City Council ▸ 2024-09-30
City Council — Regular Meeting, September 30, 2024
9 City Manager's Agenda120 Communications5 Policy Orders5 Resolutions1 Applications & Petitions6 Other Business
City Manager's Agenda (9)
- CMA 2024 #209A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Surveillance Technology Impact Report (STIR)police-safetytransit-traffic📖 read
- CMA 2024 #210A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of Anne B. Odera as a member of the Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship for a term of three years📖 read
- CMA 2024 #211Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,700.00, to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account. These funds were awarded to the Moses Youth Center and will be used to support the safe option filled closet where teens in the community will feel welcomed to use
- CMA 2024 #212Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $54,360.00 received from the Cambridge Community Foundation Alice Wolf Early Education and Care Fund to support the city’s early childhood efforts, to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($34,360.00) and to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($20,000.00). These funds will be used to provide continuing support for training and professional development for early childhood educators and those entering the field
- CMA 2024 #213Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $55,000.00 received from the Cambridge Community Foundation to support the Agenda for Children Out of School Time Initiative to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($5,000.00) and to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($50,000.00). The Foundation supports a small portion of the salary of the Agenda for Children Youth Connector who works with the Upper Schools and Youth Programs to support young people and their families in accessing services and programsschools
- CMA 2024 #214A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Preservation Restriction at 90 Brattle Street📖 read 📄 PDF
- CMA 2024 #215A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the Half Crown-Marsh NCD Decennial Review Report📖 read 📄 PDF
- CMA 2024 #216A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to request that the City Council authorize the purchase of a parcel of land located within the town of Lexington identified as 0 Cambridge/Concord Turnpike in Lexington, Massachusettstrees📖 read 📄 PDF
- CMA 2024 #217A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 24-52, regarding an evaluation of the legal feasibility of the following proposals and analyze how much housing could be created under the following proposalsaffordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read
Communications (120)
120 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (108) · housing general (91) · affordable housing (35) · trees (26) · tenants rent (19). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (5)
- POR 2024 #134City Council support of a fair union contract for Cambridge Hospital residents and calls on CHA leadership to swiftly and thoughtfully settle a contract that reflects the value of the resident physicians, the patients they serve, and the crucial importance of Cambridge Hospital to our communityhomelessnesshousing-generallaborpolice-safety📖 read
- POR 2024 #135The City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City departments to assess the feasibility of installing speed control bumps on Antrim Street
- POR 2024 #136City Council support of the Week Without Driving challenge and specifically designate October 3, 2024 as a day in which participants are encouraged to use alternative transportation options such as public transit, biking, carpooling, and walkingtransit-traffic
- POR 2024 #137That the City Manager is requested to work with the appropriate departments to produce the petition(s) necessary to accomplish the goal of lowering the speed limit as much as possible on all state highways that fall within Cambridge’s geographic boundaries, including and especially Memorial Drivebike-lanestransit-traffic📖 read
- POR 2024 #138That the City Manager be and is hereby requested to report back to the City Council on the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) NOFO as soon as possiblehousing-general
Resolutions (5)
- RES 2024 #228Resolution on the death of Roberta Beckford
- RES 2024 #229Condolences to Susan Pacheco on the passing of her brother
- RES 2024 #230Congratulations to Debra Copeland-Montout on her retirement
- RES 2024 #231Late Condolence Resolution For Esther Adler
- RES 2024 #232Wishing Mayor E. Denise Simmons a Happy Birthday
Applications & Petitions (1)
- APP 2024 #36An application was received from Craig Murphy representing THE COMEDY STUDIO, requesting permission for a projecting blade sign at the premises numbered 5 JFK Street approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and proof of abutter's mailing and response has been provided📖 read
Other Business (6)
- ARS-24-21Awaiting Report Status Update 9.30.24artsbudgetclimatetransit-traffic📖 read
- AR-24-56That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to schedule at least one hazardous waste day and one paper shredding event per year to be held on a Sunday
- AR-24-57That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate DPW officials to immediately address this issue so that foul substances no longer leak from the DPW garbage trucks
- AR-24-58That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Finance Department, Law Department, and other relevant departments to explore the feasibility of a successor program to Rise Up Cambridge