City Council — Regular Meeting, December 17, 2018

City Manager's Agenda (8)

• CMA 2018 #333A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-92, regarding enforcement of the Bike Lane Bill to keep our bicycle infrastructure free and unobstructedbike-lanes📖 read
• CMA 2018 #331Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a donation from Geoffrey Harris, in the amount of $1,515 to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance accountpolice-safety
• CMA 2018 #332Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of FY19 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant received from the commonwealth of Massachsuetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS)police-safetytransit-traffic
• CMA 2018 #328Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $3,100,000.00 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Extraordinary Expenditures Account
• CMA 2018 #327Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $5,000.00 to the Grant Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Maintenance accountarts
• CMA 2018 #330Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of MASSCAP Inc. fund in the amount of $10,573.71 to Grant Fund Human Services Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account
• CMA 2018 #329Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance Grant from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $6,726.62 to the Grant Fund human Services Programs Salary and Wages account ($1,800.62), and to the Grant fund Human Services Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($4,926.00)homelessnesshousing-general
• CMA 2018 #334A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, In response to Policy Order No. O-6 of 10/15/18, which contains questions raised by the Council’s Economic and University Relations Committee at its meeting on October 4, 2018 regarding the establishment of a local Cannabis Social Equity Program📖 read 📄 PDF

Communications (27)

27 resident communications received for this meeting — housing general (8) · transit traffic (1) · homelessness (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (6)

• POR 2018 #318That the City Manager confer with appropriate departments to advance the timetable for updating the Zoning Code's Table of Uses and determine a frequency at which they can be regularly reviewed and updatedzoning
• POR 2018 #319That the City Manager is requested to confer with City staff, including the City Electrician and the Director of the Commission for Persons with Disabilities, to determine if there is a safe and effective way for people to bring power to the curb and cross City sidewalks, to include running power cords under the sidewalk, to charge electric vehicles and, if so, how the City might best go about appropriately permitting and monitoring such activity
• POR 2018 #320That the City Manager is requested to confer with City staff with the intent of developing targeting advertising efforts, to include BlueBike stations, billboards, videos, flyers, paid advertising and other appropriate means, to educate cyclists in and out of Cambridge about riding safely and responsibly, with a special focus on the dangers of sharing the road with trucks, especially at intersectionsbike-lanes
• POR 2018 #321That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Assessor's Office on the topic of requiring that a business entity’s beneficial ownership be disclosed in all Cambridge real estate transactions📖 read
• POR 2018 #322City Council support of implementing protected bicycle infrastructure on Museum Way, O’Brien Highway, and Craigie Bridge, and in urging MassDOT to work with advocates and stakeholders to ensure the new bridge works for commuters of all transit modesbike-lanestransit-traffic
• POR 2018 #323That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Community Development Department on a process for obtaining and analyzing further detailed and specific eviction datatenants-rent

Resolutions (14)

• RES 2018 #398Congratulations to TTT Program Mentors 2019
• RES 2018 #399Congratulations to TTT Program Mentees 2019
• RES 2018 #400Congratulations to Wise Systems, Inc on Acquiring Series A Funding
• RES 2018 #401Speedy recovery wishes to John Ramos
• RES 2018 #402Resolution on the death of Katrina Wade
• RES 2018 #403Resolution on the death of Tracy P. Vera
• RES 2018 #404Happy 21st Birthday wishes to Isaac Tauber
• RES 2018 #405Happy 21st Birthday wishes to Josh Leaman
• RES 2018 #406Resolution on the death of Dennis Darcy Buss
• RES 2018 #407Thank you to the small businesses that helped make the 6th Annual Gather Here Handmade Holiday Market happen in Inman Square
• RES 2018 #408Thanks to City Clerk Donna P. Lopez for her 49 years of service to the City of Cambridge and best wishes for a truly happy and joyful retirement
• RES 2018 #409Resolution on the death of Thomas C. Allen
• RES 2018 #410Resolution on the Death of David Blackman
• RES 2018 #411Happy 50th Birthday wishes to Mayor Marc C. McGovern

Other Business (7)

• AR-18-138Report on Improving Pedestrian Safety and all relevant traffic calming measures to reduce speeding, implementing different paving surfaces, narrowing traffic lanes, installing pedestrian crossing placards affixed to the ground and adding raised intersectionstransit-traffic
• AR-18-139Report on the possibility of planting a substantial-sized tree at the corner of Inman Street and Massachusetts Avenue, directly on the front lawn of City Halltrees

• a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on November 27, 2018 to discuss next steps in creating a protected bike network and to receive an update on future Vision Zero infrastructure improvements 📖 read
• a report from Councillor Quinton Zondervan, Co-Chair and Councillor Dennis J. Carlone Co-Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on October 23, 2018 to discuss the status of the Harvard Square Kiosk 📖 read
• a joint report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee and Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on November 28, 2018 to discuss truck safety measures in the City and to review the Police Department’s truck enforcement actions and whether Cambridge can better use navigational platforms 📖 read
• a memorandum from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux with final remarks from 2018 📖 read
• a memorandum from Mayor Marc McGovern, transmitting a communication regarding the Announcement of the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Tenant Displacement 📖 read

Committee Reports (3)

• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2018-11-27 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2018-10-23 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2018-11-28 — Report Accepted And Placed On