CITY OF WORCESTER

CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT

JOURNAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL – OCTOBER 15, 2002

7:00 P.M.

Convened:  7:05 P.M.

Adjourned:  10:30 P.M.

 

 

1.                 INVOCATION –   Rev. Paul Frechette

                                       Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

 

2.       PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER

 

3.       ROLL CALL – All present except Councillors Abraham, Gomez, Haller and Lukes.  Councillors Gomez, Haller and Lukes arrived at 7:07 P.M.  Councillor Abraham Arrived at 7:12 P.M.

 

HEARINGS & ORDERS – 7:00 P.M.

 

4, 5 & 4a & 5a Councillor Haller recused on a roll call 8-0 (Abraham, Palmieri absent)

 

          Hearings held

 

4.       MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for pole location on:  CAMDEN ST. (Attachments)

 

5.       MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for pole location on:  STOCKTON ST. (Attachments)

 

6.       CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for conduit location on:  MAIN ST. (Attachments)

 

          4a-6a ORDERS ADOPTED

 

4a.     Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for pole location on:  CAMDEN ST.

 

5a.     Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for pole location on:  STOCKTON ST.

 

6a.     Granting permission to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for conduit location on:  MAIN ST.

 

TABLED UNDER PRIVILEGE

FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS

 

7.                 Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager transmitting recommended resource allocation plan from the implementation of the Early Retirement Incentive Program. (Attachments)

 

7 Orders adopted and 3 proposed Ordinances voted to be advertised on a roll call 11-0

 

Councillor Lukes requested Suspension of the Rules to continue discussion of Early Retirement  – Council voted to suspend the rules on a roll call 11-0

 

SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS

 

8.       Order – Request Administration report on the status of the former Greenwood St. Landfill sale.  (Clancy) (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file – Taken up with 8H of the City Manager’s Calendar      

 

THIRD ITEM OF BUSINESS

 

9.       Order – Request Administration respond to City Council as to where we are with the recommendation regarding the parking garage for Union Station.  (Clancy) (Attachments)

 

Placed on file – Taken up with 8E & F of the City Manager’s Calendar

 

10.     ITEMS OF CITIZEN INTEREST

 

10a.   ITEMS OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST

 

PETITIONS

 

          11-14 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

 

11.     Councillor Stephen Abraham on behalf of Sylvia Epstein request sidewalk repair in front of 10-12 South Flagg St. (Attachments)

 

12.     Thomas Revane, Revane Development Co., Inc. request to install 245’ of 2” PVC force main sewer line on Mystic St. to service 5 and 7 Mystic St. (Attachments)

 

13.     Frank McGurl et al request private street maintenance on New Bond St. from #74 to end. (Attachments)

 

14.     Richard & Nancy Gingras request abatement of Street Betterment Assessment #24455 in the amount of $11,956.70 on Orton St. (Attachments)

 

          15-17 REFERRED TO TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE

 

15.     Milton Rosenberg et al request to make Lovell St. one-way from Brownell St. to Chandler St. (Attachments)

 

16.     Councillor Joseph Petty request crosswalk from parking lot on corner of Beacon St. and Madison St. to Registry of Motor Vehicles. (Attachments)

 

17.     Councillor Stephen Abraham on behalf of Timothy Bombard request Stop signs on Morningside Rd. facing north and southbound traffic at Hadwen Rd. (Attachments)

 

          18 HEARING SET FOR OCTOBER 22, 2002 – 7:00 P.M.

          Councillor Haller recused on a roll call 10-0

 

18.     MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for joint pole relocation on:  PLEASANT ST.

          (Attachments)

ORDERS

 

