CITY OF WORCESTER

CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT

CALENDAR OF THE CITY COUNCIL – FEBRUARY 29, 2000

6:00 P.M.

Convened:  6:16 P.M.

Adjourned:  10:15 P.M.

 

 

1.                 INVOCATION – Rev. Charles Dumphy

Blessed Sacrament Church

 

2.       PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER

 

3.                 ROLL CALL

 

FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS

 

          4 REPORT ACCEPTED & RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL – 11-0

 

RESOLUTION READ AND PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR

 

4.       REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ETHNIC AND MINORITY AFFAIRS Upon the Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Worcester Women’s History Project: recommend adoption of the accompanying Resolution.

 

SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS

 

          5 TABLED

 

5.       REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Communication of the City Manager requesting adoption of an Ordinance amending the Worcester Zoning Ordinance relative to the Regulation of Indoor/Outdoor Shooting Ranges.

 

THIRD ITEM OF BUSINESS

 

          6 REFERRED TO COMMERCE & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR APRIL 13, 2000 MEETING

 

6.       Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Union Station/Accessibility Complaint.

 

7.       Discussion with the Worcester Redevelopment Authority and their Executive Director.

 

PETITIONS

 

7a.     Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Nadire Taka request handicap parking in front of 33 Tatman St.  Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee – Suspension of Rules

 

7b.     Councillor Stephen Abraham on behalf of Paula Inzerillo request hearing impaired child sign at 17 Knox St.  Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee – Suspension of Rules

 

8.       COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

 

APPOINTMENTS

 

 1.      NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:

 

A.      Notification  of the appointment of Sandra Katz, to the Mayor Thomas J. Early Scholarship Committee..

 

Placed on file

 

B.      Notification of the appointment of Diane M. Long and Donna M. Winant, to the Cultural Commission.

 

Placed on file

 

C.      Notification  of the appointment of Donald A. Haapakoski, to the Human Rights Commission.

 

Placed on file

 

2.       CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:

 

A.      Notification of the appointment of Allan J. Eisenberg, to the Cable Television Advisory Committee.

 

Appointment confirmed on a roll call 9-0

 

B.      Notification of the appointment of Scott A. Johnson, to the Community Development Advisory Committee.

 

Appointment confirmed on a roll call 9-0

 

TRANSMITTAL

 

3.       AIRPORT:

         

4.       ASSESSORS:

 

A.      Communication relative to Revenue Loss from Exempt Properties.

 

Referred to Land Use Committee

 

B.      Communication relative to Feasibility of Taxing Underground Equipment.

 

Placed on file

5.       BUDGET OFFICE:

 

A.      Communication relative to distribution of Lottery Aid, Additional Assistance and Chapter 70 aid for all Massachusetts cities and towns for fiscal years 2000 and 2001.

 

Referred to Finance

 

6.       CIVIC CENTER:

 

7.       COMMUNICATIONS:

 

8.       DEVELOPMENT:

         

A.      Communication relative to Development of a Public Market.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

B.      Communication relative to City Council Orders on Ambassador Program, Budget and Timelines for Marketing Plan and Marketing Web Site.

 

Held to be First Item of Business March 14, 2000

 

C.      Communication relative to Architectural Access Board Decision: WRA Response Strategy.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

D.      Communication relative to Union Station Platform/Handicapped  Access.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

E.      Communication relative to Worcester Medical Center Garage.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

F.      Communication relative to Washington Square Hotel Project.

 

Placed on file

 

G.      Communication relative to Purchase and Sale Agreement – Element of Washington Square Hotel Project.

 

Placed on file

 

H.      Communication relative to New England Envelope relocation to Heald Building.

 

Placed on file

 

 9.      ELDER AFFAIRS:

 

A.      Communication relative to Plans for Developing the second and third phases of Worcester’s Senior Center.

 

Referred to Elder Affairs Committee

 

B.      Communication relative to Use of Facilities/Girls Inc. & Worcester Academy.

 

Referred to Elder Affairs Committee

 

C.      Communication relative to Progress report on the Worcester Senior Center.

 

Referred to Elder Affairs Committee

 

10.     ELECTION COMMISSION:

 

11.     EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES:

 

12.     EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING:

 

A.      Communication relative to St. Vincent’s Employees.

 

Placed on file

 

B.      Communication relative to Total number and titles of positions at St. Vincent Hospital being replaced by outsourcing.

