City Council — Regular Meeting, June 24, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (14)

• CMA 2019 #179Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a Homeland Security Grant from the City of Boston for $23,039.61 to the Grant Fund Fire Salaries and Wages account. The City has received this grant as reimbursement for trainings performed in conjunction with the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) and will cover the City’s costs for participation in the trainings
• CMA 2019 #180Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Summer Food Program grant funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Massachusetts Department of Education for $193,298.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salaries and Wages account ($10,000.00) and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($183,298.00) which will be used to provide nutritious meals to Cambridge youth at 26 sites throughout the City during the summer months when schools are closedschools
• CMA 2019 #181Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant for the College Success Program (CSI) from the Cambridge Community Foundation for $15,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Department Programs Salary and Wages account which will be used to support part of the salary costs associated with a college success coach who will provide individualized college coaching for students attending UMass Boston and for graduates of the Community Learning Center’s Bridge to College program and YouthBuild’s program who attend Bunker Hill Community Collegeschools
• CMA 2019 #182A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-54, regarding 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
• CMA 2019 #183A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-11, regarding the feasibility of eliminating the use of plastic water bottles at City and School eventsbike-lanesschools📖 read
• CMA 2019 #184Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the State’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Regional Action Grant program in the amount of $350,000 to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account The grant was submitted by Cambridge on behalf of the Resilient Mystic Collaborative (RMC), which is a 14-member municipal partnership working on watershed-scale climate resiliency in the Mystic Watershed and will allow the Collaborative to identify and pursue site-specific green infrastructure opportunities in the individual communities for regional stormwater management and evaluate additional flood management strategies to mitigate precipitation flooding from the 10-year storm event in 2070climate
• CMA 2019 #185A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-65, regarding a report on the availability of menstrual products in all restroomspolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2019 #186A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-79, regarding rubbish handling at Comeau Field and McCrehan Memorial Swimming pooltransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2019 #187A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-16, regarding a report on the Super Sunday road race and whether proper procedures were followed in issuing permits and notifying neighbors
• CMA 2019 #188Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $150,000 from excess FY19 parking fund revenue to the Public Investment Traffic and Parking Department Extraordinary Expenditures account, to establish 20 Mile Per Hour (MPH) Safety Zones on primarily local access streets across the Citytransit-traffic
• CMA 2019 #189A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a recommendation from the Planning Board not to adopt the New Street Overlay District Zoning Petitionzoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #190A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-18, regarding a report on regular project updates from the GSA and MITIMCO on the new Volpe Centertransit-traffictreeszoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #191A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-57, regarding Charlie Card availability at public buildingstransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2019 #192A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-130 regarding working with the Chair of the Civic Unity Committee, the Director of the Cambridge Library, the Director of 22-CityView, the Director of the Women’s Commission, and any other appropriate City personnel to begin planning for a public discussion in recognition of 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage

Communications (29)

29 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (4) · police safety (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (13)

• POR 2019 #221That the City Manager is requested to work with the Community Development Department, Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and the Department of Public Works to identify whether a Bluebikes station may be located in the proximity of Rafferty Park or elsewhere in the general vicinitytransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #222That the City Manager is requested to work with the Community Development Department, the Department of Public Works and the Animal Commission to consider the cost and feasibility of improvements to the Danehy Dog Parkpolice-safety📖 read 📄 PDF
• POR 2019 #223That the City Manager is requested to work with the Community Development Department and the City Solicitor to draft a zoning amendment that will count a portion of a new or substantially renovated building's rooftop mechanicals (excluding solar installations) toward its allowed height and/or FARclimatezoning
• POR 2019 #224That the City Manager is requested to confer with the City Solicitor and the City Hall building staff to identify a suitable location other than the Sullivan Chamber where the state flag may be displayed in compliance with state law
• POR 2019 #225That the City Manager is requested to work with the Community Development Department, Assessor’s Office, and the City Solicitor’s Office on developing a Vacant Storefront Registration Policy
• POR 2019 #226City Council support of H585 and S256: An Act to Promote Student Nutrition
• POR 2019 #227That the City Manager is requested to confer with the MBTA with the view in mind of increasing the bus service along Concord Avenuetransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #228City Council support of H.3800 and S.2004 regarding Property Assessed Clean Energyclimate📖 read
• POR 2019 #229That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate departments to make publicly available any existing data on Cambridge’s total greenhouse gas emissions between 2012 and 2018climate
• POR 2019 #230That the City Manager is requested to explain how Newport Construction was selected to work on the Inman Square redesign despite the serious allegations pending against them in Somerville
• POR 2019 #231That the City Council joins the Mayor’s letter to HUD Secretary Benjamin Carson communicating opposition to proposed changes to Housing and Community Development Act of 1980housing-general📖 read
• POR 2019 #232That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Department of Finance and Department of Human Services to explore options for incorporating additional line items in the FY20 Budget to allocate supplemental funds for legal aid services, housing stabilization and tenant education and organizing to prevent displacement and address its ramifications on Cambridge residents and familiesbudgethousing-generaltenants-rent
• POR 2019 #233That the City Council go on record strongly urging BioGen to reconsider the reduction of its janitorial staff, to allow all 45 janitors to maintain their current employment at the company, and to resist the temptation to reduce its expenditures by cutting its lowest-paid and most vulnerable employees

