Details Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/16/2014 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (12) 12 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 197330 4 197330 Order That the Director of SPCD and the City Solicitor apprise this Board of the latest developments with regard to the sale of the Post Office in Union Square and the ongoing dispute as to the mural. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 197062 5 197062 Officer's Communication City Solicitor responding to #196645 re: public records requests year to date. Work completed   Action details Not available 195825 5 195825 Order That the City Solicitor and the Director of SPCD (ISD) update this Board on measures requiring property owners to maintain their property so it doesn't negatively impact their neighbors. Work completed   Action details Not available 193206 6 193206 Order That the City Solicitor review Boston's and other municipalities' ordinances to eliminate public nuisances caused by problem properties, and appear before the Committee on Legislative Matters to discuss adopting it here. Work completed   Action details Not available 196385 6 196385 Order That the City Solicitor determine whether the U.S. Postal Service complied with federal law and applicable guidelines regarding the closing and selling of the Union Square Post Office facility. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196644 6 196644 Order That the City Solicitor provide the Committee on Legislative Matters with an analysis of the Law Department’s support to charge for review and redaction of requested information. Work completed   Action details Not available 196645 6 196645 Order That the City Solicitor provide the Committee on Legislative Matters with the good faith estimate of number of hours and the hourly rates charged for every information request this year, to date. Work completed   Action details Not available 196646 6 196646 Order That the City Solicitor report to the Committee on Legislative Matters on the Board's ability to create guidelines for public information requests. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196856 7 196856 Officer's Communication Assistant City Solicitor responding to #195725 re: restricting formula businesses. Work completed   Action details Not available 196362 7 196362 Order That the City Solicitor appear before this Board to describe the process for responding to requests for public records, including fees and redactions, and how this comports with the requirements of state law, the Secretary of State's Public Records Division, and the practices of other communities. Work completed   Action details Not available 194062 8 194062 Order That the City Solicitor examine the proposed ordinances of Quincy, Boston and Woburn regarding absentee landlords and appear before this Board’s Committee on Legislative Matters to discuss the implementation of a similar ordinance. Work completed   Action details Not available 195725 9 195725 Order That the City Solicitor provide this Board’s Committee on Legislative Matters with input on restricting formula businesses in Somerville by requiring specific review and oversight before they may enter central business districts. Work completed   Action details Not available