City Council · Regular Meeting, May 13, 2024

• City Manager's report2024 · #97📁 Placed on file, 8–0the appropriation of $39,600.00 to the Grant Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account. The funds will be used to purchase new helmets and boots for recruits to respond to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosives (CBRNE) events; two Electric Vehicle (EV) fire blankets will be deployed to Engine 5 and Engine 4 in response to the growing number of EV incidents; and new third rail testers will replace the current testers for Rescue, Training, and all 4 Ladder CompaniesSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #97
• City Manager's report2024 · #98📁 Placed on file, 8–0the appropriation of $37,018.59, to the Grant Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account. Funds will be used to replace the current high-rise hose with new equipment which is more effective for battling high-rise incidents. Funds will also support additional rescue equipment (wingman, carabiners, rope and clutch) which will be used by rescue teams responding to incidents involving extraction of victims from emergency scenes such as construction sites, mass transit facilities and other responses which may require hauling of victimsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managertransit trafficCMA 2024 #98
• City Manager's report2024 · #99📁 Placed on file, 8–0the transfer of $200,000 in the General Fund between School Department statutory accounts as follows: $200,000 from the General Fund School Department Salary and Wages account to the General Fund School Department Travel and Training account ($150,000) and to the General Fund School Department Extraordinary Expenditures account ($50,000)Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerschoolsCMA 2024 #99
• City Manager's report2024 · #100📁 Placed on file, 8–0Awaiting Report Item Number 24-14, regarding a request the City Manager direct the appropriate City staff to investigate and determine what measures, if any, can be taken to mitigate the noise impacts of waste management disposal operations on residents in the North Point District while remaining compliant with existing legal requirementsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 readCMA 2024 #100
• City Manager's report2024 · #101📁 Placed on filethe appointments of the following persons as members of the Danehy Park Improvement Plan Working Group: Ty Bellitti, Sarina Canelake, Katia Crowley, Anthony Galluccio, Chala Hadimi, Emily Hoffman, Tsion Kebede, Frederico Muchnik, Mike Nakagawa, natasa Ristivojevic, Antonieta Salguero, Kathleen Riesing, Michael Siegall, Jason Targoff, and David WeylanSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #101
• City Manager's report2024 · #102📁 Placed on file, 8–0the appointments of Raffi Freeman and Krissandra Robinson as well as the reappointments of Susan Schlensinger, James G. Stockard Jr., and Elaine Thorne as members of the Affordable Housing Trust for a term of three yearsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manageraffordable housinghousing general📖 read CMA 2024 #102
• City Manager's report2024 · #103📁 Placed on fileAwaiting Report Item Number 24-16, regarding a report on developing ways to fund support of decarbonization and clean energy projects and technical assistance for property owners of all types especially those with limited resources, with an initial focus on work associated with BEUDO emissions reduction requirementsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerclimate📖 readCMA 2024 #103
• City Manager's report2024 · #104📁 Placed on file, 8–0a request to move to Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to litigation known as City of Cambridge et al., v. Lexington Planning Board et al. (Docket No. 2381CV01683), which is an appeal before the Land Court. Additionally, to consider the purchase of real property, O Cambridge/Concord Turnpike in Lexington, Massachusetts, adjacent to the Hobbs Brook Reservoir. Discussing this matter in an open session may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the CitySubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #104

• City officer's report2024 · #65📁 Placed on filean update regarding legislative activityhousing generalpolice safetyschoolstransit trafficzoning📖 read COF 2024 #65

105 resident communications received for this meeting, on schools (39) · war peace (37) · police safety (35) · bike lanes (11) · transit traffic (8). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2024 · #62✅ Order adopted as amendedAsks the City Manager to direct the Community Development Department to work with the Co-Chairs of the Housing Committee to turn their vision of multifamily housing citywide into zoning languageCouncil requesthousing generalzoning📖 readPOR 2024 #62
• Policy order2024 · #63✅ Order adopted as amendedCity Council calls upon the City Manager to take steps to bring support to efforts supporting Overdose Prevention Center legislation currently under consideration in the Massachusetts Senate and House of RepresentativesCouncil order📖 readPOR 2024 #63
• Policy order2024 · #64✅ Order adoptedThe Cambridge City Council go on record recognizing the first full week of May as Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness WeekPOR 2024 #64

• Resolution2024 · #100✅ Order adoptedCondolences on the death of Alessandra McShefferyRES 2024 #100
• Resolution2024 · #101✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to the Honorees of the 2024 Inspire AwardsRES 2024 #101
• Resolution2024 · #102✅ Order adoptedCondolences on the death of Evelyn DohertyRES 2024 #102
• Resolution2024 · #103✅ Order adoptedCongratulations and gratitude to Mark McGovern, Director of the Cambridge Healthcare of the Homeless, for his decades of compassionate service to our community’s poor, unhoused, and marginalizedhomelessnessRES 2024 #103
• Resolution2024 · #104✅ Order adopted as amendedIn Recognition of CASPAR’s First Step TeamRES 2024 #104

• Report status2024 · #11AR Status Update 5.13.24climatehousing generaltransit trafficzoning📖 readARS-24-11
• Awaiting report2024 · #22✅ Report received and acceptedReport on the summary of city efforts related to PFAS concerns, an update on educational information that can be shared with the community that outline actions individuals can take to reduce their exposure to PFAS, and provide an overview of the federal and state regulatory environment for PFAS in the wastewater streamAR-24-22