City Council — Regular Meeting, March 7, 2022

City Manager's Agenda (16)

• CMA 2022 #37A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a recommendation that in accordance with the requirements of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), the Cambridge City Council adopt an order for the Statement of Interest Form for the replacement of the Amigos School building roofschools📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2022 #38Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Management Performance Grant from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency in the amount of $39,600.00 to the Grant Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account which will be used to support the purchase of a new vehicle for the Emergency Preparedness and Coordination office. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR NOLAN IN COUNCIL MARCH 7, 2022police-safety📖 read
• CMA 2022 #39Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of MASSCAP Inc. funds in the amount of $1,665.38 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to provide assistance to Cambridge and Somerville residents with natural gas heating bills
• CMA 2022 #40Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the MassHire Metro North Workforce Board for $74,847.11 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($29,939.00) and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($44,908.11) which will be used to reimburse the City for salary and program costs associated with enrolling income-eligible youth in the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program
• CMA 2022 #41Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) grant in the amount of $348,301.00 funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used for DHSP to operate LIHEAP serving Cambridge and Somervillehousing-general
• CMA 2022 #42Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of funds for the College Success Initiative from the Cambridge Housing Authority for $12,500.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Department Programs Salary and Wages account which will be used to support a portion of the salary costs for one of the college success coaches who works with students attending Bunker Hill Community Collegehousing-generalschools
• CMA 2022 #43Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Children’s Trust Fund grant for the Center for Families program in the amount of $53,000.00 to the Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($12,350.00), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($26,400.00), and to the Travel and Training account ($14,250.00) which will be used by the Center for Families to support family programs targeting parents of children up to eight years, which include a variety of family support and parent education programs and resources
• CMA 2022 #44A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-42, regarding a report on reviewing Cambridge's corporate contracts and purchases to identify any vendors or manufacturers whose products are used to perpetuate violations of International Human Rights Laws and Cambridge's policy on discrimination📖 read
• CMA 2022 #45A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation (DCR) to reactivate the parking meters installed last year on segments of Memorial Drive near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and along Cambridge Parkway. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR BURHAM AZEEM IN COUNCIL MARCH 7, 2022transit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2022 #46Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $75,000 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 2022 #47Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $730,000 from Free Cash to the General Fund Traffic and Parking Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($700,000), and to the General Fund Traffic and Parking Department Extraordinary Expenditures account ($30,000) for additional costs associated with the implementation of the Cycling Safety Ordinancebike-lanestransit-traffic
• CMA 2022 #48A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to an update on the status of our planned implementation of cycling safety improvements in Porter Square along Massachusetts Avenue between Beech Street and Roseland Streetbike-lanes
• CMA 2022 #49A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Talbot Street Easement Disposition📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2022 #50A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request to approve the disposition of property located at 35 Cherry Street (the “Property”) to the Affordable Housing Trust to facilitate the development of affordable housingaffordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2022 #51A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Annual Surveillance Report concerning City Departments’ use of Surveillance Technology or Surveillance Dataartspolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2022 #52A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request to move to Executive Session to discuss the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property as discussion in an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body

Communications (29)

29 resident communications received for this meeting — bike lanes (10) · transit traffic (9) · climate (4) · police safety (4) · broadband (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (5)

• POR 2022 #37Cancellation of the Regular City Council Meeting March 14, 2022
• POR 2022 #38That the City Manager is requested to consult with the Department of Public Works to introduce the SMART Box rodent control system in Cambridge
• POR 2022 #39That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to consult with the Assistant City Manager for the Department of Human Service Programs and the head of DHSP Preschools to determine how to better integrate more parent response into their decision-making process as they make changes that can have undue impacts upon the families they serve
• POR 2022 #40That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of Libraries to provide free tickets to the Museum of African American History to Cambridge residents
• POR 2022 #41That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the City Council on the findings of the "Future of Telework" Committee, and to explain the city’s current policy regarding a remote work policy in the Weekly Digest this Friday, March 11th

Resolutions (2)

• RES 2022 #49Congratulations to the East Cambridge Business Association, Gather Here Stitch Lounge, and Commonwealth Alternative Care on the opening of the Inman Incubator
• RES 2022 #50Resolution on the death of Jamilah Bakr

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2022 #10An application was received from Ricky Zeng representing Gong Cha, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 50 Church Street approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and no abutter response, proof of mailing has been received📖 read

Other Business (4)

• AR-22-10Report on conducting a study to collect relevant economic data relating to business impacts from bike lane installations, positive or negative, which will help inform future installations of bike lanes along commercial corridorsbike-lanes

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• a memorandum regarding the search for the next City Clerk 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• The Annual Surveillance Report 📖 read 📄 PDF

Committee Reports (1)

• Housing Committee hearing of 2021-12-01 — Accepted [Unanimous]