CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– AUGUST 29, 2006
Convened: 4:05 P.M.
Recessed: 6:20 P.M.
Reconvened: 7:05 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:04 P.M.
1. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE
2.
STAR
SPANGLED BANNER-ALEXANDRA MILLS
3. ROLL CALL – All present except Councilor Perotto and
Councilor Rushton, Councilor Rushton arrived at 4:55 P.M.
4
Hearing held and recessed to September 12, 2006
4.
NATIONAL
GRID for one pole location in: MALVERN RD.
4a. Granting permission to NATIONAL GRID for one pole location in:
MALVERN RD. (Attachments)
5-7 Hearings Held
5.
NATIONAL
GRID & VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for one
joint pole location in: VIG’S WAY.
6. NATIONAL GRID for conduit and cable systems in: MAYFIELD ST.
7. NATIONAL GRID for conduit and cable systems in: FRANKLIN ST.
5a-7a ADOPTED
5a. Granting permission to NATIONAL GRID & VERIZON NEW ENGLAND,
INC. for one joint pole location in: VIG’S WAY. (Attachments)
6a. Granting permission to NATIONAL GRID for conduit and cable
systems in: MAYFIELD ST. (Attachments)
7a. Granting permission to NATIONAL GRID for conduit and cable
systems in: FRANKLIN ST. (Attachments)
8. ELECTION – CITY CLERK – TWO YEAR TERM - City Council elected David J. Rushford to a two year term
as City Clerk on
a
roll
call 9-0 (Perotto, Rushton absent)
9 – TAKEN WITH ITEM 8I OF THE
CITY MANAGER’S CALENDAR
9. Economic Development Initiatives Monthly Status Report
10. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
Mayor Murray read a Proclamation proclaiming Friday,
September 8, 2006 to be the 150th anniversary of Worcester Center
for Crafts Day – Carol Donnelly, President of the Board of the Worcester Center
for Crafts and David Leach, Executive Director spoke.
10a. ITEMS OF
DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
11. Chris Evangelidis request to remove the tree in front of 9 Guild
Rd. (Attachments)
12-18 REFERRED TO PLANNING BOARD – EXCEPT 14 PETITIONER GIVEN LEAVE TO WITHDRAW
12. Barry Ward request zone change at 16 Bethany St. from RS-7 to BL-1.0. (Attachments)
13. Attorney Donald O’Neil on behalf of Tony Nguyen request to amend
the Zoning Map of the City of Worcester by extending the RL-7 zone line from
its present location along the northerly side of Main St. across Main St. to
encompass land located along the southerly side of Main St. at 1471-1485 Main St.
(Attachments)
14. Susan & Anthony Sanders et al request Sheffield Road become
public. (Attachments)
Petitioner given leave to withdraw
15. Attorney Joe Boynton on behalf of Kathy Asquith request that the City Zoning Map be changed on 3 parcels located on Redfield Rd on the Worcester City/Leicester Town Line from it’s current designation A-1 to RL-7. (Attachments)
16. Michael Lussier, President/CEO of Webster First Federal Credit Union, request to amend the City of Worcester Zoning Map in the area of 275 Greenwood St. from RS-7 zone to BL-1 zone. (Attachments)
17. Robert McKeon request that Laureldale Rd. from Pleasant St. to the property line of the Tatnuck Country Club be added to the Official Map. (Attachments)
18. Parul Patel request to amend the City Zoning Map from ML-2 to
BL-1 along the northerly side of Lewis St. by extending the existing BL-1 zone
line to include the parcels 6,8,14,18, 20, 24, 30 Lewis St. in their entirety
and portions of 34 Lewis St. and 13 Southgate Place, along Lewis St. (Attachments)
19 & 20 REFERRED TO PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION
19. Candace Pino request to install a street light across from 8
Graystone Circle. (Attachments)
20. Thoma Xhupi request to install street lights on Willvail St. (Attachments)
21-44 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS – EXCEPT FOR 34 REFERRED TO PLANNING BOARD
21. Walter Golubowski request private street maintenance for Grove
St. Terrace from #821 Grove St. Terrace to Venus Dr. (Attachments)
22. Stephen Patton on behalf of Worcester Common Ground, Inc. request
sidewalk repair in front of Eddie’s Market at 300 Pleasant St. (Attachments)
23. Stephen Patton on behalf of Worcester Common Ground, Inc. request
trash receptacle provided by the City at 300 Pleasant St. be moved to a
location away from the building. (Attachments)
24. Susan Fleming et al request to repave Merrifield St. from #85
Merrifield St. to Belmont St. (Attachments)
25. Alan Gordon et al request to repave Merlin Ct. between Wrentham
Rd. and Moreland St. (Attachments)
26. Alan Gordon et al request to repave Camelot Dr. between Wrentham
Rd. and Moreland St. (Attachments)
27. Alan Gordon et al request to repave Tristan Ct. between Wrentham
Rd. and Moreland St. (Attachments)
28. Councilor Gary Rosen on behalf of Green Island Residents Group,
Inc. request to repair/replace the sidewalk on the west side of Quinsigamond
Ave., from Brosnihan Sq. to Lafayette St. (Attachments)
29. Reva Thomashow et al request sidewalk repair in front of 63
Howland Terrace. (Attachments)
30. Carole & Richard Costello request Pilgrim Ave. from
Plantation St. to Hamilton St. be repaved. (Attachments)
31. Dennis Molinari request Northhampton St. be resurfaced between Windsor St. and Channing St. (Attachments)
32. Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request to resurface the public
part of Loxwood St. (Attachments)
33. Mario Digioia request to repair sidewalk in front of 19
Chamberlain Parkway. (Attachments)
34. Jason Piedrasanta request private street conversion on Pine View
Ave. from Waterman St. to Genesse St. (Attachments) Referred
to Planning Board
35. Ellen Dunlap, President of the American Antiquarian Society, request that the name of Concord St., in its entirety, from Wheaton Square easterly to Lincoln St. be changed to Salisbury St. and that the name of the section of current Salisbury St. from Wheaton Square southerly to Highland St. be changed to Grove St. (Attachments)
36. Sherry Olsen-Lusardi et al request that Knollwood Dr. be resurfaced. (Attachments)
37. Sherry Olsen-Lusardi et al request that Rollingwood Dr. be resurfaced. (Attachments)
38. Mayor Timothy P. Murray request sidewalk repairs to the odd numbered side of Winfield St. (Attachments)
39. Rose O’Doherty et al request sidewalk resurfacing on all Ball St. sidewalks. (Attachments)
40. Jay Toupin & Lou Fisch request repavement of sidewalks on both sides of Delmont Ave. from Hamilton St. to Grafton St. (Attachments)
41. Jay Toupin & Lou Fisch request an explanation why Delmont Ave., scheduled for resurfacing in calendar year 2005, has not been accomplished, and is not scheduled until a future uncertain date. (Attachments)
42. Nancy McCarthy et al request that sidewalks on Uxbridge St. be fixed. (Attachments)
43. Nancy McCarthy et al request Uxbridge St. to be paved. (Attachments)
44. Emad Yousef request to install parking curbs in front of 63 Hamilton St. (Attachments)
45-65 REFERRED TO TRAFFIC & PARKING
45. Laura Shugart request the existing handicap parking space in front of 51 Beaver St. be extended to two (2) handicap parking spaces. (Attachments)
46. Mario Scardamaglia on behalf of Dianne Digiacomantonio request resident permit parking in front of 25 Sever St. (Attachments)
47. Carla Mustakangas et al request to remove 2 handicap parking spaces in front of 66 Merrick St. (Attachments)
48. Rita Bartley request handicap parking space in front of 19 Judson Rd. (Attachments)
49. Phyllis Bilazarian request speed surveillance on South Flagg St. at Hadwen Rd. (Attachments)
50. Phyllis Bilazarian request crosswalk at the end of South Flagg
St. at Hadwen Rd. (Attachments)
51. Phyllis Bilazarian request stop sign on South Flagg St. at Hadwen
Rd. (Attachments)
52. Michaelene Mundras request to move the inbound bus stop at the
corner of Salisbury St. and Flower Hill Dr. to a point directly across from the
corner of Salisbury St. and Old English Rd. (Attachments)
53. Mayor Timothy P. Murray, Councilor Gary Rosen and Councilor Paul
P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of William O’Connor request a four-way stop at Waverly
and Providence Sts. (Attachments)
54. Mayor Timothy P. Murray on behalf of James Nguyen request a
four-way stop at May and Woodland Sts. (Attachments)
55. Joseph Borbone, Director of Engineering, Department of Public
Works & Parks, request to rescind the No Parking School Zones at the
following schools that are scheduled for disposal: Adams St. School, Lee St.
School, Dartmouth St. School and Worcester Vocational School. The removal of these restrictions will
increase the parking inventory in these neighborhoods. (Attachments)
56. Elizabeth Mullaney request resident sticker parking status be removed on Congress St. (Attachments)
57. Harvey Green request that residential permit parking be removed from the northern half of Westland St. (Attachments)
58. Ian Wiggins request that residential permit parking on Earle St. be changed to Residential Permit Parking Winter Time Only. (Attachments)
59. Michael Fleming request to install residential sticker parking on the even side of Florence St. between Maywood and Beaver Sts. (Attachments)
60. Michael Fleming request to reverse the Winter Parking Ban on Florence St. between Maywood and Beaver Sts. (Attachments)
61. Ernest Gozdur request crosswalk signs to be installed on existing light poles at crosswalk at 273 Lincoln St. (Attachments)
62. Councilor Barbara G. Haller on behalf of Becker College request the removal of the Passenger Zone in front of 45 Cedar St. (Attachments)
63. Councilor Barbara G. Haller on behalf of Becker College request the removal of the 20-minute parking zone in front of 66 William St. (Attachments)
64. Councilor Barbara G. Haller on behalf of Becker College request the removal of the No Parking Zone on south side of Cedar St. from West St. to Fruit St. (Attachments)
65. Michael Barris et al request numerous “One Way” signs in addition to some “Wrong Way” signs to be installed at various locations on Chestnut St. past Elm St. going toward the court house. (Attachments)
65a. Councilor Barbara G. Haller request removal of handicap parking space at 13 Home St. due to original petitioners are no longer living on Home St. (Attachments)
65b. Councilor Joffrey A. Smith on behalf of Jeffrey Richardson request
to install Resident Sticker Parking on the south side of Institute Rd. from the
corner of Park Ave. westerly to Mt. Hope Terrace. (Attachments)
66. Corinne Englehart request to purchase property located and
abutting 200 West Mountain St. at Lanesboro Rd. (Attachments)
MICHAEL V.