18a.   Request Administration to report if positions in the Parks Department remained the same without upgradings, how much money would be saved.  Motion-Perotto @ #7CC – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18b.   Request Administration to report if positions in the Parks Department had not been upgraded, would the City then have been able to hire additional individuals to fill the positions that are not being filled.  Motion-Gomez @ #7CC – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18c.   That the secretary in the City Council Office be used to supplement some of the needs in the Auditor’s and/or City Clerk’s Office and/or Mayor’s Office.  Motion-Lukes @ #7CC – Denied on a roll call

vote of 1 Yea (Lukes) and 10 Nays  (Attachments)

 

18d.   Request Administration to report of the 60 retirements, how many of those employees had any part of their salary charged back to sewer and water and how those factor into the monies from those two enterprise accounts.  Further, request report include the cost for a retiree.  Motion-Clancy @ #7CC – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18e.   Request Administration to provide additional information on the parameters of the roadway relative to the former Greenwood St. landfill as they develop, to include whether the roadway will access the former landfill or will the roadway be abutting the former landfill.  Motion-Clancy @ #8CC & 8H CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18f.    Request Administration to report on whether there might be more State assistance for the development of the roadway to the site of the former Greenwood St. landfill.  Motion-Clancy @ #8CC & 8H CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18g.   Request Administration to report whether there is a separate price for Parcel C relative to the former Greenwood St. landfill property.  Motion-Clancy @ #8CC & 8H CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18h.   Request Administration to report on the change in the value of Parcel D of the former Greenwood St. Landfill property.  Motion-Patton @ #8CC & 8H CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18i.    Request Administration report as to whether or not the area in discussion to the east of I-290 for the parking garage for Union Station  falls within a CARD district and is, in fact, contained within the Union Station Urban Revitalization Plan area.  Motion-Irish @ #9CC & 8E & F CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18j.    Request Administration to report as to the source of the parking study contained in Item 8F of the City Manager’s Calendar of October 15, 2002.  Motion-Irish @ #9CC & 8E & F CM – Adopted

(Attachments)

 

18k.   Request Administration to provide City Council with the most current information relative to the City securing title to the Parcel Post building   Motion-Irish @ #9CC & 8E & F CM – Adopted

(Attachments)

 

18L    Request Administration report to City Council additional plans for marketing of the subsidized parking program at the Common Outlet parking garage for MBTA monthly pass holders.  Motion-Palmieri @ #9CC & 8E &  F CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18m   If the report comes back favorable that the parking garage can be located to the east of I-290 that the City Manager is requested to take action in order to amend the USURP to include this area if not presently included in the USURP plan.  Motion-Perotto @ #9CC & 8E & F CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18n.   Request Administration to report as to how and when the banners will be designed for the Blackstone Canal District.  Motion-Clancy @ #8A CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18o.   Request Administration report as to when deferred microloan payments will be made.  Motion-Petty @ #8D CM – Adopted

(Attachments)

 

18p.   Request Administration to report on how payments are made relative to microloans and the status of each outstanding microloan.  Motion-Petty @ #8D CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18q.   Request Administration to report if there are any comparables with any other cities that are using the microloan program as far as ratio of granted to charge-off.  Motion-Haller @ #8D CM – Adopted

(Attachments)

 

18r.    Request Administration to define “deferred” relative to the microloan program and the criteria used to defer a loan.  Motion-Perotto @ #8D CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18s.   Request Administration to report as to whether write-offs for the microloan program are consistent with what is happening in the private sector in terms of comparable, high risk, small business loans in the commercial banking industry.  Motion-Irish @ #8D CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18t.    Request City Manager to report if the City conducts exit interviews for laid-off City employees and do those laid-off employees receive notification of openings that occur and what the qualifications are for those openings.   Motion-Clancy @ #12A CM – Adopted

(Attachments)

 

