City Council — Regular Meeting, January 4, 2021

City Manager's Agenda (4)

• CMA 2021 #1A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on COVID-19affordable-housinghousing-general📖 read
• CMA 2021 #2A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the biennial City of Cambridge Resident Telephone Survey for 2020affordable-housinghousing-general📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2021 #3A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Zoning Petition which amends Article 8.000 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinancezoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2021 #4A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-74, regarding keeping Riverbend Park opened beyond December 27, 2020

Communications (14)

14 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (5) · schools (4) · housing general (3) · transit traffic (3) · trees (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (6)

• POR 2021 #1That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the Law Department to draft Home Rule Petition language for a Fire Cadet Program similar to the language used in the Police Department Home Rule Petitionpolice-safety
• POR 2021 #2That 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 Carlisle Street and Prospect Street in honor of the late Neil Tobin
• POR 2021 #3Joining Next Century Cities
• POR 2021 #4School Metricsschools
• POR 2021 #6That the City Council go on record urging Governor Baker to sign S.2995 into law as soon as possible
• POR 2021 #5That the City Manager, City Solicitor, and Purchasing Department confer to provide a report on the possible implementation of a sheltered market program here in Cambridge

Resolutions (10)

• RES 2021 #1Congratulations to Erina Columbo
• RES 2021 #2Resolution on the death of Charles M. Burke
• RES 2021 #3Resolution on the Death of James Ravanis
• RES 2021 #4Resolution on the Death of Wilma Hughes
• RES 2021 #5Resolution on the Death of William Leeds
• RES 2021 #6Resolution on the death of Anna M. (Sico) Fennell
• RES 2021 #7Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
• RES 2021 #8Resolution on the Death of Johnny Robinson
• RES 2021 #9Resolution on the Death of Irvienne Goldson
• RES 2021 #10Resolution on the death of Takako Salvi

Other Business (2)

• Report on establishing a waiver for low-income individuals utilizing the Covid-19 vaccine if the vaccine would otherwise cost money to access
• Report on working with DCR in exploring the feasibility of keeping Riverbend Park open beyond December 27, 2020

Committee Reports (5)

• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2020-11-19 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2020-07-07 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date)
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Report Received And Accepted