CITY
CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR
OF THE CITY COUNCIL – SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
7:00
PM
Convened:
7:00 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:10 P.M.
1. INVOCATION – Rev.
Lee F. Bartlett
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3.
ROLL
CALL - All present except Councillor
Patton who
Arrived at 7:09 P.M.
4 Hearing recessed
to September 26, 2000 - 7:00 P.M.
4. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Philip Feinzeig, Attorney on behalf of Thomas Breeds request to amend the City of Worcester Zoning Map by changing the zoning classification of a portion of 110 McKeon Rd. and Butler St. from RL-7 to BL-1.0.
5 Hearing held - Ordinance Committee accepted the Report of the Planning Board and recommended approval of the Petition
5. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Lawrence A. Brodeur, Esq., Ahalt, Ball & Brodeur, P.C. on behalf of Interstate Brands Corp. request zone change from RG-5 to BG-3.0 affecting its property on the north side of Arwick St. and the south side of Ashmont Ave. for a distance of approximately 200 ft. along Quinsigamond Ave. and shown as parcels 68, 69, 70, 72 and 76 in Book 5, Sheet 23 of the City’s Assessors Map.
6 Hearing held - Order adopted
6. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for a cable and conduit system on: HARVARD STREET.
6a ADOPT
6a. Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for a
cable and conduit system on: HARVARD
STREET.
7. ITEMS OF CITIZEN INTEREST
7a. ITEMS OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
8 REFERRED TO PUBLIC
WORKS COMMITTEE
8. Sally Krock request sidewalk repair in front of 17 Havelock Rd.
8a. Councillor Janice L. Nadeau on behalf of Pat Reardon
request resident parking from 10-16 McKeon Rd. and for enforcement of "No
Parking" signs on McKeon Rd. Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
- Suspension Rules
8b. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request two hour parking on
eastern side of Massasoit Rd. near intersection of Rice Square. Referred
to Traffic & Parking Committee - Suspension of Rules
8c. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Grace Gentile
request handicap parking sign be moved from 175 Hamilton St. to Dallas St. at
the corner lot of 485 Hamilton St. Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
- Suspension of Rules
ORDERS
8d. Request Administration to meet with merchants on Pleasant
St. and Front St. to lay the construction plan out for the two-way Pleasant St. project, show the merchants the
impact and to request from the merchants suggestions for moving forward with
the project. Motion-Mariano at discussion of Pleasant St. two-way project - Adopted
8e. Request City Manager to discuss with merchants on Pleasant
St. and Front St. when he meets with them, the implementation of the holiday
parking plan early in order to alleviate the inconvenience of the Pleasant St.
two-way project. Motion-Lukes at discussion of Pleasant St. two-way project - Adopted
8f. Request City Manager to appoint a point person to deal with
questions and concerns of the merchants on Pleasant St. and Front St. during
the Pleasant St. two-way project. Motion-Clancy at discussion of Pleasant St.
two-way project - Adopted
8g. Request City Manager to assign the Chief Development
Officer or another appropriate designee to work with Sovereign Bank to make
sure that off-street parking remains available for the merchants on Pleasant
St. Motion-Mariano at discussion of Pleasant St. two-way project - Adopted
8h. Request Administration report back to City Council in two
weeks, after meeting with merchants on Front St. and Pleasant St. as to the
issues of the two-way Pleasant St. project.
Motion-Mariano at discussion of
Pleasant St. two-way project - Adopted
8i. That all business owners and other interested parties on Front
St. as well as Pleasant St. be notified of the meeting with Administration
relative to resolution of issues with the Pleasant St two-way project. Motion-Abraham
at discussion of Pleasant St two-way project - Adopted
8j. Request Administration to provide the Worcester Business
Development Corp., the Library, Chamber of Commerce, commercial realtors and
any other resident of the City who wishes to have a copy, with a copy of the
Worcester 2000 - Economic Development Prospectus. Motion-Gomez @ #8B CM -
Adopted
8k. Request Administration to make available, electronically,
the spreadsheet that is part of the Worcester 2000 - Economic Development
Prospectus. Motion-Patton @ #8B CM - Adopted
8L. Request Administration report on the status of the new
Court House. Motion-Abraham @ #8B CM - Adopted
8m. Request City Manager, in Item 8C of the City Manager's
Calendar of September 12, 2000, that the transfer identify the Block Grant year
from which that transfer is coming.
