CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:08 P.M.
Adjourned: 10:55 P.M.
1. INVOCATION Pastor Edred A. Black
Grace Christian Centre
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL CALL All present except Councillor
Patton who arrived at 7:10 P.M.
4. PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING EDWARD KOCHLING FOR HIS INNOVATIVE WORK.
They Mayor also presented Resolutions to Police and Firefighters for their participation in the Worcester Safety Cup to raise funds for the Sports Alive program and to the Grafton Hill American Legion baseball team for the 2003 Statewide Championship
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE HEARINGS
7:00 P.M.
5
Ordinance Committee held Item Tabled
5. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Robert Picking requesting to change RS-7 zoned part of property at 442 Southwest Cutoff to ML-0.5. (Attachments)
6
Ordinance Committee held Committee voted on a roll call vote 10-0 (Abraham
absent) to accept the Report of the Planning Board and recommend approval
6. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Attorney Samuel DeSimone requesting to amend the 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)
7 Ordinance Committee held Item Tabled
7. 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.
See
Item 8A of the City Managers Calendar
8. Monthly status reports consistent with Standing Committees on the following economic development initiatives: Union Station garage and tenancy, Massports partnership efforts at the Airport, downtown housing development, Mass. Highway road project schedules, 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, Worcester Center tenancy and the Arts District. (Attachments)
9. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
9a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
10
& 11 REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BD.
10. Robert L. Moylan, Commissioner of Public Works request
installation of surface and sanitary sewers in the remaining section of Drexel
St. from the end of the 5/2/65 public location, northerly approximately 1,000
to Briarcliff St. (Attachments)
11. Stephen Kayer et al request private street conversion of
Merchant St. (Attachments)
11a. Virginia Kingsbury et al request City Council to oversee the
potential for mosquito breeding in the wetlands of the 68 lot subdivision
behind the intersection of Burncoat St. and Randolph Rd. There will be an increase in stagnant water
from detention/retention basin, wetland replication and pooling. Referred to the Planning Board
Suspension of Rules (Attachments)
12-29 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
12. Dominic DiPilato et al request private street maintenance on
Seattle St. (Attachments)
13. Karen Belliveau et al request private street maintenance on
private portion of Sorrento St. (Attachments)
14. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. and Councillor Philip Palmieri on
behalf of Joseph Dipersia request extension of sewer line to property at 496
Hamilton St. (Attachments)
15. Councillor Stephen Abraham on behalf of John Guiney request
repaving of Kenilworth Rd. (Attachments)
16. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. request resurfacing of Raymond St. (Attachments)
17. Councillor Barbara Haller request sidewalk repair in area of 224
Chandler St. (Attachments)
18. Mark Biller, Vice President, Stafford Hill Estates, request to
connect Stafford Hill Estates development in Leicester to City of Worcester
water and sewer. (Attachments)
19. Genevieve Tole request sidewalk repair at 3 Vernon Terrace. (Attachments)
20. Laureen Meton request repair of Indian Lake Parkway at top, on
the curve. (Attachments)
21. Jeannette Etre et al request South St. be resurfaced. (Attachments)
22. Christopher Pallotta request repair of storm drain at the
intersection of Millbury St. and Fifth Ave.
(Attachments)
23. Eileen Charbonneau & Cynthia Ekman request to connect 28 Frederickson
Ave., Holden to Worcester sewer system. (Attachments)
24. Councillor Philip Palmieri request repair and/or replacement of
badly damaged guard rail at the intersection of Barnard Rd. and Burncoat
Terrace. (Attachments)
25. Councillor Philip Palmieri request sidewalk repair/replacement
on westerly side of Main St. from Harrington Corner to driveway of 406 Main
St. (Attachments)
26. Councillor Philip Palmieri on behalf of Anton Buccaglia request
repair of sidewalk in vicinity of 39 Dustin St. (Attachments)
27. Councillor Philip Palmieri on behalf of Shiva Saksena request
repair of surface sewer in front of 99 Lake Ave. North. (Attachments)
28. Councillor Philip Palmieri request Lake Ave. North and Natural
History Rd. be resurfaced. (Attachments)
29. Councillor Philip Palmieri & Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. on
behalf of Joseph Dipersia request approval of a trunk sewer to connect property
at 496 Hamilton St. (Attachments)
29a. Councillor Juan Gomez request Administration consider the
feasibility of resurfacing Kennilworth Rd.
