City Council — Regular Meeting, December 11, 2017

City Manager's Agenda (10)

• City Manager's report2017 · #311✅ Order adopted, 6–0Cost of Living Adjustment for retireesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #311
• City Manager's report2017 · #312✅ Order adopted, 6–0the transfer of $384,750 between School Department statutory accounts, which includes $384,750 from the General Fund School Salary and Wages account to the General Fund School Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($294,250) and to the General Fund School Travel and Training account ($85,981) and to the General Fund School Extraordinary Expenditures ($4,519) which allows principals and department administrators to move funds across statutory categories within their budgets to better meet their educational needsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerschoolsCMA 2017 #312
• City Manager's report2017 · #313↪ Referred to committeea legal opinion relative to the City Manager’s authority to make Historical Commission appointmentsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2017 #313
• City Manager's report2017 · #314✅ Order adopted, 6–0the Final Landmark Designation Report for the Harvard Square KioskSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 read CMA 2017 #314
• City Manager's report2017 · #315✅ Order adopted, 7–0the appropriation of $444,534.67 from the Hubway Capital Projects Equipment Fund to the Community Development Department Public Investment Fund Extraordinary Expenditures Account. These funds will be used for the purchase and expenses of Hubway bikeshare equipment. These funds represent the donor agreement revenues and will contribute to the purchase, installation and maintenance of approximately 10 additional stations and bicycles, pending identification of acceptable locationsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanesCMA 2017 #315
• City Manager's report2017 · #316✅ Order adopted, 7–0the appropriation of $489,780 associated with the Hubway Bike Share Equipment from the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures account. These mitigation funds will be used for the purchase and expenses of Hubway bikeshare equipmentSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #316
• City Manager's report2017 · #317📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 17-68, regarding a report on the establishment of a public fund that can be utilized in the event the Trump Administration withholds federal funds from Cambridge as a Sanctuary CitySubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2017 #317
• City Manager's report2017 · #318📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report 17-102, regarding the cost and feasibility of installing lighting at city dog parksSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerlabor📖 readCMA 2017 #318
• City Manager's report2017 · #319📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 17-85, regarding a report on incentive contributions that have been received in the past two years, the number and type of incentive projects that have been built (or are in the process of being built), and when the City anticipates initiating a reevaluation of the housing contribution rateSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manageraffordable housinghousing generalzoning📖 readCMA 2017 #319
• City Manager's report2017 · #320📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 17-114, regarding a report on the plan for snow removal from the new bike infrastructure in the citySubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanestransit traffic📖 readCMA 2017 #320

Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (1)

• City officer's report2017 · #35a communication from Councillor Craig Kelley, regarding Lexington Avenue speed observation📖 readCOF 2017 #35

Communications (1)

1 resident communication received for this meeting. Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (2)

• Policy order2017 · #313✅ Order adoptedDedication Committee to consideration a request for a dedication in honor of Salvatore MagliozziPOR 2017 #313
• Policy order2017 · #314✅ Order adoptedCity Council support of Massachusetts State Senate Bill 448, “An Act Promoting Awareness of Safe Recreation in Public Waterways”POR 2017 #314

Resolutions (2)

• Resolution2017 · #495✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Albertine Press for opening a new studio in Inman SquareRES 2017 #495
• Resolution2017 · #496✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Helen G. (O'Brien) KelleyRES 2017 #496

Ordinances (1)

• OrdinanceORD 2017 # 13✅ Passed to be ordained, 8–0An amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge on Innovation Office Space in PUD-3A and PUD-4C Zoning Districtszoning📖 read ORD 2017 # 13

Other Business (3)

• Awaiting report2017 · #122📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport on how to best combine the School and Finance Departments' budgetary pamphlet mailings into a single, easy-to-read pamphlet that can then be posted on the City’s website, the Cambridge Public Schools’ website, and mailed to all Cambridge householdsschoolsAR-17-122
• Awaiting report2017 · #123📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport on the state of repair of the district energy system in Cambridge and to discuss why there are no state regulations governing steam energy systems in MassachusettsAR-17-123

• CRT 2017 #61 — a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Leland Cheung, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on November 21, 2017 to discuss a Zoning Petition filed by Peter Kroon, et al., to amend Section 20.50 of the Zoning Ordinance “Harvard Square Overlay District.” 📖 read