City Council — Regular Meeting, October 15, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (19)

• CMA 2018 #236Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $336,429 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures Account ($285,528), to the Grant Fund Community Development Other Ordinary Maintenance Account ($1,500), and Travel & Training Account ($1,500); and to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance Account ($36,001) and Salary & Wages Account ($11,900) to provide affordable housing, revitalize neighborhoods, and expand economic opportunities to low and moderate-income personsaffordable-housinghousing-general
• CMA 2018 #237Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $160,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Executive Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will fund an expansion of free food programming for Cambridge youthbudgethousing-generalschools📖 read
• CMA 2018 #238Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $17,200 from the General Fund Reserves Other Ordinary Maintenance Account to the General Fund Elections Department Other Ordinary Maintenance which will be used to cover the cost of providing climate controlled storage of new ballot boxes, including pickup and deliveryclimate
• CMA 2018 #239Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $235,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Funds Public Works Department Extraordinary Expenditures Account to support the completion of the Sherman Street Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Upgrades Project to establish a quiet zone at that crossing
• CMA 2018 #240Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $450,000 from parking fund balance to the Public Investment Traffic and Parking Department Extraordinary Expenditures, for signal improvements at the intersection of Broadway and Ellery Street and in Porter Square both of which are critical elements of the City’s Vision Zero efforts, as well as additional costs related to other signal improvementstransit-traffic
• CMA 2018 #241Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) grant from the Marion Institute and the Barr Foundation in the amount of $75,000 to the Grant Fund Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($50,000) and the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account ($25,000) to pilot BRT improvements on Mount Auburn Street in coordination with Town of Watertown and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreationpolice-safetytransit-traffic
• CMA 2018 #242Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $5,000,000 from Parking Fund balance to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Department Extraordinary Expenditures Account to support the completion of the Inman Square Intersection Improvements Projecttransit-traffic
• CMA 2018 #243Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $350,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Department Extraordinary Expenditures Account to support the completion of the Russell Field Renovation Project
• CMA 2018 #244A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-89, regarding a report on establishing an Inman Square Business Impact Plantransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2018 #245A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-76, regarding a report on Linkage fee as part of the Incentive Zoning Nexus Studyaffordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read
• CMA 2018 #246A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as a members of the Human Service Commission for a term of three years, effective October 15, 2018: Duane Brown, Bran Shim and Rachel Weinstein
• CMA 2018 #247Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) grant in the amount of $79,992.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($45,603.00), and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($34,389.00) which will be used to provide an integrated education and training program to adults in the Metro North area who want to start a career in the Information Technology field and work as Computer User Support Specialists, Help Desk Technicians, etc
• CMA 2018 #248Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP) grant in the amount of $12,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account and will be used to supplement fuel assistance paymentshomelessness
• CMA 2018 #249Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $65,000.00 from Free Cash to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account to increase the funding for legal services for Cambridge residents at risk of losing their housinghousing-general
• CMA 2018 #250Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $35,000.00 from Free Cash to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account to support formerly homeless individuals residing at the YMCAhomelessness
• CMA 2018 #251Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $117,000.00 from Free Cash to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account to fund the RFP for the Study of Universal Pre-School Program Modelsschools
• CMA 2018 #252Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $7,815.00 from Free Cash to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account for the YWCA Girls Only Leadership Development Program (GOLD)
• CMA 2018 #253Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $26,345.00 from Free Cash to the General Fund Human Service Programs to support efforts in the Port neighborhood and Clement Morgan Park
• CMA 2018 #254A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $44,136.00 from Free Cash to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account to support the Science Club for Girls

Communications (13)

13 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (2) · trees (2) · bike lanes (1) · police safety (1) · schools (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (8)

