City Council ▸ 2020-03-30
City Council · Regular Meeting, March 30, 2020
City Manager's Agenda (4)
- City Manager's report2020 · #74 Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $52,890.00 from Free Cash to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account for the support of the continued operation of the Y2Y Youth Shelter for the next few weeksSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerhomelessnessCMA 2020 #74
- City Manager's report2020 · #75 Referred to committee, unanimousthe recommended reappointment of Christopher Bator as a member of the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority for a term of 5-yearsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #75
- City Manager's report2020 · #76 Order adopted, 8–0Awaiting Report Item Number 20-3, regarding the feasibility of purchasing sensory bags for Police vehicles as a pilot programSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safety📖 readCMA 2020 #76
- City Manager's report2020 · #77 Placed on file, unanimousthe use of the War Memorial Recreation Center and Field House on Cambridge Street, which is adjacent to and part of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School campus, for an emergency shelter for the homeless due to the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencySubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerhomelessnessschoolsCMA 2020 #77
Communications (2)
2 resident communications received for this meeting, on homelessness (1) · housing general (1) · broadband (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (8)
- Policy order2020 · #66 Order adopted as amended, unanimousCity Manager be and is hereby requested to work with the Cambridge Housing Authority and other appropriate personnel to enforce compliance with this order in publicly owned housing, publicly subsidized housing, and federally assisted housingCouncil orderhousing generalPOR 2020 #66
- Policy order2020 · #67 Order adopted, 6–3Asks the City Manager to confer with the Director of Traffic, Parking, and Transportation on streets in each neighborhood that could be closed to all non-essential traffic for the duration of the Health Emergency and report back to the council as soon as possibleCouncil requesttransit trafficCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL MARCH 30, 2020POR 2020 #67
- Policy order2020 · #68 Order adopted, 5–3Asks the City Manager to work with DCR to explore closing Memorial Drive for the duration of the Stay at Home order to give people in Cambridge a safe space to exercise and be outside without violating social distancing practiceserCouncil requestCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL MARCH 30, 2020POR 2020 #68
- Policy order2020 · #69 Order adopted, unanimousCity Manager explore short-term solutions to expand essential internet access to Cambridge residents who lack it during the pandemic until such time that a municipal broadband network can be implementedCouncil orderbroadbandPOR 2020 #69
- Policy order2020 · #70 Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to confer with the relevant City departments to give the Council a financial impact summary from April 1 to June 30, 2020 and how it may impact this current year’s/next year’s budget and free cashCouncil requestbudgetPOR 2020 #70
- Policy order2020 · #71 Order adopted, unanimousCouncil stands in solidarity with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe against the disestablishment of their reservationCouncil orderPOR 2020 #71
- Policy order2020 · #72 Order adopted, unanimousCity Council support of SD.2888: An Act Concerning Business Interruption InsurancePOR 2020 #72
- Policy order2020 · #73 Order adopted as amended, unanimousCity Council go on record calling for the Federal Government and/or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to issue an immediate moratorium on rent payments, mortgage payments, evictions, and foreclosures until the end of the COVID-19 pandemicCouncil ordertenants rentPOR 2020 #73
Resolutions (4)
- Resolution2020 · #86 Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to the Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church on their 130th AnniversaryRES 2020 #86
- Resolution2020 · #88 Order adopted, unanimousDeepest Sympathy for the family of Pauline ParisRES 2020 #88
- Resolution2020 · #89 Order adopted, unanimousCondolences on the death of Barbara ToomeyRES 2020 #89
- Resolution2020 · #90 Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Domingo CookRES 2020 #90
Applications & Petitions (1)
- Application / petition2020 · #19 Order adopted, unanimousa curb cut at the premises numbered 207 Lakeview Avenue; 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 associationApplication from Sam Kachmartransit traffic📖 readCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL MARCH 30, 2020APP 2020 #19
Roll calls the minutes do not name
In 2020 and 2021 the clerk kept the council's minutes as a word-for-word transcript and stopped printing the item code beside each vote. These roll calls were read back out of that transcript. Every one of them adds up to the count the clerk said aloud, so the names are the council's own record. Which item each vote belonged to is not established, which is why they sit on the meeting rather than on an item page. We show the split votes and the votes on amendments, because those are the ones no other source keeps.
On Amending the Order submitted by Councillor Toomey to include Councillor Simmons and Nolan's as- and Nolan as sponsors · 9–0
Voted yes: Dennis Carlone, Alanna Mallon, Marc McGovern, Patty Nolan, E. Denise Simmons, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan, Sumbul Siddiqui