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Meeting Name: Rodent Issues Special Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/13/2017 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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200714 3200714OrderThat the City Solicitor petition the courts to allow the city onto properties requiring remedial action when there is an emergency public health issue.Work completed  Action details Not available
201090 3201090OrderThat the Supervisor of Inspectional Services provide this Board with an update regarding rodent prevention fliers.Work completed  Action details Not available
201322 3201322OrderThat the Supervisor of Inspectional Services monitor 499 Medford Street for open trash, to control a rat infestation in the area.Work completed  Action details Not available
201709 3201709OrderThat the Director SPCD ensure that rodent baiting is integrated into the entire Beacon Street project and work collaboratively to address recent rodent issues that have already increased in the active section of the project.Work completed  Action details Not available
201992 3201992OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works regularly empty the trash bin at the West Somerville Neighborhood School, across from 17 Raymond Avenue, and check for rodents.Work completed  Action details Not available
201991 3201991OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services regularly bait the sewer at 66 Newbury Street.Work completed  Action details Not available
202151 3202151OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services bait the sewer at 24 Endicott Avenue to mitigate rodent activity.Work completed  Action details Not available
202194 3202194OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services inspect the Emerson Street neighborhood for rodent issues and take all necessary actions.Work completed  Action details Not available
202435 3202435OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services intensify rodent control around Magoun Square, particularly on Norwood Avenue and Lowell Street, and report to the Ward 5 Alderman by December 8 with an update.Work completed  Action details Not available
202440 3202440OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services consider using dry ice for rodent control and report the findings to this Board.Work completed  Action details Not available
202437 3202437OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services bait the sewers on Albion and Hudson Streets between Lowell and Central Streets.Work completed  Action details Not available
203263 3203263OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services inspect potential rodent burrows under I-93, by Lombardi Way.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
203497 3203497OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional Services provide a rundown of all rodent control efforts throughout Ward 1 and a plan for rodent control for the summer.Work completed  Action details Not available
203508 3203508OrderThat the Director of Constituent Services provide the residents of Ward 1 with information regarding rodent control.Work completed  Action details Not available
203487 3203487OrderThat the Superintendent of Inspectional services bait all public facilities along Merriam Street, including sewers and the Public Safety Building, cite all private properties on the street where conditions exist to attract rodents, and distribute informational door knockers to those properties with evidence of rodent activity.Work completed  Action details Not available
203792 3203792ResolutionThat the Administration utilize the drug Senestech to sterilize rats as one of many measures to control the rodent population.Kept in committee  Action details Not available