Further, request a written explanation from City Administration as to
the $298,000 transfer and how the City stays within the 20% cap. Motion
- Clancy @ #8C CM - Adopted
8n. Request City Manager report on all balances remaining in
Block Grant Accounts. Motion-Perotto @ #8C CM - Adopted
8o. Request Chief Development Officer to take a strong look at
trying to revitalize the neighborhood revitalization program with Block Grant
funds. Motion-Perotto @ #8C CM - Adopted
8p. Request Administration to quantify the savings that are
referred to throughout #8C of the City Manager's Calendar of September 12,
2000. Motion-Irish @ #8C CM - Adopted
8q. Request Rules Committee to review the alignment of
Committees and departments. Motion-Lukes @ #8C CM - Adopted
8r. Request Administration enforce the right turn only heading
northbound into the City at Grafton St. and Sunderland Rd. Motion-Clancy
@ #24C CM - Adopted
8s. Request City Manager to provide a map clarifying the RG-5
zone relative to the Report of the Planning Board upon the Petition of Tammy
& Thomas O'Connell et al requesting a change of zoning from MG-2.0 to RG-5
on New York and Deleware Sts. Motion-Clancy @ #10CC - Adopted
8t. Request City Manager to look into trimming trees on Heard
St. and removal of weeds on bridge in Heard St. area. Petty - Suspension of
Rules - Adopted
8u. Request City Manager report to City Council what ComGas
plans are with their property on Quinsigamond Ave. There has been an offer for the 17 acres by a major Infotech
developer that was turned down. Is it
because of the contaminated soil or are there other concerns? Nadeau,
Clancy, Irish, Lukes, Murray - Suspension of Rules - Adopted
8v. Request City Manager to include in his report on the ComGas
property on Quinsigamond Ave., to consider using the City's powers of eminent
domain and Browngrounds passthrough. Clancy - Suspension of Rules - Adopted
8w. That the City Council hereby amends the employment contract of
the City Manager. Suspension of Rules - Adopted
RESOLUTION
8x. To recognize Rondaya Universitaria of the Universidad Autonoma de
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic currently touring the northeast. Gomez
- Suspension of Rules - Adopted on a roll call 11-0
9. COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
Thomas R. Hoover
City Council Calendar for September 12, 2000
APPOINTMENTS
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
6. CIVIC
CENTER:
7. COMMUNICATIONS:
8. DEVELOPMENT:
A.
Communication relative to Upcoming Northern
Gateway/Quinsigamond Village Events.
Placed
on file
B. Communication relative to Worcester
2000 – Economic Development Prospectus.
Referred to Commerce &
Development Committee
C. Communication relative
to a progress report and proposed amendment to the realignment of Economic Development.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee and Community
Development Committee for a joint hearing
AA. Request
adoption of a Resolution relative to the new construction of twenty-four (24)
elderly housing units, by the Worcester Jewish Community Housing for the
Elderly.
Resolution
adopted - Reconsideration denied
BB. Communication
relative to Certified Project Application for BASF Bioresearch Corporation.
Referred
to Commerce & Development Committee
CC. Request
adoption of two Resolutions, a) Resolution approving the Downtown Commercial
Area Revitalization District (CARD) Plan. b) Resolution approving Shrewsbury
Street Commercial Area Revitalization District (CARD) Plan.
Two
Resolutions adopted
DD. Communication
relative to LLEBG Funding Shifts.
Referred
to Community Development Committee
EE. Communication
relative to Main South Alert Center.
Placed
on file
FF.
SUPPLEMENTAL -
Request adoption of a Resolution authorizing the filing
of a Self-Help Program Grant with the Division of
Conservation Services.
Resolution
adopted
WORCESTER
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
9. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
10. ELECTION COMMISSION:
11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
A. Respectfully request adoption of a
Resolution to file and accept a FEMA Weapons of Mass Destruction Grant with the
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
Resolution adopted
12. EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING:
13.
FIRE:
14.
HUMAN
RESOURCES:
A. Request
City Council adoption of a ordinance amending the Salary Ordinance of August
20, 1996, Occupational Group Q – Trade Inspection.
Voted to advertise proposed Ordinance
15. HUMAN RIGHTS:
16.
INFORMATION SERVICES:
17. LAW:
18. LICENSE COMMISSION:
19. PARKS, RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Request
adoption of a Resolution to accept with gratitude a donation of $20,000.00 from
Holy Cross College, to benefit the Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Department’s
Cookson Field.
Resolution
adopted with gratitude
B. Request
adoption of a Resolution to file and accept a Grant with and from the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management for the
Urban Forest Planning and Education Grant Program.
Resolution
adopted
C. Communication
relative to the Statewide Vietnam Veterans Memorial – Dredging of the Duck Pond
at Green Hill Park.
Referred
to Youth, Parks & Recreation Committee
20.
POLICE:
21.
PUBLIC HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
22. PUBLIC LIBRARY:
23.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
24.
PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Request
adoption of an order approving a contract with the West Boylston Water
District.
Referred
to Public Works Committee
B. Communication
relative to Status Report #6 – Street Resurfacing Projects.
