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CHAPTER III: ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER IV: CONTRACTS
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15-1   COMMISSION ON WOMEN.
Editor’s note:
   Ch. 35 of the Ordinance of 1984 established within the Mayor’s Office a Division to be known as the Commission on Women. A decision of the Mass. Appeals Court 24 Mass. App. Ct. 633, presently under appeal, however held said ordinance invalid.
15-2   HOME WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM.
15-2.1   Program Established; Purpose and Duties.
   There shall be, within the Mayor’s Office, a program to be known as the Home Weatherization Program. The Home Weatherization Program shall conduct public seminars on home weatherization in each district of the city; shall coordinate with private, nonprofit Agencies the conduct of home energy audits for Boston grants, low interest loans and market rate-loans to be administered by local lending institutions and public utilities for residents of the city. The Home Weatherization Program shall, on May 1 of each year, submit a report on the program’s activities covering the 12-month period ending the previous March 31, to the Mayor and the Boston City Council.
(Ord. 1984 c. 25 § 1; CBC 1985 15-2.1)
15-2.2   Administration by Neighborhood Development and Employment Agency.
   The program described herein shall be administered totally by the Neighborhood Development and Employment Agency (“NDEA”) of the city.
(Ord. 1984 c. 25 § 2; CBC 1985 15-2.2)
15-3   OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
15-3.1   Office Established; Appointment of Director.
   There shall be within the Mayor’s Office a Division to be known as the Office of Business and Cultural Development which shall be under the charge of an Officer, known as the Director, appointed by the Mayor and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and who shall have the powers of a Department head with respect to execution of contracts and matters of personnel management within said Office.
(Ord. 1984 c. 15 § 1; CBC 1985 15-3.1)
Cross-reference:
   See Subsection 2-7.1, Appointments by the Mayor
15-3.2   Powers and Duties.
   The Office of Business and Cultural Development shall be responsible:
   (A)   To develop opportunities for new business for Boston’s neighborhood’s and its downtown area;
   (B)   To retain business and job opportunities;
   (C)   To promote trade, tourism and convention opportunities;
   (D)   To enhance the cultural aspects of life, particularly in Boston’s neighborhoods;
   (E)   To conduct annual and special celebrations in such a way that the concerns are met as well as attracting business and cultural quality and revenue to the neighborhoods and the downtown area; and
   (F)   To establish, promote and support (with technical assistance) advisory groups to neighborhood,
minority, women’s and other business and cultural groups.
(Ord. 1984 c. 15 § 2; CBC 1985 15-3.2)
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