CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– OCTOBER 17, 2006
7:00 P.M.
Convened 7:01 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:15 P.M.
1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2.
STAR
SPANGLED BANNER-ALEXANDRA MILLS
3. ROLL
CALL – All present except Councilor Petty
4 HEARING HELD
4a ADOPTED
4a. Granting permission to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for conduit location in: SOUTHBRIDGE ST. (Attachments)
5.
ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
Mayor Murray read a proclamation proclaiming October 2006 Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
5b. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
6. Claude Dorman on behalf of the East Highland Area Neighborhood
Association and residents request the removal of a dead tree in front of 62
Fruit St. (Attachments)
7. Claude Dorman on behalf of the East Highland Area Neighborhood
Association request the removal of a dead tree at the entrance to Dayton Place.
(Attachments)
8. Attorney Todd Rodman on behalf of Main South Community Development Corporation request to remove Gould Court from the Official City Map to facilitate the construction of housing in connection with the Gardner Kilby Hammond project. (Attachments)
9-11
REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS
9. John Riley request to enter into a prior agreement with the
City of Worcester to extend a sanitary main on Denmark Street a distance of
240’ at the petitioner’s expense. (Attachments)
10. Donald Ekross request section of cement that was temporarily
repaired last year be replaced with cement in front of 48 Cedar St. (Attachments)
11. Michael Konan, President of Meola Development Corporation,
request the City of Worcester to accept easement for the cross-country drain
and the detention basin for Good Harbor Dr. per subdivision plan entitled Good
Harbor Heights. (Attachments)
12. Michael Konan, President of Meola Development Corporation,
request to accept and make public Meola Ave. Extention. (Attachments)
13
& 14 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS
13. Tam Nguyen request sidewalk repair of 16 broken blocks on the
West St. side of 203 Pleasant St. (Attachments)
14. Councilor Joffrey A. Smith on behalf of Indian Lake Watershed
Association in cooperation with the Greendale YMCA, Bancroft School and
Worcester Fitness request to install sidewalks along Shore Dr. from Holden St.
until it meets the sidewalk at the YMCA. (Attachments)
15-17
REFERRED TO PLANNING BOARD
15. Attorney Donald O’Neil on behalf of Norman and Carol Vokes
request to accept and make public Mink Circle. (Attachments)
16. Edgard Freire et al request the City of Worcester to acquire,
improve, layout and decree a public way along and within the bounds of the
existing 30 foot wide common driveway that serves certain residential
properties along Plantation St. and Wigwam Hill Dr. (Attachments)
17. Carlos & Maria Cautinho request the City of Worcester to
acquire, improve, layout and decree a public way along and within the bounds of
the existing 30 foot wide common driveway that serves certain residential
properties along Plantation St. and Wigwam Hill Dr. (Attachments)
18. Claude Dorman on behalf of the East Highland Area Neighborhood
Association request the installation of a stop sign at the intersection of
Fruit and William Sts. for traffic moving in a northerly direction. (Attachments)
19. Claude Dorman on behalf of the East Highland Area Neighborhood
Association and residents of William St. request the removal of the “no
parking” restriction from 52 William St. to the intersection of William St. and
West St., the northern side of William St. (Attachments)
20. Claude Dorman on behalf of the East Highland Area Neighborhood
Association, residents and businesses on William St. request the removal of “20
minute parking” in front of 66 William St. (Attachments)
21. Claude Dorman on behalf of the East Highland Area Neighborhood
Association and residents of West St. request the removal of the “no parking”
restriction on West St. from John St. to Highland St., on the eastern side of
West St. (Attachments)
22. Jason Koutoulas request handicap parking sign in front of 7
Shawmut St. (Attachments)
23. Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of the Jewish Community Center request
to review the traffic conditions on Salisbury St. in the vicinity of the Jewish
Community Center in order to improve any conditions which may be hazardous to
automobiles and pedestrians approaching, entering and exiting the facility. Specifically, to install speed monitors,
other physical improvements such as pedestrian crosswalks, police enforcement
of speed limits and any other recommendations which would improve the safety
for drivers and pedestrians. (Attachments)
24. Deborah Packard, Executive Director of Preservation Worcester,
request that Cedar St. and Linden St. be more clearly signed as one way streets
in the interest of public safety. (Attachments)
25 & 26 HEARINGS SET FOR
OCTOBER 24, 2006 – 7:00 P.M.
