CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– FEBRUARY 10, 2004
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:08 P.M.
Adjourned: 10:22 P.M.
1. INVOCATION – Rev. Aaron Payson
Unitarian Universalist Church
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL CALL – All present except Councillors Palmieri and Rushton
who arrived at 7:10 P.M.
4. PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION TO ROBERT BONIN FOR HIS YEARS OF
SERVICE ON THE WORCESTER BOARD OF HEALTH.
5. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
5a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
6 REFERRED TO PLANNING BOARD
6. Craig Amaral, Vice President & Assistant Treasurer,
Secured Financial Limited Partnership I request City Council approve layout of
Sunrise Avenue Extension. (Attachments)
7 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
7. Anna Bogart et al request installation of a sidewalk at 54
Edgeworth St. (Attachments)
7a. Request City Manager to provide a report on what the future is
for the WRA. Motion-Clancy @ #8E CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7b. Request Superintendent of Worcester Public Schools report to the
City Council by the February 24, 2004 City Council meeting the improvements
that his administration will make to Gates Lane School to better accommodate
voters. Motion-Petty @ #10A CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
7c. Request City Manager to provide information on the value of the
Franklin St. Billboard in terms of income to be derived. Motion-Lukes @ #28A
CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7d. Request City Manager to provide the City Council with schematics
or conceptional designs of the proposed Franklin St. Fire Station. Motion-Petty
@ #28A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7e. Request the Administration to provide City Council with an
update from Charter Communications as to the status of the ten o’clock news
updates and the hiring of a reporter that Charter Communications indicated
would be on board by the end of the year. Motion-Irish @ #15C CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7f. Request Administration to report as to the date the City of
Worcester took ownership of the Institutional Linens property to be included in
the report to be submitted on the February 24, 2004 calendar. Motion-Gomez
@15E CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7g. Request Administration to consider utilizing a portion of the
Brownfield funds to conduct preliminary environmental assessments on the
largest pieces of property currently owned by the city that were taken by tax
title, and further that the City establish a strategy to begin to go after the
previous owners for the purpose of reclaiming any possible dollars associated
with the clean-up of such property. Recommend a report to submitted within 30
days to address these issues. Motion-Gomez,
Clancy, Haller, Irish, Lukes, Palmieri, Perotto, Petty, Rushton, White &
Murray @ #15E CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7h. Request the City Manager to report on what zoning is allowed
currently on the Wyman Gordon site. Motion-Clancy @ #17D CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7i. Request City Manager to include in the Taxi Cab Report, when
resubmitted to include information as it relates to cabs that can accommodate
handicapped individuals. Motion-Haller @ #19B CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7j. Request City Manager to include in the Taxi Cab Report, when
resubmitted to include information regarding how many cabs have seatbelts, if
passengers wear them and how the law is enforced. Motion-Lukes @ #19B CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
7k. Request City Manager to include in the Taxi Cab Report, when
resubmitted to include information on how many cabs are minority-owned. Motion-Gomez
@ #19B CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7l. Request Administration to contact our state and federal
legislators to see if there are any funding sources to assist the city in the
improvements to the city’s water filtration system in
order to pay for these unfunded mandates. Motion-Perotto @ #23B CM & #9
CC – Adopted (Attachments)
7m. Request Administration to report on Waste Management’s expiring
contract. Motion-Petty @ #23B CM & #9 CC – Adopted (Attachments)
7n. Request Administration to report any future cost forecasts and
mandates between Waste Management and the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution
Abatement District. Motion-Petty @ #23B CM
& #9 CC – Adopted (Attachments)
7o. Request City Manager to report what needs to be done and the
costs to avoid any additional overflow at the Upper Blackstone plant in the
future. Motion-Clancy @ #23B &
#9 CC – Adopted (Attachments)
7p. Request City Manager to report to the City Council how the attorney’s fees are paid relative to Vocational School Construction litigation. Motion-Lukes @ #28B CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7q. Request Administration to report on the estimate and description
of work to be done on the second City Hall rostrum and whether vocational
school students may conduct the work. Motion-Palmieri @ #29C CM – Adopted (Attachments)
7r. Request Administration to share results of the charrette and the
impact on the Worcester Common Outlets. Perotto – Suspension of Rules
–Adopted (Attachments)
7s. Request Administration to provide a report on pot holes on
Cambridge St. Murray, Haller – Suspension of Rules –Adopted (Attachments)
7t. Request Administration to report on the City of Worcester’s
Mutual Aid Policy and/or agreements with regard to area police departments. Murray
– Suspension of Rules –Adopted (Attachments)
7u. Request Administration to provide a report on pot holes on
Bailey St. Lukes – Suspension of
Rules –Adopted (Attachments)
7v. That to include the status of the negotiations on the City
Manager’s contract at the Executive Session to be held on February 24, 2004. Lukes –
Suspension of Rules –Adopted (Attachments)
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2004
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A.
