City Council · Regular Meeting, June 22, 2020

• City Manager's report2020 · #134📁 Placed on file, unanimousa COVID-19 updateSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #134
• City Manager's report2020 · #135✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Mass Cultural Council FY2020 Safe Harbors grant in the amount of $2,250 to the Grant Fund Historical Commission Salaries and Wages account which will support the Commission’s part-time archives assistantSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #135
• City Manager's report2020 · #136✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $1,245 received from the Board of Library Commissioners (MLBC) to the Grant Fund Library Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to support community summer learning programs at the LibrarySubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #136
• City Manager's report2020 · #137✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $500.00 from Cambridge in Motion, through the Cambridge Public Health Department, to the grant fund Emergency Communication Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to support a program to encourage all staff to take on a monthly challenge designed to improve physical activity during the shift such as standing for fifteen minutes each hour or walking the building during breaksSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #137
• City Manager's report2020 · #138✅ Order adopted, unanimousa transfer in the amount of $65,000 from the General Fund Law Department Salaries and Wages to the General Fund Law Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to cover cost increases related to litigation and legal matters handled by outside counselSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #138
• City Manager's report2020 · #139✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $1,641,000 from Free Cash, to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures Account for the first year of a two-year lease of operating and office space for the Department of Public Works on Mooney StreetSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #139
• City Manager's report2020 · #140✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $5,300,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Human Services Extraordinary Expenditures Account to construct a new Universal Design PlaygroundSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managertrees📖 readCMA 2020 #140
• City Manager's report2020 · #141✅ Order adopted, unanimousa recommendation of the Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC) for an allocation of $1,000,000 from the CPA Fund Balance to the Community Preservation Act Fund COVID-19 Housing Stabilization ProgramSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerhousing general📖 read CMA 2020 #141
• City Manager's report2020 · #142✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe authorization of a spending limit of $1,300,000 FY2021, for the Renewable Energy and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Revolving Fund, pursuant to Chapter 3.24 of the Municipal Ordinance titled “Departmental Revolving Funds”Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerclimate📖 readCMA 2020 #142
• City Manager's report2020 · #143✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of Federal CARES Act funds in the amount of $1,529,834 to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Department Extraordinary Expenditures account which will be used to assist residents and small business owners who are impacted by the virusSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #143
• City Manager's report2020 · #144✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of grant in the amount of $613,262 from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the HOME Program to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures account ($578,992) and to the Grant Fund Community Development Salary & Wages account ($34,270) which will be used to continue the development and rehabilitation of affordable housing in the City of CambridgeSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manageraffordable housinghousing generalCMA 2020 #144
• City Manager's report2020 · #145✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $120,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Executive (Cambridge Office of Tourism) Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will directly support a city-wide campaign, “Hello Again” in collaboration with the City and the business community - to welcome businesses, customers, and the surrounding neighborhoods back by promoting health safety and positivity following the COVID-19 shut downSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #145

• City officer's report2020 · #37information from the School Committee’s Special Meeting and Regular Meetingschools📖 readCOF 2020 #37

