[0:03:03] - They haven't accepted it yet. Contract is still there.
[0:04:13] - Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our Public Works Subcommittee meeting for Thursday, November 5th. Um With me today to my right, your left, District 3 Counselor, John Fresolo. To my immediate left, to your right, Commissioner Westerling.
[0:04:34] On the phone, remote, is Assistant Commissioner uh Jay Mello, and our clerk this evening is City Clerk AJ Pottle. Mr. Clerk, if you would call the roll. - Councilors Fresolo? - Here.
[0:04:51] - Mitra? And Chairperson Councilor Economou? - Here. If you would also just go over item uh 1 on our agenda, please. - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, so pursuant to App Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021, and in order to ensure active public engagement, the city of Worcester currently allows for both in-person and remote participation at its meetings. To partake in the meeting, you can either come to the location or you can join via Zoom. The Zoom link is listed on the agenda and is also on the Granicus portal of the city's website. There is also a phone number tonight, and that is 1-646-828-7666, and the access code tonight is 161-599-2759. We also just want to make a quick note to residents that, um, they are advised of an ongoing scam involving the impersonation of city officials departments. So if you receive an email, it should always come from an @worcesterma.gov email address, and we will never request payments via wire transfer. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. - Thank you. Uh Item 2, approval of the minutes. Roll call.
[0:05:54] - Councilors, Fresolo? - Yes. - Mitra? And Chairperson Councilor Economou? - Yes. All right. Item uh Item 3, sewer extension petitions. Asaad
[0:06:08] Shallab request sewer extension of approximately 85 ft for 72A and 72B Arlington Street. Is anybody here to speak on the petition?
[0:06:23] - Mr. Chairman, we do have a couple folks online. I'm not sure, um I just would ask folks if they are there for this item to use the raise hand function. The raise hand function is in the bottom center of the screen.
[0:06:38] - Is um, let me know if anybody raises their hand on it. - I will. - Is anybody here opposed?
[0:06:49] - And Council, someone did just raise their hand. - Sure. - Let's see the person I can identify raising their hand uh with the name Kim. If we could just please have your full name and then uh city or town of residence, and you can begin your testimony.
[0:07:07] Can we just ask that you unmute yourself?
[0:07:18] - We can we can hear you now. - Hi, there. It's um Kim Ames, representing um Asaad. - Go ahead, Kim. - Hi.
[0:07:31] - Do you have anything you wish to add to this? - No. - Okay. Very good. Uh Commissioner, or Assistant Commissioner Mello, anything you have to add on this?
[0:07:46] - Through the chair. Uh so DPW has reviewed the plans for this uh petition. We recommend approval of the petition with the work being performed at the applicant's cost in accordance with the plan submitted to DPW. - Very good. No one else on there, Mr. Clerk,
[0:08:08] correct? In regards - Mr. Chairman, no one else is raising their hand at this time. - Okay. Motion would be to approve. Roll call. - Councilors Fresolo? - Yes. - Mitra? And Chairperson Councilor Economou? - Yes. Item 3b.
[0:08:26] Uh Let me just ask Let me just um ask um Attorney O'Neill. Do you want these done collectively or individually? - Um I I think they're
[0:08:44] collectively, I believe, because it's going to be one extension. It's the same pipe, uh and I think it would make sense to cover them with the same uh prior agreement and so forth. - Okay. Very good. Um so we'll take items 3b and 3c collectively. Done. 3b, Donald J. O'Neill, attorney, on behalf of Tiffany Nguyen, requests extension at the expense of the petitioner, the combined sewer main in Henchman Street from its current terminus near the vicinity of Moen Street and Henchman Street, easterly a distance of approximately 146 ft to provide sewer service to the petitioner's properties located at 1 Frederick Street and 114 Lincoln Street.
[0:09:27] Item 3c, Donald J. O'Neill, attorney, on behalf of Tiffany Nguyen, requests extension at the expense of the petitioner, the combined sewer main in Henchman Street from its current terminus near the vicinity of the intersection of Moen Street and Henchman Street easterly a distance of approximately 40 ft to provide sewer service to the petitioner's land. Mr. O'Neill. - Yes. For the record, uh my name is Donald O'Neill. I'm a lawyer here in Worcester with an office on Pleasant Street.
[0:09:59] I'm here this evening on behalf of Tiffany Nguyen to secure approval for an extension of the combined sewer um line in Henchman Street servicing property at 1 Frederick and 114 Lincoln Street. Um We have obtained approval from both the Zoning Board of Appeals for the original uh construction of the apartments and also site plan approval from the Planning Board, um which review also reviewed the proposed extensions um and and uh issued their approval. Uh We have provided um plans to DPW, some some recently updated plans which I believe um address the issues that were raised by DPW um as a condition of approval. Uh Also uh Joe Graham, who has done the engineering on this project, and I believe Robert O'Neill, who has done the survey work, are also available online if there are any questions for them directly. - Okay, excellent. Thank you so much. Um Mr. Clerk, is there anybody online that wishes to add or oppose the item?
[0:11:15] - Mr. Chairman, the only folks online left are the two folks mentioned by Attorney O'Neill. - No hands raised? - No hands raised. - Excellent, thank you. Um Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner? - Thank you, through the chair.
[0:11:29] - 3b and 3c collectively, as amended. Um, Is that doable, Mr. Clerk? - Mr. Chairman, it is. I just um perhaps would seek clarification from um Public Works in the sense that will we be approving both or is there one that's more appropriate than the other, or - Yeah, we could file one and approve the other.
[0:11:51] Commissioner? - Well, Mr. Chairman, I'd defer Oh, your microphone. - Mr. Chairman, I'd defer to Mr. Mello on this. - Sure. - I'm sorry, repeat again, Mr. Chairman. - No, is there one Does one cover both?
[0:12:08] Like one's dated uh the 27th of January 2026, the other is more recent, August 18th. Um We can file one if that's the case, if one covers all of it. Let me ask Mr.
[0:12:28] - So, this is a bit interesting because there are actually two separate sections of the pipe. - Okay. Um So I'm not sure if uh you know, I would defer to the clerk as to as to how to proceed with that, because uh one petition doesn't encompass both, they're actually separate lengths of the pipe. - Okay. That's fine. So, we can do them individually. Um - Yep, we'll do we'll do each one, and then um, we'll do it as amended. My question to the clerk is, can we amend it as as agreed through
[0:13:06] Commissioner Mello and Attorney O'Neill, Mr. Clerk? - Absolutely, Mr. Chairman. I I would say with with the two petitions being different enough and encompassing different portions of the pipe, we could just collectively approve both and again with the stipulations that were previously mentioned by um the Department of Public Works. - Okay. So we can take them collectively as as you as you mended as you mentioned amended, um with the agreement between uh Public Works and Attorney O'Neill and his client. So motion would be to approve 3b and 3c. Roll call.
[0:13:44] - Councilors Fresolo? - Yes. - Mitra? And Chairperson Councilor Economou? - Yes. That concludes Anything else, Mr. O'Neill? - No, that's it. Thank you Thank you very much for taking this up. - Yeah, no problem. Um and that concludes our meeting for tonight. Motion would be to adjourn.
[0:14:09] - Tried. I tried.