City Council · Regular Meeting, November 5, 2018

• City Manager's report2018 · #274📁 Placed on filethe 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 RazzazSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #274
• City Manager's report2018 · #275📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-40, regarding an update on the Harvard Square TheaterSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managertransit traffic📖 readCMA 2018 #275
• City Manager's report2018 · #276✅ Order adopted, 8–0the 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 AssistantSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2018 #276
• City Manager's report2018 · #277✅ Order adopted, 8–0the 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 SquareSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2018 #277
• City Manager's report2018 · #278✅ Order adopted, 8–0the 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) TrainingSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2018 #278
• City Manager's report2018 · #279✅ Order adopted, 7–0the 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 PlanSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanesCMA 2018 #279
• City Manager's report2018 · #280✅ Order adopted, 8–0the 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 StreetSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #280
• City Manager's report2018 · #281✅ Order adopted, 7–0the 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 furnitureSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagertreesCMA 2018 #281
• City Manager's report2018 · #282✅ Order adopted, 8–0the 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 PlaygroundSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2018 #282
• City Manager's report2018 · #283✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of $150,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Finance Extraordinary Expenditures account to support a 12-month digital equity research initiativeSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #283
• City Manager's report2018 · #284✅ Order adopted, 8–0the 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 effortSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerclimate📖 readCMA 2018 #284
• City Manager's report2018 · #285✅ Order adopted, 8–0the 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 FundingSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2018 #285
• City Manager's report2018 · #286Awaiting Report Item Number 18-108, regarding a report on offering early voting in City Council and School Committee ElectionsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerschools📖 read CMA 2018 #286

27 resident communications received for this meeting, on 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 order2018 · #270✅ Order adoptedCity 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 sitesCouncil orderPOR 2018 #270
• Policy order2018 · #271✅ Order adoptedCity 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 useCouncil orderPOR 2018 #271
• Policy order2018 · #272✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to conduct a comprehensive, independent planning, and parking study of the neighborhood and use of the First Street GarageCouncil requesttransit traffic📖 read POR 2018 #272
• Policy order2018 · #273✅ Order adopted as amendedRethink Approach to Envision Cambridgeaffordable housinghousing generaltenants rentzoning📖 readPOR 2018 #273
• Policy order2018 · #274✅ Order adoptedThe 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 PondPOR 2018 #274

• Resolution2018 · #346✅ Order adoptedWishing Rachel Trudel a Happy BirthdayRES 2018 #346
• Resolution2018 · #347✅ Order adoptedVeterans' Day ResolutionRES 2018 #347
• Resolution2018 · #348✅ Order adoptedCongratulating The Cambridge School on their 10th AnniversaryschoolsRES 2018 #348
• Resolution2018 · #349✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Melissa E. Carpenito, Erica M. Crane, Rebecca L. Skorker, and Erica L. Tompkins on their graduation from the Emergency Communications Dispatcher AcademyRES 2018 #349
• Resolution2018 · #350✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Co-Founders of the Loop Lab, Christopher Hope and Moise Michel, on a successful open house and innovative workforce development programRES 2018 #350
• Resolution2018 · #351✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Barbara ElderdRES 2018 #351
• Resolution2018 · #352✅ Order adoptedCongratulating CERO Cooperative on their Recent AwardRES 2018 #352
• Resolution2018 · #353✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Kristin DoyleRES 2018 #353
• Resolution2018 · #354✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Gerard A. BragaloneRES 2018 #354

• Application / petition2018 · #345✅ Order adoptedA 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📖 readAPP 2018 #345
• Application / petition2018 · #346✅ Order adopted5 awning at the premises numbered 1924 Massachusetts AvenueApplication from Mark Langlais for the Colette Restaurant📖 read Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, CommuniAPP 2018 #346

• Awaiting report2018 · #108📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport on offering early voting in City Council and School Committee ElectionsschoolsAR-18-108
• Awaiting report2018 · #109✅ Report received and acceptedReport 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-CambridgeAR-18-109
• Awaiting report2018 · #110✅ Report received and acceptedReport on determining whether unisex bathrooms can be installed in City Hall, or whether existing bathrooms could be modified into unisex bathroomsAR-18-110
• Awaiting report2018 · #111✅ Report received and acceptedReport on addressing the increase of TNC-associated vehicles stopping in the middle of streets and bicycle lanesbike lanesAR-18-111
• Awaiting report2018 · #112✅ Report received and acceptedReport on determining what measures would best serve to prevent vehicles from blocking the Fresh Pond Mall's driveway onto Alewife Brook ParkwayAR-18-112
• Awaiting report2018 · #113✅ Report received and acceptedReport 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 possibleAR-18-113
• Awaiting report2018 · #114✅ Report received and acceptedReport 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 trafficAR-18-114
• Awaiting report2018 · #115✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the current status of the Surveillance Technology Ordinance and a date the City Council can expect an updated version of the proposed Ordinancepolice safetyAR-18-115
• Awaiting report2018 · #116✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the current status of any City Hall renovation plans and a timeline of planned eventsAR-18-116
• Awaiting report2018 · #117✅ Report received and acceptedReport 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 ParktreesAR-18-117

• CRT 2018 #47 · 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 [arts] 📖 read

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