CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– DECEMBER 16, 2003
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:02 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:50 P.M.
1. INVOCATION – Fr. Michael Bafaro
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Church
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL
CALL – All present
4. PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE WORCESTER VIKINGS
PEE-WEE FOOTBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
5. PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SUZANNE M. BUGLIONE AS
THE 2003 RECIPIENT OF THE RICHARD SMITH AWARD GIVEN BY THE MASSACHUSETTS
ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS.
6. PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION SUPPORTING RECOGNITION OF THE
HERITAGE AND FREEDOM FLAG AS THE OFFICIAL SYMBOL OF THE WORCESTER
VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
Mayor Murray presented a citation to Jim Donohoe from Tweed’s Restaurant recognizing his efforts with Sports Alive
7. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
7a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
8-22
REFERRED TO PLANNING BD.
8. Anthony
J. Vigliotti request to accept Anchor St. as a public street. (Attachments)
9. William Magnusson request to remove a portion of Capital St.
from the City Map. (Attachments)
10. Attorney Samuel DeSimone request to amend the Zoning Map of the City
of Worcester by establishing an Adaptive Reuse Overlay District over a portion
of the area presently MG-2 at or near the intersection of Exeter St. and
Freemont St. (Amended) (Attachments)
11. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Winter Heights Trust
request to make public Hibiscus Dr. and add it to the Official Map. (Attachments)
12. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Winter Heights Trust
request to make public Russell Calvin Dr. and add it to the Official Map. (Attachments)
13. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Winter Heights Trust
request to make public Jasmine Dr. and add it to the Official Map. Attachments)
14. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Winter Heights Trust
request to make public Oriental Dr. and add it to the Official Map. Attachments)
15. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Winter Heights Trust
request to make public Azalea Dr. and add it to the Official Map. Attachments)
16. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Winter Heights Trust
request to make public Snowy Owl Lane and add it to the Official Map. (Attachments)
17. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Winter Heights Trust
request to make public Taj Dr. and add it to the Official Map. Attachments)
18. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Winter Heights Trust
request to make public Nizam Dr. and add it to the Official Map. (Attachments)
19. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Afra Realty request
to make public Corinth Dr. and add it to the Official Map. (Attachments)
20. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Afra Realty request
to make public Reardon St. and add it to the Official Map. (Attachments)
21. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Afra Realty request
to make public Saffron Dr. and add it to the Official Map. (Attachments)
22. Attorney Jonathan Finkelstein on behalf of Afra Realty and
Winter Heights Trust request to make public Rainbow Dr. and add it to the
Official Map. (Attachments)
22a REFERRED TO PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORATION
COMMITTEE – Suspension of Rules
22a. Councillor Philip Palmieri request repair of light pole at 11
Brookdale St. and replacement of street sign.
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee –
Suspension of Rules (Attachments)
23 - 24a REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
23. Anthony J. Vigliotti request to correct, repair or replace water
connection to 12 Davis Way. (Attachments)
24. Fontini Giourelis et al request private street maintenance on
Maybrook Place. (Attachments)
24a. Mayor Timothy Murray & Councillor Stephen Abraham on behalf of
William Stock request sidewalk repair on odd numbered side of Hope Ave. from
#81 through #205. Referred to Public
Works Committee – Suspension of Rules (Attachments)
25 - 26c REFERRED TO TRAFFIC
& PARKING COMMITTEE
25. Glenda Ward request removal of handicap parking from in front of
19 Elizabeth St. (Attachments)
26. Monica Polanco request new crosswalk on Lincoln St. at the
intersection of Green Hill Parkway. (Attachments)
26a. Mayor Timothy Murray & Councillor Philip Palmieri on behalf of
Lorenzo Atwood request black and white posted Speed Limit sign on Millbrook St.
coming from the direction of Burncoat St.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee – Suspension of Rules (Attachments)
26b. Mayor Timothy Murray & Councillor Philip Palmieri on behalf of
Lorenzo Atwood request “Dangerous Curve” sign near 171 Millbrook St. facing
traffic coming from the direction of Burncoat St. Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee – Suspension of
Rules (Attachments)
26c. Mayor Timothy Murray & Councillor Philip Palmieri on behalf of
William Stock, Seven Hills Foundation request “Slow” traffic signs at the off
ramp from I-290 where it merges onto Hope Ave.
