CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– FEBRUARY 14, 2006
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:09 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:50 P.M.
1.
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE
2.
STAR
SPANGLED BANNER-ALEXANDRA MILLS
3. ROLL CALL – All present except Councillor Palmieri who
arrived at 7:22 p.m.
4. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
4a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
5 – TAKEN WITH ITEM 8A OF THE CITY MANAGER’S CALENDAR
5. Monthly status reports consistent with Standing Committees on the following economic development initiatives: Union Station garage and tenancy, Massport’s partnership efforts at the Airport, downtown housing development, Mass. Highway road project schedules, Gateway Park grants and tenancy, Gardner-Kilby-Hammond project, SWIP project, brownfield initiatives, Coes Dam rehab, replacement and relocation of Central Garage, Visitor’s Center rehab, telecommunications contract, Wyman Gordon property reuse, CitySquare, the Arts District, the Canal District project, the Franklin St. Fire Station and Citywide and Downtown Marketing, Improvement of Parks, and the North Main St. Plan with specific mention of the Vocational School and the Worcester Memorial Auditorium.
6. David & Teresa Dobson et al request private street conversion of Woodcliffe Ave. (Attachments)
7. Kevin & Tammy Dumphy et al request private street conversion of Dupuis Ave. (Attachments)
8. Attorney Mark Donahue, on behalf of Stephen Charamella,
request to change the zone at 10 Nebraska St. from MG-2.0 to BG-2.0. (Attachments)
9. Peter
Levesque request to make public Cascade Rd. (Attachments)
10. Antonio N., Jr. & Ann T. Minichilli request street
betterment assessment in the amount of $4740.34 assessment no. 24506 for Joseph
St. (Attachments)
11. Anita Levine request sidewalk repair/replacement in front of 63
Tarrytown Lane. (Attachments)
12. Beth Cohan, Vantage Point Homes, Inc., request sewer extension
on Weetamoe St., a private way at the intersection of Iroquois St., a distance
of 268 feet as approved by the Department of Environmental Protection on March
16, 2005. (Attachments)
13. Councillor Philip P. Palmieri, on behalf of Robert Frank,
request sidewalk repair on 44 Thorndyke Rd. (Attachments)
14. Alden Goldstein request resurfacing of Longfellow Rd. from #55 -
#105. (Attachments)
15. Mary Dionne et al request to repave Elliot St. (Attachments)
16. Alisha Nordin, on behalf of Autumn Village Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, request to have sign located on Lincoln St. on the island in front of Oriole Dr. read: “Autumn Village Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center”. (Attachments)
17 - HEARING SET FOR FEBRUARY
28, 2006 7:00 PM
17. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC CO. d/b/a NATIONAL GRID & VERIZON New England, Inc. for pole location on STAFFORD ST. (Attachments)
17a. Request City Manager, convey by letter, the Council Council’s support to the developer regarding the Burwick building development project. Motion Toomey @ #8A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17b. Request City Manager add Saint Vincent Hospital re-development to the Monthly Economic Development Report. Motion Clancy @ #8A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17c. Request City Manager provide the City Council with an updated report relative to the Quinsigamond Ave. Gateway Project. Motion Clancy @ #8A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17d. Request City Manager provide the City Council with a report relative to the funding for the land taking at the four corners. Motion Clancy @ #8A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17e. Request City Manager provide the City Council with a report relative to the proposed roadway design of Franklin St. between Grafton St. and Harding St. Motion Clancy @ #8A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17f. Request City Manager provide the City Council with a report relative to the current functions of the Worcester Redevelopment Authority. Motion Lukes @ #8A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17g. Request City Manager request the City Solicitor provide a legal opinion pertaining to the deed for the Worcester Vocational School building. Motion Lukes @ #8A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17h. Request City Manager consider including extra monies in the FY’07 budget for the purpose of installing new traffic signals. Motion Petty @ #11C CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17i. Request City Manager provide the City Council with a report regarding the demolition agreement for the former Boy’s Club at Lincoln Sq. Motion Perotto @ #26A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17j. Request City Manager provide the City Council with a report regarding Gateway LLC’s intention of maintaining the architectural integrity of the former Boy’s Club building. Motion Perotto @ #26A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17k. Request City Manager provide the City Council with a report divulging if the City has the authority to prevent alterations to the demolition material. Motion Perotto @ #26A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17l. Request City Manager provide the City Council with a report relative to the impacts of federal reductions in transportation funds to local transportation projects. Motion Haller @ #34B CM – Adopted (Attachments)
17m. Request City Manager provide a report to the
City Council detailing the projects that are on the State Transportation
Improvement Program (STIP) list and further request an explanation as to how
the projects are funded. Motion Clancy @ #34B CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18. COMMUNICATIONS
OF THE CITY MANAGER
MICHAEL V. O’BRIEN
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2006
1.
