CITY OF WORCESTER

Public Works Committee Meeting

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Esther Howland (South) Chamber

Convened: 5:35 P.M.

Adjourned: 6:21 PM


Mayor
Joseph M. Petty

 

www.worcesterma.gov

 

Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford

Committee Members

Chairperson Kathleen M Toomey
Councilor Tony Economou
Councilor George J Russell
 

City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts


Present Were:Chairperson Councilor Kathleen M Toomey Councilor Tony Economou Councilor George J Russell
 
Also:DPWP Commissioner Paul Moosey DPWP Assistant Commissioner K. Russ Adams DPWP Assistant Commissioner Matthew Labovites Assistant City Clerk Susan M. Ledoux, clerk
 
1.

FIRST HEARING - INSTALL SEWERS

1a.

HAVANA ROAD ABUTTERS - 10 FAVORED 8 OPPOSED 0

Attachments

Recommend Approval

2.

HEARINGS - DISCONTINUANCES & ALTERATIONS

2a.

Report of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Mark Armington, Sr. Director UMMS Facilities Engineering & Construction, request City approve an alteration of the west side of the Plantation St. layout by discontinuing and abandoning the City's street easement over portions of Plantation St. to accommodate pedestrian access stairwells & paths at the new parking garage serving UMMS. # 14a CC April 02, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

2b.

Report of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Brian McLaughlin request to reconfigure the access from property of 115 McKeon Rd. to the northerly side of McKeon Rd. (Discontinue & Remove Portion of Millbury St. - northwest corner of McKeon Rd.) # 15d CC December 17, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Hold

2c.

Report of the Planning Board upon the Communication of the City Manager requesting to discontinue and remove a portion of Washington Square Rotary from the Official Map. # 15e CC October 15, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3.

SIDEWALK REPAIR PETITIONS

3a.

Rich Lovejoy request sidewalk in front of 41 Chatham St. be repaved. # 8a CC December 17, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3b.

Katherine Sakaloglou request sidewalks on the even numbered side of Russell St. (behind Price Chopper Supermarket) from Highland St. to Park Ave. be repaired # 7h CC November 12, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3c.

Paul Saucier request sidewalk repair in front of 31 Creswell Rd. # 7c CC November 12, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3d.

Councilor Tony Economou request sidewalk repair in front of 23 Pine Tree Dr. # 17j CC October 29, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3e.

Councilor William J. Eddy on behalf of Joseph Arguijo request sidewalk repair at 30 High Ridge Rd. # 14u CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3f.

Councilor William J. Eddy request sidewalk repair at 7 Blair St. # 14t CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3g.

Councilor William J. Eddy request sidewalk repair in the High Ridge Rd. side of 2 Blair St. # 14s CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3h.

Councilor William J. Eddy request sidewalk repair at 10 Audubon Rd. # 14r CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3i.

Councilor William J. Eddy on behalf of residents of Rosewood Dr. request sidewalk repair in front of 7, 9, 13, 17, 18 and 22 Rosewood Dr. # 14o CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3j.

Councilor William J. Eddy on behalf of Charles Vayo request sidewalk repair in front of 84 Pine View Ave. # 14k CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3k.

Councilor William J. Eddy request sidewalk repair in front of 82 Pine View Ave. # 14j CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3l.

Councilor George J. Russell on behalf Richard Castle request the sidewalk on Esther St. from Millbury St. to Vernon St. be resurfaced. # 7f CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3m.

Councilor Philip P. Palmieri on behalf of Mary O’Connor request sidewalk repair in front of 33 Elnora Dr. # 18p CC October 15, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3n.

Councilor Philip P. Palmieri on behalf of Paul Leroux request sidewalk repair in front of 3 Elnora Dr. # 18o CC October 15, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3o.

Thanh Lam request the sidewalk repair in front of 81 Rodney St. # 7b CC October 15, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3p.

Dianne Cardoni request the sidewalk repair in front of 15 Houghton St. # 7b CC October 08, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

4.

STREET RESURFACING PETITIONS

4a.

Gary Riccardi, et al request Plum St. be resurfaced. # 9d CC November 26, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Leave to Withdraw

4b.

Gail Sealey et al request Greendale Ave. from West Boylston St. to Leeds St. be repaved. # 7c CC October 08, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Leave to Withdraw

5.

MISCELLANEOUS

5a.

Petition of Peter Lukason request a study regarding the feasibility of constructing a sewer for 5 Dawson Rd. # 7e CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend File

5b.

Petition of Councilor Tony Economou and Mayor Joseph M. Petty on behalf of the King family request the granite marker be cut down at 58 Brighton Rd. and the corner of Bay State Rd. # 14h CC October 22, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

5c.

Petition of Councilor William J. Eddy request installation of catch basin in the vicinity of 17 Drexel St. at the intersection of Drexel St. and Nordica St. # 18r CC October 01, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Deny

Chairman's Orders

Request Commissioner of Public Works & Parks contact the residents on Nordica St. and/or Councilor William J. Eddy to inform them that the best way to resolve the draining issues in the area is to request private street conversion.

5d.

Petition of Councilor William J. Eddy on behalf of Kathleen Lampinen request guardrail repair at 10 Chesterfield Rd. # 18u CC October 01, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Leave to Withdraw

5e.

Petition of Councilor Philip P. Palmieri request repair or replacement of the guardrail in Dana Ave. # 8kk CC August 20, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Hold

5f.

Petition of Denise Whipple request city to resolve the flooding issue in front of 14 Nanita St. # 8c CC May 14, 2013

Attachments

Recommend Approval

Chairman's Orders

Request Commissioner of Public Works & Parks to consider prioritizing work needed to fix the flooding issue in front of 14 Nanita St. so this can be done as soon as possible.

6.

COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

6a.

Transmitting informational communication relative to Proposed New Statewide Water Policy Regulations. # 10.7B CM July 16, 2013

Attachments

Recommend File

6b.

Transmitting informational communication relative to an update of the Blackstone River Water Quality Study: 2012. # 10.6A CM September 17, 2013

Attachments

Recommend File

6c.

Transmitting informational communication relative to the City Manager's Clean Team. # 10.32C CM November 26, 2013

Attachments

Recommend File

6d.

Transmitting informational communication relative to Keep Worcester Clean (KWC) Activity Report for the Month of August 2013 # 8.7A CM October 08, 2013

Attachments

Recommend File

6e.

Transmitting informational communication relative to the Construction Progress Report for the Month Ending September 30, 2013. # 8.7B CM October 08, 2013

Attachments

Recommend File

6f.

Transmitting informational communication relative to Keep Worcester Clean (KWC) Activity Report for the Month of September 2013 # 8.7A CM November 12, 2013

Attachments

Recommend File

6g.

Transmitting informational communication relative to the Construction Progress Report for the Month Ending October 31, 2013 # 8.7B CM November 12, 2013

Attachments

Recommend File

6h.

Transmitting informational communication relative to Construction Progress Report for the Month ending November 30, 2013. # 11.7B CM December 10, 2013

Attachments

Recommend File