City Council — Regular Meeting, February 10, 2020

City Manager's Agenda (8)

• CMA 2020 #27Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $301,785 in the General Fund between School Department statutory accounts as follows: $301,785 from the Other Ordinary Maintenance account to the School Salaries & Wages account ($124,168) and to the Travel & Training Account ($177,617). During the course of the school year, the School Department allows principals and department administrators to move funds across statutory categories within their budgets to better meet their educational needsschools
• CMA 2020 #28A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointments of the following members of the Conservation Commission for a term of 3-years, effective February 1, 2020: Purvi Patel, Ted Pickering and Kaki Martin
• CMA 2020 #29A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment and re-appointment of the following persons as members of the Recycling Advisory Committee for a term of 3-years, effective February 10, 2020: Appointments: Leah Beckett, Holden Cookson, Catrina Damrell, Shirley Elliott, Sakiko Isomichi, Lindsay Levine, Scott MacGrath, Audrey Ng, Richard Nurse, Diane Roseman, and Suzanne Wong. Reappointment's Ilana Bebchick, Debby Galef, Rob Gogan, Martha Henry, Susy Jones, Debby Knight, Janet Mosley, Laura Nichols, Meera Singh, Quinten Steenhuis, Mary Verhage, and Kristen Watkinsbike-lanes
• CMA 2020 #30Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,200,000 from Free Cash, to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures Account for expanded tree planting and continued implementation of the Urban Forestry Master Plan recommendationstrees
• CMA 2020 #31Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $20,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used for the support of the math enrichment programs provided by Cambridge Math Circle, a nonprofit organization and the Martin Luther King Day morning math festival
• CMA 2020 #32Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $150,000 of Community Schools additional revenue to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account. Funds will allow the Community Schools to continue programming and pay the increased costs related to contractual services and other costs including bus transportationschools
• CMA 2020 #33A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-159, regarding safety concerns at the intersection of Walden and Saville Streetsbike-laneslaborpolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2020 #34A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to amending the Cambridge Municipal Code to insure a Welcoming Community Ordinance📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Communications (10)

10 resident communications received for this meeting — trees (2) · zoning (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (9)

• POR 2020 #25That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to work with the residents of the Agassiz neighborhood in furthering this important neighborhood conversation and in helping make a determination as to how to arrive at an appropriate, official name change for this neighborhood
• POR 2020 #26That the City Manager is requested to rename the maintenance area within the Ryan Garage at 147 Hampshire Street in honor of Sydney Cox, with this becoming known as the “Sydney James Cox Maintenance Facility
• POR 2020 #27That the Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Councillor McGovern to find a suitable location near Roosevelt Towers to honor Randy Thomas
• POR 2020 #28That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City departments on the feasibility of instituting a program to install rings on parking meters to expand bicycle parking optionsbike-lanestransit-traffic
• POR 2020 #29City Council support of the full Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agendaartsschools📖 read
• POR 2020 #30That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Department of Human Services and other relevant departments to determine the feasibility of both expanding the Head Start program hours and adding additional scholarships to improve access to high-quality, early childhood educational resources
• POR 2020 #31That the City Council go on record calling for the Parliament of India to uphold the Indian constitution by repealing the Citizenship Amendment Act, stopping the National Register of Citizens, and taking steps towards helping refugees by ratifying various UN treaties on refugees
• POR 2020 #32City Council support of the City Manager’s request to purchase the National Guard Armory of Cambridge
• POR 2020 #33That a Roundtable/Working Meeting be scheduled for Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 3:00 pm in the Sullivan Chamber of City Hall for the purpose of discussing legislative priorities

Resolutions (4)

• RES 2020 #45Resolution on the death of Americo "Skippy" Raposo
• RES 2020 #46Resolution on the death of Dominic "Pat" DiCardio
• RES 2020 #47Congratulations to the 2020 Award Recipients of the Cambridge NAACP’s 34th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Brunch, on Saturday, February 15, 2020
• RES 2020 #48Congratulations to Cayla Marvil and Andrew Jones on being named on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List in the Food & Drink Category

Applications & Petitions (4)

• APP 2020 #6An application was received from One Linkage LLC, requesting permission for an A Frame sign in front of the premises numbered 1759 Massachusetts Avenue📖 read
• APP 2020 #7An application was received from Greg Leppert, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 147 Otis Street; 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
• APP 2020 #8An application was received from Michael Monestine, Central Square Business Improvement District, requesting permission for (19) nineteen temporary banners along poles on Massachusetts Avenue announcing Cambridge Historic Black Trailblazers from February 11, 2020 thru March 1, 2020📖 read
• APP 2020 #9An application was received from Michael Monestine, Central Square Business Improvement District, requesting permission for (10) ten temporary banners along poles on Massachusetts Avenue announcing Taste of Carnival from February 11, 2020 thru March 1, 2020📖 read

Other Business (4)

• AR-20-7Report on reviewing the roles, responsibilities, and compensation of City Council Aides with an eye toward designating this as a full-time position
• AR-20-8Report on working with the residents in the vicinity of Eustis Street to implement traffic calming measures on this streettransit-traffic
• AR-20-9Report on allocating the necessary funds, and develop a comprehensive public safety plan, including contingency plans so that the event can take place in a secure time and place, even in the presence of significant threats that can be anticipatedpolice-safety

• COM 57 #2020 : An anonymous communication was received, regarding computers either sold new or refurbished. 📖 read

Committee Reports (3)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-12-10 — Report Accepted
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2020-02-05 — Report Accepted
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading