City Council — Regular Meeting, November 7, 2016

City Manager's Agenda (11)

• City Manager's report2016 · #309📁 Placed on filethe re-appointment of the following persons as members of the Commission on the Status of Women for a term of 3 years, effective November 7, 2016: Marjorie Saunders, Susan Yanow and Phyllis BretholtzSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #309
• City Manager's report2016 · #310📁 Placed on filethe reappointment of the following person as a member of the Human Rights Commission for a term of 3 years effective November 21, 2016: Sabrina SelkSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #310
• City Manager's report2016 · #311📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-70, regarding measures the City can take to reimburse the filing fees for individuals who successfully contest their civil traffic tickets in courtSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Managertransit trafficCMA 2016 #311
• City Manager's report2016 · #312✅ Order adopted, 8–0the transfer of $10,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits Salary and Wages account (Insurance) to the General Fund Electrical Travel and Training account (Judgments and Damages) to cover medical services and/or prescription reimbursement costs for personnel injured in performance of their dutiesSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #312
• City Manager's report2016 · #313✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of the Adams Arts Program grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for $19,250 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to support the Cambridge Arts: Creative Marketplace program, which is designed to engage and support individual artists and local arts organizations, and to encourage and track arts participation by the Cambridge-based workforce and employeesSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerartsCMA 2016 #313
• City Manager's report2016 · #314📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-69, regarding the plan to restore the mural at Rindge FieldSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Managerarts📖 read CMA 2016 #314
• City Manager's report2016 · #315📁 Placed on filethe reappointments of the following persons as a members of the Cambridge Arts Council Advisory Board for a term of three years, effective November 7, 2016: Aliyah Gary and Diane Charyk NorrisSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerartsCMA 2016 #315
• City Manager's report2016 · #316↪ Referred backAwaiting Report Item Number 16-71, regarding the feasibility of creating a temporary jobs program geared toward Cambridge's homeless populationSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerhomelessnessCMA 2016 #316
• City Manager's report2016 · #317📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-19, regarding feminine hygiene productsSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City ManagerCMA 2016 #317
• City Manager's report2016 · #318✅ Order adopted vvthe City Council accpet Chapter 218 of the Acts of 2016, “An Act Modernizing Municipal Finance and Government”, Sections 193 and 194 giving municipalities the authority to reduce speed limits on all ways other than state highwaysSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Managertransit traffic📖 readCMA 2016 #318
• City Manager's report2016 · #319📁 Placed on fileCouncil Order No. 15, dated October 31, 2016, regarding a Request for Proposal for consultant services related to the visioning, programming, governance, and repurposing of the Harvard Square Kiosk as well as creating a Harvard Square Kiosk Working GroupSubmitted by Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Manager📖 read CMA 2016 #319

Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (1)

• City officer's report2016 · #39the Proposed Employment Agreement between the City of Cambridge and Louis A. DePasquale📖 readCOF 2016 #39

Communications (24)

24 resident communications received for this meeting — climate (2) · police safety (2) · bike lanes (2) · schools (1) · tenants rent (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (10)

• Policy order2016 · #294✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to the Director of Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department, the Police Department and any other appropriate city departments to conduct a traffic safety review of the Brattle Street, Sparks Street, and Craigie Street intersectionCouncil requestpolice safetytransit trafficPOR 2016 #294
• Policy order2016 · #295✅ Order adopted as amendedCity Council urge the City Manager to establish a detailed set of benchmarks and completion dates and to include end of year 2016 for pilot popup infrastructure, spring 2017 for additional popup infrastructure and November 1, 2017 for fully implementing the various street improvements and safety measures for increasing bicycle safety that were passed during the October 17 meetingCouncil orderbike lanes📖 readPOR 2016 #295
• Policy order2016 · #296✅ Order adopted, 8–1The City Manager confer with the City Solicitor on the possibility of allowing non-citizen Cambridge residents to vote in municipal elections without a home-rule petitionschools📖 read POR 2016 #296
• Policy order2016 · #297✅ Order adoptedCity Manager request permission from the DCR to continue Sunday closings on Memorial Drive year-round, starting in early 2017, and to work with the Cambridge Police, Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and Public Works Departments and any other staff to implement this plan, and to report back to the Council as soon as possible on the feasibility and scheduleCouncil orderpolice safetytransit trafficPOR 2016 #297
• Policy order2016 · #298✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to instruct the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to move one popup pilot lane up in time to winter or pre-winter and use the time between now and spring to plan a much more comprehensive network of popups for spring, including Hampshire, Massachusetts Avenue, and other high traffic corridors and report back on this matterCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2016 #298
• Policy order2016 · #299✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to instruct the city’s Vision Zero process and team to engage professional bicycle leaders and experts in Cambridge and Greater Boston on an urgent basis in response to collisions and on an ongoing basis to keep these leaders more directly involved in this work and that this should be independent from existing advisory and report back on this matterCouncil requestbike lanesPOR 2016 #299
• Policy order2016 · #300✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and the Department of Public Works to re-open the discussion on protected bicycle infrastructure on Huron Avenue with the bicycle community, Huron Avenue businesses, and other stakeholders and report back on this matterCouncil requestbike lanestransit trafficPOR 2016 #300
• Policy order2016 · #301✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with Public Safety personnel to consider higher frequency enforcement in key transit junctions and corridors and report and report back on this matterCouncil requestpolice safetytransit trafficPOR 2016 #301
• Policy order2016 · #302✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to make street markings and street signage more ubiquitous in an effort to market the rules of the road to the users of all transportation modes and report back on this matterCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2016 #302
• Policy order2016 · #303✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City departments to televise and record the City Council Roundtable/Working Meeting scheduled for November 14, 2016Council requestPOR 2016 #303

