CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– APRIL 23, 2002
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:07 P.M.
Adjourned: 10:20 P.M.
1. INVOCATION – Rev. Robert Cote
Adams Square Baptist Church
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3.
ROLL
CALL – All present except Councillors
Abraham and Gomez. Councillor Gomez
arrived at 7:58 P.M.
Mayor Murray read a Proclamation declaring April 27, 2002 to be Arbor Day and Earth Day in Worcester
4. PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTIONS TO DR. LYNDA YOUNG FOR HER YEARS
OF SERVICE ON THE WORCESTER BOARD OF HEALTH, ROSLAND K. LEVINE FOR HER YEARS OF
SERVICE ON THE WORCESTER CULTURAL COMMISSION AND DOUGLAS J. HANNAM FOR HIS
YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE WORCESTER PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION.
HEARINGS AND ORDERS – 7:00
P.M.
5-8 Hearings held
5. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: BEAVER ST. (Attachments)
6. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: FRUIT ST. (Attachments)
7. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: GROVE ST. (Attachments)
8. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for a pole location on: HEARD ST. (Attachments)
5a-8a ORDERS ADOPTED
5a. Granting permission to
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: BEAVER ST.
6a. Granting permission to
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: FRUIT ST.
7a. Granting permission to
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: GROVE ST.
8a. Granting permission to MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY for a pole
location on: HEARD ST.
9. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
9a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
9b. Mary LaBree et al request City Council to vote to establish a
Disability Commission in the City of Worcester as outlined in Chapter 40,
Section 8J of Mass. General Laws. Referred to Ethnic & Minority Affairs
and the City Manager – Suspension of Rules (Attachments)
9c. Councillor Stephen Patton on behalf of Bald Hill Association
request a review of the impact of the acquisition of the Brooks property and
the proposed development of this site by Assumption College on the City of
Worcester Open Space Preservation Plan. Request Land Use Committee of the Worcester City Council invite
all abutters to Assumption College to a hearing on this issue. Referred
to Land Use Committee – Suspension of Rules
(Attachments)
10-16 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
10. Rebecca
Johnson request sidewalk repair in front of 600 Main St. (Attachments)
11. Karen Melican (Conway) request abatement of Street Betterment
Assessment #24434 in the amount of $10,260.79 on Keen St. (Attachments)
12. Vincent & Louise Gianfriddo request abatement of Street
Betterment Assessment #24441 in the amount of $18,477.90 on Orton St. (Attachments)
13. Alfonso & Carolyn Polselli request abatement of Street
Betterment Assessment #24430 in the amount of $2,970.61 on Keen St. (Attachments)
14. Michael Galvin request Public Works Committee investigate the
cost savings if the City of Worcester were to adopt a policy installing
sidewalk wheelchair ramps fabricated from pre-cast concrete. (Attachments)
15. John Harvey, President & Treasurer, Francis Harvey and Sons,
Inc. request City Council approve installation of approximately 500’ of forced
4” sewer main in Southwest Cutoff beginning at a point approximately 1,000’
west of the intersection with Massasoit Rd., in accordance with a prior
agreement and at the expense of the petitioner. (Attachments)
16. Earl & Nancy Gagne request abatement of Street Betterment
Assessment #24428 in the amount of $7,279.27 on Keen St. (Attachments)
17-19 REFERRED TO
TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
17. Michael Galvin request City Council establish a policy to
implement the recommendations of the Public Rights of Way Access Advisory
Committee and the U.S. architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board regarding access for persons with disabilities on all public works
projects in the City and specifically standards for roundabouts. (Attachments)
18. John Lizotte, Roland’s Office Appliances, Inc. request No
Parking within 10 ft. of driveway on Irving St. (Attachments)
19. Michael Galvin request installation of four large “Yield to
Pedestrians” signs at the unsignalized crosswalks on Lincoln St. at Boylston
St. (Attachments)
19a. Councillor Stephen Patton & Mayor Timothy Murray request
traffic signal at corner of Grove St. and Chester St. Referred to Traffic &
Parking Committee – Suspension of Rules
(Attachments)
20 REFERRED TO CITY
MANAGER – Petitioner spoke
20. Ronald Madnick, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties
Union of Mass. request City Council to request the City Manager for a
clarification, as soon as possible, of the rights of peaceful demonstrators to
use electronic amplifying devices during peaceful, public demonstrations in the
area enclosed by Main St., Front St. and Franklin St. (Attachments)
21-24 HEARINGS SET FOR APRIL 30, 2002 – 7:00 P.M.
21. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for conduit locations on: BATES AVE., LINCOLN ST. AND BURNCOAT ST. (Attachments)
22. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for conduit locations on: BELMONT ST., RODNEY ST., MERRIFIELD ST.,
ELLIOTT ST., EASTERN AVE. AND LAUREL ST. (Attachments)
23. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS (AMENDED PETITION) for a conduit location
on: GARDNER ST. (Attachments)
24. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS (AMENDED PETITION) for a conduit location
on: PLANTATION ST. (Attachments)
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR APRIL 23, 2002
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the appointment of Philip
D. Guerin to full membership of the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement
District, and the appointment of Anthony R. Meriano to alternate membership to
the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District. (Attachments)
Placed on file
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the appointment of Ana
Rodriguez, to the Election Commission. (Attachments)
Appointment confirmed on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham, Gomez absent)
3. AIRPORT:
A. Communication relative to a letter which I have forwarded to Craig D. Coy, Chief Executive Officer of Massport, relative to the article which appeared in the April 18, 2002 edition of the Boston Herald regarding Massport’s commitment to the Worcester Regional Airport. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service &
Transportation Committee
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication relative to Exempt Properties 1991 to 2001, also New Construction on Exempt Properties. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
6.
COMMUNICATIONS:
7. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
A. RFP for Hotel to be Built at the Location of the Central Street Fire Station. (Attachments)
B. Communication relative to the Worcester Courthouse Design Review Committee. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
C. Communication relative to the Certified Project Application for the Worcester TC LLC and Abbott Bioresearch Center, Inc. (Attachments)
8. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
A. Request
adoption of five Grant Resolution. (Attachments)
5 Resolutions adopted –
1)
Council on Aging Formula
& Service Incentive Grants from Mass. Executive Office of Elder Affairs –
Elder Nutrition Program, Client Advocacy, Council on Aging Trainings &
Senior Center Capital and/or Program Costs
2)
Corp. for National &
Community Service Grant – Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
3)
Mass. Executive Office of
Elder Affairs Grant – Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
4)
National Senior Citizens
Education & Research Center Grant – Senior Aide Employment Program
5)
Central Mass. Agency on
Aging Health Promotion Project Grant – Maintaining the Osteoporosis Prevention
Program Provided at the Senior Center
Also referred to Elder Affairs Committee for informational purposes
B. Communication relative to addenda to
Benchmarking Worcester’s Future entitled Elder Services. (Attachments)
9. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
A. Communication relative to the Copy of the
Deleted Voter List. (Attachments)
Placed on file
10. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
11. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
12. FIRE:
A. Communication relative to the Webster Square Fire Station. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Request City Council to accept with gratitude the donation of $250.00 from Acme Blue Print Co. to benefit fire prevention school programs. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
13. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
A. Communication relative to City Retirement Incentives, Employee Furloughs and Potential Savings. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
14. HUMAN
RIGHTS:
15.
INFORMATION SERVICES:
16. LAW:
A. Communication relative to land abutting the frontage road joining Lincoln and Burncoat Streets. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Recommend the adoption of an order authorizing the filing of special legislation relative to naming of a portion of the State Route 146. (Attachments)
Order adopted
C. Communication relative to Group Homes – Neighborhood Notification. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
17. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
18.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to The Use of LLEBG
Funds for Salaries and Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Allocations to Fund
Police Positions. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
B. Request adoption of a Resolution to file
and accept a One Year Disproportionate Minority Confinement Challenge Grant
from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
C. Communication relative to the Expenditure of Funds Received by the City of Worcester in the Form of a Domestic Preparedness Program Grant. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
D. Communication relative to a full status report on the Grants Division for FY’01. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
E. Communication relative to the Rebuilding Together Worcester (RTW) Project. (Attachments)
Referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
F. Communication relative to Demolition funds for property located at 69 Blithewood Avenue. (Attachments)
Placed on file
G. Communication relative to the progress in obtaining grant funds under the FY’02 Assistance to Firefighters Grant. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
H. Communication relative to the South Worcester Neighborhood being considered as a future ComNet project area. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
I. Request adoption of the Resolution to file and accept a Fiscal year 2002 Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service Special Volunteer Programs to Support Homeland Security. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted – Also referred to Public Safety Committee for informational purposes
J. Communication relative to Federal Grant monies to be accessed for use against Bio-terrorism and Emergency Preparedness. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
K. Request adoption of the resolution to file and accept a Fiscal Year 2002 U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) Office of Justice Programs through the Violence Against Women Office Grant to Provide Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Program. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
L. Communication relative to the use of Round VI FY’01 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
M. Communication relative to Prior Year Balances in Community Development Block Grant Funds. (Attachments)
Referred to Community Development Committee
N. Communication relative to Year 28 Community Development Block Grant Funding Recommendations. (Attachments)
Referred to Community Development Committee
19. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Request adoption of the resolution to
accept with gratitude a donation of $2,208.00 from the Worcester County
Veterans Service Agents Association to Benefit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Vietnam Veterans Memorial within the Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery
Department’s Green Hill Park. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
B. Communication relative to Summer Hours for the Barn Yard Zoo. (Attachments)
Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation
Committee
C. Request adoption of a resolution to accept with gratitude a donation of $10,000.00 from NSTAR Services Company to benefit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) at Green Hill Park. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
D. Communication relative to an Invitation to
a Tree Planting Ceremony – Re-Treeing of Worcester’s Streets, Lincoln Street.
(Attachments)
Placed on file
E. Communication relative to Public Shade
Tree Impacts for Proposed Conduit Locations – Charter Communications. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
F. Communication relative to Grant Award –
Mass ReLeaf Tree Planting Grant/The Columbus Park Neighborhood. (Attachments)
Placed on file
G. Request adoption of a Resolution to accept
with gratitude a donation of $2,208.00 from an anonymous source to benefit the
Commonwealth’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial within the Parks, Recreation, and
Cemetery Department’s Green Hill Park. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
H. 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. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
I. Communication relative to an Invitation
to a Special Meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission regarding the
Bandshell at Christoforo Columbo Park. (Attachments)
Placed on file
20. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to Class 2 Automobile
Wholesale Dealers License. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Monitor and
Enforce the Provisions of the Noise Control Ordinance. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
C. Communication relative to Ordinance
Regarding the Use of Jet Skis. (Attachments)
Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation
Committee
21. PUBLIC
HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A. Notification
of appointment of sworn weighers. (Attachments)
Catherine
Howard, John Killoy, Ralph Hebb, David Rutkowski.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to report cards on the status of nursing home care in Worcester. (Attachments)
Recommitted to the City Manager
C. Communication relative to Statistics for the Infant Mortality Rate in Worcester for Past Five Years. (Attachments)
Referred to Health Committee
22. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
A. Request City Council adopt a Resolution to
accept a donation in the amount of $200.00 from Central Massachusetts Reading
Council to the Worcester Public Library. The purpose of this gift is to
purchase books with multi-cultural themes for children and teens. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted with gratitude
B. Request that the City Council accept
$2,500.00 from the estate of R. Virginia Nagle to the Talking Book Library for
the Blind and Physically Disabled at the Worcester Public Library. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
23. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
24. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to Copy of Snowplow
Policy. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to Resurfacing
Plans for Salisbury Street between Moreland Road and the Holden Line. (Attachments)
Recommitted to the City Manager for timeline
C. Communication relative to Condition Along
the Private Portion of Joseph Street. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
D.
Communication
relative to Construction Progress Report Quarter Ending March 31, 2002. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
E. Communication relative to Construction of
Sidewalk at Big Y Supermarket in the Mayfield Street Neighborhood. (Attachments)
Placed on file
25.
PURCHASING:
A. Communication relative to Towing Issues. (Attachments)
Recommitted to the City Manager
26. TREASURY:
A. Communication relative to Billed Out and
Amounts Received regarding motor vehicle excise tax. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
B. Request adoption of an order relative to
the Transfer of Jurisdiction of Land at 23 Kilby Street to the Executive Office
of Neighborhood Services. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Abraham absent)
C.
