CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MAY 1, 2001
7:00 P.M.
Convened:
7:05 P.M.
Adjourned: 8:15 P.M.
1. INVOCATION
Sister Marie Prefontaine, Director
Office for Ethnic Ministries
Diocese of Worcester
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3.
ROLL
CALL All present except Councillor
Perotto who arrived
at 7:12 P.M.
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING
7:00 P.M.
Hearing held Ordinance Committee voted to
recommend
acceptance of the Planning Board
Report and approval of
the Petition
4. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Francis W. Madigan, Jr. requesting City of Worcester amend the Zoning Map by changing the zoning designation of property fronting Mason St. and shown on Assessors Map 6, Block 19, Lots 26 and 27 from RG-5 to MG-1.0
HEARING AND ORDER 7:00
P.M.
Hearing held
5. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for a joint pole relocation on: PLEASANT ST.
5a ADOPTED
5a. Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for a joint pole relocation on: PLEASANT ST.
City Council voted
on a roll call vote of 9-1 (No-Abraham, Perotto
absent) to reconsider. Order
was adopted on a voice vote
6. In accordance with Rule 41 of the Rules of the City Council, Councillor Joseph M. Petty requests reconsideration of the vote of the City Council taken on April 24, 2001 relating to Item 12C of the City Managers Calendar relative to adoption of an Order which would increase the authorized number of District Chief positions from ten to eleven.
See 7E of the City Managers Calendar
7. Report of the City Manager relative to the status of Union Station development, including but not limited to: 1) Intermodal transportation, 2) Parking garage, 3) Washington Square traffic configuration, 4) Development inside Union Station, 5) Development outside Union Station.
8. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
8a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
9-13 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
9. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Paul Thoutsis
request Public Works resurface Greenbush Rd.
10. Paul Bottis, Jr., Physical Plant Director, Clark University
request to extend existing storm drain line in Park Ave. from the intersection
of Park Ave. and Downing St., up Downing St. a distance of approximately 340
to the Downing St. School. To be done
at the expense of the petitioner.
11. Luigi DiGioia request to extend 2 PVC force main sewer on
Chequesett Rd. from existing cleanout manhole, westerly 200 at my own expense
and under a prior agreement.
12. Michael G. Marquis request abatement of Private Street
Betterment Assessment #50061 in the amount of $1,648.35 on Beaumont Rd.
13. Albert Gould request to extend an 8 sewer line for 150 on
Carter Way at the expense of the Petitioner and under a prior agreement.
14-17 REFERRED TO
TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
14. State Representative John Fresolo request installation of
driveway clearance signs at the entrance to the Twin Oaks Condominiums at 1199
and 1203 Grafton St. in the interest of public safety of motorists and
pedestrians.
15. Sandra Schofield request handicap parking in front of 150
Ingleside Ave.
16. Ed Weldon, Jr. request speed bump on Timrod Dr.
17. Anthony Ruggieri request that parking in front of 57-59
Hamilton St. be made resident parking only or tenant parking only.
18 REFERREDTO THE
CITY MANAGER
18. Attorney Raymond Reed on behalf of the Retired Police and
Firefighters of Worcester request City Manager to include in his annual budget
a recommendation for an increase in the pension allowances of all former City
of Worcester Police Officers and Firefighters who have retired under provisions
contained in Sections 90A, C & D of Chapter 32 of Mass. General Laws.
19 HEARING SET FOR
MAY 8, 2001 7:00 P.M.
19. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND,
INC. for three joint pole locations on: ORTON ST.
19a. Request Administration report relative to the City Council
understanding the extent to which we are not meeting requests from appropriate
citizen and community groups for use of City fields. Motion-Mariano @ #19D CM
Adopted
19b. Request Administration report in two weeks on what the City
is doing with the School Department to address utilizing fields that are not
being used. Motion-Murray @ #19D CM Adopted
19c. Request Administration report on all school facilities that
are available for public use. Motion-Irish @ #19D CM Adopted
19d. Request Department of Public Works review the request to
declare the King/Queen Sts. area an emergency zone for snow plowing. Motion-Patton
@ #24B CM - Adopted
19e. Request Administration to update City Council on private
street maintenance as to the amount of money, the number of streets on the
list, when will work start and when it will be completed. Motion-Petty
@ #24C CM Adopted
19f. Request Administration report on the status of the Walpole
St. bridge. Motion-Nadeau @ #24C CM Adopted
19g. Request Administration include in the monthly report on
Union Station development a timeline for the location of a parking garage for
Union Station. Motion-Mariano @ #7CC Adopted
19h. Request Administration include in the monthly report on
Union Station development the status of the Master Plan. Motion-Mariano
@ #7CC Adopted
19i. Request Administration to include in the monthly report on
Union Station development the status of developers. Motion-Mariano @ #7CC
Adopted
19j. Request Administration to include in the monthly report on
Union Station development information relative to the availability of the
development parcels. Motion-Mariano @ #7CC Adopted
19k. Request City Manager report as to the ability of the City
Council to have input into the Washington Square project. Motion-Lukes
@ #7CC Adopted
19L. Request Administration provide a clarification as to the
status of the ramps owned by CIGNA. Motion-Murray @ #7CC Adopted
19m. Request Administration include in the monthly report on
Union Station development the amount of money that has currently been spent on
the Union Station project, especially on the parking garage. Motion-Perotto
@ #7CC Adopted
19n. Request Administration report on the Union Station project
as to: infrastructure work, movement
toward looking at the WRTA busses having a route from Union Station to the
airport and other areas of interest in the City and looking at shuttles or park
and ride from Union Station to the airport.
