Details Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/29/2014 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 (19) 19 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 196644 3 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 3 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 3 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 196357 3 196357 Ordinance That the city's Human Rights Policy at Ordinance 2-237 be amended by adding the words "gender identity and expression," to protect transgender individuals from discrimination. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196780 3 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196781 3 196781 Resolution That the Licensing Commission reconsider the regulation for liquor establishments to leave doors open between 8 AM and 9 PM, Monday through Friday, in areas that aren't central business districts, and convey to this Board how this regulation may be altered. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196856 4 196856 Officer's Communication Assistant City Solicitor responding to #195725 re: restricting formula businesses. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196362 4 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 196385 4 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 196730 4 196730 Ordinance Requesting approval to amend the Ordinances at Chapter 15 with respect to undue influence. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195825 4 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194075 5 194075 Order That the City Solicitor review the proposed ordinance, referred to as Chapter 12, Article VII, Complete Streets Ordinance, to limit city liability. Work completed   Action details Not available 194076 5 194076 Order That the City Solicitor review the proposed ordinance, referred to as Chapter 12, Article VII, Complete Streets Ordinance, to determine what happens in Section (6) when state guidelines change; and to determine if the cost in Section (7) is proportional to the project and how the difference would impact the city. Work completed   Action details Not available 193206 5 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195725 5 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 194062 7 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194968 9 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 193587 10 193587 Ordinance Requesting approval of a Complete Streets Ordinance to insure equal access for all users of the public ways. Approved   Action details Not available 195024 11 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available