City Council · Regular Meeting, December 9, 2024

• City Manager's report2024 · #258📁 Placed on file, unanimouson update on the City's Rodent Control ProgramsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 readCMA 2024 #258
• City Manager's report2024 · #259📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe appointment of Zhonghe Li and Jean Dany Joachim and the re-appointment of David Daniel, Aliyah Gary, Lori Lander, Calvin Lindsay Jr., Ann Lawson, Stella Aguirre McGregor, Michael Monestime, Diane Charyk Norris, Katherine Megumi Shozawa and Christine Lamas Weinberg to the Cambridge Arts Advisory Board for a term of three yearsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerartsCMA 2024 #259
• City Manager's report2024 · #260📁 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 24-24, regarding a porchfest pilotSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerarts📖 readCMA 2024 #260
• City Manager's report2024 · #261📁 Placed on file, unanimousan update on the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority Affordable Homeownership CommitmentSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerhousing general📖 readCMA 2024 #261
• City Manager's report2024 · #262✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $1,117,356.00 funded by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services and administered by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($163,078.01), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($954,277.99). The program assists with heating bills between November 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerhousing general📖 readCMA 2024 #262
• City Manager's report2024 · #263📁 Placed on file, unanimousthe proposed Bluebike bike share system contract termSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2024 #263
• City Manager's report2024 · #264📁 Placed on file, unanimousAwaiting Report Item Number 24-61, regarding lowering speeds on state highwaysSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managertransit traffic📖 readCMA 2024 #264

• City officer's report2024 · #153📁 Placed on file, 9-0-0an update regarding legislative activitycharterzoning📖 read COF 2024 #153
• City officer's report2024 · #154📁 Placed on file, 9-0-0an update on the Special Committee on Charter Reviewcharter📖 readCOF 2024 #154

4 resident communications received for this meeting, on transit traffic (3) · housing general (2) · trees (2) · zoning (2) · police safety (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2024 · #153✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousAsks the City Manager to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and Harvard University to restore Garden Street to two-way automobile traffic while preserving two-way protected bike lanes, preserving as much parking on and/or near Garden Street as possible and identifying potential areas for resident parking on neighboring streets and communicating the changes to the affected neighborhoodCouncil requestbike lanesschoolstransit traffic📖 readPOR 2024 #153
• Policy order2024 · #154✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousAsks the City Manager to forward a letter to all Cambridge organizations working with immigrant populations, as well as all City Departments, reminding them of the city’s Sanctuary/Trust Act City status, the protections provided by the 2020 Welcoming Community Ordinance, and the importance of ensuring non-citizens are treated with dignity and respectCouncil requestPOR 2024 #154
• Policy order2024 · #155✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousCongratulations to SHARE CHA and its members on filing for union certification with the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations; urging CHA management for a fair process, to recognize their bargaining unit without delay, and to begin good-faith negotiations expeditiously; and supporting the ratification of a just contract that considers the financial stability of the Cambridge Health Alliance and reflects the value of these clinicians and the patients they servelaborPOR 2024 #155

• Resolution2024 · #296✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to CHA Board Commissioner Gerard J. Clark on his retirementRES 2024 #296
• Resolution2024 · #297✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Judith "Jay" WilsonRES 2024 #297
• Resolution2024 · #298✅ Order adopted, unanimousRecognition of Cambridge Investment in Renewable EnergyclimateRES 2024 #298
• Resolution2024 · #299✅ Order adopted, unanimousCondolences on the death of Barclay TittmannRES 2024 #299
• Resolution2024 · #300✅ Order adopted, unanimousCondolences on the death of Jerry Dean MurphyRES 2024 #300

• Awaiting report2024 · #67✅ Report received and acceptedThe City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments to review with a robust and inclusive community process the Cambridge Bicycle Plan, most recently updated in 2020, and identify potential improvements and consider next steps for a network of Separated Bicycle Facilities, and Separated Bicycle Facilities on streets across the city in order to facilitate safer travel and ways to coordinate routes with neighboring communities including Arlington, Somerville, Watertown, Belmont, Boston, and othersbike lanesAR-24-67

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-08-13 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2019-08-14 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2021-10-14 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2021-11-16 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2021-11-17 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2021-12-21 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2022-05-18 · Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2024-11-20 · Accepted [Unanimous]