City Council · Regular Meeting, November 23, 2020

• City Manager's report2020 · #266📁 Placed on file, unanimousa Covid-19 updateSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2020 #266
• City Manager's report2020 · #267✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $9,277,190 from Free Cash to the General Fund School Department Salaries and Wages account ($7,446,360), General Fund School Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,781,455), and General Fund School Department Travel and Training account ($49,375), to fund additional costs associated with the reopening of schools with health and safety mitigations related to COVID-19Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbudgetschools📖 readCMA 2020 #267
• City Manager's report2020 · #268📁 Placed on file, unanimousa request to move to Executive Session to discuss the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real propertySubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #268

• City officer's report2020 · #73(untitled)schools📖 readCOF 2020 #73

31 resident communications received for this meeting, on schools (6) · housing general (3) · broadband (2) · homelessness (2) · bike lanes (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2020 · #272✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to explore the feasibility of hiring a consultant to perform an Equity Audit on the Cambridge Arts Council, and to report back to the City Council by January 4th, 2021Council requestartsPOR 2020 #272
• Policy order2020 · #273✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousCity Council formally go on record in asking the City Manager to work with the appropriate City Staff in formulating an RFP for a public arts project that will acknowledge the unfinished work of the 19th Amendment, the importance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and how the two pieces of legislation ultimately complemented one another in helping to shape a more perfect union, and that the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the City Council on this matter in a timely mannerCouncil orderartslabor📖 readPOR 2020 #273
• Policy order2020 · #274✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to work with the Community Development Department and other pertinent City staff to establish a Black and Brown-Owned Business Taskforce, to be focused upon strengthening the City’s outreach efforts, information-sharing, assistance mechanisms, and overall relationship with local Black and Brown-owned businesses, and to establish a rolling set of recommendations designed to ensure the City spares no effort in assisting these businessesCouncil requestPOR 2020 #274
• Policy order2020 · #275✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousPolicy Order to strengthen community bonds and ensure equitable access to neighborhood organizations📖 readPOR 2020 #275
• Policy order2020 · #276✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Manager be and is hereby requested to appropriate the funds necessary to procure the work of the Collins Center as outlined in their submitted proposalCouncil ordercharterschools📖 readPOR 2020 #276
• Policy order2020 · #277✅ Order adopted, unanimousPolicy Order to find a suitable location for a dedicated corner for Fred O'ConnorPOR 2020 #277

• Resolution2020 · #284✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Representative Katherine Clark on being elected as the next Assistant Speaker of the HouseRES 2020 #284
• Resolution2020 · #285✅ Order adopted, unanimousSolidarity with Urban HearthRES 2020 #285
• Resolution2020 · #286✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Peter F. CollearyRES 2020 #286
• Resolution2020 · #287✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Dorothea R. JohnstonRES 2020 #287
• Resolution2020 · #288✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Elizabeth DexterRES 2020 #288
• Resolution2020 · #289✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousResolution on the Death of Francis H. DuehayRES 2020 #289
• Resolution2020 · #290✅ Order adopted, unanimousWishing Ruth Ryan Allen, co-owner of Paddy’s Lunch, a swift and full recoveryRES 2020 #290

• Awaiting report2020 · #61✅ Report received and acceptedReport on an update on City-Owned Vacant Properties InventoryAR-20-61
• Awaiting report2020 · #62✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the feasibility of having interpreters at polling locationsAR-20-62
• Awaiting report2020 · #63Report on a review of the granting of an extension for the 605 Concord Avenue project which appears counter to the City’s zoning code and confer with the relevant departments on how many projects that had a permit prior to these changes could request an extensionzoningAR-20-63
• Awaiting report2020 · #64✅ Report received and acceptedReport on drafting appropriate Home Rule language which would allow for acoustic live entertainment performances in small businesses under certain conditions without a licenseAR-20-64