25. NSTAR
for gas main in: APRICOT ST. (Attachments)
26. NSTAR
for gas main in: JAMES ST. (Attachments)
26a. Request City Manager coordinate with the City Council’s Standing
Committee on Public Works and the City Clerk in preparing a summit that would
include our Federal and State legislators and regulators to deal with the
problems and actions as presented by the Commissioner of Public Works &
Parks in City Manager’s item #12E and that this summit be scheduled and
completed no later than January 2007. – Motion-Clancy @12A CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
26b. Request City Manager provide additional
information in chart form on the water rate impact on various classes of
customers within the City of Worcester. Motion-Haller @12A CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
26c. Request City Manager send a copy of City
Manager’s item # 12D to all the Neighborhood Associations. Motion-Haller
@12D CM – Adopted (Attachments)
26d. Request City Manager suggest the Commissioner of Public Works and
Parks place flyers that state when leaf collection will take place at
supermarkets and polling places to get the message out and to achieve greater
compliance. Motion-Rosen @12D CM – Adopted (Attachments)
26e. Request City Manager recommend to City Council
an ordinance that will adopt some type of fine that will have meaningful
consequences for leaving leaves in the streets in violation to the city
ordinances. Motion-Palmieri @12D CM – Adopted (Attachments)
26f. Request City Manager request City Solicitor provide a report
regarding the reviews and submission of applications for rooming or lodging
houses to License Commission on whether the rules are driven by state mandates
or driven by City ordinances. Motion-Rushton @19A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
26g. Request City Manager provide City Council with a report on the
number of rooming or lodging houses besides SMOC are in the City of Worcester. Motion-Rushton @19A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
26h. Request City Manager request City Solicitor
provide City Council with a report that would explain how the City would be
violating the Fair Housing Act if the City were to zone out rooming or lodging
houses. Motion-Rushton @19A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
26i. Request City Manager provide City Council
with a report on the final negotiated sale price for 863 West Boylston St. and
further, request that all future final sales for negotiated city properties be
forwarded to City Council. Motion- Lukes @ #9A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
26j. Request City Manager provide City Council
with a report that includes the protocols for revolving funds and to include
these protocols within the report when this type of recommendation is brought
before City Council. Motion- Lukes @ #35A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
26k. Request City Manager request the Commissioner
of the Department of Public Works and Parks to clear the sidewalk along
Frontage Rd. from Shore Dr. to West Boylston St. so that the topsoil from the
embankment is scraped away and the overgrowth of trees and shrubbery is
removed, allowing pedestrians to utilize the sidewalk area instead of the
street for running, jogging, walking, etc… Smith–Suspension of Rules –
Adopted (Attachments)
26l.
Request City Manager provide City
Council with a report on the issues related to the Salter School and the Indian
Hill neighborhood in regards to all traffic enforcements and an updated
status of the school’s relocation. Smith–Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
26m.
Request City Manager consider
establishing some sort of award recognizing exemplifying citizenship such as a
City of Worcester Hall of Fame. Toomey–Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
MICHAEL V.
O'BRIEN
CITY MANAGER
COUNCIL
CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 17, 2006
1. APPOINTMENTS
NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION
2. APPOINTMENTS
CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION
3. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
AIRPORT DIVISION
4. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
CABLE SERVICES DIVISION
5. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
ELECTION COMMISSION DIVISION
6. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
7. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
8. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A. Informational Communication regarding the
Union Station Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Services. (Attachments)
Placed on File
9. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A. Recommend City Council Adoption of the
Attached Order Relative to the Disposition of City-Owned Property Located at
863 West Boylston Street. (Attachments) Order adopted on a roll call 8-0 (Haller,
Palmieri, Petty absent)
10. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING AND REGULATORY SERVICES DIVISION
11. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DIVISION
12. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
OPERATIONS DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Current and Pending Discharge Permits for the Upper Blackstone
Water Pollution Abatement District (UBWPAD).
(Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Keep Worcester Clean (KWC) Activity Report for August
2006. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
C. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to a Public Hearing to DiscussTraffic Improvements in the Tatnuck
Square Area. (Attachments) Referred
to Traffic & Parking Committee
D. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the 2006 Fall Leaf Collection Program. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
E. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Fat, Oil and Grease (FOG) Program Status Report. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
13. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
PARKS DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to an Invitation to the Third Public Hearing for the Oakland Heights
Playground Master Plan. (Attachments) Placed on File
14. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
15. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Recommend City Council Accept with
Gratitude a Donation in the Amount of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars And No Cents
($250.00) to the Worcester Fire Department from Red Tree Productions, Inc. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
16. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
LICENSE COMMISSION
17. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the City Council Request for the Number of Vehicular Accidents
Reported at the Intersection of Woodland and Kingsbury Streets Over a Period of
the Last Five Years. (Attachments) Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
B. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the City Council Request for a Report Regarding Speeding and Other
Ticket Violations on Lake Avenue for the Past Year. (Attachments) Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
18. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
19. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Regarding the City Council Request Relative to the Process Used to Check on the
Occupancies of Lodging Houses by Conducting Unannounced Inspections More Often
than Once a Year. (Attachments) Referred to Housing & Neighborhood
Revitalization Committee
B. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Maximum Number of People that could be Housed at each of the
Properties owned by SMOC within the City regardless of what the application is
for. (Attachments)
Referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
C. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to Illegal Dumping at 23 Esther St. (Attachments)
Placed on file
20. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DISABILITY DIVISION
21. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ELDER AFFAIRS DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Results of the Worcester Senior Center Satisfaction Survey. (Attachments)
Referred to Elder Affairs Committee
B. Recommend City Council Adoption of the
Attached Order to Authorize the Renewal of a Two Year Lease for Space at
the Worcester Senior Center to the Alzheimer's Association. (Attachments) Order
Adopted
C. Recommend City Council Adoption of a
Resolution to File and Accept a Worcester Cultural Commission Grant to Support
Programming at the Worcester Senior Center.
(Attachments)
Resolution Adopted
22. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION
23. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION
24. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION
25. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PUBLIC LIBRARY
26. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES DIVISION
27. PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
28. LAW DEPARTMENT
LEGAL DIVISION
29. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
ASSESSING DIVISION
30. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
BUDGET OFFICE DIVISION
31. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
PURCHASING DIVISION
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to the Worcester Vocational High School's Minority & Women
Business Participation & Worker Utilization Goals. (Attachments)
Referred to Ethnic & Minority Affairs Committee
32. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION
33. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
TREASURY AND COLLECTIONS DIVISION
34. FINANCE ITEMS
A. Recommend that Seventy Seven Thousand
Dollars And No Cents ($77,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Citywide
Building Rehabilitation and be appropriated to Account # 68C702, Technical
Services Building Rehabilitation for relocation of the Technical Services
Department. (Attachments)
Order Adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Petty, Toomey absent)
B. Recommend that One Million Six Hundred
Twenty Five Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($1,625,000.00) be transferred from
Loan Account #91C745, Sewer Construction, and appropriated to DPW Account #44C761,
Surface Drainage to allow for the payment of current and future obligations per
the cash flow procedure. (Attachments) Order
Adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Petty, Toomey absent)
C. Recommend that Five Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars And No Cents ($550,000.00) be transferred from Loan Account #91C741,
