JANUARY 16, 2007
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Convened: 5:30
p.m.
Adjourned: 6:33
p.m.
Present were: Chairperson Councilor Barbara G. Haller
Councilor
Michael C. Perotto
Councilor
Gary Rosen
Also: City Assessor Robert Allard
Acting Director HHS James Gardiner
Deputy Director EONS Dennis Hennessy
Director of Housing Scott Hayman
Code Director Joseph Mikelian
Staff Assistant City manager Office
Michael Gilliberto
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
1. Relative to the College Hill Neighborhood
Plan.
#17D
CM March 9, 2004
In Committee January 23, 2006 – Held
Recommend Accept and Adopt
Order approving the neighborhood plan
2. Relative
to Revised Neighborhood Plans Dissemination Strategy.
#17B CM May 18, 2004
In Committee January 23, 2006 – Held
Recommend Accept and Adopt
Order approving the neighborhood plan
Chairman’s Order request the
City Manager provide the City Council with information concerning city
resources, including funds, that may be identified to implement various phases
of the College Hill and South Worcester Neighborhood Plans.
3. Relative to the City of Worcester’s Housing
Policy.
#8C
CM November 30, 2004
In
Committee January 23, 2006 – Held
In
Committee February 23, 2006 – Held
Recommend Hold
4. Relative
to Mason-Winfield Brownfields Redevelopment Project
#9A CM February 28, 2006
Recommend File
5. Relative
to the programs and efforts to improve the quality of life of Worcester Housing
Authority residents.
#34A CM March 7, 2006
Recommend File
6. Relative
to information regarding private or public funding for open space acquisitions.
#11C CM April 25, 2006
Recommend File
7. Relative to renovations and the temporary relocation of public meetings and clinic services at 25 Meade Street
#22B CM May 2, 2006
Recommend File
8. Relative to the client counts to 25 Meade Street for the Human Services Divisions within the Department of Health and Human Services.
#22A CM May 2, 2006
Ronal Madnick, 12 Pine Tree Drive, Worcester appeared and spoke
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order
request the City Manager provide the City Council with an activity report for
the Human Rights Office of the Human Services Division of the Department of Health
and Human Services for the period up to and including December, 2006.
9. Relative to assessed valuations of homes that were damaged by the October 15, 2005 rain event.
#28C CM
May 30, 2006
Recommend File
10. Relative
to a financing update on the Hadley Residential Project on Main/Madison Street.
#9A CM July 18, 2006
In Committee for
Informational Purposes Only
Recommend File
11. Relative to the use of video surveillance and illegal dumping.
#12B CM July 18, 2006
Recommend File
12. Relative to the License Commission’s record showing a change of
management for the SMOC-owned property at 701 Main St.
#16A CM July 18, 2006
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order request the City Manager determine how it might be
required that any change of manager of a licensed rooming house come before the
License Commission.
Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with
any information on file that might explain why the property at 2 June St was
issued a demolition permit in 1999 and then was used as a residence shortly
thereafter.
Chairman’s Order request the City Manager report to the City Council
how, at the time of a tax title taking, a high level review can be made by the
city of the former land use of said tax title property prior to the transfer to
a new owner.
13. Relative to City Council’s request that the City Manager provide the City Council with the history of the use of the property at #2 June Street.
#350 CC August 29, 2006
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order request the City Manager
report to the City Council concerning the ability of the city to place a time
restriction on the issuance of a special permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals
and to also provide sample wording for such an approval.
14. Relative to a study of the Sycamore, Charlton and Main Streets Corridor regarding the effects of property values because of social service agencies and if the property values have been reduced.
#11.29A CM September 12, 2006
Recommend
Hold
15. Relative to the present procedures for the Inter-Departmental exchange of information regarding changes in property use.
#11.29B CM September 12, 2006
Recommend Hold
16. Relative to a list of all city properties that have
been purchased by Social Service Agencies during the last several years.
#11.29A CM October 3, 2006
Recommend Hold
17. Relative to the process used to check on the
occupancies of lodging houses by conducting unannounced inspections more often
than once a year.
#9.19A CM October 17, 2006
Recommend Hold
18. Relative to the maximum number of people that could
be housed at each of the properties owned by SMOC within the City regardless of
what the application is for.
#9.19B CM October 17, 2006
Recommend Hold
19. Relative to the properties located at 14 Duxbury Rd.
and 26-28 Dayton St.
#7.19A CM October 31, 2006
Recommend Hold
20. Relative to the implementation of a notification
process between the Code Department and City Assessors Office when the use of a
property might need to be reclassified.
#7.19B CM October 31, 2006
Recommend Hold
21. Recommend City Council’s review and acceptance of an Executive Summary and Resolution to file and accept a FY05 Citizen Corps Program Competitive Equipment Grant.
#9.15A CM November 28, 2006
In Committee for Informational
Purposes Only
Recommend
Held
22. Relative to Informational Communication regarding
the Governor’s Reduction to State funding appropriated for Worcester.
#9.37B CM November 28, 2006
Recommend Hold
23. Relative to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Campaign for tax year 2006.
#8.9A CM December 12, 2006
Recommend Hold
24. Relative to the maximum occupancy, according to local and state building code regulations, at each of the SMOC lodging house locations across the city.
#8.19A CM December 12, 2006
Recommend Hold
25. Relative to
any impact upon the City of
#8.19C CM December 12, 2006
Recommend Hold
26. Relative to a report on the progress for the closure of the PIP Shelter at 701 Main St.
#8.19D CM December 12, 2006
Recommend Hold
27. Relative to clients at the proposed SMOC facilities on June, Claremont and Catharine Streets.
#8.19E CM December 12, 2006
Recommend Hold
28. Relative to the number of level three sex offenders residing in the City.
#8.17A CM January 2, 2007
Recommend File
29. Relative to whether a public hearing process is required when a lodging house increases its occupancy.
#8.19A CM January 2, 2007
Recommend Hold
30. Relative to an update of Economic Development
Initiatives – January 2006
#8A CM January 10, 2006
In Committee January 23, 2006 – Held
Recommend File
31. Relative to an update of Economic Development Initiatives – February 2006
#8A
CM February 14, 2006
Recommend File
32. Relative
to an update of Economic Development Initiatives – March 2006
#8A CM March 7, 2006
Recommend File
33. Relative
to an update of Economic Development Initiatives – April 2006
#8A
CM April 4, 2006
Recommend File
34. Relative
to an update of Economic Development Initiatives – May 2006
#8A CM May 2, 2006
Recommend File
35. Relative to an update of
Economic Development Initiatives - June 2006
#2A CM June 13, 2006
Recommend File
36. Relative to an update of Economic Development Initiatives - July 2006.
#8A CM July 18, 2006
Recommend
File
37. Relative to an update of Economic Development Initiatives - August 2006.
#8I CM August 29, 2006
Recommend
File
38. Relative to an update of Economic Development Initiatives – October 2006.
#11.8A CM October 3, 2006
Recommend File