City Council — Regular Meeting, November 19, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (12)

• CMA 2018 #287Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $10,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits Salary and Wages account (Insurance) to the General Fund Electrical Travel and Training account (Judgments and Damages) to cover medical services and/or prescription reimbursement costs for personnel injured in performance of their duties
• CMA 2018 #288Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $35,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits (Insurance) Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Library Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover current and anticipated medical services and/or prescription reimbursement costs for the remainder of the fiscal year for Library personnel injured in the performance of their duties
• CMA 2018 #289Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $28,579 from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant through the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will support the purchase of computer equipment in new police cruiserspolice-safety
• CMA 2018 #290A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-62, regarding a report on replacing open trash receptacles with Big Belly Solar Trash cans, with an emphasis on the business districtsbike-lanesclimate📖 read
• CMA 2018 #291A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-90, regarding the possibility of installing a crosswalk at across Western Avenue at Soden Streettransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2018 #292A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-102, regarding the potential for utilizing an Icelandic crosswalk design in East Cambridgetransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2018 #293A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-10, regarding creating a list of private meeting and conference rooms that are available to the public through development mitigation📖 read
• CMA 2018 #294A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-98, regarding outreach related to Cambridge Community Electricity 100% Green Program during Energy Awareness Monthclimate📖 read
• CMA 2018 #295A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-78, regarding upgrades to the Paul Dudley White Community Path and Magazine Beach renovationsbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2018 #296A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-85, regarding a report on the feasibility of appointing an advisory committee to work through resilience elements raised during the Envision process and through the Brown Petition
• CMA 2018 #297A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to proposed revisions to the draft Surveillance Ordinance. QUESTION COMES ON PASSAGE TO BE ORDAINED ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 10, 2018police-safety📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #298A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the proposed amended Street Performers Ordinance. QUESTION COMES ON PASSAGE TO BE ORDAINED ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 10, 2018artstransit-traffic📖 read

Communications (15)

15 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (4) · bike lanes (1) · tenants rent (1) · police safety (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (15)

• POR 2018 #275That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City departments to televise and record the joint Public Safety Committee and Transportation & Public Utilities Committee Hearing scheduled for Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 3:00 p.mpolice-safety
• POR 2018 #276That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to consult with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State Delegation representing Route 28, State Representative Mike Connolly and State Senator Sal DiDomenico, for an update on the bike lane installation, and measures and actions such as increased police enforcement of speed limits, to improve safety of Museum Way immediately with particular emphasis on the intersection of Museum Way and Route 28bike-lanespolice-safetytransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #277That the City Manager work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to explore the possibility of posting a "no trucks" sign on Hancock Streettransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2018 #278That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to amend the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Regulations Article XIV, Section 14.1 Stopping, Standing or Parking to allow for property owners to park in front of their private drivewaytransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #279That the City Manager is requested to provide a progress report on the work of the Open Data Review Board and their strategic plan at a future public hearing of the Government Operations, Rules & Claims Committee📖 read
• POR 2018 #280That the Chairs of the Human Services and Veterans Committee schedule a hearing and invite representatives of the Cambridge Health Alliance to discuss the lessons learned from a tragic occurrence of September 16, 2016 and to discuss what measures are being enacted to instill greater levels of confidence in local Cambridge Health Alliance health centers
• POR 2018 #281That the Economic Development & University Relations Committee is requested to hold a public hearing to discuss the formation of a city commission dedicated to providing a forum for exploring and addressing the concerns of undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and other post-high school students in Cambridgeschools
• POR 2018 #282That the City Manager work with the Cambridge Arts Council, the Cambridge Women’s Commission, the Cambridge Historical Commission, the Department of Public Works, the Schlesinger Library, and other appropriate departments to establish a diverse commission to conduct the artist selection process and commission opportunity on behalf of the City, with the goal of acknowledging a more representative story of the 19th Amendment and highlighting the contributions of Cambridge womenarts📖 read
• POR 2018 #283That the City Manager is requested to work with CCTV to ensure funding for our municipal media services, and that the City Council go on record opposing a new FCC rule that would severely decrease funding for CCTV and 22CityView by allowing telecommunications companies to deduct in-kind services fees
• POR 2018 #284That the City Manager is requested to inquire with the owners of Twin City Plaza about the leasing of parking spaces for construction vehicle storage instead of storing the vehicles on Gore Streettransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2018 #285That the Housing Committee Co-Chairs, in collaboration with the City Manager’s Office and the Office of the Mayor, be and hereby are requested to reach out to their counterparts in Boston and Somerville to convene a region-wide discussion about the affordable housing crisisaffordable-housinghousing-general📖 read
• POR 2018 #286That the City Manager is requested to work with the Emergency Communications Department to provide an update on the latest 911 technologies available to Cambridge residents
• POR 2018 #287That the City Council go on record requesting Governor Baker to properly staff Department of Public Utilities inspectors to ensure the safety of Cambridge residentstransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2018 #288Accepting the provisions of Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2018 “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO USE CERTAIN LAND ACQUIRED FOR PARK, PLAYGROUND OR RECREATION PURPOSES FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.”
• POR 2018 #289Accepting the provisions of Chapter 93 of the Acts of 2018, “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS AS SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS FOR PAID DETAIL ASSIGNMENTS IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.”police-safety

Resolutions (12)

• RES 2018 #355Congratulations to Jorie Graham on receiving the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry by the Library of Congress
• RES 2018 #356Resolution on the death of Paul R. Crane
• RES 2018 #357Resolution on the death of Devah Pager
• RES 2018 #358Resolution on the death of Thomas Lang
• RES 2018 #359Resolution on the death of Nancy S. (Rego) DePasquale
• RES 2018 #360Congratulations to Elmendorf Baking Supplies on the occasion of its grand opening on 594 Cambridge Street
• RES 2018 #361Resolution on the death of Emile Durzi
• RES 2018 #362Recognizing the work and legacy of Dr. Joseph J. Harrington
• RES 2018 #363Resolution on the death of Joan "Joanie" Cahill
• RES 2018 #364Congratulations to Brother Frank M. Robinson for being honored at the Evening of Elegance and Love gala by Prince Hall Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Jurisdiction of Massachusetts, Inc. on December 1, 2018
• RES 2018 #365Congratulations on the reopening of Bigelow Chapel at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• RES 2018 #366Resolution on the death of Dersley Green

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2018 #347An application was received from CAVA, requesting permission for 4 banners at the premises numbered 88 Ames Street Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read
• APP 2018 #348A Zoning Petition was received from Anthony F. Gargano on behalf of his Client Hercules Kalogeropoulos, Cambridge Mobile Sound and Security, seeking to amend the zoning map in the area of 234 Monsignor O'Brien Highway, from the existing 'C-1' to Business 'A'zoning📖 read

Other Business (6)

• AR-18-118Report on funding 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
• AR-18-119Report on evaluating 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
• AR-18-120Report on rethinking the approach to Envision Cambridge including a fact sheet on the three zoning analyses during presentations to the community and focus the presentations on getting feedback and buy-in on the goals of all six Envision Cambridge Working Groupszoning

• a communication from Councillor Mallon, transmitting notes of the meeting of the Mayor's Arts Task Force 📖 read
• recommendations required to accept three State Statutes 📖 read
• a communication from Vice Mayor Devereux regarding City Ordinance 2.110.010 entitled Disposition of City Property as it relates to the First Street garage 📖 read