Communication
relative to the Amount of Revenue Collected Through the Worcester District
Registry of Deeds for the Community Preservation Act. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
27. VETERAN’S
SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (Attachments)
Referred to Military Affairs Committee
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that Twenty Two Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00) be transferred when and as received from Account
#91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #66C701, Treasury
Department Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purpose of purchasing
computers to upgrade the (21) personal computers in the Treasury Department, as
approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0
(Abraham absent)
B. Recommend that Five Hundred Thirty Nine
Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and One Cent ($539,847.01) be
transferred from Account #91C790 School Construction, and appropriated to the
following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
33C719 Forest
Grove Equipment $ 67,239.13
33C718 Forest
Grove Construction 472,607.88
Total $539.847.01
to provide funds
for the purpose of payment for various contractual obligations related to the
construction and equipping of Forest Grove School. (Attachments)
Tabled under privilege (Perotto)
29.
MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Request City Council approval of
resolutions to honor Ellen Vallon, Helen Whall, and Howard Silver for their
years of service on the Worcester Boards and Commissions. (Attachments)
Resolutions adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Abraham absent)
B. Communication relative to a letter from
Fred Baus, CEO of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc. regarding campus
expansion projects and taxable properties. (Attachments)
Referred to Education Committee
26 & 27 FROM ELDER AFFAIRS - Adopted
26. Request Administration provide City Council with an update
regarding staffing of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs and the Worcester
Senior Center. (Attachments)
27. Request Administration to provide City Council with an update on
Trust Funds of the former Worcester City Hospital concerning their assets and
disbursement amounts. (Attachments)
28. Request City Manager provide City Council with an update from
Mass. Highway as to when their fencing and landscaping work associated with the
I-290 ramp widening at the Burncoat St. exit will be completed. (Palmieri) (Attachments)
Adopted
29. Request Administration report to City Council on the steps
underway to address the malfunctioning elevators at the Worcester Police
Headquarters at 9-11 Lincoln Square.
(Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
30. Request Administration pursue the roundabout as the preferred
design for Washington Square. (Patton)
(Attachments)
31. Request Police Chief to monitor burnouts in upper Lincoln St.
associated with the Summer Nationals taking place in the City during July 2002
and to further request that Parks and Police Department personnel communicate
on this issue to avoid any inconveniences to the resident public. (Palmieri) (Attachments)
Adopted
32. Request Administration report on legal feasibility of granting
preference to City residents on Civil Service promotional examinations,
including but not limited to public safety positions. (Irish, Perotto) (Attachments)
Adopted
33. Request Administration report on the feasibility via licensure,
local ordinance, etc. of requiring organizations that dispense needles upon
medical prescription to accept the return of used needles for safe
disposal. (Irish, Perotto) (Attachments)
34. Request City Manager report to City Council regarding what
MassPort plans regarding its exit from the Worcester Airport are being
considered. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
35. Request Administration submit a legal opinion regarding under
what conditions the City can terminate a contract with a towing company. (Lukes)
(Attachments)
Adopted
36. Request Administration report when the next towing contracts
will be put out to bid and what the process for bidding is. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
37. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report
detailing the Brownfields Reclamation projects being considered and those currently
underway in the City of Worcester.
(Perotto, Irish, Murray)
38. Request Administration report on the process for selection of a
new developer for the Washington Square Project now that WBDC has withdrawn from the project and the anticipated
cost of obtaining another developer.
(Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
39. Request Administration provide City Council with the status and
costs pertaining to the build-out of the restaurant/café space at the Worcester
Public Library. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
40. Request Administration provide City Council with information
concerning the number of visitors and new library cards issued at the newly
opened Main Library. (Murray) (Attachments)
Adopted
40a. Request Administration to provide a report comparing the
percentage of Worcester’s tax exempt properties to the other urban communities
in the State. Motion-Lukes @ #4A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40b. Request Administration to report on all tax exempt property
transfers for the last five years. Motion-Patton @ #4A CM – Adopted
40c. Request Administration to report on the sale of Biotech Two as to
what the impact is on all the tax rate.