Notification
of Constable Appointment. (Attachments)
Placed on file
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
6. CODE
ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to Worcester
Vocational High School – Progress Report January 2004. (Attachments)
Referred to Education & College/University Relations Committee
7.
COMMUNICATIONS:
8. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
A.
Communication
relative to Hiring of new Cultural Development Officer. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
B.
Communication
relative to Regional Competitiveness Council
Report. (Attachments)
Referred
to Commerce & Development Committee
C. Request adoption of a resolution relative
to the Decertification of a TIF. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Communication relative to an Amendment to
the TIF Agreement for Polar Beverages. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
E. Communication relative to Repayment of
Loans – Union Station. (Attachments)
Placed on file
9. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
10. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
A. Communication relative to Using Gates Lane
School for Voting. (Attachments)
Held
to be First Item of Business February 24, 2004
11. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT:
12. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
13. FIRE:
A. Communication relative to the hiring of 30
firefighters from the established reserve class of firefighters to begin on
March 8, 2004. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
14. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
A. Communication relative to Police Class
Update. (Attachments)
Referred
to Public Safety Committee
B. Communication relative to Fran Manocchio
of Worcester as accepting the offer to become the new City of Worcester Human
Rights Director. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
15. LAW:
A. Communication relative to Noise from
Snowmobiles. (Attachments)
Placed
on file
B. Communication relative to Does Greater
Media Cable off HDTV transmission. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
C. Communication relative to Digital Cable
Rates. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation
D. Communication relative to Violations of
Overgrowth Ordinance. (Attachments)
Placed on
file
E.
Communication
relative to Institutional Linens. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use
16. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
17.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to Rezoning
Petition for the Vernon Hill Institutional Hospital Zone. (Attachments)
Referred to
Land Use Committee
B. Communication relative to Year 30 HUD CDBG
accounts. (Attachments)
Referred to Community Development
Committee
C. Communication relative to an Update on Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). (Attachments)
Referred to Community Development Committee
D. Communication relative to Adaptive Reuse District. (Attachments)
Referred to Land Use Committee
E. Communication relative to Funds to assist people who have been displaced by fire. (Attachments)
Placed on file
18. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to an Invitation to
attend the First Public Hearing to discuss and to formalize a Master Plan for
Institute Park. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Status Report –
Naming Rights for the Centrum Centre. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development
19. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to Steps to Reduce
Speed on Ararat Street in the Kendrick Field area. (Attachments)
Referred
to Traffic & Parking Committee
B. Communication relative to Public Need to
Increase the Number of Taxicabs in the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
Jose
Zayas spoke
Recommitted to City Manager
C. Request City Council accept with gratitude a donation to
the Police Athletic League in the
amount of $750.00 from Sam’s Club. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
D. Communication relative to Distributing
Handsets to the Operations Division of the Police Department. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
E. Communication relative to Speed
Surveillance on First Street. (Attachments)
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
F. Communication relative to Noise at Indian
Lake from weekend snowmobiling. (Attachments)
Placed on file
G. Communication relative to Installing
Surveillance Vehicles at designated locations. (Attachments)
Referred to
Traffic & Parking Committee
20. PUBLIC
HEALTH:
21. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
22. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
23. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to Restricted Right
Turn on Red. (Attachments)
Referred
to Traffic & Parking Committee
B. Communication relative to Upper Blackstone
Water Pollution Abatement District Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2003. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to Leaf Collection.
(Attachments)
Referred
to Public Works Committee
24.
