Details Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 7/9/2014 6:30 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 (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 3 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 4 197062 Officer's Communication City Solicitor responding to #196645 re: public records requests year to date. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196385 5 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 5 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196645 5 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196646 5 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 196780 6 196780 Order That the City Solicitor advise this Board of the city's ability to control the dissemination of advertisements from "Globe Direct", and inquire why individual requests to stop unsolicited deliveries are not followed. Work completed   Action details Not available 196856 6 196856 Officer's Communication Assistant City Solicitor responding to #195725 re: restricting formula businesses. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196362 6 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195725 8 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194968 12 194968 Ordinance Requesting approval of the attached Ordinance Regulating Campaign Contributions from Those Seeking Contracts, Zoning Relief, the Purchase of City Property, or Financial Assistance from the City. Approved as amended   Action details Not available 195024 14 195024 Ordinance Requesting, with the sponsorship of Ald. Desmond, Bastardi, Sullivan, O'Keefe and Trane, approval of an Ordinance regulating "pay-to-play" public contracting and campaign contributions for municipal elected office. Approved as amended   Action details Not available