CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY
CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR
OF THE CITY COUNCIL – DECEMBER 19, 2000
7:00
P.M.
6:30-7:00 P.M. – RECEPTION
FOR LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CANDIDATES – THIRD FLOOR, CITY HALL
Convened: 7:05 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:35 P.M.
1. INVOCATION – Rev. Richard F. Reidy
St. Paul’s Cathedral
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL CALL – All
present
4. ELECTION – LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES – John McNamara and Jay Scully were elected to six year terms on the
Library Board of Trustees.
5. ITEMS OF CITIZEN INTEREST
5a. ITEMS OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
6 REFERRED TO PUBLIC
WORKS COMMITTEE
6. Eliot D. Finn, Worcester Lincoln LLC request to relocate a
portion of City of Worcester sewer easement on Lincoln Plaza.
6a. Anna Hargrove et al request regrading of Beaver Brook Parkway. Referred
to Public Works Committee – Suspension of Rules
7. Heather Wendorf on behalf of Faculty, Parents &
Volunteers of Seven Hills Charter School request the following proposal for
parking in front of and around 51 Gage St.: Amend the “No Parking Anytime” to 2
hours maximum for school business only and to have the 3 spaces from the
intersection of Berkley and Gage Sts. to the front of the cutout for School
Business only.
7a-j FROM PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE - Adopted –
7a. Request City Manager to develop timelines for demolishing
abandoned buildings that are on the present list and those added in the future
and include in the response when and under what circumstances they would apply
“access denied” status.
7b. Request the Fire Chief report to City Council on methods of
boarding up buildings and holding responsible the owners of these abandoned
buildings other than those of the State Fire Marshall and the “access denied”
methods.
7c. Request City Manager provide City Council with a quarterly
report outlining the progress in the implementation of the points included in
the Abandoned Buildings Task Force report.
7d. Request City Manager report to City Council whether CDBG
monies may be utilized for the boarding up of abandoned buildings.
7e. Request City Manager to consider recommending the use of
surplus monies or interest from CDBG funds to be appropriated to the boarding
of abandoned buildings.
7f. Request City Manager to draft a standard letter or amend
letter currently in use to owners of abandoned buildings to include language
explaining the Fire Marshall’s standards and “access denied” method.
7g. Request City Manager to include in the proposed ordinances
that will implement the Abandoned Buildings Task Force recommendations, any and
all differences with the State Fire Marshall’s recommendation.
7h. Request City Manager to develop a working flow chart
regarding the enforcement of ordinances regarding responsibilities for boarding
up of city owned and privately owned vacant and abandoned properties.
7i. Request City Manager to recommend to City Council the
maximum funding for matching federal Firefighter Investment and Response
Enhancement Act funds.
7j. Request City Manager to consider recommending $5,000.00
each to the Worcester Youth Center and the Pleasant St. Network Neighborhood
Center from the Community Development Block Grant unexpended balances.
ORDERS
7k. Request City Administration contact Oak Hill Community
Development Corporation relative to purchasing of buildings at 9-11 Chrome
St. Motion-Perotto @ #8A CM – Adopted
7L. Request Administration to provide City Council with a
timetable as to when the Overlay Zone for the Heritage Park Corridor will come
forward to the City Council. Motion-Clancy @ #8B CM – Adopted
7m. Request City Clerk to send a letter on behalf of the City
Council, similar to the letter sent by the Administration, to the Outdoor
Advertising Board relative to installation of billboards along the Route 146
Corridor. Motion-Mariano @ #8B CM – Adopted
7n. Request Land Use Committee to look at rules and regulations
limiting outdoor advertising in certain sections of the City. Motion-Mariano
@ #8B CM – Adopted
7o. Request Administration, through the appropriate department,
look at providing City Council with direction as to where the City can limit
the number and size of billboards in the City. Motion-Mariano @ #8B CM –
Adopted
7p. Request City Manager forward to City Council the approved
list for the use of the $108,000.00 for the purchase of firefighting
equipment. Motion-Petty @ #8BB CM – Adopted
7q. Request Administration to look at the cost of the hook-up
at Bell Hill Park for the UMASS medical/dental truck and report back to City
Council. Motion-Perotto @ #8DD CM
Councillor Clancy moved
to amend: Further, request Administration to see if there are any monies from
Block Grant funds that would pay for a hook-up at Bell Hill Park for the UMASS
medical/dental truck and whether or not it is appropriate.
