CITY OF WORCESTER

Traffic and Parking Committee Meeting

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Council Chamber

Convened: 5:32 P.M.

Adjourned:07:01 P.M.


Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes

 

www.ci.worcester.ma.us

 

Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford

Committee Members

Chairperson Joffrey A Smith
Councilor Dennis L Irish
Councilor Kathleen M Toomey
 

City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts


Present Were:Chairperson Councilor Joffrey A. Smith
Councilor Dennis L. Irish
Councilor Kathleen M. Toomey
 
Also:DPWP Director of Traffic Engineering Joseph Borbone
DPWP Traffic Engineering Staff Ali Khorasani
DPWP Traffic Staffperson James Pacenka
WPD Sgt. John Fallavolita
Assistant City Clerk Susan M. Ledoux, Clerk
 
1.

Discussion Item

1a.

Re-alignment of Shore Drive with it's intersection with Holden St.

Attachments

Speakers: Peter McKone, representative of Bancroft School
Rev. Aaron Payson, Unitarian Universalist Church
Nancy Hancock, Worcester
Judy Savage, Worcester

Recommend Hold

2.

Handicap Parking Petitions

2a.

Lillian Rossetti request to remove the handicap parking sign in front of 69 Dustin St.
# 9e CC January 16, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Approval

2b.

Querino Piergallini request to remove handicap parking sign in front of 19 Upsala St.
# 8d CC February 06, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Approval

2c.

State Representative John Fresolo on behalf Laura D’Errico request to install a handicap parking space in front of 9 Atlanta St.
# 8e CC February 06, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Leave to Withdraw

2d.

Roseanne Papetti request to install handicap parking space in the Branch St. side of 13 Orient St.
# 8e CC February 13, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Approval

2e.

Councilor Phillip P. Palmieri on behalf of Ernest Caissie request to install handicap parking in front of 41 Edward St.
# 7f CC February 27, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Approval

2f.

Lu-Ann Raskett request handicap parking space in front of 15 Sterling St.
# 7h CC February 27, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Hold - Petition to be amended for handicap parking space in the Alpine St. side of 15 Sterling St.

2g.

Anthony Ruggieri request to remove handicap parking signs at 61 Gage St.
# 7i CC February 27, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Approval

3.

Resident Permit Parking Petitions

3a.

Paul Rohde request resident sticker parking on West St.
# 8e CC December 05, 2006

Attachments

Recommend approval of Resident Permit Parking Zone in West St. along the property line of 63 Institute Rd.

Chairman's Orders

Request City Manager place the Resident Permit Parking Pamphlet on the City's web site and sent a copy of this pamphlet to all the Colleges within the City.

3b.

Councilor Kathleen M. Toomey on behalf of Rick Miller et al request to either remove the Resident Permit Parking zone in the area from the property lines of #'s 17 and 14 Germain St. northerly to Institute Rd. or to amend the Resident Permit Parking zone to business hours only.
# 9m CC March 27, 2007

Attachments

Councilor Irish recused on a roll call 2-0

Recommend approval to remove Resident Permit Parking Zone in Germain St. from and including #'s 14 and 17 Germain St. northerly to Institute Rd.

4.

No Parking Petitions

4a.

Kimberly D. Caldwell request to install “No Parking” signs in front of as well as the driveway of 120 Eastern Ave.
#13 CC April 4, 2006

Attachments

Recommend Approval of "No Parking" sign in west side of Eastern Ave. from Patch St. to south of driveway at number 120 Eastern Ave.

4b.

Frank Zitomersky request to rescind the parking ban on the east side of Lagrange St. from Main St. to Beacon St.
# 8j CC November 28, 2006


In Committee March 14, 2007 - Petitioner requested to amend the Petition to revise the no parking and winter parking bans on Lagrange St. from Main St. to Beacon St. by changing the restriction from the east side to the west side of the street for "No Parking Anytime" on the south side of the street and a reversed Winter Parking Ban on the odd numbered side of the street. - Held

Attachments

Recommend Approval of two (2) ordinances

4c.

