City Council — Regular Meeting, May 6, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (5)

• CMA 2019 #127Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $200,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Traffic and Parking Department Extraordinary Expenditures for Traffic Signals, based on mitigation funding that the City has received from the Encore Casino project. These funds will be used to cover the cost of acquiring traffic monitoring units to be installed at multiple intersections that we expect will be impacted by the opening of the new casinotransit-traffic
• CMA 2019 #128A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-74, regarding the Anthony Paolillo Tot Lot water feature and installing new trash and recycling Big Belly bins together with a new sunscreen dispenser in the park within the next monthbike-lanes
• CMA 2019 #129A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-52, regarding solutions to the Rindge Avenue area waste disposal and rodent concerns
• CMA 2019 #130A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-143, regarding requiring a Business Entity’s Beneficial Ownership and Residential Real Estate Beneficial Ownership Transactions be Disclosed in all Cambridge Real Estate Transactions📖 read
• CMA 2019 #131A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a response to questions contained in Policy Order Number 5 of April 29, 2019 regarding the proposed Cannabis Business Permitting Ordinance📖 read

Communications (16)

16 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (1) · affordable housing (1) · housing general (1) · zoning (1) · police safety (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (10)

• POR 2019 #157City Council support of bills opposing Weymouth Compressor Station/Fracked Gas
• POR 2019 #158That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the appropriate departments to check on the condition of the American flags throughout public institutions in the City and replace any flag in disarray before Memorial Day
• POR 2019 #159City Council support of H.1948 S.1332 Out of Hospital Birth Access and Safety Act
• POR 2019 #160That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Cambridge Police Department and other relevant City staff on how media collected by hand-held photo/video recording devices is used, stored, and sharedpolice-safety
• POR 2019 #161That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City staff on how a cloud-based data management system for DHSP's Children and Youth Programs will clearly protect all aspects of participant privacy and access security
• POR 2019 #162That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to determine a suitable location to dedicate in Cheryl-Ann Pizza-Zeoli’s honor
• POR 2019 #163That the City Manager is requested to work with the Traffic , Parking and Transportation Department and the License Commission to establish a "play streets" permittransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2019 #164Welcoming Community Ordinancepolice-safety📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• POR 2019 #165That the City Council request DCR’s presence at a future hearing of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee to discuss design options on Memorial Drive Greenway Improvements Phase 3
• POR 2019 #166Moving that the Affordable Housing Overlay Discussion Be Favorably Forwarded to Ordinance Committeeaffordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read 📄 PDF

Resolutions (4)

• RES 2019 #144Retirement of Kevin Pierce from the Cambridge Housing Authorityhousing-general
• RES 2019 #145Congratulations to the Cambridge Community Center (CCC) on its 90th Anniversary Gala on Thursday, May 9, 2019
• RES 2019 #146Retirement of Chenier Durand from the Inspectional Services Department
• RES 2019 #147Congratulations to "Tex Mex Eats" owner Amanda Escamilla on her extended pop-up restaurant on 1193 Cambridge Street

Applications & Petitions (6)

• APP 2019 #29An application was received from Cambridge Arts Council requesting permission for a temporary banner across the public way located at 795 Massachusetts Avenue in front of City Hall, and JFK at Mount Auburn Streets announcing the Cambridge Arts River Festival through May 13, 2019-May 27, 2019arts📖 read
• APP 2019 #30An application was received from MIT Visual Arts Center requesting permission for fifteen temporary banners on Ames Street, Memorial Drive to Main Street, announcing the Center's upcoming exhibition on Ericka Beckman May 21, 2019-July 26, 2019arts📖 read
• APP 2019 #31An application was received from Central Square Business Association, Michael Monestime requesting permission for four (4) temporary banners along Massachusetts Avenue on poles M54, M49, M52 and M47 announcing Wild Rabbit Community Moto Show on May 7, 2019-May 12, 2019📖 read
• APP 2019 #32An application was received from Cambridge Arts Council requesting permission for eleven (11) temporary banner poles along Massachusetts Avenue pole numbers M105, M108, M102, 97, M94, M91, M83, M60, M53 1/2, M58 and M53 announcing Cambridge River Festival May 15, 2019-June 3, 2019arts📖 read
• APP 2019 #33A petition was received from residents at Thomas Graves Landing opposing PUD 8 by New England Development requesting Special Permit to exceed the 85' height limit at CambridgeSide📖 read
• APP 2019 #34A Zoning Petition Has been received from the Self Storage Group, regarding a revised Zoning Petition seeking to create the New Street Overlay District. Based on the feedback received concerning their earlier petitionzoning📖 read

Other Business (4)

• 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 April 25, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Sullivan Chamber to continue discussion on the Affordable Housing Overlay District and other related matters 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Mallon, submitting notes of the meeting on April 11, 2019 of the Mayor's Arts Task Force 📖 read
• amended information regarding Calendar Agenda Item Number three regarding a petition for 822 Somerville Avenue, Citizens bank 📖 read
• a communication from Councillor Zondervan, transmitting a memorandum regarding further proposed amendments to the Cannabis Business Permitting Ordinance 📖 read

Committee Reports (1)

• Housing Committee hearing of 2019-04-25 — Report Accepted And Placed On