Order adopted, as amended
7r. Request Administration or Public Safety Committee to come
up with criteria for the remainder of the year and set a process in place where
Crime Watch groups are notified of money available through the Challenge Grant
Program with Law Enforcement Block Grant funds. Motion-Murray @ #8EE CM –
Adopted
7s. Request City Manager to place the Crime Watch groups in the
City of Worcester on a list for the next mailing for applications for Block
Grant monies. Motion-Petty @ #8EE CM – Adopted
7t. Request City Manager to consider developing a Challenge for
Challenge Grant Program and forward to City Council. Motion-Petty @ #8EE CM –
Adopted
7u. Request Administration help Crime Watch groups contact the
Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Scofield, Stoddard and Fletcher
Foundation to see if they can leverage some of those private dollars that might
be available in local foundations to help increase funds that are available to
these organizations. Motion-Gomez @ #8EE CM – Adopted
7v. Request Administration report if there are other ways to
monitor TIF’s so that when job growth is not attained, that the City can take
another look at it. Further, request a
response from Administration as to whether the City’s figures are too high on
the job growth items. Motion-Clancy @ 38GG CM – Adopted
7w. Request Administration to carefully track and provide for
us any opportunity for recognition that all TIF’s are reporting in a timely fashion. Motion-Patton
@ #8GG CM – Adopted
7x. Request City Manager report why the City cannot include a
TIF as a lien that is recorded upon the deed to a property at the Registry of
Deeds. Motion-Lukes @ #8GG CM – Adopted
7y. Request City Manager provide a report outlining the
differences between State compliance and Local compliance in TIF agreements as
Worcester has experienced. Motion-Lukes @ #8GG CM – Adopted
7z. Request City Manager to inform City Council as to what he
anticipates as his mission statement and legal responsibilities relative to the
Worcester Redevelopment Authority.
Further, request response as to what the Auditor’s role will be and his
ability to do pre-audits and have access to information. Motion-Lukes
@ #8CCC CM – Adopted
7aa. Request City Manager report if there is a reason why the
number of accidental fires has gone up from 23 in 1994 to 131 in the last
year. Motion-Petty @ #13A CM – Adopted
7bb. Request Administration report if developers in the Wildwood
Ave. area are going to have a water pressure issue as homes are built, will
booster pumps be part of the specs for these homes, does the Planning Board
know that there is a water issue in that area, if in fact there is a water
issue and will the building of additional homes in that area exacerbate the
existing problem? Further, request
Administration immediately notify the Planning Board and all other City
agencies relative to the potential negative impact of additional development in
the Wildwood Ave. area. Motion-Petty @ #24A CM – Adopted
7cc. Request City Manager to invite Mr. Groccia to a City
Council meeting early in 2001 in order for the City Council to thank him
publicly for his efforts. Further,
request Administration consider putting the appropriate commendation into Mr.
