CITY
OF WORCESTER
CITY
CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR
OF THE CITY COUNCIL - OCTOBER 31, 2000
7:00
P.M.
Convened:
7:10 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:55 P.M.
_____________________________________________________________
1. INVOCATION - Rev. Ann Burgdorf
Concordia Lutheran Church
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3.
ROLL
CALL - All present except Councillors
Abraham, Perotto
and Mayor Mariano. Councillors
Abraham and
Perotto arrived at 7:17 P.M.
Mayor Mariano was
absent. Vice Chair Konstantina B.
Lukes was in
the chair
City Manager Hoover introduced Jay Gardiner of the City's Health &
Code Department who spoke relative to a coat drive that will begin on
November 1, 2000.
4. ITEMS OF CITIZEN INTEREST
4a. ITEMS OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
PETITIONS
4b. Richard O. Dion request to add the name of P.F.C. Henry R.
Birtz to the plaque of his brother Louis located at Hamilton St. and Coburn
Ave. Referred to Military Affairs - Suspension of Rules
4c. Councillor Konstantina B. Lukes on behalf of Eric W. Lind
request City grant permission to me to have Massachusetts Electric relocate
street light #15 in front of 43 Indian Hill Rd. 10 ft. to the western side of
the property. The existing street light
is now directly in the middle of my newly constructed homes driveway. To be done at the expense of the
petitioner. Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee - Suspension
of Rules
5-8 REFERRED TO
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
5. Eleanor F. Army & David S. Houbre request abatement of
Private Street Betterment Assessment #50045 in the amount of $4,569.17 on
Kirkland St.
6. Joanne Lamontagne request abatement of Private Street
Betterment Assessment #50049 in the amount of $408.75 on Kirkland St.
7. Warren P. Swenson request repaving of Granville Ave. (in
Burncoat section).
8. Councillor Janice L. Nadeau on behalf of Maurice the Pants
Man request Public Works resurface sidewalk on the odd side of Lamartine St.
between Harding St. and Washington St.
8a. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. and Councillor Michael C.
Perotto request City Council consider changing the name of Hamilton St. from
Coburn Ave. easterly to Lake Ave. from Hamilton St. to Bigelow-Davis Parkway in
order to honor these two donors of the 110 acres that now constitute Lake
Park. Referred to Public Works Committee - Suspension of Rules
9-11 REFERRED TO
TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
9. Ronald A. DeBellis, Associate Dean, Mass. College of
Pharmacy and Health Sciences request review of parking on Norwich St., Foster
St. and Commercial St. surrounding the College buildings.
10. John & Santa Campanale request handicap parking in front of
773 Franklin St.
11. Councillor Janice L. Nadeau on behalf of Deborah Lambert
request handicap parking at 11 Stoneland Rd.
11a. Councillor Timothy P. Murray & Councillor Michael C.
Perotto request No Parking Handicapped Ramp sign be placed on sidewalk between
14 & 12 Caprera St. Referred
to Traffic & Parking Committee - Suspension of Rules
11b. Councillor Timothy P. Murray & Councillor Paul P.
Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Sally Ruksnaitis request to create two lanes on
Millbury St. where it intersects with Ballard St. to prevent stacking of cars
on Millbury St. Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee - Suspension of Rules
12 & 13 HEARINGS SET FOR
NOVEMBER 14, 2000 - 7:00 P.M.
12. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. f/k/a NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE &
TELEGRAPH COMPANY for a conduit location on: BALLARD ST.
13. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for a pole location on:
GLEZEN ST.
CHAIRMAN'S
ORDERS
13a-c FROM JOINT
COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT AND
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT - Suspension of Rules -
Adopted
13a. Request City Manager report to City Council what positions
were in the Office of Planning and Community Development before the realignment
and what positions will remain subsequent to the realignment.
13b. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report
detailing CDBG program income revenue generated by housing and neighborhood
loan programs.
13c. Request City Manager provide City Council with a contract
balance sheet for the end of each of the last 5 Block Grant years and also
quarterly reports on contract balance sheets.
