City Council · Regular Meeting, September 9, 2024

• City Manager's report2024 · #176📁 Placed on file, unanimousto a Surveillance Technology Impact Report (STIR)Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerpolice safety📖 readCMA 2024 #176
• City Manager's report2024 · #177📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appointment of Irene Monroe to the Cambridge Library Board of TrusteesSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 readCMA 2024 #177
• City Manager's report2024 · #178📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appointment of Avanti Tilak to the Open Data Review Board for a term of two-yearsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #178
• City Manager's report2024 · #179📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $15,603.12 to the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Other Ordinary Maintenance Account. Funds will be used for quality assurance (call review) for the emergency medical protocol used by staff to provide pre and post-dispatch instructions for medical emergenciesSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #179
• City Manager's report2024 · #180📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $300,027.61 received from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, State 911 Department, to the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Department Salary and Wages account ($195,084.41), the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($3,130) and the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Department Travel and Training account ($101,813.20). This formula-based reimbursement grant will support training of Emergency Communications Center personnel, classroom fees, and training materialsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2024 #180
• City Manager's report2024 · #181📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $574,531, received from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, State 911 Department, to the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Department Salary and Wages account ($481,080), and the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($93,451). This formula-based reimbursement grant will support the costs of Emergency Communications Center personnel salaries, overtime, and annual maintenance costs of dispatch-related softwareSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerpolice safetyCMA 2024 #181
• City Manager's report2024 · #182↪ Referred, unanimousa report detailing the Board of Zoning Appeal’s proposed modifications to the Zoning Ordinance, specifically concerning the implementation of dormer guidelinesSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerhousing generalzoning📖 readCMA 2024 #182
• City Manager's report2024 · #183📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appointments and reappointments of the following persons to the Family Policy Council; Appointments: Interim Superintendent David Murphy. Reappointments: Tina Alu, Michael Johnston, Michelle Lower, Geeta Pradhan, Bridget Rodriguez, Elizabeth Stapleton (Formerly Elizabeth Hill), Tagesech WabetoSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #183
• City Manager's report2024 · #184📁 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report, regarding the City’s Gold Star Pool summer schedule and the possibility of extending public swimming pool availabilitySubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #184
• City Manager's report2024 · #185📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $11,500.00 received through a donation from the T. Baker Fund, Inc. for the City of Cambridge STEAM Initiative, to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($11,500.00). These funds were donated by the T. Baker Fund, Inc. and will be used to support the Cambridge STEAM Initiative’s Makerspace effortsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #185
• City Manager's report2024 · #186📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $10,000 received from the Cambridge Community Foundation, for the College Success Initiative (CSI), to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Department salaries and wages account. These funds will be used to support part of the salary costs associated with a college success coach who will provide individualized college coaching for students attending UMass Boston and for graduates of the Community Learning Center’s Bridge to College program who attend Bunker Hill Community CollegeSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerschoolsCMA 2024 #186
• City Manager's report2024 · #187📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $18,711.00 from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($18,711.00). These additional funds will be used for HEAP client benefitsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerhousing generalCMA 2024 #187
• City Manager's report2024 · #188📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $6,505.00, received from donations to The Cambridge Program for Individuals with Special Needs, to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account. Funds were generously donated in memory of Paul Ryder, who served as the City’s Director of Recreation from 1982-2016. The Cambridge Program will use the funds to purchase supplies and equipment to better support participant and program needsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #188
• City Manager's report2024 · #189✅ Approved, unanimousthe reappointments of David Lyons and Elysse Magnotto-Cleary and the appointments of Khyati Saraf and Lorie Graham as Members of the Conservation Commission for a term of three-years. As well as the appointment of Jim Gerstle and Sean Bedingfield as Associate Members of the Conservation Commission for a term of one-yearSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 read CMA 2024 #189
• City Manager's report2024 · #190📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $15,101.85, to the Grant Fund Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account. These funds will supplement the 2023 RDP grant award of $110,500 appropriated in March 2024Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #190
• City Manager's report2024 · #191📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $416,991.00, received from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) to the Grant Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures account to support the purchase of an all-electric rubbish packerSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #191
• City Manager's report2024 · #192📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $200,000 from the General Fund Public Works Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Public Works Travel and Training (Judgment and Damages) account to cover current and projected FY25 costs related to Public Works personnel injured in the course of their jobSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #192
• City Manager's report2024 · #193📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $276,800, received from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs through the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program to the Grant Fund Public Works Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account. This grant will focus on increasing urban trees, create a map of high and low tree mortality areas across the Mystic River Watershed, and establish a regional urban forests working group of municipal tree wardens to develop strategies to maximize the likelihood of urban trees growing to maturity and identify priority areas where environmental justice communities live, travel and go to cool off during hot summersSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagertreesCMA 2024 #193
• City Manager's report2024 · #194📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 24-08, regarding recommendations for the refinement and improvement of the housing permitting processSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manageraffordable housingclimatehousing generalschoolstreeszoning📖 readCMA 2024 #194
• City Manager's report2024 · #195📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appropriation of $350,000, from the General Fund Employee Benefits Salaries and Wages Account to the General Fund Employee Benefits Travel and Training Account. Funds will be used to cover the costs of anticipated payments of workers compensation medical bills for personnel injured in the course of their job, through the end of FY25Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerlaborCMA 2024 #195
• City Manager's report2024 · #196↪ ReferredAwaiting Report Item Number 24-26, regarding clarification on the Wage Theft OrdinanceSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerlabor📖 readCMA 2024 #196
• City Manager's report2024 · #197✅ Order adoptedextending the prior authorization for the City Manager or their designee to grant street obstruction approvals, along with any other necessary approvals for temporary obstructions until June 30, 2024Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 readCMA 2024 #197

