City Council — Regular Meeting, November 25, 2024

City Manager's Agenda (5)

• CMA 2024 #250A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of Joe Camillus and Filo Castore as a members of to the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority (CRA) Board📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2024 #251A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the reappointment of Tabithlee Howard and appointing Johanny Maria Castillo, Jasper Adiletta, Shanjnin (Eva) Asraf, Jasper Mallon, and Larisa Mendez-Peñate to the Coordinating Council for Children Youth and Families also known as the Family Policy Council, effective November 25, 2024
• CMA 2024 #252A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item number 24-37, regarding a request for the City Manager to work with relevant City departments to consider a number of city application processes and find ways to reduce paper and printing waste
• CMA 2024 #253A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report 24-32, regarding exploring with the MBTA how to best ensure that the public art, Gift of the Wind, is preservedartstransit-traffic📖 read
• CMA 2024 #254Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $15,000 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account. The MCC Cultural District Grant provides financial support to state-designated Cultural Districts throughout the Commonwealth. This funding will support District-based initiatives that drive economic growth and strengthen the distinctive character of the Central Square Cultural Districtarts

Communications (5)

5 resident communications received for this meeting — housing general (4) · zoning (3) · affordable housing (2) · schools (1) · budget (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (1)

• POR 2024 #151That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments and encourage the state Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the MBTA to adhere to Cambridge local ordinances, including the Cambridge Asbestos Protection Ordinance, during Alewife Constructiontransit-traffic

Resolutions (6)

• RES 2024 #289Congratulations to John R. Serwecinski on his retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department
• RES 2024 #290Congratulations to Marilyn Rottersman on her retirement from the Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2024 #291Condolences to the family of former State Representative Gloria Fox
• RES 2024 #292Resolution on the death of Luke Bailey Santos
• RES 2024 #293Resolution on the death of Susan J. Marcone
• RES 2024 #294Condolences on the Death of Sandra A. Oliver (Fiore)

Other Business (7)

• AR-24-63The City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to prominently incorporate recognition of the Massachusett Tribe during key official events, documents, websites, and communications, establish a living memorial in Cambridge that honors the Massachusett Tribe, with special recognition of Sqa Sachem for her leadership and enduring legacy and place a plaque with this language in a prominent location within City Hall, ensuring that this acknowledgment remains visible and lasting and report back
• AR-24-64The City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments to prepare a Home Rule Petition to enact legislation which would allow the City of Cambridge to prohibit associations from unreasonably restricting the use of a solar energy systemclimate
• AR-24-65The City Manager is requested to work with the Law Department to draft a home rule petition for the creation of a Cambridge Jobs Training Trust, and report back to the City Council in a timely manner
• AR-24-66The City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments to prepare a draft home rule petition to authorize the City of Cambridge to implement automated parking enforcement technology; and to continue to work with the City of Boston to collaborate on the home rule processtransit-traffic

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• Notice of Special City Council Meeting re Charter Review 📖 read
• POR 2024 #150 : That the Neighborhood and Long-Term Planning Committee hold a meeting to

explore the ability to prohibit, either through city or state legislation, the common practice of landlords requiring tenants to pay broker fees [tenants-rent]

Committee Reports (14)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-05-01 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Transportation & Public Utilities Committee hearing of 2019-07-24 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2020-05-26 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2020-06-02 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2020-06-03 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2021-05-11 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2021-05-18 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2021-05-19 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2021-07-27 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2021-12-01 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2021-06-09 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2021-07-14 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Human Services & Veterans Committee hearing of 2021-08-10 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2022-03-02 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]