City Council — Regular Meeting, April 29, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (10)

• CMA 2019 #117A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as Constables With Power for a term of three years, effective January 1, 2019: David Power and Anthony Tuccinardi
• CMA 2019 #118Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the 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 Program
• CMA 2019 #119Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the 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 Network
• CMA 2019 #120Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the 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 Center
• CMA 2019 #121Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the 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 Programhousing-general
• CMA 2019 #122Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the 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 homelessnesshomelessnesshousing-general
• CMA 2019 #123Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the 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 gassespolice-safety
• CMA 2019 #124Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the 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 year
• CMA 2019 #125A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-138, regarding speed limits and traffic calming measuresbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2019 #126A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Council 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, 2019📖 read

Communications (8)

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

Policy Orders (5)

• POR 2019 #152That the Executive 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 Street
• POR 2019 #153City Council endorsement of Fossil Free Divest Harvardclimate📖 read
• POR 2019 #155That the City Manager be and hereby is requested 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 street
• POR 2019 #156That the City Manager be and hereby is requested 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 industry
• POR 2019 #154That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the City Solicitor to respond to the issues regarding the proposed Cannabis Business Permitting Ordinance

Resolutions (17)

• RES 2019 #127Resolution on the death of Cheryl-Ann Pizza-Zeoli
• RES 2019 #128Happy Birthday wishes to Artis Spears
• RES 2019 #129Happy Birthday wishes to Charlene Nelson
• RES 2019 #130Resolution on the death of Winston Jones
• RES 2019 #131Happy 1st Birthday wishes to Maxwell Rose
• RES 2019 #132Congratulations to Jefferson and Anna Smith on the birth of their son, Everett Rawlings Smith
• RES 2019 #133Congratulations to the Cambridge Housing Authority’s Workforce Program on the occasion of their Nineteenth Annual Work Force Senior Banquet on May 2, 2019housing-general
• RES 2019 #134Resolution on the death of Robert M. Coleman
• RES 2019 #135Resolution on the death of Francisco "Frank" Marques
• RES 2019 #136Congratulations to Aubrey Cole on the adoption of her rescue puppy, Leia
• RES 2019 #137Congratulations to New Alliance Gallery on their Re-opening
• RES 2019 #138Resolution on the death of Frank J. Ferullo
• RES 2019 #139Congratulations to Network/La Red as it celebrates 30 years of providing such critical support services for LGBTQ survivors throughout Greater Boston
• RES 2019 #140Congratulations to Jimmy Tingle for his Guest Starring Role in "Veep."
• RES 2019 #141Congratulations to XSurgical on the Grand Opening of its international headquarters at 701 Concord Avenue
• RES 2019 #142Congratulations to Janet Steinmayer on being named Lesley University's seventh presidentpolice-safetyschools📖 read
• RES 2019 #143Congratulating Nate Pardo in Silver Place Finish on American Ninja Warrior Junior

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2019 #26An application was received from Jan Barry, requesting permission for a 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 associationtransit-traffictreeszoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• APP 2019 #27A petition was received from Abra Berkowitz and IIan Levy, petitioning say NO to an Eversource Substation by the Kennedy-Longfellow Schoolschools📖 read
• APP 2019 #28An application was received from Women in Comedy Festival and Cambridge Arts Council are requesting permission for a temporary banner across JFK Street at Mount Auburn Street announcing the Women in Comedy Festival on April 30, 2019 thru May 6, 2019arts📖 read

Other Business (5)

• AR-19-51Report on determining whether an all-way stop sign, a raised intersection or other safety improvements would be helpful at the Garden/Field/Alpine intersection
• AR-19-52Report on solutions to Rindge Avenue area waste disposal and rodent concerns

• 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 📖 read
• 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 📖 read
• 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 📖 read

Committee Reports (3)

• 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