EDUCATION & COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE

JUNE 8, 2006

COUNCIL CHAMBERS

Convened: 5:07 P.M.

Adjourned: 6:30 P.M.

 

Present were:       Chairperson Councilor Kathleen M. Toomey

                    Councilor Konstantina B. Lukes

 Councilor Joffrey A. Smith

 

Also:                     Asst. City Manager/Economic & Neighborhood Services Julie A.  Jacobson

Cmsr. of Health & Human Services Jill C. Dagilis

Assistant City Clerk Susan M. Ledoux, clerk

 

COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

 

1.       Relative to partnership with Higher Education - Worcester Public Schools College of Worcester Consortium 2000-2001.

#23A CM December 4, 2001

In Committee May 7, 2003 – Held

Recommend File

 

2.       Relative to a letter from Fred Baus, CEO of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc., regarding campus expansion projects and taxable properties.

#29B CM April 23, 2002

In Committee May 7, 2003 - Held

Recommend File

 

3.       Relative to Advisory Committee to Colleges.

#7C CM June 25, 2002

In Committee May 7, 2003 - Held

Recommend File

 

4.       Relative to Statistics for Worcester Residential Colleges and Universities by year.

#19C CM September 24, 2002

In Committee May 7, 2003 - Held

Recommend File

5.       Relative to data received from Police Forces regarding student arrests.

#20G CM December 3, 2002

In Committee May 7, 2003 - Held

Recommend File

 

6.       Relative to Worcester Colleges and Universities.

#18F CM December 17, 2002

In Committee May 7, 2003 – Held

Recommend File

 

7.       Relative to Worcester Vocational High School Project.

          #6A CM April 29, 2003

Recommend File

 

8.       Relative to Worcester Vocational High School Monthly Progress Report.

#6B CM July 1, 2003

Recommend File

 

9.       Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report.

          #6D CM August 12, 2003

Recommend File

 

10.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report.

          #6A CM September 30, 2003

Recommend File

 

11.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report November 2003.

          #6A CM November 18, 2003

Recommend File

 

12.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report December 2003.

          #6A CM January 13, 2004

Recommend File

 

13.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report January 2004.

          #6A CM February 10, 2004

Recommend File

 

14.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School.

          #6B CM February 24, 2004

Recommend File

 

15.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report February/March 2004.

          #6A CM April 13, 2004

Recommend File

 

16.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report

April/May 2004.

          #6A CM June 15, 2004

Recommend File

 

17.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report June/July 2004.

          #6B CM August 17, 2004

Recommend File

 

18.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report August/September 2004.

          #6A CM November 9, 2004

Recommend File

 

19.     Relative to Worcester Vocational High School – Progress Report

for the months of February, March and April 2005.

          #6B CM May 31, 2005

Recommend File

 

20.     Relative to the progress report for the construction of the new Worcester Technical High School.

          #18A CM January 31, 2006

Recommend Hold

 

Chairman’s Order – Request City Manager request Superintendent of the Worcester Public Schools provide City Council with a projected budget concerning heat and maintenance of the new Technical High School and compare this to heat and maintenance budget of the old Vocational High School.

 

21.     Relative to legal owner of the ball field on Ararat Street.

          #4A CM May 20, 2003

Recommend File

 

22.     Relative to report on roof at Quinsigamond School.

          #6B CM August 12, 2003

Recommend File

 

23.     Relative to leaky roof at South High Community School.

          #22A CM October 14, 2003

Recommend File

 

24.     Relative to an analysis of the structural stability of the façade of the 1927 building at Nelson Place School.

          #6A CM November 16, 2004

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order - Request City Manager request the Superintendent of Worcester Public Schools provide City Council with the future plans for Nelson Place School.

 

25.     Relative to completing the architectural design of a new North High School and that groundbreaking will be scheduled for the first phase of this project in the spring of 2005.

          #6B CM November 16, 2004

Recommend File

 

26.     Relative to the North High School Status Report.

          #23I CM July 19, 2005

Recommend File

 

27.     Relative to the status of design and budget for construction of a new North High School.

     #11C CM April 4, 2006

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order - Request City Manager request the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works & Parks provide City Council with an updated status report concerning the new North High School project.

 

28.     Relative to Governor’s recommendation to reform SBA Program.

          #22A CM March 16, 2004

Recommend File

29.     Relative to Library Café.

#21A CM June 17, 2003

Recommend File

 

30.     Relative to Talking Book Library.

          #21A CM August 12, 2003

Recommend File

 

31.     Relative to Status of Boilers in Worcester Public School Buildings.

#22A CM January 4, 2005

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order - Request City Manager request the Superintendent of Worcester Public Schools provide City Council with an updated status report concerning the boilers and heating systems of the Worcester Public Schools and to include a five year plan of rehabilitation, renovation and potential replacement of the boilers and heating systems.

 

32.     Relative to “Green Building” energy standards being used in the construction on the new North High School Project.

          #11A CM April 25, 2006

Recommend Hold

 

33.     Relative to various PILOT and State Aid Questions.

          #4B CM November 9, 2004

Recommend File

34.     Relative to a copy of the twelve-member board of the newly formed Worcester UniverCity Partnership.

          #8B CM January 25, 2005

Recommend File

 

35.     Relative to Governor Romney’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2007, including his recommendations for local aid for the City of Worcester.

          #29B CM January 31, 2006

          In Committee for Informational Purposes Only

 

Speaker - School Committee Member and Vice President for Government Community Affairs of Clark University Jack L. Foley, 6 Winter Hill Dr.

 

Recommend File

 

36.     Relative to the expansion of the Fallon Clinic Foundation to include several new community services programs.

          #34E CM January 31, 2006

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order - Request City Manager provide City Council with an updated status report concerning Fallon Clinic Foundation several

community service programs.

 

37.     Relative to a response to a City Council request for information regarding the total operating budget for the colleges and universities located in the City of Worcester, the percentage of their operating budgets spent on goods and services that are spent in Worcester.

          #55 CM March 28, 2006

Recommend Hold

 

38.     Relative to the establishment and progress to date of the Worcester UniverCity Partnership.

#8B CC March 7, 2006

Recommend Hold

 

OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

 

39.     Fred Baus, Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc., transmitting copy of the Consortium’s latest economic impact study, Discover the Intellectual Capital of Central Massachusetts.

#70 CC   March 12, 2002

In Committee May 7, 2003 – Held

Recommend File

 

40.     Roberta Schaefer, Ph.D., Executive Director Worcester Regional Research Bureau, transmitting Benchmarking Public Education in Worcester: 2003 Report.

          #28 CC July 1, 2003

Recommend File

 

41.     Roberta Schaefer, Ph.D., Executive Director Worcester Regional Research Bureau, transmitting Benchmarking Public Education in Worcester: 2004 Report

          #61 CC November 9, 2004

Recommend File

 

42.     Roberta Schaefer, Ph.D., Executive Director Worcester Regional Research Bureau, transmitting Benchmarking Public Education in Worcester: 2006 Report

# 23 CC March 21, 2006

Recommend Hold

 

43.     James DelSignore, City Auditor, transmitting listing of non-educational School Department equipment.

#19 CC September 10, 2002

In Committee May 7, 2003 - Held

Recommend File

 

44.     James DelSignore, City Auditor, transmitting listing of School Dept. rolling equipment.

#13 CC January 14, 2003

In Committee May 7, 2003 – Held

Recommend File