Details Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 1/17/2019 6:00 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 (23) 23 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 206833 2 206833 Public Communication Anika Van Eaton submitting comments re: #206768, to consider amending skate park hours. Work completed   Action details Not available 206834 2 206834 Public Communication Kevin Malone submitting comments re: #206768, to consider amending skate park hours. Work completed   Action details Not available 206894 2 206894 Public Communication Sieh Samura submitting comments re: #206284, an Ordinance regarding adult use marijuana establishments. Work completed   Action details Not available 206895 2 206895 Public Communication Michael Dundas submitting comments re: #206284, an Ordinance regarding adult use marijuana establishments and the Sira Accelerator Program. Work completed   Action details Not available 207178 3 207178 Order That this Board take steps to reduce the terms of the Planning and Zoning Board members from 5 to 3 years. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 207349 3 207349 Home Rule Petition That the enclosed Home Rule Petition pertaining to Institutional Master Plan requirements be forwarded to the MA Legislature for approval. Approved   Action details Not available 206308 3 206308 Order That the City Solicitor draft a food truck ordinance amendment to permit food trucks with minimal disruption to current businesses. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206387 3 206387 Order That the Chief Assessor provide this Board with the number of retail vacancies citywide. Work completed   Action details Not available 202909 3 202909 Officer's Communication Director of SPCD conveying the Kennedy School's "Future of the SRA" report, in response to #202621. Work completed   Action details Not available 205918 3 205918 Resolution That the Administration submit a Home Rule Petition similar to Boston's "Jim Brooks Act," but with less rigid language, to encourage passage by the State. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206768 3 206768 Order That this Board’s Committee on Legislative Matters consider amending Ordinance 12-48, relating to the hours of operation of skate parks. Work completed   Action details Not available 206046 4 206046 Order That the City Solicitor draft a vacant properties ordinance similar to the one in Arlington. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 200793 4 200793 Order That the Clerk of Committees request that the State Delegation provide the Committee on Legislative Matters with updates on House #2885 and House #3906. Work completed   Action details Not available 205487 4 205487 Order That the Director of Sustainability and Environment update this Board on the city’s textile recycling program in mid-September, 2018, identifying the concerns raised by the Committee on Legislative Matters at its meeting on April, 5, 2018. Work completed   Action details Not available 206612 4 206612 Ordinance City Solicitor responding to #206046 re: an ordinance for the registration and maintenance of vacant commercial and industrial buildings. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206581 4 206581 Home Rule Petition Increasing the membership of the Redevelopment Authority from 5 to 7, with one new member an Alderman appointed by the President, and the other new member appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by this Board. Work completed   Action details Not available 206654 4 206654 Ordinance City Solicitor submitting an amendment to Ordinance 8-69 re: defining holidays with respect to junk collection. Approved as amended   Action details Not available 203789 6 203789 Ordinance Proposing an amendment to Ordinance 2-24 regarding the terms of city officers. Work completed   Action details Not available 203868 6 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. Work completed   Action details Not available 204026 6 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). Work completed   Action details Not available 202256 6 202256 Resolution That this Board be given the powers of the Redevelopment Authority for Union Square redevelopment. Work completed   Action details Not available 203464 7 203464 Officer's Communication City Solicitor submitting a proposed Order designating the position of Retirement Board Member as a Special Municipal Employee position. Placed on file   Action details Not available 199934 12 199934 Order That the Supervisor of Inspectional Services create a Rental Registration Program to require owners of 6 or more rental units that are not owner-occupied to annually register those units, pay a registration fee, and provide information to facilitate inspections, notices of violations, and resolution of complaints. Work completed   Action details Not available