Details Meeting Name: Housing and Community Development Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/5/2020 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 (37) 37 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 205899 2 205899 Public Communication 5 residents submitting comments re: #205334, a possible affordable housing crisis. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 209370 2 209370 Communication Relaying information about the SomerVision 2040 draft revision, comment, and endorsement process and timeline. Work completed   Action details Not available 209429 3 209429 Resolution That the Administration consider promoting grants for homeowners willing to build a third deed restricted affordable unit, as allowed under the new zoning overhaul. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 209475 3 209475 Order That the Director of SPCD, the Director of Finance or the City Solicitor inform this Council how the City will be able to ensure that deed restrictions remain during the transfer of a property. Work completed   Action details Not available 209573 3 209573 Order That the Committee on Housing and Community Development provide feedback on SomerVision 2040's chapter on Housing with respect to metrics and key tasks, including the questions listed within. Work completed   Action details Not available 209611 3 209611 Resolution That the Administration discuss terminating the Somerville Media Center and MAPS tenancies, including any plans to help them relocate, such as allowing them time to find a new location. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 209263 3 209263 Order That this Council consider allowing owner-adjacent short-term rental landlords more flexibility if they provide a predetermined number of days of temporary affordable housing per year at a predetermined charge per day. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 209288 3 209288 Order That the City Solicitor provide guidance on whether the City can take property by eminent domain to create affordable housing. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 209290 3 209290 Order That the Director of SPCD provide an update on affordable housing units created in 2019, relative to the projected 51 units outlined in SomerVision update documents. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 209360 3 209360 Order That the Director of SPCD provide this Council, in conjunction with its FY21 budget review, a list of upcoming commercial development, including the square footage and linkage payment projections with corresponding payment dates. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 208613 3 208613 Resolution That the Administration provide options for how the City Council and/or members of the public may formally approve or revise the SomerVision 2040 plan. Work completed   Action details Not available 208679 3 208679 Resolution That the Administration, in conjunction with the Somerville Homeless Coalition, create programs with specific goals to end homelessness in the City. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 208810 3 208810 Resolution That the Administration consider ways to encourage the Somerville YMCA to relocate in or near Union Square in order to fulfill the goal of a new community center for people of all ages in Union Square. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 207505 3 207505 Order That the Director of SPCD work with this Council towards establishing a goal for the target number of deed-restricted units, so that a path to that goal can be analyzed as part of the next Housing Needs Assessment and discussed as part of the SomerVision 2040 process. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 208986 3 208986 Resolution That the Administration update this Council on plans to preserve onsite affordable senior housing and care for the current and future residents of the Little Sisters of the Poor facility. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205932 3 205932 Order That the Director of SPCD or the Director of Housing Stability develop an evidenced-based scale of qualifying income levels that reflects the cost of housing, to guide residents’ access to subsidies for City or District programming. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206899 3 206899 Order That the Director of Housing Stability invite the Public School Superintendent to join in convening with Alderman Hirsch a focus group of benevolent landlords, to better understand what factors contribute to their ability to rent at below-market rates and to rent to children and families. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 207888 3 207888 Order That the Director of SPCD report on the impacts of the City’s 20% inclusionary zoning ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 208251 3 208251 Order That the Director of SPCD appear before the Committee on Housing and Community Development to discuss the specific steps required to fill inclusionary units in new developments, and any suggestions for ways to increase the efficiency of this process. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 208266 4 208266 Order That the Director of SPCD report to this Council, within 30 days, the impact on our residents if President Trump’s public charge and HUD’s new proposed rule change on public housing is adopted. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205670 4 205670 Order That the Director of SPCD provide a progress report on the 100 Homes Program since its inception. Work completed   Action details Not available 205824 4 205824 Resolution That the Administration implement the 2015 Sustainable Neighborhood Working Group recommendation to include as a preference for inclusionary housing “Families with children in Somerville Public Schools classified as homeless and in temporary out-of-district placements.” Kept in committee   Action details Not available 203190 4 203190 Public Communication Publishers Circulation Fulfillment responding to #203057 re: Globe Direct distribution. Work completed   Action details Not available 208987 4 208987 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works commence regular sidewalk cleaning outside the Nunziato Dog Park, and provide the Ward 3 City Councilor with a written policy for scheduled sidewalk cleaning. Work completed   Action details Not available 207728 4 207728 Order That the Director of SPCD discuss an “Urban Renewal Displacee” preference in affordable housing lotteries. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 208811 4 208811 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of SPCD consider less dust-producing surfaces for the Nunziato Dog Park, and present alternatives, in writing, to the Ward 3 City Councilor. Work completed   Action details Not available 208576 4 208576 Order That the Director of SPCD provide a quarterly update regarding implementation of a universal waiting list for affordable housing opportunities. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206266 5 206266 Order That the Director of SPCD, the Director of Housing Stability, or the City Solicitor explain under what circumstances a current resident could be given preference for a deed-restricted unit. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206233 5 206233 Order That the Director of SPCD develop an affordable housing program targeted especially at city employees whose income is below a certain threshold level. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206487 5 206487 Resolution That the Administration discuss with this Board a plan to create a permanent space for the Groundworks Somerville program, currently known as the South Street Farm, which is planned for displacement. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206773 5 206773 Resolution That the Administration establish a widely-advertised Fair Housing enforcement program that proactively tests for illegal housing discrimination. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 208637 5 208637 Officer's Communication Director of Housing Stability responding to #208266 re: proposed changes to federal housing policy and public charge rules. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 207164 6 207164 Order That the Director of SPCD work with the Housing Authority to enable wheelchair access from the Mystic View apartments to the Healey School. Work completed   Action details Not available 205334 6 205334 Order That the Committee on Housing and Community Development investigate the condition of affordable housing units in the City, gathering testimony and data, to determine whether there is an affordable housing crisis that constitutes a public emergency, which may inform any home rule petitions related to affordable housing. Work completed   Action details Not available 204990 7 204990 Order That the Director of SPCD update this Board on the Affordable Housing Universal Wait List plan and consolidating the process of applying for affordable housing into a single, universal, persistent application, lottery, and wait list. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206820 7 206820 Order That the Director of SPCD update this Board on the Healy schoolyard redesign and consider making it a top priority. Work completed   Action details Not available 196221 19 196221 Order That 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. Work completed   Action details Not available