City Council — Regular Meeting, November 21, 2016

City Manager's Agenda (6)

• City Manager's report2016 · #320📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-88, regarding identifying an appropriate location for a suitable remembrance for Dorothy Steele at Cambridge Health AllianceSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managertrees📖 readCMA 2016 #320
• City Manager's report2016 · #321📁 Placed on filethe appointment of the following person as a Public Weigher at MICH-LIN Transfer Station, 45 Mooney Street: Richard J. SpinaleSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2016 #321
• City Manager's report2016 · #322📁 Placed on filean update on the drought conditionsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2016 #322
• City Manager's report2016 · #323✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of $60,000 from the General Fund Electrical Other Ordinary Maintenance account to the General Fund Electrical Extraordinary Expenditures account which will allow the Electrical Department to continue to expand the fiber optic network for public safety radiosSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2016 #323
• City Manager's report2016 · #324📁 Placed on filevarious projects and initiatives related to the City’s Bicycle Safety Work PlanSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanes📖 readCMA 2016 #324
• City Manager's report2016 · #325↪ Referredthe zoning amendments with recommended changes to the Inclusionary Housing ProvisionsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manageraffordable housinghousing generalzoning📖 read CMA 2016 #325

Communications (23)

23 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (6) · bike lanes (4) · schools (2) · budget (2) · homelessness (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (11)

• Policy order2016 · #304✅ Order adoptedCity Manager work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and any other relevant City departments to update the City Council on the total cost of implementing a pay by phone/ pay by app parking system in the CityCouncil ordertransit trafficPOR 2016 #304
• Policy order2016 · #305✅ Order adopted and referredCity Manager redouble its efforts and present the City Council with plans for creating Sobering Centers and a Cold Winter Plan prior to winter 2016Council orderPOR 2016 #305
• Policy order2016 · #306❌ Order failed of adoption, 2–7That all Awaiting Report items on the Awaiting Report List on November 7, 2016 be placed on filePOR 2016 #306
• Policy order2016 · #307✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to work with all relevant City departments to develop a report on which City programs and projects, including School Department, Cambridge Housing Authority and the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, rely on the support of federal funds and how changes in federal funds could affect the viability of these programsCouncil requestbudgethousing generalschools📖 readPOR 2016 #307
• Policy order2016 · #308✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to forward a letter to Cambridge organizations and City Departments regarding the status of our Sanctuary/Trust Act City and what this means for working non-citizens and the resources availableCouncil requestschools📖 readPOR 2016 #308
• Policy order2016 · #309✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with City staff regarding the possibility of keeping Cambridge’s on-street bike corrals in place year round, even if that means altering snow removal procedures or impacting on-street parking, with the intent of keeping the bike corrals in place all year roundCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2016 #309
• Policy order2016 · #310✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to forward the Surveillance Ordinance language to the City Solicitor in order for this language to be vetted and transcribed in such a way that will allow it to be ultimately referred to the Ordinance Committee for consideration at a future hearingCouncil requestpolice safety📖 read POR 2016 #310
• Policy order2016 · #311✅ Order adoptedNovember 28th Roundtable/Working Meeting be changed to discuss Cambridge remaining a Sanctuary CityPOR 2016 #311
• Policy order2016 · #312✅ Order adopted and referredChair of the Human Services and Veterans Committee is requested to hold one or more public meetings with homeless advocates, appropriate City legal, public safety, human services, DPW and Traffic staff and appropriate representatives of the DCR to determine what, if any, steps can be taken to address safety and waste issues associated with intersection panhandlingCouncil orderhomelessnesspolice safetytransit trafficPOR 2016 #312
• Policy order2016 · #313⊘ Order withdrawnMayor schedule a Roundtable/Working Meeting discussion on Harvard Square development and kioskCouncil orderPOR 2016 #313
• Policy order2016 · #314✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to instruct the Law Department, Community Development Department, License Commission and the Health Department to report back to the City Council regarding Medical Marijuana DispensariesCouncil requestPOR 2016 #314

Resolutions (15)

