City Council ▸ 2023-09-18
City Council — Regular Meeting, September 18, 2023
City Manager's Agenda (6)
- CMA 2023 #239A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of Lauren Reznick as a member of the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority for a term of five years📖 read
- CMA 2023 #240A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to recommendations of the Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC) for FY2024affordable-housinghousing-general📖 read 📄 PDF
- CMA 2023 #241A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Surveillance Technology Impact Report which describes Operations & Case Management Software, requested by the Community Safety Department. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 18, 2023police-safety📖 read
- CMA 2023 #242A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Community Safety Department Updatepolice-safety📖 read
- CMA 2023 #243A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the City Manager's Fall Updateaffordable-housingbudgethousing-general📖 read
- CMA 2023 #244A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a memo and technical edit of the Affordable Housing Overlay language and Planning Board report with no positive or negative recommendationaffordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read 📄 PDF
Communications (110)
110 resident communications received for this meeting — affordable housing (71) · housing general (64) · transit traffic (31) · bike lanes (27) · zoning (22). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (4)
- POR 2023 #161That the City Manager is requested to direct the Law Department to prepare a proposed Home Rule Petition relative to amendments to the Fair Housing Ordinance, as discussed at the Ordinance Committee meeting on September 12, 2023, and report back to the full City Council by October 2, 2023housing-general
- POR 2023 #162That the City Manager is requested to prepare a regular summary (at least annually) of available funds for each funding source, as well as any amounts released to specific projects or efforts
- POR 2023 #163That the City Manager is requested to direct relevant departments to work together with the Chair(s) of the Health and Environment Committee and the Ordinance Committee, and include community input from residents and landscaping companies, to develop ordinance language that would lead to a phased in ban of the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in Cambridgeleaf-blowers
- POR 2023 #164That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant city departments on funding sources to supplement available state and federal funds to support and incentivize the transition to electrification of lawn equipmenttransit-traffic
Resolutions (12)
- RES 2023 #248Congratulations to Karen Francis on her retirement from the City of Cambridge
- RES 2023 #249Resolution on the death of Lesley Phillips
- RES 2023 #250Congratulations to Deputy Superintendent Michael Medeiros on his promotion with The Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
- RES 2023 #251Resolution on the death of Jaden McDaniels
- RES 2023 #252Resolution Congratulating Manikka Bowman
- RES 2023 #253Happy Birthday to Rev. Lorraine Thornhill
- RES 2023 #254Happy Birthday to Steven A. Tolman
- RES 2023 #255Happy 96th Birthday to Red Mitchell
- RES 2023 #256Happy Birthday to Anthony W Petruccelli
- RES 2023 #257Happy 99th Birthday to Marvin Gilmore
- RES 2023 #258Happy 103rd Birthday to Ruby Pearson
- RES 2023 #259Happy Birthday to Polly Allen
Other Business (9)
- AR-23-53Report on the consultation with relevant departments on the enhanced communication strategy to inform residents about the implementation of the Cycling Safety Ordinancebike-lanes
- AR-23-54Report on coordination between the Law Department and CPD to report to the City Council all outstanding and recent (last 5 fiscal years: FY’23,’22,’21,’20,’19) lawsuits involving the CPD or individual members of CPD that the City is expending or has expended resources on, including an estimate of how much has been spent on these lawsuits to date in FY24
- AR-23-55Report on work done with relevant departments and agencies to design and implement a pilot program providing subsidized, on-demand transit to low-income residents, people with disabilities and seniors, with the goal of expanding the program to service the region in ways that supplement the MBTA system via fare-free, on-demand transit for everyonetransit-traffic
- AR-23-56Report on the establishment and implementation of a regular maintenance schedule for tree wells, bump outs, crosswalks, and other pedestrian areas to prevent overgrowth and ensure consistent upkeeptransit-traffictrees
- AR-23-57Report on the progress on Rodent Control Programs
- AR-23-58Report on a report on the use of short-term rentals in Cambridge including numbers of registered units and how that compares to public listings, data on usage, whether the City can have access to data from rental services and state agencies, and whether the city needs additional ordinance language to improve enforcement; and be it further