City Council — Regular Meeting, February 13, 2023

City Manager's Agenda (20)

• CMA 2023 #30A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the Final Landmark Designation Report for the Maria Baldwin-Alvaro Blodgett Housesschools📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #31A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the Final Landmark Designation Report for the Cambridge Gas-Light Company Building📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #32A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of Erin Muirhead McCarty to the Community Benefits Advisory Committee for a term of three years
• CMA 2023 #33Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Mass Save Community First Partnership Grant in the amount of $150,000, to the Grant Fund Community Development Department Other Ordinary Maintenance Account, these funds, received through a community partnership with the Eversource Energy Services Company, will contribute to meeting the City’s energy efficiency outreach and engagement goals
• CMA 2023 #34A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order 2023 #7, regarding Information on Blier, et al., Zoning Petition. FINAL FEBRUARY 13, 2023zoning📖 read
• CMA 2023 #35Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $222,684.00 funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($122,792.00), to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($85,892.00), and to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($14,000.00), funds are used to provide funding for department staff and services. Funds also support instructors and group facilitators who provide services virtually to seniors
• CMA 2023 #36Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Adult and Community Learning Services grant received from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in the amount of $39,071.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($38,492.00) and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($579.00), which will be used to pay for prep time for part time teachers and for staff to participate in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion professional series pilot from DESEschools
• CMA 2023 #37Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a donation from Global Oil for the Fuel Assistance Program in the amount of $1,643.39 to Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account, which will be used to provide oil deliveries for fuel assistance clients who have exhausted their benefits or for over-income clients that fall in the 60-80% of AMI
• CMA 2023 #38Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Community Learning Center (CLC) grant in the amount of $38,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($30,420.00), to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($5,042.00), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($2,538.00). The funds represent a grant from the Jacobs Foundation. They are providing support for Bridge Program advising, coaching and mentoring, advising for the ESOL/Certified Nursing Assistant Program, and education and career advising for other CLC studentsschools
• CMA 2023 #39Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Community Learning Center (CLC) grant in the amount of $36,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($26,805.00), to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($7,571.00), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($1,624.00), which will be used to fund the classes, advising and coaching of the Bridge to College Program students from July 2022 through June 2023schools
• CMA 2023 #40Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Accelerating Climate Resilience Grant in the amount of $100,000 received from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts and Culture) Other Ordinary Maintenance account, which will be used to commission artists to design temporary shade pavilions for city parks or other public facilitiesartsclimate
• CMA 2023 #41A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as a members of the Foundry Advisory Committee for a term of three years: Connie Chin; Barbara Thomas; and Rubén Manchaartslabor📖 read
• CMA 2023 #42A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number #22-84, regarding report on working with the residents at 931 Massachusetts Avenue to identify and provide a short-term parking spot in front of 931 Massachusetts Avenuebike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2023 #43A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a request for approval to seek authorization from the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General (the “IG”) for the City to use the Construction Manager at Risk (“CMaR”) procurement and construction method (the “CMaR Method”) in connection with Renovation of City Offices at 689 Massachusetts Avenue projectbudget📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #44Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $95,000 from the General Fund Public Works Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Public Works Travel & Training (Judgment and Damages) account, which will cover medical bills and settlements for Public Works personnel injured in the course of their job
• CMA 2023 #45Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of of $1,150,000 from the Parking Fund balance to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account, to support the design and construction of repairs at the First Street Garagetransit-traffic
• CMA 2023 #46Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $750,000, from Free Cash to the Public Works Public Investment Fund Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund the design of 4 pre-school classrooms at 402 Rindge Aveschools
• CMA 2023 #47Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $200,000 from the General Fund Electrical Department Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Electrical Other Ordinary Maintenance account. The funds will be used to support the Department’s core functions such as the purchase of services, where appropriate, to support core functions of maintaining street lighting, municipal fire alarms, lighting in parks, municipal buildings, and emergency call boxes as well as infrastructure upgrades and maintenance activities
• CMA 2023 #48Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a Recycling Dividends Program Grant, received from, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in the amount of $110,500, to the Grant Fund Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account, these funds will be used for various City recycling programs including purchasing compost and recycle carts, conducting a waste characterization and increasing education on recyclingbike-lanes
• CMA 2023 #49A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number PO 2023 #28, regarding a legal opinion on the Doug Brown petition📖 read

