City Council — Regular Meeting, September 21, 2020

City Manager's Agenda (5)

• CMA 2020 #206Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Fair Housing Assistance Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $25,784 to the Grant Fund Human Rights Salary and Wages Account ($25,034) and the Grant Fund Human Rights Travel and Training Account ($750) which will cover a portion of the salary of an Attorney-Investigator, who works on cases from the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP)housing-general
• CMA 2020 #207A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a recommendation in accordance with the requirement of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services; the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; and the Department of Children and Families for reimbursement under the Federal Every Student Succeeds Act through Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for a portion of the cost associated with transporting children in foster care to and from their school of originschools📖 read
• CMA 2020 #208A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a member of the Cambridge Health Alliance Board of Trustees: 3-year term, Ben Echavarria
• CMA 2020 #209A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Surveillance Technology Impact Report describing a Wet-Vacuum Forensic DNA Collection System, requested by the Police Departmentpolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2020 #210A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a summary report of all requests for approval of Surveillance Technology Impact Reportspolice-safety📖 read

Communications (37)

37 resident communications received for this meeting — bike lanes (16) · transit traffic (12) · schools (5) · affordable housing (5) · housing general (4). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (7)

• POR 2020 #203That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department on the implementation of traffic calming measures on Concord Ave between Huron Ave and Garden Streettransit-traffic
• POR 2020 #204Support for Extended Outdoor Dining PO
• POR 2020 #205That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with Claude Jacob, Chief Public Health Officer, as to the feasibility of creating such a program and report back to the City Council on this matter by October 12, 2020
• POR 2020 #206That the City Council stand in solidarity with the SECSE workers striking at Good Vibrationslabor
• POR 2020 #207That the City Council support RISE and their crucial campaigns for racial, economic, and social justice at MIT
• POR 2020 #208That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to notify all tenants of abutting properties whenever property owners are notified, addressing them by name if known or as “RESIDENT” if nottenants-rent
• POR 2020 #209That the City Council go on record in support for requiring large sources of stormwater pollution to obtain permits under the Clean Water Act

Resolutions (6)

• RES 2020 #231Resolution on the death of James Wilbur
• RES 2020 #232Resolution on the death of Nancy Ciarlone
• RES 2020 #233Resolution on the death of James Patrick Cassidy, Sr
• RES 2020 #234Resolution on the death of Jeffrey Gardner
• RES 2020 #235Resolution on the death of Chief Justice Ralph Gants
• RES 2020 #236Resolution on the death of Darryl Willis

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2020 #35A Zoning Petition Has been received from Cambridge Redevelopment Authority regarding a Zoning Ordinance to reflect the proposed changes to the KSURPschoolszoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Other Business (9)

• AR-20-42Report on collaborating with the Cambridge Housing Authority in formulating a plan that will lead to increased enforcement of the parking regulations in front of 150 Erie Street, that will discourage illegal parking in front of the buildinghousing-generaltransit-traffic
• AR-20-43Report on the recurring problem on Columbia Street involving the placement of trash and discarded furniture on the streets during the final weekend of each of the summer months, coinciding with the periods of greatest annual tenant turnovertenants-rent
• AR-20-44Report on working to appoint a Vaccine Task Force to develop a plan that keeps equity at the forefront
• AR-20-45Report on examining what traffic calming measures may be implemented for Walden Street, Raymond Street and Richdale Avetransit-traffic

• information from the Regular School Committee Meeting
• a memorandum on Filing for Reconsideration
• a communication from the City Solicitor with a redlined corrected version and a clean corrected version of the proposed contract that was before the City Council at its meeting of Monday, September 14, 2020 📖 read 📄 PDF
• policy briefs on natural gas by Jessica Wright, BU URBAN Graduate Student 📖 read
• a memorandum regarding COVID Testing Return to Campus 📖 read