O'BRIEN
CITY MANAGER
COUNCIL
CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 29, 2006
1. APPOINTMENTS
NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION
A. Notification of Appointment of William
Daring to the Parks and Recreation Commission.
(Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Notification of Reappointment of James
Delehaunty to the Airport Commission. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Notification of Appointment of Nancy J.
Bradford as a Constable for Civil and Criminal Business. (Attachments)
Placed on file
2. APPOINTMENTS
CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION
3. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
AIRPORT DIVISION
4. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
CABLE SERVICES DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Charter Communications Contract Renewal Process. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
5. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
ELECTION COMMISSION DIVISION
6. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
A. SUPPLEMENTAL: Recommend City Council’s Adoption of attached
NAGE, Local 495 Bargaining Unit Salary Ordinance. (Attachments)
Voted to advertise proposed Ordinance on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith,
Murray absent)
7. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
8. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
A. Request City Council's Deliberation,
Consideration and Referral to the Commerce and Development Committee, the
Attached Resolution to Decertify the Certified Project for GKN Sinter Metals of
Worcester (Formerly the Presmet Corporation) Located at 2 Sherman Street. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
B. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Removal of Jersey Barriers and the Installation of new Security
Bollards at the Harold D. Donohue Federal Building. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Transmitting Informational Communication
on Worcester's Wayfinding Initiative with Attached Design Recommendations. (Attachments)
Referred to Joint Committees on Public Works and Strategic Planning
D. Recommend City Council Adoption of a
Proposed Amendment to the Gateway Park Master Plan as Proposed by Gateway Park
LLC. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee and Referred to Public
Works Committee for informational purposes
E. Request City Council Accept with Gratitude
the Donation of $5,825.00 from Clark University and the DEP for Improvements to
the Brownfield Redevelopment Query Application. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
F. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of a Resolution to Accept a Grant in the Amount of $200,000 from the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Environmental Remediation of
65 Armory Street in the South Worcester Industrial Park area. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
G. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Hiring Plan for Minorities and Women on the CitySquare
Project. (Attachments)
Referred to Ethnic & Minority Affairs
H. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Number of Jobs that have been Created in Worcester within the
Life Science Field. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
I. Transmitting Informational Communication
of the Economic Development Report for August 2006. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee, Public Service & Transportation
Committee, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee, Commerce &
Development Committee - Citywide Master Plan referred to Land Use Committee and
Strategic Planning Committee
J. SUPPLEMENTAL: Informational Communication regarding the
Economic Development Small Business Retention and Recruitment Efforts. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
9. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
A. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of a Resolution to File and Accept a Transit-Oriented Development Grant (TOD)
jointly funded from the Executive Office of Transportation, the Office of
Commonwealth Development and the Department of Housing and Community
Development. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
10. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING AND REGULATORY SERVICES DIVISION
A. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Order for Street and
Drainage Easements for Rustic Drive Extension Subdivision. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Order for Street and Drainage Easements for Sarah Drive
Arboretum Subdivision (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
C. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Order for Street, Drainage and Utility Easements for 185
College Street Subdivision. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
11. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Conversion of the Private Section of Monadnock Road to a Public
Road. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee for a hearing
B. Request City Council's Review and Adoption of the Attached Order
for Street and Drainage Easements at Westview Heights. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
C. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the SRF (State Revolving Fund) Program and the Upper Blackstone
Water Pollution Abatement District (UBWPAD).
(Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
D. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Order for Access and Utility Easements for the Osgood Bradley
Building. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
E. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Order for Sewer Easements for 219 Harding Street. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
F. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Order of Taking and Drainage Easements Relative to Acquiring the Parcels
Needed to Begin Construction of Gateway Park.
(Attachments)
Three Orders adopted on a roll call of 9-0 (Perotto, Rushton absent),
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-9 (Perotto, Rushton absent). Also
Referred to Public Works Committee for informational purposes
G. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Order Naming the Streets in and around the CitySquare
Project. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee for a hearing
12. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
OPERATIONS DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to an Update on the Abandoned Vehicle Removal Program. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
13. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
PARKS DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Renovations at the Elm Park (Newton Hill) Stone Retaining
Wall. (Attachments)
Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation Committee
B. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Resolution to Accept a Donation of $380.00 for the Green Hill
Municipal Golf Course Junior Golf Program.
(Attachments)
Two Resolutions adopted with gratitude
C. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Resolution to Accept
with Gratitude a Donation from Mr. Bob Moscoffian and the New England Summer
Nationals for Green Hill Park. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
D. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Resolution to Accept with Gratitude a Donation for Rockwood
Field. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
E. Request City Council's Review and Adoption
of the Attached Resolution to Accept with Gratitude a Donation for Lake
Park. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
14. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
15. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
16. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
LICENSE COMMISSION
17. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Request that City Council Accept with Gratitude a Donation in the Amount of
$5,000.00 to the Worcester Police Department from the Wilson Group (Milk
Bone). (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
B. Request that City Council Accept with
Gratitude a Donation in the Amount of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($350.00)
to the Worcester Police Department from the Target Corporation. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
18. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
19. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
20. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DISABILITY DIVISION
21. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ELDER AFFAIRS DIVISION
A. Request City Council Adopt Resolution to
Accept with Gratitude a Donation of Five Computers from Fallon Community Health
Plan.
(Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
B. Request City Council Adopt a Resolution to
Accept a Lease of Space at the Senior Center.
(Attachments)
Order adopted on a voice vote and referred to Elder Affairs Committee for
informational purposes
C. Request City Council Adopt a Resolution to
File and Accept Grant Funds in an Amount up to $5,000.00 from the St. Vincent
Community Healthcare Fund. (Attachments) Resolution adopted
D. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Recent Closure of the Age Center of Worcester. Referred to
Elder Affairs Committee (Attachments)
E. SUPPLEMENTAL: Request consideration of
report, finance item and order related to the build out and leasing of third
floor space at the Worcester Senior Center. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent),
Referred to Elder Affairs for informational purposes
22. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION
23. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION
24. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION
25. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PUBLIC LIBRARY
A. Request that City Council Accept with Gratitude
Donations to the Worcester Public Library
Totaling One Thousand One Hundred Fourteen Dollars And Seventy Six Cents
($1,114.76). (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
B. Request Adoption of a Resolution to Accept
with Gratitude a Grant to the Worcester Public Library from Target Corporation in the amount of Thirty Five
Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($35,000.00).
(Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
C. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to an Update on the Availability of Wireless Internet Service at the
Worcester Public Library. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation
26. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES DIVISION
27. PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
28. LAW DEPARTMENT
LEGAL DIVISION
29. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
ASSESSING DIVISION
30. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
BUDGET OFFICE DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to a FFY 2006 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Grant Award in the
Amount of $22,414.00. (Attachments)
Placed on file
31. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
PURCHASING DIVISION
32. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to an Update on the City's Telecommunications Master Plan. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
33. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
TREASURY AND COLLECTIONS DIVISION
34. FINANCE ITEMS
CAPITAL TRANSFERS
A. Recommend that One Hundred Thousand
Dollars And No Cents ($100,000.00) be transferred from Loan Account
#91C741, Street Reconstruction, and be appropriated to DPW Account #41C768, Private Street
Conversion/Betterments to provide funds for the payment of current obligations
and future expenditures per the cash flow procedure. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
B. Recommend that One Hundred Thousand
Dollars And No Cents ($100,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C745, Sewer
Construction, and be appropriated to Account #44C771, Infiltration to allow for
the payment of current and future obligations per the cash flow procedure. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
C. Recommend that One Hundred Thousand
Dollars And No Cents ($100,000.00) be transferred from Loan Account #91C737,
Water Meters, and be appropriated to DPW Account #45C794, Water Meters to allow
for the payment of current and anticipated obligations per the cash flow
procedure. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
D. Recommend that One Hundred Thousand
Dollars And No Cents ($100,000.00) be transferred from Loan Account
#91C714, Water Pumping Rehabilitation, and be appropriated to DPW Account
#45C726, Water Pumping Station Rehabilitation to allow for the payment of
current and anticipated obligations per the cash flow procedure. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
E. Recommend that Seventy Five Thousand
Dollars And No Cents ($75,000.00) be transferred from Loan Account
#91C735, Building Rehabilitation, and be appropriated to DPW Account #44C705,
Capital Outlay to allow for payment of anticipated obligations per the cash
flow procedure. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
F. Recommend that One Million Five Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars And No Cents
($1,550,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C790, School Construction,
and be appropriated to Account #28C720,
Vocational Equipment, for the payment of equipment for Worcester Technical High
School. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
G. Recommend that Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($800,000.00) be
transferred from Account #91C790, School Construction and be appropriated to
Account #28C717, Worcester Technical High School for payments associated with
the construction of the Worcester Technical High School. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
H. Recommend that Four Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars And No Cents ($4,900.00) be
transferred from Account #91C711, Building Rehabilitation, and be appropriated
to Account #26C704 , Fire Rehabilitation for the purpose of funding Fire
rehabilitation projects. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
I. Recommend that Twenty One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Three Dollars And No
Cents ($21,773.00) be transferred from Loan Account #91C780, Capital Equipment,
and be appropriated to DPW Account #41C703, Capital Equipment to allow for the
purchase and future payment of this equipment per the cash flow procedure. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
J. Recommend that Four Hundred Forty Thousand Five Hundred Dollars And No Cents
($440,500.00) be transferred from Loan Account # 91C727, Franklin Street Fire
Station, and be appropriated to DPW Account # 41C726, Franklin Street Fire
Station. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
K. SUPPLEMENTAL: Recommend that Four Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars
($460,000.00) be transferred from various accounts and appropriated to address
the (5) Tax Levy Dams to allow for payment of inspection by a Massachusetts
Registered Professional Engineer. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent) Reconsideration
denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
L. SUPPLEMENTAL: Recommend
that Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) be transferred from Account # 04C702,
Auditorium Rehabilitation, and Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) be transferred
from Account # 14C717, City Hall Elevators, and appropriated to Account #34C702
to pay for a preliminary design study for the development of the third floor of
the Worcester Senior Center. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent),
Referred to Elder Affairs for informational purposes.
