CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 12, 2003
4:00 P.M.
Convened: 4:10 P.M.
Recessed: 6:55 P.M.
Reconvened: 7:24 P.M.
Adjourned: 11:40 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 Abraham, Irish
and Lukes. Councillor Lukes arrived at
4:19 P.M., Councillor Irish at 4:35 P.M. and Councillor Abraham at 5:05 P.M.
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING
4:00 P.M.
4
- Hearing held Item Tabled
4. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Report of the Planning Board upon the Petition of James & Mary Whalen requesting to have zoning of 105 Harrington Way changed to RL-7. (Attachments)
5
- Tabled
5. Communication of the City Manager transmitting color-coded map distinguishing RL-7 zone from RS-7 zone relative to 105 Harrington Way. (Attachments)
HEARINGS AND ORDERS
6 Hearing held
6. NSTAR for gas main location on: FAIRHAVEN RD. (Attachments)
7 Councillor Haller recused on a roll call 7-0 (Abraham, Irish, Palmieri absent) Hearing held
7. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY & VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for joint pole location on: NIPPNAPP TRAIL.
6a Order adopted
6a. Granting
permission to NSTAR for gas main location on:
FAIRHAVEN RD.
7a Councillor Haller recused on a roll call 7-0 (Abraham, Irish, Palmieri absent) Order adopted
7a. Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY & VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for joint pole location on: NIPPNAPP TRAIL.
8. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
8a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
9-21
REFERRED TO PLANNING BOARD
9. Paula Lapomardo request to add Flower Hill Dr. from Salisbury
St. to terminus to the Official Map. (Attachments)
10. Raymond & Lorraine Jason request to remove a portion of
Wauwinet Rd. from the Official Map. (Attachments)
11. Abby Rad, Pro Tech, Inc. request to accept Papagni Circle as a
public street. (Attachments)
12. Matthew Miles request to remove Woodcliffe Ave. from the City
Map. (Attachments)
13. Hope Abisamra request private street conversion on Sunderland
Terrace. (Attachments)
14. Robert Moylan, Jr., Commissioner, Public Works request to accept
as public Birmingham Rd. for a length of 767.03 from end of 3/19/62 public
location, easterly and northerly to its intersection with southerly line of
public location of Michigan Rd. (Attachments)
15. Steve & Karen Ripsz et al request extension of BL-1 zone to
include properties located directly on Grafton St. and reside between Arcadia
St. and Progressive St. (Attachments)
16. Charles Bibaud et al request Birmingham Rd. from #11 to end be
made public. (Attachments)
17. Mark Demauro et al request private street conversion on
Longmeadow Ave. from Monomoy St. to end.
(Attachments)
18. Eugene Novak request to make public Rosita Rd. (Attachments)
19. Attorney Samuel DeSimone request to amend the Zoning Map by
establishing an Adaptive Reuse Overlay District over a portion of that area of
the City presently zoned Institutional Medical at or near the intersection of
Providence St. and Vernon St. (Attachments)
20. John MacKoul request Laurelwood Dr. be made public. (Attachments)
21. Attorney Robert Longden on behalf of Ledle, Inc. request to
amend the Zoning Map of the City of Worcester to change the zoning district
classification for 6.77 acres of land off Plantation St. from RG-5 to
ML-0.5. (Attachments)
21a. Attorney Elaine Baltas on behalf of Luis Santiago request zone
change at 128 Piedmont St. from one-half RG-3 and one-half BG-3 to BG-3. Referred to Planning Board Suspension
of Rules
22 & 23 REFERRED TO PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE
22. David Johnson et al request bus shelter be erected at bus stop
at 40 Belmont St. (Attachments)
23. Ralph Cobb request street light on Lakewood St. between Elmer
St. and Manomet St. (Attachments)
24-50 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
24. Mayor Timothy Murray on behalf of Jeremiah ORourke request private
street maintenance on Tatnuck Gardens.
(Attachments)
25. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. request resurfacing of Brierway Dr.
(Attachments)
26. Demetre Steffon request resurfacing of Suburban Rd. from
Highland St. 500-600 ft. north to include 2 Suburban Rd. (Attachments)
27. Edward & Ellen Capstick request sewer grate be installed at
end of Otter Trail. (Attachments)
28. Kathryn DArgenis request resurfacing of Narragansett Ave. (Attachments)
29. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Francis Bird request
guard rail at the dead end section of Derby St., adjacent to #61. (Attachments)
30. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. request resurfacing of Wabash Ave.
from Holcombe St. to Koping St. (Attachments)
31. Paul Novak & Gold Star Associates, LLC request to extend 8
water main and 8 sanitary sewer on Roland Rd. to service 12 and 16 Roland
Rd. (Attachments)
32. John MacKoul & Bailin & Associates, Inc. request to
extend sanitary sewer in Salisbury St. beginning approximately 100 northerly
of Whisper Dr. and continuing northerly approximately 1,500. (Attachments)
33. Councillor Stephen Abraham on behalf of Gerald Cronin request
sidewalk repair in front of 20 Wetherell St.
(Attachments)
34. Mayor Timothy Murray request sidewalk repair at corner of Plane
and Dorchester Sts. (Attachments)
35. Mayor Timothy Murray on behalf of Ann Richardson request
sidewalk repair at 39, 41 and 43 Wilson St.
(Attachments)
36. Kevin & Deborah Grady request to connect to Citys sewer
system located on Moss St. (Attachments)
37. Raymond Mariano, Executive Director, Worcester Housing Authority
request Tacoma St. from Boylston St. to 285 Tacoma St. be repaved. (Attachments)
38. Raymond Mariano, Executive Director, Worcester Housing Authority
request resurfacing of Great Brook Valley Ave. in its entirety. (Attachments)
39. Raymond Mariano, Executive Director, Worcester Housing Authority
request resurfacing of Brookview Dr. in its entirety. (Attachments)
40. Stephan Damarais, Property Manager on behalf of Moreland Hill
Condominium Association request Public Works reset existing granite bounds set
in sidewalk along Camelot Dr. to be flush with pavement. (Attachments)
41. Steven Savoie, Savoie Modular Homes request to extend 8 water
main approximately 300 to pass in front of 42, 44, 46 & 48 Hooper St. (Attachments)
42. Mayor Timothy Murray on behalf of Helen Agbay request repair of
sidewalk on Wayne St. from Main St. to Baker St. (Attachments)
43. Karyn Sansoucy et al request private street maintenance on Stark
Rd. (Attachments)
44. Karyn Sansoucy et al request private street maintenance on
Fernside Rd. (Attachments)
45. Debra Haddad et al request private street maintenance on Crillon
Rd. (Attachments)
46. Edward Kemp et al request catch basin at 7 Rockwood Ave. behind
fire hydrant. (Attachments)
47. John & Theresa Wolfe et al request private street
maintenance on Keach Ave. from 36 Steele St. to 36 Keach Ave. (Attachments)
48. Sue Hansen et al request private street maintenance on White
Birch Dr. (Attachments)
49. Mayor Timothy Murray on behalf of Barbara Kinney and Frank
Albrizio request sidewalk repair along Front St. (opposite City Hall) from Main
St. to Commercial St. (Attachments)
50. Attorney Robert Longden on behalf of Goldstar Partners, LLC
request to relocate and/or extinguish sewer easement and rights of the City of
Worcester to maintain a drain to allow the construction of a new supermarket
located at 14 West Boylston St. (Attachments)
50a. Councillor Michael Perotto on behalf of Frank Tomaiolo request
sidewalk repair in front of 9 East Shelby St.
Referred to Public Works Committee Suspension of Rules (Attachments)
51-77
EXCEPT 62 REFERRED TO TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
51. Edythe Daly request to extend handicap parking in front of 21
Preston St. to allow another handicap space.
(Attachments)
52. David Johnson et al request pedestrian light be installed at 40
Belmont St. at the 290 west on ramp. (Attachments)
53. Judy Griffin et al on behalf of Beatrice Courtney request
handicap parking at 29 Duxbury Rd. (Attachments)
54. Esther Konneh request handicap parking be removed from 17
Blanche St. (Attachments)
55. Ann Umphrey et al request resident permit parking on Elliott St.
(Attachments)
56. Tara Modig request speed limit signs on May St. from Park Ave.
up to June St. and Caution Blind Driveway sign at 172 May St. (Attachments)
57. Volker Braun request Stop sign at corners of Washington St. and
Plymouth St. (Attachments)
58. Susan Caissie & Parishioners of St. Peters Church request
City reconsider turning off traffic light at corner of Downing St. and Main
St. (Attachments)
59. Lillian Maki request handicap parking in front of 24 Catharine
St. (Attachments)
60. Councillor Barbara Haller request Bus Stop in area near street
lamp across from 399 Southbridge St. Further, request Bus Stop be added to #10
and #25 bus run so as to facilitate employees who work in the Southbridge St.
area. (Attachments)
61. Mayor Timothy Murray on behalf of David Tencza request crosswalk
be painted on Ionic Ave. in front of the Boys & Girls Club. (Attachments)
62. Mayor Timothy Murray request crosswalk on corner of Elm St. and
Russell St. be repainted. Given
Leave to Withdraw (Attachments)
63. Ralph Cobb request No Parking on Chandler St. between Mill St.
and Pleasant St. from 6:30-9:00 a.m. and 4:30-6:00 p.m. (Attachments)
64. Ralph Cobb request No Left Turn from Pleasant St. onto Chandler
St. (Attachments)
65. Lorna Mattus-Merrill, Church Business Administrator & Rev.
Vicki Woods, Senior Pastor, Wesley United Methodist Church request handicap
parking on State St. near State St. entrance to the church. (Attachments)
66. James Grout request handicap parking at 40 King St. (Attachments)
67. Jaime & Shirley Fuentes et al request Deaf Child sign on or
about 49 Circuit Ave. North. (Attachments)
68. Esther & Festus Konneh request resident parking on Blanche
St. (Attachments)
69. Mayor Timothy Murray on behalf of Jonathan Lapin request Stop signs
be reinstated at the corner of Moreland Green Dr., Greenview Lane and Greenside
Lane in the interest of public safety. (Attachments)
70. Councillor Barbara Haller request No Parking From Here to Corner
sign on the west side of Bigelow St. near Sigel St. to eliminate visibility
problems on Sigel St. caused by a truck that regularly parks on Bigelow St.
near the intersection of Sigel St. (Attachments)
71. Councillor Barbara Haller on behalf of Lafayette Place Tenants
Association request to remove two handicap parking spaces on the east side of
Harding St. near Lafayette St. and to remove 15 minute parking 8:00 a.m. 6:00
p.m. restriction on each side of the handicap ramp of 2 Lafayette St. and
replace with two handicap parking spaces. (Attachments)
72. Mayor Timothy Murray on behalf of Richard OMalley request
handicap parking at 125 Plantation St.
