CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– FEBRUARY 27, 2001
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 6:20 P.M. in Room 310 and recessed on a
roll call vote
10-0 (Patton absent) to meet in
Joint
Executive Session with the School Committee
Recessed: 7:12 P.M.
Reconvened in
City Council: 7:24 P.M.
1. INVOCATION
– Preacher Patrick McGovern, Jr.
Church of Christ
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3.
ROLL
CALL – All present except Councillors
Nadeau, Perotto, Patton. Councillor
Nadeau arrived at 7:25 P.M., Councillor Perotto at 8:15 P.M., Councillor Patton
was absent
HEARING AND ORDER – 7:00
P.M.
4 Hearing held
4. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for conduit and cable systems in: LEDGECREST DR./BREATRICE DR.
4a ADOPTED
4a. Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for
conduit and cable systems in:
LEDGECREST DR./BEATRICE DR.
5. Chairman’s Order – From Education Committee – That the City Council hereby supports legislation to allow teachers from Puerto Rico to buy back ten years of time into the Massachusetts Teachers Pension Fund.
Placed on file
6. Chairman’s Order – From Education Committee – Request City
Manager and School Administration report on whether the ten year buy back into
the Massachusetts Teachers Pension Fund might be opened up to other U.S.
Territories other than Puerto Rico.
Placed on file
7. Resolution – That the City Council of the City of Worcester
hereby 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)
Adopted on a roll all 8-0 (Absent Lukes, Patton, Perotto)
8. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
8a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
9 REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD
9. Philip J. Niddrie, Chief Development Officer on behalf of the
Planning Board request an amendment to the Worcester Zoning Ordinance adopted
April 2, 1991 relative to Landscaping Requirements for Parking Lots.
10-16 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
10. Antonella
Fox et al request private street maintenance on Milton St.
11. Michael Conrad request Public Works to repair or replace
sidewalk in front of 4 Sherwood Rd.
12. Jim Hurley, UNUM/Provident Companies request repair of sidewalk
on north side of Sudbury St. (between Harvard St. and Chestnut St.)
13. Jim Hurley, UNUM/Provident Companies request repair of sidewalk
on west side of Harvard St. between Walnut & Sudbury Sts. and between Parking Lot B driveway and Sudbury
St.
14. Michael Bowie request Public Works to extend the sewer line on
Northampton St. by 120 ft. to service building at 22/24 Northampton St.
15. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request Public Works resurface
Montrose St.
16. Samuel DeSimone, Attorney for Liberty Companies request
authority to enter into a Prior Agreement with the City of Worcester, through
its Department of Public Works, to construct, at its expense, a connector road
providing access to and egress from Liberty Central Industrial Park to McKeon
Rd. The construction to be in
accordance with standards set by the City of Worcester Department of Public
Works.
17-23 REFERRED TO
TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
17. Louis Coates request handicap parking on Arlington St. across
from the rear of 17 Winthrop St.
18. Richard & Jacqueline Forlani request a Pedestrian Walk Light
and a No Turn on Red Light sign at the intersection of Park Ave. and Sagamore
Rd.
19. Herbert Edinburg request extension of one parking space (20 ft.)
on the south side of 322 Pleasant St.
20. Konstantinos Giannakis request the No Parking Anytime zone in
front of 297-301 Pleasant St. be changed to 30 minute parking.
21. Adele Richmond et al request to reinstate the winter parking ban
on odd side of Bridgeport St.
22. Lorraine Fleming request
handicap parking on Earle St. by back door located at 15 Edward St.
23. Vincent Yess, Lederman’s Bakery request parking at 81-83
Hamilton St. be designated to a time limit of 30 minutes.
24 REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER
24. Councillor Timothy Murray on behalf of James Yantsides, Owner,
Kenmore Diner request City of Worcester enter into an agreement with James
Yantsides to allow him and/or his designee to construct and maintain a 6’
landscaped buffer on city-owned land under the jurisdiction of the Off-Street
Parking Board and adjacent to the newly constructed diner.
25
HEARING SET FOR MARCH 6, 2001 – 7:00 P.M.
25. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: HOPE AVE.