35. FINANCE ITEMS
OPERATIONAL TRANSFERS
A. Recommend that the most recent authorized
apportionment from the State (MA #0044747) in the amount of Two Million Four
Hundred Sixty One Thousand One Hundred Twenty Seven Dollars And No Cents
($2,461,127.00) be appropriated to DPW Account #41C440, Street Resurfacing, as
requested by reimbursements to provide funding for current and future Chapter
90 obligations. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
B. Recommend that Thirty Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($30,000.00) be
transferred from Account # 330-09,
Reserve for Appropriation Real Estate Sales, and be appropriated to
Account # 043-92000, Economic Development Ordinary Maintenance, for the purpose
of providing funds to perform appraisal, environmental assessments and related
costs on the proposed disposition of school department parcels. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
C. Recommend that the Table of Organization
for the Police Department be temporarily amended by adding the position of
Police Lieutenant, Pay Grade 97 and Service Manager, pay grade 39M, and further
recommend the re-appropriation of Ninety Eight Thousand Four Hundred Sixty
Dollars ($98,460.00) in personal services funds from the Police Department
Personal Services Accounts for this purpose.
(Attachments) Two
Orders adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
D. Recommend that Six Thousand Five Hundred
Forty Two Dollars And No Cents ($6,542.00), earned as a result of Program
Income, be transferred from Account # 14S42229, Centro Las Americas, and be
appropriated to Account # 14S45032, Facility Improvement, for the purpose of
purchasing and installing security cameras at the South Worcester Neighborhood
Center and South Worcester Playground.
(Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
E. Recommend that Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars And No Cents ($500,000.00) be transferred from Account #330-10,
Sewer Connection Permit Fees, and be appropriated to Sewer Enterprise Account
#440102-92000, Infiltration/Inflow, to allow for the payment of anticipated
obligations associated with this fiscal year's program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
F. SUPPLEMENTAL: Recommend that One
Million One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred Three Dollars and No Cents
($1,116,303.00) be transferred from various accounts, and appropriated to
various accounts to fund retroactive payments for fiscal years 2004-2006 and
current year salary increase necessary to implement the collective bargaining
agreement with Local 495. (Attachments) Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto,
Rushton, Murray absent) Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-9 (Perotto,
Murray absent)
36. FINANCE ITEMS
PRIOR YEAR
A. Recommend approval of Two Thousand Two
Hundred Ninety Three Dollars And Seventy Six Cents ($2,293.76) to pay for
various invoices incurred during a prior fiscal year. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
B. Recommend that Four Hundred Thirty Six
Dollars And Thirty Three Cents ($436.33) be authorized from FY 2007 Elder
Affairs OM Account 340 to provide funds for the purpose of payment of prior
year invoice. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
C. Recommend that Fifteen Thousand Eight
Hundred Ninety One Dollars ($15,891.00) be transfered from Account # 330-08,
Reserve for Appropriation Premium on Loans, and be appropriated to Account #
660-92000, Treasurer's Office Ordinary Maintenance, and furthermore requesting
authorization to pay a prior year invoice in the amount of Seventeen Thousand
Seven Hundred Forty Nine Dollars and Twenty Cents ($17,749.20). (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
Reconsideration denied on a roll call 0-8 (Perotto, Smith, Murray absent)
37. MISCELLANEOUS AGENDA TRANSMITTALS
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance for Property Owners
as a Result of the October, 2005 Rain Event.
(Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
B.
Transmitting
Informational Communication Relative to Worcester Intercollegiate Government
(WIG). (Attachments)
Referred to Education & College/University Relations Committee
Mayor Murray suspended the
rule to allow Patrick Murray, Holy Cross student speak
C. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to City Council's Request for
City Manager to Provide a Report Detailing what Cities and Towns across
the Commonwealth have Paid Damages as a Result of Sewage Back-up into Private
Properties. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
D. SUPPLEMENTAL: Transmitting
Informational Communication relative to the State Inspector General’s Review
and Approval of the CitySquare Development Agreement. (Attachments)
Placed on File
68-75 FROM AD HOC COMMITTEE
ON THE MILL STREET BUSINESS CORRIDOR - Adopted
68. Request City Manager request the Police Chief to take action to
prohibit unauthorized tractor-trailer transfer activity taking place at the
site of the vacant supermarket at 195 Mill Street. (Attachments)
69. Request City Manager request the Commissioner of Public Works and
Parks to provide City Council with a report addressing the feasibility of
re-aligning Mill Street from Coes Street to the Coes Pond beach so that the
roadway hugs the southerly edge of the existing right-of-way and enables the
City to establish a greenway along the water’s edge that would allow for
recreation activity and the connection of the beach to the park to be created
at the site of the former Coes Knife Company. (Attachments)
70. Request City Manager request the Commissioner of Public Works and
Parks to routinely clear overgrowth between Coes Pond and the sidewalks along
Mill Street from Coes Street to Coes Pond beach; to routinely maintain the
median strips along Mill Street and to remove fallen tree limbs and routinely
sweep the road surface from Tatnuck Square to Park Avenue. (Attachments)
71. Request City Manager request the Police Chief to install a
surveillance detail in Mill Street during the early morning hours in an effort
to curtail excessive speeding and noise levels from motorcycles. (Attachments)
72. Request City Manager provide City Council with an estimated cost
for installation of streetscape-style sidewalks, enhanced crosswalks and
decorative lighting and street furniture in the business areas of Mill Street
between First Street and Coes Street. (Attachments)
73. Request City Manager work with our State Delegation to invite
appropriate state administrators to the next meeting of the Ad Hoc Mill Street
Business Corridor Committee to discuss concerns relating to the water quality
and recreational opportunities at Coes Pond. (Attachments)
74. Request City Manager consider assisting principals of Sunderland
Properties and of the Price Chopper Supermarkets to discuss the possible
alteration of the lease agreement concerning property at 195 Mill Street. (Attachments)
75. Request City Clerk provide City Council with data concerning the
historic ownership of mill buildings in Worcester with an eye towards
designating median strips in Mill Street with historic markers informing the
public of the contributions of these major employers to the early growth of the
community. (Attachments)
76. Request City Manager update City Council concerning strategies
and a timeline to address the long-term needs of the Single Adult Homeless
Population. (Attachments)
77. Request
City Manager request Police Chief to provide City Council with data concerning
the addresses in the vicinity of 701 Main Street at which more than one arrest
occurred for the period June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005 and for June 1, 2005
through May 31, 2006. (Attachments)
78. Request City Manager designate representatives of his
Administration to participate in the October 19-20, 2006 DCU conference titled,
“Ending Homelessness”. (Attachments)
79. Request City Manager provide City Council with the opinions of
his Administration concerning the Housing First program. (Attachments)
80. Request City Manager update City Council concerning HUD’s funding
awards to the Worcester Continuum of Care and to Community Healthlink’s Leased
Housing Project. (Attachments)
81. Request City Assessor provide City Council with a list, from time
to time, of any and all properties he determines might be removed from the real
estate tax rolls. (Attachments)
82. Request City Manager request the Administrators of the Department
of Public Health communicate with various local treatment program directors to
obtain cultural data of their respective staff and clients. (Attachments)
83. Request City Manager update City Council concerning efforts to
curb panhandling in the City. (Attachments)
84. Request City Manager provide City Council with a list of names
and locations of eligible distributors of needles and syringes such as
pharmacists, manufacturers or dealers in surgical supplies or manufacturers or
dealers in embalming supplies. (Attachments)
85. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report on
whether over the counter sale of needles and syringes is an option or a
requirement for pharmacists or distributors. (Attachments)
86. Request City Manager
provide City Council with a report of the implications of this legislation
(Chapter 172 of the Acts of 2006) will have in regards to the possession of
hypodermic equipment in terms of the numbers and distribution by individuals or
agencies without fee. (Attachments)
87. Request City Manager contact our legislative representatives and
provide City Council with a report on information regarding the program for the
collection and disposal of spent hypodermic needles and lancets as referred to
by Chapter 172 of the Acts of 2006. (Attachments)
88. Request City Manager provide City Council with a copy of the
report that was referred to in Chapter 172, Section 17 of the Acts of 2006. (Attachments)
89. Request City Manager provide City Council with a list of
addresses where drop-off boxes in Rhode Island are located. (Attachments)
90. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report on
whether pharmacists or distributors who sell needles are required to dispose of
these needles. (Attachments)
91. Request City Manager
prepare language for local legislation to require pharmacists or distributors
that sell over the counter needles and syringes be required to take back these
spent products for disposal. (Attachments)
92. Request City Manager contact local colleges to ask if they would be interested in participating in an on campus yellow box program and if so how they might want to participate is this program. (Attachments)
93. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report on the
ethnicity of the Administrative Staff, Clinical Staff and Clients that are
treated by social service programs dealing with recovering addicts and
alcoholics to see how ethnicity is reflected
in the treatment programs that are provided to our community. (Attachments)
94-101 FROM HOUSING &
NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION - Adopted
94. Request City Manager update City Council concerning the plans of
South Middlesex Opportunity Council to meet the needs of the City’s homeless
population, specifically how their change of plans in other local communities
might affect their intentions in Worcester; what their revised plans are for
Worcester and when they plan to meet in the neighborhoods to discuss their
future plans. (Attachments)
95. Request City Manager, when reporting to City Council concerning
plans of the South Middlesex Opportunity Council, to delineate whether he is
conveying information concerning the siting of social service agencies or the
issues surrounding homelessness in the City. (Attachments)
96. Request
City Manager request representatives of
the South Middlesex Opportunity Council to provide City Council with their
guidelines how they envision the community responding to problems that arise
from their proposed Worcester facilities. (Attachments)
97. Request City Manager report to City Council any progress made
over the past ten years towards decreasing/eliminating the use of non-housing
designated areas, such as parks and railroad sidings as areas where homeless
congregate overnight. (Attachments)
98. Request City Manager that, if and when he convenes a future
Committee on Homelessness, he consider including neighborhood leadership and
also people who have been homeless at one time. (Attachments)
99. Request City Manager consider including local and state political
leadership as he considers developing future plans to counteract homelessness.
