City Council — Regular Meeting, February 4, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (4)

• CMA 2019 #17A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as Public Weighers for calendar year 2019 to operate scales at CJ Mabardy Co./MICH-LIN, 50 Mooney Street: Charles J. Mabardy, Joseph Mabardy, Jr., Danial Pasquarosa, James Mabardy, Nicholas Santolucito, Adam Boivin, Bryan Burdge, Jo Ann Del Vecchio and Kevin McCormack
• CMA 2019 #18A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as Public Weighers for calendar year 2019 to operate scales at Boston Sand & Gravel Co, 500 Front Street: Alan Bishop, Wei Li, Kyle Patterson, Henry Doan, Walter Staples, Sam Magna, John Ehrenkranz, Mike Denahy, Mike Gilroy, Scott Prentiss, Joe Olsen, Greg Silva and David Kelley
• CMA 2019 #19A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, requesting that the City Council vote to accept Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 64N, Section 3 (“G.L.c.64N, §3”), which is the state law that allows municipalities to impose a local excise tax of up to 3% on retail sales of cannabis within the City📖 read
• CMA 2019 #20A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-104, regarding a report on a list of streets where it is recommended that the speed be reduced to 20 MPHbike-lanespolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Communications (12)

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

Policy Orders (13)

• POR 2019 #32Dedication sign in honor of Tom and Ray Magliozzi
• POR 2019 #33That the City Manager is requested to consult with the appropriate City departments to make the necessary provisions to televise and record the Ordinance Committee hearing on the “Tree Protection” proposed amendment scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 14, 2019trees
• POR 2019 #34That the City Manager confer with Eversource and the appropriate City departments to undertake a series of studies and analyses related to finance, health and safety, building design, and long-term electricity needs before the construction of a substation in East Cambridgeclimateschoolstransit-trafficzoning📖 read
• POR 2019 #35That the City Manager work with the Cambridge Arts Council and the Community Development Department, particularly the Economic Development Department, to conduct inventories of both local arts organizations and private foundations that may support themarts
• POR 2019 #36That the Central Square Massachusetts Avenue sidewalk maintenance/repairs and replacement tree planting become part of the River Street/Barron Plaza project to bring Central Square back to the original circa 1990 intenttrees
• POR 2019 #37City Council support of traffic safety bills SD.847/HD.1653, SD.1461 and SD.1383/HD.1534transit-traffic
• POR 2019 #38Proclaim February 12, 2019 as Darwin Day in Cambridge
• POR 2019 #39That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City departments to televise and record the Economic Development and University Relations Committee hearing on February 13, 2019, beginning at 12:00 p.m. so that those residents who are interested in the topic but unable to attend the hearing will be able to view the discussion on their own time
• POR 2019 #40That the City Manager is requested to investigate the possibility of setting up an assistance fund/program to help low-income and/or elderly/disabled residents manage bed bug infestations
• POR 2019 #41Declare the month of June as Caribbean-American Heritage Month in the City of Cambridge
• POR 2019 #42That the City Council go on record in enthusiastic support of Authentic Caribbean Foundation’s efforts to implement the engagement strategy of the United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act (H.R. 4939), in Massachusetts
• POR 2019 #43City Council support of “An Act promoting housing opportunity and mobility through eviction sealing (SD 526 and HD 3815 HOMES).”housing-generaltenants-rent
• POR 2019 #44That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of Traffic, Parking and Transportation and the Police Commissioner for a report on the “Super Sunday” road race that was held on February 3, 2019 and if the proper procedures were followed in issuing permits and when/if the neighbors were notifiedpolice-safetytransit-traffic

Resolutions (10)

• RES 2019 #41Resolution on the death of Anna Rossini
• RES 2019 #42That the City Council go on record recognizing February 2019 as Black History Month in the City of Cambridge
• RES 2019 #43Resolution on the death of Francis J. Judd Sr
• RES 2019 #44Congratulations to Valerie Beaudrault on the occasion of her retirement from Simmons College
• RES 2019 #45Retirement of Paul Burke from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2019 #46Congratulations to Jordan Rosenthal on her Dean's List Recognition for the Fall 2018 semester
• RES 2019 #47Retirement of Michael Hughes from the Cambridge Fire Department
• RES 2019 #48Congratulations to Cambridge NAACP Women Leaders
• RES 2019 #49Thanks to the sponsors, participating restaurants and breweries on the organization and success of the East Cambridge Fire Fundraiser on February 2, 2019
• RES 2019 #50Resolution on the death of Theodore Adelson

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2019 #5An application was received from Nicholas Faillace, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 32 Vineyard Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. No neighborhood association in area 13transit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (6)

• AR-19-11Report on the feasibility of eliminating the use of plastic water bottles at City and School eventsschools
• AR-19-12Report on the legality and constitutionality of the proposed “Cambridge Publicly Financed Municipal Election Program” and the “Cambridge Municipal Election People’s Pledge.”

• a report from Councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, Chair of the Economic Development and University Relations Committee, for a public hearing held on December 12, 2018 to discuss formation of a city commission dedicated to providing a forum for exploring and addressing the concerns of undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and other post-high school students in Cambridge 📖 read 📄 PDF
• a report from Councillor Alanna Mallon and Councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, Co- Chairs of the Human Services and Veterans Committee, for a public hearing held on October 25, 2018 to discuss the Summer Food Program Update 📖 read
• a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Craig A. Kelley, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on January 15, 2019 on a petition from John Gargano on behalf of his client Hercules Kalogeropoulos, Cambridge Mobile Sound and Security, to amend the Zoning Ordinance Map in the area of 234 Monsignor O’Brien Highway from existing C-1 to Business A 📖 read
• COF 2019 #6 : A communication was received from City Clerk Donna P. Lopez, transmitting a memorandum from Councillor Kelley regarding Tree Removal Comments. [affordable-housing, housing-general, trees] 📖 read

Committee Reports (3)

• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2018-12-12 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Human Services & Veterans Committee hearing of 2018-10-25 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-01-15 — Report Accepted And Placed On