City Council — Regular Meeting, April 22, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (21)

• CMA 2019 #96A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the FY2020 submitted budget and appropriation ordersbudgetpolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2019 #97Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $800,000 to provide funds for various Schools for repairs to entrance doors, upgrade of energy management software, replacement of analog phone system with the voice over internet protocol (VOIP), and the replacement of an emergency generator. ON OR AFTER MAY 6, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTIONbroadbandschools📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #98Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $22,000,000 to provide funds for the construction of improvements at the Fire Station Headquarters Building located at 491 Broadway. ON OR AFTER MAY 6, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTION📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #99Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $4,000,000 to provide funds for the reconstruction of various City streets and sidewalks. ON OR AFTER MAY 6, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTION📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #100Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $20,500,000 to provide funds for various water pollution abatement projects, including construction of sewer separation, storm water management and combined sewer overflow reduction elimination improvements within the Alewife area. ON OR AFTER MAY 6, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTIONclimate📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #101Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $4,000,000 to provide design and construction of Eliot Street between JFK St. and Brattle St. which is a continuation of the Harvard Square Kiosk and Plaza and Surface Enhancement project. ON OR AFTER MAY 6, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTION📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #102Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $10,000,000 to provide funds for the construction of improvements at City Hall. ON OR AFTER MAY 6, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTION📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #103Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $3,000,000 to provide funds for the Municipal Facilities Improvement Plan. ON OR AFTER MAY 6, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTION📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #104Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $10,000,000 to provide funds for the design and reconstruction of the Tobin School building. If approved, this appropriation will be included in the City’s FY20 bond issue. ON OR AFTER MAY 6, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON ADOPTIONschools📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #105Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $480,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits Salaries and Wages (Insurance) account to the General Fund Law Department Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover costs associated with a worker’s compensation lump sum settlement
• CMA 2019 #106Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $10,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits Salary and Wages account (Insurance) to the Electrical Department Travel and Training account (Judgments and Damages) to cover medical services and/or prescription reimbursement costs for personnel injured in performance of their duties
• CMA 2019 #107Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of 2016 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) funding for $21,000 received pursuant to the MOA between the City of Boston and the City of Cambridge, under the Communications Interoperability Goal Area, to the Public Investment Emergency Communications Extraordinary Expenditures account ($21,000) which will be used for Radio Equipment relocations as well as the specifications contained within FEMA's Records of Environmental Consideration Report regarding Environmental and Historic Preservation
• CMA 2019 #108A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a member of the Grand Junction Multiuse Path Design Project Working Group: Joseph Aiello, Rebecca Bowie, Christopher Cassa, Caroline Lowenthal, Bill McAvinney, Sarabrent McCoy, Miguel Perez-Luna, Jose-Luis Rojas, Dalila Salcedo, Katrina Sousa, Florence Toussaint, Jason Alves, Nicholas Dard, Tom Evans, Amy Flax, Kathryn Lachelt Brown, Tony Lechuga, Brad Pillen, Michelle Lower, Diana Prideaux-Brune, Robert Ricchi and John Sanzone
• CMA 2019 #109A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-90, requesting that the City install a crosswalk across Western Avenue at Soden Streettransit-traffic
• CMA 2019 #110A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-122, requesting Traffic, Parking, and Transportation explore the possibility of posting a "No Trucks" sign on Hancock Street south of Massachusetts Avenuetransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2019 #111A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-9, requesting that the City determine what facilities, parking changes, and other improvements to the pavement conditions are possible to make Cambridge’s stretch of Webster Avenue a complete streettransit-traffic
• CMA 2019 #112A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt the City Council Zoning Petition to amend Section 4.22 "Accessory Apartments," following further staff review and improvements to petition languagezoning📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2019 #113A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Numbers 18-144 regarding a report on eviction data, and 19-10, regarding a report sharing information to assist in analyzing displacementaffordable-housinghousing-generaltenants-rent📖 read
• CMA 2019 #114A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-127, regarding draft zoning for urban farming; Awaiting Report Item Number 19-23, regarding allowing lodging houses in Residential A1, A2 and B Zoning Districts; and Awaiting Report Item Number 19-28, regarding a timetable for updating retail and small business components of the zoning table of usesaffordable-housingclimatehousing-generalzoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #115A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-37, regarding the possibility of expanding the City of Boston's intergenerational housing pilot to Cambridgehousing-generalschools📖 read
• CMA 2019 #116A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Central Square Business Improvement District (BID)

Communications (19)

19 resident communications received for this meeting — bike lanes (3) · zoning (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (10)

• POR 2019 #142City Council support for H.692 extending voting rights to certain noncitizens
• POR 2019 #143That the City Manager is requested to provide an update from Eversource and any other relevant City departments regarding the finance, health and safety, building design and the long-term electricity needs that was requested by the City Council before the construction of a substation on Fulkerson Street in East Cambridgepolice-safety📖 read
• POR 2019 #144That the City Council go on record in opposition to the site owned by Eversource on Fulkerson Street to have a substation and that the City Manager be and herby is requested to urge Eversource to reconsider its acquisition of the propertyschools📖 read
• POR 2019 #145City Council support of UFCW Union Members in their negotiations with Stop & Shoplabor
• POR 2019 #146City Council support of the EMPOWER Act (H.720/S.389: An Act ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range)
• POR 2019 #147City Council support of H.78: A proposal for a legislative amendment to the constitution to provide for no excuse absentee voting
• POR 2019 #148That the City Manager is requested to work with the Community Development Department, the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department, and the Department of Public Works to determine whether an all-way stop sign, a raised intersection or other safety improvements would be helpful at the Garden/Field/Alpine intersectiontransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #149That the Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Councillor Toomey for a street corner dedication in honor of William and Claire McGaffigan in the vicinity of Pemberton Street and Haskell Street
• POR 2019 #150Appointment of Paula Crane as Interim City Clerk in the event that a City Clerk has not been named in time to begin service on June 1, 2019
• POR 2019 #151That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the City Solicitor to provide information to the City Council relating to the Cannabis Business Permitting Ordinance