Frank Zitomersky request to rescind the parking ban on the west side of Jackson St. from Main St. to Beacon St.
# 8k CC November 28, 2006


In Committee March 14, 2007 - Petitioner requested to amend the Petition to revise the no parking and winter parking bans on Jackson St. from Main St. to Beacon St. by changing the restriction from the east side to the west side of the street for "No Parking Anytime" on the north side of the street and standard Winter Parking Ban on the even numbered side of the street. - Held

Attachments

Recommend Approval of two (2) ordinances

4d.

Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. on behalf of Irene Stone Smith request to have no parking on Dorchester St. from Grafton St. to the first street light on the southerly side.
# 9b CC January 16, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Approval of "No Parking" sign in Dorchester St. 28' south from Grafton St.

4e.

Mario Borci request to change the parking signs in Shrewsbury St. between the Piccadilly Plaza's driveway and the driveway at 440 Shrewsbury St. to "No Parking 2am to 6am Dec 1 to Apr 30".
# 7j CC February 27, 2007

Attachments

Recommend File

4f.

Councilor Frederick C. Rushton to change the winter parking ban on Carter Rd. to only one side of the street.
# 17e CC March 06, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Deny

5.

Sign Petitions

5a.

Patricia Austin et al request installation of signage on Plantation St. before and at Aitchison St. and at Shrewsbury St. to indicate to drivers the correct route to access Rt. 9 West (Belmont St.)
#10 CC January 18, 2005

Attachments

Recommend File

5b.

Councilor Philip P. Palmieri request the installation of speed limit signs facing traffic going in both directions on Gage St. near it's intersection with Ford St.
#14 CC May 9, 2006

Attachments

Recommend File

5c.

Katie Green, Clerk and Philip Stone, Trustee of the Worcester Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) request the installation of five (5) private directional signs to the Quaker Meetinghouse located at 901 Pleasant St.
# 7e CC December 19, 2006

Attachments

Recommend Approval of one (1) directional sign in the vicinity of Newton Square.

5d.

Rudina Culani request a "Dead End" sign at the beginning of Ellsmere St. and replace the street sign.
# 8r CC November 28, 2006

Attachments

Recommend File

5e.

Councilor Paul P. Clancy , Jr. on behalf of Irene Stone Smith request to have a blind driveway sign on Grafton St. before Stoney Hill Driveway.
# 9c CC January 16, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Approval of Blind Driveway sign

Chairman's Orders

Request City Manager request the Commissioner of Public Works and Parks to consider widening Grafton St. from Rice Sq. to Billings Sq. to alleviate congestion of traffic in this area.

5f.

Malki Yousef request 15 minutes parking only sign in front of 61 - 63 Hamilton St.
# 8f CC February 13, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Approval of "15 minute Parking" sign in front of 61-63 Hamilton St from 7 A.M. - 7 P.M.

5g.

Councilor Joffrey A. Smith on behalf of Bruce Faulkner request to install a Dead End sign in Mount Ave.
# 7g CC February 27, 2007

Attachments

Recommend File

5h.

Richard Simard of Blackstone Harvest request (1) one parking space at 18 Harrison St as a commercial loading zone for deliveries.
# 9c CC March 06, 2007

Attachments

Recommend approval of a Commerical Loading Zone sign and accompanying Ordinance

6.

Crosswalk Petition

6a.

Sherri Lizotte request crosswalk signage and or cones placed at and on the crosswalk at 75 Webster St.
# 24 CC September 26, 2006

Attachments

Recommend Approval to repaint crosswalk in Jacques St. and install pedestrian crossing signs.

7.

Traffic Signal Petition

7a.

Councilor Kathleen M. Toomey request the addition of pedestrian crossing lights to the existing traffic signals at the corner of Park Ave. and Sagamore Rd.
# 8g CC February 06, 2007

Attachments

Recommend Approval subject of funding

Chairman's Orders

Request City Manager request the Commissioner of Public Works & Parks to provide City Council with the list of unfunded Traffic Signal Projects. Further, request that this list include cost, rank in order of importance and types of incidents that prompted the request.