City Council · Regular Meeting, March 18, 2019

• City Manager's report2019 · #52↪ Referred to committeethe bi-annual City of Cambridge Resident Telephone Survey for 2018Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manageraffordable housinghousing general📖 read CMA 2019 #52
• City Manager's report2019 · #53✅ Order adopted, 8–0a 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 costsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #53
• City Manager's report2019 · #54✅ Order adopted, 8–0the appropriation of $400,000 from Free Cash to the Public Works Public Investment Fund Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund snowstorm related road repairsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #54
• City Manager's report2019 · #55📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-86, regarding a report on replacing failed 4000K LED streetlightsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managertransit traffictrees📖 read CMA 2019 #55
• City Manager's report2019 · #56📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-142, regarding a report on efforts to educate cyclists about riding safety and sharing the road especially at intersectionsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanestransit traffic📖 readCMA 2019 #56

• City officer's report2019 · #11the submission of the Mayor's Blue-Ribbon Task Force on Tenant Displacement February 24, 2018 meeting minutestenants rent📖 readCOF 2019 #11
• City officer's report2019 · #12a communication from Councillor Zondervan, transmitting a memorandum regarding "Affordable Housing Overlay Initial Thoughts"affordable housingbudgethousing generallabortenants rent📖 readCOF 2019 #12
• City officer's report2019 · #13📁 Placed on fileSubmission of the Record on Round Table Meeting held on February 26, 2019 regarding plans for Tobin/Vassal Lane Upper School design and construction processbudgetschools📖 readCOF 2019 #13

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

• Policy order2019 · #81✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager 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 StreetCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2019 #81
• Policy order2019 · #82✅ Order adoptedReappointment of James Monagle as City AuditorPOR 2019 #82
• Policy order2019 · #83✅ Order adoptedCity 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 impairmentsCouncil orderlaborPOR 2019 #83
• Policy order2019 · #84✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager 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 2018-19Council requestPOR 2019 #84
• Policy order2019 · #85✅ Order adoptedThanks 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 crisisPOR 2019 #85
• Policy order2019 · #86✅ Order adoptedCity Council support in urging the members of the Massachusetts Delegation to Washington to vote in favor of The Paycheck Fairness ActPOR 2019 #86
• Policy order2019 · #87✅ Order adoptedDedication 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 StreetCouncil orderPOR 2019 #87
• Policy order2019 · #88✅ Order adoptedCity Council endorsement of the American Housing and Economic Mobility Acthousing generalPOR 2019 #88
• Policy order2019 · #89✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager 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 dataCouncil requestbike lanesPOR 2019 #89
• Policy order2019 · #90✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager 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 scootersCouncil requestbike lanestransit traffic📖 readPOR 2019 #90
• Policy order2019 · #91✅ Order adoptedExecutive 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 SchoolCouncil orderschoolsPOR 2019 #91
• Policy order2019 · #92✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with City Staff and report back to the City Council on the status of any micro-mobility pilot programs or partnerships in CambridgeCouncil requestPOR 2019 #92
• Policy order2019 · #93✅ Order adoptedCity Council support for fully funding the Section 8 Housing Choice Tenant-Based Voucher Programhousing generaltenants rentPOR 2019 #93
• Policy order2019 · #94📁 Placed on fileAsks the City Manager to the appropriate City staff to examine the need and possibility of neighborhood preference in Cambridge in the short and long-termsCouncil requesthousing generalschoolstenants rent📖 readPOR 2019 #94
• Policy order2019 · #95✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record in enthusiastic support of the Medicare for All Act of 2019 (H.R.1384)Council orderPOR 2019 #95
• Policy order2019 · #96✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager 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 PetitionCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2019 #96
• Policy order2019 · #97✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager 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 administeredCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2019 #97
• Policy order2019 · #98✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager 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 planCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2019 #98

• Resolution2019 · #76✅ Order adoptedCongratulations 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 safetyRES 2019 #76
• Resolution2019 · #77✅ Order adoptedSpeedy Recovery wishes to Jeff WalkerRES 2019 #77
• Resolution2019 · #78✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Asa BrebnerRES 2019 #78
• Resolution2019 · #79✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Valery Lyman on her Breaking Ground exhibitRES 2019 #79
• Resolution2019 · #80✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Colita P. HarrisRES 2019 #80
• Resolution2019 · #81✅ Order adoptedHappy Birthday wishes to Moses MooreRES 2019 #81
• Resolution2019 · #82✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of James Edward WashingtonRES 2019 #82
• Resolution2019 · #83✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Gregory M. AufieroRES 2019 #83
• Resolution2019 · #84✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to author Jen Deaderick on the Publication of "She the People."RES 2019 #84
• Resolution2019 · #85✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Cambridge Brewing Company on celebrating their 30th anniversaryRES 2019 #85

• Application / petition2019 · #17✅ Order adopteda 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, 2019Application from Cambridge Public Health Department📖 readAPP 2019 #17
• Application / petition2019 · #18✅ Order adopteda 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 associationApplication from Patrick Conte transit trafficzoning📖 readAPP 2019 #18

• Awaiting report2019 · #29✅ Report received and acceptedReport 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 trafficAR-19-29
• Awaiting report2019 · #30✅ Report received and acceptedReport on how traffic safety concerns may be addressed on Madison Avenuetransit trafficAR-19-30

• CRT 2019 #16 · 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
• CRT 2019 #17 · 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 [transit-traffic] 📖 read
• CRT 2019 #18 · 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 [transit-traffic] 📖 read
• CRT 2019 #19 · 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

• CRT 2019 #20 · 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 [police-safety]

• 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