City Council — Regular Meeting, December 3, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (18)

• CMA 2018 #316A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointment of the following persons as a members of the Foundry Advisory Committee for a term of three years, effective December 3, 2018: Jason Slavick and Richard Thal
• CMA 2018 #313A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as new members of the Cambridge Public Arts Commission for a term of three years, effective December 3, 2018: Omowale Moses, Amanda Moore and David Valecillosarts
• CMA 2018 #310Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $120,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Executive Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account to support the cable television license renewal process
• CMA 2018 #311Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Clean Energy Resiliency Initiative grant in the amount of $78,300 to the Public Investment Fund Water Extraordinary Expenditures account which will support Phase I of the Cambridge Water Supply Resilience project
• CMA 2018 #315A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-106, regarding lighting up City Hall and firehouses for National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend in 2019📖 read
• CMA 2018 #312Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $786,737 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Finance Extraordinary Expenditures account to support three EGov Projects
• CMA 2018 #305Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Project Bread Food Pantry grant received from the Project Bread organization in the amount of $2,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used by the Cambridge Senior Center Food Pantry by Project Bread to pay for purchases at the Greater Boston Food Bank, and for other food purchases for the Senior Center Food Pantry
• CMA 2018 #304Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of funds from the Cambridge Housing Authority in the amount of $73,989.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account which will be used to maintain the capacity of the Cambridge Employment Program (CEP) by continuing to fund a Vocational Case Manager to provide career counseling and case management services to Cambridge residents seeking employment, particularly those residing in public housingaffordable-housinghousing-general
• CMA 2018 #302Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Friends of the Community Learning Center (CLC) grant from the Jacobs Foundation in the amount of $38,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($29,509.00), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($4,491.00), and to the Travel and Training account ($4,000.00) which will be used to support the Bridge Program advising, coaching and mentoring, advising for the ESOL/Certified Nursing Assistant Program, and education and career advising for other CLC studentsschools
• CMA 2018 #303Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Low Income Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP) grant in the amount of $997,199.00 funded by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services and administered in Massachusetts by the Commonwealth’s Department of Housing and Community Development to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($163,550.00), and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($833,649.00) which will allow the the Department of Human Service Programs to operate the Low Income Heating Assistance Program serving Cambridge and Somervillehousing-general
• CMA 2018 #301Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a Friends of the Community Learning Center (CLC) grant from the Cambridge Community Foundation in the amount of $5,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($4,879.00), and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($121.00) which will be used for the CLC’s Civic Education and Engagement Project, which is a student leadership project
• CMA 2018 #314A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-04 regarding achieving greater levels of snow clearing, Awaiting Report Item Number 18-07 regarding changing snow removal exemptions and Awaiting Report Item Number 18-117, regarding using the best salt substitutes as de-icersbike-lanespolice-safetytransit-traffictrees📖 read
• CMA 2018 #308Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $180,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures Account to procure a Sidewalk Tractor to help increase timely snow clearance on sidewalks and bicycle lanes throughout the Citybike-lanes
• CMA 2018 #306Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Green Communities Division, in the amount of $218,950 to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account which will continue DPW Clean Fleet program by installing hybrid drive systems and idle reduction technologies in up to eleven vehicles
• CMA 2018 #307Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Recycling Dividends Program grant in the amount of $97,500 to the Grant Fund Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used for the City’s various waste reduction programs including purchase of BigBelly solar trash and recycling binsbike-lanesclimate
• CMA 2018 #309Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $375,000.00 from the General Fund Employee Benefits (Insurance) Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Public Works Judgment and Damages account. The funds will cover medical bills and settlements anticipated through the end of FY19 for Public Works personnel injured in the course of their job
• CMA 2018 #317A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-79, regarding a report on the Grand Junction Overlay Districttransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2018 #318A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an agreement with the Cambridge Housing Authority to take an easement and accepting the conveyance of a 2nd easement for the purpose of constructing a multi-use path along the Grand Junction Railway and to provide grant funding to assist in closing the funding gap for the Millers River Redevelopment Project by paying for part of the demolition of the community center building, reconstruction of a new community building, renovation of 15 housing units and the creation of permanent affordability restrictions for these unitsbike-laneshousing-generaltransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Communications (26)

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

Policy Orders (17)

