CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– FEBRUARY 26, 2002
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:03
P.M.
Adjourned: 10:45 P.M.
1. INVOCATION - Rev. Christopher Hoyer
Trinity Lutheran Church
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL
CALL - All present except Councillor
Patton
Mayor Murray read
and presented a Resolution to Jacob Hiatt Magnet School.
4 Taken with #13C CM & #13D CM
4. Report of the City Manager relative to the status of health insurance.
5. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
5a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
PETITIONS
6 TO REFERRED TO PLANNING BOARD
6. Michael Falish, Wanda Stankus & Richard Falish request installation of sewer to service 1110 Grafton St. (Attachments)
7 & 8 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS
COMMITTEE
7. John Palmgren request sidewalk repair on Rob Roy Rd. side of 14 Havelock Rd. (Attachments)
8. David Gammon et al request street resurfacing of Rollinson Rd.
(Attachments)
8a. Robert Hennigan, Attorney on behalf of Jeffrey Glatt request
permission to construct a private sewer extension at 135 Olean St. Suspension of Rules - Abraham - Referred to
Public Works Committee (Attachments)
9-11 TO REFERRED TRAFFIC & PARKING
COMMITTEE
9. Scott Babbitt request that parking across from YOU, Inc. at corner of Plantation St. and Hamilton St. be looked into because of numerous problems with busses making turns. (Attachments)
10. Richard Gemme request “No Parking” sign near my driveway at 90 Ingleside Ave. (Attachments)
11. Councillor Barbara Haller request Traffic & Parking Committee to install a 4-way Stop at the corners of Clifton and Oberlin Sts. (Attachments)
12-22 HEARINGS SET FOR MARCH 5, 2002 – 7:00
P.M.
12 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: WOODLAND ST. (Attachments)
13. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: VERNON ST. (Attachments)
14. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: MAIN ST. (Attachments)
15. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: SOUTHBRIDGE ST. (Attachments)
16. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: SOUTHBRIDGE ST. (Attachments)
17. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: RUSSELL ST. (Attachments)
18. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: GARDNER ST. (Attachments)
19. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: IRVING ST. (Attachments)
20. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: LAGRANGE ST. (Attachments)
21. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: QUINSIGAMOND PLACE. (Attachments)
22. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for underground conduits on: SOUTHBRIDGE ST. (Attachments)
23 & 24 REFERRED TO CITY MANAGER
23. Arthur Kevorkian request to speak for five minutes about the removal of requesting bus driver to stop at Lincoln Park Towers on Sundays. (Attachments) - Petitioner spoke
24. Claudette
Danielson request to speak for five minutes from a woman’s point about the
removal of requesting bus driver to stop at Lincoln Park Towers on Sundays. (Attachments) - Petitioner spoke
25. COMMUNICATIONS
OF THE CITY MANAGER
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR FEBRUARY 26, 2002
1. NON-CITY COUNCIL
CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of appointment of Kevin O’Sullivan to the License Commission. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
B. Notification of appointment of Constables Charles Coppola & John Johnson. (Attachments)
Placed on file
2. CITY COUNCIL
CONFIRMATION:
3. AIRPORT:
A. Communication relative to a report
answering several questions that were recently asked by City Council regarding
commercial flights at the Worcester Regional Airport. (Attachments)
Held
to be First Item of Business March 5, 2002
4. ASSESSORS:
5. BUDGET OFFICE:
A. Communication relative to Financial Projections – FY03. (Attachments)
Referred
to Finance
6. COMMUNICATIONS:
7. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to Current MBTA
Worcester Station schedule. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to WRA Expended State Funds for Buildout for Private Spaces. (Attachments)
Referred to
Commerce & Development Committee
C. Communication relative to Change to Zoning Schedule. (Attachments)
Referred to
Land Use Committee
D. Communication relative to Redesignation of Exchange Point of WRTA Stops from City Hall to Union Station. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation
Committee and Commerce & Development Committee for Informational Purposes
Only
E. Communication relative to Snow Removal Pertaining to Bus Stops. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
F. Communication relative to a report regarding the status of the Webster Square Fire Station. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
8. ELDER AFFAIRS:
9. ELECTION COMMISSION:
10. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SERVICES:
11. EMPLOYMENT &
TRAINING:
12. FIRE:
13. HUMAN RESOURCES:
A.
