PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 1, 2004
COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
Convened: 6:05 p.m.
Adjourned: 7:40 p.m.
Present were: Chairperson
Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr.
Councillor
Philip P. Palmieri
Councillor
Frederick C. Rushton
Also: DPW Commissioner
Robert L. Moylan, Jr.
DPW
Assistant Commissioner Robert Fiore
DPW Senior Staffperson Timothy Reiner
DPW Assistant Commissioner of Engineering
Andrew Murch
DPW
Assistant Commissioner of Operations Matthew Labovites
DPW
Director of Traffic Engineering Joe Borbone
Assistant
City Clerk Lisa M. Thomas, clerk
1. Presentation
– Relocation of Composting Site.
Request that the City Clerk’s office notify
residents of Gibbs St. and top section of Lochwan Ave to attend a future Public
Works Committee meeting on this topic.
2. Petition of Joan Crowell, President of
Leesville Pond Watershed and Neighborhood Association request the City Council
make a recommendation to relocate the Hope Cemetery Composting Operation within
6 months.
#10 CC April 8,
2003
In Committee
July 30, 2003 – Held
In Committee January 20,
2004 – Held
3. Communication of the City Manager relative to current scenario
that is City’s Leaf Composting Operation.
#23B CM May 18, 2004
In Committee September 27,
2004 – Held
4. Communication of the City Manager
relative to status of the “Four Corner” reconfiguration of Cambridge and
Southbridge Streets.
#23A CM October 12, 2004
Speakers:
Arthur Frost, Mass Highway
Joseph Chilton
Ruth McCarthy
Dennis Wilson
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager ask the state delegation to explore the
possibility that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts contribute approximately
$125,000 for land takings at Southbridge St. and Cambridge St.
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with map designs of
Brosnihan Sq., Quinsigamond Ave., and “Four Corners”.
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a report regarding
the feasibility of meeting state guidelines if a two-way access design were
implemented on Southbridge St.
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a report regarding
a timeline for renaming Millbury and Ballard St. so that the public may be
notified.
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a report regarding
the projected timeline from Mass Highway concerning the closing of Millbury St.
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a report regarding
the total number of lights on Millbury St. between McKeon Rd. and Greenwood St.
5. Communication of the City Manager
relative to Route 146 Project/Southbridge and Cambridge Streets.
#23B CM October 12, 2004
Recommend File
6. Relative
September’s Report on Economic Development Initiatives. (Part IV)
A. Mass
Highway Road Project Schedules
1. Kane A, Route
146/Route 20 Interchange
2. Hurley Square
3. Brosnihan Square/Route 146
4. Washington Square Reconfiguration
5. I-290 Redecking
6. Shrewsbury
Street Streetscape Project
B. Coes Dam Rehab
C. Central Garage Replacement and Relocation
#8A
CM October 12, 2004
Recommend Hold