(Attachments)
100. Request City Manager routinely update City Council concerning
properties owned by the South Middlesex Opportunity Council. (Attachments)
101. Request City Manager report to City Council whether the City
determines through routine and periodic on-site inspections the enforcement of
occupancy levels at licensed buildings owned and operated by the South
Middlesex Opportunity Council as well as other similarly occupied
facilities/programs throughout the City. (Attachments)
102. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report showing the
percentage of the current civil service work force who qualify for and take
advantage of the “2 points for veterans” preference. (Attachments)
103-108 FROM MUNICIPAL
OPERATIONS - Adopted
103. Request City Manager provide City Council with a five-point plan to
strengthen the City of Worcester’s bond rating. (Attachments)
104. Request City Manager provide City Council with a forecast, low to
high range, of the projected water-sewer rate charges if we move forward with
the planned capital investment program. (Attachments)
105. Request the City Manager inform City Council who, within the
current administrative organization, is responsible for the maintenance
and repair of municipal buildings. (Attachments)
106. Request the City Manager consider establishing an environmental
action committee to review how we might become a more-environmentally friendly
community. (Attachments)
107. Request the City Manager provide City Council with an updated plan
of the Energy Task Force in relation to the Capital Reinvestment Plan. (Attachments)
108. Request the City Manager provide City Council with a mid-fiscal
year review of the Capital Reinvestment Plan with a view towards adjusting
priorities. (Attachments)
109-118 FROM PUBLIC SAFETY –
Adopted – Except 118 Adopted as amended
109. Request City Manager provide City Council with copies of any local
ordinances or bylaws enacted by any Massachusetts community that regulates the
siting of facilities and/or programs that service Level II or Level III sex
offenders. (Attachments)
110. Request City Manager report to City Council the number of Level II
and Level III sex offenders who are in treatment programs as a percentage of
the total number residing in the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
111. Request City Manager provide City Council with a listing of the
treatment programs for Level II and Level III sex offenders that are located
within the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
112. Request City Manager provide City Council with a description of the
extent and type of information that is available to the City of Worcester
concerning Level II and Level III sex offenders who either live or work in the
City of Worcester. (Attachments)
113. Request City Manager provide City Council with a city-wide map that
would reveal those areas of the City that would remain available for siting of
facilities and/or programs for Level II and Level III sex offenders if the
proposed Home Rule legislation pending before the Standing Committee on Public
Safety was enacted. (Attachments)
114. Request City Solicitor provide City Council with revised language
to the proposed Home Rule legislation concerning Level II and Level III sex
offenders referencing the phrase, “such individuals shall refer to
aforementioned sex offenders…” that appears in the current version of the proposed
Home Rule legislation. (Attachments)
115. Request City Solicitor provide City Council with revised language
to the proposed Home Rule legislation concerning Level II and Level III sex offenders
that provides for mandatory audit reporting to the local police department. (Attachments)
116. Request City Manager provide City Council with an opinion of the
City Solicitor whether or not existing facilities/programs that service Level
II and Level III sex offenders would be grandfathered if proposed Home Rule
legislation pending before the Standing Committee on Public Safety was enacted.
(Attachments)
117. Request City Manager encourage Probation Department staff from
District, Superior and Juvenile Courts participate in the future discussions
concerning the regulation of siting of programs for Level II and Level III sex
offenders so as to identify the location of program sites across the City. (Attachments)
118. Request City Solicitor report to City Council how the proposed Home
Rule legislation concerning the siting of facilities/programs for Level II and
Level III sex offenders might be strengthened to disallow these individuals
from living within certain areas of the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
Adopted, as amended
119.
Request City Manager request the
Commissioner of the Department of Public Works & Parks confer with the Mass
Highway Department whether on-street parking will be prohibited along
Blackstone River Road from McKeon Road to Millbury Street. (Attachments)
120. Request City Manager
discuss with the President of Worcester State College their possible financial
contribution towards the construction of sidewalks along the east side of
Chandler Street directly across from the campus, in the interest of resident
and student pedestrian safety. (Attachments)
121-124 FROM TRAFFIC & PARKING - Adopted
121. Request City Manager request Director of Traffic Engineering to conduct a street survey of Middlesex Ave to determine the public way and submit it along with the deed of 96 Middlesex Ave. to the City Solicitor to review. Further, request the City Solicitor to review a similar case relative to Neil McCoy on First St. to know the difference between that case and this issue with 96 Middlesex Ave. (Attachments)
122. Request City Manager request the Director of Traffic Engineering to review the timing of traffic signals throughout the Lincoln Square area. (Attachments)
123. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report of the accident rates in the Lincoln Square area. (Attachments)
124. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a report regarding the funding and timeline for the improvements to the various parking lot projects in the Shrewsbury St. area. (Attachments)
125. Request City Manager report on the status of the master plan for
Institute Park. (Lukes) (Attachments) Adopted
126. Request City Manager report on what the policy is for the public
payment for police presence/coverage at city events and festivals, including
the Tornadoes baseball games for last season and this current baseball season,
also including in the report a breakdown of overtime paid by both the city and
the event promoters for the fiscal year, 2006. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
127. Request City Manager report on what policy will be followed for the
payment of police coverage/overtime for events held at the Common when alcohol
will be served on the Common in accordance with the new policy voted by the
Parks Commission. (Lukes) (Attachments) Adopted
128. Request City Manager report on whether a TIF for the CitySquare project could be conditioned upon requiring the construction of green building/energy efficient buildings with LEEDS certification in the project area. (Lukes) (Attachments) Adopted
129. Request City Manager provide a legal opinion from the City Solicitor’s office on the impact of zoning parking requirements on the siting of a 19-29 resident social service agency at 2 June St. (Lukes, Rosen) (Attachments) (see item #350 CC)
Motion Haller to amend: Further, request the City Manager to provide an updated status
report of the siting of the SMOC program at 2 June St. as to permitting and the
authorization that would move this program forward.
130. Request City Manager report on the feasibility of installing a wind
turbine project on public property including school land such as South High
School and/or Worcester Technical High School in order to reduce the financial
costs of electricity. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Motion Petty to add: Further, request to include North High School
and any other appropriate buildings.
Note: see Toomey’s Motion
at item #165f CC
Motion Lukes to agreed to
amend: to a
dual referral to City Manager and School Committee’s Subcommittee on School
Plant
Motion Rushton to
amend: Further, request the report
to include any other city owned lands in the county to produce energy to sell.
Adopted, as amended
131. Request City Manager identify options and opportunities to bring zipcars to Worcester. (Toomey) (Attachments) Adopted
132. Request City Manager request appropriate personnel monitor the traffic signals on Shrewsbury Street at the entrance to Piccadilly Plaza and McDonald's Restaurant to ensure proper operation. (Toomey) (Attachments) Adopted
133. In light of the recent malicious incident involving rock throwing from an I-290 overpass, request City Manager inspect city-owned interstate overpasses and ensure that appropriate measures are taken to protect drivers and pedestrians from being harmed in the future. (Toomey) (Attachments)
Motion Lukes to amend: Further, request City Manager ask State Highway Departments
to do the same to ensure public safety.
134. Request City Manager instruct appropriate personnel to remove the overgrowth and the tree that blocks the sidewalk on Southbridge Street along the retaining wall between Homestead and Princeton Streets. (Haller) (Attachments) Adopted
135. Request City Manager report to City Council regarding the responsibilities of various departments regarding dumpsters; which department is responsible for various types of dumpster uses, the registration/licensing requirements, inspection schedules, and fine schedules. Said report should include whether contact (phone/email) information is collected so the public may report problems regarding dumpsters. (Haller) (Attachments)
Motion Rosen to amend:
Further, request the report include how the fees due to the City
from the installation of dumpsters are enforced, how the fee is publicized and
are the fees being paid.
Motion Palmieri to amend:
Further
to consider the private sector’s ability to pay and if the City would remove a
dumpster if it becomes a blight in the
neighborhood.
Adopted, as amended
136. Request City Manager provide City Council with language that will require lodging houses to receive License Commission approval for a change of manager at a public hearing, similar to what is now required for alcohol pouring establishments. (Haller) (Attachments) Adopted
137. Request City Manager annually trend Level 3 sex offenders in the City: the actual number of Level 3 offenders, the number in violation of registry rules, the number of homeless (without address), their distribution by district and the number of offenders with incident(s) involving a child under the age of 14. Further, request said report be given to City Council at its July meeting each year and include any information that may explain any significant annual changes to these numbers. (Haller) (Attachments) Adopted
138. Request City Manager work with the Worcester School Department to
amend the protocol whereby a school bus horn is used as a summoning device for
alerting children that the bus has arrived and to limit the use of the horn as
a warning device. Likewise request City Manager to report to City Council
whether routine use of a school bus horn as an alerting device for pickup is a
violation of any existing city ordinances, including the noise pollution
ordinance. (Haller) (Attachments)
Adopted
139. Request City Manager provide City Council with proposed language to modify the Zoning Ordinance so that Lodging House licenses that have been granted by Special Permit will expire after two years of non-operation as such. (Haller) (Attachments) Adopted
140. Request City Manager report to City Council concerning options for controlling noise, including organized events and religious events which impact the quality of life in residential neighborhoods. (Haller, Toomey) (Attachments) Adopted
141. Request City Manager report to City Council concerning the number and locations of noise ordinance enforcement actions by the Worcester Police Department, by month, for the period of May 2006 through the present. Said report should include information identifying the source of each infraction and the actual enforcement actions taken. (Haller) (Attachments) Adopted
142. Request City Manager contact Mass Highway Department and inquire why overhead lighting along the Massachusetts Turnpike exit and the ramp to Route 146 are not functioning or activated. (Murray, Clancy) (Attachments) Adopted
143. Request City Manager consider the feasibility of establishing a wind farm on city-owned property such as reservoir, forestry or airport land, as a means to offset rising municipal energy costs. (Palmieri, Clancy, Murray) (Attachments) Adopted
144. Request City Manager take all steps to have the WRTA #11 bus rerouted to serve the Island part of Harding Street (south of Kelley Square) to take residents, especially the elderly, to and from the Route 20 Fair Shopping Plaza. Further request that this service be provided several times in the mornings and again in the afternoons, both outbound and inbound. This service was formerly provided by the old #4 Millbury City Line and eliminated on January 28th, 2006 creating a serious hardship and reduction in the quality of life for residents in the Green Island neighborhood. (Haller, Rosen) (Attachments)
Mayor
Murray suspended the rules to allow Mary MacInnes, Administrator for the WRTA to
speak
Tabled under Privilege - Haller
145. Request City Manager to consider a "Get Real Environmental Action Plan" to drastically improve the use of alternative, renewable energy sources in the daily operations of the City of Worcester, not limited to the Police, Fire and Public Works/Parks Departments. (Rushton) (Attachments) Adopted
146. Request Mayor consider convening an Ad Hoc Committee comprised of members of the City Council's Standing Committee on Municipal Operations and the School Committee’s Standing Committee on School Plant to consider a combined approach to solve the complex problem of energy use and affordability by all facets of the municipal government of Worcester. (Rushton) (Attachments) Adopted
147. Request City Manager request the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works and Parks review the area of Pine View Avenue near Carleton Street with a view towards identifying the cause of the new surface water runoff problem that has caused surface sewers to routinely overflow and back-up, and to recommend to the City Council appropriate corrective action. (Rushton) (Attachments) Adopted
148. Request City Manager consider meeting with representatives of the Ecotarium to discuss their plans for open space properties they own in the vicinity of their Harrington Way facility, and, further request that a dialogue with the District City Councilor and the neighbors be facilitated by representatives of the Ecotarium about the neighborhood concerns. (Palmieri) (Attachments) Adopted
149. Request City Manager consider installing signage with a street map that would provide directions for commuters to get from the former bus terminal on Madison Street to the inter-modal station at Washington Square. (Toomey, Rosen, Perotto) (Attachments) Adopted
150. Request City Manager update the City Council concerning financing of the new North High School. (Toomey) (Attachments) Adopted
151. Request City Clerk consider beginning office hours on Saturday mornings to provide Passport Processing and other services to the general public. (Toomey) (Attachments) Adopted
152. Request City Manager consider creating a Worcester area network of 20-34 year olds for public engagement. (Toomey, Smith) (Attachments) Adopted
153. Request City Manager consider installing a sandwich style portable bulletin board for the front and back doors outside City Hall that could be used to advertise upcoming cultural and civic events that would be of interest to the general public. (Toomey) (Attachments) Adopted
154. Request City Manager request the Police Chief to enhance the
oversight of jay-walking across the City in the interest of the safety of
pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. (Toomey) (Attachments)
Motion Toomey to amend: Further request City Manager request the
Commissioner of Public Works & Parks to review the timing of pedestrian
cross lights at key intersections throughout the City.