(Attachments)
73. Khamiya Richardson et al request Drive Slow Children sign in
area of Boys & Girls Club of Worcester, 2 Ionic Ave. (Attachments)
74. Khamiya Richardson et al request speed bump in area of Boys
& Girls Club of Worcester, 2 Ionic Ave.
(Attachments)
75. Khamiya Richardson et al request crosswalk in front of the Boys
& Girls Club of Worcester, 2 Ionic Ave. be repainted. (Attachments)
76. Attorney Robert Longden on behalf of Goldstar Partners, LLC
request City of Worcester enter into a prior agreement to install a new traffic
signal at the intersection of Grove St. and West Boylston St. and make certain
other improvements to such intersection and to make certain improvements to
Goldstar Blvd. at its intersection with Distributor Rd., all in connection with
construction of a new supermarket at 14 West Boylston St. (Attachments)
77. Edward Sullivan request Not a Truck Route sign and directional
sign to Holden be installed at the bottom of Ararat St. where it meets Brattle
St. and one at the fork of Brattle & Holden Sts. (Attachments)
77a. Councillor Michael Perotto on behalf of Albert Ritacco request
crosswalk at 60 Plantation St., adjacent to bus stop. Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee (Attachments)
78
REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER
78. Michael Galvin request City seek replacement and associated
installation costs for experimental precast wheelchair ramp that was destroyed
by road work on Greenwood St. (Attachments)
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR AUGUST 12, 2003
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A.
Notification
of Constable appointments (Robert Couture, Craig Delman). (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Notification of the reappointment of Tara
C. Leahy, Donald V. Rudge, Sandra Katz and
Daniel R. Bonnette, to the Mayor Thomas J. Early Scholarship Committee. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the reappointment of
Clifford J. Hirschman to the Industrial Development Finance Authority.(Attachments)
Reappointment confirmed on a roll call 8-0 (Abraham, Haller, Irish absent)
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication relative to How Parking Lots
are Assessed. (Attachments)
Referred
to Land Use Committee
B. Communication relative to Worcester
Telegram & Gazette Special Supplement. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
6. CODE
ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to funding any new
school construction in the FY2004 budget. (Attachments)
Referred to
Legislative Affairs Committee
B. Communication relative to Report on roof
at Quinsigamond School. (Attachments)
Referred
to Education & College/University Relations Committee
C. Communication relative to Worcester
Vocational School and North High School Presentation for the Government Access
Channel IDC. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
D. Communication relative to Worcester
Vocational High School Progress Report August 2003. (Attachments)
Referred to
Education & College/University Relations Committee
E. Request City Council accept with gratitude
a donation of office furniture from Intel of Massachusetts in Hudson made to
the Department of Code Enforcement. (Attachments)
Order
adopted with gratitude
F. Communication relative to Com Net Results.
(Attachments)
Referred to
Strategic Planning Committee
G. Communication relative to Requests for
Information regarding Illegal Dumping and Inspectional Sweeps. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
H. Communication relative to Buildings
Prioritized for Demolition. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
I. Communication relative to Zoning Related
Requests for Information. (Attachments)
Referred to
Land Use Committee
J. Communication relative to Request for Information
regarding a Comparison of Code Inspectional Staff to other Cities. (Attachments)
Referred to
Municipal Operations Committee
K. Communication relative to Billboard
Regulations. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
7.
COMMUNICATIONS:
A. Communication relative to Turn over Rate
in the Communication Department for the last 3 years. (Attachments)
Recommitted
to the City Manager
8. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to Ramp Demolition
Agreement. (Attachments)
Placed
on file (See #156)
B. Communication relative to Recovery of
Taxes for Non-Compliance of a TIF Agreement. (Attachments)
Referred
to Commerce & Development Committee
C. Communication relative to MBTA Public
Hearing regarding possible fare increases. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
D. Communication relative to De-certification
of Certified Project of GKN Sinter Metals Worcester (Formerly The PresMet
Corporation). (Attachments)
Referred to
Commerce & Development Committee
E. Communication relative to Status of RFP
for Airport Industrial Park Parcels. (Attachments)
Referred to
Commerce & Development Committee
F. Communication relative to the submittal of
a HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee application for Fargo Management, LLC. and
Columbus Hotel II. (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Gomez absent)
Reconsideration
denied on a roll call 0-11
G. Communication relative to the Certified
Project application and new Site Specific EOA application for Fargo Management,
LLC and Columbus Hotel II. (Attachments)
Two
Resolutions adopted on a roll call 10-1 (Lukes)
Reconsideration
denied on a roll call 0-11
H. Request adoption of an order concerning
the transfer and solicitation for proposals for disposition of the G.A.R.
Memorial Hall building located at 55 Pearl Street. (Attachments)
Order
adopted
I. Communication relative to Worcester
County Convention and Visitors Bureau Yearend Sales and Marketing Report. (Attachments)
Referred to
Commerce & Development Committee
J. Request adoption of an order which would
authorize me to sign a deed conveying the School Department Maintenance
Facility at 89 Shrewsbury Street to Condron Worcester Realty LLC. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
K. Communication relative to TIF Monitoring
Reports. (Attachments)
Councillor
Irish recused on a roll call 10-0
Councillor
Petty recused on a roll call 8-0 (Abraham absent) relative to Allmerica
Referred to
Commerce & Development Committee
L. Communication relative to Union Station
Loan Order Update. (Attachments)
Referred to
Commerce & Development Committee
M. Request adoption of a resolution relative to
the U.S. Department of Commerces Economic Development Administration Public
Works Program Grant. (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted
N. Communication relative to The Kindness of
Strangers from the American Scientist Magazine. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
O. Communication relative to Union Station
Update. (Attachments)
Referred to
Commerce & Development Committee
9. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
A. Communication relative to State COA
Formula Funding. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
B. Request adoption of the resolution to file
and accept a grant from the Target Stores Community Giving Program. (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted
C. Request adoption of the resolution to file
and accept a grant from the St. Vincent Community Healthcare Fund. (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted
10. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
11. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT:
A. Communication relative to the Long-Range
Plan for the Department of Emergency Management. Attachments)
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
12. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
13. FIRE:
A. Communication relative to Computer Needs
at the Fire Department. (Attachments)
Recommitted
to the City Manager
B. Communication relative to Fire Companies
Closing during the Summer Months. (Attachments)
Recommitted
to the City Manager
C. Request adoption of an order, which would
accept the offer of Worcester Fire Fighters Memorial, Inc., to construct and
donate a memorial to the Worcester Fire Fighters who lost their lives in the
Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire of December 3, 1999. (Attachments)
Referred to
Parks & Recreation Committee
14. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
A. Communication relative to an agreement
with UMass Memorial Medical Center regarding agreement to continue to provide ambulance
and dispatching services to the City. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
15. LAW:
A. Communication relative to the address for
Carlos Cintron. (Attachments)
Tabled
B. Communication relative to Clarification of
the 72-Hour Rule. Ordinances relative to personal property of any sort which is
not registered as a motor vehicle on a public way and growth of shrubs, brush
or trees on any public way.(Attachments)
Voted
to advertise proposed Ordinances
C. Request adoption of a Order approving
classification under the City Charter of the new Veterans Memorials Board as an
executive board and the new Commission on Disability as advisory. (Attachments)
Order
adopted
D. Communication relative to a supplemental
list of items concerning cable television. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Service & Transportation Committee
16. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
A. Communication relative to June/July Report
regarding New Licenses Issued. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
17.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to Oak Hill CDCs
Application to Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. (Attachments)
Referred
to Community Development Committee
B. Communication relative to the Neighborhood
Cabinet and the topics discussed. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
C. Communication relative to the YWCA/Daybreak
Fire Escape Rehabilitation. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
D. Communication relative to the list of
Parks projects funded by Year 29 CDBG. (Attachments)
Referred to
Community Development Committee
E. Communication relative to the Federal
Project Safe Neighborhood Grant Program. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
F. Communication relative to a Grant Award to
the City of Worcester in the amount of $10,363.00 for the FY 2003 Occupational
Safety and Health Education Training Program. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
G. Request adoption of a resolution for our
application for Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) monies from the
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted
H. Request adoption of a resolution relative
to our application for the FY04 Community Policing Funds from the Massachusetts
Executive Office of Public Safety. (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted
I. Communication relative to the City of
Worcesters official recognition as a Weed and Seed site. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
J. Communication relative to an update on
the measures being taken to eliminate the prostitution problem in the Main
South Neighborhood. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
K. Communication relative to the City of
Worcesters Action Plan for Implementation of Key Housing Policy Goals. (Attachments)
Referred
to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
18. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to Invitation to a
Groundbreaking Ceremony South Worcester Playground Improvements/Phase One. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
B. Communication relative to an Invitation to
a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony The Citys First Water Spray Facility at Greenwood
Park. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
C. Request adoption of a resolution to accept
with gratitude a donation of $3,000.00 for the Harrington Way Playground. (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted with gratitude
D. Communication relative to ADA Renovations
and Upgrade at the Massachusetts National Guard Facility in Green Hill Park
(Departments Headquarters). (Attachments)
Placed on
file
E. Request adoption of a resolution to accept
with gratitude a donation of $1,000.00 and the donation of a bench from Mrs.