Referred to Public Works Committee Suspension of Rules (Attachments)
30-47 REFERRED TO TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
30. Luther Ward request removal of handicap parking from 16 Vale St.
(Attachments)
31. Ursula & Valerijonas Rozevicius request No Parking from
fence gate to driveway, approximately 10 at 98 Harrison St. (Attachments)
32. Vincent & Monica McLeod et al request Blind Driveway sign be
placed close to 38 Upland St. (Attachments)
33. Hector Lugo request handicap parking in front of 10 Lakeside
Ave. (Attachments)
34. Joyce Ross request No Parking in front of 1 & 2 Englewood
Ave. (Attachments)
35. Councillor Barbara Haller request to remove resident parking on
Richland St. (Attachments)
36. Maria Cabrera request handicap parking be removed from 105 Sterling
St. and installed across from 41 Kingsbury St.
(Attachments)
37. Ronald Gustafson, Sr. request two hour parking limit on
Frothingham Rd., east side for approximately 200 from Lincoln St. end and west
side from Lincoln St. to driveway of 5 Frothingham Rd. 8:00a.m. to 5:00
p.m. (Attachments)
38. Ronald Gustafson, Sr. request resident only parking in front of
5 Frothingham Rd. (Attachments)
39. Councillor Michael Perotto on behalf of Richard Fields request
30 minute parking in front of First Time Used Cars, 2 Putnam Lane. (Attachments)
40. Linda Rafferty request removal of handicap parking at 6 South
Harlem St. (Attachments)
41. Dorothy Poole et al request handicap parking in front of 13
Hitchcock Rd. (Attachments)
42. Daniel Morgan request installation of No Left Turn sign at
corner of Carbon St. and Belmont St. (Attachments)
43. Dorothy Galkowski request resident sticker parking on the
northerly side of Spurr St. from the corner of Vernon St., a distance of 180. (Attachments)
44. Councillor Philip Palmieri request Lake Ave. North and Natural
History Rd. be made one-way streets. (Attachments)
45. Councillor Philip Palmieri request installation of Children Go
Slow sign in the mid section of Sherbrook Ave.
(Attachments)
46. Joanne Ethier, Principal, St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic Jr.
High School request School Zone signage north and southbound on Grove St.,
intersecting at Drummond Ave. (Attachments)
47. Joanne Ethier, Principal, St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic Jr.
High School request crosswalk be installed from Drummond Ave. across Grove
St. (Attachments)
48 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
48. Michael Grandone request that because of utility companies
failure to keep on schedule on roadway improvement projects, the City Council
shall not vote on any future projects that are petitioned by said utility
companies until all current projects are brought up to date. Further, all projects shall have a beginning
date as well as a completion date that will be adhered to or said utility
company will be fined at a rate set by the City Council. (Attachments)
49-51 HEARINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 7:00 P.M.
49. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC CO. for cable and conduit system on: MURRAY AVE.
(Attachments)
50. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for pole relocation on: CAMP ST.
(Attachments)
51. NSTAR for gas main location on:
SALISBURY ST. (Attachments)
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
3. AIRPORT:
A. Communication relative to FY04 Personal
Services Appropriation. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Service & Transportation Committee
B.
SUPPLEMENTAL Request City
Council authorization to file and accept a FAA and MAC grant for the Airport
Master Plan Update. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted Reconsideration denied
C. SUPPLEMENTAL Request City
Council authorization to file and accept a FAA and MAC grant for Security
Enhancements, Phase 2. (Attachments)
Resolution
adopted Reconsideration denied
4. ASSESSORS:
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
A. Communication relative to City Departments
that lease Office Space. (Attachments)
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
6. CODE
ENFORCEMENT:
7.