18u.   Request Police Department work to enforce the restriction of panhandling at intersections, especially exit off ramps and provide a report as to what enforcement is taking place in that regard.  Motion-Murray @ #16B CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18v.   Request Administration to follow the process to change the name of the Middle River to the Blackstone River.  Motion-Clancy @ #16H CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18w.  Request Administration to report on the possibility of broadcasting City Council and Sub-Committee meetings via radio.  Motion-Gomez @ #16I CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18x.   Request City Manager to report on his next Calendar if the City can work with the School Administration to allow broadcasting of meetings within certain school buildings that have the facilities.  Motion-Patton @ #16I CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18y.   Request Administration to report as to  plan at some point over the next several months where we can make sure that when Board and Commission meetings are held that they are heard in the Council Chamber and can be viewed by the public.  Motion-Abraham @ #16I CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18z.   Request Administration report as to the name of the towing contractor for abandoned vehicles.  Motion-Palmieri @ #18A CM – Adopted (Attachments)

 

18aa.  Request Administration provide an itemization of the settlement regarding the Worcester Center Boulevard Garage.  Motion-Perotto @ #29E CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18bb. Request Administration report relative to how cash is flowing through the Worcester Center Boulevard Garage.  Motion-Irish @ #29E CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18cc. Request Administration report if there is another account that the $175,000.00 for the rehabilitation of the Worcester Center Boulevard Garage could be attributed to.  Motion-Clancy @ #29E CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18dd. Request City Manager report relative to construction projects in the City over the past 8 years that had to be revisited because of litigation or disagreements about construction of a public project or building.  Motion-Lukes @ #29E CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18ee.  Request Administration to place the pamphlet on what residents and small businesses can do to increase their security on the City’s web site.  Motion-Haller @ #20C CM – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18ff.   Request City Auditor to report on how re-employment or recall impacts on employees who early retire with salary restrictions in terms of how much they can earn if they come back to City employment.  Motion-Lukes @ #30C CM – Adopted (Attachments)

 

18gg. Request City Manager to report as to how the City may get a Regional Economic Development Council and how the City could leverage the private dollars with the State dollars to do things that other areas are doing.  Motion-Clancy @ #20CC – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18hh. Request Department of Public Works and/or Parks Department be and are hereby requested to check a sinkhole at 107 Brookline St.  Abraham – Suspension of Rules – Adopted  (Attachments)

 

18ii.   Request City Manager to meet with P & W Railroad and CSX to discuss aesthetic improvements to the trailer and rail yard along Southbridge St. from Lafayette St. to Southgate St. where the facilities meet the sidewalks/street and to report back to Council on the substance of the discussions.  Haller – Suspension of Rules – Adopted   (Attachments)

 

18jj.   Request City Manager to make a recommendation regarding the disposition of City-owned property at 1 King Terrace.  Further, request City Manager to include input from the Shepard-King Crime Watch group in developing a final recommendation and if possible, that the City Manager’s office participate in the discussion of this property at the next Shepard-King Crime Watch scheduled for October 30, 2002 at 7:00 P.M. (site yet to be determined).  Haller – Suspension of Rules – Adopted   (Attachments)

 

18kk. Request City Manager to research ownership, deed restrictions and tax status of vacant property abutting Devonshire St., Green Farms Rd. and Venus Dr. with goal towards preserving as green space.  Murray, Patton, Petty – Suspension of Rules – Adopted   (Attachments)

 

18LL.Request Administration to develop a policy to facilitate neighborhood open space preserves.  Murray, Patton, Petty – Suspension of Rules – Adopted   (Attachments)

 

19.     COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

 

THOMAS R. HOOVER

CITY MANAGER

CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 15, 2002

 

APPOINTMENTS

 

1. NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:

 

A.      Notification of the appointment of Michael V. Byrne and Joseph Wanat, and the reappointment of John J. Magnant, to the Conservation Commission. (Attachments)

 

Placed on file

 

B.      Notification of the appointment of Bernard Hilton, to the Worcester Memorial Auditorium Board of Trustees. (Attachments)

 

Placed on file

 

C.      Notification of the appointment of Thomas A. Johnson, as a Alternate Member to the Historical Commission. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

