City Council · Regular Meeting, April 23, 2018

• City Manager's report2018 · #82↪ Referred to committeethe FY19 submitted budget and appropriation ordersSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbudgetpolice safetytransit traffic📖 read CMA 2018 #82
• City Manager's report2018 · #83✅ Order adopted, unanimousan order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $5,000,000 to provide funds for the Municipal Facilities Improvement PlanSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2018 #83
• City Manager's report2018 · #84✅ Order adopted, unanimousan order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $650,000 to provide funds for various School building infrastructure projects, and a new boiler at an Cambridge Rindge and Latin SchoolSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerschools📖 readCMA 2018 #84
• City Manager's report2018 · #85✅ Order adopted, unanimousan order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $61,500,000 to provide funds for various water pollution abatement projects, including construction of sewer separation, storm water management and combined sewer overflow reduction elimination improvements within the The Port neighborhood, and the River Street neighborhoodSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerclimate📖 readCMA 2018 #85
• City Manager's report2018 · #86✅ Order adopted, unanimousan order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $21,000,000 to provide funds for the reconstruction of various City streets and sidewalksSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2018 #86
• City Manager's report2018 · #87✅ Order adopted, unanimousa supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 from Free Cash to the Public Works Public Investment Fund account to fund snowstorm related road repairs and capital equipmentSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #87
• City Manager's report2018 · #88✅ Order adopted, unanimousa supplemental appropriation of $2,475,000 from Free Cash to the Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account to fund snowstorm related expenses associated with snow plowing and snow removal contracts, salt, other materials, repair costsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #88
• City Manager's report2018 · #89📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-23, relative to repairs to the Harvard Square Portland Loo and methods to prevent service interruptions in the futureSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2018 #89
• City Manager's report2018 · #90📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-05, regarding a report Sira NaturalsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managertransit trafficzoning📖 readCMA 2018 #90
• City Manager's report2018 · #91✅ Order adopted, 8–1a supplemental appropriation of $120,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Electrical Department Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund consulting, design and installation services for the electrical equipment at City HallSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #91
• City Manager's report2018 · #92📁 Placed on filethe appointment of the following person as a member of the Election Commission effective May 2, 2018 for a term of four years: Victoria HarrisSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #92
• City Manager's report2018 · #93📁 Placed on filethe appointment of the following persons as a members of the Arts Council Advisory Board for a term of three years, effective May 1, 2018: Olivia D'Ambrosio and Michael MonestimeSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerartsCMA 2018 #93

• City officer's report2018 · #18a communication from Dosha E. Beard, Executive Secretary to the School Committee, transmitting a copy of an order from the School Committee recommending the FY19 General Fund Budget of the Cambridge Public Schools be adopted in the sum of $191,069,500.00budgetschools📖 readCOF 2018 #18
• City officer's report2018 · #19a communication from Councillor Craig Kelley, regarding a Marijuana Education and Enforcement Memorandum📖 readCOF 2018 #19

26 resident communications received for this meeting, on zoning (9) · climate (3) · labor (1) · police safety (1) · war peace (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2018 · #105✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record in support of supplemental and long-term funding for the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP)Council orderPOR 2018 #105
• Policy order2018 · #106✅ Order adoptedRegular City Council Meeting scheduled for Monday, June 11, 2018, be and hereby is changed to a Roundtable/Working Meeting for the purpose of updating the City Council on the Envision Cambridge processCouncil orderPOR 2018 #106
• Policy order2018 · #107✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with the License Commission and the Consumer’s Council to include information online about the complaint process regarding radio interference that is regulated by the Federal Communications CommissionCouncil requestPOR 2018 #107
• Policy order2018 · #108✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the Community Development Department, Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department, the Department of Public Works, and any other City departments to work with the MBTA to address the above listed necessary improvements to the Harvard Square Station Tunnels while they are being renovatedCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2018 #108
• Policy order2018 · #109✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record urging the State Legislature to increase funding to the YouthWorks Youth Jobs State Budget Line Item 7002-0012 to $14 million to reinstate all jobs lost since 2014 due to funding decreasesCouncil orderbudgetPOR 2018 #109
• Policy order2018 · #110✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to work with the appropriate City staff to ensure that an additional commitment of $20 million from the City’s budget is devoted over the next five years toward the City’s efforts to preserve and create affordable housing unitsCouncil requestaffordable housingbudgethousing general📖 readPOR 2018 #110
• Policy order2018 · #111⊘ Order withdrawnAsks the City Manager to contact the Constellation Charitable Foundation to receive an update on plans for the Parcel C in Kendall Square and when development can be expected to beginCouncil requestPOR 2018 #111
• Policy order2018 · #112✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record in support of House Bill 2913, “An Act Relative to Environmental Justice and Toxics Reduction in the Commonwealth."POR 2018 #112
• Policy order2018 · #113✅ Order adoptedProclaim May 6-12, 2018 as “Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week” in the City of CambridgePOR 2018 #113
• Policy order2018 · #114✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to consult with the appropriate City Staff, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Friends of Poorman’s Landing, and the East Cambridge Planning Team to ensure the timely repair of Poorman’s LandingCouncil requestPOR 2018 #114
• Policy order2018 · #115✅ Order adoptedCity Council support of the amendment filed by Representative Cory Atkins to increase funding for the Mass Cultural Council to $17 million for Fiscal Year 2019POR 2018 #115
• Policy order2018 · #116✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the Community Development Department and the City Solicitor to produce a report for use by the Housing Committee that contains information pertaining to the appropriate language for the creation of an Affordable Housing Overlay DistrictCouncil requestaffordable housinghousing generalPOR 2018 #116
• Policy order2018 · #117✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with Commissioner of the Department of Public Works and the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department with the view in mind of replacing the Do Not Enter signs on Willow Street and placing the signs in a more strategic locationCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2018 #117
• Policy order2018 · #118✅ Order adoptedConfirming the appointment of D. Margaret Drury to the Cambridge Redevelopment AuthorityPOR 2018 #118

