CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– MAY 29, 2001
7:00 P.M.
1. INVOCATION
– Rev. George Abosamra
Wesley United Methodist
Church
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL
CALL
Council took up all Motions made in Finance and voted them collectively on a voice vote.
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING
– 7:00 P.M.
Hearing held –
Ordinance Committee voted to recommend acceptance of the Planning Board Report
and approval of the Petition
4. REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Upon the Petition of Philip J. Niddrie, Chief Development Officer on behalf of the Planning Board requesting an amendment to the Worcester Zoning Ordinance adopted April 2, 1991 relative to Landscaping Requirements for Parking Lots.
5. Status of installation of valve in Kenberma Rd.
6. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
6a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
7-11 REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD
7. Councillor Stephen Patton on behalf of Michael Coonan &
Joseph Kittredge request Capitol St. between Garrison Ave. and Oneida Ave. be
removed from the Official Map of the City of Worcester.
8. Paul Mungovan et al request to make public Lenora St.
9. Paul Mungovan et al request installation of sanitary and surface
sewers for entire length of Lenora St.
10. Paul Mungovan et al request to make public Dexter St.
11. Paul Mungovan et al request installation of sanitary and surface
sewers for entire length of Dexter St.
12 REFERRED TO
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE
12. Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Ernest George
request installation of a street light in front of #26 and #22 Broome Ave.
13-17 REFERRED TO
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
13. Paul Ericson, Trustee, Mai Tai Realty Trust request to install
asphalt sidewalk in front of 25, 29 & 35 Heywood St. at the expense of Mai
Tai Realty Trust.
14. Andre Yanni request a portion of guardrail across from 161 North
Lake Ave. be removed to have access to Lake Quinsigamond.
15. Councillor Janice L. Nadeau request Public Works repair
sidewalk between 67-69 Southgate St. where tree roots are.
16. Councillor Janice L. Nadeau request Public Works raise the
water shutoff and patch sinkhole between 60-62 Southgate St.
17. Councillor Timothy P. Murray on behalf of Christine Haig
request Public Works resurface Olga Ave.
18-20 REFERRED TO
TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
18. Melvin Gonzalez request 4-way Stop signs between the
intersections of Russell St. and Larch St.
19. Theresa Moncrief et al request resident sticker parking on
Electric St. from College St. across Davenport St. to the dead end from
September 1 to June 1 only.
20. Donald
Ducharme et al request handicap parking at 25 Shelby St.
21-23 HEARINGS SET FOR JUNE 5, 2001 – 7:00
P.M.
21. NSTAR
for a gas main location on: CENTURY DRIVE.
22. NSTAR
for a gas main location on: CHESTER STREET.
23. NSTAR
for a gas main location on: SHREWSBURY STREET.
23a. Request Administration report relative to an arrangement with the State Fire Marshall on staffing and use of the Hazmat equipment that is housed in the City of Worcester. Motion-Murray @ #12D CM – Adopted
23b. Request City Manager report if the amount received through a grant award will scale down the tree planting program along Lincoln St. Further, request an update as to whether the tree plantings along Lincoln St. will be coordinated with the efforts with the WRTA to install benches and trash receptacles in the area. Motion-Murray @ #19D CM – Adopted
23c. Request City Manager to consider the possibility of using Block Grant funding in order to plant the 40 trees along Lincoln St. Motion-Perotto @ #19D CM – Adopted
23d. Request City Manager report at the June 5, 2001 City Council meeting a funding recommendation for planting of the 40 trees along Lincoln St. Motion-Perotto @ #19D CM – Adopted
23e. Request City Manager report as to how public involvement will take place in the redesign of Worcester Common. Motion-Murray @ #19E CM – Adopted
23f. Request Administration, when they come forward with their next report and recommendation relative to the Winter Parking Ban, to provide City Council with an idea of what it would cost to sign the streets of the City. Motion-Clancy @ #24B CM – Adopted
23g. Request Administration provide City Council with data to either back-up or refute statements in the Winter Parking Ban – End of Season report that this past year’s operations were more expensive by reason of the alternative parking ban. Report to include hours of plowing per inch of snow. Motion-Irish @ #24B CM – Adopted
23h. Request
Administration report as to costs already incurred to publicize the winter
parking ban, for what purpose and if the City is going to get more information
out what the projected costs would be. Motion-Lukes @ #24B CM
Councillor Irish moved to amend to
further request report include comparative costs for publicizing the original
winter parking ban and the alternative winter parking ban
Adopted, as amended
23i. Request Administration provide a breakdown of what a winter storm would have cost without the alternative winter parking ban. Motion-Murray @ #24B CM – Adopted
23j. Request Administration to provide City Council with the last two water quality annual reports. Further, request Administration do some research as to what evaluations may have been performed against existing retail bottled water. Motion-Irish @ #24E CM – Adopted
23k. Request City Manager to present a report to the Public Works Committee relative to removal of some Mayoral portraits from the third floor of City Hall. Motion-Mariano @ #29C CM – Adopted
23L. Request Administration report on a sewer back-up in the vicinity of 12 South Flagg St. Abraham, Patton – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
23m. Request Administration provide attention to sidewalk and tree in the vicinity of 32 Fales St. Abraham, Patton – Suspension of Rules – Adopted
23n. Request Administration inquire as to other issues involving CSX, formerly known as Conrail and their ownership of the tracks. Request report within two weeks. Murray – Suspension of Rules - Adopted
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR May 29, 2001
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the reappointment of
Samuel Rosario to the Planning Board.
