City Council ▸ 2025-11-17
City Council — Regular Meeting, November 17, 2025
6 City Manager's Agenda39 Communications1 Policy Orders5 Resolutions2 Other Business2 Committee Reports
City Manager's Agenda (6)
- CMA 2025 #273A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a federal update including an update on relevant court cases📖 read
- CMA 2025 #274Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant received from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) Municipal Road Safety (MRS) Program in the amount of $64,974.00. Funds will be used to support high-visibility traffic education and enforcement throughout the Citypolice-safetytransit-traffic
- CMA 2025 #275Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance grant funded by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, in the amount of $153,809 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($137,659), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($16,150). Funds will be used for costs related to the Carey Men’s Permanent Supported Housing Program operated by the Multi-Service Centerhomelessnesshousing-general
- CMA 2025 #276Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of appropriation of the Friends of the Community Learning Center (CLC) grant in the amount of $40,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($33,381.00), to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($5,619.00), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($1,000.00). Funds, raised by the Friends of the CLC, will be used to support the advising and coordination of the Bridge to College Program, as well as support for ESOL teaching
- CMA 2025 #277Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Friends of the Community Learning Center (CLC) donations in the amount of $15,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account. Funds, received by the Friends of the CLC through individual donations, will be used to support ESOL instruction
- CMA 2025 #278Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $302,640.00, funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging and Independence to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($181,607.00), to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($106,033.00), and to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($15,000.00)
Communications (39)
39 resident communications received for this meeting — transit traffic (32) · zoning (32) · housing general (31) · affordable housing (30) · bike lanes (3). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.
Policy Orders (1)
- POR 2025 #159That the Cambridge City Council go on record in opposition of H.3469 as reported out of committee this week, sponsored by Mark Cusack, which would drastically undermine the Commonwealth’s climate goals and would undermine its own efforts to address energy affordability facing households and businesses in Cambridge and statewideclimateschools📖 read
Resolutions (5)
- RES 2025 #247Congratulations to Janice Gillis on her retirement from the Cambridge Health Alliance
- RES 2025 #248Congratulations to Jean Desane on his retirement from The Cambridge Health Alliance
- RES 2025 #249Condolences on the death of Sheila L. (Sullivan) Tierney
- RES 2025 #250Condolences on the death of Claire M. (Delaney) Murphy
- RES 2025 #251Resolution on the death of Karen Moore
Other Business (2)
- ARS-25-29Awaiting Report Status Update 11.17.25housing-generalpolice-safetyschoolstransit-traffic📖 read
Committee Reports (2)
- Human Services & Veterans Committee hearing of 2025-10-21 — Accepted [Unanimous]
- Health & Environment Committee hearing of 2025-10-27 — Accepted [Unanimous]