City Council · Regular Meeting, April 1, 2019

• City Manager's report2019 · #68✅ Order adopted, 8–0a recommendation from City Engineer Katherine Watkins, to eliminate and rename certain streets in the Northpoint/Cambridge Crossing areaSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerschools📖 read CMA 2019 #68
• City Manager's report2019 · #69↪ Referred to committeeAwaiting Report Item Number 19-19, regarding a report on new tree plantings and trash receptacles in The PortSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagertreesCMA 2019 #69
• City Manager's report2019 · #70✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $300,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account which will support the expansion of the curbside organics program to 13+ unit households in FY20 and be used for the purchase of collection bins and outreach effortsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #70
• City Manager's report2019 · #71✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $180,000 in Virtual Net Metering (VNM) credits to the General Fund Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account, for costs related to solar VNM agreementsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerclimateCMA 2019 #71
• City Manager's report2019 · #72📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 19-06, regarding a report on outlining how a prolonged Federal Government shutdown may impact the people in CambridgeSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #72
• City Manager's report2019 · #73✅ Report accepted/placed on filAwaiting Report Item Number 18-61 regarding a report on commissioning a public art piece, statue or memorial that would commemorate the dedication of women in Cambridge to passing the Nineteenth AmendmentSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerartsCMA 2019 #73
• City Manager's report2019 · #74📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-91, regarding a report on a plan to allow the Mayor’s Annual Harvard Senior Luncheon to be held regardless of weather conditionsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #74
• City Manager's report2019 · #75📁 Placed on filereappointments and new appointments of the following person as a member of the LGBTQ+ Commission effective April 1, 2019: Reappointments: John Gintell (3 years), Steve Lee (3 years), Lesley Phillips (3 years), Silas Weiner (3 years) and new appointments: Michelle Zucker (3 years), Nefyn Meissner (3 years), Leo Benjamin Austin-Spooner (2 years) and Britt Huhmann (1 year)Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #75
• City Manager's report2019 · #76✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of a grant from the MetroNorth Regional Employment Board (MNREB) for $81,775.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($49,065.00) and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($32,710.00) which will be used to reimburse the City for salary costs associated with enrolling income-eligible youth in the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, and to support program costs for work sites taking large numbers of youth and developing worksites for youth participantsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #76
• City Manager's report2019 · #77✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Massachusetts Formula Grant in the amount of $173,800.00 from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($116,816.00), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($48,684.00), and to the Travel and Training account ($8,300.00) which will be used to provide transportation for Cambridge seniors to medical appointments and weekly grocery shopping trips and will also support one part-time weekend coordinator position, an office aid, a meals assistant and several wellness/exercise instructors and group facilitators who provide services at the Citywide Senior CenterSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #77
• City Manager's report2019 · #78✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Shannon Grant received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition/Shannon Community Safety Initiative through the Executive Office of Public Safety for $15,042.07 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($13,824.00) and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,218.07) which will be used to support the design and implementation of the City Peace program, a violence prevention peer leadership internship for teens through the Youth CentersSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2019 #78
• City Manager's report2019 · #79✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $70,000.00 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Human Service Programs Extraordinary Expenditures Account for the purchase of a new ADA accessible busSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #79
• City Manager's report2019 · #80↪ Referred to committeeAwaiting Report Item Number 18-65, regarding organizing a Town Hall Meeting for Cambridge youthSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #80
• City Manager's report2019 · #81📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 19-24, regarding pedestrian safety improvements at the intersection of Day Street and Massachusetts Avenue, and Awaiting Report 19-31, regarding general safety improvements at the intersection of Spring Street and Third StreetSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managertransit traffic📖 readCMA 2019 #81
• City Manager's report2019 · #82📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-133, regarding a report on raising the fines for blocking both loading zones and bike lanes to a comparable rate to Boston for the 2020 fiscal yearSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanestransit traffic📖 readCMA 2019 #82
• City Manager's report2019 · #83↪ Referred to committeeAwaiting Report Item Number 19-12, regarding a report on legality and constitutionality of the proposed "Cambridge Publicly Financed Municipal Election Program" and the "Cambridge Municipal Election People's Pledge", and Awaiting Report Item Number 18-136 regarding a report on submitting a proposal that candidates would agree to not accept donations from persons outside of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerschools📖 readCMA 2019 #83
• City Manager's report2019 · #84✅ Order adopted, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 19-01, regarding a report on the recently adopted regulations of the short-term rental revenue and the necessary steps to impose and access the revenue from the excise and community impact feesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manageraffordable housinghousing general📖 read CMA 2019 #84
• City Manager's report2019 · #85✅ Order adopted, unanimousa request for approval to seek authorization from the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General (the “IG”) for the City to use the Construction Manager at Risk (“CMaR”) procurement and construction method (the “CMaR Method”) in connection with the Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools ProjectSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerschools📖 read CMA 2019 #85
• City Manager's report2019 · #86✅ Ordained, 7–0the proposed Cannabis Business Permitting OrdinanceSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 read ON OR AFTER APRIL 22, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON PASSAGE TO BE ORDAINEDCMA 2019 #86

