City Council — Regular Meeting, December 5, 2022

City Manager's Agenda (6)

• CMA 2022 #235Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $95,000 from the General Fund Library Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Library Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover current and anticipated medical services and/or prescription reimbursement costs for the remainder of the fiscal year
• CMA 2022 #236Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $18,803.68 received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community Safety Initiative through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account ($9,963.70) and the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($8,839.98), funds will be used for hot spot patrols in support of youth violence reduction strategies and the Focused Deterrence program and the Teen Media Public Art Program at the Community Art Centerartspolice-safety
• CMA 2022 #237A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an amendment to the proposed Home Rule Petition for a special act regarding a fire cadet program for the City of Cambridge Fire Departmentlabor📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2022 #239A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board Zoning Petition to consider adoption of the attached Climate Resilience Zoningclimatehousing-generalzoning📖 read
• CMA 2022 #240A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the City Manager's 90 Day Report
• CMA 2022 #241A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to asking the Department of Conservation and Recreation to suspend the Saturday closures of Memorial Drive between Greenough Boulevard and Western Avenue for the remainder of this year

Communications (83)

83 resident communications received for this meeting — affordable housing (60) · housing general (52) · zoning (52) · transit traffic (35) · trees (12). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (3)

• POR 2022 #310That the City Manager is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to work with the residents at 931 Massachusetts Avenue to identify and provide a short-term parking spot in front of 931 Massachusetts Avenuepolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2022 #311That the City Manager is requested to work with the Cambridge Department of Public Health, the Law Department, and the Fire Department to provide at least one vaccine clinic in December which will provide gift cards to residents who receive a COVID19 vaccination or booster
• POR 2022 #312That the City Manager is requested to work with the appropriate departments to conduct street cleaning without towing starting with the 2023 seasonclimatetransit-traffic📖 read

Resolutions (10)

• RES 2022 #309Congratulations to Rich Sevieri on his Retirement from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2022 #310Resolution on the death of Rita F. Doty
• RES 2022 #311Resolution on the death of Rita Ann (Delaney) Reagan
• RES 2022 #312Resolution on the death of Mike Nechaj
• RES 2022 #313Congratulations to Representative Katherine Clark on being named number two House Democrat as part of the new Democratic House leadership team in Washington
• RES 2022 #314Congratulations to the CRLS Girls Cross Country Team on placing 3rd in the MIAA Cross Country State Championship
• RES 2022 #315Best wishes to Paul Parravano as he transitions into the role of Director of Special Projects in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Treasurertransit-traffic
• RES 2022 #316Thanks to MIT administration for recent changes to the building access policy
• RES 2022 #317Congratulations on the Retirement of Rev. Joseph Curran
• RES 2022 #318Congratulating Rev. Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes For 36 Years of Ordination

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2022 #60An application was received from John Piacitelli representing AP Brattle Square LP, requesting permission for an awning at the premises numbered 31 Brattle Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutters proof of mailings has been provided📖 read
• APP 2022 #61An application was received from John Piacitelli representing AP Brattle Square LP, requesting permission for an awning at the premises numbered 25 Brattle Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutters proof of mailings has been provided📖 read
• APP 2022 #62An application was received from Lauren Delarda representing Herbwell Cannabis, requesting permission for an awning at the premises numbered 1686 Massachusetts Avenue. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutters proof of mailing has been provised📖 read

Other Business (6)

• AR-22-83Report on determining 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-general

• information regarding the City Manager Annual Review process 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• information regarding a Finance Committee meeting
• information from the School Committee
• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2022 #238 : A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board report with a recommendation to adopt the Emissions the Accounting Zoning Petition (Version 3) with clarifying

comments [affordable-housing, climate, housing-general, transit-traffic, zoning] 📖 read

Committee Reports (1)

• Government Operations Rules & Claims Committee hearing of 2022-11-22 — Accepted [Unanimous]