City Council · Regular Meeting, December 16, 2024

• City Manager's report2024 · #265✅ Approved, 8–0the re-appointment of Judith Laguerre, Yasmin Padamsee Forbes, and Stephen Curran as members of the Cambridge Human Rights Commission for a term of three-yearsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 read CMA 2024 #265
• City Manager's report2024 · #266📁 Placed on file, unanimousPolicy Order 2024 #141, regarding the BZA Dormers PetitionSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerzoning📖 readCMA 2024 #266
• City Manager's report2024 · #267↪ Referred, unanimousthe Planning Board Report regarding the flexible parking zoning petitionSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managertransit trafficzoning📖 readCMA 2024 #267

• City officer's report2024 · #159📁 Placed on file, 9-0-0an update regarding legislative activityzoning📖 read COF 2024 #159

372 resident communications received for this meeting, on transit traffic (288) · bike lanes (132) · schools (46) · housing general (15) · climate (14). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2024 · #157✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Council meeting scheduled for January 13, 2025 be designated as a Joint Roundtable of the City Council and School Committee to discuss the City’s universal pre-kindergarten programCouncil orderschoolsPOR 2024 #157
• Policy order2024 · #158✅ Order adopted, 8–0City Council approve and issue the City Manager’s Performance EvaluationCouncil orderPOR 2024 #158
• Policy order2024 · #159✅ Order adopted, 8–0City Council intends to renew the City Manager’s employment beyond September 5, 2025, and initiate negotiations for a successor employment contract, which contract, if agreed to, shall become effective September 6, 2025Council orderPOR 2024 #159
• Policy order2024 · #160✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Council immediately suspend new requests for memorial dedications and that the Government Operations and the Civic Unity Committee, working with the City Manager, hold hearings to discuss new ideas to honor and remember individuals (i.e. memorial garden, fountain, wall or path), criteria for eligibility, a more robust committee structure, and a means for recording and maintaining our current and future memorialsCouncil orderPOR 2024 #160

• Resolution2024 · #301✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution wishing Tim Toomey a swift recoveryRES 2024 #301
• Resolution2024 · #302✅ Order adopted, unanimousCongratulations to Zeyneb Magavi on being named a “Bostonian of the Year” by the Boston Globe for her work as a climate innovatorclimateRES 2024 #302
• Resolution2024 · #303✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution HONORING JOHN TAGIURIRES 2024 #303
• Resolution2024 · #304✅ Order adopted as amended, 8–0Late Resolution Re Whitney's Barlaborschoolstenants rent📖 readRES 2024 #304

• Report status2024 · #29Awaiting Report Status Update 12.16.24affordable housingbudgethousing general📖 readARS-24-29
• Awaiting report2024 · #68✅ Report received and acceptedThe City Manager is requested 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 neighborhoodbike lanestransit trafficAR-24-68
• Awaiting report2024 · #69✅ Report received and acceptedThe 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 trafficAR-24-69

• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2019-09-24 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2019-10-30 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2019-12-17 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2020-01-03 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Housing Committee hearing of 2020-03-03 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2020-10-14 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Housing Committee hearing of 2020-10-28 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Neighborhood & Long Term Planning Committee hearing of 2021-03-04 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2021-06-22 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Public Safety Committee hearing of 2021-07-28 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Human Services & Veterans Committee hearing of 2024-11-06 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2024-12-03 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of (unknown date) · Passed To A Second Reading [Unanimous]