City Council — Regular Meeting, June 6, 2016

City Manager's Agenda (25)

• City Manager's report2016 · #143📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-44, regarding the feasibility of renaming Cambridge Park PlaceSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managertransit traffic📖 readCMA 2016 #143
• City Manager's report2016 · #144📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-35, regarding concerns and assessment of the Bring Your Own Bag ordinanceSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerbike lanes📖 readCMA 2016 #144
• City Manager's report2016 · #145📁 Placed on filePolicy Order #4 from May 23, 2016, regarding Safety for Trucks; Update on Putnam Avenue Fatality; and Analysis of Inman SquareSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerbike lanesbudgettransit traffic📖 readCMA 2016 #145
• City Manager's report2016 · #146↪ ReferredAwaiting Report Item Number 16-24, regarding a report on the pedestrian safety at the crosswalk at Cameron and Massachusetts AvenuesSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managertransit traffic📖 readCMA 2016 #146
• City Manager's report2016 · #147📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-32, regarding a report on safety at the intersection of Sparks Street and Mt. Auburn StreetSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerbike lanespolice safetytransit traffic📖 readCMA 2016 #147
• City Manager's report2016 · #149✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $42,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Finance (Personnel) Other Ordinary Maintenance account to be used to procure consultant services to assist in the hiring of a new City ManagerSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #149
• City Manager's report2016 · #150✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $2,500 from a donation from the Carl Barron Family to the Grant Fund Fire Other Ordinary Maintenance account to honor deserving members of the Fire Department with the Carl Barron Award for Administrative ExcellenceSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #150
• City Manager's report2016 · #151✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation a Homeland Security Grant from the City of Boston for $9,365.31 to the Grant Fund Fire Salary and Wages account for trainings performed in conjunction with the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)Submitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #151
• City Manager's report2016 · #152✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of $10,605.41 to the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Salary and Wages account from the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($8,730) and the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Travel and Training account ($1,875.41) to cover anticipated expenses in overtime due to staffing as well as reduction in repairs and maintenance costsSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #152
• City Manager's report2016 · #153✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of $5,752.28 from the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Other Ordinary Maintenance account to the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Salary and Wages account to cover overtime costs from monies that were originally designated for Other Ordinary Maintenance purposes but will not be used by the end of the fiscal yearSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #153
• City Manager's report2016 · #154📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-10, regarding ways the City of Cambridge can notify residents of events via automated calls or text messagesSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #154
• City Manager's report2016 · #155✅ Order adopted, unanimousa request for the City Council to vote to initiate Electricity Community Choice AggregationSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerclimate📖 read CMA 2016 #155
• City Manager's report2016 · #156📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-9, regarding the organization of a Volpe Task ForceSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerhousing generalzoning📖 readCMA 2016 #156
• City Manager's report2016 · #157✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of a grant from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for $53,677 to the Grant Fund Community Development Salaries and Wages account to be used to cover a portion of the salaries of existing housing planners and support staff related to the administration of the HOME ProgramSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerhousing generalCMA 2016 #157
• City Manager's report2016 · #158✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of a grant from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the HOME Program for $514,445 to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures account to support affordable housing development activities that include acquisition, moderate rehabilitation, substantial rehabilitation, and new construction of housing units for low- and moderate- income families and individualsSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Manageraffordable housinghousing generalCMA 2016 #158
• City Manager's report2016 · #159📁 Placed on filethe reappointment of Pearl Hines as a member of the Council on Aging Board for a term of three years, effective June 1, 2016Submitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #159
• City Manager's report2016 · #160✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of I am hereby requesting the appropriation of Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) salary reserve funds in the amount of $5,499.11 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account to be subcontracted to the Cambridge YWCA and be used to pay one time salary increases to staff at the homeless family shelterSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerhomelessnesshousing generalCMA 2016 #160
• City Manager's report2016 · #161✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of $543.38 in the Massachusetts Housing Shelter Alliance (MHSA) grant from the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account to be used for staffing cost through the end of the fiscal yearSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerhomelessnesshousing generalCMA 2016 #161
• City Manager's report2016 · #162✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of donations for $9,655 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account to be used to support Cambridge athletes participating in Special Olympics for uniforms, trophies, equipment, and suppliesSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #162
• City Manager's report2016 · #163✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) grant funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $1,509.94 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account to be used for costs related to the Carey Men’s Transitional Program operated by the Multi-Service CenterSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerhomelessnesshousing generaltransit trafficCMA 2016 #163
• City Manager's report2016 · #164✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of various donations to the Council on Aging in the amount of $24,649.21 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($10,000) and to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($14,649.21) to be used to support a variety of services for Cambridge Seniors, including food and entertainment for senior parties, the purchase of fans for low-income seniors, provision of minor home adaptation equipment, support for the food pantry, and transportation for special senior center events and tripsSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #164
• City Manager's report2016 · #165✅ Order adopted, 7–0the appropriation of user reimbursements received from Cambridge Homeless Service Provider Agencies to support the Cambridge Homeless Management Information System in the amount of $7,920 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($6,520) and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($1,400) to be used to support associated program costsSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerhomelessnessCMA 2016 #165
• City Manager's report2016 · #166✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of City Run Road Race funds received from registration fees and corporate donations in the amount of $19,515 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account to benefit the Friends of Cambridge Athletics and limited race expenses and the DHSP’s Special Olympics Program and the Andrea Harvey Memorial FundSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #166
• City Manager's report2016 · #167✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of funds for the Cambridge Employment Program (CEP) from the Cambridge Housing Authority for $76,223 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account to be used to maintain the capacity of the Cambridge Employment Program (CEP)Submitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerhousing generalCMA 2016 #167
• City Manager's report2016 · #168📁 Placed on filethe appointment of Maria Taesil Hudson Carpenter as Director of Libraries, effective August 23, 2016Submitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #168