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee – Suspension of Rules (Attachments)
27 HEARING SET FOR JANUARY 6, 2004 – 7:00 P.M.
27. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for
a joint pole location on: ORIENT ST. (Attachments)
27a FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE – ADOPTED – Suspension of Rules
27a. Request City Manager to prepare an unexpended balances report
similar to the report submitted December 16, 2003 for Economic Development
Accounts that reconciles to the City Auditor’s ledgers. Further, that said report identify the
committed amounts by account, which have yet to be expended in the Block Grant
accounts, and the reasons/justifications for the commitments identified in the
report. Further, in the event that unexpended balances exist in the Block
Grant, that the City Manager provide to the City Council recommendations for
the uses of those balances. (Attachments)
28. Request Administration report to City Council the amounts of
money seized by and/or forfeited to the City of Worcester and its Police
Department in connection with all police operations and actions for the period
of the most recent two years. (Murray) (Attachments)
Mayor Murray moved to amend: Further, request report
include any arrangements that are made with any authority or entity as to how
money is received and the formula for returning that money back to the City of
Worcester. Further, is there a statute
that relates to this or is it something each community does specifically as it
relates to the District Attorney’s Office.
Adopted, as amended
29. Request Law Department research the legislative history behind
making the License Commission appointment a partisan one in accordance with MGL
Chapter 138, Section 4. (Gomez) (Attachments)
Placed on file
30. Request Administration to provide City Council with a listing of
all master plans conducted in the past 12 months and master plans currently
anticipated to be conducted, the cost and source of funding of each plan. (Lukes)
(Attachments)
Adopted
31. Request Administration to consider devising design plans of a
skybridge spanning across Worcester Center Boulevard to the new Hilton Garden
Inn Hotel site and the convention center as also a public art project and as a
potential trademark for the City of Worcester, which could be illustrated at
other gateways or entrances into the City.
(Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
32. Request Administration to communicate with CIGNA regarding the
future of any entertainment facilities located in the Mall, such as the
Foothills Theater. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
33. Request Administration report on the security/safety concerns
regarding railroad crossings in the downtown and Union Station areas. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Adopted
33a. Request City Manager to provide a report relative to all
denominations over $10,000.00 in Community Development and Local Law
Enforcement Block Grants funds as to the amount originally budgeted in each
account and the amount expended from
each account. Motion-Petty @ #39CC – Adopted (Attachments)
33b. Request City Manager report as to why the city has so many
unexpended balances in the account called Economic Development under the Block
Grant. Motion-Clancy @ #39CC –
Adopted
33c. Request City Manager to contact the PIP Board of Directors to
request the Board delay taking any formal action regarding the sale or merger
of the PIP organization until there has been input gathered from the public and
all community stakeholders. Haller –
Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
33d. Request Administration to contribute to the public discussion on
the sale or merger of the PIP to SMOC by working with the City Manager’s
Commission on Homelessness to facilitate these meetings. Haller – Suspension of Rules - Adopted
33e. Request City Manager to report on discussions that have taken
place between the Administration, the
PIP Board of Directors and SMOC.
Murray – Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
33f. Request Administration to establish a process to appeal a ticket
for violating the winter parking ban. Gomez
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
33g. Request Administration to seek Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Government Performance Reporting Demonstration Grants Program grant. Murray – Suspension of Rules –
Adopted (Attachments)
33h. Request City Manager to not lose sight of the parking issue in and
around the new Court House. Abraham
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
33i. Request City Manager to report relative to the noise ordinance;
how the issue of playing fields, public address systems, different games in
different parks and playgrounds would be affected by this Ordinance. Abraham – Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
33j. Request City Manager to provide an interim report relative to the
sale of naming rights to the Centrum. Irish
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
33k. Request City Manager to increase Police enforcement on Cataract
St. Petty – Suspension of Rules –
Adopted (Attachments)
34. Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager requesting that the Order adopted
on December 9, 2003 transferring $200,000.00 from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation and appropriated to Account #26C704, Fire Department Building
Rehabilitation for the payment of contractual obligations related to the
back-up communications center be rescinded and
recommending $200,000.00 be transferred from Account #91C780, Citywide
Capital Equipment and appropriated to Account #26C701, Fire Department Capital Equipment
to provide funds for a back-up communications center at McKeon Rd. Fire
Station. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 9-0 (Gomez, Haller absent)
35. Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager requesting adoption of an Order
transferring jurisdiction of the foreclosed property at 722 Plantation St. to
the Office of Economic Development. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
36. Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager transmitting communication
relative to using State Community Policing funds as a local match for the
Federal Universal Hiring Grant. (Attachments)
Placed on file
37. Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager transmitting communication
relative to Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Round 8. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
38. Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager transmitting communication
relative to Union Station – surface parking lot construction. (Attachments)
Tabled under privilege (Clancy)
39. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting financial
information regarding the Community Development Block Grant and Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant programs. (Attachments)
Tabled under privilege (Petty)
40. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting two financial
statements and the independent auditor’s report for the Worcester Centrum
Centre Fund – Arena Component and Convention Center Component for the years
ended June 30, 2003 and 2002. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
41. James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting the City’s
Comprehensive Annual report for the year ended June 30, 2003. (Attachments)
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
41a. Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager transmitting report on the
unencumbered balances for the Economic Development accounts within the
Community Development Block Grant.
