MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2004
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Convened: 6:05 p.m.
Adjourned: 8:47 p.m.
Councillor
Paul P. Clancy, Jr.
Councillor
Frederick C. Rushton
Councillor
Barbara G. Haller
Also: Deputy City Solicitor Michael
Traynor
Planning Director Joel
Fontane
Planning Staffperson Edgar
Luna
Chief Development Officer
Philip J. Niddrie
City Clerk David J. Rushford,
clerk
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
1. Relative to Proposed Development at
Assumption College.
#7B CM
September 24, 2002
2. Relative to the City of Worcester’s Land
Use Buildout Analysis.
#18D CM
October 15, 2002
3. Relative to Urban River Visions Program.
#8D CM
January 28, 2003
4. Relative to an opinion whether a proposed
zoning amendment which would prohibit Single Family semi-detached Dwelling
Units in RS-7 and RS-10 Districts is applicable to the subdivision development
known as Roda Estates.
#16D CM
January 14, 2003
In
Committee February 13, 2003 – Held
In
Committee March 5, 2003 – Held
5. Relative to Request to extend RL-7 Zone.
(1200 West Boylston St.)
#6A CM March 4, 2003
6. Relative to Open Space Preservation Grant.
#18D CM April 29, 2003
7. Relative to the proposed work program and
timelines for the Planning Department.
#17F CM May 20, 2003
8. Relative to parking requirement for movie
rental establishments.
#23D CM June 17, 2003
9. Relative to how parking lots are assessed.
#4A CM
August 12, 2003
10. Relative to the policy for Planning
Initiatives in every neighborhood.
#17C CM September 9, 2003
11. Relative to an overlay area in the Quinsigamond
Village Area.
#17B CM September 9, 2003
Chairman’s Order request the Administration provide the City Council with an update on the overlay area in the Quinsigamond Village Area.
12. Relative to Burncoat Park (Randolph Road
Development).
#17C CM September 16, 2003
13. Relative to Research State Laws, in
particular Chapter 41.
#15B CM October 28, 2003
14. Relative to Institutional Linens.
#15E CM February 10, 2004
15. Relative to City owned property on Jaques
Ave. and Dudley Place.
#4A CM February 24, 2004
16. Relative
to Neighborhood Meeting concerning 10 Bluff St. and 90 Bellevue St.
#17A CM April 27, 2004
17. Relative to demolition process for the
properties at 1, 3, 5 and 7 Piedmont St.
#6B CM June 29, 2004
18. Relative to location of Social Service Agencies.
#17A CM July 6, 2004
19. Relative to manufacturing land use assessment.
#8O CM August 17, 2004
20. Relative to Subdivision/Howe Ave.
#29B CM August 17, 2004
21. Relative to Wyman Gordon Site Redevelopment
– Zoning Change Timeline.
#8G CM September 7, 2004
22. Relative to Community Development Plan –
Land Use Suitability Analysis.
#17A CM September 7, 2004
23. Relative to discussion points from the Chairman of the Planning
Board regarding the Zoning Ordinance.
#8C
CM October 15, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
In
Committee March 5, 2003 – Held
Recommend Hold
24. Relative to Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
#6A CM April 1, 2003
25. Relative to responses to City Council/Land
Use Committee questions and Zoning Ordinance Revision Efforts.
#6B CM May 20, 2003
26. Relative to a color-coded zoning map.
#18A CM April 29, 2003
27. Relative to zoning related requests for
information.
#6I CM August 12, 2003
28. Relative to improved version of the City of
Worcester’s Zoning Map.
#17I CM September 9, 2003
29. Relative to GIS Zoning Map Quality
Improvement Plan.
#17F CM September 9, 2003
Chairman’s Order request the Administration update the City Council regarding the Zoning Map Quality Improvement Plan.
30. Requesting transfer of
jurisdiction of land, Chapter 40, Section 15A (380 Lake Ave., 130 Brattle St.,
14 Hjelm Ave., 551 Chandler St., 527 Grove St., 73 St. Louis St., 20 Niles St.,
20 Echo St., 23 Aroostook & Cumberland, 80 Darnell Rd.)
In City Council #26B CM – July 1,
2003 – Order adopted
In Committee for Informational
Purposes Only
31. Relative to Surplus Tax Title Property
Report – Calendar Year 2000 to present.
