City Council — Regular Meeting, December 7, 2020

City Manager's Agenda (10)

• CMA 2020 #273A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a COVID-19 update📖 read
• CMA 2020 #274A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Home Rule Petition seeking special legislation from the Legislature which would authorize the City of Cambridge to provide police, fire and other emergency services (“Emergency Services”) to portions of the Cambridge Crossing project that are partially located in the cities of Boston and Somerville, with one such property wholly located within Somervillepolice-safety📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2020 #275A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-12, regarding the feasibility of adding bike parking rings to parking meters. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR NOLAN IN COUNCIL DECEMBER 7, 2020budgethousing-generaltransit-trafficzoning📖 read
• CMA 2020 #276A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-134, regarding increasing funding to the City's HomeBridge program
• CMA 2020 #277Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of Federal CARES Act funds in the amount of $1,256,118 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 virus, and to support emergency housing assistance effortshousing-general
• CMA 2020 #278Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of new Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $2,268.869.00 to the Grant Fund Department of Human Services Programs Salary and Wages account ($106,013.00) and to the Grant Fund Department of Human Services Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($2,162,856.00) and will be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic among individuals and families who are homeless and will support shelter operating costs and provision of essential services to homeless persons outside of a shelter settinghomelessnesshousing-general
• CMA 2020 #279Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Friends of the Community Learning Center (CLC) grant in the amount of $36,450.00 to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($32,817.00), and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($3,633.00) will be used to fund the classes, advising and coaching of the Bridge to College Program students from July 2020 through June 2021schools
• CMA 2020 #280Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Friends of the Community Learning Center (CLC) grant funded by Friends of the Community Learning Center through individual donations in the amount of $4,550.00 to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($4,550.00) which will be used to support English for Speakers of Other Languages classes at the Community Learning Center
• CMA 2020 #281Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Friends of the Community Learning Center (CLC) grant in the amount of $38,000.00 to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($31,828.00), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($4,672.00), and to the Travel and Training account ($1,500.00) and will provide support for Bridge Program advising, coaching and mentoring, advising for the ESOL/Certified Nursing Assistant Program, and education and career advising for other CLC studentsschools
• CMA 2020 #282Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Children’s Trust Fund grant for the Center for Families program in the amount of $55,125.00 to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($48,411.00) and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($6,714.00) which will be used by the Center for Families to support family programs targeting parents of children up to eight years, which include a variety of family support and parent education programs and resources; to support a portion of salary and benefit costs of staff who lead parenting education and support programming across the city; and to also be used for parent participation stipends and program supplies

Communications (23)

23 resident communications received for this meeting — climate (1) · housing general (1) · trees (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (4)

• POR 2020 #285105 Windsor Street
• POR 2020 #286Policy Order re Mayor's Disaster Relief Fund
• POR 2020 #287Supporting Food Pantries & Closing the SNAP Gap PO
• POR 2020 #288That the City Council go on record as urging Governor Baker to adopt the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Conference report and move forward with creating a streamlined “common application” to help expand access to and participation in SNAPbudget

Resolutions (2)

• RES 2020 #296Resolution Wishing Swift Recovery to Dennis Benzan
• RES 2020 #297Resolution on the Death of Brian Flynn

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2020 #45An application was received from Stefanie Cambre representing Massachusetts Institute of Technology, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 45 Carleton Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read 📄 PDF
• APP 2020 #46A Zoning Petition Has been received from Amy Oliver, regarding that the City require the installation of GREEN ROOFS vegetated or BioSolar on future construction and significant rehab of buildings that are 20,000 square feet and larger. PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL APRIL 12, 2021climatezoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Other Business (4)

• AR-20-69Report on 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 unionartslabor
• AR-20-70Report on implementing comprehensive contact tracing in Cambridge including the ability to conduct backwards contact tracing facilitated with technology such as the use of QR codes
• AR-20-71Report on the feasibility of launching mobile COVID-19 testing vans in December

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