City Council — Regular Meeting, June 15, 2020

City Manager's Agenda (10)

• CMA 2020 #124A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on COVID-19
• CMA 2020 #125A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Surveillance Technology Impact Report for A to Z Databases requested by the Librarypolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2020 #126Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of Kaija Langley as a new member of the Library Board of Trustees effective June 15, 2020 for a term of three year
• CMA 2020 #127Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $60,000 received from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program income to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures Account which will increase funds available to continue the development of affordable housing for residentsaffordable-housinghousing-general
• CMA 2020 #128Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Partnership Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in the amount of $15,000 to the Grant Fund Human Rights Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used for Fair Housing outreach effortshousing-general
• CMA 2020 #129Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Cambridge Food Pantry grant received from the Cambridge Health Alliance for $15,000 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to support the Cambridge Food Pantry Network
• CMA 2020 #130Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $228,505 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($17,137) and to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($211,368) which will be used for shelter operating costs, providing essential services to homeless persons outside of the shelter setting; rapid re-housing and homelessness prevention case management; short and medium-term rental assistance; and financial assistance needed to gain or retain permanent housinghomelessnesshousing-general
• CMA 2020 #131Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $4,994,743 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($339,527), and to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($4,655,216) and will be used to contract with homeless services providers and cover the costs related to serving homeless persons in Cambridgehomelessnesshousing-general
• CMA 2020 #132A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a response to the City Council forwarding the ITD budget with an unfavorable recommendationbudget
• CMA 2020 #133Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $50,000.00 from Free Cash to the Grant Fund Executive Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to support the City’s digital equity efforts to support qualifying families during the COVID-19 pandemic who do not have internet access at homebroadband

Communications (5)

5 resident communications received for this meeting — police safety (5) · budget (2) · housing general (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (1)

• POR 2020 #137On June 1st, this City Council went on record recognizing the importance of June 19th and urging all Cambridge residents to reflect upon the meaning of this important day. The City Manager is hereby requested to find the appropriate City staff to raise the Juneteenth Flag on June 19th at City Hall

Resolutions (9)

• RES 2020 #156Thanking School Meal Sites Captainsschools
• RES 2020 #157Thanking Y2Y Volunteers Resolution
• RES 2020 #158Congratulations to Colonel Judy Rattan for her promotion in the 97th Air Mobility Wing
• RES 2020 #159Ding Ho Comedy Club 40th Reunion
• RES 2020 #160Resolution on the death of Maria Fatima da Silva
• RES 2020 #161Resolution on the death of Dorothy Zinberg
• RES 2020 #162Thanking School Bus Drivers Resolutionschools
• RES 2020 #163That the City Council go on record congratulating the CRLS Black Student Union Graduating Class of 2020, in recognizing their strong advocacy of and commitment to social justice, and in recognizing the tremendous positive ripples these young adults will continue to create in the decades to comelabor
• RES 2020 #164Resolution on the death of Aubri Esters

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2020 #25An application was received from Central Square Business Improvement District requesting permission for 45 temporary banners along Inman Square, Central Square, Kendall Square and Cambridge Rindge and Latin School along Broadway. Celebrating the graduating class of 2020 from June 16, 2020 through August 16, 2020schools📖 read

Other Business (4)

• a report from Councillor E. Denise Simmons and Councillor Dennis J. Carlone, Co-Chairs of the Finance Committee, for a public hearing held on May 26, 2020, June 2, 2020 and on June 3, 2020 to discuss the General Fund Budget
• a report from Councillor E. Denise Simmons and Dennis Carlone, Co-Chairs of the Finance Committee, for a public hearing held on June 2, 2020 to discuss the Water Fund
• a report from Councillor E. Denise Simmons and Councillor Dennis Carlone, Co-Chairs of the Finance Committee, for a public hearing held on June 2, 2020 to discuss the Public Investment Fund
• Amendments to Policy Order 2020 #133 📖 read

Committee Reports (4)

• Finance Committee hearing of 2020-05-26 — Report Accepted And Placed On [8 To 1]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2020-06-02 — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2020-06-02 — Report Accepted And Placed On [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]