City Council — Regular Meeting, April 12, 2021

City Manager's Agenda (13)

• CMA 2021 #69A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on the COVID-19 vaccination rolloutpolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2021 #70Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the State Executive Office of Public Safety, Department of Fire Services, in the amount of $187,500 to the Grant Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account which will be used for hazmat responders Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including respiratory equipment, chemical protective clothing, flash protection and gloves; decontamination supplies and detection devices; warrantees, calibration gasses and Confidence Tests for detection devices; research equipment to assist with identifying hazardous materials; and to repair or replace related equipment as neededpolice-safety
• CMA 2021 #71Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Shannon Grant received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community Safety Initiative through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, in the amount of $33,585.19, to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account ($25,875.19) and the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($7,710.00) which will be dedicated to hot spot patrols, Metro Gang Task Force participation, and the Focused Deterrence programpolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2021 #72Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $300,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account to continue the COVID-19 sewer testing program through the end of calendar year 2021
• CMA 2021 #73Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,771,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used for snowstorm related expenses associated with snow plowing and snow removal contracts, salt, and other materials
• CMA 2021 #74Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $650,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund the procurement of three pieces of equipment for use in snow and ice operations
• CMA 2021 #75Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $400,000 from Free Cash to the Public Works Public Investment Fund Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund snowstorm related street repairs
• CMA 2021 #76Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of funds of the Mass Housing and Shelter Alliance Grant from the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account in the amount of $3,200.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel and Training account to be used to purchase gifts for the men in the Carey Program which will allow them to purchase food and other household items such as laundry detergent and cleaning supplieshomelessnesshousing-general
• CMA 2021 #77Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of funds of the Children’s Trust Fund grant from the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account in the amount of $2,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel and Training account which will enable the purchase of gift card incentives for Cambridge parents participating in the Center for Families’ Parent Workshops and Parent Child Activities
• CMA 2021 #78Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of funds of the Low-Income Heating Assistance Program Grant from the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel and Training account in the amount of $1,940.88 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to purchase operating supplies for the program’s administration
• CMA 2021 #79Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant increase from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Adult and Community Learning Services, in the amount of $58,950.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($42,660.00), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($16,290.00). With this increase the total grant amount is now $901,880.00 which will be used to support costs associated with implementing program services during the COVID-19 pandemic
• CMA 2021 #80Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation a grant from the Cambridge Community Foundation in the amount of $25,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used for the purchase of Chromebooks, hotspots, and webcams for Community Learning Center (CLC) students to connect to their classesschools
• CMA 2021 #81Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Family Shelter grant received from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $165,650.08 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be subcontracted to the Cambridge YWCA and used to operate its family shelter from April 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021 (final quarter FY21), including the provision of case management and housing search and stabilization services for ten homeless families at a time as referred by the DHCDhomelessnesshousing-general

Communications (26)

26 resident communications received for this meeting — budget (8) · housing general (8) · schools (4) · affordable housing (4) · zoning (3). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (13)

• POR 2021 #68Policy Order re Making Remote Participation Permanent
• POR 2021 #69Policy Order Re Making Remote Public Participation Easier
• POR 2021 #70That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the appropriate City personnel to re-establish funding for a visiting attorney to be situated in the Multi Service Center and/or the Senior Center, with a focus on services provided to the unhoused community, to seniors, and to veteranshomelessness
• POR 2021 #71That the City and CPD create laminated, information cards detailing how an individual can file complaints and concerns regarding their interactions with CPD
• POR 2021 #72That the Chair of Civic Unity schedule a meeting to discuss survey results, progress made to date, and recommendations to diversify City’s Boards and Commissions
• POR 2021 #73That the City Manager be and is hereby requested to consult with the Water Department and report back to the City Council by the end of the month on plans for monitoring the situation, for early communication on conserving water and for instituting water savings measures, and to inform the Water Board of this request
• POR 2021 #74That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Community Development Department, the Law Department, and the City Manager’s Housing Liaison to discuss and advise on ways to increase equity in the initial application process for tenants looking to rent in Cambridge that does not violate fair housing lawshousing-generaltenants-rent
• POR 2021 #75That the City Council shall have its own budget for outside legal research to be utilized at the discretion of the Council when designated by a majority of members in pursuance of the Council’s authority to exercise the legislative powers of the City as specified in the City charter. TABLED IN COUNCIL APRIL 26, 2021budget
• POR 2021 #79That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the Community Development Department to report back to the City Council on the potential impacts of removing the roof top parking exemption from the Green Roof ordinance at the April 26, 2021 City Council meeting."transit-traffic
• POR 2021 #80That the City Manager be and hereby is request to instruct the Community Development Department provide guidance on where to place the following amendment in the Green Roofs Zoning Petition: “That all affordable housing projects, including those that fall under the Affordable Housing Overlay, will be exempt from this section.”affordable-housinghousing-generalzoning
• POR 2021 #76That the City Manager conduct a nexus study to determine the connection between building roofs and local climate impacts including urban heat island and stormwater impacts to determine the appropriate mitigation costs including through construction of biosolar and green roofsclimate
• POR 2021 #77That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to propose an effective date for adopting the Green Roofs Zoning Petition and to provide a list of which projects would be unaffected by the new zoning as a resultzoning
• POR 2021 #78That the Green Roofs Zoning Petition is amended by substitutionzoning

Resolutions (6)

• RES 2021 #98Thank You to Rachel Culley
• RES 2021 #99That the City Council go on the record in support of this session’s proposed TOPA bills, SD.1672 and HD.2984, and in urging the Cambridge State Legislative Delegation to advance this legislation to swift passage
• RES 2021 #100Support of Expanding the Medicare Savings Plan Eligibility
• RES 2021 #101Resolution on the death of Calvin Lindsay's Father
• RES 2021 #102Resolution on the death of Donna L. Douglas
• RES 2021 #103National Telecommunications Week

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2021 #13An application was received from Shoshanah Garber, Black Sheep Bagels requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 101 Magazine Street approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read
• APP 2021 #14An application was received from Brooke Garber, Mint Julep requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 43 Brattle Street. approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read

Other Business (4)

• AR-21-21Report implementing traffic-calming solutions, such as speed bumps to be implemented in this areatransit-traffic
• AR-21-22Report on making sure all information on the City's list of neighborhood organizations are updated and that a specific staffer be tasked with ensuring that the information is updated on an annual basis

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• questions for the COVID-19 Update 📖 read

Committee Reports (6)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2021-02-04 — Accepted As Amended [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2021-03-31 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading [Unanimous]