City Council Regular Meeting, September 21, 2015

• Policy orderO-1known to exist, not yet recoveredO-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-5known to exist, not yet recoveredO-5
• Policy orderO-6known to exist, not yet recoveredO-6
• Policy orderO-7City Council meetings scheduled for November 30, 2015 and December 28, 2015 be and hereby are cancelled.Council orderO-7
• Policy orderO-8Asks the City Manager to confer with the Community Development Department and report back on zoning and building potential along Cambridge Street and Gore Street between Second Street and Third Street.Council requestO-8
• Policy orderO-9known to exist, not yet recoveredO-9
• Policy orderO-10Asks the City Manager to confer with the Director of Traffic, Parking and Transportation to discuss installing a four way stop sign at the intersection of Fifth Street and Otis Street.Council requestO-10
• Policy orderO-11Asks the City Manager to confer with the Fire Chief to determine if fire hydrant markers are needed during the winter months to help locate buried hydrants and to help encourage resident to clear snow from around hydrants.Council requestO-11
• Policy orderO-12known to exist, not yet recoveredO-12
• Policy orderO-13known to exist, not yet recoveredO-13
• Policy orderO-14known to exist, not yet recoveredO-14
• Policy orderO-15A number of taxi drivers recently conducted a one-day work stoppage as a means of calling attention to the need for regulation of "ride-sharing" companies like Uber and Lyft, and the need to create a level playing field for any locally-operating businesses that provide personal transportation services for a fee; andCouncillor Simmons, Vice Mayor BenzanO-15
• Policy orderO-16known to exist, not yet recoveredO-16
• Policy orderO-17Asks the City Manager to work with the Public Works Department to expand the repaving area for the Alewife Brook sewer separation project beyond the current boundaries to any areas that were affected by the obsolete stormwater and sewage system.Council requestO-17
• Policy orderO-18Asks the City Manager to coordinate with the Police Department to increase Community and Homeless Outreach in the Central Square area and to make available on the City's website a report on the results from the recent Cambridge Charrette on Homelessness.Council requestO-18
• Policy orderO-19known to exist, not yet recoveredO-19
• Policy orderO-20City Council go on record formally urging MIT to reconsider the decision to not renew the lease for Metropolitan Moving & Storage, and to determine whether any other viable alternatives to this plan exist.Council orderO-20
• Policy orderO-21known to exist, not yet recoveredO-21
• Policy orderO-22known to exist, not yet recoveredO-22
• Policy orderO-23known to exist, not yet recoveredO-23
• Policy orderO-24Disruptive technologies and innovations in the transit sector have given way to new forms of unregulated passenger transit throughout the City of Cambridge and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; andCouncillor MazenO-24
• Policy orderO-24Asks the City Manager to contact MassDOT Secretary Pollack on behalf of the City Council to reaffirm the City of Cambridge's continued support for the Green Line Extension project.Council requestO-24
• Policy orderO-25known to exist, not yet recoveredO-25
• Policy orderO-26attached amendment to the Zoning Ordinances of the City of Cambridge to amend the provisions of the PUD-KS District set forth in Section 13.10 of the Zoning Ordinances and which includes a majority of the Volpe Transportation Systems Center site, be refiled as of September 28, 2015; and be it furtherVice Mayor BenzanO-26
• Policy orderO-27City Manager confer with the CRA and report back with clarification regarding the past and future relationship between the CRA and Boston Properties and if Boston Properties will be the party to develop and lease any new square footage as a result of the zoning petitions passage and if the City Council can require a process for new developers to bid on CRA projects.Council orderO-27
• Policy orderO-28Asks the City Manager to confer with the Cambridge Arts Council and the Public Works Department to determine if the City of Cambridge can emulate the public art program begun in Japan that transforms sewer covers into original artwork.Council requestO-28
• Policy orderO-29Asks the City Manager to consult with the appropriate City personnel to determine whether additional staffing is needed in the Animal Commission for after-hours emergencies, to determine whether new protocols must be established to more adequately help residents resolve after-hours emergencies.Council requestO-29
• Policy orderO-30known to exist, not yet recoveredO-30
• Policy orderO-31known to exist, not yet recoveredO-31
• Policy orderO-32Asks the City Manager to direct the Commissioner of Public Works to instruct City contractors and staff to find alternatives to the use of City parks and green spaces as temporary dumping or staging zones during City projects.Council requestO-32
• Policy orderO-33City Manger is requested to confer with the Department of Public Works to determine if street and sidewalk conditions in the East Cambridge area should be revaluated relative to the Five Year Street and Sidewalk Construction Plan and to evaluate tree wells in East Cambridge that are in disrepair and present tripping hazard.Council orderO-33
• Policy orderO-34known to exist, not yet recoveredO-34
• Policy orderO-35A great number of Cambridge residents, including seniors and youth, depend on MBTA buses for reliable and efficient transportation throughout the Greater Boston Area; andCouncillor MazenO-35
• Policy orderO-36known to exist, not yet recoveredO-36
• Policy orderO-37City Council go on record requesting that Boston Properties present in writing an outline of the project that is moving forward at 88 Ames Street, including the full number of affordable units that will be included in this project, and a clear explanation should there be fewer affordable units than was the City Council's understanding at the time that this project was approvedCouncil orderO-37
• Policy orderO-38known to exist, not yet recoveredO-38
• Policy orderO-39known to exist, not yet recoveredO-39
• Policy orderO-40known to exist, not yet recoveredO-40
• Policy orderO-41known to exist, not yet recoveredO-41
• Policy orderO-42Asks the City Manager to report back to the City Council on the next steps necessary to working with league presidents to strengthen the regulation on concussions within their jurisdiction and expanding education on concussion to a broader group.Council requestO-42
• Policy orderO-43known to exist, not yet recoveredO-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-47Asks the City Manager to consult with the Community Development Department to expedite the conversation on applicability in the Inclusionary Housing program.Council requestO-47

• Committee reportCR-1known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-1
• Committee reportCR-2Mr. Madan Stated That We Have Reached A Point Where The Housing Committee Members Are Now All Steamed And Overreacting. Several Committee: The purpose of the hearing was to conduct a public hearing to discuss how to assist tenants in danger of losing their homes due to the recent sale of their buildings on Harding Street.CR-2
• Committee reportCR-3known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-3
• Committee reportCR-4known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-4
• Committee reportCR-5known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-5
• Committee reportCR-6Neighborhood & Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts & Celebration Committee: The Neighborhood & Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts & Celebration Committee held a public hearing on September 8, 2015 at 6:10 p.m. in the Sullivan Chamber.CR-6

• City Manager orderOn November 10, 2014, the City approved a six month Pilot Program with Bridj, 283 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02115 for a direct, flexible mass transit bus system; said Pilot Program was based on a Memorandum of Understanding between the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and Bridj, dated October 28, 2013; andCity Manager Order

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.

• Agenda # 1
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherAdopted minutes
• Agenda # 3
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, Maher minutes
• ORDINANCE #1370
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, Maher minutes
• r Maher moved the motion by Councillor Simmons to send the report back to the City Manager
  4–5Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, SimmonsBenzan, Carlone, Cheung, Toomey, Maher minutes
• O-14
  6–3Benzan, Cheung, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherCarlone, Kelley, MazenAdopted minutes
• Reconsideration # 4
  7–2Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, Toomey, MaherMcGovern, Simmons minutes