City Council · Regular Meeting, March 28, 2022

• City Manager's report2022 · #60📁 Placed on filean update on COVID-19Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager📖 readCMA 2022 #60
• City Manager's report2022 · #61✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $252,073.12 received from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program income to the Public Investment Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures Account which will be used to continue the development of affordable housing for residentsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manageraffordable housinghousing generalCMA 2022 #61
• City Manager's report2022 · #62📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 22-11, regarding Riverbend Park opening and potential expansionSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2022 #62

• City officer's report2022 · #35an update regarding legislative activityartscharterclimatepolice safetytenants renttransit trafficzoning📖 read COF 2022 #35
• City officer's report2022 · #36information from the School CommitteeschoolsCOF 2022 #36

9 resident communications received for this meeting, on transit traffic (7) · bike lanes (5) · zoning (2) · housing general (1) · arts (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2022 · #47✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to direct the City Solicitor to draft language to enable the Cambridge Police Department and Department of Public Works to donate abandoned bicycles to charitable organizations as outlined under MGL 30B Section 15(g)Council requestbike lanespolice safetyPOR 2022 #47
• Policy order2022 · #48✅ Order adoptedCity Council support of the MIT Graduate Student UnionlaborPOR 2022 #48
• Policy order2022 · #49✅ Order adoptedThat City Council remind the residents of Cambridge that regular street cleaning begins again on April 1, 2022 and that all residents can sign up for automatic alerts and reminders from the City of Cambridge for the remainder of the yearPOR 2022 #49
• Policy order2022 · #50✅ Order adoptedCity Council support urging the Massachusetts Legislature and the residents of Cambridge to oppose House Bill 1234 and the proposed 2022 state ballot initiative and ensuring that the rights of workers remain solid and strong for generations to comelaborPOR 2022 #50
• Policy order2022 · #51✅ Order adopted as amendedCity Council go on record declaring April 2022, as “Autism Awareness Month” in the City of CambridgeCouncil orderPOR 2022 #51
• Policy order2022 · #52✅ Order adoptedThat Vice Mayor Mallon and Councillor Nolan shall work with the City Manager to request that the City Manager appoint three senior City staff as members of the preliminary screening committee, along with two additional CouncillorsPOR 2022 #52
• Policy order2022 · #53✅ Order adoptedORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the appropriate departments and the People of Riverbend Park Trust to promptly submit a letter to the State Legislature expressing support for codifying Saturday closures of Memorial Drive as well as an earlier start date in the first half of April each yearPOR 2022 #53

• Resolution2022 · #68✅ Order adoptedResolution on the Death of Donna RichardsonRES 2022 #68
• Resolution2022 · #69✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Walter Davis JrRES 2022 #69
• Resolution2022 · #70✅ Order adoptedThanks to the Cambridge Public Library team and encouraging Cambridge residents to participate in programs and events celebrating National Library WeekRES 2022 #70
• Resolution2022 · #71✅ Order adoptedCongratulations on the Promotion of Superintendent Frederick J. Cabral of the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice safetyRES 2022 #71
• Resolution2022 · #72✅ Order adoptedCongratulations on the Promotion of Deputy Superintendent Peter A. Vellucci Jr. of the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice safetyRES 2022 #72
• Resolution2022 · #73✅ Order adoptedCongratulations on the Promotion of Deputy Superintendent Steven B. Magalhaes of The Cambridge Police Departmentpolice safetyRES 2022 #73
• Resolution2022 · #74✅ Order adoptedCongratulations on the Promotion of Deputy Superintendent Anthony G. Macone of The Cambridge Police Departmentpolice safetyRES 2022 #74
• Resolution2022 · #75✅ Order adoptedCongratulations Sian HederRES 2022 #75
• Resolution2022 · #76✅ Order adoptedResolution on the death of Helen N. MurrellRES 2022 #76

• Awaiting report2022 · #15✅ Report received and acceptedReport on looking into specific pedestrian safety interventions that can be placed at the intersection of Broadway and Highland Avenuetransit trafficAR-22-15
• Awaiting report2022 · #16✅ Report received and acceptedReport on convening an Alewife Overlay District Zoning Proposal Working Group comprised of all stakeholders (community members, commercial property owners, businesses, developers, city staff and other parties as deemed appropriate) to engage stakeholders and City leaders in a process similar to that employed in developing zoning principals for the Volpe Center that will lead towards drafting new zoning for adoptionzoningAR-22-16
• Awaiting report2022 · #17✅ Report received and acceptedReport on working with the American Red Cross to establish a workforce development program for life guarding that includes free certification and recertification courses throughout the year for anyone who can pass the swim test and include incentives that may entice qualified applicants including (but not limited to) higher wages, retention and signing bonuses, and the option to work more than 19.5 hours per week if desiredAR-22-17
• Awaiting report2022 · #18✅ Report received and acceptedReport on working with staff of the BB&N school to provide a solution to cars idling beyond the five-minute legal limit, stalled traffic, blocked driveways, and a forced one-way path up Buckingham Street toward Concord where drivers face the risk of coming head-to-head with a vehicle trying to bypass the pickup line; and, such as a tiered drop-off system, a parking area for parents, or more drop-off and pick-up locationsschoolstransit trafficAR-22-18

• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2021-07-21 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2022-02-09 · Charter Right