Thomas R. Hoover
City Council
Calendar for February 27, 2001
APPOINTMENTS
1. NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A.
Notification of the appointment of Ann L. O’Connor, to
the Conservation Commission.
Placed on file
B. Notification of the appointment of Kate T. Tenney to the Elder
Affairs Commission.
Placed
on file
2. CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A.
Notification of the appointment of Joan M. Manley, to
the Hope Cemetery Board of Commissioners.
B.
Notification of the appointment of Michaelene B.
Mundras and the reappointment of Raymond P. Bilodeau and William R. Nay to the
Cable Television Advisory Committee.
Appointment and reappointments confirmed
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
5. BUDGET OFFICE:
6. CIVIC CENTER:
7. COMMUNICATIONS:
8. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
A.
Request adoption of an order authorizing the City to
accept a deed of easement for street purposes. (Saffron Dr. & Rainbow Dr.)
Order
adopted
B.
Request adoption of an acceptance of a deed of
easement. (Anchor St.)
Order
adopted
C.
Communication relative to the financial audit for the
Worcester Redevelopment Authority (WRA) for the year ended June 30, 2000,
conducted by Love, Bollus, Lynch & Rogers, Certified Public Accountants.
D.
Communication relative to the proposed contract
with W.B.D.C.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
E. Communication relative to Zoning Ordinance Change
– Recommended Process.
Referred to Land Use Committee
9. ELDER AFFAIRS:
A.
Request adoption of the attached resolutions for the
Office of Elder Affairs grant applications.
10. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
11. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
12. EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING:
13.
FIRE:
A. Request that a donation from Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knight in
the amount of $1,000.00 to be used toward the purchase of two 2 ˝ inch nozzles
be accepted with gratitude.
Order
adopted with gratitude
B. Communication relative to Fire Setter Program in the Worcester
Public Schools.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
C. Communication relative to a comprehensive feasibility study for
a regional firefighters training facility.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
14.
HUMAN
RESOURCES:
A. Request City Council adoption of an Ordinance amending the
Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 Relative to Occupational Group DH.
Tabled
under privilege (Clancy)
B. Communication relative to Increasing Group Term Life Insurance
Value from $2,000.00 to $10,000.00.
Referred to Legislative Affairs Committee
C. Communication relative to Sick Leave Survey.
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
D. Communication relative to Benefits to Domestic Partners.
Placed on file
15. HUMAN RIGHTS:
A.
Communication relative to brochures of “The Human Rights
Commission” and “Your Rights If Stopped By The Police”.
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
16.
INFORMATION
SERVICES:
17. LAW:
A.
Communication relative to Community Preservation Act.
B.
Communication relative to Integration of Union Station
into the City’s ADA Compliance Plan.
Placed
on file
C.
Communication relative to Regulations and Ordinances
Relative to Outdoor Advertising.
Referred
to Land Use Committee
D.
Request to file special legislation relative to the
Retirement Rights of Leonard Gabrila, a former Traffic Engineer of the City of
Worcester.
Order adopted
18. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
19. NEIGHBORHOOD
SERVICES:
A.
Communication relative to Challenge Grant Program
through LLEBG, Crime Watch Groups mailing applications for Block Grant Monies,
and Crime Watch Groups – leveraging of private dollars.
B.
Communication relative to FY01 Firefighter Safety
Equipment Program Award.
Placed
on file
C.
Request adoption of a Resolution to file and accept a
one year Disproportionate Minority Confinement Challenge Grant from the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety.
Resolution
adopted
20.
PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A.
Request adoption of a Resolution to accept with
gratitude a donation of $40,000.00 from NSTAR Services Co. to benefit the
Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Department’s Elm Park Playground.
Resolution
adopted with gratitude
B.
Communication relative to 2001 March Madness Basketball
Tournament.
Placed
on file
C.
Communication relative to Status Report – Research and
Recommendation Relative to the Proposal to Sell the Naming Rights to the
Centrum Centre.
21. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to Promotion/Affirmative Action
Order adopted
22. PUBLIC HEALTH AND CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A.
Communication relative to Community Health Program,
Monthly Report – January 2001.
Referred
to Health Committee
B.
