City Council ▸ 2022-03-21
City Council — Regular Meeting, March 21, 2022
7 City Manager's Agenda33 Communications5 Policy Orders17 Resolutions3 Applications & Petitions8 Other Business
City Manager's Agenda (7)
- CMA 2022 #53A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request to designate First Assistant City Solicitor Megan Bayer as the City of Cambridge liaison to the State Ethics Commission effective April 1, 2022📖 read
- CMA 2022 #54A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointment of Edward Otero as a Constable Without Power to serve civil process for a term of three years, effective the first day of January, 2022
- CMA 2022 #55Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Shannon Grant for $40,228.40 received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community Safety Initiative through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account ($32,518.40) and the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($7,710.00) which will be dedicated to hot spot patrols, youth violence reduction strategies, and the Focused Deterrence program, and will support a Teen Public Art Program at the Community Art Centerartspolice-safety
- CMA 2022 #56Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY22 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) STOP Grant for $15,945.00 received from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to help support a regional “Trauma Informed Approach to Law Enforcement” training in collaboration with the Cambridge Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Prevention Initiativepolice-safety
- CMA 2022 #57Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY2022 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in the amount of $13,800 to the Grant Fund Historical Commission Salaries and Wages account ($12,500) and the Grant Fund Historical Commission Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,300) which will be used to support part-time archives assistants, as well as for the purchase of archival storage supplies
- CMA 2022 #58Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of 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 2022 #59A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to recommendations for the block rates for water consumption and sewer use for the period beginning April 1, 2022 and ending March 31, 2023housing-general📖 read 📄 PDF
Communications (33)
33 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (22) · bike lanes (20) · schools (4) · housing general (2) · climate (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (5)
- POR 2022 #42That the City Manager is requested to work with the Police Department to look into specific pedestrian safety interventions that can be placed at the intersection of Broadway and Highland Avenuepolice-safetytransit-traffic
- POR 2022 #43That the City Manager is requested to direct the Community Development Department to immediately convene an Alewife Overlay District Zoning Proposal Working Groupzoning
- POR 2022 #44That the City Manager is requested to work with the appropriate city departments and the American Red Cross to establish a workforce development program for lifeguarding in Cambridge
- POR 2022 #45That the City Manager is requested to work with the appropriate City departments and staff of the BB&N school to provide a solution to the idling issues at the start and end of the school dayschools
- POR 2022 #46City Council support of H.3457/SD.2309, An Act Relative to Electric Bicyclesbike-lanes
Resolutions (17)
- RES 2022 #51Congratulations on the retirement of Superintendent Leonard DiPietro from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
- RES 2022 #52Happy 100th Birthday to Marion A. Sullivan
- RES 2022 #53Resolution on the death of Muriel C. Greene
- RES 2022 #54Resolution on the death of Kenneth Singleton
- RES 2022 #55Resolution on the death of Herminia B. (Nunes) Martins
- RES 2022 #56Resolution on the death of Carol Lawlor
- RES 2022 #57Happy Birthday wishes to Renee Townes
- RES 2022 #58Happy 90th Birthday to Moses Moore
- RES 2022 #59Congratulations on the retirement of Debra Deegan
- RES 2022 #60Congratulations on the retirement of Bryce Platt
- RES 2022 #61Resolution on the death of Charles T. Hinds, Sr
- RES 2022 #62Congratulations to Connor EpsteinKraus and Liz Epstein on the birth of their son, Benjamin Jacob Epstein
- RES 2022 #63Congratulations on the retirement of John Gallagher from the Cambridge Fire Department
- RES 2022 #64Resolution on the death of Lawrence Hudson
- RES 2022 #65Resolution on the death of Charles F. "Chuck" Mountain
- RES 2022 #66Congratulations on the Retirement of Lieutenant Daniel Reagan from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safetytenants-rent
- RES 2022 #67Resolution on the death of Joyce Marie McClure
Applications & Petitions (3)
- APP 2022 #11An application was received from Joseph Bednar requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 266 Rindge Avenue; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. No response has been received from the neighborhood association. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR NOLAN IN COUNCIL MARCH 21, 2022transit-traffic📖 read
- APP 2022 #12An application was received from Mathew Marshall, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 221 Columbia Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. No response has been received from the neighborhood association. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL MARCH 21.2022transit-traffic📖 read
- APP 2022 #13An application was received from David Randa representing Life Alive Organic Cafe, requesting permission for two (2) canopies and one (1) projecting sign at the premises numbered 415 Main Street approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and proof of abutter mailing and return receipt📖 read
Other Business (8)
- AR-22-11Report on working with DCR to pilot an expansion of Memorial Drive closures along any segments east of Western Avenue that could be used as parkland
- AR-22-12Report on introducing the SMART Box rodent control system
- AR-22-13Report on determining 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
- AR-22-14Report on the findings of the "Future of Telework" Committee, and to explain the city’s current policy regarding a remote work policy