City Council — Regular Meeting, May 22, 2023

City Manager's Agenda (10)

• CMA 2023 #139Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $98,000 from the Water Fund Other Ordinary Maintenance account to the Public Investment Fund Water Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund the purchase of an electric powered forklift
• CMA 2023 #140Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the MassHire Metro North Workforce Board in the amount of $100,317.50 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($90,077.50) and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($10,240.00). These funds will be used to reimburse the City for salary and program costs associated with enrolling income-eligible youth in the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program
• CMA 2023 #141Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $15,000 received from the Cambridge Community Foundation to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account, for the College Success Initiative (CSI). These funds will be used to support part of the salary costs associated with a college success coach
• CMA 2023 #142Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $15,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account. Funds will be used to support the Cambridge Food Pantry Network
• CMA 2023 #143Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Shannon Grant received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition/Shannon Community Safety Initiative through the Executive Office of Public Safety in the amount of $37,132.79 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($33,600.00) and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($3,532.79). Funds will be used for the Cambridge Youth Programs Boys II Men Internship and also to fund a new Girlhood Internship Programpolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2023 #144A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the third annual Cycling Safety Ordinance (CSO) Progress Reportbike-lanes📖 read
• CMA 2023 #145Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Community Connections Grant, in the amount of $230,070.35, to the Grant Fund Community Development Department Extraordinary Expenditures account. Funds will contribute to the purchase and installation of Bluebikes bikeshare equipment
• CMA 2023 #146Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant in the amount of $100,000 received from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to the Grant Fund Community Development Department Extraordinary Expenditures account. Funds will support the cost of two 19 dock Bluebikes stations and bicycles that were placed at the Kennedy/Longfellow School and Twin City Plazabike-lanesschools
• CMA 2023 #147A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the proposed Alewife Overlay District: Quadrangle (AOD-Q) Zoning Petition and Design Guidelinesaffordable-housinghousing-generaltransit-trafficzoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #148Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY2023 Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Grant received from Massachusetts Office of Grants and Research, in the amount of $50,853.64 to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($50,853.64). Funds from the grant will be used to support Advanced Intervention and Suicide Prevention training, provide funding for mental health professionals and spiritual leader services, and fund the development and enhancement of CISM team publications and websitepolice-safety

Communications (42)

42 resident communications received for this meeting — climate (15) · bike lanes (11) · budget (9) · transit traffic (9) · affordable housing (7). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (8)

• POR 2023 #91New Green Park At Third And Binney Streets
• POR 2023 #92Removing Cuba From The State Sponsors Of Terrorism List
• POR 2023 #93MWRA Switch legal opinion
• POR 2023 #94Policy Order Seeking Street Corner Dedication for Saundra Graham
• POR 2023 #95Albany St. Pedestrian Crossingtransit-traffic
• POR 2023 #96That the City Council go on record favoring the filing of the attached home rule petition, entitled: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO INCLUDE A BALLOT QUESTION ON THE NOVEMBER 7, 2023 MUNICIPAL BALLOT RELATIVE TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER regarding electing the Police Review and Advisory Boardpolice-safety
• POR 2023 #97That the “Amendments to Protect Family Inclusion and Relationship Diversity” be forwarded to the Ordinance Committee for discussion and recommendation. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL MAY 22, 2023housing-general📖 read
• POR 2023 #98That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the Law Department to provide a legal opinion on whether the City could fund affordable housing construction through a bond issueaffordable-housinghousing-general📖 read

Resolutions (10)

• RES 2023 #152Resolution on the death of Arthur Samuel Jarvis
• RES 2023 #153Resolution on the death of Joseph W. Murphy
• RES 2023 #154Resolution on the death of Mary M. White
• RES 2023 #155Congratulations on the birth of Sabrina Reid Roberts
• RES 2023 #156Congratulations to Dr. Vikas Saini
• RES 2023 #157Resolution on the death of Terrance Walsh
• RES 2023 #158Resolution on the death of Lisa Aideuis
• RES 2023 #159Resolution on the death of Emily Ruth Tucker
• RES 2023 #160Resolution on the death of Margarita Morehead
• RES 2023 #161Resolution on the death of Mary McKearney

Applications & Petitions (2)

• APP 2023 #31An application was received from Andrew Plumb, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 96 Henry Street Unit 1; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood association. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL MAY 22, 2023transit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• APP 2023 #32A Zoning Petition Has been received from the full City Council, regarding proposed Alewife Overlay District: Quadrangle (AOD-Q) Zoning Petition and Design Guidelineszoning

Other Business (5)

• AR-23-34Report on funding and implementing the grant proposal submitted to DOE GTO to design and implement a community-scale geothermal heating and cooling system in Cambridge
• AR-23-35Report on the use of several parcels of land along Webster Avenue to accomplish Envision goals, including how to best ensure that the acquisition of these parcels results in additional affordable housing and open spaceaffordable-housinghousing-general
• AR-23-36Report on the goal of lowering the speed limit as much as possible on all state highways that fall within Cambridge’s geographic boundariestransit-traffic

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• information from the School Committee