CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– JUNE 20, 2006
Convened: 7:30 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:40 P.M.
1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2.
STAR
SPANGLED BANNER-ALEXANDRA MILLS
3. ROLL
CALL – All present
4. ITEMS OF CITIZEN INTEREST
Mayor Murray read a
Proclamation declaring June 20, 2006 Toxic Soil Busters day.
Mayor Murray
suspended the rules to allow Mike Lavin from SEIU d to speak to inform City
Council of their union’s intention to begin picketing.
4a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
5. Attorney Samuel DeSimone request to amend the Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Worcester by adding to Article IV, Section 7 (1) a new paragraph
to read as follows: Notwithstanding the
above the Permit Granting Authority, by Special Permit, shall have the
authority to waive or modify the dimensional controls set forth in paragraph 5
above. (Attachments)
6. Parul Patel request to amend the City of Worcester Zoning Map by changing the existing ML-2.0 to RG-5 for 24-30 Lewis St. (Attachments)
7 & 8 REFERRED TO PUBLIC
WORKS
7. Cheryl & Timothy Nordstrom et al request private street
maintenance on Martha Ave. (Attachments)
8. Carlos Perez request
sidewalk repair in front of 128 Newton Ave. North. (Attachments)
9 REFERRED TO TRAFFIC &
PARKING
9. Councilor Joffrey A. Smith on behalf of Elaine Henderson
request a “Do Not Block This Street” sign on West Boylston St. at Summerhill
Ave. (Attachments)
MICHAEL V.
O'BRIEN
CITY MANAGER
COUNCIL
CALENDAR FOR JUNE 20, 2006
1. APPOINTMENTS
NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION
A. Notification of appointment of Thomas
Reynolds to the Airport Commission. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Notification of appointment of Jennifer
Houghton and Deborah McNamara to the Cultural Commission. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Notification of appointment of Nicholas
Kaltsas to the Elder Affairs Commission.
(Attachments)
Placed on file
D. Notification of appointment of David
Shapiro and Paul Zendzian to the Off-Street Parking Board. (Attachments)
Placed on file
E. Notification of appointment of Deborah
Horgan and reappointment of John Wilkes to the Advisory Committee on the Status
of Women. (Attachments)
Placed on file
2. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
relative to City Council's request for
a report on Civil Service & Promotional Exams, Retention Rates, Home Rule
Legislation on Appointees, Residency
Incentives and Legislative Restrictions dealing with Residency. (Attachments)
Referred to Legislative Affairs Committee.
Also referred to Municipal Operations Committee and Public Safety
Committee for informational purposes only.
B. Recommend Adoption of the attached FY07
Salary Ordinance Amendments that reflect changes approved in the Fiscal Year
2007 budget. (Attachments)
Voted to advertised on a roll call of 11 Yeas and 0 Nays
3. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
FY07 Economic Stimulus Bill and Supplemental Capital Budget. (Attachments)
Referred to Finance Committee
B. Request review and adoption of the
attached Order to file a Home Rule
Petition with the Great and General Court to amend the existing Convention
Center Bond Bill, Chapter 152 of The Acts of 1997, as amended, to create a
Special Finance District Zone in the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0.
Reconsideration denied on a roll call of 0-11 - Also referred to
Commerce & Development Committee
4. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
relative Summer Youth Opportunities made possible by the donation from St.
Vincent's Hospital. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Request City Council authorization to
transfer city-owned, low value property at 8 Piedmont Street to the Division of
Neighborhoods and Housing Development for negotiated disposition in support of
affordable housing development and neighborhood off street parking. Councilor
Haller recused on a roll call of 10-0.
Order adopted on a roll call of 10-0.
Reconsideration denied on a roll call of 0-10 Nays.(Attachments)
C. SUPPLEMENTAL - Request transfer of $46,500
form Division of Neighborhoods and Housing Development salary account to DNHD
Ordinary Maintenance account to provide funds for supplies, software, and
additional computer network costs associated with proposed move of DNHD from
current location at 418 Main St. to 44 Front St. Order adopted on a roll
call 9-0 (Clancy, Rushton absent) (Attachments)
5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS AND PARKS
ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DIVISION
A. Transmitting informational communication
and the final report prepared by the independent consultants, Stearns and
Wheeler, with the results of their evaluation of the Dunkirk Avenue pumping
station. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
6. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS AND PARKS OPERATIONS DIVISION
A. Recommend City Council to approve the
discontinuance of the abandoned portion of East Worcester Street. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
7. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Request City Council's adoption of an
Order to declare 2 parcels of land under the jurisdiction of the Worcester Fire
Department as surplus property to aid in funding the recommendation for the
J.L.M.C. Panel's arbitration award between the City of Worcester and the
International Association of Fire Fighters, Local #1099. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call of 10-0 (Toomey absent)
B. Request approval to apply for FY06 SAFER
funds in the amount of One Million Six Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($1,656,000.00) as
available from the Department of Homeland Security Office for Domestic
Preparedness Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant to hire 16
firefighters. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted.
8. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
LICENSE COMMISSION
A. Transmitting informational communication
relative to City Council's request that the City Manager provide City Council
with a copy of the License Commission's record showing a change of management
for the SMOC owned property located at 701 Main Street. (Attachments)
Recommitted to the City Manager
9. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Transmitting informational communication
relative to the FY06 Statewide Bicycle Helmet Distribution. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Request that City Council accept with
gratitude a $25,025.00 donation to the Worcester Police Department's Police
Athletic League (PAL) Account. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
10. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
A. Transmitting informational communication
relative to a summary of women and minority employee hours worked on the
Worcester Technical High School. (Attachments)
Recommitted to the City Manager
11. LAW DEPARTMENT
LEGAL DIVISION
A. Request review and adoption of an order to
file a Home Rule Petition with the Great and General Court to amend the Dover
Amendment in order to restrict the siting of facilities and programs that
service Level II and Level III Sex Offenders.
(Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
12. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
BUDGET OFFICE DIVISION
A. I Respectfully Request City Council's
Deliberation, Consideration, and Approval of the attached Summary and
Resolution to accept a Federal Fiscal Year 2006 Violence Against Women Act
Grant Program in the amount of $22,414.00 from the Massachusetts Executive
Office of Public Safety. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
13. FINANCE ITEMS
OPERATIONAL TRANSFERS
A. Recommend that the City Manager, with the
approval of the City Auditor, be authorized to make adjustments to city
accounts to balance the fiscal year 2006 budget. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0
(Clancy, Rushton absent)
B. Recommend that the City Manager, with the
approval of the City Auditor, be authorized to make capital projects and
special revenue transfers (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Clancy, Rushton absent)
C. Recommend that Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars And No Cents ($3,500.00) be
transferred from Account #340- 91000, Elder Affairs Personal Services , and
appropriated to Account # 340-92000, Elder Affairs Ordinary Maintenance . (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Clancy, Rushton absent)
D. SUPPLEMENTAL - Recommend that Forty-Six
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($46,500.00) be transferred from
Account #14SSNS31, Neighborhood and Housing Development Salary, and
appropriated to Account #14SNOM31, Neighborhood and Housing Development
Ordinary Maintenance Account to fund the new position of Staff Assistant II for
the Division of Neighborhood and Housing Development as approved in the FY 2006
Budget. Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Clancy, Rushton absent) (Attachments)
E. SUPPLEMENTAL - Recommend that Fourteen
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($14,000.00) be transferred from Account
#280-91000, Code Enforcement Personal Services, and that Nineteen Thousand
Dollars and No Cents ($19,000.00) be transferred from Account # 331-91000, HHS
Administration, for a total of Thirty Three Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($33,000.00) to be added to Account #040-91000, City Manager’s Personal
Services. Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 Reconsideration denied on a roll
call 0-9 (Clancy, Rushton absent) (Attachments)
F. SUPPLEMENTAL - Recommend that
Two Million Dollars and No Cents ($2,000,000.00) be raised by taxation for
appropriation to Account #500-91000, Worcester Public Schools. Order adopted
on a roll call 9-0 Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-9 (Clancy, Rushton
absent) (Attachments)
14. EXECUTIVE
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
ADMINISTRATION
A. SUPPLEMENTAL - Transmitting
Informational Communication relative to Fiscal Year 2006 Evaluation of the City
Manager. (Attachments)
First Item of Business June 27, 2006
11 & 12 FROM AD HOC
COMMITTEE ON THE MILL STREET BUSINESS CORRIDOR - Adopted
11. Request City Manager request Commissioner of the Department of Public Works & Parks address the gravel problems on Gates Lane as it spills onto Mill St. (Attachments)
12. Request City Manager request Commissioner of the Department of Public Works & Parks ensure that Mill St. and the surrounding streets are maintained and litter free. (Attachments)
13-17 FROM EDUCATION & COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY RELATIONS - Adopted
13. Request City Manager request Superintendent of the Worcester
Public Schools provide City Council with a projected budget concerning heat and
maintenance of the new Technical High School and compare this to heat and
maintenance budget of the old Vocational High School. (Attachments)
14. Request City Manager request the Superintendent of Worcester
Public Schools provide City Council with the future plans for Nelson Place
School. (Attachments)
15. Request City Manager request the Commissioner of the Department
of Public Works & Parks provide City Council with an updated status report
concerning the new North High School project. (Attachments)
16. Request City Manager request the Superintendent of Worcester
Public Schools provide City Council with an updated status report concerning
the boilers and heating systems of the Worcester Public Schools and to include
a five year plan of rehabilitation, renovation and potential replacement of the
boilers and heating systems. (Attachments)
17. Request City Manager provide City Council with an updated status
report concerning Fallon Clinic Foundation several community service programs. (Attachments)
18. Request City Manager to consider requesting the Worcester
Legislative Delegation to advocate to include monies for the damages done to
Worcester properties on the October 15, 2005 rainstorm along with any state
and/or federal monies that might become available as a result of the rainstorm
in the Month of May, 2006 in other areas of the Commonwealth that caused
similar damages. (Attachments)
19. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a listing of
permits granted for signs or alterations to existing signs over the past two
years. (Attachments)
20-23
FROM PUBLIC SAFETY - Adopted
20.
Request Fire Chief report to City
Council how he intends to provide for fire safety after the summer of 2006 and
for the summer of 2007. (Attachments)
21. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report detailing
the overtime pay for Fire Department for Fiscal Year 2006 and how it impacts
the Arbitrator’s award. (Attachments)
22.
