City Council — Regular Meeting, October 17, 2016

City Manager's Agenda (19)

• City Manager's report2016 · #287✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $3,600,000 from the Water Fund Retained Earnings account to the Water Fund Other Ordinary Maintenance account to fund the purchase of water from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) for approximately three monthsSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #287
• City Manager's report2016 · #288✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of $1,700,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund the replacement of a 105 foot rear aerial ladder ($1.1 million), two paramedic squad units ($400,000) and one ambulance ($200,000)Submitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #288
• City Manager's report2016 · #289✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $93,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Election Other Ordinary Maintenance account to pay for costs associated with early voting for the State/Presidential electionSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #289
• City Manager's report2016 · #290✅ Order adopted, 8–0the transfer of $33,500 from the General Fund Employee Benefits (salary adjustment) Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Election Salary and Wages account to pay for wages associated with early voting for the State/Presidential electionSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #290
• City Manager's report2016 · #291✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $125,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account for the purchase of green landscaping equipment for various City departments to begin using this fallSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #291
• City Manager's report2016 · #292✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $120,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account to execute a Zero Waste Plan for the CitySubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #292
• City Manager's report2016 · #293✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of $190,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Community Development Other Ordinary Maintenance account to complete a Low Carbon Energy Supply StudySubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #293
• City Manager's report2016 · #294✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $47,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Community Development Other Ordinary Maintenance account to complete a community-wide Greenhouse gas inventorySubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #294
• City Manager's report2016 · #295✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of $38,300 from Free Cash to the General Fund Community Development Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to procure consultant services to augment Cambridge’s core environmental goalsSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #295
• City Manager's report2016 · #296↪ Referred to the petitiona recommendation from the Planning Board not to adopt the Urban Agriculture Zoning Petition to allow for the completion of the work of the Urban Agriculture Task ForceSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Managerpolice safetyzoning📖 readCMA 2016 #296
• City Manager's report2016 · #297↪ Referred to the petitiona Planning Board recommendation to adopt the William Noyes Webster Foundation, Inc, Zoning Petition (expansion of Medical Marijuana Overlay District 1 in Alewife)Submitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Managerschoolstransit trafficzoning📖 readCMA 2016 #297
• City Manager's report2016 · #298↪ Referred to committeeA communication transmitted from Lisa Peterson, Acting City Manager, in response to a request from the City Clerk on behalf of the Ordinance Committee for a legal opinion concerning proposed state ballot question 4 entitled "Legalization, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana"📖 read CMA 2016 #298
• City Manager's report2016 · #299📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-49, regarding the feasibility of requiring gas pump labels with information about the environmental impact of burning fossil fuels at all gas stations in the CitySubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Managerclimate📖 read CMA 2016 #299
• City Manager's report2016 · #301✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $40,000 from free cash to the General Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account. The funding will support the work that the Department has undertaken to develop a racial equity planSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #301
• City Manager's report2016 · #302✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education/Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS) in the amount of $37,500 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($35,681), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,669) and to the Travel and Training account ($150) which will support the staff and operation of an ESOL class focused on teaching workers of the Division of Comparative Medicine at MITSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerlaborCMA 2016 #302
• City Manager's report2016 · #303✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of the Flatbread Benefit Night donation in the amount of $641 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will support the King Open Preschool classroom activities and suppliesSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #303
• City Manager's report2016 · #304✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of the Low Income Heating Assistance Program grant in the amount of $1,229,675 funded by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services and administered in Massachusetts by the Commonwealth’s Department of Housing and Community Development to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($268,945), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($960,230) and to the Travel and Training account ($500) which will allow the Department of Human Services to operate the Low Income Heating Assistance Program serving Cambridge and SomervilleSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Managerhousing generalCMA 2016 #304
• City Manager's report2016 · #305✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP) grant in the amount of $15,000 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to supplement fuel assistance paymentsSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerhomelessnessCMA 2016 #305
• City Manager's report2016 · #306✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of $25,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund City Council Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($21,500) and to the City Council Travel & Training account ($3,500) to fund expenditures related to the City Manager search processSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #306

Communications (20)

20 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (2) · climate (1) · housing general (1) · transit traffic (1) · broadband (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (17)