Communication
relative to a report regarding the City’s recommendations on health insurance
and in response to many of the questions posed by Council at the last two
meetings. (Attachments)
Referred to
Municipal Operations Committee
B. Communication relative to the financial
effect of the arbitration award for the Locals 378 and 504 of the International
Brotherhood of Police Officers. (Attachments)
Voted to advertise proposed ordinance
C. SUPPLEMENTAL- Communication
relative to financial statements for Blue Cross and Fallon as requested by the
City Council. (Attachments)
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
D. SUPPLEMENTAL
- Communication relative to a letter received from John Coughlin, Vice
President, Select Markets of Blue Cross/Blue Shield. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
14. HUMAN RIGHTS:
15. INFORMATION SERVICES:
16. LAW:
A. Communication relative to two items
regarding Charter Communications. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
B. Communication relative to Green Hill Park – Vocational High School. (Attachments)
Referred to
Education Committee
C. Communication relative to letters exchanged between the City Solicitor and the District Attorney’s Office regarding the legality of a meeting held by the legislative delegation and members of the School Committee. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
17. LICENSE COMMISSION:
18. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to identifying social service and state non-profit agencies taken from the list identifying all of the City of Worcester’s non-taxable properties. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
B. Communication relative to an award from the
Statewide Bicycle Helmet Program in Recognition of William Saltonstall to the
City of Worcester. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to Tax Exempt Bonds
for Housing Construction. (Attachments)
Referred to Housing Committee
D. Communication relative to Small Business
Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
E. Communication relative to the reuse of the
PIP Shelter at 701 Main Street. (Attachments)
Referred to Health Committee
F. Request adoption of a resolution to file and accept an FY 2002 Dare Summer Day Program Grant with the Governor’s Alliance Against Drugs. (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted
19. PARKS, RECREATION &
CEMETERY:
20. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to the Number of Vehicles Towed in the Last Five Years. (Attachments)
Referred
Public Safety Committee
21. PUBLIC HEALTH & CODE
ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to 22 Front Street, Mid Town Mall Facade. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Enforcement of “non-smoking” in Public Buildings. (Attachments)
Referred
to Health Committee
22. PUBLIC LIBRARY:
23. PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
24. PUBLIC WORKS:
A. Communication relative to
Update/negotiation with Town of Holden-water, sewer and electricity rates. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to Number of Tickets Issued/Tows Ordered This Winter Season Due to Winter Parking Ban. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
C. Communication relative to Feasibility of Eliminating Small Traffic Island in Mill Street at Intersection with Chandler Street. (Attachments)
Recommitted to City Manager
D. Communication relative to Grimewatch Program – December 2001
Activity. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
E. Communication relative to Department of Public Works Involvement in Two-Hour School Delay. (Attachments)
Placed on file
F. Communication relative to Grimewatch Program – January 2002 Activity. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
G. Communication relative to GIS-generated Map with Most Recent Infrastructure Improvements. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
H. Communication relative to Recycling Grant Awards. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
I. Communication relative to Status Report – Street Resurfacing Projects FY 2002 Final Report for 2001 Construction Season. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
J. Communication relative to Traffic Study of Washington Square. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development
Committee
K. Communication relative to Westbound Shrewsbury Street Traffic. (Attachments)
Referred
to Commerce & Development Committee
25. PURCHASING:
26. TREASURY:
A. Communication relative to School Building
Assistance Bureau (SBAB) Project Audit #3127, Sullivan Middle. (Attachments)
Referred
to Education Committee
27. VETERAN’S SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Respectfully request that
Five Thousand Dollars and no cents ($5,000.00) from Local Law Enforcement Block
Grant Round IV Park Ranger Program be appropriated for use as follows:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18s172 Park
Ranger Program $5,000.00
and appropriated to:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18s172 March
Madness Program $5,000.00
The purpose of the March Madness
Program is to target and involve as many inner-city youths to get involved in
this basketball program. (Attachments)
Tabled
B. Recommend that Twenty Six Thousand Two
Hundred Eighty Three Dollars and Fifty Nine Cents ($26,283.59) be transferred
from Account #91C711, Building Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account
#26C704, Fire Department Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the payment of
various contractual obligations for the Fire Department, as approved in the
Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
C. Recommend that Fifty Five Thousand Dollars
($55,000.00), be transferred from Account #91C737, Water Meters, and
appropriated to Account #45C794, Water Meters, to provide funds for the payment
of current contractual obligations related to various installation projects, as
approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
D. Recommend the current apportionment from
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the amount of One Million Forty One
Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Dollars and Twenty One Cents, ($1,041,830.21) be
appropriated to Account #41C440, DPW Street Resurfacing, to provide funding for
current and future street resurfacing obligations. (Attachments)
Order adopted on roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
E. Request that One Hundred Forty-Two Dollars
and no cents ($142.00) from Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Round IV interest
be appropriated for use as follows:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S172 LLEBG IV Interest $142.00
and appropriated to:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S172 Abandoned Vehicle $142.00
Hotline Posters
The purpose of the Abandoned Vehicle Hotline posters will be used to make neighborhood residents aware of the hotline and the report of these vehicles. (Attachments)
Order adopted on roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
F. Recommend that One Hundred Thirty Thousand
Dollars ($130,000.00) be transferred from and to the following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
14s42616 Parks Improvements $ 3,800.00
14S42620 Parks Improvements $ 1,566.65
14S47520 Police $ 2,000.00
14SSAL20 OPCD Salaries & Fringe $ 1,339.51
14SOMI20 OPCD OM $ 5,244.78
14S42621 Parks Improvements $ 7,000.00
14S45321 Graffiti/Weed Removal $ 111.29
14S48021 Lead Paint $ 87.09
14SOM121 OPCD OM $ 3,452.60
14S42022 Minority Business Council $ 5,923.65
14S42222 Centro Las Americas $ 2,295.20
14S42322 Economic Development $ 2,605.12
14S47622 S. Worc. Neighborhood Ctr. $ 10,044.91
14S48522 Code Enforcement $ 22.21
14SSAL22 OPCD Salaries & Fringe $ 33,414.92
14SSAL23 OPCD Salaries & Fringe $ 17,109.79
14S40223 WHIP $ 9,480.38
14S42323 Economic Development $ 1,127.71
14S48523 Code Enforcement $ 18,548.80
14S40224 WHIP $ 3,559.98
14S48024 Lead Paint $ 475.00
14S48524 Code Enforcement $ 187.21
14S48624 Quinsig. Neighborhood Ctr. $ 603.20
and be appropriated to the following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
14S48116 Webster
Sq. Fire Station $ 3,800.00
14S48120 Webster
Sq. Fire Station $ 10,150.94
14S48121 Webster
Sq. Fire Station $ 10,650.98
14S48122 Webster
Sq. Fire Station $ 54,306.01
14S48123 Webster
Sq. Fire Station $ 46,266.68
14S48124 Webster
Sq. Fire Station $ 4,825.39
to provide funds earned from Program Income for the remaining project items needed to complete the Webster Square Fire Station project. (Attachments)
Order adopted on roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
G. Recommend that Nine Hundred Ninety Five
Thousand Dollars ($995,000.00) be transferred from Account #900-92000, City
Manager’s Contingency and appropriated to Account #250-91000, Police Department
Personal Services. This appropriation
will be used to fund retroactive payments necessary to implement the fiscal
2001 Arbitration award for Local 378 Police Officers and Local 504 Police
Officials Union.
