City Council Regular Meeting, May 4, 2015

• Policy orderO-1Asks the City Manager to confer with the Building Trades Council on the status of the Apprentice Pathways Program for Cambridge residents and report back on the progress and number of Cambridge residents the program has served thus far and include the number of women, minorities, and veterans.Council requestO-1
• Policy orderO-2Asks the City Manager to confer with the appropriate department heads to investigate and ensure that the product that is purchased for the City Council database has the ability to add timestamp markers to all newly created city recordings.Council requestO-2
• Policy orderO-3known to exist, not yet recoveredO-3
• Policy orderO-4The City of Cambridge (the "City") is the owner of a building and parcel of land at 101 Rogers Street (also known as 117 Rogers Street, Cambridge) (the "Foundry") which was acquired by the City as the result of a real estate development proposal from Alexandria Real Estate in 2012; in public forums since that time, there has been overwhelming support for the Foundry to be reestablished as a multi-purpose community center; andMayor MaherO-4
• Policy orderO-5known to exist, not yet recoveredO-5
• Policy orderO-6known to exist, not yet recoveredO-6
• Policy orderO-7known to exist, not yet recoveredO-7
• Policy orderO-8City Council go on record confirming the appointment by the City Manager, pursuant to Chapter 121B Section 5 of the Massachusetts General Laws, of Gerard J. Clark to the Cambridge Housing Authority for a 5-year term to expire January 25, 2020.Council orderO-8

• Committee reportCR-1Councillor Simmons Convened The Hearing And Explained The Agenda For The Hearing. (Attachment A). She Reminded Attendees That A Quorum Of Two Committee: Present at the hearing were Councillor E. Denise Simmons, Chair of the Committee, Councillor Marc McGovern, Vice Mayor Benzan, Councillor Leland Cheung, Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, Lisa Peterson, Deputy City Manager, Robert Haas, Police Commissioner, Chris Burke, Superintendent, Chris Elow, Deputy Superintendent, Cambridge Police Department, Sheila Keady Rawson, Personnel Director, Duane Brown, Affirmative Action Director, Christina Giacobbe, Director of Emergency Communications, Michelle Farnum, Assistant Director of Children, Youth and Families, Human Services Department, Iram Farooq, Acting Deputy Director, Community Development Department, Taha Jennings, Assistant to the City Manager, Andrea Spears Jackson, Chair of the License Commission, Neal Alpert, Aide to Councillor Simmons and Paula M. Crane, Deputy City Clerk.CR-1
• Committee reportCR-2Councillor Mcgovern Stated That He Reached Out To People Who Live In Cambridge And Are Affordable Housing Experts And Are Impartial. He Stated That He Was Told That $24 Per Square Foot Would Kill The City. He Stated That It Has Been Too Long Since The City Has Raised The Fee. He Stated That He Would Hate To See This Drag On, We Don'T Want To Lose Momentum, And That The Sooner We Move, The Sooner We See The Benefits. Nevertheless, He Wondered Whether Hearing From People Who Do This Work At The State Level Would Be Beneficial. He Said That He Struggled Between Wondering If That Would Be Beneficial To Discuss, Or Whether This Would Contribute To A Delay Towards Making A Much Needed Decision, And He Wanted To Put This Idea Out There For The Other Committee: The Housing Committee held a public hearing on April 22, 2015, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Sullivan Chamber, City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue.CR-2
• Committee reportCR-3Housing Committee: The Housing Committee held a public hearing on April 14, 2015, beginning at 5:35 p.m. in the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Community Meeting Room.CR-3

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.

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  8–0–1Benzan, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherCarloneAdopted minutes
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• APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR AGENDA # 10
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• ORDER FOR CALENDAR ITEM # 5
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