Adopted, as amended
155. Request City Manager provide City Council with Allegiant Air monthly passenger loads to and from Worcester Regional Airport. Further request a report itemizing the number of Allegiant Air flights to and from Worcester Regional Airport that were cancelled and the reasons given for each cancellation, i.e. weather, mechanicals, etc. (Petty) (Attachments) Adopted
156. Request City Manager communicate with Worcester State College and report to the City Council as to the college’s plans and efforts to address the issue of student parking in residential neighborhoods abutting the college. (Lukes) (Attachments) Adopted
157. Request City Manager report to City Council regarding National Grid’s services in the City based on data filed with the Department of Telecommunications and Energy formerly the Department of Public Utilities, specifically addressing the number of outages, the locations of the outages and the fines paid by National Grid in the past two years. (Lukes) (Attachments) Adopted
158. Request City Manager report to City Council regarding services provided by National Grid in the City dealing with new developments and major projects as to the length of time from the request for services to completion of services, and if the information is not available from DTE, then poll developers in the City as to their experience in dealing with National Grid. (Lukes) (Attachments) Adopted
159. Request City Manager draft Home Rule legislation that provides for the abatement of certain taxes for property damage by sewerage caused by the flood of October 15, 2005. (Clancy) (Attachments) Adopted
160. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report that itemizes the annual financial commitment that would be required to upgrade and maintain in good working order, the restroom facilities at all parks, playgrounds and beaches under the jurisdiction of the City of Worcester. (Petty) (Attachments) Adopted
161. Request City Manager report to City Council during the month of September concerning the various water, silt and related runoff problems that are being encountered by residents of Wamsutta Rd. as a result of the construction of the Westview Heights housing units. (Rosen, Rushton) (Attachments) Adopted
162. Request City Manager report to City Council how the playgrounds at Banis Field and Vernon Hill Park, which have suffered from vandalism of playground equipment and fences, graffiti, littering, and teenage loitering, and which need increased police presence, may once again be made safe and inviting for the children and families of those neighborhoods. (Rosen, Perotto) (Attachments) Adopted
163. Request City Manager, Mayor and members of the City Council recognize those involved in the Worcester World Cup, organized by Cultural Exchange Through Soccer, by inviting to a September City Council meeting the representatives of the champion and runner-up teams of each of the men’s (Togo, Albania) and women’s (USA, El Salvador) brackets of the tournament. (Rosen) (Attachments) Adopted
164. Request City Manager report to City Council regarding the rights that city residents have and what steps they should take when music at unreasonable decibel levels is played outdoors by individuals, religious and other organizations, or businesses. (Rosen) (Attachments) Adopted
165. Request City Manager report to City Council concerning the success of efforts to manage the population of geese in various areas throughout the city and also concerning what additional actions may be taken next year to realize an even more effective program. (Rosen) (Attachments) Adopted
165a. Request City Manager provide City Council with
a report with the total square footage buildout and how much of it is taxable
and non taxable along with the total number of parking spaces for both the
first plan and the second plan of the Gateway Park project. Motion-Clancy @ #8D & 11F CM. Motion Lukes - Further request the report include the
breakdown of square footage for the various uses. – Adopted (Attachments)
165b. Request City Manager provide City Council with
a protocol for notifying, establish a network for input and a system of
communicating with the businesses and land owners in the area of Washington
Square during the reconstruction. Motion-Lukes
@ #8I CM – Adopted (Attachments)
165c. Request
City Manager update the sign for the opening of the Hotel on Major Taylor
Boulevard. Motion-Lukes @ #8I CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
165d. Request City Manager
to provide City Council with the Ascertainment Report so City Council’s Sub
Committee on Public Service & Transportation may conduct a hearing for
further input before negotiations begin with Charter Communications. Motion-Petty @ #4A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
165e. Request
City Manager provide City Council with a more detailed report on the Four
Corners, Southbridge St. and Quinsigamond Ave. Gateway I project. Motion-Haller @ #8I CM – Adopted (Attachments)
165f. Request
City Manager to ask the School Committee’s Subcommittee on School Plant be involved in the
discussions concerning installing turbines at Worcester Technical High School. Motion-Toomey
@ #130CC – Adopted (Attachments)
165g. Request
City Manager install security cameras in the vicinity of Oliver St., Florence
St. and Beaver St. intersection to deter crime and to help solve crime
incidents. Haller–Suspension of Rules-Adopted (Attachments)
165h. Request City Manager provide City Council with
a report to explain why the signage regarding taxicabs at the front of and the
rear of Union Station were removed and if it is possible to replace these
signs. Petty–Suspension of Rules-Adopted (Attachments)
166 ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL
CALL 8-0 (Perotto, Rushton, Murray absent)
166. DECREE TO MAKE PUBLIC: FRONGILLO FARM ROAD (Attachments)
167 & 168 ADOPTED
167. SEWER BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT: GRAFTON STREET (Attachments)
168. SEWER BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT: WENDOVER ROAD (Attachments)
169. RECESS
TO FINANCE – No action taken
a. #3A CM June 20, 2006
Communication of the City
Manager transmitting informational communication FY07 Economic Stimulus Bill
and Supplemental Capital Budget. (Attachments)
170 & 171
REFERRED TO MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS
170. Elizabeth Early, Executive Secretary for the Worcester Retirement
Board, transmitting communication requesting acceptance of the Accidental Death
Benefit to Surviving Children, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2006. (Attachments)
171. Elizabeth A. Early, Executive Secretary for the Worcester
Retirement Board transmitting communication relative to names of candidates for
election to the Retirement Board in 1997,1998 and 2000. Also information previously provided in
response to City Council Orders on June 6th. (Attachments)
172 PLACED ON FILE
172. Barbara Guthrie,
Executive Director for the Rainbow Child Development Center, transmitting
communication relative to Annual Report 2005-2006. (Attachments)
173-191 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
HEALTH Upon the following Communications of the City Manager: recommend Communications be placed on
file.
173. Relative
to pip shelter public safety issues. (Attachments)
174. Relative to the New England Regional Ending Homelessness Focus
Group. (Attachments)
175. Relative
to update to 15 Point Plan for PIP Shelter. (Attachments)
176. Relative to SMOC taking over management of PIP Shelter. (Attachments)
177. Relative
to vacant State and Federally owned property. (Attachments)
178. Relative to the timelines associated with the recent funding awards
from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the
Worcester Continuum of Care and to Community Healthlink’s Leased Housing
Project. (Attachments)
179. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH Upon the Report of the Committee
on Public Safety Upon the Communication of the City Manager relative to
addresses in the area of the PIP Shelter at which more than one arrest
occurred: recommend the
Communication be placed on file. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION Upon the following Communications of
the City Manager: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
180. Relative to a plan submitted by the Southern Middlesex Opportunity
Council (SMOC) to the City detailing their intentions to meet the needs of the
region’s Homelessness Population. (Attachments)
181. Relative
to a report on homelessness. (Attachments)
182. Relative
to location of Social Service Agencies. (Attachments)
183. Relative to Social Service Agency Locations-Prior Opinions. (Attachments)
184. Relative to buildings occupied by the South Middlesex Opportunity
Council. (Attachments)
185. Relative to the South Middlesex Non-Profit Housing Corporation’s
(SMOC) purchase of five taxable properties in the City. (Attachments)
186. Relative to the South Middlesex Opportunity Council’s formal
withdrawal for tax exemption status at #26-28 Dayton Street and #14 Duxbury
Road. (Attachments)
187. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Domenic Giuliani
request that the portion of Totem Trail running easterly from the intersection
of Wigwam Hill Drive for 150 ft. be removed from the Official City Map of the
City of Worcester. (Attachments)
188. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BORD Upon the Petition of Attorney Patricia
Finnegan Gates and Attorney Samuel DeSimone request to change the Zoning Map of
the City of Worcester by extending the BL-1.0 zone across Stafford St. over two
parcels known as 166 Stafford St. and 172 Stafford St. which abut Stafford St.,
Lavallee Terrace and Eureka St. (Attachments)
189. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Robert Norsigian
request 126 Maywood St. be zoned as commercial property. (Attachments)
190. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Parul Patel
request to amend the City of Worcester Zoning Map from ML-2.0 to RG-5 for 24-30
Lewis St. (Attachments)
191. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Attorney Samuel
DeSimone request to amend the Zoning Ordinance by adding the following sentence
to Article II Section 6(1) “When considering an application for Special Permit
under Article IX and/or Article X the Planning Board shall be the SPGA under
the provisions of Article XIII Section 5(3)”. (Attachments)
192. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Robert Norsigian
request to amend the City of Worcester zoning map from RL-7 zone to BG-2.0 zone
in the area of Maywood St. and Beaver Brook Parkway. (Attachments)
193. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Attorney Mark
Donahue on behalf of First Columbus Realty request that the City Council amend
the City of Worcester Zoning Map by changing the property located southerly of
Franklin St. Westerly of Plastics St. and northerly of Grafton St. from the
MG-2.0 Zoning district to the Business General-3.0 (BG-3.0) and take all action
relative thereto. (Attachments)
194. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Samuel Rosario, Representative for TGL, Inc., request zoning change for 1367-1369 Grafton St. from current BL-1.0 & ML-0.5 to entirely BL-1.0. (Attachments)
195 REFERRED TO ORDINANCE
COMMITTEE FOR A HEARING
195. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Anne O’Connor, Clerk for the Planning Board, request to amend the Zoning Ordinance by deleting XV and inserting a new XV-Flexible Parking Overlay District. (Attachments)
196-202 REFERRED TO PUBLIC
WORKS COMMITTEE FOR A HEARING
196. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petitions of Madeleine &
Martin Moreno, James Trapani, Kristen & Thomas Miranda, Ivonette Askew,
William Blane Richardson, Michelle Ferreira, Roger Wiseman, Barbara Williams and
Rita Melia request the City of Worcester acquire, improve, layout and decree a
public way along and within the bounds of the existing 30 ft. wide common
driveway that serves certain residential properties along Plantation St. &
Wigwam Hill Drive known as Patriot’s Landing Roadway. (Attachments)
197. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Joseph Borbone,
Director of Engineering Department of Public Works & Parks, request to make
the portion of Artic St., from Franklin St. south to the southerly line of
Hygeia St. (Approx. 240’) a public street. (Attachments)
198. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Steven Gallo
President, Ledgecrest Inc. request to make public, Phase I in the Parsons Hill
Subdivision, Ledgecrest Drive from station 10 + 72.15 to station 13 + 90. (Attachments)
199. REPORT
OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Steven Gallo, President, Ledgecrest
Inc. request to make public Nutmeg Dr. from station 5 + 99.98 to station 14 +
23.33 Phase II in the Parsons Hill Subdivision. (Attachments)
200. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Grace Feeley et
al request Bullard Ave. to be made public and pave. (Attachments)
201. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Cynthia Willis et
al request the conversion of the private section of Arline St. into a public
street. (Attachments)
202. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Lee Buckley
request Everett St. be removed off the city map at Linden St and William St.
