City Council — Regular Meeting, March 18, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (5)

• CMA 2019 #52A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the bi-annual City of Cambridge Resident Telephone Survey for 2018affordable-housinghousing-general📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #53Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a supplemental appropriation of $2,600,000 from Free Cash to the Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account to fund snowstorm related expenses associated with snow plowing and snow removal contracts, salt, other materials, repair costs
• CMA 2019 #54Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $400,000 from Free Cash to the Public Works Public Investment Fund Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund snowstorm related road repairs
• CMA 2019 #55A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-86, regarding a report on replacing failed 4000K LED streetlightstransit-traffictrees📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #56A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-142, regarding a report on efforts to educate cyclists about riding safety and sharing the road especially at intersectionsbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read

Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (1)

• COF 2019 #13Submission of the Record on Round Table Meeting held on February 26, 2019 regarding plans for Tobin/Vassal Lane Upper School design and construction processbudgetschools📖 read

Communications (10)

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

Policy Orders (18)

• POR 2019 #81That the City Manager is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and the Department of Public Works to review design or signage changes to improve safety at the intersection of Third Street and Spring Streettransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #82Reappointment of James Monagle as City Auditor
• POR 2019 #83That the City Council go on record urging MassDOT to revisit and review plans for the forthcoming Union Square Station in Somerville with a view toward making the station more accessible to those with mobility impairmentslabor
• POR 2019 #84That the City Manager is requested to consult with the Department of Public Works to report on the number of fines for failure to clear sidewalks issued from the winter of 2014-15 through the winter of 2018-19
• POR 2019 #85Thanks to Mayor McGovern and all members of the Harm Reduction Commission and the Cambridge Opioid Working Group for their leadership and service and that a Human Services and Veterans Committee hold a future hearing to receive an update on the recommendations in these reports and on efforts in Cambridge to address substance use disorder and the opioid crisis
• POR 2019 #86City Council support in urging the members of the Massachusetts Delegation to Washington to vote in favor of The Paycheck Fairness Act
• POR 2019 #87That the Dedication Committee consider a request from Councillor Toomey for a street corner dedication in honor of Daniel Crowley Jr. and Verina Crowley in the vicinity of Rindge Avenue and Clay Street
• POR 2019 #88City Council endorsement of the American Housing and Economic Mobility Acthousing-general
• POR 2019 #89That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Community Development Department and other relevant staff about updating the bike data count chart, along with other data tables and charts, in the Cambridge Bicycle Plan to reflect 2016 and 2018 databike-lanes
• POR 2019 #90That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Community Development Department and other relevant staff to report to the City Council on how the data collected from the Broadway Eco-Display is used to inform the City’s transportation planning efforts and to address the possibility of installing additional Eco-Display counters at the highest trafficked bicycle locations to provide more comprehensive information about bike use and other vehicles such as scootersbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2019 #91That the Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Councillor Kelley for a street corner dedication in honor of Angel Fetene at the corner of Sacramento Street and Oxford Street, or a similar location near the Baldwin Schoolschools
• POR 2019 #92That the City Manager is requested to confer with City Staff and report back to the City Council on the status of any micro-mobility pilot programs or partnerships in Cambridge
• POR 2019 #93City Council support for fully funding the Section 8 Housing Choice Tenant-Based Voucher Programhousing-generaltenants-rent
• POR 2019 #94That the City Manager direct the appropriate City staff to examine the need and possibility of neighborhood preference in Cambridge in the short and long-termshousing-generalschoolstenants-rent📖 read
• POR 2019 #95That the City Council go on record in enthusiastic support of the Medicare for All Act of 2019 (H.R.1384)
• POR 2019 #96That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the City Solicitor to provide the City Council with a preliminary opinion on whether Cambridge can adopt a Transit Benefit Ordinance without the need for a Home Rule Petitiontransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #97That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the Assistant City Manager for Community Development to provide the City Council with a recap report on how the Parking and Transportation Demand Management Ordinance is being used anecdotally, what the participation rates and trends are, and how it’s administeredtransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #98That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer the Assistant City Manager for Community Development to instruct the Transit Advisory Committee to report back on moving a Transit Benefit Ordinance proposal to an action plantransit-traffic

Resolutions (10)

• RES 2019 #76Congratulations to Superintendent Stephen Ahern and Superintendent Jack Albert of the Cambridge Police Department for being selected into the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative’s inaugural Meta-Leadership Project Hall of Famepolice-safety
• RES 2019 #77Speedy Recovery wishes to Jeff Walker
• RES 2019 #78Resolution on the death of Asa Brebner
• RES 2019 #79Congratulations to Valery Lyman on her Breaking Ground exhibit
• RES 2019 #80Resolution on the death of Colita P. Harris
• RES 2019 #81Happy Birthday wishes to Moses Moore
• RES 2019 #82Resolution on the death of James Edward Washington
• RES 2019 #83Resolution on the death of Gregory M. Aufiero
• RES 2019 #84Congratulations to author Jen Deaderick on the Publication of "She the People."
• RES 2019 #85Congratulations to Cambridge Brewing Company on celebrating their 30th anniversary

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2019 #17An application was received from Cambridge Public Health Department requesting permission for a temporary banner across the public way located Massachusetts Avenue in Front of City Hall announcing "Congratulations to the Cambridge Public Health Department on Achieving National Accreditation" from March 25-April 1, 2019📖 read
• APP 2019 #18An application was received from Patrick Conte , requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 50 Rogers Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood associationtransit-trafficzoning📖 read

Other Business (9)

• AR-19-29Report on providing data on speed and vehicle counts on Garden Street between Concord Avenue and Linnaean Street and identify potential measures to improve its pedestrian and bicycle safetybike-lanestransit-traffic
• AR-19-30Report on how traffic safety concerns may be addressed on Madison Avenuetransit-traffic

• a report from Councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, Chair of the Economic Development and University Relations Committee, for a public hearing held on February 13, 2019 to receive an update on the progress to date on the retail strategy plan and vacant storefront initiative 📖 read
• a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on February 26, 2019 to discuss the MBTA’s Better Bus Project report as it relates to proposed changes to bus lines and service throughout Cambridge 📖 read
• a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on March 6, 2019 to discuss how Transit Benefit Ordinances are being used in other cities to further sustainable transportation goals, and whether Cambridge could benefit from implementing a Transit Benefit Ordinance 📖 read
• CRT 2019 #19 : A communication was received from Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk, transmitting 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 27, 2019 to discuss a proposed amendment to the Municipal Code in Title Twelve entitled “Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places” by adding a new Chapter 12.22 entitled “Cycling Safety Ordinance”

ON OR AFTER APRIL 8, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON PASSAGE TO BE ORDAINED [bike-lanes] 📖 read 📖 read 📖 read 📖 read

• a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on February 27, 2019 to review unsolved and/or ongoing homicide and other investigations in Cambridge, to include “cold” case work and limitations, legal or tactical, on sharing relevant information with the general public
• the submission of the Mayor's Blue-Ribbon Task Force on Tenant Displacement February 24, 2018 meeting minutes 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Zondervan, transmitting a memorandum regarding "Affordable Housing Overlay Initial Thoughts" 📖 read

Committee Reports (5)

• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2019-02-13 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2019-02-26 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2019-03-06 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-02-27 — Passed To A Second Reading
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2019-02-27 — Report Accepted And Placed On