CHARTER RIGHT
1. A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-93, regarding proposed amendments to the Municipal Code relative to recent charter changes (Ordinance #2022-2). [Charter Right – Nolan, Jan 31, 2022] (CM22#10)
Tabled 9-0 - Nolan

Jan 31, 2022
To the Honorable, the City Council:

In response to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-93, regarding proposed amendments to the Municipal Code to comply with the recent charter changes, City Solicitor Nancy E. Glowa has provided the attached proposed amendments for your consideration.

Very truly yours,
Louis A. DePasquale
City Manager

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Be it ordained by the City Council as follows:

That Cambridge Municipal Code Chapter 2.02 entitled “City Council” shall be amended by the addition of the following two sections:

Section 2.02.090 Annual Review of City Manager’s Performance

As provided in G.L. c. 43, § 116(a) the City Council shall prepare and deliver to the City Manager an annual written review of the City Manager’s performance.

Section 2.02.100 Special Committee to Review the City Charter Every Ten Years

As provided in G.L. c. 43, §116(b), no later than July 1 in each year ending in 2, beginning in 2022 and every 10 years thereafter, the City Council shall establish a special committee tasked with reviewing the City Charter and recommending any changes the special committee deems necessary or desirable. The special committee shall be made up of [NUMBER] registered voters of the City, not currently holding elective office. The special committee shall file a report with the City Council within 1 year of its appointment, unless the City Council extends the one-year period by vote. Action on any proposed Charter changes shall be as authorized by law.

3. A communication was received from Mayor Siddiqui, transmitting information regarding the Fare Free Bus Pilot Working Group. (COF22#16)
Placed on File 9-0

To: Cambridge City Council
From: Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor
Date: Feb 3, 2022
Subject: Communicating information regarding the Fare Free Bus Pilot Working Group

To the Honorable, the City Council:

I am announcing the formation of a working group to discuss the details of a fare free bus pilot and appointing Councillor Burhan Azeem as Chair. The working group, in collaboration with the Community Development Department, will organize a series of meetings to inform the City’s strategy regarding a fare-free bus pilot in Cambridge.

As demonstrated by the recent Fare Free Bus Pilot in Boston, offering free bus service is an effective means of attracting riders back to the MBTA system. As Cambridge and the region look to emerge from the pandemic with an equitable and efficient transit system in place, fare-free pilots could serve as an effective first step. The working group will be tasked with better understanding what implementation of a fare-free bus pilot would entail and what possible impacts would occur. Utilizing ridership data trends and guided by fare-free programs already in existence, the working group will report on the feasibility and timeline of a pilot in Cambridge.

The working group will meet bi-weekly over the next three months. All meetings will be available for public viewing but no public comment will be taken. Recommendations from the Working Group are expected in May, 2022.

Working Group Members will include:
Burhan Azeem (Chair), Cambridge City Councillor
Iram Farooq, Assistant City Manager Cambridge Community Development
Susanne Rasmussen, Director of Environmental and Transportation Planning
Joe Barr, Director of Traffic and Parking
Representative, City Manager’s Office
Representative, Transit Advisory Committee
Stacy Thompson, Liveable Streets Alliance
Four community members who regularly use the MBTA
Michael Scarlett, Chief of Staff, Office of Mayor Siddiqui

Sincerely,
Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor
City of Cambridge

6. A communication was received from Vice Mayor Mallon, transmitting a memorandum regarding updates on the City Manager search. (COF22#19)
Placed on File 9-0

Dear City Council colleagues,

Please find the following updates on the City Manager search. Randi Frank and her team finished their individual interviews with City Councillors and department heads, and have now moved on to small, content area based focus groups. Her team will continue to hold focus groups, and next week will be the larger Resident and Employee Town Halls. In addition to that update, we have the following to share:

- The smaller, issue based focus groups are underway with Cortico, and the staff facilitators. We will start presenting information from the Cortico focus groups next week through their software. These conversations have been incredibly useful, and have garnered some important feedback. Thank you to all who have participated and facilitated.

