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Meeting Name: Housing and Community Development Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/19/2018 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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202258 3202258Officer's CommunicationPlanning Board conveying its recommendations re: #200102 (inclusionary housing), with respect to Tenancy Preservation.Work completed  Action details Not available
202259 3202259Officer's CommunicationPlanning Board conveying its recommendations re: #200102 (inclusionary housing), with respect to Waiting Lists.Work completed  Action details Not available
204533 3204533ResolutionThat the Administration request that the developers of the long-vacant Cobble Hill Plaza update this Board on their plans.Work completed  Action details Not available
204967 3204967OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide this Board with the street repaving schedule for 2018.Work completed  Action details Not available
205099 3205099OrderThat the Director of Libraries share his vision for neighborhood access to branch libraries and/or library services.Work completed  Action details Not available
205245 3205245ResolutionCondemning the outsourcing of 100 medical coding jobs by Partners Healthcare to India, and requesting from Partners Healthcare how many of those jobs were based in Somerville and/or held by Somerville residents.Work completed  Action details Not available
205670 3205670OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide a progress report on the 100 Homes Program since its inception.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205706 3205706ResolutionThat the Administration report in writing on the net change in green and open space based on all projects planned for 2018.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205931 3205931OrderThat the Director of SPCD inform this Board of any plans to update the Housing Needs Assessment.Work completed  Action details Not available
206057 3206057OrderThat the Director of SPCD make the online decision/report database searchable by applicant name.Work completed  Action details Not available
206165 3206165OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide this Board with an update on apartment vacancies in the 100 Homes Program.Work completed  Action details Not available
206266 3206266OrderThat 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
206227 3206227ResolutionThat the Administration fund a full-time legal services position to provide free on-site legal assistance to anyone seeking it at Somerville’s District Housing Court.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206233 3206233OrderThat 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
206391 3206391ResolutionThat the Administration submit an update to this Board on efforts to create a Municipal ID, including a plan for dealing with the encryption of information that appears to be holding back progress.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206496 3206496OrderThat the Director of SPCD update this Board on the plan in the "Equity Talent Playbook for Somerville".Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205286 3205286OrderThat the Director of SPCD share what role the city has, or could have with additional staff, in assisting residents with condo association dilemmas, tenant organizing, or ensuring that inclusionary unit owners or tenants have equal voice in building decisions.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205287 3205287OrderThat the Community Preservation Act Manager inform this Board whether or not small open spaces can be designated as publicly accessible open space in combination with an affordable housing or historic preservation funding allocation.Work completed  Action details Not available
205389 4205389CommunicationAssistant City Solicitor responding to #204975 re: requiring landlords to distribute voter registration forms to all new tenants.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206487 4206487ResolutionThat 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
205317 4205317Officer's CommunicationDirector of Libraries responding to #205099 re: the Libraries' vision for neighborhood access to branch libraries and services.Work completed  Action details Not available
205098 4205098ResolutionThat the Administration update this Board on opportunities for expanded advertisement of the city’s tax deferral program, and other tools that may help seniors and homeowners on fixed incomes to achieve financial stability.Work completed  Action details Not available
204975 4204975OrderThat the City Solicitor provide an opinion on whether this Board can require landlords to distribute voter registration forms to all new tenants.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204990 4204990OrderThat 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
204851 4204851ResolutionThat the Administration update this Board on its efforts to form an Office of Housing Stability, as recommended by the Sustainable Neighborhoods Working Group and mentioned in the Mayor’s recent inaugural address.Work completed  Action details Not available
204863 4204863ResolutionThat the Administration update this Board on the former Winter Hill Star Market and the associated lawsuit, as requested in #201772.Work completed  Action details Not available
204884 5204884OrderThat this Board explore establishing a community-based independent Community Land Trust that can purchase property in conjunction with non-profit organizations and private citizens, and make housing permanently affordable.Work completed  Action details Not available
203275 5203275OrderThat the Director of SPCD update this Board on plans developed in 2013-2015 to redevelop the outdoor space at the Brown School, and work with the Superintendent of Schools, the Brown School Council and PTA, neighbors, and other stakeholders to improve the space.Work completed  Action details Not available
203698 5203698OrderThat the Director of SPCD discuss options property owners have to split lots in residential neighborhoods.Work completed  Action details Not available
203981 5203981OrderThat the Director of SPCD develop a Memorial Bench Program for public parks, the Community Path and other public property, and report back to this Board by October 12, 2017.Work completed  Action details Not available
205127 5205127CommunicationDirector of SPCD responding to #203981 re: a memorial bench donation program.Work completed  Action details Not available
205676 5205676Officer's CommunicationCommunity Preservation Manager responding to #205287 re: current practices on designating open space in CPA affordable housing and historic resources projects.Work completed  Action details Not available
202497 6202497ResolutionThat the Superintendent of Schools share plans with the Ward 7 Alderman to mitigate the negative student enrollment at the West Somerville Neighborhood School caused by the proposed Clarendon/North Street Public Housing project.Work completed  Action details Not available
200700 12200700OrderThat the Director of SPCD report to this Board on the plan and timeline for implementing the recommendations in the recent report of the Sustainable Neighborhoods Working Group.Work completed  Action details Not available