Groccia’s personnel file. Motion-Mariano @ #24D CM – Adopted
7dd. Request City Manager to consider using volunteers and the
census to locate individuals relative to the Unclaimed Check Fund. Motion-Mariano
@ #26A CM – Adopted
7ee. Request City Manager report on what the potential cost
might be relative to accepting Chapter 235 of the Acts of 1994. Motion-Clancy @ #29B & C CM – Adopted
7ff. Request Administration report relative to any attempts to
buy oil by the joint purchase group and has there been any discussion within
MORE about regional DPW efforts, such as composting. Motion-Irish @ #29D CM –
Adopted
7gg. Request City Manager to work with other Town Managers and
officials involved in MORE to help Worcester convey to the State the importance
of commuter rail and working together to sell the Worcester Regional
Airport. Motion-Murray @ #29D CM – Adopted
7hh. Request City Manager report if Neighbor to Neighbor makes
any contribution towards the expenditures incurred by the Pleasant St. Network
Neighborhood Center. Motion-Gomez @ Public Safety Committee
items
7ii. Request City Administration provide City Council with an
estimate on fencing per foot for vacant empty lots after demolition has
occurred. Nadeau, Irish – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
7jj. Request Rules Committee to review the procedure used by
City Council for election of individuals to the Library Board of Trustees. Abraham
– Suspension of Rules – Tabled
7kk. Request City Clerk to send a thank you on behalf of the
City Council to the eight applicants to the Library Board of Trustees and to
include other Boards and Commissions that have vacancies and urge those
individuals to consider membership on those Boards and Commissions. Irish
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted
7LL. Request City Manager provide a report on improving traffic
safety at Ararat St. and the Off and On Ramps of Exit I-290, both north and
southbound lanes. Petty – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
7mm. Request City Manager report whether the City should be
issuing proper identification to the City’s Constables. Petty
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted
REPORTS
7nn-pp ACCEPTED
& ORDERS ADOPTED ON A ROLL
CALL 11-0 – Suspension of Rules
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the following
Communications of the City Manager: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Orders.
7nn. Transmitting communication relative to Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant Year V Funding recommendations.
7oo. Transmitting recommendation that Twenty Thousand Nine
Hundred Two Dollars and Ninety Five Cents ($20,902.95) be transferred from
unexpended funds in the following accounts:
ACCOUNT
DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S147
Demolition Abandoned Bldgs.
$ 4,642.60
18S147
Firesetter Counseling Red Cross .03
18S147
Employment & Training 1,670.77
18S147
Youth Internship Black FBI 1,495.28
18S147
March Madness 548.48
18S147
Community Schools 133.00
18S147
Alert Center
898.12
18S147
Multimedia Clubhouse 5,633.74
18S147
Interest Income 5,880.93
$20,902.95
and appropriated to the following accounts:
ACCOUNT
DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S147
Daybreak Domestic Violence
$20,714.82
18S147
Mortgage Program 133.80
18S147
Crimes Against Children 52.93
18S147
WPD Safety Equipment 1.40
$20,902.95
This action will allow LLEBG Round IV funds previously
appropriated to the Daybreak Domestic Violence be reallocated to other eligible
projects, per the request of Everett R. Shaw, Chief Development Officer and
Director of OPCD.
7pp. Transmitting recommendation that Twenty Thousand Seven
Hundred Fourteen Dollars and Eighty Two Cents ($20,714.82) be transferred from
the following account:
ACCOUNT
DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S172
Daybreak Domestic Violence
$20,714.82
and appropriated to:
ACCOUNT
DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S172
Worcester Youth Center $10,000.00
18S172
Multimedia Clubhouse 5,633.74
18S172
Worcester Fire Department 5,081.08
$20,714.82
7qq – ACCEPTED &
ORDER ADOPTED – Suspension of Rules
7qq. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the
Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to the
report from the Abandoned Building Task Force: recommend accept
recommendations of the Abandoned Buildings Task Force and adoption of the
accompanying Order requesting the City Manager to implement the recommendations
immediately. Further, request City
Manager communicate with all City departments the importance of the goals
encompassed in this report.
7rr & 7ss –
ACCEPTED – Suspension of Rules
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the following
Communications of the City Manager: recommend Communications be placed on
file.
7rr. Transmitting communication relative to Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Year V proposed allocation process and funding
amounts.
7ss. Transmitting the Abandoned Buildings Task Force
Report. Also announcing the formation
of a community wide task force to study the issues.
