City Council — Regular Meeting, December 18, 2023

City Manager's Agenda (11)

• CMA 2023 #299A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 23-40, regarding a citywide celebration to mark the 20th anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts📖 read
• CMA 2023 #300A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-29, regarding updating the City of Cambridge’s Parental Leave Policy for City of Cambridge employees
• CMA 2023 #301A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 23-32, regarding the feasibility of purchasing property from Lesley Universityaffordable-housinghousing-general📖 read
• CMA 2023 #302Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $251,000 from the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures account. These mitigation funds will be used for the purchase and expenses of Bluebikes bikeshare equipment
• CMA 2023 #303A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the Final Landmark Designation Report for Miss Markham’s School at 10 Buckingham Street on the Buckingham, Browne & Nichols (BB&N) Lower School campusclimateschools📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2023 #304Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant through the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of $39,956.00 to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account. This grant will support the purchase of computer equipment in new police cruiserspolice-safety
• CMA 2023 #305Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security's (EOPSS) Municipal Road Safety (MRS) Program in the amount of $59,982.00 to the Grant Fund Police Department Salary and Wages account. The funds will be allocated for personnel/overtime and will fund high-visibility traffic enforcement of motor vehicle laws related to but not limited to impaired and occupant protection as well as initiatives that address pedestrian and bicycle safety issues, coupling educational projects with enforcement of laws to reduce pedestrian and bicycle related injuries and crashesbike-lanespolice-safetytransit-traffic
• CMA 2023 #306A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Surveillance Technology Impact Report which describes Body Worn Camera technology, requested by the Police Departmentpolice-safety📖 read
• CMA 2023 #307A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 23-82, regarding an update on Municipal Broadband and Digital Equitybroadband📖 read
• CMA 2023 #308Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $68,000, from Free Cash to the General Fund City Council Other Ordinary Maintenance account to support the work of the Charter Review Committee. Funds will be used to support the work of the Charter Review Committee which has been meeting since August 2022 and is tasked to review the City’s current charter and to recommend changes. These efforts included contracting with an outside consultant to assist with research and facilitation of committee meetings, as well as public outreach events and materials. The Committee is anticipated to release a final report by January 31, 2024charter
• CMA 2023 #309Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $377,400, received from various sources for Bluebikes contributions, to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Department Extraordinary Expenditures account. Funds will be used for costs associated with the Bluebikes bikeshare system

Communications (13)

13 resident communications received for this meeting — climate (9) · bike lanes (2) · transit traffic (2) · war peace (1) · arts (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (1)

• POR 2023 #218That the City Manager is requested to coordinate with MIT to establish a suitable memorial in Cambridge in honor of Paul Parravano

Resolutions (9)

• RES 2023 #306Resolution on the death of Paul Parravano
• RES 2023 #307Resolution on the death of Roderick L. Jackson
• RES 2023 #308Congratulations to Moungi Bawendi on receiving the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots” along with Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov
• RES 2023 #309Congratulations to Clifford Cook on his retirement from the City of Cambridge
• RES 2023 #310Resolution on the death of Sister Claire Rita McDonald, CSJ
• RES 2023 #311Thanks to Alanna Mallon for her service to the citizens of Cambridge
• RES 2023 #312Thanks to Quinton Zondervan for his service to the citizens of Cambridge
• RES 2023 #313Thanks to Dennis Carlone for his service to the citizens of Cambridge
• RES 2023 #314Congratulations to Superintendent Pauline Wells

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2023 #62An application was received from Nick Zappia representing Kismet Coffee LLC requesting permission for three (3) awnings at the premises numbered 358 Huron Avenue. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutters approval with proof of mailing has been provided📖 read

Other Business (10)

• an update regarding matters in the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee
• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
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• , in accordance with POR 2023 #216, adopted December 11, 2023, recommendation that City Council take an affirmative vote to carry over pending Awaiting Reports to the next City Council 📖 read
• a report on 105 Windsor Street 📖 read
• information from the School Committee
• 2023-CCH-1 : Minutes of the Cambridge City Council Preliminary Screening Committee held on August 25, 2016 [schools] 📖 read
• 2023-CCH-2 : Minutes of the Cambridge City Council Preliminary Screening Committee held on September 12, 2016 [schools] 📖 read
• 2023-CCH-3 : Minutes of the Cambridge City Council Preliminary Screening Committee held on September 13, 2016 [schools] 📖 read

Committee Reports (8)

• Committee hearing of 2016-08-25
• Committee hearing of 2016-09-12
• Committee hearing of 2016-09-13
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-11-29 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2023-12-05 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2023-12-06 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2023-12-06 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2023-12-12 — Accepted [Unanimous]