Request the City Manager provide City
Council with a report comparing fire staffing levels in Worcester to other like
communities in the Northeast. (Attachments)
23.
Request City Manager provide City
Council with an all-encompassing report concerning any and all public safety
grants that have been accepted and utilized to train citizen groups. (Attachments)
24.
Request City Manager request the City
Solicitor to prepare an amendment to the Revised Ordinances that will provide
that the Revised Rules and Regulations for the Taxi and Livery Business and any
and all future proposed revisions thereto, shall not become effective until
such time as they are reviewed and approved by City Council and filed in the
Office of the City Clerk. (Attachments)
25.
Request City Manager to request the
Police Chief to investigate and report to the City Council the reasons why a
certain number of taxi medallions have not been utilized to provide for public
conveyance. (Attachments)
26. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a report
concerning an expansion of the membership of the License Board. (Attachments)
27.
Request City Manager provide City
Council with an explanation of the appeals process criteria that the Police
Chief will rely upon regarding taxicabs or liveries in unassigned status for
more than 60 days (Article 2, Section 8). (Attachments)
28.
Request City Clerk to request from
both Red and Yellow cab companies specific information about the training they
provide to their drivers and also concerning how they handle the pick-up of
minor children. (Attachments)
29.
Request City Manager request City
Solicitor to provide the City Council with an opinion concerning the
prohibition of bumper stickers on taxicabs and liveries. (Attachments)
30.
Request City Manager provide City
Council with an explanation of the condition in the proposed revised rules and
regulations for the taxi and livery business concerning footwear worn by taxi
and livery drivers when operating their vehicle (Article VI, section 8). (Attachments)
31-39 FROM TRAFFIC & PARKING - Adopted
31. Request City
Manager request Police Chief to enforce current ordinances relative to parking
on Ivernia Rd. from Burncoat St. to a point 160’ along the right side of
Ivernia Rd. (Attachments)
32. Request
City Manager request Commissioner of the Department of Public Works & Parks
to install a “Thickly Settled” sign on Burncoat St, where it crosses Mountain
St. East to the City limit, which becomes Maple St. in West Boylston. (Attachments)
33. Request
City Manager request Commissioner of the Department of Public Works & Parks
to conduct a traffic study in the area of Burncoat Street, where it crosses
Mountain St. East to the City limit, which becomes Maple St. in West Boylston. (Attachments)
34. Request City Manager request Police Chief to enforce speed limit
on upper Chester St. beginning at the Holden town line. (Attachments)
35. Request City Manager request Commissioner of the Department of
Public Works & Parks to conduct a traffic study in the area of Edward St.
and Belmont St. (Attachments)
36. Request City Manager request Police Chief to enforce “No Trucks
allowed” at random intervals in accordance with posted “No Trucks allowed” sign
on Ludlow St. (Attachments)
37. Request City Manager request Commissioner of the Department of
Public Works & Parks to conduct a traffic study on Ludlow St. in
conjunction with the land developer for this neighborhood. (Attachments)
38. Request City Manager request Police Chief to provide an updated
report regarding speeding and other ticket violations on Lake Avenue for the
past year. (Attachments)
39. Request City Manager contact the State Delegation to acquire more
funding from the State’s Transportation Improvement Projects. (Attachments)
ORDERS
40. Request City Manager provide enforcement of the noise ordinance
on Piedmont St., especially between Austin St. and Pleasant St., and especially
during the hours of 4:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
41. Request City Manager provide speed enforcement on Piedmont St.,
especially between Austin St. and Pleasant St., and especially during the hours
of 4:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
42. Request City Manager embark on a Master Plan process for Shore
Park to optimize the usage of the lakeside area by local residents and
visitors, especially during the time period between Memorial and Labor Days.
(Smith) (Attachments) Adopted
43. Request
City Manager report to City Council regarding the feasibility of using video
cameras for traffic control purposes. (Murray, Smith, Petty) (Attachments)
Adopted
44. Request City Manager report to City Council what efforts, if any,
have been made to date to address the infill and sedimentation of little Indian
Lake, and whether or not any grant money is available to address this concern.
(Murray, Smith) (Attachments) Adopted
45. Because of the risks associated with the improper
disposal of sharps (syringes, needles and lancets), in household or business
trash or recyclables, toilets, in parks, playgrounds, schoolyards, among
others, and pending state legislation that will legalize over-the-counter sales
of needles, request the City Manager work with local pharmacies, hospitals, and
health clinics to propose a plan merely for the safe disposal of used sharp
needles that would be a palatable solution to this problem. (Rosen, Lukes) (Attachments)
Motion Lukes to amend: Further, request to include in the report how needles, used for legal purposes, are disposed and how many needles are obtained by legitimate prescriptions.
Adopted, as amended
46. Request Standing Committee on Public Service & Transportation meet with representatives of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority to obtain information concerning the many route changes that have been implemented already this year, and, also concerning those that are anticipated to be implemented in the Fall of 2006. (Rosen, Petty, Toomey, Perotto, Palmieri) (Attachments) Adopted
47. Request City Manager provide the City
Council with a recommendation to restrict/confine second hand motor (used auto)
sales to a certain few business zones in an effort to limit the proliferation
of small used car lots being established in many of the less intense business
zoned areas of the city. (Petty) (Attachments)
Motion Palmieri: Further, request to include
how many licenses are issued and where are they located and whether they are
located in a properly zoned area or do they operate this business out of a
home.