Additionally recommend that
Two Million Four Hundred Sixty One thousand Four Hundred Eighty Nine Dollars
($2,461,489.00) be transferred from the following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
900-92000 City
Managers Cont. $2,212,572.00
900-91000 City
Managers Cont. 107,428.00
043-91000 Econ.
Dev. Pers. Serv. 55,000.00
150-91000 Elect.
Comm. Pers. Serv. 50,739.00
172-92000 Unempl.Comp. 15,750.00
040402-92000 Prof.
Dev. Ord. Maint. 20,000.00
and appropriated to Account
#250-91000, Police Department Personal Services. This appropriation will be used to fund payments necessary to
implement the fiscal 2002 Arbitration award for Local 378 Police Officers and
Local 504 Police Officials Union.
Furthermore, recommend that
Sixty Eight Thousand Five Hundred Eleven Dollars ($68,511.00) be transferred
from Reserve for Appropriation Premium on Loans, and appropriated to Account
#661-94000, Debt Service Principal.
Further recommend that Sixty Eight Thousand Five Hundred Eleven Dollars
($68,511.00) be transferred from account #661-94000, Debt Service Principal,
and appropriated to Account #250-91000, Police Department Personal
Services. This appropriation will be used
to fund payments necessary to implement the fiscal 2002 Arbitration award for
Local 378 Police Officers and Local 504 Police Officials Union. (Attachments)
Order adopted on roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
H. Recommend that Seventeen Thousand Seven
Hundred Eighty Seven Dollars and Twenty Eight Cents ($17,787.28) 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 various fire safety equipment, as approved in the Capital
Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
I. Request that Eight Thousand Six Hundred
Fifty Three Dollars and Twenty Eight Cents ($8,653.28) from Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant Round IV Gun Buy Back Program and Interest be
appropriated for use as follows:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S172 Gun Buy Back Program $8,650.00
18S172 Interest $ 3.28
and appropriated to:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S172 Computer
Equip. for $8,653.28
Police
Department
The Police Department is requesting these funds to purchase computer equipment, which is needed for their Department. (Attachments)
Tabled
J. Recommend that the finance order dated January 15, 2002 for Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($8,500.00) for the Friendly House Gym Repair be rescinded and that the following transfer take place:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
14S0821 Green Island CDC $ 1.31
14S42122 Green Isl./Vernon Hill Youth $ 31.81
14S43624 C. MA Housing Alliance $ 1.00
14S48524 Code Enforcement $2,263.00
14S42025 Black FBI $ 704.95
14S42426 Edward St. Daycare $3,150.25
14S42526 Great Brook Valley Health Ctr. $2,347.68
Total $8,500.00
and appropriated to the following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
14S45721 Friendly House Gym Repairs $ 1.31
14S45722 Friendly House Repairs $ 31.81
14S45724 Friendly House Gym Repairs $2,264.00
14S45725 Friendly House Gym Repairs $ 704.95
14S45726 Friendly House Gym Repairs $5,497.93
Total $8,500.00
in order to provide funds for the rehabilitation of the Friendly House Youth Basketball gymnasium facility. (Attachments)
Order adopted on roll call 10-0
(Patton absent)
29. MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication relative to the recent announcement of a reduction in state funding for FY 2003 by the State Legislature, House Speaker Thomas Finneran has appointed several subcommittees to look at how the legislature can otherwise help cities and towns cope with the dire state of the economy. (Attachments)
Referred to Legislative Affairs Committee
CHAIRMAN'S ORDERS
26-31 FROM HEALTH - Adopted
26. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a report setting forth what is considered the maximum overnight population at the Public Inebriate Program regardless of the type of accommodation and further, what is the expectation, the built-in capacity at the planned new facility. (Attachments)
27. Request City Manager to provide City Council with the full-time-equivalents for staff at the present Public Inebriate Program facility and the proposed new facility, broken down by paid and voluntary position. (Attachments)
28. Request City Manager forward to City Council a plan for better control of activities at the existing Public Inebriate Program site. (Attachments)
29. Request Administration report to the Health Committee at the February 26, 2002 meeting concerning the re-use of the Main St. PIP property subsequent to the move to a new location. (Attachments)
30. Request the Oral Health Initiative to provide City Council with a status report on the efforts of their organization to improve the oral health in the community of Worcester. (Attachments)
31. Request Administration report what steps they are taking to access the federal grant monies for Against Bio-terrorism and Emergency Preparedness. (Attachments)
32-38 FROM MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS - Adopted Except 34 & 35
32. Request City Manager to provide City Council with updates to his Fiscal Year 2002 Goals and Objectives on or about April 1 and July 1, 2002. (Attachments)
33. Request City Manager forward his Fiscal Year 2003 Goals and Objectives to the City Council with the submission of the 2003 Annual Budget. (Attachments)
34. That the City Council accepts the City Auditor’s Mission, Goals and Objectives for Fiscal Year 2002 and further, that the City Auditor be awarded a Merit Raise of four (4) steps effective July 1, 2001. (Attachments)
Tabled
35. That the City Council accepts the City Clerk’s Fiscal Year 2001 Accomplishments and Fiscal Year 2002 Goals and further, that the City Clerk be awarded a Merit Raise of four (4) steps effective July 1, 2001. (Attachments)
Tabled
36. Request Administration report to City Council concerning the January 10, 2002 action of the Massachusetts Development Finance Authority preliminary approval of a revenue bond project on behalf of the Henry Lee Willis Center. (Attachments)
37. Request City Auditor to provide City Council with a comment concerning the dialogue between KPMG, the City’s external auditors and the Administration relative to the Revenue Procedures Manual. (Attachments)
38. Request
City Auditor to consider inside auditing of City Departments for efficiencies
and technology advances. (Attachments)
39-53 FROM PUBLIC SAFETY - Adopted
39. Request Police Chief forward to City Council any changes in policing statistics that resulted from the reinstitution of the downtown foot patrols. (Attachments)
40. Request City Manager to detail the expenditure of funds received by the City of Worcester in the form of a Domestic Preparedness Program grant. (Attachments)
41. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a report on the number of juveniles who have been through the JAIBG Program. (Attachments)
42. Request City Manager to provide City Council with any information that he has shared with biotech companies in the City concerning terrorism while maintaining necessary confidentialities. (Attachments)
43. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a status report on the creation of a new firefighter training facility, including all funding options explored. (Attachments)
44. Request Administration report how they plan to respond to the reported vacancy factor in the Fire Department. (Attachments)
