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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/5/2020 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Meeting by Remote Participation
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210430 1210430Roll CallCall of the Roll.Placed on file  Action details Not available
210431 1210431RemembrancesRemembrances.Placed on file  Action details Not available
210449 1210449LicenseRenewing Drainlayer's License, JNJ Sacca.Approved  Action details Not available
210450 1210450LicenseRenewing Drainlayer's License, Marchi Paving.Approved  Action details Not available
210448 1210448LicenseNew Drainlayer's License, Heimlich Landscaping & Constrution Corp.Approved  Action details Not available
210451 1210451LicenseRenewing Taxi Medallion License, Eastern Transportation, Med #73,87.Approved  Action details Not available
210452 1210452Officer's CommunicationLaCourt Foundation LLC proposing a zoning amendment to re-zone their property at 34-36 Merriam St to UR.Referred for recommendation  Action details Not available
210432 1210432Public Communication19 residents requesting a Public Hearing on Tufts University's plans to re-open its campus in the fall.Placed on file  Action details Not available
210453 1210453Public Communication13 citizens submitting comments re: Tufts plans to re-open its campus in the fall.Placed on file  Action details Not available
210439 1210439CommunicationReporting on an additional State appropriation of $250,000 for High School Construction Project Covid-19 costs.Placed on file  Action details Not available
210461 1210461Public CommunicationTufts Director of Government & Community Relations responding to the Licensing Commission Chair's request (#210447) to convey the Commission's guidelines for outdoor dining to students, faculty and staff.Placed on file  Action details Not available
210459 1210459CommunicationConveying her correspondence with Tufts University President Monaco regarding Tufts’ Fall re-opening plans.Placed on file  Action details Not available
210456 2210456OrderThat the Chief of Police provide to this Council an itemized statement of any equipment purchased on behalf of employees of the Police Department which became the individual employee's property.Approved  Action details Not available
210460 2210460ResolutionThat the Administration and the Traffic Commission cease all dedicated Tufts shuttle stops and remove all associated signage in Ward 6, particularly in Davis Square, without delay.Approved  Action details Not available
210458 2210458OrderThat the Director of Finance and the Director of the Arts Council discuss with this Council’s Finance Committee several suggestions for assistance proposed by a group of Somerville arts and cultural organizations.Approved  Action details Not available
210438 2210438OrderThat the Director of Finance report to this Council, all actual state aid appropriations versus budgeted (anticipated) state aid.Approved  Action details Not available
210437 2210437OrderThat the City Solicitor appear before this Council’s Committee on Legislative Matters with draft language to repeal Ordinance 9-120, the so-called Anti-Gang Loitering Ordinance.Approved  Action details Not available
210457 2210457OrderThat the Director of Finance update this Council on Aug. 5, 2020 with an overview of municipal trends and the City’s finances.Approved  Action details Not available
210454 2210454OrderThat the City Solicitor draft language to prohibit the use of prison labor of any kind for city projects, including the Middlesex Sheriff's Community Work Program.Approved  Action details Not available
210455 2210455OrderThat the Chief of Police provide to this Council an itemized statement of all materials, tools, and property owned or leased by the City for use of the Police Department.Approved  Action details Not available
210378 2210378Grant of LocationSubmitted by TC Systems to install 78 feet of conduit in Washington St from Pole 358/58 at the corner of Magnus Ave to a proposed handhole across the street in the sidewalk at Perry Park, then to adjacent Pole 58X.Approved  Action details Not available
210433 2210433OrderThat the Director of Health and Human Services report to this Council the feasibility of using weekly pooled Covid-19 testing and/or relatively affordable "test strips" for school children, public employees, and workers at public-facing businesses.Approved  Action details Not available
210434 2210434OrderThat the Director of Finance inform this Council how the recent announcement of a 3-month level funding of State aid will affect the FY21 budget.Approved  Action details Not available
210435 2210435OrderThat the Director of Communications send a city-wide mailer informing residents of the Tenant Notification Act and the ongoing Eviction Moratorium, in light of ongoing unlawful Notices to Quit being distributed to tenants.Approved  Action details Not available
210436 2210436OrderThat the Chief of Police provide a breakdown of how 911 emergency calls are triaged, coded, and dispatched under our current system.Approved  Action details Not available
210447 2210447Officer's CommunicationLicensing Commission conveying a letter to Tufts University to reinforce outdoor dining guidelines.Placed on file  Action details Not available
210440 3210440Mayor's RequestRequesting the change of 5 voting locations: W3 P1 from Properzi Manor to the Central Library Community Room, W3 P3 from the Dante Club to the St. Catherine's Church Gym, W6 P1 from the Kennedy School to the Dilboy VFW Post, W6 P3 from the Holy Bible Baptist Church to the West Somerville Neighborhood School, and W7 P3 from the VNA Alewife Brook Facility to the West Somerville Neighborhood School.Approved  Action details Not available
210446 4210446Mayor's RequestRequesting acceptance of a $6,000 grant with no new match required, from the MA Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement.Approved  Action details Not available
210445 4210445Mayor's RequestRequesting acceptance of a $11,894.30 grant with no new match required, from the Cambridge Health Alliance to the Health and Human Services Department for the Photovoice Gambling Prevention program.Approved  Action details Not available
210442 4210442Mayor's RequestRequesting acceptance of a $100,000 grant with no new match required, from the MA Department of Health to the Health and Human Services Department to fund expanded substance use prevention programming.Approved  Action details Not available
210443 5210443Mayor's RequestRequesting acceptance of a $95,000 grant with no new match required, from MA DoT to the SPCD Mobility Division for Shared Streets programming Implementation.Approved  Action details Not available
210441 5210441Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to appropriate $170,000 from the Union Sq Community Benefits Stabilization Fund to fund a Main Streets Small Business Liaison and job placement and career navigation services for residents.Approved  Action details Not available
210444 5210444Mayor's RequestRequesting acceptance of a $75,000 Taxi Grant with no new match required, from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to the Council on Aging for taxi rides for elders.Approved  Action details Not available
210251 5210251ResolutionThat the Mayor, the Chief of Police and the Director of Health and Human Services discuss with this Council, at its June 11, 2020 meeting, their declaration of Systemic Racism as a Public Safety and Health Emergency.Laid on the table  Action details Not available
209284 17209284ResolutionSupporting House Resolution 702, The People's Justice Guarantee.Laid on the table  Action details Not available