7tt & 7uu –
ACCEPTED & ORDERS ADOPTED – Suspension of
7tt. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Communication
of the City Manager requesting adoption of an Order to accept a deed of
easement for street purposes from Vincent DiGregorio: recommend adoption of
the accompanying Order.
7uu. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the
Communication of the City Manager recommending adoption of the Order
authorizing the acceptance of an easement for street purposes for a new public
street, Rustic Drive Extension: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Order.
7vv – ACCEPTED –
Suspension of Rules
7vv. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the
Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to
Easement Map – “Papagni Estates”: recommend Communication be placed on file.
Thomas R. Hoover
City Council Calendar for December 19, 2000
APPOINTMENTS
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification
of the reappointment of Francis X. Sena, to the License Commission. and
reappointment of Jordan Levy to the
Chairmanship of the License Commission.
Placed on file
B. Notification
of the reappointment of John A. Franchi, to the Aaron/Lucretia Bancroft
Scholarship.
Placed on file
C. Notification
of the reappointment of Gregory P. Stockmal to the Historical Commission.
Placed on file
D. Notification
of the appointment of Roland E.
Dufault, and the reappointment of Alexandria Macintyre, to the Cultural
Commission.
Placed on file
E. Notification
of Constable appointments.
Placed on file
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification
of the appointment of Robert L. Thomas, to the Worcester Redevelopment
Authority.
Appointment
confirmed on a roll call 11-0
B. Notification
of the appointment of Sharon
Strzalkowski, Charlene M. Guinard and Gayle A. Fierro, to the Advisory
Committee for Persons with Disabilities.
Appointments
confirmed on a roll call 11-0
C. Notification
of the appointment of Joseph M. Capone, to the Civic Center Commission.
Appointment
confirmed on a roll call 11-0
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication
relative to New Small Commercial Exemption.
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
B. Communication
relative to FY 2001 Certification of Tax Rates.
Placed
on file
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
6. CIVIC
CENTER:
7. COMMUNICATIONS:
8. DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to 9-11 Chrome
Street.
Placed on file
B.
Communication relative to Lamar Advertising applications
to install billboards in the Rt. 146 corridor.
Referred
to Land Use Committee
C. SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication
relative to the recent acquisition of the pharmaceutical portion of BASF by the
Abbott Laboratories.
Referred to Commerce &
Development Committee
AA. Communication
relative to Governor’s Highway Safety Bureau Statewide Bicycle Helmet Safety
Program Grant Award.
Placed on file
BB. Request
adoption of a resolution to file and accept funds under the Firefighter Safety
Equipment Program through the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety.
Resolution adopted
CC. Request
adoption of a resolution to file and accept a FY 2002 Occupational Safety and
Health Education Grant with the Department of Industrial Accidents, Office of
Safety.
Resolution adopted
DD.
Communication relative to Bell Hill Park site hook-up
for UMASS medical/dental truck.
Placed
on file
EE.
Communication relative to Developing a Challenge Grant
Program with Law Enforcement Block Grant Funds.
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
FF.
Communication relative to LLEBG to fund traffic control
around schools.
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
GG. Communication
relative to Certified Project Monitoring Report.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
HH. Communication
relative to an application for an affordable housing fee waiver for the
rehabilitation project at 22-24 Northampton Street.
Referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
II. Communication
relative to the City Hall Elevators.
Referred to Public Works Committee
JJ. SUPPLEMENTAL -Communication
respectfully requesting adoption of a Resolution Approving the Submittal of a
Grant application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for a
Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program.
Resolution adopted
KK. SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication
relative to Zoning Ordinance Revision.
Tabled
WORCESTER
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
AAA. Communication
relative to Handicap Accessibility at Union Station.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
BBB. Request
adoption of a Resolution to file and accept two grants from the Massachusetts
Highway Department in the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000)
each to initiate and complete engineering design services at Washington Square
and to initiate demolition activities along Worcester Center Boulevard to
create development parcels.
Resolution adopted
CCC. Communication
relative to Resolutions Adopted by the Worcester Redevelopment Authority.
