City Council — Regular Meeting, January 6, 2025

City Manager's Agenda (8)

• CMA 2025 #1Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $29,388,181.96 from Free Cash to the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund. During FY24, the City received mitigation revenues from various developers as a result of commitments related to zoning ordinance amendments and special permit conditions. By law, all mitigation revenues must be deposited into the General Fund and can only be appropriated after the Free Cash Certification is completezoning
• CMA 2025 #2Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $2,500,000, from Free Cash, to the Finance Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,500,000), and to the Finance Department Extraordinary Expenditures account ($1,000,000), to support the continued operation and needed capital and equipment improvements to Neville Center, a 5-star skilled nursing facility with 112 beds, which is part of Neville Communities Inc. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR NOLAN IN COUNCIL JANUARY 6, 2025
• CMA 2025 #3Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $10,000, to the Grant Fund Library Other Ordinary Maintenance account. Funds will support digital learning classes through FY25, including though the procurement of translators and Chromebooks. Classes will cover 8 specific topics developed by PLA and implemented at Main with other branch locations to be determined
• CMA 2025 #4Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $4,000 to the Grant Fund Library Other Ordinary Maintenance account. Funds will support digital navigator classes through FY25, including though the procurement of translators and Chromebooks. Digital Navigators will offer techhelp and will use content from 8 specifics topics developed by PLA
• CMA 2025 #5A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointments and reappointment's of members to the Citizens’ Committee on Civic Unity
• CMA 2025 #6Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $6,000.00 received from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) to the Grant Fund Public Works Other Ordinary Maintenance account to pilot initiatives to reduce move-out waste during the May/June 2025 moving season. The grant program is meant to provide municipalities, nonprofits, and other entities with seed funding for initiatives that may have potential for long-term waste reduction
• CMA 2025 #7A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 24-65, regarding the creation of a jobs training trust through Home Rule Petitionhousing-generalzoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2025 #8A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the Planning Board Report regarding citywide Multifamily Housing Zoning Petitionsaffordable-housinghousing-generaltransit-trafficzoning📖 read

Communications (158)

158 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (60) · housing general (57) · affordable housing (22) · transit traffic (19) · trees (16). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (2)

• POR 2025 #1That the City Manager is hereby requested to work with the relevant City departments to report back on additional multi-family zoning considerations, along with the other amendments put forward by the City Council on December 23, 2024zoning
• POR 2025 #2That the City Council petition the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to enact the attached Home Rule Petition entitled: An Act Establishing the City of Cambridge Employment and Job Training Trust, and that it be forwarded by the City Clerk to Representative Steven Owens who will be filing the legislationzoning📖 read

Resolutions (13)

• RES 2025 #1Congratulations to Bishop Cristiano Barbosa for being awarded the 2025 MAPS Person of the Year
• RES 2025 #2Congratulations to Edilia Gomes as the Recipient of the 2025 MAPS Mary & Manuel Rogers Lifetime Community Service Award
• RES 2025 #3Congratulations to Michael Carreiro as the recipient of the 2025 MAPS Alvaro Lima Outstanding Business Award
• RES 2025 #4Condolences on the death of Vasco S. Caetano
• RES 2025 #5Congratulations to Rabbi Liza Stern on her retirement
• RES 2025 #6Resolution on the death of Maria Alexandria Forde
• RES 2025 #7Condolences To The Family of Alfred A. Marazzo
• RES 2025 #8Condolence Resolution for Dr. Robert S. Peterkin
• RES 2025 #9Condolences on the death of Robert R. McCallum
• RES 2025 #10Congratulations to the Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church on its 100th Anniversary
• RES 2025 #11Congratulations to Michelle Borden On Her Retirement
• RES 2025 #12Congratulations to Juliet Turner On Her Retirement
• RES 2025 #13Congratulations to Faye McKinnon on Her Retirement

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2025 #1An application was received from Carole Steele 8 Eliot Street, regarding a Flag on pole affixed to building facade📖 read

Other Business (3)

• ARS-25-1Awaiting Report Status Update 01.06.25affordable-housingbudgethousing-general📖 read

• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
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Committee Reports (4)

• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2024-11-19 — Accepted
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2024-12-04 — Accepted
• Committee hearing of 2024-12-19 — Accepted
• Finance Committee hearing of 2024-12-11 — Accepted