City Council — Regular Meeting, February 3, 2021

City Manager's Agenda (14)

• CMA 2021 #7A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on COVID-19📖 read
• CMA 2021 #8A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to new appointments and reappointments to the LGBTQ+ Commission effective February 1, 2021
• CMA 2021 #9Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the supplemental appropriation of the FY20 Shannon Grant for $10,231.68 received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community Safety Initiative (CSI) through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account ($10,231.68) which will fund hotspot patrols, Metro Gang Task Force participation, and the Focused Deterrence program, and the Regional Youth/Police Dialogue Sessionpolice-safety
• CMA 2021 #10Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY21 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) STOP Grant in the amount of $45,250, received from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to the Grant Fund Police Department Salaries and Wages account ($41,506.00) and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($3,744) which will be used to continue contracting with a civilian advocate to implement the Police Department’s Trauma Informed approach to policingpolice-safety
• CMA 2021 #11Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $5,717,250 from the Mitigation Stabilization Fund to the Public Investment Fund Department of Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account. Funds were received from contributions to the East Cambridge Open Space Fund and will be used to fund the design and construction of three new parks in the East Cambridge/Kendall Square area; Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. Park, Triangle Park and Binney Street Park
• CMA 2021 #12Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $85,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits (Insurance) Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Public Works Travel & Training (Judgment and Damages) account which will be used to cover medical bills and settlements for Public Works personnel injured in the course of their job
• CMA 2021 #13A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-142, regarding a report on determining the feasibility of expediting the demolition and rebuilding permitting process in the event of a natural disaster📖 read
• CMA 2021 #15A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt with comments and suggested modifications, the Alewife Quadrangle Northwest Overlay District (Srinivasan, et al.) Zoning Petitionbike-lanestenants-renttransit-trafficzoning📖 read
• CMA 2021 #16Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $3,174,389 from Free Cash to the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund which will be used to fund specific future projects, which will require separate individual appropriations by the City Council
• CMA 2021 #17Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $115,300 received in donations received from MIT Real Estate, Museum of Science, and CambridgeSide to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Department Extraordinary Expenses account which will be used for costs associated with the BlueBikes bikeshare system
• CMA 2021 #18Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $452,600 from the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund received from various sources to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures account which will be used for the purchase and expenses of Bluebikes bikeshare equipment
• CMA 2021 #19A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-56, regarding establishing a plan that will allow for greater outreach and technical assistance to women- and- minority-owned businesses and small businesses that have not yet received financial assistance to assess any future City funding📖 read
• CMA 2021 #20A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-75, regarding the feasibility of partnering with a local research institution to conduct a study that determines how many ridehail vehicles are on the roads during both on and off-peak times and their impacts on congestion and safety
• CMA 2021 #21A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-151, regarding the feasibility of making Porter Square and Massachusetts Avenue between Roseland Street and Beech Street a quick-build complete street with bus prioritybike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read

Communications (29)

29 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (5) · homelessness (5) · schools (5) · housing general (5) · broadband (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (9)

• POR 2021 #15Spending Disparity Study PO
• POR 2021 #16Policy Order re Establishing an On-Site Vaccination Program
• POR 2021 #17Policy Order Re Documenting Affordable Housing CBO Developmentsaffordable-housinghousing-general
• POR 2021 #18Policy Order re Covid-19 Protocols at Affordable Housing Worksitesaffordable-housinghousing-general
• POR 2021 #19That the Mayor be and hereby is requested to schedule a virtual Roundtable/Working Meeting for members of the City Council and School Committee for Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in the Henrietta Attles Meeting Room at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, 459 Broadway, begin discussions on a preliminary School Department budget for Fiscal Year 2022budgetschools
• POR 2021 #20Policy Order re Renaming Fairmont Avenue. WITHDRAWN BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL FEBRUARY 8, 2021
• POR 2021 #21Vaccinating CPS Staff Plan POschools
• POR 2021 #22Supporting the School Committeeschools
• POR 2021 #24That the City Manager be and is hereby requested to direct city staff to work with the City’s state and federal partners in support of decriminalizing all Entheogenic Plants and plant-based compounds

Resolutions (22)

• RES 2021 #14Congratulations to Kim Janey
• RES 2021 #15Congratulations to Vatsady Sivongxay
• RES 2021 #16Resolution on the Death of Carol Correia
• RES 2021 #17That the Council recognizes and expresses gratitude to the women and men of First Church Cambridge Congregational UCC for their decades of service to our community
• RES 2021 #18That this City Council go on record extending its congratulations to Eric Lander on being appointed science advisor to President-elect Joe Biden and head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• RES 2021 #19Kavita Trivedi Eagle Scouts Resolution
• RES 2021 #20Retirement of CCTV Executive Director, Susan Fleischmann. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY VICE MAYOR MALLON IN COUNCIL FEBRUARY 3, 2021
• RES 2021 #21Resolution on the death of Charlotte Charest
• RES 2021 #22Resolution re Black History Month 2021
• RES 2021 #23Congratulations to Nora Bent
• RES 2021 #24Resolution on Dara Arons Speedy Recovery Resolution
• RES 2021 #25Resolution on the Death of Yvonne DSouza
• RES 2021 #26Congratulations to Mike Firestone and Betsy Gwin on the birth of their son, Charles Edwin Firestone, on Wednesday, January 13th
• RES 2021 #27The Cambridge City Council, hereby assembled, urges Amazon to meet and confer with the Cambridge community, included, but not limited to, representatives of labor unions including the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 25
• RES 2021 #28Thank You to Lisa Peterson
• RES 2021 #29Resolution on the death of Jerry Ingersoll and Phyllis Watt Ingersoll
• RES 2021 #30Thank You to Elizabeth “Liza” Malenfant Paden
• RES 2021 #31Resolution on the death of Joseph A. "Chubba" Russell
• RES 2021 #32Resolution on the death of Conceicao Miguel
• RES 2021 #33Resolution on the death of Muriel A Bispham
• RES 2021 #34Resolution on the death of Joseph R Green
• RES 2021 #35Resolution on the death of Carl Jones

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2021 #4A petition was received from the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority to amend the KENDALL SQUARE URBAN RENEWAL AREAhousing-general📖 read
• APP 2021 #3A Zoning Petition Has been received from Carolyn Fuller - Ordinance #2021-2 Cambridge Missing Middle Housing Zoning Petitionhousing-generalzoning📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (3)

• AR-21-3Report on parameters on eligible expenses from free cash

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• CMA 2021 #14 : A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-63, which requested a review of the granting of an extension for the 605 Concord Avenue project. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCIL NOLAN IN COUNCIL FEBRUARY 3, 2021

TABLED IN COUNCIL FEBRUARY 8, 2021 📖 read

Committee Reports (1)

• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2020-08-11 — Accepted [Unanimous]