CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– MARCH 19, 2002
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:05 P.M.
Adjourned: 10:00 P.M.
1. INVOCATION - Rev. George Ridick
St. Catherine of Sweden Church
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL
CALL – All present except Councillor
Patton
HEARINGS & ORDERS - 7:00 P.M.
Hearings
held
4. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit and cable location
on: AITCHISON STREET. (Attachments)
5. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit and cable location
on: PLANTATION STREET. (Attachments)
4a & 5a ADOPTED
4a. Granting permission to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit and
cable location on: AITCHISON STREET.
5a. Granting permission to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit and
cable location on: PLANTATION STREET.
6. ITEMS OF CITIZEN INTEREST
6a. ITEMS OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
PETITIONS
7 & 8 REFERRED TO PUBLIC SERVICE &
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
7. P.A. Courtney et al request for continued WRTA busing for
elderly and disabled residents. (Attachments)
8. Frances Lish request City Council to install street lights
between 25 through 31 Beechmont St., not to conflict with new trees. (Attachments)
9-12 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
9. Albert Belmonte request portraits of both former Mayors John
Anderson and Timothy Cooney be installed on the third floor of City Hall. (Attachments)
10. Councillor Paul P. Clancy Jr. request to resurface Sterling St.
(Attachments)
11. Samantha Roy et al request private street maintenance for
Prioulx St. (Attachments)
12. James Brandt et al request private street maintenance on #2 to
#10 Assumption Ave. (Attachments)
13 & 14 REFERRED TO TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
13. Ruth Gonzalez on behalf of Jose Zayas request "Blind
Person" sign at both sides of the crosswalk closest to 9 Great Brook
Valley Drive in the area of Great Brook Valley Medical Center. (Attachments)
14. Michael Galvin request Traffic & Parking Committee conduct
hearings for the purpose of public input to critique the URS Roundabout study
for Washington Square. (Attachments)
15 - 17 HEARINGS SET FOR MARCH 26, 2002 - 7:00 P.M.
15. NSTAR
for a gas main location: ONEIDA AVENUE.
(Attachments)
16. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for a conduit location: LAKESIDE AVENUE. (Attachments)
17. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY AND VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for
a joint pole location: KALMAR STREET. (Attachments)
17a-h
FROM PUBLIC SAFETY – a-g Adopted – h Placed on file
17a. Request City Solicitor to provide City Council with a report detailing any situations under which the Police would be disallowed from photographing people in public spaces. (Attachments)
17b. Request Police Chief to provide City Council with a report
concerning photographing protestors in public spaces. (Attachments)
17c. Request Administration to recommend a policy concerning
surveillance and photographing the public at-large by the Police
Department. (Attachments)
17d. Request City Solicitor to provide City Council with a comment on
ordinances in place in Seattle, Denver and San Francisco concerning
photographing protestors in public spaces.
(Attachments)
17e. Request the Fire Chief to provide City Council with a punch list
of items remaining to be completed at the new Webster St. Fire Station and the
timing for installation of the previously funded traffic signal at the entrance
to the station. (Attachments)
17f. Request Administration to prioritize the recommendations provided
to City Council February 12, 2002 for use of Round VI of the FY 01 Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant. (Attachments)
17g. Request Administration to set forth for the City Council
procedures that are adhered to for submission to the U.S. Department of Justice
concerning the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant. (Attachments)
17h. Request Administration to provide City Council with a
recommendation to allocate $25,000.00 for Worcester Police Department radios
and for the Main South Alert Center. Placed on file (Attachments)
17i. Request City Manager to provide City Council with an in-depth
analysis of the Cambridge St. alternative route to the Worcester Regional
Airport. Motion-Petty @ #3A CM – Adopted
17j. Request Administration to request Mass. Highway to keep the funds
set aside for the access road to the Worcester Regional Airport for other
projects in the City of Worcester. Motion-Abraham @ #3A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17k. Request City Manager report as to what the City’s obligations are
relative to FAA grants accepted by the City; what is the total amount due, what
new FAA grants or Mass. Aeronautic Commission grants are in the pipeline, what
those grants are for and a recommendation if the City should accept those
grants, what did MassPort pay for last year in terms of expenses for the
airport, what are they paying for this year and what do they plan on paying for
next year. Motion-Lukes @ #3A CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
17L Request City Manager to request our Congressman if, in fact, the
City can get forgiveness as a City for all the FAA grants already accepted by
the City on behalf of the Worcester Regional Airport. Motion-Lukes @ #3A CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
17m. That the City Council go on record against the three preferred
alternative routes involving the Hope Ave. access to the Worcester Regional
Airport as presented by the Mass. Highway Department at the February 27, 2002
meeting at South High School. Motion-Petty @ #3A CM – Adopted on a roll
call vote 10-0 (Patton absent)
17n. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a listing of the
top five properties that went from paying taxes to non-profit for the years
1991-2002. Report to include what the
property was and who the property was transferred to. Motion-Clancy @ #4A CM –
Adopted
17o. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a listing of new
building construction on existing tax exempt properties. Motion-Haller
@ #4A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17p. Request City Manager report relative to the March 15, 2002 letter
to the City Manager from the Director of Human Resources by providing City
Council with figures for the Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan in place of the Fallon
Plan. Motion-Haller @ #5A CM – Adopted
17q. Request City Manager to consider notifying all City bargaining
units of the problem of health insurance not only this year but next year and
we develop, in some cooperative manner with the unions, a schedule for
