City Council — Regular Meeting, September 24, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (7)

• CMA 2018 #227Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of 2016 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) funding for $500,000 received pursuant to the MOA between the City of Boston and the City of Cambridge, under the Communications Interoperability Goal Area, to the Public Investment Emergency Communications Extraordinary Expenditures account ($500,000) which will be used to support the City of Cambridge’s radio equipment relocation project involving the installation of new microwave links due to the upcoming loss of the Cambridge Courthouse as a regional radio site
• CMA 2018 #229A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointments of the following persons as a members of the Fresh Pond Advisory Committee for a term of three years to expire May 31, 2021: Janet Burns, Claudia Thompson and Susan Agger
• CMA 2018 #230A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the new appointments of the following persons as a members of the Public Planting Committee for a term of two years effective September 24, 2018: Seanna Berry, Nancy Jordalen, Sayem Khan, Joan Krizack and Ann MacAdam
• CMA 2018 #231A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-29, regarding a report on reevaluating the fees associated with community block parties, specifically entertainment fees for unpaid, local musicianspolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #232A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-80, regarding Sherman Street Quiet Zonetransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2018 #233A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-30 regarding a report on the possibility of Cambridge joining the national suit against opioid manufactures and distributors📖 read
• CMA 2018 #234A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to proposed amendments to the following ordinance: and proposed amendments to Chapter 14.04 of the Cambridge Municipal Code (the "Fair Housing Ordinance). Fair Housing (passed to a 2nd reading) AWAITING HOME RULE LEGISLATION-BEFORE PROPOSAL CAN BE ORDAINEDhousing-general📖 read 📄 PDF

Communications (10)

10 resident communications received for this meeting — trees (2) · climate (1) · homelessness (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (6)

• POR 2018 #219That the City Council go on record declaring October 5, 2018, as Energy Efficiency Day in Cambridge, in recognition of National Energy Awareness Month, as a means of highlighting the importance of achieving the goals set forth in the Net Zero Action Planclimate
• POR 2018 #220That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Executive Director of the Cambridge Human Rights Commission to investigate the potential for the creation and implementation of a survey or other feedback mechanism for individuals who have been in contact with the Human Rights Commission
• POR 2018 #221That the City Manager is requested to take all possible immediate actions to preserve and restore Linear Park
• POR 2018 #222That the City Manager is requested to immediately freeze Feeney Brothers Utility Services from doing any future work in the City of Cambridge until the federal investigation has been completed
• POR 2018 #223City Council support of Freedom for All Massachusetts’ Yes on 3 campaign to uphold the law preventing gender identity based forms of discriminationhomelessness📖 read
• POR 2018 #224That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the City Council with the cost of implementing a means testing for the resident parking sticker program for those who would receive a reduction in the resident parking sticker fee using existing means testing done by other department for other programs in the City for those who are in financial needtransit-traffic📖 read

Resolutions (5)

• RES 2018 #292Resolution on the death of Frank Arabia
• RES 2018 #293That the City Council go on record welcoming Dr. James Barrett to his new role as Director of Clinical Services and wishing him success in this important job
• RES 2018 #294Congratulations to the State Representative Jay Livingstone and his family on the birth of Harry Dean Livingstone
• RES 2018 #295Congratulations to Eric Gastfriend and DyanmiCare Health on being selected as one of twelve Phase-Two Prize Recipients in the Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge on September 12, 2018
• RES 2018 #296Resolution on the death of Brian Dowley

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2018 #336An application was received from Lena Kalachian, requesting permission for replacement of the facing of the projecting sign at the premises numbered 585 Massachusetts Avenue approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abuttertreeszoning📖 read
• APP 2018 #337An application was received from Margaret Ranstrom, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 73 Aberdeen Avenue; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood association with approvaltransit-traffictreeszoning📖 read
• APP 2018 #338A petition was received from Charles Teague, regarding Saving Linear Parkpolice-safetytrees📖 read

Other Business (3)

• AR-18-89Reporting on establishing an Inman Square Business Impact Plan ahead of formally initiating the Inman Square street reconfiguration process

• a report from Councilor E. Denise Simmons, Chair and Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui of the Housing Committee for a public hearing held on June 12, 2018 to discuss the housing ombudsman position, receive a detailed update regarding the timeline and plan for the affordable housing overlay district, an update on the inclusionary housing report, and the map of all affordable housing in the city 📖 read
• CMA 2018 #228 : A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to new and reappointed members of the Climate Protection Act Committee for a term of three years effective September 24, 2018:

John Ullman, Emily Flynn Pesquera, Olga Faktorovich Allen, Roaslie Anders, Melissa Chan, Thomas Chase, Peter Crawley, Keith Giamportone Brain Goldberg, Jerrlyn Huckabee, Johanna Jobin, Ted Live, Lauren Miller, Paula Phipps, David Rabkin, Karen Schlomy and William Zamparelli [climate]

Committee Reports (1)

• Housing Committee hearing of 2018-06-12 — Report Accepted