CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– MAY 15, 2001
7:00 P.M.
Convened:
7:10 P.M.
Adjourned: 8:55 P.M.
1. INVOCATION
– Rev. Linda Whitney
Lake View Congregational
Church
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL
CALL – All present
4. PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION TO JOHN MCCABE FOR HIS YEARS OF
SERVICE TO THE WORCESTER REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
5. Status of installation of valve in Kenberma Rd. – See Item #24E of the City Manager’s
Calendar
6. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
6a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
7 REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD
7. Councillor Stephen T. Patton request to make public entire
length of Westinghouse Parkway.
8-11 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
8. Pamela Parsons request sidewalk repair/replacement on Erie
Ave. from bus stop to Country Club Dr.
9. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request resurfacing of
Louise St.
10. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request resurfacing of
Stockton St.
11. Ronald Deramo et al request private street maintenance on
private portion of Pine View Ave.
11a. Councillor Stephen Abraham request sidewalk repair at 6
Wyola Dr. Referred to Public Works Committee – Suspension of Rules
11b. Councillor Stephen Abraham request installation of curbing
at 14 St. Kevin Rd. Referred to Public Works Committee –
Suspension of Rules
11c. Councillor Stephen Abraham & Councillor Timothy Murray request sidewalk repair at 586 Chandler St. Referred to Public Works Committee – Suspension of Rules
12-18 REFERRED TO
TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
12. Patricia Hawkins request handicap parking in front of 20
North Woodford St.
13. Bernadette Pinnataro request handicap parking in front of
27 Suffield St.
14. Dr.
Mozam Qutab request handicap parking in front of 21 West St.
15. Dr.
Mozam Qutab request resident parking in front of 21 West St.
16. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request Traffic Engineer
extend the number of 2-hour parking spaces in front of Upsala St. Elder
Apartment building from Louise St. to bus stop space.
17. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request WRTA consider
reducing space for bus stop in front of Upsala St. Elder Apartment building and
use driveway space as part of said stop.
18. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request Stop sign on Ames
St. at Stockton St. intersection.
18a. Councillor Timothy Murray on behalf of Michelle Wrenn
request installation of Deaf Child signs in and around the ALL School. Referred
to Traffic & Parking Committee – Suspension of Rules
18b. Request City Manager report what the City has spent in tax
levy money on open space preservation for each of the last five years. Motion-Irish
@ #4D CM – Adopted
18c. Request City Solicitor report on the recent case of Western
Mass. Life Care Corp. versus Board of Assessors of Springfield decided May 11,
2001. Motion-Lukes @ #4E CM – Adopted
18d. Request City Manager to investigate the possibility of
moving the Communications Department out of the Police Department to another
site. Motion-Petty @ #6A CM – Adopted
18e. Request City Manager to make recommendations relative to
the Ericcson 800 system that is used in the Communications Department as far as
the system’s viability. Motion-Petty @ #6A CM – Adopted
18f. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a balance
sheet on the monthly operating statement for the Worcester Center Boulevard
Parking Garage. Motion-Patton @ #7G CM – Adopted
18g. Request City Manager report as to what Spectacor is doing
in terms of promotion for the Worcester Center Boulevard Parking Garage, what
they are promoting, how they are doing it and if they are paying for it. Motion-Lukes
@ #7G CM – Adopted
18h. Request City Manager report as to how the City is marketing
the retail space at the Worcester Center Boulevard Parking Garage. Motion-Irish
@ #7G CM – Adopted
18i. Request City Manager to consider using the Worcester Center
Boulevard Parking Garage for shuttle parking to the Locobazooka event at Green
Hill Park this year. Motion-Murray @ #7G CM – Adopted
18j. Request Administration to keep City Council up to date with
respect to any developments relative to the agreement entered into with the
Center for Spectator Sport Research of the University of Mass. at Amherst for
attraction of amateur athletic events.
