City Council — Regular Meeting, February 22, 2021

City Manager's Agenda (7)

• CMA 2021 #28A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on COVID-19 vaccination rollout📖 read
• CMA 2021 #29A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Final Landmark Designation Report for the St. Augustine's African Orthodox Church at 137 Allston Street📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2021 #30A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointment of the following members of the Affordable Housing Trust for a term of three years, effective February 9, 2021: Peter Daly, Florrie Darwin, Gwendolyn Noyes, Susan Schlesinger, James Stockard, William Tibbs, Elaine Thorneaffordable-housinghousing-general
• CMA 2021 #31A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a proposed amendment to Section 8.66 of the Municipal Ordinance relating to Tree Protection and related Ordertrees📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2021 #32A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-64, requesting Home Rule language to allow for acoustic live entertainment performances in small businesses under certain conditions without a license. TABLED IN COUNCIL FEBRUARY 22, 2021police-safetytransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2021 #33A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-144, regarding the feasibility of creating a Fire Cadet Program📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2021 #34A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a further response to Calendar Item Number 2, regarding a report on reviewing the granting of an extension for the 605 Concord Avenue project, which was previously answered as Awaiting Report Item Number 20-63 on February 1, 2021. TABLED IN COUNCIL FEBRUARY 22, 2021📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Communications (9)

9 resident communications received for this meeting — housing general (3) · climate (2) · zoning (2) · schools (2) · police safety (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (5)

• POR 2021 #30Policy Order re Services for the Unhousedhomelessness
• POR 2021 #31That the City Manager and appropriate staff are requested to work with the local organizers of the Floral Heart Project-Cambridge, to place a Floral Heart Shaped wreath at an appropriation location on the lawn on City Hall on March 1, 2021, in honor and memory of those lost to the COVID-19 pandemicpolice-safety
• POR 2021 #32Policy Order for Dedication in Memory of Sabbatino Gagliardi
• POR 2021 #33That the city manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the law department to draft a home rule petition and a zoning amendment to allow acoustic music performances without a licensezoning
• POR 2021 #34That the City Solicitor report back to the City Council on whether or not the City can require written notice be sent to all abutters, both property owners as well as tenants, regarding the scheduling of a hearing regarding the extension of a building permit request to the Planning Boardtenants-rent

Resolutions (15)

• RES 2021 #43Congratulating CPS Librariansschools
• RES 2021 #44Congratulations on the Opening of Black Sheep Market
• RES 2021 #45Resolution on the Death of Carolyn Bowen Tabor
• RES 2021 #46Resolution on the Death of John S. “Spike” Lawless
• RES 2021 #47Congratulations to Harvard Law Review's first Muslim president, Hassaan Shahawy
• RES 2021 #48Wishing Shirley Sanford a Happy Retirement
• RES 2021 #49Resolution on the death of Thomas F. "Buddy" Gibbons, Sr
• RES 2021 #50Wishing Banku Ho a Happy Retirement
• RES 2021 #51Wishing George Downing a Happy Retirement
• RES 2021 #52Wishing Natalie Kostich a Swift Recovery
• RES 2021 #53Resolution on the death of Marie "Mary" Muolo
• RES 2021 #54Congratulating Prospect Hill Academy & Community Charter School of Cambridgeschools
• RES 2021 #55Resolution In Support of Rep. Katherine Clark's Letter to Governor
• RES 2021 #56Congratulations to Mary Ting Hyatt and Wilbur Hyatt on the birth of their new child, Dean Hamilton Hyatt, on February 15, 2021
• RES 2021 #57Resolution on the death of Diane Kelley

Other Business (4)

• AR-21-8Report on removing hostile architecture whenever public spaces are designed or redesigned and to create design guidelines that ensure our public spaces are truly welcoming to the entire community and determine how existing bench fixtures can be addressed to support all residents who use them

• COM 97 #2021 : communication was received from Robert J. La Tremouille, regarding a private interstate off ramp to MIT. 📖 read
• (untitled)
• questions for the COVID-19 Update 📖 read

Committee Reports (2)

• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2020-10-13 — Charter Right
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2020-11-18 — Accepted [Unanimous]