Present were: Chairperson Councillor Dennis L. Irish

Councillor Barbara G. Haller

Councillor Michael C. Perotto

Also: Dennis Hennessy, EONS Director of Finance

Joel J. Fontane, EONS Director of Planning

Scott M. Hayman, EONS Director of Housing

Ronald Charette, Director, South Worcester Neighborhood Center

State Representative John Fresolo

Maureen Connery, representing State Representative John Binienda

City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk

1. Communication of the City Manager relative to the South Worcester Neighborhood Plan.

#17C CM February 24, 2004

Recommend adoption of the South Worcester Neighborhood Plan and be it further Ordered that the Administration provide the City Council with periodic progress reports against the goals of the plan; the first report in four months, and be it further Ordered that the Administration consider the needs of South Worcester neighborhood as outlined in the plan whenever future neighborhood revitalization funding is considered.

Speakers:

1. Kathy Robertson, 37 Dawson Road, Worcester representing the College of the Holy Cross

2. Lee Bartlett, 16 Calumet Street, Worcester

3. Thomas Purdy, 220 Cambridge Street, Worcester

4. Rev. Nancy B. Strong, 17 Exeter Drive, Auburn, Rector of Saint Matthews Church

5. William Meinhoffer, College of the Holy Cross

6. Brenda Geron, 2 Homestead Avenue, Worcester

Chairman’s Orders:

Request the Administration provide the City Council with a report concerning the street lighting in the PWED road leading into the South Worcester Industrial Park.

Request the Administration provide the City Council with a report on the pilot program that led to the installation of surveillance cameras in the vicinity of 701 Main Street and report whether similar type technology might be employed at the Harry Sherry playground with Community Development Block Grant funds.

Request the Administration provide the City Council with a report on the feasibility of the formation of a committee relative to the siting of social service agencies in the City of Worcester.

Request the Administration provide the City Council with a report revealing whether the former Cambridge Street School property and property at 444 Cambridge Street are tax-paying or tax exempt entities.

Request the Administration provide the City Council with a report on the status of the Quinsigamond Gateway project and any barriers to it’s implementation.