CITY OF WORCESTER | Public Service and Transportation Committee Meeting | Monday, November 24, 2008 | Esther Howland (South) Chamber | Convened: 6:32 P.M. | Adjourned: 7:55 P.M. |
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Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes | 
www.ci.worcester.ma.us |
Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Joseph M Petty | | Councilor William J Eddy | | Councilor Gary Rosen |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Chairperson Councilor Joseph M Petty
Councilor William J Eddy
Councilor Gary Rosen | | | | | Also: | DPWP Staffperson Robert Fiore
National Grid Peter J. Russo
National Grid Underground Engineer Mark Dombrowski
National Grid Senior Engineer/Reliability Nathan Walsh
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk | | | |
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| | | 1a. | Nancy LaFlash request street light across the street from 18 Dutton St.
# 7c CC November 13, 2007
In Committee March 19, 2008 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval | |
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| | | 1b. | Councilor Philip P. Palmieri request to replace the old street light with a new updated street light at the corner of Harlow St. and Lincoln St.
# 19m CC October 01, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 1c. | Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Ronald Pilski request street light on pole #8 at the corner of Arbutus St. and Stoneham Rd.
# 8d CC October 28, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval of installation of one light on pole #8. | |
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| | | 2a. | Communication of the City Manager relative to the final report "Worcester Regional Airport: Airport Strategic Planning and Aviation Marketing", as well as the executive summary of that report, as prepared for the city of Worcester by its consultants, Infrastructure Management Group (IMG).
# 49 CC November 22, 2005
In Committee December 7, 2005 - Held
In Committee April 30, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2b. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the Norwood Flight Center and Skyline Flight Charter Service beginning operations at Worcester Regional Airport.
# 8.3A CM April 15, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2c. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the Worcester Regional Airport Master Plan.
# 9.11A CM July 08, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2d. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to Direct Air, the new commercial airline service at Worcester Regional Airport.
# 8.42F CM September 09, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3a. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication provided by National Grid regarding the process and proposed changes that are in place to notify residents about planned power outages in the City of Worcester.
# 34B CM May 16, 2006
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3b. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication regarding scheduled power outages in the Chandler, Pleasant, June, Amherst and Newton Square Neighborhoods.
# 8.38E CM May 06, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File
Speakers:
1. Betty Casey, Worcester resident, On the Rise Baking
2. Michael Bartosiewicz, Grafton resident, Bushel N' Peck
3. Colonel Booth, Worcester resident, Munchie's Pizzeria
4. Nhan Gagnon, Worcester resident, Jenny's Nails
5. Cliff Wilson, Worcester resident, Framed in Tatnuck | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request National Grid provide the City with a history of the past five year's power outages in the Tatnuck Square neighborhood, highlighting the outages of Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15, 2008 with explanations of solutions to temporary fixes and secondary cabling and include timetables and cost estimates for permanent corrective action to be installed to avert future outages in both the Tatnuck Square and June Street neighborhoods. | | | | Request Administrator of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority to attend a future meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Service and Transportation to discuss their overall operations. | | | | Request City Manager inform the City Council with progress with public meeting notices in the general circulation print media. | |
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| | | 4a. | Goals of the Public Service and Transportation Committee:
1) To improve passenger service in and out of Union Station
2) To re-establish passenger service in and out of Worcester Regional Airport, and that a long range alternative use plan be established for all property and facilities at the airport if passenger service is not restored by the time the contract with MassPort expires
3) To increase ridership on all Worcester Regional Transit Authority routes
4) To obtain and fully utilize the services of a transportation planner
5) To implement a plan to retain Worcester municipal employees as residents of the City of Worcester | Attachments | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Council accept the following report concerning the status of the goals of the Standing Committee on Public Service and Transportation as approved in City Council on August 12, 2008: 1) To improve service in and out of Union Station; Goal met and ongoing progress being made, 2) To re-establish passenger service in and out of Worcester Regional Airport, and that a long range alternative use plan be established for all property and facilities at the airport if passenger service is not restored by the time the contract with MassPort expires; Goal met and ongoing progress being made with MassPort, 3) To increase ridership on all Worcester Regional Transit Authority routes: Goal met, 4) To obtain and fully utilize the services of a transportation planner: Request pending before the City Manager, and 5) To implement a plan to retain Worcester Municipal employees as residents of the City of Worcester; Request pending before the City Manager. | |
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