CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– MAY 23, 2006
2:00 P.M. RECONVENED MEETING
Reconvened: 2:12 P.M.
City Council Recessed to
Finance: 2:14 P.M.
City Council
Reconvened: 3:57 P.M.
Adjourned: 4:30 P.M.
1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2.
STAR
SPANGLED BANNER-ALEXANDRA MILLS
3. ROLL CALL - All present
except Councilor Clancy, Haller and Rushton, Councilor Haller arrived at 2:13
P.M. and Councilor Rushton arrived at 2:25 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED
– 3:57 P.M. – All present except Councilor Clancy, Perotto and Rushton,
Councilor Rushton arrived at 4:10 P.M.
4 & 5 Hearing Held
4. NATIONAL GRID for pole relocation on: HILLSIDE STREET. (Attachments)
5. NSTAR
for gas main location on: DANA AVENUE.
4a & 5a
ORDERS ADOPTED
4a. Granting permission to NATIONAL GRID for pole relocation on:
HILLSIDE STREET.
5a. Granting permission to NSTAR for gas main location on: DANA AVENUE.
FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS
Item taken with item #74 CC
6.
Communication of the City Manager
relative to the legality of City Council endorsement of recommendations from
the Mayor’s Social Service Task Force. (Attachments)
Referred to Joint Committee
on Health & Municipal Operations
Tabled under
privilege -
Perotto
7.
Communication of the City Manager
recommending that Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) be transferred
from Account #91C741, Street Construction, and appropriated to Account #41C743,
Washington Square, to pay for contractual obligations for engineering services
related to improvements to Washington Square, as approved in the Capital
Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Tabled on a roll call 8-0 (Clancy, Perotto, Rushton absent)
8. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
8a.
ITEMS OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE
INTEREST
9. Attorney Mark Donahue on behalf of First Columbus Realty, LLC request that City Council amend the City of Worcester Zoning Map by changing the property located southerly of Franklin St. westerly of Plastics St. and northerly of Grafton St. from M.G.-2.0 to the BG-3.0 zoning district. (Attachments)
10 & 11 REFERRED TO
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION
10. Councilor Barbara G. Haller request that lumens be increased in the existing street lights in Harding St. between Lafayette St. and Kelley Sq. in the interest of public safety. (Attachments)
11. Councilor Barbara G. Haller request that lumens be increased in the existing street lights in Millbury St. between Lafayette St. and Kelley Sq. in the interest of public safety. (Attachments)
12. Gregory Piscia request resident parking on Shrewsbury St. between Plum St. and Lyon St. (Attachments)
13. Andrew Beardsley request to relocate the handicap parking space in front of 5 Uxbridge St. approximately 20’ to the south and adjacent to the existing handicap space. (Attachments)
14. John LaPrade request handicap parking space in front of 1 Marconi Rd. (Attachments)
15.
Request City Manager provide City Council
with a report concerning the procedures as to how the City might utilize the
Construction Manager Risk Method for bidding of public projects. (Attachments)
16.
