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Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/17/2019 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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208806 3208806OrderThat the City Solicitor draft a Home Rule Petition to establish Broadway as a 25 mph roadway, and include any other municipal roadways within the city which currently exceed 25 mph.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
208909 3208909OrderThat the City Solicitor advise this Council on the process to request the lowering of speed limits on state roadways within the city.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
208958 3208958Mayor's RequestRequesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to expand the funding scope of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.Approved as amended  Action details Not available
205343 4205343OrderThat the Director of SPCD contact local mortgage lenders to determine how the proposed "Tenants Right to Purchase" policy might affect the ability of home-buyers to secure financing, and report back to this Board in writing.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205344 4205344OrderThat the Director of SPCD contact several Title Insurance brokers and ascertain their views on whether the proposed "Tenants Right to Purchase" policy would affect their ability to provide title insurance, and report back to this Board in writing.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
208883 4208883Public Communication2 residents submitting comments re: the deployment of 5G small wireless facilities.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
208668 5208668OrderThat the Legislative Matters Committee prepare an ordinance to regulate the placement of wireless facilities to the maximum extent permitted by state law.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209041 5209041Mayor's RequestRequesting approval of a Home Rule Petition that would authorize the City to provide tenants the right to purchase the residential property in which they reside when that property is being offered for sale.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
208862 6208862OrdinanceAssistant City Solicitor submitting an Ordinance to regulate Small Wireless Facilities in the Public Right of Way.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205918 8205918ResolutionThat the Administration submit a Home Rule Petition similar to Boston's "Jim Brooks Act," but with less rigid language, to encourage passage by the State.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205118 9205118Mayor's RequestRequesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to preserve affordable housing through a tenant's right to purchase.Kept in committee  Action details Not available