City Council · Regular Meeting, June 2, 2025

• City Manager's report2025 · #132📁 Placed on filea Federal updateSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2025 #132
• City Manager's report2025 · #133📁 Placed on file, unanimousa proposed increase in the FY26 budget of $1 million that would create new municipal vouchers and supportive services for people who are unhoused and a $5 million free cash appropriation for a Federal Grant Stabilization FundSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerbudgethomelessnessCMA 2025 #133
• City Manager's report2025 · #134✅ Order adopted, unanimousfollowing amendments to the FY26 Submitted General Fund Budget. These amendments to the Budget reflect changes requested by the City Council based on feedback and discussions during public hearings on the FY26 Operating and Capital Budgets that took place beginning on May 8, 2025, through May 15, 2025Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managerartsbudgetpolice safety📖 read CMA 2025 #134
• City Manager's report2025 · #135✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe establishment of a Federal Grant Stabilization FundSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager📖 readCMA 2025 #135
• City Manager's report2025 · #136✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $5,000,000, from Free Cash to the Federal Grant Stabilization Fund. Funds appropriated to and held by the Federal Grant Stabilization Fund will be expended to help address the funding gaps resulting from the actual or anticipated loss of federal funding for programs and services that benefit the most vulnerable Cambridge residentsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2025 #136
• City Manager's report2025 · #137✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $7,500 to the Grant Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account. Funds will be used to replace older and outdated equipment including portable scene lighting for use at all fire scenes and incidents; positive pressure fans to be used for smoke evacuation after fires; and rescue sawsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2025 #137
• City Manager's report2025 · #138✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $25,000 to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations Other Ordinary Maintenance Account. This grant will support activities focused on the themes of revolution and independence, celebrating the significant historical milestones that have taken place in CambridgeSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City ManagerCMA 2025 #138
• City Manager's report2025 · #139✅ Order adoptedAwaiting Report Item Number 25-18 regarding vacant store frontsSubmitted by Yi-An Huang, City Managertenants rentzoning📖 read CMA 2025 #139

• City officer's report2025 · #91an update regarding legislative activityartspolice safetytransit traffic📖 read COF 2025 #91

225 resident communications received for this meeting, on bike lanes (182) · transit traffic (153) · schools (28) · climate (17) · zoning (9). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2025 · #79✅ Order adopted as amended, 8–0City Council opposition to the expansion of Offshore Oil and Gas Drillingclimate📖 readPOR 2025 #79
• Policy order2025 · #80✅ Order adopted as amended, 8–0exception language in Chapter 2.129.040 Section J of the Cambridge Municipal Code be revised with language clarifying that Cambridge city employees shall not participate in federal immigration enforcement operations and that the sole role of Cambridge city employees during any action by ICE is only to protect public safety and not to assist or facilitate the work of ICECouncil orderpolice safetyCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TONERPOR 2025 #80
• Policy order2025 · #81✅ Order adoptedAsks the City Manager to work with relevant City departments to provide a legal opinion outlining, in light of current zoning including the most recent Multifamily Zoning Amendments, the ability of Cambridge to regulate institutional and religious uses in C-1 residential districts and what state and federal law allows in terms of local restrictions, if any, for institutional and religious usesCouncil requestzoningPOR 2025 #81
• Policy order2025 · #82✅ Order adopted as amended, 5–4Asks the City Manager to work with relevant City departments to ensure that there is full open access for all users to Linear Park from Westley Avenue as an additional community access pointCouncil requesttrees📖 read POR 2025 #82
• Policy order2025 · #83✅ Order adoptedCity Council go on record reaffirming the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City RelationshipCouncil orderPOR 2025 #83

• Resolution2025 · #136✅ Order adopted as amendedHappy 80th Birthday wishes to Henrietta DavisRES 2025 #136
• Resolution2025 · #137✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Anne Marie Picanco on her retirement from the Cambridge Public Schools DepartmentschoolsRES 2025 #137
• Resolution2025 · #138✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Michael Rizzo on his retirement from the Cambridge Health AllianceRES 2025 #138
• Resolution2025 · #139✅ Order adoptedCondolences to the family of Anthony "Tony" DurantRES 2025 #139
• Resolution2025 · #140✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Jacob Werner on his recent marriage to Hayley Min Chu ForbesRES 2025 #140
• Resolution2025 · #141✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Tareque Ahmed on his retirement from the Cambridge Public School DepartmentschoolsRES 2025 #141
• Resolution2025 · #142✅ Order adoptedCondolences to the family of Nancy Williams GalluccioRES 2025 #142
• Resolution2025 · #143✅ Order adoptedCongratulations to Marieke Van Damme on her 10th Anniversary with History CambridgeRES 2025 #143

• Report status2025 · #16Awaiting Report Status Update 06.02.25bike lanesclimateschoolstransit trafficzoning📖 readARS-25-16
• Awaiting report2025 · #32✅ Report received and acceptedAsks the City Manager to meet with the leadership of the Harvard Square Business Association to discuss the proposal and to take the necessary steps to facilitate the release of $72,000 to fund the RFP development for the tunnel engineering studyCouncil requestAR-25-32

• Finance Committee hearing of 2025-05-08 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2025-05-13 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Finance Committee hearing of 2025-05-14 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]
• Committee hearing of 2025-05-15 · Report Accepted [Unanimous]