Details 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 Online Meeting - See Below Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (35) 35 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 210430 1 210430 Roll Call Call of the Roll. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210431 1 210431 Remembrances Remembrances. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210449 1 210449 License Renewing Drainlayer's License, JNJ Sacca. Approved   Action details Not available 210450 1 210450 License Renewing Drainlayer's License, Marchi Paving. Approved   Action details Not available 210448 1 210448 License New Drainlayer's License, Heimlich Landscaping & Constrution Corp. Approved   Action details Not available 210451 1 210451 License Renewing Taxi Medallion License, Eastern Transportation, Med #73,87. Approved   Action details Not available 210452 1 210452 Officer's Communication LaCourt 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 1 210432 Public Communication 19 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 1 210453 Public Communication 13 citizens submitting comments re: Tufts plans to re-open its campus in the fall. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210439 1 210439 Communication Reporting on an additional State appropriation of $250,000 for High School Construction Project Covid-19 costs. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210461 1 210461 Public Communication Tufts 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 1 210459 Communication Conveying her correspondence with Tufts University President Monaco regarding Tufts’ Fall re-opening plans. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210456 2 210456 Order That 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 2 210460 Resolution That 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 2 210458 Order That 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 2 210438 Order That the Director of Finance report to this Council, all actual state aid appropriations versus budgeted (anticipated) state aid. Approved   Action details Not available 210437 2 210437 Order That 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 2 210457 Order That 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 2 210454 Order That 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 2 210455 Order That 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 2 210378 Grant of Location Submitted 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 2 210433 Order That 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 2 210434 Order That 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 2 210435 Order That 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 2 210436 Order That 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 2 210447 Officer's Communication Licensing Commission conveying a letter to Tufts University to reinforce outdoor dining guidelines. Placed on file   Action details Not available 210440 3 210440 Mayor's Request Requesting 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 4 210446 Mayor's Request Requesting 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 4 210445 Mayor's Request Requesting 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 4 210442 Mayor's Request Requesting 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 5 210443 Mayor's Request Requesting 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 5 210441 Mayor's Request Requesting 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 5 210444 Mayor's Request Requesting 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 5 210251 Resolution That 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 17 209284 Resolution Supporting House Resolution 702, The People's Justice Guarantee. Laid on the table   Action details Not available