discussions right now. Motion-Lukes @ #5A CM – Adopted
17r. Request City Manager report as to the number of teachers in the
Worcester Public Schools that live in the City of Worcester. Motion-Perotto
@ #13A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17s. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a report
indicating the timeframes for all programs offered to City employees to reside
in the City of Worcester as compared to the actual residency as documented by
Human Resources. Motion-Lukes @ #13A CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
17t. Request City Manager to provide an annual report on residency of
City employees. Motion-Murray @ #13A CM – Adopted
17u. Request City Manager report as to whether any goals have been
established relative to the percentage of City employees residing in the City
of Worcester. Motion-Haller @ #13A CM – Adopted
17v. Request City Manager report, if possible, on the reasons for City
employees leaving the City of Worcester a well as moving into the City. Motion-Palmieri
@ #13A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17w. Request City Manager report as to the cost to the City to install
speed humps. Motion-Clancy @ #16B CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
17x. Request City Manager to attach wording to the deed or lien for the
land in the Gardner Kilby Hammond Initiative to insure that the City’s children
have the ability to use the ball fields in this area. Motion-Perotto @ #18A CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
17y. Request City Manager to request a report from the Boys/Girls Club
as to when fundraising will begin for the new facility within the Gardner Kilby
Hammond Initiative. Motion-Perotto @ #18A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17z. Request City Manager to contact the parties at Clark University
involved in the Gardner Kilby Hammond Initiative relative to Clark University
guaranteeing the $2 million loan. Motion-Petty @ #18A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17aa. Request City Manager report on other City owned land that might be
considered under the Brownfields Program.
Motion-Perotto @ #18D CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
17bb. Request City Manager report on any restrictions on the use of LLEBG
funds for salaries. Motion-Haller @ #18F CM – Adopted
17cc. Request City Manager to invite a representative of Lowes Home
Improvement to a City Council meeting in order for the City Council to show its
appreciation and gratitude for the donation of materials worth over $15,000.00
to benefit the Commonwealth of Mass. Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Green Hill
Park. Motion-Clancy @ #19A CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
17dd. Request Administration report on the cost of replacement of all
radios for the Worcester Police Department and whether Local Law Enforcement
Block Grant funds can be used for that purpose. Murray – Suspension of
Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
17ee. Request City Manager to request the Police Dept. and WRTA to check
on men getting on the bus luring young people into participating in games
dealing with cards and finding the hidden ball and taking their money. Gomez
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted
17ff. Request Administration to write Amtrak and contact federal
officials in opposition to recently announced cuts in Amtrak service,
specifically the Lake Shore Limited – Chicago to Boston which goes through
Worcester. Murray – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
17gg. That the City Council meeting of April 16, 2002 is hereby
cancelled. Murray – Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
18. COMMUNICATIONS
OF MANAGER
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR MARCH 19, 2002
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the appointments of Edward
Gardella, Christopher M. Tully, and Dr. Dan Hargrove, to the Citizens Advisory
Council. and the reappointments of Albert A. Gammal Jr., Mark H. Middlen, Esq.,
Michael F. O’Mara, Janice Nadeau, Paul D. Wasgate and Chrysanthi Charalambides
to the Citizens Advisory Council. (Attachments)
Appointments and reappointments confirmed on a roll call 10-0 (Patton
absent)
B. Notification of the reappopintments of Allan J. Eisenberg, and Jeffrey K. Jenkins to the Cable Television Advisory Committee. (Attachments)
Reappointments confirmed on a roll call
10-0 (Patton absent)
C. Notification of the reappointment of
William E. Wallace to the Hope Cemetery Board of Commissioners. (Attachments)
Reappointment confirmed on a roll call 10-0 (Patton
absent)
D. Notification of the appointments of Brenda
Farrell, Lawrence Trapasso and Elmer Eubanks-Archbold, and the reappointment of
Nicholas Charalambides to the Election Commission. (Attachments)
Appointments and reappointment confirmed on a roll call 10-0 (Patton
absent)
3. AIRPORT:
A. Communication relative to recommendations to Mass Highway, to date, for a “no-build” alternative on the proposed Airport Access Road in the City. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service &
Transportation Committee
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication relative to the List of the Annual Revenue Lost. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
A. Communication relative to FY 03 Budget –
Personnel Reductions. (Attachments)
Referred to Finance. Also
referred to Municipal Operations Committee for informational purposes
6. COMMUNICATIONS:
7. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to Events at Union
Station. (Attachments)
Placed on file
8. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
9. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
10. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to Bio-Tech
Companies and Terrorism. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
B. Communication relative to Policies and Procedures for Bio-Terrorism attacks. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
11. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
12. FIRE:
A. Communication relative to current vacancy
factor in the Fire Department. (Attachments)
B. Communication relative to Number and
Location of Closing of Fire Companies during Summer of 2001. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
13. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
A. Communication relative to Number and Percentage of City Employees who reside in the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
B. Communication relative to the Discussion with the Insurance Advisory Committee (IAC) at their meeting on Thursday, March 14, 2002. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
14. HUMAN
RIGHTS:
15.
