City Council — Regular Meeting, November 22, 2021

City Manager's Agenda (9)

• CMA 2021 #251A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to reappointments and new appointments of members of the Transit Advisory Committee for a term of 2-years, effective November 22, 2021transit-traffic
• CMA 2021 #252A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointments and new appointments of members of the Pedestrian Committee for a term of 2-years, effective November 22, 2021transit-traffic
• CMA 2021 #253A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointments and new appointments of members of the Bicycle Committee for a term of 2-years, effective November 22, 2021bike-lanes
• CMA 2021 #254A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointments of the following members of the Planning Board, effective November 22, 2021: Mary Flynn, Louis Bacci, Jr., Catherine Preston Connolly and H. Theodore Cohen
• CMA 2021 #255A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-80, regarding a report on redesign work done at Carl Barron Plazabike-laneshomelessnesstransit-traffictrees📖 read
• CMA 2021 #256A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-62, regarding the feasibility of installing lights at all Cambridge dog parksbudgettransit-traffictrees📖 read
• CMA 2021 #257A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-61, regarding a report on the City’s rodent and pest control efforts since February 2020, to outline what metrics are being used to determine the effectiveness of these efforts, and to issue recommendations as to whether increasing the budget for these efforts, as well as creating new incentives and penalties to ensure community compliance with regulations around rodent control, would lead to a greater level of success in resolving this issuebudget
• CMA 2021 #258A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-76, regarding a report on the incident involving the Cambridge Police Officers outside Central Square YMCA on October 17, 2021police-safety📖 read
• CMA 2021 #259A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a recommendation from the Board of Election Commissioners for the City Council to vote to authorize in-person early voting for the December 14, 2021 Special State Primary, in accordance with Chapter 255 of the Acts of 2020, as amended by Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2021 and Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2021📖 read 📄 PDF

Communications (11)

11 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (5) · housing general (4) · bike lanes (4) · affordable housing (2) · trees (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (3)

• POR 2021 #256That the City Manager is requested to meet with the Public Health Department, the Department of Human Service Programs, and the Recreation & Aquatics Department to look into providing a suitable practice space for the Cambridge Synchronized Swimming Team for Cambridge residents
• POR 2021 #257That the City Council go on record strongly urging Harvard and its property service contractors to offer a fair contract that ensures wage increases to the workers of 32BJ SEIUlabor
• POR 2021 #258That the City Manager is requested to direct City staff to work with partners including the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority (CRA) and the Central Square Business Improvement District on identifying spaces in Central Square that would support the creation and protection of cultural and human service spaces that align with the City’s goals

Resolutions (15)

• RES 2021 #281Resolution on the death of Marie T. (Kelly) Flynn
• RES 2021 #282Resolution on the death of Elio Pantanella
• RES 2021 #283Welcoming Derrick Neal to the City of Cambridge as the new Chief Public Health Officer
• RES 2021 #284Congratulations to Kelsey Perkins and Tim Depin on the birth of their daughter Molly Louise Depin
• RES 2021 #285Congratulations to Tiya Miles for being awarded the non-fiction book prize at the 72nd National Book Awards
• RES 2021 #286Resolution on the death of Philip J. Mastrangelo
• RES 2021 #287Congratulations to the members of the Universal Design Park Working Group
• RES 2021 #288Best wishes to Nazni Velji on her retirement
• RES 2021 #289Congratulations to Lamplighter Brewing Company on a successful five years in operation and wishing them many more years of success
• RES 2021 #290Congratulations to Clube Desportivo Faialense on a successful 50 years in service and wishing them many more years of success
• RES 2021 #291Resolution on the death of Julio Lugo
• RES 2021 #292Happy Birthday wishes to Scott Harshbarger
• RES 2021 #293The Cambridge City Council wishes to thank Susan Breen for serving as Interim Chief Public Health Officer for the City of Cambridge
• RES 2021 #294Resolution on the Death of Robert Scott
• RES 2021 #295Resolution on the Death of Valerie Jones

Other Business (9)

• AR-21-85Report on how people with limited mobility can access services on Massachusetts Avenue with the current proposed bike lane plan include in the report the number of fires in the last ten years on that section of Mass. Avenue requiring a ladder truck, in order to determine the feasibility of allowing two-hour parking including some handicapped spots in bus lanes during off-rush hours to ease the burden on those who rely on cars for transportation out of necessitybike-lanestransit-traffic
• AR-21-86Report on establishing a working committee to recommend a process for naming the City’s parks, buildings, street corner dedications and playgrounds that is predictable, understandable, and transparent
• AR-21-87Report on working to ensure all seniors have access to scam prevention materials and training
• AR-21-88Report on providing a legal opinion regarding the effect of the proposed Ordinance to Limit and monitor campaign donations on the petitioners of a Citizens’ Petition and the Owners, Board members and employees of an organization seeking financial assistance from the city of Cambridge; and to draft enforcement language and to draft language exempting labor unions from the Ordinance and to provide an opinion about whether Somerville’s Ordinance regarding campaign donations would survive a legal challenge

• a response of City of Cambridge to Open Meeting Law Complaint of Heather Hoffman dated November 3, 2021 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• memorandums regarding Home Rule Petition on Transfer Fee amendment 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• legislative files 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• (untitled) 📖 read
• the 2022 City Council Inauguration 📖 read

Committee Reports (1)

• Housing Committee hearing of 2021-11-10 — Accepted [Unanimous]