2026-11-05 - Public Works Committee Meeting

00:02Everyone, welcome to our

00:05Public Works Sub Committee meeting for

00:07Thursday, November 5th.

00:10Um

00:11with me today to my right, your left,

00:14District 3 Councillor John Fizolo.

00:16To my immediate left, to your right,

00:20Commissioner Westerling.

00:22On the phone, uh remote, is Assistant

00:24Commissioner

00:26uh Jay Mello.

00:28And our clerk this evening

00:30is City Clerk A.J. Pottle.

00:33Mr. Clerk, if you would call the roll.

00:37>> Councillors Fizolo.

00:39>> Here.

00:40>> Mitra.

00:41And Chairperson Councillor Economos.

00:42>> Here.

00:43If you would also just go over item uh

00:46one on our agenda, please.

00:48>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, so

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01:34transfer. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

01:37>> Thank you. Uh item two, approval of the

01:40minutes.

01:41Roll call.

01:43>> Councillors Fizolo.

01:45>> Yes.

01:46>> Mitra. And Chairperson Councillor

01:47Economos.

01:48>> Yes.

01:50All right. Item uh item three, sewer

01:52extension petitions.

01:54Uh Assad

01:56Shallab request sewer extension of

01:58approximately 85 ft

02:01for 72A and 72B Arlington Street.

02:07Is anybody here

02:09to speak on the petition?

02:13>> Mr. Chairman, we do have a couple of

02:14folks online. I'm not sure um I just

02:17would ask folks if they are there for

02:19this item to use the raise hand

02:20function. The raise hand function's in

02:22the bottom center of the screen.

02:27>> Is

02:28um

02:30Let me know if anybody raises their hand

02:32on it.

02:32>> I will.

02:34>> Is anybody here opposed?

02:37>> And counselor, someone did just raise

02:38their hand.

02:39>> Sure.

02:40>> We'll see the person I can identify

02:42raising their hand uh last name Kim. If

02:44we could just please have your full name

02:48and then uh city or town of residence

02:49and you can begin your testimony.

02:57Can we just ask that you unmute

02:59yourself?

03:07Uh we can we can hear you now.

03:10>> Hi there. It's um Kim Ames representing

03:13um

03:13Assad.

03:16>> Go ahead, Kim.

03:18>> Hi.

03:20>> Do you have anything you wish to add to

03:22this?

03:23>> No.

03:25>> Okay.

03:26Very good. Uh Commissioner or Assistant

03:28Commissioner Melo, anything you

03:31have to add on this?

03:34>> Through the chair. Uh so, DPW has

03:37reviewed the plans for this uh petition.

03:41We recommend approval of the petition

03:43with the work being performed at the

03:45applicant's cost in accordance with the

03:47plan submitted to DPW.

03:51>> Very good.

03:53No one else on there, Mr. Clerk?

03:57Correct.

03:58In regards to

04:00>> no one else is raising their hand at

04:01this time.

04:02>> Motion would be to approve.

04:04Roll call.

04:06>> Councilors Fazzola.

04:08>> Yes.

04:09>> Mitra.

04:11And chairperson Councilor Cote.

04:12>> Yes.

04:14Item 3B.

04:15Uh

04:17Let me just say that

04:21Let me just um ask um attorney O'Neil,

04:25do you want these done collectively or

04:26individually?

04:30>> Um I I think they're

04:32collectively, I believe, because there's

04:34going to be one extension. It's the same

04:36pipe. Um and I would make sense to cover

04:39them with the same um

04:41prior agreement so forth.

04:43>> Very good. Um so we'll take item 3B and

04:453C collectively. Donald 3B, Donald J.

04:48O'Neil, attorney on behalf of Tiffany

04:50Nguyen,

04:51request extension at the expense of the

04:54petitioner,

04:55the combined sewer main in Henchman

04:57Street from its current terminus

05:00near the vicinity of Moen Street and

05:02Henchman Street easterly a distance of

05:05approximately 146 ft

05:08to provide sewer service to the

05:10petitioner's properties located at 1

05:12Frederick Street and 114 Lincoln Street.

05:16Item 3C, Donald J. O'Neil, attorney on

05:18behalf of Tiffany Nguyen,

05:20request extension at the expense of the

05:23petitioner, the combined sewer main in

05:25Henchman Street from its current

05:27terminus near the vicinity

05:29of the intersection of Moen Street and

05:31Henchman Street easterly

05:33a distance of approximately 40 ft

05:36to provide sewer service to the

05:38petitioner's land.

05:41>> Mr. O'Neil.