• Policy order2016 · #262✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to consult with the appropriate personnel to determine the feasibility of replacing the City Hall elevator with a newer, more reliable systemCouncil requestPOR 2016 #262
• Policy order2016 · #263✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to consult with the Community Development Department and the Cambridge Police Commissioner, and to report back to the City Council on what specific recommendations and measures the City should consider in order to prevent future bicycle accidents and fatalities from occurring, and to make our streets safer for bicyclists, motorists, and pedestriansCouncil requestbike lanespolice safetytransit trafficPOR 2016 #263
• Policy order2016 · #264✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with the appropriate City Departments to design a pilot system of flex-post separated bike lanes and intersections, along Massachusetts Avenue, Hampshire Street, and Cambridge Street to determine how installation of flex-posts might be used as either interim or permanent bike safety solutions while other infrastructure improvements can be designed and analyzed for safety and implemented as appropriateCouncil requestbike lanesPOR 2016 #264
• Policy order2016 · #265✅ Order adoptedNeighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebrations committee be and hereby is requested to hold a committee hearing to discuss the possibility of adding a bike-bus lane to Pearl Street and any measures that can be taken to accommodate on-street parking preferences of residentsCouncil orderartstransit trafficPOR 2016 #265
• Policy order2016 · #266✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to include separated bicycle facilities or adjacent off-street paths in any plans for reconstructing all or part of Massachusetts Avenue, along the entire length of the reconstructed segment and to give first priority to the safety and convenience of the most vulnerable road users – pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users – with second priority to the safety and convenience of motor vehicles in any plans for reconstructing all or part of Massachusetts AvenueCouncil requestbike lanestransit trafficPOR 2016 #266
• Policy order2016 · #267✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department, Fire Department, Police Department, Budget Department, and other relevant City departments to install pilot program protected bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue between Cedar Street and Harvard Square starting on November 1, 2016, to install pilot program protected bike lanes on Cambridge Street between Inman Square and Quincy Street and to install pilot program protected bike lanes on Broadway between Prospect Street and Quincy Street, all for the period of at least one monthCouncil requestbike lanesbudgetpolice safetytransit trafficPOR 2016 #267
• Policy order2016 · #268✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to include protected bike lanes on both sides of Huron Avenue for the full length of its reconstruction, per the Cambridge Bicycle PlanCouncil requestbike lanesPOR 2016 #268
• Policy order2016 · #269✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to form a Vision Zero Working Group comprised of staff from the relevant City departments and residents to collaboratively develop and review traffic safety plans, street designs, public education initiatives, traffic enforcement and related policies with the shared goal of eliminating crashes that result in serious injuries and deaths as quickly as possibleCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2016 #269
• Policy order2016 · #270✅ Order adopted as amendedCity Council opposition to any pathway or other intrusion which might be developed through the woods, marshes, or Bordering Land Subject to Flooding (BLSF) or other natural resource habitat to create a pedestrian trail to the Alewife T stop from areas west and north of Little River and to any other development which could in any way impact the 100-year flood plain which is predicted to experience such flooding every 30 years, and wetlands, BLSF, or bordering vegetated wetlands (BVW), associated with the Alewife Reservationclimatetransit traffic📖 readPOR 2016 #270
• Policy order2016 · #271✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to report back to the Council as soon as possible with an outline for drafting possible legislation and other recommendations for interim actions to identify and address the public health impacts of any commercial wood-fired ovens currently operating in the city and/or to ban the use of wood-fired ovens by commercial establishmentsCouncil request📖 readPOR 2016 #271
• Policy order2016 · #272✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to consult with staff on what authority the City has to further restrict the routes of travel and delivery hours of oversized trucks on City streetCouncil requestPOR 2016 #272
• Policy order2016 · #273✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with relevant City staff and report back to the City Council on all issues having to do with the testing for any presence of chromium-6 in Cambridge’s drinking water and any relevant plans to deal with this issueCouncil requestPOR 2016 #273
• Policy order2016 · #274✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to consult with the appropriate individuals in order to create or procure a portrait of Barbara Ackermann with the goal of unveiling this portrait for display in the Sullivan Chamber by March 2017Council requestPOR 2016 #274
• Policy order2016 · #275✅ Order adoptedThat The City Manager is requested to take the requests outlined in Policy Orders #2-#8 and #11 to synthesize it into an over-arching work plan, with as much community input as possible, with the intention of reporting back to the City Council in a timely mannerPOR 2016 #275
• Policy order2016 · #276❌ Order failed of adoption, 4–4Asks the City Manager to direct the City Solicitor and the appropriate staff to draft an ordinance to require that gas pumps be labeled with a “purely factual and uncontroversial” environmental warning about fossil fuels’ effect on climate changeCouncil requestclimatePOR 2016 #276
• Policy order2016 · #277✅ Order adoptedCity Clerk is requested to contact the City Manager, in writing, to request that the City Solicitor prepare a legal opinion on Ballot Question # 4 and report back to the City Council on the legality of the marijuana ballot question on its potential impact on how medical marijuana dispensaries are zoned, as it relates to there being shared medical and recreational facilities and whether there is a relationship to the number of dispensaries, recreational stores and liquor stores allowed and how this may impact the number of liquor stores licensed by the CityCouncil orderPOR 2016 #277
• Policy order2016 · #278✅ Order adoptedThe City Clerk to forward the proposed amendment to the Municipal Code to add a new Chapter 6.20 entitled "Restrictions on the Sale of Animals in Pet Shops" to the Law Department for review and clarification on the definition of pet shop pursuant to Chapter 129POR 2016 #278