Communications (143)

143 resident communications received for this meeting — housing general (82) · affordable housing (67) · climate (42) · transit traffic (35) · zoning (28). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (7)

• POR 2023 #29That the City Manager is requested to work with the Community Development Department, the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and all other relevant departments to engage the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center to partner on the next steps of the City of Cambridge Clean Fleet goalstransit-traffic
• POR 2023 #30That the entire City Council go on record in support of HD.3530 and SD.1263
• POR 2023 #31That the entire City Council go on record in support of HD766 and SD1013
• POR 2023 #32Free School Meals For All Studentsschools
• POR 2023 #33That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate departments and agencies to ensure the continuation of Riverbend Park closures on Saturdays and Sundaystransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2023 #34Policy Order Regarding Police Detailsbudgetpolice-safety📖 read
• POR 2023 #35HOME-ARP Public Process

Resolutions (8)

• RES 2023 #56Resolution on the death of Camille M. "Cammy" Fournier
• RES 2023 #57Resolution on the death of Edna Dorothy Powers
• RES 2023 #58Congratulations to Lieutenant Buckowe Yam on his promotion to Deputy Superintendenttenants-rent
• RES 2023 #59Congratulations to Captain Vinroy L. Paul on his promotion to Deputy Fire Chief of the City of Cambridge
• RES 2023 #60Congratulations to Fire Captain Marvin E. Ramos on his promotion
• RES 2023 #61Congratulations to Cambridge Fire Lieutenant Ryan T. Murphy on his promotiontenants-rent
• RES 2023 #62Congratulations to Scott Cody for being inducted into the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association
• RES 2023 #63Congratulations to Jamalh Prince for being inducted into the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2023 #8An application was received from MIT Lit Visual Arts Center requesting permission for a (35) thirty five temporary banners Ames Street, Memorial Drive to Main Street, Ames Street, Main Street to Broadway, Boradway, Ames Street to Third Street, Third Street, Broadway to Main Street, Main Street, Third Street to Broadway announcing MIT Visual Arts Center and Contemporary Art from February 2023 through March 2024arts📖 read

Other Business (12)

• AR-23-4Report on establishing 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 operatorsbike-lanestransit-traffic
• AR-23-5Report on beginning the process of obtaining police body worn cameras for the Cambridge Police Department, and to work with all appropriate Departments to produce policy recommendations that would allow body worn camera usage while also not violating civil liberties in compliance with the City's Surveillance Ordinancepolice-safety
• AR-23-6Report on determining the best ways to promote bike safety with a particular focus on expanding the distribution of bike lights throughout the City
• AR-23-7Report on providing publicly-accessible traffic stop, arrest and citation police data on a new Procedural Justice Dashboardpolice-safetytransit-traffic
• AR-23-8Report on exploring additional less-than-lethal alternatives that pose the smallest risk of injury when deployed for standard issue in the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• AR-23-9Report on engaging a third party, independent firm/consultant or university partner to review and examine the Cambridge Police Department’s policies and practices regarding de-escalation methods, mental health calls for service, training, and morepolice-safety
• AR-23-10Report on engaging with community groups and the City’s existing multi-member bodies to design the next iteration of the Cambridge Community Electricity Aggregation program
• AR-23-11Report on reviewing the current state of mental health resources, particularly for underserved communities, within the Cambridge Health Alliance
• AR-23-12Report on options of how to increase overnight resident street parking in the vicinity of Rogers Streettransit-traffic

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• information from the School Committee
• information from the UPK Ad-Hoc