45. Request the Fire Chief report to City Council the number and location of closing of fire companies realized during the summer of 2001. (Attachments)
46. Request Fire Chief to provide City Council with a comparative report on the benefits of adding a new fire class as compared to utilizing overtime monies. (Attachments)
47. Request City Manager to provide an updated report concerning the closing/replacement of the Central St. Fire Station. (Attachments)
48. Request City Manager to provide City Council with an update on the progress in obtaining grant funds under the 2002 Assistance to Firefighters Program. (Attachments)
49. Request Director of Communications report to City Council concerning any regionalization of communications services that has been implemented anywhere in the Commonwealth. (Attachments)
50. Request Communications Director report concerning the cost to upgrade the radio system to fully accommodate those areas in the City where maintaining communications has been a problem. (Attachments)
51. Request Communications Director report to City Council concerning discussions between the City of Worcester and Massachusetts Energy Trust. (Attachments)
52. Request Communications Director report to City Council the solutions being explored to handle the ongoing problems of communicating to the inside of large facilities throughout the City which has been a problem. (Attachments)
53. Request the Budget Director to provide City Council with an updated report on the capital plan for the Communications Department for Fiscal Years 2003 through 2005. (Attachments)
54-57 FROM PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION - Adopted
54. Request City Manager to request Charter Communications provide City Council with statistics for the most recent five years concerning the number of Worcester subscribers and the various levels of service they choose to purchase and whether these subscribers have digital or analog service. (Attachments)
55. Request City Manager to request Charter Communications provide
City Council with statistics concerning call abandonment and the wait times
experienced by callers for years 1997 through the current year.
56. Request City Manager to request Charter Communications provide
City Council with records of complaint calls. (Attachments)
57. Request City Manager to explore the possibility of obtaining
pole attachment federal regulation to include underground access to encourage
competition for cable television services in the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
58-62 FROM PUBLIC WORKS - Adopted
58. Request City Manager to investigate the possibility of accessing
state funds for the construction of sidewalks in Harrington Way and Franklin
Street as part of the funding for the construction of a new North High School.
(Attachments)
59. Request City Solicitor provide the City Council with an opinion
relative to the frontage dispute involving property at 3 Barnstable Road. (Attachments)
60. Request Commissioner of Public Works to take appropriate
corrective action to alleviate water runoff problem at intersection of Benham
Street and Phoenix Street. (Attachments)
61. Request Commissioner of Public Works to mark the proposed path
of the curbs along West Chester Street during the Spring of 2002. (Attachments)
62. Request City Manager to consider appointing an ad-hoc committee
to consider appropriate design of the lobby of Police Headquarters at the
"Hall of Chiefs". (Attachments)
ORDERS
63. Request City Manager provide the City Council with a status
report on the review and re-write of the City's Zoning Ordinance, and the plans
that have been made to obtain public input in this process. (Abraham) (Attachments)
Placed on file
64. Request Administration update the City Council regarding the
signalization of Mill and June Streets.
(Abraham) (Attachments)
Adopted
65. Request City Manager
report on number of complaints regarding illegal sale of alcohol from private
residences. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
66. Request City Manager report on number of complaint calls to
Police Department regarding excessive noise and aggressive behavior in the vicinity
of Kendig and Southbridge Streets.
(Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
67. Request City Manager to consider making intersection at Clifton
and Oberlin Streets a four-way Stop, and if this is not advisable to make
recommendation to reduce the hazards at this intersection. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
68. Request City Manager to establish complaint line for Worcester
residents to report complaints regarding Charter Communications. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
69. Request City Manager to establish complaint line for Worcester
residents to report complaints to Code regarding trash. (Haller) (Attachments)
Leave to withdraw
70. Request City Council to refer its current rules to the Standing
Committee on Rules and Regulations for a review. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted - Referred
to Rules Committee
71. Request Administration report on what cost savings would be
incurred in the 2003 budget if City employees were to take a furlough of 1 to 8
days in the next fiscal year in order to avoid layoffs. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Councillor Lukes
moved to amend: Report what impact, if
any, would be involved in terms of calculating pensions if furloughs
occur. Order adopted, as amended.
72. Request City Administration to provide a report for road
improvements on New Bond St. (Patton)
(Attachments)
Adopted
73. Request City Manager forward a letter to Worcester’s college
presidents and hospital CEO’s requesting that they keep any new property
acquired on the City tax rolls.
(Murray, Perotto, Palmieri, Petty, Clancy, Patton, Abraham, Haller,
Irish, Lukes, Gomez) (Attachments)
Adopted
74. Request City Administration provide an update to the January 25,
2000 report from the City Assessor
listing the annual revenue lost from the acquisition of taxable properties by
exempt organizations. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
75. Request Administration report and make recommendations on New
Jersey’s “Transit Village”, the Portland, Oregon area’s “Metro” and San
Francisco’s “BART” programs use of federal funds and local incentives for
transit oriented development such as Union Station/Washington Square. (Irish) (Attachments)
Adopted
76. Request Administration to secure a report from the School
Department on the physical integrity of the Fire Alarm and Telegraph Building
at 224 Park Ave. and plans to address deficiencies, if any, which might
compromise the structure. (Irish) (Attachments)
Adopted
77. Request Administration develop a 5-year, $12.5 million Street
and Sidewalk Repair Program with the first $2.5 million included in the Fiscal
Year 2003 Capital Budget. (Murray,
Clancy, Perotto, Palmieri, Petty, Patton, Abraham, Haller, Irish, Gomez) (Attachments)
Adopted
78. Request Administration report on early retirement incentive
legislation currently being reviewed in the State Legislative Joint Rules
Committee, including the number of City employees that would be eligible for
said legislation in the event that said legislation is adopted. (Murray)
(Attachments)
Councillor Clancy
moved to amend: Request Administration
communicate to City Council on any past early retirement incentives the City
may have offered in the last 10 years and if there is any other type of program
the City could offer for an early retirement incentive. Order adopted, as amended.
