City Council — Regular Meeting, May 21, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (6)

• CMA 2018 #114Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the final three months of the Family Shelter grant received from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $150,351.88 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to subcontract with the Cambridge YWCAhomelessnesshousing-general
• CMA 2018 #115Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $44,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Executive Department Extraordinary Expenditures which will be used to assist the Department of Conservation & Recreation in constructing an ADA accessible canoe and kayak boat launchtransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2018 #116A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-17, regarding the status and proposed next steps to advance the urban agriculture initiativezoning📖 read
• CMA 2018 #117A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request for approval to submit the attached Home Rule Petition that would authorize the City of Cambridge to include as part of the Inman Square Intersection Safety Improvements Project (“Project”) the planned reconfiguration of the intersection of Hampshire Street and Cambridge Street in the Inman Square area of the City (hereinafter, “Inman Square”) as well as a portion of the land that makes up Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci Community Plaza (“Vellucci Plaza”)transit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #118A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request for approval to seek authorization from the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General (the “IG”) for the City to use the Construction Manager at Rick (“CMAR”) procurement and construction method (the CMAR Method”) in connection with the redevelopment of the Foundry building📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #119Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $20,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Public Celebrations Other Ordinary Maintenance account, to be used to help support the annual Cambridge Arts River Festival, specifically in the areas of sound reinforcement and stage and tenting rentalsarts

Communications (18)

18 resident communications received for this meeting — trees (3) · zoning (1) · schools (1) · homelessness (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (7)

• POR 2018 #141That the City Council is requested to report back to the City Council with a detailed accounting of locations, if any, where Cured-In-Place Plastic Pipe (CIPP) and other plastic pipes currently exists in Cambridge, when it was installed, and why there was no public process for such a potentially hazardous change in water policy📖 read 📄 PDF
• POR 2018 #142That the Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Leonard Guida for a suitable dedication in the vicinity of Sciarappa Street and Fifth Street in honor of Jerome Guida
• POR 2018 #143That the City Manager is requested to create a structured commercial tax rate system for FY20 that prioritizes lowering the tax rate for small businessesbudget📖 read 📄 PDF
• POR 2018 #144That the City Manager is requested to work with the relevant City Departments to launch a program during the summer months to activate the Front Lawn of City Hall in the afternoon with games (such as cornhole boards), food trucks, and other forms of entertainment to engage a diverse age range of residents in recreation📖 read
• POR 2018 #145That the City Manager is requested to direct the Community Development Department and the City Solicitor to report back to the Housing Committee on how the City could establish a method of eviction data collectionhousing-generaltenants-rent
• POR 2018 #146That the City Manager is requested to direct the Cambridge Human Rights Commission to report back on housing-related activities including number of housing-related investigations, number of housing-related cases successfully mediated, relationships with regional housing-related organizations, and successes and challenges of the Cambridge Fair Housing Ordinancehousing-general
• POR 2018 #147That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the Recycling Division of the Department of Public Works to study the feasibility of expanding the curbside composting program to small businesses and nonprofits in the City by the end of 2019bike-lanes

Resolutions (8)

• RES 2018 #174Congratulations to Alphonso "Al" Green on his 2018 Red Sox Hall of Fame Induction
• RES 2018 #175Retirement of Polyxane Cobb from the Election Commission
• RES 2018 #176Retirement of Steven "Steve" Kadlec from the City of Cambridge
• RES 2018 #177Thanks to student panelists who will take part in the Youth Voices on Gun Violence discussion on May 29, 2018police-safety
• RES 2018 #178Resolution on the death of Jaclyn (Burke) DaSilva
• RES 2018 #179That the City Council urge all Cantabrigians to pause on Memorial Day to pay tribute to those who died for our nation, and remember their service and devotion to this country
• RES 2018 #180Thank you to all City Staff and nonprofit groups who went above and beyond to make the Affordable Housing Week of Action a successaffordable-housinghousing-general
• RES 2018 #181Resolution on the death of Marzuq Muhammad

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2018 #316Ann application was received from City of Cambridge Budget Office requesting permission for two temporary banners across Massachusetts Avenue at City Hall, Massachusetts Avenue at Pearl and Norfolk Streets and JFK Street at Mount Auburn Street, announcing the Participatory Budgetingbudget📖 read
• APP 2018 #317An application was received from City of Cambridge Human Services Department requesting permission for one temporary banner across Massachusetts Avenue at City Hall announcing Find It Cambridge from July 23, 2018 thru August 6, 2018 and October 15, 2018 thru October 22, 2018schools📖 read

Other Business (8)

• AR-18-53Report on an updated schedule for resubmitting a revised draft of the Outdoor Lighting Ordinance that incorporates suggestions from the Light Cambridge Committee by June 11, 2018
• AR-18-54Report on prioritizing the revitalization of the Gannett-Warren Pals Park and to take action on the suggestions brought forward by the neighbors
• AR-18-55Report on improving road safety conditions on Clinton Street
• AR-18-56Report on completing a tree canopy study based on the April 2018 LiDAR data before the end of 2018, and to complete future LiDAR based studies as frequently as possible, but no more often than once a yeartrees

• a report from Councillor E. Denise Simmons, Chair of the Finance Committee, for public hearings held on May 1, 2018, May 8, 2018 and May 9, 2018 relative to the General Fund Budget for the City of Cambridge for Fiscal Year 2019 and recommending adoption of the General Fund Budget in the amount of $597,219,385 📖 read
• a report from Councillor E. Denise Simmons, Chair of the Finance Committee, for a public hearing held on May 8, 2018 relative to the Water Fund Budget for the City of Cambridge for Fiscal Year 2019 and recommending adoption of the Water fund Budget in the amount of $13,973,855 📖 read
• a report from Councillor E. Denise Simmons, Chair of the Finance Committee, for a public hearing held on May 8, 2018 relative to the Public Investment Fund for the City of Cambridge for Fiscal Year 2019 and recommending adoption of the Public Investment Budget in the amount of $17,267,995 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Kelley, transmitting a memorandum regarding storage options for people experiencing homelessness 📖 read

Committee Reports (3)

• Finance Committee hearing of 2018-05-01 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Finance Committee hearing of 2018-05-08 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Finance Committee hearing of 2018-05-08 — Report Accepted And Placed On