CITY OF WORCESTER | Public Service and Transportation Committee Meeting | Wednesday, October 1, 2014 | Esther Howland (South) Chamber | Convened: 5:39 P.M. | Adjourned: 8:16 P.M. |
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Mayor
Joseph M. Petty | 
www.worcesterma.gov |
Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Konstantina B Lukes | | Councilor Morris A Bergman | | Councilor Gary Rosen |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Chairperson Councilor Konstantina B Lukes
Councilor Morris A Bergman
Councilor Gary Rosen | | | | | Also: | Deputy City Solicitor Michael Traynor
Director of Cable Services Judith Warren
DPWP Staff Person Robert Fiore
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
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| 1. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 1a. | Transmitting Informational Communication Relative to the Cable License Transfer.
# 12.4F CM September 16, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Speakers:
1. Matthew Cory, Worcester resident
2. Charles Cooper, Worcester resident
3. Charles Thanas, Leicester resident
4. Mauro DePasquale, Worcester resident
5. Regina Gahan, Worcester resident
6. Arthur Richmond, Worcester resident
Utility Representatives:
1. Thomas P. Cohan, Director of Governmental Relations, Charter, 95 Higgins Street, Worcester, MA 01606
2. Daniel M. Glanville, VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Comcast, 90 Phoenix Avenue, Enfield, CT 06082 (Holyoke resident)
3. Nick Leuci, VP Government and Community Investment, Comcast Cable, 676 Island Pond Road, Manchester, NH 03109
Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1b. | Transmitting Informational Communication Relative to Funds Received as a Result of the Cable Franchise License.
# 10.4B CM June 17, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1c. | Transmitting Informational Communication Relative to a New Contract with Charter Communications
# 8.4B CM November 12, 2013
In Committee April 8, 2014 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1d. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Update of Cable License Renewal Ascertainment Period.
# 8.32B CM April 02, 2013 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1e. | Transmitting informational communication relative to a Petition that Charter Communications' Filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
# 10.13A CM March 13, 2012
In Committee March 19, 2012 - Held
In Committee April 11, 2012 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1f. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Charter Communication's 4th Quarter Report on Response Time in Handling Phone Calls to Customer Care.
# 8.4A CM February 28, 2012
In Committee March 19, 2012 - Held
In Committee April 11, 2012 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2a. | Order of Councilor Gary Rosen - Request the Standing Committee on Public Service & Transportation review the rates for services charged by Charter Communications and make sure the company is providing senior citizens and others who qualify with any discounted rates or plans available.
# 11s CC January 21, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2b. | Petition of Mary Moule request the City Council investigate and negotiate a discount cable television service rate or rate cap for seniors in the current contract renewal negotiations between the City of Worcester and Charter Communications.
# 8c CC March 12, 2013 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2c. | Petition of Mauro DePasquale, Executive Director of WCCA TV13, et al request the City Manager and the Cable Advisory Committee to prioritize and assure funding and grant allocations toward the continued development of WCCA TV 13’ operations and facility.
# 7aa CC February 26, 2013
In Committee April 8, 2014 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2d. | Petition of Mauro DePasquale, Executive Director of WCCA TV13, et al requesting City Council request the City Manager to distribute WCCA TV programming broadly throughout Worcester County or, at least, through Charter’s system in towns surrounding Worcester.
# 7bb CC February 26, 2013
In Committee April 8, 2014 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2e. | Petition of Mauro DePasquale, Executive Director of WCCA TV13, request City’s consideration of extending our current agreement with the City until the renewal of the Franchise and that of WCCA’s agreement is accomplished.
# 7z CC February 26, 2013
In Committee April 8, 2014 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2f. | Petition of Jonathan Curtis request a Citizen's Committee be created to advise City Administration and City Council on how to best to use Internet resources.
# 8h CC January 15, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3a. | Councilor Morris A. Bergman request a street light be (re)installed on pole #2 in front of 2 Benson St., or as close thereto as possible.
# 9g CC July 22, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval to install one (1) light on pole #2 in front of 2 Benson St. | |
| 1. | Request City Manager incorporate within a Comcast contract an annual communitywide evaluation of the provider’s service to Worcester on a yearly basis. | | | 2. | Request City Manager, in the event that Comcast becomes the cable services provider in Worcester, to request Comcast to agree to amend section 10.8, page 30, of the existing cable service provider contract. | | | 3. | Request City Manager request the City Solicitor to report to the City Council what, if any, conditions in the existing cable service provider contract can be changed before, or after, any transfer takes place. | |
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