City Council — Regular Meeting, September 12, 2016

City Manager's Agenda (18)

• City Manager's report2016 · #237↪ Referred to committeethe notification of approval of the Kendall Square Foundry Development Partners as the development entity for the FoundrySubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Manager📖 readCMA 2016 #237
• City Manager's report2016 · #238✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of a State 911 Department PSAP Leadership Scholarship Program for $10,000 to the Emergency Communications Salary and Wages account $4,678.01 and to the Travel and Training account $5,321.99. This scholarship was awarded to Frederick Hart for participation in the 2016 Communication Center Management Program, to be used as a reimbursement for all eligible expenses related to participating in the programSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #238
• City Manager's report2016 · #239✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of from the State 911 Department Support and Incentive Grant for $301,330 to the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Salaries and Wages account ($230,000) and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($71,330), to be used to support three Emergency Communications dispatch positions, training of Emergency Communications Center personnel, fees, and annual maintenance costs of dispatch-related softwareSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #239
• City Manager's report2016 · #240✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of of a State 911 Department Training Grant and EMD / Regulatory Compliance grant for $58,597 to the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Department Salary and Wages account ($41,169.75), the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($707.25) and to the Travel and Training account ($16,720), to be used to support Emergency Communications dispatch training of Emergency Communications Center personnel, fees, and annual maintenance costs of dispatch-related softwareSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #240
• City Manager's report2016 · #241✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of Addendum #1 to the Fair Housing Assistance Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for $10,000 to the Grant Fund Human Rights Other Ordinary Maintenance Account. The original distribution for FY16 was $42,800 to be used to cover the costs of a HUD Partnership funded Outreach Materials pertaining to housing discrimination and lead paint poisoningSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerhousing generalCMA 2016 #241
• City Manager's report2016 · #244✅ Order adopted, 8–0the final Landmark Designation Report for the Ivory Sands House at 145 Elm Street and the Cambridge Historical Commission's recommendationSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Manager📖 readCMA 2016 #244
• City Manager's report2016 · #245↪ Referred to committee reporta recommendation from the Planning Board to adopt, with modifications, the Healthy Pharms, Inc. Zoning PetitionSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerschoolszoning📖 readCMA 2016 #245
• City Manager's report2016 · #246✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of the Civic Education Grant for $123,021 funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education, Adult and Community Learning Services to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($116,945), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($5,826), and to the Travel and Training account ($250), to be used to cover a portion of the staff salaries, the purchase of related educational and office supplies, as well as conference expenses for staff to attend in state conferencesSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #246
• City Manager's report2016 · #247✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of the Agenda for Children’s Talk and Read grant in the amount of $3,189 received from the Cambridge Public Health Department to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($1,149) and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($2,040), to be used to staff salary costs and workshop supplies for outreach worker parenting workshopsSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #247
• City Manager's report2016 · #248✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of $8,615 from the Cambridge Public Health Commission, Agenda for Children to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account, to be used to provide Community Playgroups, Drop-In Playgroups, Provider Groups and support of Family Fun DaySubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #248
• City Manager's report2016 · #249✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of the Temporary Emergency Shelter grant received from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $318,041.67 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account, to be used to operate the YWCA family shelter from July 1, 2016 through February 28, 2017, including the provision of case management for six homeless families at a time as referred by the DHCDSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerhomelessnesshousing generalCMA 2016 #249
• City Manager's report2016 · #250✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance grant funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $94,347.60 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($84,922.60), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($6,925), and to the Travel and Training account ($2,500), 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 #250
• City Manager's report2016 · #251✅ Order adopted, 7–0the appropriation of $400,000 from MassDOT’s new Complete Streets Program to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account to be used to fund sidewalks, paving, bike lanes and bike parking on Mass Ave. between Linnaean Street and Upland Road; and sidewalks and bike parking on Lawn StreetSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerbike lanestransit trafficCMA 2016 #251
• City Manager's report2016 · #254📁 Placed on fileearly voting sitesSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Manager📖 readCMA 2016 #254
• City Manager's report2016 · #255📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-67, regarding a report on the Classification of Commercial Land Use and Recommendations studySubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerzoning📖 read CMA 2016 #255
• City Manager's report2016 · #256📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-13, regarding a report on studying the benefits of a wellbeing index and plan for how it might be incorporated into various City planning processesSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerartshousing general📖 readCMA 2016 #256
• City Manager's report2016 · #257📁 Placed on fileleaf blowersSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerleaf blowers📖 readCMA 2016 #257
• City Manager's report2016 · #258✅ Order adopted, 7–0A communication transmitting additional information from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to a request from Port Landing Landlord, LLC (“PLL”), for an aerial license for one structural canopy to be constructed over a portion of the public sidewalk at 131 Harvard Street, which originally appeared as City Manager's Agenda #35 of August 1, 2016trees📖 read CMA 2016 #258

Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (1)

• City officer's report2016 · #35the resolution of an Open Meeting Law Complaint filed by John Hawkinson on May 4, 2016📖 readCOF 2016 #35

Communications (26)

26 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (5) · transit traffic (4) · housing general (2) · tenants rent (2) · bike lanes (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (20)

• Policy order2016 · #224✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record calling on the Massachusetts State Legislature to pass an Act affirming a terminally ill patient’s right to compassionate aid in dyingCouncil orderPOR 2016 #224
• Policy order2016 · #225✅ Order adoptedExecutive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Councillor Toomey to add Jurina Vellucci’s name to the bench in Vellucci ParkCouncil orderPOR 2016 #225
• Policy order2016 · #226✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to consult with the appropriate personnel to determine what measures the City may take to reimburse the $25 filing fee for those individuals who have successfully contested their civil traffic tickets issued in Cambridge in courtCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2016 #226
• Policy order2016 · #227✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to deem all residential zones as “Safety Zones” and lower speed limits to 20 MPH and to lower the speed limit in all office and business zones to 25 MPHCouncil requesttransit traffic📖 readPOR 2016 #227
• Policy order2016 · #228✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record supporting the Coalition of Immokalee Worker’s boycott of Wendy’s and urges residents to support the boycott of the region’s Wendy’s locations until they agree to pay workers fairly and treat their workers with dignity as outlined in the Fair Food ProgramCouncil orderlaborPOR 2016 #228
• Policy order2016 · #229✅ Order adoptedCity Council stands in solidarity with the Young Elected Officials Network and the Local Progress organizations in speaking out against the hateful and anti-Muslim rhetoric that has plagued the 2016 election seasonCouncil orderPOR 2016 #229
• Policy order2016 · #230✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record supporting the working families and individuals at the MBTA and opposing Governor Baker and the MBTA’s plan for laying off necessary low wage workersCouncil orderlabortransit trafficPOR 2016 #230
• Policy order2016 · #231✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with the appropriate City departments to determine the feasibility of creating a temporary jobs program geared toward Cambridge’s homeless population and/or determine the feasibility of awarding homeless with priority in the City’s 9-week temporary jobs programCouncil requesthomelessnessPOR 2016 #231
• Policy order2016 · #232✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and the Department of Public Works regarding the feasibility of installing a raised crosswalk on the corner of Allston Street and Andrew StreetCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2016 #232
• Policy order2016 · #233✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to consult with 22-CityView, the Information Technology Department, and any other City departments to speedily resolve the audio and visual issues in the Sullivan ChamberCouncil requestPOR 2016 #233
• Policy order2016 · #234✅ Order adoptedReappointment of James Monagle as City AuditorPOR 2016 #234
• Policy order2016 · #235✅ Order adoptedReappointment of Donna P. Lopez as City ClerkPOR 2016 #235
• Policy order2016 · #236✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the Department of Public Works to engage in a maintenance program to ensure that the entire exterior of City Hall, including the area comprised by Dorothy "Dottie" Doyle Way, is beautified and maintainedCouncil requestPOR 2016 #236
• Policy order2016 · #237✅ Order adoptedCity Manage is requested to confer with the City Solicitor and other relevant City departments and report back to the City Council concrete next steps on how to go about lowering our speed limits as well as the timeline for these actionsCouncil ordertransit trafficPOR 2016 #237
• Policy order2016 · #238✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the Director of the Cambridge Public Library to determine what measures can be taken to accommodate library users during the Boudreau branch library renovationCouncil requestPOR 2016 #238
• Policy order2016 · #239✅ Order adoptedCity Council Health and Environment Committee be and hereby is requested to review the possibility of implementing a system for restaurants to publicly display grades or scores based on the results of sanitary inspectionsCouncil orderPOR 2016 #239
• Policy order2016 · #240↪ Referred to committeeAsks the City Manager to consult with the Traffic and Parking Department and all other appropriate City Departments to report back to the City Council on recommendations to gradually increase the parking permit fee and consider other improvements to the program to help fund the city’s budget towards reducing vehicle miles traveled and promoting alternative forms of transportationCouncil requestbudgettransit trafficPOR 2016 #240
• Policy order2016 · #241✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the Historical Commission to produce a new status report that reviews the Harvard Square Conservation District’s effectiveness since 2005, and that considers whether new zoning regulations may be necessary to fulfill the community’s goalsCouncil requestzoningPOR 2016 #241
• Policy order2016 · #242✅ Order adoptedZoning Changes for Medical Marijuana Dispensarieszoning📖 readPOR 2016 #242
• Policy order2016 · #243✅ Order adoptedTransportation and Public Utilities Committee be and hereby is requested to hold a hearing to discuss how City staff review use of bike infrastructure to determine what works, what does not work and what could be improved and to specifically discuss the possibility of making the Western Avene cycle track a two-direction bike facilityCouncil orderPOR 2016 #243