D.      Notification of the appointment of James M. O’Brien, Sheilagh A. Crotty,  Trevor R. Ruggles, and Shonee A. Ackerman and the reappointment of Mariann Paladino and Emily J. Hunte to the Elder Affairs Commission. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

2. CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:

 

A.      Notification of the appointment of Richard F. Perry to the Hope Cemetery Board of Commissions. (Attachments)

 

Appointment confirmed on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham, Patton

absent)

 

B.      Notification of the appointments of Mary Healey, Robert J. Sakakeeny, and John F. Cronin to the Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities. (Attachments)

 

Appointments confirmed on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham, Patton

absent)

 

C.      Notification of the appointment of Albert F. Bonofiglio Jr. to the Civic Center Commission. (Attachments)

 

Appointment confirmed on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham, Patton

absent)

 

D.      Notification of the appointments of William S. Wood, and Jack Lahey, to the Cable Television Advisory Committee. (Attachments)

 

Appointment confirmed on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham, Patton

absent)

 

E.      Notification of the reappointment of Roberta L. Adams, to the Advisory Committee on the Status of Women. (Attachments)

 

          Reappointment confirmed on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham, Patton

          absent)

 

TRANSMITTAL

 

3. AIRPORT:

 

4. ASSESSORS:

 

A.      Communication relative to Tax Classification Hearing. (Attachments)

 

Tax Classification hearing set for November 19, 2002 at 7:00 P.M.

 

B.      Communication relative to Average Assessments and Tax Bills. (Attachments)

 

          Tabled

 

5. BUDGET OFFICE:

 

A.      Communication relative to Early Retirement Resource Allocation Plan. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

6. CODE ENFORCEMENT:

 

7. COMMUNICATIONS:

 

8. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

 

A.      Communication relative to Massachusetts Turnpike Tourism Grant. (Attachments)

 

Placed on file

 

B.      Communication relative to Gateway Park Design Guidelines. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee

 

C.      Communication relative to Discussion Points from the Chairman of the Planning Board Regarding the Zoning Ordinances. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Land Use Committee

 

D.      Communication relative to Report on Microloans. (Attachments)

 

Councillor Gomez recused on a roll call 10-0

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee

 

E.      Communication relative to Subsidized Parking Program. (Attachments)

         

          Referred to Commerce & Development Committee

 

F.      Communication relative to Union Station Update. (Attachments)

 

          Referred to Commerce & Development Committee

 

G.      Communication relative to Submission of Program Documents for the City of Worcester’s Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee

 

H.      Communication relative to the Agreement with Providence and Worcester Railroad and Liberty Properties Corporation. (Attachments)

 

          Referred to Commerce & Development Committee

 

9. ELDER AFFAIRS:

 

10. ELECTION COMMISSION:

 

11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:

 

12. EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING:

 

A.      Communication relative to Procedures Used for Determining Layoffs at the Office of Employment and Training Due to Cuts in Federal Funds. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

13. FIRE:

 

14. HUMAN RESOURCES:

 

15. HUMAN RIGHTS:

 

16. LAW:

 

A.      Communication relative to the Impact of Proposed Revisions to the Disorderly Behavior Ordinance. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Municipal Operations Committee

 

B.      Communication relative to the Legality of Establishing an Anti-Panhandling Ordinance. (Attachments)

 

Placed on file

 

C.               Communication relative to Re-write of Chapter 9, Section I of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 (Disorderly Behavior). (Attachments)

Referred to Municipal Operations Committee

 

D.      Communication relative to Publishing Arrests within the City of Worcester. (Attachments)

 

Placed on file

 

E.      Communication relative to First Amendment Rights of City Employees. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Municipal Operations Committee

 

F.      Communication relative to Legality of Train Engines Left Running Overnight. (Attachments)

 

          Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee

 

G.      Communication relative to copies of Charter’s 2000 and 2002 Summary Annual Reports and Form 10-Ks. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee

 

