City Council — Regular Meeting, January 23, 2023

City Manager's Agenda (6)

• CMA 2023 #15Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $500,000, from the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund, to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations Other Ordinary Maintenance account. The funds are part of the commitments that New England Development made related to zoning ordinance amendments and special permit conditionszoning
• CMA 2023 #16A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order 2022 #283, regarding the feasibility of banning turns on red signal indicationsbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2023 #17A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as a members of the newly formed Cambridge Cemetery Master Plan Advisory Committee: Henrietta Davis; Sophia Emperador; Robert J. Hutchins; Pastor Dr. Paul Kim; Anthony J. Spears; Reverend Thomas St Louis ; Michael A. Sullivan, Esq.; Members of the Islamic Society of Boston (to be determined)
• CMA 2023 #18A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order #312, regarding the feasibility of conducting street cleaning without towingpolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2023 #19Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $390,000 from the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account. These mitigation funds have been received from the sources below and will be used for the design of a transportation connection between Terminal Road and Wheeler Streettransit-trafficzoning📖 read
• CMA 2023 #20A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board report recommending that the City Council adopt the Climate Resilience Zoning Petitionclimatetreeszoning📖 read

Communications (65)

65 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (25) · police safety (17) · housing general (13) · climate (11) · transit traffic (7). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (6)

• POR 2023 #8That the City Manager ask the City Solicitor to provide a legal opinion concerning (1) whether there is a two-year bar on considering repetitive zoning petitions that have been unfavorably acted upon by the Council, (2) if so, whether that bar on repetitive petitions would prohibit the Council from moving forward with a Council initiated lab use zoning petition if there is unfavorable action on the pending Callender, et al. Petition, and (3) if so, what types of changes to zoning petition would be necessary for it to no longer be considered a repetitive petitionzoning
• POR 2023 #9That the Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from the McKinnon family for a bench dedication in honor of Richard McKinnon
• POR 2023 #10That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the appropriate City personnel to explore the need for a special permitting process for cannabis dispensaries, special permitting fees and bicycle parking requirements that are required of local recreational cannabis dispensaries, to provide a report on how the special permit process, and these requirements may impact these businesses, to determine whether these requirements may need to be modified or eliminated, and to report back to the City Council on this matter in a timely mannerbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2023 #11That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to determine the feasibility of purchasing the property located at 37 Brookline Street, former home of Peter Valentine, with the intent of utilizing this as a community arts spacearts
• POR 2023 #12That the City Manager continue our current policy of towing cars on street cleaning days and come back to the Council with a plan to create an annual fund to reimburse economically disadvantaged residents who are unable to pay the towing fee before the beginning of towing season. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL JANUARY 23, 2023
• POR 2023 #13That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to have the appropriate City staff establish the framework that will allow for the immediate elimination of the bicycle parking fees imposed upon Economic Empowerment and Social Equity applicants and cannabis dispensary operators in the City of Cambridge. FINALIZED FEBRUARY 6, 2023bike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read

Resolutions (21)

• RES 2023 #20Congratulations to Jose Rodriguez on his retirement from the Department of Public Works
• RES 2023 #21Congratulations to Jean Bracken on her retirement from the Department of Public Works
• RES 2023 #22Congratulations to William Connell on his retirement from the Water Department
• RES 2023 #23Resolution on the death of George E. Pitts, Sr
• RES 2023 #24Resolution on the death of Patrick Corcoran
• RES 2023 #25Resolution on the death of Leonard J. Savignano
• RES 2023 #26Resolution on the death of Jeffrey Mark Friedman
• RES 2023 #27Resolution on the death of Susan A. Lawlor
• RES 2023 #28Resolution on the death of Brian F. Kelly
• RES 2023 #29Congratulations on the Retirement of Janet Izquierdo
• RES 2023 #30Congratulations on the Retirement of Jeffrey Turner
• RES 2023 #31Congratulations on the Retirement of Lieutenant Stephen Boyletenants-rent
• RES 2023 #32Resolution on the death of Rocco DiBiase
• RES 2023 #33Resolution on the death of Dr. Melvin Simms
• RES 2023 #34Congratulations on the Retirement of Firefighter Peter Mickiewicz from the Cambridge Fire Department
• RES 2023 #35Congratulations to Jason Targoff for his achievements as the United States Youth Soccer National Volunteer of the Year
• RES 2023 #36Congratulations to Ruth Erickson on her exhibit at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston titled “To Begin Again: Artists and Childhood”arts
• RES 2023 #37Condolences To The Family of Emma Watkins
• RES 2023 #38Happy Birthday to Dr. Estelle Disch
• RES 2023 #39Retirement of Ranjit Singanayagam
• RES 2023 #40Congratulations to Julia Mateus, Marisa Da Cosa, Sophie Costa, Stephanie De Carvalho, Marina Do Carmo and Ana Luisa Silva on receiving the 2023 Dr. Leitao Memorial Scholarship Fund

Other Business (5)

• AR-23-1Report on researching if the Barrett et al. Petition would need to be refiled should there be a Letter of Commitment attached to the rezoningzoning

• COM 108 #2023 : communication was received from Robert J. La Tremouille, regarding the Mass. Dept. of conservation and recreation is unfit for its duties on the Charles River. 📖 read
• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• information from the School Committee
• more information on the statewide energy code 📖 read

Committee Reports (7)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-09-10 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-09-26 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-11-12 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2022-12-15 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-01-03 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-01-04 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Housing Committee hearing of 2023-01-10 — Accepted [Unanimous]