PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION
SEPTEMBER 15, 2003
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Convened: 5:45 p.m.
Adjourned: 7:40 p.m.
Councillor
Michael C. Perotto
Councillor
Stephen T. Patton
Also: Mary
MacInnes, Administrator WRTA
Richard
Glavin, Customer Service Administrator WRTA
Chief
Development Officer Philip Niddrie
Airport
Director Eric Waldron
Airport
Commission Chairperson Michael Amir
City
Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
AIRPORT
1. Relative to construction work at the Worcester Regional Airport.
#3A CM June
13, 2000
2. Relative to status report on any construction within the
Airport Environs Overlay.
#3A CM April 24, 2001
3. Relative
to construction in Airport Environs Overlay.
#21C CM April 24, 2001
Recommend File
4. Relative to recent communication with Mass. Highway concerning their Proposed Access Road.
#24C CM December 19, 2000
Recommend File
5. Relative
to timeline on the Airport Access Road.
#24A CM April 24, 2001
Recommend File
6. Relative to recommendations to Mass. Highway, to date, for a
"re-build" alternative on the proposed Airport Access Road in the
City.
#3A CM March 19, 2002
7. Relative to contract between the City and Massport relative to
access road.
#16D CM August 21, 2001
8. Relative to Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Report on
access to Worcester Regional Airport.
#7F CM August 21, 2001
9. Relative to Worcester Regional Airport
Access Road.
#29E CM May 14, 2002
Recommend File
10. Relative to Master Plan Information request.
#5 CC February 13, 2001
11. Relative to American Eagle launches New England Jet Service
between Worcester and Chicago O’Hare, and the announcement of additional
flights by ASA/Delta to and from Atlanta.
#3A CM April 3, 2001
12. Relative
to legal obligations – Closing Airport.
#16E CM August 21, 2001
13. Relative to passenger counts at the Worcester Regional Airport
for the past five years.
#3B CM August 21, 2001
14. Relative to impact on Parking/City’s ability to provide parking
at Worcester Regional Airport.
#3A CM August 21, 2001
15. Relative to Airport Citizens Advisory Committee meetings.
#7M CM
August 21, 2001
16. Relative to Airport Marketing.
#7B CM December 4, 2001
17. Relative to a report answering several questions that were recently asked by City Council regarding commercial flights at the Worcester Regional Airport.
#16 CC March 5, 2002
18. Relative to Airline contacts.
#7C CM March 5, 2002
19. Relative to a letter which I have forwarded to Craig Coy, Chief
Executive Officer of Massport, relative to the article which appeared in the
April 18, 2002 edition of the Boston Herald regarding Massport's commitment to
the Worcester Regional Airport.
#3A CM April 23, 2002
20. Relative to Massport’s commitment to the five-year operating
agreement.
#3A CM May 14, 2002
21. Relative to Chamber of Commerce Airport
promotion.
#7E CM May 28, 2002
22. Relative to interest of
CommutAir operating out of our regional airport.
#3A CM June 11, 2002
23. Relative to tenant/airline recruitment.
#8C CM July 1, 2003
24. Relative to FY04 Personal Services
Appropriation (Airport).
#3A CM September 9, 2003
Petitions
25. Joan L. Crowell, LPWNA Pres., The Leesville Pond Watershed Neighborhood Assoc. request City Council make a recommendation to the Mass. Highway Dept. to withdraw the Greater Worcester Access Improvement Project. Transportation System Management type improvements in combination with “Park & Ride” concepts, would be feasible alternatives to building an access road.
#16 CC July 11, 2000
Recommend Leave to Withdraw
26. William S. Coleman, III request City Council place before the voters of Worcester the following non-binding question: Do you support the construction of an Airport Access Road?
#7 CC May 14, 2002
Recommend File
Communications
27. Thomas Kinton, Jr. Acting Exec. Director of Aviation at Massport concerning the loss of the American Eagle morning flight from Worcester to Chicago.
#3A CM March 5, 2002
Recommend File
Questions:
1. William
S. Coleman III, 4 Brownell Circle, Worcester
2. Joan
Crowell, 5 Bernice Street, Worcester
3. John
Carnegie, 3 Sorrento Street, Worcester
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager coordinate a tour of the Worcester Regional Airport facilities for
the members of the Public Service and Transportation Committee, the Airport
Commissioners, the Economic Development Office staff and appropriate
representatives from MassPort.
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager consider including a survey in the mailing of a future property
tax bill that queries the taxpayers of Worcester concerning improved access to
and from the Worcester Regional Airport.
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager to provide the City Council with a detailed report concerning the
indebtedness by the Worcester Regional Airport, to whom the money is owed, the
use of debt, a repayment schedule covering each debt instrument, and the
budgetary line item covering repayment and the interest expenses.
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager to provide the City Council with a detailed report concerning
capacity issues at Logan International, Bradley International, Hanscom Field,
Manchester, Pease International, T.F. Green, Portland International, Bangor
International and Burlington International Airports and the impact upon when
the City of Worcester could expect the Worcester Regional Airport to be a
commercially viable airport.
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager to provide the City Council with a report detailing any hazardous
waste, environmental, brownfields, or any other issue that would provide an
impediment to a potential private developer of airport property.
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager to provide the City Council with a report that compares various
development alternatives of the airport property and recommends the highest and
best use.
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager to provide the City Council with a report determining the impact
of the existing commitment to the development of the three parcels of airport
property on the various development alternatives.
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager to provide the City Council with a report on any current
discussions that are occurring between MassPort and the City of Worcester
concerning the continuation of the current contract.
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager to begin the process of preparing a Request for Proposal to
develop all of the airport property.
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager to provide the City Council with a report concerning the effect of
the September 11th tragedy and no commercial flights in or out of
Worcester Regional Airport, on the businesses located within the airport
terminal, MassPort’s rental agreement with these businesses, and MassPort’s
actions to assist them in surviving.
28. Communication of the City Manager relative to response to WRTA
requests.
#8F CM September 9, 2003
Questions:
1.
William S. Coleman, III, 4 Brownell Circle, Worcester
2.
Alan DeWitt, Mayside Lane,
Worcester
Chairman’s Order request the City Manager
communicate with the owner/operator of the redeveloped Lincoln Plaza and
request his input advancing the idea of providing transit service to and from
the shopping area.