City Council — Regular Meeting, April 5, 2021

City Manager's Agenda (8)

• CMA 2021 #61A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on COVID-19 vaccination rollout📖 read
• CMA 2021 #62A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointment of Charles J. Marquardt as an Election Commissioner for a four year term, effective April 1, 2021
• CMA 2021 #63A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a member of the Community Preservation Act Committee for a term of five years, effective April 5, 2021: Owen O'Riordan and Mary Flynn
• CMA 2021 #64A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following person as a new Associate Member of the Board of Zoning Appeal for a term of 5-years, effective April 5, 2021: Wendy Leisersonzoning
• CMA 2021 #65Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $130,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Electrical Extraordinary Expenditures account which will fund the purchase of a new aerial bucket truck. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR NOLAN IN COUNCIL APRIL, 5, 2021
• CMA 2021 #66Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $750,000.00 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Department of Human Services Programs Extraordinary Expenditures account, to provide necessary funds to implement repairs to the 3 swimming pools located at the War Memorial Pool Facility
• CMA 2021 #67A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt with comments for further consideration, Article 8.000 Nonconformity Zoning Petitionzoning📖 read
• CMA 2021 #68A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation to adopt both the Retail Uses Zoning Petition and the Home Occupations Zoning Petition, with comments for further considerationzoning📖 read

Communications (10)

10 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (5) · housing general (4) · climate (4) · trees (1) · affordable housing (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (5)

• POR 2021 #63That the Housing Committee be and hereby is requested to schedule a hearing to discuss the Housing Choice Law and its potential implications for housing projects in Cambridge with representatives from the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, and community housing organizationshousing-general
• POR 2021 #64That the City Council amend the Article 22 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge entitled “SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT” to insert a new section 22.24.4zoning
• POR 2021 #65That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department on traffic-calming solutions, such as speed bumps to be implemented in this area and report back to the City Counciltransit-traffic
• POR 2021 #66That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to light up City Hall red for Autism Acceptance Month from April 12-16, 2021
• POR 2021 #67Policy Order re Updating Neighborhood Groups Information

Resolutions (11)

• RES 2021 #87Resolution for Kirsten Sims' Promotion
• RES 2021 #88Resolution on the Birth of Maya Simone Fernandez
• RES 2021 #89Wishing Madlyn V. Johnson a Happy 80th Birthday
• RES 2021 #90Reaffirming Support for Transgender Youth
• RES 2021 #91Recognizing April as National Minority Health Month
• RES 2021 #92That the Cambridge City Council go on record supporting HD.3095 and SD.2155: An Act Improving Emergency Housing Assistance for Children and Families Experiencing Homelessnesshomelessnesshousing-general
• RES 2021 #93That the Cambridge City Council go on record supporting HD.1696: An Act Promoting Housing Stability for Families by Strengthening the HomeBASE Programhousing-general
• RES 2021 #94That the Cambridge City Council go on record supporting HD.3030 and SD.1802: An Act to Prevent COVID-19 Evictions and Foreclosures and Promote an Equitable Housing Recoveryhousing-generaltenants-rent
• RES 2021 #95National Library Week
• RES 2021 #96Congratulating Kirsten Swartz on her New Position
• RES 2021 #97That the City Council go on record proclaiming April 5–11, 2021 as Cambridge Public Health Week in appreciation of the extensive work on the part of the public and private sectors in the city to create a better, more inclusive, more just community

Other Business (3)

• AR-21-20Report on coordinating efforts to formally recognize and promote National Black Business Month in August and Women’s Small Business Month in October

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• questions for the COVID-19 Update 📖 read

Committee Reports (2)

• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2020-11-24 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2021-02-16 — Accepted [Unanimous]