Request City Manager provide City
Council with the number of jobs that have been created in Worcester within the
Life Science field. (Attachments)
17. Request City Manager request Commissioner of the Department of
Public Works and Parks provide the City Council with an explanation of the
reasons why no access nor egress is proposed from parcels 1 and 2 directly onto
the roundabout that is to be Washington Square. (Attachments)
18-20 FROM PUBLIC WORKS - Adopted
18. Request City Manager request City Solicitor to review a 2001
opinion of the Law Department relative to Winter Heights Subdivision in light
of additional comment and evidence, and provide the City Council with an
additional legal opinion. (Attachments)
19. Request City Manager request City Solicitor to review the
documents received in Public Works Committee (Quitclaim Deed, Winter Heights
Restrictions to the Deed and Winter Heights Subdivision Maintenance Trust &
Exhibit F) and issue a legal opinion as to the right of way passage on Russell
Calvin Dr. and, if a cul-de-sac was built, would it be contained within the Winter
Heights Subdivision regulation for maintenance purposes. (Attachments)
20. Request Commissioner of Public Works and Parks to conduct a
second traffic study for 2 to 3 days in the middle of Russell Calvin Dr. (Attachments)
21-22 FROM
JOINT HEALTH & MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS - Adopted
21. Request City Manager request City Solicitor provide City Council
with a copy of the opinion issued by the Attorney General concerning the
financial status of qualifying tax-exempt organizations and other details
relating to his determination that their information is not public. (Attachments)
22. Request City Manager request social service providers and the
Commonwealth consider improving the physical and service infrastructure in the
vicinity of the sites they propose to purchase/occupy. (Attachments)
23. Request Mayor consider appointing an Ad Hoc Committee for the
express purpose of conducting a summit to consider all aspects of the possible
future economic development of the Mill St. Corridor. (Rushton) (Attachments)
Councilor Rushton moved to
amend: Further, to include Webster Square Business area and to suggest a date
of June 15th at the Worcester Lodge of Elks @ 23 Mill St. for a
meeting date.
Adopted, as amended
24. Request City Manager report to City Council concerning the Fire
Department’s radio system and equipment including costs and timing for
replacement and upgrading. (Petty) (Attachments)
Adopted
25. Request City Manager consider amending the building fee schedule
so that fees might be waived for the local Carpenter’s union when they
volunteer their time and talent to construct handicapped accessibility ramps.
(Toomey) (Attachments)
Adopted
26. Request City Manager embark on a new effort to identify and
comprehensively inventory city-owned properties, both in and outside the city
limits, which might be leased to communication companies for construction of
concealed data transmission facilities. (Toomey) (Attachments)
Adopted
27. Request City Manager consider the establishment of a design
review board and a corresponding set of authorities and responsibilities.
(Toomey) (Attachments)
Adopted
28. Request City Manager report to City Council concerning the status
of tax lien sales and request a listing of tax title properties that are
outstanding. (Murray) (Attachments)
Mayor Murray moved to amend: Further, request this report before the
conclusion of the discussion on the FY07 Budget.
Councilor Lukes moved to amend: Further, to red flag paper streets that could be taxed if it is
determined they are not to be used for intended purposes.
Adopted, as amended
29. Request City Manager report on the legal mandates for
transportation of middle and high school students and what the costs are for
student transportation provided by the school department versus the cost and
availability of student transportation services by the WRTA. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
30. Request City Manager report to City Council any new initiatives
that might be implemented to make the City of Worcester a more business-friendly
location, either by developing a hard copy and/or on-line permitting manual to
guide entrepreneurs or developers, the implementation of the Pioneer
Institute’s permitting manual, and/or the special designation of an existing
Code Department employee who would act as a liaison between the City’s
permitting process and interested parties. (Smith) (Attachments)
Councilor Toomey moved to amend: Further, consider including an ambassador
component to the efforts to encourage business development in the City of
Worcester.
Adopted, as amended
31. Request City Manager report to City Council why Worcester
Technical High School and North High School baseball teams were abruptly
prohibited from using Tivnan Field on Wednesday, May 17, 2006. (Clancy) (Attachments)
Adopted
32. Request City Manager report to City Council regarding the number
of parks in the City of Worcester originally donated with deed restrictions,
and further, report as to whether or not new deed policies need to be developed
in order to protect these lands for recreation. (Clancy, Palmieri) (Attachments)
Adopted
33. Request City Manager determine whether the number of handicapped
parking spaces behind the Denholm building may be increased to better serve the
needs of the clients visiting the social service agencies in that facility.
(Rosen, Palmieri) (Attachments) Adopted
34. SEWER BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT:
WEST HILL DRIVE (Attachments)
35. STREET BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT:
ROY STREET (Attachments)
36. RECESS
TO FINANCE – No action taken
a. #29a CM January 31, 2006
Communication
of the City Manager regarding a fiscal year 2006 status report on the number
of, and the amount of, Federal and State grants written, awarded, and pending
approval by the appropriate Federal and State agencies. (Attachments)
b. #29b CM January 31, 2006
Communication
of the City Manager relative to Governor Romney’s proposed budget for Fiscal
2007, including his recommendations for local aid for the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
c.