Placed
on file – Suspension of Rules
42. That the City Council supports recognition of the Heritage and
Freedom flag as the official symbol of the Worcester Vietnamese-American
community. (Murray, Abraham, Clancy,
Gomez, Haller, Irish, Lukes, Palmieri, Patton, Perotto, Petty) (Attachments)
Adopted
on a roll call 11-0
44
ACCEPTED & ORDER ADOPTED
44. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES Upon the Report of the
Planning Board upon the Petition of Paula Lapomardo requesting that the City of
Worcester add Flower Hill Dr. from Salisbury St. to terminus, a distance of
approximately 875.72’ to the Official Map:
recommend adoption of the accompanying Order. (Attachments)
45-47 VOTED TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCES
45. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES Upon the Report of the
Planning Board upon the Petition of Attorney John Burke on behalf of St.
Francis Home requesting to amend the City of Worcester Zoning Ordinance to allow
by Special Permit a nursing or convalescent home/institution/facility in an
RS-7 zone by substituting the words “Special Permit” for the word “No” on line
12 of the column designated RS-7 in Table 4.1, Permitted Uses by Zoning
Districts, General Use: recommend
passage of the accompanying proposed Ordinance. (Attachments)
46. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES Upon the Report of the
Planning Board upon the Petition of Attorney Samuel DeSimone requesting to
amend the Worcester Zoning Ordinance to allow the Planning Board to waive
dimensional controls set forth in Table 4.2 of the Ordinance in Adaptive Reuse
Overlay Districts: recommend passage
of the accompanying proposed Ordinance. (Attachments)
47. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES Upon the Report of the
Planning Board upon the Petition of Attorney Robert Longden on behalf of Ledle,
Inc. requesting to amend the Official Zoning Map to change the zoning district
classification for a parcel of land off Plantation St. from RG-5 to
ML-0.5: recommend passage of the
accompanying proposed Ordinance. (Attachments)
48 ACCEPTED
48. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES Upon the Report of the
Planning Board upon the Petition of Attorney Samuel DeSimone requesting to
amend the Zoning Map by establishing an Adaptive Reuse Overlay District over a
portion of that area of the City presently zoned Institutional Medical (IN-H)
at or near the intersection of Providence and Vernon Sts.: recommend Petitioner be given leave to
withdraw without prejudice. (Attachments)
49-138
ACCEPTED
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the following Communications of the City Manager: recommend
Communications be placed on file.
49. Relative to requesting the Newspaper to report home and
Worcester address when reporting arrests.
(Attachments)
50. Relative to Police report on the area bordered by Main, West,
Highland and Elm Streets from January 2002 to the present. (Attachments)
51. Relative to Police Officers on paid detail also citing for
traffic violations. (Attachments)
52. Relative to placing a cap on Paid Detail for Police Officers. (Attachments)
53. Relative to options for taking authority over people who are
taken into protective custody. (Attachments)
54. Relative to problems on Shrewsbury Street regarding liquor
establishments. (Attachments)
55. Relative to Water Safety Officer assigned to Indian Lake. (Attachments)
56. Relative to noise by watercrafts, enforcement on various bodies
of water in Worcester and agreement with the Town of Shrewsbury regarding
enforcement on Lake Quinsigamond. (Attachments)
57. Relative to whether Worcester Police can
enforce noise laws when patrolling Lake Quinsigamond. (Attachments)
58. Relative
to status of vandalism in the Beechmont St. area. (Attachments)
59. Relative
to condition of Worcester Police Department Vehicles. (Attachments)
60. Relative to results of investigation into the more recent
murders recorded in the City of Worcester.