• POR 2018 #294Cancellation of the Regular City Council Meeting of December 31, 2018
• POR 2018 #295That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Community Development Department and the Affordable Housing Trust on the status of preservation plans, and work to ensure that the City’s process is on track to successfully preserve the affordability of the Fresh Pond Apartments and meet the needs of the communityaffordable-housinghousing-general
• POR 2018 #296That the City Manager is requested to work with the Chair of the Civic Unity Committee, the Director of the Cambridge Library, the Director of 22-CityView, the Director of the Women’s Commission, and any other appropriate City personnel to begin planning for a public discussion in recognition of 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
• POR 2018 #297That the City Manager report back to the Council on the success of cigarette disposal box program, how they are functioning, how many the City has installed, how often they are emptied, if the program will be expanded, and any other relevant program details
• POR 2018 #298Somerville’s Davis Square Neighborhood Plan
• POR 2018 #299Marijuana Public Consumption📖 read
• POR 2018 #300That the City Council refer to the Ordinance Committee and the Planning Board, for hearing and report, the proposed amendments to Article 5.000 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinancezoning
• POR 2018 #301Accessory Dwelling Unit Zoning Petitionzoning
• POR 2018 #302That the City Manager confer with the Traffic and Parking Department and the Cambridge Police Department about raising the fines for blocking both loading zones and bike lanes to a comparable rate to Boston for the 2020 fiscal yearbike-lanespolice-safetytransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #303Inclusionary Tenants' Associationaffordable-housingtenants-rent
• POR 2018 #305Legal Opinion on Portland's Relocation Assistance Ordinance📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• POR 2018 #306Update on Museum Way
• POR 2018 #307That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to form a committee or working group to help the City Council work through the goals and potential options of publicly financed election
• POR 2018 #308That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Election Commission, to report back on the legality and constitutionality of the attached proposal submitted in the April 30, 2018 Policy Orderhousing-generalschools📖 read
• POR 2018 #309That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the City Solicitor to draft a proposed Municipal Code Ordinance, similar to Somerville’s, or another regulation or policy to effectuate the economic empowerment applicant provision for cannabis uses
• POR 2018 #310That the proposed cannabis zoning language contained in Committee Report #7 of December 3, 2018 be amended in section 11.805zoning
• POR 2018 #311That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the City Solicitor to review the FCC Regulations on Small Cell Technology and report back to the City Council by early January

Resolutions (12)

• RES 2018 #369Thank you to Victor Quiñonez, "MARKA27" for his contribution to the Central Square Mural Project: "Queendom."
• RES 2018 #370Thanks to Sneha Shrestha, "IMAGINE", for her contribution to the Central Square Mural Project
• RES 2018 #371Thanks to Percy Fortini Wright for his contribution to the Central Square Mural Project
• RES 2018 #372Thanks to Kenji Nakayama and Dylan Gough for their contribution to the Central Square Mural Project
• RES 2018 #373Congratulations to Michael Monestime and the Central Square Business Association for a successful “Taste of the BID”, and thank you for your hard work in making Central Square a “clean, safe, and welcoming” environment
• RES 2018 #374Speedy Recovery wishes to Mayor Curtatone
• RES 2018 #375Congratulations to Seven Siegel on being named to the “Forbes’ 30 Under 30” list for the Games industry
• RES 2018 #376Congratulations to Representative Katherine Clark in being elected vice chair of the House Democrats
• RES 2018 #377Resolution on the death of Dorothy Cabral
• RES 2018 #378Resolution on the death of Dr. Achot Khoubesserian
• RES 2018 #380Resolution on the Death of President George Bush
• RES 2018 #379Wishing Dorothy Reilly a Happy 91st Birthday

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2018 #350An application was received from Target Corporation, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 822 Somerville Avenue approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and no abutter's response📖 read
• APP 2018 #351A Zoning Petition Has been received from Joseph T. Maguire of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. transmitting a proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance by creating the Grand Junction Pathway Overlay District adjacent to the Grand Junction railroad right-of-way between Binney and Cambridge Streetszoning📖 read
• APP 2018 #352An application was received from Paul DeRuzzo of University Wine Shop, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 1737 Massachusetts Avenue. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read

Other Business (11)

• AR-18-127Report on providing a timeline when the City Council can expect to receive the draft zoning and public health regulations for urban farmingzoning
• AR-18-128Report on creating a Small Business Saturday strategy that increases traffic to our local businesses during the 2019 holiday seasontransit-traffic

• a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on October 24, 2018 to conduct a follow up to the June 19, 2018 hearing on licensing and permitting to review the progress since the last hearing and a walk through of the Viewpoint Cloud Platform, the program being implemented across departments to process licenses and permits 📖 read
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• a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on November 20, 2018 to review the current status of the Short-Term Rentals (STRs) registration and enforcement efforts in Cambridge, include any legal proceedings, the exploration of possible new legal proceedings against illegal STR operators or platforms 📖 read
• a report from Councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, Chair of the Economic Development and University Relations Committee, for a public hearing held on October 3, 2018 to discuss a City-based Cannabis Social Equity Program and Policy Order #10 from June 25, 2018 📖 read
• a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Government Operations, Rules & Claims Committee, for a public hearing held on November 14, 2018 to discuss the Policy Order adopted regarding Cambridge publicly financed Municipal Election Program and the Cambridge Municipal People’s Pledge Program 📖 read
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• a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Craig A. Kelley, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on November 15, 2018 to continue discussions on the petition filed by the City Council to amend the Zoning Ordinance as it relates to cannabis uses 📖 read
• a report from Councillor Quinton Zondervan, Co-Chair and Councillor Dennis J. Carlon Co-Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on September 12, 2018 to discuss the upcoming Inman Square redesign project 📖 read
• a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on November 8, 2018 to discuss the Federal Communications Commission’s new policy on regulating small cell technology and the City’s response and policies 📖 read

Committee Reports (9)

• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2018-10-24 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2018-11-13 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2018-11-20 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2018-10-03 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Government Operations Rules & Claims Committee hearing of 2018-11-14 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2018-11-07 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2018-11-15 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2018-09-12 — Placed On File
• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2018-11-08 — Report Accepted And Placed On