 

Placed on file

 

13.     FIRE:

 

A.      Request City Council accept with gratitude the amount of $6,398.75 to be used toward the purchase of fire fighting equipment.

 

Order adopted with gratitude

 

B.      Communication relative to naming a portion of a state highway or roadway in honor of the six fallen firefighters.

 

Order adopted requesting Administration to look into renaming a portion of the Route 146 corridor and to look into other appropriate avenues in honor of the six fallen firefighters.

 

C.      Request City Council accept with gratitude a donation in the amount of $12,285.15 given toward the purchase of fire fighting equipment.

 

Order adopted with gratitude

 

14.     HUMAN RESOURCES:

 

15.     INFORMATION SERVICES:

 

16.     LAW:

 

A.      Communication relative to adoption of legislation relative to Police and Fire Age Limitation.

 

Referred to Public Safety Committee

 

B.      Communication relative to a summary of House Bill 3210.

 

Referred to Legislative Affairs Committee

 

C.      Communication relative to City of Leominster/Noise Control Ordinance.

 

Placed on file

 

D.      Communication relative to Public Hearing/Charter Communications

 

Placed on file

 

E.      Communication relative to Amending and Removing Property within USURP.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

F.      Communication relative to “contiguous and compact” requirement of federal tax law and the eminent domain powers of the W.R.A.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

17.     LICENSE COMMISSION:

 

18.     PARKS, RECREATION & CEMETERY:

 

A.      Communication relative to Department’s Policy Regarding the Use of Facilities for Various Events.

 

Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation Committee

 

B.      Communication relative to 2000 March Madness Basketball Tourney.

 

Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation Committee

 

C.      Request adoption of a resolution to accept with gratitude a donation of $10,000.00 from Mr. Daniel Hartwell of 3-D Entertainment, Inc. to benefit the Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Department’s proposed Skate Park at Green Hill Park.

 

Resolution adopted with gratitude

 

19.     PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:

 

A.      Request adoption of a Application for an Affordable Housing Fee Waiver, for the Worcester  Housing Authority.

 

Order adopted approving application

 

B.      Communication relative to FY99 Worcester County Domestic Preparedness Equipment Support Program Grant Award.

 

Referred to Public Safety Committee

 

C.      Communication relative to the Proposed Better America Bond Program.

 

Referred to Municipal Operations Committee

 

D.      Communication relative to Waller Avenue Relocation Map.

 

Referred to Land Use Committee

 

E.      Communication relative to Grime Watch Program – Progress Report #7.

 

Referred to Public Works Committee

 

F.      Communication relative to U.S. Census Bureau Census Promotion Bus.

 

Placed on file

 

G.      Communication relative to Lincoln Plaza Redevelopment.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee and Traffic & Parking Committee

 

H.      Communication relative to Piedmont Initiatives.

 

Placed on file

 

I.       Communication relative to Greater Worcester Access Improvement Project.

 

Referred to Land Use Committee

 

J.       Communication relative to Housing Conference/Holy Cross College.

 

Placed on file

 

K.      Request adoption of a Resolution to file and accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration Public Works program.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee

 

L.      Request adoption of a Resolution relative to the disposition of a vacant piece of land located at 104 Harrison Street.

 

Resolution adopted

 

M.     Request adoption of a Resolution relative to the Massachusetts EOHHS homeless transportation and day services grants.

 

Resolution adopted

 

N.      Communication relative to Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Round IV.

 

Referred to Public Safety Committee

 

O.      Communication relative to Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Streets Revitalization Initiative.

 

Resolution adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

Also referred to Community Development Committee for informational purposes only

 

20.     POLICE:

 

A.      Communication relative to Interim Policy and Procedure Manuel for the Internal Affairs Division of the Worcester Police Department.

 

Referred to Public Safety Committee

 

21.     PUBLIC HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:

 

A.      Communication relative to Random checks on Heating Oil Meters.

 

Placed on file

 

B.      Communication relative to Listing of the Nurses Schedules.

 

Referred to Education Committee

 

C.      Communication relative to Southbridge Street Transloading Facility.

 

Placed on file

 

D.      Communication relative to Worcester Healthy Start Initiative.

 

Placed on file

 

E.      Request adoption of two Tobacco Control Program resolutions.

 

Two Resolutions adopted

 

F.      Communication relative to Pediatric Asthma, Teen Pregnancy, Infant Mortality/Aids and Sexually transmitted disease.

