City Council ▸ 2025-10-27
City Council — Regular Meeting, October 27, 2025
City Manager's Agenda (7)
- CMA 2025 #260A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the reappointment and appointments of members to the Family Policy Council
- CMA 2025 #261Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Children’s Trust grant for the Center for Families program in the amount of $56,250.00 to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Salaries and Wages account ($21,908); to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($26,342) and to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($8,000)
- CMA 2025 #262Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $4,300,000, from Free Cash to the General Fund Employee Benefits Department Salary and Wages account, which will replenish funds that were transferred out of the Employee Benefits Department and subsequently used to fund the settlement payment relating to Said S. Abuzahra, Trustee of Equity Realty Trust, et al. v. City of Cambridge (Mdsx. Super. Ct. Docket No. 2017- cv-2459/J)
- CMA 2025 #263Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $20,000,000, from Free Cash to the General Fund Employee Benefits Department Salary and Wages account, which will replenish funds that were transferred out of the Employee Benefits Department and subsequently used to fund expenses related to the demolition of 221 Mount Auburn Street
- CMA 2025 #264Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $2,905,500 from Free Cash to the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund. During FY25, 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 #265A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update regarding the Massachusetts Department of Revenue certification of the City’s Free Cash balance as of June 30, 2025, in the amount of $184,251,490
- CMA 2025 #266A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order Item Number 2025 #107, regarding a request to support an exploratory process – potentially including stakeholder engagement, legal and technical assessments, and community outreach – to evaluate the creation of a Business Improvement District in Porter Square📖 read
Communications (18)
18 resident communications received for this meeting — police safety (7) · transit traffic (5) · climate (4) · schools (2) · labor (2). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (4)
- POR 2025 #153Joint City Council Roundtable with the School Committee on November 10, 2025schools
- POR 2025 #154That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Cambridge Department of Transportation and other relevant departments to examine how to improve connectivity north of Rindge Avenue during the Linear Park Reconstruction Project so that vulnerable road users can bypass Rindge Avenue and Cedar Street where possible
- POR 2025 #155City Council support for the workers of Cambridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in their efforts to secure fair wages, respect, and improved working conditions through collective bargaininglabor
- POR 2025 #156That the City Manager provide an update at the October 27, 2025 City Council meeting regarding the pause in SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown
Resolutions (5)
- RES 2025 #237Condolences to the Family of Kimberlee Costanza
- RES 2025 #238Condolences to the family of Willia L. Bullock
- RES 2025 #239Condolences on the death of Donalee "Donna" Baumgardner
- RES 2025 #240Congratulations to Sarah Anderson-Murphy on her retirement from the Cambridge Health Alliance
- RES 2025 #241Condolences on the death of Eileen Brown
Other Business (5)
- ARS-25-27Updated Awaiting Report Status 10.27affordable-housinghousing-generalpolice-safetyschoolstransit-traffic📖 read
- AR-25-63That the City Manager is requested to reach out to representatives from Eversource to coordinate at least four public open-house meetings in the coming weeks regarding heat and electricity costs
- AR-25-64That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant departments to report back to the City Council on current efforts towards poison ivy control in the Fresh Pond Master Plan as well as recommended improvements for signage and regular maintenance planning