intersection. (Attachments)
203-210 ACCEPTED & ORDERS ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 9-0 (Perotto,
Murray absent)
203. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Report of the
Planning Board Upon the Petition of Attorney Matthew Killeen on behalf of Sion
Mills Limited request that portion of Wyman St. situated between Tainter St.
and Hollis St. be discontinued and that a Decree of Discontinuance be issued: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
204. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon
the Petition of Michael LaGoy et al request repair/replacement of sidewalks at
10-12 Edgeworth St.: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order to
construct a sidewalk at 10-12 Edgeworth St. approximately 102.5 feet at an
estimated expense of $1,720.00. (Attachments)
205. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Pamela Santoro and Santo P. Lanava request
abatement of street assessment #24507 in the amount of $3,052.31 on Joseph St.:
recommend adoption of the accompanying Order to abate in full. (Attachments)
206. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Antonio N. and Ann T. Minichilli, Jr. request
abatement of street assessment #24506 in the amount of $4,740.34 on Joseph St.:
recommend adoption of the accompanying Order to abate to $409.09. (Attachments)
207. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Robert Lizotte request abatement of street assessment #24508 in the amount of $4,318.17
on Joseph St.: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order to abate to $382.15. (Attachments)
208. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of William and Pauline Green request
abatement of street assessment #24520 in the amount of $13,780.81 on Roy St.: recommend adoption of
the accompanying Order to abate to $6,349.94. (Attachments)
209. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Paula Jandrow request abatement of street assessment #24528 in the amount of $9,007.00 on Roy St.: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order to abate to $4,503.50. (Attachments)
210.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
Upon the following Communication of the City Manager request City Council’s
review, consideration and adoption of an Order to accept and to execute a
petition for the private street betterment of Belcourt Rd.: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
211. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Report of the
Planning Board Upon the Petition of Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of
Afra Realty request to make public Reardon St. a developer street and add it to
the official map: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
212. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Report of the
Planning Board Upon the Petition of Dorothy Riggieri and Maria Riggieri request
to make public Camassa Terrace from Shrewsbury St. to Nebraska St.: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Order. (Attachments)
213. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Councilor Barbara G. Haller request that Clapp Street Court be changed to Noel Court so as to eliminate the current confusion with the adjacent street named Clapp Street: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following Petitions for
guardrails: recommend adoption of the accompanying Orders.
214. Councilor Michael C. Perotto on behalf of Mrs. Arraje request the installation of guardrails on both sides of 99 Norfolk St. (Attachments)
215.
Keith Davis request
to install a guardrail at 5 Varnum St. (Attachments)
216. Councilor Barbara G. Haller
request replacement of the existing concrete posts and wood railings with 155
feet of Guardrail made of steel beams in the triangle west of 55 Richards St. (Attachments)
217. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Hossein Haghanizadeh on behalf of
Abby Rad request extention of 8” sanitary drain, and 8” water main
approximately 700 feet northerly from Bisland Road to Spofford Road: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
218. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Hossein Haghanizadeh on behalf of
James Chacarone request installation of a 2” forcemain
running approximately 280 feet westerly on Wheeler Aveune and intersecting
Forest Street: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
219. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Councilor Clancy on behalf of Anthony Quatela request to resurface Lawton St.: recommend adoption of
the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following Petitions for
sidewalk repair: recommend adoption of the accompanying Orders.
220. Councilor Barbara G. Haller on behalf of Regional Environmental
Council request repair of “sink hole” in sidewalk on West St. (Attachments)
221. Vincent Sasso et al request sidewalk repair on odd numbered side of
Thenius St. from #3 and ending at #21. (Attachments)
222. Councilor Philip P. Palmieri on behalf of Robert Frank request
sidewalk repair on 44 Thorndyke Rd. (Attachments)
223. Anita Levine request the Department of Public Works to
repair/replace the sidewalk in front of 63 Tarrytown Lane. (Attachments)
224. Sarah Lenis request sidewalk
repair in front of 35 Otsego Rd. (Attachments)
225. Councilor Barbara G. Haller request that the sinkhole on the north
side of Dayton St. across from Dayton Place be repaired. (Attachments)
226. Werner & Christine Ferreira request sidewalk repair in front of
10 Gosnold St. (Attachments)
227. Susan Vinacco-Cummings request sidewalk repair on Salisbury St. and
Humboldt Ave. in the vicinity of 80 Salisbury St. (Attachments)
228. Juan and Rosa Mediavilla request sidewalk repair in front of 5
Richards St. (Attachments)
229. Jane Pingalore Smith request sidewalk repair in front of 127
Longmeadow Ave. (Attachments)
230. Councilor Paul P. Clancy,
Jr. request sidewalk repair on the southern corner Vernon St. & Fifth Ave. (Attachments)
231.
John Yanczewski request sidewalk repair in front of 66
Richland St. (Attachments)
232. Rayleen Silva request sidewalk repair in front of 23 Suburban Rd. (Attachments)
233. Thomas Gibbons request sidewalk repair in front of 4 & 10
Ashmore Rd. (Attachments)
234. Mary Lou Elliott request sidewalk repair in front of 53 & 57
Sagamore Rd. (Attachments)
235. Melvin Palley request sidewalk repair in front of 30 Vassar St. (Attachments)
236. Melanie Tero request sidewalk repair at 18 & 20 Varnum St. (Attachments)
237. Cheryl Esper, Property Manager on One & Two Chestnut Place, request sidewalk repair on the Pearl St. side of 22 Elm St. (Attachments)
238. Mary Toney request sidewalk
repair in front of 127-131 Providence St. (Attachments)
239. Councilor Joffrey A. Smith on behalf of Smalley Jr. Trust request
sidewalk repair in front of 43 Hillcroft Ave. (Attachments)
240. Michael & Nancy Isabella request sidewalk repair in front of
80-82 Longfellow Rd. (Attachments)
241. Robert Cook, Sr., Vice President of First American Realty, Inc. request
to replace defective sidewalk, due to settlement of six (6) squares, just
westerly of the parking lot curb at 100 Central St. (Attachments)
242. Janet Aquino request removal of “u-shaped” curbing between #10
& 12 Woodman Rd. (Attachments)
243. Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of George Voyiatzis request
repair/replace of the sidewalk on Casco St. where needed. (Attachments)
244. Carlos Perez request sidewalk repair at 128 Newton Ave. North. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following Petitions: recommend Petitioners be given
leave to withdraw
245. Amber
Vallee et al request to install sidewalks on the lower half of Blackstone River
Rd. (Attachments)
246. Angela
Bongovio sidewalk repair at 54 Florence St. (Attachments)
247. Barbara White request sidewalk repair in front of 348 Greenwood St.
at pole #6. (Attachments)
248. Patricia Aboody request sidewalk repair in front of 40 Elm St. (Attachments)
249. Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. curb repair at #4 & #22-24 Vincent Circle. (Attachments)
250. Kevin and Kathleen Provencher
request sidewalk repair and replacement of fire hydrant bollards on Midland St.
(Attachments)
251. Kevin and Kathleen Provencher request to install granite curbing on
Midland St. adjacent to Midland St. School. (Attachments)
252.
David Paquette request to install a
guardrail in front of 86 East Central St. (Attachments)
253. Dorothy
P. Gammal request the installation of a 50 ft. long guardrail in front of 284
Hamilton Street. (Attachments)
254. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Nello & Alice Leonardi et al request to make public Lake View St. from Agate Ave. to Lake Ave.: recommend the Petition be denied. (Attachments)
255. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Petition of Patricia
M. and Teddy C. Mita request abatement
of sewer assessment #30981 in the amount of $5,934.08 on Chester St.: recommend the
Petition be denied. (Attachments)
REPORT
OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following Communications of the City
Manager: recommend Communications be
placed on file.
