CITY OF WORCESTER | Traffic and Parking Committee Meeting | Wednesday, May 17, 2017 | Esther Howland (South) Chamber | Convened: 5:33 P.M. | Adjourned: 7:03 PM |
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Mayor
Joseph M. Petty | 
www.worcesterma.gov |
Clerk of the City Council
Susan M. Ledoux | Committee Members | | Chairperson Konstantina B Lukes | | Councilor Michael T Gaffney | | Councilor Khrystian E King |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Councilor Michael T Gaffney
Councilor Khrystian E. King @ 5:35 P.M.
Councilor Kathleen M. Toomey (Appointed by the Mayor to this Committee for this meeting only)
| | | | | Also: | Assistant Traffic Engineer Ali Khorasani;
DPW Staff Person Michael Murphy;
Assistant City Clerk Stephen A.J. Pottle, clerk
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| 1. | Handicap Parking Petitions | |
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| | | 1a. | Albert San request installation of handicap parking space across from 14 Crown St. (Amended April 26, 2017 from in front of 14 Crown St.)
# 7j CC February 28, 2017
In Committee April 26, 2017 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval | |
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| | | 1b. | Sandra Brown request installation of handicap parking space in front of Worcester Comprehensive Education & Care at 160 Tacoma St.
# 7n CC February 28, 2017
In Committee April 26, 2017 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File
Councilor Gaffney moved for reconsideration - Approved on a voice vote.
Recommend Approval on a roll call vote of 2 Yeas and 1 Nay (Nay- Gaffney) | |
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| | | 1c. | Nora Hope-Sowah request installation of a handicap parking space on the Esther St. side of 223 Vernon St.
# 9j CC January 10, 2017
In Committee March 15, 2017 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request Police Chief provide driveway clearance enforcement at 223 Vernon St.
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| | | 1d. | Cam Nguyen request installation of handicap parking space on the Maywood St. side of 2 Stevens Rd.
# 6m CC March 07, 2017 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1e. | Louis Iacovone request installation of handicap parking space in front of 9 Indian Lake Parkway.
# 6l CC March 07, 2017 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 1f. | Abbas Aldayyeni request installation of handicap parking space in front of 26 New Vista Lane.
# 8m CC March 21, 2017 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request Commissioner of Public Works and Parks review signage of the handicap parking spaces across from 26 New Vista Lane. | |
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| | | 1g. | Report of the Committee on Traffic and Parking Upon the Petition of Jacob Santiago request installation of a handicap parking space in front of 19 Seymour St.
# 13q CC October 18, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval | |
| 2. | Resident Permit Parking Petitions | |
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| | | 2a. | Angela and Matthew Tivnan requst installation of resident permit parking in Candlewood St., both sides, from Chicopee St. to the Dead End.
# 7y CC August 16, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval | |
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| | | 2b. | Giovanni Brignola request installation of resident permit parking on Waite St., from Shrewsbury St. to Chilmark St.
# 8c CC May 24, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval as amended to install resident permit parking on the east side of the street from Wilson St. south 161 feet. | |
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| | | 2c. | Zhaoyu Zheng request existing resident permit parking in Institute Rd. from Hall St. Ext. to Russell St. be extended from Hall St. Ext. to Park Ave.
# 9r CC July 19, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3a. | Jon Oliveri request removal of "No Parking Anytime" signage in Locust Ave., both sides, from Belmont St. to a point 530' south of Belmont St.
# 9v CC July 19, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3b. | Benjamin Adjei request installation of "No Parking Anytime" restriction in Cutler St., west side, from Dorchester St. to a point 170" north of Dorchester St.
# 7w CC August 16, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval | |
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| | | 3c. | Stacey Martin request installation of "No Parking Anytime" signage at the crosswalk in front of 292 Lincoln St.
# 7e CC October 25, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request Police Chief provide enforcement of crosswalk clearance at 292 Lincoln St.
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| | | 3d. | Councilor George J. Russell on behalf of Sean Horgan request installation of "No Parking Anytime" signage from 56 Fairfax Rd. to the corner of Strathmore Rd.
# 8j CC November 22, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold to Next Meeting - Amended to install "No Parking Anytime" from 56 Fairfax Rd. to West Upsala St. | |
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| | | 4a. | Robert and Karen Kett request the removal of the stop sign at Moreland Green Dr. and Ledgewood Ln.
# 7b CC January 21, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval as amended - Stop Sign will be located in Ledgewood St. | |
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| | | 4b. | Councilor Tony Economou on behalf of Jeanne Gallagher request re-angling the existing "Stop Sign" in Kinnicutt Rd. at Westbrook Rd. and the installation of a "Slow Sign" in approach to this intersection.
# 8bb CC July 21, 2015 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File - Sign has already been adjusted | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request Commissioner of Public Works and Parks cut back trees near the stop sign in Kinnicut Rd. at Westbrook Rd. | |
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| | | 4c. | Mayor Joseph M. Petty on behalf of Steve Cancelli request to install four-way Stop Signs at the intersection of Dorothy Ave. and Hillcroft Ave.
# 7g CC November 17, 2015 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4d. | JoAnne Gribbons request a stop sign replace the yield sign as you exit Route 20 onto Sunderland Rd.
# 6j CC January 26, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request Commissioner of Public Works and Parks install “Caution Intersection” signage in Whitla Dr. in the approach to Route 20. | |
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| | | 5a. | Kenneth Roy request traffic signal be installed at the crosswalk at 1290 Pleasant St.
# 7m CC October 18, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 5b. | Councilor Gary Rosen request steps be taken to increase the safety of pedestrians who, at their peril, use the crosswalk on Pleasant St. in front of the Shaarai Torah West synagogue. Among such steps might be the installation of signage warning motorists in both directions that they are approaching a crosswalk.
# 10h CC December 06, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval -- Install Crosswalk Sign | |
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| | | 5c. | John Gleason request signage and/or a warning system be put up at the crosswalk in front of 274 Lincoln St.
# 10i CC December 13, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval - Install Crosswalk Signs | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request Police Chief provide crosswalk stings at the crosswalk in the vicinity of 274 Lincoln St. | |
| 6. | Miscellaneous Petitions | |
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| | | 6a. | Michele Bouffard request reprogramming of lights coming off Skyline Dr. between 1:45 P.M. and 2:15 P.M. to allow vehicles leaving Worcester Technical High School to exit more efficiently.
# 10r CC November 24, 2015 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File - Timing has been updated | |
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| | | 6b. | Constance Bandes request a "Do Not Block Intersection" sign or a traffic light be installed at the intersection of Belmont St. and Oak Ave.
# 9b CC March 17, 2015 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File - Mass DOT Project in progress | |
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| | | 6c. | James Griffis request installation of a "Dead End" sign in Ashmore Rd. where it intersects with Pleasant St.
# 8e CC November 22, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval | |
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| | | 6d. | Indre & Arturas Varnas request installation of surveillance cameras for speed in Sunderland Rd. from Dalton St. to Roosevelt School.
# 8e CC March 29, 2016 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request Police Chief provide speed enforcement in Sunderland Rd. from Dalton St. to Roosevelt School. | |
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