79. Request Administration report on the viability of giving
employees one and a half days of vacation for each day taken as a furlough day
and whether there are any precedents set in any of the City’s bargaining
contracts giving employees extra vacation days as incentives. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
80. Request Administration report to City Council on what, if any,
specific contact has taken place on a monthly basis with airlines utilizing the
Worcester Regional Airport to monitor the passenger and financial situation of
each carrier. (Murray) (Attachments)
Mayor Murray moved
to amend: to include by the
Administration - Order Adopted, as amended
81. Request City Manager negotiate with Charter communications to
include the City of Worcester government web site as one channel on either the
expanded basic option or as part of the new interactive television option in
the digital cable services offered Central Massachusetts subscribers. Offering the City’s web site greatly expands
information from Worcester, the major city of Central Massachusetts. (Petty) (Attachments)
Adopted
82. Request City Manager report on what residents and businesses can
do presently to either help in the present water supply deficit or in reducing
future needs for water, especially this summer. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
83. Request City Manager to consider making the ARTS DISTRICT and
the side streets to Beacon St. the location for a temporary zero tolerance
effort. Further, request that this
effort include Health and Code, DPW, Vice and Gang units and all other
departments as deemed necessary to curb loitering, aggressive panhandling,
litter, graffiti, drug and sex trafficking from this area. Further, request that the City Manager
report back to the Council on results.
(Haller)
Adopted
84. Request City Manager to provide new district maps reflecting new
district lines. Further, request City
Manager to report on when new “Street Directory” books will be available. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
85. Request City Manager to make recommendations for a comprehensive
litter PREVENTION and CLEANUP campaign.
It is asked that the City Manager consider adding this program to the
City’s priority projects, which will ensure proper attention and resources for
success: To include: 1)
City-wide slogan and campaign, to include prominent awareness of the
GRIME Watch and abandoned car reporting phone numbers, trash bag placement
time, street cleaning times, leaf pickup/sand pickup schedules. 2)
Identifying existing litter regulations and recommending changes and/or
additions to the existing regulations, including fines. 3)
Developing partnership with the Chamber, local business organizations,
crime/neighborhood watches, CDC’s, schools, social service organizations for
the purpose of developing the campaign and to market and educate
residents/businesses about the plan and to act as watchdogs on compliance. 4)
Consideration of reinstatement of used lottery ticket exchanges. (Haller) (Attachments)
Councillor Haller moved to amend: to add Councillor Irish as an author.
Order adopted, as amended
86. Request Administration provide City Council with a report detailing
the schedule of fines and methods of enforcement for illegal dumping in the
City. (Abraham) (Attachments)
Adopted
87. Request Administration of the Worcester Public Schools provide
City Council with a report itemizing any projected or proposed cutbacks in
athletic programs in the school system under consideration as a result of the
preliminary figures being received that will affect the Fiscal Year 2003
budget. (Abraham) (Attachments)
Adopted
88. Request Administration provide City Council with any
recommendations completed as a result of previous City Council requests for
traffic studies for the intersections of Moreland St./Brigham Rd./Carter Rd.
and Chandler St./Mill St. (Abraham)
Councillor Abraham moved
to amend: to delete the intersection of
Chandler St./Mill St. Order adopted, as
amended
89. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a report
concerning policy and procedures for Bio-terrorism attack on the City of
Worcester. (Perotto) (Attachments)
Councillor Perotto
moved to amend: to include all
terrorism types of attack and to add Mayor Murray as an author. Order adopted, as amended
90. Request Administration to consider the possibility of having a
one week furlough for all employees, including Department Heads as a way to
minimize any potential layoffs and to tell us what financial impact that would
have on the financial deficit. (Gomez, Haller, Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
91. Request Administration send a representative of the City of
Worcester to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bio-Terrorism
Conference to be held in Boston on March 6, 2002. (Murray, Perotto)
Adopted
92. Request City Manager to submit a list of priority spending for
his capital budget for fiscal year 2003.
(Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
92a. Request Administration to report to the City Council for the March
5, 2002 meeting the following:
1.Whether the statement made by Blue Cross and Blue Shield in their
February 26, 2002 communication was accurate with regards to the savings that
they can offer as opposed to the Fallon
proposal; 2. Check the discrepancies
against the original bid; 3. If Fallon
has the capability to provide service for 7,000 new subscribers into their
plan; 4. If the Fallon proposal
relative to UMass Memorial Hospital being the single provider is accurate; 5.
With regards to the claims disk being provided monthly, what if, any changes
could have prepared us for the cost increases; 6. What the implications are with regards to collective bargaining
negotiations, report on any language from any
contract we currently have with any employee group that
specifically refers to health insurance
benefits and what specifically is to be provided in their three-year contract.
