City Council · Regular Meeting, December 17, 2018

• City Manager's report2018 · #333📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-92, regarding enforcement of the Bike Lane Bill to keep our bicycle infrastructure free and unobstructedSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanes📖 readCMA 2018 #333
• City Manager's report2018 · #331✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of a donation from Geoffrey Harris, in the amount of $1,515 to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance accountSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2018 #331
• City Manager's report2018 · #332✅ Order adopted, 7–1the appropriation of FY19 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant received from the commonwealth of Massachsuetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS)Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetytransit trafficCMA 2018 #332
• City Manager's report2018 · #328✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of $3,100,000.00 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Extraordinary Expenditures AccountSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #328
• City Manager's report2018 · #327✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of $5,000.00 to the Grant Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Maintenance accountSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerartsCMA 2018 #327
• City Manager's report2018 · #330✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of MASSCAP Inc. fund in the amount of $10,573.71 to Grant Fund Human Services Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance accountSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2018 #330
• City Manager's report2018 · #329✅ Order adopted, 8–0the 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)Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerhomelessnesshousing generalCMA 2018 #329
• City Manager's report2018 · #334↪ ReferredA 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 CMA 2018 #334

• City officer's report2018 · #46a memorandum from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux with final remarks from 2018📖 readCOF 2018 #46
• City officer's report2018 · #47a memorandum from Mayor Marc McGovern, transmitting a communication regarding the Announcement of the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Tenant Displacementaffordable housinghousing generaltenants rent📖 readCOF 2018 #47

27 resident communications received for this meeting, on 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 order2018 · #318✅ Order adoptedCity 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 updatedCouncil orderzoningPOR 2018 #318
• Policy order2018 · #319✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager 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 activityCouncil requestPOR 2018 #319
• Policy order2018 · #320✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager 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 intersectionsCouncil requestbike lanesPOR 2018 #320
• Policy order2018 · #321✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager 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 transactionsCouncil request📖 readPOR 2018 #321
• Policy order2018 · #322✅ Order adoptedCity 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 trafficPOR 2018 #322
• Policy order2018 · #323✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the Community Development Department on a process for obtaining and analyzing further detailed and specific eviction dataCouncil requesttenants rentPOR 2018 #323

• Resolution2018 · #398✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to TTT Program Mentors 2019RES 2018 #398
• Resolution2018 · #399✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to TTT Program Mentees 2019RES 2018 #399
• Resolution2018 · #400✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Wise Systems, Inc on Acquiring Series A FundingRES 2018 #400
• Resolution2018 · #401✅ Order adoptedSpeedy recovery wishes to John RamosRES 2018 #401
• Resolution2018 · #402✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Katrina WadeRES 2018 #402
• Resolution2018 · #403✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Tracy P. VeraRES 2018 #403
• Resolution2018 · #404✅ Order adoptedHappy 21st Birthday wishes to Isaac TauberRES 2018 #404
• Resolution2018 · #405✅ Order adoptedHappy 21st Birthday wishes to Josh LeamanRES 2018 #405
• Resolution2018 · #406✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Dennis Darcy BussRES 2018 #406
• Resolution2018 · #407✅ Order adoptedThank you to the small businesses that helped make the 6th Annual Gather Here Handmade Holiday Market happen in Inman SquareRES 2018 #407
• Resolution2018 · #408✅ Order adoptedThanks 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 retirementRES 2018 #408
• Resolution2018 · #409✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Thomas C. AllenRES 2018 #409
• Resolution2018 · #410✅ Order adoptedResolution on the Death of David BlackmanRES 2018 #410
• Resolution2018 · #411✅ Order adoptedHappy 50th Birthday wishes to Mayor Marc C. McGovernRES 2018 #411

• Awaiting report2018 · #138✅ Report received and acceptedReport 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 trafficAR-18-138
• Awaiting report2018 · #139✅ Report received and acceptedReport 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 HalltreesAR-18-139

• CRT 2018 #58 · 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
• CRT 2018 #59 · 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 [arts] 📖 read
• CRT 2018 #60 · 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 [police-safety] 📖 read

• 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