COMMUNICATIONS:
8. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication
relative to Monthly Economic Development Initiatives Report. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee,
Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee, Public Service &
Transportation Committee and Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to Process of a 5
and 10 year review of the HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee for Fargo Management,
LLC and Columbus Hotel, II, LLC. (Attachments)
Referred
to Commerce & Development Committee
C. Communication relative to the Number of
HUD Section 108 Loans Outstanding. (Attachments)
Referred to Community Development Committee
D. Communication relative to the renewal
application for the Shrewsbury Street Area Revitalization District. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
E. Communication relative to the renewal
application for the Downtown Commercial Area Revitalization District. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
F. Communication relative to Response to WRTA Requests. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
G. Communication relative to TIF Report. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
H. Communication relative to the 2003 Annual Report for the Greater Worcester Area Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
I. Communication relative to Review Process Used for the RFP for G.A.R. Memorial Hall. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
J. Communication relative to Pedestrian Walkways. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
9. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
10. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
11. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT:
12. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
13. FIRE:
A. Communication relative to the Number of CPR
trained employees in the Worcester Fire Department. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Fire Companies
Closing during the Summer Months. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
14. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
15. LAW:
A. Communication relative to Trash Collection
Policy Town of Natick Legal Decision. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to Operating
Motorized Scooters on Public Streets. (Attachments)
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
C. Communication relative to RFQ Process for
the Greenwood Street Landfill. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Works Committee
16. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
17.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to Abandoned
Vehicle Towing Program FY04. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to an Overlay Area
in the Quinsigamond Village Neighborhood. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
C. Communication relative to the Policy for
Planning Initiatives in every Neighborhood. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
D. Communication relative to the Procurement
of Grants for Several Projects. (Attachments)
Referred to Legislative Affairs Committee
E. Communication relative to FY03 Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Process. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
F. Communication relative to GIS Zoning Map
Quality Improvement Project. (Attachments)
Referred
to Land Use Committee
G. Communication relative to Most Recent
ComNet SM re-surveys conducted by the Worcester Regional Research Bureau. (Attachments)
Referred to Strategic Planning Committee
H. Communication relative to a meeting on
August 29th with representatives from the Executive Office of Public
Safety (EOPS). (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
I. Communication relative to Improved
Version of the City of Worcesters Zoning Map. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
J. Communication relative to a draft policy
on the use of surveillance cameras prior to activation of the camera installed
at 701 Main Street. (Attachments)
Referred to Joint Public Safety & Health Committee
meeting on September 10, 2003
18. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to Volunteer Drive
for the Cleanup of Hope Cemetery. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
19. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to Placing a Police
Cruiser on Fourth Street. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Arrests for
Prostitution that have occurred in Green Hill Park for a 6 month period. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
C. Communication regarding the Policy of the
Police Department relative to cars blocking legal driveways. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
20. PUBLIC
HEALTH:
A. Communication relative to Smoking
Ordinance. (Attachments)
Referred to
Health Committee
B. Communication relative to HIV/AIDS. (Attachments)
Referred to Health Committee
C. Communication relative to Elm Park Pond. (Attachments)
Referred to Health Committee
21.PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
22. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
23. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to Grimewatch
Program May/June 2003 Activity. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to Traffic control
on Murray Ave. (Attachments)
Referred
to Traffic & Parking Committee
C. Request City Council accept with gratitude
a Scholarship Award. for DPWs Safety and Training Manager, Paul G. McQuade. (Attachments)
Order
adopted with gratitude on a roll call 11-0
D. Communication relative to Traffic
Signal/Greendale Fire Station. (Attachments)
Placed on file
E. Communication relative to North Parkway. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
F. Communication relative to Status of
Resurfacing of Ferdinand Street. (Attachments)
Placed on file
G. Communication relative to Efforts to
Return to Full Weekend Hours of the yard waste drop off sites. (Attachments)
Placed on file
H. Communication relative to Project on 50
East Mountain Street. (Attachments)
Placed on file
I. Communication relative to Household
Hazardous Waste Collection 2003. (Attachments)
Placed on file
J. Communication relative to Trash
Receptacles. (Attachments)
Placed on file
K. Communication relative to Status Report #3
Street Resurfacing Projects. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
L. Communication relative to Abandoned Vehicle
Status Report. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
M. Communication relative to Greenwood Street
Landfill Project. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee and Commerce & Development Committee
N. SUPPLEMENTAL Communication
relative to Temporary Entrance to Union Station from Washington Square.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee for September 16, 2003 meeting
24.