Celeste Butcher and family, in memory of her husband James T. Butcher, to
benefit the Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Departments Junior Golf Program and
Green Hill Municipal Golf Course. (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted with gratitude
F. Communication relative to the future of
Hope Cemetery. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
19. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to Technical
Support for Laptop Computers in Police Vehicles. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Safety Committee
B. Communication relative to Taxicab
Inspections. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Service & Transportation Committee
C. Request that City Council accept with
gratitude a donation of $50.00 from AllCom Credit Union, to the police dog
donation account. (Attachments)
Order
adopted with gratitude
D. Communication relative to Vehicles Parked
in Driveways with extension onto the sidewalk. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
E. Communication relative to Police Patrol at
Green Hill Park. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
F. Communication relative to Additional
Police Coverage on Shrewsbury Street. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
G. Communication relative to Number of
Arrests at 14 Shepard Street. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Safety Committee
H. Communication relative to Dealing with
Civil Liberty Issues. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Safety Committee
I. Communication relative to Shortage of Support
in the Bureau of Records at the Worcester Police Department. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Safety Committee
20. PUBLIC
HEALTH:
A. Communication
relative to HIV/AIDS Funding. (Attachments)
Referred
to Health Committee
B. Communication relative to a vote of the
Board of Health recommending a ban on smoking in workplaces citywide. (Attachments)
Referred
to Health Committee
21. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
A. Communication relative to Talking Book
Library. (Attachments)
Referred
to Education & College/University Relations Committee
22. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
A. Request adoption of an order relative to
declaring a lot on Piedmont Street as surplus. (Attachments)
Councillor
Haller recused on a roll call 9-0 (Palmieri absent)
Order adopted
23. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to Construction
Progress Report. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to Report on the Intersection
of Vernon and Dorchester Streets. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
C. Communication relative to Traffic Signals.
(Attachments)
Placed
on file
D. Communication relative to Status Report #1
Street Resurfacing Projects. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
E. Communication relative to Lead Time for
Approved Street Resurfacing Work. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Works Committee
F. Communication relative to Instituting
Parking Ban on April 7, 2003. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
G. Communication relative to Sidewalk Repair
at 19 Lenox Street. Attachments)
Placed on
file
H. Communication relative to Repair/Restore
Crosswalk Markings. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
I. Communication relative to Street Sweeping
and Signage that is Posted. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
J. Communication relative to Approved Traffic
Signage. (Attachments)
Referred to
Traffic & Parking Committee
K. Communication relative to Sewer Problem at
43-51 Denmark Street. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
L. Communication relative to Keep Worcester
Clean Seasonal Staffing. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
M. Communication relative to Term Preferred
Pricing. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Works Committee
N. Communication relative to List of
Candidate Petitioned Streets for FY 2005 Resurfacing Program. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Works Committee
O. Communication relative to Handicap Parking
50 Ludlow Street. (Attachments)
Referred to
Traffic & Parking Committee
P. Communication relative to Status Repot #2
Street Resurfacing Projects. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Works Committee
Q. Request City Council accept with gratitude
a donation made to the Department of Public Works of ten (10) electric
motorcars from Global Electric Motorcars, LLC (GEM) a Dalmier Chrysler
Company. The vehicles are valued at
$8,695.00 each for a total donation of $86,950.00. (Attachments)
Order
adopted with gratitude
R. Communication relative to Abandoned
Vehicle Status Report. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
S. Communication relative to the proposed
Materials Management Plan and License Agreement for the recommended contractor
on the Cap Repair and Site Remediation Project scheduled fro the Greenwood
Street Landfill. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 9-2 (Irish, Lukes)
Reconsideration
denied on a roll call 0-11
24.
PURCHASING:
25. TECHNICAL
SERVICES:
26. TREASURY:
A. Communication relative to Banking
Services. (Attachments)
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
27. VETERANS
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that Thirty Nine Thousand
Dollars ($39,000.00) be transferred when and as received from Account #91C780,
Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #26C701, Fire Department Capital
Equipment, as approved in the Fiscal 2003 Capital Equipment Program.
These funds will be combined
with $91,000.00 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance
To Firefighters Grant Program to purchase health and fitness equipment, provide
health education training to firefighters, pay for medical and fitness exams,
and make minor renovations to several fire stations to accommodate this new equipment.
(Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
B. Request authorization to pay Two Thousand
Five Hundred Two Dollars and Twenty-One Cents ($2,502.21) for a prior year
invoice from Account #250-92000, Police Department Ordinary Maintenance. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
C. Recommend that Seven Thousand One Hundred
Eighty Eight Dollars ($7,188.00) be transferred when and as received from
Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #44C704, Sewer
Department Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing various computer
network/software licenses for the Sewer Department, as approved in the Capital Improvement
Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Recommend that One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C741, Street Construction,
and appropriated to Account #41C797, Sidewalks, to allow for the payment of
current and future obligations for various citywide sidewalk projects. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
E. Recommend that Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000.00) be transferred from Account $91C745, Sewer Construction,
and appropriated to Account #44C744, Sewer Reconstruction, to provide funds for
the purpose of payment for contractual obligations related to various sewer
reconstruction projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
F. Recommend that Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C741, Street Construction,
and appropriated to Account #41C741, Street Resurfacing, to allow for the
payment of current and future obligations for various citywide street
resurfacing projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
G. Recommend that Sixty Four Thousand Two
Hundred Five Dollars ($64,205.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #46C704, Federal Plaza Garage
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the purpose of payment for contractual
obligations associated with the rehabilitation improvements at Federal Plaza
Garage, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
H. Recommend that One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C745, Sewer Construction,
and appropriated to Account #44C761, Surface Drainage, to allow for the payment
of current and future obligations for various citywide surface drainage
projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
I. Recommend that Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C737, Water Meters, and
appropriated to Account #45C794, Water Meters, to allow for the payment of
current and future water meter improvement project obligations, as approved in
the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
J. Recommend that One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C745, Sewer Construction,
and appropriated to Account #44C732, Sewer Systems Control Plan, to allow for
the payment of current and future obligations for the combined sewer system
long term control plan, in compliance with the Consent Order agreed upon in
year 2000 with the Federal and State regulators, and approved in the Capital
Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
K. Recommend that One Million Dollars,
($1,000.000.00) be transferred from Account #91C713, Water Mains, and
appropriated to Account #45C720, Water Mains, to allow for the payment of
current and future obligations for various citywide water main projects, as approved
in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
L. Request that One Thousand Four Hundred
Forty Dollars ($1,440.00) be authorized from the Fire Departments FY04
Ordinary Maintenance Account. Account #260-92000 to provide funds for the
purpose of payment of prior year invoices. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
M. Recommend that One Hundred Ninety Seven
Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and Twenty Eight Cents ($197,264.28) be
transferred from Account #330-08, Reserve for Appropriation Premium on Loans,
and Appropriated to Account #660-92000, Treasury Department Ordinary Maintenance,
to fund the cost associated with fiscal 2004 Bond issuance and refunding of
bonds. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll all 11-0
N. Recommend that Ten Thousand Eight Hundred
Sixty Seven Dollars and Twenty Cents ($10,867.20) be transferred from Account
#330-07 Reserve for Appropriation Damage Settlement, and appropriated to
Account #45010701-92000, Water Department Ordinary Maintenance, to provide
funds for the purpose of payment for property damage caused by NSTAR Electric
& Gas while performing construction work on Water Street. These funds
represent insurance reimbursement from the Insurance Company. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
O. Request authorization to pay Twelve
Dollars and Sixty-Five Cents ($12.65) for prior year invoices from Account
#040-92000, City Managers Ordinary Maintenance Account. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
P. Recommend that Seven Hundred Seventy Five
Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Six Dollars Seventy Nine Cents ($775,886.79) be
transferred from and to the finance order to balance these accounts for Fiscal
2003. Furthermore, I respectfully recommend that Thirty Three Thousand Four
Hundred Seventeen Dollars Twenty Seven Cents ($33,417.27) be transferred from
and to the Enterprise Accounts to eliminate the operating account deficits for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003. And last, I respectfully recommend that
Ninety One Thousand One Hundred Ninety Dollars Four Cents ($91,190.00) be
transferred from the capital holding accounts to the Sewer Enterprise
($91,091.00) and Union Station Capital Accounts ($99.04) to pay for obligations
incurred by these two City operations.
