City Council ▸ 2019-01-07
City Council · Regular Meeting, January 7, 2019
4 City Manager's Agenda1 Communications & Reports from Other City Officers32 Communications14 Policy Orders12 Resolutions7 Other Business2 Committee Reports
City Manager's Agenda (4)
- City Manager's report2019 · #2 Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of a State Executive Office of Public Safety Grant in the amount of $10,386 to the Grant Fund Fire Salary and Wages account ($8,286), Grant Fund Fire Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,800), and the Grant Fund Fire Travel and Training account ($300) to provide funds to continue the Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) ProgramSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2019 #2
- City Manager's report2019 · #1 Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of a State Executive Office of Public Safety Grant in the amount of $3,200 to the Grant Fund Fire Salary and Wages account ($2,500), and the Grant Fund Fire Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($700), to provide funds for the Senior SAFE ProgramSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2019 #1
- City Manager's report2019 · #3 Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of a Hazardous Material Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the amount of $1,750 to the Grant Fund Fire Travel and Training accountSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #3
- City Manager's report2019 · #4 Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of $50,000 from the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Fund Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Traffic, Parking and Transportation 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 Traffic and Parking personnel injured in the performance of their dutiesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managertransit trafficCMA 2019 #4
Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (1)
- City officer's report2019 · #1a communication from Councillor Mallon, transmitting notes of the meeting of the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts📖 readCOF 2019 #1
Communications (32)
32 resident communications received for this meeting, on trees (3) · arts (3) · police safety (1) · homelessness (1) · bike lanes (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (14)
- Policy order2019 · #1 Order adopted as amendedCreating Gender X on Cambridge Birth Certificates📖 readPOR 2019 #1
- Policy order2019 · #2 Order adoptedOrdinance Committee hearing on Tree Protections scheduled for January 9, 2019 be televisedCouncil ordertreesPOR 2019 #2
- Policy order2019 · #3 Order adoptedBy adding a joint City Council/School Committee Roundtable schedule for February 12, 2019 at 5:30pm in the Sullivan Chamber to conduct a preliminary discussion on the FY20 School BudgetbudgetschoolsPOR 2019 #3
- Policy order2019 · #4 Order adoptedAccessing revenue generated from new short-term rental legislationPOR 2019 #4
- Policy order2019 · #5 Order adoptedCity Manager work with the Cambridge Arts Council and Department of Finance to allocate a percentage of hotel/motel tax revenue and adult use cannabis tax revenue to the arts in the FY20 budgetCouncil orderartsbudgetPOR 2019 #5
- Policy order2019 · #6 Order adopted as amendedCity Manager work with the Cambridge Arts Council, Traffic and Parking Department, Community Development Department, and Central Square Advisory Committee to establish the Central Square Improvement Fund and allocate no less than 25% of funds generated to the artsCouncil orderartstransit trafficzoning📖 readPOR 2019 #6
- Policy order2019 · #7 Order adopted as amendedCity Manager work with the Cambridge Arts Council and Community Development Department to make the appropriate updates to the City's 1% for arts ordinanceCouncil orderartsschools📖 readPOR 2019 #7
- Policy order2019 · #8 Order adoptedSupport Green New DealPOR 2019 #8
- Policy order2019 · #9 Order adopted as amendedWater Mains Age and Maintenance UpdatePOR 2019 #9
- Policy order2019 · #10 Order adopted as amendedCity Manager is requested to instruct the City Solicitor to prepare a draft Home Rule petition for a Real Estate Transfer feeaffordable housingbudgethousing general📖 readPOR 2019 #10
- Policy order2019 · #11 Order adoptedJoint City Council/School Committee Roundtable for February 26, 2019 on the Tobin/VLUS school designschoolsPOR 2019 #11
- Policy order2019 · #12 Order adopted and referredAmendment to the Municipal Code to create a new Chapter entitled "Cycling Safety Ordinance"bike lanestransit traffic📖 readPOR 2019 #12
- Policy order2019 · #13 Order adoptedVolpe Project UpdatesPOR 2019 #13
- Policy order2019 · #14 Order adoptedMajor Public Building Projects Selection Committee RepresentationPOR 2019 #14
Resolutions (12)
- Resolution2019 · #1 Order adoptedRetirement of Susan Marcone from the Finance DepartmentRES 2019 #1
- Resolution2019 · #2 Order adoptedCongratulations to Grace and Josh Zakim in the birth of their son Leo Patrick ZakimRES 2019 #2
- Resolution2019 · #3 Order adoptedResolution on the death of Bob RichardsRES 2019 #3
- Resolution2019 · #4 Order adoptedResolution on the death of James Carl LudwigRES 2019 #4
- Resolution2019 · #5 Order adoptedResolution on the death of Eleanor "Honey" HaleyRES 2019 #5
- Resolution2019 · #6 Order adoptedCongratulating Y2Y on Acceptance into Social Innovation ForumRES 2019 #6
- Resolution2019 · #7 Order adoptedResolution on the death of Arminda VieiraRES 2019 #7
- Resolution2019 · #8 Order adoptedResolution on the death of Elaine CampleseRES 2019 #8
- Resolution2019 · #9 Order adoptedCongratulations to Kathy Mitchell on her retirement after 37 years of dedicated service to our City's most vulnerable communitiesRES 2019 #9
- Resolution2019 · #10 Order adoptedResolution on the death of David CostaRES 2019 #10
- Resolution2019 · #11 Order adoptedResolution on the death of Jules J. AlbertRES 2019 #11
- Resolution2019 · #12 Order adoptedResolution on the death of Bessie RobinsonRES 2019 #12
Other Business (7)
- Awaiting report2018 · #140 Report received and acceptedReport on updating the Table of Uses and determining the frequency of regularly updating the Table of UsesAR-18-140
- Awaiting report2018 · #141 Report received and acceptedReport on safe way to bring power to the curb and across sidewalks to power electric vehiclesAR-18-141
- Awaiting report2018 · #142 Report received and acceptedReport on targeting advertising efforts to education cyclists about riding safely and responsible, sharing the road especially at intersectionsbike lanesAR-18-142
- Awaiting report2018 · #143 Report received and acceptedReport on requiring a business entity's beneficial ownership and residential real estate beneficial ownership transactions be disclosed in all Cambridge real estate transactionsAR-18-143
- Awaiting report2018 · #144 Report received and acceptedReport on the process for obtaining and analyzing further detailed and specific eviction datatenants rentAR-18-144
- CRT 2019 #1 · a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on December 5, 2018 to explore the legal options Cambridge does and does not have when permitting existing, new and emerging mobility platforms in Cambridge [police-safety] 📖 read
- CRT 2019 #2 · (untitled) [schools] [trees] 📖 read 📖 read
Committee Reports (2)
- Public Safety Committee hearing of 2018-12-05 · Report Accepted And Placed On
- Health & Environment Committee hearing of (unknown date) · Report Accepted