PURCHASING:
25. TECHNICAL
SERVICES:
26. TREASURY:
A. Communication relative to Web Page
Enhancement. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
B. Communication relative to Disposal of
Foreclosed Properties. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
C. Communication relative to Tax Title
(foreclosed) Properties. (Attachments)
Placed on file
D. Communication relative to Banking
Services. (Attachments)
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
E. Communication relative to Transferring
Property Abutting Tax Title Property. (Attachments)
Placed on file
F. Communication relative to Allowing Credit
and/or Debit Card Payments. (Attachments)
Placed on file
G. Communication relative to Outstanding
Taxes owed to the City. (Attachments)
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
27. VETERANS
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that Seven Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation and appropriated to Account #50C704, School Department Building
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations
related to various Building Rehabilitation projects for the Worcester Public
Schools as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
B. Recommend that Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #50C705, Chandler Magnet School
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations
related to improvements at the Chandler Magnet School, as approved in the
Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
C. Recommend that One Hundred Twenty Five
Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars ($125,897.00) be transferred when
and as received from Account #91C731, Water Capital Equipment, and appropriated
to Account #45C703, Water Department Capital Equipment, for the purpose of
purchasing (1) 4x4 Dump Truck, and (2) Personal Computers for the Water
Department, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Recommend that Six Thousand Seven Hundred
Eighty Five Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($6,785.15) be transferred when and as
received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account
#45C703, Water Department Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing (4)
portable radios, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
E. Recommend that One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C741, Street Construction,
and appropriated to Account #41C768, Private Street Conversion/Betterments, to
allow for the payment of current and future obligations for various citywide
private street conversion/betterments projects, as approved in the Capital
Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
F. Recommend that One Hundred Thirty Nine
Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Eight Dollars ($139,678.00) be transferred when
and as received from Account #91C734, Sewer Capital Equipment, and appropriated
to Account #44C704, Sewer Department Capital Equipment, for the purpose of
purchasing (1) Catch Basin Dredger for the Sewer Department, as approved in the
Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
G. Recommend that Six Thousand Three Hundred
Dollars and Two Cents ($6,300.02) be transferred when and as received from Account
#91C734, Sewer Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #44C704, Sewer
Department Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing (5) Personal
Computers and (2) Laser Printers for the Sewer Department, as approved in the
Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
H. Recommend that Three Hundred Seventy Five
Thousand Thirty Six Dollars ($375,036.00) be transferred when and as received
from Account #91C780, Citywide Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account
#41C703, DPW Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing (3) Sanitation
Load Packers for the Department of Public Works, as approved in the Capital
Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
I. Recommend that One Hundred Eighty Five
Thousand Sixty Dollars ($185,060.00) be transferred from Account #91C744, Off Street
Parking 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
J. Recommend that Four Thousand Six Hundred
Eighty Nine Dollars ($4,689.00) be transferred when and as received from
Account #91C780, Citywide Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account
#41C703, DPW Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing (1) Digital A/C
Refrigerant System, and Traffic Signal Equipment for the Department of Public
Works, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
K. Recommend that One Thousand Three Hundred
Ninety Eight Dollars and Twenty Six Cents ($1,398.26) be transferred from
Account #330-07, Damage Settlement Account, and appropriated to Account
#260-92000, Fire Department Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds to repair
the damages to Car 14. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
L. Recommend that the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand One Hundred Sixty Three Dollars and Fifty Eight Cents ($116,163.58) be reduced from the following accounts, due to lower operational requirements at the Worcester Regional Airport:
ACCOUNT
|
ACCOUNT
NAME |
AMOUNT
|
|
470-91000 |
Airport Personal Services (Regular Salaries) |
$103,333.56 |
|
470-96000 |
Group Insurance |
$ 12,830.02 |
|
|
|
|
Further, I respectfully recommend that
Airport Personal Services (Unemployment Compensation), Account #470-91000, be
increased by the sum of Forty Thousand Six Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and
Sixty Cents ($40,647,60) to pay for the projected unemployment compensation
costs of the various personnel reductions at the Worcester Regional Airport,
due to lower operational requirements. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
M. Request that Nine Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($9,100.00) from U.S. Department of Justice Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Round VI and VII be appropriated for use as follows:
|
ACCOUNT |
DESCRIPTION |
AMOUNT |
|
18S223 |
LLEBG Round VI |
$2,582.12 |
|
18S248 |
LLEBG Round VII |
$6,517.88 |
The purpose of this funding is to tow abandoned vehicles from public and private properties. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
N. Request that One Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Nine Dollars and Ninety Seven Cents ($1,389.97) be authorized from the FY04 Law Department Ordinary Maintenance Account #120-92000 to provide funds for the purpose of payment of a prior year invoice. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
O. Communication relative to Early Retirement Incentive Program (ERI). (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
Reconsideration denied on a voice vote
P. Recommend that Forty Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($48,500.00) be transferred when and as received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #26C701, Fire Department Capital Equipment for the purpose of purchasing a replacement cab for Ladder 6. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
29.