Resolutions (13)

• Resolution2016 · #355✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Shawna and Chip Marino on the birth of their son Leo Harper MarinoRES 2016 #355
• Resolution2016 · #356✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Cambridge All-Star Baseball Team on earning the Silver Medal in international competition, and carried themselves with dignity and respect, and represented the City of Cambridge to the highest degreeRES 2016 #356
• Resolution2016 · #357✅ Order adoptedCongratulating Nina Katz-Christy and Zaida Block for their stunning competence, persistence, generosity and inspiration that they showed in so successfully bringing this wonderful I Can Bike program to CambridgeRES 2016 #357
• Resolution2016 · #358✅ Order adoptedCongratulating Parents Forum co-founders Eve Sullivan and Christine Bates, longtime board members Rachael Thames, Dr. William Sharp, and Roberta Pizzinato, new board member Athena Wang and Parents Forum’s many participants and supporters around the globeRES 2016 #358
• Resolution2016 · #359✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record honoring the men and women who have defended the country and urge all residents to be cognizant of Veterans' Day on November 11, 2016Council orderRES 2016 #359
• Resolution2016 · #360✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of John MaherRES 2016 #360
• Resolution2016 · #361✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the CRLS Crew for their victories at the Massachusetts Public School ChampionshipschoolsRES 2016 #361
• Resolution2016 · #362✅ Order adoptedThanks to Robin Lapidus for her work as Executive Director of the Central Square Business Association and best wishes as she pursues a new job opportunity in Provincetown, MassachusettsRES 2016 #362
• Resolution2016 · #363✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Patricia M. (Harrington) CyrRES 2016 #363
• Resolution2016 · #364✅ Order adoptedHappy 80th birthday to a special personRES 2016 #364
• Resolution2016 · #365✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Jimmy PariseRES 2016 #365
• Resolution2016 · #366✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Margaret R. DunnettRES 2016 #366
• Resolution2016 · #367✅ Order adoptedCommend the efforts of the organizers of the Boston Songs for Syria Concert and the Syrian American Medical Society for bringing the Boston-area community together to further humanitarian relief effortsRES 2016 #367

Applications & Petitions (3)

• Application / petition2016 · #92✅ Order adopteda curb cut at the premises numbered 247 Walden Street; 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 David Massetransit traffic📖 readAPP 2016 #92
• Application / petition2016 · #93✅ Order adoptedan awning at the premises numbered 473 Cambridge Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abuttersApplication from Lovely Spa📖 readAPP 2016 #93
• Application / petition2016 · #94✅ Order adopteda curb cut at the premises numbered 39 Hammond 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 Eva Spanostransit traffic📖 readAPP 2016 #94

Other Business (6)

• Awaiting report2016 · #81✅ Report received and acceptedReport on replacing the City Hall elevator with a newer, more reliable systemAR-16-81
• Awaiting report2016 · #82✅ Report received and acceptedReport on testing for any presence of chromonium-6 in the City's drinking water and plans to deal with this issueAR-16-82
• Awaiting report2016 · #84✅ Report received and acceptedReport on determining which pedestrian crosswalks are in need of additional on street signagetransit trafficAR-16-84
• Awaiting report2016 · #85✅ Report received and acceptedReport on conferring with the City of Boston to include Cambridge in the autonomous vehicle initiative as a partnerAR-16-85
• Awaiting report2016 · #86✅ Report received and acceptedReport on which public campaign finance options are legal for municipal elections in CambridgeAR-16-86

• CRT 2016 #61 — a report on behalf of Councillor Nadeem Mazen, Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on November 2, 2016 to discuss bicycle safety in Cambridge 📖 read