• Resolution2016 · #368✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Florence (Murphy) GibbonsRES 2016 #368
• Resolution2016 · #369✅ Order adoptedRetirement of Florence Grant from the Cambridge Public Health DepartmentRES 2016 #369
• Resolution2016 · #370✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Brian Corr on his election as President of the National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE)RES 2016 #370
• Resolution2016 · #371✅ Order adopted as amendedCity Council go on record congratulating Green Cambridge for a successful Climate CongressCouncil orderclimate📖 readRES 2016 #371
• Resolution2016 · #372✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to The Automatic on the occasion of their grand opening near Kendall SquareRES 2016 #372
• Resolution2016 · #373✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Glass House on its grand opening in Kendall SquareRES 2016 #373
• Resolution2016 · #374✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Lamplighter Brewing Co. on its grand openingRES 2016 #374
• Resolution2016 · #375✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Longfellows on its grand opening at 284 BroadwayRES 2016 #375
• Resolution2016 · #376✅ Order adoptedCongratulating Thomas N. O'Brien for receiving The Anti-Defamation League’s Abraham Joshua Heschel Interfaith Relations AwardRES 2016 #376
• Resolution2016 · #377✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Margaret Hamilton for being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and in honor of her contributions to Cambridge and the United StatesRES 2016 #377
• Resolution2016 · #378✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Risa Mednick for recently being given the 2016 Community Advocacy Award by Eastern Bank, and in thanking her for her continuing work to better the lives of those she serves at Transition Housetransit trafficRES 2016 #378
• Resolution2016 · #379✅ Order adoptedHappy 50th Wedding Anniversary to Charlie and Dottie GiacobbeRES 2016 #379
• Resolution2016 · #380✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Annie Nagle for passing the Massachusetts Bar ExamRES 2016 #380
• Resolution2016 · #381✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of James E. BaileyRES 2016 #381
• Resolution2016 · #382✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of William "Bill" GoldbergRES 2016 #382

Applications & Petitions (1)

• Application / petition2016 · #95✅ Order adopteda projecting blade sign at the premises numbered 114 Mount Auburn Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Historical Commission, Community Development Department and abuttersApplication from Flour Bakery + Cafe📖 readAPP 2016 #95

Other Business (13)

• Awaiting report2016 · #87✅ Report received and acceptedReport on creating or procuring a portrait of Barbara Ackermann, with the goal of unveiling this portrait for display in the Sullivan Chamber by March 2017AR-16-87
• Awaiting report2016 · #88✅ Report received and acceptedReport on update from Council Order from April 25, 2016 to determine a location for a suitable remembrance to Dorothy Steele at the Cambridge HospitalAR-16-88
• Awaiting report2016 · #89✅ Report received and acceptedReport on conducting a traffic safety review of the Brattle Street, Sparks Street, and Craigie Street intersectiontransit trafficAR-16-89
• Awaiting report2016 · #90✅ Report received and acceptedReport on requesting permission from the DCR to continue Sunday closings on Memorial Drive year-round, starting in early 2017AR-16-90
• Awaiting report2016 · #91✅ Report received and acceptedReport on moving one popup pilot lane up in time to winter or pre-winter and use the time between now and spring to planAR-16-91
• Awaiting report2016 · #92✅ Report received and acceptedReport 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 workbike lanesAR-16-92
• Awaiting report2016 · #93✅ Report received and acceptedReport to re-open the discussion on protected bicycle infrastructure on Huron Avenue with the bicycle community, Huron Avenue businesses, and other stakeholdersbike lanesAR-16-93
• Awaiting report2016 · #94📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport to consider higher frequency enforcement in key transit junctions and corridorstransit trafficAR-16-94
• Awaiting report2016 · #95✅ Report received and acceptedReport 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 modesAR-16-95

• HS-2016-26 — Hearing Schedule
• CRT 2016 #62 — a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Leland Cheung, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on November 9, 2016 to discuss a zoning petition by the City Council to delete the existing Section 20.700 – Medical Marijuana Overlay Districts; create a new section 11.800 – Medical Marijuana; and list Registered Marijuana Dispensary within Section 4.35 of the Table of Use Regulations, allowed only by Planning Board Special permit within Business A, Business B, Business B-1, Business B-2, Business C, Industry A-1, Industry B-1 and Industry B-2 districts 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #63 — 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 October 6, 2016 to discuss the redevelopment of the Foundry Building 📖 read
• CRT 2016 #64 — a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee and Vice Mayor Marc McGovern, Co-Chair, Housing Committee, for a joint public hearing held on October 26, 2016 to discuss legislative approaches to regulating short-term rentals in the City 📖 read