With the approval of this transfer by
the City Council, Free Cash should be certified between $4.7 million and $4.8
Million by the Department of Revenue (DOR). The actual figures will not be
known until DOR reviews the Citys FY03 financial statements sometime next
month. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
Q. Recommend that Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C784, Park Improvements, and appropriated to Account #72C702, Park Site Improvements, to provide funds for the purpose of payment for contractual obligations associated with improvements to Kendrick Field Phase II Project, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
R. Request that Three Hundred Eighty Five Dollars and Sixty Cents ($385.60) from Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Round VI program interest be appropriated for use as follows:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
18S223 LLEBG Round VI $385.60
The purpose of this appropriation is
to support telephone expenses for the Arts District Alert Center. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
S. Recommend that Twelve Thousand Two Hundred
Dollars ($12,200.00) be transferred from Account #172-96000, Unemployment
Compensation, and appropriated to Account #663-96000, Health Insurance, to pay
for the fringe benefits costs for the recall of four Clerk Typist positions at
the Worcester Police Department. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
T. Recommend that Eighty Two Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Five Dollars and Forty One Cents ($82,945.41) currently available in Account #75C702, Civic Center Rehabilitation, be re-authorized for the immediate replacement/renovation of the hydraulic shaft and related cylinder in the north freight elevator of the Arena and renovation to the carpeting (concourse areas) in the Convention Center. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
U. Recommend that Two Hundred Seventy Four Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars and Ninety Six Cents ($274,900.96) be transferred from Account #91C716, Union Station, and appropriated to Account #04C704, Union Station Rehabilitation to provide funding to pay for contractual obligations for Union Station. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
V. Recommend that Three Million Six Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($3,640,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C790, School Construction, and appropriated to Account #28C717, Vocational School Construction, to provide funds for the purpose of payment of contractual obligations related to the construction of the Worcester Vocational High School, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
29.
MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication relative to Fiscal
Year 2004 Goals and Objectives. (Attachments)
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
80-83
FROM COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT- Adopted
80. Request City Manager provide City Council with the plan for
temporary access into Union Station and Washington Sq. from Worcester Center
Blvd. during that period of time that the overhead ramp is demolished. (Attachments)
81. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report in 30
days concerning funding of the Worcester Common Outlet Mall Ramp Removal
Project and reimbursement from the forced account at Mass. Highway. (Attachments)
82. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a description
of the specific improvements to be made to the CIGNA property to improve ease
of access, including handicapped access from the proposed bus station across
Worcester Center Blvd. (Attachments)
83. Request City Manager report to City Council concerning future
funding for the construction of the pedestrian walkway that is proposed to span
Worcester Center Blvd. between the proposed bus ports and the Worcester Common
Outlet Mall Garage. (Attachments)
84-92
FROM HEALTH - Adopted
84. Request City Manager to provide City Council with the level of
HIV/AIDS funding allocated by the State to other Massachusetts cities and
compare that level of funding to the incidence of HIV/AIDS in the respective
locales. (Attachments)
85. Request City Manager report to City Council whether cities
across the Commonwealth that have instituted needle exchange programs have
found their state funding for HIV/AIDS testing reduced by the same percentage
as the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
86. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a report identifying
the fourteen sites where HIV/AIDS testing is conducted and if adequate funding
is still in place to continue operations.
87. Request City Manager forward a copy of the actions of the Health
Committee meeting of July 2, 2003 to Christine Ferguson, Mass. Commissioner of
Public Health. (Attachments)
88. Request City Manager to obtain and forward to City Council a
report on the incidence of Hepatitis C reports in the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
89. Request City Manager to ensure that a sufficient number of
defibrillator units are made available at the Green Hill Golf Course. (Attachments)
90. Request City Manager to provide City Council with data detailing
the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest in the City of Worcester over the past
several years. (Attachments)
91. Request City Manager report to City Council the number of CPR
trained employees in the Worcester Fire Department. (Attachments)
92. Request City Manager report to City Council with reference to
how the City of Worcester might receive a designation as a Heart Safe Community
and how such a designation might be converted into an action plan. (Attachments)
93-97 FROM HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION - Adopted
93. Request Administration to provide City Council with an update on
progress made towards establishing a centralized housing wait list. (Attachments)
94. Request Administration report to City Council for the August 12,
2003 meeting a timeline for completion and submission of a plan for
implementation of the City Housing Policy and the several large planned housing
projects. (Attachments)
95. Request City Manager to move forward with the recommended plan
for formulation of a Housing Trust Fund.
(Attachments)
96. Request Administration update City Council on the proposed TIF
legislation. (Attachments)
97. Request Administration report to City Council concerning the
enforcement of the existing law that concerns unrelated persons living in the
same housing unit. (Attachments)
98-101
FROM PUBLIC WORKS - Adopted
98. Request Commissioner of Parks and Recreation forward to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth the appreciation of the City Council in extending
the contract for the Worcester City Hall window replacement project. (Attachments)
99. Request Commissioner of Parks and Recreation report to City
Council an update on the timeline for a Request-For-Proposals for the City Hall
replacement window project. (Attachments)
100. Request City Manager review with our federal and state delegation
any monies that might be available for the relocation of the operation and
construction of a new Public Works Department Central Garage and whether there
are any communities that have benefited recently from such funding. (Attachments)
101. Request Commissioner of Public Works report to City Council the
feasibility of re-striping Lake Ave. from Nonquit Ave. to Coburn Ave. to create
a more park-like public way. (Attachments)
102-105
FROM TRAFFIC & PARKING - Adopted
102. Request Administration to respond to concept of developing a pilot
program to help the City generate more traffic studies. (Attachments)
103. Request Administration to install Stop Ahead sign, speed monitor
and enforcement on Fairhaven Rd. (Attachments)
104. Request Administration to consider a partnership with area
colleges and universities to review traffic technologies and trends. (Attachments)
105. Request City Manager report on refusal of Police Officer to tag
car blocking 5 Tupelo Rd. and further, to report as to the general policy of
the Police Department relative to cars blocking legal driveways.
106. Request Administration to provide an update on painting of
crosswalks and installation of signage.
(Attachments)
Placed on file
107. Request Administration provide an updated report on the number of
arrests made with regard to prostitution, by month for 2003 and if possible,
with an indication of whether the arrests were made as a result of a citizen
complaint, route officer observation or Vice Squad sting action. (Haller)
(Attachments)
Adopted
108. Request Administration provide a report of addresses where more
than one arrest on drug, prostitution or illegal weapons charges occurred
year-to-date in 2003. Request report include
actual number of arrests for each location.
(Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
109. Request Administration report on the number of complaint calls and
arrests at the following addresses, by month, for 2002 and year-to-date
2003: 14 Shepard St., 8, 10 Shawmut
St., 12 LaGrange St., 2 Pelham St., 703-709, 669-701 Main St., 24 Charlton St.,
140 Grand St., 12 Congress St., 10 Newbury St., 2, 63, 65 King St., 25
Hollywood St. and 57-59, 58-60 Chatham St.
(Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
110. Request City Manager report on the impact of civilian employee
layoffs in the Police Department upon clerical responsibilities and deployment
of personnel in each division as a result of employee reductions. (Lukes)
(Attachments)
Adopted
111. Request Administration report on collaboratives that might be
developed to expand access to school lunch and breakfast programs. (Murray)
(Attachments)
Adopted
112. Request Administration to research whether the repair of the wall
along the sidewalk on Highland St. from Newton Sq. to Park Ave. qualifies for
Block Grant funding. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
113. Request Administration provide an update on the efforts to return
to full weekend hours at the yard waste drop-off sites. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
114. Request Administration report on the completion of the Streetscape
portion of the Winter Heights development.
(Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
115. Request Administration report on traffic safety, patterns and
violations on Beverly Rd.
(Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
116. Request Administration to look at the feasibility of creating a
Phone-A-Story program similar to the one created by the Denver Public
Library. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
117. Request Administration to provide a report on the installation of
a traffic light at the Greendale Fire Station.
(Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
118. Request Administration report on any options available to restrict
unauthorized vehicles from accessing Newton Hill. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
119. Request Parks and Recreation Commission install appropriate
signage in the neck-down area of Crompton Park adjacent to Quinsigamond Ave.
that informs the public that the area is to be used for parking only by people
who are accessing the park.
(Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
120. Request City Manager to explore with the Insurance Advisory
Committee the feasibility of replicating the Springfield prescription drug plan
in the City of Worcester. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
121. Request Administration report on cost to repair sidewalks on Front
St. in manner consistent with downtown Streetscape. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
122. Request Administration report on developing improvement plan for
Institute Park involving WPI, including the establishment of perpetual care
funds for maintenance of park, including Sniederman Pavilion. (Murray, Palmieri) (Attachments)
Adopted
123. Request Administration develop plan to inform community about
$4,000.00 earned income tax credit available to many of Worcesters
citizens. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
124. Request Administration report for next meeting total amount owed
in delinquent tax obligations to the City.
(Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
125. Request Police, Health and Code Departments to report if they keep
statistics concerning whether a property is owner occupied as it relates to
complaints investigated. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
126. Request Administration to provide a report on the status of 41
Ellsworth St. property and the business operation at that property, A.
Jacevicus & Co., Inc. with regard to zoning ordinance violations. Request report include description of
previous use (business description, hours of operation, average number and
types of vehicles stored), a similar description of present use and
justification for grandfathering the present use. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
127. Request Administration to suggest how the City can require
agencies who distribute harm reduction packets to have agency identification on
the material distributed to include condoms, bleach bottles, dope cookers, safe
injection instruction pamphlets, condom use instruction pamphlets and all other
material. (Haller) (Attachments)
Councillor Haller moved to amend to add: tourniquets
Adopted, as amended
128. Request Administration to provide a detailed report on events of
July 30, 2003 regarding the illegal, but open distribution of hypodermic
needles and syringes on Main St. near Wellington St. Request report include information on the events leading up to and
the Police response and any other related incidents of this nature before or
after July 30, 2003. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
129. Request Administration provide an update on the schedule and scope
of the MDC sewer project along Cambridge St.
