City Council — Regular Meeting, May 1, 2017

City Manager's Agenda (4)

• City Manager's report2017 · #118📁 Placed on filethe reappointment of the following persons as a members of the Police Review & Advisory Board effective May 1, 2017 for a term of five-years: Ann Coyne, Laurance Kimbrough, and Lucy Murray-BrownSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2017 #118
• City Manager's report2017 · #119✅ Order adopted, 7–0the appropriation of the FY17 MOVA Victim Services Training Grant for $14,000 received from the Victim and Witness Assistance Board through the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will provide funding for “Trauma-Informed Approaches to Law Enforcement” training in collaboration with the Cambridge Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Prevention InitiativeSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2017 #119
• City Manager's report2017 · #120✅ Order adopted, 7–0the appropriation of the Shannon Grant for $20,405.25 received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community Safety Initiative through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account ($16,932.45) and the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($3,472.80) which will be dedicated to hot spot patrols and Metro Gang Task Force participationSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2017 #120
• City Manager's report2017 · #121✅ Order adopted, 7–0the appropriation of $240,000 of Virtual Net Metering (VNM) credits to the General Fund Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account to cover invoices related to the VNM agreement for the photovoltaic project known as “Summer Street Solar.”Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerclimateCMA 2017 #121

Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (1)

• City officer's report2017 · #15Policy Order #13 from April 24, 2017 Meeting📖 readCOF 2017 #15

Communications (12)

12 resident communications received for this meeting — schools (3) · climate (2) · transit traffic (2) · affordable housing (2) · housing general (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (2)

• Policy order2017 · #113✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the necessary stakeholders to determine the practicality of buying the Tokyo site and converting it into affordable housing unitsCouncil requestaffordable housinghousing generalPOR 2017 #113
• Policy order2017 · #114✅ Order adoptedCity Council strongly urge the Cambridge Health Alliance to further its sterling commitment to creating community and supporting jobs by choosing a contractor that has a track record of maintaining the current staff, providing family sustaining wages and benefits, a third-party complaint procedure, and a fair procedure for disciplinary matters as it relates to housekeeping servicesCouncil orderPOR 2017 #114

Resolutions (18)

• Resolution2017 · #179✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Breakthrough Greater Boston on their 25th anniversaryRES 2017 #179
• Resolution2017 · #180✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Asian Community Development Corporation on its 30th anniversaryRES 2017 #180
• Resolution2017 · #181✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Liz Speakman on receiving the BARCC Beacon AwardRES 2017 #181
• Resolution2017 · #182✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Janet Ellen (Cignetti) CormierRES 2017 #182
• Resolution2017 · #183✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Arvilla SarazenRES 2017 #183
• Resolution2017 · #184✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Central Square Theater, the Underground Railway Theater, and the Nora Theater Company for the honors they received for The Convert, Arcadia, and Bedlam’s Twelfth Night & What You Will at the Independent Reviewers of New England AwardsRES 2017 #184
• Resolution2017 · #185✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the East End House on its 13th Annual Cooking For A Cause eventRES 2017 #185
• Resolution2017 · #186✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Brendan Kells on receiving the George C. Watson Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics from The Massachusetts Council for the Social StudiesRES 2017 #186
• Resolution2017 · #187✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Gisel Saillant on receiving the Richard Aieta Award for Promising New Teacher from The Massachusetts Council for the Social StudiesRES 2017 #187
• Resolution2017 · #188✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Father Volmar Scaravelli on receiving the Jorge Fidalgo Community Service Award from the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese SpeakersRES 2017 #188
• Resolution2017 · #189✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Project Health CV on receiving the 2017 Manuel N. Coutinho Outstanding Volunteer Award from the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese SpeakersRES 2017 #189
• Resolution2017 · #190✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Larry Fish on receiving the Man of The Year Award from the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese SpeakersRES 2017 #190
• Resolution2017 · #191✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Dr. Ana Nava on receiving the Mary and Manuel Rogers Lifetime Community Service Award from the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese SpeakersRES 2017 #191
• Resolution2017 · #192✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Gertrude A. (O'Keefe) DiPietroRES 2017 #192
• Resolution2017 · #193✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to John B. Cruz III on receiving the Alvaro Lima Outstanding Business Award from the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese SpeakersRES 2017 #193
• Resolution2017 · #194✅ Order adoptedCongratulations and wishes of success to the East Cambridge Business Association as well as its participants and sponsors on the upcoming Inman Eats! 2017 Festival to be held on May 21, 2017RES 2017 #194
• Resolution2017 · #195✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Robert A. DahlRES 2017 #195
• Resolution2017 · #196✅ Order adoptedRecognize May 4, 2017 as Day of Prayer in the City of CambridgeRES 2017 #196

Applications & Petitions (1)

• Application / petition2017 · #18✅ Order adoptedtwo temporary banners across JFK Street at Mount Auburn Street and across Massachusetts Avenue at Pearl and Norfolk Streets announcing the Cambridge River Festival on June 3rdApplication from Cambridge Arts Councilarts📖 readAPP 2017 #18

Other Business (3)

• Awaiting report2017 · #30📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport on the City of Cambridge partnering with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Cambridge Neighborhood Association to revitalize Magazine BeachAR-17-30
• Awaiting report2017 · #31✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the status of the Community Garden programAR-17-31
• Awaiting report2017 · #32✅ Report received and acceptedReport on how the health of senior residents will be monitored during heat events and how the dangers associated with such events will be mitigatedAR-17-32