That the City Manager is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department, the Community Development Department, and any other relevant City departments to conduct two meetings by the end of July 2018, specifically for seniors, regarding the plan for South Massachusetts Avenue which includes a much more thorough process of community engagement and outreach

City of Cambridge O-3 ORIGINAL ORDER IN CITY COUNCIL June 25, 2018 COUNCILLOR SIMMONS WHEREAS: As part of the City’s continued efforts to increase the bicycle lane infrastructure throughout Cambridge, the City shall be erecting new bicycle lanes in the South Massachusetts Avenue area in the near future; and WHEREAS: While these new bicycle lanes are unquestionably necessary to improve the overall safety of our streets, it has come to the City Council’s attention that insufficient notice has gone out to the neighborhoods where these new bicycle lanes shall be established, and there has troublingly been a lack of serious engagement with the senior residents that live in this area; and WHEREAS: The City has repeatedly stated that the new bicycle lane infrastructure must be established as quickly as possible, but this must be done with as much public engagement as possible, and as of this date, the public engagement necessary to ensure that this process moves forward as responsibly as possible has been woefully short of what is needed; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department, the Community Development Department, and any other relevant departments to conduct a much more thorough process of community engagement and outreach – particularly in regards to the senior community – prior to the establishment of any new bicycle lanes in the area of South Massachusetts Avenue, and to report back to the City Council on what this engagement has consisted of.