Communication relative to Chemical Ordors,
Burncoat/Ararat Street.
Placed on file
C.
Communication relative to Body Art Regulations for the
City of Worcester.
Referred to Health Committee
D.
Communication relative to School Nurse Staffing.
Recommitted to the City Manager
23. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
A.
Request City Council accept $453.00 that was raised from
the World Smile Day celebration that was held on October 6, 2000.
Order adopted with gratitude
24.
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
A.
Communication relative to what handicapped accessibility
issues have to be addressed at the various public school buildings.
B.
Communication relative to Pension Fund Buyback.
C.
Communication relative to the implementation of the ADA
Compliance Plan in the facilities occupied by the public schools.
Placed
on file
D.
Request for a joint
Executive Session on Tuesday, February 27, 2001, with the City Council
and the School Committee to discuss matters of litigation.
Placed on file
25. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication
relative to Curtis Apartments Revitalization.
Referred
to Public Works Committee
B. Communication
relative to Street Name Sign (PWED ROAD).
Referred
to Public Works Committee
C.
Communication relative to Innovative Wheelchair Ramp
Design.
Referred to Public Works Committee
D.
Communication relative to Sewer Easement on May Street
next to the Big Y.
Placed
on file
E.
Communication relative to Route 146 Access Roadway
Impact Potential Delay to the Route 20 Project.
Placed
on file
F.
Communication relative to Left Turn Arrows –
Intersection of Granite Street and Sunderland Road.
Placed
on file
G.
Communication relative to Improving Signage on Lincoln
Street.
Placed on file
H.
Communication relative to Pothole Patching.
Placed on file
I.
Communication relative to Improvements to the
Intersection of Moreland Street – Carter Road and Brigham Road.
Placed
on file
J.
Communication relative to Parking Problems and Lack of
Parking on Shrewsbury.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
K.
Communication
relative to a final review of the Washington Square reconfiguration as
performed by the engineering consultant URS Corporation.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
26. PURCHASING:
27. TREASURY:
28. VETERANS’
SERVICES:
A.
Communication relative to adding the name of P.F.C.
Henry R. Birtz to the plaque of his brother Louis located at Hamilton Street
and Coburn Avenue.
29. FINANCE:
A.
Recommend that Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C713, Water Mains, and
appropriated to Account #45C720, Water Mains, to provide funds for the purpose of payment for contractual
obligations related to various Water Main projects, as approved in the Capitol
Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray,
Patton absent)
B.
Recommend that Twenty Two Thousand Seven Hundred
Sixty Seven Dollars and Fifty Seven Cents ($22,767.57) 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 repair of damaged
vehicles. These funds represent reimbursements from Insurance Companies for
damage to Police vehicles.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray,
Patton absent)
C. Recommend that Fifty Four Thousand Nine Hundred
Eighty Seven Dollars and Twelve Cents ($54, 987.12) be transferred from Account
#560-91000, Regional Library Salaries, to Account #560-92000, Regional Library Ordinary
Maintenance. These funds are available from 2 vacant positions that have not
been filled during the course of the fiscal year.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray,
Patton absent)
D. Recommend that an additional One Hundred
Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Two Dollars ($117, 572.00) be accepted
from the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to increase
funding in FY 2001 for the Worcester
Public Library’s Talking Book Library, which will increase services to the
Blind and Disabled people in Central Massachusetts who are eligible for this
specialized service, bringing the total funding to $342,550.00. This money will
be used to fund a Graduate Librarian II position for the Talking Book Library
and purchase additional books.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray,
Patton absent)
E. Recommend that Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C745, Sewer Reconstruction, and
appropriated to Account #44C744, Sewer Reconstruction, to provide funds for the
purpose of payment for contractual obligations related to various Sewer
Reconstruction projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order
adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray, Patton absent)
F. Recommend that Thirteen Thousand Three Hundred
Sixteen Dollars and Twenty Eight Cents ($13,316.28) be transferred from Account
#900-92000, City Manager’s Contingency Account, and appropriated to Account
#122-92000, Law Department’s Property & Casualty Insurance account. These
funds will be used to pay various FY01 insurance bills over and above the
amounts that were originally budgeted.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray,
Patton absent)
G.
