CITY OF WORCESTER | Education Committee Meeting | Monday, January 25, 2010 | Esther Howland (South) Chamber | Convened: 5:15 P.M. | Adjourned: 7:21 P.M. |
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Mayor
Joseph C. O'Brien | 
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Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Kathleen M Toomey | | Councilor William J Eddy | | Councilor Frederick C Rushton |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Chairperson Councilor Kathleen M Toomey
Councilor William J Eddy
Councilor Frederick C Rushton @ 5:16 P.M. | | | | | Also: | Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Inspectional Services Paul Vigneau
Commissioner DPWP, Robert L. Moylan, Jr
Director of Economic Development, Timothy McGourthy
Assistant City Clerk, Michael J. Monfredo, clerk | | | |
| 1. | COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER | |
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| | | 1a. | Transmitting informational communication relative to an update on the Worcester Cultural Coalition activities, focusing on the introduction of the WOO Card.
# 8.8A CM December 18, 2007
In Committee February 28, 2008 - Held
In Committee October 28, 2008 - Held
In Committee July 13, 2009 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File
Speaker:
Helen Beaumont, Chairperson of the Worcester Cultual Commission Woo Card Project Coordinator, Worcester resident | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request the Director of Economic Development, in conjunction with the Worcester Cultural Commission, provide WOO Card applications to the City Clerk's Office for distribution to the public.
| | | | Request City Manager request Worcester Cultural Commission's Woo Card Project Manager provide a report/quarterly reports to the City Council concerning the City of Worcester Woo Card statistics. | |
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| | | 1b. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Status Report #3 for the North High School Project.
# 8.13A CM October 21, 2008
In Committee July 13, 2009 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 1c. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Status Report #4 for the North High School Replacement Project.
# 8.13B CM December 15, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager report to the City Council a list of local businesses and contractors employed as sub-contractors throughout the North High School replacement project. | |
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| | | 1d. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the College and University Annual Benchmarking Report Academic for 2006-2007.
# 10.8A CM February 26, 2008
In Committee October 28, 2008 - Held
In Committee July 13, 2009 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File
Speaker:
Mark Bilotta, CEO Worcester College Consortium, Worcester resident | |
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| | | 1e. | Transmitting informational communication relative to a City / College of the Holy Cross / College Hill Resident Working Group aimed at addressing Community Relations and Quality of Life Issues.
# 7.39E CM September 01, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File
Speaker: Kathy Robertson, College of Holy Crss, Assistant to the President for Community Affairs, Worcester Resident | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request the College of the Holy Cross provide the City Council with a supplemental report addressing ongoing community relations and quality of life issues, including the college's campus security, on campus "Code of Conduct" enforcement policy and campus security's presence off campus in assisting the Worcester Police Department.
| | | | Request City Manager provide a report to the City Council concerning all judicial court actions and reprimands involving Holy Cross College.
| | | | Request City Manager provide the City Council with a report through the Colleges of Worcester Consortium identifying each college campus security/police program, identifying armed and unarmed campus security/police and their collaboration with the Worcester Police Department.
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| | | 1f. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Property Review Team Inspections at Colleges and Universities.
# 8.22A CM November 10, 2008
In Committee July 13, 2009 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request the City Solicitor prepare and forward to the City Council a Home Rule Petition asking if the City of Worcester can initiate legal enforcement against a property owner if the owner is creating fraud by housing more than the allotted tenants per dwelling unit when identified through the City of Worcester Property Review Team inspections at Colleges and Universities.
| | | | Request City Manager request the Colleges of Worcester Consortium provide a report to the City Council concerning the reporting methods employed in identifying student residential addresses during the school year to their attending college or university. | | | | Request City Manager provide a report to the City Council concerning all Holy Cross College students Housing Court outcomes. | |
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| | | 2a. | Order of Councilor Gary Rosen - Request City Council's Standing Committee on Education determine what steps must to be taken by Worcester's public, private, parochial, and charter schools, its colleges and universities, and its biotechnology companies and laboratories, among others, so that more high school students graduate with the math, science and technology skills necessary to meet the demand for STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) workers whose skills are needed locally as we develop into a major center for biotechnology and medical research.
# 25cc CC September 09, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
Speaker: James Leary, Associate Vice Chancellor at UMass Medical School, Worcester resident | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request UMass Medical School provide a report to the City Council concerning the Regional Science Resource Center and STEM Pipeline Network. | |
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| | | 2b. | Communication of the City Manager recommending adoption of resolutions to accept with gratitude Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Agreement from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Worcester Polytechnic Institute to the City of Worcester.
# 8.39B CM December 15, 2009 | Attachments | | | In Committee for informational purposes only | | |
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| | | 2c. | Communication of Dr. Roberta Schaefer, President & CEO of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau transmitting communication relative to Benchmarking Public Education in Worcester: 2009.
# 11a CC September 01, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 2d. | Communication of Dr. Roberta Schaefer, President and CEO of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, transmitting a communication relative to Race to the Top: What's the Winning Strategy?
# 12a CC December 15, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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