ORDERS
13d. Request Administration to provide reports that have been
provided to City Council in the past relative to tax classification, in
particular, reports describing surrounding towns and comparable cities as to
what their tax rates are and their fees for different services. Motion-Petty
@ #4B CM - Adopted
13e. Request Administration provide a definition as to what they
consider program income and income generated from housing programs. Further, request Administration report as to
what the balances are in program income revenue and Block Grant revenues
generated by Block Grant programs concerning the housing programs and how much
is anticipated, on an annual basis, to be generated in each of these areas. Motion-Murray
@ #5A CM - Adopted
13f. Request City Manager to consider using the $155,000.00
balance in CDBG funds for the purpose of providing relief for energy costs to
low income citizens in the City of Worcester or for the purpose of shelter, if
eligible under this program. Motion-Petty @ #5A CM - Adopted
13g. Request City Manager report if an individual is in economic
need for heating support, but does not live in a Block Grant eligible area, if
a fund was created to assist with heating costs, would those individuals be
eligible for assistance. Motion-Patton @ #5A CM - Adopted
13h. Request City Manager to communicate with Mass. Highway as
to whether the timetable for the completion of Washington Square is
reasonable. Motion-Murray @ #8A CM - Adopted
13i. Request City Manager to forward to City Council the written
approval from Mass. Highway for the Washington Square project. Motion-Perotto
@ #8A CM - Adopted
13j. Request City Manager report if there is a provision in the
grant to the Mass. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs for funding for
the acquisition of Parcel K, a 110.90 acre parcel owned by Catholic Charities
that stipulates the grant funds must be utilized by a certain date. Motion-Murray
@ #8EE CM - Adopted
13k. Request Administration provide auxiliary lighting at Ward
5, Precinct 5 if not already installed.
Motion-Clancy @ #10A CM - Adopted
13L. Request Administration to install additional lighting and
directional signs at Ward 4, Precinct 4.
Motion-Perotto @ #10B CM - Adopted
13m. Request Administration come forward with options that the
City Council might have in pursuing either local ordinance or state legislation
to get changes made so that dormitories are safer places for students. Motion-Clancy
@ #13A CM - Adopted
13n. Request Administration report how many fires in dormitories
were responded to by the Worcester Fire Department and how many were simply
reports of incidents from the college data base. Motion-Patton @ #13A CM - Adopted
13o. Request Administration report if there are smoke detectors
installed in college dormitories, if they are operational and whether they are
hard wired. Motion-Lukes @ #13A CM - Adopted
13p. Request Administration provide City Council with a report
on the cost, after work is completed, of refitting the City's Fire Stations to
accommodate women firefighters. Motion-Abraham @ #13C CM - Adopted
13q. Request Department of Public Health to bring forward a
recommendation relative to what the Administration proposes to do about the
self described severe dental public health problem. Motion-Irish @ #21A CM -
Adopted
13r. Request Administration report on the estimated amounts for
the file sub-bids relative to construction contracts awarded in the last three
years by the City. Motion-Gomez @ #21B CM - Adopted
13s. Request City Manager to request Mass. Highway to provide a
monthly report as to the status of the project to lower Southbridge St. Motion-Nadeau
@ #24I CM - Adopted
13t. Request City Manager to contact the State Delegation and
State Administration relative to putting back Chapter 90 funds into the City of
Worcester's budget for street resurfacing.
Motion-Perotto @ #28B CM -
Adopted
13u. Request City Manager report on the shooting that took place
on Pleasant St. on October 17, 2000. Abraham, Murray, Petty, Perotto -
Suspension of Rules - Adopted
13v. Request City Administration report on costs involved to
restore the Little Theater in the Worcester Auditorium. Murray
- Suspension of Rules - Adopted
13w. Request City Administration prepare appropriate zoning
considerations to regulate permitting of tattoo parlors in residential/business
and manufacturing zones. Clancy - Suspension of Rules
Councillor Gomez moved
to amend to include branding and piercing establishments - Order adopted, as
amended
13x. Request Administration to report at the next City Council
meeting regarding the cost of relocating the street light in front of 43 Indian
Hill Rd. 10 ft. to the western side of the property. Lukes - Suspension of
Rules - Adopted
REPORT
13y ACCEPTED -
ORDERS ADOPTED AND VOTED TO
ADVERTISE
PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON A ROLL
CALL VOTE OF 10
YEAS AND 0 NAYS - Suspension
of Rules
13y. REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEES ON COMMERCE &
DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Upon the Communication of the City
Manager transmitting communication relative to a progress report and proposed
amendment to the realignment of Economic Development: recommend adoption of
the accompany three Orders and passage of the accompanying proposed Ordinance.
14. COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
Thomas R. Hoover
City Council Calendar for October 31, 2000
APPOINTMENTS
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification
of the appointment of Edward G. Letourneau, to the Parks, Recreation and
Cemetery Commission.
