City Council — Regular Meeting, June 10, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (9)

• CMA 2019 #160Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of unexpended bond proceeds borrowed to pay the costs of the Kennedy Longfellow Roof Replacement project which came under budget $1,819,787.72budgetschools📖 read
• CMA 2019 #161A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as a members of the Future of Mobility Implementation Blueprint Technical Advisory Group. The Advisory Group is expected to meet up to six times between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020: Yonah Freemark, David Keith, Steven Miller, Kathryn Carlson, Melissa Chan, Christopher Tassone, Roy Russell, Raymond Hayhurst, Ruth Allen, Jane Gould, David Block-Schachter, Zef Vataj, Will Dickson, Stephen Russell, James Cater, Bruce Kaplan, Megan Aki, Ilya Sinelnikov, Cambridge Housing Authority Rep (TBD)housing-general
• CMA 2019 #162Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant of $5,000.00 from the Tufts University Tisch College Voices for Youth program to the Grant Fund Community Development Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account to support the City’s efforts related to the Glocal Challenge contest for Cambridge High School studentsschools
• CMA 2019 #163A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-15, regarding a report on who is purchasing buildings in Cambridgeschools📖 read
• CMA 2019 #164Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $50,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Executive Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account to support the cable television license renewal process
• CMA 2019 #165A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-134, regarding a gender neutral City website
• CMA 2019 #166Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $95,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Law Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account to be used to cover unanticipated increases in costs relating to outside counsel legal services, stenographers and court reporters, constable services, consultants and experts, as well as filing fees and related costs in matters pending in courts and/or administrative bodies
• CMA 2019 #167A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-100, regarding a report on Linear Path preservation and restoration
• CMA 2019 #168A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Numbers 19-63 and 19-68, regarding a report on Eversource Gas' Contractor Feeney Brothers and coordination of gas infrastructure Improvements with the Inman Square Projectpolice-safetytransit-traffictrees📖 read

Communications (24)

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

Policy Orders (16)

• POR 2019 #199That the City Manager is requested to direct the Police Commissioner and any other pertinent City staff to review safety issues at City buildings and provide the City Council with relevant recommendations designed to maximize the safety of municipal employees and members of the public while ensuring that City buildings and services remain open and accessible to allpolice-safety
• POR 2019 #200City Council support of H.R. 2148: BE HEARD in the Workplace Act, and in encouraging both the City of Cambridge and all employers doing business in Cambridge to embrace the principles put forth in this legislation
• POR 2019 #201That the City Manager is requested to establish a working committee to review the monuments, memorials, and markers throughout Cambridge to determine whether any of these commemorate those who were linked to the slave trade or engaged in other similarly shameful acts and to determine which individuals should be newly recognized with a monument, memorial, or marker
• POR 2019 #202That the City Manager is requested to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department, the Community Development Department, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, and other regional partners such as the Central Transportation Planning Staff to explore the feasibility of partnering with a local research institution to conduct a study that determines how many ridehail vehicles are on the roads during both on and off-peak times and their impacts on congestion and safetytransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #203That the City Manager is requested to meet with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department, the Department of Public Works, and the property owners and management of the Fresh Pond Mall to identify additional traffic-calming and safety features and to discuss with the mall owner the potential for creating a formal street connection between Terminal Road and New Streettransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #204That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the appropriate departments to televise and record the City Clerk interview meeting on June 17, 2019, starting at 2:30 p.m. in the Sullivan Chamber
• POR 2019 #205That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff and representatives of both Harvard University and the Harvard Square Business Association to determine a suitable, publicly available and recognizable space to install more bike racks adjacent to the Smith Center
• POR 2019 #206That the proposed Special Permit Criteria amendments to Article 19 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance (as attached) be referred to the Ordinance Committee and the Planning Board for hearing and reporttransit-traffictreeszoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• POR 2019 #207That the City Manager is requested to instruct the City Solicitor to draft for discussion several ordinances to reduce or prohibit campaign donations from donors seeking to enter into a contract, seeking approval for a special permit or up-zoning, seeking to acquire real estate from the city, or seeking financial assistance from the cityzoning📖 read
• POR 2019 #208City Council opposition to the proposed regulatory changes by the Department of Energy Resources, and in support of promoting truly renewable energy sources including solar, wind, geothermal and small hydroclimate
• POR 2019 #209That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to provide an update on Policy Order # 3 of February 4, 2019, requesting an environmental impact study of the health and safety impacts of locating a large substation adjacent to a residential neighborhood and elementary school, and other information relating to the size and rendering of the substationschools
• POR 2019 #210That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to convene a working group including members of the MIT community, members of the Kennedy-Longfellow community, property owners in Kendall Square, City Staff and representatives from Eversource to discuss the possibility of an alternate site for the Fulkerson Street substation
• POR 2019 #211That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the City Solicitor to work with the License Commission, Public Works Department, Human Services and the Water Department to form a stakeholder group to consider ways to improve the existing noise ordinance and improve its enforcement and to consider banning the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in Cambridge no later than 2025leaf-blowers
• POR 2019 #212That the City Council allow for public comment regarding the improvement plan submitted with the petition, dated April 16, 2019, for the organization of the Central Square Business Improvement District, and the effect this proposed Business Improvement District will have on property owners, tenants and others within the proposed Districttenants-rent
• POR 2019 #213That the City Council determines the petition to establish the Central Square Business Improvement District satisfies the purposes and establishment criteria set forth in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40O, including obtaining the signatures of the owners
• POR 2019 #214That the City Council vote to declare the Central Square Business Improvement District organized, having the following boundaries and service area