(Haller)
Councillor Haller moved to amend to add: Newton Square
Adopted, as amended
130. Request Administration report on what permitting is required for
social service or religious agencies regarding setting up information tables on
City sidewalks. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
131. Request increased traffic enforcement regarding speeding vehicles
on Richards St., especially after school starts. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
132. Request Administration announce and implement an immediate
crackdown on traffic violations.
(Irish, Perotto, Haller)
Adopted
133. Request Administration to investigate feasibility of remote cameras
to monitor and enforce vehicular traffic laws and report within 30 days.
(Irish, Perotto) (Attachments)
Councillor Clancy moved to amend: Further, request City
Manager report whether there are funds in this years budget to purchase said
cameras
Adopted, as amended
134. Request Administration to consider an ordinance that would require
developers to convert a private street to a public way when their development
plans would result in a ___% (percentage to be determined) increase in the
number of units on the private street.
(Irish, Clancy) (Attachments)
Adopted
135. Request Administration review level of enforcement and fines for
businesses posting fliers on street posts and poles. ((Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
136. Request Administration report on status of crosswalk painting on
Shrewsbury St. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
137. Request City Manager prepare a monthly status report for Council
on the following economic development initiatives, and further, request that
said report be forwarded during the first Council Calendar of each month for
discussion as the first order of business:
Union Station garage and tenancy, Massports partnership efforts at the
Airport, downtown housing development, Mass. Highway road project schedules
(Rt. 146, Washington Sq., I-290 redecking, etc.), Gateway Park grants and
tenancy, Gardner-Kilby-Hammond project, SWIP project, brownfield initiatives,
Coes Dam rehab, replacement and relocation of Central Garage, Visitors Center
rehab, telecommunications contract, Wyman Gordon property reuse and Worcester
Center tenancy. (Perotto, Petty,
Palmieri, Clancy, Patton, Murray, Irish, Haller, Gomez) (Attachments)
Councillor Irish moved to amend: prepare monthly status reports consistent with Standing Committees
Councillor
Haller moved to amend to add: Arts
District
Adopted,
as amended on a roll call 10-1 (Lukes)
Reconsideration
denied on a roll call 0-11
138. Request Administration to modify the traffic island in front of
the south portal of Washington Sq. so that vehicles may directly enter the
driveway in front of Union Station from
Washington Sq. and further, that this work be carried out simultaneous
to removal of the ramps. (Abraham) (Attachments)
Councillor Clancy moved to amend: Request schematic as
to what part of island will be taken out
Councillor Perotto moved to amend: Request Administration
report as to any effect on the CIGNA agreement for ramp removal
Adopted, as amended
139. Request City Manager contact Congressman McGoverns office and the
State Delegation to determine if grants could be procured for the following
projects: Visitors Center, Central
Garage relocation and clean-up, Coes Dam repair, Rt. 20 sewerage improvements
and the Putnam Lane Underpass/Franklin St. retaining wall safety improvement
and further, report quarterly on progress of said requests. (Palmieri, Clancy, Murray, Patton, Perotto,
Petty) (Attachments)
Adopted
140. Request City Manager develop options available to address the backlog
of all street/sidewalk reconstruction requests, including bonding capacity for
said projects. (Petty, Murray, Palmieri, Clancy, Perotto, Patton) (Attachments)
Adopted
141. Request City Manager report on the feasibility of a shared job
concept either on a temporary or permanent basis for the filling of civilian
vacancies in the Police Department and vacancies in other departments, subject
to funding. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
142. Request Administration to consider a program of free on-street
parking on Water St. and other appropriate streets as an economic development
incentive where new housing and/or commercial investment is being
initiated. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
143. Request City Council to develop measurable criteria and goals for
measuring the status of economic development initiatives, especially if monthly
reports are being requested from the City Manager on specific initiatives. (Lukes)
(Attachments)
Placed on file
144. Request City Council, in its policy making role, to vote to
prioritize economic development initiatives by way of setting one or more
hearings to obtain public input.
(Lukes) (Attachments)
Placed
on file
145. Request a legal opinion regarding how the annual evaluation
process of the City Manager, including the Managers goals and objectives,
apply to a City Council request for a monthly status report on specific
economic development initiatives.
(Lukes) (Attachments)
Placed on file
145a. Request City Manager to provide City Council with an updated list
of members, including addresses for the Industrial Development Finance
Authority. Motion-Perotto @ #2A CM
Adopted (Attachments)
145b. Request City Manager report within 45 days as to exactly what the
Administration has done with all departments concerning the Com Net
program. Motion-Perotto @ #6F CM
Adopted (Attachments)
145c. Request City Manager to provide the City Council Office with a copy
of the resurveys done by the Worcester Municipal Research Bureau relative to
the Com Net program. Motion-Petty @
#6F CM Adopted (Attachments)
145d. Request City Manager report as to how often the City engages in discussions
with the Mass. Highway Department Outdoor Advertising Board regarding the
citywide billboard situation and also, those billboards that have had graffiti
for some time or which have been put up when it was thought they would not be
put up. Motion-Clancy @ #6K CM
Adopted (Attachments)
145e. Request City Manager report as to the average tenure of an employee
in the Communications Department broken down by category. Motion-Lukes @ #7A CM Adopted (Attachments)
145f. Request City Manager report as to the process for the 5 and 10 year
review of the 108 loan guarantee for Fargo Management, LLC and Columbus Hotel
II. Motion-Lukes @ #8F CM Adopted
(Attachments)
145g. Request City Manager to apprise City Council of any reviews of 108
loan guarantees and what criteria will be used relative to those reviews and
whether or not the period is going to go for the whole period. Motion-Lukes @ #8F CM Adopted (Attachments)
145h. Request City Manager report as to how many other loan guarantees are
outstanding, what their status is in terms of types of reporting periods. Motion-Lukes @ #8F CM Adopted (Attachments)
145i. Request City Manager report as to how the $2,150,000.00 in fixtures
for the new hotel at 70 Central St. will be taxed. Motion-Lukes @ #8G CM Adopted (Attachments)
145j. Request Administration to report at the September 9, 2003 City
Council meeting as to their feelings about reviewing the review process for the
RFPs for G.A.R. Hall. Motion-Clancy
@ #8H CM Adopted (Attachments)
145k. Request City Manager to consider use of G.A.R. Hall by various City
departments that are currently paying for leased space. Motion-Patton @ #8H CM Adopted (Attachments)
145L. Request City Manager to report on what the City is paying currently
in leases in the downtown area and approximate square footage of each leased
space. Motion-Patton @ #8H CM
Adopted (Attachments)
145m. Request City Manager to provide a
complete financial analysis for the re-use of G.A.R. Hall, including the
cost of making the building usable for City office space, compared to the
savings on leasing space, capital improvements that have to be made and the
ordinary maintenance of the building and any specialized services in terms of
historic preservation, architectural and engineering analysis, handicap
accessibility and wiring for computers.
Motion-Lukes @ #8H CM Adopted
(Attachments)
145n. Request City Manager to report on the possibility of including in
the transfer of the School Department Maintenance building on Shrewsbury St. a
request that the developer over a period of time to seek historical designation
for the building. Motion-Clancy @
#8J CM Adopted (Attachments)
145o. Request City Manager to report as to whether or not the City has any
authority relative to setting timelines for development of City property sold
to private entities. Motion-Clancy @
#8J CM Adopted (Attachments)
145p. Request City Manager to develop a policy for sale of City property
at assessed or appraised value. Motion-Abraham
@ #8J CM Adopted (Attachments)
145q. Request City Manager to add when TIFs expire to future TIF
Monitoring Reports. Motion-Petty @
#8K CM Adopted (Attachments)
145r. Request City Manager to report on his plans to appropriate the
$40,000.00 to purchase an emergency generator for the Department of Emergency
Management. Motion-Perotto @ #11A CM
Adopted (Attachments)
145s. Request City Manager report as to costs for further build-out of
Union Station, the cost as it relates to the contract with CIGNA for ramp
demolition and the City Managers recommendation as to how the City will seek
out those funds. Motion-Murray @ #8L
CM Adopted (Attachments)
145t. Request City Manager to request a letter from Mass. Highway as to
exactly when they expect to have the 25% design for the Washington Sq.
build-out and the purpose for the delay.