Motion-Abraham @ #7I CM – Adopted
18k. Request City Manager report relative to any correspondence
that might have been received by the City from residents that were affected at
the time when they were notified that they would be receiving fluoridated water
from the Town of Holden. Motion-Gomez @ #24A CM – Adopted
18L. Request City Manager report as to the rationale of having
two inspectors for each snow plow area.
Further, request a report as to what similar size communities do in this
regard. Motion-Murray @ #24B CM – Adopted
18m. Request City Manager report as to the entire cost for
inspectors this last plowing season. Motion-Clancy @ #24B CM - Adopted
18n. Request City Manager report outlining what actually are the
services that are being provided in the Public Schools through the School Based
Health Centers. Motion-Gomez @ #21E CM – Adopted
18o. Request City
Manager report as to the City’s policy concerning cars illegally parked in a
fire lane. Further, request a report as
to whether private duty officers are authorized to enforce regulations relative
to vehicles illegally parked in handicap parking spaces. Further, request report to include what the
law will allow and what the City thinks is practical relative to enforcement. Motion-Patton
@ #24F CM – Adopted
18p. Request Administration forward to City Council the
Executive Summary of the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District
Regional Wastewater Treatment Facilities Plan. Motion-Clancy @ #24I CM –
Adopted
18q. Request Administration provide a report regarding problems
with trash pick up in the neighborhood of Varney St. and Goldthwaite Rd. Gomez
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted
18r. That the City Council of the City of Worcester hereby supports
the designation of the Heritage Park Corridor in the City of Worcester as the
fifth area which is free of Billboards.
Motion-Clancy @ #7B CM – Adopted
18s. That the City Council of the City of Worcester hereby recognizes
Evelyn Hurwitz as author of the “Trees at Risk” book and her task force work in
bringing attention to the City’s urban tree problem. Murray, Petty – Suspension
of Rules - Adopted
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR May 15, 2001
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the appointments of John
T. Reynolds, and Morris A. Bergman, to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Placed on file
B. Notification of the appointment of Steven
Galkowski to the World War Memorial at Lincoln Square Board of Trustees.
Placed on file
C. Notification of the appointments of Michael T. Doherty, Gary J. Vecchio, and
Paul A. Belsito to the Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Commission.
Placed on file
D. Notification of the appointment of David
A. Rawson, to the Historical Commission.
Placed on file
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification
of the appointment of Richard N. Eid, to the Worcester Redevelopment Authority.
Appointment confirmed on a roll call 11-0
B. Notification of the appointment of Daniel
M. Wrenn, Dave F. Dick, and Dwight Woodworth, and the reappointment of Charlene
M. Guinard, and Sharon Strzalkowski to the Advisory Committee for Persons with
Disabilities.
Appointments and reappointments confirmed
on a roll call 11-0
C. Notification of the appointment of Thomas
A. Buckley to the Cable Television Advisory Committee.
Appointment confirmed on a roll call 11-0
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication relative to Parcels of Land
South of the Providence Street Fire Station.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Location and
Number of Tax Exempt Entities.
Referred to Land Use Committee
C. Communication relative to Final 2000
Equalized Valuations.
Referred to Land Use Committee
D. Communication relative to Real Estate
Taxes under Various Surcharges of the Community Preservation Act.
Recommitted to the City Manager
E. Communication relative to Process by which
an Entity Can Become Tax Exempt.
Referred to Land Use Committee
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
6.
COMMUNICATIONS:
A. Communication relative to the needs of the
City’s Communication Center.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
7. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to Northern
Gateway News.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to the Status of
the Overlay Zone for Billboards in the Heritage Park Corridor.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
C. Communication relative to Millbury Street
Demolition Schedule.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
D. Communication relative to WPI “Interactive
Qualifying Plan”.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
E. Communication relative to Spectacor’s
Contract for Operating the Worcester Center Boulevard Parking Garage.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
F.
Communication
relative to Fallon Permitting Process at the Worcester Center Boulevard Parking
Garage.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
G. Communication relative to SMG Parking
Garage Management Contract.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
H. Communication relative to Status of the
Worcester Common Outlets.
