City Council · Regular Meeting, September 19, 2022

• City Manager's report2022 · #180📁 Placed on file, 8–0Awaiting Report Item Number 22-45, regarding current City fields use and amenities such as: lighting, dugouts, batting cages, benchesSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerschools📖 readCMA 2022 #180
• City Manager's report2022 · #181📁 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 19-145, regarding a report on City’s Policies and Procedures relating to the procurement, installation, and disposal of artificial turfSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #181
• City Manager's report2022 · #182📁 Placed on file, unanimousCouncil Order No. O-13 of 9/12/22, regarding a report on a legal opinion on the following questions regarding Policy Order #11 (proposed amendments to the Cannabis Business Permitting Ordinance) from the September 12, 2022 City Council meetingSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 readCMA 2022 #182

• City officer's report2022 · #110an update regarding legislative activitycharterhousing generalzoning📖 read COF 2022 #110
• City officer's report2022 · #111COF 2022 #111 : A communication was received Mayor Siddiqui, transmitting information from the School CommitteeschoolsCOF 2022 #111

46 resident communications received for this meeting, on housing general (31) · affordable housing (22) · zoning (9) · transit traffic (5) · schools (4). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2022 · #165✅ Order adopted and referred, unanimousCity Council refer the attached zoning petition regarding the Housing Contribution Rate to the Ordinance Committee and Planning Board for a hearing and reportCouncil orderhousing generalzoningREFERRED TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE AND PLANNING BOARD FOR HEARING AND REPORT IN COUNCIL SPOR 2022 #165
• Policy order2022 · #166✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City staff to compile a report detailing how other comparable municipalities handle their street corner dedication processesCouncil requestPOR 2022 #166
• Policy order2022 · #167✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to continue to fund the meals program for the housed and unhoused members of the community for an additional six monthsCouncil requesthomelessnessPOR 2022 #167
• Policy order2022 · #168✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to have the Parks and Recreation Department meet with representatives of each Little League, Babe Ruth, and Girls’ Softball to develop a plan to install “Walls of Honor” at each home baseball and softball field in the city by June 1, 2023Council requestPOR 2022 #168
• Policy order2022 · #169⊘ Order withdrawnAsks the City Manager to direct the Community Development Department to convene a North Massachusetts Avenue Corridor District Zoning Proposal Working Group Policy Order Proposing a North Massachusetts Avenue (NMA) Corridor Working Group for the purpose of developing comprehensive zoning recommendationsCouncil requestzoningCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR AZEEM IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 19, 2022POR 2022 #169
• Policy order2022 · #170✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to direct the Community Development Department to work with Councillors Azeem and Simmons on all necessary preparations for the next meeting in the discussion on potentially allowing multifamily housing to be built citywideCouncil requesthousing generalzoningPOR 2022 #170
• Policy order2022 · #171⊘ Order withdrawnAsks the City Manager to direct the Traffic, Transportation and Parking Department to convene a series of meetings with the Vision Zero, Pedestrian Committee, Bicycle Committee, the newly appointed Bicycling Advisory Committee, Cambridge Police Department, and any other departments deemed necessary, to review and revise the Cambridge Street CodeCouncil requestbike lanespolice safetytransit trafficCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONSPOR 2022 #171
• Policy order2022 · #172✅ Order adopted, unanimousExecutive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request to dedicate a street corner in honor of John Briston SullivanCouncil orderPOR 2022 #172
• Policy order2022 · #173✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousExecutive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request to dedicate a street corner in honor of George W. McEachern III, DMDCouncil orderPOR 2022 #173
• Policy order2022 · #174✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousAsks the City Manager to meet with Solutions at Work, tour the facility at 2222 Massachusetts Avenue with relevant staff as soon as possible, and take all necessary steps to transition 2222 Massachusetts Avenue into a non-congregate homeless shelter with accompanying servicesCouncil requesthomelessnesshousing generaltransit traffic📖 readPOR 2022 #174
• Policy order2022 · #178✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousPolicy Order re Contract for MIT CustodiansPOR 2022 #178
• Policy order2022 · #176✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to direct the City Solicitor to provide a legal review of Policy Order #14 as amended in the Ordinance Committee on September 14, 2022Council requestPOR 2022 #176
• Policy order2022 · #177✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousOrdinance Committee forward Policy Order 2022 #14 as amended (Ordinance #2022-3) to the full City Council with a favorable recommendation to Pass to a Second ReadingCouncil orderPASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 19, 2022POR 2022 #177

• Resolution2022 · #231✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Elie YardenRES 2022 #231
• Resolution2022 · #232✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousResolution on the Death of Michael J. “Bo” FieldsRES 2022 #232
• Resolution2022 · #233✅ Order adopted, unanimousHappy 90th Birthday to Ms. VRES 2022 #233
• Resolution2022 · #234✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Council go on record congratulating the 2022 YWCA Outstanding Women HonoreesCouncil orderRES 2022 #234
• Resolution2022 · #235✅ Order adopted, unanimousHappy Birthday wishes to Ilse HeymanRES 2022 #235
• Resolution2022 · #236✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Paul D. PowersRES 2022 #236
• Resolution2022 · #237✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Council go on record congratulating Guitar Stop for their 60 years in business in CambridgeCouncil orderRES 2022 #237
• Resolution2022 · #238✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Sheila BrassRES 2022 #238
• Resolution2022 · #239✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Council go on record observing National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 – October 15, 2022Council orderRES 2022 #239
• Resolution2022 · #240✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Ms. Natalie LangRES 2022 #240
• Resolution2022 · #241✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousCity Council go on record thanking Chief Gerard Mahoney for his serviceCouncil orderRES 2022 #241
• Resolution2022 · #242✅ Order adopted, unanimousHappy 95th Birthday to Red T. MitchellRES 2022 #242

• Application / petition2022 · #43✅ Order adopted, unanimousa temporary banner across Massachusetts Avenue in front of City Hall announcing 13th Annual Dance for World Community Festival from September 19, 2022 through September 26, 2022Application from Patricia Chiang📖 readAPP 2022 #43
• Application / petition2022 · #44✅ Order adopted, unanimousa temporary banner across Main Street to Broadway, Broadway to Third Street, Galileo Galilei Way, Memorial Drive to Sydney Street inbound, Sydney Street to Memorial Drive outbound and Ames Street and Logfellow Bridge announcing the re-opening of the MIT Museum in Kendall Square on September 30, 2022 through December 31, 2022Application from MIT Museum📖 readAPP 2022 #44

• Awaiting report2022 · #58✅ Report received and acceptedReport on directing the appropriate City staff to establish a fund designed to assist those City employees in same-sex marriages with paying for surrogacy services in instances where the City’s health insurance providers fail to provide the same coverage afforded to the City’s female employees and those in heterosexual marriagesAR-22-58
• Awaiting report2022 · #59✅ Report received and acceptedReport on repairing the grass at Greene-Rose Heritage Park, and to establish a long- term plan of actionAR-22-59
• Awaiting report2022 · #60✅ Report received and acceptedReport on revising the City block party and play streets signature requirements to a more reasonable threshold, and shorten the timeline between application and event date, and provide more guidance to residents seeking a permitAR-22-60
• Awaiting report2022 · #61Report on communicating to the Cambridge Health Alliance the City Council’s support for the reopening of the Cambridge Birth Center for deliveries as soon as possible and City Council support for the protection of existing birth centers and the creation of new birth centers in CambridgeAR-22-61
• Awaiting report2022 · #62✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the City Manager directing the City Solicitor answer any legal questions that came up during the discussion that occurred during the regular City Council meeting on September, 12thAR-22-62
• Awaiting report2022 · #63✅ Report received and acceptedReport on a legal opinion on questions regarding Policy Order #11 from the September 12, 2022 City Council meetingAR-22-63

• Government Operations Rules & Claims Committee hearing of 2022-02-16 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Civic Unity Committee hearing of 2022-04-14 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2022-09-14 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) · Order Adopted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) · Order Adopted As Amended [Unanimous]