City Council — Regular Meeting, November 18, 2019

City Manager's Agenda (11)

• CMA 2019 #289A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a new member of the Conservation Commission for a term of three years, effective November 18, 2019: Erum Sattar
• CMA 2019 #290A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as new members of the Cambridge Immigrant Rights Commission for a term of three years, effective November 18, 2019: Tsamchoe Dolma, Ashebir Gezmu, Aleksandra Ibrahimi, Subandha Karmacharya, Ana Mejia
• CMA 2019 #291A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a new member of the Cambridge Human Rights Commission for a term of three years, effective November 18, 2019: Kaileigh Callender
• CMA 2019 #292Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP) grant in the amount of $12,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to supplement fuel assistance paymentshomelessness
• CMA 2019 #293A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt with comments and suggested improvements, the CambridgeSide Galleria Associates Trust Zoning Petitionzoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #294Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $4,475,844.18 from Free Cash to the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund which will be used to fund specific future projects, requiring individual appropriations by the City Council at a later date
• CMA 2019 #295Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY20 Local Cultural Council grant made by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) in the amount of to the Arts Council in the amount of $27,600 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to support the Arts Council’s Artist Grant Program through which financial grants will be made to support individual artists, creative partnerships, and to arts organizations doing work in Cambridge and for local audiencesarts
• CMA 2019 #296Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY20 Mass Cultural Council Cultural Investment Portfolio grant made by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) in the amount of $4,120 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to provide operating support for administration and programming costsarts
• CMA 2019 #297Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY20 MOVA Victim Services Training Grant for $5,050 received from the Victim and Witness Assistance Board through the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will provide funding to the “Trauma-Informed Approaches to Law Enforcement” training in collaboration with the Cambridge Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Prevention Initiativepolice-safety
• CMA 2019 #298A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt the Exterior Building Insulation Zoning Petitionzoning📖 read
• CMA 2019 #299A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt Article 22 Green Building Requirements Zoning Petitionzoning📖 read

Communications (4)

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

Policy Orders (5)

• POR 2019 #369That the City Manager is hereby requested to confer with the Department of Public Works to delay trash collection on Lexington Avenue, Lakeview Avenue and Standish Street until after 9:00 a.m. to alleviate traffic congestion in the area prior to the start of the Tobin school day, and to ensure on-time school bus schedules on Tuesdaysschoolstransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #370That the City Manager is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to fully restore sharrows to Broadway, alongside the new door-zone bike lane, as a reminder to motorists that cyclists are always allowed to take the full lanebike-lanestransit-traffic
• POR 2019 #371That the City Council go on record condemning former Attorney General Sessions’ decision in Matter of A-B-, and recognizing the decision as a shameful attempt to eviscerate protections for women, children, LGBTQ+ people, and families fleeing harrowing violence
• POR 2019 #373Amending Call of Roundtable/Working Group Meeting
• POR 2019 #372That the City Manager be requested to have the City Solicitor report back to the City Council about (1) whether the City must file a home rule petition to require that lobbyists register with the city and disclose campaign contributions to municipal officials, (2) whether the City must file a home rule petition to limit donations from non-residents who have business pending before the council; and (3) reiterate the Council's previous request to form a task force to explore public financing for municipal elections, particularly focused on vouchers and matching donations

Resolutions (4)

• RES 2019 #380Welcome Cynthia Shelton Harris to the City of Cambridge
• RES 2019 #381Happy Birthday wishes to Hedwig Pocius
• RES 2019 #382Congratulations to Rebecca Rutenberg and Bradley St. Amand on their recent marriage
• RES 2019 #383Resolution on the death of Ridgely Howard "Jake" Duvall

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2019 #89An application was received from Violette Bakers, requesting permission for an A-Framed sign in front of the premises numbered 1786 Massachusetts Avenue📖 read
• APP 2019 #90An application was received from New England Wax Enterprises, LLC, requesting permission for an A-Frame sign in front of the premises numbered 1868 Massachusetts Avenue📖 read
• APP 2019 #91An application was received from Blick Art Materials, LLC, requesting permission for an A-Frame sign in front of the premises numbered 619 Massachusetts Avenuearts📖 read

Other Business (8)

• AR-19-152Report on identifying a source of funding and a timetable for the design and construction of a modern roundabout at the Brattle-Sparks-Craigie intersection
• AR-19-153Report on plans designed to mitigate the impact of the closing of Windsor House upon Cambridge seniors
• AR-19-154Report on the possibility of providing child care for those interested in becoming temporary census takers

• COM 936 #2019 : An anonymous communication was received, regarding financials for the CambridgeSide Galleria. 📖 read
• Notice for Special Meeting on City Council 11.26.19 Re: New PUD-8 District 📖 read
• CRT 2019 #75 — A report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Government Operations, Rules & Claims Committee, for a public meeting held on November 14, 2019 to discuss the Solicitor's Response to Policy Order O-9 from the June 10, 2019 City Council Meeting
• CRT 2019 #76 — A report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone Chair of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on November 12 at 12 PM to discuss Green Building requirements
• CRT 2019 #77 — A report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone Co-Chair of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on November 12, 2019 to discuss the Insulation Zoning proposal [zoning]

Committee Reports (5)

• Government Operations Rules & Claims Committee hearing of 2019-11-14 — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-11-12 — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading [Unanimous]