• POR 2018 #236That the City Manager confer with the City Solicitor’s Office on the legal question and the feasibility of placing a condition in public bidding documents prohibiting municipal contractors from displaying any signage—other than company markers and contact information—on vehicles
• POR 2018 #237That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Cambridge Fire Department, Department of Public Works, Electrical Department, and all other appropriate departments to celebrate National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend in October of 2019 by scheduling a commemoration ceremony and lighting up City Hall and individual firehouses
• POR 2018 #238That the City Manager is requested to urge all City employees to participate in National Cyber Security Awareness Month and the training modules with a goal of reaching 100% participation to help enhance the City’s cyber security and keep all employees and constituents safe
• POR 2018 #239That the Chairs of the Ordinance Committee schedule a hearing on Tree Protections and the Chairs of the Health & Environment Committee schedule public hearings on Tree Protections and the preliminary results from the Ordinance Committee hearingtrees📖 read
• POR 2018 #240That the City Manager is requested to work with the Cambridge Police Department, Cambridge Fire Department, and Office of Budget and Finance to prioritize these Public Safety outreach measures in the FY20 budgetbudgetlaborpolice-safety📖 read
• POR 2018 #241That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Community Development Department and the City Solicitor to investigate the queries posed by the Economic and University Relations Committee for a City-Based Cannabis Social Equity Program
• POR 2018 #242The City Manager’s recommendation of Elaine DeRosa to the Cambridge Housing Authority Boardhousing-general
• POR 2018 #243The City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the Community Development Department to provide a written timeline of what specific steps must take place in order to take a final vote on the Affordable Housing Overlay legislationaffordable-housinghousing-general📖 read

Resolutions (19)

• RES 2018 #315That the City Council welcome Garcia-Febo, President of the American Library Association, to the City of Cambridge
• RES 2018 #316Congratulations to State Senator Joe Boncore on his engagement to Christine Diarbakerly
• RES 2018 #317Congratulations to Timothy Sawyer for Winning 1st Place at the 2018 Portsmouth Maritime Folk Fest
• RES 2018 #318Congratulations to CCTV on its 30th anniversary and recognizing October 20th as National Community Media Day in Cambridge
• RES 2018 #319Congratulations to Assistant City Manager for Human Services Ellen Semonoff on receiving the Rossi Award for Creative and Responsive Leadership
• RES 2018 #320Congratulations to the Citywide Senior Center on the occasion of its 23rd Anniversary
• RES 2018 #321Congratulating Spaceus founders and team on their launch in Cambridge
• RES 2018 #322Congratulating The Dance Complex and Community Art Center on being named partners in the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Initiativearts
• RES 2018 #323Resolution on the death of Hiram Travers
• RES 2018 #324Thanks to Dr. Mahzarin R. Banaji for her research on Implicit Bias
• RES 2018 #325Congratulations to Amanda Escamilla, 2018 Cambridge Food Hero
• RES 2018 #326Congratulations to Anna Pierce-Slive, 2018 Cambridge Food Hero
• RES 2018 #327Congratulations to Darrin Korte, 2018 Cambridge Food Hero
• RES 2018 #328Congratulations to Karen Jean Williams, 2018 Cambridge Food Hero
• RES 2018 #329Congratulations to Kim DeAndrade, 2018 Cambridge Food Hero
• RES 2018 #330Congratulations to Louisa Kasdon, 2018 Cambridge Food Hero
• RES 2018 #331Congratulations to Motoy Kuno-Lewis, 2018 Cambridge Food Hero
• RES 2018 #332Congratulations to the Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Meals on Wheels Drivers, 2018 Cambridge Food Heroes
• RES 2018 #333Resolution on the death of Paul J. Monagle, Sr

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2018 #342An application was received from Bank of America, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 67 Mount Auburn Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read

Other Business (7)

• AR-18-101Report on identifying 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
• AR-18-102Report on the potential of utilizing the Icelandic crosswalk design in an intersection in East Cambridgetransit-traffic
• AR-18-103Report on seeking a formal response from CVS as it relates to a racial profiling incident
• AR-18-104Report on a list of streets where it is recommended that the speed be reduced to 20 MPH

• a report from Councilor E. Denise Simmons, Chair and Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui of the Housing Committee for a public hearing held on September 27, 2018 to discuss Affordable Housing Overlay District 📖 read
• a report from Councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, Chair of the Economic Development and University Relations Committee, for a public hearing held on September 12, 2018 to discuss Storefront Vacancies Best Practices 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Kelley, transmitting memorandum regarding Inman Square Redesign Project 📖 read

Committee Reports (2)

• Housing Committee hearing of 2018-09-27 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2018-09-12 — Report Accepted And Placed On