CITY OF WORCESTER | Economic Development Committee Meeting | Tuesday, April 8, 2014 | Levi Lincoln (North) Chamber | Convened: 5:36 P.M. | Adjourned: 6:59 P.M. |
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Mayor
Joseph M. Petty | 
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Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Frederick C Rushton | | Councilor Sarai Rivera | | Councilor George J Russell |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Chairperson Councilor Frederick C Rushton
Councilor Sarai Rivera
Councilor George J Russell | | | | | Also: | Director of Business Assistance Paul D. Morano, Jr.
Economic Development Staff Person Peter Dunn
Acting Chief Development Officer and Deputy City Solicitor Michael Traynor
Director of Cultural Development Erin Williams
Assistant Commissioner of Parks, Recreation & Cemetery Robert C. Antonelli, Jr,
Principal Staff Assistant Andrew James Pottle, clerk | | | |
| 1. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 1a. | Transmitting Informational Communication Relative to an Update of the Status of Food Trucks.
# 8.32C CM October 22, 2013
In Committee October 23, 2013 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Speakers:
1. Julie Holmstrom, no residence given
2. Michael Nishan, Worcester resident
3. Ken Harling, Worcester resident
Recommend Hold | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request City Solicitor provide a report regarding the City’s ability to designate parking spaces for food truck vendors. | | | | Request City Manager provide a report regarding the fee structures used for food truck vendors in Boston, Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island and Portland, Maine. | | | | Request City Manager request appropriate staff from Parks, Recreation and Cemetery and from Cultural Development work together in order to determine plans for the use of multiple food trucks in the City’s parks. | | | | Request City Manager report on previous Chairman’s Orders put forth during the October 23, 2013 Economic Development Committee meeting pertaining to the City’s development of a new Food Truck Ordinance. | |
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| | | 1b. | Transmitting Informational Communication Relative to the Status of the Food Truck Ordinance.
# 8.32B CM October 08, 2013
In Committee October 23, 2013 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1c. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Mobile Food Truck Ordinances in Worcester and Other Communities.
# 8.4B CM April 02, 2013 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1d. | Transmitting Communication Relative to the Economic Plan for the South Worcester Industrial Park (SWIP).
# 8.4C CM March 25, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Speakers:
1. Ron Charrette, Worcester resident
2. William Breault, Worcester resident
Recommend Approval of the economic development plan for the redevelopment of the South Worcester Industrial Park. | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide a report prior to the next Standing Committee on Economic Development meeting regarding the efforts made to take down the silos in the South Worcester Industrial Park. | |
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