Placed
on file
B. Notification
of the appointments of Michael J. Nowicki and Robert H. Shortsleeve to the
Elder Affairs Commission.
Placed
on file
C. Notification
of the appointments of Matthew G. Lindberg and Tristan J. Lundgren, to the
Conservation Commission.
Placed
on file
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication
relative to the approval of November 21, 2000, as the date for the annual tax classification hearing.
Recommitted
to the City Manager - Tax Classification Hearing set for
November
21, 2000 - 7:00 P.M.
B.
Communication relative to Tax Classification Hearing.
Placed
on file
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
A. Communication relative to Community
Development Block Grant Funds.
Referred to Community Development Committee
6. CIVIC
CENTER:
7. COMMUNICATIONS:
8. DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to Meetings and
Correspondence re: Washington Square
Project.
Referred to Commerce &
Development Committee
B. Communication relative
to the need of receiving an additional Urban Renewal Development Grant (URGD)
allocation as approved by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community
Development for the State’s share of land-takings for the Medical Center
Project.
Placed on file
C. SUPPLEMENTAL - Communication relative to a breakdown of the
positions by job title in the Office of Planning and Community Development,
also communication relative to what remains of the Office of Planning and
Community Development.
Referred to Community Development
Committee
AA. Recommend the adoption of the order authorizing the
acceptance of an easement for street purposes for a new public street, Rustic
Drive Extension.
Referred
to Public Works Committee
BB. Communication
relative to the City’s award of $13,000.00 for the FY 2001 Drug Abuse
Resistance Education (DARE) Program.
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
CC. Communication
relative to the City’s award of $10,226.24 for the FY 2001 Student Awareness of
Fire Education (SAFE) Program.
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
DD. Communication
relative to the City’s award of a Coalition for Prevention Grant .
Referred
to Health Committee
EE. Communication
relative to a grant application to the Massachusetts Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs Division of Conservation Services (DCS). This grant
request was for funding for the acquisition of Parcel K, a 110.90-acre parcel
owned by the Catholic Charities.
Order
adopted on a roll call vote 9-0 (Mariano, Nadeau absent)
Also
referred to Land Use Committee for informational purposes
FF. SUPPLEMENTAL - Request adoption
of a Resolution to file and accept a Project Impact Grant from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Resolution
adopted
WORCESTER
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
9. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
10. ELECTION COMMISSION:
A. Communication relative to Notification
of Polling Place
Changes/Lighting/Unenrollment
Process.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative
to Polling locations in Ward 4, Precinct 4 to Friendly House.
Placed on file
11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
12. EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING:
13.
FIRE:
A. Communication
relative to Fire Protection – Lodging Houses.
Recommitted
to the City Manager
B. Communication
relative to Shades needed at the Central Street Fire Station.
Placed
on file
C.
Communication relative to the work necessary at our
various fire stations to accommodate woman firefighters.
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
D.
Communication relative to the Non-Firefighting Equipment
at Fire Stations.
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
E.
Request that the donation of a Thermal Imaging Camera
presented to the department from the Worcester’s Fallen Heroes Golf Tournament
fundraiser be accepted with gratitude.
Order
adopted with gratitude
14.
HUMAN
RESOURCES:
A. Communication
relative to the Number of Civil Service Employees in each department, excluding
public safety officers and the school department.
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
15. HUMAN RIGHTS:
A. Communication relative to Worcester
Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination Office (MCAD).
Placed on file
16.
INFORMATION SERVICES:
17.
LAW:
A. Communication relative to Drainage
Mitigation – Allowed Uses.
Referred to Land Use Committee
B. Communication relative
to Jamesbury Corporation Lincoln Street Property – Deed Restriction.
Order adopted
C. Communication relative
to Charter Communications/Charter Digital Cable Launches in Worcester.
Referred to Public Service &
Transportation Committee
D. Communication relative
to Worcester Vocational High School Wetlands Case – Post Hearing Brief.
Referred to Education Committee
18. LICENSE COMMISSION:
19. PARKS, RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication
relative to an Invitation to a Public Meeting for the Statewide Vietnam
Veterans Memorial.
Placed
on file
B. Communication
relative to Ground Breaking Ceremony and Press Conference Invitations – The New
Hope Cemetery Administration and Commons Facility and the award of a $93,
900.00 State D.E.M. Historic Landscape Preservation Grant.
Placed
on file
20.
