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Meeting Name: Housing and Community Development Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/1/2013 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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194658 2194658Public CommunicationMichele Biscoe submitting comments re: #194410, considering designated off-leash times for dogs in certain parks.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
194659 3194659OrderThat the Director of SPCD (Parks and Open Space) provide this Board with the feasibility of creating "Friend of Parks" organizations for city parks, to promote citizen participation in the oversight of parks and to provide resources for the establishment of such groups.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
194677 3194677ResolutionThat the Director of SPCD work with this Board to establish recommended guidelines to submit to the Licensing Commission to assist it in deciding applications for the new liquor licenses.Work completed  Action details Not available
194809 3194809ResolutionThat the Administration advise the Ward 1 Alderman of the status of this Board's 2010 resolution, binding Federal Realty Investment Trust to ensuring all retail tenants of Assembly Square adhere to a local hiring ordinance via a written contract.Work completed  Action details Not available
195071 3195071OrderThat the Director of SPCD (ISD) appear before this Board to discuss the so-called Italian/Portuguese kitchens that are commonplace throughout the city.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
195074 3195074OrderThat the Director of SPCD (ISD), the Chief of Police and the Chief Fire Engineer appear before this Board to discuss the process of fining absentee landlords and/or their unruly tenants as it relates to repeat offenders.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
195089 3195089OrderThat the Director of SPCD (ISD) provide this Board with an analysis of the Cabot Farms building on Broadway, at the Powderhouse Rotary, and a list of strategies the city can employ to urge improvement of the property.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
194361 3194361OrderThat the Director of SPCD prepare a written analysis for this Board comparing the 2010 federal census with the 2000 census and highlighting the important changes and potential impacts.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
194362 3194362OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide this Board with the Development Covenant for Assembly Square between the City, the Redevelopment Authority, and FRIT, including all revisions and amendments.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
194409 3194409OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide this Board with a breakdown of all tickets and other types of citations, such as criminal complaints, issued by building inspectors and health inspectors, including the types of violations, the face amounts of the fines, and the amounts collected.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
194410 3194410ResolutionThat this Board requests that the Administration consider a program to allow dog owners and dogs to enjoy off-leash play and exercise time in certain city parks at designated times.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
194501 3194501OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide this Board with an update regarding the timeline for expansion of the community path garden behind Rite-Aid, as gardening season is about to be underway.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
192636 4192636ResolutionThat this Board requests that the Administration provide information about plans to support local grocery stores in our economic centers.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
193058 4193058OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Historic Preservation Commission report on the status of the accessibility study for the West Branch Library.Work completed  Action details Not available
193060 4193060OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide the information requested herein regarding the purchase of real estate by the Redevelopment Authority.Work completed  Action details Not available
193061 4193061OrderThat prior to purchasing any future property by the Redevelopment Authority, the Director of SPCD notify this Board of such purchases and the anticipated funding for such purposes.Work completed  Action details Not available
193062 4193062OrderThat the Director of SPCD appear before the Committee on Housing and Community Development to discuss any funds paid, or anticipated to be paid, through the Redevelopment Authority to Federal Realty Investment Trust.Work completed  Action details Not available
194276 4194276OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works inform this Board whether Somerville Avenue has been turned over to the City by the State, and, if reconstruction is still incomplete, what actions are being taken to resolve any outstanding issues.Work completed  Action details Not available
194277 4194277OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Traffic and Parking provide this Board with recommendations to address the traffic and parking concerns of business owners on Somerville Avenue, especially within the 400-700 blocks.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
192479 5192479OrderThat this Board’s Committee on Housing and Community Development meet with the Director of SPCD and the Director of Housing to develop an appropriate Senior Housing Ordinance.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
192483 5192483OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works provide an update on the Somerville Avenue reconstruction project and the City's acceptance of it, including the restrictions the City is under regarding traffic, parking and streetscape changes because the project is incomplete and still under State jurisdiction.Work completed  Action details Not available
193572 5193572OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide this Board with the final agreement with FRIT pertaining to the disposition of Yard 21 and inform this Board whether any covenants with IKEA or FRIT apply to future purchasers of the IKEA site at Assembly Square.Work completed  Action details Not available
192484 6192484OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide this Board with the status of the lots on South Street and plans for an alternate location for an off leash dog park in Ward 2.Work completed  Action details Not available
194653 6194653CommunicationSPCD Special Counsel responding to #193060 re: the purchase of real estate by the Redevelopment Authority.Work completed  Action details Not available