MISCELLANEOUS:
53-56
FROM PUBLIC SAFETY - Adopted
53. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a draft of the
policy for use of surveillance cameras before the cameras in the vicinity of
701 Main St. are activated. (Attachments)
54. Request City Manager to provide City Council with quarterly
reports on the effectiveness of surveillance cameras, including police patrol
statistics. (Attachments)
55. Request City Manager to contact other communities that employ
surveillance cameras and inquire of their success; for what purposes they are
used, any local guidelines they follow and if their usage has affected illegal
drug trafficking, prostitution or illegal trash disposal. (Attachments)
56. Request City Manager report to City Council on the incidence of
prostitution since the police have backed off from the intense efforts of
mid-summer. (Attachments)
57. Request legal opinion regarding the powers and responsibilities
of the City Council regarding the Library Board of Trustees, including any power
of removal of a trustee and including the process for amending or changing
those powers. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
58. Request Administration to explore the feasibility and
availability of a relocation site for the DPW either at St. Gobains or at a
Massachusetts Highway garage site at Rt. 146.
(Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
59. Request City Manager advertise an RFP for architectural and
engineering services, including a residential and commercial market analysis
for the purpose of crafting a preliminary plan that lays out a framework for
demolishing portions of the retail space at the Worcester Common Outlet Mall
building, as well as parts of the garage in order to reconnect Front St. to
Washington Sq. and redevelopment and re-use in the locus. Said demolition not
to include either of the office towers at this site. This framework plan shall
depict the scope of the demolition, utility and other infrastructure work
needed to facilitate demolition, layout of the new roadways and a general
estimate of the development parcels that could be created once the roadway is
established (including potential gross building area that could be built). The framework plan shall include a rough
estimate of demolition, utility relocation, infrastructure improvement and
associated soft costs. The plan shall
also suggest various options for mixed-use developments at the site, to include
consideration of retail, office and residential uses. Request City Manager to expend no more than $100,000.00 on said
services and to report back to the Council on a monthly basis the progress of
the RFP and the development of the framework plan. (Murray, Irish, Petty,
Perotto, Patton, Gomez, Palmieri, Clancy Abraham) (Attachments)
Adopted
60. Request Administration report on addresses where there have been
drug arrests that have resulted in letters being sent to the owner regarding
eviction of arrest-responsible tenants.
Further, request that report include whether eviction(s) occurred in a
timely manner. (Attachments)
Adopted
61. Request Administration to provide a report on the approximate
overall cost to the City for responding to calls, complaints, etc. as related
to the PIP Shelter. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
62. Request Administration provide a report on the
responsibility/liability of the City to enforce the overnight occupancy limit
at the PIP Shelter. Further, request
Administration take all steps available to enforce such limit on a continuous
basis. Further, request Administration
report on the consequences should the PIP Shelter exceed its occupancy limit.
(Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
63. Request installation of additional bike racks at Union
Station. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
64. Request City Manager to find the necessary funding to match a grant
received from the U.S. Justice Department to hire an additional 50 Police
Officers. (Perotto, Murray, Palmieri,
Haller, Abraham) (Attachments)
Councillor Gomez moved to amend: Further, request
Administration report on timelines as to when the City has to commit funding to
hire the 50 Police Officers and further, request recommendations from the
Police Chief as to deployment.