Motion-Clancy @ #8-O CM Adopted
(Attachments)
145u. Request Youth, Parks & Recreation Committee to look at stronger
language and add a threshold of money to be established as a minimum endowment
for the maintenance of the Fire Fighters Memorial to be constructed next to
Fire Department Headquarters. Motion-Lukes
@ #13C CM Adopted (Attachments)
145v. Request City Manager to notify all homeowners of the passage of the City
Ordinance relative to allowing growth of shrubs, brush or trees onto any public
way and subsequent fines. Motion-Abraham
@ #15B CM Adopted (Attachments)
145w. Request City Manager to report on the process whereby all
enforcement officers are notified of what they can and cannot do and what
should be done on a regular basis on their routes regarding enforcement of the
Ordinances relative to personal property which is not a registered motor
vehicle on a public way and maintaining growth of shrubs, brush and trees on
public ways. Motion-Clancy @ #15B CM
Adopted (Attachments)
145x. Request City Manager to formulate a concentrated plan of enforcement
in problem areas in the first week when the Ordinance relative to maintaining
growth of shrubs, brush and trees on public ways and personal property which is
not a registered motor vehicle on a public way is in force. Motion-Murray @ #15B CM Adopted (Attachments)
145y. Request City Manager report as to what obligation Charter
Communications might have relative to updating news at 10:00 P.M. Motion-Irish @ #15D CM Adopted (Attachments)
145z. Request City Manager to provide City Council with copies of any
legislation filed concerning reforms to the cable industry. Motion-Lukes @ #15D CM Adopted (Attachments)
145aa.Request City Manager
to provide all City Councillors, via e-mail License Board agendas prior to the
meeting. Motion-Haller @ #16A CM
Adopted (Attachments)
145bb.Request Public Safety
Committee to review under what conditions the City will install surveillance
cameras, what policies will be developed to prohibit misuse of surveillance
cameras and data that is collected and public oversight. Motion-Lukes @ #17J CM Adopted (Attachments)
145cc.Request City Manager
report as to how many housing units were made available in the City last fiscal
year. Motion-Perotto @ #17K CM
Adopted (Attachments)
145dd.Request City Manager
to consider providing a statement, in writing, that proceeds from the sale of
parcels at the Greenwood St. Landfill be used for neighborhood
initiatives. Motion-Perotto @ #23S
CM Adopted (Attachments)
145ee.Request City Manager
report as to the status of Police vehicles having laptop computers that are in
working condition that can be used in crime prevention and information
regarding individuals who may be placed under arrest. Motion-Haller @ #19A CM Adopted
145ff. Request City Manager
report as to how the City could institute some handicap accessible
taxicabs. Motion-Petty @ #19B CM
Adopted (Attachments)
145gg.Request City Manager
to report on whether or not stings have occurred in Green Hill Park in order to
eliminate the prostitution problem in the park. Motion-Clancy @ #19E CM Adopted (Attachments)
145hh.Request City Manager
to raise the question with the Department of Public Health as to whether the
individual who was evaluating the Citys proposal for HIV/AIDS funding and who
had been an employee of several other Worcester area health agencies who were
funded was in conflict and should have disassociated
himself from the
process. Motion-Irish
@ #20A CM Adopted (Attachments)
145ii. Request City Manager to continue
communications with Senator Chandler to secure funding for HIV/AIDS testing and
counseling via a supplemental budget or next years budget outside of the
Department of Public Health itself. Motion-Gomez
@ #20A CM Adopted
145jj. Request City Manager to work with the local
agencies that receive HIV/AIDS funding from the State and report at the
September 9, 2003 City Council meeting
as to whether those agencies received more funding or less funding this
year from the State. Motion-Murray @
#20A CM Adopted (Attachments)
145kk.Request City Manager
to request the Department of Public Works look at that portion of sidewalk on
Norfolk St. at the intersection with Groton Place and report as to why that
section of sidewalk has not been repaired.
Motion-Perotto @ #23A CM Adopted
145LL.Request City Manager
to consider a citizen participation program to repaint crosswalks. Motion-Haller @ #23H CM Adopted
145mm. Request City Manager
add to the Abandoned Vehicle Hotline logging the date of the complaint and
getting back to the caller and giving them a timeframe for when the problem
will be addressed. Motion-Murray @
#23R CM Adopted (Attachments)
145nn.Request City Manager
to report at the September 9, 2003 City Council meeting as to the RFP dates on
the banks listed in Item 26A of the City Managers Calendar of August 12, 2003,
what are the annual renewal dates, more detail as relates to solicitation,
every bank and entity and how the City
invests general funds, why N/A is stated under General Fund Investment,
and how Trust Funds are solicitated. Motion-Murray
@ #26A CM Adopted (Attachments)
145oo.Request City Manager
to consider funding radar guns for each route car and that for three to four
hours each week streets on the list where speeding occurs, in all quadrants, be
targeted. Motion-Palmieri @ #132 CC
Adopted (Attachments)
145pp.Request City Manager
to report on the level of staffing in the Traffic detail division of the Police
Department. Motion-Petty @ #132 CC
Adopted (Attachments)
145qq.Request City Manager
to discuss with the current Police Chief and the incoming Police Chief as a priority,
the crackdown on traffic violations. Motion-Abraham @ #132 CC Adopted (Attachments)
145rr. Request City Manager and Mayor to poll each and
every member of the local legislative delegation to see why the City cannot get
legislative approval for speed humps. Motion-Clancy
@ #132 CC Adopted (Attachments)
145ss.Request City Manager
report to City Council relative to the agreement with Massport for the
operation of the Airport. Motion-Perotto
@ #137 CC Adopted (Attachments)
145tt. That the City Council be provided with the
minutes of Library Board meetings, off Calendar, whenever issued. Motion-Lukes @ #137CC Adopted (Attachments)
145uu.Request City Manager
report as to whether other cities and towns, including Arlington do not charge
for on-street parking anyplace within its boundaries, what the consequences
are, how it is implemented and enforced and whether they can offer an opinion
as to whether it is an incentive and has helped in terms of new projects in
dense areas. Motion-Lukes @ #142 CC
Adopted
145vv.That the September 2,
2003 City Council meeting be and is hereby cancelled. Motion-Murray at end of meeting (Attachments)
145ww.Request Administration
to report on my request from 25 months ago, that the Administration evaluate
the possibility of working with the NAACP and other community groups for the
creation of a museum of African American Heritage for the City of Worcester,
possibly utilizing the old Prospect House building. Gomez Suspension of Rules Adopted (Attachments)
145xx.Request City Manager
to provide an update from the WRTA on the service being provided Lakeside
Apartments. Petty Suspension of
Rules Adopted (Attachments)
145yy.Request City Manager
to install speed monitors on Plantation St. and Burncoat St. Palmieri Suspension of Rules Adopted
145zz.Request Administration
report to City Council on whether or not an ordinance can be developed in order
to regulate the use of motorized scooters on public ways. Clancy Suspension of Rules - Adopted
146
& 147 ADOPTED
146. SEWER
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT: PINECREST DR. (Attachments)
147. SEWER
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT: EGAN AVE. (Attachments)
148. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting Mission Statement,
Goals and Objectives for Fiscal 2004. (Attachments)
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
149. David J. Rushford, City Clerk transmitting communication relative to
annual accomplishments and goals. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
150. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting report relative to
City receiving proper compensation under the franchise agreement between the
City and Charter Communications. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Service & Transportation Committee
151
FROM PUBLIC WORKS - Adopted
151. That the City Council hereby recognizes Edward Kochling for his innovative work and that said resolution be placed in his personnel file. (Attachments)
152. That the City Council acknowledges the efforts of members of the
Worcester Police and Fire Departments in fundraising efforts for Sports
Alive. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
153. That the City Council hereby recognizes players and volunteers
involved in the Worcester Public Safety Cup in raising approximately $4,000.00
for the Sports Alive Program. (Murray)
(Attachments)
Adopted
154. That the City Council hereby recognizes the Gang Unit for their
efforts in raising funds for the Boys and Girls Club. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
156
ACCEPTED & ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0 RECONSIDERATION DENIED ON A ROLL CALL 0-11
156. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT Upon the
Communication of the City Manager relative to the Ramp Removal Agreement by and
between Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. and the City of Worcester: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
157-181 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT Upon
the following Communications of the City Manager: recommend Communications be placed on file.
157. Relative to assessed values on all CIGNA properties. (Attachments)
158. Relative to assessed value of the Common Outlet. (Attachments)
159. Relative to CIGNA letter regarding Worcester Common Outlets. (Attachments)
160. Relative to Worcester Common Outlet Tax Escrow Payment. (Attachments)
161. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT Upon the Order
of Councillor Lukes requesting Administration to contact CIGNA relative to the
feasibility of linking up Front St. with Washington Sq. and Shrewsbury St. and
explore financial incentive that might facilitate that: recommend Order be placed on file. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH Upon the following
Communications of the City Manager: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
162. Relative to HIV/AIDS funding.
(Attachments)
163. Relative to status of Worcesters HIV/AIDS counseling and testing
program. (Attachments)
164. Relative to HIV/AIDS counseling and testing program. (Attachments)
165. Relative to Mass. Department of Public Health FY2003 HIV
counseling, testing and support services contract. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD
REVITALIZATION Upon the following Communications of the City Manager: recommend Communications be placed on
file.
166. Relative to questions regarding the Housing Market Study. (Attachments)
167. Relative to Housing Market Study and Worcester Build Out
Analysis. (Attachments)
168. Relative to Chestnut St. Housing Project. (Attachments)
169. Relative to the most recent Organizational Chart for the Worcester
Housing Authority. (Attachments)
170. Relative to number of housing units owned vs. rented. (Attachments)
171. Relative to proposed Library Place Residential Development. (Attachments)
172. Relative to emergency heating/housing complaints. (Attachments)
173. Relative to the Housing Trust Fund. (Attachments)
174. Relative to 661 Main St. Burwick Caravan Building Status. (Attachments)
175. Relative to State budget impacts on homeless services. (Attachments)
176. Relative to Housing Bond Bill and Omnibus Housing Bill, including
TIF legislation. (Attachments)
177. Relative to State 2003/2004 Tax Increment Financing Legislation to
be filed by December 4, 2002. (Attachments)
178. Relative to law concerning unrelated persons occupying premises. (Attachments)
179. Relative to Citizens Housing and Planning Associations Smart
Growth Demonstration Initiative. (Attachments)
180. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
Upon the Communication of Roberta Schaefer, Executive Director, Worcester
Regional Research Bureau transmitting communication relative to questions and
comments on Worcesters Housing Market Study: recommend Communication be
placed on file. (Attachments)
181. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
Upon the Report of the Committee on Commerce and Development upon the
Communication of the City Manager relative to summary report on the
Neighborhood Mini-Grant Program: recommend
Report and Communication be placed on file.
