City Council — Regular Meeting, February 25, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (5)

• CMA 2019 #34Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $4,025,020 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund School Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund a roof replacement project at the Graham and Parks Elementary Schoolschools📖 read
• CMA 2019 #35A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-99, regarding a report on potential for the creation and implementation of a survey or other feedback mechanism for individuals who have been in touch with the Human Rights Commission
• CMA 2019 #36A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-103, regarding a report on an incident that occurred at CVS in May, 2018
• CMA 2019 #37A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-105, regarding the feasibility of placing a condition in the public bidding documents prohibiting municipal contractors from displaying any signage other than company makers and contact information on vehicles📖 read
• CMA 2019 #38Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $600,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Executive Department Extraordinary Expenditures, to be used for shoreline and landscape improvements at Magazine Beach

Communications (27)

27 resident communications received for this meeting — trees (4) · zoning (2) · leaf blowers (2) · transit traffic (1) · police safety (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (16)

• POR 2019 #56City Council opposition to MBTA Fare Increase Proposalclimatetransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2019 #57City Council support of clean vehicle transitions billstransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #59That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Mayor’s office, Department of Human Services, and relevant community organizations on the topic of organizing a “CORI Clinic” for residents to learn the process for sealing court records
• POR 2019 #60That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City department to discuss the feasibility of allowing small businesses to host live acoustic music performances without a license, and if feasible, present the City Council with a proposal to allow such performances
• POR 2019 #61That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Election Commission and other relevant City staff on the feasibility of creating a new polling location on Cambridgepark Drive for the 2019 municipal election to better serve the many voters who live in this rapidly growing area
• POR 2019 #62That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Community Development Department and any other relevant City departments to amend the Zoning Ordinance “Table of Uses” to allow for lodging houses in Residential A1, A2, and B Zoning Districts and to determine what tax incentives could be utilized to assist in the conversion of single-family/multi-family houses into lodging houseszoning
• POR 2019 #63That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff on opportunities and related plans to make the pedestrian crossing of Massachusetts Avenue at Day Street more predictably safe for pedestrianstransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #64City Council support of retirement fund fossil fuel divestment billclimate
• POR 2019 #65That the City Manager provide the City Council with information that is offered to limited equity condominium owners regarding the ability to recoup extraordinary repair and maintenance costs, the procedure that is in place to inform purchasers of existing or possible construction and maintenance issues that may result in higher-than expected condo fees, and the possibility of allowing roommates to cover unexpected expenses
• POR 2019 #66That the City Manager is requested to communicate directly with the Volpe Center about the possibility of having their staff help the City set up a Micro-Mobility Pilot program in the Kendall Square area
• POR 2019 #67That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to provide the City Council with an update on the Firehouse improvements allocation
• POR 2019 #68That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Economic Development Department on expediting zoning based on the 2015 Commercial Land Use Classification Study and exploring the feasibility of hiring more zoning plannerszoning
• POR 2019 #69That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with information regarding accessory dwelling units
• POR 2019 #70City Council participation as a distinct "Governmental Member" to enable voting on the 2021 International Energy Conservation Codeclimate📖 read
• POR 2019 #71City Council observation of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2019
• POR 2019 #72That the Mayor is requested to reschedule the Roundtable/Working Meeting for members of the City Council and School Committee which was cancelled due to inclement weather on the evening of Tuesday, February 12, 2019, to be held on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. in the Sullivan Chamber, City Hall, for the purpose of holding a preliminary discussion on the Cambridge Public School department budget for fiscal year 2020budgetschools

Resolutions (12)

• RES 2019 #56Congratulations to the members of the Children’s March & Love Rally, the organizers, and the participants of the event that took place on February 14, 2019
• RES 2019 #57Welcome Pastor Jaron Green to his new role as the Interim Pastor of the Union Baptist Churchlabor
• RES 2019 #58Resolution on the death of Joanne Coleman
• RES 2019 #59Resolution on the death of Patricia Caldaroni
• RES 2019 #60Resolution on the death of Paula Sharaga
• RES 2019 #61Congratulations to Robin Brown on The Pull-Up LLC
• RES 2019 #62Appreciation for Red Mitchell
• RES 2019 #63Retirement of Patrick Wardell as the Chief Executive Officer of the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2019 #64Congratulations to Tutoring Plus of Cambridge on the occasion of their 55th Anniversary
• RES 2019 #65Resolution on the death of Manuel Costa Bedugnis
• RES 2019 #66Resolution on the death of John J. Courtney Jr
• RES 2019 #67Resolution on the death of Robert Scott

Applications & Petitions (4)

• APP 2019 #8An application was received from Natalya Kamynina, requesting permission for an A Frame sign in front of the premises numbered 2166 Massachusetts Avenue📖 read
• APP 2019 #9An application was received from City Paint & Supply - Benjamin Moore, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 1149 Cambridge Street approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read 📄 PDF
• APP 2019 #10A application was received from Cambridge Science Festival requesting a temporary banner to be hung across Massachusetts Avenue at Norfolk Street, thirty-eight banners on poles in Harvard Square, eighty-eight banners on poles along Massachusetts Avenue, from Memorial Drive to Harvard Square, ten banners on poles along Broadway, from Ellery Street to Felton Street and ten banners on poles along Cambridge Street, from Trowbridge Street to Hovey Street announcing the upcoming Cambridge Science Festival April 13-22, 2018📖 read
• APP 2019 #11A petition has been received from the residents of the City of Cambridge requesting that the City Council amend Chapter 8.16 "Noise Control" of the Cambridge Municipal Code📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (7)

• AR-19-19Report on the empty tree wells in the Port area and establish a plan for replenishing these throughout the spring season and determine where additional "smart" trash receptacles can be placed throughout the Porttrees
• AR-19-20Report on seeking additional funding for affordable housing concernsaffordable-housinghousing-general

• a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Craig A. Kelley, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on February 14, 2019 to discuss a proposed amendment to the Municipal code to amend Chapter 8.66 entitled “Tree Protection: in section 8.66.055 entitled “Procedure for Other Significant Tree Removals” 📖 read
• a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Craig A. Kelley, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held February 5, 2019 to discuss the petition filed by the City Council to amend the Zoning Ordinances in Article 5.000 as it relates to rainwater and flat roofs 📖 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 February 5, 2019 to discuss the petition filed by the City Council to amend the Zoning Ordinances in Section 4.22 to allow for a special permit for the alteration of a single, two-family or accessor structure in existence as of January 2019 📖 read
• a report from Councillor E. Denise Simmons, Chair of the Civic Unity Committee, for a public hearing held on January 29, 2019 to receive an update from the City on its efforts toward establishing Pay Equity, and to receive an update on the City’s efforts around Diversity Training throughout the City’s workforce 📖 read
• a communication from John Murphy, ISA Certified Arborist, Maltby and Company. 30 Old Page Street, Stoughton, MA regarding the condition of the tree at 23 May Street as it relates to the curb cut application for 23 Vineyard Street 📖 read

Committee Reports (4)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-02-14 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Ordinance Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-02-05 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Civic Unity Committee hearing of 2019-01-29 — Report Accepted And Placed On