NON-CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of appointment of Constable.
(Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Notification of the appointment of Steven
Smajkiewicz and Katharine Odell to the Elder Affairs Commission. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Notification of the appointment of Mable
Millner to the Human Rights Commission. (Attachments)
Placed on file
2.
CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
A. Notification of the appointment of Joseph
Spillane, Ana Rodriguez, Lawrence Trapasso and Theodore Geller to the Election
Commission. (Attachments)
Appointments confirmed on a roll call 11-0.
B. Notification of the re-appointments of
William Wood and Jack Lahey to the Cable Television Advisory Commission. (Attachments)
Reappointments confirmed on a roll call 11-0.
3.
AIRPORT DIVISION:
4.
CABLE SERVICES DIVISION:
A. Communication relative to an update on the
cable renewal process and the related implementation of a Telecommunications
and Information Task Force. (Attachments) Referred to Public Service and
Transportation Committee
5.
ELECTION COMMISSION DIVISION:
6.
HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION:
7.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT:
8.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION:
A. Communication relative to an update of
Economic Development Initiatives report. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee, Public Service & Transportation
Committee, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee, Commerce &
Development Committee - Citywide Master Plan referred to Land Use Committee and
Strategic Planning Committee
B.
Communication
relative to the Administration’s renewed efforts to market and to secure
tenants for Union Station. (Attachments) Referred to the Joint Committee on Commerce
and Development and Public Service and Transportation.
C. SUPPLEMENTAL
- Communication relative
to the Blackstone Gateway Visitor Center in Quinisgamond Village. (Attachments)
Mayor Murray recused on a roll call 10-0. Placed on file
9.
NEIGHBORHOODS & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT:
10. PLANNING AND REGULATORY SERVICES DIVISION:
11.
ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DIVISION:
A. Communication relative to
the scope of services for sewer system evaluation in the Dunkirk Avenue
neighborhood. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to
the Elm Park Fire Alarm and Telegraph Building. (Attachments)
Referred to Youth, Parks and Recreation Committee
C. Communication relative to
the feasibility of installing a traffic signal at the intersection of Mill and
June Streets. (Attachments)
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
12.
OPERATIONS DIVISION:
A. Communication relative to
the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District (UBWPAD) fiscal year
2005 Annual Report. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
13. PARKS
DIVISION:
A. Communication relative to
the Elm Park (Newton Hill) stone retaining wall renovations. (Attachments)
Referred to Youth Parks and Recreation Committee
14.
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT:
A. Recommend the adoption of
the salary ordinance amendment that creates the position of Assistant Director
and eliminates the position of Head Dispatcher. (Attachments)
Voted to advertise proposed ordinance on a roll call vote of 11-0. Referred
to Public Safety for informational purposes only.
15. FIRE
DEPARTMENT:
16. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
17. POLICE
DEPARTMENT:
18. CODE
ENFORCEMENT DIVISION:
19.
DISABILITY DIVISION:
20. ELDER
AFFAIRS DIVISION:
A. Request adoption of a
resolution relative to the renewal of a tenant lease at the Worcester Senior
Center. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
B. Request adoption of a
resolution to file and accept a grant renewal from the Fallon/OrNda Community
Health Fund. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
21. HUMAN
RIGHTS DIVISION:
22. HUMAN
SERVICES DIVISION:
A. Request review and adoption
of the fee waiver ordinance for emergency food providers. (Attachments)
Voted to advertise proposed ordinance on a roll call 11-0.