Referred
to Public Works Committee
C. Communication
relative to Traffic Turning Movements at Intersection of Sunderland Rd. and
Grafton Street.
Referred
to Traffic & Parking Committee
25. PURCHASING:
26.
TREASURY:
27. VETERANS' SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend
that One Hundred Forty Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars and Ten
Cents ($148,880.10) be transferred when and as received from Account #91C780,
Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #44C704, Sewer Department
Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purpose of purchasing GIS equipment
for the Sewer Department, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
B. Recommend
that Twenty Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Two Dollars ($29,952.00) be
transferred when and as received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and
appropriated to Account #29C701, Emergency Management Capital Equipment, to
provide funds for purchasing (1) 2001 Ford Explorer XLT 4X4, for the Emergency
Management Department, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
C. Recommend
that Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($6,660.00) be transferred when and
as received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to
Account #26C701, Fire Department Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the
purpose of purchasing (1) Sharp Notevision Projector for the Fire Department,
as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Recommend
that Twenty Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Three Dollars and Forty Six Cents
($20,923.46) be transferred when and as received from Account #91C780, Capital
Equipment, and appropriated to Account #40C704, Traffic Signal Installation, to
provide funds for the purpose of payment for traffic signal equipment, as
approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
E. Recommend
that Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Dollars ($350,820.00) be
transferred when and as received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and
appropriated to Account #25C701, Police Department Capital Equipment, to
provide funds for the purpose of purchasing (12) Ford Crown Victoria’s for the
Worcester Police Department, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
F. Recommend
that Three Hundred Twenty Eight Dollars
and Seventy Four Cents ($328.74) be authorized from Account #330-92000, Health
Department Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of payment of
prior year invoices.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
G. Recommend
that Five Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty Dollars
($538,550.00) be transferred from the following Accounts:
Account Description Amount
330-01 Sewer Connection Permit Fee $300,000.00
440-92000 Catch Basin Disposal OM $238,550.00
Total $538,550.00
and
appropriated to Account #440-93000 Catch Basin Disposal Capital Outlay, to
provide the necessary funding for the Street Waste Re-Use Project.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
H. Recommend
that Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) be transferred when and as
received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account
#50C702, Worcester Public Schools Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the
purpose of purchasing various pieces of Capital Equipment, as approved in the
fiscal 2001 Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
I. Recommend
that One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Five Dollars ($1,295.00) be transferred
from Account #330-92000, Health & Code Ordinary Maintenance, and
appropriated to Account #330-93000, Health & Code Capital Outlay, to
provide funds for the purchase of a Ricoh Copier for the “One Stop Shopping “
Permit Office.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
J.
SUPPLEMENTAL -
Recommend that three thousand nine hundred and
twelve dollars and twenty six cents ($3,912.26)
be transferred from Account
#900-92000, City Manager's Contingency Account
and appropriated to the
following accounts:
Account Description Amount
040-91000
City Manager's Salary Account $3,168.66
040-92000
City Manager's Ordinary maint. 743.60
Total $3,912.26
to
fund the provisions in the City Manager's Contract.
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
29. ORDINANCES/ORDERS:
30.
MISCELLANEOUS:
10 & 11 REFERRED TO ORDINANCE COMMITTEE FOR
HEARING
10. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Tammy
& Thomas O’Connell et al request a change of zoning from MG-2.0 to RG-5 on
New York and Delaware Streets.
11. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Martin
Israel, President, Dial Away Co., Inc. request the zone for a parcel of land
located at the corner of Main St. and Ludlow St. owned by Dial Away Co., Inc.
be changed from RS-7 to RG-5.
11a ACCEPTED - ORDER ADOPTED AND VOTED TO
ADVERTISE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE - Suspension of Rules
11a. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the
Order of Councillor Lukes request the Municipal Operations Standing Committee
commence negotiations with the City Manager regarding to his new contract and
report to the City Council concerning a recommendation on a new contract: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order and passage of the accompanying proposed
Ordinance.
11b ACCEPTED -
ORDERS ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0 - Suspension of Rules
11b. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the
Communication of the City Manager recommending approval of three appropriations
relative to the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program: recommend
adoption of the accompanying three (3) Orders.
12 ORDAINED ON A
ROLL CALL 11-0
12. Amending Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 – Occupational Group M – Recreation – Head Golf Course Professional and Golf Operations Service Person.
TABLED - No Action Taken
13. REPORT
OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Order of Councillor Paul P. Clancy Jr. request
approval of the attached Ordinance amending the Worcester Zoning Ordinance
adopted April 2, 1991 relative to Non-Accessory Signs. (Tabled May 30, 2000)
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SCHEDULED COMMITTEE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:15 PM
SEPTEMBER 18, 2000 REGIONAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30 PM
SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL CHAMBER
7:00 PM
(Note Change in Time)