Resolutions (28)

• RES 2019 #208Resolution on the death of Professor Ifeanyi Menkiti
• RES 2019 #209Thanks to Jason Weeks for his work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #210Thanks to Lisa Peterson for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #211Thanks to Khalil Mogassabi for his work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #212Thanks to Afiyah Harrigan for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #213Thanks to Olivia D'Ambrosio for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #214Thanks to David De Celis for his work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #215Thanks to Peter DiMuro for his work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #216Thanks to Sarah Gallop for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #217Thanks to Eryn Johnson for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #218Thanks to Christopher Hope for his work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #219Thanks to Kristina Latino for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #220Thanks to Katherine Shozawa for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #221Thanks to Michael Monestime for his work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #222Thanks to Jero Nesson for his work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #223Thanks to James Pierre for his work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #224Thanks to Geeta Pradhan for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #225Thanks to Ellen Shakespear for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #226Thanks to Kelly Sherman for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #227Thanks to Ben Simon for his work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #228Thanks to Liz Walker for her work on the Mayor's Arts Task Forcearts
• RES 2019 #229Congratulations to Will Sutton and Meron Tefera on the occasion of their upcoming marriage
• RES 2019 #230Resolution on the death of Jose Da Estrela
• RES 2019 #231Resolution on the death of Anita Greenwald
• RES 2019 #232Retirement of Alyce Johnson from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• RES 2019 #233Happy Birthday wishes to Sumner McClain
• RES 2019 #234Resolution on the death of Esther Smith Mitchell
• RES 2019 #235Resolution on the death of Jean "Guy" G. Josselin

Applications & Petitions (5)

• APP 2019 #53A petition was received from Elmendorf Baking Supplies, regarding three table and 6 chairs at the location of 594 Cambridge Street. No alcohol being served. The proposed date of June 26, 2019 thru October 31, 2019 with a start time of 7:00AM and end time of 8:00PM📖 read
• APP 2019 #54A petition was received from Formaggio Kitchen, regarding three tables, 6 chairs, BBQ grill, condiments table and BBQ sides table setup in Loading Zone of 244 Huron Avenue. The proposed date of June 29, 2019 thru May 17, 2020 with a start time of 9:00AM and end time of 4:00PM📖 read
• APP 2019 #55An application was received from Paul Lee requesting permission for two temporary banners across 795 Massachusetts Avenue and JFK at Mt Auburn Streets announcing Taste of Cambridge thru July 1, 2019 thru July 16., 2019📖 read
• APP 2019 #56An application was received from Eric Jonash, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 34 Fairfield 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-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF
• APP 2019 #57An application was received from Arne Abramson, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 55 Broadway; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood associationtransit-traffic📖 read

Other Business (13)

• AR-19-73Report on reviewing 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 all
• AR-19-74Report on establishing 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
• AR-19-75Report on exploring 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 safety
• AR-19-76Report on identifying additional traffic-calming and safety features and to discuss with the Fresh Pond mall owner the potential for creating a formal street connection between Terminal Road and New Streettransit-traffic
• AR-19-77Report on determining a suitable, publicly available and recognizable space to install more bike racks adjacent to the Smith Center
• AR-19-78Report on convening 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
• AR-19-79Report on rubbish accumulation at Comeau Field and in the area surrounding the Francis J. McCrehan Memorial Swimming Pool with placement of additional "big belly" bins and closed recycling receptaclesbike-lanes
• AR-19-80Report on why the construction cost estimates for the Inman Square redesign project were so inaccurately low, what steps are being taken to ensure that the project will not lead to further cost estimate overruns, how such inaccurate cost estimates will be avoided for all projects in the future and interim steps that are being taken to ensure maximum safety in this area
• AR-19-81Report on why the signals at Broadway and Ellery, which add an element of confusion to this intersection, were installed without Eversource’s being able to connect them to the grid in a more responsive manner

• a memorandum from Councillor Kelley regarding CPSD Public Participation 📖 read
• notes for the meeting of the ninth and last meeting of the Mayor's Arts Task Force 📖 read
• a memorandum regarding Establishing the Equitable Regulation of the Cannabis Industry in the City of Cambridge 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• a memorandum regarding concerns about Recording and Transcription Services 📖 read