#27A
CM April 25, 2006
Communication
of the City Manager relative to Dr. Caradonio’s letter that was sent to the
Worcester School Committee on April 11, 2006 to update them on the financial
impact associated with the unveiling of the House Ways and Means FY 2007 State
Budget on the Worcester Public Schools. (Attachments)
d.
#18
CC May 16, 2006
Communication of Roberta
Schaefer, Ph.D., Executive Director, Worcester Regional Research Bureau
transmitting How Can Worcester Insure Its Fiscal Health in FY07 and Beyond? (Attachments)
COMMUNICATIONS
37. Communication of Roberta Schaefer, Ph.D., Executive Director,
Worcester Regional Research Bureau transmitting communication relative to
Central Massachusetts Talent Retention Project Report. (Attachments)
Placed on File
38. Communication of the City Manager transmitting City of Worcester
FY’07 Municipal Budget. (Attachments) Referred to Finance
39. REPORT
OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT Upon the Communication
of the City Manager relative to the Task Force on Event and Convention
Promotion: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order to
request City Council to accept and support the recommendations in the Task
Force on Event and Convention Promotion report. (Attachments)
40. REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT Upon the Communication of the City
Manager relative to the redevelopment of Washington Square: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order to
request City Council to accept and
support the recommendations in the Washington Square Redevelopment Strategy
report. (Attachments)
41. REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT Upon the Communication of the City
Manager relative to the submittal of a Certified Project application for Poor
Farm Brook Development, LLC and IBS Commodities, Inc. and the designation of a
new Site Specific Economic Opportunity Area for the site location of 722
Plantation Street: recommend
adoption of the accompanying two Resolutions. (Attachments)
42-60 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT
Upon the following Communications of the City Manager: recommend Communications be placed on
file.
42.
Relative to an updated Economic Development
Initiatives Report February 2006. (Attachments)
43.
Relative to an updated Economic
Development Initiatives Report March 2006. (Attachments)
44.
Relative to an updated Economic
Development Initiatives Report April 2006. (Attachments)
45.
Relative to an updated Economic
Development Initiative Report May 2006. (Attachments)
46.
Relative to utilizing the construction
Manager Risk Method for bidding public projects. (Attachments)
47. Relative to the State’s New District Improvement Financing (DIF)
Program. (Attachments)
48.
Relative to how a District Improvement Financing
Program works as a mechanism for funding public infrastructure and other public
improvements in support of new private development projects in a municipality.
(Attachments)
49. Relative to the CitySquare Project and the District Improvement
Financing (DIF) Program – development of Lincoln Square and Washington Square
using Jerome Wheelock Trust Fund. (Attachments)
50. Relative to an update on the Union Station Bus Ports and the
status of negotiations with Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Attachments)
51. Relative to the Administration’s renewed efforts to market and to
secure tenants for Union Station. (Attachments)
52. Relative
to Union Station tenant interest. (Attachments)
53.
Relative to various City Council
recommendations for Union Station. (Attachments)
54.
