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Subcommittee backs city manager’s plan to declare 51 and 61 Seaver Street available for disposition amid public interest
Summary
The Public Works Subcommittee approved transmitting an order to declare city-owned 51 and 61 Seaver Street available for disposition; residents and school officials urged reuse and cautioned about neighborhood parking and renovation costs.
The Worcester Public Works Subcommittee voted to recommend that the City Council allow the city manager to pursue disposition of two city-owned properties at 51 and 61 Seaver Street, with the subcommittee forwarding an order authorizing conveyance for disposition purposes.
Facilities Director Jim Bedard told the subcommittee that 61 Seaver Street is vacant and that two groups occupying 51 Seaver together use roughly 11,000 square feet and about 13–14 city employees. Bedard estimated that maintaining 51 Seaver cost about $170,000 in the current fiscal year; he said 61 Seaver is vacant and that the city is paying utilities for the property.
During public comment, Ward 4 School Committee member Sue Mailman and representatives of the Nativity School — parent Esther Faith Tendo and principal Andrea Muner — urged the…
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