HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD
REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Convened: 6:05 p.m.
Adjourned: 8:16 p.m.
Present were: Chairperson Councilor Barbara G. Haller
Councilor Michael C. Perotto
Councilor Gary Rosen
Councilor Frederick C. Rushton @ 6:50
p.m.
Also:
HHS
Commissioner Jill Dagilis
Director
of Neighborhood Services Dennis Hennessy
Housing
Director Scott Hayman
Grants
Director Donna McGrath
Code
Director David Holden
City
Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
#22A CM
February 28, 2006
In
Committee March 22, 2006 - Recommend Hold
In Committee April 5, 2006 – Recommend
Hold
Speakers:
1.
Bill Breault, 4 Hathaway Street, Worcester
2.
Sandra Katz, 26 Lee Street, Worcester
3.
Rev. Bob Batchelder, 128 Central Street, Auburn
4.
Mike Winsor, 6 Haviland Street, Worcester
5.
Peter Stefan, 838 Main Street, Worcester
Chairman’s Orders:
Request the City Manager
meet with the local state delegation to discuss options that might be available
to seek clarification of the original intent of the Dover amendment as to
whether or not the amendment is applicable to the community care model of
housing for people participating in recovery programs.
Request the City Manager
request SMOC to provide the City Council with curriculum guidelines and course
content that is proposed to be used in their programs they intend to put into
several locations across the City of Worcester.
Request City Manager contact
the local state delegation and ask them if they are satisfied with the
partnering relationship they have with SMOC and report back to City Council
their response to that question, and, if any of them answers “no”, whether they
would like to have the City arrange for meetings to establish such a
relationship.
Request the City Manager
contact various neighborhood organizations and community providers and ask them
if they are satisfied with the partnering relationship they have with SMOC and
report back to City Council their response to that question, and, if any of
them answers “no”, whether they would like to have the City arrange for meetings
to establish such a relationship.
Request City Manager request
the City Solicitor to clarify for the City Council whether or not tenants in
rooming house locations that may also have a contract with a landlord outlining
behavior, such as is proposed by SMOC at their proposed Dayton Street and
Duxbury Road facilities, in any way
affects their rights and status as a tenant.
Request the City Manager
request SMOC to provide the City with a written commitment to keep on the tax
rolls all three program houses they propose to open in Worcester, and, an
additional listing of the properties they intend to remove from the City’s tax
rolls.
Request the City Manager
provide the City Council with data revealing the tax dollars that shall be lost
by the City by SMOC removing properties from the tax rolls.
Request the City Manager
seek from SMOC detailed description of clients of each Worcester SMOC and
SMOC-affiliated site.
Request the City Manager
request SMOC to provide the City Council with a listing of properties in which
they or their affiliates have an interest in ownership or operation that would
include a description of the client mix and whether or not they obtain public
funding.
Request the City Manager
obtain from SMOC a written statement that changes the definition of their
clients at the proposed June, Claremont and Catharine Street facilities so that
they are classified as being in recovery and not engage in substance abuse for
at least a period of 30 days.
Request the City Manager request SMOC to return to the Standing Committee on Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization with detailed written information concerning their education curriculum guidelines they proposed to institute at their proposed facilities in Worcester.
Request the City Manager
provide the City Council with a copy of the lodging house task force report
adopted by City Council in 1990.
Request the City Manager request SMOC to provide the City Council with
a copy of the application they have made to provide services to the Department
of Corrections for the period beginning July 1, 2006.
Request the City Manager provide the City Council with a copy of the
License Commission record showing a change of management for the SMOC property
located at 701 Main Street.
Request the City Manager request SMOC to provide the City Council with
information concerning the residential address of the administration of SMOC.