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MILL STREET BUSINESS CORRIDOR COMMITTEE MEETING

THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2006

ELKS LODGE, 233 MILL ST.

Convened: 6:45 p.m.

Adjourned: 8:11p.m.

 

Present were:      Chairperson Councilor Frederick C. Rushton

                             City Councilor Joseph M. Petty

                             City Councilor Michael C. Perotto

                             Joel Fontaine, Director of Planning

                             Janice Weeks, 1189 Main St., Worcester

                             Gerald Powers, 11 Circuit Ave., Worcester

                             Beth Proko, Mill St. Motors, 253 Mill St., Worcester

Edward McKeon, Tatnuck Watershed Association,

76 Circuit Ave. North, Worcester

                             Sue Swanson, 76 Circuit Ave. North, Worcester

                             Jimmy O’Coin, 239 Mill St., Worcester

                             Christos Liazos, Webster House, 1 Webster St, Worcester

                             Kathleen Finnegan, Finnegan Insurance, 708 Park Ave., Worcester

                             Raymond Mariano, Executive Director WHA,

40 Belmont St., Worcester

                             Tom Sweeney, 9 Stark Rd., Worcester

                             Bob Duquette, on behalf of Bob Lewis, Bay State Savings Bank,

                             30 Franklin St., Worcester

                             Paul Belsito, on behalf of Senator Augustus

 

Also:                     City Councilor Gary Rosen

                             City Councilor Konstantina B. Lukes

                             Chief Development Officer Julie Jacobson

                             Assistant City Clerk Lisa M. Thomas, clerk

 

Joel Fontaine made a presentation pertinent to the zoning classifications for the Mill St. corridor area.

 

Members of the Committee’s Task Force spoke as well as the audience relative to ideas and concerns for the Mill St. corridor.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager request the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works and Parks ensure that Mill St. and the surrounding streets are maintained and litter free.

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager request the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works and Parks address the gravel problems on Gates Lane as it spills onto Mill street.