Details Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 1/19/2017 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 (17) 17 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 201905 3 201905 Order That this Board, with the City Solicitor, develop an ordinance for trees on city-owned property that extends to them the requirements for public notices and hearings currently in place for all “public shade trees.” Work completed   Action details Not available 202238 3 202238 Order That this Board review the attached policy from Cambridge regarding Globe Direct advertising and consider adopting it for Somerville. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202201 3 202201 Order That the City Solicitor draft a Home Rule Petition to provide relief from water and sewer charges and rates to property owners who occupy their homes, by providing an exemption similar to the residential property tax exemption. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202361 3 202361 Order That the City Solicitor provide an opinion on inserting a fee in the proposed jobs linkage ordinance, prior to the next Nexus study being completed. Work completed   Action details Not available 202510 3 202510 Order That the City Solicitor draft a Home Rule Petition allowing residents who purchase a home from an absentee landlord the ability to claim residential tax exemption from the date of purchase. Work completed   Action details Not available 202511 3 202511 Order That the City Solicitor advise this Board of its ability to not allow absentee landlords the continued benefit of the residential tax exemption at the time of purchase from a residential tax exempt homeowner. Work completed   Action details Not available 202523 3 202523 Order That the City Solicitor prepare a draft ordinance to amend or replace the current Condominium Conversion Ordinance, and incorporate the strongest parts of relevant state law. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202457 4 202457 Ordinance Assistant City Solicitor responding to #201905 with a draft ordinance to extend protections for trees on city-owned property. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 201740 4 201740 Ordinance Proposing an ordinance relative to a mid-fiscal year report of municipal finances, with next-fiscal year budget projections. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202256 4 202256 Resolution That this Board be given the powers of the Redevelopment Authority for Union Square redevelopment. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202360 4 202360 Order That the City Solicitor prepare a draft ordinance for jobs linkage fees. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 201913 5 201913 Resolution That the Administration meet with Alderman Heuston and other Aldermen as necessary to prepare recommendations re: #199934 before the Legislative Matters Committee’s next meeting. Work completed   Action details Not available 202023 5 202023 Order That the Director of SPCD report to this Board on the Administration’s plans for the Somerville Municipal Job Creation and Retention Trust Fund and jobs linkage fee for new commercial development. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202122 5 202122 Resolution That the Administration present its recommendations and a draft ordinance for the proposed Rental Registration Program (#199934) to the Committee on Legislative Matters at its meeting on October 20, 2016. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 201899 5 201899 Resolution That this Board calls upon developers that receive any form of public financial support to use responsible prevailing-wage contractors that provide health insurance, worker’s compensation, retirement benefits, and apprenticeship training to build their projects. Work completed   Action details Not available 202689 5 202689 Ordinance Requesting approval to amend Ordinance 9-1 regarding alcohol in public parks. Approved as amended   Action details Not available 199934 8 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available