City Council ▸ 2025-06-30
City Council — Regular Meeting, June 30, 2025
8 City Manager's Agenda13 Communications6 Policy Orders27 Resolutions2 Ordinances3 Applications & Petitions3 Other Business6 Committee Reports
City Manager's Agenda (8)
- CMA 2025 #177A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a federal update and the Law Department will provide an update on relevant court caseshousing-general📖 read
- CMA 2025 #178A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a recommendation from the Board of Election Commissioners for the City Council to vote to authorize in-person early voting for the November 4, 2025 Municipal Election, in accordance with "The VOTES Act"📖 read 📄 PDF
- CMA 2025 #179A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the 2024 Transportation Demand Management Program Report📖 read 📄 PDF
- CMA 2025 #180A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-30, regarding a review of barriers to housing production, a timeline for next Inclusionary Housing Study, and the feasibility of additional development incentivesaffordable-housinghousing-generalzoning📖 read
- CMA 2025 #181A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-36, regarding a request that the language of the Welcoming Community Ordinance be amended to clarify that City employees shall not participate in federal immigration enforcement operations and that the sole role of City employees during any action by ICE is only to protect public safety, and be amended to clarify that if Cambridge Police Department Officers respond to the scene of ICE action, CPD Officers should document the actions of ICE including their badge numbers. PASSED TO SECOND READING AND REFERRED TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE IN COUNCIL JUNE 30, 2025police-safety📖 read 📄 PDF
- CMA 2025 #183A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update on the first half of 2025
- CMA 2025 #184A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the 2025 Goals and Metrics for the Annual City Manager Performance Reviewpolice-safety📖 read
- CMA 2025 #185A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of Florrie Darwin, Scott Kyle, and Michael Rogove; and the reappointments of Chandra Harrington, Joseph Ferrara, Kyle Sheffield, Gavin Kleespies, Paula Paris, Elizabeth Lyster, and Yuting Zhang as members of the Cambridge Historical Commission📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
Communications (13)
13 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (4) · housing general (3) · schools (2) · zoning (2) · police safety (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (6)
- POR 2025 #100That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments to explore creative solutions that reduce car dependency, while expanding access to parking options nearby Broadwaytransit-traffic
- POR 2025 #101That the City Manager is requested to direct the City Solicitor to ensure that the wording for the proposed amendment to Section 5.40 Footnote #2 is in line with the City Council’s intention to continue to include the inclusionary requirement for any nonreligious use property that is going above four stories, and to strike “except for religious purposes” used from Section 5.40 Footnotes #1 and #37affordable-housinglabor
- POR 2025 #102That the Mayor is hereby appointing a committee, to be announced in the coming days, to screen applicants for the position of City Clerk
- POR 2025 #103That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments to continue to work with stakeholders in the area including Harvard University and the Harvard Square Business Association to pursue options for pedestrianization on Lower Bow Street and to report on the option for automatic bollards for Winthrop and/or Bow Streettransit-traffic
- POR 2025 #104That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments to prepare an interim report on demolition requests and building permit applications, in order to facilitate a discussion on the outcomes observed during the first six months of the new Multifamily Housing Zoninghousing-generalzoning
- POR 2025 #105That the Human Services and Veterans Committee hold a meeting in Fall 2025 and extend an invitation to the Superintendent of Cambridge Public Schools and the School Committee to discuss the progress and future direction of the Cambridge Preschool Programschools
Resolutions (27)
- RES 2025 #152Congratulations to Caron Courier on her retirement from the Cambridge School Departmentschools
- RES 2025 #153Congratulations to Jimmy Hamamoto on his retirement from the Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
- RES 2025 #154Congratulations to Margaret Ranstrom on her retirement from the Department of Transportation
- RES 2025 #155Congratulations to Linda Vierboom on her retirement from the Water Department
- RES 2025 #156Congratulations to Dennis Vigilante on his retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department
- RES 2025 #157Congratulations to Firefighter Donald Johnson on his retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department
