JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
JUNE 13, 2005
LIBRARY, ROOSEVELT SCHOOL
1006 GRAFTON ST.
Convened:
7:11 p.m.
Adjourned:
9:33 p.m.
Present were: Co-Chairperson Councilor Paul P. Clancy,
Jr.
Co-Chairperson
Councilor Michael C. Perotto
Councilor Barbara
G. Haller
Councilor Frederick
C. Rushton
Councilor Philip P.
Palmieri
Councilor Joseph M.
Petty
Councilor
Konstantina B. Lukes
Also: City
Manager Michael V. O’Brien
Assistant
City Manager Julie Jacobson
City
Solicitor David M. Moore
Budget
Director John Pranckevicius
Development
Office Staffperson George Ciccone
City
Auditor James A. DelSignore
State
Senator Edward Augustus
City
Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
The Committee
was provided a PowerPoint presentation by Gregory A. Shumate, DESMAN Associates
of Cleveland, OH, explaining in detail the Parking Program Financial Assessment
for the City Square development prepared by his firm.
1. Relative to the Downtown Parking Study.
#23H CM March 8, 2005
In
Committee May 18, 2005 – Held
In
Committee May 26, 2005 – Held
2. Relative to schedule of events relative to the CitySquare Project.
#54a CC April 12, 2005
In
Committee May 18, 2005 – Held
In
Committee May 26, 2005 – Held
In
Committee June 13, 2005 - Held
3. Relative to the CitySquare Project and the District Improvement Financing (DIF) law.
#4 CC May 10, 2005
In
Committee May 18, 2005 – Held
In
Committee May 26, 2005 – Held
In
Committee June 13, 2005 - Held
4. Requesting adoption of four Orders:
1. Designating the DIF District Boundary
2. Approving the DIF Development Program
3. Authorizing the filing of Special Legislation
4. An Order of Taking acquiring the easements for the new public streets
Advertise DIF Loan Order authorizing the borrowing of $89.085 million Advertise an Ordinance establishing permit and inspection fees
#35 CC May 10, 2005
In
Committee May 18, 2005 – Held
In
Committee May 26, 2005 – Held
In
Committee June 13, 2005 - Held
5. Transmitting information on the impact of the Responsible Employer Ordinance on the CitySquare Project.
#35a CC May 10, 2005
In
Committee May 26, 2005 – Held
In
Committee June 13, 2005 - Held
6. Transmitting the first of several reports which contains responses to questions raised both by the Joint Committee of Commerce & Development and Public Works and the City Council concerning the proposed CitySquare Project.
#32 CC June 7, 2005
In
Committee June 13, 2005 - Held
7. Relative to CitySquare Parking Program Financial Assessment, prepared by the City’s independent parking consultant DESMAN Associates.
#33c CC June 7, 2005
Speakers:
1. State
Senator Edward Augustus, 87 Lakewood Street, Worcester
2. Michael
LaNava, 877 Grove Street, Worcester
3. Joe
Salois, 31 Sibley Road, Sutton
Chairmen’s Orders:
1. Request the City Manager to provide the City Council with examples of processes wherein the City offered parking spaces to entice development in the central business district.
2. Request
the City Manager to request Desman Associates to provide the City Council with
additional data concerning the parking arrangements that were made between the
Cleveland Cavaliers, the Cleveland Indians and the City of Cleveland when the
teams were enticed to move into their downtown.
3. Request
the City Manager to request Desman Associates to provide the City Council with
revised parking revenue projections for the City Square development using a new
scenario that Building J is not constructed.