Relative to Request for Proposals for
commercial marketing and brokerage services on Worcester Redevelopment
Authority (WRA) owned property within the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
55. Relative to explanation of how the HUD Section 108 Loans are
used. (Attachments)
56. Relative to the signature WaterFire event in Providence, Rhode
Island. (Attachments)
57. Relative to the sale of property at the current location of
Worcester Vocational High School. (Attachments)
58. Relative to copies of applications received for designation of
Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas under the Year 31 Community
Development Block Grant Program. (Attachments)
61 VOTED TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE
61. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE Upon the Report of the
Planning Board upon the Petition of Michael Revelli on behalf of M.R. Real
Estate, Inc. request to extend the RL-7 zone to include lots 10, 11, 7a, 8, 9
and portions of lots 12, 13 and 14b of an approved subdivision plan titled
“Malden Woods”: recommending to deny
the Planning Board Report and approve the Petition as amended to read as
follows: to move the RL-7 zone line a distance of 125 feet westerly from the
center line of the proposed Danielle’s Way and passage of the accompanying
proposed Ordinance. (Attachments)
62. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Communication of
the City Manager requesting City Council’s review, consideration and selection
of the streets to be resurfaced over the next two to three years from the 2006
Street Resurfacing Program list: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
63. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Communication of
the City Manager relative to the FY’06
Sidewalk Rehabilitation Program: recommend adoption of the accompanying
Order. (Attachments)
64. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Communication of the City
Manager relative to the city’s leaf composting operation: recommend adoption the accompanying Order
to request City Council accept the recommendation of the Commissioner of Public
Works & Park to relocate Hope Cemetery composting operation to the former
Ballard Street Landfill and further, request that the necessary work with the
DEP to expand this existing composting site begin immediately. (Attachments)
65. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Upon the Communication of the City
Manager requesting City Council’s deliberation, consideration and approval to
renew a 20 year long-term contract for municipal solid waste disposal with
Wheelabrator Millbury: recommend adoption of the accompanying Order
authorizing and requesting the City Manager to renew the 20-year long-term
contract for municipal solid waste disposal with Wheelabrator Millbury.
(Attachments)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following Petitions:
recommend adoption of the accompanying Orders.
66. Tony
Bianco request to extend sanitary sewer on Middlesex Ave approximately
150’ to 96 Middlesex Ave at petitioner’s expense and in accordance with DPW
specifications. (Attachments)
67. Kevin
Parvin of Parvin Constructions, LLC request sewer extension of 250 ft. from
Deepdale Rd. to Idalla Rd. (Attachments)
68. Hossein Haghanizadeh on behalf of P&P/Angelo Scola request to extend an 8” PVC sewer and water main northerly on Myrna Road an approximate distance of 152 ft. All work to be done at petitioner’s expense and subject to prior agreement and Department of Public Works specifications. (Attachments)
69. Hossein Haghanizadeh on behalf of Ricciardi Brothers Inc. request to extend an 8”
PVC sewer and water main southerly on Cataract Street an approximate distance
of 300 ft. All work to be done at petitioner’s expense and subject to prior
agreement and Department of Public Works specifications. (Attachments)
70. Hossein Haghanizadeh on behalf of Leading Edge, LLC request to
extend an 8” PVC sewer and water main northerly on Bisland Street an
approximate distance of 740 ft. All work to be done at petitioner’s expense and
subject to prior agreement and Department of PublicWorks specifications. (Attachments)
71. Angelo Scola for an extension of the sewer and drainage on Drexel
Street. (Attachments)
72
& 73 ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC WORKS Upon the following Petitions:
recommend Petitioners be given leave to withdraw.
72. Petition of Hossein
Haghanizadeh on behalf of M.R. Real Estate Inc. request to extend an 8” PVC
sewer and water main westerly on Castine St. an approximate distance of 240 ft.
