City Council — Regular Meeting, March 25, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (10)

• CMA 2019 #57A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-114, regarding bicycle signage on Brattle Streetbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2019 #58A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a recommendation from the Planning Board to adopt the Petition to change the floor area ratio (FAR) for hotel use in the Industry B (IB) district from 2.75 to 4.0📖 read
• CMA 2019 #59Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $75,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Department of Human Services Programs Extraordinary Expenditures account which will be used to conduct a study to determine appropriate and necessary repairs to the concrete and circulation system at the War Memorial Pool
• CMA 2019 #60Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $560,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account which will fund the refurbishing of a 2002 Pierce Rear-Mount Aerial Ladder Truck
• CMA 2019 #61Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $593,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account which will fund the replacement of a 2007 Pierce Pumper Fire Truck
• CMA 2019 #63Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $250,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Emergency Communications Extraordinary Expenditure account which will fund a new radio site for the Conventional Radio System in the eastern portion of the city
• CMA 2019 #64Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a Traffic Enforcement Grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security's (EOPSS) Traffic Enforcement Grant Program in the amount of $6,370 to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account which will fund high-visibility traffic enforcement of motor vehicle laws, related to impaired drivingpolice-safetytransit-traffic
• CMA 2019 #65Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY19 Shannon Grant for $24,094.87 received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community Safety Initiative through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account ($19,904) and the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($4,190.87) which will be dedicated to hot spot patrols, Metro Gang Task Force participation, and the Focused Deterrence program, and to support the Sion Chambers Area IV Late Night Basketball League at the Community Art Centerartspolice-safety
• CMA 2019 #66Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $65,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits (Insurance) Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Police Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover current and anticipated medical services for the remainder of the fiscal year for personnel injured in the performance of their dutiespolice-safety
• CMA 2019 #67A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to recommendations for the block rates for water consumption and sewer use for the period beginning April 1, 2019 and ending March 31, 2020budget📖 read 📄 PDF

Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (1)

• COF 2019 #15Submission of the Record on Round/Table Meeting held on March 13, 2019 to conduct a preliminary discussion on the Cambridge Public School Department Budget for Fiscal Year 2020budgetschools📖 read

Communications (11)

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

Policy Orders (12)

• POR 2019 #99That the City Council declaring April 2, 2019 as Autism Awareness Day
• POR 2019 #100That the City Manager confer with the Community Development Department, Economic Development Division, and the Cambridge Arts Council to designate a staff member in the Economic Development Division as an "arts liaison."artszoning📖 read
• POR 2019 #101That the City Manager is requested to confer with the License Commission, Cambridge Arts Council, and IT Department to create a dedicated comprehensive "arts friendly" licensing web pagearts
• POR 2019 #102That the City Council go on record proclaiming April 1–7, 2019 as Cambridge Public Health Week
• POR 2019 #103That the City Manger confer with the Mayor's Office, Commission on Persons with Disabilities, and Police Department to increase accessibility to the deaf community by hiring American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters and using apps such as Language Line Solutions to communicate with the deaf community in their first languagepolice-safety
• POR 2019 #104That a Roundtable meeting be scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. in the Sullivan Chamber , City Hall, for the purpose of discussing the Affordable Housing Zoning Overlay proposalaffordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read
• POR 2019 #105That the Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Councillor Toomey to rename the “Ann Marie Sarchioni Square” at the corner of Ames and Broadway to the “Sarchioni Sisters Square."
• POR 2019 #106That the City Manager is requested to consult with the Electrical Department on whether City Hall’s non-essential lights and/or outdoor illuminating lights may be turned off on the evening of Saturday, March 30 between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m., in observance of Earth Hour and to place Earth Hour 2019 on the City’s calendar and to promote public awareness and participation in Earth Hour through social media and other channels
• POR 2019 #107City Council support of increased State funding to the Health Incentive Program (HIP)
• POR 2019 #108That 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 “Accessory Dwelling Units” for 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
• POR 2019 #109That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to examine the need and possibility of implementing the Pilot Displacement Preference program in Cambridge, especially when new housing is constructed in an existing neighborhood where displacement is occurringhousing-generaltenants-rent📖 read
• POR 2019 #110That the City Manager is requested to double the annual funding (from the FY19 Adopted Budget) over the next 3 to 5 years to reach a combined total minimum of $30 million per year (plus any additional use of “Free Cash”) in the areas of Affordable housing construction, tree canopy, Preschool enrollment scholarships/space, Central Square revitalization and Cultural Arts District and the arts in generalaffordable-housingartsbudgethousing-generalschoolstrees📖 read

Resolutions (4)

• RES 2019 #86Retirement of John Hathaway from the Cambridge Fire Department
• RES 2019 #87Resolution on the death of Charles S. Smith
• RES 2019 #88Speedy Recovery wishes to Representative Ayanna Pressley
• RES 2019 #89Resolution on the death of Elizabeth St. John Myer Dunn

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2019 #19An application was received from Harvard Square Business Association requesting permission for thirty eight temporary banners on poles in Harvard Square announcing Welcome to Historic Harvard Square on May 1, 2019 thru April 1, 2020📖 read
• APP 2019 #20A Zoning Petition has been received from Hemenway & Barnes LLP. on behalf of Verizon New England Inc., seeking to amend the Zoning Map to certain provisions of Article 20 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow the creation of a "Ware Street Innovation Space" Overlay District. Note that Ware Street is the only property affected by this petitionzoning📖 read

Other Business (10)

• AR-19-31Report on reviewing design or signage changes to improve safety at the intersection of Third Street and Spring Street
• AR-19-32Report on the number of fines for failure to clear sidewalks issued from the winter of 2014-15 through the winter of 2018-19
• AR-19-33Report on 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
• AR-19-34Report 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
• AR-19-35Report on the status of any micro-mobility pilot programs or partnerships in Cambridge
• AR-19-36Report 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
• AR-19-37Report on moving a Transit Benefit Ordinance proposal to an action plantransit-traffic

• 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 February 26, 2019 to discuss what measures are being enacted to instill a greater level of confidence in local Cambridge Health Alliance centers to prevent another occurrence of this nature 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Mallon, submitting notes of the meeting on March 13, 2019 of the Mayor's Arts Task Force 📖 read
• CMA 2019 #62 : Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of

$911,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Emergency Communications Extraordinary Expenditures account which will fund the necessary equipment for the radio replacement program

Committee Reports (1)

• Human Services & Veterans Committee hearing of 2019-02-26 — Report Accepted And Placed On