Adopted, as amended
65. Request City Manager to develop a plan to market the City of
Worcester to companies across New England and report back to City Council
within 30 days. (Perotto) (Attachments)
Adopted
66. Request Administration to furnish a report containing an
inventory of all City and School Department athletic playing fields, describing
their use for whatever time period the data is most readily available
(year-to-date, calendar 2002, etc.), any and all fees and charges that might
apply to their use and a description of their routine maintenance and the
permitting process for each. (Irish,
Murray, Palmieri, Haller, Petty, Abraham) (Attachments)
Adopted
67. Request Administration report on the eligibility, if any, that
School Department athletic playing fields might have for CDBG funding. (Irish, Murray, Palmieri, Haller, Petty,
Abraham) (Attachments)
Adopted
68. Request Administration report to City Council concerning leaky
roof at South High Community School.
(Irish) (Attachments)
Adopted
69. Request Administration report on the extent of the public health
issue at Elm Park concerning the water fowl in the park and what measures
Administration intend to take in dealing with the problem. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
70. Request Administration report regarding any ordinances,
prohibitions, controls or laws concerning the parking or use by passenger buses
of dead end residential streets.
(Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
71. Request City Manager communicate with the Administration of Allmerica to inquire why the gates leading
into their parking areas and interior driveways remain open to through traffic
during the hours of darkness.
(Palmieri) (Attachments)
Councillor Petty recused on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham
absent) Adopted
72. Request City Manager communicate with the Administration of
Allmerica to inquire why construction-type trailers remain on their property
adjacent to North Parkway and further, request that they either be removed or
relocated away from the residential area. (Palmieri) (Attachments)
Councillor Petty recused on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham
absent) Adopted
73. Request City Manager update City Council concerning clean-up
efforts in the following areas:
Franklin St., Plantation St., Lake Ave., Millbrook St. Putnam Lane and
Hamilton St. (Palmieri) (Attachments)
Adopted
74. Request City Manager consider purchasing additional radar guns
so that the Police Officers assigned to the Community Services and Traffic
Divisions will be adequately equipped to be assigned to speed control, when
needed. (Palmieri) (Attachments)
Adopted
75. Request City Manager provide City Council with an update
concerning the housing development that is proposed to be developed off
Randolph Rd. (Palmieri) (Attachments)
Adopted
76. Request a legal opinion as to whether a public purpose exists
for an RFP for demolishing portions of the Worcester Common Fashion Outlet Mall
retail space, its redevelopment and reuse.
(Lukes) (Attachments)
Placed on file
77. Request City Council vote for an RFP for demolishing portions of
the Worcester Common Outlet Mall retail space and the Malls redevelopment and
re-use so as to limit the scope of the RFP to study the extension of Front St. to
Washington Square. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Placed on file
78. Request that prior to going forward with a feasibility study and
expending monies, that the Administration, the Mayor and City Council, as a
unit, make a good faith effort to contact CIGNA, including their new property
development team for the purpose of meeting to discuss the potential for
developing a public/private partnership for the redevelopment and re-use of the
Worcester Common Outlet property and to inform them of the Citys intent with
regard to the feasibility study.
(Abraham, Irish, Lukes, Gomez)
Given leave to withdraw
79. Request City Solicitor provide City Council with a legal opinion
as to whether or not an eminent domain taking of all or a portion of the mall
is legally possible. (Abraham) (Attachments)
Adopted
80. Request Police Chief install routine speeding surveillance
details on Hamilton St., Coburn Ave., Alvarado Ave., Burncoat St., Lake Ave.,
Lake Ave. North, Melrose St., Orient St. and Hamilton St. in the interest of
public safety. (Palmieri) (Attachments)
Adopted
80a. Request Administration to report on the zoning districts in which
cell towers are permitted and/or disallowed.