- The City has created a dedicated webpage at www.cambridgema.gov/CityManager/Search

- The Government Operations/Resident Town Hall was scheduled for February 16th, 6:00-8:00pm, and can be accessed here: https://www.cambridgema.gov/CityCalendar/view.aspx?guid=71fc15938aa642798aed75888caad959. As of Friday, February 4th, residents and stakeholders have been able to register to provide public comment at that meeting.

- The employee survey went live on Tuesday, February 1st and was emailed to every City employee by the Personnel Department. Over 100 employees have participated in this survey in the past 2 days. Employees were also notified of how to register for the Employee Town Hall being held on Tuesday, February 15th and the opportunity to participate in a private, 15 minute, drop-in session with Randi Frank Consulting. Posters with all of the information were also sent to each department for display at work sites (see artwork attached).

- Postcards (see artwork attached) were printed to place in stores, restaurants, barbershops, hair salons, community rooms and other locations to inform residents of opportunities to participate in the City Manager search process.

- Posters to inform residents of opportunities to participate in this process (see artwork attached) will be placed in the following City buildings:

• 344 Broadway

• 51 Inman Street

• 147 Hampshire Street (DPW)

• All library locations

• All Senior Center locations

• Police Headquarters

• 831 Massachusetts Avenue

- The City Manager Search site through coUrbanize went live on Tuesday, February 1st, the link is: https://www.cambridgecitymanagersearch.com/

As of Thursday at 2pm, there were over 500 pieces of unique feedback. The site is translated into Spanish, Haitian Creole, Chinese and Amharic. All other languages are available through Google Translate.

I will continue to keep you all updated this month as we continue through this community engagement period. Please share information on the coUrbanize site and the Government Operations/Resident Town Hall meeting through your social media, newsletters and other ways you engage your constituents.

Thank you,
Alanna Mallon
Cambridge Vice-Mayor

CityManagerSearch     Employee Survey Flyer     Residents poster     Postcard front     Postcard Back

TEXT OF ORDERS
O-1     Feb 7, 2022
COUNCILLOR SIMMONS
COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN
COUNCILLOR AZEEM
COUNCILLOR TONER
WHEREAS: At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, the determination was made that, in an effort to slow the spread of the virus in our community, the majority of the City’s 3,564-person workforce would be mandated to work remotely until the most acute period of danger had passed; and
WHEREAS: Accordingly, by mid-March 2020, employees from the majority of the City’s departments made adjustments that allowed them to perform their work remotely, seeking to continue providing the highest possible level of services to the Cambridge community while keeping City staff and members of the public as safe as possible; and
WHEREAS: While much of the work conducted by City staffers could, ultimately, be done from remote work sites, there remained certain jobs – such as building maintenance and trash collection – that required continuing operations in a normal capacity, and a number of employees in these “essential jobs” were required to continue reporting to work in person throughout the duration of the pandemic; and
WHEREAS: These employees continued to show up for work at a time when little was known or understood about the full scope, contagiousness, and severity of the virus, and prior to the establishment and availability of vaccines or effective therapeutics; and
WHEREAS: In recognition of the increased danger that those working in these essential jobs were being asked to expose themselves to during the initial phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, the City did offer increased compensation to these workers in the form of an additional $10 per hour, on top of their regular hourly wages, for a limited amount of time; and
WHEREAS: In recognition of the fact that this increased compensation did not last for the full duration of the “remote working” period, and in view of legislation being considered on Beacon Hill that would provide additional compensation to those “essential public employees” who did not have the option to safely work from home during 2020, it would be appropriate for the City to offer additional compensation to its essential employees in the form of crediting workers with extra years of service toward their retirement pensions, provided that they worked outside their home between March 10, 2020 and Dec, 31, 2020; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to consult with the appropriate City staff to determine the feasibility of establishing additional compensation for the City’s essential employees in accordance with the above stated framework, and to report back to the City Council on this matter in a timely manner.

