City Council Special Regular City Council Meeting. Meeting recessed to 5:30 pm on February 23, 2015. MEETING RECESSED., February 20, 2015

• Policy orderO-1Asks the City Manager to advocate for the creation of tax credits specifically geared towards incentivizing the creation and support of transitional housing and services at his next meeting with the new Secretary of Housing and Economic Development.Council requestO-1
• Policy orderO-2known to exist, not yet recoveredO-2
• Policy orderO-3known to exist, not yet recoveredO-3
• Policy orderO-4known to exist, not yet recoveredO-4
• Policy orderO-5Asks the City Manager to partner with TicketZen following Boston's announcement of a year-long extension to the successful pilot program allowing residents to pay for parking tickets with their cell phone.Council requestO-5
• Policy orderO-6attached amendment to the Municipal Code entitled "Prohibition on the Use of Polystyrene Based Disposable Food Containers," together with the input of the Recycling Advisory Committee, be referred to the Ordinance Committee for a hearing and report.Council orderO-6
• Policy orderO-7known to exist, not yet recoveredO-7
• Policy orderO-8known to exist, not yet recoveredO-8
• Policy orderO-9known to exist, not yet recoveredO-9
• Policy orderO-10Asks the City Manager to create and fund the position of ombudsman, with degrees of both organizational independence to serve as an advocate and organizational ties to be effective, to serve as a liaison with and an internal advocate for community members.Council requestO-10
• Policy orderO-11known to exist, not yet recoveredO-11
• Policy orderO-12Asks the City Manager to take the necessary measures to formally designate the 2 nd Floor meeting room at the City Hall Annex, located at 344 Broadway, as the Bayard Rustin Meeting Room.Council requestO-12
• Policy orderO-13Asks the City Manager to allocate $10,000 to help fund the Cambridge African-American Heritage Alliance's work in hiring a research assistant and in updating of the African-American Heritage Trail booklet.Council requestO-13
• Policy orderO-14known to exist, not yet recoveredO-14
• Policy orderO-15The City has over forty boards and commissions each with specific goals and objectives; andCouncillor MazenO-15
• Policy orderO-16Asks the City Manager to report to the City Council any existing agreements that may have been signed between the City of Cambridge and Boston 2024, the US Olympic Committee, or any other organizations representing Olympic interests and that the City Manager is requested to bring any proposed agreement regarding the Olympics to the City Council for discussion and debate prior to signing.Council requestO-16
• Policy orderO-17known to exist, not yet recoveredO-17
• Policy orderO-18known to exist, not yet recoveredO-18
• Policy orderO-19known to exist, not yet recoveredO-19
• Policy orderO-20known to exist, not yet recoveredO-20
• Policy orderO-21known to exist, not yet recoveredO-21
• Policy orderO-22known to exist, not yet recoveredO-22
• Policy orderO-23The Cambridge Redevelopment Authority has taken action to begin construction on the first parcel of the Grand Junction Multiuse Path sometime in Spring 2015; andCouncillor ToomeyO-23
• Policy orderO-24Asks the City Manager to confer with the Assistant City Manager of Community Development and report back to the City Council with language that could create a Grand Junction Overlay District that would help to create incentives and ensure the completion of the Grand Junction Multiuse Path.Council requestO-24
• Policy orderO-25known to exist, not yet recoveredO-25
• Policy orderO-26known to exist, not yet recoveredO-26
• Policy orderO-27known to exist, not yet recoveredO-27
• Policy orderO-28known to exist, not yet recoveredO-28
• Policy orderO-29known to exist, not yet recoveredO-29
• Policy orderO-30The City of Cambridge would like to recognize Dr. Robert "Bob" Parris Moses and Dr. Janet Moses for their tremendous contributions to the continuing civil rights movement and their unwavering dedication to the progress of all Cambridge residents by renaming the Area IV Youth Center the "Dr. Robert and Janet Moses Youth Center;" andVice Mayor BenzanO-30
• Policy orderO-31known to exist, not yet recoveredO-31
• Policy orderO-32known to exist, not yet recoveredO-32
• Policy orderO-33Asks the City Manager to confer with the License Commission and the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to stop livery vehicles that have been seen stopping, waiting, and idling at metered parking spots.Council requestO-33
• Policy orderO-34On February 28Councillor CheungO-34
• Policy orderO-35City Manager report on the rationale behind why there are so many "No Turn on Red" signs in the city at intersections where residents would otherwise feel safe to turn right on red.?Council orderO-35
• Policy orderO-36Asks the City Manager to confer with the Mayor and various boards and agencies of the City regarding the creation of a working group to identify areas of ambiguity in ordinance and zoning that the City Council could clarify to make its intent more clear.Council requestO-36
• Policy orderO-37City Manager apply on behalf of the City of Cambridge for a Code for America fellow under the program detailed here .Council orderO-37
• Policy orderO-38known to exist, not yet recoveredO-38
• Policy orderO-39Asks the City Manager to confer with the appropriate departments to increase the number of electric vehicle charging parking spots located in the city.Council requestO-39
• Policy orderO-40City Manager coordinate with the City's IT department to add ‘parking space blockers' as a reportable option.Council orderO-40
• Policy orderO-41City Manager consult with the appropriate City personnel and report back on the feasibility of licensing the same technology to establish an online portal that indicates all of DPW's heroic street-clearing efforts.Council orderO-41
• Policy orderO-42known to exist, not yet recoveredO-42
• Policy orderO-43City Manager consult with the appropriate City personnel to establish a policy allowing for three days of parking ticket amnesty for those who park at metered spaces in which the parking space is accessible but in which the parking meter is not accessible due to snow.Council orderO-43
• Policy orderO-44known to exist, not yet recoveredO-44
• Policy orderO-45known to exist, not yet recoveredO-45
• Policy orderO-46known to exist, not yet recoveredO-46
• Policy orderO-47City Manager and the Assistant City Manager for Fiscal Affairs be requested to investigate a tax exemption that is an opt-in system and is based on progressive income and report back to the City Council.Councillor MazenO-47

• Committee reportCR-1known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-1
• Committee reportCR-2known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-2
• Committee reportCR-3known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-3
• Committee reportCR-4known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-4
• Committee reportCR-5Human Services & Veterans Committee: The Human Services and Veterans Committee conducted a public hearing on January 14, 2015 beginning at 4:04 p.m. in the Sullivan Chamber.CR-5

The roll calls of this meeting, named member by member, from the city's own minutes, recovered from the Internet Archive after the city removed them. Each reconciles against the clerk's printed tally.

• APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR AGENDA THREE
  8–0–1Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Toomey, MaherSimmonsAdopted minutes
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  3–4–1Carlone, Mazen, McGovernCheung, Kelley, Toomey, MaherSimmons minutes