Motion-Clancy @ #5CC Adopted
(Attachments)
80b. Request City Solicitor to provide a legal opinion as to enacting a
prohibition on parking a vehicle in a front yard setback. Motion-Lukes @ #7CC Adopted (Attachments)
80c. Request Administration to add a tax levy line to each of the
projects listed in the monthly economic development initiatives report showing
what tax levy monies have been used on each project and what amounts are
anticipated in the future for completion of each project. Motion-Lukes @ #8CC Adopted (Attachments)
80d. Request City Manager to provide City Council, off Calendar, with a
report as to whether or not access to Union Station could be gained from the
ramp near the Grafton St. entrance with appropriate marking of the adjacent
area. Motion-Clancy @ #23N CM
Adopted
80e. Request Police Chief to report as to what the Police Department
will do to make sure that information relative to enforcement of the state law
prohibiting motorized scooters on public streets is given to the Citys public
safety officers. Motion-Clancy @
#15B CM Adopted (Attachments)
80f. Request Administration to report in 30 days relative to the
policy and procedures set by the coordinating committee for use of surveillance
cameras in public places. Motion-Lukes
@ #17J CM Adopted
80g. Request Administration to coordinate some type of effort and
approach to deal with the problem of prostitution in Green Hill Park in the
same manner as this problem has been dealt with elsewhere in the City. Motion-Clancy @ #19B CM Adopted (Attachments)
80h. Request Administration to consider ticketing vehicles that are
blocking legal driveways in addition to requesting that the vehicle be
removed. Motion-Haller @ #19C CM
Adopted (Attachments)
80i. Request City Manager to report within 15 days as to more
aggressive remedies by the City in terms of penalizing the human beings that
are feeding the water fowl at Elm Park and developing a plan to disburse the
water fowl population at Elm Park. Motion-Lukes
@ #20C CM Adopted (Attachments)
80j. That the City Council hereby requests that City funds be expended
for installation of a traffic signal at the Greendale Fire Station and further,
request an estimated additional $100,000.00 at a later date to fund the Webster
Square Fire Station traffic needs.
Further that the City meet with the legislative delegation to request
that funding for the installation of a traffic signal at the Greendale Fire
Station, when released, be applied to the Webster Square Fire Station.
Motion Murray @ #23D CM
Adopted (Attachments)
80k. Request Administration to provide a conceptual plan as to what it
might look like if a barrier or berm were put across the roadway on Allmerica
Dr. across from Davidson Rd. so that
the business can access the roadway for business use and residents for
residential use. Motion-Clancy @
#23E CM Adopted (Attachments)
80L. Request Administration to consider full weekend hours at the yard
waste drop-off sites during October and November. Motion-Murray @ #23G CM Adopted (Attachments)
80m. Request City Manager to consider the use of state community
policing grant funds or any other grants that might be available as a possible
match to the U.S. Justice Department grant to hire an additional 50 Police
Officers. Motion-Perotto @ #64CC
Adopted (Attachments)
80n. Request Administration to provide a plan to stripe a single lane
in each direction on Lake Ave. with a turning lane in between that would not
allow any type of passing. Clancy,
Palmieri Suspension of Rules Adopted
(Attachments)
80o. Request Administration to provide any and all police reports
relative to vehicles being shot at in the area of Pleasant St. and Fruit St. on
Friday and/or Saturday evenings, September 5-6, 2003. Patton Suspension of Rules Adopted (Attachments)
80p. Request City Manager to send a Health & Code Inspector to the
market on the corner of Newbury St. and Pleasant St. to address the trash
situation. Murray Suspension of
Rules Adopted (Attachments)
81 & 82 ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 10-0 (Abraham absent)
81. DECREE TO MAKE PUBLIC:
HIGHROCK LANE. (Attachments)
82. DECREE TO MAKE PUBLIC:
MORELAND GREEN DRIVE. (Attachments)
83
& 84 ADOPTED
83. SEWER
ASSESSMENT: IDALLA ROAD. (Attachments)
84. SEWER
ASSESSMENT: TEDDY ROAD. (Attachments)
85. Roberta R. Schaeffer, Executive Director, Worcester Regional
Research Bureau transmitting Downtown Worcester Office Occupancy: 2003 Survey. (Attachments)
Referred
to Commerce & Development Committee
86. That the City Council hereby recognizes the Grafton Hill
American Legion team for the 2003 Statewide Championship. (Abraham) (Attachments)
Adopted
86a. That the City Council of the City of Worcester hereby recognizes
the 40 years of public service of Francis Sena. Clancy Suspension of Rules Adopted on a roll call 9-0
(Abraham, Palmieri absent) (Attachments)
86b. That the City Council of the City of Worcester hereby expresses
its opposition to the proposed fare increases by the MBTA on the Worcester/Boston
line. Irish Suspension of Rules
Adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham, Palmieri absent) (Attachments)
87
REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
87. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Nicholas Zona
et al requesting private street conversion of Dearborn St. from Crowningshield
Rd. to Beaumont Rd. (Attachments)
88-90 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the following
Communications of the City Manager: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
88. Relative to strategies being implemented to remediate the
problem of prostitution in the Main South area. (Attachments)
89. Relative to an update on the measures being taken to eliminate
the prostitution problem in the Main South Neighborhood. (Attachments)
90. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the Order of
Councillor Lukes requesting Public Safety Committee 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: recommend
Order be placed on file. (Attachments)
91
& 92 ACCEPTED & ORDERS ADOPTED
91. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of
Steve & Michele Koller et al requesting private street betterment on
Belcourt Rd. from Pocono Rd. to Lake Ave.: recommend adoption of the
accompanying Order. (Attachments)
92. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Communication
of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to FY2004 water and
sewer rate recommendations: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order
that the City Council hereby approves FY2004 water and sewer rates as
recommended by the Department of Public Works.
