City Council — Regular Meeting, March 27, 2017

City Manager's Agenda (16)

• City Manager's report2017 · #62📁 Placed on filethe appointment of the following persons as members of the Women's Commission for a term of three years, effective March 27, 2016: Jane Shou, Carol Chow Carson, Barbara Thomas, Therecia Jozefzoon and Nadia ElysseSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #62
• City Manager's report2017 · #63📁 Placed on filethe appointment of the following persons as members of the Human Rights Commission for a term of three years, effective March 27, 2017: Amanda Savage and Joshua StadlanSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #63
• City Manager's report2017 · #64📁 Placed on filethe appointment of the following persons as a members of the Harvard Square Kiosk Working Group, effective March 27, 2017: Abra Berkowitz, Robyn Culbertson, Ankita Deshpande, Timothy Hyde, Janet Si-Ming Lee, Sarah Rosenkrantz, Daniel Andrew Schofield-Bodt, Kenneth Taylor, John DiGiovanni, Bertil Jean-Chronberg, Frank Kramer, Peter Kroon, Sohail Nasir, Abhishek Syal, Thomas Lucey and Mary FlynnSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #64
• City Manager's report2017 · #65✅ Order adopted, 8–0the requirements of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) that the City Council adopt an order for the Statement of Interest Form to be submitted to MSBA no later that April 7, 2017 for the Tobin and Vassal Lane Upper School located at 197 Vassal LaneSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerschools📖 readCMA 2017 #65
• City Manager's report2017 · #66📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-76, regarding implementing an electronic public comment display in the Sullivan ChamberSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #66
• City Manager's report2017 · #67📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 17-18, regarding ways to preserve the historic stained glass located at 50 York StreetSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #67
• City Manager's report2017 · #68✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for $21,600 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account that will be used to provide direct financial support and technical assistance to artists, arts organizations, and community groups in CambridgeSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerartsCMA 2017 #68
• City Manager's report2017 · #69📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-90, regarding requesting that the DCR continue Sunday closings on Memorial DriveSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #69
• City Manager's report2017 · #70📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 17-23, regarding the possibility of installing a stop sign at the intersection of located between 150 and 160 Cambridgepark DriveSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #70
• City Manager's report2017 · #71↪ ReferredAwaiting Report Item Number 16-53, regarding subsidizing the cost of installing and removing air conditioning units from CHA propertiesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerhousing general📖 readCMA 2017 #71
• City Manager's report2017 · #72↪ Referred to the committee fora proposed ordinance related to the growth and maintenance of “Running Bamboo”Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2017 #72
• City Manager's report2017 · #73📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Numbers 16-64 and 17-9, regarding trash and recycling pick up for small businessesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanesCMA 2017 #73
• City Manager's report2017 · #74📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 16-75, regarding a report on a suitable replacement for the crumb-rubber turf used on City playgroundsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 read CMA 2017 #74
• City Manager's report2017 · #75✅ Order adopted, 7–0the transfer of $1,000,000 from the Water Fund Other Ordinary Maintenance account to the Public Investment Fund Water Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund the replacement of water meters and meter transmitter units (MTUs)Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #75
• City Manager's report2017 · #76✅ Order adopted, 7–0recommendations for the block rates for water consumption and sewer use for the period beginning April 1, 2017 and ending March 31, 2018Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbudget📖 read CMA 2017 #76
• City Manager's report2017 · #77✅ Order adopted, 7–0a request for the City Council to authorize the Purchasing Agent to award an extension of up to three (3) months to the existing Hubway contract with MotivateSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2017 #77

Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (1)

• City officer's report2017 · #11an Update on Regulatory Framework for Drone Policy Discussions📖 read COF 2017 #11

Communications (54)

54 resident communications received for this meeting — housing general (27) · affordable housing (14) · tenants rent (12) · zoning (9) · homelessness (5). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (8)

