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WORCESTER – The Worcester City Council meets tonight, Tuesday, April 2 at Worcester’s City Hall.
In our newest feature, ThisWeekinWorcester.com will provide a preview of the upcoming meeting every Tuesday morning to help keep readers informed of the on-goings of the city’s governing body.
Each preview will highlight five items from the City Council agenda for that week that haven’t already been covered by TWIW.
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This week’s preview consists of Councilor At-Large Konnie Lukes with two orders and a resolution to further the discussion on police in schools and the feasibility of city council oversight of the school department, District 1 Councilor Sean Rose’s request for a new soccer field in Great Brook Valley, District 5 Councilor Matt Wally wants to see the city develop a renters database, District 2 Councilor Candy Mero-Carlson wants to improve the playground at Lake View School and the Committee on Public Safety is requesting a map to show where youth violence incidents occur.
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1. Lake View School Wants Better View from School
District 2 City Councilor Candy Mero-Carlson is requesting City Manager Edward Augustus to look into possible upgrades and improvements that can be made at the Lake View playground which currently consists of a small field, a basketball court and a small playground structure. [SEE PHOTO]
2. Councilor Wants All of the Info on Student Resource Officers in Schools –
City Councilor At-Large Konstantina Lukes is requesting that Augustus state the liability that exists if the Council was to oversee the school department’s practices, policies or programs. At last week’s meeting, City Solicitor David Moore gave the legal opinion that the City Council had no jurisdiction at all over school department issues.
Lukes is also requesting Augustus to report on the payment for costs and salaries for the SROs and the amounts paid in the past two years from the city budget. In last week’s story, Augustus said the school department has appropriated $120,000 each year since 1994 and has paid the Worcester Police Department for school liaison service. The Worcester Police cover all of the remaining expenses — upwards of $1 million per year, according to Augustus — that are generated by the school liaison program.
Finally, Lukes added a resolution to the agenda requesting that the Worcester City Council endorse the use of SROs/police officers in public buildings as determined by the city administration as necessary to preserve public safety.
3. A Great Big Soccer Field at Great Brook Valley
District 1 Councilor Sean Rose is requesting that the City consider creating a rectangular soccer field next to the Roberto Clemente baseball/softball field at Great Brook Valley on the Northeast Cutoff. [See Photo]
4. Where’s the Rent? That’s What Wally Wants to Know
District 5 City Councilor Matt Wally is requesting that Commissioner of Inspectional Services John Kelly to develop a rental registry for non-owner occupied residential properties. In an interview with the Telegram & Gazette last week, Wally said that the registry would ensure that all rental housing in Worcester is in compliance with the state’s sanitary codes and are live-able for residents..
5. A Map to Youth Violence
The standing committee on public safety — which includes City Councilors At-Large Kate Toomey and Moe Bergman, and District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera — are requesting that the City and the Worcester Police Dept. develop a map to illustrate where youth violence incidents occur and to make that map available to the City Council.
Presently, the WPD uses crimereports.com to map police calls for violent and property crimes, quality of life alerts, and more. Each Sunday, ThisWeekinWorcester.com provides a weekly crime map so residents can see what’s occurring in their neighborhoods.
The City Council meeting will take place at 6:30 PM at the Esther Howland Chamber at City Hall — 455 Main St.
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