PURCHASING:
25. TECHNICAL
SERVICES:
26. TREASURY:
27. VETERANS
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend the adoption of a Loan Order in
the amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), to be appropriated to
Account #91C727 for the purpose of funding the design, constructing and
equipping of the new Franklin Street Fire
Station. (Attachments)
Councillor Perotto recused on a roll call 10-0
Voted to
advertise proposed Loan Order on a roll call 10-0
B. Recommend that Three Million Three Hundred
Thirty Nine Thousand Seventy Seven Dollars ($3,339,077.00), be transferred from
Account #91C790, School Construction, and appropriated to Account #28C717,
Vocational School Construction, to provide funds for the purpose of payment of
contractual obligations related to the construction of the
Worcester Vocational School,
as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11- 0
C. Recommend that One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), be transferred from Account #290-91000, Emergency Management
Department Personal Services, and appropriated to Account #290-92000, Emergency
Management Department Ordinary Maintenance, to maintain services and level of
effort of the Emergency Management Department. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Recommend that Three Hundred Fourteen
Thousand and Five Dollars ($314,005.00), be transferred from Account #91C790,
School Construction, and appropriated to Account #28C718, Forest Grove Middle
School, to provide funds for the purpose of payment of contractual obligations
and other costs related to the construction of the Forest Grove Middle School,
as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
E. Recommend that Four Hundred Eighty Two Thousand
Dollars ($482,000.00) be transferred from Account #900-92000, City Manager’s
Contingency Account, and appropriated to the following accounts for the purpose
of funding a 30-member fire class to start in early March.
ACCOUNT
|
DESCRIPTION |
AMOUNT
|
|
260-91000 |
Fire Dept. Personal Services |
$369,000.00 |
|
260-92000 |
Fire Dept. Ord. Maintenance |
$ 50,000.00 |
|
663-96000 |
Health Insurance |
$ 63,000.00 |
|
|
Total |
$482,000.00 |
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
F. Recommend that One Hundred Twenty Six
Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($126,250.00), be transferred from Account
#91C711, Building Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #75C702, Civic
Center Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the purpose of payment for
contractual obligations associated with Centrum seat replacement program, as
approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call vote of 11-0
G. Recommend that Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00), be transferred when and as received from Account
#91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #50C702, Worcester
Public Schools Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purpose of
purchasing various pieces of capital equipment, as approved in the fiscal 2004
Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Gomez , Rushton absent)
H. Recommend that Seventy Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($70,500.00), be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #72C702, Park Site Improvement, to
provide funds for the purpose of payment for contractual obligations associated
with design services and project management for the Aquatic Facility Assessment
project, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order
adopted on a roll call 11-0
29.
MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication relative to current “State
of the City” report. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Semi-Annual Fiscal Year 2004 Goals and Objectives. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
C. Communication relative to the various issues ultimately having to do with City Hall. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
9. Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District
transmitting Annual Report – Fiscal Year 2003.
(Attachments)
Placed on file
10. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting information
regarding the Tax Increment Financing Agreement (TIF) between the City of
Worcester and Saint Vincent Hospital LLC.
(Attachments)
Councillor Irish recused on a roll call 10-0
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
11. RECESS
TO FINANCE AND ORDINANCE: No Action
Taken
FINANCE
a)
#35CC February 3, 2004
Thomas R. Hoover, City
Manager transmitting communication comparing Local Aid figures for FY04 and
FY05 for the City of Worcester as recommended by Governor Romney in the
submittal of his FY2005 budget. (Attachments)
12. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT Upon the
Communication of the City Manager relative to Certified Project application for
15 Hope Avenue Realty, LLC and Polar Beverage/Polar Corporation: recommend adoption of the accompanying
two Resolutions. (Tabled
February 3, 2004)
Taken off the Table
and Accepted and (2) Resolutions adopted on roll call 10-1 (Palmieri)
13. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT Upon the
Order of Councillor Clancy requesting the Commerce and Development Committee
when considering the Certified Project application for Hope Ave. Realty, LLC
and Polar Beverage/Polar Corp. to consider including a donation to College Hill
Civic Association to sustain their building on Kendig St.: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Order requesting 15 Hope Ave. Realty, LLC and Polar Beverage/Polar Corp. to
consider a donation to the College Hill
Civic Association to sustain their building on Kendig St. Donation to be documented in the TIF
Agreement. (Tabled February 3,
2004) (Attachments)
Taken off the Table and placed on file
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
FEBRUARY 10, 2004 PUBLIC WORKS
5:00
P.M. – Walking Tour of City Hall to begin at Council Office
5:30
P.M. – Meeting – Council Chamber
FEBRUARY 11, 2004 PUBLIC SAFETY
COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:30
P.M.
FEBRUARY 24, 2004 MUNICIPAL
COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30
P.M. OPERATIONS
FEBRUARY 25, 2004 PUBLIC SERVICE &
CONFERENCE ROOM
4:30
P.M. TRANSPORTATION
2ND FLOOR
AIRPORT TERMINAL
BUILDING
MARCH 2, 2004 TRAFFIC &
PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:15
P.M.