CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– OCTOBER 12, 2004
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:00 P.M.
Adjourned: 8:19 P.M.
1. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
2. ROLL
CALL – All present except
Councillors Gomez and White.
Councillor
White arrived at 7:10 P.M. and
Councillor Gomez at 7:12 P.M.
Mayor Murray read a Proclamation proclaiming the week
of October 12-19, 2004 to be Robert H. Goddard Anniversary week in Worcester
Mayor Murray recognized students from Assumption College and individuals from the Youth Center for their participation in the Newton Hill Cleanup
FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS
3 – Taken up with Item 8A of the City Manager’s Calendar
3. Monthly status reports consistent with Standing Committees on
the following economic development initiatives: Union Station garage and tenancy, Massport’s partnership efforts
at the Airport, downtown housing development, Mass. Highway road project
schedules, Gateway Park grants and tenancy, Gardner-Kilby-Hammond project, SWIP
project, brownfield initiatives, Coes Dam rehab, replacement and relocation of
Central Garage, Visitor’s Center rehab, telecommunications contract, Wyman
Gordon property reuse, Worcester Center tenancy, the Arts District and the
Canal District project.
4. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
4a. ITEMS OF
DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
5
– REFERRED TO PLANNING BOARD
5. Michael O’Brien, City Manager requesting to amend the Zoning
Map at 75 Piedmont St. by extending BG-3.0 district to include entire parcel
06-0166-00033, a portion of which is currently zoned RG-5.0. (Attachments)
6-10 – REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
6. George Burton request Public Works repair sidewalk in front of
13 Home St. (Attachments)
7. Councillor Paul Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Lena O’Malley request
resurfacing of Roath St. (Attachments)
8. Anthony Ingrisano request sidewalk repair at 21 Otsego Rd. (Attachments)
9. Councillor Frederick Rushton on behalf of Steven Olen request
sidewalk repair between 13 and 15 Knowles Rd.
(Attachments)
10. Councillor Thomas White on behalf of Ramona Marangos request
resurfacing of Monadnock Rd. where needed.
(Attachments)
11-16 – REFERRED TO TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
11. Joseph Borbone, Director, Traffic Engineering request 20 MPH
School Zone sign on Apricot St. in the vicinity of Sullivan Middle School. (Attachments)
12. Councillor Philip Palmieri on behalf of Fred Geddes, Lincoln
Park Tenant’s Association & Raymond Mariano, Director, Worcester Housing
Authority request signs be placed on Lake Ave in the vicinity of 11 Lake Ave.
and Lincoln Park Towers that ask motorists to slow down and indicate elderly
residents in area. (Attachments)
13. Councillor Barbara Haller on behalf of Walter Green request 24
hour parking on odd side of Mason St. from Bluff St. to May St. (Attachments)
14. Councillor Barbara Haller request 4-way Stop at William St. and
Fruit St. (Attachments)
15. Councillor Barbara Haller request 4-way Stop at Cedar St. and
Fruit St. (Attachments)
16. Councillor Barbara Haller request 4-way Stop at Hampden St. and
Fruit St. (Attachments)
17 – REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER
17. Jose Zayas request enactment of an Ordinance that specifically
outlines a duty and/or a process used by the Chief of Police to grant taxi
licenses within the City of Worcester.
Request Police Department provide report on how and/or what process was
used to issue the current 108 taxi medallions.
Request Council ordain factors that can be used to determine what
constitutes a “public need” in order to increase or decrease taxi
medallions/licenses within the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
17a. Request City Manager to schedule a meeting with the South
Worcester Industrial Park Committee to discuss reports and to seek their input
on the South Worcester Industrial Park project. Motion-Haller @ #8A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17b. Request City Manager to provide a separate report on the timelines
for making Franklin St. two-way. Motion-Clancy
@ #8A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17c. Request City Manager to provide a report clarifying how the DIF
program works. Motion-Perotto @ #8C
CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17d. Request City Manager to report relative to the DIF program: If the City finds itself liable out of the
City’s tax revenues for any expenses that exceed the revenue, is it possible to
go out for additional bonding to cover those expenses. Further, request report to include what the City’s ultimate liability is and
what remedies the City has as a back-up plan.
