City Council — Regular Meeting, June 12, 2023

City Manager's Agenda (17)

• CMA 2023 #156A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the proposed structure for the Cambridge Community Electricity program (CCE) for the period 2024-2025climate📖 read
• CMA 2023 #157Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a request for authorization of a spending limit of $150,000 for Fiscal Year 2024, for the Renewable Energy and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction revolving fund (Revolving Fund), pursuant to Chapter 3.24 of the Municipal Ordinance titled “Departmental Revolving Funds”climate📖 read
• CMA 2023 #158A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 23-31, regarding potential amendments to the Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO)affordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #160A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 23-27, regarding the Charter Review Timeline Legal Opinion Requestcharter📖 read
• CMA 2023 #161A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the recommendation of the following appointments and reappointments of members to the Avon Hill, Half-Crown-Marsh, and Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) Commissions. These appointments are for three years and are effective June 12, 2023 unless otherwise noted; Levin Campbell, Ruby Booz, Aaron Kemp, Donna Marcantonio, James Van Sickle, Kathryn Moll, Nan Laird, Catherine Tice and Charles Redmon📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #162A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointments and reappointments of the following person as members of the Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship (CIRC) Commission for a term of three years effective June 12, 2023; Maximus Daniel De Medici, Debra Klein, Vanessa Sarmiento, Tsamchoe Dolma and Ana D. Mejia📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #163A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as members of the Public Arts Commission (PAC) for a term of three years, effective June 12, 2023; Diana Smith, John Ravenal, Frank Shirley, Jennifer Lawrence, Gabrielle Domb and Keisha Greavesarts📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #164Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an order authorizing the City Manager to transfer necessary funds needed to maintain appropriation control as part of the fiscal end-of-year closeout process📖 read
• CMA 2023 #165A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the establishment of a Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Stabilization Fund📖 read
• CMA 2023 #166Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $10,000,000 from Free Cash to the Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Stabilization Fund. Funds appropriated to and held by the UPK Stabilization Fund, will be expended for the provision of programs and services related to establishing, maintaining and expanding a Universal Pre-Kindergarten program and other early childhood programs in the City of Cambridge
• CMA 2023 #167Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,000,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Department of Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account for technical assistance in assessing and implementing the City’s Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) for new and existing City-owned buildingsclimate
• CMA 2023 #168Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $250,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Department of Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account, for a conditions assessment and preliminary feasibility study for the City’s property at 119 Windsor Street
• CMA 2023 #169Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $660,866.80 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account. Funding will support projects to convert inefficient lighting to energy-saving LEDs at the Healy Public Safety Building, Main Library, Alice K Wolf Building, Longfellow-Broadway School and First Street Garagepolice-safetyschools
• CMA 2023 #170Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $100,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits (Insurance) Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Fire Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover current and anticipated medical services for the remainder of the fiscal year, for personnel injured in the performance of their duties
• CMA 2023 #171Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $10,481.00 to the Grant Fund Fire Salaries and Wages account ($8,681.00) and Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,800.00) to provide funds to continue the Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) Program that educates students in the dangers of fire and its effect on people, property, and the environmentschools
• CMA 2023 #172Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $2,877 to the Grant Fund Fire Salaries and Wages account ($2,000.00) and Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($877.00) to provide funds for the Senior SAFE Program that educates seniors in the dangers of fire and its effect on people, property, and the environment
• CMA 2023 #173Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $6,000 donated from the Carl Barron Awards for Administrative Excellence, to the Fire Department Grant Fund Other Ordinary Maintenance account

Communications (87)

87 resident communications received for this meeting — bike lanes (49) · transit traffic (30) · trees (15) · climate (10) · budget (9). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (8)

• POR 2023 #115Proposed amendment to BEUDO. PLACED ON THE TABLE IN COUNCIL JUNE 12, 2023climate
• POR 2023 #116Fossil Fuel Free Demonstration Pilot CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL JUNE 12, 2023climate📖 read
• POR 2023 #117Golf Course Demographic Information PO CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL JUNE 12, 2023
• POR 2023 #118That the City Manager is requested to amend the Cambridge Math Circle budget up by $100,000 annually. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TONER IN COUNCIL JUNE 12, 2023budget
• POR 2023 #119City Council support for MIT GSU’s right to a fair contract. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TONER IN COUNCIL JUNE 12, 2023
• POR 2023 #120That the Home Rule Petition titled “PETITION FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO EMPLOY AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE” be forwarded to the state delegation in order to forward to the General Court for adoptionpolice-safetytransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF
• POR 2023 #121City Council support for Bill No. H. 2019 - Ollie's Law
• POR 2023 #122Legal Opinion on Charter Ballot Question

Resolutions (8)

• RES 2023 #170Congratulations to Miriam DaSilva on her retirement from the Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2023 #171Congratulations to Fran Roznowski on her retirement from the Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2023 #172Resolution on the death of Gary Maujer Lewis
• RES 2023 #173Congratulations to Darin Cromwell on his retirement from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2023 #174Resolution on the death of Mary Boudreau
• RES 2023 #175City Council thanks to Kaki Martin for her service to the City of Cambridge
• RES 2023 #176Congratulations to Deputy Superintendent Dr. Carolyn Turk on her retirement from the Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2023 #177Resolution on the death of Maria Pacheco

Ordinances (1)

• ORD 2021 # 26Ordinance entitled “Building Energy Use,” Chapter 8.67 of the Municipal Code of the City of Cambridge Building Energy Use Disclosure and Emission Reductions BEUDO (Ordinance 2021-26) PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL JUNE 5, 2023 TO BE ORDAINED ON OR AFTER JUNE 26, 2023affordable-housingclimatehousing-general📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (8)

• AR-23-40Report on working group tasked with establishing plans for a citywide celebration to mark the 20th anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• AR-23-41Report on a new phone number and email address for Inclusionary Tenants to utilize for complaints and emergency issues as they ariseaffordable-housingtenants-rent
• AR-23-42Report on adequate funding to fully repair the irrigation system in Danehy Park
• AR-23-43Report on whether the Fire Department, the Police Department, Emergency Communications Department, Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department, the Department of Public Works and the Harvard Square Business Association determine that permanent automatic bollards are feasible in the area of Winthrop Streetpolice-safetytransit-traffic
• AR-23-44Report on the legal opinion on whether the city could, without violating state law, use traffic cameras, regulated under the Surveillance Ordinance, to inform motorists of potential traffic violations or dangerous actions, without issuing any citations or formal warningspolice-safetytransit-traffic

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• information from the School Committee
• CMA 2023 #159 : A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order 2023 #81 directing City staff 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 [transit-traffic, zoning] 📖 read 📄 PDF

Committee Reports (1)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-05-24 — Accepted [Unanimous]