Resolutions (22)

• Resolution2016 · #280✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Mark LyonsRES 2016 #280
• Resolution2016 · #281✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Alice Rose O'Regan Ciani DeGuglielmoRES 2016 #281
• Resolution2016 · #282✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Helen "Ginger" (Walsh) LeGrosRES 2016 #282
• Resolution2016 · #283✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Steven SolbergRES 2016 #283
• Resolution2016 · #284✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of James Anthony PaddockRES 2016 #284
• Resolution2016 · #285✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Bon Me for putting all of their employees on a path to earn $15 an hourRES 2016 #285
• Resolution2016 · #286✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Frank WuestRES 2016 #286
• Resolution2016 · #287✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Joseph D. FitzmauriceRES 2016 #287
• Resolution2016 · #288✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Frank M. DelVecchioRES 2016 #288
• Resolution2016 · #289✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the students, faculty and staff on the 25th Anniversary of The Dance ComplexartsschoolsRES 2016 #289
• Resolution2016 · #290✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Rozann Kraus on founding The Dance Complex 25 years agoartsRES 2016 #290
• Resolution2016 · #291✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers and all other students who will benefit from the National Labor Relations Board ruling regarding employee status and right to form or join a union with collective bargaining rights to negotiate their pay, benefits, and workloadlaborschoolsRES 2016 #291
• Resolution2016 · #292✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Buoy Lin Fong LeeRES 2016 #292
• Resolution2016 · #293✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Agnes DarlingtonRES 2016 #293
• Resolution2016 · #294✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Peter W. McDavittRES 2016 #294
• Resolution2016 · #295✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Mary E. FarleyRES 2016 #295
• Resolution2016 · #296✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Dr. Ruth HubbardRES 2016 #296
• Resolution2016 · #297✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of John J. "Jack" McGlynnRES 2016 #297
• Resolution2016 · #298✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Carl L. Ewing, SrRES 2016 #298
• Resolution2016 · #299✅ Order adoptedCommending the National Asian Women’s Association of Massachusetts for its work developing the next generation of Asian American activistsRES 2016 #299
• Resolution2016 · #300✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Lillian MaterazzoRES 2016 #300
• Resolution2016 · #301✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Gloria Elizabeth Payne BattleRES 2016 #301

Ordinances (1)

