) be transferred from
the following Account:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION
AMOUNT
91C711
Building Rehabilitation
$ 95,249.00
332-01
Hope Cemetery Lot Sales
50,727.00
740-92000
Auditorium Ordinary Maintenance
5,106.00
2G-331-00
Green Hill Retained Earnings 5,106.00
Total $156,188.00
and
appropriated to the following Accounts:
ACCOUNT
DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
36C703
Hope Cemetery Rehabilitation
$101,454.00 72C701
Parks Rehabilitation 30,217.00
11C702 City Messenger Rehabilitation 14,305.00
740-93501
Auditorium Land Structures Imp.
5,106.00
710-93501
Green Hill Park Land Structures Imp. 5,106.00
Total
156,188.00
to
provide the necessary funding to implement the removal of underground storage
tanks.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Recommend that Eighty Four Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($84,500.00) be transferred when and as received from
Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #26C701, Fire
Department Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing 130 Air Cylinders,
a vital part of self contained firefighting breathing apparatus.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
Also referred to Public Safety Committee for
informational purposes only
29. ORDINANCES/ORDERS:
30. MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication relative to Worcester’s
All America City 2000 application.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to a proposal
to Alter the Demolition Delay Ordinance for the City of Worcester.
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to Great Brook
Valley Bus Service.
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
_____________________________________________________________
MARCH 20, 2000 PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:00 P.M.
MARCH 22, 2000 TRAFFIC & PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
MARCH 23, 2000 EDUCATION
5:00 P.M. - VIEW
Meet at the main door of North High School
150 Harrington Way
6:00 P.M. - MEETING
North High School Library
150 Harrington Way
MARCH 29, 2000 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M. - Tag Day Licenses
APRIL 5, 2000 TRAFFIC & PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M. - Barry Rd. Issue
7:00 P.M. - Winter Parking Ban
APRIL 10, 2000 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
APRIL 13, 2000 COMMERCE & COUNCIL CHAMBER
7:00 P.M. DEVELOPMENT
APRIL 24, 2000 TRAFFIC & PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M. - Speed Humps
7:00 P.M. - Regular Agenda