Resolutions (20)

• RES 2019 #107Congratulations to Terry and Lara Hayes on their newborn son, Brendan Kai Hayes
• RES 2019 #108Congratulations to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaborators on the occasion of their achievement of producing the first-ever image of a black hole
• RES 2019 #109Congratulations to Sarah Mae Berman on the 50th Anniversary of her Marathon victory
• RES 2019 #110Thanks to Metro Pedal Power for 11 Years of Service
• RES 2019 #111Congratulations to Darlene Beckford Pearson on her induction into the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame
• RES 2019 #112Congratulations to Mona Gunn on being selected as the next President of the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. organization
• RES 2019 #113Congratulations to Yessenia Gomez on being selected to serve as Interim President of the Massachusetts Latino Police Officers Association, Incpolice-safety
• RES 2019 #114Retirement of Shirley Santos from the Human Services Department
• RES 2019 #115Congratulations to the Trailblazing Women of 2019
• RES 2019 #116Happy 25th Anniversary to the Afterworks Program
• RES 2019 #117Congratulations to Denise Cosby on her upcoming event to launch her memoir
• RES 2019 #118Best wishes to the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers for a successful Awards Gala on April 27, 2019
• RES 2019 #119Resolution on the death of Maureen Flaherty
• RES 2019 #120Retirement of Joaquin “Ralphy” Lullanda from the Cambridge Housing Authorityhousing-general
• RES 2019 #121Retirement of Sean Tevlin from the Cambridge Housing Authorityhousing-general
• RES 2019 #122Congratulations to Reverend Monsignor Kevin J. O’Leary on being named a Chaplain of His Holiness by Pope Francis on April 16, 2019
• RES 2019 #123Resolution on the death of William Russell
• RES 2019 #124Resolution on the death of Marcia Wigfall
• RES 2019 #125Resolution on the death of Anthony J. "Tony" Uglietto
• RES 2019 #126Resolution on the death of Helen Benoit

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2019 #24An application was received from Niall Hanley, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 60 Porter Road; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. No response has been received from the neighborhood associationtransit-trafficzoning📖 read 📄 PDF
• APP 2019 #25A petition was filed by Kenneth S. Barron, 614 Massachusetts Avenue, et al property owners, pursuant to MGL Chapter 400, petitioning that a Business Improvement District (BID) be established for the Central Square Business Improvement District. COPIES OF THE PETITION ARE ON FILE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE📖 read

Other Business (17)

• AR-19-44Report on installing more metered parking spots in business districts that do not currently have anytransit-traffic
• AR-19-45Report on compiling a full accounting of streets, schools, and public buildings that may be named in honor of those who have ties to the American slave trade, and to work towards renaming all of these streets, schools, and buildingsschools
• AR-19-46Report on reviewing whether the MBTA is out of compliance with the amended MBTA/BCIL settlement agreement through the delay in completion of the elevator replacement and concurrent hazardous condition of the stairwells related to Central Squaretransit-traffic
• AR-19-47Report on increasing traffic monitoring resources at the intersection of Prospect and Broadway, especially during morning rush hourtransit-traffic
• AR-19-48Report on working with the MBTA to do whatever is necessary to alleviate the Green Street bus idling and unhealthy situationtransit-traffic
• AR-19-49Report on recommending restrictions on signage specific to retail establishments that sell e-cigarettes and other vaping devices
• AR-19-50Report on clarifying the policy around future installation of new LED street lights and replacement of failed 4000K LED street lights with warmer alternatives 3000K or less

• a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on March 20, 2019 to discuss the implications of identity theft and cybercrime on local residents and businesses to include Cambridge Police Departmental responses to these events and possible proactive measures to help people protect against such crimes 📖 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 April 2, 2019 to continue discussion on a petition filed by the City Council to amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge in section 4.22 to allow for a special permit for the alteration of a single, two-family or accessory structure in existence as of January 2019 to provide one accessory apartment, if appropriate conditions are met. ON OR AFTER MAY 6, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON ORDINATION 📖 read 📖 read 📖 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 April 11, 2019 to discuss a proposed amendment to the Municipal Code to add a new Chapter 5.50 entitled “Cannabis Business Permitting” 📖 read
• a memorandum regarding the School Department FY20 Budget 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Kelley, transmitting a memorandum regarding Cannabis Business Ordinance Follow Up Inquiry 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Kelley, transmitting a memorandum regarding CPSD, the Achievement Gap, and a Review of 8th Grade Math MCAS Results 📖 read
• a communication from the Assessors Department, transmitting certification regarding the petition from Kenneth S. Barron, 614 Massachusetts Avenue, et al property owners, pursuant to MGL Chapter 40O, petitioning that a Business Improvement District (BID) be established for the Central Square Business Improvement District 📖 read
• the submission of the Mayor's Blue-Ribbon Task Force on Tenant Displacement March 19, 2019 meeting minutes 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Zondervan, transmitting a memorandum regarding proposed amendments to the Cannabis Business Ordinance 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Zondervan, transmitting a memorandum regarding Cambridge Residential Parking Permits Analysis 📖 read

Committee Reports (3)

• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2019-03-20 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-04-02 — Passed To A Second Reading
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-04-11 — Report Accepted And Placed On