POR 2017 #26 · Agenda item attachment · Jan 30 2017

City of Cambridge O-4 ORIGINAL ORDER IN CITY COUNCIL January 30, 2017 COUNCILLOR DEVEREUX WHEREAS: The MBTA bus shelter on Aberdeen Avenue will be replaced with one that includes illuminated advertising as part of the MBTA’s contract with JCDecaux; and WHEREAS: Residents were not consulted in the decision to install a new type of shelter and were notified only a week prior to when the existing sheltered was removed on December 20, 2016; and WHEREAS: Aberdeen Avenue is a low-density residential street (zoned Res-B) and the bus shelter is located at the northeast end near Huron Avenue, directly in front of homes on Aberdeen and just a few hundred yards from Fresh Pond Reservation; and WHEREAS: Residents have complained that the addition of commercial advertising and lighting compromises the residential character of their area and represents a substantial change of conditions over which they had no say; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the MBTA and the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to install a shelter without advertising or lighting comparable to what was there originally; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to consult with City staff to develop a policy that prohibits advertising and illumination on bus shelters in residential areas citywide and as well as in the Parkway Overlay District and report back to the Council. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TOOMEY