City Council — Regular Meeting, September 19, 2016

City Manager's Agenda (9)

• City Manager's report2016 · #259📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-20, regarding swatting and bomb threats at Cambridge Public SchoolsSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerschools📖 readCMA 2016 #259
• City Manager's report2016 · #260📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-63, regarding the state of the Cambridge Climate Vulnerability Assessment's completion dateSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerartsclimate📖 readCMA 2016 #260
• City Manager's report2016 · #261📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-57, regarding the feasibility of a municipal ID program in the CitySubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Manager📖 readCMA 2016 #261
• City Manager's report2016 · #262📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-33, regarding adding additional drop-off locations for unused prescription medicationsSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerpolice safety📖 readCMA 2016 #262
• City Manager's report2016 · #263📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-73 and Council Order Number 4, regarding lowering speed limits in the CitySubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managertransit traffic📖 readCMA 2016 #263
• City Manager's report2016 · #266📁 Placed on filea report from Public Works Commissioner Owen O'Riordan, regarding the Polystyrene Ordinance implementationSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Managerbike lanesschools📖 readCMA 2016 #266
• City Manager's report2016 · #267✅ Order adopted, 8–0CPASubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City Manageraffordable housingbudgethousing general📖 read CMA 2016 #267
• City Manager's report2016 · #268✅ Order adopted, 8–0the transfer of $200,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Law Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover current and future disbursements that must be paid from this accountSubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #268
• City Manager's report2016 · #269that the City Council move to Executive Session to discuss the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real propertySubmitted by Richard C. Rossi, City ManagerCMA 2016 #269

Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (2)

• City officer's report2016 · #36a copy of a letter sent to Iram Farooq, Assistant City Manager for Community Development, transmitting concerns regarding the Light Ordinance📖 readCOF 2016 #36
• City officer's report2016 · #37"Meet the Finalists Forum" for the selection of the City Manager. The forum will be held on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at the Fitzgerald Auditorium at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School📖 readCOF 2016 #37

Communications (28)

28 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (12) · climate (11) · bike lanes (4) · schools (4) · leaf blowers (3). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (7)

• Policy order2016 · #244✅ Order adoptedCity Council amend Policy Order #2 of August 1, 2016 by striking out “election issues” and inserting “charter schools,” so that the October 24, 2016 Roundtable/Working Meeting’s focus will now be charter schoolsCouncil orderschoolsPOR 2016 #244
• Policy order2016 · #245✅ Order adoptedRegular City Council Meeting scheduled for Monday, November 14, 2016 be changed to a Roundtable/Working Meeting to discuss Envision CambridgeCouncil orderPOR 2016 #245
• Policy order2016 · #246✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to work with the relevant City departments to determine a suitable replacement for the crumb-rubber turf used on City playgrounds and report back to the City CouncilCouncil requestschools📖 readPOR 2016 #246
• Policy order2016 · #247✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to determine if stop sign markings can be added to the intersection of Plymouth and Hamlin Streets to improve safetyCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2016 #247
• Policy order2016 · #248✅ Order adoptedManager is requested to instruct the relevant City departments to explore the possibility of putting copies of the Cambridge Bicycle Ordinance in a welcome package for new residents, which will promote a quick familiarity with the ordinance, reinforce the city’s reputation as a bicycle friendly city, and promote the safe use of Cambridge roadways by motorists, cyclists and pedestriansCouncil orderbike lanestransit trafficPOR 2016 #248
• Policy order2016 · #249✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with Hubway to explore ways of posting a copy of the Cambridge Bicycle Ordinance on Hubway Stations around the City to foster greater awareness of the ordinance by cyclists in Cambridge and, by default, the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in the CityCouncil requestbike lanestransit trafficPOR 2016 #249
• Policy order2016 · #250✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with area colleges to include a copy of the Cambridge Bicycle Ordinance in orientation materials for new students, and to post a copy on their websites to promote awareness of the ordinance and adherence to its stipulations, especially by students of area colleges who make up a good deal of the cyclists in the CityCouncil requestbike lanesschoolsPOR 2016 #250

Resolutions (7)

• Resolution2016 · #302✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Elizabeth (DiNitto) MicozziRES 2016 #302
• Resolution2016 · #303✅ Order adoptedThanks to City Manager Richard Rossi for his 45 years of service to the City of Cambridge and best wishes for a truly happy and joyful retirementRES 2016 #303
• Resolution2016 · #304✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Lisa Marie PerdomenicoRES 2016 #304
• Resolution2016 · #305✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Mark PerdomenicoRES 2016 #305
• Resolution2016 · #306✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of James J. Lordan SrRES 2016 #306
• Resolution2016 · #307✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Gabriel Kouadio Mondon on the occasion of his graduation of Northeastern UniversityRES 2016 #307
• Resolution2016 · #308✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Armando PaoloRES 2016 #308

Ordinances (1)

• OrdinanceORD 2016 # 8✅ Passed to be ordained, 8–1A proposed amendment to the Ordinance entitled "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge" to create an additional Medical Marijuana Overlay District (MMD-4) that would be coterminous with the Business B and Office 3 Districts that are within the Harvard Square Overlay Districtschoolszoning📖 read ORD 2016 # 8

Applications & Petitions (5)

• Application / petition2016 · #75✅ Order adoptednew curb cuts and to close existing curb cuts at the premises numbered 29 Charles 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 C, LLC/Jeff Hirschtransit traffic📖 readAPP 2016 #75
• Application / petition2016 · #76↪ Referred to the city managera sandwich board sign, three tables and eight chairs for outside seating enclosed with flower pots in front of the premises numbered 704 Massachusetts AvenueApplication from Mainely Burgers MA LLC📖 readAPP 2016 #76
• Application / petition2016 · #77↪ Referred to the city managera sandwich board sign in front of the premises numbered 7 Upland RoadApplication from Nails by Porter📖 readAPP 2016 #77
• Application / petition2016 · #78↪ Referred to the city managera sandwich board sign in front of the premises numbered 104 Mount Auburn StreetApplication from Harvard University Employees Credit Unionlabor📖 readAPP 2016 #78
• Application / petition2016 · #79✅ Order adopteda curb cut at the premises numbered 1699 Massachusetts Avenue; 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 Lotus Harvard Enterprise LLCtransit traffictreeszoning📖 readAPP 2016 #79

Other Business (8)

• Awaiting report2016 · #70✅ Report received and acceptedReport on what measures the City can take to reimburse the filing fees for individuals who have successfully contested their civil traffic tickets issued in Cambridge in courttransit trafficAR-16-70
• Awaiting report2016 · #71✅ Report received and acceptedReport on 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 programhomelessnessAR-16-71
• Awaiting report2016 · #72✅ Report received and acceptedReport on resolving the audio and visual issues in the Sullivan ChamberAR-16-72
• Awaiting report2016 · #73✅ Report received and acceptedReport on Municipal Modernization and next steps on how to go about lowering our speed limits as well as the timeline for these actionstransit trafficAR-16-73
• Awaiting report2016 · #74📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport on producing 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 goalszoningAR-16-74

• HS-2016-21 — Hearing Schedule 09/19/2016
• CMA 2016 #264 : A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as a members of the Community Advisory Board on the Living Wage for a term of three years, effective October 1, 2016:

Elaine DeRosa,

Marcia L. Hams,

Richard Kevin Monks and

Neil Rohr [labor]

• CMA 2016 #265 : A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the appointments of the following persons as a members of the Fresh Pond Master Plan Advisory Board for a term of three years:

Jamie Porreca and Candace Young