Recommend that Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) be
transferred, from and to the following accounts to provide matching funds for
improvements to be made at Elm Park.
14S42616 Parks Improvements
$ 8,406.24
14S40220 Worc.Housing Improvements 52.17
14S41520 Teen Access Center
2,000.00
14S42620 Parks Improvements
327.55
14S47620 So.Worc.Neighborhood Ctr.
19,005.48
14S48520 Code Enforcement 208.56
Total $30,000.00
and be appropriated to:
14S42616 Parks Improvements $
8,406.24
14S42620 Parks Improvements
21,593.76
Total $ 30,000.00
This funding will be used in concert with the generous financial assistance provided by Nstar Services Company for this project as reported by Michael V. O’Brien, Commissioner of Parks and Recreation. This funding was generated from a reimbursement made to the city by the Boston Land trust back in 1995 for land acquisition & site work completed at Lakeview Park.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray, Patton absent)
H.
Recommend that Five Thousand Six Hundred Eighty
Three Dollars and Ninety Six Cents ($5,683.96) be transferred when and as
received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account
#41C703, DPW Department Capital Equipment to purchase (5) Gas Analyzers and
Computer Software/Licenses as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray,
Patton absent)
I. Recommend that Four Thousand Three Hundred
Eighteen Dollars and Fifty Cents ($4,318.50) be transferred when and as
received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account
#40C704, Signal Installation for the purchase of various signal installation
equipment for Traffic Engineering, as approved in the Capital Improvement
Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray,
Patton absent)
J. Recommend that Six Hundred Twelve Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($612,500.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #75C702, Civic Center
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the purpose of payment for contractual
obligations associated with the seat replacement and riser repairs at the
Centrum Centre.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray,
Patton absent)
K.
Recommend that Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building Rehabilitation, and
appropriated to Account #75C705, Hope Cemetery Administration Building, to
provide funds for the purpose of payment for contractual obligations associated
with the construction of Hope Cemetery Administration Building.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray,
Patton absent)
L. Recommend that Twenty Eight Thousand Eight
Hundred Sixty Three Dollars ($28,863.00) be transferred from Account #91C781,
City Wide Computer System, and appropriated to Account #680-92000, Information
Services Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of conducting a
city-wide Geographic Information Services (GIS) assessment. This funding
is the balance of monies available from the original City Wide Management
Information System project. Also, recommend that Thirty Four Thousand Eight
Hundred Dollars ($34,800.00) be transferred from Account #140-91000 O.P.C.D.
Personal Services and transferred into Account #680-91000 Information Services
Personal Services Account to provide the tax levy funding for the two positions
that are now assigned to the Information Services Department to implement.
Order
adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Murray, Patton absent)
30. MISCELLANEOUS:
A.
Communication relative to the implementation status of
the recommendations made by the Community Task Force on Vacant and Abandoned
Buildings.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
B.
Communication relative to Potential Cost relative to
accepting Chapter 235 of the Acts of 1994.
C. Communication
relative to our continuing efforts to promote our All-America City status.
Placed on file
27. Request City Manager report on the decision to not place a
polling location within Great Brook Valley and Curtis Apartments until 2003.
(Gomez, Irish, Nadeau, Patton, Clancy, Perotto, Murray,
Petty)
Tabled
28. Request Administration to appoint a task force including public
safety, Neighborhood Cabinet, academic health science, public and community health
and Worcester School Department representatives to make recommendations within
twelve months as to how the rates of HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C can be reduced
in the city through improved education and prevention programs and access to
treatment services enhanced. (Irish,
Murray, Patton, Perotto, Abraham, Nadeau, Clancy, Petty, Mariano, Gomez, Lukes)
Adopted
29.
