City Council — Regular Meeting, February 26, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (20)

• CMA 2018 #36A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the City of Cambridge retaining its noteworthy distinction of being one of approximately 33 municipalities in the United States with AAA ratings from each of the nation’s three major credit rating agenciesbudget📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #37A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointment of the following person as a Constable With Power for a term of three years, effective the first day of January, 2018: Albert Darling
• CMA 2018 #38A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a new member of the Human Rights Commisisoner for a term of three years, effective February 26, 2018: Kuong Le
• CMA 2018 #39A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as a members of the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District Commission for a term of three years, effective February 26, 2018: James Van Sickle, Jo Solet, Maximilian Frank and Rory A. O'Connor
• CMA 2018 #40Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of of $27,875.80 in additional municipal access fees to the General Fund Cable Television Other Ordinary Maintenance account to provide additional payments to Cambridge Community Television (CCTV)
• CMA 2018 #41A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a new member of the Conservation Commission for a term of three years, effective February 26, 2018: Elyss Magnotto-Cleary
• CMA 2018 #42A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request for the City Council vote to approve the use of the new voting equipment and to discontinue the use of the existing voting equipment effective immediately📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #43A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-16, regarding a report on Inman Square constructionartsschoolstransit-traffictrees📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #44A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request for an aerial license for a structural canopy to be constructed over a portion of the public sidewalk in front of property located at 21 Erie Streettrees📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #45A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 17-86, regarding a report on the enforcement of idling-trainspolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2018 #46A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 17-88, regarding a report on providing clarification for the benefit of residents, visitors, and business owners on how the City views its obligations and constraints regarding marijuana enforcement and regulations; and Awaiting Report Item Number 18-8, regarding a report on any work that is currently underway regarding regulating adult use marijuana and to suggest next steps to the Council no later than February 26, 2018police-safety📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #47Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $241,830.00 from Free Cash to cover the cost of equipment and medical screening of 17 new firefighters
• CMA 2018 #48Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $164,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Fire Department Extraordinary Expenditures to replace EMS Coats for all presently employed firefighters, and update 22 sets of bunker gear for present members
• CMA 2018 #49Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a Homeland Security Grant from the City of Boston for $18,917.77 to the Grant Fund Fire Salary and Wages account. The City has received this grant, as reimbursement, for trainings performed in conjunction with the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)
• CMA 2018 #50Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) through the City of Boston’s Office of Emergency Management for $50,000.00 to the Fire Department Extraordinary Expenditures account which will be used for dive team and marine unit equipment
• CMA 2018 #51Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the 2017 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the amount of $35,188 to the Grant Fund Fire Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to purchase bicycles and related equipment (carry bags, lights/siren,) as well as uniforms for CFD personnel who will be deployed during planned and unplanned events to facilitate patient access during medical emergencies in our densely populated and congested Citybike-lanes
• CMA 2018 #52Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the amount of $5,050.00 to the Grant Fund Fire Travel & Training account which will provide funding to assist in sending Cambridge Fire Department members to a hazardous material conference in Baltimore, MD
• CMA 2018 #53Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation in the amount of $2,500 donated from the Carl Barron Awards for Administrative Excellence to the Fire Department, Other Ordinary Maintenance Account which will be used for the Carl Barron Awards for Administrative Excellence, to be awarded to members of the Cambridge Fire Department
• CMA 2018 #54Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the State Executive Office of Public Safety for $10,407.00 to the Grant Fund Fire Salaries and Wages account ($8,207.00), Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,800.00) and Travel and Training account ($400.00) to provide funds to continue the Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) Programpolice-safety
• CMA 2018 #55Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the State Executive Office of Public Safety for $3,207.00 to the Grant Fund Fire Salaries and Wages account ($2,500.00) and Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($707.00) to provide funds for the Senior SAFE Program that educates seniors on the dangers of fire and its effect on people, property, and the environmentpolice-safety

Communications (36)

36 resident communications received for this meeting — bike lanes (3) · tenants rent (3) · transit traffic (2) · schools (2) · budget (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (21)