#17C CM May 18, 2004
32. Relative to Tax Foreclosures transferred to Neighborhood Services.
#26C CM May 18, 2004
33. Relative to properties sold or transferred out of the City’s
control.
#26D CM May 18, 2004
34. Relative to status of foreclosure of the
abutting vacant lot located at 143 Eastern Ave.
#26A CM September 7, 2004
35. Request adoption of an order transferring
from the jurisdiction of the Tax Title Custodian to Executive Office of
Economic Development for 17 Southgate Place and 25 Southgate St.
#26B CM September 7, 2004
36. Relative to June’s Monthly Economic Development Report.
Part IV, Section 16 – Citywide Master Plan.
#8A CM June 1, 2004
37. Relative to July’s Monthly Economic Development Report.
Part IV, Section 16 – Citywide Master Plan.
#8A CM July 6, 2004
38. Relative to August’s Monthly Economic Development Report.
Part IV, Section 16 – Citywide Master Plan.
#8A CM September 7, 2004
39. Relative to Zoning Plan for Green Island
(Union Station to Kelley Square)
#17A CM June 29, 2004
Susan
Moynagh, 65 Harrison Street, Worcester
40. Relative to Adaptive Reuse Overlay District
– Green Island (Union Station to Kelley Square).
#17H CM August 17, 2004
41. Relative to Green Island Zoning Alternatives Report Revision.
#17C CM September 7, 2004
42. Relative to rezoning petition for the Vernon
Hill Institutional Hospital Zone.
#17A CM February 10, 2004
43. Relative to Adaptive Reuse District.
#17D CM February 10, 2004
44. Relative to instituting a zoning moratorium – legal issues.
#15B CM July 6, 2004
45. Relative to a Residential Building
Moratorium within the Airport environs zone.
#85 CC June 22, 2004
In Committee July 6, 2004 – Held
Reports
of the Planning Board
46. Report of the Planning Board upon the
Communication of the City Manager relative to a Residential Building Moratorium
within the Airport Environs zone.
#92 CC August 17, 2004
Recommend accept report of the
Planning Board and approve proposed ordinance establishing two-month moratorium
with the Airport Environs
Speakers: Dan Dick, 41 Iroquois Street, Worcester
Jody Brammer, 17 Quaboag
Street, Worcester
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager to provide the City Council with the Federal Aviation
Administration’s latest noise level study at Worcester Regional Airport.
47. Report of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Councillor
Philip P. Palmieri request that the Zoning Ordinance be amended as follows: To
amend Table 4.1, Business Uses, so that in a BG-2.0 District the uses listed in
line 8 be allowed only by Special Permit and not by right.
#73 CC November 26, 2002
48. Report of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Robert
Protano, President & James Gardner, Treasurer, D.P.R. Realty Inc. request
zone change for portion of property at 937-945 West Boylston St. from RL-7.0 to
BL-1.0.
#82 CC July 6, 2004
Barbara Antul, 13 Ladybank Road, Worcester
OTHER ITEMS
49. Petition of Councillor Stephen T. Patton on
behalf of Bald Hill Association request a review of the impact of the
acquisition of the Brooks property and the proposed development of this site by
Assumption College on the City of Worcester Open Space Preservation Plan.
Request Land Use Committee of the Worcester City Council invite all abutters to
Assumption College to a hearing on this issue.
#9c CC
April 23, 2002
In Committee May 15, 2002 – Held
50. Chairman’s Resolution that the City Council and it’s Land Use
Committee begin review of the Zoning Map.
#63 CC November 26, 2002
In
Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
In Committee March 5, 2003 – Held
51. Communication of Gordon P. Sainsbury, Executive Director,
Designer Selection Board, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Transmitting the latest
“Designer Selection Board Guidelines for Cities and Towns”.
#15 CC March 4, 2003
52. Order of Councillor Dennis L. Irish requesting Land Use
Committee to consider requiring enclosures on dumpsters or that dumpsters not
be place within sight of vehicular traffic.
#11c CC May
20, 2003