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80 matters
Councilor Satya B. Mitra request the uneven sidewalk in the vicinity of 428 Shrewsbury St. be resurfaced.
Request City Manager request Commissioner of Public Works provide City Council with a report concerning the feasibility of establishing a proactive, annual pothole repair program wherein the Department of Public Works systematically reviews all public city streets and fills all potholes as they encounter them, in lieu of waiting for 311 service requests to be submitted. Further, request said report also include information concerning the feasibility of conducting a similar annual program for the review of all city sidewalks located in highly travelled pedestrian areas.
Request City Manager request Commissioner of Transportation and Mobility conduct a citywide survey of all damaged, faded, missing and otherwise illegible street and traffic signs and replace each sign, as needed.
Request City Manager explore the possibility of installing rented, mobile bathrooms and showers in the city’s municipal parking lots until such a time that permanent bathrooms and showers are reviewed and completed. – Item #20a CC Order adopted
Request City Manager consider creating and installing “Welcome to Worcester – Heart of the Commonwealth” and “Leaving Worcester – Come Back Soon” signs at all major entry and exit points along the city’s borders with Auburn, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Shrewsbury, and West Boylston. (see attached for potential locations).
Request City Manager provide City Council with a report concerning the impact separating the various functions of the Department of Public Works (DPW) into the Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM), the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cemetery (DPRC), as well as the subdivisions within DPW including the Streets Division, Water and Sewer Operations Division, and the Engineering Division, has had on the delivery of city services. Further, request said report include 1) an inventory of assets, equipment, vehicles, facilities, staffing functions, and maintenance responsibilities that were previously shared within DPW; 2) how those resources and responsibilities have been allocated among each respective department and division since each section of the department was separated; and 3) what additional equipment, staffing, facilities, or other operational resources may now be needed as a result of said resources no longer being shared.
Request City Manager request Fire Chief work with the Commissioner of Public Works to ensure there is a notification on the city’s website explaining the city is in good standing with its fire hydrants and equipped to act in an emergency situation anywhere in the city, in an effort to ensure residents are not alarmed if they are located in close proximity to a fire hydrant that is not functioning. – Item #13b CC Order adopted
Councilor Satya B. Mitra request installation of a stop sign on Venus Dr. at its intersection with Westport Rd.
Request City Manager organize a meeting between city stakeholders, State Delegates and Federal representatives to discuss ways these entities can support the city in addressing the needs of the city’s homeless population. – Item #21j CC Order adopted
Request Standing Committee on Municipal and Legislative Operations hold a discussion concerning the feasibility of creating a new Rule 61 of the Rules of the City Council, to read as follows: “Rule 61. Annual Report of City Departments. In order to assist the City Council in carrying out its duties related to the oversight of legislative policies and budgetary functions within the city, each City Department listed within Appendix B of the Rules of City Council, through the City Manager, shall hereby submit an annual departmental report to the City Council no later than January 1 of each calendar year that includes said department’s performance measures for the upcoming calendar year. Said submission should be presented in a specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound (SMART) goals format and should include the department’s prior fiscal year budget information (see attached for City Manager Thomas R. Hoover’s Semi-Annual Fiscal Year Goals and Objectives from February 6, 2004).
Councilors from the city’s website, checked weekly. Worcester records roll-call votes in meeting minutes rather than item by item, so votes are not listed here.