Communications (24)

24 resident communications received for this meeting — schools (4) · climate (3) · transit traffic (3) · zoning (3) · homelessness (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (18)

• Policy order2016 · #148✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to confer with appropriate City personnel to determine the cost and feasibility of adding additional parking levels to the Green Street GarageCouncil requestbike laneshousing generaltransit traffic📖 readPOR 2016 #148
• Policy order2016 · #149✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record encouraging the MCCA to continue to negotiate this new agreement with 32BJSEIU and to make every effort to ensure that no officers employed by the MCCA are earning less than the prevailing wage rate for security officers at the MCCA set by the legislature in 2014, which is currently $14.10 for newly hired officers and $15.85 for officers with 6 months experienceCouncil orderPOR 2016 #149
• Policy order2016 · #150✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the Executive Director of the Cambridge Election Commission to publish at an appropriate and clearly identified central location on the City’s website by August 1, 2016 all Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Office of Campaign and Political Finance informationCouncil requestPOR 2016 #150
• Policy order2016 · #151✅ Order adoptedCity Manager review City policies on the availability and use of City office and meeting space for non-City appointed functions by non-City officialsCouncil orderPOR 2016 #151
• Policy order2016 · #152✅ Order adoptedCity Manager review and report back to the City Council on the City’s policies and best practices in the use and supervision of City Council internsCouncil orderPOR 2016 #152
• Policy order2016 · #153✅ Order adoptedCity Manager investigate and report back to the Council on the City’s use of push-button caution lights at crosswalksCouncil ordertransit trafficPOR 2016 #153
• Policy order2016 · #154✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with relevant City departments to explore the feasibility of either using City funds to subsidize the cost of installing and removing air conditioning units from Cambridge Housing Authority-owned apartments, or to determine if partnerships with organizations that can provide this service at a reduced cost could be establishedCouncil requesthousing generalPOR 2016 #154
• Policy order2016 · #155✅ Order adoptedCity Manager work with the appropriate City Departments to find a suitable long term solution to adding a dog park in East Cambridge by the end of 2016Council orderPOR 2016 #155
• Policy order2016 · #156✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the appropriate departments to assess the cost and feasibility of placing sunscreen dispensers containing broad spectrum sunscreen of SPF 30 or higher at Cambridge parks and playgroundsCouncil requestPOR 2016 #156
• Policy order2016 · #157✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to consult with the Department of Traffic and Parking regarding the need for a "No Parking Here to Corner" sign at the corner of Putnam and Surrey StreetCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2016 #157
• Policy order2016 · #158✅ Order adoptedCity Council opposition to Governor Baker’s shift in immigration policy that would place immigration enforcement responsibilities on the Massachusetts State Policepolice safetyPOR 2016 #158
• Policy order2016 · #159✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record approving changing the name of Cambridge Park Place to Steel Place in keeping with the history of steel production that occurred in the area in the l940’s through 1970’sCouncil orderPOR 2016 #159
• Policy order2016 · #160✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the appropriate City departments to understand how municipalities that allow non-citizen voting are able to maintain or support, not hinder, the naturalization process and to confer with the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement for the City of Boston to connect the City with the appropriate USCIS outreach or community relations community representativeCouncil requestPOR 2016 #160
• Policy order2016 · #161✅ Order adoptedmatter of the GLX be referred to the full City Council with a favorable recommendation and that the City Manager continue to successfully negotiate with the MBTA and to come back to the City Council with an appropriationCouncil ordertransit trafficPOR 2016 #161
• Policy order2016 · #162✅ Order adoptedThe City Manager is requested to work with the Cambridge Historical Commission and any other relevant Departments to properly recognize, in the written history of Cambridge, as well as the marking of historical sites, the Indigenous people who resided on this land prior to the founding of Cambridge and to report back to the City Council and School Committee regarding implementation of this orderschoolsPOR 2016 #162
• Policy order2016 · #163✅ Order adoptedThat Policy Order #13 of April 7, 2014 be referred to the City Council with a favorable recommendation and the City Manager work with the Cambridge Commission for Immigrant Rights and Citizenship to help prioritize this event as one that takes place in 2017POR 2016 #163
• Policy order2016 · #164✅ Order adoptedCouncil go on the record to state that the second Monday of October henceforth be commemorated as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Cambridge, in recognition of the indigenous people of America’s position as native to these lands, and the suffering they faced following European conquest of their landCouncil orderPOR 2016 #164
• Policy order2016 · #165✅ Order adoptedCity Council approve an extension to the City Manager's existing Employment Agreement of February 2013 for an additional three (3) months, from July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016Council order📖 readPOR 2016 #165

Resolutions (30)

• Resolution2016 · #175✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Dance in the Schools for receiving the 2016 Arts/Learning “Outstanding Community Arts Education Collaborative” awardartsschoolsRES 2016 #175
• Resolution2016 · #176✅ Order adoptedGratitude to Hartney Greymont and David Anderson for donating their services to transplant a 35 foot tall ‘American Liberty’ Elm in the Cambridge Common that was previously located on a Cambridge resident's propertyRES 2016 #176
• Resolution2016 · #177✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Mary Maxine RogersRES 2016 #177
• Resolution2016 · #178✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record supporting USW locals 12003 and 12012-4 in their efforts to bargain for a fair contract with National GridCouncil orderRES 2016 #178
• Resolution2016 · #179✅ Order adoptedWelcome Blaze Pizza to CambridgeRES 2016 #179
• Resolution2016 · #180✅ Order adoptedCongratulating Renae Gray on Winning the Bayard Rustin AwardRES 2016 #180
• Resolution2016 · #181✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Rev. Dr. Paul Robeson Ford as he celebrates his fifth year as Senior Pastor of the Historic Union Baptist ChurchlaborRES 2016 #181
• Resolution2016 · #182✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Theresa Stevens on graduating Magna Cum Laude from Suffolk UniversityRES 2016 #182
• Resolution2016 · #183✅ Order adoptedAcknowledging the contributions of immigrants to the economic growth and cultural vibrancy of our city, our state and our nationRES 2016 #183
• Resolution2016 · #184✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record supporting the Cambridgeport School students’ care package projectCouncil orderschoolsRES 2016 #184
• Resolution2016 · #185✅ Order adoptedResolution on the retirement of Shirley HarveyRES 2016 #185
• Resolution2016 · #186✅ Order adoptedCongratulating the 2015 – 2016 Cambridge Rindge and Latin Boys’ Crew team, coaches, and support staff for their well-earned championshipRES 2016 #186
• Resolution2016 · #187✅ Order adoptedCongratulating Esitya Elemsged for his accomplishments and recognizing his hard work and dedication to his sport and his educationRES 2016 #187
• Resolution2016 · #188✅ Order adoptedCongratulating Daniel Aschale for his accomplishments and recognizing his hard work and dedication to his sport and his educationRES 2016 #188
• Resolution2016 · #189✅ Order adoptedCongratulating Sam Stubbs for his accomplishments and recognizing his hard work and dedication to his sport and his educationRES 2016 #189
• Resolution2016 · #190✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record extending its compliments to the Cambridge Police Department and other regional police forces, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office and community partners involved with the gun buyback programCouncil orderpolice safetyRES 2016 #190
• Resolution2016 · #191✅ Order adoptedResolution on the Death of Vincent A. DiClementeRES 2016 #191
• Resolution2016 · #192✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of George M. MurphyRES 2016 #192
• Resolution2016 · #193✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Janario "Gene" BonacciRES 2016 #193
• Resolution2016 · #194✅ Order adoptedResolution on the Death of Sally Jean Cadman (Pickett)RES 2016 #194
• Resolution2016 · #195✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Kason Taylor for his accomplishments and recognizing his hard work and dedication to his sport and his educationRES 2016 #195
• Resolution2016 · #196✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Roscoe Thomas on his retirementRES 2016 #196
• Resolution2016 · #197✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Mary Teresa “Terri” Clarke on her retirementRES 2016 #197
• Resolution2016 · #198✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Toru Goto for his accomplishments and recognizing his hard work and dedication to his sport and his educationRES 2016 #198
• Resolution2016 · #199✅ Order adoptedResolution on the Death of Margaret R. BuckleyRES 2016 #199
• Resolution2016 · #200✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Paul Sullivan for being an exemplary representative of CRLS and for placing 1st in the Individual Historical Papers Senior DivisionRES 2016 #200
• Resolution2016 · #201✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Charlotte GreenRES 2016 #201
• Resolution2016 · #202✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of John A. Belloste, JrRES 2016 #202
• Resolution2016 · #203✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Thomas DuffyRES 2016 #203
• Resolution2016 · #204✅ Order adoptedWishing Tom Courtney a Happy 80th BirthdayRES 2016 #204

Applications & Petitions (2)

• Application / petition2016 · #36✅ Order adopteda temporary banner across Massachusetts Avenue at City Hall announcing the Grecian Festival June 17th - June 19thApplication from Saints Constantine and Helen, 14 Magazine Streetclimate📖 readAPP 2016 #36
• Application / petition2016 · #37✅ Order adopteda curb cut at the premises numbered 399 Binney Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood associationApplication from DWF IV One Kendall Garage, LLCtransit traffictreeszoning📖 readAPP 2016 #37

Other Business (9)

• Awaiting report2016 · #46✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the status of the contribution being made to the Grand Junction Multiuse path by the current owners of the One Kendall Square complexAR-16-46
• Awaiting report2016 · #47✅ Report received and acceptedReport on ways to improve the public noticing of proposed building demolitions consistent with the outreach used for variances and special permits and to consider extending the amount of time to consider whether a property is historically significantAR-16-47

• HS-2016-15 — Hearing Schedule 06/06/2016
• CMA 2016 #148 : A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the reappointments and new appointments of the following persons as a members of the Cambridge Health Alliance Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2016:

Reappointments: Carol VanDeusen Lukas (1 year term), Josh Posner (1 year term), Maren Batalden (1 year term)

New Appointments:

Kathleen McGilvray (3 year term), Mary Jane Kornacki (3 year term), Claire Laporte (3 year term)

• CRT 2016 #22 — a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Leland Cheung, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on May 11, 2016 to discuss a zoning petition by the Richard Avenue neighbors to amend Section 20.103.2 North Massachusetts Avenue Sub-district and Section 20.110 Standards Applicable in the North Massachusetts Avenue Sub-district on the north side of Massachusetts Avenue to extend from the centerline of Beech Street on the east to the centerline of Richard Avenue on the west and to amend the City of Cambridge Zoning Map by redrawing the North Massachusetts Avenue Sub-district for the northerly side of Massachusetts Avenue to extend from the centerline of Beech Street on the east to the centerline of Richard Avenue on the west 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #23 — a report from Councillor Nadeem Mazen, Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee and Vice Mayor Marc C. McGovern, Chair of the Civic Unity Committee, for a joint public hearing held on May 12, 2016 to discuss all issues related to non-citizen representation and outreach in Cambridge 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #24 — a report from Councillor David P. Maher, Chair of the Government Operations, Rules & Claims Committee, for a public hearing held on May 20, 2016 to review and consider an extension to the current City Manager’s contract, to review and approve a response to the May 4, 2016 Open Meeting Law complaint of John Hawkinson and to continue development and approval of the new City Manager search process 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #25 — a report from Councillor Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., Chair of the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on May 24, 2016 to discuss the Green Line Extension Project (GLX) 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #26 — a report from Councillor Nadeem A. Mazen, Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebrations Committee and Vice Mayor Marc C. McGovern, Chair of Civic Unity Committee, for a joint public hearing held on May 26, 2016 to discuss Indigenous Peoples’ Day 📖 read