City Council · Regular Meeting, April 29, 2019

• City Manager's report2019 · #117📁 Placed on filethe appointment of the following persons as Constables With Power for a term of three years, effective January 1, 2019: David Power and Anthony TuccinardiSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #117
• City Manager's report2019 · #118✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of funds of the HUD Planning Grant from the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account in the amount of $9,460.75 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account which will cover salary costs for the Project Manager for the Coordinated Access ProgramSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #118
• City Manager's report2019 · #119✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Cambridge Food Pantry grant received from the Cambridge Health Alliance for $15,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to enter into a contract with CEOC to purchase nutritional foods to be distributed to eligible Cambridge residents through the Food Pantry NetworkSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #119
• City Manager's report2019 · #120✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Cambridge Public Health Department to the Moore Youth Center in the amount of $3,630.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($1,712.00) and to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,918.00), which will be used to continue the Teen Intern Program at the Moore Youth CenterSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #120
• City Manager's report2019 · #121✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Low Income Heating Assistance Program grant in the amount of $126,943.00 funded by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services and administered in Massachusetts by the Commonwealth’s Department of Housing and Community Development to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($10,022.00), and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($116,921.00), which will be used to operate the Low Income Heating Assistance ProgramSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerhousing generalCMA 2019 #121
• City Manager's report2019 · #122✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $4,701,678 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($294,521.00), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($4,399,994.00), and to the Grant Fund Human Services ($7,163.00), which will be used for contracted for permanent supportive housing units (PSH) for chronically homeless individuals and families, rapid rehousing for families, leasing assistance, and other services HUD determines are effective at reducing homelessnessSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerhomelessnesshousing generalCMA 2019 #122
• City Manager's report2019 · #123✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of a grant from the State Executive Office of Public Safety, Department of Fire Services for $187,500 to the Grant Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account, which will be used to purchase 45-minute SCBA cylinders to provide longer lasting air supply to responders entering hazardous atmosphere; SCBA facepieces to provide a safe reliable air supply; thermal imaging cameras to detect exothermic reactions in hazardous materials; and to track releases of cryogenic gassesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2019 #123
• City Manager's report2019 · #124✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of $24,000 from the General Fund City Clerk Salary and Wages account to the General Fund City Clerk Other Ordinary Maintenance account to pay for costs associated with required legal advertising for legal notices, hearings and petitions through the end of the fiscal yearSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2019 #124
• City Manager's report2019 · #125📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 18-138, regarding speed limits and traffic calming measuresSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanestransit traffic📖 readCMA 2019 #125
• City Manager's report2019 · #126↪ Referred to unfinished businesCouncil Order No. O-10 of April 22, 2019 regarding questions related to the draft Cannabis Business Permitting Ordinance posed in Communication and Reports from Other City Officers No. 2 of April 22, 2019Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2019 #126

8 resident communications received for this meeting, on homelessness (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2019 · #152✅ Order adoptedExecutive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Councillor Toomey for a street dedication in honor of Maria, Herman and Augusto Andrade in the vicinity of Fifth Street and Spring StreetCouncil orderPOR 2019 #152
• Policy order2019 · #153✅ Order adopted as amendedCity Council endorsement of Fossil Free Divest Harvardclimate📖 readPOR 2019 #153
• Policy order2019 · #155✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to instruct the City staff to continue to work with the taxi industry and to work with the City Council on changes to the state law that would help the taxi industry and help the City manage the situation on the streetCouncil requestPOR 2019 #155
• Policy order2019 · #156✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the City Solicitor to prepare a legal opinion on the use of the 2018 state allotment funding from the TNC fees and whether these fees can be expected to help the taxi industryCouncil requestPOR 2019 #156
• Policy order2019 · #154✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to instruct the City Solicitor to respond to the issues regarding the proposed Cannabis Business Permitting OrdinanceCouncil requestPOR 2019 #154

