City Council · Regular Meeting, October 16, 2023

• City Manager's report2023 · #252📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of 2,040,086.98 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund School Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund the Amigos School roof replacement projectSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerschools📖 readCMA 2023 #252
• City Manager's report2023 · #253📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $8,325,000, from Free Cash to the General Fund Department of Public Works Salary and Wages account, which will replenish funds that were used for the “friendly” eminent domain taking of a parcel located at 41 Bellis CircleSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2023 #253
• City Manager's report2023 · #254📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe reappointment of Vinita Bhaskar as a member of the Committee on the Public Planting for a term of two yearsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2023 #254
• City Manager's report2023 · #255✅ Approved, unanimousthe appointments and reappointments of the following persons to the Conservation Commission. Reappointments: Purvi Patel and Erum Sattar. Appointments: Patricia Carney, Angela Zhong, and John LeoSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 read CMA 2023 #255
• City Manager's report2023 · #256CMA 2023 #256 : A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order #23-147, regarding a report on whether change in language to the CSO is necessary to enable installation of permanent, seasonal, and/or temporary outdoor dining and pop-ups alongside separated bicycle lanes consistent with Cycling SafetyCMA 2023 #256
• City Manager's report2023 · #257📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe establishment of an Opioid Settlement Stabilization FundSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 readCMA 2023 #257
• City Manager's report2023 · #258📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $1,903,731.64 from Free Cash to the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund. The $1,903,731.64 appropriated to the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund is the only the appropriation from Free Cash attributed to Opioid Settlement funds and will be used to fund specific future projects, per requirements of the settlement agreement, which will require separate individual appropriations by the City CouncilSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2023 #258
• City Manager's report2023 · #259📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 23-23 which clarifies the state law on zoning petition signature requirements to ensure clarity and lawful deliberation in the futureSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerzoning📖 readCMA 2023 #259

Ordinance that address concerns about the current situation [bike-lanes] [transit-traffic] 📖 read

• City officer's report2023 · #172an update regarding legislative activitybudgetcharter📖 read COF 2023 #172
• City officer's report2023 · #173information from the School CommitteeschoolsCOF 2023 #173

52 resident communications received for this meeting, on transit traffic (12) · trees (12) · bike lanes (11) · affordable housing (8) · housing general (8). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2023 · #179✅ Order adoptedPolicy Order re Breast Cancer Awareness MonthPOR 2023 #179
• Policy order2023 · #180✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record recognizing October 2023 as National Women's Small Business MonthCouncil orderPOR 2023 #180
• Policy order2023 · #181✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate staff to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the overall state of the Moses Youth Center buildingCouncil requestPOR 2023 #181
• Policy order2023 · #182✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to conduct a thorough assessment regarding the feasibility, costs, and benefits of replacing the existing community notice boards on the front lawn of City Hall with one or two digital signsCouncil requestPOR 2023 #182
• Policy order2023 · #183✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with the Law Department, the Finance Department, and any other relevant departments to investigate potential mechanisms to support Cannabis Business in CambridgeCouncil requestPOR 2023 #183
• Policy order2023 · #184✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City staff to create a dedicated page on the City of Cambridge's website listing all community-based organizations providing services in The Port neighborhoodCouncil requestPOR 2023 #184
• Policy order2023 · #186✅ Order adoptedCity Council schedule a roundtable on Monday, November 13, 2023, from 3 p.m-5 p.m. to receive an update from the City Manager and relevant departments on the Central Square City Lots StudyCouncil orderPOR 2023 #186
• Policy order2023 · #187✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to work with DPW to restore Linear Park by re-using the existing award-winning design, to create, publish and implement a climate resilience-based maintenance plan and minimize the embodied carbon of the project by re-using, wherever possible, the existing lamps and lamp postsCouncil requestclimatetransit traffictrees📖 readPOR 2023 #187

• Resolution2023 · #268✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Judy Vellucci on her retirement from the City of CambridgeRES 2023 #268
• Resolution2023 · #269✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Cambridge Police Lieutenant Stephen Sennott on the occasion of his promotionpolice safetytenants rentRES 2023 #269
• Resolution2023 · #270✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Cambridge Police Lieutenant Frederick Leung on his recent promotionpolice safetytenants rentRES 2023 #270
• Resolution2023 · #271✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Cambridge Police Sergeant Mark Clavette on his recent promotionpolice safetyRES 2023 #271
• Resolution2023 · #272✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Cambridge Police Sergeant Simon Valentin on his recent promotionpolice safetyRES 2023 #272
• Resolution2023 · #273✅ Order adopted as amendedThanks to Mary White for her contributions to CambridgeRES 2023 #273
• Resolution2023 · #274✅ Order adoptedSpeedy Recovery wishes to Roslyn ShoyRES 2023 #274
• Resolution2023 · #275✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Amigos da Terca on Their Annual Dinner/Dance on October 7, 2023RES 2023 #275
• Resolution2023 · #276✅ Order adoptedCondolences To the Family of Dr. Marcella MazzarelliRES 2023 #276
• Resolution2023 · #277✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Harvard Economics Professor Claudia D. Goldin on winning the 2023 Nobel Prize in EconomicsRES 2023 #277
• Resolution2023 · #278✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Benjamin Banneker Charter School on its achievementsschoolsRES 2023 #278
• Resolution2023 · #279✅ Order adoptedResolution on the retirement of Steven A. Cohen from the City of Cambridge Planning BoardRES 2023 #279
• Resolution2023 · #280✅ Order adoptedResolution of the retirement of Hugh Adams Russell from the City of Cambridge Planning BoardRES 2023 #280

• OrdinanceORD 2023 # 9✅ Ordained as amended, unanimousAn Ordinance has been received from City Clerk, relative to a Zoning Petition by the Cambridge City Council to amend Articles 2.000, 4.000, 5.000, and 23.000 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance for the purpose of allowing henkeeping as a permitted accessory use to principal residential (excluding transient accommodations as defined in Section 4.31.i), religious, and educational uses; with limitations and subject to regulation and permitting by the Cambridge Public Health Departmenthomelessnesshousing generalzoning📖 readORD 2023 # 9

• Application / petition2023 · #52✅ Order adopteda (35) Thirty Five temporary banners Ames Street, Memorial Drive to Main Street, Ames Street, Main Street to Broadway, Broadway, 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 October 2023 through April 2024Application from MIT Lit Visual Arts Centerarts📖 readAPP 2023 #52
• Application / petition2023 · #53✅ Order adopteda curb cut at the premises numbered 22 White Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood associationApplication from Mike Tokatlyantransit traffic📖 read APP 2023 #53
• Application / petition2023 · #54✅ Order adopteda (12) twelve temporary pole banners along Massachusetts Avenue from Essex Street to Sidney announcing Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show from October 13, 2023 through December 10, 2023Application from Central Square Theater📖 readAPP 2023 #54

• Awaiting report2023 · #62✅ Report received and acceptedReport on whether change in language to the CSO is necessary to enable installation of permanent, seasonal, and/or temporary outdoor dining and pop-ups alongside separated bicycle lanes consistent with Cycling Safety Ordinance that address concerns about the current situationbike lanesAR-23-62
• Awaiting report2023 · #63✅ Report received and acceptedReport on a proposed Home Rule Petition relative to amendments to the Fair Housing Ordinancehousing generalAR-23-63
• Awaiting report2023 · #64📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termProvide monthly progress reports to the City Council, detailing the strategies being designed and implemented to address the issues in Central Square, including the metrics being used to measure successAR-23-64
• Awaiting report2023 · #65✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the developed ordinance language that would lead to a phased in ban of the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in Cambridge in line with the discussion in the Health and Environment Committee meeting of September 13, 2023leaf blowersAR-23-65
• Awaiting report2023 · #66📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport on review the proposed amendment to BEUDO regarding new buildings, and to propose adjustments, especially with regards to the building permit vs certificate of occupancy questionclimateAR-23-66
• Awaiting report2023 · #67📁 Placed on file due to end of legislative termReport on the meeting with the Universities, large labs, large property developers and anyone with technical expertise regarding the proposed BEUDO amendment and their inputclimateAR-23-67
• Awaiting report2023 · #68Report on the feasibility of erecting a covered bus shelter in the immediate vicinity of 15 Lambert StreethomelessnessAR-23-68
• Awaiting report2023 · #69Report on the identified ways these institutions can do more to provide affordable housing development within/near the city, whether by providing additional funds to the Affordable Housing Trust or by developing affordable/mixed-income housing, commensurate with the means of each institution, and specifically to work with the academic institutions on plans to provide on-campus housing to significantly more graduate students and to lower-income staffaffordable housinghousing generalschoolsAR-23-69

• Housing Committee hearing of 2023-04-13 · Accepted
• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2023-09-27 · Accepted
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-10-04 · Accepted
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) · Passed To A Second Reading
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-10-10 · Accepted
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) · Passed To A Second Reading