23. PUBLIC
HEALTH DIVISION:
A. Notification of the
appointment of Howard S. Brewer, David Merriam and Kevin J. Daley of Leroy
& Co., Inc. as sworn weighers. (Attachments) Placed on file
24. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
25.
VETERANS’ SERVICES DIVISION:
26. LEGAL
DIVISION:
A. Communication relative to
the sale of property at the current location of Worcester Vocational High
School. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
27. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
A. Communication relative to a
lease agreement between the Worcester Credit Union and the Worcester Public
Schools for the operation of a bank branch at the new Worcester Technical High
School. (Attachments)
Placed on file
28.
ASSESSING DIVISION:
29. BUDGET
OFFICE DIVISION:
30.
PURCHASING DIVISION:
31.
TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION:
32. TREASURY
& COLLECTIONS DIVISION:
33. FINANCE
DIVISION:
A. Recommend that Nine Thousand
Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars and Fifty Cents ($9,880.50), be transferred when
and as received from Account #91C780, Citywide Capital Equipment, and
appropriated to Account #41C703, DPW Capital Equipment, to provide funds for
the purpose of purchasing a Photo Copier for DPW Administration Division, as
approved in the Fiscal 2005 Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
B. Recommend that Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), be transferred from Account #91C741, Street
Construction, and appropriated to Account #41C741, Street Resurfacing, to allow
for the payment of contractual obligations for various street resurfacing
projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
C. Recommend that Thirty Four
Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Dollars and Sixty Two Cents ($34,650.62), be
transferred when and as received from Account #91C731, Water Capital Equipment,
and appropriated to Account #45C703, Water Department Capital Equipment, for
the purpose of purchasing the following pieces of capital equipment:
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(1) |
4X4 (1/2 Ton Pick up
Truck |
$18,558.00 |
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(1) |
Digital Copier |
$13,597.00 |
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(2) |
Personal Computers |
$ 2,485.62 |
for Water Division, as
approved in the fiscal 2006 Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
D. Recommend that Thirty Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($32,500.00), be transferred from Account
#91C741, Street Construction, and appropriated to Account #41C720, Traffic
Improvements, to allow for the payment of contractual obligations for related
to the traffic improvement study of Tatnuck Square, as approved in the Capital
Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
E. Recommend that One Hundred
Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Nineteen Dollars ($109,919.00), be transferred when
and as received from Account #91C734, Sewer Capital Equipment, and appropriated
to Account #44C704, Sewer Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purpose
of funding the purchase of the following pieces of capital equipment for Sewer
Division:
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(1) |
Street Sweeper |
$108,285.00 |
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(1) |
Complete Mobile Radio |
$ 1,634.00 |
As
approved in the Fiscal 2006 Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
F. Recommend that Eight Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C715, Coes
Reservoir Dam, and appropriated to Account #41C706, Coes Reservoir Dam, to
provide funds for the purpose of payment of contractual obligations related to
improvements of the Coes Reservoir Dam, as approved in the Capital Improvement
Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
G. Recommend the adoption of a
Loan Order in the amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to be
appropriated to Account #91C766 Blackstone Gateway Visitors Center, for the
purpose of funding the construction of the Blackstone Gateway Visitors Center
in Quinsigamond Village. (Attachments)
Mayor Murray recused on a roll call 10-0. Voted to advertise proposed loan
order on a roll call 10-0.
H. Recommend that Thirty Three
Thousand Dollars ($33,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Citywide
Building Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #72C702, Park Site
Improvements, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations
related to the Park Avenue Fire Barn improvements, as approved in the fiscal
2006 Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments) Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
I. Recommend that Thirty Six
Thousand Six Hundred Forty Dollars ($36,640.00) be transferred from Account
#330-08, Reserve for Appropriation Premium on Loans, and appropriated to
Account #660-92000, Treasury Department Ordinary Maintenance, to fund the cost
associated with fiscal 2006 second quarter Bond Anticipation Notes sale. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
J. Recommend that Two Hundred
Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($225,000.00) be transferred from Account
#480-93000, Union Station Capital Outlay, and appropriated to Account
#480-92000, Union Station Ordinary Maintenance to provide financial support for
Union Station monthly operations per the calendar as of February 14, 2006. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
K. Recommend that Twenty Five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C715, Coes
Reservoir Dam, and appropriated to Account #04C719, Economic Development
Capital, to provide additional funding to comply with the Consent Decree
between the City and DEP relative to further assess the environmental issues
associated with the former Worcester City Hospital. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
L. Recommend that Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C752, Union
Station Garage, and appropriated to Account #04C748, Union Station Garage, to
provide funding for the costs associated with design and demolition of the site
for the construction of the Union Station Garage. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 11-0
34.