(Attachments)
93-117 ORDAINED ON A ROLL
CALL 9-0 (Abraham, Palmieri absent)
93. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 21 Sterling St. (Attachments)
94. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for additional handicap parking in front of 14 Ayrshire
Rd. (Attachments)
95. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking at 24 Cohasset St. (Attachments)
96. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 71 Hollis St. (Attachments)
97. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 45 Arlington St. (Attachments)
98. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 17 Creston St. (Attachments)
99. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 35 Upsala St. (Attachments)
100. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 92 Ward St. (Attachments)
101. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 7 Russell St. (Attachments)
102. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 40 Esther St. (Attachments)
103. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 51 Beaver St. (Attachments)
104. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 55 Merrifield St. (Attachments)
105. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking at 40 Southbridge St. (Attachments)
106. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to rescind handicap parking in front of 33 Bellevue St. (Attachments)
107. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996
to rescind handicap parking in front of 61 Merrifield St. (Attachments)
108. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to rescind handicap parking in front of 93 Sterling St. (Attachments)
109. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to rescind handicap parking in front of 27 Forbes St. (Attachments)
110. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to rescind handicap parking in front of 110 Delmont Ave. (Attachments)
111. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to rescind handicap parking in front of 25 Delawanda Dr. (Attachments)
112. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 6 Eastham St. (Attachments)
113. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to prohibit parking on the south side of Forsberg St. from Victoria Ave.
to the Greenwood Park Entrance Road June 1st to September 1st. (Attachments)
114. Amending Section 29 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for a Stop sign on Merrick St. at Cedar St., facing northbound
traffic on Merrick St. (Attachments)
115. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to rescind handicap parking in front of 34 Newbury St. (Attachments)
Amending Section 42 of
Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 to provide for handicap parking in
front of 81 Russell St. (Attachments)
116. Amending Chapter 12, Sections 21 and 26 and Chapter 15, Section
2(b)(viii) of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 relative to encroachments on
public ways. (Attachments)
117. Amending Section 2 of Article III of the Worcester Zoning
Ordinance adopted April 2, 1991 relative to a zone change in the area of State
Rd. (Attachments)
118. 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. (Tabled
August 12, 2003) (Attachments)
Taken off the Table On a roll call vote of 2 Yeas
(Clancy, Lukes) and 9 Nays (Abraham, Gomez, Haller, Irish, Palmieri, Patton,
Perotto, Petty, Murray) it was voted not to accept the recommendation of the
Planning Board and to approve the Petition
119. Communication of the City Manager transmitting color coded map distinguishing
RL-7 zone from RS-7 zone relative to 105 Harrington Way. (Tabled August 12, 2003) (Attachments)
Taken off the Table and
placed on file
120. Communication of the City Manager relative to the address for
Carlos Cintron. (Tabled August 12,
2003) (Attachments)
No
Action Taken
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 MUNICIPAL
COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30
P.M. OPERATIONS
SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 JOINT COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:30
P.M. PUBLIC SAFETY
&
HEALTH
SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 PUBLIC SERVICE
COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30
P.M. & TRANSPORTATION
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 TRAFFIC & COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M. PARKING
SEPTEMBER 22, 2003 MUNICIPAL
COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30
P.M. OPERATIONS
SEPTEMBER 29, 2003 PUBLIC SERVICE
COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30
P.M. & TRANSPORATION