Request
that the master plan study for Worcester Airport include the impact of noise on
the surrounding neighborhood and noise abatement strategies. (Mariano, Abraham, Clancy, Gomez, Lukes,
Murray, Nadeau, Patton, Perotto, Petty)
Mayor Mariano moved to amend to add Councillor Irish – Order adopted, as amended
30. Request Administration report to City Council concerning the
current process used to evaluate the attainment of goals and objectives of
those organizations receiving Community Development Block Grant funds, and
review whether any improvements can be made to said process. (Murray, Petty)
Councillor Clancy moved to amend to request an explanation from Administration as to how they currently conduct the evaluation process
Councillor Petty moved to amend that report include Law Enforcement
Block Grant monies
Order adopted, as amended
31. Request Administration and Superintendent of the Worcester
Public Schools to collaborate in the interest of public safety of our students
to: a) Identify sources of funding to install flashing caution lights in all
existing school zones across the city where flashing lights do not currently
exist. b) Include in every capital project involving new school
construction a line item for installation of flashing caution lights. (Abraham, Patton)
Adopted
32. Request Administration explore regional planning approaches that
would limit urban sprawl by discouraging the development of green space (e.g.
through surtaxes, etc.) and offering further incentives to the development of
Brownfields. (Irish, Petty)
Adopted
33. Request City Manager report to City Council on the cable
television rates charged in communities across Central Massachusetts and in the
cities of Boston and Springfield.
(Petty, Irish)
Adopted
34. Request City Manager provide City Council with a status report
on open space projects funded by the City of Worcester over the past four years
as well as those intended for future funding.
(Petty, Murray)
Adopted
35. Request City Manager report to City Council regarding how the
decision by the Department of Environmental Protection judge affects the
Vocational High School accreditation. (Petty, Murray)
Held to be Second
Item of Business March 6, 2001
36. Request City Manager report to City Council on all costs
incurred, both directly and indirectly, in relation to the siting of the
Vocational High School at Bell Hill, including staff time, legal fees and
public school costs. (Petty, Murray)
37. Request City Administration provide City Council with a status
report on any construction within the Airport Environs Overlay and what city agencies
oversee the implementation of these ordinances.(Nadeau, Lukes)
Adopted
38. Request City Manager contact Mass. Highway Department concerning
all the lights being out on I-290.
Further, request total number of accidents as a result of lights being
out. (Nadeau, Murray)
39. Request City Manager to provide a report concerning options for
the proposed Vocational School at the Bell Hill site. (Perotto)
40. Request Administration to report on the status of compliance by
tow truck operators regarding accepting credit card payments from motor vehicle
owners whose vehicles have been towed.
(Lukes)
Adopted
41. Request Administration to report on what type of notice is given
by tow truck operators to the general public regarding the acceptance of credit
card payments. (Lukes)
Adopted
42. Request Administration report on the feasibility of allowing
downtown office space to be used for residential purposes and the provision of
incentives to downtown property owners who convert office space to residential
use. (Lukes)
Adopted
43. Request Administration to develop a comprehensive plan regarding
the “greening” of the city including, but not limited to a review of the
parking lot landscaping ordinance and cluster housing zoning, reclamation of
tax title parcels, placement of temporary plantings, tree plantings and park
land use. (Lukes)
Adopted
43a. Request Administration report as to what percentage raise the City
Clerk and City Auditor would have received under the old DH schedule. Motion-Nadeau
@ #14A CM – Adopted
43b. Request Administration report if the bonding on borrowing under
the Community Preservation Act be inside or outside the debt service. Motion-Perotto @ #17A CM – Adopted
43c. Request City Manager to include Union Station in the ADA
Compliance Plan. Motion-Mariano @ #17B CM – Adopted
43d. Request City Manager provide an analysis of the last six months as
to staffing levels on each of the shifts at the Worcester Police Department
with particular emphasis on the weekends.