MISCELLANEOUS CALENDAR ITEMS:
A. Request that the item that
was voted by City Council on January 31, 2006, to change the name of Worcester
Center Boulevard to Major Taylor Boulevard, be referred to the Standing Committee
on Public Works for a public hearing. (Attachments) Referred to Public Works Committee for
March 15, 2006 meeting.
B. Communication relative to
Federal Transportation Funding. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service and Transportation Committee
C. Communication relative to an
update concerning the collaborative effort to prepare to re-open the north
chamber on the third floor of City Hall, now named the Levi Lincoln Chamber,
for use as the primary meeting space for City Council. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee for February 15, 2006 meeting and
referred to the Commission on Disabilities.
D. Communication relative to
copies of all internal e-mails which deal with the Salter School as well as a
legal opinion on obtaining all City internal e-mails. (Attachments)
Placed on file
19. RECESS
TO FINANCE AND ORDINANCE: No Action Taken
FINANCE
a. #29a CM January 31, 2006
Communication
of the City Manager regarding a fiscal year 2006 status report on the number
of, and the amount of, Federal and State grants written, awarded, and pending
approval by the appropriate Federal and State agencies. (Attachments)
b. #29b CM January 31, 2006
Communication
of the City Manager relative to Governor Romney’s proposed budget for Fiscal
2007, including his recommendations for local aid for the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
20. James A. DelSignore transmitting City’s Management Letter
Report. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
21 – 23 ORDAINED ROLL CALL 11-0
21. Amending the Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 – Occupational Group W – Miscellaneous – Intake Worker, Housing Discrimination. (Attachments)
22. Amending the Salary Ordinance of August 20, 1996 Occupational
Group A – Administrative & Supervisory – Occupational Health Nurse. (Attachments)
23. Amending of the Salary Ordinance of August 26, 1996,
Occupational Group NA – Fire – Senior Apparatus Repairman. (Attachments)
24. Petition - Charlene Keefe, President of the
Salter School, and Thomas Keefe, President of Campus Realty, Inc. request to
amend Section 40 of Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances of 1996 to remove
Resident Permit Parking requirement from the easterly side of Indian Hill Rd.
from Ararat St. to the southerly lot line of 128 Indian Hill Rd. and from the
westerly side of Indian Hill Rd. from Ararat St. to the southerly lot line of
155 Ararat St., and to amend Schedule XX accordingly. (Attachments)
Tabled January 31, 2006 (Murray) Taken off table February 14, 2006 and
referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
25.
Petition
- Gary Brackett, Attorney for Salter School, Campus Realty, Inc. & Premier
Education Group, Inc. request the opportunity to address the City Council
regarding parking issues involving the Salter School and the residents of the
Ararat St. and Indian Hill Rd. Neighborhoods. (Attachments)
Tabled January 31, 2006 (Murray)
Taken off table February 14,
2006 and placed on file
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
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FEBRUARY 13, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
PUBLIC SAFETY |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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FEBRUARY 15, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
PUBLIC WORKS |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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FEBRUARY 22, 2006 5:30
P.M. |
TRAFFIC & PARKING |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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FEBRUARY 23,2006
5:00-6:30 P.M. |
HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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FEBRUARY 23, 2006
6:30-8:00 P.M. |
HEALTH |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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FEBRUARY 27, 2006 3:30
P.M. |
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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FEBRUARY 27, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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MARCH 1, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
PUBLIC WORKS |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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MARCH 8, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
LAND USE |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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MARCH 9, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
TRAFFIC & PARKING |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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MARCH 15, 2006 6:00
P.M. |
PUBLIC WORKS |
COUNCIL CHAMBER |
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NOTE: THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN JOINT SESSION WITH THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 28, 2006 AT 7:00 PM. |
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