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Meeting Name: Housing and Community Development Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/16/2017 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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203698 3203698OrderThat the Director of SPCD discuss options property owners have to split lots in residential neighborhoods.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204168 3204168OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services report to this Board by September 28, 2017, the owners and addresses of all properties where Stop Work Orders were issued over the past two years, along with the names of the permit applicants and a list of any fines issued.Work completed  Action details Not available
204174 3204174OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services, the Director of SPCD, and the City Solicitor meet with a committee of this Board to discuss how to prevent developers from repeatedly violating city ordinances and regulations.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204187 3204187Officer's CommunicationCommunity Preservation Committee responding to #203735 re: prioritizing affordable housing funds for municipal workforce housing.Work completed  Action details Not available
204299 3204299OrderThat the Director of SPCD appear before this Board’s Committee on Housing and Community Development to discuss plans to connect the Inner Belt with North Point and the substance of any discussions with the City of Cambridge.Work completed  Action details Not available
204301 3204301OrderThat the Director of SPCD report to this Board on the city's Assessment of Fair Housing recently completed for HUD, and explain what the city is doing to advance fair housing and combat housing discrimination.Work completed  Action details Not available
203980 4203980OrderThat the Director of SPCD report to this Board why even the top priority recommendations of the Sustainable Neighborhoods Working Group have not yet been implemented after almost two years, and consider hiring additional staff to effectively address the affordable housing emergency.Work completed  Action details Not available
202148 4202148OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Administration discuss pre-planning and planning processes and requirements for private developers and city infrastructure projects, identifying differences and similarities.Work completed  Action details Not available
202149 4202149ResolutionThat the Administration discuss requiring adding the word "Somerville" to buildings in the Assembly Square area, to enhance office and commercial marketing efforts.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
203564 4203564OrderThat the Director of SPCD incorporate into the initial notice to abutters of development projects, that they may submit their e-mail address to the Planning Department for updates as the designs or plan change.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
203593 5203593OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide a bi-annual progress report on the 100 Homes Initiative, specifically relating to the new affordable off-site housing units granted by the Planning Board to FRIT on May 18, 2017.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
200700 9200700OrderThat the Director of SPCD report to this Board on the plan and timeline for implementing the recommendations in the recent report of the Sustainable Neighborhoods Working Group.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
196368 14196368OrderThat the Director of SPCD submit a plan on the use of city owned properties as it relates to projected growth identified in the SomerVision Plan.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
196221 17196221OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide SomerVision updates twice a year, broken down by ward, showing progress made in residential, affordable units, jobs, public space, trips via transit, bike and walking, and development in transformative areas.Kept in committee  Action details Not available