• OrdinanceORD 2016 # 7✅ Passed to be ordained, 8–0A proposed amendment to the Ordinance entitled "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge" as amended by the Planning Board recommendation to expand the requirements of the North Massachusetts Avenue Sub-district (Section 20.110) applicable generally within the portions of the Massachusetts Avenue Overlay District (MAOD) zoned Business A-2 (BA-2)transit trafficzoning📖 read ORD 2016 # 7

Applications & Petitions (13)

• Application / petition2016 · #62✅ Order adopteda temporary banner across Massachusetts Avenue at City Hall announcing the 20th Family Literacy Fun Day at City Hall on Saturday, November 5th from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.mApplication from Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative📖 readAPP 2016 #62
• Application / petition2016 · #63✅ Order adopteda projecting sign at the premises numbered 159 First Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abuttersApplication from Axiom📖 readAPP 2016 #63
• Application / petition2016 · #64✅ Order adopteda curb cut at the premises numbered 75 Moulton 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 The Davis Companiestransit traffictreeszoning📖 readAPP 2016 #64
• Application / petition2016 · #65✅ Order adopteda curb cut at the premises numbered 307 Broadway; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. No response has been received from the neighborhood associationApplication from Fran Burnstransit traffic📖 readAPP 2016 #65
• Application / petition2016 · #66✅ Order adopteda projecting sign at the premises numbered 2 Arrow Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and Historical CommissionApplication from LOOKS📖 readAPP 2016 #66
• Application / petition2016 · #67✅ Order adoptednew curb cuts and closing the existing curb cuts at the premises numbered 139 First 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 US-Parcel A, LLC/Jeff Hirschtransit traffictreeszoning📖 readAPP 2016 #67
• Application / petition2016 · #68✅ Order adoptednew curb cuts and the closing of existing curb cuts at the premises numbered 18 Hurley 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 US-Parcel B, LLC/Jeff Hirschtransit traffictreeszoning📖 readAPP 2016 #68
• Application / petition2016 · #69✅ Order adoptednew curb cuts and the closing of existing curb cuts at the premises numbered 85 First 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 US-Parcel D, LLC/Jeff Hirschtransit traffic📖 readAPP 2016 #69
• Application / petition2016 · #70✅ Order adopteda projecting sign at the premises numbered 30 Dunster Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutterApplication from Oggi Pizza & Sandwicheszoning📖 readAPP 2016 #70
• Application / petition2016 · #71↪ Referred to the city managera sandwich board sign in front of the premises numbered 284 BroadwayApplication from Lamplighter Brewing Co📖 readAPP 2016 #71
• Application / petition2016 · #72↪ Referred to the city managera sandwich board sign in front of the premises numbered 1 Bow StreetApplication from Santouka Cambridge📖 readAPP 2016 #72
• Application / petition2016 · #73↪ Referred to the city managerAn application was received for re-submission from Wheelings Brattle, LLC, requesting permission for a sandwich board sign in front of the premises numbered 13 Brattle Street. Charter Right was exercised by Councillor Devereux on August 1, 2016📖 readAPP 2016 #73
• Application / petition2016 · #74↪ Referred to the city managerAn application was received for re-submission from Capital One, requesting permission for a sandwich board sign in front of the premises numbered 24 JFK Street, along with a letter requesting an explanation as to why the permit was tabled and still not approved. Placed on the Table on a motion of Councillor Cheung on January 25, 2016📖 readAPP 2016 #74

Other Business (19)

• Awaiting report2016 · #63✅ Report received and acceptedReport back on the state of the Cambridge Climate Vulnerability Assessment's completion dateclimateAR-16-63
• Awaiting report2016 · #62Report on what additional measures can be taken to protect trees and other public plantings during declared droughts. (Response was provided by the DPW Commissioner at the meeting of August 1, 2016.)treesAR-16-62
• Awaiting report2016 · #64✅ Report received and acceptedReport on reinstating trash and recycling pick up for small businessesbike lanesAR-16-64
• Awaiting report2016 · #65Report on adding "Tree in Distress" to the Commonwealth Connect App's submenu radio button as a tree-related reporting option. (Response provided by DPW Commissioner at the meeting of August 1, 2016.)treesAR-16-65
• Awaiting report2016 · #66✅ Report received and acceptedReport on how traffic laws pertaining to crosswalks are currently enforced throughout the City and whether there can be stricter laws to ultimately increase pedestrian safetytransit trafficAR-16-66
• Awaiting report2016 · #67✅ Report received and acceptedReport on update on the status of the Classification of Commercial Land Use and Recommendations StudyAR-16-67
• Awaiting report2016 · #68Report on implementing a nomination based "Artist of the Month" program along with a $2,000 grant and to remove the long-form application in favor of a nomination-based systemAR-16-68
• Awaiting report2016 · #69✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the necessary resources needed to survey, plan and restore the Cambridge mural at Rindge FieldAR-16-69