• City officer's report2019 · #16(untitled)transit trafficzoning📖 readCOF 2019 #16

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

• Policy order2019 · #111✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the appropriate City departments to televise and record the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee hearing scheduled for Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 1:00 p.mCouncil requestPOR 2019 #111
• Policy order2019 · #112✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to consult with the appropriate City departments to make the necessary provisions to televise and record the Ordinance Committee hearing on “Leaf Blower Noise Control” for 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2019Council requestleaf blowersPOR 2019 #112
• Policy order2019 · #113✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with the appropriate departments to provide more information and analysis as it relates to the 100% Affordable Housing Overlay DistrictCouncil requestaffordable housinghousing generalPOR 2019 #113
• Policy order2019 · #114✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City personnel to ensure that the Housing Committee hearing scheduled for April 25, 2019 be televised and livestreamed, to ensure that as many people as possible will have the opportunity to view this hearingCouncil requesthousing generalPOR 2019 #114
• Policy order2019 · #115✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with relevant City, Department of Conservation and Recreation, and MassDOT staff, as well as with representatives of the communities through which the Minuteman Bikeway passes, to review infrastructure designs and investigate ways, to include speed limits, enforcement, striping, construction projects, signage and education efforts, to maximize safety for all users of these regional bike-related amenitiesCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2019 #115
• Policy order2019 · #116✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with City staff, to include the Cambridge Police Department and the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department staff, on how Cambridge enforces moped registration requirements and the enforcement numbersCouncil requestpolice safetytransit trafficPOR 2019 #116
• Policy order2019 · #117✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to report back to the City Council on what the plans are this construction season to install sidewalk markings that appropriately indicate what types of mobility devices are allowed on which sidewalksCouncil requestPOR 2019 #117
• Policy order2019 · #118✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with relevant City departments regarding the types of vendor reporting programs that the City uses and how they are used as well as the ability to modify these programs given the constraints of relevant state and federal laws and similar limitationsCouncil requestPOR 2019 #118
• Policy order2019 · #119✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City personnel to ensure that the Housing Committee hearing scheduled for April 16, 2019 be televised and livestreamed,Council requesthousing generalPOR 2019 #119
• Policy order2019 · #120✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to confer with the appropriate City departments to televise and record the Government Operations, Rules and Claims Committee hearing scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 4:00 p.mCouncil requestPOR 2019 #120
• Policy order2019 · #122✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record in enthusiastic support of H.2865, “An Act to Establish a Net Zero Energy Stretch CodeCouncil orderclimatePOR 2019 #122

• Resolution2019 · #90✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Joyce EglestonRES 2019 #90
• Resolution2019 · #91✅ Order adoptedSpeedy recovery wishes to Esther SplaineRES 2019 #91
• Resolution2019 · #92✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of retired Cambridge Police Officer Edward "Eddie" Burkepolice safetyRES 2019 #92
• Resolution2019 · #93✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Charles WebbRES 2019 #93
• Resolution2019 · #94✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Maria (Pinto) HenleyRES 2019 #94
• Resolution2019 · #95✅ Order adoptedCongratulations and wishes of success to the Professionisti Italani a Boston as well as its participants and sponsors on the upcoming "Italian Expo Day" to be held on April 6, 2019RES 2019 #95

• Application / petition2019 · #21✅ Order adopteda curb cut at the premises numbered 14 Jackson 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 Gregory Matteosiantransit trafficzoning📖 readAPP 2019 #21

• Awaiting report2019 · #38Report on designating a staff member in the Economic Development Division as an "arts liaison."artsAR-19-38
• Awaiting report2019 · #39✅ Report received and acceptedReport on creating a dedicated comprehensive "arts friendly" licensing web pageartsAR-19-39
• Awaiting report2019 · #40✅ Report received and acceptedReport on providing 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 languageAR-19-40