All work to be done at petitioner’s expense and subject to prior agreement and
Department of Public Works specifications. (Attachments)
73. Hossein Haghanizadeh on behalf of M.R. Real Estate Inc. request
to extend an 8” PVC sewer and water main northerly on Danielle’s Way an
approximate distance of 889 ft. All work to be done at petitioner’s expense and
subject to prior agreement and Department of Public Works specifications. (Attachments)
74 ACCEPTED & ADOPTED
74. REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS
Upon the Communication of Mayor Timothy P. Murray transmitting a report
concerning the siting and tax impact of taking properties off the tax roll: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order to request City Council accept the
recommendations of the Mayor’s Social Service Task Force and further, request
City Manager to proceed with implementation. (Attachments)
75 ACCEPTED
75. REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS
Upon the Communication of the City Manager relative to social service zoning
and permitting enforcement regulations in the Town of Framingham: recommend
Communication be placed on file. (Attachments)
76-79 ORDAINED ON A ROLL
CALL 9-0 (Clancy, Perotto absent)
76. Amending Section 2 Article III of the Worcester Zoning Ordinance
adopted April 2, 1991 relative to a zone change in the Sunderland Road Area. (Attachments)
77. Amending Section 2 Article III of the Worcester Zoning Ordinance
adopted April 2, 1991 relative to a zone change in the Hammond Street Area. (Attachments)
78. Amending Section 2 Article III of the Worcester Zoning Ordinance
adopted April 2, 1991 relative to a zone change in the Crerier Avenue Area. (Attachments)
79. Amending the Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 Occupational
Group X – Human Services Project Administrator II. (Attachments)
Tabled
80. Order - That the ordinance relative to the Police Departments
License Board as it relates to taxi regulations be rescinded. (Murray) (Attachments) (Tabled May 2, 2006) – No action taken
81. Communication of City Manager Michael V. O’Brien relative to the Joint Labor Management Committee’s
Arbitration Opinion and Decision, Award and Concurring Opinion (from the
management representative panelist Daniel J. Morgado) regarding the FY04 – FY07
successor contract for IAFF Local #1009. (Tabled May 9, 2006) (Attachments)
Taken off the Table and
placed on file
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
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MAY 22, 2006 6:00
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YOUTH, PARKS & RECREATION |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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MAY 23, 2006 2:00
P.M. |
FINANCE FY07 Budget |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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MAY 25, 2006 5:00
P.M. |
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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MAY 30, 2006 4:00
P.M. |
FINANCE FY07 Budget |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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MAY 31, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 5, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 6, 2006 4:00
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FINANCE FY07 Budget |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 7, 2006 5:30
P.M. |
TRAFFIC & PARKING |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 8, 2006 5:00
P.M. |
EDUCATION & COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY RELATIONS |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 12, 2006 5:30-7:00
P.M. |
PUBLIC SAFETY |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 12, 2006 7:00 P.M. |
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 13, 2006 4:00
P.M. |
FINANCE FY07 Budget |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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JUNE 20, 2006 4:00
P.M. |
FINANCE FY07 Budget |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
FY07 BUDGET HEARINGS
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
City Council,
Mayor’s Office, City
Clerk, Auditing and Retirement (Contributory Pensions, Non-Contributory
Pensions and Pensions-Other)
City Manager’s Office, City Manager’s
Contingency, Airport, Election Commission, Cable Services (no tax levy), Human
Resources, Workers Compensation & Public Safety IOD and Unemployment
Insurance
Economic Development, Neighborhood
& Housing Development, Union Station, Planning & Regulatory Development
and Workforce Development
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Budget Office, Assessor’s Office,
Purchasing Division, Technical Services, Treasurer & Collector, Health
Insurance, Debt Service Principal & Interest and Pension Obligation Bonds
Human Services Administration, Code
Enforcement, Health, Human Services (Disability Commission, Human Rights &
Veterans’ Services), Elder Affairs and Library (Public & Regional)
Tuesday, June 6, 2006 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
City Manager’s Marketing Campaign,
Auditorium,
City Messenger, Worcester Civic Center, Golf, Off-Street Parking Program,
Administration & Finance Division, Engineering/Architectural Division,
Streets Division, Sanitation Division, Central Garage Division, Parks,
Recreation & Hope Cemetery, Snow Removal, Streetlights Division, Sewer Division
and Water Division
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Fire Department,
Police
Department, Communications Department, Licensing Commission, Law Department,
Property & Casualty Insurance and Court Judgments
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Public
Schools
Capital
Investment Programs
EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER
June 27, 2006 – 7:00 P.M.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
July 18, 2006 – 4:00 P.M.
August 29, 2006 – 4:00 P.M