(Attachments)
61. Relative to addresses where drug related arrests were made
within the past 12 Months. (Attachments)
62. Relative to Worcester residents registered as Level 3 Sex Offenders. (Attachments)
63. Relative
to Fourth Quarter Calendar Year 2002 Crime Statistics. (Attachments)
64. Relative
to the Community Services Unit. (Attachments)
65. Relative to the Community Services Unit. (Attachments)
66. Relative to deployment of Police personnel.
(Attachments)
68. Relative
to updated figures concerning arrests for prostitution. (Attachments)
69. Relative to strategy to significantly
reduce prostitution. (Attachments)
70. Relative to complaint calls and arrests with regard to
prostitution for 2003 by the month. (Attachments)
71. Relative to number of arrests made with regard to prostitution
by month for 2003. (Attachments)
72. Relative to arrests for prostitution that have occurred in Green
Hill Park for a 6 month period. (Attachments)
73. Relative to a report from the Joint Committee of the License
Commission for the City of Worcester and Worcester Area Colleges. (Attachments)
74. Relative to Prevention & Education: Minors & Alcoholic
Beverage Consumption. (Attachments)
75. Relative
to copy of the Keg Law. (Attachments)
76. Relative to owners of properties associated with the
disturbances in the College Hill Area.
(Attachments)
77. Relative
to arrests – College Hill/Holy Cross. (Attachments)
78. Relative
to update on college-aged arrests. (Attachments)
79. Relative to update on college aged arrests.
(Attachments)
80. Relative to technical support for laptop
computers in Police vehicles. (Attachments)
81. Relative to cruisers supplied with laptop computers. (Attachments)
82. Relative to police patrol at Green Hill
Park. (Attachments)
83. Relative to additional police coverage on
Shrewsbury St. (Attachments)
84. Relative to the number of arrests at 14 Shepard Street. (Attachments)
85. Relative to shortage of support in the Bureau of Records at the
Worcester Police Department. (Attachments)
86. Relative to candidates for the position of Chief of Police. (Attachments)
87. Relative to cost to the city for responding
to calls and complaints related to the PIP Shelter. (Attachments)
88. Relative to crime statistics for the area surrounding
the Public Inebriate Program. (Attachments)
89. Relative to solutions & problem solving
strategies dealing with urban crimes. (Attachments)
90. Relative to making an arrest on a civil warrant. (Attachments)
91. Relative to recent shooting at vehicles on Fruit and Newbury
Sts. (Attachments)
92. Relative to the number of complaint calls
and arrests made relative to several addresses in the City. (Attachments)
93. Relative to addresses where arrests have occurred year to date
in 2003. (Attachments)
94. Relative to level of staffing in the Traffic Division. (Attachments)
95. Relative to the Worcester Police Department Canine Unit. (Attachments)
96. Relative to response to NIOSH report on the Worcester Cold
Storage and Warehouse Fire Report. (Attachments)
97. Relative to the NIOSH report. (Attachments)
98. 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. (Attachments)
99. Relative
to synopsis of Fire Department vacation schedule. (Attachments)
100. Relative to recommendation regarding relocation of Central St. fire
apparatus. (Attachments)
101. Relative to the feasibility of placing a new fire station on
Franklin St. adjacent to the site of the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse
tragedy. (Attachments)
102. Relative to potential cost of construction of a new three tier
fire station. (Attachments)
103. Relative to projected increase in the number of runs in the event
the Central St. facility is closed. (Attachments)
104. Relative to Investigated Structure Fires – Year 2002. (Attachments)
105. Relative
to Updated Chart on Accidental Fires. (Attachments)
106. Relative to the City’s actions to prevent a tragedy such as the
recent fire in Rhode Island. (Attachments)
107. Relative
to fire station needs. (Attachments)
108. Relative to equipment purchased recently by and for the Worcester
Fire Department. (Attachments)
109. Relative to implementing light rescue vehicles. (Attachments)
110. Relative to fire companies closing during the
summer months. (Attachments)
112. Relative to the HUD requirements for CDBG and LLEBG grants as
related to using these funds to cover salaries and the planned use for prior years
CDBG unexpended balances. (Attachments)
113. Relative to make up of the Advisory Committee for the FY’02 Law
Enforcement Block Grant. (Attachments)
114. Relative to FY’03 Local Law Enforcement Public Safety Equipment
Grant Award to the City of Worcester in the amount of $108,000.00 from the
Massachusetts Office of Public Safety.