Motion-Mariano @ #21A CM –
Adopted
43e. Request City Manager consider adding to the Police class that he
intends to start, at least by two and to address the issues of the shortcoming
of the two patrol officers that will be occurring. Motion-Clancy @ #21A CM –
Adopted
43f. Request City Manager report as to any staffing issues on the
third shift of the Police Department. Motion-Clancy @ #21A CM – Adopted
43g. Request City Manager report as to any staffing shortages that will
be created as a result of the promotion of two Police Officers to
Sergeant. Motion-Petty @ #21A CM – Adopted
43h. Request Administration provide a comprehensive report within two
weeks relative to recruitment strategies for School Nurses. Motion-Mariano
@ #22D CM – Adopted
43i. Request Administration provide a report indicating who is
certified and who is certifiable relative to School Nurses. Motion-Lukes
@ #22D CM – Adopted
43j. Request Administration to clarify if the left turn from Route 20
onto Granite St. will be permanent. Motion-Clancy @ #25F CM – Adopted
43k. Request Commissioner of Public Works to consider some type of
lineage in the area of the intersection of Moreland St.-Carter Rd. and Brigham
Rd. Motion-Abraham @ #25I CM – Adopted
43L. Request City Manager report if Chapter 235 of the Acts of 1994 is
subject to collective bargaining. Motion-Irish @ #30B CM – Adopted
43m. Request School Committee consider placing All-America City signs in
the inside foyers of the Worcester Public Schools. Motion-Clancy @ #30C CM –
Adopted
43n. Request Administration to begin conversations with the owners of
the Ice Cats and St. Louis Blues to insure that with any transfer of ownership
the Ice Cats remain in the City of Worcester and have their home games at the
Centrum. Mariano – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
43o. Request Administration to recommend a plan to address funding for
private street repair. Petty – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
43p. Request Administration to clean up the City owned lot on Abbott
St. Abraham – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
43q. Request Administration report why the only street light on Shady
Brook Lane has been turned off by Mass. Electric. Abraham – Suspension of
Rules - Adopted
44. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting computation of the
legal debt margin for the City of Worcester as of January 31, 2001.
45. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting Auditors Report –
January 31, 2001.
Referred to
Municipal Operations Committee
46. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting communication
relative to the Noncontributory Pop Up Act.
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
47. That the Worcester City Council support the designation of the
soon to be configured Providence St., McKeon Road intersection as Firefighters
Square. (Clancy, Nadeau)
48. That the Worcester City Council hereby designates land located
at the southeast corner of a reconfigured Washington Square as the preferred
location for the construction of the Central Massachusetts Korean War Veterans
Monument. (Murray)
Adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
48a. That the Worcester City Council go on record requesting the
Election Commission to take whatever steps are necessary to insure that the
polling site for Ward 2, Precinct 5 goes back into Great Brook Valley prior to
the next election. Motion-Gomez @ #27CC – Tabled
48b. That the Worcester City Council recognizes Sacha Ashton, a senior
at Worcester State College for having become the latest Worcester State College
basketball player to reach the 1,000 point mark. Gomez – Suspension of
Rules – Adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
49. RECESS
TO FINANCE & ORDINANCE: No Action Taken
FINANCE
a) #5A CM
January 23, 2001
Communication of the City
Manager transmitting communication relative to the City Manager’s Contingency
Account.
b) #24E CM
January 23, 2001
Communication of the City
Manager transmitting communication relative to Snow Deficit FY2001.
50 ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 10-0 (Patton
absent)
50. That the sum of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C790, School Construction for the purpose of constructing, originally equipping and furnishing of Forest Grove Middle School, including costs incidental and related thereto.
51-53 ORDAINED ON A ROLL CALL 10-0 (Patton
absent)
51. Amending Chapter 12 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 relative
to Sidewalk Snow Removal.
52. Amending Chapter 9 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 by inserting
a new Section 14 relative to Vacant and Abandoned Buildings.
53. Amending the Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 relative to
Occupational Group DH – Department Heads – Administrator Neighborhood Services,
Director of Economic Development, Assistant City Manager for Neighborhood
Services – Legislative Affairs,
Director of Project Management.
Amending Part II of the
Revised Ordinances of 1996 establishing
an Executive Office of Economic Development, establishing an Executive
Office of Neighborhood Services, eliminating the Office of Planning and
Community Development and amending the Organizational Ordinances of the
Information Services Department and the Planning Board.
54. 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)
55. Order – Request Rules Committee to review the procedure used by City
Council for election of individuals to the Library Board of Trustees. (Abraham)
(Tabled December 29, 2000)
4:00
P.M. REGULATIONS
MARCH 8, 2001 YOUTH, PARKS &
RECREATION
6:00 P.M. – View – Parks Department Building, 50
Skyline Dr.
6:30 P.M. – Meeting in Meeting Room B
6:00
P.M.