Motion-Clancy @ #4A CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
40d. Request Administration report as to what the Worcester City Campus
Corp. is, when it was created and what it’s current holdings are. Motion-Lukes
@ #4A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40e. Request Assessor to report on whether any of the Colleges in the
City have sold any properties in the last ten years that have gone onto the tax
rolls. Motion-Lukes @ #4A CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
40f. Request Administration to provide City Council with cost
estimates of the impact of requested improvements to the Central St. Fire
Station property, including the passageways across from the parking garage,
cost of the parking spaces, demolition of the building, and the 21E clean-up
before the City moves forward with the hotel to be built on this site. Motion-Patton
@ #7A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40g. Request City Manager report to City Council the real costs associated
with locating a hotel on the Central St. Fire Station site. Motion-Clancy
@ #7A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40h. Request City Manager to request a clarification of the life span
of the new Court House building. Motion-Perotto @ #7B CM – Adopted
40i. Request City Manager to report on the Wawecus Road School as to
who the point person for the City was on the project, responsibilities for
completing work such as fencing and the wall, and further, request a report from
the Superintendent of Schools as to the playground issues. Motion-Palmieri @ #16A CM
– Adopted
40j. Request City Manager to report on what authority the City has to
require contractors to actually take into consideration, in advance, the needs
of the City of Worcester on State projects such as the one in the area of the
Wawecus Road School. Motion-Patton @ #16A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40k. Request City Manager report as to how the City of Worcester compares
to other similar size cities with regard to acquisition of grants. Motion-Haller
@ #18D CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40L. Request City Manager to provide City Council with a year-to-date report
on the Grants Division. Motion-Patton @ #18D CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40m. Request City Manager provide City Council with a listing itemizing each
grant for FY 01 and FY 02. Motion-Clancy @ #18D CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40n. Request City Manager to include in the report on the Grants
Division the amount of money attached to each grant. Motion-Lukes @ #18D CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
40o. Request City Manager to report on the FY 2002 grant from the
Corporation for National and Community Service Special Volunteer Programs to
Support Homeland Security as to how it will be organized. Motion-Petty
@ #18I CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40p. Request Administration to report as to the expenditures of Block
Grant monies intended for the next year and, specifically, how the City will be
using Block Grant monies to maintain the municipal services that are currently
offered in the City. Motion-Clancy @ #18N CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40q. Request Administration report concerning the alleged assault that
took place on residents of Seward St. and also, specific measures that the
Administration will be taking over the course of the next thirty days to address
this problem. Request report for the
April 30, 2002 City Manager’s Calendar.
Motion-Murray @ #20B CM – Adopted
40r. Request Administration provide City Council with a follow-up as
to the communications that take place with regard to implementation of the
Snowplow Policy. Motion-Murray @ #24A CM – Adopted
40s. Request Administration to report of the $5,008,260.00 in
surcharges collected by the Worcester Registry of Deeds and deposited into the
Community Preservation Act fund, how much was paid by Worcester residents. Further, how many communities have adopted
the Community Preservation Act, County and Statewide to date. Motion-Irish
@ #26C CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40t. Request Administration to do something about policing the grounds
for school related trash at the Forest Grove Middle School. Motion-Patton
@ #28B CM – Adopted (Attachments)
40u. Request Administration to provide City Council with an update on
all of the development activity in the City.
Motion-Patton @ #37CC –
Adopted (Attachments)
40v. Request Administration report as to what grants have been applied
for and received for cleaning up brownfields.
