City Council — Regular Meeting, November 5, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (13)

• CMA 2018 #274A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as new members of the Commission on Immigrant Rights & Citizenship for a term of three years, effective November 5, 2018: Elizabeth Badger, Sandra Mercedes Canas, Donna Davis and Karim El Razzaz
• CMA 2018 #275A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-40, regarding an update on the Harvard Square Theatertransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2018 #276Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $19,200 within the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) STOP Grant from the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($17,700) and to the Travel and Training account ($1,500) which will provide funding for a 3-day Trauma Informed training for all officers, as well for a portion of the costs associated with community outreach materials for the Domestic Violence Unit and for Certified Advocate Training for the Victim Advocate and the Victim Advocate Assistantpolice-safety
• CMA 2018 #277Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $92,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Police Extraordinary Expenditures account for the fit out of a new Police Reporting Station at 628 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Squarepolice-safety
• CMA 2018 #278Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $142,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account to support approximately 14 weeks of Integrating Communications, Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) Trainingpolice-safety
• CMA 2018 #279Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $200,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expense Account to fund a Bicycle Plan Update with Feasibility Analysis and Implementation Planbike-lanes
• CMA 2018 #280Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $2,739,451 from the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund to the Public Investment Public Works Department Extraordinary Expenditures Account to support the reconstruction of Gore Street
• CMA 2018 #281Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $100,000 from the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund to the Public Investment Public Works Department Extraordinary Expenditures Account to support improvements along Massachusetts Avenue in the vicinity of Lesley University in Porter Square which will be used for improvements along Massachusetts Avenue such as sidewalk improvements, enhanced tree plantings and / or street furnituretrees
• CMA 2018 #282Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $500,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Department of Human Services Extraordinary Expenditures account to begin a design process for a new Universal Design Playground📖 read
• CMA 2018 #283Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $150,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Finance Extraordinary Expenditures account to support a 12-month digital equity research initiative
• CMA 2018 #284Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $5,000,000 from the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account to be used: (1) for grant agreements with nonprofit organizations to address the City’s most pressing service needs, and (2) to enter into a contract with a Project Evaluator to work with the grant recipients as well as the Community Benefits Advisory Committee (CBAC), which is overseeing this effortclimate📖 read
• CMA 2018 #285A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, requesting the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with a consultant service agency to provide evaluation services for 5 years from the date of the execution of the contract pursuant to G.L. c. 30B, § 12b for the purpose of obtaining independent evaluation services to assess the use of community benefits funding by City-based nonprofit organizations in accordance with the Community Benefits Ordinance and the Guiding Principles of Community Benefits Funding📖 read
• CMA 2018 #286A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-108, regarding a report on offering early voting in City Council and School Committee Electionsschools📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Communications (27)

27 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (2) · broadband (2) · arts (1) · affordable housing (1) · housing general (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (5)

• POR 2018 #270That the City Manager work with the Department of Human Services and Project Bread to fund additional City summer food sites and collaborate on creative and innovative ways to engage participants in programming that will increase the use of open food sites
• POR 2018 #271That the City Manager work with the Fire Department to evaluate the existing capacity of fire stations in the Kendall Square area and whether a new fire station is needed, and if so, determining the feasibility of locating a plot of land for this use
• POR 2018 #272That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to conduct a comprehensive, independent planning, and parking study of the neighborhood and use of the First Street Garagetransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• POR 2018 #273Rethink Approach to Envision Cambridgeaffordable-housinghousing-generaltenants-rentzoning📖 read
• POR 2018 #274The City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the Department of Public Works and the Department of Conservation and Recreation to monitor the site and ensure frequent trash removal and other measures are taken to maintain a clean and inviting area surrounding Jerry’s Pond

Resolutions (9)

• RES 2018 #346Wishing Rachel Trudel a Happy Birthday
• RES 2018 #347Veterans' Day Resolution
• RES 2018 #348Congratulating The Cambridge School on their 10th Anniversaryschools
• RES 2018 #349Congratulations to Melissa E. Carpenito, Erica M. Crane, Rebecca L. Skorker, and Erica L. Tompkins on their graduation from the Emergency Communications Dispatcher Academy
• RES 2018 #350Congratulations to the Co-Founders of the Loop Lab, Christopher Hope and Moise Michel, on a successful open house and innovative workforce development program
• RES 2018 #351Resolution on the death of Barbara Elderd
• RES 2018 #352Congratulating CERO Cooperative on their Recent Award
• RES 2018 #353Resolution on the death of Kristin Doyle
• RES 2018 #354Resolution on the death of Gerard A. Bragalone

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2018 #345A petition was received from Central Square Business Association, requesting twenty-eight temporary banners on street light poles along Massachusetts Avenue from Hancock Street to Albany Street celebrating the redesignation of Central Squares a cultural districtarts📖 read
• APP 2018 #346An application was received from Mark Langlais for the Colette Restaurant, requesting permission for 5 awning at the premises numbered 1924 Massachusetts Avenue. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutters📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (11)

• AR-18-108Report on offering early voting in City Council and School Committee Electionsschools
• AR-18-109Report on the feasibility of fencing off an area on the North side of the Joan Lorentz park for a dog park or at another suitable location in Mid-Cambridge
• AR-18-110Report on determining whether unisex bathrooms can be installed in City Hall, or whether existing bathrooms could be modified into unisex bathrooms
• AR-18-111Report on addressing the increase of TNC-associated vehicles stopping in the middle of streets and bicycle lanesbike-lanes
• AR-18-112Report on determining what measures would best serve to prevent vehicles from blocking the Fresh Pond Mall's driveway onto Alewife Brook Parkway
• AR-18-113Report on coordinating a walk down Rindge Avenue, covering at least from Haskell Street to Sherman Street, to analyze the congestion and intersections with interested residents to try to find mitigating solutions or to explain why mitigation may not be possible
• AR-18-114Report on opportunities and plans to increase signage or other communication efforts to help ensure that all users of Brattle Street between Eliot and Mason Streets understand the cyclists may be using Brattle Street in the opposite direction of prevailing motor vehicle trafficbike-lanestransit-traffic
• AR-18-115Report on the current status of the Surveillance Technology Ordinance and a date the City Council can expect an updated version of the proposed Ordinancepolice-safety
• AR-18-116Report on the current status of any City Hall renovation plans and a timeline of planned events
• AR-18-117Report on using the best available salt substitutes and additives, and apply all other appropriate chloride reduction practices this winter in all areas where salt may be damaging trees, including but not limited to Linear Parktrees

• a report from Councillor Quinton Zondervan, Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on October 16, 2018 to discuss CMA 2018 #196 and any other matter related to Jerry’s Pond 📖 read

Committee Reports (1)

• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2018-10-16 — Report Accepted And Placed On