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Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/21/2019 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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206769 3206769OrderThat the City Solicitor draft an ordinance requiring that projects above a certain size include an impact statement regarding trees and green space, with updates at all stages of design, and prohibiting this Board from authorizing funds for any project that does not include this impact statement.Work completed  Action details Not available
207371 3207371OrderThat the City Solicitor work with the Director of Sustainability and Environment to draft an ordinance requiring solar renewable energy installation in new commercial development.Work completed  Action details Not available
207480 3207480OrderThat the City Solicitor review the legal standing of each site identified in Sec. 12-131 of the proposed Public Space Conservation Ordinance to identify if there are any terms by which each site was acquired, or is held, that would prevent it from being dedicated to the public.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206885 4206885OrdinanceAssistant City Solicitor responding to #205807 with a draft Ordinance to establish and preserve the amount of green space in the City.Work completed  Action details Not available
205918 4205918ResolutionThat 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
206308 4206308OrderThat 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
206612 5206612OrdinanceCity 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
206046 5206046OrderThat the City Solicitor draft a vacant properties ordinance similar to the one in Arlington.Work completed  Action details Not available
205807 8205807ResolutionThat the City Solicitor draft an ordinance to establish the city’s current green space as a minimum allowed amount, as described within.Work completed  Action details Not available