O-2     Feb 7, 2022
COUNCILLOR NOLAN
COUNCILLOR CARLONE
WHEREAS: On Dec 13, 2021, the City Council passed a unanimous policy order regarding the incentivization of fossil fuel free construction through the special permit process; and
WHEREAS: The Council requested a report back from City Staff on the draft ordinance language forwarded with the policy order no later than Feb 1, 2022, which date has passed; and
WHEREAS: The climate crisis is a pressing emergency and fossil fuel free buildings are feasible, as evidenced by new construction in Cambridge currently being built without fossil fuel infrastructure other than minimal legally required backup systems; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That Article 10.000 of the Zoning Ordinances of the City of Cambridge be amended to insert a new section 10.600, titled “On-Site Fossil Fuel Infrastructure” to read as follows:

Section 10.60: On-Site Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

1. Purpose

This section is adopted by the City of Cambridge, to protect the health and welfare of the inhabitants of the City from air pollution, including greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change and thereby threaten the City and its inhabitants.

2. Definitions

As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“New Building” is defined as a building not in existence on the date of an application for a special permit that is subject to this section.

“On-Site Fossil Fuel Infrastructure” is defined as fossil fuel piping that is in a building, in connection with a building, or otherwise within the property lines of premises, including piping that extends from a supply source; provided, however, that “On-Site Fossil Fuel Infrastructure” shall not include:

a. Fuel gas piping connecting a supply source to a meter or to the meter itself; or

b. Fossil fuel piping related to backup electrical generators, cooking appliances or portable propane appliances for outdoor cooking and heating.

“Significant Rehabilitation” is defined as an alteration, requiring a building permit, to a building in existence on the date of an application for a special permit that is subject to this section, and that:

a. For existing buildings regulated by the 9th Edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code 780 CMR 51.00, the Massachusetts Residential Code, includes the reconfiguration of space or building systems, in which the Work Area is more than 75% of the gross floor area as defined in the Zoning Ordinance prior to the project; or

b. For existing buildings regulated by the 9th Edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code 780 CMR 34.00, the Massachusetts State Basic Commercial Code, includes the reconfiguration of space and/or building systems, in which the Work Area is more than 50% of the gross floor area, as defined by the Massachusetts Building Code, prior to the project.

“Work Area” is defined as the aggregate area of those portions of a building affected by alterations for the reconfiguration of space or building systems, including new floor area added as a result of the alteration, as indicated in the drawings associated with a building permit application. Excluded from the calculation of Work Area are those portions of a building where only repairs, refinishing or incidental work occur or where work not initially intended by the applicant is specifically required by an inspector from the Building Department pursuant to the applicable building code.

3. Applicability

The requirements of this section shall apply to all special permit applications for New Buildings or Significant Rehabilitations proposed to be located in whole or in part within the City or for uses to be located within such New Buildings or Significant Rehabilitations, as well as to applications for the continuation of New Buildings, Significant Rehabilitations or uses authorized by a special permit previously issued subject to this section, except as follows:

a. The requirements of this section shall apply only to project proposals that

1. Require a special permit pursuant to section 10.40 for the proposed structure, alteration or use; and

2. Include a New Building or Significant Rehabilitation as defined in this section.

b. The requirements of this section shall not apply to any application for a special permit granted on or before the later of March 1, 2022 or the date of first issuance of Planning Board guidelines pursuant to paragraph 7 of this section.

c. The requirements of this section shall not apply to the piping, in buildings with floor areas less than 10,000 square feet, required to produce potable or domestic hot water from centralized hot water systems if the Engineer of Record certifies that no commercially available electric hot water heater can meet the building’s hot water demand for less than 150% of installation or operational costs, compared to a conventional fossil-fuel hot water system.

d. The requirements of this section shall not apply to the extension or modification of heating systems via HVAC system modification, or modification of radiator, steam, or hot water piping if fossil fuel piping is not installed.

e. The requirements of this section shall not apply to health care uses that require licensure or certification as a healthcare facility by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

f. The requirements of this section shall not apply to repairs or replacement of any existing portions of a fuel piping system deemed unsafe or dangerous by the Plumbing and Gas Fitting Inspector.

g. The requirements of this section shall not apply to any required back-up emergency system.

h. The requirements of this section shall not apply to any application for a special permit, made pursuant to the Design Review requirements of section 5.09, if no other special permit is otherwise required.

i. The requirements of this section shall not apply to any application for a special permit for the renovation, reconstruction, alteration or extension of a nonconforming single or two-family residence, where the only relief needed represents an increase or intensification of a nonconformity lawfully in existence at the time the applicable provision of the Zoning Ordinance became effective.

4. Climate Responsive Conditions for Approval of Special Permits Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Planning Board or Board of Zoning Appeal shall not approve any special permit application made pursuant to section 10.40 unless the Board finds that:

a. The proposal does not involve the installation of any new On-Site Fossil Fuel Infrastructure or the continuation of any On-Site Fossil Fuel Infrastructure installed pursuant to a special permit previously issued subject to this section; or

b. The proposal involves the installation of On-Site Fossil Fuel Infrastructure or the continuation of any On-Site Fossil Fuel Infrastructure installed pursuant to a special permit previously issued subject to this section; provided, however, that either:

1. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 4, subparagraph b(2) of this section, the special permit shall be conditionally approved for a term not to exceed five years from the date of its first exercise or until January 1, 2030, whichever is later; or

2. Where a special permit has previously been issued subject to paragraph 4, subparagraph b(1) of this section, it may, for good cause, be renewed, one or more times, for a term not to exceed one year; or

5. Waivers

A waiver from the requirements of paragraph 4 of this section may be approved by the Planning Board or Board of Zoning Appeal, in its special permit decision, upon a finding:

a. If supported by a detailed cost comparison provided by the applicant, that strict compliance with the requirements of paragraph 4 would be financially infeasible, including after utilizing available rebates and credits, or otherwise impractical to implement; or

b. That strict compliance with the requirements of paragraph 4 would result in the loss of new affordable housing units eligible for inclusion in the Department of Housing and Community Development Chapter 40B Subsidized Housing Inventory.

No modification of a special permit, the rights under which have previously been exercised, shall grant a waiver from the requirements of this section. In considering any waiver request, the Planning Board or Board of Zoning Appeal shall evaluate whether particular portions of a project are financially infeasible or impractical to implement, or would result in the loss of new affordable housing units, and the Board shall issue waivers narrowly for those portions, where appropriate, rather than for an entire project.

6. Notices

For a special permit granted subject to paragraph 4, subparagraph b of this section, any notice that is required to be recorded pursuant to M.G.L. c.40A, §11, shall include a statement detailing the condition upon which the special permit was granted.

For all properties subject to a special permit conditioned on a time limitation pursuant to paragraph 4, subparagraph b(1) of this section, the City Manager or designee will provide notice to the owner of record of the expiration of said special permit and the requirement of compliance with this section. Such notice will be first provided not less than three (3) years prior to the expiration of such a special permit, and annually thereafter; provided, however, that the failure of the City Manager or designee to issue timely notices pursuant to this paragraph shall not be deemed to prevent the Building Commissioner from seeking to enforce the requirements of this section or otherwise to operate as a defense to any such enforcement action.

7. Rules, Regulations, and Guidelines

No later than 3 months after the adoption of this amendment, the Planning Board or Board of Zoning Appeals shall adopt, and may in its discretion thereafter amend, guidelines for procedures and waivers that will provide for the uniform and equitable application of this section. The Planning Board or Board of Zoning Appeal may consider such guidelines in making special permit decisions subject to this section.

O-3     Feb 7, 2022  Amended
VICE MAYOR MALLON
COUNCILLOR AZEEM
COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN
COUNCILLOR SIMMONS
WHEREAS: Almost a hundred curb cut applications have come before the City Council in the past 5 years; and
WHEREAS: Effectively all of the curb cut applications voted on by the City Council are approved; and
WHEREAS: It would expedite the application process for curb cuts and free up City Councillors to focus on other City matters if curb cuts no longer fell under the purview of the Council; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the City Solicitor to provide a legal opinion on whether the City Council can delegate this authority to the Inspectional Services Department through the City Manager and on the following zoning ordinance:

“Curb cuts may be permitted on a lot without the approval of the Cambridge City Council; provided that, the proposed curb cut conforms to the dimensional requirements of Section 6.43.3 and has the approval City of Cambridge Inspectional Services Department.”