Placed on file
I. Communication relative to Attraction of
Amateur Athletic Events with Marketing Funds.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
J. Communication relative to Conceptual
Master Plan for the South Worcester Industrial Park.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
K. Request adoption of a Resolution to
rescind the Certified Project of J. Robert Seder/First Massachusetts Bank.
Resolution adopted on a roll call 11-0
L. SUPPLEMENTAL
– Communication relative to the sale of real property at 44 Austin St.
Referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization 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 General Laws
c.40 sec.22F – Setting of Municipal Fees.
Referred to Fees & Charges Committee
B. Communication relative to Insurance
Requirements of the Abandoned Building Ordinance.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
C. Communication relative to Insurance of
Transient Vendors.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
17. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
18.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to the Goddard
Memorial Project.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Community
Development Block Grant Funds, Evaluation Process of CDBG and LLEBG Funds, and
Goals and Objectives of Organizations Receiving Community Development Block
Grant Funds.
Referred to Community Development Committee and Public
Safety Committee
C. Communication relative to Eliminating the
Drug Reduction Program for Public Housing.
Placed on file
19. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to Status Report –
Comprehensive Inventory Analysis of City Wide Athletic/Recreational Facilities.
Placed on file
B. SUPPLEMENTAL
- Communication relative to Summer Pool and Beach Season Certified Lifeguard
Recruitment, Training and Retention, 2000/2001.
Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation Committee
20. POLICE:
21. PUBLIC
HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to use of cromated copper arsenate on pressure treated wood on children’s play equipment.
Referred to Health Committee
B. Communication relative to building permits.
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to Collaboratives
between College Nursing Programs and City Public Health Nurses.
Referred to Health Committee
D. Communication relative to Local College
Nursing Programs.
Referred to Health Committee
E. Communication relative to Current Staffing
in the Worcester Public Schools and at School Based Health Centers.
Referred to Health Committee
F. Request adoption of a Resolution to file
and accept a Three Year Build Mentally Healthy Communities Grant from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration.
Resolution adopted
22. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
23. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
A. Request an Executive Session on Tuesday
May 15, 2001 with the City Council and School Committee, to discuss matters of
litigation relative to Vocational Schools.
City Council voted at 5:55 P.M. on a roll call 10-0
(Murray
absent) to go into Executive Session at 6:30 P.M.
B. Communication relative to Summary of EAW
Contract Negotiations.
Placed on file
24. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to contracts city has with other entities for provisions of water to Worcester residents; certain Worcester streets receive water from the Town of Holden; type of notice that was sent to Worcester residents who receive water from Holden.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to compensation of snowplow inspectors – route they are responsible to inspect.
Referred to Public Works Committee
C. Communication relative to Grime Watch Program
– March 2001 Activity.
Referred to Public Works Committee
D. Communication relative to Traffic Study
and Signalization on Mill Street in the Vicinity of the Mill Swan Street
School.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
E. Communication relative to Kenberma Road
Sewer Problem Status.
Placed on file
F. Communication relative to Revised
Ordinances of 1996 Relative to Handicap Parking Signage for Towing of Vehicles
Illegally Parked in Handicap Parking Spaces.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
G. Communication relative to Abatements on
Private Street Betterment Assessments.
Placed on file
H. Communication relative to Traffic Study –
Mill Street.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
I. Communication relative to UBWPAD Public
Hearings.
Placed on file
J. SUPPLEMENTAL
– Communication relative to our current Street Sweeping Program.
Referred to Public Works Committee
25.