Motion Toomey: Further, request to include
cars that are sold in front yards perpetually.
Motion Lukes: Further, request City
Manager to provide City Council applicable zoning ordinances that apply to home
businesses.
47a. Request City Manager consider conducting a survey of City employees
asking why they do or do not live within the City. Motion-Haller @ #2A CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
47b. Request City Manager provide City Council with a status report on
whether Major Taylor Memorial has final funding from the State. Motion-Haller
@ #3A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
47c. Request City Manager provide City Council a with a time schedule of
all facets for the Skybridge approvals and construction. Motion-Murray @ #3B
CM – Adopted (Attachments)
47d.
Request City Clerk forward a copy of
#11A CM to our state delegation and an invitation to the upcoming Public Safety
Committee meeting. Motion-Lukes @ #11A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
47e.
Request City Manager continue police
patrols in the Burncoat St. neighborhoods and the King Philip Rd. neighborhood.
Palmieri –
Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
47f.
Request City Manager contact SMOC about
the date, time and place for the follow up meeting that was held concerning 2
June St. proposed facility. Rushton – Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
47g. Request City Manager forward to City Council the drug overdose
report that was previously voted. Haller – Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
47h.
Request City Manager provide City Council
with the history of the use of the property at 2 June St. that was previously
voted. Lukes – Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
48. RECESS
TO FINANCE
a. #29A M January 31, 2006
Communication
of the City Manager regarding a fiscal year 2006 status report on the number
of, and the amount of, Federal and State grants written, awarded, and pending
approval by the appropriate Federal and State agencies. (Attachments)
Recommend file - See #88b
b. #29B CM January 31, 2006
Communication
of the City Manager relative to Governor Romney’s proposed budget for Fiscal
2007, including his recommendations for local aid for the City of Worcester. (Attachments) Recommend file - See #88c
c.
#27A
CM April 25, 2006
Communication
of the City Manager relative to Dr. Caradonio’s letter that was sent to the
Worcester School Committee on April 11, 2006 to update them on the financial
impact associated with the unveiling of the House Ways and Means FY 2007 State
Budget on the Worcester Public Schools. (Attachments) Recommend file - See #88d
d.
#18
CC May 16, 2006
Communication of Roberta
Schaefer, Ph.D., Executive Director, Worcester Regional Research Bureau,
transmitting How Can Worcester Insure Its Fiscal Health in FY07 and Beyond? (Attachments) Recommend file - See #88e
e.
#38
CC May 23, 2006
Communication of the City
Manager transmitting City of Worcester FY07 Municipal Budget. (Attachments)
Recommend adopt See #88a
f. #29B CM May 30, 2006
Communication
of the City Manager relative to the questions posed at the Finance Committee
meeting of May 23, 2006. (Attachments) Recommend
file - See #88f
g. #42 CC June 6, 2006
Communication of the City
Manager relative to questions posed by Finance Committee meeting of May 27,
2006 to the Health and Human Services Departments. (Attachments)
Recommend file - See #88g
h.
#44
CC June 6, 2006
Communication of the City
Manager relative to an agreement on a new four year contract that spans from
September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2009. (Attachments)
Recommend file - See #88h
i. #8A CM June 13, 2006
Communication the City
Manager relative to a request to provide City Council with a report, prior to
the completion of deliberations on the FY 2007 budget, listing the grants and
their amounts awarded to the City during FY 2006. (Attachments) Recommend file - See #88i
49. James A.
DelSignore, City Auditor, transmitting May 2006 Auditor’s Report. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations
50. Mayor
Timothy P. Murray transmitting communication relative to Worcester
Brownfields: A Synopsis of Selected Sites. Presented at the Turning Brownfields to
Gold: II, A Brownfields Workshop held at WPI on June 14, 2006. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development
51-88 ACCEPTED
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION & COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Upon the following Communications
of the City Manager: recommend Communications be placed on file.
51. Relative to partnership with Higher Education - Worcester Public
Schools College of Worcester Consortium 2000-2001. (Attachments)
52. Relative to a letter from Fred Baus, CEO of the Colleges of
Worcester Consortium, Inc., regarding campus expansion projects and taxable
properties. (Attachments)
53. Relative
to Advisory Committee to Colleges. (Attachments)
54. Relative to Statistics for Worcester Residential Colleges and
Universities by year. (Attachments)
55. Relative to data received from Police Forces regarding student
arrests. (Attachments)
56. Relative
to Worcester Colleges and Universities. (Attachments)
57. Relative
to Worcester Vocational High School Project. (Attachments)
58. Relative to Worcester Vocational High School Monthly Progress
Report July 2003. (Attachments)
59. Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report
August 2003. (Attachments)
60. Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report
September 2003. (Attachments)
61. Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report
November 2003. (Attachments)
62. Relative
to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report December 2003. (Attachments)
63. Relative
to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report January 2004. (Attachments)
64. Relative
to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report February/March 2004. (Attachments)
65. Relative
to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report April/May 2004. (Attachments)
66. Relative
to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report June/July 2004. (Attachments)
67. Relative
to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report August/September 2004. (Attachments)
68. Relative
to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report for the months of
February, March and April 2005. (Attachments)
69.