Motion-Nadeau @ #7CC Adopted
19o. Request Administration include in the monthly report on
Union Station development the progress of bus service and shuttle service as it
relates to the Worcester Regional Airport.
Motion-Abraham @ #7CC Adopted
19p. Request City to conduct a complete and immediate traffic
study of Mill St. Mariano Suspension of Rules Adopted
19q. Request City Manager report on his next Calendar on the
status of the Worcester Common Outlets.
Said report to include any plans that may be being considered to
eliminate any portion of the retail business.
Mariano Suspension of Rules
Adopted
19r. Request Administration to look at West Chester St., both
the public and private portions and provide reasonable solutions to passage on
this street. Patton Suspension of Rules Adopted
19s. Request Administration to provide suggestions for traffic
control on Westinghouse Parkway. Patton Suspension of Rules Adopted
19t. Request City Manager report on the status of the
investigation into three recent arsons in the Elm Park Community School
area. Irish, Nadeau Suspension of Rules Adopted
19u. Request City report on alleged prostitution occurring on
Russell St. adjacent to Elm Park between Elm St. and Highland St. with
recommendations as to how this situation might be alleviated. Irish,
Nadeau Suspension of Rules Adopted
19v. That the City Council
hereby accepts with gratitude a framed 1889 Harpers Weekly Supplement of the
City of Worcester from Phil Reid. Murray Suspension of Rules - Adopted
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR May 1, 2001
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the appointment of Mary E.
Oroszko to the Citizens Advisory Council.
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
6.
COMMUNICATIONS:
7. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to Route 146
Corridor Billboards.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Regulatory Board
Concerns regarding any Issues with the Zoning Ordinance.
C. Communication relative to Proceeds of the
Sale of City-owned land off of the proposed Nippnapp Trail.
D. Communication relative to WRTA Ridership.
E. Communication relation to the Union
Station/Washington Square Project.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
8. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
9. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
10. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
11. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
12. FIRE:
13. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
14. HUMAN
RIGHTS:
15.
INFORMATION SERVICES:
16. LAW:
A. Communication relative to School
Department Budget.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Recovery of
Costs Tanker Rollover October 1999.
17. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
18.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Request adoption of an Application for an
Affordable Housing Fee Waiver for Friendly House.
B. Request adoption of three Resolution for
the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Program, and Emergency
Shelter Grant Programs (ESGP).
C. Communication relative to Funding
Recommendations for CDBG, HOME, and ESG programs.
D. Communication relative to Summary of
Applications not recommended for funding in Year 27.
E. Communication relative to Yr. 26
Monitoring and Yr. 27 Recommendations Report for CDBG, HOME, and ESG programs.
F. Communication relative to Yr. 25
Monitoring Report for CDBG, HOME, and ESG programs.
G. Request the sum of Two Hundred and Three
Thousand Dollars ($203,000.00) be accepted from the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development for the Emergency Shelter Grant Program.
H. Request the sum of Five Million, Nine
Hundred and Thirty-Four Thousand Dollars ($5,934,000.00) be accepted from the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Twenty - Seventh Year
Community Development Block Grant Program.
I. Request the sum of One Million Seven
Hundred Seventy -Seven Thousand Dollars
($1,777,000.00) be accepted from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development for the HOME Program.
J. Communication relative to Veterans
Homestead Medical Van.
19. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to FY01 Capital
Equipment Budget Golf Course/Golf Cart Fleet Purchase.
B. Communication relative to a Invitation to
the ceremony for the new lighting system at Beaver Brook Park.
C. Communication relative to a Invitation to
the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Creation and Improvements to the Laurel
Street Intergenerational Playground
.
D. Communication relative to Spring 2000
Field Availability and the Use of These Facilities for Various Activities and
Events.
E.
SUPPLEMENTAL Request adoption of a
Resolution to file and accept a Grant with and from the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for the Section 319
non-profit source pollution competitive grant program to begin restoration of
Salisbury Pond.
Resolution adopted Reconsideration denied
F. SUPPLEMENTAL
Request adoption of a Resolution to file and accept a Grant with and from the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management for the
Massachusetts Historic Landscape Preservation Grant program Round V The
preservation maintenance and improvements to the landscape at Bancroft Tower.
20. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to Crime Statistics
in the Green Island/Vernon Hill Crime Watch Area.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
21. PUBLIC
HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to Mental
Health Conference.
Placed on file
22. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
23. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
A. Communication relative to Policy Regarding
the Possession of Tobacco Products in the Worcester Public Schools.
B. Communication relative to the Conditions
at South High School Swimming Pool.
24. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to the Removal of
Right Turn on Red Restriction.