PURCHASING:
26. TREASURY:
A. Request adoption of an order authorizing the transfer of jurisdiction, of certain tax foreclosed parcels of land.
Order adopted
27. VETERAN’S
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that Three Hundred Fifty Nine
Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Dollars ($359,430.00) be transferred from the
following accounts:
Account Description Amount
330-10 Sewer
Construction Permits $ 81,430.00
330-12 Construction
Inspection Fees $ 10,000.00
330-03 Off
Street Parking Reserves $ 68,000.00
330-04 Parking
Meters Income $200.000.00
Total $359,430.00
and appropriated to the following
accounts:
Account Description Amount
4102-91000 DPW Eng. Personal Serv. $ 91,430.00
4106-91000 DPW Traffic Eng. Pers. Serv. $268,000.00
Total $359,430.00
to provide funds for the purpose of
funding approved fiscal 2001 budgetary credits.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
B. Recommend that Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) be transferred from Account #330-04 Reserve for appropriation Off
Street Parking Income, and appropriated to Account #4106-92000, DPW Traffic
Engineering Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of providing
sufficient operating funds for Parking Administration.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
C. Recommend that Ninety Two Thousand Nine
Hundred Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents ($92,909.50) be transferred from Account
#33040 Reserve for appropriation, 1% Federal Reimbursement and appropriated to
the following accounts:
Department Account Amount
Purchasing 600-91099 $23,712.50
Auditing 650-91099 $24,562.50
Human Resources 170-91099 $ 604.00
Information Services 680-91099 $12,858.00
Treasury 660-91099 $15,998.75
City Manager 040-91099 $13,861.25
City Manager 040-92099 $ 62.50
Information Services 680-92099 $ 1,250.00
Total $92,909.50
to provide funds for the purpose of
providing indirect services related to certain Federal and State Grants.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Recommend that One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #50C704, School Department Building
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations
related to various Building Rehabilitation projects for the Worcester Public
Schools as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
E. Recommend that Four Thousand One Hundred
Ninety Six Dollars Thirty Cents ($4,196.30) be transferred, from Account
#330-07, Reserve for Appropriation Damage Settlement, and appropriated to Account
#410501-92000 Central Garage Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the
purpose of payment for repair costs associated with damages to vehicles. These
funds represents reimbursements received from Insurance Companies for damaged
city owned vehicles.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
F. Recommend that Nine Thousand Four Dollars
($9,004.00) be transferred, from and to the following accounts to provide funds
for the purchase of a color laser printer for the Worcester Fire Department:
From Description Amount
18S172 Worc.
Theatrical Opportunities $9,004.00
and appropriated to:
Account Description Amount
18S172 Fire
Dept. MDC Printer $9,004.00
The funding will help to pay for color
laser printer for the GIS/Mobile Data Communication program. This printer will
allow for the more efficient production of smaller maps, which would improve
the sharing of information among City Department, City officials and City
Council members.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
G. Recommend that Two Thousand One Hundred
Dollars ($2,100.00) be transferred from and to the following accounts to
provide funds for a Neighborhood Grant Initiative.
From Description Amount
18S172 Worc.Theatrical
Opportunities $2,100.00
and appropriated to:
Account Description Amount
18S172 Neighborhood
Grant Initiative $2,100.00
This funding would help to benefit and
strengthen neighborhood associations and crime watches as developed by the
leaders of these groups and the Worcester Police Department.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
H. Recommend that Seven Thousand Three
Hundred Dollars ($7,300.00) be transferred from the following accounts:
From Description Amount
18S172 Worc.Theatrical
Opportunities $7,300.00
and appropriated to:
Account Description Amount
This funding will provide for an
annual USA Boxing/N.E. Club membership, stipends for two coaches, youth/adult
memberships to the Boys Club and YMCA, equipment and traveling expenses for
competitions.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
I. Recommend that Thirty Five Thousand
Dollars ($35,000.00) be transferred from Account #171-96302, Workers’
Compensation Industrial Accident Account, to Account #174-96302 Public Safety
Injured On Duty Industrial Accident Account, to provide funds for the
unanticipated number of surgical procedures and non emergency visits made to
Hospital Emergency Rooms during Fiscal 2001.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