• Resolution2019 · #127✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Cheryl-Ann Pizza-ZeoliRES 2019 #127
• Resolution2019 · #128✅ Order adoptedHappy Birthday wishes to Artis SpearsRES 2019 #128
• Resolution2019 · #129✅ Order adoptedHappy Birthday wishes to Charlene NelsonRES 2019 #129
• Resolution2019 · #130✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Winston JonesRES 2019 #130
• Resolution2019 · #131✅ Order adoptedHappy 1st Birthday wishes to Maxwell RoseRES 2019 #131
• Resolution2019 · #132✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Jefferson and Anna Smith on the birth of their son, Everett Rawlings SmithRES 2019 #132
• Resolution2019 · #133✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Cambridge Housing Authority’s Workforce Program on the occasion of their Nineteenth Annual Work Force Senior Banquet on May 2, 2019housing generalRES 2019 #133
• Resolution2019 · #134✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Robert M. ColemanRES 2019 #134
• Resolution2019 · #135✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Francisco "Frank" MarquesRES 2019 #135
• Resolution2019 · #136✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Aubrey Cole on the adoption of her rescue puppy, LeiaRES 2019 #136
• Resolution2019 · #137✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to New Alliance Gallery on their Re-openingRES 2019 #137
• Resolution2019 · #138✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Frank J. FerulloRES 2019 #138
• Resolution2019 · #139✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Network/La Red as it celebrates 30 years of providing such critical support services for LGBTQ survivors throughout Greater BostonRES 2019 #139
• Resolution2019 · #140✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Jimmy Tingle for his Guest Starring Role in "Veep."RES 2019 #140
• Resolution2019 · #141✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to XSurgical on the Grand Opening of its international headquarters at 701 Concord AvenueRES 2019 #141
• Resolution2019 · #142✅ Order adopted as amendedCongratulations to Janet Steinmayer on being named Lesley University's seventh presidentpolice safetyschools📖 readRES 2019 #142
• Resolution2019 · #143✅ Order adoptedCongratulating Nate Pardo in Silver Place Finish on American Ninja Warrior JuniorRES 2019 #143

• Application / petition2019 · #26✅ Order adopteda curb cut at the premises numbered 5 Jay Street; 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 associationApplication from Jan Barrytransit traffictreeszoning📖 read APP 2019 #26
• Application / petition2019 · #27↪ Referred to the city managerA petition was received from Abra Berkowitz and IIan Levy, petitioning say NO to an Eversource Substation by the Kennedy-Longfellow Schoolschools📖 readAPP 2019 #27
• Application / petition2019 · #28✅ Order adopteda temporary banner across JFK Street at Mount Auburn Street announcing the Women in Comedy Festival on April 30, 2019 thru May 6, 2019Application from Women in Comedy Festival and Cambridge Arts Council arearts📖 readAPP 2019 #28

• Awaiting report2019 · #51✅ Report received and acceptedReport on determining whether an all-way stop sign, a raised intersection or other safety improvements would be helpful at the Garden/Field/Alpine intersectionAR-19-51
• Awaiting report2019 · #52✅ Report received and acceptedReport on solutions to Rindge Avenue area waste disposal and rodent concernsAR-19-52

• CRT 2019 #29 · 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 3, 2019 to discuss the zoning petition filed by Stephen R. Karp, Trustee of Cambridge Side Galleria Trust to add a new Section 13.100 to Article 13 and to amend the zoning map to add a new PUD-8 District Overlay [zoning] 📖 read
• CRT 2019 #30 · a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on April 3, 2019 to discuss Applications and Petitions # 4 of March 4, 2019, submitted by the Cambridge Taxi Drivers Owners Association on whether additional regulations on Transit Network Companies (TNC) could be implemented in Cambridge [transit-traffic] 📖 read
• CRT 2019 #31 · a report from Councilor E. Denise Simmons, Co-Chair and Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui Co-Chair of the Housing Committee for a public hearing held on March 20, 2019 to discuss the Affordable Housing Overlay District [affordable-housing] [housing-general] 📖 read

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-04-03 · Report Accepted And Placed On
• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2019-04-03 · Report Accepted And Placed On
• Housing Committee hearing of 2019-03-20 · Report Accepted And Placed On