(Attachments)
182 VOTED TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE
182. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES Upon the Report of the
Committee on Land Use upon the Report of the Planning Board upon the Petition
of Paul & Susan Lenkarski requesting to extend RL-7 zone westerly to
include most of the property at 35 State Rd. (aka 1200 West Boylston St. or 35
Electric Court) leaving existing building in BL-1.0 zone with legal frontage: recommend passage of the accompanying
proposed Ordinance. (Attachments)
183
& 184 REFERED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
183. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Report of the Committee on
Public Works upon the Petition of Heather Nejaimey requesting private street
conversion of Tracy Place from Southbridge St. westerly approximately 300 to
public portion. (Attachments)
184. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of John Sposato
requesting City Council approve extending main sewer in Trent Rd. from its
current terminus approximately 150 closer towards Ancona Rd. (Attachments)
185-187 REFERED TO ORDINANCE COMMITTEE FOR A HEARING
185. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Robert Picking
requesting to change RS-7 zoned property at 442 Southwest Cutoff to
ML-0.5. (Attachments)
186. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Joe Boynton and
Members of the Planning Board requesting to amend Article IV, Section 7A(1),
Article V, Section 2A, Article V, Table 5.1, Article IV, Table 4.2 and Table
4.4 of the Zoning Ordinance.
187. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Attorney Samuel
DeSimone requesting to amend City of Worcester Zoning Ordinance to allow
construction of high rise multi-family dwellings in IN-H, institutional,
medical zoning district by substituting the word Yes for the word No in line 8
of the column designated IN-H in Table 4.1, Permitted Uses by Zoning Districts,
Residential Use. (Attachments)
188 GIVEN LEAVE TO WITHDRAW (NEW PETITION SUBMITTED SEE #15)
188. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Karen Ripsz
requesting BL-1 zoning to extend from Lachapelle St. to Arcadia St., 800-888
Grafton St. (Attachments)
189 & 190 ACCEPTED & ORDERS ADOPTED ON A ROLL
CALL 10-0 (Abraham absent)
189. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of
Lawrence Moses Hammond requesting abatement of Sewer Assessment #30887 in the
amount of $2,574.12 on Stoneham Rd.: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order to abate to $406.45. (Attachments)
190. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of
Samuel & Gloria Bracey requesting abatement of Sewer Assessment #30886 in
the amount of $3,800.00 on Stoneham Rd.:
recommend adoption of the accompanying Order to abate to $600.00.
191-205 ACCEPTED & ORDERS ADOPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Petitions requesting street resurfacing:
recommend adoption of the accompanying Orders.
191. Representative John Fresolo on behalf of Henry Skalski request
Fairbanks St. be repaved/repaired. (Attachments)
192. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. request resurfacing of intersection of
Tacoma St., Pasadena Parkway and Great Brook Valley Ave. (Attachments)
193. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. request resurfacing of intersection of
Brookview Dr. and Great Brook Valley Ave.
(Attachments)
194. John Bisceglia request Wabash Ave. be resurfaced between Holcombe
and Koping Sts. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Petitions requesting sidewalk repair: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Orders.
195. Mayor Timothy Murray on behalf of Peter Fenuccio request repair of
sidewalk at 11 Lanark St. (Attachments)
196. Councillor Joseph Petty on behalf of Donna Hirons request sidewalk
repair at 37 Proctor St. (Attachments)
197. Councillor Juan Gomez request sidewalk repair at 19 Lenox St. (Attachments)
198. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. request sidewalk repair on West Upsala
St., aside 182 Vernon St. (Attachments)
199. Susan Interrante request repair of sidewalk, curbing and sinking
street at 107 Brookline St. (Attachments)
200. Pamela Bowler request City to uncover portion(s) of sidewalk
buried for 25 years at corner of Monterey and Thorndyke Rds. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Reports of the Planning Board upon Petitions requesting to make streets
public: recommend adoption of the
accompanying Orders.
201. Rita Marin request to make public Paris Ave. (Attachments)
202. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. request DPW accept Dalton St. as
public. (Attachments)
203. Robert Gallo, President, Eagle Development Corp. request
acceptance of Moreland Green Dr. in Phases IX and X in the Villages of Moreland
Green Subdivision. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Reports of the Planning Board upon Petitions requesting sewers: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Orders.
204. Paul Mungovan et al request to extend sanitary and surface sewers
for the entire length of Dexter St. (Attachments)
205. Paul Mungovan et al request to extend sanitary and surface sewers
for the entire length of Lenora St. (Attachments)
206-221 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Communications of the City Manager: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
206. Relative to Innovative Wheelchair Ramp Design. (Attachments)
207. Relative to Rules and Regulations concerning Dumpsters. (Attachments)
208. Relative to funds allocated to the Coes Dam Project. (Attachments)
209. Relative to Secretary of State William Galvin/Massachusetts
Historic Commission granting three year contract extension for the $94,000.00
MHC-MPPF Grant for City Hall window restoration. (Attachments)
210. Relative to future DPW issues.
(Attachments)
211. Relative to curbside recycling contract. (Attachments)
212. Relative to Grimewatch Program March/April 2003 activity. (Attachments)
213. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Communication of
Roberta Schaefer, Executive Director, Worcester Regional Research Bureau
transmitting communication relative to Worcesters link to the Mass. Pike: An update on the Route 146 connector: recommend Communication be placed on
file. (Attachments)
214. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Report of the Planning
Board upon the Petition of Paul Bloom et al requesting to convert Drexel St. to
a public Street from #28 to #67: recommend
Petitioner be given leave to withdraw. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following
Petitions: recommend Petitioners be
given leave to withdraw.
215. Hector Camas request sidewalk repair at 91 Eastern Ave. (Attachments)
216. Frances Lish request sidewalks from 25-31 Beechmont St. (Attachments)
217. Mayor Timothy Murray on behalf of Anna Barrone request repair of
sidewalk at corner of Wigwam Ave. and Dustin St. (Attachments)
218. Mayor Timothy Murray and Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. request DPW
resurface Arline St. (Attachments)
219. Norma Sandison, Executive Director, Mechanics Hall request that
the City remove the Circa lettering in the sidewalk in front of Mechanics
Hall. (Attachments)
220. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Report of the
Planning Board upon the Petition of Ken Rabidou requesting to extend sewers in
Bailey St. from Foxmeadow Dr. to my property at 128 Bailey St.: recommend Petition be denied.
221. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Joan
Crowell requesting abatement of Sewer Assessment #30840 in the amount of
$3,800.00 on Rockwell St.: recommend
Petition be denied. (Attachments)
222-244
VOTED TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCES
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the
following Petitions requesting handicap parking: recommend passage of the accompanying proposed Ordinances.
222. Councillor Michael Perotto on behalf of Patrick Welch request
handicap parking in front of 21 Sterling St.
(Attachments)
223. Councillor Philip Palmieri request extension of handicap parking
to another space in front of 14 Ayrshire Rd.
(Attachments)
224. Anne Skrocki request handicap parking next to driveway, past blind
corner at 24 Cohasset St. (Attachments)
225. Helen Frye request handicap parking at 71 Hollis St. (Attachments)
226. Louise Godin request handicap parking at 45 Arlington St. (Attachments)
227. Dominic Guiliani et al request handicap parking at 17 Creston
St. (Attachments)
228. Wayne Pulsifer request handicap parking at 35 Upsala St. (Attachments)
229. Alonzo Searles request handicap parking in front of 92 Ward St. (Attachments)
230. Donna Clemow on behalf of Rebecca Dupuis request handicap parking
at 7 Russell St. (Attachments)
231. Ovila Baillargeon request handicap parking at 40 Esther St. (Attachments)
232. Charles Pardee request handicap parking in front of 51 Beaver St.
(Attachments)
233. Jacques Poulin request handicap parking in front of 55 Merrifield
St. (Attachments)
234. Peter Trayers, Area Director, Department of Mental Retardation
request sufficient handicap parking be installed to accommodate tenants of 40
Southbridge St. and their customers. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the
following Petitions requesting removal of handicap parking: recommend passage of the accompanying
proposed Ordinances.
235. Margaret Odei request handicap parking be removed from in front of
32 Bellevue St. (Attachments)
236. Francis Caffone request handicap parking signs be removed from 61
Merrifield St. (Attachments)
237. Vilma Rodriquez request removal of handicap parking in front of 93
Sterling St. (Attachments)
238. Edith Ricci request removal of handicap parking from in front of
27 Forbes St. (Attachments)
239. Winthrop Beam request removal of handicap parking from 110 Delmont
Ave. (Attachments)
240. Winifred & Alfred Gendron, Jr. request handicap parking signs
be removed from in front of 25 Delawanda Dr.
(Attachments)
241. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the Petition
of Maritza Velazquez request handicap parking at 34 Newbury St. be removed and
installed in front of 81 Russell St.: recommend
passage of the accompanying two proposed Ordinances.
242. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the Petition
of Mary Covotta request handicap parking signs be moved closer to 6 Eastham St.
from 343 Hamilton St.: recommend
passage of the accompanying proposed Ordinance. (Attachments)
243. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the Petition
of Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. requesting No Parking on the odd side of
Forsberg St. from Evelyn St. to Greenwood St.:
recommend passage of the accompanying proposed Ordinance.
244. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the Petition
of Robert Rano requesting Stop sign at corner of Merrick and Cedar Sts.: recommend passage of the accompanying
proposed Ordinance. (Attachments)
245-248 ACCEPTED & ORDERS ADOPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the
following Petitions requesting signage:
recommend adoption of the accompanying Orders.
245. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. request Caution Children signs on
Standish St. between Grafton St. and Massasoit Rd. (Attachments)
246. Maria Spitaels request Pedestrian Walkway sign at corner of
College and Boyden Sts. (Attachments)
247. Kelly Berthiaume request two Deaf Child signs on Kosta St. (Attachments)
248. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the Petition
of Dwayne Watson et al requesting installation of a traffic light at the corner
of Marble and Main Sts.: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
249-274 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the
following Petitions: recommend
Petitions be placed on file.
249. Robert Rano request Stop sign at corner of Sever and Cedar Sts. (Attachments)
250. Joe Aromando request Stop sign at intersection of Fairmont Ave.
and Bedford Ave. (Attachments)
251. Mayor Timothy Murray and Councillor Stephen Patton on behalf of
Melanie Willett request four-way Stop sign at intersection of Fairhaven Rd. and
Burncoat St. (Attachments)
252. Carla Bartulis et al request repainting of crosswalk at Webster
Sq. (Attachments)
253. Carla Bartulis et al request crosswalk at 24 Mill St. (Attachments)
254. Mary Halley et al request handicap parking be removed on Bellevue
St. (Attachments)
255. Evelyn Cardona request removal of handicap parking in front of 11
Stoneland Rd. (Attachments)
256. Winona Rondeau et al request traffic light at 425 Pleasant St. (Attachments)
257. Councillor Stephen Abraham on behalf of John Carnegie request
review and possible adjustment of traffic signals at Chandler and Pleasant Sts.
and Chandler and Mill Sts. (Attachments)
258. Christine Francoeur request road mirror on North Lake Ave. across
from 4 Nana Trail to assist vehicle traffic with blind driveway and
neighborhood traffic entering/exiting Nana Trail and adjoining Natural History
Dr. (Attachments)
259. Marvin Konigsburg et al request traffic light at Main and King
Sts. be reactivated. (Attachments)
260. Nancy Chosta et al request parking ban on Tupelo Rd. (Attachments)
261. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the Order of
Mayor Murray requesting Traffic and Parking Committee to consider requesting
the Off-Street Parking Board to fund the cost of making Pearl St. a two-way
street: recommend Order be placed on
file. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the
following Communications of the City Manager:
recommend Communications be placed on file.
262. Relative to placing school zone signage around North High School.
(Attachments)
263. Relative to placing turn signal at intersection of May St. and
Park Ave. (Attachments)
264. Relative to Blockbuster Video on West Boylston St. (Attachments)
265. Relative to regulations regarding commercial trucks parking on
arterial streets. (Attachments)
266. Relative to abandoned vehicle report status. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the
following Petitions: recommend
Petitioners be given leave to withdraw.
267. William Randall, ABG Realty request three 15 minute parking signs
in front of store fronts on Grand St. (Attachments)
268. Antonio Rivera request handicap parking at 30 Channing St. (Attachments)
269. Yefim Pozdniakov request handicap parking at 11 Edwidge St. (Attachments)
270. Iris Andino request handicap parking at 26 Channing St. (Attachments)
271. Karl Spears request handicap parking in front of 7 King Philip Rd.
(Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the
following Petitions: recommend
Petitions be denied.
272. David Vasquez request handicap parking in front of 5 Maple Tree Lane
be removed or relocated. (Attachments)
273. Kimberly Plourde request Deaf Child sign on Tyson Rd. (Attachments)
274. Councillor Stephen Patton and Mayor Timothy Murray request traffic
signal at corner of Grove St. and Chester St.
(Attachments)
275-314
ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 10-0 (Abraham absent)
275. That the sum of Three Million One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars
($3,115,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C780, City Wide Capital Equipment
for the purpose of purchasing departmental equipment. (Attachments)
276. That the sum of Five Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars
($570,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C731, Water Capital Equipment for
the purpose of purchasing capital equipment for the Water Department. (Attachments)
277. That the sum of Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000.00)
be appropriated to Account #91C734, Sewer Capital Equipment for the purpose of
purchasing capital equipment for the Sewer Department. (Attachments)
278. That the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C743, Off Street Parking Capital Equipment for the
purpose of purchasing capital equipment for the Off Street Parking
Program. (Attachments)
279. That the sum of Four Million Three Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars
($4,360,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C711, Building Rehabilitation for
the purpose of remodeling, reconstructing or making extraordinary repairs to
public buildings owned by the City. (Attachments)
280. That the sum of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C732, Water Building Rehabilitation for the purpose
of making extraordinary repairs and improvements to the Water Department
Building. (Attachments)
281. That the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C735, Sewer Building Rehabilitation for the purpose
of making extraordinary repairs and improvements to the Sewer Department
Building. (Attachments)
282. That the Sum of Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($650,000.00)
be appropriated to Account #91C784, Park Improvements for the purpose of
constructing or reconstruction of municipal outdoor recreation and athletic
facilities. (Attachments)
283. That the sum of One Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,050,000.00)
be appropriated to Account #91C741, Street Construction for the purpose of
construction or reconstruction and surfacing or resurfacing of streets, ADA
improvements and sidewalks. (Attachments)
284. That the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C741, Street Construction for the purpose of
extending the pavement life or the resurfacing of streets. (Attachments)
285. That the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C741, Street Construction for the purpose of
surfacing or resurfacing of streets. (Attachments)
286. That the sum of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars
($175,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C741, Street Construction for the
purpose of construction or reconstruction, betterments and conversions of
private streets. (Attachments)
287. That the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C722, Bridge Repairs for the purpose of improving
June St. Bridge over Tatnuck Brook. (Attachments)
288. That the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C741, Street Construction for the purpose of
construction or reconstruction of slope at Franklin St. (Attachments)
289. That the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C739, Sewer Drainage for the purpose of financing
cost of trunk sewer construction. (Attachments)
290. That the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer Construction to pay cost of constructing
sewer systems by conducting infiltration and inflow remedy work to the Citys
sewerage system. (Attachments)
291. That the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer Construction for the purpose of
constructing and reconstructing sewer pumping facilities. (Attachments)
292. That the sum of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer Construction for payment of costs
related to reconstruction of sewers. (Attachments)
293. That the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C756, Landfill Closeout for the purpose of improving
Ballard St. landfill area. (Attachments)
294. That the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer Construction for payment of costs
related to construction of surface drains.
(Attachments)
295. That the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer Construction for the purpose of
improving and controlling sewer overflow.
(Attachments)
296. That the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00)
be appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer Construction for the purpose of
drainage improvements at the Worcester Regional Airport.
297. That the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C739, Sewer Drainage for the purpose of making repairs
to and reconstruction of the sewer systems (Sewer Drainage-Interceptor
Inspection). (Attachments)
298. That the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00)
be appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer Construction for payment of costs
related to reconstruction of sewers (Beaver Brook). (Attachments)
299. That the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer Construction for payment of sewer
consolidation study to sewer system. (Attachments)
300. That the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer Construction for payment of costs
related to Granite St. infrastructure improvements. (Attachments)
301. That the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00)
be appropriated to Account #91C713, Water Mains for payment of costs related to
water systems security. (Attachments)
302. That the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,500,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C713, Water Mains for the purpose
of purchasing, replacing or rehabilitating Water Department equipment. (Attachments)
303. That the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C737, Water Meters for the purpose of purchasing and
installing water meters. (Attachments)
304. That the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C713, Water Mains for the purchase, replacement or
rehabilitation of Water Department equipment. (Attachments)
305. That the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00)
be appropriated to Account #91C738, Reservoir Rehabilitation for payment of
costs related to water pumping and water storage tank facilities rehabilitation. (Attachments)
306. That the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C702, Land Acquisition for the acquisition of land
for open space. (Attachments)
307. That the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C714, Water Pump Station Rehabilitation for payment
of costs related to water pumping and water storage tank facilities
rehabilitation. (Attachments)
308. That the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C738, Reservoir Rehabilitation for payment of costs
related to Reservoir #1 intake at Holden Reservoir facility. (Attachments)
309. That the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C713, Water Mains for paying cost of water
consolidation study. (Attachments)
310. That the sum of Six Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($670,000.00)
be appropriated to Account #91C711, Building Rehabilitation for the purpose of
remodeling, reconstructing or making extraordinary repairs to public buildings
owned by the City. (Attachments)
311. That the sum of Four Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($410,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C775, Centrum Centre Building Rehabilitation for the
purpose of making extraordinary repairs and improvements to the Centrum Centre
Building. (Attachments)
312. That the sum of Five Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($510,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C732, Water Building Rehabilitation for the purpose
of making extraordinary repairs and improvements to the Water Department
Building. (Attachments)
313. That the sum of Two Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($260,000.00)
be appropriated to Account #91C735, Sewer Building Rehabilitation for the
purpose of making extraordinary repairs and improvements to the Sewer
Department Building. (Attachments)
314. That the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C744, Off Street Parking Rehabilitation for the
purpose of making extraordinary repairs and improvements to Federal Plaza
Garage Building. (Attachments)
315 ORDAINED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
315. Amending the Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 relative to
Occupational Group K Library Head of Building Operations. (Attachments)
Amending the Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 relative
to Occupational Group EM Executive Management Deputy Director of
Neighborhood Services and Director of Neighborhood Services. (Attachments)