City Council · Regular Meeting, November 21, 2022

• City Manager's report2022 · #228📁 Placed on file, unanimousPolicy Orders 2022 number 290 & 291, regarding continuing the outdoor dining season and considering the extension of the reduced fee scheduleSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #228
• City Manager's report2022 · #229✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of the FY23 Local Cultural Council grant made by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) in the amount of $33,500 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account, funds will be used to support the Arts Council’s Artist Grant Program which provides financial grant opportunities and partnership from Cambridge ArtsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerartsCMA 2022 #229
• City Manager's report2022 · #230📁 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 21-90, regarding a request for various City departments in coordination with the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority to identify spaces in Central Square that would support the creation and protection of cultural and human servicesSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerarts📖 readCMA 2022 #230
• City Manager's report2022 · #231📁 Placed on file, 8–0Awaiting Reports Items Numbered 16-111, 18-38, and 20-61, regarding Municipal Property InventorySubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manageraffordable housingartshousing generalschoolstransit traffic📖 readCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL NOVEMBER 21, 2022CMA 2022 #231
• City Manager's report2022 · #232✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $200,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Department Extraordinary Expenditures account to be used for professional services related to a Central Square area municipal property needs assessment and planning studySubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #232
• City Manager's report2022 · #233📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe City of Cambridge resuming the use of the city-owned water supply on November 19, 2022Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2022 #233
• City Manager's report2022 · #234↪ Referred to the petition, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 22-77, regarding a review of the proposed language for Ordinance #2022-18, the Incentive Zoning Rate Study Petition, as amended in Committee and report of findings back to the City CouncilSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerzoning📖 readCMA 2022 #234

• City officer's report2022 · #141information from the School CommitteeschoolsCOF 2022 #141
• City officer's report2022 · #142a response of City of Cambridge to Open Meeting Law Complaint of John Hawkinson dated November 7, 2022COF 2022 #142

21 resident communications received for this meeting, on transit traffic (16) · bike lanes (9) · schools (5) · climate (4) · budget (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2022 · #292✅ Order adopted, unanimousORDERED: That the Rules of the City Council be amended by substitution to replace Rule 21 with the following language: Rule 21. All matters of whatever description, except Applications and Petitions, which require action by the City Council at its meeting shall be presented to the City Clerk by 12:00 p. m. on the Thursday preceding the regular meeting. During a week in which a legal holiday falls on a Friday, said matters shall be presented to the City Clerk by 12:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the regular meeting. Communications submitted later will be held over for the next regular meeting, except that where the City Manager believes that emergency or exigent circumstances require him or her to present to the City Council a matter which was not presented to the City Clerk by the 12:00 p.m. deadline, the City Manager may present such matters to the City Council at its meeting in writing as part of a Supplemental Agenda of the City ManagerPOR 2022 #292
• Policy order2022 · #293✅ Order adopted, unanimousRules of the City Council be amended by adding Rule 21A to read: Applications and Petitions which require action by the City Council at its meeting shall be presented to the City Clerk by 3:00 p. m. on the Wednesday preceding the regular meeting. During a week in which a legal holiday falls on a Friday, said matters shall be presented to the City Clerk by 3:00 p.m. on the Tuesday preceding the regular meeting. Applications and Petitions submitted later will be held over for the next regular meetingCouncil orderPOR 2022 #293
• Policy order2022 · #294POR 2022 #294 : That the Rules of the City Council be amended by adding Rule 21B to read:POR 2022 #294
• Policy order2022 · #295✅ Order adopted, unanimousRules of the City Council, Rule 22 be amended by adding “The City Clerk shall include with the minutes of the meeting any Communications from the public that were received at the meeting during Public Comment.” at the endCouncil orderPOR 2022 #295
• Policy order2022 · #296✅ Order adopted, unanimousRules of the City Council, Rule 24B be amended to strike the words “not limited to” from the first sentence and replace them with “no more than”Council orderlaborPOR 2022 #296
• Policy order2022 · #297✅ Order adopted, unanimousRules of the City Council, Rule 27, Economic Development and University Relations Committee be amended by substitutionCouncil orderPOR 2022 #297
• Policy order2022 · #298✅ Order adopted, 8–0Rules of the City Council, Rule 27, Housing Committee be amended to delete the language in the first bullet and replace it with the following language: To develop policies for the maintenance and development of housing, with an emphasis on affordable housingCouncil orderaffordable housinghousing generalPOR 2022 #298
• Policy order2022 · #299✅ Order adopted, unanimousRules of the City Council, Rule 27, Civic Unity Committee be amended to add a new bullet under purposes, at the end to read: This committee shall strive to work towards promulgating policies, practices, and procedures that promote Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity throughout our communityCouncil orderPOR 2022 #299
• Policy order2022 · #300✅ Order adopted, unanimousRules of the City Council be amended to add Rule 32D to read: Rules for Public Comment should be posted in a visible and prominent place both in person and online for the benefit of those wishing to participate in Public CommentCouncil orderPOR 2022 #300
• Policy order2022 · #301✅ Order adopted, unanimousRules of the City Council, Rule 38 (8) be amended to add a new sentence at the beginning of Rule 38.8 to read: Every person addressing the City Council should speak into the microphone and should state the person’s name and address in an audible tone of voice for the recordCouncil orderPOR 2022 #301
• Policy order2022 · #302✅ Order adopted, unanimousRules of the City Council be amended to add Rule 40.1 to read: HOME RULE PETITIONS, Rule 40. 1. That Home Rule Petitions are sent to the entire Cambridge delegationCouncil orderPOR 2022 #302
• Policy order2022 · #303✅ Order adopted, unanimousrules of the City Council be amended by removing the words “he” and “she” and replacing them with gender neutral languageCouncil orderPOR 2022 #303
• Policy order2022 · #304✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousRules of the City Council, Rule 24C.1b be amended by substitution to read: Procedure: An individual may signup to speak before the City Council on-line via the City’s website from 9:00 a.m. on the Friday before the meeting until 6:00 p.m. the day of the meeting or via telephone to the City Council office on the day of the meeting from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On the day of the meeting, between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., a computer terminal will be available to the public in the City Council Office for on-line signup. There will also be a signup sheet in the Council Chamber from 5:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. The individual should indicate on the signup sheet their name, address, and which item(s) they are planning to address. Individuals will be heard in the order that they signed up whether they are participating in person or remotelyCouncil order📖 readPOR 2022 #304
• Policy order2022 · #305✅ Order adopted, unanimousRules of the City Council, Rule 15 be amended by substitutionPOR 2022 #305
• Policy order2022 · #306✅ Order adopted as amended, 8–1Amendments to the Affordable Housing Overlayaffordable housinghousing generalzoning📖 read POR 2022 #306
• Policy order2022 · #307✅ Order adopted, unanimousThe City Manager is requested to work with the Finance and Assessing Departments to determine how the City could adopt G.L. c. 40, sec. 60B, created under the Municipal Modernization Act, which allows cities and towns, through their respective legislative bodies, to provide for Workforce Housing Special Tax Assessments Zones (WH–STA) as an incentive to create middle-income housinghousing generalPOR 2022 #307
• Policy order2022 · #308✅ Order adopted, unanimousRoundtable on Open Space Planning and Programming including the Public Space LabPOR 2022 #308
• Policy order2022 · #309✅ Order adopted, unanimousmemo from Charles Sullivan regarding Comments on Citizen’s Petition to Amend Ch. 2.78, Article III, Neighborhood Conservation Districts and Landmarks and the memo from Charles Sullivan regarding the Proposed Friendly Amendments to Ch. 2.78, Art. III be forwarded to the full City Council with the recommendation to refer said memos to the Ordinance Committee for further discussionCouncil orderarts📖 read POR 2022 #309