Motion-Lukes @ #8C CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
17e. Request City Solicitor to look into a model and process for
selling the City’s foreclosed and tax title properties whereby private brokers
sell the properties on the open market for a percentage of the sale price. Motion-Lukes @ #26A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17f. Request City Manager to provide a breakdown of the money coming
in from the sale of the naming rights to the Centrum and Convention Center,
money that is going to Spectacor, what money is being earmarked for and an
explanation of those areas where money will be spent. Motion-Clancy @ #29A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17g. Request City Manager to request the Department of Public Health to
convene a meeting with the health institutions in the City in order to make
recommendations as to how the flu vaccines available might be most
appropriately allocated to the most at risk population. Irish – Suspension of Rules –
Adopted (Attachments)
17h. Request the Standing Committee on Municipal Operations to consider
the process by which the City of Worcester handles real estate tax liens and
tax title properties so that the liens might be bundled and sold on the open
market as is the case in New Jersey and New York state, and that a consistent
policy is adhered to for the disposition of tax title properties and
liens. Motion-Murray @ #26A CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
18. COMMUNICATIONS
OF THE CITY MANAGER
MICHAEL V. O’BRIEN
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR OCTOBER 12, 2004
1. NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
2. CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
A. Communication relative to Fiscal 2005 Property Tax Bills including a notice regarding obligation of Massachusetts residents to register their vehicles in Massachusetts. (Attachments) REFERRED TO MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
B. Communication relative to Fiscal 2005 Property Tax Classification. (Attachments) REFERRED TO MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
5. BUDGET OFFICE:
6. CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A. Request City Council
Acceptance of Easement for Street Purposes – Christine Dr. (Attachments) REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
7. COMMUNICATIONS:
8. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to September
Report on Economic Development Initiatives. (Attachments) PART
I REFERRED TO COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE – PART II REFERRED TO
HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE – PART III REFERRED TO
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE – PART IV REFERRED TO PUBLIC
WORKS COMMITTEE – CITYWIDE MASTER PLAN PORTION REFERRED TO JOINT LAND USE &
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEES
B. Communication relative to
the 2004 Greater Worcester Area Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
Committee Annual Report. (Attachments) REFERRED TO REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
AND COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
C. Communication relative to
the State’s New District Improvement Financing (DIF) Program. (Attachments) REFERRED TO COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
D. Communication relative to
Funding for the position of Airport Liaison for the Worcester Regional Airport. (Attachments) PLACED ON FILE
9. ELDER AFFAIRS:
A. Request adoption of an
Order for the renewal of the lease of
space in the Senior Center for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Central Mass.
Chapter. (Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED
B. Communication relative to
Accessible Taxi Cabs. (Attachments) REFERRED TO PUBLIC SERVICE &
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
10. ELECTION COMMISSION:
A. Communication relative to
Voter Registration Forms. (Attachments) PLACED ON FILE
11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:
12. EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING:
13. FIRE:
14. HUMAN RESOURCES:
15. LAW:
A. Communication relative to
Parcel Post Building – Mail Conveyor Tunnel to Union Station – Deed of
easement. (Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED
B. Communication relative to
First Responder Law. (Attachments) REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
16. LICENSE COMMISSION:
A. Communication relative to
New License Issued – August/September Report. (Attachments) PLACED ON FILE
17. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
18. PARKS, RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to an
Invitation to a Public Hearing on the Master Plan Initiative for Improvements
to Institute Park.
(Attachments) PLACED ON FILE
19. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to
Clarification of report on Taxicab Medallions. (Attachments) REFERRED TO PUBLIC SERVICE &
TRANSPORTATON COMMITTEE
B. Communication relative to
Route Officers to Communicate with Business Owners on Chandler St. (Attachments) REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
20. PUBLIC HEALTH:
A. Request adoption of a
resolution to file and accept an FY05 Tobacco Control Expansion Grant with the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health. (Attachments) RESOLUTION
ADOPTED
21. PUBLIC LIBRARY:
22. PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
23. PUBLIC WORKS:
A. Communication relative to
Status of the “Four Corner” reconfiguration corner of Cambridge and Southbridge
Streets. (Attachments) REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
B. Communication relative to
Route 146 Project/Southbridge and Cambridge Streets. (Attachments) REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
24. PURCHASING:
25. TECHNICAL SERVICES:
26. TREASURY:
A. Communication relative to Advertising and
Disposing of Tax Title (foreclosed) Property. (Attachments) REFERRED TO MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS
COMMITTEE
B. Request approval of an order
authorizing the transfer of jurisdiction of tax title property at 65 Armory
Street. (Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED
27. VETERANS SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to
Implications to the annual budget of the Veterans’ Services Department. (Attachments) REFERRED TO MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that One Hundred
