Letter from Interim City Clerk Paula M. Crane transmitting a memorandum from Iram Farooq, Assistance City Manager for Community Development, providing additional information regarding the application for banners in Inman Square and their duration

C I T Y O F C A M B R I D G E Community Development Department IRAM FAROOQ Assistant City Manager for Community Development SANDRA CLARKE Deputy Director Chief of Administration KHALIL MOGASSABI Deputy Director Chief of Planning 344 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 Voice: [phone removed] Fax: [phone removed] TTY: [phone removed] www.cambridgema.gov TO: Paula Crane, interim City Clerk FROM: Iram Farooq, Assistant City Manager for Community Development DATE: June 6, 2019 SUBJECT: Submission – amendments for request to install Banners in Inman Square Please include the attached letter with amendments to the request to install banners in Inman Square on the City Council’s agenda. Thank you

C I T Y O F C A M B R I D G E Community Development Department IRAM FAROOQ Assistant City Manager for Community Development SANDRA CLARKE Deputy Director Chief of Administration KHALIL MOGASSABI Deputy Director Chief Planner 344 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 Voice: [phone removed] Fax: [phone removed] TTY: [phone removed] www.cambridgema.gov Cambridge City Council 795 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139 The Honorable, the City Council, I am writing with respect to the City of Cambridge Community Development Department’s request for permission for twenty-five (25) temporary banners along Hampshire Street and Cambridge Street submitted via the Council’s June 3, 2019 agenda. We would like to propose the following amendments to the request in response to the City Council’s discussion on June 3. • The size of the banners will be reduced to a maximum of 24 inches x 48 inches to conform to the size limitation of 1,152 square inches. • The banners are temporary. We request permission to have them installed for a year (Spring 2019 to Spring 2020). The banners are proposed as part of the Inman Square Improvement Project construction mitigation efforts and are intended to provide a sense of liveliness and identity to the Inman Square area during construction. Artwork for the requested banners comes from Albertine Press, a local Inman Square business. CDD’s economic development staff discussed the design with the East Cambridge Business Association (ECBA) and with local businesses at construction mitigation meetings and the construction mitigation workshop held in January 2019. We expect to work with the East Cambridge Business Association and local businesses to keep the identity of the Square fresh and vibrant during the duration of construction and anticipate bringing forward additional ideas including new banner requests in 2020. We will also work with local businesses to investigate opportunities to repurpose and/or reuse the banner materials. Thank you, in advance, for your consideration. Sincerely, Iram Farooq cc. Steve Lenkauskas, City Electrician