H.      Communication relative to the process for changing the name of the Middle River to the Blackstone River. (Attachments)

 

Placed on file

 

I.       Communication relative to Live Cablecasting of Council Committee Meetings Held Outside of City Council Chambers. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee

 

17. LICENSE COMMISSION:

 

A.      Communication relative to Monthly Report Regarding Alcoholic Licenses Approved. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

18. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:

 

A.      Communication relative to Update on Abandoned Vehicles. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

B.      Request adoption of the Resolution to File and Accept a Grant Application with the State Executive Office on Environmental Affairs (EOEA). (Attachments)

 

Resolution adopted – Reconsideration denied

 

C.      Request adoption of the Affordable Housing Fee Waiver Request. (Attachments)

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

D.      Communication relative to the City of Worcester’s Land Use Buildout Analysis. (Attachments)

 

          Referred to Land Use Committee for a presentation

          Also referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization

          Committee for informational purposes

 

E.      Request adoption of the Resolution to File and Accept a Grant with the Governor’s Highway Safety Bureau 2002-2003 Traffic Enforcement Grant Program. (Attachments)

 

          Resolution adopted

 

19. PARKS, RECREATION & CEMETERY:

 

20. POLICE:

 

A.      Communication relative to Use of Auxiliary Police. (Attachments)

 

          Referred to Public Safety Committee

 

B.      Communication relative to Illegally Parked Vehicles. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

C.      Communication relative to Quarterly Report Regarding Major Crime Statistics. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Public Safety Committee

 

D.      Communication relative to the Incident Regarding Arrests at Holy Cross on October 3, 2002. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

21. PUBLIC HEALTH:

 

A.      Communication relative to Regional Expansion Tobacco Control Program. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Health Committee

 

B.      Communication relative to Protocol for Maintaining Dumpsters Located on Private Property. (Attachments)

 

          Referred to Land Use Committee

 

C.      Communication relative to Hazardous Waste Transportation. (Attachments)

 

Placed on file

 

D.      Communication relative to the formal announcement of the retirement of Arnold Gurwitz, MD, Commissioner of Public Health. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

E.      SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication relative to Tobacco Control Program. (Attachments)

 

          Referred to Health Committee

 

22. PUBLIC LIBRARY:

 

A.      Request adoption of a resolution to accept a gift in the amount of $5,000 from the Glenda and Arthur Wolpert Fund of the Greater Worcester Foundation for the Worcester Public Library. (Attachments)

 

Resolution adopted with gratitude

Also referred to Education and College/University Relations

Committee for informational purposes

 

B.      Request adoption of a resolution to accept two grants in the amount of $35,070.00 and $48,115.00 from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the Worcester Public Library. (Attachments)

 

Resolution adopted

Also referred to Education and College/University Relations

Committee for informational purposes

 

C.      Request adoption of a resolution to accept a grant in the Amount of $20,000 from Library Services & Technology Act funds administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. (Attachments)

 

          Resolution adopted

          Also referred to Education and College/University Relations

          Committee for informational purposes

 

23. PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

 

24. PUBLIC WORKS:

 

A.      Communication relative to Status Report #4 – Street Resurfacing Projects. (Attachments)

 

Placed on file

 

B.      Communication relative to Progress Report/Construction. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Public Works Committee

 

C.      Communication relative to Home Rule Petition relative to the ability to increase our parking fines. (Attachments)

 

          Referred to Fees & Charges Committee for October 22, 2002

          meeting

 

25. PURCHASING:

 

26. TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT:

 

27. TREASURY:

 

28. VETERANS SERVICES:

 

29. FINANCE:

 

A.      Recommend that Four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($4,700.00) be transferred when and as received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #72C701, Parks Department Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing (2) Burial Lowering Devices for the Hope Cemetery, as approved in the fiscal 2003 Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

B.      Request authorization to pay One Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Ninety Cents ($117.90) for prior year invoices from Account #040-92000, City Manager’s Travel Account. (Attachments)

