City Council — Regular Meeting, June 10, 2024

City Manager's Agenda (7)

• CMA 2024 #118Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $60,000, received from the Harvard Business School Leadership Fellows Program to the Grant Fund Executive Salaries and Wages accountschools
• CMA 2024 #119Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $21,023 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance Account. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) CDBG entitlement program allocates annual grants to larger cities to provide affordable housing, revitalize neighborhoods, and expand economic opportunities to low and moderate-income personsaffordable-housinghousing-general
• CMA 2024 #120Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $31,428.45 to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures account. This appropriation will increase funds available to continue the development of affordable housing to assist low and moderate income residentsaffordable-housinghousing-general
• CMA 2024 #121Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $9,988 to the Public Investment Fund Community Development Extraordinary Expenditures account. This appropriation will increase funds available to continue the development of affordable housing to assist low and moderate income residentsaffordable-housinghousing-general
• CMA 2024 #122Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an order authorizing the City Manager to transfer necessary funds needed to maintain appropriation control as part of the fiscal end-of-year closeout process📖 read
• CMA 2024 #123A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the fourth annual Cycling Safety Ordinance (CSO) Progress Reportbike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2024 #124A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 24-30, regarding Youth Center Tuition Ratesschools📖 read

Communications (24)

24 resident communications received for this meeting — housing general (10) · affordable housing (8) · schools (7) · transit traffic (5) · zoning (5). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (5)

• POR 2024 #76The City Manager is requested to provide an update to the Municipal Facilities Improvement Plan (MFIP) including revised cost estimates to help inform the FY26 and ongoing capital budget priorities in a timely mannerbudget
• POR 2024 #77That the Cambridge City Council go on record requesting that MassDOT begin engaging with Cambridge residents and the Cambridgeport neighborhood early and often throughout the BU Rotary/Reid Overpass Reconstruction📖 read
• POR 2024 #78That the City Manager is requested to support local news production as a public good by conducting a $100,000 per year city-backed news fund pilot for up to three years to be administered through an independent intermediary that will decide on funding criteria and selection of local newspapers that provide material coverage of Cambridge news. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR AZEEM IN COUNCIL JUNE 10, 2024 TABLED IN COUNCIL JUNE 17, 2024
• POR 2024 #79That the City Council go on record urging Fenway Health to reconsider the closure of the Central Square Boomerangs thrift store, that the organization is requested to provide a detailed explanation to the community regarding the reasons for the closure of these thrift stores, and that the organization is requested to explore all possible alternatives to maintain this vital community resource
• POR 2024 #80In Support of Neville Center

Resolutions (7)

• RES 2024 #130Congratulations to Robert J. Medeiros Jr. on his retirement from the Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2024 #131Resolution wishing Denise Montgomery a swift recovery
• RES 2024 #132Resolution for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program's 50th Year
• RES 2024 #133Congratulations to Lynne Cayford on her retirement from the City of Cambridge
• RES 2024 #134Congratulations to Firefighter Thomas S. MacNeil on his retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department
• RES 2024 #135Congratulations to Lois Josimovich on his retirement from the Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers
• RES 2024 #136Congratulations to Susan Pahigian "Shushie" on her retirement from the City of Cambridge

Ordinances (1)

• ORD 2024 # 2An Ordinance has been received from the Ordinance Committee, relative to proposed: Zoning Petition to amend Articles 2.000, 4.000, 5.000, 6.000, 11.000, 13.000, 14.000, 17.000, 20.000, and 22.000 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance PASSED TO A SECOND READING IN COUNCIL JUNE 10, 2024 TO BE ORDAINED ON OR AFTER JUNE 24, 2024 EXPIRES AUGUST 20, 2024zoning

Other Business (9)

• ARS-24-14Awaiting Report Status Update 6.10.24artshousing-generaltransit-trafficzoning📖 read
• AR-24-25Report on implementing more robust ticketing and parking enforcement measures near the intersection of Norman Street and Belmont Streettransit-traffic
• AR-24-26Requested to clarify why the Wage Theft Enforcement Committee has not yet been appointed and to swiftly appoint the committee as called for in the Wage Theft Ordinance
• AR-24-27Provide a list of current zoning initiatives along with CDD’s recommendations for a timeline for completing each of the zoning initiatives in order for the Council to confirm zoning prioritieszoning
• AR-24-28Provide a written outreach plan for engaging the community related to the processes underway in Central Square
• AR-24-29Requested to provide the draft Request for Information for the 84 & 96 Bishop Allen Drive to the City Council for review and comment
• AR-24-30Requested to provide to the City Council a detailed justification for the increased fees for Youth Centers for the 2024-2025 school yearschools

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• RES 2024 #137 : That the City Council formally go on record in wishing Esther Scantlebury a swift and

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Committee Reports (4)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2024-05-21 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2024-05-22 — Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2024-05-28 — Referred To Committee [Unanimous]