Relative to Worcester Vocational High
School. (Attachments)
70. Relative
to legal owner of the ball field on Ararat Street. (Attachments)
71.
Relative to report on roof at
Quinsigamond School. (Attachments)
72. Relative
to leaky roof at South High Community School. (Attachments)
73. Relative
to an analysis of the structural stability of the façade of the 1927 building at
Nelson Place School. (Attachments)
74. Relative
to completing the architectural design of a new North High School and that
groundbreaking will be scheduled for the first phase of this project in the
spring of 2005. (Attachments)
75.
Relative to the North High School
Status Report. (Attachments)
76. Relative
to the status of design and budget for construction of a new North High School.
(Attachments)
77. Relative
to Governor’s recommendation to reform SBA Program. (Attachments)
78. Relative
to Library Café. (Attachments)
79. Relative
to Talking Book Library. (Attachments)
80. Relative to Status of Boilers in Worcester Public School
Buildings. (Attachments)
81. Relative to various PILOT and State Aid Questions. (Attachments)
82. Relative to a copy of the twelve-member board of the newly formed
Worcester UniverCity Partnership. (Attachments)
83. Relative to the expansion of the Fallon Clinic Foundation to
include several new community services programs. (Attachments)
84. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION & COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
RELATIONS Upon the following Communication of Fred Baus, Colleges of Worcester
Consortium, Inc., transmitting copy of the Consortium’s latest economic impact
study, Discover the Intellectual Capital of Central Massachusetts: recommend
Communication be placed on file. (Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION & COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Upon the following Communications
of Roberta Schaefer, Ph.D., Executive Director Worcester Regional Research
Bureau: recommend Communications be placed on file.
85. Transmitting
Benchmarking Public Education in Worcester: 2003 Report (Attachments)
86. Transmitting
Benchmarking Public Education in Worcester: 2004 Report (Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION & COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Upon the following Communications
of James DelSignore, City Auditor: recommend Communications be placed on
file.
87. Transmitting listing of non-educational School Department
equipment. (Attachments)
88. Transmitting listing of School Department rolling equipment. (Attachments)
88a ACCEPTED AND ORDER
ADOPTED ROLL CALL 11-0. RECONSIDERATION DENIED ON ROLL CALL 0-11.
88a. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
FINANCE Upon the Communication of the City Manager transmitting City of
Worcester FY07 Municipal Budget: recommend adoption of the accompanying
order. (Attachments)
88b-i
ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Upon the following communications: recommend
communications be placed on file.
88b. Communication of the City Manager regarding a
fiscal year 2006 status report on the number of, and the amount of, Federal and
State grants written, awarded, and pending approval by the appropriate Federal
and State agencies. (Attachments)
88c. Communication
of the City Manager relative to Governor Romney’s proposed budget for Fiscal
2007, including his recommendations for local aid for the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
88d. Communication
of the City Manager relative to Dr. Caradonio’s letter that was sent to the
Worcester School Committee on April 11, 2006 to update them on the financial
impact associated with the unveiling of the House Ways and Means FY 2007 State
Budget on the Worcester Public Schools. (Attachments)
88e. Communication of Roberta Schaefer, Ph.D., Executive Director, Worcester
Regional Research Bureau, transmitting How Can Worcester Insure Its Fiscal
Health in FY07 and Beyond? (Attachments)
88f. Communication
of the City Manager relative to the questions posed at the Finance Committee
meeting of May 23, 2006. (Attachments)
88g. Communication of the City Manager relative to questions posed by Finance Committee meeting of May 27, 2006 to the Health and Human Services Departments. (Attachments)
88h. Communication of the City Manager relative to an agreement on a new
four year contract that spans from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2009. (Attachments)
88i. Communication the City Manager relative to a request to provide City
Council with a report, prior to the completion of deliberations on the FY 2007
budget, listing the grants and their amounts awarded to the City during FY
2006. (Attachments)
89-90 VOTED
TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCES
89. REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE Upon the Report of the Planning Board Upon the
Petition of Leo and Joan Bernard request to extend adjacent BL-1.0 zone to
include 110 West Mountain St. in its entirety:
recommend passage of the accompanying proposed Ordinance. (Attachments)
90. REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE Upon the Report of the Planning Board Upon the
Petition of Stephen Charmella request to change the zoning classification of 10
Nebraska St. from MG-2.0 to BG-2.0: recommend passage of the accompanying
proposed Ordinance. (Attachments)
91 ACCEPTED & ADOPTED ON
A ROLL CALL 9-2 (Yes – Clancy, Palmieri, Perotto, Petty, Rosen, Rushton, Smith,
Toomey, Murray) (No – Haller, Lukes). RECONSIDERATION DENIED ON A ROLL CALL
0-11.
91. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE
AFFAIRS Upon the Petition of Christina Orczyk request to seek legislation exempting
her from the maximum age requirement to be considered for appointment as a
police officer in the City of Worcester as follows: Notwithstanding Section 58A
of Chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the
contrary, Christina M. Orczyk may have her name certified for original
appointment to the position of police officer in the City of Worcester,
notwithstanding having reached the age of 32 before taking such civil service
examination in connection with such appointment. In all other respects, Christina M. Orczyk shall be eligible for
appointment to the position of police officer in the City of Worcester only if
she qualifies and is selected for employment under the procedures provided in
Chapter 31 of the General Laws, any regulations of the Civil Service Commission
and any lawful hiring practices of the City of Worcester: recommend adoption
of the accompanying Order requesting the City Manager request the City
Solicitor to prepare and file Special legislation exempting Christina M. Orczyk
from the maximum age requirements to be considered for appointment as a police
officer in the City of Worcester; said legislation to include language stating
that a public purpose is being met by said requested appointment. (Attachments)
92. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS Upon the
Communication of the City Manager relative to the court decisions and legal
opinions concerning individuals who have petitioned to be considered for
appointment as police officers: recommend
the Communication be placed on file. (Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the following Communications of the City Manager: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
93. Relative
to Departmental Receipts. (Attachments)
94. Relative to a schedule for departmental receipting (central cash)
implementation. (Attachments)
95. Relative to the Department of Code Enforcement Status Report. (Attachments)
96. Relative to the final edition of the Citywide Reorganization
Plan. (Attachments)
97.
Relative to the submittal of the
Five-Year Capital Investment Program for the City of Worcester for the period
of FY 2006-2010. (Attachments)
98.
Relative to the permanent relocation of the Office of
the Parking Administrator to 455 Main Street, Room 209 City Hall. (Attachments)
99.
Relative to the three bond ratings sought from
FitchRatings, Moodys Investor Services, and Standard and Poor’s. (Attachments)
100. Relative to the Energy Expenses Report. (Attachments)
101. Report providing the status of relief/assistance efforts for the
residents of the city in the aftermath of the recent rainstorms. (Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the following Communications of Roberta Schaefer,
Ph.D., Executive Director of Worcester Regional Research Bureau: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
102. Transmitting report regarding Compstat and CitiStat: Should Worcester Adopt these Management
Techniques? (Attachments)
103. Transmitting report regarding Benchmarking Municipal and
Neighborhood Services in Worcester:
2003. (Attachments)
104. Transmitting report regarding Benchmarking Municipal and
Neighborhood Services in Worcester: 2004. (Attachments)
105. Transmitting report regarding Benchmarking Municipal and
Neighborhood Services in Worcester 2005. (Attachments)
106. Transmitting report regarding Benchmarking Economic Development in
Worcester: 2004. (Attachments)
107. Transmitting report regarding Citizen Satisfaction with Municipal
Services: 2004 Survey. (Attachments)
108. Transmitting report regarding Mayor vs. Manager: Does Form Affect Performance. (Attachments)
109. Transmitting report regarding titled “Condition Serious, Prognosis
Uncertain: The Impact of Municipal Employee Health Insurance in Massachusetts”.
(Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the following Communications of David J. Rushford,
City Clerk: recommend Communications be placed on file.
110. Transmitting a chart indicating the number & type of City
Council Standing Committee meetings, including the number of calendar items
considered at said meetings, for the period 2002 through 2004. (Attachments)
111.
Transmitting communications relative to
the number of meetings conducted by the various Standing Committees during the
2004-2005 term. (Attachments)
112. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the Chairman’s
Order of the Municipal Operations Committee requesting the Municipal Operations
to meet with the City Assessor prior to the setting of the tax rate to review
the process for assessing of commercial real estate: recommend the Chairman’s
Order be placed on file. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the following Orders: recommend the Orders be
placed on file.
113. Councilor Konstantina B. Lukes request Chairman of the Municipal
Operations Committee invite the Property Owners Association to the committee
meeting relative to abatements for three decker landlords. (Attachments)
114. Mayor Timothy P. Murray request the Standing Committee on Municipal
Operations to consider the process by which the City of Worcester handles real
estate tax liens and tax title properties so that the liens might be bundled
and sold on the open market as is the case in New Jersey and New York state,
and that a consistent policy is adhered to for the disposition of tax title
properties and liens. (Attachments)
115. Councilor Konstantina B. Lukes request City Manager request the
Central Massachusetts Delegation to seek some tax relief for any urban area
that wants to go to a flat rate. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the following Petitions: recommend the Petitions
be placed on file.
116. Michael Grandone request that due to the lack of long-term
residency because of permanent winter parking bans set by the City of
Worcester, this petition asks for the consideration of reduction of real estate
tax for the rental property in these areas. (Attachments)
117. Gary Vecchio, on behalf of the Shrewsbury St. Neighborhood
Association, request the City Council to conduct the Fiscal Year 2006 Tax
Classification hearing prior to the November 8, 2005 Municipal Election. (Attachments)
117a
REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE FOR A HEARING
117a. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition
of P. Kevin Condron request to discontinue as a public way and remove from the
Official Map East Worcester St., from the intersection of the westerly line of
South Hill St.
with the northerly line of East Worcester St. to Shrewsbury St. (Attachments)
118 ACCEPTED
& ADOPTED
118. REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the Communication of the City Manager
requesting adoption of the attached summary and resolution establishing the
National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the standard for incident
management in the City of Worcester: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the following Communications: recommend Communications be
placed on file.