Motion Clancy @ #4CC - Adopted (Attachments)
92b. Request Administration to request City Departments to suggest ways
to increase their own budgets by five to ten
percent. Motion Petty @ #5A CM - Adopted
(Attachments)
92c. Request the Treasurer to report to the City Council on where we
stand this year as to billed out and amounts received relative to revenue estimates including motor vehicles excise
taxes. Motion Murray @ #5A CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92d. Request Administration to report to the City Council under the
Municipal Fixed Expenses for
Principal/Interest report what the interest only is and report on the
court judgement total. Motion Palmieri @
#5A CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92e. Request Administration to
report to the City Council an explanation of why we want to move the
destination bus stop to Worcester Center Boulevard. Motion Clancy @ #7D CM -
Adopted (Attachments)
92f. Request Administration to provide the City Council with any WRTA
rider surveys if they exist concerning bus service. Motion Lukes @ #7D CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92g. Request Administration to report to the City Council other
suggestions to devise ways to improve the flow of traffic at the intersection
of Chandler and Mill Streets. Motion
Abraham @#24C CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92h. Request Administration to report if another department could be
utilized to speed up the process relative to the GIS-generated map with most
recent infrastructure improvements. Motion Palmieri @ #24G CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92i. Request Administration to report on how specifically the expected
monies from the State for highway construction will impact the program we
currently have with Public Works Department in the upcoming year for both the
city department and the street department; also a breakdown of the impact on
the resurfacing program for arterial and residential streets. Motion
Clancy @ #24I CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92j. Request Administration to
provide the City Council with a GIS visual model of stacking of vehicles onto
the proposed Washington Square Area. Motion
Clancy @ #24J CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92k. Request Administration to provide clarification of the term
"as the process proceeds" with regards to unresolved issues regarding
Union Station driveway. Motion Murray @
#24K CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92l. Request Administration to
provide clarification of the use of Local Law Enforcement Block Grant funds for
a Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Supervisor's salary. Motion Clancy @ #28A CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92m. Request Administration be
and is hereby requested to provide recommendations to the City Council first of
the proposed use of remaining unexpended balances of Block Grant funds
before going to Community Development Sub-Committee. Motion Clancy @ #28F CM -
Adopted (Attachments)
92n. Request Administration to consider public safety salaries when
making recommendations for use of remaining unexpended balances of Block Grant
funds. Motion Perotto @ #28F CM -
Adopted (Attachments)
92o. Request Administration to
provide a definition of the word "supplant" as it is used in Federal
Funding Mechanism for Block Grants. Motion Clancy @ #28F CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92p. Request the Administration to confirm the date for the Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant final recommendations. Motion Petty @ #28F CM - Adopted
(Attachments)
92q. Request the City Solicitor
to report whether any illegality exists in regards to supplant versus
supplement issue regarding Block Grants. Motion
Lukes @ #28F CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92r. Request the Administration to report on the Gun Buy Back Program
that was halted due to September 11, 2001 incident and report on the use of the
approximate $6,000 in unexpended funds.
Further report on the what the minimum amount of money needed to conduct
a Gun Buy Back Program. Motion Lukes @ #28I CM - Adopted (Attachments)
92s. Request City Solicitor to recommend to the City Council other
possible solutions for the speed hump program without state legislation. Motion
Murray @ #106 CC - Adopted (Attachments)
93-95 ADOPTED
93. STREET BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT:
KEEN ST. (Attachments)
94. STREET BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT:
DELMONT AVE. (Attachments)
95. STREET BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT:
ORTON ST. (Attachments)
96. James A. DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting progress report
on the status of the City’s finances for the fiscal year that ends June 30,
2002. (Attachments)
Referred to Finance
97. James A. DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting communication
regarding potential filing of Home Rule legislation that would remove the
earnings restriction placed on Albert Toney, III who receives an accidental
disability pension from the Worcester Retirement System.
Placed on file
98. James A. DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting City’s Management
Letter for the year ended June 30, 2001, prepared by KPMG LLP.
Referred to
Municipal Operations Committee
99. Roberta R. Schaefer, Executive Director, Worcester Regional
Research Bureau transmitting Benchmarking Public Education in Worcester. (Attachments)
Referred to Education
Committee
100 FROM PUBLIC
SAFETY Adopted
100. That the City Council Standing Committee on Public Safety goes on record in favor of funding the amount of $18,000.00 for a study of the “dead communications areas” across the City. (Attachments)
101 FROM PUBLIC
SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION - Adopted
101. That the City Council hereby go on record in support of the notice
to be sent to Charter Communications by the Administration for their
non-compliance with the terms of the cable television contract concerning call
times. (Attachments)
102. RECESS
TO FINANCE AND ORDINANCE: No action taken
a) #4B CM June 19, 2001
Communication of the City
Manager relative to Breakdown of New Growth Figures over the past ten years. (Attachments)
b) #5A CM January 29, 2002
Communication of the City
Manager relative to the local aid figures included in the Governor's Budget for
the City of Worcester for Fiscal
2003. (Attachments)
REPORTS
103 - 105 ACCEPTED
& ORDERS ADOPTED
103. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the Order of
Councillor Clancy requesting the City Manager’s Goals and Objectives for FY
2002 be amended to include a new goal referencing a solution to the problem of
overgrowth encroaching the public ways across the City: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Order requesting the City Manager to consider including a solution to the
problem of overgrowth encroaching the public ways across the City in preparing
his Goals for FY 2003.
104. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the Order of
Councillor Clancy requesting Municipal Operations Committee to consider speed
humps and the tree farm as Goals for the City Manager in FY 2002: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Order requesting the City Manager to consider including speed humps and the
tree farm in preparing his Goals for FY 2003. (Attachments)
105. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the Order of
Mayor Mariano requesting Municipal Operations Committee, in the future,
consider to amend the Goals and Objectives of the City Manager as follows: 1)
Relative to Union Station, whether we have a developer, whether the
development parcels are being marketed and whether we have a parking garage; 2)
Relative to the South Worcester Industrial Park, the issue of business
recruitment be included; 3) Relative to
the timeframe for consideration in evaluating TIF’s, that the references to
three years be broken down so that the minimum level of accomplishment must
take place in the first year; 4) That the reference relative to business
recruitment include clarification of the terms “targeted” and “actual” ; 5) In the analysis of the business tax base,
a comparison of businesses locating and leaving the city be included: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
106 ACCEPTED AS
AMENDED TO INCLUDE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF OVERGROWTH ENCROACHING THE
PUBLIC WAYS, SPEED HUMPS AND THE TREE FARM
106. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the
Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to FY
2002 Goals and Objectives: recommend City Council accept FY 2002 Goals and
Objectives of the City Manager. (Attachments)
107 ACCEPTED
107. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the
Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to City
Manager’s accomplishments as they correlate with the year 2000 Goals and
Objectives: recommend Communication be placed on file. (Attachments)
108. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Michael Burke on
behalf of J. Matero requesting the ML-0.5/RL-7 zone line be relocated
approximately 165 ft. northerly on Atlas St. so that 14 Atlas St. is in the
RL-7 zone. (Attachments)
Referred to
Ordinance Committee for hearing
Reconsideration filed by
Mayor Murray
109-142 ACCEPTED
109. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the Order of Mayor
Mariano requesting the Public Safety Committee to work with City Administration
to find community based strategies to respond and additionally to look at ways
to publicize the name, photos and addresses of those individuals convicted of
crimes involving prostitution: recommend Order be placed on file. (Attachments)
110. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the Communication of
James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting report prepared by KPMG concerning
certain activities of the office that oversees Police off-duty details: recommend Communication be placed on
file. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the following
Communications of the City Manager: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
111. Transmitting communication relative to establishment of Downtown
Foot Patrol. (Attachments)
112. Transmitting communication relative to a grant award in the amount
of $310,000.00 for the City of Worcester’s Domestic Preparedness Program. (Attachments)
113. Transmitting communication relative to the Executive Office of
Public Safety award of $60,136.00 for the Juvenile Accountability Incentive
Block Grant Program (JAIBG) to the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
114. Transmitting communication relative to Citywide Crime Watch
meeting held October 24, 2001. (Attachments)
115. Transmitting communication relative to Current Worcester Police
Department Internal Affairs Policy and Procedure Manual. (Attachments)
116. Transmitting communication relative to Additional Security in the
Private Biotech Companies in the City. (Attachments)
117. Transmitting communication relative to graphics/outlining
structure fires in the City for the past 20 years. (Attachments)
118. Transmitting communication relative to $108,000.00 of grant money
to be used for the purchase of firefighting equipment. (Attachments)
119. Transmitting communication relative to a comprehensive feasibility
study for a regional firefighter training facility. (Attachments)
120. Transmitting communication relative to Fire Act Grant. (Attachments)
121. Transmitting communication relative to ideal period for manning a
Fire Class and the cost. (Attachments)
122. Transmitting communication relative to arrangement with State Fire
Marshall on staffing and use of Hazmet equipment. (Attachments)
123. Transmitting communication relative to number of people going out
on an average basis per fire truck. (Attachments)
124. Transmitting communication relative to number of people going out
on an average basis per fire truck. (Attachments)
125. Transmitting communication relative to repetitive false alarms. (Attachments)
126. Transmitting communication relative to estimate of overtime budget
(Fire Department). (Attachments)
127. Transmitting communication relative to status of maintenance
improvements at the Tatnuck Square Fire Station. (Attachments)
128. Transmitting communication relative to the needs of the City’s
Communication Center. (Attachments)
129. Transmitting communication relative to system in place if regular/emergency
telephone service is interrupted. (Attachments)
130. Transmitting communication relative to communications systems
outages over the last six months. (Attachments)
131. Transmitting communication relative to establishment of a regional
firefighter training facility in Worcester. (Attachments)
132. Transmitting communication relative to 2002 Assistance to
Firefighters Program. (Attachments)
133. Transmitting communication relative to Assistance to Firefighters
Program. (Attachments)
134. Transmitting communication relative to Webster Square Fire
Station. (Attachments)
135. Transmitting communication relative to building of a hotel on the
Central St. Fire Station site and the disposition of fire companies. (Attachments)
136. Transmitting communication relative to private outsourcing
opportunities for call centers. (Attachments)
137. Transmitting communication relative to regionalizing the Call
Center Service. (Attachments)
138. Transmitting communication relative to multi-year capital plan for
the Communications Department. (Attachments)
139. Transmitting communication relative to the shooting at Nick’s II.
(Attachments)
140. Transmitting communication relative to identification for
Constables in the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
141. Transmitting communication relative to costs incurred by
Departments as a result of heightened security measures since September 11,
2001. (Attachments)
142. Transmitting communication relative to operating all terrain
vehicles on private streets. (Attachments)
143 & 144
ACCEPTED & ORDERS ADOPTED ROLL CALL 10 - 0 (Patton
Absent)
143. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of
Arthur & Barbara Rossi request abatement of Street Betterment Assessment
#24356 in the amount of $5,530.28 on Benham St.: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order to abate to
$541.28. (Attachments)
144. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Kevin
& Karin Gosler request abatement of Street Betterment Assessment #24351 in
the amount of $5,136.00 on Valley View Lane:
recommend adoption of the accompanying Order to abate in full. (Attachments)
145-147 ACCEPTED
& ORDERS ADOPTED
145. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Sophie
Kaltsas request guardrail in front of brook between Meadowbrook Rd. and
Dennison Rd.: recommend adoption of
the accompanying Order . (Attachments)
146. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of
William S. Coleman, III request City Council have City Administration name the
Police Headquarters after Chief Edward P. Gardella upon his retirement: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Order requesting the City Council to name the lobby at the Police Headquarters
at 9-11 Lincoln Square the "Hall of Chiefs". (Attachments)
147. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Mayor
Raymond V. Mariano on behalf of Greg Pike requesting City Council to upgrade
water main to 2” pipe to feed to new house at 285 Heard St.: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Order. (Attachments)
148 ACCEPTED &
ORDER ADOPTED ROLL CALL 10-0 (Patton Absent)
148. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Order of
Councillor Stephen T. Patton and Councillor Timothy P. Murray requesting Public
Works Committee to consider a Petition to make the private portion of West
Chester St. public: recommend
adoption of the accompanying order authorizing the City Solicitor to prepare
necessary Orders to make public the private portion of West Chester St. (Attachments)
149-180 ACCEPTED
149. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of John
D'Iorio and Kenneth Pecora request to extend the main sewer from the existing
location on Onset St. to Lots 17, 18, 19 & 20 on Porter St. Request to be done at the expense of the
City.: recommend Petition be
referred to the Planning Board . (Attachments)
150. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Paul
Bottis, Jr., Director, Physical Plant at Clark University request to install an
electrical duct bank across Hawthorne St. This duct bank will be located
between property Clark University owns at 9 and 10 Hawthorne St. All work to be done at Petitioners' expense
and to the City of Worcester's specifications:
recommend Petition be referred to City Council for scheduling of
grant plan hearing. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Petitions: recommend Petitions be
placed on file.