O-4     Feb 7, 2022  Amended; Charter Right - Simmons
COUNCILLOR AZEEM
COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN
COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN
WHEREAS: Some residents in Cambridge drive and benefit from off-street parking spaces; not every resident, however, drives a car, and so the City should not require, but still allow, homes to have off-street parking spaces; and
WHEREAS: Parking minimums can force homeowners and residential & commercial developers to accommodate space for more parking than they deem necessary, leading to higher project costs and a decrease in the number of units or amount of open space; and
WHEREAS: The City should review its maximum parking requirement periodically to ensure they meet our transportation and environmental goals; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That section 6.36 entitled, Schedule of Parking and Loading Requirements, of Article 6.000, entitled “Off Street Parking And Loading Requirements And Nighttime Curfew On Large Commercial Through Trucks, of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge”, be amended by substitution with the language attached.

Minimum accessory parking required for all uses shall be 0 parking spaces.

O-5     Feb 7, 2022
COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN
COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN
VICE MAYOR MALLON
COUNCILLOR CARLONE
WHEREAS: In the January 28, 2022 Weekly Digest, the City Manager reported that the City Solicitor has advised him that the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds provided to the city are not constrained by the limitations of the state’s Anti-Aid Amendment, only the U.S Department of the Treasury’s Final Rule for the use of the funds; and
WHEREAS: The state’s Anti-Aid amendment prohibits the giving of money or property by the city to an individual, and it has made efforts to provide direct assistance to residents most in need extremely challenging; and
WHEREAS: Cambridge’s $88 million dollars in ARPA funding ($65 million in direct funds to Cambridge and $23 million through the Commonwealth) represents a unique opportunity to provide direct relief to households and individuals facing eviction, housing instability, and/or homelessness; and
WHEREAS: Recommendation 3.3 from the recent report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Homelessness calls for “initiating and supporting direct cash transfer programs”; and
WHEREAS: The Treasury Department’s Final Rule (which clarifies the current Interim Rule and takes effect in April 2022) makes clear that recipients can provide assistance to households, including support for food, rent, mortgage payments, legal assistance, utilities as well as direct cash assistance that is “reasonably proportional” to the economic impact being addressed, and directs recipients to “consider and take guidance from the per person amounts previously provided by the Federal Government in response to the COVID-19 crisis” (page 90); and
WHEREAS: The Final Rule also clarifies that “recipients may presume that a household or population that experienced unemployment, experienced increased food or housing insecurity, or is low or moderate income experienced negative economic impacts resulting from the pandemic” (page 78); and
WHEREAS: The Final Rule offers numerous examples of how ARPA money could be spent in this way that would allow us to respond to the acute crisis of homelessness, housing instability, and eviction in Cambridge; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report to the City Council on options for spending ARPA money on direct support for households and individuals facing eviction, housing instability, and/or homelessness, including any related proposals received through the city’s suggestion portal; and be it further
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the City Council on this matter no later than the Feb 28, 2022 City Council meeting.

O-6     Feb 7, 2022
MAYOR SIDDIQUI
WHEREAS: City Clerk Anthony Wilson has announced that he will be retiring from his position as City Clerk; and
WHEREAS: The City Council is the appointing authority for the hiring of the City Clerk, and in light of Clerk Wilson’s impending retirement, the City Council needs to hire a new City Clerk; and
WHEREAS: In order to begin the application and interviewing process for the new City Clerk, and to assure a level of confidentiality for applicants, the City Council may appoint a preliminary screening committee that is entitled to meet and enter executive session pursuant to the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law before reporting back to the full City Council for the public interviewing of recommended finalists; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Council appoints City Councillors Denise Simmons and Paul Toner as members of the City Clerk preliminary screening committee to begin the application and interviewing process for the new City Clerk, and to report back to the full City Council, as required by law, for the public interviewing of recommended finalists for the City Clerk position; and be it further
ORDERED: That Councillors Simmons and Toner shall work with the City Manager to request that the City Manager appoint three senior City staff as members of the preliminary screening committee, along with the two Councillors.