Street Construction, and be appropriated to DPW Account #41C741, Street
Resurfacing to allow for the payment of current and future street resurfacing
obligations. (Attachments)
Order Adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Petty, Toomey absent)
D. Recommend that Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars And No Cents ($750,000.00) be transferred from Loan Account
#91C713, Water Mains, and be appropriated to DPW Account #45C720, Water Mains
to allow for the payment of current invoices and anticipated water main
improvement obligations. (Attachments) Order Adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Petty,
Toomey absent)
E. Recommend that Twenty Two Thousand Dollars
And No Cents ($22,000.00) be Transferred from Account #91C711, City Wide
Building Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #11C702, City Messenger
Rehabilitation, to pay for City Hall ADA Hardware improvements. (Attachments)
Order Adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Petty, Toomey absent)
F. Recommend that Two Hundred Forty Two
Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($242,000.00) be Transferred from Account
#91C775, DCU Center Building Rehab, and be Appropriated to Account # 75C702,
Civic Center Rehabilitation to pay for the Installation of Curtains at the DCU
Center. (Attachments)
Order Adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Petty, Toomey absent)
35. FINANCE ITEMS
OPERATIONAL TRANSFERS
A. Recommend the Establishment of Special
Revenue Accounts as Allowed under the State Revolving Fund Statute, Chapter 44
Sect. 53 E 1/2, to Deposit Funds for the Operation of Worcester Technical High
School. (Attachments)
Order Adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Petty absent)
B. Recommend that the Revolving Fund Accounts
for technology and Public Works be approved for use again in FY 2007 in
preparation of the City of Worcester's FY 2007 recapitulation. (Attachments)
Order Adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Petty absent)
36. FINANCE ITEMS
PRIOR YEAR
A. Recommend that Two Thousand Six Hundred
Seventy Eight Dollars And Sixty Six Cents ($2,678.66) be transferred from
Account # 250-92000, Police Department Ordinary Maintenance to pay for prior
year invoices from Verizon, Inc. for T-One line access to the Statewide
Criminal Systems History Board. (Attachments)
Order Adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Petty absent)
37. MISCELLANEOUS AGENDA TRANSMITTALS
A. Transmitting Informational Communication
Relative to Fiscal Year 2007 budget. (Attachments)
Held to be First Item of Business October 24, 2006
Tabled - No Action Taken
29. Order of Mayor Timothy P. Murray - That the ordinance relative to the Police Departments License Board as it relates to taxi regulations be rescinded. (Attachments) (Tabled May 2, 2006 - Murray)
30. Order of Councilor Barbara G. Haller and Councilor Gary Rosen -
Request City Manager take all steps to have the WRTA #11 bus rerouted to serve
the Island part of Harding Street (south of Kelley Square) to take residents,
especially the elderly, to and from the Route 20 Fair Shopping Plaza. Further
request that this service be provided several times in the mornings and again
in the afternoons, both outbound and inbound. This service was formerly
provided by the old #4 Millbury City Line and eliminated on January 28th, 2006
creating a serious hardship and reduction in the quality of life for residents
in the Green Island neighborhood. (Attachments) (Tabled August 29, 2006 –
Haller)
31. Order of Councilor Konstantina B. Lukes - Request City Manager to
report on the cost savings, if any, of redesigning and relocating the new North
High School to the new Technical High School campus. (Attachments)
(Tabled September 26, 2006 – Lukes)
32. Communication of Roberta R. Schaefer, Executive Director of
Worcester Regional Research Bureau, transmitting Communication relative to Dial
911: Whose Call Is It, Anyway? (Attachments)
(Tabled October 10, 2006 – Murray)
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
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OCTOBER 16, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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OCTOBER 18, 2006 5:30
P.M. |
REGIONAL AFFAIRS |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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OCTOBER 23, 2006 7:00
P.M. |
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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OCTOBER 24, 2006 5:30
P.M. |
LAND USE |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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OCTOBER 26, 2006 5:30
P.M. |
TRAFFIC & PARKING |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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OCTOBER 30,2006 6:00
P.M. |
YOUTH, PARKS & RECREATION |
COUNCIL
CHAMBER
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NOVEMBER 1, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE MILL STREET BUSINESS CORRIDOR |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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NOVEMBER 14, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
MILITARY AFFAIRS |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |