City Council — Regular Meeting, May 8, 2023

City Manager's Agenda (9)

• CMA 2023 #124Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $60,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits (Insurance) Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Finance (Purchasing) Travel & Training (Judgment and Damages) account. The funds will cover medical bills and settlements for Finance Department personnel injured in the course of their job
• CMA 2023 #125A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 23-24, regarding an update on providing free menstrual products in all gender bathrooms of the Cambridge Public Library branches, and the City’s Fire Stations
• CMA 2023 #126A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the Final Landmark Designation Report for the Charles Hicks Saunders Houseaffordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #128A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a recommendation that the City Council approve an Order to take by “friendly” eminent domain proceeding parcels of land located at 319 Webster Avenue, Cambridge (as shown on Cambridge Assessors Map 81, Parcel 21), 333 Webster Avenue, Cambridge (as shown on Cambridge Assessors Map 81, Parcel 23), and 455 Columbia Street (as shown on Cambridge Assessors Map 81, Parcel 16) (collectively “Cambridge Parcels”), and approve an Order authorizing the purchase of a parcel of land located at 94 Webster Avenue, Somerville (as shown on Somerville Assessors Map 96, Parcel B-7) (“Somerville Parcel”) (collectively, the “Premises”), all of which are owned by Webster Avenue Ventures LLC (“WV”)📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #129A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Items Numbered 23-02 & 23-034, related to exploring the need for a special permitting process for cannabis dispensaries, special permitting fees and bicycle parking requirements, and Response to Awaiting Report No. 23-4 regarding establishing the framework that will allow for the immediate elimination of the bicycle parking fees imposed on Economic Empowerment and Social Equity applicants and cannabis dispensary operatorsbike-lanestransit-trafficzoning📖 read
• CMA 2023 #130A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board report with no positive or negative recommendation on the Kelley et. al. Zoning Petitionclimatetransit-trafficzoning📖 read
• CMA 2023 #131A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update on Afterschool carelaborschools📖 read
• CMA 2023 #132A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update on the development of the City of Cambridge Community Safety Department (CSD)police-safety📖 read
• CMA 2023 #133A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 23-07, regarding report on providing publicly-accessible traffic stop, arrest, and citation police data on a new Procedural Justice Dashboardpolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read

Communications & Reports from Other City Officers (1)

• COF 2023 #89A communication from Mayor Siddiqui, transmitting information from the School Committeeschools

Communications (120)

120 resident communications received for this meeting — affordable housing (98) · housing general (96) · zoning (51) · transit traffic (23) · climate (10). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (3)

• POR 2023 #81That the City Manager is directed to work with all relevant departments to recommend what new city regulations and council action or changes to existing regulations or ordinances are needed to put in place in order to implement the Craig Kelley et al. Zoning Petition for residential car sharing and renting of EV charging stations and bring those recommendations to the full council by June 12, 2023zoning
• POR 2023 #82That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to determine the feasibility of purchasing available property from Lesley University to address City goalshousing-general📖 read
• POR 2023 #83Online Publication of Legal Notices

Resolutions (15)

• RES 2023 #130Congratulations on the Retirement of Julie Craven from The Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2023 #131Congratulations on the Retirement of Candyce Dostert from The Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2023 #132Congratulations on the Retirement of Eric Berggren from The Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2023 #133Congratulations on the Retirement of Ieda Demelo from The Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2023 #134Congratulations on the Retirement of Frederick Hart
• RES 2023 #135Congratulations to Marylou Sullivan on her Retirement from The Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2023 #136Congratulations to Gretchen Hardina on her retirement from The Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2023 #137Congratulations to Lieutenant John Lang on his Retirement from The Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safetytenants-rent
• RES 2023 #138Congratulations to Eileen Walsh on her Retirement from the Cambridge Health Alliance
• RES 2023 #139Congratulations to Cambridge Crossing on receiving the Nicholas Humber Award for Outstanding Collaboration
• RES 2023 #140Resolution on the death of Lillian F. Orchard
• RES 2023 #141Resolution on the death of Rita A. Carney
• RES 2023 #142Congratulations to the Portugalia Restaurant
• RES 2023 #143Retirement of Charlie Parker from Just-A-Start
• RES 2023 #144Resolution for Teachers Appreciation Weekschools

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2023 #23A Zoning Petition Has been received from the full City Council, regarding Amend Article 4.30 and Article 11.800 of the Zoning Ordinancezoning📖 read

Other Business (5)

• AR-23-29Report on working with CDD, Law Department, the Assessor’s Office, and any other relevant departments to produce final draft ordinance language for the BEUDO amendments based on the CDD proposal as amended by the Ordinance Committee at its April 26, 2023 hearingclimate
• AR-23-30Report on working with DPW and relevant City departments and the Committee on Public Planting to consider ideas proposed during the Health and Environment Committee meeting on April 25, 2023, and to prepare a brief report outlining action items within the City’s UFMP which can be implemented as soon as this year and develop recommendations to update regulations regarding native species planting practices in light of climate change affecting the species that should be planted in the Cityclimate

• COM 1004 #2023 : A communication was received from Camilla Elvis regarding Support

AHO Amendment compromise. [affordable-housing, climate, housing-general, transit-traffic, zoning] 📖 read

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #127 : A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus (LGBTQ+) Commission for a term of three years, effective May 8, 2023: • Cindy Telingator (appointment) • Jason Doo (appointment) •M Joyce-Anderson (appointment) • Mary Rebecca Gardner (appointment) • Zachary Dresser (appointment) • Greg MacDonough (reappointment) • Lesley Phillips (reappointment) • Linden Huhmann (reappointment)

• Noelani Kamelamela (reappointment) 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Committee Reports (3)

• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2023-04-25 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-04-12 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-04-26 — Accepted [Unanimous]