City Council — Regular Meeting, May 10, 2021

City Manager's Agenda (13)

• CMA 2021 #101A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a COVID-19 Update📖 read
• CMA 2021 #102Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY2021 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in the amount of $12,100 to the Grant Fund Historical Commission Salaries and Wages account ($12,100) which will continue to support part-time archives assistants, who maintain the public archive of Cambridge history
• CMA 2021 #103Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of an Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) FFY19 grant in the amount of $45,555.55, to the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Extraordinary Expenditures account for acquisition of emergency communication dispatch consoles for upgrades at the City of Cambridge Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at the Water Department Facility
• CMA 2021 #104Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a Mass Save Municipal Partnership Grant, in the amount of $25,000, received through a municipal partnership with Eversource Energy Services Company to the Grant Fund Community Development Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($25,000) which will contribute to meeting the City’s energy efficiency outreach and engagement goals
• CMA 2021 #105A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-11 regarding filling vacant positions
• CMA 2021 #106A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-31, regarding funding for housing stabilization assistance in the Fiscal Year 2022 Budgetbudgethousing-general
• CMA 2021 #107A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-12, regarding a report on the feasibility of retrofitting existing vehicles or renting vehicles to create a mobile vaccine clinic programaffordable-housinghomelessnesshousing-general📖 read
• CMA 2021 #108A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $28,500,000 to provide funds for the construction of sewer separation, storm water management and combined sewer overflow reduction elimination improvements within River Street and Harvard Square areas as well as the Sewer Capital Repairs Program and climate change preparedness efforts. PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 10, 2021 TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 24, 2021climate📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2021 #109A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $1,800,000 to provide funds for various Schools for projects that include: asbestos abatement in various schools, replace the front plaza and failing masonry wing walls and recaulking the building at the Haggerty School, replace emergency generator and extend exhaust at Cambridgeport, recaulking precast panels at CRLS Field House, unit vents engineering at the Fletcher Maynard Academy and Longfellow building and replace the gym floor at the Amigos School. PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 10, 2021 TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 24, 2021schools📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2021 #110A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $10,000,000 to provide funds for the Municipal Facilities Improvement Plan. Funds will support improvements at the Department of Public works Complex, Moses Youth Center HVAC Design, fire notification system installation at 11 buildings, Coffon building bathroom rehab and upgrades and MFIP study. Also, included is funding to support fire station improvements including: Lafayette Square fire station improvements (floor slab, kitchen and gym flooring replacement), Taylor Square fire station improvements (decontamination showers, installation and parapet improvement), East Cambridge fire station improvements (sanitary storm system replacement and generator installation) and Lexington Ave. fire station driveway construction. PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 10, 2021 TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 24, 2021📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2021 #111A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an order requesting the appropriation and authorization to borrow $5,000,000 to provide funds for the reconstruction of various City streets and sidewalks. PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 10, 2021 TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 24, 2021📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2021 #112Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $30,000 from the General Fund Traffic, Parking and Transportation Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Traffic, Parking and Transportation Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover current and anticipated medical services and/or prescription reimbursement costs for the remainder of the fiscal year for Traffic and Parking personnel injured in the performance of their dutiestransit-traffic
• CMA 2021 #113A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the first Cycling Safety Ordinance report which analyzes the block-by-block impacts of installing quick-build separated bike lanes on four specific segments of Massachusetts Avenue, as identified in Section 12.22.040 (E) of the ordinancebike-lanes📖 read

Communications (1)

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

Policy Orders (4)

• POR 2021 #100That the city manager be and hereby is requested to work with all relevant city departments, the Central Square BID and the MBTA to close Mass Ave. from Prospect Street to Sydney Street on Friday and Saturday evenings from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. through September 2021 and report back to the Council. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL MAY 10, 2021transit-traffic
• POR 2021 #101In Support of H.3559
• POR 2021 #102That the city manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the law department to review the proposed ordinance to reduce or limit campaign donations, POR 2020 #240, and respond to the City Council, in a reasonable time, with suggested edits, comments and recommendations. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN IN COUNCIL MAY 10, 2021
• POR 2021 #103That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the City Solicitor’s Office to draft a Home Rule Petition that would cap campaign contributions to any City Council candidate to $200 per person, per year, per candidate. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN IN COUNCIL MAY 10, 2021

Resolutions (11)

• RES 2021 #112Congratulations to 2021 Outstanding Employees
• RES 2021 #113Resolution on the death of Martha A. Johnson
• RES 2021 #114Thank You to Oliva Fenty
• RES 2021 #115AAPI Heritage Month
• RES 2021 #116Resolution on the Death of Doris Lillian Mitchell
• RES 2021 #117Condolences to the Family of Susan F. Cole
• RES 2021 #118Resolution on the death of Daniel Montgomery
• RES 2021 #119Congratulations to Victoria Greer
• RES 2021 #120Resolution on the Death of Emma T. Coleman
• RES 2021 #121Resolution on the death of Robert Steverson
• RES 2021 #122Wishing a happy 60th birthday to the "Mayor of Harvard Square," Dennis Coveney

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2021 #20An application was received from The Central Square Business Improvement District requesting permission for forty (40) temporary pole banners around CRLS, Central Square and Kendall Square to "Celebrate the graduating class of 2021". on May 24, 2021 thru August 31, 2021schoolstransit-traffic📖 read
• APP 2021 #21An application was received from The Central Square Business Improvement District requesting permission for sixty (60) temporary pole banners along Massachusetts Avenue from Hancock Street to Albany Street announcing on "Meet Me in Central" from May 11, 2021 thru October 31, 2021transit-traffic📖 read
• APP 2021 #22An application was received from Senior Economic Development Manager, Pardis Saffari, Community Development Department requesting permission for a twenty nine (29) temporary pole banners in the neighborhood of Inman Square to celebrate and promote the neighborhood of Inman Square from the Spring of 2021 thru Fall of 2023transit-traffic📖 read

Other Business (8)

• AR-21-30Report on increasing the affordable homeownership stock over the next 10 years by financing the construction of affordable homeownership units through a bond issue of no less than $500 millionhousing-general
• AR-21-31Report on ensuring additional funding for Housing Stability shall be made available throughout FY22 if the City Council advises that the need is presenthousing-general
• AR-21-32Report on exploring and implement strategies to enhance safety at the intersection of Memorial Drive and DeWolfe Street
• AR-21-33Report on including an EV requirement in the 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
• AR-21-34Report on finding a parking solution, such as the feasibility of implementing resident parking in the area near the intersection of Concord Avenue and Smith Placetransit-traffic
• AR-21-35Report on providing options to update the HomeBridge and Affordable Home Ownership Programs to better align with the City’s values, and promote racial equity and socioeconomic justice

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Committee Reports (3)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2021-02-24 — Charter Right
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Charter Right
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Charter Right