City Council — Regular Meeting, December 4, 2023

City Manager's Agenda (8)

• CMA 2023 #283A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as a members of the Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women for a term of three years: Sweta Joshi, Vicky Mahfoud, Robin McCree, Caroline Palavicino-Maggio, and Kristine Pereira-View📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #284A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment and re-appointment of the following persons as a members of the Cambridge Human Rights Commission for a term of three years; Re-appointments: Mercedes Evans, Joshua Stadlan, Stefanie Haug, and Olinda Marshall. Appointments: Sue Mapel, Samuel Myers, Caroline Palavicino-Maggio, and Beverly Sealey📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #285A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a report on the evaluation of the 2023 Street Cleaning Pilottransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2023 #286A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the evaluation of the 2023 Street Cleaning Pilot and recommended language for special legislation to increase finestransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #287Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $4,280,000, from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Human Services Extraordinary Expenditures account to support major ongoing improvements at Danehy Park including turf field and track replacement, irrigation improvements, water feature replacement, and capital improvement planning
• CMA 2023 #288A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment and re-appointment of the following persons as a members of the Affordable Housing Trust for a term of three years; Appointments: Teresa Cardosi, and Alyson Stein. Re-appointment: Elaine DeRosaaffordable-housinghousing-general📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #289A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board recommendation not to adopt the Pierson, et al., Zoning Petitionhousing-generalzoning📖 read
• CMA 2023 #290A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Charter Right Item #2 (CMA 2023 #273) regarding a home rule petition for taking the Fire Chief position out of civil service

Communications (386)

386 resident communications received for this meeting — war peace (364) · schools (26) · police safety (11) · housing general (10) · homelessness (6). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (3)

• POR 2023 #212That the City Council go on record requesting that MIT withdraw its objection to Eversource and the City of Cambridge proposed transmission line route so that the project can move forward expediently📖 read
• POR 2023 #213That the City Manager is requested to work with CPD to fundamentally change how it responds to situations that could lead to violence and death
• POR 2023 #214City of Cambridge observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Resolutions (4)

• RES 2023 #302Congratulations to Paul Parravano on being named The Reverend E. K. Nichols Founder's Awardee for 2023
• RES 2023 #303Resolution on the death of John Walsh
• RES 2023 #304Resolution on the death of Bernard Goldberg
• RES 2023 #305Resolution on the death Roselyn Gray

Ordinances (1)

• ORD 2023 # 12An Ordinance 2023 #12 has been received from City Clerk, relative to BEUDO the Municipal Code of the City of Cambridge be amended in Chapter 8.67.100 entitled “Emission Reduction Requirements"climate📖 read

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2023 #59An application was received from Carol Fournier representing Oak Bistro, requesting permission for a projecting flag pole sign at the premises numbered 1287 Cambridge Street approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter response and proof of mailing has been provided📖 read

Other Business (5)

• AR-23-91Report back by March 2024 on the review and results of Somerville’s pilot program and make a recommendation on whether the City should develop a similar pilot program in Cambridge

• COM 2338 #2023 : A communication was received fro Erin Plummer, regarding November 20th_ Ceasefire Now (68). [war-peace] 📖 read
• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• information from the School Committee
• POR 2023 #211 : That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant departments

and with state and federal regulators to establish an orderly testing and deployment strategy for

Full Self Driving on Cambridge roads

Committee Reports (7)

• Finance Committee hearing of 2023-10-31 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2023-11-14 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2023-11-15 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of 2023-11-17 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-11-28 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-11-28 — Accepted [Unanimous]