151. Mayor Raymond V. Mariano on behalf of Joseph Capone request
abatement of water and sewer bill from the previous owner of 15-17 Putnam Lane.
(Attachments)
152. Councillor Konstantina B. Lukes on behalf of Ralph Oliveri request
abatement of costs of $4,479.01 for the repair of a water leak. (Attachments)
153. John Campanale et al request paved sidewalk be constructed on
Franklin St. from Plantation St. east to Harrington Way at no cost to the
abutters. (Attachments)
154. Councillor Paul P. Clancy Jr. on behalf of Barbara Janita et al
request sidewalks along McKeon Rd. (Attachments)
155. Mihail Bocka request to install sidewalks on Fourth St. (Attachments)
156. Councillor Michael C. Perotto on behalf of Robert Seder request
guardrail replacement in front of 36 Terrace Dr. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Communications of the City Manager: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
157. Transmitting communication relative to zone on Carpenter Ave. and
Bullard Ave. (Attachments)
158. Transmitting communication relative to street pavement openings
longer than ten feet. (Attachments)
159. Transmitting communication relative to Status Report #5 - Street
Resurfacing Projects. (Attachments)
160. Transmitting communication relative to Status Report #6 - Street
Resurfacing Projects. (Attachments)
161. Transmitting communication relative to completion of the Private
Street Maintenance Program. (Attachments)
162. Transmitting communication relative to the failed septic system in
Paxton. (Attachments)
163. Transmitting communication relative to water flow and control
problems relative to construction on Dixon and Wakefield Streets. (Attachments)
164. Transmitting communication relative to Wayne and Baker Streets
periodic flooding. (Attachments)
165. Transmitting communication relative to yard waste drop-off sites.
(Attachments)
166. Transmitting communication relative to Grime Watch Program -
September 2001 Activity. (Attachments)
167. Transmitting communication relative to Grime Watch Program -
October 2001 Activity. (Attachments)
168. Transmitting communication relative to petition for new island on
Eastern Ave. (Attachments)
169. Transmitting communication relative to plantings on the island on
Eastern Ave. (Attachments)
170. Transmitting communication relative to the activities of our Grime
Watch Program. (Attachments)
171. Transmitting communication relative to traffic study for West
Chester St. (Attachments)
172. Transmitting communication relative to widening of West Chester
St. and traffic calming devices on West Chester St. (Attachments)
173. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Chairman's Order
from the joint Traffic & Parking Committee and Public Works Committee
requesting Administration to consider deploying one plowing inspector per truck
instead of two: recommend Chairman's
Order be placed on file. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Petitions: recommend Petitions be
denied.
174. Robert & Teresa Girouard on behalf of R. Wayne Richard request
abatement of Street Betterment Assessment #24417 in the amount of $1,483.20 on
Arline St. (Attachments)
175. Anthony & Ann Rucci request abatement of Street Betterment
Assessment #24367 in the amount of $10,149.00 on Benham St. (Attachments)
176. Peter & Jeannette White request abatement of Sewer Assessment
#30762 in the amount of $4,800.00 on Carpenter Ave. (Attachments)
177. Michael Marquis request abatement of Private Street Betterment
Assessment #50061 in the amount of $1,648.35 on Beaumont Rd. (Attachments)
178. Nicholas & Francine Spagnola request abatement of Street
Betterment Assessment #24373 in the amount of $2,939.83 on Benham St. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Petitions: recommend Petitioners be
given leave to withdraw.
179. Herion Koka request fire hydrant located in front of the driveway
of 32 Second St. be relocated. (Attachments)
180. Paul Ericson, Trustee, Mai Tai Realty Trust request to install new
asphalt sidewalk in front of 25, 29 and 35 Heywood St. at his expense. (Attachments)
181 ORDAINED ROLL
CALL 10-0 (Patton Absent)
181. Amending the Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 relative to members of the Worcester Public Health Nurses Association. (Attachments)
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
FEBRUARY 25, 2002
MILITARY AFFAIRS COUNCIL
CHAMBER
6:15
P.M. (Note Change In Time)
FEBRUARY 25, 2002 PUBLIC WORKS
COUNCIL CHAMBER
7:00
P.M.
FEBRUARY 26, 2002 HEALTH COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30-7:00
P.M. Re: AIDS/HIV Committee Report
FEBRUARY 27, 2002 COMMERCE &
COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:00-7:00
P.M. DEVELOPMENT
Re:
Union Station & Washington Square
FEBRUARY 27, 2002 TRAFFIC & PARKING
COUNCIL CHAMBER
7:00
P.M.
MARCH 5, 2002
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COUNCIL
CHAMBER
6:00-7:00
P.M.
MARCH 12, 2002 HEALTH
COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30-7:00
P.M.
MARCH 14, 2002 PUBLIC SAFETY
COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00
P.M.