City Council — Regular Meeting, May 7, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (3)

• CMA 2018 #106Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a supplemental appropriation of $125,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Department Extraordinary Expenditures account to support the revitalization of the Martin Luther King Plaza, the art components and enhance the primary entrance into the Central Square Branch Libraryarts
• CMA 2018 #107Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a supplemental appropriation of $135,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Emergency Communication Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund the replacement of consoles in the Emergency Communications Center
• CMA 2018 #108Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $34,500 for the UASI Critical Infrastructure Investment Program for the Emergency Communications Department. The funds will be used for replacement and upgrade of controlled server, data security, closet surveillance target hardening for the Robert W. Healy Public Safety Facility to ensure high risk assets and facilities are maintained to operational continuitypolice-safety

Communications (6)

6 resident communications received for this meeting — arts (1) · zoning (1) · schools (1) · tenants rent (1) · war peace (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (8)

• POR 2018 #129That the City Manager is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department to work with the Cambridge Public School Administration to provide feedback and requests that will inform Cambridge’s participation in the MBTA Service Planschoolstransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #130That the Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Sergeant E.J. Frammartino for a suitable dedication in the vicinity of Fifth Street in East Cambridge in honor of Dominic Pat Dicardio
• POR 2018 #131The City Manager is requested to direct the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works to immediately and permanently repair Rufo Roadbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2018 #132That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Police Commissioner regarding increased enforcement of speed limits on Windsor Streetpolice-safetytransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #133That the City Manager is requested to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to develop a small business parking pilot that would allow temporary on-street employee parking during typical daytime operating hours. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY MAYOR MCGOVERNtransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2018 #134That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to work with all Harvard Square stakeholders, including the Harvard Square Business Association, the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association, abutting businesses, and Harvard University to actively engage the community in a design charrette process with a view in mind towards making Palmer Street a more active and inviting pedestrian walkway and public spacetransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #135That the City Manager is requested to develop a plan to achieve the above policy goals as it relates to the digital dividebroadbandhousing-generalschools📖 read
• POR 2018 #136That the City Manager is requested to coordinate with the appropriate departments to record and live-stream the Neighborhood and Long-Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebrations Committee hearing on May 15, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. relating to the sale of adult-use cannabis to ensure members of the public who cannot attend the afternoon hearing are still able to view the discussionarts

Resolutions (12)

• RES 2018 #150Congratulations to the Central Square Theater on its recent "Dream It. Be It." gala
• RES 2018 #151Congratulations to the organizers of the Women in Power conference
• RES 2018 #152Congratulations to the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers and all other students who stand to benefit from the election to unionizelaborschools
• RES 2018 #153Congratulations to Susan Gurry on her retirement after a life-long career as an educator and special needs advocate in Cambridge
• RES 2018 #154Best wishes to Rosalind O'Sullivan on the occasion of her retirement
• RES 2018 #155Resolution on the death of Theresa Shelzi
• RES 2018 #156That the City Council go on record recognizing the actions of Cathy Hoffman, Diane M. Martin and all others who protested in the trenches of the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline and commend them for their action to save the planet from the destructions of climate changeclimate
• RES 2018 #157Retirement of Stuart Dash from the Community Development Department
• RES 2018 #158Retirement of Jane Ellse-Hocking from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2018 #159Congratulations to the Kimbrough Scholars
• RES 2018 #160Resolution on the death of Phyllis Mae Campbell
• RES 2018 #161Congratulations to Biogen on celebrating their 40th anniversary

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2018 #309An n application was received from MIT Visual Arts Center requesting permission for fifteen temporary banners on Ames Street where the List Center is located, to promote the Center's upcoming exhibitionsarts📖 read
• APP 2018 #310An application was received from Cambridge Arts Council requesting permission for two temporary banners across JFK Street at Mount Auburn Street and across Massachusetts Avenue in front of City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, and JFK at Mount Auburn Street announcing Cambridge River Festival held on June 2, 2018arts📖 read
• APP 2018 #312An application was received from Central Square Business Association, requesting twelve temporary banners on street light poles along Massachusetts Avenue, announcing Central Square Flea. Permission received from City Electrician📖 read

Other Business (7)

• AR-18-47Report on the feasibility of installing a stop sign or other appropriate traffic calming measures at the corner of Chestnut Street and Brookline Streettransit-traffic
• AR-18-48Report on installing signage, either through physical signs or paint on the road, in high-traffic and high-conflict bike lanes that intersect with crosswalks, reminding cyclists that they are required to yield to pedestrians when crossingbike-lanestransit-traffic
• AR-18-49Report on prioritizing the installation of protected bike lanes and bicycle traffic signals in Porter Squarebike-lanestransit-traffic

• a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on April 12, 2018 to discuss Neighborhood-Based Resiliency 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Kelley, transmitting a memorandum regarding Bike Lanes, Street Use, and Micro-Mobility Challenges Facing Cambridge 📖 read
• a communication from Mayor Marc C. McGovern, transmitting the Highlights from School Committee Meeting May 1, 2018 📖 read 📄 PDF
• APP 2018 #311 : An application was received from Cambridge Arts Council requesting permission for temporary banners across Massachusetts Avenue in front of City Hall from May 28th thru June

11th, 2018. This event will be held on June 10, 2018, announcing the Dragon Boat Festival on June 10, 2018 [arts] 📖 read

Committee Reports (1)

• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2018-04-12 — Report Accepted And Placed On