• Policy order2017 · #87✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record urging the Governor to resist reducing funding for The RidePOR 2017 #87
• Policy order2017 · #88✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to work with the City Solicitor’s office and update the City Council on a potential Surveillance Ordinance by the April 24, 2017 City Council meetingCouncil requestpolice safety📖 readPOR 2017 #88
• Policy order2017 · #89✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to consult with the Acting Police Commissioner with a view toward piloting a Cambridge Police outpost located in Carl Barron Plaza, to be ready for operation by Summer 2017Council requestpolice safetytransit traffic📖 readPOR 2017 #89
• Policy order2017 · #90✅ Order adoptedCity Manager be requested to consult with the Director of Traffic, Parking, and Transportation and any other appropriate City Staff to discuss, in conjunction with residents, what traffic calming measures are appropriate for Rice Street, and when they can be installed and to consult with City staff to identify neighborhood streets that are becoming more heavily used as cut-through streets due to navigation apps like Waze and to determine which other streets may need additional traffic calming measures to remain safe for residentsCouncil ordertransit traffic📖 readPOR 2017 #90
• Policy order2017 · #91✅ Order adoptedTransportation and Public Utilities Committee is requested to hold a public hearing within 30 days of the passage of this order on the possibility of the City subsidizing the $30 unlimited monthly MBTA passes for low income CRLS students who participate in extracurricular activitiesCouncil orderschoolstransit trafficPOR 2017 #91
• Policy order2017 · #92✅ Order adoptedCity of Cambridge opposes H.R. 482 and S. 103, and calls on its representatives in the House and Senate to vote against these bills, and to exert influence on other representatives to oppose these bills and support the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in all efforts to affirmatively further fair housing and collect data to assess the progress of fair housing initiatives and inclusiveness of its communitiesCouncil orderhousing generalPOR 2017 #92
• Policy order2017 · #93✅ Order adopted as amendedCity Council agenda be altered to create a section in the agenda between public comment and the City Manager’s agenda entitled “General Council Discussion,” where Councillors would be able to bring their colleagues up-to-date on projects in which they are engaged or ask for updates about projects that other Councillors are working on, even if these issues do not appear on the Council’s agenda or have never been the subject of formal City Council attentionCouncil order📖 readPOR 2017 #93
• Policy order2017 · #94✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record urging the Board of Building Regulations and Standards to vote in favor of adopting the EV Ready requirements in the 9th Edition of the State Building CodesCouncil orderPOR 2017 #94

Resolutions (5)

• Resolution2017 · #97✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to PlacePass for securing funding from Marriott International, IncRES 2017 #97
• Resolution2017 · #98✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Richard J. MedeirosRES 2017 #98
• Resolution2017 · #99✅ Order adoptedRetirement of Jane Carroll from the Mount Auburn CemeteryRES 2017 #99
• Resolution2017 · #100✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of William A. Fox JrRES 2017 #100
• Resolution2017 · #101✅ Order adoptedCity Council support of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Walk for Change on April 23, 2017, and affirming that the City of Cambridge stands in solidarity with those working to put an end to sexual violence everywhereRES 2017 #101

Ordinances (2)

• OrdinanceORD 2017 # 5✅ Passed to be ordained, unanimousAn amendment to the Municipal Code Ordinance that Title 8 entitled "Health and Safety be amended in Chapter 8.12.010 entitled “Self-service station regulations📖 readORD 2017 # 5
• OrdinanceORD 2017 # 6✅ Passed to be ordained, unanimousAn amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge in Inclusionary Housing, including the insertion of new definitions in Article 2.000 and the substitution of revised zoning text for the current text to Sections 11.200 through 11.206affordable housinghousing generalzoning📖 read ORD 2017 # 6

Applications & Petitions (1)

• Application / petition2017 · #11✅ Order adoptedinstall and maintain eight permanent banners on electrical poles along Main Street from the Hubway Station near Galaxy Park to Ames Street, north side onlyApplication from Cambridge Redevelopment Authority and Boston Properties📖 read APP 2017 #11

Other Business (3)

• Awaiting report2017 · #29✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the feasibility of installing a hitting tunnel at Danehy Park for youth and high school sportsschoolsAR-17-29

• HS-2017-2 — Regular City Council Meeting
• CRT 2017 #15 — a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Leland Cheung, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on March 16, 2017 to discuss a zoning petition filed by Richard Harding, et al., to amend the Mass + Main Residential sub district and the Central Square Overlay District by amending Sections 20.307.8.1 (a) and (b) and 20.307.6.2 (a)