City Council — Regular Meeting, September 19, 2022

City Manager's Agenda (3)

• CMA 2022 #180A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 22-45, regarding current City fields use and amenities such as: lighting, dugouts, batting cages, benchesschools📖 read
• CMA 2022 #181A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-145, regarding a report on City’s Policies and Procedures relating to the procurement, installation, and disposal of artificial turf
• CMA 2022 #182A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Council 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 meeting📖 read

Communications (46)

46 resident communications received for this meeting — 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 Orders (13)

• POR 2022 #165That the City Council refer the attached zoning petition regarding the Housing Contribution Rate to the Ordinance Committee and Planning Board for a hearing and report. REFERRED TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE AND PLANNING BOARD FOR HEARING AND REPORT IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 19, 2022housing-generalzoning
• POR 2022 #166That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to compile a report detailing how other comparable municipalities handle their street corner dedication processes
• POR 2022 #167That the City Manager is requested to continue to fund the meals program for the housed and unhoused members of the community for an additional six monthshomelessness
• POR 2022 #168That the City Manager is requested 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, 2023
• POR 2022 #169That the City Manager is requested 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 recommendations. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR AZEEM IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 19, 2022zoning
• POR 2022 #170That the City Manager is requested 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 citywidehousing-generalzoning
• POR 2022 #171That the City Manager is requested 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 Code. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONSbike-lanespolice-safetytransit-traffic
• POR 2022 #172That the Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request to dedicate a street corner in honor of John Briston Sullivan
• POR 2022 #173That the Executive 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, DMD
• POR 2022 #174That the City Manager is requested 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 serviceshomelessnesshousing-generaltransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2022 #178Policy Order re Contract for MIT Custodians
• POR 2022 #176That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the City Solicitor to provide a legal review of Policy Order #14 as amended in the Ordinance Committee on September 14, 2022
• POR 2022 #177That the Ordinance 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 Reading. PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Resolutions (12)

• RES 2022 #231Resolution on the death of Elie Yarden
• RES 2022 #232Resolution on the Death of Michael J. “Bo” Fields
• RES 2022 #233Happy 90th Birthday to Ms. V
• RES 2022 #234That the City Council go on record congratulating the 2022 YWCA Outstanding Women Honorees
• RES 2022 #235Happy Birthday wishes to Ilse Heyman
• RES 2022 #236Resolution on the death of Paul D. Powers
• RES 2022 #237That the City Council go on record congratulating Guitar Stop for their 60 years in business in Cambridge
• RES 2022 #238Resolution on the death of Sheila Brass
• RES 2022 #239That the City Council go on record observing National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 – October 15, 2022
• RES 2022 #240Congratulations to Ms. Natalie Lang
• RES 2022 #241That the City Council go on record thanking Chief Gerard Mahoney for his service
• RES 2022 #242Happy 95th Birthday to Red T. Mitchell

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2022 #43An application was received from Patricia Chiang requesting permission for a 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, 2022📖 read
• APP 2022 #44An application was received from MIT Museum requesting permission for a 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, 2022📖 read

Other Business (8)

• AR-22-58Report 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 marriages
• AR-22-59Report on repairing the grass at Greene-Rose Heritage Park, and to establish a long- term plan of action
• AR-22-60Report 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 permit
• AR-22-61Report 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 Cambridge
• AR-22-62Report 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, 12th
• AR-22-63Report on a legal opinion on questions regarding Policy Order #11 from the September 12, 2022 City Council meeting

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• COF 2022 #111 : A communication was received Mayor Siddiqui, transmitting information from the School Committee. [schools]

Committee Reports (5)

• 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]