27 resident communications received for this meeting, on police safety (20) · labor (5) · climate (5) · budget (4) · transit traffic (3). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2020 · #138✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Manager be and is hereby requested to work with the appropriate city departments to place all collective bargaining agreements between the City and unions on the city website, in an easily accessible location, to increase transparency for the publicCouncil orderPOR 2020 #138
• Policy order2020 · #139✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City staff to work with the Central Square Business Association in developing a pilot program that will allow Central Square to close to vehicular traffic on Sundays and allow restaurants to fully embrace the concept of outdoor dining for the summer months of 2020, and to report back to the City Council on this matter in a timely mannerCouncil requesttransit trafficPOR 2020 #139
• Policy order2020 · #140✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousCity Manager be and is hereby requested to identify an air-conditioned space for a Cambridge Day Services Center for unhoused peopleCouncil orderhomelessnessPOR 2020 #140
• Policy order2020 · #141✅ Order adopted, unanimousAnti-Racist Free Little LibrariesPOR 2020 #141
• Policy order2020 · #142✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to provide a report by the end of summer for discussion at a September Council meeting on the advantages and disadvantages of continuing with Civil Service, and the process by which Cambridge could exit Civil ServiceCouncil requestPOR 2020 #142
• Policy order2020 · #143✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Council goes on record in support of the Stop The Money Pipeline movement calling on the insurance industry to not insure or invest in fossil fuelsCouncil orderclimatePOR 2020 #143
• Policy order2020 · #144✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousCambridge City Council go on record in support of including a two-track Grand Junction railway crossing in MassDOT’s Allston Multimodal Improvement Project plans, and urges the FMCB to vote in favor of this inclusionCouncil orderCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TOOMEY IN COUNCIL JUNE 22, 2020POR 2020 #144
• Policy order2020 · #145✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to immediately publish a list of all upcoming temporary tow-zones in the Port neighborhood and distribute this list to residentsCouncil requestPOR 2020 #145
• Policy order2020 · #146✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousAsks the City Manager to obtain an itemized statement of all materials, tools, and property owned by the Cambridge Police DepartmentCouncil requestpolice safetyCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL JUNE 22, 2020POR 2020 #146
• Policy order2020 · #147✅ Ordained, unanimousGreen Energy Analysis Zoning Amendmentclimatezoning📖 read PASSED TO A SECOND READING ON NOVEMBER 2, 2020. TO BE ORDAINED ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 23, 20POR 2020 #147
• Policy order2020 · #148✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousPolicy Order Asking That Juneteenth Be Made an Official City ObservanceCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL JUNE 22, 2020POR 2020 #148
• Policy order2020 · #149✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousAlternative Policing POCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL JUNE 22, 2020POR 2020 #149
• Policy order2020 · #150✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousDispatching crews of hand-sweepers from the Public Works Department to Harvard Street (between Prospect Street to Portland Street) in the PortCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL JUNE 22, 2020POR 2020 #150
• Policy order2020 · #151✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousCity Manager be and hereby is directed to provide the City Council with an update on the formal Anti-bias /Cultural Competency Strategic PlanCouncil orderCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL JUNE 22, 2020POR 2020 #151
• Policy order2020 · #152✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Manager confer with the City’s Housing Liaison and Multi Service Center to discuss a variety of long-term housing solutions and tenant protections and report back to the City Council on July 27, 2020Council orderhousing generaltenants rentCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL JUNE 22, 2020POR 2020 #152
• Policy order2020 · #153✅ Order adopted as amended, 8–0City Manager includes the weekly COVID-19 Expert Advisory Board meeting notes on the following Monday nights City Council agenda for discussion starting on the Monday, June 29th meetingCouncil orderCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL JUNE 22, 2020POR 2020 #153

• Resolution2020 · #165✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Malcolm DanielRES 2020 #165
• Resolution2020 · #166✅ Order adopted, unanimousWishing Loretta Dupont a Swift RecoveryRES 2020 #166
• Resolution2020 · #167✅ Order adopted, unanimousThat this City Council go on record congratulating the Super Seniors of CRLS class of 2020, in recognition of academic achievement for the top ten students and in recognition of the honor given to twelve students chosen for their demonstration of living up to the motto Opportunity Diversity RespectschoolsRES 2020 #167
• Resolution2020 · #168✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the Retirement of Susan D. BreenRES 2020 #168
• Resolution2020 · #169✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousCity Council go on record commending and thanking the CHA maintenance staff for their heroic efforts during the COVID-19 pandemicCouncil orderRES 2020 #169
• Resolution2020 · #170✅ Order adopted, unanimousMarco Almeid and Diana Gomes on relocating to FloridaRES 2020 #170
• Resolution2020 · #171✅ Order adopted, unanimousThanking DPW CustodiansRES 2020 #171