256. Relative to the installation of sewers on
Route 20. (Attachments)
257. Relative to the Water Management Act (WMA) administered by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). (Attachments)
258. Relative to the City of Worcester’s Department of Public Works and Parks Backwater Valve Rebate Program. (Attachments)
259. Relative to the formulation
of the Quinsigamond Village Improvement Advisory Committee. (Attachments)
260. Relative to the City of Worcester’s snow removal account as of January 24, 2006. (Attachments)
261. Relative to the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District (UBWPAD) fiscal year 2005 Annual Report. (Attachments)
262. Relative to the Keep Worcester Clean (KWC) December 2005 Activity Report. (Attachments)
263. Relative to the Keep Worcester Clean (KWC) January Activity Report.
(Attachments)
264. Relative to the Keep Worcester Clean (KWC) February/March 2006
Activity Reports. (Attachments)
265. Transmitting informational communication relative to the April and May 2006 Keep Worcester Clean (KWC) Report. (Attachments)
266. Relative to an update of the Economic Development Initiatives
Report February 2006. (Attachments)
267. Relative to an update of the Economic Development Initiatives March
2006. (Attachments)
268. Relative to an update of the Economic Development Initiatives April
2006. (Attachments)
269. Relative to an update of the
Economic Development Initiatives May 2006. (Attachments)
270. Regarding the Economic
Development Initiatives Report June 2006. (Attachments)
271. Transmitting Economic
Development Monthly Report for July 2006. (Attachments)
272. Relative to the Abandoned
Vehicle Status Report. (Attachments)
273. Relative to abandoned
shopping carts. (Attachments)
274. Relative to productivity
improvements at the DPWP. (Attachments)
275. Relative to an
adopt-an-island program. (Attachments)
276. Relative to floor drain dye
testing. (Attachments)
277. Relative to the closure of a
portion of Franklin Street. (Attachments)
278. Transmitting informational communication relative to the FY 2006 resurfacing funding. (Attachments)
280. Relative to the spring street sweeping program. (Attachments)
281.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon
the following Communication of Karen Boulay, Administrative Assistant, Upper
Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District transmitting Fiscal Year 2004
Annual Report: recommend Communication
be placed on file. (Attachments)
282-303
ACCEPTED & ADOPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the following Petitions of Mary L. MacInnes,
Administrator for WRTA: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Orders.
282. Request to remove the following bus stop signs on McKeon Road: Near Blackstone Valley Rd. & near Beriau & Sons Roofing Co. on pole #2 & across the street on NET&T Co. wood pole #2 and also on light pole #4, opposite Riverside St. (Attachments)
283. Request to create & install a bus stop sign on telephone pole #46 on the west side of Providence St. near Doane St. as well as the opposite side on pole #46. Additionally, create and install a bus stop sign on the west side of Providence St. on pole #45 & on the opposite side of the street on pole #45-1. (Attachments)
284. Request to create & install a bus stop sign on the west side of
North Lake Ave. across from light pole #23-81. (Attachments)
285. Request to install bus stops on Brooks St. at telephone poles 47 & 43. (Attachments)
286. Request to remove current bus stop on Brooks St at pole #42, it is at the intersection of Brooks St. and Pullman St. and is not a safe location due to the intersection. (Attachments)
287. Request to install two new bus stops on Mountain St. West, one on
south side (outbound) of road near Brooks St. intersection on telephone pole
#15 and the other on the north side of the road on telephone pole #14. (Attachments)
288. Request to install new bus stops on Mountain St. East at telephone poles #’s 24, 55 & 55S. (Attachments)
289. Request current bus stop and new sign on Clark St. on pole #36 be
moved north to pole #37 for safety concerns due to current sign’s proximity to
the Tacoma St. intersection. (Attachments)
290. Request to install new bus stop at and across from 295 Clark
St. (Attachments)
291. Request to install new bus stop on Lincoln St. between
intersections of Boylston St. and Plantation St. on telephone poles #’s 92 and
92L. (Attachments)
292. Request to install two new bus stops on Cambridge St. at the
corner of Freeland St. on utility pole #8, the corner of Ives St. on utility
pole #4 and on both sides of street near Walter Ave. and Haynes St.
intersection (Price Chopper) - poles needed. (Attachments)
293. Request to remove various bus stop signs on Vernon St. between Winthrop St. and Upsala St. The remaining bus stops are more than adequate for the population served. (Attachments)
294. Request to reinstall Bus Stop signs on Webster St. at the following
locations: 220’ north of Jacques Ave., 5’ north of Webster Sq. Fire Station
(pole 4-81), pole #A3 to 50’ north of pole #A4 (opposite Fire Station) and 155’
north of Jacques Ave. Ext. (Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the following Petitions: recommend adoption of the accompanying Orders.
295. Mayor Timothy P. Murray request that the bus stop located on the north side of Pleasant Street near Tronic Square be moved easterly to a point to the east of Intervale Road. (Attachments)
296. Councilor Kathleen M. Toomey request to install appropriate signage and yellow crosswalk in Lake Ave. until a flashing light is installed. (Attachments)
297. Councilor Barbara G. Haller request “Yield to Pedestrian” signage at intersection of Russell St. and Elm St. (Attachments)
298. Councilor Barbara G. Haller request “Yield to Pedestrian” signage at intersection of Hudson St. and Elm St. (Attachments)
299. Mayor Timothy P. Murray & Councilor Thomas P. White, on behalf of Carmine Meola, request improved street signage in the vicinity of West Boylston St., State Rd., and the I-290/I-190 exit and on ramps by the Worcester/West Boylston line. (Attachments)
300. Councilor Frederick C. Rushton, on behalf of Edward Thomas, request installation of a “20 MPH” speed zone in Copperfield Road in the vicinity of Tatnuck Magnet School. (Attachments)
301. Councilor Joseph M. Petty request
installation of a “Not a Through Street” sign in Flower Hill Dr. at Salisbury
St. (Attachments)
302. Councilor Barbara G. Haller request two “Pedestrian Crossing” signs be installed in Highland Street along the Elm Park block facing both eastbound and westbound traffic. (Attachments)
303. Barbara White, on behalf of the Autumn Woods Neighborhood Group,
request a “No Truck Route” sign be installed at the intersection of Upland St.
& Upland Gardens Dr. – entrance to the Autumn Woods Housing Community. (Attachments)
304-326 VOTED TO ADVERTISE
PROPOSED ORDINANCES
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the following Petitions: recommend passage of the accompanying proposed Ordinances.
304. Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request to remove handicap parking space at 19 Barclay St. (Attachments)
305. Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request to remove handicap parking
space at 44 Fairfax Rd. (Attachments)
306. Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Carla Clark request to rescind handicap parking space in front of 11 Shepard St. (Attachments)
307. Margaret Bizzaro request No Parking signs on Montgomery Ave. &
Rosemary St. be removed. (Attachments)
308. George Harry et al request removal of resident permit parking on
Electric St.; both sides from College St., east to dead end. (Attachments)
309.
Vincent Fricker request resident permit
parking on Rockport Rd. (Attachments)
310.
Steven Le et al request resident permit
parking on Catharine St. (Attachments)
311. Stanley Roy et al request resident permit parking on Superior Rd. (Attachments)
312. Tamela Williams request resident permit parking on the odd side of
East Worcester St. (Attachments)
313. Belinda Wooster et al request resident only parking on Home St. (Attachments)
314. Lamine A. Kebeh request to extend resident sticker parking on
Suffolk St. to include the area in front of #43 Suffolk St. (Attachments)
315. Debbi & Henry Holmgren et al request “Resident Parking Only” street signs on Germain St. (Attachments)
316. David Douglas request Caroline St. be changed from residential parking back to regular parking. (Attachments)
317. Mike Ritz, Director of Development, Center for Living & Working request (4) four additional handicapped parking spaces around the rear of the Denholm Building located at 484 Main Street. (Attachments)
318. Frederick Falone request to remove handicap parking space at 36 Mendon St. (Attachments)
319. Joseph Borbone, Director of Traffic Engineering DPW, request to rescind “No Parking Anytime” on east side of Oriol Dr. from Lincoln St. to terminus of Oriol Dr. & install “No Parking Anytime” on west side of Oriol Dr. from Lincoln St. to terminus of Oriol Dr. (Attachments)
320. Cynthia Willis et al request “No Parking” sign on one side of Arline St. where Arline St. and Thenius St. join together. (Attachments)
321. Anna Vogiatzis request 15-30 Minute Parking Signs in front of Georges Pizza, 70 Lake Ave. (Attachments)
322. Diane Pillari et al request to install a stop sign at the corner
of Knight St. and Amesbury St. (Attachments)
323. Mary MacInnes, Administrator WRTA, request “Right Turn Only-Except Buses” sign on Plantation St. near Plantation/Belmont St. intersection. (Attachments)
324. Francis P. LaMalva request “Resident Only” parking on the
southerly side of Ararat St. from the corner of Brattle St. to the city
Property. (Attachments)
325. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the Report of
the Traffic & Parking Committee Upon the Petition of Mayor Timothy P.
Murray request that the “No Parking Anytime” prohibition along the south side
of Shrewsbury St. be rescinded so that on-street parking is allowed from a
point 66’ east of Brackett Court, providing parking for an additional nine (9)
vehicles: recommend passage of the accompanying two (2) Ordinances. (Attachments)
326. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the
Communication of the City Manager relative to Brosnihan Square - T.C.A. (Traffic Control Agreement): recommend passage of the accompanying
twenty-five (25) proposed Ordinances. (Attachments)
327-332
ACCEPTED
327. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC & PARKING Upon the Petition
of Steven Le et al request resident permit parking on Channing St.: recommend
the Petitioner be given leave to withdraw. (Attachments)
REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC & PARKING Upon the following Petitions: recommend Petitions be placed on file.
328. Joanne Markarian request “No Parking Anytime”
signs be posted on both sides of East Mountain St. from #231 East Mountain St.
to Century Dr./Clark St. intersection. (Attachments)
329. Mayor Timothy P. Murray and Councilor Frederick C. Rushton request
installation of a three way stop at Hope Ave. and Webster St. (Attachments)
330. Thamarai Chelvan, President of London Billiards Club, request to
install either a Stop sign or Slow Down sign for public to cross from parking
lot to across the street at 70 James St. (Attachments)
331. Councilor Barbara G. Haller on behalf of Rev. Edward Hanlon request
the installation of height limitation signage facing eastbound traffic along
Cambridge St. from the four corners up to the railroad bridge crossing
Cambridge St. near Kansas St. so as to avoid future truck damage to this
overpass. (Attachments)
332. Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request pedestrian signal at the
corner of Plantation St. and Belmont St. (Attachments)
LOAN ORDERS TO BE ADOPTED
333. That the sum of Three Million One Hundred Seventy Two Thousand
Dollars and No Cents ($3,172,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C780,
Citywide Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing capital equipment for
citywide departments, including the costs incidental and related thereto. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Murray absent)
334. That the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($115,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C749, Airport Capital Equipment,
for the purpose of purchasing capital equipment for the Airport, including the
costs incidental and related thereto. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Murray absent)
335. That the
sum of Six Hundred Sixty Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($665,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C734, Sewer Capital Equipment, for the purpose of
purchasing Capital Equipment for Sewer Enterprise, including the costs incidental
and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($200,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C735,
Sewer Building Rehabilitation, for the purpose of funding improvements to Sewer
Buildings, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($300,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C739, Sewer Drainage, for the purpose of funding new sewer construction
projects, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Million
Dollars and No Cents ($2,000,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer
Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with sewer
construction, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($300,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C745, Sewer Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with
surface drainage, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of One Million
Dollars and No Cents ($1,000,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer
Construction, for the purpose of funding improvements to Beaver Brook,
including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($500,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C745,
Sewer Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with the
Granite Sewer Street Study, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($500,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C745,
Sewer Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with the Route
20 Sewer Engineering, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of One Million
Dollars and No Cents ($1,000,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer
Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with Sewer
Infiltration & Inflow Control, including the costs incidental and related
thereto.