Two Orders adopted and voted to
advertise proposed Salary Ordinance
9. ELDER AFFAIRS:
10. ELECTION COMMISSION:
A. Communication relative
to the Municipal Election Calendar 2001.
Placed on file
11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
12. EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING:
13.
FIRE:
A.
Communication relative to Graphics/Outlining Structure
Fires in the City for the past 20 years.
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
B.
Communication relative to Deactivated Fire Protection
System in Lodging Houses.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
C. Communication
relative to Fire Protection Procedure for Lodging Houses.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
14.
HUMAN
RESOURCES:
15. HUMAN RIGHTS:
16.
INFORMATION SERVICES:
17. LAW:
18. LICENSE COMMISSION:
19. PARKS, RECREATION & CEMETERY:
20.
POLICE:
A. Communication relative to the Belmont Home.
Placed
on file
21.
PUBLIC HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to Community Health Program Monthly Report.
Referred
to Health Committee
B. SUPPLEMENTAL –
Communication respectfully requesting adoption of a Resolution to file and
accept a Multi-Year Hepatitis C Education, Support, Referral and Case
Management Services for Infected Individuals Grant from the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Resolution adopted
. 22. PUBLIC LIBRARY:
A. Request
adoption of a Resolution to accept a grant in the amount of $516.00 from the
Clarence S. Arms Family Fund of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for
the Worcester Public Library.
Resolution adopted
B.
Request adoption of a Resolution to accept a gift in the
amount of $1,000.00 from the Millbury Federal Credit Union for the Frances
Perkins Branch Library at Greendale.
Resolution
adopted
C. Request
that City Council adopt a Resolution to accept a grant titled Business-Career
Services, in the amount of Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($19,400.00)
from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to the Worcester Public
Library.
Resolution adopted
23.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
A. Communication relative
to teachers from Puerto Rico buying back into the Mass. Teachers Pension Fund.
Referred to Education Committee
24.
PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication
relative to Water Pressure on Wildwood Avenue.
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Communication
relative to Status Report #12 – Street Resurfacing Projects.
Referred to Public Works Committee
C. Communication
relative to Recent Communication with Mass. Highway concerning their Proposed
Access Road.
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
D. Communication
relative to the Perkins Street Sanitation Truck Incident.
Placed on file
E. Communication
relative to Pedestrian Safety Improvement on May Street near Big Y Supermarket.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
F. Communication
relative to Grime Watch Program – November 2000 Activity.
Referred to Public Works Committee
G. Communication
relative to Proposed Speed Hump Program.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
H. SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication
relative to Preparation for Winter Storm – December 19 & 20.
Referred to Public Works Committee
25. PURCHASING:
26.
TREASURY:
A. Communication relative to Unclaimed Check Fund.
Placed
on file
27. VETERANS' SERVICES:
A. Communication
relative to the location of DeBois Square
at the intersection of Englewood Ave. and Circuit Ave. North.
Placed on file
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend
that Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) be transferred, when and as received,
from Account #91C711, Capital Building Rehabilitation, to Account #25C702
Police Department Capital Building Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the
replacement of generator switches.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
B. Recommend
that Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) be transferred from Account
#91C713, Water Mains, and appropriated to Account #45C720, Water Mains/Clean
& Line, to allow for the payment of current and future obligations.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
C. Recommend
that Fifty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty One Dollars ($57,261.00) 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 three (3) Ford Taurus’s, as approved in the
Fiscal 2001 Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Recommend
that One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) be transferred from Account
#91C741, Street Construction, and appropriated to Account #41C768, Private
Street Conversion/Betterment, to allow for the payment of current and future
obligations.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
E. Recommend
that Three Hundred Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($345,000.00) be transferred
from Account #91C741, Street Construction, and appropriated to Account #41C741,
Street Resurfacing, to allow for the payment of current and future obligations.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
F. Recommend
that Eighteen Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Nine Dollars ($18,389.00) be
transferred, when and as received, from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, to
Account #25C701, Police Department Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the
purchase of one marked motorcycle.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
G. Recommend
that Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) be transferred from Account #340-92000,
Elder Affairs Ordinary Maintenance, to Account #340-91000 Elder Affairs Salary
Account, to provide funds for overtime expenses associated with the operation
of Worcester’s Senior Center.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
H. Recommend
that Two Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-four Dollars and Twenty-five Cents
($2,894.25) be transferred from Account #330-07, Reserve for Appropriation
Damage Settlement, and appropriated to Account #260-92111, Fire Department
Ordinary Maintenance Account, to pay for repairs to a Fire Department Vehicle.
