City Council — Regular Meeting, January 22, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (12)

• CMA 2018 #4A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of Timothy Puopolo as a Constable With Power for a term of three years, effective the first day of January, 2018
• CMA 2018 #5A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as Public Weighers for the calendar year 2018 at MICH-LIN Transfer Station, 45 Mooney Street: Bryan Burdge, James Mabardy, Joseph Mabardy, Jr., Jo Ann Del Vecchio, Michael Guerriero, Daniel Pasquarosa, Nicholas Santolucito, Charles J. Mabardy and Steven McColgan
• CMA 2018 #6A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as Public Weighers for the calendar year 2018 at Boston Sand & Gravel Co., 500 Front Street: Alan Bishop, Michael Denahy, Mark Gilroy, David Kelley, Joe Staples, Wei Li, Kyle Patterson, Sam Magna and John Ehrenkranz
• CMA 2018 #7Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $23,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Elections Commission Other Ordinary Maintenance Account to reimburse funds used for the 2017 voter guide printing and mailing. The reimbursement is necessary to cover other election related expenses
• CMA 2018 #8A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as new members of the Commission for Persons with Disabilities for a three year term, effective January 1, 2018: Valerie Pauline Hammond and Philibert Kongtcheu
• CMA 2018 #9A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a member of the Family Policy Council in a Community-at-Large position for a term of 3-years, effective February 7, 2018: Kim Goldstein
• CMA 2018 #10Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Cultural Investment Portfolio grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in the amount of $7,300 to the Grant Fund Historical Commission Salaries and Wages account which will continue to support part-time archives assistants, who maintain the public archive of Cambridge history
• CMA 2018 #11Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $152,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Emergency Communications Department Travel and Training Account to provide funds to move the existing public safety radio equipment from the Sullivan Courthouse located at 40 Thorndike Streetpolice-safety
• CMA 2018 #12Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $30,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits (Insurance) Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Traffic, Parking and Transportation Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover current and anticipated medical services and/or prescription reimbursement costs for the remainder of the fiscal year for Traffic and Parking personnel injured in the performance of their dutiestransit-traffic
• CMA 2018 #13A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on the Gore Street construction projecttransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #14Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $5 million from Fund Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Executive Department Extraordinary Expenditures account, for the City’s first contribution to the GLX projecttransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2018 #15A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt parts of the Kroon, et al, Harvard Square Zoning Petition and to further study some partszoning📖 read

Communications (8)

8 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (1) · zoning (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (8)

• POR 2018 #6That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council regarding efforts to expand the number of electric vehicle charging stations, the feasibility of appropriately placing electric vehicle chargers on residential streets where there is need, the status of possible City fleet replacement to electric vehicles, expanded outreach and education on available rebates and incentive programs, and the feasibility of requiring developers to include a greater number of electric vehicle charging stations in new or substantially renovated multi-unit buildings
• POR 2018 #7That the City Manager is requested to work with the Department of Public Works to publicize and enforce a “zero tolerance” policy on space savers, working to remove them as quickly as possible following snow events
• POR 2018 #8City Council opposition to the continual erosion of immigrant rights and general compassion by the Trump administration, and voice our support for the continuance of Temporary Protected Status for our Salvadoran friends and residents📖 read
• POR 2018 #9City Council support of the New York City climate lawsuitclimate
• POR 2018 #10That the City Manager is requested to explore mechanisms for achieving greater levels of snow clearing by the city and increase the public response during major snow events or heavy snow winters
• POR 2018 #11That the City Manager is requested to contact representatives from Sira Naturals (formerly Sage Naturals) Medical Marijuana Dispensary for the purpose of gathering information regarding sales figures, customer demographics, and other relevant operational information, and report this information back to the City Council in a timely manner📖 read
• POR 2018 #12That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Chief Information Officer for the City and report back with information regarding electronic device usage and current processes regarding the same
• POR 2018 #13That the Mayor is requested to work with the appropriate City staff to establish a method of effectively communicating the new rules for the 2018-2019 City Council term with the members of the public

Resolutions (12)

• RES 2018 #4Resolution on the death of Patricia "Pat" (Noonan) Jukovsky
• RES 2018 #5Congratulations to Father Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa on his 10th Anniversary of his Ordination to the Priesthood
• RES 2018 #6Resolution on the death of Lucy Gomes
• RES 2018 #7Resolution on the death of Gerald G. "Gerry" Gomes Jr
• RES 2018 #8Resolution on the death of Judy A. Cronin
• RES 2018 #9Welcoming Philips to the City of Cambridge
• RES 2018 #10Congratulations to Cambridge Arborist David Lefcourt for receiving the Massachusetts Tree Wardens' and Foresters' Association's 17th Annual Seth H. Swift Tree Warden of the Year Awardtrees
• RES 2018 #11Resolution on the death of David Harrison
• RES 2018 #12Resolution on the death of Anthony "Tony" DeVincentis
• RES 2018 #13Resolution on the death of Ellen Marquedaunt
• RES 2018 #14Happy Birthday wishes to Estelle Disch
• RES 2018 #15Wishing the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers a successful gala

Other Business (6)

• AR-18-1Report on reaching out to representatives of supermarkets other than Star Market, such as Market Basket, to determine the possibility of their opening a location at 20 Sidney Street
• AR-18-2Report on reaching out to the owner of the Fresh Pond Apartments to inquire as to what is being done to repair and maintain the elevators in those apartment buildings

• a report from Vice Mayor Devereux, Chair of the Ad-Hoc Rules Committee, for a public hearing held on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 to discuss and suggest changes to the City Council Rules and transmitting recommended changes to the City Council Rules 📖 read 📖 read
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• objectives of a successful City Surveillance Ordinance 📖 read
• a communication from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux regarding the outcome of the Ad-Hoc Rules Committee hearing 📖 read

Committee Reports (1)

• Committee hearing of 2018-01-16 — Report Accepted