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Meeting Name: Housing and Community Development Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/13/2019 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Sub Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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207864 2207864Public CommunicationHarvard University submitting its Spring 2019 University Accountability report.Placed on file  Action details Not available
207906 2207906Public CommunicationFriends of the Community Path submitting comments re: #x, a Resolution to address 3 primary safety issues on the Community Path Extension between Washington St and Lechmere Station.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
207890 3207890ResolutionThat the Administration work with MassDOT and the GLX team to address the 3 primary safety issues with the Community Path Extension between Washington Street and Lechmere that have been identified by the Friends of the Community Path.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
207735 3207735ResolutionCalling for improved accessibility at the forthcoming Union Square Green Line Station.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
207736 3207736ResolutionCalling for accessibility and safety improvements at the 7 forthcoming Green Line Stations.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205386 3205386Mayor's CommunicationConveying information about the Tufts Partnership Agreement process.Placed on file  Action details Not available
205412 3205412OrderThat the Director of SPCD suggest strategies to mitigate ground floor commercial retail space vacancies.Placed on file  Action details Not available
207278 3207278OrderThat the Director of SPCD meet with the Committee on Housing and Community Development and Gilman Square residents to discuss possible changes to the Neighborhood Plan.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
207599 3207599ResolutionThat the Administration consider re-establishing a Technology Task Force to make recommendations about municipal and district information technology, including increasing data integration across divisions.Work completed  Action details Not available
207714 3207714OrderThat the Director of SPCD apprise this Council on the redesign of the various GLX stations with respect to the removal of elevators and the accommodations that had been made to provide reasonable access for all users.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206391 4206391ResolutionThat the Administration submit an update to this Board on efforts to create a Municipal ID, including a plan for dealing with the encryption of information that appears to be holding back progress.Work completed  Action details Not available
207277 4207277OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works remove graffiti from the back of the Argenziano School and consider ways to reduce future graffiti, such as bushes or a mural.Placed on file  Action details Not available
205191 4205191ResolutionThat the Administration inform this Board on the annual number of eviction cases heard in Somerville District Court, the proportion for which the tenant has no legal representation, and the estimated cost of ensuring that all Somerville tenants have such representation.Placed on file  Action details Not available
205320 4205320Officer's CommunicationDirector of Constituent Services responding to #204377 with the city's policy for following up on Inspectional Services issues when ISD is closed.Placed on file  Action details Not available
204885 5204885OrderThat the City Clerk and the Director of SPCD expand abutter notices for Zoning Board of Appeal, Planning Board and Historic Preservation Commission hearings to include tenants of abutting properties in addition to property owners.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
207771 5207771Officer's CommunicationAffordable Housing Trust submitting quarterly activity reports for the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2018.Placed on file  Action details Not available