INFORMATION SERVICES:
16. LAW:
A. Communication relative to specific phone
number with Charter Communication Customer Service for City of Worcester
residents to call with complaints or issues. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service &
Transportation Committee
B. Communication relative to Legislation –
Speed Humps. (Attachments)
17. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
18.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to briefing material regarding the Gardner Kilby Hammond Neighborhood initiative. (Attachments)
B. Communication relative to Response to
Health Committee Chairman’s Orders #40 and #41 from March 12, 2002 City Council
Agenda. (PIP Shelter) (Attachments)
C. Request adoption of the resolution to file
and accept a facial recognition and data capture demonstrations for Five
Massachusetts Communities Grant from the Community Oriented Policing Services
(COPS) Office within the U.S. Department of Justice. (Attachments)
informational purposes
D. Request adoption of the resolution to file
for consideration and accept grant assistance from Attorney General’s Municipal
Brownfields Grant Program. (Attachments)
E. Request adoption of the order relative to
the disposition of City owned property located at 66 Mason Street. (Attachments)
F. Communication relative to FY01 Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant Recommendations. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
G. Request adoption of an Resolution to file
and accept a Grant with the Governor’s Highway Safety Bureau FY 2002 Community
Speedwatch Grant Program. (Attachments)
H. Request adoption of the resolution to file
and accept Fiscal Year 2002 Massachusetts Office of Geographic and
Environmental Information (MassGIS) Grant. (Attachments)
I. Request adoption of the resolution to
file and accept Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) Contract from the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Attachments)
J. Communication relative to the Abandoned
Building Tracking System. (Attachments)
K. Communication relative to Proposals for
the FY01 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
19. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Request adoption of the resolution to
accept with gratitude a donation of materials worth over $15,000.00 from Lowes
Home Improvement stores to benefit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vietnam
Veterans Memorial (VVM) at Green Hill Park. (Attachments)
B. Communication relative to Update on the
Summer Pool and Beach Season Certified Lifeguard Recruitment, Training and
Retention 2002. (Attachments)
Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation
Committee
20. POLICE:
A. Request City Council accept with gratitude a donation of $50.00 from Ms. Kathleen Toomey, to benefit the D.A.R.E. program. This money will be used to purchase supplies and awards for the children involved in the D.A.R.E. program. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
B. Communication relative to Calls Regarding Excessive Noise and Aggressive Behavior in the Vicinity of Kendig and Southbridge Street. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to the announcement
that the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety has selected the
Worcester Police Department to receive a live-scan fingerprinting unit under
the National Criminal History Improvement Program’s Phase III of the Electronic
Fingerprinting System Project. This live-scan unit is valued at approximately
$60,000.00. I request the City Council accept this unit with gratitude. (Attachments)
D. Communication relative to Money Needed to
Conduct a Gun Buy Back Program. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
E. Communication relative to Illegal Sale of
Alcohol from Private Residence. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
21. PUBLIC
HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to Inspection of Patriot Metals Facility on Ballard Street. (Attachments)
B. Communication relative to Yearly Inspection of Home Occupations. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee and Municipal Operations Committee
C. Communication relative to Detailing the Schedule of Fines and Methods of Enforcement for Illegal Dumping. (Attachments)
Referred to Fees & Charges Committee
D. Notification of appointment of sworn
weighers for the year 2002. (Attachments)
E. Communication relative to Trash Problems at 22 Ingalls Street. (Attachments)
Placed on file
22. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
A. Request City Council adoption of a
Resolution to accept a donation in the amount of $487.00 from Bancroft School
to the Worcester Public Library. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
23. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
24. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to Installation of
New Electronic Parking Meters. (Attachments)
B. Communication relative to Policy for
Installation of Parking Meters in Retail/Commercial Areas. (Attachments)
C. Communication relative to Fire Hydrants at
Main Street/Curtis Parkway. (Attachments)
D. Communication relative to Project Summary – Airport Area Drainage Study. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
E. Communication relative to Drought Warning.
(Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
F. Communication relative to Spring Sweeping
Program. (Attachments)
Placed on file
25.
