City Council — Regular Meeting, October 1, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (1)

• CMA 2018 #235A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the votes necessary to seek approval from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue of the tax rate for FY2019affordable-housingbudgethomelessnesshousing-general📖 read 📄 PDF

Communications (8)

8 resident communications received for this meeting — affordable housing (1) · climate (1) · housing general (1) · labor (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (10)

• POR 2018 #225That the City Manager is requested to work with the Department of Human Service Programs, the Department of Public Works and the Department of Public Health to identify ways to raise awareness about the prevalence of food allergies and decrease the level of risk posed by food remnants left in public parks and playgrounds
• POR 2018 #226The City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and any other relevant City departments to install a four-way stop sign at the intersection of Sixth and Hurley Streets and to work in conjunction with the newly formed East Cambridge Planning Team Traffic Safety Committee on improving pedestrian and bicycle safety in the East Cambridge areabike-lanestransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #227That the Government Operations, Rules and Claims Committee schedule a hearing on the proposed “Cambridge Publicly Financed Municipal Election Program” and the “Cambridge Municipal People’s Pledge Program” as soon as possible and report back to the City Council with a plan for implementation no later than the City Council meeting scheduled for November 19, 2018
• POR 2018 #228That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation department and any other relevant city departments to study the potential of utilizing the Icelandic crosswalk design in an intersection in East Cambridgetransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #229That the City Manager is requested to work with any relevant City departments and with the various programs and facilities that serve Cambridge’s most vulnerable populations, including at food pantries in the city, to install racks for the purpose of displaying brochures and/or information regarding the various city programs that support vulnerable residents
• POR 2018 #230That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the appropriate City personnel to seek a formal response from CVS as it relates to a racial profiling incident
• POR 2018 #231That the Envision Cambridge draft recommendations should be reviewed by the entire City Council in respective committeesartsclimatehousing-general📖 read 📄 PDF
• POR 2018 #232Recognition to those who brought the MLK School construction to a successful completionschools
• POR 2018 #233That the City Council go on record in recognizing October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and support the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
• POR 2018 #234Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to provide the City Council with a list of streets where it is recommended that the speed be reduced to 20 MPHtransit-traffic

Resolutions (18)

• RES 2018 #297Resolution on the death of Cody Vendetti
• RES 2018 #298Resolution on the death of Nicola Biasella
• RES 2018 #299Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• RES 2018 #300Resolution on the death of Nelia Baia
• RES 2018 #301Resolution on the death of Jeffrey "Jeff" Culver
• RES 2018 #302Resolution on the death of Kathleen "Kay" Foster
• RES 2018 #303Retirement of Carole Sousa from the Department of Human Services
• RES 2018 #304Congratulations to Betsy Bard, Vincent Ernest Siders on the play Act Up & Vote!
• RES 2018 #305Happy Birthday wishes to Red T. Mitchell
• RES 2018 #306Happy Birthday wishes to Polly Allen
• RES 2018 #307Congratulations to the East Cambridge Business Association on its successful 9th annual "Smoke This Rib Fest."
• RES 2018 #308Happy Birthday wishes to Gina Dottin
• RES 2018 #309Happy Birthday wishes to Anthony Petruccelli
• RES 2018 #310Happy Birthday wishes to Reverend Lorraine Thornhill
• RES 2018 #311Happy Birthday wishes to Steven A. Tolman
• RES 2018 #312Happy 110th Anniversary to Saint Bartholomew's Church
• RES 2018 #313Congratulations to Adriane Musgrave and Brian Rogan on the birth of Maxton Musgrave Rogan
• RES 2018 #314Resolution on the death of Helen Glikman

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2018 #339An application was received from Meghan Shaw of the Cambridge Energy Alliance, requesting permission for a temporary banner across JFK Street at Mt. Auburn Street announcing the October is Green Energy Month, 100% renewable Electricity from October 2, 2018 thru October 29, 2018climate📖 read
• APP 2018 #340An application was received from Cambridge Public Health Department requesting permission for a temporary banner across 795 Massachusetts Avenue in front of City Hall announcing Cambridge Family Literacy Fun Day from October 22, 2018 thru November 5, 2018schools📖 read
• APP 2018 #341An 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 exhibition Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospectiveartstransit-traffic📖 read

Other Business (15)

• AR-18-90Report on the feasibility of establishing a crosswalk at the intersection of Soden Street and Western Avenuetransit-traffic
• AR-18-91Report on drafting a plan that shall allow the Mayor’s Annual Harvard Senior Luncheon to be held regardless of the weather conditions
• AR-18-92Report on increasing enforcement of the Bike Lane Bill to keep our bicycle infrastructure free and unobstructedbike-lanes
• AR-18-93Report on the sale of The Constellation Center's Parcel C in Kendall Square
• AR-18-94Report on considering to work with consultants and other available resources to help incorporate data access and management concerns into discussions, permits and licenses for new mobility platforms
• AR-18-95Report on the change in parking regulations which does not allow for property owners to park in front of their own drivewaystransit-traffic
• AR-18-96Report on how the City views internet-based platforms as opportunities for outreach and communication and what sort of guidelines have been, or are being, developed to help everyone understand how the City’s various departments do or do not utilize these communication resources and how any communications on these platforms are managed so that the messaging and information is kept up-to-datebroadband
• AR-18-97Report on updating the vacant property database as well as reviewing the strategies presented in the Storefront Vacancies Best Practices Report
• AR-18-98Report on the 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
• AR-18-99Report on the creation and implementation of a survey or other feedback mechanism for individuals who have been in contact with the Human Rights Commission
• AR-18-100Report on taking all possible immediate actions to preserve and restore Linear Park

• a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on September 12, 2018 to discuss the guiding policy and safety priorities for regulating and permitting shared electric scooters to operate in Cambridge 📖 read
• a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on September 20, 2018 to discuss reducing the speed limit to 20 MPH on residential streets citywide and the creation of 20 MPH safety zones on certain other streets 📖 read 📄 PDF
• a communication from Mayor Marc McGoven, communicating highlights from School Committee Meeting September 25, 2018 📖 read
• Envision Cambridge's draft recommendations submitted by Community Development with his planning and Urban design comments 📖 read

Committee Reports (2)

• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2018-09-12 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2018-09-20 — Report Accepted And Placed On