 

Referred to Health Committee

 

22.     PUBLIC LIBRARY:

 

23.     PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

 

A.                                       Communication relative to the new North High School.

 

Referred to Education Committee

 

B.      SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication relative to a progress report on the Worcester Vocational High School.

 

Referred to Education Committee

 

24.     PUBLIC WORKS:

 

A.      Communication relative to “Not a Cut Through Street”.

 

Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee

 

B.      Communication relative to Lake View School on Coburn Avenue.

 

Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee

 

C.      Communication relative to Leaf Composting Site.

 

Referred to Public Works Committee

 

D.      Communication relative to Funding Mechanism/Central Garage.

 

Referred to Public Works Committee

 

E.      Request adoption of a resolution relative to Mercury Emission Standards.

 

Referred to Health Committee

 

F.      Request City Council approval of the Year 2000 Perambulation.

 

Two appointments approved for Perambulators for the Year 2000 – William Niemitz and Stephen Palmieri

 

G.                                       Recommend City Council adoption of an order amending Chapter Five of the revised ordinances of 1996 relative to Sewers and Storm Water Management.

 

Council voted to advertise the proposed Ordinance

 

H.      SUPPLEMENTAL – Request postponement of Item #39 on the March 1, 2000 Public Works Committee agenda.

 

Placed on file

 

25.     PURCHASING:

 

26.     TREASURY:

 

A.      Communication relative to Tax Delinquent Cases.

 

Placed on file

 

B.      Communication relative to Tax Title – Contaminated Properties, Cambridge Street.

 

Placed on file

 

C.      Communication relative to Boston Taxpayer Newsletter.

 

Placed on file

 

D.      Communication relative to Registered Vehicles.

 

Placed on file

 

27.     VETERANS' SERVICES:

 

28.     FINANCE:

 

A.      Recommend that Ten Thousand Five Hundred Forty Five Dollars and Seventy Four Cents ($10,545.74) be transferred from the following accounts:

 

Account

Description

Amount

18S102

Demolition Abandoned Bldg.

      $331.00

18S102

Park Ranger Program

      $163.26

18S102

Community Schools

        $20.42

18S102

Worc. Fire Dept.

           $.74

18S102

Worc. Youth Center

$10, 000.00

18S102

Police Tactical Equipment$

        $22.55

18S102

Organizational Development

          $7.77

 

Total

$10,545.74

          and be appropriated to the following account:

 

Account                Description                               Amount

 
18S102                  Black FBI Youth Internship    $10,545.74

                  

          to provide funds for the Black F.B.I. Youth Internship Program.

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

B.      Recommend that Twenty Two Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Seven Dollars and Sixty Two Cents ($22,687.62) be transferred when and as received, from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #41C703, DPW Department Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purpose of purchasing the following items:

 

1)

Portable Air Compressor

$10,594.00

1)

Brake Lathe

  $5,895.00

1)

Street Signs

  $5,063.85

1)

Computer

  $1,137.77

Total

 

$22,687.62

 

for the Department of Public Works, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

C.      Recommend that Ten Thousand Three Hundred Twenty One Dollars and Seventy One Cents ($10,321.71 be transferred from Account #330-07 Reserve for Appropriation Damage Settlement, and appropriated to Account #250-92000, Police Department Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of payment for repairs to a Police Department vehicle.

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

D.      Recommend that One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Three Dollars ($1,883.00) be authorized from Account #340-92000, Elder Affairs Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of payment of prior year invoices.

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

E.      Recommend that Two Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($240,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C713, Water Mains, and appropriated to Account #45C720, Water Mains, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations related to various Water Mains projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

F.      Recommend that Five Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Six Dollars and Eighty Nine Cents ($5,996.89) be transferred from Account #560-91000, Regional Library Personal Services, and appropriated to Account #560-92000, Regional Library Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the purpose of payment for van repairs and rental of garage space for the delivery vans at Federal Plaza Garage.

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

G.      Recommend that One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C741, Street Construction, and appropriated to Account #41C741, Street Resurfacing, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations related to various Street Resurfacing projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

H.      Recommend that Sixteen Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Five Dollars and Ninety Seven Cents ($16,695.97) be transferred from Account 330-91000 Health and Code Personal Services, and be appropriated to Account 140-92000 OPCD Ordinary Maintenance to provide funds for the purpose of the delivery and installation of the permit software.

