City Council Regular City Council Meeting Budget Overview, April 27, 2015

• Policy orderO-1known to exist, not yet recoveredO-1
• Policy orderO-2The City of Cambridge is blessed with a wealth of well-maintained parks and playgrounds dotted around the City; andCouncillor CheungO-2
• Policy orderO-3The Cambridge Retirement System makes investments in accordance with their fiduciary duty; andCouncillor McGovern, Councillor SimmonsO-3
• Policy orderO-4known to exist, not yet recoveredO-4
• Policy orderO-5Asks the City Manager to consult with the appropriate City personnel to determine what steps the City must take in order to opt in to the new Earned Sick Time law, to apply this to full time as well as part time employees of the City, and to report back to the City Council prior to July 1, 2015 as to how soon the City of Cambridge can formally implement this new law.Council requestO-5
• Policy orderO-6known to exist, not yet recoveredO-6
• Policy orderO-7Noise concerns in Cambridge encompass issues ranging from construction noise to street performer noise to loud motorcycles and car radios to building air handling, air conditioning and heating units to air plane noise to leaf blower usage and more; andCouncillor Kelley, Councillor McGovernO-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 consult with the appropriate City personnel to determine the feasibility of establishing a planting and beautification program for the tree wells along Harvard Street, Windsor, Washington and Pine Streets in Area IV, with the purpose of encouraging dog owners to pick up after their pets and to make the neighborhood more attractive in general.Council requestO-10
• Policy orderO-11City Council go on record supporting the American Postal Workers Union in its efforts to protect living wage jobs and its insistence on the highest possible standards of customer services, and the City Council opposes efforts to privatize postal operations, and calls upon all residents of Cambridge to consider this issue when deciding whether or not to patronize Staples.Council orderO-11
• Policy orderO-12City Council support of Amendment #665 to restore the provisions of the Taxpayer Protection Act at the MBTA.O-12
• Policy orderO-13City Manager be and hereby is requested to consult with the Affordable Housing Trust about the progress being made at the former Tokyo Restaurant Site and to report back to the City Council with any findings and recommendations.Councillor McGovern, Mayor Maher, Councillor CheungO-13

• Committee reportCR-1Housing Committee: The purpose of the hearing was to provide an update and continue discussion on the incentive zoning study from the Community Development Department.CR-1

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.

• ORDER FOR CALENDAR # 2
  2–6Cheung, SimmonsBenzan, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Toomey, Maher minutes
• FIRST PUBLICATION NO. 3355
  7–2Benzan, Cheung, Kelley, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherCarlone, Mazen minutes