Resolutions (8)

• Resolution2016 · #335✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Representative James P. McGovern for his dedication and commitment to ending hunger and being a recipient of a James Beard AwardRES 2016 #335
• Resolution2016 · #336✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Michael P. MurphyRES 2016 #336
• Resolution2016 · #337✅ Order adoptedHappy 70th Birthday wishes to Peter CignettiRES 2016 #337
• Resolution2016 · #338✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Lillian D. LoweRES 2016 #338
• Resolution2016 · #339✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Ida LindsayRES 2016 #339
• Resolution2016 · #340✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Antonio Francis TatumRES 2016 #340
• Resolution2016 · #341✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Sophie VenetsanakisRES 2016 #341
• Resolution2016 · #342✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Charles Anthony BullockRES 2016 #342

Applications & Petitions (5)

• Application / petition2016 · #83✅ Order adopteda projecting sign at the premises numbered 14 Arrow Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department, Historical Commission and abuttersApplication from Bush Vox LLC📖 readAPP 2016 #83
• Application / petition2016 · #84✅ Order adopteda projecting sign at the premises numbered 294 Concord Avenue. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abuttersApplication from Concord Ave Cafe📖 readAPP 2016 #84
• Application / petition2016 · #85✅ 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, Historical Commission and abutterApplication from Harvard Real Estate📖 readAPP 2016 #85
• Application / petition2016 · #86✅ Order adoptedthree awnings at the premises numbered 1252 Cambridge Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutterApplication from Hops'N Scotch📖 readAPP 2016 #86
• Application / petition2016 · #87↪ Referred to committeeA zoning petition has been received entitled "Central Square Restoration Petition," to amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance in Article 2.000 ("Definitions") and Article 20.300 ("Central Square Overlay District") signed by area residentsartsclimatehousing generalzoning📖 readAPP 2016 #87

Other Business (8)

• Awaiting report2016 · #76✅ Report received and acceptedReport on implementing an electronic public comment display in the Sullivan Chamber, listing the speaker’s name and affiliation as well as a timerAR-16-76

• HS-2016-23 — Hearing Schedule 10/17/2016
• CMA 2016 #300 : A communication transmitted from Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a member of the Human Services Commission for a term of three years, effective November 1, 2016:

Julie V. Asher

• CRT 2016 #53 — a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Leland Cheung, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on September 15, 2016 to discuss a proposed amendment to the Municipal Code in Title 6 entitled “Animals” by adding a new Chapter 6.20 entitled “Restrictions on the Sale of Animals in Pet Shops.” 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #54 — a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Leland Cheung, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on September 22, 2016 to discuss the zoning petition filed by Jane W. Heatley, President of the William Noyes Webster Foundation, Inc. to amend Section 20.700, Medical Marijuana Overlay Districts by extending the district 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #55 — a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on September 14, 2016 to discuss the evolving technologies with which the public and municipality interact regarding public works issues and emergency events 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #56 — a report from Councillor Nadeem Mazen, Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on September 28, 2016 for the purpose of discussing the redesign of the Out of Town News Kiosk 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #57 — a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Leland Cheung, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on October 5, 2016 to discuss the refiled petition to amend the Zoning Map in the Riverside Neighborhood from the existing Residence C-1 to Residence C within the area bounded by Franklin Street, River Street and Putnam Avenue 📖 read