City Council · Regular Meeting, November 7, 2022

• City Manager's report2022 · #211✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Safer Communities Initiative Edward J. Byrne Justice Assistance Grant, received from the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Office of Grants and Research, through the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office, in the amount of $10,043.47, to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account, which will be used to support overtime costs for patrols in areas where gun violence is known to occur and help increase the visibility and presence of officers in the area to suppress violence, and support the communitySubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2022 #211
• City Manager's report2022 · #212✅ Approved, unanimousapproval requested for an appointment new members of the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD)Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #212
• City Manager's report2022 · #213📁 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 22-58 , regarding directing the appropriate City staff to establish a fund designed to assist those City employees in same-sex marriages with paying for surrogacy servicesSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 readCMA 2022 #213
• City Manager's report2022 · #214↪ Referred to the petition, unanimousa Planning Board report with a recommendation to adopt the Incentive Zoning Rate Study Petition, with clarifying changesSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerhousing generalzoning📖 readCMA 2022 #214
• City Manager's report2022 · #215✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $600,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Human Service Programs Extraordinary Expenditures account, to support softball field improvements at Danehy ParkSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #215
• City Manager's report2022 · #216✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Adult and Community Learning Services grant received from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in the amount of $6,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account, which will be used to pay for a portion of teachers’ salaries to participate in The Standards That Matter (TSTM) Train the Trainer AcademiesSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerschoolsCMA 2022 #216
• City Manager's report2022 · #217✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of various donations to the Council on Aging in the amount of $42,317.09 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account, which will be used to support services for Cambridge Older Adults, including food and entertainment for Senior Center events, the purchase of fans for low-income seniors, support of social groups and transportation for Senior Center tripsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #217
• City Manager's report2022 · #218✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $9,615.00 received from the Cambridge Public Health Commission, Agenda for Children, to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account for the Center for Families program, these funds will be used to provide family programming and curriculum development, pre-bagged refreshments for outside and in-person events and activity bag giveawaysSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #218
• City Manager's report2022 · #219✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of of $15,000.00, received from the Cambridge Community Foundation, to the Grant Fund Human Service Department Programs Salary and Wages account for the College Success Initiative (CSI)Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #219
• City Manager's report2022 · #220✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance grant funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $103,339.03 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($68,889.03), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($34,450.00), which will be used for costs related to the Carey Men’s Permanent Supported Housing Program operated by the Multi-Service CenterSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerhomelessnesshousing generalCMA 2022 #220
• City Manager's report2022 · #221✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $1,057.58 from a preschool family fundraiser to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account, which will be used to support the cost of music enrichment sessions for the childrenSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #221
• City Manager's report2022 · #222✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of a grant received from AECOM Technology Corporation, in the amount of $5,000.00, to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account, which will be used to support the wages of one Cambridge teen summer internshipSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #222
• City Manager's report2022 · #223✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of donations to The Cambridge Program for Individuals with Special Needs in the amount of $12,872.92 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account, which will be used to support the participants of The Cambridge Program and will be used to purchase supplies and equipment to better support participant and program needsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #223

• City officer's report2022 · #133updated legislative activitycharterclimate📖 read COF 2022 #133
• City officer's report2022 · #134information regarding Cambridge Community Electricity (CCE)climate📖 read COF 2022 #134
• City officer's report2022 · #135information about the School CommitteeschoolsCOF 2022 #135

79 resident communications received for this meeting, on transit traffic (63) · bike lanes (36) · schools (8) · zoning (6) · housing general (4). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2022 · #282✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousPolicy Order Regarding Traffic Flow on Garden Streetbike lanestransit traffic📖 read POR 2022 #282
• Policy order2022 · #283✅ Order adopted as amended, 7–2Ban Turns on Red Citywidebike lanestransit traffic📖 readPOR 2022 #283
• Policy order2022 · #284✅ Order adopted, unanimousPolicy Order to Light Up City Hall in Purple on November 17, 2022 for World Pancreatic Cancer Awareness DayPOR 2022 #284
• Policy order2022 · #285✅ Order adopted, 7–0MBTA Passtransit trafficPOR 2022 #285
• Policy order2022 · #286✅ Order adopted, unanimousRoundtable on BroadbandPOR 2022 #286
• Policy order2022 · #287✅ Order adopted, unanimousCapitol Projects Finance MeetingPOR 2022 #287
• Policy order2022 · #288✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousRevised MBTA Bus Redesignclimatelaborschoolstransit traffic📖 readPOR 2022 #288

• Resolution2022 · #289✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution Re Harvard Clerical and Technical Workers UnionlaborRES 2022 #289
• Resolution2022 · #290✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Mary E. HunterRES 2022 #290
• Resolution2022 · #291✅ Order adopted, unanimousVeterans DayRES 2022 #291
• Resolution2022 · #292✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulating Bom DoughRES 2022 #292
• Resolution2022 · #293✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulating Simeon and Dora Stefanidakis on Their RetirementRES 2022 #293
• Resolution2022 · #294✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Council formally go on record in congratulating Becca and Bradley St. Amand on the birth of their daughter, Ella MadelynCouncil orderRES 2022 #294

• Awaiting report2022 · #77Report on reviewing the proposed language for Ordinance #2022-18, as amended in Committee and report their findingsAR-22-77
• Awaiting report2022 · #78✅ Report received and acceptedReport on meeting with the LBJ tenant community to address their concerns about undesirable and threatening behavior in and near the LBJ Apartment buildingtenants rentAR-22-78