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

I.       Recommend adoption of a Loan Order in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) be appropriated to Account #91C711 for the purpose of funding the rehabilitation of the Worcester Senior Center.

 

Order adopted on a roll call 11-0

 

29.     ORDINANCES/ORDERS:

 

30.     MISCELLANEOUS:

 

A.      Request City Council accept with gratitude the amount of $1,000.00 from New England Synod, EICA.

 

Order adopted with gratitude

 

B.      Request an Executive Session on March 14, 2000 to discuss strategies relative to collective bargaining.

 

To be last item of business on the March 14, 2000 City Council Calendar

 

C.                                       Communication relative to orders concerning the amendment of the USURP.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

D.                                       Communication relative to responses regarding various City Council orders of February 8, 2000.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

E.                                        SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication relative to Additional Invoicing Materials Requested by Council.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

F.      SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication relative to Union Station/Decision of Architectural Access Board.

 

Referred to Commerce & Development Committee for April 13, 2000 meeting

 

ORDERS

 

8a.     Request City Solicitor to provide City Council with a written legal opinion as to the appropriateness of asking for a zone change that would allow a shooting gallery only in a BG-6 zone and if that would achieve the same result as prohibiting shooting galleries within 1,000 ft. of a school or park.  Motion-Clancy @ #5CC – Adopted

 

8b.     Request Administration to define the lines of responsibility relative to the Union Station project.  Motion-Patton at discussion with the Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8c.     Request Administration report on the progress of the Washington Square hotel.  Motion – Patton at discussion with the Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8d.     Request Administration provide City Council with any documents relative to the tax credit syndication dated November 10, 1999.  Motion-Lukes at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8e.     Request Administration report on the ability and legality of asking that Worcester Redevelopment Authority expenses be funded through the City Auditor’s Office.  Motion-Patton at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8f.      Request Administration to provide City Council with a best/worst case scenario relative to a garage for Union Station.  Motion-Patton at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8g.     Request Worcester Redevelopment Authority update City Council on the prospectus for a parking garage for the Medical City project.  Motion-Patton at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8h.     Request Administration report on tax credit issues relative to Union Station; the rate, cost of borrowing, whether we could advance some of the funds that are coming in in 2003 and 2004 rather than actually having to pay an interest cost, if there is an interest cost who will pay that cost.  Motion-Patton at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8i.      Request City Auditor or City Solicitor provide City Council with the Cooperative Agreement between the City and the Worcester Redevelopment Authority and report on the City Council’s legal and fiduciary responsibilities relative to the Union Station project.  Motion-Patton at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8j.      Request Administration provide City Council with a list of consultants who work with the Worcester Redevelopment Authority.  Motion-Patton at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8k.     Request Administration to determine whether the City will be responsible to assume responsibility for the $50,000.00 mortgage to the Second Baptist Church in the event it is not foreclosed.  Motion-Lukes at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8l.      Request Administration provide City Council with documents signed between the Medical Center and the Worcester Redevelopment Authority relative to a garage as to what spaces will be used for, by whom, what access the City has to those spaces and details as to any stream of income being generated for the Worcester Redevelopment Authority or the Medical Center.  Motion-Lukes at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8m.    Request Administration report on what the operational costs will be for the basic operations of keeping heat and lights on in Union Station in light of the fact that we may be using previously designated revenue stream; the buses and trains to pay for their prior leases.  Motion-Luster at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8n.     Request the Worcester Redevelopment Authority to keep City Council and the Administration informed of negotiations regarding the accessibility issue at Union Station and also any developments regarding the Variance and any possible settlements regarding same.  Motion-Abraham at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8o.     Request the Worcester Redevelopment Authority forward to City Council all correspondence relating to Amtrak and MBTA relocation issues.  Motion-Petty at discussion with Worcester Redevelopment Authority – Adopted

 

8p.     Request City Manager to provide City Council with an explanation of what “additional assistance” is in Item 5A of the City Manager’s Calendar of February 29, 2000.  Motion-Patton @ #5A CM – Adopted

 

8q.     Request City Manager, within the next month, submit to City Council all of those planned capital improvement projects with the total price tag and a prioritization of those projects as to what we could fund in the next two, three or four years.  Motion-Clancy @ #9C CM – Adopted

 

