City Council — Regular Meeting, January 11, 2021

City Manager's Agenda (2)

• CMA 2021 #5A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a COVID-19 update📖 read
• CMA 2021 #6A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of Arantxa Ortiz as a new member of the Commission on Immigrant Rights & Citizenship for a term of three years, effective January 11, 2021

Communications (7)

7 resident communications received for this meeting — homelessness (6) · housing general (4) · transit traffic (3) · affordable housing (1) · schools (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (8)

• POR 2021 #7That the regular City Council meeting scheduled for January 25, 2020 be a Roundtable/Working meeting to discuss the 2020 Cambridge Resident Survey
• POR 2021 #8Lighting Up City Hall for a National Moment of Unity and Remembrance
• POR 2021 #9Policy Order re Dedication Request for Eurie Stamps, Sr
• POR 2021 #10That the city manager and his staff prepare a memorandum outlining any federal, state or municipal law that restricts the City of Cambridge from allocating direct financial assistance to residents, non-profit agencies or small businesses an develop a plan to offer direct financial assistance to Cambridge residents, non-profit organizations and small businesses suffering during the Covid-19 Pandemic
• POR 2021 #11That the City Council go on record asking the MBTA to reconsider bench bars at the Central Square Ttransit-traffic
• POR 2021 #12That the city manager be and hereby is requested short term measures to fund, support unhoused members of the community including public showers, portable toilets, hand washing stations and food programs until further noticehomelessness
• POR 2021 #13That the City further investigate renting space from the New England school of English to house appropriate members of our unhoused community. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL JANUARY 11, 2021homelessnessschools
• POR 2021 #14That the KSURP zoning petition filed on September 17, 2020 is hereby amended by substitutionzoning

Resolutions (3)

• RES 2021 #11Congratulations to Deondre Starling for Community Impact
• RES 2021 #12Resolution on the death of Zelma Bostick
• RES 2021 #13Congratulations to Mayor Marty Walsh

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2021 #1A request was received from Adam Braillard representing Santandar Bank, regarding Revocation of Bond #106054492 for Santandar Bank, 125 Mount Auburn Street. Response from the Inspectional Services Department has been received confirming said sign has been removed📖 read
• APP 2021 #2An application was received from Michael Malmberg representing Daily Table , requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 684 Massachusetts Avenue approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read

Other Business (3)

• AR-21-121-1 Report on what efforts are being made to ensure that only those vaccines with the highest effectiveness will be utilized throughout the City of Cambridge
• AR-21-221-2 Report on providing a report on the possible implementation of a sheltered market program

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Committee Reports (7)

• Human Services & Veterans Committee hearing of 2020-11-12 — Accepted As Amended [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Charter Right
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2020-11-19 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2021-01-05 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading [Unanimous]