O-7     Feb 7, 2022
COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN
COUNCILLOR CARLONE
COUNCILLOR SIMMONS
MAYOR SIDDIQUI
ORDERED: That the City Council amend Section 2.66 of the municipal code to add a new section titled “Article III Green Jobs” to read as follows:

Article III Green Jobs

2.66.100 Definitions

“Green Jobs” shall include, but not be limited to: solar panel, geothermal, and wind turbine installation, building energy efficiency and electrification, renewable energy procurement, urban agriculture, urban forestry, transit operations, transportation electrification, and other areas that may be added via regulation or amendment.

“Green Jobs Training Programs” shall mean any training programs certified by the City of Cambridge as providing for training in Green Jobs and meeting the requirements set forth in Section 2.66.120.

2.66.110 Establishment

Within 6 months of the effective date of this ordinance, the City Manager shall establish and fund through the Economic Development Department a Green Jobs initiative that will provide recruitment, training and certification opportunities for low-income residents of Cambridge in jobs considered to be congruent with the city’s greenhouse gas emissions reductions and other environmental mitigation goals.

2.66.120 Requirements

A. Recruitment, training and certification programs may be provided directly by city departments, or via third parties, including nonprofits, labor unions, educational institutions and other entities certified by the City of Cambridge, and may receive direct funding from the city, including but not limited to funds received through Alternative Compliance Credits as specified in Chapter 8.67 (Building Energy Use Disclosure and Emission Reductions)

B. All certified programs available to Cambridge residents shall be free of charge, shall be accessible via public transportation, and shall make reasonable accommodations for those with disabilities or special needs.

C. All participants in these programs shall receive at minimum a Living Wage (as defined in Section 2.121.030 of the Municipal Code) for any labor provided through internships, apprenticeships, or other arrangements where trainees are performing actual labor.

2.66.130 Certification of Green Jobs Training Programs

A. The Green Jobs Initiative shall continuously identify any existing programs that meet the Requirements or could meet the Requirements with funding and technical assistance from the Green Jobs Initiative, and shall certify as many such programs as feasible.

B. Certified Green Jobs Training Programs shall be advertised on the city website, with clear instructions for how residents can participate, including how to apply for scholarships and how to receive help in completing their applications.

C. The Green Jobs Initiative shall continually seek out opportunities to financially support, initiate through partnerships, or create on its own, Green Jobs Training Programs based on demand and opportunity.

2.66.140 Annual Reporting and Establishment of new Programs

A. Within one year from the effective date of this ordinance, and annually thereafter, the Green Jobs Initiative shall produce a Green Jobs report presented to the City Council containing the following information:

a. An industry survey identifying Green Jobs growth, unmet demand, and future prospects for the Boston metro-region. Survey results may incorporate or refer to data and reports provided by business associations, labor unions and other entities compiling similar information.

b. An audit of all Green Jobs Training Programs certified by the city, including participation, availability, successful completion numbers and rates, and other relevant information.

c. An analysis comparing the industry survey and the audit, identifying any gaps between Green Job demand growth and Green Jobs Training Programs available to Cambridge residents.

B. Within six months of the most recent annual report, the City Manager shall establish new Green Jobs Training Programs identified in the annual report as being of the highest potential value and need. If no such programs are identified the City Manager shall provide to the City Council a rationale for why no additional programs are required at that time.

O-8     Feb 7, 2022
COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN
COUNCILLOR CARLONE
COUNCILLOR NOLAN
ORDERED: That the City Council amend the Article 22 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge entitled “Sustainable Design And Development” to insert a new section 22.24.4 to read as follows:

22.24.4 Emissions Accounting.

The provisions in this section shall not apply to any residential buildings that include affordable units.