B. Communication relative to Maintaining King
and Queen Streets during a Snowstorm.
C. Communication relative to Progress
Report/Construction.
25.
PURCHASING:
26. TREASURY:
27. VETERANS
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) be transferred from the following Account #14SSAL25, OPCD Salaries
& Fringe, and appropriated to Account #14S44125, Worcester Youth Center, to
provide funds for the purpose of supporting the Peer Leadership Program and an
Urban Community Action Planning for Teens Program at the Worcester Youth
Center.
B. Recommend that Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) be transferred from the following Account #14SSAL25, OPCD Salaries
& Fringe, and appropriated to Account #14S44025, Pleasant Street Network
Center, to provide funds for the purpose of paying the salary and related
support cost of an Albanian outreach worker who will assist immigrant Albanian
families and individuals.
C. Recommend that Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000,00) be transferred from the following Account #14SSAL25, OPCD Salaries
& Fringe, and appropriated to Account #14S44225, Neighborhood Grant
Initiative, to provide funding that will help benefit and strengthen
neighborhood associations and crime watches as developed by the leaders of
these groups and the Worcester Police Department.
D. Recommend that Eighty Dollars ($80.00) be
authorized from Account #250-92000, Police Department Ordinary Maintenance, for
the payment of prior year invoices.
E. Recommend that Eighteen Thousand Seven
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($18,750.00) be transferred from Account #332-01 Reserve
for Appropriation Lots & Graves, and appropriated to Account #720-91000,
Parks Department Personal Services to provide the fund for the purpose of
funding approved fiscal 2001 budgetary credits associated with management and
maintenance of Hope Cemetery.
F. Recommend that Three Hundred Sixty Eight
Thousand One Hundred Forty Five Dollars ($368,145.00) be transferred from the following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
330-01 Pearl Elm Reserves $196,135.25
330-02 Federal
Plaza Reserves 84,644.00
330-03 Off
Street Reserves 75,330.00
330-04 Parking
Meter Reserves 12,035.75
Total $368,145.00
and appropriated to the following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
46S501 Pearl
Elm Ordinary Maint. $196,135.25
46S502 Fed.
Plaza Ordinary Maint. 84,644.00
46S503 Off
Street Ordinary Maint. 75,330.00
46S504 Parking
Meter Ordinary Maint. 12,035.75
Total $368,145.00
This appropriation provides sufficient
operating funds for the Off Street Parking Program for the Fourth Quarter of
Fiscal 2001.
G. Recommend the adoption of a Loan Order in the amount of Two Hundred Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($285,000.00) to be appropriated to Account #91C780 for the purpose of funding the purchase of capital equipment for Green Hill Golf Park.
Voted to advertise proposed Loan Order on a roll call 11-0
29.
MISCELLANEOUS:
21. Helen Friel, Assistant to the Superintendent/Clerk of the School
Committee transmitting communication requesting acceptance of $10,328.05 in
equipment for use by the Worcester Public High Schools Crew Team from the
Worcester Public High Schools Crew Team Booster Club.
Order adopted with gratitude Reconsideration denied
22. Karen A. Gubber, Administrative Assistant, Upper Blackstone
Water Pollution Abatement District transmitting communication relative to
election of officers to serve a one-year term.
Placed on file
22a. That the City Council of the City of Worcester hereby recognizes
Evelyn Hurwitz and members of the Urban Tree Task Force for their work on the
Citys urban forest. Murray, Petty Suspension of Rules
Adopted on a roll call 11-0
23. RECESS
TO FINANCE AND ORDINANCE: No Action Taken
FINANCE
a)
#5A
CM January 23, 2001
Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to the City Managers Contingency Account.
b)
#24E
CM January 23, 2001
Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to Snow Deficit FY2001.
c)
#13B
CM April 3, 2001
Communication of the City Manager relative to Health
Insurance Costs for the Current Year and Future Years.
23a ACCEPTED AND ORDER ADOPTED Suspension
of Rules
23a. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD
REVITALIZATION Upon the Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to an application for an Affordable Housing Fee Waiver
for the rehabilitation project at 22-24 Northampton St.: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Order.
24. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Order of Councillor
Paul P. Clancy, Jr. requesting approval of the attached Ordinance amending the
Worcester Zoning Ordinance adopted April 2, 1991 relative to Non-Accessory
Signs. (Tabled May 30, 2000) Taken off the Table and placed on file
25. Order Request Rules Committee to review the procedure used by
City Council for election of individuals to the Library Board of Trustees. (Abraham)
(Tabled December 29, 2000) No
Action Taken
26. Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to city employees serving on Boards and
Commissions. (Tabled April 3,
2001) No Action Taken
_____________________________________
MAY 1, 2001 HOUSING & COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
NEIGHBORHOOD
REVITALIZATION
MAY 2, 2001 COMMERCE & LOCAL 170
6:00 P.M.
DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS
OFFICE
805 MILLBURY ST.
Re: Re-use of
Greenwood St. Landfill
MAY 7, 2001 PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
MAY 10, 2001 STRATEGIC PLANNING COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30 P.M.
MAY 14, 2001 TRAFFIC & PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.