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

C.      Request authorization to pay Six Hundred Fourteen Dollars and Forty Six Cents ($614.46) for a prior year invoice from Account #340-92000, Elder Affairs Ordinary Maintenance. (Attachments)

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

D.      Recommend that Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) be transferred when and as received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #11C701, City Messenger Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing (2) Walk Behind Snow Blowers for City Messenger, as approved in the fiscal 2003 Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

E.      Recommend that the Loan Order adopted on January 29, 2002 that appropriated the sum of Two Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,850,000.00) to Account #91C716, Union Station, and authorized the borrowing of said sum pursuant to Chapter 121B of the General Laws, of any other enabling authority, and subsequently appropriated into Account #04C704, Union Station Rehabilitation, is hereby amended to provide that One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($1`75,000.00) of said sum be appropriated to:

 

ACCOUNT                   DESCRIPTION                     AMOUNT

04C710                           Worcester Center Blvd.Garage  $175,000.00

 

to provide capital rehabilitation funds for the rehabilitation of the Worcester Center Garage, including costs incidental and related thereto, and that the said One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00) shall be raised by transfer of the sum of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00) previously borrowed pursuant to the said Loan Order adopted on January 29, 2002. (Attachments)

 

          Tabled one week under privilege (Perotto)

 

F.      Recommend that Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($220,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #28C702, Department of Code Enforcement Building Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations related to various Building Rehabilitation projects for the renovations to the Departments of Public Health and Code Enforcement. (Attachments)

 

          Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

30. MISCELLANEOUS:

 

A.      Communication relative to appointments made at the Department of Code Enforcement and Department of Public Health. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

B.      Communication relative to First Quarter Fiscal Year 2003 Goals and Objectives. (Attachments)

 

          Referred to Municipal Operations Committee

 

C.      Communication relative to re-employment or recall of city retirees. (Attachments)

 

          Placed on file

 

COMMUNICATION

 

20.     Roberta Schaeffer, Executive Director, Worcester Regional Research Bureau transmitting The Case for a Regional Economic Development Alliance in the Greater Worcester Area. (Attachments)

 

Referred to Regional Affairs Committee

 

21.     RECESS TO FINANCE AND ORDINANCE:  No Items Pending

 

TO BE ORDAINED

 

          22 Ordained on a roll call 10-0 (Palmieri absent)

 

22.     Amending Section 2 of Article III of the Zoning Ordinance adopted April 2, 1991 relative to a zone change in the area of Grove St.

          (Attachments)

 

SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES

 

OCTOBER 15, 2002             MILITARY           COUNCIL CHAMBER

   6:00-6:45 P.M.                    AFFAIRS

 

 

OCTOBER 21, 2002          PUBLIC WORKS    COUNCIL CHAMBER

        6:00 P.M.

 

 

OCTOBER 22, 2002               HEALTH             COUNCIL CHAMBER

        5:30 P.M.

 

 

OCTOBER 24, 2002               LAND USE         COUNCIL CHAMBER

        7:00 P.M.

Re:  Proposed Zoning Ordinance

       Cluster/Inclusionary Zoning, Density Bonuses, Continuing Care

       Retirement Communities

 

 

OCTOBER 28, 2002              TRAFFIC &           COUNCIL CHAMBER

          6:00 P.M.                       PARKING

 

 

OCTOBER 30, 2002         PUBLIC SAFETY       COUNCIL CHAMBER

        6:00 P.M.

 

 

NOVEMBER 12, 2002            HEALTH              COUNCIL CHAMBER

        5:30 P.M.

 

 

NOVEMBER 14, 2002           LAND USE           COUNCIL CHAMBER

          7:00 P.M.

Re:  Proposed Zoning Ordinance

       Design Review, Conservation

 

 

NOVEMBER 18, 2002         TRAFFIC &            COUNCIL CHAMBER

        6:00 P.M.                        PARKING