All buildings subject to this section shall provide as part of their compliance with section 22.25.1(c)2 a total greenhouse gas emissions calculation as follows:

a) Embodied Emissions: Estimated emissions generated by the construction of the Green Building Project. The Embodied Emissions shall be documented by a licensed engineer, using Passive House or other acceptable energy and emissions modeling software, and include:

1) Emissions for manufacturing all building materials used, including associated raw materials extraction, production and transportation, including all concrete, steel, aluminum and glass.

2) Estimates for transportation emissions caused by delivering the materials to the construction site.

3) Emissions generated on the site by heavy equipment such as cranes.

The Embodied Emissions shall not include:

1) Emissions associated with installing renewable energy facilities on site, including but not limited to solar PV and solar hot water, air source and ground source heat pumps, and any other systems that substantially reduce the future emissions of the building.

2) Emissions generated from human labor (e.g. individual transport, small power tools, food consumption, etc.).

3) Emissions for transporting landscaping materials and plants to the site.

4) Emissions associated with installing electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE).

b) Expected Annual Emissions. The developer shall present an accounting of the expected emissions to be generated by routine operation of the building over the course of each calendar year. Emissions will be calculated as metric tons of CO2 equivalent using the estimated EUI (source and site EUI) for the building, taking into account the anticipated local emissions profile for the grid (ISO New England adjusted by the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS)) (source EUI) for each year to convert grid electrical consumption (kWH) into emissions. The estimated EUI for the building shall include:

1) Expected onsite combustion such as a natural gas boiler to heat the building for the expected lifetime of such equipment.

2) Grid electricity for operating anticipated equipment and lights in the building, including but not limited to HVAC systems, elevators, and light fixtures.

3) Tenant/occupant plug loads and other tenant/occupant contributions to EUI (site and source) that can reasonably be estimated.

The estimated EUI for the building may be calculated by subtracting from the total estimated energy consumption any energy produced by onsite renewable energy systems such as solar PV systems planned to be installed prior to occupancy that net meter to the building itself.

The Expected Annual Emissions calculation shall not include:

1) Tenant plug loads and tenant installed onsite fossil fuel combustion (e.g. a natural gas appliance) that cannot be reasonably anticipated.

2) Backup generators.

3) Transportation emissions associated with the building operation.

4) Emissions associated with electric vehicle charging at the building.

c) Lifetime Expected Emissions. The Lifetime Expected Emissions from the building will be calculated as the sum of the Expected Annual Emissions from the year of first occupancy until 2050.

d) Total Emissions. The Total Emissions expected to be generated by the building will be the sum of the Embodied Emissions and the Lifetime Expected Emissions.

e) Reporting Standards. All emissions and energy use (EUI) reporting shall follow the standards specified in Chapter 8.67 of the Municipal Code (“Building Energy Use”) and associated regulations, and shall be reported in Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalents (MTCO2e) for emissions and British Thermal Unit (BTU) per square foot per year for EUI. The total values for the building shall be summarized in the report using a template tabular form to be provided by the City.

O-9     Feb 7, 2022  Amended; Charter Right - Simmons
COUNCILLOR AZEEM
COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN
COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN
WHEREAS: Some residents in Cambridge drive and benefit from off-street parking spaces. Not every resident, however, drives a car, and so the City should not require, but still allow, homes to have off-street parking spaces; and
WHEREAS: Parking minimums can force homeowners and residential & commercial developers to accommodate space for more parking than they deem necessary, leading to higher project costs and a decrease in the number of units or amount of open space; and
WHEREAS: The City should review its maximum parking requirement periodically to ensure they meet our transportation and environmental goals; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct staff from the Community Development and Law Departments to examine the Zoning Ordinance and provide amendment language for consideration by the City Council to remove all other references to parking minimums, including in Articles 13.000, 14.000, 15.000, 16.000, 17.000, and 20.000; and further be it
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct staff from the Community Development and Law Departments to examine the Zoning Ordinance and provide amendment language for commercial parking maximums.