J. Recommend that Nine Thousand One Hundred
Seventy Five Dollars ($9,175.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #11C702, City Messenger Building
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations related
to Gutter and Downspout rehabilitation work at City Hall, as approved in the
Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
K. Recommend that Two Hundred Seventy Two
Thousand Dollars ($272,000.00) be transferred when and as received from Account
#91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #26C701, Fire
Department Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purpose of purchasing
(1) 1500 GPM Pumper Truck, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
L. Recommend that Thirty Five Thousand
Dollars ($35,000.00) be transferred from the following accounts:
Account Description Amount
900-92000 City Manager’s Contingency Acct. $24,000.00
162-96000 Non Contributory Pensions $11,000.00
Total $35,000.00
and appropriated to Account
#340-92000, Executive Office of Elder Affairs Ordinary Maintenance, to provide
funds for the purpose of supplementing unanticipated heating and operational
expenditures at the Worcester Senior Center.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
M. Recommend that Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($300,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C709, Worcester Common
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #14C714, Worcester Common
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the purpose of payment of contractual
obligations associated with the rehabilitation of City Hall Garage and Rear
Plaza, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
N. Recommend that Twenty Two Thousand Dollars
($22,000.00) be transferred from Account #330-15, Conservation Fees, and
appropriated to Account #04S406, Conservation Commission Ordinary Maintenance,
to provide monies needed to acquire Parcel K from the Worcester Diocese.
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
29.
MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication relative to City’s collaborative work with MORE – Municipalities Organized for Regional Effectiveness.
Referred to Regional Affairs Committee
B. Communication relative to an All-America City Celebration on Thursday, May 24, 2001 at Worcester City Hall.
Placed on file
20. 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 Manager’s 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.
d)
#43
CC May 8, 2001
Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager transmitting Fiscal
Year 2002 Budget.
ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
21. That the sum of Two Hundred Eighty Five Thousand Dollars
($285,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C780, Capital Equipment for the
purpose of purchasing capital equipment (Golf Carts).
22. 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)
23. Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to city employees serving on Boards and
Commissions. (Tabled April 3, 2001)
24. Request City
Administration provide a breakdown of new growth figures over the past
ten years, including the percentage breakdown of the residential, commercial
and personal property within said annual figure. (Murray) (Tabled May 8,
2001)
____________________________________________________________
6:00 P.M.
MAY 16, 2001 ETHNIC & MINORITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:00
P.M. AFFAIRS
MAY 16, 2001 PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
MAY 21, 2001 COMMUNITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
4:00
P.M. DEVELOPMENT
Re:
Block Grant Funding
MAY 21, 2001 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
BUDGET
HEARINGS
4:00 P.M. 4:00
P.M.
City
Council Police
Department
Mayor’s
Office Fire
Department
City
Clerk
Election TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2001
License
Commission 4:00 P.M.
Veteran’s
Services Economic
Development Office
Auditing
Union
Station
Assessing
Worcester Marketing Campaign
Zoning
Board of Appeals Public Works
Health
& Code Snow
Removal
Purchasing
Off Street Parking
Emergency
Management Street Lights
Contributory
Retirement Sewer
Non
Contributory Retirement Water
Retirement
Other Contingency
Account
$140M Capital
Campaign Account
4:00 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2001
Revenues
– State Receipts 4:00
P.M.
Local Receipts Public
Schools
Office
of Neighborhood Services Airport
Elder
Affairs Library
Information
Services Regional Library
Worcester
Centrum Centre Office of the City Treasurer
Parks
– Hope Cemetery Debt Services – Principal
& Interest
Golf
Course Pension
Obligation Bonds
City
Messenger
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001
4:00 P.M. OPEN DATE SET ASIDE FOR
Employment
& Training BUDGET
Human
Resources Capital Budget
Human
Rights
Equipment
Unemployment
Insurance Surface & Sub-Surface
Infrastructure
Public
Safety (I.O.D.) Economic Development
Health
Insurance
City
Manager’s Office
Building
Insurance
Law
Department.
Court
Judgments
Communications