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Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/5/2019 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: SHS Auditorium
Somerville High School
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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208567 3208567Public CommunicationElizabeth Lundgren submitting comments re: #206495, the proposed native plant ordinance.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209061 3209061OrderThat the City Solicitor and the Director of Sustainability and the Environment draft with the Ward 5 Councilor an ordinance to ban or regulate the use of gas-powered leaf blowers.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
208806 4208806OrderThat 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 4208909OrderThat 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
207999 4207999Public Communication3 residents submitting comments re: #206495, the proposed native plant ordinance.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
207480 5207480OrderThat the City Solicitor review the legal standing of each site identified in Sec. 12-131 of the proposed Public Space Conservation Ordinance to identify if there are any terms by which each site was acquired, or is held, that would prevent it from being dedicated to the public.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205343 5205343OrderThat 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.Work completed  Action details Not available
205344 5205344OrderThat 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.Work completed  Action details Not available
209041 6209041Mayor'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.Approved as amended  Action details Not available
205683 8205683Public CommunicationTori Antonino submitting comments re: #203365, calling for a native planting ordinance.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206495 8206495OrderThat the City Solicitor consider the attached language in the drafting of a Native Tree and Plantings Ordinance, as ordered by #203365.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205118 10205118Mayor's RequestRequesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to preserve affordable housing through a tenant's right to purchase.Work completed  Action details Not available
203365 11203365OrderThat the City Solicitor draft an ordinance requiring native tree and plantings for all open space, to meet the goals of sustainability and biodiversity.Kept in committee  Action details Not available