Placed on file
B. Notification of the reappointment of Paul
E. Mullan III, and Ralph J. Ferraro to the Worcester Memorial Auditorium Board
of Trustees.
Placed on file
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
3. AIRPORT:
4. ASSESSORS:
5. BUDGET
OFFICE:
6.
COMMUNICATIONS:
7. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
A.
Request
adoption of an Order for the purpose of Easement for Street Purposes. (Fenton Drive)
Order adopted
B. Request adoption of a Resolution to accept
a Five-Year Grant from the Blackstone River Historical Corridor Commission.
Resolution adopted
C. Request
City Council adoption of a order relative to Parcel K.
Order adopted
8. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
9. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
10. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SERVICES
A. Communication relative to Federal
Emergency Agency declaring several counties in Massachusetts as being eligible
for Federal assistance as a result of the flooding that occurred in the past
several months. Worcester county and the City of Worcester are covered under
this declaration.
Placed on file
11. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
12. FIRE:
A. Communication relative to the Arson Fires
in the Elm Park Area.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
B. Request that a donation in the amount of
$206.21 from the Allmerica Systems Development Fund, to benefit fire prevention
school programs, be accepted with gratitude.
Order adopted with gratitude
C. Communication relative to Fire Act Grant.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
D. Communication relative to completed report
from the Fire Study Task Force which was established in August of 2000 to look
at ways of implementing the recommendations of the TriData Corporation Study of
the Worcester Fire Department.
Referred to Public Safety Committee
13. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
14. HUMAN
RIGHTS:
15.
INFORMATION SERVICES:
16. LAW:
17. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
18.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to Quinsigamond
Village Community Center Food Pantry.
Referred to Community Development Committee
B. Communication relative to Status of
In-Fill Housing Project for South Worcester, 2-2A Douglas Street.
Referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
C. Communication relative to Targeted Cities.
Referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
D. Request approval of a Resolution relative
to FY 2001 Underground Storage Tank Reimbursement Program.
Resolution adopted
E. Communication relative to Soft Second Loan
Application to DHCD, for review, signature, and submission by June 1, 2001.
Referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
19. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony at Dodge Park.
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to a Invitation to
the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Austin/Newbury Street Tot Lot.
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to a Invitation to
the Groundbreaking Ceremony and “Kick-Off” for the Public/Private Partnership
Funded Improvements and Volunteer Effort to Restory Historic Elm Park’s
Playground and Grounds.
Placed on file
D. Communication relative to Grant Award –
Mass Releaf/Mass Electric Tree Planting Grant for Lincoln Street.
Placed on file
E. SUPPLEMENTAL
- Request adoption of the
resolution to file and accept a grant with and from the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, for the Urban Self
Help and the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Programs for Improvements
to the Worcester Common.
Resolution adopted
20. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to New England
Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Task Force (NEOMGTF).
Referred to Public Safety Committee
B. Communication relative to Traffic Mounted
Speed Monitor on Chatham Street at the intersection of Oxford Street.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
21. PUBLIC
HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
A. Communication relative to Mercury
Thermometer Exchange.
Referred to Health Committee
22. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
23. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
A. Communication relative to letter from New
England Association of Schools & Colleges, Inc. Commission on Technical
andCareer Institutions (NEASC).
Placed on file
24. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to Manholes on
James Street before the Auburn Line.
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to Winter Parking
Ban – End of Season Report.
Recommitted to the City Manager
C. Communication relative to summary from
Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District.
Referred to Public Works Committee
D. Communication relative to Kenberma Road
Sewer Problem Status.
Referred to Public Works Committee
E. Communication relative to Water Quality
Education/Bottled Water.
Referred to Public Works Committee
F. SUPPLEMENTAL
- Communication relative to the
time line for making repairs to Airport Drive.
Referred to Public Works Committee
25.
PURCHASING:
26. TREASURY:
A. Communication relative to local investment
institutions that are used for the City’s Trust Fund.
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
27. VETERAN’S
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A.
Recommend
that Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) be transferred from Account
#270-91000, Communications Department, Personal Services, and appropriated to
Account #370-92000, Veterans Services Department’s Ordinary Maintenance
(Benefits) account. These funds will supplement the department’s FY01 budget.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Gomez, Petty absent)
B.