• Resolution2018 · #120✅ Order adoptedBest wishes to Cambridge School Volunteers congratulations for a successful “Back to the 80s!” fundraiser on April 6, 2018schoolsRES 2018 #120
• Resolution2018 · #125✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to C.A. Webb on her new position as President of the Kendall Square AssociationRES 2018 #125
• Resolution2018 · #126✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Frank Bidart on the occasion of receiving the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for poetryRES 2018 #126
• Resolution2018 · #127✅ Order adoptedCongratulations and best wishes to the Saint Peter School on the occasion of its dedication of the O'Connell Playground on May 19, 2018schoolsRES 2018 #127
• Resolution2018 · #128✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) on their 10th AnniversaryRES 2018 #128
• Resolution2018 · #129✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Organizing Committee of the Women in Comedy Festival for a successful eventRES 2018 #129
• Resolution2018 · #130✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of William J. Brathwaite, SrRES 2018 #130
• Resolution2018 · #131✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Yarmouth K-9 Police Officer Sean Gannonpolice safetyRES 2018 #131
• Resolution2018 · #132✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Norberto BairosRES 2018 #132
• Resolution2018 · #133✅ Order adoptedHappy Birthday wishes to City Clerk Donna LopezRES 2018 #133
• Resolution2018 · #134✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on her appointment as Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of New HampshireRES 2018 #134
• Resolution2018 · #135✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the organizers of the Black Policy Conference on a successful eventRES 2018 #135
• Resolution2018 · #136✅ Order adoptedRetirement of Ronald Harris from the City of Cambridge Human Services DepartmentRES 2018 #136
• Resolution2018 · #137✅ Order adoptedRetirement of Karen Cunningham from the Cambridge Health AllianceRES 2018 #137
• Resolution2018 · #138✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Representative James R. MiceliRES 2018 #138

• Application / petition2018 · #15✅ Order adoptedA petition was received from MIT Museum, requesting permission for fifty-nine banners on poles along Massachusetts Avenue, from Memorial Drive to Sidney Street to promote visitation at the MIT Museum📖 readAPP 2018 #15
• Application / petition2018 · #16✅ Surety approvedA constable bond was received from Charles M. Durrah for approval of the surety📖 readAPP 2018 #16
• Application / petition2018 · #17✅ Order adopteda 2 banners with text at the location of 689 Massachusetts Avenue, announcing Citizens Bank logoApplication from Citizens Bank📖 readAPP 2018 #17
• Application / petition2018 · #18✅ Order adopteda temporary lighted banner across the Public Way located at 12 Palmer StreetApplication from the Harvard Square Business Associationarts📖 readAPP 2018 #18

• Awaiting report2018 · #39✅ Report received and acceptedReport on placing a commemorative plaque at eye-level at the plaza in Harvard Square dedicated to former judge, Mayor, and City Manager Joseph DeGuglielmo so that it is more prominent to pedestrianstransit trafficAR-18-39
• Awaiting report2018 · #40✅ Report received and acceptedReport on notifying the owners of the former Harvard Square Theater to provide a firm schedule for when they will submit their application to the Cambridge Historical Commission and a projected timeline for the rest of the processAR-18-40
• Awaiting report2018 · #41✅ Report received and acceptedReport on working with Trinity Property Management to give the nearly 200 tenants of the EMF building additional time beyond April 30, 2018 to find new space, considering the unique circumstances and impact of this evictiontenants rentAR-18-41
• Awaiting report2018 · #42📁 Placed on fileReport on allowing autonomous vehicle (AV) testing in Cambridge provided certain conditions are metAR-18-42

• CRT 2018 #3 · a report from Councillor Quinton Y. Zondervan, Co-Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on March 22, 2018 to gain a better understanding of the extent of the City's digital divide and to explore possible ways to increase digital access [arts] 📖 read
• CRT 2018 #4 · a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on March 21, 2018 to discuss the implementation of the Short-Term Rental Ordinance [police-safety] 📖 read
• CRT 2018 #5 · a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone, Co-Chair and Quinton Y. Zondervan, Co-Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on April 18, 2018, to discuss confirming the City's Manager's selection of Margaret Drury as a member of the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority (CRA) [arts] 📖 read

• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2018-03-22 · Report Accepted And Placed On
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2018-03-21 · Report Accepted And Placed On
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2018-04-18 · Report Accepted And Placed On