- RES 2025 #158Congratulations to Robert Anderka on his retirement from the Department of Transportation
- RES 2025 #159Congratulations to Joseph Grassi on his retirement from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
- RES 2025 #160Congratulations to Captain Robert Jutras on his retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department
- RES 2025 #161Congratulations to Steven Kelley on his retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department
- RES 2025 #162Congratulations to Lieutenant Miguel Torres on his retirement from the Cambridge Fire Departmenttenants-rent
- RES 2025 #163Congratulations to Sergeant Beth C. Halloran on her promotion to the rank of Lieutenant in the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safetytenants-rent
- RES 2025 #164Congratulations to Sergeant Timothy P. Lawton on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant with the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safetytenants-rent
- RES 2025 #165Congratulations Sergeant Sean Norton on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant with the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safetytenants-rent
- RES 2025 #166Congratulations to Officer Michael A. Bonilla on his promotion to the rank of Sergeant with the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
- RES 2025 #167Congratulations to Officer Stephen Lenkauskas on his promotion to the rank of Sergeant with the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
- RES 2025 #168Congratulations to Officer Kyle Galuski on his promotion to the rank of Sergeant with the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
- RES 2025 #169Congratulations to Officer Robert P. Reardon on his promotion to the rank of Sergeant with the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
- RES 2025 #170Congratulations Officer Pamela Morris on her promotion to the rank of Sergeant with the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
- RES 2025 #171Congratulations to Superintendent Pauline Wells on being awarded the 2025 Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement Organization Heritage Award
- RES 2025 #172Congratulations to Kelly Tarney on her retirement from the Cambridge Public School Departmentschools
- RES 2025 #173Congratulations to Richard Kelly on his retirement from the Cambridge School Departmentschools
- RES 2025 #174Condolences to the family of John Diamond
- RES 2025 #175Congratulations to Donald "Ducky" Down on his retirement from the Department of Public Works
- RES 2025 #176That the City Council go on record congratulating Shakeel Rajwani and Lin Wang on the birth of their son, Jasper Wang Rajwani
- RES 2025 #177Resolution Wishing Peter and Lorna Johnson a Happy 40th Anniversary
- RES 2025 #178Resolution Celebrating the 2025 Wilson and Bourne Family Reunion
Ordinances (2)
- ORD 2025 # 13An Ordinance has been received from Interim City Clerk Paula M. Crane, relative to Chapter 2.129 Welcoming Community. PASSED TO SECOND IN COUNCIL JUNE 30, 2025 ELIGIBLE TO BE ORDAINED JULY 21, 2025📖 read 📄 PDF
- ORD 2025 # 12An Ordinance has been received from Paula M. Crane, Interim City Clerk, relative the Mushla Marasao et al Zoning petition in regard to Article 5.28.21, 8.22.1, 8.22.2, Tbl 5.1. PASSED TO A SECOND IN COUNCIL JUNE 30, 2025 ELIGIBLE TO BE ORDAINED JULY 21, 2025transit-trafficzoning📖 read
Applications & Petitions (3)
- APP 2025 #25An application was received from Yung Chen, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 527 Green Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood associationtransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF
- APP 2025 #26An application was received from representing Lou's Harvard Square, requesting permission for a projecting blade sign at the premises numbered 13 Brattle Street. approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutter📖 read
- APP 2025 #27An application was received from Michel Dahan, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 45 Holden Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. Response has been received from the neighborhood associationtransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF
Other Business (3)
- ARS-25-20Awaiting Report Status Update 06.30.25climatelaborpolice-safetytransit-trafficzoning📖 read
- AR-25-40The City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the City Solicitor, in consultation with relevant City departments and the Community Benefits Advisory Committee, to draft amendments to the Community Benefits Ordinance that allow for the use of funds for capital expenses, provided that such expenses clearly advance the goals of the Community Benefits program
Committee Reports (6)
- Ordinance Committee hearing of 2025-06-18 — Accepted
- Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Passed To A Second Reading [Unanimous]
- Government Operations Rules & Claims Committee hearing of 2025-06-25 — Accepted
- Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Withdrawn [Unanimous]
- Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Approved [Unanimous]
- Committee hearing of (unknown date) — Approved [Unanimous]