Recommend
that Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) be transferred from the following
Accounts:
Account Description Amount
270-91000 Communications
Salaries $
15,000.00
172-96000 Unemployment
Compensation $ 15,000.00
Total $ 30,000.00
and appropriated to Account
#121-92000, Court Judgements Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for the
purpose of supplementing the Court Judgement account for claims paid in fiscal
2001.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Gomez,
Petty absent)
C. Recommend that Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) be transferred, when and as received, from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #27C701, Communications Department Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purchase of dispatcher headsets.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Gomez, Petty absent)
D. Recommend that Three Hundred Three Thousand One Hundred Seventy Five Dollars and Ninety Three Cents ($303,175.93), be transferred from Account #91C711, Building Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #14C717, City Hall Elevators, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations related to the rehabilitation of the City Hall Elevators, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Gomez, Petty absent)
E. Recommend that Fifty Five Thousand Three
Hundred Thirty Five Dollars ($55,335.00) be transferred “when and as received”
from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #68C701,
Information Services Capital Equipment, to provide funds to upgrade the
existing Laserfiche NT Network software and support for the Office of the City
Clerk. This module will upgrade the current web based technology, allowing the
public unlimited access to the Council/Manager documents.
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Gomez, Petty
absent)
29.
MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Communication relative to Upgrade of the Worcester Cable System.
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
B. Request approval of a Resolution relative to Service on Boards and Commissions.
Resolution adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Gomez, Petty absent)
C. Communication relative to a progress report on our work to restore Worcester City Hall.
Referred to Public Works Committee
25. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting Auditors Report –
April 30, 2001.
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
26. RECESS
TO FINANCE AND ORDINANCE: No Action Taken
FINANCE
a)
#5A
CM January 23, 2001
Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to the City Manager’s Contingency Account.
b)
#24E
CM January 23, 2001
Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to Snow Deficit FY2001.
c)
#13B
CM April 3, 2001
Communication of the City Manager relative to Health
Insurance Costs for the Current Year and Future Years.
d)
#43
CC May 8, 2001
Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager transmitting Fiscal
Year 2002 Budget.
26a ACCEPTED AND ORDER ADOPTED – Suspension
of Rules
26a. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD
REVITALIZATION Upon the Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to the sale of real property at 44 Austin St.: recommend
adoption of the accompanying Order.
26a ACCEPTED AND
ORDER ADOPTED ON A ROLL CALL 9-0 (GOMEZ, PETTY ABSENT) AND VOTED TO ADVERTISE
ORDER TO AMEND LOAN ORDER ADOPTED AUGUST 22, 2000 – Suspension of Rules
26b. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE AND
TRANSPORTATION Upon the Communication of the City Manager transmitting
communication relative to the acceptance of a Mass. Aeronautics Commission
Grant and Reprogramming of FY 01 Capital Dollars: recommend adoption of the
accompanying two Orders amending the Airport Improvement Loan Order adopted
August 22, 2000 for $400,000.00 and transferring $400,000.00 from Account
#91C797, Airport Improvements to Account #47C718, Airport Improvements Projects
to provide matching funds for the parking lot improvements and to proceed with
the five new capital improvement projects.
27. Order – Request Rules Committee to review the procedure used by
City Council for election of individuals to the Library Board of Trustees. (Abraham)
(Tabled December 29, 2000)
28. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication
relative to city employees serving on Boards and Commissions. (Tabled April 3, 2001)
29. Order – Request City Administration provide breakdown of new
growth figures over the past ten years, including the percentage breakdown of
the residential, commercial and personal property within said annual
figure. (Murray) (Tabled May 8, 2001)
30. Order – Request City Manager contact the Massachusetts Port
Authority and request they provide City Council with efforts being made to
market the initiation of American Airlines flights between Worcester and
Chicago, including information on pricing.
(Petty, Murray, Perotto) (Tabled
May 22, 2001)
_____________________________________________________________
MAY 29, 2001 PUBLIC SERVICE COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:30 P.M. &
TRANSPORTATION
Re: Order
amending Airport Improvements Loan Order
MAY 29, 2001 HOUSING & COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:45 P.M.
NEIGHBORHOOD
REVITALIZATION
Re: Sale of Real Property at 44 Austin St.
6:00 P.M.
JUNE 20, 2001 PUBLIC SERVICE COUNCIL CHAMBER
4:00 – 6:00 P.M. &
TRANSPORTATION
JUNE 20, 2001 TRAFFIC & PARKING COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
Employment &
Training Public Schools
Human Resources
Airport
Human Rights
Library
Workers Compensation Regional
Library
Unemployment Insurance Office of
the City Treasurer
Public Safety (I.O.D.) City
Hospital – Federal
Health Insurance
Debt Payment
City Manager’s Office Debt
Services – Principal &
Building Insurance
Interest
Law Department
Pension Obligation Bonds
Court Judgments
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001
4:00 P.M. OPEN DATE SET ASIDE
FOR BUDGET
Police Department
Fire Department
Capital Budget
Emergency Management Equipment
Building & City Park
4:00 P.M. Surface &
Sub-Surface
Infrastructure
Economic Development
Office
Economic Development
Union Station
Worcester Marketing Campaign
Public Works
Snow Removal
Off Street Parking
Street Lights
Sewer
Water
Contingency Account
$140M Capital Campaign
Account