COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

MARCH 27, 2006

COUNCIL CHAMBER

Convened: 3:37 p.m.

Adjourned:4:50 p.m.

 

Present were:      Chairperson Councilor Gary Rosen

                             Councilor Philip P. Palmieri

                             Councilor Frederick C. Rushton @ 3:44 p.m.

                             Councilor Barbara G. Haller @ 3:41 p.m.

                            

Also:                    Director Neighborhoods and Housing Development Dennis Hennessy

                             Director of Housing Scott Hayman @ 4:03 p.m.

                             City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk

 

Communications of the City Manager

 

1.       Relative to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety Programs Division, FY 2003 Local Law Enforcement Public, Safety Equipment Grant Program.

#18C CM December 17, 2002

Recommend File

 

2.       Relative to buildings being prioritized for demolition.

#6A CM February 25, 2003

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a report concerning demolition activity under the auspices of the Office of Neighborhoods and Housing Development.

 

3.                 Relative to Neighborhood Mini Grant Program Report

#18D CM April 1, 2003

Recommend File

 

4.                 Relative to the number of HUD Section 108 Loans Outstanding.

#8C CM September 9, 2003

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with an report detailing the number of HUD Section 108 Loans Outstanding.

 

5.                 Relative to the Wall St. fire and displaced individuals.

#17B CM January 27, 2004

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a report concerning the individuals who were displaced by fire on Wall Street.

 

6.       Relative to press release – City’s Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Project.

#17C CM March 9, 2004

Recommend File

 

7.       Relative to Executive Summary and Resolution relative to the Gardner/ Kilby/Hammond (GKH) Street Revitalization Initiative.

#18E CM April 1, 2003

Recommend File

 

8.       Relative to Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Project Update.

          #17C CM April 27, 2004

Recommend File

 

9.       Relative to proposed redevelopment strategy for the South Worcester Industrial Park.

          #8D CM June 15, 2004

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with updated information concerning a redevelopment strategy and current and future leadership for the South Worcester Industrial Park project.

 

10.     Relative to Main Street Program.

          #17E CM June 15, 2004

In Committee June 21, 2004 – Held

In Committee June 28, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

11.     Relative to Neighborhoods Revitalization Strategy Area Plan.

          #17D CM May 18, 2004

Recommend File

 

12.     Relative to Main Street Program – NRSA.

          #17B CM July 6, 2004

Recommend File

 

13.     Relative to Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas (NRSAs).

          #17A CM July 19, 2005

Recommend File

 

14.     Relative to an update on the Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA) program.

          #9A CM November 22, 2005

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager update the City Council regarding progress in the Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area program.

 

15.     Relative to location of Social Service Agencies.

          #17A CM July 6, 2004

Recommend Refer to the Housing Committee

 

16.     Relative to Social Service Agency Locations – Prior Opinions.

          #15A CM September 21, 2004

Recommend Refer to the Housing Committee

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manger provide the City Council with data revealing any and all properties that have been purchased by social service agencies within the City during the last several years.

 

17.     Relative to latest U.S. Census estimates.

          #17B CM August 17, 2004

Recommend File

 

18.     Relative to an update on the environmental remediation projects underway or completed on the School Maintenance Building on Shrewsbury Street, the Parcel Post Building at Union Station, and the Central Street Hotel site.

          #17A CM December 14, 2004

Recommend File

 

19.     Relative to the redevelopment of the Mason/Winfield Street Project.

          #17B CM December 14, 2004

Recommend File

 

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a report concerning environmental remediation efforts at various development sites in the City.

 

20.     Recommend that Eighty Nine Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety Dollars and Ninety One Cents ($89,690.91) in unexpended prior year Block Grant balances be transferred from the account numbers as enclosed and appropriated to account numbers as enclosed to provide a total of $240,000 to fund ongoing work at the Mason/Winfield Brownfield site.

          #28A CM December 14, 2004

Recommend File

 

21.     Relative to the FY 2006 Federal Budget being recommended by President Bush.

          #17D CM February 8, 2005

Recommend File

 

22.     Request adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for and accept a $96,224.00 Economic Development Initiative (EDI) – Special Project grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Community Planning and Development in support of the Worcester Center for the Performing Arts’ (WCPA) restoration of the historic Grand Palace Theatre at 2-16 Southbridge Street.

#8E CM In City Council July 19, 2005 Resolution Adopted – In Committee for informational purposes only

Recommend File

 

23.     Relative to the eligibility of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds for School Department Athletic Fields.

#17 E CM September 30, 2003

In Committee June 7, 2004 - Held

In Committee June 14, 2004 – Held

In Committee June 21, 2004 – Held

In Committee June 28, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

24.     Relative to a report on balances under the City’s Community Development Block Grant Program.

#17E CM January 6, 2004

In Committee June 7, 2004 - Held

In Committee June 14, 2004 – Held

In Committee June 21, 2004 – Held

In Committee June 28, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

25.     Relative to CDBG Program Income and Unexpended Balances.

          #17C CM March 16, 2004

          In Committee June 7, 2004 - Held

In Committee June 14, 2004 – Held

In Committee June 21, 2004 – Held

In Committee June 28, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

26.     Relative to CDBG Program Income and Unexpended Balances.

          #17C CM June 15, 2004

In Committee June 21, 2004 – Held

In Committee June 28, 2004 – Held

Recommend File

 

27.     Relative to proposed CDBG Allocation Process Timetable Year 31

(July 1, 2005 – June 20, 2006).

          #17A CM November 9, 2004

Recommend File

 

28.     Relative to the Annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement.

          #17A CM January 4, 2005

Recommend File

 

29.     Relative to the proposed schedule for public hearings, Request for Proposals and funding recommendations for the year 32 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), and Housing for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) programs funded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

          #9B CM November 22, 2005

Recommend File

 

30.     Relative to the FY’06 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding amounts for the City of Worcester.

          #9B CM January 31, 2006

Recommend File

 

31.     Relative to a detailed overview of the City’s Community Development Block Grant Entitlement program funded annually through the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

# 9A CM March 7, 2006

Recommend Hold

 

Communication of Helen A Friel - Asst. to the Superintendent of Worcester Public Schools/Clerk of the School Committee

 

32.     Relative to the playground to be created at the site of the Jacob Hiatt Magnet School.

          #43 CC May 7, 2002

Recommend File