Motion-Lukes @ #37CC –
Adopted (Attachments)
40w. Request Administration to contact people from Technology Square relative
to clean-up of debris on Natick St. Palmieri – Suspension of Rules –
Adopted (Attachments)
40x. Request Police Chief to assign a cruiser on occasion to Coburn
Ave. to slow down speeding motorists. Palmieri – Suspension of Rules –
Adopted (Attachments)
40y. Request Police Chief to assign a cruiser on occasion to Beverly
Rd. to slow down speeding motorists and to install proper speed limit
signage. Palmieri – Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
40z. Request Administration to report relative to the incident that
took place near a restaurant on Chandler St. the weekend of April 20-21, 2002
which resulted in the death of one of the patrons. Additionally, request a report on whether there have been other
similar incidents that have resulted in major harm to patrons or death. Gomez
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
40aa. Request City Manager to report on his plans for the current
Vocational School site. Petty
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted
40bb. Request City Manager to update City Council regarding what steps
railroad track owners are taking to address apparent safety and/or landscaping
concerns with the railroad bridge on West Boylston St. near Kendrick
field. Murray, Patton, Petty – Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
40cc. Request Administration to set up noise enforcement patrols on late
evening weekends on Shrewsbury St. to address motorcycle problems.
Murray – Suspension
of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
41. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting Actuarial Valuation and
Review for the City of Worcester Retirement System as of January 1, 2002. (Attachments)
Referred to Finance
42. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting a study prepared by
The Segal Company of the Early Retirement Incentive that is currently being
debated in the Massachusetts Senate. (Attachments)
42a. That the City Council has not totally ruled out the access road to the Worcester Regional Airport if it is properly placed in the City. Motion-Lukes @ #4A CM & 34CC – Adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Abraham, Gomez absent) (Attachments)
43. RECESS
TO FINANCE & 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 ten years. (Attachments)
b) #5A CM January 29, 2002
Communication of the City
Manager relative to the local aid figures included in the Governor's Budget for
the City of Worcester for Fiscal 2003. (Attachments)
c) #96 CC February 26, 2002
James A. DelSignore, City
Auditor transmitting progress report on the status of the City's finances for
the fiscal year that ends June 30, 2002.
(Attachments)
d) #5A CM February 26,
2002
Communication of the City Manager relative to Financial Projections – FY03. (Attachments)
e) #5A CM March 5, 2002
Communication of the City
Manager relative to a report regarding a breakdown of projected debt service
line item presented in the fiscal 2003 budget report from last Tuesday's City
Council meeting. (Attachments)
f)
#5A
CM March 19, 2002
Communication of the City
Manager relative to FY 03 Budget – Personnel Reductions. (Attachments)
g)
#39CC March 26, 2002
Communication of the City
Manager transmitting statement of the Mass. Municipal Association relative to
the Governor’s revised Fiscal 2003 Budget Plan to cut $200 million from local
aid. (Attachments)
44-49 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ELDER AFFAIRS Upon the following
Communications of the City Manager: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
44. Relative to former Worcester City Hospital Trust Funds.
45. Relative to Strategic Plan for Services and Programs provided by
Elder Affairs and the Senior Center. (Attachments)
46. Relative to information on the Worcester Senior Center and the
Commission of Elder Affairs. (Attachments)
47. Relative to breakdown of FY 02 Elder Affairs Personnel.
48. Relative to improved security in Worcester Housing Authority
high-rise units. (Attachments)
49. Relative to use of facilities/Girls Inc. and Worcester Academy.
50 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
50. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Councillor
Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of John Frohock to make public Pineland Ave. (Attachments)
51 ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 10-0 (Abraham
absent)
51. That the sum of $764,000.00 be appropriated to Account #91C745 –
Sewer Construction to pay for costs of constructing sewer systems by conducting
infiltration and inflow remedial work to City’s sewerage system (Southbridge
St. Sewer Separation). (Attachments)
52. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for underground conduits on: SOUTHBRIDGE ST. (Tabled March 12, 2002) (Attachments)
52a. Granting permission to VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for underground conduits on: SOUTHBRIDGE ST.
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
APRIL 24, 2002 YOUTH, PARKS & COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00
P.M. RECREATION
APRIL 29, 2002 COMMERCE &
DEVELOPMENT
Re: Certified
Project Application for Abbott Bioresearch Center, Inc.
5:00-6:00 P.M. – VIEW – ABBOTT BIORESEARCH CENTER,
INC.
100 RESEARCH DR.
6:00 P.M. – MEETING – COUNCIL CHAMBER
APRIL 30, 2002 HEALTH COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30-7:00
P.M.
MAY 1, 2002 TRAFFIC & PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
MAY 6, 2002 PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
MAY 7, 2002 LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00-7:00 P.M.