Policy Order O-13

WHEREAS: The Community Engagement Team does outreach and engagement with Cambridge residents in a variety of languages in order to increase participation in and improve outcomes from city initiatives and opportunities; and

WHEREAS: Street Teams operate all over Cambridge to publicize and canvass for nonprofits; and

WHEREAS: Summer learning programs are essential for all students to continue to develop and enhance math skills; and

WHEREAS: Street Teams in general provide employment opportunities and can, in turn, become a cohesive, flexible group of engaged individuals who can be deployed on behalf of a variety of programs and departments, satisfying specific performance metrics; and

WHEREAS: It is the city's aim to improve youth civic engagement, ongoing dissemination, and community engagement; now therefore be it

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to form a pilot street team of engaged Cambridge youth and residents as an experimental model for more consistent departmental outreach, community engagement, youth engagement, and civic engagement employment; and be it further

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the council on this matter.