• HS-2016-20 — Hearing Schedule 09/12/2016
• CMA 2016 #242 : A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the appointments of the following persons as a members of the Commission on Immigrant Rights & Citizenship, effective September 1, 2016:

Leslie DiTrani, Sana Ghafoor, Alejandro Heredia-Santoyo, Karin Lin, Marcio Macedo, Roxana Maldonado-Garcia, Swati Sawant, Jennifer Sparks, Merline Sylvain-Williams and Melanie Torres

Yarlennys Villaman

• CMA 2016 #243 : A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the appointments of the following persons as a members of the Cambridge Public Art Commission for a term of three years:

Judy Ann Goldman and Cecily Miller [arts]

• CMA 2016 #252 : A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a full member of the Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals for a term of 5 years, effective August 29, 2016:

Andrea Hickey [zoning]

• CMA 2016 #253 : A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as members of the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities for a term of three years, effective September 12, 2016:

Katie Ashwill Allen, Stelios Gragoudas, Mike Langlois, Luis Loya and Julie Miller

• CRT 2016 #45 — (untitled) 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #46 — a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on July 27, 2016 to hear from public safety officials on training equipment, response and communication policies pertaining to demonstrations, protests, memorials and similar actions involving large numbers of people in public space, ranging from CRLS student walkouts to Black Lives Matter memorials to the “let out” time of bars to Pokémon Go chasing and similar internet-driven meetups 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #47 — a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Leland Cheung, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on August 31, 2016 on a zoning petition by Healthy Pharms, Inc., to amend Section 20.700 Medical Marijuana Overlay Districts by creating an additional Medical Marijuana Overlay District (MMD-4). The new MMD-4 District would be coterminous with the Business B and Office 3 Districts that are within the Harvard Square Overlay District. The petition would also establish as criteria specific to the MMD-4 District that permissible dispensaries must be retail only (with no cultivation), must be set back from the sidewalk by a minimum of 15 feet and be appropriately shielded from public view, must be less than 10,000 square feet in size, are preferably located in areas with access to pedestrian and public transportation, and may be 250 feet, instead of the standard 500 feet, distant from a school, daycare center, preschool or afterschool facility or any facility in which children commonly congregate, or closer only if it is determined by the Planning Board to be sufficiently buffered such that users will not be adversely impacted by the operation of the dispensary 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #48 — a report from Councillor Leland Cheung Co-Chair of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on August 23, 2016 to discuss a zoning petition by the City Council to amend Article 22.000 by creating a new Section 22.80 entitled Urban Agriculture to establish zoning regulations for the operation and establishment of urban Agriculture activities and also to provide framework for the siting, upkeep, and any modification of Urban Agriculture activity that address public safety and minimizes impacts on residents in the City of Cambridge 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #49 — a report from Mayor E. Denise Simmons, Co-Chair of the Housing Committee for a public hearing held on August 15, 2016 to continue the public discussion regarding the recently completed Inclusionary Housing Study and the Affordable Housing Trusts’ recommendations to the City Council 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #50 — a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, Mayor E. Denise Simmons, Co-Chair of the Housing Committee, Vice Mayor Marc C. McGovern, Co-Chair of the Housing Committee, for a joint public hearing held on August 3, 2016 to discuss the operations and prevalence of short-term rental units in Cambridge, and further develop the information and opinions gathered during the initial hearing on July 19, 2016 📖 read