• City officer's report2024 · #118📁 Placed on filean update regarding legislative activityartsbudget📖 read COF 2024 #118
• City officer's report2024 · #119📁 Placed on filePolice Review and Advisory Board Quarterly Report for 2023 Q4police safetyCOF 2024 #119
• City officer's report2024 · #120📁 Placed on filePolice Review and Advisory Board Quarterly Report for 2024 Q1budgetpolice safetyCOF 2024 #120

41 resident communications received for this meeting, on housing general (29) · affordable housing (20) · transit traffic (5) · schools (4) · homelessness (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2024 · #112✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City staff to prioritize the repair of the water bubbler at Anderson Tennis Courts on Pemberton StreetCouncil requestPOR 2024 #112
• Policy order2024 · #113✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record acknowledging September as Suicide Prevention MonthCouncil orderPOR 2024 #113
• Policy order2024 · #114✅ Order adoptedDeclare September as National Recovery MonthPOR 2024 #114
• Policy order2024 · #115✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City staff to provide a comprehensive report outlining the City's knowledge of the garbage chute issues at 1 Leighton StreetCouncil requestPOR 2024 #115
• Policy order2024 · #116✅ Order adopted as amended, 7–0Asks the City Manager to direct the appropriate City staff to enact policy that will extend the priority period for Social Equity and Equity Empowerment cannabis business applicants for a period of six months to one year, or until guidance has been received from the Cannabis Control CommissionCouncil requestPOR 2024 #116
• Policy order2024 · #117✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousAsks the City Manager to the Community Development Department (CDD) and the Law Department to draft zoning language based on the proposal discussed at the Housing Committee to eliminate exclusionary zoning and allow up to six stories of multifamily housing in all residential districtsCouncil requesthousing generaltenants rentzoning📖 readCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TONER IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 9, 2024POR 2024 #117
• Policy order2024 · #118✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Manager directs CDD to hold public meetings to inform the Cambridge community about the proposed changes before any public hearings of the Ordinance Committee and the Planning Board on this topic. CHARTER EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR AZEEM IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 9, 2024Council orderPOR 2024 #118
• Policy order2024 · #119✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with relevant departments to provide a status update on the implementation of the PACE program and provide resources and information for property owners; and provide any recommendations for expanding PACE adoptionCouncil requestPOR 2024 #119
• Policy order2024 · #120✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to provide an update on progress towards providing a recommendation for changes to the existing ordinance and a report on the impact of the Short-Term Rentals in Cambridge, including how enforcement happens and how many units are registered and availableCouncil requestPOR 2024 #120
• Policy order2024 · #121✅ Order adoptedCity Manager be hereby and is requested to work with relevant staff to provide an update on the status of the Vail Court property and associate litigation in Said S. Abuzahra, Trustee of Equity Realty Trust, et al. v. City of Cambridge, in Executive Session if necessary, at a future meetingCouncil orderPOR 2024 #121
• Policy order2024 · #122✅ Order adopted, 7–0That this City Council go on record calling for MIT’s dissociation from the fossil fuel industry in the Climate ProjectclimatePOR 2024 #122
• Policy order2024 · #123✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to provide a status Update on Automated Parking EnforcementCouncil requestpolice safetytransit traffic📖 readPOR 2024 #123