PURCHASING:
26. TREASURY:
27. VETERAN’S
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Request that Twenty -Five Thousand dollars
(#25,000.00) from Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Round IV be appropriated
for use as follows:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S172 LLEBG
Round IV-Park $25,000.00
Ranger
Program
and appropriated to:
ACCOUNT DESSCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S172 LLEBG
Round IV - $20,000.00
WPD radios
18S172 LLEBG Round IV – $ 5,000.00
Main South
CDC $25,000.00
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
B. Recommend that Five Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Six Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($5,866.15) be transferred from Account #120-91000, Law Department Personal Services, and appropriated to Account #122-92000, Property and Liability Insurance Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of paying the City’s remaining insurance premiums for FY02. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
C. Recommend that Two Hundred Thousand Eight
Hundred Forty Three Dollars ($200,843.00) be transferred from Account #33040
Reserve for Appropriation, 1% Federal Reimbursement and appropriated to the
following accounts:
DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT AMOUNT
Purchasing 600-91099 $48,010.00
Auditing 650-91099 50,010.00
Human Resources 170-91099 1,280.00
Information Services 680-91099 30,699.00
Treasury 660-91099 33,408.00
City Manager 040-91099 34,491.00
City Manager 040-92099 125.00
Information Services 680-92099 2,500.00
Total $200,843.00
to provide funds for the purpose of
providing indirect services related to certain Federal and State Grants. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Patton absent)
D. Recommend that Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($300,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #26C704, Fire Department Building
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the purchase and construction of the Fire
Department Training Building, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
This funding will be combined with a donation of approximately $400,000 from
comedian Dennis Leary to Local 1009. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Patton
absent)
29.
MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication relative to prioritized list of our State Legislative Agenda. (Attachments)
Referred to Legislative Affairs Committee
B. Communication relative to Independent State Auditor’s report on the Activities of the Worcester Housing Authority, April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to a letter sent to Worcester’s college presidents and hospital CEO’s regarding that they keep any new property acquired on the City tax rolls. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
D. Respectfully request City Council approval of resolutions to honor John Wadsworth for his years of service on the Aaron & Lucretia Bancroft Scholarship Fund, also Mario V. Zona, for his years of service on the Worcester Hope Cemetery Commission, Joseph A. Sacco, and Elizabeth A. Projo for their years of service on the Worcester Parks and Recreation Commission. (Attachments)
Resolutions adopted
COMMUNICATION
19. David J. Rushford, City Clerk transmitting request that the City
Council consider adopting an amendment to the Revised Ordinances of 1996
establishing a late fee against owners or keepers of dogs who fail to license
their dogs before June 1st annually. (Attachments)
Referred to Fees & Charges Committee
20. RECESS
TO FINANCE & ORDINANCE: No Action Taken
FINANCE
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)
c) #96 CC February 26, 2002
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)
d) #5A CM February 26,
2002
Communication of the City Manager relative to Financial Projections – FY03. (Attachments)
e) #5A CM
March 5, 2002
Communication of the City
Manager relative to a report regarding a breakdown of projected debt service
line item presented in the fiscal 2003 budget report from last Tuesday's City
Council meeting. (Attachments)
REPORTS
21 REFERRED TO
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
21. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Hoogas
Hoogasian request to make public the private portion of Brookline St. (Attachments)
21a & b – ACCEPTED – Suspension of
Rules
21a. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the Communication of
the City Manager transmitting communication relative to the Webster Square Fire
Station: recommend Communication be
placed on file. (Attachments)
21b. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the Communication of
the City Manager transmitting communication relative to a report regarding the
status of the Webster Square Fire Station:
recommend Communication be placed on file. (Attachments)
TABLED ITEMS – No Action Taken
Communication of the City Manager requesting adoption of
the order transferring the jurisdiction of land authorizing the disposition of
the foreclosed property at 380 Lake Ave. (Attachments) (Tabled March 12, 2002)
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for underground conduits on: SOUTHBRIDGE STREET. (Attachments) (Tabled
March 12, 2002)
Granting permission to VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for
underground conduits on: SOUTHBRIDGE
STREET.
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
MARCH 18, 2002 PUBLIC
WORKS COUNCIL CHAMBER
7:00
P.M.
MARCH 20, 2002 MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30 - 7:00
PM
MARCH 20, 2002 TRAFFIC & PARKING
COUNCIL CHAMBER
7:00
P.M.
APRIL 3, 2002 YOUTH,
PARKS COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00
P.M. & RECREATION
APRIL 10, 2002 ELDER
AFFAIRS COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.