Details Meeting Name: Legislative Matters Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/25/2013 7:00 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 (29) 29 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 192104 2 192104 Mayor's Request Requesting an amendment to the Local Historic District Map to create 1 new District (College Ave. Corridor of Faith) and add 1 property to that District, and to add 6 properties to the Hinckley-Magoun LHD, and 3 properties to the Winter Hill LHD (Group E remainder from #191744). Work completed   Action details Not available 194756 2 194756 Public Communication Lynn Weissman submitting comments re: a gender-neutral name for this Board. Recommended to be discharged with no recommendation   Action details Not available 194075 3 194075 Order That the City Solicitor review the proposed ordinance, referred to as Chapter 12, Article VII, Complete Streets Ordinance, to limit city liability. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194076 3 194076 Order That the City Solicitor review the proposed ordinance, referred to as Chapter 12, Article VII, Complete Streets Ordinance, to determine what happens in Section (6) when state guidelines change; and to determine if the cost in Section (7) is proportional to the project and how the difference would impact the city. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 192274 3 192274 Public Communication Green Cab requesting consideration from this Board and its Committees on Legislative Matters and Traffic and Parking for ways to facilitate taxi medallion financing. Work completed   Action details Not available 193206 3 193206 Order That the City Solicitor review Boston's and other municipalities' ordinances to eliminate public nuisances caused by problem properties, and appear before the Committee on Legislative Matters to discuss adopting it here. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 193939 3 193939 Ordinance Requesting the amendment of Ordinance 2-323 pursuant to the Municipal Compensation Advisory Board recommendations, with respect to the Board of Aldermen. Work completed   Action details Not available 195035 3 195035 Order That the City Solicitor provide an opinion regarding 780CMR MA Amendments to the International Building Code 2009 Section 1001.3.2 regarding qualifications for examiners of fire escapes. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195061 3 195061 Order That the Director of SPCD take steps to establish a historic designation for 197 Washington Street. Work completed   Action details Not available 195134 3 195134 Order That the City Solicitor draft language to amend Article XV of Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances to grandfather vendors who operated as food truck vendors and held hawker and peddler licenses prior to the effective date of that Article. Work completed   Action details Not available 195144 3 195144 Resolution That the Historic Preservation Commission consider establishing a historic designation for 197 Washington Street. Work completed   Action details Not available 195175 3 195175 Ordinance That this Board declares the property at 315 Broadway to be a Historic District and requests that the Historic Preservation Commission prepare a study on the establishment of the Historic District. Work completed   Action details Not available 195246 3 195246 Order That the Director of Sustainability and Environment provide this Board with a plan for city-wide residential composting, to be discussed in the Committee on Legislative Matters. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195021 3 195021 Public Communication Representative Provost submitting comments re: #194849, a proposal to amend the City Charter with respect to filling vacancies on this Board. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195519 3 195519 Order That the City Solicitor draft an ordinance that all commercial gas tank replacements require permit approval by this Board. Work completed   Action details Not available 194833 4 194833 Order That the Director of Commissions update this Board on #193203, the city's volunteer commissions, including vacancies for each commission and the number of times each commission met in 2012 and 2013 (to date). Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194968 4 194968 Ordinance Requesting approval of the attached Ordinance Regulating Campaign Contributions from Those Seeking Contracts, Zoning Relief, the Purchase of City Property, or Financial Assistance from the City. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194675 5 194675 Home Rule Petition That this Board approves a Home Rule Petition to amend Section 7 of Title 2 of Division 1 of the City Charter re: filling vacancies. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194849 5 194849 Order That the attached list of proposed methods for filling vacancies on this Board, with the exception of Method "F", be referred to the Committee on Legislative Matters for further action. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194062 5 194062 Order That the City Solicitor examine the proposed ordinances of Quincy, Boston and Woburn regarding absentee landlords and appear before this Board’s Committee on Legislative Matters to discuss the implementation of a similar ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195477 5 195477 Ordinance Requesting approval of amendments to Chapter 11 of the Code of Ordinances to establish a Mandatory Recycling Ordinance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195024 6 195024 Ordinance Requesting, with the sponsorship of Ald. Desmond, Bastardi, Sullivan, O'Keefe and Trane, approval of an Ordinance regulating "pay-to-play" public contracting and campaign contributions for municipal elected office. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 193968 6 193968 Order That the City Solicitor and the Director of Health update this Board on any requirements, conditions or issues pertaining to any person seeking to open a marijuana distribution site. Work completed   Action details Not available 194102 6 194102 Officer's Communication City Solicitor responding to #193845 and #193968 re: medical marijuana. Work completed   Action details Not available 192806 6 192806 Resolution That this Board requests that the Mayor and the Director of Personnel inform the Committee on Legislative Matters of the city’s intentions regarding the development of a domestic violence policy for city employees. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 193587 8 193587 Ordinance Requesting approval of a Complete Streets Ordinance to insure equal access for all users of the public ways. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 191563 8 191563 Ordinance That the City adopt the attached Local Hiring Ordinance. Work completed   Action details Not available 194512 9 194512 Mayor's Request Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to establish a Project Mitigation Contribution (linkage) program for a Job Creation and Retention Trust. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194511 9 194511 Mayor's Request Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to establish a Job Creation and Retention Trust. Kept in committee   Action details Not available