City Council — Regular Meeting, December 22, 2025

City Manager's Agenda (7)

• CMA 2025 #305A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a federal update including an update on relevant court cases📖 read
• CMA 2025 #306Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,172,577.00 to the Grant Fund Fire Extraordinary Expenditures account. Funds will be used to purchase detection and metering equipment which will help identify the newest biological and chemical hazards as well as detect radiation. Funds will also support the acquisition of new firefighting gear which will allow the department to outfit front-line firefighters with updated safety gear
• CMA 2025 #307A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following members to the Board of Zoning Appeal (BZA) effective December 22, 2025zoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• CMA 2025 #308A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-61, regarding cleanliness and safety in the area on Alewife Paths near Russell Fieldpolice-safetytransit-traffictrees📖 read
• CMA 2025 #309A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to combined sewer overflowsbike-lanesclimate📖 read
• CMA 2025 #310A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a revised Massachusetts Avenue zoning petitionzoning📖 read 📄 PDF
• CMA 2025 #311A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a revised Cambridge Street zoning petitionzoning📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF

Communications (59)

59 resident communications received for this meeting — zoning (44) · housing general (40) · affordable housing (37) · transit traffic (29) · climate (8). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

Policy Orders (1)

• POR 2025 #173Restricting Eligibility for On-Street Resident Parking Permits in New Transit-Oriented Developmentstransit-traffic

Resolutions (16)

• RES 2025 #288Congratulations to Susan Cyr on her retirement from the Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2025 #289Congratulations to Migdalia Garcia on her retirement from The Cambridge Public Schoolsschools
• RES 2025 #290Congratulations to Floride Noelsaint on her retirement from the Department of Human Services
• RES 2025 #291Congratulations to Kathleen Rawlins on her retirement from the Historical Commission
• RES 2025 #292Congratulations to Patrol Officer Nicole Pacheco on her retirement from The Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2025 #293Congratulations to James Ryan on his retirement from the Department of Public Works
• RES 2025 #294Congratulations to James Shaughnessy on his retirement from the Department of Transportation
• RES 2025 #295Congratulations to Sergeant Angel Barbosa on his retirement from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2025 #296Congratulations to Patrol Officer to Devon Brooks on his retirement from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2025 #297Congratulations to Patrol Officer David Szeto on his retirement from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2025 #298Congratulations to Sergeant Stephen Sennott on his retirement from the Cambridge Police Departmentpolice-safety
• RES 2025 #299Congratulations to Cecilia Stevens on her retirement from the Cambridge Retirement Department
• RES 2025 #300Congratulations to Nicholas Vella on his retirement from the Department of Transportation
• RES 2025 #301Congratulations to Paul Villeneuve o his retirement from The Department of Human Services
• RES 2025 #302Condolences on the death of Brian G. "Duke" Walsh
• RES 2025 #303Congratulations to Christopher Brown

Applications & Petitions (1)

• APP 2025 #44An application was received from Reed Sisson, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 138 Irving Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. No response has been received from the neighborhood associationstransit-traffic📖 read 📄 PDF

Other Business (4)

• ARS-25-33Awaiting Report Status Update 12.22.25schoolstransit-traffic📖 read

• a memorandum regarding COF 2025 #154 in Council December 8, 2025 regarding pending Awaiting Reports that it wished to be carried forward to the newly elected City Council for their consideration in the next legislative terms 📖 read 📄 PDF
• an update regarding legislative activity 📖 read 📄 PDF 📄 PDF 📄 PDF
• POR 2025 #172 : Policy Order

That the City Manager works with the Government Operations and Civic Unity Committee to hold hearings to discuss new ideas to honor and remember individuals (i.e. communal memorial garden, wall or path), criteria for eligibility, a committee structure with diverse representation of the city residents, and a means for recording and maintaining our current and future memorials