City Council — Regular Meeting, May 3, 2021

City Manager's Agenda (7)

• CMA 2021 #94A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a COVID-19 update📖 read
• CMA 2021 #95Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a Recycling Dividends Program Grant, received from, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in the amount of $97,500, to the Grant Fund Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used for various City’s recycling programs including carts for business and residential recyclingbike-lanes
• CMA 2021 #96A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of The Port Infrastructure Project Working Group, effective May 3, 2021 for a period of 12-15 months
• CMA 2021 #97A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as Public Weighers for the calendar year 2021 to operate scales at Boston Sand and Gravel, 118-R Industrial Park, Cambridge
• CMA 2021 #98A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-25, regarding a report on monitoring drought conditions and an update on demand projections
• CMA 2021 #99A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-66, regarding a report on establishing a Black and Brown-Owned Business Task Force📖 read
• CMA 2021 #100A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the FY2022 submitted budget and appropriation ordersbudgetpolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read

Communications (4)

4 resident communications received for this meeting — climate (2) · homelessness (1) · housing general (1) · schools (1) · zoning (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (10)

• POR 2021 #90That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to ensure that additional funding for Housing Stability shall be made available throughout FY22 if the City Council advises that the need is presenthousing-general
• POR 2021 #91That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and other relevant City and State departments to explore and implement strategies to enhance safety at the intersection of Memorial Drive and DeWolfe Streettransit-traffic
• POR 2021 #92That the City Manager be and is hereby requested to work with Community Development and Traffic, Parking and Transportation to include an EV requirement in their review of development projects, including that a minimum of 25% of all parking spaces shall be EVSE-Installed, meaning a parking space equipped with functioning Level 2 Chargers, or the equivalent thereof must be provided, and that all parking spaces be EV-ready, meaning raceway to every parking space, adequate space in the electrical panel, and space for additional transformer capacity; the City approved EV Requirement Equivalent Calculator must be used if chargers other than Level 2 Chargers are installedtransit-traffic
• POR 2021 #93That the City Manager hereby is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department on parking solutions, such as the feasibility of implementing resident parking in this area and report back to the City Counciltransit-traffic
• POR 2021 #94That the Cambridge City Council goes on record in support of the Bathroom Bill of Rights being sponsored by Free to Flush
• POR 2021 #95That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Community Development Department, the Affordable Housing Trust, and other relevant City departments to provide options to update the HomeBridge and Affordable Home Ownership Programs to better align with the City’s values, and promote racial equity and socioeconomic justiceaffordable-housinghousing-general
• POR 2021 #96Free The Vaccine Resolution
• POR 2021 #97That the City Manager be and is hereby requested to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to apply for the Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program and if grants are received to work with the community before implementation of a programtransit-traffic
• POR 2021 #98That the Cambridge City Council go on record standing in solidarity with the MNA nurses campaigning for fair contract negotiations with Cambridge Health Alliance
• POR 2021 #99That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the Community Development Department and the Law Department to report back to the council with recommendations pertaining to Cannabis delivery ordinance including but not limited to expanding the use beyond B1 and B2 zoning districts, zoning issues, parking requirements and special permitstransit-trafficzoning

Resolutions (7)

• RES 2021 #105Resolution on the death of Charles Julien
• RES 2021 #106Congratulations to Annamarie Hoey
• RES 2021 #107Congratulations to Jesse Kanson-Benanav
• RES 2021 #108That the City Council go on record congratulating Dr. Maria McCauley for winning the seat of President of the Public Library Association
• RES 2021 #109That the City Council go on record extending its deepest sympathy to the family of Dr. Lynda Holstrom at this time of such personal loss
• RES 2021 #110Resolution on the death of Shawn Adrian Brown
• RES 2021 #111Resolution on the death of Adina Shiponi Obler

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2021 #19An application was received from Eric Grunebaum, for Friends of Jerry's Pond, requesting permission for two (2) temporary banners to be hung on one light pole in the Russell Field parking lot and the second pole left after the bus shelter announcing Historic Jerry's Pond on April 29, 2021 thru April 29, 2023homelessnesstransit-traffictrees📖 read

Other Business (7)

• AR-21-28Report on ensuring that no investment of City funds shall be made with banks, money managers, or investment portfolios that have any exposure to fossil fuels or private prisonsclimate
• AR-21-29Report on updating the Parental Leave Policy for employees

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• charter assessment: review and reform 📖 read 📖 read
• questions for the COVID-19 update 📖 read
• (untitled) 📖 read
• a response from COO Jim Maloney regarding concerns related to the Tobin Montessori/Vassal Lane building project 📖 read

Committee Reports (2)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2020-12-09 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]