City Council · Regular Meeting, December 23, 2024

• City Manager's report2024 · #268✅ Order adopted, unanimousa request for authorization to allow the Purchasing Agent to award a five (5) year contract to a successful bidder on the School Bus Transportation BidSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerschools📖 readCMA 2024 #268

• City officer's report2024 · #161📁 Placed on file, 8-0-1an update regarding legislativezoning📖 read COF 2024 #161

31 resident communications received for this meeting, on schools (16) · zoning (10) · housing general (9) · transit traffic (8) · affordable housing (6). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2024 · #161✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousAsks the City Manager to direct the City Solicitor to provide the City Council with a legal opinion on the City Council’s ability to levy a tax or fine on store fronts and commercial properties that remain vacant for more than two years, including any applicable definitions of “vacancy” and relevant legal precedents, and provide such opinion no later than the February 17th City Council meetingCouncil requesttenants rent📖 readPOR 2024 #161
• Policy order2024 · #162✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to direct Community Development Department (CDD) staff to draft proposed amendments to the Cannabis Business Permitting Ordinance that would accomplish adding select HCA requirements into the ordinance so the city can waive the HCA requirement and that the City Manager is requested to ask the CDD staff to draft a zoning amendment to remove the repackaging prohibitionCouncil requestzoningPOR 2024 #162
• Policy order2024 · #163✅ Order adopted, 8–1Asks the City Manager to direct Community Development to prepare updated Multi Family Housing Zoning language and report back to the Ordinance Committee, not later than January 16, 2025Council requesthousing generalzoningPOR 2024 #163

• Resolution2024 · #305✅ Order adopted, unanimousCondolences on the death of Francine H. (Salvato) GiannascaRES 2024 #305
• Resolution2024 · #306✅ Order adopted, 8–0Congratulations to Doug Johnson on his retirement from the Kennedy School and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard UniversityschoolsRES 2024 #306
• Resolution2024 · #307✅ Order adopted as amended, unanimousCongratulations to CRLS Alum Andrew Millar for NCAA ChampionshipRES 2024 #307

• Application / petition2024 · #39✅ Order adopted, unanimousa curb cut at the premises numbered 6-R Eaton Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. No response has been received from the neighborhood associationApplication from Katinka Jeffstransit traffic📖 readAPP 2024 #39
• Application / petition2024 · #40✅ Order adopted, 8–1a curb cut at the premises numbered 8 Whittier Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from a neighborhood association not in the area of the application addressApplication from John Winslowtransit traffic📖 read APP 2024 #40

• Report status2024 · #30Awaiting Report Status Update 12.23.24affordable housingbudgethousing general📖 readARS-24-30

• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2024-12-17 · Accepted [Unanimous]