City Council ▸ 2022-05-09
City Council · Regular Meeting, May 9, 2022
9 City Manager's Agenda2 Communications & Reports from Other City Officers12 Communications5 Policy Orders4 Resolutions1 Applications & Petitions2 Other Business5 Committee Reports
City Manager's Agenda (9)
- City Manager's report2022 · #100 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 22-18, regarding a report on working with BB&N school to provide a solution to cars idling, stalled traffic, and blocked drivewaysSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanespolice safetyschoolstransit traffic📖 readCMA 2022 #100
- City Manager's report2022 · #101 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 21-99, regarding GLX project fundingSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2022 #101
- City Manager's report2022 · #102 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 22-26, regarding a report on trash bin sizesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanes📖 readCMA 2022 #102
- City Manager's report2022 · #103 Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $200,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account to support the rollout of standardized trash bins and the collection and recycling of old trash binsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbike lanesCMA 2022 #103
- City Manager's report2022 · #104 Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $155,000.00 from Free Cash to the Department of Human Service Programs Capital account to purchase a 15 Passenger Van for DHSP’s Child and Youth Serving ProgramsSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2022 #104
- City Manager's report2022 · #105 Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of a grant from the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $7,601.29 to the Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($3,200) and to the Department of Human Service Programs Travel and Training Account ($4,401.29) which will support the Carey Men’s Permanent Supported Housing Program operated by the Multi-Service CenterSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerhomelessnesshousing generalCMA 2022 #105
- City Manager's report2022 · #106 Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of $7800 from the Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account to the Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance Account which will be used to contract for Recovery Coaching services and provide better support to the men in conjunction with the services provided by the Multi- Service Center staffSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2022 #106
- City Manager's report2022 · #107 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 22-16, regarding Alewife Overlay District Zoning Proposal Working Group and POR 2022 #84 contained in Committee Report Item Number 1 of May 2, 2022 regarding CDD's current workloadSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerhousing generalschoolszoning📖 readCMA 2022 #107
- City Manager's report2022 · #108 Referred to the petition, unanimousupdated information that was requested by the Ordinance Committee at its hearing on April 7, 2022, relative to the Alewife Overlay Districts Zoning Petition as well as a legal opinion from City Solicitor Nancy E. Glowa, regarding legal questions raised by the Ordinance Committee at the same April 7, 2022 hearingSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerzoning📖 read CMA 2022 #108
Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (2)
- City officer's report2022 · #57an update regarding legislative activitybroadbandbudgetclimateschools📖 read COF 2022 #57
- City officer's report2022 · #58information from the School CommitteeschoolsCOF 2022 #58
Communications (12)
12 resident communications received for this meeting, on police safety (7) · housing general (6) · homelessness (5) · broadband (2) · zoning (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (5)
- Policy order2022 · #87 Order adopted as amended, unanimousAsks the City Manager to work to provide evening and weekend hours in two of our youth centers this summer as a pilot programCouncil requestPOR 2022 #87
- Policy order2022 · #88 Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City staff to light City Hall up gold on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2022, to pay tribute to those who have died for our nation and remembering their service and devotion to this countryCouncil requestPOR 2022 #88
- Policy order2022 · #85 Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to instruct the Community Development depart to provide information to the City Council about how to add $1.94 linkage fee to Housing Contribution Rate that is specifically targeted for job trainingCouncil requesthousing generalPOR 2022 #85
- Policy order2022 · #86 Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to get information from the Community Development Department to include, but not be limited to, funding received through the linkage program, that those fees be reported out annually, and including future projections by yearCouncil requestPOR 2022 #86
- Policy order2022 · #84 Ordained as amended, unanimousSection 11.202(b) of Article 11.000 Special Regulations linkage fee., be amended by substitution. (Ordinance #2022-14)housing generalzoning📖 read PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 TO BE ORDAINED ON THE OCTOBER 17,POR 2022 #84
Resolutions (4)
- Resolution2022 · #109 Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Roberta Mattos on her retirement from the Cambridge Health AllianceRES 2022 #109
- Resolution2022 · #110 Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Maria-Alice Smolka on her retirement from The Cambridge Health AllianceRES 2022 #110
- Resolution2022 · #111 Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Cassandra Ling on being named the Executive Director of YWCA CambridgeRES 2022 #111
- Resolution2022 · #112 Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Nikolas Bowie for receiving tenure at Harvard Law SchoolschoolsRES 2022 #112
Applications & Petitions (1)
- Application / petition2022 · #21 Order adopted, unanimousan awning at the premises numbered 200 Monsignor O'Brien HwyApplication from John Tucker representing Nuestra, LLC DBA Boston Garden📖 readApproval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, CommuniAPP 2022 #21
Other Business (2)
- Awaiting report2022 · #27 Report received and acceptedReport on 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 trafficAR-22-27
- Awaiting report2022 · #28 Report received and acceptedReport on looking into the feasibility of placing a covered bike rack at City Hall using FY23 Capital Budget FundingbudgetAR-22-28
Committee Reports (5)
- Housing Committee hearing of 2022-01-25 · Accepted [Unanimous]
- Housing Committee hearing of 2022-03-16 · Accepted [Unanimous]
- Committee hearing of (unknown date) · Order Adopted [Unanimous]
- Committee hearing of (unknown date) · Order Adopted [Unanimous]
- Committee hearing of (unknown date) · Placed On The Table [Unanimous]