8r.      Request City Manager to include in his report on planned capital improvement projects any anticipated cost over-runs for the Vocational School pending any anticipated delays that are already known about and any future delays.  Motion-Lukes @ #9C CM – Adopted

 

8s.     Request Administration review the TIF agreement with St. Vincent’s and report to City Council on whether there are any provisions in that agreement that address job security for the existing workforce.  Motion-Luster @ #12A & B CM – Adopted

 

8t.      Request Administration provide a report of any and all TIF recipients who have replaced any of their existing workforce at the time of signing the TIF with the City with any unbenefitted or otherwise lower compensated or outsourced employees.  Motion-Luster @ #12A & B CM – Adopted

 

8u.     Request Administration report to City Council on whether TIF agreements may contain provisions to promote job security of existing workforces whereby they could not be replaced by unbenefitted or lower paid people.  Motion-Luster @ #12A & B CM – Adopted

 

8v.     Request City Manager to include in the report on the TIF with St. Vincent’s responses from previous requests relative to downsizing at St. Vincent’s.  Motion-Lukes @ #12A & B CM – Adopted

 

8w.    Request City Manager report as to the original amount of employees, by department, at St. Vincent’s when the TIF was approved and how many, by department have been displaced since that time and how many, by department, have been displaced with privatization.  Motion-Clancy @ #12A & B CM – Adopted

 

8x.     Request City Manager report on who has taken Civil Service examinations for Police and Fire and not been ranked on the Civil Service list.   Motion-Petty @ #16A CM – Adopted

 

8y.     Request City Manager to consider establishing a graffiti library for the purposes of assisting with criminal charges.  Motion-Irish @ #19E CM – Adopted

 

8z.     Request City Manager provide City Council with an update at the March 14, 2000 City Council meeting on the traffic signal on Lincoln St. in order for elderly to cross Lincoln St. to CVS in light of the closing of Walgreens and also an update on the interim plan for delivery service to the elderly at Lincoln Village.   Motion-Luster @ #19G CM – Adopted

 

8aa.    Request Administration report on the location of a food store at Caldor Plaza.  Motion-Patton @ #19G CM – Adopted

 

8bb.   Request Public Safety Committee to look at funding the Piedmont Alert Center or the component of the network center in the Piedmont area.  Motion-Nadeau @ #19N CM – Referred to Public Safety Committee

 

8cc.   Request the Office of Planning and Community Development to provide City Council with a definition of “Alert Center” and “Network Center”.  Motion-Murray @ #19N CM -  Adopted

 

8dd.   Request Administration report as to what the current status is of the Section 108 guarantees on Healthlink and the Brewing Co., including a narrative and specific figures associated with them.   Motion-Clancy @ #19 O CM – Adopted

 

8ee.    Request Administration provide a back up plan for the Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Sts. Revitalization Initiative.   Motion-Lukes @ #19 O CM – Adopted

 

8ff.    Request Administration to update City Council on the ownership of the ball fields in the Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Sts. Revitalization Initiative.  Motion-Perotto @ #19 O CM – Adopted

 

8gg.   Request City Manager to update City Council quarterly on the progress of the Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Sts. Revitalization Initiative.  Motion-Petty @ #19 O CM – Adopted

 

8hh.   Request Administration to consider amending the Policy and Procedures Manual for the Internal Affairs Division of the Worcester Police Department by deleting under the section “Who may complain and how” from and including the fourth paragraph, second sentence up to and including the seventh paragraph, first sentence in order to give citizens direct access to the Internal Affairs Office during normal business hours.  Motion-Luster @ #20A CM – Referred to Public Safety Committee

 

8ii.     That when the Policy and Procedure Manual for the Internal Affairs Division of the Worcester Police Department comes back, after consideration by Administration to delete from and including the fourth paragraph, second sentence up to and including the seventh paragraph, first sentence of the section “Who may complain and how” that the Administration also consider incorporating the recommendations of the Human Rights Commission.  Motion-Luster @ #20A CM – Referred to Public Safety Committee

 

8jj.     If the deletion of the fourth paragraph, second sentence up to and including the seventh paragraph, first sentence of the section “Who may complain and how” of the Policy and Procedure Manual for the Internal Affairs Division of the Worcester Police Department and inclusion of the recommendations of the Human Rights Commission are not incorporated in the final recommended policy, that the City Council receive a report from Administration explaining why they choose not to take those recommendations.  Motion-Luster @ #20A CM – Adopted

