City Council — Regular Meeting, October 30, 2023

City Manager's Agenda (6)

• CMA 2023 #260Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $43,329 to the Grant Fund Human Rights Salary and Wages Account ($37,729) and the Grant Fund Human Rights Travel and Training Account ($5,600). The grant award is used to cover a portion of the salary of the Cambridge Human Rights Commission (CHRC) Attorney-Investigator, who works on Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) caseshousing-general
• CMA 2023 #261Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of 15,000 to the Grant Fund Human Rights Other Ordinary Maintenance Account. The Partnership Grant was awarded to the Cambridge Human Rights Commission (CHRC) for proposed fair-housing related outreach effortshousing-general
• CMA 2023 #262A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number #23-19 regarding Automated External Defibrillators at all public parks and practice fieldshousing-generalschools📖 read
• CMA 2023 #263Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $270,000, from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund, Department of Public Works, Extraordinary Expenditures account to fund the procurement and installation of twenty-seven (27) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) devices to be placed at twenty-three (23) recreation facilities throughout the city
• CMA 2023 #264Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $2,091,000 from Free Cash to the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund. During FY23, the City received mitigation revenues from various developers as a result of commitments related to zoning ordinance amendments and special permit conditions. By law, all mitigation revenues must be deposited into the General Fund and can only be appropriated after the Free Cash Certification is completezoning
• CMA 2023 #265A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of Claire Spinner as Assistant City Manager for Fiscal Affairs

Communications (152)

152 resident communications received for this meeting — trees (68) · affordable housing (41) · housing general (36) · transit traffic (33) · climate (23). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (13)

• POR 2023 #188That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City staff regarding the feasibility of adding outdoor fitness areas near Rindge Field, St. Peter’s Field and other parks throughout the City
• POR 2023 #189That the City Manager is requested to engage with the Cambridge Housing Authority to collaboratively explore possible solutions and mitigations regarding the immediate parking concerns for the residents in and around Clifton Place during the construction of Jefferson Park Apartmentshousing-generaltransit-traffic
• POR 2023 #190City Council support of 32BJ SEIU Employees
• POR 2023 #191That the City Manager is requested to direct the Public Works Department to assess, repave, and repair the stretch of sidewalk between Rivermark Apartments and the River Street Walgreen’s
• POR 2023 #192That the City Manager is requested to direct the Community Development Department and the City Solicitor to look at possible base zoning changes for a new residential use that has a first-floor mixed-use option or other zoning alternative, to review the city’s permit policy for extending construction hours/days & propose changes that more significantly protect residents’ quality of life, and to work with the Department of Public Health to look at ways the City’s board of health, under the Nuisance Law, might further restrict undue noisezoning
• POR 2023 #193That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant departments and the consultant team and deliver an update on Municipal Broadband and Digital Equity by December 2023broadband
• POR 2023 #194That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant departments to engage with various stakeholders including recycling advocates, package store owners, and business associations, and report back to the city council with a list of recommendations to reduce the use of miniature liquor bottlesbike-lanes
• POR 2023 #195That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant departments to report back to the City Council with an update to the March 23, 2021 report on the process of banning various single-use plastics in line with the discussion during the Health and Environment Committee meeting and actions by the state and by various municipalities
• POR 2023 #196That the City Manager is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department, the Police Department, and other relevant City departments to meet with residents of the neighborhood and develop an action plan to improve safety on Clinton Street and reduce speeding vehiclespolice-safetytransit-traffic
• POR 2023 #197City Council support of letter to State Lawmakers on the Mass Clean Heat Platformclimate📖 read
• POR 2023 #198That the City Manager is hereby requested to light up City Hall teal on November 2, 2023 in honor of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
• POR 2023 #199That the Regular City Council Meeting on November 27, 2023, following the Thanksgiving Holiday, be and hereby is cancelled
• POR 2023 #201That the City Manager is requested to work with the Law Department and other relevant City departments and prepare a report regarding the efficacy of establishing a dual reporting system for the Director of Public Health, the process by which the City could establish by ordinance a Commissioner of Public Health who would report directly to the City Manager, and the reestablishment of a Health Policy Boardbudget📖 read

Resolutions (13)

• RES 2023 #281Condolences to the family of Marie DiDomenico
• RES 2023 #282Condolences to the family of Gale Roseanne Harris
• RES 2023 #283Congratulations to Denise Cosby and Faye Rackley for being among the 2023 awardees at this year’s Women of Courage and Conviction Awards
• RES 2023 #284Congratulations to Paul Glass and Charles D. Evans on their well-deserved 2023 AARP Massachusetts Andrus Award for Community Service
• RES 2023 #285Congratulations to the 2023 Tribute to Outstanding Women Honorees, Lilly Marcelin, Rev. Lorraine Thornhill, Nicola Williams, Grace Clemente and Adelina Escamilla-Salomon
• RES 2023 #286Condolences to the family of Anna Spera
• RES 2023 #287Happy 106th Birthday to Mafalda "Muffie" Gargano
• RES 2023 #288That the City Council go on record urging all residents to honor the people who have defended our country, as well as those who are serving today, by commemorating Veterans Day on November 11, 2023
• RES 2023 #289Congratulations to Norma Wassel on being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Association of Social Workerslabor
• RES 2023 #290Resolution on the death of Sheldon Cohen
• RES 2023 #291Congratulations to Western Ave Baptist Church On Its 107th Anniversary
• RES 2023 #292Condolences To The Family of Robert Murray Thames
• RES 2023 #293Condolences To The Family of Allan Robert Miller

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2023 #55An application was received from Nina Quinlan, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 63 Sixth Street said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhoodtransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• APP 2023 #56An application was received from Jason Stockman, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 7 Cornelius Way; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood associationtransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF
• APP 2023 #57An application was received from Mehmet Sahin representing Revere Hair Studio, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 290 Concord Avenue approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutters proof of mailing has been provided📖 read

Other Business (3)

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• information from the School Committee
• POR 2023 #200 : City Council support of H. 872 An Act establishing a climate change superfund

and promoting polluter responsibility, and the companion bill S. 481 [climate]