City Council — Regular Meeting, November 26, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (2)

• CMA 2018 #299Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the an order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $3,000,000 to provide funds for the planning and feasibility of improvements to 831 Massachusetts Avenue and 3 Bigelow Street buildings, and the design and construction of improvements at City Hall. QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTION ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 10, 2018📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2018 #300Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $3,000,000 to provide funds for the design and reconstruction of the Fire Station Headquarters building. QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTION ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 10, 2018📖 read 📄 PDF

Communications (2)

2 resident communications received for this meeting. Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (4)

• POR 2018 #290That the City Manager is requested to consult with the Community Development Department, the Cambridge Public Health Department, and any other appropriate departments to provide a timeline outlining when the City Council can expect to receive draft zoning and public health regulations for urban farmingzoning
• POR 2018 #291That the City Manager work with the Economic Development Department, Business Associations, and Cambridge Local First to create a Small Business Saturday strategy that increases traffic to our local businesses during the 2019 holiday seasontransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2018 #292Televise the December 4, 2018 Health and Environment Committee hearing on the tree canopytrees
• POR 2018 #293That the City Council go on record in staunch opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s proposed “Public Charge” rule change

Resolutions (2)

• RES 2018 #367Resolution on the death of George Best
• RES 2018 #368Resolution on the death of Reverend Rita Yard

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2018 #349An application was received from Patrick Conte, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 9 Whittier Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Workstransit-traffic📖 read

Other Business (6)

• AR-18-121Report 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
• AR-18-122Report on the possibility of posting a "no trucks" sign on Hancock Street
• AR-18-123Report on ensuring funding for our municipal media services
• AR-18-124Report on contacting the owners of Twin City Plaza about the leasing of parking spaces for construction vehicles instead of storing the vehicles on Gore Streettransit-traffic
• AR-18-125Report on providing an update on the latest 911 technologies available to Cambridge residents
• AR-18-126Report back on the protected bicycle infrastructure along the entire length of River Street as part of the FY20 River Street Redesign projectbike-lanes