(Attachments)
115. Relative to the City’s usage of our LLEBG funds. (Attachments)
117. Relative to FY’03 Firefighter Public Safety Equipment Grant Award
to the City of Worcester in the amount of $102,000.00 from the Massachusetts
Office of Public Safety. (Attachments)
118. Relative to grant monies to build a firefighter training facility
in the City. (Attachments)
119. Relative to CDBG funding for a new fire
station. (Attachments)
120. Relative to assistance to Firefighters
Programs. (Attachments)
121. Relative to grants awarded to the Fire Department. (Attachments)
123. Relative to the City’s receipt of two funding awards in the amount
of $45,053.00 (for Worcester’s Adult Project Turnaround) and $29,750.00 (for
the Youth Project Turnaround) under the Safe Neighborhood Grant Program
administered by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety. (Attachments)
124. Relative to U.S. Department of Justice Weed and Seed Program. (Attachments)
125. Relative to the City’s Weed & Seed Official Recognition
Application to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
(Attachments)
126. Relative
to the Weed and Seed Program Selection Announcement. (Attachments)
127. Relative
to Weed & Seed Initiative. (Attachments)
128. Relative to the City of Worcester’s official recognition as a Weed
and Seed Site. (Attachments)
129. Relative to FY’03 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG)
Process. (Attachments)
131. Relative
to prioritizing calls of the Communications Department. (Attachments)
132. Relative to Communications Department March 8, 2003 Cutover
Microwave Project. (Attachments)
133. Relative
to Cutover Microwave Project. (Attachments)
134. Relative to number of calls to the Complaint Line (799-8606) by
the month. (Attachments)
135. Relative to communication default calls. (Attachments)
137. Relative to October 2003 – Monthly report on the categories of complaints made on the complaint line. (Attachments)
138. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY Upon the Communication of James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting City of Worcester Police
Salary Account Projection for year ending June 30, 2004: recommend Communication be placed on
file. (Attachments)
139
& 140 ORDAINED ON A ROLL CALL 10-0 (Patton absent)
139. Amending Section 2, Article
III of the Worcester Zoning Ordinance adopted April 2, 1991 relative to a zone
change in the Piedmont St. area. (Attachments)
140. Amending the Worcester Zoning Ordinance adopted April 2, 1991
relative to an Adaptive Reuse Overlay in the area of Beacon St.
141
– Taken off the Table and Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Patton
absent) Reconsideration denied on a
voice vote
141. Communication of the City
Manager recommending that $206.472.00 from the following unexpended CDBG
Economic Development Program accounts balances:
ACCOUNT |
DESCRIPTION
|
AMOUNT |
|
14S42326 |
Econ. Dev. Salaries/Fringe |
$ 30,267.00 |
|
14S42327 |
Econ. Dev. Salaries/Fringe |
976.24 |
|
14SSED27 |
Econ. Dev. Salaries/Fringe |
10,065.27 |
|
14SEOM27 |
Econ. Dev. Ordinary Maint. |
2,486.79 |
|
14S42328 |
Econ. Dev. Salaries/Fringe |
92,885.84 |
|
14S42325 |
Econ. Dev. Loan Pool |
48,660.00 |
|
14S42326 |
Econ. Dev. Loan Pool |
21,130.86 |
|
|
Total |
$206,472.00 |
be appropriated to:
ACCOUNT |
DESCRIPTION
|
AMOUNT |
|
14S42326 |
Economic Development |
$ 30,267.00 |
|
14S42327 |
Economic Development |
13,528.30 |
|
14S42328 |
Economic Development |
92,885.84 |
|
14S42325 |
Economic Development |
48,660.00 |
|
14S42326 |
Economic Development |
21,130.86 |
|
|
Total |
$206,472.00 |
For the purpose of funding
design services in connection with the proposed construction of the new hotel
on the site of the current Central Street Fire Station. (Attachments)
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SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
DECEMBER 15, 2003 MUNICIPAL
COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00
P.M. OPERATIONS
DECEMBER 18, 2003 ELDER AFFAIRS
ROOM 310
6:00
P.M. CITY
HALL
DECEMBER 18, 2003 MILITARY ROOM 310
7:00
P.M.
AFFAIRS CITY
HALL
PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON DECEMBER 23, 2003 AND DECEMBER 30, 2003
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 6, 2004 AT 7:00 P.M.
INAUGURAL EXERCISES – FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2004–5:30 P.M.
ALDEN HALL ON THE CAMPUS OF WPI. THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. DINNER WILL FOLLOW IN THE CAMPUS CENTER. DINNER TICKETS ARE $25.00 PER PERSON AND ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE.