CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR OF THE CITY COUNCIL – NOVEMBER 20, 2001
7:00 P.M.
1. INVOCATION – Rabbi Melech S. Lensky
Congregation Shaarai Torah West
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL CALL – All present except Councillor Clancy
4 – Presentation made by Mayor Mariano
4. PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION TO J. MARTIN SHANAHAN FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
HEARINGS AND ORDERS – 7:00 P.M.
5
& 6 - Hearings held
5. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for a joint pole location on: TYSON RD.
6. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for a joint pole location on: GRAFTON ST.
5a & 6a ORDERS ADOPTED
5a. Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for a joint pole location on: TYSON RD.
6a. Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for a joint pole location on: GRAFTON ST.
7 – On a roll call vote of 9 Yeas (Clancy
absent) and 0 Nays Councillor Irish was recused. Councillor Murray moved to amend to add Councillor Nadeau as an
author. The Resolution was adopted, as
amended on a roll call vote of 9 Yeas (to include Councillor Clancy at the
request of Mayor Mariano) and 1 Nay (Councillor Lukes)
7. Resolution – Request St. Gobain/Norton Company management respect the legal vote of their employees to organize into a collective bargaining unit and recognize said vote taken on August 23 and 24, 2001 in this regard. (Murray, Perotto, Petty, Patton, Mariano, Clancy, Abraham, Gomez)
8 – Held for one week
8. Recapitulation from Administration and Auditor on free cash and other spending.
9 – Robert L. Moylan, Jr., Commissioner of Public Works gave a verbal report
9. Recapitulation from Administration on Kenberma Rd.
10. ITEMS OF CITIZEN INTEREST
10a. ITEMS OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
11 REFERRED TO PLANNING BOARD
11. Donna M. Truex on behalf of St. Pierre Associates II Limited Partnership request City of Worcester to accept the portion of Century Dr. located within the City of Worcester as a public way.
12 & 13 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
12. Janice Laperle request sidewalk repair at 36 Crystal St.
13. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Al-Safa, Inc. request to extend sanitary sewer in property on Pleasant St. through a 20-22 ft. wide access and utility easement, for a distance of approximately 350 ft. To be done at Petitioner’s expense.
14-20 REFERRED TO TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
14. Ediberto Santiago, Santiago’s Plaza request installation of a Commercial Loading Zone on the east side of Murray Ave. in the rear of 664 Main St.
15. Ediberto Santiago, Santiago’s Plaza request installation of a 30 minute parking zone on the west side of Main St. from #664 to #700 at the corner of Wellington St.
16. Christopher & Kate Robinson et al request to allow parking on both sides of Tallawanda Dr. throughout the calendar year, making the street exempt from the winter parking ban.
17. Ralph Cobb request handicap parking in front of 86 Lakewood St.
18. Richard White et al request Stop signs – north and south junction of Monticello Dr. and Delawanda St.
19. Sandra Katz, Realty Systems Management request one No Parking sign (one car length) be placed in front of 32 Cedar St. to allow rubbish removal truck ability to get into the parking lot.
20. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. request Traffic Engineer to review the No Parking ban on Vernon St. between Winthrop St. and Millbury St. to allow for parking on one side during emergency winter parking events. The word “during” was changed to “excluding”
20a. Councillor Timothy P. Murray & Councillor Michael C. Perotto request traffic study of Franklin and Plantation Sts. Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee – Suspension of Rules
20b. Councillor Timothy P. Murray &
Councillor Michael C. Perotto request Stop sign at corner of Harrington Way and
Franklin St. Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee – Suspension of Rules
21 REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER
21. Attorney John Connors on behalf of Edward & William Granger request to purchase triangular parcel of land at 141 Ballard St. as Petitioner’s commercial building encroaches on said parcel.
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HEARING SET FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2001 – 7:00 P.M.
22. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for a manhole and conduit location on: BELMONT ST. AT PLANTATION ST.
22a. Request Administration report as to the number of businesses in the City with fewer than 10 employees, the number of businesses with 10 to 49 employees and the number of businesses with 50 or more employees. Motion-Irish @ #5D CM – Adopted
22b. Request Administration report if the small business exemption applies only to small businesses that come within the regulations and that own the property. If the property is rented, does that make a difference? Motion-Nadeau @ #5D CM – Adopted
22c. Request City Manager respond to a previous request made after the last tax classification vote that the City Manager and Chamber of Commerce report on any gains realized by the City of Worcester as to whether any new businesses have located to the City of Worcester. Motion-Petty @ 35D CM – Adopted
22d. Request Administration provide City Council with a budget plan for the remainder of FY 2002 that produces real estate residential and commercial tax bills to last year’s levels while maintaining the public safety, public works and education priorities previously voted by City Council. Motion-Perotto @ #5D CM – Adopted
22e. Request the Parks Commissioner to look at Bryant Park in New York City and report back to City Council his recommendations and if it is feasible for the Worcester Common. Motion-Murray @ #19A CM – Adopted
22f. Request Worcester Police Department conduct speed surveillance on Apricot St. Abraham – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
22g. Request City Manager contact the Superintendent of the Worcester Public Schools to request they inform the Council when the paved play area at the rear of the West Tatnuck School will be repaved so as to provide a safe recreational space for the students at that school. Petty, Abraham, Murray, Perotto, Lukes – Suspension of Rules - Adopted
22h. Request City Manager to request the Chief of Police to institute a Park-and-Walk in the vicinity of Main, Jackson and LaGrange Sts. Petty – Suspension of Rules - Adopted
23. COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR November 20, 2001
1. NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the reappointment of M. Catherine Butler, and Daniel R. Rivard, to the G.A.R. Memorial Hall Board of Trustees.
2. CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication relative to Fiscal Year 2002 Tax Rate Options.
Held for November
27, 2001
B. Communication relative to Cost of Increasing Elderly Exemption.
Held for November 27, 2001
C. Communication relative to Percentage Increase to the Assessments of Residential and Commercial Properties.
Held for November 27, 2001
D. Communication relative to the Impact of the Small Commercial (Business) Exemption.
Held for November 27, 2001
E. Communication relative to Total Tax Dollars Shifted from Fiscal 2000 to 2001.
Held for November 27, 2001
F. Communication relative to Top 25 Commercial Taxpayers.
Held for November 27, 2001
G. Communication relative to 440 Lincoln Street Parking Structure.
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
5. BUDGET OFFICE:
A. Communication relative to the status of the Fiscal 2002 State Budget.
6. COMMUNICATIONS:
7. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to Worcester County Convention and Visitors Bureau Quarterly Report.
B. Communication relative to the Caffrey Memorial Flag Fund Award.
8. ELDER AFFAIRS:
A. Communication relative to Strategic Plan for Services and Programs provided by Elder Affairs and the Senior Center.
9. ELECTION COMMISSION:
10. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
11. EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING:
12. FIRE:
13. HUMAN RESOURCES:
A. Communication relative to Retiree Health Coverage.
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
B. Communication relative to Merit Pay Increases, and other items held at the meeting of November 13, 2001.
14. HUMAN RIGHTS:
15. INFORMATION SERVICES:
16. LAW:
A. SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication relative to Vocational School DEP action.
Placed on file
17. LICENSE COMMISSION:
18. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to Providing an Update on the Implementation of the Twenty – six Recommendations of the Community Task Force on Abandoned Buildings.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
19. PARKS, RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to an Invitation to a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – “The Plaza on the Common”.
Placed on file
20. POLICE:
21. PUBLIC HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
22. PUBLIC LIBRARY:
23. PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
A. SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication from Richard Mandeville of NEASC relative to the Worcester Vocational High School
Referred to Education Committee
24. PUBLIC WORKS:
A. Communication relative to Lovell Street Traffic Circle.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
B. Communication relative to Yard Waste Drop-Off Sites.
Referred to Public Works Committee
C. Communication relative to Gates Street Bridge – Update.
Placed on file
D. Communication relative to Traffic Study/Vicinity of Salisbury Street and Forest Street.
25. PURCHASING:
26. TREASURY:
27. VETERAN’S SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that Sixty One Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Five Dollars ($61,855.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Citywide Building Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #72C702, Park Site Improvements, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations related to the renovations at Kendrick Field, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Clancy absent)
29. MISCELLANEOUS:
24. Craig A.J. Manseau, Executive Director, Election Commission transmitting official results of the Municipal Election conducted on November 6, 2001.
Placed on file
25. RECESS TO FINANCE AND ORDINANCE: No Action Taken
FINANCE
a) #4B CM June 19, 2001
Communication of the City Manager relative to Breakdown of New Growth Figures over the past 10 years.
26. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Upon the Chairman’s Order from the Finance Committee requesting that the Committees on Public Works, Traffic & Parking, Education, Youth, Parks & Recreation, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization and Public Safety bring back to City Council in increments of $100,000.00, not to exceed $250,000.00, recommendations for capital projects: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order that $150,000.00 be recommended to be expended towards the creation of a branch library at Webster Square and that $100,000.00 be recommended to be expended to make school buildings accessible to the handicap community.
27. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION Upon the Chairman’s Order from the Finance Committee requesting the Committees on Public Works, Traffic & Parking, Education, Youth, Parks & Recreation, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization and Public Safety bring back to City Council in increments of $100,000.00, not to exceed $250,000.00, recommendations for capital projects: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order requesting the City Manager to recommend to City Council that $250,000.00 be allocated to the Housing Trust Fund.
28. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the Chairman’s Order from the Finance Committee requesting the Committees on Public Works, Traffic & Parking, Education, Youth, Parks & Recreation, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization and Public Safety bring back to City Council in increments of $100,000.00, not to exceed $250,000.00, recommendations for capital projects: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order requesting the City Manager to recommend to City Council $250,000.00 for a Fire Department Training Center. Further, that if additional monies are available, recommend $135,000.00 for Police Department capital equipment purchases as recommended by the Police Chief in the attached September 17, 2001 communication.
29. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
WORKS Upon the Chairman’s Order from the Finance Committee requesting the
Committees on Public Works, Traffic & Parking, Education, Youth, Parks
& Recreation, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization and Public Safety
bring back to City Council in increments of $100,000.00, not to exceed
$250,000.00, recommendations for capital projects: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order requesting the City
Manager to recommend to City Council $200,000.00 for petitioned sidewalk repair
and $50,000.00 for petitioned private street maintenance, and that if any
additional money is recommended that as much monies be allocated towards
petitioned sidewalk repairs.
30. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING Upon the Chairman’s Order from Finance Committee requesting the Committees on Public Works, Traffic & Parking, Education, Youth, Parks & Recreation, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization and Public Safety bring back to City Council in increments of $100,000.00, not to exceed $250,000.00, recommendations for capital projects: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order requesting the City Manager to recommend funding for five intersections as follows: 1) May St. at Woodland St., full signalization ($135,000.00); 2) Mill St. at Mill Swan School, flashing School Zone ($30,000.00); 3) Belmont St. near Belmont St. School, flashing beacons ($25,000.00); 4) Lake Ave. at Sunderland Rd., add pedestrian phase ($25,000.00); 5) Highland St. at Lancaster St., add pedestrian phase ($25,000.00).
31. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, PARKS AND RECREATION Upon the Chairman’s Order from Finance Committee requesting the Committees on Public Works, Traffic & Parking, Education, Youth, Parks & Recreation, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization and Public Safety bring back to City Council in increments of $100,000.00, not to exceed $250,000.00, recommendations for capital projects: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order requesting the City Manager to recommend $100,000.00 as matching funds for renovations to the Worcester Common, $100,000.00 towards the urban shade tree program and $50,000.00 for swimming pool and playground equipment upgrades.
32. Communication of the City Manager requesting adoption of an Ordinance amending the Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 relative to Occupational Group P – Foreman and Supervisor.
Tabled
33. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Salary Ordinance amendments necessary to implement the merit pay awarded for the DH group based on evaluation of their performance during the prior fiscal year.
Tabled
34. Communication of the City Manager recommending that Thirty One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Four Dollars ($31,744.00) be transferred from Account #750-91000, Civic Centre Personal Services and appropriated into Account #720-91000, Parks Department Personal Services to provide funds necessary to pay for the new position of Director of Physical Plant. I further recommend Council approve the enclosed Salary Ordinance necessary to create the position of Director of Physical Plant.
Tabled
35. Communication of the City Manager recommending that One Hundred Five Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Six Dollars ($105,436.00) be transferred when and as received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment and appropriated to Account #33C701, Health Department Capital Equipment to provide funds for the purpose of purchasing the following pieces of equipment:
(2) Ford Taurus, SE $34,214.00
(2) Rangers $27,728.00
(1) Ford Cargo Van $21,249.00
(1) Ford FI 150 4x4 $22,245.00
for the Health & Code Department, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Tabled
36. Communication of the City Manager recommending that the position of Chief Clerk of the Works, Pay Grade 50M in the Department of Health & Code, currently budgeted at an annual salary of $66,206.40 be increased to $76,948.80. Funding for this increase will be paid out of Project Funds.
Tabled
37. Communication of the City Manager recommending that One Hundred Fifty Thousand One Hundred Forty Eight Dollars and Ninety Seven Cents ($150,148.97) be transferred to various accounts listed to fund the Merit Pay for department heads and their assistants for fiscal 2002 for all tax levy departments and recommend that Twenty Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty One Dollars and Sixty Eight Cents ($23,751.68) in funds available within the accounts identified be appropriated for the purpose of implementing Merit Pay for all non-tax levy department heads and their assistants for fiscal 2002.
Tabled
38. 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 19, 2000)
39. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to city employees serving on Boards and Commissions. (Tabled April 3, 2001)
40. Order – Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for a joint pole location on: BURGHARDT ST. (Tabled October 23, 2001)
41. Order – Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for a joint pole location on: WESTBOROUGH ST. (Tabled October 23, 2001)
42. Order – Granting permission to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for conduit and cable location on: SEYMOUR ST. (Tabled October 23, 2001)
43. Order – Granting permission to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for conduit and cable location on: UPSALA ST. (Tabled October 23, 2001)
44. Order – Granting permission to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for conduit and cable locations on: WALL & THORNE STS. (Tabled October 23, 2001)
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NOVEMBER 19, 2001 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:30-7:00 P.M. Re: Establishing an age limit of
32 for entry to the positions
of Firefighter & Police Officer
NOVEMBER 19, 2001 PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL CHAMBER
7:00 P.M.
DECEMBER 13, 2001 PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
NOVEMBER 27, 2001 – 6:00-7:00 P.M.-THIRD FLOOR-CITY HALL
RECEPTION FOR CANDIDATES TO THE
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND
CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 27, 2001 - 7:00 P.M. – CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
TAX CLASSIFICATION HEARING
DECEMBER 4, 2001 - 7:00 P.M.
ELECTION OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES