City Council — Regular Meeting, March 25, 2024

City Manager's Agenda (14)

• CMA 2024 #50Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,500, to the Grant Fund Library Other Ordinary Maintenance account. Funds will be used to support interpreter services for information sessions regarding the Affordable Connectivity Program as part of the Library’s digital equity efforts
• CMA 2024 #51Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $96,068.22 to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($96,068.22). Funds from the grant will be used to support Advanced Intervention and Suicide Prevention trainings, provide funding for mental health professionals and spiritual leader services, and fund the development and enhancement of CISM publications, website and team uniformspolice-safety
• CMA 2024 #52Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $82,000, to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($82,000). This is the first year of this multi-year grant. Grant funds will be used to support costs related to contracting services of a specially trained clinician that will respond to mental health calls throughout the citypolice-safety
• CMA 2024 #53Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of 20,000, to the Grant Fund Police Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($20,000). This is the second year of this multi-year grant. Grant funds will be used to support costs related to providing aftercare support such as supplies that individuals can bring with them to detox including backpacks or small duffel bags with items such as clothing, supplies (including Narcan) and personal hygiene products, transportation to treatment or clinical care services, assistance with vital documents to aid reinstatement of identification documents, and communication services so individuals can communicate with care providerspolice-safety
• CMA 2024 #54Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of 5,000 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account. The MCC Universal Participation (UP) Initiative activates the aspirations of the Americans with Disabilities Act to break down the barriers that prevent full civic participation in Massachusetts’ cultural sectorarts
• CMA 2024 #55Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $15,000 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account. The MCC Cultural District Grant provides financial support to state-designated Cultural Districts throughout the Commonwealtharts
• CMA 2024 #56Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $33,500 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account. Funds will be used to support the Arts Council’s Artist Grant Program which provides financial grant opportunities and partnership from Cambridge Artsarts
• CMA 2024 #57A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 24-11, regarding the condition of the existing brick sidewalk pavement at Carl Barron Plaza
• CMA 2024 #58A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the Parking Study Executive Summarytransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2024 #59A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as members of the Central Square Advisory Committee for a term of three years; Melissa Greene and Kevin Grinberg
• CMA 2024 #60A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order Number 24-09, regarding a report back with any necessary edits to zoning language that would allow unrelated people to live together in the City of Cambridgehousing-generalzoning📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2024 #62A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 24-10, regarding the data analysis included in the Economic Feasibility Analysis provided to EOHLC as part of Cambridge’s MBTA Communities final compliance submissionaffordable-housinghousing-generaltransit-trafficzoning📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2024 #63Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $8,615.00 for the Center for Families program received from the Cambridge Public Health Commission, Agenda for Children to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account. The Center for Families will use this grant to provide Family programming and curriculum development, refreshments for parent and child events and activity bag giveaways
• CMA 2024 #64Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $197,859.96 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($187,059.96) and to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($10,800.00). The Department of Early Education and Care has awarded the Kennedy-Longfellow, the Haggerty, and the Windsor Preschools EEC Childcare Stabilization Grants. Funds are to be used for ‘investments to improve quality, such as supplies, curriculum, screening tools etc.’ as well as for ‘goods and services necessary to operate, such as materials, equipment and technology’

Communications (27)

27 resident communications received for this meeting — housing general (13) · zoning (11) · bike lanes (8) · transit traffic (8) · affordable housing (6). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (5)

• POR 2024 #42City Council Rule Changes📖 read 📄 PDF
• POR 2024 #43That the City Council confirm the reappointment of Elaine DeRosa to the Cambridge Housing Authority for a term of five yearshousing-general
• POR 2024 #44That the City Council confirm the reappointment of Victoria Bergland to the Cambridge Housing Authority for a term of five yearshousing-general
• POR 2024 #45That the City Manager is requested to work with the Law Department, the Community Development Department, and the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to determine whether the City could provide incentives for residents who do not have carsclimatetransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2024 #46Support of the Regional Heat Pump Accelerator Programclimate

Resolutions (9)

• RES 2024 #43Congratulations to Michael Morrissey on his retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department
• RES 2024 #44Condolences on the death of Joel E. Murray
• RES 2024 #45Condolences on the death of Jennie C. Carvello
• RES 2024 #46Condolences on the death of Alfredo Cutone
• RES 2024 #47Condolences on the death of Clara Petrosino
• RES 2024 #48Condolences on the death of Daniel Hargrove
• RES 2024 #49Condolences to the family of Georgianna Sylvia Varona
• RES 2024 #50Condolences on the Death of John T. Rocca
• RES 2024 #51Congratulations to Alanna Mallon

Ordinances (1)

• ORD 2024 # 1An Ordinance has been received relative to amending Section 3.34.070 Authorized Revolving Fundsbudget📖 read

Applications & Petitions (3)

• APP 2024 #10A Zoning Petition Has been received from Khalida Griffin-Sheperd et al. regarding Affordable Housing Trust Zoningaffordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read
• APP 2024 #11An application was received from the Community Development Department requesting permission for a temporary banner across the public way located at Massachusetts Avenue in front of City Hall announcing Cambridge Community Electricity Program - 100% renewable energy from April 2, 2024 through April 15, 2024climate📖 read
• APP 2024 #12A Zoning Petition has been received from the City Council regarding Family Definitionhousing-generalzoning📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (7)

• ARS-24-6Awaiting Report Status Update 3/25/2024budgetclimatehousing-generaltenants-renttransit-traffic📖 read
• AR-24-13Report on meeting with the MBTA and City of Boston in advance of the July Red Line shutdown about the implementation of a fare-free 1 bus programtransit-traffic
• AR-24-14Report on the determination of what measures, if any, can be taken to mitigate the noise impacts of waste management disposal operations on residents in the North Point District while remaining compliant with existing legal requirements
• AR-24-15Report back to the City Council with recommendations for adjusting parking permit fees to better align with associated coststransit-traffic
• AR-24-16Report back on developing ways to fund support of decarbonization and clean energy projects and technical assistance for property owners of all types especially those with limited resources, with an initial focus on work associated with BEUDO emissions reduction requirementsclimate

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2024 #61 : A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number #24-03, regarding a response on potential public renewable energy projects that could receive funding

through the IRA Direct Pay provision [climate, labor] 📖 read

Committee Reports (3)

• Housing Committee hearing of 2024-03-06 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2024-03-14 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading [Unanimous]