POLICE:
A. Communication
relative to the shooting at Nick’s II.
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
B. Respectfully request that a donation from the 9th
Infantry Division in the amount of $100.00 to the Worcester Police Department
be accepted with gratitude.
Order
adopted with gratitude
C. Respectfully request that a donation from Home Depot in the
amount of $200.00 to the Worcester Police Department be accepted with gratitude.
Order
adopted with gratitude
21.
PUBLIC HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A.
Communication relative to Community Health Program.
Referred
to Health Committee
B. Communication relative to the Construction Contracts
Awarded in the Last Three Years by the City.
Recommitted
to the City Manager
. 22. PUBLIC LIBRARY:
23.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
24.
PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication
relative to Status Report #9 – Street Resurfacing Projects.
Referred
to Public Works Committee
B. Communication
relative to Fall Leaf Collection Program.
Referred
to Public Works Committee
C. Communication
relative to Installation of Guardrail on Clark Street.
Placed
on file
D. Request
adoption of an Ordinance amending Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Ordinance of
1996 relative to the Winter Parking Ban.
Voted
to advertise proposed Ordinance
E. Communication
relative to Pleasant Street Improvements, 2 – Way Traffic Pattern.
Referred
to Traffic & Parking Committee
F. Communication
relative to Erosion Conditions in the Wamsutta Avenue/Weetamoe Street area.
Placed
on file
G. Communication
relative to Catch Basins on Piedmont Street.
Placed
on file
H. Communication
relative to Pothole at Intersection of Wayne Street and Baker Street.
Referred
to Public Works Committee
I. Communication
relative to Correspondence from Providence and Worcester Railroad on Structural
Stability of the Southbridge Street Bridge.
Placed
on file
25. PURCHASING:
A. Communication relative to Responsible
Employer Ordinance Enforcement.
Referred to Commerce &
Development Committee
26.
TREASURY:
A. Communication
relative to an order regarding to the disposition of the property located at
2-2A Douglas Street.
Order
adopted - Also referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization
Committee
for informational purposes
27. VETERANS' SERVICES:
28.
FINANCE:
A.
Recommend that Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) be
transferred when and as received from Account #91C722, Bridges, and
appropriated to Account #41C721, Bridges, to provide funds for the purpose of
payment for contractual obligations related to the Coal Mine Brook Bridge
project, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 10-0
B.
Recommend that the current authorized apportionment from
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the amount of Two Million Ninety Thousand
Ninety Two Dollars and Thirty Cents ($2,090,092.30) be appropriated to Account
#41C440, DPW Street Resurfacing, to provide funding for current and future
street resurfacing obligations.
Order
adopted on a roll call 10-0
C.
Recommend that One Thousand Fifty Dollars and Seventy
Two Cents ($1,050.72) be authorized from Account #041-92000, Marketing Campaign
Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of payment of prior year
invoices.
Order
adopted on a roll call 10-0
D.
Recommend that Fifty Six Dollars and Thirty Two cents
($56.32) be authorized from Account #040-92000, City Manager’s Travel/Mileage
Reimbursement Account, to allow for the payment of prior year invoices.
Order
adopted on a roll call 10-0
E.
Recommend that Two Million Two Hundred Fifty Five
Thousand One Hundred Fifty Nine Dollars and Sixty One Cents ($2,255,159.61) be
transferred from Account #91C755, Library Rehabilitation, and appropriated to
Account #55C702, Library Rehabilitation/Construction, for the purpose of paying
obligations for the General Contractor, Architectural, Hazardous Abatement, and
other miscellaneous charges for the rehabilitation of the Worcester Public
Library, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 10-0
F.
Recommend that Fifty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Ninety
Five Dollars and Ninety Four Cents ($59,295.94) be transferred from Account
#91C711, Building Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #25C702, Police
Department Building Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the purpose of payment
for contractual obligations related to the General Contractor Engineering Clerk
of Works charges for the rehabilitation of the Police Headquarters HVAC System
as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 10-0
G.
Recommend that Twelve Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Nine
Dollars and Ninety Nine Cents ($12,679.99) 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 10-0
H. Recommend
that Thirty Six Thousand Six Hundred Nineteen Dollars and Fifty Six Cents
($36,619.56) be transferred when and as received from Account #91C780, Capital
Equipment, and appropriated to Account #72C701, Parks Capital Equipment, to
provide funds for the purpose of purchasing various pieces of equipment for the
Parks Department, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 10-0
I. Recommend
that the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) be transferred
from the Following Accounts:
Account
Description Amount
332-01 Hope Cemetery Lots & Graves $ 30,000.00
359-76 Revenue Perpetual Care Fund $120,000.00
Total $150,000.00
when earned and available, and appropriated to
Account #72T808, Hope Cemetery Administration Building. This funding will
provide the necessary funding to proceed with the construction of a new Hope
Cemetery Administration Building and its Commons.
