City Council — Regular Meeting, March 16, 2020

City Manager's Agenda (13)

• CMA 2020 #57A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to second Annual Surveillance Report concerning City departments’ use of Surveillance Technology or Surveillance Datapolice-safety📖 read 📖 read 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2020 #59A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointment of the following person as a Constable With Power for a term of three years, effective the first day of January, 2020: Philip Sciandra
• CMA 2020 #58A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-20, regarding a response on coronavirus preparednesspolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2020 #60Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $40,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Cable Extraordinary Expenditures account which will be used for the purchase of a production van for 22-CityView, Municipal Cable Television
• CMA 2020 #61A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on the Children’s Savings Account Program
• CMA 2020 #62Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $4,000,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures Account to support the Complete Streets Reconstruction Program and for repaving portions of streets that are part of the separated bicycle networkbike-lanes
• CMA 2020 #63A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $7,250,000 for the reconstruction of Glacken Field and playground with an update on lighting. This is also in response to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-17bike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2020 #64Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $139,080 from Free Cash to the General Fund Fire Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($6,080) and to the General Fund Fire Department Extraordinary Expenditures account ($133,000) to cover the cost of the replacement of 18 sets of bunker gear for present members and to cover the cost of protection equipment for 10 new firefighters
• CMA 2020 #65Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,500,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account which will fund the replacement of a 2002 Pierce Tower Ladder for Ladder 2 in East Cambridge
• CMA 2020 #66Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY20 STEP Grant in the amount of $59,875, received from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Highway Safety Division, to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account, which will be used to supplement sustained, high visibility, year-round traffic enforcementpolice-safetytransit-traffic
• CMA 2020 #67Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Shannon Grant in the amount of $33,585.19 received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community Safety Initiative through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account ($25,875.19) and the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($7,710.00), which will be dedicated to hot spot patrols, Metro Gang Task Force participation, and the Focused Deterrence programpolice-safety
• CMA 2020 #68A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-66, regarding establishing a Young Adult Civic Unity Committee
• CMA 2020 #69A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as Public Weighers for the calendar year 2020, to operate scales at Boston Sand & Gravel Co., located at 118R Industrial Park Road, Cambridge: Alan Bishop, Wei Li, Kyle Patterson, Walter Staples, Sam Magna, John Ehrenkranz, Mike Denahy, Mike Gilroy, David Kelley, Jason Pianpiano, Wilfred Charles

Communications (11)

11 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (5) · broadband (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (9)

• POR 2020 #49Coronavirus mitigation
• POR 2020 #50That the “2020 Cycling Safety Ordinance” be forwarded to the Ordinance Committee for discussion and recommendationbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• POR 2020 #52That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Inspectional Service Department to increase the fines for absentee property owners who continue to have violations stemming for rodent infestations
• POR 2020 #53That the City Council go on record stating its intent to have Cambridge be one of the pilot communities if Senate Bill 2553 passes
• POR 2020 #54That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to take all necessary actions to protect the population, including, but not limited to, cancelling all non-essential events and gatherings, allowing staff to work from home when possible, providing visitor screening at senior living facilities, and preparing emergency medical facilities for treating respiratory infections
• POR 2020 #55That the City Council calls on the state government to mandate paid sick-leave policies and a moratorium on utility shutoffs during the COVID-19 outbreak
• POR 2020 #56That the City Manager is requested to direct the Water Department to avoid all non-essential water shutoffs during the course of the COVID-19 outbreak
• POR 2020 #57That the City Manager is requested to work with all relative City Departments to develop a comprehensive plan on how to best support our homeless residents, shelters and the programs that support them, including, but not limited to, reaching out to area hotels and colleges about opening space for Cambridge’s homeless to have shelter, issuing emergency funds to shelters so they can stay open during the day, and including our homeless population in any food outreach being organized by the Cityhomelessness
• POR 2020 #58Support for HD.4935, An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergencytenants-rent

Resolutions (17)

• RES 2020 #63Congratulations to Eric Brambila on the opening of Corazón de Frida Mexican Cantina
• RES 2020 #64Thanks to Rich Rogers for his years of exemplary work as Executive Secretary-Treasurer of Greater Boston Labor Council
• RES 2020 #65Resolution on the death of Debra Ann Dillon
• RES 2020 #66Resolution on the death of Celia Ughetti
• RES 2020 #67Resolution on the death of Youn "Harry" Tank Chung
• RES 2020 #68Resolution on the death of April Akers
• RES 2020 #69Speedy Recovery wishes to Sal DiDomenico, Sr
• RES 2020 #70Resolution on the death of Sheila Walsh
• RES 2020 #71Resolution on the death of Jose Pacheco
• RES 2020 #72Resolution on the death of James "Bubba" O'Brien
• RES 2020 #73Resolution on the death of Rosa F. Moreira
• RES 2020 #74Retirement of Charles McIsaac from the Inspectional Services Department
• RES 2020 #75Retirement of David Byrne from the Inspectional Services Department
• RES 2020 #76Congratulations to the Matignon Girls Varsity Basketball Team on their exceptional season
• RES 2020 #77Resolution on the death of Prudence Marks
• RES 2020 #78Resolution on the death of Mark Pappas
• RES 2020 #79Speedy Recovery wishes to Joan Qualls Harris

Applications & Petitions (5)

• APP 2020 #14A application was received from MIT Museum requesting permission for 59 temporary existing banners along Massachusetts Avenue, from Memorial Drive to Sidney Street announcing Polaroid Project remain from April 1, 2020 thru June 21, 2020. The Original Adopted Application was in City Council September 9, 2019
• APP 2020 #15A Zoning Petition has been received from Salvatore Zinno Vice President, BMR-Third LLC, to Amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance by adding section 13.200 Planned Unit Development at Canal District Kendall PUD-CDK Amendmentzoning📖 read
• APP 2020 #16An application was received from BL 27 Brattle MA LLC, requesting permission for an A Frame Sign, 2 tables, 6 chairs and planters in front of the premises numbered 27 Brattle Street thru November 26, 2020📖 read
• APP 2020 #17An application was received from Foumami Harvard Square LLC , requesting permission for 5 tables and 15 chairs in front of the premises numbered 33 Brattle Street from April 1, 2020 thru November 30, 2020📖 read
• APP 2020 #18A Zoning Petition Has been received from Tom Hartvigsen, requesting that the City Council Ordain the Zoning language set forth relative to the Alewife Quadrangle Northwest Overlay Districtzoning📖 read

Other Business (5)

• AR-20-20Report on what measures the City can take to prevent an outbreak of the coronavirus and what measures must be initiated to minimize the risk to our community if the pandemic spreads to Massachusetts
• AR-20-21Report on preparing a report on any steps the city has taken to work towards developing a Vacant Storefront Registration Policy

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• comments on the 2020 Cycling Safety Ordinance
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