This money represents a reimbursement from the Insurance Company for damage to
Fire Department equipment.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
I. Recommend
that Seventy-three Thousand Dollars ($73,000.00) be transferred from surplus
funds available in the 1997 overlay account and appropriated into account
#670-92000, Assessing Department Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds to pay
legal expenses and appraisal fees resulting from the Norton Company Appellate
tax board case.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
J. Recommend
that Forty Nine Thousand Ninety Nine Dollars and seventy three cents
($49,099.73) be transferred from Account #900-92000, City Manager’s
Contingency, and appropriated to Account #1101-92000, City Messenger Telephone,
to provide funds to pay prior years telephone service invoices in order to
bring the city’s telephone account to current status. Furthermore, I respectfully recommend that Council authorize
these funds to be used to pay prior year invoices as requested.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
29. MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication relative to
correspondence from Nicole Valentine and Peter Wells of the American Red Cross
relative to a CD that has been produced by a group of school children honoring
our fallen heroes.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative
to Chapter 235 of the Acts of 1994 Legality.
Recommitted to the City Manager
C. Communication
relative to Chapter 235 of the Acts of 1994 Communities Adoption
of this
Provision.
Recommitted
to the City Manager
D. Communication
relative to Regionalism Work through MORE-Municipalities Organized for Regional
Effectiveness.
Referred to Regional Affairs Committee
E. Communication
relative to accomplishments to date in implementing the recommendations of the
Abandoned Building Task Force.
F. SUPPLEMENTAL
– Communication relative to conducting a hearing in the City of Worcester with
regards to the MBTA 2001-2006 Capital Improvement Plan.
9. Helen A. Friel, Assistant to the Superintendent/Clerk of the
School Committee transmitting communication relative to standards for school
buses maintained and operated to transport public school students in Mass. and
if all students need to be seated.
Referred to Education Committee
10. Helen A. Friel, Assistant to the Superintendent/Clerk of the
School Committee transmitting communication relative to staffing of health
services in the Worcester Public Schools.
Referred to Education Committee
11. Helen A. Friel, Assistant to the Superintendent/Clerk of the
School Committee transmitting communication relative to measures being taken on
all vacant City and School Department owned buildings to prevent people from
entering and what percentage of those individual vacant buildings are being
used.
12. Helen A. Friel, Assistant to the Superintendent/Clerk of the
School Committee transmitting communication relative to the annual October
First Student Enrollment report.
Referred to Education Committee
13. Helen A. Friel, Assistant to the Superintendent, Clerk of the
School Committee transmitting communication relative to outlining all after-school
programs offered by school site, including timeframes.
Referred to Education Committee
14. Helen A. Friel, Assistant to the Superintendent/Clerk of the
School Committee transmitting communication relative to other standardized
testing done in schools in addition to MCAS and including any specialized
testing done at the Vocational High School.
15. Joseph E. Connarton, Acting Executive Director, Mass.
Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission transmitting the amount to
be appropriated to the City’s retirement system for Fiscal Year 2002.
17. 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)
18. Resolution – That the City Council of the City of Worcester
hereby supports an amendment to M.G.L. 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)
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4:00 P.M.
DECEMBER 18, 2000 TRAFFIC & PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
JANUARY 24, 2001 ETHNIC & MINORITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:30 P.M. AFFAIRS
Re:
Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance Report