• Resolution2024 · #201✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Karen Roust on her retirementRES 2024 #201
• Resolution2024 · #202✅ Order adopted, unanimousCondolences on the death of James M. "Jim" AlbertRES 2024 #202
• Resolution2024 · #203✅ Order adopted, unanimousRetirement of Dennis John Paul Kaveney from the First Church ShelterhomelessnessRES 2024 #203
• Resolution2024 · #204✅ Order adopted, unanimousCondolences on the death of Thomas MurphyRES 2024 #204
• Resolution2024 · #205✅ Order adopted, unanimousCondolences to the family of Valerie Corr HanserdRES 2024 #205
• Resolution2024 · #206✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousCondolences to the family of City Councillor Joan PickettRES 2024 #206
• Resolution2024 · #207✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to the Honorable Laurence Pierce on his retirement from the CourtRES 2024 #207
• Resolution2024 · #208✅ Order adopted, unanimousCondolences on the death of Frederick James "Freddie" CabralRES 2024 #208
• Resolution2024 · #209✅ Order adopted, unanimousBest wishes to Nathan Klima as he begins studies at MIT and thanks for his commitment and service to the residents of CambridgeRES 2024 #209
• Resolution2024 · #210✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Detective Brian O'Connor for being awarded the American Donald D. Drummond International Member of the Year AwardRES 2024 #210
• Resolution2024 · #211✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Donald Copeland on his retirementRES 2024 #211
• Resolution2024 · #212✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to the organizers of the 5th Annual Community CookoutRES 2024 #212

• Application / petition2024 · #30✅ Order adopted, unanimousa curb cut at the premises numbered 490 Putnam Avenue; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Approval response has been received from the neighborhood associationApplication from DND Homes LLC.transit traffictrees📖 readAPP 2024 #30
• Application / petition2024 · #31✅ Order adopted, unanimousa curb cut at the premises numbered 316 Pearl Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Approval response has been received from the neighborhood associationApplication from John Felixtransit traffic📖 readAPP 2024 #31
• Application / petition2024 · #32✅ Order adopted, unanimousa projecting sign at the premises numbered 1 Canal ParkApplication from FAST SIGNS OF WOBURN representing Bom Doughlaborzoning📖 readapproval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, CommuniAPP 2024 #32
• Application / petition2024 · #33✅ Order adopted, unanimousan awning at the premises numbered 1 Brattle Square Unit 2CApplication from Pamela Jagiello representing STUDSzoning📖 readApproval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, CommuniAPP 2024 #33

• Report status2024 · #18Awaiting Report Status Update 9.9.24artsbudgethousing generaltransit traffic📖 readARS-24-18
• Awaiting report2024 · #39✅ Report received and acceptedThe City Manager is requested to reach out to the Executive Director of the Cambridge Housing Authority to explore the feasibility of utilizing the large screen televisions in the community rooms of CHA buildings to enable seniors living in these buildings to participate in (via public comment) and view City Council meetings as they are heldhousing generalAR-24-39
• Awaiting report2024 · #40✅ Report received and acceptedThe City Manager is requested to take the necessary actions to ensure the City’s Gold Star Pool remains open through the end of September 2024, and shall be ready to open at the start of June 2025, three weeks earlier than the pool opened this yearAR-24-40
• Awaiting report2024 · #41✅ Report received and acceptedThe City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to work with the City of Somerville to address the parking signage on Seven Pines Avenuetransit trafficAR-24-41
• Awaiting report2024 · #42✅ Report received and acceptedThe City Manager is requested to work with all relevant city and state departments to amend the Do Not Enter sign at the entrance of Whittemore Avenue from Alewife Brook Parkway to include an exception for abuttersAR-24-42
• Awaiting report2024 · #43✅ Report received and acceptedThe City Manager is requested to work with relevant staff and departments to conduct outreach to Cambridge colleges and universities about the pilot University Pass Program and coordinate with the MBTA and report back to the City Council on these outreach effortstransit trafficAR-24-43
• Awaiting report2024 · #44✅ Report received and acceptedThe City Manager is requested to work with the Law Department to provide a legal opinion on whether Cambridge can enact a local ordinance or regulation similar to H.3685, which would prohibit associations from unreasonably restricting the use of a solar energy system, or whether the City should submit a Home Rule Petition to ensure access to solar energy for residentsclimateAR-24-44
• Awaiting report2024 · #45✅ Report received and acceptedThe City Manager is requested to work with relevant departments to review climate leading heating and cooling regulations and direct the appropriate departments to develop and implement a policy that aligns with Cambridge’s climate leadership to ensure that City operated buildings have default temperatures that align with health and sustainability best practices , including differing guidelines for workplace occupancy hours and outside of business hoursclimateAR-24-45

• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2024-06-25 · Accepted
• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2024-08-05 · Accepted
• Government Operations Rules & Claims Committee hearing of 2024-08-06 · Accepted
• Finance Committee hearing of 2024-08-07 · Accepted
• Housing Committee hearing of 2024-08-21 · Accepted