119. Relative to the severity of fires in the City of Worcester in 2004.
(Attachments)
120.
Relative to Structure Fires – calendar
year 2003. (Attachments)
121. Relative
to tracking records of Structured Fires. (Attachments)
122. Relative to Structure Fires. (Attachments)
123. Relative to number of structure fires in Worcester in the last ten
years and the number of filled firefighter positions in each of those ten
years. (Attachments)
124. Relative to calendar year 2005 data on house and business structure
fires in the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
125. Relative to the Investigated Structures for the Calendar Year 2004.
(Attachments)
126.
Relative to the Fire Fighters
Arbitration Award. (Attachments)
127. Transmitting award notification regarding the FFY04 Citizen
Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program prepared by Gerard A. Dio, Fire Chief. (Attachments)
128. Relative to FY05 Local Emergency Planning Committee Grant. (Attachments)
129. Relative to the location of equipment received under the Homeland
Security Grant. (Attachments)
130. Relative to arson statistics for the past five (5) calendar years
in the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
131. Relative to a follow-up report on arson related fires in the City
of Worcester. (Attachments)
132. Relative
to blasting in the Malvern Rd. neighborhood. (Attachments)
133. Relative to public safety programs that are in place between the Worcester
Police Department and the Worcester Fire Department. (Attachments)
134. Relative to new regulations with respect to Fire Safety in Places
of Public Assembly. (Attachments)
135. Relative to listing the fifty-nine (59) city properties that are
subject to Chapter 304 of the Acts of 2004, “An Act Relative to Fire Safety in
the Commonwealth.” (Attachments)
136. Relative to a new law dealing with the carbon monoxide alarms in
residential buildings. (Attachments)
137. Relative to workforce levels and the resulting impact to the
Worcester Fire Department during the summer months. (Attachments)
138. Relative to the move of the Emergency Operations Center previously
located at 50 Skyline Drive to 76 East Worcester Street. (Attachments)
139. Relative to long-term enhancements to the Emergency Operations
Center located behind 141 Grove Street. (Attachments)
140. Relative to long-term enhancements to the Emergency Operations
Center located behind 141 Grove Street. (Attachments)
141. Relative to offers made to outside agencies to use the planned
Emergency Operations Center located behind 141 Grove Street. (Attachments)
142. Relative
to the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS). (Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the following Communications of James DelSignore, City
Auditor: recommend the Communications be placed on file.
143. Transmitting information that compares the base pay for Worcester
Firefighters with their counterparts in the cities of Springfield, Providence
and Boston. (Attachments)
144. Transmitting information regarding the cost to the City of the
arbitration award given to Firefighters Local 1009. (Attachments)
145-149
ACCEPTED & ADOPTED
145. REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION Upon the Communication of
the City Manager relative to the Worcester Police Department’s Taxi and Livery
Regulations: recommend the
Communication be referred to the
City Manager and adoption of the accompanying Order requesting the City Manager
to redraft the Proposed Revised Rules and Regulations for the Taxi and Livery
Business to include the following as enclosed. (Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE &
TRANSPORTATION Upon the following Petitions: recommend adoption of the
accompanying Orders.
146. Councilor
Barbara G. Haller request installation of three street lights along Illinois
St. near Gates St. and in vicinity of 92 Grand St. in the interest of public
safety. (Attachments)
147. Mayor
Timothy P. Murray on behalf of Maryann Borjeson request a street light be
installed in front of 591 Burncoat Street. (Attachments)
148. Mayor
Timothy P. Murray on behalf of Maryann Borjeson request a street light be
installed in front of 589 Burncoat Street. (Attachments)
149. Dennis
Dominguez et al request the installation of street lights on Third Street. (Attachments)
150
& 151 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION Upon the
following Petitions: recommend the Petitions
be placed on file.
150. Councilor
Barbara G. Haller request that lumens be increased in the existing streetlights
in Harding Street between Lafayette Street and Kelly Square in the interest of
public safety. (Attachments)
151. Councilor
Barbara G. Haller request that lumens be increased in the existing streetlights
in Millbury Street between Lafayette Street and Kelly Square in the interest of
public safety. (Attachments)
152 &
153 ACCEPTED & ADOPTED
152. REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Communication of the City Manager
requesting review and adoption of an Order to accept and execute a deed of
easement for street purposes in the approved subdivision entitled “Definitive
Subdivision, “Morgan Estates,’ Worcester, Massachusetts”, owned by John P.
Lauring, Mark Lauring and James Lauring, (Lauring Enterprises): recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
153. REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Joyce Beams request
installation of catch basins in Fairmont Ave. between Hamilton St. &
Dartmouth St.: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order (Attachments)
154-178 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC & PARKING Upon the
following Petitions: recommend
Petitions be placed on file.
