City Council · Regular Meeting, March 26, 2018

• City Manager's report2018 · #65📁 Placed on filethe appointment of the following person as new associate members of the Planning Board for a term of three years, effective April 2, 2018: Nikolas Bowie and Corinne EspinozaSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #65
• City Manager's report2018 · #66📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-18, regarding a report on the success of the Polystyrene OrdinanceSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanes📖 readCMA 2018 #66
• City Manager's report2018 · #67📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 17-95, regarding update on leaf blowersSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerclimatelaborleaf blowers📖 readCMA 2018 #67
• City Manager's report2018 · #68📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-19, regarding Central Square pedestrian signalsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managertransit traffic📖 readCMA 2018 #68
• City Manager's report2018 · #69✅ Order adopted, 8–0recommendations for the block rates for water consumption and sewer use for the period beginning April 1, 2018 and ending March 31, 2019Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbudgethousing general📖 read CMA 2018 #69
• City Manager's report2018 · #70✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of $40,000 from the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Fund 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 dutiesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managertransit trafficCMA 2018 #70

• City officer's report2018 · #16a communication on Highlights from School Committee Meeting of March 3, 2018budgetclimateschools📖 read COF 2018 #16

6 resident communications received for this meeting, on arts (1) · tenants rent (1) · homelessness (1) · housing general (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2018 · #82✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to explore the possibility of accepting the City of Boston's invitation to join their intergenerational housing pilot programCouncil requesthousing generalPOR 2018 #82
• Policy order2018 · #83✅ Order adoptedCity Manager conduct, compile, and publish an inventory of all City-owned vacant buildings and lots with the City's plans for them, if anyCouncil orderPOR 2018 #83
• Policy order2018 · #84✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to appoint an appropriate City representative to work with the Historical Commission, the Veterans Services Department, representatives of the Cambridge African American Heritage Trail, Cambridge Historian Jon Hill, and any other appropriate parties in an effort to place markers on the graves of Mr. Cato Freeman and Mr. Neptune Frost at the Old Harvard Square Burial Ground, a marker for Mr. Agrippa Hull on the Cambridge Common, and markers for any other early unsung patriots of color that we may yet determine have been hidden in the shadows of history for far too longCouncil requestPOR 2018 #84
• Policy order2018 · #85✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to work with the Assistant City Manager for Community Development, the Executive Director of the Cambridge Arts Council, and the City Solicitor with a view in mind of drafting of an Arts Overlay District ordinance that would achieve the goals of creating and preserving spaces for the arts in the Central Square Cultural DistrictCouncil requestartszoning📖 readPOR 2018 #85
• Policy order2018 · #86POR 2018 #86 : That the City Council declare April 2, 2018, as Autism AwarenessPOR 2018 #86
• Policy order2018 · #87✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to direct the Community Development Department to compile a list of single family homes which could be purchased by the Affordable Housing Trust and converted to Single Room Occupancies or Housing CooperativesCouncil requestaffordable housinghomelessnesshousing generaltransit trafficzoning📖 readPOR 2018 #87
• Policy order2018 · #88✅ Order adopted as amendedCity Council support of the Temporary Protected Status Visa program and the 19 Attorney's General letter asking Congressional Leaders to support legislation granting Temporary Protected Status recipients permanent legal status📖 readPOR 2018 #88
• Policy order2018 · #89✅ Order adoptedCity Council support of the City-owned building located at the corner of 859 Massachusetts Avenue be named “Renae House” in honor of Renae Gray, long-time resident and community activistPOR 2018 #89
• Policy order2018 · #90✅ Order adoptedCity Council opposition to any legislation that would remove or limit the options of municipalities to pass local ordinances regulating short-term rentals to include accessing tax revenue similar to what is done with hotels and motelsPOR 2018 #90
• Policy order2018 · #91✅ Order adoptedDedication for Muriel TurkPOR 2018 #91

Day in the City of Cambridge and that a motion be made at the City Council Meeting of April 2, 2018 that the City Council recess to attend the Autism Awareness Day "Lighting Up" Ceremony

• Resolution2018 · #93✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to David Maher for being named the Cambridge Family and Children’s Services Honoree at the organization’s 25th Annual Circle of Friends Gala and Auction on May 10, 2018 at the Royal Sonesta HotelRES 2018 #93
• Resolution2018 · #94✅ Order adoptedRetirement of Rosa Argueta from the Cambridge Health AllianceRES 2018 #94
• Resolution2018 · #95✅ Order adoptedRetirement of James Hall from the City of Cambridge Electrical DepartmentRES 2018 #95
• Resolution2018 · #96✅ Order adoptedRetirement of Jose Ortiz from the Cambridge Housing Authorityhousing generalRES 2018 #96
• Resolution2018 · #97✅ Order adoptedRetirement of John Brogan from the Cambridge Fire DepartmentRES 2018 #97
• Resolution2018 · #98✅ Order adoptedRetirement of Kathleen Sullivan from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice safetyRES 2018 #98
• Resolution2018 · #99✅ Order adoptedCongratulations and best wishes to Microsoft on the occasion of the unveiling of their new innovation facility, the NERD Garage on April 26, 2018RES 2018 #99
• Resolution2018 · #101✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Barbara G. McDermottRES 2018 #101
• Resolution2018 · #100✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Cambridge Police Department Superintendent Christine A. Elow on being accepted to the prestigious Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security Master’s Degree programpolice safetyschoolsRES 2018 #100
• Resolution2018 · #102✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Nellie M. EdeyRES 2018 #102
• Resolution2018 · #103✅ Order adoptedResolution on the Death of Hazel E BinghamRES 2018 #103

• Awaiting report2018 · #34✅ Report received and acceptedReport on what traffic calming measures or actions can be taken such as the installation of speed bumps, installation of crosswalk flashing lights and increased police enforcement of speed limits to discourage the speeding of vehicles along Museum Waypolice safetytransit trafficAR-18-34
• Awaiting report2018 · #35✅ Report received and acceptedReport on applying for a federal Opportunity Zone designation on behalf of the City of CambridgeAR-18-35
• Awaiting report2018 · #36✅ Report received and acceptedReport on a funding plan in place to develop and implement protective barriers for Fresh Pond for the FY2018-19 budgetbudgetAR-18-36