Order
adopted on a roll call 10-0
29. ORDINANCES/ORDERS:
30.
MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication
relative to 1999 Community Benefit Report for UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.
Councillor
Irish recused on a roll call 9-0
Placed
on file
B. Communication
relative to the policy of the WRTA Regarding Bus Air Conditioning.
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
C. SUPPLEMENTAL
- Communication relative to Washington, D.C. trip on Wednesday, November 1,
2000.
Placed on file
15. RECESS TO FINANCE AND ORDINANCE: No Items Pending
TO
BE ORDAINED
16-39 ORDAINED ON A
ROLL CALL 10-0
16. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 49 Cohasset St.
17. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 42 Stoneland Rd.
18. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 86 June St.
19. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for two handicap parking spaces on the east side of Harding
St. near Lafayette St.
20. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 12 Stanton St.
21. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 23 Vinton St.
22. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 33 Bellevue St.
23. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 15 Birch St.
24. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 61 Dorchester St.
25. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 1 Hancock St.
26. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 15 Winthrop St.
27. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 44 Huntington Ave.
28. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking opposite 24 Thorne St.
29. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 113 Southgate St.
30. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 199 Southgate St.
31.
Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the
Revised Ordinances of
1996 to rescind handicap parking in front of 175 Hamilton
St.
Amending Section 42 of
Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking on the Dallas St. side of 485
Hamilton St.
32. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 61 Gage St.
33. Amending Section 71 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to allow only left turns from the left lane on Chandler St. for
northbound traffic into Pleasant St.
34. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to rescind handicap parking in front of 48 Mendon St.
35. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to prohibit parking on both sides of Lyon St. near Shrewsbury St. from
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.
36. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to rescind One Hour Parking on both sides of Faraday St. between
Lancaster St. and Grove St.
37. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to rescind handicap parking on the south side of Faraday St. near Grove
St.
38. Amending Section 29 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 providing for a Stop sign on Spofford Rd. at Upland Gardens Dr. to face
westbound traffic.
39. Amending Section 70 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1996 to rescind prohibited left turns from Franklin St. eastbound traffic
into Front St.
TABLED
UNDER PRIVILEGE
40. Communication of the City Manager requesting adoption of an
Order requesting authorization to execute a deed conveying approximately forty
acres of city-owned land in the Town of Shrewsbury to the Town.
Taken off the Table - Order adopted on a roll call 9-1 (Irish)
Reconsideration denied on a voice vote
TABLED
ITEMS
41. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Order of Councillor
Paul P. Clancy, Jr. requesting approval of the attached ordinance amending the
Worcester Zoning Ordinance adopted April 2, 1991 relative to Non-Accessory
Signs. (Tabled May 30, 2000)
No Action Taken
42. Resolution - That the City Council of the City of Worcester
supports an amendment to MGL Chapter 32, Section 3(4) proposed by Mrs. Mary
Genaske, a Worcester Public School teacher to allow teachers from Puerto Rico
to buy back into the Mass. Teachers Pension Fund at the same level as other
teachers coming from other states in the union. (Gomez) (Tabled October 17, 2000)
No Action Taken
43. Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to Worcester property located in Shrewsbury. (Tabled
October 24, 2000)
Taken off the Table and placed on file
_________________
SCHEDULED
MEETINGS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES
OCTOBER 31, 2000 JOINT COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT
&
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Recessed from October 10, 2000
NOVEMBER 1, 2000 HOUSING & QUINSIGAMOND
6:30 P.M.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOL
REVITALIZATION 832 MILLBURY ST.
Re: Housing Policy
QUINSIGAMOND ROOM
FIRST
FLOOR
NOVEMBER 9, 2000 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:15 P.M.
NOVEMBER 15, 2000 HOUSING & CANTERBURY ST. SCHOOL
6:30 P.M.
NEIGHBORHOOD CAFETERIA
REVITALIZATION 129 CANTERBURY ST.
Re: Housing Policy
NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING
NOVEMBER 7, 2000
GENERAL ELECTION DAY