 

8kk.   Request Department of Public Health attempt to summarize the data contained in Item 21F of the City Manager’s Calendar of February 29, 2000 into a table.  Motion-Irish @ #21F CM – Adopted

 

8ll.     Request Education Committee to hold a public hearing on the location of the new North High School on the west site.  Motion – Perotto @ #23ACM – Adopted

 

8mm. Request Administration report as to the number of students in each of the City’s high schools.  Motion-Nadeau @ #23A CM – Adopted

 

8nn.   Request Administration provide City Council with statistics as to how many students have graduated each year for the last ten years from City high schools.  Motion-Lukes @ #23A CM – Adopted

 

8oo.   Request Administration provide City Council with an interim plan as to what the City is going to do between now and the time that Vocational School students are able to go to a decent school building.  Motion-Luster @ #23B CM – Adopted

 

8pp.   Request Health Department to review and respond to letter from AJS Environmental, Inc. relative to an RAO report for release located at Route 290/Borsnihan Square.  Further, request report on what the sources of mercury contamination are and what are the regulations for residual mercury in the ash that is then stored in some communities.  Motion-Luster & Patton @ #24E CM – Adopted

 

8qq.   Request Administration provide City Council with a report on any balances remaining in CDBG accounts.  Motion-Perotto @ #28H CM – Adopted

 

8rr.    Request City Administration look at private parking lot and Morse Court parking issues with an eye towards public safety and access.  Nadeau – Suspension of Rules – Adopted

 

8ss.    Request City Administration review the parking issues from 169 Fremont St. to the intersection of Exeter St., specifically the illegal parking and the public safety.  Nadeau – Suspension of Rules – Adopted

 

8tt.     Request Public Works report on the sweeping on Portland St.  Lukes – Suspension of Rules – Adopted

 

8uu.   Request City Manager provide City Council with the update on the new Fire Class and the time line as quick as possible.  Petty – Suspension of Rules - Adopted

 

RESOLUTION

 

8vv.   That the City Council of the City of Worcester hereby thanks Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly for this rapid response on behalf of the people of Worcester and Worcester County relative to the home heating oil crisis.  Motion-Mariano @ #21A CM – Adopted R.C. 11-0

 

REPORTS

 

          9 REFERRED TO ORDINANCE COMMITTEE FOR A HEARING

 

9.       REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Attorney Samuel R. DeSimone on behalf of E & E Realty Trust requesting to change the Zoning Map of the City of Worcester from RL-7 to BL-1 by extending the BL-1 zone in an easterly direction between Brandt Lane and Pineland Rd.

 

          10 & 11 REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

 

10.     REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Gloria Venincasa, President & Treasurer, Monogram Properties, Inc., Developer requesting that Fourth St. (Extension) be accepted as a public street.

 

11.     REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Gloria Venincasa, President & Treasurer, Monogram Properties, Inc., Developer requesting that Admiral Ave. be accepted as a public street.

 

TO BE ORDAINED

 

          12 & 13 ORDAINED ON A ROLL CALL 11-0

 

12.     Amending Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 relative to parking of buses, commercial vehicles or trailers in residential zones.

 

13.     Amending Section 35 of Chapter 2 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 relative to the Responsible Employer Plan for the City of Worcester.

 

Amending Section 32 of Chapter 2 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 relative to the Jobs Requirements for City Residents Program.

 

SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES

 

 

FEBRUARY 28, 2000              PUBLIC WORKS

 

VIEWS ONLY –   3:00 P.M. – Upper Blackstone Water Pollution

Abatement District

Enter from Southwest Cutoff

 

4:00 P.M. -  Ballard St. Incinerator Site

 

5:00 P.M. -  Current Leaf Composting Operation

off Goddard Memorial Dr.

View to include the entrance to proposed

location of leaf composting operation

on  Airport Dr. near pumping station

closest to Prouty Lane

 

 

MARCH 1, 2000             PUBLIC WORKS          COUNCIL CHAMBER

   6:00 P.M.

 

 

MARCH 9, 200               EDUCATION                 COUNCIL CHAMBER

   5:30 P.M.

 

 

MARCH 9, 2000             COMMERCE &             COUNCIL CHAMBER

   7:00 P.M.                     DEVELOPMENT

 

 

MARCH 22, 2000           TRAFFIC & PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER

   6:00 P.M.