05:41>> Yes. For the record, [snorts] uh my name

05:43is Donald O'Neil. I'm a lawyer here in

05:45Worcester with an office on Pleasant

05:47Street.

05:48Um here this evening on behalf of

05:50Tiffany Nguyen to

05:52seek your approval for an extension of

05:54the combined sewer

05:56um line in Henchman Street servicing

05:59property at 1 Frederick and 114 Lincoln

06:02Street. Um we have obtained approval

06:06from both the zoning board

06:09of appeals for the original uh

06:12construction of the apartments and also

06:14site plan approval from the planning

06:15board.

06:16Um, which review also reviewed the

06:19proposed extensions.

06:21Um, and

06:23issued their approval.

06:24Uh, we have provided um

06:27plans to DPW's some some recently

06:30updated plans which I believe

06:33um, address the issues that were raised

06:36by DPW

06:37um, as a condition of approval.

06:40Uh, also

06:42uh, Joe Graham who's done the

06:44engineering on this project and I

06:45believe Robert O'Neil who's done the

06:47survey work are also

06:49available online if there are any

06:51questions for them directly.

06:52>> Okay. Excellent. Thank you so much.

06:55Um

06:57Mr. Clark, is there anybody online that

06:58wishes to

07:00add or oppose the item?

07:03>> Mr. Chairman, the only folks online left

07:05are the two folks mentioned by Attorney

07:07O'Neil.

07:08>> No hands raised?

07:09>> No hands raised.

07:10>> Excellent. Thank you. Um

07:13Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner?

07:16>> Thank you. Through the chair, uh DPW

07:18recommends approval of this petition at

07:21the applicant's cost uh in accordance

07:23with the most recent uh submission of

07:25plans. I believe uh that is today would

07:28be the most recent date on those. There

07:29was a bit of last minute back and forth

07:31between us and the applicant just to

07:32clean a few items up.

07:34Uh, but at this point it appears that

07:35those have been rectified. So, um yeah,

07:37we can move forward with this one.

07:40>> So, we'll take both uh 3B and 3C

07:43collectively as amended.

07:46Um

07:48Is that doable, Mr. Clark?

07:50>> Mr. Chairman, it is. I just um

07:51perhaps would seek clarification from um

07:54public works in the sense that will we

07:56be approving both or is there one that's

07:58more appropriate than the other or

08:00>> Yeah, we could file one and approve the

08:02other.

08:04Commissioner?

08:06>> Uh, Mr. Chairman,

08:08>> Oh.

08:09>> microphone

08:12>> Mr. Chairman, I defer to Mr. Mello on

08:14>> Sure.

08:15>> I'm sorry, repeat again, Mr. Chairman.

08:17>> No, is there one does one cover both?

08:20Like one's dated the 27th of January

08:252026, the other is more recent, August

08:2818th.

08:30Um

08:31we can file one if that's the case, if

08:34one covers all of it.

08:40Let me ask Mr.

08:40>> So,

08:41this is a bit interesting cuz they're

08:43actually

08:44two separate sections of the pipe.

08:46>> Okay.

08:47>> Um so, I'm not sure if

08:50you know, I would defer to the clerk as

08:52to as to how to proceed with that

08:53because

08:55uh one petition doesn't encompass both.

08:57They're actually separate lengths of the

08:58pipe.

08:59>> That's fine. So, we can do them

09:00individually.

09:02Um

09:04Yeah, we'll do we'll do each one.

09:06And then um

09:10we'll do it as amended. My question to

09:13the clerk is can we amend it as

09:17as agreed through

09:20Commissioner Mello

09:22and Attorney O'Neill, Mr. Clerk?

09:24>> Absolutely, Mr. Chairman. I I would say

09:26with with the two petitions being

09:29different enough and encompassing

09:30different portions of the pipe, we could

09:32just collectively approve both and again

09:34with the stipulations that were

09:36previously mentioned by um the

09:38Department of Public Works.

09:40>> Okay. So, we can take them collectively

09:42as as you as you amended as you

09:44mentioned amended um

09:47with the agreement between Public Works

09:49and Attorney O'Neill and his client. So,

09:52motion would be to approve 3B and 3C.

09:56Roll call.

09:57>> Councilor Fizola.

09:58>> Yes.

09:59>> Mitra and Chairperson Councilor

10:01Economou.

10:01>> Yes.

10:03That concludes Anything else, Mr.

10:05Attorney?

10:05>> No, that's it. Thank you thank you very

10:07much for taking this up.

10:08>> Yeah, no problem.

10:10Um and that concludes our meeting for

10:12tonight. Motion would be to adjourn.

10:22>> Tried it. Tried it.

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