• POR 2018 #39That the City Manager is requested to consult with the appropriate City personnel to determine why there continues to be significant audio and video difficulties during live internet broadcasts of City Council meetings, how these difficulties can be resolvedbroadband📖 read 📄 PDF
• POR 2018 #40That the City Manager and the Mayor’s Office are requested to direct the new bicycle lane working group, once it has been convened, to hold a series of “listening sessions” at the senior buildings throughout Cambridge in order to ensure that our senior residents, who might otherwise be unable to attend the various hearings to weigh in on this issue, will have adequate opportunities to have their voices heard on an issue that could have an outsized impact upon thembike-lanes
• POR 2018 #41Cancellation of the Regular City Council Meeting March 12, 2018
• POR 2018 #42That the Regular City Council Meeting on Monday, April 9, 2018, be changed to a Roundtable/Working Meeting for the purpose of discussing the draft version of the Climate Change Preparedness & Resilience Plan for Alewifeclimate
• POR 2018 #43That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant City departments to create additional Safety Zones for safer streetsaffordable-housinghousing-generalpolice-safetyschoolstransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2018 #44Proclaim March 1, 2018, as Cambridge White Ribbon Day, and the week of February 26 to March 2, 2018, a celebration of the work of Cambridge and its partners in a cohesive effort to end all gender-based violence in all its manifestations
• POR 2018 #45That the City Manager is requested to consult with City staff on the feasibility of initiating a formal transit study and action plan of the Alewife area in response to unanimous concerns of the Envision Alewife Working Group regarding the need for a pedestrian/bicycle/shuttle bridge from the Quadrangle area along Concord Avenue across the railroad tracks to the Triangle area on Cambridgepark Drive and a commuter rail stop which would be critical to create neighborhoods that are safe and healthy for residents and businessesbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2018 #46Dedication Marker for Katherine "Kitty" Knox
• POR 2018 #47Dedication Marker for Renae D. Gray
• POR 2018 #48That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an explanation of the causes of the Cambridge Common drainage problems
• POR 2018 #49That the City Manager is requested to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and the Cambridge Police Department to increase enforcement of relevant parking laws around the Enterprise Rent-A-Car location at 25 River Streetpolice-safetytransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #50City Council support to expedite the relocation of the Cambridge District Court from Malden back to its originally assigned jurisdiction within the City of Cambridge📖 read
• POR 2018 #51That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an explanation of why it took so long to repair the public toilet in Harvard Square and what proactive methods are being taken into consideration to prevent this interruption of service from happening again, at either the Harvard Square or the Central Square public toilet
• POR 2018 #52That the City Manager is requested to consult with the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department regarding what further improvements can be made to improve safety for all users of the intersections of Walden Street with Concord Avenue, Garden Street and Sherman Streettransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #53That the City Manager ensure that appropriate measures have been taken to allow residents at 808/812 Memorial Drive to voice their concerns about a proposed Mobil Gas Station liquor license before any action is taken by the License Commissionschools📖 read
• POR 2018 #54Declare February 28, 2018, in conjunction with Rare Disease Day, be recognized as Henri A. Termeer Day in the City of Cambridge
• POR 2018 #55That the City Manager is requested to direct the City Solicitor to draft language for a home rule petition for a Cambridge Right of First Refusal Legislation
• POR 2018 #56That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Community Development Department to develop a timeline for the next Incentive Zoning Nexus Studyzoning
• POR 2018 #57That the City Manager is requested to work with City staff to provide easily accessible needle safety information, to include emergency needle or syringe removal and disposal contacts, on the City’s website
• POR 2018 #58Proclaim February 28, 2018, to be Rare Disease Day in the City of Cambridge, in recognition of the research and education that remains in finding cures for patients the world over
• POR 2018 #59City Council endorsement of H.3610, "An Act Temporarily Preventing Firearm Access for Extremely Dangerous or Suicidal Individuals."

Resolutions (26)

• RES 2018 #41Retirement of Mary E. "Marybeth" Cosgrove from the City Clerk's Office
• RES 2018 #42Retirement of Elaine DeRosa from the Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee
• RES 2018 #43Resolution on the death of Esther Richards
• RES 2018 #44Resolution on the death of Samuel Bixler
• RES 2018 #45Congratulations to the Fayerweather Street School on the occasion of the second annual Children's March & Love Rallyschools
• RES 2018 #46That the City Council congratulates Omari Thom, the founder of Fair America, for his activism and engagement which supports progressive candidates, particularly on issues of immigration
• RES 2018 #47Resolution on the death of former Cambridge Police Officer and President of the Policeman's Association Joseph Bellissimopolice-safety
• RES 2018 #48Happy 60th Birthday to Sandra Murrell
• RES 2018 #49Happy 60th Birthday wishes to Cheryl Vass
• RES 2018 #50Speedy Recovery wishes to Kathleen Walcott
• RES 2018 #51Resolution on the death of Maria D. Cabral
• RES 2018 #52Happy 20th Wedding Anniversary to Renee and Jamie Townes
• RES 2018 #53Resolution on the Death of Evelyn Bynoe
• RES 2018 #54Best wishes to Phyllis Newton on her retirement from the Fletcher Maynard Academy
• RES 2018 #55Congratulations to Patrick Wardell on the birth of his first grandchild, Rowan Patrick Cook
• RES 2018 #56Happy Birthday wishes to Alice Pedro
• RES 2018 #57Resolution on the death of Leda Massie
• RES 2018 #58Happy Birthday wishes to Nadine Simmons
• RES 2018 #59Retirement of Frederick Powell from the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Departmenttransit-traffic
• RES 2018 #60Congratulations to Spare Change News on its 25th Anniversary
• RES 2018 #61Resolution on the death of Vanu Bose
• RES 2018 #62Congratulations to Noah Weinberg and Lila Berinsky on the occasion of receiving a Disney Summer of Service grant to combat climate changeclimate
• RES 2018 #63Resolution on the death of Richard E. Brimley
• RES 2018 #64Congratulations and thanks to William B. "Bill" King on the occasion of his retirement
• RES 2018 #65Happy 100th Birthday wishes to Muriel Turk
• RES 2018 #66Condolences to Retired Fire Chief Gerald Reardon and Director of Assessment Robert Reardon on the death of their mother Catherine "Kay" Reardon

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2018 #12A petition was received from Cambridge Science Festival requesting a temporary banner to be hung across Massachusetts Avenue at Norfolk Street, thirty-eight banners on poles in Harvard Square, eighty-eight banners on poles along Massachusetts Avenue, from Memorial Drive to Harvard Square, ten banners on poles along Broadway, from Ellery Street to Felton Street and ten banners on poles along Cambridge Street, from Trowbridge Street to Hovey Street announcing the upcoming Cambridge Science Festival April 13-22, 2018📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (4)

• AR-18-16Report on the plan to redesign Inman Square and to provide input, including: walk-in clinics between now and the next community meeting and making more details available online
• AR-18-17Report on the current status of zoning language and public health regulations for the keeping of hens and food cultivation and proposed next steps to advance the Urban Agriculture initiativezoning
• AR-18-18Report on the success of the Polystyrene Ordinance, including implementation, enforcement, and remaining concerns among the business community

• a report for a City Council public hearing held on Tuesday February 20, 2018 for the purpose of the City Council and the public to view the new voting equipment purchased by the Election Commission 📖 read