City Council ▸ 2021-11-15
City Council — Regular Meeting, November 15, 2021
City Manager's Agenda (12)
- CMA 2021 #239A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on COVID-19📖 read
- CMA 2021 #240A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to new appointments of members of the Foundry Advisory Committee for a term of three years, effective November 8, 2021. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL NOVEMBER 15, 2021
- CMA 2021 #241A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointment of the following person as a members of the Fresh Pond Master Plan Advisory Board, for a term of three years, effective November 15, 2021
- CMA 2021 #242A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to new appointments and reappointments of the following persons as members of the Citizens Committee on Civic Unity, effective November 1, 2021 for three year terms. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL NOVEMBER 15, 2021
- CMA 2021 #243Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant received from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Adult and Community Learning Services, in the amount of $117,990.00, to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($66,090.00) and to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($51,900.00), which will provide funding for two Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) training programs for second language learners
- CMA 2021 #244Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $175,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits (Insurance) Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Public Works Travel & Training (Judgment and Damages) account which will cover medical bills and settlements for Public Works personnel injured in the course of their job
- CMA 2021 #245Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $400,000 from MassDOT’s FY22 Complete Streets Program to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account which will be used to support the Huron Avenue (Glacken Field to Fresh Pond Parkway) project
- CMA 2021 #246Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Action Grant, in the amount of $48,485, received as part of an amended grant scope of services, to the Grant Fund Community Development Department Other Ordinary Maintenance Account
- CMA 2021 #247A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-6, regarding a report housing development informationaffordable-housinghousing-general📖 read
- CMA 2021 #250A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-75, which requested that the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department (TP+T) and the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) review two recent crashes involving vulnerable users at the intersection of Cambridge Street at Felton Streetpolice-safetytransit-traffic
- CMA 2021 #248Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $143,333.33 in license renewal fees received from Comcast to the Public Investment Fund Cable Television Extraordinary Expenditures account to support the local Public, Educational and Government cable television stations which will go to Cambridge Community Television, and to City’s 22-CityView and the Cambridge Public School’s educational cable station, CEA-TV for capital equipment purchases and upgradesschools
- CMA 2021 #249A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Numbers 21-37 and 21-38, regarding digital equitybroadband📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
Communications (38)
38 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (17) · housing general (16) · zoning (11) · bike lanes (9) · affordable housing (7). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (6)
- POR 2021 #250That the City Council go on record recognizing November 18th, 2021 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day in the City of Cambridge
- POR 2021 #251That the Regular City Council meeting scheduled for November 29, 2021 be changed to a joint Roundtable meeting of the City Council and School Committee to discuss the past election, including but not limited to new practices and polling locations is Cambridge with the City Manager, Election Commission, and any other relevant departmentsschools
- POR 2021 #252That the Regular City Council meeting scheduled for Monday, December 27, 2021, be and hereby is cancelled
- POR 2021 #253That the City Solicitor is hereby authorized to draft a response to the open meeting law complaint filed by Heather Hoffman regarding the city council meeting on November 1, 2021
- POR 2021 #254That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to expand the Affordable Housing Chart attached to City Manager Agenda Item #9 on the November 15, 2021 City Council agenda to include each project’s average unit cost plus footnotes for those projects with the highest unit costs outlining reasons for those much higher costsaffordable-housinghousing-general
- POR 2021 #255That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to establish a working committee to establish recommendations for a process for naming the City’s parks, buildings, street corner dedications and playgrounds that is predictable, understandable, and transparent, and to report back to the City Council on this matter in a timely manner
Resolutions (5)
- RES 2021 #277Resolution on the Death of Kathleen Frances Delaney
- RES 2021 #275Resolution on the death of Thomas J. Toomey
- RES 2021 #278That a suitable resolution be prepared for Vatsady Sivongxay and Stephen Gray to congratulate them on the recent birth of their second child
- RES 2021 #279Condolences to the family of Medina Dixon
- RES 2021 #280Congratulations to Raquel Coronell Uribe