Resolutions (4)

• RES 2019 #187Retirement of Robert Wilbur, Jr. from the Department of Public Works
• RES 2019 #188Congratulations to the award recipients of the Boy Scouts of America's 36th Annual Good Scout Luncheon
• RES 2019 #189Congratulations to CIC for 20 years of experimenting boldly and for its important contributions to the economic and civic vitality of the City of Cambridge📖 read
• RES 2019 #190Greetings to the leadership of the community of San José Las Flores and congratulations on its impressive accomplishments in economic and social growth of the last thirty-three years

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2019 #49An application was received from Sean Hope, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 2 Chetwynd 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 associationstransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• APP 2019 #50An application was received from Ashley Jimenez, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 1326 Massachusetts Avenue approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (16)

• AR-19-65Report on the pilot program and whether it could be implemented as a permanent program, which made menstrual products available in all restrooms, regardless of the gender identity assigned to that restroom
• AR-19-66Report on whether it is possible to reduce or eliminate Building Permit Fees for 100% affordable housing development projects, through an exemption or other means and investigate what types of real estate tax abatements are possible for 100% affordable housing moving forwardaffordable-housinghousing-general
• AR-19-67Report on setting up a series of informational and interactive Affordable Housing Overlay workshops in a variety of neighborhoods to give residents the chance to foster a productive and informational dialogue with City staffaffordable-housinghousing-general
• AR-19-68Report on the status of any gas-related surveys and safety activities related to the Inman Square reconstruction project
• AR-19-69Report on the timeline and process for the creation of a stakeholder group to conduct the Cambridge Net Zero Action Plan review, as well as any other details on the process by which the quinquennial review will be conducted in 2020climate
• AR-19-70Report on the feasibility of implementing suggested restoration projects in the area surrounding Jerry’s Pond, in order to make the Pond more accessible and inviting to the community
• AR-19-71Report on obtaining data from Eversource on electrical demand projections by year until at least 2030, including a breakdown of commercial vs residential demand growth, as well as a ten year historical look back
• AR-19-72Report on conducting a safety check of the Sullivan Courthouse Building

• a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on May 22, 2019 to discuss with Eversource any plans it has for meeting the anticipated electricity needs of Cambridge businesses and residents by expanding capacity on land it owns throughout the City, with a focus on sites in East Cambridge (Kendall Square and Fulkerson Street) 📖 read
• a report from Councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, Chair of the Economic Development and University Relations Committee, for a public hearing held on April 30, 2019 to discuss a Cambridge vacant storefront registration ordinance 📖 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 May 1, 2019 to discuss a petition to amend the Municipal Code in Chapter 8.16 entitled “Noise Control” by deleting sections 8.16.081-8.16.087 to prohibit the use of leaf blowers 📖 read
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• memorandum fro Vice Mayor Devereux regarding a special public meeting for the City Clerk interviews 📖 read 📖 read
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• a briefing to the City Council on the ad hoc interview committee’s work on the City Clerk search, a special City Council meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 12:30 pm to receive a report and to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations for the hiring of a City Clerk 📖 read

Committee Reports (4)

• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2019-05-22 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2019-04-30 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-05-01 — Report Accepted And Placed On
• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2019-05-21 — Report Accepted And Placed On