Details Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/5/2017 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (24) 24 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 202400 3 202400 Public Communication Green and Open Somerville submitting comments re: a dark sky ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202495 3 202495 Public Communication Tori Antonino submitting comments re: a dark sky ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203230 3 203230 Order That the City Solicitor advise this Board whether the city may restrict financial institutions from participating in city borrowing based on their business activities, and whether the city may engage in a negotiated underwriting process with a pre-selected lending institution under certain circumstances. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203365 3 203365 Order That 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 203881 3 203881 Resolution That the Administration draft a Dark Sky ordinance addressing applicability, color temperature standards, prescriptive or performance standards, DPW oversight, and exemptions. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203839 3 203839 Order That the City Solicitor draft an amendment to Ordinance 11-38(d)(2) to strengthen the language regarding rodent eradication prior to developments being constructed. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203870 3 203870 Order That the Director of SPCD report to this Board no later than August 1, 2017 on progress on a revised demolition review ordinance following the 3 community meetings this spring. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204238 3 204238 Order That the City Solicitor draft an amendment to the ordinance regarding construction, so that rodent eradication is required on all construction, not just demolition. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204329 4 204329 Mayor's Communication Conveying the Nexus Study Report on Housing and Jobs Linkage. Work completed   Action details Not available 204026 4 204026 Officer's Communication City Solicitor responding to #203868 re: an ordinance to limit the "holdover" period of officers and boards specified in Ordinance 2-24(c). Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204025 4 204025 Communication Asst. City Solicitor responding to #203230 re: restricting or pre-selecting financial institutions for city borrowing. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203868 4 203868 Order That the City Solicitor provide an opinion to this Board no later than August 1, 2017 on the legality of #203789, a proposed amendment to Ordinance 2-24 regarding the terms of city officers. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203789 4 203789 Ordinance Proposing an amendment to Ordinance 2-24 regarding the terms of city officers. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203556 5 203556 Public Communication The Maurice and Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice submitting comments re: #203098, the Community Benefits Ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203464 5 203464 Officer's Communication City Solicitor submitting a proposed Order designating the position of Retirement Board Member as a Special Municipal Employee position. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203059 5 203059 Order That the City Solicitor submit updated language to expand the Tree Advisory Committee ordinance. Work completed   Action details Not available 203555 6 203555 Public Communication The Chamber of Commerce, Union Square Main Streets, and Somerville Local First submitting comments re: the Union Sq proposed zoning, the US2 Covenant, and the Community Benefits Ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204278 7 204278 Ordinance Requesting the replacement of Ordinance 7-28 with a new Demolition Review Ordinance. with relevant updates to Ordinance 1-11 for violations. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202360 8 202360 Order That the City Solicitor prepare a draft ordinance for jobs linkage fees. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203192 8 203192 Public Communication Union United submitting comments re: the Union Square Development Covenant. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 201753 9 201753 Resolution That the Mayor re-establish the Tree Advisory Committee, to be staffed by the full-time Arborist, expand its membership to 9 or 11 members, and broaden the scope of the Committee's duties. Work completed   Action details Not available 202023 9 202023 Order That the Director of SPCD report to this Board on the Administration’s plans for the Somerville Municipal Job Creation and Retention Trust Fund and jobs linkage fee for new commercial development. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203097 10 203097 Officer's Communication Assistant City Solicitor submitting the US2-City Development Covenant. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203098 10 203098 Ordinance Assistant City Solicitor submitting an Ordinance to create a Community Benefits Committee. Kept in committee   Action details Not available