In the event of City Hall closure the City Clerk, after consultation with the City Manager, may change the deadlines accordingly for when matters must be presented to the City Clerk for inclusion on the agenda

• Resolution2022 · #300✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Deputy Superintendent Rick Riley on his retirement from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice safetyRES 2022 #300
• Resolution2022 · #301✅ Order adopted, unanimousHappy 90th Birthday to Xonnabel ClarkRES 2022 #301
• Resolution2022 · #302✅ Order adopted, 8–0Resolution on the death of Henry RosovskyRES 2022 #302
• Resolution2022 · #303✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Kathleen R. Norris-Kenney "Kathy Foote"RES 2022 #303
• Resolution2022 · #304✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Lucille N. SalvatoRES 2022 #304
• Resolution2022 · #305✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Lorna Rose RossiRES 2022 #305
• Resolution2022 · #306✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Council formally go on record in extending its deepest condolences to the family of Ora Themea for their lossCouncil orderRES 2022 #306
• Resolution2022 · #307✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Josef MesserRES 2022 #307
• Resolution2022 · #308✅ Order adopted, unanimousCambridge City Council go on record extending its deep gratitude for the tireless work of Cambridge SE-PAC parents and volunteersCouncil orderRES 2022 #308

• Application / petition2022 · #56✅ Order adopted, unanimousa eight (8) temporary pole banners on Broadway and eighteen (18) along Massachusetts Avenue on Electrical poles announcing ARTS's upcoming production of Life of Pi, from December 1, 2022 through January 31, 2023Application from Heritage Flag American Repertory Theaterarts📖 readAPP 2022 #56
• Application / petition2022 · #57✅ Order adopted, unanimousa curb cut at the premises numbered 309 Pearl Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood associationApplication from Sam Batchelortransit traffic📖 readAPP 2022 #57
• Application / petition2022 · #58✅ Order adopted, unanimousa projecting sign at the premises numbered 1380 Massachusetts AvenueApplication from Raymond Thill representing Blank Street Coffee📖 readapproval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, CommuniAPP 2022 #58
• Application / petition2022 · #59✅ Order adopted, unanimousa projecting blade sign at the premises numbered 750 Massachusetts AvenueApplication from Jason Parillo representing The Engine📖 readapproval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, CommuniAPP 2022 #59

• Awaiting report2022 · #79✅ Report received and acceptedReport on meeting with and receiving input from residents living on the streets in the impacted area to discuss strategies to mitigate and reduce overflow and cut through traffic, including the aforementioned proposals, or other traffic calming or traffic diversion methodstransit trafficAR-22-79
• Awaiting report2022 · #80📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport on providing a comprehensive list of current Cambridge policies that impact the cost of local commercial and residential development and those that are known to be in the pipeline, to note whether similar policies exist in the neighboring cities of Boston and SomervilleAR-22-80
• Awaiting report2022 · #81✅ Report received and acceptedReport on setting a goal for participation in Green Plus and how to improve marketing and communication efforts for the CCE program and consider door to door outreach, and mailings which have been effective for other efforts to be sent to all Cambridge CCE participants marketing the 100% renewable optionclimateAR-22-81
• Awaiting report2022 · #82✅ Report received and acceptedReport on extending the Outdoor Dining Policy and continue to allow winter outdoor dining as has been the case in the last two yearsAR-22-82

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read

• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2022-10-12 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2022-10-25 · Accepted [Unanimous]