City Council — Regular Meeting, April 7, 2025

City Manager's Agenda (4)

• CMA 2025 #76A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Cambridge Public Schools' long-term facilities condition assessmentschools📖 read
• CMA 2025 #77A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the re-appointment of Karim El Razzaz and the appointment of Raul Ripoll Vera and Sarah Figge Hussain as a members of the Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2025 #78Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $15,000, to the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Extraordinary Expenditures account. Funds will be used to support a Mass Notification System Service to continue and enhance efforts to notify the public of emergency situations
• CMA 2025 #79A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a proposed amendment to the Drought Ordinance📖 read 📄 PDF

Communications (654)

654 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (478) · bike lanes (392) · schools (163) · zoning (102) · housing general (82). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (4)

• POR 2025 #49That the City Council send a formal invitation to Mr. Gerald Chan to come before the Economic Development and University Relations Committee to answer questions and present his plans for the Harvard Square Movie Theater, as well as his other vacant properties in the City📖 read
• POR 2025 #50Continued funding of the Transitional Wellness Center. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TONER IN COUNCIL APRIL 7, 2025affordable-housingbudgethomelessnesshousing-generaltransit-traffic📖 read
• POR 2025 #51City Council support of S.447/H.750, S.456, H.556, and H.572 to ensure high school students receive CPR and AED training, equipping the next generation with life-saving skillspolice-safetyschools📖 read
• POR 2025 #52Harvard Federal Responsewar-peace📖 read

Resolutions (7)

• RES 2025 #79Congratulations to Andrew Satter for his Diner Project Exhibit
• RES 2025 #80Condolences to the family of James L. Lewis
• RES 2025 #81Condolences to the family of Hector L. Cabrera Calzada
• RES 2025 #82Resolution in recognition of the Department of Transportation
• RES 2025 #83Congratulations to Bishop Cristiano Barbosa for earning the prestigious honor as the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers’ Person of the Year
• RES 2025 #84Congratulations to Edilia Gomes for earning the prestigious honor as the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers’ 2025 Mary & Manuel Rogers Lifetime Community Service Award
• RES 2025 #85Congratulations to Michael Carreiro for earning the prestigious honor as the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers’ 2025 Alvaro Lima Outstanding Business Award

Other Business (5)

• ARS-25-10Awaiting Report Status Update 04.07.25bike-lanesbroadbandclimatezoning📖 read
• AR-25-24That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments to do more outreach to residents, businesses, and property owners to communicate the drought status and take all measures to reduce nonessential water use citywide, and provide a report on citywide water usage and water supply

• COM 1403 #2025 : A communication was received Lisa Berkman, regarding VOTE YES FOR OPTION #4 TO RESTORE 2-WAY TRAFFIC ON GARDEN STREET and bike lanes going on each side of street w traffic. [bike-lanes, transit-traffic] 📖 read
• a request for the City Council to rescind the vote taken on March 31, 2025 relative to the minutes from February 10, 2025 📖 read
• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Committee Reports (2)

• Economic Development & University Relations Committee hearing of 2025-03-11 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Ordinance Committee hearing of 2025-03-31 — Report Accepted [Unanimous]