154. Brian Jones, VP of Ken
Jones, Inc., request the installation of
“No Parking” signs on both sides of Oxford Street from Chandler Street
to Austin Street. (Attachments)
155. Councilor Michael C. Perotto, on behalf of Mario Mante, request
parking ban be moved from even side to odd side on Fairhaven Road in the
interest of public safety. (Attachments)
156. Mayor Timothy P. Murray & Councilor Philip P. Palmieri, on
behalf of Lorenzo Atwood, request black and white posted speed limit sign on
Millbrook St. coming from the direction of Burncoat St. (Attachments)
157. Councilor Thomas P. White request installation of “Do Not Block
This Intersection” Sign in West Boylston St. before it’s intersection with Summerhill
Ave. (Attachments)
158. Councilor Stephen T. Patton, on behalf of Margaret McGovern et al,
request Administration consider traffic control devices and strategies on Upper
Chester St. beginning at the Holden boundary. (Attachments)
159. Gilbert Parke et al request to install traffic lights at Edward St.
& Belmont St. (Attachments)
160. Peter Salek request to change the signs located on the (4) four
poles on the corner of Main Street & Ludlow Street and Ludlow Street &
Stafford Street to remove the 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. so that no trucks over 5 tons
are allowed on Ludlow Street for 24 hours. (Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC & PARKING Upon
the following Petitions: recommend
Petitions be denied.
161. John
Laprade request handicap sign be placed in front of 1 Marconi Road. (Attachments)
162. John
Driscoll et al request both sides of Sagamore Road extending easterly from
Whitman Road to Park Ave. be marked “No Parking Anytime”. (Attachments)
163. Councilor Stephen T. Patton request “No Left Turn” from Randolph
Rd. onto Thornton Rd. 6:00 – 9:00 A.M. (Attachments)
164. Councilor Stephen T. Patton, on behalf of John Atlas, request “No
Left Turn” from Chester St. onto Parkton Ave. from 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. (Attachments)
165. Councilor Thomas P. White, on behalf of Angela Tsetsos, request to
install a stop sign at the intersection of Ellis Drive and Winifred Avenue
Extension. (Attachments)
166. Mayor Timothy P. Murray & Councilor Thomas P. White, on behalf
of Melanie Willett et al, request making the intersection of Burncoat St. &
Fairhaven Rd. a four way stop. (Attachments)
167. Kelly Matheson request to have a “Speed Limit” sign and a “Go Slow
Children” sign on the stretch of Burncoat St., where it crosses East Mountain
St. to the city limit, which becomes Maple St. in West Boylston. (Attachments)
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
TRAFFIC & PARKING Upon the following Communications of the City
Manager: recommend Communications be place on file.
168.
Relative to Traffic Master Plan. (Attachments)
169. Relative
to speeding surveillance for Lake Avenue. (Attachments)
170. Relative
to Vehicle accidents along Fruit Street for the past year, also the
intersecting side streets between Highland Street and Elm Street. (Attachments)
171. Relative
to a review of the lane configuration near the off-ramp at Hope Avenue. (Attachments)
172. Relative
to traffic conditions at the corner of Main Street and Airport Road. (Attachments)
173. Relative to
City Council’s request for information on the ability of the Off Street Parking
Board (OSPB) to engage in economic development initiatives and/or acquire
additional parcels. (Attachments)
174. Relative
to accident statistics for Ludlow Street for the time period 2000 through 2004.
(Attachments)
175. Relative
to the feasibility of installing a traffic signal at the intersection of Mill
St. and June Street. (Attachments)
176.
Relative to the Shrewsbury Street Review
Team. (Attachments)
177. Relative
to City Council’s request for information relative to improving the traffic
signal timing at the intersections of Main St., Highland St. & Grove St. (Attachments)
178. Relative
to extending residential parking in the College Hill area. (Attachments)
179 RECOMMITTED TO TRAFFIC
& PARKING COMMITTEE
179. Relative
to the elimination of the traffic light at Cutler Street and Grafton Street. (Attachments)
180. Communication of the City Manager relative to Home Rule Legislation
authorizing that a certain individual over the age of thirty-two be allowed to
have her name certified for appointment as Worcester police officer. (Attachments) Taken off
the table and Order adopted on a roll call 9-2 (Yes – Clancy, Palmieri,
Perotto, Petty, Rosen, Rushton, Smith, Toomey, Murray) (No – Haller, Lukes). Reconsideration denied
on a roll call of 0-11
Tabled – No action taken
181. Order of Mayor Timothy P. Murray - That the ordinance relative to
the Police Departments License Board as it relates to taxi regulations be
rescinded. (Attachments) (Tabled
May 2, 2006 - Murray)
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
|
JUNE 20, 2006 4:00
P.M. |
FINANCE FY07 Budget |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 28, 2006 6:30
P.M. |
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 29, 2006 5:30
P.M. |
TRAFFIC & PARKING |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
FY’07 BUDGET HEARINGS
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Public Schools
Retirement (Contributory Pensions, Non-Contributory
Pensions and Pensions-Other), Workers Compensation & Public Safety IOD, Law
Department, Property & Casualty Insurance, Court Judgments, Airport,
Economic Development, Neighborhood & Housing Development, Union Station,
Planning & Regulatory Development, Workforce Development, City Manager’s
Marketing Campaign and Worcester Civic Center
Capital Investment Programs
EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER
June 27, 2006 – 7:00 P.M.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
July 18, 2006 – 4:00 P.M.
August 29, 2006 – 4:00 P.M