City Council — Regular Meeting, May 2, 2022

City Manager's Agenda (14)

• CMA 2022 #86A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the FY2023 submitted budget and appropriation orders. REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN COUNCIL MAY 2, 2022budgetpolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2022 #87Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $1,800,000 to provide funds for the replacement of existing gas boilers at the Morse and Cambridgeport schools. PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 2, 2022 TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 23, 2022schools📖 read
• CMA 2022 #88A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $13,000,000 to provide funds for the reconstruction of various City streets, sidewalks and bike facilities. PASSED TO SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 2, 2022 TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 23, 2022📖 read
• CMA 2022 #89A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $78,500,000 to provide funds for the construction of sewer separation, storm water management and combined sewer overflow reduction elimination improvements within the Port, Alewife and Central Square areas as well as the Sewer Capital Repairs Program and climate change preparedness efforts. PASSED TO SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 2, 2022 TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 23, 2022climate📖 read
• CMA 2022 #90Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $15,000,000 to provide funds for the design and construction of a multi-use paths Danehy/New Street Path, Linear Park and Grand Junction Path, which runs from Henry Street to Gore Street on both City, MIT and MassDot property. PASSED TO SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 2, 2022TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 23, 2022📖 read
• CMA 2022 #91Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $14,600,000 to provide funds for the Municipal Facilities Improvement Plan. PASSED TO SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 2, 2022 TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 23, 2022police-safety📖 read
• CMA 2022 #92A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation and authorization to borrow $37,000,000 to provide additional funds for the construction of improvements at the Fire Station Headquarters Building located at 491 Broadway. PASSED TO SECOND READING IN COUNCIL MAY 2, 2022 TO BE ADOPTED ON OR AFTER MAY 23, 2022📖 read
• CMA 2022 #93Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $600,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account which will fund the purchase a training structure to be located in the rear of the East Cambridge fire station
• CMA 2022 #94Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $150,000 from the General Fund Electrical Department Salary and Wages Account to the General Fund Electrical Travel and Training Account (Judgments and Damages) to cover medical services and/or prescription reimbursement costs for personnel injured in performance of their duties
• CMA 2022 #95Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a supplemental allocation from the Office of the Attorney General, Local Consumer Aid Fund for $5,000 to the Grant Fund License Commission (Consumer’s Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to allow the Consumers' Council to continue the mediation of consumer complaints from individuals in Cambridge as well as in Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Watertown and Waltham which do not have their own complaint mediation program
• CMA 2022 #96Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,500,000 from the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures account from MIT Development for Volpe Project ($500,000) and Alexandria RE Equities/Design & Construction ($1,000,000) and will be used to support the design and construction of the Grand Junction Multi-use Path
• CMA 2022 #97Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $253,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Department Extraordinary Expenditures Account to be used for a City of Cambridge Disparity Study
• CMA 2022 #98Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $23,100,176 received from the U.S. Department of Treasury through the new Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) established by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), to the Grant Fund Finance Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used for a number of projects related to City Council priority areas particularly: homelessness and housing support, COVID testing, mental health services, job training, food insecurity, small business support, and infrastructure including items related to water, and broadband. CHARTER EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL MAY 2, 2022homelessnesshousing-general
• CMA 2022 #99A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request for approval to seek authorization from the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General (the “IG”) for the City to use the Construction Manager at Risk (“CMaR”) procurement and construction method (the “CMaR Method”) in connection with the Fire Department Headquarters Project📖 read 📄 PDF

Communications (12)

12 resident communications received for this meeting — bike lanes (5) · transit traffic (5) · climate (3) · zoning (2) · schools (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (12)

• POR 2022 #72That the City Manager is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to look into the feasibility of mailing “Watch for Bikes” stickers to residents who have applied for a residential parking permit for the next application cycle in 2023transit-traffic
• POR 2022 #73That the City Manager is requested to work with the Community Development Department, the Traffic, Parking & Transportation Department and the Department of Public Works to look into the feasibility of placing a covered bike rack at City Hall using FY23 Capital Budget Fundingbudgettransit-traffic
• POR 2022 #75City Council support of H.938 and H.998/S.569, Extended Producer Responsibility for Paint and Mattresses
• POR 2022 #78City Council support of H.R.2644, the Green New Deals for Cities Act of 2021
• POR 2022 #79That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate staff to light up City Hall and painting crosswalks for Pride Month 2022transit-traffic
• POR 2022 #80That the City Council go on record supporting Cambridge’s commitment to being an ally of the Wampanoag Nation in The National Movement and declaring Thursday May 5th, 2022 the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Day of Action
• POR 2022 #83That the Cambridge City Council offers its support for a City Council Ordinance requiring prevailing wage rates for private utility construction
• POR 2022 #74That the City Manager is hereby requested to direct City staff to provide the certain information regarding the Alewife Zoning Petition to the City Council for discussionzoning
• POR 2022 #76That the City Manager be and hereby is requests the City Manager to instruct the Community Development to respond to the Ordinance Committee with a list of projects and where they are in the permitting process
• POR 2022 #77That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the Community Development Department to report back to the Ordinance Committee with suggested language and edits to the proposed moratorium
• POR 2022 #81That the City Manager works with the City Solicitor to provide a legal opinion on how the council might, if so desired, allow buildings somewhere along in the process of development to be exempted from the Alewife moratorium and whether the current language applying to office and lab uses is appropriate
• POR 2022 #82That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the Community Development Department and the City Solicitor's office to report back to the City Council on Community Development 's current zoning workload and how long Community Development would need to it advance Alewife zoningzoning

Resolutions (5)

• RES 2022 #104Congratulations to John Carew on his retirement from Cambridge College
• RES 2022 #105Resolution on the death of Lawyer Johnson
• RES 2022 #106Congratulations to the Cambridge Rotary Club on its 100th Anniversary
• RES 2022 #107Congratulations to the Outstanding Employee Award Winners
• RES 2022 #108That the Cambridge City Council go on record congratulating Bill Kane on this recognition and thanking him for his tremendous and unwavering commitment to those in Cambridge who struggle to meet their most basic needs

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2022 #18An application was received from Ronald Santosuosso, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 650 East Kendall Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. One response has been received from the neighborhood associationtransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• APP 2022 #19An application was received from Ronald Santosuosso, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 650 East Kendall Street/Linskey Way; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. One response has been received from the neighborhood associationstransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• APP 2022 #20An application was received from the City of Cambridge Budget Office requesting permission for two (2) temporary banners across JFK Street and Mount Auburn Street announcing the Participatory Budgeting Banner from June 13, 2022 through July 3, 2022budget📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (5)

• AR-22-24Report on determining what repairs to 205 Western Avenue would be needed to inhabit the space to allow the Cambridge Community Center to house their program
• AR-22-25Report on how the city can meet the goals for diversity and inclusion, while ensuring that any required professional expertise and/or specific knowledge that may be statutorily required will continue to be represented
• AR-22-26Report on devising ways to encourage residents to request the smallest size trash bin needed and to keep waste output low with the rollout of the new bins

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• information from the School Committee

Committee Reports (9)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2022-03-09 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2022-04-07 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading [Unanimous]