City Council — Regular Meeting, November 9, 2020

City Manager's Agenda (3)

• CMA 2020 #254A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a COVID-19 update📖 read
• CMA 2020 #255Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of an Elections COVID Response Grant, in the amount of $70,510.50, received from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, to the Grant Fund Election Commission Other Ordinary Maintenance Account which will be used to help cover the costs associated with ballot drop boxes, location rental and cleaning, voting equipment and supplies, and other costs related to the 2020 Presidential Election
• CMA 2020 #256A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of a new member of the Human Rights Commission for a term of three years, effective November 9, 2020: Stefanie Haug

Communications (9)

9 resident communications received for this meeting — affordable housing (5) · housing general (5) · transit traffic (4) · bike lanes (1) · tenants rent (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (6)

• POR 2020 #254Policy Order Seeking Appropriate Memorial for Joan Qualls Harris
• POR 2020 #255Policy Order Seeking Dedication for Eva Martin Blythe
• POR 2020 #256That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward this order to the Dedication Committee for their review and approval
• POR 2020 #257That the Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Councillor Toomey for a street corner dedication in the vicinity of the corner of Otis Street and Sciarappa Street in honor of the late Joseph and Mary Szulewski
• POR 2020 #259That the City Council go on record as supportive of all efforts to fully fund the MBTA without any of the cuts to service detailed in the “Forging Ahead” Plan; and further be ittransit-traffic
• POR 2020 #258That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the Transportation Department and Solicitor to provide the City with an update on the progress toward a draft Ordinance as soon as possible and with the draft of an Ordinance by October 19, 2020

Resolutions (3)

• RES 2020 #276That the City Council go on record congratulating Rick Blangiardi on his recent election victory as Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii
• RES 2020 #277That the City Council go on record thanking the Cambridge Election Commission, for their tireless efforts this election season, and all of the poll workers in Cambridge for their dedication and service in ensuring everyone’s votes were countedlabor
• RES 2020 #278Birthday Wishes for Augusta Fernandes de Amorim

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2020 #44An application was received from Jeffery Sarra representing Sweet Green, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 145 Broadway approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and no abutter's available Sweet Green at the moment has no abutters. The store fronts are currently vacant around the premises📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (4)

• AR-20-58Report on creating a comprehensive digital, postal, and traditional media outreach campaign educating residents on the Cambridge eviction moratorium, tenants’ rights, and resources available to at-risk tenantstenants-rent
• AR-20-59Report on the feasibility of posting all applications for building permits online as soon as available
• AR-20-60Report on analyzing eviction data from 2018 through 2021 and come back with a plan on how to use this data to inform our next action stepstenants-rent

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Committee Reports (2)

• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2020-09-16 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Placed On File [Unanimous]