Twelve Thousand Two Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Seventy Five Cents ($112,217.75)
be transferred from Account #330-08, Reserve for Appropriation Premium on
Loans, and appropriated to Account #660-92000, Treasury Department Ordinary
Maintenance, to fund the cost associated with fiscal 2005 Bond Anticipation
Notes. (Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
B. Recommend that Fourteen
Thousand Two Hundred Three Dollars ($14,203.00) be transferred when and as
received from Account #91C780, Citywide Capital Equipment, and appropriated to
Account #33C701, Health Department Capital Equipment, for the purpose of
purchasing a Taurus SE Sedan, for the Health Department, as approved in the
Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
C. Recommend that One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C741, Street
Construction, and appropriated to Account #41C797, Sidewalks, to allow for the
payment of current and future obligations for various citywide sidewalk
projects. (Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
D. Recommend that Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C745, Sewer
Construction, and appropriated to Account #44C771, Infiltration/Inflow, to
provide funds for the purpose of payment for contractual obligations related to
various infiltration/inflow sewer improvement projects, as approved in the
Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
E. Recommend that Eight Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C713, Water
Mains, and appropriated to Account #45C720, Water Mains, to provide funds for
the purpose of payment for contractual obligations related to various water
main improvements projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
F. Recommend that Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C741, Street
Construction, and appropriated to Account #41C772, Goddard Memorial Drive
Reconstruction, to allow for the payment of current and future obligations
related to improvements to Goddard Memorial Drive, as approved in the Capital
Improvement Program. (Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
G. Recommend that Six Hundred
Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($675,000.00) be transferred from Account
#91C756, Landfill, and appropriated to Account #41C756, Landfill, to provide
funds for the purpose of payment for contractual obligations related to the
Ballard Street Landfill capping project, as approved in the Capital Improvement
Program. (Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
H. Recommend that One Hundred
Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Seven Dollars ($115,507.00) in FY04 Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant funding be appropriated to Account #18S304, LLEBG Round
9, when received to provide financing for police officer equipment and the
YWCA/Daybreak WIN (Worcester’s Intervention Network) program. (Attachments) REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
I. Recommend that Fifty Seven Thousand Nine
Hundred Twenty Dollars ($57,920.00) be transferred from the following account:
|
ACCOUNT |
DESCRIPTION |
AMOUNT |
|
040-91000 |
City Mgr’s Personal
Services |
$36,250.00 |
|
043-91000 |
Econ. Dev. Personal
Services |
$21,670.00 |
|
|
Total |
$57,920.00 |
and
appropriated to Account #470-91000, Airport Personal Services, to provide
funding for the position of City’s Airport Liaison for the remainder of the
fiscal year 2005.
(Attachments) ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0 –
RECONSIDERATION DENIED ON A VOICE VOTE
29. MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication relative to
Sale of Naming Rights to Centrum and Convention Center to Digital Federal
Credit Union. (Attachments) REFERRED TO COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
19. RECESS
TO FINANCE AND ORDINANCE: No Items
Pending
20-28
- ORDAINED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0
20. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 35 King Philip Rd. (Attachments)
21. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 19 Barclay St. (Attachments)
22. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 4 Gunnarson Rd. (Attachments)
23. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 1357 Main St. (Attachments)
24. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to provide for handicap parking in front of 17 Reeves St. (Attachments)
25. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to rescind handicap parking in front of 123 Plantation St. (Attachments)
26. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to prohibit parking at 123 Lake Ave. 7 ft. from driveway in northerly
direction. (Attachments)
27. Amending Section 42 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to rescind handicap parking opposite 51 Wall St. (Attachments)
28. Amending Section 37q of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of
1996 to prohibit parking Tow Away Zone on west side of Goldsberry St. at Police
Station from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. (Attachments)
Amending Section 37q of
Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 to prohibit parking Tow Away Zone
on east side of Goldsberry St. at Police Station from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00
a.m. (Attachments)
Amending Section 42 of
Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 to prohibit parking on the east
side of Goldsberry St. from Lincoln St. to Belmont St. Also at crosswalk areas behind Police
Station. (Attachments)
Amending Section 42 of
Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 to prohibit parking on the west
side of Goldsberry St. at driveway entrance and exit to Police Station. (Attachments)
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
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OCTOBER 13, 2004 7:00
P.M. |
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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OCTOBER 18, 2004 5:15
P.M. |
PUBLIC SAFETY |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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OCTOBER 19, 2004 5:30
P.M. |
TRAFFIC & PARKING |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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OCTOBER 25, 2004 5:15
P.M. |
PUBLIC SAFETY |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |