City Council · Regular Meeting, March 21, 2022

• City Manager's report2022 · #53📁 Placed on file, unanimousa request to designate First Assistant City Solicitor Megan Bayer as the City of Cambridge liaison to the State Ethics Commission effective April 1, 2022Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2022 #53
• City Manager's report2022 · #54📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe 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, 2022Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2022 #54
• City Manager's report2022 · #55✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe 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 CenterSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerartspolice safetyCMA 2022 #55
• City Manager's report2022 · #56✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe 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 InitiativeSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2022 #56
• City Manager's report2022 · #57✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe 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 suppliesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2022 #57
• City Manager's report2022 · #58✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe 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 recyclingSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanesCMA 2022 #58
• City Manager's report2022 · #59✅ Order adopted, unanimousrecommendations for the block rates for water consumption and sewer use for the period beginning April 1, 2022 and ending March 31, 2023Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerhousing general📖 read CMA 2022 #59

• City officer's report2022 · #33an update regarding legislative activityartsclimatehomelessnesszoning📖 read COF 2022 #33
• City officer's report2022 · #30a memorandum regarding updates on the City Manager search📖 read COF 2022 #30
• City officer's report2022 · #31information from the School CommitteeschoolsCOF 2022 #31
• City officer's report2022 · #32an update on the Wage Theft Ordinance📖 readCOF 2022 #32

33 resident communications received for this meeting, on 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 order2022 · #42✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to work with the Police Department to look into specific pedestrian safety interventions that can be placed at the intersection of Broadway and Highland AvenueCouncil requestpolice safetytransit trafficPOR 2022 #42
• Policy order2022 · #43✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the Community Development Department to immediately convene an Alewife Overlay District Zoning Proposal Working GroupCouncil requestzoningPOR 2022 #43
• Policy order2022 · #44✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with the appropriate city departments and the American Red Cross to establish a workforce development program for lifeguarding in CambridgeCouncil requestPOR 2022 #44
• Policy order2022 · #45✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager 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 dayCouncil requestschoolsPOR 2022 #45
• Policy order2022 · #46✅ Order adoptedCity Council support of H.3457/SD.2309, An Act Relative to Electric Bicyclesbike lanesPOR 2022 #46

• Resolution2022 · #51✅ Order adoptedCongratulations on the retirement of Superintendent Leonard DiPietro from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice safetyRES 2022 #51
• Resolution2022 · #52✅ Order adoptedHappy 100th Birthday to Marion A. SullivanRES 2022 #52
• Resolution2022 · #53✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Muriel C. GreeneRES 2022 #53
• Resolution2022 · #54✅ Order adopted as amendedResolution on the death of Kenneth SingletonRES 2022 #54
• Resolution2022 · #55✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Herminia B. (Nunes) MartinsRES 2022 #55
• Resolution2022 · #56✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Carol LawlorRES 2022 #56
• Resolution2022 · #57✅ Order adoptedHappy Birthday wishes to Renee TownesRES 2022 #57
• Resolution2022 · #58✅ Order adoptedHappy 90th Birthday to Moses MooreRES 2022 #58
• Resolution2022 · #59✅ Order adoptedCongratulations on the retirement of Debra DeeganRES 2022 #59
• Resolution2022 · #60✅ Order adoptedCongratulations on the retirement of Bryce PlattRES 2022 #60
• Resolution2022 · #61✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Charles T. Hinds, SrRES 2022 #61
• Resolution2022 · #62✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Connor EpsteinKraus and Liz Epstein on the birth of their son, Benjamin Jacob EpsteinRES 2022 #62
• Resolution2022 · #63✅ Order adoptedCongratulations on the retirement of John Gallagher from the Cambridge Fire DepartmentRES 2022 #63
• Resolution2022 · #64✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Lawrence HudsonRES 2022 #64
• Resolution2022 · #65✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Charles F. "Chuck" MountainRES 2022 #65
• Resolution2022 · #66✅ Order adoptedCongratulations on the Retirement of Lieutenant Daniel Reagan from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice safetytenants rentRES 2022 #66
• Resolution2022 · #67✅ Order adopted as amendedResolution on the death of Joyce Marie McClureRES 2022 #67

• Application / petition2022 · #11✅ Order adopteda 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 associationApplication from Joseph Bednartransit traffic📖 readCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR NOLAN IN COUNCIL MARCH 21, 2022APP 2022 #11
• Application / petition2022 · #12❌ Failed of adoptiona 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 associationApplication from Mathew Marshalltransit traffic📖 readCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL MARCH 21.2022APP 2022 #12
• Application / petition2022 · #13✅ Order adoptedtwo (2) canopies and one (1) projecting sign at the premises numbered 415 Main StreetApplication from David Randa representing Life Alive Organic Cafe📖 readapproval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, CommuniAPP 2022 #13

• Awaiting report2022 · #11✅ Report received and acceptedReport on working with DCR to pilot an expansion of Memorial Drive closures along any segments east of Western Avenue that could be used as parklandAR-22-11
• Awaiting report2022 · #12✅ Report received and acceptedReport on introducing the SMART Box rodent control systemAR-22-12
• Awaiting report2022 · #13📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport 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 serveAR-22-13
• Awaiting report2022 · #14📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport on the findings of the "Future of Telework" Committee, and to explain the city’s current policy regarding a remote work policyAR-22-14