That the sum of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($500,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C745,
Sewer Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with the
rehabilitation of Sewer Pumping Stations, including the costs incidental and
related thereto.
That the sum of One Million
and No Cents ($1,000,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C745, Sewer
Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with Combined Sewer
Overflow Long Term Control program, including the costs incidental and related
thereto.
That the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($300,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C7454, Sewer Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with Sewer Compliance Study, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($250,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C745, Street Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with
improvements to Airport Drainage, including the costs incidental and related
thereto. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-1 (Perotto absent) (No-Palmieri)
336. That the
sum of One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($1,200,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C741, Street Construction, for the purpose of
funding the construction, reconstruction, ADA improvements, and sidewalks
improvements, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of One Million
Dollars and No Cents ($1,000,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C741, Street
Construction, for the purpose of extending street pavement life, including the
costs incidental and related thereto
That the sum of One Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($1,500,000.00) be appropriated to
Account #91C741, Street Construction, for the purpose of resurfacing citywide
streets, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of One Million
Dollars and No Cents ($1,000,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C741, Street
Construction, for the purpose of conversion of private streets, including the
costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of One Million Dollars and No Cents
($1,000,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C741, Street Construction, for
the purpose of funding costs associated with improvements to residential,
arterial streets and neighborhood sidewalks, including the costs incidental and
related thereto.
That the sum of Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($400,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C741,
Street Construction, for the purpose of funding costs associated with
improvements to the Franklin Street Slope, including the costs incidental and
related thereto.
That the sum of Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars and No Cents ($200,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C741, Street
Construction, for the purpose of funding the improvements to Belmont Street,
including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($250,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C741, Street Construction, for the purpose of funding improvements at
Lincoln Street, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($200,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C741,
Street Construction, for the purpose of funding improvements at Harding,
Franklin and Winter Streets, including the costs incidental and related
thereto.
That the sum of Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($250,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C741, Street Construction, for the purpose of funding the North Main Street
Gateway project design, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Seventy Five
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($75,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C724,
Traffic Signals, for the purpose of funding costs associated with upgrades to
citywide traffic signals, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Fifty Thousand
Dollars and No Cents ($50,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C724, Traffic
Signals, for the purpose of funding costs associated with the ornamental
lighting at Quinsigamond Village, including the costs incidental and related
thereto.
That the sum of Fifty
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($50,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C722,
Bridge Rehabilitation, for the purpose of funding costs associated with
improvements to various citywide bridges, including the costs incidental and
related thereto. (Attachments) Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-0
(Perotto, Murray absent)
337. That the sum of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($75,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C793, Golf Improvement, for the purpose of funding improvements to the Golf
Course, including the costs incidental and related thereto. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Murray absent)
338. That the
sum of Four Million Seven Hundred Three Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($4,703,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C711, Building Rehabilitation,
for the purpose of remodeling, reconstructing or making extraordinary repairs
to public buildings owned by the city, including the costs incidental and
related thereto. (Attachments) Held for First Item of Business September
12, 2006
339. That the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($400,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C784, Park Improvement, for the
purpose of funding improvements to Beaver Brook, including the costs incidental
and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($250,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C784, Park Improvement, for the purpose of funding costs associated with
Knights of Columbus, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($700,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C784, Park Improvements, for the purpose of funding improvements to Greenhill Park, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($250,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C784, Park Improvements, for the purpose of funding costs associated with the acquisition of open space for park improvements at Pleasant and Winslow, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Eight
Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($825,000.00) be appropriated
to Account #91C784, Park Improvements, for the purpose of funding costs
associated to various park improvements for Blithewood, Korean War, Rockwood,
Schwartz, Cookson & Shore Parks, including the costs incidental and related
thereto. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Murray absent)
340. That the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($500,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C775, DCU Center Building
Rehabilitation, for the purpose of funding rehabilitation projects for the DCU
Center, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($400,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C774,
DCU Capital Equipment, for the purpose of funding capital equipment purchases
for the DCU Center, including the costs incidental and related thereto. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Murray absent)
341. That the sum of One Million Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($1,250,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C744, Off Street Parking Building Rehabilitation, for the purpose of funding
costs associated with improvements to Federal Plaza Garage, including the costs
incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($500,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C744,
Off Street Parking Building Rehabilitation, for the purpose of funding costs
associated with improvements to Pearl Elm Garage, including the costs
incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Million
Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($2,550,000.00) be
appropriated to Account #91C752, Union Station Garage, for the purpose of
paying for the construction of the Union Station Garage, including the costs
incidental and related thereto. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Murray absent)
342. That the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($500,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C713, Water Mains, for the purpose
of funding cost associated with Water Systems Security, including the costs
incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($100,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C714, Water Pumping Stations Rehabilitation, for the purpose of funding costs associated with the rehabilitation of Water Pump Stations, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum
of Twenty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($20,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C738, Reservoir Rehabilitation, for the purpose of funding costs associated
with Water Tank Painting, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($2,500,000.00) be appropriated to
Account #91C713, Water Mains, for the purpose of funding cost associated with
Water Mains Cleaning and Lining, including the costs incidental and related
thereto.
That the sum of Two Million
Dollars and No Cents ($2,000,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C737, Water
Meters, for the purpose of funding costs associated with the installation of
Water Meters, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Sixty
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($60,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C713,
Water Mains, for the purpose of funding costs associated with Water
Accountability Analysis, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($300,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C738, Reservoir Rehabilitation, for the purpose of funding costs associated
with improvements to the Holden Reservoir, including the costs incidental and
related thereto.
That the sum of One Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($150,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C713, Water Mains, for the purpose of funding costs associated with
improvements to hydrants, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($200,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C713,
Water Mains, for the purpose of funding costs associated with Cross Section
Survey, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of One Hundred
Fifty Thousand and No Cents ($150,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C713,
Water Mains, to provide funds for the continued modification to the Water
Filtration Plant, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Eight
Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($800,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C738, Reservoir, for the purpose of funding improvements to Water
Reservoirs, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Eight
Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($800,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C732, Water Building Rehabilitation, for the purpose of funding improvements
to Water Buildings, including the costs incidental and related thereto.
That the sum of Four Hundred
Eighty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($480,000.00) be appropriated to Account
#91C731, Water Capital Equipment, for the purpose of purchasing Capital
Equipment for Water Enterprise, includes the costs incidental and related
thereto. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-1 (Perotto absent) (No-Palmieri)
343. That the Loan Order adopted on August 17, 2004 that appropriated
the sum of One Million Six Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($1,625,000.00) to Account #91C715, Dam Improvements, is hereby amended by
reducing its sum to One Million One Hundred And Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
and No Cents ($1,125,000.00) for the purposes of making improvements to Coes
Reservoir Dam and the former City Hospital Cleanup, including costs incidental
and related thereto. (Attachments) Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-0
(Perotto, Murray absent)
344. That the Loan Order adopted on August 17, 2004 which authorized the
borrowing of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($2,500,000.00) to Account #91C775, Centrum Center Building Rehabilitation, is
hereby amended to reduce its sum to One Million Eight Hundred Seventy Five
Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($1,875,000.00) for the purpose of making
improvements to the Centrum Center building, and for the payment of any and all
other costs incidental and related thereto. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Murray absent)
345. That the Loan Order adopted on July 19, 2005 which authorized the
borrowing of the sum of Eighty-Nine Million Eight-Five Thousand Dollars and No
Cents ($89,085,000.00)
for the purpose of paying the City’s cost of participating in CitySquare
Redevelopment Project is hereby amended in its entirety and is to read as
follows: That the sum of Eighty-One
Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($81,200,000.00) be
appropriated to Account # 04C750, City Square Delegated Project Elements, and
the sum of Seven Million Eight Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars and No
Cents ($7,885,000.00) be appropriated
to Account #04C750, City Square Delegated Project Elements, that the funds appropriated shall be used to
(i) design and construct the underground parking garage, (ii) design and
construct the plaza parcel improvements above a portion of the garage, (iii)
acquire various interests in land associated, (iv) design, construct and/or
reconstruct streets, sidewalks and associated spaces within the CitySquare
Redevelopment area, (v) to pay any and all other costs incidental and related
to the City’s participation in the CitySquare Redevelopment Project. (Attachments)
Loan Order adopted on a roll call 8-1 (Perotto, Rushton absent) (No-Lukes)
CHAIRMAN’S PROPOSED
ORDINANCE
346. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking on Ararat St. near the corner of Indian
Hill Rd. for 1 Marconi Rd. (Attachments)
TO BE ORDAINED
347. Amending the Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 relative to
Members of Worcester Clerical Bargaining Unit. (Attachments)
Ordained on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Murray absent)
348. Amending Chapter 2 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 relative to
Certain Permit and Inspection Fees for the CitySquare Project. (Attachments)
Ordained on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Rushton absent) Reconsideration denied
on a roll call 0-9 (Perotto, Rushton absent)
349. Amending Section 15 of Chapter 9 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996
relative to Control of Abandoned Shopping Carts. (Attachments)
Ordained on a roll call 9-0 (Perotto, Murray absent)
350. Communication of City Manager transmitting informational
communication relative to City Council's request that the City Manager provide
the City Council with the history of the use of the property at # 2 June
Street. (Tabled July 18, 2006 – Haller) (Attachments)
Taken off the Table and taken up with #129 CC
Vice Chair Councilor Lukes suspended the rules to
allow Bill Burnhardt and Chris Comeau to speak
Referred to
Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
Tabled – no action taken
351. 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)
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